[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Zueger, Beat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

{[%mdl 49318]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 e6 6. dxe6 (6. e4
exd5 7. cxd5 c4 8. g3 (8. Be2 $6 Bc5 9. O-O Qb6 {[%cal Gf6g4]} 10. h3 O-O 11.
a4 a6 12. Nh2 Re8 13. Bf3 d6 14. Ng4 Nbd7 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Tunik,
G-Fominyh,A/Vladivostok 1995/CBM 50 (41)}) 8... Bc5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11.
Ne1 d6 12. Nc2 Nbd7 13. b4 Bb6 14. a4 a6 15. a5 Ba7 16. Bb2 Ne5 17. Ne1 Rc8 18.
Ra3 Rc7 19. h3 Nfd7 20. Kh2 f5 21. f4 Nf7 22. g4 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Nf8 $13 {
0-1 Epishin,V-Fominyh,A/Elista 1997/CBM 59 (35)}) 6... fxe6 7. cxb5 $5 $146 (7.
e4 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Ng5 Bg6 10. Bd3 Qf6 (10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc6 12. cxb5
Nd4 13. O-O $40) 11. Bxg6+ hxg6 12. cxb5 a6 $13 {1-0 Rogozenko,D-Sluka,R/
Pardubice 1997/EXP 59 (73)}) 7... Be7 $5 (7... d5 8. g3 Bd6 9. Bg2 (9. Bh3 e5)
9... O-O 10. O-O a6 11. bxa6 Nxa6 12. b3 Nb4 13. a3 Nc6 14. Bb2 $14) 8. g3 O-O
9. Bg2 Qa5 10. a4 a6 11. bxa6 Qxa6 (11... Nxa6 $143 12. O-O Nb4 13. Nc4 Qa6 14.
b3 $14) 12. b3 $1 (12. O-O $143 c4 $44) 12... Nc6 13. O-O Na5 {[%csl Rb3]} 14.
Ba3 Rab8 15. Rc1 Rfc8 (15... Bd5 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Nxb3 (17... Bxb3 18.
Rxa5 $1 $16) 18. Rxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxb3 Nc3 20. Qc2 Rfc8 (20... Nxe2+ 21. Kh1 Qxa4
(21... Rfc8 22. Nc5 $1) 22. Qxe2 Qxb3 23. Ng5 $1 {and white is clearly better.}
(23. Ne5 Qb2 $1)) 21. Nbd4 $16) 16. Re1 Qa8 $2 (16... Bd5 17. Rc3 (17. Nd4 $6
Bxg2 18. Kxg2 cxd4 (18... d5 19. Nb5 $16) 19. Bxe7 Nd5 {[%cal Gd5c3]}) 17...
Qb7 18. Nh4 Bxg2 (18... g5 $2 19. e4 $16) 19. Nxg2 d5 (19... Nd5 20. Rd3 {
[%cal Ge2e4]}) 20. Re3 $13 (20. Qc2 Nd7 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Ge7f6]})) 17. e4 $1
$16 Bf8 (17... Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxd7 Bxf3 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Bxf3 Qxf3 22.
Qxe7 Nxb3 23. Bb2 Rg8 24. Rcd1 $16) 18. Ne5 Qa7 (18... d6 19. Ng4 $1 (19. Nec4
Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Qg4 d5 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Ne5 Ng5 25. Qf5
Rxb3 $13) 19... Nd7 20. Bb2 $16) 19. Re3 g6 $2 $138 (19... d6 $142 20. Ng4 (20.
Nd3 $5) 20... Nd7 {[%cal Gh7h5]} 21. h4 $16) 20. Rf3 $1 d6 (20... Bg7 21. Rxf6
$1 Bxf6 22. Nxd7 $18) (20... Nxe4 21. Nxe4 (21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23.
Bxc5 {also win.}) 21... Bxe4 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Bxe4 Nxb3 24. Rc4 d5 25. Bxd5
$1 exd5 26. Qxd5+ Kg7 (26... Kh8 27. Nxg6+ hxg6 28. Bb2+ Nd4 29. Rxd4 $1 Rxb2
30. Rh4+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ $18) 27. Nc6 $18) 21. Nxg6 $1 $18 (21. Rxf6 dxe5 22. Rxe6
c4 $132) 21... Bg7 (21... Nxe4 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Nxf8 Nxd2 (23... Nxf2 24.
Kxf2 Rxf8+ 25. Kg1 c4+ 26. Kh1 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Rf2+ 28. Kh3 Qg7 29. Nf3 $18 {
[%cal Gf3h4]}) 24. Nxe6 Naxb3 25. Qg4+ Kf7 26. Qg7+ Kxe6 27. Re1+ $18) 22. Ne7+
Kh8 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Rd3 (24. b4 $142 $1 cxb4 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Bxb4 Nc6 27.
Bc3 $18) 24... d5 25. b4 (25. exd5 exd5 26. Rdc3 Nd7 27. Re3 $18) 25... c4 26.
Rf3 Nc6 (26... dxe4 27. Rxf6 $1 Bxf6 28. bxa5 e3 29. Bxb7 exf2+ (29... Qxb7 30.
fxe3) 30. Kf1 Qxb7 31. Qf3 $18) 27. Bb2 Nd4 28. Rf4 {[%cal Gf4h4]} e5 29. Rh4
Rf8 30. exd5 Nxd5 (30... Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Nxd5 32. Qh5 Bf6 33. Rxd4 exd4 34. Rxc4
(34. Qxd5 c3 35. Nc4 $18) 34... d3 35. Qh6 $18) 31. Bxd4 exd4 32. Rxc4 Ne3 (
32... d3 33. Rc5 Nxb4 $140 $2 34. Qh5) 33. Qh5 h6 34. Rc7 $1 Nxg2 35. Qg6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 {A popular line in the nineties,
this variation has gradually fallen out of fashion.} axb5 (5... e6 {is the
main alternative, but the continuation} 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 Qe7 8. Qe2 Ng8 9. Nc3
Bb7 10. Nh3 c4 11. Be3 axb5 12. O-O-O Qb4 13. Nf4 Ne7 14. Qf2 $1 {still
remains problematic for Black.}) 6. e4 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 b4 8. Na3 d6 9. Nc4 Qd8 (
9... Qc7 10. a3 $14) 10. Bd3 {Continuing his development. Practice has shown
this is more solid than} (10. a3 e6 $1 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 d5
$44) 10... g6 {Black also develops his >> and postpones any [+] activity.} (
10... e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Ne2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. O-O Be7 15. Qc2 Nc6 16. Be4
$1 $36 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Qa4+ Bd7 20. Qb3 Be6 21. Qa4+ Bd7 22.
Qa6 Nc7 $6 23. Nd6+ Kf8 24. Qb6 Rb8 25. Nb7 $1 Ne6 26. Qa6 Ra8 27. Qc4 Qb6 28.
Nc5 $16 {Kasimdzhanov,R-Tregubov,P/FIDE WCh New Delhi/2000/}) 11. Ne2 (11. a3
$142 $5 bxa3 12. Rxa3 Rxa3 13. bxa3 e6 $2 (13... Bg7 14. Ba5 $36) 14. Qa4+ Nfd7
(14... Nbd7 $2 15. Ba5 Qe7 16. Qc6 $18) (14... Bd7 15. Qa7 exd5 16. Ba5 $16)
15. Ne2 exd5 16. exd5 Qh4+ 17. g3 Qe7 18. Nb6 Qd8 19. Ba5 Ba6 20. Na8 $1 Qc8
21. Nc7+ Ke7 22. Nxa6 {1-0,Kerek,C-Vajda,S/Eger op/1995/}) 11... Bg7 12. a3 (
12. O-O O-O 13. a3 bxa3 14. Rxa3 Rxa3 15. bxa3 e6 (15... Ba6 16. Qc2 e6 17.
dxe6 fxe6 18. e5 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nd5 20. exd6 Qxd6 21. Kh1 Nc6 22. Rb1 Ne5 23.
Bb5 Rd8 24. Ng3 Nf6 25. Bg5 $14 {Ortiz,W-Chan,M/WChJ Halle/1995/}) 16. dxe6
Bxe6 (16... fxe6 17. Ba5 Qe7 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Nd5 20. Nc4 Ba6 (20... Qa7 {
-see the game.}) 21. Bd2 Rd8 22. Qc2 Nc6 23. Rb1 Nd4 24. Nxd4 cxd4 $13 {
Varga,P-Gyimesi,Z/HUN-chT/1995/}) 17. Nf4 Nc6 18. Bc3 Nd4 19. Re1 (19. Nxe6
$142 $11) 19... Nd7 20. Ba5 $6 Qg5 21. Bd2 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Ne5 23. Be2 Rb8 24.
Kh1 Rb2 $36 {Miniboeck,G-Plachetka,J/AUT-chT/1998/}) 12... bxa3 13. Rxa3 Rxa3
14. bxa3 O-O 15. Ba5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Azmaiparashvili's novelty is very natural,
the intermediate move disturbs the coordination of Black's pieces.} (15. O-O {
-12.0-0}) 15... Qd7 16. O-O (16. Bc3 Ba6 17. O-O $14) 16... e6 $5 17. dxe6 (17.
Bc3 exd5 18. exd5 (18. Nb6 Qa7 $15) 18... Nxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Be4 Nf6 21.
Qxd6 Ba6 $15) 17... fxe6 (17... Qxe6 $2 18. Nf4 $16 (18. Bc7 Ba6 19. Qb3 $1 $36
)) 18. e5 (18. Bc3 d5 $13 (18... Ba6 $132)) (18. Nb6 $6 Qa7 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20.
Be1 (20. Bc4 $2 d5 $1 $19) 20... c4+ 21. Bf2 Qxa3 $15) 18... dxe5 19. Nxe5 Qa7
20. Nc4 Nd5 $13 {[%csl Re6] <=> The resulting position is similar to the game
Varga-Gyimesi above. Although White's forces are well developed and he has a
better P structure (><e6), Black has good piece play and should hold the
balance.} 21. Be1 Nc6 22. Bf2 Rd8 (22... Ba6 23. Re1 Bb5 $11) 23. Qb3 (23. Qc2
$6 Ndb4 $1 24. axb4 Nxb4 25. Qb3 Nxd3 (25... Rxd3 26. Qxb4 cxb4 27. Bxa7 Ba6
28. Rc1 b3 29. Kf2 b2 30. Nxb2 Bxb2 31. Rc6 $14 {/=}) 26. Rd1 Rd5 $1 27. Nb6
Qb7 $5 $15 (27... Nxf2 28. Rxd5 exd5 29. Qxd5+ Qf7 30. Qd8+ Qf8 31. Qxc8 $11))
23... Nc3 $5 (23... Nd4 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Bg3 $14) (23... Ba6 24. Qa4 Nd4 25.
Nxd4 cxd4 26. Bg3 Ra8 $11) 24. Qc2 (24. Nxc3 $2 Rxd3 25. Rc1 Nd4 $17) 24... Qd7
(24... Nxe2+ $142 25. Qxe2 (25. Bxe2 Nd4 $11) 25... Qd7 26. Be4 Ba6 $132) 25.
Nxc3 Qxd3 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. Ne4 Nd4 $5 (27... Ba6 28. Nxc5 Bxc4 29. Nxd3 Bxd3
30. Rc1 $36 {[%csl Ga3] o^a3}) 28. Rb1 $1 (28. Nxc5 $2 Rc3 $19) 28... Bf8 (
28... Ba6 29. Nxc5 Bxc4 30. Rb8+ Kf7 31. Rb7+ Kf8 32. Nxd3 $14) 29. h4 {
[%cal Rb1b8] /\Rb8} Rb3 (29... Ba6 30. Ne5 $1 Rb3 (30... Rxa3 $2 31. Rb8 Kg7
32. Ra8 $40) 31. Nf6+ $14) 30. Rd1 Ba6 $5 (30... Ne2+ $143 31. Kh2 {/\} Ba6 32.
Rd7 $1 $36) 31. Bxd4 cxd4 {Black decides to rely on his ^^ rather than fight
for a draw in a slightly unpleasant _|_ after} (31... Bxc4 32. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 33.
Nxc5 Rxa3 34. Rd7 Bd5 35. Re7 $14) 32. Rxd4 Be7 $44 (32... Bxc4 33. Rxc4 Rxa3
34. Rc7 Bg7 35. Rc8+ Bf8 $14 {is similar to the above note.}) 33. Ne5 (33. Rd7
$5 Kf8 $14 (33... Bxh4 34. Ncd6 {/\g3+-}) (33... Rb7 $5)) 33... Bxh4 34. Nd2 (
34. Nc5 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Bf6 36. f4 Rb5 $1 {/\} 37. Nxa6 Rxe5 $11) 34... Re3 35.
Rxh4 Rxe5 36. Re4 Rxe4 $2 {[%mdl 16384] This lands Black in a bad _|_.} (36...
Rd5 37. Rxe6 $14) (36... Ra5 $142 37. Re3 $14 {/= with only a rather academic
advantage for White.} (37. a4 Bb7 38. Rc4 Bd5 $11 {/\Bc6})) 37. Nxe4 e5 (37...
Kf7 38. Ng5+ $18 {also wins a pawn.}) (37... Bc4 38. a4 {/\} Kf8 39. Nf6 h6 40.
Nd7+ Ke7 41. Ne5 $18) 38. Nf6+ Kf7 (38... Kg7 $142 39. Nd7 Bb5 40. Nxe5 Kf6 41.
Ng4+ $16 {/+-}) 39. Nxh7 $18 {White has an extra P and Black's P are weak-the
game is decided.} Ke6 40. Nf8+ Kf5 41. Nd7 g5 (41... e4 42. Nc5 $18) 42. Kf2
Bc8 43. g4+ $1 Ke6 $8 (43... Kf4 44. Nf8 {[%cal Rf8g6] /\Ng6#}) 44. Nc5+ Kd5
45. Ne4 Kd4 46. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2000.05.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. Qc2 axb5 (6... Nxd5 7. Qxc5
Bb7 8. Qd4 Nf6 9. bxa6 Rxa6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Qd1 Nb4 12. Bd2 Bg7 13. a3 Nbd5 14.
e3 Rb6 15. Na4 Rd6 16. Nc5 Bc6 17. Rc1 Ng4 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. exd4 h5 20. Be2 Qa8
21. O-O $14 {Kozak,M-Petrtyl,J/CZE-chT2/1997/}) 7. e4 {In this unexplored
sideline it still remains unclear what's Black's best even after the greedy
and risky} (7. Qxc5 Na6 $5 (7... d6 8. Qxb5+ Nbd7 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2
Nc5 12. O-O Nfd7 13. Qb4 Nb6 14. Qh4 h5 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Nb3 17. axb3 Rxa1
18. Bh6 Rxf1+ 19. Bxf1 f6 20. Bxf8 {1-0,Tukmakov,V-Djukic,Z/Bor/1983/}) (7...
Bg7 8. Nc3 Na6 9. Qxb5 Rb8 10. Qa4 O-O 11. e4 Nc5 12. Qa7 Rb6 13. Be3 d6 14.
Bxc5 dxc5 15. Bc4 Rxb2 16. O-O Ne8 (16... Bg4 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Nd3 Nd7 19. Nxb2
Bxc3 20. Rab1 Qf4 21. Qa3 Be5 22. g3 Qxe4 {Anapolsky,S-Moraru,M/ROM-chT/1994/}
23. Rfe1 $16) 17. Rac1 Bg4 18. Qxc5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qb8 (19... Be5 $142 $1 $44)
20. d6 Nxd6 21. Bb3 Bh6 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Qc3 Bg7 24. Qc7 $16 {Najer,E-Lempert,I/
Moscow op/1996/}) 8. Qd4 Bg7 9. e4 Bb7 10. Bxb5 (10. Nc3 b4 $5 11. Bxa6 Bxa6
12. Qxb4 $14) 10... Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. O-O Nc2 13. Qd3 Nxa1 14. Bg5 O-O 15.
Rxa1 Ba6 16. e5 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Rfb8 18. Nc3 Ng4 19. Bxe7 Rxb2 20. Rf1 Nxe5 $17 {
Vegh,E-Adrian,C/Hampstead/1998/}) 7... Qa5+ (7... Bg7 8. Bxb5 (8. Nc3 b4 9. Nb5
O-O 10. Be2 b3 11. Qxb3 Nxe4 12. O-O d6 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Bf3 Na6 15. Nc4 Rb8 16.
Bd2 Nb4 17. a4 Nfxd5 18. Ncxd6 Be6 19. Bxb4 Nxb4 20. Nc4 Qd3 $17 {Klebel,
M-Jukic,B/Vienna/1991/}) 8... O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3 Ne8
13. Bd2 Nc7 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 $14 {1/2,Bagirov,V-Grigorian,K/Yerevan/1982/}) (7...
Ba6 $5 8. Qxc5 (8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. Qxc5 O-O 10. Bd3 e6 11. O-O d6 12. Qb4 exd5 13.
exd5 Nxd5 14. Qb3 Nf4 15. Bxb5 Qa5 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. g3 Ne2+ 18. Kg2 Nc6 19.
Qc4 Rfb8 20. Re1 Ned4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxa6 Rxa6 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Rb1 Rxa2 25.
Nf3 Nb5 {1/2,Epishin,V-Bareev,E/RUS-ch St Petersburg/1998/}) 8... Nxe4 9. Qd4
Nf6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Bxb5 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 Ne8 14. Qc4 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bg7
16. O-O Na6 17. Rfc1 Nf6 18. d6 exd6 19. Nxd6 Qe7 20. Rb6 Qe6 21. Qf1 Nb8 22.
Nc4 Nc6 23. a3 Ne4 24. Be3 Rfb8 25. a4 d5 $11 {Kortschnoj,V-Cramling,P/
Roquebrune/1998/}) 8. Bd2 Qa4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Black doesn't allow White to
stabilize the position on the <<.} (8... b4 $143 9. Na3 d6 10. Nc4 Qd8 11. Be2
Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 (13. a3 $5) 13... Na6 14. a4 Rb8 15. b3 Bb7 16. Bg5 h6
17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Rac1 Nc7 20. Ne3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 e6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23.
Nc4 d5 24. Nce5 $16 {Huzman,A-Kogan,A/ISR-chT/1999/}) 9. Qxa4 (9. Qxc5 Qxe4+
10. Be3 Na6 $36) 9... bxa4 (9... Rxa4 $2 10. Nc3 $16) 10. Nc3 Bg7 (10... d6 11.
e5 $5 dxe5 (11... Nfd7 12. Bb5 $14) 12. Nxe5 $14) 11. e5 (11. Bb5 $6 a3 $15) (
11. a3 d6 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. Bb5 O-O $132) 11... Ng4 12. Bf4 f6 $8 13. exf6 Nxf6
14. a3 O-O 15. O-O-O (15. d6 exd6 16. Bxd6 Re8+ $40) 15... d6 16. Re1 (16. Bb5
Bd7 $15 {[%cal Gg7a1,Gf8f2,Gb8b2] If Black is allowed to consolidate, he has
promising play on the <-> b and f, also on the /^a1-h8.}) 16... Ra7 $1 (16...
Re8 17. h3 $14 {is too passive, Topalov prefers to sacrifice a pawn.}) 17. Bb5
Ba6 18. Bxa4 Bc4 {[%csl Rd5] ><d5} 19. Bg5 (19. Bb5 Bxd5 (19... Bxb5 20. Nxb5
Ra4 21. Bg5 Nxd5 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Rxe7 Rg4 24. Ne1 Rxf2 25. Re8+ Rf8 26. Nxd6
$14) (19... Ng4 $5 20. Bxd6 Bxc3 21. Rxe7 Bxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Rxe7 23. Bxe7 Bxb5 24.
Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Kc3 $5 $14) 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bc4 Rxf4 22. Bxd5+ Kf8 (22... Kh8
23. Kc2 $14) 23. Ng5 Rf5 $13) 19... Nxd5 20. Bb5 $8 (20. Nxd5 $2 Bxd5 21. Bd1
Nc6 $17) 20... Bxb5 21. Nxd5 Bc4 (21... e5 $143 22. Be7 $14) (21... Nc6 $142 $5
22. Nxe7+ Kh8 $44) 22. Rxe7 (22. Nxe7+ Kh8 23. Nd2 Bd3 24. f3 Rb7 $36) 22...
Ra6 (22... Rxe7 23. Nxe7+ Kf7 (23... Kh8 24. Rd1 $16) 24. Nd2 $16) 23. Rd1 Nc6
24. Rb7 {Otherwise Black plays Rb8.} Na5 25. Rb6 Nb3+ 26. Kc2 {Now Black gets
enough play.} ({More ambitious was} 26. Kb1 $142 $1 Nd4 27. Rxa6 Bxa6 28. Nxd4
(28. Be7 Re8 (28... Rf5 29. Ne3 $16) 29. Nxd4 Bxd4 30. Bxd6 Re2 $132) 28...
Bxd4 29. f3 $14) 26... Nd4+ 27. Nxd4 Rxf2+ 28. Rd2 Rxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Bxd4 30. Rb8+
Kf7 31. Rb7+ Kg8 32. Rb8+ Kf7 33. Rb7+ Kg8 34. Nf6+ $5 {The last attempt. But
with ^- the extra pawn will be insufficient.} (34. Rb8+ $11) 34... Bxf6 35.
Bxf6 h5 36. Rg7+ ({More testing was} 36. Kc3 $5 Bf1 (36... Bd5 37. Rg7+ Kf8 38.
Rxg6 Kf7 39. Rh6 Bxg2 40. Bg5 $14) 37. Rg7+ (37. g3 d5 38. Be7 Rc6 $11) 37...
Kf8 38. Rxg6 d5 39. Bg7+ Kf7 $11) 36... Kf8 37. Rxg6 Kf7 38. Rh6 d5 $11 39. Bg5
Rxh6 40. Bxh6 Bf1 41. g3 d4 42. a4 Ke6 43. Ke1 Bd3 44. Kf2 Kd5 45. Kf3 c4 46.
Bd2 c3 $1 (46... c3 47. Bxc3 (47. bxc3 dxc3 48. Bxc3 Kc6 $11 {Black puts his K
on a8 and sacrifices his B for the o^ on the >>, with his "false" B White
can't queen his last remaining P.}) 47... dxc3 48. bxc3 Kc4 49. Kf4 Kxc3 50.
Kg5 Be2 51. a5 Kd4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 15th"]
[Site "Terme Zrece"]
[Date "2003.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Sermek, Drazen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nc3 Qa5
7. Bd2 axb5 8. Bxb5 Qb6 9. Bc4 {If White wants to achieve the _|_, which
arises after the 12-th move, this is the right move order to do it.} (9. Qb3 e6
10. Bc4 Qxb3 11. Bxb3 Na6 $1 12. Nge2 {runs into} Nb4 $1 13. O-O (13. dxe6 $6
Nd3+ 14. Kf1 fxe6 15. f3 Be7 16. Bc2 Nb4 17. Bb3 O-O $32 {|^,Volosjuk,
J-Slavina,I/WChW U18 Menorca/1996/}) 13... Nbxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Rfd1 Be7 16.
e4 Nf6 17. f3 d5 $15 {1/2,Beliavsky,A-Georgiev,K/YUG-chT Niksic/1996/}) 9... e6
10. Nge2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Beliavsky prepared this novelty for the Vidmar
memorial, by cleverly inverting the move order he achieves a well-known
position, which gives White more chances of achieving an advantage.} (10. e4
Nxe4 $15 {is even more, than OK for Black, while}) (10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. Bxb3 Na6 {
-9.Qb3 transposes to the above note.}) 10... exd5 11. Qb3 (11. Bb3 d4 $132)
11... Qxb3 (11... Qc6 $6 12. Bb5 Qc7 13. Nf4 c4 14. Qd1 $1 Bd6 15. Nh5 Nxh5 16.
Qxh5 Qc5 17. O-O O-O 18. a4 Na6 19. Ne2 Rfd8 20. Bc3 Bf8 21. Nd4 Qd6 22. b3
cxb3 23. Nxb3 $16 {[%csl Ga4] Beliavsky,A-Halkias,S/Terme Zrece/2003/ was the
first game in which White used the move 10.Nge2! and he achieved an ideal
position, as if with an extra o^a4.}) 12. Bxb3 Na6 13. O-O {The safest and
most usual alternative.} (13. a3 Nb4 $5 (13... Bc6 $6 14. O-O-O $1 Nc7 15. Be1
Be7 16. f3 c4 17. Bc2 O-O 18. Bg3 Ra7 19. Rhe1 Rb8 20. Nd4 Ba8 21. Nf5 Bf8 22.
Be5 Nfe8 23. Re2 g6 24. Nd4 Bd6 25. Bxd6 Nxd6 26. e4 dxe4 27. fxe4 Ndb5 28.
Ndxb5 Nxb5 29. Re3 $14 {Panchenko,A-Glek,I/Tallinn/1986/}) 14. O-O (14. Nf4 c4
15. Ba4 g5 16. axb4 gxf4 17. Nb5 fxe3 18. fxe3 Ke7 $15) 14... Nd3 $132) (13.
O-O-O Nb4 14. Kb1 c4 $5 15. Bc2 Nxc2 16. Kxc2 Bc5 17. Be1 O-O 18. Nd4 Ng4 19.
Kb1 Ne5 20. Nce2 Nd3 21. Nc1 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 {Franzen,T-Geldmann,L/ICCF Email/
1996/} Bxd4 $11) 13... Nc7 ({White managed to blockade Black's [+]P and
contain any possible <=> in a model way after} 13... Be7 $143 14. Rfd1 O-O 15.
Be1 Nc7 (15... c4 $142 $5 16. Bc2 Bc6 $14 {is better, Black still retains
active options as Nc5 or Nb4.}) 16. Nf4 c4 {[%csl Rc4,Rd5] ק} 17. Bc2 Bc6 18.
Nfe2 Rfb8 19. Rab1 Ne6 20. a3 Rb6 21. Na2 Rab8 22. Nb4 Ba8 23. Bc3 h6 24. h3
Rc8 25. Ng3 g6 26. Ne2 d6 27. f3 Kf8 28. Kf2 Kg8 29. Rd2 Kf8 30. Rbd1 Rbb8 31.
Rh1 Kg8 32. g4 Kf8 33. Kg3 Kg8 34. Rh2 Kf8 35. h4 Kg8 36. Kf2 Bb7 37. Rd1 Kf8
38. Rg1 Ke8 39. g5 hxg5 40. hxg5 Nh5 41. f4 Nc5 42. Bd4 Ne4+ 43. Ke1 Bd8 44.
Nc3 Ba5 45. Nxe4 dxe4 46. Bd1 $16 {Pinter,J-Ernst,T/Thessaloniki olm/1984/})
14. Rfd1 Bd6 15. Be1 O-O 16. f3 (16. Rac1 Bc6 (16... Rfe8 $13) 17. Ng3 Rfb8 18.
Rb1 g6 19. f3 Rb7 20. Nge2 Rab8 21. Bh4 Nce8 22. Rd2 Kg7 23. Bg3 Bxg3 24. hxg3
Nc7 25. g4 h6 26. Nf4 $14 {Ornstein,A-Biriescu,I/Vienna op/1986/}) 16... Rfe8
17. Bf2 (17. Ng3 Be5 {/\} 18. Nf5 $6 g6 19. f4 Bxf4 $5 (19... Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Ne4
21. Nh6+ Kf8 $15) 20. exf4 gxf5 21. Bh4 Ne4 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24.
Rxd5 Reb8 $36) 17... Be5 18. Rac1 (18. Rd2 Bc6 19. Rad1 $6 {White needs this
square for his minor pieces.} h6 20. h3 Reb8 21. Bc2 Nb5 $1 22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23.
b3 Rxa2 24. Bh7+ Kxh7 25. Rxa2 Bxe2 26. Rxe2 Rxb3 $15 {|^,Razuvaev,
Y-Tseshkovsky,V/Calcutta/1986/}) 18... Bc6 $13 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5] The arising
position is double-edged, as Black's hanging P present a constant threat and
are unassailable for the time being.} 19. Rd2 h6 {Black keeps the R on the
e-file to prevent the exchange of his strong Be5, but playable seems even} (
19... Reb8 20. Bg3 (20. Bh4 d6 21. f4 Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Ng4 $132) 20... d6 21. f4
Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Nb5 $5 $13 (22... Ng4 23. f5 c4 24. Bd1 Nxe3 25. Bxd6 Rb7 26. Bf3
$14)) 20. Bc2 g6 21. Bb1 Ra5 22. Nd1 Nh5 23. b3 Na6 24. Nb2 Nb4 (24... Ng7 25.
Nd3 Bf6 26. Ndf4 Nb4 27. e4 $5 $14 (27. Nc3 c4 $132)) 25. Nd3 Nxd3 26. Bxd3 Ng7
27. Bb1 Ne6 (27... d6 28. b4 Rb5 29. a3 Ra8 $132) 28. Bg3 Bf6 {Black still
avoids the exchange of B, but later White will more or less force it in a more
advantageous situation.} ({Simpler was} 28... Bxg3 29. Nxg3 (29. hxg3 h5 $11)
29... f5 $5 30. Ne2 Kf7 $11) 29. Bd6 Bg5 30. f4 $8 (30. Nf4 $6 d4 $36) 30...
Bf6 (30... Be7 31. Bxe7 Rxe7 32. Kf2 {[%cal Yg2g4,Yf4f5] /\g4,f5+/=}) 31. Kf2
Kg7 32. Ng1 $5 d4 33. e4 Be7 {Now Black has little choice, the Bd6 has a
cramping effect.} 34. Bxe7 Rxe7 35. g3 (35. Ne2 f6 $11) 35... Nc7 $6 (35... d6
$5 36. Nf3 Rea7 $132 (36... f6 37. Nxd4 $5 Nxd4 38. Rxd4 cxd4 39. Rxc6 $44))
36. Nf3 Bxe4 (36... Na6 37. Ne5 $36) (36... f6 37. b4 $14) 37. Bxe4 Rxe4 38. b4
Ra3 ({Black is slightly worse even after the better} 38... Rb5 $142 $5 39. Rxc5
Rxc5 40. bxc5 Ne6 41. Re2 Nxc5 (41... f5 42. Nd2 $1 Rxe2+ 43. Kxe2 Nxc5 44. Nb3
Na4 45. Kd3 Nc3 46. a3 $14) 42. Rxe4 Nxe4+ 43. Ke1 Nc3 44. a3 Kf6 (44... d3 45.
Ne5 d5 46. Nxd3 Kf6 47. Nb2 $14) 45. Nxd4 d5 46. Nc2 $14 {/\Kd2}) 39. Rxc5 Ne6
40. Ra5 $1 $14 {In comparison to the previous note the distant o^a5 gives
White more winning chances.} Rxa5 41. bxa5 d3 (41... f5 42. a6 Nc5 43. a7 (43.
Rxd4 $2 Re6 $11) 43... Re8 44. Rc2 $16) 42. Rxd3 Ra4 43. Rxd7 Rxa2+ 44. Kg1 g5
{[%mdl 4096] '!?' Hecht. In the final phase of the game Black still has
drawing chances, but White can continue probing practically for ever and it's
not easy to choose from the various versions of unpleasant _|_ the one, which
is objectively the best.} ({Hecht: Whilst: Hecht: Indes:} 44... Rxa5 {'!'
Hecht.} 45. Ne5 Ng5 $5 (45... g5 46. Rxf7+ Kg8 47. Rf6 Nd4 48. Kf2 $16) 46. h4
Ne4 (46... Rxe5 {Hecht} 47. fxe5 Nf3+ 48. Kf2 Nxe5 $11 {promises a problem
free draw. liefert ein problemloses Remis.}) 47. Rxf7+ Kg8 48. Rc7 $14 {/+/-})
({Dancing on a tightrope Der Tanz auf dem Drahtseil} 44... Ra1+ $5 {Hecht} 45.
Kg2 Ra2+ 46. Kh3 Rxa5 47. Ne5 Ng5+ 48. Kg4 Kg8 {offered very good chances of a
draw. White must protect against bot sehr gute Remischancen. Weiß muss sich vor
} 49. Re7 Ra4 50. h4 f5# {hüten.}) 45. Ne5 (45. fxg5 $6 Nxg5 46. Nxg5 $8 hxg5
47. Rd5 g4 $11 {/+/= leads to a drawish R_|_}) 45... gxf4 46. Rxf7+ Kg8 47. Rf6
fxg3 48. hxg3 (48. Rxe6 $2 gxh2+ {/\Ra5=}) 48... Nc5 49. Nc6 Kg7 50. Rf2 Ra3
51. Kh2 Ne4 52. Re2 Ng5 (52... Nc5 53. Re5 Nd3 $14 {/+/-}) 53. Rb2 Kf6 $6 {
Keeps the N sidelined, hopimg for a <=>, but this allows White to advance his
o^a5 further.} (53... Ne4 $142) 54. Rb6 Ra2+ 55. Kg1 Kf5 56. a6 Nf3+ 57. Kf1
Kg4 (57... Nd2+ $5 58. Ke1 Nc4 59. Rb5+ (59. Rb4 Ne3 (59... Ne5 60. Rf4+ Ke6
61. Re4 Kd5 62. Rxe5+ Kxc6 63. Re6+ $18) 60. Rb5+ Kg4 61. Nb4 (61. Ra5 Ng2+ 62.
Kd1 Ne3+ 63. Kc1 Rc2+ 64. Kb1 Rxc6 65. a7 Rc8 $11) 61... Ra3 $16) 59... Kg4 60.
a7 {[%cal Rb5a5,Rb5b8] /\Ra5,Rb8} Kxg3 $16 {/\} 61. Rb8 $2 Ne5 $1 $11) 58. Nb4
Ra3 {'?' Hecht.} (58... Rd2 $1 $11 {(Hecht) with the well known drawing
manoeuvre Nf3-h2-f3 mit der altbekannten Remisschaukel Sf3-h2-f3}) 59. Rg6+ Ng5
60. Ke2 Kxg3 61. Rg7 Kh3 (61... Kf4 $142 {Hecht}) 62. Re7 $1 {White has
managed to free his K and keep Black's N offside.} (62. a7 $143 $2 Ne6 63. Rd7
Nd4+ $1) 62... Ra4 (62... h5 $2 63. Re3+ Rxe3+ 64. Kxe3 Ne6 65. Nd5 $18) (62...
Kg4 $142 {Hecht}) 63. a7 Ne4 64. Nd5 $1 $18 Ra2+ 65. Kd3 (65. Ke3 $2 Nd6 {
[%cal Rd6b5,Rd6f5] /\Nf5,Nb5}) 65... Nc5+ (65... Nf2+ 66. Kc4 h5 67. Nc3 Ra1
68. Kb5 $1 {/\Na4} Rxa7 69. Rxa7 h4 70. Rg7 Kh2 71. Kc4 $18) 66. Kc4 Na4 67.
Kb4 (67. a8=Q $4 Nb2+ $11) (67. Kb3 Ra1 68. Re3+ Kh2 69. Re2+ Kg3 70. Ra2 $18)
(67. Kb4 Nb2 68. Re3+ Kh2 69. Ra3 Nd3+ 70. Kb3 Nc1+ 71. Ka4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 08th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2008.10.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bensdorp, Marlies"]
[Black "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "232"]
[EventDate "2008.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 $5 {Une ligne secondaire} (4. cxb5 {
Bensdorp,M (2303)-Gayon,B (1981) Rohde op 8th 2008 (1.17) 1-0}) 4... bxc4 5. e4
d6 6. Bxc4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 (10. h3 {plus courant})
10... Ng4 (10... Nb6 $142 11. Bf1 e6) 11. Bf1 (11. h3 $142 Nge5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5
13. Bf1 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Rb8 14. f4 Nd7 15. Be3) 11... Nge5 $146 12. Nd2 e6 $146
(12... Nb6 {Toth,E (2317)-Yaksin,O (2232) EU-chT U18 6th 2006 (5) 0-1}) 13. h3
exd5 14. exd5 f5 {[%csl Rc6,Re6]} 15. f4 $1 $14 Nf7 16. Nf3 a6 17. Be3 (17. Re6
Nb6) (17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. fxg5 f4 19. Ne4 Ne5 $132) 17... Rb8 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. a3
Ne4 $1 20. Bc1 (20. Nxe4 $6 fxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxb2) 20... Nxc3 21. bxc3 Qa5 22. c4
Bd7 {[%cal Gd7a4,Ga4d1]} 23. Qd3 Qa4 24. Re3 (24. Re7 Rb3 25. Qe2) 24... Rb7
25. Rde1 Rfb8 $36 26. Be2 {[%cal Ge2d1]} (26. Re7 Rb3 27. Qe2) 26... Rb3 27.
Qd2 Rxe3 28. Qxe3 Re8 29. Qd2 (29. Qd3 Re4) 29... Qb3 30. Qd3 Ba4 31. Qxb3 Bxb3
32. Bd3 Rxe1+ 33. Nxe1 Bc3 34. Kf1 $11 {La finale semble égale mais le MI veut
la gagner} (34. Nf3) 34... Nd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8b7,Gb7a5,Ga5c4]} 35. Nf3 $1 {
[%cal Gf3d2]} Nb7 36. Nd2 Na5 (36... Ba2 37. Nb1) 37. Nxb3 Nxb3 38. Be3 Bd4 39.
Ke2 Bxe3 40. Kxe3 Nd4 {Le N est meilleur que le mauvais B mais la position
blanche tient} 41. Kd2 Kf7 42. Bc2 $6 (42. Ke3 Ke7 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Ge7c7,
Gc7b6,Gb6a5,Ga5a4,Ga4a3]} 43. g4 Kd7 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Kf2 Ke7 (45... Kc7 46.
Kg3 $16) 46. Kg3 Kf7 47. Kh4 Kg6 $11) 42... Nxc2 $1 43. Kxc2 g5 $1 44. fxg5 Kg6
45. Kd2 Kxg5 46. Ke3 f4+ 47. Ke4 a5 48. a4 h6 $1 {Les blancs vont finir par
être en zugzwang!} 49. Kf3 Kf5 $4 {Mène а une finale de Q avec des risques
d'échecs perpétuels alors que les noirs avaient une gain immédiat dans la
finale de P} (49... h5 $1 50. g3 $22 fxg3 51. Kxg3 h4+ 52. Kf3 Kf5 {Les noirs
ont l'opposition} 53. Ke3 Ke5 54. Kd3 Kf4 $19 55. Kd2 Kg3 56. Ke2 Kxh3 57. Kf3
Kh2 58. Kf2 h3 59. Kf3 Kg1 60. Kg3 h2) 50. g3 fxg3 51. Kxg3 Ke4 52. Kg4 Kd4 53.
Kf5 Kxc4 54. Ke6 Kb4 55. Kxd6 c4 56. Ke6 c3 57. d6 c2 58. d7 c1=Q 59. d8=Q Qe3+
60. Kf7 Qxh3 61. Qd4+ Kb3 62. Qd5+ Kxa4 63. Qc4+ Ka3 64. Qc5+ Ka4 65. Qc4+ Ka3
66. Qc5+ Kb2 67. Qxa5 h5 68. Qe5+ Kc2 69. Qe2+ Kc3 70. Qe5+ Kd3 71. Qd5+ Ke2
72. Qb5+ Kf2 73. Qc5+ Kg2 74. Qg5+ Qg4 75. Qd2+ Kh3 76. Qd3+ Kh4 77. Qd8+ Kg3
78. Qa5 h4 79. Qe1+ Kg2 80. Qd2+ Kh3 81. Kf6 Qg3 82. Kf5 Qf3+ 83. Kg5 Qg4+ 84.
Kf6 Qg2 85. Qf4 Qg3 86. Qf1+ Kh2 87. Qe2+ Kg1 88. Ke7 h3 89. Qd1+ Kf2 90. Qd2+
Kf1 91. Kd8 Qg8+ 92. Kd7 Qg4+ 93. Kd8 Qh4+ 94. Kc8 h2 95. Qd1+ Kf2 96. Qd2+ Kf3
97. Qd3+ Kf4 98. Qd4+ Kg5 99. Qd8+ Kg4 100. Qd1+ Kf5 101. Qd5+ Kg6 102. Qg8+
Kf5 103. Qd5+ Kf4 104. Qd2+ Ke5 105. Qa5+ Ke6 106. Qb6+ Kf7 107. Qc7+ Kg8 108.
Qc6 h1=Q 109. Qe6+ Kf8 110. Qf5+ Kg7 111. Qd7+ Kg6 112. Qe8+ Kf5 113. Qd7+ Kf4
114. Qd2+ Kg3 115. Qe3+ Qf3 116. Qe1+ Kh3 {[%mdl 4096]} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 (5... e6 {is rather more
popular nowadays - it leads to more lively positions.}) 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. a4 a5 {
Black doesn't let White gain () on the << to slow down his play. The text-move
is the most usual continuation, but perhaps deserving attention is the
less-tested alternative} (7... Qxb6 8. a5 Qb4 9. Ra4 Qb7 10. e4 g5 $5 11. Bxg5
Qxb2 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. f4 Bg7 14. Bc4 Ng4 15. Nge2 Bd4 $13 16. Ra2 Qb4 17. Ra4
Qb2 18. Ra2 Qb4 19. Ra4 {1/2,Volzhin,A-Conquest,S/Hastings/1993/}) 8. e4 g6 9.
Nf3 Bg7 10. Be2 {Cheparinov leaves b5 free for his N, but White more often
plays} (10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O Nxb6 12. Re1 Ne8 13. Bf4 f6 (13... Ba6 14. e5 $5
Bxb5 15. axb5 Nc7 $132) 14. Nd2 (14. h4 $5 $14) 14... Nc7 15. Bc6 Rb8 16. Nb3
Nc4 17. Nb5 Na6 18. Qe2 Ne5 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Nd2 Nb4 21. Nc4 Ba6 22. Ra3 Rc8
23. Na7 Rc7 24. Nb5 Nxc6 (24... Rc8 $11) 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. Qd2 Qd7 27. Rb3 $44
{Sokolov,I-Ponomariov,R/Hastings/1999/}) 10... O-O 11. O-O Qxb6 ({Black often
plays} 11... Nxb6 {, but the character of the position remains similar. White
first tries to "cement" the << and then turn his attention to the opposite
flank.} 12. Bf4 {Aimed to prevent [+]<=>} (12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 e6 $5 14. dxe6
Bxe6 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Qc1 Rfc8 17. Bf3 Nfd7 18. Be2 Ne5 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3
Kh7 21. Rd1 Rab8 22. Bf4 Nc4 23. Be2 Nxb2 24. Rxd6 Rb3 25. e5 Rxc3 26. Qxc3
Qxd6 27. Qxb2 Qd4 $15 {Kobylkin,E-Tseshkovsky,V/Krasnodar/2002/}) 12... Nh5 (
12... Bg4 $6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nfd7 15. Rb1 c4 16. Be3 Qc8 17. Qc2 Rb8 18.
Nb5 Rb7 19. Bg4 h5 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Rfc1 Ne5 22. b3 $16 {Nielsen,
P-Tseshkovsky,V/Hastings/2002/}) (12... Ne8 13. Qd2 Bg4 14. Rfe1 Nc7 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nc4 17. Qc2 Na6 18. Nb5 Ne5 19. Be2 Nb4 20. Qd2 Qd7 21. Bg3 Qb7
22. Rad1 Kh8 23. f4 Nd7 24. Bc4 Nb6 25. b3 Rad8 26. Bh4 Rd7 27. f5 $36 {
Shaked,T-Shirov,A/Tilburg/1997/ Especially this second example is very similar
to our game, exchanging the Bc8 for the N makes it difficult to get effective
<=>.}) 13. Bg5 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Nd2 Ra7 16. Rc1 Rb7 17. b3 f5 $5 18. g4
fxg4 19. Qxg4 Qd7 20. f3 Bd4+ 21. Kg2 Qxg4+ 22. fxg4 Rxf1 23. Kxf1 Nf6 $14 {
/<=>,Gleizerov,E-Sadatnajafi,M/Dubai op/2003/}) 12. Nd2 Ba6 (12... Ne8 13. Nc4
Qd8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Qc1 Kh7 17. Nb5 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Nc7 19. Bc3 Bxc3
20. Qxc3 (20. bxc3 $142 $36) 20... Nxb5 21. axb5 Bd7 {Demasi,J-Bernard,I/Isla
Margarita/1998/} 22. Ra3 Qb6 23. Rfa1 a4 $11) 13. Nb5 $1 {[%mdl 4] This move
is in keeping with White's general plan.} (13. Kh1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Rfb8 15. f4
Qa6 16. Qf3 Rb7 17. Rb1 Ne8 18. Nb5 Nc7 19. Nxc7 Rxc7 20. b3 Rb8 21. Bb2 Bxb2
22. Rxb2 {Nakamura,R-Ali,G/Moscow olm/1994/} Rb4 $132) 13... Rfb8 $146 (13...
Ne5 14. Kh1 c4 15. f4 Nd3 16. Nxc4 Nf2+ 17. Rxf2 Qxf2 18. Be3 Qh4 19. Bf3 h5
20. g3 Qh3 21. Bg2 Qg4 22. Qf1 Qd7 23. Nb6 $16 {Alonso Gonzalez,A-Munoz,M/
Asturias/1995/}) (13... Ne8 14. Nc4 Qd8 15. Bd2 $16) 14. Qc2 Qd8 15. Nc4 Nb6
16. Nca3 $5 (16. Nxb6 Qxb6 {[%cal Yf6e8,Ye8c7,Ye7e6] /\e6,Ne8-c7<=>}) 16... Ne8
(16... e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bf4 Ne8 19. Nc4 $5 $36 {[%csl Rd6,Re6] ק}) 17. Rb1
Nc7 18. b3 $14 Bxb5 $6 {As we have indicated above, Black should be very
careful about giving White control over the light squares.} (18... Nxb5 $142
19. Nxb5 e6 $5 $14) 19. Nxb5 Na6 20. Bg5 Nb4 21. Qd2 Qd7 22. f4 Rb7 23. f5 $1
$40 {[%mdl 128] As in Shaked-Shirov, White stops any e6 ideas and starts
playing for a >>->.} Qe8 24. Rf3 Nd7 25. Rbf1 {While the Nb5 holds the <<,
White methodically concentrates the rest of his pieces against Black's K.} Be5
26. Rh3 (26. Bh6 $40 {[%cal Rf5g6] /\fg6}) 26... f6 27. Be3 {This allows Black
to put up a (at least temporary) blockade.} (27. fxg6 $5 Qxg6 (27... fxg5 28.
Bg4 $1 $40) 28. Rf5 $40) 27... g5 $5 28. g4 (28. Rh5 $1 Qf7 29. h4 $16) 28...
Rc8 29. Bc4 Bd4 $2 {Black wants to activate his Nd7 even at the cost of a P,
but he allows a powerful sacrificial blow.} (29... Qf7 $142 {[%cal Yg8e8] /
\Kf8-e8}) 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Bxg5 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%mdl 512] The most energetic
move, Cheparinov tears up Black's >>.} ({The mundane} 31. Bxd4 $16 {/\ is also
quite good:} Nc5 32. Rh5 Nxe4 33. Qe3 Nc5 34. Rxg5+ $18) 31... Ne5 (31... fxg5
32. Qxg5+ Kh8 33. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 34. Rf3 $18) 32. Bh6 d3 {Black's major pieces
are too far from the >> to help out the defence.} (32... Nxc4 33. bxc4 Rxc4 (
33... Qxa4 34. g5 Qc2 35. Qf4 $18) 34. Bg7 $1 Qf7 (34... Kxg7 35. Qh6+ Kf7 36.
Qxh7+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Rh7#) (34... e5 35. Bxf6 $18) 35. Rxh7 Qxg7 $8 36.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. g5 d3 38. Qg2 $18 {->}) 33. g5 Qf7 34. Rg3 Kh8 35. g6 $1 $18
hxg6 (35... Qe8 36. Rh3 {[%cal Rh6g7] /\Bg7+-} (36. gxh7 $18)) 36. fxg6 Nxg6
37. Rf5 Ne5 (37... Rg8 38. Rh5 Qh7 39. Qd1 $1 $18) 38. Bf8 (38. Bg7+ {-39.Bg7})
38... Qh7 39. Bg7+ Qxg7 (39... Kg8 40. Bxf6+ Ng6 41. Rxg6+ Qxg6+ 42. Rg5 $18)
40. Rh5+ Kg8 41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Qh6+ Kf7 43. Qh7+ Ke8 44. Qf5 {[%cal Rf5c8,
Rh5h8] /\Rh8,Qc8} 1-0

[Event "Clichy"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2001.07.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2001.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 Bb7 ({The immediate} 4... g6 {is more
typical.}) 5. Qc2 bxc4 6. e4 g6 (6... e6 7. Bxc4 (7. Bg5 $5 h6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 $2
9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Na3 Rg8 12. Rad1 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Bf4 14. e5 f5 15.
Nd6+ Kf8 16. Qxc5 $18 {Cramling,P-Fernandez Romero,E/Malaga op/2001/}) 7...
exd5 8. exd5 Be7 9. Nc3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a4 Nb6 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Bc6 Bxc6
14. dxc6 Qc8 15. b4 Qxc6 16. b5 Qb7 17. Rd1 h5 18. a5 Nc8 19. Bg5 $44 {
Tkachiev,V-Conquest,S/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) 7. Bxc4 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O $2 {A
careless move. Black not only castles prematurely, but ignores (even provokes)
White's impending central expansion.} ({Necessary was} 8... d6 9. O-O O-O 10.
Re1 (10. h3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. Rfe1 Rab8 15. a3 Rb7
16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rd8 $14 {1/2,Schiffer,K-Vogelmann,P/NRW-chT
9192/1992/}) (10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Rfe1 Ng4 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. Bf1 Nf6 14. Nc4 Ba6 15.
Nd2 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Rb8 17. Rab1 Ng4 18. Nf3 Nc4 19. h3 Nge5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21.
Bh6 Re8 22. Nd1 Nb6 $11 {Nestorow,M-Abrahamian,T/WChW U12/2000/}) 10... Nbd7
11. h3 Nb6 12. Bf1 Nfd7 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Rad1 Qc8 15. g3 Ba6 16. Bg2 Qb7 17. Bc1
c4 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Bd4 $14 {Rioseco,F-Schmidlin,E/Vina del Mar/1998/}) 9. e5
$1 Ne8 (9... Ng4 10. Qe4 Nh6 11. h4 $40 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5][%cal Rh4h5] [+]}) 10.
h4 $1 {[%mdl 128] Two energetic moves and White has a roaring attack.} d6 (
10... h5 11. Bg5 $16 (11. g4 $5 hxg4 12. h5 $40)) 11. h5 dxe5 12. hxg6 hxg6 (
12... fxg6 $2 13. d6+ Kh8 14. Qxg6 $18) 13. Qe4 Nd6 $6 (13... Nf6 $142 14. Qh4
Nbd7 15. Ng5 $1 $40 (15. Bh6 Nh5 16. g4 (16. Bxg7 $6 Kxg7 17. g4 Rh8 $1 $15) (
16. Qg5 Bf6 17. Qg4 Bg7 $5 {/\} 18. Rxh5 Nf6 $17) 16... Bxh6 17. gxh5 g5 18.
Nxg5 $16)) 14. Qh4 f6 $8 (14... f5 $2 15. Qh7+ Kf7 16. Nxe5+ Kf6 17. Bf4 $18) (
14... Re8 15. Qh7+ Kf8 16. Bh6 $18) 15. Bd3 e4 (15... Rf7 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. Qh8+
Bxh8 18. Rxh8+ Kg7 19. Rxd8 $18) (15... Kf7 $2 16. Bxg6+ $1 Kxg6 17. Qh5#) (
15... Nf5 16. Qh7+ (16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Bh6 $18) 16... Kf7 17. Rh6 $1 $18) 16.
Nxe4 Nf5 (16... Kf7 17. Neg5+ $1 {Most of White's forces are taking part in
hunting down the unhappy black K. It's fun to attack and sacrifice in such
positions} (17. Nxd6+ exd6 18. Bxg6+ Ke7 19. Qe4+ Kd7 20. Rh7 $18) 17... fxg5 (
17... Ke8 18. Ne6 $18) 18. Bxg6+ Kxg6 19. Qh5+ Kf5 (19... Kf6 20. Bxg5+ Kf5 21.
Qh7+ Kg4 22. Rh4#) 20. Qxg5+ Ke4 21. Rh4+ Rf4 22. Rxf4+ Kd3 23. Qg6+ $18) 17.
Qh7+ Kf7 18. Neg5+ $1 fxg5 {Now White mates by force.} (18... Ke8 19. Bb5+ $18
(19. Qxg6+ $18)) 19. Ne5+ Kf6 20. Qxg6+ Kxe5 21. Qe6+ Kd4 22. Qe4# 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Heinemann, Thies"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 bxc4 $6 {This move is not in the
spirit of the opening and gives White rather easy and clear-cut play.} ({
If Black plays the Volga gambit, he should be willing to sacrifice a pawn with
} 4... g6 $142) 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bxc4 Bg7 8. e5 $5 {'!' Dautov.} (8. O-O
O-O 9. e5 Ng4 $5 10. exd6 exd6 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Rae1 Nge5 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. Be2 f6 16. Bh4 Rb8 17. b3 Qb4 18. f4 Nf7 19. Bc4 g5 (19... f5 $5 $11)
20. fxg5 $2 fxg5 21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Qxg5 Bf5 23. Nb5 h6 24. Qg3 Rxb5 25. Re8+
Kh7 26. Bxb5 Qxb5 {0-1,Pesztericz,L-Abel,L/HUN-chT/1993/}) 8... dxe5 (8... Ng4
$143 $2 9. e6 $1 fxe6 10. Ng5 $36 {is very dangerous for Black.}) 9. Nxe5 {
()[+] White has more space and a better pawn structure, with potential targets
on c5 and especially e7.} O-O 10. O-O Ne8 {Somewhat passive.} ({Crucial for
the overall evaluation of the line is} 10... Nfd7 $5 11. Nxf7 $1 {A promising
sacrifice, otherwise Black has few problems.} (11. Nxd7 $143 Nxd7 12. Be3 (12.
Bg5 Nb6 13. Bb5 Bb7 14. d6 Qxd6 15. Qxd6 exd6 16. Be7 Rfc8 17. Bxd6 c4 18. Rab1
a6 19. Na4 Nxa4 20. Bxa4 Be4 21. Rbd1 Bxb2 $17 {Pesztericz,L-Sziebert,A/Eger/
1994/}) 12... Rb8 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Na4 Nb6 15. b3 Nxa4 16. bxa4 Bd7 17. Bb3 Rfc8
18. Rc4 e6 19. Rf4 c4 20. Rxc4 Rxc4 21. Bxc4 Bxa4 22. Qf3 Qc7 23. Rc1 exd5 24.
Bxd5 Qd7 25. g3 h6 26. Kg2 Rd8 27. Rc5 a6 $11 {Moskalenko,V-Fominyh,A/Alushta/
1994/}) (11. Nc6 Nxc6 12. dxc6 Nb6 13. Be2 Qc7 14. Bf3 Ba6 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Qb3
Bc4 17. Qa3 Bd4 18. Be3 e5 19. b4 cxb4 20. Qxb4 Bxe3 21. fxe3 f5 22. Nb5 Bxb5
23. Qxb5 e4 24. Bd1 Rf6 25. Bb3+ Kg7 26. Rac1 Rc8 27. Qa6 $11 {1/2,Balashov,
Y-Stein,L/Moscow/1971/}) 11... Rxf7 12. d6 Nb6 {'[]' Dautov.} 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {
Dautov: 'Stohl-Petr/Pardubice 1995'} 14. Qf3+ $1 (14. Nd5 $2 Bb7 15. Nxe7 Be5
16. Qb3+ c4 17. Qh3 h5 18. Rd1 Qd7 19. Qe3 {Stohl,I-Petr,J/Pardubice op/1995/}
Qe6 $5 $17) 14... Bf6 {'[]' Dautov.} (14... Kg8 $2 {Dautov} 15. Nd5 $18) 15.
Ne4 Bf5 {'!?' Dautov.} 16. Nxf6 exf6 17. Bf4 N8d7 18. Rfe1 $36 {'+/=' Dautov.
Dautov: '/\ Re7|^ Stohl'}) (10... Ba6 11. Bg5 $5 (11. Re1 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Nbd7
13. Qf3 Re8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Nb6 16. Ne5 g5 17. Bg3 Nbxd5 18. Rad1 e6 19. h4
Qe7 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Nb5 a6 22. Na3 Nb4 23. Qb3 Rad8 24. Nac4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1
Nbd5 26. Qa4 $44 {ק,Hebden,M-Arkell,K/Isle of Man/1995/}) 11... Bxc4 12. Nxc4
Nbd7 13. Re1 Nb6 14. Ne5 Nfxd5 15. Nc6 {'+/-' Dautov. Dautov: 'Sadler,M-Manca,
F/Cappelle 1993'} Nxc3 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Nxd8 Ncd5 18. Nc6 e6 19. Rac1 c4 20.
Rc2 Rc8 21. Ne7+ Nxe7 22. Bxe7 Nd5 23. Ba3 $16 {Sadler,M-Manca,F/Cappelle/1993/
}) (10... Bb7 11. Qb3 (11. Re1 Ne8 12. Bg5 $1 $36) 11... Qb6 12. Re1 Na6 13.
Bg5 Qxb3 14. Bxb3 Rac8 15. Nc4 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxe7 Rfe8 18. Nd6 c4 19.
Nxe8 Rxe8 20. Ba4 Rb8 21. Bd6 Rd8 22. Be5 $18 {Kortschnoj,V-Sax,G/London/1980/}
) 11. Re1 ({White bases his strategy on the c4 outpost. But promising is also} 
11. Bf4 Nd6 12. Bb3 (12. b3 $5 $14) 12... Ba6 (12... Bb7 13. Re1 Nd7 (13... Nf5
$2 14. Nxf7 $1 {A typical motive in this line.} Rxf7 15. d6 e6 16. Bxe6 Bc6 17.
Ne4 Nd4 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Nxc5 Kg8 20. Rc1 Bd5 21. Nb3 Bxb3 22. axb3 Nd7 23.
Re7 Bf6 24. Be3 Nf5 25. Qd5+ {1-0,Browne,W-Wolff,P/Estes Park/1985/}) (13... c4
14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Nd7 16. Bg5 Nf6 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. b3 Rfd8 20.
Rcd1 h6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Ne4 Bg7 23. Qe3 Ba8 24. h4 Kh7 25. h5 $16 {Lempert,
I-Gorjatschkin,W/Pavlodar/1991/}) 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. dxc6 Nb6 16. Rxe7 Qxe7 17.
Bxd6 Qf6 18. Ne4 Qh4 19. Nxc5 Rfd8 20. c7 Rxd6 21. Qxd6 $18 {Anderton,D-Bull,D/
Isle of Man/1994/}) 13. Re1 {'+/=' Dautov.} c4 14. Ba4 Qb6 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. Rab1
Qc7 17. Rbc1 Rd8 18. b3 Qc5 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. bxc4 Qxc4 21. Bb3 Qb4 22. Re4
Bxc3 23. Rxb4 Bxd2 24. Bxd2 $16 {Blagojevic,D-Djoric,D/JUG/1997/}) 11... Nd6
12. b3 $146 {'!?' Dautov.} (12. Bf1 Nf5 $5 $14 (12... Re8 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Na4
Qa5 15. Rc1 c4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Rxc4 Na6 18. b4 $1 $18 {Effert,K-Kessler,D/
Moeglingen/1989/}) (12... Bb7 {Dautov} 13. Bf4 Nf5 14. Rc1 Nd4 $14 {/\Nd7}))
12... Qc7 {'?!' Dautov.} (12... Nxc4 $142 {Dautov} 13. bxc4 Ba6 14. Qd3 (14.
Qa4 Qe8 15. Qa3 $14) 14... Bxe5 15. Rxe5 Nd7 (15... Nc6 16. Re4 $16) 16. Re4 f5
$1 $132) 13. Bf4 $36 Nd7 14. Nxd7 (14. Qe2 Nxc4 15. bxc4 (15. Nxg6 Qa5 $13)
15... Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 Ba6 19. Rxe7 Bxc4 20. d6 Rfd8
$132) (14. Nb5 $6 {Dautov} Nxb5 (14... Qb6 15. a4 $1) 15. Nxg6 Qb6 16. Nxe7+
Kh8 17. Rc1 $13) 14... Qxd7 (14... Bxd7 $142 15. Rc1 (15. Qd2 $2 Nxc4 $1 16.
bxc4 Bxc3 $19) 15... Rfe8 $14) 15. Be5 $1 {[%mdl 32] '+/-' Dautov. Dautov:
'><e7, c5' White's strategy is to exchange the opponent's active pieces.} Rb8 (
15... f6 16. Bg3 $16 {בe}) (15... Nxc4 {Dautov} 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. bxc4 Ba6 18.
Qe2 $16) 16. Qe2 Bxe5 (16... Re8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qe3 $16) 17. Qxe5 Rb4 (17...
Re8 18. Ne4 $1 $16) 18. Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 96] The same strategy as mentioned above,
plus simple tactics-Black's >> is weakened by the exchange of the Bg7} (18. Bf1
Re8 {/\c4<=>} (18... Re8 {Dautov} 19. Rac1 $16)) 18... Nxc4 (18... Nxe4 19.
Rxe4 Re8 20. Rae1 $40) (18... f6 {Dautov} 19. Qc3 $16) 19. bxc4 Rxc4 20. d6 $40
Rxe4 $8 {'!' Dautov.} (20... exd6 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Qg5 $1 Qd8 23. Qh6 $1 $18)
21. Qxe4 exd6 22. Rad1 Bb7 23. Qe7 Qc6 $8 (23... Rd8 24. Qf6 {/\Re7+-}) 24. f3
d5 25. Rb1 Bc8 {'!' Dautov.} ({The pin decides after} 25... Rb8 $2 26. Rb2 $18
{<->b}) (25... Ba8 {Dautov} 26. Qxa7 $18 {/\Rb8}) 26. Qxa7 c4 (26... d4 $6 27.
Rec1 $18 {><c5}) 27. Qd4 $16 {'?' Dautov.} (27. a4 $1 {Dautov} Qf6 28. a5 d4 (
28... c3 29. Qb6) 29. Qb6 Qxb6 30. Rxb6 $1 (30. axb6 $2 c3 $1 31. b7 Bxb7 32.
Rxb7 d3 33. Rc7 c2 34. Rf1 Rd8 $11) 30... d3 (30... Be6 31. a6 Ra8 32. Re4 d3
33. Rd4 $18) (30... Rd8 31. a6 Bxa6 32. Rxa6 c3 33. Rc6 $18) 31. Kf2 c3 32. Rc6
c2 33. Ke3 Bb7 34. Rc7 Ba6 35. Kd2 Rd8 36. Rc6 $18) 27... Be6 28. Rb6 Qc7 29.
a4 Rc8 ({Black should have tried to prevent the a-pawn's advance for as long
as possible:} 29... Qa7 30. Ra1 Qa5 $5 (30... Rc8 31. a5 {-29...Rc8}) 31. Rb7
$16 (31. Rb5 Qa6 $16)) 30. a5 Qa7 {'<=>' Dautov.} 31. Ra1 (31. Qe3 $5 {Dautov}
Qd7 $1 (31... Qxa5 $2 32. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 33. Qxe6+ Kg7 34. Qd7+ Kh6 35. Re7 Qa1+
(35... Qb6+ 36. Kf1 Qb1+ 37. Kf2 Qb6+ 38. Kg3 $18) 36. Kf2 Qd4+ (36... Qb2+ 37.
Kg3 Qb8+ 38. Kg4 Rh8 39. Qxd5 Qc8+ 40. Rd7 $18) 37. Kg3 Rh8 (37... Kg5 38. Re4
$18) 38. Re4 Qc5 39. Rh4+ Kg5 40. Qe6 $18) 32. Qe5 Qa7 $13) (31. Qc3 {Dautov}
d4 32. Qxd4 Qxa5 $14) 31... c3 32. Rb4 Qa6 33. Qb6 (33. Rb3 $142) 33... Qd3 (
33... Qe2 $5 {Dautov} 34. Qf2 Qa6 $132) 34. Qd4 Qa6 35. Rb3 $1 {'(+)' Dautov.}
Qc4 {'(+)?' Dautov.} (35... c2 36. Rc3 Rxc3 37. Qxc3 Qe2 (37... Qa7+ {Dautov}
38. Kf1 (38. Kh1 Bf5 39. g4 d4 40. Qd2 Qb7 $1 41. gxf5 Qb1+ $17 42. Qe1 $2
Qxe1+ 43. Rxe1 d3 $19) 38... Qa6+ (38... Bf5 39. g4 d4 40. Qd2 Qa6+ 41. Kf2 Bd3
$13) (38... Bd7 $2 39. g4 Bb5+ 40. Kg2 $18) 39. Ke1 Qa7 40. Kf1 $11) 38. a6
Qd1+ 39. Kf2 d4 40. Qe1 $18) 36. Qxc4 Rxc4 37. a6 $1 {White has to simplify
the position, as Black's pawns are too dangerous:} (37. Rbb1 $2 d4 $1 (37... c2
38. Rc1 d4 39. Kf2 $1 $18) 38. Kf2 (38. a6 $2 c2 39. Rc1 d3 40. a7 Bd5 41.
a8=Q+ Bxa8 42. Rxa8+ Kg7 43. Rd8 Rb4 $1 $17) 38... d3 39. Ke3 d2 40. a6 c2 41.
a7 c1=Q $1 (41... Rc8 $2 42. a8=Q Rxa8 43. Rxa8+ Kg7 44. Raa1 $1 $18) (41...
cxb1=Q $2 42. a8=Q+ Rc8 43. Qxc8+ Bxc8 44. Rxb1 $18) (41... d1=N+ 42. Rxd1 (42.
Kd2 cxb1=N+ $1) 42... cxd1=N+ 43. Rxd1 Rc8 44. Rb1 Bd5 45. Rb8 Rf8 46. g3 $11 {
with a positional draw.}) 42. a8=Q+ (42. Rxc1 dxc1=Q+ 43. Rxc1 Ra4 $19) 42...
Rc8 43. Rxc1 dxc1=Q+ 44. Rxc1 Rxa8 $19) 37... c2 38. a7 {By exchanging a pair
of R Black's possible counterplay is limited.} (38. Rc1 Ra4 39. Rxc2 (39. Rb6
$143 Ra2 40. Rc6 Bf5) 39... Rxa6 $14) 38... c1=Q+ 39. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 40. Kf2 Ra1
41. Rb8+ Kg7 42. a8=Q Rxa8 43. Rxa8 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Without the pawn on d5
the _|_ is easily won for White. (see also CBM 67) The extra pawn however
doesn't help so much, as Black is tied down to it's defence.} h5 (43... Kf6 44.
g4 $1 {><h7}) 44. Ke3 Kf6 45. Kd4 {'+-' Dautov.} Kf5 $2 (45... h4 $142 $5 46.
Ra3 g5 {with possible <=> against g2 would create much more problems.}) 46. g3
Kf6 (46... h4 $1 {Dautov} 47. gxh4 Kf4 48. Ra3 Bc8 $1 (48... Bh3 $2 49. Kxd5
Bg2 50. Ra4+ Kf5 (50... Kxf3 51. Ke5 $18 f5 52. Ra6) 51. Kd6 Bxf3 52. Ke7 $18)
49. Rb3 $1 (49. Kxd5 Bb7+ 50. Kd6 (50. Kd4 Bxf3 51. Ra6 Kf5) 50... Bxf3 51.
Ra4+ (51. Ke7 f5 52. Kf6 Bh5 $11) 51... Ke3 52. Ke5 f5 53. Ra3+ Ke2 54. Kf4 Bh5
55. Rg3 Kd2 56. Rg5 Kd3 $11) 49... Bh3 (49... Be6 50. Rc3 $22 $18) 50. Re3 $1 (
50. Rc3 $2 Be6) 50... Bd7 (50... Bg2 51. Re7 Bxf3 (51... f5 52. Rg7) 52. Rxf7+
Kg4 53. Rf8 Be4 54. Rh8 $18) 51. Re5 Kxf3 52. h5 gxh5 53. Rxh5 Be6 54. Rg5 Kf4
55. h4 $18) 47. Ra3 Kf5 48. Re3 Kf6 49. Re5 Ke7 50. Kc5 Kd7 (50... Kf6 51. f4
Ke7 52. Kc6 $22 d4 $2 53. Re4 d3 54. Re3 $1 d2 55. Rd3 $18) 51. Re3 Ke7 52. Rd3
{'(.)' Dautov.} Kf6 (52... Kd7 $6 53. Ra3 {/\Ra7,Kd6}) 53. Kd6 Kf5 54. Rd4 g5 (
54... Kf6 55. Rf4+ Kg5 (55... Kg7 {Dautov} 56. Ke5 g5 57. Rd4 $18) 56. Ke7 $18)
55. h4 $1 $18 {Creating more weak points.} Kf6 56. hxg5+ Kxg5 57. Ke5 Kg6 58.
Rb4 Kg7 59. Rb8 d4 (59... Kg6 60. Rg8+ Kh7 61. Rg5 Kh6 62. f4 $18) 60. Kxd4 Ba2
61. Ke5 Bc4 62. Kf5 Bd5 (62... f6 63. Rb7+ Bf7 64. Ra7 $22) 63. f4 Bf3 64. Rb6
Bg4+ 65. Kg5 Bf3 66. f5 Bg4 67. f6+ Kh7 68. Rb7 Be6 (68... Kg8 69. Rb8+ Kh7 70.
Rf8 Be6 71. Kxh5 $18) 69. Kxh5 Bd5 70. Rb4 ({A possible winning plan is} 70.
Rb4 Be6 71. Kg5 {/\Rh4,Kf4-e5-d6-e7,Rh5-g5-g7-f7+-}) 1-0

[Event "Pinamar Masters 1st"]
[Site "Pinamar"]
[Date "2001.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Garcia Palermo, Carlos H"]
[Black "Giardelli, Sergio Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2001.03.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2 g6 ({The continuation with the best
reputation is} 4... bxc4 5. e4 c3 $1 6. bxc3 g6 7. Ngf3 (7. Nc4 d6 8. Bd3 Bg7
9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bd2 Nb6 12. Na5 $2 c4 13. Bc2 Qc7 14. Re1 Nbxd5 15.
Nxc4 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Qxc4 17. Bb2 Bb7 $17 {Kramnik,V-Leko,P/Dortmund/1998/}) 7...
Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Rb1 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bb5 e6 (13...
Rb8 $142 $11) 14. c4 Bxb5 15. Rxb5 exd5 16. cxd5 Re8 17. a4 c4 18. a5 $2 (18.
Bb2 $1 {[%cal Yb2d4,Yb2c3] /\Bd4,Bc3+/=}) 18... Nbxd5 $1 19. Nxc4 Rc8 20. Ba3 (
20. Bd2 $142 $13) 20... Nf4 $36 {Prakash,G-Ehlvest,J/Dhaka/2001/}) 5. e4 d6 6.
b4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A radical new approach, White tries to make the << his
scene of action and take on b5 without allowing the typical Volga pressure on
the semi-open a+b <->.} ({Delayed acceptance of the gambit with the passively
placed Nd2 is not too popular:} 6. cxb5 a6 7. b3 (7. a4 Bg7 8. b6 Qxb6 9. Nc4
Qc7 10. a5 O-O 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Ne2 Bb5 13. Nc3 Nbd7 14. f4 e6 15. O-O exd5 16.
exd5 Rfe8 17. f5 Rab8 18. Ra2 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rb4 20. b3 Ne5 $36 {Hubert,
R-Stocek,J/Pardubice op/2000/}) 7... Bg7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. bxa6 Bxa6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6
11. Ngf3 Nb4 12. O-O Rxa2 13. Rxa2 Nxa2 14. Qe2 Nb4 15. Ra1 Qd7 16. Ra4 Qb7 {
Ksieski,Z-Thalwitzer,D/Leutersdorf/2000/} 17. Bc3 $11) ({The most usual
alternative is} 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O (7... bxc4 8. Nxc4 O-O 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Nf3
Nb6 11. Nfd2 e6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. e5 Ne8 14. h4 (14. exd6 $2 Bxb2 15. Nxb2 Qf6
$17) 14... Nd5 15. Be4 Nf4 16. g3 $6 (16. exd6 $142 $1) 16... d5 17. gxf4 dxe4
18. Nxe4 Bb7 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 $17 {Korpics,Z-Szabo,J/HUN-chT2 9394/1994/}) {
To avoid the above trick White can play} 8. Qc2 $142 $5 (8. Ngf3 Qa5 $5 (8...
b4 9. Be2 e5 10. dxe6 fxe6 (10... Bxe6 $142) 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 a5 13. O-O
Ra6 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15. Bf3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Rfe1
Rf4 20. g3 Rf8 21. Bg2 $36 {Korpics,Z-Kopjonkin,G/Zalakaros/1993/}) (8... e6 9.
dxe6 Bxe6 10. cxb5 a6 11. bxa6 Qa5 12. Bd3 Nxa6 13. O-O Qc7 14. Nc4 Nb4 15. e5
dxe5 16. Bxe5 Qd8 17. Be2 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Ne4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. a3 Nc3 21. Rd2
Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2 Bxc4 23. bxc4 Ra5 24. Ne1 Rfa8 25. Re3 Nc6 $44 {Ornstein,
A-Sjodahl,P/Norrkoeping/1988/}) 9. Bd3 bxc4 10. bxc4 Nxe4 $1 11. Bxg7 Nxd2 12.
Bxf8 Nxf3+ 13. Kf1 Nd2+ 14. Ke2 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 (15. Bxe7 Ba6 $40) 15... Kxf8 16.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nd7 18. Bb5 Nb6 19. Bc6 Rb8 20. Rhb1 Bb7 $15 {Schlager,
T-Mensch,E/Baden/1997/}) 8... b4 9. Be2 Bb7 10. f4 Bh6 $2 11. g3 e5 12. fxe5
dxe5 13. Bxe5 Re8 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. gxf4 Ng4 16. Bxg4 Qh4+ 17. Kf1 Qxg4 18. Ne2
Qh3+ 19. Kf2 Qh4+ 20. Kf3 Nd7 21. Ng3 Nf6 22. h3 Nh5 23. Nxh5 Qxh5+ 24. Kg3 g5
25. Nf3 $16 {Grigore,G-Vaidya,A/Odorheiu Secuiesc/1992/}) 6... cxb4 (6... bxc4
$5 7. bxc5 (7. Bxc4 cxb4 8. Qa4+ Nbd7 9. Qxb4 Bg7 $36) 7... c3 (7... dxc5 8.
Bxc4 $14 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4] [+]}) (7... Bg7 8. Bb2 dxc5 9. Nxc4 O-O 10. Bd3 $14)
8. Nc4 (8. Nb1 Qa5 9. Qc2 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 c2+ 11. Nd2 Qc3 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. Ne2
Qxa1 14. cxd6 $44) 8... Nxe4 9. Qd4 Nf6 10. cxd6 exd6 11. Qxc3 Bb7 $13) 7. cxb5
Bg7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Ngf3 a6 10. a4 bxa3 $2 {Now Black gets into a strong pin on
the a-file, which results in White getting a o^ on a6.} (10... e6 $142 11. dxe6
Bxe6 $132) 11. Rxa3 Nbd7 12. Qa1 (12. bxa6 $5 Nc5 13. a7 $16) 12... Bh6 (12...
a5 13. Bc3 $16) 13. Be2 (13. bxa6 Nc5 14. Be2 {leads to the same position.} (
14. Bxf6 exf6 15. a7 f5 $44)) 13... Nc5 14. O-O $1 Nfxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. bxa6
$16 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Ga1h8] Although White will never manage to queen the Pa6,
it nevertheless requires Black's full attention and allows White to
concentrate his forces on other parts of the board.} e6 17. dxe6 {The simplest,
Black's central P can't get too far.} (17. Nd4 exd5 18. Qa2 Be6 19. Bb5 $36)
17... fxe6 18. Qd1 Qb6 19. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Bg7 (20... Nc5 21. a7 Rf7 22.
Nb5 Ba6 23. Rfa1 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 $16) 21. Ba1 $5 {[%cal Yd4b5,Yd4c6] Moves the B
to a protected square to enable Bc6 or Nb5.} (21. a7 $143 Rf7 22. Bf3 (22. Rfa1
Rb7) 22... Bb7 $132) 21... Nc5 (21... Rf7 $142 22. Nc2 $5 {/\Nb4+/-}) 22. a7
Rf7 23. Nb5 Bf8 (23... Bxa1 24. Rfxa1 Rd7 25. Rc1 $1 Bb7 26. Nxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxc5
$18) (23... Ba6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rfa1 Rfxa7 (25... Raxa7 26. Nxd6 $1 Rfd7 27.
Nc8 $18) (25... Bxb5 26. Bxb5 $16) 26. Bf3 $5 Rd7 27. Bxa8 Bxb5 $16) 24. Bd4
Bb7 (24... Ba6 25. Rfa1 $16 (25. Bxc5 $2 Bxb5 26. Bxb5 dxc5 27. Rfa1 c4 $11))
25. Rc1 {[%cal Rb5d6] /\Nd6} Bd5 26. h4 $1 {[%mdl 32] Black has contained the
a-pawn, so White turns his attention elsewhere. Instructive play on bothe
flanks.} Rb7 (26... Nb3 27. Rxb3 Bxb3 28. Nc7 Bg7 29. Be3 $18) (26... e5 27.
Bxc5 (27. Be3 $16) 27... dxc5 28. Nc3 $1 (28. Bc4 $2 Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Rb7 30. Ra5
Be7 $11 {/\Bd8}) 28... Be6 (28... c4 29. Ra5 Be6 30. Rxe5 $18) 29. Rca1 c4 30.
Ra6 Bb4 31. Ne4 $18) (26... h5 {[%csl Rg6] ><g6}) 27. h5 (27. Rcc3 $142 $16)
27... Be7 (27... Nb3 28. Rxb3 $1 (28. Rd1 Nxd4 29. Rxd4 Bc6 30. Nxd6 Rbxa7 $11)
28... Bxb3 29. Rc7 Bd5 $8 (29... Rxc7 30. Nxc7 Bd5 31. Nxd5 exd5 32. Bf3 $18)
30. Rxb7 Bxb7 31. Nc7 Rd8 (31... Rc8 32. Ba6 $1 Bxa6 33. Nxa6 {[%cal Ra6c7] /
\Nc7+-}) 32. Bf3 d5 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Nxe6 $44) 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rg3 Kf7 30.
Rh3 (30. Rcc3 Rxb5 $5 31. Bxb5 Rxa7 32. Rh3 $16) 30... e5 (30... Nb3 31. Rxb3
$1 (31. Rh7+ $2 Kg8 32. Rh8+ Kf7 33. Rxa8 Nxc1 34. Bc4 $1 (34. Rf8+ $2 Bxf8 35.
a8=Q Nxe2+ 36. Kh2 Kg8 $1 $19) 34... Bxc4 35. Nc3 Ne2+ 36. Nxe2 Bxe2 37. Rb8
Rxa7 38. Bxa7 $14) 31... Bxb3 32. Rc7 Rxc7 (32... Bd5 $4 33. Nxd6+ $18) 33.
Nxc7 Bd5 34. Bf3 Bxf3 35. gxf3 $16 {/+-}) 31. Nxd6+ $5 {Although now White
lose his pride, he has managed to create other targets.} Bxd6 32. Bxc5 Bxc5 33.
Rxc5 Ke6 (33... Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Ke6 35. Ra5 $18) 34. Rd3 Ba2 (34... Be4 35. Re3
Kd6 36. Ra5 $18) 35. Rc6+ (35. Rg3 $142 Kf6 36. Rc6+ $40) 35... Kf7 (35... Ke7
36. Re3 $5 Rbxa7 (36... Bf7 37. Rxe5+ Kf8 38. Bd3 $18) 37. Rxe5+ Kf7 38. Bd3
$18) 36. Rf3+ Kg7 37. Bd3 Bf7 38. Rg3 Raxa7 39. Bxg6 Bxg6 40. Rgxg6+ Kf8 41.
Rg5 Re7 42. Rf6+ Ke8 43. Rf3 {/\Re3+-} Ra1+ 44. Kh2 Re1 (44... Kd7 45. Re3 Kd6
46. Kg3 $18) 45. Kg3 Kd7 46. Ra3 (46. Re3 $5 Rxe3+ 47. fxe3 Ke6 48. Kf3 Kd5 49.
g4 $16) 46... Ke6 47. Ra6+ Kf7 48. Rf5+ (48. Rh5 $142 $1 Kg7 (48... Kg8 49.
Ra8+ Kg7 50. Rah8 $40) 49. Rah6 $16 {/+-}) 48... Kg8 49. Rg5+ $6 {The
R-exchange is premature, White should have kept his more active R on the board.
} Rg7 (49... Kf7 50. Rh5 {-48.Rh5}) 50. Rxg7+ Kxg7 51. Ra3 {[%cal Ra3e3] /\Re3}
Kf6 $2 (51... Rb1 $14 {and White still has to show a winning plan.}) 52. Rf3+
$1 Ke6 (52... Kg6 53. Re3 $18) 53. Kg4 Rg1 (53... e4 54. Re3 Rg1 55. Rxe4+ Kd5
56. Kf3 Rxg2 57. Kxg2 Kxe4 58. Kg3 Kf5 59. Kf3 $18) 54. g3 Rf1 55. Kg5 {
[%csl Gg3][%cal Yg3g4,Yg5h6,Yg4g5] o^g,/\g4,Kh6,g5 etc.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8.
Qxd5 Nc6 9. Nf3 (9. e4 Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Nf3 Bb7 (11... Rb8 $142 $1 {-9.Nf3
transposes into the game.}) 12. Qf5 Qxb6 13. O-O d6 14. Bd2 Bc8 15. Qh5 Be6 16.
Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qh3 $1 e5 18. Qe6+ Kh8 19. Bc3 Rf6 20. Qd5 Raf8 21. Nd2 Rg6 22.
Nc4 Qc7 23. Rad1 Nd8 24. f4 exf4 25. e5 dxe5 26. Bxe5 Qc6 27. Rxf4 $14 {
[%csl Ra6,Rc5] /+/-,׫,Salov,V-Lautier,J/Enghien-les-Bains/1999/}) 9... Rb8 10.
e4 (10. Bd2 Rxb6 11. e4 Be7 12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O d6 (13... Rxb2 $5 $13) 14. Bc3
Be6 15. Qd3 Nb4 16. Qe2 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 d5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. Ne5 Re6 20. Rfd1
Qxc4 21. Nxc4 Re8 22. g3 $14 {Sasikiran,K-Ghaem Maghami,E/Kelamabakkam/2000/})
10... Be7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Qh5 (12. O-O Rxb6 13. b3 d6 14. Bf4 Be6 15. Qd3 Bxc4
16. Qxc4 Bf6 17. Rad1 Nd4 18. Nd2 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Rfe1 h6 21. Qd5 Qxd5
22. exd5 {Jobava,B-Tregubov,P/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/} Rb7 $132 {/=}) 12... d6 (12...
Qxb6 $146 {Not a very impressive novelty, as Black's Q is better placed on d8.}
13. O-O d6 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. b3 a5 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qg4 Nd8 19. Rd3
Bxg5 20. Nxg5 $36 h6 $2 (20... Qe7 21. Rfd1 h6 22. Nh3 Nf7 23. Nf4 $14) 21.
Nxe6 Nxe6 (21... Qd7 22. Rxd6 $1 $18) 22. Qxe6+ Qf7 23. Rxd6 $18 {Gleizerov,
E-Lependin,A/RUS-ch Krasnoyarsk/2003/}) 13. O-O Rxb6 14. b3 {Apart from this
natural move White has in practice used 2 different alternatives, but in both
cases Black is holding his own:} (14. Rd1 Be6 $1 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qg4 Qc8 {
In the abovementioned game Salov-Lautier Black didn't have this important move.
} 17. Bd2 e5 18. Qxc8 Rxc8 19. Bc3 Nd4 20. Nd2 c4 21. Rab1 Kf7 22. g3 Ne2+ 23.
Kf1 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Bd8 25. Ke2 Ke6 26. Nf1 Rcb8 27. Rxb6 Rxb6 28. Ne3 Rb2+ 29.
Rd2 Rxd2+ 30. Kxd2 Bg5 $11 {Vyzmanavin,A-Khalifman,A/Novosibirsk/1995/}) (14.
Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Qe8 16. Bf4 (16. b3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Rfe1 {Kuzubov,
Y-Nepomniachtchi,I/WchJ U12 Heraklio/2002/} f5 $1 $15) 16... Nd4 (16... Be6 $5
17. Bd3 c4 18. Bb1 Ne5 19. Qd1 Qb8 20. Bd2 Rxb2 21. Bc3 Rb5 22. f4 Nc6 23. f5
Bd7 {Milanovic,D-Vuckovic,B/Belgrade/2001/} 24. f6 $44) 17. Rae1 Be6 18. Bd3 f6
19. Qh4 {Lautier,J-Richter,W/BL2W 9798/1998/} Qg6 $1 20. Re3 Qg4 $11 {Lautier})
14... Be6 (14... Bf6 15. Ng5 $14 {loses a whole tempo.}) 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qg4
{Natural enough, but also interesting is} (16. Be3 Bf6 17. Rac1 Qe8 (17... Rb4
$142 18. Qg4 Qe7 $132) 18. Qxe8 Rxe8 19. Rfd1 Nb4 $6 20. Rd2 a5 21. e5 $1 $16 {
Mikhalevski,V-Wiersma,E/Dieren/1999/}) 16... Qc8 (16... Qd7 17. Bb2 Bf6 18.
Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Qg3 e5 21. Rd5 Rb8 22. Nh4 Nd4 23. Qd3 Qb7 24. Qc4
Kh8 25. Nf5 Rxf5 $1 26. exf5 Qc6 27. a3 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Nf4 29. Rfd1 Rf8 30. f3
Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxf5 32. Qd3 Rf6 33. Rxe5 h6 $11 {Delemarre,J-Foukakis,T/EU-chJ
Hania/1994/}) 17. Bb2 Bf6 (17... e5 18. Qxc8 Rxc8 19. Nd2 Nd4 20. Nc4 {
Contrary to the abovequoted game Vyzhmanavin-Khalifman White firmly controls
c4 and this in connection with >> play (f4) gives him an advantage.} Rbc6 21.
g3 Bf6 22. Kg2 Kf7 23. f4 $1 Ke7 24. Rf2 Ra8 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Bc3 Ke6 27. Raf1
Rd8 28. Ba5 Rd7 29. Nb6 Rdd6 30. Nd5 $16 {Giorgadze,G-Waitzkin,J/Pula/1997/})
18. Bxf6 (18. e5 dxe5 19. Rae1 Rb4 20. Qg3 e4 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Nd2 Rg6 23. Qc3
Rd4 24. Nxe4 Rd5 25. Nxc5 Nd4 26. b4 a5 27. a3 Qc6 28. f3 Nb5 29. Qe3 Nxa3 30.
Qxa3 axb4 31. Qxb4 Qxc5+ 32. Qxc5 Rxc5 $11 {1/2,Bagirov,R-Vuckovic,B/Istanbul
olm/2000/}) 18... Rxf6 19. Nd2 (19. Rad1 Rg6 20. Qh5 Rh6 21. Qg5 Rg6 22. Qh5
Rh6 23. Qg5 Rg6 {1/2,Alekseev,E-Evdokimov,A/Oropesa del Mar WchJ U14/1998/})
19... Qf8 $5 $146 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf8f1][%mdl 8] A serious improvement of
Black's play. Tregubov protects the ><d6 and prepares <=> on the <->f.} (19...
Rg6 20. Qh3 Rh6 21. Qd3 d5 $6 (21... Nd4 $142 $14 {/~~<=>}) 22. exd5 Nb4 23.
Qc3 Nxd5 24. Qe5 Rb4 25. Nc4 Nb6 26. Nxb6 Rxb6 27. Rac1 Rc6 28. Rfd1 $16 {
[%csl Ra6,Rc5,Re6] ק,Dreev,A-Bellon Lopez,J/SWE-chT/2003/}) 20. Nc4 Rb7 (20...
Rb4 $5 {[%cal Rd6d5,Ra6a4] /\d5,a5-a4|^}) 21. f4 (21. e5 Rg6 $1 22. Qh5 d5 23.
Nd6 Rb4 $17) 21... Rbf7 (21... d5 22. Ne5 Qe8 $11 (22... Nd4 $5 $13)) 22. g3 d5
{[%mdl 2048] All Black's forces are active and well coordinated and it's White,
who must be careful not to get into trouble.} 23. Nd2 (23. exd5 exd5 24. Ne3
Rd6 25. Rac1 Qe8 $15) 23... Nd4 24. Rae1 (24. Rac1 a5 {[%cal Ra5a4] /\a4|^})
24... c4 ({Black decides to force the pace of the game, but the patient} 24...
a5 $5 $15 {seems quite promising.}) 25. exd5 (25. bxc4 Qb4 $36) 25... exd5 26.
bxc4 dxc4 (26... Qb4 $2 27. Rf2 dxc4 28. Qc8+ $16) 27. Ne4 {White decides to
maintain the tension, but now the o^c4 will become dangerous.} (27. Nxc4 $5 Qc5
28. Re8+ Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Ne5 (30. Nb2 Qa3 $36) 30... Nc6+ 31. Kg2 Nxe5 (
31... Qd5+ 32. Qf3 Qxa2+ 33. Rf2 Nxe5 34. Rxa2 $11) 32. fxe5 Qd5+ 33. Kg1 $11)
27... Rc6 28. Ng5 Re7 29. Qd1 (29. Nxh7 Qe8 $1 30. Rxe7 Qxe7 31. Ng5 c3 $44)
29... Rd7 30. Re4 h6 (30... Rd8 $5 31. Qb1 (31. Rxd4 Qc5 $15) 31... Rg6 (31...
Rb8 32. Qd1 Rd8 $11) 32. Rd1 Rxg5 33. Rdxd4 (33. fxg5 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Rd2+ 35.
Rxd2 Nxd2 36. Qd1 Qa8 $1 $17) 33... Qc5 $15) 31. Ne6 (31. Rxd4 Qc5 32. Nf3 Rcd6
$15 {[%csl Gc4] o^c4}) 31... Rxe6 $6 (31... Qe7 $5 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Nxd4 (33.
Qxd4 Qxe6 34. f5 $11) 33... Qe3+ 34. Kg2 Rd6 35. Re1 $11) 32. Rxe6 Qc5 33. Re8+
(33. Rf2 $5 {/\} c3 34. Re8+ Kf7 35. Re5 $40) 33... Kf7 34. Re3 $8 c3 $44 35.
f5 {[%cal Rd1h5] /\Qh5+-} Rd8 36. Kg2 (36. Kh1 $142 Qd5+ (36... c2 37. Qh5+ Kf8
38. Ree1 Qc6+ 39. Kg1 $14) 37. Kg1 Qc5 $11) (36. Qh5+ Kf8 (36... Kg8 $2 37.
Re8+ Rxe8 38. Qxe8+ Kh7 39. Qg6+ Kg8 40. f6 $18) 37. Qh4 Rc8 $5 (37... Nf3+ 38.
Rfxf3 Re8 39. f6 $11) 38. Kh1 c2 39. Rc1 Nxf5 40. Rf3 Kg8 $36) 36... Nc2 $1 37.
Qxc2 (37. Qh5+ $6 Kf8 $17) 37... Qxe3 38. Qb3+ Kf6 {Black stops any further
advance of the Pf5, but exposes his K, which in turn allows White to force a
draw.} (38... Kf8 $142 $5 $36 {[%csl Gc3] o^c3,/\} 39. f6 Qd2+ 40. Kh3 (40. Rf2
Qd5+ 41. Qxd5 Rxd5 42. fxg7+ Kxg7 $17) 40... Qd7+ 41. Kg2 Qc6+) 39. Rf3 $1 Qe5
(39... Rd2+ 40. Kh3 Qe2 (40... Qxf3 $4 41. Qe6+ Kg5 42. Qg6#) 41. Qxc3+ Kf7 42.
Qb3+ Kf8 43. Qb8+ $11) (39... Qe2+ 40. Kh3 (40. Rf2 Qe4+ $15) 40... c2 41. Qb6+
Kf7 42. Qc7+ Ke8 43. f6 gxf6 44. Qc6+ Rd7 45. Rc3 $11) 40. Qxc3 $11 {White
finally gets rid of the nagging o^ and liquidates into a drawn R_|_.} Qxc3 41.
Rxc3 Rd2+ 42. Kf3 Rxa2 (42... Rxh2 43. Ra3 Kxf5 44. Ra5+ $11) 43. g4 Rxh2 44.
Rc6+ Kf7 (44... Kf7 45. Rxa6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.01.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Stisis, Yaacov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Tel Aviv Univ"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 a6 $5 4. Nc3 {Transfer to 3...b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 and
so on. Besides white has three options:} (4. f3 $5 {Is the main line}) (4. Qc2)
({and} 4. a4) 4... b5 5. cxb5 axb5 6. e4 b4 7. Nb5 d6 ({Impossibly:} 7... Nxe4
$4 {in view of:} 8. Qe2 {[%csl Ye4,Re8][%cal Gb5d6]} f5 9. f3 $18) 8. Bf4 Nbd7
{[%mdl 4]} ({Other alternatives are:} 8... g6 $5 {See comments to Golod,
V-Nesterov,J/Bratislava,1993/Inf59/96 (1-0)(Golod,V)(35)}) (8... g5 $5 {
See comments to Sokolov,I-Hendriks,W/NLD 1996/CBM 54(1-0)(Stohl,I)(42)}) ({and
} 8... Nxe4 $5 {See comments to Korniushin,N-Kostin,A/St. Petersburg,1999/CBM
71(1/2-1/2)(Stohl,I)(27)}) 9. Nf3 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Nh5 ({Can be recommended:} 
9... Nxe4 $5 10. Qe2 (10. Bc4 $5 $44) (10. Bd3 $143 f5 $13) 10... f5 11. Ng5
Ndf6 12. f3 (12. Ne6 $2 Bxe6 13. dxe6 Qa5 $17 {[%cal Gb4b3]}) 12... Nxd5 13.
Nxe4 Nxf4 (13... fxe4 $5 14. Qxe4 $13) 14. Nbxd6+ (14. Nexd6+ $5 {See comments
to Chetverik,M-Dobos,J/ Revfulop,1997/Inf 71/62(Chetverik,M)(21)}) 14... exd6
15. Nxd6+ Kd7 16. Qb5+ Ke6 17. Bc4+ $2 (17. Qc4+ $142 Kf6 $2 (17... Nd5 $145 $1
) 18. Qf7+ Kg5 19. h4+ Kh6 20. g4 $1 g6 21. g5+ Kh5 22. Ne8 $1 $16) 17... Kf6
$19 {See comments to Ivanisevic,I-Adorjan,A/ Szeged,1997/CBM 62(0-1)(Ribli,Z)
(23)}) ({Dubious:} 9... Nb6 {because of:} 10. Rc1 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gc1c5]} Bb7
$2 (10... Nxe4 $142) 11. Rxc5 $1 $16 {Timoshchenko,G-Roder,P/Hastings,1991 
(1-0)(16)}) ({Badly:} 9... Ng4 {because of:} 10. h3 Nge5 11. Bxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5
dxe5 13. Qh5 $16 {[%csl Re5] Hernando Rodrigo,J-Parras Arca,R/ Mondariz
Balneario,1999(1-0)(25)}) 10. Bg5 $6 {[%csl Rd8][%cal Gb5d6]} ({Better is:} 10.
Bd2) 10... Nhf6 $1 {[%csl Re4]} ({Weakly:} 10... Qb6 {in view of:} 11. Nd2 g6
12. Nc4 Qb8 13. a4 $14 {Rashkovsky,N-Zilberman,N/USSR,1975/Inf 20/112 (1-0)(33)
}) 11. Bf4 $5 (11. e5 $6 dxe5 12. Qe2 Bb7 $2 (12... Ra6 $1 13. Nxe5 $140 Nxd5 {
[%cal Ga6e6]}) 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qxe5 $16 {[%cal Gb5c7]} Nxd5 $2 (14... Kd7 15.
Bc4 $16) 15. Nd6+ $1 Qxd6 16. Qxd6 f6 (16... exd6 $2 17. Bb5+ Bc6 18. Bxc6#)
17. Bb5+ Kf7 18. Qd7 $18 {Barsov,A-Petronic,J/Budapest,1991(1-0) (25)}) 11...
Nh5 ({Again possibly:} 11... Nxe4 $5) 12. Bd2 g6 13. a3 $14 {[%csl Rb4] With
this move i am breaking strong black's chain.} (13. e5 $6 dxe5 14. Be3 Qb6 $2 (
14... Bb7 $5) 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. a4 $36 {Mueller,U-Gabriel,M/Bellheim,1994/GER 
(1-0)(44)}) 13... Bg7 {Yakov Stisis is sacrificing pawn in the right way and
getting conterplay.} (13... bxa3 $2 14. Rxa3 Rxa3 15. bxa3 Bg7 16. Qa4 $36 {
[%csl Rd8][%cal Gd2a5]}) 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 O-O 16. Na7 $1 {[%csl Rc6]
[%cal Ga7c6] It's the best move, my knight is tending on ideal parking c6.} ({
Badly:} 16. Be2 {in view of:} cxb4 17. Bxb4 $140 Nf4 $36 {[%csl Re2,Gf4,Rg2]})
(16. Bc3 $6 cxb4 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 $13 {[%cal Gf7f5]} (17... Kxg7 $5 $13)) 16...
cxb4 17. Nc6 Qe8 $2 $146 {[%mdl 16384]} ({It is necessary:} 17... Qb6 $1 18.
Be3 (18. Nxe7+ $5 Kh8 $140 19. Qa4 $1 {[%csl Rb4]} (19. Nxc8 $143 Rxc8 $44)
19... Nc5 20. Qxb4 Qxb4 21. Bxb4 Nxe4 $44) 18... Qb7 (18... Nc5 $143 19. Nd2
$14 {[%cal Gd2c4]}) 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Nxc8 Qxc8 21. Bd3 Nc5 22. Qb1 Qg4 23. O-O
Nf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. b3 Bc3 $11 {Sygulski,A-Paehtz,T/Potsdam,1985(1/2-1/2) 
(68)}) 18. Bxb4 $16 f5 ({Loses:} 18... e6 $2 {because of:} 19. Bxd6 exd5 $140
20. e5 $18) 19. e5 $1 ({Badly:} 19. exf5 $2 Rxf5 $140 20. Bd3 {because of:}
Rxd5 $1 21. Bc4 Nb6 22. Bxd5+ Nxd5 {[%csl Yb4,Rc6][%cal Gd5b4,Ge8c6,Yc6b4]} 23.
Qa8 (23. Qc1 Bd7 (23... Nhf4 $143 24. Qc4 $13) 24. Ncd4 (24. Nfd4 $2 e5 $19 {
[%csl Rb4,Rc6,Yd4,Gd7,Re1,Ge8][%cal Yc6b4,Yd4c6]}) 24... Nhf4 $36 {[%csl Rb4,
Rd3,Rg2][%cal Gf4d3,Gf4g2,Gd5b4]}) 23... Nhf4 $36 (23... Bd7 $2 24. Nxe7+ $1
Nxe7 25. Qxe8+ Bxe8 26. Bxd6 Nf5 27. Be5 Bc6 28. Bxg7 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Nhxg7 30.
Kd2 $14 {_|_})) 19... Nf4 $6 ({In my opinion it's better to:} 19... dxe5 20.
Nxe7+ Kh8 21. Nxc8 Qxc8 22. Bxf8 Nxf8 {[%csl Re1][%cal Ge5e4]} 23. Nd2 $16) (
19... Nb6 $6 20. Qa5 $18) 20. Qa5 $1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ga5b6,Ya5d5] Black
didn't see that move. Now black's position is very difficult.} (20. Nxe7+ $2
Qxe7 21. Bxd6 Qe8 $13) 20... Nxe5 (20... dxe5 $142 21. Bxe7 e4 (21... Rf7 $143
22. d6 $18 {[%cal Gf3g5,Gf1c4]}) 22. Ng5 {+/-/+-}) 21. Nfxe5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 dxe5
23. g3 $1 Nh5 24. Bc4 {[%csl Yb4,Gc4,Rg8][%mdl 128] /\25.Bxe7 Qxe7 26.d6+} Rf7
25. O-O $1 $18 {The main rule is not to rush.Now from numerous threat is no
protection.} (25. d6 $6 e6 $140 26. Qxe5 $4 (26. O-O $5) 26... Qc6 $19 {
[%csl Rc4,Rh1]}) 25... Nf6 26. d6 e6 (26... exd6 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 (27... Qxf7
$143 28. Qd8+ Qf8 $8 29. Qxf8+ Kxf8 30. Bxd6+ {[%csl Re5]}) 28. Bxd6 e4 29. Rc1
$18) 27. Qxe5 Ne4 (27... Qc6 28. Bxe6 Bxe6 29. Qxe6 $18) 28. f3 Rb7 $2 $138 (
28... Nf6 $142 29. Bc3 {[%csl Gc3,Gc4,Ge5,Rg8]}) 29. Be1 (29. Ba5 $144 $18) (
29. Be1 Ng5 30. Bc3 Qf8 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qf6+ {[%csl Rg5]}) 1-0

[Event "Dieren op"]
[Site "Dieren"]
[Date "1999.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Qc2 $5 (5. cxb5 $5 {Is the main line.}
) 5... bxc4 6. e4 Ba6 $5 {This move considerably better than:} (6... Bg7 {
(6...d6 7.Bc4 Bg7-transfer to 6...Bg7)} 7. Bxc4 d6 {-see comments to
Zvjaginsev,V-Topalov,V/ Pamplona,1995/CBM 46(1-0)(Zvjaginsev,V)}) 7. Nc3 $6 ({
Also dubious:} 7. Bxc4 Bxc4 8. Qxc4 d6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bg5 (10. Qa4 $6 Bg7 $140
11. e5 $6 dxe5 12. Nxe5 O-O 13. Nc6 Nb6 $15 {Miralles,G-Koch,J/Val Thorens,
1988(0-1) (26)}) (10. O-O $5) 10... Bg7 11. O-O Rb8 $11 {Bender,S-Sam,C/
Muenster,1990(1-0)(31)}) ({Can be recommended:} 7. Nbd2 $5 Bg7 8. Bxc4 Bxc4 9.
Nxc4 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bd2 $11 {Priehoda,V-Collas,D/Budapest,1996/CBM 52 
(1-0)(32)}) 7... d6 $140 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bg7 10. Qa4+ {[%csl Ra6,Re8]} Nfd7
11. Bxc4 $5 $146 (11. Bf4 $6 {-was checked in the previous games:} O-O 12. Nc6
$2 (12. Nxc4 $142 Nb6 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. O-O Qxb2 $15 {Slavina,
I-Melamed,T/Yalta,1996(1/2-1/2)(21)}) 12... Qb6 13. O-O-O Nxc6 14. dxc6 Ne5 (
14... Bxc3 $5 15. bxc3 $140 Bb5 $17 {[%csl Rc6]}) 15. c7 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 cxd3 $17
{Gofshtein,L-Van der Weide,K/Wijk aan Zee, 1998(0-1)(61)}) 11... Bxe5 (11...
Bxc4 $143 12. Nxc4 O-O 13. O-O $13) 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qxa6 O-O 14. O-O Nf6 $1
$15 ({Dubious:} 14... Nb6 {in view of:} 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rad1 {()} e6 $140 $6
17. dxe6 Qh4 {[%csl Rh2,Rh6]} 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Qb7+ $1 Re7 (19... Kg8 $2 20.
f4 $16 Bd4+ $140 $2 21. Rxd4 {[%cal Gb7g7]} Re7 22. Qxa8+ Nxa8 23. Rd8+ Kf7 24.
Rf8+ Ke6 25. Bg5 $18 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Gf1e1]}) 20. Qf3+ Kg8 21. Qh3 $14) 15.
Rd1 {[%mdl 256]} ({Badly:} 15. Re1 $2 {because of:} Qd6 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rd5]} (
15... Qb8 $5 {[%csl Rh2]} 16. h3 Rd8 $15 (16... Bxc3 $143 17. bxc3 Nxd5 18. Ba3
$44)) 16. Qe2 (16. Qxd6 $142 exd6 {[%csl Rd5] =/+/-/+}) 16... Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 {
[%csl Rh2]} Bf4 18. Bxf4 ({Loses right away:} 18. Qxe7 $4 Rfe8 19. Bxf4 (19.
Qxd6 $4 Rxe1#) 19... Qxf4 $1 (19... Qxe7 $5 20. Rxe7 Rxe7 21. Bg5 Kg7 $19) 20.
Qxc5 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Ng4 $19 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gh4h2,Gh2h1]}) 18... Qxf4 $17 {
[%csl Rf2]}) 15... Qd6 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rh2]} 16. Qxd6 $8 exd6 17. Bd2 ({In my
opinion slightly better is:} 17. Rb1 $5 {/\Ne2,f4}) 17... Rab8 ({Can be
recommended:} 17... a5 $5 {[%cal Ga5a4]} 18. a4 Rab8 (18... Rfb8 $5 $15) 19.
Ra2 Rb3 20. Be1 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gc3b5]} Ra8 $15 {[%csl Ya8]}) 18. Rab1 Rb4 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Gb4d4]} 19. Kf1 Rfb8 (19... Bxh2 $4 20. g3 $18 {[%csl Rh2]
[%cal Gf1g2]}) 20. b3 Rd4 (20... c4 $2 {is refuted by:} 21. f4 $1 (21. Ne2 $2
cxb3 $1 22. Bxb4 bxa2 $17 {[%csl Ga2,Rb1,Rb4]}) (21. bxc4 $2 Bxc3 $1 22. Rxb4
Bxb4 $8 23. Rb1 {[%csl Rb4,Rb8]} Bxd2 $1 (23... Ne4 $2 24. Be1 $16 {[%csl Rb4]
[%cal Ga2a3]}) (23... a5 $143 24. a3 Bxd2 25. Rxb8+ Kg7 26. Rb6 $13 {[%csl Rd6]
}) 24. Rxb8+ Kg7 $15 {[%csl Ya7,Yd2,Yd6]}) 21... Bd4 $8 22. Ne2 {[%csl Rb4,Rd4]
} c3 (22... cxb3 $2 23. axb3 Bc5 (23... Nxd5 $2 24. Bxb4 Ne3+ 25. Kg1 Nxd1+ 26.
Nxd4 Rxb4 27. Rxd1 $18) 24. Bxb4 Rxb4 $16) 23. Nxc3 Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Rxf4+ 25. Kg1
$14) 21. Be1 h6 {[%cal Gg6g5] Other possibilities are:} (21... g5 {[%csl Rd5]
[%cal Yg5f4]} 22. Rxd4 $1 cxd4 (22... Bxd4 23. Rd1 $11) 23. Ne2 $11 {[%csl Rd4]
[%cal Gb1d1]}) ({and} 21... Rbb4 $6 22. Ne2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rb7 $11) 22. g3 $5 ({
Another alternative is:} 22. Ne2 $5 Rxd5 (22... Rxd1 $6 23. Rxd1 $140 Bxh2 $2
24. g3 Re8 25. Nc3 $16 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gf1g2]}) 23. f4 Rxd1 $5 (23... Bd4 $143
24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Bf2 Ng4 26. Rxd4 (26. Bxd4 $5) 26... Rxd4 27. Bxd4 Nxh2+ 28.
Kg1 Ng4 29. Bxa7 Ra8 30. Bd4 Rxa2 31. b4 $132) (23... Bxf4 $5 24. Nxf4 Rf5 25.
Kg1 $5 Rxf4 26. Bg3 $11 {[%csl Ra7,Rc5,Rd6]}) 24. Rxd1 Ng4 {[%csl Rd1,Rf1]
[%cal Gg4e3]} 25. Bf2 Bg7 (25... Nxf2 $2 26. Kxf2 Bf6 27. Rxd6 $14 {[%csl Ra7,
Rc5]}) 26. Rxd6 Nxh2+ 27. Kg1 Ng4 28. Bxc5 Bf8 $11) 22... g5 23. Rxd4 $1 ({
After:} 23. Ne2 $6 Rxd5 24. f4 gxf4 25. gxf4 Bd4 (25... Bxf4 $4 26. Nxf4 Rf5
27. Bg3 Nh5 28. Rd5 $1 {[%csl Yd5]} (28. Rd3 $4 Nxf4 29. Rf3 Nd5 30. Rxf5 Ne3+
31. Ke2 Nxf5 $19) 28... Rxd5 29. Nxd5 $18) 26. Nxd4 cxd4 {[%csl Re4] black has
a positional and material advantage.}) 23... cxd4 ({Probably better is:} 23...
Bxd4 24. Rd1 $11) 24. Ne2 Nxd5 {[%mdl 4096]} 25. Rd1 ({Strongly:} 25. Nxd4 $1
Bxd4 26. Rd1 {[%csl Rd4,Rd5]} Nb4 27. Rxd4 Nxa2 28. Rxd6 Rxb3 29. Rxh6 {
with slight advantage of white.}) 25... Nc3 26. Rd2 $11 Ne4 27. Rd1 (27. Rd3
$143 Nc5 28. Rd1 Ne6 29. f3 $11 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge1f2]}) 27... Rb5 $6 ({
It is necessary:} 27... Nc3 28. Rd2 {with the equality.}) 28. f3 $1 Nc3 $140
29. Nxd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Nxa2 31. b4 $1 {[%csl Ra2] +/=/= White's plan is:Bd2,
Ke2-d3-c2-b3 (פa2)} Rb6 {[%csl Yb6][%cal Ga2c3,Gb6c6]} 32. Bd2 Rc6 33. b5 Rc5
34. Rxd6 Rxb5 35. Rxh6 $5 ({After:} 35. Ra6 Nb4 (35... Rb2 36. Ke1 $11) 36.
Bxb4 Rxb4 37. Rxa7 {-draw.}) 35... a5 36. Rh5 {[%csl Rg5]} (36. Ra6 $143 Nb4
37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. Bc3+ f6 39. Ke2 $11) 36... f6 37. h4 Rb1+ (37... a4 $142 38.
hxg5 $140 a3 $1 (38... fxg5 $2 39. Rxg5+ Rxg5 40. Bxg5 Nb4 41. Ke2 a3 42. Bf6
a2 43. Kd2 {+/=/+/-}) 39. g4 fxg5 40. Rxg5+ Rxg5 41. Bxg5 Nb4 42. Ke2 a2 43.
Bf6 Nc2 $11) 38. Ke2 gxh4 ({After:} 38... Rh1 $2 39. Bxg5 $1 (39. Bxa5 $5)
39... fxg5 40. Rxg5+ Kf7 41. Rxa5 {I have a minimal chance to win.}) 39. Rxh4 (
{After:} 39. gxh4 Nc1+ 40. Bxc1 Rxc1 41. Rxa5 {theoretical draw.}) 39... Rb5
$11 40. Kd3 Nb4+ 41. Kc4 Re5 42. Bc3 (42. Bxb4 axb4 43. Kxb4 Re3 44. Rf4 Kg7
$11) 42... Re3 {[%csl Rf3]} 43. Bxf6 (43. Bxb4 $144 axb4 44. Rf4 b3 45. Rxf6 b2
46. Rb6 Rxf3 47. Rxb2 Rxg3 $11) (43. Rg4+ $6 Kf7 $140 44. Rf4 $4 (44. Bxb4 $11)
44... Rxc3+ $1 45. Kxc3 Nd5+ 46. Kb3 Nxf4 47. gxf4 Kg6 $19 {[%csl Rf3,Rf4,Gf6]
[%cal Gg6f5]}) 43... Rxf3 44. Be5 Nd3 {The rest is the unimportant.} 45. Bd6 a4
46. Kd5 a3 47. Bxa3 (47. Rg4+ Kf7 48. Bxa3 Nf2 {[%csl Ra3,Rg3]} 49. Rf4+ Rxf4
50. gxf4 $11) 47... Rxg3 48. Bd6 Rg6 49. Rh2 Rg4 50. Rd2 Nf4+ 51. Ke5 Nh5 52.
Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-Moscow"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Martynov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2003.05.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2 Qa5 ({The best antidote against White's
4-th move is} 4... bxc4 $142 5. e4 c3 $5 $132) 5. Qc2 (5. e4 $5 {/\} Nxe4 6. b4
$1 Qxb4 7. Rb1 Qc3 8. Rxb5 $32 {|^}) 5... bxc4 6. e4 Ba6 {This leads to a
strategically inferior position.} (6... e6 $142 $5 7. Bxc4 exd5 8. exd5 d6 9.
Ne2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Bb7 12. Nc3 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Bf8 15. Nde4
a6 16. h3 Nh5 17. Re3 Ne5 18. Rae1 Bc8 19. Qd1 Nf4 20. Ne2 Nfg6 21. N2c3 Bd7
22. Bf1 Be7 23. g3 f5 24. f4 Nf7 25. Nd2 Bf6 $11 {Sosonko,G-Adams,M/Ter Apel/
1992/}) 7. Bxc4 Bxc4 8. Qxc4 d6 9. b3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty,
we'll see the point of White's idea a few moves later.} ({Earlier White also
had good results with the logical and straightforward} 9. Ngf3 Qa6 (9... g6 10.
O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 O-O (11... Nbd7 $142 {-9...Nbd7}) 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bd2 Nbd7 14.
Bc3 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Nb6 16. Nfd2 e6 17. e5 $1 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Qd8 19. d6 Nfd5 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ne4 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 $16 {Korotylev,A-Gurevich,D/Geneva/2001/}) (
9... Nbd7 10. O-O g6 11. b3 (11. Qc2 Bg7 12. Nc4 Qa6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nfxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Nxd5 16. Qxc5 Rd8 17. Rd1 Bxe5 18. Rxd5 O-O 19. h4 Rxd5 20. Qxd5 Qe2
21. Bh6 Qxb2 22. Re1 Bg7 $11 {1/2,Popov,V-Meshkov,Y/Smolensk/1997/}) 11... Bg7
12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. h3 (14. Bc3 {1/2,Abolianin,A-Claesen,P/Antwerp/
2000/} Qa6 $132) 14... Rab8 15. Rab1 Nfd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rfe1 Rb7 18. Nf1
Kg8 19. Ne3 Rfb8 20. Nd2 Qb5 21. f4 Nf6 22. Rf1 Qb4 23. Qd3 Nfd7 24. Kh1 Rc7
25. Rbc1 Rbc8 26. Ndc4 Nxc4 27. Nxc4 Nb6 28. e5 $36 {Thinius,M-Heinemann,T/BL
9293/1993/}) 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. b3 g6 12. Bb2 Bg7 13. Nc4 O-O 14. O-O Nb6 15.
Nfd2 Nfd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rfe1 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 f6 {Svetushkin,D-Nanu,C/
Bucharest/2002/} 19. f4 $5 $14 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Gf4] [+]}) 9... g6 10. Bb2 Bg7
11. Bc3 $1 (11. Ngf3 Nbd7 $14 {/=}) (11. f4 {is similar to the game, as the
tactical} Nxe4 12. b4 $1 Nxd2 13. Kxd2 Bxb2 14. bxa5 Bxa1 15. Nf3 $32 {|^
probably isn't good enough. However in principle it's sound to exclude random
tactics.}) 11... Qa6 12. f4 $1 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Gf4][%mdl 32] White develops his
N to f3 only after he increases his [+] influence-a common strategic theme
also in other lines of the Volga declined.} O-O 13. Ngf3 $14 {()} Qxc4 {
Black is consistent, but the _|_ will be unpleasant. Even a slight error can
leave him suffering without <=>.} (13... Nfd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. O-O Nb6 16.
Qc3+ Kg8 17. f5 $40) 14. bxc4 Nbd7 15. O-O Nh5 (15... e6 $142 16. dxe6 $14 {
-15...e5!?}) (15... e5 $5 16. dxe6 (16. fxe5 Ng4 $13) 16... fxe6 17. Rab1 (17.
Ng5 Nh5 $1 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 $11) 17... Nb6 $14) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. g3 Rab8 18. Rab1
(18. e5 Rb2 $132) 18... Nhf6 (18... Rxb1 19. Rxb1 Rb8 20. Rxb8 Nxb8 21. e5 $16
{[%csl Rh5] _|_()פh5}) (18... Rb4 $5 19. e5 (19. a3 Rb6 $1 20. e5 Rfb8 $14)
19... Rfb8 20. Rb3 $5 $36) 19. Rb3 $1 (19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Ng4 $132) 19... Rb6
(19... e6 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Ng4 22. Re1 $16) (19... e5 20. dxe6 Rxb3 (20...
fxe6 21. Rd3 $16) 21. Nxb3 $1 fxe6 22. Ng5 Re8 23. e5 $1 dxe5 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25.
Nxc5 $16) 20. e5 $16 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5,Ge5,Gf4] [+]} dxe5 21. fxe5 Ng4 22. Re1
Rfb8 23. h3 Nh6 {/\Nf5} 24. g4 $1 {[%csl Rh6]} Ra6 (24... e6 25. Kf2 $16 (25.
Rd3 $5 $40)) 25. Rxb8 Nxb8 26. Rb1 Rb6 27. Rb5 $1 Nd7 (27... Rxb5 28. cxb5 Nd7
29. Nc4 Ng8 (29... Nb6 30. Nxb6 axb6 31. Nd2 $1 $18) (29... f6 30. e6 Nf8 31.
Na5 $18) 30. a4 Kf8 31. a5 $18 {[%csl Rd7,Rg8] and the _|_ is hopeless for
Black, as both his N are out off play.}) 28. Ra5 Rb7 (28... a6 29. Nb3 $18) 29.
Nb3 Rc7 30. Kf2 (30. e6 $16 {/+- was also possible, but White has no need to
hurry.}) 30... g5 31. Ke3 Kg6 32. Ra6+ (32. d6 $142 $1 exd6 33. exd6 Rc6 34.
Rxa7 $18 {/\} Rxd6 35. Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 36. Ne5+) 32... Nb6 (32... f6 $5 33. exf6
exf6 34. Rc6 Rxc6 35. dxc6 Nb6 36. Nxc5 Nxc4+ 37. Kd4 Nb6 38. Nd7 Nc8 39. Kc5
Nf7 40. Nd4 $16 {/+-}) 33. a4 $6 (33. d6 $142 $1 Rc8 34. d7 Rd8 35. Nxc5 $18)
33... f6 34. Nbd2 Nf7 $16 {Black has at least activated his פh6, but his
position remains dreary.} 35. a5 Na4 36. exf6 exf6 37. Ne4 (37. Kd3 $5) 37...
Nb2 $5 38. Nfd2 (38. Rxf6+ Kg7 39. Rc6 Nxc4+ 40. Kf2 $16) 38... Kg7 39. Rxf6 (
39. d6 $5 Rd7 40. Nxc5 Rxd6 41. Rxa7 $18 {[%csl Ga5] o^a5}) 39... Ne5 40. Re6 {
Now White allows some <=>, but his o^d5 still gives him a large positional
advantage, which should suffice for a win.} (40. Rf5 Nbxc4+ 41. Nxc4 Nxc4+ 42.
Kd3 Nxa5 43. d6 Rf7 44. Rxg5+ Kf8 45. Rxc5 $16) 40... Nexc4+ 41. Nxc4 Nxc4+ 42.
Kd3 Nxa5 43. d6 c4+ 44. Kc3 Rf7 (44... Rd7 45. Kb4 Nb7 46. Kxc4 $18) 45. Nxg5 (
45. Kb4 $5 $18) 45... Rb7 $8 (45... Rd7 46. Re7+ $18) 46. Re7+ Kg6 47. d7 (47.
Nxh7 Rxe7 48. dxe7 Kf7 $14) 47... Rb3+ 48. Kc2 Rd3 49. Ne4 (49. Nxh7 $5 Nc6 50.
Nf8+ Kg5 51. Re4 $18) 49... Nb7 (49... Nb3 $5 50. Re6+ (50. h4 $5) 50... Kf7
51. Nd6+ Kxe6 52. d8=Q Rxd6 (52... Nd4+ 53. Kc1 Ne2+ 54. Kb1 Rb3+ 55. Kc2 Nd4+
56. Kc1 Rc3+ 57. Kd1 Rd3+ 58. Ke1 Nf3+ 59. Ke2 Ne5 60. Qc7 $16) 53. Qg8+ $16)
50. h4 (50. Re6+ Kf7 51. Rh6 (51. Rd6 Nxd6 $5 52. d8=Q Nxe4 $14) 51... Rxd7 (
51... Kg7 52. Rd6 $16) 52. Rxh7+ Ke6 53. Rxd7 Kxd7 54. Kc3 Ke6 55. Kxc4 Ke5 $14
) 50... h5 51. Re6+ $5 (51. g5 Kf5 52. Nd2 $16) 51... Kg7 (51... Kf7 52. Ng5+
Kf8 53. Re8+ Kg7 54. Re7+ Kf8 (54... Kf6 55. Re6+ Kg7 56. gxh5 Rxd7 57. h6+ $18
) 55. Rf7+ Kg8 56. gxh5 Nd8 57. Re7 Nc6 58. Re8+ Kg7 59. Ne6+ Kf7 60. h6 Rxd7
61. h7 $18) 52. gxh5 $1 Rxd7 53. h6+ Kf8 (53... Kh8 54. Nf6 $18) 54. Ng5 $18 {
[%csl Gh6] After some complications White's remaining o^ proves too strong.}
Rd4 (54... Nd8 55. h7 Kg7 56. Rg6+ $18) (54... Rd8 55. h7 Kg7 56. Re7+ $18) 55.
Rf6+ Ke8 (55... Ke7 56. Rf7+ $18) 56. h7 Rxh4 57. Rf7 Nd6 (57... Na5 58. Rg7
Nc6 59. Rg8+ $18) 58. Rg7 Nf7 59. Rxf7 (59. Nxf7 Kf8 60. Rg8+ Kxf7 61. h8=Q $18
) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2 bxc4 ({Grachev specializes in the 4.Nd2
line and knows its nuances well - a good example of this is the following game:
} 4... Qa5 5. Qc2 bxc4 6. e4 Ba6 7. Bxc4 Bxc4 8. Qxc4 d6 9. b3 $5 g6 10. Bb2
Bg7 11. Bc3 $1 Qa6 12. f4 $1 O-O 13. Ngf3 Qxc4 14. bxc4 Nbd7 15. O-O Nh5 (15...
e5 $142 $5) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. g3 Rab8 18. Rab1 Nhf6 19. Rb3 Rb6 20. e5 $16 {
Grachev,B-Martynov,P/St Petersburg-Moscow/2003/}) 5. e4 c3 6. bxc3 g6 7. c4 d6
8. Ngf3 (8. Bb2 Bg7 9. Ngf3 (9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe6 $6 Bxe6 12. Ne2 Nc6
13. a3 Rb8 14. Bc3 Ng4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. O-O Qf6 17. Ra2 g5 18. h3 Nge5 19. f4
gxf4 20. Nxf4 Qg5 21. Kh1 Nd4 $40 {Grachev,B-Poluljahov,A/RUS-ch Krasnodar/
2002/}) 9... O-O 10. Bd3 e5 (10... Nxd5 11. Bxg7 Nf4 12. Bh6 Nxd3+ 13. Ke2 Nb4
14. Bxf8 Qxf8 15. Re1 Qg7 16. a3 N4c6 17. Kf1 Nd7 18. Rb1 Nb6 19. Kg1 h6 20. e5
$1 $14 {Postny,E-Shevelev,A/Ashdod/2003/}) 11. h4 $5 (11. O-O Nh5 12. Bc2 Nd7
13. Rb1 Nb6 14. Bc3 Bd7 15. Re1 Bh6 16. Bd3 f5 $1 17. exf5 Nf4 18. Bf1 gxf5 19.
g3 Ng6 20. Nb3 Rf7 21. Nfd2 Qf8 22. Na5 Re8 23. Nc6 e4 24. a4 e3 $40 {
Moskalenko,V-Ponomariov,R/Alushta/1999/ Model play by Black in these
structures.}) 11... Nh5 12. g3 Qe8 (12... f5 $142 $5 $13) 13. Be2 f5 14. Ng5
Nf6 15. h5 $1 h6 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Nc6 18. hxg6 (18. Bd3 $1 $14) 18... fxe4
19. Rh4 Qxe6 (19... Qxg6 $5 $15) 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Nd4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23.
Bd3 $13 {Reich,T-Bischoff,D/GER-ch Hoeckendorf/2004/}) 8... Bg7 9. Rb1 {
After the game with Poluljahov Grachev came to the conclusion the Bc1 should
stay on the c1-h6/^, as Black usually closes the [+] with e5 anyway.} O-O 10.
Bd3 e5 {A typical move in this line, ignoring White's [+] usually causes Black
problems later on:} (10... Nbd7 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bb2 Rb8 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Qc3+ Kg8 16. Rxb8 Qxb8 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Bc2 Nb6 19. h3 Nf6 20. e5 $36 {
Ornstein,A-Brynell,S/Sollentuna/1995/}) 11. O-O (11. Nb3 Nh5 12. O-O Nf4 13.
Bxf4 exf4 14. Qd2 g5 15. g3 Bg4 16. Kg2 Nd7 17. gxf4 Bxf3+ 18. Kxf3 Qf6 19. f5
Ne5+ 20. Kg2 g4 21. Be2 Bh6 22. Qc3 Bf4 23. h3 h5 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Rh1 Kg7 $44
{Kortschnoj,V-Khalifman,A/Yalta act/1995/}) 11... Nbd7 $5 $146 {A slight
change in the move-order, compared with Ovetchkin's choice. Black wants to
play on the >>, but doesn't do it so directly (and stubbornly).} (11... Nh5 12.
Bc2 Nf4 (12... Nd7 13. g3 Nb6 $13) 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Nf1 Nb6 15. Ne3 f5 16. a4
fxe4 $6 (16... a5 $1 $132) 17. Bxe4 Ba6 18. Qc2 Rf7 19. h4 Qe7 20. Ng5 $16 {
Grachev,B-Ovetchkin,R/RUS-ch Krasnodar/2002/}) (11... Na6 12. a3 Bd7 13. Bc2
Rb8 14. Nb3 Ba4 15. Re1 Nd7 16. Bd2 Bxb3 17. Bxb3 Qe7 18. Qc2 Nb6 19. Qc3 Nc7
20. a4 $14 {Kharitonov,A-Jones,G/WChJ U16 Heraklio/2002/}) 12. Re1 Nh5 13. Bc2
{Only this in connection with White's next move is a new idea, after} (13. Nf1
Nf4 (13... f5 $2 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Ng5 Ndf6 $8 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 {[%cal
Rd3f5] /\Bf5+-} e4 18. Be2 Qe8 19. e7 $1 $18) 14. Bc2 Nb6 15. Ne3 {we have the
position from Grachev-Ovetchkin.}) 13... Nb6 14. Re3 $5 Bd7 (14... Nf4 $13) (
14... Bg4 $5 15. a4 (15. h3 Bd7 {[%cal Yh5f4] /\Nf4|^>>}) 15... Bh6 $13) (14...
Bh6 15. Rc3 Bd7 $11) 15. a4 a5 16. Reb3 Ra6 $1 {[%cal Rd7a4] /\Ba4} (16... Nxa4
17. Nf1 f5 18. Bd2 $44 {[%csl Ra4] פa4}) 17. Ra3 Bh6 18. Bb2 Qe8 {[%cal Yf7f5]
/\f5} (18... f5 19. exf5 $16 {/\} gxf5 $2 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Qxh5 Bxd2 22. Rg3+
Kh8 23. Bxe5+ $18) (18... Be8 19. Bc3 f5 $13 {was interesting, Black prevents
the tactic from the game and his Ra6 may rejoin the attack via a7. On the
other hand his B belongs on the c8-h3/^.}) (18... Ng7 $5 {[%cal Rf7f5] /\f5})
19. Bc3 f5 $6 {Consistent, but Black should have rather admitted his mistake
with} (19... Qd8 $14 {/<=>~~}) 20. exf5 {Opening the position helps Black to
get more counterchances.} (20. Bxa5 $142 $5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Rxa5 22. Rb6 {
[%cal Rd2c4] /\Nc4|^+/-}) 20... gxf5 21. Bxa5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Rxa5 23. Rb6 e4 24.
Nc4 Ra7 25. Nxd6 $6 {[%mdl 64] White starts to falter, inviting tactical
complications is downright dangerous and moreover not necessary.} (25. Nfd2 Nf6
26. Nxd6 Qe5 27. Nb5 $14) (25. Nfe5 $142 $5 dxe5 26. Rxh6 Nf4 (26... Nf6 27.
Qd2 $40) 27. f3 $36 {/+/-}) 25... Qd8 $1 (25... Qe7 $2 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Rxh6
Bg4 28. d6 $16) 26. Rb7 $2 (26. Nc8 $1 Bf4 $5 27. Nxa7 Qxb6 $15) 26... Rxb7 27.
Nxb7 Qc7 28. d6 (28. Ne5 Qxe5 29. Qxh5 Qb2 $17) 28... Qxb7 29. Ne5 (29. Bb3+ $2
Kg7 30. Ne5 Nf6 $19 {keeps White's Ra3 offside.}) 29... Nf6 (29... Nf4 $5 30.
Rg3+ Bg7 (30... Kh8 $5 31. Bb3 Bg7 32. Nf7+ Rxf7 33. Bxf7 Bxa4 $19) 31. Qd2 (
31. Bb3+ Be6 32. Bxe6+ Nxe6 33. Rb3 Qa8 $19) 31... Qb4 $5 32. Qxb4 cxb4 33.
Nxd7 Rd8 $19 {[%cal Rd8d7,Rf4e2] /\Rd7,Ne2}) 30. Rg3+ Ng4 $2 (30... Bg7 $1 31.
Bb3+ (31. Qd2 Be6 $19) 31... Kh8 32. Nf7+ Rxf7 33. Bxf7 Bxa4 34. Bb3 Be8 $17 {
/-+}) 31. h3 (31. Bxe4 fxe4 (31... Qxe4 $6 32. Nxd7 $36) 32. Nxd7 Qxd7 33.
Rxg4+ Kh8 34. Rxe4 Rf6 $17 {[%csl Gc5] o^c}) 31... Bf4 32. Bb3+ Kg7 (32... Kh8
33. Nxg4 Bxa4 $1 (33... fxg4 $4 34. Qa1+ $18) 34. Bxa4 Bxg3 35. d7 fxg4 $8 36.
d8=Q Bxf2+ 37. Kh1 Rxd8 38. Qxd8+ Kg7 39. Qg5+ $11) 33. Bd5 $2 $138 (33. Qa1 $5
Bxg3 (33... Kh6 34. hxg4 Bxg3 35. fxg3 Qxb3 36. Qc1+ e3 37. Nxd7 $36) 34. Nxd7+
Nf6 (34... Kh6 35. Nxf8 Bxf2+ 36. Kh1 $132) 35. Nxc5 (35. Nxf8 Qxb3 36. fxg3
Qf7 $17) 35... Qb4 36. Ne6+ Kf7 37. Ba2 $1 $13) 33... Qb2 $138 (33... Bxg3 $1
34. Bxb7 (34. fxg3 Qb2 35. Nxd7 Ne3 $19) 34... Bxf2+ 35. Kh1 Nxe5 $19) 34.
Rxg4+ fxg4 35. Nxd7 e3 $1 36. Nxf8 $6 {Now Black wins nicely, but the game was
beyond saving even after the better} (36. fxe3 $8 Bxe3+ 37. Kh2 (37. Kh1 Rf4 (
37... Rd8 $5 {/\} 38. Qxg4+ Kh8 $40) 38. Qe1 Qf2 $19) 37... Rf4 38. Qe1 Qf2 (
38... Qd4 $5 $40) 39. Qxf2 Bxf2 40. g3 Rxa4 $19) 36... e2 $1 37. Qe1 (37. Qxe2
Qxe2 38. Ne6+ Kf6 39. Nxf4 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qd4 41. g3 (41. Kg3 Ke5 $19) 41...
Qxf2+ 42. Bg2 Qd2 $19) 37... Qc1 $19 38. Ne6+ Kh6 39. Qxc1 Bxc1 40. d7 e1=Q+
41. Kh2 Qxf2 $1 {The mating attack decides the game.} 42. hxg4 (42. d8=Q g3+
43. Kh1 Qf1#) 42... Qh4+ (42... Qh4+ 43. Kg1 Be3+ 44. Kf1 Qf2#) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 axb5 8. Bxb5
Qb6 9. Qf3 {Graf's specialty, he strives for more than the acclaimed} (9. Qb3
e6 $44 {/= can promise.}) 9... e6 (9... Na6 $5 10. Nge2 (10. Bxa6 Rxa6 (10...
Bxa6 $5 $132) 11. Nge2 g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. e4 d6 14. b3 (14. Rab1 $142) 14...
O-O 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Bc3 Rfa8 17. Nc1 c4 18. Rb1 Bc8 19. Re1 Bg4 20. Qe3 Bd7 21.
Bd4 Bxa4 22. bxa4 Rxa4 23. Qc3 Qc8 24. f3 Ra3 $36 {Hamann,S-Votava,J/Meisdorf/
1996/}) 10... Nb4 11. O-O Nbxd5 12. e4 Nc7 13. a4 ({Gaf probably intended to
improve his play somewhere, possibly with} 13. Bc4 $5) 13... e6 14. Bg5 Be7 15.
Rad1 Nxb5 16. axb5 Rd8 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Bf4 d6 19. Ng3 {Graf,A-Halkias,S/Fuerth/
2002/} O-O 20. Nh5 $11 {and it's rather White, who has to be careful to keep
the balance.}) 10. e4 exd5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qe6+ 13. Ne2 Bxd5 (13... Qxd5
$143 14. Qxd5 Bxd5 15. O-O Be7 16. Bc3 O-O 17. Nf4 Be6 18. a4 Bg5 19. Be5 (19.
Nxe6 $5 $16) 19... Bxf4 20. Bxf4 d5 21. Rfd1 Rc8 22. a5 {Mamedova,R-Hasanova,E/
EU-chW Warsaw/2001/} Na6 $14) 14. Qg3 Bd6 {Felgaer probably unwittingly
follows my rather offhand recommendation in the notes to the Graf-Halkias game.
Although it looks superficially attractive for Black, matters are far from
clear, as the weakened >> and insecure Ke8 are very important factors as well.}
15. Qxg7 Be5 16. Qg5 h6 17. Qe3 (17. Qh5 $5 Bxb2 18. O-O $1 Qe5 (18... Bxa1 19.
Rxa1 $44 {[%cal Re2f4] ->/\Nf4}) 19. Qxe5+ Bxe5 20. Rae1 $36 {/\} Be6 21. Nf4
Rxa2 22. Rxe5 Rxd2 23. Rxc5 $14) 17... Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bd4 $2 {White needs only
to castle to start his -> and leaving the Q on board in such a situation is
extremely risky to say the least.} ({Safer and more natural was} 18... Qxe3 19.
fxe3 (19. Bxe3 Rxa2 (19... Ba3 $5) 20. Nc1 (20. Bxc5 Be4 21. Rd1 Bc2 22. Rd5
Ra1+ 23. Kd2 Rxh1 24. Kxc2 Bg7 $15) 20... Bc3+ (20... Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Bxg2 22.
Rg1 $44) 21. Kd1 Ra5 22. Bxc5 Bxg2 $13 {/=/+}) 19... Be5 (19... Rxa2 $6 20. Bc3
$1 Rg8 $1 (20... Bxc3+ 21. Nxc3 Bxg2 22. Rg1 Ra3 23. Be2 $16 {[%cal Rb1b8,
Rc3b5] /\Rb8,Nb5}) 21. Rxb2 $1 Ra1+ 22. Kd2 Rxh1 23. Bc4 Rg5 24. Rxb8+ $14) 20.
Bc3 Nc6 $11 (20... f6 $5)) 19. Qg3 Kf8 (19... Bxa2 20. O-O Be5 (20... Bxb1 $2
21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Rxb1 $40 {/\} Kd8 23. Bc4 $1 Qxc4 24. Rxb8+ $18) 21. Bf4 $36
{[%csl Re8] עe8}) 20. O-O Be5 $6 (20... Rg8 21. Nf4 $5 (21. Nxd4 Qf6 $8 (21...
cxd4 $4 22. Bb4+ $18) 22. Ne2 (22. Nf5 Rxg3 23. fxg3 Be4 24. Bxh6+ Kg8 $17)
22... Rxg3 23. fxg3 $44) 21... Qd6 (21... Rxg3 22. Nxe6+ dxe6 23. hxg3 Rxa2 24.
Bxh6+ Ke7 $14 {isn't so clear either, Black's [+] army complicates the
conversion of the extra exchange.}) 22. Qh4 $36 Qxf4 $2 23. Qd8+ Kg7 24. Qxg8+
Kxg8 25. Bxf4 Bxa2 26. Rbc1 $16) 21. Nf4 Qd6 (21... Qf5 $2 22. Bd3 Be4 23. Bxe4
Qxe4 24. Rbe1 $18) 22. Rfe1 $40 {[%cal Re1e5][%mdl 2176] /\Re5 White has
achieved ideal piece coordination and Black already has no good defence
against the coming attack.} Rg8 (22... Nc6 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Rxe5 Qxd2 25. Ng6+
$1 fxg6 26. Qxg6 $18) (22... Bxa2 23. Rxe5 Qxd2 (23... Bxb1 24. Nd5 $18 Qg6 25.
Re8+ $1 Kxe8 26. Qe5+ Kf8 27. Qxh8+ Qg8 28. Bxh6+) 24. Ng6+ $5 (24. Rbe1 $40) (
24. Rxc5 $18) 24... fxg6 25. Qf3+ Bf7 26. Bc4 $18) (22... Rxa2 23. Rxe5 Rxd2
24. Rxd5 $18) 23. Rxe5 $1 Rxg3 (23... Qxe5 24. Ng6+ $18) 24. Rxd5 $18 {White
wins material with a continuing attack.} Rxg2+ (24... Rg6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Be3
$18) (24... Qf6 25. hxg3 $18) 25. Kxg2 Qf6 26. Be3 Nc6 (26... Rxa2 27. Bc4 Ra8
28. Bxc5+ $18) 27. Bxc6 dxc6 (27... Qxc6 28. Rb6 $1 $18) 28. Rxc5 Ra4 (28...
Rxa2 29. Rb8+ $18 {is the same, as in the game.}) 29. Rb8+ Ke7 (29... Kg7 30.
Nh5+) 30. Nd5+ $1 (30. Nd5+ cxd5 31. Rc7+ Kd6 32. Rb6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "GER-GRE"]
[Site "Fuerth"]
[Date "2002.09.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.08.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 Bb7 {This move order is designed
to avoid the line} (5... axb5 6. Bxb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Nge2 Nxd5 9. O-O $13)
6. Nc3 Qa5 $5 (6... axb5 7. Bxb5 Qa5 {can still transpose into the positions
mentioned above.}) 7. Bd2 ({Even the other alternative} 7. bxa6 Bxd5 (7... Nxa6
$5 8. Bd2 Qb6 9. e4 e6 10. Nf3 exd5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14.
Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Qxd5 Bf6 17. Rad1 Nb4 $132 {1/2, Farago,I-Krivoshey,
S/Graz/2001/}) 8. Bd2 Bc6 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Nb5 Qb6 $5 (10... Bxb5 11. Bxb5 e6 12.
O-O Be7 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. Be1 d5 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. a4 Nxa6 18. Ne5
Nb8 19. f3 Nd6 20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4 c4+ 22. Bf2 Qb7 23. Rxd6 Bxd6 24. Nxc4 Bf4
25. Rd1 Nc6 26. g3 Bc7 27. e5 $44 {Brynell,S-Vescovi,G/Malmo/1995/}) 11. Qb3
Bd5 $13 {doesn't promise White anything tangible.}) 7... axb5 8. Bxb5 (8. Nxb5
$143 Qb6 {loses the Pd5 in less favourable circumstances.}) 8... Qb6 9. Qf3 {
A rare and not very promising alternative to the more usual} (9. Qb3 e6 10. Bc4
(10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxd5 12. Qd3 Qb7 $5 13. f3 c4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 d5
$44 {is already for more than a decade known to be satisfactory for Black.})
10... Qxb3 11. Bxb3 Na6 $5 12. Nf3 exd5 13. O-O Be7 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. Be1 Nc7
16. Bc2 Rfb8 17. b3 d6 18. Rac1 Bc6 19. Bb1 Ne6 20. Ne2 Ra6 21. Nd2 Bd8 22. f3
Ba8 23. Bg3 Nh5 24. Bf2 g6 $11 {Karasev,V-Sivokho,S/St Petersburg/2000/ and
Black's [+] doesn't pose serious threats, but is sufficiently protected.}) 9...
Na6 ({A more forcing and playable move is} 9... e6 $5 10. e4 exd5 11. exd5 Nxd5
$1 12. Qe2+ $142 (12. Nxd5 Qe6+ 13. Ne2 Bxd5 $5 (13... Qxd5 $6 14. Qxd5 Bxd5
15. O-O Be7 16. Bc3 O-O 17. Nf4 Be6 18. a4 Bg5 19. Be5 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 d5 21.
Rfd1 Rc8 22. a5 Nc6 23. a6 Ra7 24. Bd6 Nd4 25. Rxd4 $1 cxd4 26. b4 Bd7 27. Bxd7
Rxd7 28. Bc5 $14 {/+/-, Mamedova,R-Hasanova,E/EU-chW Warsaw/2001/}) 14. Qg3 Bd6
$36) 12... Be7 13. Nf3 (13. Nxd5 $6 Bxd5 14. Nf3 O-O $1 $36) 13... O-O 14. O-O
Bf6 $13) 10. Nge2 $146 {White continues his development.} ({More consistent was
} 10. Bxa6 Bxa6 $142 $1 $44 (10... Rxa6 11. Nge2 g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. e4 d6 14.
b3 (14. Rab1 $142 $14) 14... O-O 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Bc3 Rfa8 17. Nc1 c4 18. Rb1
Bc8 $1 19. Re1 (19. Nb2 Nxe4 $1 {/\} 20. Bxg7 Nd2 $15) 19... Bg4 20. Qe3 Bd7
$36 {Hamann,S-Votava,J/Meisdorf/1996/})) 10... Nb4 11. O-O Nbxd5 12. e4 (12.
Qg3 Nxc3 (12... g6 $11) 13. Nxc3 Ne4 14. Qg4 e6 15. Qe2 Nd6 $5 $13) 12... Nc7 (
12... Nxc3 13. Nxc3 g6 (13... Nxe4 $6 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Nxe4 $40 {[%csl Rd7]
עd7}) (13... e6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Qd3 $16) 14. Qd3 $32 {->}) 13. a4 (13. Bc4 $5
e6 (13... Qxb2 $2 14. Bf4 (14. Rfb1 Qxd2 15. Rxb7 $44 {->}) 14... Qb4 15. Rfb1
Qxc4 16. Rxb7 $40) 14. Bf4 Be7 15. Rfd1 (15. Qg3 d6 16. Qxg7 Rg8 17. Qh6 Nxe4
$15) 15... O-O 16. b3 (16. Qg3 Qb4 $1 $132) 16... Rfd8 $13) 13... e6 14. Bg5
Be7 15. Rad1 Nxb5 16. axb5 Rd8 (16... Nxe4 $6 17. Nxe4 (17. Bxe7 Nxc3 18. Qxc3
Kxe7 $17) 17... Bxg5 (17... d5 18. Qc3 $1 f6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nxf6+ Kf7 21.
Ng4 $40 {[%csl Rf7] עf7}) 18. Nd6+ Qxd6 19. Qxb7 Rb8 20. Qa7 $16) 17. Rfe1 h6
$1 (17... Nxe4 $2 18. Bxe7 Nxc3 19. Bxd8 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Qxd8 21. Qe5 $18) (
17... O-O 18. Qe3 $132) 18. Bf4 d6 19. Ng3 h5 $5 {Black has done well from the
opening and starts getting ambitious. But more logical was the simple} (19...
O-O $1 20. Nh5 Nxh5 21. Qxh5 $11 {/\} Bf6 22. e5 $132) 20. Nf1 d5 21. Ne3 $5 {
[%mdl 512] An enterprising positional sacrifice.} (21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5
(22... Bxd5 23. Qg3 $14 {[%cal Rf4c7,Rg3g7] /\Qg7,Bc7}) 23. Qe2 O-O 24. Ne3 $11
) 21... Nxe4 (21... dxe4 $143 $6 22. Qg3 {[%cal Re3c4] /\Nc4|^}) 22. Nxe4 dxe4
23. Qg3 Rxd1 $2 (23... O-O $142 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 $1 (24... Qxd8 25. Rd1 (25. Be5
$143 f6 26. Rd1 Qa5 27. Rd7 h4 $5 28. Qh3 fxe5 29. Nf1 $1 Bd5 30. Rxe7 Qe1 31.
Qe3 Qxe3 32. Nxe3 Rb8 33. Nxd5 exd5 34. Rxe5 Rxb5 35. Rxd5 Rxb2 36. Kf1 $15)
25... Qe8 (25... Qb6 $2 26. Be5 {-23...Rd1}) 26. Be5 f6 27. Bd6 $44) 25. Bd6
Re8 (25... h4 26. Qe5 Bf6 27. Qxc5 Qxc5 28. Bxc5 Rd8 $13) 26. Be5 f6 27. Nc4 $1
Qxb5 $1 28. Nd6 Qd7 29. Nxe8 fxe5 30. Qg6 Kf8 31. Qxh5 Qxe8 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33.
Qh5+ $11 Ke7 34. Qxe5 $13) 24. Rxd1 $40 O-O 25. Be5 f6 $5 {[%mdl 2048] []
White's pieces all coordinate very well together in the attack after} (25... g6
$2 26. Rd7 Ra8 (26... Re8 27. Bc3 $1 {[%cal Rd7e7,Rg3e5] /\Re7,Qe5} Kf8 28. Nc4
Qxb5 29. Rxe7 $1 Qxc4 (29... Rxe7 30. Qe5 f6 (30... Re8 31. Qg7+ Ke7 32. Bf6+
Kd7 33. Qxf7+ $18) 31. Qxf6+ Rf7 32. Qxf7+ $1 Kxf7 33. Nd6+ $18) 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8
31. Qb8+ $18) 27. h3 Kf8 (27... h4 28. Qf4 g5 29. Qg4 {/\} Kf8 30. Nc4 $1 Qxb5
31. Qh5 Ra1+ 32. Kh2 Ke8 33. Rxe7+ Kxe7 34. Bd6+ Ke8 35. Ne5 $18) 28. Bg7+ $1
Kxg7 (28... Ke8 29. Nc4 Qxb5 30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 31. Qd6+ Ke8 32. Ne5 $18) 29. Rxe7
$18 {->}) 26. Rd7 Rf7 (26... h4 27. Qg6 $1 Rf7 28. Bd6 Qxd6 $8 29. Rxd6 Bxd6
30. Qg4 $16) 27. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 28. Qb8+ Rf8 29. Qxb7 Qa5 $5 (29... Qxb7 30. Rxb7
Bxb2 31. b6 Bd4 32. Rc7 Rb8 (32... Bxe3 33. fxe3 Rb8 34. b7 Kh7 35. Kf2 Kg6 36.
Ke2 $16) 33. b7 Kh7 34. Kf1 $1 (34. Nc4 Rf8 $1 35. Kf1 Rxf2+ 36. Ke1 e3 $1 37.
Nxe3 Rb2 $132) 34... Kg6 35. Ke2 {[%cal Re3c4] /\Nc4+/-} Be5 36. Rxc5 Bxh2 37.
Rb5 $16) 30. Rd1 Qa4 31. b6 (31. Qc6 $142 $1 Bd4 (31... Qb3 32. Qxc5 Rb8 33.
Qxh5 Qxb5 34. Qg6 $16) 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Qe7 $5 (33. Qd5 Bxe3 (33... Qxb5 $2
34. Rxd4 $18) 34. fxe3 Rf5 35. Qxf5 Qxd1+ 36. Qf1 Qd2 $132) 33... Rb8 34. Qxe4
Qxb5 35. Nc2 Qxb2 36. Qf5 $14) 31... Bg5 $1 32. Re1 (32. Rd7 Bf6 {[%cal Rf6d4]
/\Bd4<=>}) 32... Bxe3 33. fxe3 Qc2 $11 34. Rf1 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Qd1+ 36. Kf2 (36.
Kf2 Qd2+ 37. Kf1 (37. Kg3 $6 Qxe3+ 38. Kh4 Qf4+ 39. Kxh5 Qxh2+ 40. Kg5 Qxg2+
41. Kf4 Qh2+ {might also still be a draw, but is risky only for White.}) 37...
Qd1+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Black "Salmensuu, Olli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 axb5 ({The most popular choice
nowadays is the sharp} 5... e6 $5 {A typical and brilliant game:} 6. e4 exd5 7.
e5 Qe7 8. Qe2 Ng8 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Nh3 c4 11. Be3 axb5 12. O-O-O Qb4 13. Nf4 Ne7
14. Qf2 Na6 15. Bb6 h5 16. Kb1 Rh6 17. a3 Qb3 18. Nfe2 Nc8 19. Nc1 Qxc3 $1 20.
bxc3 Nxb6 21. Na2 Nc5 22. Qb2 Nba4 23. Qc2 Nb3 24. Nb4 Bxb4 25. cxb4 d4 $40 26.
Bxc4 bxc4 27. Qxc4 Bd5 $1 $19 {Lotscher,R-Prusikhin,M/Zug/1999/}) 6. e4 Qa5+ 7.
Nc3 $5 {A very rare move.} (7. b4 Qxb4+ 8. Bd2 Qa4 9. Qc1 b4 10. Qxc5 Na6 11.
Bxa6 e6 12. d6 Bxa6 13. Qxb4 Qc6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Qb3 Bxd6 $5 16. exd6 Qxd6 17.
Nc3 Qe5+ 18. Kf2 Qd4+ 19. Kg3 g5 20. h4 Qxd2 21. Nxd5 gxh4+ 22. Rxh4 Qg5+ 23.
Kh3 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. g4 Bc4 $11 {Gretarsson,H-Gunnarsson,J/Gentofte/1999/
}) (7. Bd2 b4 8. Na3 d6 9. Nc4 {is the main line.}) 7... b4 (7... Ba6 $143 8.
a4 d6 9. Ra2 b4 10. Nb5 g6 11. b3 Bg7 12. g4 O-O 13. h4 h5 14. gxh5 Nxh5 15.
Rg2 Be5 16. f4 Bg7 17. f5 Nd7 18. Bh6 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Ne5 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. Nf3
Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 $40 {Hjelmaas,L-Hoff,T/NOR-chT/1993/}) 8. Nb5 ({Too passive is} 
8. Nb1 $6 d6 9. Bd3 g6 10. Ne2 Bg7 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Ne5 13. Nc4 Nxd3+ 14.
Qxd3 Qa6 15. O-O Nd7 16. a3 O-O 17. axb4 Qxa1 18. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 19. Kf2 Ba6 20.
Qb3 Rb8 $17 {Velitshko,J-Abramov,S/Smolensk/1992/}) 8... d6 ({Black shouldn't
commit his Bc8 too early:} 8... Ba6 9. a4 d6 (9... e6 10. d6 Bxb5 11. Bxb5 Qb6
12. e5 Nd5 13. Bc4 Qc6 14. a5 g6 15. Bd2 Bg7 16. f4 Bh6 17. Nh3 $16 {(),
Niederwieser,P-Humenberger,S/Werfen/1994/}) 10. b3 g6 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. f4 O-O
13. e5 Ne8 14. Nf3 Qd8 15. Bc4 Nd7 16. Qe2 Nb6 17. Nxd6 exd6 18. Bxa6 Nxd5 19.
Bb7 Nxf4 20. Qe4 Ra7 21. O-O-O Ne6 22. Bd5 $44 {1-0 Menk,R-Bokelbrink,U/
Pinneberg 1998/EXT 99 (40)}) 9. a4 ({Too sophisticated and time-consuming is} 
9. Kf2 Nbd7 10. a4 g6 11. b3 Bg7 12. Ra2 O-O 13. g4 Ba6 14. Rc2 Ne8 15. Kg2 Nb6
16. Bg5 $2 f6 17. Be3 Nxa4 18. bxa4 Qxa4 19. Nh3 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. Nf4 Nc7
$19 {Drazic,S-Liardet,F/Geneve/1991/}) (9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Nh3 g6 11. Be2 Ba6 12.
a4 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Nf2 Ne8 15. Rb1 Nc7 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. b3 Qb7 18. Bxa6
Qxa6 19. Qd3 f5 20. Rfe1 f4 21. Bc1 Ne5 22. Qxa6 Rxa6 23. Bb2 g5 24. Kf1 c4 $15
{Kurz,A-Marinkovic,I/Bundesliga 9192/1991/}) 9... bxa3+ $2 {[%mdl 16384] After
this premature opening of the position Black suprisingly quickly succumbs to a
strong attack due to his lack of development.} ({If Black keeps the position
closed, it's not easy for White to maintain control of b5 and c4, sometimes a
timely sacrifice on a4 as above exposes the Nb5. On the whole this line is not
too promising for White.} 9... Nbd7 10. b3 (10. g4 g6 11. h4 h5 12. g5 Nh7 13.
b3 Bg7 14. Ra2 O-O 15. Bd2 Qd8 16. Nh3 Ne5 17. Nf2 Qb6 18. f4 Ng4 19. Bc4 Kh8
20. Bc1 Bd7 21. Nxg4 Bxg4 22. Qd3 Bd7 23. Re2 e6 $1 24. dxe6 Bxb5 25. axb5 fxe6
$13 {Pesantes,C-Oblitas,C/Peru/1994/}) (10. Ne2 g6 11. Ng3 Bg7 12. Be2 O-O 13.
O-O Nb6 14. Be3 Bd7 15. b3 Rfc8 16. Kh1 Be8 17. Rb1 Nxa4 18. bxa4 Qxa4 19. e5
dxe5 20. Qxa4 Rxa4 $17 {Santa,L-Safarzadeh,E/Moscow olm/1994/}) 10... g6 11.
Bb2 Bg7 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Ne2 Ne5 (13... Nb6 $5) 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. O-O Ne8 16.
Qd2 Nd6 17. Qe3 Bd7 18. Nxd6 exd6 19. g4 Qd8 20. Nc1 f5 21. gxf5 gxf5 22. Nd3
Kh8 23. Kh1 Qh4 24. Rg1 Bh6 25. Qe2 Rf7 26. Bb5 Bxb5 27. axb5 Raf8 $132 {
Lobron,E-Milos,G/Tilburg/1993/}) (9... g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qc2 Nbd7
13. Nh3 Nb6 14. Nf2 Bd7 15. Nd1 Rfc8 16. Kf2 $6 c4 17. Bxc4 Bxb5 18. axb5 Qxb5
$36 {Fedorov,M-Raudive,A/Polanica Zdroj op/1996/}) 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Rxa3 Rxa3 (
11... Ba6 $2 12. Ba5 $18) (11... Na6 $6 12. Ba5 Qb8 13. Bc3 $16) 12. bxa3 e6 (
12... Nbd7 13. Qa4 {/\Ba5+-}) (12... Bd7 $142 {/\} 13. Qa4 g6 14. Ba5 Qa7 $1
$14) 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Ba5 Qb7 (14... Qa7 $142 15. Ne2 $5 exd5 16. Nec3 Qb7 17.
Qb3 Bxb5 18. Bxb5+ Nbd7 19. Bxd7+ Qxd7 20. Qb8+ $16) 15. Qb3 $1 {[%cal Rb5d6]}
Ke7 $8 (15... Bxb5 16. Bxb5+ Nbd7 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Be7 19. a4 $18) (
15... Qc8 16. Na7 $1 $18) 16. dxe6 fxe6 (16... Bxe6 17. Bc4 $40 {עe7}) 17. Nh3
Nc6 18. Bc3 Na7 19. a4 Nxb5 20. Bxb5 $16 Qb6 (20... d5 21. O-O Kf7 $5 $16) 21.
Qb2 Bxb5 22. axb5 d5 (22... Kf7 23. Ng5+ {doesn't help, Black has no time to
activate Rh8 and Bf8.}) (22... c4 23. Bd4 Qa5+ 24. Kf2 {/\Ra1+-}) 23. O-O ({
Also strong was} 23. exd5 $5 exd5 24. O-O $40) 23... d4 24. Bd2 Ne8 (24... c4
$2 25. Qb4+) (24... e5 25. Ra1 {[%cal Ra1a6,Rb2b3] /\Ra6,Qb3+-}) 25. Bf4 $1 (
25. Ra1 $6 Nc7 $13) 25... Kd7 (25... Nc7 26. Bxc7 Qxc7 27. b6 Qb7 28. Ra1 $18)
26. Ra1 $18 {->} Bd6 27. Ra6 Qb8 28. Qb3 $1 {[%cal Re4e5] /\e5} e5 (28... Bxf4
29. Qxe6+ Kd8 30. Nxf4 $18 Qxf4 $2 31. Ra8+ Kc7 32. Qc6#) 29. Qf7+ Kd8 (29...
Kc8 30. Rc6+ Bc7 31. Bxe5 $18) 30. Bg5+ Kc8 31. Qe6+ Kc7 (31... Kb7 32. Qd5+
Kc8 33. Ra8 $18) 32. Rc6+ Kb7 33. Qd5 $1 (33. Qd7+ Bc7 34. b6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Santiago Entel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santiago de Chile"]
[Date "2005.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Black "Llorens Sepulveda, Marcelo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CHI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2 g6 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. O-O b4
({Black advances his Pb5, as White might well change his mind about accepting
the gambit:} 8... Nbd7 9. cxb5 a6 10. h3 $5 axb5 11. Bxb5 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13.
Qc2 Qa8 14. a3 Rb8 15. Rb1 Nb6 16. b3 Nfd7 17. a4 Qb7 18. Ba3 Ra7 19. h4 h6 20.
Rfe1 Rc8 21. Bb2 Nf6 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. bxc4 Qa6 24. e5 $36 {Eljanov,
P-Mirovshchikov,S/St Petersburg/1999/}) ({But perhaps an equally promising
treatment of the position was} 8... bxc4 9. Nxc4 Nfd7 $5 10. Bg5 Nb6 11. Nfd2
Qc7 12. f4 e6 13. dxe6 (13. e5 $5 $13) 13... fxe6 14. Qe1 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Nc6 16.
Qd2 Rb8 17. Rad1 d5 18. exd5 exd5 $36 {Donnelly,M-Corkett,A/GBR-ch cr/1989/})
9. Nb3 $146 {White wants to finish his development first before undertaking
any serious action.} ({The straightforward} 9. a3 a5 10. axb4 $6 {isn't ideal:}
cxb4 11. h3 Nfd7 12. Nb3 a4 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Nbd4 Nc5 15. Bg5 Nbd7 16. Qd2 Re8
17. h4 Qa5 18. Bc2 {Ftacnik,L-Gyorkos,L/AUT-chT2S/1995/} Nb6 $15) ({However,
White more often chooses a different route for his N:} 9. Re1 e5 10. Nf1 (10.
dxe6 Bxe6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Ng4 $5 13. Ndf3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Rxe5 Bxc4
16. Re3 Nc6 17. b3 Qf6 18. Rb1 Bxd3 19. Bb2 Qf5 20. Qxd3 Qxd3 21. Rxd3 Rad8 $17
{Levitt,J-Wolff,P/Hastings/1990/}) 10... a5 11. Ng3 Ra7 (11... Ng4 $5 12. h3
Nh6 {[%cal Yf7f5] /\f5<=>}) 12. h3 a4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Nbd7 15. Qd2 Kh7 16.
Nh2 Ng8 17. Ngf1 Ndf6 18. g4 $1 Ne7 19. f4 (19. Rad1 $5 {()}) 19... exf4 20.
Bxf4 a3 21. b3 {Vyzmanavin,A-Kalegin,E/St Petersburg/1996/} Nd7 $1 22. Bxd6
Bd4+ $44 {/\Ne5}) 9... Nbd7 {As we have seen in the above examples, Black
often closes the diagonal of his Bg7 with e5 just to gain more influence in
the [+]. However, here after} (9... e5 {he must seriously reckon with} 10. a3
$1 $14 a5 $2 11. axb4 cxb4 12. Bd2 a4 13. c5 $16 {[%csl Ra4,Rb4] ׫ so Llorens
also decides to develop his pieces first.}) (9... a5 $5 $11) 10. h3 Qc7 11. Be3
a5 12. a3 bxa3 (12... Bb7 $132 {was also playable, bult Black wants to leave
the B on the open /^c8-h3.}) 13. Rxa3 a4 14. Nbd2 Nb6 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Rfa1 (16.
Re1 {seems more natural, but Black can still returne to the plan, mentioned in
the note to his 9-th move with} e5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 $132) 16... Rfb8 ({This was
still a good moment for Black to play} 16... e5 $5 $11) 17. Nb1 $1 {White
improves his N.} Qb7 18. Nc3 ({Premature for tactical reasons is} 18. e5 $143
dxe5 $1 {/\} (18... Ne8 19. Bf4 $14) 19. Bxc5 (19. Nxe5 Nfxd5 20. cxd5 Bxe5 $17
) 19... e4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxb2 $15) 18... Ne8 ({Here already} 18... e5
{is not quite ideal, White can consider:} 19. Rb1 $5 {[%cal Yb2b3] /\b3+/=} (
19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. e5 $5 (20. Nxa4 Nxa4 21. Rxa4 Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Nd7 23. Bf4 Ne5
$44) 20... dxe5 21. Nxe5 $14)) 19. e5 $5 Nc7 $2 {[%mdl 16512] This is a grave
mistake, Black deserts the >> and moreover gives White tempi to build up a
dangerous ->.} (19... dxe5 20. Ne4 $1 $16 (20. Bxc5 f5 $132)) ({Necessary was} 
19... Qc7 $1 20. Ne4 Bf5 $14 {/<=>}) 20. Bf4 $1 Ne8 {Taking on e5 is a
concession, so Black decides to take a move back...} 21. Re1 $16 dxe5 {
Inconsistent, but the pressure on the <->e, together with threats as h4-h5 and
e6 would sooner or later force this: the [+]-tension is in White's favour.} 22.
Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Nd6 24. Ne4 Qc7 {Black would like to exchange some pieces,
but} (24... Nxe4 25. Bxe4 $16 {[%cal Rd5d6] /\d6 loses material.}) 25. Ng3 $5 {
On the other hand White has transferred his N to the >> and for the time being
avoids exchanges.} Be8 $6 ({Black needs the Q in the defence, the text-move
makes it only more difficult.} 25... Qd8 $142 $16 {/\Qf8}) 26. Qc1 $1 $40 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Rc1h6,Rg3h5] /\Qh6,Nh5 A >> storm is brewing...} e6 $2 {
White has a strong attack, but this weakening of the dark squares eases his
task considerably.} (26... Nd7 $2 27. Nc6 $18) (26... Bd7 $142 27. Qh6 Qd8 28.
Ne4 $5 $16) (26... f6 $2 27. Qh6 $1 {/\} (27. Ng4 $143 $16) 27... fxe5 28. Nh5
e6 (28... gxh5 29. Bxh7+ Kh8 30. Bg6+ Kg8 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qh8#) 29. Nf6+ Kf7 (
29... Kh8 30. Qf8#) 30. Qxh7+ Kxf6 31. Qxc7 $18) 27. Ng4 $1 $18 Qe7 (27... exd5
28. Nf6+ Kg7 (28... Kh8 29. Qh6 $18) 29. Ngh5+ $1 gxh5 30. Qg5+ $18) 28. Qc3 {
[%cal Rg4h6,Rg4f6] /\Nh6,Nf6} Qh4 $8 (28... h5 29. Nxh5 $1 gxh5 30. Nh6+ Kf8
31. Qh8#) 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Rxe6 Rd8 31. Qe5 Ndc8 32. Nh5 $1 {[%cal Rg4h6,
Re5g7] /\Qg7#,Nh6} (32. Nh5 Qxh5 (32... gxh5 33. Nh6+ Kf8 34. Qh8#) 33. Nf6+
$18) 1-0

[Event "VISA Nordic GP Final"]
[Site "Gentofte"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 a5 $2 $146 {
A dubious novelty, which costs Black time and weakens the light squares.} (7...
g6 $142 8. Nd2 (8. a4 Bg7 9. Nd2 (9. a5 Qb4 10. Ra4 Qb7 11. e4 O-O 12. Be2 Bd7
13. Ra3 Bb5 14. Nd2 Nbd7 15. O-O Ne8 16. Rb3 Nc7 17. Nc4 Rab8 18. Bg5 Rfe8 19.
f4 Qa7 $132 20. e5 $2 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Rb4 $1 $19 {Sutter,O-Bancod,R/Wohlen/1993/}
) 9... a5 $6 (9... O-O $5) 10. Ra3 Ba6 11. e4 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Nbd7 13. Qe2 O-O
14. Rb3 Qc7 15. Nc4 Rfb8 16. Nb5 Qd8 17. Bd2 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. h4 h5 20. g3
Qd7 21. Rc3 Rc8 22. Kg2 $16 {Nicoara Etchegaray,M-Etchegaray,M/Val Thorens/
1995/}) 8... Nbd7 9. e4 Bg7 10. Be2 Qd8 (10... O-O 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Rb8 13.
O-O Nb6 14. Ne3 Ne8 15. Qd2 Qa7 16. a4 Nc7 17. Bg5 Re8 18. f4 a5 19. f5 Nd7 20.
Bb5 Nxb5 21. Nxb5 Qb7 22. Nc4 Ne5 23. Nxa5 Qd7 24. Bf4 Ba6 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26.
Nc6 Bxb5 27. axb5 $1 Rxb5 28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. Ra3 $40 {Giorgadze,G-Zlochevskij,A/
Bad Woerishofen /1998/}) 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 Rb8 13. Nc4 (13. a5 Ne8 14. Nc4 Nc7
15. Na4 Nb5 $5 (15... Nf6 16. f3 Bd7 17. Nab6 (17. Be3 Bxa4 18. Rxa4 Nd7 19.
Qd2 Nb5 20. f4 Nd4 21. Bd1 Qc7 22. Qd3 e6 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Nd2 Qc6 25. Ra2 Rb4
26. Nf3 Nxf3+ 27. Bxf3 Bxb2 28. Rd1 Bd4 $17 {Brenninkmeijer,J-Baklan,V/
Groningen/1996/}) 17... Bb5 18. Bd2 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nd7 20. Rb1 Nb5 21. Na3 Qc7
22. Nxb5 axb5 23. b4 c4 24. Be3 e6 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. f4 $13 {Shaked,T-Baklan,V/
WChJ Zagan/1997/}) 16. Bg5 Re8 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Nab6 Nf6 19. Nxc8 Rbxc8 20. Bd3
Nd7 21. Bd2 e6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. h4 d5 24. exd5 exd5 25. Ne3 c4 26. Be2 Nf6 27.
Ng4 Ne4 $36 {Hellsten,J-Baklan,V/BL 9798/1997/}) 13... Nb6 14. Na3 Ne8 15. Be3
Nc7 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Rab1 Bd7 18. b3 Rb7 19. Bg5 Qb8 20. Bh6 Bh8 21. Nc4 Nxc4
22. Bxc4 e6 23. Rbe1 Qd8 24. Re3 e5 25. f4 exf4 26. Bxf4 Bd4 27. Kh1 Qe7 28.
Ref3 $14 {Giorgadze,G-Baklan,V/BL 9798/1997/}) 8. e4 Nbd7 (8... g6 9. e5 $36)
9. Nd2 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Qxa6 11. a4 $1 $36 Ne5 {This costs Black only more time.} (
11... g6 $142 12. Nb5 Qb7 $14 {/\} 13. Nc4 Nb6) 12. Nb5 Nd3+ 13. Kf1 Qb7 14.
Nc4 $32 Nb4 (14... Nxc1 15. Rxc1 {/\e5->} Nxe4 $2 16. Qe2 f5 17. f3 $18 {
[%csl Rd6]}) 15. Bf4 Ra6 (15... Nxe4 16. Qe2 f5 17. f3 Nxd5 18. Bxd6 $1 Nef6
19. Bxc5 $16 {->}) 16. Qe2 Kd8 ({Even after} 16... g6 17. Rd1 $16 {Black will
hardly be able to get his K out off the [+].} {/\} Bg7 $2 18. Bxd6 $1 $18) 17.
Rd1 g6 18. e5 Nfxd5 (18... dxe5 19. Nxe5 Nbxd5 (19... Ke8 20. Nc6 $18) 20.
Nxf7+ Kc8 21. Nc7 $1 Nxf4 22. Qxa6 $18) 19. exd6 e6 (19... Nxf4 $2 20. dxe7+
Ke8 21. Ncd6+ $18) 20. Bg3 Bg7 21. h4 $40 Nc6 (21... h5 22. Be5 Bxe5 (22... f6
23. Nc7 $5 (23. Bc3 $16) 23... fxe5 24. Nxe6+ Kc8 25. Nxc5 Qc6 26. Nxa6 Nf4 27.
Nb6+ $1 Qxb6 28. Qc4+ Qc6 29. Rc1 $18) 23. Qxe5 Rg8 24. Nc7 $16 {/+-}) 22. h5
g5 $6 {The final mistake, but Black's position was under heavy pressure anyway.
} (22... Kc8 23. d7+ $5 Qxd7 24. Nc7 $18) (22... Nd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Be5 $16)
23. h6 Bf6 (23... Bf8 24. Rxd5 $1 exd5 25. Nc7 Bxd6 26. Nxd6 Qxc7 27. Qxa6 $18)
24. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 64] A simple, but nice tactical solution.} exd5 25. Qf3 $18
{The Bf6 is trapped.} Bd4 $8 26. Nxd4 cxd4 (26... Nxd4 $2 27. Qf6+ Kd7 28. Ne5+
$18 {/\Qh8#}) 27. Qf6+ Kd7 28. Qxf7+ $1 (28. Qxh8 dxc4 29. Qxh7 $18 {[%csl Gh6]
o^h6}) 28... Kc8 29. d7+ Qxd7 (29... Kd8 30. Nd6 Qxd7 31. Qf6+ $18) 30. Nd6+
Kc7 31. Nb5+ $138 (31. Ne4+ $18) (31. Nb7+ $18) 31... Kc8 32. Nd6+ Kc7 33. Ne4+
Kc8 34. Qxd7+ Kxd7 35. Nc5+ {White gains a piece and the game is over.} Kc8 36.
Nxa6 Re8 37. Nc7 Re7 38. Nxd5 Re8 39. f3 d3 40. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 b4 {This move has a bad reputation, as
Black somewhat prematurely resolves the tension. But on the other hand he
takes away the best square for the Nb1 and gains space on the <<. If White
wants to get something tangible out of the opening, he must act very
energetically.} 5. g3 {Already this is a rather lame move. As indicated, White
should do something more concrete than just develop his pieces, thus stronger
moves are} (5. Nbd2 g6 6. e4 d6 (6... Bg7 7. e5 $5 Ng4 8. Ne4 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5
10. Nxc5 $14) 7. a3 Bg7 $5 (7... a5 $2 8. axb4 cxb4 9. c5 $1 dxc5 10. Bb5+ Bd7
11. Bc4 $40) 8. axb4 cxb4 9. Qa4+ Nfd7 10. Qxb4 Na6 $44) ({or the immediate} 5.
a3 Na6 (5... g6 $5 6. Nbd2 {can transpose into 5.Nbd2}) 6. axb4 Nxb4 $6 (6...
cxb4 $5 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Nbd2 Nc5 9. Nd4 $1 $14) 7. Nc3 d6 8. e4 g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10.
O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd7 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Ra3 Qb6 16. Bg4
Ne5 17. Be2 Reb8 18. h4 Rb7 19. h5 $36 {Sokolov,I-Georgiev,K/Sarajevo/1998/})
5... g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. a3 (7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O a5 9. e4 d6 10. e5 (10. Re1 e5 $11
) 10... dxe5 (10... Ng4 $142 $5 $11) 11. Nxe5 Nfd7 12. Nd3 a4 13. Rb1 Ra5 14.
Ne4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Re1 Bf5 18. g4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Nd7 20. Qe2
Qc7 21. h4 Bh2+ 22. Kf1 Nf6 23. Re3 Bf4 $132 {Miralles,G-Fedorowicz,J/Cannes/
1987/}) 7... O-O 8. O-O a5 9. axb4 cxb4 $13 10. Nd4 $146 (10. Nbd2 Bb7 (10...
d6 11. Nd4 Bd7 $5 {/\Na6-c5}) 11. Qa4 Qc7 12. Nd4 d6 13. Nb5 Qc8 14. Nb3 Qxc4
15. Nxa5 Qxe2 16. Nc7 Nbd7 17. Nxa8 Rxa8 18. Qxb4 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qb7
N7b6 21. Ra3 Rc8 22. Nc6 Bf8 23. Na7 Rc7 24. Qb8 Nd7 $44 {Sadler,M-Adams,M/
London/1993/}) (10. Re1 Ne4 11. Nd4 Nc5 12. Be3 d6 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. N2f3 a4 15.
Qd2 Nba6 16. Bh6 Ne4 17. Qe3 Nac5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nh4 Nf6 20. Qd2 {Lehmann,
Z-Claesen,J/Rotterdam/1998/} Qb6 $15) (10. d6 Bb7 11. Bf4 Ne4 12. dxe7 Qxe7 13.
Ra2 d5 $1 $36) (10. c5 Bb7 {[%csl Rc5,Rd5] ה}) 10... Bb7 11. h3 (11. e4 $142
d6 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. f4 $13) 11... Qc8 $1 12. b3 d6 13. Be3 Nbd7 14.
Nd2 (14. Nc6 $6 Bxc6 15. dxc6 Ne5 16. c7 Ra6 $15) 14... Nc5 15. Ra2 Ra6 16. Qc2
e6 $5 {[%csl Gc5] White has played rather passively and Black already wants to
break up the [+] and take over the initiative. Especially strong is the
unassailable Nc5.} 17. dxe6 $6 (17. Nc6 $142 Qc7 (17... Bxc6 18. dxc6 $36 {
[%csl Gc6] o^c6}) 18. Bd4 (18. Bxc5 dxc5 {[%cal Rf6d5] /\Nd5}) 18... exd5 19.
Bxf6 Bxf6 20. cxd5 $13) (17. Nb5 exd5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd6 Nxe3 20. Nxc8 Nxc2
21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Rxc2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Ne6 $15) 17... fxe6 $36 {[%csl Gd6,Ge6] [+]
} 18. Rfa1 (18. Nb5 $5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nfd7 20. Bd4 $15) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nfd7
20. f3 (20. Rxa5 $4 Qa8+ $19) 20... Qa8 21. g4 Rc8 22. h4 d5 $17 {With White's
R on the <->a a central break is very unpleasant.} 23. h5 (23. cxd5 $2 Qxd5 24.
Qb2 $8 e5 $1 (24... Rd6 25. Nc4 $17) 25. Nc2 e4 26. Bd4 Rd6 $1 $40) 23... e5 $1
{[%mdl 128] Now Black shifts his attention to White's K, his attack against
the deserted >> will quickly become very dangerous.} 24. Nb5 d4 25. Bf2 Nf6 $6
{Leads to a rather murky position.} (25... gxh5 $142 $1 26. gxh5 Kh8 $17) 26.
hxg6 (26. Kh2 Bh6 $1 $36) 26... Nxg4 (26... hxg6 27. Qxg6 Nd5 $13) 27. gxh7+
Kh8 28. Qf5 (28. Ne4 Rg6 29. Ng3 d3 $5 30. exd3 Rf8 $40) 28... Nxf2 29. Kxf2
Rf8 30. Qg4 Rf7 (30... Qd8 31. Rg1 Bh6 32. Ke1 $132) 31. Qh5 Re7 32. Rg1 (32.
Nxd4 $2 Qa7 $1 $19) 32... Qf8 33. Ke1 Qf4 34. Kd1 (34. Qh3 $142 Rd7 $15) 34...
Bh6 $2 (34... Nxb3 $1 $17 {/\} 35. Nxb3 Qe3 $19) 35. Qh3 Ne6 36. Rg4 Qe3 37.
Rg6 (37. Re4 Qg1+ 38. Qf1 (38. Kc2 d3+ $5 39. exd3 Bxd2 $19 {/\} 40. Kxd2 Qf2+
41. Re2 Qxe2+ $1 42. Kxe2 Nf4+) 38... Qxf1+ 39. Nxf1 Nc5 $17) (37. Qg2 $5 Rg7
$15 (37... Nf4 $4 38. Rxf4 $1 $18)) 37... Kxh7 38. Qf5 $2 (38. Rg3 a4 $1 $40)
38... Ng7 $1 $19 {Black can ignore the discovered check, this nice move wins
an exchange and the game.} 39. Rxh6+ (39. Rxg7+ Kxg7 {[%cal Re3g1,Rg1e1] /
\Qg1-e1-+}) 39... Kxh6 40. Qf8 (40. Qc8 Rf6 41. Rxa5 Ne6 $5 42. Qh8+ Kg6 43.
Ra8 Rh7 44. Qe8+ Kg5 45. Qg8+ Rg7 46. Ne4+ Kh4 $19) 40... Re8 41. Qf7 $8 Rg6
42. Rxa5 Rg1+ 43. Kc2 Qxe2 44. Nxd4 (44. Ra6+ Kh7 45. Qd5 Qd1+ 46. Kd3 Re1 47.
c5 Qc1 $1 $19 48. Nc4 Qb1+ 49. Kd2 Qd1#) 44... exd4 45. Qf6+ Kh7 46. Qxd4 Qe3 (
46... Qd1+ 47. Kd3 Rg2 48. Qf4 Qc1 $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Salmensuu, Olli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 Bb7 $5 ({The usual
continuation is} 6... Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Qxd5 Nc6) 7. e4 exd5 (7... Qxb6 $143
8. Nf3 Be7 9. Ne5 $5 Qc7 10. Nc4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 exd5 12. Qg4 dxe4 13. Bf4 Qc6
14. Qxg7 Rf8 15. Qg3 d5 16. Nd6+ Kd7 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. O-O-O d4 19. f3 $44 {
Fedorowicz,J-Ocampo,R/Mexico/1991/}) 8. exd5 d6 9. a4 a5 {To attack the Pd5
later on Black needs the b6-square.} (9... Qxb6 $143 $6 10. a5 Qc7 11. Bc4 Be7
12. Nge2 O-O 13. O-O Nbd7 14. f4 Qd8 15. Qd3 Ne8 16. g4 Nc7 17. Bd2 Re8 18. g5
Bf8 19. h4 Rb8 20. Ng3 Bc8 21. b3 g6 22. Nce4 f5 23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Ng5 $16 {
Knaak,R-Mainka,R/GER-CupT/1991/}) 10. Nge2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting
idea, White doesn't want to define the position of his Bf1 yet and proceeds
with his attacking ideas, similar to Rogozenko-Milu below. It was probably
also a surprise for Black, who has had some success with 6...Bb7!? lately.} (
10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Nge2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ng3 (13. Nf4 Nxb6 14. Re1 Ne8 15.
Ra3 Nc7 16. Bc6 Rb8 17. Rb3 Bc8 18. Ne4 Na6 19. Rbe3 Nc4 20. R3e2 Ne5 21. b3
Bg4 22. f3 Bd7 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Bb2 Bh4 25. Nf2 Qf5 26. Bxe5 Bxf2+ 27. Rxf2
dxe5 28. Nd3 f6 29. Qc2 Qd7 30. Nxc5 Nxc5 31. Qxc5 Rxb3 32. Qxa5 Rd3 $11 {
Tella,J-Salmensuu,O/Myyrmanni/1999/}) 13... Nxb6 14. Nf5 Nfxd5 15. Qg4 Bf6 16.
Bh6 Bc8 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Bxg7 20. Qxd5 Bxb2 21. Rae1 Qf6
22. Re4 Kh8 23. Re3 $44 {1/2,Rogozenko,D-Milu,R/Bucharest/1999/}) (10. Nf3 Be7
11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Nfd7 $5 13. Bf4 Nxb6 14. b3 Na6 15. Ra2 Nb4 16. Re2 Ba6 17.
Nd2 Nd3 18. Bg3 Nb2 19. Qe1 N2xc4 20. Nxc4 Bf6 21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. axb5 Nxc4 23.
bxc4 a4 $36 {Kachur,A-Salmensuu,O/Polanica Zdroj op/1999/}) 10... Be7 11. Ng3
O-O 12. Be2 (12. Nf5 $5 Nbd7 13. Qf3 $14) 12... Na6 $2 {This loses time.} (
12... Nbd7 $142 $5 $13 {/\} 13. Nf5 Nxb6 {[%csl Rd5] immediately attacks ><d5})
13. O-O Nb4 14. Nf5 Nd7 (14... Nbxd5 15. Bf3 (15. Re1 $5) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3
Rb8 17. Re1 Re8 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Bg5 $16 {/\} (19. Rb1 $5 $36) 19... Rxb6 20.
Rxe7 Rxe7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qg4+ Kf8 23. Qg7+ Ke8 24. Nxe7 Qxe7 25. Qxh7 $36 {
[%csl Re8,Gh2] עe8,o^h}) 15. Bb5 Nxb6 $8 16. Bh6 $3 {This bolt out of the
blue gives White a strong attack.} gxh6 $8 (16... Bf6 17. Bxg7 $1 {overloads
Black's Q after} Bxg7 18. Qg4 Qf6 19. Ne4 Qxb2 20. Rab1 Qe5 21. f4 h5 22. Qg5
$18) 17. Qg4+ Bg5 18. f4 {[%cal Rf5h6] /\Nh6} h5 (18... Kh8 $5 19. fxg5 hxg5 (
19... Qxg5 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. Nxd6 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 N6xd5 23. Nxf7+ $16) 20. Qh5
$40) 19. Qg3 $1 (19. Qxg5+ Qxg5 20. fxg5 $14 {/+/- gives White a very pleasant
endgame, but he strives for more.}) 19... h4 (19... N4xd5 20. fxg5 $16 {->})
20. Qg4 h5 21. Qxh5 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is still not interested in the
advantageous _|_ and sacrifices a piece for his ->.} Bf6 22. Ne4 Bc8 (22...
Bxd5 23. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 (23... Re8 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Bxe8 $18) 24.
fxg5 Qc7 (24... Be6 25. g6 $18) 25. Rf4 $1 $18) 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Ra3 $1 N6xd5
25. Rh3 {[%cal Rh3h4] /\Rh4,Qg7#} Bxf5 $8 26. Qxf5 Ra7 (26... Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Qe7
28. Ng5 f6 (28... Nf6 29. Rxh4+ Kg7 30. Rh7+ Kg8 31. Qh3 Nfd5 32. Rh8+ $1 Bxh8
33. Qh7#) 29. Rxh4+ Kg8 30. Ne6 Rf7 31. Rf3 Rh7 32. Rg3+ Kh8 33. Rgh3 $18) 27.
Bc4 $1 $18 Ne3 (27... Bd4+ 28. Kh1 {/\Ng5,Bd5} Rg8 $5 (28... Ne3 29. Rxe3 Bxe3
30. Nf6 $18) 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Qxd5 $18) 28. Rxe3 Bd4 29. Kh1 d5 30. Ng5 f6 (
30... Kg7 31. Qh7+ Kf6 32. Re6+ $1 fxe6 33. Qh6+ $18) 31. Ne6 (31. Ne6 Qe7 (
31... Qd6 32. Rh3 $18) 32. Rh3 Qh7 33. Qxh7+ Rxh7 34. Nxf8 Rf7 35. Ng6+ Kg7 36.
Nxh4 dxc4 37. Nf5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.05.24"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Urban, Klaudiusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.05.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 b5 4. Qc2 {One of the rare ways of declining the
Volga. White strives for a positional struggle with control of c4 and the [+].}
({The more usual way to transpose into this line is to play} 4. Nf3 g6 5. Qc2 {
first, as here the central counter with e6 is very risky:} bxc4 6. e4 e6 $6 7.
dxe6 fxe6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxc4 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bb5+ Nfd7 12. Qe2 Kf7 13. Qd2
Bb7 14. O-O Re8 15. Nc3 d4 16. Bc4+ Kg7 17. Bh6+ Kh8 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qa5
20. Qf4 $40 {Bosboom Lanchava,T-Sebag,M/Saint Vincent ztw/1999/}) 4... bxc4 5.
e4 e6 $5 ({Black can also do without this freeing move, in the above mentioned
positions he has ample counterchances.} 5... g6 6. Bxc4 d6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 (10. Nd2 Nfd7 11. b3 Ne5 12. Bb2 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Nd7 14.
Nd1 Bxc4 15. bxc4 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Qa5 17. Nd3 Rab8 18. f4 f6 19. Rae1 Nb6 20. e5
fxe5 21. fxe5 Qa4 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Qxa4 Nxa4 24. exd6 exd6 25. Re6 Nb6 $11 {
Videki,S-Hertneck,G/Kecskemet/1988/}) 10... Nxa6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bf4 Rb8 13.
Rab1 Qb6 14. h3 Nd7 15. Qe2 Nc7 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19.
Qxe5 Qd6 20. Rfe1 Qxe5 21. Rxe5 Rfd8 22. Rxe7 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxa7 Rd2
25. b3 Re8 $44 {=,Kempinski,R-Baklan,V/BL 9798/1997/}) 6. Bxc4 (6. Nc3 {
mostly only transposes into 6.Bc4.} {The simplest transposition into the game
is} exd5 $142 (6... Be7 7. Bxc4 exd5 8. exd5 (8. Nxd5 Nc6 $132) 8... O-O 9.
Nge2 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ng3 (11. a3 Nb6 12. Ba2 Re8 13. Ng3 Bb7 14. Rd1 c4 15.
Nf5 Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Rac1 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Be4 20. Qd2 Qxf5 21.
f3 Bd3 $17 {Kolpakov,M-Mochalov,E/Riga/1975/}) 11... Nb6 12. b3 Rb8 13. Bd2 Re8
14. Rae1 Nxc4 15. bxc4 Qd7 $6 (15... g6 $142 $5) 16. Nd1 Ba6 17. h3 Bf8 18. Bg5
Be7 19. Bd2 Bf8 20. Ne3 g6 21. Bc3 Bg7 22. Qc1 $1 $40 {Gross,S-Nun,J/CZ-ch
Trnava/1980/}) (6... Bb7 7. Bxc4 exd5 (7... Na6 $2 8. Qe2 (8. a3 Be7 9. Nf3
exd5 10. exd5 Nc7 11. Qd3 d6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. h3 h6 16.
b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Bf8 18. Be3 g5 19. Rxa7 Rxa7 20. Bxa7 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 Ncxd5 22.
Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Qxa7 25. Nd3 Qb6 26. g4 $16 {Koutsin,S-Groetz,
H/AUT-chT2/1997/}) 8... Qb6 9. Nf3 exd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. exd5+ Be7 12. O-O Kf8
13. Ne5 Qd6 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Qg4 Nb8 16. Nxf7 Qf6 17. d6 {1-0,Steiner,
D-Voscilla,A/Caorle/1988/}) 8. exd5 d6 9. Nf3 (9. Nge2 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Bg5
h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Rad1 Nbd7 14. b3 a6 15. h3 Qc7 16. Bg3 Rfe8 17. f4 Re7 18.
Bf2 Rae8 19. Ng3 Qb8 20. Qd3 Nb6 21. Qf3 Nfd7 22. Nge2 f5 23. g4 Rf7 24. Rd3
Ref8 25. Qg2 fxg4 26. hxg4 Qd8 $36 {Blot,J-Guidarelli,L/FRA-chT/1999/}) 9...
Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 a5 12. b3 Na6 13. Bb2 Nb4 14. Qd2 Ne8 15. Ne4 Bf6 16.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Nh4 Nh5 18. g3 Bc8 19. Rfe1 Ra7 20. Be2 Nf6 21. Bf3 Ne8 22. Rac1
$13 {Zaja,I-Leventic,I/Porec CRO-chT/1998/}) 7. exd5 d6 8. Bxc4 Be7) (6. dxe6
$6 fxe6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 Nb4 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Nf3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 N8c6 12. Qe4 Nd4
13. Na3 Be7 14. Be3 Nbc6 15. Rg1 Qb6 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Rb1 Qa5+ 18. Ke2 Qxe5
19. Nb5 Bf6 20. Rg4 Rc8 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxd4 Ke7 23. Bb3 a6 24. Nc3 Nxf3 25.
Rd3 Nd4+ 26. Kd2 Nxb3+ 27. axb3 d5 $19 {Omarsson,H-Nielsen,M/Copenhagen/1998/})
6... exd5 7. exd5 d6 8. Nc3 (8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nbd7 (10... Bg4 $5
$132) 11. Bf4 Nb6 12. b3 Rb8 13. Rad1 Nxc4 14. bxc4 Bg4 15. Rb1 Qd7 16. Nd2 Bf5
17. Nde4 Bg6 18. f3 Nh5 19. Qd2 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 Re8 21. Rb3 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 f5 23.
Ng5 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Qa4 $36 {Brestak,P-Suriadnji,A/Zlin op/1996/})
8... Be7 9. h3 {A useful move, but perhaps White doesn't need to invest a
tempo.} (9. Nge2 {as in Gross-Nun above seems more to the point.}) 9... O-O 10.
Nf3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nb6 12. b3 Nxc4 {Perhaps Black deosn't have to hurry with
this exchange, as for the time being it won't escape.} (12... Re8 $5 13. Bf4
Bf8 $13) 13. bxc4 Rb8 14. Bf4 Rb4 15. Nd2 g6 $1 16. a3 (16. g4 $5 Ne8 17. a3 {
() was a more committal alternative.}) 16... Bf5 17. Nce4 Rb8 18. Rfe1 Nxe4 19.
Nxe4 Bxe4 $6 {Seemingly a logical exchange, but again premature, as now Black
gets under unpleasant pressure.} (19... Re8 $142 {/\Bf8} 20. Qc3 {[%cal Ye7f8]}
Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Bf8 22. Rae1 Qd7 $11 23. Qf6 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Rb3 $132) 20. Qxe4 Bf6
21. Rab1 $36 {[%csl Rd6] ><d6 Although the Bf6 is seemingly active, more
serious is that d6 lacks protection.} Qd7 (21... Qc7 $5 22. Qd3 Rxb1 23. Rxb1
Rb8 24. Re1 $36 {/\} Bd4 25. Qg3 Rb2 $2 26. Re8+ Kg7 27. Qg5 $1 Bxf2+ 28. Kf1
$18) 22. Qd3 Rfe8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Qg3 Rb6 25. Bh6 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8,Rc8,Rd8,
Re8,Rf8,Rg8,Rh8] Another point against Bf6-the basic rank is weak.} Bg7 $2 {
[%mdl 4096] And for the third time Black goes for an exchange he should have
only prepared. Now White gets really an iron grip and shows necessary
technique in the major piece _|_.} (25... Qd8 $142 $1 26. Qe3 Rb8 $14 {/\Bg7})
26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qc3+ f6 (27... Kg8 28. Qf6 Rb7 $8 29. g4 $16 {[%cal Yg1h2,
Yh3h5] /\Kh2,h4-h5->}) 28. Re6 Qd8 29. g4 Kf7 30. h4 $40 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7] עf7,
f6} f5 31. g5 $1 (31. gxf5 $2 Qxh4 $132) 31... Rb7 32. Kg2 $22 Rd7 (32... Re7
$2 33. Qf6+ Ke8 34. Qh8+ Kd7 35. Rxd6+ $18) 33. Qb2 $1 (33. Qe3 $143 Re7) 33...
Kg8 (33... a6 34. Qc3 Rb7 35. Qg3 Rd7 36. Qf4 {/\h5->}) 34. Qe2 $1 Kf8 35. Rf6+
Rf7 (35... Kg7 36. h5 $1 Rf7 37. Qe6 Rxf6 38. gxf6+ Kf8 (38... Qxf6 $2 39. h6+
$18) 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. Kg3 $18) 36. Qe6 $18 Rxf6 $8 37. gxf6 Qe8 38. Kg3 Qd8 (
38... Qxe6 39. dxe6 Ke8 40. Kf4 h6 41. h5 $18) 39. Kf4 {[%cal Rf4h6] /\Kg5-h6}
h6 40. h5 gxh5 41. Kxf5 Qc7 (41... h4 42. Kg6 Qc7 43. Kxh6 {-41...Qc7}) 42. Kg6
h4 43. Kxh6 a5 44. Kg5 a4 45. f3 $22 Qf7 (45... Qd8 46. Kxh4 $18) 46. Qxd6+ Kg8
47. Qd8+ (47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Qe7 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Nbd2 bxc4 6. e4 d6 {By transposition
we have reached a position from the 4.Nd2 lines, here Black's best bet is to
strive for symmetrical P-structure with} (6... c3 $5 7. bxc3 Bg7 $132 (7... d6
8. c4 $5 Bg7 9. Rb1 (9. Rb1 O-O 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Re1 Nh5 13. Bc2 Nb6
14. Re3 Bd7 15. a4 a5 16. Reb3 Ra6 17. Ra3 Bh6 18. Bb2 {Grachev,B-Tregubov,P/
Aeroflot Moscow/2004/} Ng7 $13))) 7. Bxc4 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rb1 {Here Black's
task is easier, than in the similar positions, arising after 4.Nd2, as White
must invest a tempo to develop his Bc1 to the long diagonal.} (9. Qe2 Nbd7 10.
h3 Rb8 11. a4 Ne8 12. a5 Nc7 13. Nb1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Nc3 Rb4 16. Rd1 Bd7
17. Bh6 Re8 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. b3 Nb5 20. Na2 Nd4 21. Rxd4 Bxd4 22. Nxb4 Qxb4 23.
Bd2 Qb7 24. Qd3 Bf6 $11 {Knaak,R-Bielczyk,J/Polanica Zdroj/1979/}) 9... a5 $6
$146 {[%mdl 16384] Strategically dubious, as it clarifies the situation on the
<< in White's favour.} (9... Bg4 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Rb8 13. b3
Nh5 14. g4 Nhf6 15. Bf4 h5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rb6 19. f3 $14 {
1/2,Sosonko,G-Bosboom,M/Brussels/1993/} (19. Qe2 $5 $36)) (9... Nbd7 10. b3 (
10. Re1 Nb6 (10... Ng4 $5) 11. b3 Nxc4 (11... Rb8 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 $14 {1/2,Keene,R-Pytel,K/Manchester/1981/}) 12. Nxc4 Ba6 13. Nfd2 (13. Bb2
$142 $13) 13... e6 $5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Nd5 17. Bb2 Nf4 $36 {
Santos,M-Dumont,S/Sao Paulo/2004/}) 10... Ng4 $5 (10... Nb6 11. Bb2 $14) 11.
Bb2 Bxb2 12. Rxb2 Rb8 13. h3 Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Ba6 17.
Rc2 e6 (17... Rb4 $142 $5 $132) 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Rd2 Qh4 20. Rxd6 Bxc4 21.
bxc4 Rxf4 22. Rxe6 $36 {Poluljahov,A-Tseshkovsky,V/Krasnodar/1998/}) (9... Ba6
10. b3 Qa5 11. a3 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Qa6 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Bg5 Nb6 15. Nfd2 Rfe8 16.
Qc2 Nfd7 17. a4 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Rab8 19. Bd2 Ne5 20. f4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Bd4+ 22.
Kf1 Qc8 $1 $11 {Barbero,G-Sarfati,J/Thessaloniki olm/1988/}) 10. a4 $1 $36 {
[%csl Ra5][%mdl 4] ><a5 Now after Black takes on c4, White will control the
<->b and moreover the Pa5 will be weak. Gagunashvili tries to get the typical
Volga <=>, but Lputian instructively combines his own [+] and << play with
effective prophylaxis.} Nbd7 11. b3 Nb6 12. Re1 (12. h3 Nxc4 13. bxc4 e5 $5 $11
) 12... Rb8 (12... Bg4 13. h3 (13. Bb5 e6 $5 $13) 13... Bxf3 14. Nxf3 $14 {
[%cal Yc1d2,Yd2c3,Yd1c2] /\Bd2-c3,Qc2 is pleasant for White, now} Nxc4 $6 15.
bxc4 Rb8 16. Bd2 $16 {transposes into the game.}) 13. h3 $1 Nxc4 $6 (13... e6
$142 $5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. e5 $14 dxe5 16. Nxe5 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5,Re6]}) 14. Nxc4
Ba6 15. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2a5]} Bxc4 (15... Qd7 16. Qc2 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra5] ><a5}
(16. Nxa5 $6 Bd3 17. Nc6 Bxe4 18. Nxb8 Rxb8 $44)) 16. bxc4 $16 {[%csl Gb4,Rb5]
The main difference on the <->b is White controls the entry point on b4 and
can himself penetrate via b5.} Rb4 $5 {A desperate bid for <=>.} (16... Rxb1
17. Qxb1 Qc7 18. Qb5 $16) (16... Qc7 17. Rb5 $1 $16) 17. Bxb4 axb4 (17... cxb4
18. Nd4 $5 (18. e5 Nd7 $5 19. e6 Nc5 $16) 18... Nd7 19. Nc6 Qc7 20. Nxe7+ Kh8
21. Nc6 $16 {/+-}) 18. e5 {|^[+]} Ne8 (18... dxe5 19. Nxe5 {[%cal Re5c6] /
\Nc6+-}) (18... Nd7 $5 19. e6 Ne5 $16) 19. h4 $1 {Now Black's N is passive and
White can gradually improve his position.} Qc7 (19... h5 20. Qc2 {[%cal Yb1e1,
Ye1e3] /\Re3,Rbe1->}) (19... Qa5 20. h5 $40) 20. Qe2 Qa5 21. Qc2 h6 (21... Nc7
22. h5 Ra8 23. exd6 (23. hxg6 hxg6 24. e6 $5 $40) 23... exd6 24. Re7 $18) 22.
g3 Nc7 23. Kg2 $1 Na8 $6 (23... Ra8 24. h5 $5 (24. e6 f5 25. h5 Qxa4 26. Qd3 $5
$40 (26. Qxa4 Rxa4 27. hxg6 Bf6 28. Nh4 Kg7 29. Nxf5+ Kxg6 $16)) 24... Qxa4 25.
Qxa4 Rxa4 26. exd6 exd6 27. Re7 $18) 24. h5 {With all his pieces aiming at the
>> White quickly winds up his ->.} g5 (24... gxh5 25. Nh4 $1 Bxe5 26. Nf5 $18)
25. Qf5 $1 Qxa4 (25... Nb6 26. Nxg5 hxg5 27. h6 $18) 26. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 27. h6
Bxh6 (27... Bh8 28. h7+ Kg7 29. Qxg5+ Kxh7 30. Rh1#) 28. Rh1 (28. Rh1 e6 (28...
Kg7 29. Rxh6 Kxh6 30. Rh1+ $18) 29. dxe6 (29. Qd3 $18) 29... Qc6+ 30. Kg1 $18)
1-0

[Event "SVK-ch"]
[Site "Kaskady"]
[Date "2002.06.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Markos, Jan"]
[Black "Plachetka, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 bxc4 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nd2 $5 {A rare plan, more
usual is} (6. e4 Nbd7 (6... g6 7. Bxc4 Bg7 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. O-O $14)
7. Bxc4 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Rb8 11. Rb1 Ng4 12. Qc2 Nge5 13. Nxe5
Nxe5 14. Bf1 c4 15. Be3 Qa5 16. f4 Nd3 17. Bxd3 cxd3 18. Qxd3 Ba6 $44 {1/2,
Tkachiev,V-Nisipeanu,L/FRA-chT/2001/}) 6... Nbd7 7. e4 g6 8. Nxc4 {Although
White has occupied the important c4-square with his N, he has lost time and
Black is ready to launch the typical Benko Gambit <=>.} Bg7 (8... Nb6 9. e5 $5
dxe5 (9... Nxc4 10. exf6 Nb6 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. O-O $5 $32) 10. Nxe5 a6 11. Be3
Qc7 12. Bf4 $1 $36 (12. Nc4 Bb7 13. d6 exd6 14. Bg5 {Olszewski,M-Szwed,J/
Laczna/2002/} Qe7+ $15)) 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. h3 Nb6 12. Na3 Nfd7
13. f4 Bb7 14. Qc2 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. b3 c4 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 d5 19.
exd5 exd5 20. Bd3 Rc8 21. Bd2 d4 22. Bc4+ Rxc4 23. bxc4 dxc3 24. Bxc3 Qb6+ $13
{Ippolito,D-Gelman,C/Bloomington/1997/}) 9... Nb6 (9... O-O 10. O-O Ba6 (10...
Nb6 11. Bg5 Rb8 $6 (11... Nxc4 $142) 12. Ne3 $1 Bd7 13. a4 Qc7 14. f4 a5 15.
Kh1 h6 16. Bh4 {()} Na8 17. Nc4 g5 $2 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Rb4 20. e5 $1 Ng4
21. Bxe7 Nxe5 22. Bxd6 Nxc4 23. Bxc7 Nxb2 24. Qd2 Nxc7 25. d6 Ne6 26. Nd5 {
1-0,Efimov,I-Sermek,D/Montecatini Terme/1999/}) 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. Qc2 Ne8 13.
Rab1 $14 {/=} Bxc4 $6 14. Bxc4 Nc7 15. a3 Nb6 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Rbd1 c4 18. Be2
Nb5 19. Nxb5 Qxb5 20. Bc3 Rfc8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. b4 a5 23. Rb1 $36 {Ekstroem,
R-Kurz,E/Geneve/1995/}) 10. Ne3 O-O 11. a4 Rb8 12. O-O (12. a5 Na8 $5 13. O-O
Nc7 {[%cal Yc7a6,Ya6b4,Ye7e6] /\Na6-b4,e6<=>[+],<->b}) 12... e6 (12... a5 $5
$13) 13. Qc2 (13. a5 Na8 14. Bc4 Nc7 15. Qd3 $14) 13... exd5 14. exd5 Re8 15.
Rd1 (15. a5 $142 Na8 16. Bd2 Nc7 $11) 15... Qe7 16. Bb5 (16. Bd2 $2 Nbxd5 $1
17. Ncxd5 Nxd5 $17) (16. a5 $5 $11) 16... Bd7 17. Bd2 (17. Bxd7 Nfxd7 18. a5
Nc4 $1 19. Ra4 (19. Nxc4 $4 Qe1+ 20. Rxe1 Rxe1#) 19... Nxe3 20. Bxe3 Bd4 $1 $36
) 17... Bxb5 $6 {Opening the <->a only gives White an object of attack.} (17...
Ne4 $1 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 $15) 18. axb5 {[%cal Ga1a7]} Qd7 (18... Qb7 $142 19. Qd3
Nfd7 $13 {/\} 20. Ra6 c4 $1 $36) 19. Ra6 Re5 (19... Rb7 $5 20. Rda1 Nh5 $132 (
20... Bh6 $5 $132)) 20. Qd3 (20. Rda1 Nfxd5 (20... Rb7 $5) 21. Nexd5 Nxd5 22.
Rxa7 Qe6 $11) 20... Ng4 (20... Bh6 $1 $13) 21. Rda1 Rb7 $6 {This P-sacrifice
is really means playing with fire, as the o^b5 will become White's main trump.
Despite some earlier inaccuracies the position stays more or less balanced
after} (21... Nxe3 22. Bxe3 Rb7 23. Bf4 Rf5 $132) 22. Nxg4 Qxg4 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 (
23... c4 $2 24. Ra8+ $1 Bf8 (24... Nxa8 25. Rxa8+ Bf8 26. Bh6 Re1+ 27. Qf1
Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 $18) 25. Bh6 Nd7 26. Rxf8+ Nxf8 27. Ra8 $18) 24. Rxa7 h5 $1 (
24... Nxd5 $2 25. Ra8+ Bf8 26. Bh6 Re1+ 27. Qf1 $18) (24... c4 25. Qg3 $5 $14)
25. f4 {[%mdl 64]} (25. h3 Qc4 (25... Qd4 26. Qxd4 cxd4 27. Na4 $36 {[%csl Gb5]
o^b}) 26. Qxc4 Nxc4 27. Bf4 Rf5 28. Bg3 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Rxd5 30. Ra4 Rd1+ 31. Kh2
d5 $11 (31... Nd2 $11)) ({White goes for tactical complications instead of the
more circumspect} 25. Ra6 $142 $1 Nxd5 26. Rxd6 $14) 25... Re8 26. h3 Qh4 {
[%csl Rf4,Rg1,Rg3] <=>׻} 27. Kh2 (27. Ra1 $14) 27... Qf2 {[%cal Yg7c3,Yg7d4] /
\Bc3,Bd4} (27... Bd4 $142 $14) 28. Ne4 (28. Nd1 $5 Qd4 (28... Qe2 29. Qxe2 Rxe2
30. Ba5 {/\} Bh6 31. Bxb6 Bxf4+ 32. Kg1 Re1+ 33. Kf2 Rxd1 34. Bc7 Rd2+ 35. Kf3
g5 36. b6 $18) 29. Qxd4 cxd4 {[%cal Rb6d5,Ye8b8] /\Nd5,Rb8} 30. Ba5 Nxd5 31. b6
$16) 28... Rxe4 $8 29. Qxe4 Qxd2 30. Rb7 (30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Qxf7 Qd4 32. Rb7 c4
$5 33. f5 Qe5+ $11) 30... Nxd5 (30... Qxd5 $2 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Rxb6 $18) 31.
Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qxf7 Qd4 33. b6 Nb4 34. Re7 (34. Rc7 $1 Na6 35. b7 $16 (35. Ra7 $5
)) 34... Nc6 35. b7 $2 $138 (35. Rc7 Nd8 36. Qf8 Ne6 $1 37. Rxg7+ Nxg7 38. b7
Nf5 39. b8=Q Qxf4+ $11) (35. Re6 $142 Qd3 36. b7 $16) 35... Nxe7 $1 36. b8=Q
Nf5 37. Qbg8+ Kh6 38. Qc4 Qxb2 $2 (38... Qf2 $1 39. Qe4 Ne3 40. Qxg7+ $11 (40.
Qf3 Nf1+ 41. Kh1 Qe1 $1 $19)) 39. Qd8 h4 $2 $138 (39... Qxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Ne3+ 41.
Kf3 Nxc4 42. Qg5+ Kh7 43. f5 $18) (39... Bf6 40. Qe8 Qf2 $16) 40. Qg5+ Kh7 41.
Qf7 {[%csl Rg6] ><g6} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0203 78th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 d6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. a4 a5
9. e4 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nxb6 {A typical position from the 5. (6.) b6
complex. The material is equal, but Black's play on the << is squashed for the
time being and it's not so easy for him to get effective <=>. White on the
other hand has a () and controls the [+], he will gradually turn his sights to
the >>. Black should combine operations on the <->b with a possible central
break (e6, possibly even f5).} (11... Qxb6 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Bb5 $5 $36 Bxb5 14.
axb5 a4 15. Nc4 Qb7 16. h3 h6 17. Be3 Ne8 18. Rxa4 Rxa4 19. Qxa4 Nb6 20. Nxb6
Qxb6 21. Qa6 Qxa6 22. bxa6 Nc7 23. Ra1 Ra8 24. a7 f5 25. f3 Kf7 26. Ra5 Ke8 27.
Na4 Rd8 28. b4 f4 29. Bf2 {1-0,Mollov,E-Pantaleev,P/BUL-chT/2001/}) 12. Bf4 (
12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 (13. Bf4 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 Ra8 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. h3
Qb7 18. Nd2 Nfd7 19. Bg3 Rfe8 20. Ndb1 c4 21. Na3 Nc5 22. e5 Nd3 23. e6 f5 24.
Nab5 f4 $36 {Chiburdanidze,M-Sedina,E/FIDE WChW Moscow/2001/}) 13... e6 14.
dxe6 Bxe6 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Qc1 Rfc8 17. Bf3 Nfd7 18. Be2 Ne5 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20.
Bxf3 Kh7 21. Rd1 Rab8 22. Bf4 Nc4 $15 {Kobylkin,E-Tseshkovsky,V/Krasnodar/2002/
}) (12. Re1 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qe2 Qc8 15. Bf4 Qb7 16. Rab1 Raa8 17. b3 Rfc8
18. Nb5 Ne8 19. Nd2 Nc7 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. Nc4 Rcb8 22. Bd2 Nxc4 23. bxc4 Bb2
24. Bh6 Bc3 25. Rec1 Rb4 26. Qc2 Bd4 27. Bd2 Qd7 $1 28. Bxb4 axb4 $44 {|^,
Gaprindashvili,V-Zubov,O/Alushta/1999/}) (12. h3 Ne8 13. Bf4 Nc7 14. Qd2 Ba6
15. Rfe1 Nc4 16. Qc2 e5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bc1 Nb6 19. Bxa6 Nxa6 20. b3 Nb4 21. Qe2
Qe7 22. Ba3 $6 f5 23. Rad1 Bh6 24. Bc1 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 fxe4 26. Qxe4 Rf5 27. Re2
Raf8 $17 {[%csl Rd5] ><d5, Hoethe,C-Krivoshey,S/Schwabisch Gmund/2002/}) 12...
Bg4 $6 {[%mdl 16416] This sortie, although often played, is in my opinion
strategically suspect. By exchanging his light-squared B Black hands over the
squares b5 and c4 to White, which in turn makes it extremely difficult to
achieve any effective <=> on the <<.} (12... Ne8 13. Qd2 Bg4 $6 (13... Nc7 $142
14. Bh6 $14) 14. Rfe1 (14. h3 $5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nc4 16. Qc2 Qb6 17. b3 Ne5 18.
Be2 Nc7 19. Nb5 (19. Be3 $5) 19... f5 20. Rad1 fxe4 {1/2,Martyn,R-Erwich,F/
Millfield School/2002/} 21. Qxe4 $14) 14... Nc7 $6 (14... Rb8 $142 $1 {/\Bf3})
15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nc4 17. Qc2 Na6 18. Nb5 Ne5 19. Be2 Nb4 20. Qd2 Qd7 21.
Bg3 Qb7 22. Rad1 Kh8 23. f4 Nd7 24. Bc4 Nb6 25. b3 $16 {[%csl Gb5,Gc4] Shaked,
T-Shirov,A/Tilburg/1997/ This game well illustrates the words above-White has
nothing to fear on the << and rules supreme in the [+].}) (12... Ba6 $142 $13 {
as in the examples from the above note.}) 13. h3 $1 {As indicated White wants
to exchange Black's B and keep his own.} (13. Nd2 $143 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qd7 15.
Nf3 Nh5 16. Bg5 $13 Bxc3 $6 17. bxc3 Nxa4 18. Ra3 f6 19. Bh6 Rfb8 20. Rfa1 Rb2
21. Nd2 Nb6 22. Rxa5 Rxa5 23. Rxa5 Kf7 24. Qd1 Qb7 25. Ra1 Ng7 26. h4 $36 {
Saric,I-Vasilev,M/Rijeka/2002/}) 13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nfd7 $146 (14... Ne8 15.
Qc2 Nd7 16. Rad1 Nc7 17. Be2 Na6 18. Rfe1 Nb4 19. Qd2 Rc8 20. Bc4 Nb6 21. b3
Nxc4 22. bxc4 Qc7 23. Nb5 Qb8 24. Bg3 Rcd8 25. Bh4 Rd7 26. f4 $16 {Bagirov,
R-Afshari,M/Dubai/2001/ is similar to the Shaked-Shirov game.}) 15. Rb1 (15.
Qc2 $5 f5 16. Rfe1 $14) 15... c4 {[%csl Rc4] Here the P will soon be very
vulnerable.} (15... Ne5 $142 16. Be2 e6 17. Bg3 $14) 16. Be3 Qc8 17. Qc2 Rb8 (
17... Nc5 $5 18. Bg4 Qb7 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Nb5 Rab8 21. Na3 $14 (21. b3 $5 $36)
) 18. Nb5 Rb7 (18... Nc5 19. Na7 Qa6 (19... Qc7 20. Nc6 Ra8 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22.
Be2 $16) 20. Nc6 (20. Bxc5 Qxa7 $14) 20... Nbxa4 21. Nxb8 (21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22.
Nc6 Rxb2 23. Rxb2 Nxb2 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Be2 $16) 21... Rxb8 22. Be2 Rxb2 23.
Rxb2 Nxb2 24. Rb1 $16) 19. Bg4 $1 $16 {Now Black loses material by force,
while White keeps control of the position.} h5 (19... Qb8 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 (20...
Rxd7 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. Qxc4 $18 {[%cal Gc1c8] <->c}) 21. Qxc4 Rc8 22. Qe2 $16)
20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Rfc1 (21. Na7 Qa8 22. Nc6 Ne5 $14) 21... Ne5 (21... f5 $5 {
׻,<=> was the last chance to get at least some <=> despite the weaknesses
this move creates. On move 24 it will be already too late.} 22. exf5 (22. b3 $5
$16) 22... Rxf5 23. Qe4 Nf6 24. Rxc4 Qd7 25. Qe6+ $16) 22. b3 Nd3 (22... f5 23.
exf5 gxf5 24. bxc4 f4 25. Bd4 $16 {/+-}) (22... c3 23. Qd1 f5 24. Rxc3 {/\}
Nf3+ 25. Qxf3 Bxc3 26. Rc1 $18) 23. Rd1 Nb4 24. Qxc4 f5 $6 (24... Qxc4 $142 25.
bxc4 Rc8 26. Na3 $16 {[%cal Rc4c5,Ra3c4] /\c5,Nc4} (26. f3 $5 Rxc4 27. Rdc1 $16
)) 25. Qxc8 Rxc8 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Rbc1 Rbb8 (27... Rxc1 28. Bxc1 Rb8 29. Bd2
Nxd5 30. Bxa5 {/\} e6 31. Nxd6 Rxb3 32. Nxf5 $1 $18) 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Bb6 $18
Rc2 (29... Be5 30. Nc7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb6a5] /\Ba5} (30. Bxa5 Nxd5 $16)) 30.
Bxa5 Na6 31. Bd8 (31. Rb1 {[%cal Yb5a3,Yb3b4] /\Na3,b4} Rc5 (31... Bb2 32. Bb6
Kf7 33. Bd4 $18) 32. Bd8 Kf7 {forces White to return with his R, or sacrifice
a P.}) 31... Kf7 32. a5 Rb2 33. Nd4 Bxd4 {This only simplifies the position
and White's task.} (33... f4 $142 34. Bb6 Nb4 35. Ne6 Be5 36. Bd4 Rxb3 37. Bxe5
dxe5 38. Re1 Nxd5 (38... Kf6 39. Nc5 $18) 39. Rxe5 Rb5 40. Kh2 (40. a6 Kf6 $1
41. a7 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Ra1 43. Rxd5 Kxe6 $14) (40. Nxf4 Rb1+ 41. Kh2 Nxf4 42. Rf5+
Kg6 43. Rxf4 Ra1 $16) 40... Kf6 41. Nd4 Rxa5 42. Rxh5 Kg6 43. Re5 Kf6 44. Rf5+
Kg6 45. h4 $18) 34. Rxd4 Rxb3 35. Rf4 e6 (35... Kf6 36. g4 (36. Rh4 Kg6 37.
Bxe7 Rd3) 36... hxg4 37. hxg4 Kg5 38. Rc4 Rb7 39. Rc6 $18) 36. dxe6+ Kxe6 37.
Rh4 Nc5 (37... d5 38. Rxh5 {[%cal Rh5h6] /\Rh6} Nb4 39. Rh6+ Kd7 40. Bb6 $18)
38. Rxh5 Ra3 39. Rh6+ Kd7 40. Bb6 (40. Bb6 Ne4 41. h4 $18 {[%csl Ga5,Gh4] o^a,h
}) 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Milu, Romeo Sorin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1999.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Rogozenko} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 Bb7 $5 ({
A less played alternative to the more usual} 6... Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Qxd5 Nc6
9. e4 Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Nf3 {[%csl Gd5] Black's idea is to deny White's
pieces the d5 outpost.}) 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5 d6 {Rogozenko: 'This system
against the 5.b6 line in Volga became popular lately. Black has a very
concrete approach - the attack of White´s pawn on d5. So far White failed to
demonstrate an advantage here, so I decided to play a completely new plan: to
sacrifice the pawn on d5 and try to organize an attack on the kingside. '} 9.
a4 (9. Bg5 $6 {Rogozenko} Be7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bc4 Nbd7 12. a4 Nxb6 13. Ba2
Nfxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxg5 15. Nxb6 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxb6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Lomineishvili,
M-Jaehnisch,F/Chemnitz 1998/EXT 99 (20)}) 9... a5 $5 {The best reaction. It's
better not to give White too much space on the <<, as he will be able to stop
any counterplay by Black and concentrate on the Black >>:} (9... Qxb6 10. Bc4 (
10. a5 Qc7 11. Bc4 Be7 12. Nge2 O-O 13. O-O Nbd7 14. f4 Qd8 15. Qd3 Ne8 16. g4
Nc7 17. Bd2 Re8 18. g5 Bf8 19. h4 Rb8 20. Ng3 Bc8 21. b3 g6 22. Nce4 f5 23.
gxf6 Nxf6 24. Ng5 Bg7 25. Rae1 h6 26. Qxg6 hxg5 27. fxg5 Ng4 {1-0,Knaak,
R-Mainka,R/GER-CupT/1991}) 10... Nbd7 11. f4 $1 Be7 12. Nge2 O-O 13. O-O Rab8
14. a5 Qa7 15. Ng3 Qa8 16. b3 Ne8 17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Ra2 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 g6 20. Ba1
Nc7 21. Rd2 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rf3 N5f6 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rxd4 d5 26. Bxd5
Nxd5 27. Rxd5 $16 {Shirov,A-Andruet,G/Val Maubuee/1989/}) 10. Bb5+ (10. Nf3 Be7
11. Bc4 Nbd7 12. O-O O-O 13. b3 Nxb6 14. Qd3 Ne8 15. Nd2 Bf6 16. Nde4 Be5 17.
Bg5 Qd7 18. Rae1 {'~~' Rogozenko.} h6 19. Bd2 Qg4 20. Nb5 Qh5 21. f4 Bb2 22.
Rb1 Bf6 23. Ng3 Qg4 24. Nf5 h5 25. Rbe1 h4 26. Ne7+ Bxe7 27. Rxe7 h3 $1 $132 {
Mikhalevski,A-Kogan,A/Budapest/1997/}) 10... Nbd7 11. Nge2 {The most usual
move, although other alternatives have been tried:} (11. Nh3 Be7 12. O-O O-O
13. Re1 Nxb6 14. Nf4 Ne8 $5 (14... Nfd7 15. Ne4 Nf6 16. Nc3 (16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.
Rb1 Be5 18. Nd3 Bd4 19. Bc6 Bxc6 20. dxc6 Qc7 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Qxc6 $17 {
Ulko,J-Dubinsky,R/Moscow/1994/}) 16... Nfd7 17. Ra3 Bf6 18. Ne4 Be5 19. Rh3 Nf6
20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Nh5 Qd8 22. Rxe5 dxe5 23. Qg4 g6 24. Bg5 f5 25. Qh4 Qc7 26.
d6 Qxd6 27. Nf6+ Kf7 28. Rd3 $18 {Krasnov,S-Dubinsky,R/Moscow/1995/}) (14...
Rc8 15. b3 Ne8 16. Ra2 Bf6 17. Ne4 Be5 18. Rae2 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {Barsov,
A-Polgar,S/Wijk aan Zee/1997/ (30) '=' Rogozenko.}) 15. Bc6 Rb8 16. Nb5 Nc4 17.
Nh5 Bxc6 18. dxc6 Ne5 19. Ra3 Nxc6 20. Rg3 Kh8 21. Rh3 g6 22. b3 d5 23. Nf4 Nf6
24. Ba3 Nb4 25. Nd3 Bd6 $17 {Petran,P-Sziebert,A/HUN-chT1/1995/}) (11. Bg5 Be7
12. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 13. Qg4 Qe7+ (13... h5 {Rogozenko} 14. Qf5 g6 15. Qh3 Bxc3+
16. bxc3 Bxd5 17. Ne2 Be6 18. Qg3 O-O 19. b7 Rb8 20. Qxd6 Rxb7 21. Rd1 Qb6 22.
O-O Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Nb6 24. h4 Rbb8 25. Nc1 Rfd8 26. Rc6 Bd7 {1/2-1/2
Chiburdanidze,M-Shinkevich,V/Perm 1997/CBM 58 (26)}) 14. Kd2 h5 15. Qh3 Bxc3+
16. bxc3 Bxd5 17. Ne2 Be6 18. Qf3 O-O 19. Qxh5 g6 20. Qh6 Nxb6 21. h4 Nc4+ 22.
Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Nf4 Rab8 $40 {Ho,A-Gershon,A/Zagan WchJ/1997/}) 11... Be7 12. O-O
(12. Ng3 O-O 13. Nf5 Nxb6 14. Ne3 {Rogozenko: 'With the same common idea -
just to defend d5 pawn.'} Ne8 15. O-O Nc7 16. Bd3 g6 $6 17. Qb3 Na6 18. Nc4 Nb4
{'~~' Rogozenko.} 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Bb5 Rec8 22. Rad1 Ba6 23. Ne4
f6 24. Qh3 f5 25. Qc3 Bf8 26. Nf6+ Kf7 27. Nd7 {1-0,Roeber,B-Matthey,H/
OLO-A9798/1998/}) 12... O-O 13. Ng3 {[%mdl 64] '!?' Rogozenko. A pawn
sacrifice, which however doesn't bring White an advantage. Black holds his own
in the following short tactical skirmish.} (13. Nf4 Re8 14. Re1 Bf8 15. Rxe8
Qxe8 16. Be3 (16. b3 $142 $5) 16... Qd8 17. Qf3 Qxb6 18. Rd1 Ne5 19. Qg3 Rc8
20. h3 Rc7 21. Nd3 Ned7 22. Qf3 Qa7 23. g4 Qa8 24. Nf4 Ne5 $132 {Leuly,
M-Collas,D/Montpellier/1991/}) 13... Nxb6 14. Nf5 {Rogozenko: 'This is what I
meant. I had a brief look before the game and decided to give it a try. '}
Nfxd5 (14... Nbxd5 {Rogozenko} 15. Re1 $1 $16 {and Black is completely
paralized.}) 15. Qg4 (15. Bh6 gxh6 16. Qg4+ Bg5 17. h4 (17. f4 Nxf4 18. Rxf4
Kh8 $17) 17... Kh8 $5 (17... Nf6 $2 18. Nxh6+ Kh8 19. Qxg5 $14) 18. hxg5 Qxg5
19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Nxd6 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Bd5 $15) (15. Ne4 $5 {Rogozenko} Bc8 16.
Qf3 {is another possibility.}) 15... Bf6 (15... g6 $6 16. Bh6 Bf6 (16... Nf6
17. Qg5 $5 Nfd5 18. Qg3 $36) 17. Qg3 $14 {loses the exchange}) 16. Bh6 {
'?!' Rogozenko. Rogozenko: 'This was my initial idea, but it seems that after
a forced variation it leeds only to a draw.'} (16. Ne4 {Rogozenko} Bc8 17. Rd1
{looks promising.} (17. Ra3 $5)) 16... Bc8 $1 {'[]' Rogozenko.} (16... Nxc3 17.
Bxg7 (17. Nxg7 Kh8 $1 18. Bd3 c4 $19) (17. bxc3 Bc8 $17) 17... h5 $8 18. Nh6+ (
18. Qg3 $2 Ne4) (18. Bxf6+ hxg4 19. Bxd8 Rfxd8 20. bxc3 {[%csl Rd6,Rg4] ק,=/+/
=}) 18... Kh7 19. Qxh5 Kxg7 20. Nf5+ Kg8 21. bxc3 $44 {White has a guaranteed
draw and can continue his attack. (Re1-e3,Bd3 etc.)}) 17. Nxd5 (17. Bxg7 {
Rogozenko} Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Bxg7 19. Nxd5 {with the same position as in the game.}
) (17. Bd3 {Rogozenko it doesn´t work because of the nice reply} Ne7 $1 $17)
17... Nxd5 18. Bxg7 $8 (18. Bc6 $2 {Rogozenko} Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Ne7 $19) 18...
Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Bxg7 (19... Kxg7 {Rogozenko} 20. Qxd5 Bxb2 {is also possible.})
20. Qxd5 Bxb2 {'!' Rogozenko. Rogozenko: 'Otherwise White is clearly better.
Now Black is a pawn up which is enough compensation for his weak light-squares.
'} 21. Rae1 Qf6 22. Re4 $44 (22. Re3 $142 $5) 22... Kh8 23. Re3 {Black's extra
pawn doesn't count for much due to a strong White-square blockade, but White
doesn't have enough pieces for a successful >> attack.} (23. Re3 Bd4 24. Rf3 (
24. Rh3 Qe5) 24... Qe5 25. Bc6 $5 Qxd5 26. Bxd5 Ra7 27. Rb1 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Penta Media GM"]
[Site "Kelamabakkam"]
[Date "2000.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2000.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8.
Qxd5 Nc6 9. Nf3 (9. e4 Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Nf3 Bb7 $6 (11... Rb8 $142 $1) 12.
Qf5 Qxb6 13. O-O d6 14. Bd2 Bc8 15. Qh5 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qh3 e5 18. Qe6+
Kh8 19. Bc3 Rf6 20. Qd5 Raf8 21. Nd2 Rg6 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Rad1 Nd8 24. f4 exf4
25. e5 dxe5 26. Bxe5 Qc6 27. Rxf4 Rxf4 28. Bxf4 Re6 29. Be3 h6 30. b3 $14 {
[%csl Gc4] /+/-,Salov,V-Lautier,J/Enghien-les-Bains/1999/}) 9... Rb8 10. Bd2 ({
There have been some new developments in the other line:} 10. Ne5 Qf6 11. Nxc6
dxc6 12. Qf3 $5 (12. Qe4+ Be7 13. Bd2 $5 O-O (13... Qxb2 14. Rd1 Rxb6 15. e3
Be6 16. Bc4 Bd5 17. Qd3 Qe5 18. Bc3 Qe6 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Rxd5
Rb1+ 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 $14 {Hillarp Persson,T-Dunnington,A/St Helier op/
1999/}) 14. Bc3 Qe6 15. Qxe6 Bxe6 16. e3 Rxb6 17. Be2 c4 18. O-O Bf6 19. Bxf6
gxf6 20. Rfc1 Rxb2 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Rd8 23. Rxc6 Rxa2 24. Rcc1 Rdd2 25.
Rxa2 Rxa2 $11 {Shubin,A-Sumaneev,D/Volgograd/1997/}) 12... Be7 13. Bd2 Qxb2 (
13... Qxf3 14. exf3 Rxb6 15. Bc3 O-O $14) 14. Bc3 Qxb6 15. e4 $1 (15. Bxg7 $143
Rg8 16. Bc3 c4 17. Qe4 Be6 18. Qxh7 Rg5 19. e3 Bb4 20. Qc2 Qa5 21. Bxb4 Rxb4
22. Be2 c3 {0-1,Deiler,P-Degraeve,J/Metz op/2000/}) 15... Be6 16. Qg3 Rg8 (
16... Bf6 17. e5 Be7 18. Qxg7 Kd7 19. Qh6 Rhg8 20. g3 c4 21. Bh3 Qb1+ 22. Rxb1
Rxb1+ 23. Ke2 Rxh1 24. Bxe6+ fxe6 25. Qxh7 Rb8 26. h4 $16 {Hillarp Persson,
T-Kallio,H/Gothenburg/2000/}) 17. Be2 f6 18. O-O Rd8 19. f4 g6 20. Qe3 Rd7 21.
g3 Qa7 22. f5 Bf7 23. e5 fxe5 24. f6 Bd6 25. Bg4 Qc7 26. Rad1 Bd5 27. Bxd7+
Kxd7 28. Qh6 Qd8 29. Qh3+ {1-0,Parker,J-Claesen,P/Mondariz zt/2000/}) (10. e4 {
is the most usual move.}) 10... Rxb6 (10... Be7 11. Bc3 O-O 12. e4 Qxb6 (12...
Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. Qb3 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxe4 16. Bxa6 Bf6 17. Be3 Bxg2 18. Rg1
Be4 19. a4 d5 20. a5 Qd6 21. Bd3 d4 $2 (21... Rbe8 $5 $14) 22. Bxe4 dxe3 23.
Qxe3 Rfe8 24. Kf1 Qb4 25. Rg4 Qxb2 26. Rb1 Qa2 27. Rb5 $18 {Dreev,
A-Solozhenkin,E/Elista RUS-ch/1996/}) (12... Rxb6 13. Bc4 d6 (13... Nb4 14. Qd2
d5 15. exd5 Bb7 16. O-O Qa8 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Rfe1 Bf6 19. Bxb4 Rxb4 20. b3 a5
21. Qe3 Qc8 22. d6 g6 23. d7 Qc6 24. Qe8+ {Rowson,J-Ledger,S/BCF-ch Hove/1997/}
) 14. Qh5 (14. O-O {-see game.}) 14... Bf6 15. O-O h6 16. Rad1 Bxc3 17. bxc3
Qf6 18. Rd3 Kh7 19. Re3 g6 20. Qd5 Bb7 21. Qd3 Re8 22. Bd5 Re7 23. Rb1 Rxb1+
24. Qxb1 Na5 $11 {Delemarre,J-Erwich,F/NED-chT Amsterdam/2000/}) 13. Bc4 Nb4
14. Qd2 Qg6 15. O-O Qxe4 $5 (15... d6 16. a3 Nc6 17. Qf4 Na7 18. a4 Nc6 19.
Rad1 $14 Be6 $2 20. Bxa6 f5 21. Nh4 Qg4 22. Qxg4 fxg4 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Bc4+ Kh8
25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Rfe1 Ne5 27. Bd5 $18 {Dreev,A-Fominyh,A/RUS-chT Maikop/1998/}
) 16. Rfe1 Qxc4 17. Rxe7 Nd5 18. Bxg7 Nxe7 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Re1
Bb7 22. Rxe7 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qd4 24. Re4 Qxb2 25. Rg4+ Kh8 26. Qxa6 f5 27. Rg3
Qe5 28. a4 f4 29. Rg4 d5 30. a5 d4 $17 {Becker,M-Michalczak,T/BL2W 9900/1999/})
(10... Qxb6 $5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5+ Be7 13. Bc3 f6 14. Qh5+ $13 {1/2,Dreev,
A-Fominyh,A/RUS-ch Elista/1995/}) 11. e4 (11. Bc3 Nb4 $1 12. Qd2 Rd6 $13) 11...
Be7 (11... Rxb2 $6 12. Bc4 $32 {|^}) 12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O d6 ({Now already
taking the pawn deserves more attention:} 13... Rxb2 $5 14. Rad1 (14. Bc3 Rb6 {
/\d6,Be6}) 14... Bb7 15. Qh5 $13) 14. Bc3 (14. Qh5 Rxb2 15. Rad1 Bf6 16. Bc3
Bg4 $5 (16... Bxc3 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Qxf7+ Kh7 20. Rxd6 Qxd6 21.
Qg8+ $13) 17. Qxg4 Bxc3 18. Rd3 Bf6 19. Rfd1 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Rf3 a5 22.
h4 g6 23. h5 Kg7 24. g3 Qe7 25. Kg2 $44 {Khurtsidze,N-Cramling,P/FIDE WCup
Shenyang/2000/}) 14... Be6 15. Qd3 Nb4 16. Qe2 (16. Bxb4 Rxb4 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18.
b3 Qa8 $15) 16... Bxc4 17. Qxc4 d5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. Ne5 $1 (19. Qxd5 Nxd5 $11)
19... Re6 20. Rfd1 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rc5][%mdl 16] ׫} Qxc4 21. Nxc4 Re8 22. g3 h5
23. a3 (23. h4 $14) (23. b3 $5 $14) 23... Nc6 24. Kg2 h4 $132 25. Rd5 Nd4 $1
26. Rd1 (26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Rxd4 Re2 {[%cal Re7c5,Re7f6] /\Bf6,Bc5<=>}) 26...
Nb5 27. Be5 f6 28. Bf4 hxg3 29. hxg3 Re4 {Now White's control of c4 is
insufficient.} 30. Nb6 (30. Rc1 Rd4 $1 $11) 30... Re2 31. R5d2 Rxd2 32. Rxd2
Rd8 33. Nd5 (33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34. Nc4 Kf7 35. Kf3 Ke6 $11) 33... Kf7 34. a4 Nd4
35. Nb6 Nb3 $11 {Now White's << is also weakened.} 36. Rc2 Rd3 37. Nc4 Nd4 38.
Rc3 (38. Rd2 Rxd2 (38... Rb3 $132) 39. Bxd2 Ke6 $11) (38. Rc1 $2 Ne2 $15) 38...
Rxc3 39. bxc3 Nc6 40. Kf3 Ke6 41. Ke4 f5+ 42. Kd3 g5 (42... Kd5 43. Nb6+ Ke6
44. Kc4 Na5+ $11) 43. Bc7 Bd8 44. Bd6 (44. Bxd8 Nxd8 45. Ne3 Ke5 46. Kc4 Ne6
$132) 44... Be7 45. Bxe7 Kxe7 46. f3 (46. Ne3 Ne5+ $11) 46... Ke6 47. f4 gxf4
48. gxf4 Ne7 49. Ne3 Nd5 50. Ng2 (50. Nxd5 Kxd5 51. c4+ Ke6 $11) 50... Kd6 51.
a5 (51. c4 Ne7 $11) 51... Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1999.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 d6 ({More flexible is} 4... g6 {Now the b6
line loses most of it's sting, as Black has the effective} 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 a5
$1 7. Nc3 Ba6 8. Bg5 Qxb6 9. Qb3 Qb4 10. e4 Bg7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e5 Bg7 13. h4
d6 14. Qa4+ Qxa4 15. Nxa4 dxe5 16. Nxc5 O-O 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Rc1 Rfd8 19. Bxa6
Rxa6 20. Ke2 Rd6 21. Rhd1 Nf6 22. Nc3 Bh6 $17 {Epishin,V-Hertneck,G/Vienna op/
1996/}) 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 g6 (6... a5 7. e4 $5 (7. Nc3 Ba6 $13) 7... Nbd7 8. Nc3
g6 9. Bb5 Ba6 10. b7 Ra7 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. O-O (12. Qa4 $5 $36 {/\e5,Bg5})
12... Bg7 13. Qe2 Rb6 14. Nd2 O-O 15. f4 Rxb7 16. e5 Ne8 17. Nc4 Qa8 18. Bd2
Nb6 19. b3 Rb8 20. Qe4 Nc7 21. exd6 exd6 22. Nxd6 Ncxd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5
Nxd5 $11 {1/2,Urban,K-Ehrenfeucht,W/Police/1993/}) 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. e4 Nbd7 9. a4
a5 $1 {[%cal Gb8b1] Although Black weakens b5, it's very difficult for White
to gain a firm foothold on this square and Black is usually able to retain the
typical Volga gambit play dow the b-file.} (9... Qxb6 $143 10. a5 $14 {()}) 10.
Bb5 O-O 11. O-O Nxb6 12. Re1 (12. h3 Ne8 (12... e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Qe2 d5 15.
exd5 Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Qe4 Bf5 19. Qh4 Nb4 20. Bh6 Bxb2 21.
Ng5 Bxa1 22. Bxf8 h5 23. Bd6 Qd8 24. Bc4 $44 {Comas Fabrego,L-Mendoza,L/Lleida/
1991/}) (12... Ba6 13. Bf4 (13. Re1 Bxb5 14. axb5 Nfd7 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Bg5 Rfe8
17. Bf4 a4 18. Ra3 c4 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Nd4 e6 $132 {1/2,Burijovich,L-Malbran,G/
Buenos Aires/1992/}) 13... Bxb5 14. axb5 Nfd7 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Rfe1 Bxc3 $6 17.
bxc3 f6 18. c4 a4 19. Ra3 Ra7 20. Bc1 Re8 21. Nd2 Nf8 22. Bb2 e5 23. dxe6 Rxe6
24. f4 Qf7 25. Rg3 Re8 26. Qd3 $16 {Kiselev,S-Shliahtin,I/Podolsk/1992/}) 13.
Bf4 Nc7 14. Bc6 Rb8 15. e5 Ba6 16. Re1 Nc4 17. b3 Nb2 18. Qc2 Nd3 $36 {Purgin,
N-Martin,A/Moscow/1991/}) (12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Bg5 Bxb5 14. axb5 Nfd7 15. Nd2 Re8
16. f4 Qc8 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Nb6 19. Qd3 Nd7 20. Qc4 Nb6 21. Qd3 Nd7 22.
Qc4 {1/2,Avrukh,B-Leko,P/Duisburg WChJ/1992/}) 12... Ne8 (12... Nfd7 13. Bf4
Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 Qa8 16. Nb5 Qb7 17. Bg5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Ra2 c4
20. Be3 Nxa4 21. Nxd6 exd6 22. Rxa4 Bxb2 $11 {Karpov,A-Foo Hsiang Ming/
Singapore sim/1997/}) (12... Ba6 13. Qc2 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Ne8 15. Bg5 Nc7 16. Nc3
Qd7 17. Rad1 Na6 18. Qc1 f6 19. Bh6 Nxa4 20. Ne2 Rfb8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nf4 Nc7
$15 {Remlinger,L-Manion,J/Philadelphia/1992/}) 13. Bf4 (13. h3 Nc7 14. Bf4 Ba6
15. Qc2 Bxb5 16. axb5 Qd7 17. Rad1 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. e5 Qd7 (19... Nc4 $5)
20. Qc1 Rad8 21. Bh6 Qb7 22. Re4 $1 $40 {Moskalenko,V-Bendersky,V/Simferopol/
1990/}) 13... f6 $6 {Black prevents e5, but was this ugly move necessary?} ({
More to the point as in the previous examples seems} 13... Ba6 $5 14. Bc6 Rb8 {
/\Nc4<=>}) 14. Nd2 (14. h4 $142 $5 Bg4 15. Qd3 $14) 14... Nc7 15. Bc6 (15. Bf1
f5 $1 $132) 15... Rb8 16. Nb3 Nc4 17. Nb5 Na6 $1 $13 18. Qe2 (18. Qc2 Ne5 19.
Bxe5 fxe5 20. Na7 Qb6 21. Nxc8 Rfxc8 22. Bd7 Rf8 $11) 18... Ne5 19. Bxe5 fxe5
20. Nd2 Nb4 21. Nc4 Ba6 22. Ra3 Rc8 23. Na7 Rc7 24. Nb5 Nxc6 {Black has higher
ambitions than repetition.} (24... Rc8 25. Na7 $11) 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. Qd2 $44
Qd7 27. Rb3 (27. Qxa5 Bb7 28. Qd2 $13 {/=}) 27... Bc8 $6 {[%csl Gc8] Now
thanks to a tactical trick White exchanges the more valuable part of Black's
^^.} (27... Kh8 $142 28. Qxa5 Bb7 $13) 28. Na7 $1 Ra6 (28... Qxa7 $2 29. Qd5+
$16) 29. Nxc8 Qxc8 30. Rb5 $14 Rd8 31. Rd1 (31. Rxa5 $5) 31... e6 32. Nxa5 (32.
Rxa5 d5 $132) 32... Qc7 33. b3 Bf8 (33... d5 $2 34. Nb7 $18) 34. Nc4 d5 35. g3
Rc6 $6 (35... Be7 $142 36. Ne3 $5 $13 (36. exd5 exd5 37. Ne3)) 36. Na5 (36. Qd3
Be7 37. Ne3 Bg5 38. exd5 Bxe3 $11) (36. Qa5 $5 Qxa5 37. Rxa5 Bg7 38. Ra7 $36)
36... Rb6 37. Nc4 Rxb5 (37... Ra6 $5 $132) 38. axb5 Be7 39. Ne3 Bg5 40. h4 Bxe3
41. Qxe3 d4 42. Qg5 $36 {עg8} Rf8 43. h5 Qf7 44. Rd2 Qf3 (44... Qf6 $5 45.
Qxf6 Rxf6 46. Rc2 (46. b6 Rf8 47. Rc2 Rb8 48. Rxc5 Rxb6 49. Rxe5 d3 50. Kf1
Rxb3 51. Ke1 Kf7 $11) 46... Rf3 (46... d3 47. Rd2 Rf7 48. Rxd3 Rb7 49. h6 $1
$36) 47. Rxc5 (47. b4 $6 d3 48. Ra2 cxb4 49. b6 Rf8 $1 50. b7 d2 51. Rxd2 Rb8
$17) 47... Rxb3 48. Kf1 $1 $14) 45. Qxe5 Ra8 46. Qxe6+ Kg7 47. Qe5+ Kh6 $8 (
47... Kf7 $2 48. Qd5+) (47... Kf8 $2 48. Qh8+) 48. Qf4+ $8 Qxf4 49. gxf4 {
[%mdl 4096]} Rb8 (49... Kxh5 $2 50. b4 (50. f3 $5 Kh4 51. Kg2 {/\} Rb8 $2 52.
Rd1 $18) 50... Rb8 (50... cxb4 51. Rxd4 b3 52. Rb4 $18) 51. bxc5 Rxb5 52. Rxd4
$18 {/\} Rxc5 $2 53. Rd5+) 50. hxg6 hxg6 51. Rd3 (51. b4 cxb4 52. Rxd4 Rxb5 $44
{=}) 51... Rxb5 52. Rg3 (52. Kg2 Kg7 $14) 52... Ra5 $2 (52... Rb4 $5 53. Rd3 (
53. e5 d3 $1 54. Rxd3 Rxf4 55. Rc3 Rb4 $11) (53. Kg2 $2 d3 $11) 53... Rb5 $14 (
53... Kg7 $14)) 53. Kg2 Ra1 54. Rg5 $1 $18 {עh6 Black's K is now cut off,
while White's R actively attacks the c5,d4 chain. White's own pawns will be
safe after f3.} Rc1 (54... d3 55. Rd5 Rd1 56. f3 $5 (56. Rxc5 Re1 (56... Rb1
57. Rd5 Rxb3 58. Kf3 Ra3 59. Ke3 d2+ 60. Ke2 $1 $18) 57. Rd5 Rxe4 58. Kf3 $16)
(56. Kf3 d2 57. e5 Rb1 58. Rxd2 Rxb3+ 59. Kg4 Rb4 $5 $16) 56... d2 57. Kf2 $18)
55. Rd5 $1 Rc3 56. f3 Kg7 (56... d3 57. Kf2 Rxb3 58. Rxc5 $18 {><d3}) (56...
Rxb3 57. Rxc5 $18) 57. Kg3 Kf6 58. f5 gxf5 (58... g5 $2 59. Kg4 {/\e5,o^e,f})
59. Rxf5+ {o^e,f} Ke6 60. Rd5 Kf6 (60... d3 61. Kf4 Rxb3 62. Rxc5 $18 {/\Rd5,
Ke3}) 61. Kf4 Ke6 62. b4 $1 cxb4 63. Rxd4 b3 (63... Rb3 64. e5 $18) 64. e5 Rc6
65. Rb4 Ra6 (65... Rc3 66. Ke4 b2 67. Rb6+ $1 $18) 66. Rxb3 Ra4+ 67. Kg5 Ra8 (
67... Kxe5 68. Re3+ Kd5 (68... Kd4 $4 69. Re4+) 69. f4 $18) 68. Rb6+ $1 (68. f4
$2 Rg8+ {/\Kf5=}) 68... Kxe5 (68... Kd5 69. f4 Rg8+ 70. Rg6 $18) 69. f4+ Kd5
70. f5 Rg8+ 71. Kh6 (71. Kh6 Ke5 72. f6 {/\f7,Kg7 with a well-know
theoretically won R_|_.}) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 b4 {Black gains space on the << and
deprives the Nb1 of it's most natural square. He also avoids the unclear, but
potentially dangerous line} (4... g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. Qc2 $5) 5. a3 {Sokolov
plays the most testing move, which has already occurred earlier in his
practice-White undermines Black's << outpost.} (5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. a3 O-O
8. O-O a5 9. axb4 cxb4 10. Nd4 Bb7 11. h3 (11. e4 $142 $5 d6 $13) 11... Qc8 12.
b3 d6 13. Be3 Nbd7 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Ra2 Ra6 16. Qc2 e6 17. dxe6 (17. Nc6 $1 $132
) 17... fxe6 18. Rfa1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nfd7 20. f3 Qa8 21. g4 Rc8 22. h4 d5 $36 {
Hillarp Persson,T-Ramirez Alvarez,A/Moscow Aeroflot/2003/}) 5... g6 $5 {
Continuing his development is arguably Black's best option.} (5... Na6 $143 6.
axb4 Nxb4 7. Nc3 d6 8. e4 g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 Nd7 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Ra3 Qb6 16. Bg4 Ne5 17. Be2 Reb8 18. h4 Rb7 19. h5 $14
{|^>>,Sokolov,I-Georgiev,Kir/Sarajevo/1998/ leads to a typical King's Indian
type position, which is advantageous for White.}) 6. axb4 cxb4 7. e4 $5 {
Sokolov likes to play actively and spurns the more sedate} (7. Be3 a5 8. g3 Bg7
9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 $5 (10... d6 11. Nbd2 Bd7 12. h3 a4 13. Nd4 Qc8 $6 (
13... Qc7 $142 {[%cal Yf8c8,Yd7e8,Yf6d7] /\Rc8,Be8,Nfd7<=>,Rogozenko}) 14. Kh2
Qa6 15. f4 Rc8 16. Bg1 Be8 17. e4 Nfd7 18. Qe2 Qb7 19. N2f3 Nb6 20. Rfc1 Na6
21. e5 Nc5 22. h4 $16 {()[+],Razuvaev,Y-Loncar,R/Maribor/1996/}) 11. Nbd2 d6
12. Bd4 Nbd7 {The position is similar to the abovementioned game Hillarp
Persson-Alvarez, also in this game Black successfully counters White's central
ambitions with a timely advance of his own Pe7.} 13. Re1 Qc7 14. e4 Nc5 (14...
e5 $5 $132) 15. Qc2 (15. e5 Nfd7 $13) 15... e5 $1 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Rf1 Bc8 18.
Ne1 Bd7 19. b3 Ng4 (19... Ne8 $5 $11 {/=/+}) 20. h3 Nh6 21. Nd3 $11 {1/2,
Sokolov,I-Wilder,M/Preston/1989/}) 7... Nxe4 {Taking a [+]P (if it's not
completely poisoned, of course!) is always the most principled move, here it's
more or less obligatory as well.} (7... d6 $2 8. Qa4+ Nbd7 9. e5 $1 dxe5 10.
Nxe5 Qc7 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be5 f6 14. Bd4 $36 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5] [+]}
e5 15. Be3 Ng7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Nd2 a5 18. Nb3 a4 19. c5 Kc7 20. Bb5 {
1-0,Kallai,G-Bricard,E/FRA-chT/1996/}) 8. Qd4 Nf6 9. Rxa7 Rxa7 10. Qxa7 Na6 11.
Be3 (11. Be2 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 d6 14. Nbd2 Qd7 15. Ra1 (15. Qb6 $142 $1 {
could lead to the game position.}) 15... Qxa7 16. Bxa7 Nd7 17. Bd4 Ndc5 18.
Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd4 e5 $1 {Once again this important advance holds the balance.}
20. dxe6 fxe6 21. f3 Bb7 $11 {1/2,Kuzmin,A-Vaisser,A/Benasque/1997/}) 11... d6
12. Be2 Bg7 13. Nbd2 Qd7 14. Qb6 $1 {[%mdl 8] A new idea, keeping the queens
on board leads to complicated play and gives White more chances to retain the
initiative.} (14. O-O Qxa7 15. Bxa7 Nd7 $11 (15... O-O 16. Ra1 {-Kuzmin,
A-Vaisser,A})) 14... Qb7 15. Qa5 Nd7 (15... O-O 16. O-O e6 {was more thematic,
but here after} 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Nd4 $14 {/~~ White's position is more
comfortable.}) 16. Nd4 Ndc5 17. O-O O-O 18. Ra1 Bd7 (18... e6 19. dxe6 (19. Bf3
e5 20. Nb5 Qb8 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Qxb4 f5 $44) 19... fxe6 20. Bf3 $36) 19. N2b3
Ra8 $1 {Black already wisely gives up the idea of advancing his Pe7.} (19... e6
20. Bf3 $14) (19... e5 20. Nb5 $5 Nxb3 (20... Bxb5 21. Qxb5 Qxb5 22. cxb5 $16 {
[%csl Gb5] o^b5}) 21. Qxa6 $36) 20. Nxc5 $5 {[%mdl 64] The only way to fight
for an advantage, which leads to exciting tactical complications. Black's Pb4
becomes dangerous, but to support it he must abandon his K and White's [+]P
also get their chance. (See the position after move 40!)} (20. Qa2 Nc7 21. Qb1
Nxb3 22. Nxb3 Bf5 $11) 20... dxc5 21. Nb3 Bxb2 22. Nxc5 Qc8 $8 23. Rb1 (23. Ra2
Bc3 24. Nxd7 (24. Nxa6 b3 25. Qxc3 bxa2 $17) 24... b3 $1 (24... Qxd7 25. Qb5 $5
$36 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5] [+]P} (25. Qb6 Rb8 $1 26. Qxa6 b3 27. h3 bxa2 28. Qxa2 $44)
) 25. Qxc3 bxa2 26. Nb6 (26. Bh6 f6 27. Qa1 (27. Nxf6+ exf6 28. Qxf6 Qb7 29.
Bd1 Nc5 $19) 27... Nb4 $1 {/\} 28. Nb6 Qf5 $19) 26... Qf5 27. Bd3 Qxd3 28. Qxd3
a1=Q+ 29. Qf1 Qxf1+ 30. Kxf1 $13 {/=/+}) 23... Nxc5 (23... Bf5 $5 24. Rxb2 (24.
Bd3 Nxc5 (24... Bxd3 25. Nxd3 Qxc4 26. Nxb2 Qc2 27. Rc1 Qxb2 28. Qb5 Qf6 29.
Rc6 Qa1+ 30. Rc1 $11) 25. Bxf5 Rxa5 26. Bxc8 Bf6 $15 {[%csl Gb4] o^b4} (26...
Ne4 $5)) 24... Nxc5 25. Qxc5 Ra1+ 26. Bf1 Qxc5 27. Bxc5 Bd3 28. h3 Rxf1+ 29.
Kh2 Bxc4 $11) 24. Qxc5 Bc3 25. Qxe7 Bf5 (25... b3 $143 $6 26. Bc1 $1 $16 {/\}
b2 27. Rxb2 $1 (27. Bxb2 Bxb2 28. Rxb2 Ra1+ 29. Bf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qxc4+ 31.
Re2 Bb5 $11) 27... Bxb2 (27... Ra1 28. Rc2 $18) 28. Bxb2 Qd8 29. Qe5 f6 30.
Qxf6 Qxf6 31. Bxf6 $18 {_|_}) 26. Rc1 b3 27. Rxc3 b2 28. Rb3 Ra1+ 29. Bf1 Bd3
$2 {[%mdl 8192] The complications take their toll and both sides err.} (29...
Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qxc4+ 31. Ke1 Qc1+ 32. Ke2 Qc2+ 33. Ke1 $11 Qxb3 $4 34. Qd8+ Kg7
35. Bd4+ f6 36. Qxf6+ Kh6 37. Qh4#) 30. h3 $1 Rxf1+ (30... b1=Q 31. Rxb1 Rxb1
32. Bh6 $1 Rxf1+ 33. Kh2 $18) 31. Kh2 b1=Q 32. Rxb1 Bxb1 33. d6 $2 (33. Bh6 $1
{[%cal Re7f6] /\Qf6+-} Qb8+ (33... Be4 34. Qf6 Rh1+ 35. Kg3 $1 $18) 34. d6 Rxf2
35. Qe5 f6 36. Qe7 Rxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Qb2+ 38. Kh1 $18) 33... Qf8 $1 {[]} (33...
Bf5 $2 34. Bh6 $18) (33... Rd1 $2 34. Bh6 Qb8 35. c5 $18) 34. Qf6 (34. c5 Rd1
35. Qf6 {-34.Qf6}) 34... Rd1 {Now Van Wely gives it a try, after all he is a R
up.} (34... Qg7 {forces a draw:} 35. Qd8+ (35. Qe7 Qf8 $11) 35... Qf8 36. Qf6
$11) 35. c5 Bf5 36. Bf4 {[%cal Rf4e5] /\Be5+-} Qg7 (36... Re1 $5 37. g4 (37. c6
Re6 38. Qd4 Re4 39. Qd2 Qd8 $15) 37... Bd7 (37... Re6 38. Qh4 Re1 $1 {[]} 39.
gxf5 Qa8 40. Qf6 Qh1+ 41. Kg3 Qg1+ 42. Kf3 Qh1+ $11) 38. Be5 Rxe5 39. Qxe5 Qe8
$15) 37. Qd8+ Qf8 38. Qf6 h5 (38... Re1 {-36...Re1!?}) 39. Be5 Kh7 40. c6 $44 {
=} Rd5 41. f3 Be6 {[%cal Rd5d6] /\Rd6-+} 42. Qe7 {Both sides can't improve
their positions, so Sokolov finally forces a draw.} (42. c7 Rxd6 43. c8=Q Bxc8
44. Bxd6 Qg7 $11) 42... Qh6 (42... Kg8 43. Qf6 $11) (42... Qg8 $2 43. d7 {
[%cal Re5d6,Rd6c7] /\Bc7,Bd6+-}) 43. Qf6 Qf8 44. Qe7 Qh6 45. Qf6 Qf8 46. Qe7
1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch53"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 9288]} 1. d4 {Van Wely} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 e6 6. e4
exd5 ({A dubious alternative is} 6... c4 7. Nc3 (7. Bxc4 $5) 7... axb5 8. Nxb5
Bc5 9. Bxc4 Qb6 10. Ne2 exd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. Bd2 Ba6 13. Qb3 Bf2+ 14. Kf1 Bc5
15. Nec3 Bb7 16. Re1 d6 17. g3 Nbd7 18. Kg2 Qd8 19. Qc2 Nb6 20. Qd3 Nxc4 21.
Qxc4 Qd7 22. a4 Rfc8 23. Qd3 Bb4 $14 {Iljushin,A-Gershon,A/EUChJ-U18 Mureck/
1998/}) 7. e5 {The main line, although White occasionally plays also} (7. exd5
Bd6 8. Qe2+ (8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nh3 Re8+ 10. Be2 axb5 11. O-O b4 12. Nb5 Ba6 13. Bc4
Bxb5 14. Bxb5 Qc7 15. Kh1 c4 16. a4 Qc5 17. Bf4 Be5 18. Rc1 c3 19. Bxe5 Rxe5
20. bxc3 bxc3 21. Nf2 Rxd5 22. Qb3 Nc6 23. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Re5 25. Qxf7+
Kh8 26. Rxc3 $1 $16 {Iljushin,A-Karatekin,T/EUChJ-U18 Mureck/1998/}) 8... Kf8
9. Nc3 axb5 10. Nxb5 Ba6 11. Qd2 Qe7+ 12. Kd1 Qe5 13. Nh3 Bxb5 14. Bxb5 Qxd5
15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Ng5 f5 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Bb3 Nc6 19. Nf7 Nd4 20. Nxd6 Nxb3 21.
Rb1 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 $13 {Iljushin,A-Moiseenko,A/EUChJ-U18 Mureck/1998/}) 7... Qe7
8. Qe2 Ng8 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Nh3 c4 11. Be3 Qb4 $6 {A strange and very risky
attempt to avoid the topical line and perhaps confuse the opponent.} ({The
main move is} 11... axb5 12. Nf4 Qb4 13. O-O-O (13. Kf2 $5 Ne7 14. Rd1 Na6 15.
g3 Qa5 16. Bh3 Bc6 17. Nfxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bc5 19. Kg2 O-O 20. a3 Rfe8 21. Bd2
Qd8 22. Bc3 Nc7 23. Nxc7 Qxc7 24. Qd2 Re7 25. Rhe1 Rae8 26. Bf5 Qb7 27. Be4 h6
28. Bxc6 dxc6 29. f4 $36 {Ivanov,S-Sivokho,S/St.Petersburg-ch/1996/}) 13... Ne7
{White's most important try is the refined} 14. Qf2 $1 (14. Rxd5 Qxc3+ $1 15.
bxc3 Nxd5 {This Q-sacrifice is the crux of Black's defence/attack and in
practice has caused White a lot of problems.} 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Be2
Nc6 19. f4 b4 20. f5 bxc3 21. Qxc3 Ra3 22. Qc2 Nb4 23. Qb2 Rxe3 24. fxe6 c3 25.
Qb3 Rxe2 26. exd7+ Kd8 27. Qc4 Rc2+ 28. Kb1 Rb2+ {0-1,Czerwonski,A-Gipslis,A/
Koszalin op-A/1998/}) (14. Bb6 h5 $5 (14... g6 15. Rxd5 Qxc3+ 16. bxc3 Nxd5 17.
Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Kb1 Nc6 19. Qe3 Be7 20. Bc5 O-O 21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Qc5 Rfe8 23. a3
Bc6 24. Kb2 Nd5 25. Qd4 Re6 26. h4 h5 27. f4 d6 28. Rg1 dxe5 29. fxe5 Rae8 30.
g4 Rxe5 31. gxh5 Rxh5 32. Rg5 $14 {Miniboeck,G-Danailov,S/Vienna op/1996/}) 15.
Rxd5 Qxc3+ 16. bxc3 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Be2 Nc6 20. f4 b4 21. f5
bxc3 22. Qxc3 Ra3 23. Qb2 c3 24. Qb5 Bxf5 25. Rf1 Rxa2 26. Rxf5 Nb4 27. Qa5 g6
$3 {0-1,Lalic,B-Khalifman,A/Linares op/1997/}) 14... Na6 (14... h5 $142 $5) 15.
Kb1 Nf5 16. Nfxd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Bxc5 20. Nc3 Nc7 21.
a4 bxa4 22. Bxc4 a3 {Lalic,B-Alterman,B/EU-chT Pula/1997/} 23. b3 $1 Bb4 24.
Ne4 a2+ 25. Kb2 $16) 12. a3 $146 {A recent novelty.} ({But the older
continuation seems very convincing and one can hardly see potential for
improvement after} 12. b6 $5 Bc5 (12... Qa5 13. Qd2 Bb4 14. Rd1 Ne7 15. a3 Bxc3
16. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 17. bxc3 Nbc6 18. f4 Na5 19. Kf2 Bc6 20. Be2 Nb3 21. Bf3 O-O 22.
g4 Rab8 23. Rhe1 Rfd8 24. f5 d4 25. Bxd4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxb6 27. Rxc4 Bxf3 28.
Kxf3 Rb3 29. Rd1 Rxa3 30. Nf4 $36 {()[+],Soffer,R-Belotti,B/Biel op/1992/}) 13.
O-O-O (13. Bxc5 $143 $6 Qxc5 14. Qf2 d4 15. O-O-O Nc6 16. Ne4 Qxe5 17. Bxc4
Nge7 18. Rhe1 O-O 19. Kb1 Nf5 20. Nhg5 Ne3 21. Rxe3 dxe3 22. Qxe3 Na5 23. Qd3
Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Rab8 25. f4 Qxf4 26. Bd5 Rxb6 27. Qc3 Nc6 28. Nd6 Nb4 {0-1,
Neverov,V-Bukhman,E/St.Petersburg op/1994/}) 13... Qxb6 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Nf4 (
15. Qf2 Qxf2 16. Nxf2 Ne7 17. Ng4 Ra7 18. Ne3 Nbc6 19. Nexd5 Nxe5 20. Nb6 N7g6
21. Nxc4 Kd8 22. Nd6 Bc6 23. Rd4 Kc7 24. Be2 Nf4 25. Rxf4 Kxd6 26. Rd1+ $36 {
Volke,K-Hertneck,G/BL/1991/}) 15... Ne7 16. Qd2 d4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Nbc6
19. Rxc4 Nxe5 20. Rb4 Bc6 21. Bxa6 O-O 22. Re1 f6 23. Bf1 Rfc8 24. Kb1 Kf8 25.
Nd3 Nd5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. b3 $16 {Zoler,D-Mencinger,V/Groningen op/1994/})
12... Qa5 13. Bd2 (13. Qf2 Bb4 $6 (13... axb5 14. Bb6 Qa6 15. Nf4 Ne7 $13) 14.
Bd4 axb5 15. Rd1 Bxc3+ (15... Bf8 $142 16. Nf4 $44) 16. Bxc3 Qc7 17. Qg3 Ne7
18. Qxg7 Rg8 19. Qxh7 Na6 20. Nf4 O-O-O {[#]} 21. Qxf7 Rde8 22. Be2 Kd8 23. g3
Ref8 24. Qh7 Rh8 25. Qc2 Rhg8 26. Qd2 Kc8 27. e6 Nc5 28. exd7+ Qxd7 29. Qe3 $18
{Krupenski,Y-Szilagyi,Z/EUChJ-U16 Mureck/1998/}) 13... Qb6 $8 14. Nf4 Ne7 15.
a4 $6 (15. Qf2 $142 Qxf2+ 16. Kxf2 d4 (16... g6 17. b6 (17. bxa6 {Van Wely}
Nxa6 18. Nb5 Nf5 $13) 17... Bg7 18. Re1 O-O 19. Na4 $36) 17. bxa6 $1 Bxa6 18.
Ncd5 (18. Ne4 Nec6 19. Nd5 Ra7 $132) 18... Nxd5 19. Nxd5 $36) (15. Rd1 $6 {
Van Wely} axb5 (15... d4 $6 16. Na4 (16. Ne4 d3 17. Nd6+ Qxd6 18. exd6 dxe2 19.
Bxe2 Nf5 $14) 16... Qxb5 17. Qxc4 Qxe5+ 18. Kf2 $36) 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Qd2 b4 18.
Ncxd5 (18. axb4 Qxb4) 18... Nxd5 19. Nxd5 bxa3 20. Qxa5 Rxa5 21. Bxc4 axb2 $15)
(15. O-O-O $2 {Van Wely} axb5 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Nfxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 (18. Rxd5
Bxa3) 18... Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Bxa3 $17) 15... axb5 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 $1 {Sacrificing a
Q comes easy to Black in this line, where positions with material inbalance
are quite common.} 17. axb5 Rxa1+ 18. Kf2 Nf5 19. g4 Bc5+ 20. Kg2 Nd4 21. Qf2
Nb3 22. Qe2 Nd4 $11 {Already Black has the option of taking a draw by
repetition.} 23. Qf2 Nb3 {'?!' Van Wely.} (23... Ne6 $5 {Van Wely} 24. Qe2 O-O
$15) 24. Qe2 O-O $5 {Black decides to play this highly tactical position on.} (
24... Bd4 25. Bc3 $14) (24... Rb1 25. Bc3 O-O $44 (25... d4 $6 26. Qxc4 dxc3
27. Qxc3 Bd4 (27... Nd4 28. Qxc5 Bxf3+ 29. Kg1 Bxh1 30. Qd6 $1 Nbc6 31. bxc6
Nxc6 32. Qd3 $18) 28. Qc7 Rxb2+ 29. Kh3 O-O 30. Qxb7 $18)) 25. Be3 Bxe3 (25...
d4 $2 26. Qxc4 dxe3 27. Qxb3 $16) 26. Qxe3 d4 27. Qf2 Rc1 (27... Rc8 28. Bxc4
$1 (28. Nh5 {-27...Rc1}) (28. Nh5 {Van Wely} Bd5 29. Qh4 Nc5 30. Bxc4) 28...
Rxc4 (28... Rxh1 29. Bxb3 Rcc1 30. Qxd4 Rhg1+ 31. Qxg1 Bxf3+ 32. Kf2 Rxg1 33.
Kxg1 Bxg4 $16 {[%csl Rb8] פb8}) 29. Rxa1 Nxa1 30. Qh4 Rc8 31. Qe7 $5 $44 {
[%csl Rb7,Rb8][%cal Re7d6,Rd6b6,Re5e6] /\Qd6-b6,e6->,ץb7,Nb8 Despite his
material advantage Black has great problems with coordinating his pieces.}) 28.
Nh5 (28. Be2 $2 Rc2 $17) 28... Rc8 29. Qh4 Nc5 $8 {Black needs the Ne6
resource.} 30. Qg5 ({White misses a promising tactical shot} 30. Bd3 $5 Rxh1 (
30... Nxd3 $143 31. Rxc1 Nxc1 32. Qg5 g6 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. Qxc1 c3 $14 {<=>})
31. Bxh7+ Kf8 (31... Kxh7 $4 32. Nf6+ Kg6 33. Qh5#) 32. Kxh1 Bxf3+ 33. Kg1 d3 (
33... Ne6 34. Bf5 $40 {[%cal Rh5g7] /\Ng7}) 34. Nf4 $14) 30... Rc2+ 31. Kg3 Ne6
32. Nf6+ Kf8 (32... Kh8 $2 33. Qf5 gxf6 34. Qxc2 $18) 33. Qf5 {'?!' Van Wely.}
(33. Nxh7+ Kg8 (33... Ke8 34. Qf5 Rxb2 35. Ng5 $14) 34. Nf6+ $11) 33... d3 34.
b3 $6 {'?' Van Wely. White goes astray in the tactical jungle.} (34. Nxh7+ Kg8
35. Ng5 Nxg5 36. Qxg5 Rxb2 37. h4 Rxb5 38. h5 f6 39. Qf4 (39. Qg6 Rxe5 40. h6
Rg5) 39... Rxe5 40. h6 Ba6 $5 (40... Bd5 {Van Wely} 41. hxg7 Kxg7) 41. hxg7
Kxg7 $15) (34. Qxh7 gxf6 35. exf6 Ke8 36. Qg8+ Nf8 37. h4 $44 {[%csl Gg4,Gh4]
o^h,g}) 34... Rc1 $1 {[%cal Rd3d2] /\d2-+} 35. Bxd3 $8 Rxh1 36. Bxc4 $2 {
This definitely loses.} (36. Nxh7+ Ke8 $142 $5 $17 (36... Kg8 37. bxc4 $44 (37.
Bxc4 Rc1 $17)) (36... Ke7 37. bxc4 Rg1+ 38. Kf2 Ra1 39. Ng5 $132)) 36... gxf6
37. exf6 d5 $1 $19 {Black finally frees himself and his material advantage
decides.} 38. Qxh7 Ke8 $8 39. Qh8+ Nf8 (39... Kd7 $6 40. Qh5 $1 $132) 40. Bd3
Nbd7 41. b6 Re1 42. g5 Rc3 43. Kf2 Ra1 44. g6 Rxd3 $1 45. g7 d4 $1 $40 46. Qh5
(46. g8=Q Rxf3+ 47. Ke2 Ra2+ 48. Ke1 Re3+ 49. Kf1 (49. Kd1 Bf3+ 50. Kc1 Re1#)
49... Ba6+ 50. Kg1 Re1#) 46... Ra2+ 47. Kg3 Rxf3+ (47... Rxf3+ 48. Qxf3 Bxf3
49. g8=Q (49. Kxf3 Nxf6) 49... Rg2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 bxc4 {Dubious, as it allows White to
develop freely.} (4... Bb7 $142) (4... g6 $142) 5. Nc3 Qa5 $6 {A very risky
idea, White reacts with an enterprising pawn sacrifice.} (5... g6 6. e4 d6 7.
Bxc4 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 (9. e5 $5 $14) 9... Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7
12. Qe2 Rb8 13. Rb1 Nb6 14. Bb5 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. e5 Nfd5 17. exd6 Qxd6 18.
Ne4 Qe7 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. Nd2 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rc5,Re6] ק,Maksimenko,A-Danner,G/
Graz op/1998/}) 6. Nd2 $1 (6. Bd2 d6 7. e4 Nbd7 8. Bxc4 g6 9. O-O Qb6 10. Re1
Bg7 11. h3 O-O 12. Qe2 Ne8 13. Bf4 Nc7 14. e5 Ne8 15. Bb5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5
17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Nd6 19. Bc6 Bb7 20. Qxe7 Rad8 21. Bxb7 Qxb2 22. Na4 Qxb7
23. Nxc5 $16 {1/2,Estremera Panos,S-Bellon Lopez,J/Linares op/1998/}) 6... Ba6
7. e4 d6 8. Nxc4 $5 {[%mdl 512]} Bxc4 9. Bxc4 Nxe4 {Consistent, otherwise
Black suffers for nothing.} (9... Nfd7 10. O-O g6 11. Bd2 Bg7 12. Re1 O-O 13.
Rb1 a6 14. Qc1 Rc8 15. Nd1 Qc7 16. Bc3 Ne5 17. Bf1 Nbd7 18. f4 Ng4 19. Bxg7
Kxg7 20. Qc3+ Kg8 21. Be2 Ngf6 22. Bf3 c4 23. e5 Ne8 24. Nf2 $40 {[+],Davies,
N-Sievers,S/Hamburg Wichern op/1995/}) 10. Qg4 $1 f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] After
this Black's position is beyond saving.} (10... Nxc3 11. Bd2 $1 $40 (11. Qc8+
Qd8 12. Qb7 Nd7 13. bxc3 Qc8 $15)) (10... Nf6 $142 11. Qc8+ (11. Bb5+ Nbd7 12.
Qh3 $44) (11. Qe2 $5) 11... Qd8 12. Qb7 Nbd7 13. Nb5 Rc8 14. O-O $32) 11. Qxf5
Nxc3 12. Bd2 g6 13. Qe6 Bg7 14. O-O $40 {The opening has been a tragedy for
Black, his K is in mortal danger.} Nd7 15. Rae1 O-O-O $8 (15... Ne5 16. Bxc3
$18) (15... Qd8 16. Bxc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne5 18. Bb5+ Kf8 19. f4 $18) 16. Qxe7 $1
Be5 (16... Qa4 17. b3 $1 Qa3 (17... Qxa2 18. Qxd6 Nb8 (18... Qxd2 $2 19. Ba6#)
(18... Nb6 $2 19. Qc6+ Kb8 20. Bf4+ $18) 19. Qxc5+ Kb7 20. Re7+ Ka8 21. Bxc3
Bxc3 22. d6 $18) 18. Qxg7 $18) 17. Bxc3 Qc7 (17... Bxc3 18. Qxd6 $1 Nb6 19.
Qc6+ Kb8 20. Re7 $18) 18. Bxe5 (18. f4 $5 Bxc3 (18... Rde8 19. Qf7 $5 {/\} Ref8
20. fxe5 $1 Rxf7 21. Rxf7 $18) 19. bxc3 Nb6 20. Bb5 Qxe7 21. Rxe7 Nxd5 22. Ba6+
Kb8 23. Rb1+ Nb6 24. a4 $18) 18... Nxe5 19. Ba6+ Kb8 20. Qxc7+ Kxc7 21. f4 Nd7
22. Re7 Rde8 (22... Kb6 23. Bc4 $18) 23. Rfe1 Rxe7 24. Rxe7 Kd8 25. Rg7 $18 {
White's pieces are more active and he is a pawn up-the game is decided and
even Black's desperate attempts to gain counterplay won't change the result.}
Nb6 (25... Re8 26. Rxd7+ Kxd7 27. Bb5+ $18) 26. Rxa7 Re8 27. Rxh7 Re1+ (27...
Nxd5 28. Bb5 Re1+ 29. Kf2 Rb1 30. Rd7+ $18) 28. Kf2 Ra1 29. Rb7 Nxd5 30. Kf3
Nb4 31. Bc4 Rc1 (31... d5 32. a3 $1 dxc4 33. axb4 $18) 32. Be6 Rf1+ 33. Kg4 (
33. Kg3 Re1 34. Rd7+ Ke8 35. Bg4 $18) 33... Rf2 34. g3 Rxh2 (34... Rxb2 35. h4
Re2 36. Bf7 $18) 35. Rd7+ Ke8 36. Rxd6 Rxb2 (36... Ke7 37. Rb6 Rxb2 38. Bg8 $18
{[%csl Rg6] ><g6}) 37. Bc4 Rc2 38. Bb5+ Ke7 (38... Kf7 39. a3 Na2 40. Bd3 $18)
39. Rxg6 Rxa2 40. f5 Nd5 41. Re6+ Kf7 42. Kg5 Rc2 (42... Nc7 43. Bc4 $1 Rc2 44.
Rc6+ $18) 43. Rd6 Ne3 44. Rd7+ Kf8 (44... Kg8 45. Kg6) 45. Kg6 (45. Kg6 Nc4 (
45... Rg2 46. Rd8+ Ke7 47. Re8+) (45... Ng4 46. Rf7+ Kg8 47. Re7 $18) 46. Kf6
Kg8 47. Rd8+ Kh7 48. Be8 {/\Bg6,Rh8#}) 1-0

[Event "Financial Concept op 6th"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Hummel, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 {Trying to confuse low-rated opponent by
rare variation} d6 5. e4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O bxc4 9. Nfd2 $146 {
[%cal Gd2c4,Yb1c3]} (9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Nxc4 Nb6 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Ne3 Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 Ne8 14. Rad1 Nc7 15. Be2 Qd7 16. b3 a5 17. a4 Na6 $11 {0-1 Meduna,
E-Hebden,M/Biel 1983 (44)}) 9... e6 $1 {Black choose the right way using
backwardness of white in development.} 10. Nxc4 (10. Nc3 $6 exd5 11. exd5 Bf5
$15) 10... exd5 11. exd5 Re8 {I guees that my opponent was afraided of
high-rated opponent and didn't want to riscue himself by 11...Nd5.Probably
that was the refutation of whites opening strategy. But after 11...Re8 white
gets wanted setup with Nc4 and Nc3.} (11... Nxd5 $142 12. Bf3 Nb4 13. Qd2 (13.
Qd1 d5 14. Nc3 (14. a3 Ba6 $1) 14... Ba6 15. Nxd5 Bxc4 16. Nxb4 Bxf1 17. Qxf1
Nd7 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 $15 {[%csl Ra1,Rc1,Gg7]}) 13... d5 14. Nc3 Ba6 (14... Bd4 15.
Ne3 N8c6 16. a3 $13) 15. Nxd5 Bxc4 16. Nxb4 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Nd7 19.
Bxa8 cxb4 20. Bf3 a5 $11) 12. Nc3 Na6 13. a3 (13. Bf4 Nb4 14. Qd2 Ne4 $1) 13...
Nc7 14. Rd1 Ba6 15. Bf4 {[%csl Rd6] xd6} Bf8 16. b3 (16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Rc8
$132) 16... Rb8 17. Rab1 Nb5 18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. Bf3 {[%cal Gc4e3]} Bd7 20. Ne3 (
20. Nxd6 Bxd6 21. Bxd6 Bf5 22. Qxc5 Rc8 23. Qb4 Bxb1 24. Rxb1 g5 $5 25. Bg3
Nxd5 26. Qg4 $44) 20... a5 21. g4 $5 {xf5} a4 $1 $132 22. bxa4 Ra8 $6 (22...
Qa5 $142 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Nc4 Qa6 $1 {[%csl Ra4,Rg4] xg4,a4}) 23. Rdc1 Rxa4
24. Nc4 Ra6 25. h3 h5 26. Bg5 $1 {Finally I found some target in position of
black.} hxg4 27. hxg4 Be7 $2 {Black still doesn't feel a danger.} (27... Bg7
$142 28. Qd1 (28. Rb7 Qc8 29. Rb6 Rxb6 30. Nxb6 Qc7 $15) (28. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2f4]
/\Qf4} Qa8 $1 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Qf4 Qd8 $1 (30... Be5 $15) 31. Nxd6 $140 g5 {
/\Be5}) (28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Qc8 $1 $15) 28... Qc7 $11 {[%cal Gf6e4] /\Ne4})
28. Re1 $1 {[%cal Rg5d8][%mdl 64] x/^ g5-d8} Nxg4 (28... Bxg4 29. Rxe7 (29.
Bxg4 Nxg4 30. Qe2 Bxg5 (30... Ne5 31. Nxe5 Bxg5 32. Qxa6 $16) 31. Qxe8+ Qxe8
32. Rxe8+ Kg7 33. Rb6 $1 $18 {[%csl Ga3]}) 29... Rxe7 (29... Qxe7 30. Bxg4 Qe4
31. Qxe4 Nxe4 (31... Rxe4 $2 32. Bxf6 $1 {[%csl Rg8]}) 32. Bd7 $16) 30. Bxf6
Bxf3 (30... Bf5 {[%tqu "En","","","","g1g2","",10]} 31. Kg2 $3 $18 {[%cal
Gb1h1,Gh1h8]}) 31. Qc3 $18) 29. Rxe7 $1 {[%mdl 64]} Rxe7 30. Bxe7 Qxe7 31. Bxg4
Bxg4 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Qb2 Kh6 $2 (33... f6 $142 {Missing last chance.} 34. Rb7
Bd7 35. Qc3 $1 {[%cal Gc4b6] /\Nb6} (35. Nb6 Rxb6 36. Rxb6 Qe4 37. Qb3 $1 Qg4+
38. Kf1 c4 39. Qe3 Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qxd5+ 41. f3 $14) 35... Kg8 36. Nb6 Rxb6 37.
Rxb6 $16 {[%cal Gc3e3,Gc3g3] /\Qe3,/\Qg3}) 34. Rh8+ Kg5 35. Qd2+ Kf6 36. Qc3+
Kg5 37. Qd2+ Kf6 38. Qf4+ Bf5 39. Ne3 {[%cal Re3g4] /\Ng4} (39. Ne3 Qe4 40.
Ng4+ Ke7 41. Qg5+) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch U20"]
[Site "Cheboksary"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 axb5 6. Bxb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Bb7 8.
Bd2 Qb6 9. Bc4 (9. Qb3 {occurs only rarely nowadays, Black is doing fine in
the older line} e6 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxd5 12. Qd3 Qb7 13. f3 c4 14. Bxc4
Bxc4 15. Qxc4 d5 16. Qc2 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 18. fxe4 Nd7 19. Ne2 Nc5 20. Nc3
Nd3+ 21. Ke2 Nxb2 22. Nb5 Ra4 23. Nc3 Ra8 24. Nb5 Ra4 25. Nc3 Ra8 26. Nb5 {
1/2,Karpov,A-Miles,A/Tilburg/1986/}) (9. Qf3 e6 10. e4 exd5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12.
Nxd5 Qe6+ 13. Ne2 Bxd5 14. Qg3 Bd6 $5 15. Qxg7 Be5 16. Qg5 h6 17. Qe3 Bxb2 18.
Rb1 Qxe3 (18... Bd4 $2 19. Qg3 Kf8 20. O-O Be5 21. Nf4 Qd6 22. Rfe1 Rg8 23.
Rxe5 $1 Rxg3 24. Rxd5 $18 {Graf,A-Felgaer,R/Calvia olm/2004/}) 19. Bxe3 Rxa2
$13) 9... e6 10. e4 (10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. Bxb3 Na6 $1 12. Nf3 (12. Nge2 Nb4 $36)
12... exd5 13. O-O Be7 $11 {/~~ is comfortable for Black, as White can't put
his [+] under direct pressure and force the compromising c4 advance.}) 10...
Nxe4 11. dxe6 {White doesn't insist on maintaining his [+] outpost, which
isn't so simple to achieve advantageously:} (11. Nf3 Nf6 (11... Nxd2 12. Qxd2
Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfe1 Na6 $5 (14... Bf6 15. Rad1 Na6 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. Qc1 d6
18. Ng4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 exd5 $2 (19... Bxd5 $11) 20. Bd3 Bc8 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22.
Qh6 f5 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Re3 {1-0,Annakov,B-Ivanov,V/Moscow/1994/})
15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Qe2 Bf6 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 d6 19. Qh5 e5 20. Ne4 f6 21.
Qh4 h6 22. Nc3 f5 23. f4 e4 $13 {/=/+,Annakov,B-Kalegin,E/Moscow/1995/}) 12.
O-O Be7 (12... exd5 13. Re1+ Be7 14. Bb3 c4 $13) 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bb3 Na6 15.
Ne5 Qd8 (15... exd5 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Rxe7 Nf6 18. Bg5 d4 19. Rxb7 Qxb7 20.
Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qf5 Nb4 $1 $11 {Christiansen,L-Sarfati,J/Wellington/
1988/}) 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Bg5 d5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qg4 Nc7 20. Bc2 Bxe5 21.
Rxe5 Qf6 22. Qg3 Rf7 23. Na4 Ra5 24. Rae1 Bc6 25. Nc3 Ra8 26. f3 Qf4 27. Qf2
Qd4 28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. Ne2 Rxa2 30. Nxd4 Rxb2 $11 {1/2,Lukacs,P-Fogarasi,T/
Budapest/1994/}) (11. Nxe4 $2 exd5 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. Qe2 Qe6 $17) (11. Nge2 Nf6
12. Nf4 Na6 13. O-O Nc7 14. Re1 Be7 $13 15. b3 $6 exd5 16. Bd3 d4 17. Na4 Qc6
18. Qe2 Ne6 19. Bb5 Qd6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qxe6 Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Kf7 $36 {[%csl
Gc5,Gd4,Gd7] [+],Nikolic,S-Vaisser,A/Forli/1989/}) 11... dxe6 (11... fxe6 $5
$13 {[%csl Gd7,Ge6] [+] is more ambitious and probably even more promising. If
White doesn't play energetically enough, Black's [+] pawns can become
dangerous indeed:} 12. Nxe4 (12. Qh5+ $2 g6 13. Qe5 Qxb2 14. Rd1 Rg8 15. Bxe6
Bd6 $1 $19) 12... Bxe4 13. Qh5+ Bg6 14. Qf3 Nc6 15. Ne2 d5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 (16...
Bf7 $5) 17. Qxd3 Ne5 18. Qg3 Nc4 19. Bc3 d4 20. Qf3 Rb8 21. b3 Na3 22. O-O dxc3
23. Nf4 Nc2 24. Qh5+ Kd7 25. Rad1+ Nd4 26. Rfe1 c2 27. Qf7+ Be7 28. Rxd4+ cxd4
29. Nxe6 Qb4 30. Kf1 Qxe1+ {0-1,Ferrari,J-Wachinger,G/Wattens/1994/}) 12. Nxe4
(12. Bb5+ $6 Nc6 $1 $36) 12... Bxe4 13. Nf3 $146 {[%mdl 8] A natural move,
White first of all wants to finish his development.} (13. f3 $143 $6 Bd5 14.
Bxd5 exd5 15. Ne2 Be7 16. O-O O-O 17. Qc2 Nc6 18. Kh1 Bf6 19. Nc3 Rfd8 20. Rab1
Nb4 $17 {Spicak,K-Ehrenfeucht,W/Krynica op/1998/}) 13... Nc6 14. Bc3 Be7 15.
O-O O-O 16. Qe2 Bxf3 $6 {[%mdl 16384] Black gains a [+] outpost for his N, but
it's not worth the strong B.} ({Definitely more logical is} 16... Bd5 $142 17.
Ne5 (17. Bd3 $6 Nd4 $36) 17... Rfd8 $11 (17... Nxe5 $6 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Qxe5
Bf6 20. Qxd5 $14)) 17. Qxf3 Nd4 18. Qd1 Rfd8 19. a4 $36 {[%csl Ga4,Gc3,Gc4] ^^,
o^a White's B support the a-pawn and give him a solid advantage.} Qb8 (19...
Qc6 $5 $14) 20. Qg4 Kh8 21. a5 f5 {Black lashes out, but creates only new
weaknesses in his set-up.} (21... Bf6 22. a6 $16) 22. Qh3 {[%csl Re6] ><e6} e5
{The point of the previous move, but now White wins material.} 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 (
23... exd4 24. Qxf5 $16 {/\} Qxb2 $2 25. Bd3 g6 26. Qe5+ $18) 24. Qxf5 $1 Rxc4
25. Qe6 Rc2 (25... Qb5 26. Qxe7 Re8 27. Qc7 $18 {[%csl Ga5] o^a5}) 26. Qxe7 h6
(26... c4 27. a6 $1 Rxb2 28. a7 Qb7 (28... Qb5 29. Rad1 Qe8 30. Qxe8+ Rxe8 31.
Rb1 $1 $18) 29. Qxe5 $16 {/+-}) 27. Rad1 (27. a6 Ra7 $16) 27... Qe8 (27... Qxb2
$5 {/\} 28. a6 (28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kh7 30. Qd3+ Kh8 31. a6 $16) (28. Rd7
Rg8 $14) 28... Qb8 29. Rb1 (29. a7 Rxa7 (29... Qxa7 30. Rd7 $18) 30. Rd8+ Kh7
31. Qf8 Qc7 32. Qg8+ Kg6 33. Qd5 Rc4 $1 {[]} (33... Kh7 34. Rd1 $18) 34. Qd3+ (
34. Rd1 Rd4 $132) 34... e4 35. Qxc4 Qxd8 36. Qxe4+ Kf7 $14) 29... Qg8 30. Qxe5
Ra2 $1 $16 {/+/=}) 28. Qb7 Qc8 29. Qb3 $5 (29. Qxc8+ Rxc8 $14) 29... Qf5 30.
Ra1 Ra6 (30... c4 31. Qb5 (31. Qb6 Qf6 $5 $16) 31... Rf8 32. a6 Rxf2 33. Qxc4
$18) 31. Rae1 Rf6 (31... Rxa5 32. Rxe5 Qxe5 33. Qxc2 $16) 32. Qe3 Ra6 (32...
Rxb2 $142 33. Qxc5 e4 $5 $16 {/\} 34. Qxf5 Rxf5 35. Ra1 Rb7) 33. Qb3 Rf6 34.
Qe3 Ra6 35. Ra1 $16 {[%csl Ga5,Rh8] /+- White has consolidated his extra P. In
the final phase of the game his safer K will play a major role, as Black can't
defend both on the >> and against the o^a5.} e4 36. b3 Qe5 37. Ra4 Rc3 38. Qe2
$18 Qd6 (38... Re6 39. a6 $18) 39. Rxe4 Qd3 40. Qg4 $1 $40 {The a-pawn drops,
but the -> decides.} Rxa5 41. Re7 Qd4 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Qf5+ (43. Qf5+ Kg8 44.
Re8#) 1-0

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8.
Qxd5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Rb8 10. Bd2 (10. e4 Be7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Bd2 {-leads to the
same.} (12. O-O {is a main continuation here.})) 10... Be7 11. Bc3 O-O 12. e4
Rxb6 13. Bc4 Nb4 (13... d6 {is another way for black here.}) 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. a3
$146 {Previously played 15.0-0-0 led to whites advantage in two games, but
probably black could play better there:} (15. O-O-O $5 Bxe4 (15... d6 16. Qf4
a5 17. Kb1 Qa8 18. Rhe1 $14 {1-0 Roos,M-Lazarev,V/Arco ITA 2000/The Week in
Chess 314 (25)}) 16. Qxd7 Qxd7 $6 (16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 $14) (16... Bg5+ $142
17. Nxg5 Qxg5+ $132) 17. Rxd7 Bf6 18. Re1 Bg6 19. Ne5 $16 {1-0 Krush,
I-Gunnarsson,J/Torshavn FAI 2000/The Week in Chess 310 (30)}) 15... d5 {
In spirit of Benko gambit.} (15... Nc6 16. O-O-O $5 $14) 16. exd5 Nxd5 (16...
Bxd5 $5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Be5 (18. O-O Nxc3 $15 {[%csl Ye7][%cal Ge7f6] Bishop
e7 gonna be very strong here.}) 18... f6 19. Bg3 Re6+ 20. Kf1 Qd7 {and black
looks better.}) 17. Be5 Rg6 $6 {Strange idea. This is clear, that white is
going to castle to the queenside here. By 17...f6 black could reach a good
play.} (17... f6 18. Bg3 (18. O-O-O fxe5 19. Bxd5+ Qxd5 20. Qxd5+ Bxd5 21. Rxd5
e4 {[%csl Rb2,Rf2]}) 18... Re6+ 19. Kf1 (19. Be2 f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5f4]} 20. h3
Re8 21. O-O Bg5 $3 $17) 19... Qd7 $15 {[%cal Gf8d8]}) 18. O-O-O Nb6 (18... Nf6
19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Rd1 Be7 22. Bg3 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gf3e5] The
ending is clearly better for white: Ne5 is a strong threat, also the black
rook is trapped on g6.}) {[%tqu "En","","","","c4f7","",10]} 19. Bxf7+ $3 {
[%mdl 64]} Kxf7 $6 {Black accepts the sacrifice, but it leads to the killing
attack of white.} (19... Rxf7 20. Qxd8+ Bxd8 21. Rxd8+ Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23.
Nh4 $16 {Black can survive for a while in this ending.}) 20. Qf4+ {[%cal Yd1d8]
} Ke6 {[%csl Rf4]} (20... Kg8 21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. Qe3 Re8 $1 (22... Rxg2 23. Bd6
$1 $18) 23. Re1 Rxg2 {The material here is bishop+rook for queen of white, but
black can create some complications here.}) {[%tqu "En","","","","e5f6","",10]}
21. Bf6 $3 {[%cal Gh1e1,Gf4e3][%mdl 64] White had to see this move, while
playing 19.Bxf7.} gxf6 $2 {Out of all captures, black probably had chosen the
worst one.} (21... Rfxf6 22. Qe3+ Kf7 23. Rxd8 {[%cal Gf3e5]} Rxf3 24. gxf3
Bxd8 25. Re1 {Material here is:3light pieces for queen and pawn, and it gives
white the advantage.}) (21... Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rfxf6 23. Qe3+ Kf7 24. Ne5+ Ke8
25. Nxg6 Rxg6 {The same as in the previous line the material balance is 3light
pieces for queen and pawn, and white is better also here.}) 22. Rhe1+ $18 Kf7
23. Ne5+ (23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Ne5+ {- as in the game.}) 23... Kg7 24. Nxg6 {
[%csl Rd8,Re7]} hxg6 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Rd1 {[%cal Gf4b8,Rd1d8] After this move
black can not hold his position.} Bd5 27. Qd6 {[%cal Rd1d5]} Bb3 {[%tqu "En",
"Find the final blow.","","","d6f8","",10,"d6f8","",0]} 28. Qxf8+ $1 (28. Qxf8+
Kxf8 29. Rxd8+ Ke7 30. Rb8 {[%cal Rb8b3] White wins a piece, staying with
exchange and pawn up.}) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 {Both players are experts in this
line, although Iljushin with White stopped playing it a while ago. This time
he decides to try it from the other side of the board.} e6 6. e4 c4 $5 {
A rare side-line, Black invests more material to keep White's K in the [+].
However unpleasant this may seem, his compensation is still rather vague.} (
6... exd5 7. e5 ({Volkov plays} 7. exd5 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Kf8 9. Nc3 {, recently he
was confronted with the interesting novelty} Bb7 $5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12.
Bg3 Bxg3+ 13. hxg3 Kg7 14. Qd2 Re8+ 15. Kf2 Qb6 16. Rd1 c4+ 17. Qd4 Qxd4+ 18.
Rxd4 axb5 19. a3 Ra5 20. Nge2 Na6 21. g4 d6 22. Ng3 Bc8 23. Nce4 Nxe4+ 24. Nxe4
Rd8 25. Be2 Nc5 $15 {Volkov,S-Mecking,H/playchess.com 5'/2004/}) 7... Qe7 8.
Qe2 Ng8 $13 {/+/= is the main line, but nowadays it's not so popular as in the
late 1990s.}) 7. Bxc4 axb5 8. Bxb5 {White will have to suffer discomfort
anyway, so he at least cashes in.} (8. Bb3 Bc5 9. Ne2 (9. Nh3 O-O 10. dxe6 $5 (
10. Bg5 $6 h6 11. Bh4 exd5 12. Bxd5 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 b4 15. Na4 b3+
16. Nc3 Nc6 17. Qxb3 Rb8 18. Qa4 Rxb2 19. Qxa5 Nxa5 $40 {Vallejo Pons,F-De la
Riva Aguado,O/Pamplona 1999/}) 10... fxe6 11. e5 $13) (9. Kf1 $6 O-O 10. g3 d6
11. Kg2 exd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. Ne2 Ra7 $1 14. Re1 Rae7 15. Bd2 Ba7 16. Ng1 Rxe1
17. Bxe1 Qb6 18. Nh3 Bxh3+ 19. Kxh3 Re5 20. g4 h5 21. Bg3 hxg4+ 22. fxg4 Ne4
23. Nd2 Nf2+ 24. Bxf2 Qxf2 25. Nf1 Re2 26. Qd3 Qg2+ 27. Kh4 Bf2+ 28. Kg5 Re5+
29. Kf4 g5# {Jakab,A-Predojevic,B/Budapest/2004/}) 9... Qb6 10. Nbc3 d6 11. Bg5
$13 (11. dxe6 $6 fxe6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. Nd1 Na5 15. Qd3 Nc4 $1 $40
16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Qxc4 d5 18. Qc2 dxe4 19. fxe4 Ng4 20. Bh4 Ba6 21. Nec3 Ne5
22. Qb3 Qd6 {0-1,Rippis,T-Kulashko,A/Auckland op/2003/})) 8... Bc5 (8... Qa5+
9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Qd3 Na6 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Qc4 exd5 13. exd5 Nb7 14. Bf4 O-O 15.
Bc7 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qa3 17. Ne2 Ne8 18. Nd4 Qe7+ 19. Kf2 Nbd6 20. Bxd6 Nxd6 21.
Qd3 Bb7 22. c4 Ra3 23. Qd2 Qh4+ 24. g3 Qh5 25. Qf4 $16 {Carron,J-Kogan,A/
Zurich/2001/}) 9. Ne2 (9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nge2 {-9.Ne2}) 9... O-O (9... exd5 $2 10.
e5 $16) 10. Nbc3 Qb6 (10... exd5 $6 11. e5 (11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Qa5+ 13. Nc3
d6 14. Qd3 Na6 15. a3 d5 16. exd5 Nb4 17. Qd1 Bd4 18. Rb1 Bf5 19. axb4 Qxb4 20.
Bd3 Bxc3+ 21. bxc3 Qxc3+ {Pinho,P-Alvarez,R/Mondariz/1996/} 22. Qd2 $11) 11...
d4 12. b4 (12. Nxd4 Qe7 13. Nb3 $5 Qxe5+ 14. Qe2 $16) 12... Ba7 13. exf6 dxc3
14. Qd5 Qb6 15. fxg7 Re8 $132 16. Bd3 $6 Qf2+ 17. Kd1 Rxe2 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.
Qh5+ {1/2,Martinez,D-Alvarez,R/Mondariz/1996/}) (10... Bb7 $5 11. Kf1 (11. d6
Nc6 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Qd2 Rfc8 14. a4 Ne8 15. Bf4 Ba6 16. Rb1 Nb4 $44 17. Rd1 $2
Bxb5 18. axb5 e5 $1 $17 {Wojtaszek,R-Predojevic,B/Halkidiki/2001//\} 19. Bxe5
Be3 $19) (11. Qd3 exd5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Nxd5 Nc6 14. Bf4 Nc7 15. Nxc7 Qxc7 16.
Bxc6 dxc6 17. Be3 Qxe5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qd4 Qb5 20. a4 Qa6 $44 {Lahlum,
H-Kolas,T/Oslo/2000/}) 11... exd5 12. exd5 Ba7 13. g3 Qb6 14. Kg2 Qf2+ 15. Kh3
Qxf3 16. Nf4 Qf2 17. Rf1 Qc5 18. Re1 Qd6 19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Bd4 21. a4 Bxc3
22. bxc3 Bxd5 23. Ba3 Be6+ 24. Kg2 Bd5+ 25. Kh3 Be6+ 26. Kg2 Bd5+ 27. Kh3 {
1/2,Wojtaszek,R-Harikrishna,P/WChJ Goa/2002/}) 11. Qb3 $146 {[%mdl 8] White
gets ready to castle <<, but there his K won't be safer than in the [+].} ({
The most usual reaction is the developing move} 11. Bg5 Na6 (11... Ne8 12. Rc1
Bf2+ 13. Kf1 f6 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bd2 Nd6 16. Bd3 Ba6 17. Na4 Qa7 18. Bb4 $18 {
Llanos,G-Felgaer,R/Torre Blanca/1997/}) (11... exd5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qxd5 Bb7
14. Qf5 (14. Qh5 Be3 15. Rd1 Kh8 16. Ng3 Bg1 17. Rd2 Be3 18. Rd3 Bc1 19. Ke2
Bxb2 20. a4 Nc6 21. Nf5 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Ne5 23. Qh6 Rg8 24. Rc6 Rxg2+ 25. Kd1
Rg1+ 26. Ke2 Rg2+ 27. Kd1 Qd8 28. Rc2 Rg6 29. Qe3 Bc6 30. h4 Rxa4 31. h5 Rg5
32. Bxa4 Bxa4 33. Rhh2 Bxc2+ 34. Rxc2 Nc6 35. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Simonet Pons,M-Jose
Ramon,G/Andorra 1998/LF_11 (35)}) 14... Ra5 15. a4 Na6 16. Nf4 Nc7 17. Nh5 Ne8
{Rylander,D-Holving,R/Stockholm/1999/} 18. Rd1 Bg1 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. Qh4 $18)
12. Bxf6 (12. Qd2 Nc7 13. Bc4 Bb7 14. d6 Bxd6 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd4
Qa5 18. O-O d5 19. e5 Nd7 20. Bd3 $16 {Solodovnichenko,Y-Sergeev,V/SVK-ch
Presov/1997/}) 12... gxf6 13. Rb1 Nc7 14. Bc4 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Kf1 exd5
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Rfa8 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. axb3 Rb8 21. Nc3 Rxb3 22. Ke2 Ba3
23. Rhd1 Rxb2+ 24. Rxb2 Bxb2 25. Nd5 $16 {[%csl Rd7,Rf6,Rf7,Rh7] _|_ק,
Hauchard,A-Guidarelli,L/Vichy/2000/ Schreckliche schwarze Bauernstruktur gegen
einen riesigen Springer.}) ({Similar to the text-move is} 11. Bc4 Bb7 $6 ({
This wastes a tempo.} 11... Na6 $142 {, this can transpose into the game
position after} 12. Qb3 Qa7 13. Bg5) 12. Qb3 Qa7 13. Bg5 Na6 14. O-O-O exd5 15.
exd5 Be3+ 16. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 17. Kb1 Rab8 18. Ne4 Qh6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qc3 Qg6+
21. Bd3 Qb6 22. Qd4 Nc5 23. Rd2 Rfc8 24. Ng3 Qa5 25. Nh5 f6 26. Qg4 g5 27.
Nxf6+ Kf7 28. Qf5 $1 $18 {Postny,E-Guseinov,E/EUR-ch Warsaw/2005/}) 11... Na6
12. Bg5 Nc7 13. Bc4 Qa7 14. O-O-O (14. Bxf6 $142 gxf6 15. Kf1 Rb8 16. Qc2 d6
17. g4 $5 $14 {/\Kg2}) 14... Ba6 $1 {[%cal Ga8a1,Gb8b1] <->a,b|^} 15. Bxa6 Qxa6
16. Qc2 Rfb8 17. Rd2 $6 (17. Bxf6 $142 gxf6 18. Rd3 $14 (18. dxe6 dxe6 19. Rd7
Nb5 $13)) 17... Nfe8 $1 $13 {Black avoids the exchange and transfers his N to
the <<. White must defend with care.} 18. Qd3 Qa7 {[%cal Rf7f6] /\f6} 19. Nd4 (
19. Rc2 Na6 $5 20. a3 Rb3 $44 (20... e5 21. Nd1 $5 $14)) 19... e5 {Now White
must rely in his defence, as at the moment he has no active <=>.} 20. Nb3 (20.
Nf5 Qa5 $44 {/\Nb5}) 20... Rxb3 {An enterprising sacrifice, but Black could
have increased his pressure also by quiet methods.} (20... Na6 $5 $44) 21. axb3
f6 22. Bh4 (22. b4 $6 Bxb4 $1 23. Be3 (23. Bh4 Qa1+ 24. Qb1 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qxc3+
26. Rc2 Qe3+ $40) 23... Qa1+ 24. Nb1 $8 Bxd2+ 25. Bxd2 Nd6 $17) 22... Nd6 (
22... Be3 23. Na4 Rc8 24. Kb1 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 Nb5 26. Bf2 $14) 23. Kd1 (23. Kc2
Na6 24. Na2 Nb4+ 25. Nxb4 Bxb4 $44 26. Rdd1 Qc5+ 27. Kb1 Qa7 28. Kc2 $11) (23.
Na4 $5 Be3 24. Kb1 $14) 23... Qa1+ 24. Qb1 {White must try to escape with his
K, the alternative} (24. Nb1 $6 Ncb5 25. Bf2 Bxf2 26. Rxf2 Nd4 $40 {is
extremely dangerous.}) 24... Ncb5 25. Ke2 (25. Kc2 Qa5 {[%cal Rb5d4] /\Nd4|^})
25... Qa6 26. Qd3 $6 ({Simplification helps and gives White chances to
disentangle:} 26. Nxb5 $142 Nxb5 (26... Qxb5+ $2 27. Qd3 $16) 27. Qd3 Nd4+ 28.
Kf1 Nxb3 29. Qxa6 $1 (29. Rd1 Qb6 30. g4 $14 {/\Kg2}) 29... Nxd2+ 30. Ke2 Rxa6
31. Kxd2 $16) 26... Nd4+ 27. Kf1 Nxb3 28. Qxa6 {Here White can't retain his
material advantage.} (28. Rd1 $143 Nc4 29. Bf2 $8 Bb4 $5 $36 (29... Bxf2 30.
Kxf2 Nxb2 $36)) 28... Nxd2+ 29. Ke2 Rxa6 30. Kxd2 Nc4+ $11 31. Ke2 (31. Kc2
Ne3+ 32. Kd3 Nxg2 $15) 31... Nxb2 32. Rb1 Rb6 (32... Nc4 33. Rb7 (33. Rb8+ Kf7
34. Rc8 Ra5 35. Be1 Nd6 $11) 33... Ra7 $11) 33. Nd1 Nxd1 34. Rxb6 Bxb6 35. Kxd1
{[%mdl 4096] White has survived a dangerous attack and forced a liquidation
into an _|_, in which he has a minimal advantage due to his better B. However,
Black still should be able to draw comfortably.} h5 (35... d6 $142 36. Kc2 Kf7
37. Kd3 Ke7 38. Kc4 Kd7 $11 {and it's not clear how White can improve his
position, Black avoids a P_|_ and just shuffles his B.}) 36. Ke2 Kf7 37. Kd3
Bg1 38. h3 Ke7 39. Kc4 g5 $2 {[%csl Rf6][%mdl 16384] ><f6 Creates a second
weakness apart from the d-pawn.} (39... d6 40. Kb5 Kd7 41. g4 hxg4 42. fxg4 Be3
43. Be1 Bf4 $11 {and Black holds, White's K has nowhere to penetrate and his B
can't get in via f8.} (43... g5 $2 44. h4 $1 gxh4 45. Bxh4 Ke7 46. Kc6 $18))
40. Be1 h4 (40... d6 41. h4 $1 g4 (41... Bc5 42. g4 $1 gxh4 43. Bxh4 hxg4 44.
fxg4 {[%cal Rc4b5,Rb5c6,Rc6c8,Rh4e1,Re1a5,Ra5d8] /\Kb5-c6-c7-c8,Be1-a5-d8+-})
42. fxg4 hxg4 43. Bd2 $16 {[%csl Gh4] /+-,o^h}) 41. Kb5 Be3 (41... d6 42. Kc6
$1 (42. Bb4 $2 Kd7 $11) 42... Bc5 $8 43. Ba5 Ke8 44. Kc7 Ke7 45. Kc8 Ke8 46.
Bd8 Bd4 (46... Kf7 47. Kd7 $18) 47. Bxf6 Be3 48. Bd8 Bd2 49. f4 $1 Bxf4 (49...
exf4 50. e5 Bb4 51. exd6 Bxd6 52. Bxg5 $18) 50. Ba5 $18 {/\Bb4,Kc7}) 42. Bb4+
Ke8 43. Bd6 $18 Bd2 (43... Kd8 44. Ka6 {[%cal Ra6b7,Rd6c7] /\Kb7,Bc7} Kc8 $2
45. Be7) 44. Kb6 Bc3 (44... Kd8 45. Kb7 Ba5 46. Bc5 Bd2 47. Bb6+ Ke7 (47... Ke8
48. Kc8 {[%cal Rb6d8] /\Bd8+-}) 48. Kc8 Kd6 49. Kd8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb6c7] /\Bc7}
) 45. Kc7 Ba5+ 46. Kc8 Bd8 47. Ba3 {Playing for zugzwang is the simplest, but
White already has more ways to win.} (47. Bc7 Be7 (47... Bxc7 48. Kxc7 Ke7 49.
Kc8 $18 {is the game.}) 48. d6 (48. Ba5 $22 Bf8 49. Bd8 Bg7 50. d6 Bh8 51. Be7
Bg7 52. Kc7 Bh8 53. Bf8 $18 {is the same}) 48... Bf8 49. Bd8 Bg7 (49... Bxd6
50. Bxf6 $18) 50. Be7 Bh8 51. Bf8 Kxf8 52. Kxd7 Kf7 53. Kc8 f5 54. d7 Bf6 55.
d8=Q Bxd8 56. Kxd8 $18) 47... Bb6 (47... Ba5 48. Bc5 Be1 49. Bb6 $18 {[%cal
Rb6d8] /\Bd8}) 48. Bb4 Bd8 49. Bd6 $22 Bb6 50. Bc7 Bxc7 (50... Bd4 51. Bd8 $18)
51. Kxc7 Ke7 52. Kc8 (52. Kc8 Kd6 (52... Ke8 53. d6 $18) 53. Kd8 f5 54. exf5
Kxd5 55. Kxd7 $18) 1-0

