[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 f6 7. exf6 Nxf6 (7...
Qxf6 8. Nf1) 8. O-O Bd6 9. c4 $1 b6 $2 (9... O-O 10. c5 Be7 11. Bb5 $14) 10.
cxd5 exd5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Re1+ Ne7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Ne5 $16 Qf5 15. Qa4+ Kf8
16. Nf1 Bxe5 17. dxe5 (17. Rxe5 Qd7 18. Qd1 $16) 17... Ng4 18. Bf4 c5 19. Ng3
Qe6 20. Bg5 Nh6 21. f4 $1 {Now whichever knight goes to f5 white captures the
other one with advantage} Nef5 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Nxf5 Qxf5 24. Qc6 Kg7 25. Qxd5
Qxf4 26. Re4 $18 Qf5 27. Qb7+ Kg6 28. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Metalska Trgovina CC 90"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "2002.01.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Soln, Primoz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bd3 Nb4 7. Be2 c5 8. c3
Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Nb3 a5 12. a4 Nb4 13. Bb5 Be7 14. Bg5 Qd8 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nc5 O-O 17. Nd3 Nb6 18. Nxb4 Qxb4 19. Ra3 Qe7 20. Rb3 Bd7 21.
Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Rxb7 Rab8 23. Ra7 Qd8 24. b3 Rb4 25. Qc2 Nb8 26. Rc1 h6 27. h4
Qb6 28. Qc7 Rxb3 29. Rxa5 Qb4 30. Rcc5 Qa3 31. Ra7 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Qd3 33. Qe7 $1
{[%csl Gc5] Opening the way for the c5-rook.} g6 {[%tqu "En","White's
advantage is ovewhelming, but what's the most efficient way to conclude the
game?","Try to deflect the f8-rook.","Use your c5-rook for the decisive
strike!","c5c8","This is a nice touch!",4]} 34. Rc8 $1 {[%csl Rf7,Rf8,Rg8]
[%cal Ga7g7]} (34. Rc8 {The shortest way to victory! Black resigned in view of
the line} Rxc8 35. Qxf7+ Kh8 36. Qh7#) 1-0

[Event "Moscow3"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Janovsky, Sergey"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bb5 a5 (6... Be7 7. O-O (
7. Nb3 a5 8. a4 Ncb8 9. h4 $1 b6 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Kf8 13. Rh3
Ba6 14. Rf3+ Kg8 15. Qf7+ Kh7 16. Bxh6 $1 {Georgiev,Kr-Borngasser,R/Halkhidiki/
1990/1:0/34/}) 7... a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nb3 c5 10. Na5 Nb8 11. Be3 cxd4 12. Nxd4
O-O 13. b4 $1 {Tseitlin,Ma-Naumkin,I/St-Peterburg/1992/1:0/22/}) 7. O-O $5 (7.
a4 Na7 (7... Ncb8 $5 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 b6 10. c3 Ba6) 8. Bd3 c5 9. c4 cxd4 10.
cxd5 Nc5 11. Nc4 exd5 12. Na3 Be7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nc2 Bg4 15. Bb5 Ne6 16. h3
Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Ncxd4 $14 {Swidler,P-Martinez Fonn,O/Dortmund op/1991/1:0/
41/}) (7. c3 Na7 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 a4 12. Nf1 Be7 13.
Ng3 h5 $13 {ErmenkovE-Kovacevic Vlado/Kavala/1990/0:1/39/}) 7... Na7 8. Bd3 c5
9. c4 $1 dxc4 (9... cxd4 10. cxd5 Nc5 11. Nc4 (11. Nb3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Qxd5 $10)
11... exd5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Na3 $36) 10. Nxc4 Nc6 11. Be4 $1 (11. Bg5 Qc7 12.
Rc1 h6 13. Bd2 $14) 11... cxd4 (11... Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc5 14. Nd6+
Kf8 15. Qc3 $16) 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qxd4 c5 14. Qg4 Ba6 (14... g6 15. Bg5 Qc7
16. Rfd1 $16) 15. Nd6+ $1 $16 (15. Rd1 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qc7 17. Bf4 Be7 $14) 15...
Bxd6 16. Qxg7 Rf8 (16... Bf8 17. Qxh8 Bxf1 18. Bg5 Qb6 19. Rxf1 $16) 17. exd6
Bxf1 18. Bg5 Qb6 (18... f6 19. Re1 e5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5+ fxe5 22. Bxd8 Rf7
23. Qg8+ Rf8 24. Qe6+ Kxd8 25. Qe7+ $18) 19. Be7 $1 $18 (19. Rxf1 Qxd6 20. Qxh7
f6 $13) 19... Ba6 (19... Bd3 20. Ne5 Bf5 (20... Nxe5 21. Qxf8+ Kd7 22. Qxa8 $18
) 21. Bxf8 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Kxf8 23. Qh8# $18) 20. Ng5 Ra7 21. Nxh7 (21. Bxf8 Nxf8
) 21... Bd3 22. Qxf8+ $1 (22. Qxf8+ Nxf8 23. Nf6#) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Greenville"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1983.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 $6 6. c3 (6. Bd3 Nxd2 7.
Bxd2 Nb4 8. Be2 c5 9. dxc5 $16) 6... Nxd2 7. Bxd2 h6 (7... Be7 8. Bd3 O-O $2 9.
h4 $1 h6 10. Bb1 {/\11.Qc2}) 8. Bd3 Bd7 9. O-O Qe7 10. b4 (10. c4) 10... g5 11.
h3 Bg7 12. Rb1 b6 (12... O-O 13. Nh2 $1) 13. Qc2 a5 14. b5 Nd8 15. Nh2 (15. c4)
15... h5 16. Qc1 $1 f6 (16... g4 $2 17. Bg5) 17. c4 $1 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Rc8 19.
exf6 Bxf6 20. Bg6+ Kf8 21. Qe2 Be8 22. Bxe8 Qxe8 23. Rb3 $1 Qd7 24. Rf3 Kg7 25.
Rxf6 $6 (25. Bxg5 $1 Bxg5 (25... Bxd4 26. Rd1) 26. Qe5+ Kg6 27. Qxh8 Nf7 28.
Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 29. Qh7+ Ke8 30. Qg8+ Ke7 31. Qxg5+) 25... Kxf6 26. Qe5+ Kg6 27.
Qxg5+ (27. Qxh8 $2 Nf7) 27... Kf7 28. Nf3 Ke8 29. Re1 Qe7 30. Qg6+ Qf7 31. Qe4
Rg8 32. Bg5 Qg6 33. Qe3 Nf7 $1 34. Qxe6+ Qxe6 35. Rxe6+ Kf8 36. Be7+ Kg7 37.
Bf6+ Kh7 38. Re7 Kg6 39. Re6 Kh7 (39... Kf5 40. d5 $1) 40. d5 Rce8 41. Rc6 Rc8
42. h4 $1 Rg6 43. Ng5+ Kg8 44. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 45. d6 $1 Rcg8 46. dxc7 Rxg2+ 47.
Kf1 Rg1+ 48. Ke2 Rc8 49. Bd4 Rb1 50. a4 Rb4 51. Bxb6 Rxa4 52. Bc5 Ra2+ 53. Kd3
Rb2 54. b6 a4 55. Kc3 Rb1 56. Kc4 Ke8 57. Re6+ Kf7 1-0

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 11th"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "2007.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Zaragatski, Ilja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "213"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was probably the most important game of the tournament for me. My
opponent had just beaten Sergei Tiviakov (2648) the round before, and was
clearly underrated. He was also pressing for most of the game here, until I
blundered terribly in an equal position. Who knows how the tournament might
have turned out if he had found the refutation or at least not blundered a
piece the next move. As is, this win gave me momentum to beat Stellwagen (2631)
in the next round as well. Although the race remained very close, in the end I
won on tiebreaks with 7.5/9. Dies war wahrscheinlich die wichtigste Partie des
Turniers für mich. In der Runde zuvor hatte mein Gegner gerade Sergei Tiviakov
(2648) geschlagen und war elomäßig eindeutig unterbewertet. Auch in dieser
Partie übte er über weite Strecken Druck aus, bis ich in gleicher Stellung
schrecklich patzte. Wer weiß, wie das Turnier gelaufen wäre, wenn er die
Widerlegung gefunden oder wenigsten im nächsten Zug keine Figur eingestellt
hätte. Wie es kam, verlieh mir dieser Sieg den Schwung, in der nächsten Runde
auch noch Stellwagen (2631) zu schlagen. Das Rennen blieb zwar sehr knapp,
doch am Ende wurde ich mit 7.5/9 Wertungssieger.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {
For this tournament I had prepared the Tarrasch, rather than my usual 3.Nc3.
In my view Black has good chances to reach equality after 3.Nc3 Nf6. Für
dieses Turnier hatte ich statt meines gewohnten 3.Nc3 die Tarraschvariante
vorbereitet. Meines Erachtens hat Schwarz nach 3.Nc3 Nf6 gute Chancen auf
Ausgleich..} Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bd3 $5 {An interesting move which
surprisingly is not very popular. The idea is primarily prophylactic; White
takes measures against Black's only freeing pawn break, ...f6. Ein
interessanter Zug, der überraschenderweise nicht sehr populär ist. Die Idee
ist in erster Linie prophylaktisch; Weiß ergreift Maßnahmen gegen den einzigen
befreienden Bauernhebel von Schwarz, ...f6.} f6 ({In fact the most common move
is Der gebräuchlichste Zug ist} 6... Nb4 {, but it leads to a line of the
Tarrasch with an extra tempo for White (the bishop will be on e2 rather than
f1): , führt aber zu einem Tarrasch-Abspiel mit einem Mehrtempo für Weiß (der
Läufer wird auf e2 stehen und nicht auf f1):} 7. Be2 c5 8. c3 Nc6) 7. Ng5 $1 {
The whole point behind 6.Bd3. Otherwise Black achieves a comfortable position.
The move Ng5 is known from several variations in the Tarrasch (such as 3...Nf6
4.e5 Nfd7 5.Ngf3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bd3 f6 8.Ng5), but is generally an incorrect
sacrifice. Here if Black accepts he will lose. Die ganze Pointe von 6.Bd3.
Ansonsten erreicht Schwarz eine bequeme Stellung. Den Zug Ng5 kennt man aus
diversen Varianten im Tarrasch (z.B. 3...Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Ngf3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.
Bd3 f6 8.Ng5), er stellt aber im allgemeinen ein inkorrektes Opfer dar. Hier
wird Schwarz, wenn er annimmt, verlieren.} Ndxe5 (7... fxg5 $2 8. Qh5+ g6 (8...
Ke7 9. Nf3) 9. Bxg6+ hxg6 10. Qxg6+ Ke7 11. Ne4 $1 Bh6 (11... Ndxe5 12. dxe5
Nxe5 13. Qf6+ Kd7 14. Qxe5 $18) 12. Bxg5+ Bxg5 13. Qg7+ Ke8 14. Qxh8+ Nf8 15.
Qh5+ Kd7 16. Nc5+ $18) 8. dxe5 fxg5 9. Qh5+ g6 $1 {The only move. Black
sacrifices a pawn to open lines for his pieces and lure the bishop to the
insecure g6-square. Der einzige Zug. Schwarz opfert einen Bauern, um Linien
für seine Figuren zu öffnen und den Läufer auf das unsichere Feld g6 zu locken.
} (9... Kd7 10. Nf3 Qe8 (10... g6 11. Qg4 Be7 12. Nxg5 Ke8 13. Bb5 $18) (10...
h6 11. Be3 $5) 11. Qg4 Nb4 12. Bxg5 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 {is rather desolate for
Black. Compared to the game the f- and g-pawns are still on the board, which
makes White's king much more secure. ist ziemlich desolat für Schwarz. Im
Vergleich zur Partie befinden sich die f- und g-Bauern noch auf dem Brett, was
den weißen König sehr viel sicherer macht.}) 10. Bxg6+ Kd7 11. f4 $5 {The idea
behind this move is to keep the e5-pawn protected. A nice idea, but the
drawbacks are equally obvious: White's king has lost protection. Die Idee
hinter diesem Zug lautet, den Bauern e5 gedeckt zu halten. Schön gedacht, aber
die Nachteile sind gleichermaßen offensichtlich: der weiße König hat an Schutz
einbüßt.} ({Possibly White should jettison the pawn and play for an attack
against Black's vulnerable king. One interesting line is Möglicherweise sollte
Weiß den Bauern geben und auf Angriff gegen den anfälligen schwarzen König
spielen. Ein interessantes Abspiel lautet} 11. Bd3 $5 Nxe5 12. Be2 $44 {
, when White retains real compensation for the pawn. Although the minor pieces
look passive huddled together on the first two ranks, they possess enormous
latent energy, which will be revealed after Nb3, Be3, etc. , wonach Weiß reale
Kompensation für den Bauern behauptet. Obwohl die Leichtfiguren passiv auf den
ersten zwei Reihen zusammengepfercht wirken, besitzen sie enorme latente
Energie, die nach Nb3, Be3 usw. freigesetzt wird.}) 11... gxf4 12. Bd3 Qe8 {
It doesn't really make a difference whether Black plays this or ...Nb4 first,
but at some point he will be forced to chase the queen from this commanding
post. Es macht keinen wirklichen Unterschied, ob Schwarz zuerst dies spielt
oder ...Nb4, irgendwann aber wird er die Dame aus dieser beherrschenden
Stellung vertreiben müssen.} 13. Qe2 (13. Qg5 Qf7 $1 14. Nf3 (14. O-O h6 15.
Rxf4 hxg5 16. Rxf7+ Ke8 $15) 14... Nb4 15. Qxf4 Qxf4 16. Bxf4 Nxd3+ 17. cxd3 b6
$11) (13. Qxe8+ Kxe8 14. Nf3 Nb4 15. Bxf4 c5) 13... Nb4 14. O-O Nxd3 15. cxd3 {
In my preparation before the game I assessed this position as favourable for
White due to Black's insecure king and White's rapid development. Now I can
only wonder what I was thinking. After Black's next move it is clear he will
have few problems with his king, while White will sorely miss his
light-squared bishop. In meiner Vorbereitung auf die Partie schätzte ich diese
Stellung als günstig für Weiß ein aufgrund des unsicheren schwarzen Königs
sowie der rapiden Entwicklung des Anziehenden. Jetzt kann ich mich nur fragen,
was ich mir dabei gedacht habe. Nach dem nächsten Zug von Schwarz wird klar,
dass er wenige Problem mit seinem König haben wird, während der Anziehnde
seinen weißfeldrigen Läufer schmerzlich vermissen wird.} b6 $1 {Now I suddenly
realised that only Black could have an advantage here. I will have very
serious problems with my d3-pawn after ...Ba6 and ...Qg6. Nun wurde mir
plötzlich klar, dass nur Schwarz hier Vorteil haben kann. Ich werde nach ...
Ba6 und ...Qg6 sehr ernste Probleme mit meinem d3-Bauern haben.} ({For
whatever reason I only considered Aus irgendeinem Grund erwog ich nur} 15... c5
$2 {, which is clearly bad due to , was eindeutig schlecht ist wegen} 16. b4 $1
b6 (16... cxb4 17. Nb3 b6 18. a3 $36) 17. Nb3 Qg6 18. bxc5 Ba6 19. Rf3 bxc5 20.
Bxf4 $16) 16. Rxf4 ({White should avoid playing d4 as the following variation
should demonstrate: Den Zug d4 sollte Weiß vermeiden, wie die folgende
Variante demonstrieren sollte:} 16. d4 a5 (16... Bh6 17. b4 $1 $44) 17. Rxf4
Ba6 18. Qf2 Be7 19. Nf3 Qh5 20. Be3 Raf8 $15) 16... Ba6 17. Rf6 $1 {This is
pretty much the only way to maintain equal chances, albeit in a very risky way.
White's top priority is to keep Black's queen from g6, and I correctly
considered the rook to be invulnerable after ...Be7. Dies ist so ungefähr der
einzige Weg, um gleiche Chancen zu wahren, wenngleich aus sehr riskante Weise.
Es hat für Weiß Priorität, die schwarze Dame von g6 fernzuhalten, und ich nahm
korrekterweise an, dass der Turm nach ...Be7 unantastbar ist.} Rg8 ({Obviously
critical, and probably best for Black, is Offensichtlich kritisch und
womöglich am besten für Schwarz ist} 17... Be7 18. Nf3 Kc8 $1 {, when I have
not succeeded in finding absolute equality: , wonach es mir nicht gelungen ist,
absoluten Ausgleich zu finden.} (18... Bxf6 19. exf6 Rf8 20. Bf4 $5 Rxf6 21.
Qe5 Rxf4 22. Qxf4 $44) (18... Qh5 19. Rxe6 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Kxe6 22.
b4 $1 $40) 19. Rh6 $5 (19. Bh6 $2 Kb7 20. Kh1 Rg8 $17) (19. Bf4 Rf8 20. Rc1 Kb7
(20... c5 $2 21. b4 $40) 21. Rxf8 Qxf8 $15) 19... Qb5 $1 (19... Kb7 20. Nd4 Bc5
21. Be3 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 $14) (19... Bf8 20. Rf6) 20. Rxe6 (20. Ne1 {minimises
the damage but looks far from pleasant hält den Schaden in Grenzen, sieht aber
alles andere als angenehm aus.}) 20... Re8 {, and now White has little choice
but to go for an unpleasant endgame. Therefore we can say that 17.Rf6 was a
mistake and after 17...Be7 Black could have gained an advantage. However, I
fully believe since Black must play a number of subtle and hard-to-find moves
to reach this far, and since after 20.Ne1 Black's advantage is no greater than
it was at the seventeenth move, that 17.Rf6 deserves the exclamation mark, if
only for its practical strength. , und nun bleibt Weiß kaum eine andere Wahl,
als sich auf ein unangenehmes Endspiel einzulassen. Daher können wir sagen,
dass 17.Rf6 ein Fehler war und Schwarz nach 17...Be7 hätte in Vorteil kommen
können. Ich bin aber fest überzeugt, dass Schwarz, um so weit zu kommen, eine
Reihe subtiler und schwer zu findender Züge finden muss, und dass, da nach 20.
Ne1 sein Vorteil nicht größer ist als nach dem 17. Zug, der Zug 17.Rf6 das
Ausrufungszeichen verdient, und sei es nur aufgrund seiner praktischen Stärke.}
) 18. Nf3 Qh5 {Again we can criticise this on the basis that White's play is
eased somewhat. On the other hand, there is no clear route to an advantage;
Black will instead deploy his pieces to active positions and play on the
long-term power of his light-squared bishop. Erneut können wird dies
kritisieren im Hinblick darauf, dass das Spiel von Weiß etwas erleichtert wird.
Andererseits gibt es keine klare Route zu Vorteil; stattdessen wird Schwarz
seine Figuren auf aktive Positionen bringen und auf die langfristige Kraft
seines weißfeldrigen Läufers spielen.} (18... Bg7 19. Bh6 $1 {(a typical idea,
which causes Black serious problems here) (eine typische idee, die Schwarz
hier ernsthafte Probleme bereitet)} Bh8 (19... Bxf6 $2 20. exf6 Kc8 21. Ne5 $18
) (19... Bxh6 20. Rxh6 $14) 20. Qc2 $5 Bb7 (20... Kc8 21. Rc1 c5 22. d4 $40)
21. d4 Rg6 22. Bg5 $36) (18... Be7 19. Bf4 Qh5 20. Rf1 (20. Bg3 $2 Rxg3 21.
hxg3 Bc5+ 22. Kf1 Qh1+ $19) (20. Rxe6 Qf5 21. Rxe7+ Kxe7 22. Bg3 Qxd3 23. Qf2
Raf8 $17) 20... Rae8 21. Kh1 Rg4 (21... Bxf6 22. exf6 Kc8 $2 23. Qe5 $1 Qxe5
24. Nxe5 $18) (21... Kc8 $5) 22. g3 $1 {(despite how ugly this move looks, and
indeed it cannot be positive to have to play, it has its strong points; the
bishop is securely guarded and Black has some problems coordinating) (so
hässlich dieser Zug auch aussieht, und so etwas spielt man wirklich nicht gern,
er hat doch hat seine Vorteile: Der Läufer f4 wird sicher gedeckt, und Schwarz
hat einige Probleme, sich zu koordinieren)} Bxf6 (22... Rgg8 23. Qc2 $1 Kc8 (
23... Bb7 24. d4 $36) 24. Rxe6 Bc5 25. Rxe8+ $1 (25. Rf6 d4 $132) (25. Rh6 $2
Qf5) (25. Rc6 $2 Ref8 $1 $13) 25... Rxe8 26. a3 {, with b4 next and an
advantage. , nebst b4 und Vorteil.}) (22... Rg6 {is safest and leads to a
roughly equal position following ist am sichersten und führt zu einer etwa
gleichen Stellung nach} 23. Qc2 $1 Bb7 24. d4 c6 25. a3 $5) 23. exf6 Rxf4 24.
f7 (24. gxf4 $5 Kc8 25. Rg1 $13) 24... Rxf7 (24... Rf8 25. gxf4 Kd8 $1 26. Qe5
Qh3 $5 (26... Qxe5 27. Nxe5 d4 28. h4 Bb7+ 29. Kh2 $16) (26... Qxf7 $2 27. Ng5)
27. Rf2 Qf5 28. Nd4 $1 (28. Qxf5 exf5 29. Ne5 d4 $11) (28. Ng5 $5 Qxe5 29. fxe5
Ke7 30. Rf6 $36) 28... Qxe5 29. Nc6+ Kd7 30. Nxe5+ Ke7 31. Rf3 $1 c5 32. Rh3
$16) (24... Re4 $1 25. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 (25... Qxe8 $2 26. Qc2 Qh5 27. Kg2 $1 $16)
26. Qd2 $1 (26. Qd1 Re3 27. Qa4+ Kd8 28. Ng5 Qxg5 29. Qxa6 Qe5 $1 30. Qxa7 Rxd3
$19) 26... Kd8 $1 (26... Rg4 27. Qc3) 27. Rf2 (27. dxe4 $2 Bxf1 28. Ng5 Kc8 $1
29. exd5 h6 $17) 27... Rg4 28. d4 Kc8 (28... Rxg3 29. Qf4 Rg8 30. Qf6+ Kd7 31.
Ne5+ Kd6 32. Nf7+ $11) (28... Re4 29. Kg1 $1 $13) 29. Kg1 Bb5 $15) 25. Ne5+
Qxe5 26. Rxf7+ Kd6 27. Rd7+ Kxd7 28. Qxe5 Bxd3 29. g4 $5 $132 {, and who knows
how this position will turn out! und wer weiß, wie diese Stellung enden wird!})
19. Bf4 Qg4 ({Black could still transpose into the note to Black's eighteenth
move with Schwarz konnte noch immer zu der Anmerkung zum seinem 18. Zug
übergehen, und zwar mit} 19... Be7 {The conclusion there was that Black had
some advantage, but only in a highly complex position and after a lot of
unclear analysis. Dort lautete die Schlussfolgerung, dass Schwarz einigen
Vorteil hatte, allerdings in einer höchst komplexen Stellung und nach einem
guten Stück unklarer Analyse.}) 20. Bg3 Be7 {At this point there is not much
difference between most of Black's options. The most critical approach has
already passed. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt gibt es zwischen den meisten Optionen von
Schwarz keinen großen Unterschied mehr. Der kritischste Versuch ist bereits
passé.} 21. Qc2 {Due to some minor problems with his coordination (Rf4 and Qa4
is immediately threatened while Rc1 is also annoying), Black must retract his
bishop. While this is certainly a concession, White can hardly claim more than
equality. Aufgrund kleinerer Probleme mit der Koordination (es droht
unmittelbar Rf4 und Qa4, und auch Rc1 ist lästig), muss Schwarz seinen Läufer
zurückziehen. Dies stellt zwar sicherlich ein Zugeständnis dar, doch kann Weiß
kaum mehr als Ausgleich beanspruchen.} Bb7 (21... c6 22. Rc1 Rac8 {is another
possibility, which White can meet in a number of ways; for instance ist eine
weitere Möglichkeit, wonach Weiß auf verschiedene Weise reagieren kann, zum
Beispiel} 23. Qd2 $5 Rc7 24. Rc3) 22. Rc1 c6 23. d4 h5 {This was a minor
surprise for me. Still I can't understand why, as it is the most natural move.
Dies war eine kleine Überraschung für mich. Im Nachhinein verstehe ich nicht
warum, denn es ist der natürlichste Zug.} 24. Rf4 $1 {Before I made this move
I had to overcome a number of problems. I saw my opponent gaining the
initiative very rapidly with ...Raf8, when my kingside would come under
enormous pressure. The relative inactivity of the b7-bishop (at the moment it
is primarily a defensive piece) was only temporary: when it would break free
of the central pawn chain it could cause havoc in White's position. Although I
didn't want to retract the rook which has done such a sterling defensive job
over the past few moves, I realised its life on f6 would be shortlived and I
needed to effect a trade of bishops. Bevor ich diesen Zug machte, hatte ich
eine Reihe von Problemen zu überwinden. Ich sah meinen Gegner sehr schnell mit
...Raf8 die Initiative ergreifen, wonach mein Königsflügel unter enormen Druck
kommen würde. Die relative Inaktivität des b7-Läufers (im Moment ist er primär
eine Verteidigungsfigur), war nur vorübergehend: Sobald er aus der zentralen
Bauernkette hervorbricht, könnte er in der weißen Stellung verheerenden
Schaden anrichten. Obwohl ich den Turm nicht zurückziehen wollte, der über die
letzten paar Züge eine so gediegene Verteidigungsaufgabe erfüllt hatte,
begriff ich, dass seine Existenz auf f6 kurzlebig sein würde und ich einen
Tausch der Läufer herbeiführen musste.} Qg6 (24... Qg7 25. Bh4 Raf8 {is hardly
different from the game after 26.Bf6, but gives White extra options such as
ist kaum anders als die Partiefortsetzung nach 26.Bf6, gibt Weiß aber
zusätzliche Möglichkeiten wie} 26. Rxf8 Bxf8 27. Bg5) 25. Bh4 Raf8 (25... Qxc2
26. Rxc2 Raf8 (26... Bxh4 27. Rxh4 Raf8 28. Rf2 Rf5 29. Nd2 $14) 27. Bf6) 26.
Bf6 $1 {An important move. The bishop will be very effective on f6 in the
endgame. Still, this was a difficult choice since 26...Qh6 looked (visually,
but in fact it isn't) very risky for White. Ein wichtiger Zug. Im Endspiel
wird der Läufer auf f6 sehr effektiv sein. Dennoch war dies eine schwierige
Wahl, da 26...Qh6 (allerdings nur optisch) sehr riskant für Weiß aussah.} (26.
Qxg6 Rxg6 27. Rxf8 Bxf8 28. Bg5 {had some initial appeal, as the h5-pawn is
likely to be picked off after h4 and Nd2-f1-g3, etc. In the end, however, I
decided that Black's queenside play would come faster and stronger. The
variation wirkte anfangs verlockend, da der h5-Bauer nach h4 und Nd2-f1-g3 usw.
wahrscheinlich fällt. Am Ende aber beschloss ich, dass das schwarze Spiel am
Damenflügel schneller und stärker kommen würde. Die Variante} c5 29. h4 Ba6 $1
$15 {does indeed seem to justify that asessment, as Black's initiative could
become serious after ...Bd3-e4. scheint diese Einschätzung tatsächlich zu
bestätigen, denn die schwarze Initiative könnte nach ...Bd3-e4 ernst werden.})
26... Qxc2 {Critical is 26...Qh6, but it seems that White doesn't face too
many problems after that. Kritisch ist 26...Qh6, doch es scheint, dass Weß
danach nicht allzu viele Probleme hat.} (26... Qh6 $5 27. Qd2 Bb4 (27... Rg4 $2
28. Rxg4 Qxd2 29. Nxd2 hxg4 30. Bxe7 Kxe7 31. Rf1 Rf5 32. h3 $1 gxh3 33. Rxf5
exf5 34. gxh3 $14) (27... Bxf6 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. Rxf6 Qxf6 30. Ne5+ $44) 28.
Qe3 Be7 29. Qd2) 27. Rxc2 c5 ({An} 27... Rg4 $2 28. Rxg4 hxg4 29. Bxe7 Kxe7 30.
Nh4 {should never be considered by Black, since only White will be playing to
win: sollte Schwarz nie überlegen, da nur Weiß auf Gewinn spielen wird:} Ke8
31. Ng6 Rf5 32. b4 $1 Ba6 (32... Kf7 33. Nh4 Rh5 34. g3 Ke8 35. Ng2 $14) 33.
Rf2 Bc4 34. a3 Kf7 35. Rxf5+ exf5 36. Nf4 $16) 28. Rf2 cxd4 ({Black can play
more ambitiously with Schwarz kann auch ehrgeiziger spielen mit} 28... Ba6 $5 {
, but White will have no trouble holding the balance. One way is , allerdings
wird Weiß keine Schwierigkeiten haben, die Balance zu halten. Ein Weg ist} 29.
Ne1 cxd4 30. Bxe7 Rxf4 (30... Kxe7 31. Rxf8 Rxf8 32. Rxf8 Kxf8 33. Nf3 d3 34.
Kf2) 31. Rxf4 Kxe7 32. Nf3 $11) 29. Nxd4 Bc5 {I took this as a sign that my
opponent wanted a draw. Although I had high ambitions before the game, I
wasn't too averse to a draw now. However, the move 29...Bc5 carries a very
clever trap, which I failed to notice; incidentally, so did my opponent! Dies
fasste ich als Zeichen auf, dass mein Gegner Remis wollte. Obwohl ich vor der
Partie hohe Ambitionen hegte, war ich mittlerweile gegen einer Punkteteilung
nicht mehr sehr abgeneigt. Doch der Zug 29...Bc5 beinhaltet eine ganz clevere
Falle, die ich nicht bemerkte; mein Gegner übrigens auch nicht!} 30. h3 $4 (30.
b4 Bxb4 31. Nxe6 Kxe6 32. Rxb4 Rc8 $15) ({Correct is Korrekt ist} 30. Bh4 $1
Rxf4 31. Rxf4 $11) 30... Rg3 $4 ({Immediately after I played 30.h3 I noticed
the possibility of Sofort nachdem ich 30.h3 gespielt hatte, bemerkte ich die
Möglichkeit} 30... Rxf6 $1 {, and was about ready to resign. I felt as though
I had just fell into a prepared trap. The possibility of 30...Rxf6 was however
purely coincidental: my opponent didn't have the intention of playing it
before and after a few minutes thought didn't notice it after! und stand schon
im Begriff aufzugeben. Ich hatte das Gefühl, in eine wohl präparierte Falle
getappt zu sein. Doch die Möglichkeit 30...Rxf6 ergab sich rein zufällig: Mein
Gegner hatte dies vorher gar nicht beabsichtigt, und nach ein paar Minuten
Nachdenken sah er es auch nicht!} 31. exf6 (31. Rxf6 Bxd4) 31... e5 32. f7 Rf8
$19) 31. b4 {Naturally this was my intention when I played 30.h3. I had
prepared a trap of my own - amazingly my opponent misses that as well! Dies
war natürlich bei 30.h3 meine ABsicht gewesen. Ich hatte nämlich selbst eine
Falle vorbereitet - überraschenderweise übersah mein Gegner auch diese!} Bxb4
$4 (31... Bxd4 32. Rxd4 {is a bit better for White but should be drawn. ist
einen Tick besser für Weiß, sollte aber remis sein.}) 32. Ne2 {Due to a neat
double attack Black must surrender a piece. His strong queenside offers some
minor counterchances, but without any major blunders White must win. Aufgrund
eines hübschen Doppelangriffs muss Schwarz eine Figur geben. Sein starker
Damenflügel bietet ein paar leichte Gegenchancen, doch ohne größere Einsteller
muss Weiß gewinnen.} Ra3 33. Rxb4 Rxa2 34. Nd4 {I realised that almost any
plausible move would win, and didn't want to get involved in any kind of pawn
race scenario. In that case 34.Nd4, considerably simplifying the position,
looked more attractive than 34.Nf4 or 34.Rh4. A good practical decision I
still think. Ich begriff, dass praktisch jeder plausible Zug gewinnen würde,
und wollte mich nicht auf irgendein Szenario mit Bauernwettrennen einlassen.
In dieser Hinsicht sah 34.Nd4, was die Stellung beträchtlich vereinfacht,
attraktiver aus als 34.Nf4 oder 34.Rh4. Eine gute praktische Entscheidung, wie
ich noch immer meine.} (34. Nf4 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 Ba6 36. Nxh5 Bc4 {can look a bit
scary in time trouble. kann in Zeitnot ein bisschen beängstigend wirken.}) (34.
Rh4 $5 a5 35. Rxh5) 34... Rxf2 35. Kxf2 Rc8 36. Rb3 Rc4 37. Ke3 Rc1 38. g4 hxg4
39. hxg4 Re1+ 40. Kf3 Rd1 (40... Re4 41. Rd3 Ba6 42. Rd2 $18 {is hopeless for
Black. The g-pawn is unstoppable. ist hoffnungslos für Schwarz. Der g-Bauer
ist nicht aufzuhalten.}) 41. Ke3 Re1+ 42. Kf3 Rd1 43. Nb5 d4+ 44. Ke2 Rg1 45.
Nxa7 (45. g5 $1 Rg2+ (45... Bd5 46. Rb4 Rg2+ 47. Kd3 $18) 46. Kf1 Bd5 47. Rb4
d3 48. Rd4 Kc6 49. Nxa7+ Kc5 50. Rxd3 Ra2 51. Be7+ Kc4 52. Ra3 Rb2 53. Rg3 $18)
45... Rg2+ 46. Ke1 Rg1+ {These checks are very annoying but can be dealt with
successfully. Diese Schachs sind sehr lästig, lassen sich aber erfolgreich
bewältigen.} 47. Kd2 Rg2+ 48. Ke1 Rg1+ 49. Kf2 Rg2+ 50. Kf1 Rxg4 ({More
challenging was} 50... Ra2 $5 51. Nb5 Ba6 (51... Bd5 52. Rb4 d3 53. Rd4 Kc6 54.
Nc3 Ra3 55. Nxd5 Kc5 56. Rxd3 $5 Rxd3 57. Nc7 b5 58. Nxe6+ Kc4 59. Ng7 b4 60.
e6 $18) 52. Ke1 Bxb5 53. Rxb5 Kc6 54. Rb3 Kc5 55. g5 $18) 51. Rxb6 Bd5 52. Rb4
$1 $18 {This move ends the game. The d-pawn is far from strong, while Black
isn't causing any trouble with his pieces either. The rest is of little
interest. Dieser Zug beendet die Partie. Der d-Bauer stellt keine Bedrohung
dar, und Schwarz kann auch mit seinen Figuren keine Verwirrung stiften. Der
Rest ist von geringem Interesse.} Re4 53. Nb5 d3 54. Rxe4 Bxe4 55. Nd4 Bd5 56.
Ke1 Kc7 57. Kd2 Bc4 58. Be7 Kb7 59. Bb4 Kb6 60. Kc3 Bd5 61. Kxd3 Kc7 62. Ke3
Kd8 63. Kf4 Ke8 64. Kg5 Kf7 65. Kh6 Bc4 66. Nf3 Ba2 67. Ng5+ Ke8 68. Kg7 Bd5
69. Kf6 Kd7 70. Ba3 Ba2 71. Nh7 Kc6 72. Nf8 Kd5 73. Nxe6 Bc4 74. Nf4+ Ke4 75.
Nh3 Bb3 76. Ng5+ Kd4 77. e6 Bxe6 78. Nxe6+ {Of course this position is very
simple to win (as long as you remember just one manoeuvre), but with five
minutes on my clock and no increment and no more time controls, there were
some practical problems. Nevertheless, it goes rather smoothly. Natürlich ist
diese Stellung ganz einfach zu gewinnen (solange man sich nur ein einziges
Manöver merkt), aber mit fünf Minuten auf der Uhr ohne Zuschlag und keinen
weiteren Zeitkontrollen gab es ein paar praktische Probleme. Trotzdem läuft es
ziemlich glatt.} Ke4 79. Bf8 Kd5 80. Ng5 Kd4 81. Ke6 Ke3 82. Ke5 Kd3 83. Kd5
Ke3 84. Bd6 Kd3 85. Be5 Ke3 86. Kc4 Ke2 87. Kc3 Ke3 88. Bg3 Ke2 89. Kd4 Kd2 90.
Nf3+ Ke2 91. Nh2 Kd2 92. Bf4+ Ke2 93. Be3 Kd1 94. Kd3 Ke1 95. Bd4 Kd1 96. Nf3
Kc1 97. Nd2 Kd1 98. Bf2 Kc1 99. Nc4 Kd1 100. Nb2+ Kc1 101. Kc3 Kb1 102. Kb3 Kc1
103. Be3+ Kb1 104. Na4 Ka1 105. Bc1 Kb1 106. Ba3 Ka1 107. Bb2+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 a5 7. a4 b6 8. c3 (8.
Bb5) 8... Be7 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Rxa6 11. O-O Ra8 12. Re1 Nf8 13. Nbd2 Ng6 14.
Nf1 Qd7 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Ng3 Rae8 17. Nh5 f6 18. Nf4 (18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Nxf6+
gxf6 $17) 18... Nxf4 (18... fxe5 $5 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Bd6
22. Qg5 Qf7 23. Be3 e5 $10) 19. Bxf4 f5 20. Reb1 Ra8 21. Qb5 Rfc8 (21... Rfd8
$5) 22. Bg5 Bf8 23. Bd2 h6 24. b4 $6 (24. h4 $5 g6 25. Ne1 Kh7 26. Nd3 Bg7 27.
Nf4 $14) 24... g5 $6 (24... Ra7 $5 25. Qd3 axb4 26. cxb4 Rca8 27. Qc2 Nd8 28.
b5 (28. a5 Nb7) 28... Rc8 29. a5 bxa5 30. Bxa5 Rb7 $15) 25. h4 g4 26. Ne1 Qe8 (
26... Ra7 27. Qd3 axb4 28. cxb4 Rca8 29. b5 Nd8 30. Qc2 c5 31. bxc6 Nxc6 $15)
27. Qd3 axb4 (27... Ne7 28. b5 c5 29. bxc6 Rxc6 30. Rb5 $14) 28. cxb4 Ra7 29.
Bc3 (29. b5 Nd8 30. Qb3 c5 31. dxc5 Bxc5 $17) 29... Rca8 (29... Nd8 $6 30. a5
bxa5 31. bxa5 c5 32. dxc5 Bxc5 33. Qd2 Rac7 34. Rb3 Be7 $15) 30. Qd1 Nd8 31. b5
(31. a5 Qb5) 31... c5 $6 (31... c6 $142 $10) 32. dxc5 Bxc5 (32... bxc5 33. a5
d4 34. Bd2 c4 35. a6 c3 36. Bf4 Bc5 37. Nd3 Bb6 38. Bxh6 $16) 33. Nd3 Nb7 34.
g3 (34. Nf4 $2 g3) 34... d4 $2 (34... Bf8 35. Qb3 Na5 (35... Nc5 36. Nxc5 Bxc5
37. Kg2 $13) 36. Bxa5 Rxa5 37. Rc1 $16) 35. Bd2 Bf8 36. Qb3 $2 (36. Rc1 $1 $16)
36... Rc8 37. Rc1 Raa8 38. Ra2 $6 (38. Rc4 Rxc4 (38... Qd7 39. Rac1 $2 Qd5 40.
Qc2 Nc5 $17) 39. Qxc4 Rc8 40. Qxd4 Rd8 41. Qc4 Qd7 42. Be3 Na5 43. Qa2 Qxd3 44.
Qxe6+ Kh7 45. Bxb6 $16) (38. Rxc8 $5 Rxc8 39. Rc1 Rxc1+ 40. Bxc1 Qc8 41. Bd2
$16 {(Huebner 79)}) 38... Rxc1+ 39. Bxc1 Na5 40. Qb1 Rc8 (40... Qd7 41. Rc2 Qd5
42. Nf4 Qb3 43. Qxb3 Nxb3 44. Rc4 $1 Nxc1 45. Rxc1 Rxa4 46. Nxe6) 41. Rc2 Rc3
$2 (41... Qd7 42. Bd2 Nb7 $14) 42. Rxc3 dxc3 43. Qc2 Qc8 44. Be3 Qc4 45. Bxb6
Nb3 46. Be3 Na1 (46... Nd4 47. Bxd4 Qxd4 48. b6 Qxb6 49. Qxc3 $18) 47. Qe2 $1 (
47. Qd1 Nb3 $1 48. b6 $6 c2 49. Qe2 Na5 $10) 47... Qxa4 (47... Nb3 48. Qa2 c2
49. Nc1) (47... c2 48. Nc1 Qxa4 49. b6 Qb4 50. Qa6 Nb3 51. b7) 48. b6 Nb3 (
48... Qb5 49. Nc1 Qxe5 50. b7 c2 51. Bf4) 49. Qc2 Qc4 (49... Qb5 50. Qxc3) 50.
Qa2 $1 Qd5 (50... Qxd3 51. Qxb3) (50... Qb5 51. Qa8 Na5 52. Bc5 Qxd3 53. Qxf8+
Kh7 54. Qf7+ Kh8 55. Be7 Qb1+ 56. Kh2 c2 57. Bf6#) 51. Nf4 Qd1+ 52. Kh2 c2 (
52... Nd2 53. Qxe6+ Kh8 54. Bxd2 Qxd2 (54... cxd2 55. Qe8) 55. b7 Qxf2+ 56. Ng2
Qb2 57. Qc8 $18) 53. Qxb3 {1-0} c1=Q 54. Qxe6+ Kh7 55. Bxc1 1-0

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1984.02.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Sahovic, Dragutin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1984.02.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8.
Nf1 Bd6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Nb6 (10... Qg6 11. c4 Nf6 12. g3 $14 {(Richmond 80)}
) 11. Ng4 Qg6 12. Nh4 (12. Nfe5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bd7 15. b3 c5 {
Kapengut-Yurtaev Kiev 1978}) (12. h3 $1 e5 $6 13. Ngxe5 $1 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Bxh3
15. Nh4 $1 Qe4 16. f4 Bd7 17. Bd3 $16 {Dolmatov,S-Yurtaev,L USSR 1978 1/2-1/2
??!}) 12... Qe8 13. Nf3 e5 14. Ngxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. c3
Bf5 18. Be3 Nc4 19. Bd4 Qd6 20. b4 b6 21. Re1 Rfe8 22. Bxc4 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 dxc4
24. Qe3 Bg6 25. Be5 Qd3 26. Bxc7 Re8 27. Qg3 Re2 28. h3 Qxg3 29. Bxg3 Rb2 30.
a3 a6 31. Bc7 Rb3 32. Be5 Rb1+ 33. Rxb1 Bxb1 34. f3 Kf7 35. Kf2 Bd3 36. h4 g6
37. Ke3 Ke6 38. Kd4 Bf1 39. g3 Bg2 40. f4 Bf1 41. a4 Kd7 42. b5 a5 43. g4 Be2
44. g5 Bd1 45. Kxc4 Bxa4 46. Bd4 Kc7 47. f5 Bc2 48. f6 a4 49. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Novi Sad"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1984.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Ngf3 exd4 7. Bc4 Qh5 8.
cxd4 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 $1 O-O (10... Bg4 $6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 O-O-O 13.
Qa4 $1 $16) 11. h3 Bd6 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Bxg3 $2 (13... Qa5 $142) 14. fxg3 Rd8
15. g4 Qa5 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Bf2 Be6 18. g5 h5 19. g6 Ne3 20. gxf7+ Kf8 21. Bxe3
Bxc4 22. Ng5 Ne5 23. Qxh5 (23. Qxh5 Nxf7 24. Nh7+ Ke8 25. Qxa5) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch13 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.06.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 f6 7. Bb5 Be7 8. Bf4
O-O 9. exf6 gxf6 (9... Bxf6 10. c3 Ne7 11. O-O Ng6 12. Bg3 Rf7 13. Bxd7 Bxd7
14. Nc5 b6 15. Nd3 Re7 16. Re1 Rc8 17. h4 $16 {Hearst-Byrne USA-ch 1962}) 10.
O-O Nb6 (10... a6 $5) 11. Re1 $14 {(Keene/Taulbut 84)} Bd6 12. Bg3 a6 13. Bd3
Na4 14. Rb1 $14 {(Richmond 80)} b5 15. c3 Bd7 16. Nh4 Rf7 17. Re3 Rg7 18. Qe2
Qf8 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rg3 Rxg3 21. hxg3 Qe7 22. Re1 Qg7 23. Qc2 Nd8 24. Nc1 Rc8
25. b3 Nb6 26. b4 Ra8 27. Nb3 Nb7 28. Nc5 Nxc5 29. bxc5 Na4 30. c6 Bc8 31. c4
bxc4 32. Bxc4 Nb6 33. Bd3 Rb8 34. Qc5 Qf8 35. Bxh7+ Kg7 36. Nf5+ exf5 37. Re7+
Kh8 38. Bg6 Be6 39. Rxe6 Qxc5 40. dxc5 Na4 41. Bxf5 Nc3 42. Re7 Nb5 43. Bd3 Rc8
44. a4 Nd4 45. Bxa6 Nxc6 46. Re6 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 Be7 (6... a5 {
Huebner,R-Larsen,B/Montreal (02)/1979/1-0/44/}) 7. c3 (7. Bb5 a6 $6 (7... Ncb8
8. O-O O-O 9. Bd3 a5 (9... b6) 10. Be3 a4 11. Nbd2 c5 12. c3 $14) 8. Bxc6 bxc6
9. Na5 Nb8 10. O-O c5 11. c4 O-O 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Nb3 Ba7 15. Rc1
$14 {Estevez-Huebner,R/Leningrad izt/1973/1-0/}) 7... f6 (7... a5 8. a4 b6 {
Huebner,R-Larsen,B/Montreal (02)/1979/}) 8. Bb5 fxe5 9. dxe5 (9. Bxc6 $5 bxc6
10. Na5 $1 {Tal; looks very nice for White.} O-O 11. Nxc6 Qe8 12. Ncxe5 Nxe5
13. Nxe5 Ba6 $44) 9... O-O 10. Qe2 Qe8 11. Nbd4 Nc5 $10 12. O-O a6 $2 (12...
Bd7 $142 $1) 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bg5 $1 $14 {Exchanging the bishops weakens
Black on the dark squares.} Bd7 (14... a5 $2 {This move was the idea behind 12.
..a6, but it doesn't work.} 15. Bxe7 Ba6 16. Qe3 $18) 15. Rac1 Na4 16. Bxe7
Qxe7 17. b4 $1 {Full control over the dark squares.} Rfc8 $1 18. Rfe1 h6 19.
Qc2 c5 $1 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. c4 c6 {Black defends very well.} 22. Nd2 Rab8 23.
Re3 Qh4 24. N4f3 Qf4 25. Rc3 Ne4 $8 (25... d4 26. Ra3 $18 {/\Ra5}) 26. Nxe4
dxe4 27. Nd2 Qxe5 28. Qxe4 Qf5 29. Rf3 Qg5 $1 (29... Qxe4 30. Nxe4 $14) 30. Qc2
c5 $1 {Black is right to activate the bad Bd7.} 31. Rg3 Qe5 32. Qg6 Rf8 33. Nf3
Qf6 34. Qxf6 Rxf6 35. Ne5 $16 {The Ne5 is much superior to the Bd7.} Be8 36.
Ra3 Rf5 $1 37. Nd3 (37. Re1 $2 Rxe5 38. Rxe5 Rb1+) 37... Rd8 38. f3 Bg6 39. Rd1
$2 (39. Re1 $142 $16 {/\Ne5}) 39... Rf7 40. Nf2 {Some sources give 40.Nb2}
Rxd1+ 41. Nxd1 Rd7 {just in time.} 42. Ne3 Rd3 43. Rxd3 Bxd3 44. Kf2 (44. Kf2
Kf8 45. Ke1 Ke7 46. Kd2 Bb1 47. a3 Kd6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch22 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.03.14"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Ngf3 Bg4 7. Bc4 Bxf3 8.
Qb3 $1 Na5 (8... Qd7 $142 9. Nxf3 $16 {(Richmond 80)}) 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Bxf7+
Kd8 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. Nxf3 exd4 13. Nxd4 c5 14. Nf3 Ke7 15. Bd5 Nf6 16. Bg5 h6
17. Bxf6+ Kxf6 18. O-O-O Bd6 19. g3 Rhe8 20. Nd2 Bf8 21. Ne4+ Kf5 22. f3 Red8
23. h4 Nc6 24. h5 Be7 25. Rhe1 Ne5 26. Nf2 g5 27. hxg6 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-01"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.07.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1948.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. c4
dxc4 (8... Be7 $2 9. c5 O-O 10. Qa4 Rb8 11. Nb3 Rb5 12. Na5 Nb8 13. b4 f5 14.
Qb3 Bd7 15. a4 $18 {Chandler-Sarapu Wellington 1978}) 9. Nxc4 Nb6 10. Nxb6 cxb6
11. O-O Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nd2 Qd5 14. Qb3 Bd7 15. Rac1 a5 16. a3 Rfc8 17. Qd1
Rab8 18. Nc4 Qe4 19. Re1 Qf5 20. h3 h5 21. Qe2 Be8 22. Rc3 a4 23. Rec1 Rd8 24.
Nd2 b5 25. R3c2 Rb7 26. Nf1 h4 27. Nd2 Rdb8 28. Qg4 b4 29. axb4 Rxb4 30. Qxf5
exf5 31. Nc4 Bd7 32. Bd2 R4b5 33. Ra1 Ra8 34. f4 Be6 35. Ne3 Ra6 36. Rac1 Rbb6
37. Be1 g5 38. fxg5 Bxg5 39. Bd2 f4 40. Nd1 Bb3 41. Rc5 Bxd1 42. Rxd1 Rxb2 43.
e6 Be7 44. exf7+ Kxf7 45. Rf5+ Ke8 46. Rxf4 a3 47. Bc3 Rb3 48. Ba1 a2 49. Rff1
Ra5 50. Rde1 Kd8 51. Rf7 Bb4 52. Rd1 Rb1 53. Rff1 Rxa1 54. Rxa1 Bc3 55. g4
Bxd4+ 56. Kg2 Bxa1 57. Rxa1 Ra3 58. Kf1 c5 59. Ke1 Rxh3 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen Open-04 (Politiken Cup-03)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1982.06.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bellin, Robert"]
[Black "Wiedenkeller, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1982.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Bb5 a5 8. a4
Na7 9. Be2 c5 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. Bf4 g5 $6 (11... Nxc5 12. Nbd4) 12. Bg3 Nxc5 13.
Nxg5 Nxb3 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. Bh5+ Kg7 16. Qg4+ Kh6 17. Bf7 (17. Bf4+ Bg5 18. h4
Bxf4 19. Qxf4+ Kxh5) (17. h4 Rf8 18. cxb3) 17... Bg5 18. cxb3 (18. f4 Nxa1 19.
fxg5+ Kg7) (18. h4 Nxa1 (18... Bd2+ $5) 19. hxg5+ Kg7 20. g6 h6 21. Bh4 Nxc2+
22. Kf1 Nxe5 23. Qe2 Qc7 24. Bg3) 18... Qe7 19. f4 Qb4+ 20. Kf1 Be7 21. Bh4
Nxe5 22. Qh5+ (22. Bg5+ Kg7) 22... Kg7 23. Qxe5+ Kxf7 24. Bxe7 (24. Qxh8 Qe4 $3
(24... Qxf4+ 25. Bf2 Bc5 (25... Qf5 $5 26. Qd4) 26. Qxh7+) 25. Bxe7 Qxf4+)
24... Kxe7 25. Qg7+ Kd6 26. Qe5+ Ke7 27. Qg7+ Kd6 28. Qe5+ Kc6 29. Rc1+ Kb6 30.
Qxh8 Qxf4+ 31. Ke2 Qe4+ 32. Kf2 Qf4+ 33. Ke2 e5 34. Qd8+ Ka6 35. Qd6+ b6 36.
Qxd5 $2 (36. h3) 36... Bg4+ 37. Kd3 Qf5+ (37... Qf5+ 38. Qe4 (38. Ke3 Qg5+ 39.
Ke4 Bf5+ 40. Kf3 e4+ 41. Kf2 Qf4+ 42. Ke2 Bg4+) 38... Rd8+ 39. Ke3 Qg5+ 40. Kf2
Rf8+) 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Hug, Werner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 a6 $6 7. Ng5 Qe7 (
7... h6 8. Nh3 $16 (8. Nxe6 $6 fxe6 9. Qh5+ Ke7 $13)) (7... Be7 8. Qh5 (8. h4
h6 9. Nf3 f6 $132) 8... g6 9. Qh6 Bf8 10. Qh3 $16) 8. c3 b6 (8... f6 9. exf6
Qxf6 10. Bd3 e5 (10... g6 11. f4 $16) 11. Nxh7 Rxh7 12. Bxh7 $16) 9. Bd3 Bb7
10. Qe2 (10. Nxh7 $5 Rxh7 (10... O-O-O 11. Nxf8 $16) 11. Bxh7 g6 12. h4 $16 Bg7
13. Bg5 Qf8 14. h5) 10... g6 $6 (10... h6 11. Nh3 (11. Qh5 $6 g6 12. Bxg6 hxg5
13. Bxf7+ Qxf7 14. Qxh8 O-O-O $13) 11... g5 12. Bd2 $16) 11. h4 h6 12. Nf3 a5
13. Bf4 O-O-O 14. a3 f5 15. Nbd2 Qf7 (15... Qg7 16. Rg1 $5 (16. Qe3 $2 g5 17.
hxg5 hxg5 18. Rxh8 gxf4 $19) 16... Be7 17. g4 $40) 16. Qe3 Bg7 17. b4 Rdg8 18.
Rg1 Bf8 19. g4 fxg4 (19... Be7 20. Bxh6 Rxh6 21. Qxh6 f4 22. Ng5 $16) 20. Rxg4
a4 21. Bb5 (21. O-O-O Ne7 22. Bb5 Bc6 $132) 21... Qf5 22. Rg1 Qc2 23. Ke2 (23.
Bd3 $2 Qxc3 24. Ke2 g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Bxg5 Rxg5 $132) 23... Qf5 24. Bxa4 Ne7
25. b5 Qh5 26. Bc2 Rh7 27. Nf1 Rf7 28. Ng3 Qg4 29. Nf5 Qh5 30. Nxh6 Bxh6 (30...
Rxf4 $5 31. Nxg8 Re4 32. Nxe7+ Bxe7 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Kd2 $16) 31. Bxh6 Rxf3
32. Qxf3 Qxh6 33. Rg3 Rf8 (33... Qxh4 $2 34. Rh1 $18) 34. Qg4 Nf5 35. Bxf5 gxf5
36. Qg5 Qh7 37. f4 $18 c6 38. a4 Rh8 39. Rh1 cxb5 40. axb5 Kc7 41. h5 Qf7 42.
Qg7 Qe8 43. h6 Qa8 44. Kf3 Rd8 45. h7 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Klinger, Josef"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 (4... e5 $5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Ngf3 exd4 7.
Bc4 $14) 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bd3 f5 (6... Be7 7. Ndf3 O-O 8. h4 f6 9. Ng5 $16 {
Dahne-Bostra/BRD/1967/}) 7. Ne2 (7. h4 Be7 8. Ndf3 Nb6 9. h5 $16) (7. exf6 Qxf6
$10) 7... Nb6 8. Nf4 g6 9. h4 Qe7 10. Qf3 $6 (10. g4 $5 Qf7 (10... Bh6 11. g5
Bg7 12. Nf3 Qf7 13. h5 $16) 11. gxf5 gxf5 12. Nf3 $16) 10... Qf7 11. Qg3 $6 (
11. g4 $14) 11... Rg8 12. Nf3 h6 13. Be3 Bd7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Nh3 Na5 (15...
a5 $5 16. Kb1 a4 $15) 16. b3 a6 17. Ne1 Kb8 18. Kb1 Rc8 19. Bf4 Qe7 (19... Bb5
$5 20. Bc2 Be2 21. Rd2 Bg4 22. f3 (22. Ng1 $2 g5 $17) 22... Bxh3 23. Qxh3 $10)
20. Qe3 Qxh4 (20... Rh8 21. Rg1 $14) 21. Nf3 Qe7 22. Bxh6 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 g5 $1
24. Nhxg5 Qa3 25. Nd2 (25. Bc2 $2 Nbc4 26. bxc4 Nxc4 $19) 25... Na4 $6 (25...
Nac4 26. Bxc4 (26. bxc4 $2 Na4 $19) 26... dxc4 27. Nxe6 $16) (25... c5 $5 $40
26. Nxe6 $6 Rc6 27. Bxf5 Na4 28. bxa4 Rb6+ 29. Kc2 c4 $19) 26. bxa4 Qxc3 27.
Ndf3 Qb4+ 28. Ka1 Qc3+ 29. Kb1 $10 Bxa4 $2 30. Rd2 Rh8 31. Qxh8 Rxh8 32. Rxh8+
Ka7 33. Rh1 Bb5 34. Bxb5 axb5 35. Rc1 Qa3 36. Nxe6 (36. Rb2 $5 Qd3+ 37. Ka1 Nc4
38. Rb3 Qe2 39. Nxe6 c6 40. Nf4 Qxf2 41. e6 $16) 36... Nc4 37. Nxc7 $2 (37. Nc5
Qb4+ 38. Nb3 Nxd2+ 39. Nfxd2 $16) 37... Qa5 38. Rb2 Qxc7 39. Rxb5 f4 40. e6 $2
(40. Ka1 $14) 40... Qc6 41. Rb4 Qxe6 $10 42. Ne5 Nxe5 43. dxe5 Qxe5 44. Rd1 Qe2
45. Rbd4 Qxf2 46. R1d2 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Hug, Werner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 $6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Bb5 a5 8.
a4 Na7 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O O-O (10... c5 $5) (10... Bb7 11. Qd2 $10 {Liberzon,
V-Vaganian,R/Baden/1980/}) 11. c3 c5 12. Bc2 Re8 $6 (12... f6 $5 13. exf6 Bxf6)
(12... Nc6 $5 13. Re1 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 $14) 13. Re1 Nc6 14. h4 Nf8 (14... Bxh4
$2 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. Re3 f5 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ $18) 15. h5
c4 16. Nbd2 $16 f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Nf1 Ra7 (18... Bd6 19. Bh6) 19. Bh6 Bd6
20. Ne3 Kh8 21. g3 Qd7 22. Nh4 Qf7 23. Qf3 Ne7 24. Ng4 Ng8 25. Bxf8 Bxf8 26.
Ng6+ hxg6 27. hxg6 Qe7 (27... Qg7 28. Kg2 Ne7 29. Rh1+ Kg8 30. Nxf6+ $18) 28.
Qh1+ Nh6 29. Nxh6 Bxh6 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Kg2 Qg7 32. Rh1 e5 33. Qe3 Rae7 34.
Rh7 Qf8 35. g7 Rxg7 36. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Lone Pine op Louis D. Statham Masters"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1979.04.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1979.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 Ncb8 $2 (6... f6 7.
exf6 Qxf6 8. Nf1 Bd6 9. Ne3 $14) 7. h4 b6 8. h5 c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. cxd4 $16 Ba6
(10... h6 $5 11. Nf1 Ba6 12. Ng3) 11. h6 g6 (11... gxh6 $32 12. Nf1) 12. Nf1
Be7 13. Bd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nc6 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. N1h2 Qc7 17. O-O O-O 18. Ng4 Qb7
19. Rc3 Ncb8 $2 (19... b5 20. Rfc1 b4 $14) 20. Bg5 $16 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Rxc3 22.
bxc3 Qc8 23. Rc1 $6 Nc6 $6 (23... Qd8 24. f4 Qe7 $16) 24. Qb5 $1 Kh8 (24...
Nxd4 $2 25. Qxd7 Qxd7 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Nxd7 $18) 25. Qa4 Na5 26. Qa3 $18 Qd8
27. f4 Kg8 28. Qd6 Kh8 (28... Nc4 $2 29. Qxd7 Qxd7 30. Nf6+ $18) 29. Nf6 $18
Nxf6 30. Nxf7+ Rxf7 31. Qxd8+ Ng8 32. Qe8 Re7 33. Qf8 Nc4 34. Kf2 Nd2 35. Ke3
Nc4+ 36. Ke2 b5 37. Rb1 a6 38. a4 Rd7 39. axb5 axb5 40. Rxb5 Ra7 41. Rb8 Ra2+
42. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Premier 33rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 f6 7. exf6 Nxf6 8.
O-O Bd6 9. c4 O-O 10. c5 Bf4 11. Bb5 Ne4 $146 (11... Bd7 12. Re1 Qe8 13. Bxc6
Bxc6 14. Nf1 Ne4 15. Bxf4 Rxf4 16. Ng3 $14 {Short,N-Vaganian,R/Naestved 1985/
MCL 01 (62)}) (11... e5 12. Bxc6 e4 13. Bb5 c6 14. Be2 exf3 15. Nxf3 Ne4 16.
Bxf4 Rxf4 17. Qd3 (17. Ne5 Qf6 18. Nd3 Rh4 19. g3 Bh3 20. Nf4 Rxf4 {0-1 Jurik,
Z-Skola,M/cr CR cup 1993}) 17... Bg4 18. Ne5 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Ng5 20. Qe3 Re4 21.
Qc3 {1/2-1/2 Korolev,A-Barash,D/URS-ch17 corr 1986/CR97-86 (40)}) 12. Re1 (12.
Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 (13... exf3 14. Bxf3 $16) 14. Bxf4 exf3 (14... Rxf4
15. Ne5 $1 $16) 15. g3 $1 (15. Qxf3 g5 16. Qxc6 Bd7 17. Qxc7 Rxf4 $15) 15...
Rb8 16. b3 $14) 12... Nxd4 13. Nxe4 (13. Nxd4 Nxf2 (13... Bxh2+ $1 14. Kxh2
Nxf2 $3 {[%cal Yf2d1,Yd8h4]} (14... Qh4+ 15. Kg1 Qxf2+ 16. Kh2 $11) 15. N2f3
Nxd1 16. Bg5 Rf6 $17) 14. Kxf2 Bxd2+ 15. Kg1 Bxe1 16. Qxe1 $13) 13... Nxb5 14.
Neg5 {[%cal Yd1d3,Yd3b5,Yd3h7]} Bxc1 15. Rxc1 (15. Rxc1 c6 16. Qd3 g6 17. Nxe6
Bxe6 18. Rxe6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 6th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rogic, Davor"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 a6 7. Nf1 (7. O-O f6
8. exf6 Qxf6 9. Nb3 h6 (9... Bd6 10. Bg5 Qf7 11. c4 h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Bg3 Bxg3
14. hxg3 Ne7 15. Rc1 c6 16. Bd3 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nd5 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. Bxd5 exd5
20. Ne5 Qf6 21. Rxc5 a5 22. Qd2 Qd8 23. Re1 Bd7 24. Rc3 Bf5 25. Rce3 Qd6 26.
Rc3 Rf6 27. Rec1 Bd7 28. Qc2 Be8 29. a3 a4 30. Qd2 Re6 31. Re3 b6 32. Rce1 Bd7
33. f4 Rae8 34. Rc1 {Rade,M-Kovacevic,V/Solin 1994/EXT 94b/0-1 (54)}) 10. Be3
Bd6 11. c4 O-O 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nb4 14. Nc5 Nb6 15. Bb3 N6d5 16. a3 Nc6
17. Ne4 Qg6 18. Bc2 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. Ng3 Qf7 21. Qd3 g5 22. Rce1 Rd8 23.
Qe4 Rd6 24. Ne2 Rd5 25. Nxf4 gxf4 26. Bb3 Rd6 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. Qxe5 Bd7 29. Re4
Rf8 30. Rfe1 Qf6 31. Qc5 f3 {Godena,M-Kovacevic,V/Manila olm 1992/TD 92\02/1/
2-1/2 (42)}) 7... f6 8. exf6 {Diese Variante der Französischen Verteidigung
ist eine Spezialität von GM Kovacevic. Früher nahm er meistens mit der Dame
auf f6 wieder, um den Befreiungszug e6-e5 zu unterstützen.} Nxf6 9. Ne3 (9. Ng3
Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 Bd7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 Be8 14. Rc1 Bg6 15. Be3 Kh8 16.
Nh4 Bh7 17. Bd3 Ne4 18. Nf3 Nb4 19. Bb1 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Bxb1 21. Rxb1 dxc4 22.
Qc1 b5 23. Bxh6 Nxa2 24. Qe3 Nb4 25. Bg5 Qe8 26. Nh4 Kg8 27. Qe4 e5 28. Qg4 Nd3
29. b3 exd4 30. bxc4 Ne5 31. Qxd4 Nxc4 32. Rbe1 Qf7 33. g4 c5 34. Qd3 Rfe8 35.
Nf5 Bf8 36. Be7 Rac8 37. Bxf8 Kxf8 38. g5 Rxe1 39. Rxe1 Re8 40. Rd1 Qe6 41. Qh3
b4 42. g6 Qxg6 43. Rd7 Kg8 44. Rxg7+ Qxg7 45. Nxg7 Re1+ 46. Kh2 Nd2 47. Qg4 Ne4
48. Ne6+ Kf7 49. Qf5+ {1-0 Dvoirys,S-Kovacevic,V/Graz op 1994/EXT 97}) 9... Bd6
10. O-O O-O 11. c4 b6 12. a3 Kh8 13. Qc2 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16.
cxd5 Nxd5 $4 {Ein schwerer Bock in fast ausgeglichener Stellung. Mit seinem
nächsten Damenzug stellt Weiß einen einfachen Doppelangriff auf, wonach es für
Schwarz auch durch taktische Verwicklungen keine Rettung mehr gibt.} (16... Bb7
$142 17. Rd1 (17. Bf3 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 (18. Rd1 Nxe3 19. Bxe3 (19. Rxd8 Nxc2 20.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 $19) 19... Qb8 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 $11) 18... Bxd5 19. Rd1 Rxf3 $1 20.
gxf3 Qd7 $40 {[%cal Yd7h3]}) 17... Nxd5 18. Bf3 Nxe3 19. Bxe3 Qc8 $11) 17. Qe4
$1 $18 {[%cal Ye4e5,Ye4d5,Yd5a8]} Nf4 18. Bf3 {[%cal Ye4e5,Ye4a8] Immer noch
sind zwei schwarze Figuren angegriffen.} Qg5 19. Nc4 Bg4 20. Qxe5 Qg6 21. Bxa8
1-0

[Event "Ashdod op"]
[Site "Ashdod"]
[Date "2004.12.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Porat, Shay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 {Other theoretical possibilities are:} (4.
e5) (4. Bd3) 4... Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 c5 7. Be2 {Rare continuation in
comparison to 7.Bd3. The main idea of this move is that white keeps for
himself the option to play Nd2-b3 in case of black's attack on the d4 pawn.
White tried also:} (7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O a5 9. Re1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb6 (10... Qb6
11. Nb1 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Gb1c3,Gc3b5]} Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. Be3
$5 $146 Qd8 $6 15. Qg4 O-O 16. Bh6 g6 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 18. Bb5 Bg7 19. Qd4 f6 20.
Nxd5 $1 fxe5 21. Qc4 exd5 22. Qxd5+ Kh8 23. Rad1 $18 {1-0 Oratovsky,M-Lalic,B/
Salou 2004/CBM 101/[Oratovsky,M] (49)}) 11. Nb1 a4 12. a3 Bd7 13. Nc3 Na5 14.
Bc2 Nac4 15. Rb1 h6 16. Ne2 Qc7 17. Nf4 g6 18. h3 Rc8 19. Bd3 Na5 20. Nd2 Nbc4
21. Nxc4 Nxc4 22. Bxg6 $5 fxg6 23. Nxg6 Rg8 24. Qh5 Kd8 25. Qxh6 Rxg6 26. Qxg6
Qb6 27. Bg5 Qxd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z-Ostenstad,B/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98/
[Mueller,Karsten] (39)}) (7. a3 a5 8. Bb5 Qb6 9. Qa4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 f6
12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Qc2 cxd4 15. c4 h6 16. b3 Rac8 17. Bb2 Bd6 18.
Rac1 Bb8 19. Qd1 Ng4 20. h3 Nge5 $15 {0-1 Rozentalis,E-Ivanov,S/Chalkidiki
2002/CBM 92 (37)}) 7... Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 {After white played Nb1-d2, the
capture on d4 seems logical, as white cannot develop his queenside knight to
c3. The alternative is:} (8... Qb6 9. Nb3 cxd4 10. cxd4 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12.
Bf4 O-O 13. h3 Nh5 14. Bh2 Nf4 15. Re1 Bb4 16. Rf1 Bd6 17. Rc1 a5 18. a4 Nxe2+
19. Qxe2 Bxh2+ 20. Nxh2 Qxb3 {0-1 Smagin,S-Glek,I/Moscow 1999/EXT 2001 (20)})
9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nb3 {Now white's main strategical idea is an
exchange of dark-squared bishops. In opposite, black's plan should be managing
initiative on the kingside, as well as carrying out e6-e5.} Bd6 12. Bg5 {
Strong move. White pins black's kingside knight, that could occupy the f4
square via h5. White intends to change the dark-squared bishops on g3.} O-O 13.
Bh4 Qe7 {Black prepares to carry out e6-e5, that will activate his
light-squared bishop.} 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 ({After
} 17. Re1 {black can try to develop some initiative on the kingside with:} Neg4
18. Bd3 Qf7 19. Rc1 Qh5 $13) 17... Qxe5 18. Qd2 Bf5 19. Rfe1 $14 {White's
position is slightly better, thanks to black's isolated d5 pawn. White is
going to cover the e4 square and to occupy the stronghold d4.} Bg6 20. Bf3 Qd6
21. Rad1 Rad8 22. g4 $1 {threatening with g4-g5.} Qb6 23. Re7 (23. Qa5 {
deserved attention.}) 23... Be4 (23... Rfe8 {is met by} 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.
Bxd5+ $14 (25. Qa5 $5 $14)) 24. Nd4 (24. Qd4 {doesn't promise white anything
special:} Qxd4 25. Nxd4 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rf7 $11) 24... Rfe8 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 (25...
Rxe8 {is bad, in view of} 26. g5 Bxf3 27. Nxf3 $16) 26. Re1 h6 {covering the
g5 square.} 27. g5 $1 {creating another isolated pawn in black's camp.} hxg5
28. Qxg5 ({In such positions it is not recommendable to change the knight:} 28.
Ne6 Qxe6 29. Bxe4 Kf8 {and black is closed to a draw.}) 28... Qf6 ({Of course
not} 28... Qxd4 $4 29. Qxd8 $18) 29. Qxf6 {Certainly, white's chances are very
good in endgame, thanks to black's pawn weaknesses.} Nxf6 30. Bd1 $1 {,
transfering the bishop to b3. White's bishop is much better, than the black's
one, therefore, white avoids this trade.} Bd3 31. Bb3 {threatening with the
invasion to e7.} Bc4 $6 $138 ({Better is} 31... Kf7 32. f3 $14) 32. Bc2 $1 Re8
33. Rc1 $1 {White is going to occupy one of the open files- either "e" or "c".}
Ne4 (33... Kf7 34. b3 Ba6 35. Bf5 $36) 34. f3 Nd6 35. Bg6 $1 {driving away the
black's rook from the "e" file, as well as threatening with b2-b3.} Rc8 36. b3
Ba6 37. Re1 $16 {/+-} Kf8 {Black has to cover the e7 square.} 38. Ne6+ Kg8 (
38... Ke7 39. Nf4+ $18) 39. Re5 (39. Rd1 $18 {strong enough as well.}) 39...
Rc1+ 40. Kh2 Rd1 41. Nf4 $2 $138 {missing simple way to win the game.} (41. Ng5
$1 $18 {with following Re6. Black is hopeless here:} Rc1 42. Re6 Rc6 43. Nf7 $1
$18) 41... Kf8 42. Re6 $2 {Another inaccuracy.} ({Much stronger was simple} 42.
Nxd5 $16 {/+-}) 42... Nf7 43. Bc2 $2 {Mistake follows mistake. White still has
quite an obvious advantage after:} (43. a4 $3 {[%csl Ya4][%cal Ga4b5,Yf4h3,
Yh3g5,Ge6e8,Gg6e8] covering the b5 square, thus, threatening with Nh3.} Rd4 (
43... Bf1 44. Re3 $1 b6 45. Ne6+ Ke7 (45... Kg8 46. Ng5 Nd6 47. Re6 $18) 46.
Ng5+ Kf6 47. Bc2 $1 $18 {[%cal Yg5h7,Gc2d1]}) 44. Rxa6 Rxf4 45. Rxa7 $16) (43.
Nh3 {[%cal Yh3g5,Gg6e8,Ge6e8] is parried by} Bb5 $1) 43... Rd2 44. Ng6+ ({
Probably, better was} 44. Bg6) 44... Kg8 45. Re8+ Kh7 46. Bf5 ({Somehow, white
doesn't win after} 46. Nf8+ Kh6 47. Re6+ Kg5 48. Bg6 Nh8 $1 49. Kg3 $13 (49.
Be8 Bf1 $132)) 46... Bd3 $2 {Now it is black's turn to make mistake.} ({After} 
46... Kh6 $1 {white is still much better, but it is not easy to find it in the
game...} 47. Ne7 $3 {[%cal Yf5e6] building mate construction- Be6 and f4.} Bf1
48. Be6 $1 Rxg2+ 49. Kh1 Nd6 50. Rd8 Nb5 51. f4 $1 g5 52. Bh3 Rf2 53. Kg1 $18)
47. Nf8+ Kh6 48. Re6+ Kg5 49. Bxd3 Rxd3 50. Re7 {Now white wins some pawns,
that should promise him a winning position.} Kf6 51. Rxb7 Rd2 (51... a5 52. Ra7
) 52. Rxa7 d4 53. Nh7+ Kg6 54. Nf8+ {winning a time. The time control in
tournament was with the increment of 30 seconds per move.} Kf6 55. Nd7+ Kf5 56.
Kg3 $1 {covering the f4 square.} Rc2 57. Ra5+ Ke6 58. Nc5+ Kd6 59. Ne4+ {
Now white is two pawns up, his pieces are consolidated, so the rest is a
matter of an easy technique for white.} Kc6 60. Ra4 d3 (60... Kd5 {loses as
well:} 61. Ra7 Ne5 62. Ra5+ Ke6 63. f4 $18) 61. Rd4 Ne5 62. f4 {winning
another pawn.} Ng6 {Blunder in absolutely lost position.} {[%tqu "En","Please
find the strongest move for white.","","","d4d6","",10]} 63. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 06th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2005.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 ({Another
theoretical line is} 6. Bd3) 6... f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 ({The capture with the
knight is a less popular option:} 7... Nxf6 8. O-O Bd6 9. c4 $1 b6 $2 (9... O-O
10. c5 Be7 11. Bb5 $14) 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Re1+ Ne7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7
14. Ne5 $16 {---> 1-0 Khalifman,A-Timman,J/Reykjavik 1991/CBM 026/[Anand] (28)}
) 8. Nf1 {protecting the central pawn, and preparing to transfer the knight to
e3 either to g3. It should be noted, that sometimes white can develop his
dark-squared bishop to g5 with the tempo.} Bd6 {Black continues to develop the
pieces. He has an alternative of immediate breakthrough in the centre:} (8...
e5 {, but it has a reputation of extremely dangerous continuation for black:}
9. Ne3 (9. dxe5 Ndxe5 10. Qxd5 Be6 11. Qb5 a6 12. Qa4 O-O-O 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14.
c3 Bb4 15. cxb4 Bc4 16. Ne3 Bxe2 17. Kxe2 Nd4+ 18. Ke1 Rhe8 19. Bd2 Qe4 20. Kd1
Qd3 21. Re1 Nb3 $19 {0-1 Makarichev,S-Vaganian,R/Tbilisi 1973/MCD (27)}) 9...
e4 10. Nxd5 Qd6 11. c4 exf3 12. Bf4 Qxf4 13. Nxf4 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 O-O 15. Bxf3
Rxf4 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. c5 $18 {[%cal Ya2a3] 1-0 Makarichev,S-Huebner,R/
Amsterdam 1975/MCL (45)}) 9. Ne3 O-O ({Also possible:} 9... b6 10. O-O Bb7 11.
b3 O-O-O 12. Bb2 {---> 1-0 Kundin,A-Rabinovich,A/Israel 2002/CBM 088/[Kundin] 
(39)}) 10. O-O Qg6 {preparing the f6 square for the knight.} ({Worse is:} 10...
Nb6 11. Ng4 Qg6 12. Nh4 (12. Nfe5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bd7 15. b3 c5 {
Kapengut-Yurtaev Kiev 1978}) (12. h3 $1 e5 $6 13. Ngxe5 $1 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Bxh3
15. Nh4 $1 Qe4 16. f4 Bd7 17. Bd3 $16 {Dolmatov,S-Yurtaev,L USSR 1978 1/2-1/2
??!}) 12... Qe8 13. Nf3 e5 14. Ngxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. c3
Bf5 18. Be3 Nc4 19. Bd4 Qd6 20. b4 b6 21. Re1 Rfe8 22. Bxc4 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 dxc4
24. Qe3 $16 {---> 1-0 Malaniuk,V-Sahovic,D/Lvov 1984/MCL/[ChessBase] (49)}) 11.
c4 {intending to drive away the dark-squared bishop from an active position by
c4-c5.} Nf6 12. c5 Bf4 13. Nc2 $5 $146 {White changes black's important
dark-squared bishop. On the other hand, he weakened the central pawn d4, that
gives black good counterchances. In the preceding games white have tried:} (13.
Re1 Bd7 14. Nf1 Ng4 15. Bd3 Qf6 16. h3 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Nh6 18. Bb5 Rae8 19. Qd2
Nf5 20. N1h2 Qd8 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Ng4 $16 {1-0 Malaniuk,V-Short,N/Lvov 1984/
MCL (31)}) (13. g3 Ne4 14. Ng2 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Bd7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Marciano,
D-Grabert,R/Budapest 1991/EXT 99 (40)}) 13... Ne4 $1 {Black doesn't succeed to
equalize after the following continuations:} (13... e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5
Nxe5 16. Bf4 $14) (13... Bxc1 14. Rxc1 Ne4 15. Bd3 e5 {[%cal Yc8g4]} 16. Nxe5
Nxe5 17. dxe5 $16) 14. Bxf4 {There are some other attempts to get an advantage:
} (14. Bd3 e5 $1 15. dxe5 (15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Re1 Bh3 17. Bf1 Rae8 $11) (15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 $15) 15... Bg4 $1 $132 (15... Bxe5 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17.
Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qd5+ Nf7 19. Bf4 $14)) (14. Bb5 $5 e5 $1 (14... Bd7 15. Bxf4 Rxf4
16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne5 $14) 15. dxe5 (15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Ne5 Qf6
18. Nb4 a5 19. Nbd3 (19. Nbxc6 Bb7) 19... Ng5 $13) 15... a6 (15... Bh3 $141 16.
Nh4 $18) 16. Ba4 (16. Qxd5+ $2 Be6 $17) (16. Bxc6 bxc6 $44) (16. Be2 Be6 $13)
16... Ne7 $13) 14... Rxf4 15. Nce1 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Yf3e5,Yd3e5,Ge1d3]
preparing an occupation of e5 stronghold.} (15. Bd3 {doesn't promise anything
special:} Bd7 {[%cal Ya8f8]} 16. Nd2 Rxf2 $1 17. Rxf2 Nxf2 18. Bxg6 Nxd1 $11)
15... Ng5 $1 {[%cal Yc6d4,Yf4d4,Gg5f3] creating the threats against white's
centre.} 16. g3 ({Comes to consideration:} 16. Nxg5 $5 Qxg5 17. Nf3 Qg6 (17...
Qf6 18. g3 $14) 18. Qd2 $14) 16... Nxf3+ 17. Nxf3 Bd7 18. Bd3 $6 {missing more
attractive continuation:} (18. b4 $5 {White's idea is very simple- to drive
away the knight from c6 , thus, to occupy the e5 stronghold.} a6 (18... Nxb4 $4
19. Ne5 $18) (18... Rxf3 19. Bxf3 Qf6 20. Bg2 Nxd4 (20... Qxd4 21. b5 Qxd1 22.
Rfxd1 Ne7 23. Rab1 $16) 21. a4 $16) 19. a4 e5 20. Nxe5 (20. dxe5 Nxb4) 20...
Nxe5 21. dxe5 $16) 18... Qg4 19. Be2 ({Another interesting attempt to get an
edge is} 19. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 (19... Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 Rxd4 21. Nxc6 Rxd3 (21... Bxc6
22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rxd4 $16) 22. Rxd3 Bxc6 23. Re1 $16) 20. dxe5 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1
Rf7 $14 {/=. But, it is clear, that white's advantage (if there is any) is
very small...}) 19... Qg6 20. Bd3 (20. b4 $1 {-see 18.b4}) 20... Qg4 21. Be2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blauert, Joerg"]
[Black "Foisor, Ovidiu Doru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8.
Nf1 b6 (8... e5 $6 9. Ne3 $1 e4 10. Nxd5 Qd6 11. Bc4 $1 exf3 12. Bf4 Qg6 13.
Nxc7+ Kd8 14. Qxf3 Nb6 15. Bd3 Bg4 16. Qg3 $16 {Dolmatov - Sisniega, Graz 1978.
}) 9. Ne3 Bb7 10. Ng4 Qg6 11. Nh4 Qf7 12. f4 $14 Bd6 13. Ne5 Ndxe5 14. fxe5 Be7
15. Nf3 O-O-O 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. O-O Rhf8 19. c3 Na5 20. b3 c5 21.
Qd2 Kb8 22. Rac1 g5 23. g3 Nc6 24. Qe3 h5 25. Rcd1 h4 $6 26. Nxg5 hxg3 27. hxg3
cxd4 28. cxd4 Rg8 29. Nh3 $16 {Mit einem gesunden Mehrbauern hat Weiss klaren
Vorteil.} Qh7 30. Nf4 Ne7 31. Bd3 Nf5 32. Bxf5 Qxf5 33. Kg2 Rg4 34. Rf3 Rh8 35.
Rh1 Rc8 36. Rh5 Qb1 37. Rf2 Rc1 38. Ne2 Rc8 {Und Schwarz überschritt
wahrscheinlich die Zeit.} 1-0

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Budnikov, Alexandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. c3 f6 (6... Be7 7. Bd3 f6
8. Qe2 fxe5 9. Nxe5 Ncxe5 10. dxe5 Nc5 11. Qh5+ Kd7 12. Bc2 $14 {Smagin -
Klinger, Hartberg 1991}) 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Be2 e5 (8... Bd6 9. Nf1 O-O 10. Ng3 h6
11. O-O Qf7 12. c4 b6 13. Be3 {Matkovic,T-Jacimovic,D/JUG-ch Kladovo/1991/1/
2-1/2/}) 9. dxe5 Ndxe5 10. Qb3 Bd6 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Nf3 Qf5 13. Be3 O-O 14.
O-O-O Ne7 15. Bd3 $16 Qh5 16. Rhe1 c5 17. Be4 c4 18. Qb5 a6 19. Bxd5+ {Eine
der kürzesten Gewinnpartien dieser Meisterschaft.} 1-0

[Event "Doeberl Cup 54th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2016.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "Ganguly,S"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:12:51"]
[BlackClock "0:24:37"]

{The Doeberl Cup has a very tough schedule of 9 rounds in 5 days with every
day a double round except the last one. I had about 7min altogether to have a
brief look at what my opponent plays.} 1. e4 e6 {Apart from the Najdorf this
is the other line he plays from time to time.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {I have almost
never used this move in recent years. For this game I gave it a try as my
opponent exclusively plays 3...c5 here} Nc6 $5 {Came after some thought.
Cunningly and quite professionally my young opponent rightly concluded that I
would expect him to play 3...c5 and that this was the only reason why I had
played 3.Nd2 instead of 3.Nc3.} 4. Ngf3 {Honestly I couldn't remember a single
line apart from some random line which once an International Master from my
city had told me casually. I remembered his suggestion and tried to make sure
it works because when he suggested it we had probably looked at it with Fritz
5 but I had never really checked it later.} Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 $5 {The only
thing that I remembered after 3...Nc6.} f6 {.} 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Nf1 {And this
is all my good IM friend told long back! White stops ...e5 as the d5-pawn is
unprotected and that's the whole point of developing the bishop on e2 and not
on d3. It was only after the game that I saw there are about 630 games in the
database starting from this position!} Bd6 {Anton also started to consume more
time which was a good sign for me as I had managed to surprise him for the
second time in the opening.} (8... e5 9. Ne3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd5] is the main
point of this line.}) 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Nb6 {Here I had to think for real
long time to find the right path. If only I had known of a game played back in
1978 I could have saved some important time!} (10... Qg6 {is the main theory
here.} 11. c4 Nf6 12. c5 Be7 13. Bb5 $14 {A number of games went in this
direction.}) 11. Ng4 {This looked obvious as otherwise Black might just play ..
.e5, sac the d5-pawn and create counterplay.} (11. c4 Nxc4 12. Nxc4 dxc4 13.
Bxc4 h6 {was the other option but I liked my solution as it restricts Black's
counterplay.}) 11... Qg6 {Chosing my next move here was a tough job. Ng5 and
Nh4 looked tempting initially and then there was the most logical 12.h3 in
which the only move which had to be calculated was 12...e5.} 12. h3 (12. Ng5 e5
$1 {and Black is fine}) (12. Nh4 Qe8 13. f4 {Otherwise Black frees himself by .
..e5} Qe7 $1 14. Nf3 (14. g3 Nxd4 $1) 14... Bxf4 {and I didn't believe in this
compensation.}) 12... e5 {While deciding on Ng4-h3 I started calculating this
move ...e5 and soon realised there are too many ways to capture on e5.  1.
Keep both knights and take on e5 2. Exchange both knights and get a pawn on e5
3. Exchange the f3-knight and take on e5 4. Exchange the g4-knight and then
take on e5. Only one out of these gives White a serious advantage.} 13. Ngxe5
$1 (13. dxe5 Bxg4 14. exd6 Bxh3 15. Nh4 Qf6 {and I didn't see any advantage
for White.}) (13. Nfxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 (14. dxe5 Bxg4 {and Black takes on e5.
White might still slightly better but Black also gets his share of practical
counterplay.}) 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 (15. Bh5 $1 {I failed to appreciate how
strong this really is. Or maybe already I was very happy with the solution I
had found.} Qe4 16. dxe5 Bf5 (16... Qxe5 17. Re1 Qf6 18. Be3 $16) 17. Re1 Qxc2
18. Qxc2 Bxc2 19. Be3 $14) 15... Bxh3 16. Bf3 c6 {and if anyone is better it's
Black.}) 13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 Bxh3 15. Nh4 (15. Ng5 Bc8 (15... Bd7 $2 16. Bh5
Qf5 17. f4 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Rg2g4]}) 16. Bh5 Qf5 17. f4 {also gives a good
inititative to White.}) 15... Qe4 16. f4 $1 {Without this White is worse. This
is the move I spotted while playing 11.Ng4 and I was quite happy about my
position.} Qd4+ $146 {Until here already played back in 1978 :)} (16... Bd7 17.
Bd3 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 g6 19. c3 Qc5 20. Qe1 $16 {1-0 (41) Dolmatov,S (2495)-Yurtaev,
L Sochi 1978}) 17. Qxd4 (17. Kh2 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 $16 {was a better choice.})
17... Nxd4 18. Bd3 Bg4 19. Be3 Nc6 (19... Ne2+ {During the game I wasn't sure
about this move but I also realised it's probably the last move Black would
like to make.} 20. Kh2 Nc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. f5 {and still there will be
problems for Black.}) 20. Bc5 Rf7 21. Rae1 g5 $6 {This would have been nice
only if the tactics worked.} (21... Re8 {was more stubborn and would keep
decent chances for Black to play for equality.}) 22. e6 $1 {I assume my
opponent missed this move.} Bxe6 (22... Rxf4 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 $16 {
Black's knights are totally misplaced and White should be very close to
winning here.}) 23. Nf3 $1 $16 Bf5 24. Nxg5 Bxd3 25. cxd3 Rf6 26. Ne6 Rc8 27.
b3 $1 {Black wants to play ...Nd7 thus it made sense to make a square for my
bishop to get to the best diagonal.} Nd7 28. Ba3 d4 29. Re4 (29. Bb2 Re8) 29...
Rf5 30. Rf3 $1 (30. Nxd4 {There is nothing wrong with simply taking the pawn.
However once the rook moved from f6 to f5 I got some mating ideas which was
very tempting.}) 30... Nf6 31. Rg3+ Kh8 32. Bb2 Rg8 {The only way to stay in
the game.} (32... Nxe4 33. dxe4 Ra5 34. Nxd4 Rxa2 35. Bc3 {wins easily.}) 33.
Nxd4 Nxd4 34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 35. Rxd4 Kf7 36. Kf2 h5 37. Kf3 Ra5 38. a4 Ke6 {
Black is lost but this only expedites things.} 39. Rb4 Nd5 {The best practical
try.} (39... b6 40. Bxf6 Kxf6 41. Rb5 $18) 40. Rxb7 Rc5 41. Rxa7 {The rest was
easy.} Rc2 42. Be5 Rd2 43. Ke4 Re2+ 44. Kd4 Ne7 45. Rxc7 Rxg2 46. Rc1 Nf5+ 47.
Kc5 Ng3 48. d4 Kf5 49. d5 h4 50. d6 Rd2 51. Kc6 h3 52. d7 Ke6 53. Re1 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Bd7 5. c3 Nge7 6. Bd3 Ng6 7. O-O Nce7 8.
Re1 Bc6 9. e5 Qd7 10. a4 Nf5 11. b4 Qc8 12. Nb3 Be7 13. b5 Bd7 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15.
Rxa3 b6 16. a5 O-O 17. Qc2 Qe8 18. c4 Nf4 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Qd2 Qe7 21. Rea1
dxc4 22. Qxf4 cxb3 23. Rxb3 Be6 24. Rb2 h6 25. h3 Rad8 26. Rc2 Rd5 27. Qc1 Rc8
28. axb6 axb6 29. Ra7 Rd7 30. Qa3 Qd8 31. Qe3 Bd5 32. Qf4 Be6 33. Qe3 Qe7 34.
Qa3 Qe8 35. Qc1 Kh7 36. Raxc7 Rdxc7 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. Qxc7 Qxb5 39. Kh2 Qb3 40.
d5 Bxd5 41. Qd6 Bxf3 42. gxf3 Qxf3 43. Qxb6 Qf4+ 44. Kg1 Qxe5 {[#] Bauern auf
einem Flügel bei zwei schwarzen Mehrbauern. Schwarz nutzt die weiße
Bauernschwäche h3 zur Aktivierung seines Königs. Dabei benutzt er seine Bauern
als Rückendeckung.} 45. Qa7 Qe6 46. Qc5 Kg6 47. Qd4 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qe4 49. Qb6+
Kg5 $1 50. Qd8+ f6 51. Qd7 g6 52. Qd8 Qe5+ 53. Kg2 Kh4 54. Qb6 Qc3 {[%csl Rh3]}
55. f3 Qd2+ 56. Kf1 Kg3 $1 57. Qg1+ Kxf3 58. Qh1+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ermenkov, Evgenij"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bb5 a5 7. c3 Na7 8. Bd3
c5 9. O-O Nc6 {Schwarz hat ein Tempo verloren im Vergleich zur Variante 3.Nd2
Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Ngf3 c5} 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 a4 12. Nf1 Be7 13. Ng3 h5 $5 {
merkwürdig, daß das zum Erfolg führen wird} 14. Ne2 (14. Be3 $5) 14... Nb6 15.
g3 $6 {zu langsam} Nb4 16. Bb1 Bd7 17. h4 Nc4 $1 {>< b2} 18. Nf4 Qb6 19. Kg2
Kd8 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. hxg5 g6 22. Ne2 Nc6 23. Rh1 Kc7 24. Rh4 Nxb2 25. Qd2 a3
26. Qf4 Rhc8 $1 {stellt eine phantastische Falle} 27. Qxf7 $6 Rf8 28. Qxg6 Nd1
29. Rf4 Qb2 $3 30. Bc2 Qxa1 31. Bxd1 Rxf4 32. gxf4 Qxa2 $19 33. f5 Qb1 34. Nc3
Qxc1 35. fxe6 Qxc3 36. exd7 Qxd4 37. Qd6+ Kb6 38. e6 a2 39. Bf3 Qc5 0-1

[Event "Shanghai m"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {King} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Ngf3 exd4 7. Bc4
Qh5 (7... Qf5 $5) 8. cxd4 Be6 9. Bxe6 (9. O-O O-O-O 10. Be2 Qd5 11. Nb3 Nge7
12. Be3 Nf5 13. Rc1 Be7 14. Bc4 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qe4 16. Qe2 Bxc4 17. Rxc4 Rhe8
18. Nbd2 Qd5 19. e4 Qb5 20. Qf2 Bb4 $10 {1/2-1/2 Greenfeld,A-Hug,W/Munich zt ;
CBM 03 1987 (31)}) (9. Qe2 O-O-O 10. Bxe6+ fxe6 11. Qxe6+ Kb8 12. O-O Nf6 $1 {
game} (12... Re8 13. Qb3 Bd6 14. h3 Na5 $6 (14... Nf6 $13) 15. Qa4 Nf6 16. b4
Nc6 17. b5 Ne7 18. Nc4 Ned5 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Qa3 $14 {Wahls,M-Landenbergue,C/
Luzern ;CBM 16 1989/1-0 (47)}) (12... Bd6 13. Qh3 Qxh3 14. gxh3 Nge7 $44 {
Salazar,H-Huss,A/Thessaloniki olm (11) ;BIG 1984/1/2-1/2 (62)})) 9... fxe6 10.
Qb3 O-O-O 11. O-O Nf6 (11... Nh6 {[%csl Yf5,Rd4][%cal Yh6f5]} 12. Ne4 Nf5 13.
Qxe6+ Kb8 14. Bg5 Nfxd4 15. Nxd4 Rxd4 16. Be3 Qd5 17. Ng5 Qxe6 18. Nxe6 Rd7 19.
Nxf8 Rxf8 20. Rac1 Rf5 21. g3 Rb5 22. Rc2 a5 23. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Lane,
G-Landenbergue,C/Zug ;CBM 16 1989}) 12. Qxe6+ (12. Ne4 Rd5 $10 13. Re1 Nxe4 14.
Rxe4 Bd6 15. h3 Rf8 16. Rxe6 Rdf5 17. g4 $4 (17. Re4 $13) 17... Qxh3 18. gxf5
Nxd4 19. Ng5 Qh2+ 20. Kf1 Qh1# {0-1 Lawson,D-Landenbergue,C/EU-chT Haifa (04) ;
EU-chT 1989}) 12... Kb8 13. Ne4 (13. Nb3 $14 {Fritz3}) 13... Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Re8
15. Qd3 Bd6 $44 16. Bd2 g5 $1 {King With the advance of the gP Black just
about manages to drum up sufficient counterplay to compensate for the
sacrificed pawn. Note the similarity with the adavnce of the bP in Sicilian
type positions.} 17. g3 (17. Bxg5 $2 Ref8 18. h4 h6 19. Bd2 Rhg8 $17) 17... g4
18. Nh4 Rhf8 19. Bc3 (19. Rae1 Rd8) 19... Rd8 20. Rae1 Be7 21. Ng2 Ne5 22. Rxe5
Qxe5 23. Qxh7 $10 {>< Pg4} Qd6 24. Ne3 Bf6 25. Rd1 Rg8 26. Qf5 Rg5 27. Qe4 Rdg8
28. Re1 a6 29. Nc4 Qd7 30. Qe6 Qg7 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. dxe5 Rg6 33. Qc4 Re8 34.
Re4 Qd7 35. Kg2 Qd1 {King The gP performs an important role: it cramps the K
and sets up sufficient counterplay for Black.} 36. Qe2 Qd5 37. Qc4 Qd1 38. Qe2
Qd5 39. Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISL-FRA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hardarson, Robert"]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 Be7 7. Nf1 O-O 8. Ne3
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. c4 b6 12. b3 (12. a3 Ne7 (12... Kh8 13. b4 dxc4
14. Bxc4 e5 15. Bb2 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qe8 18. Nd5 Qh5 19. h3 Qg6 20.
Nxf6 gxf6 21. Bd5 $16 {Wolff,P-Gallagher,J/Hastings-B/1989/}) (12... a5 13. b3
Ne7 14. Bb2 Ne4 15. Bd3 $6 Ng6 16. g3 Bb7 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ne1 (18. Nd2 $2 Nf4
$1 $40 {Smagin}) 18... Qg5 19. Qg4 Qxg4 $15 {Smagin,S-Rogers,I/Beograd/1986/})
13. b4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nfd5 15. Bd3 h6 16. Bd2 Nf5 17. Qe2 Qf6 18. Qe4 Bb7 19.
Qg4 Rad8 20. Rac1 Qf7 21. Nce5 Qe8 22. Qh3 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxe5 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25.
Qxe8 {1/4 Psakhis,L-Drasko,M/Sarajevo/1986/}) 12... Bb7 (12... Ne7 13. Ne5 $1
Bb7 14. Bf3 $1 c5 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rc1 $14 {Zagrebelny i51}) 13.
Bb2 Bf4 $1 $146 (13... Ne7 14. Ne5 (14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Rc2 Ng6 16. g3 Qe7 17. cxd5
exd5 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rad8 20. f3 d4 $1 21. fxe4 dxe3 22. Qc1 $13 {
Lobron,E-Drasko,M/Sarajevo/1984/}) 14... dxc4 15. bxc4 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Ne4 $14 {
Kruczynski,W-Drasko,M/Balatonbereny/1983/}) 14. Ne5 $2 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ne4 $17
16. Bf3 (16. Bg4 Nxf2 $1 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Qe2 Qh4 19. h3 Qg3 $19) 16... Qg5
17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qd7 $6 (18. Qe2 Bxe5 $17) 18... Bxe3 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. fxe3
Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 Qe2 $1 $19 22. Rf7 (22. Rfb1 e3 23. Qh3 Rf2 $19) 22... e3 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanov, Victor L"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8.
Nf1 Bd6 9. Ne3 b6 $5 (9... O-O) 10. O-O Bb7 11. Ng4 Qf5 12. h3 O-O-O 13. Re1 h5
14. Ne3 Qf6 15. c4 Ne7 $1 $146 (15... dxc4 16. Nxc4 Bf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Qc1
Qf6 19. Qc3 Kb8 20. Rac1 Rc8 21. b4 Ne7 22. Nce5 $16 {Cseshkovsky,V-Naumkin,I/
Moscow/1992/}) 16. a4 g5 17. a5 g4 $1 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Nxg4 Qg7 $44 20. Ng5 (
20. Bg5 Rh5 21. Bxe7 Rdh8 22. Bh4 (22. Kf1 Bxe7 $17) 22... Qxg4 23. g3 Bxg3 $1
24. fxg3 Rxh4 25. Nxh4 Qxg3+ 26. Ng2 dxc4 $19) 20... Rh5 $1 21. Nh3 (21. Nxe6
Qh7 $1 (21... Rdh8 22. f4 $13) 22. f4 Rh1+ 23. Kf2 Qh4+ 24. g3 Rh2+ $1 25. Nxh2
Qxh2+ 26. Ke3 dxc4 $1 $19 27. Nxd8 (27. Ra4 b5) (27. Qa4 Bb4 $1 28. Qxb4 Nd5+
29. Kd2 Nxb4 $19) (27. d5 Qxg3+ 28. Bf3 Nf5+ 29. Kd2 (29. Ke4 Qg6 $19) 29...
Bb4+ 30. Kc2 Bxe1 $19) 27... Qxg3+ 28. Kd2 Bb4+ 29. Kc2 Be4+ $19) 21... Nf5 22.
axb6 axb6 23. Be3 dxc4 (23... Rdh8 $5) 24. Bf3 $2 (24. Bxc4 Qh7 (24... e5 $5)
25. Ba6 (25. Bxe6 $2 Rxh3 26. gxh3 Qxh3 27. d5 Nh4 $19) 25... Rxh3 26. Bxb7+
Kxb7 27. gxh3 Qxh3 28. Qe2 Bh2+ (28... Rg8 29. Qa6+ Kc6 30. Qa4+ Kd5 31. Qa2+
Kc6 $10) 29. Kh1 (29. Nxh2 $2 Rg8+ $19)) 24... Rg8 25. Bxb7+ Kxb7 26. Qf3+ $2 (
26. f3 e5 $17) 26... c6 $19 27. Nf4 (27. Nh2 Nh4 $19) 27... Bxf4 28. d5 exd5
29. Qxf4 Qxg4 30. Ra7+ Kxa7 31. Qc7+ Ka6 32. Ra1+ Kb5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch18 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.12.07"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1950.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 (3... c5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Qe2) 4. c3 f5 $2 (4... e5
$1) 5. exf5 exf5 6. Bd3 (6. Bb5 Nf6 7. Ndf3 Bd6 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Ne7 10. Nf4
c6 {Ravinski-Randvir USSR 1949}) 6... Bd6 7. Ne2 $1 Nge7 (7... Nf6 8. Qc2 $1)
8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qc2 $1 (9. O-O f4 $1) 9... Qe8 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. O-O-O Na5 (11...
b5 12. Bxb5 $6 (12. Nf4 b4 13. c4 $16) 12... Nxd4) 12. Bf4 b5 13. Rde1 b4 $6 {
Die beste praktische Chance.} 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. cxb4 Nac6 16. a3 a5 17. b5 Nb4
18. axb4 Rc8 19. Nc3 axb4 20. Kd2 $2 (20. Qe2 $1 Qd8 (20... Rf7 21. Ng5 bxc3
22. Nxf7 cxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Kxf7 24. Qh5+ $18) 21. Qxe7 Qa5 22. Qxd7 bxc3 23. Kd1
$1 $18) 20... Qf7 21. Qb3 bxc3+ 22. bxc3 Rb8 23. Re3 $2 (23. Ng5 $142 Qf6 24.
f4 $1) (23. Rb1 $142 Nc8 24. Rhc1 Nb6 25. Ke2) 23... h6 24. Rhe1 Nc8 25. c4 Nb6
26. cxd5 Rfc8 27. Re7 (27. Rc1 $142 Rxc1 28. Kxc1 Qxd5 $10) 27... Qf6 28. h4
Ra8 29. R7e2 f4 30. Ne5 $2 $19 (30. Re4) 30... dxe5 31. dxe5 Qe7 32. Re4 Ra3
33. Qb2 Bf5 34. Qd4 (34. Rd4 Rxd3+ 35. Rxd3 Nc4+) (34. d6 Qa7) 34... Ra2+ 35.
Kd1 Qa3 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.05"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Jacimovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Skopje"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bd3 Nb4 7. Be2 c5 8. c3
Nc6 9. O-O a5 10. Re1 (10. a4 cxd4 (10... g6 11. Nb3 Bg7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Re1
cxd4 14. cxd4 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bb5 Ne4 17. Be3 Qd6 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. Nc5 Nxc5
20. Rxc5 Rae8 21. Qd2 b6 22. Rcc1 e5 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. dxe5 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 $16 {
Koscielski,J-Siepmann,M/Recklinghausen 2002/}) 11. cxd4 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13.
Nb3 Bd6 14. Bg5 O-O 15. Rc1 h6 16. Bh4 Bf4 17. Ra1 b6 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Nc1 g5
20. Bg3 Ne4 21. Nd3 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Bd6 23. Qd2 Qf6 24. Qe3 $14 {Nedev,
T-Kovacevic,V/Elista 1998/}) 10... a4 {'N'} (10... Qb6 11. c4 cxd4 12. cxd5
exd5 13. Ng5 Nc5 14. Bg4 Be7 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. Ndf3 Ne6 17. a3 O-O 18. Qd3 Bxg5
19. Nxg5 Nxg5 20. Bxg5 Qxb2 21. Rad1 Qc3 22. Qf5 Rce8 23. Bc1 Qb3 $17 {Nguyen
Anh Dung-Kostenko,P/Macau 1996/}) 11. c4 Be7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nf1 (13. Bb5 $5)
13... c4 14. Ng3 Nb6 15. h3 O-O 16. a3 Na5 17. Rb1 Nb3 18. Be3 f5 19. exf6 Bxf6
20. Qc2 Bh4 21. Nxh4 Qxh4 22. Qc3 Bd7 23. Qb4 Qd8 (23... Rf6 $5 24. Nh5 Rc6 25.
Rbd1 Rf8 $13) 24. Rbd1 Ra5 25. Bg5 (25. Qd6 $5) 25... Qxg5 26. Qxb6 Qf4 27.
Qxb7 Bc8 28. Qe7 Nxd4 (28... Qxf2+ 29. Kh2 Rf7 30. Qb4 Rb7 31. Qc3 $14) 29. Nh5
Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 Nf5 31. Qe5 g6 {'?'} (31... Qc5 $142 $1 32. Nf4 (32. Rf1 d4 33.
Bxc4+ Qxc4 34. Qxa5 g6 35. Rc1 Qe6 36. Rfe1 Qd6 37. Qxa4 gxh5 38. Qc4+ Kg7 39.
b4 (39. Qc7+ Qxc7 40. Rxc7+ Kf6 41. b4 Ne3 42. b5 Bf5 43. b6 Rb8 44. Rc6+ Ke5
45. a4 Be4 $19) 39... Bb7 40. Qc7+ Qxc7 41. Rxc7+ Rf7 42. Rec1 Ne3 $1 43. Rxf7+
Kxf7 44. Re1 (44. Rc7+ Ke6 45. Rxb7 d3 $19) 44... Bxg2+ 45. Kg1 Bxh3 46. a4 Bf5
$19) 32... Qe3 33. Bxc4 Ng3+ 34. Kh2 Nf1+ 35. Bxf1 Qxf4+ 36. Qxf4 Rxf4 $11) 32.
Rf1 Qa7 (32... Qe3 33. Rxf5 Qxe5 34. Rxe5 gxh5 35. Rdxd5 Rxd5 36. Bxc4 $16) 33.
Nf6+ {'?'} (33. Rxd5 $142 $1 Rxd5 34. Bxc4 gxh5 35. Bxd5+ Rf7 36. Rc1 $18)
33... Rxf6 34. Qxf6 Qc7 {'??'} (34... Ng3+ $142 35. Kh2 Nxf1+ 36. Rxf1 Qb8+ 37.
g3 Bf5 38. Rxf5 gxf5 39. Qe6+ Kg7 40. Qe7+ Kh8 41. Qf6+ Kg8 42. Qe6+ Kf8 43.
Qf6+ Kg8 $11) 35. Bxc4 {'+-!'} Ng3+ (35... dxc4 36. Rd8+ $18) 36. Kg1 Qc5+ 37.
Rf2 Bf5 38. Rxd5 (38. Bxd5+ $142 $1 Qxd5 39. Rxd5 Rxd5 40. Qc6 $18) 38... Qxd5
39. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bb5 a5 7. O-O Na7 {
This move is premature.} (7... Be7 {is preferable.}) 8. Bd3 c5 9. c4 $5 (9. c3
{Advocated by the old theory; it isn't as aggressive as Topalov's move.}) 9...
cxd4 10. cxd5 Nc5 11. dxe6 $1 Bxe6 (11... Nxd3 12. exf7+ Ke7 13. Ne4 Nxc1 14.
Qxc1 {or 14.Nd6 with a promising attack. The value of the novelty depends on
this  position.}) 12. Nb3 Bxb3 13. axb3 Be7 14. Bc4 $1 b5 15. Bd3 {Weakening
of the queen's side is worth two tempi. Now white has a big advan-  tage.} Rb8
16. Bf4 Rb7 17. Rc1 Qd5 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Rfd1 Nxb3 (19... Ne6 20. Be3 Bc5 21.
Qc2 {and white gets a material advantage.}) 20. Rc3 $1 {Winning move. Black is
not able to defend himself against numerous threats.} Rd7 21. Bc2 Na1 22. Rxd4
Qe6 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qd3+ Kg8 25. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2002.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kundin, Alexander"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "Kundin,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.01.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8.
Nf1 Bd6 9. Ne3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. b3 (11. c3 $14) 11... O-O-O (11... O-O 12.
Bb2 $14) 12. Bb2 h5 $5 {[%csl Gg5] /\ g5. Black is trying to prevent the Ng4
manoeuver but by doing so he permamently weakens his king side. An interesting,
but a questionable move.} (12... Kb8 13. c4 Ne7 $14) 13. c4 Ne7 14. Qc2 {/\ c5}
dxc4 $6 {A bad decision. Black is giving up his positions in the center, and
gets a worse game.} (14... Qh6 15. Rfc1 $14) 15. Nxc4 (15. bxc4 $5 Bxf3 (15...
e5 16. c5 bxc5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Rfc1 $16) 16. Bxf3
Qf4 17. Rfc1 Qxh2+ 18. Kf1 $44 {[%csl Ga6,Gb7,Gc6,Yf3] The black king's
position is extremely vulnerable.}) 15... Kb8 (15... Bf4 $2 16. g3 Bh6 17. d5
$18) 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Rac1 Nd5 $2 {Underestimating white's next two moves.} (
17... Rc8 18. Qd2 Nf5 (18... Nd5 19. Ba3 $16) (18... Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20.
Rxc8+ Kxc8 $14) 19. Qf4 $14) {[%tqu "En","Find the weak spot in black's camp
and attack it.","","","b2a3","",10]} 18. Ba3 $1 {[%csl Gd6]} Nf8 {[%tqu "En",
"Which white piece could be improved?","","","f3d2","The move which black
blundered. With the knight in the center, two strong bishops and a c-file
black's position is very difficult, probably indefendable.",10]} 19. Nd2 $1 {
The move which black blundered. With the knight in the center, two strong
bishops and a c-file black's position is very difficult, probably indefendable.
} Ka8 (19... Qxd4 20. Ne4 $18) 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Bb5 $1 {/\ Bc6. Exchanging
black's main defender and getting to the king.} Rh6 $2 ({After} 21... Nh7 22.
Bc6 Rc8 23. Bxb7+ Qxb7 24. Qd2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nhf6 26. Nxd6 $18 {White still
had some work to do.}) 22. Bc6 a6 (22... Rg6 23. Nxd6 $18) 23. Bxb7+ Qxb7 24.
Nxd6 Qd7 25. Qc4 Ka7 26. Nc8+ Kb7 27. Nd6+ Ka7 28. Qc6 {The simplest - the
engame is completely hopeless.} Qxc6 29. Rxc6 Rg6 (29... Rf6 30. Rfc1 $18) 30.
Rfc1 Nd7 31. Nf7 Rb8 32. Bd6 Rf6 (32... Rb7 33. Nd8 Nb8 34. Rc8) 33. Bxb8+ Nxb8
34. Rc7+ Nxc7 35. Rxc7+ Ka8 {[%tqu "En","The position is won. Finish the game
with style!","","","f7d6","Going for the king /\ Nc8, Nc4",10]} 36. Nd6 $1 {
Going for the king /\ Nc8, Nc4} e5 37. dxe5 Re6 38. f4 a5 39. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.05.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 a5 7. a4 Be7 8. Bb5
Na7 9. Bd3 b6 10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxc5 bxc5 13. b3 O-O 14. Qe2 Nc6 15.
Bb5 Qb6 16. O-O Ba6 17. c4 Bb7 18. Rad1 Nb4 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nh3 d4 21. Nf4 Kh7
22. Rfe1 Rg8 23. Nd3 Raf8 24. Nxb4 axb4 25. Qd3+ g6 26. Bf4 Kg7 27. Qh3 g5 28.
Bg3 Kh7 29. Qg4 Rg6 30. h3 Kg7 31. Qh5 Rg8 32. Rd3 Qa7 33. f3 Bd8 34. Kf2 Kf8
35. Ke2 Bc7 36. Kd1 Qa8 37. Kc1 f5 38. Bh2 Ke7 39. Rd2 f4 40. Bg1 Qf8 41. Bxd4
cxd4 42. Rxd4 Bc8 43. c5 Qg7 44. Rd6 Bxd6 45. cxd6+ Kd8 46. Bd3 Bb7 $1 47. Qxg6
Qxg6 48. Bxg6 Rxg6 49. Rd1 Bd5 50. Rd4 Kd7 51. Rxb4 Rg8 52. Kd2 Rf8 53. a5 h5
54. Rb6 Ra8 $6 (54... Rf5 55. a6 Rxe5 $17) 55. b4 g4 56. hxg4 hxg4 57. fxg4
Bxg2 58. a6 Bd5 59. Rb5 f3 60. Ke3 Rf8 61. Kf2 Rh8 62. Rxd5 $4 (62. Rc5 Rh2+
63. Kf1 $11) 62... exd5 $19 63. b5 Rb8 64. g5 Rxb5 65. g6 Rb8 66. a7 Ra8 67. g7
Ke6 68. Kxf3 Kxe5 69. d7 Kd6 70. Kf4 Kxd7 71. Ke5 Kc6 0-1

[Event "Malmo Masters 1st"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. c3 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Be2
Bd6 9. Nf1 O-O 10. Ne3 Qg6 11. O-O (11. Nh4 Qf7 12. O-O Nf6 13. f4 Ne7 14. g3
$11 {0-1 Tomic,B-Sebestyen,B/Zenica BIH 2002/The Week in Chess 424 (38). (38)})
11... Nf6 12. c4 b6 13. a3 Bb7 14. b4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Rae8 16. Bb2 Ng4 $6 17. Bd3
Qh5 18. h3 $2 (18. Nxg4 Qxg4 19. h3 Qh5 20. Ne5 Qg5 21. Bc1 Qh4 22. Nf3 $14)
18... Nf6 $2 (18... Nxd4 $3 19. Bxd4 (19. Nxg4 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Rxf3 $19) (19.
hxg4 $2 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qh2#) 19... Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nh2 $40) 19. Ne5 Ne7 20. Bb5
Rd8 21. Bd7 Bc8 22. Bb5 (22. Qxh5 Nxh5 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. b5 {gefällt mir
besser. Zumindest ist das weiße Risiko geringer.}) 22... Bb7 (22... Qh4 $5) 23.
Qa4 $2 (23. Bc4 Ned5 24. Qxh5 Nxh5 25. Rac1 $11) 23... Nfd5 24. Ba6 (24. Qxa7
$2 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Bd5 $17) 24... Ba8 (24... Bxa6 25. Qxa6 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Bxe5 27.
dxe5 Nf5 {kam ebenfalls in Betracht.}) 25. Qc2 $2 (25. Qd1 {war vonnöten.})
25... Nf4 26. f3 (26. Qd1 Nxh3+ 27. gxh3 Qxh3 28. d5 Bxe5 29. Bxe5 Nxd5 30. Qg4
Qh1+ 31. Kxh1 Nxe3+ 32. Kg1 Nxg4 33. Bxc7 Rd2 $19) 26... Qg5 27. Kh1 Nh5 28.
Rfe1 $6 {sträflicher Leichtsinn. Allerdings war guter Rat ohnehin teuer, z.B.}
(28. Qb3 Ng3+ 29. Kg1 Nxf1 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Kxf1 Nc6 32. Nf7+ Rxf7 33. Qxf7
Qxe3 34. Re1 Qf4 $17) 28... Bxe5 29. dxe5 {[%tqu "En","How to continue Black's
attack?","","","f8f3","",6,"De","Wie soll der schwarze Angriff fortgesetzt
werden?","","","f8f3","",6]} Rxf3 $3 {[%cal Ga8h1,Gf3h3][%mdl 128]} 30. Qxc7 (
30. gxf3 Bxf3+ 31. Ng2 (31. Kh2 Qg3#) 31... Rd2 $19) 30... Rxh3+ 31. Kg1 Rf8
32. Bb7 Bxb7 (32... Qh4 33. gxh3 Qf2+ 34. Kh1 Ng3#) 33. Qxb7 Rxe3 34. Rf1 Nf4
35. Bc1 Ne2+ (35... Ne2+ 36. Kh2 Qh4#) 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1937.11.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1937.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 $146 (4... Nge7 {Spielmann,
R-Nimzowitsch,A Berlin Tageblatt 1928 1/2}) 5. e5 Nd7 6. c3 b6 (6... f6) 7. Bd3
Bb7 8. Nf1 Be7 9. Ng3 Qc8 10. Ng5 Ba6 11. Nh5 (11. Bc2) 11... Bf8 12. Bxh7 (12.
Nxh7 $142 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 g6 14. N5f6+) 12... g6 13. Nf4 Ncxe5 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Ngxe6 (16. Be3) 16... Nd3+ $1 {[%cal Gc8e6]} 17. Nxd3 Qxe6+ 18.
Qe2 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 O-O-O $132 20. Bg5 Rd7 21. Bf6 Rh5 22. f4 Rf5 23. Be5 g5 24.
g3 gxf4 25. gxf4 Bh6 $40 26. Raf1 $2 (26. Rae1 $142 Bxf4 27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28. Kd2
Rh4 {[%cal Gd7h7]}) 26... Re7 $19 27. Ke3 Rexe5+ 28. Nxe5 Rxe5+ 29. Kf3 Re4 30.
Rf2 Bxf4 31. h4 Bh6 32. Kg3 Bb5 33. Rf5 Bd7 34. Rf6 Bg7 35. Rg6 Be5+ 36. Kf2 d4
37. h5 dxc3 38. bxc3 Bxc3 39. h6 Ra4 40. Rg8+ Kb7 41. h7 Rxa2+ 42. Ke3 Bf5 43.
h8=Q Bxh8 44. Rhxh8 Rc2 45. Rb8+ Ka6 46. Rh5 Bd7 47. Kd3 Rc1 48. Kd2 Rd1+ 49.
Kc3 Bb5 50. Rh7 Rd3+ 51. Kb2 Rd7 52. Rh1 Ba4 53. Rh4 Ka5 54. Rb7 Ka6 55. Rb8
Bd1 56. Ka3 c5 57. Rh2 Kb5 58. Rb2+ Kc4 59. Rh2 Kc3 60. Rg8 Rd3 61. Rg5 b5 62.
Rg1 b4+ 63. Ka2 a5 64. Kb1 a4 65. Rg5 c4 66. Rg1 b3 67. Kc1 Bc2 68. Rxc2+ bxc2
69. Rg3 Kb3 70. Rg1 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Morso"]
[Site "Morso"]
[Date "2002.02.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Pedersen, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. c4
$1 (8. Nb3 c5 {verspricht dem Anziehenden nichts}) 8... dxc4 (8... c5 $5 9.
cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Be7 (10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 c5 12. e6 Nb6 (12... Nf6 $4 13. Qa4+
$18) 13. exf7+ Kxf7 14. N4f3 $14) 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Na5 $14) 9. O-O ({einfacher
geschah} 9. Nxc4 $5 Nb6 10. Na5 $14) 9... Nb6 $1 $146 (9... Be7 10. Nxc4 Nb6
11. Na5 $16) 10. Qc2 Qd5 11. Ne4 (11. b3 $5 cxb3 12. axb3 $14) 11... c5 $1 12.
dxc5 $6 (12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Be3 Qc6 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Rd4 $40)
12... Bb7 $1 13. Re1 Nd7 (13... Bxc5 $5 14. Bh6 $5 Bf8 $1 15. Rad1 Qa5 $13) 14.
Ned2 Nxc5 $6 (14... Qd3 15. Qxc4 Nxc5 16. Re3 Qxc4 17. Nxc4 O-O-O $15) 15. Nxc4
Qd3 16. Qxd3 Nxd3 17. Rd1 Bxf3 (17... Nxc1 18. Raxc1 $14) 18. gxf3 Rd8 $6 ({
Logischer sah} 18... O-O-O $5 {aus, damit der König sich um die schwachen
Damenflügelbauern kümmern kann}) 19. Be3 Rd5 20. Kf1 Be7 21. Ke2 Nb4 22. Rg1 $1
{Ein wichtiger Prophylaxezug, der verhindert, dass der schwarze Springer auf
dem Traumfeld d5 ankommt.} g6 23. a3 Nc6 24. Rgd1 O-O $6 {Wieder eine
schlechte Entscheidung bezüglich des Königs. Im Endspiel aus dem Zentrum
wegzurochieren, sieht sehr unlogisch aus.} (24... f6 25. f4 Rf8 26. Rac1 Rxd1
27. Rxd1 fxe5 28. fxe5 Rf5 29. f4 g5 $11) 25. Rac1 $14 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27.
Rxd8+ ({Es wäre prinzipiell wünschenswert, die Türme zu behalten, um die
schwarzen Damenflügelschwächen gleich auf's Korn nehmen zu können, konkret
scheitert der Zug aber an} 27. Rc1 Nd4+ $1 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Ne3 c5 $11) 27...
Bxd8 28. Kd3 {In dem entstandenen Endspiel steht Weiß aufgrund der
Raumvorteils und der insgesamt doch besseren Bauernstruktur etwas besser, aber
bei umsichtiger Verteidigung sollte Schwarz sich halten.} Kf8 29. f4 f6 30. Bd4
fxe5 (30... f5 $5 {wäre der weiße Vorteil auch kaum zu verwerten gewesen.}) 31.
fxe5 Bg5 $6 {Erst nach dieser Ungenauigkeit nimmt der weiße Vorteil reale
Formen an.} (31... Nxd4 $1 32. Kxd4 Bh4 33. f4 Bf2+ 34. Ke4 Ke7 $11) 32. Be3 $1
$16 Be7 33. f4 Kf7 34. Ke4 $1 {Noch einmal wichtige Prophylaxe:} (34. Nd2 g5 $1
$11) 34... Ke8 35. Nd2 $1 {Der Springer strebt nach c5, von wo aus er alle
schwarzen Bauernschwächen im Blick hat.} Nd8 $1 {Ein "symmetrisches"
Verteidigungsmanöver.} 36. b4 Nb7 37. Nb3 Kd7 38. Kd3 h6 39. Kc4 c6 40. h3 h5
$2 41. a4 $6 {Wieder Prophylaxe, aber diesmal unnötig. Ich befürchtete} (41.
Nd2 a5 {übersah aber die hübsche Idee} 42. Nb3 $3 axb4 (42... a4 43. Nd2 $18)
43. a4 $1 $18) 41... Bh4 42. Nd2 $1 {Die nächste Stufe des Plans: die
schwarzfeldrigen Läufer sollen getauscht werden.} Kc7 43. Nf3 Be7 (43... Bg3
44. Ng5 Kd7 45. Ne4 Bh4 46. Bf2 Be7 47. Nd2 $18) 44. Bf2 Kd7 45. Bh4 Bf8 46.
Bf6 c5 $2 {Schwarz erkennt richtig, dass er nicht länger abwarten darf, sucht
sich aber den falschen Bauernvorstoß aus.} (46... Ke8 47. Ng5 Kd7 48. Nh7 Bh6
49. Bg5 Bg7 50. Nf6+ Bxf6 51. exf6 {und der weiße König dringt unweigerlich in
die löchrige schwarze Stellung ein, z.B.} Kc7 52. Kd4 Nd8 53. Bh4 Kd7 54. Bg3
Nb7 55. Ke5 Nd8 56. f7 Nxf7+ 57. Kf6 $18) (46... a5 $1 47. bxa5 Nxa5+ 48. Kc3
Ba3 {versprach Schwarz aber noch einige Rettungschancen}) 47. b5 $18 Na5+ 48.
Kc3 axb5 49. axb5 c4 50. Nh4 Bc5 51. Nxg6 Kc7 52. Be7 Bf2 53. Nf8 Be1+ 54. Kc2
Nb3 55. Bd6+ Kb6 56. Nxe6 Kxb5 57. f5 Bd2 58. f6 Kc6 59. f7 Bh6 60. Kc3 Nd2 61.
Nd4+ 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 09th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2009.10.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bedouin, Xavier"]
[Black "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 {[%csl Rc7] la variante GUIMARD} 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5
Nd7 6. Nb3 {[%csl Gc5]} Be7 (6... a5) 7. Bb5 a5 8. a4 Na7 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 {
plus actif} b6 10. O-O c5 11. c4 $5 {Sprenger,J (2426)-Vysochin,S (2553)
Lasker Memorial op 2002 (4) 1/2}) 9... b6 10. O-O (10. h4 $142 c5 11. h5 $14 {
Georgiev,K (2450)-Sahovic,D (2475) Athens 1983 (2) 1-0}) 10... c5 11. c3 Nc6
12. Be3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 $146 ({RR} 13. Bb5 Qc8 14. Rc1 O-O 15. c4 Nb4 16. Bxa6
Rxa6 17. Qe2 Ra7 18. Bd2 Qa6 19. Rfe1 Rc8 20. Kf1 Rac7 21. cxd5 Qxe2+ 22. Kxe2
exd5 23. Bf4 Ra7 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Red1 Nf8 26. Be3 Ne6 27. Nfd4 Rac7 {Lukinov,
P (2327)-Yatshmenev,M/Gatchina 2000/EXT 2001/1-0 (45)}) 13... Rxa6 14. Qe2 $32
{[%cal Ge2a6]} Ra8 15. c4 $5 Nb4 (15... cxd4 $6 16. cxd5) (15... O-O 16. cxd5
exd5 17. Rac1) 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. dxc5 (17. Rac1) 17... bxc5 18. Rfc1 Qb6 19.
Nbd2 $5 Qxb2 20. Qd3 O-O 21. Nc4 $44 Qb7 22. Qe4 (22. Bg5 $5) 22... Rfb8 23.
Bd2 N5b6 24. Qxb7 Rxb7 25. Rcb1 Rbb8 26. Nxa5 Bf8 27. Kf1 Ra6 28. Rb5 Rba8 29.
g3 h6 30. h4 Nd5 31. Rc1 N7b6 $15 32. Ra1 Nc7 (32... c4 $5) 33. Rbb1 Nbd5 34.
Ne1 Nb4 35. Nb7 Rxa4 36. Rxa4 Rxa4 37. Rc1 Nca6 38. Be3 Nd5 39. Bxc5 Nxc5 40.
Nxc5 Ra2 41. Ne4 Ra4 42. Nc3 Nxc3 43. Rxc3 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. f3 Bg7 46. Re3
Kh7 47. g4 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Perez Candelario, Manuel"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Linex Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. c3 f6 7. Bb5 fxe5 8. dxe5
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a5 11. Bd3 Qe8 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Bc2 b6 14. Ng3 Bb7 15.
Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qf7 17. f3 Kh8 18. Be3 Rad8 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Qd3 g6 21. Qb5
Ba8 22. Qxc5 Qg7 23. Rad1 Nxe5 24. b3 Rde8 25. Qxa5 Rf4 26. Qc5 Ref8 27. Re3
Rc8 28. Ne2 Nd7 29. Qa5 Rf6 30. c4 c5 31. cxd5 exd5 32. Ng3 Bc6 33. Qd2 Ra8 34.
a4 Rf7 35. Rde1 Nf8 36. Re5 Rc8 37. Qf2 Nd7 38. Re6 Nf8 39. R6e2 Nd7 40. h4 Qf6
41. h5 gxh5 $6 (41... Qg5 42. a5 Bb5) 42. Nf5 $18 Nf8 43. Ne7 Rc7 44. Qxc5 d4
45. Nxc6 Rxc6 46. Qxh5 Rc3 47. Rd1 Ne6 $2 (47... Rfc7 48. Qf5 Qxf5) 48. Qd5 $2
(48. Bd3 Re7 49. Qg4 $18) 48... Nf4 $14 49. Re8+ Kg7 50. Qe4 Kh6 51. Bd3 Rg7 $6
(51... Qg5 52. Re6+ $1 Nxe6 $11) 52. g4 $18 Rf7 53. Rg8 $2 (53. Ra8 Nxd3 54.
Rxd3 $16) 53... Qh4 $19 54. Bf1 $2 (54. Qe1 Qxe1+ 55. Rxe1 $17) 54... Qg3+ (
54... Re3 55. Qa8 Qg3+) 55. Kh1 $19 Qh4+ 56. Kg1 Qg3+ (56... Re3 57. Qa8 Qg3+)
57. Kh1 $19 Rxf3 58. Qc6+ Ng6 59. Bg2 Qxg4 60. Qc1+ Re3 61. Rxg6+ hxg6 62. Kg1
Rfe7 $2 (62... Rc7 $3 63. Qxc7 Qxd1+) 63. Rf1 $19 Kg7 64. Qc6 Re2 65. Qa8 Re8
66. Qb7+ R2e7 67. Qd5 $2 (67. Qf3 Qxf3 68. Bxf3) 67... Re1 $19 68. Qf7+ Kh6 69.
Qf2 $2 (69. Qf3 Qxf3 70. Bxf3) 69... Rxf1+ $19 70. Qxf1 Qg3 71. Qc1+ Qe3+ 72.
Qxe3+ Rxe3 73. Bd5 $2 (73. Bf1 Rxb3 74. Kf2) 73... d3 $19 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[BlackTeam "Cajacanarias"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 f6 8. exf6
Bxf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. b4 a6 13. Bb2 Nf8 14. Qb3 Qe7 15.
Nf1 Qf7 16. Ne3 Ng6 17. Ng4 Nf4 18. Bf1 Be7 19. Nfe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qf5 21. Re3
Rf8 22. Rae1 Bd6 23. f3 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Qg6 25. g3 Nd3 26. Bxd3 Qxd3 27. R5e3 Qf5
28. c4 Bd7 29. c5 Qh3 30. Bc3 Rf5 31. Qc2 Raf8 32. Qg2 Qxg2+ 33. Kxg2 g5 34. h3
Kf7 35. Bd2 Rf6 36. Rc3 Rg8 37. g4 Bb5 38. Re5 Bc4 39. a3 b6 40. cxb6 cxb6 41.
Kg3 a5 42. bxa5 bxa5 43. f4 gxf4+ 44. Bxf4 a4 45. Rh5 Rgg6 46. Rf3 Kg8 47. Be5
Rxf3+ 48. Kxf3 Bb5 49. Kf4 Be8 50. Rh4 Kh7 51. Bd6 Rf6+ 52. Ke5 Kg7 53. Bb4 Bb5
54. Bd2 Bf1 55. Bf4 Bg2 56. Rh5 Bf1 57. Bc1 Rf3 58. h4 Rf6 59. g5 hxg5 60. hxg5
Rf3 61. Kxe6 Rc3 62. Bf4 Rf3 63. Rh4 Bc4 64. Bd6 Kg6 65. Be7 Re3+ 66. Kd7 Bb5+
67. Kd8 Re4 68. Rh6+ Kf7 69. Bf6 Re3 $2 (69... Re8+ 70. Kc7 Bc4 $14) 70. Be5
$18 Bd3 71. Rf6+ Kg8 72. Ke7 Be4 73. Rh6 1-0

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "1997.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Black "Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bb5 a6 {Black has some
other important options:} (6... a5 $5 {[%cal Yc6a7,Yc7c5]}) (6... Be7) (6...
Ncb8) (6... f6 $6) 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Nb3 a5 (8... c5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Na5 Nxe5 (
10... Nb8 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. c3 O-O 13. O-O c4 14. b4 cxb3 15. axb3 $14 {
Yemelin,V-Riazantsev,A/St.Petersburg Petrov 1996}) 11. dxe5 Bxg5 12. Nc6 Qd7
13. Nxg5 h6 14. Nxf7 Qxf7 15. O-O O-O 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Na5 Rab8 (17... Qf4 18.
Qxf4 Rxf4 19. Nb3 c4 20. Nc5 $14 {Drei,A-Naumkin,I/Toscolano open 1996}) 18. c4
Qf4 19. Qe2 $14 {Yudasin,L-Drasko,M/Tbilisi 1987}) 9. Bd2 $1 $146 (9. Bg5 Be7
10. h4 h6 11. Be3 a4 12. Nc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Ba6 $13 {Tolnai,T-Monin,N/Budapest
Spring op 1990}) (9. a4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 f6 $6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Bxb4 axb4 13. O-O
O-O 14. Re1 $16 {Estrada,N-Parcerias,P/WchTJ U26 Paranana 1993}) 9... a4 (9...
Bb4 10. a3 (10. O-O $5) 10... Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 a4 12. Na5 Ra6 13. Qc3 c5 (13...
Nb8 $16) 14. dxc5 c6 15. b4 axb3 16. Nxb3 $16) 10. Na5 Nb8 (10... Ra6 11. c4 a3
12. b4 $16) 11. c4 a3 (11... Ba6 12. Qxa4 Bxc4 13. Qc2 $16 {[%cal Rc2c6]}) 12.
b4 {/\ 13.c5 +- קa3} dxc4 (12... Ba6 13. c5 Be7 (13... Bd3 $2 14. Bg5) 14. Qb3
$16) 13. O-O Ba6 14. Re1 Bb5 15. Qc1 Qd5 16. Qxa3 Nd7 17. Qc3 Nb6 18. a3 h6 19.
Qc2 (19. Be3 $6 Na4 20. Qc2 c3 $1 $132) 19... Ba4 20. Qc1 Be7 21. Be3 Bb5 (
21... O-O $2 22. Bxh6 $1 $40) 22. Nd2 O-O 23. Nb1 f5 (23... Ra7 {[%cal Yf8a8]}
24. Nc3 Qd7 25. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 (25... Qxd4 26. Nxb5 cxb5 27. Nc6) 26. Qxh6 $18 {
[%cal Re1e4,Re4g4] ->}) 24. exf6 Rxf6 (24... Bxf6 25. Nc3 Qd7 26. a4 Ba6 27.
Ne4 Bxd4 28. Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Nxc6 $16) 25. Nc3 Qh5 (25... Qf5 $142 $16 {[%csl
Gf4]}) 26. Bf4 $1 Raf8 (26... Qh4 $5 27. Re4 Nd5 28. Bg3 Qh5 $16) (26... Rxf4
27. Qxf4 Bd6 28. Qe4 (28. Re5 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 $16) 28... Qxh2+ 29. Kf1 $16) 27.
Bg3 Bd6 28. Ne4 Rg6 29. Nb7 $1 (29. Nxd6 $6 cxd6 30. Bxd6 Rxg2+ $1 $11) 29...
Bxg3 30. hxg3 e5 31. dxe5 Qxe5 32. Nbc5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Ya3a4]} Rg4 33.
Qc2 Kh8 34. Nc3 Qf6 35. a4 Rxg3 36. fxg3 1-0

[Event "Sydney Mercantile"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Black "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Qd5 $5 6. Bd3 e5 ({Grabbing a
pawn with} 6... f5 $6 {is known to be very risky but the text is considered to
be a safe equalising method. However Antonio finds an interesting way to give
up a pawn even here, setting new problems for Black.}) 7. Qe2 $1 Be6 8. Nf3
exd4 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Ne7 $6 {Black would prefer to take
the d pawn with his knight but this manoeuvre is too time consuming and fails
tactically.} (11... Qxd4 12. Rd1 Qe5 {seems best, although White maintains a
strong initiative for the pawn.}) 12. Bf4 Nf5 13. Rac1 Bd6 ({If} 13... c6 14.
Bc4 Nxd4 15. Qe3 {sets up numerous threats.}) 14. Nxd6+ Nxd6 15. Be5 $1 f6 16.
Rc5 $1 Qxa2 17. Bg3 Rhe8 18. Qc2 Re7 ({Forced, since} 18... c6 {loses
immediately to} 19. Rxc6+ $1) 19. Re1 $1 Rdd7 ({The threat of 20.d5 is
unanswerable, e.g.} 19... Rf7 20. Rxe6 $1 Qxe6 21. Bf5 $1 Nxf5 22. Rxc7+ {
and mate next move. Now, however, Black loses because the rook on d7 becomes
overloaded.}) 20. d5 $1 Bf5 ({If} 20... Bxd5 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Bxd6 {wins.})
21. Rxe7 Qa1+ 22. Qc1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Rozentalis,E"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[BlackTeam "Viernheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. b3 f6 7. Bb2 fxe5 8. dxe5
Be7 (8... Bc5) 9. g3 O-O 10. Bh3 (10. Bg2 $142) 10... Nc5 11. O-O Qe8 12. Qe2
Qh5 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. c4 {Development is finished, and it's time to attack black
centre.} Rad8 15. Rad1 Be8 16. cxd5 Rxd5 (16... exd5 $142 $13) 17. Nc4 Bg6 $2 {
missing white's trap.} (17... Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Bg6) 18. g4 $1 Qxg4 (18... Qh6 19.
Bc1) 19. Ne3 Qe4 (19... Qf4 $142 20. Nxd5 exd5 {withsome compensation.}) 20.
Ng5 $2 {After this position becomes unclear, while} (20. Ne1 Rxd1 21. Bxe4 Rxe1
22. Rxe1) {and having extra queen for two pieces white should win.} 20... Qh4
21. Nxd5 Bxg5 22. Nxc7 $2 {this natural move could lead white into great
trouble, though after the only 22.f4 position would be unclear.} Bh5 $2 (22...
Bf4 23. h3 Bf5 $17) 23. Qc2 Bf4 24. h3 b6 $2 $138 (24... Bxd1 25. Rxd1 {
and white is slightly better, because of two bishop's advantage.}) 25. Nxe6
Nxe6 26. Qxc6 $18 Ng5 27. Rd3 Be2 28. Qd5+ (28. e6 Bxd3 29. e7 $18) 28... Kh8
29. Ba3 Rg8 (29... Bxf1 30. Bxf8 Bxd3 31. Be7) 30. Re1 Bxd3 31. Qxd3 Ne6 32.
Qc4 Qh6 33. Rd1 Ng5 34. Bb2 Qg6 35. Kf1 Ne6 36. Qd3 Qg5 37. Qc4 $138 Qf5 38.
Qe4 Qg5 39. b4 h6 40. Rd6 Re8 41. Qc6 Qe7 42. Qc4 Bh2 (42... Qc7 43. Bc6) (
42... b5 43. Qxb5) 43. Bc6 Nf4 44. Bxe8 Qg5 45. Ke1 Qg1+ 46. Kd2 Qxf2+ 47. Kc3
Qf3+ 48. Kc2 Ng2 49. Bc6 {49...Ne3 50.Kb3} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.04.09"]
[Round "12.8"]
[White "Mista, Aleksander"]
[Black "Graf, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin SF"]
[BlackTeam "Trier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 {The Guimard Variation used to be a good surprise
weapon and I used to play it a lot myself, but these days it's no longer a
surprise for White players and there are various ways to obtain an edge
against it.} ({Here's a relevant line to compare the game with} 3... Be7 4.
Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 (6. Be2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O) 6... c5 7. c3 Nc6
8. O-O) 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bd3 ({Other good continuations are} 6. c3) ({
and} 6. Nb3) 6... Nb4 (6... f6 {is supposed to be one of the main lines, but
is now considered very risky:} 7. Ng5 Ndxe5 8. dxe5 fxg5 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Bxg6+
Kd7 11. c4 Nxe5 12. Bc2 Qf6 (12... Bd6 13. O-O c6 14. b4 $1 Qe8 15. Qe2 $36 {
1-0 (42) Demchenko,A (2595)-Stupak,K (2531) St Petersburg RUS 2015}) 13. O-O
Bd6 14. b4 $1 Ng6 15. Nb3 $14 {1-0 (58) Pert,N (2569)-Rendle,T (2369)
Birmingham ENG 2015}) 7. Be2 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 {Now the position
transposes to Tarrasch 3...Be7 4.Ngf3 only here White has an extra tempo and
his B is on e2 rather than on e2 which I believe still favours White--see note
under move 3.} 10. Re1 Rb8 $6 $146 {I have a feeling Black came up with this
move over the board and tried to take White out of the standard positions. The
only idea I can see behind this move is that it prepares b5 after c4 but it's
too slow as we will see. From years of studying & playing the French, I
strongly believe the best plan for Black in this structure involves either a
break with f6 or pressure on d4.} (10... O-O 11. Bd3 f6 $5 {transposes to a
line in 3...Be7 4.Ngf3 where Black has equal chances.}) (10... Qb6 11. Nb3 $1 {
this is one of the plusses of having a B on e2} c4 {and after fixing the
centre, White can easily create play on the kingside.} 12. Nbd2 Qa5 13. Nf1 b5
14. Ng3 b4 15. Qd2 h6 16. h4 Nb6 17. Bd1 a6 18. Nh5 g6 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. exf6
Bb7 21. Qf4 $16 {1-0 (48) Misiano,F (2313)-Di Benedetto,E (2179) Lugano SUI
2015}) (10... a5 $5 11. Nf1 (11. Bb5 Qb6 12. a4 cxd4 13. c4 $13) 11... Qb6 $132
12. Ng3 O-O 13. Rb1 cxd4 14. cxd4 f6 $11) 11. dxc5 $1 {The most principled
reaction considering Black's king is still in the centre.} Nxc5 (11... Bxc5 12.
Bd3 O-O 13. Nb3 $16) (11... Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. b4 (13. Nf3 $5 Nxf3+ 14.
Bxf3 O-O 15. Bf4 $14) 13... O-O 14. Nb3 $14) 12. Nb3 $1 {Taking hold of d4.
White's energetic play renders Black's idea (...Rb8) useless.} Nxb3 13. axb3 a5
14. Ra4 $1 {A wonderful move, preparing to transfer to the kingside.} O-O 15.
Bd3 $40 {Slowly pointing everyone to Black's kingside.} (15. Rg4 {is a little
premature} f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 {[%cal Ge6e5,Rc8g4]}) 15... f5 {Almost forced
otherwise White plays Bb1, Qd3, Rg4 etc.} (15... b5 16. Rg4 f5 (16... Re8 17.
Ng5 $18) 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Rxg5 $16) 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Qc2 $1 {
Provoking a weakening in the shelter for Black's king.} h6 (17... g6 18. Bxg6
hxg6 19. Qxg6+ Bg7 20. Rh4 Rf6 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Bg5 $18) 18. Bf4 $1 {Simple
and strong. White prevents e5 with tempo and prepares a decisive sac on h6.} b5
(18... Ra8 19. Qd2 $16) 19. Bxb8 bxa4 20. Bg3 axb3 21. Qxb3 {White is almost
winning as Black simply has too many weaknesses.} Rf7 22. Bb1 g5 {It's hard to
recommend anything else as White is coming with Qc2 and Black has no way to
even create counterplay.} 23. h3 $1 {Preventing g4 and introducing the idea
Nh2-g4.} Bd7 24. Nh2 Bg7 25. Qd1 $5 {Not letting Black play ...e5.} (25. Qc2 e5
26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Ng4 Bxg4 28. hxg4 Qb6 (28... e4 $2 29. Rd1 $18) 29. Ba2 Ne7
30. Qc2 $16) 25... Qb6 26. Qd2 Ne7 27. Ng4 Nf5 28. Be5 $18 {Operation
domination successful!} a4 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Ne5 Re7 31. Kh2 {Black can only
sit and wait for White to open up lines for his pieces.} Be8 {.} 32. f4 gxf4
33. Qxf4 Qxb2 34. Bxf5 exf5 35. Re3 Qb1 36. Rd3 Qe1 37. Rg3+ {A model game by
Mista on how to attack the French kingside, and a cautionary tale for Black on
playing slow, passive moves in the Tarrasch/Advance structure!} 1-0

[Event "Valle d'Aosta op 10th"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2002.02.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.02.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 a5 7. a4 Be7 8. Bb5
Ncb8 (8... Na7 $142) 9. O-O (9. h4 $1 {-> >> - 28/221, 50/297}) 9... b6 {
[= 7...b6 8.Bb5 Ncb8 9.0-0 Be7]} 10. Qe2 $5 (10. Re1 $14) (10. Ne1 $14) 10...
O-O 11. Bd2 c6 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 (13. Rfd1 $5 {- 11...Ba6 12.Rfd1 c6 13.Bd3}
) 13... Nxa6 14. Rfc1 $146 (14. c4 Ra7 (14... dxc4 15. Qxc4 Ndb8 $13 {><d5})
15. Rfc1 Qa8 (15... dxc4 16. Rxc4 Ndb8 $13 {><d5}) 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qb5 Nb4
18. Bxb4 Bxb4 19. Rc2 Rc8 20. Rac1 Rxc2 21. Rxc2 h6 22. Nc1 Be7 23. Nd3 Bd8 24.
Nd2 Qb8 25. Nb1 Rc7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Johansson,G-Thorbergsson,F/
Reykjavik 1968/MCD (43)}) 14... Ndb8 (14... c5 15. dxc5 Ndxc5 $14 (15... Naxc5)
) 15. Ne1 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 (16... Nxc5 17. Nd4 $14) 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Ra3 $1 {
(/\Rh3, /\Rg3 ->>>)} f5 (18... Nc6 19. Rh3 $40 {>>}) (18... Nbd7 19. Rh3 $36) (
18... Qe8 $5) (18... Qd7 $5) 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Rf3 Qe7 (20... Qxb2 21. Nd3 $18)
21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 (21... Kxf8 22. Nd3 $14) 22. Nd3 Nbd7 23. b3 $14 Qf5 $2 (23...
Qf6) (23... Re8) 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 (24... bxc5 25. Qb5 $16 {><a5}) 25. Qb5 {
(><b6, a5)} Ne4 (25... Rb8 26. Bxa5 $16) 26. Be3 Rb8 27. c4 $2 (27. Qc6 $18 {
/\Bb6, /\Qc7, /\f3, ><b6}) (27. Bxb6 $5) 27... Qe5 $5 (27... dxc4 28. Qxc4 $16
(28. bxc4 $16)) 28. cxd5 Nc3 (28... Qxd5 $16) (28... exd5 29. Qc6 $16) 29. Qc4
Nxd5 30. Bd4 $16 {(><b6, e6)} Qe4 31. f3 Qg6 32. Be5 Re8 33. Re1 h6 34. h3 Kh7
35. Kh2 Re7 36. Re4 Qf5 37. Qc6 Qg5 $2 $138 (37... Qg6 $16) 38. Bd6 $18 Rf7 39.
Rxe6 Qf5 40. Bg3 Rf6 41. Rxf6 gxf6 42. Qe8 h5 43. Qf7+ Kh8 44. h4 Nc3 (44...
Nb4 $142) 45. Qf8+ Kh7 46. Qe7+ Kg6 47. Qd8 Nd5 48. Qg8+ Kh6 49. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Golden Cleopatra op 6th"]
[Site "Cairo"]
[Date "2002.04.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EGY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 a5 7. a4 Be7 8. Bb5
Na7 9. Be2 b6 (9... c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O $14) 10. O-O (10. h4
$14 {|^ >>}) 10... O-O 11. Be3 c5 12. c3 $146 (12. c4 cxd4 13. Nbxd4 Bb7 14.
cxd5 Bxd5 $13 15. Nf5 Nc6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rc1 Ncxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 {0-1
Hmadi,S-Beliavsky,A/Tunis 1985/IZT (37)}) 12... Nc6 13. Ne1 Ba6 14. Bxa6 (14.
f4 $5) 14... Rxa6 15. f4 (15. Qe2) 15... f5 $6 (15... g6 $13) 16. exf6 Rxf6 17.
Qe2 Ra8 18. Nf3 $14 Qc7 19. Rac1 {(/\c4)} c4 20. Nbd2 b5 $6 (20... Bd6 $5) (
20... Raf8) 21. axb5 Na7 22. Bf2 $1 Rh6 $8 (22... Qxf4 23. Bh4 $18) (22... Nxb5
23. Bh4 Rf7 24. Qxe6 $18) 23. g3 Bd6 (23... Nxb5 24. f5 $5 $16) 24. Ne5 Nxb5
25. Ndf3 a4 $2 (25... Nxe5 $142 26. fxe5 (26. Nxe5 $5) 26... Be7 27. Be3 Rg6
$16 {צg6}) (25... Nf6 26. Ng5 $16) 26. Ng4 Rg6 27. Nh4 $18 Nf8 28. Nxg6 hxg6
29. Ne5 a3 30. bxa3 Rxa3 31. Be1 Qa7 32. Kh1 Rb3 33. Qg4 Qa3 34. Rd1 Nxc3 35.
Bxc3 Rxc3 36. Nxg6 Re3 37. f5 1-0

