[Event "Senta op 18th"]
[Site "Senta"]
[Date "2014.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Kosanovic, Goran A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. g3 $5 {I have
decided for this plan against the Stara Pazova GM's trademark Czech Benoni.} ({
I am surprised that} 7. Nh4 $5 {has never been tried.} Nxd5 8. Nf5 Nxc3 9.
Nxg7+ Kf8 10. Ne6+ Ke8 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Ng7+ Kd8 13. Nf5 Qxc3+ 14. Bd2 $44)
7... a6 8. a4 (8. a3 $142 $5 {Like in my game with Pascua, I had to be careful
about the closure.}) 8... b6 9. h4 $146 {Threatening h5.} (9. Nh4 $5 g6 10. Bh6
Bf8 11. Bd2) 9... h5 10. Be2 g6 11. Nd2 (11. a5 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bxb5 Rxa5
$11) 11... a5 $1 {Black is not very ambitious but White has to play very exact
now with both flanks shut.} 12. Nb5 Nb8 13. b3 ({I could not have found a good
spot for my rook after} 13. Ra3 Na6) 13... Na6 14. Bb2 Nb4 15. f3 ({I was not
fully aware of a tactical possibility using a1-h8 diagonal.} 15. O-O Bh3 16. f4
$3 Bxf1 17. Qxf1 Nd7 18. Nf3 f6 19. Qh3 Kf7 20. Rf1 Kg7 21. f5 Nc2 22. fxg6 Nf8
$13) 15... Bf8 16. Nb1 Bh6 17. N1c3 Ba6 (17... O-O 18. Bc1) 18. Bc1 Bxc1 19.
Qxc1 Bxb5 20. Nxb5 Qe7 21. Qd2 O-O-O 22. O-O-O Kb7 $6 (22... Ne8 23. Qg5 Qxg5+
24. hxg5 f6 25. f4 fxg5 26. fxg5 Nc7 27. Rdf1 Nxb5 28. axb5 Rdf8 29. Kd2 Kd8
$11) 23. Qg5 $1 {A nasty momentary pin.} Rhe8 24. Rdf1 Na6 25. Rf2 Nc7 26. Nc3
Nd7 27. Bf1 $6 {I had to exchange queens and try to open the position by f4.} (
27. g4 Nf6) (27. Qxe7 $142 Rxe7 28. Rhf1 Rh8 (28... Ne8 29. f4 exf4 30. gxf4
Ndf6 31. Bf3 $16) 29. f4 f6 $14) 27... Qf8 $1 (27... Qxg5+ 28. hxg5 f6 29. gxf6
(29. g4 hxg4 30. gxf6 $1 (30. fxg4 fxg5 31. Rh7 Kc8 $11) 30... g3 31. Rg2 Rh8
32. Rhg1 Rdf8 33. Rxg3 Rxf6 $132) 29... Nxf6 30. Bh3 g5 31. Bf5 $14) 28. g4 Qh8
29. gxh5 (29. Qe3 $142) 29... gxh5 30. Rg2 (30. Bh3 Nf6) 30... Rg8 31. Qe3 $5 (
31. Qe7 Qh6+ 32. Kc2 Rxg2+ 33. Bxg2 Qf6 34. Qxf6 Nxf6 35. Bh3 Rg8 $11) 31...
Rxg2 32. Bxg2 Rg8 33. Bh3 Nf8 34. Bf5 Ng6 35. Bxg6 $1 {The knight should be
eliminated.} (35. Ne2 $2 Nf4 $1 36. Rh2 Nxe2+ 37. Rxe2 Qg7 $17) 35... Rxg6 36.
Rg1 Qf6 37. Rg5 Rxg5 38. Qxg5 $1 {Also obligatory,} ({since} 38. hxg5 Qh8 $1
39. Kd2 h4 40. Qg1 h3 41. Qh2 Ne8 $40 {was very dangerous with the h-passer.})
38... Qxf3 39. Kd2 f6 (39... Kc8 40. Qe7 $11) 40. Qg7 Qf4+ (40... Kc8 41. Qe7
$11 (41. Qf8+ Kd7 42. Qf7+ Kd8 43. Qf8+ Ne8 44. Nb5 Qf2+ $11)) 41. Ke2 Qxh4 {
This capture was a surprise but it looked like anything would end up in a
perpetual.} (41... Qh2+ $11) 42. Nb5 (42. Qe7 Qh2+ 43. Kd3 Qg3+ 44. Kd2 Qf4+
45. Kc2 Qf2+ 46. Kc1 f5 47. Qxd6 Qe3+ 48. Kc2 fxe4 49. Qc6+ Kc8 $11) 42...
Qxe4+ 43. Kd2 ({No matter how many pawns up Black would be the queens exchange
should be avoided after} 43. Kf2 Qh4+ 44. Kg2 Qe4+ (44... Qg5+ $2 45. Qxg5 fxg5
46. Nxd6+ Kb8 47. Kg3 Na6 48. Ne4 $16) (44... Qg4+ $2 45. Qxg4 hxg4 46. Nxd6+
Kb8 47. Kg3 $16) 45. Kh2 Qh4+ $11) 43... Qf4+ 44. Kc2 (44. Ke2 Qe4+ $11 (44...
Qg4+ $2 45. Qxg4 hxg4 46. Nxd6+ Kb8 47. Kf2 $16)) 44... Qf2+ 45. Kb1 {I had to
accept his draw offer since I could not get rid of perpetual checks.} (45. Kb1
Qe1+ 46. Ka2 Qd2+ 47. Ka3 Qb4+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUT-chT 9697"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Balinov,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. Qc2 Qa5+ 5. Nd2 Nd6 6. b3 f5 7. Bb2 e6 8. Bc3
Qd8 9. e4 fxe4 (9... exd5 10. cxd5 fxe4 11. Nxe4) 10. Nxe4 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxe4 (
11... Qe7 12. Bd3 $32) 12. Qxe4+ Qe7 13. Qxe7+ Bxe7 (13... Kxe7 14. O-O-O d6
15. Nf3 $16) 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Bc3 d6 16. g3 Bf5 17. O-O-O Nd7 18. Bd3 Rg5 (
18... Bxd3 $142 19. Rxd3 c4 20. bxc4 Rc8 21. Rd4 Nb6) 19. h4 Rh5 20. Be2 Rh6
21. g4 Be4 22. f3 Bg6 23. h5 Bg5+ (23... Bf7 $2 24. f4) 24. Kb2 Bf7 25. Nh3 Bf6
26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. Ng5 Ke7 (27... h6 28. Ne4 Rf4 29. Nxd6+) 28. Nxh7 Rf4 29. Ng5
Rg8 30. Nh3 Rf6 31. f4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[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 "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Be3 Na6 8. Bd3 (8.
a3) 8... Nc7 9. Qd2 Kh8 10. Nge2 Ng8 11. O-O a6 (11... h6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4
Bf6 $14 (13... Bg5 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxg5 hxg5 16. Ne4 $16)) 12. a3 h6 13. b4 b6
14. Rab1 Bg5 15. Rb2 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Ra7 (16... Ne7 $142) 17. Rfb1 Ne7 18. Ng3 (
18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Rb8 Ra8 20. Bc2 Rxb8 21. Rxb8 Ne8 $14) 18... Ng6 19. Nce2 Qf6
20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Nf4 (21... Ne7 22. Ng3 $16) 22. Nxf4 (22. Ng3 Qg5 23. Bf1
Ne8 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Rb8 $16) 22... exf4 23. Qxf4 Ne8 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Re2 (
25. Rb8 $1 g5 (25... Re7 26. Ra8 $18) (25... Kg8 26. Bc2 $16) 26. Qd2 Kg7 27.
Qb2 $5 $16) 25... Qd8 (25... Re7 $16 {[]}) 26. Bc2 Nf6 27. Ba4 Kg8 28. Bc6 (28.
Rbe1 $1 Rb7 29. Bc6 Rb3 30. a4 $18) 28... Re7 29. Rbe1 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Qb8 31.
Kh2 Qc7 32. g4 (32. Qe3 Rb8 33. Qe7 Qxe7 34. Rxe7 Rb2 $132) 32... Nh7 33. Qe3
Qa5 34. f4 (34. Kg2 $1 Rb8 35. Qe7 $18) 34... Qd8 (34... Rb8 $2 35. g5 $18) 35.
Qe7 Qb8 36. g5 (36. Qb7 Qd8 37. Qxa6 Qf6 38. Bb5 g5 $44) (36. Bb7 $1 Nf6 (36...
Qa7 37. g5 hxg5 38. fxg5 Rb8 39. g6 $18) 37. g5 hxg5 (37... Re8 38. gxf6 $18) (
37... Nh5 38. gxh6 Nxf4 39. Qg5 $18) 38. fxg5 Nh5 39. Re4 $1 Qa7 40. Rh4 g6 (
40... Rb8 41. g6 $18) 41. fxg6 fxg6 42. Qe6+ Kg7 43. Rxh5 gxh5 44. Qh6+ Kg8 45.
Qg6+ Kh8 46. Qxh5+ Kg7 47. Qh6+ Kg8 48. Bc8 $18) 36... Qb3 37. Rg2 (37. g6 Nf6
38. gxf7+ Rxf7 39. Qxd6 Qxc4 $132) (37. h4 $5 Qxc4 38. Qe4 $1 {פh7}) 37...
Qxc4 38. Qxd6 hxg5 39. fxg5 Qe4 40. f6 (40. Bd7 $1 c4 (40... Qe3 41. Qg3 Qe7
42. g6 $18) 41. g6 Nf6 42. gxf7+ Kh7 $1 43. Qg3 $3 Rxf7 44. Be6 Rb7 45. d6 $18)
40... g6 41. Qg3 c4 42. a4 a5 43. Rf2 Rd8 44. Qc7 Rf8 45. Qf4 Qb1 (45... Qe1 $5
46. h4 c3 47. Rc2 Qb1 $1 {/\ Rb8<=>}) 46. Qxc4 (46. h4 c3 47. Qc4 Qb4 48. Bb5
$14) 46... Nxg5 47. d6 Qb8 48. Qf4 Ne6 49. Qg3 Rd8 50. d7 (50. Rd2 Qb4 $1 $132)
50... Qxg3+ (50... Qb6 $2 51. Bb5 Nd4 52. Bc4 $16) 51. Kxg3 Nd4 52. Bb5 Nxb5
53. axb5 Rxd7 54. Ra2 Ra7 (54... Rd6 $1 55. Rxa5 Rxf6 56. Ra6 Rf5 57. b6 Kg7
58. b7 Rb5 59. Ra7 g5 $1 60. Kf3 Kg6 61. Ke4 f5+ 62. Kd4 f4 $10) 55. Ra4 Rb7 (
55... Kf8 56. Kf4 Ke8 57. Ke5 Kd7 58. Kd5 Kc7 59. Ke5 Kc8 60. b6 $18) 56. Rxa5
Rb6 57. Kf4 Rxf6+ 58. Ke5 Kg7 59. Kd5 Kh6 (59... Rf3 60. Ra4 Rxh3 61. b6 g5 62.
b7 Rb3 63. Kc6 Kg6 64. Ra5 Rxb7 65. Kxb7 g4 66. Kc6 $18) 60. Ra4 Kh5 (60... g5
61. Kc5 $18) (60... Kg5 61. Kc5 Rf5+ 62. Kc6 Rf6+ 63. Kc7 Rf3 64. h4+ $1 Kf6
65. Rc4 $1 $18) 61. Kc5 Rf5+ 62. Kc6 Rf6+ 63. Kc7 Rf3 64. Rb4 Rxh3 65. b6 Kg5
66. b7 Rh8 67. b8=Q Rxb8 68. Rxb8 Kf4 69. Kd6 g5 70. Rb4+ Kf5 71. Kd5 g4 72.
Kd4 Kf4 73. Kd3+ Kf3 74. Kd2 g3 75. Ke1 Kg2 76. Rf4 Kh2 77. Rxf7 g2 78. Rh7+
Kg3 79. Rg7+ Kf3 80. Rg8 g1=R+ 1-0

[Event "Christmas Congress 1970/71-46 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1970.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1970.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qe2
a6 9. Bd2 Nh5 10. g3 Ndf6 11. h3 g6 12. Nh4 (12. Be3 $2 Ne8 13. Qd2 f5 $15)
12... Ne8 13. Ng2 Bg5 14. h4 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bd7 16. Rab1 Nc7 17. a4 Rb8 18. Ne3
b6 19. b3 Rb7 20. Rb2 Qf6 21. Nc2 a5 22. Qe3 Qg7 23. Rbb1 Ne8 24. Rbg1 Bc8 25.
Be2 Nef6 26. Nb5 Rd8 27. f3 Re7 28. Ne1 Ba6 29. Nd3 Bxb5 30. axb5 Rde8 31. Kc2
Kh8 32. Bf1 Ng8 33. g4 Nf4 34. Nxf4 exf4 35. Qxf4 a4 36. Qe3 Ra8 37. Qc3 axb3+
38. Kd3 Ra2 39. Qxg7+ Kxg7 40. Be2 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 h5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. e4 a6
9. a4 Nf8 10. a5 Rb8 11. O-O b5 12. axb6 Rxb6 13. Na4 Rb4 14. Qc2 Ng6 15. Bd2
Rb8 16. Rfb1 Bd7 17. b4 cxb4 18. Rxb4 O-O 19. Ne1 Rxb4 20. Bxb4 Qc7 21. Nd3 h4
22. Nab2 Qb7 23. Qc3 Ra8 24. Ba3 Rc8 25. c5 dxc5 26. Nc4 h3 {#} 27. Bh1 $6 {
This move looks incredibly strange. Perhaps White envisioned an f4 and didn't
want the bishop in the way, but why not try to develop it via f3 instead of
burying it on h1?} Bb5 28. Ndxe5 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Re8 30. Bb2 Bf8 31. Rd1 c4 32.
Qd4 Qc8 {#} 33. Nc6 $2 {This mistake was possibly caused by a hallucination in
which Riazantsev thought the pawn was untouchable.} Bxc6 34. dxc6 Qxc6 35. e5
Qe6 $1 {The knight cannot be taken as 36.exf6?? would allow Qe1+ and mate.} 36.
Bf3 Bb4 37. Rf1 Nd7 38. Bd5 Nxe5 39. f4 Qc8 40. Kh1 Bc5 {#} 41. Qc3 (41. Qe4 {
was forced, after which a draw by perpetual is clear.} Nd3 42. Qg6 Nf2+ 43. Kg1
Ng4+ 44. Kh1 Nf2+) 41... Qd7 {Sokolov now finishes the attack with surgical
precision.} 42. Rd1 Qg4 43. Rf1 Nd3 44. Bf3 Qg6 45. Qxc4 Nf2+ 46. Kg1 Ne4+ 47.
Bd4 Nd2 48. Qxc5 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Tirnavia Reti Memorial-06"]
[Site "Trnava"]
[Date "1984.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schmidt, Wlodzimierz"]
[Black "Podzielny, Karl Heinz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1984.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 (6. Bd3 $5) 6... O-O 7.
Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O Ne8 9. a3 g6 10. Bh6 Ng7 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. Ne1 (12. b4 $5 b6 13.
Ne1 Kh8 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. f4 exf4 (15... Ng8 16. Bxg7+ Kxg7 17. fxe5 dxe5 18.
Nf3 Bd6 19. Nb5 $14 {Malich,B-Polugaevsky,L/La Habana/1966/}) 16. Bxf4 Nd7 17.
Nd3 $14 {Malich,B-Iansa,V/La Habana/1966/}) 12... Kh8 13. Nd3 $6 (13. f4 $5
exf4 14. Bxf4 Nd7 15. Nd3) 13... Ng8 14. Be3 f5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 g5 17. Be3
Bf6 $5 (17... f4 18. Bf2 Nf6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nxc5 Bf5 21. Bd3) 18. e5 $6 (18.
exf5 Nxf5 19. Bf2 Bd4 20. Ne4 h6 $13) 18... dxe5 19. Nxc5 b6 20. Nb3 (20. Nd3
e4 {/\f4/}) 20... Re8 $17 21. c5 f4 22. Bf2 e4 23. Bd4 e3 24. Qd1 bxc5 25. Nxc5
Nf5 26. Bxf6+ Nxf6 27. Qd3 Qe7 $1 28. b4 Qe5 29. Rad1 Nd6 30. Qd4 $6 (30. Nb5
$5 Nxb5 31. Qxb5 Bg4 32. d6 Rad8 33. d7 Re7 34. Bxg4 Nxg4 35. Qe2 Nf6 (35... f3
36. gxf3) 36. Rd3 {/\37... Nd7 38.Rfd1/}) 30... Bg4 $1 31. Bxg4 Nxg4 32. Ne6
Rac8 33. Ne2 Rc2 $19 34. Qxe5+ (34. Qd3 $2 f3) 34... Nxe5 35. N2d4 (35. N6d4
Ra2 36. Ra1 Rd2 37. Rad1 Nec4 {/\Re5,Nb2/}) 35... Rb2 36. Rb1 (36. Nxg5 Rg8 $1
37. h4 h6 $19) 36... Rd2 37. Rfd1 Ne4 38. Rxd2 (38. Rbc1 $5 Nd3 (38... Kg8 $1)
39. Rxd2 exd2 40. Rd1 Nb2 41. Rxd2 Nxd2 42. d6 $13) 38... exd2 39. Rd1 Nc4 (
39... Nc4 40. Nb3 h6 {/\Kg7,Kf7,Ne3,Nc3 -+}) 0-1

[Event "Trencianske Teplice"]
[Site "Trencianske Teplice"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Mokry, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1985.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bh3 $1 Na6 (7...
Bxh3 8. Nxh3 Qd7 9. Ng5) (7... Nbd7 $5) 8. Bxc8 Qxc8 9. Nf3 Nc7 (9... Qh3 $6
10. Ng5 Qg2 11. Qf3 Qxf3 12. Nxf3 $14) 10. a4 a6 11. a5 (11. O-O $2 b5 12. axb5
axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. cxb5 Qb7 (14... Qa5 $2 15. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 16. d6 Rd8 17.
dxc7 Qxc7 18. Qe2 $16) 15. Qd3 Rb8 $13) 11... Rb8 12. O-O b5 13. axb6 Rxb6 14.
Nd2 Qh3 $5 15. Qe2 Nh5 $2 (15... Rfb8) 16. Ra3 $1 Rfb8 (16... Bg5 $2 17. Na4
Rb4 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 (19. g4 $2 f3) 19... Nxf4 20. Rxf4 Qd7 21. Qg4 $1 $18)
17. Nd1 $1 g6 18. f4 Qd7 (18... exf4 19. g4 f3 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21. Raxf3 Ng7 22.
Rxf7 $18) 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Nf2 Nf6 21. Nd3 Qd6 22. Qf2 R6b7 23. b3 Rf8 24. Ra5
Qb6 25. Nxe5 $1 (25. Rxc5 $2 Ng4 26. Rc6 Qxc6 27. dxc6 Nxf2 28. Rxf2 Rb6 $13) (
25. Ra4 Nd7 $16) 25... Ng4 (25... Qxa5 26. Nc6 Qa1 27. Nxe7+ Kg7 28. Ba3 Qd4
29. Bxc5 $18) 26. Nxg4 Qxa5 27. e5 Ne8 28. Ne4 Rxb3 29. d6 Bd8 30. Nh6+ Kg7 31.
Qxf7+ $1 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial-14"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1976.08.21"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Maciejewski, Andrzej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1976.08.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. a3 Nf8 8. b4 b6
9. g3 h6 10. h4 $1 Bd7 11. Be3 Qc8 12. Qc2 Ng4 (12... N8h7 {/\ 13..0-0}) 13.
Bd2 f5 $2 14. Bd3 fxe4 (14... g6 15. h5 $1) (14... f4 $5 15. gxf4 exf4 16. Bxf4
Ng6 17. Bg3 N6e5 $13) 15. Nxe4 Nf6 16. Kf1 N8h7 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Ng5 $5 (18.
Nc3) 18... e4 $2 (18... hxg5 19. Bg6+ $1 Kf8 20. hxg5 Kg8 $14) 19. Nxe4 O-O 20.
Ng5 $5 (20. Nc3) 20... Nxg5 21. hxg5 Ng4 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. f3 Bxg5 $1 24. Bxg5
hxg5 25. Re1 Ne5 $2 (25... Qd8 $1 26. Bf5+ Nh6 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Qg6 $14 (28.
Re6 $5 Rae8 29. Rexh6+ gxh6 30. Rxh6+ Kg8 31. Rg6+ (31. Qg6+ Qg7 32. Qh5 Qa1+
33. Kg2 Rf7 $132 34. f4) 31... Kf7 32. Rxg5 Rh8 $1 33. Qg6+ Ke7 34. Qg7+ Kd8))
(25... Rf6 $2 26. Re7 Nh6 27. Bg6 Qd8 28. Rxh6+ $1 gxh6 29. Rh7+ Kg8 30. Bf7+
Kf8 31. Rh8+ Kxf7 32. Qh7#) 26. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 27. Bg6+ Kg8 28. Qh2 $1 (28. Rh8+
Kxh8 29. Qh2+ Bh3+ 30. Nxh3 Rxf3+ 31. Kg2 $1 $18) 28... Bh3+ 29. Nxh3 Qa6 30.
Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 (30... Kf7 31. Nxg5+ Ke7 32. Qh4) 31. Nxg5+ Kg6 32. Qh7+ $1 Kf6 (
32... Kxg5 33. Rh5+ Kf6 34. Rf5+ Ke7 35. Qxg7+ Kd6 36. Rf6+ $18) 33. Rh6+ gxh6
34. Ne4# 1-0

[Event "Match Reshevsky-Byrne,D +4-0=6"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Byrne, Donald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 (5. g3 $143 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. e4 O-O
8. Nge2 Ne8 9. O-O f5 $10) 5... Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 {h3, g4} Ne8 8. Be3 Nd7
(8... f5 $2 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Bxf5 Rxf5 11. Ng3 Rf7 12. Nce4 $16) 9. Qd2 a6 10.
Ng3 (10. g4 $5) 10... Ndf6 {g4} 11. h3 (11. f3 {f5} g6 12. Bh6 Ng7 13. h4 {h5})
11... g6 {h5-h4} 12. Bh6 Ng7 13. O-O Bd7 $6 (13... Kh8 14. f4 (14. a3 $142 {b4}
) 14... Ng8 15. Bxg7+ Kxg7 16. f5 $14) 14. f4 {f5} exf4 15. Bxf4 {e5} Nfh5 (
15... Qc7 16. Rae1) 16. Nxh5 Nxh5 17. Bh2 f6 (17... Qc7 18. g4 Ng7 19. Qh6 (19.
Rae1)) 18. Nd1 {e3-g4-h6} b5 19. Ne3 Ng7 20. Rf3 bxc4 21. Nxc4 (21. Bxc4 f5 22.
e5 dxe5 23. d6+ Be6 24. Bxe5 $16) 21... Bb5 22. a4 (22. Rc1 $6 f5 23. exf5 (23.
e5 dxe5 24. Bxe5 (24. Nxe5) 24... Qxd5) 23... Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Nxf5 $14) 22...
Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Kh8 {f5} (23... f5 $2 24. e5 {e6} dxe5 25. d6+ Kh8 26. dxe7 $1 (
26. Bxe5) 26... Qxd2 27. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 28. Bxe5 Re8 (28... h6 29. Rd3 Qc2 30.
Bc3 {31. d7}) 29. Bc3 Qd6 (29... Qc2 30. Bd3 Qb3 31. Bb5 {32. e8, 32. g7}) 30.
Rd3 Qf4 (30... Qc6 31. Rad1 {32. d7}) 31. Bf7 Rf8 32. Rd7 $18) 24. g4 f5 (24...
Qd7 $142) 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Raf1 fxg4 (26... Qd7 27. a5 fxg4 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 (
28... Bxf8 29. Qf4) 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Qf4 {31.hg +- <=> /^a6}) 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8
28. hxg4 Qd7 29. Qf4 Be7 (29... Qxa4 $4 30. Qxf8+ Rxf8 31. Rxf8#) (29... Kg8)
30. Bd3 {31. e4, 32. h7#} c4 31. Bc2 (31. Qxc4) 31... Ne8 (31... Qe8 32. Qe4
Qg6 33. Qxe7 Qxc2 34. Qf8+ $18) 32. Kh1 {h6} (32. Qf7 $2 Qxg4+ 33. Kh1 Qg7 $10)
(32. Qe4 $2 Nf6 33. Qd4 Kg8 34. Bf5 {35. e6} Qa7 {White is compelled to
exchange the Queens, thereby destroying his attack.}) 32... Nf6 (32... Bf6 33.
g5 Bg7 34. Qe4 Bxb2 35. Rf8+ Kg7 36. Qxh7+ $18) 33. g5 Rf8 (33... Ng4 34. Qf7
$18) (33... Nh5 34. Qd4+ Ng7 (34... Kg8 35. Bf5 $18) 35. Rf7 Rg8 36. Qh4 h5 37.
Qxh5+ Nxh5 38. Rh7#) 34. gxf6 Bxf6 35. Qxd6 Qg7 36. Rg1 Qh6 37. Qf4 Qxf4 38.
Bxf4 Bxb2 39. Bg3 Re8 40. Re1 Rg8 41. Kh2 Rd8 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14c"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Barlov, Dragan"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1987.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Ne8 8. Nge2
Na6 9. a3 $5 (9. O-O) 9... Bd7 10. O-O Nec7 11. Re1 b5 12. cxb5 Nxb5 13. Nxb5
Bxb5 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Bf1 $14 Nc7 (15... Qb6 16. Rb1 Nc7 17. b4 $16) 16. b4 cxb4
17. axb4 Bg5 (17... Qb8 18. Bd2 $1 Nb5 (18... Qxb4 19. Nb5 $18) 19. Nxb5 Bxb5
20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. Ra5 Qb7 22. Qa4 $16) 18. b5 Bxc1 19. Qxc1 Qe7 $2 (19... Qb8
20. Qa3 $1 (20. Ra5 Qb6 21. Qa3 Rfb8 22. Ra1 Rb7 $16) 20... Nxb5 (20... Qb6 21.
Na4 $18) 21. Bxb5 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Qxb5 23. Qxd6 $18) 20. Qe3 $18 Rab8 21. Rxa7
Na8 22. Rb1 (22. Bh3 Nb6 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. b6 Qd8 (24... Rxb6 25. Rxd7 $18) 25.
b7 Nc5 26. Rb1 Qc7 $16) 22... Nb6 23. Na4 Nc8 24. Ra6 f5 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Rc1
Bd7 27. Nb6 Nxb6 28. Rxb6 Rbc8 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Rc6 Bb7 31. b6 Qf6 (31... Bxc6
32. dxc6 $18) 32. Bc4 Qg6 33. Bd3 Qf6 34. Be4 Bc8 35. Kg2 Bf5 36. Bxf5 Qxf5 37.
b7 $2 (37. Rxd6) 37... Qf7 38. Rxd6 Qxb7 39. Qxe5 Qa7 40. Qe6+ Kh8 41. Qe3 Qb7
42. Rc6 h6 43. Qd4 Qb3 44. Rxh6+ Kg8 45. Rg6 Qf3+ 46. Kg1 Rf7 47. Ra6 Rb7 48.
Ra8+ Kh7 49. Ra1 g5 50. d6 Qf5 51. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Bad Zwesten op"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten"]
[Date "2008.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sorm, Daniel"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 h5 8. O-O (
8. f3 h4 9. Be3 g6 10. Qd2 Kf8 11. a3 Kg7 $11 {ergab etwa gleiche Chancen in
Zhao Xue-Aronian, Beer Sheva 2005.}) 8... h4 9. a3 ({Nach} 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4
Ng4 11. Nb5 Nge5 12. h3 a6 $15 {stand Schwarz besser in Sande-Andersen,
Kopenhagen 2006.}) 9... Nh5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 Ndf6 12. f3 ({Auch} 12. h3 Nh7
13. b4 b6 14. Rab1 $14 {sieht freunlicher für Weiß aus.}) 12... Nh7 13. b4 b6
14. Rab1 g6 15. Bc2 Ba6 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Nb5 Bc8 18. Ba4 ({Direkter wäre} 18.
f4 exf4 19. Nxf4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 a6 21. Nc3 $14 {mit weißem Plus.}) 18... a6 19.
Nbc3 f5 20. f4 (20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Bc2 $14 {war gut genug, doch bereitet Weiß
ein Figuropfer vor.}) 20... exf4 21. Nxf4 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 g5 23. Be3 f4 24. Bxc5
dxc5 25. e5 Bf5 26. Rb7 $2 ({Eine falsche Entscheidung in kritischer Stellung.
Richtig war} 26. d6 $5 Bxb1 27. Qd5+ Kh8 28. Rxb1 Bxd6 29. exd6 Rb8 30. Rd1 f3
31. Qxc5 fxg2 32. Ne4 $14 {mit besserem Spiel.}) 26... g4 27. d6 Bg5 28. Qd5+
Kh8 29. e6 f3 30. e7 Qa5 31. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 32. Ne4 (32. Rf7 Rxf7 33. Qxf7 Qxc3
34. Qxf5 Qe3+ 35. Kh1 Qe2 $19) ({und bleibt also} 32. gxf3 Qxc3 33. Rb3 Qg7 34.
Kh1 g3 35. Rg1 Bf4 $17 {als das kleinere Übel.}) 32... Be3+ 33. Kh1 $2 (33. Nf2
Bd4 $17) 33... fxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 0-1

[Event "GER-GRE"]
[Site "Fuerth"]
[Date "2002.09.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2002.08.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Nf8 8. Nge2
Ng6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Be3 a6 11. a4 Qc8 12. h4 Nh5 13. Qd2 O-O 14. a5 f5 15. exf5
Bxf5 16. Na4 Bd8 17. f4 e4 18. Ra3 Rb8 19. Bf2 Qd7 20. Nb6 Bxb6 21. axb6 Rbe8
22. Re3 Nf6 23. b4 Ng4 24. bxc5 dxc5 25. Nc3 Rf6 26. O-O Nxe3 27. Bxe3 Rxb6 28.
Bxc5 Rc6 29. Qd4 Rcc8 30. Ba3 Bh3 31. h5 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Ne7 33. Bxe7 Rxe7 34. h6
Qd6 35. Nxe4 Qxh6 36. f5 Rce8 37. f6 Rf7 38. Rf2 Ref8 39. d6 Qh5 40. Rf4 Qe2+
41. Rf2 Qh5 42. Rd2 Qg6 43. Rf2 gxf6 44. Qd5 Kh8 45. Rf5 b6 46. Qe6 Qg4 47. Nf2
Qg7 48. Ne4 a5 49. Nc3 Rd7 50. Na4 Qf7 51. Qxf7 Rfxf7 {[#] Erstaunlicherweise
gewinnt Weiß trotz des Minderbesitzes von Qualität und Bauer.} 52. Rd5 Rb7 53.
Kf3 Kg8 54. Ke4 Rg7 55. Rb5 f5+ $2 (55... Rxg3 $1 $17) 56. Ke5 h5 57. Nxb6 {
Ab hier spielt Weiß auf Gewinn.} f4 58. gxf4 a4 59. c5 (59. Nxa4 Rxb5+ 60. cxb5
h4 61. Nc5 h3 62. Ne4 h2 63. Nf2 Kf8 $19) 59... a3 60. Rb1 h4 61. Ra1 h3 62. c6
$5 (62. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rc5c6]}) 62... Rxb6 63. d7 Rb5+ 64. Kf6 ({oder} 64. Kd6)
64... Rb8 65. c7 Rf8+ 66. Ke6 Rxd7 67. Kxd7 h2 68. c8=Q Rxc8 69. Kxc8 Kf7 70.
f5 Kf6 71. Rf1 $1 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vajda, Levente"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Kruttika,Nadig"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nge2 a6 8. a3
O-O 9. O-O h5 10. f3 Nh7 11. g3 h4 12. Be3 Bg5 13. Qd2 Bxe3+ 14. Qxe3 g6 $2 {
this is taking it too far} (14... Qe7 $11) 15. Qh6 hxg3 16. hxg3 Qg5 17. Qxg5
Nxg5 18. Kf2 Kg7 19. Rh1 Nb6 20. Rh4 f5 21. Rah1 Bd7 (21... fxe4 {is worth a
try} 22. Nxe4 Rxf3+ 23. Kg2 Rxd3 24. Nxg5 Bf5 25. Nc3 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Kf6 27.
Ne4+ Bxe4+ 28. Rxe4 Kf5 29. Kf3 Nd7 30. a4 Nf6 31. Re2 e4+ 32. Kg2 Ke5) 22. f4
Nf7 23. Rh7+ Kf6 24. exf5 gxf5 25. fxe5+ Nxe5 26. R1h6+ Kg5 27. Nf4 Nxd3+ 28.
Nxd3 1-0

[Event "Andorra op 27th"]
[Site "Arinsal"]
[Date "2009.07.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vernay, Clovis"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2009.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bd3 e5 $5 {Once the bishop
has been developed to d3, there will be less pressure against the black knight
after ...Nh5, which justifies this early blocking of the centre. When I
decided to include this variation in my repertoire some time ago, I was
inspired by the games given in the comments to the 8th move. It is important
to delay castling, in order to be able to meet g4 (sustained by either f3 or
h3) with ...h5!} 7. Nge2 a6 8. a3 {This came as a slight surprise. I had not
seen games in which Bd3 and Nge2 is followed by the standard queenside attack.}
(8. h3 Nbd7 9. Be3 (9. g4 h5 $1 $132) 9... Nh5 (9... O-O 10. g4 $1 $40) 10. Qd2
O-O 11. g4 Nf4 12. Nxf4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Be2 b5 $1 $132 {Flohr,S-Larsen,B/
Copenhagen 1966 (0-1, 40). A perfect illustration of Black's huge dynamic
potential.}) (8. O-O Nh5 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. g4 Nf4 12. Nxf4 exf4 13.
Bxf4 Ne5 14. f3 Rb8 15. a4 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. g5 Bd7 18. Kh1 Qa5 19. Be2 Rbe8
{White is a pawn up, but both his wings are weak and Black has good practical
chances.} 20. Rf2 Qc7 21. h4 Ng6 22. h5 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Re7 24. Rg2 Be8 25. g6 h6
26. Bd3 Re5 27. Re2 Rxe2 28. Bxe2 Qe7 29. Bd3 Bd7 30. Kg2 Re8 $44 {Knaak,R 
(2515)-Schmidt,W (2500)/Polanica Zdroj 1974/MCD (1/2, 41)}) 8... Nbd7 9. b4 (9.
f3 {is somewhat inconsequent.} h5 (9... O-O 10. g4 $1) ({I find} 9... Nh5 $5
$132 {more logical}) 10. Be3 h4 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. b4 Qc7 13. O-O Nh5 14. Rac1 b6
15. Rc2 O-O 16. g4 hxg3 17. hxg3 cxb4 18. axb4 f5 19. Kg2 Nxg3 20. Nxg3 f4 21.
Bf2 fxg3 22. Bxg3 Nf6 23. Ne2 Nh5 $132 {Littleton,M-Diez del Corral,J/The
Hague 1966/EXT 1998 (0-1, 48)}) 9... O-O 10. O-O b6 ({Here is another example
of a pawn sacrifice provoked by g4:} 10... Nh5 11. Qc2 b6 12. g4 Nf4 13. Nxf4
exf4 14. Bxf4 Qf6 15. Ne2 Ne5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 $44 17. f4 $2 Qe7 $1 18. Rae1 Bxg4
$17 {Berg Jensen,J-Ribbegren,C/Oslo 2000/CBM 076 ext (0-1, 52)}) 11. Rb1 Nh5
12. Qc2 $5 {White prevents ...f5 and Black has no easy way to renew the threat.
However, he has other ways to get kingside counterplay.} (12. Bc2 Nf4 $132) (
12. Be3 f5 (12... Nf4 $5 {is also worth considering.}) 13. f3 (13. exf5 gxf5
14. f4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. Nxf4 Qg5 $132) 13... f4 14. Bf2 g5
15. Bc2 Nhf6 {The e2-knight stands badly, not being able to stop Black's
attack in any way. However, White's queenside action is also fast.} 16. Ba4 Qe8
17. Bc6 Ra7 18. Qa4 Qg6 19. Nb5 axb5 $1 20. Qxa7 g4 21. Kh1 gxf3 22. gxf3 Nxe4
$36) 12... Qf6 $1 $146 {I had no idea that this was a novelty. In such closed
positions, with infinite transpositional possibilities, it is more important
to think in terms of plans, rather than concrete moves.} (12... Qc7 $6 {
is too passive, but eventually proved successful after a rather chaotic game.}
13. Be3 Ra7 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Rb3 Qd8 16. Qd1 Qh4 17. Qc1 Qd8 18. Qd2 (18. Qc2
$14) 18... f5 $1 19. exf5 gxf5 $13 20. f4 $2 e4 21. Bc2 Nb6 $17 {Chan,
H-Cuellar Gacharna,M (2395)/Caracas 1973/EXT 2000 (0-1, 44)}) 13. Na4 {[%csl
Gb6]} Nf4 14. bxc5 ({Black's position seems to resist to immediate attempts to
break it:} 14. Nxf4 exf4 15. Bb2 Qg5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nxb6 Nxb6 18. bxc5 Nd7
19. cxd6 Nc5 20. Qc3+ f6 {/\Bh3, /\Qe5}) 14... bxc5 15. Bd2 h5 $1 {It is not
very clear yet whether White's attack will succeed, but Black's practical task
is rather easy: he has no better move than this inclusion his h-pawn in the
attack.} 16. Rb3 ({It is dangerous to release the pressure against the f4-pawn
for the sake of improving the position of the e2-knight:} 16. Nc1 h4 17. Nb3
Bh6 18. Na5 h3 19. g3 Nxd3 20. f3 $8 (20. Qxd3 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 Qf3 $19) 20... Nf4
$17) 16... h4 17. Qc1 ({Moves such as} 17. Nxf4 {have to permanently be taken
into account, although they give up the control of the e5-square.} exf4 18. Be2
Qg5 $5 19. Qc1 Be5 $13) 17... Bh6 18. g3 Rb8 $5 {I played this move quickly,
partly relying on my opponent's time trouble.} (18... Nxd3 $1 19. Rxd3 Bxd2 20.
Qxd2 Rb8 {Black has occupied the b-file and has good prospects on the kingside,
too.} 21. Qh6 hxg3 22. hxg3 Qg7 $15) 19. Rc3 $6 {After this move, Black gets a
strong attack.} (19. Rxb8 $1 Nxd3 20. Qd1 $3 {This move was overlooked by both
players.} (20. Qc2 Qf3) 20... Bxd2 (20... Qf3 21. Bxh6 h3 22. Nf4 $1) 21. Rb3
Qf3 22. Nec3 Qxd1 23. Rxd1 Ne1 $13) 19... Nb6 $1 (19... Nh3+ 20. Kg2 Bxd2 21.
Qxd2 Nb6 $1 22. Nxb6 Ng5 {is another possible move order.}) 20. Nxb6 (20. Nxf4
Nxa4 21. Nh5 gxh5 22. Bxh6 Nxc3 23. Bxf8 Bh3 24. Qh6 Qxh6 25. Bxh6 Bxf1 $19)
20... Nh3+ 21. Kg2 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Ng5 $17 {The white king is under strong
attack and the minor pieces cannot provide a reliable defence.} 23. f4 (23. Ng1
Bh3+ $1 24. Kh1 Rxb6 $17) (23. f3 Bh3+ $17) 23... Bh3+ 24. Kf2 (24. Kg1 Bxf1
25. fxg5 (25. Nd7 Nf3+ 26. Kf2 Qe7 27. Kxf3 Qxd7 $19) 25... Qf3 26. Nf4 Bxd3
27. Rxd3 Qg4 $19) 24... Rxb6 25. Re1 Bg4 26. Ng1 (26. Bc2 Rb2) 26... exf4 27.
gxf4 Qd4+ 28. Kf1 (28. Re3 Nxe4+ $1) (28. Kg2 h3+ 29. Kg3 (29. Kh1 Bf3+) 29...
Nxe4+ 30. Rxe4 Qxg1+ 31. Kh4 Kg7 $19 {Actually, it is a pity that White did
not allow this variation...}) 28... Qxg1+ $1 0-1

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz"]
[Date "2007.11.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. Nge2 {
An ambitious setup. By leaving the f-pawn unblocked, White intends to meet
Black's planned ...f5 with f4, which could cause Black some problems with his
development. However, the knight's placement on e2 is not always favourable;
sometimes he will have to spend two tempi on the manoeuvre Nc1-d3. On the
other hand, after Nf3 White would most surely play Ne1-d3, which implies the
same investment of time.} a6 {Black is in no hurry to carry out the standard
kingside plan.} ({In my opinion, this is a wise attitude, as the following
game of mine has taught me:} 8... Ne8 9. O-O g6 10. Bh6 (10. Be3 {is less
ambitious.} Ng7 11. Qd2 f5 12. f3 Nf6 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. a4 a6 15. Qd3 Qc7 {
Black has almost completed his development and has little to fear.} 16. Bg1 $6
g5 $1 {And now, he becomes active.} 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 g4 $1
$132 {Portisch,L (2536)-Nisipeanu,L (2679)/Mainz 2005/CBM 107 ext (1/2-1/2, 43)
}) 10... Ng7 11. f4 $1 {A well-timed move.} (11. Qd2 {would offer Black the
tempo he is needing to carry out his desired regroupment:} Nf6 12. h3 Kh8 13.
Rae1 Ng8 14. Be3 f5 {True, after} 15. f4 $1 {he is still a few steps away from
equality, mainly because his queenside is undeveloped yet.} Bf6 16. Kh2 b6 17.
a3 a6 {These are typical moves, aiming to activate the queen's rook along the
seventh rank. If this is necessary, it is clear that it would be preferable to
do it before initiating active kingside operations, as will actually happen in
our main game.} 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Nf4 $14 {Grigorov,G (2400)-Popov,L (2313)/
Sunny Beach 2005/CBM 108 ext (1-0, 35). The knight has become active without
the necessity of time consuming regrouping.}) 11... exf4 12. gxf4 f5 13. exf5
Rxf5 (13... gxf5 14. Qd3 Nf6 15. Ng3 Ng4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rae1 $14) 14. Ng3 $1
(14. Bh3 $6 Rh5 $1 $15) 14... Rf8 15. Bh3 $1 $32 {[%cal Gh3e6] I must admit
that I had overlooked this simple move during my previous home preparation.} ({
Curiously, in a later game White refrained from it, too.} 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. h3
Rf7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f5 Nd7 19. fxg6 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 hxg6 $132 {[%cal Gd7e5,
Ge7h4]} 21. Nh5+ $5 $11 gxh5 22. Rf7+ Kxf7 23. Qh7+ Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Marcelin,C 
(2493)-Bacrot,E (2709)/France 2007/CBM 118 ext}) 15... Nb6 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17.
Qd3 Bf6 18. Rae1 Rc7 19. b3 Nc8 20. Nce4 $16 {Aloma Vidal,R (2350)-Marin,M 
(2537)/Barcelona 2005/CBM 108 ext (1/2-1/2, 53). White is much better
developed and the weakness of the e6-square causes Black lots of troubles.}) 9.
a4 ({White probably feared that} 9. O-O {would be met by} b5 $5 ({The attempt
to prepare ...b5 in optimal form is slow and inefficient.} 9... Rb8 10. a4 Ne8
11. h3 b6 12. b3 Nc7 13. Qd3 Bf6 14. Be3 Re8 15. Ra2 Nf8 16. Rb1 {[%cal Gb3b4]}
a5 17. Rf1 $14 {Forintos,G (2450)-Ciocaltea,V (2465)/Bar 1977/EXT 99 (0-1, 50)}
) 10. cxb5 Qa5 11. bxa6 Bxa6 {[%cal Gf8b8,Ge7d8,Gc5c4,Gd7c5,Gc5d3] , when the
e2-knight stands badly, indeed. Compared with a genuine Benkö Gambit, Black
does not have an active dark-squared bishop, but his stability in the centre 
(no e4-e5 available) leaves him free hands for increasing the queenside
pressure. Since this has never been played, we cannot give a definitive
evaluation to the final position, but it is obvious that Black has plenty of
ideas.}) 9... b6 10. O-O Ne8 11. Kh1 {Waiting for the h6-square to become
available for the bishop.} (11. f4 {is premature because after} exf4 12. gxf4
Ra7 $1 (12... g6 13. Ng3 Ng7 14. e5 $1 {[%csl Ra8]}) 13. Ng3 g6 {[%cal Ge8g7,
Gf7f5] the absence of the bishop from h6 makes the threat ...f5 much stronger
than in my game against Aloma.} 14. f5 {[%csl Ge5]} Bg5 $11) ({It is
interesting to follow a recent game of Nisipeanu's second:} 11. Be3 {This is a
slightly premature commitment of the bishop.} Nc7 ({Actually, I assume that
Nisipeanu would have preferred} 11... g6 {, as in the main game.}) 12. Ra3 {
Since play will be opened on the kingside, it is not too wise to disconnect
rooks. The pressure against the b6-pawn is bearable for Black.} Rb8 13. Rb3 Bg5
14. f4 Bh6 15. Qd3 Kh8 16. Kh1 Qe8 17. Nb1 exf4 18. gxf4 f5 $132 19. Ng3 fxe4
20. Nxe4 Qe7 21. Nbd2 Ne8 22. Ng5 Ndf6 23. Ndf3 g6 24. Nh4 Bxg5 25. fxg5 Ng4
26. Bf4 Ng7 27. Kg1 Kg8 28. h3 Ne5 29. Qe2 Nh5 $36 {Olarasu,G (2274)-Vajda,A 
(2459)/Felix Spa 2007/CBM 118 ext (0-1, 69). White's offensive has left a lot
of weak squares.}) (11. Qc2 {is also some sort of early commitment. The queen
belongs on d2 (after Bh6, of course).} Rb8 12. Ra3 Kh8 13. Bd2 g6 14. Rb1 Ng7
15. b4 f5 16. b5 a5 17. Rf1 Bg5 18. f3 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 f4 20. Bh3 (20. gxf4 exf4
21. Nxf4 Ne5 {[%csl Rc4]}) 20... g5 21. Bxd7 Bxd7 22. g4 Rf6 {1/2-1/2 Heinbuch,
D (2380)-Junge,R (2315)/Germany 1987/GER-chT. If anything, only Black can be
better here.}) 11... g6 ({Maybe he could have waited one-two more moves with,
say,} 11... Ra7 $5 {for instance} 12. Qc2 Kh8 $5 13. Rb1 {(White's last two
moves might seem a bit "cooperative", but I feel it is not easy to find
anything significantly better.} g6 14. Bh6 Ng7 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Nf6 $1 {
[%cal Gf6g4] Now, Black is optimally prepared for this structure.} 17. h3 Ng8
18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. e5 Qc7 $1 {[%csl Ge5]}) 12. Bh6 Ng7 13. Qd2 {Probably too
slow.} ({The critical question is what should Black do after} 13. f4 exf4 14.
gxf4 $14 {. I do not see an entirely satisfactory continuation.}) 13... Nf6 {
[%cal Gf6g4] Now, Black is just in time to regroup.} 14. f3 (14. f4 Ng4 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. h3 Nh6 17. fxe5 (17. Rae1 exf4 18. gxf4 Bh4 19. Rd1 Ra7 $13)
17... dxe5 $11 {[%cal Gf7f6,Gh6f7,Gf7d6]}) 14... Bd7 15. Rab1 Rb8 {[%cal Gb6b5]
} 16. b4 Qc7 {[%csl Rc4]} 17. b5 a5 18. Nc1 Nfh5 $5 (18... Kh8 19. Nd3 Ng8 20.
Be3 f5 21. f4 $14) 19. Nd3 {Quite peaceful.} ({White could have picked up the
gauntlet and grabbed the pawn with} 19. g4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Qxf4 {Black's
control on the dark squares offers him some compensation, but White's huge
advantage in space is an important factor, too, espacially in case of
simplifications.} f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. g5 $1 {With the knight on g6 and the
bishop on g7, Black would be doing fine, but here his pieces are not too well
placed and radical measures are required.} h6 $1 (23... Nh5 24. Qh4 $1 Be8 25.
Nd3 $14) 24. gxh6 (24. h4 Nh5 25. Qh2 f4 $36) 24... Nh5 {[%csl Rh4]} 25. Qd2
Kh7 $132 {[%cal Gf8g8,Ge7f6]}) 19... f5 $132 20. f4 {This leads to
simplifications and equality.} (20. exf5 gxf5 21. f4 e4 22. Nf2 {[%cal Gf2d1,
Gd1e3,Gg3g4] would be slightly more consistent, but with only one wing under
tension, Black should be able to hold his own.}) 20... exf4 21. Nxf4 Nxf4 22.
Bxf4 Rbe8 $11 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Rbe1 Bf6 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Be5 27. Bg5
Rxf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 12th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.03.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{I very much enjoyed this fighting draw against a talented young opponent.} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 O-O ({At the World Rapid
Championships in 2017, I delayed castling, which also led to an interesting
game.} 6... Na6 7. Bg2 Nc7 8. Nge2 h5 $5 9. h3 h4 10. g4 Nd7 {with an unclear
middlegame, 0-1 (52) Moiseenko,A (2667)-McShane,L (2640) Riyadh KSA 2017}) 7.
Bg2 Na6 8. Nge2 Nc7 9. f4 Nd7 10. f5 $5 {Quite an ambitious idea, grabbing
space on both sides of the board.} b5 {I felt it was important to strike out
with a Benko-style gambit before White had time to consolidate the space
advantage.} 11. cxb5 a6 12. bxa6 Bxa6 (12... Bg5 {is an interesting
alternative. On positional grounds, it is desirable to exchange the
dark-squared bishops. However, it costs some time, and the bishop on c1 hasn't
even moved yet. In the back of my mind, I also noted that the Be7 could hold
up a later f5-f6 advance, and might even become a strong piece (as occurred
later in the game).}) 13. h4 Rb8 $5 {When I found this unusual method of
sacrificing the exchange, I couldn't resist giving it a try.} 14. O-O Rb4 15.
Rb1 Rd4 16. Qe1 (16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Ne2 Ne5 {looked like wonderful compensation,
and I don't care that my engine contradicts me!}) 16... Bd3 17. Ra1 {Now what?
The rook on d4 is all very well, but the other pieces need to be brought into
play. It's amusing to note that my engine advises moving the rook back to b4,
but I didn't consider that.} Na6 18. a3 {Preventing the knight coming to b4,
at the cost of a weakness on b3.} c4 $5 {It wasn't an easy decision to untie
the rook from its moorings. But all Black's minor pieces will get good
outposts.} 19. Be3 Nac5 $6 {This was a bit optimistic, as I underestimated how
dangerous White's knight could be on c6} (19... Bf6 {was a better way to
continue} 20. Qf2 Nac5 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Bxd4 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 {and Black has
good compensation for a couple of pawns.}) 20. Bxd4 ({Capturing with the
knight is more natural, but then Black can use the b3 square:} 20. Nxd4 exd4
21. Bxd4 Nb3 22. Qf2 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 Bf6 25. Qxc4 Qb6+ {with
promising compensation for the pawns.}) 20... exd4 21. Nxd4 Bf6 (21... Bxf1 22.
Nc6 Qe8 {is not really in the spirit of the position.}) 22. Nc6 Qb6 23. Rf2 Ne5
24. Nxe5 $6 (24. a4 {is the move I was concerned about during the game} Nxc6 (
24... Ng4 25. a5 {is quite annoying}) 25. dxc6 Bd4 26. Kh2 {and White has the
better of it.}) 24... Bxe5 25. Qe3 Rb8 26. Bf1 Qd8 27. f6 $5 {A clever
counter-sacrifice. Black was threatening Qd8-f6, so this takes away that
square and prepares to return an exchange on d3.} (27. Rd1 Qf6 28. Qg5 (28.
Bxd3 $2 Bd4 $1) 28... Bd4 {remains quite unclear}) 27... Bxf6 28. Rd1 Rb3 29.
Bxd3 Nxd3 30. Rxd3 cxd3 31. Qxd3 Bxc3 {Allowing White an interesting chance to
unbalance the game} (31... Qb6 32. Kg2 Rxb2 33. Rxb2 Qxb2+ 34. Ne2 g6 {was a
safe option. It seems that White's king is too exposed to have hopes of
exploiting the extra a-pawn.}) 32. bxc3 (32. e5 $5 dxe5 (32... Qc8 $5) 33. bxc3
Rxa3 34. d6 {is promising for White, although that's far from clear to human
eyes.}) 32... Qc8 33. Qf3 (33. Rc2 Rxa3 {and since White's king and pawns are
all a bit loose, Black has little to worry about.}) 33... f6 34. Qf5 Qxf5 35.
exf5 Rxc3 36. Kg2 (36. Ra2 {was the last chance to play for a win} Rxg3+ 37.
Kf2 Rd3 38. a4 Rxd5 39. a5 Rxf5+ 40. Ke3 Rc5 41. a6 Rc8 42. a7 Ra8 43. Kd4 g5 {
should end in a draw once Black gives up the rook.}) 36... Rxa3 37. Rb2 Ra5 {
White will give perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 {La Benoni classique qui se joue moins а haut
niveau} 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 (5. g3 {[%cal Gf1h3]}) 5... Be7 6. Nge2 a6 7. f3 {
Une ligne secondaire} (7. Ng3 g6 8. Bd3 h5 {[%cal Gh5h4]} 9. a3 Nh7 10. Nf1 Bg5
11. Ne3 Nd7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Qe2 Rb8 14. g3 Ndf6 15. h4 Bh6 16. f3 Kh8 17. O-O-O
Bd7 18. a4 Ng8 19. Rdf1 Qe8 20. b3 f5 21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Qe7
24. Rhg1 Be8 25. f5 Ngf6 26. Ng5 gxf5 27. Ne6 Rg8 28. Nxf5 Bxd2+ 29. Qxd2 {
1-0 (29) Aleksandrov,A (2654)-Hickl,J (2602) Kallithea 2002}) 7... Nh5 8. Be3
Nd7 (8... Bg5 9. Bf2 O-O 10. h4 Be7 11. g4 Nf4 12. Qd2 Nxe2 13. Bxe2 Bd7 14. g5
f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Qc2 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qf5 19. Qxf5 Rxf5 20. Ke2
Nd7 21. Be3 Nf8 22. a4 Ng6 23. Ne4 Raf8 24. Rh3 Nf4+ 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. Ra3 Rd8
27. Rb3 Rd7 28. Rb6 Kf8 29. Kf2 h6 30. Kg3 Kf7 31. Rh1 Ke8 32. b4 cxb4 33. Rxb4
Kd8 34. Rhb1 Kc8 35. Rb6 Bf8 36. R1b3 Be7 37. c5 dxc5 38. d6 {Kopeikin,Y (2163)
-Karimov,Z (2090) Ufa 2007 1/2-1/2}) 9. Qd2 h6 $11 {[%cal Ge7g5]} 10. g4 (10.
O-O-O b5) 10... Bh4+ 11. Kd1 {Le centre étant fermé, la perte du roque n'est
pas trop dangereuse} Nhf6 12. Ng3 {[%cal Gg3f5]} g6 13. Qc2 Nh7 (13... Bg5) 14.
Qd2 Bg5 15. Ke1 Qe7 16. a3 {Suite illisible et gain Blanc au 50ème coup} 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Premier 49th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2014.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bogner, Sebastian"]
[Black "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 a6 4. a4 (4. Nc3 b5 5. cxb5 axb5 6. Nxb5 e6 $1 7. Nc3
{But 7.d6? Qa5+ 8.Nc3 Ne4! is bad though 7.dxe6 fxe6 is possible but unclear.}
exd5 8. Nxd5 Bb7 $10 {Or 8. - Nxd5 9.Qxd5 Nc6, also with compensation.}) 4...
e5 5. Nc3 Bd6 {In the overwhelming majority of games, the logical ...d6 is
played. ...Bd6 is a bit of a frivolity, not unpopular at one time with e.g.
Julian Hodgson. Probably Black sides with a famous comment by Viktor Korchnoi:
'that which is forgotten, is new.'} 6. e4 Bc7 7. Bd3 (7. g3 Ba5 8. Bg2 b5 9.
Nge2 bxc4 10. O-O d6 11. h3 Nbd7 12. f4 Rb8 13. Nb1 h5 14. Na3 Rb4 15. Bd2 h4
16. f5 hxg3 17. Nxg3 Nb6 18. Nc2 Rb3 19. Bxa5 Rxg3 20. Qe1 Rhxh3 21. Ra3 Nh5 $2
22. f6 g5 23. Rxg3 $18 Rxg3 24. Ne3 $1 Bg4 25. Nxc4 Nf4 26. Qxg3 $1 Ne2+ 27.
Kf2 Nxg3 28. Kxg3 Be2 29. Bxb6 Qd7 30. Rh1 Qg4+ 31. Kf2 Qf4+ (31... Bxc4 32.
Rh8+ Kd7 33. Bh3 $18) 32. Kxe2 Qxf6 33. Bc7 g4 34. Ne3 Kd7 35. Ba5 g3 36. Be1
Qg5 37. Rh3 f5 38. Rxg3 Qh5+ 39. Bf3 Qh2+ 40. Rg2 Qh7 41. Nxf5 Kc8 42. Rg7 Qh2+
43. Bf2 Qf4 44. Nxd6+ Kb8 45. Nf5 Qc1 46. d6 Qxb2+ 47. Kf1 Qa1+ 48. Kg2 {
1-0 (48) King,D (2545)-Hodgson,J (2545) London 1991 CBM 024 [Schussler]}) 7...
d6 8. Nge2 Ba5 {The only sensible thing to do with the blacksquared bishop is
to exchange it, rather than bury it somewhere on the queenside.} 9. O-O Nbd7
10. Qc2 {The only reason for this move seems to me to avoid a doubling of
pawns, e.g. after Ng3, ...Bxc3, though it is not something White should be
afraid of.} h6 11. Ng3 g5 (11... O-O {is normal and good, =}) 12. Nf5 Nf8 13.
g3 Ng6 14. f3 Bxf5 (14... Ne7 $11) 15. exf5 Ne7 16. f4 $1 (16. Ne4 Nxe4 17.
fxe4 f6 {would have been a boring position. White opens up the position with a
slight risk to his king, trusting to his lead in development and bishop pair.})
16... gxf4 $2 {This opens the g-file for the black rook to get at the white
king, but it would have been wiser to keep the position closed, restraining
the white bishop pair.} (16... exf4 17. gxf4 g4 $1 {with a roughly equal
position.}) 17. gxf4 Rg8+ 18. Kh1 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Nh5 $6 {Not so hot, but the
alternative is equally hopeless:} (19... Nd7 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. f6 $1 N7g6 22.
Bf5 $1 h5 23. Bd2 Qc7 24. Rae1 Kd8 25. Bxg6 Nxg6 26. Rg1 Qd7 27. Rxg6 Rxg6 28.
Re7 $18) 20. fxe5 $18 Nxd5 21. Qe1 $1 ({Even} 21. cxd5 Qh4 22. Rg1 Rxg1+ 23.
Kxg1 O-O-O 24. Kf1 Nf4 25. Be4 Rg8 {may favour White, but it looks risky.})
21... Nb4 22. exd6+ Kd7 23. Ra3 Re8 24. Qf2 Qb6 25. f6 $6 ({A simple and good
move is} 25. Be2 {keeping the bishop for attack and defence.}) 25... Re5 $2 (
25... Qc6+ {gives Black some hope, though White still has the better position.}
26. Qg2 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Nxd3 28. Rxd3 Re6 29. Rb3 $16) 26. Bf5+ Kxd6 27. Rh3 (
27. Bg4 $1) 27... Rg8 (27... Qc6+ 28. Qg2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Rg8+ 30. Kh1 Nxf6 31.
Bf4 $18) 28. Qf3 $1 $18 {Some accuracy was required:} (28. Rxh5 $4 Qc6+ 29. Qf3
Qxf3+ 30. Rxf3 Re1+ 31. Rf1 Rxf1#) 28... Nc6 {Everything now loses, but Black
apparently wants to reach move 30.} 29. Qxh5 Nd4 30. Bf4 Qc6+ 31. Rhf3 Rg5 32.
Qxf7 {A nice finish would have been 32...Nxf3 33.Qe7 mate.} 1-0

[Event "Montreal 1st"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2000.08.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kogan, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nf3 Nf8 8. a3 $6
(8. h3 {, wie gegen Miladinovic.}) 8... Ng6 (8... h5 9. b4 b6 10. h4 Ng6 11. g3
Bg4 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. Ng5 Qc8 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Nf8 $11 {0-1
Danner,G-Roth,P/AUT 1979/EXT 98 (38) /=+}) 9. g3 (9. b4 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Rb1
Nh5 12. Re1 Nhf4 13. Bf1 Bg4 14. h3 Bd7 15. Kh2 f5 16. g3 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nh5 18.
Nfg5 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Qh5 Nf8 21. f4 Rf5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Arlandi,E-Skembris,
S/Rome 1984/MCD (35)}) 9... h6 10. h4 {Bitte, betreten Sie g4!} (10. h3) 10...
Bg4 11. Be2 Qc8 12. Nh2 Bd7 {Der gute Läufer wird noch nicht getauscht.} 13.
Nf1 (13. h5) 13... Bd8 14. Qd3 Ba5 15. Bd2 a6 16. f4 (16. Ne3) 16... h5 {
Jetzt ist der Besitz von g4 für ewig gesichert.} 17. f5 Ne7 18. Ne3 {[%cal
Gg7g6,Gg6f5,Gb7b5,Gb5c4,Ga8b8,Gb8b2]} g6 $5 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. O-O-O b5 21. Rdf1
Neg8 $1 {Nicht der andere Springer, weil Schwarz die Kontrolle über g4
behalten will.} 22. Rf2 Rb8 23. Rhf1 Bd8 $1 24. Na2 Rh7 {[%cal Gh7b7,Gb7b2]}
25. Nd1 Bh3 $1 26. Rh1 Rhb7 {Während Weiss vergeblich versucht die Türme zu
aktivieren, baut Schwarz ruhig seine Initiative auf.} 27. Rfh2 Bd7 28. Rf2 {
Ein neuer Versuch...} bxc4 29. Qc2 $2 {Es gibt keiner Grund den Pc4 am Leben
zu lassen.} (29. Qxc4 Bb5 (29... Rb3 30. Rg1) (29... a5 30. Nac3) 30. Qc2 $11)
29... Be7 30. Bc3 $2 (30. Bxc4) 30... Bf8 31. Rhf1 Qd8 32. Bd2 $2 {Weiss
zögert zu lange; der Schwarze Angriff schwillt jetzt an.} (32. Bxc4) 32... Bh3
$1 {Erneut da!} 33. Rh1 Bg4 34. Bxc4 $2 {Zweifellos Zeitnot.} (34. Qxc4) 34...
Bxd1 35. Rxd1 Rxb2 $17 36. Qd3 (36. Qa4+ Qd7 $17) 36... Bh6 37. Re2 Qb6 $19 38.
Bxh6 Rxe2 39. Qxe2 Qb1+ 40. Kd2 Rb2+ 41. Kc3 Nxe4+ {Eine musterhafte
Illustration der verräterischen Passivität der alt-indischen Verteidigung.} (
41... Nxe4+ 42. Qxe4 Qxe4 43. Kxb2 Qxc4) 0-1

[Event "Montreal 1st"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2000.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 {Der Benoni-Wall ist zwar eine starke
Mauer aber sie engt auch die beiden Läufer ein.} 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nf3
Nf8 8. h3 {Ein Standardzug um Schwarz das Feld g4 zu nehmen.} Ng6 9. g3 (9. O-O
h5 10. Rb1 h4 11. b4 cxb4 12. Rxb4 Nd7 13. Bc2 O-O 14. Ne2 Nc5 15. Be3 b6 16.
Nc3 Bd7 17. Qe2 Bf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Timoshchenko,G-Gheorghiu,F/Biel 1994/TD (46)})
(9. g4 $6 h6 10. Qe2 Nh7 11. Be3 Bg5 {Wenn Schwarz sich so früh seines
schlechten Läufers entledigen kann, so hat die weisse Eröffnungsstrategie
gefehlt.} 12. O-O-O Nf4 13. Qd2 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 a6 15. Rdg1 b5 16. h4 Bxe3+ 17.
Qxe3 Nf6 $15 {0-1 Krueger,E-Lein,A/Biel 1994/EXT 97 (64)}) (9. Be3 h5 10. Qd2
h4 11. O-O-O a6 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. Rdg1 Qa5 14. Qc2 b5 15. Nd2 b4 16. Ne2 $15 Qc7
(16... Rb8 $5) 17. Nf1 a5 18. Bc1 Nh5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Pedersen,S-Gheorghiu,F/
Lichtenstein 1997/EXT 99 (18)}) 9... Bd7 (9... a6 10. a4 Bd7 11. Be3 Rb8 12. b3
h5 13. h4 $6 Ng4 14. Bd2 $11 {1-0 Gerusel,M-Schneider,C/Germany 1990/EXT 97-B 
(31)}) 10. Bd2 a6 11. Qe2 Qc8 {Erzwingt eine Erklährung, entweder g4 oder h4,
weil Qf1 natürlich zu passiv ist.} 12. h4 (12. g4 {Wie in Krüger-Lein würde
das Abtauschmanöver h6-Nh7-Bg5 einladen.}) 12... Bg4 13. Qe3 Rb8 14. a4 Bd8 {
Vorläufig kann Schwarz die beiden Läufer noch herumspielen, aber wie wird er
aktiv?} 15. Ng1 h5 {[%csl Rg5]} (15... Nh5) 16. f3 Bd7 17. a5 {Schwarz kann
nur durch den Aufmarsch ...b5(b6)oder ...f5 aktiv werden, aber die Züge sind
auch sehr schwächend.} b6 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. Ra2 (19. Nd1) 19... Ng8 $6 {
[%cal Gg8h6,Gf7f5] Es ist klar dass Schwarz jetzt auch noch den f-Bauer
aufspielen will, aber dass ist doch sehr riskant. Weiss wartet ab; er schwimmt
noch etwas faul herum wie ein Krokodil das wartet bis das Hirschlein sich zum
Strom begibt.} (19... O-O $5 20. Nd1 Rb3 21. Ne2 Bc7 22. Nc1 Rb8 23. Bc2 $14)
20. Nge2 Nh6 21. Nd1 f5 $2 {Schwarz schwächt konsequent seine Lage.} 22. exf5
Bxf5 23. Ba5 Rb7 24. Bxd8 Qxd8 25. Rxa6 $16 {Kompensation, bitte?} O-O 26. Bxf5
Rxf5 $6 {Der N auf h6 bleibt im Stall.} (26... Nxf5 27. Qe4 Qf6 28. O-O $14)
27. Nec3 Rb3 28. Qe2 Rf6 29. Ne3 Nf5 $2 {Jetzt der entscheidende Fehler.} 30.
Nxf5 Rxf5 31. Qc2 $1 {Thema: die ungedeckte Figur(en). Der Rest ist Ruhe.} Rxc3
32. Qxc3 Qf8 33. O-O Qf6 34. Qe1 Rxf3 35. Rxf3 Qxf3 36. Rxd6 Ne7 37. Qxe5 Qd1+
38. Kh2 Qc2+ 39. Kh3 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 Nbd7 (6... O-O) 7. Bg2
O-O 8. Nf3 Ne8 9. O-O g6 10. Ne1 {A typical plan in such positions. White
intends to put his Knight on d3 and then depending on the situation to prepare
advance b2-b4 or f2-f4. However my opponent is trying to provoke me to play
f2-f4 in order to get some counterplay along the a1-h8 diagonal.} Bg5 $5 (10...
Ng7 11. Nd3) 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 Bf6 13. Bd2 (13. Nd3 Bd4+ 14. Kh1 f5 15. exf5
(15. Qe1 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Ndf6 17. Ng5 Ng7) 15... gxf5 $11) (13. Qd3 $1 {deserved
a serious attention}) 13... Bg7 14. Nf3 Nb6 (14... a6 $5 15. a4 Nb6 16. Qb3 (
16. Qe2 Bg4 17. e5 Nc7 18. a5 Nd7) (16. b3) 16... Bg4 17. Be1 $5 $14 {with an
idea to put the Bishop on g3 or h4 and prepare e4-e5}) 15. b3 Bg4 16. Qe1 Nd7
17. Qg3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 a6 (18... Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Ng7 20. Rae1 f5 (20... a6 21. Ne2
Bf6 22. Qh3 $16) 21. Nb5 $16) 19. a4 $6 {Too slow.} (19. Rae1 b5 20. e5 $16)
19... Nc7 $6 (19... Bd4+ $142 20. Kh1 Ng7 21. Rae1 f5 22. Ne2 (22. e5 $2 dxe5
23. fxe5 f4) 22... Bf6 23. Qh3 {with a slight edge but the outcome is not so
clear}) 20. Rae1 Re8 21. Bg4 $1 $16 {Threatening 22.e5!} Nf6 22. Bd1 (22. Bh3
$5 Nh5 23. Qf3 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Qh4 25. Re2 $16) 22... Nd7 23. e5 $1 dxe5 24. f5
Rf8 25. Ne4 Ne8 26. Qh3 (26. Bg5 Nef6 (26... f6 27. Bd2 g5 28. h4 h6 29. Bh5)
27. Qh4 h6 28. fxg6 hxg5 (28... fxg6 29. Bg4 $1) 29. Nxg5 fxg6 30. Bg4 Nh5 $13)
26... Nef6 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Nd6 b5 {What else?} 30. Nf7+ Rxf7 31.
Qxf7 bxc4 32. bxc4 Qb6 33. Bc3 $2 (33. Rf2 Re8 34. Ref1 {was winning fairly
easy.}) 33... Re8 {only here I realized that my opponent is going to play 34...
Qd6 and then Rf8, capturing my Queen.} 34. Bg4 $8 Qb3 $2 $138 (34... Rf8 35.
Qe6 (35. Qe7 Re8 36. Qxe8+ Nxe8 37. Bxd7 Qd8 {and White king is quite weak})
35... Qb3 36. Bxe5 Nxe5 37. Qxe5 Qxc4 38. Be6 {Although White is clearly
better the win is not easy to prove.}) 35. Bxd7 Rf8 36. Qxf8+ $1 Bxf8 37. Bxe5
Bg7 38. Rxf6 $1 Bxf6 39. Bxf6+ Kg8 40. Be6+ Kf8 41. d6 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 07th final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.10.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Annotator "Nei,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1960.10.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Estonia"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. f3 (6. g3 {[%cal Gf1g2,Yg1e2]
}) 6... Nbd7 7. Be3 a6 8. Nh3 Rb8 (8... Ng8 {[%cal Yf8h6]}) 9. a4 Bg7 10. Qd2
Qa5 11. Nf2 (11. g4 h5) (11. Ra3 $1 O-O (11... Nb6 12. Nf2 Qb4 13. a5 Nxc4 14.
Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Nd3 $18) 12. g4) 11... Nh5 $1 12. Ra3 (12. g4 $2 Nf4 $1 13. Bxf4
exf4) 12... O-O 13. Nd3 Bf6 (13... f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. g4 fxg4 16. fxg4 Nf4 $1
17. Ne4 Qc7) 14. Be2 Be7 15. O-O f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4 $1 {Diagram [#]} Ng7 (
17... exf4 18. Nxf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Ne5 $2 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. d6) (17... Nhf6 18.
fxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. d6 Rd8 $2 21. Nd5 $1) 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Bh6 Qc7 20.
g4 $1 fxg4 21. Rxf8+ Nxf8 22. Ne4 Bf5 23. Ndf2 Ne8 24. Bxg4 Bg6 25. Rg3 Kh8 26.
Bg5 (26. Qc3 $1) 26... Nd6 27. Nxd6 Qxd6 28. Bxe7 Qxe7 29. d6 Qf6 30. Qd5 b6 (
30... e4 31. Nxe4 Qxb2 (31... Bxe4 $2 32. Qg8+ $1) 32. Nxc5) 31. Nd3 Rd8 32. d7
Bxd3 $2 {Diagram [#]} (32... e4 33. Ne5) (32... h5 33. Bxh5 Rxd7 34. Rxg6 Qxg6+
35. Bxg6 Rxd5 36. cxd5 Nxg6 37. d6) 33. Qg8+ $1 (33. Qg8+ $1 Kxg8 34. Be6+ Kh8
35. Rg8#) 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 10th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2010.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanov, Jordan"]
[Black "Piasetski, Leon David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 Bd6 {une ligne secondaire assez douteuse
qui ressemble un peu а la variante du serpent de la Benoni} 5. e4 (5. Nb5 Bc7
6. Nxc7+ Qxc7 7. f3 d6 8. e4 {Radjabov,T (2729)-Carlsen,M (2690) Amber-rapid
16th 2007 (7) 1/2}) 5... Bc7 {Cette manoueuvre pour ranimer le mauvais B prend
du temps} 6. Bd3 d6 (6... Ba5 7. Nge2 d6 8. O-O $32) 7. a3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 h5 {
[%cal Gf6g4,Gd8h4] très ambitieux} (8... O-O) 9. h4 {09 mns Le Bulgare a joué
rapidement l'ouverture malgré le fait qu'il ne s'agissait pas d'une
préparation car Bd6 ne semblait pas être au répertoire de son adversaire.} Ng4
{09"" Les Noirs jouent également trés rapidement l'ouverture mais ce plan
d'attaque а l'aile-roi ne semble pas trés sain.} (9... Nf8 $5 {[%cal Gf8g6,
Gg6f4]}) 10. f3 (10. Bg5 $5 f6 11. Bd2 {[%csl Rg6]}) 10... Nh6 11. Be3 {09""}
f6 $5 {12""} 12. Kd2 $1 {20"" Après avoir joué h4, le oo des Blancs est assez
risqué mais par contre le K blanc est en sécurité au centre.} (12. Ng3 $5 {
[%csl Rh5]} g6 $13 13. Qd2 Nf7 14. O-O-O) 12... a6 {13""} 13. Kc2 Ba5 14. Rb1
$1 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Qc7 15. b4 {27"" un peu prématuré} (15. Ng3 g6 16. Qd2 Nf7) (
15. Qd2 {[%cal Ge2g3]} b5 16. Ng3 b4 $1) 15... Bb6 {38""} 16. Qg1 cxb4 $1 17.
axb4 Bxe3 $11 {Cet échange du mauvais B soulage la défense du canadien} 18.
Qxe3 O-O 19. Ng3 {[%csl Rh5] 31""} b5 $1 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc7c2] 54""} 20. cxb5
f5 21. Nge2 $2 (21. Nxh5 $142 fxe4 22. Qxe4 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Qh7+ Kf7 25.
b6 Qxb6 26. g4 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Gg4g5]} (26. Ne4 {[%cal Gc2d2]} Bf5 27. Ng5+
Ke8 $13)) 21... fxe4 (21... axb5 $1 $132 {[%csl Ga8,Rc2][%cal Ga8a2,Gc7c2,
Gf5e4]}) 22. Qxe4 Nf6 $1 $132 {la variante 21.Nh5 evitait cette menace Nf6 car
les Blancs pouvaient échanger le N alors que dans la partie, les Noirs ont
réussi а activet toutes les pièces et le K blanc commence а être exposé.} 23.
Qc4 Qa7 {Et non pas Qb7 saisi sur le bulletin} (23... Qxc4 24. Bxc4 Bf5+ $13)
24. bxa6 Nf5 $36 {[%cal Gf5e3,Ge3c2,Ge3c4]} 25. Kb3 Bd7 (25... Bxa6 26. Qxa6
Qxa6 27. Bxa6 Rxa6 28. b5 Rb6 29. Ra1 {[%csl Ga1,Gb5][%cal Ga1a6,Gh1b1] Les
Noirs ont peut-être hésité а rentrer dans cette finale car le P passé "b5" est
trés fort}) 26. b5 Nd4+ $2 (26... Rfb8 $142 $1 {[%cal Gb8b3,Ga7a6] Il semble
plus logique de mobilier la dernière pièce lourde car le K blanc est mal placé
et les échanges favorisent la défense} 27. Ka3 (27. Kc2 Ne3+) 27... Ne3 $40 {
Pour un ordinateur, la position blanche est facile а défendre mais devant
l'échiquier c'est une autre histoire.}) 27. Nxd4 $1 {Elimine une pièce
dangereuse} exd4 28. Qb4 $5 {[%cal Gb5b6]} (28. b6 $3 {l'idée du sacrifice est
de forcer l'échange des Q et de rentrer dans une finale favorable aux Blancs
qui ont un P passé "a" trés dangereux} Qxb6+ 29. Kc2 Qc5 (29... Qa7 30. Rb7)
30. Qxc5 dxc5 31. Ne4 Nxd5 32. Kd2 $1 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Ge4c5,Gd3a6,Gd3c4,Gc4g8,
Gb1b7]}) 28... dxc3 29. b6 $1 {[%csl Ga6,Gb6,Gd3]} Qb8 30. Rhe1 $1 (30. b7 Ra7
{[%csl Ra7]}) 30... Rf7 $4 (30... Nxd5 $8 31. Bc4 Bc6 32. Red1 (32. b7 Rxa6 $1)
32... Rf5 33. Kc2 Kh8 34. Bxd5 Bxd5 35. Qa4 $13 (35. a7 Qb7)) 31. b7 $18 Ra7 {
[%csl Ra7]} 32. Qc4 (32. Kc2 Nxd5 33. Qd4 {[%csl Ra7,Rd5][%cal Gd3c4,Gc4f7]})
32... Be8 33. Kc2 Rfxb7 34. axb7 Rxb7 35. Rxb7 Qxb7 36. Rb1 Qa7 37. Kxc3 Qa3+
38. Kd2 (38. Rb3 Qc1+) 38... Qa8 39. Be4 Nxe4+ 40. fxe4 Bg6 41. Ke3 Kh7 42. Qd4
Qc8 43. g3 Qh3 44. Rg1 Qh2 45. Kf3 {[%cal Gd4g1]} Qc2 46. Re1 Qh2 47. e5 Bf5
48. exd6 Bg4+ 49. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.02.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Bg2 Ne8
9. Nge2 Nd7 10. O-O Kh8 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 g6 13. b3 f5 14. Bb2 Bf6 15. exf5
gxf5 16. Qc2 Ng7 17. Kh1 Rf7 18. Rae1 Nf8 19. Ng1 Ng6 20. Nh3 h6 21. Bf3 Bd7
22. Rg1 Nf8 23. Rg2 Bd4 24. Ne2 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Qf6 26. Qxf6 Rxf6 27. Reg1 Rf7
28. Ng3 b5 29. Nh5 Ne8 30. Be2 $3 {A fantastic concept. White gives up his
queenside and goes for an all-out attack on the king - without queens! Ein
fantastisches Konzept. Weiß gibt seinen gesamten Damenflügel auf und setzt
voll auf Königsangriff - ohne Damen!} bxa4 31. Bd3 $1 axb3 32. Rg8+ Kh7 33. Nf2
$1 Ra7 {[%tqu "En","Even without queens, White has a tremendous attack on the
black king. How would you continue?","Threaten mate in three, exploiting the
pin of the pawn f5!","","f2g4","Threatening 35.Ngf6+ Nxf6 36.Nxf6+ Rxf6 37.Rg7
mate!  Did you see why the white rook on g8 can't be taken now?",20,"De","Auch
ohne Damen hat Weiß gewaltigen Angriff auf den schwarzen König. Wie würden Sie
fortsetzen?","Drohen Sie dreizügig Matt, die Fesselung des Bauern f5
ausnutzend!","","f2g4","Droht 35.Sgf6+ Sxf6 36.Sxf6+ Txf6 37.Tg7 matt!  Haben
Sie gesehen, weshalb der weiße Tg8 jetzt nicht geschlagen werden kann?",20]}
34. Ng4 $1 {Threatening 35.Ngf6+ Nxf6 36.Nxf6+ Rxf6 37.R1g7 mate!. Droht 35.
Ngf6+ Nxf6 36.Nxf6+ Rxf6 37.R1g7 matt!} Bc8 (34... Kxg8 {fails to scheitert an}
35. Ngf6+ Kh8 36. Rg8#) {[%tqu "En","And now?","Black doesn't threaten
anything, so White has time for a 'quiet' move.","It would be nice to take h6
then attack with the rook via the h-file, so...","g1g3","Excellent!  
Preparing the shift to h3 and threatening...?",15,"De","Und nun?","Schwarz
droht nichts, daher hat Weiß Zeit für einen 'stillen' Zug.","Es wäre schön,
auf h6 zu nehmen und dann auf der h-Linie anzugreifen, also...","g1g3",
"Ausgezeichnet!   Der Schwenk nach h3 wird vorbereitet, und damit droht...?",
15]} 35. Rg3 $1 {Preparing the shift to h3 and threatening...? Bereitet den
Schwenk nach h3 vor und droht...?} Rae7 (35... b2 {would run into the same
reply as in the game. fände die gleiche Antwort wie in der Partie.}) {[%tqu
"En","Show the point of 35.Rg3!","The rook is to be used in the h-file. What
has to be done before?","Open the h-file!","g4h6","Precisely!",15,"De","Zeigen
Sie die Pointe von 35.Tg3!","Der Turm soll auf h3 zum Einsatz gebracht werden.
Was ist vorher zu tun?","Öffnen Sie die h-Linie!","g4h6","Precisely!",15]} 36.
Nxh6 $1 {Opening the h-file! Öffnet die h-Linie!} Nf6 (36... Kxh6 37. Rh3 {
, and Black is helpless against the discovered check of the knight on h5. und
Schwarz ist wehrlos gegenüber dem Abzugschach des Springers h5.}) (36... b2 37.
Nxf7 Rxf7 38. R8g5 {is also hopeless. ist ebenfalls hoffnunglos.}) {[%tqu "En",
"How would you continue?","White can already win material - but one move keeps
his attack going!","Weave a mate net with the rooks on the g- and h-file!",
"g8g5","White wants to checkmate now, using the other rook on h3!",15,"h6f5",
"This is not bad, of course, but the text move is even stronger!",10,"De","Wie
wollen Sie fortsetzen?","Weiß kann bereits Material gewinnen - doch ein Zug
lässt seinen Mattangriff weiter auf Hochtouren laufen!","Knüpfen Sie ein
Mattnetz mit den Türmen in der g- und h-Linie!","g8g5","Weiß will jetzt
mattsetzen, wobei der andere Turm auf h3 eingesetzt werden soll!",15,"h6f5",
"This is not bad, of course, but the text move is even stronger!",10]} 37. R8g5
$1 {White wants to checkmate! Weiß will mattsetzen!} ({Also winning was
Ebenfalls gewann} 37. Nxf5 {(or 37.Nxf7) (oder 37.Nxf7)} Re1+ (37... Nxg8 38.
Nxe7+ Kh6 39. Nxc8 Kxh5 40. Rxg8 $18) 38. Kg2 Nxh5 39. Nxd6+) 37... Ne4 (37...
Kxh6 38. Nxf6 {and the curtain falls! und Vorhang!}) 38. Bxe4 Kxh6 {Allowing a
beautiful final. Erlaubt ein wunderschönes Finale.} (38... fxe4 {would have
lost to hätte ebenfalls verloren wegen} 39. Ng8 $1 ({even stronger than sogar
noch stärker als} 39. Nxf7 Rxf7 40. Rxb3) 39... b2 40. Ngf6+ Kh6 41. Rg1 {
with the deadly threat 42.Ng7! mit der tödlichen Drohung 42.Ng7!} a5 42. Ng7) {
[%tqu "En","Deliver the coup-de-grace!","Clear the h-file for the rooks!","",
"h5f6","Now Black gets checkmated!",10,"De","Versetzen Sie Schwarz den
Todesstoß!","Räumen Sie die h-Linie für die weißen Türme!","","h5f6","Danach
wird Schwarz mattgesetzt!",10]} 39. Nf6 $1 {and Black can only choose which
white rook gives mate: 39...fxe4 40.Rh5++ or 39...Rxf6 40.Rh3++! und Schwarz
kann sich nur noch aussuchen, welcher weiße Turm mattsetzen soll: 39...fxe4 40.
Rh5++ oder 39...Rxf6 40.Rh3++!} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Ne8 8. Nge2
Na6 9. O-O Bd7 10. f4 Bf6 11. Be3 Nec7 12. a4 Nb4 13. Qd2 b6 14. f5 a6 15. b3
b5 16. a5 $5 {White stalemates Nb4 and plans activities on the kingsside.} Ne8
17. h4 Be7 18. Nd1 Nf6 19. Bf3 h6 20. Nf2 Nh7 21. Kg2 Rb8 22. Rh1 Rb7 23. Ng1
Bf6 24. Be2 Qe7 25. Nf3 bxc4 26. bxc4 h5 27. Ng5 g6 28. g4 hxg4 29. fxg6 fxg6
30. Nxg4 Bg7 31. Nxh7 Kxh7 32. h5 g5 33. Bxg5 Qe8 34. Raf1 Ba4 35. Rxf8 Qxf8
36. Rf1 Rf7 37. Rxf7 Qxf7 38. Ne3 Bf6 39. Ng4 Bg7 40. Bd1 Be8 41. Qf2 Nd3 {
At least White`s plan was succesful for some thirty moves.} 42. Qxf7 Bxf7 43.
h6 Bf8 44. Kg3 Kg6 45. Kh4 Ne1 $2 46. Nxe5+ $1 {46. - Pxe5 47.Bh5+ + -} 1-0

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "King, Daniel J"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 a6 {The Kamchatka gambit!} 4. a4 (4. Nc3 b5 5. cxb5
axb5 6. Nxb5 e6 $1 7. Nc3 {Bad is 7.d6? Qa5+ 8.Nc3 Ne4!, but possible is 7.
dxe6 fxe6 which is unclear.} exd5 8. Nxd5 Bb7 $10 {Or 8. - Nxd5 9.Qxd5 Nc6,
also with compensation.}) 4... e5 5. Nc3 Bd6 {Transposing to the
Snake-variation. More boring and solid is 5. - d6.} 6. e4 Bc7 7. g3 Ba5 8. Bg2
b5 9. Nge2 bxc4 10. O-O d6 11. h3 Nbd7 12. f4 Rb8 13. Nb1 h5 14. Na3 Rb4 15.
Bd2 h4 16. f5 hxg3 17. Nxg3 Nb6 18. Nc2 Rb3 19. Bxa5 Rxg3 20. Qe1 Rhxh3 21. Ra3
Nh5 $2 22. f6 g5 23. Rxg3 $18 Rxg3 24. Ne3 $1 Bg4 25. Nxc4 Nf4 26. Qxg3 $1 Ne2+
27. Kf2 Nxg3 28. Kxg3 Be2 29. Bxb6 Qd7 30. Rh1 Qg4+ 31. Kf2 Qf4+ (31... Bxc4
32. Rh8+ Kd7 33. Bh3 $18) 32. Kxe2 Qxf6 33. Bc7 g4 34. Ne3 Kd7 35. Ba5 g3 36.
Be1 Qg5 37. Rh3 f5 38. Rxg3 Qh5+ 39. Bf3 Qh2+ 40. Rg2 Qh7 41. Nxf5 Kc8 42. Rg7
Qh2+ 43. Bf2 Qf4 44. Nxd6+ Kb8 45. Nf5 Qc1 46. d6 Qxb2+ 47. Kf1 Qa1+ 48. Kg2
1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 14th"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hoelzl, Franz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 a6 4. Qc2 {4.a4 e6 (or 4. - e5).} (4. Nc3 b5 5. cxb5
axb5 6. Nxb5 e6 7. Nc3 exd5 8. Nxd5 Bb7 (8... Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Nc6 $13) 9. Nxf6+
Qxf6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. e3 $10) 4... e5 5. e4 Bd6 {The snake variation.} 6. Nc3
Bc7 7. Bd3 d6 8. Nge2 Nh5 {8. - Ba5, 8. - Nbd7.} 9. h4 Qf6 10. Bg5 Qg6 11. Rg1
h6 12. Be3 Qf6 13. O-O-O Nf4 14. Nxf4 exf4 15. e5 $1 $16 Qxh4 16. g3 fxg3 17.
Rxg3 Nd7 18. e6 Ne5 19. Rxg7 Kf8 20. Rdg1 $18 Bd8 21. f4 Bf6 22. fxe5 Bxg7 23.
Rxg7 Kxg7 24. Qg2+ Kf8 25. Qf3 f6 26. exf6 Rg8 27. Qf4 1-0

[Event "New York Hudson"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 Na6
$5 {7. - Nbd7} 8. Nf3 Nc7 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nh2 $5 {10.Qe2, 10.Qc2... g2-g4} a6
11. a4 b5 12. O-O $1 (12. axb5 axb5 13. cxb5 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Qb8 $10 15. Qa5 $2
Qb7 $15) 12... bxc4 13. Bxc4 Rb8 14. b3 Nfe8 15. Qd2 Na8 16. f4 (16. a5 Nac7
$13) (16. Bxa6 {Ftacnik} Rxb3 17. a5 $1 $14) 16... exf4 17. Bxf4 Qa5 18. Nf3
Nb6 19. Be2 Bf6 20. e5 $2 (20. Rac1 c4 21. bxc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Qxc4
24. e5 $1 dxe5 25. Bxe5 $16 {(Kaidanov,G)}) 20... dxe5 21. Nxe5 Rd8 22. Rac1
Nd6 23. Qd3 Rfe8 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Bg4 (25. Bxd6 {Ftacnik} Rxd6 26. Ne4 Bd4+
27. Kh1 Rxd5) 25... Rdd8 26. Qf3 Qb4 27. a5 $1 Na8 (27... Qxa5 $2 28. Bxd6 Rxd6
29. Ne4 $18 (29. Ne4 {Ftacnik} Bd4+ 30. Kh1 $16)) (27... Nbc8 {Ftacnik} 28. Kh1
$1 Be5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Na4 $1 c4 31. Bxc8 $16) 28. Na4 c4 (28... Nb5 29. Rc4
(29. Nxc5 $1 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 Bxc5 31. Rc4 Nd4 (31... Qa3 32. Bc1 $1 $18) 32. Rxb4
Nxf3 33. Rc4 Nd4 34. Rxc5 Nxb3 35. Rc3 Nxa5 36. d6 $18 {(Kaidanov,G)}) 29...
Nd4 30. Qd1 Qxb3 $15 (30... Qxb3 {Ftacnik} 31. Rxc5 Qxd1 32. Rxd1 (32. Bxd1 Be7
) 32... Re4 $1 $132)) 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxc4 Qxa5 31. Nc5 $16 Nc7 (31... Nb6 {
Ftacnik} 32. Nb7) 32. Ne4 Qb6+ 33. Qf2 Nxd5 34. Nxd6 Qxd6 35. Rd1 Qe5 36. Bf3
$2 {36.Rc5 + -} (36. Rc5 $18 {Ftacnik}) 36... Nc3 37. Rc1 Nb5 38. Re4 $2 (38.
Rc8 $16 {Ftacnik}) 38... Qxe4 $1 $15 39. Bxe4 Bd4 40. Bd3 g6 41. Bxb5 Bxf2+ 42.
Kxf2 axb5 43. Rc5 b4 44. Rc4 Rb8 45. g4 $1 $10 Kg7 46. Kg3 g5 47. Rd4 (47. h4
Rd8 $1 $17) 47... h6 48. Rc4 Rb6 49. Rd4 Kg6 50. h4 Rb5 (50... Rc6 $6 51. h5+
$10) 51. hxg5 Kxg5 52. Rc4 f6 53. Rd4 h5 54. gxh5 Kxh5 55. Kf4 $10 Kg6 56. Kg4
Rg5+ 57. Kf3 Rb5 58. Kg4 Rb8 59. Kf4 Kf7 60. Kf3 Ke6 61. Rc4 f5 62. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Black "Daudzvardis, Janis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. c4 {4.Nc3! gives White a nice square on c4.} Be7
5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Ne8 9. a3 g6 10. Ne1 $6 {Allows 10. -
Bg5. More crucial is 10.b4 or 10.Bh6.} Bg5 11. Nd3 Bxc1 12. Qxc1 Qe7 13. b4 b6
14. a4 a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Qh6 Ba6 17. Nc1 Bc8 18. Nb3 Ra8 19. a5 Nc7 20. axb6
Nxb6 21. Rxa8 Ncxa8 22. Ra1 Nc7 23. Na5 Bd7 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. dxc6 Qe8 26. Nd5
Nbxd5 27. exd5 Qb8 28. Qc1 Kg7 29. Rb1 Qd8 30. Rb7 f5 31. h4 Rf7 32. Qg5 Qxg5
33. hxg5 Re7 $10 34. Rb8 Re8 35. Rb7 Rc8 36. g3 e4 37. f4 exf3 38. Bxf3 h6 39.
gxh6+ Kxh6 40. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. g4 Ne8
9. Bd3 g6 10. Be3 $5 {Instead of the normal 10.Bh6 White goes for the scheme
Be3, Qe2, Rg1 and Nd2. This is worth taking seriously - Ivantjuk usually knows
what he is doing in the opening.} Ng7 11. Rg1 Nf6 12. Qe2 h5 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. f3
Nh7 15. O-O-O Bg5 16. Bxg5 Nxg5 17. Qg2 Qe7 18. h4 Nh7 19. Qg3 a6 20. g5 f6 21.
gxf6 Rxf6 22. Rdf1 Bd7 23. f4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Rxf4 25. Qxf4 Rf8 26. Qh6 Be8 27.
e5 Qxe5 28. Bxg6 Bxg6 29. Qxg6 Kh8 30. Nce4 Nf5 31. Qxh5 Nd4 32. Qxe5+ dxe5 33.
Rg6 Rf4 34. Rb6 Rxh4 35. b3 Rh1+ 36. Kb2 Rh2 37. Rxb7 Ng5 38. Ka3 Nxe4 39. Nxe4
1-0

[Event "Bern zt"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3
Ne8 9. g4 g6 10. Bh6 Ng7 11. Qd2 {Perhaps the best square for the Queen (11.
Qe2 is also common) as f4 is prepared and the move Bg5 at a later stage made
possible.} Nf6 12. O-O-O Kh8 13. Rdg1 a6 14. Ne1 $1 Ng8 15. Be3 f5 16. gxf5
gxf5 17. f4 $14 {Now it`s clear that White has and advantage. His development
is better and the Black King is slightly exposed.} exf4 18. Bxf4 Nh5 19. Bg5 f4
20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nf3 Bd7 22. e5 $1 dxe5 23. Rg5 Ng3 24. Rxe5 Qg7 25. Rhe1 b5
26. d6 Qh6 27. Rxc5 Bxh3 28. Rc7 Nf6 29. Nd5 bxc4 30. Nxf6 Qxf6 31. Rxh7+ Kg8
32. Rxh3 cxd3 33. Qxd3 Ra7 34. Rh2 Rd8 35. Qd5+ Kg7 36. Re6 Rc8+ 37. Kd1 Qf5
38. Qd4+ Kf7 39. Qxa7+ Kxe6 40. Nd4+ 1-0

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Johansson, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 Nf8 8. a3 Ng6
9. b4 b6 10. g3 O-O 11. h4 Bg4 12. bxc5 {12.Bh3!?} bxc5 13. Be2 Qd7 14. Nd2
Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Bd8 16. Nb3 Bc7 17. Kf1 Rfb8 18. Rb1 Rb6 19. h5 Ne7 20. h6 g6 21.
Qf3 Ne8 22. Bg5 Bd8 23. Kg2 Rab8 24. Nd2 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Rxb1 26. Ncxb1 Nf5 $1
$10 27. Bxd8 Nd4 28. Qd1 Qxd8 29. Qa4 Nf6 $2 {29. - Qe7} 30. Qxa7 Qf8 31. Qc7
g5 32. Nc3 Qxh6 33. Nb5 Ne2 34. Nxd6 $18 1-0

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Ne8 8. Nge2
Bd7 $5 {Unusal and interesting. Black prepares b5 but weakens e5 (not Nd7!).}
9. O-O Nc7 10. a4 {This is a standard move as a Black knight on b4 is slightly
out of play and rather harmless.} Nba6 11. h3 Nb4 12. Kh2 Rb8 13. f4 Bf6 14.
Ng1 a6 15. a5 b5 16. axb6 Na8 17. Nf3 Nxb6 18. Qe2 {18.fxe5!?} Qe8 19. f5 Bd8
20. g4 f6 21. h4 a5 22. Rg1 a4 23. Bf1 Bc8 24. Qd1 Ra8 25. Be3 Kh8 26. Be2 g6
27. Nb5 Qd7 28. Qd2 Ba6 29. Na3 Be7 30. Rg3 gxf5 31. gxf5 Rg8 32. Rag1 Rxg3 33.
Rxg3 Rg8 34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 35. Ng1 Bf8 36. Nh3 Qg7 37. Nf2 Kf7 38. Nd1 Ke8 39. Nc3
Kd8 40. Qd1 Qd7 41. h5 Kc8 42. h6 Kb7 43. Kh3 Kc8 44. Kh4 Kd8 45. Qg1 Qf7 46.
Bd2 Kc8 47. Qg2 Kb7 48. Ncb5 Bxb5 49. cxb5 Ka7 50. Bh5 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 Ne8 8. O-O
Nd7 9. a3 g6 10. Bh6 Ng7 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. Ne1 Kh8 13. b4 b6 14. Nd3 Ng8 15. Be3
f5 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Bf5 19. Ndf2 Nf6 20. Nc3 $14 {/+/-} g5 $2
(20... a6) 21. Bxg5 Nxd5 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Rad1 Nc6 24. Nb5 a6 25. Nxd6 Nd4 26.
bxc5 bxc5 27. Nxf5 Ngxf5 28. Bd3 Rg8 29. Be4 Nh4 30. Nd3 Qe8 31. Nxc5 Rd8 32.
Qh6 Qe7 33. Kh1 Nhf5 34. Bxf5 Nxf5 35. Qb6 Qg7 36. g3 Rb8 37. Qe6 Rb2 38. Ne4
Ne3 39. Rf7 Qd4 40. Qf6+ Qxf6 41. Nxf6 1-0

[Event "Biel-B"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Groszpeter, Attila"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Be2 a6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. g4 h5 9.
g5 Nh7 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Rg1 Ndf8 12. h4 Bg4 13. Be3 f6 14. Qd2 f5 15. Qc2 f4 16.
Bd2 a5 17. Ra3 b6 18. Nb5 Nd7 19. Qc3 O-O 20. Rxg4 hxg4 21. Nh2 f3 22. Bd1 Nhf6
23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Qe3 Qd7 25. Qg5 Kf7 26. Nxg4 $13 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.13"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 Na6 ({The main line in
the fianchetto variation is} 6... O-O 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Ne8 9. O-O g6 10. Bh6
Ng7 11. Qd2 $14 {but here White has a comfortable edge without much risk.
Piket seeks a more complicated position.}) 7. Bg2 Nc7 8. Nge2 h5 $5 {Played
again in the same spirit, but White keeps a clear head.} (8... O-O 9. O-O a6
10. a4 b6 11. f4 Nd7 12. Qd3 Rb8 13. Bd2 Bf6 14. Ra2 Re8 15. b3 $14 exf4 $6 16.
gxf4 Nf8 17. a5 $1 b5 18. e5 dxe5 19. f5 g6 20. Ng3 bxc4 21. bxc4 Bh4 22. Nce4
Nd7 23. Bh6 $40 {Avrukh,B-Veinger,I/ISR-chT/1999/}) 9. h4 $146 {A natural
novelty. It's drawback however is that now an f2-f4 advance, typical for the
whole line, would give the g4-square in Black's hands. But White didn't gain
anything (on the contrary!) in the games where he didn't prevent h4:} (9. h3 h4
10. Be3 (10. g4 Nd7 11. O-O Rb8 12. Be3 Bg5 13. f4 exf4 14. Nxf4 Ne5 15. Qe2 a6
16. Rab1 b5 17. cxb5 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 Rxb5 19. Rfc1 O-O 20. b3 Bd7 $15 {Ayupov,
D-Ovetchkin,R/Samara/2002/}) 10... Nh7 11. Qd2 hxg3 12. fxg3 Bg5 13. h4 Bxe3
14. Qxe3 a6 15. a4 b6 16. Rb1 Nf6 17. Qg5 Kf8 18. Bf3 Nce8 19. g4 Bd7 20. Rg1
b5 $1 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23. cxb5 Qb6 $36 {Osmanbegovic,S-Averkin,O/
YUG-chT/1990/}) 9... a6 10. a4 b6 11. Rb1 {As the >> is more or less blockaded,
White naturally shifts his attention to the <<. But here Black has sufficient
defensive resources.} Bd7 12. b4 Rb8 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd2 (14. Be3 Ng4 $132)
14... cxb4 15. Rxb4 a5 $6 {Black's ambitions land him in an unpleasant
position. Simpler and more objective was} (15... b5 $142 16. a5 $5 (16. axb5
axb5 17. cxb5 Nxb5 $11) 16... Rc8 (16... bxc4 17. Rxc4 Nb5 18. Na4 $14) 17. Be3
bxc4 18. Bb6 Qe8 19. Rxc4 Nb5 $132) 16. Rb1 (16. Rb2 $5 $14 {would have saved
White a tempo later on, but even now he keeps an edge.}) 16... Na6 17. Nb5 Rc8
(17... Bxb5 18. cxb5 Nc5 19. f3 Qd7 20. Kh2 {[%cal Rg2h3] /\Bh3+/-}) 18. Qc2 g6
19. Rb2 Rc5 {Piket wants to counter White's pressure on the <->b by attacking
c4, but White can protect his pawn in a simple and straightforward way.} ({
More natural seems} 19... Nc5 20. Rfb1 $14 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Yb5c3] /\Nbc3,><b6}
) 20. Qd3 Qb8 21. Rc1 Rfc8 22. f3 (22. Rcc2 Qb7 23. Nc1 Bxb5 24. axb5 Nb4 ({
Too passive is} 24... Nb8 25. Nb3 R5c7 26. Bh3 Nbd7 27. Ra2 $16) 25. Bxb4 axb4
26. Rxb4 Ra8 $14) 22... Bf8 23. Rcc2 Kh7 24. Nc1 Nb4 {In a difficult position
Black decides to invest some material to gain <=>.} (24... Bh6 $2 25. Bxh6 Kxh6
26. Nb3 Nb4 27. Qd2+ Kg7 28. Nxc5 $18) (24... Rd8 25. Qb3 {[%cal Rc1d3] /\Nd3+/
-}) 25. Bxb4 axb4 26. Na2 Qa8 27. Qb3 (27. Rxb4 $14 {/+/-} Bxb5 28. axb5 {
[%cal Rb4b1,Ra2b4,Rb4c6] /\Rb1,Nb4-c6+-}) 27... Qa5 (27... Bxb5 28. cxb5 $1 $16
{[%csl Rb4] ><b4}) 28. Nxb4 (28. Kh2 $5 Ra8 29. Nxb4 Qxa4 30. Nd3 Rcc8 31. Bh3
$36) 28... Bxb5 29. cxb5 (29. axb5 Rxc4 $1 (29... Qa1+ 30. Kh2 Rxc4 31. Rb1 Qd4
32. Nc6 $16) 30. Nc6 (30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. Qxc4 Qa1+ $132) 30... Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Rxc2
32. Rxc2 $36 {/\} Bh6 33. Qa3 Be3 34. Qxd6 Ng4+ 35. Kh3 $1 $16) 29... Rxc2 30.
Rxc2 Rxc2 31. Nxc2 Qd2 32. Ne3 Nd7 33. Nc4 Qc1+ (33... Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qf2 $16)
34. Bf1 (34. Kh2 Nc5 35. Qa2 f5 $5 36. Nxb6 f4 $16) 34... Nc5 35. Qe3 Qxe3+ 36.
Nxe3 Nxa4 37. Nc4 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6][%cal Rf1h3,Rh3d7,Rg1b3][%mdl 256] /
\Bh3-d7,Kf2-e3---b3,><d6,b6 Although White had some promising alternatives, he
has managed to maintain his advantage. The threat to transfer the B to c6 and
K to b3 forces Black to adopt desperate measures. In the end his defensive
efforts are rewarded.} f5 $5 38. exf5 {Wins a pawn immediately, but perhaps he
could have tried} (38. Kf2 $5 fxe4 (38... Kg7 $5) 39. fxe4 Kg8 (39... Nc3 40.
Nxb6 Nxe4+ 41. Kf3 $16 {[%csl Gb5] o^b}) 40. Ke3 Kf7 41. Bh3 Bh6+ (41... Nc3
42. Bd7) 42. Kd3 $5 Nc5+ 43. Kc2 Nxe4 44. Nxb6 $16) 38... gxf5 39. Bd3 Kg6 40.
Ne3 e4 $1 {[]} 41. fxe4 fxe4 42. Bxe4+ Kf6 43. Nc4 (43. Bf3 Kg6 44. Kf2 (44.
Ng2 $2 Bh6 $1) 44... Nc3 45. Nc4 $14 {is similar to the game.}) 43... Nc3 44.
Bf3 Kg6 (44... Nxb5 $2 45. Bxh5 $18) 45. Nxb6 Nxb5 46. Nc4 Bg7 47. Be4+ Kf7 48.
Kf2 Bd4+ 49. Ke2 ({More challenging was} 49. Kf3 $142 $5 Bc5 50. g4 $16) 49...
Bc5 50. Ne3 Kf6 51. Kd3 {Now Black draws by force, but White can hardly win
the game anymore.} (51. Ng2 Nd4+ 52. Kd3 Nf5 $132) (51. Nc4 Na3 $14) 51... Bxe3
$1 {Black uses the fact the Bf3 doesn't control the promotion square of the
Ph4.} 52. Kxe3 Ke5 53. Bf3 Nc7 54. Bxh5 Nxd5+ 55. Kf3 (55. Kd3 Nf4+ $1 56.
gxf4+ Kxf4 57. Be8 (57. Bd1 Kf5 $11) 57... Kg4 58. h5 Kg5 $11) 55... Ne7 56. g4
(56. Bg4 Ng6 {[%cal Rg6h4] /\Nh4!} 57. h5 $8 Ne7 {[%cal Ye5f6,Yf6g5] /\Kf6-g5=}
(57... Nh8 {[%cal Yh8f7] /\Nf7=})) 56... Nf5 $1 57. gxf5 Kxf5 {[%cal Rf5h8] /
\Kf6-g7-h8=} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow5"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mitenkov, Alexey"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 (3... a6 4. a4 e5 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 Be7 7. g3 O-O 8.
Bg2 Ne8 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. O-O g6 11. Bh6 Ng7 12. Qd2 Nf6 13. f3 Kh8 14. Be3 Bd7
15. a5 b5 16. axb6 Qxb6 17. b4 Qxb4 18. Rfb1 Qxc4 19. Bf1 $18 {[%cal Re2c1] /
\Nc1,Forintos,G-Lanzani,M/Forli op/1988/}) 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 {A typical
Old-Indian/King's Indian pawn structure with blockaded pawn chains in the
center. White has more space and so he can usually choose, on which flank he
will start to play. (>> or <<)} Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Ne8 8. Nge2 g6 (8... Bg5
$6 9. f4 exf4 10. gxf4 Bh4+ 11. Ng3 f5 12. O-O fxe4 13. Ncxe4 Nd7 14. a4 Ndf6
15. Ng5 Bg4 16. Qd3 Qc8 17. Ne6 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Bxe6 19. dxe6 Qxe6 20. Bxb7 Rb8
21. Bg2 Kh8 22. Rb1 Ng4 23. Bf3 Nef6 24. Bd2 Qe8 25. Kg2 Qxa4 26. Rh1 Rb3 27.
Qxd6 {Dao Thien Hai-Urban,J/Budapest Exp8/1993/}) 9. O-O (9. Bh6 Ng7 10. Qd2 (
10. h4 $6 Nd7 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. f3 a6 13. O-O-O b5 14. h5 Qa5 15. hxg6 fxg6 16.
Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. f4 Rf7 19. Bf3 b4 20. Nb1 Ng4 21. Bxg4 Bxg4 22. Rh2
Qxa2 23. Nd2 exf4 24. e5 Bf5 $19 {Taha,M-Bayram,Y/Moscow olm/1994/}) 10... Nd7
11. O-O a6 (11... Nf6 12. h3 Kh8 13. Kh2 Ng8 14. Be3 f5 15. f4 Bf6 16. fxe5
Bxe5 17. Bf4 $1 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Nf6 19. Rae1 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bf5 22.
Bxf5 Rxf5 23. g4 Rf8 24. Qc3 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Rxf6 26. Ne2 Rxf1 27. Rxf1 Kg8 28.
Nc3 $16 {Magerramov,E-Serebrjanik,A/Moscow op Russian Winter/1991/}) 12. f4 Kh8
13. Nc1 Rb8 14. a4 exf4 15. Bxf4 g5 16. Be3 Ne5 17. b3 Ng4 18. Nd3 Bf6 19. e5
$1 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxg5 f6 22. Bf4 Bf5 23. Rae1 Qb6 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25.
Ne4 Bg6 26. a5 $16 {[%csl Ge4,Rd6,Rf6,Rh6] ><d6,>>,Bartels-Sage/Aalborg/1987/
A typical Old-Indian gone all wrong-Black's pawns and King are weak, his
pieces are passive, White's Ne4 is dominant.}) 9... Ng7 10. Be3 (10. f4 $6 {
Premature, White must prepare this advance.} exf4 11. gxf4 Nd7 12. b3 f5 13.
Bb2 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf6 15. N2g3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. Qd2 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf6 19.
Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. Rf2 Re7 22. Bg2 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Re8 $17 {Cruz Lopez,
C-Manolov,I/Cannes op/1992/}) 10... Nd7 11. Qd2 f5 (11... a6 12. Rab1 (12. a4
$142 $14) 12... f5 13. f3 fxe4 14. fxe4 Rxf1+ 15. Rxf1 Nf6 16. h3 h5 17. a3 h4
18. gxh4 Nh7 19. Bf2 Bxh4 20. b4 b6 21. Bxh4 Qxh4 22. Qe1 Qxe1 23. Rxe1 cxb4
24. axb4 Bd7 25. Ra1 Nh5 $132 {Atalik,S-Starosek,K/St.Petersburg op/1994/}) 12.
f4 $1 $14 a6 (12... fxe4 13. g4 $1 (13. Nxe4 Nf5 14. Bf2 Nd4 $132) 13... Nf6
14. h3 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Yc3e4] /\Ne4+/=,פg7}) 13. a4 Rb8 14. b3 Bf6 15. Rae1
Kh8 16. Kh1 (16. Qc2 $142 $14 {[%cal Ye2c1,Yc1d3] /\Nc1-d3}) 16... Qa5 17. Qc2
exf4 $5 18. gxf4 (18. Bxf4 Ne5 $10 {[%cal Yc8d7,Yb8e8,Yb7b5] /\Bd7,b5,Rbe8})
18... Bh4 19. Rd1 $2 (19. Ng3 $142 Qc7 $13) 19... fxe4 20. Nxe4 Qc7 $1 (20...
Nf5 $6 21. Bd2 {[%cal Re2g3,Rd2c3] /\N2g3,Bc3|^}) 21. Ng5 (21. Bd2 Nf6 22. Bc3
Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Bf5 $36) 21... Nf6 22. Nc3 Bg4 23. Bf3 Qd7 $15 {[%csl Rf4,Rf5]
><f4,f5} 24. Bg1 (24. Bc1 $142 $5 Nfh5 25. Bxg4 Qxg4 26. Qg2 $15) 24... Nfh5 $1
25. Ne6 $5 (25. Bxg4 Qxg4 $17) 25... Bxf3+ 26. Rxf3 Nxe6 27. dxe6 Qxe6 28. Nd5
Kg8 29. Qg2 Ng7 (29... b5 $2 30. axb5 axb5 31. Nc7 $10) 30. Rh3 Nf5 31. Ne3 Be7
$17 32. Re1 Rf7 33. Bf2 (33. Nxf5 Qxf5 34. Rhe3 Bf6 $17) 33... Bf8 (33... Nxe3
34. Rhxe3 Qd7 35. Qd5 $44) 34. Nd5 Qd7 35. Qe4 Bg7 (35... Ne7 $5 36. Rhe3 Nxd5
37. Qxd5 Qf5 $17) 36. Rd3 Rbf8 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Yg7h6,Yf5g7,Yg7h5] ><f4,Bh6,
Ng7-h5} (36... b5 $5 $36) 37. a5 $5 Qd8 38. b4 cxb4 39. Bb6 Qh4 40. Re2 Nh6 41.
c5 Be5 $1 42. cxd6 (42. fxe5 $2 Rf1+ 43. Kg2 R8f2+ 44. Rxf2 Rxf2+ $19) 42...
Bxd6 43. Qe6 Nf5 (43... Bxf4 44. Ne7+ $13) 44. Bf2 Qd8 (44... Qg4 $4 45. Nf6+)
45. Ne3 (45. Bb6 Qc8 $19) 45... Re8 46. Qd5 Bc7 $2 (46... Be7 $1 47. Nxf5 (47.
Qb3 Qxa5 $19) 47... Qxd5+ 48. Rxd5 Rxf5 49. Rd7 Kf8 50. Rxb7 Rxa5 $19) 47. Qb3
$1 Nd4 (47... Qc8 $2 48. Nxf5 $1 Rxe2 (48... gxf5 49. Rg3+ Kf8 50. Bc5+) 49.
Nh6+ Kg7 50. Bd4+ $1 Kxh6 51. Rh3+ Qxh3 52. Qxh3#) (47... Qf6 $2 48. Nd5 Qc6
49. Rxe8+ Qxe8 50. Nf6+) 48. Qc4 b5 $5 (48... Re4 49. Red2 $13) 49. Qxd4 Qxd4
50. Rxd4 Rxf4 51. Rxf4 Bxf4 $44 {[%cal Rb4b2] /\b3-b2-+, Three pawns give
Black enough for the piece, but not more.} 52. Kg2 $8 b3 53. Kf3 Bxh2 {Now
Black has 4 pawns, but Pb3 will soon fall.} 54. Rb2 Rf8+ 55. Kg2 Bc7 56. Be1 $5
(56. Rxb3 Bxa5 57. Ra3 $10) 56... Re8 57. Rxb3 Kf7 58. Kf3 Ke6 59. Nc2 Rf8+ 60.
Ke3 g5 61. Rd3 h5 62. Nd4+ Kf6 63. Nf3 Re8+ 64. Kf2 g4 65. Bc3+ Kf7 66. Nh4 $10
Rd8 67. Re3 (67. Rxd8 $2 Bxd8 68. Kg3 Bxh4+ 69. Kxh4 Kg6 $19) 67... Rd5 68. Bb4
Bd8 69. Kg3 Bg5 70. Rc3 Bf6 71. Rb3 (71. Rb3 Be5+ 72. Kg2 Bf6 73. Kg3 $10)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Nf3 (6. h3 O-O (6... h5 $5)
7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. g4 Ne8 9. Bd3 g6 10. Be3 (10. Bh6 Ng7 11. Qe2 $14 {()}) 10...
Ng7 11. Rg1 Nf6 12. Qe2 h5 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. f3 (14. Bc2 $1 $16 {Seirawan}) 14...
Nh7 15. O-O-O Bg5 16. Bxg5 Nxg5 17. Qg2 Qe7 18. h4 Nh7 19. Qg3 {Ivanchuk,
V-Seirawan,Y,Reykjavik tt 1990-CBM 18} Nf6 $13) 6... Nbd7 7. Bd3 Nf8 {N} 8. h3
h5 $5 9. Be3 (9. g3 $5 Ng6 10. h4 Bg4 11. Be2 $14) 9... h4 10. Qd2 Ng6 11.
O-O-O Bd7 12. Kb1 a6 $13 13. Qc2 Nh5 (13... Nh7 $5 $13 {/\Ng5,Bg5}) 14. Ne2 $8
b5 15. g4 Nf6 (15... hxg3 $6 16. fxg3 O-O 17. Rdf1 {<->f}) 16. Nd2 O-O 17. f4 (
17. Rhg1 Nh7) 17... exf4 18. Nxf4 Ne5 19. g5 Ne8 20. Rhg1 Nc7 $6 (20... Bxg5 $6
21. Ne6 fxe6 22. Bxg5 Nf6 23. Bxh4 $40 {<->g}) (20... g6 $5 $13 {/\Ng7}) 21. g6
$40 f5 (21... fxg6 22. Nxg6 Nxg6 23. Rxg6 $16) 22. Rdf1 Bg5 23. Qd1 $1 Bh6 $8 (
23... Nxd3 24. Qh5 Bh6 25. Nxd3 $18) (23... Nxg6 24. Rxg5 Qxg5 25. Rg1 $18) 24.
Bc2 (24. Qh5 $16) 24... bxc4 25. Qh5 Qf6 26. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 27. Bg5 (27. exf5 $1
Bxd5 (27... Nd3 28. Bxd3 Rab8 29. Nxc4 Bxd5 30. Bxh6 Bxc4 31. Bxc4+ $18) 28.
Bg5 Ne8 29. Bxf6 Nxf6 30. Qd1 $16 {/\Ne4!}) 27... Qxg6 28. Qxg6 Nxg6 29. dxe6 (
29. Bxh6 $5 Bf7 30. Bxg7 (30. exf5 c3 31. bxc3 gxh6 32. Nc4 Rad8 $13 33. fxg6
Bxd5 $13) 30... Kxg7 31. exf5 {/\Nc4} c3 $1 32. bxc3 Nxd5 $13) 29... Bxg5 30.
Rxg5 Ne7 31. exf5 d5 $8 32. Rfg1 (32. f6 Nxe6 33. Re5 Rxf6 34. Rxf6 gxf6 35.
Rxe6 Kf7 36. Re1 Rg8 $44) 32... g6 $8 33. fxg6 $2 (33. Rxg6+ Nxg6 34. Rxg6+ Kh8
35. Nf3 $146) 33... Rf6 $17 34. g7 Nxe6 35. Re5 Kf7 {/\Rg8-g7} 36. Rge1 (36.
Bh7 Nxg7 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Rxe7+ Rf7 $17) 36... Rd8 $1 {/\Rd6,Kg7} (36... Rg8
$6 37. Bd1 Rxg7 38. Bh5+ Ng6 39. Rxd5 $36) 37. Bd1 Ng6 $8 38. Bh5 Nef4 39. Re7+
Kg8 40. Bxg6 Nxg6 41. Rc7 Rf2 42. Re6 (42. Kc1 Nf4 $19) (42. Kc2 d4 43. Rxc5 c3
$1 $19) (42. Nf1 Nf4 $19 {/\Nd3}) 42... Rxd2 (42... Nf4 $2 43. Rh6) 43. Rxg6
Re8 44. Rg1 Rb8 $19 45. b3 cxb3 46. Rxc5 bxa2+ 47. Ka1 Rb1+ 48. Rxb1 axb1=Q+
49. Kxb1 Kxg7 50. Ra5 Rd3 51. Rxa6 Rxh3 52. Rd6 Rg3 $1 53. Rxd5 Kh6 54. Kc2 h3
55. Rd8 Kg5 56. Kd2 Kg4 57. Rh8 (57. Ke2 h2 58. Rh8 Rh3) 57... Kf3 {(2.59/2.55)
[Stohl]} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 "Skopje Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "Hohenems"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Nge2 a6 7. Ng3 {A rare
system, White first develops his pieces and only gradually prepares the siege
of Black's position.} g6 8. Bd3 (8. Be2 h5 9. a3 {A semi-waiting move, but if
White doesn't wnat to play b4 and intends 0-0-0 later, he can certainly do
well without it and just complete his development.} (9. f3 h4 10. Nf1 Nh5 11.
g3 Bf6 12. Be3 Bh3 13. Rg1 hxg3 14. hxg3 Nd7 15. Qd2 Rb8 16. O-O-O Qa5 17. Bf2
Bxf1 18. Bxf1 b5 19. b3 Bg5 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Nhf6 22. Be2 Ke7 $15 {
Nordahl,H-Johannessen,S/Skei/1995/ An ideal position for Black from the Old
Benoni-his K is safe and he has active play on both flanks.}) (9. Nf1 $142 $5)
(9. Bd2 $5) 9... h4 10. Nf1 Nh5 (10... Nbd7 11. Nd2 (11. Ne3 $142 Nh5 12. Bg4)
11... Nh5 12. g3 Ndf6 13. b4 b6 14. Nf3 hxg3 15. hxg3 Kf8 16. Ng5 Kg7 17. Be3
Nf4 18. Bf3 Rxh1+ 19. Bxh1 Qh8 20. Kd2 Nh3 21. Nxh3 Qxh3 22. Bf3 Ng4 23. Bxg4
Bxg4 24. Qh1 Qxh1 25. Rxh1 f5 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Rb1 Ra7 28. Rb6 Bf3 $132 {
Alber,H-Hausknecht,M/Bruchkoebel/1993/}) 11. Bg4 Nd7 12. h3 (12. Ne3 {is
certainly more logical.}) 12... Bg5 13. Ne3 Kf8 14. a4 a5 15. Ra3 Ndf6 16. Bxc8
Rxc8 17. Rb3 Rb8 18. Qf3 Bf4 19. Kd1 Nh7 20. Kc2 Ng5 21. Qe2 Qd7 22. Qd3 Kg7
23. Rb6 Nf6 24. Rb3 Nh5 25. Bd2 b6 26. Rb5 Rhf8 27. Ne2 Kh8 28. Be1 f5 $13 {
Hoi,C-Seirawan,Y/Malmo/1979/}) (8. f4 $6 exf4 9. Bxf4 Nbd7 {is not ideal,
White's control of e5 is too weak:} 10. Bd3 h5 11. h3 h4 12. Nge2 Nh5 13. Bh2
Ne5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Qc2 Bg5 16. b4 b6 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Qa4+ Bd7 19. Qa3 Rc8
20. Qxa6 O-O 21. Qd6 Be3 $44 {|^,Sarthou,G-Vaisman,V/Toulouse/1995/}) 8... h5
9. a3 {Again this move, which later proves to be a loss of time.} ({It's
premature to commit the K with} 9. O-O $6 h4 10. Nge2 Nh5 11. Be3 Bg5 12. Qd2
Bxe3 13. Qxe3 g5 14. a3 Nf4 15. b4 Nd7 16. Nc1 g4 17. Kh1 Qg5 18. N3e2 b6 19.
Bc2 Nf6 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. Qc3 g3 $36 {Moehring,G-Ciocaltea,V/Zinnowitz/1966/})
(9. Bd2 $142 h4 10. Nf1 $14 {/~~}) 9... Nh7 $5 {[%cal Ye7g5] /\Bg5 Black also
avoids committal pawn moves, bith side now finish their development.} (9... h4
10. Nf1 Nh5 11. Ne3 Nf4 12. Bc2 $14 {/\} h3 13. g3 Ng2+ 14. Kf1 Nxe3+ 15. Bxe3
$36) 10. Nf1 Bg5 11. Ne3 Nd7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Qe2 Rb8 14. g3 (14. b4 $5 $13 {
/+/= was more consistent.}) 14... Ndf6 15. h4 Bh6 16. f3 ({White protects his
Pe4 to avoid lines like} 16. O-O-O Bd7 17. Rdf1 b5 $1 $36) ({Probabaly already
at this moment White intended to hide his K on the <<, but a playable
alternative was} 16. O-O Bh3 (16... Ng4 $5 17. b4 Qc7 18. Ng2 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 $14
) 17. Rfb1 {with chances for an advantage.}) 16... Kh8 17. O-O-O {White goes
for the very double-edged opposite castling, although 9.a3 doesn't go together
with this plan.} (17. O-O $5 Ng8 18. b4 b6 19. Rab1 $14) 17... Bd7 {[%cal
Rb7b4]} 18. a4 {Sooner or later necessary to prevent b5-b4->} Ng8 19. Rdf1 Qe8
20. b3 {[%cal Yf3f5]} f5 {[%cal Yf5f4] /\f4 Black naturally doesn't want to
wait for White to squeeze him to death with f4-f5} 21. f4 $5 exf4 $6 {Black
prematurely starts opening up the position and the superior deployment of
White's forces and his () will show. Black had to activate his pieces to take
part in the fight for the [+].} (21... Nhf6 $142 $1 22. Qg2 (22. exf5 $6 e4 23.
Bc2 gxf5 $15) (22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. exf5 Rbe8 $36) 22... fxe4 $5 (22... b5 23.
exf5 b4 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 gxf5 $11) 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 (24. Qxe4 exf4
25. gxf4 Qxe4 26. Bxe4 Ne7 $15) 24... Nf6 {/\b5<=>}) 22. gxf4 $36 fxe4 $2 {
[%mdl 16384] And this is already a very serious (and decisive) strategic
mistake in the same sense as the previous move. Two bad moves are certainly
enough to ruin a playable (promising) position.} (22... Ne7 23. e5 $16) (22...
Bg7 $142 $1 23. exf5 (23. Rhg1 Nh6 24. Re1 Bd4 $14 {<=>}) 23... gxf5 24. Qf3
Nh6 25. Re1 $14 {/+/-}) 23. Nxe4 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Rg6] /+-,><d6,g6 Now White is
close to winning, Black's position is falling to pieces.} Qe7 (23... Bxf4 $2
24. Bc3+ Be5 25. Nxd6 $18) (23... Rxf4 24. Bc3+ (24. Nxd6 Qe7 25. Rxf4 Bxf4 26.
Ne4 $40) 24... Ngf6 25. Rxf4 Bxf4 26. Rf1 Be5 27. Nxf6 Nxf6 28. Rxf6 Bxc3 29.
Rxg6 Bg4 30. Rh6+ Kg8 31. Nxg4 Qxe2 32. Bxe2 hxg4 33. Rxd6 $18) (23... Bg7 24.
Rhg1 $1 $40 (24. f5 $5 $40) (24. Nxd6 Qe7 25. Ne4 $16)) 24. Rhg1 Be8 (24...
Rxf4 25. Rxg6 Rxf1+ 26. Nxf1 Bg4 27. Qh2 $18 {[%csl Rd6] ><d6}) (24... Qxh4 25.
Bc3+ Bg7 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qb2+ Ngf6 (27... Kh6 28. Nxd6 $18) 28. Rh1 Bh3 29.
Rf3 $18) 25. f5 $1 Ngf6 (25... Nhf6 26. Ng5 $1 $18 (26. fxg6 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 $18
{/\} Qxe4 28. Rxf8 Bxg6 29. Rxg6 $1 Rxf8 30. Qxh5)) (25... Bxe3 26. Qxe3 gxf5
27. Bc3+ Ngf6 28. Rxf5 $18) 26. Ng5 gxf5 (26... b5 27. Ne6 bxc4 28. bxc4 Qb7
29. Nd1 $1 $18) (26... Qe5 27. fxg6 (27. Kc2 $5 Bxg5 28. hxg5 Ne4 29. Ng4 $1
hxg4 30. Bxe4 $18) 27... Qa1+ 28. Kc2 Qa2+ 29. Kd1 $18) (26... Bxg5 27. hxg5
Ne4 28. Nc2 $1 gxf5 29. g6 $18) 27. Ne6 $18 {[%csl Ge6] The Ne6 literally cut
Black's position in two.} Rg8 (27... Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Rg8 29. Bxf5 $18 {->}) 28.
Nxf5 Bxd2+ 29. Qxd2 (29. Qxd2 Qd7 (29... Qf7 30. Nh6 $18) 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 (30...
Nxg8 31. Qc3+ Ngf6 32. Nf8 $1 $18) 31. Rg1+ (31. Nxd6 Qxd6 32. Bxh7+ $18) 31...
Kh8 (31... Ng4 32. Rxg4+ $1 hxg4 33. Nh6+ Kh8 34. Qc3+ $18) 32. Rg7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Pulvermuehle 6th"]
[Site "Pulvermuehle"]
[Date "2006.03.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Markos, Jan"]
[Black "Bezold, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 g6 {
The modern treatment of this line. Black refrains from the early} (7... O-O {
, so as not to give White a clear target. However, it's not clear if launching
an all-out >>-> is the ideal plan anyway:} 8. h3 Ne8 9. g4 Bg5 10. Ng3 g6 11.
Bd2 Ng7 12. Qc1 Bh4 13. Rg1 Kh8 14. Be3 a6 15. a4 Rb8 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. Kd1 Nfe8
18. Kc2 Bd7 19. Nf1 Nc7 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Bf6 22. Qh2 Bd4 23. Rg2 Nce8 24.
Nd2 f6 25. Nf3 Be5 26. h4 b5 27. h5 {Budnikov,A-Saltaev,M/Vladivostok/1994/} g5
$1 $13) ({A similar example in the same spirit, in which Black pursues his
strategic goals instead of simple development:} 7... a6 8. a4 b6 9. h4 g6 10.
f3 h5 11. Be3 Ng8 12. g3 Bf8 $1 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Nc1 Bh6 15. Bf1 f6 16. Bd2 Nf8
17. Nd3 Bxd2+ 18. Qxd2 Nh6 19. f4 Bg4 20. Bh3 Bxh3 21. Rxh3 Ng4 22. Rh1 Nd7 23.
Kd1 O-O 24. Nf2 Nxf2+ 25. Qxf2 f5 $15 {Shishkin,V-Eingorn,V/UKR-ch Kharkov/
2004/}) (7... h5 8. f3 Nf8 (8... h4 $142 $1 {can transpose into the game
position.}) 9. Be3 h4 10. Qd2 a6 11. b4 $1 b6 12. Rb1 N6d7 13. Na4 g5 14. bxc5
bxc5 15. Kd1 Ng6 16. Kc2 Kf8 17. g3 Rb8 18. Rxb8 Nxb8 19. Rb1 Nd7 20. Nc1 $14 {
Atalik,S-Trikaliotis,G/Athens/1996/}) 8. f3 ({The interesting} 8. Bh6 $5 {
leads after} Ng4 9. Bd2 h5 10. f3 Ngf6 {to the game position with an extra
tempo for White.} 11. Qc2 (11. h4 $5 $14 {()}) 11... h4 12. O-O-O Kf8 13. g3 a6
14. f4 (14. Rdf1 {[%cal Yc3d1,Yd1e3] /\Nd1-e3 is more patient and limits
Black's <=>.}) 14... Ng4 15. Rdf1 hxg3 16. hxg3 Kg7 17. Nd1 (17. Kb1 $5 $13)
17... b5 $1 18. b3 bxc4 19. bxc4 Rb8 20. Nec3 Ndf6 21. Rxh8 Qxh8 22. Be2 Qh3
23. Qd3 Nh5 $36 {Pedersen,S-Nisipeanu,L/BL 0405/2005/}) 8... h5 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 40] Formally this is a novelty, but we will see that Black intends to
follow Nisipeanu's plan and in fact reaches a known position somewhat later on.
} ({The traditional exchange of the dark-squared B is probably insufficient
for equality after} 8... Nh5 9. Be3 Bg5 10. Qd2 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 a6 12. h4 $5 (12.
O-O O-O 13. g4 Ng7 14. Qh6 f6 15. a4 b6 16. Ng3 Ra7 17. Nd1 a5 18. Qd2 Rf7 19.
Ne3 Nf8 20. f4 exf4 21. Rxf4 Nd7 22. Raf1 Ne5 23. Qe2 Rf8 24. h4 Raf7 $11 {
/=/+,Reshevsky,S-Gheorghiu,F/Skopje/1970/}) 12... Qf6 13. g3 O-O 14. O-O-O Rb8
15. f4 exf4 $6 16. gxf4 Re8 17. e5 $1 dxe5 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. f5 Ndf6 20. fxg6
fxg6 21. Rdg1 b6 22. Rg5 Rb7 23. Rhg1 Kh8 24. d6 Qd8 25. Nxf6 Qxf6 26. Rxg6 $1
$16 {Harikrishna,P-Sahu,S/IND-ch New Delhi/2001/}) 9. Be3 (9. h4 $5 $14 {
Szabo,L-Ristoja,T Helsinki 1975 (6) 1-0 is interesting - White prevents Black
from gaining >>() and his following plan will depend on Black's actions. A
model example of such strategy is}) 9... h4 10. Qd2 Kf8 11. O-O-O {
Pedersen-Nisipeanu shows that Black's >> is very resilient. White can also
concentrate his efforts on the other flank with} (11. a3 Kg7 12. b4 a6 13. Na4
b6 14. Rb1 Nh7 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. O-O Bg5 17. Rb3 $5 $14 (17. f4 $6 exf4 18.
Nxf4 Re8 19. Bc2 Kg8 20. h3 Ne5 $15 {Zhao Xue-Aronian,L/WChT Beer Sheva/2005/})
) 11... Kg7 12. g3 a6 13. Rhg1 ({The prohylactic} 13. Kb1 $5 $14 {takes the
sting out of the following advance.}) 13... b5 $5 14. gxh4 $2 {[%csl Rf3,Rh2,
Rh4][%mdl 16384] A serious strategic mistake. White breaks up his P-structure
and it will be Black, who gets all the >> play.} ({Consistent was} 14. cxb5
axb5 15. Bxb5 $13) ({Also} 14. Rdf1 $5 {[%cal Yc3d1] , freeing d1 for the N
was better, than the text-move.}) 14... b4 {Moreover, now the N is forced to a
bad square.} 15. Nb1 {White won't be able to reactivate this N till the bitter
end, but after} (15. Na4 {it will also remain offside for long.}) 15... Rxh4
16. Ng3 Kh8 17. Rdf1 Nh7 $15 {[%cal Ye7g5] /\Bg5 Black's K is safe and he can
play on the dark squares.} 18. Ne2 (18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bg5 $36 (19... Ne5 $5)
) 18... Bf6 $5 (18... Rxh2 19. f4 $132) 19. Rf2 Qe7 20. Rfg2 Ndf8 {[%cal Yc8h3,
Yf8d7,Yh8g7,Ya8h8] /\Bh3,Nd7,Kg7,Rh8 etc. Black's position is very solid and
once his second R gets to the >>, White is doomed to passive defence. Markos
tries to avoid this and create some <=>.} 21. Ng3 Ng5 (21... Bh3 $2 22. Nf5 $1
$16) 22. Nf5 $5 (22. Qe2 Nh3 23. Rd1 Nf4 $19) 22... Bxf5 (22... Nxf3 $2 23.
Nxe7 Nxd2 24. Nxc8 Nxb1 25. Nxd6 $18) 23. Rxg5 $6 (23. Bxg5 $142 Bxg5 24. Rxg5
Bd7 25. Qf2 $15) 23... Bd7 24. Bf1 Nh7 25. Qf2 (25. R5g3 Kg7 $36) 25... Rf4 $1
(25... Nxg5 26. Qxh4+ Nh7 $15) 26. R5g2 (26. Bxf4 exf4 27. R5g2 Bh3 $40 {
[%cal Gh8a1] regains the exchange back and dominates on the /^a1-h8[#]}) 26...
a5 $1 $40 27. Nd2 a4 28. h4 $138 {Rather desperate, but White has no
constructive plan.} a3 29. b3 Rxh4 30. Rh2 Kg7 31. Rgh1 Rxh2 32. Qxh2 Rh8 33.
Bh6+ Kg8 $19 {[%cal Gh8h1] White is a P down for nothing and it's Black, who
is poised to invade down the <->h.} 34. Bh3 Nf8 35. Bxf8 (35. Bxd7 Bg5 $5 $19 (
35... Nxd7 36. Qg2 $17)) 35... Qxf8 36. Qg3 Qh6 37. Bg2 Qe3 38. Rxh8+ Kxh8 39.
Bh3 (39. Kd1 Bg5 40. Qe1 Qc3 $19) 39... Bg5 40. Bxd7 Qxd2+ 41. Kb1 Qc1# {
A complete dark-square triumph for Black.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. h3 (6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 Ne8 8.
Nf3 g6 9. g4 Ng7 10. Qe2 Kh8 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. Rdg1 a6 14. Ng5 Nxd5
$2 15. Nxf7+ Rxf7 16. exd5 Bg5 17. Be3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg7] פg7} Bxe3+ 18. fxe3
Bd7 19. Rf1 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Qe7 21. Qf3 Ne8 22. Qf7 Qxf7 23. Rxf7 Rd8 24. Ne4
Kg8 25. Re7 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 $2 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Bxb5 {1-0,Seirawan,Y-Ivanov,
I/USA-ch Seattle/2002/}) 6... Nbd7 7. Bd3 a6 8. Nf3 Rb8 {Black plays a
noncommittal move and delays castling not to give White a target as in the
above example. Nevertheless his position remains cramped and White has more
than one promisisng plan to choose from.} 9. a3 {Relying solely on <<play
usually doesn't give White so much.} (9. a4 b6 10. Qe2 Nf8 (10... O-O $142) 11.
Be3 Ng6 12. Rb1 O-O 13. b4 Bd7 14. b5 $5 Ra8 15. Kd2 $1 Nh5 16. g3 f5 17. exf5
Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Kc2 $16 {[%csl Re4,Re7] ץe7,e4,Jimenez Zerquera,
E-Panno,O/Havana/1969/ In this game White intended to close the << and
concentrate only on >> play to exploit his ().}) (9. Qe2 Nf8 10. Rb1 Ng6 11. b4
cxb4 12. Rxb4 O-O 13. Qb2 Nh5 14. Ne2 (14. g3 $142 f5 15. Be3 $1 $36 {Here we
see another facet of a plan similar to the one from the example above: is
Black himself opens the <<, a6 is a serious weakening.}) 14... Nhf4 15. Nxf4
Nxf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. O-O Bf6 18. Qc2 h5 19. Be2 Re8 20. Rd1 Bd7 21. Rdb1 Qc7
$132 {Akesson,R-Johansson,J/SWE-ch Norrkoeping/1988/}) 9... O-O 10. a4 $6 {
Conceding his last move was probably not best.} ({Consistent was at least} 10.
b4 $5 $14 {/\} b5 $2 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Nxe4 13. Na7 $1 $16) 10... Nh5 11.
Ne2 {An indication White intends to play g4 after all.} (11. g3 $5 $14 {
/~~ is more solid}) 11... g6 12. g4 {[%mdl 32];Navrotescu,C (2435)-Tugui,A 
(2337) ROM-ch Targoviste 2001 (6) 0-1 A brave, but risky decision. To lead a
successful attack White needs a safe haven for his K, this will be difficult
to achieve with his already compromised <<. Here expansion on both flanks only
gives Black's <=> targets, in the end Piket's strategy will triumph and Black
will grab the |^ on both flanks. In this CBM we have one similar example of
overexposure in} {where White's K suffered on the <<.} Ng7 13. Bh6 Nf6 14. Ng3
Kh8 15. Qc2 Bd7 {[%cal Rb7b5] /\b5} (15... b6 $5 $13 {/\Bd7}) 16. a5 b5 17.
axb6 Qxb6 18. Ra2 a5 $1 $11 {Already the first success for Black, he moves his
P to a4 and claims extra () on the <<.} (18... Ng8 $6 19. Bd2 $14) (18... Qb3
19. Qb1 $5 Qb6 20. Bd2 $14) 19. Bd2 a4 20. Bc3 Ng8 21. Ra3 (21. Qe2 Rb7 22. Bc2
Ra8 $11) 21... Rb7 22. Kf1 Bd8 (22... Ra8 23. Kg2 Qd8 $11) 23. Kg2 Qc7 24. Qd2
(24. Rha1 Qc8 {[%cal Yf7f5,Yh7h5] /\f5,h5<=>}) 24... f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Bc2 (
26. gxf5 Nxf5 27. Bxf5 Bxf5 28. Rxa4 Qg7 $44 {/\Rbf7}) 26... Ne7 27. Qh6 (27.
Bxa4 $142 $5 Ng6 (27... fxg4 28. hxg4 Bxg4 29. Ng5 $40) 28. Bxd7 Qxd7 29. g5
Nf4+ 30. Kh2 $13) 27... Ng6 28. Ng5 (28. g5 $5 Rb4 29. Nd2 {/\h4-h5,g6->} Qb7 {
[%cal Rb4b2] /\Rb2<=>}) 28... Bxg5 29. Qxg5 Rb4 $1 {After this blow White
loses his orientation.} 30. gxf5 $2 (30. b3 $1 axb3 31. Bxb3 Nf4+ 32. Kh2 Rbb8
33. Bc2 $132) (30. Bxb4 cxb4 31. Raa1 Qxc4 $17) 30... Bxf5 $1 $17 (30... Nf4+
$2 31. Kh2 Rxc4 32. Qe7 $16) 31. Nxf5 (31. Bxb4 cxb4 32. Bxf5 Nxf5 33. Raa1 (
33. Nxf5 Rxf5 $19) 33... Ngh4+ 34. Kf1 Qxc4+ $19) (31. Bxf5 Nxf5 $40) 31...
Nxf5 32. h4 (32. Rxa4 Ngh4+ 33. Kf1 h6 34. Qc1 (34. Qf4 Rxa4 35. Bxa4 Qg7 $1
$19) (34. Qg1 Ne3+ $19) 34... Rxa4 35. Bxa4 Ng3+ $19) (32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Qg4
Rf4 $19) (32. Rha1 Rxc4 33. Rxa4 Nfh4+ $17 {->}) 32... Rxc4 $1 33. h5 (33. Bxf5
$142 $5 Qf7 34. Bxe5+ $1 Nxe5 (34... dxe5 $2 35. Bxg6 Qxf2+ 36. Kh3 $11) 35.
Rg3 Qxd5+ 36. f3 $17) 33... Nf4+ 34. Kh2 (34. Kf1 h6 35. Qg1 Ne3+ $1 36. fxe3
Nh3+ $19) 34... h6 35. Qg4 Rg8 $19 36. Bxf5 (36. Qxg8+ Kxg8 37. Bxf5 Qf7 38.
Rg1+ Kh8 $19) 36... Rxg4 37. Bxg4 Qe7 (37... Nxd5 $19) 38. Be1 Rc1 $6 (38...
Qh4+ $142 39. Bh3 Rc1 40. Rg3 Rxe1 41. Rxe1 Nxh3 $19) 39. Kg3 Qg5 40. Rxa4 Ne2+
41. Kh3 Nf4+ 42. Kg3 c4 {Although Black missed a more direct win in
time-trouble, his position remains overwhelming. The rest is agony.} 43. Ra8+
Kg7 44. Ra7+ Kf6 45. Rd7 Rxe1 $1 46. Rxe1 (46. Rxd6+ Ke7 47. Rd7+ Ke8 48. Rxe1
Nxh5+ 49. Kh3 Nf4+ 50. Kg3 h5 $19) 46... Nxh5+ 47. Kh3 (47. Kf3 $2 Qf4+) 47...
Nf4+ 48. Kg3 h5 49. f3 hxg4 50. fxg4 Nxd5 $1 {The simplest, as after taking
the N White loses one of his R.} 51. Rxd6+ Ke7 52. Rxd5 Qf4+ 53. Kg2 (53. Kh3
Qf3+ $19 {[%cal Rf3f2,Rf2e1] /\Qf2-e1}) 53... Qxg4+ 54. Kf2 (54. Kh2 Qh4+) (54.
Kf1 Qf3+) 54... Qh4+ (54... Qh4+ 55. Kf1 (55. Ke2 Qe4+) 55... Qh1+) 0-1

[Event "GER CupT"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gutman, Lev"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Schussler} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 O-O (6... Na6
7. Bg2 Nc7 8. Nge2 Rb8 9. a4 b6 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Na2 O-O 12. O-O Ne8 13. f4 g6
14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Bh6 Ng7 16. Qd2 Nc7 17. Nec1 $1 a5 18. Nd3 $36 {Nikolic,
Pr-Miles,A,Zagreb izt 1987-CBM 04}) 7. Bg2 (7. h4 $5 Na6 8. Bh3 Bxh3 9. Nxh3 b5
$6 10. cxb5 Nc7 11. a4 Qb8 12. O-O a6 13. bxa6 Nxa6 14. f3 Qc8 15. Nf2 Rb8 16.
Qe2 Nb4 17. Kg2 $16 {Ward,C-Hartston,W,Barnsdale YM 1989-TD89_14}) 7... Ne8 (
7... Na6 8. Nge2 Nc7 9. O-O a6 10. a4 b6 11. Qd3 Rb8 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Nd1 b5 14.
b3 bxa4 15. bxa4 Nfe8 16. h3 $14 {Drasko,M-Serebrjanik,A,Vrnjacka Banja
1991-CBM 23}) 8. Nge2 Nc7 9. O-O Bd7 10. Be3 (10. a4 Nba6 11. h3 Nb4 12. Kh2
Rb8 13. f4 Bf6 14. Ng1 a6 15. a5 b5 16. axb6 Na8 17. Nf3 Nxb6 18. Qe2 $14 {
Topalov,V-Hickl,J,Altensteig 1990-CBM 20}) 10... Nba6 (10... b5 $5 11. Bxc5
dxc5 12. d6 $14) 11. a3 b5 12. b4 $1 $36 Bg5 (12... bxc4 $2 13. bxc5 $18) (
12... cxb4 13. axb4 bxc4 (13... Nxb4 14. c5 $1 (14. Qb1 a5 15. Bb6 bxc4 16.
Bxa5 Nba6 17. Qa2 Qc8 18. Qxc4 Nb5 $10) 14... a5 15. c6 Bc8 16. Bb6 $16) 14. b5
Nb8 15. Qb1 $16 {><a7,c4}) 13. f4 Bf6 14. Rb1 $1 cxb4 (14... bxc4 15. b5 Nb8
16. a4 $16) 15. axb4 bxc4 $8 16. b5 Nc5 (16... Nb8 $142 $5 17. Qd2 $14) 17.
Bxc5 dxc5 18. d6 Ne8 (18... Ne6 $6 19. Qd5 Nd4 (19... exf4 20. e5 Bg5 21. gxf4
Bh6 22. Qxa8 $18) 20. fxe5 Be6 21. Qxc5 $16) 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Qd5 $1 Bxc3 (
20... Bxd6 $2 21. e5 $18) 21. Nxc3 Be6 22. Qxc5 Rc8 (22... Qxd6 23. Qxd6 Nxd6
24. e5 $16) 23. Qxa7 Qxd6 24. Rfd1 Qe5 25. Qd4 $1 $16 Qxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Nf6 (26...
f6 $5 27. b6 Rf7 $16) 27. b6 Nd7 28. b7 Rb8 29. Rd6 {/\Nd5-c7} Rfd8 30. Rb5 Kf8
31. e5 $18 Ke7 32. Bc6 f6 33. Nd5+ Kf7 (33... Bxd5 34. Rbxd5 Nxe5 35. Rxd8 $18)
34. Nc7 c3 $6 35. Be4 (35. Nxe6 $5 c2 36. Nxd8+ (36. Rxd7+ Rxd7 37. Rc5 Rd1+)
36... Kf8 $8 (36... Rxd8 37. Bd5+ {/\Rc6}) 37. Rxd7 $1 (37. Ne6+ Kg8 $13) 37...
c1=Q+ 38. Kg2 Qc2+ 39. Kh3 Qf5+ 40. g4 $18) 35... Bc4 36. Rb4 Nxe5 37. Rxd8
Rxd8 38. b8=Q Rd1+ (38... Rxb8 39. Rxb8 Bd3 40. Bd5+ Ke7 41. Rb3 c2 42. Rc3 $18
) 39. Kf2 Ng4+ 40. Kf3 Ne5+ 41. Ke3 {Stohl,I} (41. Ke3 Ng4+ 42. Kf4) 1-0

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 (1... Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 (5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7.
e4 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Ne8 9. O-O a6 10. f4 Bf6 11. Be3 g6 12. Qd2 Ng7 13. f5 g5 14.
g4 Be7 15. a3 f6 16. Rfc1 Kf7 17. Ng3 Rh8 18. Bf3 h6 19. b4 b6 20. Rab1 Qc7 21.
Be2 $16 {Debnar,L-Rakay,K/SVK-chT 9596/1996/}) 5... Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Ne8 8.
Nge2 g6 9. Bh6 Ng7 10. f4 exf4 11. gxf4 Bh4+ 12. Ng3 f5 13. O-O Bf6 14. Qd2 Rf7
15. Kh1 Na6 16. Rae1 fxe4 17. Ncxe4 Be7 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 $40 {Garcia
Palermo,C-Fernandez,Mau/Najdorf op/1996/}) 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. d5
$5 {[%cal Yb2b4,Yc4c5,Yg2g3,Yf2f4,Yf7f5] White blockades the center
immediately and goes for a King's Indian type structure. His space advantage
gives him a chance to choose his plan-usual play on the Q-side (b4,c5) or gain
more space on the other flank (g3!?,f4) Black's counterchances lie suusally
only on the K-side (f5).} (5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 {-A55}) 5... Be7 (5... Nc5 $5 6.
f3 a5 7. Be3 Be7 $132) 6. g3 $1 O-O 7. Bg2 Ne8 8. Nge2 g6 (8... Bg5 9. f4 exf4
10. gxf4 Bh4+ 11. Ng3 f5 12. O-O fxe4 13. Ncxe4 $36 {[%csl Re6] /\Ng5,><e6}) 9.
O-O c5 $5 {Only with this move Black transposes to an Old Benoni (A56) with
the pawn chain typical for this opening. Both White and Black will play in the
center and on the K-side (f4/f5).} (9... Ng7 10. Bh6 $14 {-A53}) (9... f5 10.
f4 $14 (10. exf5 $5 gxf5 11. f4 e4 12. g4 $36)) 10. Bh6 Ng7 11. Qd2 Nf6 {
[%cal Rf6g4] /\Ng4} (11... f5 12. f4 Bf6 13. Rae1 $36 {A typical position from
this line of the Old Benoni. White is at least slightly better, as his pieces
are better placed for the imminent opening of the center-he has a lead in
development. Also the Pd6 and e6-square may become weaknesses due to White's
space advantage.}) 12. h3 Kh8 13. Kh2 (13. f4 $6 Ng8 14. Bxg7+ Kxg7 15. fxe5
dxe5 $13) (13. Be3 $5 Nd7 (13... Rb8 14. Nc1 Nfh5 15. Nd3 f5 16. Bh6 Bd7 17.
Kh2 Rf7 18. f4 exf4 19. Nxf4 Bf6 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Nxh5 gxh5 22. Bf4 h4 23. g4
Ng3 24. Bxd6 Bf5 25. Bf4 Nxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Bg6 27. d6 $44 {+/-,Sjoberg,M-Jacobsen,
B/EU-Cup Gr1 Eupen/1994/}) (13... Ng8 14. f4 Bf6 15. Rab1 b6 16. b4 Bd7 17.
bxc5 bxc5 18. Nb5 Bc8 19. Rb3 a6 20. Nbc3 Bd7 21. Rfb1 Re8 22. Rb7 Ne7 23. Nd1
Nc8 24. Nf2 Be7 25. Nd3 f6 26. Kh2 $16 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5,Ge4,Gf4][%cal Gb1b7]
<->b,()[+],Paunovic,T-Tomaszewski/Naleczow/1988/}) 14. Rad1 f5 15. Bh6 Nf6 16.
f4 exf4 17. Nxf4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bf6 20. g4 $1 Bd7 21. Bb1 Kg8 22.
Ne2 Qe7 23. Kg2 b5 24. Nc3 bxc4 25. Ne4 Bh4 26. Qc3 $40 {[%cal Re4d6] /\Nd6,
Topalov,V-Manolov,I/Elenite/1992/}) 13... Bd7 $146 (13... Ng8 14. Be3 f5 15. f4
Bf6 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Nf6 19. Rae1 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21.
Bxe4 Bf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. g4 Rf8 24. Qc3 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Rxf6 26. Ne2 Rxf1 27.
Rxf1 Kg8 28. Nc3 Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Nb5 $16 {[%csl Rd6] Magerramov,
E-Serebrjanik,A/Moscow op Russian Winter/1991/ This game nicely shows Black's
organic weak points (d6) persist deep until the endgame.}) 14. Be3 (14. Rae1
$14) 14... Nfh5 15. Rae1 (15. f4 $5 $14) 15... f5 16. f4 $36 Bf6 (16... exf4
17. Nxf4 Bf6 (17... Nxf4 18. Bxf4 g5 19. Be3 Bf6 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Ne4 $36) 18.
Nd3 $5 $14) (16... fxe4 $2 17. fxe5 $16) 17. Bf2 $5 {[%cal Ye4f5] /\ef5} (17.
Nc1 exf4 18. gxf4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nf5 $13) 17... exf4 (17... fxe4 $5 18. Nxe4
exf4 19. gxf4 $5 (19. Nxd6 $6 Be5 $40) (19. g4 Be5 $1 $15) (19. Nxf4 Nxf4 20.
Qxf4 Be5 $1 21. Qd2 Nf5 $10) (19. Nxf6 fxg3+ (19... Qxf6 20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21. Be3
$1 $14) 20. Bxg3 Nxg3 21. Nxg3 Rxf6 $15) 19... Nf5 20. Nxf6 Qxf6 21. Nc3 $14)
18. Nxf4 Nxf4 19. gxf4 $1 $8 (19. Qxf4 $2 Be5 {[%cal Rf5f4] /\f4->}) 19... Re8
(19... fxe4 20. Nxe4 $36) 20. Re2 Qa5 21. Be1 $1 (21. Rfe1 Bxc3 $5 22. bxc3
fxe4 $15 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4,Rf4] ><c3,c4,f4}) 21... Nh5 (21... fxe4 22. Nxe4 Qxd2
23. Bxd2 Bxb2 24. Rb1 $16) 22. Qd3 Qd8 23. Bd2 Bh4 $6 (23... Re7 $5 {[%cal
Yd8f8,Ya8e8] /\Qf8,Rae8} 24. Bf3 (24. Nd1 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Qf8 $13) 24... Ng7 25.
Rfe1 Bh4 26. Rg1 $14) 24. Re3 {[%cal Re4e5] /\e5} fxe4 25. Nxe4 {[%cal Rb2h8]
גa1-h8} Bf5 26. b4 $1 b6 (26... cxb4 27. Bxb4 Nf6 28. Bc3 $40) 27. Bc3+ Kg8
28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Ba1 {[%cal Rd3c3] /\Qc3+-} Bxe4 $8 30. Rxe4 Bf6 31. Bxf6 Qxf6
32. Re6 $1 $16 Qh4 (32... Rxe6 33. dxe6 Rd8 34. Bd5 Kg7 35. Qe4 $16) 33. f5 $1
gxf5 34. Qxf5 Rf8 35. Qg4+ Qxg4 36. hxg4 {After transposing to an endgame
White wins the crucial d-pawn. Although Black succeeds in equalizing the
material balance soon afterwards, the strong B, more active Rooks and above
all dangerous passed d-pawn will decide the game in White's favour.} Nf4 (36...
Rxf1 37. Bxf1 Ng7 38. Rxd6 $18) 37. Rxd6 Rab8 (37... Nxg2 38. Kxg2 Rxf1 39.
Kxf1 Rf8+ 40. Ke2 Rf4 41. Kd3 $18) 38. Kg3 $2 $138 (38. Be4 $142 $1 {-42.Be4})
38... Ne2+ $2 $138 (38... Nxg2 39. Kxg2 (39. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $1 40. Kxg2 Rb4 $132)
39... Rxf1 40. Kxf1 Rb4 41. Rd8+ Kf7 $44) 39. Kh4 Nf4 40. Kg3 Ne2+ $2 41. Kh2
Nf4 42. Be4 $1 Rb2+ 43. Kh1 Rb4 44. Rd7 h6 45. Bf5 $1 Rxc4 46. d6 $18 {[%csl
Gd6] o^d6} h5 (46... Rd4 47. Rb1 (47. Rc7 $18) 47... Re8 48. Rbb7 Rd2 49. Rg7+
Kh8 50. Rge7 $1 Rd8 51. d7 $18 {[%cal Re7e8] /\Re8}) 47. Rg1 $1 h4 $8 (47...
hxg4 48. Rxg4+ Kh8 49. Rh7#) 48. Rf1 Rd4 49. Rc7 Ng6 50. d7 Rd6 51. Re1 {
[%cal Re1e8,Rc7c8] /\Rc8,Re8+-} 1-0

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Skara"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barkhagen, Jonas"]
[Black "Cicak, Slavko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2002.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 a6 4. a4 e6 5. Nc3 Bd6 {An interesting way to reach
the "Snake Benoni" positions, which gives Black some extra options.} 6. g3 (6.
e4 {Bur Black doesn't have to put his B to c7, also the more active} Be5 $5 {
is possible:} (6... exd5 7. cxd5 O-O 8. Bd3 Bc7 (8... Re8 9. Nf3 Bc7 10. O-O d6
11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Nc4 Rb8 13. Bf4 Nf8 14. a5 Bg4 15. f3 Bc8 16. h3 Ng6 17. Bh2
Ne5 18. Re1 Nfd7 19. Qd2 f6 20. Nd1 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Ne5 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. f4 $1
exf4 24. e5 Bd7 25. e6 Bb5 26. Nc3 $16 {Vaisser,A-Minasian,A/Munich/1993/}) 9.
Nf3 d6 10. h3 Nbd7 11. O-O Rb8 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf4 h6 $14 {1/2, Golod,
V-Volokitin,A/Lvov/2001/}) 7. Bd3 Qe7 8. Nge2 exd5 9. exd5 d6 10. h3 Bxc3+ 11.
bxc3 Nbd7 12. O-O Ne5 13. Ng3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 O-O 15. Bg5 h6 16. Rfe1 Qd8 17. Bf4
Re8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Rb8 20. g4 g6 21. Qd3 Kg7 22. Qg3 Ne4 $132 {Tikkanen,
H-Hellborg,T/SWE-chT/2000/}) (6. Bg5 Be5 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. e4 exd5 10.
exd5 Re8 11. Be2 d6 12. Nf3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qe7 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. O-O Bg4 16.
Rfe1 Nd7 17. h3 Bf5 18. Qd2 b6 19. b3 Re7 20. Nh2 Rae8 $15 {Papp,Z-Resika,N/
Budapest/2000/}) ({White's best is to prevent the Be5 possibility immediately
with} 6. Nf3 exd5 (6... O-O 7. Bg5 Bc7 (7... exd5 $6 8. Nxd5 $16) 8. e4 $36) 7.
cxd5 O-O 8. Bg5 Bc7 (8... Re8 9. e3 Bc7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 d6 12. O-O Nbd7 13.
Bb1 (13. Nd2 $142 {as in the game below}) 13... Rb8 14. Qd3 Ba5 15. Bg3 Qc7 16.
e4 c4 17. Qd4 Bb4 18. Re1 Bc5 19. Qd2 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nd4 b4 $15 {Schmitz,
M-Lindgren,F/Skelleftea op/2001/}) 9. Nd2 d6 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Be2 Rb8 12. O-O
Re8 13. h3 h6 14. Bh4 Nf8 15. Nde4 N8h7 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. f4 c4 18. Bc2 b5 19.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Ne4 $40 {Estremera Panos,S-Lindgren,F/Olomouc/2001/}) 6... Be5
$5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Surprisingly a novelty in this position.} (6... O-O 7. Bg2
Bc7 8. Nf3 d6 9. O-O exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. h3 Rb8 12. Bf4 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14.
b4 Ne5 15. bxc5 Nxf3+ 16. exf3 dxc5 17. d6 Ba5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Bc3 20.
Ra7 Qb6 21. Rc7 Bd4 22. d7 Bb7 23. Qd6 c4 {Baigorri,F-Sjodahl,P/Zaragoza/1992/}
24. Rb1 $5 $14) (6... Bc7 7. Bg2 d6 8. Nh3 exd5 9. Nxd5 $6 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Nc6
11. O-O O-O 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ne4 Bg4 (13... Be6 14. Qh5 Ne5 $1 $36) 14. Bf4 Bxe2
15. Rfe1 Nd4 16. Bxd6 Bxd6 17. Nxd6 Qc7 18. Nxb7 Rae8 19. Qxc5 Qxc5 20. Nxc5
Nc2 21. Bd5 Nxe1 22. Rxe1 $16 {Duijn,R-Welling,G/Enschede/1990/}) 7. Qc2 {
White neglects development, which enables Black to get an active position.} (7.
Bg2 $142 O-O 8. Nf3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d6 (9... Ne4 10. Qd3 Qf6 11. d6 $5 $16 {()})
10. O-O Re8 $13 {[%cal Yf6e4] /\Ne4<=>}) 7... exd5 8. cxd5 (8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9.
cxd5 d6 10. Nf3 Bf6 $11) 8... O-O (8... Bxc3+ $2 9. Qxc3 Nxd5 10. Qe5+ Ne7 11.
Qxg7 $16) 9. Bg2 (9. Nf3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 d6 {[%csl Rd5] ><d5 forces White to
lose further tempi to protect his central P.} 11. Qd3 b5 $5 12. axb5 Bb7 $36)
9... Re8 10. e3 (10. Nf3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 d6 12. Nd2 Bf5 $32) 10... b5 $5 (10...
d6 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. O-O {/\f4+/=}) 11. Nf3 (11. axb5 Bb7 12. Nge2 (12. bxa6
Nxa6 {[%cal Ra6b4] /\Nb4|^}) (12. Nf3 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 d6 14. bxa6 Nxa6 {-see
game}) 12... axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. O-O b4 (14... Na6 $5 $13) 15. Na4 Qa5 $132
(15... Nxd5 16. Rd1 Nc7 17. Bxa8 Nxa8 18. Qxc5 Nc6 19. b3 {/\Bb2+/=})) 11...
Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 (12. bxc3 Bb7 $15) 12... d6 {The simplest and the best-White
can't hold his Pd5.} (12... Qb6 13. axb5 Nxd5 (13... Qxb5 $2 14. Ra5 Nxd5 15.
Rxb5 Nxc3 16. Rxc5 Ne4 17. Rc2 $36) 14. Qa5 Qf6 $13) 13. axb5 Bb7 14. bxa6 Nxa6
15. O-O Nb4 (15... Bxd5 $142 $5 16. Bd2 Nb4 $36) 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nh4 Nbxd5 (
17... Bxd5 $1 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 $15) 18. Qb3 Nb4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Bd2 Rb8 (20...
Ne4 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. Rd1 $132) 21. Rd1 $132 Qc8 (21... d5 22. Bc3 c4 23. Qa3
Nd3 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rxd3 Ra8 $1 (25... cxd3 26. Qxd3 Qb3 27. Qd4 $44 {=}) 26.
Qxa8+ (26. Qc3 $4 Ra1+ 27. Kg2 d4+ $19) 26... Qxa8 27. Rd2 {/\Nf3 and Black
has no active plan to break White's fortress.}) 22. Bc3 (22. Bxb4 Rxb4 23. Qd3
d5 $15) 22... c4 (22... Ne4 23. Bxb4 Rxb4 24. Qd5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rh4f5] /\Nf5})
(22... Nbd5 23. Qc2 Qe6 (23... Nxc3 24. bxc3 $11) 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Ng2 $11)
23. Qa3 Nfd5 24. e4 {White decides to sacrifice his Q, but even} (24. Bxb4 $5
Nxb4 25. Rxd6 Nd3 26. Qa5 $1 {/\Nf5,Qd5<=> was good enough, White's pieces are
active enough to cope with the o^c4 after Pb2 falls.} ({Even} 26. Rxd3 $6 cxd3
27. Qxd3 Rxb2 28. Nf5 $15 {/= is drawish})) 24... Ra8 $8 (24... Nxc3 $2 25.
bxc3 Nd3 26. Qxd6 $16) 25. Bxb4 Rxa3 26. Bxa3 Nf6 (26... Ne7 27. Bxd6 $11 (27.
Rxd6 $11)) 27. Nf5 Qa8 28. Nxd6 c3 29. Rc1 (29. Rd3 $5 cxb2 (29... c2 $2 30.
Rc3 $14) 30. Bxb2 $11 {saves the Pe4.}) 29... Nxe4 (29... cxb2 $4 30. Bxb2 {
[%cal Rc1c8] /\Rc8+-}) 30. Nxe4 Qxe4 31. Rxc3 h5 32. h4 $11 {The _|_ is a draw
even without the Pb2, with pawns on one flank White can always build a
fortress.} f6 33. Re3 Qd5 34. Bb4 g5 35. hxg5 (35. Bc3 gxh4 36. gxh4 Kf7 37. f3
$11) 35... fxg5 36. Bc3 Kf7 (36... h4 37. Re5 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 $11) 37. Re5 Qd1+
38. Kg2 Kg6 39. Re6+ Kf7 40. Re5 Qd8 41. Re3 {White sees no danger if he does
nothing.} (41. Rf5+ $11) (41. f4 $5 Qa8+ 42. Kh2 g4 43. Rf5+ (43. Rxh5 Qf3 44.
Rf5+ Kg6 45. Rf6+ Kh7 46. Rf7+ Kg8 $15) (43. Re3 $11 {[%cal Rf4f6] /\f5-f6})
43... Kg6 44. Rg5+ Kf7 45. Rf5+ $11 {/\} Ke6 46. Rxh5 Qf3 47. Re5+ Kf7 48. Be1)
41... Qd5+ 42. Kh2 Qc4 (42... h4 43. gxh4 gxh4 {is a draw even without the Bc3
and Pb2!}) 43. Kg2 Kg6 44. Re5 Qc6+ 45. Kh2 Qf3 46. Re6+ Kh7 47. Re7+ Kg6 48.
Re6+ Kh7 49. Re7+ Kg8 (49... Kh6 50. Re6+ $11) 50. Rg7+ Kf8 51. Rxg5 Qxf2+ 52.
Kh3 Qf1+ 53. Kh2 (53. Kh4 $4 Qh1#) 53... Kf7 54. Re5 Qf3 55. Ra5 Qe2+ 56. Kh3
Kg6 57. Re5 Qf1+ 58. Kh2 Qf2+ (58... Qf2+ 59. Kh3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.08"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 h5 $5 {
A provocative idea, Black doesn't commit his K yet, but prefers to gain some ()
on the >> first.} 8. f3 (8. h4 a6 (8... g6 9. g3 Kf8 10. f3 Kg7 11. Be3 Ne8 12.
Qd2 Nc7 13. Kf1 Nf6 14. Kg2 Bd7 15. Rab1 Qe8 16. b4 cxb4 {1/2, Hecht,H-Van den
Berg,A/Arvier/2004/} 17. Rxb4 $14) 9. a3 Nf8 10. f3 N6d7 11. g3 g5 12. hxg5
Bxg5 13. Bxg5 Qxg5 14. Qd2 Qf6 15. Qe3 h4 16. O-O-O Ng6 17. f4 hxg3 18. Rxh8+
Qxh8 19. f5 Nf4 $5 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. Qxf4 Ne5 22. Qxg3 Bd7 $44 {Skembris,
S-Miladinovic,I/Karditsa/1996/}) 8... h4 9. Be3 g6 $146 ({The Nd7 is important
for the defence of the <<,} 9... Nf8 {is slow and rather clumsy:} 10. Qd2 Ng6 (
10... a6 11. b4 $1 b6 12. Rb1 N6d7 13. Na4 g5 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Kd1 Ng6 16. Kc2
Kf8 17. g3 Rb8 18. Rxb8 Nxb8 19. Rb1 Nd7 20. Nc1 $16 {Atalik,S-Trikaliotis,G/
GRE-chT Athens/1996/}) 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. a3 a6 13. Kc2 Nh7 14. g3 Bg5 15. f4
Bf6 16. Rhg1 Kf8 17. Rdf1 Rb8 18. a4 Rc8 19. b3 hxg3 20. hxg3 Bg4 21. Nc1 Kg8
22. Be2 Bxe2 23. N1xe2 Qe7 24. Rh1 $16 {Quinteros,M-Gheorghiu,F/Lone Pine/1980/
}) (9... Nh5 10. Qd2 g5 $2 11. g3 Bf6 12. Bc2 Nf8 13. Ba4+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7
15. Nd1 Rg8 16. Nf2 Qe7 17. Ng4 Rg6 18. Bf2 Nb6 19. b3 O-O-O 20. Nc3 Kb8 21.
Nd1 Rh8 22. Nde3 Qd8 23. O-O-O $16 {Doubleday,W-Coudari,C/Calgary/1975/}) 10.
Qd2 Kf8 11. a3 Kg7 12. b4 a6 13. Na4 b6 14. Rb1 Nh7 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. O-O Bg5
17. f4 $6 {A committal decision, which gives Black the central dark squares.
White's c4- and e4-pawns will be vulnerable and the play on the f-file won't
be a sufficient compensating factor. After other moves Black excahnges his
dark-squared B, but White has more space and a very solid position.} (17. Rb3 {
[%cal Gb1b8] ()<->b} Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Qg5 $14 {/<=>}) 17... exf4 18. Nxf4 Re8 19.
Bc2 Kg8 20. h3 Ne5 $15 21. Nb2 Nf6 {Now Black's pieces get into a bit of a
tangle.} (21... Bd7 $15) 22. Rf2 Rb8 23. Qc3 Nfd7 (23... Ned7 24. Ne6 $5 fxe6
25. Bxg5 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Qxg5 27. dxe6 $13) 24. Ba4 Qf6 25. Qc2 Qe7 26. Bd2 Bf6
27. Bc3 Bg7 28. Rbf1 Qg5 $5 {Aronian is ambitious and targets White's >>.} ({
A solid alternative was} 28... Rf8 $11 {/=/+}) 29. Kh1 Re7 30. Nfd3 (30. Nbd3
$5 $132) 30... Qg3 31. Bxd7 Bxd7 32. Bd2 (32. Rf4 Bxh3 33. gxh3 (33. Be1 Qxg2+
34. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 35. Kxg2 g5 36. Rf5 Rb3 $1 $17) 33... Qxh3+ 34. Kg1 Bh6 $1 {/\}
35. Bxe5 (35. Nxe5 Bxf4 36. Rxf4 Qg3+ 37. Qg2 Qxf4 38. Nc6 Qe3+) 35... Rxe5 $40
) (32. Nxe5 Bxe5 33. Bxe5 Qxe5 34. Re2 $15) 32... g5 $1 33. Be1 $6 (33. Bc3
Bxh3 (33... g4 $13) 34. Nxe5 Bxe5 35. Bxe5 Rxe5 36. gxh3 Qxh3+ 37. Kg1 Rb3 $44)
33... Bxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Now this sacrifice is strong and White is in trouble.
} 34. gxh3 $6 (34. Rf5 $142 Qxg2+ $5 (34... Nxd3 35. Nxd3 (35. Bxg3 Rxb2 36.
Qxd3 Bxg2+ 37. Kg1 Bxe4 $19) 35... Bxg2+ 36. Qxg2 Qxd3 37. Rxg5 $132) 35. Qxg2
Bxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Rb3 $17) (34. Re2 Bxg2+ 35. Rxg2 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Nf3+ 37. Rxf3 Qxf3
$17) 34... Qxh3+ 35. Kg1 Ng4 $40 {[%cal Rg7d4,Rg4e3] /\Ne3,Bd4-+} 36. e5 Nxf2
37. Qxf2 (37. Nxf2 Qg3+ 38. Kh1 Bxe5 $19) 37... Rxb2 $1 38. Nxb2 (38. Qxb2 Qxd3
$19) 38... Bxe5 39. Qd2 (39. Qg2 Qxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Bxb2 $19) 39... Bd4+ 40. Rf2 (
40. Bf2 Re3 $1 $19 {is similar}) 40... Re3 0-1

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 Nbd7 (6... O-O 7. Bg2 Ne8
8. Nge2 g6 9. O-O Ng7 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rab1 f5 13. f3 fxe4 14. fxe4
Rxf1+ 15. Rxf1 Nf6 16. h3 h5 17. a3 h4 $5 18. gxh4 Nh7 19. Bf2 Bxh4 20. b4 b6
21. Bxh4 Qxh4 22. Qe1 Qxe1 23. Rxe1 cxb4 24. axb4 Bd7 $132 {Atalik,S-Starosek,
K/St.Petersburg/1994/}) 7. Bg2 a6 (7... Nf8 8. Nge2 Ng6 9. a3 a6 10. Rb1 Nd7
11. h4 h5 12. Be3 Nf6 13. f3 O-O 14. Ng1 Nh7 15. Bh3 Bxh3 16. Nxh3 f5 $6 17.
exf5 Rxf5 18. Ne4 Qf8 19. Rf1 a5 20. Ke2 Qd8 21. Qa4 Rf8 22. Rh1 Qc8 23. Rbf1
Nf6 24. Nhg5 $16 {Tratar,M-Reiter,M/Werfen op/1992/}) 8. a4 (8. Nge2 h5 9. h4
Nf8 $6 10. Be3 g6 11. a3 Ng4 12. Bd2 f5 13. f3 Nh6 14. f4 $32 Nd7 15. Qc2 Nf6
16. fxe5 dxe5 17. O-O-O Nf7 18. d6 $1 Nxd6 19. Nf4 $1 Kf7 20. Nd3 Nxc4 21. Bg5
Qe8 22. Nd5 b5 23. Nc7 Qc6 24. Qxc4+ $1 {1-0,Kurz,A-Hickl,J/BL 8990/1990/})
8... Rb8 (8... O-O $142) (8... b6 9. Nge2 Nf8 10. f4 $6 (10. Rb1 $14) 10...
exf4 11. gxf4 Ng6 12. O-O Nh4 13. Bh1 Bh3 14. Re1 O-O 15. Ng3 g5 $5 16. fxg5
Ng4 17. Nf5 Bxg5 18. Qd3 Nxf5 19. Qxh3 (19. exf5 Bxc1 20. Qxh3 Bxb2 21. Qxg4+
Kh8 $13) 19... Nfh6 20. Rf1 Kh8 21. Bf3 Rg8 $15 {Avshalumov,V-Erushev,G/
Blagoveshchensk/1988/}) 9. Nge2 h5 $6 (9... O-O 10. O-O Ne8 11. f4 $14) 10. h4
b6 11. Rb1 g6 12. Bh3 $1 Bf8 13. Bg5 Bg7 (13... Bh6 $142 14. Bxh6 (14. f4 $5
Bxg5 15. hxg5 Nh7 16. Nc1 $36) 14... Rxh6 15. Qd2 Rh8 16. Nc1 {/\Nd3,b4,f4|^})
14. Qd2 $1 Nf8 15. Bxc8 Qxc8 16. f3 $16 N8d7 (16... Ng8 17. Nc1 Bh6 18. Bxh6
Nxh6 19. Nd3 $16) 17. Nc1 O-O 18. Nd3 Rb7 19. Qe2 Re8 (19... Nb8 20. Rg1 {
/\g4->}) 20. g4 $40 Nf8 21. Rg1 N8h7 22. Bd2 Kh8 (22... hxg4 23. fxg4 Kh8 24.
Kd1 {/\Kc2,Rbf1,h5->}) 23. Kd1 Rg8 24. Kc2 Ne8 $6 (24... Re7 25. Rbf1 $16 {()})
25. gxh5 gxh5 26. f4 {><h5} exf4 $8 27. Nxf4 Nef6 28. Nxh5 $18 Nxh5 29. Qxh5
Be5 30. Qf5 $1 Qxf5 (30... Qe8 31. Rg4 $18) 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. exf5 Nf6 33. b4
cxb4 (33... Re7 34. bxc5 bxc5 35. Rb6 $18) 34. Rxb4 Rc7 35. Kd3 Nd7 (35... Bxc3
36. Bxc3 Nd7 37. Bd4 $18) 36. Ne4 Rc8 37. Rb1 (37. Be3 $5 Rb8 38. Rb1 $18)
37... Kf8 38. Bb4 Ke7 39. Re1 {/\Nd6+-} Nc5+ $8 40. Bxc5 bxc5 (40... dxc5 41.
Nxc5 $1 $18) 41. Rb1 Rh8 42. Rb7+ Kf8 (42... Ke8 43. Rb8+ Kd7 (43... Ke7 $2 44.
f6+ Bxf6 45. Rb7+) 44. Rxh8 Bxh8 45. f6 $1 $18) 43. f6 (43. f6 Kg8 $8 44. Rb8+
Kh7 45. Ng5+) 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 76th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. h3 Nf8 8. Bd3
Ng6 9. O-O {White commits his K too early. A more flexible move, which gives
him chances to get an opening advantage, is} (9. g3 $5 O-O (9... h5 10. h4 Bg4
11. Be2 a6 12. Be3 (12. a4 b6 13. Nh2 Bd7 14. Bg5 Nh7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxh5
Nf6 17. Bf3 Rb8 18. Ng4 Ng8 19. Ne3 Nh6 20. Bg2 Kd8 21. Rb1 a5 22. Bh3 Bxh3 23.
Rxh3 Qd7 24. Rh1 $16 {Mellano,S-Fernandez,J/Buenos Aires/1991/}) 12... Bd7 13.
Nh2 b5 14. Bg5 b4 15. Bxf6 bxc3 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. bxc3 Qa5 18. Qd2 Ng8 19. Rb1
Nf6 20. Bd3 Bh3 21. f3 O-O 22. Kf2 $16 {Plaskett,J-Valenti,R/Port Erin op/2000/
}) (9... Bd7 10. Bd2 a6 11. Qe2 Qc8 12. h4 Bg4 13. Qe3 Rb8 14. a4 Bd8 15. Ng1
h5 16. f3 Bd7 17. a5 b6 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. Ra2 Ng8 20. Nge2 Nh6 21. Nd1 $14 {
[%csl Ra6,Rd6] ק} f5 $6 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Ba5 Rb7 24. Bxd8 Qxd8 25. Rxa6 O-O
26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Nec3 $16 {Lazarev,V-Miladinovic,I/Montreal/2000/}) 10. Bd2
Bd7 11. Qe2 a6 12. O-O-O $6 {Even here White commits his K too early, moreover
into a dangerous region.} (12. h4 $142 $14) 12... b5 $36 13. Rdg1 Qa5 14. Kb1
Rfb8 15. Ka1 Qb6 16. Bc1 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Ne8 18. Nd2 Nc7 19. Qd3 Nb5 20. Ne2 Nf8
21. h4 Be8 22. h5 Nd7 23. Bb3 Nd4 24. Ba4 Qc7 25. Nc4 Rb4 $40 {Drkulec,
V-Finegold,B/Flint/1993/}) 9... h6 $146 {[%cal Yf6h7,Yh7g5] Black chooses a
slow build-up, a possible idea behind this move is Nh7-g5.} (9... h5 $5 10. Rb1
h4 11. b4 cxb4 12. Rxb4 Nd7 13. Bc2 O-O 14. Ne2 Nc5 15. Be3 b6 16. Nc3 Bd7 17.
Qe2 Bf6 18. Qd2 Be7 19. Bd1 Rc8 20. Be2 Na6 21. Rb2 Nc5 22. Rc1 Rc7 23. Ne1 Nf4
$5 $11 {Timoscenko} (23... f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Nd3 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Bg4
$14 {Timoscenko,G-Gheorghiu,F/Biel/1994/})) (9... Nh5 $5 $132) 10. Rb1 O-O ({
Premature is} 10... Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. Qd2 g5 13. e5 $14 (13. Rfe1 $5 $36))
11. Ne2 (11. b4 cxb4 $5 $132 {is similar to Timoscenko-Gheroghiu above.}) 11...
Nh5 12. b4 $5 b6 {Although now Black's Nh5 is futher from the ideal c5-square,
nevertheless} (12... cxb4 13. Rxb4 Nhf4 $13 {was an interesting and more
fighting alternative.}) 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Qa4 Qc7 (14... Bd7 $5 15. Qa6 Bc8 $11
) 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Qa6 Rab8 (16... Bc8 17. Qb5 $14 (17. Qc6 Qxc6 18. dxc6 Bd8
19. Nc3 Ne7 20. Nb5 Nxc6 21. Nxd6 Be7 $11)) 17. Kh2 Rb6 {Again Black chooses a
passive defensive move, transposing into a slightly inferior _|_.} (17... Nhf4
$142 18. Nxf4 (18. Ba5 $6 Qc8 $15) 18... Nxf4 19. Bc2 Rb6 $5 (19... Ne2 20. Ba4
(20. Ba5 Qc8 21. Qxa7 Ra8 $11) 20... Bxa4 (20... Nd4 21. Nxd4 {/\} cxd4 $4 22.
Ba5 $18) 21. Qxa4 Nd4 22. Ba5 $1 (22. Nxd4 cxd4 $132) 22... Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Qc8
24. Qc6 $36) 20. Rxb6 axb6 (20... Qxb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. a4 {/\a5|^
}) 21. Rb1 Rb8 $132 {/+/=}) 18. Rxb6 Qxb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Rb1 $14 {[%mdl
4096]} Rb8 21. Nc3 Nf6 22. Rb3 (22. a4 Ra8 $5 23. Bc2 (23. Rxb6 Bxa4 $11 {/+/=}
) 23... Ra6 $14 {doesn't improve White's position, so Khenkin first tries to
penetrate with his R.}) (22. Bc2 {doesn't make much sense, as White needs to
protect the Pe4 to play Ba4.}) 22... Bd8 23. Ra3 Ne7 24. Bc2 Kf8 25. Bc1 $1 {
[%cal Rc2a4] /\Ba4} (25. Ba4 $2 Ra8 {[%csl Re4] ><e4}) 25... Ne8 26. Ba4 Bc8
27. Bxe8 (27. Bc6 $6 Nxc6 28. dxc6 Be6 29. Nd5 Rc8) ({and} 27. Nb5 Ra8 {
both lead nowhere, so White exchanges his "bad" Ba4.}) 27... Kxe8 28. Nb5 Kd7
29. Nh4 $5 (29. Ra7+ Bb7 {/\Nc8+/=}) 29... Bb7 (29... g6 30. Bxh6 $5 (30. g3
Ng8 31. Ng2 $14 {[%cal Yf2f4] /\f4}) 30... Ng8 31. Bf8 Bxh4 32. Bxd6 Rb7 33.
Bxe5 $44) 30. g3 Ra8 31. Rxa8 Bxa8 32. Kg2 Bb7 33. Kf3 Bc8 34. Ke2 Ba6 {
Inconsistent.} (34... Bc7 $142 {[%cal Yc7b8,Yd7e8] /\Bb8,Ke8,f5<=>}) (34... h5
$5 $14) 35. Kd3 g5 {In keeping with Black's plan to simplify the position.
However, his fortress is not so 100% invincible, as it seems and from now on
he must play quite accurately.} (35... h5 $14 {was still playable.}) 36. Nf5
Nxf5 37. exf5 Bxb5 (37... Bc8 $5 {/\} 38. Nc3 Ke8 $14) 38. cxb5 {[%cal Yd3e4,
Ye4f3,Yf3h5]} h5 {This is sooner or later necessary to prevent a possible
Ke4-f3-g4-h5.} 39. Ke4 f6 40. Bd2 {A classical goodB - bad B _|_. White first
improves his position as much as he can without comitting himself. Black's P
are weak, but the closed nature of the position makes it difficult to make any
inroads without sacrifices.} Ke8 41. a4 Kf7 42. f3 Ke8 43. Kd3 Kd7 44. Ke2 Ke8
45. Kf2 Kf7 46. Kg2 Kg7 47. h4 $5 {The only way to make any progress.} (47. f4
g4 48. hxg4 hxg4 49. Kf2 Kf7 50. Ke3 Kg7 51. fxe5 fxe5 52. Ke4 Kf7 $11) 47...
g4 $5 {Although it gives White a protected o^h4, this move further closes the
position. Although somewhat passive, it's arguably the best:} (47... gxh4 48.
g4 $1 hxg4 49. fxg4 $16) ({or} 47... Kf7 48. Kh3 (48. hxg5 $2 fxg5 49. Kh3 Kf6
50. g4 h4 $11) 48... Kg7 49. g4 hxg4+ (49... Kh6 $2 50. hxg5+ fxg5 51. f6 $1
$36 {/\} Bxf6 52. a5 bxa5 53. Bxa5 e4 54. fxe4 c4 55. b6 Bd4 56. b7 Ba7 57. e5
$1 Bb8 58. exd6 Bxd6 59. Bb4 $18) 50. fxg4 $16 {-47...gxh4 also gives White
chances, although it still remains to be seen how and if he can break through.}
) 48. fxg4 hxg4 49. Kf2 Bc7 50. Ke2 Kh7 51. Kd3 Kg7 52. Kc4 Bd8 53. Bc3 {
Final preparations for the break:} (53. a5 $6 bxa5 54. b6 $2 Bxb6 55. Kb5 Bd8
56. Kc6 a4 57. Kxd6 a3 58. Kxc5 a2 59. Bc3 Ba5 60. Ba1 e4 61. Kd4 Bc7 $1 {
[%cal Rc7e5] /\Be5-+}) 53... Bc7 54. a5 $5 {The last try.} Kh7 $2 {From move
12 onwards Black always chose solid and passive moves, here it's one passive
move too many.} (54... bxa5 $8 {[%cal Rc7b6] /\Bb6= was necessary, Black seems
to hold:} 55. b6 $1 (55. Kb3 $6 Bb6 56. Ka4 c4 $5 $36 (56... Kh7 $11 57. Bxa5
$2 Bxa5 58. Kxa5 e4 59. b6 e3 60. b7 e2 61. b8=Q e1=Q+ $19)) 55... Bxb6 56. Kb5
Bd8 (56... Bc7 $2 57. Kc6 a4 58. Kxc7 a3 59. Kxd6 e4 60. Kxc5 $18 {and White
catches both o^.}) 57. Kc6 a4 (57... Be7 $2 58. Bxa5 {[%cal Rc6d7,Ra5d2,Rh4h6]
/\Bd2,Kd7,h5-h6+-}) 58. Kxd6 a3 59. Kxc5 (59. Kd7 a2 $1 (59... Bb6 60. Kc6 Bd8
61. Kxc5 a2 62. d6 Ba5 63. Ba1 {-59.Kxc5}) 60. Kxd8 e4 61. d6 e3 62. d7 e2 63.
Kc8 e1=Q 64. Bxe1 a1=Q $11) 59... a2 60. d6 (60. Kc4 $2 Bc7 $1 61. Kb3 e4 62.
Kxa2 Bxg3 $36) 60... Ba5 61. Ba1 Kf7 $11 {and White can't improve his position:
} 62. Kd5 Bb6 63. d7 Ba5 64. Kc5 (64. h5 $6 Kg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7h6] /\Kh6}) (64.
Kc4 $6 Ke7 65. h5 Bd2 $17) (64. Bc3 Bxc3 65. d8=Q a1=Q 66. Qd7+ $11) 64... Bc7
(64... Ke7 $2 65. h5 $1 Bd2 66. Kc6 Kd8 67. Bb2 $22 Ke7 (67... Bg5 68. Bc3) 68.
h6 $1 Bxh6 69. Kc7 $18) 65. Bc3 Bd8 $11 66. Kc6 $2 e4) 55. a6 Bb8 56. Bd2 Ba7
57. Be3 Kg7 58. Kb3 Kh7 59. Kc4 Kg7 60. Kd3 Kh7 61. h5 Kg7 62. h6+ (62. h6+ Kh7
(62... Kf7 63. h7 Kg7 64. Bh6+ Kxh7 65. Bf8 Kg8 66. Bxd6 Kf7 67. Bc7 Ke7 68.
d6+ Kd7 69. Kc3 e4 70. Kc4 $22 Ke8 71. Kd5 e3 72. Ke6 $18) 63. Ke4 Bb8 (63...
Kg8 64. Bg5 fxg5 65. f6 c4 66. Kf5 c3 67. Kg6 $18) 64. Bg5 $1 fxg5 65. f6 Kxh6
(65... c4 66. f7 $18) 66. Kf5 c4 67. Ke6 c3 68. f7 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3 a6
9. a4 {White's set-up is usually connected with 0-0-0, so he mostly ignores a6
and doesn't weaken his <<.} ({After the immediate} 9. g4 {Black has two
interesting options - he can sacrifice a P immediately, or continue
manouevring:} Re8 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Yd7f8,Yf8g6] /\Nf8-g6,><f4} (9... b5 $5 10.
cxb5 axb5 11. Bxb5 Qa5 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. O-O $6 Bd7 14. Nc4 Qa7 15. Bxd7 Nfxd7
16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. b3 Rfe8 18. Qc2 Nf8 19. Rb1 Ng6 20. Be3 Qa5 21. a4 Rec8 22.
Rfc1 h6 23. Kh2 Bg5 24. Nb5 Qd8 25. Na3 Qf6 $40 {Crickmore,N-Marin,M/
Castelldefels/2005/}) 10. Be3 Nf8 11. Qd2 Ng6 12. Ne2 b5 $1 13. cxb5 axb5 14.
g5 Nh5 15. Bxb5 Bd7 16. Bc4 Qb8 17. Nc3 Qb4 18. b3 Reb8 19. Qc2 Bd8 20. Bd2 Qb7
21. a4 Qc8 22. O-O-O Nhf4 23. Rdg1 Bxh3 24. Rg3 {Van der Sterren,P-Miles,A/
Adelaide/1986/} Bg2 $1 $36) ({The most flexible continuation is} 9. Qe2 $5 {
and only after} Ne8 (9... Nh5 $5 10. g3 g6 {is perhaps worth trying}) {White
plays} 10. g4 $14 {()|^>>}) 9... Nh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5f4,Yg7g6,Yh5g7] The knight
heads for g7, a typical square in the old Benoni. White also can't quite
ignore the positional threat Nf4.} (9... Rb8 $6 {allows White to turn his
attention to the << and thus justify his previous move, after} 10. a5 b6 11.
axb6 Rxb6 12. b3 Nh5 13. Bc2 $1 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Bd2 Bf8 16. Kf1 Qe7 17. Rb1
Bg7 18. g3 Qf8 19. Kg2 Bh6 20. Ng5 Qg7 21. h4 Nf8 22. Na4 Rb7 23. b4 $1 cxb4
24. Rxb4 Rxb4 25. Bxb4 f6 26. Nf3 Qc7 27. c5 $16 {Yrjola,J-Koskinen,H/Turku/
1988/ he realized both important breaks in a model way.}) 10. Ne2 g6 11. g4 Ng7
12. Bh6 (12. Ng3 $142 Kh8 (12... Nf6 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Qd2 a5 $5 (14... Kh8 $13)
15. Bh6 Kh8 16. Qc2 Ng8 17. Be3 Qe8 18. Nd2 Bh4 19. b3 $11 {1/2,Savon,V-Hort,V/
Oerebro/1966/}) 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Qc2 Ng8 15. Ke2 Bd7 $13 {Here we get the
position from our game with White's move, nevertheless it's still not so clear
- White has exposed himself on both flanks and his K in the [+] can be
vulnerable once Black manages to open the position with b5 or f5 (or even both
moves).} 16. b4 $6 (16. a5 $142 f5 $132) 16... cxb4 17. a5 f5 $1 18. gxf5 gxf5
19. exf5 Bh4 20. Ne4 Nxf5 21. Rag1 Nf6 22. Bb6 Qe8 (22... Qe7 $5 $15) 23. Nxh4
Nxh4 24. Nxd6 Qh5+ 25. Kf1 Rg8 26. Be2 Rxg1+ 27. Rxg1 Bxh3+ 28. Ke1 Bg4 {
Lautier,J-Nisipeanu,L/FRA-chT Noyon/2005/} 29. Bxg4 Nxg4 30. Qe2 $14) 12... Nf6
13. Ng3 Kh8 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Ke2 $146 (15. a5 Ng8 16. Be3 Qc8 (16... f5 17. exf5
gxf5 18. gxf5 Bh4 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. Rb1 $5 $36) 17. Ke2 f5 18. gxf5 gxf5 19.
exf5 Nxf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Rag1 Bxd3+ 22. Qxd3 Qe8 23. Qe4 (23. Nd2 $5) 23...
Nf6 24. Qh4 Nh5 25. Qg4 Qf7 26. Nd2 Rae8 27. Ne4 Nf6 28. Nxf6 Qxf6 29. Qe4 Bd8
$132 {Petursson,M-Miles,A/New York/1987/}) 15... Ng8 16. Be3 f5 $5 {Having an
extra move, Nisipeanu follows his game against Lautier without any qualms.} (
16... Qc8 $13) 17. exf5 gxf5 18. gxf5 Bh4 (18... Qc8 19. Nd2 (19. Rag1 b5 $5 {
/\} 20. axb5 axb5 21. cxb5 Qb7 $15) 19... Bh4 20. Nde4 Bxg3 21. fxg3 Nxf5 22.
g4 Nxe3 23. Kxe3 Qc7 24. Raf1 b5 $13) ({More ambitious and possibly even
objectively better was} 18... b5 $5 $44) 19. Rhg1 (19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. Kd2 $5 (
20. Rag1 Nxf5 $1 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 Qh5+ 23. Kd2 Rxf5 $11 {/=/+}) 20... Ne7
(20... Nf6 21. a5 $5 Rae8 22. Rag1 $14) 21. f6 $1 Rxf6 22. Ne4 Rg6 $13 23. Ng3
Rf6 24. Ne4 $11) 19... Bxg3 20. Rxg3 (20. fxg3 Nxf5 $36) 20... Nxf5 21. Bxf5
Bxf5 22. Qc3 Nf6 23. Bh6 Ne4 {This allows simplification and leads to
approximate equality.} ({Black could have fought on with} 23... Rg8 $5 24. Bg5
Qf8 $15) 24. Bg7+ Kg8 25. Bxf8+ Nxg3+ (25... Kxf8 26. Qe3 Nxg3+ 27. fxg3 $36 {
[%csl Rf8] עf8}) 26. fxg3 Qxf8 27. g4 Bd3+ $5 (27... Be4 28. Nd2 {[%cal Ya1f1]
/\Rf1=}) (27... Bg6 28. Qe3 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rxa8 Qxa8 31. b3 $11) 28. Qxd3
$8 (28. Ke3 $2 e4 29. Ng1 Qh6+ $19) 28... e4 29. Qe3 (29. Qxe4 $2 Re8 30. Qxe8
Qxe8+ 31. Kf2 Qe4 $17) 29... exf3+ 30. Kf2 Re8 31. Qg5+ Kh8 32. Re1 $1 $11 Rxe1
33. Kxe1 Qe8+ {Black must support his o^, but this in turn exposes his K to a
perpetual:} (33... Qe8+ 34. Kf2 (34. Kd2 $2 Qe2+ 35. Kc3 f2 $19) 34... Qe2+ 35.
Kg3 Qg2+ (35... f2 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qg5+ Kf7 38. Qf5+ $11 Ke8 $2 39. Qxf2 Qxc4
40. Qe3+ $16) 36. Kh4 f2 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kg7 (38... Kf8 39. Qxd6+ Ke8 40.
Qe6+ Kd8 $2 41. d6 $18) 39. Qe7+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Port Barcares"]
[Date "2005.05.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.05.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 {Nisipeanu has recently taken up the Old Benoni
with some success. Black's position is passive, but solid and offers
counterattacking chances. Probably a good choice nowadays, when even strong
players have little time to learn much about strategy, but must devote all
their energy to keep up to date in their Najdorf and/or Sveshnikov.} 4. Nc3 d6
5. e4 Be7 6. h3 (6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 (7. Nf3 $142 $14) 7... g6 8. Bh6 (8. f3
Nh5 9. Be3 Bg5 10. Qd2 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 a6 12. h4 Qf6 13. g3 O-O 14. O-O-O Rb8 15.
f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Re8 17. e5 $5 dxe5 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. f5 {Harikrishna,P-Sahu,S/
New Delhi/2001/} gxf5 $5 $132) 8... Ng4 9. Bd2 h5 10. f3 Ngf6 11. Qc2 h4 12.
O-O-O Kf8 13. g3 a6 14. f4 Ng4 15. Rdf1 hxg3 16. hxg3 Kg7 17. Nd1 b5 18. b3
bxc4 19. bxc4 Rb8 20. Nec3 Ndf6 21. Rxh8 Qxh8 22. Be2 Qh3 23. Qd3 Nh5 $36 {
Pedersen,S-Nisipeanu,L/Bundesliga 0405/2005/}) 6... Nbd7 7. Be3 {At this point
it's difficult to say if this is the ideal square for the B. Although the
statistics speak for the text-move, more usual and probably better
alternatives are} (7. Nf3 $14) ({and} 7. Bd3 $14) 7... h5 $5 {Black, just as
in Nisipeanu's game above, doesn't castle to make it more difficult for White
to direct his attack. A similar idea of playing on the >> without committing
his K is} (7... Nf8 8. g3 h5 9. Nge2 (9. h4 $5 {[%cal Yf2f3,Yf1h3] /\f3,Bh3+/=}
) 9... h4 10. g4 Ng6 11. Nc1 Nh7 12. Nd3 O-O $5 {With the >> already blockaded
Black can afford this.} 13. Be2 Bg5 14. Qd2 Qf6 15. Rb1 Bf4 16. O-O Ng5 17. Kg2
Bd7 18. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 19. Nxf4 exf4 20. f3 Qe5 21. Bd3 Nh7 22. Ne2 g5 23. Qc3 Qxc3
24. Nxc3 Rfc8 25. Bc2 Kg7 26. Rfe1 f6 27. Ba4 Bxa4 28. Nxa4 Nf8 $11 {Jesic,
D-Miladinovic,I/YUG-chT Cetinje/1993/}) 8. Bd3 {White has two more effective
methods how to fight with Black's plan.} (8. Nf3 h4 9. Be2 $5 (9. Qd2 Nf8 10.
O-O-O Ng6 11. g3 Bd7 12. Kb1 a6 13. Nxh4 Nxh4 14. gxh4 Rxh4 15. f4 Ng4 $1 16.
Bxc5 dxc5 17. Rg1 {Irzhanov,R-Dyachkov,S/WChJ Halle/1995/} exf4 $1 $36) 9...
Nf8 10. O-O Ng6 11. a3 $14 Nh5 $6 12. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 13. Bxh5 Nxc4 14. Qa4+ Kf8
15. Qxc4 Rxh5 16. f4 Rh6 17. e5 Bf5 18. Rad1 $36 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5,Gf4] [+],
Poecksteiner,J-Miltner,A/Luxembourg/1981/}) (8. g3 $5 Nf8 {-7...Nf8} (8... h4
9. Nf3 Nh5 10. Nxh4 Bxh4 11. gxh4 Qxh4 12. Nb5 Ke7 13. Rg1 Ndf6 14. b4 $5 $36))
8... h4 {[%csl Gh4] ()>> Black controls the >> dark squares, which makes it
difficult for White to develop any activity on this part of the board.} 9. Nf3
$146 {Natural enough, but the N will have only little perspective on this
square.} (9. Qd2 Nh5 10. Nge2 Nf8 11. Rb1 Ng6 12. O-O Bf6 13. Nd1 {1/2,Khenkin,
I-Rotstein,A/Bolzano op/2000/} Ngf4 $5 14. Nxf4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 Be5
$44) 9... Nh5 10. Ne2 Nf8 11. Qd2 a6 12. O-O-O $6 {[%mdl 16384] White commits
his K, but after the N has left c3 it will be easier for Black to get in b5.} (
12. g4 hxg3 13. fxg3 Nf6 $1 14. h4 (14. Nh4 $2 Nxe4 $1 15. Bxe4 Bxh4 $17) (14.
b4 b6 $5 $15) 14... Ng4 $36 {[%csl Gg4] ><g4}) (12. b4 $142 $5 b6 13. Bc2 Bd7
$13 {As in Khenkin-Rotstein, White probably should have turned his attention
to the << - it's logical after Black has started to manoeuvre on the >>.})
12... Nf6 $1 {The N returns to stop White's >> activity.} (12... Ng6 13. g4 $5
(13. Kb1 Nf6 {-12...Nf6}) 13... hxg3 14. fxg3 Nf6 (14... b5 $5 15. cxb5 axb5
16. Bxb5+ Bd7 $44) 15. g4 b5 $13) 13. Kb1 Ng6 14. Nh2 {White seeks some
concrete play, but Black is well prepared.} (14. Nc3 Bd7 $15) (14. Ng5 Rb8 $15)
14... Rb8 15. f4 {White never gets any effective pressure in the [+], while
Black quickly launches an overwhelming attack.} (15. Nc3 Bd7 {[%cal Rb7b5] /
\b5|^}) 15... exf4 16. Bxf4 (16. Nxf4 Ne5 17. Nf3 b5 $1 $36 (17... Nfd7 $15))
16... b5 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128]} 17. cxb5 {Gives Black a dangerous P phalanx, but
White can't keep the tension too long:} (17. Qc2 Nxf4 18. Nxf4 Qb6 $5 $36 {/\}
19. Rhe1 (19. Nf3 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nxe4 $17) 19... g5 $1 20. Ne2 bxc4 $17) 17...
axb5 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. Bh2 (19. Bc2 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Qc7 {[%cal Ye7f6] /\Bf6-/+}) (
19. Rhf1 O-O $36 (19... Nge5 $5) (19... Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Bf6 $5 21. Qxd6 Rb6 22.
Qf4 Qe7 $44)) 19... Nde5 20. Nf4 (20. Nxe5 Nxe5 (20... dxe5 $5) 21. Bxe5 dxe5 {
[%cal Ye7d6,Yc8d7,Yc5c4,Yb5b4] /\Bd6,Bd7,c4,b4->} 22. d6 Bf6 $17 {also doesn't
fully solve White's problems, Black threatens to gradually encircle the Pd6.})
20... Nxf4 (20... Nxf3 21. gxf3 Bg5 22. Rhg1 {[%cal Rg1g5] /\Rg5<=>}) 21. Bxf4
Nxd3 $1 {Black doesn't insist on retaining his e5-outpost anymore. He wants to
finish his development and quickly use the <->a for his ->.} 22. Qxd3 O-O 23.
e5 Ra8 $1 {[%cal Rd8a5,Rc5c4] /\Qa5,c4} (23... g6 $2 24. e6 $1 $13) 24. exd6 (
24. Qxb5 $2 Bf5+ 25. Ka1 Rxa2+ $1 26. Kxa2 Qa8+ 27. Kb3 Rb8 28. Qxb8+ Qxb8+ 29.
Ka2 Qa7+ 30. Kb3 Qb6+ 31. Ka2 Qa5+ 32. Kb3 Qb4+ 33. Ka2 Qa4#) (24. e6 $2 fxe6
$19 {[%cal Re6e5,Rc8f5] /\e5,Bf5}) (24. Rhe1 Qa5 25. a3 c4 26. Qc2 b4 27. exd6
Bf6 28. Be5 (28. Re3 b3 $1 29. Qxc4 Bf5+ $19) 28... bxa3 $5 29. Bxf6 gxf6 $19 {
->}) 24... Bf6 $1 (24... Bxd6 $2 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Nxh4 $15) 25. Be5 g6 {
[%cal Rc8f5] /\Bf5} 26. Ka1 (26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. Qc3 Bf5+ 28. Ka1 Rxa2+ 29. Kxa2
Ra8+ 30. Qa3 (30. Kb3 c4+ 31. Kb4 Qxd6+ 32. Kxb5 Rc8 $19) 30... Rxa3+ 31. bxa3
Qc3 $19) 26... Bf5 27. Qc3 (27. Qxb5 Rxa2+ $1 28. Kxa2 Qa8+ 29. Kb3 Rb8 $19)
27... Bxe5 28. Nxe5 $8 (28. Qxe5 Rxa2+ 29. Kxa2 Qa5+ 30. Kb3 c4#) 28... Qxd6
$19 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Ga8a1] The threats on the <->a are decisive.} 29. Nc6 $6 (
29. Rhe1 $142 Rxa2+ (29... f6 $17) 30. Kxa2 Ra8+ 31. Qa3 (31. Kb3 c4+ 32. Nxc4
bxc4+ 33. Qxc4 Qb8+ 34. Qb4 Qd8 $40) 31... Rxa3+ 32. bxa3 f6 33. Nc6 Bd7 $19) (
29. a3 b4 $19) 29... Rxa2+ $1 {Now Black quickly mates.} 30. Kxa2 Ra8+ 31. Na5
(31. Qa3 Rxa3+ 32. Kxa3 (32. bxa3 Be4 $19) 32... Qg3+ 33. b3 Bc2 $19) 31... b4
32. Qc1 (32. Qc4 Rxa5+ 33. Kb3 Qg3+) (32. Qe3 Rxa5+ 33. Kb3 Qd7 $1 $19) 32...
b3+ $1 (32... b3+ 33. Kxb3 Qb6+ 34. Kc3 (34. Ka2 Rxa5#) 34... Qb4#) 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Premier 33rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rivera, Alberto"]
[Black "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. c4 (4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bb5+ $5 {is also a
good try to gain the advantage.}) 4... e5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. e4 O-O (6... Nbd7 7.
Be2 O-O 8. O-O Ne8 9. Ne1 (9. a3 b6 10. b4 g6 11. Ne1 Bg5 12. Bb2 f5 13. Nd3
Ng7 14. g3 a6 15. Bf3 Nf6 16. Bg2 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bh3 19. Re1 Nf5
20. Bxf5 Bxf5 $36 {Marchand,F-Vaisman,V/FRA-chT Clermont-Ferrand/1998/}) 9...
g6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Bf6 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. Qc2 Ne5 14. Rae1 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Be5
16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 a6 19. Rb1 $13 {Lotfy,A-Amin,A/Cairo op/1998/})
7. Be2 {White decides to play a quiet line and is satisfied with a small but
permanent advantage. This is due to more space, which gives him chances to
play actively on both flanks in a position with a blockaded [+] pawn structure.
} (7. h3 Ne8 8. Bd3 {is more ambitious.}) 7... Ne8 (7... Na6 8. O-O Nc7 9. Ne1
a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. g3 Bh3 12. Ng2 Nd7 13. Bg4 Bxg4 14. Qxg4 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16.
b3 Kh8 17. Ne3 g6 18. Ra7 Nf6 $132 {Belunek,V-Biolek,R/MOR-chT/1998/}) (7...
Nbd7 8. O-O Ne8 9. Ne1 Bg5 10. Nd3 a6 11. a3 Rb8 12. b4 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 b6 14. b5
axb5 $6 (14... a5 $11) 15. cxb5 Ra8 16. a4 g6 17. Nb2 f5 18. f3 Ndf6 19. Nc4
Nh5 20. g3 Neg7 21. a5 bxa5 22. Na4 Rb8 23. Rb1 $44 {Karanikolas,K-Skembris,S/
GRE-chTPoros/1998/}) 8. O-O Bg4 $5 9. Ne1 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Bg5 11. Nd3 Bxc1 12.
Raxc1 Nd7 13. g3 $14 {() Despite the exchange of both bad B White maintains
some pressure.} (13. f4 exf4 14. e5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 {1/2,Majer,
D-Schmidle,T/Kassel op/1994/} Nd6 17. Qxf4 Re8 $11) (13. a3 g6 14. b4 (14. Qe3
Qe7 15. b4 b6 16. g3 Ng7 17. f4 f5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Rb1 Rab8 20. Qe2 Rfc8 21.
Nf2 Qf6 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. exf5 Nxf5 24. Nfe4 Qe7 25. Qg4 {Krueger,E-Schmidt,V/
NRW-I/1988/} Nf6 $132) 14... cxb4 15. axb4 a5 16. bxa5 Qxa5 17. Qb2 Qa3 18.
Qxb7 Nef6 19. Qb2 Qxb2 20. Nxb2 Rfb8 21. Rc2 Ra3 22. Nb5 Ra2 23. f3 Kf8 24.
Rfc1 Nc5 25. Nd1 Ra5 26. Ndc3 $14 {Jangel,A-Petrushina,N/RUS-chW/1996/}) 13...
Qe7 14. f4 g6 (14... exf4 $143 15. gxf4 g6 (15... f6 16. f5 $1 $16 {[%cal
Rd3f4,Rf4e6] /\Nf4-e6->}) 16. Rce1 Ng7 17. Qg4 $36 (17. e5 Nf5 $132)) 15. Rce1
a6 16. a4 Ng7 (16... Nc7 $5 $14 {[%cal Yb7b5] /\b5<=>}) 17. f5 Qg5 18. Qe3 (18.
Qf3 $142 $5 {[%cal Rh2h4]} Nf6 19. Nf2 $36 {/\h4}) 18... Qxe3+ 19. Rxe3 f6 (
19... gxf5 20. exf5 Nf6 21. Nf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2e4] /\Nfe4+/-} Nxf5 $2 22. Rf3 $18
) (19... h5 20. f6 $5 (20. h4 Nf6 21. Nf2 Nge8 $132) 20... Ne8 21. Ref3 $14 {()
}) 20. g4 g5 $5 (20... Kf7 $143 21. Rh3 Rh8 22. Rh6 Rag8 23. Rf3 Ne8 24. Rfh3
Kg7 25. a5 $36) 21. h4 Kf7 $6 $146 {Surprisingly this position is not new.} (
21... h6 22. Kf2 Kf7 23. Rh3 Rg8 {1/2,Safjanovskij,M-Cibulka,V/SVK-chT/1994/}
24. a5 $5 $14 {[%cal Yb2b4,Gh1h8] White is still somewhat better. He can
combine the permanent threat of penetration via the h-file withe play on the
<< (b4). Nevertheless, Black's defensive task would have been much easier.})
22. Rh3 (22. hxg5 $142 fxg5 23. Rh3 Nf6 24. Rh6 $5 $36) 22... Rh8 (22... h6
$142 $14) 23. hxg5 fxg5 24. Rh6 $1 $40 {[%csl Gh6] After mutual slips White
gets the right idea. He penetrates with the Kamikaze R, which exerts
tremendous pressure on Black's position and is ready to sacrifice itself. From
now on White's strategy is model and he maintains the pressure to the end.} Nf6
25. Rf3 Rad8 (25... Nxg4 $2 26. Rxd6 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Rc5,Re5] ><e5,c5,b7}) 26.
Nf2 Ng8 (26... Rdg8 $142 27. a5 $1 $16 {[%cal Yc3a4,Yf3b3] /\Na4,Rb3} (27. Nh3
$143 $6 Nge8 {[%cal Rf7g7] /\Kg7})) 27. Re6 $1 Nf6 (27... Nxe6 28. dxe6+ Kg7
29. Nd5 $18) 28. Rg3 (28. a5 $5 $40) 28... h6 (28... h5 29. Nh3 $1 $18) 29. a5
$1 Nxe6 {Black can hardly suffer the intruder any longer.} 30. dxe6+ Kg7 (30...
Ke7 31. Nd5+ Nxd5 32. exd5 {[%cal Rf2e4,Rg3b3] /\Ne4,Rb3+-}) 31. Nd5 Rb8 32.
Rb3 b5 $5 (32... Rhd8 33. Rb6 {/\Nf6,Nd1-e3-d5} Ng8 34. Nd1 $22 $18) 33. axb6
Rb7 34. Nxf6 Kxf6 35. Nd1 $18 h5 36. Ne3 hxg4 37. Nd5+ Kg7 38. Rg3 (38. f6+ Kg6
39. f7 $18) 38... Rh4 39. f6+ Kg6 40. f7 Kg7 41. Rg2 $1 Rh3 (41... a5 42. Rf2
Rh8 43. e7 $18) 42. Rxg4 (42. Rf2 Rf3 43. Rxf3 gxf3 44. Nf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6d7] /
\Nd7+-}) 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Sanxenxo"]
[Date "2004.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.11.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Bd2 $146 {
A slightly mysterious novelty. White indicates his interest in the <<, but
soon enough the B will land on h6 anyway.} ({The most usual move in this
concrete position is} 7. Nge2 Nf8 $5 (7... Nh5 $6 8. g4 Nhf6 9. Ng3 g6 10. Bh6
Bf8 11. Be3 $1 h5 12. g5 h4 13. Nge2 Nh5 14. Rg1 Be7 $6 (14... Bg7 $142 $14)
15. Qd2 a6 16. O-O-O O-O 17. Rg4 b5 18. Rxh4 bxc4 19. Bb1 Re8 20. Rxh5 $1 gxh5
21. Ng3 Nf8 22. h4 Bg4 $6 23. f3 Bc8 24. Nxh5 Ng6 25. Rh1 Ra7 26. Ng3 $18 {
->,Vallejo Pons,F-Graf,A/Benidorm/2003/}) 8. a3 (8. Ng3 $142 $14) 8... Ng6 9.
b4 b6 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Rb1 O-O 12. O-O Nh5 13. Qa4 a6 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Na4 Rb8
16. Rxb8 Qxb8 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Rb1 Rb8 19. Rxb8+ Qxb8 20. Qb2 Qxb2 21. Nxb2 Nhf4
$15 {Rogozenko,D-Seirawan,Y/NED-chT Breda/2001/}) ({However, White has other
alternatives as well, most reasonable moves allow him to fight for an edge
with his ():} 7. Be3 Nf8 8. h3 Ng6 9. g3 Bd7 10. Qe2 h5 11. f4 h4 12. f5 Nf8
13. g4 N6h7 14. Nf3 Ng5 15. Nd2 a6 16. Kf1 g6 17. Kg2 Ngh7 18. Bf2 Bc8 19. a3
Nd7 20. b4 Kf8 21. Rhb1 Kg7 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Bc2 Nf8 24. Nf3 Nfd7 25. Na4 Nxa4
26. Bxa4 g5 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. a4 $16 {Onischuk,A-Miladinovic,I/Skopje op/2002/}
) ({White can also transpose into a different system with} 7. Nf3) ({or} 7. h3
{, preparing 0-0-0 in the process.}) 7... a6 {Perhaps this is not necessary,
as Black won't be able to get in the b5 advance anyway. However, maybe Marin
wanted to postpone castling and thus avoid the possible} (7... O-O 8. g4 $5 $13
) 8. a3 O-O 9. Nf3 {The g4-advance doesn't go well together with White's last
move, so Gurevich opts for solid development.} Nh5 10. O-O g6 (10... Nf4 11.
Bc2 $14 (11. Bxf4 exf4 12. Ne2 Bf6 $11)) 11. Bh6 Ng7 12. Qc2 Nf6 13. b4 b6 14.
bxc5 bxc5 15. Rab1 {More direct and better than} (15. h3 Nfh5 (15... Kh8 $14 {
[%cal Yf6g8] /\Ng8}) 16. Rab1 $5 (16. Ne2 f5 $132) 16... f5 $13 (16... Nf4 17.
Bxf4 exf4 18. Ne2 f5 19. Rfe1 $14)) 15... Ng4 16. Bxg7 {White doesn't want to
lose a tempo and exchanges his important B, but more natural was} (16. Bd2 $142
f5 17. Na4 $14 (17. Rb2 $5 $36)) 16... Kxg7 17. Na4 Qa5 18. Rb2 (18. Nb6 Rb8
19. Nxc8 Rfxc8 20. Rb3 Rxb3 21. Qxb3 Nf6 22. Qb7 (22. Rb1 Nd7 {[%cal Yc8b8] /
\Rb8=}) 22... Rc7 $11) 18... Nf6 (18... Ra7 $2 19. Nb6 $16 {[%csl Ra5] ףa5})
19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Rfb1 Nd7 21. Qd2 (21. Nxd7 Rxb2 22. Rxb2 Bxd7 23. Rb7 Qd8 $11)
(21. Nxc8 $5 Rfxc8 22. Rb7 Rd8 (22... Qd8 23. Qa4 $36) 23. a4 $11 {/+/=}) 21...
Qxa3 $2 {Black's position was solid enough even without this Q-sacrifice.} (
21... Qxd2 $142 22. Nxd2 Nxb6 23. Rxb6 Rxb6 24. Rxb6 Rd8 25. Nb3 (25. Bc2 Rd7
26. Ba4 Rb7 27. Rxa6 Rb2 28. Ra8 Rxd2 29. Rxc8 Ra2 $11) 25... Rd7 26. Rb8 (26.
Na5 Bd8 27. Rb8 Bxa5 28. Rxc8 Rb7 $11) 26... Rb7 $11) 22. Rb3 Qxb3 23. Rxb3
Rxb6 24. Rxb6 Nxb6 25. Qb2 Bd8 26. Nd2 $14 Bd7 27. Qa2 a5 ({Marin doesn't
relish the passive} 27... Bc8 $5 28. Nb3 $14) 28. Qxa5 $5 {Otherwise Black's
fortress holds, as e.g. White can't play} (28. Nb3 a4 29. Na5 $2 Nxd5 $17)
28... Nxc4 {Black chooses the active alternative, but the less ambitious} (
28... Nxd5 $142 $5 29. Qa7 Nf6 $14 {/+/- deserved attention.}) 29. Qa7 Nxd2 30.
Qxd7 c4 31. Bc2 Bf6 32. Qb7 $1 {Black proabbly overlooked this move. White
keeps the R out of the fray, now the o^c4 is doomed in the long run.} (32. Qxd6
$6 Ra8 33. f4 Ra1+ 34. Kf2 Ra2 {[%cal Rd2e4,Ra2c2] /\Ne4,Rc2} 35. Qc7 Rxc2 36.
fxe5 Nb3+ $11 {allows Black to activate his R and gives him a draw at least.})
32... Rd8 33. Kh1 h5 34. g3 Nf3 35. Bd1 (35. Qa6 {also nets the ><c4.}) 35...
Nd4 36. Kg2 h4 (36... c3 37. Qc7 c2 (37... Nb5 38. Qc6 Rb8 39. Ba4) 38. Bxc2
Nxc2 39. Qxc2 h4 $16 {was more resilient, although even here White has
excellent winning chances.}) 37. Qc7 Ra8 38. Qxc4 hxg3 39. hxg3 Bd8 $2 (39...
Ra1 40. Bg4 $16 {will force the R to return anyway.} (40. Ba4 $5)) (39... Be7
$16) 40. Qb4 Be7 $6 {This loses on the spot.} (40... Ra6 $8 41. Qb7 (41. Qb8
Ba5 42. Ba4 Be1 43. Be8 Ra2 44. Qxd6 Rxf2+ 45. Kh3 Nf3 $132) 41... Rb6 42. Qd7
Bg5 43. Bg4 {[%cal Rg4e6] /\Be6+-}) 41. Qb7 (41. Qb7 Ra1 (41... Re8 42. Ba4 $18
) 42. Qxe7 Rxd1 43. Qxd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 73rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2004.08.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shishkin, Vadim"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nge2 (7. Nf3 $14
{, followed by h3 and possibly g4 is considered more promising.}) 7... a6 8. a4
{Rather committal, as White might well do without this move.} (8. h3 $5 h5 9.
Be3 h4 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. a4 Nh5 12. g4 hxg3 13. fxg3 Nf8 14. Nd1 b6 15. Nf2 Nf6
16. Nc3 Ng6 17. Be2 Bd7 18. Qd1 Qc8 19. h4 Nf8 20. Kd2 g6 21. g4 Bd8 22. Qg1
$16 {(),Kaidanov,G-Hoffmann,A/New York/1992/}) 8... b6 (8... a5 9. Bd2 h5 10.
Qc2 Nf8 11. O-O-O Ng4 12. Rdf1 Bg5 13. Nb5 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Ng6 15. g3 Qe7 16. f4
Kd8 17. Nec3 Bd7 18. h3 Nf6 19. f5 Nf8 20. g4 Bxb5 21. Nxb5 hxg4 22. hxg4 Rxh1
23. Rxh1 Ne8 24. Rh8 $36 {(),Hoi,C-Heim,S/Reykjavik/1981/}) (8... h5 9. a5 $1
g6 10. O-O Kf8 11. Bd2 Kg7 12. Na4 h4 13. b4 Nh5 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Bc3 Bd6 16.
Rb1 f6 17. Nb6 Nxb6 18. Rxb6 Bc7 19. f4 $1 $16 {->,Utasi,T-Pountzas,H/Nikea/
1985/}) (8... O-O 9. O-O Ne8 10. g3 g6 11. Bh6 Ng7 12. Qd2 Nf6 (12... b6 $142
$14) 13. f3 Kh8 14. a5 b6 15. axb6 Qxb6 16. Rfb1 Rb8 17. Na4 Qc7 18. b4 Bd7 19.
Be3 Rb7 20. bxc5 Rxb1+ 21. Bxb1 dxc5 22. Bc2 Rb8 23. Qc3 Nge8 24. Nb2 Bc8 25.
Nd3 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Re5] ><c5,e5,Kiseleva,N-Byklum,B/Amsterdam/2000/}) 9. h4 {
()>>} (9. O-O O-O 10. Ng3 {It was better to follow the above example
Kiseleva-Byklum, White plays without a plan and the initiative quickly passes
to Black.} g6 11. Qe2 $6 Ne8 12. Bh6 Ng7 13. Qd2 Kh8 14. Nce2 Rb8 15. Kh1 Nf6
16. h3 Ng8 17. Bxg7+ (17. Be3 f5 $13) 17... Kxg7 18. Nc3 Bg5 19. Qc2 Nf6 20.
Rfe1 h5 21. Nf1 h4 22. Nh2 Nh5 $36 {Manzi Bardao,L-Mercadante,R/Rio de Janeiro/
2000/}) 9... g6 (9... O-O 10. Ng3 $1 {[%cal Yg3f5] /\Nf5} g6 11. h5 $40) 10. f3
h5 $1 11. Be3 Ng8 12. g3 Bf8 $1 {[%mdl 32] In a position with a closed [+]
strategic considerations are often more important, than castling and
development. Black wants to exchange his bad B before undertaking any
premature activity.} 13. Bg5 (13. f4 Ngf6 $1 $13 {[%csl Rg4] /=/+,><g4}) 13...
Qc7 (13... f6 14. Be3 Bh6 {already enables White to consider} 15. f4 $5 {
() seriously, as now Black can't well profit from the ><g4.}) 14. Nc1 Bh6 15.
Bf1 f6 (15... Bxg5 $5 16. hxg5 $14 {[%cal Yf1h3] /\Bh3|^}) 16. Bd2 (16. Bxh6
Nxh6 17. Nd3 f5 $5 $132) 16... Nf8 (16... f5 17. Bg5 $5 $14) 17. Nd3 Bxd2+ 18.
Qxd2 Nh6 19. f4 {Just as on move 13, this gives Black g4 and a lot of <=>.
White's chances lie on the opposite flank:} (19. a5 $5 bxa5 20. Nd1 f5 $132 {
/+/=}) (19. b4 cxb4 $5 20. Nxb4 Nd7 $132) 19... Bg4 20. Bh3 ({Safer was} 20.
fxe5 $142 fxe5 (20... dxe5 21. a5 $1 $36) 21. Be2 $11) 20... Bxh3 21. Rxh3 Ng4
22. Rh1 Nd7 23. Kd1 O-O 24. Nf2 (24. f5 b5 $5 25. fxg6 (25. cxb5 gxf5 26. exf5
axb5 27. Nxb5 Qb7 $36) 25... bxc4 26. Nf2 $13) (24. Kc2 $5 $11) 24... Nxf2+ 25.
Qxf2 f5 $15 {Black's K is safer and he is better prepared for the [+] showdown.
However, his edge is only slight and rather volatile.} 26. Kc2 Rae8 (26... fxe4
$5 {/\} 27. Nxe4 b5 {[%csl Rc2] עc2}) (26... exf4 27. gxf4 $1 $13) 27. Rae1
Nf6 {Black decides to force the liquidation of the [+] tension, but White is
already prepared and can hold the position.} 28. exf5 (28. fxe5 $6 Nxe4 29.
Nxe4 (29. exd6 Qxd6 30. Qf4 Qd7 $15) 29... fxe4 30. Qg2 Rxe5 $36) 28... Ng4 (
28... gxf5 $143 29. fxe5 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Ng4 $8 31. Qf4 Nxe5 32. b3 $11 {/+/=})
29. Qd2 Rxf5 30. b3 $1 {White has time to make this useful prophylactic move
and place his R on the [+]<->.} (30. fxe5 $5 Nxe5 31. b3 Ref8 $36) 30... Qd7
31. Rhf1 Kg7 (31... exf4 32. gxf4 $5 {gives White enough play, Black's N is
far from the ideal f5-square.} (32. Rxf4 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Rxf4 34. gxf4 Qf5+ 35.
Qe4 Nh6 $1 $36) (32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 33. Rxf4 Ne3+ 34. Kb2 Rxf4 35. gxf4 Nf5 $15)
32... Rxe1 33. Rxe1 Qf7 34. Re4 Rf6 35. Ne2 $11) 32. Re4 $5 $11 Rff8 (32...
exf4 33. Rfxf4 $11) 33. Kb2 Nf6 34. Ree1 exf4 {Opening the position now leads
only to approximate equality, White's activity will compensate his vulnerable
>>.} 35. Rxf4 Rxe1 (35... Qh3 36. Rxf6 $1 Kxf6 37. Ne4+ Kg7 (37... Rxe4 38.
Rxe4 Qxg3 39. Qh6 $1 $44 {/\} Qg2+ 40. Ka3 Qxe4 41. Qxf8+ Ke5 42. Qe7+ Kf4 43.
Qxd6+ Qe5 44. Qxe5+ Kxe5 45. a5 $1 bxa5 46. Ka4 $16) 38. Qc3+ Kh6 39. Qd2+ $11)
36. Qxe1 Qe8 37. Ne4 $5 (37. Qd2 Qe5 $15) 37... Qe5+ (37... Nxe4 $6 38. Rxe4
$36) (37... b5 $5 $13) 38. Qc3 $8 (38. Ka2 $2 Re8 $19) 38... Nxe4 (38... Qxc3+
39. Kxc3 (39. Nxc3 Re8 $36 {[%cal Ge8e1] <->e}) 39... Nxe4+ 40. Rxe4 Rf3+ 41.
Kc2 Rxg3 42. Re7+ (42. Re6 g5 $1 $15) 42... Kh6 43. Re6 $13) 39. Qxe5+ dxe5 40.
Rxe4 Rf2+ 41. Kc3 Rf3+ 42. Kc2 Kf6 (42... Rxg3 $2 43. Rxe5 $16 {[%csl Gd5] o^d5
}) 43. g4 Rh3 (43... hxg4 44. Rxg4 Rh3 45. Kb2 (45. d6 Ke6 46. Rxg6+ Kd7 47.
Rh6 e4 $44) 45... Rd3 (45... Kf5 46. Rg5+ $11) 46. Kc2 $11) 44. d6 $1 (44. gxh5
gxh5 45. d6 Rg3 $1 $17) 44... Ke6 45. Rxe5+ $1 {White must have foreseen this
saving clause already around move 37, as otherwise the R_|_ would have been
difficult for him.} (45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Rxe5+ $1 {was also good, here Black
would have to take the R and force a perpetual.}) 45... Kxd6 (45... Kxe5 46. d7
Rh2+ 47. Kd3 Rh1 48. Ke2 Rh2+ $11) 46. Rd5+ Kc6 47. gxh5 Rxh4 $1 {This leads
to a dead draw.} (47... gxh5 $2 48. Rxh5 $14 {/=}) 48. hxg6 Rg4 49. Rh5 (49.
Rh5 Rxg6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS10 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Urban, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 (5... Be7 6. Nge2 (6. h3 Nbd7
7. Nf3 h5 $5 8. Be3 Nf8 9. Qd2 Ng6 10. Bd3 h4 11. O-O-O a6 12. a4 Bd7 13. Kc2
Nh5 14. Ra1 Nhf4 15. Bf1 f5 16. Qd1 b5 (16... Rb8 $13) 17. cxb5 axb5 18. axb5
fxe4 19. Nd2 Bf5 20. g4 $1 $36 {Nikitin,A-Urban,J/Dortmund op-A/1993/}) 6...
O-O 7. Ng3 Ne8 8. h4 $1 a6 9. a4 b6 10. Bd3 Ra7 11. Qf3 h6 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13.
exf5 Nd7 14. Ne4 Nef6 15. Ra3 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Rb7 18. Bc2 Nh7 19.
Rah3 b5 20. g4 $40 {Fyllingen,R-Jansa,V/Gausdal AC/1993/}) 6. Be2 (6. Nf3 Be7
7. Bd3 Nf8 8. O-O Ng6 9. a3 Bd7 10. Re1 a6 11. b4 b6 12. h3 h5 13. Be3 h4 14.
Rb1 Nh5 15. a4 a5 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Qb3 Ngf4 18. Bf1 g5 19. Qb6 $14 {Agnos,
D-Manolov,I/Cannes op/1993/}) 6... Be7 7. g4 $5 $146 (7. Nf3 Nf8 8. O-O (8. h4
$5 h5 9. g3 Ng6 10. a3 O-O 11. Nh2 b5 12. cxb5 Qa5 13. Bd2 a6 14. bxa6 Bxa6 15.
O-O Rfb8 16. Bc1 Nf8 17. Re1 $16 {Vokac,M-Langner,L/Ostrava/1991/}) 8... Ng6 9.
Ne1 $1 Nf4 10. Bxf4 exf4 11. Nd3 g5 12. b4 cxb4 13. Qa4+ Kf8 14. Qxb4 Nd7 15.
Nb5 Qb6 16. e5 $1 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 a6 18. c5 dxc5 19. Qc3 Bf6 20. d6 $1 axb5 21.
Nd7+ Bxd7 22. Qxf6 {1-0/Farago,I-Goy,U/Berlin op/1988/}) 7... Nf8 (7... h6 $142
$13) 8. g5 Ng8 9. h4 $14 h6 (9... f6 10. Bg4 $1 fxg5 11. Bxc8 Rxc8 12. hxg5 $14
{<->h,()}) (9... Ng6 10. Bg4 $36 {/\Bf5!,Qg4,Nf3}) 10. Nf3 hxg5 (10... Bg4 11.
Rg1 Qc8 12. Be3 $14) 11. Nxg5 Bxg5 (11... Ng6 12. Bh5 $1 {/\Ne6} Bxg5 13. hxg5
(13. Bxg5 Nf6 14. Bxg6 fxg6 $13) 13... N8e7 14. Qf3 $36) 12. Bxg5 Qxg5 $2 (
12... Nf6 $142 13. h5 $14) 13. hxg5 Rxh1+ 14. Bf1 Bh3 15. Qa4+ $8 Ke7 16. Ke2
$1 $18 Ng6 (16... Bxf1+ 17. Rxf1 Rh5 18. Qb5 Rb8 19. Qa5 $18) 17. Bxh3 Nf4+ (
17... Rxa1 18. Qd7+ Kf8 19. Qxd6+ N8e7 20. Bf5 $18 {/\Bg6,Qc5}) 18. Kd2 Rxh3 (
18... Rxa1 19. Qd7+ Kf8 20. Qxd6+ Ne7 21. Bf5 $18) 19. Qb5 Rb8 20. Qa5 $1 Rd8
21. Qxa7 Rf3 22. Rf1 f6 (22... Rd7 23. Na4 f6 24. Nb6 Rc7 25. Qb8 $18) 23.
Qxb7+ Rd7 24. Qc8 Rd8 25. Qg4 Rd3+ 26. Kc2 Rd4 27. gxf6+ (27. gxf6+ Kxf6 28.
Rg1 g6 29. Qh4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Starosek, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Ne8 8. Nge2 g6
(8... Bg5 $6 9. f4 exf4 10. gxf4 Bh4+ 11. Ng3 f5 12. O-O fxe4 13. Ncxe4 $36) (
8... Nd7 9. O-O Kh8 $5 10. Be3 g6 11. Qd2 Ng7 12. Bh6 $6 a6 13. a4 Nf6 14. Nc1
Ng8 15. Bxg7+ Kxg7 16. Nd3 f5 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Bg5 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. Bh3 Nh6
21. Re2 Nf7 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Qe1 Bxf4 24. gxf4 Qf6 $10 {Lacrosse,M-Jansa,V/
Ostend op/1993/}) 9. O-O (9. Bh6 $5 Ng7 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. O-O Nf6 (11... f5 12.
f4 Rf7 13. b3 a6 14. Bh3 Bf6 15. Rac1 (15. Rae1 $5) 15... Qe7 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17.
Bxg7 Bxg7 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Na4 f4 $5 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Nxf4 Rcf8 22. Nc3 Qg5
23. Kh1 Ng6 24. Nce2 $14 {Lengyel,L-Cobo Arteaga,E/La Habana ol/1966/}) (11...
a6 12. f4 Kh8 13. Nc1 $5 Rb8 14. a4 exf4 15. Bxf4 g5 16. Be3 Ne5 17. b3 Ng4 18.
Nd3 Bf6 19. e5 $1 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxg5 f6 22. Bf4 Bf5 23. Rae1 Qb6 24.
Bxe5 fxe5 25. Ne4 $36 {Bartels-Sage/Aalborg/1987/}) 12. h3 Kh8 13. Kh2 $5 Ng8
14. Be3 f5 15. f4 Bf6 16. fxe5 $5 Bxe5 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Nf6 19. Rae1 fxe4
20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. g4 Rf8 24. Qc3 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Rxf6
26. Ne2 $36 {פg7,Magerramov,E-Serebrjanik,A/Moscow op Russian Winter/1991/})
9... Ng7 10. Be3 (10. f4 exf4 11. gxf4 Nd7 12. b3 f5 13. Bb2 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf6
15. N2g3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. Qd2 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rae1
Rae8 21. Rf2 Re7 $17 {Cruz Lopez,C-Manolov,I/Cannes op/1992/}) 10... Nd7 11.
Qd2 a6 12. Rab1 (12. f4 exf4 (12... f5 $5) 13. gxf4 f5 14. Ng3 fxe4 15. Ncxe4
Nf6 $132) 12... f5 13. f3 fxe4 $5 (13... b5 $2 14. cxb5 axb5 15. b4 $16) (13...
Rf7 14. a3 $14 {/\b4}) 14. fxe4 (14. Nxe4 Nf5 15. Bg5 $5 Nf6 $132) 14... Rxf1+
15. Rxf1 Nf6 16. h3 (16. Bg5 Ng4 $10) 16... h5 $5 17. a3 h4 18. gxh4 (18. g4
Nh7 19. b4 b6 20. Rb1 Bg5 $132) 18... Nh7 19. Bf2 (19. b4 b6) 19... Bxh4 20. b4
b6 21. Bxh4 (21. bxc5 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 bxc5 23. Qh6 Qg5 $10) 21... Qxh4 22. Qe1
Qxe1 (22... Qg5 23. Qg3 $10) 23. Rxe1 cxb4 $5 (23... Bd7 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Rb1
$14) 24. axb4 Bd7 25. Ra1 Nh5 (25... Nf6 $10 {/\} 26. Nb5 Nge8) 26. Nb5 $5 Bxb5
$8 27. cxb5 a5 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. Nc3 N7f6 {/\Nd7=/+} 30. b6 Rb8 31. Rb1 Nd7 32.
Na4 $8 (32. b7 $2 Nc5) 32... Nhf6 33. Rb5 (33. b7 Kf7 $15 {/\Ke7-d8-c7}) (33.
Kf2 Nc5 $5 34. Nxc5 dxc5 $132) 33... Kf7 34. Bf3 (34. Kf2 $5) 34... Ke7 35. Kf2
(35. Rxa5 Nxb6 36. Rb5 Nbd7 $10) 35... g5 36. Ke3 {/\Bg4} Rh8 $5 37. Bg2 (37.
Bg4 $142 $5 Nxg4+ (37... Rh4 38. Bf5 $14) 38. hxg4 Rh3+ 39. Kd2 {/\} Ra3 40.
Nc3 Kd8 41. Rb1 $1 $36) 37... Rb8 38. Bf3 Rh8 39. Bg2 Rb8 40. Bf1 Rf8 $5 41.
Rxa5 Nxd5+ 42. exd5 (42. Rxd5 Rxf1 43. Rb5 Rh1 44. b7 Rxh3+ 45. Kd2 Rh8 $10)
42... Rxf1 43. Ra7 Rh1 44. Ke4 (44. b7 Rxh3+ {/\Rb3}) 44... Rxh3 45. Kf5 Rf3+
46. Kxg5 Rb3 47. Kf5 Rb4 48. b7 Nb8 {/\Kd7-c7} 49. Nc3 Rf4+ $5 (49... Kd7 50.
Ne4 Kc7 51. Ra1 Rxb7 52. Rc1+ Kd7 53. Rh1 $44) 50. Kg5 Rb4 51. Kf5 Rf4+ 1/2-1/2

