[Event "Hampstead IM"]
[Site "Hampstead"]
[Date "1998.03.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Black "Williams, Simon Kim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Aagaard,J"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.03.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 $6 5. Qc2 d5 6. Bf4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
Ne4 9. g4 $1 $14 Qa5 10. Ke2 Kh8 11. h4 $5 Nd7 12. h5 Ndf6 $2 13. Ne5 Nxc3+ 14.
bxc3 Ne4 $2 15. Bxe4 fxe4 {[%tqu "En","Can white win?","","","e5g6","",10]} 16.
Ng6+ $3 hxg6 17. hxg6+ Kg8 18. Qc1 $1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Rc1h1,Rh1h8]} Qd8 {
[%tqu "En","Now how can white stop Bh4?","","","f4c7","",10]} 19. Bc7 $1 Rxf2+
$2 (19... Bh4 $1 20. Bxd8 Rxf2+ 21. Kd1 Bxd8 22. Ke1 Rf3 23. Ke2 Rg3 24. Qa3 $1
$18) 20. Kxf2 Bh4+ 21. Ke2 Qg5 22. Qg1 $1 e5 23. Qh2 Bxg4+ 24. Kd2 exd4 25.
cxd4 dxc4 {[%cal Rc7a5]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{For this World Cup, I had missed out on many qualification spots... but
luckily I was awarded the FIDE nominee and I was eager to utilise it to the
fullest extent!} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c6 $5 {An interesting line.} 4. e3 ({
In the same event, in the same round on the first rapid day (1.3) there
followed} 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. Ne5 Bb7 7. O-O a6 8. Nc3 Bb4 (8... Nf6 {
would transpose to the main lines.}) 9. a4 Ne7 10. Ne4 Nd7 $2 {Falling into a
hilarious tactical shot.} (10... f6 11. Nf3 O-O {was totally fine for Black
and White still has to show compensation for the pawn.}) 11. Bd2 $1 Bxd2 12.
Nd6+ Kf8 13. Nexf7 Qc7 14. Qxd2 {(Wei Yi-Sambuev Tbilisi GEO 2017) and White
brought home the point.}) 4... Bd6 {I wonder if there is any difference
between ...f5 and ...Bd6.} (4... f5 {is also the same apparently.} 5. Bd3 Nf6)
5. b3 f5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O (7... Qe7 {was a better option.}) 8. Ba3 b6 9.
Qc1 a5 $5 (9... Bb7 10. cxd5 $5 {I didn't want to allow this option.} cxd5 11.
Ne5) ({My main concern after} 9... Ba6 10. Ne5 {[%csl Ya6] was that my bishop
would be hanging on a6 in many cases.} c5 11. Rd1 {It is not clear how I
should proceed here.}) 10. Nbd2 {This is definitely wrong as the knight looks
misplaced on d2 and doesn't join in the fight on the centre.} (10. Ne5 c5 {
was my idea.}) (10. Nc3 $14 {gave him a huge plus.}) 10... Ba6 11. Ne5 c5 $1 {
Thanks to White's unambitious play, Black is doing fine here.} 12. Ndf3 Nbd7
13. Rd1 (13. cxd5 {doesn't work due to} Nxe5 14. Nxe5 (14. dxe5 Bxd3 $17) 14...
Bxe5 15. Bxa6 Bxh2+ $17) 13... Rc8 (13... Bb7 $1 {was safer with equality.})
14. Nxd7 {I pend lots of time and was not sure if cxd5 worked or not, So I
decided to take the safer route.} ({White had to play} 14. cxd5 $1 Bxd3 15.
dxe6 cxd4 {was a complete mess.} 16. Nc6 Rxc6 $1 (16... Qc7 17. exd7 Nxd7 (
17... Qxd7 18. Nfxd4) 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd3 $16) 17. Qxc6 Bxa3 18. Rxd3 Nc5
19. Rxd4 Qe7 20. Rc4 $14 {White can push without any risk.}) 14... Qxd7 15.
dxc5 {Here he offered a draw and I felt there wasn't much chance to get
something so I decided to call it a day.} (15. dxc5 Bxc5 (15... bxc5 16. cxd5
Bxd3 17. dxe6 (17. Rxd3 exd5 (17... Nxd5 18. Qc4) 18. Qd1 (18. Bb2 c4 19. bxc4
dxc4) 18... Rfd8 {is fine for Black.}) 17... Qb5 18. Ne1 Be5 19. Nxd3 Bxa1 20.
Qxa1 Rfd8 {with chances for both sides.}) 16. Bb2 $1 {A key move with an
interesting struggle.} (16. Bxc5 Rxc5 {is nothing.})) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Six Masters"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1922.09.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "Alekhine/Kasparov"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1922.09.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%mdl 1] 1)A. Aljechin, "Meine besten Partien 1908-1923", 1983, S.
171-174 2)Kasparov 3)Kagans Neueste Schachnachrichten 1923,S.67 4) Alekhine
Tournament Book Hastings 1922,p.57 5)Alekhine: My Best Games. p.187. 6)Skinner:
Alekhine. p.176.} f5 {Aljechin: "Eine gewagte Verteidigung, die ich nur in
außergewöhnlichen Fällen anwende. In dieser Partie musste ich -- um Chancen
auf den ersten Preis zu haben -- durchaus auf Gewinn spielen, während meinem
Gegner zur Erlangung des dritten Platzes Remis genügt hätte. Ich musste
folglich die Verschärfung des Spieles erstreben."} 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 {Aljechin:
"In der holländischen Partie ist es für Weiß besser, den Läufer vor c4 zu
fianchettieren, da Schwarz sonst seinen Königsläufer -- eine in dieser
Eröffnung sehr wenig nützliche Figur-- abtauschen kann."} e6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 {Aljechin: "Besser war es, mit der Dame zu schlagen und Sc3
zu spielen."} Nc6 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Qb3 {Aljechin: "Dieses Manöver
verhindert Schwarz nicht an der Durchführung seines Planes; es ist aber
bereits schwer, eine gute Idee für den Anziehenden zu finden".} Kh8 10. Qc3 e5
11. e3 ({Aljechin: "Falls} 11. dxe5 {so} dxe5 12. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Qxd2 {
usw."}) 11... a5 {Aljechin: "Wie bald ersichtlich, war es sehr wichtig, den
Zug b4 vorübergehend nicht zuzulassen."} 12. b3 ({Aljechin: "Aber nicht} 12.
a3 {wegen} a4) 12... Qe8 13. a3 Qh5 {Aljechin: "Jetzt geht schwarz zum Angriff
über. ....} 14. h4 {Aljechin: "Ein guter Verteidigungszug, der dem Springer
f3 ein Rückzugsfeld gibt und die Drohung dxe5 erneuert."} ({.... Weiß kann
weder} 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 {wegen} Ng4 {und gewinnt.}) ({noch
} 14. b4 $2 e4 15. Ne1 axb4 {usw. erwidern."}) 14... Ng4 15. Ng5 {Aljechin:"
um den Springer durch f3 zu vertreiben, schwächt Weiß seinen Bauern noch
mehr.} (15. b4 {wäre wohl besser gewesen."}) 15... Bd7 16. f3 ({Aljechin:
"Falls} 16. Bxc6 {so} Bxc6 17. f3 exd4 18. fxg4 dxc3 19. gxh5 cxd2 {zum
Vorteil für Schwarz."}) 16... Nf6 17. f4 {Aljechin: "Ist bereits wegen der
Drohung 18. ... f4 notwendig."} e4 18. Rfd1 {Aljechin: "Um den Bauern g3 im
Falle seiner Bedrohung durch Dg4 und Sh5 mit dem Springer von f1 aus zu decken.
Das vorübergehende 18. d5! gab jedoch dem Weißen größere
Verteidigungschancen."} h6 19. Nh3 d5 {Aljechin: "Durch diesen Zug vernichtet
Schwarz alle gegnerischen Chancen im Zentrum und geht unerwarteterweise auf
dem Damenflügel zum Angriff über."} 20. Nf1 Ne7 21. a4 Nc6 22. Rd2 Nb4 23.
Bh1 {Aljechin: "Der Umstand, dass Weiß zu so unglaublichen Manövern Zuflucht
nehmen muss, um seinen Königsflügel irgendwie zu befestigen, beweist am
besten die ganze Schwierigkeit seine Stellung."} Qe8 {Aljechin: "Ein sehr
starker Zug, der dem Schwarzen neue Vorteile bringt; entweder den Besitz des
Feldes d5 nach cxd5; oder die Öffnung der Linien auf dem Damenflügel durch
b6 nach c5, oder, endlich, Bauerngewinn wie in der Partie."} 24. Rg2 {Aljechin:
"Weiß erstrebten nun noch g4, aber selbst diese schwache Chance ist
undurchführbar."} dxc4 25. bxc4 Bxa4 26. Nf2 Bd7 27. Nd2 b5 {Aljechin: "Um
dem Besitz des Mittelfelder entbrennt nun ein Kampf, der zu sehr originellen
Situationen führt."} 28. Nd1 {[#] White's position looks awful. He is a pawn
down and his pieces are badly in need of breathing space. Kasparov: Die weiße
Stellung sieht ziemlich schrecklich aus: Er hat einen Bauern weniger und die
Figuren haben kaum Luft zum atmen.} Nd3 $1 {Alekhine of course doesn't allow
any activity on the part of his opponent. Now White can restore the material
balance, but his forces are doomed to die inside their own camp. Aljechin:
"Bereitet die folgende Kombination vor. Schlecht wäre bxc4, da in diesem
Falle der Weise Springer sich auf e5 festgesetzt hätte."  Kasparov: Aljechin
gestattet dem Gegner natürlich nicht die ersehnte Aktivität. Jetzt bekommt
Weiß zwar seinen Bauern wieder, aber seine Streitkräfte sind dazu verdammt,
im eigenen Lager vernichtet zu werden.} ({However, after the primitive try 28..
.bxc4... Aber nach dem primitiven Versuch} 28... bxc4 29. Nxc4 Nfd5 30. Qa3 {
the coordination of the white pieces is practically restored, and also the
poor knight gets a nice square on e5. ist die Koordination der weißen Figuren
weitgehend wiederhergestellt, und außerdem erhält der arme Springer ein nettes
Plätzchen auf e5.}) 29. Rxa5 ({Aljechin: "Falls} 29. cxb5 {so} Bxb5 30. Rxa5
Nd5 31. Qa3 (31. Rxa8 Qxa8 32. Qb3 Ba4 {etc. usw.}) 31... Rxa5 32. Qxa5 Qc6 {
mit starkem Angriff."}) 29... b4 30. Rxa8 ({Aljechin: "Falls} 30. Qa1 {so} Rxa5
31. Qxa5 Qa8 32. Qxa8 Rxa8 {und das Eindringen des schwarzen Turmes in das
feindliche Lager entscheidet die Partie."}) 30... bxc3 $3 {Aljechin: "Wie aus
dem folgenden ersichtlich, ist diese Fortsetzung viel stärker als ....} ({....
} 30... Qxa8 31. Qb3 (31. Qc2 Ne1) 31... Ba4 {Und Weiß könnte sich noch
verteidigen."} ({Kasparow:} 31... Qa1 32. Qb1 Ra8 {would have forced White's
resignation in a few moves. But Alekhine was not satisfied with this prosaic
demolition - he was after something immortal! eine baldige Aufgabe durch Weiß
erzwungen. Aber Aljechin war mit diesem prosaischen Schluß nicht zufrieden. Er
wollte etwas Unsterbliches schaffen!}) 32. Qb1 {und Weiß könnte sich noch
verteidigen."}) 31. Rxe8 c2 {Aljechin: " Der Schlüssel der im 27. Zuge
begonnenen Kombination."} 32. Rxf8+ Kh7 {[#] The white rook from a1 can be
proud of itself. It has taken Black's queen and both rooks. Alas, a single
modest pawn from b7 has nullified these achievements! For decades chess fans
have enjoyed this mind-boggling position of spiritual domination. Kasparow:
Der weiße Turm, der ursprünglich auf a1 stand, kann stolz sein: Es hat die
schwarze Dame und beide Türme erobert. Aber der bescheidene kleine Bauer von
b7 macht diese Leistung zunichte. Generationen von Schachspielern haben diese
atemberaubende Stellung genossen.} 33. Nf2 {Aljechin: "Erzwungen."} c1=Q+ 34.
Nf1 Ne1 $1 {The threat is no more and no less than Nf3#. Aljechin: " Droht ein
unerwartetes ersticktes Matt."  Die Drohung ist nicht mehr und nicht weniger
als Sf3#.} 35. Rh2 Qxc4 {The attack doesn't stop - the black bishop is ready
to join the death squad from b5, with decisive effect. Aljechin:" eine neue
Mattdrohung in wenigen Zügen durch 36. Lb5 usw. zwingt den Weißen die
Qualität zu opfern. Kasparow: Der Angriff hört einfach nicht auf - gleich
wird auch der schwarze Läufer als Todeskandidat auf b5 entscheidend in das
Geschehen eingreifen.} 36. Rb8 {The only defence. Kasparow: Die einzige
Verteidigung.} Bb5 37. Rxb5 Qxb5 38. g4 {For a second a glimpse of hope for
the doomed bishop on h1. Aljechin: " Ezwungen, da Schwarz nach 40. g5 durchSg4
usw. zwei Freibauern erlangt hätte."  Für einen Augenblick ein Lichtblick
für den armseligen Läufer auf h1.} Nf3+ 39. Bxf3 exf3 40. gxf5 Qe2 $1 {
Zugzwang! The white pieces cannot move anymore, e.g. 41.Rh3... Aljechin:
"Dieser Zug schafft eine Problemstellung: Weiß kann keine Figur ziehen, ohne
sofort zu verlieren, ....  Kasparow: Zugzwang! Die weißen Figuren können
überhaupt nicht mehr ziehen, z.B. 41.Th3...} 41. d5 ({....} 41. Rh3 Ng4 $1) ({
.... oder} 41. Nh3 Ng4 $3 {anyway und Schwarz gewinnt." Nach zwei belanglosen
Zügen ist Weiß daher gezwungen, e4 zu ziehen, wodurch eine für Schwarz
gewonnenes Endspiel herbeigeführt wird."   (trotzdem)} {Kasparow:} 42. Rxe2
fxe2 {and a new black queen will make her appearance. und eine neue schwarze
Dame tritt in Erscheinung.}) 41... Kg8 42. h5 Kh7 {A show of strength.  Ein
Zeichen der Stärke.} 43. e4 Nxe4 44. Nxe4 Qxe4 {and Black easily won the game.
Kasparow: und Schwarz gewann ganz leicht die Partie.} 45. d6 {Aljechin: "Die
Bauern sind offenbar nicht mehr zu verteidigen."} cxd6 46. f6 gxf6 47. Rd2 Qe2
{Aljechin: "Ein eleganter, der Partie würdiger Schluss. Schwarz erzwingt ein
gewonnenes Bauernendspiel."} 48. Rxe2 fxe2 49. Kf2 exf1=Q+ (49... e1=Q+ 50.
Kxe1 Kg7 51. Kf2 Kf7 52. Ke3 Ke6 53. Ke4 d5+) 50. Kxf1 Kg7 51. Kf2 Kf7 52. Ke3
Ke6 53. Ke4 d5+ {Alekhine: One of my most beautiful games I have ever played.}
0-1

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Milov, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ambroz,J"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. a4 (8.
Bb2 Bd7 9. Qc1 O-O 10. Ba3 Be8 $5 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 Qxa3 13. Nxa3 Bh5 14.
Rfc1 Bxf3 $13 {Michaelsen,N-Backwinkel,P, Deutschland 1989}) 8... O-O 9. Ba3
Bxa3 10. Rxa3 (10. Nxa3 Ne4 (10... a5 11. Nc2 Bd7 12. Ne5 Be8 13. cxd5 {
1/2, Adamski,J-Bany,J, Polska-ch}) 11. Nc2 Nd7 12. Qe1 a5 $1 13. Nd2 b6 14. f3
Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Nf6 16. Rfd1 Ba6 17. Ne1 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Qb7 19. Qf2 c5 $10 {
Kortschnoi,V-Jusupow,A, Montpellier ct 1985}) 10... g6 (10... a5 $142 $5) 11.
a5 Nbd7 (11... a6 12. Qc1 $5 (12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. f4 $5) 12... Nbd7 13. Nc3 Ne4
14. Na4 {>< b6}) 12. cxd5 exd5 {[#]} 13. a6 $1 Ne4 (13... b6 14. Qc1 c5 (14...
Qd6 15. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxc6 $14) 15. Bb5 $1) 14. Qc1 Rf6 (14...
c5 15. axb7 (15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxa3 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. axb7
Bxb7 $17)) 15. axb7 Bxb7 16. Ra5 a6 17. Nbd2 c5 (17... g5 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19.
Nxg5 Rg6 20. Nh3 $16) (17... Qg7 18. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Re6 20. f4 {/\
Nf3-d4, Bxe4()}) 18. Qa3 Qf8 19. Qa4 $5 (19. dxc5 Ndxc5 20. b4 Nxd3 21. Qxd3
Qxb4 22. Rxd5 Nc5 $15) 19... Bc6 20. Qa1 Bb7 21. Rc1 Rc6 (21... f4 22. Bxe4
dxe4 23. Ne5 $1 $16) 22. Ra2 Qf6 {[#]} 23. Bb5 $1 Nxd2 (23... axb5 24. Rxa8+
Bxa8 25. Qxa8+ Nf8 26. Ne5 $18) 24. Nxd2 axb5 25. Rxa8+ Bxa8 26. Qxa8+ Kg7 27.
Qb7 $5 (27. dxc5 Qb2 (27... Rxc5 $2 28. Rxc5 Nxc5 29. Qa7+) 28. Rb1 $16) 27...
Qd6 28. dxc5 Rc7 29. cxd6 Rxb7 30. Rc7 $1 Rxc7 31. dxc7 $18 Nb6 32. Nf3 $1 (32.
b4 Kf6 33. Nb1 Ke5 34. Nc3 Kd6 (34... d4 35. f4+) 35. Nxb5+ Kc6 36. Nd4+ Kxc7
37. Ne6+ Kc6 38. Nf8 $18) 32... Kf6 33. Nd4 b4 34. Nc6 Ke6 35. Nxb4 Kd7 36. Na6
Kc6 37. Kf1 h6 38. Ke2 Kb7 39. Nb4 Kxc7 40. Kd3 g5 41. Kd4 Kd6 42. h3 Ke6 43.
Nd3 h5 44. Kc5 1-0

[Event "ESP-ch"]
[Site "El Sauzal"]
[Date "2010.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Argandona Riveiro, Inigo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 {My opponent is quite fond of the
Stonewall structure. Exchanging dark-squared bishops is one of the most
annoying plans against this setup, and that´s what I prepared for this game.}
Bd6 6. O-O Qf6 {Argandoña is not theoretical at all, but he´s an imaginative
and dangerous opponent who likes to go his own way in the opening. However,
his plan in this game is too passive and he quickly reaches a worse position
with little counterplay.} 7. b3 Nh6 8. Ba3 Bxa3 9. Nxa3 Nf7 10. b4 $1 {White´s
plan is very straightforward: he´ll advance on the queenside and create
weaknesses there. Black, meanwhile, can do very little harm of his own.} a6 11.
Qb3 {I need my a-pawn in order to break with b5, so before moving my knight
back to c2 I decided to improve my queen.} O-O 12. Nc2 Nd7 13. a4 Nd6 14. b5 (
14. c5 Nf7 $1 {plays into Black´s hands, who can now break with ...e5 and get
his own plan on the kingside.}) 14... a5 {Argandoña is trying to keep the
queenside as closed as possible.} 15. Qc3 $5 {The idea behind this move is to
take e5 under control, which will allow Ne5 at some point. That should take me
closer to achieving one of my aims: reach a position with a good N vs a bad B
on c8.} Nc5 ({Rybka suggests} 15... dxc4 16. Bxc4 c5 {, but isn´t too
convinced with its position after} 17. Qb3 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 b6 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20.
Ncd4 Bb7 21. Nc6 Rf7 22. Rad1 {Control over the d-file gives White a very nice
edge.}) (15... c5 16. Qb3 dxc4 17. Bxc4 {is just a transposition to 15...dxc4.}
) 16. Ne5 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Bd7 (19... cxb5 20. Qxb5 {
is not what the c8-B is looking for.}) 20. b6 $1 {Of course. Now b7 and a5 are
potential targets and the bishop remains passive.} f4 {If Black doesn´t do
something quickly, I will bring my knight round to e5 or c5 and he will lose
without firing a shot.} 21. exf4 ({I considered} 21. e4 $6 f3 22. g3 {, but it
doesn´t make much sense to give Black real attacking chances on the kingside.})
21... Qxf4 22. Ne3 $1 {Looking forward to bring this knight to c4, hitting two
juicy squares, namely a5 and e5.} ({At first, I thought} 22. Ne1 {[%cal Ge1d3,
Gd3c5,Gd3e5] would be very strong, but then I realized that} c5 {would
activate the bishop more than I would like to.}) 22... Rf6 23. Qc5 Raf8 24. Nc4
Qh4 25. g3 $1 {The best way to meet any ...Rh6 ideas.} Qh3 26. f4 Rh6 ({
Black had a very interesting practical chance here in} 26... g5 $1 {, courtesy
of Rybka.} {Now} 27. Ra3 ({Here, while analysing with my silicon friend, I
liked} 27. Rf3 {, trying to keep the game under control, but Black can still
fight hard with} e5 $1 (27... gxf4 28. Ne5 Kh8 29. g4 Qh4 30. Qe7 Bc8 31. Rxf4
$18 {is precisely what White is looking for.}) 28. Nxe5 Bg4 29. Rc3 Be6 {
[%cal Ge6d5] The bishop is heading to d5.} 30. g4 Qh4 31. f5 Bxf5 32. gxf5 Rxf5
{...so much for trying to "keep it simple".}) 27... Qh6 28. Nd6 gxf4 29. Raf3
fxg3 (29... Qg7 30. Nxb7 Rf5 31. Qc3 Rb8 32. Nxa5 Rxb6 33. Nc4 Ra6 34. a5 $16)
30. Rxg3+ Rg6 (30... Kh8 31. Qe5 $18) 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. Nxb7 Qf3 33. Qc2 $18 {
is winning for White, but it´s obvious that most humans could easily get lost
in this maze.}) 27. Ra2 e5 $5 {Losing, but probably best under the
circumstances.} 28. dxe5 Be6 29. Rd2 g5 (29... Bd5 30. Ne3 $18) 30. f5 $1 {
This finishes Black off.} Rxf5 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Qe7+ Rf7 33. Rxf7+ Bxf7 34.
Qxg5+ Rg6 35. Qf4 Qg4 (35... Rh6 36. g4 ({I had planned} 36. Rd2 Bxc4 37. Qxc4
{during the game, which is also good enough.}) 36... Qh4 37. Rd7 Qe1+ 38. Qf1 {
wins easily.}) 36. Qxg4 Rxg4 37. Nd6 Bd5 38. Rd7+ Kg6 39. Rxb7 Rb4 40. Rb8 c5
41. b7 Kg5 42. Nb5 Kg4 43. Rg8+ Kf3 44. Rf8+ Ke3 45. b8=Q Rb1+ 46. Rf1 Rb2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Sanduleac, Vasile"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 {Vasile goes for some unexpected set up.} 4. e3 {
Solid!} (4. cxd5 $6 exd5 5. Bf4 Bd6 $1 $11 {Steals a tempo compared to
Makagonov lines.}) 4... f5 {So we have some sort of Stonewall over the board.}
5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 {Somehow my first experience with this set up.} Bd6 7. f3 (
7. O-O O-O (7... Bxh2+ $2 8. Kxh2 Ng4+ 9. Kg3 Qg5 10. f4 Qg6 11. Kf3 Nh2+ 12.
Kf2 Nxf1 13. Kxf1 $16) 8. f3 {is another way to get into the text.}) 7... O-O
8. O-O Qe7 $5 {Things are not very clear for both sides in this opening since
there ain't no established theory.} (8... b6) (8... Nbd7 9. Qc2 (9. cxd5 Nxd5
10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 c5 $13)) (8... Kh8) (8... Qc7) 9. Qc2 {I am not fully
satisfied with this one.} (9. e4 $2 {White's center becomes very shaky after
this.} dxe4 $1 (9... fxe4 10. fxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxf8+ Kxf8 13. Nxe4
Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Qh4+ 15. Kg1 Qxe4 16. Ng3 Qg6 17. Bf4 Kg8 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Rf1
$44) 10. fxe4 e5 11. exf5 (11. Qb3 Kh8 12. exf5 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Nce2 Rd8
15. Rf4 Na6 16. a3 Qe5 17. Qc3 Bb6 18. b4 c5 $19) 11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13.
Nce2 Rd8 14. Rf4 Qe5 15. Bc2 g5 $1 16. fxg6 Bg4 $19) ({With} 9. Bd2 $142 $5 {
white keeps all options open.}) 9... Bd7 $6 10. Bd2 $6 {Most likely this move
is not needed at all!} (10. e4 $142 fxe4 (10... dxe4 11. fxe4 e5 12. c5 Bc7 13.
Qb3+ Be6 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4+ Kh8 16. d5 $16) 11. fxe4 Ng4 (11... dxe4 12.
Bxe4 (12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rxf8+ Kxf8 14. Bxe4 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qh4+ 16. Kg1 Qe1+
$11) 12... e5 13. c5 Bc7 14. Bg5 exd4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Ne4 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Qe5+
18. Kg1 Nxh7 19. Rxf8+ Nxf8 20. Nd6 $16) 12. e5 (12. Rxf8+ $2 Qxf8 $17) 12...
Bxe5 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Bf4 $1 $16) 10... Be8 $2 {He continues like nothing
will happen to him.} (10... c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14.
Nd4 (14. Kh1 Bxe3 15. Bxe3 Qxe3 16. Nc3 $14) 14... f4 15. Rfe1 Nc6 16. Kh1 Nb4
17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Qb1 fxe3 19. Bxe3 Qh4 20. Bf5 Bxd4 21. Bxd7 Bxe3 22. Rxe3
Rad8 23. Bg4 d4 24. Re5 $16) 11. e4 fxe4 (11... dxe4 12. fxe4 e5 13. Ng3 $1
exd4 14. Nxf5 Qc7 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Bf4 $16) 12. fxe4 e5 {He tries to confuse
the issue.} 13. exd5 $2 {Is this the best I doubt it!} (13. cxd5 exd4 14. Nxd4
Bc5 15. Nce2 $16) (13. c5 $142 $1 Bc7 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Bg5 Bc6 16. Bxh7+ Kh8
17. Rae1 e4 18. Bf5 $18 {would have finished him off rightaway.}) 13... exd4
14. Ne4 $5 {I was consumming a lot of time and trying to play safe in every
move.} (14. Nxd4 Ng4 15. Rxf8+ Qxf8 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Qf5 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 $18 {
would have done the job as well.}) 14... Nxe4 (14... Bg6 15. Nxd6 Bxd3 16. Qxd3
Qxd6 17. Bf4 $18) 15. Bxe4 $2 {Mistakes come in abundance in this game.} (15.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 16. Bxe4 $18) 15... Nd7 16. dxc6 (16. Nxd4 Bc5 17. Bc3 Rxf1+ 18.
Rxf1 Nf6 19. Re1 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Qg5 21. Qe2 $16) (16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Rxf8+ Nxf8
18. Bd3 cxd5 19. cxd5 Bf7 $132) 16... Nf6 17. cxb7 Rd8 18. Bd3 Bc6 $2 {I felt
that something might have gone wrong and I was afraid of an immediate knight
jump.} (18... Ng4 19. Rxf8+ (19. h3 $2 Rxf1+ (19... Ne3 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Rxf8+
Qxf8 22. Qe4 $18) 20. Rxf1 Ne3 21. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 22. Rf2 Bc6 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Qf5
(24. Qd3 $2 Bxb7 25. Qxe3 dxe3 26. Rf7 Ba6 $132) 24... d3 25. Qxd3 Qb6 26. Qf5
Bc5 27. Bg6 Bxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Bxb7 29. Qxb6 axb6 $17) 19... Qxf8 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21.
Qf5 Bd7 22. Qxf8+ Rxf8 23. Bd3 Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 Bb8 25. Nf4 $16) 19. Nf4 $18 {
This looks like a clear win and in fact it is.} Qxb7 20. Ne6 $2 {I knew that
this was not the best but the greed prevailed over my logic eventually.} (20.
Qb3 $142 {looks like the simplest.} Bxf4 (20... Qxb3 21. axb3) 21. Rxf4 $1 Bxg2
22. Ba5 Rd7 23. Qxb7 Bxb7 24. Bf5 $1 $18) (20. c5 $5 Bxf4 (20... Bb8 21. Ne6
Bxg2 22. Rxf6 Rxf6 23. Nxd8 Qf3 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. Bf4 $18) 21. Bxf4 Nd5 22.
Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Bf5 Qf7 24. Bg6 Qf6 25. Bc7 Qxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Ne3+
28. Ke2 Nxc2 29. Bxd8 $18) 20... Bxg2 21. Nxd8 (21. Rxf6 $2 Rxf6 22. Nxd8 Qf3
$19) 21... Rxd8 {All of a sudden I have realised that there was a hole in my
calculation.} 22. Rxf6 $6 {This looked like being the only move in this
position to me but there was a better continuation.} (22. Rf2 $2 Bxh2+ $3 23.
Kxh2 Ng4+ 24. Kg3 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Bh1 $3 (25... Qf3+ 26. Kg1 Bh3 27. Bxh7+ (27.
Bb4 $2 Re8 28. Bd6 {looks very risky.} Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Bg4 30. Kg2 Re6 $19) 27...
Kh8 28. Qe4 Qg3+ 29. Kh1 Bg4 30. Rf1 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 Qg3+ 32. Qg2 Qxg2+ 33. Kxg2
Kxh7 34. Rf7 Re8 $1 $14) 26. Bxh7+ Kh8 $19) (22. Ba5 $2 Bxf1 23. Bxd8 Bxd3 24.
Qxd3 Bxh2+ $19) (22. Rf5 $142 $1 Bh3 23. Rf2 Ng4 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26.
Bxe4 Nxf2 27. Kxf2 $16) 22... gxf6 23. Bxh7+ (23. Ba5 Rd7) 23... Kh8 $8 24. Qg6
$2 {Again I was in between two moves and again I have made the wrong choice.} (
24. Qf5 Bh1 (24... Rd7 25. Bg6 Rg7 26. Re1 $18) 25. Qh3 {The difference!} Qxh7
26. Qxh7+ Kxh7 27. Kxh1 Re8 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 Bf4 30. c5 d3 31. c6 Kg6 32.
Kg2 Kf5 33. Bd2 $18) 24... Bc6 $2 {He also stumbles.} (24... Bh3 25. Qxf6+ Kxh7
26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Qxh3 Rd7 28. Bh6 (28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qe8+ Kh7 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31.
Bh6 Qe4 32. Rf1 d3 $132) 28... d3 29. Qg4+ Kh8 30. Qh5 Qe4 31. Bd2+ Kg8 32.
Qd5+ Qxd5 33. cxd5 Be5 $11) (24... Bh1 25. Rf1 Be5 26. Rf2 Rb8 (26... Bc6 27.
Rxf6 Bxf6 28. Qxf6+ Qg7+ 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Bd3 $14) 27. Bf4 (27. b3 $2 Bc6 $19
) 27... Qxh7 28. Qxh7+ Kxh7 29. Kxh1 Bxf4 30. Rxf4 Rxb2 31. Rxd4 Rxa2 $11) (
24... Qxb2 25. Qh6 Bf8 26. Qxf6+ Kxh7 27. Qxd8 Qxa1+ 28. Kxg2 Bg7 29. Qa5 $14)
25. Qxf6+ Qg7+ 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Bf5 $8 d3 $5 ({White meets} 27... Rh8 {with}
28. h3) (27... Kf6 28. Rf1 Rg8+ 29. Bg4+ Ke7 30. h3 Bd7 31. Kf2 Bxg4 32. hxg4
Rxg4 33. Kf3 $18) 28. h4 $2 ({Again} 28. Be3 d2 29. Rd1 Bb4 30. Bg4 $18 {
was an easy win.}) 28... Bc5+ $2 {Errors continue in mutual time trouble.} (
28... Be5 $1 29. Re1 Bd4+ 30. Kh2 Rf8 31. Rf1 Be4 32. Bc3 Bxc3 33. Rg1+ Kh8 34.
Bxe4 Be5+ 35. Kg2 d2 36. Kh3 Rf4 37. Bd5 Bxb2 38. Rd1 Rd4 $11) 29. Kh2 Bd4 $6 (
{After} 29... Rf8 $1 30. Rf1 Be4 31. Bc3+ Kh6 32. Bxe4 Rxf1 33. Bxd3 Rf3 34.
Be4 Bd6+ 35. Kg2 Rg3+ 36. Kf2 Rg4 37. Ke3 Rxh4 38. b4 $16 {white keeps his
winning chances but still this looks better than the game.}) 30. Kh3 Rf8 31.
Kg4 $1 {I did not want to get pinned on the f line which was the right
decision.} (31. Rf1 Bd7 $1 32. Kg4 Bxb2 33. h5 Bd4 $16) 31... Bxb2 32. Re1 Bf6
33. Re3 $2 {Worried about my king in the middle of the board lead to another
bad decision.} (33. h5 Rd8 34. h6+ Kf7 35. h7 $18) 33... Bxh4 34. Bc3+ Bf6 35.
Re7+ (35. Bxf6+ Rxf6 36. Rxd3 Rf7 $14) 35... Kg8 36. Bh7+ Kh8 37. Bxf6+ Rxf6
38. Bxd3 Rd6 $1 {The move I have missed, now it will be difficult to box his
pieces.} 39. Be2 (39. Bf5 Rd4+ 40. Kg5 Rxc4 41. Kf6 Rd4 $14) 39... Rd2 40. a3
Kg8 41. Kg5 Kf8 42. Re5 $4 {I had to get the king in.} (42. Kf6 Be8 ({He can
not effort going into bishops ending with} 42... Rd6+ $2 43. Re6 Rxe6+ 44. Kxe6
Ke8 45. Kd6) (42... Ra2 43. c5 Rxa3 44. Rc7 Be8 45. Rc8 $18) 43. c5 Rc2 44. Re5
Rc3 45. Rd5 Rxa3 46. Rd8 $18) 42... Be8 43. Bg4 $5 (43. Kf6 Rd6+ 44. Re6 Rd7
45. Ra6 Rf7+ 46. Ke5 Re7+ 47. Re6 Bf7 48. Rxe7 Kxe7 49. c5 Kd7 $14 {looked
like a draw to me.}) 43... Rd4 44. Be6 Ke7 $3 {I have missed this. Excellent
defense by my opponent who heads to the queenside with his king and gets out
of hook. This was caused by my unnecessarily stupid mistake on the 42nd move.}
45. Bg8+ Kd8 46. Ra5 Kc7 $5 {He does not want to get confined to the last
ranks with his king. Another great decision by my opponent.} (46... Rd6 47. Bd5
) (46... Rd7 47. Bd5) 47. Rxa7+ Kb6 48. Re7 Bc6 $11 {Despite of being two
pawns up the blockade is unbreakable.} 49. Re3 Rd2 50. Kf6 Kc5 51. Re5+ Kb6 52.
Bd5 $2 {I had to keep the bishops in. The rook ending is an immediate draw.}
Ba4 $5 (52... Bxd5 53. cxd5 Kc5 54. Ke6 Rh2 55. Rg5 Rh6+ 56. Ke5 Rh3 57. a4
Re3+ 58. Kf6 Kd6 $11) 53. Ke7 Kc7 54. Re3 Bd7 55. Be4 Bc6 56. Bd3 Ra2 57. Be2
Rd2 58. Ke6 Kb6 59. Re5 Ra2 60. Re3 Rd2 61. Ke7 Rd7+ 62. Ke6 Rd2 63. Kf5 Rd4
64. Bd3 Kc5 65. Re5+ Kb6 66. Be2 Rd2 67. c5+ {Enough maneuvering I went for
action and actually for the immediate draw!} Kc7 68. Bh5 Rf2+ 69. Kg5 Rc2 70.
Bg4 Rc3 71. Re7+ Kb8 72. Kf6 Rxa3 73. Ke5 Re3+ 74. Kd6 Rxe7 75. Kxe7 Kc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "US op 102nd"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 {This strange move ticked me off.} 5. Bd3
(5. Qg4 g6 (5... Nf6 6. Qxg7 Rg8 7. Qh6 dxc4 8. Nf3 b5 $13) 6. Qd1 {comes into
consideration.}) 5... f5 6. g4 Nf6 7. gxf5 (7. cxd5 cxd5 8. gxf5 exf5 9. Qf3 f4
$1 $44 (9... Ne4 $2 10. Nxd5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Rc1 Qxa2 14.
bxc3 $16)) 7... dxc4 (7... exf5 $5 8. Qb3) 8. Bxc4 exf5 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Ng5 Rf8
11. Qe2 (11. Nxh7 $4 Nxh7 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qxg6+ Kd8 $19) 11... Nbd7 (11... h6
12. Nf3 g5 (12... Be6 13. Nh4 Rg8 14. Ng6 Qf7 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. h4 $13) 13. Nd2
$13) 12. Bb3 (12. Ne6 Rf7 13. Ng5 $11) 12... Nb6 13. Bd2 $6 (13. h4 $142) 13...
h6 14. Nf3 g5 $15 15. O-O-O Be6 16. Kb1 {It is better to have double pawns on
b3 since the front one covers c4 square.} (16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Kb1 Ne4 $17) 16...
Bxb3 17. axb3 Qe6 18. Kc2 (18. Qd3 Qxb3 19. Qxf5 Nc4 20. Bc1 $17) (18. Be1 Qxb3
19. d5 Nbxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 (20... cxd5 21. Nd4 Qa4 $17) 21. Nd4 Qa4 22. b3 Qa3
23. Qh5+ Rf7 24. Qxh6 Be5 $17) 18... Nbd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Ne5 Bxe5 $6 {
Black has chosen a direct continuation but this was simply needless to secure
an advantage.} (20... O-O-O 21. Nd3 $17 (21. Nc4 Bc7 22. Qd3 $17)) 21. dxe5
Qxe5 22. Qh5+ Kd7 23. Qxh6 $1 (23. h4 $6 g4 24. Qxh6 Rh8 25. Qg6 Rag8 26. Qf7+
Kc8 27. Bc3 Qe4+ 28. Kc1 Rf8 29. Qg6 Rhg8 (29... Nxc3 30. bxc3) 30. Qd6 Rd8 $17
) 23... Rh8 24. Qg6 (24. Qxg5 $4 Qe4+ $1 (24... Rag8 25. Qf4 $1 Nxf4 26. Bc3+
Ke6 (26... Qd5 27. Bxh8) 27. Bxe5 Kxe5 28. exf4+ Kxf4 $15) 25. Kc1 Rag8 $19)
24... Rag8 25. Qf7+ Kc8 26. Bc3 Nxc3 {Draw offer.} (26... Qe4+ 27. Kc1) 27.
Qd7+ {The most natural response.} (27. bxc3 Rg7 28. Qc4 Rgh7 29. h3 g4 30. h4
a6 {and white has problems.}) 27... Kb8 28. bxc3 Rg7 29. Qd6+ $2 (29. Qd4 $1
Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Rgh7 31. Rg1 Rxh2 32. Rxg5 Rxf2+ 33. Kd3 $44) 29... Qxd6 30. Rxd6
Rh3 31. Kd2 (31. Kd3 f4) 31... Kc7 32. Rf6 f4 33. exf4 Rd7+ 34. Kc2 g4 $1 $17 {
Till this moment I thought I was doing fine but after this good move white is
in deep trouble.} 35. c4 (35. Re6 Rdd3 (35... Rf3 36. Re2 Rf7 37. Rg1 R7xf4 38.
Rg3 Rxf2 39. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 40. Kd3 Rxh2 41. Rxg4 $15) 36. Re7+ (36. Re3 $2 Rdxe3
37. fxe3 g3 38. Kd3 gxh2 39. Ke4 a5 $19) 36... Kb6 37. Re3 Rdxe3 38. fxe3 g3
39. Kd3 gxh2 40. f5 Kc7 41. Ke4 Kd6 42. Kf4 a5 43. e4 b5 44. e5+ Ke7 45. Kg4
Rh8 46. Kg5 a4 47. bxa4 bxa4 48. Kg6 Rg8+ 49. Kh7 Rg2 $19) 35... Rdd3 36. Rf7+
(36. c5 Rc3+ 37. Kd2 Rxc5 38. Rf7+ Kb6 39. Rg7 Ra5 $19) 36... Kb6 37. c5+ (37.
Rg1 Rc3+ 38. Kd1 Rxb3 39. Rxg4 Rxh2 $19) 37... Kxc5 38. Rxb7 Rdf3 {Whites
problems continue.} 39. Kb2 (39. Rc1 Rxf2+ 40. Kb1+ Kd6 41. Rxa7 Rxb3+ 42. Ka1
Rxh2 43. Ra6 g3 44. Raxc6+ Kd5 $19) (39. Rf1 Rxh2) 39... Rxf2+ 40. Ka3 Rhxh2
41. Rxh2 Rxh2 42. Rxa7 (42. Rg7 Rg2 43. f5 g3 44. f6 Kd6 45. Kb4 Ke6 46. f7 Ke7
$19) 42... Rf2 43. f5 g3 44. Rg7 g2 45. f6 Kd6 $19 46. Kb4 {Nothing can save
the game.} (46. b4 Ke6 47. f7 Ke7 48. Kb3 Kf8 49. Rg4 Kxf7 50. Kc4 Kf6 51. Kd3
Kf5 52. Rg8 (52. Ke3 Kxg4 53. Kxf2 Kf4 $1 54. Kxg2 Ke4 55. Kf2 Kd4 56. Ke2 Kc4
57. Kd2 Kxb4 58. Kc2 Kc4 $19) 52... Kf4 53. Rf8+ Kg3 54. Rg8+ Kh2 55. Rh8+ Kg1
56. Rh6 Rf4 57. Ke2 Rxb4 58. Rxc6 Rh4 $19) 46... Rc2 47. Ka5 Ke6 $1 {Accuracy
is still needed.} (47... c5 $4 48. b4 $1 c4 49. b5 Ke6 50. f7 Ke7 51. b6 $11)
48. f7 Ke7 49. b4 Kf8 50. Rg3 Kxf7 51. Kb6 Kf6 52. Rg8 ({White is still not in
time to sac the rook.} 52. Rxg2 Rxg2 53. Kxc6 Ke6 54. b5 Rc2+ $19) 52... Kf5
53. Kc7 Kf4 54. Rg6 (54. Rxg2 Rxg2 55. Kxc6 Rc2+ 56. Kd5 Rb2 57. Kc5 Ke5 58. b5
Rc2+ $19) 54... Kf3 55. Rf6+ Ke2 56. Rg6 Kf1 57. Rf6+ {The final trick for
white was to keep the rook on the sixth rank.} Kg1 $1 (57... Rf2 $4 58. Rxc6
Rb2 59. Rf6+ Kg1 60. Rb6 $1 Rb1 61. b5 Kf2 62. Rf6+ Ke3 63. Rg6 $11) 58. Kb6
Rc4 {Superb rooks endgame by IM Kaliksteyn.} (58... Rc4 59. b5 cxb5 60. Kxb5
Rh4) 0-1

[Event "Kavala op 12th"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "2003.08.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Avrukh,B} f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. c4 d6 5. b4 c6 $146 (5... Bg7 6. Bb2
O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O Kh8 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Rc1 Bg8 11. Qc2 a5 12. b5 a4 13. Ba3
Nbd7 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Rfe1 {1-0 Peng,Z-Cmilyte,V/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (68)})
6. Bb2 a5 $5 {A very interesting conception:white pawnstructure on the
queenside is a little bit vulnerable, so even without castle black is trying
to create targets for the attack.} 7. b5 (7. a3 $143 axb4 8. axb4 Rxa1 9. Bxa1
Na6 $132 {[%csl Gb4]}) 7... cxb5 8. cxb5 a4 {Continuing the same strategy.} (
8... Bg7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Qb3+ Kh8 13. Rac1 {and white
has a clear edge} (13. a4 $5)) 9. Nc3 (9. Bg2 Qa5+ 10. Bc3 Qxb5 11. Na3 Qa6 12.
Rb1 $44 {was also interesting}) 9... Nbd7 {[%cal Gd7b6]} (9... a3 10. Bc1 Ne4 (
10... Qa5 11. Bd2) 11. Qb3 $1 (11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Ng5 d5 $1 $13 (12... Qa5+ $143
13. Bd2 Qxb5 14. Nxe4 $16)) 11... Qa5 12. Bd2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Bg7 14. e3 $16 {
[%csl Ge8]}) 10. Bg2 (10. Nxa4 $2 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Ne4 (11... Nb6 12. Nd2 $1) 12.
Qb3 Nb6 $1 13. Bg2 Nd5 $1 14. Qxd5 Nxc3 15. Qb3 Nxb5+ 16. Kf1 Bg7 $11) 10...
Nb6 11. O-O Bg7 (11... Nc4 12. Bc1 Qa5 13. Qd3) 12. Rb1 O-O $2 (12... d5 $142 {
was the best option for black, although I prefer white's position after} 13.
Ne5 O-O 14. Ba3 $14) 13. d5 $1 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Gf3d4] A fairly typical idea
in Leningrad variation,which clearly secures white's advantage} Bd7 ({Doesn't
work} 13... f4 $2 14. gxf4 Bf5 (14... Nh5 15. e3) 15. Nd4 $1 {[%csl Ge6]}) 14.
Nd4 Nc4 15. Ba1 Qa5 16. Ne6 $1 ({First I was really impressed by piece
sacrifice after:} 16. Nc6 bxc6 17. dxc6 Be6 18. Nd5 {white is threatening to
advance pawns on the queenside, but finally I realized, that after right} Nb6
$1 {position is far from clear and it's too much risk for white} (18... Kh8
$143 19. Bc3 Qd8 20. c7 $1 Qc8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nxf6 exf6 23. Bxa8 Qxa8 24. b6
Qb7 25. Qd4 $16) (18... Na3 19. Bc3 $1 Qd8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rb4 $1 $16 {
[%csl Ra3]}) {for example} 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Bd4 Qa5 21. b6 Bxa2 $1 22. b7 Bxb1
(22... Rab8 23. Ra1 e5 24. Rxa2 exd4 25. Qxa4 $1 Qc7 26. Qa5 $44) 23. bxa8=Q
Rxa8 24. Qxb1 Ne4 $1 $11) 16... Bxe6 17. dxe6 $16 {White has a clear advantage,
since it's very difficult for black to oppose something against white's
light-squared bishop pressure.} Na3 $6 (17... Rfb8 $142 18. Qd3 Ne5 19. Qc2 Nc4
20. Rbc1 $16) 18. Rc1 Qb6 (18... Nxb5 19. Nxb5 Qxb5 20. Rc7 d5 21. Qd3 $1 (21.
Rxe7 $140 Rfe8) 21... Qb6 22. Rxe7 Rfe8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Bxd5
$16) 19. e3 $1 {[%cal Gd1d4]} (19. Nxa4 $143 Qxb5 20. Nc3 Qb4 $14) (19. Qd3 $5)
19... Nc4 (19... Ra5 20. Qd3 {[%csl Ga3]}) (19... Rfc8 20. Qd4 $16) 20. Qd4
Qxd4 21. exd4 Nd2 $138 (21... Rfb8 22. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 23. Rxc4 Nb6 24. Rc7 Kf8 25.
Rxb7 $18) 22. Rfd1 Nde4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 (23... fxe4 24. Rc7) 24. Rc7 Bf6 (24...
d5 $142 25. Rxb7 Rfb8 26. Rxe7 Rxb5 27. f3 $18) 25. f3 Ng5 26. d5 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rg5][%cal Gh2h4] The rest is very simple} h5 {[%cal Gg5h7]} (26... Rfc8
27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. h4 $18) 27. Bxf6 Rxf6 (27... exf6 28. Rxb7 $18) 28. Rd4 $5 {
[%csl Gf4]} f4 29. gxf4 Nh7 30. Rxe7 Rff8 31. Rd7 Nf6 32. Rxd6 Rfc8 33. Rb6 Rc2
34. d6 Kf8 35. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Enghien les Bains 4th"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2001.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Bareev,E"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. f4 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O b6
9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ne4 $11 11. Rac1 a6 {white played the opening unambitiously
and there is no problems for black.} (11... Nd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nb5 Qe7 14.
Nxd6 $14) 12. cxd5 (12. Be1 c5 $11) 12... cxd5 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. a4 Qe7 {here
and further black have too many good options} (14... Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Qe7 $11) 15.
Be1 Rfc8 $6 (15... Nxe5 16. fxe5 Bb4 $11) 16. g4 Ndf6 (16... Nxe5 17. fxe5 Bb4
18. gxf5 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Bxc3 20. bxc3 exf5 21. Rb1 $14) 17. Bh4 Qe8 (17... Nxc3
18. bxc3 fxg4 19. Nxg4 $14) 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Kh1 Kh8 $2 {two knights for one
square is too much} (19... Nxc3 20. bxc3 Ne4 21. Rg1 Rc7 22. Qb2 Bxe5 23. fxe5
Qxa4 24. Qxb6 Qc6 $13) 20. Rg1 Rc7 $2 {loses on spot} (20... Nxc3 21. Qg2 Qf8
22. bxc3 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Ne4 24. Rcf1 $16) (20... Bxe5 $8 21. fxe5 Ng4 22. Bxe4
dxe4 23. Rcf1 Qh5 24. Bg3 Rf8 25. e6 $14) 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 (21... fxe4 22. Rxg7
Kxg7 23. Rg1+ Kf8 24. Bxf6 {there is no defence,white slow thretens pressure.}
Qe6 25. Qg2 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Bc6 27. Qg5 $18) 22. Nxe4 Bxe5 (22... fxe4 23. Rxc7
Bxc7 24. Rxg7 Bxe5 25. Rxb7 Qc6 26. dxe5 Qxb7 27. Bf6+ Kg8 28. e6 $18) 23. Nf6
$1 Bxf6 24. Rxc7 Bxh4 25. Rgxg7 Qe4+ 26. Kg1 {Bareev} 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Guliev, Sarhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 f5 (4... Bd6 5. Bg5 Ne7 6. e3 Nd7 7. Nc3 h6
8. Bh4 dxc4 $6 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O-O $16 {Magerramov,E-Zaitceva,L/Moscow
Alekhine op/1992/1:0/19/}) (4... Nf6 5. Bg5 $5 (5. g3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 $10) 5...
Nbd7 (5... h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. e3 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bg3
$16 {Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Paris Immopar(25')(04)/1992/1:0/65/}) (5... Qa5+ 6. Bd2
Qd8 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bd3 f5 9. g4 Bd6 10. gxf5 exf5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Qb3 (12. a3 $5)
12... Nb4 13. Be2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxd2 15. Kxd2 $13 {Hort,V-Schlosser,P/Baden
Baden-B(08)/1992/0,5/60/}) (5... Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxd2+ (7... Qxf6 8. e3
O-O $5) 8. Nxd2 Qxf6 9. e3 e5 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. Nf3 Qh5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Qc3
O-O 14. Bc4 $14 {Razuvaev,Y-Preissmann,E/Geneve(06)/1993/0,5/30/}) 6. e3 (6.
Nbd2 Qa5 (6... Be7 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Qb4+ 11. Nd2
Qxb2 12. Qb1 Qc3 13. Bd3 $14 {Kortchnoj,V-Nej,I/URS-ch Leningrad(04)/1960/1:0/
42/}) 7. a3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 c5 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. e3 Qxc4 11. Bxc4 Bd6 12. Ke2 $14 {
Kharlov,A-Yasinsky,V/Elista RUS-ch/1994/1:0/34/}) 6... Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 Ne4 8. Bf4
Bb4 9. a3 g5 10. Bg3 h5 (10... g4 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Ne5 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nxe5 14.
dxe5 h5 15. Be2 $16 {Davies,N-Manor,I/Tel Aviv/1991/}) 11. O-O-O Bxa3 (11...
Be7 $2 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 h4 14. Be5 f6 15. Qg6+ Kf8 16. d5 $18 {Horvath,
G-Kuijf,R/Mitropa Cup/1993/}) 12. bxa3 Qxa3+ 13. Qb2 Qxb2+ 14. Kxb2 h4 15. Nxe4
dxe4 16. Bd6 $44 {Khalifman,A-Van der Werf,M/Wijk(B1,1);CBM45/1995/1:0/68/}) (
4... Nd7 5. Bf4 $5 Ngf6 6. e3 Bb4+ (6... Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5
10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O $14 {Korchnoj,V-Doroshkevich,V/Riga URS-ch/1970/1:0/48/})
7. Nbd2 Ne4 8. a3 Qa5 9. Bd3 g5 10. Bxe4 gxf4 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. O-O
$14 {Kortchnoj,V-Vaisser,A(01)/New York PCA(25')(1)/1994/0,5/53/}) 5. Bf4 Nf6
6. e3 Be7 (6... Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O $14) 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O (8. Nc3 Ne4 9. g4
$5) 8... Nh5 (8... Ne4 9. Nbd2 (9. Ne5 $6 g5 10. Bg3 f4) 9... Nd7 $14) 9. Be5
Nd7 10. Nbd2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 $1 (11. Nxe5 Nf6 12. Rac1 Bd6 $14) 11... g6 12. Rfd1
Bd7 (12... b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Nd4 Ng7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qa4 $16) 13. Be2 Ng7
14. Ne1 $5 Qb6 (14... Rc8 $5) 15. Nd3 Rad8 (15... c5 $5 16. Bf3 Bc6 $14) 16. c5
Qc7 17. b4 $16 g5 18. f4 Be8 (18... Kh8 $5 19. Rab1 Rg8) 19. Nb3 Bh5 (19... Bf7
$5) 20. Bxh5 Nxh5 21. Nd4 Kf7 (21... Ng7 22. Rab1 a6 23. a4 $16) 22. Rab1 gxf4
$6 (22... Rg8 23. a4 Rc8 24. b5 $16) 23. Qe2 f3 $6 (23... Ng7 24. exf4 a6 25.
a4 $16) 24. Qxf3 Ng7 25. g4 $1 $18 Kg8 26. gxf5 exf5 (26... Nxf5 27. Nxe6 $18)
(26... Rxf5 27. Nxf5 Nxf5 28. Kh1 $18) 27. Kh1 Bg5 (27... Kh8 28. Rg1 Rde8 29.
Rg3 Bd8 30. Rbg1 Rf7 31. Rh3 $18) 28. Rg1 Qe7 29. Rg2 f4 (29... Kh8 30. Rbg1
Bh6 31. Qh3 $18) 30. exf4 1-0

[Event "Moscow3"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanov, Timur"]
[Black "Guliev, Sarhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 f5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2
Ne4 9. g4 $1 Na6 (9... fxg4 10. Bxe4 gxf3 (10... dxe4 11. Ne5) 11. Bxh7+ Kh8
12. Rg1 $16) (9... b5 10. cxb5 cxb5 11. gxf5 exf5 12. Nxb5 Na6 13. a3 Qa5+ 14.
Ke2 Bd7 15. Qb3 $8 Be6 16. Rhc1 $16 {Makarov,M-Vasenev,R/URS/1989/}) (9... Qa5
10. gxf5 Bb4 $5 11. Kf1 $1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 e5 $1 13. Nxe5 Bxf5 14. f3 Bh3+ $2 (
14... Qxc3 15. fxe4 $1 Qxa1+ 16. Kg2 Bh3+ 17. Kxh3 Qxh1 18. exd5 $44) 15. Ke2
$1 $18 {Belov,I-Kolasinski,M/Czestochowa/1990/1:0/26/}) 10. a3 Qa5 11. Ke2
Nxc3+ (11... fxg4 12. Bxe4 gxf3+ 13. Bxf3 dxc4 14. Be5 $1 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 (
15... gxf6 16. Rag1+ Kh8 17. Rg3 Bd7 18. Rhg1 $16) 16. Ne4 Rf8 17. Rhg1 Qf5 18.
Bg4 Qd5 19. Ng5 $16) 12. bxc3 Nc7 13. Ne5 (13. c5 $5 Ne8 14. Rhg1 Kh8 15. Rg2
Nf6 16. Rag1 $1 Ne4 (16... Nxg4 17. h3 Nh6 18. Rxg7 $18) (16... g6 17. Be5 Kg8
18. gxf5 $18) (16... fxg4 17. Ne5 $36) 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Rxg7 Bf6 19. Be5 $18 {
Lima,D-Giardeli,S/San Paulo zt(09)/1993/1:0/28/}) 13... Ne8 $5 (13... Bf6 14.
Rhg1 Ne8 15. Rg2 (15. gxf5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 exf5 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. Rg5 h6 19. Rg6
Rf7 20. Rag1 Kf8 21. c4 $16) 15... dxc4 16. Nxc4 Qd5 17. Rag1 $16 {Stempin,
P-Kholmov,R/Warszawa op/1989/0:1/48/}) 14. Rhg1 Nd6 15. gxf5 exf5 16. c5 Ne8 $6
(16... Ne4 $5 17. f3 (17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Rg3 Bh4 (18... Bf6 19. Rag1 Kh8 20. Bh6
$2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 gxh6 $19) 19. Rg2 Bh3 $13) 17... Nxc3+ 18. Kf1 Na4 19. Rxg7+
Kxg7 20. Qg2+ Kh8 21. Bh6 Bf6 22. Bxf8 Be6 23. Bh6 Rg8 $132) 17. Bg5 Qd8 18. f4
$16 Bxg5 19. Rxg5 Qf6 (19... g6 20. h4 $36) 20. Rag1 b6 21. Qa4 $1 b5 $6 (21...
bxc5 22. Qxc6 Qxc6 23. Nxc6 cxd4 24. cxd4 Rf7 (24... Be6 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. Ne7+
Kh8 27. Nxf5) 25. Ne5 Re7 26. Bb5 $16) 22. Qa5 Kh8 23. R1g3 Kg8 $22 24. Kd2 Kh8
25. Be2 Qe6 26. Bf3 (26. Bh5 Nf6 27. Qc7 $18) 26... Bb7 27. h4 Qe7 28. h5 Qd8
29. Qxd8 Rxd8 30. h6 $18 Rf6 (30... g6 31. Rxg6 hxg6 32. Nxg6+ Kg8 33. Nxf8+
Kxf8 34. h7 $18) (30... gxh6 31. Rg8+ Rxg8 32. Nf7#) 31. hxg7+ Kg8 32. Bh5 h6
33. Bf7+ $1 Rxf7 34. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Rakic, Tomislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 f5 (3... c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5) 4. e4 $5 fxe4 (
4... d6 5. Nf3 c5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. Be2 (7. d5 Nf6 8. Bd3) 7... Nc6 8. Be3 Nf6 9.
O-O Ng4 10. Bg5 $5 h6 11. Bh4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxg4 Qd7 14. h3 O-O $13 {
Lempert,I-Petkevich,J/Moscow/1994/1:0/59/}) 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ exf6 (6...
Bxf6 7. Bh6 e6 8. Nf3 d6 9. Bd3 $14) 7. h4 (7. Bd3 d6 8. Ne2 (8. h4 f5 9. h5
Rg8 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Ne2 $14) 8... f5 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nf6 $10)
7... d5 (7... h5 8. Bd3 f5 9. Bg5 Bf6 10. Nf3 $16) 8. h5 Qe7+ 9. Be2 Nc6 (9...
dxc4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Qxc4 $36) 10. c5 Bg4 11. h6 Bf8 12. Be3 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Qe4
$6 (13... O-O-O 14. Nc3 Qe6 $10) 14. Kf1 g5 $2 (14... O-O-O 15. Nc3 Qe6 16. a3
Be7 17. b4 f5 $13) 15. Ng3 Qe6 16. Qh5+ Qf7 17. Qg4 Qd7 18. Nh5 $1 Be7 (18...
Qxg4 19. Nxf6+ Kf7 20. Nxg4 $18) 19. Ng7+ Kd8 20. Qf3 a5 21. Nf5 Ra6 22. g4 $16
Re8 23. Ng7 $1 (23. Kg2 Bf8 24. a3 a4 $16) 23... Rg8 24. Kg2 Kc8 25. a3 a4 26.
Rab1 Nd8 27. b4 axb3 28. Rxb3 Bf8 29. Nf5 Rg6 $6 (29... Re6) 30. Bd2 Re6 31.
Bb4 Nc6 (31... Nf7 $2 32. c6 $18) 32. Re3 $1 (32. Rhb1 Bxh6 33. Bd2 Nd8 34. Qd3
Re4 35. f3 Re6 $13) 32... Kd8 33. Rxe6 Qxe6 34. Re1 Qd7 35. Qe2 Bxh6 36. Qb5
$18 Kc8 (36... Nxb4 37. Qxb7 Nc6 38. Qa8+ Qc8 39. Re8+ $18) 37. a4 Bf8 (37...
Nxb4 38. Re8+ $18) (37... Rg8 38. Nxh6) 38. a5 Rg8 39. a6 (39. a6 bxa6 40.
Qxa6+ Kb8 (40... Kd8 41. Qa8+) 41. Rb1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Krasnodar"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. Nc3 (4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O
8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Kb1 a5 12. h3 Nxc3+ 13. Bxc3 a4 $132 {
Galljamova,A-Sherbakov,R/Novgorog op/1995/0:1/61/}) 4... Bd6 (4... f5 5. g4
fxg4 (5... Nf6 6. gxf5 exf5 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Bd2 $6 b5
11. Be2 Be6 12. Qc2 b4 $15 {Ovsejevitsch,S-Guliev,S/Nikolaev zt/1995/0:1/33/})
6. Qxg4 Nf6 7. Qg2 c5 $1 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nge2 Be6 11. dxc5 Qd7 12.
Nd4 Bh3 13. Qg3 Bxc5 14. Rg1 Bxd4 15. exd4 O-O $17 {Zvjagincev,V-Sokolov,I/
Reykjavik op/1994/1:0/48/}) 5. Bd3 f5 6. g4 $6 (6. Nge2 Nf6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. f3
Kh8 9. Bd2 Qe7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bd3 Na6 13. a3 b4 14. Na4 bxa3 15.
bxa3 Bxa3 16. Rfb1 $44 {Yasinsky,V-Sveshnikov,E/Novgorod op/1995/0:1/40/}) 6...
Nf6 (6... fxg4 7. Qxg4 Qc7 (7... Qe7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nxd5 $16) 8. Nge2 Nf6 9.
Qg2 O-O $13) 7. gxf5 exf5 8. Qf3 dxc4 (8... O-O 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nxd5 $16 (10.
Bxf5 $2 Ne4 $19)) 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. Nge2 Be6 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. d5 $5 Qe5 (12...
cxd5 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. Nxf5 Be5 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Rg1 g6 $13) (12... Nxd5 13. Nd4
Qf7 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Nxf5 Be5 $13) 13. Nd4 O-O (13... g6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qxc6+ Kf7 17. Qb7+ Be7 $44) 14. Bd2 $1 (14. Nxf5 Bb4 (14... Nxd5
15. e4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rxf5 $2 17. Qxf5 Qxc3+ 18. Kf1 Qxa1 19. Qe6+ Kf8 20. Qxd6+
$16) 15. Bd2 Nxd5 16. e4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Na6 18. O-O Bc5 $15) (14. Qxf5 cxd5 15.
Qe6+ Kh8 16. Qxe5 Bxe5 $15) 14... Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 (15... cxd5 16. Bc3 Qe4
17. Qxe4 dxe4 18. Nb5 Rd8 19. O-O-O $18) 16. Qxd5+ cxd5 17. Bc3 $1 (17. Nb5 Be5
18. f4 a6 $13) 17... Na6 (17... Nc6 18. Ne6 Rf7 19. O-O-O Ne7 20. Rhg1 g6 21.
h4 $44) 18. Ne6 Rfc8 (18... Rf7 19. O-O-O Nc7 20. Nxc7 Bxc7 21. Rxd5 Rd8 $10)
19. Rd1 (19. Nxg7 $2 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Kxg7 $19) (19. Bxg7 $2 Re8 $19) 19... Bb4 (
19... Nc7 20. Nxg7 Nb5 21. Nxf5 $16) 20. Bxb4 Nxb4 21. a3 Nc2+ $2 (21... Nc6
22. Rxd5 Re8 23. Nc7 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Ke2 Rd7 $10) 22. Kf1 Rc6 23. Nf4 d4
24. exd4 $16 Rb6 25. Rg1 Rd8 (25... Rxb2 26. Ne6 g6 27. d5 Kf7 28. Rg3 Ra2 29.
Ng5+ Kg7 30. Rc3 h6 31. Rc7+ Kf6 32. Nh7+ Ke5 33. Re7+ $16) 26. d5 Rd7 (26...
Kf7 $5) 27. Rg3 $1 Rxb2 (27... Kf7 28. b4 $18) 28. Nh5 $1 Kf8 (28... Rf7 29. d6
$18) (28... Rb6 29. Rc3 Rb2 30. d6 Kf7 31. Rc7 $18) 29. Rxg7 $1 Rxg7 30. Nxg7
Nxa3 (30... Kxg7 31. d6 Kf7 32. d7 $18) 31. d6 Rb1 32. Ne6+ $1 Kf7 (32... Ke8
33. d7+ $18) 33. Rxb1 (33. Rxb1 Nxb1 34. d7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Rostov on Don op"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Bd6 (4... f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7
8. Bb2 (8. a4 O-O 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 Ne4 11. Nc2 $14 {Korchnoi,V-Yusupov,A
Montpellier1985 Inf 40/130/}) 8... O-O 9. Qc2 Bd7 10. Ne5 Be8 11. f3 $14 {
Lindstedt,J-Kramnik,V Maringa 1991 Inf 53/94/}) 5. Nc3 (5. Bd3 $5) 5... f5 6.
Ne5 $1 Nf6 (6... Bxe5 7. dxe5 Nd7 8. f4 Qe7 9. Be2 dxc4 10. a4 $1 (10. Bxc4
Nxe5 $1) 10... b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bxc4 $16 {Rubinstein,A-Marshall,F Lodz 1908/}
) 7. f4 O-O 8. Be2 $1 (8. Bd3 Ne4 9. O-O Nd7 $10) 8... b6 (8... Ne4 9. Nxe4
fxe4 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bd2 $14 {/\b4/}) 9. O-O Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 $6 (10... cxd5
11. Bd2 a6 (11... Nbd7 12. Nb5 Be7 13. Rc1 $16) 12. Qb3 Nbd7 13. Rfc1 $14) 11.
Bd2 c5 (11... Nbd7 12. Qa4 Qc7 (12... c5 13. Bb5) 13. Rac1 $16) 12. Qa4 $1 a6 (
12... Nbd7 13. Bb5 Nb8 $8) 13. Qc2 Ne4 (13... g6) 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Bg4 $1 $16
Kh8 (15... Qe7 16. Bc3 Nc6 $2 17. Qb3 $18) 16. dxc5 $1 bxc5 17. Qb3 Ra7 $6 (
17... Qe7 $5 18. Bc3 Rd8 (18... Nc6 19. Nd7 Rfd8 20. Nb6 Rab8 21. Nxd5)) 18.
Bc3 Ba8 19. Rad1 Nc6 $6 (19... Qe7 $5) 20. Be6 $1 Bxe5 (20... d4 21. Nxc6 Bxc6
22. exd4 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Rb7 24. Qe3 $18) 21. fxe5 Rxf1+ (21... d4 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8
23. exd4 cxd4 24. Bxd4 $18) 22. Rxf1 d4 23. Qb6 $1 $18 Qe7 (23... Qxb6 24. Rf8#
) 24. exd4 cxd4 (24... Nxd4 25. Qxa7 $1) 25. Bb4 $1 Qxe6 $8 26. Rf8+ Qg8 27.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 28. e6 $1 a5 29. Bc5 d3 30. Qb3 (30. Qb3 Rb7 31. e7+ Rxb3 32. e8=Q#)
1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.02.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vukic, Milan"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 f5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d4 (6. b3 Bb4 7. Bb2 O-O
8. d4 a5 $4 9. c5 bxc5 10. a3 $18 {Hernando-Larsen, Orense 1975}) 6... Be7 7.
d5 O-O 8. Nd4 Qc8 9. Nc3 (9. dxe6 Bxg2 10. exd7 Qb7) 9... c5 10. Nc2 (10. Ndb5
$6) 10... d6 11. e4 exd5 12. exd5 $14 Nbd7 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 a6 15. Qd3 g6
16. Re6 (16. Re2 $5) 16... Nf8 17. Re2 Nh5 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. Rae1 Qd7 20. Bf3 Ng7
21. Bh6 Rxe2 22. Rxe2 b5 23. b3 (23. cxb5 axb5 24. Qxb5 Ba6 $5 (24... Qxb5 25.
Nxb5 Rxa2 26. Nxd6 Rxb2 27. Nxb7 $14)) 23... bxc4 24. bxc4 Re8 25. Na1 Rxe2 26.
Bxe2 Qd8 27. Nb3 Nd7 28. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qb3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. g3 b6 (7...
d6) 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O d6 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 (11. Ng5 $6 Bxg2 12. Nxe6 Qe7 13.
Nxf8 Ne4 $1 14. Qc2 Bxf1 15. Nxd7 Bh3 16. f3 $8 Qxd7 17. fxe4 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Re8
$44) 11... Qe7 12. Rad1 (12. Rfd1 $142 $14) 12... a5 13. b5 Rae8 14. Qc1 Be4 (
14... e5 $142 15. c5 $5 bxc5 $1 (15... dxc5 $6 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. h3 Bxf3 18.
exf3 Ngxe5 19. Rfe1 Qf7 20. f4 Ng6 21. Rxe8 Qxe8 22. Bc6 Rf7 23. Bd5 $18) 16.
dxe5 dxe5 17. Nh4 $5 Bxg2 18. Nxf5 Qe6 19. Qg5 g6 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Kxg2 Ne4 22.
Qe3 $13 (22. Rxd7+ $2 Qxd7 23. Bxe5+ Rxe5 $1)) 15. Rfe1 Rc8 (15... Qf7 16. Ng5
$14) (15... h6 $5 16. Ba3 $1 {/\ c5} (16. Nh4 $6 Qf7 17. f3 Ba8 $15)) 16. Qd2
c6 (16... Rce8 $142 $14) 17. Rc1 c5 (17... cxb5 18. cxb5 Bd5 19. Ba3 Ne4 20.
Qb2 {/\ Ne5+/-}) 18. Red1 cxd4 (18... Rfd8 $1 $8 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxf6 $5 (20.
Nd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nce4 {/\ Ng4}) 20... Qxf6 21. Nd4 {/\ Nc6+/=}) 19. Qxd4 d5
20. cxd5 Bxd5 (20... Nxd5 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qf6 24. Rxc8 Rxc8
25. Qd6 $1 $16) 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 (22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Qxe5 Qd7 24. Rxc8 $1 (
24. Qe3 $6 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qxb5 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Bxf6 $44) 24... Rxc8 25. Qe3 $16
) 22... Bxa2 23. Qe3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rb8 25. h3 Bd5 (25... Nd5 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27.
Qe5 Qf8 $8 (27... Rf8 28. Rc7 Qf6 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qc7+ $18) (27... Rd8 28.
Rc7 Rd7 29. Rc8+ $18) 28. Rc7 Rb7 29. Rxb7 Bxb7 30. Qxe6+ Qf7 31. Qxb6 $16) 26.
Be5 Rb7 (26... Rd8 27. Qxb6 $16) 27. Rc8+ Ne8 (27... Kf7 28. Bxf6 Kxf6 (28...
gxf6 29. Qh6) (28... Qxf6 29. Bxd5) 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Qd4+ $18) 28. Bf6 gxf6 (
28... Qxf6 $142 29. Bxd5 Re7 30. Bc6 Kf7 31. Qxb6 $18) 29. Bxd5 Rc7 30. Ra8 (
30. Qxe6+ Qxe6 31. Rxe8+ $1 $18) 30... Kg7 31. Bc6 Nd6 32. Qxb6 a4 (32... Nf7
$142) 33. Rxa4 Nf7 34. f4 Qd6 35. Rd4 Qa3 36. Qxc7 Qe3+ 37. Kf1 Qxd4 38. b6 1-0

[Event "Muenster op"]
[Site "Muenster"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lingnau, Carsten"]
[Black "Stangl, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Stangl,M.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3
Qf6 {Sehr eigenwillig gespielt. Die normale Fortestzung ist natürlich 7...De7,
um so den Abtausch der schwarzfeldrigen Läufer zu vermeiden.} 8. Ba3 Bb8 9. Nc3
Ne7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Na4 $6 {Kommt dem unkonventionellen schwarzen
Eröffnungskonzept entgegen. Richtig war es, mit 11.b4 die Initiative am
Damenflügel zu ergreifen} Rf7 12. Nb2 g5 13. Nd3 Ng6 14. Qc3 g4 15. Nd2 h5 {
Besser wäre wohl 15...Dg5 gewesen. Nach dem Textzug hat Weiß eine zwar
gedrückte, aber auch sehr widerstandsfähige Stellung. In der Folge gelingt es
Schwarz, durch beständiges Lavieren den Weißen zur Passivität zu zwingen.} 16.
f4 gxf3 17. Nxf3 Rg7 18. Qd2 Nh4 19. Rf2 Nxf3+ 20. Rxf3 Qg5 21. Bf1 Nf6 22. Nf4
Ne4 23. Qc2 Bd7 24. Bd3 h4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Rf2 Bc7 27. Rd1 Re8 28. Qe2 Qh6
29. Rdf1 Rg5 30. Kh1 Kh7 31. Bb2 Reg8 32. Qd2 Bd6 33. Bc3 Rg3 34. Re2 R3g4 35.
Bb4 Bc7 36. Bc3 Be8 37. d5 {Weiß begeht in hochgradiger Zeitnot einen
elementaren Fehler: er kompliziert die Stellung. Nun entstehen interessante
Verwicklungen, die in beiderseitiger Zeitnot einem Hazardspiel gleichkommen.}
cxd5 38. cxd5 Bb5 39. d6 $5 {Erschwert die schwarze Aufgabe beträchtlich.
Schlecht wäre nun 39...Lb6 oder 39...Ld8, da Weiß mittels 40.Le5 Le2 41.De2
die Drohungen abwehrt und wegen der unkoordinierten schwarzen Figurenstellung
schon mehr vom Spiel hätte.} Bxe2 {Treibt die Spannung zum Höhepunkt. Mit nur
wenigen verbleibenden Sekunden greift Weiß fehl. 40.Se2 mit der Idee 40...Lb6
41.Sf4 und Stabilisierung der weißen Stellung hätte folgen müssen.} 40. dxc7
Bxf1 {Eine phantastische Position! Trotz großen Materialvorteils (Turm und
Qualität) hängt der Ausgang der Partie am seidenen Faden.} 41. Qd7+ (41. c8=Q
Rxc8 42. Qd7+ Rg7 {führt zur Partiefortsetzung}) 41... R4g7 42. c8=Q (42. Bxg7
{Dieses Bilderbuchfinale scheitert nur knapp an} Qxg7 43. Qxg7+ Kxg7 44. Nxe6+
Kf6 45. Nd8 Bxg2+ 46. Kg1 Bh3+ 47. Kf2 f4 {und Schwarz gewinnt}) 42... Rxc8 43.
Qxc8 (43. Bxg7 Qxg7 44. Qxc8 Bxg2+ $1 45. Nxg2 Qa1+ $19) 43... Bxg2+ 44. Nxg2
Qh5 45. Qf8 $2 {Weiß hält der Nervenanspannung nicht mehr stand. Besser war 45.
Dd8 h3 46.Se1 Dg5! und Schwarz besitzt durch die unharmonische weiße
Figurenstellung deut- lichen Endspielvorteil. Schlecht war auch 45.h3 Dd1 46.
Se1 (46.Kh2 Dc2) De2.} e5 $3 {Ein herrlicher Sperrzug; danach ist keine
Verteidigung mehr ersichtlich.} 46. Qd8 h3 47. Bxe5 hxg2+ 48. Kg1 Qf3 49. Qh4+
Kg6 0-1

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Ragozin +4-0=2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1936.04.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1936.04.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 d6 7. Qc2 Nc6 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. a3 e5 10. Qc3 Qe7 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rad1 Rae8 13. Bb1 Bc8 14. b4 Kh8
15. Rfe1 Qf7 16. b5 Nd8 17. dxe5 Rxe5 18. f3 Nd7 19. e4 f4 20. Nd4 Nc5 21. N2b3
Nde6 22. Rd2 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Qf6 24. Rf2 Qh4 25. Qd2 Rh5 26. h3 g6 27. Ne2 Be6
28. Rc1 Kg8 29. Nd4 Qf6 30. Ba2 Rg5 31. Kf1 Re5 32. Ne2 Kh8 33. Nc3 Bg8 34. a4
a5 35. b6 c6 36. Rd1 Rd8 37. Kg1 g5 38. Qb2 Re7 39. Rfd2 Qe5 40. Qa3 h5 $15 {
Unfinished} *

[Event "WchT U26 08th"]
[Site "Maringa"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lindstedt, Johan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1991.09.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

{53/94} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8.
Bb2 (8. a4) 8... O-O 9. Qc2 Bd7 (9... Nbd7 10. Ne5 $14) (9... b6 10. Nc3 Bb7
11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 Rc8 13. Qe2 $14) 10. Ne5 Be8 11. f3 $14 c5 12. Nc3 $1 Na6
(12... Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rae1 $14) 13. a3 Nc7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Qd2 (15.
cxd5 Ncxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. e4 Nf4 18. exf5 Nxd3 19. Nxd3 Rxf5 20. dxc5 Bxc5+
21. Nxc5 Rfxc5 $11) 15... Rd8 16. Qc2 $6 (16. Qf2 Ne4) (16. Qe2 $14) 16... Kh8
17. a4 { []b} Na6 $5 (17... a6 18. a5 $14) 18. Qf2 Nb4 (18... Ne4 $2 19. Qe2
Nxc3 20. Bxc3 $14) 19. Bf1 Nc6 $1 20. cxd5 $2 (20. Nxc6 $6 bxc6 21. Ba3 e5 $1)
(20. Nb5 Bb8 21. Ba3 $1 b6 $5 (21... Bxe5 22. Bxc5 (22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxa7 dxc4
24. bxc4 $13) 22... Bd6 23. Nxd6 Rxd6 24. Qg3 (24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. Qg3 f4 $1)
24... e5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 $13)) 20... Nxe5 $1 (20... exd5 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Ba3
$132) 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. dxe6 Ng4 $3 (22... Qxe6 23. Bc4 Qe7 24. Rad1 $11) 23.
fxg4 fxg4 24. Qxf8+ $8 (24. Qe2 Bxh2+ $1 25. Kxh2 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 g3 $19) 24...
Qxf8 $15 25. Bc4 g6 $5 (25... g3 26. Rf1 Qe7 27. Rf5 $1 gxh2+ 28. Kh1 Bf6 29.
Raf1 $13) (25... Rd2 26. Rf1 Qe7 27. Rf5 $1) 26. Rad1 Rxd1 27. Nxd1 (27. Rxd1
$2 Qh6) 27... Qg7 28. Rf1 $5 Bxb2 29. Nxb2 Qe5 $1 30. Rf8+ Kg7 31. Rxe8 Qxe3+
32. Kf1 Qc1+ 33. Kf2 Qxb2+ $17 {1/4 5/} 34. Kf1 Qf6+ 35. Kg1 h5 { h4, g} 36.
g3 $8 (36. Rg8+ $6 Kh6) 36... a6 $1 { b} 37. a5 $6 (37. e7 Kh6) (37. Rb8 Qd4+
38. Kf1 Qe4 $17) 37... Qa1+ 38. Kf2 Qxa5 $1 39. Rg8+ $2 (39. e7 Kf6 $19) (39.
Re7+ $5 Kh6 40. Rxb7 Qd2+ 41. Be2 $8 Qd4+ 42. Ke1 Qa1+ 43. Kd2 $8) 39... Kh7
40. e7 Qd2+ 41. Be2 (41. Kf1 Qd1+ 42. Kf2 Qf3+ 43. Kg1 Qe3+ $19) 41... Qd4+ 42.
Ke1 Qc3+ $1 (42... Qc3+ 43. Kd1 (43. Kf1 Qf6+) 43... Qxb3+) 0-1

[Event "Villandry Shogy m"]
[Site "Villandry"]
[Date "2011.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Moriuchi, Toshiyuki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.11.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 f5 5. g4 $5 {Maxime decides to venture into
a tactical melee. Bd3 for Nge2 and Nf4 or Nf3 are a more natural and practical
approach.'} Nf6 (5... fxg4 {(ChessBase) ! The Steinitz's advice to play a
gambit} 6. Qxg4 (6. h3 {!?} g3 {! Black will be the first to play on the open
"f" file by Nf6 & Bd6 then O-O}) 6... Nf6) 6. gxf5 exf5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Bg2 Na6
{ChessBase: 'A clever but dubious way to develop. In the analysis room my
friend Henri Carvallo and I went for 8...Ne4.'} (8... Ne4 {ChessBase} 9. Nge2
Qh4 10. Ng3 Nd7 {!?} 11. Nxd5 Bd6 12. O-O O-O {needs a tempo to be effective.}
13. Qc2 Ndf6 14. Nxf6+ Rxf6 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxg3 17. Qe8+ Rf8 18. Qxf8+
{! the point} Kxf8 19. fxg3+ {and White recovers the piece.}) (8... Nc6 {
ChessBase} 9. Nge2 Bd6 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. Ndf4 Bf7 {and 13...g5})
9. Nge2 {ChessBase: 'Going for e5 with 9.Nf3 maybe more simple. But as it is
often said "Japanese simplicity is always difficult"'} Nc7 10. Qb3 (10. Nf4 {
ChessBase} Bd7 $1 {is a defensive resource}) 10... Bd6 11. Bd2 O-O {ChessBase:
'!'} 12. Nxd5 Ncxd5 13. Bxd5+ Kh8 14. Bf3 {ChessBase: '?!'} (14. Nc3 {
(ChessBase) looks more natural} Nxd5 15. Qxd5 a6 {with Ra7! and b5 Black is
still in the playing zone}) 14... Ne4 15. Nc3 (15. Bb4 {(ChessBase) !} Be6 $1
16. Qa3 Qh4 17. Ng3 Bxb4+ 18. Qxb4 Bd5 19. Qa5 Rad8 {and now Black threatens
20...f4! As noted by GM Chernin, Black is a pawn down but his king is safe and
the center is under control}) 15... Qh4 16. O-O-O Nxc3 {ChessBase: 'Very well
played by Moriuchi Meijin. It's always difficult to make a choice between good
moves. In the analysis room the debate was on 16...Nxf2!?'} (16... Nxf2 {
(ChessBase) !?} 17. Be1 Qh3 (17... f4 $5 18. e4 Qh3 19. Bxf2 Qxf3 20. Nb5) 18.
Qd5 Nxd1 19. Qxd6 Bd7 $1 20. Bxd1 Bc6 21. d5 Qg2 22. Qg3 $1 Qxh1 23. Bf3 Qf1
24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Be2 f4 $1 26. exf4 Qxf4+ 27. Qxf4 Rxf4 28. Bg3 {which looks
quite balanced}) 17. bxc3 Qxf2 18. Rdf1 Qh4 19. Kb2 a5 {ChessBase: '? The
mistake.'} (19... Qe7 {ChessBase} 20. Ka1 Rb8 {and with 21...b5! Black is
better ! I must confessed that here that in the analysis room I suggested also
20...a5. GM Chernin reacted immediately and showed what the difference is
between a merely chess amateur and a strong GM: "Not the a-pawn, the b one".} (
{GM Chernin suggested} 20... Be6 $5 21. Qxb7 Qd8 22. Rhg1 g6 23. Qa6 (23. d5 $6
Be5) (23. Qxa8 Qa5 24. Qxf8+ Bxf8 25. d5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 {Queen vs two
rooks is debatable, but the white pawns are all weak and the black bishop is
stronger than its white counterpart, and the white king can be checked easily.}
) 23... Rc8 {with a serious initiative.} 24. Be2 Bd5 25. c4 Be4 26. Bc3 Qe7 {
with 27...Bb7 and 28...Qxe3}) 21. Bd5 Bd7 $1 {And Bc6 exchanges White's only
active piece. Put Nd6 instead of Bd6 and you got the kind of position that
Chigorin used to win at the beginning of the last century} 22. Qc2 Rbe8 23. e4
fxe4 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 25. Bxe4 Qf2 {Black has the easier game.}) 20. Ka1 Qe7 21.
Rb1 a4 22. Qc2 Qc7 23. c4 Rb8 24. c5 (24. e4 {(ChessBase) !?}) 24... Bd7 {
ChessBase: '?? 24...b6 was the last chance to stay in the game. Now it's over.
Maxime will keep his grip until the end.'} 25. Rb6 Be7 26. Rhb1 Bc6 27. Bxc6
bxc6 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Rxb8+ Qxb8 30. Qxa4 h6 {ChessBase: 'Despair in time
pressure 30...Qe8 is normal'} 31. Qxc6 Qxh2 32. Qc8+ Bd8 (32... Kh7 {ChessBase}
33. Qxf5+ {is clearly winning too}) 33. Qxd8+ Kh7 34. Qa5 Qe2 35. c6 {
ChessBase: 'Had Moriuchi Meijin found Chernin's plan 19...Qe7 with Be6 & b5
the result may have been totally different.'} 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian International Masters-02"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "1912.03.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1912.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. d4 {1) Mieses: San Sebastian 1912 2.Aufl. S.71; 2) Bachmann:
Scachjahrbuch 1911,II, S.158 3) Winter. Capablanca.p.51 The game is without
doubt the most brillant of the tournament (Capablanca in Capablanca Magazine
25 April 1912).} e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 ({RR} 
6... Nc6 7. e3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Bxe4 fxe4 10. d5 exd5 11. Qxd5+ Rf7 12. Qxe4
Qf8 13. f4 {Raryta,M-Sowa,A/Zakopane 2001/EXT 2002/1-0 (60)}) 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Nbd7 $146 9. Qc2 {Verhindert e6-e5 und kontrolliert e4} (9. Nf3) 9... c5 (
9... e5 10. Qxf5 exd4 11. Bxd4 Ne5 12. Qc2 $16) (9... Qe8 10. Nf3 Ne4 11. O-O
e5 12. dxe5 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 dxe5 14. Rad1 e4 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. c5 $14) 10. dxc5 (
10. Nf3) 10... Nxc5 11. Nf3 Nce4 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rfd1 (13. Rad1) 13... Rc8 14.
Bxf6 (14. Qd3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Ne4 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 Bc6 19. Qe3
$14) 14... Qxf6 15. Qb3 Rc7 $15 (15... Bc6 16. Nd4) 16. Ne1 (16. e3 Rfc8 17.
Nd2 (17. Rac1 b5) 17... Nc5 18. Qb4 Bc6 $15) 16... Nc5 $1 (16... Bc6 17. Nd3)
17. Qb4 f4 $1 $17 18. Nd3 (18. Nf3 fxg3 (18... e5 19. Rf1 e4 20. Nd2 Bc6 $17)
19. fxg3 Ne4 (19... e5 20. Rf1) 20. Rd4 Bc6 21. Rf1 Qh6 22. Qb3 Rcf7 $17) 18...
fxg3 19. fxg3 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Qf2+ 21. Kh1 Bc6 $6 (21... Qxe2 $1 22. Rd2 (22.
Qxd6 Bc6 $19) 22... Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. Rxd6 Rc7 $17) 22. e4 Rcf7 23. Re1 {
Verhindert Qe2} (23. Rf1 $4 Qxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kg2 Bxe4+ $19) 23... a5
24. Qc3 (24. Qxa5 $142 $1 Qxb2 25. Rd2 $13) 24... Qc5 25. b4 {[%mdl 64] [#]}
Bxe4 26. Rxe4 (26. bxc5 Rf1+ 27. Rxf1 Rxf1#) (26. Bxe4 Rf1+ 27. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 28.
Kg2 Rg1+ 29. Kf3 Qh5+ 30. Ke3 Qxh2 31. Qd2 Qxg3+ 32. Ke2 Qg4+ 33. Ke3 Rf1 $1
34. Qg2 Re1+ 35. Kd4 Qf4 36. Rh3 axb4 37. axb4 b5 $19) (26. Rf3 axb4 27. axb4
Qc6 28. b5 Rxf3 29. Qxf3 Bxf3 30. bxc6 Bxc6 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. Rxe6 Rd8 $17)
26... Rf1+ 27. Bxf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kg2 Qf2+ 29. Kh3 Rh1 $17 30. Rf3 Qxh2+ 31. Kg4
Qh5+ (31... h6 $1 32. Kf4 g5+ 33. Ke3 Qg1+ 34. Kd3 Qd1+ 35. Ke3 Re1+ 36. Kf2
Rxe4 $19) 32. Kf4 Qh6+ 33. Kg4 g5 34. Rxe6 Qxe6+ $19 35. Rf5 (35. Kxg5 h6+ 36.
Kf4 Re1 37. Re3 Qf7+ 38. Ke4 Qg6+ 39. Kf4 Qg5+ 40. Ke4 Qg4+ 41. Kd5 Rd1+ $19
42. Rd3 Qf5+) 35... h6 (35... Qe4+ 36. Kxg5 h6+ 37. Kf6 Qe8 $19) 36. Qd3 Kg7
37. Kf3 Rf1+ 38. Qxf1 Qxf5+ 39. Kg2 Qxf1+ 40. Kxf1 axb4 41. axb4 Kf6 42. Kf2 h5
0-1

[Event "Lodz Dreimeisterturnier 8R"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1908.08.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1908.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nc3 f5 6. Ne5 Bxe5 (6... Nf6 7. f4) 7.
dxe5 Nd7 8. f4 Qe7 9. Be2 dxc4 (9... Nh6 {/\ 0-0}) 10. a4 $1 (10. Bxc4 Nxe5 11.
fxe5 Qh4+ {/\ 12..Q:c4}) 10... b6 11. O-O Bb7 (11... Ba6 12. b3) 12. Bxc4 Rd8
13. Qe2 Nh6 14. b3 Nf7 15. e4 $1 g6 16. Be3 c5 17. Rad1 Rg8 18. Rf2 Nb8 19.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Qh5+ Nf7 (21... Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Nb5 a6 24.
Nd6+ Ke7 (24... Kf8 25. Nxb7 Nxb7 26. Bxe6) 25. Nxf5+) 22. Nb5 (22. Qxh7) 22...
Kf8 23. Qxh7 Rh8 24. Qg6 Rh6 25. Qg3 a6 26. Nd6 $1 Nxd6 27. exd6 Qxd6 28. Qg5
Rh7 (28... Qd1+ 29. Rf1 Qh5 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qc7+) 29. Rd2 Bd5 30. Qf6+ Rf7 31.
Rxd5 Qxd5 32. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Munich Schach-Olympia (No FIDE event)"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1936.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Richter, Kurt Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Keres"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1936.08.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Estonia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 (3... e6 {nebst Be7 und 0-0}) 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6
6. c4 d5 (6... Be7 7. d5 $1 exd5 8. Nh4) 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. Bf4 (8. Bg5) 8... O-O 9.
Nc3 Ne4 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 {[%cal Rc3d5,Rc3e4]} Kh8 12. Rfd1 {[%cal Rc3d5]}
c6 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. f3 exf3 15. Bxf3 Qe7 (15... Nd7 16. Ng6+) 16. Rac1 {
[%csl Yb8]} Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Nd7 18. Bf4 Nf6 (18... Rae8 $142 {Richter}) 19. a4
Ne4 20. a5 bxa5 21. Bxe4 a4 $1 (21... dxe4 22. d5 $1) 22. Qe3 (22. Qxa4 Qxe4) (
22. Bd6 Qxe4 $1 23. Qxb7 Qe3+ $11) 22... Qxe4 23. Qxe4 dxe4 24. d5 $1 Rad8 (
24... cxd5 25. Rc7 Ba6 26. Be5 Rg8 27. Rxd5) 25. d6 Rf5 26. Rc4 c5 (26... g5
27. Be3 Rd5 28. Rxd5 cxd5 29. Rc7 $1) 27. Rxa4 a6 28. Ra5 {[%cal Rb2b4]} g6 29.
b4 $1 cxb4 30. Rxf5 gxf5 31. d7 Bc6 32. Rc1 $1 Bxd7 33. Rd1 b3 34. Bc7 Rc8 35.
Rxd7 Kg8 (35... b2 36. Be5+) 36. Be5 Rc5 $2 (36... Rc2 37. Rb7 $1 (37. Kf2 $1 {
Fritz} a5 38. Rg7+ Kf8 39. Rxh7 a4 40. Rb7 Ke8 41. Ke3 Kd8 42. h4 Rc5 43. Kf4
$18) 37... Rxe2 38. Rxb3) (36... a5 37. Ra7 (37. Rg7+ $1 {Fritz} Kf8 38. Ra7
Rc2 39. Kf2 Ra2 40. Rxh7 a4 41. Rb7 $18 {[%cal Rh2h8]}) 37... Rc2 38. Rxa5 b2
39. Bxb2 Rxb2 40. Kf2) 37. Rg7+ Kf8 38. Bd6+ Kxg7 39. Bxc5 Kf7 (39... b2 40.
Bd4+) 40. Ba3 Ke6 41. Kf2 Kd5 42. Ke3 Kc4 43. Kd2 e3+ (43... a5 44. e3 $22) 44.
Kxe3 $1 (44. Kc1 Kc3 45. Bb2+ Kb4 46. Bf6 (46. Bd4 $1 {Fritz} a5 47. Bxe3 a4
48. Bd2+ $18) 46... a5 47. Kb2 a4 48. Be7+ Kc4) 44... Kc3 45. Kf4 a5 (45... b2
46. Bxb2+ Kxb2 47. g4 $1 {Fuehrt zur Partie}) (45... Kc2 46. g4 $1 fxg4 47. e4
Kb1 48. e5 Ka2 49. Bc1 Kb1 50. Be3 Kc2 51. Bd4 Kd3 52. Ba1 $1 $18) 46. g4 $1 (
46. Kxf5 $13) 46... fxg4 47. e4 a4 48. e5 b2 49. Bxb2+ Kxb2 50. e6 a3 51. e7 a2
52. e8=Q a1=Q 53. Qh8+ Ka2 54. Qxa1+ Kxa1 55. Kxg4 Kb2 56. Kg5 Kc3 57. Kh6 Kd4
58. Kxh7 Ke5 59. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. g4 {Dieses energische Vorgehen gegen
die schwarze Stonewall-Struktur gilt als chancenreich für Weiß, die offene
g-Linie bietet ihm Angriffsmöglichkeiten auf dem Königsflügel.} fxg4 ({
Sicherer ist} 5... Nf6 6. gxf5 exf5 {, wonach Weiß nicht selten in ein etwas
besseres Endspiel abwickelt:} 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. cxd5 Qxb3 9. axb3 Nxd5 10. Nxd5
cxd5 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. Nc3 Nb4 14. O-O Be6 15. Nb5 Kd7 16. Bd2 Nc6
17. Rfc1 Rhc8 18. Nxd6 Kxd6 19. Bf1 $14 {Yakovich,Y-Bellon Lopez,J/
Hasselbacken 2001}) 6. Qxg4 Nf6 7. Qg2 {Für den eventuellen
Königsflügelangriff steht hier die Dame optimal.} c5 8. Nf3 {Hier beschloß ich,
auf die schnelle Entwicklung zu setzen. Gut möglich war sowohl 8.dxc5, als
auch 8.cxd5.} Nc6 9. Bd2 Bd7 $146 {Krasenkow plant ebenfalls die lange Rochade.
} ({Die kurze Rochade bekommt dem schwarzen Monarchen nicht gut:} 9... a6 $6
10. O-O-O Qc7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rg1 O-O 13. Ng5 Kh8 14. Kb1 Ne5 $2 15. Na4 Ba7
16. Bb4 $18 Rg8 17. Qg3 {1-0 Seirawan,Y-Yermolinsky,A/USA 1994}) (9... cxd4 10.
exd4 dxc4 11. O-O-O Na5 12. Re1 $44) 10. O-O-O Qe7 (10... Rc8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 (
11... Qa5 $5) 12. Rg1 g6 13. Ng5 $36) 11. Ne5 $1 cxd4 $2 {Diese leichtfertige
Öffnung der wichtigen Diagonale h2-b8 bringt den schwarzen König in ernsthafte
Gefahr.} (11... O-O-O $142 $14) 12. exd4 O-O-O (12... Nxd4 $2 13. Bg5 Nc6 14.
Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. cxd5 $16) 13. Bf4 $16 {><d5,Kb8} Qe8 {/\Bd6} (13...
dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qb4 16. Rd4 $1 Bc5 17. a3 Qb6 18. Rd2 Nh5 19. Bg5
$16) 14. cxd5 ({Sehr stark war ebenfalls} 14. Nb5 $1 $16) 14... exd5 ({Etwas
besser war} 14... Nxe5 15. Bxe5 (15. dxe5 $2 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bc6 $1) 15... Nxd5
16. Nxd5 Bc6 (16... exd5 17. Qxd5 $16) 17. Bc4 exd5 18. Bd3 Qf7 19. Kb1 $16 {
, obwohl Weiß nach dem weiteren Rd1-c1 einen starken Angriff entfaltet.}) 15.
Nxc6 {Es sprach nichts gegen den einfachen Bauerngewinn, aber ich wollte mehr..
.} (15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Be6 (16... Bg4 17. Qe4 $16) 17. Qe4 $16 Nb4 $2 18.
a3) 15... Bxc6 16. Qg3 $1 {Das war meine Idee. Was kann Schwarz gegen die
tödliche Drohung 17.Bh3 unternehmen?} b5 ({Ich hielt} 16... Qg6 {für die beste
Verteidigung. Nach} 17. Bh3+ Nd7 (17... Bd7 $2 18. Nb5 $18) 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19.
Be6 Rh5 20. Rhg1 $16 {steht Schwarz auf verlorenen Posten im Endspiel.}) 17.
Be5 $2 {Ich kann mir immer noch nicht erklären, warum ich vom geplanten und
gewinnbringenden 17.Bb8! Abstand nahm.} (17. Bb8 $1 Qf7 ({Am zähesten ist die
Qualitätabgabe} 17... Rd7 $1 18. Bh3 Kb7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Be5 b4 21. Ne2 Ba4
22. b3 Ne4 23. Qe3 Bb5 24. Kb2 Bxe2 25. Qxe2 Nc3 26. Qf3 Nxd1+ 27. Rxd1 $16 {
Schwarz gewann die Qualität zurück, aber seine Lage ist alles andere als rosig.
}) 18. Nxb5 $1 (18. Bxb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Qb7 20. Qc7+ (20. Nxa7+ Kd7 21. Qh3+ Ke8
$13) 20... Qxc7+ 21. Bxc7 Rd7 22. Be5 $16) 18... Bxb5 (18... Kb7 19. Qb3 $1 $18
) 19. Bxb5 Kb7 (19... Qb7 $2 20. Ba6 $1 $18) 20. Be5 $18) 17... Kb7 {Nun ist
der weiße Vorteil dahin.} 18. Qd3 (18. Nxb5 $2 Bxb5 19. Qb3 Rc8+ 20. Kb1 Rc4
$17) 18... Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 $11 20. Qb3 (20. Qe3 Bd6 $11) 20... a6 21. Bc4 $2
{Diese Idee basiert auf einem Berechnungsfehler. Alleine angesichts meiner
herannahenden Zeitnot war eine sichere Variante wie 21.Kb1 angebracht.} (21.
Kb1 Bd5 (21... e3 $2 22. d5 $16) 22. Qe3 Qf7 23. a3 Bd6 24. Bg2 Qf5 $11) 21...
e3 $1 22. Bf7 $4 $138 (22. d5 $2 Bd7 23. Bc3 exf2 $17) (22. Rhe1 $8 Bf3 (22...
exf2 23. Re2 Rc8 24. Kb1 $11) 23. Rxe3 Bxd1 24. Kxd1 $44) 22... Be4 $3 $19 {
Eine böse Überraschung! Plötzlich ist der weiße König im Mattnetz und es gibt
keine Verteidigung.} ({Ich rechnete nur mit} 22... Qe7 $2 23. fxe3 Bxh1 24.
Rxh1 $44) 23. Rd3 (23. Bxe8 Rc8+ 24. Qc3 Rxc3+ 25. bxc3 Ba3#) 23... Qe7 24. Rc3
Bxh1 25. Rc7+ Qxc7+ 26. Bxc7 exf2 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup final 6th"]
[Site "Nefteyugansk"]
[Date "2002.10.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kazakov, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 f5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. h3 Ne4
9. Be2 {Usually white prefers to develop a bishop to d3, but there is no big
difference.} (9. Bd3 Qa5 (9... b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. O-O Nd7 12. f3 Nef6 13. cxd5
cxd5 14. g4 g6 15. Qg2 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Ne8 17. f4 $14 {Koniushkov,I-Lundin,A/
Moscow 1998}) 10. Nd2 Na6 11. Nb3 Qd8 12. a3 Bf6 13. O-O Nd6 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
Bxa6 bxa6 16. Na5 $16 {Oms Pallise,J-Jose Queralto,D/La Pobla de Lillet 1997})
(9. g4 Nd7 (9... Bb4 10. Rc1 g5 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Bd3 Qf6 13. Ne5 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Bd6 $13 {Ivanchuk,V-Wessman,R/Arnhem 1987}) (9... Bd6 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. gxf5 exf5
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nd3 Ndf6 14. f3 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 $14 {Barsov,
A-Guliev,S/Orel 1992}) 10. gxf5 exf5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Qa5+ 13. Nd2 Bh4
14. b4 Qa3 $4 15. Nb1 {1-0 Sammalvuo,T-Einarsson,E/Hafnarfjordur 1998/EXT 2000
(15)}) 9... Bd7 $6 {Very strange move, mainly because it's a square for the
knight and not for the bishop.} (9... Nd7 10. g4 Qa5 11. Kf1 $6 Ndf6 12. g5 Nh5
13. Be5 Bd7 14. h4 Be8 15. Nd2 f4 $132 {[%cal Gf8f1] Groenn,A-Lauvsnes,A/NOR
1991}) 10. g4 Be8 $6 (10... Qa5 11. gxf5 exf5 12. Qb3 Bb4 13. Rc1 Be6 14. Ne5
Nd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. a3 $14) 11. gxf5 exf5 12. cxd5 Nxc3 $6 {Suspecting from
N:d5, however after} (12... cxd5 $1 {white can't take on d5} 13. Rg1 (13. Nxd5
Qxd5 14. Bc4 Bb4+ 15. Kd1 (15. Ke2 $2 Bb5 $19) 15... Nxf2+ 16. Kc1 Qxc4 17.
Qxc4+ Bf7 18. Qc7 Nxh1 19. Qxb7 Nc6 $17) 13... Qa5) 13. bxc3 cxd5 14. Rb1 Bc6
15. Bd3 Qd7 (15... g6 16. h4 Nd7 17. h5) 16. Rg1 $14 {White has very clear
plan to put a pressure over the g-file while it's not that clear what black
should do against it.} Qe6 17. Be5 g6 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Rxg5 Nd7 20. Bf4 Kf7 (
20... Kh8) 21. Kd2 h6 $6 {[%csl Rh6]} (21... Nf6 22. Rbg1 Ne4+ 23. Bxe4 fxe4
24. h4 Rg8 25. Qb3 $14) 22. Rg2 Nb6 $6 {There was no reason to give up a pawn
on h6.} (22... Rh8 23. Rbg1 Rag8 24. h4 Nf6 25. f3 b6 $14) 23. Rbg1 Rg8 24.
Bxh6 $16 Nc4+ 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. Rg3 Be4 27. Qb2 Qa6 28. f3 Bd3 29. a4 $5 Rad8
30. Bf4 Qxa4 (30... Rd5 $5 31. h4 Ra5 32. Ra1 b5 33. axb5 Rxb5 34. Rxa6 Rxb2+
35. Ke1 $16) 31. Ra1 Qc6 32. Rxa7 Rd7 33. h4 $1 Rh8 34. Rh3 Bf1 35. Rg3 Rxh4 $6
{Too optimistic. Now black is helpless against white threats.} (35... Bd3 $5)
36. Qb4 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ga7a8]} Rh8 37. Ke1 Bd3 38. Kf2 {[%cal Gf4e5,Gg3h3,
Ga7a8]} Rh1 (38... b5 39. Qc5 $1 Qxc5 40. Rxd7+ Ke6 41. dxc5 Kxd7 42. Rxg6 $18)
39. Ra8 $1 $18 Re7 40. Bg5 Re8 41. Rxe8 Qxe8 42. Qxb7+ Kg8 43. Bf6 $18 Rh2+ 44.
Kg1 Rh7 45. Qd5+ Kf8 (45... Qf7 46. Rxg6+ $18) 46. Be5 f4 47. Bxf4 Rh5 48. Bd6+
Kg7 49. Be5+ Kh6 50. e4 Qf8 51. Qe6 Rg5 52. Rxg5 Kxg5 53. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.25"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Soffer, Ram"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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 "Saba Hapoel"]
[BlackTeam "Norilsk Nikel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 $5 {Transposing to "stonewall" set-up
since after 4.e3 white can't opt for g3, which is considered quite unpleasent
variation for black.} 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. f4 (6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8. g4 fxg4 9.
Nxg4 Bd6 10. f4 O-O 11. Nf2 Nb6 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. Bd3 Be8 $13 {Tomaszewski,
R-Matlak,M/POL-ch 1987}) (6. g4 Nbd7 7. gxf5 exf5 8. Nxd7 Bxd7 9. Nc3 Be6 10.
Qb3 Qb6 11. cxd5 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 $13 {Polugaevsky,L-Bagirov,V/
Sverdlovsk 1957}) 6... Be7 (6... Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Qe7 (8... b6 9. b3 Bb7
10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. e4 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nb4 13. Bc4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Nc2 15. exf5 Nxa1
16. fxe6 $44 {Gretarsson,H-Malakhov,V/Cappelle la Grande 1999}) 9. Nc3 Ne4 10.
Bd2 Nd7 11. cxd5 exd5 $15 {Netolitzky,G-Soppe,G/Internet ICC 2000}) 7. Be2 O-O
8. O-O (8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. O-O Nxe5 10. fxe5 Ne8 11. Rb1 g5 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Ng7
14. c5 Bd7 $13 {Bezman,V-Guliev,S/Moscow 1995}) 8... b6 {Black doesn't face
any problems also after 8...Nbd7} (8... Nbd7 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. Nc3 Ndf6 11. Qc2
Bd7 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. Ne5 Be8 14. c5 g5 15. fxg5 Nxg5 16. Bd2 Bh5 17. Be1 Bxe2
18. Qxe2 Nfe4 $15 {Savchenko,S-Koutsin,S/Kiev 1995}) 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. Ndf3 Ne4
11. Qc2 Nd7 (11... c5 $5) 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. b3 Bf6 14. Bb2 g5 $5 15. fxg5 (15.
Ne5 Qg7 16. Bf3 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Rac8 $132) 15... Nxg5 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. Rf3 Rf7
18. Raf1 Rg7 19. Bd3 Kh8 (19... Rg6 $5) 20. e4 $6 {Very spectacular move,
however not very good one! Opening diagonal a8-h1 and weakening d4 proves to
be problematic for white.} dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bf6 $1 {[%csl Rd4]} (21... fxe4 $2 22.
Rf8+ Rxf8 23. Rxf8+ Rg8 24. d5+ $18) 22. Qf2 Rag8 23. g3 Rg4 24. Re1 (24. Rxf5
$2 exf5 25. Bxf5 Qxd4 $1 26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. Bxg4 Bxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Rxg4 $19) 24...
Bg7 25. h3 $6 {Losing on the spot, but there was no way back.} (25. Bc2 c5 $1 (
25... Rxd4 $6 26. Rxe6 Rd2 27. Bxg7+ Rxg7 28. Re2 $14) 26. Rfe3 f4 $17 {
[%cal Gg4g1]}) 25... fxe4 26. Rf7 Rxg3+ $1 $19 27. Kh2 e3 28. Rxe3 Qxf7 $1 29.
Qxf7 Rxe3 30. Qf2 (30. Qxb7 Re2+ $19) 30... Re4 31. d5 exd5 32. cxd5 (32. Bxg7+
Kxg7 33. Qg3+ Kh8 34. Qc7 Re2+ 35. Kh1 Rf8 36. Kg1 Bc8 $19) 32... cxd5 33.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qg3+ Kf7 35. Qc7+ Re7 36. Qf4+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 f5 5. g4 {Quite agressive approach to the
opening. This odd looking move is actually quite logical since white can make
a good use of semi-open g-file in the future. On the other hand it has obvious
drawbacks since white king has to stay in the center for quite a while.} fxg4 (
5... Nf6) 6. Ne5 Nf6 7. Nxg4 (7. h3 g3 8. f4 c5 $13) 7... Be7 (7... Nbd7 8. Bd3
(8. Nc3 Be7 9. Rg1 O-O 10. Bd2 Nxg4 11. Qxg4 Rf7 12. O-O-O $6 e5 13. Qg2 exd4
14. exd4 Nf6 $15 {Kret,T-Ristovic,N/Richmond 2002}) 8... Bd6 9. Nd2 e5 10. cxd5
cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Qb3 Bg4 16. Nd4
Rc8 17. h3 Bd7 $13 {Pushkarev,D-Geller,J/Toliatti 2000}) 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Rg1 Qe8
({Unfortunately black can't bring the second knight to f6 since the pawn on e6
is hanging in case of ...N:g4.} 9... Nbd7 10. Nc3 Nxg4 $2 11. Qxg4 Rf7 12. Qxe6
Nf6 13. Qe5 Bd6 14. Qg5 $16) 10. Nc3 Nxg4 11. Qxg4 Bf6 12. Qg2 (12. Qh3 $6 g6
13. Qg3 {[%cal Gh2h5]} (13. Qg2) 13... e5 $1 14. cxd5 $2 exd4 15. Ne4 Be5 16.
f4 $140 Bxf4 $1 17. exf4 cxd5 $19 {[%cal Ge8e1]}) 12... Nd7 13. Bd2 Nb6 {
Forcing white to define a pawn structure on the queenside. Black would rather
play immediate 13...b6 of course, but it runs into an easy tactical refutation:
} (13... b6 $2 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qxd5+ Qf7 17. Bc4 $1 $18) (13...
Qh5 14. Ne2) 14. c5 Nd7 15. f4 Qh5 ({I see nothing wrong in immediate} 15... b6
{but it's not an easy decision to take in the game since white could get some
attacking chances on the kingside:} 16. b4 a5 17. b5 bxc5 18. bxc6 Nb6 (18...
Nb8 19. c7 Na6 20. Ne4 $13 {is also very tricky.}) 19. dxc5 Na4 20. Qh3 g6 21.
Qh6 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gd3g6]} Ra7 (21... Bg7 $2 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Rxg6 Rf7 24.
Nxa4 $18) 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Rxg6+ Rg7 24. Rxf6 Rxf6 25. Qxf6 Rg1+ 26. Kf2 Rxa1
27. Nxa4 Rxa2 $13) 16. Qe2 Qf7 (16... Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 $14) 17. b4 b6 18. Rb1 a5
$5 (18... Rb8 19. a3 Be7 $132) 19. cxb6 axb4 (19... Nxb6 20. bxa5 Nd7 21. Na4
Bd8 22. a6 $14) (19... a4 20. Kf1 Nxb6 21. Kg2 Bd7 22. Kh1 Nc8 23. a3 Nd6 24.
Rg3 $14) 20. Rxb4 Bb7 21. Rb2 Rfd8 $6 {Useless move after which black finds
himself in serious troubles. More in the spirit of the position was} (21... c5
$1 22. Nb5 Rfb8 23. Nc7 Ra4 $132 {with good compensation for a pawn.}) 22. Qg4
c5 23. Nb5 Nf8 $6 {Passive defense is just not good enough in the following
position so black had to take on b6, transposing into an endgame with a pawn
down, but not without counterplay!} (23... Nxb6 24. Nc7 Qxc7 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26.
Qxb6 (26. Qh3 $6 g6 27. Rxg6 Na4 28. Rh6 Rd7 $13) 26... Rd7 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28.
Rc2 c4 29. Be2 Bc6 $14) 24. Bc3 Ba6 25. a4 Qe7 26. a5 Rdc8 27. Ke2 $1 $18 g6
28. h4 $1 (28. Nc7 Bxd3+ 29. Kxd3 Rxc7 30. bxc7 Qxc7 $16) 28... Qg7 29. h5 cxd4
30. Bxd4 Bxd4 31. exd4 $1 Bxb5 32. Rxb5 Rc3 (32... Qxd4 33. b7 Rc3 34. Qxe6+ $1
Nxe6 35. bxa8=Q+ Kg7 36. h6+ Kxh6 37. Rh1+ Kg7 38. Rb7+ $18) 33. hxg6 h5 34.
Qg3 Qxd4 35. g7 Ng6 (35... Nd7 36. Bh7+ $18) 36. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosyrev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Frolyanov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Qc2 f5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. f3 {Planning to
break in the center with e4.} O-O 8. Nge2 dxc4 (8... Qc7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9...
cxd5 10. Nb5 Qxc2 11. Bxc2 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 $14) 10. Qb3 Kh8 11. Bd2
Nd7 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Bc4 N7f6 14. O-O $14 {Kortschnoj,V-Nikolic,P/Sarajevo 1998}
) (8... Nbd7 9. Bd2 Qe7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. a3 N7f6 12. h3 $6 e5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5
14. e4 fxe4 15. fxe4 Nb6 $15 {Bykhovsky,A-Vekshenkov,N/URS-ch Club Pavlodar
1991/1/2-1/2(33)}) 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bb3 (10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Bd2 Qe7 12. e4 b4 13.
e5 bxc3 14. Bxc3 Bc7 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bd2 Nd5 $132 {Jelen,I-Furlan,M/Pula 1998
}) 10... Kh8 11. O-O (11. Bd2 a5 12. a3 e5 13. O-O Na6 14. Rad1 Qb6 15. Kh1 c5
16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Rb8 $11 {Kosyrev,V-Sveshnikov,E/Minsk 2000}) (11. a4 b4
12. Nd1 Qe7 13. Nf2 Ba6 14. Bc4 c5 $11 {Kholmov,R-Sveshnikov,E/Moscow 1999}) (
11. e4 b4 12. e5 bxc3 13. bxc3 Bc7 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. O-O e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17.
f4 Bc7 18. Bb2 Nd7 19. c4 $14 {Lobron,E-Sveshnikov,E/Budapest 1996}) 11... Qe7
12. Ng3 {Probably the most logical reply. The knight is pretty well placed to
support an advance of e-pawn.} (12. e4 fxe4 13. fxe4 Ng4 14. Rxf8+ Qxf8 15. Ng3
e5 $132 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gd6c5]}) (12. Nf4 $5 e5 13. Nd3 Nbd7 14. Bd2 a6 15.
Rad1 Bb7 $132 {[%cal Ga8c8,Gc6c5]}) 12... a6 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. exf5 (
15. f4 $5 Qd4+ 16. Kh1 fxe4 17. Ncxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qf6 19. Be3 $14) 15... Qd4+
16. Qf2 {Initiating transposition to a better endgame, however white's
advantage seems to be insufficient to win the game.} (16. Kh1 Qh4 17. Nce2 Nh5
18. f4 $14) 16... Qxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Bxg3+ 18. hxg3 Bxf5 19. Bf4 (19. Be3 Nbd7 20.
Rad1 c5 21. Rd6 c4 22. Bd1 Ne5 $13) 19... c5 20. Bd6 Rc8 21. Rac1 c4 22. Bc2
Bxc2 23. Rxc2 Nbd7 $6 {Sacrificing a pawn without any particular reason, even
though it's enough for a draw anyway.} (23... Nc6 24. Rd1 Kg8 25. a4 $14) 24.
a4 $1 {[%csl Rb5]} Nc5 25. axb5 Nd3+ 26. Kg1 axb5 27. Nxb5 Nd5 {[%cal Gd5e3]}
28. Re2 (28. Rb1) 28... Ra2 29. Rd1 Nf6 (29... Rxb2 $2 30. Rxb2 Nxb2 31. Rxd5
$18) 30. Ba3 Rb8 {Eliminating the pawns on the queenside.} 31. Nd6 Nxb2 32.
Rxb2 Raxb2 33. Bxb2 Rxb2 34. Nxc4 Rb8 35. g4 h6 36. Kf2 Kh7 37. Ne3 Kg6 38. Rd6
Rb2+ 39. Kg3 Rb3 40. Nc4 h5 $1 {Reducing a number of the pawns remaining on
the board.} 41. gxh5+ Kxh5 42. Rc6 Kg5 43. Ra6 Kh5 44. Ra5+ Kh6 45. Ne5 Rb2 46.
Kh3 Rd2 47. g4 (47. f4 $5) 47... Rd5 $1 48. Rxd5 Nxd5 {[%cal Gg7g5]} 49. Kg3 $6
{Some chances would leave} (49. Nf7+ Kg6 50. Nd6 Kf6 51. Kh4 $5 {but it
wouldn't influnce an ooutcome of the game i guess.}) 49... g5 50. Nc4 Kg6 51.
Nd6 Nc7 52. Kf2 Ne6 53. Ke3 Kf6 54. Ke4 Nc5+ 55. Kd5 Nd3 56. Ne4+ Kg6 57. Ke6
Nf4+ 58. Kd6 Nd3 59. Ke7 Ne5 60. Nd2 Nc6+ 61. Kd6 Nd4 62. Kd5 Ne2 63. Ke5 Ng1
64. Ke6 Ne2 65. Nb3 Nf4+ 66. Kd6 Kf6 67. Nc5 Ne2 68. Kd5 Kg6 69. Ke5 Ng1 70.
Ke4 Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Teheran FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2016.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Qc2 f5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. g4 Ne4
9. Be2 Nd7 10. Bd2 Ndf6 11. Rf1 a6 12. c5 Bc7 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Be1 Bd7 15. Na4
fxg4 16. Ne5 g3 17. f3 Nf2 18. Bxf2 gxf2 19. Bd3 Be8 20. Rxf2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nd7
{[#]} 22. f4 $1 {Mit diesem Zug sichert sich Weiß starken Angriff.} ({Das
naheliegende} 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. f4 {führt nach} Nxe5 $1 {nur zum Ausgleich.})
22... g6 23. Rg2 Rb8 24. Rdg1 Kh8 25. h4 {Schwarz will den h-Bauern nicht
nehmen, da Weiß dann auf der h-Linie angreifen kann. Aber auch so ist der
weiße Angriff sehr stark.} b5 26. cxb6 c5 27. h5 c4 28. Bxg6 $1 {Nach diesem
offensichtlichen Opfer hat Schwarz keine adäquate Verteidigung mehr.} hxg6 29.
hxg6 Kg8 30. Rh2 {Weiß bringt einfach seine Schwerfiguren in die h-Linie.} Rf5
31. Rh7 Qb4 32. Qh2 1-0

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 f5 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 (7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Ne4 9. Qc2 Nd7 $10 {Karpov,An-Spassky,B/Leningrad cm/1974/}) 7... O-O 8.
O-O b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Qe2 Rf6 13. Rc2 Rh6 14. Rfc1 a6 (
14... Ndf6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Ba6 $14) 15. Na4 dxc4 16. bxc4 c5 17. Nd2 cxd4 $2
(17... Ndf6 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Rd2 Qe8 $13) 18. Bxe4 $1 fxe4 19.
Bxd4 Bc6 20. Nc3 Ba3 21. Rd1 e5 22. fxe5 Qg5 23. Ndxe4 Qh4 $2 (23... Bxe4 $1
24. Nxe4 Qh4 25. g4 Rg6 $16) 24. g3 Rg6 (24... Bxe4 $2 25. gxh4 Rg6+ 26. Kf2 (
26. Qg2 $4 Bxc2 $19) 26... Rf8+ 27. Ke1 $18) 25. Qd3 $1 Qh5 26. Nd5 Nxe5 27.
Bxe5 (27. Qxa3 $2 Qxd1+ $19) 27... Qxe5 28. Rf2 Bf8 $6 (28... Re8 29. Qxa3 Qxe4
30. Rdf1 h6 31. Rf4 $16) 29. Rdf1 Re6 30. Rf4 $1 b5 $6 31. Rg4 $1 Rg6 (31...
bxc4 32. Nef6+ Rxf6 33. Nxf6+ Qxf6 34. Qxc4+ $18) 32. Rxg6 hxg6 33. Rf4 $1 Qa1+
(33... bxc4 34. Nef6+ $1 Kf7 35. Qxc4 $18) 34. Kg2 Qxa2+ 35. Kh3 Bd7+ 36. g4
Kh8 37. Ng5 Be8 $2 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Key West"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 f5 5. g4 $5 fxg4 $6 (5... Nf6 6. gxf5 exf5 7.
Nh3 $13) 6. Qxg4 Nf6 7. Qg2 c5 $5 (7... Nbd7 8. Nf3 $14) 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bd2 a6
$6 (9... cxd4 10. exd4 Bd7 11. O-O-O Rc8 $13) 10. O-O-O Qc7 (10... cxd4 11.
exd4 Bd7 $14) 11. dxc5 $1 Bxc5 12. Rg1 O-O 13. Ng5 $1 Kh8 (13... d4 14. Nce4 b6
15. Qh3 $40) 14. Kb1 Ne5 $2 (14... Qe7 $1 15. Ka1 $5 (15. cxd5 $6 exd5 16. Nxd5
(16. Bd3 Nb4 $1) 16... Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Rxf2)) 15. Na4 Ba7 (15... Bd6 $2 16. c5
Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Nxe6 $18) 16. Bb4 Rg8 (16... Re8 17. Bd6 $1 Qxd6 18.
Nf7+ $18) 17. Qg3 $1 (17. Qg3 h6 (17... Bb8 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Nf7#) 18. Qxe5
$18) 1-0

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sjoberg, Mats"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Qc2 Nh6 $6 (5... Nf6 {xe4}) 6. Bd2 a6
7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O-O $5 (8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O) 8... b5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Kb1 Bd7 11.
Rc1 Nc6 12. Nce2 b4 13. Nf3 a5 14. Nf4 Na7 (14... a4 15. Nxe6 $1 $16 b3 $2 16.
Qxc6 $1 $18) 15. Qd1 O-O 16. h4 a4 17. Qe2 Qe7 18. Ng5 b3 (18... a3 19. b3 $14)
19. a3 Bxa3 $5 (19... Rac8 20. f3 $36) 20. bxa3 Qxa3 21. Bc3 Qd6 22. g4 $1 a3 (
22... Nxg4 $2 23. Qxg4 $1 fxg4 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Ng6#) 23. gxf5 b2 $2 (23...
exf5 24. Nxd5 $1 Bc6 25. Bb4 $18) (23... Nxf5 24. Qh5 h6 25. Qg6 hxg5 26. hxg5
Be8 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. g6+ Ke7 30. Bb4 $18) 24. fxe6 $1 bxc1=Q+ 25.
Rxc1 Rfb8+ 26. Ka1 Be8 (26... Ba4 27. Bxh7+ Kf8 28. Qf3 $18) 27. Bxh7+ Kh8 28.
Bc2 Qc6 29. Qd3 g6 30. Nf7+ Bxf7 (30... Nxf7 31. Nxg6+ Kg7 32. Rg1 $18) 31.
exf7 Nf5 32. Rg1 Nxh4 33. Nxg6+ Nxg6 34. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Dieren op"]
[Site "Dieren"]
[Date "1999.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Delemarre, Jop"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[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 e6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 $5 {/\0-0,b3,Ba3} Bd6 6. O-O Qf6 $6
{(><e5);/\Nd7,g5-g4->} (6... Nf6 $142 $5 7. b3 $140 {[%cal Gc1a3]} Qe7 {
[%csl Yd6,Ye7]}) 7. b3 $5 {[%cal Gc1a3] Besides,white has two options:} (7. Nc3
Nh6 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Qc1 {[%cal Gb2a3]} Qe7 11. a4 Rf6 12. Ba3 $14 {
1-0 Fine,R-Ulvestad,O/New York,1939/EXT 99 (42)}) ({and} 7. Bd2 $5 {[%cal
Gd2c3] /\8.Ne5} Nh6 8. Ne5 $1 {[%csl Rg7]} O-O 9. f4 Bd7 10. Qb3 {+/=/+/-;1-0
Sanguineti,R-Torres,J/Buenos Aires 1962/MCD (68)}) 7... Ne7 $146 ({Dubious:} 
7... g5 8. Ba3 Bc7 9. Nbd2 g4 10. Ne5 $1 $16) ({Can be recommended:} 7... Nd7
$5 8. Ba3 Bb8 $5 (8... Bxa3 $143 9. Nxa3 Nh6 (9... Ne7 10. b4 O-O 11. b5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Michaelsen,N-Stangl,M/BL9596 1996/GER-chT (63)}) 10. Qc2 O-O 11. b4 a6
12. Qc3 Nf7 13. Rab1 g5 14. Nd2 Nd6 15. Nc2 $14 {1-0 Linauskas,D-Mikenas,A/
Vilnius 1995/CBM 49 ext (40)}) 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Qc2 g5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bb5 a6
13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Ne5 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 $13 {0-1 Bachmayr,P-Stangl,M/Austria
1997/EXT 98 (42)}) 8. Ba3 Bc7 (8... Bxa3 $143 9. Nxa3 Nd7 10. b4 $14) 9. Nc3 ({
Dubious:} 9. b4 {in view of:} a6 {[%csl Ya6]}) 9... a5 {[%cal Gb8a6,Ga6b4]} 10.
Qc2 $1 {[%csl Rc7,Rf5][%cal Gc4d5]} Na6 (10... O-O $143 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nb5
$1 Bxh2+ 13. Nxh2 cxb5 14. Bxb5 {+/=/+/-}) 11. cxd5 exd5 $1 (11... Nb4 {
is refuted by:} 12. Bxb4 $1 axb4 $140 13. Nb5 {[%csl Rc7]} Bb8 (13... Nxd5 14.
Nxc7+ (14. e4 $5) 14... Nxc7 15. e4 {+/=/+/-}) 14. d6 Nd5 15. Ne5 $1 (15. e4 $5
$16) 15... Bd7 16. Rac1 $16 cxb5 $140 $2 17. Qc8+ Qd8 (17... Bxc8 $4 18. Rxc8+
Qd8 19. Bxb5+ Kf8 20. Rxd8#) 18. Bxb5 $5 (18. Nxd7 $5 Bxd6 19. Qxb7 $16) 18...
Bxd6 (18... Bxb5 $4 19. Qxe6+ Ne7 20. Qf7#) 19. Qxb7 {[%csl Gb5,Gb7,Ge5,Re8]}
Bxe5 $8 20. Bxd7+ Ke7 21. Bc6+ Qc7 (21... Bc7 $2 22. Bxd5 $18) 22. dxe5 Qxb7
23. Bxb7 Rxa2 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Rc7+ Ke6 26. f4 $18 {[%cal Gf1c1,Gc1c6]}) (
11... Nxd5 $6 12. Nxd5 (12. e4 $6 Nab4 $13) 12... exd5 13. Qc3 $14) 12. Bxe7
Qxe7 $8 (12... Kxe7 $4 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Nxd5+ $18 {[%csl Gc2,Rc7]}) 13. Bxf5
Nb4 14. Qb1 O-O $1 $44 ({Senselessly:} 14... Rf8 $2 {because of:} 15. Bxc8 {
[%csl Rh7]} Rxc8 16. Qxh7 $18) 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 {/\16...Rf3 17.gxf3 Qh4->} 16. Ne5
$1 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Bg4 $1 {[%mdl 2048]} ({After:} 17... Qxe5 $2 18. Ne2 {[%cal
Ge2f4,Gf4g6]} Qh5 {[%csl Re2,Rh7]} 19. Bd3 {I just have a material advantage.}
(19. Nf4 $2 Qxh7 (19... Rxf4 $2 20. Bg6 Bf5 21. Bxh5 Bxb1 22. exf4 $18) 20.
Ng6+ Kg8 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Ng6+ $11)) 18. a3 Qxe5 ({Badly:} 18... Na6 19. f4
$140 g5 {[%csl Rc3,Rh7] because of:} 20. Bd3 $1 gxf4 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Qg6 $40)
19. axb4 Qxc3 20. bxa5 (20. Rc1 $6 Qf6 $1 (20... Qxb4 $2 21. Ra4 Qd2 22. Rxg4
Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 $18) 21. f3 Bh5 $13 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gg7g6,Ga5b4]}) 20... Rxa5
21. Rxa5 Qxa5 22. b4 $6 ({Good enough:} 22. Qc2 $5 {[%csl Yc2]}) 22... Qa3 23.
Bg6 Rf6 24. Bd3 ({Probably better is:} 24. Bc2 Qc3 $140 25. Bd1 {+/=/+/-})
24... Qc3 25. e4 $6 {Again inaccuracy.} (25. h3 $142) 25... dxe4 (25... d4 $6
26. e5 $36) 26. Bxe4 Qd4 $1 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gg4e2]} 27. b5 $1 cxb5 (27... Be2
$2 {is refuyed by:} 28. bxc6 $1 {[%csl Rh8]} Bxf1 29. cxb7 Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 Rf8
31. b8=Q $18 {[%csl Rh8]}) 28. Qc2 {[%csl Rb7,Rh8][%cal Gh2h3]} Qc4 (28... b4
$6 29. Bxb7 $140 Be6 30. Rd1 $36 {[%csl Rh8]}) 29. Qxc4 $5 ({After:} 29. Qb1
Qd4 30. Qc2 Qc4 {-equality}) 29... bxc4 30. Bxb7 {[%mdl 4096]} Be2 $6 ({
Much better is:} 30... Bf5 $1 {[%csl Gf5]} 31. Rc1 (31. f3 $143 Rb6 32. Be4
Bxe4 33. fxe4 c3 34. Rc1 Re6 $11) 31... Rb6 32. Bf3 c3 {[%csl Rg1]} 33. Kf1 {
+/=/=}) 31. Re1 Rd6 (31... Bd3 $6 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Be4+ {+/=/+/- R _|_}) 32. f4
$14 ({In my opinion more safely:} 32. f3 $5) 32... Rd2 33. Kf2 c3 34. Ke3 ({
After:} 34. Rxe2 c2 35. Rxd2 c1=Q 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Be4+ g6 38. Rd7+ Kh6 39. g3
{I have a minimal chance for win.}) 34... Bd1 35. Bf3 Bc2 {[%cal Gd2d3]} 36.
Ra1 ({More strongly:} 36. Rc1 $5) 36... Rd3+ 37. Ke2 Rd2+ 38. Ke3 $138 Rd3+ 39.
Ke2 Rd2+ 40. Ke1 Bf5 41. g4 $5 (41. Ra5 $143 g6 42. Rc5 Rd3 $14) 41... Be6 42.
Ra8+ Kh7 (42... Bg8 $2 43. Rc8 $16) 43. Be4+ ({Senselessly:} 43. f5 {in view
of:} Bc4 $1 (43... Bd5 $2 44. Bxd5 Rxd5 45. Rc8 Rd2 $6 (45... g6 $2 46. f6 $18)
(45... Rd3 $142 $16) 46. h4 Rd4 47. g5 Rxh4 $2 48. g6+ Kh6 49. Rh8+ Kg5 50.
Rxh4 Kxh4 51. f6 $18) 44. g5 Rd4 45. Bh5 $140 Re4+ 46. Kf2 $8 Rf4+ 47. Ke3 Rxf5
48. h4 Bf7 $11) 43... g6 44. f5 gxf5 45. gxf5 Rd4 (45... Bf7 $6 46. f6+ Kh6 47.
h4 Kh5 48. Ra7 Rd4 $5 (48... Bg6 $6 49. f7 Bxf7 50. Rxf7 Kxh4 51. Rc7 {with
some odds for win.}) 49. Bc2 Bc4 $14) (45... Bd5 $1 46. f6+ Bxe4 47. f7 Bd3 $3
{[%csl Re1] An interesting idea which was mentioned by Mikhalevski,V after the
game.} (47... Bxa8 $2 48. f8=Q $16 Rxh2 $140 $4 49. Qe7+ (49. Qxa8 $4 c2 $11 {
[%csl Gc2]}) 49... Kg8 50. Qd8+ Kf7 51. Qc7+ $18 {[%csl Rh2]}) 48. Re8 (48.
f8=Q $144 Re2+ 49. Kf1 (49. Kd1 $4 c2+ 50. Kc1 Re1+ $19) 49... Re8+ 50. Kf2
Rxf8+ 51. Rxf8 c2 52. Rc8 Kh6 $11) 48... Rxh2 $1 49. f8=Q (49. Rh8+ Kg6 50.
f8=N+ Kf7 $11) 49... Rh1+ 50. Kf2 Rf1+ 51. Ke3 Rxf8 52. Rxf8 c2 $11) 46. Bc2
Bf7 47. Ra7 Kg8 48. f6 Rd8 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gd8e8,Ge8e6]} 49. Rc7 Bd5 ({
Now dubious:} 49... Re8+ $6 50. Kf2 $140 Re6 {because of:} 51. Rc8+ Re8 (51...
Be8 $4 52. Bb3 {[%csl Gb3,Re6,Rg8]}) 52. Rxc3 Re6 53. Rf3 $16 (53. Rc8+ $16))
50. Bh7+ Kh8 51. Bc2 Re8+ $2 {It is incomprehensible move.Logically:} (51...
Kg8 $11) 52. Kf2 Rf8 53. Rh7+ Kg8 54. Rg7+ Kh8 55. Rg6 Rd8 (55... Re8 $5 {
[%csl Re2][%cal Gd5c4]}) 56. Ke3 Bf7 57. Rg7 Rd2 58. Bf5 (58. Bd3 $142 Bg8 59.
Rc7 Rxh2 60. f7 Bxf7 61. Rxf7 {with some odds for win.}) 58... Rd5 59. Bd3 Rd7
60. Bg6 Be6 ({Interestingly,bat than badly:} 60... Re7+ {[%csl Rg7]} 61. Kd4
Rc7 62. Bc2 $1 {+/-/+-}) 61. Rxd7 (61. Re7 $143 Rxe7 62. fxe7 Bd7 63. h4 Kg7
64. h5 Kf6 65. e8=Q Bxe8 66. Bxe8 Kg7 $11 {[%csl Ge8,Yh8]}) 61... Bxd7 62. Kd3
$6 {Waste tempo,though after:} (62. Kd4 $142 Kg8 63. h4 Be8 $1 64. Bc2 Bh5 $1 {
[%cal Gg8f7]} 65. Ke5 Kf7 66. Bb3+ Kg6 $1 67. Ke6 Kh6 68. Ke7 Bg6 69. Bc2 Kh5 {
-also draw.} (69... Bh5 $11)) 62... Kg8 63. Kd4 $8 ({Differently after:} 63.
Kxc3 $2 Bf5 $1 64. Be8 Bd7 65. Bh5 Bg4 $11 {[%csl Yd7,Ge8,Yf5,Rf6,Yg4,Gg6,Gh2,
Gh5,Yh8][%cal Yg4f5,Yf5d7,Gh5g6,Gg6e8]}) ({or} 63. h4 $2 Bf5+ $1 64. Bxf5 Kf7
65. h5 Kxf6 66. h6 Kf7 {[%cal Gf7g8,Gg8h8]} 67. Bh7 Kf6 {[%cal Gf6g5]} 68. Be4
Kf7 $11) 63... Be8 $1 64. Bc2 Bh5 $1 65. Ke5 Kf7 66. Bb3+ Kf8 $4 {[%mdl 16384]
Gross error.} ({It is necessary:} 66... Kg6 $1 67. h4 $140 Kh6 68. Bc2 Bg6 69.
Kd6 Kh5 (69... Bxc2 $4 70. f7 Kg7 71. Ke7 $18) 70. Ke7 Kh6 $11) 67. Kf5 {
White's plan is:Bc2,h4-h5-h6,Bc2,Kf4-e3 -d4-c3(קc3) and next Kd4-e5-d6-e7
with easy win.} Be2 68. Bc2 Kf7 69. h4 $18 Bc4 (69... Bf3 $144 70. Kg5 Be2 71.
h5 $1 Bxh5 $140 72. Bb3+ $18) 70. h5 Kg8 71. h6 Bf7 (71... Kh7 $144 72. Kg5+
Kg8 73. Kf4 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gf4e5,Ge5d4]}) 72. Ke5 Kh8 73. Kd4 Kg8 74. Kxc3
Kh8 75. Kd4 Kg8 76. Ke5 Kh8 77. Kd6 Bc4 78. Ke7 Bd5 79. Bg6 ({Slightly better
is:} 79. Bf5 {[%cal Gf5e6]} Bf7 $8 80. Bd7 ({After:} 80. Kxf7 $4 {-stalemate})
80... Bh5 (80... Ba2 81. Be6) 81. Be8) 79... Bc4 (79... Kg8 $143 80. Bf7+ $1
Bxf7 81. h7+) 80. Bf5 {[%cal Gf5e6]} Bf7 $8 81. Be6 (81. Bd7 {[%cal Gd7e8,
Gd7e6]}) 81... Bh5 82. Bd7 {Please pay your attention to the fantastic work of
the white bishop.} (82. Bd7 {[%cal Gd7e8]} Kh7 83. Be8 $18 (83. Bg4 $5 Bg6 84.
Bf5 Bxf5 85. f7 $18)) 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "1999.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 $5 {White's plan is:Qc2,Nge2,f3,e4
with play on the centre and king side.} Nf6 6. Nge2 Bd6 7. Qc2 $5 {Besides
white has several options:} (7. f3 $5 {Is the main line.}) (7. O-O $5) (7. b3
$5 {see (first game in this variation) Kotov,A-Ragozin,V/Garga,1953/MCL (1-0)
(35)}) (7. a3) (7. Nf4 $6) ({and} 7. h3) 7... O-O ({Another line is:} 7... Ne4
$5 8. O-O O-O (8... a5 $2 9. f3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. a4 $14 {Hedman,E-Meyer,P/
Budapest,1995(1-0) (40)}) 9. f3 Nxc3 (9... Nf6 10. h3 $5 (10. e4 $143 fxe4 11.
fxe4 $140 Bxh2+ $1 12. Kxh2 Ng4+ 13. Kg1 Qh4 14. Rxf8+ Kxf8 15. Bf4 (15. Nf4
Qe1+ 16. Bf1 Qg3 {[%cal Gg3h2]} 17. Bd3 Qe1+ 18. Bf1 Qg3 $11) 15... Qf2+ 16.
Kh1 Qh4+ $11) 10... Nbd7 11. Bd2 Kh8 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 $5 $14 {Terekhov,
A-Kobalija,M/St.Petersburg,1997 (0-1)(42)} (13. a3 $5 $14)) 10. bxc3 $5 (10.
Nxc3 Qf6 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Rae1 $11 {Hernandez,R-Remon,A/Cienfuegos,1991 (0-1)
(34)}) 10... e5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 {+/=/= Hedman,E-Dock,L/Haninge,1997(1/2-1/2) (45)
}) 8. f3 {[%cal Ge3e4]} ({Slightly worse is:} 8. cxd5 {[%csl Rf5]} cxd5 9. Nb5
Nc6 $5 (9... Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. Qd2 Nxd3+ (12... Qa5 $6 13. O-O
$14) 13. Qxd3 a6 14. Nbc3 Qd6 {+/=/=}) 10. Nxd6 Nb4 11. Qb3 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Qxd6
13. O-O Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Szymczak,Z-Matlak,M/Slupsk,1989 (13)}) 8... Na6 $5 {
[%cal Ga6b4]} ({Dubious:} 8... Kh8 9. Bd2 (9. b3 $5 Na6 10. a3 c5 11. O-O dxc4
12. bxc4 b6 13. Kh1 Bb7 14. Nb5 $14 {Wintzer,J-Stanetzek,C/Porz,1991(1-0)(38)})
9... c5 $6 10. cxd5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. O-O $14 {Hass,
R-Seifert,H/Mikolajki,1991(1-0)(22)}) 9. a3 Nc7 $6 ({Now that good enough:} 
9... Kh8 $5 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc7 12. O-O (12. O-O-O $6 Qe7 13. e4 fxe4 14.
fxe4 e5 $15 {Rabinovich,A-Kaspi,A/Tel Aviv,1996(rapid) (0-1)(29)}) 12... e5 13.
dxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bd6 15. Ng3 Ng4 16. h3 Nh6 17. Rad1 Qh4 {1/2-1/2 Ibragimov,
I-Nikolaidis,I/Ikaria,1994(17)}) 10. O-O $6 $146 (10. c5 $5 {-was checked in
the previous game.} Be7 11. b4 Bd7 12. a4 a6 13. Bd2 Qb8 14. O-O {with
positional advantage of white. Hermann,U-Maierhofer,J/AUT,1997(1-0) (34)})
10... b6 $5 $11 {[%csl Yb6][%cal Yb6c5,Gc8a6]} 11. h3 ({After:} 11. e4 {
-black has a forced draw:} fxe4 12. fxe4 $140 Bxh2+ $1 (12... e5 $143) 13. Kxh2
Ng4+ 14. Kg1 $8 {[%csl Yg1][%cal Yg1f1]} Qh4 $1 (14... Rxf1+ $2 15. Kxf1 Qh4
16. Nf4 $16) 15. Rxf8+ (15. Bf4 $4 Rxf4 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gh4h2]} 16. Rxf4 Qh2+
17. Kf1 Qh1+ 18. Ng1 Ne3+ $19 {[%csl Rc2,Rf1]}) 15... Kxf8 16. Bf4 (16. Nf4 $4
dxc4 $1 {[%csl Gc8]} 17. Bxc4 (17. Be2 $4 Qh2+ 18. Kf1 Qh1#) (17. Bf1 $4 Qh2#)
17... Qe1+ 18. Bf1 Ba6 {[%csl Rf1]} 19. Nce2 $140 Qf2+ $19 {[%csl Rf1]}) 16...
Qf2+ 17. Kh1 Qh4+ $11) 11... Ba6 12. b3 $6 ({From my point of view it is
necessary:} 12. cxd5 $5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 cxd5 14. e4 fxe4 15. fxe4 dxe4 16. Nxe4
Nxe4 17. Rxf8+ Qxf8 18. Qxe4 $11) 12... Rc8 13. e4 fxe4 $1 {Is the best move.}
14. fxe4 $140 e5 15. exd5 $6 ({Probably better is:} 15. cxd5 cxd5 (15... Bxd3
$143 16. Qxd3 cxd5 $11) 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 {=/=/+}) 15... cxd5 $140 16. Bf5 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} ({Can be recommended:} 16. dxe5 Bxe5 $140 17. Bg5 {=/=/+}) ({
Dubious:} 16. cxd5 {because of:} exd4 $1 $36) 16... exd4 $1 (16... Rb8 $2 $13)
17. Bxc8 (17. Nxd4 $2 Bc5 {[%csl Rd4]}) 17... Bc5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rc2,Rg1][%cal
Gd4d3][%mdl 64] Very strong intermediate move! Differntly after:} (17... Qxc8
$2 18. Nxd4 dxc4 19. b4 {white has a material advantage.}) 18. Kh1 $8 (18. Kh2
$4 Ng4+ {[%csl Rf1]} 19. Bxg4 Rxf1 $19) 18... Qxc8 19. Na4 $8 (19. Nxd5 $4
Ncxd5 20. cxd5 d3 $19 {[%csl Ya6,Rc2,Gd3,Re2]}) ({Dubious:} 19. b4 $6 {in view
of:} dxc3 20. bxc5 Bxc4 $17) 19... dxc4 20. bxc4 (20. Nxc5 $2 {is refuted by:}
d3 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc5,Re2,Rf1][%cal Gd3e2]}) 20... Bb7 $1 {[%csl Rh1][%cal
Gc8h3]} 21. Qb3 ({Loses right away:} 21. Qf5 $4 Nd7 $19 {[%csl Rf1,Gf8]}) ({
Another alternative is:} 21. Nf4 Bd6 $36 (21... Nh5 $143 {[%cal Gh5g3]} 22.
Nxc5 Ng3+ 23. Kg1 Nxf1 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 $15)) 21... Ne6 22. Bf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
Again tactical blunder.} ({It is necessary:} 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Qg3 Nce4 24. Qd3
Ng4 $1 $17) ({Loses:} 22. Nf4 $2 {because of:} Nh5 $19) 22... Qc6 $1 {[%csl
Ra4,Rg2][%cal Gd4d3]} 23. Rf3 $8 (23. Rg1 $143 d3 24. Qxd3 (24. Nxc5 Nxc5 $19 {
[%csl Rb3,Re2]}) 24... Qxa4 $19) (23. Qf3 $143 Qxf3 24. gxf3 d3 {[%csl Re2,Rf4]
} 25. Nxc5 bxc5 $19) 23... d3 $1 {[%csl Ra4,Re2,Rg2][%cal Ge6f4]} 24. Nxc5 Nxc5
$19 {[%csl Rb3,Re2]} 25. Qa2 dxe2 26. Qxe2 Qd7 $5 {[%csl Rf3,Rh3]} ({Also wins:
} 26... Nh5 $5 27. Raf1 Rxf4 28. Rxf4 Nxf4 (28... Ng3+ $143 29. Kh2 Nxf1+ (
29... Nxe2 $4 30. Rf8#) 30. Qxf1 $19) 29. Rxf4 $19) 27. Re3 {[%csl Ye3][%cal
Ye3h3]} Nfe4 {[%csl Rf4]} 28. Rf1 Qf5 $5 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Gg7g5,Gc5e6] with
the idea 29...g5 or 29...Ne6} 29. Ref3 $8 Nf6 (29... Qh5 $5) 30. Bd6 $8 Bxf3
31. Rxf3 Qb1+ (31... Qe4 $5 32. Qxe4 Ncxe4 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 $19) 32. Kh2 $8 $138 (
32. Rf1 $143 $2 Re8 33. Qxe8+ Nxe8 {[%csl Rh1]} 34. Rxb1 Nxd6 $19) 32... Ra8 $2
{Serious inaccuracy.After this move I have a some odds for draw.} ({Quite
enough for win:} 32... Qe4 $19) ({or} 32... Rf7 $5 33. Rxf6 gxf6 (33... Rxf6 $4
34. Qe8+ Rf8 35. Qxf8#) 34. Qg4+ Qg6 35. Qc8+ Kg7 $19) (32... Re8 $4 33. Qxe8+
Nxe8 34. Rf8#) 33. Bxc5 bxc5 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Rxf6 $1 $17 {[]} Qb8+ $1 ({After:
} 35... gxf6 $2 36. Qxf6+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ Kg7 (37... Kf8 38. Qf6+ {[%cal Gf6h8]})
38. Qe7+ Kh6 (38... Kg6 39. Qe6+ {[%csl Ra8][%cal Ge6d5]}) 39. Qh4+ {[%csl Ra8]
} Kg6 40. Qg4+ {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gg4f3]} Kh6 41. Qh4+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ $11 {-only
draw.}) 36. Kg1 $2 $138 ({Much better is:} 36. Kh1 {[%csl Rg1,Yh1][%cal Yg1h1]
with some odds for draw.}) (36. g3 $4 Qb2+ $19 {[%csl Rf6,Rh2][%cal Gb2f6]})
36... gxf6 37. Qxf6+ {[%mdl 1024]} Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39. Qf6+ Ke8 40. Qe6+ (40.
Qh8+ $2 Kd7 41. Qxh7+ Kc6 42. Qe4+ Kb6 43. Qe6+ Ka5 $19) 40... Kd8 41. Qd5+ Ke7
42. Qg5+ $1 (42. Qe4+ $2 Kf6 43. Qf3+ (43. Qc6+ Kg7 44. Qd7+ Kh8) 43... Kg7 44.
Qc3+ Kg8 $19 {[%csl Yb8,Rg3]}) 42... Ke6 43. Qh6+ Ke5 (43... Kf5 $142 $19 {
[%csl Rc4,Gf5][%cal Gf5e4,Ge4d4,Ge4d3,Gf5e5,Ge5e4,Ge5d4]}) 44. Qe3+ Kd6 45.
Qh6+ Kc7 46. Qxh7+ Kb6 47. Qg6+ Ka5 48. Qc6 {[%csl Ra8,Rc5]} a6 $19 49. Qxc5+
Ka4 50. Qd4 {[%cal Gc4c5]} Kxa3 51. Qa1+ (51. c5 $143 Qb1+ 52. Kh2 Rb8 $19)
51... Kb4 52. Kh1 $5 {[%csl Rg1,Yh1] /\Qb2+ with eternal check.} ({Badly right
away:} 52. Qb2+ {because of:} Kxc4 53. Qc2+ Kb5 54. Qb3+ Kc6 55. Qe6+ Kb7 56.
Qd5+ Ka7 57. Qd7+ Qb7 $19 {[%csl Rg1]}) 52... Qh8 ({In my opinion slightly
better is:} 52... Qd8 $5) 53. Qb1+ Ka3 54. Qd3+ Ka2 55. Qc2+ Qb2 56. Qa4+ Kb1
57. c5 {[%csl Ra8,Rb1][%cal Ga4e4]} Rd8 58. Qe4+ (58. Qxa6 $4 Rd1+ 59. Kh2 Qe5+
60. g3 Qb2+) 58... Kc1 59. Qc4+ Qc2 60. Qxa6 Rd1+ 61. Kh2 Qxc5 62. Qh6+ Kc2 63.
Qg6+ Kd2 64. Qh6+ Kc3 65. Qf6+ Qd4 66. Qc6+ Kb4 67. Qb7+ Kc5 68. Qc7+ Kd5 69.
Qd7+ Ke4 70. Qh7+ Ke3 71. Qe7+ Qe4 72. Qc5+ Rd4 73. Qc1+ Ke2 74. Qb2+ Rd2 75.
Qb5+ Ke1 76. Qg5 Kd1 77. h4 $2 {Additional weakness(Ph4).} ({More stubborn
resistance after:} 77. Qh5+) 77... Rd4 78. Kh3 Qe6+ 79. Kh2 Rg4 80. Qh5 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (80. Qd8+ $142 Ke2 $19) 80... Qe4 {[%csl Rg2,Rh4]} 81. g3 $8 (81.
Kh3 Qxg2#) 81... Qe2+ {Please pay your attention to the piece path of the
white queen and of the black king and queen.} (81... Qe2+ 82. Kh3 (82. Kh1 Qf3+
83. Kh2 Qxg3+ 84. Kh1 Qg1#) 82... Rxg3+ 83. Kxg3 Qxh5) 0-1

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv/Modiin"]
[Date "2000.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Kaspi, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2000.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. g4 $5 {After a defeat in the previous
game I have decided to play actively.} fxg4 {[%mdl 4]} ({Proceeding from
significant recommendation it is better:} 5... Nf6) 6. Qxg4 (6. h3 $5 g3 $140
7. f4 $13) 6... Nf6 7. Qg2 {I had time for seven moves to put the my queen on
"g2".Actually my idea:f4,Nf3,Bd3 and my queen appears on an ideal place.} c5 $1
8. dxc5 (8. Nf3 $5 {See comments to Seirawan,Y-Yermolinsky,A/USA-ch 1994/CBM
44(1-0) (Ftacnik,L)(17)}) 8... Qa5 $5 $146 ({Also can be recommended:} 8... Na6
$5 {[%cal Ga6c5,Ga6b4]}) ({or} 8... Nc6 $5) 9. cxd5 exd5 ({Badly:} 9... Nxd5 $2
{because of:} 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 $8 (11... exd5 $4 12. Rc1 {[%csl Rc8]}
) 12. Qxd5 exd5 13. Bg2 Be6 14. Ne2 $16 {[%csl Rd5,Gg2][%cal Ge2f4]}) 10. Bd2
Qxc5 11. Rc1 ({Does not pass at once:} 11. Ne4 $4 {in view of:} dxe4 12. Rc1
Qf5 $19 {[%csl Rc8,Yf5][%cal Yf5c8]}) 11... Nc6 12. Ne4 $1 Qe7 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6
14. Qxd5 Be6 $5 $44 ({Probably,there is enough for equality:} 14... Qxb2 $5 15.
Rxc6 (15. Bc4 Bb4 $1 $13 {[%csl Gb4,Re1][%cal Gb2c1]}) 15... bxc6 16. Qxc6+ Ke7
17. Qc5+ Kd8 18. Ba5+ (18. Qd5+ Kc7) 18... Ke8 19. Qc6+ (19. Bb5+ Bd7 20. Bxd7+
Kxd7 21. Qc7+ (21. Qd5+ $2 Bd6 22. Qf7+ Kc6 23. Qc4+ Bc5 24. Qa4+ Kb7 $17)
21... Ke6 22. Qc4+ $11) 19... Ke7 20. Qc5+ $11) 15. Qe4 {[%cal Gf1c4]} ({
Much worse is:} 15. Qb5 Be7 16. Bc4 (16. Qxb7 $6 O-O $44) 16... O-O 17. Bxe6+
Qxe6 18. Ne2 Rad8 $36 {[%csl Re1]}) 15... Be7 16. Nh3 $2 (16. Bc3 $6 Qf7 {
[%csl Re4,Rh1][%cal Ge6d5] /\0-0(><f2)}) ({Can be recommended:} 16. Bh3 $5)
16... Bf5 ({Very badly:} 16... O-O $2 17. Qxe6+ (17. Bc3 $5) 17... Qxe6 18. Bc4
Qxc4 19. Rxc4 $16) 17. Qa4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] I almost at once after have made
this move has noticed a mistake in the accounts.} (17. Qf3 $5 $13) 17... Rd8 $4
{[%mdl 8192]} ({Won:} 17... Bxh3 $1 18. Rxc6 (18. Bxh3 $2 Qf3 {[%csl Rh1,Rh3]}
19. Rg1 (19. Be6 $143 Qxh1+ 20. Ke2 Qg2 21. e4 Rf8 $19) 19... Qxh3 (19... O-O
$2 20. Be6+ Kh8 21. Qg4 (21. Rf1 Rad8 $13) 21... Qxf2+ 22. Kd1 Bf6 23. Rg2 Qf1+
24. Kc2 Qb5 $15) 20. Rxc6 Qd7 $1 {I did not see this move.} (20... bxc6 $4 21.
Qxc6+ Kf7 (21... Kd8 22. Ba5#) 22. Qd5+ $1 Qe6 (22... Kf6 23. Bc3#) 23. Rxg7+
Kxg7 (23... Kf6 24. Bc3+) 24. Qxe6 $18) 21. Rc4 $140 b5 $19 {[%csl Ra4,Gb5,Rc4,
Yd7]}) 18... bxc6 (18... Qxc6 $2 19. Qxc6+ (19. Bb5 $4 Bd7 $1 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 {
[%csl Ra4,Rh1]} 21. Qg4 Bxh1 22. Qxg7 Rf8 23. Qxh7 Bf3 $17) 19... bxc6 20. Bxh3
$15) 19. Bxh3 Qf3 $1 20. Rg1 O-O (20... Qxh3 $4 21. Qxc6+ {transfer to 18.Bxh3}
) 21. Be6+ Kh8 22. Rf1 Rad8 $17) 18. Bc3 Qh6 $2 ({My contender has shown me
after a game beautiful variant:} 18... Qe6 $1 19. Bc4 $1 (19. Nf4 $4 Qxe3+ 20.
Ne2 $8 (20. fxe3 $4 Bh4+ 21. Ke2 Bg4#) 20... Qe6 $17) 19... Qe4 $140 20. Rg1
Be6 $1 {(Fritz 6)} (20... Bxh3 $4 21. Bf7+ {[%csl Re4]}) 21. b3 Bh4 $36) 19.
Nf4 O-O 20. Be2 $6 {This time I have made strategical blunder.} ({Much better
is:} 20. Bg2 $5 Bg5 21. O-O Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Qxf4 23. exf4 $14 {_|_}) (20. Rg1 $5)
20... Bf6 21. h4 Kh8 $13 22. h5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({It is necessary:} 22. Bf3 $5
{[%csl Yf3][%cal Yf3h1]}) 22... Bxc3+ $1 23. bxc3 (23. Rxc3 $5 Qd6 $36 (23...
Nd4 $5 24. Rg1 Nxe2 25. Kxe2 Qd6 $13 {[%csl Re2]})) 23... g5 $1 {[%csl Rh1]}
24. Ng2 Qf6 $15 25. O-O Rd2 26. Rce1 Qxc3 27. Qb5 Rb2 28. Qd5 Rd2 29. Qb5 {
Clearly that I agree to a drawn.} Qg7 $5 {[%csl Rg1]} 30. a4 a6 ({It deserves
attention:} 30... g4 $5 {/\Ne5-Nf3+(עg1)}) 31. Qc5 Be4 $6 (31... h6 $5 $17)
32. f3 Rc2 33. Qd6 Bf5 34. Bd1 $138 Rb2 35. Re2 Rd8 36. h6 $1 {[%csl Rh8]} Qc3
37. Qg3 (37. Qc7 $5) 37... Rb1 (37... Rxd1 $4 38. Rxd1 Rxe2 $140 39. Qb8+ $1
Nxb8 40. Rd8#) 38. Ree1 Qf6 39. f4 Rg8 40. e4 Qd4+ $5 (40... gxf4 41. Qxf4 Qd4+
42. Kh2 Rb2 43. Bf3 $15) 41. Qf2 (41. Kh2 $143 Bxe4 $36) 41... Qxf2+ 42. Kxf2 (
42. Rxf2 $2 Bxe4 $17) 42... Rb2+ $1 {The important intermediate move. And here
having spent about 20 minutes I have found surprising rescue:} 43. Kg1 (43. Re2
$2 Rxe2+ 44. Bxe2 Bxe4 $17) (43. Kf3 $2 Bh3 $19) 43... Bh3 (43... gxf4 $143 44.
Rf2 Rxf2 45. Kxf2 $11 {[%csl Rf4]}) 44. Rf2 Rxf2 45. Kxf2 Bxg2 46. f5 $3 {
[%mdl 256] In it all sense of my idea.} (46. Kxg2 $2 gxf4+ $17 47. Kf3 $2 Ne5+
48. Kxf4 $140 Nd3+ {[%csl Re1,Rf4]}) 46... Bh3 47. Kg3 Ne5 $5 {My contender
was afraid to go on the following variants:} (47... g4 48. e5 Nd4 49. f6 Nf5+
50. Kf4 (50. Kh2 $5 Nxh6 (50... Rd8 $2 51. e6 Rd2+ 52. Re2 Rxe2+ 53. Bxe2 Kg8
54. Bd3 Nxh6 55. Be4 $1 {[%csl Rb7] /\Bxb7-c6 and e7-e8Q}) 51. e6 $36) 50...
Nxh6 51. Bb3 $1 $13 {[%csl Gb3,Rh6] (Tseitlin,Ma)}) (47... Bxf5 $2 48. exf5 $14
{[%csl Gf5,Gh6,Rh8]}) 48. Kxh3 Rd8 49. f6 $1 {This move a little better than:}
(49. Bh5 Rd6 50. Rg1 Rxh6 51. Rxg5 Nf7 52. Kg4 Nxg5 53. Kxg5 Kg7 (53... Rxh5+
54. Kxh5 b5 55. axb5 axb5 56. Kh6 $1 {An interesting resource which was
mentioned by Huzman after the game.} b4 57. e5 b3 58. e6 Kg8 59. f6 b2 60. e7
Kf7 61. e8=Q+ Kxe8 62. Kg7 b1=Q 63. f7+ Kd7 64. f8=Q Qg6+ 65. Kh8 h5 66. Qf7+
$3 Qxf7 $11) 54. e5 (54. a5 $11 {[%csl Ya5,Ga6,Gb7]}) 54... Rxh5+ 55. Kxh5 b5
56. axb5 axb5 57. e6 b4 58. e7 Kf7 59. Kh6 b3 60. e8=Q+ Kxe8 61. Kg7 $11) 49...
Rd3+ 50. Kg2 Rd2+ 51. Kg3 (51. Kf1 $2 Rd6 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6]}) (51. Kg1 Kg8 52.
Bh5 g4 53. Rc1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gc1c8]} Nf3+ 54. Kf1 Nh2+ 55. Ke1 Nf3+ 56. Kf1
Nh2+ $11) (51. Kh1 $2 Rf2 $17) 51... Rd3+ 52. Kg2 Rd2+ 53. Kg3 Rd3+ 54. Kg2
Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Hecht} e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nf3 f5 6. Ne5 Nf6 7. f4 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. Be1 $5 {[/\12.Bh4]} (11. Qa4 Kh8 12. cxd5
exd5 13. Be1 Qe6 14. Bh4 Be7 15. Qc2 Nbd7 16. Bd3 g6 $13 {0-1 Grabuzova,
T-Sherbakov,R/Cappelle op (1) 1995/EXT 95op2 (46)}) 11... Ne4 $5 (11... Nbd7
12. Bh4 Rfd8 13. Qa4 $36) 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bc3 (13. Qa4 a6 $5 {(/\14...
b5<=><<)}) 13... Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. b4 c5 16. dxc5 $6 (16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Rb1
Rab8 $11) 16... bxc5 17. b5 $6 (17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. Bd4 Rac8 $11) 17... Rad8 $1
18. Qd2 Qe7 $6 (18... d4 $1 19. Ba5 (19. exd4 $2 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Qe7 $1 21. Kh1
Bc5 22. Qe5 Rf5 $19) 19... Bc7 $15) 19. Kh1 Qh4 (19... d4 $1 20. exd4 cxd4 21.
Bxd4 e5 $36 22. fxe5 $2 Bxe5 $19 (22... Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Bxe5 24. Bc5 Qh4 (24...
Rxd2 25. Bxe7 $14) 25. h3 $16)) 20. cxd5 $5 exd5 21. Be5 $1 $132 Bxe5 (21... d4
22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. exd4 Bxe5 24. fxe5 $14 cxd4 25. Qxd4 $16) 22. fxe5 Qe7 23.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Rc1 Qg5 (24... c4 25. Qd4 (25. Qc3) 25... Rf2 26. Bg4 Rxa2 27.
Rf1 $132) 25. Kg1 d4 (25... Rc8 26. Qc3 $13) 26. Bc4+ Kh8 27. e6 Bd5 $6 (27...
h6 $1 28. Rf1 (28. h4 $6 Qe5 $15) 28... Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 $13) 28. e7 $1 Rg8 (
28... Re8 29. Bxd5 (29. Rf1 Bg8 $1 30. Rf8 Qxe7 $17) (29. Qf2 Bxc4 30. Rxc4
Qxe7 $15) (29. h4 Qe5 30. exd4 e3 $1 $132) 29... Qxd5 30. Qf2 dxe3 (30... Qd6
31. Qf7 Qxe7 32. Qxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxc5 $16) 31. Qf8+ Qg8 32. Qxg8+ Kxg8 33. Kf1
Rxe7 34. Ke2 $11) 29. h4 $1 Qe5 30. Bxd5 (30. exd4 e3 $1 $132) 30... Qxd5 31.
Qf2 $5 (31. exd4 cxd4 32. Qf4 d3 $132) 31... dxe3 (31... d3 32. Qf8 d2 (32...
Qd7 33. Rf1 h6 $8 34. Qxg8+ Kxg8 35. Rf8+ Kh7 36. e8=Q Qxe8 37. Rxe8 c4 38. Kf2
$18)) 32. Qf8 Qe6 $2 $138 (32... Qxa2 $1 33. Rxc5 (33. e8=Q $2 Qf2+ 34. Qxf2
exf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rxe8 $11) (33. Rf1 e2 34. Re1 Qe6 35. Rxe2 e3 $13) 33... e2 34.
Rc1 Qc4 $1 35. Rxc4 e1=Q+ 36. Kh2 Qxh4+ $11) (32... Qd7 {Hecht} 33. Rf1 h6 (
33... e2 34. Qxg8+ Kxg8 35. Rf8#) (33... Qe8 34. Qxe8 Rxe8 35. Rf8+ Rxf8 36.
exf8=Q#) (33... Qe6 34. Qxg8+ Qxg8 35. Rf8 $18) (33... g6 34. Qxg8+ Kxg8 35.
Rf8+ Kg7 36. e8=Q Qd1+ 37. Rf1 (37. Kh2 $2 Qd6+ {[%cal Rd6f8,Rd6h2]}) 37... e2
38. Qf8#) 34. Qxg8+ Kxg8 35. Rf8+ Kh7 36. e8=Q {[%cal Rf8h8]} Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qd6+
38. Kh3 $18) 33. Rxc5 e2 34. Kf2 Qd7 (34... Qxa2 35. Qxg8+ $1 Qxg8 36. Rf5 e3+
37. Ke1 $1 $18) 35. Rf5 $1 $18 e3+ 36. Kxe2 Qd2+ 37. Kf3 Qf2+ 38. Ke4 Qxg2+ 39.
Kxe3 Qg3+ 40. Ke2 Qg2+ 41. Kd3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 g6 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 Nh6 $5 {[/\Nh6-f7,e7-e5]} (5...
Nf6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O Kh8 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. b5 Bg8 12. Ne1
Qc7 13. Rc1 e5 14. c5 e4 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. bxc6 bxc6 $132 {0-1 Peralta,
F-Movsziszian,K/Calvia 2005/Mega2006 (63)}) 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 $5 (7. Qb3 a5 8.
b5 a4 9. Qc2 e6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O g5 12. Nbd2 b6 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Ba3 Bb7 15.
Rc1 g4 16. Ne1 f4 $132 {1-0 Peralta,F-Movsziszian,K/Binissalem 2004/Mega2006 
(44)}) 7... Nf7 8. O-O e5 9. dxe5 (9. Nc3 $5) 9... dxe5 10. Nbd2 (10. Nc3 e4
11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nd4 Na6 $5 $132) (10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Rfd1 Na6 13.
a3 c6 $132) 10... Be6 (10... e4 11. Nd4 Qe7 12. Qb3 $36) 11. c5 Qe7 12. Nc4 (
12. Bc4 Rd8 13. Qb3 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 $36) 12... Nd7 13. a3 (13. Na5 Rab8 14. Qc2 (
14. c6 Qxb4) (14. Nxb7 $2 Rxb7 15. c6 Rxb4 16. Ba3 Nb6) 14... c6 15. Rfd1 Bd5
$132) 13... Rad8 14. Qc2 Bd5 15. Nfd2 Nf6 16. f3 b6 $5 (16... e4 $5 17. f4 (17.
fxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7) 17... b6 18. Bd4 $14) 17. e4 Be6 18. Rfd1 (18. Nxe5
Nxe5 19. Bxe5 bxc5 20. bxc5 Nxe4 $5 (20... Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Nxe4 22. fxe4 Bxe5 $44
) 21. Bxg7 Rxd2 $1 22. Bxf8 Qg5 $36) 18... Nh5 $1 {[/\19...Qg5,20...Nf4|^>>]}
19. Ne3 (19. cxb6 $5 cxb6 20. Ne3) 19... Qg5 20. Ndf1 Nf4 21. Rxd8 (21. cxb6
Nh3+ 22. Kh1 Nf2+ 23. Kg1 Nxd1 $17) 21... Nxd8 $5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Bc4 (23.
cxb6 cxb6 24. Bc4 e4 $36) 23... bxc5 $1 24. bxc5 e4 $1 {[xc5]} 25. fxe4 (25.
Bxg7 Qxg7 26. Rd1 exf3 $17) 25... Bxb2 26. Bxe6+ (26. Qxb2 Bxc4 27. Nxc4 fxe4
28. Nfe3 Qxc5 $17) 26... Ndxe6 27. Qxb2 fxe4 $17 28. Qb3 (28. c6 Nd3 $5 29. Qa2
Rf6 $5 $36 (29... Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qf4+ 31. Ke2 Qf2+ 32. Kd1 $11) 30. Rb1 $2
Rxf1+ $1 $19) 28... Qxc5 (28... Kg7 $5) 29. Ng3 Rd8 $1 {[/\30...Rd3]} 30. Ngf5
(30. Nxe4 Qe5 $19) 30... Rd3 31. Qb8+ Kf7 $19 32. Re1 (32. Qb4 Nd5 $1 $19)
32... Ng7 $1 $138 (32... Rxe3 $1 33. Nxe3 Nd3 $19) 33. Qb4 Qxb4 34. axb4 Nxf5
35. Nxf5 Kf6 36. Ne3 Ke5 37. g3 Nd5 38. Ng4+ Kf5 (38... Kd4 $19) 39. Nh6+ Kg6
40. Ng4 Kf5 41. Nh6+ Ke5 42. Ng4+ Kd4 43. Nf2 Re3 (43... Nc3 $1 44. Nxd3 exd3
$19) 44. Rd1+ Kc4 45. Ng4 Rd3 46. Ne5+ Kc3 47. Nxd3 exd3 $19 48. Kf2 Kc2 49.
Ke1 Nxb4 50. Rd2+ Kb3 51. Rd1 Kc2 52. Rd2+ Kc3 53. Kd1 a5 54. Rf2 a4 55. Rf7
Nd5 $1 56. Rf2 a3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korobov, Ilya"]
[Black "Shovunov, Baatr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. Nc3 f5 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Kh8
9. a3 a5 10. Rb1 Ne4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Ne5 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 Be7 16. Bb2 Nc6 17. c5 Bf6 18. b5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Be7 20. Bd4 Rxf1+ 21. Bxf1
Bd7 22. Rc1 Qe8 23. Qb3 h6 24. Be2 Ra5 25. c6 bxc6 26. bxc6 Bxc6 27. Qb6 Ra2
28. Qxc6 Qxc6 29. Rxc6 Rxe2 30. Rxe6 {[#] Starker weißer Freibauer und aktive
weiße Figuren.} Bh4 (30... Bb4 31. Rd6 Kg8 (31... Bxd6 32. exd6 Ra2 33. d7 Ra8
34. Bb6 $18) 32. Rxd5 Bd2 33. e6 Kf8 34. Bc5+ Ke8 35. Kf1 Re1+ 36. Kf2 Rc1 37.
Rf5 $18) 31. g3 Bg5 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. e6 Kg6 34. h4 Bf6 35. Rf8 {[%cal Rh4h5]}
Be7 (35... h5 36. Bxf6 $18) 36. Rf7 Bd6 37. g4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch KO"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.12.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1999.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Qc2 f5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8. Nge2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bb3 Kh8 11. a4 b4 12. Nd1 Qe7 13. Nf2 Ba6 14. Bc4 c5 15.
Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Qc4 Nc7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Nd3 Nd7 19. Nd4 Nd5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21.
Qe2 Qd6 22. O-O e5 23. Nb3 e4 24. f4 Nc5 25. Nxc5 Qxc5 26. Qb5 Rfc8 27. Rd1
Rab8 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 29. Rd4 Kg8 30. Bd2 Kf7 31. Rc1 Rxc1+ 32. Bxc1 Ke6 33. Rc4
Rd8 34. Kf2 a5 35. Rc6+ Kd7 36. Rc5 Kd6 37. Rc2 b3 38. Rc4 Nb6 39. Rc3 Rc8 40.
Rxc8 Nxc8 41. Bd2 Nb6 42. Bxa5 Nxa4 43. Bb4+ Kd5 44. Ba3 Kc4 45. Ke2 Nc3+ 46.
Kd2 Nb1+ 47. Kc1 Nxa3 48. bxa3 {[#] Schwarz gewinnt um genau ein Tempo mit
Hilfe zweier weit vorgerückter Freibauern, von denen einer sogleich entsteht.}
Kd3 49. a4 Kxe3 50. a5 Kd3 (50... Kd3 51. a6 e3 52. a7 e2 53. a8=Q e1=Q+ 54.
Kb2 Qc3+ 55. Ka3 Qa1+) 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 (5. d5 $5 Bb4+ (5... exd5 6. cxd5
Bb7 7. Bc4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Ne4 10. Qc2) (5... Bb7 6. dxe6 dxe6 7.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Ng5 Ke7 9. Nc3 a6 10. b3 Nbd7 $13) 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ne4 8.
Qc2 exd5 9. cxd5 Bb7 10. Nc3 $14) 5... Bb7 (5... Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 (6. Nc3 {-ECO A85
}) (6. Bd2) 6... Bb7 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 O-O 9. O-O Ne4 10. Ne1 $6 Nc6 11. f3
Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Qg5 13. f4 Qe7 $15 {Ortega-Psakhis, Erevan 1986}) 6. O-O Bd6 7.
Nbd2 (7. b3 O-O 8. Ba3 Bxa3 9. Nxa3 d6 $10) (7. Nc3 O-O (7... Ne4 8. Bxe4 fxe4
9. Nd2 Qh4 10. g3 Qh3 11. Ndxe4 $16) 8. Qe2 (8. d5 $5 {ECO}) 8... Bb4 $13 {
Ekenberg-Alekhin, Örebro 1935 ECO}) 7... O-O (7... Ne4 8. Qc2 (8. Ne5 Bxe5 9.
dxe5 Nc5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. f4 (11. Nf3) 11... d6 $15) 8... Nxd2 9. Nxd2 Bxh2+ (
9... Nc6 10. a3 a5 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 $14 {+/-}) 10. Kxh2 Qh4+ 11. Kg1 Bxg2 12.
Kxg2 Qg4+ $10) 8. Qc2 (8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxd2 (9... Rf6 10. Ne5 Rh6 $13) 10.
Nxd2 Bxh2+ (10... Qh4 11. f4 Rf6 12. Nf3 $14) 11. Kxh2 Qh4+ 12. Kg1 Bxg2 13. f3
(13. Kxg2 Qg5+ 14. Kh1 (14. Kh2 Rf6 15. Qf3 Rh6+ 16. Qh3 Rxh3+ 17. Kxh3 $13)
14... Rf6 15. Nf3 Rh6+ 16. Nh2 Qh4 $19) 13... Rf6 14. Qe1 Qh3 15. Kf2 Qh2 16.
Ke2 (16. Rg1 Rg6 17. Ke2 Bf1+ $17) 16... Bxf1+ 17. Kxf1 Rg6 18. Qf2 Qh3+ 19.
Ke1 Rg2 20. Qf1 Qg3+ 21. Kd1 Rg1 $19) 8... Nc6 (8... g5 9. c5 bxc5 10. dxc5 g4
11. cxd6 gxf3 12. dxc7 $18) 9. a3 a5 (9... g5 10. c5 (10. Nxg5 Bxh2+ 11. Kxh2
Ng4+ 12. Kg1 Qxg5 13. Nf3 Qh5 $40 {/\Nd4}) (10. b4 g4 11. Ne1 Qe8 12. c5 Be7
13. Bb2 $13) 10... bxc5 11. dxc5 g4 (11... Be5 12. Nc4 d6 13. Qb3 $16) 12. cxd6
gxf3 13. dxc7 Qxc7 14. Nxf3 $16) 10. h3 (10. b3 $5 Qe8 (10... g5 11. Bb2 g4 12.
Ne5 $14) 11. Bb2 Qh5 $132) (10. e4 $2 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Rxf3 $1 13.
Bxf3 Nxd4 14. Qd3 Bxh2+ $1 (14... Qh4 15. g3) (14... Nxf3+ 15. gxf3) 15. Kxh2
Qh4+ 16. Kg1 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Qh3 $19) 10... a4 11. Rd1 $5 {/\e4} (11. e4 fxe4
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Rxf3 14. Bxf3 (14. gxf3 Nxd4 15. Qd3 Bxe4 (15... Qh4 $5)
16. fxe4 Nb3 $44) 14... Nxd4 15. Qd3 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Qh4 $36 (16... Ra5 $36))
11... Nh5 (11... Qe8 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qh5 15. Ng5 $16) (11...
Na5 12. Qxa4 $16 Ne4 13. Qc2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qh4 16. Kf1 Qxh3+ 17.
Ke2 Qh5 $16) 12. c5 (12. e4 Nf4 13. Bf1 (13. e5 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 $13) 13...
fxe4 14. Nxe4 $140 Nxh3+ $17) (12. d5 Ne5 (12... Ne7 13. dxe6 (13. e4 $13)
13... dxe6 14. Nd4) 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 Bd6 15. e4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf6 17. Bg5
h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. dxe6 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rae8 $15) 12... bxc5 13. dxc5 Be7 14.
g4 (14. b4 axb3 15. Nxb3 $13) 14... Nf6 (14... fxg4 $6 15. hxg4 Nf6 16. g5 $40)
15. gxf5 Ra5 (15... exf5 $6 16. b4 $1 $36 axb3 $140 17. Qxb3+ $18) 16. b4 axb3
17. Nxb3 Qe8 $1 {/\Qh5->} (17... Nb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Ne5 $44 (19. Nfd4)) 18.
Ne1 $2 (18. Nxa5 Nxa5 19. Be2 Qh5 20. Bd2 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Qxf3 22. Bxa5 Ne4 23.
Rd4 Rxf5 (23... exf5 $40) 24. Qxe4 (24. Rxe4 Qxh3 25. f4 Rf6) 24... Qxf2+ 25.
Kh1 Rf3 26. Qg4 Rg3 27. Rd2 Qxe3 28. Re2 Qb3 29. Qe4 Rxh3+ 30. Kg2 Qg3+ 31. Kf1
Bxc5 $40) (18. Bf1 $142 $5 {/\Bg2 Hertneck} Ra8 (18... Qh5 19. Bg2 Ra4 (19...
Raa8) 20. Nbd4 (20. fxe6) 20... Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Ra5 23. Nb3 $13) (
18... Nb4 19. Qe2 Qh5 20. Bg2) 19. fxe6 dxe6 20. Bg2 Qh5 21. Bb2 $13) 18... Ra4
$40 19. Bf1 (19. f4 Qh5 20. Bf1 exf5 $17) 19... Rh4 20. Nd4 Qh5 21. f4 (21. Qe2
Qg5+) 21... Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxh3 23. Bxh3 Qxh3 24. Qh2 Qg4+ $19 (24... Qg4+ 25.
Ng2 Bxc5 26. Bb2 Qe2 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Nc3 $5 (9. Ne5 Bd7 10. Qc1 Rc8 $6 11. Nd2 Ne4 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Be8 14.
e4 $14 {Kharitonov,A-Tregubov,P/Alushta/1994/0,5/35/}) (9. Qc1 Bd7 10. Ba3 Be8
11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 Qd8 13. Nbd2 Ne4 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7
17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 Bg6 19. Ne5 $14 {Kharitonov,A-Neverov,V/Kstovo/1994/0,5/
78/}) 9... Ne4 (9... b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 $6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 Rc8 13. Qe2 $16)
10. Ne2 Nd7 (10... Bd7 11. Ne5 Be8 12. f3 Nf6 13. Rc1 Nbd7 14. Bb1 {/\ Nf4-d3+/
=}) 11. Qc2 $5 b6 12. a3 c5 (12... Bb7 13. b4 c5 14. bxc5 bxc5 $13) 13. a4 $5
Bb7 14. a5 $13 Rac8 (14... Rfc8 15. a6 $5 Bc6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bc7 18. f3
Ng5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Nf4 Bc6 21. b4 $1 $16) 15. axb6 axb6 16. Qd1 Rfd8 $6 (
16... Ra8 $32) 17. Ra7 Nb8 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Bb5 $1 Rc7 20. Nc3 Bc6 (20... Nxc3
21. Bxc3 Bc6 (21... Nc6 $2 22. Rxb7) 22. Rxc7 Bxc7 23. Bd3 $14) 21. Rxc7 Bxc7
22. Qe2 Qe8 (22... Bb7 23. Ra1 $16) 23. Bd3 Nd7 24. Rc1 Qe6 25. Qc2 Qh6 $2 (
25... Bb8 $5 $13) 26. b4 $1 $16 c4 $2 (26... Nxc3 27. Qxc3 c4 28. Bxc4 $18) (
26... cxd4 $2 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Qxc6 Qxc6 29. Rxc6 exd3 30. Rxc7 $18) (26...
Bb8 $5 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Ne2 $14) 27. Bxe4 dxe4 (27... fxe4 28. Nxe4 $16) 28.
Nxe4 $1 b5 (28... Bxe4 29. Qxc4+ Kh8 30. Qxc7 $18) (28... fxe4 29. Qxc4+ Kh8
30. Qxc6 Qxc6 31. Rxc6 exf3 32. Rxc7 $16) 29. Ng3 f4 $2 (29... Bxf3 30. gxf3 f4
31. Nf1 (31. Nf5 Qh5 $132) 31... Qh5 32. Qe2 $16) (29... Bxg3 30. hxg3 Be4 31.
Qe2 $16) 30. Nf5 Qe6 $8 31. d5 $1 $18 Bxd5 32. Ng5 Qe8 33. Nh6+ $1 Kf8 (33...
gxh6 34. Qxh7+ Kf8 35. Qg7#) 34. Qf5+ Ke7 35. Qxd5 Nf8 (35... gxh6 36. Qe6+ Kf8
37. Nxh7#) (35... Nf8 36. Ng8#) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. f4 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O
8. O-O Kh8 9. Ne5 {Turniertaktisch gesehen schlecht.} ({Nach} 9. c5 Bc7 10. b4
{ist die Stellung zu und allenfalls kann Weiß noch etwas unternehmen.}) 9... c5
$1 10. cxd5 $6 {Die Läufer auf c1 und c8 sind ja nicht die besten; nun erlangt
der Bc8 schon mal etwas Freiheit.} exd5 11. Qf3 $2 {Der Zug leistet nichts für
die Entwicklung und sollte am besten durch 11.Bd2 ersetzt werden.} Nc6 12. Ne2
Ne4 13. b3 Qb6 $1 {Hindert Weiß an der Entwicklung des Bc1.} 14. Qh5 ({Auf} 14.
Bb2 {ist es vor allem} c4 $1 {, was dem Weißen Kummer bereiten würde.}) 14...
Bxe5 15. dxe5 $6 ({Ich denke, dass eine letzte praktische Spielchance in dem
Bauernopfer} 15. fxe5 {bestand.} cxd4 16. exd4 Nxd4 ({oder} 16... Nxe5 {
kommt Weiß endgültig mit seinem Läufer c1 raus, der sogar recht stark wird.}
17. Ba3)) 15... Be6 16. Rd1 a5 17. g4 {Eine verzweifelte Flucht nach vorn.}
Rad8 18. Ng3 c4 $1 {Schwarz steht endgültig auf Gewinn.} 19. bxc4 dxc4 20. Be2
Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Qb4 $1 {Gewinnt Material.} 22. Kg2 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Qc3 24. gxf5
Bxf5 25. Qe2 Qxa1 26. Qxc4 Nxe5 27. fxe5 Rc8 28. Qf4 Qxa2+ 29. Kf3 Qd5+ 30. Kf2
Qxd1 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[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. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nf3 f5 6. Bd3 Nh6 {One of possible
setups for Black in the "Semi-Slav Stonewall"; however, it is slightly passive.
} 7. Qc2 (7. cxd5 exd5 {was the idea of Black's last move.}) (7. h3 Bb4 8. g4
O-O 9. g5 Nf7 10. Rg1 {is premature due to} e5 $1 11. Bxf5 e4 12. Nh4 Nde5 $1
13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. dxe5 Nxe5 $19 {1-0 (47) Fiorito,F (2435)-Vera
Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2465) Guarapuava 1991}) (7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. f4 d4
10. exd4 Qxd4 11. Qe2 {1/2 (37) Beni,A-Kinzel,A Vienna 1952} b6 12. h3 Nf2 $1
$15) (7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2 {- this plan is hardly dangerous as Black firmly
controls the crucial e5-square:} O-O 9. O-O (9. Qc1 Qe7 10. Ne2 Nf7 11. cxd5
cxd5 12. O-O b6 13. a4 a5 14. Ba3 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Nf4 g5 17. Nd3 Raa8 18.
Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qb2 Rfc8 $11 {1/2 (40) Levin,E (2508)-Popov,V (2557) St
Petersburg RUS 2013}) 9... Qe7 (9... Nf6 10. Ne2 Ne4 11. Ne5 Nf7 12. f3 Nf6 13.
Rc1 g6 14. c5 Be7 15. b4 $14 {1-0 (53) Golombek,H-Erdelyi,S Trencianske
Teplice 1949}) (9... g5 10. Ne2 g4 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 {0-1 (34)
Yewdokimov,O (2380)-Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2495) Oviedo 1992} 13. Nf4 $14 {
[%cal Yf2f3]}) (9... Rf6 10. Qc2 Nf7 {0-1 (40) Aronian,L (2825)-Morozevich,A 
(2769) Moscow 2012 CBM 149 [Ramirez Alvarez]} 11. cxd5 $1 exd5 12. Ne2 $14) 10.
a4 Kh8 11. Qc1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. g3 Qe7 16. Ba3
Be6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rd1 Qe7 $11 {1-0 (47) Savchenko,S (2571)-Richter,M (2399)
Istanbul 2007}) (7. O-O Bd6 8. Rb1 Qe7 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12.
Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qc2 Be6 $11 {1/2 (43) Kalinitschew,S (2469)-Richter,M (2411)
Berlin 2008}) (7. Rb1 $5 Bd6 8. b4 O-O 9. b5 Kh8 10. bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Ba6 12.
cxd5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 cxd5 14. Qa6 $14 {1-0 (33) Figura,A (2349)-Meister,J (2480)
Berlin 2012}) 7... a6 $6 {Hardly a necessary move.} (7... Qf6 {[%csl Rf6]} 8.
b3 (8. Bd2 Bd6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O-O Kh8 {1-0 (55) Lont,A (2335)-Van der Vorm,T 
(2405) Netherlands 1996} 11. Ne2 $36) 8... Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. O-O-O b6 11. h3
Qe7 12. g4 dxc4 13. bxc4 Bb7 14. Rhg1 fxg4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. hxg4 Rxf3 17. g5
Nf7 18. Rh1 $40 {1/2 (34) Prystensky,A (2425)-Hedrera,M (2432) corr CAPA 1998})
(7... Bd6 {is quite possible:} 8. Bd2 $5 (8. cxd5 exd5 9. b3 (9. Bxf5 $2 Nxf5
10. Qxf5 Ne5 11. Qc2 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 O-O $17) 9... Qe7 10. Bb2 Nf6 11. h3 Ne4
12. O-O-O Nf7 13. Kb1 Ba3 14. Ba1 Bd7 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. g4 {
0-1 (56) Udovcic,M-Kinzel,A Venice 1953} Nfd6 $11) (8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Qe7 (9...
Kh8 10. h3 a6 $5 11. O-O-O b5 12. c5 Bc7 13. Ne2 Qf6 14. Kb1 a5 15. a3 Ba6 16.
b4 axb4 17. axb4 Ra7 18. Qc3 Nf7 19. Kc2 Rfa8 20. Ra1 Kg8 $11 {0-1 (28)
Kortschnoj,V (2639)-Popov,V (2545) St Petersburg 2001}) 10. O-O-O (10. h3 Kh8
11. O-O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 {1-0 (34) Simagin,V-Terpugov,E Moscow 1951} b5 13. Bd3
Bb7 $132) 10... a6 $5 (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bd3 e5 (12... Bb7 $5 {
[%cal Yb5b4,Yc6c5]} 13. e4 b4 14. Na4 c5 $1) 13. e4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. exf5
Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Bf4+ 17. Kb1 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 {0-1 (44) Rasic,G (2246)
-Colovic,D (2374) Vrnjacka Banja 2004} 19. Rhe1 $14) (10... b6 11. Kb1 Bb7 12.
h3 Rac8 13. Qe2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 15. Bd3 {1-0 (57) Balashov,Y (2477)-Fotin,V 
(2265) Izhevsk RUS 2013} Nb6 $132 {[%cal Rb5b4]}) 11. Kb1 b5 12. cxd5 $6 (12.
c5 Bc7 13. h3 $13) 12... cxd5 13. h3 Bb7 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Qd1 Nf6 16. Ne5 Ne4
17. Qe2 Nf7 $36 {1/2 (39) Lehmann,H (2290)-Bagirov,V (2510) Berlin 1994}) 8...
O-O 9. O-O-O e5 $6 (9... a6 $5) (9... Nf6 $5) 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 {
1-0 (42) Di Berardino,D (2490)-Matsuura,E (2483) Guarapari 2012} 12. cxd5 $16)
8. h3 $1 {[%cal Yg2g4] This plan, combined with long castling, is probably the
most appropriate after ...Ng8-h6.} (8. O-O Bd6 9. Rb1 Qe7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. b4
Kh8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Na4 {1-0 (28) Filip,M-Szabo,L Marianske Lazne 1961} Nf6
$1 $11 14. Nb6 $140 Rb8 15. Nxc8 $6 Rbxc8 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Qxf5 Ne4) 8... Qf6
9. Be2 $5 {Not a bad idea. White loses a tempo but keeps preparing g2-g4.} Nf7
10. g4 g6 (10... dxc4 11. e4 $1 $36) 11. gxf5 Qxf5 (11... gxf5 12. Rg1 {
[%cal Gg1g8]}) 12. e4 (12. Qxf5 gxf5 13. Rg1 {, without queens, may be
insufficient for a real advantage.}) 12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf6 (13... Bb4+ 14.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Nfxd2 O-O 16. Bg4 Qf4 17. Qc3 e5 18. Qe3 $14) 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.
Bd2 $6 ({After} 15. Be3 {White obviously feared} Bb4+ 16. Nd2 e5 {; however,
it was quite good for him after} 17. O-O-O $1 Bf5 (17... exd4 18. Ne4) 18. Ne4
Qe7 19. d5 Rc8 (19... cxd5 20. Rxd5) 20. Bg4 $1 cxd5 $140 21. Rxd5 b5 22. c5 $1
) 15... Bg7 16. O-O-O O-O 17. Bb4 Re8 {[%cal Ye6e5]} 18. Ne5 $6 {This pawn
sacrifice is not dangerous but it had a strange effect: Black decided to reply
in an unorthodox way!} b6 $6 (18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Bd6 Qf6 21. f4 e5 $1
22. fxe5 (22. Bxe5 Qf5) 22... Qf4+ 23. Kb1 Bxe5 {, and it is not easy for
White to prove his compensation.}) 19. Ng4 Qf5 $6 (19... Qf4+ $142 20. Bd2 Qc7
{[%cal Ye6e5]}) 20. Bd3 Qh5 (20... Qf4+ 21. Bd2 Qd6 ({or} 21... Qc7) {is
already too late; White's bishop is much more active, and he starts an attack
by means of} 22. Rhg1 {[%cal Rd3g6]}) 21. f4 Bb7 (21... c5 22. Be4 $16) 22. c5
$1 {[%csl Rb7][%mdl 32] Sealing up Black's bishop.} b5 (22... a5 $142 23. Bc3
b5 ({but not} 23... bxc5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 $2 25. Bxg6 $3 $18)) 23. Ba5 $1 {
[%csl Ga5] Black's position is completely passive.} Re7 24. Be4 Rf8 25. Bf3 Qf5
26. Qxf5 {White decides to convert his advantage in the endgame.} exf5 27. Ne5
Rc8 (27... Bh6 28. Nxc6 Bxf4+ 29. Kb1 {[%csl Gc5,Gd4]}) 28. Rde1 (28. h4 $1 {
is probably more accurate.}) 28... Bh6 29. Bd2 Nd8 (29... Nxe5 30. fxe5 $5 Kg7
31. Bxh6+ Kxh6 32. Kd2 $16) 30. Bd1 $1 Ne6 31. Bb3 Rce8 32. h4 $1 {White
starts a decisive assault.} Kg7 33. Bxe6 {Getting rid of Black's only active
piece.} Rxe6 34. h5 {The rest is easy.} Rh8 35. Kc2 Kg8 36. Rhg1 Bg7 37. hxg6
hxg6 38. Nxg6 Rxe1 39. Rxe1 Rh7 40. Ne7+ Kf7 41. d5 $1 cxd5 42. c6 Ba8 43. c7
Bb7 44. c8=Q Bxc8 45. Nxc8 Rh6 46. Ne7 Rh2 47. b4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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 {Tyomkin,D} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 {After e2-e3 the stonewall is
quite justified as White has no Bc1-f4.} 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Ne5 (9. Qc1 {Tyomkin,D Tyomkin,D} Bd7 (9... b6 10. Ba3 (10. Ne5 Bb7 11.
cxd5 (11. f4 $5) 11... Bxe5 (11... cxd5 12. Ba3) 12. dxe5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14.
Qxc3 c5 15. f3 Nc6 16. a3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Rd7 18. Be2 {1/2-1/2 Danielsen,
H-Hansen,L/DEN-ch 1993}) 10... Bb7 (10... Na6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 Nb4 13. Nc3
Rd8 14. Be2 Bb7 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Rfd1 a5 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Na4 Qc7
20. Qb2 $14 {Danner,G-Stangl,M/Dortmund op-A 1993/1-0 (57)}) 11. cxd5 (11. Bxd6
Qxd6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qa3 Qxa3 14. Nxa3 a6 15. Rfc1 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Utemov,
V-Kramnik,V/Moscow4 1991}) 11... Nxd5 (11... cxd5) 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qa3 c5 14.
dxc5 bxc5 15. Be2 Nd7 16. Nbd2 Nc3 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Qb2 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20.
Be2 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Re5] Kharitonov,A-Savon,V/Ch Chess Club Russia (cat.9),
Moscow,1995/1-0 (76)}) (9... g5 $6 $146 10. Ba3 (10. Nxg5 $6 {Tyomkin,D} Bxh2+
11. Kxh2 Ng4+ 12. Kg1 Qxg5 13. Be2 Qh4 14. Bxg4 fxg4 $132 {[%cal Gf8f6,Gf6h6]})
10... g4 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Qb2 $14 Qc7 {[%cal Gd7e5]} 14. Nxd7 (
14. f4 {Tyomkin,D} gxf3 15. Nxf3 Ne4 $14) 14... Bxd7 15. Nc3 e5 $142 $1 {
Tyomkin,D} (15... Ne4 $2 16. Ne2 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge2f4] Kharitonov,A-Kobalija,M/
RUS-ch m1-2 1997/1/2-1/2(29)}) 16. cxd5 (16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd2 Be6) 16... exd4
17. exd4 cxd5 18. Ne2 $14) 10. Ba3 Bxa3 (10... Be8 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 Qd8
13. Nbd2 Ne4 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 Bg6
19. Ne5 $14 {Kharitonov,A-Neverov,V/Kstovo op 1994/1/2-1/2 (78)}) 11. Qxa3 Qxa3
12. Nxa3 Ne4 13. Ne5 Be8 14. f3 Nd6 15. Nc2 Nd7 16. c5 $14 {/= () Ryskin,
A-Guliev,S/Azov 1995/1/2-1/2 (24)}) 9... b6 (9... Bd7 $6 {Tyomkin,D Tyomkin,D}
10. Nd2 (10. Qc1 Rc8 11. Nd2 Ne4 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Be8 14. e4 Bxe5 15. dxe5
fxe4 16. fxe4 d4 17. Bxd4 c5 18. Be3 Nc6 19. Qf2 Nxe5 {Kharitonov-Tregupov,
Alushta 1994} 20. Be2 $14) 10... Be8 (10... Ne4 $5) 11. f3 Nbd7 (11... Bh5 12.
Qc2 Nbd7 13. c5 Bc7 14. b4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 g5 17. Nb3 Rf7 18. Nd4 $16
{Izeta,F-Spitzer,R/Sevilla op 1990/1-0(39)}) 12. c5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nh5 14. g4 $1
Qg5 15. f4 $1 Qxg4+ 16. Qxg4 fxg4 17. Be2 g5 18. Bxg4 Ng7 19. fxg5 $16 {
Izeta,F-Neverov,V/Candas op 1992/1/2-1/2 (60)}) (9... Nbd7 $5 $146 {Tyomkin,D}
10. f3 c5 11. Nd2 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 $13 {Bogdanovski,V-Guliev,S/EU-chTM 1997/1/
2-1/2(25)}) 10. cxd5 $146 cxd5 (10... exd5 $5 {Tyomkin,D} 11. Nd2 (11. Qc2 $6
Bxe5 $1 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Qc3 Re8 14. f4 Nxe3 15. Re1 c5 $1 $17 {[%cal Gd5d4]})
11... g6 12. Rc1 Bb7 $11 {[%cal Gc6c5]}) 11. f3 Bb7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rc1 Nc6 $10
14. Nxc6 (14. Na4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 b5 17. Nc3 Nc5 $10) 14... Bxc6 15.
Na4 $5 (15. Rf2 {[%cal Gf2c2] Tyomkin,D} b5 16. Rfc2 Rfc8 (16... Bb7 $11) 17.
Nxd5 exd5 18. Rxc6 Rxc6 19. Rxc6 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Re8 21. Bf1 Bxh2 22. Kxh2 Qh6+
23. Kg1 Qe3+ $11) 15... Qb7 (15... Bxa4 16. bxa4 {[%csl Ra6,Rb6][%cal Yd1b3,
Rb3b6] /\17.Qb3} (16. bxa4 {Tyomkin,D} Qd7 17. Qb3 $14)) 16. Qe2 Bxa4 (16...
Rfc8 $10) 17. bxa4 b5 (17... Qd7 18. Qc2) 18. Bc3 $6 {White is playing for a
win trying to make use of his pair of bishops.} (18. axb5 axb5 19. a3 (19. Bb1
$15 {Tyomkin,D}) 19... Rfb8 20. Rb1 $10) 18... bxa4 19. Ba5 {[%csl Ra6]} a3 $1
{[%csl Gb2]} 20. Rb1 Qd7 21. Rb3 Rfb8 22. Rfb1 Rxb3 23. Rxb3 Rc8 {[%cal Yc8c1]
Black must play actively preparing a counterattack.} 24. g3 {[%csl Rf3] [#]} (
24. Rb1 Rc6 $1 $15 {/\25...Qc8}) 24... g5 $1 $15 {[%csl Ye4,Yg4][%cal Yg5g4] A
very important move. Black needs to activate his knight. After the exchange of
the white f3 pawn the knight obtains the e4 and g4 squares and takes a
significant part in the black counterattack.} (24... Qa4 {Tyomkin,D} 25. Bd2
$11 (25. Qd2 Rc6 26. Bb4 Ne8 (26... Bxb4 27. Rxb4 Rc1+ 28. Qxc1 Qxb4 29. Bxa6
Qb2 30. Qc6 $132 {[%cal Ga6c8]}) 27. Bxd6 Nxd6 (27... Rxd6 28. Rb8 Kf8 29. Qc2
Qxc2 30. Bxc2 Ke7 31. Kf2 $14) 28. Rb4 Rc1+ $1 29. Qxc1 Qxb4 30. Bxa6 Nc4 $17))
25. Bxa6 (25. Rc3 Rb8 $1) 25... Rc1+ 26. Kg2 g4 27. fxg4 Nxg4 {[%csl Ra2,Rg2]
Black's plan consists in combining the attack of the white king with the
attack of the a2 pawn. If it falls, the black a3 pawn will become so strong
that even material gains will not necessary help White. To avoid the disaster,
White should defend very carefully.} 28. Qd2 {Tyomkin: Black has initiative,
but it seems that white still may keep the balance.} (28. Bd3 $2 Qg7 $1 {/\Qh6}
29. Bd2 Nxh2 $1 $19) (28. e4 $2 dxe4 29. Qd2 Ra1 30. Rb7 (30. Qg5+ Qg7 31. Qd8+
Bf8 32. Rxa3 Qh6 $19) 30... Qe8 31. Qg5+ Qg6 $19) (28. h3 {[%csl Rg3]} Nf6 29.
Qd2 Ra1 $1 {[%csl Ra2,Ga3]} (29... Qc6 30. Bd3 (30. Rb6 Qc2) 30... Ne4 31. Bxe4
dxe4 32. Bc3 Qc4 33. Qxc1 Qe2+ 34. Kg1 Bxg3 35. Be1 $1 Bh2+ 36. Kh1 Bc7 37. Bf2
$1 $18) (29... Rc4 $5 30. Rb7 Qa4 31. Bb5 Bb4 $1) 30. Qc2 (30. Rb7 Qe8 31. Bc7
Qc6 $1 32. Rb8+ Kf7 33. Bxd6 Qxa6 $19) (30. Bc3 Ne4 31. Qc2 Nxc3 32. Rxc3 Qg7
$19) 30... Qg7 $1 31. Qc8+ Bf8 32. Qxe6+ Qf7 33. Qxf5 (33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $17)
33... Rxa2+ 34. Kf1 Ne4 35. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $17 {[%csl Ga3] o^a3}) 28... Qc6 $1 29.
Rb6 $4 (29. Bd3 $1 {was the right defence.} Rd1 $1 30. Qe2 Qc1 (30... Rc1 31.
Qd2) 31. Rb1 Rg1+ $1 (31... Qxb1 {Tyomkin,D} 32. Bxb1 Rxb1 33. Bc3 (33. Qa6 $11
) 33... Rc1 34. Qa6 $11 (34. Bd2 $2 Rc2 $17 {[%cal Gd6b4]})) (31... Nxe3+ 32.
Kh3 $18) 32. Kf3 $1 (32. Kh3 Qxb1 33. Bxb1 Rxb1 {[%cal Rb1b2,Rb1h1]} 34. Bc3
Rh1 $19) 32... Qxb1 (32... e5 33. Bxf5 e4+ 34. Kxg4 Qxb1 35. Be6+ $13) 33. Bxb1
Rxb1 {[%cal Rb1b2]} 34. Bc3 Rf1+ (34... Rh1 $2 35. Qa6 {[%cal Ra6e6]} Rxh2 36.
Be1) 35. Kg2 Rf2+ (35... Rc1 36. Qa6) 36. Qxf2 Nxf2 37. Kxf2 $10) 29... Qc2 $19
30. Rxd6 (30. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 31. Kg1 Bc7 (31... Bc7 {Tyomkin,D} 32. Rb5 Bxa5 33.
Rxa5 Rxa2 $19)) (30. Bd3 Qxd2+ 31. Bxd2 Rd1) 30... Qe4+ 31. Kh3 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.09.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 b6
9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qc2 $6 (10. Ne2 $142) 10... Ne4 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. Ne5 Na6 (12...
Bxe5 13. dxe5 Na6 14. cxd5 exd5 $5 (14... cxd5 15. Nd4 Nb4 16. Qe2 Nxd3 (16...
Nc5 17. Bb5 a6 18. a3 $1 $14) 17. Qxd3 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 $11 (18. f3 Nc5 19. Qd2
Ba6 {/\ Nd3}))) 13. a3 (13. cxd5 $6 Nb4 14. Qd1 cxd5 $15) (13. f3 Nb4 14. Qd1
Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Nf6 $11) 13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nac5 15. cxd5 (15. f3 $6 Nxd3 16.
Qxd3 dxc4 17. bxc4 Rad8 $15) 15... exd5 $1 (15... cxd5 16. b4 $1 Nxd3 17. Qxd3
a5 18. Nd4 Rfc8 (18... axb4 $6 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Qxb4 21. Ba3 Qa4 22. Nxe6
$36) 19. f3 Ng5 20. bxa5 Ba6 21. Nb5 bxa5 22. a4 $11 (22. Rfc1 a4 $36)) 16. Nf4
Nxd3 (16... Nd7 $2 17. f3 Ng5 18. h4 $1 $16 {/\ Bf5} (18. Bxf5 $2 Nxe5 19. h4
Nexf3+ $1 $19)) 17. Nxd3 Ng5 $1 $15 18. Rfd1 $6 (18. Nf4 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20.
b4 $15) 18... Ne6 19. Rd2 c5 20. Rc1 Rac8 (20... d4 21. exd4 cxd4 (21... Qg5 $2
22. f4 $1 Nxf4 23. Nxf4 Qxf4 24. d5 $16) 22. Qd1 Qg5 23. f4 Nxf4 24. Nxf4 Qxf4
25. Rc7 $1 $132 {/\ Bd4}) (20... f4 21. Nxf4 Nxf4 22. exf4 Rxf4 23. b4 $1 $132)
(20... a5 $142 $5 {/\! b4} 21. Qd1 (21. b4 $2 axb4 22. axb4 c4 $17) 21... Rad8
$15 {/\ d4}) 21. Qd1 d4 (21... f4 22. Qg4 $1 fxe3 23. fxe3 Ba6 24. Nf4 $132) (
21... Qg5 22. f4 Qg6 23. b4 $132) (21... Rfd8 22. Qh5 $132) 22. exd4 Nxd4 (
22... cxd4 $6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc2 $11) 23. Bxd4 (23. b4 $142 Ne6 (23... Qg5
$2 24. f4 Qg6 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Ne1 $16) 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Qb3
Rfd8 $15 (25... c4 $2 26. Rxc4 Bd5 27. Qb4 $16)) 23... cxd4 24. Rdc2 (24. b4
Be4 25. Qb3+ Kh8 $15) 24... Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Be4 $1 26. Qc4+ (26. Re1 $6 Qxe5 $1
27. Qc4+ Qd5 $17) 26... Kh8 27. Nf4 (27. Qxd4 $2 Qg5 28. f3 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Qxc1+
$19) (27. Re1 Rd8 $15) 27... Qxe5 28. Qc7 $2 (28. Qf7 $2 Qd6 $1 $17) (28. Qe6
$2 Qb8 $1 (28... Qxf4 $2 29. Rc8 $1 Qd6 30. Qxd6 Rxc8 31. f3 $16) 29. Qe7 Re8
$17) (28. Ne6 $1 Bd5 29. Qb4 (29. Qc8 Rg8 $19) 29... Re8 30. Nxd4 Qe4 (30... a5
$2 31. Qd2 $11) 31. Nf3 Qxb4 32. axb4 Bxb3 33. Nd4 $15 Bd5 34. Nxf5 a5 $15)
28... Qf6 (28... Qxc7 $2 29. Rxc7 d3 30. Rd7 $14) (28... Qe8 $6 29. Qxa7 $36)
29. f3 d3 $1 30. Qd7 (30. fxe4 $2 Qd4+ 31. Kf1 (31. Kh1 d2 32. Rd1 Qe3 $19)
31... fxe4 $19) 30... Bxf3 $1 31. Rc8 (31. gxf3 $2 Qg5+ 32. Kf2 Qxf4 33. Rc8
Qxh2+ 34. Ke3 Qe2+ 35. Kd4 (35. Kf4 g5+ 36. Kg3 (36. Kxg5 Qd2+ 37. Kh5 Qh2+ 38.
Kg5 Qg3+ 39. Kh5 Qxf3+ 40. Kh6 Qf4+ $19) 36... f4+ 37. Kg4 Qg2+ 38. Kh5 Qxf3+
$19) 35... Qb2+ 36. Kxd3 Qxb3+ 37. Kd2 Qg8 $19) 31... Bb7 $3 (31... Be4 $2 32.
Ne6 $1 Qa1+ 33. Kf2 Qb2+ 34. Ke3 Qe2+ 35. Kd4 Qf2+ 36. Ke5 Qb2+ 37. Kd6 Qxa3+
38. Kc7 Qc1+ 39. Kd6 Qa3+ $11) 32. Rxf8+ (32. Qxb7 Qd4+ $19) (32. Rc7 Rd8 $19)
32... Qxf8 33. Nxd3 (33. Qxb7 Qc5+ 34. Kf1 Qc1+ $19) (33. Ne6 Bc8 $1 34. Nxf8
Bxd7 35. Nxd7 d2 $19) 33... Qc8 $1 (33... Be4 34. Nf4 Qc5+ 35. Kf1 Qc1+ 36. Ke2
$132) 34. Qd4 $2 (34. Qxc8+ Bxc8 35. Kf2 Kg8 $17) 34... h6 $19 35. h4 Be4 36.
Ne5 Qc1+ 37. Kf2 Kh7 38. g3 Qc2+ 39. Ke3 Qg2 (39... Qxb3+ 40. Kf4 Qxa3 $19) 40.
Qd6 Qxg3+ 41. Kd4 Qf2+ 42. Kc4 f4 0-1

[Event "Ticino op"]
[Site "Ticino"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Black "Kaenel, Hansjuerg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Legky,N"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e4 $1 dxe4 6. Bc4 Nf6 $5 7. Nh3 c6
$1 8. Qb3 (8. Ng5 Nd5 9. Qb3 (9. Ngxe4 fxe4 10. Qh5+ Kd7 $13) 9... h6 10. Nxd5
(10. Nh3 $13) 10... cxd5 11. Bxd5 hxg5 12. Bf7+ Kd7 13. Qe6+ Kc7 14. Qc4+ Nc6
$13) 8... Be7 $1 (8... h6 9. Nf4 $16) (8... Qe7 $6) 9. Bf7+ Kf8 10. Ng5 Qb6 $1
11. Be6 $2 (11. Bg8 $1 Qxb3 12. Bxb3 $44) 11... Na6 $1 $8 12. O-O Qxb3 $17 13.
axb3 $5 h6 14. Nf7 Rg8 (14... Bxe6 15. Nxh8 Bxb3 $15) 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. Ne5 g5
$1 17. Nc4 (17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 f4 $17) 17... Rc7 18. Ra5 $5 f4 19. Re5 Rd7
20. Rd1 Nb4 $1 21. Nxe4 Nc2 22. Bd2 Nxe4 $1 (22... Nxd4 $6 23. Rxe7 Kxe7 24.
Bb4+ Kd8 25. Nxf6 Nf3+ 26. gxf3 Rxd1+ 27. Kg2 $13) 23. Rxe4 Nxd4 24. Rde1 Nxb3
25. Bc3 Nc5 26. Ne5 (26. R4e2 $5) 26... Rc7 (26... Nxe4 $1 27. Nxd7+ Ke8 28.
Nf6+ Bxf6 $1 29. Bxf6 Kf7 30. Bd4 c5 31. Rxe4 cxd4 32. Rxd4 $17) 27. Rd4 $44 b6
28. h4 Ne6 29. Rde4 Nc5 30. Rd4 Rg7 31. h5 $16 Kg8 32. Ng6 Rf7 (32... Rh7 $32)
33. Rd8+ $1 Bxd8 (33... Bf8 34. Ree8 Nd7 35. Be5 $18) 34. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Danzhou 3rd"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2012.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ba3 13. Bxa3 Qxa3 14. Qc1 Qe7 15.
f4 Bd7 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. c5 b6 18. Qa3 a5 19. Rac1 Rf7 20. Nd4 g5 21. b4 Rff8
22. f5 exf5 23. e6 bxc5 $6 (23... axb4 24. Qxb4 bxc5 $11) 24. bxc5 $6 (24. b5
cxb5 25. Qxc5 $16) 24... Bxe6 $15 25. Nxc6 Qf6 26. Nd4 f4 27. c6 Bg4 $6 (27...
Qe5 28. Rc5 f3 $11) 28. c7 $16 Bd7 29. Rc5 Qd6 30. Qc3 a4 31. Nc6 fxe3 32. Re1
Rae8 33. Nd4 g4 34. Ne2 Rc8 35. Rc1 g3 36. Nxg3 Qf4 (36... h6 37. Qxe3 Rf7 $16)
37. Rxd5 $18 Be6 38. Rd8 $4 (38. Rf1 $1 Qh4 39. Rxf8+ $18) 38... Qf2+ 39. Kh1
e2 40. Rxc8 Rxc8 41. h3 Bxh3 $1 (41... Rxc7 $2) 42. gxh3 Rxc7 43. Qxc7 Qf3+ 44.
Kg1 Qe3+ 45. Kg2 Qf3+ 46. Kg1 Qe3+ 47. Kg2 Qf3+ 48. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Haba, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. g4 Nf6 6. gxf5 exf5 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Qe7 $6 (8... Bd6 $1 9. Nf3 (9. Bf7+ Ke7 10. Bc4 (10. Nf3 b5 $15 {xf7/}) 10...
b5 11. Be2 Be6 $132) 9... Qe7 10. Bd2 b5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Qc2 b4 13. Na4 Bd5 $40
{Ovseevich,S-Guliev,S/Nikolaev zt/1995/}) 9. Nh3 $1 b5 10. Bd3 g6 (10... Be6
11. Qc2 g6 12. Nf4 Bf7 13. Bd2 $16) 11. Nf4 Bh6 12. Nce2 $1 {xf4,e6/} g5 13.
Ng2 Be6 14. Qc2 Bd5 (14... Qd7 15. Ng3 f4 (15... Qd5 $2 16. Bxf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5
$18) 16. exf4 gxf4 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 $18) 15. O-O $1 Ne4 16. Nc3 Nxc3 $8
17. bxc3 O-O (17... Be4 18. f3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 O-O 20. e4 f4 21. a4 $18 {
/\Bc1-a3/}) 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 $5 19. Qxf5 Nd7 20. f3 $1 $18 Rf8 21. Qh3 Bg7 22. e4
Bc4 23. Bd2 $1 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Nb6 25. Ne3 Nc4 26. Nxc4 bxc4 27. Qg4 h6 28. h4
1-0

[Event "WchT 7th"]
[Site "Bursa"]
[Date "2010.01.07"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. b4 c6 {I have made a survey of this
system in my note to the game Bacrot,E (2709)-Kamsky,G (2705)/Elista 2007/CBM
119/[Marin] (0-1, 39), see below.} 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bb2 d5 9. Nbd2 a5
10. a3 {White intends to keep his queenside attack going, but with his bishop
on g2 (rather than on the f1-a6 diagonal, like in the Queen's Gambit or the
Slav) his control over the b5- and c4-squares is weaker.} (10. bxa5 Qxa5 {
would transpose to the aforementioned Bacrot,E (2709)-Kamsky,G (2705)/Elista
2007/CBM 119/[Marin] (0-1, 39), where ...a5 had been played one move earlier,
without the castles.}) 10... Nd7 $146 {Black follows the classic way of
development: knights first and then bishops.} ({The alternative is} 10... Be6 {
Black immediately increases his pressure over the c4-pawn, but his bishop may
be exposed on e6.} 11. Qc2 Nxd2 {This worked out well in the game, but I
cannot help noticing that Black gives up his strongest piece, after having
spent 3 tempi on it.} 12. Nxd2 {After this mechanical move, Black will start a
powerfull counterplay in the centre, typical for the Gruenfeld Indian.} ({
The unexpected intermediate move} 12. Ng5 {may have caused Black more problems.
For instance} Bf7 13. Qxd2 {[%cal Gf1c1,Gb4b5]} dxc4 {The only way to justify
the previous play, but opening the long light diagonal is not without risk.}
14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15. Qc3 b5 16. a4 $44 {White is better developed and the light
squares in Black's camp are weak.}) 12... dxc4 13. Nxc4 axb4 14. axb4 Na6 $36 {
Now that the e6-bishop is stable, Black exerts strong pressure over the whole
white Queenside.} 15. Rfd1 Nxb4 16. Qb3 Rxa1 17. Bxa1 b5 18. Qxb4 Bxc4 19. Bxc6
Qd6 $15 {Black has a dangerous passed pawn and his bishops are more active
than White's.} 20. Qc5 $6 Qxc5 21. dxc5 Rc8 22. Bd5+ Bxd5 23. Bxg7 Bb3 24. Rb1
Kxg7 25. Rxb3 Rxc5 $17 {Savchenko,S (2571)-Firman,N (2517)/Dresden 2007/EXT
2008 (0-1, 33)}) 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. c5 {I find this a bit premature. There was no
need to release the tension so soon, offering Black a clear plan.} (12. Rfc1 $5
Be6 ({As we will see, placing the bishop in front of the e-pawn will slow down
Black's counterplay based on ...e5. However, it is not easy to suggest an
alternative, such as a half waiting move. For instance:} 12... Kh8 $6 13. cxd5
cxd5 14. Ne5 $36 {[%cal Gc2c7] We can see that the king is badly placed in the
corner. there is a permanent danger of tactics based on Nf7+, while after an
exchange on e5 there would be a threat of e6+.}) 13. c5 Nd7 14. e3 $5 {White
consolidates his centre and prepares the manoeuvre Ne1-d3, possibly followed
by Nf3.} (14. Nb3 a4 15. Na5 Qc7 {is OK for Black, because White cannot play
Bc1-f4 quickly.}) 14... Qc7 15. Ne1 g5 16. Nd3 {[%cal Gd2f3,Ga1b1,Gb4b5] White
has better chances for an advantage than in the game.}) 12... Nd7 13. Nb3 {
White intends to clear matters on the queenside in the most favourable way.} (
13. e3 b5 (13... b6 14. b5 cxb5 15. c6 $44) 14. Ne1 {is less effective now
because of} e5 $132) 13... a4 $1 {Black evaluates correctly that White will
not be able to attack this apparently weak pawn, since the counterplay on the
other wing is quite strong.} (13... axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Rxa1 b5 16. Ra7 $16
{[%cal Gb3a5]}) 14. Na5 f4 15. Nc4 (15. Qxa4 $6 {fails to win the pawn to}
Ndxc5 $1) (15. Rab1 {, preparing Qxa4 by defending the bishop is too slow.} Qc7
16. Qxa4 Ndf6 17. Qb3 Ng4 $40) 15... g5 16. Nce5 {The knight has reached this
central square after 5 jumps, which is a common situation in the Stonewall
structures. However, the optimal knight placement would be on e5 and d3, which
would keep f4 under pressure and enable f3 at the right moment. Therefore, in
the current position White cannot claim an advantage.} Qe8 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18.
Ne5 Be6 19. g4 (19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 {is quite dangerous} Rd8 $1 {An
important move before playing ...Bd5. The main idea is to prevent the queen
retreat to d3.} (20... Bd5 21. Qd3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qh5 23. f3 fxg3 24. hxg3 Qh3
25. Rf2 {offers White some chances to retain an initiative.}) 21. Rad1 (21. f3
$2 Bf5) 21... Bd5 22. Qb1 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qh5 24. f3 g4 $40) 19... Nf6 (19...
Bxe5 $2 20. dxe5 {[%csl Ge4]} Bxg4 21. f3 $18) 20. h3 h5 21. f3 {The kingside
structure has been stabilized to Black's favour. The g2-bishop certainly is
useful for defensive purposes, but is completely cut off the rest of the board.
} Nd7 22. Rae1 (22. Qg6 Nxe5 23. Qxe6+ Qf7 24. Qxf7+ Nxf7 25. gxh5 Nh6 $44)
22... Nxe5 23. dxe5 Bf7 24. Bd4 Bg6 25. Qc3 e6 $15 {Black has completed his
regrouping and has no problems at all. In fact, his position looke quite
promissing, in view of the plan of doubling rooks on the h-file. The opening
of the queenside with b4-b5 is inoffensive, since White has not enough forces
available to take advantage of the weaknesses of the c6-pawn. Besides, with
the bishop controlling b1, it would be Black to occupy the b-file.} 26. Kf2 {
Evacuating the dangerous zone in anticipation of an intrusion along the h-file.
} (26. e3 {fails to question Black's stability on this area:} Qe7 27. exf4 $6
Rxf4 28. Be3 $6 Rc4) 26... Qe7 27. Rh1 Kf7 28. Ref1 Ke8 29. Ke1 Kd7 30. Kd2 Rh8
31. Qb2 Raf8 {The game will finish without Black making any serious winning
attempt.} ({The following plan would be interesting, but probably White can
hold his own.} 31... Rab8 32. Qa1 Qd8 33. Qb2 Qc7 34. Qa1 b6 $5 35. cxb6 Rxb6
36. Rc1 ({Accepting the sacrifice with} 36. Bxb6 $6 {would risk remaining weak
on dark squares.} Qxb6 37. Qc3 Qc7) 36... Rbb8 37. Qc3 Qb7 38. Qc5 Bf8 39. Qc3
Qb5 {Black has opened the position only partly. The break ...c5 is not easy to
carry out.}) 32. Qa1 Qd8 33. Qb2 Qa8 34. Qc3 Qa6 35. Rc1 Rh7 36. Qb2 Rfh8 37.
Qc3 Ke7 38. Qb2 hxg4 39. hxg4 Rh2 40. Rxh2 Rxh2 41. Rg1 Qc4 42. Ke1 Qa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 {If compared with a
norma Stonewall Dutch, with the white bishop on g2, this setup shows some
small differences. The bishop is more active on d3, by putting pressure on f5
and being ready to re-capture on c4, thus endangering the e6-pawn. On the
other hand, the white kingside is less well defended and Black can sometimes
think of an attack with ...Ne4, ...Rf6 and so on.} 7. b3 Qe7 {But little is
changed on the queenside. Just as in the classical Stonewall, White would be
glad to exchange the bishops with Ba3 while Black tries to avoid it.} 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Nc3 ({The main alternative is} 9. Qc1 {insisting with the idea of
exchanging bishops. See for instance Aronian,L (2645)-Radjabov,T (2670)
Antalya 2004 CBM 101 [Postny,E] (1/2-1/2, 46). I like the game continuation
better. The threat Ba3 has forced Black to an early committment (...Qe7) so
now it is time to continue the normal development.}) 9... Bd7 {A typical
Stonewall Dutch idea. Black intends to activate his potentially "bad" bishop
without weakening his queenside with ...b7-b6.} (9... Ne4 10. Ne2 Nd7 {(1/2-1/
2, 48) Zhou,J (2609)-Zhou,W (2624) Danzhou 2012 CBM 149 [Let's Check]}) ({
Gelfand had a relatively recent game with this line, continuing:} 9... b6 10.
Rc1 Ne4 (10... Bb7 {would be a typical mistake. Since the f5-pawn is hanging,
Black cannot answer} 11. cxd5 {with the desirable 11...exd5, while after} cxd5
12. Nb5 Nc6 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Ne5 $16 {White's control over the central square
and his bishop pair yield him a long term advantage.}) 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. Ne5 Bxe5
$6 (12... Nd7 $5) 13. dxe5 c5 14. f3 Ng5 15. Nf4 $16 {Gelfand,B (2738)
-Morozevich,A (2770) Astana 2012 (1-0, 93)}) 10. Ne5 {Since Black has failed
to increase the control over e5, the knight gladly goes forward.} Be8 11. Ne2 {
I like regrouping with my knights in the Bf1-g2 Stonewall, too (usually
arising in my games via Catalan move order). But here White is a tempo up,
since e2-e3 was necessary in the early development process anyway, while g2-g3
was not necessary.} Nbd7 (11... Nfd7 {is a bit passive and was justified only
after} 12. f4 $6 (12. Nf4 $5) (12. Qd2 $5) 12... Nf6 $1 {[%csl Re2,Ge4]} 13. c5
Bc7 14. b4 Bh5 15. b5 cxb5 16. Bxb5 Ne4 17. Rb1 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Nc6 $11 {Van
Wely,L (2643)-Krasenkow,M (2702) Polanica Zdroj 2000 (1-0, 72)}) 12. f3 $1 {
[%csl Re4,Rg4][%cal Gc4c5,Gb3b4] Xg4, e4, /\c4-c5. After this move there is
little play left for Black on the kingside, while White can think of the
simple queenside attack with c4-c5, b3-b4, etc. Besides, the e8-bishop's
prospects of becoming active are very slim.} (12. c5 $2 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4)
12... c5 $146 {A logical reaction to White's threat.} (12... Rd8 {Danner,G 
(2345)-Nikolac,J (2480) Maribor 1980 (0-1, 35)} 13. c5 Bc7 14. b4 $14) {
After Black's last move, the situation in the centre has become very tense,
quite typical for positions with four pawns in direct confrontation. White's
development is more harmonious and his structure more flexible, so he does not
need to prove anything concrete yet. It is enough to maintain the status quo,
but this is not so simple. Black has several ways of releasing the tension in
the centre (exchanges on c4, d4 or e5, or combinations between them) and White
has to get prepared for all of them!} 13. Rc1 $6 {This mechanical developing
move, possibly generated by Gelfand's indecision at this stage of the game,
wastes a tempo without bringing anything positive in the fight for the centre.
Ironically, this rook will be hanging later in the tactical phase.} (13. Nf4 $5
{may be an improvement. Black puts pressure on d5 and e6, discouraging some of
Black's freeing moves, especially ...dxc4 when after Bxc4 the e6-pawn would be
in trouble.,} Rd8 ({The resolute} 13... g5 {allows the following harmonious
regrouping:} 14. Nh3 h6 15. Nf2 Rd8 16. Qe2 Bc7 17. Rac1 cxd4 (17... Nxe5 18.
dxe5 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Nd5 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. e4 Nf4 22. Qc2 b5 23. Bf1 $14 {[%cal
Gf2e4,Ge4f6]}) 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. exd4 $14) 14. Qc2 $5 {From this square, the
queen puts pressure on c5, f5 and, indirectly, d5 and e6, as this will be
revealed in some of the lines below.} Bc7 (14... cxd4 15. exd4 Nxe5 16. dxe5
Bc5+ 17. Kh1 Nh5 18. Nxh5 Bxh5 19. cxd5 {[%csl Gf5]} Rxd5 20. Bc4 Rd7 21. Bxe6+
Qxe6 22. Qxc5 $16) (14... dxc4 15. Bxc4 $16) 15. Rad1 $14 cxd4 ({A neutral
move as} 15... a6 $2 {would allow the following small combination:} 16. cxd5
Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Bxf5 $1 Rxd1 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Rxd1 $18) (
15... Kh8 {avoids this, but does not spare Black problems:} 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17.
dxc5 Qxc5 18. Bd4 {with strong initiative in an open position.}) (15... g5 16.
Ne2 cxd4 17. exd4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 exd5
22. Qd2 h6 23. Re1 $16) 16. exd4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bb6+ 18. Kh1 Nh5 19. Nxh5 Bxh5
20. cxd5 Rxd5 21. Bxf5 Rxd1 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Rxd1 {Black has lost two pawns,
but for once he can kick back:} Rxf3 $1 24. Bd3 $14) 13... Rd8 14. Qc2 dxc4 {
In the absence of any pressure on e6, this is entirely playable now.} 15. Bxc4
cxd4 16. exd4 (16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Nxd4 Bf7 $11) 16... Nb6 $6 {The idea of
eliminating the active bishop looks logical, but it allows White to retain a
stable edge.} (16... Bf7 $5 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Gf8e8]} 17. Rfe1 ({Tomashevsky
might have failed to find a solution against} 17. Nf4 {, but apparently there
is one:} Nxe5 $1 18. dxe5 Bxe5 $1 19. Bxe5 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Qxe5 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22.
Rfe1 Ne4 $1 23. fxe4 f4 $1 $11) 17... Rfe8 {looks safe enough for Black.}) 17.
Nf4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 $6 (18. bxc4 $5 {[%cal Gf4d3,Gf1e1] offered better chances
for an advantage. If allowed, White would over-protect his e5-knight, with a
very promising position due to Black's weaknesses along the e-file and the
dynamic strength of White's hanging pawns. The critical continuation is} Bxe5
19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Qc3 {[%cal Gb2a3]} Nc5 21. Ba3 b6 22. Nd3 f4 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24.
Rfd1 $14 {In one way or another, White will install a rook on d6 soon. For
instance, there is the threat Rd6 and if ...Rxd6, Bxc5. In other cases, the
rook could be indirectly defended on d6 by simply retreating with the bishop
to b2, creating the X-ray attack against g7. The c5-pawn is vulnerable and the
black bishop does not have active prospects.}) 18... Bd7 (18... Bf7 19. Rfe1 (
19. Nxf7 $2 Rxf7 $15 20. Nxe6 $2 b5 $19) 19... Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Qb5 $14)
19. Nxd7 {The start of a tactical phase leading to a draw almost by force.} (
19. Qe2 $5) 19... Bxf4 20. Nxf8 Bxc1 21. Nxe6 Be3+ 22. Kh1 b5 $1 $11 {The only
saving move, which had to be seen in advance.} (22... Rb8 $2 23. Ng5+ Kh8 24.
Nf7+ Kg8 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Nxf5 Qe8 27. Re1 $18) 23. Qc7 Qxc7 24. Nxc7 b4 25. d5
(25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Nb5 Rc2 $17) 25... Bb6 $11 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Rc1 a5 28. g3
Bxc7 29. Rxc7 Rxd5 30. Rc2 Kf7 31. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.12.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{Ich habe das Vergnügen gegen die Topspieler immer recht interessante Partien
spielen zu können. Offenbar sind diese sich mehr oder weniger einig darin,
gegen mich unortodhoxe Stellungen anzustreben, oder zumindest solche die mir
kaum bekannt sind. Recht schnell entsteht dann ein Kampf "Mann gegen Mann",
der natürlich interessanter ist, als gegen eine überlegen
Eröffnungsvorbereitung anzutreten.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 {
Aronian erklärte seine Eröffnungswahl nach der Partie damit dass ihn seine
Mannschaft gebeten hatte, auf Gewinn zu spielen.} 5. Bd3 f5 6. O-O Nh6 {
Wahrlich unorthodox.} (6... Nf6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Ne2 Nd7 11.
Rc1 a5 12. a4 g5 $13 {1/2-1/2 (19) Meier,G (2648)-Krasenkow,M (2628) Sestao
2010}) 7. Ne5 {Schwarz macht seine Flügelspielchen, also gehe ich ins Zentrum,
dachte ich mir.} O-O 8. f4 Nd7 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. Rc1 Be8 12. a3 $14 {
Die weisse Stellung ist flexibler und es bleiben Aussichten auf Expansion und
Initiative am Damenflügel.} Bh5 13. Qe1 (13. Qb3 $5 Rb8 $140 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
e4 (15. h3)) 13... Kh8 14. Ne2 (14. cxd5 $5 exd5 15. Na4) 14... a5 15. Ng3 Be8
16. b4 $1 {von Aronian gelobt. Weiss will die Initiative übernehmen und das
Spiel auf den Damenflügel verlagern.} a4 {Strategisch sehr riskant, da
verbleibendes Material am Damenflügel sehr anfällig werden kann.} (16... axb4
17. Bxb4 b6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rb1 $14) 17. c5 Be7 18. Nh1 {Solide aber
inkonsequent. Nach diesem Zug, hegte Levon bereits Ambitionen, was mehr
psychologisch motiviert war, als durch die Stellungsbeurteilung. Nach wie vor
steht Weiss besser.} (18. b5 $142 {Hier ist es schwer Schwarz guten Rat zu
geben, denn} cxb5 19. Rb1 b6 20. c6 Bxa3 21. Bb4 Bxb4 22. Qxb4 Kg8 23. h3 {
bedeutet einen Kampf mit dem Rücken zur Wand.} (23. Qxb5 Nhg4 24. Qxb6)) 18...
Ne4 19. Nf2 Bh4 20. g3 Bf6 21. Be2 $1 {Verhindert Bh5 und erhöht die weisse
Flexibilität. Nun kommt nach etwaigem Nxe4 fe4, g4 stark in Betracht.} Nxf2 22.
Rxf2 g5 $2 {Ein grobes Übersehen in schwieriger Stellung. Auch für die besten
Spieler gibt es in schlechten Stellungen keine guten Züge und das führt früher
oder später zu Fehlern... Zu großer Respekt vor meinem bekannten Gegner ließ
mich zulange daran arbeiten alles wasserdicht zu machen, obwohl ich schnell
erkannte, dass ich hier in wohl gewinnbringenden Vorteil kommen kann. Später
sollte sich die verlorene Zeit rächen.} (22... Rg8 23. Rb1) 23. fxg5 $1 Bxg5
24. h4 $1 Bf6 25. e4 Nf7 (25... Bg7 26. Bg5) 26. exf5 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Bxe5 28.
fxe6 Bg6 29. Bd3 Qc7 30. Bxg6 Bd4 $5 {Es blieb Levon nichts Anderes übrig als
im Trüben zu fischen.} (30... hxg6 31. Kg2 $18) 31. Bf7 Qxg3+ 32. Kf1 Rg8 {
Mit wenig verbliebener Restbedenkzeit wollte ich die Dinge einfach halten und
verlor dabei gerechterweise die Übersicht.} 33. Bg5 (33. Rc3 $1 Qg1+ 34. Ke2
Bxf2 35. Qxg1 Bxg1 36. Rf3 $18 {War der "menschlichste" Weg zum Sieg, denn
Weiss behält alle seine Trümpfe und hat die Stellung so sehr vereinfacht dass
nichts mehr schief gehen kann.}) (33. Bxg8 Rxg8 34. Ke2 Qg4+ 35. Kd3 Bxf2 36.
Qe5+ Rg7 37. e7 Qe4+ 38. Qxe4 dxe4+ 39. Ke2 $18 {erforderte schon etwas mehr
Rechenarbeit und Präzision.}) 33... h6 34. Rd1 $4 (34. Bxg8 {gewinnt immer noch
}) 34... Rxg5 35. hxg5 (35. Rxd4 $4 Qg1+ 36. Ke2 Re5+) 35... Qh3+ 36. Ke2 Qe3+
37. Kf1 Qh3+ 38. Ke2 Qe3+ 39. Kf1 {Schade um die vertane Großchance, doch
psychologische Robustheit oder deren Mangel hat nunmal Auswirkungen auf die
Entscheidungen am Brett, und in diesem Bereich musste ich wohl eine Lektion
lernen. Auch die Allerbesten sind verwundbar, aber wenn man sie zappeln lässt,
sind sie auch schnell wieder entwischt... Mir fehlte die Kaltschnäuzigkeit um
die Partie nach 22...g5? schnell zum Sieg zu führen.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O {85} Nh6 $5 {Une ligne
secondaire} (6... Nf6 7. b3 {[%cal Gc1a3]} Qe7 8. Ne5 (8. Bb2) 8... O-O 9. Bb2
Bd7 10. Nc3 Be8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Nb5 Bb4 14. a3 Ba5 15. Be2 a6 16.
Nc3 Ne4 17. b4 Bc7 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Qb3 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qg5 21. Kh1 Bh5 22. f3
Qh6 23. Rce1 exf3 24. gxf3 Rf7 25. Bc1 Bg6 26. e4 Qh3 27. exd5 Nd4 28. Qd1 Nxe2
29. Qxe2 Bh5 30. Kg1 Bxf3 31. Qf2 Qg4+ 32. Qg3 Qxg3+ 33. hxg3 Bxd5 34. Be3 a5
35. b5 a4 36. Rxf7 {Aronian,L (2813)-Tomashevsky,E (2706) Tromsoe 2013 0-1}) 7.
b3 O-O (7... Qe7 {[%csl Ga3]} 8. Bb2 (8. a4 {[%cal Gc1a3]})) 8. Ba3 Bxa3 9.
Nxa3 Nd7 10. Rc1 $146 (10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Be2 Nxe5 13. Qd4 Nf7 14.
Rfd1 Qe7 15. Nc2 Bd7 16. Rac1 Be8 17. f4 c5 18. Qc3 Rd8 19. Ne1 b6 20. Nf3 Bc6
21. Ne5 Qf6 22. Nxc6 {1-0 (22) Dalo,H (2130)-Perez Mitjans,O (2504) Sabadell
2012}) 10... Nf6 11. Nb1 {[%cal Gb1c3] suite illisible et gain Blanc au 58ème
coup} (11. Nc2 {[%cal Gc2e1,Ge1d3,Gd3e5]}) 1-0

[Event "Harplinge"]
[Site "Harplinge"]
[Date "1998.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1998.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. g4 Nf6 7. gxf5 exf5 8. Qb3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. a4 Nbd7 11. a5 Ne4 12. Nf3 Ndf6 13. h3 Rb8 14. Rg1 g6 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. h4 f4 17. Ng5 Rf8 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Bd3 Qe7 20. e4 Be6 21. Qc2
Bb4+ 22. Bd2 Rd8 23. a6 Rxd4 24. axb7 Qxb7 25. Bc3 Rf7 26. h5 Rfd7 27. hxg6
hxg6 28. Ba6 Qb6 29. Rxg6 Bf7 30. Rh6 {[%tqu "En","Can you find the winning
move for Black here?","Threaten mate","Attack his queen and threaten mate!",
"d4d2","",18]} Rd2 $1 31. Bxd2 Rxd2 32. Qxc6+ Qxc6 33. Rxc6 Rc2+ 34. Kd1 Rxc6
35. Bb5 Bb3+ $2 (35... Bh5+ $1 $19 {would have ended the game immediatly}) 36.
Ke2 Bc4+ 37. Bxc4 Rxc4 38. Rxa7 Rxe4+ 39. Kf3 Rd4 40. Ra4 Ke7 41. Kg4 Ke6 42.
f3 Ke5 43. Ra8 Bd2 44. Re8+ Kd5 45. Rc8 Be3 46. Rb8 Kc5 47. Rc8+ Kb4 48. Rb8+
Ka4 49. b3+ Ka3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 {This white's setup
connected with the play in the centre, following by moves Qc2, 0-0, f3 and e4.}
Bd6 7. Qc2 ({Probably more precise is} 7. f3 {in order to prevent black's
possibility of Ne4.}) 7... Ne4 ({Another option is} 7... O-O 8. f3 {For
example see commented game Golod,V-Dgebuadze,A/Lost Boys op 1999/EXT 2000/0-1 
(81) [Golod]}) 8. O-O O-O 9. f3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 (10. Nxc3 Qf6 {[%cal Gf6d4]
preventing the e3-e4 advance.} (10... Na6 $6 11. a3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2
Qc7 14. f4 $14 {1-0 Mohota,N-Stepovaia Dianchenko,T/FIDE WCh Women KO, Moscow 
(1.1) 2001 (55)}) 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Rae1 Kh8 13. Bc1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 e5 $11 {
0-1 Hernandez,R-Remon,A/Cienfuegos 1991/TD (34)}) 10... Nd7 11. Bd2 Nf6 $146 (
11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 c5 14. c4 Qc7 15. h3 Bd7 $13 {1-0 Lopez
Martinez,J-Popchev,M/Belgrade 2001/EXT 2002 (49)}) 12. e4 $6 {The battle in
the centre, started from this move turnes out to be in black's favour.} (12. c5
$5 Bc7 13. c4 $13) 12... fxe4 13. fxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Qe8 15. Bf4 ({The
possible alternatives are:} 15. Rae1 e5 (15... Nxe4 $6 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8 17. Qxe4)
16. Ng3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Qg6 $15) (15. Bd3 e5 16. c5 Bc7 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Rae1 e4
$15) 15... Bxf4 16. Rxf4 $2 {Wrong recapture.} (16. Nxf4 e5 17. Rae1 $1 exf4
18. Bxh7+ Nxh7 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Rxf4 {In this irrational position with an
approximate material balance, black's chances are slightly better.}) 16... e5 {
Probably white has underestimated the strength of this strike.} 17. Rh4 $2 {
The final assault in the series of white's mistakes.} (17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Raf1
$17) {[%tqu "En","Find the winning move for black.","","","g7g5","After this
strong move white can not avoid the material damage.",10,"f6e4","",0]} 17... g5
$1 $19 {After this strong move white can not avoid the material damage.} ({
Less strong is} 17... Nxe4 $6 18. Qxe4 Bf5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. dxe5 Rae8 $17) 18.
Bxh7+ (18. Rh6 Kg7 $19) 18... Kg7 19. Re4 Nxh7 20. Rxe5 Qg6 {White has no
compensation for the material deficit, his position is hopeless.} 21. Qd2 Bd7
22. Ng3 Rae8 23. Qe2 Nf6 ({A bit more precise is} 23... Kg8) 24. Qd2 Nh7 {
Admitting the previous inaccuracy.} 25. Qe3 Kg8 26. Re1 b6 27. a4 Rxe5 28. dxe5
Be6 29. c5 bxc5 30. Qxc5 ({Better practical chance was} 30. Ne4 Bd5 31. Nxc5)
30... Bd5 31. h3 Qc2 32. Re2 Qxa4 33. e6 {The last practical chance, but
certainly insufficient.} Qf4 34. e7 Re8 35. Nh5 Qf7 36. g4 Qf3 37. Qd6 {
[%cal Gd6g6]} Bf7 38. Qd2 Bd5 {Nice switchback.} 39. Re3 Qh1+ 40. Kf2 Qg2+ {
The exchange of QQ kills white's last hopes.} 41. Ke1 Qxd2+ 42. Kxd2 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Dubai op 6th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Roghani, Arash"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 {This way white avoids sharp opening
variations, which arise after 4.Nf3 dxc4 or 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+.} Bd6 5. Bd3
f5 6. g4 {Rare continuation, which does not have a good reputation. White is
trying to take advantage of black's last move.} (6. Qc2) ({or} 6. Nge2 {
with possible plan f2-f3 and e3-e4.}) 6... Nf6 (6... fxg4 $6 7. Qxg4 $36) 7. g5
$6 $146 {Already a novelty! White refrains from opening up the game and
decides to get space on the kingside. However, this move looks somewhat
inconsistent and black should be fine in this case.} (7. gxf5 exf5 8. Qb3 (8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5+ Kh8 13. a3 Ne7 14. Qg2
Be6 15. Nf3 Rf6 $44 {1-0 Dreev,A-Sherbakov,R/Elista 1995/CBM 50 (40)}) (8. Qf3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. Nge2 Be6 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. d5 Qe5 13. Nd4 O-O 14. Bd2 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5+ cxd5 $15 {1-0 Aleksandrov,A-Tregubov,P/Krasnodar 1995/
CBM 47 ext [Belov] (33)}) (8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd2 Qe7 10. O-O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4+ Be6
12. Bxe6+ Qxe6 13. Nf3 Na6 14. Ng5 Qd7 15. Kb1 Kh8 $132 {1-0 Agrest,E-Tregubov,
P/Corsica 1997/EXT 99 (40)}) 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. a4 Nbd7 11. a5 Ne4 12.
Nf3 Ndf6 13. h3 Rb8 14. Rg1 g6 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. h4 f4 17. Ng5 Rf8 18. Nxe4
Qxe4 19. Bd3 Qe7 20. e4 Be6 $17 {0-1 Agrest,E-Lautier,J/Harplinge 1998/CBM 67 
(49)}) 7... Ne4 8. f4 O-O ({A principled continuation would have been} 8... h6
{and white has to be careful, for instanse:} 9. Nf3 (9. Qh5+ Kd7 10. Bxe4 fxe4
11. g6 Rf8 $15) 9... hxg5 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Nxg5 Be7 12. h4 Bxg5 13. fxg5 Qxg5
14. hxg5 Rxh1+ {and black will be a pawn up.}) 9. Nge2 b6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2
Nd7 ({Comes to consideration} 11... c5 $11) 12. Nxe4 dxe4 $6 {Dubious decision.
After this recapture black will have less influence in the centre compared to
the 12...fxe4.} (12... fxe4 13. Bc2 c5 14. Qd2 Qe7 {and black is not worse.})
13. Bc2 Qe7 14. Qd2 {White can now calmly complete the development, his centre
is not under pressure anymore.} c5 15. O-O-O $6 {Probably white should not
hurry with castling.} ({Comes to consideration} 15. Rg1) 15... Rfd8 16. Kb1 a6
17. Nc3 cxd4 $6 ({Much stronger was} 17... b5 $1 {For instanse:} 18. cxb5 cxd4
19. exd4 axb5 20. Nxb5 e3 21. Qxe3 Bxh1 22. Rxh1 Nb6 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gb6d5]
and black is better.}) 18. exd4 e3 $2 {[%mdl 16384] A very bad decision,
especially from the strategical point of view. Black's pawn e4 is very
important for him to prevent white's smooth piece play, while the exchange
will have no significance, due to the closed character of the position. Almost
any other move would have been better.} 19. Qxe3 Bxh1 20. Rxh1 {Despite being
an exchange down, white is clearly better. White has a lot of space, his
pieces are harmoniously placed, while black has no clear plan and can only
wait and see white strengthening his position.} Nf8 21. h4 Qb7 22. Rh2 {
Covering all the possible penetration squares of black's queen.} Qc7 23. Ne2
Qe7 {Useless, but it's very hard to give black good advice. It's interesting
that Fritz still likes black's position, which is almost lost!} 24. h5 Ba3 25.
Bc3 {Correctly avoiding the exchange of bishops.} a5 26. h6 g6 27. Ng1 $1 {
The transfer of the knight to e5 square finishes black off.} Nd7 28. Nf3 Kf7
29. Re2 Rg8 30. Bd3 Rae8 31. c5 $1 {Decisive breakthrow.} bxc5 32. Bb5 Rd8 33.
d5 {A very nice positional squeeze by the Georgian Grandmaster.} (33. d5 Rge8
34. Bxd7 Rxd7 35. Qe5 $18) 1-0

[Event "POL Supercup"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.06.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stempin, Pawel"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.06.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poznan Pocztowiec"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. f4 {A very solid variation. White
wants to shut the centre completely, and then try to make use of some space
advantage on the queenside.} Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Ne5 (9. b3
{- see the game Fominyh,A-Maiorov,O/RUS-ch m1-2 Elista 1997/CBM 59 [Tyomkin]})
(9. Qc2 Bb7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. a3 Ne4 13. Rfc1 Rc8 14. Qd1 Qd7 15.
Be1 Rc7 16. Rc2 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Bd6 19. Qa4 Nb8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Karpov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg 1993/CBM 39 (47)}) 9... Bb7 10. cxd5 $146 (10. Qc2
Nbd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bd2 a6 13. a4 Rc8 14. Qb3 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Na2 Rf7
17. Rac1 $14 {0-1 Markotic,B-Serrano Marhuenda,S/St Cugat 1992/TD (48)}) (10.
Qa4 c5 11. Rd1 Qe8 12. Qxe8 Rxe8 13. Bf3 Rd8 14. b3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kosyrev,
V-Yasinsky,V/Moscow 1995/EXT 98 (31)}) 10... exd5 11. Qc2 Qc8 12. Bd2 c5 13.
Be1 $1 {[%cal Ye1h4] A standart bishop manoeuvre for this kind of pawn
structure.} Na6 14. Rd1 Nc7 15. h3 Ne6 $6 {The knight has nothing to do here,
this square should be occupied by black's Q.} (15... Qe6 {with a complicated
struggle.}) 16. Kh2 (16. Qxf5 $2 Nxd4 $1 17. Qxc8 Nxe2+ 18. Nxe2 Raxc8 $15)
16... g6 $6 ({Better would to be to admit the mistake, made on the previous
move:} 16... Nc7) 17. Bh4 $1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd4c5] Suddenly black has
problems with Pd5.} cxd4 $6 {This exchange assists white to take the position
under control.} (17... c4 18. Rg1 $36 {[%cal Gg2g4]}) 18. exd4 Qc7 19. Qb3 Rad8
(19... Qd6 20. Nb5 Qb4 21. Qe3 {and black is unable to parry all white's
threats.}) 20. Nb5 Qb8 21. Qe3 $1 {[%csl Re6][%cal Ge5g6]} Ng7 22. Rc1 (22.
Nxg6 $2 hxg6 23. Qxe7 Rde8 {[%csl Re2] and white has to part with his Q.})
22... Bd6 (22... Ng4+ $2 23. hxg4 Bxh4 24. g5 $18 {[%csl Rh4]}) 23. Rc2 a6 24.
Nxd6 Qxd6 25. Rfc1 {White's pieces are dominate the board.} Ne6 26. a3 (26. g4
$2 fxg4 27. hxg4 Rde8) 26... Rde8 {This is probably inaccuracy, but it's hard
to give a useful advice for black.} (26... Ra8 $142) 27. Bxf6 $2 {This
exchange makes black's life much easier.} ({Very strong was} 27. Be1 $1 {
[%csl Rf8][%cal Ge1b4]} a5 $8 28. b4 $1 Ra8 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. Rb2 {and white
has strategically winning position.}) 27... Rxf6 $16 28. Bf3 Rff8 29. h4 Re7
30. g3 Rc7 31. Rxc7 (31. h5 Rfc8 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 $14) 31... Nxc7 32. Kg2 (32. Qb3
Ne6 {[%csl Rd4]} (32... Ne8 $2 33. Nc6 $1 {[%csl Rb6,Rd5]} Bxc6 $2 34. Rxc6 $18
{[%csl Rg8][%cal Rf3d5]})) 32... Re8 $1 {Starting the regrouping of the pieces.
} 33. Kf2 $6 {This move has little to do with the position.} (33. h5 $142)
33... Re7 34. h5 Ne8 {[%cal Ye8f6,Yf6e4] The black N is intending to reach the
central e4 square, while the R covering the 7th rank against the penetration
of the white heavy pieces.} 35. Rh1 gxh5 (35... Nf6 $2 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Rh6 {
[%csl Rg6]}) 36. Rxh5 Bc8 37. Qe1 $6 ({Much stronger was} 37. Qc1 $1 {[%csl
Rc8] The same idea to transfer the Q, but with tempo!} Rc7 38. Rg5+ Ng7 39. Qd1
$16 (39. Bxd5+ $2 Kf8)) 37... Nf6 38. Rg5+ Kf8 39. Qh1 Ne4+ {I guess, that
white forfeits on time here... A pity, because white was pretty dominating
through the whole game, although the position is already not so clear.} (39...
Ne4+ 40. Bxe4 dxe4 41. Ke3 Qe6 42. Qc1 $14) 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group1"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Norilsk Norilsky Nikel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%mdl 8]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7
8. Bb2 O-O 9. Ne5 {This move is one of the side lines in this position.} ({
The main line is} 9. Qc1 {[%cal Gb2a3]}) 9... b6 (9... Bd7 $6 10. Qc1 Rc8 11.
Nd2 Ne4 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Be8 14. e4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,A-Tregubov,P/
Alushta 1994/CBM 41 (35)}) (9... Nbd7 10. f3 (10. Nd2 $142) 10... c5 11. Nd2 b6
12. Qe2 Bb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bogdanovski,V-Guliev,S/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext (25)}) 10.
Nd2 (10. cxd5 cxd5 11. f3 Bb7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rc1 Nc6 $11 {0-1 Bareev,
E-Krasenkow,M/Groningen 1997/CBM 63 (31) [Krasenkow]}) 10... Bb7 11. Rc1 Ne4
12. Qe2 (12. f3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. e4 fxe4 16. fxe4 Rxf1+ 17.
Rxf1 Rf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Galkin,A/Hoogeveen 2001/CBM 84 ext (21)})
12... Nxd2 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] The simplest way to the equality.} (12... c5 13.
Rfd1 Nc6 14. Ndf3 $14 {1-0 Kharitonov,A-Tregubov,P/Novgorod 1997/CBM 60 (37) 
[Tsesarsky]}) 13. Qxd2 Nd7 $11 14. cxd5 (14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. c5 bxc5 16. dxc5 Bc7
17. f4 a5 $132) 14... cxd5 15. Nc6 {White is continuing to fight for the
advantage, however this move is not dangerous for black, since the N on c6 may
become vulnerable.} (15. Nxd7 $11) (15. f4 $11) 15... Qe8 $1 16. b4 $5 {
White is being consequent.} (16. f4 $11) 16... Nf6 17. Ne5 ({A careless} 17. b5
$2 {would be strongly met by the thematic blow} {[%tqu "En","Find the best
move for black.","","","d6h2","",12]} Bxh2+ $1 18. Kxh2 Qh5+ 19. Kg1 Ng4 20.
Rfe1 Qh2+ 21. Kf1 f4 $40) 17... Ne4 18. Qe2 $5 {An interesting pawn sacrifice,
which inserts more intrigue in the game.} (18. Qe1 Qa4 $5 19. a3 a5 20. Bc2 Qe8
21. f3 $11) 18... Bxb4 19. Rc7 Bc8 $1 {Covering the d7 square.} (19... Rb8 $6
20. Bb5 Qd8 21. Rd7 Qf6 22. Bc6 $14) 20. Rfc1 Bd6 21. Bxe4 $1 {The only way to
keep the initiative.} (21. Bb5 Qd8 22. R7c2 Bb7 $15 (22... Bxe5 $6 23. dxe5 Bd7
24. Ba3 $44)) 21... fxe4 ({The alternatives are dangeous for black:} 21... Bxc7
$2 22. Rxc7 dxe4 23. Ba3 $36) (21... dxe4 $2 22. d5 $1 {[%csl Gb2,Rg7]} Bxc7 (
22... exd5 23. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 24. Nc4+ Kg8 25. Nxd6 {[%csl Rg8]}) 23. Rxc7 exd5
24. Qd2 Be6 (24... Qd8 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Nc6+ Qf6 27. Bxf6+ Rxf6 28. Qxd5 $36)
25. Qd4 $40) 22. Qg4 Bxe5 (22... Bxc7 $4 23. Rxc7 g6 24. Qh4 h5 25. Qg5 $18)
23. dxe5 Rf7 {After the exchange of pair of RR, white's attacking chances
evaporates, but his pieces are still more active, which should give him enough
chances to maintain the balance.} 24. Ba3 (24. Qh5 Ba6 25. Qxf7+ Qxf7 26. Rxf7
Kxf7 27. Rc7+ Kg6 28. f3 {and this endgame should end in a draw.}) 24... Rxc7
25. Rxc7 Bd7 26. Qg5 $6 {Wrong place for the Q.} (26. Qd1 $142 {coordinating
the pieces and white has not much to worry about.}) 26... h6 $6 {Missing
strong opportunity to exploit the temporary disconnection between white's
pieces.} (26... Rc8 $1 27. Rxa7 h6 $1 28. Qh4 (28. Qg4 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Qxa8 $17 {
[%csl Ra2]}) 28... Rc2 29. Qg3 Qf7 (29... Rxa2 $4 30. Bf8) 30. h3 Rxa2 $17) 27.
Qe7 Qxe7 28. Bxe7 Bb5 (28... Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Bd6 {[%cal Gd6b8] Compared
with what happened in the game later, this endgame is drawish.}) 29. a3 Bd3 30.
Rd7 $6 {A preparation to the following mistake...} (30. g4 $44) 30... Rc8 31.
Rd8+ $2 {At this moment white certainly did not evaluate properly the BB
endgame.} (31. h4) 31... Rxd8 32. Bxd8 {The endgames with the opposite colour
bishops are well-known as drawish, even if one side has material advantage. I
guess, that this was the white's main consideration before exchanging rooks.
However this concrete endgame contains many nuances, and it's very hard to
point out on the improvement of white's play, not to lose this endgame...} Kf7
33. f4 (33. Bc7 Ke8 34. Bb8 Kd7 $1 {and white can not capture the Pa7.}) 33...
Ke8 34. Bc7 (34. Bh4 Kd7 35. Kf2 Kc6 36. Ke1 d4 37. Kd2 Kd5 {is similar to the
game.}) 34... Kd7 35. Bd6 {[%cal Gd6f8]} h5 36. Kf2 Kc6 37. Ke1 d4 38. Kd2 ({
After} 38. exd4 e3 {[%csl Gc6,Gd3,Ge3] white is defenseless against the
penetration of the black K.}) 38... Kd5 39. Bb8 dxe3+ 40. Kxe3 a6 41. Ba7 (41.
h3 b5 42. g4 h4 {[%csl Rh3]}) 41... b5 42. Kd2 Kc4 43. f5 e3+ $1 (43... exf5 $2
44. e6 f4 {[%tqu "En","How should white continue?","","","a7e3","",10,"e6e7",
"",0]} 45. Be3 $3 {A brilliant touch, which is the main idea behind the
white's 43.f5.} (45. e7 $2 e3+ 46. Ke1 Bg6 47. Bb8 Kb3 {with an easy win.}) {
However it seems, that after} 45... fxe3+ 46. Kxe3 b4 47. e7 b3 $1 48. e8=Q b2
{white has no more, than a perpetual check.}) 44. Bxe3 Bxf5 45. Bb6 (45. h4 a5
46. Kc1 Kd3 47. Bf4 Ke4 48. g3 {In this position black's winning plan is the
following: 1)to organize the passed pawn on the "b" file and protect it by the
bishop. 2)to play g7-g5! in the right moment. In case of Bxg5 black captures
the Pe5, and in case of h4xg5 black wins by h5-h4.}) 45... h4 46. Bd8 Kb3 47.
Be7 Be4 48. g3 hxg3 $1 {[%mdl 4096]} (48... h3 $2 49. g4 {[%csl Gg3][%cal
Ye7h4,Yh4g3] and after the black K will come to the kingside, white will have
the defensive manoeuvre Be7-h4-g3.}) 49. hxg3 Bf5 50. Bb4 g6 51. Kc1 Kc4 52.
Kd2 Kd4 53. Bc3+ Ke4 54. Ke2 Bg4+ {An important check, which assists black to
get more space for the K.} 55. Kf2 Kd3 56. Ba5 Ke4 57. Bc7 Kd4 {White is in
zugzwang. The white B must protect the Pe5 and prevent the a6-a5 advanse as
well, so white must play with the K and give to black even more space.} 58. Kf1
Ke3 59. Kg2 Bf5 60. Kg1 Kf3 61. Kh2 Bg4 {One more zugzwang!} 62. Ba5 Ke4 63.
Bc7 Kd4 64. Kg2 Kc4 65. Kf2 Kb3 66. Bd6 a5 67. Ke3 Kc4 (67... b4 68. axb4 axb4
69. Kf4 Bh3 70. Kg5 Kc3 71. Kxg6 b3 72. Ba3 b2 73. Bxb2+ Kxb2 $19) 68. Be7 (68.
Kf4 Bh3 69. Kg5 b4 70. axb4 axb4 71. Kxg6 b3 72. Ba3 Kc3 73. Kh5 b2 74. Bxb2+
Kxb2 75. g4 Kc3 76. g5 Kd4 77. g6 Bf5 78. g7 Bh7 $19) 68... Bf5 {Malakhov is
not hurrying to play b5-b4 and improves the placement of his B.} 69. Bd6 Bb1
70. Be7 b4 71. axb4 axb4 72. Kd2 Be4 73. Kc1 (73. Bd6 Bf5 74. Be7 Bg4 $1 75.
Bd6 b3 76. Ba3 Kd4 77. Bb2+ Ke4 $19 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Re4f3,Rf3g3]}) 73... Kc3
74. Bg5 b3 75. Bd2+ Kd3 76. Bf4 Bd5 77. Kb2 Kd4 {Black's winning plan will be
revealed in a few moves later...} 78. Kc1 Ke4 79. Kb2 Kd3 80. Bg5 Ke4 81. Bf4
Kf5 82. Kc3 g5 {This little nuance is the key to black's win. If the white
pawn was on h2 instead of g3, there would be a dead draw, since the white B
stands on g3 in this case, and nothing can move it from there. Now white is
lost.} 83. Bd2 Kxe5 84. Bxg5 Ke4 85. Bf6 Kf5 86. Bg7 e5 {The final stage of
black's winning plan is on. The second black passed pawn decides the game.} 87.
g4+ Kf4 88. g5 e4 89. g6 Kf3 90. Bf6 e3 91. g7 Ke2 92. Bg5 Bg8 {It is
important to notice, that the black B protects the Pb3 and prevents the
promotion of the white P on the same a2-g8 diagonal.} 93. Bh4 Kd1 {Nice
endgame technic by Malakhov.} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 {[%csl Gd6]
[%cal Gc1a3] In this opening line white is intending to exchange dark-squared
bishops via a3.} Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qc1 Ne4 (9... Bd7 10. Ba3 Be8 11. Bxd6 Qxd6
12. Qa3 Qxa3 13. Nxa3 Bh5 14. Ng5 Re8 15. f3 Nbd7 16. Nh3 Bf7 17. Rfe1 a6 18.
Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Iljushin,A/Elista 2001/CBM 83 (44)}) ({The most
popular continuation is:} 9... b6 10. Ba3 Bb7 (10... c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. dxc5
bxc5 {1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,A-Malakhov,V/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96 [Roiz,M] (40)}) (
10... Bxa3 11. Qxa3 Qxa3 12. Nxa3 Ba6 13. Rfc1 Nbd7 14. b4 Rfc8 15. b5 cxb5 16.
cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxb5 Nc3 18. a4 Bxb5 19. axb5 Rc7 20. Kf1 $14 {1-0 Malakhov,
V-Gleizerov,E/Krasnoyarsk 2003/CBM 98 no vc (59)}) 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 c5 13.
cxd5 Nxd5 14. dxc5 bxc5 {0-1 Yakovich,Y-Kharlov,A/Elista 2001/CBM 83 [Tyomkin,
D] (60)}) 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 {If white succeeds to exchange
queens, the dark squares in black's camp will become vulnerable.} c5 $1 ({After
} 12... Qxa3 $6 13. Nxa3 {white has small, but stable advantage.}) 13. dxc5
$146 (13. cxd5 exd5 14. dxc5 Ndxc5 15. Be2 f4 16. exf4 Qxf4 17. b4 Qf6 18. Nbd2
Qc3 19. Qxc3 Nxc3 20. Rfe1 N5a4 $11 {0-1 Bareev,E-Jussupow,A/Prague 2002/CBM
89 (48)}) 13... Ndxc5 14. Rd1 b6 15. Be2 Bb7 {It can be concluded that black
has solved his opening problems.} 16. b4 Nd7 17. cxd5 exd5 $1 {Correct
decision.} ({After} 17... Bxd5 $6 18. Nc3 {white has some pressure.}) 18. Nd4
$6 {This is too solid. White should better try to put pressure on d5 pawn and
not close the "d" file for his rook.} (18. Nc3 $6 a5 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gd6a3]})
({Comes to consideration} 18. Qb3 f4 19. Nbd2) 18... f4 $36 19. Nc3 Ng5 $1 {
The knight from g5 may cause troubles to white's king. White should be very
careful now.} (19... Nxc3 20. Qxc3 fxe3 21. Qxe3 (21. fxe3 $11) 21... Qxb4 22.
Qe6+ Rf7 23. Bh5 g6 24. Bxg6 $6 hxg6 25. Qxg6+ Rg7 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Rd3 (27.
Nf5 {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for black.","","","g7g2","",10]} Rxg2+ $1
28. Kxg2 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 (29. Kh1 d4+ $19 {[%cal Rb7h1]}) 29... Ba6+ $19) 27...
Rh7 {and black can defend successfully.}) 20. Ncb5 ({Too risky for white is} 
20. e4 $6 Ne5 (20... dxe4 $2 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. Ne6)) ({Also bad is} 20. Nf3 $2
Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 fxe3 22. fxe3 Rxf3 $1 23. gxf3 Ne5 $40) 20... Qg6 21. Qd3 $5 (
21. Bd3 Qh5 $1 (21... Nh3+ $2 22. Kf1 Qh5 23. Be2 Qh4 24. gxh3) 22. Bf5 (22.
Nd6 f3 $40) 22... Rxf5 23. Nxf5 Nh3+ 24. gxh3 Qxf5 $44 {[%csl Rg1]}) 21... fxe3
22. Qxg6 $5 {Aronian decided to exchange queens even at the price of two pawns!
} (22. Qxe3 Rae8 {looks dangerous for white.}) 22... exf2+ 23. Kf1 hxg6 24. Nd6
Rab8 25. Rac1 {White has obvious positional compensation for the lack of two
pawns, but objectively speaking white is fighting for a draw here.} Nf6 26. b5
Nge4 27. Nxe4 dxe4 $6 {Radjabov wants to make his bishop active, but it looks
like 27...Nxe4 was objectively stronger not giving the Pf2 so fast...} (27...
Nxe4 $142) 28. Kxf2 Bd5 29. a4 Rbe8 30. Kg1 (30. Ke3 $6 Bf7 {[%csl Re3][%cal
Gf6d5]}) 30... Nh5 ({Comes to consideration} 30... Rf7 {covering the 7th rank.}
) 31. g3 e3 $6 {[%cal Gf8f2] This looks too hastily. Black is trying to create
threats to the opponent's king, but the pawn on e3 is now vulnerable.} (31...
Rf7 $5) (31... Nf6 $5) 32. Rf1 Nf6 33. Rc3 Rf7 34. Nc2 {[%csl Re3]} Rfe7 {
Black's pieces are now tied to defend the Pe3.} 35. Rd1 Re4 36. Rd4 Rxd4 37.
Nxd4 Re4 38. Nc2 Rxa4 39. Nxe3 Ra1+ 40. Bf1 Be4 {Black still has some chances,
but it's already very close to draw. Black can not organize a passed pawn on
the queenside.} 41. Kf2 g5 42. h3 Bg6 43. Rc8+ Kh7 44. Bc4 Be4 45. Ng4 Kg6 46.
Rc7 Nxg4+ ({Black could still continue the fight:} 46... Nxg4+ 47. hxg4 Ra3 {
though his winning chances are very low.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad-Moscow m 07th  12-18 "]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1930.11.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1930.11.07"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Leningrad"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 {Une petite provocation de la part de KAN: Il opte pour
l'ouverture préférée de son adversaire, la défense hollandaise. Or, KAN a trés
rarement joué cette défense Hollandaise. Il jouait en effet régulièrement le
gambit--dame ou la Nimzo-indienne avec les noirs mais il y a seulement 4
parties dans les bases (avec celle-ci) oû il joue la défense hollandaise. Au
surplus sur ces 4 parties, deux ont été jouées contre ...BOTVINNIK!} 3. Nf3
Bb4+ $5 {L'idée assez douteuse de cette variante est d'échanger les B de cases
noires puis d'essayer de réagir au centre sur les cases noires avec la poussée
"e6e5".} (3... Nf6 $142 4. g3 d5 (4... Be7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 $1 {
[%csl Re5][%cal Gc1b2] Plus précis que Nc3 afin de faire pression sur "e5"} Qe8
8. Qc2 Qh5 9. Nc3 Nc6 (9... a5 $5 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 10. Ba3 {[%cal Ga3e7]} Bd7 $6
(10... a5 $1) 11. d5 $16 {Botvinnik,M-Kan,I URS-ch07 Moscow 1931 1-0}) 5. Bg2
c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 {[%cal Gc1a3] La suite moderne contre le Stonewall}) 4.
Bd2 (4. Nbd2) 4... Bxd2+ $6 {l'idée d'échanger le bon B aussi rapidement est
assez douteuse pour les noirs et le développement des Blancs est accéléré}
(4... a5 $142 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 (7... Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 d6 {[%cal
Gd8e7,Ge6e5]}) 8. Qc2 Nc6) (4... Qe7 $142 {Plus courant} 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O Bxd2 8. Qxd2 $5 (8. Nbxd2) 8... d6 $6 {[%cal Ge6e5] Assez passif} (8...
Ne4 $142 9. Qc2 {[%cal Gb1c3]}) 9. Nc3 Nc6 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 10. Rfe1 (10. d5)
10... e5 11. Nd5 $14 {Botvinnik,M-Ilyin Zhenevsky,A Leningrad-ch 1930 1-0}) 5.
Qxd2 (5. Nbxd2 {[%cal Gd1c2] Il est peut-être plus souple de reprendre du N
surtout si les noirs adoptent une formation Stonewall avec c6d5 car les blancs
peuvent alors suivre le plan classique de contrôle des cases noires par
Nf3e5d3,suivi de Nd2f3. Botvinnik reprend avec la Q comme dans sa partie jouée
l'année précédente au Championnat d'URSS}) 5... Nf6 6. g3 b6 $6 $146 (6... O-O
7. Bg2 d6 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gd8e7,Ge6e5];Botvinnik,M-Nenarokov,V URS-ch06 qf2
1929 (7) 1/2}) 7. Nc3 (7. Bg2) (7. d5 $143 {La poussée d4d5 est un thème
classique dans ce genre de structure par exemple 1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 e6 3.d5!? mais
ici elle serait effectuée dans des conditions moins bonnes а cause de la
position de la Qd2} Ne4 $1 $132 {[%cal Ge4d2]} (7... O-O $142 8. Nc3 $14)) 7...
d6 $6 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gd8e7,Ge6e5] Le plan des noirs est la poussée e6e5 mais
e6 est une faiblesse} 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O $5 (9. d5 $142 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Re6] Une
meilleure manière d'essayer d'exploiter les faiblesses de la structure adverse.
} e5 (9... exd5 $6 10. Nd4 $36 {[%cal Gd4f5,Gd4e6]} (10. cxd5 $16)) (9... Qe7
$6 10. Nd4 $40 {[%cal Gd5e6,Gd4f5,Gg2b7]}) 10. Ng5 $36 {[%csl Re6]} (10. e4 $5
fxe4 11. Ng5 Qe7 12. Ncxe4 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Ge4,Ge6]} (12. Bh3 Na6 13. Ncxe4))
10... Na6) 9... Qe7 10. d5 $1 e5 {[%csl Rb7]} 11. e4 $5 (11. Bh3 $1 {
Provoquant g7g6 pour affaiblir les cases noires.} g6 (11... Bc8 $6 12. e4 $1 {
[%cal Gh3c8,Ge4f5]}) 12. e4 $1 fxe4 (12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ng5 $36) 13.
Ng5) (11. Ng5 $5 {[%csl Re6][%cal Ge2e4]}) 11... fxe4 12. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Gg5e6,
Gg5e4] Ce N va ensuite jouer un rôle décisif dans cette partie en traversant
tout l'échiquier. Quelques coups plus tard ce N ira prendre un P en "a7"!} Nbd7
(12... Bc8 13. Ncxe4 $40 O-O (13... h6 $2 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 {[%cal Ge4f6]}
Nxe4 16. Bxe4 c6 17. f4 {[%csl Re8]}) 14. f4 $1) 13. Ncxe4 (13. Ne6 Nc5 14.
Nxc5 bxc5 15. Nxe4 (15. b4 $5 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Ga1b1] les blancs ont une nette
avance de développement et il semble logique de vouloir ouvrir le jeu au
maximum pour en profiter même au prix d'un sacrifice de P} cxb4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4
17. Bxe4 a5 18. a3 bxa3 19. Qc2 {[%csl Rh7]} (19. Rfb1 Bc8 20. Rxa3 {[%csl Ra5]
} O-O 21. Rxa5 Rxa5 22. Qxa5 Qf6 23. Rb2) (19. Rxa3 O-O 20. Rxa5 Rxa5 21. Qxa5
Bc8) 19... g6 20. Rxa3 O-O 21. Rfa1 Bc8) 15... O-O $14 {[%csl Rb7]} 16. Rae1 {
[%cal Ge1e7,Gf2f4]} Bc8 17. f4 Nxe4 (17... Rb8 $6 18. fxe5)) 13... O-O (13...
Nc5 $143 14. Nxc5 bxc5 15. Rae1 $36 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 14. Ne6 {[%csl Ge6]} Nxe4
15. Bxe4 Rf6 (15... Nc5 $5 {[%cal Gc5e6,Gc5e4]} 16. Nxf8 Nxe4 17. Qe3 Nc5 18.
b4 Rxf8 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Rab1 $13 {[%cal Gb7c8,Gc8h3] Même si les blancs
gardent l'avantage, les noirs ont quelques compensations pour le sacrifice de
qualité et ils peuvent peut-être essayer d'exploiter les cases blanches du
roque blanc avec le B} Bc8 (20... c6 {[%cal Gb7g2]} 21. dxc6 (21. Rfd1 cxd5 22.
cxd5 Qf7 {[%cal Gf7d5,Gf7f2]}) 21... Bxc6) 21. Rb8 Bh3 (21... Bf5 22. Rxf8+
Qxf8) 22. Rfb1 (22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Rb1 h6 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Gg8h7]})) 16. Qc2 {
[%csl Rh7]} Rh6 $6 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Ge7f7,Gf7h5] L'attaque sur la colonne "h"
est tentante mais les noirs n'auront pas le temps d'amener la Q sur l'aile-roi.
} (16... Nf8) 17. Nxc7 Rc8 18. Nb5 (18. Ne6 $143 Nf6 {[%cal Gf6e4,Gf6d5,Gc8c2]}
19. Bf5 $1 (19. Bg2 $2 Bxd5 $1) 19... b5 20. b3 (20. Ng5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal
Gf5c8]} Rxc4 21. Be6+ Kf8 22. Qd3 e4 $13)) 18... a6 19. Na7 $1 {[%cal Ga7c6]
Le N continue а faire le tour de l'échiquier!} Rf8 20. Nc6 $40 Qg5 {[%cal
Gg5h5]} (20... Bxc6 21. dxc6 Nf6 22. Bg2 e4 23. Qb3 $40 {[%cal Gb3g8,Gb3b6]})
21. Bg2 {Un coup naturel mais b4 assurait un net avantage blanc après f3 qui
permet le contrôle latéral de la case "h2"} (21. b4 $5 Qh5 22. f3 $1 {[%cal
Gc2h2]}) 21... Nf6 $2 (21... Qh5 {[%cal Gh5h2]} 22. h3 Nf6 23. Ne7+) 22. Qf5 $1
{[%cal Gc6e7] La pointe tactique qui force l'échange des Q et la position est
quasiment gagnante pour les blancs} Qh5 23. Qxh5 Nxh5 24. f4 $18 Re8 25. Rae1
Bxc6 26. dxc6 Nf6 27. g4 Nxg4 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. c7 Rf6 31. Bb7 {
[%mdl 2048]} 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hera, Imre Jr"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[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 "Szkola Grudziadz"]
[BlackTeam "Dankowice"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 (4. Qc2 f5 5. Bf4) 4... Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. b3
Nf6 7. O-O Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qc1 {[%cal Gb2a3]} Nbd7 (9... Ne4 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11.
Qxa3 Qf6 12. Nbd2 Nd7 13. Qb2 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. b4 Rad8 16. Rc2 g5 17. c5 g4
18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qg7 20. Qd4 bxc5 21. bxc5 Ng5 22. Rb2 Bc8 23. f4 gxf3 24.
Nxf3 Ne4 25. Rd1 Qe7 26. Rc2 Qc7 27. Qb4 Bd7 28. Qe1 Be8 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Qg3+
Kh8 31. Nd4 Qe7 32. Rf2 Rg8 33. Qf4 Bh5 34. Nxc6 Qf8 35. Nxd8 Qxf4 36. Rxf4 {
1-0 (36) Ragger,M (2655)-Khenkin,I (2655) Germany 2012}) 10. cxd5 (10. Ba3 Ne4
11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 (12. Nc3)) 10... Nxd5 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Bc4 b6 (12... Kh8)
13. e4 Nf4 $1 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Qc2 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gc2f5,Gc4e6,Gc4g8]} Rh5
16. dxc5 Nxc5 $132 {[%csl Gc5]} 17. b4 Nd7 18. Ne4 Bb7 {[%cal Gb7f3]} 19. Rad1
Bxb4 20. a3 Ba5 (20... b5 21. Bxb5 Rc8 $44) 21. g3 $2 {[%csl Gb7]} (21. Bc1 {
[%cal Gc1f4] Le Nf4 est très actif et l'échanger aurait soulagé la défense
des Blancs}) 21... Nh3+ 22. Kg2 Rf8 $6 {Rate un gain immédiat} (22... Nc5 $1 {
[%csl Re4,Rf3,Rg2][%cal Gb7g2,Gh3f4]} 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Kxh3 (24. Bd4 Ng5 $19)
24... Bxf3) 23. Qb3 $2 {La dernière chance de sauver la partie} (23. Nd4 $8
Ng5 24. f3 $13) 23... Bxe4 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Rxd7 Rxf3 $1 26. Qxf3 Bxf3+ 27.
Kxf3 Qxe6 28. Rd8+ Qg8 $19 29. Rfd1 Rf5+ $1 {[%cal Gf5f3,Gf5f8]} 30. Kg2 Rxf2+
31. Kxh3 Rxb2 (31... Rf8) 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Rd8+ Kf7 34. Rd7+ Kf6 35. Rxa7 Ra2
36. Rc7 Rxa3 37. Rc6+ Kf5 38. Rc7 Bc3 39. Rb7 Bd4 40. Rd7 Ke4 41. Re7+ Kd5 42.
Rd7+ Kc4 43. Rc7+ Kd3 44. Rb7 Ra2 45. g4 Rb2 46. Kg3 h6 47. h4 b5 48. g5 hxg5
49. hxg5 b4 50. g6 b3 51. Kg4 Rb1 52. Kf5 b2 53. Rb3+ 0-1

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Czarnota, Pawel"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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 "Szkola Grudziadz"]
[BlackTeam "Gorzow Wielkopolski"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Qc1 b6 (9... Ne4 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Qxa3 Qf6 12. Nbd2 Nd7 13. Qb2 b6 14. Rac1
Bb7 15. b4 Rad8 16. Rc2 g5 17. c5 g4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qg7 20. Qd4 bxc5 21.
bxc5 Ng5 22. Rb2 Bc8 23. f4 gxf3 24. Nxf3 Ne4 25. Rd1 Qe7 26. Rc2 Qc7 27. Qb4
Bd7 28. Qe1 Be8 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Qg3+ Kh8 31. Nd4 Qe7 32. Rf2 Rg8 33. Qf4 Bh5
34. Nxc6 Qf8 35. Nxd8 Qxf4 36. Rxf4 {1-0 (36) Ragger,M (2655)-Khenkin,I (2655)
Germany 2012}) 10. Ba3 Bb7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qa3 Qxa3 14. Nxa3 a6
15. Ne5 Nbd7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. f4 $146 {[%csl Re6]} (18. Nb1 Kf7
19. Nd2 Ke7 20. h3 h6 21. a3 Kd6 22. Rfd1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 e5 24. dxe5+ Nxe5 25.
Be2 f4 26. exf4 Rxf4 27. g3 Rf7 28. f4 Nd7 29. Nf3 Nc5 30. Nd4 Ne6 31. Nxe6
Kxe6 32. Bh5 Re7 33. Kf2 Kd6 34. h4 a5 35. Be2 Bc6 36. Bf3 Bb7 37. Be2 Bc6 38.
Bd3 d4 39. Re1 Rxe1 40. Kxe1 Kc5 41. g4 Bd5 42. Bc2 d3 43. Bxd3 Bxb3 44. g5 b5
45. f5 {1/2-1/2 (45) Popov,V (2547)-Geller,J (2489) Voronezh 2004}) 18... Nf6 {
[%csl Ge4]} 19. h3 h6 20. Nb1 g5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. fxg5 hxg5 23. g4 {[%cal
Gf1f6]} Ne4 $11 24. gxf5 Ng3 25. Rf3 Rc1+ 26. Kg2 Nxf5 {[%cal Gf5h4]} 27. Bxf5
exf5 28. Rf1 Rc2+ 29. Rf2 Rc1 30. Rf1 Rc2+ 31. Rf2 Rc1 32. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sautron op 16th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2016.10.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Delorme, Alban"]
[Black "Ider, Borya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:00:09"]
[BlackClock "1:28:14"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:20]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 4. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Bd6
{[%emt 0:00:26]} (4... c5 5. O-O Nc6) 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:
23]} 6. b3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Qe7 $5 {[%emt 0:04:06]} (6... O-O) 7. Bb2 {[%emt 0:
01:24]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:36] Une nouveauté dans cet ordre de coups mais en
fait, c'est une simple transposition} 8. c4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:36]
} 9. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:02:25]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 10. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} O-O {
[%emt 0:09:09]} 11. f4 {[%emt 0:06:31]} (11. f3 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Nf6 13. c5 Bc7
14. b4 Bd7 15. a4 Be8 16. b5 Nd7 17. f4 Nf6 18. Bd3 Ne4 19. Qe2 Bxe5 20. fxe5
Ng5 21. Ba3 Bg6 22. a5 Ne4 23. Bb4 Rab8 24. a6 Qg5 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. b6 Bh5 27.
Qf2 bxa6 28. Rxa6 Bf3 29. bxa7 Ra8 30. Bd2 Qg4 31. h3 Qg6 32. Kh2 Bh5 33. g4
Bxg4 34. hxg4 Qxg4 35. Qg2 Qh5+ 36. Kg1 g5 37. Kf2 Rf7 38. Rxc6 Raxa7 39. d5 f4
40. exf4 Rxf4+ {Gelfand,B (2685)-Kortschnoj,V (2575) Tilburg 1992 0-1}) 11...
Ndf6 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 12. c5 {[%emt 0:10:58]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 13. b4 {
[%emt 0:00:25][%cal Ga2a4,Gb4b5]} Nxd2 $146 {[%emt 0:00:14]} (13... g5 14. a4
Bd7 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qc2 Be8 17. Bc3 Rf6 18. Bd3 Rh6 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qf2 Rd8
21. Rab1 a6 22. fxg5 Qxg5 23. Qf4 Qg7 24. Rb2 Rh5 25. Be1 Rd5 26. Bg3 Bxe5 27.
dxe5 Rg5 28. Qf2 Qd7 29. Bf4 Rg7 30. Bh6 Rg4 31. Bf4 Bh5 32. Bg3 Rg7 33. Kh1
Rd1 34. Kg1 Rd3 35. a5 Bd1 36. Kh1 Ba4 37. Kg1 Bb5 38. Re1 Qd5 39. Bf4 Qc4 40.
Bh6 Rg6 41. Bf4 Ba4 42. Qh4 Rd7 43. Qf2 {Petraki,M (2055)-Markovic,G (2230)
Pula 1990 0-1}) 14. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 15. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:13][%cal Gd7e8,Ge8g6]} (15... Bxe5 16. dxe5 Bd7
) 16. Bf3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Be8 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 17. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:02:37]} (17.
a4) 17... fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 18. g4 $6 {[%emt 0:00:30] Joué quasiment à
tempo mais c'est un affaiblissement de l'aile-roi alors que la structure à
l'aile-dame est favorable aux Blancs} (18. a4 $142 a6 19. Bc3 Bh5 20. b5 axb5
21. axb5 Rxa1 (21... cxb5 22. Qb2) 22. Rxa1) 18... h5 $1 {[%emt 0:07:02]} 19.
g5 {[%emt 0:04:52]} (19. h3 Qh4) 19... Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 20. dxe5 {[%emt 0:
00:12]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:05][%cal Gf7f5,Gf5g4]} 21. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Qf5
$132 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 22. Qf2 {[%emt 0:03:51]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 23. Qg3 {
[%emt 0:03:53]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 24. h4 $2 {[%emt 0:00:06][%csl Rg1] Un
nouveau coup joué à tempo qui va bloquer la Qg3 en défense de l'aile-roi} (
24. a4 {[%cal Ga1b1,Gb4b5]}) (24. Rfb1 a6 25. a4) 24... Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:14]}
25. Rfb1 {[%emt 0:01:27] (=)} Rfb8 $1 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 26. a4 {[%emt 0:00:34]}
b6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 27. a5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 28. Rxa5 {
[%emt 0:01:23]} (28. bxa5 Bc8 {[%cal Gc8a6]}) 28... a6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 29. Bc3
{[%emt 0:02:17]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:27][%cal Gc8a6]} 30. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rb5
{[%emt 0:01:12]} 31. Qh3 {[%emt 0:02:52]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 32. Qf1 {
[%emt 0:04:16]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 33. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Rxb5 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 34. Qe1 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 35. Qg1 {[%emt 0:01:56]}
a5 $1 $36 {[%emt 0:00:12][%csl Rh2,Rh4][%cal Gb5c5,Gb5b1,Gf5g4] Sans surprise,
les faiblesses de l'aile-roi commencent à payer} 36. Qd1 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Ba6
{[%emt 0:02:53]} 37. bxa5 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 38. Be1 {
[%emt 0:02:09]} Bf1 $40 {[%emt 0:00:10][%cal Gf5h3]} 39. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:16]}
Qh3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 40. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00][%csl Gd3]}
41. Rc1 $2 {[%emt 0:04:11]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 42. Qxc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Qf1+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 43. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 44. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:01:22]} Qf2+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nf3 f5 6. Bd3 Nh6 {The Stonewall
setup isn't the most popular nowadays, even with this move order where White
cannot properly develop his bishop on c1 to f4 or trade it off on a3 too
easily. Even so, Moro makes sure that the setup is just bizarre. The knight
almost never goes to h6, and I am assuming he had a couple of good reasons for
doing so. First he allows himself to take with the e-pawn if White captures on
d5, which he couldn't have done since his knight was on d7, and it allows him
to play ...Nf7 and in a rare turn of events for the Stonewall, control e5.} (
6... Ngf6 7. cxd5 cxd5 {is the absolute worst kind of Exchange Slav imaginable.
}) 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. O-O Rf6 {From a purely objective point of view,
White can't complain too much about the result of the opening. He has a nice
position and Black's pieces are placed somewhat strangely. But strange is
Morozevich's favorite battleground.} 10. Qc2 Nf7 11. Nd2 {This move was
careless. Aronian probably underestimated Black's next move.} (11. cxd5 $1 {
was much stronger. The point is that if Black is to recapture with the e-pawn,
he will never have e5 as a resource (and both of his knights are helping with
that aim). If he takes with the c-pawn, then the file is opened and there is
nothing to complain about. White must be slightly better.}) 11... e5 $5 {
White has many replies, but how to decide on the best move in this situation?}
12. Bxf5 (12. cxd5 e4 13. Bc4 Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Rh6+ 15. Kg1 Qh4 16. f3 Nf6 {
gives Black a strong attack that is at the very least good enough for a draw.})
(12. g3 $1 {Not a move anyone really wants to make, but it is possible because
d5 lacks sufficient defense. Now that White has essentially parried the
immediate threats on the kingside, he can focus on forcing things on the
center.} e4 13. Be2 {Black can't really defend d5 in a good way so White has
the edge.}) 12... e4 13. Bxh7+ $5 {Sacrifice after sacrifice. Aronian
jettisons the bishop to destroy the pawn center. But a piece is a piece...} (
13. Bh3 Ng5 14. Bg4 Rh6 {gives Black more than enough compensation for his
pawn. He might already be winning.}) (13. Bxd7 Bxd7 14. cxd5 Rh6 {gives Black
strong compensation. White must weaken himself with g3 and those light squares
look very tasty for that d7-bishop.}) 13... Kxh7 14. cxd5 Rg6 $1 15. Ndxe4 Nf6
16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. f4 Nh6 {It is unclear why Black played this move, when he
could have developed his light squared bishop. Then again it is unclear why
Morozevich does anything on the chessboard.} 18. Ne4 Qf5 19. dxc6 Be7 {White
has 5 (!) pawns for the piece, but he cannot hold on to all of them. It seems
that with perfect play White's chances might be perferable, but it is
difficult to play against the activity of the black pieces.} 20. c7 Rc6 21. Qb1
(21. Qd3 Rxc7 22. d5 {was better. The d-pawn march reduces Black's scope and
liberates the b2-bishop. White's chances are definitely better here. Black
must sacrifice an exchange to achieve counterplay.} Qg6 $1 23. d6 $5 (23. Ng5+
Bxg5 24. Qxg6+ Kxg6 25. fxg5 Nf7 26. e4 {is a simpler way of playing, with a
slight edge as the pawns are now stronger than the piece.}) 23... Bf5 24. dxc7
Bxe4 25. Qe2 $1 {White does not need to fear Black recovering the exchange -
the light squares are the most important. The position is very difficult to
assess.}) 21... Rxc7 22. Nc3 $2 (22. d5 $1) 22... Qxb1 23. Raxb1 {White may
feel safer with the queens off the board, but this is not the case.
Unfortunately for him the pawns are now a series of static weaknesses and the
pieces will have a blast. It really was imperative to push them as quickly as
possible. Now their forward march will simply accelerate their doom.} Rd7 24.
Rbd1 b6 25. e4 Bb7 {White would love to advance the d pawn and then the d pawn,
but this is not possible because of that check on c5, followed by Ng4, and
White's position collapses.} 26. h3 Ng8 27. e5 (27. d5 Nf6 {locks the pawns in
place. White is close to losing the center.}) 27... Rc8 28. d5 Bb4 29. e6 {
The pawns seem threatening, but the more they advance the weaker they become.}
Rdd8 30. Ne4 (30. Rf3 Ne7 31. Rg3 Nf5 32. Rgd3 Ba6 {is no one's cup of tea,
but it kept the pawns alive a bit longer.}) 30... Rxd5 {The first one falls,
and the rest will follow its fate very soon.} 31. Ng5+ Kg6 32. Rxd5 Bxd5 33.
Rd1 Ne7 34. Bd4 Rc2 {When you are down a piece, specially a bishop, there is
always that enemy piece that suddenly becomes huge and unstoppable. With no
light squared bishop to match it, the monster on d5 cannot be stopped. The
game is over.} 35. g4 Bd2 36. Rf1 (36. f5+ Kxg5 37. Rxd2 Rxd2 38. Be3+ Kh4 39.
Bxd2 Kxh3 40. Bb4 Nc6 41. e7 Bf7 {doesn't help White.}) 36... Bc1 37. Nf3 Bxf4
38. Nh4+ Kg5 39. Nf3+ Kh6 40. h4 Rxa2 {A very unbalanced position throughout.
Aronian resigned as both players reached the time control. Morozevich simply
was on his home turf the entire game.} 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. e3 $5 Nf6 4. Be2 d5 5. b3 c6 6. d4 Bd6 (6... Bb4+ 7. Nbd2
Ne4 8. Qc2) 7. O-O Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nd2 a5 11. a3 Ne4 12. Nxe4
fxe4 (12... dxe4 $5) 13. f4 exf3 14. Nxf3 Nf6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Qe1 Be8 17. c5
Bc7 18. Qh4 Bg6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. Ng5 Nh5 22. e4 Bf4 23. Nf3 Qxh4
24. Nxh4 g5 25. Ng6 Rf6 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 dxe4 29. g3 Rd8
30. Re1 Rd3 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 g6 $2 (32... Rb3 $1 33. Bc1 Rxb4 (33... g4 $5)
34. Bxg5 g6 35. Rd1 $146) 33. Rxe4 g4 (33... Rd1+ 34. Kf2 Rd2+ 35. Re2) 34. Bd4
Ng7 35. Rxg4 Nf5 36. Bf2 Kf7 37. b5 cxb5 38. Rb4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.05"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Jacimovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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 "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

{[%mdl 1536]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e4 {Ivan Ivanisevic has an
agressive style of play,so he chooses that double-edged sacrifice.} fxe4 5. f3
$6 {That fresh idea can hardly promise white equality!} (5. Qg4 Qe7 6. Bg5 Nf6
7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qxe4 c5 (8... O-O 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bd3 g6 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3
d6 13. Rae1 $14 {1-0 Alekhine,A-Hallegua,B/Paris 1914/EXT 2001 (44)}) 9. Nf3
Nc6 10. O-O-O O-O $132 {0-1 Longer,M-Tot,B/Sarajevo 1951/EXT 2002 (45)}) 5...
Nc6 {Black prefers to give the pawn back to complete his development.} (5...
exf3 6. Nxf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 $44) ({I can recommend another principal way:} 5... Nf6
$5 6. fxe4 (6. Bg5) 6... Nxe4 7. Qg4 (7. Qh5+ g6 8. Qe5 Nf6 $17) 7... Nxc3 8.
a3 Ba5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. bxc3 d6 $15 {[%cal Ge6e5] and White has hardly
sufficient attacking possibilities here.}) 6. d5 ({After} 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3
d5 $15 {Black is better.}) 6... Ne5 7. f4 {Pushing Black's knight away from
the centre, but leaving the Pe4 alive.} (7. Qd4 d6 8. f4 Nd3+ 9. Bxd3 exd3 10.
Qxd3 (10. Qxg7 Qf6 11. Qxf6 Nxf6 $15) 10... Nf6 $15) 7... Ng6 {It's not the
most active place for the knight.} (7... Nd3+ 8. Bxd3 exd3 9. Qxd3 exd5 10.
cxd5 Nf6 11. Nge2 O-O 12. O-O $132) (7... Nf7 $5 {also deserves attention:} 8.
dxe6 (8. Nge2 exd5 9. cxd5 Nf6 10. a3 Bc5 $36) 8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 dxe6 10.
Qxd8+ Nxd8 $15 {with a somewhat better endgame for black.}) 8. Nge2 Nf6 {
Black completes his development without special problems keeping the extra
pawn.} ({But maybe} 8... exd5 $5 {was even better:} 9. cxd5 (9. a3 $2 Bxc3+ 10.
Nxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nf6 12. Qd4 Ne7 $19) 9... Nf6 10. a3 Bc5 11. b4 Bb6 $17) 9.
a3 Bxc3+ {I am not sure about that exchange.} ({The following alternatives:} 
9... Bd6 $5) ({and} 9... Be7 $5 {were quite reasonable.}) 10. Nxc3 O-O 11. Be2
exd5 {Black can hardly do without that exchange.} ({For instance,} 11... d6 12.
O-O Ne7 $6 13. g4 exd5 14. cxd5 $44) 12. cxd5 d6 13. O-O c6 14. Kh1 Ne7 {
So, Black is trying to find some job for his knight!} (14... cxd5 15. Be3 (15.
Nxd5 $5) 15... Ne7 16. g4 $44) 15. g4 $6 {A very risky play! Which gives up a
second pawn, hoping to develop his initiative on the king-side.} ({Even worse
would be:} 15. dxc6 $2 bxc6 16. b4 d5 $17) ({But I would recommend:} 15. Bc4
$142 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Nexd5 (16... Be6 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 18. Bxe6+ Rxe6 19. f5 $132 {
[%cal Gc1g5]}) 17. Bxd5+ Kh8 18. Be3 $15 {and White has some compensation here.
}) 15... Nexd5 16. f5 {[%csl Rc8] Restricting the mobility of the Bc8 and
seizing space on the king-side. Of course, the position is in Black's favour
anyway.} Nxc3 {This exchange is by no means not bad, but now Black's central
pawns are less dangerous.} ({I would prefer:} 16... Kh8 $5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18.
Qd4 Re8 $17) 17. bxc3 Nd5 $6 {A very strange move which makes Black's life
much more difficult !} ({Why not the natural} 17... d5 18. Be3 b6 $17 {and
Black has a very solid position with 2 extra pawns?!}) 18. Bc4 {Of course! The
pin is quite unpleasant.} Kh8 $2 {As it usually happens, one mistake leads to
the next. Black allows White to double the pawns and to reach the ideal square
d4 for the dark-squared bishop!} ({At the same time,he could still maintain
some advantage after the correct:} 18... Qa5 $142 19. Re1 Kh8 (19... Qxc3 20.
Bxd5+ cxd5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Be3 $44) 20. Bxd5 (20. Rxe4 Nf6 $1 (20... Nxc3 $2
21. Qe1 d5 22. Re5 Qa4 23. Qxc3 Qxc4 24. Qxc4 dxc4 25. Bb2 $44 {[%cal Ge5e7]})
21. Re3 d5 22. Be2 Bd7 $17 {[%cal Ga8e8]}) 20... Qxd5 21. Qxd5 cxd5 22. Bf4 $15
{although white has an excellent drawish chances here.}) 19. Bxd5 cxd5 {
Now there are bishops of opposite colors on the board, so White has reasonable
attacking possibilities.} 20. Be3 $1 {Of course, White shouldn't take care of
material balance in such positions!} ({Dubious would be:} 20. Qxd5 $2 Bd7 $36 {
[%csl Rh1]}) 20... Bd7 21. Rf4 Rc8 22. Bd4 $44 {[%csl Gd4,Rd7] White has full
compensation for 2 pawns. Black has no clear counterplay, so he should take
care of his kingside. The difference between the Bd4 and the Bd7 is obvious!}
Qg5 23. Qd2 Bb5 {Black doesn't feel the danger of his ''waiting'' strategy!} ({
i can recommend:} 23... e3 $5 {(getting some counterplay at cost of the pawn!)}
24. Qxe3 (24. Bxe3 d4 25. cxd4 Qh4 $132 {[%csl Rh1]}) 24... Rfe8 25. Qg3 Re4
$132) 24. Rb1 ({The immediate} 24. Qe3 $5 {was also possible.}) 24... Ba6 ({Now
} 24... e3 $6 {was pointless,since the Bb5 is hanging,so Black has no time for
activating his pieces:} 25. Qxe3 Rce8 26. Qg3 {[%csl Rb5]} Bc6 27. h4 $36 (27.
f6 $5)) 25. Qe3 Rce8 26. Rb2 ({After} 26. Qg3 e3 27. Bxe3 Re5 $132 {Black
shouldn't be worse here, as the Kh1 is also weak.} (27... d4 $5 28. Bxd4 b6 {
[%cal Ga6b7]})) 26... b6 $6 {Missing a very strong reply!} ({Black should be
more accurate:} 26... Kg8 $142 27. Bxa7 ({after} 27. Rbf2 Bd3 {i don't see how
White can make progress}) ({while} 27. Qg3 e3 28. Bxe3 Re5 $132 {[%cal Gg5e7]
leads to a double-edged play.}) 27... h6 {and white hardly has more than
sufficient compensation for a pawn.}) 27. h4 $1 Qh6 {The queen is misplaced
here, but at least it takes part in defending!} ({Hopeless was:} 27... Qxh4+ $2
28. Rh2 Qg5 29. Rh5 Qd8 30. Qh3 $18) ({or} 27... Qd8 $2 28. f6 gxf6 29. Rbf2
$18) 28. Rbf2 {[%tqu "En","Please,find the best defence.","","","e8e5","",10]}
Re5 $1 {An excellent defensive resource which allows Black to keep the
ballance- it's important to neutralize white's pressure along the diagonal
a1-h8.} ({The alternatives were just hopeless:} 28... Rf7 29. g5 Qh5 30. g6 (
30. f6 g6 $11) 30... hxg6 (30... Rff8 31. f6 $18) 31. fxg6 Rxf4 32. Qxf4 Rg8
33. Qf7 {[%cal Gf7g7]} Qh6 34. Qf5 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd4g7]}) (28... Bc8 29. g5 Qh5
30. f6 gxf6 31. Qg3 $1 Rf7 32. Rxf6 Rxf6 33. gxf6 Qf7 34. Rg2 $18 {[%cal Gg3g7]
}) (28... Kg8 29. g5 Qh5 30. f6 gxf6 31. gxf6 Kf7 32. Rg2 Rg8 33. Rg7+ Rxg7 34.
fxg7+ Ke7 35. Qh3 {[%cal Gd4f6]} Bc8 (35... Bb5 36. Bf6+ Kf7 37. g8=Q+ Rxg8 (
37... Kxg8 38. Qg3+ Kf7 (38... Qg6 39. Rg4 $18) 39. Bd8+ Ke6 40. Rf6+ Kd7 41.
Qxd6+ Kc8 42. Qc7#) 38. Bg5+ Kg7 39. Qf5 Qg6 40. Qxd5 {[%cal Gd5d4]} Rf8 41.
Rxf8 Kxf8 42. Qxb5 $18) (35... Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Bc8 37. Bf6+ Kf7 38. Bg5+ Kg8 (
38... Kxg7 39. Bf6+ Kh6 40. Qg2 $18) 39. Bh6 Qd2+ 40. Qg2 $18) 36. Bf6+ Kf7 37.
Bd8+ Kxg7 38. Qxc8 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qe2+ 40. Rf2 $18) 29. g5 Qh5 30. f6 gxf6 $6 {
Opening the g-file compromises Black's king.} (30... g6 {looks much better,
while after} 31. f7 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf4f6]} {Black should find the one
correct move} h6 $1 {(securing a nice spot ''h7'' for the king) which leads to
a very complicated position with mutual chances. For instance,} 32. Rf6 (32.
Rg2 Kh7 33. Bxe5 dxe5 34. Rff2 (34. Rf6 Bb7 $132 {[%cal Gd5d4]}) 34... Bc8 $132
(34... Bb7 $5)) 32... Kh7 33. Bxe5 dxe5 34. Qg3 d4 $132 (34... Be2 $5)) 31.
gxf6 {[%cal Ge3g3,Gf2g2]} Rg8 $4 {And that is already a decisive mistake!} ({
Hopeless was also:} 31... Rf7 32. Qg3 $1 {[%cal Gf2g2]} (32. Bxe5 dxe5 33. Rf5
Qxh4+ 34. Rh2 Qg4 35. Rxe5 Qd1+ 36. Qg1 Qf3+ 37. Qg2 Qd1+ $11) 32... Qd1+ (
32... Re8 33. Qg7+ $3 Rxg7 34. fxg7+ Kg8 35. Rf8+ Rxf8 36. Rxf8#) 33. Kh2 Qd3
34. Qg4 $18) ({But black had a brilliant defensive resource:} 31... Bc8 $1 {
[%cal Yc8h3]} 32. Rg2 Qd1+ {and Black prevents White from doubling along the
g-file:} 33. Rg1 (33. Kh2 $6 Qd3 34. Qxd3 exd3 35. f7 h6 36. Rf6 Kh7 37. Bxe5
dxe5 38. h5 e4 39. Rgg6 d2 40. Rxh6+ Kg7 41. Rhg6+ $11) 33... Qd3 34. Qxd3 exd3
35. f7 h5 $1 {and the Pd3 forces White to play accurately:} 36. Rf3 d2 (36...
Bg4 37. Rxd3 Rxf7 38. Kh2 $14) 37. Rf2 Bg4 38. Rxd2 Rxf7 39. Kh2 $1 Rfe7 40.
Re1 Kg7 41. Bxe5+ dxe5 42. Rxd5 Kf6 $14 {In this endgame Black has good
chances to draw.}) 32. f7 Rf8 33. Qg3 $18 {[%cal Gf2g2] The threat of 34.Rg2
is unavoidable.} e3 34. Rg2 Qg6 ({Black resigns in view of:} 34... Qg6 35. Rg4
$18) 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse"]
[Date "2005.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mensch, Etienne"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2005.02.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Mueller,Karsten} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 {A tricky order of
moves which avoids comlications after 4...f5 5.g4.} 5. Nf3 f5 6. Ne5 Nf6 7. f4
O-O 8. cxd5 $6 {That move is dubious from strategical point of view, since it
helps black to complete a comfortable development. Usually white takes on d5
after b7-b6: in that case exd5 would create a weak pawn on c6. At the same
time, now black gets a good spot on e6 for his bishop, so he shouldn't face
any problems.} ({More to the point would be:} 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Ba6 (9... Qe7
10. Bd2 Bb7 11. Qa4 Kh8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Be1 Qe6 14. Bh4 Be7 15. Qc2 Nbd7 16.
Bd3 $14 {0-1 Grabuzova,T-Sherbakov,R/Cappelle la Grande 1995/EXT 97 (46)}) 10.
Bd2 Nfd7 11. Qb3 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Be7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Nb5 Qd7 16.
a4 Rfc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sellos,D-Sherbakov,R/Paris 1996/EXT 97 (27)}) 8... exd5 9.
Be2 Be6 10. O-O c5 $146 {Black is looking for a way to make the position more
complicated. He attacks white's pawns centre even at cost of exchenge of his
dark-squared bishop.} ({Solid enough would be:} 10... Nbd7 11. Bd2 Ne4 12. Nxe4
$6 dxe4 13. Qe1 Rc8 14. Rc1 c5 $15 {0-1 Shchukin,D-Sivokho,S/St Petersburg
2000/EXT 2001 (40)}) 11. Nb5 Nc6 ({An attempt to keep the bishop fails to:} 
11... Be7 $6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nd4 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5,Re6]}) 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13.
b3 {[%cal Gc1a3] White is planning to complete the development of his
queen-side pieces.} ({Possibly would be also} 13. Bf3 Rac8 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. b3
$11 {with an equal position.}) 13... cxd4 {After 14.Ba3 the pin of Pc5 could
be unpleasant, so that tackle is more or less forced.} 14. Nxc6 {That move
allows black to reach a mobile pawns centre.} ({The alternative was:} 14. exd4
Ne4 15. Bb2 Rac8 $11) 14... bxc6 15. Qxd4 ({Now after} 15. exd4 Rfe8 16. Re1
Bf7 $15 {black's chances are a bit better due to control of e4 spot, while
white cannot exploit the weakness of e5.}) 15... c5 {That advance is
practically forced - otherwise white may set-up a blockade over the dark
squares.} 16. Ba3 ({An equal endgame would arise after:} 16. Qe5 Qxe5 17. fxe5
Nd7 (17... Ne4 18. Ba3 $11) 18. Bb2 $11 (18. Ba3 $11)) 16... Ne4 {Now white's
queen is under attack.} ({Nothing promised:} 16... cxd4 17. Bxd6 Rfd8 18. Bc5 (
18. Be7 $6 dxe3 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Rac1 d4 21. Rfd1 Ne4 $36) 18... dxe3 19. Bd4
$1 {[%csl Gd4,Re3] and white is at least not worse.}) 17. Qb2 {The queen is
placed passively there.} ({A reasonable alternative was:} 17. Qe5 Qxe5 18. fxe5
a5 19. Rac1 Rfc8 $11) 17... Rfd8 {[%cal Gd5d4] Black's pieces are centralized
and ready for a complications which would arise after d5-d4.} 18. Bf3 d4 19.
Bxe4 $2 {A serious strategical mistake-now black's central pawns become very
powerful.} (19. exd4 $6 Qxd4+ 20. Qxd4 cxd4 21. Rad1 d3 $36) ({Much better was:
} 19. Rac1 $142 Rac8 (19... dxe3 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Bxc5 $14) (19... d3 20. Bxe4
fxe4 21. Bxc5 $14) 20. Rfd1 d3 (20... Qb6 21. Rd3 $13) 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Qc3
$132 {[%csl Rg7,Rg8][%cal Ga3b2,Gd1d2]}) 19... fxe4 20. f5 (20. Rac1 Rac8 21.
Rfd1 Qb6 $15) 20... Bf7 21. exd4 $2 {A loss of time which allows black to
seize a dangerous initiative.} (21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Rfd1 Qb6 $15) 21... Qxd4+ 22.
Kh1 e3 $2 {That natural move allows white to regroup his pieces.} ({Stronger
was:} 22... Qxb2 23. Bxb2 Rd2 24. Bc3 Rd3 25. Rac1 e3 $17 {[%csl Ge3] and
white is in great troubles.}) 23. Qe2 $1 {Now black has to play enegretically
in order to prove, that his passed Pe3 is very powerful. His Kg8 is quite
compromised, so white may attack it, using a power of Ba3.} Qe4 24. Rae1 {
White should immediately attack the Pe3 - in that case black wouldn't have
enough time for penetration. At the same time, now black could keep his passed
pawn, as Rf3 will be not possible.} ({More accurate seems to be:} 24. Rf3 Re8
25. Rg3 Qxf5 26. Bb2 Bg6 27. Rxe3 $11) 24... Rd3 25. f6 $2 {A loss of time -
white's pieces are too passive, so he couldn't create any threats.} ({A
correct way would be:} 25. Bxc5 Re8 26. Rf4 $1 (26. Bxa7 Rd2 27. Qf3 (27. Qxd2
exd2 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Bf2 Bh5 $19) 27... e2 28. Rg1 Rxa2 29. Qxe4 Rxe4 30. Bf2
Bxb3 $17) (26. Rd1 Red8 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Bb4 (28. Rg1 Bd5 29. Bxa7 Qxf5 $36)
28... Rd5 $36) 26... Qd5 ({after} 26... Qxf4 27. Qxd3 e2 28. Bxa7 {I don't see
how black can make some progress, while white is already 3 pawns up!}) 27. Bxa7
Ra8 (27... Rd2 28. Qf3) 28. Rb4 $1 (28. Ra4 Be8 $36) 28... Rd2 29. Qf1 Rf2 30.
Qg1 Rxa2 31. Bxe3 Qxf5 $44 {and black has a sufficient compensation for the
pawn, but white is O.K.}) 25... Re8 26. Bxc5 Rd2 {An important penetration of
the rook. Now white's pieces become even more passive.} 27. Qf3 $8 (27. Qxd2 $2
exd2 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 {[%cal Ge4e1]} 29. Bf2 Rf4 $19) 27... e2 28. Rg1 (28. Rf2 $2
Rd1 29. Qc3 Red8 $19) 28... Rxa2 $17 {So, black has won the material back and
now he has a clear advantage due to his strong passed Pe2.} 29. Qg3 ({After} 
29. fxg7 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Bxb3 $17 {black gets a second passed Pa7.}) 29... Qg6
30. Qf2 {A correct answer - white should at least take the Pa7.} ({Hopeless
would be:} 30. Qxg6 $143 hxg6 31. fxg7 (31. b4 gxf6 $19) 31... Bxb3 $19) 30...
Qxf6 31. Bxa7 Qxf2 32. Bxf2 Bxb3 {Although there is no much material on the
board, black has excellent winning chances.} 33. h3 ({Deserved attention} 33.
Rb1 $5 Bc4 34. Rge1 $17 {[%cal Gh1g1] regrouping the pieces.}) 33... Rf8 34.
Bc5 Rf5 35. Bb4 Bc4 {[%cal Gf5f1] Now 36...Rf1 is unavoidable. That will
completely paralize all white's pieces.} 36. Rc1 Rf1 (36... Bd5 $143 37. Kh2
Rf1 38. Be1 $17) 37. Rxc4 ({At the same time white could hold on by:} 37. Kh2
Ba6 38. Rb1 $19 (38. Be1 Ra4 39. Rb1 Rd4 {[%cal Gd4d1]}) 38... Ra4 39. Bc3 Rc4
40. Ba5 (40. Be1 Rd4 41. Rb8+ Kf7 $19) 40... Rd4 41. Re1 $17 {and it's still
not easy for black to advance his king, as he cannot pass the ''e'' file in
view of Rgxf1.}) 37... Raa1 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Rf8+ Kg6 40. Rgxf1 exf1=Q+ 41.
Rxf1 Rxf1+ 42. Kh2 Kf5 43. Bc3 {'?!' Mueller,Karsten.} (43. g4+ {Mueller,
Karsten} Kf4 (43... Kg5 44. Bd6 Rd1 45. Bg3 $11) 44. Kg2 Rd1 45. Ba5 Rd7 (45...
Rd3 46. Bc7+ {This is a well-known drawing fortress Das ist eine bekannte
Remisfestung.}) 46. Kf2 {and I can see no way for Black to break through. und
ich sehe keinen Weg für Schwarz durchzubrechen.}) 43... g6 44. Bg7 {'?'
Mueller,Karsten.} (44. g4+ {Mueller,Karsten} Kf4 45. Kg2 Rd1 46. Ba5 Rd7 47.
Kf2 {was once again indicated. war erneut angesagt.}) 44... Ke4 45. Kg3 (45. g4
{Mueller,Karsten} Kf3 46. Be5 Rc1 47. Bd6 h6 48. Bb8 g5 49. Bd6 Rc2+ 50. Kg1
Rc6 51. Be5 h5 52. gxh5 Rh6 53. Kh2 Rxh5 54. Bg3 g4 55. h4 Rd5 $19) 45... Ke3
46. Kg4 Kf2 47. g3 Kg2 48. Be5 Rf5 49. Bd6 Rh5 50. h4 Rf5 0-1

[Event "United Insurance 6th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "2003.03.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Abdulla, Al Rakib"]
[Black "Reefat, Bin Sattar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2003.03.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 b6
(8... O-O {is more popular move in this position.}) 9. Qc1 {[%cal Gb2a3]} Ba6
$6 $146 {This standard move is not so good in this position because black is
not ready yet for c6-c5.} ({More solid is} 9... O-O 10. Ba3 Bb7 (10... c5 11.
Nc3 (11. Qc2 Ne4 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nd7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Bxf5
Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Bb2 Qe7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Martinez-Bellon Lopez,J/Alicante 1988 (37)}) 11... Ba6 (11... dxc4 12. dxc5
bxc5 13. Bxc4 $14 {1-0 Mamedova,R-Skripchenko,A/Elista RUS 1998 (29)}) 12. Rd1
dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. bxc4 Nbd7 15. Nb5) 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 c5 13. cxd5 (
13. Nbd2 Na6 14. Rad1 Nb4 15. Bb1 a5 16. Qb2 Ba6 17. a3 Nc6 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19.
h3 cxd4 20. exd4 Ne4 $15 {0-1 Peng,Z-Galkin,A/Hoogeveen Essent op 2001}) 13...
Nxd5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Be2 f4 16. e4 Nb4 17. e5 Qe7 18. Qb2 N8c6 $132 {0-1
Yakovich,Y-Kharlov,A/RUS-ch 54th Elista 2001}) (9... Bb7 10. Ba3 Nbd7 11. cxd5
cxd5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nc3 a6 14. Qb2 O-O 15. b4 Rac8 16. a4 Ne4 17. Ne2 $14 {
1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Grischuk,A/Biel GM 2001}) 10. Ba3 c5 (10... O-O 11. Bxd6 Qxd6
12. Rd1 c5 13. Qa3 Rd8 14. Nc3 $14) 11. Qc2 $6 {Not energetically enouth.} ({
Better was to activate an additional piece-} 11. Rd1 $1 O-O (11... cxd4 12.
Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. cxd5 Bxd3 15. Rxd3 (15. Nxe6 Bxb1 16. Nxf8 Be4 17.
Ne6 Na6 18. Qc4 Nc5 $13) 15... Ng4 16. f4 exd5 (16... Qxd5 17. Qd2 $16 {
[%cal Gb1c3]}) 17. Nc3 $14) 12. cxd5 Bxd3 13. Rxd3 exd5 (13... Nxd5 14. dxc5
Bxc5 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Nc3 $14) 14. Nc3 $14 {[%csl Rd5]}) 11... cxd4 (11... O-O
12. cxd5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nxd5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Nd4 Qd6 17. Nd2 $14
) 12. Nxd4 (12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nxd4 (13. exd4 Nc6 14. Re1 O-O $11) 13... O-O 14.
Rd1 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 $11) 12... Bxa3 {This move connected with a wrong idea.}
({after the simple} 12... O-O {white has nothing better than} 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 {
-12.Bxd6}) 13. Nxa3 {Suddenly, black decides to leave his king in the centre!}
Qxa3 (13... O-O $142 14. Qb2 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Rac1 Nbd7 $11) 14. Nxe6 Kf7 (
14... Qe7 15. cxd5 Kf7 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Qxf5 g6 18. Qf4 $16) 15. Nc7 (15. Ng5+
$2 Ke7 16. cxd5 Rc8 $17) 15... Qd6 $6 (15... Nbd7 16. Nxa8 (16. Qc1 Qxc1 17.
Rfxc1 Nc5 18. Bxf5 Rad8 19. b4 Bc8 $1 $17) 16... Rxa8 17. Bxf5 dxc4 18. bxc4
Ne5 $13) 16. Nxa8 Nc6 17. Bxf5 {White has a material advantage.} (17. Nxb6 axb6
(17... Nb4 $6 18. Qc3 Nxd3 19. Nxd5 $1 Ng4 20. f4 $18) 18. Bxf5 dxc4 19. bxc4
$14) 17... Rxa8 18. Rfd1 {Black pieces are active, but his king is quite weak,
so he has no compensation for the material deficit.} (18. Rfe1 $5 dxc4 (18...
d4 19. exd4 Nxd4 20. Qd3 {[%cal Ga1d1]} Rd8 21. Bxh7 $14)) 18... d4 $8 19. Bxh7
$1 (19. Be4 $6 Bb7 $1 20. Qb1 Qe6 21. Bf5 Qe5 $13) 19... Rd8 (19... Rh8 20.
Bg6+ Kg8 21. h3 $16) 20. Be4 $16 (20. Bg6+ Kg8 21. h3 Bb7 22. Qe2 $16 {[%cal
Gg6c2]}) 20... Nb4 $8 21. Bg6+ Kg8 22. Qf5 ({deserves attention is} 22. Qe2 $5
d3 23. Qf3 Bc8 {[%cal Gc8g4]} 24. Rd2 Nc6 {[%cal Gc6e5]} 25. Qf4 $1 Ne5 26.
Rxd3 Nxd3 27. Qxd6 Rxd6 28. Rd1 $16) 22... Nc6 (22... Bc8 23. Qg5 Qc5 24. Qh4
Nc6 25. Rd3 dxe3 26. Rxe3 $18) 23. Rd2 (23. Qh3 Bc8 24. Qh4 Qe5 25. exd4 Nxd4
26. Re1 $16) 23... Bc8 24. Qg5 Qc5 25. Qxc5 $6 {In my opinion, better was to
leave the queens on the board because black couldn't create any serious
threats.} (25. Qf4 $1 Qe5 26. Qxe5 Nxe5 27. Bd3 $1 (27. Bc2 d3) 27... Kf8 28.
exd4 Rxd4 29. Rad1 $16) 25... bxc5 26. Rad1 a5 27. exd4 Nxd4 (27... cxd4 28.
Re1 Kf8 29. f3 $16 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gg1f2,Gg2g4,Gg4g5]}) 28. a3 (28. f3 Kf8 29.
Kf2 Ke7 30. h4 $16) 28... Ng4 29. Be4 (29. Re1 $5 Kf8 $140 30. b4 $1 {[%cal
Ge1e4]} Nf6 31. Kh1 $18) 29... Be6 30. h3 Nf6 31. Bg6 {Black has coordinated
somehow his pieces and white must defend on his weak pawn on b3.} Rb8 32. Rxd4
$1 {The knight on d4 was very strong. Now white gets 4 pawns for a knight and
his position is much better.} cxd4 33. Rxd4 Kf8 34. Bc2 Ke7 35. Kf1 $4 {
[%mdl 8192] Missing a great tactical blow! White should just push his
pawns-black couldn't create any serious threats.} (35. f4 $1 Nd7 36. Rd3 $16 a4
$140 37. b4 Bxc4 38. Re3+ $16) {Now white cannot defend on his pawn b3.} 35...
Nd7 {[%cal Gd7c5]} 36. Re4 (36. Rd3 a4 $1 $19 {[%cal Gd7c5]}) (36. f4 Nc5 37.
f5 Bf7 $17) 36... Nc5 37. Re3 Nxb3 $1 38. Bxb3 (38. Bf5 Nd4 39. Bxe6 Rb1+ 40.
Re1 Rxe1+ 41. Kxe1 Nxe6 $19) (38. Ke1 Nd4 39. Bd3 Rb2 {[%csl Ra3,Rc4][%cal
Gb2a2] with full domination of black.}) (38. Rxb3 Bxc4+ 39. Rd3 Rb2 $19) 38...
Rxb3 39. Rxb3 Bxc4+ 40. Ke1 Bxb3 $19 {The only hope of white is to change all
his pawns for the Pg7, but it is not possible!} 41. Kd2 Bd5 42. g3 Kd6 {
The rest is a matter of an easy technic.} 43. Kd3 (43. f4 Bg2 44. h4 Kd5 $19 {
[%cal Gd5c4,Gd5e4]}) 43... Be6 $1 44. h4 Kd5 {[%cal Ge6f5]} 45. f3 a4 $1 {
It is very important to fix the pawn on a3 for the next sucrifice!} 46. g4 Bf7
47. f4 (47. h5 Be8 $1 48. f4 (48. Kc3 Ke5 $19) (48. Ke3 Kc4 49. f4 Kb3 50. f5 (
50. Kd2 Kxa3 51. Kc1 Bc6 $19 {[%cal Gc6e4,Ge4f3]}) 50... Kxa3 51. Kf4 Kb3 52.
f6 gxf6 53. Kf5 a3 54. h6 a2 55. h7 a1=Q 56. h8=Q Qe5#) 48... Bb5+ 49. Ke3 (49.
Kc3 Be2 50. g5 (50. h6 gxh6 51. g5 h5 $19) 50... Bxh5 51. f5 Bf7 $19) 49... Bd7
50. Kf3 (50. g5 Bf5 $19 {[%cal Gd5c4,Gc4b3]}) (50. f5 Ke5 51. g5 Bxf5 52. h6
gxh6 53. gxh6 Bh7 $19 {[%csl Ra3,Yb1,Yc2,Yd3][%cal Ge5d4,Gd4c3,Gc3b3,Gh7b1]
and white cannot move his king to a1.}) 50... Kd4 51. f5 Ke5 {[%cal Gd7f5]} 52.
Ke3 Bxf5 53. gxf5 Kxf5 $19) 47... Be6 48. f5 Bd7 49. Ke3 Ke5 50. Kf3 Bc6+ 51.
Kg3 (51. Ke3 Be4 52. h5 (52. Kf2 Kf4) 52... Bxf5 $19) 51... Be4 52. h5 Bxf5 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Nc6 $146 {Nowadays chess players are
inspired to avoid the theory in a very early stage of the game. The main idea
of this action is to neutralize a home preparation of the opponent. However,
new moves are frequently not the best ones.} (4... b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7.
Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. b4 Qe8 11. a4 a6 12. Bb2 $14 {0-1 Williams,
S-Gleizerov,E/Port Erin 2001/CBM 84 ext (43)}) (4... Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Bxb4
Qxb4+ 7. Nbd2 b6 8. a3 Qe7 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nc6 12. O-O-O Bb7
13. Qc2 $14 {1-0 Borovikov,V-Moiseenko,A/Alushta 2001/EXT 2002 (56)}) ({
The main line here is:} 4... d5) 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e3 ({White could immediately
exchange Black's bishop:} 6. a3 Bxc3+ (6... Be7 $143 7. d5 $14) 7. Qxc3 $5 $14
{with some advantage.} (7. bxc3 O-O 8. e3 {transposes to the game.})) 6... O-O
7. Bd3 Bxc3+ (7... d6 8. O-O $14) 8. bxc3 {Now white has a strong pawn's
centre. He is planning to complete the development and to seize more space by
advancing his central pawns.} ({Less ambitious would be:} 8. Qxc3 $143 Ne4 9.
Qb3 d6 $11) 8... b6 {Since the idea of d7-d6 followed by e6-e5 is not
realistic, Black chooses another plan of development.} 9. O-O Bb7 (9... Ba6 10.
Nd2 Na5 11. Ba3 d6 12. Bb4 $14) 10. Nd2 {[%cal Gf2f3,Ge3e4] Intending to
advance the central pawns and taking control of the square e4.} Ne7 {Now we
can see a drawback of the fourth move of black. He needs to spend a tempo in
order to play 11...c5.} 11. f3 c5 12. e4 $14 {White has successfuly realized
his idea, so his position is preferable. At the same time, Black has some
counterplay due to some discoordination of White's pieces.} Nh5 {Black
continues his opening strategy.} ({Another possibility here was:} 12... fxe4
13. fxe4 e5 {with a complicated position, where White's chances are a bit
better.}) 13. Nb3 $6 {This allows Black to reach comfortable play.} ({More to
the point was:} 13. exf5 $142 Nxf5 (13... exf5 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. Bg5 Rae8 16.
Rae1 Nf6 17. Qd2 $14) 14. Nb3 cxd4 15. cxd4 (15. g4 $2 Ne3 16. Bxe3 dxe3 17.
gxh5 Bxf3 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Qg6 Qh4 $19) 15... Qf6 16. Qb2 $14) 13... fxe4 {
Black's position is straitened. Therefore he initiates a couple of exchanges
and hopes to free himself from White's pressure.} 14. fxe4 Rxf1+ 15. Bxf1 cxd4
(15... Ng6 16. e5 (16. g3 $5) 16... Qh4 17. Qf2 Qe4 (17... Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Rf8+
19. Kg1 $16) 18. Qe3 Qh4 $1 $11 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Gh5f4,Ga8f8]} (18... Qc2 $2
19. Qd3 Qxd3 20. Bxd3 Nhf4 21. Bf1 $16) (18... Qf5 $2 19. Qg5 Qxg5 20. Bxg5 $16
{[%csl Gf1,Gg5,Rh5]}) 19. dxc5 $140 $2 Rf8 $40) 16. cxd4 {White should be
careful, since his central pawns can be easily attacked.} Ng6 17. g3 {[%csl
Rh5]} ({The immediate play against Black's misplaced knight doesn't promise
much:} 17. e5 Qh4 18. Qf2 Qe7 19. g3 Rf8 20. Qd2 Nh4 21. gxh4 Qxh4 $132) 17...
Qc7 $2 {A careless move that allows White to exploit the bad placement of the
Nh5.} (17... d6 $6 18. Bg2 e5 19. c5 (19. d5 $2 Qc7 $11 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gb7a6,
Ga8c8,Gc8c4,Ga6c4]}) 19... Qc7 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. c6 Qxc6 22. Qxc6 Bxc6 23. Ba3
Rd8 24. Rc1 Be8 25. Rc7 $36) ({Of course, the most natural and probably the
best move was:} 17... e5 $132 {[%cal Gh5f6]}) 18. Bg2 $2 {Missing a great
opportunity of reaching a better advantage!} ({It was the right moment for:} 
18. e5 $142 $1 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gc2e2,Ge2h5]} d6 (18... Qc6 19. Bg2 Qxg2+ 20.
Qxg2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rc8 22. Kf3 $16 {[%cal Gf3g4,Gg3g4]}) 19. Qe2 dxe5 20. Qxh5
Qc6 21. d5 exd5 22. Qf3 d4 23. Qxc6 Bxc6 24. Bg2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rc8 26. Nd2 $16)
18... Rc8 $6 ({More accurate would be:} 18... d5 $1 19. exd5 (19. e5 $2 dxc4
20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qxc4 Qf3 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 $40) 19... exd5 20. c5 Nf6 $11 {
with an equal position.}) 19. c5 bxc5 (19... Nf6 {leads to a somewhat inferior
position after:} 20. Qe2 e5 21. Bb2 exd4 22. Bxd4 $14) ({but interesting was:} 
19... e5 $5) 20. Qxc5 Nf6 {Finally, Black's knight is back in the game!} 21.
Qxc7 {Of course, White should be satisfied with this exchange.} Rxc7 22. Nc5 e5
23. Ba3 {I like that move,since it doesn't leads to simplification.} ({It was
also possible to exchage the bishop:} 23. Nxb7 $5 Rxb7 24. Ba3 Ng4 25. d5 Ne3
26. Rc1 (26. Bf3 $2 Nc2 $19) 26... Nxg2 27. Kxg2 $14 {[%csl Rg6]}) 23... Bc8 ({
Of course,not} 23... exd4 $2 24. Nxb7 Rxb7 25. e5 $18) 24. d5 d6 25. Ne6 (25.
Nb3 $5 {deserves also attention:} Ne8 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 $14 {with a clear
advantage for White.}) 25... Bxe6 26. dxe6 Re7 ({After} 26... Ne8 27. Bf1 Nf8
28. Bb5 Re7 29. Bxe8 Rxe8 30. Bxd6 Nxe6 31. Kf2 $14 {White also keeps some
advantage.}) 27. Bxd6 Rxe6 28. Rd1 $14 {White's advantage is obvious due to
his bishops pair. However, there is not much material on the board, so black
has reasonable chances to draw.} Re8 29. Kf2 {I am in some doubt about this
advancement of White's king.} ({It seems to me that right move was} 29. Rb1 $5
{[%csl Ra7] with the idea to exchange the rooks after 30.Rb8. After that White
could press on the weak pawn a7.}) 29... Nh8 {An original manoevre.} ({The
alternative was:} 29... Rc8 30. Ke2 Rc4 31. Kd3 Rc6 32. Bb8 $14) 30. h3 Nf7 31.
Ba3 ({More accurate seems to be:} 31. Bb4 $5) 31... Re6 (31... Rc8 32. Rc1 Rxc1
33. Bxc1 Nd6 34. Ke3 $14) 32. Ke3 $2 {An additional inaccuracy which allows
Black to equalize immediately.} ({Better was:} 32. Bb4 $142 $5 {Q preventing
Black from activating the rook.}) 32... Ra6 33. Rd3 Ra4 $11 {[%csl Re4] Now
white's pieces are too passive.} 34. Rb3 (34. h4 $2 h5 $15 {[%cal Gf7h6,Gh6g4]}
) 34... Ng5 35. Bb2 ({After} 35. Rb8+ $5 Kf7 36. Rb7+ Kg6 37. Bf8 Ne6 38. Bd6
Rxa2 39. Bf1 Ra4 40. Bd3 Rd4 41. Ba3 Ra4 42. Bd6 Rd4 43. Ba3 Ra4 $11 {the draw
is unavoidable.}) 35... Ngxe4 {Now Black has an extra pawn, but it's not
enough for a win - White's bishops are very strong.} ({Another tackle deserved
attention:} 35... Rxa2 $5 36. h4 Ne6 37. Bh3 Nc5 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. Bxe5 Ra4 40.
Bd4 Ncxe4 41. Rb7+ Kg6 42. Rxa7 Rxa7 43. Bxa7 Nxg3 $15 {but White should
easily hold on.}) 36. Rb8+ Kf7 37. Bxe5 Nd5+ 38. Kf3 (38. Kd3 $142 Nc5+ 39. Ke2
Ke6 40. Bxg7 Rxa2+ 41. Rb2 Ra3 42. Bxd5+ Kxd5 43. Bf8 Rc3 44. Bxc5 Kxc5 45. Rb7
Rxg3 (45... a5 46. Rxh7 Rxg3 47. Rh4 $11) 46. Rxa7 Rxh3 47. Kf2 $11) 38... Ng5+
39. Kf2 (39. Ke2 $5 Rxa2+ 40. Bb2 Nf6 41. Kd3 $11) 39... Rxa2+ 40. Bb2 Nf6 41.
Ke3 Ra6 {Black wants to activate his rook.} 42. Bf1 Re6+ ({Of course,after} 
42... Rb6 43. Rxb6 axb6 44. Bc4+ Ke7 45. Bd4 Nxh3 46. Bxb6 {Black has only a
symbolic advantage.}) 43. Kf4 Kg6 44. Bd3+ Kh6 45. h4 Nd5+ {Surprisingly Black
has some problems with his king, so he is forced to make a draw by perpetual
check.} 46. Kg4 (46. Kf5 $144 Ne3+ 47. Kf4 Nd5+ 48. Kg4 Ne3+ 49. Kf4 Nd5+ 50.
Kf5 g6+ 51. Kg4 Ne3+ 52. Kf4 Ng2+ 53. Kg4 Ne3+) 46... Ne3+ 47. Kf4 Ng2+ 48. Kg4
Ne3+ 49. Kf4 Nd5+ 50. Kg4 Ne3+ 51. Kf4 Nd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER CupT final"]
[Site "Erfurt"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 8]} 1. c4 {Gurevich,M} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 {The main reason
for this move is the fact, that white's knight is already on c3, so white
couldn't change the dark-squared bishops (that exchange is very useful in such
a pawn structure) by b2-b3 and Bc1-a3.} ({There is an additional opportunity:} 
4... Bd6 {which can lead to the same pawn structure after} 5. Nf3 f5) 5. g4 {
That's the point - besides 5.Nf3 or 5.f4 with a long strategical play, white
has this sharp continuation, which black could avoid by 4...Bd6.} Nf6 {That
popular continuation is quite risky, but very principal one: black is trying
to exploit some weakness of the K-side by energetic play.} ({another common
alternative is:} 5... fxg4 {Golod,V} 6. Qxg4 Nf6 7. Qg2 c5 $1 8. dxc5 (8. Nf3
$5 Nc6 9. Bd2 Bd7 (9... a6 $6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rg1 O-O 13. Ng5
Kh8 14. Kb1 Ne5 $2 15. Na4 Ba7 16. Bb4 $18 Rg8 17. Qg3 {1-0 Seirawan,
Y-Yermolinsky,A/USA 1994}) (9... cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. O-O-O Na5 12. Re1 $44)
10. O-O-O Qe7 (10... Rc8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 (11... Qa5 $5) 12. Rg1 g6 13. Ng5 $36)
11. Ne5 cxd4 (11... O-O-O $142 $14) 12. exd4 O-O-O (12... Nxd4 $2 13. Bg5 Nc6
14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. cxd5 $16) 13. Bf4 $16 {0-1 Dautov,R-Krasenkow,
M/Julian Borowski-A 2002 [Dautov]}) 8... Qa5 $5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11.
Rc1 Nc6 12. Ne4 $1 Qe7 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qxd5 Be6 $5 $44 {- see commented
game 1/2-1/2 Golod,V-Kaspi,A/Ramat Aviv/Modiin 2000/CBM 81/[Golod,V] (54)}) 6.
gxf5 Bb4 $6 {'!?' Gurevich,M. A very ambitious, but not correct decision. The
point is that white shouldn't try to keep an extra pawn - black may get a
strong attack due to his development advantage and good prospects over the
''f'' file. White has just to continue his development and exploit the
vulnerablity of the Bb4.} (6... exf5 {is main and quite strongest move.} 7.
cxd5 $6 {From all moves, 7.Qb3 looks the strongest for white;} ({New fashion
is:} 7. Qb3 $5 dxc4 (7... Qb6 $2 8. cxd5 Qxb3 9. axb3 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11.
Bg2 Nc6 12. Ne2 Nb4 (12... Bd6 {Gurevich,M} 13. Nc3 Nb4 14. O-O Be6 15. Nb5 Kd7
16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Rfc1 Rhc8 18. Nxd6 Kxd6 19. Bf1 a6 20. Kg2 Bd7 21. h4 Ke6 22.
Kg3 $14 {1-0 Yakovich,Y-Bellon Lopez,J/Stockholm 2001/CBM 85 (56)}) 13. O-O $16
{[%csl Rd5,Rf5]} Be6 14. Nf4 Kf7 15. Bd2 g5 16. Nxe6 Kxe6 17. Ra5 {[%csl Rd5]
1-0 Yakovich,Y-Alibaev,A/Dubai UAE 2001/The Week in Chess 338 (17) Black loses
one of it's pawns;}) (7... Ne4 {Tyomkin,D} 8. cxd5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qxd5 10. Qxd5
cxd5 11. Bg2 Be6 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. c4 Na6 14. cxd5 Bf7 15. Rb1 O-O 16. Rxb7 Nb4
17. Nc3 $18 {1-0 Gretarsson,H-Ragnarsson,J/Reykjavik ISL 2000/The Week in
Chess (35)}) 8. Bxc4 Qe7 (8... Bd6 $5 {[%cal Gd8e7] Tyomkin,D}) 9. Nf3 b5 10.
Be2 Be6 11. Qc2 g6 12. Ng5 Bg8 13. Bf3 h6 14. Nh3 g5 15. Nxb5 $16 {0-1 Ward,
C-Krush,I/Oakham 2000/CBM 75 ext (30)}) (7. Nf3 Bd6 (7... Be6 $5 8. Qb3 Qb6 9.
c5 Qc7 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. Qc2 g6 13. b4 Nd7 14. Bd2 Ndf6 15. Ng3 Nxg3
16. hxg3 Ne4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Moiseenko,A-Kharlov,A/Moscow 2002/CBM 88 (38)}) 8.
Qb3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. h4 (11. Bd2 $2 $17 {1-0 Nadanian,
A-Lputian,S/Yerevan 1999/CBM 74/[Tsesarsky] (38)}) 11... b5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Nf3
Be6 14. Qc2 b4 15. Nb1 Bd5 16. Nbd2 $132) 7... Nxd5 $1 {[%cal Gc8e6,Yb8a6,
Ya6c7]} (7... cxd5 $143 8. Nh3 Bd6 9. Qf3 Nc6 10. Bb5 (10. Nf4 Nb4 11. Bb5+ Bd7
12. O-O Bxb5 13. Nxb5 Qd7 $11) 10... Be6 11. Rg1 O-O 12. Ng5 Qd7 13. Qg2 Rae8
14. Bd2 $132 {1-0 Portisch,L-Koberl,F/HUN-ch 1963 (43)}) 8. Nge2 Be6 9. Bg2
$146 (9. Rg1 g6 10. Bg2 Na6 11. Bd2 Nac7 $11 {0-1 Dorfman,I-Popchev,M/
Capablanca Mem-A 1988 (32)}) 9... Na6 10. O-O Nac7 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 {[%csl Rg1]
[%cal Gf8d6,Yd8h4]} (11... Bxd5 $143 12. f3 {[%cal Ge3e4]}) 12. f3 Bd6 $1 {
[%csl Rg1][%cal Gd8h4]} 13. e4 Qh4 14. Ng3 (14. e5 Bc7 $17 {[%csl Gd5,Ye6]
[%cal Ge8c8,Yg7g5,Yg5g4]}) 14... Nf4 15. d5 (15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. d5 O-O-O 17. Qc2
Bd7 18. Qf2 Kb8 $17) 15... cxd5 16. exf5 Bf7 17. Re1+ Kf8 $17 {0-1 Volkov,
S-Malakhov,V/Elista 2001/CBM 83/[Tyomkin,D] (36)}) 7. Bd2 {Mikhail Gurevich is
a very experienced and strong player and he chooses the best way of
development. Actually, black just cannot take on c3 now - his dark squares
will be too weak.} (7. fxe6 $6 O-O 8. Qb3 (8. Nh3 {[%cal Gh3f4] looks playable,
but black has good attacking prospects anyway.}) 8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Ne4 {
promises black a strong initiative.}) ({deserves attention also} 7. Bd3 $5 O-O
8. Nge2 exf5 9. Qb3 Ba5 10. Nf4 $14) 7... O-O 8. Nge2 $146 {'!' Gurevich,M.
The point of this move is that white's bishop can also be placed well on g2,
putting pressure on black's pawn d5. On the other hand, e2 is quite the best
place for the Ng1, so that move is probably preferable compared to 8.Bd3,
which was played before. Gurevich,M: '/\ 9.Bg2,10.Nf4; x Pd5'} (8. Bd3 exf5 9.
Nge2 Bxc3 (9... dxc4 $5 10. Bxc4+ Kh8 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Qxf5 $140 $2 Nb6 13. Qd3
(13. Be6 Nfd5 14. Qh3 Qf6 $17) 13... Ng4 $40) 10. Bxc3 Be6 11. Nf4 Qd7 12. Qf3
Ne4 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qg3 Na6 15. O-O-O Nc7 16. Rdg1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Harikrishna,
P-Vioreanu,B/Goa 2002/CBM 91 ext (78)} Bf5 {Gurevich,M} 17. Kb1 Rf7 18. Nh5 Bg6
$132 {1/2-1/2 Harikrishna,P-Vioreanu,B/Goa 2002/CBM ext 91 (78)}) 8... e5 $5 {
'?!' Gurevich,M. An interesting idea of exploiting some development advantage.}
({another option was:} 8... exf5 9. Qb3 (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 b6
$14) 9... Bxc3 (9... a5 {Gurevich,M} 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg2 (11. Nxd5 $5) 11...
Be6 12. Nxd5 $14) 10. Nxc3 b6 $1 $14 {[%cal Gc8e6] and black has a worse but
defensible position.}) (8... dxc4 $5 {Gurevich,M} 9. Nf4 Nd5 (9... b5 10. Nxe6
Bxe6 11. fxe6 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 $132) 10. Nxe6 Bxe6 11. fxe6 Qf6 $132) 9. Qb3
$1 {The time is much more important than the pawn!} (9. dxe5 $143 Ng4 10. Ng3
Nxe5 (10... Bxf5 11. Nxf5 Nxf2 12. Kxf2 Rxf5+ 13. Ke2 Qh4 (13... Nd7 14. cxd5
Qh4 15. Be1 $18) 14. Kd3 $18 {[%cal Gd3c2]}) 11. cxd5 (11. a3 Ba5) 11... Bxf5
$44) 9... Bxc3 $4 {The decisive mistake! That allows white to complete the
development and save extra material.} ({Black had to play:} 9... exd4 $142 $1
10. Nxd4 (10. exd4 $5 {doesnt look good, but maybe white has chances for an
advantage after:} Bxc3 11. Nxc3) 10... c5 $1 11. Ne6 (11. Nc2 {looks passiv,
but maybe it gives some chances for an advantage. For example:} Bxc3 (11... d4
$5 {deserves attention also} 12. exd4 Qe7+ 13. Be2 Nc6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 {and
black has a very active piece play.}) 12. Bxc3 Bxf5 13. O-O-O Qb6 $1 14. Rg1 $1
$14 {In my opinion, white's chances are slighty better in this complicated
position.} ({after} 14. Qxb6 $6 axb6 15. cxd5 Ne4 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Ga8a2]
black has an excellent play})) 11... Bxe6 12. fxe6 d4 13. exd4 Nc6 $1 (13...
Qxd4 $2 14. Be3 (14. O-O-O $5 Qxf2 (14... Nc6 15. Be3 Qe5 16. Nd5 $16) 15. Nd5
Bxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Qe1+ 17. Rd1 Qxe6 18. Bg2 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gh1e1,Gd5c7,
Gb3b7]}) 14... Qe4 15. Rg1 Qxe6 16. O-O-O $16 {[%cal Gc3d5]}) 14. d5 Nd4 15.
Qd1 {'+/-' Gurevich,M.} Nxd5 $1 16. Bg2 ({after} 16. cxd5 $6 Qh4 $1 17. Be3 Qe4
18. Qd3 Qxd5 $1 ({not} 18... Qxh1 $2 19. O-O-O {and white's pawns will decide
the game.}) 19. e7 Rf7 {black's initiative is too dangerous.}) 16... Nf4 17.
Bxf4 Rxf4 18. O-O Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nxe6 $14 {with an acceptable position.}) 10.
Bxc3 {'+/-' Gurevich,M.} Ne4 {Black is looking for some complications,but his
pieces are too far away.} (10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne4 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bg2 $18) (
{doesn't help too:} 10... e4 {'>=' Gurevich,M.} 11. Nf4 (11. Ng3 {Gurevich,M}
Kh8 12. Be2 a5 $16) 11... b6 12. Bh3 $18 {and white has a material and
positional advantage.}) 11. cxd5 cxd5 (11... Qh4 12. dxc6+ Rf7 (12... Kh8 13.
cxb7 $18) 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Qe4 15. O-O-O Qxe3+ 16. Kb1 Bxf5+ 17. Ka1 $18 {
[%cal Gf1c4]}) 12. Bg2 $18 {This game is a rare example of an ''opening
disaster'' on such a high level.} Bxf5 {Desperation! White is developed well,
so he can take the sacrificed material.} ({black's position would also
completely hopeless after:} 12... Rf7 13. dxe5 Bxf5 14. Ng3 $18) 13. Qxb7 Nc6 (
13... Qd7 14. Qxd7 Nxd7 15. dxe5 Ndc5 16. O-O $18) 14. Qxc6 Rc8 15. Qb5 {
The rest is just an agony - black is unable to create any threats.} exd4 (15...
Nxf2 16. Qxd5+ $18) 16. Nxd4 Rc5 17. Qe2 Qh4 18. Nxf5 Rxf5 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20.
Rg1 Rf7 21. Rd1 {[%mdl 1024]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Nc3 {This system gains some popularity nowadays. White delivers the knight
to e2, there it has more perspectives than on d2. However, in my opinion, this
plan is too slow and allows black to equalize by accurate play.} ({The main
line here is:} 9. Qc1 {[%cal Gb2a3] intending to swap the dark-squared bishops.
}) 9... Ne4 10. Ne2 Nd7 {Completing development and taking control of the
''e5'' square.} ({Deserves attention also:} 10... Rf6 $5 {[%cal Gf6h6]
transfering the rooks to the king-side} 11. Ne5 Rh6 12. f4 Nd7 13. Bxe4 fxe4
14. Qe1 Nf6 15. Qg3 Bd7 16. h3 Rf8 $132 {0-1 Shariyazdanov,A-Galkin,A/Sochi
2004/EXT 2005 (39)}) 11. Rc1 $146 {White is not hurrying with the Nf3-e5
manoevre which usually leads to some simplifications. However, white's last
move may be useful only in case of opening the ''c'' file, so black can
comfortably complete his development.} ({Black has successfully solved his
opening problems after:} 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bc7 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Rac1 Rfc8
15. f3 Bb6 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. Be2 a5 18. Rfd1 Na6 19. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,
V-Grischuk,A/New Delhi/Teheran 2000/CBM 080}) 11... a5 {A typical idea - black
prevents white from seizing a lot of queen-side space by c4-c5, followed by
b3-b4. As well, after 11.Rc1 black may try to seize the ''a'' file after
advancing the Pa5.} ({There was nothing wrong also with immediate} 11... b6 $5)
12. Qc2 b6 13. Ne5 {It's very difficult to make progress without that move.} ({
White achieves nothing after} 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Ne5 Bb7 $11 {[%cal Ga8c8]})
13... Bb7 {This natural move wasn't necessary - the Bb7 sometimes may become
passive.} ({I would prefer:} 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bc5 15. Nd4 Bd7 $11 {and like
in Tkachiev-Grischuk, white cannot really profit from controlling the ''d4''
square.}) 14. Nf4 ({After} 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. f3 Nf6 16. c5 bxc5 17. dxc5 Bc7
$132 {[%cal Ge6e5,Gb7a6] black's position would be solid enough.}) 14... Rac8 (
{Now after} 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bc5 16. Bd4 $14 {white's position would be
preferable.}) 15. f3 Ng5 {This retreat is quite logical - the knight may be
delivered to f7, there it will control the central ''e5'' square.} ({Possible
was also:} 15... Nef6 16. Qf2 c5 {and black is close to equality.}) 16. Kh1 ({
An attempt to take control of the dark squares fails to:} 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. c5
$6 bxc5 18. dxc5 Bc7 19. Nh5 e5 20. f4 Ne4 21. fxe5 Qe7 $15) 16... Nxe5 17.
dxe5 Bb8 {This retreat looks passive, but it's important to keep the Pe5 under
control.} (17... Bc5 18. Bd4 Ba3 19. Rcd1 Nf7 20. Qf2 $14) 18. Ne2 {Making the
f3-f4 advancement possible.} ({Nothing promised:} 18. c5 Nf7 19. cxb6 Nxe5 20.
Qc3 Bd6 $132 {and black is at least not worse.}) ({An interesting alternative
was:} 18. Bd4 $5 Nf7 ({after} 18... c5 19. Bb2 $14 {[%csl Rd5] white's
pressure becomes significant}) 19. cxd5 Nxe5 (19... cxd5 20. Qb2 $14 Rxc1 $140
21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rg1 $1 $36 {[%cal Gg2g4]}) 20. dxe6 $1 {That tackle is
probably the best choice-it's important to keep the dark-squared bishop on the
board.} ({after} 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. dxe6 (21. Nxe6 $4 cxd5 $19 {[%csl Rc2,Re6]})
21... g6 22. Rfd1 Rcd8 $44 {it looks like black has a comfortable compensation
for the pawn.}) 20... Nxd3 21. Qxd3 c5 22. Bb2 Rcd8 23. Qc3 $14 {and white's
chances are slighty better.}) 18... Nf7 19. f4 c5 {Exploiting some weaknesses
of the long diagonal.} ({I can also recommend another redaction of the same
idea:} 19... Nh6 $5 20. h3 c5) 20. cxd5 ({Pointless is:} 20. Nc3 $6 Nh6 21.
cxd5 exd5 {and black has consolidated, while white's pieces are not really
coordinated.}) 20... Bxd5 ({A tactical attempt to activate the pieces fails to:
} 20... Nh6 $2 21. d6 $1 Qh4 {[%cal Gh6g4]} 22. Ng1 $1 Ng4 23. Nf3 Bxf3 24.
gxf3 Nxe3 25. Qf2 Qxf4 26. Rg1 $16 {[%csl Rb8] and white gets a winning
position from strategical point of view.}) 21. Ng3 ({After} 21. Nc3 Bb7 22. e4
Nh6 $132 {the Nc3 is too far away from the king-side.}) 21... Nh6 22. e4 {
That advancement is more or less necessary, since the pressure of Bd5 is very
unpleasant.} Bb7 $6 {A strange decision - there was no reason for such a
passive strategy!} ({After the most natural} 22... fxe4 23. Nxe4 ({Inaccurate
would be:} 23. Bxe4 $6 Qh4 $1 24. Bxd5 exd5 $36 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gh6g4,Gf8f4]})
23... Nf5 ({good enough is also:} 23... Qh4 $5 24. Qf2 Qxf2 25. Rxf2 Rcd8) 24.
Qe2 Rcd8 $11 {/=/+ black's position would be by no means not worse.}) 23. Qe2 (
{An unclear position could arise after} 23. exf5 Qh4 {[%cal Gh6g4]} (23... Ng4
$2 24. f6 gxf6 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Rce1 $16) 24. Be2 (24. Rfe1 Ng4 25. Nf1 Nf2+
26. Kg1 Nxd3 27. Qxd3 Qxf4 $36) 24... exf5 $13) 23... Ng4 {This move is not
that bad, but it was connected with a wrong idea!} ({After} 23... Rcd8 24. Bc4
Kh8 25. exf5 Nxf5 26. Nxf5 Rxf5 27. Bd3 Rff8 28. Rcd1 $14 {white's position is
slighty better due to his preferable pawn structure.}) ({But deserved
attention also:} 23... Kh8 $5) 24. Rf3 Qh4 {Black's pieces are quite active,
but they cannot create real threats.} ({Maybe more accurate would be:} 24...
Rcd8 25. h3 Nh6 $14 (25... Qh4 26. Rcf1 $14)) 25. h3 g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A
terrible move which leads to an immediate disaster. Aleksei has probably
overlooked white's simple aswer.} ({At the same time, after} 25... Rcd8 26. Kg1
(26. Bc3 Nh6) 26... Nh6 27. Rcf1 Kh8 28. Bc3 $14 {white's position would be
only slighty better.}) 26. Bc4 $1 {Now the Pe6 falls, so the Kg8 becomes
extremely weak.} fxe4 ({Hopeless was also:} 26... Rce8 27. Nxf5 Rxf5 28. exf5
$18) 27. Bxe6+ Kg7 ({Or} 27... Kh8 28. Bxc8 Bxc8 29. e6+ Kg8 30. e7 $18 {
[%cal Ge2c4]}) 28. Nxe4 $18 {The most simple.} Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Nf2+ 30. Rxf2 Qxf2
31. Bxc8 Qxb2 32. Rd1 {White has a material advantage, while the Kg7 is going
to be mated very soon. However, in rapid chess the resignation usually comes
late!} Rf7 (32... Rxc8 33. Rd7+ Kf8 34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Qxh7#) 33.
Be6 Rxf4 {Now black is losing his bishop, but there was no choice.} 34. Qb7+
Kh6 35. Qxb8 ({More effect would be:} 35. Bf5 $1 {[%cal Cf4f5,Gb7h7]} Rxf5 36.
Qc6+ Kh5 (36... Kg7 37. Rd7+ Rf7 38. Qf6+ $18) 37. g4+ Kh4 38. Rg1 $1 {[%cal
Gc6h6] with an unavoidable mate.}) 35... Qe2 36. Qd6 {There is no perpetual
check! The rest is just an agony.} Rf1+ 37. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kg1
Qc1+ 40. Kf2 Qf4+ 41. Ke2 Qe4+ 42. Kf2 Qf4+ 43. Ke2 Qe4+ 44. Kd2 Qxg2+ 45. Kc1
Kh5 46. Qd1+ Kh6 47. Bg4 Qxa2 48. Qd6+ Kg7 49. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 76th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2005.02.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Solonar, Stefan"]
[Black "Scherer, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2005.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O f5 5. c4 Nf6 6. d4 Bd6 {A very original
way of development. Usually black puts his dark-squared bishop on d6 only
after advancing his ''d'' pawn.} ({The normal alternatives are:} 6... Be7) (
6... g6) 7. Nc3 {A natural developing move. It seems like white may easily
seize a lot of space by advancing d4-d5,since black is not prepared well for
that.} ({Good enough are also:} 7. a3 O-O 8. b4 a5 9. b5 Qe8 10. e3 Be7 11. Nc3
Ne4 12. Ne2 d5 13. Nf4 Bd6 14. cxd5 Bxf4 15. exf4 Bxd5 16. a4 $14 {1-0 Sergeev,
V-Chernyshov,K/Czechia 2001/EXT 2003 (107)}) ({and} 7. d5 O-O 8. Nd4 Be5 9. Nc3
Na6 10. dxe6 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Bxd4 12. e7 Qxe7 13. Qxd4 Qc5 14. Be3 Qxd4 15. Bxd4
Ne4 16. Rfd1 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Nc5 18. b4 Ne4 19. Be1 d6 20. a4 $14 {1-0 Krivoshey,
S-Jamrich,G/Balatonlelle HUN 2004/The Week in Chess 509 (58)}) 7... O-O 8. b3 {
That move is not bad at all,but it looks like white should play more
energetically in order to reach a serious advantage.} ({The following
alternatives:} 8. Bg5 $5) ({and} 8. d5 $5 {are more ambitious.}) 8... Nc6 $6
$146 {I don't like that unnatural move-transfering the knight to e7 is not the
best plan in such a positions,since there it has no good perspectives.} ({
More to the point was:} 8... Ne4 $142 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Ne5 $6 Bxg2 11. Kxg2
Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nc6 13. f4 Rf7 14. Ba3 Qb8 15. e3 a6 16. Qe2 Qb7 17. Kf2 b5 $15 {
0-1 Funke,D-Bunzmann,D/Boeblingen 1998/EXT 2001 (60)}) 9. Bb2 {White has
completed a comfortable development.} ({Deserved attention also:} 9. Nb5 $5 Ne4
(9... Be7 $6 10. Bf4 $36) 10. Nd2 (10. Nxd6 cxd6 11. Bb2 $14) 10... Nxd2 11.
Bxd2 $14) 9... Ne7 10. Qc2 {That move allows black to regroup his pieces and
take control of e4.} ({White could cause more problems by agressive:} 10. Nb5
$1 Ne4 11. Ng5 $36 {/+/-}) 10... Bb4 $1 {An important manoevre. Now black has
a bit worse but very solid position.} 11. Nd1 {An interesting idea. White
avoids an exchane of his knight,as it more useful in the fight for a central
squares than black's dark-squared bishop.} (11. Rfd1 $5) 11... Be4 (11... Ng6
12. a3 Be7 13. Nc3 Ne4 14. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nc5 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Rad1 $14
{[%csl Rb7,Rd7]}) 12. Qc1 c6 {A good profilactic move-now the Bb4 cannot be
trapped. At the same time,now black couldn't avoid an exchange of his Be4,as
there is no more way of retreat.} 13. a3 ({An attempt to exploit some
vulnerablity of Bb4 fails to:} 13. c5 bxc5 14. dxc5 Ned5 15. a3 Ba5 16. b4 Bc7
$132 {and black has a comfortable position.}) 13... Bd6 14. Nc3 Bc7 15. Rd1 {
A useless move,since i can hardly see any case,there the ''d'' file may be
opened.} ({Better was the natural:} 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 (15... fxe4 $2 16. Ng5 $18 {
[%csl Re4]}) 16. Ne5 d6 17. Nd3 Qd7 18. f3 Nf6 19. e4 $14) 15... Rc8 (15... h6
16. Bf1 $1 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gf3d2]} Bxf3 $140 17. exf3 $14) 16. e3 $6 {After
that careless move white couldn't avoid an exchange at e4,since an idea of
Bg2-f1 is not relevant anymore.} (16. Nxe4 $142 Nxe4 17. Ne5 $14) 16... h6 $1 {
An important profilactic move which allows black to take at e4 with the Pf5.}
17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Nd2 (18. Ne5 Qe8 (18... d6 $2 19. Bh3 $16) 19. c5 Qh5 $15 {
[%csl Rb2,Rg2]}) 18... d5 {Black has successfully solved his problems. Now
white's bishops are not powerful,while black may start some active operations
on the king-side.} 19. f4 $2 {White is trying to activate his bishops,but that
weakening the pawns chain around the Kg1 and gives black an excellent
attacking prospects.} ({There was a good time for regrouping the pieces:} 19.
Rf1 $142 Nf5 20. Qd1 $11 {[%cal Gd1e2,Ga1c1] the arising position looks
approximately equal.}) 19... exf3 20. Bxf3 Nf5 $36 {[%csl Re3,Rg3] Now the
drawback of 15.Rf1-d1 is obvious.} 21. e4 $2 {That optimistic move makes
white's position critical.} ({Necessary was:} 21. Qc3 Nd7 $1 {[%cal Gd8g5]
freeing a way for Qd8.} 22. e4 $140 (22. Bg2 Qg5 23. e4 (23. Re1 Nxg3 $40)
23... Ne3 24. Re1 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 Qg4 $36) (22. Kh1 Qg5 23. e4 Nxd4 24. exd5 Be5
$36) 22... Nxd4 $1 23. Qxd4 Be5 24. Qxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Qg5 26. Bd4 e5 (26...
dxc4 $5 {[%cal Gc8d8]}) 27. Bf2 d4 $17) 21... dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxg3
$6 ({Another sacrifice was even stronger:} 23... Nxg3 $142 $1 24. hxg3 Bxg3 {
[%cal Gd8h4]} 25. Rf1 $8 Bf4 $1 26. Rxf4 (26. Qc2 Qg5+ 27. Bg2 Be3+ 28. Kh2
Qh4+ 29. Bh3 Bf4+ 30. Rxf4 Rxf4 $19) (26. Qc3 Qh4 27. Rxf4 Rxf4 $19) 26... Qg5+
27. Bg2 Rxf4 $19 {[%cal Gc8f8] with a decisive attack.}) 24. hxg3 Nxg3 25. Qe3
$2 {That leads to an immediate loss.} ({The only defence was:} 25. Re1 $142 $1
Qh4 26. Qc2 Rf4 27. Bg2 Rcf8 28. Rad1 Rg4 $1 {[%cal Gg3h5,Gh5f4]} (28... R8f5
$143 $6 29. Re5 $1 Rf2 30. Qxf2 Rxf2 31. Kxf2 Ne4+ 32. Kg1 Qf2+ 33. Kh2 $11)
29. Rd3 Nh5 30. Rxe6 $1 Nf4 (30... Rxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Nf4 32. Qg3 Qxg3+ 33. Rxg3
Nxe6 34. d5 cxd5 35. cxd5 Ng5 36. Rc3 $15) 31. Re4 Rxg2+ 32. Qxg2 Nxg2 33. Rxh4
Nxh4 34. d5 $15 {with a good drawish chances.}) 25... Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Qg5+ 27.
Kh1 Rf6 $1 $19 {White is completely helpless and cannot avoid a loss of
material.} ({Less convincing would be:} 27... Rf2 $143 28. Qxe6+ Kh7 29. Qh3
Rxb2 30. Rg1 Qf4 31. Rae1 $17) 28. Rd3 Rcf8 ({After} 28... Rcf8 29. Qg2 (29.
Qe3 Qh4+ 30. Qh3 Qe4+ 31. Kh2 (31. Kg1 Rg6+ $19) 31... Qe2+ $19) 29... Qxg2+
30. Kxg2 Rf2+ 31. Kg3 Rxb2 32. Re1 Rf6 $19 {the rook's endgame is completely
hopeless for white.}) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 {Ramirez} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 {The main reason of this
tricky move order is to force white to put his knight on f3, as after the
immediate 4...d5 black has also to deal with 5.f4!?.} 5. Qc2 {That move is
connected with an agressive plan of development: white is going to put his
knight on e2, with following f2-f3 and e3-e4, seizing a lot of space.} (5. e4
dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bb4+ {--> transposes to D31.}) (5. Bd2 {Ramirez: was tried in the
game Kasimdzhanov-Tregubov, and is designed against f5. Of course, black might
then be happy with Nf6, transposing to a normal semi-slav where Bd2 is not
always usefull.} f5 $6 6. g4 $1 fxg4 7. Qxg4 $16 {Kasimdzhanov, R - Tregubov,
P New Delhi (FIDE KO) 2000 1-0 (30)}) 5... f5 {Ramirez: 'The delayed stone
wall, which started out as a semi-slav. This system is rather logical in this
variation, since whites dark squared bishop can not challenge the e5 square
directly. Specially now that g4 has been ruled out.'} 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Nge2 ({
Another set-up is connected with f2-f4 also here:} 7. f4 O-O 8. Nf3 Ne4 9. O-O
Nd7 (9... b6 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 Qe7 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. b4 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 axb4 15.
axb4 Nd7 16. c5 Bc7 17. Ra1 Rfb8 18. Rfb1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Epishin,V-Piankov,E/
Creon 2003/CBM 95 ext (47)}) 10. c5 Bc7 11. Bd2 {Ramirez: 'Was tried in the
game Georgiev, K - Sveshnikov, E Presidents Cup 1998, where Georgiev won.
Despite that, I fail to see where whites advantage lies after'} Nxd2 {'?!'
Ramirez. Ramirez: 'Was played in the before mentioned game. Yet this exchange
strikes me as very illogical, since blacks knight seemed much nicer the whites
dark squared bishop.'} (11... b6 $1 {Ramirez} 12. b4 a5 (12... Nxd2 $2 {
Tsesarsky} 13. Qxd2 $14) (12... bxc5 13. bxc5 Qe8 14. Qa4 Ndf6 {+/=/~~}) 13.
cxb6 (13. b5 bxc5 14. bxc6 Ndf6 $132) 13... Bxb6 14. a3 Ba6 $13) 12. Qxd2 Nf6
13. b4 Bd7 14. Ne5 $14 {1-0 Georgiev,K-Sveshnikov,E/Elista 1998/CBM 65/
[Tsesarsky] (38)}) ({Nothing promises:} 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nb5 Nc6 9. Nxd6+ Qxd6
10. Bd2 Bd7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Rfc8 13. Qb3 Ne4 14. Be1 Rc7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Cvitan,O-Porper,E/Biel SUI 2004/The Week in Chess 508 (72)}) 7... O-O 8. f3 {
White is not hurrying with a kside castle and leaves an opportunity of qside
castle.} Nbd7 {That is the most natural way of development. However, it has a
clear drawback: black's counterplay will probably connected with an exchange
on c4 and b7-b5 or e6-e5. In that case the Pe6 will be vulnerable.} ({The
alternatives are:} 8... Na6 9. a3 dxc4 (9... Nc7 10. O-O b6 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. b4
(12. e4 $5) 12... Kh8 13. c5 Be7 14. a4 bxc5 15. bxc5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Alexandrova,
O-Kononenko,T/Antalya 2002/EXT 2003 (26)}) 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bb3 Kh8 12. O-O Rb8
13. Bd2 c5 14. Be1 c4 15. Ba2 b4 16. axb4 Nxb4 $132 {1-0 Ibragimov,I-Firman,N/
Oak Brook 2003/CBM 94 ext (45)}) (8... Kh8 9. Bd2 Qe7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nb5 Nc6
12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Qc5 Qb8 15. O-O Rc8 $11 {0-1 Rustemov,
A-Sveshnikov,E/Vilnius 1997/EXT 98 (21)}) 9. Bd2 dxc4 {Ramirez: 'Black feels
he must take actions before whites position becomes too comfortable'} ({
Deserves attention also a preparation of that plan:} 9... Qe7 $5 10. cxd5 (10.
O-O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Kh8 $132 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) (10. O-O Kh8 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. a3
Nxc3 13. Nxc3 e5 14. Rae1 exd4 15. exd4 Qh4 16. f4 Qf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Schlosser,
P-Shumiakina,T/Pardubice 1999/EXT 2000 (20)}) 10... Nxd5 11. a3 N7f6 12. h3 e5
13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. e4 fxe4 15. fxe4 Nb6 16. O-O-O Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bykhovsky,
A-Vekshenkov,N/Pavlodar 1991/EXT 97 (34)}) (9... a6 10. c5 Bc7 11. O-O-O (11.
b4 $5) 11... b6 12. cxb6 Nxb6 13. e4 fxe4 14. fxe4 e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. h3 Be6
17. exd5 cxd5 18. Be3 Qc7 $132 {0-1 Ibragimov,I-Iljushin,A/Azov 1996/CBM 56
ext (42)}) (9... c5 $1 {Ramirez} 10. cxd5 (10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 (11. exd4 $2
dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Qc7+ $17) 11... Ne5 $13) (10. O-O-O $6 cxd4 11.
exd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 $15 {And whites king feels uncomfortable, despite all
his surrounding pieces.}) 10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bxf5 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qh5 $44
{Leads toa very messy game, where I think black should have at least enough
for his pawn.} 14. Bg4 (14. e4 $6 Nb6 $1 $15) 14... Qe8 15. O-O cxd4 16. Nxd4
Ne5 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 $44 {|^}) 10. Bxc4 Nb6 {That move is practically forced, as
Pe6 and Pf5 were hanging.} 11. Bb3 Kh8 {Ramirez: 'Of course, it is
uncomfortable to have the king in the same diagonal as whites bishop. Black is
also preparing to play e5. In my view, this position should be equal.'} 12. a3
{That profilactic move wasn't necessary at all.} ({In my opinion, white should
play more energetically in order to prove, that he has some development
advantage:} 12. O-O-O a5 13. a3 Qe7 14. Ng3 Nbd5 15. e4 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 fxe4 17.
Nxe4 Bf4+ 18. Bd2 e5 19. Qc5 Qxc5+ 20. Nxc5 $14 {1-0 Kosyrev,V-Konotop,S/
Moscow 1999/EXT 2001 (32)}) 12... e5 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. h3 {'!' Ramirez. That
natural plan is a bit slowly and allows black to consolidate his position. 
Ramirez: 'White needs to get a plan going, since his f3-e4 was completely
spoiled. Now he looks forward to make use of blacks f5 pawn, using it to speed
up a king side attack via g4.'} (14. Ng3 exd4 15. exd4 Nfd5 $11) (14. dxe5 Bxe5
15. Ng3 Nfd5 (15... g6 $6 16. e4 fxe4 17. Ncxe4 Be6 18. Rhe1 Bxb3 19. Qxb3 $14)
16. e4 Bxc3 $1 (16... fxe4 17. Ncxe4 Be6 18. Rhe1 $14) 17. Bxc3 Nxc3 (17... Ne3
$6 18. Qd2 Nxd1 19. Rxd1 $36) 18. Qxc3 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Be6 $11) 14... Bd7 (14...
e4 $5 {There was an opportunity of closing the centre:} 15. fxe4 (15. Rhf1 exf3
16. Rxf3 Bd7 17. Ng3 g6 $132) 15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Nc3 Bf5 18. g4 Bg6
19. h4 h6 20. g5 h5 $11 {and white can hardly use the weakness of Pe4.}) 15.
Kb1 {A necessary profilactic move before some active operations.  Ramirez:
'Some prophylaxis is never bad!'} (15. g4 $5 Nfd5 16. e4 fxe4 17. fxe4 (17.
Nxe4 exd4 18. Nxd4 (18. Nxd6 $2 Qxe2 $17) 18... Bf4 $11) 17... Nxc3 18. Bxc3
$132) 15... a5 $6 {An inaccuracy, which allows white to grab the initiative.
Black wants to seize some space on the qside, but it was better to prevent
white's next move.  Ramirez: 'This pawn feels rather lonely in any attack
black might make, still the c5 break looked more logical:'} (15... e4 $142 16.
fxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 $11) (15... Rac8 {Ramirez} 16. g4 c5 17. dxc5 (17. d5
$2 c4 $17) (17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. gxf5 c4 19. Ba2 Be8 $44 (19... Nbd5 $5 $44))
17... Rxc5 18. gxf5 e4 $1 $13) (15... c5 {Ramirez} 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. g4 Bc6 18.
Rdf1 Nfd5 $13) 16. g4 Nfd5 {'?!' Ramirez.} (16... e4 {'<=>' Ramirez. Ramirez:
'Trying to close the center, seems illogical sine white is attacking on the
kingside. Yet black does gain firm control over d5, and over all the white
central squares.'} 17. fxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Nc3 Rae8 20. Rhf1 $14 {
[%csl Re4]}) 17. e4 {'!' Ramirez. Ramirez: 'Now white got both g4 and e4 in!
His position is rapidly gaining lots of activity.'} Nxc3+ {'?' Ramirez.
Ramirez: 'The wrong move order!'} (17... fxe4 18. Nxe4 (18. Qxe4 $2 {Ramirez
Would now be met with the inmediate} Be8 $17 {where} 19. dxe5 Bg6 20. exd6 Qxd6
{is pointless}) (18. fxe4 {Ramirez} Nxc3+ 19. Bxc3 a4 20. Ba2 Be6 $11 {And
black isn't yet inferior.}) 18... exd4 19. Nxd4 Bf4 20. Rhe1 $14) 18. Bxc3 $14
{Now it's clear, that 15...a5 was a loss of time, as white's pieces put an
unpleasant pressure on black's centre now.  Ramirez: 'Blacks f5 has a
difficult choice to make, and apparently tactics make fxe4 work, but
Sasikirian provse other wise.'} fxe4 19. Qxe4 {Suddenly black cannot play 19...
Rae8 now, as Pa5 is hanging!} Be8 $2 {That looks quite strong, but actually
allows white to get a winning position by an elegant sacrifice.} ({Better was
to simplify the position:} 19... exd4 $142 20. Nxd4 Qxe4+ 21. fxe4 Be5 22. Rhf1
a4 23. Ba2 $14 {although white has some advantage due to activity of his
pieces.}) (19... Rae8 {Ramirez The last try, but still after} 20. Rhe1 Qf6 21.
Bc2 $14 {White already is better.}) 20. dxe5 $1 {A very strong practical
decision! White gets a full compensation for a queen,while black should play
very accurately.} (20. Ng3 $143 Nd5 (20... Rf4 21. Qd3 Bg6 22. Nf5 Qf6 23. dxe5
Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Rhe1 Qf6 $132) 21. Nf5 Nxc3+ 22. bxc3 Qf6 $132) 20...
Bg6 ({There was no other way:} 20... Bxa3 21. f4 Bb4 22. Bc2 $16) 21. exd6
Bxe4+ 22. Ka1 Qe8 (22... Qd8 23. fxe4 a4 24. Ba2 Rf3 25. e5 Nd5 26. Bxd5 cxd5
27. Rxd5 $16) 23. fxe4 a4 (23... Qxe4 24. Ng3 Qf3 25. Nh5 $16) (23... Nd5 24.
exd5 Qxe2 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. Rhe1 Qb5 27. Bc2 Rae8 28. d7 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 $18) 24.
Ba2 Rf3 {Black wants to sacrifice his rook on c3 in order to set-up some
blockade,but...} (24... Qxe4 25. Ng3 Qf3 26. Nh5 $18) (24... Nd5 {Ramirez:
Trying to exchange one bishop at least, was perhaps the best try. Yet it seems
that after either:} 25. exd5 (25. Rxd5 $5 cxd5 26. Bxd5 $44) 25... Qxe2 26.
dxc6 bxc6 27. Rhe1 Qf3 28. d7 $16 {white is much better.}) 25. e5 $1 {The file
is more important than a pawn!} Nd5 $8 {Black finds the only defensive idea-he
trades one of white's strong bishops at cost of a pawn.} ({Now} 25... Rxc3 26.
Nxc3 Qxe5 {fails to:} 27. d7 (27. Rhe1 {Ramirez} Qg3 28. Re7 {Is certainly
hopeless}) 27... Rd8 28. Rhe1 Qb8 29. Re7 $18) 26. Bxd5 (26. Rxd5 $2 {Ramirez:
Would be too much, since after} cxd5 27. Bxd5 Rxc3 28. Nxc3 Qxe5 29. Bxb7 Rd8 {
White loses his pawns.}) 26... cxd5 27. Rxd5 ({Good enough was also:} 27. Rhe1
$5 Rxh3 (27... Rc8 28. e6 $1 Qxe6 29. Nd4 $18) 28. Rxd5 (28. Nf4 $2 Rxc3 $1 29.
bxc3 Qb5 $1 $11 {[%cal Gb5b3]}) 28... Re3 (28... Qc6 29. Rdd1 Re3 30. Nd4 Rxe1
31. Rxe1 $18) 29. d7 Qd8 (29... Qe7 30. Ba5 $18) 30. Bd2 Re4 31. e6 $1 Rxe6 (
31... h6 32. Nd4 Rxe1+ 33. Bxe1 $18) 32. Bg5 Re7 33. Bxe7 Qxe7 34. Rdd1 Rd8 35.
Nf4 Qf7 36. Re8+ Rxe8 37. d8=Q $18) 27... Qf7 (27... Qc6 28. Rdd1 (28. Rhd1 Rf1
29. Rxf1 Qxd5 30. Nf4 Qc4 31. Rf3 Qe4 32. Rf1 Qc4 $11) 28... Rd3 29. Rhe1 Rxd1+
30. Rxd1 Qf3 31. Re1 Qxh3 32. e6 $18) (27... Qe6 28. Rdd1 $1 Re3 29. Nf4 Qb3
30. d7 Rd8 31. e6 $18) 28. Rdd1 $1 $18 {It's very important to keep all the
rooks on the board. Now black couldn't stop the pawns.} Qc4 {Ramirez: 'not the
most resilient, slightly better was'} (28... Re3 29. Nd4 $1 (29. Rhf1 Rf3 30.
Rfe1 Re3 31. Nd4 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Qd5 33. Nf5 Re8) 29... Rxe5 30. Rhf1 Qd7 31. Nf5
Rae8 32. Nxg7 Kxg7 33. Rf5 $18) (28... Rd8 {Ramirez} 29. Nd4 $1 (29. e6 $6 Qxe6
30. Nd4 Qxd6 31. Nxf3 Qxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Ka2 Rd3 34. Ng5 {Althought this
endgame should be hopeless.}) 29... Re3 30. Rde1 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 $18) 29. e6 $1
{The most effective-white doesn't waste time on defence.  Ramirez: 'White
ignores the attacked knight, and his passed pawns make a triumphal end.'} ({
Worse was:} 29. d7 $6 Rd8 30. e6 Qxe6 31. Nd4 Qxd7 32. Nxf3 Qxd1+ 33. Rxd1
Rxd1+ $16 {and black is still in the game}) 29... Qxe2 ({Hopeless was also:} 
29... Qxe6 30. Nd4 Qe4 31. Nxf3 Qxf3 32. d7 Rd8 33. Rhf1 Qc6 34. Rf8+ Rxf8 35.
d8=Q $18) (29... Rd3 30. d7 Qd5 31. Rxd3 Qxd3 32. Nd4 $18) 30. d7 Rd3 (30...
Rff8 31. Rhe1 Qb5 32. e7 $18) 31. Rde1 {[%mdl 1024] Ramirez: 'e7 will come
next, gaining huge ammounts of material. A pretty game.'} (31. Rde1 Qg2 32. e7
$18) 1-0

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Milman, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Bd6 {A tricky order of moves which allows
Black to avoid the sharp line 4...f5 5.g4!?} 5. Qc2 f5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. cxd5 $5 {
A quiet continuation which may be quite unpleasant for black,since now he
cannot avoid an exchange of the dark-squared bishop.} cxd5 8. Nb5 Bb4+ (8...
Nc6 9. Nxd6+ Qxd6 10. a3 O-O 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. f3 Rac8 13. Qd1 Na5 14. b3 Qb6 15.
Rb1 Bb5 16. O-O Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd6 18. Bd2 $14 {1-0 Sturua,Z-Poluljahov,A/Pula
1999/EXT 2000 (40)}) 9. Bd2 Nc6 $146 {That allows white to keep his own
dark-squared bishop on the board. On the other hand,black gets some
development advantage.} ({After the natural} 9... Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 a6 11. Nc3 O-O
12. Nge2 b5 13. O-O Qd6 14. Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kunin,V-Geller,J/Tula 2001/EXT
2002 (57) White has some advantage.}) 10. Nc7+ {Otherwise Black may withdraw
his dark-squared bishop, avoiding the exchange.} Qxc7 11. Bxb4 Bd7 {That is
the point! Now Black has some development advantage, so White cannot stabilize
the situation without exchanging one of his bishops.} 12. Ba3 {The bishop is
vulnerable here,but white is trying to prevent black from castling.} ({After} 
12. Nf3 Rc8 13. Ba3 Qb6 $11 {[%cal Gc6b4] Black doesn't face any problems.})
12... Rc8 {[%cal Gc6b4]} 13. Rc1 {White should be careful-Black's activity may
become dangerous!} (13. Nf3 $6 Nb4 14. Qb3 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Qa5+ $36) 13... Ne4
14. Bxe4 {A necessary accuracy.} ({An attempt of completing development fails
to:} 14. Ne2 $2 Qa5+ 15. Nc3 $2 (15. Kf1 Ne5 $17) 15... Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nb4 $1
17. Qxc8+ Bxc8 18. Rxc8+ Kf7 19. Rxh8 Nxd3+ 20. Ke2 Nxb2 21. Bxb2 Qxa2 $19)
14... fxe4 ({After} 14... dxe4 15. Ne2 Qa5+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 $14 {
the endgame is in White's favour.}) 15. f3 $6 {That inaccurate move allows
Black to solve all the problems by tactical recourses.} ({Much better was:} 15.
Ne2 $142 Qa5+ (15... b5 $2 16. Qd2 a5 17. Bc5 $16) 16. Qc3 Qxc3+ (16... Qb5 17.
Qd2) 17. Nxc3 Ne7 18. f3 exf3 19. gxf3 $14 {with a slight advantage.}) {
[%tqu "En","Please,find the strongest move.","","","b7b5","",10]} 15... b5 $1 {
That is the point! Now white cannot keep his bishop on the diagonal a3-f8 due
to vulnerablity of Rc1.} 16. Qd2 (16. Bc5 $2 Nb4 $1 $17 {[%cal Gb4d3]}) 16...
a5 17. b3 ({Once again,} 17. Bc5 $2 {fails to:} Nb4 $17 {[%csl Rc1]}) 17... b4
18. Bb2 Qd8 {Creating the unpleasant threat Qh4+.} ({Possible was also:} 18...
O-O 19. fxe4 dxe4 20. Nh3 Qb7 21. Nf4 Ne7 $11) 19. f4 O-O 20. Ne2 Qb6 ({After} 
20... Ne7 21. O-O Bb5 22. Rc5 ({or} 22. Rxc8 Nxc8 23. Rc1 $11) 22... Rxc5 23.
dxc5 $11 {the position looks also equal.}) 21. O-O Ne7 {Now Black's position
looks even better,as the Bd7 is more active than the Bb2. However, White has a
way to equalize.} 22. Rc5 $1 {Activating the Bb2 at the cost of a pawn.} Rxc5
23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Rc1 Qb5 ({After} 24... Qb6 25. Bd4 Qb7 26. Bc5 Rf7 27. Nd4
$44 {White also has a sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 25. Nd4 Qb7 ({or
} 25... Qd3 26. Qxd3 exd3 27. Rd1 $11) 26. Rc5 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ ({Of course,not} 
27. Rxa5 Qb6 $19 {[%csl Ra5] and the rook is trapped.}) 27... Nxc8 {Here the
draw was agreed.} ({After} 27... Nxc8 28. Qc1 Qb6 29. a3) ({or} 27... Qxc8 28.
a3 {Black's extra pawn is not significant,as there are bishops of opposite
color.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. c4 c6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. b4 {That original move is
a known way of avoiding main theoretical lines of Dutch Defence which can
arise after 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nc3.} O-O 7. Bb2 d6 ({another option of black is:} 7...
d5 {with a solid pawn structure like in the ''stone-wall'' system.}) 8. O-O Na6
{The most popular continuation.The knight is going to c7 via a6 in order to
take control on important squares e6 and d5.That is a standard transfer in
Dutch Defence.} ({Besides,black has a large choice of possibilities:} 8... Qe8
9. Nbd2 Na6 (9... h6 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Bc3 Nc7 12. a4 g5 13. b5 Bd7 14. e3 a6 15.
bxc6 Bxc6 16. d5 Bd7 17. a5 $16 {Sadler,M-Kindermann,S/Bern Cup sp 1996/1-0 
(30)}) (9... Nbd7 10. Qb3 Kh8 11. Ng5 e5 12. d5 {[%csl Ge6]}) (9... Ne4 $6 10.
Nxe4 fxe4 11. Nd2 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb3 e6 14. f3) 10. Qb3 Nc7 (10... h6 11.
Rae1 Qf7 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Nxf6+ exf6 15. b5 $36 {1-0 Nielsen,
P-Lapshun,Y/New York 2000/CBM 76 ext (42)}) 11. Rae1 $6 {[%cal Ge2e4] White
easly gets clear advantage playing on the queenside[see game Sadler-Kindermann,
Bern,1996-9...h6]} b5 12. cxb5+ Be6 13. Qc2 Nxb5 14. Ng5 {Delemarre,
J-Croonenborghs,T/EUCup G3 1997/1-0(56)} (14. a4 $142 {(Tyomkin,D)} Nc7 15. b5
Bd5 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. bxc6 Ne6 (17... Na6 18. Ng5 $16) 18. Ne1 $16)) (8... a5 9.
a3 axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1 11. Bxa1 Ne4 (11... h6 12. Nbd2 g5 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5
Na6 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Bc3 Bd7 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Bd4 Ne4 19. Bb6 Qc8 20. Bd4 $14 {
0-1 Alieva R-Semenova L/Simferopol'-Alushta 1992 (35)}) 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. d5 $5
(13. e3 b5 $11) (13. Qc2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 d5 15. c5 f4 $132) 13... Bxa1 14. Nxe4
Bh8 15. Neg5 Bd7 16. Nd4 Qb6 17. Nge6 Rf7 $6 $14 {[%csl Rf7] 1/2-1/2 Bistric,
F-Neiksans,A/Batumi 1999/CBM 74/[Tsesarsky] (66)} (17... Rc8 $142 {Tsesarsky}
18. Qd2 Bxd4 (18... Na6 19. Nxf5 $1 $16) 19. Nxd4 Na6 20. Qe3 Kf7 (20... Re8
21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Nxc6 Qxe3 23. fxe3 $16) 21. Nxf5 Qxe3 22. Nxe3 Nxb4 $11)) (
8... Kh8 9. Qc2 Be6 10. Nbd2 Bg8 (10... Nbd7 11. a4 a6 12. Ng5 Bg8 13. e4 fxe4
14. Ngxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 d5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. Nc5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Lerner,K-Kindermann,S/Germany 1998/GER-chT (66)}) 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Rac1 (12. a5
a6 13. Rfe1 Rc8 14. e3 Qe8 15. Rac1 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. e4 f4 18. c5 $14 {
1-0 Anand,V-De la Riva Aguado,O/Villarrobledo 2001/EXT 2002 (44)}) 12... a6 13.
Rfe1 Rc8 14. Qd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kindl,P-Malaniuk,V/Groningen 1990/CBM 22 (42)}) (
8... Be6 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bf7 (10... Bxd5 11. Bxf6 Bxf3 12. Bxg7 Bxg2 13.
Bxf8 Bxf1 14. Bh6 $18 {[%cal Gd1d5]}) 11. Ng5 Na6 12. Nxf7 Rxf7 13. a3 Nc7 14.
Qd3 Qd7 15. Rc1 Raf8 16. Nd2 $14 {1-0 Gofshtein,L-Palatnik,S/Rishon Le Ziyyon
1997/CBM 62 ext (32)}) (8... h6 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. Nd4
Bd7 13. a4 $36 {1-0 Zimmerman,Y-Nemeth,Z/Budapest 2000/EXT 2002 (36)}) 9. Qb3
Nc7 (9... Kh8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. a3 Bg8 12. Rfd1 Nc7 13. Qc2 Qe8 14. e3 h6 15.
Nb3 g5 16. Na5 Rb8 17. Rac1 $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Grabarczyk,B/Warsaw 2002/CBM
92 ext (33)}) 10. a4 (10. Nc3 Kh8 11. d5 e5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. b5 cxb5 14. Nxb5
Nxb5 15. Qxb5 a6 16. Qb4 a5 17. Qb5 Rc8 18. Rac1 Qe8 $11 {0-1 Van Wely,
L-Bareev,E/Frankfurt 2000/CBM 76 ext (58)}) 10... a6 $6 {In my opinion,it was
better not to make any moves with pawns on the qside,because white is going to
play on that side.} (10... h6 11. Nc3 (11. b5 $5 Qe8 12. Nbd2 $14) 11... Qe8 (
11... Be6 {-see commented game 1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P-Kristensen,B/Taastrup 1998/
CBM 65/[Tyomkin,D] (30) Tyomkin,D}) 12. d5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. b5 Qf7 15. Nd4
Ng4 16. Nd1 f4 $132 {0-1 Kurajica,B-Topalov,V/Elenite 1992/CBM 32 (47)}) 11.
Nbd2 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] The most comfortable place for the knight,since it's
important to keep control on c4.It's also more difficult for black to prepare
e7-e5.} (11. Nc3 $143 Qe8 $1 {[%cal Ge7e5,Ye8b5]} 12. a5 {In order to meet 12..
.e5 with 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Na4 with a pressure} h6 13. Rfd1 d5 $1 14. Ne5 Be6 15.
Na4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Qf7 17. Rac1 Nd7 $132 {0-1 Meenakshi,S-Kosintseva,T/Athens
2001/EXT 2002 (86)}) 11... Qe8 12. Ne1 ({There was also another standard plan
with e2-e4:} 12. Rae1 h6 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Bf5 16. Re3 Qf7 17.
Nh4 $1 $14 {in order to meet} Be6 $140 {with} 18. d5 $1 cxd5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20.
Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Rf3 Nf6 22. Nxg6 Qxb3 23. Rxb3 Rfe8 24. Nh4 $36 {and white's
initiative is quite unpleasant in the endgame.}) {That is a typical place for
Bc8,but here it cannot be connected with b7-b5 as white is prepared well for
that.} 12... Be6 ({I would prefer to start some active operations on the kside:
} 12... g5 13. Nd3 Qh5 14. Rae1 Be6 15. Qc2 $14 {and although black has no
attack,white has always to watch out for possible threats.}) 13. Nd3 Kh8 (13...
b5 14. Qc2 bxc4 15. Nxc4 Bd5 16. Na5 $14 {[%csl Rc6]}) 14. Qc2 Rc8 {Such a
moves are usually the sign that the position is not so good.Black has no
visible weaknesses,but his position is unpleasant-White has a solid space
advantage and can play on both sides.On the same time,black has no counterplay
at all .} ({after} 14... Bg8 15. Rfe1 Qf7 16. Rac1 {[%cal Ge2e4] white is able
to push e2-e4 anyway.}) 15. Rac1 Bg8 16. Rfe1 ({There was no reason to hurry
with 16.e4:} 16. e4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 d5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5
$11) 16... Ne6 {Black is trying to put pressure on Pd4 in view of the
following 17.e4.} ({another method of defence was:} 16... d5 17. c5 (17. Nc5
Rb8) (17. Ne5 dxc4 18. Ndxc4 Ncd5 $14) 17... Ne4 18. Nf3 Ne6 $14 {[%cal Gg6g5]
with a worse,but solid position.}) 17. e4 ({White had also a quiet option:} 17.
e3 b5 18. c5 Nd5 19. Ra1 $14 {with an unpleasant pressure on the qside.}) 17...
fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 d5 ({Here black had an interesting possibility:} 
19... b5 20. c5 ({Unsuccessfully is:} 20. Rce1 $6 bxc4 21. Nf4 Nxf4 22. Rxe7
Nxg2 23. Rxe8 Rcxe8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Kxg2 Bd5+ {and black has an excellent
compensation for a queen.}) ({the endgame is not bad for black after:} 20. cxb5
cxb5 21. Qxc8 Qxc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. axb5 axb5) 20... d5 21. Re5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5
$14 {with more than a sufficient compensation for an exchange.}) 20. cxd5 cxd5
21. Qxc8 dxe4 $2 {A very strange decision-black just loses a pawn without any
compensation.} ({It's clear,that black didn't like much the position after} 
21... Qxc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Re2 Rc7 $1 {(maybe black has overlooked that
quiet move)} (23... Bxd4 $2 24. Rxe6 Bxb2 25. Rxe7 Bd4 26. Rxb7 Rc3 27. Bf1 $18
) 24. Ne5 b5 25. a5 Nd8 {but black's chanses of draw cannot be understated,as
he has no serious weaknesses.}) 22. Qxe8 Rxe8 23. Bxe4 Nxd4 ({hopeless was:} 
23... b6 24. Rc6 Nxd4 25. Rxb6) 24. Bxd4 $1 Bxd4 25. Bxb7 {Black cannot
exploit his pair of bishops.} e5 26. Be4 $1 $18 {An accurate move.White
prevents any possible counterplay of black.} ({only not} 26. a5 $2 e4 27. Re1
Bc3 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Bxe4 Bc4 {with an excellent drawish chanses.}) 26... Bb3
27. a5 {Now 27.b5 is already a threat.} Rb8 (27... Kg7 28. b5 axb5 29. Rc7+ Kf6
30. a6 $18) 28. h4 {A useful move for an endgame-white is fixing black's pawns,
which white could attack by his bishop.} Ba4 {Black is trying to set-up some
blockade,puting his bishop on b5.} 29. Bc6 Bb3 30. Be4 Ba4 31. Rc7 {A decisive
penetration!} Bb5 32. Ne1 $1 {[%cal Ge1f3] Preventing some counterplay with 32.
..Rf8.} Be2 (32... Rf8 33. Nf3 $18) 33. Nc2 Bb2 {All black's hopes connected
with his dark-squared bishop.} (33... Bd1 {fails to} 34. Nxd4 exd4 35. Rc4 Rd8
36. Bd3 Bf3 37. Rc1 Rb8 38. Rb1 $18 {[%csl Ra6]}) 34. Kg2 Bd1 ({The power of
Rc7 is obvious in the following variation:} 34... Rd8 35. Ne3 Rd4 (35... Rd2
36. Nd5 $18 {[%cal Gd5f6]}) 36. Nd5 $1 Bc4 37. Nf6 $18) 35. Ne3 Bb3 (35... Ba4
{keeping control on spot b5 was also hopeless:} 36. Ng4 Rf8 37. h5 Bd1 38. hxg6
hxg6 39. Ne3 $18) 36. Ng4 Rf8 ({nothing changed} 36... Bd4 37. Nf6 Bg8 38. Bb7
Rf8 39. Ne4 Rb8 40. f3 $18) 37. b5 {The rest is like an agony.} (37. Rc6 $18)
37... Bd4 (37... axb5 38. a6 $18) 38. bxa6 Rf7 39. Rxf7 Bxf7 40. Nxe5 Be8 41.
Bc6 $1 {[%mdl 4] The point of that move is that white is freeing a way for his
monarch to b7 via c6.} (41. Bc6 Bxe5 42. Bxe8 Bd4 43. f4 Kg7 44. Kf3 Kf8 45.
Ke4 Bf2 46. Bxg6 hxg6 47. Kd5 Ke7 48. Kc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Julia, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. O-O Nh6 $6 {An original approach to
playing Dutch defence.Black wants to play e7-e5 without any preparating move
like Qe8.On the other hand,he may get some counterplay over the f-file in case
of e2-e4.That idea seems to be a dubious one,because black is not fighting for
a centre.} 6. c4 {This natural move is the most popular-white wants to sieze
more space on the queen side.Another plan here is to prepare e2-e4 without
c2-c4.} (6. Nc3 $5 c6 (6... O-O 7. e4 fxe4 8. Nxe4 $14) 7. e4 Nf7 8. Re1 e6 9.
exf5 gxf5 10. h4 O-O 11. Ng5 Qf6 12. Qh5 h6 13. Nxf7 Qxf7 14. Qxf7+ Kxf7 15.
Bf4 $14 {1-0 Spassov,L-Knaak,R/Rubinstein mem 1979}) (6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 e6 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. c3 Nf7 10. exf5 exf5 11. Nc4 Bd7 12. a4 $14 {Cvitan,O-Efimov,I/
Geneve op 1992}) 6... O-O 7. Nc3 c6 (7... Nc6 8. b3 (8. d5 $142 Ne5 9. Nxe5
dxe5 10. c5 e4 11. Qb3 Nf7 12. Rd1 $14) 8... Nf7 (8... e5 $5 9. Bg5 Qd7 10.
dxe5 Ng4) 9. Bb2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 $11 {1-0 Espig,L-Knaak,R/
DSV-Turnier 1978}) (7... Nf7 {[%cal Ge7e5]} 8. d5 (8. Ng5 $5 Nxg5 9. Bxg5 h6
10. Be3 $14) 8... e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Nd4 Bc8 $14) 8. e4 {[%csl Re7][%cal
Gf1e1,Ge1e7] The most agressive plan.White wants to put pressure on e7.} (8. d5
e5 9. dxe6 (9. Ng5 $5) 9... Bxe6 10. b3 $1 {[%csl Rh6]} Nf7 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Bb2
$14 {1-0 Turna,S-Petran,P/SVK-chT 2002}) 8... Na6 {Too slowly.Now white has
enouth time to neutralize black's counterplay at all.} (8... fxe4 9. Nxe4 d5
10. Neg5 $1 (10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc3 Bg4 $132 {[%csl Rd4] 1-0 Vescovi,G-Pereira,
S/Sao Paulo-ch 1996}) 10... Nf5 (10... dxc4 11. Qe2 $36) 11. g4 (11. Qe2 $5)
11... Nd6 (11... Nh6 12. h3 dxc4 13. Qe2) 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne5 $14 {1-0
Leitao,R-Pereira,S/Itau Cup 6th 2001}) 9. h3 $146 (9. Re1 Nf7 10. b3 $6 (10.
exf5 Bxf5 11. Nh4 Bd7 12. Be3 $14) 10... e5 11. Bb2 exd4 12. Nxd4 fxe4 13. Rxe4
Nc5 $132 {0-1 Prang,E-Bhend,E/Pizol op 1997}) 9... Nc7 (9... Nf7 {[%cal Ge7e5]}
10. exf5 Bxf5 11. g4 Bd7 12. Re1 e5 13. Be3 $14) 10. Re1 fxe4 {There is no
alternative for black-he has no useful moves.} 11. Nxe4 d5 12. cxd5 {Now white
can immediately take on d5 without thinking too much-black's knight is already
on c7 and cannot be placed on c6.} Nxd5 (12... cxd5 13. Nc3 Nf5 14. Bf4 $16 {
[%csl Rd5,Re5,Re7]}) 13. Nc3 $1 {Changing the most active piece of black.} Nf5
14. g4 Nd6 15. Bg5 $1 $16 {White's play is very energetic-black has no time to
consolidate his position.} (15. Qb3 $143 $6 e6 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 $132 {
[%cal Gd5f4]}) 15... Bf6 (15... Nf6 16. Qe2 Nf7 17. Bh4 Re8 18. Rad1 $16) 16.
Bh6 Bg7 (16... Re8 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Ne5 e6 19. Qf3 $16) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nxd5
cxd5 19. Ne5 e6 20. Qe2 Re8 (20... Qf6 21. Rac1 {[%cal Gc1c7]} Nf7 22. Rc7 Kg8
23. Rec1 (23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. Rxf7 Qxf7 25. Rc1 $16 {[%cal Ge2e5]}) 23... Nxe5
24. dxe5 $16) 21. Rac1 Bd7 22. Rc3 Bb5 {A loss of time. The bishop has nothing
to do here.} (22... Rc8 $142 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 $16) 23. Qe3 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Nxc8 25.
b3 {[%cal Ga2a4] Provoking black's next move.} Re7 $6 {That is probably a
decisive mistake-now white can start an immediate attack.} (25... Nd6 $142 26.
a4 Bd7 27. Rc1 $16) 26. h4 $1 Be8 27. Qf4 Nd6 28. Re3 {All white pieces are
very active and black cannot stop white's attack.} Rc7 {[%cal Gd8f6]} (28...
Nf7 29. h5 {[%cal Gh5g6,Ge3h3]} g5 30. h6+ $18 {[%cal Gf4f6]}) 29. Nd3 $1 $18 {
Just in time! Black cannot avoid material losses.} Bf7 30. Nc5 Rc6 (30... Kg8
31. Rxe6 Nb5 32. Re1 b6 33. Nd3 $18) 31. Rxe6 $1 Nb5 32. Nxb7 {[%mdl 2052]} 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bagirov, Rufat"]
[Black "Malyshev, Vasilij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 f5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Ne4 $6 {
Quite a rare continuation.Black can put his bishop either on e7 or on d6,so
black is waiting for another situation to decide.} ({The main continuation
here is:} 6... Be7 7. Bd3 O-O {and here white can choose between 2 different
plans:1)8.0-0 with a long positional play;2)8.Nc3,9.0-0-0 with a sharp play.})
7. Nc3 {The most natural place for a knight.} (7. Be2 Bb4+ 8. Nfd2 O-O 9. O-O
Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nc3 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 b6 13. f3 Rd8 14. Rad1 Ba6 15. cxd5
Bxe2 16. Qxe2 cxd5 17. e4 Nc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Eslon,J-Arizmendi Martinez,J/
Mislata 1996/EXT 2000 (23)}) (7. Bd3 Na6 8. Be2 Bb4+ 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Be5 g4 11.
a3 gxf3 12. axb4 fxg2 13. Rg1 Rg8 14. b5 Nb4 15. Qb3 a5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Itkis,
B-Nevednichy,B/Kishnev 2001/EXT 2002 (27)}) (7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Be2 Be7 9. h3 O-O
10. Bh2 Ndf6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Ne5 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Be8 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. Nd3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Popchev,M-Gelashvili,T/Antalya 2002/CBM 86 ext (53)}) 7... Nd7 8. Bd3
Ndf6 9. h3 Bd6 ({In my opinion,better was to leave the bishops on the board:} 
9... Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Nd7 $14) 10. Bxd6 $146 {The most simple.After
exchange of the dark squared bishops,white has a stable advantage.} (10. Be5
Qe7 11. c5 Bc7 12. Bxc7 Qxc7 13. g4 Qe7 14. O-O-O {1-0 Mendoza Contreras,
L-Perez Gutierrez,N/Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2002/CBM 86 ext (37)} O-O (14... b6
$2 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qxc6+ $18) 15. Ne5 $14) 10... Qxd6 11. O-O
$6 ({More accurate was} 11. c5 Qe7 12. b4) 11... O-O $6 ({better was:} 11... b6
12. cxd5 exd5 13. a3 O-O 14. b4 Bb7 $14 {with slighty better chanses for white.
}) 12. c5 $1 Qe7 13. b4 {White has got a typical advantage-he has a space
advantage and outpost on e5.} Nd7 (13... Bd7 14. Ne5 Be8 15. Ne2 Nd7 16. f3
Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ng5 18. Nd4 $16) 14. Ne2 e5 {Now white gets a brilliant outpost
on d4,but black has to fight for a space at least.} 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5
17. f4 $1 {A good strategical decision! Now white's knight will dominate on d4.
} Qe7 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 $2 {[%mdl 16384] A serious strategical mistake.The main
black's goal is to solve the problem of Bc8.That why he had to take with a
pawn ''d''.} (18... fxe4 $2 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. a4 a6 $16 {[%csl Gd4,Rd7]}) (18...
dxe4 $142 $1 19. Nd4 (19. Rfd1 Be6 20. Rd6 Rad8 21. Rad1 Bd5) 19... Be6 $14 {
[%cal Ge6d5]}) 19. Qxe4 dxe4 (19... fxe4 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. a4 Kf7 22. Rab1 Ke7
23. b5 Rab8 24. Rfc1 $16) 20. Nd4 {[%csl Rc8,Gd4]} Kf7 21. a4 a6 {It is clear
that black is trying to change as more pawns as he can.But now white gets
control of the ''a'' file.} ({another method of defence was:} 21... Be6 22. b5
cxb5 23. axb5 Rfc8 24. Rfc1 a5 25. Kf2 a4 26. Ra3 Kf6 27. Ke2 $16 {and white
has a huge advantage.}) 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Rxa1 $6 ({More resistant was:} 
23... Bd7 24. b6 Ke7 25. Kf2 g6 {although white has a clear plan: to create a
second weakness on the king side by g2-g4.}) 24. Rxa1 cxb5 25. Nxb5 {[%cal
Gb5d6]} Ke7 26. Nd6 Kd7 (26... Rd8 27. Ra8 Be6 28. Ra7 $1 (28. Rxd8 $2 Kxd8 29.
Nxb7+ Kc7 30. Na5 Bd5 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gc7b8,Gb8a7,Ga7a6]}) 28... Rd7 (28...
Bc8 29. Kf2 Rxd6 30. cxd6+ Kxd6 31. Ke2 $18) 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Nxb7 Kd7 31. Na5
Bd5 32. Kf2 Kc7 33. Ke1 $18 {[%cal Ge1d2,Gd2b4,Gd2c3]}) 27. Kf2 Kc7 28. Ra8 g6
(28... Rd8 29. Kg3 $1 Be6 (29... g6 30. Kh4 Bd7 31. Rxd8 Kxd8 32. Nxb7+ Kc7 33.
Na5 $18) 30. Ne8+ $1 Kd7 31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 32. Nxg7 Bd7 33. Kh4 h6 34. Kh5 Kc7 35.
Kxh6 Kc6 36. Kg5 Kxc5 37. Nxf5 $18) 29. g4 $1 {White can take on c8 at any
time,so he is just creating a passing pawn.} fxg4 (29... Rd8 30. Kg3 h6 31. Kh4
$18) 30. hxg4 h5 31. gxh5 (31. Rxc8+ Rxc8 32. Nxc8 Kxc8 33. f5 $18) 31... gxh5
32. Rxc8+ Rxc8 33. Nxc8 Kxc8 34. Kg3 Kd7 35. Kh4 Kc6 36. Kxh5 Kxc5 37. f5 {
[%mdl 16]} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[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 e6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 b6
{Vladimir Malakhov is one of the best specialists in that system.} 9. Qc1 {
[%cal Gb2a3] The most popular plan for white-he wants to change the
dark-squared bishops by 10.Ba3} ({The alternatives are:} 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Rc1 Bb7
11. Ne5 O-O 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne2 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. f4 c5 16. Ng3 Rad8 17.
Nxe4 fxe4 18. Bb5 $36 {1-0 Tkachiev,V-Tregubov,P/Cap d'Agde-A 2000}) (9. cxd5
cxd5 10. Qc1 Bb7 11. Ba3 Nbd7 12. Qb2 Bxa3 13. Nxa3 O-O 14. Rac1 Rfc8 15. Nb5 {
1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A-Grischuk,A/RUS-chT Tomsk 2001}) 9... O-O {Black is planning
to finish the development by Bb7 and Nbd7 or even Na6.The standard reaction to
Ba3 may be c6-c5.} 10. Ba3 c5 ({Another common continuation is:} 10... Bb7 11.
Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 (12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qa3 Qxa3 14. Nxa3 a6 15. Rfc1 Nc6 {
1/2-1/2 Utemov,V-Kramnik,V/Moscow4 1991}) 12... c5 13. Nbd2 (13. cxd5 Nxd5 14.
dxc5 bxc5 15. Be2 f4 16. e4 Nb4 $132 {0-1 Yakovich,Y-Kharlov,A/RUS-ch 54th
Elista 2001}) 13... Na6 14. Rad1 Nb4 15. Bb1 a5 $11 {0-1 Peng,Z-Galkin,A/
Hoogeveen Essent op 2001}) 11. cxd5 Nxd5 $146 {That move is an improvement of
black's previous play.} (11... exd5 $6 12. Nc3 Ba6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 bxc5
15. Rd1 $16 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5] 1-0 Kasimdzhanov,R-Slobodjan,R/Bundesliga 0001 2000
}) 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Nc3 $1 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Yc3d5,Gc3b5] White should play
very energetically-otherwise black may finish his development and defend on
his weak pawn c5.} (13. Nbd2 Nd7 14. Nc4 Bc7 15. Rd1 Bb7 16. Bb2 Rad8 $11 {
[%csl Gb7,Gc7]}) 13... Nd7 (13... Bb7 14. Nb5 Nb4 15. Be2 $14) (13... Nb4 14.
Be2 $1 (14. Bc4 Nd7 15. Rd1 Nb6 16. Be2 Bb7 $11) 14... Nd7 15. Rd1 Bb7 16. Qd2
Nd5 17. Ba6 $1 Bc6 18. Nb5 $36) 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qc2 Bb7 $6 {That sacrifice
is not correct.} (15... g6 $5 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Bb2 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Nf6 $14 {
White is slighty better due to some weakness of the long diagonal,but black
still very solid.}) 16. Bxf5 Ne5 17. Nd2 $6 {It was possible to take a second
pawn.} (17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. g3 d4 (19... Rae8 20. Rae1 Qf6 {
[%cal Gf6f3]} 21. Bg6 Re6 22. Bh5) (19... Rf3 20. Bd3 d4 21. e4 {[%cal Ga1e1]})
20. Rae1 Qd5 (20... Qh5 21. Be4) 21. e4 Qc6 22. Bg6 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Qxg6 24. Kg2
$1 $16 {[%cal Gf2f3]}) 17... g6 18. Bh3 (18. Bd3 $2 Ng4 $40) 18... Ba6 19. f4
$8 {The only move.White must give an exchange-the threats are too serious.} (
19. Rfd1 $2 Rxf2 $1 $17 {[%cal Ge5d3]}) 19... Bxf1 20. Nxf1 Nd7 21. Rd1 {
White is still better-black's pawns in the centre are very weak and black has
no time to consolidate his position.} Nf6 (21... Nb6 22. Bb2 Rae8 23. g3 $1 $16
{[%csl Rg8][%cal Gc2c3]} (23. Qc3 d4 24. exd4 Rxf4 $13)) 22. g4 $6 {After that
move the position of Kg1 is not safe.Better was to create pressure without
such a provocative decisions.} (22. Bb2 $142 d4 (22... Rad8 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24.
Rxd5 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Ge3,Gf4]}) 23. exd4 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Rae8 (24... Bxf4 25. Bc5
Qc7 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. Bxf8 Qxc4 28. bxc4 Rxf8 29. c5 $16) 25. g3 {White has 2
pawns for an exchange.The position of Kg8 is not safe,so white has good
chanses for a win.}) 22... d4 {A natural reaction to the last white's move.} (
22... Qe6 $5 23. Bb2 Ne4 (23... Rad8 $5 24. Bxf6 $140 Rxf6 25. g5 Qxh3 26. gxf6
{[%cal Gc2g2]} Qe6 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gd5d4] and black is not worse.}) 24. Qd3 d4
25. f5 (25. exd4 Rxf4 26. Re1 (26. g5 Qd5 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gd5g5]} 27. Bg2 Qxg5
28. Bc1 (28. Ng3 $2 Nf2 $1 29. Qc4+ Rf7 $17) 28... Raf8 29. Bxf4 (29. Ng3 Nf2
$1 30. Qc4+ Kg7 $36) 29... Rxf4 $15)) 25... gxf5 26. gxf5 Rxf5 27. Bxf5 Qxf5
28. Rd2 $8 Kh8 $8 {[%cal Ga8g8]} 29. Rg2 Rg8 $1 30. Qc2 Rxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Be5 $11)
23. Qc4+ (23. exd4 cxd4 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd4 (26. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 27.
Rxd4 Rad8 28. Ra4 Rf7 {[%cal Gf6d5]}) 26... Qb6 $132 {[%cal Ga8c8]}) 23... Kh8
24. Bb2 (24. g5 $6 Nh5 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gh5g7,Yh5f4]}) (24. exd4 cxd4 {-23.exd4
}) 24... Rad8 $1 25. b4 $1 (25. exd4 $2 Bxf4 26. d5 Be5 $17) 25... h6 $1 (25...
dxe3 $2 26. g5 $1 e2 27. gxf6 exf1=Q+ 28. Kxf1 $16) 26. bxc5 Bxc5 27. Bxd4 $1 {
The position is very complicated and every mistake can lead to the hard
position.} (27. exd4 $2 Ba3 $1 28. Ba1 Nd5 $17) 27... Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29.
Qxd4 Rd8 30. Qb2 Kh7 {White has a small material advantage,but actually he
cannot do much in this position due to the weakness of his king.} 31. Qe2 {
[%cal Gh3g2] Trying to regroup the pieces.} Qe6 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Ye6g4]} (31...
Rd6 $5 32. Bg2 Re6 {[%csl Re4]}) 32. Qg2 g5 $1 {Fixing a pawn on g4.} 33. Qc2+
Qe4 34. Qc5 (34. Qb3 Qd5 35. Qc3 Ne4 $132) (34. Qc3 Qe7 35. Ng3 gxf4 36. exf4
Qd6 $132 {[%csl Rf4]}) 34... gxf4 35. g5 {[%cal Gh3f5]} Nd5 36. exf4 Qxf4 37.
Qxa7+ Kg6 38. gxh6 Kxh6 {There are not much material on the board,so the draw
is not preventable.} 39. Bg2 Nf6 40. a4 Qd4+ {[%mdl 3072]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 Qe7 {Like in
the Stone-Wall system,the exchange of the dark-squared bishops is in white's
favour.} 8. Bb2 ({An attempt to swap the bishops immediately doesn't promise
much,as white weakens an important spot on b4:} 8. a4 a5 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3
O-O 11. Qb1 Ne4 12. Qb2 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Rc2 Qe7
17. Rfc1 Ba6 18. f3 Nf6 $11 {0-1 Ilincic,Z-Tregubov,P/Herceg Novi 2001/CBM 82
ext (39)}) 8... O-O 9. Qc1 b6 10. Ba3 Bb7 {That is the most popular
continuation nowdays. Black completes the development and prepares for freeing
by c6-c5.} ({The practice shows,that white has a good chances of getting
advantage after:} 10... c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Nc3 {-see my
comments to1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,A-Malakhov,V/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/[Roiz,M] (40)}
) (10... Bxa3 11. Qxa3 Qxa3 12. Nxa3 Ba6 13. Rfc1 Nbd7 14. b4 Rfc8 15. b5 cxb5
16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxb5 $14 {1-0 Malakhov,V-Gleizerov,E/Krasnoyarsk 2003/CBM 98
no vc (59)}) 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 {The most principal-white is forcing black
to play 13...c6-c5,which would create him some weakness.} ({Nothing promising:
} 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qa3 Qxa3 14. Nxa3 a6 15. Rfc1 (15. Ne5 Nfd7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7
17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Nb1 Kf7 19. Nd2 Ke7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Popov,V-Geller,J/Voronezh
RUS 2004 (45)}) 15... Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Utemov,V-Kramnik,V/Moscow4 1991}) 12... c5
13. Nc3 $146 {In that type of structure the knight is better placed on c3 than
on d2,so that move looks very logical. On the other hand,now the Bb7 become
more powerful,as on d2 white's knight could be more useful for defence.} (13.
Nbd2 Na6 14. Rad1 Nb4 15. Bb1 a5 $11 {0-1 Peng,Z-Galkin,A/Hoogeveen Essent op
2001}) (13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Be2 f4 16. e4 Nb4 $132 {0-1 Yakovich,
Y-Kharlov,A/RUS-ch 54th Elista 2001}) 13... Nc6 {That is the most perspective
way for the knight,as it puts pressure on the centre and can be comfortably
placed on b4.} (13... dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nbd7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rfd1
$14) (13... Ne4 14. Rac1 Nd7 15. Rfd1 $14) ({Comes to consideration also:} 
13... Nbd7 $5 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Qe7) 14. dxc5 ({Black gets an active
piece play after} 14. cxd5 Nxd5 (14... Nb4 $5 15. Nb5 Qd8) 15. dxc5 (15. Nxd5
exd5 16. Rfd1 Nb4 $132) 15... bxc5 16. Rac1 (16. Nb5 Qe7 {-14.dxc5.}) 16...
Nxe3 $1 17. fxe3 Qxd3 18. Qxc5 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Qa6 $132) 14... bxc5 15. Nb5 Qe7
16. cxd5 Nxd5 ({Deserved attention also:} 16... exd5 $5 17. Bxf5 Ne4 18. Bxe4
$8 dxe4 19. Nd2 Ne5 $44 {and black's attacking chances cannot be understated.})
17. Qb2 f4 {Black's intent to complicate the position is quite logical,as
white has not consolidated his position yet.} (17... Rad8 $5 18. Bc4 Nb6 19.
Be2 e5 $11) 18. Rae1 ({An attempt to close the diagonal:} 18. e4 Ndb4 19. Bc4 {
allows black to put pressure on Pe4:} Na5 20. Qe2 Rfd8 $132) 18... Rad8 {
Now both white's rook are on the kside,so black exploits that in order to
seize the open file.} 19. Bc4 (19. Qc2 $5 g6 $1 (19... h6 20. a3 $14) 20. Bc4
fxe3 21. fxe3 Ndb4 22. Qe2 Na5 $13) 19... Nb6 20. Na3 (20. Qc3 $6 Nxc4 21. Qxc4
Na5 22. Qe2 fxe3 23. fxe3 Ba6 $36 {[%csl Rb5]}) 20... Nb4 $1 {[%csl Gb4,Rd3]
[%cal Gb4d3] Black is playing very energetically and doesn't letting white to
put pressure on his weak pawns.} 21. Qe2 (21. Ne5 $2 f3 22. g3 Qf6 $36) 21...
Nxc4 {The most natural continuation-black gets control on ''d3'' spot.} (21...
Be4 22. exf4 $1 (22. Ne5 $6 Qg5 $1 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Nf3 Qh6 $36) 22... Rxf4 (
22... Nxc4 $6 23. Qxe4 Nxa3 24. Ng5 g6 25. Qxe6+ Qxe6 26. Nxe6 $14) 23. Ne5
$132) (21... fxe3 22. fxe3 Be4 23. Ne5 N6d5 24. Qg4 Bf5 25. Qg3 $11) 22. Nxc4 {
Finally white's knight has arrived to a safe place. Now black's position looks
very promising,but he hardly has a way to reach an advantage.} Be4 (22... Bxf3
23. gxf3 (23. Qxf3 Nc2 24. exf4 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 $44) 23... Nd5 24. Rc1 $132) 23.
Nce5 Nd3 24. Rd1 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bxg2 {That leads only to a simplifications,but
i can hardly recommend something better.} (25... Qg5 26. Nf3 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 fxe3
28. Qxe3 Qxe3 29. fxe3 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Rd2 31. Rf2 $11) 26. Kxg2 {As we see,
white's next several moves are forced,but he keeps an equality!} Rxd1 (26...
Qg5+ 27. Qg4 f3+ (27... Qxe5 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Qxf4 $11) 28. Kh1 Qxe5 29. Rxd8
Rxd8 30. Qxf3 $11) 27. Qxd1 Qg5+ 28. Ng4 h5 (28... f3+ 29. Kh3 h5 30. Rg1 hxg4+
31. Rxg4 Qh5+ 32. Rh4 Qf5+ 33. Rg4 $11 Rf6 $140 $6 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qc7 Rg6 36.
Qf4 $14) 29. h4 $1 {After that strong move black couldn't avoid a trade of
queens anymore.} ({Only not} 29. h3 $2 f3+ 30. Kg3 $4 (30. Kh2 $142 hxg4 31.
Qd6 Qh6 32. Qg3 $17) 30... hxg4 31. hxg4 Qe5+ 32. Kh3 g5 33. Rh1 Qc7 $19 {
[%cal Gf8f6] with a mate.}) 29... Qg6 (29... f3+ $6 30. Qxf3 Qxh4 31. Qg3 Qxg4
32. Qxg4 hxg4 33. Kg3 $14) (29... Qxg4+ $6 30. Qxg4 hxg4 31. exf4 Rxf4 32. Rc1
Rf5 33. Rc4 $14) 30. Kh3 hxg4+ 31. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 32. Kxg4 fxe3 33. f3 $11 {
White's monarch is very active,while all black's pawns can be attacked by
white's rook-so the draw is practically unavoidable.} (33. f4 $2 e5 34. f5 g6
35. f6 Rxf6 $1 $17) 33... Rd8 (33... c4 34. bxc4 (34. Re1 $2 c3 35. Rxe3 Rc8
$17) 34... Rc8 35. Re1 Rxc4+ 36. Kg5 Rc3 37. Kf4 Ra3 38. Rxe3 Rxa2 39. Rxe6 $11
) 34. Re1 Rd3 35. Kf4 Kf7 {Black goes for a drawn endgame.} (35... Rd4+ 36. Kg5
Rd5+ $11) 36. Rxe3 Rxe3 37. Kxe3 Kg6 38. Kf4 Kh5 39. Kg3 e5 40. Kh3 a5 41. Kg3
a4 $4 {A terrible blunder! Black has probably forgot about the fact,that
white's king can stop black's passed Pc5.} ({Besides,the draw could arise by
several ways:} 41... g5 42. hxg5 Kxg5 43. Kf2 Kf4 44. Ke2 e4 45. fxe4 Kxe4 $11)
(41... g6 42. Kh3 a4 (42... g5 43. hxg5 Kxg5 44. Kg3 Kf5 $11) 43. bxa4 c4 44.
a5 c3 45. a6 c2 46. a7 c1=Q 47. a8=Q Qh1+ $11) 42. bxa4 $18 c4 (42... c4 43.
Kf2 c3 44. Ke2 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zalaegerszeg"]
[BlackTeam "Minsk Vesnianka"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

{[%mdl 16400]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Bd6 {The idea of this move is
to force white to put his bishop on d3:after Be2 he can play a normal Meran
positions.} (4... f5 {can lead to the same positions.}) 5. Bd3 ({after} 5. Nc3
f5 {black gets a comfortable play.}) 5... f5 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O {
That position is very common in modern practice.} 9. Ne5 ({The most principal
here is:} 9. Qc1 {[%cal Gb2a3] trying to change the dark squared bishops.})
9... Nbd7 $6 {That is a strategical inaccuracy,since that doesn't allows black
to play b7-b6 and black still has a typical problems with development of Bc8.}
({Vladimir Malakhov is one of the best experts in this line.He has played here
the most logical} 9... b6 10. Nd2 (10. cxd5 cxd5 11. f3 Bb7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rc1
Nc6 $11 {0-1 Bareev,E-Krasenkow,M/Groningen 1997/CBM 63 (31) [Krasenkow]}) (10.
a4 a5 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Na3 Nc6 14. Nb5 Bb4 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Nxc6
Bxc6 $11 {1-0 Banikas,H-Marcelin,C/France 2002/CBM 88 ext (48)}) 10... Bb7 11.
Rc1 Ne4 12. Qe2 (12. f3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. e4 fxe4 16. fxe4
Rxf1+ 17. Rxf1 Rf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Galkin,A/Hoogeveen 2001/CBM 84 ext 
(21)}) 12... Nxd2 $1 $146 {The simplest way to the equality.} (12... c5 {Postny
} 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. Ndf3 $14 {1-0 Kharitonov,A-Tregubov,P/Novgorod 1997/CBM 60 
(37) [Tsesarsky]}) 13. Qxd2 Nd7 $11 {0-1 Iskusnyh,S-Malakhov,V/Ekaterinburg
2002/CBM 90/[Postny] (93)}) (9... Bd7 $6 10. Qc1 Rc8 11. Nd2 (11. Nc3 Ne4 12.
Bxe4 dxe4 13. f4 exf3 14. Nxf3 c5 15. Kh1 Nc6 16. Nb5 $14 {1-0 Bogdanovski,
V-Shurygin,S/Tivat 1995/EXT 2000 (30)}) 11... Ne4 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Be8 14.
e4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,A-Tregubov,P/Alushta 1994/CBM 41 (35)}) 10. Nd2 {
White has completed all the natural developing moves,but black is the side who
has to decide what to do now.} (10. f3 $6 c5 11. Nd2 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Bogdanovski,V-Guliev,S/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext (25)}) (10. Qc1 $5 Ng4 11.
f4 Ndf6 12. h3 Nh6 13. Ba3 $14 {1-0 Schroll,G-Bachler,R/Frohnleiten 2000/CBM
77 ext (51)}) 10... Ne4 {Actually,earlier or later black has to take on e5,so
that is the only possible way to do it.} 11. f3 {Now that move is much more
logical than on the previous move.} ({On the other hand,possibly was also:} 11.
a3 Rf6 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Rh6 14. g3 Nf6 15. b4 Qe8 16. Qe2 $14 {1-0
Ioseliani,N-Cirabisi,F/Montecatini Terme 1994/EXT 99 (33)}) 11... Nxd2 12. Qxd2
Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bc5 (13... Bb4 $5 14. Qc2 Bd7 $14) 14. Bd4 $14 {White's chanses
are clear better due to space advantage and good prospects for attack on the
king-side.} (14. f4 b6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. Rfc1 g5 19.
Bd4 gxf4 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. exf4 Rc7 22. Qf2 Rfc8 23. h3 $14 {1-0 Markosian,
D-Kovanova,B/Serpukhov 2002/EXT 2003 (41)}) 14... Ba3 {An interesting idea.
Black is trying to prevent c4-c5 and keep the bishops on the board.} (14... b6
15. Bxc5 Qxc5 (15... bxc5 16. Rac1 $14 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gd2a5]}) 16. cxd5 cxd5
(16... Qxd5 17. Qc3 $14 {[%cal Gd3c4]}) 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. f4 $14) 15. Qc2 $1 {
[%cal Gc4c5]} b6 $6 {That allows white to start an immediate attack.} (15... c5
$142 16. Bc3 Bd7 17. Rad1 Rad8 $14 {and white has only a minimal advantage.})
16. cxd5 cxd5 17. g4 $1 g6 ({after} 17... Bd7 18. gxf5 exf5 19. f4 Rac8 20. Qg2
$16 {[%cal Gg1h1,Gf1f3,Gf3g3] black has no counterplay.}) 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Kh1
Kh8 (19... Kf7 20. Qg2 Rg8 21. Qh3 $40 {[%cal Gf1g1]}) 20. Rg1 {[%cal Gd3f5]
Now black is forced to give up a pawn,since there is no normal defence against
21.Bxf5.} Bc5 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rac1 c4 23. bxc4 dxc4 24. Qxc4 Bb7 {Black has
completed his development at cost in pawn.} 25. Be2 $2 {Too passively! White
missing a great opportunity of neutralizing black's counterplay at all.} ({
after} 25. Qf4 $1 Rad8 26. Bc4 Rd2 27. Rg3 Rfd8 28. Rcg1 $16 {black's king is
in danger and black is not able to create any visible counterplay.}) 25... Bd5
26. Qc7 {Leads to a force draw.} ({white's chanses are slighty better after} 
26. Qa4 Rab8 27. Rc2 Rg8 28. Rg3 $14 {because black has no sufficient
compensation for a pawn.}) 26... Qxc7 27. Rxc7 Rfc8 $1 {Changing white's
active rook.} 28. Rd7 (28. Rgg7 $6 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Bxa2 $15) (28. Rxc8+ $6 Rxc8
$15 {[%cal Gc8c2]}) 28... Rc2 29. Rgg7 (29. Bd1 $6 Rd2 {[%csl Ra2,Rd7][%cal
Ga8b8,Ga8g8,Gd5f3] is dangerously for white.}) 29... Rxe2 30. Rxh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "2001.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Schneider,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.02.17"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Table 7, Board 1: #6 chess.net vs. #29 Collins Kids Materas} d5 2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. g4 Nh6 7. gxf5 O-O 8. Nge2 Nxf5 9. Ng3 Nh4 10.
f4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O Nc6 13. a3 a5 14. Qc2 e5 15. Nxd5 exf4 16. Nxf4 Ne5
17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Qg5 19. Kh1 Ra6 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. bxc5 Bg4
23. Qc3 Ra6 24. Bb2 Bf3+ 25. Rxf3 Nhxf3 26. c6 Rxc6 27. Qb4 Rd8 28. Bxe5 Nxe5
29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Qa5 Kh7 (30... Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Rg1+ 32. Kxg1 Nf3+) 31. Kg2 Nf3
32. Qxg5 Nxg5 33. Nf5 Rd2+ 34. Kg3 Rc2 35. Nd6 Kg8 36. Ng6 Nf7 37. Ne7+ Kf8 38.
Ng6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 $5 {This variation has some logic as
White can no longer strengthen his grip on d5 by Bc1-f4.} 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6
7. b3 Ne4 8. Ba3 Bxa3 9. Nxa3 Nd7 10. b4 a6 11. Nc2 O-O 12. a4 Rf6 13. Bxe4
fxe4 14. Nd2 e5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. dxe5 {Ambitious but risky.} Nxe5 17. Nxe4 Rh6
18. f3 Be6 19. Nc5 {The knight goes in the wrong direction, leaving the king
alone.} Qh4 20. h3 Bxh3 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Qxe5 Bxg2 23. Ne6 Rxe6 24. Qxe6 Qh1+
25. Kf2 Bxf1 26. Qg4 Qh2+ 27. Kxf1 Qxc2 28. Re1 Qxa4 29. Rc1 Rd8 30. Rc8 Qe8
31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. e4 h6 33. Qe6 (33. e5 $5 Qd1+ 34. Kf2 Qd2+ 35. Kg3 Qg5 $5 36.
Qxg5 hxg5 37. Kg4 Kg8 $5 38. Kxg5 b6 39. Kf5 Kf7 40. f4 $10) 33... Qf6 34. Qc8+
Kh7 35. Kf2 Qd4+ 36. Kg2 Qd2+ 37. Kg3 Qd6+ 38. Kg2 Qc6 39. e5 $4 Qxc8 0-1

[Event "Bahrain"]
[Site "Bahrain"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Abou el Zein, Eid Mahmoud"]
[Black "Nikolac, Juraj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BAH"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Ne5 Bd6 7. f4 O-O 8. O-O Bd7
9. b3 Qe7 10. Bb2 Be8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Ndf3 Bh5 13. Qe1 Ne4 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15.
Qh4 Qe8 16. Ne5 Be7 17. Qe1 g5 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Qg3 Be2 20. Rf2 Qh5 21. h4 h6
22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Qh3 Qxh3 24. gxh3 Bh5 25. Rg2 Rf5 26. h4 g4 27. Nxg4 Kh7 28.
Kh2 Rg8 29. Rag1 Bxh4 30. Ba3 Rg6 31. Bd6 Be1 32. Ne5 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 $10 Be2 $4
34. Rxe1 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 c6 6. h3 Bd6 7. g4 O-O 8. Qc2 Na6
9. a3 dxc4 $1 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 b4 $1 12. Na4 bxa3 13. bxa3 Ne4 14. Nf3 Qa5+
15. Kf1 Nc7 16. Nb2 Ba6 17. Nc4 Qd5 18. Rg1 fxg4 19. Rxg4 Ng3+ $1 $19 20. Rxg3
Bxg3 21. Kg2 Bh4 22. e4 Qh5 23. Nxh4 Qxh4 24. Be3 Rf6 25. Rh1 Raf8 26. Rh2
Rxf2+ 27. Bxf2 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Qe1+ {1.54-1.39} 0-1

[Event "Taastrup"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hoi, Carsten"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. d5 Bb4+ {4. - Bd6!? 5.Nd4.} 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Qb3
c5 7. Bxb4 cxb4 8. g3 Na6 9. Bg2 Nc5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O exd5 12. cxd5 d6 13.
Nd4 Bd7 14. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ankara zt"]
[Site "Ankara"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Janjgava, Lasha"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nf3 f5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bd2 (7. Qc2 Nh6
$1 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bxf5 Nxf5 10. Qxf5 Ne5 11. Qc2 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 O-O 13. Qe2
Qh4 $44 {Magerramov,E-Kharlov,A/Rostov/1993/0:1/25/}) (7. Rb1 Ngf6 8. b4 a6 9.
O-O O-O 10. a4 Ne4 11. Qb3 Rf6 $1 12. b5 axb5 13. axb5 Rh6 14. g3 Ndf6 $132 {
Cvitan,O-Sveshnikov,E/Tilburg/1993/0,5/36/}) (7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Bd2 (8. O-O Ngf6
9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. Ne5 g5 14. f3 Nef6 15. Rc2 $1
$14 {Suba,M-Giorgadze,G/Zaragosa/1995/1:0/41/}) 8... a6 9. Qb3 Ngf6 10. Ne2 Qe7
11. a3 a5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nb5 Ne4 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. O-O e5 $1 $10 {Jelen,
I-Sveshnikov,E/Bled/1994/0,5/23/}) 7... Ne7 (7... Ngf6 $2 8. cxd5 $1 cxd5 9.
Nb5 $16) 8. Ng5 (8. h3 $5 O-O 9. g4 Nf6 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 Nc5
13. Be2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nd5 $14 {Petursson,M-Dorfman,J/Reykjavik/1993/}) 8... Nf6
9. c5 (9. f4 $5) 9... Bc7 10. f4 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 (11... b6 12. b4 a5 13. cxb6
Bxb6 14. bxa5 $14) 12. b4 (12. Nf3 $5) 12... Ne4 $1 $10 13. Qh5 $2 h6 14. Ngxe4
dxe4 15. Be2 (15. Bc4 Nd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 $17) 15... Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 $17 17. a4
Qf6 18. g3 (18. b5 $2 g5 19. g3 (19. Bc3 g4 $1) 19... Qg7 $1 {/\g4-+/} 20. Qh3
gxf4 $19) 18... g5 19. Qh3 Rf7 20. a5 $6 (20. b5) (20. Bh5 $5) 20... Rg7 21.
Kh1 h5 $1 22. Rg1 (22. Bxh5 Rh7 $19) (22. Qxh5 g4 $19) 22... Rh7 23. fxg5 Qxg5
24. Rad1 (24. a6 $32) 24... Kh8 25. Qh4 Qg6 $1 26. Rg2 Rg8 27. Rdg1 Qe6 28. Be1
Rg4 $1 29. Bxg4 (29. Qh3 h4 $1 $19) 29... hxg4 30. Qg5 Be8 $19 31. a6 (31. Rf1
Rh5 32. Rxf5 Rxg5 33. Rxg5 Qf6 34. Rxg4 Qf1+ 35. Rg1 Qf3+ $19) 31... bxa6 32.
Ra2 Rh5 33. Qxh5+ Bxh5 34. Rxa6 Qc8 35. b5 (35. Rxc6 Be8 36. Rh6+ Kg8 37. Rh4
Bd8 $19) (35. Rxa7 Qb8 36. Ra2) 35... Qb7 36. Bd2 (36. Rxc6 Be8 37. Rf6 Bxb5
38. Rxf5 Be2 $1 $19) 36... Qxb5 37. Rxa7 Bb8 38. Ra8 Kg7 39. Rga1 Bg6 40. Kg1
f4 $1 41. gxf4 (41. exf4 Qd3 $19) 41... g3 $1 42. hxg3 Bh5 {/\Bf3,Qe2-+/} 43.
Be1 Kg6 $1 {/\Kf5-g4-h3/} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[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 "Berlin SV Empor"]
[BlackTeam "Belgrade Partizan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. f3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bb3 Kh8 11. e4 b4 12. e5 bxc3 13. bxc3 Bc7 14. exf6 Qxf6
15. O-O e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bc7 18. Bb2 Nd7 19. c4 Qh6 20. Rf3 Nf6 21. Rh3
Qg6 22. Rg3 Qf7 23. c5 Be6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Nd4 Qe4 26. Qxe4 Nxe4 27. Ne6 Nxg3
28. Bxg7+ Kg8 29. Bxf8 Ne2+ 30. Kf2 Nxf4 31. Nxc7 Rxf8 32. Rd1 Rf7 33. Kf3 Ng6
34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Ne8+ Kh6 36. Nd6 Rf6 37. Re8 Kg5 38. a4 Rf8 39. Re6 Rb8 40.
Nf7+ Kh5 41. Rxc6 Rb3+ 42. Ke2 Rb2+ 43. Kd1 Rxg2 44. Rf6 Ra2 45. c6 Rxa4 46.
Nd6 Ne7 47. Nxf5 Nxf5 (47... Kg5 $1 48. Nxe7 Kxf6 49. c7 Rc4 50. c8=Q Rxc8 51.
Nxc8 a5 $10 {Shirov}) 48. Rxf5+ Kg6 49. Rc5 Rd4+ 50. Kc2 Rd8 51. Kc3 Kf6 52.
Kc4 Ke6 53. Rh5 Kd6 54. Rh6+ Kc7 55. Kc5 Rd2 56. Rxh7+ Kc8 57. h4 Rc2+ 58. Kd5
Rd2+ 59. Ke5 Re2+ 60. Kd6 Rd2+ 61. Ke5 Rc2 62. Kd6 Rd2+ 63. Ke6 Re2+ 64. Kf6
Rf2+ 65. Kg6 Rg2+ 66. Kh6 a5 67. Ra7 Rg4 68. Kh5 Ra4 69. Kg5 Kb8 70. c7+ Kc8
71. h5 Ra1 72. h6 Rg1+ 73. Kf4 Rf1+ 74. Ke3 Rh1 75. h7 Rh3+ 76. Kd4 Rh4+ 77.
Kc5 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Bf4 $5 d5 {-D10} (3... d6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Nf3 g6 6. h3 Bg7
7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 a6 9. a4 a5 10. O-O b6 11. Qc2 Ne8 12. Rad1 Nc7 13. e4 Qe8 14.
Rfe1 e5 15. Be3 exd4 16. Bxd4 Bh6 17. Bf1 Nc5 18. Bf6 Qe6 19. e5 d5 20. Nd4 Qe8
21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Nb5 Be6 24. Rd4 $36 {Gulko,B-Tukmakov,V/Biel/
1988/}) (3... Qb6 4. Qd2 Ne4 5. Qc2 d5 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 e6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. f3
Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. c5 Qa5 12. Ne2 b6 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Qb4 Qxb4 15. cxb4 bxc5
16. bxc5 Nd7 17. Ba6 e5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bxc5 20. f4 h5 21. Kf2 Rb8 22.
h4 Bc2 23. Rhe1 $14 {Anastasian,A-Sideif Zade,F/URS-chT Azov/1991/}) 4. e3 e6 (
4... Bf5 5. Nc3 (5. Qb3 $5 Qb6 (5... Qc8 6. cxd5 Nxd5 (6... cxd5 7. Nc3 $36) 7.
Bg3 e6 8. Nc3 $14) 6. c5 Qxb3 7. axb3 $14 {/\b4-b5}) 5... e6 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Rc1
Be7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bg3 O-O 10. Nf3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 c5 12. Be2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nd7
14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Bf3 Nc5 16. Qb1 Rd8 17. O-O $14 {1/2:1/2,Miles,A-Portisch,L/
Tilburg/1986/}) (4... Qb6 $5 5. Qc1 Bf5 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e6 8. c5 Qa5 9. Nh4
Nh5 10. Nxf5 Nxf4 11. exf4 exf5 12. Bd3 g6 13. Qe3+ Be7 14. O-O Kf8 15. a3 $10
{1/2:1/2,Gulko,B-Smagin,S/URS-ch/1985/}) 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. c5 (7. h3 $5
$14 {-D36}) 7... Nh5 (7... b6 8. b4 a5 (8... Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 {/\Nc4|^}
) 9. b5 $5 (9. a3 $14) 9... Bb7 10. cxb6 Qxb6 11. bxc6 Bxc6 12. Rb1 $14 {/\Nb5}
) 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O (9. Be5 f5 $5 $132 (9... f6 10. Bg3 (10. Ng5 $5 fxe5 $8 (
10... Nxe5 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. Qxh5 $18) 11. Qxh5 Bxg5 12. Qxh7+ Kf7 13. Qg6+ (
13. Bg6+ Kf6 14. f4 Bh4+ $1 {/\Rh8} 15. Qxh4+ Kxg6 $15) 13... Kg8 14. Qh7+ $10
(14. Qxe6+ Rf7 15. Bg6 Qf6 $13)) 10... f5 (10... Nxg3 11. hxg3 f5 12. g4 $36)
11. Ng5 $1 $14)) 9... f5 (9... Nxf4 10. exf4 $14 {[+]()}) 10. b4 a6 11. a4 h6
12. b5 axb5 13. axb5 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 g5 (14... Nxf4 15. exf4 Qc7 16. Re1 $5 Nf6
17. Ne5 $16) 15. bxc6 Nxc5 $2 (15... bxc6 $8 16. Bd6 (16. Be5 $6 g4) 16... Bxd6
17. cxd6 Ndf6 18. Ne5 $5 (18. Qa3 Ne8 19. Ne5 Qxd6 20. Qxd6 Nxd6 21. Nxc6 Bb7
22. Ne5 Rc8 $10) 18... Qxd6 19. Na4 $44) 16. c7 $1 (16. dxc5 $6 gxf4 17. cxb7
Bxb7 $15) 16... Qe8 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Be5 Ne4 (18... Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Qxb5 20. dxc5
Bxc5 (20... Qxc5 21. Rc1 $18) 21. Rb1 Qc6 (21... Qa6 22. Qxa6 bxa6 23. Rb8) 22.
Nd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 $18 {פh5,Kg8}) 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Qa4 $1 Nhf6 (20... Qxa4 21.
Nxa4 Nd6 22. Nb6 Nc8 23. Rb1 $18) 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. Rb1 (23. Nb5
Nb6 $5 $16) 23... Ra8 (23... b6 24. Nb5 {/\Na7} Rc8 25. Rc1 $18) 24. Rxb7 {
/\Ne5} Kf7 25. g3 Ke8 26. Nb5 {/\Na7+-} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Tomashevsky,E"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[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"]

{"One of the greatest victories of my career" – that is how I summed up the
first game of my match in the third round of the Tromsoe World Cup against Lev
Aronian, immediately afterwards at the press conference. But now too, even
after the emotions have died down a little, I would still say the same. In
principle, the facts themselves are sufficient – it is not every day that one
defeats such a great player, and with Black as well. I also managed to show a
good quality of play, using an opening that was virtually new for me, and
overcoming an important psychological barrier (more of that below). The win
was also assisted by several other factors, not just my own strength. Thus,
during our match, Aronian did look quite himself, not 100% healthy, which
probably affected his play. I was also favoured by the psychological
background: Levon needed to underline his status as favourite, not just for
the match itself, but the entire World Cup, whereas I had virtually nothing to
lose after publication of the tournament schedule :), and after a score of 3:4
before the 8th game of my first round match against Alexander Ramirez, merely
being in the following round was already a bonus! These factors all combined
to enable me, for the first time in a while, to play really well and get an
excellent result.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 {I played this for the first
time only in Game 1 of my aforementioned first-round match. In the fifth game,
this move order brought me a good victory and in the seventh, a tough defeat,
so I faced a difficult psychological mood before completing my hat-trick with
the line in classical chess..:)} 4. e3 {Levon chooses the simplest and most
solid continuation, inviting Black to go into the Meran or to set up a
Stonewall formation. I went for exactly the latter setup, which in general has
a rather dodgy reputation, but which is considered satisfactory in this
particular form. The resulting positions are quite complicated and not very
well explored, Of course, one should not be frightened to play the Stonewall,
when your trainer for the last few years has been GM Alexey Illyushin, one of
the principal advocates of the line. Looking at his games and listening to his
explanation of his philosophy of this line, one gets the impression the only
thing you should not play it against is 1.e4...:) Although I am not quite such
an optimist about the setup c6-d5-e6-f5, I did have one or two ideas I wanted
to try out.} Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Ne5 ({Practice regards as
the main line} 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qc1 {, but it is hard to understand how the
simple and sensible text is any worse.}) 8... O-O 9. Bb2 Bd7 $5 {This bishop
transfer, without weakening the queenside, is the key idea for Alexey and
myself. Black seeks to establish the deepest possible setup, without creating
any further weaknesses.} 10. Nc3 Be8 {At this moment, I would like to
reproduce a Tweet from my good friend andgreat humorist GM Alexander Evdokimov:
"Look at Tomashevsky's win. Stonewall, with the bishop on e8. One can feel the
trainer's hand". Fortunately, the game ended with a favourable result for me,
else such a comment might not have seemed so friendly...:)} 11. cxd5 $6 {
The first arguable (I would even say dubious) decision. It is time to start
talking chess itself. As a rule, this exchange is good when the black knight
has already gone to d7, and/or the pawn is on b6. Then White can count on
securing a slight, but comfortable pressure. Here, however, the knight can
come to the defended square c6, and White will not manage to set up pressure
on the queenside, whilst Black practically solves his opening problems.} ({
More principled, I think, is} 11. Rc1) ({or} 11. Ne2 {– which are the source
for future discussions.}) 11... cxd5 12. Rc1 {The natural continuation.} ({
Less is promised by the immediate} 12. Nb5 Bxb5 ({here there is no sense in} 
12... Bb4 13. Qc2 $1 Bxb5 (13... Nc6 14. a3 Ba5 15. Qc5 $1) 14. Bxb5 a6 15. Bd3
) 13. Bxb5 Nbd7 {, and after a7-a6 followed by Bd3, Black does not have any
particular problems}) ({whilst the typical transfer} 12. Ne2 Nc6 (12... a5 $5 {
, exploiting the absence of the knight from the control of a4}) 13. Nf4 {
involves an unclear pawn sacrifice:} Bxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. a4 a5 $132) 12...
Nc6 13. Nb5 Bb4 {At first glance, Black has lost time with his bishops, but
this does not bother him, and White has spoilt the coordination of his own
pieces.} 14. a3 ({Slightly more precise was} 14. f3 $5 a6 15. Nc3 {– without
his knight on e4, it is slightly harder for Black to organise his pieces,
whilst the immediate exchange on e5 could lead to an unpleasant position.})
14... Ba5 15. Be2 {A subtle move – White frees the excellent square d3 for his
knight, at the same time taking control of the important squares h5 and g4.} a6
(15... Ne4 16. b4 a6 {looks double-edged, and I preferred to play more simply.}
) 16. Nc3 Ne4 17. b4 ({If White does not want to play} 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. f4 {
, then the only sensible alternative to the text is}) ({the pawn sacrifice} 17.
Nd3 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Qxa3 20. Nc5 {, but I don't think White's
compensation allows him to claim anything more than equality, eg:} Qb4 21. Qd2
Nd8 {/\ Bb5}) 17... Bc7 {Black has achieved a harmonious piece setup.} 18. Nxe4
{A turning point in the game. By itself, this move is more of an imprecision
than a mistake, but it is the start of a series of small lapses by White,
which I think in the first instance are connected with psychological factors.}
({White should have recognised that he has no advantage and either fixed
equality with} 18. f4) ({, or else gone for a slow positional battle with no
advantage, which was possible} 18. Nd3 {The attempt to play more ambitiously
leads to difficulties.}) 18... fxe4 19. Qb3 $6 {And this is definitely not
right – see the previous note.} ({It was essential to play} 19. f4 $1 exf3 20.
Rxf3 Rxf3 21. Nxf3 {, and although Black's position is already slightly more
pleasant, I do not think White is risking losing.}) 19... Bxe5 {A good
"structural" decision.} ({Also interesting was the immediate} 19... Qg5 $5 {
, but in this case, one must reckon with the possibility of} 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21.
b5 {, and if there are no immediate tactics on the kingside, Black's advantage
could easily disappear.}) 20. dxe5 Qg5 21. Kh1 {Another not terribly good
choice. The exchange of bishops should have been prevented:} (21. Qd1 $1 {
, and then it would be noticeably more difficult for Black to develop his
initiative. Probably Levon was afraid of the knight transfer} Ne7 $5) 21... Bh5
{Black's advantage is assuming threatening proportions.} 22. f3 {One of the
critical moments for me, not just in the game, but in the tournament more
generally. After making this move, Levon offered a draw, which gave me
something to think about! I used up about half of my remaining half hour of
thinking time. Of course, I would like to say that it was easy to take the
decision, on the basis of the emotional reaction I expressed at the press
conference – "if you don't play on in such a position, then what's the point
of playing chess!". But in reality, it took a lot of effort to forsake the
bird in the hand, for the two in the bush. Of course, now, looking calmly at
the monitor, I am wondering what there was to think about. Not only does Black
have a clear advantage, but he is risking nothing. But during the game, it was
not so easy to think so clearly and bravely, and I did not have such great
experience of turning down draws against such players! I am glad that I
managed to clear my head and overcome an important psychological barrier. I
would also like to point out another interesting moment.} ({Levon could have
offered the draw after playing} 22. f4 {, which would objectively have been
stronger and would have narrowed my choice, to two options: take en passant or
agree a draw. However, as well as the psychological choice, Aronian also gave
me a chess-based choice! He took a risk and this time it went wrong, but that
is not to deny that the ability to offer a draw at the right time is an
important part of chess. Thus, in this case, Levon disturbed the psychological
mood for me, of a game that was going well, and gave himself an extra chance,
and if I had not succeeded in finding a couple of very strong moves in the
approaching time trouble, the game could have ended differently. Such effects
from a timely draw offer have often occurred in important games and events in
chess history. In the argument over Sofia Rules, I have always been surprised
that this issue is never raised. At the board, a chessplayer is very limited
in his choice of legal moves and methods of conducting the battle. To ban draw
offers and any communication between players during the game reduces these
options still further, by taking away a method that is far from the least
important?!}) 22... Qh6 $1 {I did not only spend my time on philosophical
thoughts – I also managed to work out the strength of the subtle text move,
which emphasises the constraints of the white position.} ({I would have
achieved less with the simple} 22... exf3 23. gxf3 Qh4 {although even here,
Black has a clear advantage.}) 23. Rce1 exf3 24. gxf3 Rf7 {I think this
position already fully deserves the assessment -/+. It is hard to know what to
recommend for White, so he decides on a desperate sharpening of the position.}
25. Bc1 {Objectively, this only speeds up the collapse, but other
continuations allow Black to achieve as much, with no risk of going wrong. Now,
however, the threat of e3-e4 does cause him some nervous moments.} Bg6 $5 {
A strong and solid move, which almost forces a position which is practically
lost for White, and it is also a simplifying "time trouble continuation". So,
you may ask, why not then just give an exclamation mark? Because there was an
even stronger move!} ({Here, I missed the chance to end the game at once with
a beautiful combination:} 25... Nxe5 $1 26. e4 Bxf3+ $1 ({But not} 26... Qf6 $2
27. exd5 exd5 28. Bb2 {, and White obtains counterplay}) 27. Rxf3 ({Things are
simpler after} 27. Bxf3 Qh3 28. exd5 Rxf3 29. Rxf3 Nxf3 30. Bf4 Qg4) 27... Rxf3
28. Bxf3 Qh3 {, whilst after} 29. Bd1 {there is} Nd3 $1 30. Kg1 Rf8 $1 {
, after which White is defenceless! However, it was very hard to see this
quiet move, strengthening the position, at the end of the variation, even if
there had not been such an excellent, solid alternative variation at the first
move.}) 26. e4 Qh3 27. exd5 Nd4 28. Qd1 Nxe2 29. Qxe2 Bh5 {White was virtually
forced to go in for this variation, even though it offers him nothing remotely
cheerful at all. None of the possibilities to sacrifice the exchange work, and
so there only remains the continuation chosen by Aronian.} 30. Kg1 Bxf3 31. Qf2
Qg4+ ({Time trouble has already had its effect, and, not finding a forced win,
I settled for a simple and solid continuation. It is hard to see which version
of the endgame is the more favourable for Black, that reached in the game, or
the one arising after} 31... Raf8 $5 32. Qg3 Qxg3+ 33. hxg3 Bxd5 34. Rxf7 Rxf7
35. Rf1 $1 Rc7 36. Bb2 {, and, strangely, there is no obvious entry for the
black rook. Even so, the preliminary doubling of the rooks was slightly better,
although the move in the game does not deserve censure.}) 32. Qg3 Qxg3+ 33.
hxg3 Bxd5 34. Be3 {Intending to prevent the threatened penetration by blocking
the c-file.} a5 $5 {I think this is a good decision, even though pawn
exchanges are not generally favourable for the stronger side. However, I
reasoned thus: the endgame, probably, is objectively lost, and in addition, it
is not going to be possible to hold a position a pawn down, with no
counterplay and a bad structure. Even so, this is only the case if Black
manages swiftly to activate the rook on a8 and begin to create threats.} 35. b5
{A logical desire to avoid opening lines.} ({A sensible alternative was} 35.
Bd2 axb4 36. Bxb4 Rc8 37. Rc1 Rxf1+ 38. Rxf1 h6 {, although here too, I think
Black should be able gradually to strengthen his position decisively.}) 35...
a4 ({I decided that the black position was strong enough to avoid calculating
unnecessary variations after} 35... Rxf1+ $1 36. Rxf1 Bc4 37. Rd1 Bxb5 38. Bb6
{It is an arguable question – here I win a second pawn, and the exchange of
rooks, which may not draw anyway, can be avoided by means of, for example,} Kf7
{It is another matter that Black's chances of winning are so great that he can
allow himself "schematic play".}) 36. Rxf7 Kxf7 37. Rf1+ Kg6 38. Rf4 h6 39. Kf2
({The best chance was the move} 39. Bb6 $5 {, intending Bc7 + b6. In order to
avoid this, the natural move is} Rc8 $1 {But this involves giving up the extra
pawn for the initiative, which would not have been an easy decision, even
though after, for example,} 40. Rxa4 Rc2 41. Rg4+ Kh7 42. a4 g5 {Black has
great winning chances. In the game, I was able to play more easily.}) 39... Bb3
$1 {Finally, the black rook achieves its longed-for freedom – it is impossible
to stop it becoming active. Now we pass the time control and it is extremely
hard for White to hold his last lines of defence.} 40. Rg4+ Kh7 41. Rd4 Rc8 42.
b6 Rc2+ 43. Ke1 $6 {The final mistake.} ({However, there is also little to
cheer about after} 43. Rd2 Rc3 44. Bd4 Rc1 {and Black should gradually win.
However, the text leads to the immediate loss of another pawn.}) 43... Ra2 44.
Bc1 (44. Rd7 Rxa3 45. Rxb7 Bd5 $19) 44... Rg2 {This simple manoeuvre leads to
new material gains.} 45. Bf4 Rg1+ 46. Kd2 Ra1 {My remaining task was just to
cope with my nerves and the approaching second bout of time trouble. However,
Black's position is so comfortably and easily winning, that this was not so
difficult. There followed:} 47. Kc3 Rxa3 48. Kb4 Ra1 49. Bd2 Bd5 50. Bc3 Ra2
51. Rd3 Kg6 52. Rd4 a3 53. Rd3 Kf5 54. Bd2 Ra1 55. Bc3 Ra2 56. Bd2 Ke4 57. Re3+
Kd4 58. Bc1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Qc1 {[%cal Gb2a3] Whith wellknown idea in Stonewall variation to change
"Black" Bishops and maybe Queens with a little advantage} (9. Ne5 b6 (9... Bd7
10. Qc1 (10. Nd2 Be8 (10... Ne4 $5) 11. f3 Bh5 (11... Nbd7 12. Qc2 $1 $14 (12.
c5 $6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Izeta,F-Neverov,V/Candas op 1992 (60)})) 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13.
c5 Bc7 14. b4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 g5 17. Nb3 Rf7 18. Nd4 Nf8 19. a4 $14 {
1-0 Izeta,F-Spitzer,R/Sevilla op 1990 (39)}) 10... Rc8 $6 (10... Be8 11. Ba3
Bxa3 12. Nxa3 $5 $14) 11. Nd2 $14) (9... Ng4 $2 10. Nd2 $2 (10. Nxg4 $1 fxg4
11. Qxg4 e5 12. Qh5 e4 13. Be2 Rf5 14. Qh3 Rf8 (14... Na6 15. Bg4 $16) 15. Bg4
$16) 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bc7 12. Qc2 (12. f4 $5) 12... c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14.
Rac1 b6 15. f4 Nc6 16. a3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sadler,M-Crouch,C/London Lloyds 1994 
(18)}) (9... Nbd7 10. f4 $5 $14 (10. f3 c5 11. Nd2 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Bogdanovski,V-Guliev,S/EuT-ch, Pula CRO 1997 (25)})) 10. Nd2 (10. cxd5 cxd5 11.
f3 Bb7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rc1 Nc6 $10 14. Nxc6 (14. Na4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 b5
17. Nc3 Nc5 $10) 14... Bxc6 15. Na4 $5 Qb7 16. Qe2 Bxa4 (16... Rfc8 $10) 17.
bxa4 b5 $132 {0-1 Bareev,E-Krasenkow,M/Groningen 1997/CBM 63/ (31)} (17... Qd7
18. Qc2)) 10... Bb7 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. Qe2 c5 (12... Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Nf3 $14
) 13. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Kharitonov,A-Tregubov,P/Novgorod 1997/CBM 60/ (37)}) (9.
Nc3 $5 Ne4 (9... b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 $6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 Rc8 13. Qe2 $16) 10.
Ne2 Nd7 (10... Bd7 11. Ne5 Be8 12. f3 Nf6 13. Rc1 Nbd7 14. Bb1 {/\ Nf4-d3+/=})
11. Qc2 $5 $14 {1-0 Kiselev,S-Tregubov,P/RUS-ch Elista 1994 (35)}) (9. Qc2 Bd7
(9... Nbd7 10. Ne5 $14) 10. Ne5 Be8 11. f3 $14 {0-1 Lindstedt,J-Kramnik,V/
Maringa 1991 (42)}) 9... b6 (9... g5 10. Ba3 (10. Nxg5 $5 Bxh2+ 11. Kxh2 Ng4+
12. Kg1 Qxg5 13. Be2 Qh4 (13... Nd7 14. Nd2 $14) 14. Bxg4 fxg4 $15 (14... fxg4
15. e4 $1 $14)) 10... g4 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Qb2 $14 {1/2-1/2
Kharitonov,A-Kobalija,M/RUS-ch m1-2 1997/CBM59/ (29) '+/=' Krasenkow.}) (9...
Bd7 10. Ba3 Bxa3 (10... Be8 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 Qd8 13. Nbd2 Ne4 14. Bxe4
fxe4 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 Bg6 19. Ne5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Kharitonov,A-Neverov,V/Kstovo op 1994 (78)}) 11. Qxa3 Qxa3 12. Nxa3 Ne4 13. Ne5
Be8 14. f3 (14. f4 Nd6 15. Nc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,A-Guliev,S/Moscow5 ,CBM
1995 (51)}) 14... Nd6 15. Nc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ryskin,A-Guliev,S/Azov ,CBM 1995 
(24)}) (9... Ne4 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. Bxd6 Nxd6 12. Nc3 $14) (9... Na6 10. Ne5 Bd7
11. c5 Bc7 12. a3 Ng4 13. b4 Nb8 14. f4 $14 {1-0 Eingorn,V-Semkov,S/Metz 1992 
(34)}) 10. Ba3 (10. Ne5 Bb7 11. cxd5 (11. f4 $5) 11... Bxe5 (11... cxd5 12. Ba3
) 12. dxe5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 c5 15. f3 Nc6 16. a3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Rd7
18. Be2 {1/2-1/2 Danielsen,H-Hansen Lars Bo/Danish ch 1993 (18)}) 10... Bb7 (
10... c5 11. Nc3 (11. Qc2 Ne4 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nd7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qc2
Nf6 16. Bxf5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Bb2 Qe7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Martinez-Bellon Lopez,J/Alicante 1988 (37)}) 11... Ba6 (11... dxc4 12.
dxc5 bxc5 13. Bxc4 $14 {1-0 Mamedova,R-Skripchenko,A/Elista RUS 1998 (29)}) 12.
Rd1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. bxc4 Nbd7 15. Nb5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Utemov,V-Zarubin,P/
Moscow Winter 1991 (42)}) (10... Na6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 Nb4 13. Nc3 Rd8 14.
Be2 Bb7 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Danner,G-Stangl,M/Dortmund A 1993 (57)})
(10... Ne4 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. f3 Nf6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qa3 c5 15. Nc3 $14 {
0-1 Witkowski Stefan-Matlak Marek/Ch Poland (team) 1996 (45)}) 11. Bxd6 Qxd6
12. Qa3 (12. cxd5 $6 cxd5 13. Qa3 Qxa3 14. Nxa3 a6 15. Rfc1 Nc6 {1/2-1/2
Utemov,V-Kramnik,V/Moscow 1991 (15)}) 12... c5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
Rd1 $6 $11 {A little tactical blunder} (15. Be2 $1 Nd7 16. Nbd2 Nc3 17. Bc4 $5
Nb6 18. Qb2 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Be2 $1 Rad8 21. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Kharitonov,
A-Savon,V/Moscow1 1995/EXP 46 (76)}) 15... Nxe3 $1 16. fxe3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qe5
18. Nc3 (18. Bc4 Qxa1 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Qxc5 Qf6 21. Qxf5 Nc6 22. Qxf6 Rxf6 23.
Bd5 Rc8 $132) 18... Qxc3 19. Rac1 Qf6 (19... Qb4 $2 20. Qxb4 cxb4 21. Bc4 (21.
Rc7 Rd8) 21... Kf7 22. Rd6 Re8 23. Bb5 Rf8 24. Rc7+ Kf6 25. h4 (25. Bc4 Re8 26.
Bd5 Ke5 27. Bxa8 Kxd6 28. Rxa7 $14) 25... a5 26. Bc4 Re8 27. Rb6 $16) 20. Qa4 (
20. Qxc5 Nd7 21. Qc3 (21. Qa5 Qg5+ 22. Kf2 Qh4+ 23. Kg2 Qg5+ $11 (23... Rf6 24.
Qe1 Rg6+ 25. Kh1 $14)) 21... Ne5 22. f4 Qg6+ 23. Kh1 Ng4 24. Qe1 $132) 20...
Qh6 $6 $14 {In my opinion, black evaluated his position like with advantage,
but it not so.} (20... Qg5+ 21. Kf2 Qe7 22. Bf1 $44 {[%csl Rb8]} (22. Rc2 Nd7
$17)) (20... Qe5 21. Qf4 Nc6 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. Be2 Rac8 (23... Rad8 24. f4 Ng4
25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bxg4 fxg4 27. Rxc5 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 Rd2+ 29. Kg3 Rxa2 $11) 24. f4
Ng4 (24... Ng6 25. Bc4 $14) 25. Bxg4 fxg4 26. Rd7 Rf7 27. Rd6 $11) 21. Qf4 $1
Qg6+ (21... Qxf4 22. exf4 Rc8 (22... Nc6 23. Rxc5 Nd4 24. Kf2 Rac8 25. b4 $14)
23. b4 Nc6 24. bxc5 $14) 22. Kh1 Nd7 23. Bb5 Nb6 (23... Nf6 24. Rxc5 Nd5 (24...
Rad8 25. Rg1 Qh5 (25... Qf7 26. Rc7 $18) 26. Bc4 $16) 25. Qe5 Rad8 {Like in
this game}) 24. Rxc5 Nd5 25. Qe5 Rad8 26. Rg1 Qf6 27. Qxf6 Rxf6 28. Rd1 Rb8 (
28... Rff8 29. Rd3 (29. Bc4 Nxe3 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Kg1 g6 33. Rc7
Rd6 $11) 29... f4 30. e4 $1 Nb6 (30... Ne3 31. Bd7 Kf7 32. Rc6 e5 33. Ra6 $16)
31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. a4 $14) 29. Rd3 Nb4 (29... f4 30. e4 $1 (30. exf4 Rf7 31. f5
Rxf5 32. Bc4 Rd8 $14) 30... Ne3 31. e5 Rf5 32. Rd6 Rb6 33. Rc8+ Rf8 34. Be8 $22
{[%cal Gd6d7]} Kh8 35. h4 $16) 30. Rd7 Nxa2 $6 $18 (30... Rf7 31. Rcc7 (31. Rd6
Nxa2 32. Bc4 Kf8 33. Bxe6 Rf6 34. Rxf5 Ke7 $1 35. Rd2 (35. Rxf6 Kxd6 $1 $17)
35... Rxe6 36. Rxa2 a6 $11) 31... Rxd7 32. Bxd7 Kf7 (32... Rb6 33. Rxa7 Nc2 34.
e4 $16) 33. Rxa7 $16) 31. Bc4 $1 {Despite lacking a pawn white own the
initiative and advantage} (31. Rxa7 Nb4 32. Bc4 Nd5 33. e4 (33. Bxd5 exd5 34.
Rcc7 Rg6 $11) 33... fxe4 34. fxe4 Nf4 35. Rcc7 Rg6 $132) 31... Nb4 (31... g6
32. Rcc7 h5 33. Rg7+ Kf8 34. Rh7 Kg8 35. Rcg7+ Kf8 36. Rxa7 Kg8 37. Rag7+ Kf8
38. Ra7 Kg8 39. Rhe7 $18 {[%csl Ra2,Re6]}) 32. Rcc7 Rg6 33. Re7 a5 (33... Kf8
34. Bxe6 Nd3 35. h4 $18) 34. Bxe6+ Kh8 35. Rc8+ $2 $16 ({There were two ways
of winning:} 35. Bc8 $1 h5 36. Bxf5 Rg5 37. Be4 Nd5 38. h4 $1 $18) (35. Bxf5 $1
Nd5 36. Bxg6 Nxc7 37. Bf7 $18) 35... Rxc8 36. Bxc8 Kg8 37. Bxf5 Rf6 (37... Rc6
38. Kg2 g6 $16) 38. Be4 g6 (38... Rd6 39. Re5 Ra6 40. Kg2 a4 41. Rb5 Na2 42.
Rb8+ Kf7 43. bxa4 Rxa4 44. Bxh7 $18) 39. Rd7 Na6 $2 $18 (39... Rf7 40. Rxf7
Kxf7 41. Kg2 $16 {Maybe this position is lost, but in any case to play without
one P is better than without 2P...}) 40. Rd5 Nc7 41. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nadanian, Ashot S"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 64]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. g4 Nf6 6. gxf5 exf5 7. Nf3
(7. cxd5 $6 cxd5 (7... Nxd5 8. Nge2 (8. Bc4 Be6 9. Qf3 (9. Qb3 Bb4 10. Bd2 (10.
Nge2 $6 b5 11. Bd3 (11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Qxb4 a5 $1 $19 {0-1 Lalev,D-Semkov,S/BUL
ch Bankja 1992 (19)}) 11... Nf4 12. Qc2 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Qd7 $15) 10... b5 11.
Be2 Qd7 12. Qc2 Bd6 $132) 9... Bb4 10. Bd2 Qa5 11. Nge2 Nxc3 12. Bxe6 Ne4 13.
Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Ke2 Qb2+ 17. Kd3 Na6 (17... Qa3+ 18.
Ke2 g6 $17) 18. Rhc1 (18. Qxf5 Rf8 19. Qh5+ Ke7 20. Bb3 Nb4+ $19) 18... Nb4+
19. Kc4 b5+ $19 {0-1 Lindsay,F-Kuczynski,R/St John CAN 1988 (25)}) (8. Nf3 Bb4
9. Bd2 Be6 10. Bg2 Bd6 $11 (10... Nd7 11. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Bxd5 13. Bxd5
cxd5 14. Qf3 Nf6 15. Qxf5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Carstensen,J-Hellstrom,A/Copenhagen
Politiken 1996 (34)})) 8... Be6 9. Rg1 g6 10. Bg2 Na6 11. Bd2 Nac7 $11 {
0-1 Dorfman,I-Popchev,M/Capablanca Mem-A 1988 (32)}) 8. Nh3 Bd6 9. Qf3 Nc6 10.
Bb5 (10. Nf4 Nb4 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. O-O Bxb5 13. Nxb5 Qd7 $11) 10... Be6 11. Rg1
O-O 12. Ng5 Qd7 13. Qg2 Rae8 14. Bd2 $132 {1-0 Portisch,L-Koberl,F/HUN-ch 1963
(43)}) (7. Bd2 Be6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Be7 11. b4 O-O 12. Nh3 Ne4
13. Nf4 Bf7 14. h4 g6 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. b5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Jensen,J-Pedersen,B/
Aarhus 1991 (63)}) (7. Nh3 Nbd7 (7... Ne4 8. Qb3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd6 10. Be2 Qb6
11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. f3 $132 {1/2-1/2 Tolstikh,N-Moroz,A/Pardubice ,EXT
1995 (56)}) 8. Nf4 Nb6 9. c5 Nc4 10. Bxc4 dxc4 11. Qe2 b5 12. cxb6 axb6 13.
Qxc4 Qd7 14. Bd2 Bd6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Loeffler,S-Stangl,M/BL 1994 (73)}) (7. Bd3
Bb4 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. Bd2 Be6 $132 (10... a5 11. cxd5 $16 {0-1
O'Donnell,R-Ochkoos,J/North Bay CAN 1999 (35)})) (7. Qb3 dxc4 (7... Be7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 cxd5 11. Bg2 Be6 12. Ne2 Kf7 13. Nf4 Rd8 14. Bd2 Nc6
15. Rc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sosnicki,M-Markowski,T/Polanica Zdroj POL 1999 (59)}) (
7... Qb6 8. Bg2 Be6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13.
Ne2 Nc6 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. Ke2 Kd7 16. Bd2 $14 {[%csl Rb6,Rb7] 1/2-1/2 Erdos,
V-Tishyn,D/Litohoto GRE 1999 (60)}) 8. Bxc4 Bd6 (8... Qe7 $6 9. Nh3 $1 b5 10.
Bd3 g6 (10... Be6 11. Qc2 g6 12. Nf4 Bf7 13. Bd2 $16) 11. Nf4 Bh6 12. Nce2 g5
13. Ng2 Be6 14. Qc2 Bd5 (14... Qd7 15. Ng3 $16) 15. O-O $14 {1-0 Portisch,
L-Haba,P/Erevan 1996/CBM 55/ (28)}) 9. Bf7+ Ke7 10. Bc4 (10. Nf3 b5 11. Ng5 $14
) 10... b5 11. Be2 Be6 $132) 7... Bd6 (7... Be6 8. Qb3 (8. Rg1 $6 dxc4 9. Ne5
Qc7 10. h3 (10. Qf3 Nbd7 11. Nxc4 Qxh2 12. Rh1 Qc7 13. Bd2 Nb6 $17 {0-1 Smagin,
S-Ruban,V/URS ch select Norilsk RUS 1987 (42)}) 10... b5 11. Bg2 b4 12. Ne2 Bd6
13. Nf4 Bf7 $15) 8... Qb6 9. c5 Qc7 (9... Qxb3 10. axb3 Nbd7 11. b4 $14 {
[%cal Gb4b5]}) 10. Ng5 (10. Bd2 Nbd7 $132) 10... Bg8 11. Qc2 Ne4 12. Ngxe4 fxe4
13. Bh3 Be7 14. O-O Bf7 15. f3 $132 {0-1 Loebler,H-Plank,F/Austria 1996/EXP 57
(57)}) 8. Qb3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. Ng5 (10. Bd2 b5 (10... Ne4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12.
Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 (13... Qxe5 14. Bc3 $16) 14. Bb4 c5 (14... Qxe5 15. Bf7+
Kd8 16. Bc3 Qg5 17. O-O-O Kc7 18. Rhg1 $18) 15. e6 Nb6 (15... Ne5 16. Bc3 Nf3+
17. Ke2 O-O 18. Bd5 Rb8 19. Rag1 $1 Nxg1+ 20. Rxg1 g6 21. Be5 b6 22. Bxb8 Ba6+
23. Ke1 Rxb8 24. Bxe4 $16) (15... cxb4 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bxd7+ Bxd7 18. exd7+ Qxd7
19. Rd1 (19. Qxb4 Qe7 20. Qxe7+ Kxe7 21. Rg1 Kf6 22. Rg4 Rhe8 23. Rd1 Re7 24.
Rf4+ Kg6 25. Rd6+ $14) 19... Qe7 20. Rg1 g6 21. Rg4 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Qd5+
$16) 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Ba3 Bxe6 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Qxe4 Bd5 20. Qxe7+ Kxe7 21. Rg1
g6 22. Rc1 $14) 11. Be2 (11. Bd3 $6 Be6 12. Qc2 b4 13. Na4 Bd5 14. Be2 Ne4 15.
Rg1 (15. Rf1 Nd7 16. O-O-O Nb6 17. Kb1 O-O $17 {0-1 Ovsejevitsch,S-Guliev,S/
Nikolaev zt 1995/CBM 47/[Huebner] (33)}) 15... Nd7 $11) 11... Be6 12. Qc2 b4
13. Na4 Ne4 (13... Bd5 14. Qxf5) 14. Rg1 Bd5 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Rf8 17. Rc1
f4 18. Rf1 g5 19. h3 h5 20. Qd3 g4 21. Ne5 (21. hxg4 fxe3 22. fxe3 hxg4 23. Ne5
Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qh4+ 25. Kd1 Nf2+ 26. Rxf2 Rxf2 27. Qg6+ Kd8 28. Be1 Qh1 29. Qxg4
$132) 21... Nxd2 22. Qg6+ Kd8 23. Kxd2 Bxe5 (23... gxh3 24. Nc4 Bc7 25. Nc5 $16
) 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. hxg4 fxe3+ 26. fxe3 Qd5+ 27. Qd3 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 hxg4 29.
Qxd5+ cxd5 30. Rf8+ Kc7 31. Rg8 a5 32. Nc5 Kd6 33. Nd3 Kc7 34. Nf4 Kd6 35. Rxg4
Nd7 36. Rg6+ $14) 10... Rf8 11. Bd2 $2 $17 (11. h4 b5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Nf3 Be6
14. Qc2 b4 15. Nb1 Bd5 16. Nbd2 $132) 11... h6 $2 $132 (11... b5 $1 12. Be6 (
12. Bd3 b4 13. Na4 (13. Ne2 h6 14. Nf3 Be6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qe4 17. Neg1
Nd5 18. O-O-O g5 19. h3 Rf7 $17 (19... g4 $2 20. hxg4 fxg4 21. Rxh6)) 13... h6
14. Nf3 Be6 15. Qc2 Bd5 16. Be2 g5 17. Rg1 Ne4 $17) 12... Bd7 $1 (12... Bxe6
13. Qxe6 Qxe6 14. Nxe6 Rf7 $11) 13. Rc1 h6 (13... a5 14. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 15. a4 $14
) 14. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 15. Ne6 (15. Nf3 b4 16. Ne2 (16. Nb1 Qe4 17. Qd1 g5 $17) (16.
Na4 Qe4 17. Rg1 Rf7 (17... Qxf3 18. Qe6+ Be7 19. Rxg7 Nd5 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21.
Qxc6+ $18) 18. Ke2 Nd5 19. Qc4 Nf4+ 20. Kf1 Nh3 21. Qxc6 Nxg1 22. Nxg1 Qxc6 23.
Rxc6 Rf6 $17) 16... Qe4 17. Neg1 g5 (17... c5 $15) 18. Qa4 Rc8 19. h3 g4 20.
hxg4 fxg4 $17) 15... Rf7 16. Ne2 (16. a3 a5 17. h3 a4 18. Qa2 Nb6 $17) (16. a4
b4 17. Ne2 Nd5 18. N6f4 Bxf4 19. exf4 Rf6 $17) 16... Nd5 17. N6f4 Bxf4 18. exf4
Rf6 $17) 12. Ne6 b5 $6 $14 (12... Bxe6 13. Bxe6 Ne4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Rc1 (15.
Bc8 Rf7 16. Be6 Rf6 17. Bc8 Rf7 18. Be6 $11) 15... Na6 16. Bc4 Rc8 17. Bxa6
bxa6 18. Rg1 $14) (12... Rh8 13. O-O-O (13. h4 g6 14. Rg1 Ng4 15. h5 gxh5 (
15... Qh4 16. Nd1 $14) 16. Rg2 $132) 13... Nbd7 14. Nf4 Nf8 15. h4 Ne4 16. Nxe4
fxe4 17. h5 Bf5 $132) {[%tqu "En","?","","","c3b5","",10]} 13. Nxb5 $1 cxb5 14.
Bxb5+ Nbd7 (14... Bd7 15. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c8]} Qf7 16. Bc4 $18) 15. Rc1 $1 (15.
Nxf8 Kxf8 $44 (15... Qxf8 16. Qe6+ Qe7 17. Qxf5 $18)) 15... Rb8 16. Rg1 $6 (16.
Nxf8 $1 Kxf8 17. Qa4 $14) 16... g5 $1 (16... Rf7 17. Ba5 $1 {[%cal Ga5d8]} (17.
Nc7+ Kf8 18. Ne6+ Ke8 (18... Kg8 19. Nxg7 $18)) 17... Bb7 (17... a6 18. Ba4 $3
Rxb3 19. Rxc8+) (17... Bxh2 18. Bc7 Bxc7 (18... Bxg1 19. Bxb8 $18) 19. Nxc7+
Kf8 20. Ne6+ Ke8 (20... Kg8 21. Nxg7 Kh7 22. Nxf5 $18) {[%tqu "En","?","","",
"b5a4","",10]} 21. Ba4 $3 Qb4+ (21... Ra8 22. Nc7+ $18) (21... Qd6 22. Nxg7+ $1
Rxg7 23. Rxg7 Kd8 (23... Rxb3 24. Rxc8#) 24. Qc3 Qb4 25. Bb3 $18)) {[%tqu "En",
"?","","","c1c7","",10]} 18. Rc7 $1 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gb5d7]} Bd5 19. Bxd7+ Nxd7
20. Qxd5 Bxc7 21. Nxc7+ Kf8 22. Ne6+ Ke8 23. Qc6 Rf6 24. d5 $16) 17. Nc7+ {
Actually draw proposal Tatsächlich den Vorschlag Remis} (17. Nxf8 Kxf8 18. Qd3
Ne4 (18... Bxh2 19. Rh1 Bd6 20. Rxh6 Kg7 21. Rh1 Bb7 22. Bc6 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Qe6
(23... Rxb2 24. Qxf5 $18) 24. Rg1 g4 25. Bc3 $16) 19. h3 Ndf6 $132) 17... Bxc7
{Lputian decides to realize a "difference in a rating" Lputian entscheidet,
die "Differenz im Rating" zu verwirklichen} (17... Kd8 18. Ne6+ (18. Ba5 Nb6
19. Na6 Bxa6 20. Bxa6 $17) 18... Ke8 19. Nc7+ (19. Nxf8 Kxf8 $132) 19... Kd8
20. Ne6+ $11) 18. Rxc7 Qf7 $4 $18 {Desire to conquer at any cost it is
stronger than common sense... Den Wunsch, um jeden Preis zu besiegen ist
stärker den gesunden Menschenverstand...} (18... Qe4 $142 $1 19. Bb4 (19. Bd3
Rxb3 20. Bxe4 Rb8 21. Bxf5 Nd5 22. Bg6+ Ke7 23. Rxa7 Rxb2 24. Bc1 Rfxf2 25.
Bxb2 Rxb2 26. h4 $132) 19... Nd5 (19... Qb1+ 20. Kd2 Qxg1 21. Qe6+ Kd8 22. Be7+
Kxc7 23. Qc6#) 20. Bxf8 Nxc7 21. Qg8 Qb1+ 22. Kd2 Qxb2+ 23. Kd1 Qb1+ $11) 19.
Qc3 $1 (19. Bc4 $6 $16 Qe7 (19... Rxb3 20. Rxc8+ Ke7 21. Bxf7 Rxb2 (21... Rxe3+
22. fxe3 Rxc8 23. Bb3 $16) 22. Rxf8 Nxf8 23. Bb3 Rb1+ 24. Bd1 Ne6 25. a3 Nd5
26. h3 Kd6 27. Ke2 h5 28. Kd3 h4 29. Kc2 Rb8 30. Be2 $16) 20. Qxb8 $1 Nxb8 21.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 22. Bb4+ Ke8 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. h4 $16) 19... Kd8 (19... Rxb5 20.
Rxc8+ Ke7 21. Qa3+ $18) 20. Qa5 Rb6 (20... Rxb5 21. Rxd7+ Kxd7 22. Qxb5+ $18)
21. Rxa7 Qe6 22. Bb4 $1 Rf7 23. Ra8 (23. Bc5 $2 Nxc5 24. Rxf7 Nb7 25. Rf8+ Ke7
26. Qa3+ Nd6 27. d5 Qxd5 (27... Nxd5 28. Re8+ $18) 28. Rxc8 Qxb5 29. Qa7+ Ke6
30. Rc7 Nd5 $17) 23... Nd5 (23... Qe4 24. Kd2 $1 $18 {[%cal Gg1c1]} Qxa8 (24...
f4 25. Rc1 fxe3+ 26. fxe3 Qg2+ 27. Kd1 Qh1+ 28. Be1 Qf3+ 29. Be2 $18) 25. Qxa8
Rxb5 26. Qa4 (26. Ba5+ Nb6 27. Bxb6+ Rxb6 28. Qa5 Ne4+ 29. Ke2 Ba6+ 30. Kf3
Rff6 31. Rc1 Rfd6 32. Rc5 $1 $18) 26... Ne4+ 27. Ke2 Rf6 28. Rc1 Ba6 29. Ke1
$18) 24. Bc4 $1 N7f6 25. Rb8 $1 {Nadanian perfectly plays a final part of the
game Nadanian spielt den abschliessenden Teil des Spieles ausgezeichnet} Rc7
26. Rxb6 Qxb6 27. Bxd5 Qxa5 28. Bxa5 Nxd5 29. Kd2 Kd7 30. Bxc7 Nxc7 31. b4 Nd5
32. b5 Bb7 33. a4 Nb6 34. a5 Nc4+ 35. Kc3 Nd6 36. Kb4 Bf3 37. Rc1 g4 38. b6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dokutchaev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 Qe7 8.
a4 a5 (8... O-O 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 Ne4 11. Nc2 Nd7 12. Qe1 a5 13. Nd2 b6 14.
f3 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Yusupov,A/Montpellier ct 1985 (52)})
9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 O-O 11. Qb1 (11. Nb1 Na6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14.
Nbd2 Bd7 15. Ne5 Be8 16. f4 Bh5 17. Qc2 $132 {1-0 Ryan,J-Daly,C/ch-IRL, Dublin
1997}) (11. Nc2 Bd7 12. Qd2 Be8 13. Rfb1 Ne4 14. Qe1 Bh5 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Nxd7
Qxd7 17. b4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Nd6 19. Ba2 Rf6 20. bxa5 Rg6 21. Qb4 Qd8 22. Ne1 Rxa5
23. g3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Neverov,V-Moroz,A/Czestochowa op 1992 (66)}) (11. Ne5 Nbd7
12. Nc2 Kh8 13. f4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. Rc1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Drogoon A-Koutsin Sergey/It (open), Minsk (Belarus) 1996 (52)}) 11...
Ne4 (11... Nbd7 12. cxd5 $14 {[%csl Rf5]}) 12. Nc2 (12. Qb2 $5 Nd7 13. Rac1
$140 $1 $14 (13. Nc2 {0-1 Maric,A-Polgar,Z/Tilburg (ct) 1994 (28)}) 13... b6 $2
14. cxd5 $16) 12... Na6 13. c5 e5 $6 (13... b6 $1 14. cxb6 (14. b4 $5 Nxb4 (
14... axb4 15. cxb6 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. a5 Bb7 18. Rc1 $14) 15. Nxb4 axb4 16.
cxb6 c5 17. a5 (17. dxc5 Qxc5 $15) 17... c4 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Ne5 $13) 14... c5
15. Qe1 Nb4 16. Nxb4 cxb4 17. Ne5 Nc3 18. f3 Ba6 19. Qd2 Qb7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Ulibin,M-Tregubov,P/Berliner Sommer 1996 (60)}) 14. Qb2 exd4 15. exd4 f4 16.
Rae1 Bf5 (16... Qf6 $5 17. Qc1 $1 $14 (17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 Nxc5 $1 $17)) 17.
Nd2 $2 (17. Ne5 Qf6 18. f3 Ng5 (18... Nd2 19. Rf2 $18) 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Rf2
$14) 17... Qf6 18. Qc1 Qg6 $15 19. f3 $5 (19. Nf3 $5 Ng5 (19... Bh3 20. Nh4 Qh5
21. gxh3 Qxh4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 Qxh3 24. f3 $15) 20. Nh4 (20. Ne5 Nf3+ 21.
Nxf3 Bxd3 22. Ne5 Qf5 23. Nxd3 Qxd3 $15) 20... Nf3+ 21. Nxf3 Bxd3 22. Ne5 Qf5
23. Nxd3 Qxd3 $15) 19... Nxd2 (19... Ng3 20. Bxf5 $8 Nxf5 21. Nb1 (21. Re5 Nh4
22. Rf2 Rae8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Nf1 Qf7 25. Qd2 Qc7 26. Re2 Rxe2 27. Qxe2 Kf7
$11) 21... Qg5 (21... Ng3 $2 22. hxg3 fxg3 23. Re5 $18) 22. Qd2 Nc7 23. Re5
Rae8 24. Rfe1 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Qg6 26. Nc3 Ne6 27. Re1 (27. Re2 Qf6 $17 {[%csl
Rd4]}) 27... Re8 $11 (27... Qf6 28. Ne2 Rb8 29. Kh1 b6 30. Nxf4 Nexd4 $132))
20. Bxf5 Nxf3+ $1 21. Rxf3 Rxf5 (21... Qxf5 22. Qd2 $44) 22. Re7 (22. Qd2 Rf7 (
22... Nc7 23. Re7 (23. Rxf4 Rxf4 24. Qxf4 Qxc2 25. Qxc7 Qxb3 $15) 23... Ne6 24.
Rxb7 Ng5 25. Rf1 f3 $40) 23. Ref1 Raf8 24. R1f2 $11) 22... Qf6 23. Rxb7 Nb4 24.
Kf1 (24. Nxb4 Qxd4+ $17) 24... Nxc2 25. Qxc2 Re8 26. Qd2 $2 (26. Qf2 $1 Re4 27.
Rb8+ (27. Rd3 Re3 $17) 27... Kf7 28. Rd3 (28. Rc8 Rxd4 29. Rxc6 Rd1+ 30. Ke2
Qd4 $11 (30... Qxc6 31. Kxd1 Qf6 $15)) 28... Re3 29. Rb7+ Kg6 30. Rd1 Qg5 $15)
26... Re4 27. Rb8+ (27. Rc7 Rxd4 (27... Qxd4 28. Qxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxc6 $132) 28.
Qxa5 Qe6 $1 29. Kf2 Rd1 30. Qc3 d4 (30... Re5 31. Rc8+ Qxc8 32. Qxe5 $11) 31.
Qc4 Rd2+ $1 (31... Rd5 32. Qe2 $1 $16) 32. Kg1 Rd5 33. Qf1 g5 $17) 27... Kf7
28. Rb7+ Kg6 $19 29. Rd7 (29. Rd3 f3 $19) 29... Rxd4 (29... Qxd4 $1 $19) 30.
Rd3 Rxd3 31. Qxd3 {[#] Hecht Unklare Position mit Bauernschwächen und
unsicheren Königspositionen. Fehlerhafter Angriff mit 34.h4+} Qa1+ 32. Kf2 Qe5
33. Rd6+ Kg5 34. h4+ (34. Rxc6 f3 $1 $19 35. g3 Qb2+) (34. Rxc6 $5 {Hecht})
34... Kxh4 35. Qh3+ Kg5 36. Qxh7 Qe3+ 37. Kf1 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Guliev, Sarhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 f5 (4... Bd6 5. Bg5 Ne7 6. e3 Nd7 7. Nc3 h6
8. Bh4 dxc4 $6 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O-O $16 {Magerramov,E-Zaitceva,L/Moscow
Alekhine op/1992/1:0/19/}) (4... Nf6 5. Bg5 $5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 Ne4 8.
Bf4 Bb4 9. a3 g5 10. Bg3 h5 11. O-O-O Bxa3 12. bxa3 Qxa3+ 13. Qb2 Qxb2+ 14.
Kxb2 h4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bd6 $44 {Khalifman,A-Van der Werf,M/Wijk(B1,1);CBM45/
1995/1:0/68/}) (4... Nd7 5. Bf4 $5 Ngf6 6. e3 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Ne4 8. a3 Qa5 9. Bd3
g5 10. Bxe4 gxf4 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. O-O $14 {Kortchnoj,V-Vaisser,A
(01)/New York PCA(25')(1)/1994/0,5/53/}) 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Be7 (6... Bd6 7. Bd3
O-O 8. O-O $14) 7. h3 (7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Be2 (8. h3 Ne4 9. g4 a5 10. Rg1 a4 11.
gxf5 exf5 12. a3 (12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bxb8 Rxb8 14. Qxa4 Bh4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16.
Nxh4 Qxh4 17. Rg3 Qf6 18. Qc2 Bd7 $44) 12... Be6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Bd3 $14 (14.
cxd5 cxd5 15. Qc7 Rc8 16. Qxc8 Qxc8 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 $11 {0-1 Rashkovsky-Vaiser/
Tashkent Hodzhaev 1987 (36)})) 8... Ne4 9. O-O (9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Nd2 Bg5 11.
Bg3 Nd7 12. O-O Nf6 13. b4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kempinski,R-Vajda,L/World Juniors,
Zagan POL 1997 (39)}) 9... Nd7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bd7 13. Qc3
$14 {1-0 Maiwald,J-Hartmans,E/Purmerend 1993 (33)}) (7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 Qa5+
9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O b5 11. Bxd5 (11. Bb3 $14) 11... cxd5 12. a3 $14 (12. Qb3 $6
b4 13. Na4 $2 (13. Ne2 Ba6 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Bg5 Bc4 16. Qc2 Bd6 17. Nf4 Rae8 (
17... h6 18. Nxe6 $16) 18. b3 Bb5 19. Bh4 $132) 13... Bd7 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5
Ba4 16. Bc7 Qb5 17. Nd4 Bxb3 18. Nxb5 Bc4 $17 {0-1 Ornstein,A-Couso,L/
Salongernas IM-Turne 1996 (60)})) (7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Ne4 (8... Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ne4
10. Rad1 Ndf6 $14 {1-0 Bjerke,R-Pfeiffer,G/Gausdal International 1992 (30)})) (
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O (8. Nc3 Ne4 9. g4 $5 Na6 10. a3 Qa5 11. Ke2 Nxc3+ 12. bxc3
dxc4 13. Bxc4 fxg4 14. Ne5 $44) 8... Nh5 (8... Ne4 9. Nbd2 Nd7 $14) 9. Be5 Nd7
10. Nbd2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 (11. Nxe5 Nf6 12. Rac1 Bd6 $14) 11... g6 12. Rfd1 $14 {
1-0 Romanishin,O-Guliev,S/Nikolaev 1995 (24)}) 7... O-O (7... Ne4 8. Bd3 Na6 9.
Qb3 O-O 10. c5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 b6 12. Ne5 Nb8 13. Qa4 Qxa4 14. Nxa4 $132 {1-0
Biriukov,I-Jakuta,A/Stockerau jr 1991 (46)}) (7... Nbd7 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bd3 Qa5
10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Qd8 12. b4 $14 {1/2-1/2 De Boer,G-Böhm,H/Wijk aan Zee II
1985 (35)}) 8. Be2 (8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bd3 b6 (9... Nd7 10. Ne5 Ndf6 11. Bxe4 (11.
O-O $14) (11. g4 $5) 11... fxe4 12. O-O-O c5 $6 (12... Nd7 $14) 13. dxc5 Bxc5
14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxc5 Be6 17. Kb1 Rc8 18. Qa3 Qe8 19. Bg3 a5 20.
Rc1 $16 (20. Qd6 $6 {1/2-1/2 Csonkics,T-Cuevas Rodriguez,M/Manila olw 1992 (23)
})) 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Ke2 Nd7 12. f3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. g4 $132
{1/2-1/2 Brueckner,T-Backwinkel,P/FRG-ch qual Brilon 1986 (20)}) 8... Ne4 9.
Nc3 Nd7 10. O-O (10. Bh2 $5 Qa5 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba3 13. Rab1 b6 14. cxd5
exd5 15. c4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Lehtivaara,R/SSL,ch 1990 (30)}) 10... g5 (
10... Ndf6 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Nxd7 $5 $14) 11. Bh2 Ndf6 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. f3 $14 (
13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nxd7 $14) (13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. f3 Nd6 16. b3 $14)
13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be8 15. a4 (15. Rab1 Qc8 16. a4 b6 17. Rfc1 $14) 15... b6
16. g4 $6 $132 (16. cxd5 Nxd5 (16... cxd5 17. c4 Rc8 18. Rfc1 $14) 17. Qd2 Bd6
18. Bd3 $14) 16... fxg4 17. hxg4 c5 $1 (17... Bd6 18. a5 $14) 18. Bd3 (18. f4
$6 gxf4 (18... Ne4 19. Bd3 $16) 19. exf4 Rc8 $132) 18... Rc8 (18... h5 19. gxh5
Bxh5 20. Nc6 Qe8 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qg2 Qg7 23. Bd6 $16) 19. Bg3 (19. f4 h6 (
19... h5 $2 20. fxg5 Ne4 (20... Nxg4 21. Nxg4 $18) 21. Rxf8+ Bxf8 22. Bxe4 dxe4
23. Bf4 $16) (19... gxf4 20. Bxf4 Kh8 $132) 20. f5 exf5 21. Bxf5 Rc7 22. a5
$132) 19... Bd6 20. Qh2 (20. a5 b5 (20... bxa5 21. Qh2 $132) 21. cxb5 c4 22.
Be2 Bxb5 $11) 20... Rc7 $1 (20... h5 21. gxh5 Bxh5 22. f4 $14) 21. Qd2 $2 $17 (
21. a5 $1 bxa5 (21... Rg7 22. axb6 axb6 23. Qh6 b5 24. cxb5 c4 25. Bc2 Bxb5 26.
Rfb1 Be8 27. Ra6 $18) (21... b5 22. cxb5 c4 23. b6 axb6 24. axb6 Rb7 25. Bc2
Qxb6 26. Qh6 Rg7 27. Rfb1 $18) 22. Qh6 Rg7 23. Rfb1 Qc7 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Ba6
Bc6 26. c4 $13) 21... cxd4 22. exd4 (22. cxd4 dxc4 23. Bc2 (23. Bxc4 $2 Rxc4
$19) 23... a6 $17) 22... dxc4 23. Bc2 (23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Qxg5+ Kh8 25. Nxc4
Bxg3 $17) 23... Nd5 (23... h6 $15) 24. Rae1 (24. Rfb1 a6 $17) 24... Qf6 25. Rf2
a6 26. Rh2 b5 (26... h6 27. Rh3 Kg7 28. Re4 (28. Re2 Nf4 29. Bxf4 Qxf4 $17)
28... Qd8 $17) 27. axb5 axb5 28. Be4 $6 (28. Rc1 b4 $17) 28... b4 29. Bxd5 (29.
Qc2 Nxc3 30. Bxh7+ Kg7 $19) 29... exd5 30. cxb4 Rb7 31. Rf1 $2 (31. Rb1 Qe7 32.
b5 Qf6 (32... Rxb5 $2 33. Rxb5 Bxb5 34. Rh5 $1 $132) 33. b6 $17) 31... Rxb4 $19
(31... Bxb4 $19) 32. Qa2 (32. f4 Rb3 33. Qg2 Bxe5 34. dxe5 Qb6+ 35. Bf2 Qe6 $19
) 32... Ra4 $2 (32... Rb3 $19) 33. Qb1 $17 Ra7 34. Ra2 (34. f4 Qe6 35. f5 Qf6
36. Qc2 h6 $19) 34... Qg7 (34... Rxa2 35. Qxa2 $17) 35. Rff2 Qc7 (35... h5 $17)
36. Rxa7 Qxa7 37. Nc6 Qc7 (37... Qa3 38. Bxd6 Qxd6 39. Ne5) 38. Bxd6 Qxd6 39.
Ne5 Rf4 (39... Bg6 40. Qc1 Rf4 41. Rb2 h6 42. Qd2 $17) 40. Rb2 $2 $19 (40. Qa1
Qb6 41. Qa8 Qe6 42. Qa7 $17) 40... Rxd4 41. Rb7 Bg6 (41... Rd1+ 42. Qxd1 Qxe5
43. Kf1 Bg6 44. Qe1 Qf6 45. Qg3 Bf7 $17) 42. Rb8+ Kg7 43. Rb7+ Kh6 $2 (43...
Kh6 44. Qf1 $8 Bh5 $8 45. Qb1 (45. Qh3 Rd1+ 46. Kf2 Rd2+ 47. Kf1 Rd1+ 48. Kf2
$11 (48. Ke2 Qxe5+ 49. Kxd1 Qd4+ $11)) 45... Bg6 46. Qf1 $11) (43... Kf6 $1 44.
Qe1 Rd1 45. Nd7+ (45. Qxd1 Qxe5 $19) 45... Qxd7 46. Rb6+ Kg7 47. Qxd1 d4 $19) (
43... Kf8 44. Qe1 Be8 45. Rxh7 Kg8 46. Rb7 Rf4 47. Qb1 Bf7 48. Nxf7 Rxf7 49.
Rxf7 Kxf7 50. Qf5+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Ne5 (9. Qc1 b6 (9... Bd7 10. Ba3 Be8 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 Qd8 13. Nbd2 Ne4
14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Ne5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,A-Neverov,V/Kstovo op 1994 (77)})
(9... g5 10. Ba3 (10. Nxg5 $5 Bxh2+ 11. Kxh2 Ng4+ 12. Kg1 Qxg5 13. Be2 Nd7 (
13... Qh4 14. Bxg4 fxg4 15. e4 $1 $14) 14. Nd2 $14) 10... g4 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12.
Ne5 Nbd7 13. Qb2 Qc7 (13... b6) 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. Nc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,
A-Kobalija,M/ch-RUS KO, Elista RUS 1997 (29)}) (9... Ne4 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Qxa3
Qxa3 12. Nxa3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Be8 14. f4 (14. f3 Nd6 15. Nc2 Nd7 16. c5 Nf7 17.
Nxd7 Bxd7 18. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ryskin,A-Guliev,S/Azov 1995 (24)}) 14... Nd6 15.
Nc2 Nd7 16. c5 Ne4 17. b4 Ndf6 18. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,A-Guliev,S/
Moscow5 1995 (50)}) 10. Ba3 Bb7 (10... c5 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. Rd1 dxc4 13. Bxc4
Bxc4 14. bxc4 Nbd7 15. Nb5 Ne4 (15... Bb8 $5) 16. Nxd6 Nxd6 17. dxc5 Nxc5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Utemov,V-Zarubin,P/Moscow op Russian Winter 1991 (41)}) 11. cxd5 (11.
Bxd6 Qxd6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qa3 Qxa3 14. Nxa3 a6 15. Rfc1 Nc6 $14 {1/2-1/2
Utemov,V-Kramnik,V/Moscow4 1991}) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qa3 $14 {
1-0 Kharitonov,A-Savon,V/Moscow1 1995 (75)}) (9. Nc3 $5 Ne4 (9... b6 10. Qc2
Bb7 $6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 Rc8 13. Qe2 $16) 10. Ne2 Nd7 (10... Bd7 11. Ne5
Be8 12. f3 Nf6 13. Rc1 Nbd7 14. Bb1 {/\ Nf4-d3+/=}) 11. Qc2 $5 $14 {1-0
Kiselev,S-Tregubov,P/RUS-ch Elista 1994 (35)}) (9. Qc2 Bd7 (9... Nbd7 10. Ne5
$14) 10. Ne5 Be8 11. f3 $14 {0-1 Lindstedt,J-Kramnik,V/Maringa 1991 (42)}) 9...
b6 (9... Bd7 10. Qc1 (10. Nd2 Be8 11. f3 Bh5 (11... Nbd7 12. c5 $6 (12. Qc2 $1
$14) 12... Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nh5 14. g4 (14. b4 f4 $1 $132) 14... Qg5 (14... Nxc5
15. Ba3 (15. Be2 Qg5 16. f4 Qg6 17. Ba3 b6 18. Rc1 fxg4 19. Bxg4 Nd3 20. Rc3 c5
21. Kh1 Nb4 22. Bxb4 cxb4 23. Rc7 Qh6 24. Rg1 Rf7 $132) 15... b6 16. Qe2 Qg5
17. Kh1 fxg4 18. fxg4 Qxe5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Nf3 Qd6 21. gxh5 Bxh5 $44) 15. f4
Qxg4+ 16. Qxg4 fxg4 17. Be2 g5 18. Bxg4 Ng7 19. fxg5 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Nxc5 21.
Ba3 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Izeta,F-Neverov,V/Candas op 1992 (60)}) 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13.
c5 Bc7 14. b4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 g5 17. Nb3 Rf7 18. Nd4 Nf8 19. a4 $14 {
1-0 Izeta,F-Spitzer,R/Sevilla op 1990 (39)}) 10... Rc8 $6 (10... Be8 11. Ba3
Bxa3 12. Nxa3 $5 $14) 11. Nd2 Ne4 (11... Be8 $2 12. cxd5) (11... Na6 12. a3 c5
13. Qd1 $14) (11... c5 12. dxc5 $14) 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Be8 14. cxd5 $5 (14.
e4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 fxe4 16. fxe4 d4 $5 (16... dxc4 $6 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Be2 {/\ Qd6
} Rd8 19. Qf4 {/\ Rad1-d6+/-}) 17. Bxd4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,A-Tregubov,P/
Alusta 1994 (34)}) 14... cxd5 15. e4 fxe4 16. fxe4 Nc6 17. exd5 exd5 18. Qf4
$14) (9... Ng4 $2 10. Nd2 $2 (10. Nxg4 $1 fxg4 11. Qxg4 e5 12. Qh5 e4 (12... g6
13. Bxg6 e4 (13... hxg6 14. Qxg6+ Kh8 (14... Qg7 15. Qxd6 Bh3 16. g3 Bxf1 17.
Kxf1 $18) 15. dxe5 $18) 14. Nc3 Rf6 (14... Qg7 15. Qxh7+ Qxh7 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7
17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 $16) 15. Be8 Kf8 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. cxd5 $16) 13. Be2 Rf5
14. Qh3 Rf8 (14... Na6 15. Bg4 $16) 15. Bg4 $16) 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bc7 12.
Qc2 (12. f4 $5) 12... c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rac1 b6 15. f4 Nc6 16. a3 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Sadler,M-Crouch,C/London Lloyds 1994 (18)}) (9... Nbd7 10. f3 (10. f4
$5 $14) 10... c5 11. Nd2 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bogdanovski,V-Guliev,S/
EuT-ch, Pula CRO 1997 (25)}) 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. Qe2 c5 (12... Nd7 13.
Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Nf3 $14) 13. Rfd1 $14 Nc6 14. Ndf3 $1 Nxe5 (14... Rac8 15. Nxc6
Bxc6 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. f3 (17. cxd5 exd5 (17... cxd4 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. dxc6 dxe3
20. Qxe3 (20. fxe3 Nc5 21. Bb5 Qc7 22. Qh5 a6 23. Be2 Qxc6 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. Bc4
Rxa2 26. Bxe6+ Kh8 $132) 20... Bc5 21. Bd4 Rxc6 22. Bxe4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Rxc1 24.
Rxc1 Rd8 25. Qe5 fxe4 26. Qxe4 $14) 18. f3 Ng5 19. Qd2 Ne6 $132) 17... Nf6 18.
cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nc4 Bc7 20. Ba3 $14) 15. Nxe5 cxd4 16. Bxd4 $6 (16. exd4 $14)
16... Nc5 $11 (16... Rad8 $11) 17. Bb1 Rac8 18. Bb2 Rfd8 (18... Qc7 19. f4 $14)
19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Qh5 (20. b4 Ne4 $11) (20. Bxf5 $2 Bxe5 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22.
Qh5+ Kg8 23. Bxe5 $19) 20... Bxe5 $6 (20... Ne4 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bxe4 fxe4 $11
(22... Bxe4 23. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 (23... Bf3 24. Nxf3 Qxd6 25. Ng5 $18) 24. Qf7+ Kh8
25. Ng6+ hxg6 26. Qxg7#)) 21. Bxe5 $14 Be4 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bxe4 fxe4 $2 (
23... Nxe4 $1 24. Qe2 (24. Rc7 Rd7 (24... Nf6 25. Rxe7 Nxh5 26. g3 $16) 25.
Rc8+ Rd8 $11) 24... Rd2 25. Rc8+ Rd8 (25... Kf7 26. Qh5+ $18) 26. Qc2 Qd7 27.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. f3 $14) 24. Bg3 $16 {[%csl Re4,Re6]} Rd5 25. Qe2 Qd7 26. h3 Rd2
27. Qg4 Qf7 $2 (27... Rxa2 28. b4 $1 (28. Rd1 Rd2 29. Rxd2 Qxd2 30. Be5 Qd7 31.
b4 Nd3 32. Qxe4 Nxe5 33. Qxe5 Kf7 $14) 28... Nd3 29. Rc4 $16) 28. b4 $18 h5 (
28... Nd7 29. Qxe4 (29. Rc8+ Nf8 30. Rc7 Qf6 31. Rxa7 Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Rxa2 33. Rb7
$18) 29... Rxa2 30. Rc8+ Nf8 31. Bd6 Qxf2+ 32. Kh2 $18) (28... Nb7 29. Qxe4 $18
) 29. Qh4 Nd3 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Qxe4+ Qf5 32. Qa8 $1 (32. Qxf5+ exf5 33. a3 $16)
32... Ne5 (32... Rxa2 33. Rh8+ Kg6 34. Rf8 $1 $18) 33. Bxe5 (33. Rh8+ Kg6 34.
Rf8 Nf7 35. Qxa7 $18) 33... Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Qxe5+ 35. f4 Qf6 (35... Qb5 36. Rh8+
Kg6 37. Qg8 Qf5 38. Qh7+ Kf7 39. Qxh5+ $18) 36. Rh8+ Kg6 37. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Qc2 f5 6. Bd3 Nf6 (6... g6 7. f3 $6
Nf6 (7... Qh4+ 8. Qf2 Qxf2+ 9. Kxf2 Nf6 $11) 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Kg7 10. Bd2 Qc7
$14 {Goehler,A-Siepenkoetter,A/DBL 1996/0-1 (41)}) (6... Nh6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. f3
Nd7 9. O-O Kh8 10. b3 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. g3 (12. Rb1 $132) 12... Nf6 $132 {
0-1 Marzolo,C-Apicella,M/FrTCh, Montpellier FRA 1998 (24)}) 7. f4 (7. cxd5 cxd5
8. Nb5 Nc6 9. Nxd6+ Qxd6 10. a3 Bd7 11. Nf3 Rc8 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bd2 Be8 14. Qd1
Bh5 15. Be2 Ne4 16. O-O Rc7 $11 {Crouch,C-Sveshnikov,E/Erevan op 1996/1-0 (42)}
) 7... O-O 8. Nf3 Ne4 (8... b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Rac1 Qe7
$4 (12... c5 13. cxd5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nxd5 (14... exd5 15. Qxf5 $18) 15. Nxd5
exd5 16. dxc5 $16) (12... Qe8 $14) 13. c5 $18) 9. O-O Nd7 10. c5 Bc7 11. Bd2
Nxd2 (11... b6 12. b4 Nxd2 (12... Rb8 13. Be1 $14) 13. Qxd2 $14) 12. Qxd2 Nf6
13. b4 Bd7 14. Ne5 Qe7 (14... Be8 15. a4 a6 16. Rab1 Bh5 17. h3 Ne4 18. Nxe4
fxe4 19. Be2 $14) 15. b5 cxb5 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Nxb5 Rfc8 $6 (17... Ne4 18. Qb4
Bd8 (18... b6 19. c6 $16) 19. Rfc1 $14) 18. Rab1 $16 Ne8 $6 (18... Bb8 $16) 19.
Nxc7 $1 Rxc7 20. Rb5 Nf6 (20... Rac8 21. Rfb1 h6 22. Ra5 Ra8 $16) 21. Rfb1 Rf8
22. Ra5 $1 a6 $6 {[%csl Rb6]} (22... Ra8 $16) 23. Ra3 h6 24. Rab3 Rf7 25. Rb6
g5 $2 $18 (25... Ne4 26. Qb4 Nf6 27. Rd6 Qe8 28. Qb6 (28. Qa5 Rfd7 29. Bc2 (29.
Rbb6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Qc8 31. h3 $16) 29... Qf7 30. Ba4 Re7 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Rb8
Qh5 33. Bd1 Qh4 34. g3 Qh3 35. Rb3 Ne4 36. Bf3 Nd6 37. Bg2 Qg4 38. Qe1 Nc4 39.
h3 Qh5 $16) 28... Rfe7 29. Bc2) 26. Rd6 Qc8 (26... Qe8 27. Rbb6 Rfe7 (27...
Rce7 28. fxg5 hxg5 29. Bxf5 exf5 30. Rxf6 Rxe3 31. Rg6+ Rg7 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33.
Rxb7+ Kh8 34. c6 $18) 28. Bxf5 (28. fxg5 Nd7 $1 29. Rb1 hxg5 30. Qf2 $16 (30.
e4 $2 fxe4 31. Qxg5+ Rg7 32. Qe3 exd3 33. Rxe6 Qh5 34. Qxd3 Qg4 $15)) 28...
exf5 29. Rxf6 Rxe3 30. Rg6+ Rg7 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rxb7+ Kh8 33. fxg5 hxg5 34.
c6 (34. Rb3 f4 35. Rxe3 fxe3 36. Qe2 Kg7 $14) 34... Re1+ (34... Qxc6 35. Qxe3
Qxb7 36. Qe5+ Kg8 37. Qxf5 $18) 35. Kf2 Qxc6 36. Rb8+ Re8 37. Rxe8+ Qxe8 38.
Qxg5 $18) 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. e4 $1 f4 (28... fxe4 29. Qxg5+ Kf8 30. Be2 Rxc5 $5
31. Bh5 $1 (31. dxc5 Qxc5+ 32. Kh1 Qxd6 $19) 31... Rcc7 32. Rf1 $18) 29. exd5 (
29. e5 Ne4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Qc2 f3 (31... e3 32. Qg6+ Rg7 33. Qf6 $2 (33.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 34. Rxe6 g4 35. Re1 Rgd7 36. Rd6 Rxd6 37. exd6 Rf7 38. g3 Kf8 39. d5
Ke8 40. c6 Kd8 41. gxf4 bxc6 42. dxc6 Rf6 43. c7+ Kc8 (43... Kd7 44. Rc1 Rf8
45. Kf1 $18) 44. Rd1 Kd7 45. Rc1 Rf8 46. Kf1 $18) 33... Rce7 34. Rbb6 Qe8 35.
Qh6 (35. Rxe6 Qa4 $19) 35... e2 36. Kf2 Rg6 37. Qh5 f3 $16) 32. Qxe4 f2+ 33.
Kf1 Rf5 34. Rb2 $18 (34. Rbb6 $18)) 29... exd5 (29... Nxd5 30. Re1 Ne3 31. Rxe3
fxe3 32. Qxe3 $18) 30. Re1 Rc6 (30... Qg4 31. Re5 Qh4 32. g3 $18) 31. Re5 Rxc5
(31... Rg7 32. Bf5 Qf8 33. Rde6 (33. Rxc6 bxc6 34. Qd3 Re7 35. Be6+ Kh8 36.
Qxa6 Qb8 37. Qc8+ Qxc8 38. Bxc8 Ra7 39. Rxg5 Rxa2 40. Rf5 Ne4 41. Rxf4 Rd2 42.
Bd7 Rd1+ 43. Rf1 Rxd4 44. Bxc6 Nxc5 $16) 33... Rcc7 (33... Rxe6 34. Bxe6+ Kh8
35. Bxd5 $18) 34. Qe2 $18) 32. Rxg5+ Kf8 33. Qb4 $1 Rc1+ 34. Kf2 Rc2+ 35. Kf3
Ke8 36. Re5+ Re7 37. Rxe7+ Kxe7 38. Rc6+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Boukh, Boris"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nc3 f5 6. Be2 (6. h3 Nf6 (6... Ne7 7.
g4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. gxf5 Nxf5 10. h4 Qf6 11. Be2 Bb4 12. Qb3 a5 $17 {..., 73
1/2-1/2 Sokolovs,A-Bezold,M/BL2-S 1996 (43)}) 7. g4 fxg4 8. hxg4 Nxg4 9. Bd3
Qf6 10. Rh4 h5 11. Be2 Bb4 12. Qd3 b6 13. Bd2 Ba6 14. b3 Nd7 (14... g5 15. Rh1
(15. Rh3 Nxf2 $19) 15... c5 16. e4 dxc4 17. bxc4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 e5 19. Qd3 Nc6
20. Bxg5 Qf7 $17) 15. e4 dxc4 16. bxc4 e5 $17 {0-1 Kempinski,R-Vaisser,A/
Cappelle op 1994/TD 94\02 (29)}) (6. Bd2 Nf6 7. Rb1 O-O 8. b4 Nbd7 9. c5 Bc7
10. b5 Ne4 11. bxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Nxd2 13. Kxd2 Nf6 14. Kc2 (14. Qxc6 Bd7 15.
Qa6 Ne4+ 16. Kc2 (16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Ng1 Rxf2+ $17) 16... Nxf2 $17) 14... Ne4
15. Nd1 Qe8 16. Ba6 f4 17. Bd3 e5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 fxe3 21.
fxe3 Qxe5 22. Qd4 Qg5 $17 {0-1 Kozul,Z-Tregubov/Ljubljana op 1994 (29)}) (6.
Qc2 Nh6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Bd2 Nd7 9. cxd5 (9. O-O-O $5 $132) 9... exd5 10. h3 Nf6
11. O-O-O Ne4 12. Be1 $132 {1-0 Burmakin,V-Kennaugh,C/Harkany op 1993 (40)})
6... Nd7 (6... Nh6 7. c5 Bc7 8. b4 O-O 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. a4 Nf6 11. Qc2 Ne4 $11 {
0-1 Burn,A-Showalter,J/cable USA-GBR 1896 (66)}) 7. O-O (7. Qc2 Qf6 8. Bd2 Ne7
9. O-O-O a6 10. Ne1 (10. h3 $5) 10... dxc4 $6 (10... O-O) 11. Bxc4 b5 (11... e5
12. Nf3 e4 13. Ng1 $11) 12. Be2 Bb7 (12... e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. e4 $16) 13. e4
$5 $16 {1-0 Ionescu,C-Weyrich,M/Budapest Spring op 1990 (32)}) (7. Bd2 Ngf6 8.
Rc1 Ne4 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Re1 Rf6 12. Qc2 Rh6 13. g3 Qe7 14. Bf1
Ndf6 15. Re2 Bd7 16. Bg2 $132 (16. Nh4 Qf7 (16... Rxh4 $5 17. gxh4 Bxh2+ 18.
Kxh2 Ng4+ 19. Kg1 (19. Kh3 Ngxf2+ 20. Kg2 Qxh4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Be1 Qg4+ 23.
Kh2 f4 $40) 19... Qxh4 20. Bg2 Nexf2 21. Nd1 Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Qg3 24.
Bc1 Nh2+ 25. Kg1 Nf3+ 26. Kf1 Nh2+ $11) 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 f4 $1 $17 (18...
Qh5 19. Rf2 f4 20. exf4 $132 {0-1 Lindner,B-Kick Woerthmueller,I/Prutting 1991
(79)}))) 7... Qe7 (7... Qf6 $6 8. Ne1 Qh6 9. g3 g5 10. f3 Ne7 11. e4 f4 12. e5
$16 {0-1 Burn,A-Tarrasch,S/Wien 1898/HCL 06 (30)}) (7... Ngf6 $5) 8. Bd2 Ngf6
9. a3 $6 (9. Rb1 $1 O-O 10. b4 a6 (10... Bxb4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Bxd2 13.
dxc6 $1 $14) 11. a4 Ne4 (11... Bxb4 12. Nxd5 $1 $14) 12. b5 axb5 13. axb5 Ndf6
14. bxc6 (14. c5 Bb8 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Qc2 $132 (16. Rb6 Bc7 17. Rxc6 Bb7 $15))
14... bxc6 15. Ne5 c5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. f4 $132) 9... O-O 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Ne4
12. c5 $2 (12. Rfc1 f4 13. exf4 (13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ne1 f3 $19) 13... Nxd2 14.
Nxd2 Bxf4 15. Rd1 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qh4+ 17. Kg1 Qxf2+ 18. Kh1 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Qxd4+
20. Kh2 Rf6 $19) (12. Rfd1 $1 f4 13. exf4 Nxd2 14. Rxd2 Bxf4 15. Rc2 $14) 12...
Bc7 $17 13. a4 (13. Rfd1 e5 14. Be1 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 e4 16. Nd2 (16. Ne5 Nxe5 17.
dxe5 Bxe5 $17) 16... f4 $17) 13... e5 14. Rfe1 $6 (14. Rfb1 exd4 15. Nxe4 dxe3
$1 $19) (14. Rfd1 exd4 15. Nxd4 a5 $17) 14... Qf6 (14... Nxc3 15. Bxc3 e4 16.
Nd2 f4 $17) 15. Red1 (15. Bc1 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 e4 17. Nd2 f4 18. Bg4 f3 19. gxf3
exf3 $17) 15... Kh8 16. dxe5 $6 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 $4 (17. Nd4 a5 $17 (17... Qh4 18.
g3 Qh6 19. f4 $11)) 17... Bxe5 $19 18. Rac1 Bxh2+ 19. Kf1 (19. Kxh2 Qh4+ 20.
Kg1 Qxf2+ 21. Kh2 Rf6 $19) 19... Be6 (19... Qh4 20. Be1 Bg3 21. Bf3 Bxf2 $19)
20. Qc2 Qh4 21. Be1 a5 (21... Be5 22. Bf3 Qh1+ 23. Ke2 Ng5 $19) 22. Na2 (22.
bxa5 Bc7 23. Bf3 Bxa5 $19) 22... f4 23. Bf3 Ng5 24. Ke2 Nxf3 25. gxf3 fxe3 0-1

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sharma, Dinesh Kumar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O (7... Qe7
$142 {-games.}) 8. Ba3 Bxa3 (8... Ne4 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Ne1 $146 {1-0 Pelletier,
Y-Blecken,V/Germany 2001/CBM 82_01 (27)}) 9. Nxa3 Qe7 (9... Ne4 10. Qc1 {
This move is useful in many cases: protection of Na3, helping to advance pawns
on the queenside, moving the queen out of Ne4-c3, and ever it adds more
control over f4 square.} (10. b4 {Tyomkin,D} Qe7 {[%cal Ye7a3]}) 10... Nd7 (
10... a5 $5 {Tyomkin,D}) 11. b4 a6 12. Nc2 Rf6 13. a4 Rh6 14. b5 $14 {1-0
Vaganian,R-Lodhi,M/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Tyomkin,D] (40) White is clearly
faster on the queenside, than black in his attack.}) 10. Qc1 {[%cal Gc1b2]} (
10. Nc2 Ne4 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Nf6 14. Rae1 Bd7 15. Qb4 (15. e4
fxe4 16. fxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Rxe4 $14) 15... Qxb4 16.
Nxb4 a5 17. Nc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hoang Than Trang-Farago,S/Budapest 1998/EXT 99 
(74)}) 10... Ne4 (10... b6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 a6 13. Qa3 $6 (13. Qc7 $1 Qxc7
14. Nxc7 Ra7 15. Rfc1 $16 {[%cal Gf3e5]}) 13... Qxa3 14. Nxa3 Nc6 15. Rfc1 Bb7
$11 {1/2-1/2 Schlosser,P-Slobodjan,R/Montpellier 1993/EXT 97 (47)}) 11. Qb2
$146 {This is, actually, different order of moves of the same plan- white
needs Qb2 and Nc2 as well, to advance a2-a4.} (11. Nc2 Nd7 12. Qa3 (12. Nce1 a5
13. Be2 Qd6 14. c5 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Halasz,T-Bagirov,V/Recklinghausen GER 1999 (14)
}) 12... Qf6 (12... Qxa3 $5 13. Nxa3 b6 14. b4 a5 $13) 13. Qb2 Ng5 14. Nxg5
Qxg5 15. Ne1 Qe7 16. f4 b6 17. Nf3 Bb7 18. b4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bukal,V-Klaric,Z/
Makarska Tucepi 1995/EXT 97 (66)}) 11... Nd7 12. b4 b6 13. Nc2 a5 14. a4 $5 {
Unusual reaction on black's a7-a5.} (14. b5 c5 $11) (14. c5 $5 bxc5 (14... b5
$6 15. a4 $1) 15. bxc5 e5 $5 {and black doesn't suffer so much.}) (14. Rfc1 {
looks the most logical move.}) 14... axb4 15. Nxb4 Bb7 16. Rfc1 c5 17. dxc5
Nexc5 18. cxd5 Nxd3 19. Nxd3 Bxd5 20. Nfe5 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 {White has some edge
because of the vulnerable pawn structure of black- e6 and f5 pawns.} Rfc8 22.
Nf4 Qd7 (22... Bc4 23. a5 bxa5 (23... Rc5 $140 24. axb6 $1 Rxe5 (24... Rxa1 25.
Qxa1 $18) 25. Rxa8+ Kf7 26. Ra7 $18) 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Qxa5 $14 {/= This
position is semilar to the game.}) 23. h4 Bc4 24. a5 bxa5 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26.
Qxa5 h6 $2 {[%csl Rg6][%mdl 16384] Giving up g6 point.} (26... Ba6 $142 {
following the same defensive strategy.}) 27. Qe5 $16 Ba6 28. Rb1 Bc4 29. Rb6
Kf7 30. h5 Qe7 31. Ng6 (31. e4 $1 fxe4 (31... Rc5 32. Qb8 {[%cal Gb6b7]}) 32.
Qxe4 $16 {[%csl Re6,Rf7][%cal Ge4g6] White wins e6 pawn here.}) 31... Qd7 32.
Rd6 Qa7 33. Qb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] White missed one tactical idea: after e4 fxe4,
or g4 fxg4, white wins by Rc6 blow following by Qf4+.} (33. e4 $1 fxe4 34. Rc6
$1 Rxc6 $140 35. Qf4+ {[%cal Gf4f8,Yf8e7]}) (33. g4 $1) 33... Bd5 $4 {[%mdl
8192]} (33... Kg8 $142 $1 {White is still better, but black can hold the
defense.}) {[%tqu "En","White can tactically win the game.","","","d6d7","",10]
} 34. Rd7+ Qxd7 35. Ne5+ Ke8 36. Nxd7 {[%csl Rg7,Rh6] Black loses the queen
and also g7 and h6 pawns- black could resign already here.} Kxd7 37. Qxg7+ $18
Kd6 38. Qxh6 Rg8 39. f3 Ke7 (39... Bxf3 40. Qf4+ $18) 40. Qh7+ Kf8 41. Qh6+ Kf7
42. Qf4 Kf6 43. e4 Bc6 44. Qh6+ Kf7 45. exf5 Bd5 46. fxe6+ Bxe6 47. Qf4+ Ke7
48. Qe5 Kf7 49. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gokhale, Chandrashekhar"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 (
8. d5 Na6 (8... Bxc3 $5) 9. Nd4 Qc8 10. Nc6 $1 {1-0 Filippov,V-Tratar,M/Bled
SLO 2001/The Week in Chess 334 (35)}) 8... Nc6 $146 (8... Qe8 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2
Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 12. Qb2 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Nc6 14. Rad1 Ne7 15. Bh3 Rf6 16. Qd2
Bb7 {1/2-1/2 Savon,V-Samarin,I/Orel 1996/EXT 99 (16)}) 9. Rd1 $6 {[%cal Gd4d5]
White's idea, especially after black's Nc6, is to lead d4-d5, capturing the
center. Hwever, after Rf1-d1, black prevents this idea. White had to push
d4-d5 as soon as it possible.} (9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 $1 $14 {[%csl Rb4] Black
bishop b4 becomes useless while white removes it's knight from c3.}) 9... Bxc3
$1 10. Qxc3 Ne4 11. Qe1 {More natural looks to keep the queen somewhere over
the center.} (11. Qc2 $5) 11... Qf6 {Black declined immediate a7-a5, cause
b2-b3 is not the threat yet.} (11... a5 $5) 12. e3 {[%cal Gb2b4] Intending
b2-b4, but black stops it at once.} ({The point is:} 12. b4 a5 13. b5 Nb4 $17 {
[%cal Rb4c2] and black wins material.}) 12... a5 13. Qe2 Ba6 14. Bd2 d5 15. b3
g5 {Black begins aggresive play all over the board- that is in style of GM
Miezis.} 16. Rac1 Rad8 $6 {Unaccuracy. Better was to follow the strategy by:} (
16... g4 17. Ne1 e5 $5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bc3 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 c6 $11) 17. Be1 {
[%cal Ge2c2] White is completely relaxed! Qc2 is coming, getting rid of the
pin over the diagonal a6-f1.} Rd7 18. Qc2 Bb7 {Black bishop has nothing to do
on that diagonal anymore.} 19. Nd2 g4 20. a3 {Another prophylactic move.} h5 $2
{It just creates additional weaknesses in view of forthcoming f2-f3 or f2-f4.}
(20... Ne7 $142 $14) 21. f4 gxf3 22. Nxf3 Rg7 23. cxd5 (23. b4 axb4 24. axb4
Ne7 25. b5 dxc4 26. Qxc4 Nd5 27. Qb3 $14 {[%csl Rc7]}) 23... exd5 24. b4 $16 {
[%csl Rc7,Rd5,Rf5,Rh5] Black doesn't have an active play anymore, but he has
left with pawn weaknesses all over the board: c7, d5, f5, h5.} axb4 25. axb4
Qh6 26. Qb3 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Na7 27. b5 Nc8 28. Bb4 Rf6 29. Nh4 Qg5 30. Rf1 {
[%csl Rf5] Pawn f5 is a target of white's play.} Kh7 (30... Na7 31. Rf4 $1 Nxb5
32. Rcf1 Nbd6 33. Bxd6 Nxd6 34. Bxd5+ Bxd5 35. Qxd5+ Kh7 36. e4 $1 $18 {
Decisive break.} Nxe4 37. Rxf5 Qe3+ (37... Rxf5 38. Qxe4 $18) 38. Kh1 Rxf5 39.
Qxf5+ Kh6 40. Qf8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf8h8,Rf8g7]}) 31. Rf4 Na7 32. Rcf1 Rgf7 33.
Bh3 $2 {Both players were probably in mutual time trouble- that's probably an
explaination of the forthcoming series of tactical mistakes.} (33. Nf3 $18 {
[%cal Gf3e5] White wins some material by this move, for example:} Qh6 34. Ne5
Rg7 35. Rxf5 Rxf5 36. Rxf5 h4 37. Bf8 hxg3 38. hxg3 $18) 33... Nxg3 $2 {
Black could still survive by 33...Nxb5, but Miezis didn't stand the pressure
and sacrificed the knight. White easily wards off black's attack.} (33... Nxb5
34. Bxf5+ (34. Nxf5 c6 $13 {[%cal Gb7c8,Yc6d5]}) 34... Kg7 $16) 34. hxg3 Qxg3+
35. Bg2 $18 Qg5 36. Be1 Nc8 37. Bb4 {Repeating moves, white saves some time in
time pressure.} Na7 38. Qc2 Bc8 (38... Nxb5 39. Nxf5 Qg6 40. Kh1 $18 {[%cal
Gg2h3]}) 39. Kh1 Nxb5 40. Bxd5 Rg7 41. Nxf5 Rgg6 (41... Bxf5 42. Rxf5 Qh4+ 43.
Qh2 $18) 42. Be4 $1 {[%cal Rc2h7] White gains more material by this pin.} Bxf5
43. Bxf5 c5 44. dxc5 bxc5 45. Bxc5 Nc3 46. Bxg6+ Rxg6 47. Rf7+ {and white
mates within few moves.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Black "Pres, Grigorij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Qc2 d5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bf4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
Ne4 9. g4 {[%mdl 4]} Qa5 (9... fxg4 $6 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nxe5
13. Bxe5 Bd7 14. Rdg1 Bf6 15. Rxg4 Bxe5 16. dxe5 $16 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Sequera,J/
Elista RUS 1998 (24)}) 10. gxf5 (10. Ke2 Kh8 11. Rhg1 (11. h4 Nd7 12. h5 Ndf6
13. Ne5 Nxc3+ 14. bxc3 Ne4 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Ng6+ $5 $13 {1-0 Aagaard,
J-Williams,S/It IM, Hampstead ENG 1998 (25)}) 11... Nd7 12. Rg2 Ndf6 13. Rag1
$1 Ne8 $6 14. Ne5 N4d6 15. c5 Ne4 16. f3 $16 {1-0 Serper,G-Sequera,J/San
Felipe VEN 1998 (31)}) 10... exf5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ke2 {[%csl Rd5,Re5][%cal
Yc2b3][%mdl 4] White king is safe in the center,in other hand white starts an
action over the center by himself(d5 and e5-points are week).I like this
opening plan for white.} Be6 (12... b6 13. Nb5 (13. Nxd5 $140 Qxd5 14. Bxb8 (
14. Bc4 $2 Ba6) 14... Bd7 $44 {[%cal Gd7b5]} (14... Be6 $44)) 13... Ba6 14. Qb3
Rd8 15. Rhd1 Nc6 16. a3 Rac8 17. Rac1 g5 18. Bc7 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Rxc7 20. Bxc6
$14 {1/2-1/2 Novikov,I-Dreev,A/Uzhgorod ,EXT 1987 (54)}) (12... Nc6 $2 13. Nxd5
$1 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Nxd6 15. Qc5 Qxc5 16. dxc5 $16 {0-1 Umansky,V-Andreev,D/
"Slaviya" Primorsko BUL 1989 (46)}) 13. Qb3 Nxc3+ (13... Nd7 $6 14. Rhg1 Kh8
15. Ne5 Rfc8 $2 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Nxd7 Qa6+ 18. Qb5 Bxd7 19. Qxa6 bxa6 20. Nxd5
$18 {1-0 Aagaard,J-Pedersen,N/Ringsted 1992 (30)}) 14. bxc3 b6 15. Rhg1 $146 (
15. Ng5 Bd7 16. a4 h6 17. Nf3 Rc8 18. Rhc1 g5 19. Bxb8 Raxb8 20. Ne5 Be6 21.
Bb5 $16 a6 22. Nc6 Rxc6 23. Bxc6 Rc8 24. Bb5 $1 {1-0 Shumiakina,T-Thipsay,B/
Kishinev ztW ,EXT 1995 (40)}) 15... Rc8 $6 (15... Nc6 $142 {[%cal Ga8c8] was
more normal way for black to develope his pieces.}) 16. Rac1 Nc6 17. h4 Qa3 $2
(17... Ba3 $5 18. Rb1 (18. Rc2 {[%csl Rc2]} Be7) 18... Ne7 19. Kd2 $14 {
[%cal Gh4h5,Gf4e5]}) {[%tqu "En","","","","d3f5","",10]} 18. Bxf5 $1 Bxf5 (
18... Qxb3 19. Bxe6+ {and black king is on check.}) 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Qxf5
Qxa2+ 21. Kf1 $18 {[%cal Gf1g2] White has a pawn up and winning position.White
king finds the safe place on-g2.In spite of this white keeps the initiative
over kingside.} Rf8 22. Qh5 Qc4+ 23. Kg2 g6 24. Qg4 Rad8 25. h5 $1 Bd6 (25...
gxh5 26. Qxh5 Rg8+ 27. Kh1 $18) (25... Rg8 26. Kh1 {[%cal Gf3e5]} ({or} 26. Kh2
) 26... Bd6 27. Bxd6 Rxd6 28. e4 $18) 26. hxg6 Rg8 27. Rh1 Rg7 (27... Qf7 28.
Rxh7+ Qxh7 29. Rh1 $1 {wins on force.} Qxh1+ 30. Kxh1 Kg7 31. Qe6 $18 (31. Ng5)
) 28. Rxh7+ Rxh7 29. gxh7 Bxf4 30. Qxf4 Qe6 31. Rh1 Qg6+ 32. Qg3 Qxg3+ 33. Kxg3
Rd7 34. Ng5 a5 35. Rh6 Rc7 (35... Rc7 36. Re6 {[%cal Ge6e8]}) 1-0

[Event "Lasker Memorial op"]
[Site "Barlinek"]
[Date "2001.07.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schmidt, Wlodzimierz"]
[Black "Michna, Marta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 f5 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 (6... Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O Bd7 9. Bd2 Be8 10. Qb3 Rf7 11. Be1 {1/2-1/2 Chatalbashev,B-Ortega,L/
Cutro 2000/CBM 77 (11)}) 7. Bd3 {This move looks more cheerful than 7.Be2-
white has also e2 spot for its' queen in this case; After barren 8.Be2 white
doesn't get anything special:} (7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6 (8... Kh8 9. a3 {[%cal
Gb2b4]} a5 10. Rb1 Ne4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Ne5 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. b4 $14 {
1-0 Korobov,I-Shovunov,B/Elista RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 339 (37)}) 9. b3 (9.
Bd2 Bb7 10. Qb3 c5 11. Rad1 Nc6 12. Ng5 Na5 13. Qa4 cxd4 14. Nxe6 Qc8 15. Nxd4
Nxc4 16. Qc2 Nd6 17. Rc1 Nfe4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Epishin,V-Malakhov,V/Elista RUS
2001/The Week in Chess 339 (44)}) 9... Bb7 10. Bb2 Kh8 11. Qc2 c5 12. Rad1 Nc6
13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. cxd5 Nxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Pushkov,N-Jakovenko,D/
Elista RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 339 (60)}) 7... O-O 8. O-O Qe8 $6 $146 {
That's the beginning of wrong plan of immediate attack over the kingside by
Ne4, Qe8-h5 and Rf8-f6-h6. White easily wards off mentioned attack of black
over there; Instead of dubious 8..Qe8 black has couple of normal developing
moves:} (8... Ne4 9. Bd2 b6 $5 (9... Bd7 10. Be1 Be8 11. Ne5 (11. Qb3 $5 Qb6
$140 12. Qc2 {[%csl Rb6]}) 11... Nd7 12. Rb1 Bg6 $6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 {0-1
Eperjesi,L-Dudas,J/Budapest 1996/EXT 97 (40)}) (9... Nd7 10. a3 (10. Qc2 Ndf6
11. c5 Qe8 12. b4 Qh5 13. b5 Bd7 14. Rab1 Ng4 15. h3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 $16 {
1-0 Farago,I-Siebrecht,S/Budapest 1993/EXT 97 (24)}) 10... Ndf6 11. b4 Bd7 12.
Ne5 Be8 13. Be1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bh5 15. Qb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Nogueiras,J-Guliev,S/
Moscow 1994/CBM 44 ext (26)}) 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. g4 Nd7 12. gxf5 exf5 13. cxd5
Nxc3 14. Bxc3 cxd5 15. Rf2 Rc8 16. Qa4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Bc6 18. Qc2 g6 19. Raf1
Qd7 20. Rg2 Kh8 21. Qe2 a6 22. Bxa6 Ra8 23. Bd3 Rxa2 {1/2-1/2 Vera,R-Van Der
Vorm,T/Porto San Giorgio 1998 (23)}) (8... Bd7 9. Bd2 {This is favourite plan
of Epishin in this variation- the idea is to create pressure on black's
queenside by Qb3; In this case, it's pretty strong;} Be8 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qc2 $1
Nbd7 12. b4 $1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd5 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Nc5 $14 {1-0 Epishin,
V-Gleizerov,E/Bolzano ITA 1999 (42)}) (8... b6 9. b3 (9. Bd2 Bb7 10. cxd5 cxd5
11. Rc1 Nc6 12. a3 Na5 13. Be1 Rc8 14. Ne5 Nc4 15. Qe2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 $6 (16.
fxe5 $5 {with the idea to keep c5 under control;}) 16... Ne4 17. Rd1 Nc5 18.
Bb5 a6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Gamundi,A-Van der Werf,M/Andorra 1997/CBM 58 ext (71)})
9... Ne4 (9... Bb7 {Ftacnik} 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Qe2 Rf6 13. Rc2 Rh6
14. Rfc1 a6 (14... Ndf6 {Ftacnik} 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Ba6 $14) 15. Na4 dxc4 16.
bxc4 c5 17. Nd2 cxd4 $2 (17... Ndf6 {Ftacnik} 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20.
Rd2 Qe8 $13) 18. Bxe4 $1 fxe4 19. Bxd4 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Nogueiras,J/Luzern 1993/
CBM 38/[Ftacnik] (37)}) 10. Bb2 Nd7 11. Rc1 Ba6 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rc2 Ndf6 14.
Ne5 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Ne4 16. Bb2 c5 17. Rd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kelly,B-Malakhov,V/
Tallinn 1997/CBM 59 ext (83) All white pieces are placed comfortably;}) 9. Qc2
Qh5 10. Rb1 {[%cal Yb2b4,Yb4b5] White begins the standard plan over the
queenside- b2-b4-b5;} Ne4 11. b4 Rf6 $2 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8,Rc8][%mdl 16384] Black
can not mate white with only 3 pieces, but all black pieces of the queenside
stay undeveloped till the end of the game.} (11... Nd7 12. b5 $16) 12. cxd5
Nxc3 $8 (12... exd5 13. Nxd5 {[%csl Rc8]}) 13. Qxc3 exd5 14. b5 $16 Rh6 15. Ba3
Bd8 (15... Bxa3 16. Qxa3 $16 {[%cal Ra3e7]}) 16. Qc2 {trying to prevent Nd7;}
Nd7 {black has nothing to lose;} 17. h3 {Good enough to keep an advantage.
White has avoided complications of 17.Bxf5, but it was not that bad:} (17. Bxf5
$5 Ne5 {It was the idea of black's counterplay;} 18. Bxh7+ (18. Bxc8 $6 Nxf3+
19. gxf3 Rxc8 $132) 18... Rxh7 19. fxe5 Bf5 20. Qb3 $16 (20. Nh4 $2 Qxh4 21.
Qxf5 Qxh2+ 22. Kf2 Bh4+ 23. Ke2 Qxg2+ 24. Kd3 Be7 $3 25. Bxe7 $140 Rh2 {
[%csl Rd3]}) 20... Bxb1 21. bxc6 {[%cal Rc6b7,Ga3d6]} bxc6 22. Qb7 $18) 17...
g5 $4 {[%mdl 16384] Suicide! But in all cases black position is close to be
hopeless;} (17... Nb6 18. Ne5 cxb5 19. Qc5 $16 {[%csl Rb5,Rc8,Rd5,Rd8,Rf5]})
18. fxg5 {There was very pleasant choice for white- all logical moves lead to
the win;} (18. Bxf5 $18) (18. Ne5 $5 $18) 18... Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. Rxf5
Qxe3+ 21. Qf2 {White decides to trade queens, but all other continuations win
the game as well;} (21. Kh1 $18) 21... Qxf2+ (21... Re6 22. Rf1 $18 {[%cal
Rf5g5]}) 22. Rxf2 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8,Rd7] Here are consiquences of black's opening
strategy- all queenside pieces of black hasn't been used in that game.} Re6 23.
Rbf1 {There is no way to stop an attack of white with all its' pieces used in
it;} cxb5 (23... Re3 24. Bc1 $1 Re8 (24... Rxd3 $140 25. Bh6 {[%cal Rf2f8]}) (
24... Re6 25. Rf7) 25. Bh6 $18 {[%cal Gf2f7]}) 24. Rf7 Rb6 25. Be7 {[%csl Yf6,
Yf8][%cal Gf7h7]} h6 26. Rh7 {[%cal Gf1f7]} 1-0

[Event "Governor's Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bd6 (6... Be7 {-is the
alternative here;}) 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Bxf4 $6 $146 (8... Ne4 9. Qc2 (9. Bxd6
Qxd6 10. Qb3 Kh8 11. Rfc1 Nd7 12. a3 b6 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,C-Kaenel,H/Lugano SUI
2000/The Week in Chess 280 (12)}) (9. Bxe4 dxe4 $6 (9... fxe4) (9... Bxf4 $5)
10. Ne5 Qe7 11. c5 Bc7 12. f3 g5 13. Bg3 f4 14. Bf2 exf3 (14... Bxe5 15. dxe5
Qxc5 16. Nxe4 Qxe5 17. exf4 $16 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gf2c5]}) 15. Qxf3 Bxe5 16.
dxe5 Nd7 17. exf4 Rxf4 18. Qh5 Nxe5 19. Bg3 Rf5 20. Ne4 $16 {1-0 Raetsky,
A-Kaenel,H/Biel 2000/CBM 77 ext (32)}) 9... Bxf4 10. exf4 Nd7 11. Rfe1 Ndf6 12.
Ne5 Nd6 13. c5 Nf7 14. b4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Ng4 16. f3 Nh6 17. b5 $16 {1-0
Savchenko,S-Iljushin,A/Linares 1998/CBM 62 ext (37)}) 9. exf4 Bd7 10. Re1 {
[%csl Ge5] The advantage of white is obvious here- e5 is secure outpost for
white knight, pawn structure is very favourable and black doesn't have any
counterplay;} Ne4 11. Ne5 Be8 12. f3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 $16 Nd7 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Qa3
Nxe5 16. fxe5 (16. Rxe5 $143 Bf7 {and white can not use e-file here;}) 16...
Bf7 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Rec1 {White is preparing a break thru the queeniside;} g6
19. f4 Rfd8 20. Qb4 b6 21. c5 b5 ({More resisistant was:} 21... Rab8 22. Rb3 {
[%cal Gc1b1]}) 22. a4 a6 (22... a5 23. Qa3 bxa4 24. Rb6 $18) 23. Ra1 Rdb8 {
[%cal Ra6a5,Yb5b4]} 24. Qa3 {[%cal Gc1c2,Yc2a2]} Qa5 {Black could stay in the
middlegame holding the defense over the queenside, but white would break thru
the kingside to realize his advantage;} (24... Be8 25. Rc2 Qd8 26. Rca2 Bd7 27.
axb5 cxb5 28. Qb4 Qc8 (28... Bc8 29. Ra5 {[%cal Yd3b5]} Bb7 30. c6 {[%csl Ga6]}
) 29. Ra5 Bc6 {[%cal Yg2g4,Gh2h3] and white is not able to break thru the
queenside, but there is a kingside left for white to go on vs the pressure;})
25. axb5 Qxa3 26. Rxa3 axb5 27. Rca1 Rxa3 28. Rxa3 Be8 (28... b4 $2 29. Rb3)
29. Kf2 Kf8 30. h3 Ke7 31. g4 Bd7 32. Kg3 Bc8 33. Kh4 Rb7 (33... h6 34. Kg3 {
[%cal Gh3h4,Gh4h5]}) 34. Ra8 Kd7 35. Kg5 Kc7 36. Kf6 {Look how king is an
important piece in the ending!} b4 (36... Kd8 37. gxf5 gxf5 (37... exf5 38. e6
Rc7 39. h4 $18 {[%cal Gh4h5]})) {[%tqu "En","Find out how white wins here;","",
"","d3a6","",10]} 37. Ba6 $1 {[%mdl 64]} b3 (37... Rb8 38. Ra7+ Kd8 39. cxb4
Bd7 (39... Rxb4 40. Ra8 $18) 40. g5 Rxb4 41. Ra8+ Kc7 42. Ke7 $18 {[%cal Ga8a7]
}) {[%tqu "En","","","","a6b7","",5]} 38. Bxb7 $1 {[%mdl 64]} b2 {[%tqu "En",
"","","","b7c8","",5]} 39. Bxc8 b1=Q {[%tqu "En","","","","f6e7","",5]} 40. Ke7
$1 {White king has achieved his target point in this game and it sets up
mating net for the black king; There is no good defense of white's Ba6
following by Rc8x;} (40. Ke7 Qe1 41. Ba6 Qh4+ 42. g5 {[%cal Ga8c8]}) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group2"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.09.22"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. a4 a5
9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 O-O 11. Qb1 Ne4 12. Nc2 {intending b3} (12. Qb2 $5 Nd7 13.
Rac1 $140 $1 $14 (13. Nc2 {Maric,A-Polgar,Z/Tilburg (ct) 1994/0-1(28)}) 13...
b6 $2 14. cxd5 $16) 12... Nd7 $146 {intending action on the kingside by
pushing "g"pawn} (12... Na6 {Tyomkin,D} 13. Qb2 $5 {Tyomkin,D} (13. c5 b6 (
13... e5 $6 {Tsesarsky} 14. Qb2 exd4 15. exd4 f4 16. Rae1 Bf5 (16... Qf6 $5 17.
Qc1 $1 $14 (17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 Nxc5 $1 $17)) 17. Ne5 (17. Nd2 $2 Qf6 18.
Qc1 Qg6 $15 {Dokuchaev,A-Tregubov,P/RUS-Cup9 1997/0-1(37)}) 17... Qf6 18. f3
Ng5 (18... Nd2 19. Rf2 $18) 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Rf2 $14) 14. b4 $5 (14. cxb6 {
Tyomkin,D} c5 15. Qe1 Nb4 (15... Qb7 $5) 16. Nxb4 cxb4 17. Ne5 Nc3 18. f3 Ba6
19. Qd2 Qb7 $10 {Ulibin,M-Tregubov,P/Berliner Sommer 19961/2-1/2(60)}) 14...
Nxb4 (14... axb4 $2 15. cxb6 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 (16... Naxc5 17. Qxb4) 17. a5 Bb7
18. Rc1 $16) 15. Nxb4 axb4 16. cxb6 c5 $1 17. dxc5 (17. a5 Nc3 (17... c4 $5 18.
Bxe4 fxe4 19. Ne5 Bb7) 18. Qb2 c4 19. Bc2 Bb7 $17) 17... Qxc5 18. Qb2 $1 Qxb6
19. Rfb1) 13... b6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. f3 Nf6 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Rfe1 c5 18. Bc4 Qg5
$132 {Ionov,S-Tregubov,P/Chigorin mem 1995/EXT 95}) 13. b4 g5 14. bxa5 (14. b5
$5) (14. Re1 $5 {clearing f1-square for a knight} g4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 $1 $13 (
15... fxe4 16. Nd2 $14 Qh4 $140 17. Re2)) 14... g4 15. Bxe4 fxe4 {In this
structure white has problems with knight-c2,as you'll see later} (15... dxe4 $5
) 16. Nd2 (16. Ne5 $5) 16... Qh4 17. Qe1 $1 Qh5 18. Kh1 Rxa5 19. f3 exf3 20.
gxf3 dxc4 21. Qg3 $1 (21. fxg4 $2 Qg6 (21... Rxf1+ 22. Qxf1 Qxg4 23. Nxc4 $16)
22. Rxf8+ (22. e4 $6 Rxf1+ 23. Nxf1 b6) 22... Nxf8 23. e4 (23. Nxc4 $2 Qe4+ 24.
Kg1 Rg5) 23... b5 $1 24. Nf3 Rxa4 25. Rxa4 bxa4 26. Ne5 Qf6 27. Nxc4 (27. Kg2
c5) 27... Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Ng6 $17) 21... Raf5 22. Rg1 Rg5 23. Nxc4 (23. fxg4 Qg6)
23... b6 24. Nd2 $2 (24. f4 $5 Rg7 25. e4 c5 26. Nd6 {with better perspectives
for white.Black cannot use weekness of the /^a8-h1 at once.}) 24... c5 25. Qd6
$2 (25. e4 {/^a8-h1} Nf6 $40 (25... Bb7 $140 $2 26. Qc7) 26. f4 Rg7) (25. fxg4
$142 Qg6 26. e4 Bb7 27. h4 (27. Rae1 Nf6 $17) 27... Bxe4+ 28. Nxe4 (28. Kh2 $2
Bxc2 29. hxg5 Qxg5 $17) 28... Qxe4+ 29. Qg2 Qxg2+ 30. Rxg2 Rd5 31. dxc5 Nxc5
32. a5 {and this ending should be drawing} Nb3 $140 33. Rb1) 25... Kh8 $17 26.
Raf1 $4 (26. Ne4 Rd5 (26... g3 27. Rg2) 27. Qxe6 gxf3 28. Ng3 Qf7 29. Qxf7 Rxf7
30. e4 Rg5 $17) (26. Qxe6 Rg6 $17) (26. Qg3 $142 $1) 26... gxf3 $19 27. Rxg5
Qxg5 28. Nxf3 (28. Rf2 Bb7 $1 $19) 28... Rxf3 (28... Bb7 $144 $19) 29. Rxf3 Bb7
30. Ne1 Qxe3 31. Qg3 cxd4 32. Kg2 Ne5 33. Kh3 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 28th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1998.06.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. f3 O-O 8. Nge2
Qc7 $146 (8... Nbd7 9. Bd2 Qe7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. a3 N7f6 12. h3 $6 e5 13. Nxd5
Nxd5 14. e4 fxe4 15. fxe4 Nb6 $15 {Bykhovsky,A-Vekshenkov,N/URS-ch Club
Pavlodar 1991/1/2-1/2(33)}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9... cxd5 10. Nb5 Qxc2 11. Bxc2 Bb4+
12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 $14) 10. Qb3 (10. a3 $5 Nd7 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Qxc7 Bxc7
13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Kf2 Nf6 15. Bb4 $1 (15. Rhc1 Bd7 16. Bb4)) 10... Kh8 11. Bd2
Nd7 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Bc4 N7f6 14. O-O Bd7 15. Na4 Qxb3 (15... Qc7 16. Nc5 $1 (
16. h3 $2 b5) (16. g3 $2 b5) 16... Bxh2+ (16... b5 17. Bd3 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Bd6
19. e4 $36) 17. Kh1 Bd6 18. Qxb7 Bxc5 19. Qxc7 Nxc7 20. dxc5 $14) 16. Bxb3 b6
17. Nac3 Rfe8 18. Ng3 (18. e4 $6 Nxc3 19. Nxc3 e5 $1) 18... Nxc3 19. Bxc3 c5
20. Rfd1 Rac8 21. d5 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rxd5 Be6 25. Rd6 Rcd8
26. Rcd1 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 {That's hard to believe that Nicolic lost this ending!}
Kg8 28. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5]} Kf7 29. a5 b5 (29... bxa5 30. Ra6 Re7 31. Rxa5 c4 32.
Bd4 Rb7 $11) 30. Ra6 Re7 31. Rc6 b4 $2 (31... c4 32. Bd4 Rb7 33. a6 (33. Ra6 $2
b4 34. Bxa7 c3) 33... Rd7 34. Rc5 b4 35. Rb5 c3 $1) 32. Be1 Rd7 33. Rxc5 Rd1 (
33... Rd5 34. Rc1 b3 $1 $11 (34... Rxa5 35. Rc7+ Kg6 36. Bxb4 $16 {[%cal Gb4c3]
})) 34. Kf2 Rb1 $4 (34... Rd5 35. Rc6 b3 36. Bc3 Rd7 37. Bd4 Bd5 38. Ra6 Bc4
39. Rxa7 Rxa7 40. Bxa7 Ke6 41. Ke1 Kd5 42. Kd2 Bf1 $11) 35. Rc2 $18 {[%csl Ra7,
Rb4,Rg7]} Bb3 36. Rc7+ Kg8 37. Bxb4 Rxb2+ 38. Kg1 a6 39. Bc3 Rc2 40. Rxg7+ Kf8
41. Bd4 Ra2 42. Rxh7 Rxa5 43. Rh4 Be6 44. e4 fxe4 45. Rxe4 Kf7 46. g4 Ra2 47.
Rf4+ Kg8 48. g5 Bf7 49. Rf6 {[%cal Rg5g6]} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pixton, Aaron"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 {Usually black
develops Bf8 here to d6 or e7...} 7. f4 Nxe5 $146 (7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. cxd5
(9. Nc3 Ne4 10. g4 g6 11. gxf5 gxf5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Kh1 Kh8 $11 {0-1 Panczyk,
K-Matlak,M/POL-ch 1992/CBM 29 ext (50)}) 9... Nxd5 $2 (9... cxd5 10. Nc3 $14 {
[%cal Gc1d2]}) 10. Nc3 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Nb4 12. Bc4 $16 {1-0 Mastrovasilis,
A-Popchev,M/Antalya 2001/CB19 (40)}) 8. fxe5 Ne4 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bxe4
fxe4 (11... dxe4 12. Ba3 {[%csl Rc8]}) 12. Ba3 $14 {White got stable long-time
advantage;} Rxf1+ 13. Qxf1 Bxa3 $6 {White knight gonna be useful on c2;} (13...
b6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 {[%cal Gc8a6] with good chances to equalize;}) 14. Nxa3 Qe7
15. Nc2 a5 $6 {Black gonna suffer for a while after forthcoming move of white;}
(15... Bd7 16. Qe2 $14 {[%cal Ga1f1]}) (15... b6 $5) 16. c5 $1 b6 {Black
doesn't have enough forces to create counterplay;} 17. cxb6 Qd8 18. Qc1 Qxb6
19. Qa3 {[%cal Ga3d6,Gd6e7]} Qc7 20. Rf1 Ba6 21. Rf2 Bd3 22. Qc5 h6 (22... Bxc2
23. Rxc2 $16 {[%csl Rc6]}) 23. h3 Qd7 24. Ne1 Qe8 (24... Ba6 25. Qxa5 $16) 25.
Nxd3 exd3 26. Qc3 Qg6 27. Rd2 (27. Qxc6 Rb8 28. Qa6 Qe4 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 $132)
27... Rf8 28. Qxd3 Qg3 29. Qe2 $16 {White is just up a pawn;} c5 30. Rd1 cxd4
31. exd4 Rf4 32. Rd3 Qh4 33. g3 $2 {forcing the rook's ending, but black is
fine there even beeing down one pawn!} (33. Qd2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg2g3,Gg1h2]})
33... Re4 34. gxh4 (34. Qf1 Qh5 $132 {[%cal Gh5e2]}) 34... Rxe2 $11 {Black
keeps the game balanced thanks to active rook; But this is hard to believe
that white gonna get hopeless position just in 8 moves without blundering
anything!} 35. a4 h5 36. Rc3 Rd2 37. Rc5 Rd3 $1 {b3 is much more important
than d4 which is always the target;} 38. Rxa5 Rxb3 39. Kg2 $6 {[%mdl 16384]} (
39. Rb5 Rd3 40. Rb4 Ra3 $11) 39... Rb4 40. Ra6 $2 {[%mdl 16384] helping black
to enter the king!} (40. Ra7 Rxd4 41. a5 Kh7 42. Re7 Kg6 43. Rxe6+ Kf5 44. Re7
$11) 40... Kf7 41. Ra7+ $2 {[%mdl 16384] and helping black one more time!} (41.
a5 Rxd4 42. Rb6 {[%cal Ga5a6] with chances to save the game;}) 41... Kg6 $19 {
[%csl Rd4][%cal Gg6f5] Now white can not save it- black gonna grab all white
central pawns by rook and king;} 42. Re7 Kf5 43. Rxg7 Rxd4 44. Rg5+ Kf4 45.
Rxh5 Rxa4 46. Rh8 (46. Rg5 Ra2+ 47. Kg1 d4 $19) 46... Ra2+ 47. Kf1 d4 {47...
Kxe5 was good too, getting two passed pawns connected, but black wins here
also by pushing d-pawn forward;} 48. h5 d3 49. Rd8 Ke3 50. h6 Ra7 {Time to
take care on passed pawn of white;} 51. Kg2 Rh7 52. Kg3 Rxh6 53. Kg4 Rg6+ 54.
Kh5 Rg1 55. h4 d2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[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 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 (6. Qc2 {Tyomkin,D} a6
7. Nge2 Bd6 8. f3 O-O 9. O-O {In the following game white led in interesting
plan with lon castle, but Grischuk found a way to equalize;} b6 {While
Grischuk played his first game with Akopian, he even didn't think about b6
move (as you can find out in his annotations to that game- he has checked all
logical moves, except 9...b6); Then he tried this move against Chernin, and
got equal play. In current game, he shows an improvement of his game against
Chernin; 9...b6 move prevents c4-c5 ideas of white (c4-c5 and then to prepare
e3-e4- white gets advantage in space that way), as it was shown by Akopian.}
10. Bd2 Qc7 $146 {Another improvement of the line is introduced by Grischuk;}
11. h3 c5 $1 {That's the point; Black doesn't need Kh8-move so much now;} 12.
dxc5 (12. cxd5 $4 {Tyomkin,D} c4 {[%csl Rd3]}) 12... bxc5 13. Na4 (13. Rad1 {
Tyomkin,D} Nc6 {[%cal Gc6b4]} 14. a3 Ne5 $1 $15 (14... d4 15. exd4 cxd4 16. Na4
$14) 15. cxd5 $140 c4 $19) 13... Nc6 14. Rac1 (14. cxd5 {Tyomkin,D} Nxd5 15.
Nxc5 $140 Ncb4 $19) 14... Bd7 {Completing the development;} 15. cxd5 Nxd5 {
[%cal Gc6b4,Gc6e5]} 16. Bc4 (16. Nxc5 {Tyomkin,D} Ncb4 17. Nxd7 Nxc2 18. Nxf8
Rxf8 19. Rxc2 Qb6 $17) (16. a3 {Tyomkin,D} Ne5 $17) 16... Ne5 $15 {0-1 Bauer,
C-Grischuk,A/Enghien les Bains 2001/CBM 83_01/[Tyomkin,D] (22) Black dominates
in the centre;}) 6... Bd6 7. f3 O-O 8. O-O (8. Qc2 Kh8 (8... Nbd7 9. Bd2 a6 10.
c5 Bc7 11. O-O-O b6 12. cxb6 Nxb6 13. g4 $132 {0-1 Nikolic,N-Raicevic,V/Herzeg
Novi 2001/CBM 82 ext (26)}) 9. Bd2 dxc4 $5 (9... Qe7 10. O-O Na6 11. a3 {
1-0 Efimov,I-Bellini,F/Mondariz 2000/CBM 79 (31)}) 10. Bxc4 e5 {-and like in
the game;}) 8... Kh8 {The idea of this move is to take on c4 and to push e6-e5
then;} 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Bd3 Nd5 12. a3 {12.Nxd5 doesn't bring white
much, but after 12.a3 black has very comfortable play;} (12. Nxd5 $5 cxd5 13.
dxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 (14. Nd4 Qf6) 14... Bf6 15. Nd4 Bxd4 (15... g6 16. Bd2 $14 {
[%cal Gd2c3]}) 16. exd4 Nc6 {[%cal Gc6b4,Yc6d4]} 17. Qf2 {but this position
looks like equal;}) 12... Qe7 13. Bd2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 (14. Qxc3 Nd7 {[%cal Gd7b6]
}) (14. Bxc3 exd4 15. exd4 (15. Bxd4 $2 c5 {[%csl Re3]}) 15... Qe3+ 16. Kh1 Qh6
{[%cal Gc8e6,Yb8d7]}) 14... Be6 (14... Bxa3 15. dxe5 $16 {[%cal Gf3f4,Ye3e4]})
15. Rae1 Nd7 16. c4 (16. e4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf6 $15 {black keeps better
structure;}) 16... e4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Now black intercepts the initiative;} (
16... Bxa3 17. c5 {[%csl Ra3]}) 17. fxe4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxc4 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20.
Nf4 {White has to play very accuratly to equalize;} (20. Bxc6 $2 Bxh2+ (20...
Bxe2 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Rxe2 Bxa3 $11) 21. Kxh2 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Qf2+ 23. Kh1 bxc6
24. Qxc4 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 Ne5 $40) (20. Qxc4 Qxe4 $15) (20. Bxh7 $2 Bxe2 21. Rxe2
Qh4 $19 {[%csl Rh2,Rh7]}) 20... Bg8 21. a4 Nf6 22. Bf5 Nd5 {Black could get
better pawn structure in the next line, but white probably can hold position
anyhow:} (22... Bxf4 $142 23. exf4 Qd8 {[%csl Rd4,Rf4][%cal Gf6d5]} 24. Qd3 (
24. Qc5 Nd5 25. Be4 Nxf4 $17 26. Qxa7 $140 Qh4 $19 {[%cal Rf4h3]}) 24... Qd6 (
24... Nd5 25. g3 Re8 $6 26. Re5 $11) 25. Rb1 Nd5 26. g3 $11) 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24.
g3 $8 (24. e4 Qh4 25. h3 g6 $17) (24. h3 Bxg2 $1 25. e4 (25. Kxg2 Qg5+ 26. Bg4
Qh4 $19 {[%cal Gh4g3,Yf8f2]}) 25... g6 $17) 24... Bxg3 $5 {[%mdl 64] There was
no reason for black to get a draw by force, but that position was balanced
either way;} 25. hxg3 Qg5 $8 26. g4 Qh4 27. e4 $8 Qg3+ 28. Kh1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prerov Friendship GM"]
[Site "Prerov"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Heberla, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 Bd6 7. Qc2 (7. f3 O-O
8. O-O {-is another popular line here;} (8. O-O {Tyomkin,D} Kh8 {The idea of
this move is to take on c4 and to push e6-e5 then;} 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11.
Bd3 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,V-Goloshchapov,A/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84/[Tyomkin,D] (28)})
) 7... O-O 8. f3 Kh8 {In other lines white doesn't get any clear advantage as
well:} (8... Na6 $5 {[%cal Ga6b4] Golod,V} 9. a3 Nc7 $6 ({Now that good enough:
} 9... Kh8 $5 {Golod,V} 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc7 12. O-O (12. O-O-O $6 Qe7 13.
e4 fxe4 14. fxe4 e5 $15 {Rabinovich,A-Kaspi,A/Tel Aviv,1996(rapid) (0-1)(29)})
12... e5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bd6 15. Ng3 Ng4 16. h3 Nh6 17. Rad1 Qh4 {1/2-1/2
Ibragimov,I-Nikolaidis,I/Ikaria,1994(17)}) 10. O-O $6 $146 (10. c5 $5 {(Golod,
V) -was checked in the previous game.} Be7 11. b4 Bd7 12. a4 a6 13. Bd2 Qb8 14.
O-O {with positional advantage of white. Hermann,U-Maierhofer,J/AUT,1997(1-0) 
(34)}) 10... b6 $5 $11 {[%csl Yb6][%cal Yb6c5,Gc8a6] Please pay your attention
to the piece path of the white queen and of the black king and queen.. 0-1
Golod,V-Dgebuadze,A/Antwerp 1999/EXT 2000/[Golod,V] (81)}) (8... a6 9. O-O b5
$5 $146 (9... b6 {Tyomkin,D While Grischuk played his first game with Akopian,
he even didn't think about b6 move (as you can find out in his annotations to
that game- he has checked all logical moves, except 9...b6); Then he tried
this move against Chernin, and got equal play. In current game, he shows an
improvement of his game against Chernin; 9...b6 move prevents c4-c5 ideas of
white (c4-c5 and then to prepare e3-e4- white gets advantage in space that way)
, as it was shown by Akopian.} 10. Bd2 Qc7 $146 {Another improvement of the
line is introduced by Grischuk;} 11. h3 c5 $1 {That's the point; Black doesn't
need Kh8-move so much now;} 12. dxc5 (12. cxd5 $4 {Tyomkin,D} c4 {[%csl Rd3]})
12... bxc5 13. Na4 (13. Rad1 {Tyomkin,D} Nc6 {[%cal Gc6b4]} 14. a3 Ne5 $1 $15 (
14... d4 15. exd4 cxd4 16. Na4 $14) 15. cxd5 $140 c4 $19) 13... Nc6 14. Rac1 (
14. cxd5 {Tyomkin,D} Nxd5 15. Nxc5 $140 Ncb4 $19) 14... Bd7 {Completing the
development;} 15. cxd5 Nxd5 {[%cal Gc6b4,Gc6e5]} 16. Bc4 (16. Nxc5 {Tyomkin,D}
Ncb4 17. Nxd7 Nxc2 18. Nxf8 Rxf8 19. Rxc2 Qb6 $17) (16. a3 {Tyomkin,D} Ne5 $17)
16... Ne5 $15 {0-1 Bauer,C-Grischuk,A/Enghien les Bains 2001/CBM 83_01/
[Tyomkin,D] (22) Black dominates in the centre;}) 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bd2 Bb7 12.
c5 Bc7 13. e4 fxe4 14. fxe4 e5 $1 15. exd5 (15. b4 $5 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxc5 $140
17. bxc5 dxe4 18. Ne6 Qxd3 19. Qxd3 exd3 20. Nxc7 $16) 15... cxd5 16. Bf5 Bc6
17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Rae1 b4 19. Na4 Ne4 $6 (19... Qh5 $1) 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qc4+
Kh8 22. d5 Bb5 23. Rxf8+ (23. Qxe4 {1/2-1/2 Moiseenko,A-Tregubov,P/Moscow RUS
2002/The Week in Chess 379 (23)}) 23... Qxf8 24. Qxb4 Bxa4 25. d6 $1) (8...
Nbd7 9. Bd2 a6 10. c5 Bc7 11. O-O-O b6 12. cxb6 Nxb6 13. g4 $132 {0-1 Nikolic,
N-Raicevic,V/Herzeg Novi 2001/CBM 82 ext (26)}) 9. Bd2 (9. b3 Bd7 $6 10. O-O
Na6 11. a3 Rc8 $2 {it was necessary to push c6-c5 instead, by playing c5
directly or 11...Qc7 first;} 12. c5 Bb8 13. b4 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb8][%cal Ye3e4]
1-0 Schlosser,P-McMichael,R/Deizisau 2001/CB20 (49)}) 9... b6 {9...dxc4 leads
to interesting type of position- mix of Stinewall and Meran; 9...Qe7 is solid
move, but white can get some edge there;} (9... c5 $6 10. cxd5 cxd4 11. Nxd4
Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. O-O f4 14. Nb5 $16 {1-0 Hass,R-Seifert,H/Mikolajki 1991/
EXT 2000 (22)}) (9... Qe7 10. O-O (10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. e4 fxe4 12. fxe4 dxc4 13.
Bxc4 e5 14. Bg5 b5 15. Bb3 Nb6 $132 {0-1 Herzog,J-Gurevich,M/Bern 1989/CBM 11 
(23)}) 10... Na6 11. a3 $14 {1-0 Efimov,I-Bellini,F/Mondariz 2000/CBM 79 (31)})
(9... dxc4 $5 10. Bxc4 b5 (10... e5 11. O-O $14) 11. Bd3 Na6 12. a3 Bb7 13. b4
Nc7 $132 {[%cal Ga7a5] 0-1 Zielinska,M-Kiseleva,N/Warsaw POL 2001/The Week in
Chess 338 (31)}) 10. O-O Nbd7 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Typical strategical blunder-
white gets full control over the queenside by cxd5 now; The idea has been
introduced in some classical games;} (10... Ba6 11. cxd5 (11. b3 c5 $132 {
[%cal Gb8c6]}) 11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 exd5 14. e4 $14 {white gets
an advantage thanks to better development;}) (10... Qc7 $142 $5 {[%cal Gc8a6]}
11. h3 Ba6 12. cxd5 $14 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 {but black can survive here;}) 11.
cxd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 $16 (12. e4 fxe4 13. fxe4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Rb8 $14
{black holds the defense somehow...}) 12... Qe7 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Rfc1 {
[%csl Rc6,Rc7,Re6][%cal Yc1c7,Ye2f4] Disaster for black here;} Rd8 15. Qa4 {
[%cal Yc1c6,Gd2b4]} (15. Qc7 Qxc7 16. Rxc7 $16 {[%csl Re6][%cal Ga1c1,Re2f4]})
15... Nf8 (15... Bb7 16. Bb4 Qb8 17. Qa3 $18 {[%cal Re2f4,Yb4e7,Rb4d6]}) 16.
Bb4 Qd7 17. Bb5 {Full domination of white pieces;} (17. Qxd7 $16 {[%cal Gc1c7]}
) 17... Qf7 18. Qa3 Bb7 $2 {It leads to the immediate loss of material, but
black's position is horrible in other lines as well;} (18... Ng6 19. Bd6 {
[%cal Rb5c6]} Bd7 20. Ba6 Bc8 21. Rc7 $16) (18... Bd7 19. Rc7 $16) 19. Be7 $1
$18 {It forces the gain of a7-pawn at least...} Rdc8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 (20... Bxc8
$2 21. Bxf8) 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 (21... a6 22. Bxa6 Ra8 23. Qe7 Qxe7 24. Bxe7 Bxa6
25. Nf4 Nd7 26. Bd6 Re8 27. h4 $18 {[%csl Re6]}) 22. Qxa7 Bc6 23. Ba6 (23. Qxb6
$18) 23... Ra8 (23... Rb8 24. Rc1 Bd7 25. Nf4 $18 {[%cal Gf4d3,Yd3e5]}) 24.
Qxb6 Bd7 25. Rc1 Rb8 26. Qc5 {White is up two pawns without any compensation
of black;} (26. Qc5 Qxc5 27. dxc5 $18 {[%cal Gc5c6,Yc6c7,Yc7c8]}) 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2001.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Vajda, Levente"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2001.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Qc1 {The idea is to play Ba3, then to trade on d6, and Qa3, trading queens.
In my opinion, that ending isn't so dangerous for black.} dxc4 $146 {This is
very unusual reaction for StoneWall- black wants to transfer the game to Meran
style position, the only difference is the pawn on f5.} (9... b6 10. Ba3 Bb7
11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 Qxa3 (12... c5 13. Nc3 Ne4 14. Rac1 Nd7 15. Rfd1 dxc4 16.
dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxc5 Ndxc5 18. Bxc4 $14 {1-0 Shevelev,S-Pomes Marcet,J/Barcelona
1993/EXT 97 (55)}) 13. Nxa3 a5 {1/2-1/2 Marin,M-Nisipeanu,L/Bucharest ROM 2001/
The Week in Chess 332 (13)}) (9... Bd7 10. Ba3 Be8 (10... Bxa3 $6 {It just
loses a tempo- white would take on d6, following by Qa3, in any case.} 11. Qxa3
Qxa3 12. Nxa3 Be8 13. Ng5 Bf7 14. Rfc1 h6 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. b4 $14 {1-0 Ionov,
S-Zontakh,A/Berlin 1995/CBM 47 ext (41)}) 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 Qxa3 13. Nxa3
Bh5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rakhmangulov,A-Borovikov,V/Nikolaev 1995/CBM 47 (43)}) 10.
Bxc4 (10. bxc4 $5 Nbd7 {[%cal Gc6c5,Ge6e5] with ideas c6-c5 or e6-e5.} 11. c5
Bc7 12. Bd3 $14 {preventing e6-e5 for a while.}) 10... b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Nbd2
Nd5 (12... Nbd7 13. Re1 $14 {[%cal Ge3e4]}) 13. e4 fxe4 14. Bxe4 $6 {Much was
logical to capture this way, even letting black to trade one of white bishops.}
(14. Nxe4 Nf4 15. Qc2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Nd7 17. Rfe1 $14 {and white has control
over important central squares.}) 14... Nd7 15. Ne5 $6 {After this move black
solves all his problems.} (15. Re1 $14) 15... Bxe5 16. dxe5 c5 {Black has pawn
majority on the queenside, which gives even better chances in this position.}
17. Qc2 Qh4 18. Rae1 Rac8 $15 {[%cal Gc5c4] Black intends to create passed
pawn "c", on the other hand, white doesn't have any clear plan.} 19. g3 Qh3 20.
f4 c4 21. bxc4 bxc4 {[%cal Gc4c3]} 22. Ba3 Nc5 23. Bxc5 (23. Nxc4 Nxe4 $1 24.
Bxf8 (24. Qxe4 Nxf4 $1 $19) (24. Rxe4 Nb6 $1 $19) 24... Nb6 $1 $19) 23... Rxc5
24. Nf3 (24. Nxc4 Ba6 $19 {[%cal Gf8c8]}) 24... Nb4 25. Qb1 (25. Bxh7+ Qxh7 (
25... Kh8 26. Qb2 $1 $16) 26. Qxh7+ Kxh7 27. Ng5+ Kg8 28. Nxe6 Ra5 $17 {
[%cal Ga5a2]}) 25... Bxe4 26. Qxe4 {White had to look for equality- 26.Qxb4
was one of ways.} (26. Qxb4 Bxf3 27. Rxf3 Rfc8 $11) 26... Rfc8 27. Nd4 Nd3 28.
Rb1 Qg4 {[%cal Rc5e5]} 29. Qe3 $6 (29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. Rxf3 Rd5 $1 $17 {[%csl Gc4]
} 31. Nxe6 $140 c3 $19) (29. Rb5 $5 {intending to trade the rook. White
probably keeps the balance here.}) 29... g5 $1 {Creating another weakness in
white's position- pawn f4.} 30. Kh1 gxf4 31. gxf4 Kh8 {[%csl Rf4]} 32. Ne2 (32.
Qg3 Qxg3 33. hxg3 Ra5 $15) 32... R5c7 {Missing one nice tactical idea.} (32...
Rg8 $142 $1 33. Rg1 (33. Ng3 Ra5 $17) {[%tqu "En","","","","c5e5","",10]} 33...
Rxe5 $1 34. fxe5 (34. Qxd3 cxd3 35. Rxg4 Rxe2 $19) {[%tqu "En","","","","g4e4",
"",5]} 34... Qe4+ $1 35. Qxe4 Nf2#) 33. Rf3 Qf5 34. Rg1 Nc5 35. Ng3 (35. Nd4
Qd3 36. Nb5 Rd7 37. Nd6 Rb8 $132) 35... Qd3 36. Qf2 $2 {After this move
white's position becomes very difficult. White still had a chance to save the
game by:} (36. f5 Qxe3 37. Rxe3 Nd3 38. fxe6 {and the ending is very close to
draw.}) 36... Qd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5h1] In addition to passed pawn c4, white has
troubles over big diagonal.} 37. Nh5 $2 {Final mistake.} (37. Qg2 Rg8 $1 38.
Rc3 (38. Rff1 Nd3 $17) 38... Nd3 $17) 37... Ne4 38. Qg2 c3 39. Nf6 Nxf6 40.
exf6 c2 $19 {There is no way for white to stop black's passed pawn.} 41. Rc1
Rg8 42. Rg3 Qd1+ 43. Qg1 Rxg3 44. hxg3 {[%tqu "En","Find the way to queen
c2-pawn.","","","c7d7","",10]} Rd7 $1 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 b6
9. Qc1 (9. Nc3 Ne4 (9... O-O 10. Qc2 $6 (10. Rc1 $5) 10... Ne4 11. Ne2 Bb7 12.
Ne5 Na6 13. a3 Bxe5 $1 14. dxe5 Nac5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nf4 Nxd3 17. Nxd3 Ng5
$15 {[%cal Gg5e6,Yc6c5] 0-1 Efimov,I-Lautier,J/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (42)}) (
9... Bb7 $6 {Tyomkin,D} 10. cxd5 {and pawn f5 becomes unprotected after exd5.
In other cases white is just much better.}) 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Ne5 O-O 12. cxd5
exd5 (12... Nxc3 $5 {Tyomkin,D} 13. Rxc3 cxd5 14. Qc2 Na6 (14... Nd7 15. Rc7 $1
Bxc7 16. Qxc7 Bc8 17. Bb5 Qd8 18. Qc6 Nxe5 19. Qxa8 Bd7 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Ba6
$1 $16 {[%cal Gf1c1,Yb2a3]}) 15. Nc6 Bxc6 16. Bxa6 $14 {but all this is about
equality.}) 13. Ne2 Bxe5 {Otherwise black has difficulties with development of
Nb8.} 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. f4 c5 16. Ng3 Rad8 (16... Nxg3 {Tyomkin,D} 17. hxg3 {
[%cal Gd1c2,Yg3g4]} Qe6 18. Be2 $14 {[%cal Gg3g4] and white breaks f5 point by
g4- white has two g-pawns, so he can do it even twice.}) 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Bb5
{[%cal Gd1g4] 1-0 Tkachiev,V-Tregubov,P/Cap d'Agde 2000/CBM 80_02/[Tyomkin,D] 
(34) Pawn structure is amazing now: black has the center, but d4 is under
white's control. From the other hand, white intends to play f5, first
decreazing black's pressure on e5.}) 9... Bb7 10. Ba3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12.
Bxd6 $146 (12. Qb2 Bxa3 13. Nxa3 O-O 14. Rac1 Rfc8 15. Nb5 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,
A-Grischuk,A/Tomsk RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 342 (15)}) 12... Qxd6 13. Nc3 a6
14. Qb2 $1 {[%cal Gb3b4] Intending to gain space on the queenside by b4 and a4
then- black's a6-a5 would weaken b5 spot;} O-O 15. b4 Rac8 16. a4 Ne4 17. Ne2
Qe7 (17... Rc7 $5 {[%cal Gf8c8]} 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20. b5 {with the
same ideas like in the game;}) 18. Rfc1 Nd6 19. b5 $1 {[%mdl 32] After b4-b5
black light-square bishop is passive forever;} a5 20. Qa3 $14 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1
Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Nxc8 23. Qc3 {The endgame without queens would be very pleasant
for white as well, but Kortschnoj decides to leave more forces on the board;} (
23. Qxe7 Nxe7 24. Nf4 Nf8 25. g4 (25. Ne5 $5) 25... fxg4 26. Ne5 Nc8 $16 {
[%cal Gc8d6]}) 23... Qd6 24. Nf4 Ne7 25. h4 Nf8 26. h5 {[%mdl 32] Strategy of
Kortschnoj is clear - to gain space over the kingside and then to break thru
there; Black can't do much to prevent it;} Bc8 27. Ne5 Bd7 28. f3 (28. h6 $5)
28... Be8 29. g4 g5 (29... fxg4 30. fxg4 Nd7 31. Kg2 {and so on;}) 30. Ne2 Nd7
31. Kg2 h6 (31... fxg4 32. fxg4 Nxe5 33. dxe5 Qb8 {- semilar to the game;}) 32.
Ng3 fxg4 33. fxg4 Nxe5 34. dxe5 Qc5 35. Qd2 Qc7 36. Qb2 Kg7 {36...Qc5 was more
active, but in general it leads to the same;} (36... Qc5 37. Kf2 Bf7 38. Ne2 {
[%cal Ge2d4]}) 37. Ne2 Kg8 38. Kf2 Bf7 39. Qd4 Kg7 (39... Qc5 40. Qxc5 bxc5 41.
b6 Nc6 42. Bb5 $18 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5][%cal Ge2c1,Yc1b3,Yc1d3]}) 40. Qc3 Qb8 {
The endgame after 40.Qxc3 is lost for black:} (40... Qxc3 41. Nxc3 Be8 42. e4 {
[%cal Gf2e3,Ge3d4]} dxe4 43. Nxe4 Nd5 44. Nd6 {White's target here is the pawn
b6-the plan is following: to attack the pawn b6 with the knight and than to
trade white bishop on black knight by Be4 or Bc4;} Kf8 45. Kf3 {[%cal Gd6c4,
Yf3e4,Gd3e4]} (45. Be4 Nc3 {-that's why white needs his king on f3- to protect
the bishop e4 in that line after Nc4;}) 45... Ke7 46. Nc4 Bd7 47. Be4 Be8 48.
Bxd5 exd5 49. Nxb6 Ke6 50. Nc8 Kxe5 51. Ne7 d4 52. Ng8 $18 {[%cal Gg8h6]}) 41.
Nd4 Qd8 42. Ke2 Bg8 43. Bb1 Kh8 44. Qa3 Nc8 45. Bg6 Kg7 46. Bb1 Kh8 47. Qc1 $1
{[%cal Gc1c6,Gc1f1] Finally Kortschnoj finds out the way to get in- black can
not control at the same time all entries over c' and f' files;} Ne7 $2 {
Black couldn't hold the defense anyhow, but there was more resistant way:} (
47... Na7 48. Qf1 $18 {[%cal Gd4c6,Gf1f6]} Qe7 49. Nc6 Qg7 50. Qf6 $18) 48. Qf1
Nc8 49. Nc6 {[%cal Gf1f6,Gf6f8]} (49. Nc6 Qd7 50. Qf8 $1 $18 {[%csl Yc8,Yh6]})
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Qc1 g5 $6 $146 (9... b6 {Tyomkin,D} 10. Ba3 (10. Ne5 Bb7 11. cxd5 (11. f4 $5
) 11... Bxe5 (11... cxd5 12. Ba3) 12. dxe5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 c5 15. f3
Nc6 16. a3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Rd7 18. Be2 {1/2-1/2 Danielsen,H-Hansen,L/DEN-ch 1993}
) 10... Bb7 (10... Na6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 Nb4 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. Be2 Bb7 15.
Rac1 Qe7 16. Rfd1 a5 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Na4 Qc7 20. Qb2 $14 {
Danner,G-Stangl,M/Dortmund op-A 1993/1-0 (57)}) 11. cxd5 (11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12.
cxd5 cxd5 13. Qa3 Qxa3 14. Nxa3 a6 15. Rfc1 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Utemov,V-Kramnik,V/
Moscow4 1991}) 11... Nxd5 (11... cxd5) 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qa3 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Be2 Nd7 16. Nbd2 Nc3 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Qb2 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Be2 $16 {
[%csl Rc5,Re5] Kharitonov,A-Savon,V/Ch Chess Club Russia (cat.9), Moscow,1995/
1-0 (76)}) (9... Bd7 {Tyomkin,D} 10. Ba3 Bxa3 (10... Be8 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3
Qd8 13. Nbd2 Ne4 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3
Bg6 19. Ne5 $14 {Kharitonov,A-Neverov,V/Kstovo op 1994/1/2-1/2 (78)}) 11. Qxa3
Qxa3 12. Nxa3 Ne4 13. Ne5 Be8 14. f3 Nd6 15. Nc2 Nd7 16. c5 $14 {/= () Ryskin,
A-Guliev,S/Azov 1995/1/2-1/2 (24)}) 10. Ba3 (10. Nxg5 $6 Bxh2+ 11. Kxh2 Ng4+
12. Kg1 Qxg5 13. Be2 Qh4 14. Bxg4 fxg4 $132 {[%cal Gf8f6,Gf6h6]}) 10... g4 11.
Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Qb2 $14 Qc7 {[%cal Gd7e5]} 14. Nxd7 (14. f4 gxf3 15.
Nxf3 Ne4 $14) 14... Bxd7 15. Nc3 Ne4 $2 (15... e5 $142 $1 16. cxd5 (16. dxe5
Qxe5 17. Qd2 Be6) 16... exd4 17. exd4 cxd5 18. Ne2 $14) 16. Ne2 $1 $16 {
[%cal Ge2f4]} Ng5 17. Nf4 Rf6 18. Rfc1 Qd8 19. b4 $1 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Rh6 20. b5
Nf7 {[%cal Gd8h4]} 21. bxc6 Bxc6 (21... bxc6 22. Qb7 Nd6 (22... Rb8 23. Qxa7
Ra8 24. Qc5 Qh4 25. h3 $18) 23. Qb4 dxc4 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Qh4 26. h3 $16
{[%csl Rc6,Rd7] <->b,c}) 22. cxd5 exd5 $4 (22... Bxd5 23. Nxd5 (23. Rab1 Qh4
24. Nxd5 Qxh2+ 25. Kf1 exd5 26. Qxb7) 23... Qxd5 24. Qb4 $16 {[%cal Ga1b1]
<->b,c |^<<,()}) 23. Bxf5 $18 Qh4 24. h3 gxh3 25. g3 $1 (25. Bxh3 Ng5 $16) (25.
gxh3 $6 Rf6) 25... h2+ 26. Kg2 Qe7 27. Rh1 Ng5 28. Qe2 Rf8 29. Bd3 b5 {In my
opinion white was in time-trouble and offered a draw in spite of decisive
advantage} (29... b5 30. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 31. Kxh2 $18 {white has technically
winning position}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.11.25"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Black "Straeter, Timo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2
Ne4 9. g4 Qa5 {This line looks dangerous for black- white got nice positions
in all games;} (9... b5 $2 10. cxb5 cxb5 11. gxf5 Nxc3 12. f6 Bxf6 (12... Ne4
13. fxe7 $16) 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. bxc3 $16 {1-0 Volzhin,A-Relange,E/Oakham 1992/
CBM 30 (25)}) 10. Ke2 {10.gxf5 is good alternative, as well as 10.Rg1, but 10.
a3 looks too soft;} (10. gxf5 exf5 11. cxd5 (11. Ke2 Nxc3+ $6 12. bxc3 Be6 13.
Qb3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4+ 15. Qxc4+ Qd5 16. Qxd5+ cxd5 17. Rhb1 $16 {1-0
Rustemov,A-Schaffarth,P/Bad Wiessee 1999/EXT 2001 (23)}) 11... cxd5 12. Ke2 {
Tyomkin,D: White king is safe in the center,on the other hand white starts an
action over the center by himself(d5 and e5-points are week).I like this
opening plan for white.} Nxc3+ (12... Be6 {Tyomkin,D} 13. Qb3 Nxc3+ (13... Nd7
$6 {Tyomkin,D} 14. Rhg1 Kh8 15. Ne5 Rfc8 $2 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Nxd7 Qa6+ 18. Qb5
Bxd7 19. Qxa6 bxa6 20. Nxd5 $18 {1-0 Aagaard,J-Pedersen,N/Ringsted 1992 (30)})
14. bxc3 b6 15. Rhg1 $146 (15. Ng5 {Tyomkin,D} Bd7 16. a4 h6 17. Nf3 Rc8 18.
Rhc1 g5 19. Bxb8 Raxb8 20. Ne5 Be6 21. Bb5 $16 a6 22. Nc6 Rxc6 23. Bxc6 Rc8 24.
Bb5 $1 {1-0 Shumiakina,T-Thipsay,B/Kishinev ztW ,EXT 1995 (40)}) 15... Rc8 $6 (
15... Nc6 $142 {[%cal Ga8c8] Tyomkin,D was more normal way for black to
develope his pieces.}) 16. Rac1 Nc6 17. h4 Qa3 $2 (17... Ba3 $5 {Tyomkin,D} 18.
Rb1 (18. Rc2 {[%csl Rc2]} Be7) 18... Ne7 19. Kd2 $14 {[%cal Gh4h5,Gf4e5]}) 18.
Bxf5 $1 {1-0 Volzhin,A-Pres,G/Moscow 1999/CBM 70/[Tyomkin,D] (35)}) (12... b6 {
Tyomkin,D} 13. Nb5 (13. Nxd5 $140 Qxd5 14. Bxb8 (14. Bc4 $2 Ba6) 14... Bd7 $44
{[%cal Gd7b5]} (14... Be6 $44)) 13... Ba6 14. Qb3 Rd8 15. Rhd1 Nc6 16. a3 Rac8
17. Rac1 g5 18. Bc7 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Rxc7 20. Bxc6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Novikov,I-Dreev,A/
Uzhgorod ,EXT 1987 (54)}) (12... Nc6 $2 {Tyomkin,D} 13. Nxd5 $1 Bd6 14. Bxd6
Nxd6 15. Qc5 Qxc5 16. dxc5 $16 {0-1 Umansky,V-Andreev,D/"Slaviya" Primorsko
BUL 1989 (46)}) 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. h4 Qd8 16. h5 Bf6 17. Rag1 a6 18.
Qb1 Qa5 19. Nh4 Bxh4 20. Rxh4 Rf7 21. c4 Bd7 22. h6 g6 23. c5 Re8 24. Kf3 Nb4
25. Be5+ Rxe5 26. dxe5 Nc6 27. Ke2 Qxc5 28. Qxb7 Qe7 29. Qb2 Kg8 30. Ra4 Nxe5
31. Rxa6 f4 32. Ra8+ Be8 33. Bb5 Nd7 34. Rc1 fxe3 35. f3 Rf8 36. Qg7+ {1-0
Rausis,I-Kolly,J/Interlaken SUI 2001/The Week in Chess 374 (36)}) (10. Rg1 $5
b5 $2 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. gxf5 $16 {1-0 Krasenkow,M-Galdunts,S/Bad Wiessee 1999/
EXT 2001 (21)}) (10. a3 Nd7 11. Rg1 Ndf6 12. Ne5 fxg4 13. Bxe4 (13. c5 $5)
13... Nxe4 14. Rxg4 Nf6 15. Rh4 Ne4 16. Rh3 Rf5 17. f3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 19.
bxc3 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Yermolinsky,A-Minasian,A/Stratton Mountain 1999/EXT 2000 
(51)}) 10... Na6 (10... Ba3 $5 {ICC move!} 11. Rac1 Nxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qxc3 13.
Rxc3 Bxb2 14. Rb3 fxg4 15. Rxb2 (15. Ng5 Bxd4 $1 16. Bxb8 Bf6 17. Bf4 g6 {
[%cal Ge6e5] white has no way to save the knight;}) 15... gxf3+ 16. Kxf3 e5 (
16... b6 {[%cal Gc8a6]} 17. Rc1 Ba6 18. Ke2 $14) 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Ke2 $14 {
1-0 Shariyazdanov,A-Radjabov,T/Biel 2000/CBM 77 ext (72)}) (10... Nxc3+ $6 11.
bxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 $14 b5 13. Bd3 Qa3 $6 14. Rhg1 $16 {1-0 Sherbakov,
R-Slapikas,V/Polanica Zdroj 1996/EXT 98 (46)}) 11. a3 dxc4 (11... Nxc3+ 12.
bxc3 Nc7 13. Ne5 (13. c5 $5 {Belov} Ne8 14. Rhg1 Kh8 15. Rg2 Nf6 16. Rag1 $1
Ne4 (16... Nxg4 17. h3 Nh6 18. Rxg7 $18) (16... g6 17. Be5 Kg8 18. gxf5 $18) (
16... fxg4 17. Ne5 $36) 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Rxg7 Bf6 19. Be5 $18 {Lima,
D-Giardeli,S/San Paulo zt(09)/1993/1:0/28/}) 13... Ne8 {'!?' Belov.} (13... Bf6
{Belov} 14. Rhg1 Ne8 15. Rg2 (15. gxf5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 exf5 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. Rg5
h6 19. Rg6 Rf7 20. Rag1 Kf8 21. c4 $16) 15... dxc4 16. Nxc4 Qd5 17. Rag1 $16 {
Stempin,P-Kholmov,R/Warszawa op/1989/0:1/48/}) 14. c5 (14. Rhg1 {Belov} Nd6 15.
gxf5 exf5 16. c5 Ne8 $6 (16... Ne4 $5 {Belov} 17. f3 (17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Rg3 Bh4
(18... Bf6 19. Rag1 Kh8 20. Bh6 $2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 gxh6 $19) 19. Rg2 Bh3 $13)
17... Nxc3+ 18. Kf1 Na4 19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 20. Qg2+ Kh8 21. Bh6 Bf6 22. Bxf8 Be6
23. Bh6 Rg8 $132) 17. Bg5 Qd8 18. f4 $16 {1-0 Ivanov,T-Guliev,S/Moscow 1995/
CBM 47 ext/[Belov] (34)}) 14... Bf6 15. c4 $5 $14 (15. h4 {1/2-1/2 Granados
Gomez,M-Pablo Marin,A/Cala Galdana 2001/CBM 84 ext (25)})) (11... fxg4 {Belov}
12. Bxe4 gxf3+ 13. Bxf3 dxc4 14. Be5 $1 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 (15... gxf6 16. Rag1+
Kh8 17. Rg3 Bd7 18. Rhg1 $16) 16. Ne4 Rf8 17. Rhg1 Qf5 18. Bg4 Qd5 19. Ng5 $16)
(11... Bd7 12. Ne5 Be8 13. f3 Nxc3+ 14. bxc3 g6 15. gxf5 exf5 16. Rag1 Kh8 17.
h4 Qd8 18. Bh6 Rg8 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Rxg8+ Kxg8 21. Rg1+ Kh8 22. Qxf5 {1-0
Khenkin,I-Hustert,V/GER 1995/EXT 2001 (22)}) 12. Bxc4 Nxc3+ $146 (12... b5 13.
b4 Qb6 14. Bb3 Nxc3+ 15. Qxc3 fxg4 16. Ne5 Nc7 17. Rac1 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19.
Qxc6 (19. Qb3 Bb7 20. Rhg1 Rxf4 $1 21. exf4 Qxd4 $36 {1-0 Poluljahov,
A-Chigvintsev,A/Smolensk 2000/CBM 77 (50)}) 19... Be6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rc3 $14
) 13. Qxc3 (13. bxc3 fxg4 14. Ne5 $16) 13... Qb6 (13... Qxc3 14. bxc3 b5 15.
Bd3 $16) 14. gxf5 Rxf5 15. Rhg1 $16 {All white pieces are in the game, while
black queenside pieces have no clear feature...} Nc7 16. Bxc7 $2 {[%mdl 16384]
Hard to explain this move- it was right time to think how to finish the game
already!} (16. Be5 $1 Rf7 (16... g6 17. Qc2 $16 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Rc2f5,Gh2h4,
Yh4h5]}) 17. Bd3 {[%cal Gc3c2]} Nd5 18. Qc2 $18 {with killing attack;}) 16...
Qxc7 17. Qd3 $6 {Setting one move trick, but there is no otehr point in it....
White could keep an advantage by simple Ne5 following by f4; White did all to
destroy his fantastic position!} (17. Ne5 $14 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 17... Kh8 18. Qe4
c5 $1 $132 {Finally black get some play;} 19. Rac1 Bd7 {It was good idea to
remove the queen from an opposition vs white rook over c-file; You can see why
it is so important from 20.Ne5 line;} (19... Qb6 $142 $5 20. Rc2 $14) 20. Bxe6
$2 {[%mdl 16384] This pawn is poison- black gets all pieces in after the
acceptance of sacrifice;} (20. Ne5 $1 cxd4 (20... Raf8 21. f4 $16) 21. f4 $1 {
[%cal Rc4e6]} Bc6 22. Bxe6 $1 $16) 20... Bxe6 21. Qxe6 Raf8 22. Rg3 (22. Ne5
Rxf2+ 23. Kd3 Bd6 $1 $17) 22... Bd6 23. Rh3 Qc6 24. e4 $2 {It leads to the
losing position at once; White had missed his last chance to save the game by:}
(24. Rxc5 $1 Bxc5 25. Qxc6 bxc6 26. dxc5 Rxc5 27. Nd4 Rc1 $15 {[%cal Gc6c5]}
28. f4 c5 29. Kd2 $1 {and black should work hard to win this ending;}) 24...
R5f6 25. Qd5 Qb5+ {There are too many tactical weaknesses of white all around:
king, both rooks, knight and b2-pawn....} 26. Ke1 (26. Qc4 Qd7 $1 {[%csl Rh3]}
27. e5 $8 Qxh3 28. exf6 Re8+ 29. Ne5 gxf6 30. Qf7 Qe6 $19 {[%csl Re5][%cal
Ye8e2]}) 26... Qxb2 {[%csl Rc1,Yf2,Rf3]} 27. Kd1 Rxf3 28. Qxd6 Rxf2 {[%csl Yd2,
Ye2]} 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1999.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 f5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 (7. h3 {
Tsesarsky} O-O 8. Be2 Ne4 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. O-O g5 (10... Ndf6 11. Ne5 Bd7 12.
Nxd7 $5 $14) 11. Bh2 Ndf6 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. f3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Razuvaev,Y-Guliev,S/
Moscow 1998/CBM 63/[Tsesarsky] (43)}) 7... O-O 8. O-O (8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. Ne5 (9.
h3 $5) 9... Nh5 10. h3 Nxf4 11. exf4 Na6 12. a3 Nc7 (12... dxc4 $5 13. Bxc4 Nc7
{[%cal Gc7d5]}) 13. c5 Ne8 14. O-O Nf6 15. Rfe1 Be8 16. b4 Ne4 17. Nf1 $14 Kh8
18. f3 Nf6 19. g4 Nd7 20. g5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Bd7 22. Ng3 g6 23. Ree1 {1/2-1/2
Stohl,I-Varga,Z/Hungary 1998/EXT 2000 (23)}) 8... Ne4 $146 (8... Nh5 {Belov} 9.
Be5 Nd7 10. Nbd2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 $1 (11. Nxe5 Nf6 12. Rac1 Bd6 $14) 11... g6 12.
Rfd1 Bd7 (12... b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Nd4 Ng7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qa4 $16) 13. Be2
Ng7 14. Ne1 $5 Qb6 (14... Rc8 $5) 15. Nd3 Rad8 (15... c5 $5 16. Bf3 Bc6 $14)
16. c5 Qc7 17. b4 $16 {1-0 Romanishin,O-Guliev,S/Nikolaev 1995/CBM 47/[Belov] 
(30)}) 9. Bxb8 $6 {Very desputable decision of white.The normal way of
development looks more natural for white:} (9. Nc3 $142) 9... Rxb8 10. Ne5 c5
11. Nc3 $6 {missing following black's play, which based on some tactics.} (11.
cxd5 exd5 (11... cxd4 12. Bxe4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 dxe3 14. Qxe3 exd5 (14... Qxd5 15.
Nc3 $14) 15. Qxa7 Be6 $44 {Black has some compensation because of pair of
bishops.}) 12. Nc3 $11) 11... cxd4 12. exd4 dxc4 $1 13. Bxe4 (13. Nxc4 $5 Nf6 {
[%csl Rd4][%cal Gb7b5,Yc8b7]} 14. Rfe1 $5 Qxd4 15. Rad1 $44) 13... Qxd4 $1 14.
Nf3 Qc5 {[%csl Re4]} 15. Nd2 fxe4 16. Ncxe4 Qc6 {Normally the side, which has
bishops against knights, should change queens and keep rooks, but probably in
this specific position black has to keep queens on board with idea to develop
some initiative in the middlegame.} (16... Qf5 $5 17. Nxc4 Bd7 $15 {[%cal
Gd7c6]}) 17. Qxc4 Bd7 18. Rac1 Rbc8 19. Qxc6 Bxc6 20. f3 {If black could move
his pawn e6 back to f7, he would be better. But now white has fine outpost
on-e4, and anything can't move the knight from their. The ending is probably
balanced.} a5 21. a3 Rfd8 22. Rfe1 Bh4 23. g3 Be7 24. Kf2 {White plays
accuratly, concentrating pieces over the centre.} h6 25. Rc3 Rd5 26. Nb3 Rb5
27. Re2 Rd8 28. Nbc5 Bd5 29. Nd3 Rf8 30. Kg2 Bc6 31. Nf4 {The most interesting
things of the game are starting now! I guess, the following stage of the game
was played in mutual time-trouble because of many mistakes of both players and
...some cowardly decisions of white!} Re8 $2 (31... Bxe4 $142 32. fxe4 Bf6 33.
a4 $1 (33. Rc7 Be5) 33... Rxb2 34. Rxb2 Bxc3 35. Rxb7 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Gc8c4]}) (
31... Kf7 32. Rce3 Re8 {-like in the game.}) 32. Rce3 $2 {One of white's
cowardly moves.} (32. Nxe6 $1 {just winning a pawn.} Re5 33. Nd4 Bxe4 34. fxe4
Bg5 35. Kf3 (35. Nf3 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Rxe4 37. Nxg5 hxg5 38. Kf3 $16) 35... Rf8+
36. Kg4 Rfe8 37. Nf3 Rxe4+ 38. Rxe4 Rxe4+ 39. Kf5 Re2 40. Nxg5 hxg5 41. Rb3 $18
) 32... Kf7 33. Nc3 Rb3 34. Nd3 {Not falling to the trap.} (34. Rxe6 $2 Bxa3
35. Rxe8 Bxe8 36. bxa3 Rxc3 $17) 34... Bd6 35. Ne5+ Bxe5 36. Rxe5 Rd8 $2 (36...
g5 $142 {[%cal Gg5g4]} 37. h3 b5 (37... a4)) (36... b5 $142) 37. Kf2 $2 (37.
Rxa5 Rd3 38. Rf2 g5 39. g4 {White has pawn up. Despite of some pressure of
black, white had to try it.}) 37... g5 38. R5e3 a4 39. h4 gxh4 40. gxh4 Rg8 41.
Rd2 {Now the game is equal.} (41. Rxe6 Rxb2 42. Rxb2 Kxe6 43. Rb4 Rf8 44. f4
Rf5 45. Ne2 Kf6 $11) 41... Rg6 42. Rde2 Ke7 43. Rd2 Kf6 44. Ne2 Rxe3 45. Kxe3
e5 $11 {Despite of B:N correlation, black doesn't have advantage because white
has very solid position.} 46. Rc2 Ke7 47. Rc4 Rg2 48. Rb4 Kf6 49. Nc3 Kf5 50.
Ne4 Kg6 51. Nd6 Rg3 52. Rg4+ Rxg4 53. fxg4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petermaennchen GM"]
[Site "Schwerin"]
[Date "1999.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Danielsen, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1999.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 d6 5. d5 (5. Nc3 {-is a normal way
to play in the opening.}) 5... e5 $146 (5... Na6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Nf4 Nc5 8. h4 $5
(8. O-O O-O 9. Nd2 e5 10. dxe6 c6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Staller,P-Mischke,L/St Ingbert ,
EXT 1991 (33)}) 8... O-O $140 9. h5) 6. dxe6 c6 7. Nh3 Bxe6 8. Qb3 Qb6 (8...
Qe7 {-was an intersting alternative;} 9. Ng5 Bc8 {[%cal Gb8d7,Gd7c5]}) 9. O-O
Qxb3 {[%mdl 4096] Suddenly the ending arises on 9th move already!} 10. axb3 Nd7
11. Rd1 Ke7 (11... Nc5 12. Ng5 $5 Nxb3 $140 13. Nxe6 Nxa1 14. Nxg7+ $18) 12.
Ng5 Ngf6 13. Nc3 Rhd8 (13... Bg8 14. Bf4 Ne5 15. c5 Ne8 16. cxd6+ Nxd6 17. Ra5
Ndf7 18. Nxf7 Nxf7 19. b4 $1 $16 {[%cal Gb4b5]}) 14. Bf4 $1 {causing Ne5.
Otherwise black moves this knight to c5.} Ne5 15. Be3 $1 (15. Bxe5 dxe5 16.
Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Rxa7 Rd7 18. Nxe6 Kxe6 {Despite of pawn up,this position is
about draw.}) 15... a6 16. Bb6 Rd7 17. f4 Nf7 18. Nxe6 Kxe6 19. e4 $14 Nh6 (
19... fxe4 20. Bh3+ $16) 20. Re1 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 (21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Rxe4+ Kf7 {
and white doesn't achieve anything.}) 21... fxe4 22. Nxe4 Kf7 23. Rad1 Kg8 $4 {
probably missing 25th move of white.} (23... Bf8 24. h3 $14 {[%csl Rh6][%cal
Gg3g4]} (24. Nc5 $140 $2 Re7)) 24. Rxd6 Re7 {[%tqu "En","Black threatens
Ra8-e8.What has white to do?","","","b6d8","",10]} 25. Bd8 $1 Re8 (25... Rf7
26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Re8+ (27. Bxf6 Nf5 28. Rde6 Ng7 $1 {getting the rooks ending.
}) 27... Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Bxf6 {[%cal Rd6d7]} Re8 30. Rd7 Ng4 31. Bd4 $18
) 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Rxe8+ Kf7 28. Bxf6 Kxe8 (28... Rxe8 29. Bg5 {[%cal Gd6d7]})
29. h3 $1 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gg3g4] limiting movement of black knight.} Nf5 30.
Rd3 Kf7 31. Be5 Re8 32. g4 {Even now black doesn't have better place for
knight than h6-square.} Nh6 33. Kf2 Ke6 {Now white exchanges rooks,and in
forthcoming ending whites bishop domenates over blacks knight.} (33... Re7 34.
Rd8 Ke6 35. Rd6+ Kf7 36. Kf3 {[%cal Gf3e4,Yf4f5]}) 34. Bg7 $1 Nf7 35. Re3+ Kd7
36. Rxe8 Kxe8 {Hecht: '[#] Schwarz glaubt, in dieser Stellung bei einem
Minusbauer und lahmendem Gaul eine uneinnehmbare Festung zu haben. Er verliert
jedoch aufgrund von Zugzwang. Kommentare nach H.Danielsen in "SCHACH" Nr.9/S.
78. '} 37. Ke3 Kd7 38. Ke4 Ke6 (38... Nd6+ 39. Ke5 {[%cal Ge5f6]} Ke7 $140 40.
Bf8+) (38... c5 {Hecht} 39. f5 gxf5+ 40. Kxf5 Ke7 41. Bf6+ Kd7 42. g5 Nd6+ 43.
Ke5 Nf7+ 44. Kd5 b6 45. h4 {kann es auch nicht sein}) 39. c5 {[%csl Gd6] '!'
Hecht. That is true that in the ending it is better to place pawns on opposite
coloured squares than the bishop,but in this specific position whites strategy
is to cut blacks knight.} (39. f5+ $2 {Hecht} gxf5+ 40. gxf5+ Kd7 $11 {denn
hier gelingt nicht mehr die Springereinkreisung mit der Folge Zugzwang. Selbst
wenn c5, Lf6 und der Königsmarsch nach h5 geschehen, so macht der schwarze
König einfache Freudensprünge.}) 39... Nd8 40. Bc3 Nf7 41. Bd2 Nh6 42. Ba5 Nf7
43. g5 $1 {The white squares: b5, d5, f5 are not available for black's knight.
Hecht: 'Bezogen auf die Farbe des Läufers zwar antipositionell, aber dennoch
postionsgerecht, denn dem Springer wird der Lufthahn abgedreht, und alsbald
tritt General Zugzwang auf den Plan.'} Nh8 44. h4 Nf7 45. Bc3 Nd8 46. Bf6 Nf7
47. h5 $1 {[%mdl 4096] Hecht: '[#] Auch so gerät Schwarz in Zugzwang.'} (47. b4
$2 Nh6 $1 (47... h5 48. Bc3 Nd8 49. f5+ $1 gxf5+ 50. Kf4 Nf7 51. b3 $1 {
zugzwang.} (51. g6 Nh6 52. Kg5 $18) 51... Nd8 52. g6 $18) (47... h6 {Hecht} 48.
b3 h5 49. Bb2 Nd8 50. Bc3 Nf7 51. Bf6 b6 52. f5+ gxf5+ 53. Kf4 bxc5 54. bxc5 a5
55. Bc3 Nd8 56. Bxa5 Nb7 57. Bb6 {ist auch nicht von schlechten Eltern.}))
47... a5 (47... gxh5 48. f5+ Kd7 49. Kf4 {'+-' Hecht.} (49. g6 $143 hxg6 50.
fxg6 Nh6 51. Bg5 Ng8 52. Ke5 Ke8) 49... Ke8 (49... Kc7 50. Kg3 b6 51. Kh4 bxc5
52. Kxh5 Kd7 53. g6 $18) 50. Kg3 {[%cal Gg3h4]}) 48. hxg6 hxg6 49. Bc3 {
[%csl Ra5]} b6 50. cxb6 Nd6+ 51. Kf3 Kf5 (51... Nb7 {Hecht} 52. Kg4 c5 53. Be5
Nd8 54. Bc7 Nb7 55. f5+ gxf5+ 56. Kf4 {o.д.}) 52. Bxa5 Nb7 53. Bc3 Nd6 54. Be5
Nb7 55. b4 (55. b4 Nd8 56. Ke3 Nb7 57. Kd4 Ke6 58. Ke4 Nd8 59. f5+ gxf5+ 60.
Kf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
(8... b6 {and Bb7 is possible before black's castle- see games;}) (8... b6 9.
cxd5 (9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Ne5 O-O 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne2 Bxe5 14. dxe5
Nd7 15. f4 c5 $132 {1-0 Tkachiev,V-Tregubov,P/Cap d'Agde FRA 2000/The Week in
Chess 314 (34)}) 9... cxd5 10. Qc1 Bb7 11. Ba3 Nbd7 12. Qb2 Bxa3 13. Nxa3 O-O
14. Rac1 Rfc8 15. Nb5 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A-Grischuk,A/Tomsk RUS 2001/The Week
in Chess 342 (15)}) 9. Qc1 {Preparing to trade bishops and queens by Ba3; What
is interesting, that Tkachiev, in both of his games in this variation this
year, didn't go for this trade and developed his pieces by Nc3 and Rc1 or Ne2
and Ne5 then;} (9. Ne5 b6 10. cxd5 $146 cxd5 (10... exd5 $5 {Tyomkin,D} 11. Nd2
(11. Qc2 $6 Bxe5 $1 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Qc3 Re8 14. f4 Nxe3 15. Re1 c5 $1 $17 {
[%cal Gd5d4]}) 11... g6 12. Rc1 Bb7 $11 {[%cal Gc6c5]}) 11. f3 Bb7 12. Nc3 a6
13. Rc1 Nc6 $10 {0-1 Bareev,E-Krasenkow,M/Groningen 1997/CBM 63/[Krasenkow] 
(31)}) (9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bc7 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Rac1
Rfc8 15. f3 Bb6 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. Be2 a5 18. Rfd1 Na6 19. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,
V-Grischuk,A/New Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM 80 (19)}) 9... b6 {Black has a big
choice of moves instead: Ne4 and g5 are main alternatives;} 10. Ba3 Bb7 {
Also here many moves were tried for black, but 10.Bb7 is a main one;} (10... c5
11. cxd5 (11. Nc3 $143 Ba6 $1 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Nd4 dxc4 15. Bxc4
Bxc4 16. Na4 Qc8 17. Qxc4 Qxc4 18. bxc4 Kf7 19. c5 Nbd7 20. Rfc1 {1/2-1/2
Korchnoi,V-Malakhov,V/Tomsk RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 342 (20)}) 11... exd5 (
11... Nxd5 $5) 12. Nc3 Ba6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 bxc5 15. Rd1 $16 {Black
pawns over the 5th rank are vulnerable;}) 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 c5 13. cxd5
Nxd5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Be2 (15. Rd1 $6 $11 {(Tsesarsky) A little tactical
blunder} Nxe3 $1 16. fxe3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qe5 18. Nc3 (18. Bc4 Qxa1 19. Bxe6+ Kh8
20. Qxc5 Qf6 21. Qxf5 Nc6 22. Qxf6 Rxf6 23. Bd5 Rc8 $132) 18... Qxc3 19. Rac1
Qf6 {1-0 Balashov,Y-Beshukov,S/St Petersburg 2000/CBM 75/[Tsesarsky] (41)})
15... f4 $146 (15... Nd7 {Tsesarsky} 16. Nbd2 Nc3 17. Bc4 $5 Nb6 18. Qb2 Ne4
19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Be2 $1 Rad8 21. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Kharitonov,A-Savon,V/Moscow1
1995/EXP 46 (76)}) 16. e4 Nb4 {[%csl Re4][%cal Rb4c2]} 17. e5 (17. Qb2 $5 Bxe4
18. Nc3 Bb7 19. Rad1 $44 {white has a compensation, which appears in
development advantage and in black pawn weaknesses all over.}) 17... Qe7 18.
Qb2 N8c6 19. Nbd2 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Missing next idea of black;} (19. a3 $142
Nd5 20. Nc3 $11 {and position is balanced;}) 19... Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 $1 {
Black has got dangerous passed pawn in the center, which becomes the main
aspect of following play;} 21. Bf3 (21. Qxd4 Nc2 $17) 21... d3 22. Bxb7 Qxb7
$17 {White has nothing to oppose against black's dangerous passed pawn d3.} 23.
Nf3 Rad8 24. Rad1 Rd5 25. Rd2 Rfd8 {Just extra-protection of d-pawn, which
binds all white pieces;} 26. Re1 Ra5 {Black's idea is to create additional
weanesses in white's position;} 27. a3 (27. Qb1 Qa6 {forcing a-pawn of white
to move;}) 27... Nc2 28. Red1 Rad5 29. Ne1 Nxe1 30. Rxe1 f3 $1 {Creating
weaknesses also on the kingside;} 31. gxf3 {After 31.g3, black couldn't use
the weakness of white king at once, but had stayed with better position anyhow;
Probably, it was better defensive chance;} (31. g3 Qf7 32. Re3 Qf5 33. Qc3 (33.
Qa1 {[%cal Ga1f1]} g5 $15 {[%cal Gg5g4]}) 33... Rf8 {[%cal Gf5h3]} (33... g5 $5
) 34. Qa1 {[%cal Ga1f1]} Qh3 35. Qf1 Qxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Rc8 37. Rxf3 Rc3 {still
better for black but very close to draw;}) 31... Rb5 32. Qc3 {White tries to
create some counterplay getting out with the queen;} (32. b4 Qxf3 33. Re3 Qg4+
34. Rg3 Qc4 $17 {[%csl Yd3,Re5][%cal Ga7a5]}) 32... Rxb3 33. Qc4 Qd5 34. Qxd5
Rxd5 $19 {The ending should be winning for black, and Kharlov shows good
technical skills;} 35. a4 Kf7 36. Re4 a5 (36... Rc3 {[%cal Rc3c2]} 37. Kg2) 37.
f4 Rb4 $1 {Trading the active rook of white;} 38. Rxb4 (38. f3 Rxe4 (38... Rdd4
$5) 39. fxe4 Rd4 40. Kg2 Rxe4 41. Kf3 $1 Rxa4 42. Rxd3 Kg6 $19 {[%cal Gg6f5,
Ga4b4,Ga5a4]}) 38... axb4 39. Kf1 Ke7 40. Ke1 Kd7 41. Rb2 Rd4 42. a5 Kc6 43. a6
Kb6 44. Ra2 Ka7 {Black is in time to block a-pawn with the king;} 45. Kd2 g6
46. h3 $2 {It helps black to destroy more white pawns, but white can not save
the game anyhow:} (46. Ra4 $142 Rxf4 47. Kxd3 g5 (47... Rxf2 48. Rxb4 Rxh2 49.
Rb7+ Kxa6 50. Re7 {with good chances for a draw;}) 48. Ra2 (48. Ke3 b3 $1 $19)
48... b3 49. Rb2 Kxa6 50. Rxb3 Rf3+ 51. Kc4 Rxb3 52. Kxb3 Kb5 $19 {[%csl Re5]
[%cal Gb5c5,Gc5d5]}) 46... Rxf4 47. Kxd3 b3 $1 {Moving the pawn to the same
rank as h3 pawn.} 48. Rb2 Rf3+ 49. Kc4 Rxh3 50. Kb5 Rd3 51. f4 (51. Kc4 Rf3 52.
Kc5 h5 53. Kd6 h4 54. Kxe6 h3 55. Kd5 h2 56. Rb1 b2 $19 {[%cal Gf3h3]}) 51...
Rd8 {Moving the rook behind b3-pawn.} 52. Kc6 (52. Rxb3 Rb8+ 53. Kc4 Rxb3 $19)
52... Rb8 53. Kd7 Rb6 {[%cal Gb6e6,Yb6b3]} 54. Ke7 Kxa6 55. Kf7 Ka5 56. Kg7
Rb7+ $1 {[%csl Gh7] Pawn h7 is more important here than e6, although black can
give h7 pawn as well;} (56... Kb4 57. Kxh7 Kc3 58. Rb1 Kc2 59. Rg1 Rb4 $1 (
59... b2 $2 60. Kxg6 b1=Q 61. Rxb1 Rxb1 (61... Kxb1 62. f5 exf5+ 63. Kxf5 Kc2
64. e6 $11) 62. f5 exf5 63. Kxf5 $11) 60. Kxg6 Rxf4 $19) 57. Kf6 Ka4 58. Kxe6
Ka3 59. Rb1 b2 60. Kf6 Rb4 {Black wins f-pawn,destroying the last hope of
white;} 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Ragozin, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Meulders} f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 (5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qxf6 8. Qc2 d6 9. e4 e5 10. c5 $1 O-O 11. cxd6 cxd6 12. Bc4+ Kh8
13. dxe5 dxe5 14. O-O Nc6 15. Bd5 $14 {1-0 Jussupow,A-Karlsson,L/Eupen 1994/
CBM 44 (38)} (15. Bd5 {Meulders} Ne7 16. c4 $14 {1-0 Jussupow,A-Karlsson,L/
Eupen 1994/CBM 44 (38)})) 5... O-O 6. e3 d6 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 $2 {[%mdl
16384] Black had to trade the bishop on-b4. Now bishop gets into trouble. 
Meulders: 'Ein elementarer Fehler. Sobald der Nd2 entfesselt ist, soll Schwarz
nehmen. Es ist instruktiv wie Weiss schnell die Stellung in eisernen Griff
bekommt.'} (8... Bxd2 9. Nxd2 Bb7 10. Bf3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 $14 (11... Nbd7 {
Meulders} 12. Qc6 h6 13. Bh4 a5 $14)) 9. Nb3 $16 {[%csl Rb4] '+/-!' Meulders.
Meulders: '/\a3'} d5 (9... Nbd7 10. a3 Ba5 11. d5 $1 (11. Nxa5 bxa5 {and white
can not use the weakness of blacks pawns at once.}) 11... exd5 12. Nbd4 $16 {
[%cal Rd4e6,Rb2b4]}) 10. c5 {'!' Meulders.} bxc5 11. dxc5 c6 12. Qd4 {'!'
Meulders.} Ba5 13. Qe5 {Weaknesses of black squares are really hurt.  Meulders:
'Falls der Pe6 nun nicht angegriffen war stünde Schwarz nach Bc7 glänzend;
falls...'} Bc8 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. b4 {'!' Meulders. Meulders: 'Alles mit Tempo!'
} Qd8 (15... Qxb4 16. Rab1 Qe4 17. Bxf6 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge5c7]}) 16. Nd4 Qe8 17.
f3 $1 {[%csl Ye4,Rf6,Yg4] '+-' Meulders. White plays on ristriction of black
pieces.  Meulders: 'Endlich bekommt Schwarz eine kleine Atempause. Das Kind
ist inzwischen schon in den Brunnen gefallen.'} a5 18. b5 {'!' Meulders.} cxb5
19. Bxb5 Qf7 20. Rfb1 $6 {A little bit dubious move, but still good enough.} (
20. Rab1) 20... Na6 21. Bxa6 {'!' Meulders. Meulders: 'Hier passen keine
Schablonengedanken: lieber als ein Tempo zu verlieren um Pc5 zu decken gibt
Weiss den Laüfer her.'} Bxa6 $2 {With this move black actually gives up a game.
} (21... Rxa6 22. c6 {[%cal Gb1b8]} Ra8 23. Rb6 $18 {[%cal Ga1b1,Yb6b8]}) 22.
Qxe6 Bc4 23. a3 Qxe6 24. Nxe6 Rf7 25. c6 Rc8 (25... Re8 {Meulders} 26. c7 Rfe7
27. Rb8 Rxe6 28. c8=Q Rxc8 29. Rxc8+ $18) 26. Rb6 h6 27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. Nd4 $18
{It was good idea for black to resign right now, but he continues to move
pieces mechanically untill the time control.} Rf7 (28... g6 {Meulders}) 29.
Rab1 Kh7 30. Rb8 Rxb8 31. Rxb8 Kg6 32. Rb7 Rf8 33. Rd7 {'?!' Meulders.
Meulders: 'der Luxus der verschiedenen Gewinnwege....'} ({Faster was:} 33. c7
Rc8 (33... Ba6 34. Rb6+) 34. Nc6 {[%cal Gc6a7,Gc6e7] '!' Meulders.} (34. Nc6 $1
{Meulders} Ba6 35. Ne7+ Kf6 36. Nxc8 Bxb7 37. Nd6 Ba6 38. c8=Q $18)) 33... Kf6
34. Rd6+ Ke7 35. Rd7+ Kf6 36. Kf2 Rc8 37. Rd6+ Kf7 38. Nxf5 Bb5 39. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "EST-ch int"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2001.08.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Narva, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 f5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 (7. Bd3 c6 {
-theory;}) 7... c6 8. h3 {[%cal Yg2g4]} Ne4 9. Bd3 {9.Bd3 following by g2-g4
looks pritty strong; Another, more quite plan was tried in following game:} (9.
Be2 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. O-O c5 $6 13. Bg4 Qc8 14. cxd5 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Soppe,G-Kallio,H/Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess 314 (78)}) 9...
Nd7 $146 (9... g5 10. Be5 Nd7 11. g4 Bf6 (11... fxg4 12. hxg4 $1 Rxf3 13. Bxe4
dxe4 14. Qxe4 Rf7 15. Qg6+ $1 Kf8 16. Rxh7 $40) 12. gxf5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 exf5 14.
cxd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 $18 {1-0 Vera,R-Vela Ignacio,J/Coria del Rio 2001/CBM 80
ext (22)}) 10. g4 Ndf6 (10... g5 11. Bh2 fxg4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Ne5 $16) 11.
O-O-O Bd7 $6 (11... Qa5 $5) (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nd5 14. Qc2 Nxf4
15. exf4 $16) 12. Ne5 Be8 13. f3 $16 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Kh8 15. c5 Nd7 16. Qc2 Bg5
17. Bxg5 (17. gxf5 Bxf4 18. exf4 exf5 19. Bxf5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 (20. fxe5 $2 Qg5+
{[%cal Rg5f5]}) 20... Qh4 $132 {white pawns are vulnerable here;}) 17... Qxg5
18. f4 Qf6 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Rhg1 Qe6 21. Rg5 g6 22. h4 Nxe5 23. fxe5 {[%cal
Rh4h5]} h6 24. Rg3 h5 25. Qf2 {The game is actually over for black- only white
can get progress in this position; But white can not break thru the kingside,
and heneeds to open the queenside to get inside;} Rc8 (25... b6 26. Qf4 Kh7 27.
Rdg1) 26. Qf4 Kh7 27. Kb1 $6 {White doesn't need his king over the queenside,
because white has to use queenside to break thru over there;} Bf7 28. Rg5 Rc7
29. Kc1 {[%cal Rg5f5]} (29. Rxf5 $4 gxf5 30. Bxf5+ Bg6 {[%cal Rg6b1]}) 29...
Be8 30. Rdg1 Rd7 31. b4 b5 32. a4 a6 (32... bxa4 33. Ba6 {[%cal Gc1d2]}) 33.
R5g2 Qe7 34. Ra2 Qe6 35. Kb2 $6 {And again white moves it to the wrong
direction- then the king will be transfered to the kingside!} (35. Kd2 $142 {
could saave white some time;}) 35... Rff7 36. Kc3 Rc7 37. Be2 Rg7 38. Bd3 {
White repeated moves with the idea to pass 40 moves and only then to break
thru;} Rgf7 39. Kd2 {White gonna transfer the king to... f4 spot!} Rf8 40. Ke2
Rg7 41. Kf3 Qe7 42. axb5 axb5 43. Qg3 Bd7 44. Kf4 {White king is very safe
here and it helps to block black kingside pawns.} Re8 45. Ra7 Qe6 46. Be2 Ree7
47. Qg5 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Qf7 (47... Bc8 48. Ra5 $16 {[%cal Gg1a1]}) 48. Bd3 Qf8
49. Qf6 {The resignation of black came a little bit early- white has obviously
very big advantage here but he still should make few good moves to win this
game:} (49. Qf6 Qe8 (49... Ref7 50. Qd6 Qd8 51. Rg5 {[%cal Ge5e6]} Qe8 52. Rxd7
$1 Qxd7 (52... Rxd7 53. Qxc6 $18 {[%csl Gb5]}) 53. e6 $18) 50. Rga1 $16 (50.
Rxd7 $2 Qxd7 51. Rxg6 Rxg6 52. Bxf5 Qxf5+ $1 53. Qxf5 Kg7 {[%cal Ge7f7]})) 1-0

[Event "Enghien les Bains 4th"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2001.04.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2001.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qc2 a6 7. Nge2 Bd6 8. f3 O-O
9. O-O {In the following game white led in interesting plan with lon castle,
but Grischuk found a way to equalize;} (9. Bd2 b6 10. O-O-O Kh8 11. e4 fxe4 12.
fxe4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. Rhf1 b5 15. Bb3 Qe7 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bf4 a5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Kosyrev,V-Grischuk,A/Elista 2000/CBM 79 (31)}) 9... b6 {While Grischuk
played his first game with Akopian, he even didn't think about b6 move (as you
can find out in his annotations to that game- he has checked all logical moves,
except 9...b6); Then he tried this move against Chernin, and got equal play.
In current game, he shows an improvement of his game against Chernin; 9...b6
move prevents c4-c5 ideas of white (c4-c5 and then to prepare e3-e4- white
gets advantage in space that way), as it was shown by Akopian.} (9... Kh8 $5 {
1-0 Akopian,V-Grischuk,A/Ubeda 75/70 1999/Inf 75/[Grischuk,A] (54)}) 10. Bd2
Qc7 $146 {Another improvement of the line is introduced by Grischuk;} (10...
Kh8 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. cxd5 cxd5 (12... Bxh2+ 13. Kh1 cxd5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Rf3 {
[%cal Gg2g3,Gh1g2,Yd1h1] and Bh2 has no way to escape;}) 13. h3 Nc6 14. a3 Bb7
15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 e5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nxd4 19. Qxc7 Bxc7 20. Nxd4 {
1/2-1/2 Chernin,A-Grischuk,A/Batumi 1999/CBM 74 (20)}) 11. h3 c5 $1 {That's
the point; Black doesn't need Kh8-move so much now;} 12. dxc5 (12. cxd5 $4 c4 {
[%csl Rd3]}) 12... bxc5 13. Na4 (13. Rad1 Nc6 {[%cal Gc6b4]} 14. a3 Ne5 $1 $15
(14... d4 15. exd4 cxd4 16. Na4 $14) 15. cxd5 $140 c4 $19) 13... Nc6 14. Rac1 (
14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxc5 $140 Ncb4 $19) 14... Bd7 {Completing the development;}
15. cxd5 Nxd5 {[%cal Gc6b4,Gc6e5]} 16. Bc4 (16. Nxc5 Ncb4 17. Nxd7 Nxc2 18.
Nxf8 Rxf8 19. Rxc2 Qb6 $17) (16. a3 Ne5 $17) 16... Ne5 $15 {Black dominates in
the centre;} 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Nf4 (18. Nxc5 Bb5 19. Nd4 (19. Rf2 Rac8 {
[%cal Re5d3]} 20. b4 Nd3 $17) 19... Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Rac8 $17) 18... Bb5 19. Rfd1
(19. Ne6 Qc6 20. Nxf8 Bd3 $1 $15 (20... Bxa4 21. b3 Bb5 22. Ne6 $11)) 19... Qf7
20. Be1 $4 {Black's position is better, but white could stand the pressure for
a while by accurate defense;} (20. Nxc5 Rac8 21. b4 Rfe8 $1 {[%cal Rd6c5,Yg7g5]
black has dangerous threts here; the main one is to trap the knight f4 by
g7-g5;} (21... Bxc5 22. bxc5 g5 {[%csl Rf4]} 23. Bc3 $1 gxf4 (23... Rxc5 24.
Qd2 gxf4 25. Bxe5 fxe3 $14) 24. Bxe5 fxe3 25. Qb3 {[%csl Rd5,Re3] and white is
better;})) (20. Nb6 Rab8 21. Nfxd5 (21. Nbxd5 g5 $17 {[%csl Rd5,Rf4]}) 21...
Nxf3+ $1 (21... Bd3 22. Qc3 Nxf3+ $1 23. gxf3 Qg6+ 24. Kh1 Qg3 $19) 22. gxf3
Qg6+ 23. Kh1 Be2 $19) (20. Nc3 $142 d4 21. exd4 cxd4 22. Nxb5 axb5 $15) 20...
d4 $1 {[%csl Ye3,Rf4] Weakening the outpost f4, and dark squares on white's
kingside;} 21. Nb6 (21. b3 Rae8 $17 {[%cal Re5f3,Rg7g5] and same ideas like in
the game;}) (21. exd4 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Bxf4 $17) 21... Rae8 {All is prepared for
the final action; Nxf3 blow is in the air;} 22. b4 $2 {Final mistake. Black
decides the game by following blow;} (22. Bg3 Nxf3+ (22... d3 23. Qc3 Rb8 24.
Nbd5 c4 $17 {[%cal Rg7g5]} (24... g5 $6 25. Nxd3 $13)) 23. gxf3 Rxe3 $17 {
[%cal Rd6f4]}) {[%tqu "En","Find the last move of this game;","","","e5f3","",
10,"e5f3","",0]} 22... Nxf3+ (22... Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bxf4 24. exf4 Re2 $19 {
[%cal Gf7g6]}) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Pakistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PAK"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O $146 {
The correct move in this position is 7...Qe7, which prevents immediate trade
of dark square bishops. White has a way to change them anyway by a2-a4, but it
leads to the different pawn structure of white on the queenside, and white can
not lead the same plan like in our game.} (7... Qe7 $142 8. Bb2 ({White can
trade dark square bishops anyway, but white structure on the queenside would
be different.} 8. a4 O-O 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 Ne4 11. Ne5 (11. Nc2 a5 {[%csl
Gb4] and black blocks b4-square.}) 11... Nd7 12. f4 Qb4 {[%csl Yb4] the queen
on b4 is very annoying- white can not create a play over the queenside.} 13. c5
Nxe5 14. fxe5 Bd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rasmussen,K-Summerscale,A/Aarhus 1993/EXT 98 
(42)}) 8... O-O 9. Qc1 Nbd7 10. Ba3 c5 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. bxc4 b6 $11 {black has
succesfully finished the opening stage.} 13. e4 $2 {Just wrong count.} cxd4 14.
Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. exf5 e5 $19 {0-1 Kovacevic,B-Goloshchapov,A/Zadar
CRO 2000/The Week in Chess 320 (32)}) (7... Ne4 8. Ba3 Bxa3 9. Nxa3 Nd7 10. b4
a6 11. Nc2 O-O 12. a4 Rf6 {[%cal Gf6h6,Yg7g5]} 13. Bxe4 $6 (13. b5 dxc4 $140
14. Bxc4 Nb6 15. Bd3 Nc3 16. Qd2 $16) (13. Qc1 {and like in the main game.})
13... fxe4 14. Nd2 e5 $1 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe4 Rh6 18. f3 Be6
$44 {0-1 Neverov,V-Minasian,A/Minsk 1990/CBM 17/[Schussler] (39)}) 8. Ba3 Bxa3
9. Nxa3 Ne4 10. Qc1 {This move is useful in many cases: protection of Na3,
helping to advance pawns on the queenside, moving the queen out of Ne4-c3, and
ever it adds more control over f4 square.} (10. b4 Qe7 {[%cal Ye7a3]}) 10...
Nd7 (10... a5 $5) 11. b4 a6 12. Nc2 Rf6 13. a4 Rh6 14. b5 $14 {White is
clearly faster on the queenside, than black in his attack.} a5 15. bxc6 bxc6
16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Na3 {[%cal Gc1c6]} g5 $2 (17... Nb6 $14) (17... Ba6 18. Bxa6
Rxa6 19. Qc2 $16 {[%cal Gf1c1]}) 18. Qc6 Rb8 (18... Nb6 19. Rab1 $16) 19. Rab1
g4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Rfc1 $6 (21. Ng5 $6 Nb6) (21. Ne5 $142 $1 Nxe5 22. dxe5
Rb4 $8 (22... Rxb1 23. Rxb1 $18) 23. Qa8 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf1c1,Ra8a5]}) 21...
Rxb1 22. Nxb1 gxf3 23. Qxc8 Qxc8 24. Rxc8+ Kf7 25. Rc7 Ke8 26. gxf3 exf3 27.
Rc6 $2 {Here white for some reason has declined the obvious:} (27. Nd2 {
and I didn't find an serious counterplay for black.} Nb6 28. Nxf3 Nxa4 29. Ra7
$18 {[%cal Ra7a5]}) 27... Rg6+ {Black is not worse anymore.} 28. Kf1 e5 29.
Rc8+ Kf7 (29... Ke7 30. Nc3 exd4 31. exd4 Nf6 {[%cal Gg6g2] It looks like
black doesn't risk to lose here too much.}) 30. Rc7 Ke8 {Hard to understand
why black did not push his king forward. Check on c6 is not dangerous for
black.} (30... Ke6 31. Nc3 Rg2 {and black is even better.} 32. Rc6+ Kf5 $15)
31. Nc3 Rh6 32. Nxd5 Rxh2 33. Ke1 Rh1+ (33... exd4 34. exd4 Rh4 $11 {and it
should be draw.}) 34. Kd2 Rh2 $4 (34... Rf1 35. dxe5 {and like the game.}) 35.
dxe5 Rxf2+ 36. Ke1 Re2+ 37. Kd1 $1 {Now black can prevent killing e5-e6 just
by giving up the knight for that pawn.} (37. Kf1 $2 Rd2 $11) 37... Rb2 (37...
Nxe5 38. Re7+ Kd8 39. Rxe5 Ra2 {could give black some practical chances.}) 38.
e6 Nb6 39. Nf6+ Kf8 (39... Kd8 40. Rxh7 {[%cal Ge6e7,Ge7e8] the way is free:}
Nc8 41. Rd7#) 40. Rf7# 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. g4 Nf6 {5...fxg4 looks much more
promising for black:} (5... fxg4 6. Qxg4 Nf6 7. Qg2 c5 8. dxc5 Na6 (8... Qa5 9.
cxd5 exd5 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qxd5 Be6 15.
Qe4 Be7 $44 {1/2-1/2 Golod,V-Kaspi,A/Ramat-Aviv/Modiin ISR 2000/The Week in
Chess 322 (54)}) 9. Bd2 Nxc5 10. Nf3 a6 11. cxd5 b5 $5 (11... exd5 $11) 12. Nd4
b4 13. Nd1 Bb7 14. Bxb4 Nxd5 $2 (14... Bxd5 15. f3 e5 $44 (15... Nb3 $5)) 15.
Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Qxg7 Qa5+ 17. Nc3 O-O-O 18. Nb3 Qb4 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Qe5 $16 {
1-0 Bareev,E-Popov,V/Tomsk RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 341 (31)}) 6. gxf5 exf5
7. cxd5 $6 {From all moves, 7.Qb3 looks the strongest for white;} ({New
fashion is:} 7. Qb3 $5 dxc4 (7... Qb6 $2 8. cxd5 Qxb3 9. axb3 Nxd5 10. Nxd5
cxd5 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. Ne2 Nb4 13. O-O $16 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5]} Be6 14. Nf4 Kf7 15.
Bd2 g5 16. Nxe6 Kxe6 17. Ra5 {[%csl Rd5] 1-0 Yakovich,Y-Alibaev,A/Dubai UAE
2001/The Week in Chess 338 (17) Black loses one of it's pawns;}) (7... Ne4 8.
cxd5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 cxd5 11. Bg2 Be6 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. c4 Na6 14.
cxd5 Bf7 15. Rb1 O-O 16. Rxb7 Nb4 17. Nc3 $18 {1-0 Gretarsson,H-Ragnarsson,J/
Reykjavik ISL 2000/The Week in Chess (35)}) 8. Bxc4 Qe7 (8... Bd6 $5 {[%cal
Gd8e7]}) 9. Nf3 b5 10. Be2 Be6 11. Qc2 g6 12. Ng5 Bg8 13. Bf3 h6 14. Nh3 g5 15.
Nxb5 $16 {0-1 Ward,C-Krush,I/Oakham 2000/CBM 75 ext (30)}) (7. Nf3 {Tsesarsky}
Bd6 8. Qb3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. h4 (11. Bd2 $2 $17 {1-0 Nadanian,
A-Lputian,S/Yerevan 1999/CBM 74/[Tsesarsky] (38)}) 11... b5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Nf3
Be6 14. Qc2 b4 15. Nb1 Bd5 16. Nbd2 $132) 7... Nxd5 $1 {[%cal Gc8e6,Yb8a6,
Ya6c7] Black takes control over central light squares with it's light pieces;}
(7... cxd5 $143 {Tsesarsky} 8. Nh3 Bd6 9. Qf3 Nc6 10. Bb5 (10. Nf4 Nb4 11. Bb5+
Bd7 12. O-O Bxb5 13. Nxb5 Qd7 $11) 10... Be6 11. Rg1 O-O 12. Ng5 Qd7 13. Qg2
Rae8 14. Bd2 $132 {1-0 Portisch,L-Koberl,F/HUN-ch 1963 (43)}) 8. Nge2 Be6 9.
Bg2 $146 (9. Rg1 {Tsesarsky} g6 10. Bg2 Na6 11. Bd2 Nac7 $11 {0-1 Dorfman,
I-Popchev,M/Capablanca Mem-A 1988 (32)}) 9... Na6 {Black leads typical
monouevre for this position- Na6-c7-d5;} 10. O-O Nac7 {[%mdl 4] The only way
for white to remove black from the outpost d5 is to play f3 and e4, but it
would weaken the kingside;} 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gf8d6,Yd8h4]} (11...
Bxd5 $143 12. f3 {[%cal Ge3e4]}) 12. f3 Bd6 $1 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gd8h4]} 13. e4
Qh4 14. Ng3 (14. e5 Bc7 $17 {[%csl Gd5,Ye6][%cal Ge8c8,Yg7g5,Yg5g4] Black
follows with long castle and an attack over the kingside;}) 14... Nf4 15. d5 (
15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. d5 O-O-O 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Qf2 Kb8 $17 {Pair of bishops and
total control over dark squares give black an advantage;}) 15... cxd5 16. exf5
Bf7 17. Re1+ Kf8 $17 {Black king is much safer on f8 than white's;} 18. Be3 h5
$1 {Moving more forces to the attack;} 19. Qd2 Qg5 $1 {[%cal Gh5h4] Setting
free the pass for h-pawn;} 20. Rad1 Kg8 ({It was too early to play:} 20... h4
21. Ne4 dxe4 $140 22. Qxd6+ {That's why black played Kg8 first;}) 21. Qf2 (21.
Bxf4 Bxf4 22. Qd3 h4 23. Ne2 Be3+ 24. Kh1 h3 25. Bf1 Bf2 $19) 21... h4 $19 {
Black gets decisive material advantage;} 22. Ne4 (22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. Nf1 (23.
Ne2 Be3 $19) 23... h3 $19) 22... dxe4 23. Rxd6 Nh3+ 24. Kf1 Bc4+ 25. Re2 Qe7 (
25... Qxf5 26. Bxh3 Qxh3+ $19) 26. Bxh3 (26. Re6 Bxe6 27. Bxh3 Bc4 $19) 26...
Qxd6 27. Ke1 (27. Kg1 Bxe2 28. Qxe2 Qd3 {and like in the game;}) 27... Bxe2 {
Black has got two exchanges up, and he has to activate it's rooks to finish
the game;} 28. Qxe2 Qd3 29. fxe4 Qxe4 30. Bg2 Qb1+ 31. Kf2 Qxf5+ 32. Kg1 Rh5 (
32... Qb1+ 33. Bf1 Rf8 $19) 33. Qc4+ Kh8 34. Bxb7 Rf8 35. b4 h3 36. Qc1 {
[%tqu "En","Find th fastest win for black","","","h5g5","",10]} Rg5+ $1 {
and black mates in few moves;} 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Black "Maiorov, Oleg Ivanovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 f5 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6
{There are other moves were tried in this position:} (8... Ne4) (8... Bd7) (
8... Nbd7) 9. b3 $5 $146 (9. Qc2 {Tyomkin,D} Bb7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 Nc6 12.
Rfc1 (12. a3 Ne4 13. Rfc1 Rc8 14. Qd1 Qd7 15. Be1 Rc7 16. Rc2 Nxc3 17. Rxc3
Rfc8 18. Rac1 Bd6 19. Qa4 Nb8 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 $10 {Karpov,A-Ivanchuk,V,Tilburg,
1993}) 12... a6 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Qb3 Qd6 16. Na4 Rfc8 $11 {
Li Wenliang-Stangl,M/Beijing Tan Chin Cup 1995/1/2-1/2 (41)}) (9. Ne5 {Tyomkin,
D} Bb7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 $6 (10... c5 $142) 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bd2 a6 13. a4 Rc8 14.
Qb3 Nxe5 15. fxe5 $14 {Markotic,B-Serrano Marhuenda,S/St.Cugat op 1992/0-1 (48)
}) 9... Bb7 10. Bb2 Na6 11. Rc1 Nc7 (11... c5 $5) 12. Rc2 $1 {[%cal Gd1c1,
Gf1d1]} Rc8 13. Qc1 Nce8 (13... c5 14. Rd1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bc5 16. a3 Qe7 17. b4
$14) 14. Rd1 Nd6 15. Ba3 Nfe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 (16... fxe4 17. Ne5 $16) (16...
dxe4 17. Ne5 {[%cal Gc4c5]} c5 18. Rcd2 Qc7 19. dxc5 (19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 $16
{[%cal Ga3b2]}) 19... bxc5 20. b4 $1 {[%cal Ga3d6]} cxb4 21. Bxb4 $16 {[%csl
Rd6][%cal Gc1a3]}) 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bd3 $14 Nf6 $2 (18... c5 $142 19. Qa3 (19.
Bxe4 fxe4 20. Ne5 $14) (19. Ne5 cxd4 20. exd4 dxc4) 19... Ba8 20. Ne5 Rc7 {
[%cal Gc5d4]} 21. Bxe4 fxe4 $14 (21... dxe4 $2 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Rcd2 $18 {
[%cal Gd2d7]})) 19. c5 $16 {()} b5 20. a4 a6 21. Qd2 {[%csl Rb7] White has big
advantage in space,while black can't transfer his B to the >> where white
starts the attack} Qc7 22. h3 Ra8 23. Kh1 g6 24. Rg1 Rf7 25. Ra2 Nd7 26. g4 Rg7
27. Qe1 Qd8 $6 (27... Kh8 {[%cal Ga8g8]} 28. Rag2 Rag8 29. Qh4 {[%cal Gf3g5]})
28. Rag2 Qf6 $2 {Black is losing Pf5 now} (28... fxg4 29. Rxg4 (29. hxg4 $16)
29... Qf6 (29... Nf6 30. Rg5 Qe7 31. Ne5 Nd7 $140 32. Bxg6 $18) 30. h4 {
[%cal Gh4h5] with the strong attack}) 29. gxf5 $18 exf5 30. Nh4 {[%cal Gh4f5]}
Kh8 31. Nxf5 Rgg8 32. Nd6 Bc8 33. f5 Nf8 34. Qf2 (34. Qg3 $5 {[%cal Gg3e5]})
34... Bd7 35. Qf4 Be8 36. h4 (36. Qe5 $6 Qxe5 37. dxe5 Nd7 {[%csl Rc5,Re5]})
36... Rg7 37. h5 g5 38. Rxg5 Rxg5 39. Qxg5 Qxg5 40. Rxg5 {[%csl Rd6,Rh8][%cal
Gf5f6] This ending is complitly winning for white and Fominyh is finishing a
game by exact play:} h6 41. Rg3 Bxh5 42. Rh3 Bd1 43. f6 $1 {[%csl Rh8]} h5 44.
Nf7+ Kg8 45. Nh6+ Kh8 46. Rg3 {[%cal Gg3g8,Gh6f7]} Bg4 $8 47. Nxg4 hxg4 48.
Rxg4 Nd7 49. axb5 axb5 50. Rg6 Nf8 (50... Rf8 51. f7 (51. e4 Nxf6 (51... Rxf6
52. exd5 Rxg6 53. Bxg6 cxd5 54. Be8) 52. e5 Ne4 53. Bxe4 dxe4 54. Rxc6 e3 55.
Kg2 Rf4 56. Rh6+ Kg7 57. Rh1 Rxd4 58. Kf3 Rd5 59. Kxe3 Rxc5 60. Kd4 $18 {_|_ R}
) 51... Nb8 52. e4 dxe4 53. Bxe4 Rxf7 54. Bxc6 $18) 51. Rg7 Ra3 52. Bf5 b4 (
52... Rxb3 53. Rg1 {[%cal Gf6f7]}) 53. Kg2 Rxb3 54. Rg3 Rb2+ 55. Kf3 {[%cal
Gf6f7,Gg3g8]} 1-0

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piskov, Yury"]
[Black "Kertesz, Alfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Von Gleich,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 f5 (4... Nf6) 5. Qc2 (5. Bf4) 5... Bd6 6.
Bg5 Ne7 (6... Nf6 $2 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Qxc8+) 7. e3
O-O 8. Bd3 Qe8 9. Bxe7 (9. h3 Ng6 10. g4 h6 11. gxf5 exf5 12. Bh4 Nxh4 13. Nxh4
Qh5) 9... Qxe7 10. h3 Qf6 11. g4 $3 dxc4 (11... Na6 12. a3 {die Einschaltung
von Sa6 entwickelt zwar eine Figur, andererseits gewinnt Weiß das wichtige
Feld b4}) 12. Bxc4 fxg4 13. hxg4 Qxf3 14. Qxh7+ Kf7 15. Be2 Qf6 16. Bd3 Bb4 (
16... Ke7 17. f4 Nd7 18. Bg6 Rd8 19. Ne4 Bb4+ 20. Ke2 Qf8) (16... Qg5 17. O-O-O
Ke8 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Qg6+ Kd7 20. Rh7 $44) 17. O-O-O Bxc3 $22 18. g5 $3 Bxb2+
19. Kb1 Qxg5 (19... Qe7 20. Bg6#) (19... Qf3 20. Be4 Qg2 21. Bg6+ Ke7 22. Qxg7+
) 20. Rdg1 Qf6 21. Rg6 Bxd4 (21... Qf3 22. Rxg7+ Ke8 23. Bg6+ Kd8 24. Qh4+ Qf6
25. Qxf6+ Rxf6 26. Rh8+ Rf8 27. Rxf8#) (21... Qxf2 22. Rf1 Qxf1+ 23. Bxf1 $18)
22. Rxf6+ Bxf6 23. Qh5+ $1 $18 Ke7 24. Qc5+ (24. Qc5+ Kf7 25. Bg6+ $1 Kg8 (
25... Kxg6 26. Qh5#) 26. Rh8+ Kxh8 27. Qxf8#) 1-0

