[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2007.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Adly,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was in the 8th round after the free day... and I found that most of
my opponent's openings against d4 were only looking for a draw.  Diese Partie
wurde in der 8. Runde nach dem Ruhetag gespielt... und ich hatte festgestellt,
dass die meisten der Eröffnungen meines Gegner gegen d4 nur auf Remis angelegt
waren.} 1. e4 {So my idea to play e4 for 2nd time in my life in a real match
was to get a complicated position using my best friend's (Amin,B) favourite
opening (King's Indian Attack). Meine Idee dabei, zum zweiten Mal in meinem
Leben in einer richtigen Turnierpartie e4 spielen, war, eine komplizierte
Stellung zu erreichen, und zwar mit der Lieblingseröffnung (Königsindischer
Angriff) meines besten Freundes (B. Amin).} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5.
Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O b6 8. Re1 (8. e5 $6 {comitting the centre should be
played later: mit Festlegung des Zentrums sollte erst später erfolgen:} Nd7 9.
Re1 Qc7 10. Qe2 g5 $15 {Elgabry,M-Adly,A Egy league2003}) 8... Bb7 9. e5 Nd7
10. c4 $1 {Proving that Black is quite slow because of the early Be7.
Unterstreicht, dass Schwarz recht langsam ist, und zwar wegen des frühen Be7.}
(10. Nf1 $2 Qc7 11. Qe2 O-O-O $15 {Movsesian used this idea against Delchev.
And he turned to be using a very slow plan. Diese Idee wandte Movsesian gegen
Delchev an. Und dabei verfolgte einen sehr langsamen Plan.}) 10... Qc7 11. cxd5
exd5 12. d4 {A logical move completing the control of the centre and opening
up more ideas for White. Ein logischer Zug; das Zentrum wird vollständig
kontrolliert, und es eröffnen sich weitere Ideen für Weiß.} Nf8 (12... cxd4 $2
{Of course taking this pawn is strategically out: Das Nehmen dieses Bauern ist
natürlich strategisch verfehlt:} 13. Nb3 O-O (13... Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf4
f6 16. Nxd4 $16) 14. Bf4 $16) 13. Nf1 (13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Nb1 Rd8 15. Nc3 Ne6 {
leads to the same ideas but without the possibility of using the f5-square.
führt zu gleichen Ideen, aber ohne die Möglichkeit, das Feld f5 zu nutzen.})
13... Ne6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Ne3 (15. Qxd5 {This wouldn't lead to big chances
for White to win because after Dies würde Weiß keine großen Siegchancen
bescheren, denn nach} Ncd4 16. Qxb7 Qxb7 17. Nxd4 Qc8 18. Bc6+ Kf8 19. Nxe6+
fxe6 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 $13 {it would be quite hard to win. wäre es ziemlich schwer
zu gewinnen.}) 15... d4 $2 {White is happy now because of the weakening which
has happened now that Black has advanced his hanging pawn. Nun kann Weiß sich
freuen, denn mit dem Vorstoß seines hängenden Bauern hat Schwarz sich
Schwächen geschaffen.} (15... Rd8 16. Nf5 (16. Nxd5 {again taking the pawn is
not so clear: das Schlagen des Bauern ist wieder nicht so klar:} Rxd5 17. Qxd5
Ncd4 18. Qxb7 Ne2+ 19. Rxe2 Qxb7 $13) 16... O-O 17. Bd2 $36) 16. Nd5 Qd7 17.
Nd2 $1 {Now White is using the weakness caused by d4 (the d5- and c4-squares).
Weiß macht sich daran, die durch d4 geschaffenen Schwächen auszunutzen (Felder
d5 und c4).} Nb4 (17... O-O $142 {but still a lot of advantage for White!! ,
auch wenn Weiß trotzdem großen Vorteil hat!!}) 18. Nxe7 Bxg2 (18... Qxe7 19.
Ne4 O-O 20. a3 Nd5 21. f4 $16) 19. Nf5 {Exploiting another weakness of the
hanging pawns and preventing the king from castling next move. Nutzt eine
weitere der hängenden Bauern aus und hindert den schwarzen König daran, im
nächsten Zug zu rochieren.} Bd5 20. Ne4 {Bringing more pieces into the attack.
Schaltet weitere Figuren in den Angriff ein.} (20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. N2e4 d3 22. b3
Rd8 (22... Nd4 23. Ba3 $16) 23. Bb2 $16) 20... Kf8 ({Still Black can't play
Noch immer ist} 20... O-O {unmöglich wegen} {because of} 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 (21...
Bxe4 22. Nxe6 (22. Nh5 f5 $8 $19) 22... Qxe6 23. Rxe4 $16) 22. Nf6 Qb5 23. Qg4+
Kh8 24. a3 $18) 21. a3 $6 {Quite a bad move, pushing the bad N to the middle
of the board being afraid of d3 and Nc2.. although it's not really a good idea
for Black. Ein ziemlich schlechter Zug, der den schlechten N in die Brettmitte
treibt aus Angst vor d3 und Nc2... obwohl die Idee gar nicht so gut ist für
Schwarz.} (21. Nfd6 $142 d3 22. b3 Nd4 23. Be3 Qe7 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Nc5 $16)
21... Nc6 22. Qh5 $6 {Hurrying up to attack and missing Bxe4. Stürzt sich in
den Angriff und übersieht Bxe4.} (22. f4 $5) (22. Nxg7 $5 Nxg7 23. Nf6 Qe6 24.
Bh6 Ne7 $13) 22... d3 $2 (22... Bxe4 23. Rxe4 g6 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Nd6 Nxe5 26.
Rxe5 Qxd6 27. Bf4 $17) {Now all White's pieces are ready for the attack and it
is time to finish the game: Nun stehen sämtliche weißen Figuren zum Angriff
bereit, und es ist Zeit, die Partie zu beenden:} 23. Nf6 $3 gxf6 (23... Qd8 24.
Nd6 $18) 24. Qh6+ Kg8 (24... Ke8 25. Qxf6 Rg8 26. Nd6+ Kf8 27. Bh6+ Ng7 28. Nf5
Qe6 29. Nxg7 Qxf6 30. exf6 $18) 25. exf6 Re8 26. Bf4 Rc8 (26... Ncd4 27. Nxd4
cxd4 28. Rxe6 (28. Re5 Be4 29. Rxe4 $18) 28... fxe6 29. Qg5+ Kf8 (29... Kf7 30.
Qg7#) 30. Bd6+ Re7 31. Qg7+ Ke8 32. Qxh8+ Kf7 33. Qg7+ Ke8 34. Qg8#) 27. Bd6 $1
{Cutting off the last escape square for the king. Schneidet dem König das
letzte Fluchtfeld ab.} Ncd4 (27... Qxd6 28. Rxe6) 28. Qg7+ (28. Qf8+ Rxf8 29.
Nh6#) (28. Qg5+ Nxg5 29. Nh6#) 1-0

[Event "Bratto op 25th"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2005.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lucaroni, Massimiliano"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 $6 {Which crazy guy did play this first, the
Dutch IM Barendregt or someone else?} cxb4 5. a3 Nh6 6. axb4 Bxb4 7. c3 Be7 8.
d4 Nf5 9. Bd3 {Basically white is a pawn down, but has some compensation. The
gambit is very popular in American Opens.} Nc6 (9... h5 $5 {deserves attention.
}) 10. g4 Nh6 $5 {A very strange move.} (10... Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Nd2 Be7
$17) 11. h3 Bd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Na3 a6 14. c4 Nb4 15. Be2 (15. c5 b6) 15...
dxc4 16. Nxc4 Bc6 $17 {Black's advantage is clear.} 17. Na5 Bd5 18. Bd2 O-O $1
19. Nb3 (19. Qb1 Rc2 $1 20. Bd1 Ra2 $17) 19... Nc2 20. Rb1 Na3 21. Rc1 Rxc1 (
21... b5 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 $17) 22. Bxc1 (22. Nxc1 Nb1 $1 {was my
idea.}) 22... Qb6 23. Nbd2 (23. Nc5 Nb5 (23... Bxc5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Qd3 Nb5
26. Ng5 g6 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Bxh6 Rf7 29. Be3 Qc3 $17) 24. Bxh6 Nc3 25. Qd3
Nxe2+ 26. Qxe2 gxh6 (26... Qc6 27. Nd2 gxh6 $17) 27. Qe3 (27. Nd7 Qc6 $19)
27... Qc6 28. Nd2 f6 $17) 23... Nb5 (23... Rd8 24. Bd3 Nb5 25. Bb2 Qc6 26. Qb1
$44) (23... Rc8 24. Bd3 Qc6 25. Qe2 Nc2 26. Bb2 $44) 24. Bb2 Rc8 25. Bd3 Nc3
26. Bxc3 Rxc3 27. Ne4 Rc8 28. Qd2 {All of a sudden I started to feel the
liability of Nh6.} Qc7 $6 (28... Qd8 29. Qf4 (29. Neg5 g6 $1 30. Ne4 (30. Nxe6
$2 fxe6 31. Qxh6 Bxf3 32. Bxg6 hxg6 33. Qxg6+ Kf8 $19) 30... Kg7 $19) 29... Kh8
30. Nfg5 b5) (28... Kh8 29. Qf4 Qb3 30. Bb1 Qa3 31. Neg5 $44) 29. Nfg5 $2 ({
I was really afraid of} 29. Nf6+ Kh8 (29... gxf6 30. Qxh6 f5 31. gxf5 (31. Ng5
Bxg5 32. Qxg5+ Kf8 33. gxf5 Qc3 34. Qf6 Ke8) 31... Bf8 32. Qh5 h6 33. Kh2 Kh8
34. Rg1 f6 35. Nh4) (29... Bxf6 30. exf6 Qd8 (30... Bxf3 31. Qg5) 31. Ne5 Kh8
32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33. Qxc1 Kg8 (33... Qf8 34. Qg5 Ng8 35. Nd7 gxf6 36. Qxd5 exd5
37. Nxf8) 34. Nd7 gxf6 35. Qxh6 Qxd7 36. Bxh7+ Kh8 37. Bg6+) 30. Nxd5 exd5 31.
g5 Ng8 32. Bf5 Rb8 33. Rc1 Qd8 34. Qf4 $44) 29... Kh8 (29... Qd8 30. f4 f6 $17)
30. f4 f6 $1 $19 {Finally my knight could come back in the game.} 31. exf6 gxf6
32. Nxh7 $2 (32. Nxe6 Bxe6 33. f5 Nxf5 34. gxf5 Rg8+ 35. Kh1 Bd5 $19) (32. Nf3
b5 $19) 32... Bxe4 33. Bxe4 f5 {Now he loses a piece.} 34. Ng5 (34. gxf5 exf5
$19) 34... fxe4 35. Nxe6 Qc3 (35... Qc3 36. Qxc3 Rxc3 37. f5 Rg3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "GRE-chT 30th"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "2001.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2001.07.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. b3 $5 {"Pap" s speciality.} d5 3. Bb2 a6 $6 $146 {I was happy with
my novelty before the game.} (3... Nf6 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 cxd4
8. cxd4 Nge7 $13) 4. Qe2 $1 {But this is most likely the best reply.} d4 (4...
Nc6 $5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Nc3 $14) (4... dxe4 {makes no sens since
black good go for that the move before.} 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxe4 (6. O-O-O Nd4 7.
Qxe4 Nf6) 6... Nge7 7. Nf3 (7. O-O-O Nd4 8. Qd3 Nec6 9. Nf3 Nxf3 10. Qxf3) 7...
Nf5 8. O-O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. g4 Nd6) 5. c3 c5 $6 (5... Nc6 {comes into
consideration.} 6. Nf3 e5 7. Na3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 $13) (5... dxc3 $5 6. dxc3 e5 7.
Nf3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 Bc5 9. b4 Ba7 10. a4 f6 11. b5 Nce7 $1 $13) 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nf3
Nge7 8. Na3 Ng6 9. g3 e5 {Losing too much time and tempi.} (9... dxc3 10. dxc3
Be7 11. h4 $16) 10. f5 Nge7 11. Nc4 f6 12. a4 g6 $6 {That really looked risky.}
(12... Na5 13. b4 (13. Nfxe5 $2 fxe5 14. Nxe5 h5 $1 {and black is okay!}) 13...
Nxc4 14. Qxc4 dxc3 15. dxc3 (15. Bxc3 cxb4 16. Bxb4 Nc6 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 $13)
15... cxb4 16. cxb4 Nc6 17. Bc3 (17. b5 Qb6) 17... Qb6 18. Rb1 a5 19. b5 Bc5
$132) 13. a5 $1 $16 gxf5 14. Nh4 Be6 15. exf5 Bf7 16. Bg2 Nc8 (16... d3 17. Qe4
) 17. O-O Be7 18. cxd4 ({I was already concerned about some sacrificial
attempts.} 18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19. cxd4 exd4 $8 (19... cxd4 $2 20. Nxe5 $1 fxe5 21.
Qxe5 Rf8 22. f6 Qd5 23. Rfe1 $18)) 18... Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 Nd6 {
Black is in an awful shape.} 21. d3 $2 {Not the best.Since after even the text
move white secures a huge edge,this may not look as a bad move.However in
reality after the text black is lost but can always go to some endings where
he may put up a stiff resistance even with two pawns down.} (21. Nxd6+ $142
Qxd6 22. Bxb7 Ra7 (22... Rb8 23. Bxa6 (23. Qxa6 $4 Rxb7 $19 (23... Bd5+ $19))
23... Bd5+ 24. Kg1 Rxb3 25. Bb5+) 23. Be4 Bxb3 (23... O-O 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Ng6+
$18) 24. Rab1 c4 25. Qh5+ $18) 21... Rd8 22. Nf3 Qg4 23. Ncxe5 $1 $18 {Black
is stone cold lost.} fxe5 24. Qxe5 O-O 25. Qxe7 Nxf5 26. Qxc5 (26. Qxb7 $2 {
Of course this greedy move could even effect the result of the game.} Bd5 27.
Qc7 Ne3 $17) 26... Bxb3 $6 (26... Qh5 27. Kg1 Nxg3 28. Qxh5 Nxh5 29. Ne5 Bd5 {
looks more resilient.}) 27. Ne5 Qd4 28. Qxd4 Nxd4 29. Bxb7 (29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.
Bxb7 Bd5+ 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 $16) 29... Rxf1+ $2 (29... Bd5+ 30. Bxd5+ Rxd5 {
transposes to the last note.}) 30. Rxf1 Bd5+ 31. Bxd5+ Rxd5 32. Nc4 Nb3 33. Rf6
$1 {One of many things I have overlooked in this game.} Nxa5 34. Rxa6 Nb3 35.
Rd6 Rc5 {This point on,I started to show very stiff resistance which ended up
in sharing the point,though black's position is in deed hopeless.} 36. Rd7 Nc1
37. Nd2 Rc2 38. Ne4 h6 39. g4 Ne2 40. h4 $2 {A very bad move.Even with two
pawns up white needs the participation of his king in to the game to cash the
point.} (40. Kg2 $1 Nd4+ 41. Kg3 Ne2+ 42. Kh4 Nf4 43. d4 $18 {wins easily.})
40... Nf4 41. g5 $2 {In principle white has to be careful with the only
possible pawn exchange in the position.} ({Using the h pawn looks dangerous
for black.} 41. h5 Kf8 42. Rd6 Kg7 43. g5 hxg5 44. h6+ Kf7 45. Nxg5+ Ke7 46. h7
Rc8 47. Ra6 Rh8 48. d4 $18) 41... hxg5 42. hxg5 Re2 $1 43. Nf6+ Kf8 44. d4 Ng6
45. Nh7+ Kg8 46. Nf6+ Kf8 47. d5 $6 {It is already not that clear if white can
ever win this game.} (47. Kg1 Nf4 (47... Nh4 $6 48. Kf1 Rd2 49. Ne4 Rc2 50. d5
Nf5 51. d6 Ne3+ 52. Kg1 $18) 48. Kf1 Rg2 49. Ne4 (49. Nd5 $2 Rxg5 50. Nxf4 Rf5
$11) 49... Ra2 50. d5 $140 $2 Ra4 $1 {and the pawn falls.}) 47... Nh4 $1 {
Usually centralization works however sometimes the direction of the threat
could come from the wing.} (47... Ne5 $2 48. Rd8+ Kf7 49. Re8) 48. Nh7+ (48.
Rh7 Re1+ 49. Kh2 Nf3+ $11) 48... Kg8 $1 $11 {Black has to be extremely careful
in this position to achive a draw.} (48... Ke8 $2 49. Rd6 $1 Nf3 50. Rh6 $1 $16
(50. Re6+ $2 Rxe6 51. dxe6 Ke7 52. g6 Kxe6 $11)) 49. Kg1 Nf3+ 50. Kf1 Rd2 $8 {
Black set up the famous drawing mechanism.} 51. Nf6+ Kf8 52. Ng4 Nxg5 53. Ne5
Ne4 $1 {The best white can get is a drawish R+N vs R ending.} (53... Ne4 $1 54.
Ng6+ Ke8 $1 55. Re7+ Kd8 56. Rxe4 Rxd5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "United Insurance 5th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "2001.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Ne8 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. Bf4 a4 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Nc7 15. h5
Nb5 16. h6 g6 17. c4 Nbd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Ne3 Bb7 20. Rb1 Bc6 21. Nc2 Qd7 22.
Nxd4 cxd4 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Ra1 Rfb8 26. Qd2 Rb3 27. Bg5 Bf8 28.
Re4 Rxa3 29. Rc1 Rc3 30. Rxc3 dxc3 31. Qxc3 a3 32. Re1 Qb7 33. Ra1 Rc8 34. Qd2
Qb2 35. Qe1 Bb4 36. Rc1 Rxc1 37. Qxc1 Bc3 38. Qf4 Bd4 39. Qf6 {[%tqu "En",
"With his last move White created a double threat: 40. Qg7# and 40.Qd8#. How
can Black parry it?","Try to eliminate White's most dangerous piece.","Do not
forget about your major trump - the advanced a-pawn.","b2f2","That's it! This
piece sacrifice, allowing Black to exchange queens, decides the game in
Black's favor. All other moves were losing for Black.",2]} Qxf2+ {[%csl Rf6,
Rg1,Rg5][%cal Ga3a1,Gd4g1]} 40. Qxf2 ({White cannot decline the "offer":} 40.
Kh1 Qg1#) 40... Bxf2+ 41. Kxf2 a2 42. Bf6 Kf8 ({Well,} 42... a1=Q {was easily
winning as well, but the text move, immediately bringing the black king into
play was, probably, just shocking for White, so he decided to give up without
continuing the entirely meaningless struggle.}) 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 0001"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2000.11.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Rolletschek, Heinrich"]
[Black "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Linz SK Voest"]
[BlackTeam "Hohenems SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 b6 6. Qe2 Bb7 7. Bg2 Be7 8. e5
Nfd7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Nf1 O-O-O 12. c3 h6 13. d4 g5 14. Be3 f5 15.
exf6 Bxf6 (15... Nxf6 $6 {is strongly met by} 16. h4 (16. Bc1 {is also
possible:} Ne4 17. N3d2 {, and White has better chances.}) 16... g4 17. N3h2 {
threatening 18.Bf4, with a large advantage.}) 16. Rac1 Rhe8 17. b4 Re7 $1 (
17... c4 $5 {also deserved attention:} 18. b5 Ncb8 19. h4 g4 20. N3h2 h5 21. f3
(21. Bf4 e5) 21... e5 {, with good counterplay.}) 18. N3d2 $6 {[%csl Re5][%cal
Gf2f4] Intending to play 19.f4 fixing the e6-pawn.Yet, Black has a radical
solution to the e-pawn problem...} ({After} 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. dxc5 e5 {Black
has dangerous initiative.}) 18... e5 $1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge5d4,Gc5d4,Ge7e2]}
19. Bxd5 exd4 20. cxd4 Bxd4 21. bxc5 Nxc5 {[%csl Rd5,Re3][%cal Gd8d4,Ge7e2,
Gc6d4,Gb7d5,Gc5d3] After this move all Black pieces are perferctly interacting.
White has a worse position and should act very carefully to avoid material
losses.} 22. Bg2 $2 ({The bishop retreat loses an exchange.} 22. Qg4+ {was a
better alternative, although after} Qd7 23. Qxd7+ Rdxd7 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Bxd4
Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Rxd4 $17 {Black has good winning chances in the ending.}) 22...
Bxe3 23. Nxe3 Nd3 {[%csl Rc1,Re1][%cal Gd3c1,Gd3e1]} 24. Rc2 {[%csl Rc6,Rc7,
Rc8][%cal Ge2e1,Ge1c1,Gc1c6,Gg2c6] The best chance. White is trying to exploit
his pressure along the c-file. Yet, Black has sufficient resources to
neutralize this pressure.} Nxe1 25. Qxe1 Kb8 26. Qc1 Re6 27. Bh3 Red6 (27...
Nd4 $5 28. Rxc7 Ne2+ 29. Kf1 Nxc1 30. Rxc1 Rxe3 31. fxe3 Rxd2) 28. Nf5 Rd5 29.
Ne3 (29. Nxh6 $2 {fails to} Qh7) 29... Rc5 $1 {The rook exchange dissolves
White's last illusions.} 30. Rxc5 bxc5 31. Bg4 Nd4 32. Qc4 Qb6 ({Black could
also play} 32... Qc6 33. f3 Ba6 {followed by Ne2+}) 33. Qc3 $2 Qc6 34. f3 Ne2+
0-1

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Donguines, Fernie"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Bg2 f6 6. exf6 Nxf6 7. O-O Bd6 8. d4
O-O 9. c4 dxc4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nbd2 Qd3 12. Qa4 c3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14. Nb3 Be7
15. Bd2 Qd3 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. Rad1 Qf5 18. Nh4 Qh5 19. Bc3 Rad8 20. Qc4 Bc8 21.
Bf3 Qf7 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Bb4 Re8 25. Nf3 Bb6 26. Bc5 Qh5 27. Ne5
Bc7 28. f4 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Rd8 31. Nd4 Rd5 32. Bxa7 $4 ({A very bad
slip, after which Black developes an irresistible attack. Essential was} 32.
Re2) {[%tqu "En","Black's attack needs extra power. How can Black fuel it up?",
"Try to bring your bishop into attack.","Play energetically not to allow White
any time for defence.","c6c5","This energetic pawn thrust spells a quick end
for White.",6]} 32... c5 $1 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gc8b7,Gb7g2] Now the black bishop
comes into action with decisive effect.} 33. Nf3 ({Or} 33. Bxc5 Rxe5 34. fxe5
Bb7+ 35. Kf2 (35. Kh3 Qg4#) 35... Ng4#) 33... Bb7 34. Qe2 (34. Qf1 {is refuted
by} Rd2+) 34... Rd2 $1 {[%cal Gb7g2] The simplest and most elegant way to
conclude the game.} 0-1

[Event "Ismailia Misr 2nd"]
[Site "Ismailia"]
[Date "2004.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EGY"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. Bf4 a4 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Ba6 15. Ne3
Qa5 16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. dxc4 Rad8 19. Ng5 Ncxe5 20. Qc2 Bxg5 21. hxg5
Ng6 22. Bd6 Rfe8 23. Be4 Nf6 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Red1 Nh7 26. f4 e5 27. fxe5 Nxg5
28. Rd5 Nf3+ 29. Kf1 Nd4 30. Qd3 Ne6 31. Rb1 Qa8 32. Rb2 Rd7 33. Qb1 Qa6 34.
Qd3 Qc6 35. Rb5 Rc8 36. Kf2 Rdd8 37. Qd1 Qa6 38. Qd2 Ra8 39. Qb2 Rdc8 40. Rd1
Nd4 41. Rxd4 (41. Rxc5 Rxc5 42. Bxc5 Nb3 {is clearly in Black's favor.}) 41...
cxd4 42. Qxd4 Qc6 43. Rb4 Qh1 44. c5 Qh2+ 45. Kf3 Qa2 46. Qd3 Rc6 47. Kg4 Qe6+
48. Kf3 Qa2 49. Kg4 Rca6 50. Rc4 Qb3 51. Rc3 Qe6+ 52. Kf3 Rc6 53. Rc4 Ra7 54.
Rb4 Ra8 55. g4 Rca6 56. Qc4 Qd7 57. Qd5 Rc6 58. Kg3 Rac8 59. Qc4 Qe8 60. Kf2
Qd7 61. Rxa4 Qb7 62. Rb4 Qa7 63. Rb5 Ra6 64. Rb3 $4 ({A big mistake
convincingly refuted by Black. Correct was} 64. Qd5 Rxa3 65. e6 {, with
counterplay.}) {[%tqu "En","How would you take advantage of White's last
careless move?","Eliminate the key defender of White bastions.","Use your
a6-rook for the decisive blow!","a6d6","This excellent exchange sacrifice
decides the game for Black.",6]} 64... Rxd6 $1 {[%csl Ga7,Rc4,Rc5,Gc8,Rf2]
[%cal Ga7f2] This spectacular blow, severely punishing White's mistake, spells
a quick end for White.} 65. exd6 Rxc5 66. Qd4 ({White loses the rook anyway:} 
66. Rb8+ Rc8+) ({or} 66. Rb7 Rf5+ 67. Ke1 Re5+ {, followed by 68...Qb7.}) 66...
Rf5+ (66... Rc2+ 67. Ke3 Re2+ 68. Kd3 Rd2+ {was winning as well.}) 67. Ke3 Rf3+
$1 (67... Rf3+ {, and White resigned as after} 68. Ke4 {, Black has a pleasant
choice between 68...Rf4+ and 68...Qd4+ 69.Kd4 Rb3, easily winning in both
cases.}) 0-1

[Event "Bad Endbach"]
[Site "Bad Endbach"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. c3 d6 7. Na3 Nge7 8. d3 b6
9. O-O Ba6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. b4 Bb7 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. b5 Na5 14. Ba1 d5 15. e5 a6
16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. bxa6 Rxa6 18. Nb5 Bc6 19. d4 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Qxb5 21. Rxb5 c4
22. Bb2 Nac6 23. Bc1 Nc8 24. Bg5 Rd7 25. Rd2 Bf8 26. Ne1 N8a7 27. Rb1 b5 28.
Rdb2 b4 $1 {Black sacrifices a pawn in order to activate his Knight. Indeed
the Knight obtains a very good blockading position on b5; the d4-pawn becomes
vulnerable; the c4-pawn becomes a passed one. It's a lot for one pawn!} 29.
cxb4 Nb5 30. Nc2 Be7 31. Be3 Bd8 {Although White is a pawn up it's he, who is
a defender in this case and Romanishin saved the game by very accurate defence
only.} 32. Bf1 Bb6 33. Rd1 Rda7 34. a3 Ra8 35. g4 Ra4 36. h3 Nca7 37. Ra1 Nc6
38. Rd1 Nxa3 39. b5 Na5 40. Ra2 Nb3 41. Na1 Rb4 42. Nc2 Rba4 43. Na1 Rb4 44.
Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Drury Lane"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.06.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Black "McDonald, Neil R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 dxe4 6. dxe4 Bc5 7. Bg2 e5 8.
O-O O-O 9. c3 a5 10. Qc2 b6 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. a4 (12. Nh4 {Fritz 5.00 (100s)} a4
13. Nd2 Bc5 14. Nc4 Ng4 15. Bf3 Ba6 16. Be2 Qf6 17. Nf5 Ne7 18. Nce3 Nxe3 19.
Bxe3 Nxf5 20. Bxc5 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 bxc5 22. exf5 Qxf5 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. Qc4 e4 {
1/2-1/2 Gelman,A-Nikolenko,O/Moscow op2 1995/EXP 50}) 12... Ba6 13. Rd1 Qc8 (
13... Qe7 {Fritz 5.00 (100s)} 14. Nh4 g6 15. Bh6 Rfe8 16. h3 Nd8 17. Qc1 Ne6
18. Nf5 gxf5 19. exf5 Ng7 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Rxd6 Qxd6 22. Qg5 Nfe8 23. Bxg7
Nxg7 24. f6 Qf8 25. Re1 Kh8 26. fxg7+ Qxg7 27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Rxe5 c5 29. Kh2
Kg7 30. g4 Bd3 31. Nd2 Bc2 32. Nc4 Rb8 33. Rg5+ Kf8 34. Rh5 Bg6 35. Rd5 Ke7 36.
Rd2 f6 37. Ne3 Bb1 38. Kg3 Ke6 39. Kf4 b5 40. axb5 Rxb5 41. Nc4 a4 42. Na3 {
1-0 Horvath,G-Aumann,W/Budapest FS06 IM 1997/EXP 58}) 14. Nh4 Qe6 15. Nf5 Rad8
16. Be3 (16. Bh3 $5 Kh8 17. Bg5) 16... Ng4 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bd2 Bc4 19. Nc1 Bc5
20. Be1 g6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. b3 Ba6 23. Bf3 h5 24. h3 gxf5 25. exf5 Qd6 $1 {
Black has spotted the weakness of the g3-pawn, thanks to the influence of his
dark squared bishop which x-rays the white king.} 26. hxg4 e4 $1 27. Qxe4 $2 (
27. Bg2 Qxg3 28. Ne2 Qxg4 29. Qxe4 {was the only chance to continue the fight.}
) 27... Qxg3+ {Yet another disaster on the g3-square: after 28 Bg2 Bxf2+ 29
Bxf2 Rd1+ Black wins easily.} 0-1

[Event "Leon-B"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Strikovic, Aleksa"]
[Black "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nge7 6. h4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 cxd4 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. e5 Qc7 11. O-O Nxe5 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Na3 a6 14. Rfd1
Nc6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. c3 O-O 18. cxd4 {It's very unusual to see a
position with an isolated d4-pawn, arisingn from the King's Indian Defence.
Here White has some edge, despite the fact that quite a few minor pieces have
come off. Sometimes with fewer pieces on the board problems with development
of the c8-bishop are even more difficult to solve.} Rd8 19. Rac1 Bd7 (19...
Rxd4 $5 20. Ne5 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 $44) (19... Nxd4 20. Qe3 $44) 20. Qe3 Rac8 21.
a3 $1 {As a king side attack is out of the question here (too many pieces have
been exchanged), White correctly prepares to play on the left wing.} Be8 22. b4
h6 23. Kh2 $1 {White is improving his position, while it's hard to find an
equally useful move for Black.} Kf8 $2 (23... Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 b5
26. Bf1 $16) 24. d5 $1 {[#]Once again White opens the centre by d4-d5, when he
is much better prepared for this transposition of the pawn formation.} exd5 25.
Bxd5 Ne7 26. Nb6 Nxd5 27. Nxd5 $18 (27. Nxd5 Qb8 28. Qe7+ Kg8 29. Nb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup06"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "1998.06.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O $6 (7...
b6 $142) 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 Re8 10. Re1 d4 $6 11. h4 {This move is an important
part of White's overall plan. He wants to play h4-h5-h6, thus weakening the
dark squares around the enemy king. It's also important to take control of the
g5-square.} Rb8 12. Bf4 b5 {Naturally, Black tries to play on the queenside,
but the text creates some weaknesses there.} 13. cxb5 Rxb5 14. Na3 Rb8 15. Nc4
Na5 16. Nfd2 Ba6 17. b3 Nxc4 18. bxc4 Rb2 19. Qd1 $1 {The situation has
changed and White no longer should play on the kingside, as he now has a clear
plan of play on the opposite flank.} Rb6 20. Qa4 Qc7 21. Rab1 Reb8 22. Rxb6
Rxb6 23. Nb3 Bc8 24. Bd2 Ra6 25. Ba5 Kf8 26. Qb5 Nb6 27. h5 f6 28. exf6 gxf6
29. f4 ({Missing a tactical chance -} 29. Rxe6 $1 Bxe6 30. Qxa6) 29... Bd6 $6
30. Rxe6 Bxe6 31. Qxa6 Bc8 32. Bxb6 axb6 33. Qa8 Kg7 34. Nd2 Bg4 35. Bf3 Qe7
36. Bxg4 Qe3+ 37. Kh1 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qxd2+ 39. Kh3 Qxd3 40. Qb7+ Kh6 41. Qf7 Qf1+
42. Kh4 1-0

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. c3 Be7 6. Qa4+ c6 (6... Bd7 7. Qc2
Bc6 8. e5 Nfd7 9. d4 Bb7 10. Bd3 h6 11. b4 c5 12. Qb1 $14 {Chernov,
V-Schwartzman,G/Bucharest ENE/1993/0,5/72/}) (6... Qd7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. d4 (8. Ne5
Qd6 9. d4 c5 10. Nef3 Qc7 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 $10 {Varavin,
V-Totsky,L/Moscow/1992/1:0/42/}) 8... dxe4 9. Nxe4 Ba6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Qe4
Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Qd5 $10 {Komljakov,V-Totsky,L/Orel/1994/0,5/15/}) 7. e5 (7. Be2
O-O 8. Nf1 b5 9. Qc2 c5 10. Ng3 Nc6 11. O-O Bb7 $10 {Orlov,G-Piskov,Y/Minsk/
1990/0,5/16/}) 7... Nfd7 8. d4 a5 9. h4 Qc7 10. h5 $5 (10. Bd3 Ba6 11. Bxa6
Nxa6 12. O-O b5 13. Qd1 c5 $15 {Bosboom,M-Knaak,R/Mitropa-Cup/1993/0:1/30/})
10... Ba6 11. a3 O-O (11... h6 $5) 12. h6 g6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. O-O b5 15. Qd1
c5 $132 16. Re1 Rfc8 17. Qe2 (17. Nf1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qc2 $17) 17... b4 18. axb4
cxb4 19. c4 $1 $8 (19. cxb4 Nxb4 $17) 19... dxc4 20. d5 Bf8 (20... exd5 21. e6
Nf8 (21... Ndc5 22. exf7+ Kxf7 (22... Kf8 23. Nxc4 dxc4 24. Bf4 Bd6 (24... Qd7
25. Qe5 Kxf7 26. Qg7+ Ke8 27. Qg8#) 25. Bxd6+ Qxd6 26. Ng5 Nd3 27. Qf3 $36) 23.
Ne5+ Kg8 24. Qf3 Bf8 25. Qxd5+ Kh8 26. Nf7+ Kg8 27. Nd6+ $16) 22. exf7+ Kxf7
23. Ne5+ Kg8 24. Qf3 Bc5 25. Qxd5+ Kh8 26. Nf7+ Kg8 27. Nd6+ $16) (20... Qb7
21. Rxa5) 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Ne4 Be7 $6 (22... Nac5 23. Nf6+ Nxf6 24. exf6 Nd3 (
24... Ra6 25. Ng5 Nd3 26. f7+ Kh8 27. Qf3 Be7 28. Rxe6 $18) 25. Ng5 (25. Qxe6+
Qf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Ng5+ Kxf6 28. Nxh7+ Kf7 29. Re4 $13) 25... e5 $13) 23.
Bg5 Bxg5 24. Nfxg5 Qxe5 (24... Nac5 25. Nf6+ Nxf6 26. exf6 $36) (24... Nxe5 25.
Nf6+ Kh8 (25... Kf8 26. Nxe6+) 26. Qxe5 Qxe5 27. Nf7#) 25. Nf3 Qf4 (25... Qc7
26. Neg5 Ndc5 27. Qxc4 $16) 26. Rxa5 $16 Nc7 27. Rxa8 Nxa8 28. Rd1 Nf8 (28...
Nab6 29. Nd6 Rf8 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Ne4 $16) 29. Nfg5 $1 c3 (29... Nb6 30. Qe3
Qc7 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Rd7 Qxd7 $8 (32... Nbxd7 33. Nf7#) 33. Nxd7 Nbxd7 34. Nxe6
$18) 30. Qe3 $1 $18 c2 (30... Qc7 31. bxc3 b3 (31... bxc3 32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. Qxc3
$1 Qxc3 34. Nf7#) 32. Rb1 Rb8 33. Nf6+ Kh8 34. Qe5 $1 $18) 31. Rc1 (31. Rc1
Qxe3 (31... Qf5 32. Nd6 Qc5 33. Nxc8 Qxc8 34. Qb3 $18) (31... Qc7 32. Rxc2 Qxc2
(32... Qb7 33. Rxc8 Qxc8 34. Nf6+) 33. Nf6+ Kh8 34. Nf7#) (31... Qe5 32. f4)
32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. Nf7#) 1-0

[Event "Moscow3"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O b6 8. Re1
Bb7 9. c3 Qc7 10. e5 (10. a3 O-O-O (10... a5 11. a4 O-O-O (11... O-O $5) 12. e5
Nd7 13. d4 g5 14. Nb1 $1 h6 15. Na3 Ndb8 16. Be3 Ba6 17. Nb5 $14 {Psakhis,
L-Kohlweyer,B/Wien op/1990/1:0/60/}) 11. Qe2 h6 12. b4 c4 13. exd5 cxd3 14.
Qxd3 Nxd5 15. Qc2 Bf6 16. Bb2 Kb8 17. c4 $14 {Psakhis,L-Nikitin,A/Berliner
Sommer/1991/1:0/33/}) (10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a4 O-O 12. Nc4 Rad8 13. Qb3 Bf6 14. a5
Ba8 15. Nfd2 Rb8 $10 {Todorcevic,M-VuJosevic,V/Cetinje/1992/1:0/37/}) 10... Nd7
11. Nf1 $5 (11. Qe2 g5 12. h3 h5 $132) 11... Ncxe5 $6 (11... O-O-O 12. Bf4 h6
13. h4 $14 Rdg8 14. Qd2 Qd8 15. h5 g5 16. hxg6 Rxg6 17. Rab1 Qf8 18. a3 h5 19.
b4 $16 {Yagupov,I-Janovsky,S/Moscow 3/1995/1:0/38/}) 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bf4 Bd6
14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Qh5 Bf6 $6 (15... Bd6 16. Rxe6+ Kf8 17. Re2 d4 18. cxd4 cxd4
19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Qd5 $1 $16 {Nadyrhanov/}) 16. Rxe6+ Kf8 17. Rxf6
$1 gxf6 18. Qh6+ Ke7 (18... Kg8 19. Ne3 Re8 20. Ng4 Re6 21. Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Qxf6
$18) 19. Re1+ Kd7 20. Qxf6 $18 Qd6 21. Qxf7+ Kc8 22. Bh3+ Kb8 23. Re6 Qf8 24.
Re8+ $1 (24. Re8+ Qxe8 25. Qf4+) 1-0

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Vasteras"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Eriksson, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2011.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 {This move came as somewhat of a surprise since my opponent
is a regular Najdorf player. Having spent the whole morning analysing the
Najdorf I got a bit upset and decided for a counter surprise over the board.}
3. b4 $1 {An interesting pawn sacrifice in order to get control over the
centre. The move in itself might not be that strong theoretically, but as a
surprise it definitely has extra value.} cxb4 4. a3 {White now plans to
recapture on a3 with the B and if possible exchange the dark-squared bishops
in order to weaken the dark squares in Black's camp.} Nc6 5. axb4 Bxb4 6. c3
Be7 7. d4 {White has a strong centre in compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}
d5 {By playing this move Black walks right into White's plan. Although
objectively there is nothing wrong with ...d5 it looks more lgical to play} (
7... d6 {in order to push ...e5 next and open the diagonal for the B on c8.})
8. e5 {Now the centre is closed and we have transposed to a French-like
position. It's bad news for Black that he doesn't have his c-pawn and is
unable to get counterplay with ...c5. Moreover the bishop on e7 prevents the N
on g8 from occupying its natural development square on e7 and the B on c8 has
a rather long way to a bright future.} f6 {Black breaks in the centre, trying
to open up the play in order to get more space for his pieces.} 9. Bd3 {
White continues with natural development so as not to let Black bring out his
g8 N that easily.} fxe5 10. Nxe5 (10. dxe5 {is the most common option here.
It's also a very logical move since White now remains in control of the
f6-square which hampers Black's development. It's a very reasonable move in
many kind of ways, but as I was not completely comfortable with the reply} Nh6
$5 {I decided not to go for this. If Black is able to transfer his N to f7
next move there is not much left in the way of compensation for White. Instead}
11. Bxh6 {should be played when after} gxh6 {Black gets a slightly inferior
pawn structure. However he remains a pawn up and now also has the pair of
bishops, while I can't see any clear counterplay for White.} 12. Qd2) 10... Nf6
{Black grabs the chance to develop his N from g8.} 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 {
White prepares to play Ndf3 to take control over the square e5, which can be a
very useful outpost.} Nxe5 $2 $146 {Black decides to stop Whie's plans. Now
White will have to recapture on e5 with a pawn, taking away the outpost on e5
and also liquidating the pressure against the weak e6-pawn along the e-file.
However White will now be able to start an attack on the kingside before Black
gets time to consolidate.} ({A wiser decision would have been} 12... Bd7 {
as in 0-1 Perez,F (2184)-Ribreau,H (2246)/France 2003/EXT 2005 (36) to
continue development} {Now instead of 13.f4 that was played in the game, the
natural move} 13. Ndf3 {looks like a better approach to me, keeping the
diagonal c1-h6 open for the white B. White's initiative should compensate for
the sacrificed pawn.}) 13. dxe5 Nd7 $2 ({Taking into account what followed in
the game, here} 13... Ne4 {would have been more stubborn when after} 14. Nxe4
dxe4 15. Bxe4 $14 {[%csl Ge4] White regains the sacrificed pawn with a
slightly better position in view of his better placed pieces and Black's
development problems of the B on c8.}) 14. Qh5 g6 $4 {This loses on the spot.
Obviously my next move was not the big surprise for my opponent, but he
confessed after the game that he had completely overlooked the fact that my
rook from a1 would be able to swing over to the kingside along the fourth rank.
} ({Absolutely necessary was} 14... h6 {when Black still has practical chances
to stay in the game. However after the correct} 15. Nb3 $1 {Threatening Bxh6
and at the same time controlling the important c5-square that otherwise could
be a resource to counterplay for Black. A possible line that we analysed
during the post mortem is} Qc7 16. Re1 $1 Qxc3 17. Re3 $40 {with a crushing
attack for White}) 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kh8 17. Ra4 $1 {This is the crucial
move that decides the game.} ({My computer program points out that} 17. Nf3 {
is even stronger, but the game continuation looked a bit more straightforward
to me during the game.}) 17... Rf5 ({Necessary was} 17... Nxe5 {in order to
stay in the game, but after} 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Qxe5 {White has regained the
sacrificed piece while the attack soon continues. I don't see much hope for
Black here, although there is still some fighting to come.} Rf5 20. Rg4+ Rg5
21. Qg3 Rxg4 22. Qxg4+ Kf7 23. Nf3 $16 Qh8 $8 24. Re1) 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Qxe6+
Rf7 20. Rg4+ Bg5 21. Qxd5 $1 {By simply collecting another pawn,White leaves
Black completely paralysed, while himself creating even more threats.} Kf8 22.
e6 Rg7 23. Ba3+ Be7 24. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. c4 Nh6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5
O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O c4 $1 11. h3 (11. d3 $142 cxd3 (11... Qb6+ 12. d4 $13
(12. Kh1 cxd3 13. Qxd3 Ba6 $19)) 12. Qxd3 Bf5 {/\Ng4->, >< /^a7-g1}) 11... Bf5
{><d3} 12. d4 $6 cxd3 13. g4 Be4 $17 14. f5 Re8 15. Re1 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 $2 (16.
Kg2 Nxf5 17. gxf5 Bxf5 $40) 16... Nxf5 $6 (16... Qh4 17. Nxe4 Qxh3+ 18. Nh2
dxe4 19. Rxe4 Bf2 20. Qf1 Qxf1+ 21. Nxf1 Rad8) (16... Nxg4 $142 $1 17. Nxe4 (
17. hxg4 $4 Qh4+ 18. Kg2 Qxg4+ 19. Kh2 Bxf3 $19) 17... dxe4 18. hxg4 exf3 $19)
17. gxf5 Bxf5 18. Kg2 Re6 19. Kh2 (19. Bg5 Rg6 20. Qd2 h6 21. Qf4 Be6 $19) (19.
Ng5 Rg6 20. Qh5 h6 21. Rf1 Be6 22. Qxg6 $5 Bxh3+ $1 $19) 19... Rg6 20. Na4 $2 (
20. Bf4 $142 Rb8 21. b3 Rb4 22. Qd2 Be4 $44) 20... Bf2 21. Bf4 (21. Rf1 Bg3+
22. Kh1 Be4 $1 23. Qd2 (23. e6 Qh4 $19) 23... Bxe5 24. Nc5 $8 Qh4 25. Nxe4
Qxh3+ 26. Nh2 Bxh2 27. Ng5 Rxg5 $19) 21... Bxh3 22. Qxd3 (22. Kxh3 Qc8+ 23. e6
(23. Kh2 Qg4 $19) 23... Bxe1 24. Nxe1 Qxe6+ 25. Kh2 Qe4 $1 {/\Re8-+}) 22... Bg4
(22... Bg4 23. Ng5 Rxg5 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 {I choose the King's Indian setup
for White against the French for many reasons, one of them being complexity of
the game in this type of positions.} Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O b6 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 {
White can also choose a more flexible setup with c3, but on that day I decided
to play in more straightforward way.} d4 10. h4 {perhaps better and more sound
from positioonal point of view would be to defend the e5-pawn with its f2
colleague} (10. Nfd2 $1 Bb7 11. f4 O-O 12. Ne4 $14) 10... h6 {The main
strategic idea for Black in these types of position is to play ...g5 in order
to attack the e5-pawn and also to open files on the kingside.} 11. h5 $1 {
Stopping for a while ...g5.} Qc7 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Nbd2 O-O-O 14. Rfe1 {A
slightly inexact move.} ({I should definitely have spent more time here in
order to convince myself that after} 14. Ne4 $5 {White is not afraid of losing
a pawn} Ncxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. a3 {it's not so easy to get rid of the pin} a5
17. Rae1 f6 18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. Bh3 $14) 14... Rdg8 {Black should take advantage
of White's slow 14th move and to go for the immediate} (14... g5 $1 15. hxg6
fxg6 16. Ne4 (16. g4 h5 17. g5 h4 18. Bh3 Rdf8 19. Bh2 Nd8 20. Ne4 $13) 16...
g5 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Qb8 19. Bc1 Qxd6 20. a3 Na5) 15. Ne4 g5 {Now this is
not so strong, especially as the pawn on e6 is hanging if Black takes on g6
with the pawn.} (15... Kb8 16. Nd6) 16. hxg6 Rxg6 (16... fxg6 $6 17. Nd6+ Kb8 (
17... Bxd6 18. exd6 $18) 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Bd2 g5 20. a3 $16) 17. a3 $5 ({
It was also possible to go for} 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Qd8 19. a3 Rf6 20. Bc1 (
20. b4 Rxf4 {!} 21. gxf4 Rg8 22. Kh1 Qf6) 20... Rg8 21. b4 Kb8 22. Bd2 $14)
17... h5 18. b4 {A typical attack on the queenside. Of course Black is not
suicidal enough to take the pawn.} Rhg8 (18... Kb8 19. Nd6 Ba8 20. b5 Na5 21.
Nxf7 Rhg8 22. Kh2 R8g7 23. Nd6 $14) 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. exd6 {There is a
fifty-fifty, that White will lose the pawn on d6, so he has to hurry up with
his initiative.} Qd8 21. b5 (21. Kf1 {a subtle move which was recommended to
me by Houdini, but I still prefer the human 21.b5.} Rg4 $1 (21... Kb8 22. Ra2
cxb4 23. axb4 Nxb4 24. Rb2 Nc6 25. c5 $1) 22. Bh3 Rxf4 23. gxf4 Qf6) 21... Na5
22. Ne5 (22. Kh2 Rg4 23. Bh3 Qf6) 22... Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Bxg2 (23... h4 24. Bxb7+
Nxb7 25. Qe4 Qd7 26. a4 hxg3 27. fxg3 Kd8 28. a5 bxa5 29. Kf2 Nxd6 30. Qc6 Nb7
31. Re5 Rh8 32. Bg5+ f6 33. Rd5 $3 exd5 34. Bxf6+ Rxf6+ 35. Qxf6+ Kc7 36. Qxh8
$14) 24. Kxg2 h4 25. Qe4 Kd7 26. Rh1 Rg4 27. Rh3 (27. f3 Rxg3+ 28. Bxg3 Rxg3+
29. Kf2 Qg5 30. Rag1 Qd2+ 31. Qe2 Qg5 32. Qe4 $11) 27... Qf6 28. Kf3 (28. Kh1
$6) 28... Qh8 $2 {Until this point both opponents had played a decent game
with a clear strategy, with good moves and ideas. The first to make a mistake
happened to be the younger of the two. Instead of this Black should keep the
tension with} (28... hxg3 29. fxg3 Qg6 $1 {not being afraid to move into an
endgame.} 30. Qxg6 R4xg6 31. Rh7 R6g7 32. Rah1 f6 33. Rxg7+ Rxg7 34. Rh8 {
During the game I was considering this position as better for White due to the
completely misplaced knight on a5. But at home the computer showed me that
Black holds.} e5 35. Bd2 Nb3 36. Bh6 Rf7 (36... Rg6 37. Ke4 Ke6 38. Re8+ Kxd6
39. Bf8+ Kd7 40. Re7+ Kc8 41. Rxa7 $14) 37. Ke4 Ke6 38. g4 Na1 39. g5 fxg5 40.
Bxg5 Kxd6 41. Rh6+ Kd7 42. Kxe5 Nc2 $11) (28... Qg7 29. Re1 hxg3 30. fxg3 Qg6
31. Qxg6 R4xg6 32. Rh7 R6g7 33. Reh1) 29. Rah1 f5 $2 (29... Qh5 30. Kg2 $14)
30. Qe5 $18 Rxf4+ $1 {The last attempt which is very easy to face with the
second Houdini on your right, but much more difficult to calculate it over the
board. It cost me some more nervous tension.} (30... Qh5 31. Kg2 Nb7 32. f3
R4g7 33. Rxh4 $18) 31. Qxf4 Rg4 {Actually that was the main question where to
go with the queen. It was not so easy to find the difference.} (31... Qh5+ 32.
Kg2) 32. Qc1 $1 (32. Qd2 {after this move the fact that the queen doesn't
protect h1 can be important} Qa8+ 33. Ke2 Nxc4 34. dxc4 Qe4+ 35. Kf1 hxg3 36.
fxg3 Qf3+ 37. Qf2 Qc3 38. Kg2 Qxc4 $16) 32... Qa8+ 33. Ke2 Nb3 (33... hxg3 34.
f3 g2 35. fxg4 gxh1=Q 36. Qxh1 $18) 34. Qc2 hxg3 35. f3 $1 Rg5 36. Qxb3 f4 37.
Qd1 1-0

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Bronznik,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 ({In der letzten
Zeit erzielt Schwarz sehr gute Ergebnisse in der Variante} 6... Nc6 7. e4 dxe4
8. dxe4 e5 {, aber wahrscheinlich war die danach entstehende Position mit der
symmetrischen Bauernstruktur nicht nach Nakamuras Geschmack.}) 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
Qc7 ({Die verbreitetste Alternative zum Partiezug ist} 8... b5 9. exd5 $5 ({
Als Hauptfortsetzung gilt dann} 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 {mit dem für diese
Eröffnung typischen Spiel an gegenseitigen Flügeln in einer geschlossenen
Position}) (9. a4 $5 b4 ({zu anderen Stellungsbildern führt} 9... bxa4 {, z.B.
} 10. Rxa4 a5 11. Nf1 $5 Rb8 12. Ne3 Re8 13. exd5 exd5 14. b3 Rb4 15. Ra2 $14 {
Haub,T (2498) - Dambacher,M (2476)/BL2-West 2011}) 10. exd5 exd5 (10... Nxd5
11. Nc4 {, wie es in einigen Partien gespielt wurde, scheint dank der
Kontrolle über das Feld c4 für Weiß etwas besser zu sein}) 11. d4 cxd4 (
11... c4 $2 12. Ne5 $1 Nxd4 13. Ndxc4 Ne6 14. Nc6 Qc7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bg5
Rd8 17. Na5 $16 {Har Zvi,R (2512) - Petrosian,T (2615)/ICC blitz 2008}) (11...
Bf5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Nbd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Be4 16. a5 Bc5 17. Be3 $14
{Kabanov,N (2502)- Hou,Y (2571)/Khanty-Mansiysk Governor Cup-A 2009}) (11... h6
12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Be3 Bf5 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. a5 Qc7 17. Nfd4 Be4 18.
Qd2 $14 {Petrosian,T (2671) - Svetushkin,D (2592)/Moscow Aeroflot op-A 2015})
12. Nb3 Bg4 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. Nfxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bc5 16. Nb3 Qd7 17. Nxc5 Rxc5
18. Be3 Rc4 19. b3 Bf5 20. Qd2 $14 {Kiik,K (2463) - Solozhenkin,E (2511)/
FIN-chT 2008}) 9... exd5 ({die Position, die nach} 9... Nxd5 10. a4 b4 11. Nc4
$14 {entsteht, haben wir früher bei der Zugfolge 9.a4 b4 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nc4
bereits gesehen}) 10. Nb3 $5 Re8 11. h3 Qb6 12. c3 Bb7 (12... Be6 $5) (12...
Bf5 $5) (12... h6 $5) 13. Be3 Rad8 (13... Nd7 14. a4 $5 b4 15. a5 Qa6 16. d4 c4
17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 $14) 14. d4 c4 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. b4 $14 {Zvjaginsev,V 
(2655) - Lysyj,I (2686)/Kazan 2014}) 9. Qe2 $5 {Gerade diesen Zug empfiehlt GM
Emms in seinem Buch "King's Indian Attack".} ({Wie er erklärt, kann sich
Schwarz im Falle des unverzüglichen} 9. e5 {anstatt des Springerabzuges nach
d7} {für die Variante} Ng4 $5 10. Qe2 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 {entscheiden, was zwar
den Bauern e6 schwächen, dafür dem Nachziehenden aber ein freieres
Figurenspiel und mehr Raum geben würde, als es bei der Hauptfortsetzung 9...
Nd7 10.Qe2 b5 11.Nf1 der Fall ist. Aber der Partiezug hat im Vergleich zu 9.e5
noch einen Vorteil - Weiß legt die Bauernstruktur in der Mitte noch nicht
fest und bleibt dadurch bezüglich seiner weiteren Pläne flexibel!}) 9... b5
10. a4 $5 {Fast eine Neuerung - laut Mega Database wurde dieser Zug nur in
einer einzigen Partie angewendet, die zwischen zwei titellosen Spielern im
Jahr 2012 gespielt wurde.} ({Die Fortsetzung} 10. exd5 $6 {ist an dieser
Stelle nicht zu empfehlen, weil sie die e-Linie zu früh öffnet, auf der sich
gerade die weiße Dame befindet:} exd5 11. a4 bxa4 $1 12. Rxa4 Re8 13. Qd1 {
(diese Rückkehr der Dame ist ein klares Zeichen davon, dass Schwarz mit der
Eröffnung absolut zufrieden sein kann)} (13. Nb3 Bd7 14. Bf4 Nd4 $1 15. Qd2
Nxb3 16. cxb3 Qb6 $36) 13... Bd7 $1 (13... h6 14. Nb3 $13 {(/\Bf4, Ne5, Qa1)
Svidler,P (2739) - Lysyj,I (2673)/Chita 2015}) {, und jetzt funktioniert der
Plan mit Nd2-b3 nicht mehr -} 14. Nb3 $6 ({stärker ist} 14. Nf1 {, obwohl
Schwarz auch dann z.B. nach} h6 {ein bequemes Spiel hat}) 14... Nd4 (14... Qb6
$5 15. Bf4 $140 Nd4) 15. Ra1 (15. Ra3 $2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 c4 17. Bf4 Qc8 $17)
15... Nxb3 16. cxb3 Qb6 $36) ({Die Hauptvariante ist natürlich} 10. e5 {.} {
Im Vergleich zum früher besprochenen Abspiel 9.e5 Ng4 10.Q e2 f6 macht hier}
Ng4 $6 ({richtig ist} 10... Nd7) {deutlich weniger Sinn, weil in dieser
Stellung der Bauer e5 ausreichend gedeckt ist. Weiß kann sich z.B. für} 11.
h3 (11. a4 $5 b4 12. Nb3 $5) (11. c3 $5 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Nb3 c4 14. Nbd4)
11... Nh6 12. g4 {entscheiden, mit der Idee,} f6 {mit} 13. exf6 gxf6 14. c4 $5
$36 {zu erwidern.}) 10... b4 {Wegen Zugumstellung bekommt jetzt die Partie
noch einen weiteren Vorgänger, aber der nächste Zug von Giri ist - zumindest
entsprechend ChessBase Database - eine Neuerung.} ({Die Stellung nach} 10...
bxa4 11. Rxa4 ({aber nicht} 11. exd5 $6 exd5 {, was zur oben besprochenen
Variante 10.exd5?! exd5 11.a4 bxa4 führen würde}) {läßt sich für Weiß
dank seiner intakten Bauernstruktur leichter zu spielen, z. B.} 11... Rd8 {
(durch eine Zugumstellung kam zu dieser Position die Partie Crosa Coll,M (2225)
- Dearing,E (2295)/ Oporesa del Mar 1998)} (11... Re8 {ist natürlich spielbar,
macht aber dem Weißen bei der geschlossenen e-Linie im Vergleich zur Variante
10.exd5 exd5 11.a4 bxa4 12.Rxa4 Re8 nichts aus}) 12. b3 ({in der besagten
Partie kam statt dessen} 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nf1 a5 14. Rg4 $13) 12... Bd7 13. Ra1
a5 14. Bb2 $36 {(/\15.exd5 exd5 16.Ne5; /\ 15.exd5 exd5 16.c4)}) 11. exd5 $146
{Hier muss Weiß bei diesem Tausch nicht fürchten,  dass er später mittels
Rf8-e8 zum Rückzug Qe2-d1 gezwungen wird - jetzt hat er Zeit genug, um für
seine Dame das Feld d2 vorzubereiten.} (11. b3 Ba6 12. Bb2 Rac8 13. Rac1 (13.
Bf1 Rfe8 14. Rad1 h6 15. h4 Red8 $13 {Prates,F (2309) - Lujan,M (2394) Vicente
Lopez 2007}) (13. exd5 exd5 14. Ne5 Nd4 15. Qd1 $13) 13... Rfd8 $13 {Djosic,S 
(2238) - Pecelj,N (2165), SRB-chT Cup 2012}) 11... exd5 (11... Nxd5 12. Nc4 $14
) 12. Nb3 Re8 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. a5 Qb5 15. Qd2 Be6 $13 16. a6 {Eine
zweischneidige Entscheidung. Einerseits erweitert Giri dadurch seinen Raum am
Damenflügel (z.B. wenn jetzt der Springer c6 verschwinden sollte, entstehen
die Optionen Ra1-a5 und Nb3-a5) und verschafft sich einen sogenannten
"potentiellen Freibauern", der später - besonders je näher es zum Endspiel
wird - dem Gegner große Sorgen bereiten kann. Andererseits aber ist dieser
Bauer momentan ziemlich anfällig.  Wie dem auch sei, wenn es dem Weißen
gelingt, das Spiel für am Damenflügel bzw. die große Diagonale für seinen
weißfeldrigen Läufer zu öffnen, kann er unter Umständen eine sehr starke
Initiative bekommen.} ({Eine interessante Alternative bestand in} 16. Re2 $5 {
, um mittels Ra1-e1 Druck auf der e-Linie zu erzeugen und eventuell auf e6 die
Qualität zu opfern, z.B.:} Rac8 (16... Nh5 17. Ng5 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Bxg5 19. Qxg5
h6 (19... Rad8 $2 20. Bxd5 $1 $16) 20. Qh5 Rad8 21. f4 $36) (16... Bf8 17. Rae1
$5 (17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd7 19. Bf4 Rac8 20. Rae1 Qc6 21. c3 bxc3 22. bxc3
Nf6 $13) 17... Nxa5 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Be5 $44 Qa6 (19... Nd7 $2 20. Ng5 $1 $16)
20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nh4 Qd6 22. d4 c4 23. Nf5 Qd7 24. Qf4 Bxf5 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26.
Rxe8 Qxe8 27. Qxf5 Qe1+ 28. Bf1 Qe6 29. Qh5 Bg7 30. Bh3 Qe1+ 31. Bf1 Qe6 32.
Bh3 Qe1+ {mit Zugwiederholung}) 17. Rae1 Bf8 (17... Nxa5 $2 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19.
Ng5 Rc6 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 $16) (17... Nd7) (17... h6 $2 18.
Bxh6 $1 $16 gxh6 $140 $2 19. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 20. Qxh6 Nd8 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Ng5 Qd7
23. Rxe6 $1 Qxe6 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Bxd5 $18) 18. Bg5 Bd7 $5 (18...
Nxa5 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Bh3 $1 Rc6 22. Qf4 {mit gefährlicher
Kompensation}) 19. Bxf6 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 gxf6 21. Nh4 Be6 22. Qe1 Ne5 (22... Nxa5
$4 23. Rxe6 $18) 23. Nf3 (23. d4 $5 cxd4 24. Nxd4 Qxa5 25. Nhf3 $44) 23...
Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Qd7 $13) 16... Bf8 ({In seiner Express-Analyse nach der Patie
plädierte Giri für} 16... Rac8 {Dann kann man sich z.B. folgende (aber
natürlich keinesfalls forcierte) Variante vorstellen:} 17. h3 $5 ({nach} 17.
Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd7 19. Bf4 Bf6 {hat Schwarz bequemes Spiel}) 17... Bf8 18.
g4 $5 {(mit der Absicht 19.Ng5 Bd7 20.Nxf7! Kxf7 21.g5)} h6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20.
Bxe5 Nd7 21. Bg3 Nb6 22. d4 (22. f4) 22... c4 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25.
Be5 $44) 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd7 19. Bf4 Qb6 $6 ({Stärker war} 19... Rac8
$142 {, z.B.} 20. c4 $5 (20. Na5 $5 Qxa6 (20... Nb6 21. c4 $5 dxc4 22. dxc4
Nxc4 23. Qd3 Nd6 24. Qxb5 Nxb5 25. Nc6) 21. Nc4 (21. c4 $5) 21... Qc6 (21...
Qb7 22. Bd6 $1 Rcd8 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Qf4 $44) 22. Rxa7 Ra8 $13) 20... dxc4 21.
Rxe6 $1 (21. dxc4 $143 Qxc4 22. Na5 Qxa6 23. Bb7 $140 Qb5 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 $15)
21... fxe6 (21... Rxe6 $2 22. dxc4 Qxc4 23. Qxd7 $16) (21... cxb3 $2 22. Bc6 $1
Qxc6 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Qd1 $16) 22. dxc4 (22. Ra5 $5 Qb6 23. dxc4 e5 24. Be3
$44) 22... Qxc4 23. Na5 Qd4 24. Qe2 c4 (24... Qf6 25. Bb7 e5 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27.
Be3 $44) 25. Rd1 Qc5 26. Rxd7 Qxa5 27. Be4 $1 $44) ({Beachtenswert war auch} 
19... Rad8 $5 {, z.B.} 20. c4 dxc4 (20... bxc3 21. bxc3 $13 Qxb3 $140 $4 22.
Reb1 $18) 21. dxc4 Bxc4 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Na5 Be6 24. Bc6 Qb6 25. b3 {(/\26.
Bxd7 Rd8 27.Nc4+-)} (25. Bxd7 $2 Rd8 $17) 25... Bf5 26. Qd5 (26. Bxd7 $2 Rd8
27. Nc4 Qf6 28. Be5 Qe7 $17) 26... Be6 27. Qd2 Bf5 {mit Zugwiederholung.}) (
19... Nb6 {(Giri)} 20. Ra5 Qc6 21. Be3 $5 Nd7 22. d4 $5 (22. c4 bxc3 23. Qxc3
Rac8 24. Rc1 Qb6 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Qxc5 Qxa6 $11)
22... c4 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Rab8 25. b3 c3 26. Qd4 $44 {[%csl Rb4,Rd5]}) 20.
c3 $6 ({Gleich nach der Partie wies Giri darauf hin, dass} 20. c4 $1 {
wesentlich stärker wäre, z.B.} bxc3 21. bxc3 Bd6 {(so weit Giri in seiner
Express-Analyse)} (21... Qxb3 $2 22. Reb1 $18) 22. Na5 $5 Qxa6 23. c4 Bxf4 24.
Qxf4 Nf6 25. Reb1 {mit sehr guter Kompensation}) 20... Rac8 21. Qc2 (21. cxb4
c4 $1 {(Giri)} 22. Nc5 $1 Nxc5 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. dxc4 Bb4 25. Qe3 Bc5 (25...
Bxe1 $2 26. Qxb6 axb6 27. Rxe1 $16) 26. Qd2 Bb4 {mit Zugwiederholung.}) 21...
d4 22. Nd2 (22. Na5 $5 dxc3 (22... Qxa6 $2 23. Bb7 $16) (22... h6 $5 23. Bb7
$140 dxc3 24. bxc3 g5 25. Bd2 Bg7 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 $44) 23. bxc3 g5 $5 24. Bxg5
Bg7 25. Nc4 (25. Bd2 $6 b3 26. Qb2 Ne5 {ist für Weiß zu gefährlich}) 25...
Bxc4 26. dxc4 Bxc3 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rd1 $13) 22... h6 23. h4 dxc3 ({Giri
meinte, dass hier auch} 23... Bd6 {spielbar wäre, was in Wirklichkeit aber an}
24. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 25. Nc4 Qb8 26. Nxd6 Rxd6 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. cxb4 $16 {
scheitern würde. Es gibt übrigens wenig Zweifel, dass in der Partie Giri
diese Widerlegung gefunden hätte.}) (23... Nf6 24. Bb7 dxc3 25. bxc3) 24. bxc3
bxc3 $6 {Es ist wirklich ein großes Rätsel, warum ein so aggressiver Spieler
wie Nakamura auf einen Freibauern verzichtet und sich freiwillig auf eine
passive Stellung einlässt.} (24... b3 $5 25. Qb2 c4 26. Nxc4 Bxc4 27. dxc4 Nc5
{(so weit Giri)} 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Be3 Rb8 30. Bd5 Qg6 {mit ausreichender
Kompensation für den Bauern.}) (24... g5 $5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Bxg5 Bg7 27. Nc4
$5 (27. Bb7 $5 Bxc3 $13) 27... Bxc4 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. dxc4 Bxc3 30. Rd1 Bd4
31. Be3 b3 32. Qf5 Ne5 33. Bxd4 cxd4 34. c5 Qxc5 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37.
Be4 Re6 38. Bh7+ Kh8 39. Bg6+ Kg8 40. Bh7+ $11 {mit Dauerschach.}) (24... Nf6
$5 25. Bb7 b3 $5 (25... Rcd8 26. cxb4 cxb4 27. Bc7 {- im Presse-Center endete
hier Giri die Analyse dieser Variante, aber in Wirklichkeit ist diese Stellung
alles andere als klar -} Qb5 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Nc4 b3 30. Qc3 Bc5 $44) 26. Qb1
b2 27. Ra3 Nh5 $5 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Be3 Bd5 $44) 25. Qxc3 $36 Nf6 (25... Qb4
26. Ne4 Nb6 27. Reb1 Nd5 28. Rxb4 Nxc3 29. Rb7 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Nxf4 31. gxf4 $36)
26. Nc4 Qd8 (26... Qb4 $5 27. Qc1 $5 Bf5 (27... Bd5 28. Bh3 $1 Rcd8 29. Be5 $14
) 28. Ne5 Ng4 29. Nxg4 Bxg4 30. Bb7 Rcd8 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Rb1 Qd4 $14) 27. Bb7
Nd5 28. Qd2 Nxf4 29. Qxf4 Qxd3 $6 (29... Rc7 30. Na5 $5 {(Giri)} ({auch} 30.
Rab1 $5 Ree7 {[%cal Re6d5]} 31. Qf3 Rcd7 {sollte für Schwarz haltbar sein})
30... Bd7 $5 31. Qf3 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Bb5 33. Nc4 Rd7 34. Ne5 Re7 35. Rb1 Rxe5
36. Rxb5 Qd4 37. Kg2 $14 {- Weiß steht immer noch aktiver, aber Remis ist das
wahrscheinlichste Ergebnis.}) (29... Rb8 30. Na5 $36) 30. Ne5 Qd6 $6 (30... Qd4
31. Qxd4 cxd4 {(Giri)} {Stärker scheint aber das einfache} 32. Bxc8 (32. Nc6
Rxc6 $1 (32... Bc5 $2 33. Rec1 Bb6 34. Bxc8 Bxc8 35. Ne7+ {(Giri)} Rxe7 36.
Rxc8+ Kh7 37. Rc6 Bc7 38. Kf1 {- dieses Endspiel muss für Weiß gewonnen sein}
) 33. Bxc6 Rd8 {mit beträchtlichen Remischancen}) 32... Rxc8 33. Rec1 {
mit guten Erfolgsaussichten zu sein.}) 31. Rad1 $1 Qc7 (31... Qb6 32. Rb1 ({
laut Giri kann Schwarz die Stellung nach} 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 33. Nd7 Qxa6 {
problemlos halten, und dagegen ist nichts einzuwenden}) 32... Qd6 (32... Qc7
33. Nc6 $1 Bd6 34. Qf3 $18 {Giri}) 33. Red1 Qc7 34. Bxc8 Bxc8 35. Rb8 $3 Rxe5
36. Rxc8 Qxc8 37. Qxe5 c4 (37... Qxa6 $4 38. Rd8 $18) 38. Ra1 {, und der
weiße Vorteil sollte für einen vollen Punkt reichen.}) 32. Nc6 $1 (32. Bxc8
$6 Rxc8 33. Ng6 Qxf4 34. Nxf4 Bf5 $44) (32. Rd7 $6 Qa5 $1 (32... Bxd7 $4 33.
Qxf7+ Kh8 34. Ng6+ Kh7 35. Rxe8 Bxe8 (35... Rxe8 36. Nxf8+ Kh8 37. Bd5 $18) 36.
Nxf8+ Kh8 37. Qf5 $18 {(Giri)}) 33. Rdd1 $1 (33. Red1 $2 Rcd8 $1 $17 (33... Rc7
$4 {Giri} 34. Rd8 $1 $18)) (33. Rc1 $6 c4 $1 (33... f6 {Giri} 34. Nc6 $1 Rxc6
35. Bxc6 Bxd7 36. Bxd7 Re7 $11) 34. Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Rd4 c3 {mit mehr als
ausreichender Kompensation für die Qualität}) 33... Rcd8 34. Ra1 Qc3 35. Nc6
Rd3 36. Nxa7 Bd7 $1 37. Rec1 Qb2 {(/\38...Bd6)} 38. Rcb1 Qe2 39. Nc8 $3 Bxc8
40. Bxc8 Rxc8 41. a7 Ra8 42. Rb8 Rd1+ 43. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 44. Kh2 Rxa7 45. Rxf8+
Kxf8 46. Qb8+ Ke7 47. Qxa7+ Ke6 48. Qxc5 $11) 32... Qxc6 $2 ({Die letzte, wenn
auch geringe Chance bestand in Damentausch:} 32... Qxf4 33. gxf4 Rxc6 34. Bxc6
Rb8 35. Bd5 Bg4 (35... Rb6 $6 36. f5 $1 (36. Bxe6 $6 fxe6 37. Rd7 Rxa6 {
ist weniger überzeugend}) 36... Bxf5 37. Re8 Rd6 (37... Rxa6 38. Bf3 $18) (
37... g5 38. Bc4 Rb4 39. Rc1 Kg7 40. Ra8 $18) 38. Bxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rxf8+ Kxf8 40.
Rxd6 c4 41. Kf1 $18) 36. f3 Bf5 37. h5 $1 {- auch diese Stellung ist für
Weiß wahrscheinlich gewonnen, aber der Nachziehende kämpft noch.}) (32... Qb6
{(Giri)} 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 34. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 35. Ne5 Kh8 36. Qf7 $1 Qb8 37. Qxe6 $18
) 33. Bxc6 Rxc6 34. Qa4 Rec8 $6 (34... Rcc8 {(Giri)} 35. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4f5]}
Re7 (35... g6 36. h5 $18) (35... Rb8 36. Rb1 (36. f5 $6 Bb3 37. Qd7 Rec8) 36...
Rxb1 37. Rxb1 Rc8 38. Qe4 c4 39. f5 Bd7 40. Qd5 Ba4 41. Qb7 ({das Endspiel
QPPP/BBPPP, welches nach} 41. Rb7 Be8 42. Qe5 c3 43. Rc7 Rxc7 44. Qxc7 Bb5 45.
Qxa7 c2 46. Qc7 Bxa6 47. Qxc2 {entstehen würde, ist in einer praktischen
Partie vielleicht gar nicht so einfach zu gewinnen}) 41... Bc5+ 42. Kf1 Rf8 43.
Qd5 Bc2 44. Rb7 Be3 45. g4 c3 46. Qc4 $18) 36. Qb5 c4 (36... Kh7 37. f5 $1 Bxf5
38. Rxe7 Bxe7 39. Qb7 Re8 40. Re1 Be6 41. Rxe6 fxe6 42. Qd7 $18) (36... Rec7
37. f5 $1 Bxf5 38. Re8 $1 Rxe8 39. Qxe8 f6 40. Rd8 Rf7 41. Ra8 Bg6 42. Qb8 $18)
37. f5 $1 Bd7 38. Qd5 Rxe1+ 39. Rxe1 Rc7 40. Re4 c3 41. Rc4 Rxc4 42. Qxc4 $18)
{Der Partiezug verliert forciert:} 35. Rd8 $1 c4 (35... Rxa6 36. Rxf8+ $18) (
35... Rxd8 36. Qxc6 c4 37. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 38. Qxe6+ Kh8 39. Qxc4 $18) 36. Rxc8
Rxc8 37. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 38. Qd7 Rc5 39. Qxe6+ Kh7 40. Qf7 $1 Bd6 41. h5 $1 Rg5 ({
Oder} 41... Bc7 42. Qg6+ Kh8 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qe4+ Kg8 45. Qa8+ Kh7 46. Qxa7
$18) 42. Kg2 c3 43. f4 (43. f4 c2 (43... Rc5 44. Qg6+ Kh8 45. Qxd6 $18) 44.
fxg5 c1=Q 45. g6+ Kh8 46. Qe8+ $18 Bf8 47. Qxf8#) 1-0

[Event "Lasker Memorial"]
[Site "Berlin East"]
[Date "1962.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1962.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Qc7 9. Qe2 b5 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nf1 a5 12. h4 {Noch droht nichts, und Schwarz
kann unbekümmert seine Aktion am Damenflügel fortsetzen.} b4 13. Bf4 Ba6 14.
Ne3 {Aber schon taucht die Drohung 15.Nxd5 exd5 16. e6 auf, die dem Weissen
jedoch vorderhand nicht mehr als Abtausch einbringen würde. Eigenartigerweise
entgeht diese Drohung hier und auch weiterhin der Aufmerksamkeit Uhlmanns.} a4
15. b3 {Anderenfalls könnte b4-b3 folgen mit Unterminierung des Pd3.} Ra7 16.
h5 Rfa8 17. h6 g6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. e6 Qd8 20. exf7+ Kh8 (20... Kf8 21. Ng5 $1)
(20... Kxf7 21. Qe6+ Kf8 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Bd6+ {/\ 24.Bxd5}) 21. Ne5 Ncxe5 22.
Qxe5+ Bf6 (22... Nxe5 23. Bxe5+ Bf6 24. Bxf6+ Qxf6 25. Re8+) 23. Qe8+ Nf8 24.
Be5 Qb6 25. Bxd5 Rc8 26. Be6 Bxe5 27. Bxc8 Bd6 28. Bxa6 Rxa6 29. bxa4 Ra7 30.
Re6 Qc7 31. Rae1 c4 32. Rxd6 Qxd6 33. Re6 (33. Re6 Qc5 34. d4) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Nb3 Re8 11. h3 Qb6 12. c3 Bb7 13. Be3 Rad8 14. d4 c4 15.
Nc5 Bc8 16. b4 cxb3 17. axb3 b4 18. cxb4 Qxb4 19. Rc1 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bd2
Qb6 22. Rxe4 Bf5 23. Re1 Nxd4 24. Be3 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Qb5 26. Bxa7 Be6 27. Qb7
Qxb7 28. Bxb7 Ba3 29. Ra1 Re7 30. Bb6 Rb8 31. Bg2 Bxb3 32. Be3 $1 {A very
unusual precision. Despite the symmetrical pawn structure Black has to be very,
very careful because of the unique positioning of the pieces represents some
dangers due to pins.} Bd6 $2 (32... Bb2 $1 33. Rab1 Ba4 $1 (33... Ba2 34. Ba7
$1 Bxb1 35. Rxe7 Rd8 36. Rb7 $1 {The king is also in danger!} Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Be5
38. f4 $1 Bd6 39. Rd7 {And black loses due to the pin down the d-file. He has
no time for bc2:} Bc2 40. Rd8+ Bf8 41. Bd5 $1 {and Bc5 is coming. Black loses
the exchange and the game.}) 34. Re2 Be5 35. Rxb8+ Bxb8 36. Ra2 Bd7 $1 {
And Black keeps all his pieces adn should draw relatively comfortably.}) 33.
Ra6 $1 Bc7 (33... Be5 34. Rb1 g5 $1 {the least evil.} (34... g6 35. Ra3 Be6 36.
Rxb8+ Bxb8 37. Ra8 Re8 38. Bf4 $18) 35. Ra3 Be6 36. Rxb8+ Bxb8 37. Ra8 Re8 38.
Ba7 Bxa7 39. Rxe8+ {is losing.}) 34. Rb1 {Black has no good way of preventing
Ra3 followed by a trade on b8 and a pin down the eighth rank!} Be5 (34... Ree8
35. Ba7 {forces the rook to a square where it is not defended.} Rb4 36. Ra3 {
and to add insult to injury Black cannot attack the bishop on a7, which would
be his saving resource (for example, with Ra8) because of the bishop on g2.})
35. Ra3 Bc4 36. Rxb8+ Bxb8 37. Ra8 {A study-like position!} 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas op 5th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2006.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Garcia Luque, Agustin"]
[Black "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Be7 5. g3 b5 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1
b4 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. a3 O-O 11. axb4 cxb4 12. Nc4 Bb7 13. h4 a5 14. d4 Qc7 15.
Ng5 Rad8 16. Qd3 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Rd7 (17... f6) 18. Bf1 h6 19. Bc1 Rc8 {Diagrama
#} 20. Nd2 $2 Nf6 $2 (20... Nf4 21. gxf4 Nxd4 $19) 21. c3 e5 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23.
Rxe4 exd4 $2 (23... Rcd8 $17) 24. Bf4 Qd8 (24... dxc3 25. Bxc7 Rxd3 26. Bxd3 f5
27. Re2 Rxc7 28. bxc3 bxc3 $17) 25. Bh3 bxc3 26. bxc3 Rd5 (26... Ne7) 27. Bxc8
Bxc8 28. Rae1 Be6 29. Bxh6 $16 Qd7 30. Bc1 dxc3 31. Qxc3 Rd3 32. Qc2 Bf5 33.
Re8+ Kh7 34. Qc5 Nd4 {Diagrama #} 35. Bb2 $2 (35. R8e3 Nf3+ 36. Rxf3 Rxf3 37.
Qxa5 $14) 35... Nf3+ 36. Kh1 f6 (36... Nxe1 37. Rxe1 Rd1 38. Kh2 Rxe1 39. Qc3
f6 40. Qxe1 a4 $17) 37. Qf8 $2 (37. R8e7 $18) 37... Be4 $2 (37... Nxe1 38. Qh8+
Kg6 39. Rxe1 Be4+ 40. Kh2 Rd2 $19) 38. Qh8+ Kg6 39. h5+ Kg5 40. Bc1+ $2 (40.
Bxf6+ $1 gxf6 (40... Kxf6 41. Qf8+ Qf7 42. R1xe4) 41. Rg8+ Kf5 42. g4+ Ke5 43.
Re8+ $18) 40... Rd2 $19 41. g4 Qc7 42. Bxd2+ Kh4 43. Kg2 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e5 Nd7 6. g3 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Bg2
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 Nc5 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. dxc4 e5 {Adams chose} 13. Ne4 $6 ({
instead of the natural} 13. Nd5) 13... Nxe4 ({Meier spent 40 minutes
convincing himself not to play the obvious} 13... Bf5 $5) 14. Qxe4 Kh8 15. Bg5
Qf7 16. Be3 Bf5 17. Qd5 Qxd5 18. cxd5 Nb4 {Now Adams blundered an exchange with
} 19. Nd2 $2 {His pieces apparently had plenty of room, and he half-joked
afterwards, "how could my rooks possibly get trapped?"} Bd3 $6 ({Georg Meier
was so happy that his opponent had blundered that he overlooked he could play} 
19... Nc2 $1 {and only then 20...Bd3.}) 20. Be4 $1 {this discouraged Meier to
the extent that he didn't take the exchange and played} Bxe4 {after which the
game soon fizzled out to a draw. Meier explained his thought processes: "I
thought Mickey blundered and instead of winning I blundered straight back. I
realised immediately what I'd just done so I tried to be solid."} 21. Nxe4 Nxd5
22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Rad1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Rd8 26. Rc1 Kg8 27. Rc7
Rf8+ 28. Ke2 Rf7 29. Rc8+ Rf8 30. Rc7 Rf7 31. Rc8+ Rf8 32. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-GER Kings"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2015.11.03"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.10.30"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 {Weiß spielt Königsindisch im Anzug.} Nc6 4. Nf3 {
[#]} d4 $5 {Ein selten gespielter Zug. Häufiger gespielt werden 4... Sf6, 4...
dxe4 oder 4...e5. Es ist interessant, was Schwarz hier vorbereitet hat.} 5. c3
e5 6. g3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. h3 Be6 9. Bg2 Qd7 {[#]} 10. c4 $6 {Vielleicht war
es keine gute Idee, das Zentrum zu schließen. Danach hat Schwarz mehr Raum
und Weiß muss sich entscheiden, ob er kurz oder lang rochiert - beide
Möglichkeiten sehen jedoch nicht allzu verlockend aus.} (10. cxd4 exd4 (10...
Nxd4 $2 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. f4 $16) 11. a3 O-O-O (11... a5 12. e5) 12. b4 $13)
10... a5 11. a3 Rb8 {[#]} 12. Qd1 $2 (12. Nxe5 $5 Nxe5 13. f4 Nc6 14. f5 Bd6
15. O-O Bxg3 16. Qg4 Be5 17. Nf3 $13) 12... h6 13. Rb1 Nf6 14. Qa4 O-O $17 15.
Qb5 Qd6 16. O-O Nd7 17. Ne1 Nc5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Na6 20. c5 Qd7 21. Kh2 $2
{[#]} (21. Qa4 Ra8 22. b5 Nd8) (21. f4 Bxh3 22. f5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 $15) 21... Ra8
$6 (21... b6 $1 22. Qxa6 Ra8 23. Qb5 bxc5 $19 {und die weiße Dame geht
verloren.}) 22. Nc4 Rfb8 23. Bd2 Qc8 24. Nb2 (24. Nf3 Bd7 25. Qa4 Naxb4 26. Qb3
Bxc5 27. Nfxe5 Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Be6 $17) 24... Qe8 25. Ra1 Ncxb4 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8
27. f4 Nc6 28. Nf3 Nxc5 29. fxe5 Nb3 30. Rab1 Nxd2 31. Nxd2 Nxe5 32. Nbc4 Nxd3
33. Rxb7 Rec8 34. Rfb1 Ra2 35. Kg1 Bg5 36. Rd1 Rc2 37. Bf1 Be3+ 38. Nxe3 dxe3
39. Bxd3 Rxd2 40. Rxd2 exd2 41. Be2 c5 42. Rb2 Rd8 43. Bd1 c4 44. Rc2 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Lopota FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Lopota"]
[Date "2014.06.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 e5 8. a4 Nge7
9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc4 h6 11. d3 Be6 12. Bd2 Re8 13. h3 b6 14. Rfe1 Qd7 15. b4 cxb4
16. cxb4 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Nfxe5 $2 (18. b5 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qg4 $14)
18... Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qb7 {All of White's pieces are hanging and her position
hangs by a thread.} 20. f4 Nf5 $2 (20... Rad8 $1 21. Qf2 Nc6 $15) 21. Qf2 Nd4
22. Rac1 Rad8 23. Bc3 Qa8 24. b5 $2 {A very strange move.} (24. Bxd4 Bxg2 25.
Kh2 $1 $16 {Black has compensation for the pawn, but it is not clear that it
is enough.}) 24... Nb3 $2 (24... Bxg2 25. Qxg2 (25. Bxd4 Bxh3 $15) 25... Bxe5
$17) 25. Rc2 Nc5 26. Bb4 $2 (26. d4 $14) 26... Bxe5 $2 (26... Rxe5 $1 27. fxe5
(27. Rxe5 Nxd3 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Qf3 Bxe5 30. fxe5 Nxb4) 27... Nxd3 28. Qd2
Bxg2 29. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Nxb4 $19) 27. Bxc5 Bxg2 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. fxe5
Bxh3 30. Bd6 Qd5 31. Qe3 Re8 32. Re2 Bg4 33. Qe4 Qxe4 34. Rxe4 Bf5 35. Rc4 Bxd3
36. Rc7 Ra8 37. Kf2 Bf5 38. Ke3 Be6 39. Kd4 g5 40. Rb7 h5 41. Rb8+ {securing
the draw in an opposite colored bishop endgame.} Rxb8 42. Bxb8 h4 43. gxh4 gxh4
44. Ke3 Bb3 45. Bxa7 Bxa4 46. Bxb6 Bxb5 47. Kf4 Bd7 48. Bd8 h3 49. Kg3 Be6 50.
Bf6 Bf5 51. Bd8 Be6 52. Bf6 Bf5 53. Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Carlsen,M"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 {The French Defence was a huge surprise to me, so I decided to
employ the same strategy that had brought me my only victory so far in the
tournament, namely push the d-pawn one square forward as early as possible.
Die Französische Verteidigung war eine Riesenüberraschung für mich, daher
beschloss ich, dieselbe Strategie anzuwenden, die mir meinen einzigen Sieg
bislang in dem Turnier eingetragen hatte, nämlich, den d-Bauern so früh wie
möglich ein Feld vorzuschieben.} d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 {A perfectly
reasonable way of avoiding the "fearsome" King's Indian Attack, starting with
4...c5 5.g3 and so on.  Ein absolut vernünftiger Weg, den "furchterregenden"
Königsindischen Angriff zu vermeiden, beginnend mit 4...c5 5.g3 und so weiter.}
5. c3 Bd6 {Looks a little weird, but is actually quite logical. If immediately
5...e5, or 5...dxe4 6.dxe4 e5, then Black would have to reckon with the
b4-push. Sieht ein wenig seltsam aus, ist aber eigentlich ganz logisch. Falls
sofort 5...e5, oder 5...dxe4 6.dxe4 e5, dann müsste Schwarz mit dem Vorstoß b4
rechnen.} 6. Be2 {It seemed to me that the bishop would have more work here
than on g2 after a subsequent dxe4 dxe4 e5, and besides, this one seemed to
fit better with ideas of pushing b4. Mir schien, dass der Läufer hier nach
anschließendem dxe4 dxe4 e5 mehr Arbeit hätte als auf g2, und außerdem schien
dieser Zug besser zu Ideen mit dem Vorstoß b4 zu passen.} O-O 7. O-O (7. b4 {
here or on the previous move, could have been well met with hier oder im
vorigen Zug hätte gut begegnet werden können mit} dxe4 8. dxe4 a5 9. b5 Ne5 {
and White has gained some space, but also weakened some squares, so Black
should be doing fine. und Weiß hat zwar einigen Raum gewonnen, aber auch ein
paar Felder geschwächt, daher sollte Schwarz gut stehen.}) 7... a5 {Black had
several choices here: Schwarz hatte mehrere Möglichkeiten hier:} (7... e5 {
would be met by würde beantwortet werden mit} 8. b4 {and White obviously has
an excellent version of the Philidor. Whether that would be sufficient for an
advantage though, is quite unclear. und Weiß hat offensichtlich eine
ausgezeichnete Version des Philidor. Ob dies allerdings zu einem Vorteil
reichen würde, ist völlig unklar.}) (7... b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. Bf1 {seems a little
artificial for Black. scheint ein wenig künstlich für Schwarz.}) (7... Re8 8.
Re1 a5 9. Bf1 e5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 {would transpose to the game. würde zur
Partie überleiten.}) 8. Re1 e5 9. exd5 {Other Philidor-style moves like Bf1 or
b3 were certainly possible, but I felt like forcing things a bit. Andere
Philidor-gemäße Züge wie Bf1 oder b3 waren durchaus möglich, aber mir war
danach, die Dinge ein bisschen zu forcieren.} Nxd5 10. Nc4 Re8 11. Bf1 Bg4 12.
h3 (12. g3 {is not as accurate, as Black can play ist nicht so genau, denn
Schwarz kann} Qd7 {when the annoying bishop cannot be kicked away with h3. I
actually once tried that in a similar position in a blitz game against
Ponomariov, who with a puzzled look in his face simply captured the pawn.
spielen, wonach sich der lästige Läufer nicht mit h3 vertreiben lässt.
Tatsächlich hatte ich dies einmal in ähnlicher Stellung in einer Blitzpartie
gegen Ponomariov versucht, der mit verdutztem Gesichtsausdruck einfach den
Bauern nahm.}) 12... Bh5 13. g3 {Once the e4-pawn is not there to obstruct it,
the bishop is re-deployed to the long diagonal. Nachdem es keinen e4-Bauern
mehr gibt, der ihn behindert, wird der Läufer auf die lange Diagonale
überführt.} ({Going on a fishing expedition with Auf Fischfang zu gehen mit} 
13. g4 Bg6 14. Qb3 {as the comp seems to recommend, would probably have
appealed to me on the next day against Paco, when I was in more of a
coffee-house mood. wie der Comp offenbar empfiehlt, hätte mir vermutlich am
nächsten Tag gegen Paco zugesagt, als ich eher in Kaffeehaus-Stimmung war.})
13... Nb6 {A decent move, made after a long period of thought. As you might
have guessed, by this point we were both way "out of book".  Ein ordentlicher
Zug, gespielt nach einer langen Denkphase. Wie Sie wohl erraten haben, waren
wir an dieser Stelle beide weit "aus dem Buch".} 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. Bg2 b5 $2 {
This one however, is rather questionable, as will become apparent after a few
more moves. Dies allerdings ist ziemlich fragwürdig, wie sich nach ein paar
weiteren Zügen herausstellen wird.} (15... a4 {would have retained equal
chances. hätte gleiche Chancen bewahrt.}) 16. a4 $1 {Favourably fixing the
black queenside pawns on dark squares. Fixiert günstig die schwarzen
Damenflügelbauern auf dunklen Feldern.} b4 (16... bxa4 17. Qxa4 {also gives
Black plenty to worry about. gibt Schwarz ebenfalls viel, worüber er sich
sorgen muss.}) 17. Be3 Bc7 18. Qb3 {Now the queen is active, and soon the
knight will be brought to d2 and e4, when all the white minor pieces will be
much more active than their black counterparts. Nun steht die Dame aktiv, und
bald wird der Springer nach d2 und e4 gebracht werden, wonach alle weißen
Leichtfiguren weit aktiver sein werden als ihre schwarzen Gegenüber.} h6 {
It's not so easy to find a more useful move for Black here. Es ist nicht so
leicht, hier einen nützlichen Zug für Schwarz zu finden.} (18... Qxd3 $2 {
loses immediately: verliert sofort:} 19. Rad1 Qa6 (19... Qe4 20. Nh4 Bxd1 21.
Rxd1) 20. g4 Bg6 21. Bf1 {and the queen is trapped. und die Dame ist gefangen.}
) (18... Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Qxd3 {is possible, but even here Black has a very
unpleasant position after ist möglich, doch selbst hier hat Schwarz eine sehr
unangenehme Stellung nach} 20. Rad1 Qf5 21. Bg4 Qg6 22. Rd7 Rac8 23. Be2 $1 {
with the threat of Rxf7. mit der Drohung Rxf7.}) 19. Qc4 {According to a
Russian GM, this was the move of a 2nd category (1600) player. Laut einem
russischen GM war dies der Zug eines Spielers der 2. Kategorie (1600).} ({
He instead recommended Stattdessen empfahl er} 19. Nh4 {which looks very
attractive, as , was sehr attraktiv aussieht, da} Qxd3 (19... Qc8 {however,
bothered me a little, as after allerdings störte mich ein wenig, denn nach} 20.
g4 Qd8 $1 21. Nf5 Bg6 {it is not entirely clear what White has achieved ist
nicht gänzlich klar, was Weiß erreicht hat.}) 20. Rad1 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Qh7 22.
Rd7 Re7 23. Bxc6 {wins. gewinnt.}) 19... bxc3 20. bxc3 e4 {Otherwise, the
pressure on the queenside would quickly have become unbearable. Ansonsten wäre
der Druck am Damenflügel schnell unerträglich geworden.} 21. dxe4 {I played
this and the next few moves quickly, as I couldn't wait to get to torture him
in the endgame. Dies und die nächsten paar Züge spielte ich schnell, denn ich
konnte es nicht erwarten, ihn im Endspiel zu quälen.} (21. Nd4 {would have
been even stronger. I would have probably have considered it had I noticed
that after wäre sogar noch stärker gewesen. Ich hätte es vermutlich erwogen,
wäre mir aufgefallen, dass nach} Ne5 22. Qb5 Nxd3 {The bishop is actually
hanging der Läufer tatsächlich hängt:} 23. Qxh5) 21... Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Ne5 23.
Qe2 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qd3 {The position has been simplified quite a bit, but I
had seen many moves ago that even in the endgame Black is far away from a draw.
Die Stellung wurde ziemlich vereinfacht, aber ich hatte viele Züge zuvor
gesehen, dass selbst im Endspiel Schwarz von einem Remis weit entfernt ist.}
25. Kg2 $1 {This is much stronger than Dies ist viel stärker als} (25. Rab1
Qxe4 26. Qxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxb7 Be5 {when Black is pretty close to a draw, e.g. ,
wonach Schwarz ziemlich nach am Remis ist, z.B.} 28. Bd2 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 Rc8 30.
Rb5 Bxc3 31. Bxc3 Rxc3) 25... Qxe4 26. Bd4 Qxf3+ (26... Qc6 27. Qxc6 bxc6 28.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rb1 {also gives Black a very difficult defence. gibt Schwarz
ebenfalls eine sehr schwierige Verteidigung.}) 27. Kxf3 b6 28. Rab1 Rac8 29.
Re4 g6 (29... h5 {seems logical, in order not to be stuck with a weak pawn on
a dark square, but then after wirkt logisch, um nicht mit einem schwachen
Bauern auf einem dunklen Feld sitzenzubleiben, aber dann nach} 30. Rb5 g6 31.
g4 hxg4+ 32. hxg4 {he might have to deal with a rook penetrating via the
h-file at some point. hätte er eventuell damit fertigwerden müssen, dass ein
Turm an irgendeiner Stelle über die h-Linie eindringt.}) (29... f6 {might be
the best way to arrange the pawns, but even here, after an eventual g4-h5,
Black will have problems on both flanks. ist womöglich der beste Weg, die
Bauern aufzustellen, doch selbst hier, nach schließlichem g4-h5, wird Schwarz
auf beiden Flanken Probleme haben.}) 30. g4 $1 {Fixing the pawn on h6. Fixiert
den Bauern auf h6.} Kf8 31. h4 Rxe4 32. Kxe4 Re8+ 33. Kd3 Re6 34. Be3 Kg7 35.
Rb5 Bd8 36. h5 Rd6+ 37. Kc4 Rc6+ (37... f5 {was suggested by Caruana as a
possible improvement after the game. I was intending to keep the pressure with
wurde von Caruana nach der Partie als mögliche Verbesserung vorgeschlagen. Ich
hatte vor, den Druck aufrechtzuerhalten mit} 38. f3 {when Black can exchange a
couple of pawns, but is still a long way from a draw - , wonach Schwarz zwar
ein paar Bauern tauschen kann, ein Remis aber noch immer in weiter Ferne liegt
-} fxg4 39. fxg4 gxh5 40. gxh5 $16) 38. Kd5 Re6 39. Bd4+ Kf8 40. f4 {With the
pawn coming to f5, I felt pretty sure that I was winning. White just gains
more and more ground, and eventually Black cannot hold on to everything.
Angesichts des nach f5 kommenden Bauern war ich ziemlich sicher, dass ich
gewinne. Weiß erobert einfach mehr und mehr Boden, und am Ende kann Schwarz
nicht mehr alles festhalten.} Bc7 41. f5 Rd6+ 42. Ke4 Rc6 43. Rb1 Ke8 {
Allowing a more or less forced win, but the position was lost in any case.
Lässt einen mehr oder weniger forcierten Gewinn zu, aber die Stellung war in
jedem Fall verloren.} (43... g5 {closes the kingside, but now the king creates
havoc on the queenside, while Bg7 is always an issue. schließt den
Königsflügel, aber jetzt wütet der König am Damenflügel, während Bg7 immer ein
Thema ist.} 44. Kd5 Rd6+ 45. Kc4 Ke7 46. Kb5 Kd7 47. Ka6 Rc6 (47... Kc6 48.
Bxb6 Rd8 49. Rb5 Ra8+ 50. Ba7 $18) 48. Kb7 Rc4 49. Bg7 $1 Bd6 (49... Rxg4 50.
Rd1+ Bd6 51. Be5) 50. Bxh6 Rxg4 51. Bg7 Rh4 52. Rd1 Ke7 53. Kc6 $1 Rc4+ 54.
Kxb6 Rxa4 55. Rh1 {and the h-pawn will cost Black a rook. und der h-Bauer wird
Schwarz einen Turm kosten.}) (43... gxh5 44. gxh5 Rc4 45. Ra1 Rc6 46. Rg1 Rd6 (
46... Rc4 {allows White to finish in style: erlaut Weiß, stilvoll zu vollenden:
} 47. Kd5 Rxa4 48. Rg4 $1 Ra1 49. Kc6 Bh2 50. Bg7+ Ke8 51. Re4+ Kd8 52. Bf6+ {
and mate next and mate next}) 47. Be5 $1 (47. Rg7 $4 Rxd4+) 47... Rc6 48. Bg7+
Ke7 49. Bd4 Kf8 50. Rg7 {and the rook penetrates with decisive effect. und der
Turm dringt mit entscheidender Wirkung ein.}) 44. hxg6 $1 {Reducing the number
of pawns, but I had seen a more or less forced win. Reduziert die Anzahl der
Bauern, doch ich hatte einen mehr oder weniger forcierten Gewinn gesehen.} fxg6
45. Rh1 Kf7 $6 (45... gxf5+ 46. gxf5 Bd8 {was certainly the most tenacious
defence, and the line I had spent the most time calculating: war sicherlich
die zäheste Verteidigung und das Abspiel, für das ich die meiste Bedenkzeit
aufgewandt hatte:} (46... Rc4 47. Kd5 Rxa4 48. Rxh6 {wins easily, despite the
limited material gewinnt leicht trotz des begrenzten Materials.}) 47. f6 $1
Bxf6 48. Rxh6 Rxc3 $1 {Other moves lose rather trivially Andere Züge verlieren
ziemlich trivial.} 49. Bxf6 (49. Bxc3 $4 Bxc3 50. Rxb6 {is a tablebase draw!
ist ein Tablebase-Remis!}) 49... Ra3 (49... Rc4+ 50. Kd5 Rxa4 51. Ke6 Re4+ 52.
Be5) 50. Rh7 $1 (50. Kd5 Kf7 $11) 50... Rxa4+ 51. Kd5 Ra2 52. Ke6 Re2+ 53. Be5
Rf2 54. Rb7 Rd2 55. Rxb6 {and the tablebase shows a win in 23 moves. In fact,
the win is quite simple as soon as White captures the pawn, as was shown many
times, for instance in the recent game Grischuk-Kamsky from the Olympiad. und
die Tablebase zeigt einen Sieg in 23 Zügen. Tatsächlich ist der Gewinn
ziemlich einfach, sobald Weiß den Bauern schlägt, wie viele Male gezeigt wurde,
zum Beispiel in der kürzlich gespielten Partie Grischuk-Kamsky bei der
Olympiade.}) 46. Kd5 Rd6+ 47. Kc4 {Caruana spent a lot of time on this move
and the next, but in vain. Caruana verbrauchte eine Menge Zeit für diesen Zug
und den nächsten, aber vergeblich.} gxf5 (47... g5 48. Kb5 {holds out longer,
but the winning plan is quite clear even here hält länger, aber der Gewinnplan
ist selbst hier recht klar:} Bd8 49. Ka6 Rc6 50. Rh3 $1 (50. Kb7 Rc7+ {is less
accurate ist weniger genau.}) 50... Rd6 (50... Kg8 51. f6 $1) 51. Kb7 Ke8 52.
Rh1 Kf7 53. Kc8 {with total zugzwang. Check for yourselves! mit totalem
Zugzwang. Überprüft es selbst!}) 48. gxf5 Bd8 49. f6 {I played this
immediately, as I had double and triple-checked the lines so many times
already while he was thinking. Ich zog dies sofort, da ich die Abspiele
bereits so oft doppelt und dreifach gecheckt hatte, während er nachdachte.}
Bxf6 (49... Kg6 50. Rg1+ Kf7 51. Rg7+ Ke8 52. Rg6 Kf7 53. Rxh6 {and there is
nothing Black can do. und es gibt nichts, was Schwarz tun kann.}) 50. Rxh6 Be7
(50... Ke7 51. Bxf6+ Rxf6 52. Rxf6 Kxf6 53. Kb5) 51. Rxd6 Bxd6 52. Kb5 Ke6 53.
Bxb6 Kd7 54. c4 Kc8 55. Bxa5 {It only remains for White not to let Black sac
the bishop for the c-pawn. I (and a suspect quite a lot of other people) knew
the winning method from the famous game Fischer-Keres, Zurich 59. Nun muss
Weiß nur noch aufpassen, dass Schwarz nicht seinen Läufer für den c-Bauern
opfert. Die Gewinnmethode kannte ich (wie vermutlich viele andere auch) aus
der berühmten Partie Fischer-Keres, Zürich 59.} Kb7 56. Bb4 Bf4 57. c5 Ka7 58.
c6 Kb8 59. a5 Ka7 60. a6 Ka8 61. Bc5 Bb8 62. Kc4 Bc7 63. Kd5 Bd8 64. Ke6 Bc7
65. Kd7 Ba5 66. Be7 {Black resigned, as Bd8 followed by c7 is coming up.
Schwarz gab auf, denn es steht Bd8 nebst c7 ins Haus.} 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.10.31"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Rb8 $6 (8... Qc7 $5) 9. e5 (9. a4 a6 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nf1 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. h4
$16 {Simagin,V-Nikitin,A/Kislovodsk/1966/}) 9... Nd7 10. Nf1 b5 11. h4 Ba6 (
11... b4 12. Bf4 a5 13. N1h2 Re8 14. g4 $16 {Kagan,S-Buch/ISR/1972/}) 12. N1h2
b4 13. Bf4 Bb5 14. Bh3 $16 c4 $6 (14... a5 $5) 15. d4 Qb6 16. Be3 Rfc8 17. Ng5
Nf8 (17... h6 18. Nxe6 $18) 18. f4 Nd8 19. f5 exf5 20. Bxf5 Nde6 $6 (20... Bd7
$5) 21. Qf3 Nxg5 (21... Nxd4 22. Qf2 $18) 22. hxg5 Rd8 23. Ng4 Ng6 (23... Bd7
$5) 24. Kg2 Bd7 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Rh1 Qe6 (26... Nf8 $5 {/\ Qg6/}) 27. Rh5 Rb6
28. Rah1 Nf8 29. Nf6+ (29. Nh6+ gxh6 30. Rxh6 Ng6 31. Rxh7 Bf8 32. Qf6 $1 Qxf6
33. gxf6 Rd8 34. R7h5 Rdb8 $13) 29... gxf6 30. gxf6 Bxf6 (30... Bd8 31. Bh6 $1
Bxf6 32. exf6 Qxf6 33. Qg4+) 31. exf6 Qe4 (31... Qxf6 32. Qg4+ Kh8 (32... Ng6
33. Qxd7) 33. Rg5 Ng6 34. Qxd7) 32. Qxe4 dxe4 33. Rg5+ Ng6 34. Rc5 Rxf6 (34...
c3 35. Rc8+ $18) 35. Rc8+ Nf8 (35... Kg7 36. Bh6#) 36. Rh4 (36. Bh6 Rxh6 37.
Rxh6 Rxd4 $13) 36... Kg7 37. Rxe4 Ra6 38. Rxc4 Rb7 (38... Rxa2 39. Rxb4 $18)
39. d5 Rxa2 40. Rxb4 Rxb2 $4 41. Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 50th"]
[Site "Lubniewice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1994.09.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zabrze Gornik"]
[BlackTeam "Gorzow Welkopolski"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. g3 Nc6 (3... d5 $5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg2 (5. d4 $6 Nc6 6.
Bg2 Bg4 $36) 5... d4 6. O-O $14) 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d5 $6 (5... d6 $5) 6. Qe2 $1
Be7 7. O-O b6 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 dxc4 $6 (9... d4 $5) 10. dxc4 Bb7 11. Nc3 a6 12.
Rd1 Qc7 13. Bf4 O-O-O (13... h6 $5 14. h4 O-O-O) 14. Nd5 $1 $16 exd5 15. cxd5
Nb4 (15... Ncxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bd6 18. Bxg7) 16. d6 (16. e6 Bd6 17.
exd7+ Rxd7) 16... Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Nf8 18. Bh3+ Ne6 $8 19. Ng5 Rxd6 20. exd6 Qc6
21. f3 Kb8 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Nf7 $18 Nc2 (23... Rf8 24. d7+ Ka7 25. d8=Q) 24.
d7+ Ka7 25. d8=Q Rxd8 (25... Nd4 26. Qxd4 cxd4 27. Nxh8) 26. Nxd8 Qd5 27. Qxc2
1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 $5 (5. g3 $6 dxe4 6. dxe4 e5 7.
Bg2 Bc5 $1) 5... Bd6 (5... a5 6. e5 Nd7 7. d4 b6 8. h4 Be7 9. Bb5 Ncb8 10. Nf1
Ba6 $13 {Ljubojevic,L-Portisch,L/Petropolis/1973/1/2-1/2/}) 6. b4 a5 {><c5} 7.
b5 dxe4 (7... Ne5 8. Nxe5 Bxe5 9. d4 Bf4 10. e5 $16) 8. dxe4 Ne5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5
10. Qc2 Nd7 (10... Bd6 11. Nc4 Bc5 12. Bg5 $36) (10... O-O 11. Nc4 Nd7 12. Ba3
Re8 13. Rd1 $36) 11. Nc4 Bf6 12. Be2 Ne5 13. Ne3 {/\f4} (13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. O-O
$36 {/\f4}) 13... Be7 14. f4 Ng6 15. O-O Bc5 16. Kh1 O-O 17. Nc4 f5 (17... f6
$5) 18. Bd3 Qe7 (18... Qf6 $142 19. Bd2 {/\Rae1}) 19. Bd2 b6 20. Rae1 Qd7 21.
Be3 Be7 (21... Bxe3 22. Nxe3 {><f5}) 22. Bd4 Bb7 23. exf5 exf5 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25.
Rxe5 Be4 (25... g6 26. Bc4+ $18) 26. Bxe4 (26. Rxe4 $142 fxe4 27. Bxe4 Rae8 $2
28. Bxh7+ Kh8 29. Rf3 Bf6 30. Rh3 Re1+ 31. Bg1 $18) 26... fxe4 27. Qxe4 Bf6 28.
Rh5 g6 29. Rd5 Qe8 30. Qd3 c6 31. bxc6 Qxc6 32. Bxf6 Rxf6 33. h3 Raf8 $132 34.
Qd4 $1 Rxf4 35. Rxf4 Rxf4 36. Rd8+ Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Qh8+ Kf7 39. Qxh7+
Kf6 40. Qh4+ Ke6 41. Qg4+ Ke7 42. Qd4 (42. Qe2+ $142 Kd7 (42... Kf7 43. Qf3+
$18) 43. Qd3+ Kc7 44. Kh2 $16) 42... Kf7 43. h4 $6 (43. a4 b5 44. Qf4+ Ke6 45.
Qg5 bxa4 46. Qxg6+ Kd5 47. Qf5+ Kc4 48. Qxa5 Kb3 $10) (43. c4 $5 b5 44. c5) (
43. Kh2 $1) 43... a4 44. c4 Qe6 45. Kh2 Qe7 $1 46. Qf2+ Kg7 47. Qf4 a3 48. Qd4+
Kf7 49. Kg3 Qb4 $1 50. Qf2+ Kg7 51. Qd4+ Kf7 52. Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch22 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.02.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
dxe4 (8... b6 $142 {/\Bb7}) (8... Rb8 $142 {/\b5}) 9. dxe4 b6 10. e5 Nd7 (10...
Nd5 $142 11. Ne4 Ndb4 12. Nd6 Bxd6 13. exd6 Bb7) 11. Ne4 (11. Nd4 $142 $1 cxd4
12. Bxc6 Rb8 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Nxd4 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Qxe5 16. Bf4 Qc5 17. Bxb8 Rd8
18. c3 e5 19. Bc7 Rf8 20. Qa4 exd4 21. cxd4 Qh5 22. Qxa7 $18) 11... Ba6 12. Bf4
b5 13. c3 Qb6 (13... Nb6 $142 14. h4 Nd5) 14. Qc2 Rfd8 15. h4 $1 Nf8 16. h5
Rac8 (16... h6) 17. h6 $16 Ng6 18. hxg7 Kxg7 (18... Nxf4 19. gxf4 Kxg7 20. Kh2
{/\ Bh3, f4-f5 +/-}) 19. Qc1 Rd3 20. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 (20... Qd8 21. Bf6+ Kg8 22.
Nxc5) 21. Qxg5 Rxf3 22. Bxf3 Ncxe5 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Rad1 Bb7 25. Bh5 Bd5 26.
Qg5 (26. Bxg6 $142) 26... Nd7 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Qe7 Rc7 29. Qh4 (29. Nd6 Nf8)
29... Rc8 30. b3 Kg7 31. Qe7 Nf8 (31... Qd8) 32. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-02"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.10.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1952.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 e6 4. Nbd2 d5 5. g3 Nf6 (5... g6 $5 {/\ ...Nge7
Botvinnik}) 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 b6 9. e5 Ne8 (9... Nd7 $142 {Petrosian
}) 10. Nf1 Kh8 11. Bf4 f5 12. h4 $1 Nc7 13. N1d2 Bb7 (13... d4 $2 14. Nc4 Nd5
15. Bg5 b5 $2 16. Nd6 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxd6 18. Bxd5 {/\ 19.Bxe7 +- Petrosian})
14. c3 b5 $2 (14... d4 $142 {Ragozin}) 15. Nb3 a5 16. Bg5 {/\ Nxc5} Na6 17. d4
$1 $16 c4 (17... cxd4 18. cxd4 {/\ Nc1-d3+/- X c5,f4 Petrosian}) (17... h6 $142
{Ragozin}) 18. Nc1 Nc7 (18... b4 $5) 19. Ne2 Kg8 20. Nf4 Qe8 (20... Rb8 $142)
21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Ng5 g6 23. a4 $1 Ba6 $2 (23... b4 24. b3 $1 bxc3 25. bxc4
dxc4 (25... Nb4 26. cxd5 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Nbxd5 28. Ngxe6 $1 $16) 26. d5 c2 27.
Qxc2 Nb4 28. d6 Nxc2 29. dxe7 Rfb8 30. Bxb7 Rxb7 31. Red1 $1 $16) (23... b4 24.
b3 (24. Nfxe6 Nxe6 25. Bxd5 Ncd8 26. Bxc4 Kg7 27. Nxe6+ Nxe6 28. d5 Nd8 29. Qd4
$16 {Ragozin}) 24... cxb3 25. Qxb3 Rad8 {Petrosian}) 24. Nfxe6 $1 $18 Nxe6 25.
Bxd5 Rad8 (25... Ncd8 26. Bxa8) 26. Bxe6+ Kg7 27. axb5 Bxb5 28. d5 f4 29. Qg4
h6 30. Nh3 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 b5 3. d4 Bb7 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. Ngf3 (6. Bxb5 Nf4 $1 7.
Ndf3 Nxg2+ 8. Kf1 Nh4 9. Bg5 Be7 $15) 6... a6 $2 (6... b4 $1) 7. Nb3 Nc6 8. c3
$1 {/\ 9.a4 b4 10.c4!} Nb6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Qe2 (10. O-O d6 11. Re1 dxe5 12. dxe5
$132) 10... d6 11. O-O dxe5 12. Nxe5 $2 (12. dxe5 $1 O-O 13. Be3 {/\ Nc5} Na4 (
13... Nd5 14. a4 $1 (14. Nc5 $2 Nf4) 14... b4 (14... Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qd5 16. Bc2
$16) 15. c4 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 $16) 14. Rad1 Qc8 15. Qc2 h6 (15... g6 16. h4) 16.
Qc1) 12... Nxe5 13. Qxe5 (13. dxe5 O-O 14. Be3 Na4 15. Rad1 Qc8 16. Qc2 g6 $132
) 13... O-O 14. Qg3 Bd6 15. Bf4 Na4 16. Rab1 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Bd5 18. Be4 c6 19.
Rfe1 a5 20. Re3 $1 Qf6 21. Qg4 g6 22. Qe2 Rfb8 23. Nc1 Nb6 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25.
Nd3 Nc4 26. Rf3 Qg5 27. a3 $2 (27. Rd1 b4 28. b3 Nd6 29. Ne5 Rc8 30. c4) 27...
Qd2 $1 28. Qf1 (28. Re1 Qxe2 29. Rxe2 b4 $1 30. cxb4 axb4 31. Nxb4 $2 (31. axb4
Nxb2 $1) 31... Rxb4) 28... b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Nxb4 Nxb2 31. Nc6 $1 Rb3 32.
Ne5 Rxc3 33. Rxf7 Rac8 (33... Qxd4 $1 {-/+ Larsen} 34. Nf3 (34. Rxb2 Qxe5 35.
Rbb7 Rca3 $17) 34... Qc5 35. Ng5 $1 $13 {/\Rg7}) 34. Re7 $1 Qxd4 (34... Rc1 35.
Re8+ $1) 35. Rxe6 Qf4 {/\Rc1} 36. Re1 d4 (36... Rc1 37. Nf3 (37. Nd3)) 37. Qb5
$1 Rc1 38. Re8+ (38. Nf3 $5) 38... Rxe8 39. Qxe8+ Kg7 40. Qd7+ Kg8 (40... Kh6
41. Ng4+ Kh5 42. Qxh7+ $1 Kxg4 43. Qxg6+) 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Qd7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-Sued 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?.8"]
[White "Staiger, Frank"]
[Black "Bialas, Wolfram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Sindelfingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d3 O-O 8.
Be3 a6 9. Ba4 Nc5 10. Bb3 b5 11. Nge2 Bb7 12. Bxc5 Bxc5 13. Qc2 Bb6 14. O-O
Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. a4 Rad8 18. Rfd1 b4 19. Qc4 Rfe8 20. Qxd5
Rxd5 21. Rd2 c5 22. b3 Bd8 23. Rad1 Bf6 24. g3 g5 25. g4 Red8 26. Kf1 Kf8 27.
f3 Be5 28. h3 f6 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Kf1 (30. Rc2 $15) 30... Kg7 31. Kf2 Kg6 32. f4
Bc3 33. Nxc3 bxc3 34. Rc2 Rxd3 35. Rdc1 Rd2+ 36. Kf1 Rxc2 37. Rxc2 Rd3 38. fxg5
Kxg5 39. Ke1 Rxh3 40. Rf2 Kxg4 (40... Rh1+ 41. Ke2 c2) 41. Kd1 f5 42. Rg2+ Rg3
43. Re2 h5 44. Re6 a5 45. Rg6+ Kf4 46. Rh6 Kg5 47. Rh8 h4 48. Rg8+ Kf4 49. Rc8
h3 50. Rh8 Kf3 51. Kc2 Kg2 0-1

[Event "Berliner Sommer 16th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Muir, Andrew Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "Chuchelov,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. N1h2 Ba6 13. Ng4 a4 14. Bg5 Nd4 15. Qd2
$146 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 c4 17. d4 c3 $6 (17... Rb8 $5 $13) 18. bxc3 bxc3 19. Qe3
Rb8 (19... Bxg5 20. hxg5 Qc7 21. Kg2 Rfb8 22. Rh1 Nf8 23. Nf6+) (19... h6 20.
Bxe7 (20. Bf4 $5) 20... Qxe7 21. Qxc3 Rfc8 22. Qd2 Qa3) 20. Rab1 $5 (20. Bxe7
Qxe7 21. Qxc3 Rfc8 22. Qa5 Ra8 23. Qd2 Qa3 24. Ne3 Rab8 $44) 20... Rb2 21. Bxe7
Qxe7 22. Qxc3 Rxa2 23. Ne3 $16 Nb8 (23... Qa3 24. Qc7 Bc8 25. c4 dxc4 26. Bb7)
24. Rb6 a3 25. Reb1 Qa7 26. Qb3 Rb2 27. Rxb2 axb2 28. Qxb2 Rc8 29. Bg4 $1 Rd8
30. Qb4 Qc7 31. c3 g6 32. h5 Kg7 33. Kg2 Nc6 $138 34. Rxc6 $1 $18 Qxc6 35. Qe7
Re8 (35... Qe8 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. h6 Qf8 38. Bxe6 fxe6 39. Qxe6+ Qf7 40. Qxa6)
36. h6+ Kxh6 37. Qf6 Qd7 38. Bf3 Qe7 39. Ng4+ Kh5 40. Qg7 1-0

[Event "Mondariz zt 1.1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Chuchelov,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. d3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 dxe4 6. dxe4 Ba6 7. Qe3 (7. Qd2
Qxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Bxf1 9. Rxf1 Nc6 $11) 7... Bc5 8. Qb3 Bxf1 9. Rxf1 Ne7 10. Ke2 (
10. Be3 $5 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Nbc6 13. O-O-O $14) 10... O-O 11. Nc3
Nec6 (11... Nbc6 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Kf1 Rd8 $11) 12. Rd1 Qf6 13. Bf4 (13. Bg5 Qg6
14. Bf4 Qh5 $36) 13... e5 $6 (13... Nd4+ $1 14. Nxd4 (14. Rxd4 Bxd4 15. e5 Qd8)
14... Bxd4 15. Rd3 $13) 14. Be3 Nd4+ (14... Bxe3 15. Nd5 Qd6 16. Qxe3 $16) 15.
Bxd4 exd4 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. c3 $1 Qe8 (17... dxc3 $5 18. Qxc3 (18. Nxb6 Qe7)
18... c6 19. Nf4 Qe7 $13) 18. e5 (18. Qc2 $5 $16) 18... dxc3 19. Qxc3 (19. Nxc7
Qc6) 19... Na6 20. Kf1 c6 21. Nf4 Nc7 22. b4 Be7 23. Nd4 c5 24. Nf5 Ne6 25. Nd5
Bd8 26. Qf3 $16 cxb4 27. Nxb4 Qb5+ (27... Bc7 28. Nc6 f6 29. Nd6 $16) 28. Kg2
Bc7 29. Nc6 Ng5 30. Qc3 Ne6 31. Rd7 g6 32. Nfe7+ Kh8 33. Rad1 Qe2 34. Qb4 $1
Bxe5 $2 (34... Qh5 35. h4 $16 g5 $140 36. g4 Qxh4 37. Nf5 $18) 35. Re1 Qb2 36.
Rxe5 $18 Qxb4 37. Nxb4 Nc5 38. Rd1 Rad8 39. Rxd8 Rxd8 40. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Bad Zwesten op 4th"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten"]
[Date "2000.01.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Chuchelov,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O d5 7. Qe2 O-O 8. e5
Ne8 9. h4 $146 (9. c4 Nc7 10. Nc3 Rb8 11. h4 (11. Rd1 b5 12. b3 f5 $5 13. cxd5
exd5 (13... Nxd5 $5) 14. d4 Ba6 15. Qe3 (15. Qc2 $5 b4 (15... c4 $5 16. bxc4
bxc4 $13) 16. Na4 c4 17. bxc4 Bxc4 18. Nb2 Bb5 $13) 15... Ne6 16. Ne2 (16. dxc5
$5 Bxc5 17. Qe2 d4 $13 18. Na4 $140 $2 d3 $1 19. Nxc5 dxe2 20. Rxd8 Rbxd8 $19)
16... b4 $13 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Strikovic,A/Erevan 1996/EXT 97/[Psakhis] (42)})
11... b5 12. Ng5 $6 (12. Rd1) 12... Nd4 13. Qh5 h6 14. Nf3 (14. Nh3 bxc4 15.
dxc4 Ba6) 14... Nf5 $5 (14... bxc4 $5 15. dxc4 Ba6 16. Nd2 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 $36
18. Rd1 $140 Nc2 19. Rb1 Bd4) 15. Re1 bxc4 16. dxc4 dxc4 $13 {Dgebuadze 2510 -
Chuchelov 2533 Leuven 1999}) 9... b5 10. c3 a5 11. Ng5 Nc7 12. Bf4 Qe8 13. Nd2
a4 14. Ndf3 Ba6 15. b3 $2 (15. Nh2 Rc8 $5 (15... b4 16. Ng4 bxc3 17. Nxh7 (17.
bxc3 Nb5 18. Rfc1 Qd7) 17... Kxh7 (17... cxb2 18. Ngf6+ gxf6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.
Qg4+ Bg5 21. Qxg5+ Kh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Bh6 Nxe5 24. Qg5+ Ng6 25. Qf6 $18) 18.
Nf6+ Bxf6 (18... gxf6 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Qg4+ Kh7 21. Qh5+)) 16. Ng4 Kh8 $5 17.
Nxh7 Kxh7 18. Nf6+ gxf6 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Qg4+ (20. Bh6 Nxe5) 20... Kh8 21. Qh5+
$11) 15... Bb7 $1 16. Nh2 b4 17. c4 (17. cxb4 Nxb4 {xd3}) 17... Nd4 18. Qh5
Bxg5 $1 19. hxg5 $2 (19. Qxg5 axb3 20. axb3 Nxb3 21. Ng4 Kh8 22. Rab1 Ra3 $17 (
22... Nd4 23. Be3)) 19... f5 $1 20. Qd1 (20. Qxe8 Rfxe8 $17 {xb3}) 20... axb3
21. axb3 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Nxb3 23. Qa2 (23. Qa7 Qc6 {/\Ra8}) 23... Nd4 24. Be3 Qa8
$1 25. Qxa8 Rxa8 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Rb1 Ra4 28. cxd5 $138 Nxd5 $1 (28... Bxd5
29. Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Nf3 Nc3 31. Rb2 Nb5 32. Kf1) 29. Rb3 Ra3 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31.
Rxb4 Rxd3 $19 32. Rb1 Kf7 33. Kf1 Kg6 34. Ke2 Bc4 35. Rb4 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "Fourmies op 22nd"]
[Site "Fourmies"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boudre, Jean Pierre"]
[Black "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Chuchelov,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 (7. b3 O-O
8. Bb2 e5 9. Na3 Re8 10. Nc4 Bf8 11. a4 $6 (11. d3 $11) 11... Nxe4 12. Qxe4 d5
13. Qe2 dxc4 14. bxc4 e4 15. Ne1 (15. Nh4 g5 16. Bxe4 Bg7 $1 $17) 15... Bf5 $17
{Jansa 2440 - Chuchelov 2545 Echternach 1998}) 7... O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5
10. e5 Ne4 (10... Nd7 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. h4 a5 13. Bg5 a4 14. Nb5 Na5 15. b3 Bd7
16. Qd3 h6 17. Bd2 Bc6 18. Rab1 axb3 19. axb3 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Nc6 21. Ra1 Qc7 22.
Rfc1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Ra8 24. Rc1 Nd7 $11 {Spassky,B-Ioseliani,N/Kobenhavn 1997/
Inf 70}) 11. Rd1 (11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Qb6 13. Be3 Bd7 $13) (11. Nc3 Nxc3 12.
bxc3 Bd7 $13) 11... f6 $1 12. Be3 Bd7 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Nbd2 Nd6 $1 15. Nb3 b6
16. Rac1 Nf5 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 (19. dxe5 Nh4 $1) 19... a5 20.
Bh3 (20. Qg4 a4 21. Nd2 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qe7 23. a3 Rc5) 20... a4 21. Bxf5 (21.
Nd2 Ncxd4) 21... exf5 $6 (21... Rxf5 $142 22. Nd2 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Be8 $15) 22.
Nd2 f4 $1 23. Bxf4 Nxd4 24. Qe5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qf6 26. Rc7 $6 (26. Qxd5+ Be6 27.
Qe4 Bxa2 28. Ra1 Bb3 29. Nxb3 axb3 30. Ra7 $36) 26... Bh3 $1 27. f3 $5 (27.
Qxd5+ Kh8 28. Qe4 $1 Ne6 29. Rc6 a3 $36) (27. Qxf6 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Rxf6 $17) 27...
Qxe5 28. Bxe5 Nxf3+ 29. Nxf3 Rxf3 30. Rc1 Kf7 31. Rd1 b5 32. Bd4 g5 33. Bf2 Ke6
34. Rd4 Ke5 35. Rd2 Rf7 $17 {...} 0-1

[Event "Boeblinger op 35th"]
[Site "Boeblingen"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kostic, Vladimir G"]
[Black "Dann, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Dann,M"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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-148,-151,-153,-152,-152,-153,-188,-166,-207,-226,-233,-218,-225,-215,-240,
-229,-248,-248,-249,-249,-243,-244,-247,-245,-254,-225,-240,-252,-248,-264,
-305,-316,-314,-324,-324,-324]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 (3. Nd2 {is more
common. White aims for a Kings-Indian-Attack setup with g3, Bg2, Ngf3 and so
on.}) 3... Be7 4. Nf3 Nc6 (4... Nf6 {is by far the main move.} 5. g3 b5 $5 {
looks interesting.} (5... c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 {see for
example: 1-0 (32) Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) 6. Bg2 dxe4
7. dxe4 b4 {[%cal Yc8a6,Ya6f1]} 8. a3 (8. Nbd2 Ba6 9. Nc4 O-O {[%csl Rc4][%cal
Gb8d7,Gd7b6,Ya6e2] White is in this uncomfortable pin.}) 8... Ba6 9. Qd2 Nc6
$132 {1/2-1/2 (65) Timman,J (2655)-Kortschnoj,V (2659) Wijk aan Zee 2000}) 5.
c3 (5. g3 $5 {poses more problems for black.} dxe4 (5... Nf6 6. Bg2 e5 7. exd5
Qxd5 8. O-O Bg4 9. Re1 $14) 6. dxe4 e5 7. Bg2 Nf6 (7... Bg4 8. c3 $36 {1-0 (55)
Kuyindzhi,A (2435)-Trescher,M (2218) Rijeka 2011}) 8. O-O Bg4 9. c3 Qc8 {
looks OK for black.}) 5... Nf6 (5... e5 {is better then ...Nf6.} 6. b4 a6 7.
Qc2 f5 $5 {this is an extra option which black niormally does not have (most
of the time a knight is on f6).}) 6. Qc2 {White is switching to a
Philidor-setup with reversed colours. Black will also lose a tempo with ...
e6-e5} (6. e5 Nd7 7. d4 f6 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Bd6 11. O-O Qe8 {
The engine likes the white position.}) 6... a5 {preventing b4.} 7. Be2 e5 8.
O-O O-O {[%csl Re5][%cal Gf1e1,Gb1d2,Ye4d5,Ge1e5,Gd2c4,Gc4e5,Gf3e5] [#] Now
there is a Philidor-position with reversed colours. The black bishop would be
more active on c5, but there he can be attacked via d4 in some positons. White
should generate his typical counterplay against e5 via Re1, Nbd2, Bf1 and take
at the right moment on d5.} 9. a4 {This move secures the outpost on c4 for the
knight, but there is no longer the plan with a3 and b4.} (9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Re1
Bf8 11. Bf1 g6 12. b3 {[%cal Ga2a3,Gb3b4] White plans Bb2, a3 and b4, slow but
effective.} h6 13. Bb2 Bg7 14. a3 Be6 15. b4 $132 {1-0 (50) Mrdja,M (2425)
-Piot,O (2248) Clichy 2000}) 9... Re8 10. Na3 (10. Re1 h6 11. h3 Bf8 12. Na3
Be6 13. Nb5 Qd7 14. Bf1 Rad8 {with an equal position. GM Jobava is one of the
experts for the white setup. 1-0 (55) Jobava,B (2712)-Bindrich,F (2604)
Austria 2017}) 10... h6 11. Nb5 Bf8 12. h3 (12. Nh4 $5 Be6 $15 {[%csl Rh4]})
12... Nb8 $5 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gb8d7,Gd7f8,Gf8g6,Yc7c6] Black will kick out the
knight on b5 and manouvre his knight on b8 to g6.} 13. Re1 (13. exd5 Nxd5 {
is a small advantage for black.}) 13... c6 14. Na3 Nbd7 15. Bf1 Bd6 {It is not
easy to recommend a plan for white.} 16. Nb1 Nf8 17. g3 Ng6 {[%csl Ge5][%cal
Yg6e5] The knight is not doing that much, but since e5 is such an important
square, it is good to overportect it.} 18. Bg2 b6 19. Nbd2 Ba6 {[%csl Rd3] The
square d3 is the weakest square in the white camp.} 20. Nh2 (20. Nf1 Qd7 {
[%cal Ga8d8] next will be ...Rad8. White can't put a piece on e3:} 21. Ne3 $2
Bxd3 $1 22. Qxd3 dxe4 $17) 20... Ra7 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Yg2a8,Ga7d7] is a nice
way to develope the rook on a8. The constellation Rd7 and Qd8 is more
effective than Qd7/Rd8 for the fight for d3.} 21. Nb3 Rd7 22. Ng4 Nxg4 (22...
Bf8 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $15) 23. hxg4 {[%csl Rg4] Black hoped that g4 will be a
weakness in the future.} Bf8 24. c4 $6 {[#] Black had a small advantage
because of some inuccarate moves from white, but 24.c4 is a larger mistake.} (
24. exd5 cxd5 25. Be3 d4 26. cxd4 exd4 27. Bd2 Ne5 $17) 24... dxc4 25. dxc4 Bb4
26. Rf1 (26. Re2 Rd1+ {can't be good for white.}) 26... Nf8 27. Be3 Ne6 28.
Rfd1 c5 (28... Nd4 {saves big advantage as well.}) 29. Rd5 Nd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 (
30... cxd4 {is another way to play the position, maybe this is stronger since
the Bb4 will always get back into the game.} 31. Bf1 $17) 31. Bf1 Bb7 32. Nc1
$5 (32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. f3 Bc6 34. Nc1 Qd6 {with a winning position for black,
but the right conitnuation is not obvious:} 35. Qf2 (35. Qh2 {changes nothing}
h5 $1 $19) 35... h5 $3 36. gxh5 Qh6 $1 {[%cal Gb4d2,Gd2e3]} 37. Nd3 Bd2 $19)
32... Qc8 33. g5 $2 {This is too much.} (33. f3 Rde7 34. Nd3 g6 35. Kg2 Kg7 $15
{Black is better, but it is not easy to make progress.} (35... Bxd5 36. cxd5
$13 {[%cal Gf1b5] gives white very good counterplay.})) 33... Rde7 34. f3 (34.
gxh6 Rxe4 35. Rg5 g6 $19) 34... Bxd5 35. cxd5 hxg5 $19 {[%csl Rd5,Re4,Rf3]
[%cal Gg5g4] Now black has an exchange plus a pawn.} 36. g4 $8 {Otherwise ...
g4 would have followed.} Qb8 37. Qh2 Qxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Bd2 39. Bb5 (39. Nd3 c4 $19
) 39... Bxc1 40. Rxc1 (40. Bxe8 Bf4+ $19) 40... Rd8 {[%cal Rd5d6,Re4e5,Gg7g6,
Gf7f5] The rest is technique: black stops e5 and d6 and prepares ...f5.} 41.
Kg3 f6 42. Rh1 g6 43. Re1 Kg7 (43... Rxd5 $4 44. Bc4 $18) 44. Rd1 f5 45. gxf5
gxf5 46. Bd3 fxe4 {White resigned.} (46... fxe4 47. fxe4 (47. Bxe4 Re5 $19 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd8d5] Black takes on d5 in the next moves which leads to a
rook engame with two healthy pawns up.}) 47... c4 48. Bxc4 Rxe4 49. Kf3 Rf4+
50. Ke2 g4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O d5 $6 (6... b6 7. Qe2
Bb7 $132) 7. Qe2 O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 d4 (9... dxc4 10. dxc4 Qc7 11. Bf4 a6 12.
Nc3 Rb8 13. Rad1 $16) 10. h4 Kh8 11. Bf4 f6 12. Nbd2 (12. exf6 $2 gxf6 13. Qxe6
Nde5 $132) 12... Qe8 (12... fxe5 13. Nxe5 (13. Bxe5 Ndxe5 (13... Rf5 14. Bf4 e5
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rae1 $16) 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Bd6 16. Qe2 $16)
13... Ncxe5 14. Bxe5 Rf5 15. Nf3 $16) 13. Bh3 f5 14. Ng5 Bd8 15. Bg2 h6 16. Nh3
Rg8 $6 (16... Ne7 17. h5 Nb8 18. Bf3 Nbc6 19. Kg2 $16) 17. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 18. h5
Nf8 19. Kg2 Bd7 20. Rh1 a5 $2 (20... Qe7 $5 $14 {/\Be8-f7}) 21. Ng1 Qf7 (21...
Qe7 $5 22. Ndf3 Be8 $132) 22. Ndf3 Be8 23. Qc2 Qd7 24. Ne2 Bf7 25. Bd2 Qe8 26.
Nf4 Ra7 27. Rae1 $18 Nh7 28. Qd1 Bg5 (28... Ng5 $2 29. Nh4) 29. Nxg5 Nxg5 (
29... hxg5 $2 30. Ng6+ Bxg6 31. hxg6 Qxg6 32. Rh5 $18) 30. b3 $1 {Qc1-a3} Nh7
31. Qc1 Nf8 32. f3 Nd7 $6 (32... Nh7 $5 {/\33.g4 fg 34.fg g5 35.hg Bg6 <=>} 33.
Qa3 Qe7) 33. g4 $1 $40 fxg4 34. fxg4 a4 35. g5 hxg5 36. Ng6+ Kh7 37. Bxg5 axb3
38. axb3 Bxg6 (38... Ra2+ 39. Kg3 Qb8 40. Qf4 $18) 39. hxg6+ Kxg6 40. Qd1 $1
Ra2+ (40... Kxg5 41. Kg3 $18) 41. Kg3 Rh8 42. Rxh8 Qxh8 43. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.06.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 Nf6 $6 (2... c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 $13) 3. e5 Nd5 (3... Ng8 4. f4
b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. g3 h5 7. d4 $14 {Vasiukov,E-Vaganian,R/URS/1981/ Inf 30/204/})
4. Nf3 d6 (4... c5 $5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 d5 $132) 5. d4 Ne7 $6 (5... h6 $5) 6.
h4 b6 7. Nc3 d5 $6 $14 (7... Ba6 $5 8. Qe4 d5 9. Qg4 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 h5 $132) 8.
Qd1 Ba6 (8... c5 $5 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. c3 Nbc6 11. h5 $14) 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Ne2 Qd7
11. c3 c5 12. Qd3 Nb8 13. h5 h6 14. Bd2 Nbc6 15. Nf4 Na5 16. O-O Nec6 17. b3
cxd4 (17... Be7 $5) 18. cxd4 Ba3 19. Ne1 $5 (19. Rab1 Nb4 (19... O-O $2 20. b4
Nc4 21. Rb3) 20. Bxb4 Bxb4 21. Rfc1 O-O $132) 19... Bb2 (19... Nb4 $6 20. Qg3
O-O $2 21. Nfd3 Nxd3 22. Bxh6) 20. Rb1 Bxd4 21. b4 Nc4 22. b5 Bxf2+ 23. Rxf2
N6xe5 24. Qg3 $16 O-O-O 25. Bc3 Rhg8 26. Nc2 Kb7 27. a4 Qc7 (27... g5 28. hxg6
Nxg6 29. Nh5) 28. Re1 Nd7 29. Nb4 $18 Nc5 30. Qf3 Ne4 (30... Nxa4 $2 31. Nbxd5
exd5 32. Nxd5 Qc5 33. Nb4+ $18) 31. Rxe4 a5 (31... dxe4 32. Qxe4+ Kc8 33. Na6)
32. bxa6+ Ka7 33. Rxe6 fxe6 34. Nxe6 Qd6 35. Nxd8 Rxd8 36. Qf4 d4 37. Qxd6 Rxd6
38. Bxd4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. g3 (5. c3 $5 c5 6. g3 Ba6 7. c4 dxc4
8. dxc4 Nc6 9. Bg2 Qd7 10. O-O $14) 5... Ba6 6. Bg2 (6. e5 $5 Nfd7 7. Bg2 Nc6
8. Qe2 Nb4 9. Nf1 c5 (9... Nc5 $5 10. a3 Nbxd3+ 11. cxd3 Nxd3+ 12. Kd1 Qd7 $13)
10. a3 Nc6 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4 $14) 6... dxe4 7. Ng5 Be7 8. Ndxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4
O-O 10. O-O (10. Nf6+ $2 Bxf6 11. Bxa8 c6 $17) 10... Nd7 11. a4 Rb8 12. a5 Qc8
13. Re1 Bb7 14. h4 h6 15. Qe2 b5 $6 (15... Nf6 16. Bf4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18.
Qxe4 $10) 16. a6 Bd5 $6 (16... Bxa6 $5 17. Bd2 c5 $10) 17. Be3 c5 18. c4 bxc4
19. dxc4 Ba8 20. Red1 Nf6 (20... Rb6 21. Bf4) 21. Bf4 Rb6 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6
Rxd6 (23... Bxg2 24. Rxb6 $16) 24. Bxd6 Bxg2 $1 (24... Rd8 25. Be7 $16) 25.
Bxf8 Qc6 26. Be7 (26. Bxc5 $4 Bh3 $19) 26... Bh1 (26... Bh3 27. f3 $16) 27. Kf1
(27. Qf1 Nd7 28. Kh2 Bf3 29. Ra3 Ne5 $13) 27... Nd7 28. Ra3 f6 29. Re3 (29. f3
Ne5 30. Kf2 Qc7) (29. f4 Kf7 $14) 29... Kf7 (29... Ne5 30. Rxe5 fxe5 31. Qxe5
Qxa6) 30. Bd8 Ne5 31. Rxe5 fxe5 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33. Qxe5 Qd7 $6 (33... Qxa6 34.
Qxc5 Qa1+ 35. Ke2 Qxb2+ $10) 34. Ba5 Qd1+ 35. Qe1 Qg4 (35... Qd3+ 36. Qe2 Qb1+
37. Be1 $14) 36. Qe2 Bg2+ (36... Bf3 37. Qd3 Qh3+ 38. Ke1 $10) 37. Ke1 Bf3 38.
Qe3 Be4 39. Qe2 Qf5 40. Kd2 Bf3 41. Qe3 (41. Qd3 Be4 $10) 41... Bc6 42. Bc3 Ba4
43. f3 Bb3 44. Qd3 Ba2 45. Qd7 (45. Qxf5 exf5 46. Kd3 Bb1+ 47. Ke3 Ba2 $10)
45... Qg6 46. h5 Qg5+ 47. f4 Qxg3 48. Qxe6+ Kh7 49. Qe4+ Kh8 50. Kc2 Qf2+ 51.
Bd2 Qf1 52. Qe8+ Kh7 53. Qe4+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2014.09.04"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2014.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Extremadura Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao Naturgas"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qe2 d6 8. c3 e5
9. Na3 h6 {A useful move, as otherwise ...BBe6 will be met by Ng5 and ...Bf8
by Bg5, in order to take on f5 and play on the white squares.} 10. Nc4 Re8 (
10... Be6 $5 11. Ne3 Ng4 $5 {also makes sense.} (11... d5 $6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13.
Nxe5 $14)) 11. Ne3 d5 $6 {Not the most precise.} (11... Be6 $5 {seems pretty
forcing:} 12. Nh4 d5 13. Nhf5 d4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17.
Qg4 g6 18. Nxh6+ Kg7 19. c4 Qd8 20. Nf5+ Kg8 $11) (11... Bf8 $5 12. Nh4 g6 13.
Kh1 Bg7 $13 {0-1 (40) Naiditsch,A (2706)-Hansen,E (2587) ISL 2014}) 12. Ne1 $6
(12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxe5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxe5 15. Rd1 {would give White some
initiative.}) (12. Nh4 d4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nb8 15. Nf3 Nd7 $132) 12... d4
$6 ({I wasn't sure how to assess the position after} 12... Be6 $1 13. f4 exf4
14. gxf4 d4 15. N3c2 Bf8 {but it seems Black is just better.}) 13. Nd5 dxc3 (
13... b5 $5 14. c4 bxc4 15. dxc4 Nb4 $132) 14. bxc3 Bf8 (14... Be6 $5) 15. Nc2
b5 16. Nce3 (16. a3 a5 $132) 16... b4 17. Nxf6+ (17. Bd2 bxc3 18. Bxc3 Nd4 $13)
17... Qxf6 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. c4 Nd4 20. Qd1 Be6 21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 Qh4 (22...
a5 23. Be3 {is about equal.}) 23. Bb2 (23. Nc7 Bg4 24. Qe1 Qxe1 25. Rxe1 Nc2
26. Bb2 Rad8 27. Nxe8 Rxe8 $36) 23... Bg4 24. Qe1 Qxe1 25. Raxe1 Rab8 $5 (25...
Be2 26. Bxd4 (26. Rf2 Bxd3 27. Nc7 Bxc4 $13) 26... Bxf1 27. Kxf1 cxd4 28. Nc7
Rac8 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. e5 $5 Re6 31. Bd5 Ra6 32. e6 fxe6 33. Rxe6 $11) 26. Bxd4
cxd4 27. f5 (27. e5 b3 $1 (27... Bf5 28. Be4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 b3 30. Re2 $1 $14)
28. axb3 Bf5 $13) 27... f6 28. Nc7 (28. Bf3 Bxf3 (28... Bh3 $2 29. Rf2 Bxf5 30.
Bh5 $16) 29. Rxf3 Rb7 $11) 28... Re5 29. Bf3 Bh3 30. Bg2 Bxg2 $6 {
Overestimating my chances.} (30... Bg4 $11) 31. Kxg2 Ra5 32. Re2 b3 33. axb3
Rxb3 34. Rf3 Ra1 (34... Bd6 35. Ne6 Be5 36. Kh3 Kf7 37. Rg2 Raa3 38. Rxg7+ Ke8
{might be a better defence, though White is pressing.}) 35. Ne6 Raa3 36. Nxd4 (
36. c5 $5 Rc3 37. Rb2 Rab3 38. Rxb3 Rxb3 39. c6 Rc3 40. Nxd4 Bc5 41. Ne6 $14)
36... Rxd3 37. Rxd3 Rxd3 38. Ne6 Rc3 $2 (38... Bb4 $1 39. c5 Kf7 40. c6 (40.
Rc2 Rc3 $132) 40... Rc3 $11) 39. Rb2 (39. Rd2 $144) 39... Bd6 40. Rd2 Be7 (
40... Be5 41. c5 a5 42. Rd8+ Kf7 43. Rd7+ Ke8 44. Ra7 $16) 41. Rd7 Kf7 42. c5
Ke8 ({After the 40th move I had the unpleasant surprise to notice that} 42...
a5 43. Ra7 a4 {was losing to} 44. c6 $18) 43. Rc7 $6 ({Much more dangerous
would be} 43. Rxa7 {but after} Bxc5 44. Nxg7+ Kf8 45. Ne6+ Ke8 {I fail to find
a clear win for White, e.g.} 46. Rh7 (46. Rc7 Bb4 47. Rxc3 Bxc3 {doesn't seem
to be winning for White.}) (46. Nxc5 Rxc5 47. Rh7 Rc2+ 48. Kg3 Re2 49. Rxh6
Rxe4 50. Rxf6 Ke7 51. Ra6 Kf7 {is a draw.}) 46... Bd6 47. Rxh6 Re3 48. Rh4 Re2+
49. Kg1 Ke7 50. Rh7+ (50. h3 Bg3 51. Rg4 Be5 52. Kf1 Rh2 53. h4 Kd6 54. Kg1 Re2
{kind of holds:} 55. Nd8 Bd4+ 56. Kh1 Re1+ 57. Kg2 Re2+ 58. Kf1 Rf2+ 59. Ke1
Rh2 $132) (50. Nd4 Rb2 51. Rh7+ Ke8 $132) 50... Ke8 51. h4 Rxe4 52. h5 Re1+ 53.
Kf2 Re5 54. Kg2 Re2+ 55. Kf3 Re5 56. h6 Rxf5+ 57. Kg4 Rf1 58. Rg7 f5+ 59. Kg5
Be7+ 60. Kg6 Rg1+ 61. Kh7 Re1 62. Nc7+ Kf8 $11) 43... a5 44. Nxg7+ Kd8 45. Ne6+
Ke8 46. c6 Bd6 47. Rc8+ Ke7 48. h4 Be5 49. c7 h5 50. Kf2 a4 51. Ke2 a3 52. Ra8
(52. Kd2 Rc4 53. Ra8 Bxc7 54. Ra7 Kd7 55. Kd3 Rc1 56. Rxa3 Be5 57. Nf8+ Kc6 58.
Ng6 Bd6 59. Rc3+ Rxc3+ 60. Kxc3 Kc5 61. Kd3 Bg3 62. Ke3 Kd6 {seems to hold.})
52... Bxc7 53. Nxc7 (53. Ra7 Kd6 $11) 53... Rxc7 54. Rxa3 Rc2+ 55. Ke3 Rh2 56.
Ra7+ Kf8 57. Kd4 Rxh4 58. Kd5 Rf4 (58... Kg8 $5) 59. Ke6 Rxe4+ 60. Kxf6 h4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS09 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.09.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Grafl, Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 {Interesting attempt to move the game out of main theoretical
lines.} c5 {Black is transforming the opening to Sicilan defence.} 3. Nf3 Nc6
4. d3 g6 5. g3 {The attempt to disturb black to complete the development
doesn't promise white anything special:} (5. Bg5 Qa5+ 6. c3 Bg7 {and black
gets comfortable position, where the queen is located absolutely not bad on a5,
from where it can support the black's initiative on the queenside.}) 5... Bg7
6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O (7. h4 h6 8. c3 {0-1 Gallagher,J-Knaak,R/Germany 1998/
GER-chT/[Knaak] (48)}) 7... O-O 8. c3 {White covers the d4 square and limits
the possibilities of black's dark-squared bishop.} e5 {Black fixes white's e4
pawn, that after d7-d5 or b7-b5 white will not be able to play e4-e5.} ({After
} 8... d5 {white reacts with typical} 9. e5 {and strengthens the e5 pawn with
all the pieces.} Qc7 10. Bf4 {1-0 Nielsen,P-Brynell,S/Munkebo 1998/CBM 67/
[Hecht] (90)}) 9. a3 {After black played e6-e5 and closed the long diagonal
for his dark-squared bishop, white's main plan becomes carrying out of b2-b4.}
a5 {preventing from white to carry out b2-b4. But, deserves attention "no
reaction" strategy:} (9... d6 10. b4 h6 11. Bb2 Be6 12. b5 Na5 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14.
c4 b6 15. Ne1 Qd7 16. Nc2 Rce8 17. Ne3 f5 18. f4 Rf7 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Nxf5
Bxf5 21. Rae1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kaminski,M-Socko,M/Koszalin 1999/CBM 73 (43) and
white's chances are slightly better, thanks to the misplaced black's knight on
a5.}) 10. a4 $146 {Maybe it is a bit strange to play twice with the same pawn,
but in this particular case, white is fixing black's queenside pawns, thus,
white gets the comfortable positions c4 and b5 for his knights.} ({Much worse
is} 10. b3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bb2 Re8 $15 {0-1 Fernandez Cazorla,A-Vehi Bach,
V/Barcelona 2000/CBM 77 ext (33)}) 10... d5 11. exd5 $1 {opening the long
diagonal for light-squared bishop.} (11. Na3 {is met by} d4 {and white's
light-squared bishop remains passive...}) 11... Nxd5 12. Nfd2 {White is going
to occupy the c4 and b5 with the knights. Also, sometimes, white can attack
black's pawns on the queenside with Nb3.} h6 {Black covers the g5 square, thus,
he prepares to develop the light-squared bishop to e6.} ({After} 12... Be6 $6 {
white gets an option of} 13. Ne4 {[%cal Ye4g5,Ye4c5]} (13. Na3 $5)) 13. Na3 {
White doesn't hurry to define the position of the knight on d2...} ({White
could force black to play b7-b6, but I wasn't sure if it worsens black's
position so much... While, I'll need to spend two tempos more to bring the
knight to c4 from b3:} 13. Nb3 b6) 13... Be6 14. Ndc4 Rb8 {Black prepares to
play Qd7, and he robs from white the possibity to win the exchange.} (14... Qd7
{makes possible} 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Nb6 Qe6 17. Nxa8 Rxa8 18. Nb5 $16 {with
following f2-f3 and Be3.}) 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. Bd2 {Strategically, white's
position is good. I've succeeded to occupy excellent squares on the queenside
with the knights, thanks to fixed black's pawns. But, black can create
unpleasant pressure on d3 square, therefore, white gets into the game
queenside pieces.} Rfd8 17. Rad1 g5 {Black grabs some space on the kingside,
thus, making possible creating some counterplay on the kingside. One of the
possible plans for black is transfer of the knight from d5 to g6 via e7.} (
17... Bh3 {cannot be good move, as black will not be able to cover the light
squares after trading the bishops. Also, white can manage initiative
immediately with} 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. f4 $14) 18. Bc1 {White succeeded to locate
his pieces quite good, and now his main plan is carrying out of the
breakthrough f2-f4.} ({Immediate} 18. f4 {deserved attention:} exf4 19. gxf4
gxf4 20. Qf2 $1 $13 (20. Bxd5 $5) (20. Bxf4 $2 Bg4 $1 21. Qf2 Nxf4 22. Qxf4
Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Re8 $15)) 18... f5 $6 ({I would recommend black the following
prophylactic move:} 18... Kh8 $13 {and the position is not so clear, while my
feeling is that white has better prospects, thanks to passive black's
dark-squared bishop on g7.}) ({At this moment black cannot play} 18... Nde7 $2
{, due to} 19. Nb6 Qe8 20. Nc7 $16) (18... Bg4 {is met by} 19. Bf3) 19. f4 $1 {
After black played f7-f5 he lost the resource of Bg4. Therefore, there wasn't
any reason not to play f2-f4.} gxf4 20. gxf4 Nxf4 (20... exf4 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 22.
Rxf4 {-see the game.}) 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Rxf4 $14 {White's position is better,
thanks to superior pawn structure, and better located pieces. It should be
noted, that white's knights are located excelent, in opposite, black's
dark-squared bishop is limitted by the c3 pawn.} Re8 23. Qf2 {attacking the c5
pawn.} b6 24. Nbd6 {driving away the rook from e8, thus, white hopes to get
control over the "e" file.} Rf8 25. Re1 Ne7 {Black needs to activate some of
his pieces, so he intends to transfer the knight to g6.} 26. Rf3 ({Maybe
stronger was} 26. Qg3 Kh7 27. Rf2 $36 {[%cal Yf2e2]}) 26... Ng6 27. Rg3 $6 {
After this inaccuracy, white can throw away his advantage... Much better was} (
27. Rfe3 Bxc4 28. Nxc4 f4 29. Re6 $36) 27... Kh7 $2 {Serious mistake, which
allows white to get a decisive advantage. Black should have continued} (27...
Rf6 $1 {defending the bishop e6.} 28. Kh1 {[%cal Ye1g1] Probably, white's
position is still better, but black has some resources.}) {[%tqu "En","Please
find the move, which brings white a decisive advantage","","","g2c6","",10]}
28. Bc6 $1 {Probably, this move was overlooked by my opponent.} Qxc6 (28... Qe7
{also loses, in view of} 29. Rxg6 (29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. Rxe7 Nxe7 $16) 29... Kxg6
30. Qe3 Rf6 31. Bd5 Qxd6 32. Nxd6 Bxd5 33. Ne8 $18) 29. Rxe6 $18 {And black is
hopeless against white's activity.} Nh8 (29... Rf6 30. Rxg6 $18) 30. Rxg7+ {
There were many other ways to win the game:} (30. Re7 Ng6 31. Rxg6 $18) (30.
Nxf5 Qc7 31. Qf4 $1 $18) 30... Kxg7 31. Nxf5+ Rxf5 32. Qxf5 Qc7 33. Qf6+ Kg8
34. Re7 {winning a lot of material.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 c4 $6 (4... cxb4 {main line} 5. a3 (5. d4 Ne7
6. a3 Qa5 (6... Nf5 7. axb4 Bxb4+ 8. c3 Be7 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Na3 a6
12. Nc2 Na5 13. Ne3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bb5 15. Ne1 O-O 16. Rf3 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 Rc8 18.
Bd2 Nc4 19. Rg3 f5 20. Nf4 Rc6 21. Be1 Bg5 22. Qh5 Bxf4 23. exf4 Qe8 24. Qh4
Rb6 25. Rg5 Rb2 26. Qh3 a5 27. g4 fxg4 28. Qxg4 Qf7 29. Bg3 b5 30. Re1 a4 31.
f5 a3 32. f6 g6 33. h4 Kh8 34. h5 gxh5 35. Qf4 a2 36. Rg7 Qxg7 37. fxg7+ Kxg7
38. Qg5+ Kh8 {1/2-1/2 Dankert,P-Hort,V/BL 8081 (1981) ;BL 1981}) 7. Bd3 Nbc6 8.
O-O Bd7 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. Re1 h6 11. g4 a6 12. Nb3 Nc8 13. g5 g6 14. c3 bxc3 15.
Qc2 N8e7 16. Qxc3 Rc8 17. Qd2 Nf5 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. gxh6 Bxh6 {Stein,B-Bukal,V/
Dortmund-B ;TD 87\03 1987/0-1 (36)}) 5... Nc6 6. axb4 Bxb4 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 Bd7
9. Bd3 Rc8 (9... Na5 10. O-O a6 11. Ne1 h5 12. Ra2 Rc8 13. Re2 Nh6 14. Re3 g6
15. Rh3 Bc6 16. g4 Kd7 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. f4 Qh8 19. g5 {Buecker,S-Hort,V/
FRG-ch (15) ;CBM 24 1991/0-1 (52)}) 10. O-O a6 11. Ne1 Na7 12. Qg4 g6 13. Qg3
Bb5 14. Be3 Bxd3 15. Nxd3 Nb5 16. Rc1 h5 17. Nf4 Bh4 18. Qh3 Qe7 19. Nxd5 Qd8
20. Nb6 Rc6 21. d5 exd5 22. c4 dxc4 23. Na3 Nxa3 24. Rd1 Qe7 25. Nd5 Qe6 26.
Qxh4 Ne7 27. Nf6+ Kf8 {1-0 Chandler,P-Mueller,T/Moscow op ;EXP 19 1990}) 5. c3
a5 6. b5 Nd7 7. d3 cxd3 8. Bxd3 f6 (8... Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Qe2 Bc5 11. Re1 O-O
{Romero Holmes-Martens/Wijk-B/1991/1/2-1/2/ ;CBM 22} 12. h4 $1 Nxh4 $2 13.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Kg6 15. Qg4 $18 {/\ Ne6, Qh4}) (8... Qc7 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. O-O
Ng6 11. Re1 Be7 12. h4 Bxh4 13. Nxh4 Nxh4 14. Ba3 Qd8 15. Qh5 Ng6 16. c4 dxc4
17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qg4 Nb6 19. Nc3 g5 20. Qh5+ g6 21. Qh6 Qd7 22. Rad1 Nd5 23.
Rxd5 exd5 24. e6 {1-0 Mortensen,E-Hansen,J/Gausdal zt ;CBM 04 1987}) 9. Qc2
Nxe5 10. Nxe5 fxe5 11. Bxh7 Bd6 12. Bxg8 Rxg8 13. c4 (13. Qh7 $5) 13... Qc7 14.
Ba3 Bb4+ 15. Bxb4 axb4 16. Nd2 e4 17. Qb2 Rh8 18. g3 (18. h3 e3 19. fxe3 Qg3+
$17) 18... e3 (18... Qe7 {/\Qf6}) 19. fxe3 Ra3 20. O-O $6 (20. Qd4 $5) (20. Nf1
$5 Qxc4 (20... dxc4 21. Qxb4) 21. Qxg7) 20... Rxe3 21. Nf3 dxc4 (21... Qc5 $5
22. Qd4 (22. Kh1 Rf8 $15) 22... Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Re4 $15) 22. Qf2 Rd3 23. Ng5 b6 (
23... Qe7 $5) 24. Rae1 Qc5 $6 (24... Qe7 $5) 25. Qxc5 (25. Nxe6 $5 Qxf2+ 26.
Rxf2 Bxe6 27. Rxe6+ Kd7 28. Rxb6 $14) 25... bxc5 26. Rf7 (26. Nxe6 $5) 26...
Rh5 (26... Rd2 $5) 27. Rxg7 c3 28. Ne4 (28. Ne4 c2 $1 $17 29. Nf6+ Kf8) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2015.02.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schroeder, Jan Christian"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Fier,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2015.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 (5... d5 {is the move I try
to avoid, even if it looks quite normal, White has a dangerous plan in mind} 6.
exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. Rd1 O-O (8... Bf6 {looks slightly better} 9. Nc3 O-O
10. Ne4 Be7 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 {compared to the main line the
only difference is the knight on e4 instead of b1. This looks better for White,
but it allows a nice resource} Nf4 $5 14. Nf6+ Bxf6 15. Rxf4 {Ni,H (2661)
-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2642) Benasque op 33rd 2013 (8) 0-1 with a balanced
position in}) 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Bf6 12. Rd1 {Ivanchuk,V (2744)
-Pelletier,Y (2578) Tromso ol (Men) 41st 2014 (6.1) 1-0 where White has good
results due to some pressure on the queenside, as seen in}) 6. O-O (6. e5 Nd5
7. c4 Ndb4 8. d3 d6 9. a3 Na6 {Adams,M (2727)-Vitiugov,N (2712) Alekhine
Memorial 2013 (5) 1/2 was strange but ok for Black in}) 6... d5 7. d3 b6 {
I played this move without much knowledge about the position. Since my
opponent used to play the Open Sicilian I thought it was better to deviate
from the main paths of the King's Indian Attack. The idea of playing this
instead of 7...b5 is that in some positions I can go with the king to the
queenside.} (7... O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 {is the main variation and here Black
chose} d4 {in an important game from the Candidates} 10. h4 Kh8 11. Bf4 f5 {
Svidler,P (2758)-Karjakin,S (2766) FIDE Candidates 2014 (8) 0-1 with a complex
middlegame in}) 8. Re1 {A neutral move, but probably not the most critical.} (
8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 {is again a good plan and with the pawn on b6 White has one
more setup at his disposal} d4 10. Nfd2 $5 (10. h4 {is also normal}) 10... Bb7
11. f4 {White's position has a lot of potential here.}) 8... Bb7 {After this
move I was not so sure how White should proceed.} 9. h4 (9. Nbd2 {would be a
normal move, but here I can force matters with} Nb4 $5 10. exd5 {was the move
I was more afraid of, but it looks like Black is ok after} (10. Qd1 {is a move
that most players would like to avoid} dxe4 {during the game I thought it
could be possible, but it turns out that it is dangerous and unnecessary} (
10... O-O {is probably the best with a comfortable position for Black}) 11.
dxe4 Nxe4 12. Ne5 Nd6 13. Bxb7 Nxb7 14. c3 Nd5 15. Qa4+ {after this move White
has good compensation}) 10... Nxc2 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Ng5 Bxg2 13. Nxe6 Qd7 14.
Kxg2 Nxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Kf7 {White is not developed enough to claim full
compensation.}) (9. c3 c4 {is a move that White needs to be aware of} (9... O-O
10. e5 Nd7 11. h4 {is once again thematic}) 10. dxc4 dxe4 (10... Nxe4 $6 11.
cxd5 exd5 12. c4 $16) 11. Nfd2 Qd3 12. Nxe4 Qxe2 13. Rxe2 O-O-O 14. Nbd2 {
but here Black does not have enough for the pawn.}) 9... h6 10. e5 Nd7 11. c4
$6 {Finally White has gone for the critical idea, but now it's too late. I
have the pieces developed enough to create strong counterplay.} (11. Nbd2 Qc7
12. Nf1 O-O-O {was what I had in mind.}) 11... dxc4 12. dxc4 g5 $1 {After this
move White's king is more exposed than Black's one.} 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. g4 {
A logical move, but it allows me to open up White's king even more.} (14. Nc3
$5 {was the best idea, and the game becomes completely unclear} g4 15. Nh2 Nd4
{was my idea and one possible follow up could be} 16. Qxg4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nc2
18. Bf4 Qc7 19. Qg7 O-O-O (19... Qb7+ $5 20. f3 Rxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Nxa1 22. Rxa1
Qxf3 {again with a mess}) 20. Qxf7 Nxa1 21. Qxe7 Nc2 {with a position which is
hard to evaluate.}) 14... Nd4 {Entering into a forced sequence where I can get
all the initiative for just one pawn.} 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Nxe6 (16. Kxg2 cxd4
17. Nd2 Qc7 18. Nf3 O-O-O {is just better for Black.}) 16... Bb7 $1 {Part of
the plan. The queen is untouchable, so White has just one defence:} 17. Ng7+
Kf8 18. Nh5 {The position is still not clear. If White can manage to bring the
knight to d5, everything will be under control. Another precise move is
required here.} Qc8 $1 {Going to c6, but on the way threatening 19...Nxe5.} (
18... Qc7 $2 19. Nc3 Qc6 20. Nd5 {and Black is in trouble.}) 19. f3 ({Neither} 
19. Nc3 Nxe5 $19) ({nor} 19. Nd2 Nxe5 $19 {works.}) 19... Qc6 20. Nd2 Re8 {
I can recover the e5-pawn by force, and the position after this was supposed
to be easy.} 21. b3 Bd6 22. Bb2 Bxe5 {This is the position I saw after 18...
Qc8, but now that the position had been reached I was not so sure anymore
about my advantage.} 23. Bxe5 $2 {Now I have a forced win.} (23. Ne4 {was
better} Bd4+ 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Qh2 Ne5 26. Nxg5 {and somehow White's position
is holding up} Qxf3 27. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 28. Kg2 Nxh2+ 29. Kxh2 f5 30. Kg3 Re4 31.
Rxe4 fxe4 32. Rd1 {and I'm forced to play 32...d3, so White is ok.}) 23... Nxe5
24. Ne4 f5 (24... Rh6 {is the computer's suggestion with decisive advantage,
but during the game I even didn't consider it} 25. Rad1 (25. Nhg3 Rh3 26. Kg2
Qh6 27. Rh1 Ng6 {and the knight will land with deadly impact on f4}) 25... f5 {
now this is more powerful} 26. Nxg5 Qg6 27. Qb2 Nxf3+ {and compared to the
line in the game, the rook on h8 would not be hanging!}) 25. Nxg5 Rg8 $2 {
With so many attacking variations I could not decide which one was the best.} (
25... Rxh5 {is a possible idea, but not enough to win} 26. gxh5 Qh6 27. Qd2
Qxg5+ 28. Qxg5 Nxf3+ 29. Kf2 Nxg5 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. h6 {and with precise play
White must hold}) (25... Qg6 $1 {with the threat of 26...Nxf3+ was the move I
spent most time on, but without a definitive conclusion} 26. Qb2 (26. Qh2 Nxf3+
27. Nxf3 Qxg4+ 28. Qg3 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rxh5 {is probably winning}) 26... Be4 $1
{this is the best move and not an easy one to find. With all the attacking
moves, defending the knight on e5 is the right way to go} (26... Nxf3+ 27. Kf1
$1 {the second rank must be free} (27. Kf2 Nd4 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 {is winning,
Black's king can hide safely on the d-file}) 27... Nd4 28. Qh2 $1 {and again
the queen enters into Black's position} Qxg5 (28... Be4 29. Nxe4 fxe4 30. Qf4+
Qf7 {is not the kind of position I was looking for}) 29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 30. Qb8+
Kf7 31. Qxb7+ $11) (26... Rxh5 {looks really tempting, but it's still not
winning} 27. Rxe5 (27. gxh5 Qxg5+ $19) 27... Rxg5 (27... Rxe5 28. Qxe5 Rxg5 29.
Qb8+ Qe8 30. Qxb7 fxg4 31. f4 Rh5) 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. Re1+ Kf7 30. Qh2 $1 {
and Black has no good way to avoid 31.Qc7+} Qc6 (30... Rxg4+ 31. fxg4 Qxg4+ 32.
Kf2 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 {and there is no mate}) 31. Qh7+ Rg7 32. Qxf5+ Kg8 33. Qh5 $1
{with the classical 0.00} Rf7 34. Re5 Qd6 35. Re8+ Rf8 36. Qg5+ Kf7 37. Qh5+
Kg7 38. Qg5+ $11) 27. f4 $1 (27. Nxe4 fxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxh5 {should be winning}) (
27. fxe4 Qxg5 $19) 27... Rh6 $3 {and finally White's position collapses. This
was the only move one more time} (27... fxg4 $5 {still gives some advantage,
but now we enter the fantasy world} 28. Ng3 Rh1+ 29. Nxh1 Nf3+ 30. Kf2 Qh6 {
with attack}) 28. fxe5 Qxg5 29. Rxe4 fxe4 30. Rf1+ Ke7 31. Qe2 Qxe5 32. Rf5
Qd4+ {and even here I would not be that sure I'm winning, but apparently there
is not much to worry about anymore.}) (25... fxg4 $2 26. Qh2 $1 {and White is
winning. Finally Black's king is the most exposed one.}) 26. Qd2 $2 {Allowing
me to finish the game in a brutal way.} (26. Nf6 $1 {amazingly defends the
position} Rg6 (26... Rxg5 $2 27. Nh7+ Kg7 28. Nxg5 $18 {and the other knight
comes to defend f3!}) (26... Qxf6 27. Nh7+ $18) (26... Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Rxe1+ 28.
Rxe1 Qxf3 29. Nxf3 Bxf3 30. Nxg8 $18) 27. Nxe8 Rxg5 28. Nf6 $8 {again the
knight saves the day} (28. Qxe5 $2 Rxg4+ $1 29. Kh2 Qh6#) 28... Qxf3 (28...
Nxf3+ 29. Kf2) 29. Qxf3 Nxf3+ 30. Kf2 Kf7 (30... Nxe1 31. Nh7+ $18) 31. Ne8 $1
Nxe1 32. Rxe1 {and because of 33.Nd6+ I have no time to take on g4. If this
was the game I would for sure have nightmares about this knight.}) 26... Rxg5
27. Rxe5 Rxg4+ {Probably the move my opponent missed.} (27... Rxg4+ 28. Kh2
Rh4+ 29. Kg3 Qxf3+ 30. Kxh4 Qg4#) 0-1

[Event "Kecskemet Toth Memorial-07"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1979.06.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rigo, Janos"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Florian,T"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1979.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 dxe4 7. dxe4 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. c3 a5 10. Qc2 b6 11. Nc4 Ng4 $1 12. h3 Ba6 $1 13. Qe2 $6 Nf6 14. Bg5
h6 15. Rfd1 (15. Rad1 $142) 15... Qe7 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nfd2 Rfd8 18. Bf1 $2
Rd3 $1 19. Kg2 Rad8 20. Qe1 Bxc4 21. Bxd3 Bxd3 22. Nb3 Bf8 23. Qe3 Ba6 24. Qf3
Qxf3+ 25. Kxf3 Bd6 26. Nd2 Rf8 27. Kg2 Nd8 28. f3 Ne6 29. Nf1 Bc5 30. Re1 g5
31. Rad1 h5 32. Ne3 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 Kg7 34. Kf2 Kf6 35. Kg2 h4 36. b4 Ra8 37. a3
Bc4 38. g4 Bb3 39. Rg1 a4 40. Re2 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 36th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1999.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 Rb8 8. a4
d5 9. Re1 a6 10. c3 (10. e5 Nd7 11. Nf1 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. h4 Bb7 14. h5 (14.
Bf4 Ra8 15. Rb1 Ra4 16. Bh3 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Rxd4 18. b3 Rxf4 19. gxf4 Bxh4 20. Nd2
Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qh4+ 22. Kg2 Qxf4 {0-1 Prevot,E-Saltaev,M/Cappelle/1995/ (28)})
14... Ra8 15. Rb1 b4 16. N1h2 Ra2 17. Ng4 Ba6 18. Bf4 Bb5 19. Qd2 c4 20. dxc4
Bxc4 21. h6 g6 22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. Nxg5 Qe7 24. Qf4 {1-0 Simagin,V-Nikitin,A/
Kislovodsk/1966/ (32)}) (10. Qe2 b5 11. axb5 axb5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nf1 Bb7 14. h4
Ra8 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. Rab1 Rfe8 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. h5 h6 19. g4 {1-0 Lazic,
M-Cladouras,P/Munich/1992/ (35)}) 10... b5 11. axb5 axb5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nf1 {
White has no reason to hope for much in this opening line. Black is ready with
counterplay in the center and queenside, while the openent only dreams about
possible attack on the kingside.} (13. d4 b4 14. Nf1 Qb6 15. Bf4 Ba6 16. Ne3
bxc3 17. bxc3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rfc8 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Qb3 21. Qxb3 Rxb3 {
1/2-1/2 Wexler,B-Emma,J/Mar del Plata/1959/ (39)}) 13... Bb7 14. d4 Ra8 15. Rb1
(15. Rxa8 Bxa8 (15... Qxa8 16. Bg5 $14) 16. Be3 $11) 15... b4 16. h4 Ra2 17.
Ng5 Ba6 18. Be3 bxc3 (18... h6 $5 19. Nf3 Bb5 $15) 19. bxc3 Qa5 (19... h6 20.
Nf3) 20. Qg4 Bxg5 (20... Qxc3 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 (22... Rf7 23. Bxd5
$18) 23. Qxc6 cxd4 24. Qxd7 dxe3 25. Qxe7 exf2+ 26. Kh1 $18) (20... Bxf1 21.
Rxf1 Ndxe5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Qh5 Bxg5 24. hxg5 $14) 21. Bxg5 Kh8 $2 {Milov has
done everything right in the defense, but now he misses the best preventive
idea 21...Bd3!} (21... Bd3 $1 22. Rbc1 (22. Rb7 Qxc3 23. Bh6 Bg6 $19) 22...
cxd4 23. cxd4 Qa4 $17) 22. Bxd5 $1 Ndxe5 (22... exd5 23. Qxd7 Qa4 24. Qd6 $18)
23. dxe5 exd5 24. Bf6 $1 (24. Qd7 Bxf1 25. Qxd5 Bh3 26. Qxc6 Qxc3 27. Rbc1 $14)
24... Rg8 (24... gxf6 25. exf6 Rg8 26. Qxg8+ Kxg8 27. Re8#) 25. e6 fxe6 (25...
gxf6 26. exf7 Rf8 (26... Rxg4 27. f8=Q+ Rg8 28. Qxf6+ Rg7 29. Re8#) 27. Re8 $18
) 26. Qxe6 Qc7 (26... gxf6 $2 27. Qxf6+ Rg7 28. Re8#) (26... Nd8 27. Bxg7+ Rxg7
(27... Kxg7 28. Qe5+ Kh6 29. Qf4+ $18) 28. Qf6 Re2 29. Rxe2 Bxe2 30. Rb8 $18)
27. Ne3 (27. Qxd5 c4 28. Bg5 $16) 27... gxf6 (27... Rd2 28. Nf5 Bc8 29. Nxg7 $1
Bxe6 30. Nxe6+ Qg7 31. Nxg7 $18) 28. Nf5 {Suddenly black has to be preoccupied
with ungrateful task of defending endangered position.} (28. Nxd5 Qc8 (28...
Rxg3+ 29. Kh1 Qc8 30. Qxc8+ Bxc8 31. fxg3 $18) 29. Qxf6+ Rg7 30. Nc7 $18) 28...
Qd8 $8 (28... Rf8 29. Qxf6+ $1 Rxf6 30. Re8+ Rf8 31. Rxf8#) 29. Qxc6 Bd3 (29...
Rf8 30. Rbd1 $18) 30. Rb8 $1 Ra6 (30... Qxb8 31. Qxf6+ Rg7 32. Qxg7#) (30...
Bb5 31. Qe6 Bd7 32. Qf7 $18) 31. Rxd8 (31. Rxd8 Rxc6 32. Ree8 $1 (32. Rxg8+
Kxg8 33. Ne7+ $18) 32... h5 33. Rxg8+ Kh7 34. Rg7#) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup07"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1998.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Black "Bragin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O dxe4 (7...
b6) 8. dxe4 e5 {Black loses tempo with a second move with e pawn, on top of it
d5 square becomes weak. On the other hand he prevents e4-e5 push, that would
greatly limit black's forces.} (8... O-O 9. e5 Nd7 10. Rd1 (10. h4 Qc7 11. Bf4
b6 12. c4 Bb7 13. Nc3 Rad8 14. Rad1 a6 15. h5 h6 16. Rfe1 Ndb8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8
18. Ne4 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20. Qg4 Kf8 21. Qe2 Nd7 22. Nc3 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qc6+ {
1/2-1/2 Dussart,F-Fiol,F/Bagneux/1998/}) 10... Qc7 11. Bf4 b6 12. c4 Bb7 13.
Nc3 Rad8 14. h4 a6 15. Rd2 Ndb8 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Ne4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19.
Nf6+ Bxf6 20. exf6 Rxf4 21. gxf4 Bxg2 22. Qg4 g6 23. Qg5 Nd7 24. Kxg2 Qd6 {
0-1 Nanu,C-Dovzik,J/TT03 IM/1998/ (38)}) 9. c3 O-O 10. Na3 (10. Nbd2 Qc7 11.
Re1 h6 12. Nf1 Be6 13. Nh4 Rfe8 14. Ne3 Rad8 15. Nhf5 Bf8 16. Qf3 Rd7 17. Nxh6+
Kh8 18. Nhg4 {1-0 Velickovic,S-Agistriotis,M/Ano Liosia op/1997/ (25)}) 10...
Qc7 (10... b6 11. h3 Bb7 12. Nh4 g6 13. Bh6 $14) 11. h3 b6 12. Re1 a5 $2 {
[%mdl 16384] A real mistake, that gives away b5 square. Now the whole complex
b5-c4-d5 is vulnerable, but black has got nothing in return. xb5} (12... Bb7 $5
13. Nh4 Rad8 $13) 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. a4 Na7 $2 (14... Rd8 15. Nh4 g6 16. Bg5 $14)
15. Nxe5 $1 {Revealing the disharmony in the black's set up with a proper
punishing move.} Qxe5 (15... Nxb5 16. Nc6 Nxc3 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. bxc3 $18) 16.
Bf4 Qh5 (16... Qe6 17. Nc7 Qc6 18. e5 Qxc7 19. exf6 Bd6 20. fxg7 $18) 17. e5
Bg4 (17... Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Nh5 19. Bxa8 Nxb5 20. axb5 Bxh3 21. Bd5 $16) 18. hxg4
Nxg4 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 (19... Qh2+ 20. Kf1 Rxa8 21. Qxg4 Nxb5 (21... Qh1+ 22. Ke2
Qe4+ 23. Kd2 Rd8+ 24. Nd6 $18) 22. Qf3 Nc7 23. e6 $18) 20. f3 Nh6 21. Qe4 $1
$18 {Black could have resigned with a clear concious. Please note the sorry
location of both knights at the edge of the board.} Re8 22. Nxa7 g5 23. Be3 Qh3
(23... g4 $2 24. Qc6 $18) 24. Bf2 c4 (24... Nf5 25. Qg4 $18) 25. Nc6 Bc5 26.
Nd4 f5 27. Qc6 Re7 28. Qd5+ Kg7 (28... Nf7 29. Rad1 $18) 29. Qxc4 f4 30. Qf1
1-0

[Event "Berlin East DSV"]
[Site "Berlin East"]
[Date "1982.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1982.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 b6 (7...
Qc7 8. c3 (8. Re1) 8... b6 9. Qe2 (9. Re1) 9... Bb7 10. e5 $6 (10. Re1 $142 {
- 7...b6}) 10... Nd7 11. Re1 g5 $1 12. h3 h5 13. g4 hxg4 14. hxg4 O-O-O 15. Nf1
Rdg8 16. Bd2 Kb8 17. Rab1 d4 $1 18. Ng3 Rh4 $1 19. Nxh4 gxh4 20. Ne4 Ncxe5 $44
{Nazarov,A-Yandemirov,V/URS-chT Azov/1991/0:1/35/}) 8. Re1 Qc7 $1 (8... Bb7 9.
e5 $5 (9. c3 Qc7 10. a3 $1 (10. Qe2 {- 8...Qc7}) 10... a5 $1 (10... O-O-O 11.
Qe2 $1 (11. e5 $6 Nd7 12. d4 g5 $5 13. Nf1 {Hort,V-Lobron,E/Bad Kissingen/1981/
1:0/34/} h6 $1 $13 {Hort}) (11. b4 $6 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nd7 $13) 11... h6 12. b4 c4
13. exd5 cxd3 14. Qxd3 Nxd5 15. Qc2 Bf6 16. Bb2 Kb8 17. c4 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nf6
19. c5 $36 {Psakhis,L-Nikitin,A/Berlin/1991/1:0/33/}) 11. a4 O-O $1 (11...
O-O-O $6 12. e5 Nd7 13. d4 g5 (13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Ra3 $16) 14. Nb1 $1
h6 (14... g4 $2 15. Ng5 $16) 15. Na3 Ndb8 16. Be3 Ba6 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Rc1 g4 $6
19. Nd2 cxd4 $6 20. cxd4 h5 21. Nb1 $1 $16 {Psakhis,L-Kohlweyer,B/Wien/1990/1:
0/60/}) 12. e5 Nd7 13. Qe2 Rae8 $13 {/\ f6}) 9... Nd7 10. Nf1 (10. c4 $6 d4 11.
a3 Qc7 12. Qe2 g5 $1 $13 {Banas,J-Novak,J/Trencianske Teplice/1974/1/2-1/2/60/}
) 10... Qc7 11. Bf4 $1 (11. Qe2 {- 8...Qc7}) 11... O-O-O 12. h4 $1 h6 13. Qd2
Rdg8 14. h5 g5 15. hxg6 Rxg6 16. Ne3 h5 $6 17. Nxd5 $1 exd5 18. e6 $16 {
Konstantinopolsky,M-Banas,J/corr/1985/1:0/40/}) 9. Qe2 (9. e5 $6 Nd7 (9... Ng4
$6 10. Qe2 h5 11. h3 Nh6 12. Nf1 $14) 10. Qe2 g5 $1 (10... Bb7 $6 11. h4 $1
O-O-O 12. Nf1 $14) 11. h3 h5 12. g4 hxg4 13. hxg4 Bb7 14. Nf1 O-O-O 15. c3 Rdg8
$36) 9... Bb7 10. c3 (10. e5 $5 Nd7 11. Nf1 O-O-O 12. h4 $1 h6 13. N1h2 Rhg8 (
13... Rdg8 14. c3 g5 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Ng4 $14 {/\ a3,b4}) 14. c3 g5 15. hxg5
hxg5 16. Ng4 Kb8 17. a3 Rde8 18. b4 $14) 10... a5 (10... O-O-O 11. e5 (11. a3
$5) 11... Nd7 12. h4 h6 13. Nf1 g5 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. N1h2 $14 {/\ Ng4,a3,b4}) (
10... h6 11. a3 a5 12. e5 Nd7 13. c4 (13. d4 $6 cxd4 14. cxd4 Ba6 $15) 13... d4
14. h4 g5 $13 {Dolmatov,S-Dizdar,G/Graz/1981/0:1/28/}) 11. a4 $1 (11. e5 Nd7
12. Nf1 $13) 11... Ba6 12. e5 (12. exd5 $5 Nxd5 (12... exd5 13. Nb1 $1 O-O 14.
Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Na3 Rfe8 17. Qd2 $14) 13. Nc4 $14) 12... Nd7 13. Nf1
$2 (13. Nb1 $1 $13 {/\ Na3-b5}) 13... O-O-O 14. h4 h6 15. N1h2 Kb8 16. Ng4 Ka7
17. Bf4 Rb8 18. c4 $2 (18. Ne3 $1 {/\ Nd5, /\ Nc2-a3-b5} g5 (18... Ndxe5 $2 19.
Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxd5 $1 exd5 21. Bxe5 Bd6 22. Bxg7 $16) 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Nxg5
Bxg5 (20... Ndxe5 $6 21. Nxf7) 21. Bxg5 Ndxe5 22. Bf4 $13) 18... Nb4 $17 19.
Rac1 dxc4 20. dxc4 Rbd8 21. Bd2 (21. b3 Nb8 22. Rcd1 N8c6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1
Nd4 $17) 21... Nb8 $1 22. Bxb4 cxb4 23. Nd2 Nc6 24. Nb3 Bc5 $1 25. Nh2 Rd7 26.
Qg4 g6 (26... Nxe5 27. Qxg7 Bxf2+ $1 28. Kxf2 Nd3+ 29. Kf1 Nxe1 30. Qxh8 Nxg2
31. Kxg2 Rd3 $19 {Lputian/}) 27. Qf4 Bb7 28. Ng4 Nd4 $1 29. Nxc5 bxc5 30. Nf6
g5 $1 31. hxg5 (31. Qg4 $6 $17) 31... hxg5 32. Qg4 (32. Qxg5 $4 Nf3+ $19) 32...
Rdd8 33. Ne4 Qxe5 $1 34. Qxg5 (34. Nxg5 Qc7 $17 {/\ Rdg8}) 34... f5 $1 (34...
Bxe4 $2 35. Qe7+ $1 (35. Qxe5 Nf3+ 36. Kf1 $8 Bd3+ $1 37. Qe2 Nxe1 $19) 35...
Kb6 36. Bxe4 $13) 35. Qe7 (35. Nc3 Nf3+ 36. Kf1 bxc3 $19) (35. Nd2 Qc7 $17 {->}
(35... Ne2+ $2 36. Kf1)) 35... fxe4 $1 $19 36. Bxe4 Qb8 37. Qxc5+ Ka6 38. Bd5 (
38. Rcd1 e5 $19) 38... e5 39. Rxe5 Qxe5 $1 (39... Qxe5 40. Bxb7+ Kxb7 41. Qxe5
Nf3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Sermek, Drazen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia II"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Qe2 Be7 7. O-O b6 8. e5 Nd7
9. c4 dxc4 $6 (9... d4 $5) 10. dxc4 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bf4 O-O 14.
Nd5 $1 $16 (14. h4 Rfd8 15. h5 Nf8 16. Ne4 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19.
b3 h6 20. Nc3 $14 {Psakhis,L-Sermek,D/Groningen/1993/1:0/75/}) (14. Rd2 Rfd8
15. Nd5 exd5 16. cxd5 Ncxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bd6 $10 {Cheremisin,
F-Shamkovich,L/Moscow-ch/1964/0,5/30/}) 14... exd5 (14... Qc8 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7
$16) 15. e6 $1 (15. cxd5 Ncxe5 16. Nxe5 Bd6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 $10)
15... Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd5 $1 Nd4 (17... Qxe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. Rxd7 $16)
18. Nxd4 (18. Rxd6 Nxe2+ 19. Kf1 Nxg3+ 20. hxg3 fxe6 21. Ng5 (21. Rxd7 Bxf3 $17
) 21... Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Ne5 23. b3 Rad8 $1 $132) 18... Bxd5 19. Bxd5 cxd4 (19...
fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Qxe6 21. Nxe6 $16) 20. exf7+ Kh8 (20... Rxf7 21. Bxf7+ $16 Kxf7
$2 22. Qf3+ $18) 21. Bxa8 Nf6 (21... Rxa8 22. Qe8+ Qf8 23. Qxd7 $18) 22. Qf3
Rxf7 23. Rd1 $18 Rf8 24. Bb7 b5 25. Qa3 $1 Qxa3 26. bxa3 Rd8 27. c5 Ne8 28. Kf1
Kg8 29. Ke2 Nc7 30. Kd3 Kf7 31. Re1 Kf6 32. f4 Ne6 33. Re5 g5 34. c6 (34. c6
gxf4 35. Rxe6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chebotarev, Oleg"]
[Black "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 (5... d5 6. Qe2 g6 $6 7. O-O
Bg7 8. Bg5 dxe4 (8... h6 9. exd5 $1 Qxd5 10. Be3 $36) 9. dxe4 Qc7 10. Nc3 O-O
11. Rad1 a6 12. Rfe1 $14 {1-0 Glek,I-Saltaev,M/Cappelle la Grande 1998/CBM 63
ext/[Glek] (29)}) 6. O-O O-O 7. e5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] This move has only been
played once prior to this game, with black easily equalizing. This kind of
action is premature.White should only play e5 if it can be followed by c4 and
d4. In this case ( without the R on e1) the e5 P will become unprotected.} (7.
Re1 b5 (7... Rb8 8. e5 Ne8 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 f6 (10... a6 11. Nc3 Qc7 12.
Nxc6 bxc6 13. b3 f6 14. f4 c5 15. Bb2 Bb7 16. Ne4 f5 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+
$14 {1/2-1/2 Polovnikova,E-Shumiakina,T/Moscow 1999/CBM 70 ext (37)}) 11. exf6
Bxf6 12. Be3 d5 13. Nc3 Nd6 14. b3 Nf5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bf4 Rb4 17. Be5 Bxe5
18. Rxe5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Glek,I-Hansen,C/Essen 2000/CBM 77 (59)}) (7... d6 8. c3
Ne5 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. Na3 a6 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. d5 Ne5 14. Ne3 Bg5 15.
Bg2 Bxe3 16. Bxe3 exd5 17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. f4 Nc4 20. Qf2 Nxe3 21.
Rxe3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dzhumaev,M-Zvjaginsev,V/Linares 2000/CBM 75 (27)}) 8. e5 Nd5
9. c4 bxc4 10. dxc4 Nb6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. b3 f5 13. h4 a5 14. Nf1 h6 15. Ne3 a4
16. Bb2 Qe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Morozevich,A/London 1994/EXT 2000 (56)})
7... Nd5 (7... Ng4 $5 8. Re1 f6 9. exf6 Bxf6 10. h3 Nge5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Nd2
Nc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Biyiasas,P-Lein,A/Greenville 1980/MCD (25)}) 8. Nbd2 (8. c4
Nc7 9. Re1 {[%cal Gd3d4]} f6 10. exf6 Bxf6 $15) 8... d6 9. exd6 Qxd6 $11 {
/=/+ A position similar to Sicilian 2.c3 with a later g3 has arised, with the
only difference that black pieces are much better placed here.} 10. Nc4 Qc7 11.
a4 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Bg5 (13. Nfe5 $5 Bf6 (13... Rfd8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Ne5
Bb7) 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 $15 {White has no good plan}) 13... Rad8 14. Bxe7 Ndxe7 {
[%cal Ge7f5,Gf5d4]} 15. Nfd2 Nf5 16. Ne4 Ba6 17. Qh5 (17. b3 Nfd4 $36) 17...
Nb4 18. Na3 Nd6 {[%cal Yd6e4,Gc5c4]} (18... Nd4 $5 19. Rac1 (19. c3 Nxd3 20.
cxd4 Nxe1 21. Rxe1 cxd4 {[%csl Ra3]} 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. axb5 d3 $17 {[%cal Gd8c8,
Yf8d8] The passed 'd' P looks too dangerous.}) 19... Qd7 20. a5 $11) 19. Rad1
Qd7 (19... c4 $2 20. Nxd6 Rxd6 21. dxc4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bxc4 $2 23. Rd4 $18) 20.
Nc3 (20. b3 $142) 20... Nf5 21. Ne4 $4 {White is throwing the game away I see
no reason to give up a pawn!} (21. a5 $5 {make more sense. The position is
about equal}) 21... Qxa4 22. g4 Nd6 23. Re3 (23. d4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 g6 25. Qe5
Nc6 $19) 23... Nd5 {[%cal Gd5f4,Yf4h5,Yf4g2,Gd6e4,Yd5f6]} 24. Rh3 h6 $19 {
This is the end of compensation.And soon the game} 25. Qe5 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Nf6 {
[%csl Re4,Rg4][%cal Yd8d1]} 27. g5 (27. f3 {is like admitting defeat} Qd4+)
27... Nxe4 28. gxh6 Qd4 {the game is over} 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. hxg7 Kxg7 31. c3
Rd7 32. Re1 Nd6 33. Rg3+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Olafsson"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Giese"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Qe2 Nc6 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3
h6 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. Rab1 Nec6 12. a3 b5 13. b4 $2 Nxf3+ $1 {[%cal
Gg7c3]} 14. Bxf3 Qf6 $1 {[%csl Rc3,Rf3]} 15. Bg2 (15. bxc5 Qxc3 (15... dxc5 $2
16. Bf4 {[%csl Rb8]} Rb6 (16... e5 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. Be3 $14) 17. Nxb5 e5 $2 (
17... Rxb5 18. Rxb5 Nd4 $14) 18. Nc7+ Kd8 19. Nd5 $18) 16. Qxc3 Bxc3 17. cxd6
Kd7 $1 18. Rb3 Bd4 $19) 15... Qxc3 16. e5 {[%csl Rc3]} Nd4 $1 {[%csl Yc5,Yd6]
[%cal Yd4e2]} (16... Nd4 17. exd6 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 cxb4 19. axb4 Kd7 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Pushkov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Giese"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 a5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
e5 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. Qc2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bc5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rb1 Qe7 14. Nh4 Rfd8 15.
Nf5 Qf8 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Nce3 Bxe3 18. Bxe3 Nc5 19. b4 axb4 20. cxb4 Ne6 21. b5
Ncd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Bc4 Ra3 24. Qd2 Bg6 25. Rbc1 Nc5 26. Qg5 Bxf5 27. exf5
h6 28. Qh4 Qd6 29. Bxf7+ $1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gc1c5,Ge1e8]} Kxf7 30. Rxc5 $1 d3
$4 {[%csl Gh4,Ya4,Yb4,Yc4,Yd4,Ye4,Yf4,Yg4]} (30... Rxa2 $142 31. Rce5 $40) 31.
Qc4+ Kf8 (31... Kf6 32. Re6+ $18) 32. Rxc7 {[%cal Yc4f7]} Qd5 (32... Qf6 33.
Re6 Qxf5 34. Ree7 $18) 33. Qg4 {[%csl Rg7]} Qd4 34. Re8+ $1 {[%csl Rd4]} 1-0

[Event "BEL-chT 9697"]
[Site "Belgium"]
[Date "1997.03.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Motwani, Paul"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nc6 (3... Nf6 4. Nf3 b6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. g3 {Glek-Granda
Zuniga, Wijk aan Zee 1997}) 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 (5. e5 Nd7 {/\ f6}) 5... dxe4 6.
dxe4 Bc5 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 b6 $1 10. Nb3 (10. c3 $6 a5 11. a4 Ba6
12. Nc4 Ne8 $1 13. Nfd2 Nd6 14. Re1 Ne7 $1 15. b3 Nec8 16. Qh5 Nxc4 17. Nxc4
Bxc4 18. bxc4 Qe7 {/\ Rd8, Nd6-b7-c5 -/+ K.-H. Podzielny-Glek, Dortmund 1992.})
10... Bd6 11. Be3 $1 ({ist besser als} 11. Rd1 a5 12. a4 Ba6 13. Qe1 Nb4 14.
Rd2 Qe8 {-/+ Knecht-Glek, Philadelphia 1990.}) ({oder} 11. Bd2 a5 12. Rfd1 Ba6
13. Qe1 Qe8 {-/+ Koskinen-Glek, Berlin 1990}) 11... a5 12. Nc1 $1 Ba6 13. Nd3
Nd7 (13... Nb4 $15) 14. Nh4 g6 15. Rfd1 Qe7 (15... Nb4 $5) 16. Nf3 Nb4 17. a3
Nxd3 18. cxd3 c5 19. h4 $1 Nb8 20. h5 Nc6 21. Bh3 f5 $5 (21... Bc7 $5 {/\ Rfd8
><d3}) 22. Bg5 (22. hxg6 f4 $1) 22... Qg7 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Qd2 Rf7 25. Bh6 Qh7
26. exf5 gxf5 27. Qg5+ (27. Bg2 $5 {/\ Ng5, Bd5} Bb7 $1 28. Ng5 Qxh6 29. Bd5
Nd4 $1 30. Bxf7+ Kg7 31. Ne6+ Qxe6 $1 32. Bxe6 Nf3+ 33. Kf1 Nxd2+ 34. Rxd2 Bf3
$1 {/\ Rh8}) 27... Kh8 28. Qh4 Be7 29. Ng5 Bxg5 30. Bxg5 Qxh4 31. Bxh4 Nd4 32.
Bg2 Bb7 (32... Raf8 $1 $17) 33. Bxb7 Rxb7 34. Kg2 (34. Bf6+ $1 Kh7 35. Kg2 $13)
34... Kg7 35. Rac1 Kg6 36. Re1 Re8 37. f4 Rd7 38. fxe5 (38. Rxe5 Rxe5 39. fxe5
Kf7 $1 {/\ Nc6, Ke6=/+><d3,e5}) 38... Nc6 39. Re3 Rxe5 40. Rce1 Rdd5 41. Kf3
Kf7 {/\42...Rd3!} (41... Kh5 42. Bf6 $15) 42. Kf2 a4 43. Bg5 Rxe3 (43... b5 $15
) 44. Kxe3 $2 (44. Rxe3 b5 $15) 44... Ne5 $1 $19 45. Rd1 c4 $1 (45... Nc4+ $2
46. Ke2 Nxb2 $4 47. Rd2 $18) 46. d4 Nd3 47. Rd2 Rb5 48. Rh2 (48. Rc2 Rb3 $1 $17
) 48... Rb3 49. Rh6 Nc5+ {50.Kf4 Se6! 51.K:f5 Tb5-+, 50.Ke2 T:b2 51.Kd1 Se4-+.}
(49... Nc5+ 50. Kf4 (50. Ke2 Rxb2+ 51. Kd1 Ne4 $19) 50... Ne6+ $1 51. Kxf5 Rb5+
$19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Horn,Pe} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O
b5 {Horn: Schwarz stellt die Rochade zurück, um dem Weißen kein Ziel zu geben.}
(7... O-O {Horn,Pe: Der Normalzug.}) 8. a4 (8. exd5 {Horn,Pe} exd5 9. c4 (9. d4
c4 10. a4 Rb8 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Re1 Rb7 14. axb5 Bxb5 15. Nf1 $14 {
Jasnikowski,Z-Bohm,H/Polanica Zdroj/1981}) 9... bxc4 10. dxc4 O-O 11. b3 Bf5 (
11... d4 $5) 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bb2 Ndb4 14. Ne5 $1 $16 {Schöneberg-Zinn/DDR/
1972}) (8. e5 {Horn,Pe Es gab auch Fälle, wo Weiß einfach seine Schablone
weiterverfolgte. Es ist schließlich nicht von vorneherein ausgemacht, daß der
K auf e8 besser steht.} Nd7 9. Re1) 8... bxa4 9. Rxa4 O-O 10. exd5 exd5 11. d4
{Horn: Das weiße Spiel richtet sich gegen den Pd5.} Nd7 (11... Nxd4 {Horn,Pe}
12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Nb3 $14) 12. Re1 (12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Ra1) 12... Nb6 13. Ra1 c4
{Horn: Schwarz schließt die d-Linie; der Pd5 blibt trotzdem ein prinzipieller
Schwächling im schwarzen Lager, da er ihn nicht (wie Weiß mit einem P stützen
kann).} 14. c3 a5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 {Horn: Sehr riskant: das öffnet dem Weißen neue
Straßen: die Qd1 bekommt Aussicht nach d5, und der Bc1 erhält eine Chance zu
Bc1-e3-d4.} (15... Bb7 {Horn,Pe} 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Nf1 $14) 16. dxe5 Be6 17.
Nf1 (17. Nf3 Nd7 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. f4 Nd3 20. Rf1 Bc5 21. f5 Bc8 22. f6 Nxe5 23.
fxg7 Re8 24. Qh5 Ra6 25. Bf4 Bg4 26. Qg5 f6 27. Qh6 Nf7 28. Qh4 Be2 $17) 17...
a4 18. Ne3 Ra5 19. f4 (19. Qc2) 19... Bc5 20. Kh1 d4 21. cxd4 Bxd4 (21... Qxd4
22. Qxd4 Bxd4 23. Rd1 $14) 22. Qc2 (22. Qd2 Ra7 23. f5 Bc8 24. Nd5 Bc5 $13)
22... Nd5 23. f5 (23. Nxc4 Rc5 24. Qxa4 (24. f5 {Horn,Pe} Bxf5 (24... Nb4 25.
Qxa4 Nd3 26. Nd6 $16) 25. Qxa4 $16) 24... Nxf4 $44) (23. Be4 $6 {Horn,Pe} Nb4
24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Qb1 g6 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Qxg6 Bd5+ 28. Nxd5 Qxd5+ 29. Re4 $13
) 23... Nb4 (23... Nxe3 {Horn,Pe} 24. Bxe3 Bd5 25. Bxd4 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Qxd4 27.
Rad1 $14) 24. Qd2 Nd3 (24... Bxe3 {Horn,Pe} 25. Rxe3 (25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Bxe3 (
26. fxe6 $6 Bxc1) 26... Bd5 27. Bb6 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Rd2+ 29. Kf1 Ra8 $11) (25.
Qxb4 Bc5 26. Qc3 Bxf5 $15) 25... c3 $1 26. Qxd8 (26. Rxc3 Bxf5 $11) (26. bxc3
$2 Qxd2 27. Bxd2 Nc2 $17) 26... Rxd8 27. fxe6 Rd1+ 28. Bf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kg2 cxb2
30. e7 Ra8 31. Rxa4 Rg1+ 32. Kh3 Re8 33. Bxb2 Nd5 34. Rd3 Nxe7 35. Rd7 $14) 25.
fxe6 fxe6 (25... Nxe1 {Horn,Pe} 26. e7 Qxe7 27. Qxa5 $18) 26. Re2 Rxe5 27. Qc2
(27. Nd1 Qf6 28. Rxe5 Qxe5 $36) (27. Ng4 Rxe2 (27... Ref5 $5) 28. Qxe2 a3 29.
Qxe6+ Kh8 $13) 27... Qb6 (27... Nxc1 {Horn,Pe} 28. Qxc1 Qg5 29. Ra3 Bc5 30. Rc3
Bd4 31. Ra3 $11) 28. Nxc4 (28. Nd1 Ne1 $3 (28... Qb3 $6 29. Qxb3 Rxe2 30. Qxc4
Re1+ 31. Bf1 Rfxf1+ 32. Kg2 $16) (28... Rxe2 $6 29. Qxe2 a3 30. Rxa3 Nxc1 31.
Qxc4 Bxb2 32. Ra6 Qd4 33. Qxe6+ Kh8 34. Rd6 Qe5 35. Nxb2 Qxb2 36. Qe7 Rg8 37.
Rd8 Qb3 $16) 29. Qxc4 Qb7 $3 $19) 28... Nf2+ 29. Kg1 (29. Rxf2 Re1+ 30. Rf1
Rfxf1+ 31. Bxf1 Qc6+ 32. Qg2 Rxf1#) 29... Nh3+ 30. Kh1 Nf2+ 31. Kg1 Ng4+ 32.
Kh1 Rh5 $4 $138 {Horn: Schwarz hätte sich mit dem Dauerschach zufrieden geben
sollen.} (32... Nf2+ $142 $11) 33. Bf3 $1 $18 (33. h4 $4 Qc7 34. Bf4 Rxh4+ $1
35. gxh4 Qxf4 36. Be4 Bf2 $19) (33. h3 $4 Rxh3+ 34. Bxh3 Qc6+ 35. Re4 (35. Qe4
Nf2+) (35. Bg2 Rf1#) 35... Rf2 $19) 33... Qc7 34. Bf4 e5 35. Nxe5 Qxc2 36. Rxc2
Nxe5 37. Bxh5 Nd3 38. Rxa4 1-0

[Event "Match/Nation DDR-BUL"]
[Site "Zinnowitz"]
[Date "1985.09.25"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ermenkov, Evgenij"]
[Black "Gruenberg, Hans Ulrich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Gruenberg,HU"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1985.09.24"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 1/1986 Seite 24} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 (4... b6 $5)
5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 (6... dxe4 7. dxe4 Ba6 8. c4) 7. e5 Nfd7 8. h4 c5 9. O-O
Nc6 10. Bf4 (10. c4 $5) 10... h6 11. h5 g5 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. g4 $6 (13. Bh3 {
kommt in Betracht} Nf8 {/\ g6-g5, Qd7, 0-0-0}) 13... g5 14. Bg3 Nf8 15. c4 Ng6
16. Nc3 O-O $1 17. cxd5 exd5 18. d4 (18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Nh4 Nd4 $1 20. Bxd5+
Bxd5 21. Qe3 gxh4 22. Qxh6 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Nfxe5+ 24. f3 hxg3) 18... Nf4 19. Bxf4
Rxf4 20. Qd3 Kg7 $1 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 $1 22. Nh4 Nxe5 23. Bxd5 Nxd3 24. Bxb7 Rxg4+
25. Ng2 Rb8 26. Bf3 Rxd4 27. Ne3 Rf8 28. Bg4 Kg6 29. b3 Bf6 30. Bf5+ Kf7 31.
Rad1 Rfd8 32. Ng4 {und Weiß gab gleichzeitg auf.} 0-1

[Event "Korinthos op 2nd"]
[Site "Korinthos"]
[Date "1998.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 dxe4 4. Nc3 f5 5. f3 Bd6 6. fxe4 $5 {TN} (6. Nb5 exf3
7. Nxf3 Nf6 8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. d4 a6 $15 {0-1 Platzek,J-Nothnagel,M/
OLO-B 1994/GER 08 (25)}) 6... Qh4+ 7. g3 Bxg3+ 8. hxg3 Qxh1 9. Nb5 $1 Nf6 (9...
Qxg1 10. Qh5+ Kf8 (10... g6 11. Qh4 $16) 11. Qg5 $40) 10. Nxc7+ Kd8 11. Nxa8
Qxg1 12. Qf3 Nxe4 13. Bxg7 $6 (13. O-O-O $1 Qxg3 14. Qxg3 Nxg3 15. Be5 $1 Nxf1
16. Bxb8 Bd7 17. Be5 Ke7 18. Nc7 Rc8 $1 19. Rxf1 Kd8 20. Rg1 g6 21. Rh1 Rxc7
22. Bxc7+ Kxc7 23. Rxh7 g5 24. d4 $14) 13... Rg8 14. Be5 Nc6 15. Bc7+ Ke7 16.
O-O-O Qc5 $1 $15 17. Qh1 $1 (17. Kb1 Qxc2+ 18. Kxc2 Nd4+ $17) 17... Qa3+ 18.
Kb1 Nb4 $2 (18... Nf6 $1 {with idea 19...Nb4} 19. c3 Bd7 20. Qh6 Kf7 21. Bf4
Rxa8 22. Bg5 Qe7 23. Be2 Rf8 $19) 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Qh6+ Kf7 21. Qh7+ Rg7 22.
Qh5+ Rg6 23. Qh7+ Rg7 24. Qh5+ Ke7 25. Bd8+ $2 (25. Qh4+ $11 Nf6 (25... Ng5 26.
Bd6+ $1 Kxd6 27. Qd4+ Kc6 28. Qc4+ Kd6 29. Qd4+ $11) 26. Bd8+ $1 Ke8 (26... Kd6
27. Qd4+ Nfd5 28. Qb2 $13) 27. Bb5+ Bd7 28. Bxd7+ Kxd7 (28... Kxd8 29. Qxf6+
Re7 30. Qh8+ Kxd7 31. Qd4+ $11) 29. Qd4+ Ke8 30. Qa1 $1 Nfd5 31. Bh4 $13) 25...
Kd6 $1 0-1

[Event "BL2-West 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 (2... c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nge7 6. Bg2 g6 7. e5 Bg7
8. O-O h6 9. h4 Qc7 10. Re1 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. c4 dxc3 {TN} (12... dxc4 {
-56/6}) 13. Nxc3 Bd7 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Qd2 Nf5 16. Rac1 Bc6 17. b3 Bf8 18. Red1
Be7 19. d4 Qd8 20. Qd3 g5 {0-1 Maiwald,J-Gurevich,M Groningen op (4) 1997 (35)}
) 3. Qe2 dxe4 4. dxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Nbd2 $5 Bc5 7. Nc4 (7. Nb3 Bb6 8. Bg5
Ngf6 9. O-O-O Qe7) 7... Qe7 8. c3 a5 (8... Ngf6 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bg5 $14) 9. Ne3
Nb6 10. Qc2 (10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nf6) (10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 e4 12. Nd4 Nf6)
10... Nf6 11. Bb5+ c6 12. Be2 Ng4 13. Nd1 $5 (13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. O-O O-O) 13...
O-O 14. h3 Nf6 15. Ne3 Nh5 $5 (15... Qc7 16. O-O Nh5 17. Rd1 Nf4 18. Bf1 a4 19.
Nc4 $14) 16. g3 Nf6 17. g4 $5 Re8 {idea Nf6-d7-f8-g6-f4} 18. Rg1 Qc7 19. Nh4
Nfd7 20. Nhf5 Nf8 21. g5 $5 Ng6 22. Ng4 Bxf5 $6 (22... Be6 23. h4 Rad8 (23...
Red8 $5 24. h5 Nf4 25. h6 g6 26. Nf6+ Kh8 $15) 24. h5 Nf4 25. h6 $40 g6 $2 26.
Nf6+ $16) 23. exf5 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. O-O-O f3 26. Bd3 (26. Bxf3 Qf4+ 27.
Qd2 Qxf3 28. Nf6+ gxf6 (28... Kh8 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Rge1 Rf8 $13) 29. gxf6+ Kh8
30. Qh6 Be3+ $1 (30... Rg8 31. Rg7 Qxf5 32. Rdg1 $18) 31. fxe3 Qxe3+ $19) 26...
Qf4+ 27. Kb1 (27. Qd2 Qxd2+ 28. Rxd2 Bd6 $1 $15) 27... a4 $6 (27... Qxg5 28.
Rg3 Bd6 29. Rxf3 Rad8 $13) 28. h4 a3 $2 (28... Kf8 $1 29. f6 g6 $13) 29. f6 $1
(29. b4 Bxb4 $1 30. cxb4 Ra4) 29... g6 30. Nh6+ Kf8 31. Qb3 $2 (31. Rg4 Qh2) (
31. h5 $5 axb2 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Bxg6 (33. Nxf7 Qa4 (33... Kxf7 34. Bxg6+ Kf8
35. Rh1 $18) 34. Qxa4 Nxa4 35. Nh8 Nxc3+ 36. Kxb2 Nxd1+ 37. Rxd1 $36) 33... Re2
) 31... Re6 $13 32. h5 (32. Rg4 Qh2) 32... Bxf2 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Rh1 (34. Bxg6
Bxg1 35. Nxf7 (35. Bxf7 Qe4+ 36. Ka1 axb2+ 37. Qxb2 Be3 $19) 35... Re2 $19)
34... Qxg5 35. Ng4 Bh4 36. Qxb6 (36. Nf2 Nd5 37. Ne4 Qf4 38. Qxb7 Rae8 $19)
36... Qxg4 37. Rdg1 Qf4 38. Qxb7 {Time} (38. Qxb7 Rae8 39. Bxg6 Qxf6 $17) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 {Horn,Pe} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O
b5 8. Re1 O-O 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 {A typical position from the opening usually
referred to as the Kings Indian attack. The difference to the Kings Indian
defence is that the colours are reversed and because of that white has one
tempo extra. Since Fisher won some famous games in this line as white in the
late 60's - particulary the game against Miagmarsuren in the Sousse Interzonal
1967 - few players have been interested in playing the black setup. More
flexibel lines with g7-g6 and Ng8-e7 or Lf8-d6 and Ng8-e7 have been more
popular. With one exception. The French expert above all - Wolfgang Uhlmann -
has always preferred the setup played in this game.} a5 11. h4 b4 12. Bf4 a4 {
[%csl Rc3][%cal Ya4a3]} 13. a3 Ba6 (13... bxa3 14. bxa3 Ba6 {[%cal Ya8b8,Yc6d4]
followed by Rb8 and a later Nc6-d4 is the way Uhlmann use to play - though the
last game I have been able to find in this line by the german GM is from 1979})
14. N1h2 c4 $6 {After this move white can support his Pe5 with d3-d4 and black
gets nothing in return. It is because of the e5-P white has a spatial
advantage and can build up a attacking position on the K-side.} (14... Bb5 {
Horn,Pe} 15. h5 (15. c3 Na5 $15 {Scholl-Uhlmann/Amsterdam/1970}) 15... Rc8 16.
h6 (16. Ng4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. h6 g6 19. Bd2 $1 {Horn,Pe: '->Utemov-Kachar'}
b3 (19... Qc7) (19... bxa3 20. bxa3) 20. cxb3 Bxd3 21. Bb4 Bc2 22. Qxd4 Bxb3
23. Rac1 Bxb4 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Qxb4 Qc4 26. Bf1 Qxb4 $8 27. axb4 f6 (27... Rb8
28. Rc1 $18) 28. exf6 Nxf6 29. Nxf6+ Rxf6 30. b5 $18 {[%csl Gb5] Utemov-Kachar/
Moskau/1979}) 16... g6 17. Ng4 (17. Qc1 Nd4 18. axb4 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 cxb4 20.
Qd2 a3 21. bxa3 bxa3 22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. Nxg5 Qe7 24. Nf3 Qc5 25. Qf4 Ra8 26. Ra2
Ra4 27. Qd2 Bc6 28. c3 d4 29. cxd4 Qa7 $13 {Haik,A-Gruenfeld,J/Biel JMT/1986})
17... c4 18. d4 c3 19. bxc3 bxa3 20. Qd2 Na5 21. Bg5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Qe7 23. Reb1
$16 {Kochyev,A-Shaposhnikov,E/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 65}) (14... bxa3 {Horn,Pe}
15. bxa3 Rb8 16. Bh3 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Nf3 Rb2 20. Nxd4 Bc5 21.
Bd2 Qc7 22. Bc3 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Rxc2 24. Bb4 Rc8 25. Bf1 $11 {Nun,J-Uhlmann/
Hradec Kralove/1979}) 15. d4 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gd4e5]} c3 16. bxc3 bxc3 (16...
bxa3 {Horn,Pe} 17. Ng5 Rb8 (17... Qe8 $5) 18. Qh5 h6 19. Ng4 hxg5 20. hxg5 Re8
(20... g6 21. Qh4 $18) 21. Bxd5 Ndxe5 (21... exd5 22. e6 fxe6 23. Nh6+ gxh6 24.
Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Qxe6+ Kg7 27. Qh6+ Kg8) 22. Bxe5 (22. Bxc6 Nxc6 23.
g6 $18) 22... Nxe5 (22... exd5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Rxe7 $18) 23.
Rxe5 g6 (23... exd5 24. g6 fxg6 25. Qxg6 {[%cal Rg4h6]} Rb6 26. Re6 Rxe6 27.
Qxe6+ Kh7 (27... Kf8 28. Ne5 $18) 28. Kg2 $18) 24. Qh4 $18 {Bojczuk,Z-Wielecki,
Z/Bielsko Biala 1990/EXT 97}) 17. Ng5 Nb6 $2 {A very bad move which I have
once played myself in a somewhat similar position. From d7 the N controls the
important squars e5 and f6 and is a important part of blacks defence once Nh2
arrives on g4. From what happens next it is clear that black had some idea
about how he should defend. However he did not know exactly why. Since
Browne-Uhlmann Amsterdam 1972 (or maybe even earlier) it is known that Nf3-g5
should imidiately be answered by Qd8-e8: Horn,Pe: 'Das ist viel zu
optimistisch: Schwarz trifft nicht nur keine Maßnahmen gegen den
Standardangriff Qh5, sondern er entfernt sogar noch den Nd7 von der bedrohten
Zone.'} (17... Qe8 $8 18. Qh5 (18. Ng4 $5 {Horn,Pe}) 18... Bxg5 19. Bxg5 {
'?!' Horn,Pe.} (19. hxg5 f5 $1) 19... f5 $1 {giving black some safety on the
K-side}) (17... h6 $5 {(Horn,Pe) Kaidanov}) 18. Qh5 Bxg5 (18... h6 {Horn,Pe}
19. Ng4 $1 hxg5 20. hxg5 Nxd4 (20... g6 21. Qh6 Nxd4 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. exf6 Nf5
24. Qh3 Nc4 25. g4 Nfd6 26. Qh6 Ne8 27. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Be4 $18
{[%cal Yg1g2,Rg6h7,Ya1h1]}) 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. gxf6 Bxf6 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Be5
$18) 19. Bxg5 Qe8 {[%cal Yf7f5] Black wants to play this standard defensive
manouvre even now. But it is to late:} 20. Bf6 $1 {[%csl Rg8] Blocking the
black f7-P. Horn,Pe: 'Der Pf7 wird ausgebremst und der Kg8 bleibt allein den
bösen weißen Figuren ausgeliefert.'} Nxd4 (20... gxf6 $142 {Horn,Pe} 21. Ng4
Nd7 22. Bxd5 $1 exd5 23. exf6 Kh8 24. Rxe8 Raxe8 25. Qxd5 $18) (20... Kh8 {
Horn,Pe} 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Ng4 $18) 21. Ng4 Nf5 22.
Qg5 {[%cal Rg4h6]} Kh8 23. Bxg7+ $1 Nxg7 24. Nf6 Qd8 25. Qh6 Qxf6 26. Qxf6 Rae8
27. g4 Nd7 28. Qf4 Bc4 29. h5 Rc8 30. Rab1 f5 31. exf6 1-0

[Event "Women-Veterans"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1996.08.15"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O
8. d4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. Ne1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6 13. Be3 {[%cal Yf2f3]}
f5 14. f3 Ng5 15. Nc3 $14 {()} Na5 16. Nd3 Bb5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Rac1 Rac8 19.
Bf1 Nf7 20. Nf4 Qxe2 $2 (20... Qd7 21. Qb5 Nc6 $14) 21. Bxe2 {[%cal Rf4e6]} Bg5
$8 22. Kf2 {[%cal Rf4e6]} Bxf4 23. Bxf4 {This ending seems at first sight to
be not too bad for black. Usually it is said that Ns are stronger than Bs in
closed positions. But that is only true if both players have the same space.
In the following part of the game Spassky shows than white can slowly build op
a big space-advantage} Rxc1 24. Bxc1 {White does at this moment not want to
exchange rooks} (24. Rxc1 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6d4]}) 24... Rc8 25. Bd2 Nc6 {[%cal
Rc6d4]} (25... Nc4 26. Rc1) 26. Ke3 Kf8 27. b4 $1 {[%cal Ya2a5,Yb4b5] At first
whites attention is on the queenside, where he wants place his pawn on a5 and
b5. That would take the squares c6 and b6 away from blacks Ns and make
impossible any counterplay on this part of the board} Nb8 28. a4 Nd7 {[%cal
Yd7b6,Yb6c4]} 29. a5 Nd8 30. b5 Nf7 31. Bd3 g5 32. h4 {White has to shift his
interest to the kingside as this is the only  part of board where he has
chances of a breakthrough or to create weaknesses. Of course a5-a6 would be
answered by b7-b6} h6 33. Rh1 Kg7 34. Ke2 Nf8 35. Bb4 Nd7 36. Kd2 Rc7 37. hxg5
Nxg5 (37... hxg5 38. g4 (38. Bxf5 $2 exf5 39. e6 Rc4 $15) (38. Be7 $2 Ndxe5)
38... fxg4 39. fxg4 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Yb4f8,Yd3h7,Yh1h8]} Kg8 40. Bd6 $1 (40.
Rh7 $5 {and blacks first problem would be to find a reasonable move.  The
second problem would be the strong threat 41. Bd6 Rc8 42. Bg6.} Rc4 41. Bxc4
Kxh7 42. Bxd5 exd5 43. e6 Kg7 44. exd7 Kf6 45. a6 $16) (40. Be7 $2 Ndxe5) 40...
Rc8 (40... Nxd6 41. exd6 Rc8 42. Rh7 $18) 41. Be7 Re8 42. Bf6 {[%cal Rd3g6,
Rh1h7]} Nxf6 43. exf6 e5 44. Bh7+ Kf8 45. Bg6 $18 {[%cal Rh1h7]}) 38. Ke2 Rc8
39. Bd2 {[%csl Rh6]} Nf8 40. Rg1 Ng6 41. Rb1 Nf8 42. Bb4 Nd7 43. Ke3 Kg8 44.
Rh1 Kg7 45. Kf4 {[%cal Yg3g4,Yf5g4,Yf4g4] White wants to play 46. g4 fxg4 47.
Kxg4 and then f3-f4-f5 to get a passed e-pawn. After 47. Kxg4 white would also
have the strong move 48. Bd2 to drive Ng5 back before the f-pawn is advanced
to f4 and f5} Nf8 46. Bxf8+ Rxf8 {[#] Hecht Ab Zug 24 T+LL vs T+SS:
K-Flügel-Öffnung; Schaffung der B-Schwäche h6. T+L vs T+S: Besetzen der
einzigen offenen Linie bei riesigem Raumvorteil auf allen Teilen des Brettes,
Angriff mit dem K+L via h-Linie gegen h5; Fixieren von e6 mit dem Turm;
passive schwarze Figuren; Lavieren + Taktik} (46... Kxf8 $2 47. Rxh6) 47. Rc1 {
[%cal Yc1c8] White had to give up one of his strong Bs to get control over the
c-line} b6 48. a6 Rf7 49. Ke3 {[%csl Re6][%cal Yc1c6,Yf3f4]} h5 50. Rc8 Nh7 (
50... Rf8 51. Rc6 $18 {[%cal Rf3f4,Rc6e6]}) 51. f4 {[%csl Rh5]} Nf8 52. Be2 Kh6
53. Re8 {[%csl Ra7,Re6,Rh5]} Kg6 54. Kf2 $1 {Black is completely tied up and
white can walk his K to h4 and pick up the pawn on h5} Kh6 55. Bf3 Kg6 56. Kg2
h4 (56... Kh6 57. Kh3 {Zugzwang} Kg6 58. Kh4) 57. gxh4 Kg7 58. h5 Kh6 59. Kh3
Kg7 60. Kh4 Kh6 61. Bxd5 (61. Bxd5 exd5 62. e6 $18) 1-0

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1999.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5
Ne8 9. c4 Nc7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bf4 b5 12. b3 Bb7 13. h4 Ra7 14. Nh2 Nd4 15. Qg4
Kh8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Ne2 Nf5 19. Nf4 Rd8 20. Rfe1 a5 21. Nf1 a4 22.
Rab1 axb3 23. axb3 dxc4 24. dxc4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Ra3 26. Nh5 Rd4 27. Re4 Na6 28.
Rxd4 cxd4 29. cxb5 Qb7+ 30. Qf3 Qxb5 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Nf4 Qxe5 33. Nd3 Qb5 34.
Qe4 g6 35. Nd2 Nc5 36. Nxc5 Qxc5 37. b4 Qb5 38. h5 gxh5 39. Nf3 Ra4 40. Nxd4
Rxb4 41. Nxf5 Rxb1 42. Nd4+ f5 43. Qxe6 Qf1+ 44. Kf3 Qd3+ 45. Qe3 Qxe3+ 46.
fxe3 {[#] Taktik; Opfer des Turms zur rechten Zeit für ein gewonnenes
Bauernendspiel} Kg6 47. Ne6 Rb2 48. Nf4+ Kg5 49. Nh3+ Kf6 50. Nf2 Ra2 (50...
Rxf2+ $2 51. Kxf2 Kg5 52. Kf3 h4 53. gxh4+ Kxh4 54. Kf4 h5 55. Kxf5 Kg3 56. e4
h4 57. e5 $11) 51. Nd3 Rh2 52. Nf4 Kf7 (52... h4 {sollte ebenfalls gewinnen.})
53. Ng2 Kg6 54. Nf4+ Kf6 55. Ng2 Kg5 56. Nh4 (56. Nf4 h4 $19) 56... Ra2 57. Ng2
Rxg2 (57... Rxg2 58. Kxg2 Kg4 59. Kf2 h4 60. gxh4 Kxh4 61. Kf3 Kg5 62. Kg3 h5
63. Kh3 h4 64. Kh2 Kg4 65. Kg2 h3+ 66. Kf2 h2 67. Kg2 h1=Q+ 68. Kxh1 Kf3 $19)
0-1

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1996.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nge7 6. h4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 cxd4 9. Bg2 e5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nd2 Be7 12. a3 O-O 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Bd2 Rc8
15. Qd3 Qb6 16. b4 f6 17. Rfc1 Rfd8 18. Qb3+ Kf8 19. Bf1 Na5 20. bxa5 Qxb3 21.
cxb3 Bxf3 22. Bg2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 h5 24. Kf3 Kf7 25. b4 Ke6 26. Ke2 g5 27. Rxc8
Rxc8 {[#] Beiderseitige Bildung bzw. Aktivierung eines Freibauern, Taktik,
Tempo, Dauerschach} 28. Rh1 Rh8 29. f3 a6 30. Kd3 Bd8 31. a4 Be7 32. b5 Bd8 33.
Rb1 gxh4 34. gxh4 Rg8 35. bxa6 bxa6 36. Rb8 Kd7 37. Ra8 Rg3 38. Ra7+ Bc7 39.
Rxa6 Rxf3+ 40. Kc4 Rf2 41. Bb4 Rc2+ 42. Kb5 d3 43. Rxf6 d2 44. Rf1 Bd6 (44...
Rc1 45. Rf7+ Ke6 (45... Ke8 46. Rf8+ Kd7 47. Bxd2 $16) 46. Re7+ Kf6 47. Bxd2
Rb1+ 48. Kc6 Kxe7 49. Kxc7 {[#]} Rb2 (49... Ra1 50. a6 Rxa4 51. Kb6 Rd4 (51...
Kd7 52. a7 Kc8 53. Ba5 Rxa5 54. Kxa5 Kb7 55. Kb5 $18) 52. a7 Rd6+ 53. Kb5 Rd8
54. Bg5+ $18) 50. Be3 Rc2+ 51. Kb7 Kd7 52. Bb6 $18) 45. a6 Bxb4 46. a7 Rc1 47.
a8=Q (47. Rf7+ Ke6 48. a8=Q Kxf7 49. Qd5+ $10 {Dauerschach muß nachgeprüft
werden!}) 47... Rxf1 48. Qd5+ Ke7 49. Qxe5+ Kf8 50. Qh8+ Ke7 51. Qe5+ Kf8 52.
Qh8+ Ke7 53. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Radulescu Memorial"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ardeleanu, Alin"]
[Black "Benkovic, Petar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Qe2+ Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ng5 Qd7 8.
g3 Be7 9. Nxe6 Qxe6 10. Qxe6 fxe6 11. f4 Bd6 12. Bg2 e5 13. Nc3 exf4 14. Nb5
fxg3 15. Nxd6+ cxd6 16. hxg3 Ne5 17. O-O-O Kd7 18. Rh4 Rhf8 19. Re1 Rae8 20.
Kd1 Kc7 21. Bd4 b6 22. a4 h5 23. Rf4 g5 24. Rf5 Ne4 25. Ref1 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Ng4
27. Rf7+ Kb8 28. a5 Ne5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. a6 Nxg3 31. Rb7+ Kc8 32. Rxa7 Kb8 33.
Rb7+ Ka8 34. c4 Ne4 35. d3 Nc3+ 36. Kd2 Re2+ 37. Kxc3 Rxg2 {[#] Freibauern} 38.
Kb4 {Konsequent war:} (38. Rxb6 {und nun einige beispielhafte Abspiele:} h4 (
38... dxc4 $142 $1) 39. Rxd6 h3 40. Rh6 h2 41. b4 (41. cxd5 $142 $1 Ka7 42. d6
$1 $18) 41... dxc4 42. dxc4 (42. b5 Ka7 43. Rh7+ Kb6 44. a7 Ra2 45. dxc4 $16) (
42. dxc4) (42. Kxc4 Rg4+ 43. Kc5 Rh4 $19) 42... g4 {[%cal Rg2g3,Rg3h3]} 43. Kd4
g3 44. Kc5 Rg1 45. Rh8+ Ka7 46. Rh7+ Kb8 (46... Kxa6 $4 47. b5+ Ka5 48. Ra7#)
47. Rh8+ Kc7 48. b5 (48. Rh7+ Kd8 49. a7 Ra1 50. Kb6 g2 $19) 48... h1=Q 49. b6+
Kd7 50. Rxh1 Rxh1 51. a7 Ra1 52. b7 g2 $19) 38... Rb2 39. Rh7 dxc4 40. Rxh5 g4
41. dxc4 g3 42. Rg5 g2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.11.24"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Berger, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luebeck"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg Koenigsspringer"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. g3 b6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O
Qc7 9. c4 d4 10. Na3 a6 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Bd2 h6 13. h4 g6 14. Nc2 Bg7 15. Bf4
O-O-O 16. g4 g5 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Bg3 Rdg8 19. Rab1 Bf8 20. a3 Ne7 21. b4 Ng6
22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Nfxd4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nf4+ 25. Bxf4 gxf4 26. f3 Rh4 27. Rh1
Rxh1 28. Rxh1 Qxe5 29. Qe4 Qxe4 30. dxe4 Ne5 31. Nb3 Rd8 32. Rh5 f6 33. Rh6 Rd3
34. Nxc5 bxc5 {[#] Schlechte weiße Figurenkoordination mangels Raum,
Freibauernduell mit überraschendem Ausgang.} 35. Ne1 Rd2+ (35... Rxa3 $1 36.
Rxf6 Kd7 {Königseinsatz!} 37. g5 Ke7 38. Rxf4 Re3 39. Kf2 Rxe1 $19 {[%csl Rf2,
Rf4][%cal Re5d3]}) 36. Kf1 Nxc4 37. Rxf6 Ne3+ 38. Kg1 c4 39. g5 (39. Rxf4 c3
$17) 39... Re2 40. Rxf4 c3 41. Nd3 c2 42. g6 Rd2 43. Rf8+ (43. g7 Rg2+ 44. Kh1
Rxg7 45. Rf8+ Kc7 46. Nc1 Rd7 47. Rg8 Rd1+ 48. Rg1 Nf1 $19) 43... Kc7 44. Rf7+
Kb6 45. Nc1 Rd1+ 46. Kh2 Rxc1 47. g7 Rh1+ 48. Kxh1 c1=Q+ 49. Kh2 {[#] Ein
neuer Endspieltyp ist entstanden, der nicht den logischen Gewinner findet.}
Qd2+ 50. Kg3 e5 ({viel einfacher ist} 50... Qg2+ 51. Kf4 (51. Kh4 Qg6 $19)
51... Nc4 $19 {was den weißen König passiv stellt}) 51. Kh4 $1 Qg2 $6 ({
Der Springer war jetzt mit einzubeziehen} 51... Ng2+ $1 52. Kh5 (52. Kg4 Nf4
53. Kf5 Qg2 54. Kxe5 Qg5+ $19) 52... Qd8 $19) 52. Kh5 Ka5 $6 {Gibt es
überhaupt noch einen Gewinn?} (52... Nc4 53. Kh6 Nd6 54. Rf8 {sieht schon
nicht mehr gewinnbringend aus, weil der Springer via d6 keine Wirkung
entfaltet.}) 53. Kh6 Qh3+ 54. Kg6 Qe6+ (54... Qg3+ 55. Kh7 Qh4+ 56. Kg6 Qg3+
57. Kh7 {bringt Schwarz schon nicht mehr weiter}) 55. Rf6 Qe8+ 56. Kh6 $11 {
Das Spiel hat sich reduziert auf das Duell Dame gegen Turm+Bauer mit starkem
weißen König.} Ng2 57. Rg6 $1 (57. Rf8 $2 Qe6+ 58. Kg5 Qe7+ 59. Kh6 Qh4+ 60.
Kg6 Nf4+ 61. Rxf4 (61. Kf7 Qh7 $19)) 57... Qg8 58. Rxg2 Ka4 59. Rg5 Kxa3 60.
Rxe5 (60. Rf5 $11) 60... Kb4 61. f4 a5 (61... Qf7 62. Rg5 (62. Rf5 Qg8 63. Rf8
$11) 62... Qe6+ 63. Rg6 Qh3+ 64. Kg5 Qg3+ 65. Kf5 Qh3+ 66. Kf6 Qc3+ 67. e5 $18)
62. f5 a4 63. f6 a3 64. Kg6 Qc8 $2 (64... a2 65. f7 Qxf7+ 66. Kxf7 a1=Q {
sieht nach remis aus}) 65. f7 $1 Qg4+ 66. Kh7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Galego, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O h6 8. c3 b6
9. exd5 exd5 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Rd1 Bd6 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Be3 a6 15.
Ne5 Ne7 16. Qf3 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Bg4 18. exf6 Bxf3 19. fxe7 Qxe7 20. Bxf3 Qf6 21.
Bg2 Rad8 22. Rd4 b5 23. Rad1 Rc8 24. Bxd5 Qg6 25. R1d2 Rc7 26. h3 h5 27. Be4
Qe6 28. Bf3 h4 29. Rxh4 Qc8 30. Rd5 f6 31. Rdh5 Kf7 32. Bd5+ Ke7 33. Re4+ Kd7
34. Rd4 Ke7 35. Rh7 Rg8 36. Re4+ Kf8 37. Reh4 Qf5 38. Rh8 Rxh8 39. Rxh8+ Ke7 {
[#] Weiß besitzt drei Figuren für die Dame mit Angriff, sicherem König und der
Gewissheit weiteres Material zu erobern.} 40. Be4 Qe6 41. Nd5+ Kd7 42. Nb6+ (
42. Nxc7 Qxe4 43. Nxa6 Qb1+ 44. Kg2 Qxb2 45. Nc5+ Ke7 46. Rb8 Qxa2 47. Rxb5 $18
{und der Gewinn ist eine rein technische Aufgabe.}) 42... Ke7 43. Bd5 Qf5 44.
b4 Qd3 (44... Qb1+ 45. Kg2 Qxb4 46. Bf3 Qb1 47. Nd5+ Kd7 48. Nxc7 Kxc7 49. a3
Qb2 50. Rh7 Qxa3 51. Rxg7+ Kd6 52. h4 b4 53. h5 b3 54. h6 b2 55. h7 $18) 45.
Rg8 g5 46. Bc5+ Rxc5 47. bxc5 Qd4 48. c6 {Weiß gewinnt nach Belieben, z.B.
auch so:} (48. Nc8+ Kd7 49. c6+ Kc7 50. Rg7+ Kb8 51. Rb7+ Kxc8 52. Be6+ Kd8 53.
c7+ $18) 48... Kd6 49. Rd8+ Kc7 50. Na8+ $1 {Auch das ist sehr hübsch.} Kxd8
51. c7+ Ke7 52. Bb7 $1 1-0

[Event "Griesheim Testa GM"]
[Site "Griesheim"]
[Date "2004.01.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Murdzia, Piotr"]
[Black "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "204"]
[EventDate "2004.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 dxe4 4. dxe4 b6 5. c3 Ba6 6. Qc2 Bxf1 7. Kxf1 Bd6 8.
Nf3 Nd7 9. Be3 Ngf6 10. h3 Qc8 11. Nbd2 Qa6+ 12. c4 O-O 13. Ke2 e5 14. Rhe1
Rfe8 15. Kf1 Qb7 16. Ng1 Bc5 17. Rad1 Qc6 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. b4 Ne6 20. Ngf3 Qd6
21. Qb2 Nf4 22. Nb1 Qc6 23. Qc2 h6 24. a3 a5 25. Kg1 axb4 26. axb4 Ra4 27. Qb3
Ra1 28. Qc3 Ra2 29. Nxe5 Qe6 30. Qb3 Re2 31. Nf3 Qxe4 32. Rxe2 Nxe2+ 33. Kf1
Nf4 34. Re1 Qg6 35. Rxe8+ Nxe8 36. Ne1 Qe6 37. Qc2 Nd6 38. Na3 Nxh3 39. c5 bxc5
40. bxc5 Ne8 41. Nc4 Nf4 42. Ne3 Nf6 43. g3 N4d5 44. N1g2 Qa6+ 45. Kg1 Qa1+ 46.
Kh2 Qd4 47. c6 Ne7 48. Nf4 Qd6 49. Qc4 Qxc6 50. Qxc6 Nxc6 51. Nfd5 Ne8 52. f4
Kf8 53. g4 Ne7 54. Nc3 c6 55. Kg3 g6 56. Ne4 Kg7 57. Nc4 Nf6 58. Ned6 Nd7 59.
Ne4 Nd5 60. Kf3 N5b6 61. Ncd6 Kf8 62. Nb7 Ke7 63. Na5 Nb8 64. Nc5 Kd6 65. Ncb7+
Kc7 66. Nc5 N8d7 67. Na6+ Kd6 68. Nb7+ Ke7 69. Nb4 Nb8 70. Nc5 Nd5 71. Nbd3 f6
72. g5 h5 73. gxf6+ Kxf6 74. Ne4+ Kf5 75. Ng3+ Ke6 76. f5+ gxf5 77. Nc5+ Kd6
78. Nd3 Ne7 79. Nxh5 {[#] Technique. Black's task consists of preventing the
knights being sacrificed for one of his pawns each. He manages this
convincingly.  [#] Technik. Die schwarze Aufgabe besteht darin, das Opfer der
weißen Springer gegen je einen seiner Bauern zu verhindern. Das gelingt
überzeugend.} Nd7 80. Ke2 Ne5 81. Nb4 c5 82. Na6 c4 83. Nb4 Nd5 84. Nc2 Kc5 85.
Ng7 f4 86. Ne6+ Kd6 87. Ned4 (87. Nxf4 Nxf4+ {with check! Otherwise Na3 and
then Nb5 would achieve the draw. mit Schach! Ansonsten würde Sa3 mit
anschließendem Sb5 das Remis perfekt machen.}) 87... Nc3+ 88. Kd2 Ne4+ 89. Ke1
Kd5 90. Ne2 Nd3+ 91. Kd1 f3 92. Ne3+ Kc5 93. Ng1 f2 94. Nh3 Kd4 95. Nf5+ ({
A small but typical example of how when one knight is sacrificed too early,
the other can be shut out of the game. Ein kleines aber typisches Beispiel wie
nach frühzeitigem Opfer eines Springers der andere ausgespielt wird.} 95. Nxf2
Nexf2+ 96. Ke2 c3 97. Nc2+ Ke4 98. Na3 Ng4 99. Nc2 Nf4+ 100. Kd1 Nf2+ 101. Ke1
N2d3+ 102. Kd1 Nb2+ 103. Kc1 Ne2+ 104. Kb1 Kd3 105. Ne1+ Kd2 106. Nc2 Nc4 107.
Nb4 Nd4 108. Ka2 Ne3 109. Kb1 Nd5 110. Na2 c2+ 111. Kb2 Nb4 $19) 95... Kc3 96.
Ne3 Kb3 97. Nxf2 (97. Ke2 c3) 97... Ndxf2+ 98. Ke2 c3 99. Nf5 Kb2 100. Ne3 Kb1
101. Nc4 Ng4 102. Kd3 Ne5+ 0-1

[Event "Biel MTO op 50th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hera, Imre Jr"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Hera,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,61,37,31,26,-10,14,-5,18,-2,25,25,18,-13,5,1,3,5,5,-34,22,-5,13,-19,
18,-21,-13,-32,-32,-47,-30,-35,-38,-58,-39,-56,-2,-2,-4,-4,79,-3,28,27,14,19,
55,69,79,79,65,-28,-12,10,28,-64,-64,136,315,419,587,1049,29991,28696]} 1. Nf3
d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 {A new move order in my opponent's practice.}
5. d3 {The second battle with the strong Indian grandmaster, as we already
faced each other in 2014 which ended up a disappointing draw in a Catalan.
This time I decided to go for the more complex King's Indian Attack. It has to
be noted that Morozevich and Hou Yifan had played a similar game at the GM
invitational section of the Biel Chess Festival, which made a big impact on me.
} Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nb4 {This came pretty quickly,
although the move is not so popular.} 10. Qd1 {Practically forced.} (10. e5 $2
{is bad due to} Nxc2 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Rb1 Nxe1 13. Qxe1 O-O {and Black gets
too much for the two light pieces.}) 10... Nc6 (10... dxe4 {may look a bit
dangerous at first sight, however, White has few acceptable alternatives.} 11.
dxe4 $1 ({In case of} 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Rxe4 O-O {
Black would easily equalize.}) 11... Nxe4 (11... O-O 12. a3 Nc6 13. e5 {
Now it is extremely helpful, that the knight was forced back by the a-pawn,
because after ...Nd5, White is able to push c4.}) 12. Ne5 Nd6 13. Bxb7 Nxb7 14.
a3 $1 Nd5 15. c4 Nf6 16. Qa4+ Kf8 17. Ndf3 {with great compensation for the
pawn thanks to White's activity and the unfortunate situation of the enemy
king.}) 11. c3 {I tried to avoid repeating moves. The drawback of c3 is that
Black has a faster approach to White's camp.} Qc7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. h4
b5 {Now we can see that Black lost a tempo with this, comparing to the
mainline where he usually plays ...b7-b5 at once. Besides, ...Bb7-a6 will cost
him another move, however, White is more vulnerable on the queenside.} (14...
a5 15. Nf1 (15. a4 $5) 15... a4 16. Bf4 {The aforementioned game carried on
this way.} Rfc8 17. Ne3 ({I would prefer} 17. h5 {trying to clarify the
situation on the kingside.}) 17... Qd8 18. h5 b5 19. Nxd5 $5 (19. h6 $2 {
One of those rare moments, when this advance cannot work.} g5 $1 20. Nxg5 Bxg5
21. Qg4 Ncxe5 22. Qxg5+ Qxg5 23. Bxg5 Nxd3 $17) (19. Ng4 {Completing the known
manoeuvre is certainly less committing.}) 19... exd5 20. e6 Nf8 $13 {
Morozevich - Hou Yifan, Biel 2017.}) 15. Nf1 b4 ({Opening the long diagonal
with} 15... d4 {has drawbacks too; the pawn may become vulnerable soon.} 16.
N1h2 Nb6 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. Nf3 $14) 16. h5 bxc3 17.
bxc3 Ba6 $5 {[#] Underestimating my chances on the kingside.} (17... h6 {
would have been a more precise continuation, as was admitted by Ganguly after
the game. This is a straightforward way of stopping White's advance, however,
the h6 pawn is a potential target for a piece sacrifice after Nh2-g4.}) 18. h6
$1 {Speaking about the Morozevich-game, we discussed it with my friend that
the pawn should have been pushed to h6 first, offering a promising attack for
White. It is one of the main ideas of King's Indian Attack.} g6 19. Bf4 Qa5 20.
Rac1 c4 $6 {A questionable move. Black's goal was probably to fix my pawn on
c3, thus not allowing me to undermine his centre with c4. However, it also
gives me the opportunity to create an aesthetic pawn chain.} (20... Rab8 {
was more to the point} 21. Ne3 {Here the engine suggests} d4 $1 {with the idea
to eliminate some pieces to decrease the tension.} 22. cxd4 (22. Nd5 dxc3 23.
Nxc3 Nd4 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Ne4 Rfc8 $13) 22... Nxd4 23. Nxd4 cxd4 {and now on}
24. Nd5 {Black may cause complications with} Ba3 25. Bd2 $1 Qd8 26. Rc7 $3 {
An unexpected reply, keeping hopes for an advantage alive.} exd5 27. Rxa7 Nc5
28. e6 fxe6 29. Rxa6 {The point of the whole idea!} Nxa6 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Qxa6
Bd6 32. f4 $44 {White has reasonable compensation for the exchange, but it is
hardly enough for more than a draw.}) 21. d4 Ba3 22. Rc2 Rfe8 $2 {It is just
seemingly prophylactical to prepare against the Ne3xd5 sacrifice by
overprotecting the e6-square. On the other hand, it supports rather White's
attack by leaving the f7 pawn under less control.} (22... Bb5 {would have been
more consequent.} 23. Bc1 Be7 (23... Ba4 $6 {leads nowhere in view of} 24. Bxa3
Bxc2 25. Bxf8 Bd3 26. Bb4 Bxe2 27. Bxa5 Bxf3 28. Bxf3 Nxa5 29. Rb1 Rb8 30.
Rxb8+ Nxb8 31. Bd1 {After the huge simplifications White has definitely the
upper hand in the endgame.}) 24. Bg5 Ba3 25. Qe3 {In my opinion White's task
is easier, because Black does not have big counterplay on the queenside.}) 23.
Ng5 Bf8 24. Ne3 $1 {At this stage I had two moves to choose from: Ne3 or Qf3.
The second option would leave the e1 rook unprotected, with a warning
potential sacrifice from Black's side on d4. Therefore I decided to improve my
knight first.} Rab8 {A natural continuation, but it runs into the motif I had
just set up on a d5 sacrifice. Anyway, it is already not easy to propose
something useful for Black.} (24... Bxh6 {did not function due to} 25. Nxe6)
25. Nxd5 $1 exd5 26. e6 f5 $2 {[#] This is rather oil into the fire.} ({On} 
26... fxe6 {I had planned} 27. Bxb8 Ndxb8 28. Qf3 Nd8 29. Rce2 $1 Bc8 30. Bh3
Bxh6 {Now only the following precise moves lead to an advantage:} 31. Bxe6+ $1
Bxe6 32. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 33. Rxe6 $1 Qb5 34. a4 $1 Qd7 35. Re5 $36) (26... f6 {
was the reply I considered the most.} 27. Bxb8 Ndxb8 28. Qf3 $1 Be7 {Now it
seems like Black is able to consolidate his position.} 29. Rb1 $1 $16 {A very
strong move, finding a new file for the rook and avoiding the ...Nxd4
sacrifice. White rules both sides, his rooks are extremely powerful and the
d5-pawn remains under huge pressure.}) 27. exd7 $3 {The culmination point of
the game. Instead of regaining the material back fast, one should always
consider all approaches - even if they look strange at first sight. By
sacrificing the queen, the d7 pawn supported by the powerful rooks provides
more than enough compensation, and the black king is another motif.} (27. Bxb8
Ndxb8 {White has a stable advantage in many ways. For example:} 28. g4 fxg4 29.
Qxg4 Bxh6 30. Nf7 $40) 27... Rxe2 28. Rcxe2 Rb7 {[#]} (28... Rd8 {does not
help either.} 29. Bc7 $1 Qxc7 30. Bxd5+ Kh8 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Nxd8+) 29. Bd6 $1
({I had also calculated the prosaic} 29. Re8 Rxd7 30. Ne6 Qa3 31. Nxf8 Qxf8 32.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Re6 Bb7 34. Bd6+ Ne7 35. Rf6+ Kg8 36. Bc5 $18) 29... Rxd7 (29...
Bxd6 {allows a finish in style:} 30. Re8+ Bf8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Re8#) 30. Bxf8
Qxc3 31. Bd6 {I would like to emphasize that my opponent walked up to me the
next day and as a real sportsman congratulated with the following cheering
words: "Excellent game!"} (31. Bb4 Qxb4 32. Re8+ Qf8 {[#]} 33. R1e6 $3 Nxd4 34.
Rxg6+ hxg6 35. Bxd5+ Rxd5 36. h7+ Kg7 37. Rxf8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Appel, Ralf"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 Ba6 12. h5 b4 13. N1h2 a4 14. a3 Qb8 {
Pelletiers Idee, die er schon vorher angewendet hat. Er möchte mit b4-b3 gegen
den Pd3 spielen.} 15. Ng4 $1 $146 {Möglicherweise eine vorbereitete
Verbesserung.} ({Mit} 15. Bf4 {kam Pelletier ausgezeichnet zurecht:} Qb5 (15...
Nd4 $2 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Bxd5 $1 {[%csl Rb8]}) 16. h6 g6 17. Qd2 $1
Rfc8 (17... b3 18. c4 $1) 18. Bg5 Bf8 19. Bf1 $6 (19. Qf4 {Pelletiers
Empfehlung mit den Varianten} b3 $1 (19... bxa3 20. bxa3 Qb2 21. c4 $1) (19...
Nd4 $5 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Nf3 bxa3 22. bxa3 Qb2 23. Nxd4 Bc5 24. Nf3 Bxd3 $1
$132) 20. c4 $1 dxc4 21. dxc4 Qxc4 22. Rad1 Qxf4 23. Bxf4 Nb6 (23... Rc7 24.
Ng4 Be7 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. exf6 $44) 24. Ng4 Be7 25. Bg5 $44) 19... Nd4 $15 {
Movsziszian,K-Pelletier,Y/Barcelona 2000}) 15... Nd4 ({Wenn Schwarz wie in der
Vorgängerpartie} 15... Qb5 {[%cal Yb4b3] spielt, spart Weiß nach} 16. h6 g6 17.
Bg5 {das Tempo Bc1-f4(-g5).}) ({Wenn Schwarz mit} 15... b3 {die Züge umstellt,
geht einfach} 16. c3 $16 {: Der schwarze Plan am Damenflügel ist in die
Sackgasse geraten, und Weiß hat am Königsflügel freie Hand.}) 16. axb4 $1 {
[%csl Ra4] Schwarz hat jetzt Probleme mit dem Pa4.} (16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. h6 g6
18. axb4 Bxb4 (18... Qxb4 19. b3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc1a3]}) 19. Bd2 Be7 $1 {
scheint nicht so klar, z.B.:} (19... Bxd2 $2 20. Qxd2 $16) 20. c4 (20. Rxa4
Qxb2 $132) 20... Nc5 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Bxd5 {mit kompliziertem Spiel.}) 16...
Qxb4 (16... Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qxb4 ({Bei} 17... cxb4 18. Rxa4 $16 {ist der Pa4
weg.}) 18. c3 $16 Qb5 $140 19. c4) 17. c3 (17. Nxd4 Qxd4 (17... cxd4 18. b3 $1
{[%cal Rc1a3]}) 18. h6 g6 19. Bf1 f5 (19... Qb4 20. c3 Qb3 21. Rxa4) 20. exf6
Nxf6 21. Ne3 $16) 17... Ne2+ (17... Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 $16 {s.o.}) 18. Rxe2 Qxg4
19. h6 (19. Rxa4 Qxh5 {käme Schwarz gelegen.}) 19... Qf5 ({Schwarz hat keine
Zeit für} 19... g6 $4 {einfach wegen} 20. Rxa4) (19... Bb5 20. hxg7 Kxg7 21.
Re1 $16 {und Schwarz hat für die Schwächung des Königsfügels (ebenfalls)
nichts vorzuweisen.}) 20. hxg7 Rfd8 ({Nach dem Nehmen} 20... Kxg7 {gerät der
Kg7 in einen Angriff:} 21. Re3 Nb6 22. Nh4 Bxh4 23. gxh4 Kh8 (23... Rg8 $2 24.
Rf3 Qxe5 25. Bf4 Qf6 26. Bc7 $18) 24. Rf3 Qxe5 25. Bh6 Rg8 26. Rxf7 $18) 21.
Re3 Nb6 $2 (21... Bb5 {hält den Druck gegen Pe5 aufrecht. Die schwarze
Stellung ist danach sehr verdächtig, da der schwarze Königsflügel geschwächt
ist (ohne Aussicht auf Besserung), aber es ist garnicht so einfach, den Gewinn
nachzuweisen, z.B.:} 22. c4 (22. Nh4 Bxh4 23. gxh4 Nxe5 24. d4 cxd4 25. cxd4 (
25. Qxd4 Nd3 26. Rf3 Qe4 $1 $13) 25... Nd3 26. Rf3 Qe4 $1 $13) (22. d4 Qg4 $16)
22... Bc6 23. Nh4 (23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. Nh4 (24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. Qxa4 Bxf3 26. Rxf3
Qh5) 24... Bxh4 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. gxh4 Kxg7 27. Rg3+ Kh8 $14) 23... Bxh4 24.
gxh4 Nxe5 25. Qe2 Ng6 26. Rg3 $16) 22. Nh4 $1 $18 {Nun ist es sofort aus.} Bxh4
(22... Qg5 23. Re4 $18) 23. gxh4 {[%cal Rg2h3]} h6 (23... d4 24. cxd4 cxd4 25.
Rg3 Qxe5) 24. Bh3 Qh7 25. Rg3 Nd7 26. d4 Bc4 27. Kh2 Rdb8 28. Qg4 Rb6 29. Qf4
cxd4 30. cxd4 Bd3 31. Ra3 Rb3 32. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Dortmund-C"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Black "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1
Be7 9. c3 Qc7 10. Nf1 d4 {leicht ungewöhnlich} 11. e5 (11. cxd4 $5 cxd4 (11...
Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. f4 $14) 12. a3 $14) 11... Nd7 12. Qe2 {N} (12. Bf4 Rd8
13. h4 dxc3 14. bxc3 c4 15. d4 Nc5 $13 {Lutikov-Nej, Daugavpils 1974}) 12... h6
13. h4 O-O-O 14. N1h2 Kb8 15. a3 Ka8 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. b4 (18.
Bd2 $5 $14) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qb7+ 20. Qe4 Nb8 21. Nf3 Rd5 22. Qg4 (22. Nxd4
$4 Rxd4 $19) (22. Bb2 Nc6 23. Rac1 $14) (22. Bd2 Nc6 23. Rab1 $14) (22. h5 $5
$14) 22... g6 23. Re4 {/\ Rxd4+-} Nc6 24. Qf4 (24. Rb1 $4 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Rxe5
$19) 24... Rf8 25. Qxh6 (25. Bb2 $2 f5 26. exf6 (26. Re2 g5 27. hxg5 hxg5 28.
Nxg5 Bxg5 29. Qxg5 Nxe5) 26... Rxf6 27. Qxh6 Rdf5) 25... Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 27.
Qf4 Rh5 28. Qf3 e5 29. Re2 Bd6 30. Bd2 f5 31. Rc1 Qxf3+ 32. Kxf3 $14 Kb7 33.
Bg5 Rh7 34. b5 Rc7 35. Rxc7+ Kxc7 36. g4 fxg4+ 37. Kxg4 Kd7 38. Rc2 Ke6 (38...
Bxa3 39. Ra2) 39. a4 Kd5 {/\ e4} (39... e4 $2 40. Re2) 40. f3 Bc5 41. a5 Rb8
42. a6 Rf8 43. Rc1 Rf7 44. Bd2 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Black "Cvetkovic, Srdjan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. e4 c5 8. Re1
Nc6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. c3 O-O {Man beachte die Finesse: Schwarz wartet c2-c3 ab.}
11. e5 Nd7 12. Nf1 Rae8 13. Bf4 Bd8 {N} (13... Qd8 14. h4 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16.
Ng5 Nde5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Bh3 Bc8 19. Nh2 h6 20. Ngf3 Bf6 21. Nd2 e5 $10 {
Damljanovic-Vukovic, JUG-ch 1990}) 14. h4 Qb8 15. N1h2 Bc7 16. Bh3 f6 17. d4 (
17. exf6 $5 Bxf4 (17... e5 18. fxg7 Rf7 19. Bg5) (17... Rxf6 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19.
Ng4 Rf7 20. Nge5 Ndxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxe5) 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. fxg7+ Kxg7 20.
gxf4 Rf6 (20... Qxf4) 21. f5 Nf8 22. Qd2 Nxe6 23. fxe6 Rexe6 $44) 17... cxd4
18. cxd4 fxe5 19. dxe5 Nc5 $1 { >>a6} 20. Ng5 (20. Qd1 Ba6 21. Bf1 Bxf1 22.
Kxf1 Ne4 $17) 20... h6 21. Qh5 Re7 $1 (21... hxg5 22. hxg5 { g6+-}) 22. Ng4
Qe8 $1 23. Nxh6+ (23. Qxe8 Rexe8 24. Nf3 Nd3 $19) 23... gxh6 24. Qxh6 Nd4 $19
25. Rac1 Nf5 26. Qf6 Rxf6 27. exf6 Bxf4 28. gxf4 Rf7 29. Bxf5 Rxf6 30. Bh7+ Kh8
31. b4 Qh5 32. bxc5 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Bucharest ENE"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chernov, Vadim A"]
[Black "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. c3 Be7 6. Qa4+ Bd7 $146 (6... c6) (
6... Qd7) 7. Qc2 Bc6 8. e5 Nfd7 9. d4 Bb7 {Several tempi have been lost on
both sides.} 10. Bd3 h6 (10... c5 $6 11. Bxh7 c4 (11... g6 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13.
Qxg6+ Kf8 14. Qxe6) 12. Qb1 g6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Qxg6+ Kf8 15. Qxe6 $16) 11. b4
c5 (11... c6 12. a4 $14) 12. Qb1 c4 13. Bc2 b5 14. h4 Nc6 15. h5 a5 16. a3 Qc7
17. Nf1 a4 {/\ 0-0-0,f6} (17... O-O $2 18. Ne3 f6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Nh4 fxe5 (
20... f5 21. Bg6) 21. Ng6+ Kxh7 22. Nxf8+ (22. Nxe7+ Kh8 23. Ng6+ Kg8 24. Nxf8
Nxf8 25. dxe5 $13) 22... Kg8 23. Nxe6 Qb8 24. Qg6 Bf6 25. Nf5 $18) 18. Bf4
O-O-O 19. Ne3 $6 (19. Bg3 $14) 19... f6 20. exf6 Qxf4 21. fxe7 Nxe7 22. Rh4 Qd6
23. Rg4 e5 (23... Nf6 $5 24. Rxg7 (24. Rh4 Ne4 $6 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Nd2 (26.
Ne5 Rhf8) 26... Nf5 27. Nxe4 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Nxe3 29. Rxe3 Qh2 $13) 24... Nxh5
25. Rg4 $13) 24. Bf5 Nxf5 25. Nxf5 Qf8 26. dxe5 (26. Nxg7 Rg8 27. Ne6 (27. Qg6
exd4 28. Nxd4 Qe7+ 29. Kf1 Ne5) 27... Qe7 28. Nxd8 (28. Rxg8 Rxg8 29. Qf5 Rxg2)
28... Rxg4) 26... Re8 27. N5d4 Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Rxe5+ 29. Kf1 Rxh5 30. Kg1 Qd6 31.
g3 Qe7 32. Qg6 (32. Nxb5 $2 d4) 32... Rg5 33. Rxg5 hxg5 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Qxe4
dxe4 36. g4 Rf8 (36... e3+ $2 37. f3 Re8 38. Rh1) 37. Kg3 Kb8 38. Rh1 (38. Nxb5
$2 Rf3+ 39. Kg2 e3) 38... Rd8 39. Re1 g6 40. Rh1 Kc8 41. Rh7 Rxd4 42. cxd4 Bd5
43. Kg2 c3 44. Rh1 e3+ 45. f3 c2 46. Rc1 Bb3 47. Kf1 Bc4+ 48. Kg2 Bd3 49. Kg3
Kd7 50. f4 Kd6 51. Kf3 gxf4 52. Kxf4 e2 53. Ke3 Bc4 54. Kd2 Kd5 55. Rxc2 Kxd4
56. g5 Ke4 57. Rc3 Bd3 58. Rc5 Kf3 59. Re5 Bc4 60. Re8 Kf4 61. Rc8 Kxg5 62. Rf8
Kg4 63. Rh8 g5 64. Ke1 Kg3 65. Rh6 g4 66. Rg6 Kf3 67. Rf6+ Kg3 68. Rg6 Kh4 69.
Kf2 g3+ 70. Ke1 Bf7 71. Rg7 Be6 72. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest ENE"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Komliakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Lupu, Mircea Sergiu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 a5 6. Be2 Bd6 (6... Be7 7. O-O
O-O 8. a4 (8. Re1 b6 9. Qc2 Ba6 10. Nf1 Qd6 $10 {Mestel-Short/Marbella/1982})
8... e5 9. Re1 Re8 10. Bf1 Bf8 $10 {Komliakov-Brynell/Manila/1992}) (6... dxe4
$6 7. dxe4 e5 8. Bb5 (8. O-O Bc5 9. Bb5 Qe7 10. Nc4 $14 {Hartston-Short/London/
1978}) 8... Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Re1 $14 {Martin del Campo-Arencibia/
Sagua la Grande/1989}) (6... g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Qc2 $13 {
Britton-McDonald/Eastbourne/1991}) 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. Bf1 e5 {White has
gained 2 tempi compared to Philidor's defense.} 10. b3 h6 $146 (10... Bg4 11.
h3 Bh5 12. Bb2 Bc5 13. Qc2 Qb8 14. a3 Qa7 15. Re2 d4 {Zpevak-Priehoda/Sumperk/
1984}) 11. a3 Bc5 12. Bb2 d4 13. c4 g6 14. g3 Kh7 15. Nh4 Ng8 16. Ng2 (16. Bg2
Be7) 16... f5 $6 17. exf5 (17. f4 Nf6 $15) 17... Bxf5 (17... gxf5 18. Qh5) 18.
Nh4 Bd7 19. Bg2 {><e4} Nf6 (19... g5 $2 20. Be4+) 20. Ne4 (20. Bc1 g5 21. Nhf3
Bf5 $13) 20... Be7 21. Bc1 Ng8 (21... Nxe4 $6 22. Rxe4 (22. Bxe4 Bxh4 23. Qh5
Bf5 24. Qxh4 Qxh4 25. gxh4 $13) 22... g5 (22... Bf5 $2 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Qh5
fxe4 25. Bxe4+ $18) 23. Qh5 gxh4 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Rg4 $40) 22.
Nf3 Bf5 $6 (22... Qc8 {/\ Bg4}) 23. h3 Qd7 24. Kh2 (24. g4 $1 Be6 25. Ng3 Bf6
26. Nd2 $14) 24... Rf8 25. Ra2 Rf7 26. Rae2 Raf8 27. Nfd2 b6 28. Rf1 Kh8 29.
Ree1 g5 30. Nf3 Bg6 31. Nfd2 h5 (31... Bf5 $5) 32. Kg1 Rg7 33. Nb1 Be8 $6 (
33... Bf5) 34. Bd2 Nd8 $6 35. Bc1 (35. b4 $14) 35... Qf5 $2 (35... g4 $6 36. h4
) (35... c5) 36. g4 $1 Qh7 $6 (36... hxg4 37. hxg4 Qf7 38. Ng3 $16) 37. Ng3
hxg4 38. hxg4 Bg6 39. Be4 $1 $18 (39. Rxe5 Bxd3) 39... Qh4 40. Bxg6 Rxg6 41.
Kg2 {/\ Rh1+-} Qh7 42. Rh1 Nh6 43. Nd2 Kg8 44. Nde4 Ne6 45. Nf5 Nf4+ 46. Bxf4
gxf4 47. Kf3 Bxa3 48. Rh5 Rf7 49. Reh1 1-0

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Kohlweyer, Bernd"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O b6 8. Re1
Bb7 9. c3 Qc7 10. a3 a5 11. a4 O-O-O $6 (11... O-O 12. e5 Nd7 13. Qe2 Rae8 14.
Nf1 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Ng5 Nde5 $132 {Ostermeyer-Breutigam, BL 88/89}) 12. e5
Nd7 13. d4 g5 (13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Re3 {/\ Rc3}) 14. Nb1 $1 {/\ Na3-b5}
h6 (14... g4 $2 15. Ng5) 15. Na3 Ndb8 (15... g4 16. Nd2 cxd4 17. Nb5 $16) 16.
Be3 Ba6 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Rc1 g4 $2 19. Nd2 cxd4 $6 20. cxd4 $16 h5 21. Nb1 $1
Kb7 22. N1c3 Nb4 23. Rf1 $1 {/\ f3} N8c6 24. f3 gxf3 25. Rxf3 Qe8 26. Qd2 Qg8
27. h4 Rh7 28. Kh2 Rd7 29. Rcf1 Nd8 30. Ne2 {/\ Nf4-h3,Bg5} Ndc6 31. R1f2 Na7
32. Nec3 Nac6 33. Bf1 Qg6 34. Bg5 $1 {><d6,><f6} Bxg5 35. Qxg5 Qxg5 36. hxg5 {
/\ Nd6+} Bxb5 37. Nxb5 Rg7 38. Kh3 Rxg5 39. Rxf7 Rxf7 40. Rxf7+ Kb8 41. Rf8+
Kb7 42. Rf7+ Kb8 43. Be2 Nc2 44. Rf8+ Kb7 45. Rf7+ Kb8 46. Rf4 Ne3 47. Rf8+ Kb7
48. Rf7+ Kb8 49. Rf8+ Kb7 50. Nd6+ Ka7 51. Rf7+ Kb8 52. Rf8+ Ka7 53. Rf4 Nf5
54. Nxf5 Rxf5 55. Rxf5 exf5 56. e6 Kb7 57. Bb5 Ne7 58. Kh4 Kc7 59. Kg5 Kd6 60.
Kf6 Ng8+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O a5 {
Die Grundidee gibt es vielen Variationen: Die 0-0 wird wegen e4-e5 zurück-
gestellt.} 8. a4 (8. e5 Nd7 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Qe2 g5 $13 {Kozlov,Vad-Kozlov,Vl}) (
8. Re1 $5 b6 9. e5 Nd7 10. c4 Nb4 11. Nf1 Bb7 12. a3 Na6 13. h4 Nc7 14. Ng5 $16
{Yudasin-Lputian, URS-ch 1982}) 8... O-O {N} (8... b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. c3 h6 $5 (
10... O-O 11. e5 $16 {Larsen}) 11. Qe2 (11. h4 $5) 11... Qd7 (11... Ba6 $5 12.
e5 Nd7) 12. exd5 $6 (12. e5 Nh7 13. Nf1 d4 $13) 12... exd5 13. d4 Ba6 $15 {
Geller-Larsen, Biel izt 1976}) 9. Re1 b6 10. exd5 (10. e5 $5 {wäre die
kritische Variante.}) 10... exd5 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bf4 $14 {Die offene e-Linie
erhöht die Remistendenz.} Bd6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Ng5 Bf5 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ne3 Bd7
17. Nh3 Nd4 18. Nf4 Bc6 19. h4 Rfe8 20. Qd1 Rcd8 21. c3 Ne6 22. Nf5 Qc7 23.
Nxe6 fxe6 24. Ne3 e5 25. d4 Qd7 26. b3 Re7 27. Ra2 exd4 28. cxd4 Rde8 29. Rf1
Ne4 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Rd2 Bb7 32. Ng2 Qh3 33. Re1 c4 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. Qf3 Ba6
36. bxc4 Bxc4 37. Ne3 h6 38. Rd1 Rxh4 39. Nxc4 dxc4 40. Qd5+ Kh7 41. gxh4 Qg4+
42. Kh2 Qxh4+ 43. Kg2 Qg4+ 44. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv super 1st"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O b6 8. Re1
Bb7 9. c3 Qc7 10. a3 O-O-O 11. b4 dxe4 (11... c4 12. e5 Nd7 13. d4 g5 14. Nf1
h6 15. a4 Rde8 16. Ba3 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. b5 Ne7 $2 {1-0 Haakert,
J-Zimmermann,F/Frankfurt 1988}) 12. dxe4 Nd7 {[%cal Yd7e5,Ye5d3]} (12... Ng4
13. Qa4 (13. b5 Na5 14. Qe2 c4 15. h3 Nf6 16. Nd4 e5 17. Nf5 Bc5 18. Nxg7 Rd3
19. Nf1 {1/2-1/2 Badapov,S-Yatsimirsky,Y/URS-chT10 1994}) 13... Bf6 14. b5 (14.
bxc5 $5) 14... Na5 $1 (14... Bxc3 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qa6+ Bb7 17. Qxa7 Bxa1 18.
Nc4 $40) 15. Qc2 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Re3 c4 $15 {Bofill,A-Ehrke,A/Groningen
1988}) (12... Ne5 $2 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Qc2 $16 Rd7 $2 15. Nc4 $18 {Kais,
E-Kranz,A/Goetzis 1995}) 13. Qb3 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (13. Qa4 Bf6 (13... Kb8 14.
Nc4) 14. Bb2 (14. Re3 Kb8 15. Ne1 g5 16. Rb1 g4 17. h4 Nce5 18. Qc2 c4 $17 {
Trisic,A-Buhr,C/Hamburg 1998}) 14... Nce5 15. Bf1 (15. Rab1) 15... Kb8 16. Qb3
g5 17. Rac1 $2 (17. Rad1) 17... g4 18. Nd4 Bg5 $19 {Forgacs,G-Breutigam,M/
Delmenhorst 1987}) 13... Nde5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Nc4 Nd3 (15... Nxc4 16. Qxc4
$14) 16. Rd1 Nxc1 (16... h5 $2 17. Rxd3 $1 Rxd3 18. Bf4 $16) 17. Rdxc1 Kb8 (
17... b5 18. Na5 c4 19. Qc2 $16) 18. b5 $16 {[%csl Gc4] Der Nc4 ist ideal
plaziert.} h5 19. a4 {[%cal Ya4a5]} Bg5 20. Re1 h4 21. a5 hxg3 22. hxg3 Kc8 23.
axb6 axb6 24. Ra7 {[%cal Re4e5]} (24. Qa4 {war auch nicht schlecht:} Rd7 25.
Qa7 Bd8 26. Rad1 $18) 24... e5 25. Rea1 Rh6 26. Bf3 (26. f4) 26... Rdh8 (26...
f5 27. Rxb7 Qxb7 28. Nxe5 fxe4 29. Bg2 Qd5 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Nf7 $16) (26...
Kb8 27. Rxb7+ Kxb7 28. Qa2 $18) 27. Rxb7 (27. Nxb6+ $2 Rxb6 (27... Qxb6) 28.
Bg4+ Kd8 (28... Kb8 29. Qa2 $18 {[%cal Ra7a8]}) 29. Rd1+ Ke8 30. Rd7 c4 $1 31.
Qa3 Bxe4 $17) 27... Kxb7 (27... Qxb7 28. Nxe5 $18 {[%cal Re5f7,Re5c6]}) 28. Qa2
(28. Nxb6 c4 (28... Rxb6 29. Qd5+ $18) (28... Kxb6 29. Ra6+ Kb7 30. Qd5+ $18) (
28... Qxb6 29. Qxf7+ Kb8 30. Qd5 $18) 29. Nxc4 $18) 28... Kc8 (28... Qb8 29.
Nxe5 Qxe5 30. Qa7+ Kc8 31. Bg4+ Re6 32. Qxf7 $18) 29. Qa8+ Kd7 30. Qd5+ $2 (30.
Nxe5+ Qxe5 (30... Ke7 31. Qd5 $18) 31. Ra7+ Ke6 32. Qb7 $18) 30... Ke8 31. Nxe5
Rd6 (31... Bd8 $5) 32. Ra8+ Rd8 $2 (32... Bd8 33. Qa2 $16) 33. Bg4 $1 $18 Rxa8
34. Bd7+ Kd8 (34... Ke7 35. Qxf7+ Kd8 36. Nc6+ $18) 35. Nc6+ 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Badea, Bela"]
[Black "Danilov, Ilie Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
dxe4 9. dxe4 e5 {Diese im letzten Zug eingeleitete Verteidigung wird von
stärkeren Spielern selten angewandt, da Schwarz sich ständig mit der
Felderschwäche auf d5 herumplagen muß.} 10. c3 h6 {[%cal Yc8e6]} (10... Qc7) (
10... Be6) 11. Nc4 (11. Qc2 Be6) 11... Qxd1 (11... Qc7 12. Ne3 $14) 12. Rxd1
Nxe4 $146 (12... Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Rfd8 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. a4 b6 17. Kf1
Bf8 18. Ke2 $14 {Tkachiev-Handoko/Jakarta 1996}) 13. Nfxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 $16 {
[%csl Gg2] Schwarz ist zwar das Problem mit der schlechten Bauernstruktur im
Zentrum losgeworden; dafür hat aber der Bg2 einen netten Ausblick gewonnen.}
Nf6 15. h3 {Verhindert einen weiteren entlastenden Tausch auf g4.} (15. Be3 Ng4
) (15. Bf4 g5 16. Be3 Ng4) 15... a5 {[%cal Ya8a6,Ya5a4] Der Bc8 ist an den Pb7
gebunden. Deswegen sucht Schwarz nach anderen Möglichkeiten, den Ra8 zu
entwickeln.} 16. a4 {Die schwachen Bauern am Damenflügel bilden jetzt das
natürliche Ziel der weißen Figuren.} Ra6 17. Be3 Re6 18. Nc4 b6 19. f4 $1 {
Nutzt die exponierte Stellung des Re6.} Bd8 (19... Ba6 $2 {kostet die Qualität:
} 20. f5 $16) 20. f5 Re7 21. Bf4 Ba6 22. Ne5 {[%cal Re5c6]} Bb7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7
24. Nc4 Bc7 $2 (24... Be7 {war noch am hartnäckigsten.}) 25. Bxc7 Rxc7 26. Nxb6
Re8 27. Nc4 Re2 28. Re1 $18 {Der Re2 kann sich nicht auf der 2.Reihe behaupten.
} Rc2 29. Rac1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Ra7 31. Rd1 Nd7 32. Kf2 Kf8 33. Re1 Ra6 34. Ke3 g6
35. Rf1 Ke7 36. Kd3 h5 37. Re1+ Kf6 38. fxg6 fxg6 39. Re8 Kg5 40. Re7 Nf8 41.
Re5+ Kh6 42. Rxc5 Rf6 43. Nd2 1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.11.01"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 {Vaganian ist der wohl prominenteste
Anhänger des Königsindischen Angriffs. Da ist es schon interessant, zu sehen,
was er gegen die Uhlmann-Variante in petto hat.} 12. Bf4 (12. N1h2 {erfreute
sich zuletzt einiger Beliebtheit.}) 12... Ba6 13. Ne3 (13. N1h2 {wird in ECO
als Hauptvariante geführt.}) (13. Ng5 Qe8 {Uhlmanns Rezept}) 13... a4 14. c4 {
Das wurde bislang als Schwarz eher entgegenkommend eingeschätzt.} (14. a3)
14... bxc3 15. bxc3 d4 16. Nc4 $5 $146 {Das hat Vaganian also ausgekocht. Er
versucht, ohne den Tausch auf d4 auszukommen, der den schwarzen Figuren neue
Freiheiten schafft (insbesondere Nc5).} (16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Nc4 Nc5 {[%csl Rd3]
[%cal Yc6b4]} 18. Ng5 {Das funktioniert nicht, aber Schwarz stand schon sehr
gut.} Nb4 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. Qh5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Nbxd3 22. Bf6 gxf6 23. exf6 Kh8
24. Nd6 Nf4 25. Nxf7+ Rxf7 26. gxf4 Rxf6 27. Qe5 Nd7 28. Qxd4 Qg8+ 29. Kh2 Qg4
30. Re3 e5 {0-1 Savon,V-Uhlmann,W/Skopje/Ohrid 1968/MCD-r6}) 16... dxc3 {
Die prinzipielle Antwort.} (16... Nb6 {wäre etwas lahm.}) 17. Ng5 (17. Qc2 Nb4
(17... Nd4 18. Qxc3 Rb8 $132) 18. Qxc3 Nd5 $132) 17... Nd4 $1 18. Rc1 (18. Bxa8
$2 {Wie üblich, endet dieser Qualitäts"gewinn" im Katzenjammer.} Bxg5 19. Bxg5
Qxa8 $19) 18... Bxc4 (18... c2 19. Qh5 h6 {diese Fortsetzung führt zu
ähnlichen Bildern wie 20...h6 in der Partie. Den Abtausch auf c4 kann Schwarz
auf die Dauer wohl nicht vermeiden.}) 19. dxc4 c2 (19... Rb8 20. Rxc3 Rb2) 20.
Qh5 Bxg5 $1 (20... h6 {Natürlich macht man eine solche Schwächung des
Königsflügels angesichts der imposanten weißen Angriffsarmee nicht leichten
Herzens; aber dennoch: es ist garnicht so einfach, etwas wirklich
stichhaltiges für Weiß zu finden. Trotz Sympathie für das weiße Anliegen habe
ich nur ein knappes Remis für Weiß gefunden!} 21. Nf3 $1 {Da ich in den
anderen Varianten immer an dem alles dominierenden Nd4 gescheitert bin, schien
mir diese Fortsetzung die (relativ) beste.} (21. Be4 f5 22. Nxe6 (22. exf6 Nxf6
23. Qg6 hxg5 24. Be5 Qe8 $19) (22. Bxc2 hxg5 23. hxg5 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 $19)
22... Nxe6 23. Bd5 Ra6 $17) (21. Ne4 Rb8 {[%cal Yb8b2]} 22. Qg4 (22. Nc3 Rb4)
22... Kh8 23. Qh5 Rb2 (23... Kg8 $11) 24. Ra1 (24. Bxh6 $2 g6 25. Qg4 Nxe5 $19)
24... a3 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. exd6 Qf6 $19) (21. Nh3 $2 g6 22. Qxh6 Nf5 $19) 21...
Rb8 22. Nxd4 (22. Qg4 Kh8 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Rxc2 d3 25. Rcc1 Nc5 $17) 22...
cxd4 23. Be4 $1 (23. Rxc2 d3 24. Rcc1 Nc5 25. Red1 Rb2 26. Rd2 a3 $17) 23...
Nc5 24. Bxh6 gxh6 (24... Nxe4 25. Bxg7 $18) 25. Qxh6 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 f5 27. Qg6+
$11) 21. Bxg5 Qe8 $1 (21... Qa5 $2 22. Be4 g6 23. Qh6 {[%cal Rg5f6]} f5 24.
exf6 Nxf6 25. Bxg6 $18) 22. Qg4 (22. Be4 $140 $2 f5 $19) 22... f5 {Schwarz
beseitigt sofort die Gefahren, die mit den Zügen Bf6 und Bh6 verbunden sind.} (
22... Rb8 $5 {Der Zug verlangt starke Nerven: aber vielleicht war gerade an
dieser Stelle die Chance auf den vollen Punkt gegeben. Aber bei den beiden B
kann man sich nicht zu sicher sein.} 23. Bh6 (23. Bf6 $2 {Dieser Zug scheint
keine Drohung (gewesen) zu sein.} Nxf6 24. exf6 g6 25. Qg5 Qd8 $19) (23. Qe4 f5
) 23... Nf5 24. Bf4 (24. Bd2 Rb2 25. Ra1 a3 26. Bc3 Nb6 27. Be4 Qa4 28. Bd3 Nd5
) 24... Rb2 (24... Nd4 25. Bh6 $11) 25. Be4 Nd4 (25... Rxa2 26. Rxc2 Rxc2 27.
Bxc2 Nb6 28. Bg5) 26. Bh6 g6 27. Bxf8 (27. Kg2 f5 28. exf6 Nxf6 29. Qf4 Rf7 $19
) 27... Qxf8 28. Qf4 (28. f4 Rxa2 29. Kg2 f5 $19) 28... Rxa2 {[%cal Yf8b8]} 29.
Kg2 Qb8 30. Bd3 f6 $19) 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Bxa8 Qxa8 26. Qe4 Qxe4
27. Rxe4 Rf3 28. Rxd4 {Weiß wählt eine (knappe) Remisabwicklung, ehe ihm
schlimmeres widerfährt.} cxd4 29. Rxc2 Rc3 30. Rd2 Rxc4 31. Kg2 {Der aktive K
rettet die Partie.} Kf7 32. Kf3 e5 33. Ke4 Kf6 34. Rb2 a3 35. Rb6+ Kf7 36. Rb7+
Kf6 37. Rb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Black "Muir, Andrew Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 {die Uhlmann-Variante} 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 (11... a4 {Ein
Alternativplan, der wenig Anhänger hat, sieht den sofortigen Sturmlauf des Pa5
bis nach a3 (wenn man ihn denn läßt) vor.} 12. N1h2 a3 13. b3 f6 (13... b4 $5)
14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Bg5 $1 Qc7 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Ng5 Qd6 18. c4 $1 bxc4 19. dxc4
Bd7 $2 (19... Nd4 $1 $13) 20. Nxe6 $16 {Csom-Zinn/Siegen ol/1969}) 12. N1h2 {
In den letzten Jahren hat sich das als Hauptfortsetzung herauskristallisiert.}
(12. Bf4 {Die (alte) Schablone sieht den B auf f4 vor, sofort oder wenige Züge
später. Seit einigen Jahren leuchtet das aber immer weniger Spielern ein, da
man bei einem Plan mit Bg5 ggf. ein Tempo sparen kann.}) 12... Ba6 {Ein ganz
normaler Zug in dieser Eröffnung; durch Verzögerung des Zuges behält Schwarz
länger die Option auf Pf6} (12... a4 13. a3 (13. Ng4 a3 14. bxa3 bxa3 15. h5
Ba6 $6 16. h6 g6 17. Bxa3 $16 {Baczynskyj-Kinlay/London/1978}) (13. Bh3 a3 14.
b3 c4 15. d4 cxb3 16. cxb3 Na7 17. Ng5 Qb6 18. Be3 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Nb5 20. Qh5
$40 {Flesch-Kluger/Hungary/1966}) 13... bxa3 (13... Qb6 14. Bf4 f6 15. exf6
Bxf6 16. Rb1 Nd8 17. Ng4 $16 {Rajkovic-Jakimidis/Albena/1977}) (13... Re8 14.
Ng4 bxa3 15. bxa3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Nh2 Ra6 18. Bb2 Bc5 19. Nf3 Qb6 20. Ra2
f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Qa1 $16 {Minic-Ostojic/Krk/1977}) 14. bxa3 Ba6 (14... f6
15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Qd6 20. f4 Rb8 21.
Qe2 Rb2 22. Kh1 Bd7 23. g4 c4 $15 {Weindl-Klovans/Genf op/1992}) (14... Rb8 15.
Bf4 Nb6 16. Ng4 Ba6 17. Ng5 Nd4 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 (18... gxf6 19. Nxh7 Kxh7 20.
Qh5+ Kg8 21. Qg4+ $11) 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Be5 $16 {Hochstrasser-Belotti/
Winterthur/1996}) 15. Bf1 Rc8 16. h5 Re8 17. h6 g6 18. Ng4 Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4
20. Re2 Qb6 21. Nh2 Rc3 $17 {Urban-Klovans/Berliner Sommer/1995}) 13. h5 {
Das ist aber eher eine Nebenfortsetzung. Der übliche Plan besteht (in
irgendeiner Reihenfolge) in Ng4 und Bg5.} (13. Ng4 a4 (13... Nd4 {Sieht sehr
logisch aus, da Bg5 verhindert wird. Die Tatsache, daß Yusupov a4 vorzog,
macht aber etwas mißtrauisch.} 14. Nxd4 (14. c3 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Rb8 16. Bf4 a4
17. Qd2 a3 18. b3 bxc3 19. Qxc3 {Lau-Uhlmann/BRD-DDR/1988} c4 $5 $15 {[%cal
Re7b4] Uhlmanns Empfehlung}) (14. Bf4 a4 15. Qd2 a3 16. b3 Rc8 17. Bg5 Nxf3+
18. Bxf3 Re8 19. Rad1 Rc7 20. Qf4 Bb7 $132 {[%cal Yd5d4] Weindl-Leutwyler/Lenk/
1992}) 14... cxd4 15. b3 (15. Nh2 Qc7 16. Qg4 Nxe5 17. Qxd4 Ng6) 15... Qc7 16.
Bb2 h5 17. Nh2 Nxe5 18. Bxd4 (18. Qxh5 Qxc2 $2 (18... Ng6 19. Rac1 Qc5 20. Nf3
Bf6 21. Ng5 $36) (18... Nc6 19. Nf3) 19. Bxd4 $2 (19. Re2 Qxd3 20. Rxe5 $16)
19... Nxd3 20. Qg4 e5 21. Rxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Qh7 $15 {Uhlmann 1988}) 18... Nc6
19. Bb2 g6 $11 {Uhlmann 1988}) 14. Bg5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Re2
Rc6 18. Qf4 (18. b3 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Qa5 $17) 18... b3 $1 19. cxb3 axb3 20. axb3
h5 $1 21. Nh2 Bxg5 22. hxg5 Nc5 $36 {Vaganian-Yusupov/GER-CupT f/1992}) (13.
Bg5 a4 14. a3 (14. Qd2 c4 15. d4 Rc8 16. Qf4 a3 17. bxa3 bxa3 18. c3 Bb5 19.
Qg4 Kh8 20. Qh5 Qe8 21. Rab1 Ba4 22. Rb7 Bc2 $132 {Weindl-Adler/SUI-chT/1995})
14... Bb5 15. Ng4 c4 16. d4 c3 17. bxc3 bxa3 18. Qc1 Na5 19. h5 Rc8 $6 (19...
Bxg5 20. Nxg5 h6 $132) 20. h6 g6 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qxa3 Qxa3 23. Rxa3 Nc4 24.
Raa1 Ncb6 25. Rab1 $16 {Antunes-Sieiro Gonzalez/Capablanca-mem/1989}) 13... a4
14. a3 {Diese Methode, den Vormarsch Pa4-a3 zu stoppen, stammt von Fischer.}
bxa3 (14... Bb5 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. h6 g6 17. Qc1 Nd4 18. axb4 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 cxb4
20. Qd2 a3 21. bxa3 bxa3 22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. Nxg5 Qe7 $132 {Haik-Gruenfeld/Biel/
1986}) 15. bxa3 Rb8 (15... Rc8 $5 {[%cal Yc6d4]}) 16. Bf4 Rb2 (16... c4) 17.
Qc1 Qb6 18. Ng4 Nd4 $2 (18... h6 $6 19. c4 $1 {Die sofortigen Einschläge auf
h6 klappen noch nicht ganz, aber die Varianten geben ein Gefühl dafür, was
noch fehlt.} (19. Nxh6+ $5 gxh6 20. Bxh6 Rb8 21. Qf4 Bf8 22. Qg5+ Kh7 23. Bxf8
Rxf8 24. h6 Rg8 25. Qh5 Nd8 26. Ng5+ Kh8 27. Nxf7+ Nxf7 28. Qxf7 $44) (19. Bxh6
$5 gxh6 20. Qxh6 Qd8 21. c4 $1 Nd4 (21... dxc4 $2 22. Re4 $18) (21... Rb6 22.
cxd5 exd5 23. e6 Na5 24. Nfe5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Bb7 26. Rae1 $44) 22. Nxd4 cxd4 (
22... Bg5 $2 23. Nxe6 $1 $18) 23. cxd5 Bg5 (23... Bxd3 $2 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Re4
Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Rf7 27. Qxe6 $18) 24. Nf6+ Qxf6 $8 25. Qxf8+ Nxf8 26. exf6 Bxf6
$132) 19... dxc4 20. dxc4 Nd4 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Bxh6 gxh6 (22... Rc8 23. Bxg7
Kxg7 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Be4 $18) 23. Qxh6 d3 24. Be4 $40) (18... Rb8 $142 19. Bg5
$140 Qd8) 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 (20... f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 (21... gxf6 $2
22. Bxd5 $18) 22. Bh3 (22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. h6 (23. Rxe6 $2 Qxe6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6
25. Qxb2 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Bxd3 $19) (23. Bh3 Bc8 24. h6 e5) 23... g6 24. Rxe6 Qxe6
25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Qxb2 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Qe3 (27... Bxd3 $2 28. Qb7 $18) 28. Bxd5+
Kh8 29. Qb4 Re8 30. Qxa4 Qxh6+ 31. Kg1 Qe3+) 22... Bc8 23. h6 g6 24. Ne5 $16) (
20... Re8 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Qg5 $18) 21. Qxg5 f6 (21... Kh8 22. h6 $40) (21...
Rxc2 $2 22. h6 g6 23. Nf6+ $18) (21... Qd8 $2 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Nxf7+ $18) 22.
exf6 Nxf6 23. h6 $18 Qc7 24. Rxe6 Nxg4 25. Re7 Qxe7 26. Bxd5+ Kh8 27. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 10th Group6"]
[Site "Lubniewice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petran, Peter"]
[Black "Krivonosov, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bratislava Slovan"]
[BlackTeam "Paide MK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. c3 (9. e5 {is the usual move.}) 9... a5 10. a3 {N} (10. a4 bxa4 (10... b4
11. c4 dxe4 12. dxe4 e5 13. h3 Ra7 14. b3 Ne8 15. Bb2 f6 16. Nf1 Rd7 17. Qc2
Nd4 {-/+ Drumev-Matulovic/Stip/1975}) 11. Rxa4 (11. Qxa4 Bd7 12. Qc2 Qb6 13.
Nf1 a4 14. Bf4 Na5 $132 {Nikolac-Budde/BL/1984}) 11... Ba6 12. e5 Nd7 13. Qe2
c4 14. dxc4 Nb6 15. Ra1 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 {=+ Oechslein-Ploetz/2.BL/1988}) (
10. e5 Nd7 11. h4 Ba6 12. Nf1 b4 13. N1h2 a4 14. a3 bxc3 15. bxc3 Rb8 16. Bf1
Rb3 $132 {Slobodjan-Uhlmann/Dresden op/1994}) 10... Ba6 11. Bf1 a4 12. e5 Nd7
13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb6 15. Bd3 (15. b4 axb3 16. Nxb3 Nc4 {-/+}) 15... b4 16.
Bxa6 (16. Bb1 $6 bxa3 17. bxa3 Na5 {-/+}) 16... Rxa6 17. axb4 Nxb4 (17... Bxb4
$5) 18. Re3 Qd7 19. Rc3 Rc8 20. Nb1 $1 {=+} Raa8 21. b3 (21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Nc3
Qc6) 21... axb3 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Qxb3 Nc4 24. Na3 Na5 25. Qb1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+
Qxc8 27. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Frias Pablaza, Victor J"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 Qc7 8. Re1
b6 9. c3 Ba6 10. exd5 (10. e5 Nd7 11. Qe2 g5 $13 {Doghri-Bammoune, Dubai ol
1986}) 10... Nxd5 $1 11. Nc4 O-O 12. a4 Rad8 13. Qb3 Bf6 14. Bd2 (14. Bg5 $10)
14... Rd7 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Bc1 h6 17. h4 Bb7 18. Nfd2 $2 Ndb4 $3 19. cxb4 Rxd3
20. Qc2 (20. Qa2 Nxb4 21. Qb1) 20... Nxb4 21. Qb1 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qc6+ 23. Re4 (
23. Kg1 Qxa4 $19) 23... Qxa4 24. Rde1 b5 25. Ne5 Rxd2 26. Bxd2 Rxd2 27. Rc1
Bxe5 28. Rxc5 (28. Rxe5 Nd3 $19) 28... Bd6 29. Rc8+ Bf8 30. Qe1 Nd3 $1 31. Qe3
(31. Qxd2 Qxe4+) (31. Rxa4 Nxe1+ 32. Kf1 bxa4) 31... Qd1 {(1.59/1.45)} 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-A"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Antunes, Antonio"]
[Black "Borges Matos, Juan R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
b6 $2 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 b5 11. h4 $16 b4 12. N1h2 a5 13. Ng4 (13. Bf4 $1 $16)
13... Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bf4 (15. b3 $5 Qc7 16. Bb2 Bc5 (16... h5 17. Nh2
Nxe5 18. Qxh5 (18. Bxd4 Nc6 19. Bb2 (19. Bxg7 $6 Kxg7 20. Qxh5 Rh8) 19... g6)
18... Qxc2 19. Bxd4 Nxd3 20. Re2 (20. Bxd5 Nxe1 21. Bxa8 Nd3 22. Be4) 20... Qc7
21. Ng4 {/\ Nh6->}) 17. Qe2) 15... Nc5 16. Qd2 (16. b3 $5) 16... Ra6 17. Nh2 {
/\ Nf3xd4} (17. b3) (17. c3 $2 dxc3 18. bxc3 Na4) (17. Bg5 $5) 17... Na4 18.
Rab1 (18. b3 Nc3 19. Nf3 Nb5) 18... Rc6 19. Nf3 Qb6 20. h5 Ba6 21. h6 Rfc8 22.
Rbc1 (22. Rec1) 22... g6 23. Bg5 Bf8 (23... Bxg5 $2 24. Qxg5 {/\ Qf6+-}) 24.
Qf4 Nxb2 25. Qxd4 (25. Nxd4 Nxd3 26. cxd3 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 Qxd4 29.
Qc7 Qc5 $19) 25... Na4 (25... Qxd4 26. Nxd4 R6c7 $17) 26. Qf4 Rxc2 27. Rxc2
Rxc2 28. Nd4 Rxa2 29. Bxd5 $1 Rb2 (29... exd5 30. e6 fxe6 31. Nxe6 Bd6 32. Qf6
Qb7 33. Qd8+ Kf7 34. Nc7) 30. Re3 {/\ Rf3} (30. Qf6 Qxd4 (30... exd5 31. e6)
31. Bxe6 Qxf2+ 32. Qxf2 Rxf2 33. Kxf2 fxe6 $19) (30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Qf6 Bc8 $19
(31... exd5 $2 32. e6 Qa7 33. e7 Bxe7 34. Rxe7 Qxf2+ 35. Qxf2 Rxf2 36. Kxf2))
30... Rxf2 31. Kxf2 $2 (31. Qxf2 Qxd4 (31... Bc5 32. Qf6) 32. Bc6 Nc3 33. Be8
Qa7 34. Rf3 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2) 31... Nb2 32. Ke2 Nxd3 33. Rxd3 exd5 34. e6 fxe6
35. Qf6 b3 36. Nxe6 Bxd3+ 37. Kxd3 Qb5+ 38. Ke3 d4+ 39. Nxd4 (39. Kf2 Qf5+ 40.
Qxf5 gxf5 41. Bc1 Bxh6) 39... Qc4 40. Ne6 Qc1+ 41. Kd3 Qc2+ 42. Ke3 Qc1+ 43.
Ke4 $6 (43. Kd3 $10) 43... Qc4+ 44. Ke5 Qb5+ 45. Kd4 Qb4+ 46. Ke3 $2 (46. Kd3
$10) 46... Qe1+ 47. Kd3 Qxg3+ 48. Be3 Bxh6 49. Nf4 Bxf4 50. Qe6+ $2 (50. Qxf4
Qxf4 51. Bxf4 Kf7) 50... Kg7 51. Qe7+ Kh6 52. Qf8+ Kh5 53. Qxf4 Qxf4 54. Bxf4
Kg4 55. Bd6 a4 0-1

[Event "Bled op 13th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3
$6 (8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 $13) 8... b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Re1 a5 11.
Nf1 Ba6 12. h4 b4 13. N1h2 a4 {/\ a3} 14. a3 (14. Qxa4 Bxd3 (14... Qc7 15. d4
Bd3 (15... Be2 16. Qc2 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 bxc3 18. bxc3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rfc8 $13) (
15... bxc3 16. bxc3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. hxg5 (19. Qxb4 Rfb8 20.
Qa3 Be2) 19... Nc2 20. Rec1 Bd3 21. Qb3 Qc4 $44) 16. Qd1 c4 $13) 15. Qxc6 Ra6
16. Qb7 Rb6 17. Qa7 Ra6 18. Qb7 $10) 14... bxc3 15. bxc3 Rb8 16. Bf1 (16. Qxa4
Bxd3 $1 17. Qxc6 $2 Bb5 $19) 16... Rb3 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. d4 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Qa7 20.
Kg2 Rfb8 (20... cxd4 21. cxd4 Nxd4 $2 22. Be3 $16) (20... Nb6 $5 {/\ Nc4-/+})
21. c4 Nxd4 (21... dxc4 22. d5 exd5 23. Ng5 $13) 22. cxd5 Nxf3 23. Nxf3 exd5
24. Bf4 Rd8 (24... Nb6 25. e6 $13) 25. Qxd5 Nf8 26. Qe4 Ne6 27. Be3 Qa6 28.
Rec1 Rdd3 29. Rc4 {/\ Rxa4} Nd4 (29... Rxa3 30. Rxa4 Qxa4 31. Qxa4 Rxa4 32.
Rxa4 $10) 30. Rac1 Nxf3 31. Qxf3 Rxa3 32. Qe4 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest Honved"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Stern, Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
Qc7 $6 (8... b5) 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qe2 b5 11. h4 a5 12. Nf1 b4 13. N1h2 Ba6 14. h5
(14. Bf4 $14) 14... a4 15. h6 g6 16. Ng4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Bf4 Qb6 (18...
b3 19. cxb3 axb3 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. e6) 19. Qd2 Rfc8 20. Bg5 Bf8 21. b3 Rc3 22.
Rec1 Rac8 23. f4 Qc6 24. f5 $1 Rxc2 (24... gxf5 $2 25. Bf6 $18) (24... exf5 $5
25. Nf6+ Nxf6 26. exf6 (26. Bxf6 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Qxc2 28. Qxc2 (28. Qf4 Qxd3 29.
Bxd5 Qe3+ 30. Qxe3 dxe3 31. e6 Bxh6 32. exf7+ Kf8) 28... Rxc2 29. Bxd5 Bxh6 30.
e6 fxe6 31. Bxe6+ Kf8 32. Bxd4 Bxd3 $17) 26... Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Qxc2 28. Qxc2 (28.
Bxd5 Qxd2 29. Bxd2 Bxd3 30. bxa4 $146) 28... Rxc2 29. Bxd5 Bxd3 30. bxa4 $146)
25. Rxc2 Qxc2 26. fxe6 fxe6 (26... Qxd2 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Bxd5+ Ke8 29. Bxd2
$16) 27. Bxd5 $3 exd5 (27... Qxd2 28. Bxe6+ $18) 28. Qxc2 Rxc2 29. e6 Bb5 $2 (
29... Nb8 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. e7 Bxe7 32. Re1 Nc6 (32... Bxf6 33. Re8#) (32... Rc7
33. Nxd5 $18) 33. Nxd5 $18) (29... Nb6 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Nd7) (29... Nc5 30.
Nf6+ Kh8 31. e7 Bxe7 32. Re1 $18) 30. bxa4 Bxa4 31. exd7 Bxd7 32. Nf6+ Kf7 33.
Nxd7 Bd6 34. Rf1+ Ke6 35. Nb6 Be5 36. Rf2 Rc3 37. Re2 Kf5 38. Nxd5 Rc5 39. Nf4
Rb5 40. Be7 b3 41. axb3 Rxb3 42. Re4 Bh8 43. g4+ Kxg4 44. Nxg6+ Kf3 45. Nh4+
Kg3 46. Bd6+ Kh3 47. Nf3 Bf6 48. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O b6 8. Re1
Bb7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. c3 h6 11. a3 O-O-O 12. b4 (12. e5 Nd7 13. b4 g5 $13) 12...
dxe4 {Generally speaking, this is not a good bargain for Black: Pd5 against
Pd3.} (12... c4 $5 13. exd5 cxd3 14. Qxd3 Nxd5 (14... Rxd5 $5 15. Qc2 Rd7 $13)
15. Qc2 Bf6 16. Bb2 Kb8 (16... e5 17. c4) 17. c4 (17. Ne4 $5 Ne5 $2 18. Nxe5
Bxe5 19. c4 $16 {Mestel-Hoi/Esbjerg/1981}) 17... Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nf6 19. c5 $40 {
Psakhis-Nikitin/Berlin/1990}) (12... g5 13. b5 Na5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bb2 Bf6
16. Ne4 c4 17. Nxf6 Nxf6 18. d4 g4 19. Nh4 $13 {J.Pribyl-Prandstetter/Sumperk/
1984}) 13. dxe4 Nd7 14. e5 g5 15. Nc4 Ncb8 $146 (15... Kb8 16. b5 Na5 17. Nfd2
Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 $14 {Ermolinski-Anastasian/URS/1985}) 16. b5 Nf8
17. a4 Bd5 18. a5 Ng6 19. axb6 axb6 20. Nd6+ $1 (20. Bb2 $14) 20... Bxd6 21.
exd6 Qxd6 22. c4 Bb7 23. Bb2 Rhg8 (23... Rhe8 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Bxb7+ Kxb7 26.
Bxe5 Qd3 27. Qa2 Kc8 28. Qa8 $18) 24. Ne5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 (25. Nxf7 $1 Qd7 26.
Nxd8 Nf4 27. Qd1 $16) 25... Qc7 26. Qf3 g4 $2 (26... Rd2 27. Ra8 Qb7 (27...
Rxb2 28. Nc6) 28. Qc6+ Qxc6+ 29. Nxc6 Kc7 30. Ra7+ Kc8 31. Be5 $40) (26... Nxe5
27. Bxe5 g4 (27... Qb7 28. Ra8 Qxf3+ 29. Kxf3 Kb7 30. Rea1 $18) 28. Qf4 Qb7+
29. Kg1 Rg5 30. Rad1 $44) 27. Qxf7 Qxf7 28. Nxf7 Rd2 29. Bc3 (29. Bc1 Rc2 30.
Rxe6 $18) 29... Rc2 (29... Rd7 $5 $18) 30. Red1 (30. Nd6+ $142 Kd8 (30... Kd7
31. Ra7+ Kxd6 32. Rd1+ $18) 31. Bf6+ Ne7 32. Ra8 $18) 30... Rf8 (30... Rxc3 31.
Nd6+ Kd8 (31... Kc7 32. Ra7+) 32. Ne4+ $18) 31. Nd6+ Kd8 32. Ne4+ Nd7 33. Ra7
Rf7 34. Bf6+ Kc8 35. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Black "Russek Libni, Guil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 b6 8. Re1
Bb7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. c3 dxe4 $6 {Dieser Tausch ist fast nie gut.} (10... O-O-O) (
10... h6 $5) 11. dxe4 O-O 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nf1 Rad8 14. h4 $16 Ndb8 15. Bg5 h6
16. Bf4 Ba6 17. Qe3 Bd3 (17... Rd3 18. Qe4) 18. N1h2 Bf5 $6 (18... Bh7 19. Ng4
$5) 19. g4 Bh7 20. Nf1 Rfe8 21. Ng3 Bf8 22. g5 hxg5 23. Nxg5 Ne7 24. Nxh7 Kxh7
25. Be4+ g6 26. Qf3 Kg8 27. h5 Bg7 28. hxg6 Nxg6 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Ne4 Qf7 (
30... Bxe5 $4 31. Nf6+ $18) 31. Qg3 Rf8 32. Bg5 Rd5 33. f4 $18 Qf5 34. Re2 Nd7
35. Rae1 Nxe5 {Verzweiflung} 36. fxe5 Bxe5 37. Qg2 Rd3 38. Rf2 Qh3 39. Qxh3
Rxh3 40. Bf6 Bg3 41. Nxg3 Rxg3+ 42. Kh2 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Claesen, Pieter"]
[Black "Muir, Andrew Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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 "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. Bf4 Ba6 13. N1h2 a4 14. Rc1 a3 (14... Rc8
15. Ng5 Qe8 16. Qh5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 b3 18. axb3 axb3 19. Ng4 Qd8 20. c4 Qxg5 21.
hxg5 Nb4 $132 {Urban,J-Uhlmann,W/Germany 1991}) 15. b3 Rc8 (15... Na7 16. Ng5
Nb5 17. Qh5 h6 18. Ngf3 Qe8 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. Bf1 Nb8 $13 {Polugaevsky,L-Guyot,P/
FRA 1993}) 16. Ng4 $146 (16. Ng5 Qe8 (16... Nd4 17. Bh3 Rc6 18. Qh5 h6 19. Ngf3
$13 {Cheremishin-Chumak/URS/1976}) 17. Qh5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Kh8 19. h5 f6 20. exf6
gxf6 21. Qh4 $13 {Davies-Plaskett/Manchester/1983}) 16... Nd4 17. Nxd4 (17. c3
$5) 17... cxd4 18. Nh2 Qc7 19. Qg4 (19. Qd2) (19. Bxd5 $5 exd5 20. e6 Bd6 $11)
19... Kh8 20. Nf3 (20. Bxd5 $2 exd5 21. e6 Nf6 $19) 20... Qc3 {[%cal Rc3b2]}
21. Bg5 (21. Bd2 $5 Qb2 22. Qxd4 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Qxc2 24. Bxb4 Bxb4 (24... Bc5
25. Bxc5 Nxc5) 25. Qxb4 Qxa2 26. Bf1) 21... Bxg5 22. Nxg5 h6 23. Nf3 $2 (23.
Nxf7+ {war die konsequente Fortsetzung. Schwarz hat jedenfalls mindestens ein
sicheres Remis:} Rxf7 24. Qxe6 Rcf8 (24... Nxe5) 25. Qxa6 Rxf2 26. Qd6 Qd2 27.
Bxd5 (27. Qxd5 Nxe5 $17) 27... Rh2 28. Rf1 Rff2 29. Qc6 Qe3 30. Qa8+ Nf8 31.
Qxf8+ Rxf8+ 32. Kxh2 Qe2+ 33. Kg1 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 Qxe5 35. Rf8+ Kh7 36. Bg8+ Kg6
37. Bf7+ Kh7 $11) 23... Qb2 24. Qxd4 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Qxc2 26. Qxb4 Qxa2 {[%csl
Ga3] Gegenüber der Variante 21.Bd2 hat Schwarz seltsamerweise den Zug h7-h6
umsonst bekommen; darüber ist er bestimmt nicht traurig.} 27. Qd6 (27. Bf1 Ra8
$17) 27... Bb5 28. Nd4 Qd2 29. Rf1 (29. Nf3 Qb2 $19) 29... Bxd3 $19 30. Ra1 (
30. Qxd7 Bxf1 $19) 30... Qb2 {Verlängert das Spiel ein wenig.} (30... a2 $142
$19) 31. Rxa3 Qxd4 32. Qxd7 Qxe5 33. b4 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Bc4 35. Rf3 Kg8 36. Qd6
Qd2 37. Rf4 Bd3 38. Bh3 Qe2 39. Bg4 Qe1 40. Bh5 Be4 41. f3 Qf2+ 42. Kh3 Qf1+
43. Kh2 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Penta Media GM"]
[Site "Kelamabakkam"]
[Date "2000.08.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Reefat, Bin Sattar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[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. Nf3 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 b5 8. Re1
O-O 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. Bf4 a4 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Nd4 ({
Der Hauptzug ist} 14... Ba6) 15. c4 $1 (15. Ne3 Ba6 (15... Rb8 16. Ng4 Qa5 17.
Nxd4 cxd4 18. Qc1 Ba6 19. Bg5 Qd8 $13 {Manescu,T-Stoica,L/Eforie Nord 1998})
16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Nxc4 Rc8 19. g4 $6 Kh8 $132 {Bletz,H-Sieglen,J/
Germany 1986}) (15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Qg4 {Kersten,A-Schoebel,W/Hessen 1991} f5 $5)
15... Nb6 $2 (15... Nxf3+ $142 16. Qxf3) 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Qg4 $16 {[%csl Rd4]
[%cal Rf4h6] Neben Bh6 muß Schwarz sich mit der Schwäche von Pd4
auseinandersetzen.} Kh8 (17... f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Be5 $16) 18. Bg5 f6 $2 $146
(18... Bxg5 19. hxg5 Ra5 20. Rad1 $1 Qe7 $6 (20... dxc4 21. dxc4 Qc7 22. Rxd4
Rxe5 23. Qf4 Rc5 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Ne3 $16) (20... Ba6 $142 21. Qxd4 dxc4 22.
Qxd8 Rxd8 23. dxc4 $16) 21. Qxd4 $16 {Kristiansen,J-Jakobsen,L/Aalborg 1995})
19. exf6 gxf6 (19... Bxf6 20. c5 $1 Bxg5 (20... e5 21. Qh5 Bxg5 22. hxg5 Nd7
23. c6 $16) (20... Nd7 21. Qxe6 Nxc5 22. Qc6 $16) 21. hxg5 Nd7 22. Rac1 $16)
20. Bh6 Rg8 21. Qxd4 $16 e5 22. Qb2 Rb8 23. cxd5 {Schwarz hat keinen
wirklichen Ersatz für das verlorene Material.} Nd7 24. Qc2 Nc5 25. Rad1 (25.
Nd2) 25... Bg4 26. d4 Bxd1 27. Qxd1 (27. Rxd1) 27... Nb3 (27... exd4 28. Qxd4
Rb3 29. Re3 $16) 28. dxe5 fxe5 29. Rxe5 Bxa3 30. Re4 Rb4 31. Nd2 (31. Bg5 Rxg5
32. hxg5 Rxe4 33. Bxe4 Qxg5 34. d6 $18) 31... Nd4 (31... Rxe4 32. Nxe4 Bf8) 32.
Nc4 (32. Bf4) 32... Rxc4 33. Rxd4 Rc8 34. Rxa4 Bb2 35. Be3 Rg7 36. Kh2 Be5 37.
Re4 Bf6 38. Qh5 Qf8 39. Rf4 (39. Bh6 $18) 39... Qd6 40. Bh3 Ra8 41. Be6 Be5 42.
Rf3 Qb8 $2 43. Bh6 Bxg3+ 44. Kh3 (44. fxg3) 44... Be5 45. Bxg7+ Bxg7 46. Bf5
Qg8 47. d6 h6 48. d7 Bf8 49. Bg4 Rd8 50. Qe8 Bg7 51. Re3 Bf6 52. Qh5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-Moscow"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Kosyrev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. e4 c5 8. c3
Nc6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Nf1 O-O-O 11. Bf4 {Wegen dieses Zuges ist die 0-0-0 recht
gewagt.} Qd7 (11... e5 12. Nxe5 $1 (12. exd5 exf4 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Bh3+ Kb8
15. Ne5 {Ribeiro,R-Malarkey,J/Moscow 1994} Bd5 $5) 12... Nxe5 13. d4 dxe4 (
13... Nxe4 14. Bxe5 Bd6 15. Bxd6 {Das ist einfacher als} (15. Bxg7 Rhg8 16. Be5
Bxe5 17. dxe5 {Iordachescu,V-Munteanu,A/Bucharest 1993}) 15... Qxd6 16. Qg4+
Kb8 17. Qxg7 $16 {Nevednichy,V-Belkhodja,S/Agneaux 1999}) 14. Bxe5 Bd6 15. Bxf6
gxf6 16. Qg4+ (16. Qa4 $5) 16... Kb8 17. Bxe4 Bc8 18. Qf3 h5 {Skripchenko
Lautier,A-Ursuleac,V/ROM 1992} 19. h4 $16) 12. Qa4 (12. e5 Nh5 $1 (12... Ne8
13. h4 Nc7 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Ba6 16. Re3 $16 {Aldama,D-Lesiege,A/Cuba 1993})
13. Bd2 g6 14. a3 (14. b4 $5) 14... h6 15. h4 Ng7 16. g4 (16. b4) 16... Rdg8
$132 {Partac,E-Hari,V/Balatonlelle 2000}) 12... h6 (12... a6 {lockert die
Stellung am Damenflügel.} 13. Qb3 b5 14. a4 c4 15. Qa2 $36 {Sulava,N-Franic,M/
Porec 1998}) 13. h4 ({Weniger überzeugend ist} 13. Rac1 g5 14. Be3 Kb8 $132 {
Tsifanskaya,L-Misanovic,V/Zagreb 1993}) 13... Rdg8 $146 (13... Nh5 14. Be3 Kb8
15. Rad1 f5 16. Bc1 Rhf8 17. exd5 exd5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Rxe5 Bd6
21. Re6 f4 $132 {Herbst,D-Pilaj,H/Oberpullendorf 2002}) 14. b4 Ng4 (14... g5
15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 dxe4 17. dxe4 Ne5 18. Qxd7+ Nexd7 19. N1d2 $16) 15. exd5
exd5 16. b5 Na5 17. Bh3 $1 f5 18. Bxg4 fxg4 19. Ne5 Qe8 (19... Qf5 20. Ne3 Qh5
21. Nc6 $16) 20. Ng6 Qxg6 21. Rxe7 Qh5 (21... Qxd3 22. Rc7+ Kd8 (22... Kb8 23.
Rd1 $18) 23. Rxb7 Nxb7 24. Qxa7 $18) 22. d4 $1 c4 (22... g5 23. dxc5 gxf4 $2
24. Qxf4 $18) 23. Qa3 $18 Rd8 24. Rae1 g5 25. hxg5 (25. Rg7 $5) 25... hxg5 26.
Rc7+ Kb8 27. Rh7+ gxf4 28. Rxh5 Rxh5 29. Qe7 Rhh8 (29... Rdh8 30. Qd6+ Ka8 31.
Qxf4 $18) 30. gxf4 Bc8 31. Ng3 Nb7 32. Re5 Nd6 33. Rxd5 Bb7 34. Rxd6 Rde8 35.
Qe5 Rxe5 36. dxe5 Bf3 37. e6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Baburin} Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4
Nc6 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 {Baburin: This is a standard plan
for such positions - White wants to weaken the residence of the black king by
advancing this pawn to h6. There the pawn would will stick like a bone in
Black´s throat, creating various tactical possibilities for White. It´s my
understanding that because of this plan, Black usually tries to avoid castling
kingside too early.} b4 12. h5 {wird z.Z. von ECO als Nebenvariante geführt.
Kochyev ist ein Kenner des Königsindischen Angriffs; deswegen ist seine
Entscheidung sehr interessant.} (12. Ng5) (12. N1h2) ({Baburin: A classic
example of White´s play in this system is the game  Fischer-Miagmarsuren,
Sousse izt 196, which continued:} 12. Bf4 {Baburin} a4 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Na5
15. Ne3 Ba6 16. Bh3 d4 17. Nf1 Nb6 18. Ng5 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qd7 21.
Qh5 Rfc8 22. Nd2 Nc3 23. Bf6 Qe8 24. Ne4 g6 25. Qg5 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 c4 27. h5
cxd3 28. Rh4 Ra7 29. Bg2 dxc2 30. Qh6 Qf8 31. Qxh7+ $3) 12... Ba6 (12... a4 $5)
13. h6 g6 14. Bf4 a4 15. a3 {Baburin: It´s important to stop Black´s further
expansion on the quenside.} Bb5 (15... bxa3 16. bxa3 Rb8 {Uhlmann hat in
einigen Partien auf a3 in dieser Weise reagiert; es handelte sich allerdings
nicht genau um diese Stellung (Weiß hatte nicht so früh den Ph4 vorangetrieben)
. Mir scheint die Öffnung der b-Linie durchaus zu den schwarzen Interessen zu
passen.}) 16. N1h2 Rc8 (16... Ra6 {Aus den weiteren Bewegungen des Ra6 wird
der Sinn dieses Zuges nicht recht deutlich.} 17. Ng4 Rb6 18. Qd2 Kh8 19. Rad1
Rb7 20. Bf1 Nb6 21. Bg5 bxa3 22. bxa3 d4 23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. Ng5 Ned5 25. Nf6 {
! Hawkes} Nxf6 26. exf6 Qxf6 (26... Bc6 $5 {Der Pf6 ist eh nicht zu
verteidigen.}) 27. Bg2 Rbb8 28. Rb1 Nd7 $2 (28... Nd5) 29. Rxb5 Rxb5 30. Bc6
Rb6 (30... Ne5 31. Bxb5 Qxg5 32. Qxg5 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Nxg5 34. f4 $18) 31. Bxd7
$18 {Graham,D-Crombleholme,A/BPCF Open Final/1989}) 17. Ng4 {2 aus 2 mit
diesem Zug: da kann man sich nicht beklagen. Ich bin aber nicht sicher, ob die
weniger erfolgreiche Alternative wirklich schlechter ist.} (17. Qc1 {[%cal
Yf4g5]} Nd4 18. axb4 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 cxb4 20. Qd2 a3 21. bxa3 bxa3 22. Bg5 {
Man beachte, daß Weiß diesen Zug durchsetzen konnte, weil er mit dem Nh2 auf
f3 wiedernehmen konnte.} Bxg5 (22... Ra8 23. Reb1) 23. Nxg5 Qe7 {Bis zu zu
diesem Zeitpunkt macht das Spiel beider Parteien einen logischen Eindruck; ab
dem nächsten Zug gibt es allerlei Alternativen zu bedenken.} 24. Nf3 Qc5 25.
Qf4 Ra8 (25... Qxc2 26. Nd4 Qa4 27. Nxb5 Qxb5 28. Rxa3 $14) 26. Ra2 Ra4 27. Qd2
Bc6 28. c3 d4 29. cxd4 Qa7 $13 {Haik,A-Gruenfeld,J/Biel JMT/1986}) 17... c4 (
17... Nd4 $5 {Mir gefällt dieser Zug besser: er harmoniert gut mit Rc8. Mit
dem Tausch des Nf3 fällt es Weiß auch schwer, seinen Plan des Abtauschs der
weißfeldrigen B durchzuführen.} 18. axb4 (18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Re2)
18... Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 cxb4 20. Rec1 a3 21. bxa3 bxa3 {Es lohnt sich durchaus,
diese Position mit der Partie Haik-J.Gruenfeld zu vergleichen. Mein Eindruck:
Weiß hat hier weniger günstige Aussichten als in der genannten Partie.}) 18. d4
c3 19. bxc3 bxa3 {Wieder hat Schwarz einen Freibauern auf a3 plazieren können;
die zusätzlichen Pa4/Pc3 (gegenüber Haik-Gruenfeld) kommen Weiß zugute, da der
Pa3 nicht von hinten durch einen R unterstützt werden kann.} 20. Qd2 $146 {
[%cal Yf4g5] Der Abtausch der schwarzfeldrigen B gehört zu den Schablonen in
diesen Mittelspielstellungen. Hier kann der Bf4 neben dem üblichen Weg über g5
auch den Weg über a3 wählen:} (20. Bc1 {[%cal Yc1a3]} Na5 21. Bxa3 Bxa3 22.
Rxa3 Qe7 (22... Nc4 23. Ra1 a3 24. Nd2) 23. Ra1 a3 (23... Ra8) (23... Rxc3 $2
24. Qd2 Rfc8 25. Reb1 $18) 24. Qb1 Rb8 25. Qb4 Qxb4 26. cxb4 Nc4 27. Bf1 f5 28.
Nf6+ Nxf6 29. exf6 Nd6 $2 (29... Rxf6 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Rxa3 Rxb4 32. Ng5 $16)
30. Rxe6 $18 {Kristiansen,J-Sorensen,T/Lyngby op/1989}) 20... Na5 21. Bg5 Bxg5
22. Nxg5 Qe7 (22... Nc4 23. Qf4) 23. Reb1 {Das ist ein bekanntes Thema in
vergleichbaren Mittelspielstellungen: nach dem Tausch der schwarzfeldrigen B
sind die schwarzen Kräfte mit der Bewachung der schwarzfeldrigen Schwächen
gebunden. Weiß sucht dann Fortschritte am anderen Flügel. Das langfristige
Ziel bleibt aber der gefährdete Kg8.} Rb8 24. Qf4 Nc4 {Der Nc4 steht durchaus
imponierend. Die schwarzen Positionen am Damenflügel lassen sich aber nicht
verstärken; im Gegenteil: der N muß damit rechnen, vom Bg2 abgetauscht zu
werden.} (24... Bc4 {Der Plan Pa2 läßt sich nicht verwirklichen:} 25. Rxb8 Rxb8
26. Rxa3 $1 $16) 25. Rb4 {[%cal Yg2f1]} Rb6 (25... Ba6 $6 26. Rxa4) 26. Bf1
Rfb8 27. Kh2 {Es zeigt sich, daß Schwarz keine nützlichen Züge hat. Kh2
vermeidet ein gelegentliches R-schach auf der Grundreihe.} (27. Bxc4 Bxc4 28.
Rxa3 Bb5 $16 (28... Rxb4 29. cxb4 Bb5 (29... Rxb4 30. Rf3 $18 (30. Rf3 Bb5 $14)
) 30. Rf3 Rf8 31. Rc3 Bc4 (31... Qxb4 $2 32. Nf6+ $18) 32. Ne4 $40)) 27... Nb2
{Sucht den Nb2 zu behalten.} (27... Qf8 28. Bxc4 Bxc4 29. Rxa4 (29. Rxa3 $5)
29... a2 30. Rxc4 dxc4 31. Rxa2 Rb2 32. Ra4 $16 Rxc2 $2 33. Ra7 Rd8 34. Rxd7
Rxd7 35. Nf6+ $18) (27... R8b7 28. Bxc4 Bxc4 29. Rxa4 {Dieser Zug wurde durch
27.Kh2 ermöglicht.} (29. Rxa3 Bb5 (29... Be2 30. Rxb6 Rxb6 31. Rxa4 Bxg4 32.
Ra8+ Rb8 33. Rxb8+ Nxb8 34. Qxg4 $18)) 29... a2 30. Ne4 (30. Rxc4 dxc4 31. Rxa2
Rb2 32. Ra8+ Rb8 $8 33. Ra4 $16 {[%cal Ya4c4,Yg5e4]} Rxc2 $140 $2 34. Ra7 $18 {
[%csl Gf6]}) 30... Rb8 (30... Rb1 31. Ngf6+ Nxf6 32. Nxf6+ Kh8 33. Nd7 $1 $18)
(30... dxe4 31. Rxc4 $18) 31. Ngf6+ Nxf6 32. Nxf6+ Kh8 33. Nd7 $1 $18) 28. Bxb5
Rxb5 29. Rxa3 R8b7 (29... Rxb4 30. cxb4 Rxb4 31. Rf3 $1 Rxd4 $8 32. Qxf7+ Qxf7
33. Rxf7 Rxg4 34. Rg7+ Kf8 (34... Kh8 35. Nf7#) 35. Nxh7+ Ke8 36. Rxd7 Kxd7 37.
Nf6+ Kc7 38. h7 a3 39. h8=Q a2 40. Qg7+ Kb6 41. Nd7+ $1 $18 {[%cal Yg7f8]} (41.
Nxg4)) 30. Rxb5 Rxb5 31. c4 $1 {[%cal Ra3f3]} Nxc4 ({Baburin: After} 31... dxc4
{Baburin} 32. Rf3 {the f7-square collapses.}) 32. Rxa4 (32. Rf3 $18) 32... Ra5
33. Rb4 {[%cal Rb4b7]} Ra7 (33... Ncb6 34. Nf6+ (34. Rxb6 Nxb6 35. Qf6 $16)
34... Nxf6 35. Rxb6 Ne8 (35... Nd7 36. Rb7 $18) 36. Rb8 Qf8 37. Rb7 $18 Qxh6+
38. Kg2 Ra8 39. Qxf7+ Kh8 40. Qe7 Qg7 41. Nf7+ Kg8 42. Qxe6 $18) 34. Nf6+ Nxf6
35. Qxf6 Qf8 (35... Qxf6 36. Rb8+ Qd8 37. Rxd8#) 36. Rb8 {[%cal Rf6g7]} 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
Be7 9. e5 Nd7 10. h4 b5 $6 $146 {Den Zug finde ich recht seltsam. Der schwarze
Aufbau wird in aller Regel mit der Idee gespielt, lang zu rochieren und dann 
(mit h6/g5) am anderen Flügel vorzugehen. Die von Uhlmann regelmäßig
angewandte Alternative in der Französischen Verteidigung gegen den
Königsindischen Angriff besteht darin, kurz zu rochieren, und dan einen
P-Sturm (b5,a5,b4) am Q-flügel zu führen. Der Bc8 greift dann über a6 (und
nicht b7) in Spiel ein. Da Tiviakov jetzt bei einer gelegentlichen 0-0 2 Züge 
(Pb7-b6-b5, Bc8-b7-a6) gegenüber dem Uhlmann-Plan im Hintertreffen wäre, muß
der Ke8 entweder im Zentrum bleiben oder lang rochieren.} (10... Qc7) (10... h6
) 11. Nf1 Qc7 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. c3 c4 14. d4 b4 (14... h6 {Damit könnte Schwarz
Bg5 unterbinden.}) 15. Bg5 {[%csl Rb7] Der Tausch des schlechten (Bf4) gegen
den guten Be7 ist ein Standardthema in "Französischen" Stellungen. Schwarz
verbleibt mit einem Bb7, der von der eigenen P-kette eingekerkert ist und
keine Aussichten hat, wirksam ins Spiel einzugreifen.} a5 (15... Bf8 {[%cal
Yh7h6] So konnte Schwarz immer noch den Tausch der schwarzfeldrigen B
vermeiden; gegenüber 14....h6 hätte Weiß lediglich die Option auf einen
anderen Rückzug des Bg5 als Bf4 erhalten.}) 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ne3 {Der N ist
hier ausgezeichnet plaziert: er unterstützt den jetzt auf der Tagesordnung
stehenden weißen Plan Pf2-f4-f5.} a4 {[%cal Ya4a3]} 18. a3 {Bringt den
schwarzen Vormarsch zum Stehen.} bxc3 (18... b3 $2 {wäre die strategische
Kapitulation: Weiß erhielte die freie Hand am K-flügel.}) 19. bxc3 Na5 {
[%cal Ya5b3]} 20. Ng5 {[%cal Yf2f4,Yf4f5]} Nb3 21. Ra2 O-O-O (21... h6 22. Nh3
h5 $14 {wäre ein Versuch, den Schaden zu begrenzen.}) 22. f4 {[%cal Yf4f5]} g6
23. h5 $16 h6 24. Nf3 Nd7 {Ziele des schwarzen Spiels am Q-flügel können nur
die Pa3/Pc3 sein. Dafür müßte der Nb6 nach b5 manövrieren; bei der Ausführung
dieser Absichten geriete aber f6 außer Reichweite: ein N könnte über g4 dort
eindringen.} (24... gxh5 $2 25. Nh4 $16) (24... Rdg8 25. Kh2 gxh5 $2 26. Nh4
$16) 25. Bh3 g5 $6 {Puh! Schwarz läßt kampflos Pf4-f5 zu.} 26. f5 {[%csl Rb7,
Gh3] Die Fronten sind jetzt ganz klar: der weiße Weg in die schwarze Stellung
führt (nur) über die f-Linie; das Hauptziel ist f6.} Kc7 27. Nh2 {[%cal Yh2g4,
Ye1f1]} (27. f6 $2 {fällt nur Schachprogrammen ein.}) 27... Bc6 28. Nhg4 Rdf8
29. Kh2 Bb7 {Schwarz hat die optimale Verteidigungsstellung am K-flügel
eingenommen; jetzt wartet er die Verstärkung der weißen Position ab.} 30. Rf1 {
Natürlich: man ahnt, daß der Rf1 nicht die einzige weiße Schwerfigur in der
f-Linie bleiben wird.} Kb8 31. Rff2 Bc8 32. Qf1 Bb7 33. fxe6 {Weiß konnte sich
noch Zeit lassen; aber der Zug ist stark genug.} (33. Nc2 $5 {[%cal Yc2b4,
Yf2f3,Ya2f2]} exf5 34. Rxf5 Nd2 35. Qe1 $16) 33... fxe6 34. Nf6 {[%csl Gf6]
Ein idealer Vorposten.} Nb6 (34... Nxf6 35. exf6 $16 {[%csl Re6]}) 35. Nc2 Kc7
36. Nb4 {Schützt den Pa3 und befreit den Ra2 zu frischen Taten.} Kd8 37. Rf3 {
[%cal Ya2f2]} Rf7 38. Raf2 Rhf8 39. Bg4 (39. Qb1 $1 {[%cal Yb1g6]} Rg7) 39...
Na8 40. Bh3 Nc7 {Der Nc7 steht hier besser als auf b5: deswegen wäre
sofortiges Qb1 noch besser gewesen.} 41. Qb1 Rg7 {Schwarz kann die
Gegenverdoppelung in der f-Linie nicht aufrechterhalten.} 42. Qc2 (42. Nfxd5 $6
{räumt dem Gegner unnötige Chancen ein} Rxf3 43. Nxe7 Rxf2+ 44. Kg1 Rgf7 45.
Nec6+ $13) 42... Rh8 (42... Rff7 43. Qe2 {[%cal Ye2f1]} Nb5 44. Ng8 Qf8 (44...
Rxf3 45. Nxe7 Rxf2+ 46. Qxf2 Rxe7 47. Qf8+ Kd7 48. Qb8 $18) 45. Nxh6 Rxf3 46.
Qxf3 Qxf3 47. Rxf3 Nxa3 48. Bxe6 $18) 43. Ng4 {Nun ist die Kontrolle der
f-Linie perfekt.} Nb5 44. Rf6 Nxa3 (44... Qe8 45. Rg6 Nxa3 (45... Rxg6 46. Qxg6
Nxc3 (46... Qxg6 47. hxg6 {[%cal Rg6g7]} Rg8 48. Rf7 $18) 47. Qg7 Kc8 48. Nf6
Qd8 49. Bxe6+ Kb8 50. Ng8 $18) 46. Rxg7 $1 Nxc2 47. Rxb7 Nxb4 (47... Qxh5 48.
Nf6 $18) (47... Kc8 48. Rff7 (48. Nf6 $5) 48... Qxf7 49. Rxf7 Nxb4 50. Nf6 $18)
48. Rb8+ $18) 45. Qa2 Nb5 46. Qxa4 Nxc3 47. Qa7 (47. Nc6+ Kc7 (47... Bxc6 $2
48. Qxc6 $18) 48. Qxb3 cxb3 49. Nxe7 Rxe7 50. R6f3 $16) 47... Nxd4 48. Nxh6 (
48. Rb2 Ncb5 49. Qb8+ Bc8 50. Qxb5 c3 (50... Nxb5 51. Nc6+ Kc7 52. Nxe7 Rxe7
53. Rxb5 $18)) (48. Qxd4 $2 Qxb4) 48... Kc8 49. Na6 Bxa6 50. Qa8+ (50. Qxa6+
Kb8 51. Qb6+ Ka8 52. Qxd4 $18) 50... Kc7 51. Qxh8 Kb6 52. Bxe6 (52. Nf7 $18)
52... Ka5 (52... Nxe6 53. Nf5 $18) 53. Nf5 (53. Bf7 Rxf7 54. Rxa6+ Kxa6 55.
Rxf7 $18) 53... Nxf5 54. Bxf5 d4 55. h6 Rf7 56. Rxf7 Qxf7 57. Qd8+ Kb4 $18 {
Hier stehe ich vor einem Rätsel: begründet schiene mir eine Partieaufgabe.
Vielleicht gab es Probleme mit der Zeit ?} (57... Kb4 58. g4 $18 {[%cal Rh6h7]
Das ist natürlich nebenlösig.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn/Parnu"]
[Date "1998.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1998.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 b6 8. Re1
Bb7 9. c3 Qc7 10. Nf1 {[%cal Yc1f4] Yermolinsky hat angegeben, daß diese Idee
von Dorfman stammt: Weiß möchte mit Bf4 Nutzen aus Qc7 ziehen.} d4 {[%cal
Ye6e5] Schwarz möchte das Zentrum (mit Pe6-e5) schließen und dann auf seinen
Raumvorteil pochen. Er könnte dann sehr zufrieden sein, da Nf1 und Re1 nicht
optimal stehen.} (10... dxe4 11. dxe4 Rd8 (11... O-O 12. e5 (12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg5
Rfd8 14. Qc2 $14 {Wagener,C-Stocek,J/EU-chJM U20/1995}) (12. Qe2 $5) 12... Nd7
13. Bf4 Rfd8 14. Qe2 $14 {Susterman,L-Popescu,D/Odorheiu Secuiesc op/1993}) 12.
Qc2 (12. Qa4 O-O (12... e5 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Ne3 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 $16 {
Loginov-Goriatchkin/Kstovo op/1994}) 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bf4 h6 15. h4 Na5 $13 {
Lanc,A-Chekhov,V/Prague Bohemians-A/1989}) 12... Ba6 (12... O-O 13. e5 (13. Bf4
Qc8 14. h4 Ba6 15. Rad1 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bf4 Qd7
20. Qd2 Qd3 21. Qxd3 Bxd3 22. N3d2 e5 23. Be3 Be7 24. f3 Ne8 25. Bf2 Nd6 26.
Ne3 Kf8 27. Bf1 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Nd8 29. Ke2 Ne6 30. a4 h5 31. Kd3 f6 32. Nec4 Nc8
33. Na3 Nc7 34. Ndc4 Ke8 35. Ne3 g6 36. g4 Nd6 37. Nac4 Nxc4 38. Kxc4 a6 39.
gxh5 b5+ 40. axb5 axb5+ 41. Kd3 c4+ 42. Kc2 gxh5 43. Nf5 Kf7 44. b3 cxb3+ 45.
Kxb3 Bf8 46. Bb6 Ne6 47. Be3 Nd8 48. Bc1 Nc6 49. Ba3 Na5+ 50. Ka2 Bxa3 51. Kxa3
Nc4+ 52. Kb4 Nd2 53. Kxb5 Nxf3 54. c4 Nd4+ 55. Nxd4 exd4 56. Kb4 Ke6 57. c5 f5
58. exf5+ Kxf5 59. c6 Ke6 60. Kc4 {1/2-1/2 Busse,K-Kleff,A/Dortmund op-A 1993})
13... Nd5 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rd7 16. Qe2 Nde7 17. h4 h6 18. Bc1 Na5 19. Bxb7
Qxb7 20. Nh2 Nf5 21. Bf4 Rfd8 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qe4 25. Qd7
Qa8 26. h5 Nc6 27. f3 Nce7 28. g4 Nd5 29. Bd2 Nfe3 30. b3 c4 31. Bxe3 Nxe3 32.
Qd4 cxb3 33. axb3 Nd5 34. c4 Nb4 35. Qd6 Qf8 36. f4 Qxd6 37. exd6 Kf8 38. g5
Nd3 39. gxh6 gxh6 40. Ng4 Ke8 41. Nf6+ Kd8 42. Kf1 a5 43. Ke2 Nc1+ 44. Ke3 Nxb3
45. Ng4 a4 46. Nxh6 a3 47. Nxf7+ Kd7 48. h6 a2 49. h7 a1=Q 50. Ne5+ Kxd6 51.
h8=Q Qe1+ 52. Kf3 Nd2+ 53. Kg4 Qg1+ 54. Kh5 Qh2+ 55. Kg6 Qxh8 56. Nf7+ Ke7 57.
Nxh8 Nxc4 58. Nf7 b5 59. Ng5 b4 60. Ne4 b3 61. Nc3 Ne3 62. Na4 Kd6 63. Kf6 Nf5
64. Nb2 Kd5 65. Na4 Ne3 66. Nc3+ Kd4 67. Na4 Nd5+ 68. Kxe6 Nxf4+ 69. Kd6 Nd3
70. Kc6 Kc4 71. Nb6+ Kb4 72. Nd5+ Ka3 73. Nc3 b2 74. Kd5 Kb3 75. Nb1 Kc2 76.
Na3+ Kc1 77. Kc4 Ne1 {0-1 Ibragimov,I-Dvoirys,S/St.Petersburg op 1995}) 13. Bf4
$14 {Belkhodja,S-Renet,O/Ch-Fra I Epinal/1986}) (10... h6 11. Bf4 $1 Qd7 (11...
e5 $2 12. Nxe5) 12. Qe2 (12. e5 Nh7 13. h4 g5 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Bd2 O-O-O 16.
N1h2 Rdg8 17. Ng4 Nf8 18. d4 Qd8 19. b4 c4 20. b5 $14 {Nevednichy,V-Rayner,F/
Debrecen EU-chT/1992}) 12... a5 13. Rad1 O-O 14. e5 Nh7 15. h4 a4 16. N1h2 a3
17. b3 Rfe8 18. g4 Qd8 19. Bg3 Ra7 20. h5 $36 {Loginov,V-Toth,L/HUN-chT2/1993})
(10... O-O-O $6 11. Bf4 Qd7 (11... e5 $2 12. Nxe5 $1 $16 Nxe5 13. d4 dxe4 (
13... Nxe4 14. Bxe5 $16 {Iordachescu,V-Munteanu,A/Bucharest schev/1993}) 14.
Bxe5 Bd6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qg4+ $16 {Skripchenko,A-Ursuleac,V/ROM-chT/1992})
12. e5 Ne8 13. h4 Nc7 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Ba6 16. Re3 $14 {Aldama-Lesiege/
Capablanca mem-A/1993}) 11. e5 (11. cxd4 cxd4 12. e5 (12. a3 e5 13. Nh4 Nd7 (
13... O-O $5) 14. Nf5 Bf6 15. g4 g6 16. Nh6 Bg7 17. b4 Rf8 18. Qb3 f6 19. h4
O-O-O $2 20. Bd2 $16 {Konings,L-Leiber,B/Lugano op/1989}) 12... Nd7 13. Bg5 Nc5
(13... Bxg5 $6 14. Nxg5 Ndxe5 15. f4 Nd7 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6 $40) 14. a3 a5 (
14... Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Nxe5 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Qh5 Ng6) 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Bxe7 Qxe7
17. N3d2 a4 (17... Nxe5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Rxc5 Nxd3 $13) 18. Nc4 Na5 19. Bxb7
Qxb7 20. Nxa5 Rxa5 21. Rc4 $14 {Loginov-Yebelin/Budapest FS FebGM/1994}) 11...
Nd7 12. Qe2 {Weiß möchte sich auch eine andere Verwendung des Bc1 als auf f4
offenhalten.} (12. Bf4 Rd8 (12... dxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. h4 O-O-O 15. d4 Nf8 16.
Qe2 Kb8 (16... cxd4 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 (18... Bxg2 19. Nb5 $16) 19.
Rac1 Bc5 20. Be3 $16) 17. Rac1 Rd7 18. Red1 $14 {Schlingensiepen,C-Breutigam,M/
BL/1995}) 13. h4 dxc3 14. bxc3 c4 15. d4 Nc5 16. Bd2 Nd3 17. Re4 $5 b5 18. h5
g6 19. Ne1 Na5 20. Nxd3 cxd3 21. Qb1 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 $44 {Lutikov-Nei/Daugavpils/
1976}) 12... dxc3 $146 (12... h6 13. h4 O-O-O 14. N1h2 Kb8 15. a3 Ka8 16. cxd4
Nxd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. b4 $14 {Kochyev-Keitlinghaus/Dortmund-C/1991}) 13. bxc3
b5 {[%cal Yd7b6]} 14. d4 {Jetzt erweist es sich als nützlich, die Entwicklung
des Bc1 hintan zu stellen. Auf f4 wäre er Attacken durch Nd5 ausgesetzt.} cxd4
15. cxd4 Nb4 {[%csl Gd5] Eine interessante Auseinandersetzung: Schwarz hat
Chancen durch die Majorität am Damenflügel und das starke Feld d5. Weiß stützt
sein Spiel auf den Pe5 und hofft auf Chancen gegen den schwarzen K.} 16. Bd2 a6
(16... Nc2 $6 {ist vermutlich genau so ungesund, wie es aussieht:} 17. Rac1 Rc8
18. Red1 Ba3 19. Ba5 Qc4 (19... Qxa5 20. Rxc2 O-O 21. Ng5 $36) (19... Bxf3 20.
Bxf3 Qc4 21. Qd2 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 Nxd4 (22... O-O 23. Bb7 $16) 23. Rxc4 Nxf3+ 24.
Kg2 $16) 20. Qxc4 Rxc4 21. N3d2 Nxd4 22. Nxc4 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Bxc1
25. Nd6+ Ke7 26. Bb4 $40) 17. Rec1 Qd8 18. h4 (18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 a5 $11)
18... h6 $6 {Die schablonenhafte Reaktion auf Ph4; es scheint aber, daß der
Zug die Stellung mehr schwächt, als es den Anschein hat.} (18... Nb6 19. Bg5
O-O (19... Bxg5 $5 20. hxg5 h6 $132)) 19. Ne1 $1 {[%cal Ye2g4]} Bxg2 20. Nxg2
Nb6 (20... Nd5 21. Qg4 $16) (20... O-O $5 {[%csl Rg7,Rh6] Jetzt war die letzte
Chance zur 0-0. Schwarz hat sich sicher Sorgen um seine anfällige
Königsstellung gemacht: Qe2 und Bd2, Nf1,Ng2 stehen bereit zur Attacke. Es ist
mir aber nicht ganz klar, wie Weiß seinen Angriff am besten vorträgt.} 21. Nfe3
{[%csl Rh6][%cal Ye3g4] Die brutale Methode: er geht ohne Umschweife auf den
Ph6 los; ein Dauerschach scheint ihm das zu sichern; aber mehr ?} (21. Qg4 {
Mit dem direkten Angriff gegen g7 kann Weiß (mindestens) Zugwiederholung
erzwingen; ihm wird der Sinn aber sicher nach mehr stehen.} Kh8 22. Nf4 Nb6 23.
Nh5 (23. Ne3 $5 N4d5 24. Ba5 $36) 23... Rg8 24. Qf3 (24. Bxb4 Bxb4 25. Ne3 Rc8
$132) 24... Rf8 25. Qg4 $11) 21... Nb6 22. a3 N4d5 23. Ng4 Re8 24. Nxh6+ (24.
Bxh6 gxh6 25. Nxh6+ Kg7 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Qh5+ Kg7 28. Qg4+ Kf7 $11) 24... gxh6
25. Bxh6 Kh7 26. Qh5 Rh8 27. Qxf7+ Kxh6 28. Qxe6+ Kg7 29. Qg4+ Kf8 30. Qf5+ $11
) 21. Qg4 g5 {Jetzt gibt es nur die Wahl zwischen verschieden häßlichen Zügen.}
22. Bxb4 Bxb4 23. Nfe3 Be7 24. Rc6 (24. Qe4 gxh4 25. Nxh4 (25. Nf4 $5 hxg3 26.
fxg3) 25... Bxh4 26. gxh4 $16) 24... Nd5 25. Qe4 (25. Rac1 $2 {Yermolinsky} Nb4
26. Rc7 Nxa2) 25... gxh4 26. Nxd5 (26. Nf4 $5 {Diesen Zug erwähnte Yermolinsky
in NIC5/98. Er ist wirklich nicht ohne Pep:} Nxe3 (26... Nxf4 27. gxf4 $44) (
26... hxg3 27. Nfxd5 exd5 28. Nxd5 gxf2+ 29. Kxf2 $44) 27. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 28.
Qg6+ Kd7 29. Qxe6+ Ke8 30. Rd6 (30. Qg6+ $11) 30... Nc4 31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 32. a4
$16) 26... Qxd5 (26... exd5 27. Qf3 hxg3 28. fxg3 $44 {[%csl Rd5,Re8][%cal
Ya1c1,Yg2e3,Yg2f4]}) 27. Qxd5 exd5 28. Nxh4 Kd7 (28... Bxh4 29. gxh4 $16 {
[%csl Gc6] ist ein anderes für Schwarz (sehr) schlechtes Endspiel.}) 29. Rac1
Rhc8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8 Kxc8 32. Nf5 Bf8 33. Kf1 (33. Ne3 $2 Ba3 34. Nxd5
Bb2 {[%csl Rd4]}) 33... Kd7 (33... h5 $4 34. Ne3) 34. Ke2 $2 (34. g4 $1 {
[%csl Rh6] Yermolinsky konnte hier die Schwäche auf h6 fixieren, was ihm eher
Gewinnaussichten eingetragen hätte. Ausführliche Ausführungen von Yermolinsky
in der oben angegebenen Quelle.}) 34... h5 $1 35. f4 a5 36. Ne3 Kc6 37. Kd3 a4
38. Kc2 b4 39. Kd3 Be7 40. Nf5 Bf8 41. Ne3 Be7 42. Nf5 Bf8 43. Kd2 Kb5 44. Ne3
Kc6 45. Kc2 Be7 46. Nf5 Bf8 47. Kd3 Kb5 48. Ne3 Kc6 49. f5 Bh6 50. Nc2 Bf8 51.
Ne1 Bh6 52. f6 $2 Kd7 {[%cal Yd7f5]} 53. Ke2 Ke6 54. Nd3 Bf8 55. Nf4+ Kf5 56.
Kf3 (56. Nxd5 Ke4 57. Nc7 b3 58. axb3 axb3 (58... a3 59. Nb5 Bb4 60. e6 fxe6
61. f7 a2 62. Nc3+ Bxc3 63. f8=Q a1=Q 64. Qf4+ Kd5 65. Qe5+ Kc6 66. Qxe6+ $11 {
Yermolinsky}) 59. Kd1 Bh6 60. Nb5 Kd5 $19) 56... b3 57. axb3 axb3 $17 58. Nxd5
b2 59. Nc3 Bb4 60. Nb1 Be1 61. Na3 Ke6 62. Ke4 Bxg3 63. d5+ Kd7 64. Kf5 Ke8 65.
e6 Bh4 (65... h4 66. Kg4 Be5 67. Kxh4 Bxf6+ 68. Kg4 $11) 66. Ke5 Bf2 (66...
fxe6 67. dxe6 Bxf6+ 68. Kxf6 h4 69. e7 h3 70. Nb5 b1=Q 71. Nd6+ Kd7 72. e8=Q+
Kxd6 73. Qd8+ $11) 67. Kf4 Bc5 68. Nb1 h4 69. Kg4 Bd4 70. Kxh4 Bxf6+ 71. Kg4
fxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bricard, Emmanuel"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. Bg2 e6 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Rb8 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 b5 11. h4 b4 12. N1h2 a5 (12... Rb5 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Ng5
Nd4 15. Qh5 $6 (15. c3) 15... h6 16. Ng4 Nf5 17. Bf3 hxg5 $19 {Zambor-Dusa/
Komercni Banka op/1996}) 13. Bf4 Rb6 14. Bh3 Ba6 (14... a4 15. Ng5 Nd4 16. c3
bxc3 17. bxc3 Nb5 18. Qh5 h6 19. Ngf3 Qe8 20. c4 Nd4 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. cxd5
exd5 $13 {Langeweg-O'Kelly de Galway/Beverwijk/1959}) 15. h5 a4 16. h6 g6 17.
Ng4 b3 18. axb3 axb3 19. c3 d4 20. c4 Nb4 21. Re2 (21. Qxb3 $5 {Blechbüchsen
wären an diesem Bauern interessiert gewesen, da eine unmittelbare Widerlegung
nicht in Sicht ist. Allerdings spielt der Pb2 auf lange Sicht nur eine passive
Rolle: denkbar wäre ein schwarzer Aufbau Bc6/Qb7/Rfb8.} Nd5 (21... Bb7 $5 $44)
22. Qc2 Nxf4 23. gxf4 Bb7 24. Bg2 Bc6 $44) 21... Nc2 22. Rb1 Bb7 23. Ngh2 Re8 {
Ein Wartezug, der sofort belohnt wird.} 24. Nd2 $2 (24. Bg2 $11) 24... Bg5 25.
Bxg5 Qxg5 26. Bg2 (26. Nxb3) 26... Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qf5 $2 {Gar kein Zug wäre
viel besser als dieser: die Qf5 läuft den weißen Figuren freiwillig ins Messer.
} (27... Ra8 $5) (27... Qxh6 28. Nxb3 Nb4 (28... Rxb3 29. Qxc2 Reb8 $11) 29.
Ng4 Qg7 $1 (29... Qg5 $2 30. Nxc5 Nxc5 31. Nf6+ $18) 30. Ra1 Reb8 $15 {[%cal
Yh7h5]} (30... h5 $6 31. Ra7 $36) 31. Ra7 $140 R6b7) 28. Ndf3 f6 (28... Ra8 29.
Re4 (29. g4 $2 Qf4) 29... Qh5 30. Qc1 $18 {[%cal Rg3g4]}) (28... Qh5 29. Qd2
$16) 29. Re4 fxe5 30. Ng4 Rf8 31. Nfxe5 Nxe5 32. Rxe5 $18 Qf7 33. Rxc5 Qb7+ 34.
Kg1 Rf5 35. Re5 Qe7 36. Qe2 Kf7 37. Qe4 Rd6 38. Rd1 Ra6 39. Rb5 Rxb5 40. cxb5
Rd6 41. Qf4+ Ke8 42. Nf6+ Kd8 43. Nxh7 e5 44. Qf8+ Qxf8 45. Nxf8 g5 46. h7 Rh6
47. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. O-O b6 8. Re1
Bb7 9. c3 Qc7 10. exd5 {N} exd5 11. Nf1 O-O 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bg5 Ne8 14. Ne3 Ne7
15. Bxe7 Bxe7 16. Ne5 (16. Nf5 Bf6) 16... Nf6 (16... Qxe5 $4 17. Nxd5) 17. N5g4
(17. Nf5 Rfe8) 17... Qd7 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qf3 Rad8 20. Ng4 Be7 21. Re2 Bd6
22. Ne3 Rfe8 23. Rae1 (23. Nxd5 $2 Bxd5 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Qxd5 Bxg3) 23... Bf8
24. c4 Qa4 25. b3 Qa5 26. Rd1 (26. Nxd5 $2 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Qxe1+) (26. cxd5 g6)
1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Turnov"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Votava, Jan"]
[Black "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bangiev} e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O
O-O 8. Re1 Qc7 {Gilt seit mehreren deftigen Niederlagen der schwarzen Partei
in den Sechziger Jahren als 2.Wahl.} (8... b5 $1) 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qe2 b5 11. Nf1
{Bangiev: Ausgehend von den Besonderheiten der Bauernstruktur bereitet Weiß
den Angriff am Königsflügel mittels Bf4,h4,Nh2(e3)-g4,Ng5 vor.} Ba6 {Ein neuer
Plan. Schwarz beabsichtigt mit 12...Rfc8 und 13...Nd4 fortzusetzen, um
möglichst schnell die c-Linie zu öffnen. Zu beachten sind 11...a5 und 11...Nb6.
} (11... a5 {ist üblich Bangiev Die am meisten gespielte Fortsetzung.} 12. h4 (
12. Bf4 a4 13. c3 b4 14. c4 Nb6 15. Ne3 dxc4 16. dxc4 Ba6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ne4
Nxe5 19. Qh5 f6 $17 {Varavin,V-Volkov,S/Smolensk 1991/1-0 (53)}) 12... Ba6 13.
Bf4 (13. N1h2 c4 14. Bf4 cxd3 15. cxd3 b4 16. h5 Rfc8 17. Ng4 Qb6 18. Rad1 b3
19. a3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Be3 Qa4 22. Qf3 Rc2 $15 {0-1 Bliumberg,V-Almasi,I/
Budapest FS JulGM (04) 1994 (39)}) 13... Rfc8 (13... b4 14. Ne3 Nb6 15. h5 (15.
Ng4 Qa7 16. h5 Rfc8 17. h6 g6 18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Nd7 20. Bg5 $36 {1-0 Benko,
P-Csom,I/Palma de Mallorca 12/21 1971 (47)}) 15... c4 16. h6 g6 17. Ng4 $36 {
1-0 Honn-Sokoler/corr 10/20 1970 (40)}) 14. Ne3 Qb6 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 c4
17. dxc4 bxc4 18. c3 Rab8 19. Nxd5 Qxb2 20. Qg4 Ndxe5 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Ne7+
Kf8 23. Qe4 Nd3 $17 {Berend,F-Fancsy,I/Budapest FS05 GM (13) ;EXP 52 1996/1/
2-1/2 (60)}) (11... Nb6 12. Bf4 b4 13. h4 c4 14. d4 Na4 15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Qe3
Rb8 17. N1h2 Rb7 18. h5 b3 19. axb3 cxb3 20. c3 $16 {1-0 Kopp,P-Poppner,D/BL
8081 Wilmersdorf-Hofheim [8] 1981 (29)}) 12. h4 Rfc8 (12... b4 13. Bf4 Qb6 14.
Qe3 $6 Nd4 $1 {Lind-Bass/1983}) 13. Bf4 Nd4 $2 {Sieht irgendwie konsequent aus
mit den Schwerfiguren in der c-Linie, verliert aber dummerweise einen sehr
wichtigen P.} (13... Qb6) 14. Nxd4 (14. Qd1 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bb7 $10) 14... cxd4
{[%csl Rc2]} 15. Bxd5 $1 {[%csl Ye6,Ra8] Eine Standardkombination im
Königsindischen Angriff, wenn Schwarz sich zu Qc7 überreden läßt. Hier zeigen
sich die taktischen Nachteile von Qc7.} Bb7 (15... exd5 16. e6 Bd6 $8 17. exd7
(17. exf7+ Kh8 $8 (17... Kh8 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qe6 Qxe6 20. Rxe6 Nc5 21. Re7 g6
22. Rae1 Kg7 $15) (17... Kf8 {Bangiev} 18. Qe6 $1 $18) (17... Kxf7 18. Qe6+ $18
)) 17... Qxd7 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rac1 $16 {[%csl Rd4,Rd5][%cal Ye2e5,Yf1h2,
Yh2f3]}) 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Rec1 Rc7 18. Nd2 Rac8 19. Nb3 {[%csl Rd4] ->Pd4} (
19. Ne4 $6 {Bangiev} Qd5 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. exd6 Rc6 $15 {/\e5}) 19... Qd5 20.
Qe4 Rxc2 $2 (20... Qxe4 21. dxe4 Rc4 (21... Rxc2 {Bangiev} 22. Nxd4 $1 Rxc1+
23. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Nxe5 25. Nxb5 Nd3 26. Be3 a6 27. Nc7 Nxb2 28. Nxa6 $16)
22. Rd1 (22. Kf1 f6 $1) 22... Rxc2 23. Nxd4 Rxb2 24. Nxb5 $16) 21. Rxc2 Rxc2
22. Qxd5 exd5 23. Nxd4 Rxb2 24. Bc1 $18 Ba3 (24... Rb4 $2 25. Nc6) 25. Nf5 (25.
Bxb2 $2 {Bangiev} Bxb2) (25. Nf3 $18 {Bangiev}) 25... Nxe5 26. Bxb2 Bxb2 27.
Rb1 Nxd3 28. Kf1 (28. Kf1 {Bangiev} a6 29. Ke2 Nc1+ 30. Kd1 Ba3 31. Rxc1 Bxc1
32. Kxc1 $18) 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Kladovo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Vukovic, Zdravko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 b6 8. Re1
Bb7 9. c3 Qc7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. e5 Nd7 12. Nf1 Rae8 13. Bf4 Qd8 {Schwarz strebt
konsequent den Vorstoß des f-P an.} 14. h4 f5 (14... f6) 15. exf6 $6 Bxf6 16.
Ng5 (16. Bh3 $6 e5 17. Bxd7 Qxd7) 16... Nde5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Bh3 Bc8 19. Nh2
(19. f4 $5 h6 (19... Bc7 20. d4 $1 cxd4 21. Qd3) (19... Bf6 20. Qh5 (20. Bxe6+
Kh8 (20... Bxe6 21. Nxe6 Qd6 22. f5) 21. Qh5 Bxg5 22. Bxc8 Bxf4 23. Bf5) 20...
Bxg5 21. hxg5 e5 $17) 20. fxe5 (20. Nf3 Bf6) (20. Bxe6+ Bxe6 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22.
fxe5 Rxe5) 20... hxg5 $13) 19... h6 20. Ngf3 Bf6 21. Nd2 e5 $15 22. Bxc8 Qxc8
23. Qh5 Qa6 24. Re3 Qb7 25. Qf3 Qd7 26. Qg2 Kh8 27. Re2 Rd8 28. Rd1 Ne7 29.
Ndf3 Nc6 30. a3 a5 31. Nf1 g6 32. Ne3 Bg7 33. Ne1 b5 34. N1c2 d4 35. Nf1 c4 36.
Ne1 dxc3 37. bxc3 Qe7 $4 (37... b4 $5 38. axb4 axb4 39. Qe4 (39. cxb4 Nd4 40.
Re3 c3 $44) 39... bxc3 40. Qxg6 Nd4 $36) 38. Qxc6 cxd3 39. Rxd3 Qxa3 40. Qxb5
1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "El Taher, Fouad"]
[Black "Juarez Flores, Carlos Armando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. e5
Nd7 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Qe2 h6 11. h4 g5 $6 {hier neu, aber ein bekanntes Motiv} (
11... Be7) 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Nxg5 Qxe5 14. Qxe5 Ncxe5 15. f4 Ng4 16. f5 e5 (
16... Bh6 17. Nc4 $1 (17. Ndf3) 17... dxc4 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bc6 $16) 17. c4 (
17. Nc4 $2 Rb8) 17... Bh6 18. Ndf3 f6 (18... dxc4 19. Nxe5) (18... Kf8 19. cxd5
Bxd5 20. Nxe5) 19. Ne6 Kf7 $2 (19... Bxc1 20. Raxc1) (19... Ke7 $1 20. Nc7 Rac8
21. Nxd5+ Bxd5 22. cxd5) 20. cxd5 $18 Rag8 (20... Bxd5 21. Nxe5+ Ndxe5 22. Bxd5
) 21. d6 e4 22. dxe4 Nge5 23. Nxe5+ Nxe5 24. Bxh6 Rxh6 25. Re3 Ke8 26. Rd1 Kd7
27. Ra3 a6 28. Rb3 Kc8 (28... b5 29. Nxc5+) 29. Rxb6 Rxg3 30. Nxc5 Bc6 31.
Rxc6+ Nxc6 32. d7+ Kd8 33. Rd6 Rh8 34. Rxc6 Rhg8 35. Kf1 Rxg2 36. Rc8+ Ke7 37.
Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-B 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lazic, Miroljub"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Nd7 9. Qe2 (9. e5 $5 Qc7 10. Qe2 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 {/\ Bd6,e5} 12. c3 $13 {/\ d4
}) 9... b5 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. Bg5 (12. e5 {Die weiße Q entwickelt man 
(ohne Qc7) in der Hauptvariante selten nach e2.}) 12... dxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb7 14.
Bxe7 Qxe7 15. N1d2 Rfd8 16. Nc4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Nd4 $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.03.03"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Petah Tikva Elitzur"]
[BlackTeam "Kfar Saba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O Qc7 8. Re1
b6 9. c3 Bb7 10. a3 O-O-O {Es scheint mir, daß dieser Zug seit der Partie
Tseitlin-Sutovskij in der Krise ist.} ({Versucht wurden auch} 10... O-O) (10...
h6) (10... a5) (10... b5) (10... dxe4) 11. b4 dxe4 (11... c4 $6 {kann kaum
überzeugen, denn nach} 12. exd5 ({Ruhiger ist} 12. e5 Nd7 13. d4 $16 {Haakert,
J-Zimmermann/Frankfurt 1988}) 12... exd5 13. dxc4 dxc4 14. Qc2 $16 {ist der
Pc4 nicht mehr zu retten.}) 12. dxe4 Ng4 (12... Nd7 13. Qb3 $1 (13. Qa4 Bf6 {
verlief für die Schwarzen sehr erfreulich:} 14. Bb2 (14. Re3 Kb8 15. Ne1 g5 16.
Rb1 g4 17. h4 Nce5 18. Qc2 c4 $17 {Trisic,A-Buhr,C/Hamburg/1998}) 14... Nce5
15. Bf1 Kb8 16. Qb3 g5 17. Rac1 $2 g4 18. Nd4 Bg5 $19 {Forgacs,G-Breutigam,M/
Delmenhorst/1987}) 13... Nde5 {führte in der Partie Tseitlin-Sutovskij/Tel
Aviv/1999 zur selben Stellung wie in der Partie nach 13...Nge5.}) (12... Ne5 $2
13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Qc2 Rd7 $2 15. Nc4 $18 {Kais,E-Kranz,A/Goetzis/1995}) 13. Qb3
$1 {Ich nehme an, daß es sich bei dem Gegner von Tseitlin aus der oben (und
unten) zitierten Partie um unseren Weißspieler handelt. Wenn dem so ist, zeigt
er, daß er Tseitlins Lektion verstanden hat. Es macht keinen wesentlichen
Unterschied, ob Nd7 oder Ng4 geschehen ist, da der N eh nach e5 strebt.} (13.
Qa4 Bf6 14. b5 Na5 15. Qc2 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Re3 c4 $15 {Bofill,A-Ehrke,A/
Groningen/1988}) 13... Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Nc4 {Das ist der eigentliche
Witz von Qb3.} Nd3 ({Auch} 15... Nxc4 {befriedigt nicht:} 16. Qxc4 $14 {
Weiß ist eher in der Lage, Linien zu öffnen.}) 16. Rd1 Rd7 $146 {Auch in
Anbetracht des weiteren Verlaufs der Partie handelt es sich hier kaum um eine
vorbereitete Neuerung.} ({Sutovskij selbst (?) wählte} 16... Nxc1 17. Rdxc1 Kb8
18. b5 $16 {[%csl Gc4] Der Nc4 ist ideal plaziert.} h5 19. a4 {[%cal Ya4a5]}
Bg5 20. Re1 h4 21. a5 hxg3 22. hxg3 Kc8 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ra7 $40 {[%cal Re4e5]
Tseitlin,M-Sutovskij,E/Tel Aviv/1999}) 17. b5 {[%csl Gc4]} Rhd8 18. a4 Bf6 19.
a5 Ne5 ({Nach der harmlosen Demonstration} 19... h5 {setzt Weiß seinen Angriff
wie in der Partie Tseitlins fort:} 20. axb6 axb6 21. Ra7 $40) 20. Bf4 {Damit
behauptet Weiß den Nc4, auf dem der weiße Vorteil basiert.} Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 g5 {
Schwarz kommt um diesen schwächenden Zug nicht herum.} ({Nach} 21... Rxd1+ 22.
Qxd1 {muß Schwarz doch} g5 {spielen.}) 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 ({Das Einschalten von} 
22... Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 {macht wenig Unterschied:} Bxe5 24. a6 Ba8 25. Qh5 Bxc3
26. Qxh7 $16) 23. a6 $1 {Damit markiert Weiß die Schwäche a7 und drängt den
Bb7 noch weiter ab.} Ba8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Qd1+ Ke8 (25... Kc8 26. Qh5 {
ist die oben angegebene Variante.}) (25... Ke7 {löst die schwarzen Probleme
auch nicht:} 26. Qh5 Bxc3 27. Qxg5+ Kf8 {z.B.:} 28. Qf4 (28. e5 $5) (28. Qh6+)
28... Qxf4 29. gxf4 Ke7 30. e5 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Kd8 32. Nxb6) 26. Qh5 Bxc3 27.
Qxh7 Qd8 (27... Kf8 28. Qh6+ Bg7 29. Qxg5 $18) 28. Qg8+ Ke7 29. Qxg5+ Bf6 30.
Qf4 ({Auch nach} 30. Qh5 {[%cal Re4e5] sehe ich kein Entkommen:} Bd4 31. e5
Bxg2 32. Qg5+ Kd7 33. Qxd8+ Kxd8 34. Kxg2) 30... Qd1+ 31. Bf1 e5 (31... Qd7 32.
e5 Bg7 33. Qg5+ Kf8 34. Nd6 $18 {[%cal Yh2h4,Yh4h5,Yh5h6]}) 32. Nxe5 Qd6 33.
Nc4 Qxf4 34. gxf4 Bxe4 35. Nxb6 Kd8 (35... axb6 36. Bg2 $18) 36. Nc4 Kc7 37.
Bg2 Bd3 38. Bd5 (38. b6+ $2 Kb8) 38... Bxc4 39. Bxc4 Kb6 40. Kg2 Ka5 41. Kf3
Bd8 {Ohne diese Umgruppierung ist der gemeinsame Vormarsch von Kf3 und Ph2
entscheidend.} 42. Ke4 Kb4 43. Kd5 {[%cal Rh2h4] Bd8 kann nicht Pb5-b6 und Ph4
gleichzeitig unterbinden.} Ka5 44. Kxc5 f5 45. Bd3 Bb6+ 46. Kc6 Bxf2 47. h4 1-0

[Event "Linares zt"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ribeiro, Fernando"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O b6 8. Re1
Bb7 9. c3 Qc7 10. h4 (10. a3 {/\ b4 wird hier viel häufiger gespielt.}) 10...
h6 11. e5 Nd7 12. Qe2 $6 (12. Nf1 $142 Ndxe5 $140 $6 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bf4 Bd6
15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Qh5 $14) (12. d4 $6 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Re3 Qc2 $1) 12...
g5 13. hxg5 hxg5 {[%cal Rg5g4]} 14. g4 {[%csl Rf4,Rh4] Schwarz kann spätestens
hier mit dem Verlauf der Eröffnung sehr zufrieden sein.} (14. Nf1) 14... O-O-O
15. Nf1 (15. a3) 15... Rdg8 16. a3 $146 {/\ b4} (16. d4 cxd4 (16... Nf8) (16...
Kb8) 17. cxd4 Kb8 18. Bd2 Nf8 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. a3 {Sarkisova-Nevednichaja/
Spartakiade/1979} Ng6 $1 21. b4 Nh4 $40) (16. Bd2 Kb8 (16... Nf8 17. b4 Ng6 18.
b5 Nd8 19. d4 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Ng3 Nf4 22. Qf1 Qh7 23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. g5
Bxg5 25. dxc5 bxc5 26. Re5 fxg3 27. fxg3 Bf6 28. Qf2 Bxe5 {0-1
Laven-Kindermann/BL 1983}) 17. Rab1 d4 18. Ng3 Rh4 $1 19. Nxh4 gxh4 20. Ne4
Ncxe5 21. g5 $8 f5 $17 {Nazarov,A-Yandemirov,V/URS-chT Azov/1991}) 16... c4 $5
17. dxc4 (17. d4 $2 Na5 $17 {[%cal Ya5b3,Yd7f8,Yf8g6]}) 17... dxc4 $1 (17...
Na5) 18. Qxc4 Nc5 19. b4 Ba6 20. b5 Na5 21. Qe2 Bb7 $44 22. Be3 (22. Ra2) 22...
Nd7 23. Bd4 Nf8 {[%cal Rf8g6,Rg6f4]} 24. N3d2 (24. a4 Ng6 25. N1d2 Nf4 26. Qf1)
24... Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Ng6 26. Qe4 Nf4+ 27. Kf3 Kb8 28. Ng3 Rc8 29. Rh1 Rxh1 30.
Rxh1 Bxa3 31. Rh7 $6 (31. Ne2 Ng6 32. Rh5 Nh4+ 33. Ke3 Qe7 34. f3 $15) 31...
Bc5 (31... Bc1 $1 32. Ngf1 Nd5 $17 {[%csl Rc3]}) 32. Ne2 Ng6 33. Kg3 $2 (33.
Qe3 $142) 33... Bxd4 34. cxd4 $2 (34. Nxd4 Nxe5 35. Kg2 $17) 34... Qc2 $1 $19
35. Qe3 Nf4 36. Rxf7 Nd5 37. Qxg5 Qd3+ 38. Nf3 Qxe2 39. Qh6 Nc7 40. g5 Qxb5 41.
g6 Qe8 42. Ng5 Nc6 43. g7 Nxd4 44. Kg4 Qa4 (44... Nf5 45. Qh7 Qg8 46. Qxg8) 45.
Qh8 Nf5+ 46. Kh3 Nxg7 47. Qxg7 a5 48. f3 Qe8 49. Kg4 a4 50. Re7 Qc6 51. Qf7 a3
52. Nxe6 Qc4+ 53. f4 a2 54. Nxc7 Qxf7 55. Na6+ Ka8 56. Rxf7 a1=Q 57. Nc7+ Kb8
58. Ne6 Qd1+ 59. Kf5 b5 60. Kf6 b4 0-1

[Event "Chebanenco Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Kishinev"]
[Date "1998.02.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chernov, Vadim A"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1998.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MDA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Sakaev,K} c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d3 d5 5. Nd2 g6 6. Ngf3 Bg7 7. O-O
d4 {'!?' Sakaev,K. Zu dieser Festlegung der P-Struktur greift Schwarz meist
erst, wenn Weiß sich in irgendeiner Weise (für diese Struktur) kompromittiert
hat (z.B. mit Re1).} 8. a4 {Bereitet Nc4 vor, indem der N dort gegen b7-b5
geschützt wird.} e5 9. Nc4 f6 {'!' Sakaev,K.} (9... Nge7 {Sakaev,K} 10. c3 O-O
11. cxd4 (11. b4 dxc3 12. bxc5 Nd4 $13) 11... exd4 (11... cxd4 12. b4 $36) 12.
Bf4 (12. Bd2 $5 Be6 (12... h6 13. a5 Be6 14. Qa4 $14) 13. Qb3 b6 14. Ng5 $36)
12... Be6 13. Ng5 $14) 10. Ne1 {[%cal Yf2f4] '?!' Sakaev,K.} (10. c3) (10. c3 {
Sakaev,K} Nh6 $1 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. a5 $13) 10... Nh6 11. f4 Nf7 {Der Nf7 ist
hier nützlicher als auf e7.} 12. Nf3 Bf8 {'!' Sakaev,K. Schwarz vertrödelt
insgesamt ziemlich viel Zeit. Es ist aber nicht leicht, dies zu bestrafen, da
er eine sehr effektive Verteidigungsstellung eingenommen hat. Bf8 ist keine
reine Provokation: der Bg7 wird dort nicht mehr benötigt, da der Nf7 seine
Aufgaben übernommen hat.} (12... O-O {Dieser Zug wäre wahrscheinlich den
meisten Schachspielern eingefallen; Sakaev gefiel vielleicht nicht, den K dort
zu plazieren, wo der Weiße eh seine Expansionspläne verfolgt.} 13. f5 $5 gxf5
$140 $6 14. exf5 Bxf5 $6 15. Nfxe5 $14) (12... Be6 {Es ist mir nicht klar,
warum Schwarz hier nicht gleich diesen Zug gewählt hat.} 13. f5 $5 (13. f5 {
Sakaev,K} gxf5 (13... Bxc4 14. fxg6 hxg6 15. dxc4 $14) (13... Bd7 14. fxg6 hxg6
15. Nh4) 14. Nh4 (14. exf5 Bxc4 15. dxc4 e4) 14... fxe4 15. Bxe4 $44)) 13. Rf2
(13. c3 $5 Be6 (13... Be6 {Sakaev,K} 14. f5 Bd7 15. fxg6 hxg6 16. Nh4 Rg8 $1
$15)) (13. f5 $5 g5 14. g4) 13... Be6 14. Qf1 {[%cal Yg2h3]} (14. f5 Bxc4 (
14... gxf5 15. exf5 Bd5 (15... Bxf5 $2 16. Nfxe5 $16) 16. Nfd2 $14 {[%cal
Yd2e4]}) 15. dxc4 Bh6 (15... Nd6 16. Nh4 $13 (16. fxg6 Nxe4 $140 $2 (16... hxg6
17. Nh4 $13) 17. Nxe5 Nxf2 18. Qh5 $40)) 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Nh4 $13) 14... Qd7
15. fxe5 (15. f5 {Sakaev,K} gxf5 16. Nh4 (16. exf5 Bxc4 17. dxc4 e4 $17) 16...
f4 $1 17. gxf4 Nd6 $15) (15. Nh4 {Sakaev,K} exf4 16. gxf4 Be7 $15 17. f5 $2
Bxc4 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Nxg6 Be6 20. Nxh8 Nxh8 $17) 15... fxe5 16. Ng5 Nxg5 17.
Bxg5 Bg7 18. g4 $2 {Weiß bietet einen P an und will das Spiel in taktische
Bahnen lenken. Der Zug hat aber ernste Mängel: er kerkert den Bg2 ein und
schwächt f4.} (18. Bf6 $6 {führt nur zu einem ungünstigen Abtausch.} O-O) (18.
h4 {[%cal Yg1h2,Yg2h3] Das wäre das naheliegende Vorgehen gewesen.} h6 19. Bd2)
(18. Rf6 $1 {Sakaev,K} Bxf6 19. Qxf6 Rf8 20. Nxe5 Qd6 (20... Qe7 $6 21. Qxe7+
Nxe7 22. Bh6 Rg8 23. Nf3 $36) 21. Nc4 Qd7 22. Ne5 $11) 18... Nd8 $1 {'-/+!'
Sakaev,K. Einerseits deckt Schwarz damit das Einbruchsfeld f7, andererseits
peilt er langfristig auch das Ziel f4 an.} (18... Bxg4 $2 19. Rf7 Qxf7 20. Nd6+
$18) (18... Bxc4 19. dxc4 Qxg4 20. Bd2 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Ya1a3,Ya3g3] Momentan
kann Weiß sein Kraftpaket (Bg2) noch nicht richtig in Szene setzen. Wenn ihm
das aber gelingt, so kann das leicht dramatische Folgen haben. Ich denke, daß
Weiß hier mindestens ausreichende Kompensation besitzt.} (20. Rf7 $6 Qxg5 21.
Rxg7 Qe3+ 22. Kh1 Rf8 $13)) (18... h6 {Sakaev,K} 19. Bh4 h5 $1 $15 (19... g5 $2
20. Bg3 O-O-O 21. Rf5 $13)) 19. Bf6 $2 {Setzt die im letzten Zug angefangene
Schwächung von f4 konsequent fort.} (19. h3 {Gibt zwar den Fehler im letzten
Zug zu, begrenzt aber den Schaden.} h5 (19... Nf7) 20. gxh5 (20. Bf6 $2 Bxf6
21. Rxf6 Bxc4 22. dxc4 hxg4 $17) 20... gxh5 (20... Rxh5 $6 21. Nxe5 $13)) 19...
Bxf6 20. Rxf6 Bxc4 21. dxc4 Ne6 (21... Qxg4 {[%csl Gg2] Schwarz ist nicht
daran interessiert, den Bg2 aus seinem Käfig zu befreien.} 22. Qf2 $44 {
[%cal Ya1f1]} (22. Ra3)) 22. g5 {[%cal Rg2h3]} Qe7 (22... Nxg5) (22... Nf4 {
Sakaev,K} 23. Rxf4 $1 $44) 23. h4 Rf8 (23... h6) (23... Nf4 24. Rxf4 exf4 25.
Qxf4 $15) 24. Qf3 (24. Rxf8+ $142 Qxf8 25. Qxf8+ Kxf8 $17) 24... Nf4 $19 {
[%csl Gf4]} 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Qg4 Kg7 27. Ra3 Rf8 28. Rb3 Qf7 29. a5 Kg8 30.
Rf3 {Ein verzweifelterVersuch, dem Bg2 doch noch zu Spiel zu verhelfen.} (30.
Bf1 Ne6 31. Qe2 Qf4 $19) 30... Qxc4 31. Bf1 Qf7 (31... Qxc2 $2 32. Rxf4 Rxf4
33. Qe6+ $11) 32. b3 Kh8 {Schwarz hat alle Zeit der Welt.} (32... Nh3+ 33. Kg2
(33. Rxh3 $4 Qxf1+ 34. Kh2 Rf2+ $19) (33. Qxh3 Qxf3 34. Qe6+ Qf7 $19) 33...
Qxf3+ 34. Qxf3 Rxf3 35. Kxf3 Nf4 $19) 33. Bc4 Qe7 34. Rf1 Kg7 35. Kh2 Qd6 36.
Kg1 Rd8 37. Kh2 Re8 38. Rf2 Qc7 39. Rf1 Rf8 40. Kg1 Qc8 41. Qxc8 Rxc8 42. Rb1
h6 43. gxh6+ Kxh6 44. Kh2 g5 45. Rg1 (45. hxg5+ Kxg5 46. Rg1+ Kf6 $19) 45...
gxh4 46. Rg4 Ng6 47. Be6 (47. Bf7 Rc6) 47... Rc6 48. Bf5 Rf6 49. Kh3 (49. Bxg6
Rxg6 50. Rxh4+ Kg7 $19 {[%cal Yg6h6]}) 49... b6 50. axb6 axb6 51. Rg1 Rd6 52.
Rd1 Kh5 53. Kg2 Nf4+ 54. Kf3 d3 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O (7... b6
$5 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 d4 10. Ne1 Bb7 11. f4 Qc7 12. Nf3 O-O-O 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Ne4
Rde8 15. a3 f5 16. exf6 gxf6 $13 {Psakhis,L-Hjartarson,J/ISR-ISL/1996/1|0/41/})
8. Nbd2 $6 (8. e5 $5 Nd7 9. c4 d4 (9... Nb6 10. Bf4 (10. h4 f5 $5 11. Bf4 $6 (
11. exf6 $5) 11... Bd7 12. Nc3 Be8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Ne1 Qd8 16.
Nc2 Qb6 $17 {Shchekachev,A-Semeniuk,A/Orel/1992/0|1/34/}) 10... Bd7 (10... f5
$5) 11. h4 Nd4 $6 (11... f5 $5) 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Nd2 Bc6 14. Rad1 $16 {
Bronstein,D-Dzindzichashvili,R/URS/1972/1|0/21/}) 10. h4 Kh8 11. Bf4 f6 12.
Nbd2 Qe8 13. Bh3 f5 14. Ng5 $14 {Psakhis,L-Smirin,I/Haifa/1995/1|0/43/}) 8...
b5 9. Re1 a5 (9... b4 10. e5 Ne8 $5 11. Nf1 Nc7 12. Bf4 Nb5 13. h4 Bd7 14. N1h2
a5 15. h5 a4 16. h6 g6 17. Qd2 f5 $22 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bg5
$17 {Kuzmin,A-Kremenietsky,A/Moscow/1982/0|1/39/}) 10. Nf1 b4 11. e5 Nd7 12. h4
Ba6 13. h5 a4 14. a3 $2 (14. Bf4 $5 a3 15. b3 Na7 16. N1h2 Nb5 17. Bd2 $22 Qc7
18. Ng4 $13) 14... c4 $1 15. d4 $2 (15. axb4 $2 cxd3 16. cxd3 Nxb4 $17) (15.
dxc4 $5 Bxc4 16. Qd1 bxa3 17. bxa3) 15... c3 16. Qe3 Nb6 $5 (16... cxb2 $5 17.
Bxb2 Nb6 18. N1d2 Na5 $17) 17. bxc3 Nc4 18. Qf4 b3 $1 19. cxb3 axb3 $17 20. Rb1
Rb8 21. Qg4 Kh8 (21... Re8 $6 22. Bh6 g6 (22... Bf8 $2 23. Bxg7 Bxg7 24. h6 $18
) 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Bg5 $132) 22. h6 g6 23. Bg5 b2 (23... Nxa3 24. Ra1 Nc2 25.
Bxe7 (25. Rxa6 Nxe1 26. Nxe1 Bxg5 27. Rxc6 b2 $19) 25... Nxe7 26. Rxa6 Nxe1 27.
Nxe1 b2 28. Qf4 Nf5 29. Nd2 b1=Q 30. Nxb1 Rxb1 31. Qd2 $17) 24. Re2 Nxa3 25.
Rbxb2 Bxe2 26. Rxe2 Rb3 27. Bd2 Nc4 (27... Nb1 28. Re3) 28. Be1 Kg8 $19 29. Qf4
Rb1 (29... Na7 $5) 30. N1h2 Ra1 31. Bf1 Nb8 32. Rc2 Qc7 33. Qg4 Nd7 34. Kg2 Rb8
35. Bd3 Rb2 $6 (35... Rbb1 $5 36. Re2 Rc1 $19) (35... Qc6 $5 36. Qf4 Qa4 $19)
36. Rxb2 Nxb2 37. Bb5 Nc4 38. Bxd7 Qxd7 39. Qf4 Qd8 40. Bd2 (40. Ng4 $5) 40...
Ra2 $2 (40... Nxd2 $5 41. Qxd2 (41. Nxd2 $2 Bg5 $19) 41... Qc7 $22 42. Ng4 Ra3
$19) 41. Be1 Rc2 42. Kh3 Kf8 $17 (42... Re2 43. Ng4 Re4 44. Qc1 $17) 43. Nf1 (
43. Ng4 $2 g5 $1 $19) 43... Ke8 44. Ne3 Nxe3 45. Qxe3 Ra2 46. Bd2 Qb8 47. Qd3
Qb3 48. Kg2 Ra1 49. Ng5 $2 (49. Bg5 Bf8 $17) 49... Bxg5 $1 (49... Rd1 $2 50.
Nxh7 Qb2 51. Qa6 $1 Rxd2 52. Qc8+ Bd8 53. Nf6+ $18) 50. Bxg5 Qc4 $1 $19 51. Qf3
(51. Qxc4 dxc4 52. Kf3 Rd1 53. Ke2 Rd3 54. Bd2 Kd7 55. Be1 Kc6 56. Bd2 Kd5 57.
f3 Kc6 $22 58. Be1 Kb5 59. Bd2 Ka4 60. Be1 Kb3 61. Bd2 Kc2 $19) 51... Qf1+ 52.
Kh2 Qd1 $1 (52... Ra2 53. Be3) 53. Qxd1 (53. Qg2 Qh5+ $19) 53... Rxd1 54. Kh3
Rd3 55. Kg4 f5+ $6 (55... Rxc3 $1 56. Be3 Rd3 57. Kg5 Ke7 58. g4 f6+ 59. exf6+
Kf7 60. Kf4 Kxf6 61. g5+ Ke7 62. Ke5 Rd1 63. Bf4 Re1+ 64. Be3 Rf1 65. Kf4 Kd6
$19) 56. exf6 Kf7 57. Bf4 Kxf6 $6 (57... Rxc3 $5 58. Be5 Rc2 59. f3 (59. Kf3 g5
$19) 59... Rh2 60. Bf4 Kxf6 61. Be5+ Kf7 62. Bf4 (62. Bg7 Rh5 63. Kf4 g5+ $19)
62... Rh1 63. Bg5 Rd1 64. Be3 Rd3 $19) 58. Be5+ Ke7 $2 (58... Kf7 $1 $8 59. f4
Rxc3 60. Kh4 g5+ $1 61. fxg5 Kg6 62. Bf6 Re3 63. g4 Re1 64. Kg3 e5 65. Kf2 (65.
Bxe5 Kxg5 66. Bf4+ Kg6 67. Kf3 Re4 68. Be3 Kf6 69. Bd2 Kf7 70. Be3 Kg6 71. g5
Kf5 $19) 65... Re4 66. dxe5 d4 67. Kf3 d3 68. Kxe4 d2 $19) 59. f4 Rxc3 60. Kh4
Ra3 (60... g5+ 61. fxg5 Kf7 62. Kh5 Rc1 63. g6+ $1 hxg6+ 64. Kg5 Rh1 65. g4 $10
) 61. g4 Ra8 62. Kg5 Rf8 63. Bg7 Rf7 64. Be5 Kd7 (64... Rf8 65. Bg7 Ra8 66. Be5
Ra1 67. Bg7 $10) 65. Bg7 Kc6 66. Bf6 Kb5 67. f5 $1 (67. f5 exf5 68. gxf5 gxf5
69. Kxf5 Kc4 70. Ke6 Ra7 71. Be5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balatonbereny GM"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Schlindwein, Rolf"]
[Black "Bezold, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bc4 Bb7 4. Qe2 c5 5. Nf3 a6 6. a4 d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nf6 9. O-O Qc8 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Rfe1 Be7 12. Rad1 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 (13... Nxf6
14. f4 {Instead of agreeing a draw, White should have played 14 f4 with the
idea of f5 or e5, depending on Black's next move. Black has wasted too much
time in the opening, and now has to pay the price.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kersten, Uwe"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. c3 Bb7 6. e5 (6. Qa4+ $5) 6... Nfd7
7. d4 c5 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Qe2 Nc7 13. h4
h6 14. Bf4 a5 $15 15. h5 (15. a4 Nb8 $1 {/\ Qd7}) 15... a4 16. Nc1 Nb8 17. Rh3
Kd7 $5 18. Rg3 Rg8 19. Qc2 $1 Nc6 20. Ne2 Nb4 21. Qh7 a3 22. b3 Rh8 23. Qb1 Qg8
24. Nc3 $6 (24. Kf1 Rc8 $15) 24... Qc8 $1 25. Kd2 {>< Kd2} Rg8 26. Qh7 $6 (26.
Qf1) 26... Qa6 27. Rc1 Rac8 $6 (27... g5 $1 28. Be3 $8 Rh8 29. Qb1 Rac8 $17)
28. Ng1 $1 g5 29. hxg6 Rxg6 30. Nge2 Rcg8 $6 (30... Nb5 $13) 31. Bxh6 $1 Rxg3 (
31... Ke8 $5) 32. fxg3 Rg6 $2 (32... Rg4 33. Nf4 Nb5 $13) 33. Nf4 $18 Rxg3 (
33... Nb5 $5 34. Bf8 $3 $18 {Vorschlag eines Kiebitzes nach der Partie.}) 34.
Qxf7 Kd8 $5 {Entfesselt den B.} (34... Qa8 35. Nce2 $18) 35. Bf8 $4 (35. Nce2
$18) 35... Rd3+ $19 36. Ke1 Bh4+ 37. g3 Bxg3+ 38. Kf1 Rxc3+ 39. Kg2 Rxc1 40.
Kxg3 Kc8 41. Bxb4 Rg1+ 42. Kh4 Qf1 43. Be7 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {King Chekhov} e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. g3 dxe4 6. dxe4 Bb7
7. Bb5+ $6 (7. Bg2 $5) (7. Qe2 $5 {Chekhov} Ba6 8. c4 Nc6 9. e5 (9. Bg2 e5 10.
Nb3 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qe7 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Nbxd2 Rd8 14. O-O O-O 15. b4 Bb7 16. Nb3
a5 17. b5 Nb8 $15 {Gayson,P-Lalic,S/Isle of Man/1994/0|1/36/}) 9... Nd7 10. Bg2
Nc5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Ne1 Qd7 13. f4 O-O-O 14. Ndf3 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2
Qxd4 $10 {Morozevich,A-Rozentalis,E/Moscow(olm)/1994/0,5/65/}) (7. Bg2 $6 {
Chekhov} Nxe4 8. Ne5 Nc3 9. Qh5 g6 10. Bxb7 gxh5 11. bxc3 Bg7 12. Ndf3 O-O 13.
O-O Nd7 14. Nc6 Qf6 15. Bg5 Qxc3 $19 {Kovas,A-Dizdar,G/Zenica/1985/0|1/19/})
7... Nbd7 (7... c6 {Chekhov} 8. Bc4 Nbd7 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 Rd8 11. c3 b5 12.
Bf1 Bc5 13. Qe2 e5 14. Nh4 g6 $132 {Berg,K-Haagen,H/Copenhagen/1989/0,5/41/})
8. Ne5 (8. O-O $6 {Chekhov} a6 9. Bd3 Nc5 10. Qe2 Nxd3 11. cxd3 c5 12. b3 Be7
13. Bb2 O-O 14. Rfd1 b5 $15 {Whitehead,P-Bustamante,R/USA/1977/0,5/36/}) 8...
a6 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Be2 Bc5 11. Bf3 (11. O-O {Chekhov} Ne5 $15) 11... Ne5 12.
Bg2 h5 {White's opening has not been a raging success, and it is about to get
worse. It shows that an exchange of queens does not guarantee an easy life.}
13. Nb3 $6 (13. h3 $6 {Chekhov} Qf6 14. f4 Qg6 $1 $40) 13... Qxd1+ 14. Kxd1 {
White has permanent problems due to his king being stuck in th middle of the
board.} Be7 (14... Bxf2 {Chekhov} 15. Ke2 Bc5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Bf4 f6 18. Bxe5
fxe5 19. Rad1 $44) 15. f4 $6 (15. Ke2 a5 $1 $17) 15... Ng4 16. Ke2 O-O-O 17. h3
(17. Bf3) 17... Nf6 18. Ke3 a5 19. a4 Nd7 $1 {[%csl Gb3,Gc5,Gd7][%cal Ge7c5,
Gc5e3] Die Position des weitgereisten N wird noch einmal verbessert.} 20. Bd2 (
20. Rd1 Nc5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 23. Ke2 f5 $19) 20... Nc5 21. Nd4 $6
(21. Rhd1 f5 (21... Nxb3 22. cxb3 Bc5+ 23. Ke2 f5 (23... Ba6+ {Chekhov} 24. Ke1
$22 Rd3 25. Bf1) 24. Be3 $15) 22. Bc3 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 $17) (21. Bc3 {Chekhov
} Nxb3 22. cxb3 Bc5+ 23. Ke2 Ba6+ 24. Ke1 Rd3 $19) 21... e5 $1 $19 22. Nf5 (22.
fxe5 $4 {Chekhov} Bg5+ 23. Ke2 Bxd2 24. Kxd2 Ne6 25. c3 c5 $19) 22... exf4+ 23.
gxf4 Bf6 24. e5 (24. c3 Bxe4 $1 $19) (24. Bc3 {Chekhov} Bxc3 25. bxc3 g6 26.
Nd4 Bxe4 $1 27. Bxe4 Rhe8 $19) 24... Bxg2 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Bc3 (26. Rh2 Rhe8+
$19) 26... Rhe8+ 27. Kf2 Bxh1 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. dxe4 Nd7 5. Ngf3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O b6 8. c3
Bb7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Qc2 h6 11. a4 a6 12. Bf1 g5 13. Nc4 Ng6 14. b3 g4 15. Nd4
Nde5 16. Nf5 exf5 17. exf5 O-O 18. fxg6 Nxg6 19. Ne3 Re8 20. Bb2 Be4 21. Qc1
Qg5 22. c4 Nf4 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 {[#]} 24. Nf5 Nh3+ $1 25. gxh3 Bxf5 26. h4 $15
Rxe1 27. Qxe1 Qf6 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. a5 $11 Qd4 31. Qe7 Qc5 $6 (
31... Bd3 $11) 32. Qxc5 bxc5 $14 33. Kg2 Bc2 34. Kg3 h5 $2 (34... Kg7 35. Kxg4
Kf6 $14) 35. Kf4 $18 Kg7 36. Ke5 Bxb3 37. Bd3 Kf8 38. Kd5 Ke7 39. Bf5 Ba4 40.
Bc8 c6+ 41. Kxc5 Kd8 42. Bf5 Kc7 43. h3 gxh3 44. Bxh3 Bd1 45. Bg2 Be2 46. Bxc6
f6 47. Bd5 Bd3 48. Kd4 Bg6 49. c5 Be8 50. Bf3 Bg6 51. Be2 Kb7 52. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Odorheiu Secuiesc zt"]
[Site "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mrva, Martin"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. c3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Re1
Nc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. d4 a5 {[%cal Yc8a6]} (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 a5 12. Nb1 (12. Bd3
$5) 12... Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. a4 Ra8 $15 {Lau,R-Hertneck/BL 8889/}) 11. Bd3
$5 Ba6 12. Bb1 {[%cal Rb1h7]} Qc7 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rfc8 {[%cal Gd7f8]} 15.
Ng5 Nf8 16. Bf4 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 a4 18. a3 b5 (18... Na5 $6 19. Qxa4 Qc4+ (19...
Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qc4+ 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Rd1 $16) 20. Qxc4 Rxc4 21. Nf3 Nb3 22. Ba2
Nxa1 23. Bxc4 Nc2 24. Rc1 Nxa3 25. Bd3 Nc4 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Rxc4 $16) 19. Re3
Bxg5 $6 (19... Qa7 20. Rd3 (20. Nxh7 $2 Nxh7 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rh3+ Kg8 23.
Qh5 f5 $17) 20... Na5 21. Rh3 g6 $13) 20. Bxg5 Qa7 21. Rd3 Na5 $6 (21... Rc7
22. Qg4) 22. Rh3 $1 g6 (22... Nb3 23. Bxh7+ Nxh7 24. Qh5 f5 25. Qxh7+ Kf7 26.
Qh5+ Kg8 27. Bf6 $18) (22... h6 $5 23. Bxh6 Nb3 24. Rxb3 axb3 25. Qg4 g6 26.
Bd3 $40 {/\ Bh6-g5-f6, h2-h4-h5}) (22... Ng6 23. Qh5 h6 24. Bxh6 Qxd4 25. Bg5
$18) 23. Ba2 $16 f5 $5 (23... Rc6 24. Bf6 Rac8 25. Qd2 {[%cal Ge3h6]} Qc7 26.
Re1 Rc1 27. Rc3 $18) (23... Nc4 24. Bf6 Nd7 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Qd2 Nxf6 27. exf6
Qxd4 28. Qh6 Qxf6 29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ $18) 24. exf6 Qf7 25. Rg3 $6 Nc4 26.
Qe2 Nd6 27. Bb1 Rc4 28. Qe5 $2 (28. Bd3 $1 Nf5 (28... Rxd4 29. Qe5 $18) 29.
Bxf5 exf5 30. Re3 $18) 28... Ra6 $13 29. Bd3 Nd7 30. Qe3 Nf5 31. Bxf5 exf5 32.
b3 Rc8 $2 (32... axb3 33. Qxb3 b4 $13) 33. Rc1 $16 Re8 34. Qd3 Nxf6 35. Qxb5
$18 Rae6 36. Bxf6 Rxf6 37. Qxa4 f4 38. Rgc3 Qe6 39. Qb5 f3 40. Re3 Rc8 41.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 42. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 b6 6. e5 Nd7 7. d4 Ncb8 {
Weiß verlor 1 Tempo, Schwarz aber 2.} 8. Be2 c5 9. O-O Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11.
Re1 b5 12. Nf1 Qb6 13. Ng3 $16 Nc7 14. Nh5 a5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Be3 Qc4 17. b3
Qg4 18. Nf4 h6 19. a4 Bc5 20. h3 Qf5 21. g4 Qh7 22. axb5 Nxb5 23. c4 Nc3 24.
Qc1 Ne4 25. cxd5 O-O 26. dxe6 fxe6 27. Qc4 Rxf4 28. Bxf4 Bxf2+ 29. Kg2 Bxe1 30.
Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Rxe1 Ndc5 32. Qc6 Ra6 33. Qc8+ Qg8 34. Qxg8+ Kxg8 35. Nd4 Kf7 36.
e6+ Ke8 37. Kf3 Nd6 38. Bxd6 $2 (38. e7 Nf7 39. Nf5 Ne6 40. Rxe6 Rxe6 41. Nxg7+
Kxe7 42. Nxe6 Kxe6 $18) (38. Re3 $18) 38... Rxd6 39. Nf5 Rd3+ 40. Kf4 g6 41.
Nxh6 Rxb3 42. Kg5 Rb6 43. Re5 Nxe6+ 44. Kxg6 a4 45. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayamo"]
[Site "Bayamo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Antunes, Antonio"]
[Black "Paneque, Pedro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 f5 $5 {Der Zug ist sicher nicht so schlecht wie er
aussieht und wieder ein Beweis, daß man schon sehr zeitig neue Wege gehen kann.
} 4. Qh5+ $146 ({RR} 4. Qe2 Be7 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. c3 O-O 8. Ngf3 e5 9.
O-O fxe4 10. dxe4 Bg4 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qc4 Bf7 14. Qb5 a6 15. Qe2
Bh5 16. Qc4 Bf7 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. Ne4 Nb6 19. b3 Bh5 20. Qd3 Qe7 21. Nh4 Be8 22.
Nf5 Rxf5 23. Nxd6 Rf6 24. Nxe8 Qxe8 25. Bg5 Rd6 26. Qc2 Qh5 27. Be3 Rad8 {
1/2-1/2 Alvarez,J-Paneque,P/Holguin 1992/EXT 97 (27)}) ({RR} 4. exf5 exf5 5.
Qh5+ g6 6. Qe2+ Kf7 7. Ndf3 Nf6 8. Bf4 Bb4+ 9. c3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 cxd6 11. Qd2 Nc6
12. Ne2 Kg7 13. g3 Re8 14. O-O-O a5 15. Ned4 Bd7 16. Re1 Ne5 17. Bg2 b5 18. Nc2
Qb6 19. a3 Qxf2 20. Re2 Nxd3+ {0-1 Gavrikov,V-Muratov,V/Tallinn 1988/EXT 88 
(20)}) ({RR} 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. exf5 exf5 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. g3 Nge7 8. Nf4 O-O 9. Bg2
Ng6 10. Nxg6 Qe8+ 11. Nge5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Be6 15.
f4 Bf7 16. Be3 Rfe8 {1/2-1/2 Dely,P-Yoffie,M/Belgrade 1968/MCD-r6 (16)}) 4...
g6 5. Qe2 Ne7 $1 6. exf5 Nxf5 7. Ngf3 Bg7 $10 8. h4 Nc6 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 O-O
$15 11. h5 e5 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. c3 Rb8 15. Qc2 e4 16. dxe4 dxe4 17.
Bc4+ Be6 18. Nfd2 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 b5 20. axb5 Rxb5 21. Bc1 Qe6 22. Ra4 Nd6 23.
Nbxa5 Nxa5 24. Nxa5 Qg4 25. Nc4 Qxg2 26. Rf1 Nxc4 27. Rxc4 Re5 28. Be3 Ra5 29.
Ra4 Rfa8 30. Rxa5 Rxa5 31. Qd1 Kh7 32. Ke2 Qf3+ 33. Ke1 Qg2 34. Ke2 Qg4+ 35.
Ke1 Qg2 36. Ke2 g5 37. Rh1+ Kg6 38. Qf1 Qf3+ 39. Kd2 Qf5 40. Qh3 Qd5+ 41. Kc2
Qd3+ 42. Kb3 Qb5+ 43. Kc2 Qd3+ 44. Kb3 Rb5+ 45. Ka2 Rxb2+ 46. Ka1 Ra2+ 47. Kxa2
Qc2+ 48. Ka3 Bf8+ 0-1

[Event "GER-ch"]
[Site "Bad Neuenahr"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Buecker, Stefan"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 d4 {Eine neue beachtliche Idee.
d2-d4 wird verhindert.} 6. Bb2 (6. axb4 Bxb4 7. Ba3 Bxa3 8. Nxa3 Ne7 9. Bd3 Ng6
10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 O-O $15 {Martens-Djurhuus/Santiago WchJ/1990/i51/(257)})
6... Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. O-O $5 (8. Qe2 a6 9. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Rg1
bxa3 12. Nxa3 Bd5 13. Nab5 $1 axb5 14. Qxb5+ Bc6 15. Nxc6 Rxa1+ 16. Bxa1 bxc6
17. Qxc6+ $10 {Djurhuus}) 8... Nxe5 $2 {Tapst in die Falle. Viele Züge ergäben
angenehmes Spiel: 8...Qb6!? 8...Nh6} 9. Nxe5 Bxb5 10. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 11. Qh5+ g6
12. Qxb5 $14 Qb6 13. Qc4 (13. Qxb6 axb6 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Bxa1 Bg7 (15... e5 $2
16. f4 $16) 16. Na3 Ne7 17. Nc4 $14) 13... Bg7 14. axb4 Ne7 15. Na3 Rhc8 16.
Qb3 Nd5 17. b5 a6 18. Rfe1 axb5 19. Nxb5 Rxa1 20. Bxa1 (20. Rxa1 $5 $14) 20...
Rc6 21. Bb2 Bf6 $2 (21... Nc7 $1 22. Nxc7 (22. Qf3+ Kg8 23. Nxc7 Rxc7 24. Ra1
h5) 22... Qxb3 23. cxb3 Rxc7 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 d3 $10 {Bücker}) 22. Ba3
$16 Nc7 $2 {Nun zu spät.} 23. Qb4 $1 e5 24. Qf8+ Ke6 25. Qc8+ Kd5 (25... Kf7
26. Qd7+ Kg8 27. Nxc7 {/\ Qe8 Qf8#}) 26. Qd7+ Kc4 27. Nc3 $1 Qa5 (27... dxc3
28. Qd3#) 28. Bf8 Qa8 29. Ne4 {/\ Rb1 d3#} Qe8 30. Nd6+ Rxd6 31. Qxd6 Qc6 32.
d3+ 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 15th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1993.01.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. c3 Be7 6. Qa4+ $6 c6 7. e5 Nfd7 8.
d4 a5 9. h4 Qc7 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 $15 12. O-O b5 13. Qd1 c5 14. Re1 O-O
15. Nf1 b4 16. Bg5 Nb6 $5 17. Ne3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Rfc8 19. Bxe7 $2 (19. Rb1)
19... Qxe7 20. Rb1 (20. Ng5 Nd7 $1) 20... cxd4 21. cxd4 Nc4 $17 22. Ng4 Nb4 23.
Rb3 a4 24. Nf6+ $6 gxf6 25. exf6 Qf8 26. Rxb4 Qxb4 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. Rxe5 Kh8
29. Rh5 Rab8 30. Kh2 Qb1 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Martens, Martin"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 c4 $6 (4... cxb4) 5. c3 a5 6. b5 Nd7 7. d3
cxd3 8. Bxd3 $14 Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Qe2 Bc5 11. Re1 O-O 12. a4 (12. h4 $1 Nxh4
$2 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Kg6 15. Qg4 $18 {/\ Ne6, Qh4}) 12... Ba7 13. Na3 Bb8
14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. c4 Nc5 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. Nc2 b6 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Ncd4 h6 20.
Bc1 g5 21. Qa2 Bb7 22. h3 Bc7 23. Re3 Rc8 24. Ba3 Bb8 25. Rae1 Rf4 26. g3 $14 {
(1.29/1.45)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 $6 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. g3 b5 8. Bg2
Qb6 9. c3 Be7 10. O-O O-O $15 11. Kh1 Bb7 12. Qe2 Rae8 13. Nb3 a5 14. Be3 a4
15. Nbd2 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. d4 b4 $5 (17... cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4
20. cxd4 b4 21. Qe3 $10) 18. dxc5 Qa5 (18... Nxc5 $6 19. Qf2 Be7 $13) 19. Nd4
bxc3 20. bxc3 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Ba6 22. Qf2 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Nf6 $15 24. Bh3 Qc3 25.
Nf3 Qd3 26. Re1 Rb8 $2 (26... Ne4) (26... Kh8) 27. Bxe6+ Kh8 28. Ne5 Qe4+ $2 (
28... Nxe5 29. dxe5 Ne4 30. Qe2 $16) 29. Kg1 Nxe5 (29... Nd8 30. Bh3 {>< Qe4})
30. dxe5 Rb1 $2 31. Bc1 $1 Qc4 32. exf6 Rxc1 33. fxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qb2+ Rc3 35.
Re3 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 $6 c4 $6 {Wenn man schon die Kontrolle über
d4 aufgibt, sollte man einen P verspeisen.} 5. a3 $6 (5. c3 $1 a5 6. b5 Nd7 7.
d4 cxd3 8. Bxd3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Re1 $16 {Mortensen,E-Hansen,J/
Gausdal zt/1987/CBM4}) 5... b5 6. a4 Bxb4 (6... bxa4 $5) 7. axb5 Qb6 $2 8. Ba3
$1 $16 Bxa3 (8... Qxb5 9. Nd4 Qc5 10. Bxb4 Qxb4 11. c3 {/\ Qg4, Nb5}) 9. Nxa3
$1 Nh6 10. Bxc4 $1 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Qc7 12. Nd6+ Ke7 13. O-O (13. Qb1 $1 {/\ b6,
Qb4-h4}) 13... Bb7 14. c4 (14. d4 $5) 14... Nd7 15. d4 f6 16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17.
exf6+ Nxf6 18. Re1 Rhe8 19. Ng5 Kf8 20. Nxe6+ Kg8 21. d5 $6 (21. Ra6 $5) 21...
Rac8 22. Qd3 Nf7 23. Qd4 $2 Qb6 $1 24. c5 Qxb5 25. h3 Nd8 $1 26. Rxa7 Nxe6 27.
dxe6 Qxc5 $19 28. Qa4 Qc4 29. Qa3 Rxe6 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. Re7 Qf5 32. Qg3 Qg6
33. Qb3+ Kh8 34. Qb7 Rg8 35. Kh2 h6 36. Qb5 Rd8 37. Re3 Qc2 38. Qb6 Rg8 39. Rf3
Qg6 40. Rg3 Qf7 41. Qd4 Rc8 42. Qf4 Qd7 43. Re3 Ra8 44. Qe5 Re8 45. Qf4 Rxe3
46. Qxe3 Qe8 47. Qd2 Qe4 48. Qa2 Kh7 49. Qb2 Nh5 50. Qa1 Nf4 51. Qf1 Nd3 52. f3
Qf4+ 53. g3 Qd2+ 54. Kh1 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Rostock GM"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2002.08.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Szelag, Marcin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.08.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 a5 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Qc2 Be6 11. Ng5 Bg4 12. Nc4 Ne8 (12... Qc8 13. Be3 Bxe3
14. Nxe3 h6 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ne7 17. Be2 Qe6 18. Rad1 Qc6 19. Nc4 Ng6 20.
Bd3 Rfd8 21. a4 b6 22. Ne3 Ne7 23. Rfe1 Kf8 24. Re2 Qc5 25. Red2 Rd7 26. Bb5
Rxd2 27. Rxd2 $16 {Tischbierek,R-Zueger,B/Zuerich 1999/}) (12... h6 13. Nf3 Nd7
14. Ne3 Be6 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Nh4 Re8 17. Nd5 Ne7 18. Nf5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bxf5 20.
Qxf5 Nf6 21. Qxc8 Raxc8 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Rcd8 24. h3 Rd6 25. e4 Nd7 26.
Kf2 Rb6 27. b3 $14 {Tischbierek,R-Rechel,R/Willingen 1999/}) 13. h3 $146 {
[%mdl 8]} (13. Nf3 Qf6 (13... f6 14. Be3 (14. Nh4 Be6 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Nf5 Qf7
17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Ncxe3 $14) 14... Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Be6 16. Nh4 Qe7 17. Nd5 Qc5 18.
Rfd1 Nd8 19. Qe2 Rf7 20. Nf5 Rd7 21. Nde7+ Rxe7 22. b4 axb4 23. cxb4 Qxb4 24.
a3 Rxa3 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Rxa3 Qxa3 27. Rxd8 Qe7 28. Rb8 $14 {Del Dotto,R-Del
Rio Angelis,S/Bratto ITA 2002/}) 14. Nh4 Qe6 15. Ne3 Bxe3 16. Bxe3 Nd6 17. f3
Bh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Bc5 Qe6 20. Nf5 Rfd8 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Ne3 Ne7 23. c4 Qc8
24. Kg2 Qc5 25. Qd2 h6 26. Rac1 Rac8 27. Rfd1 $14 {Moser,E-Riedner,M/AUT 2000/}
) 13... Bh5 14. Nf3 f6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Nd6 17. Rad1 Bf7 18. Nd2 Qb8 19.
Nd5 Rd8 20. Rfe1 b5 21. a4 Kf8 22. axb5 Nxb5 23. Qa4 Ne7 24. Nb3 Nd6 25. Qa3
Nxd5 26. exd5 Kg8 27. Nd2 Ra7 28. c4 a4 29. Rc1 Nf5 {[%cal Yd4b3,Yf5d4,Yd6f5]}
30. d6 $2 (30. Ne4 $142) 30... c6 $2 (30... Rxd6 $142) 31. c5 (31. Bxc6 $2 Qxd6
$17) 31... Nd4 32. Nf3 Nb3 33. Rc3 Ra5 34. Nh4 Qa7 {[%cal Ra5c5,Ra7c5,Rb3c5,
Ga3c5,Gc3c5]} (34... Nd4 $5) 35. Nf5 Be8 $2 (35... Kh8 36. Ne7 Be8 37. Nxc6
Bxc6 38. Bxc6 Rxc5 39. Rxc5 Nxc5 40. Rc1 $14) 36. Ne7+ Kh8 37. Rd1 (37. Bxc6 $5
Rxc5 38. Rxc5 Qxc5 39. Qxc5 Nxc5 40. Bxe8 Rxe8 41. Rc1 $18) 37... Qa8 38. Rxb3
axb3 39. Qxb3 Bd7 40. Qc3 (40. Be4 $5) 40... Ra1 41. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 42. Kh2 Qa4 43.
b4 (43. Qa3 Qb5 44. Qa7 Qxb2 45. Qc7 Qb8 46. Qxb8 Rxb8 47. Bxc6 $18) 43... Rb8
44. Qc4 Rf8 45. Qe4 (45. Qh4 $5) 45... Re8 46. Nxc6 f5 47. Qd5 e4 48. Ne7 Qc2
49. c6 Rxe7 50. cxd7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Radulski, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 {
Nimzowitsch 1907} b6 (7... O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. h3 b6 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 Bb7
12. Bd2 {1-0 Nimzowitsch,A-Forgacs,L/Ostende 1907/HCL (35)}) 8. Re1 Bb7 9. e5
Nd7 10. h4 Qc7 11. Qe2 {Flesh-1967.Statistic:White-35%,draws-30%;Black-35%}
O-O-O (11... h6 12. h5 O-O-O 13. Nf1 Kb8 14. N1h2 b5 15. Ng4 Nb6 {1/2-1/2
Benko,P-Seirawan,Y/Lone Pine 1977/MCD (19)}) 12. c4 (12. Nf1 Rde8 13. Bf4 h6
14. c3 d4 15. cxd4 g5 16. hxg5 hxg5 {1/2-1/2 Flesch,J-Shamkovich,L/Salgotarjan
1967/EXT 2001 (36)}) 12... Nb4 $5 {/\ Xd3;/\Xc2} ({Bad result shows} 12... d4
$143 $6 {[Pd5 is better on d5, controling point e4. Capablanca said that 2
adjacent PP are stronger being to one and the same horizontal line].} 13. Nf1 (
13. a3 h6 14. h5 Rdg8 15. b4 g6 16. hxg6 Rxg6 {1/2-1/2 Lee,G-Belkadi,R/Siegen
1970/EXT 2002 (35)}) 13... h6 14. N1h2 (14. a3 Rdg8 15. N1h2 g5 16. hxg5 hxg5 {
1-0 Benoit,M-Prevot,E/France 1994/EXT 99 (35)}) 14... Rdg8 (14... Rhg8 15. Ng4
Ba8 16. Bd2 Qb7 {1-0 Huber,P-Palmer,C/Bensheim 1997/EXT 99 (26)}) 15. Ng4 {
1-0 Szmetan,J-Biaggi,E/Buenos Aires 1978/EXT 99 (40)}) (12... h6 13. Nf1 dxc4
14. dxc4 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Bd2 a5 {1-0 Wilson,E-Bhat,V/Philadelphia 1997/
EXT 2000 (40)}) 13. Nf1 $146 (13. cxd5 Nxd5 (13... Bxd5 $5) 14. Nc4 h6 15. Bd2
Kb8 {1-0 Weindl,A-Van Dongen,P/Cannes 1993/TD (29)}) 13... dxc4 14. dxc4 Nb8
15. a3 Nd3 16. Rd1 Nxc1 17. Rdxc1 Nc6 18. N1d2 Rd7 19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 Bxb4
21. Ne4 Kb8 22. c5 Rhd8 23. Rab1 a5 24. Nd6 bxc5 {[#]} 25. Rxc5 Rxd6 (25...
Bxc5 $142 26. Rxb7+ $1 (26. Nxb7 $2 Rd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qxb7 $15)
26... Qxb7 27. Nxb7 Rxb7 28. Qc2 $16) 26. exd6 $18 Qxd6 27. Rb5 (27. Rcc1 Qd5
28. Qc2 $18) 27... Rd7 28. Qe3 f6 {[#]} 29. Rc1 $6 $138 (29. Ra1 $142 $5 Qd3
$140 30. Qxe6 Rd6 31. Qg8+ Rd8 32. Rxb7+ Kxb7 33. Qxg7+ Rd7 34. Qg4 $16) 29...
Nd8 $1 30. Qb3 (30. Bf1 $6 Rc7 31. Rxc7 Kxc7 32. Qa7 (32. Bg2 Qc6 $11) 32...
Qc6 $132) 30... Qd3 31. Qa4 (31. Rxb4 axb4 32. Qxb4 e5 33. Ne1 $14) 31... e5 $2
{In the zeithot folow a lot of mutual mistakes.} (31... Qa3 $1 $11 32. Qc2 (32.
Rxb7+ Nxb7 (32... Rxb7 $2 33. Qc2 $18) 33. Qc6 Qd3 $132) 32... Qd3 33. Qa4) 32.
Kh2 (32. Ne1 $1 $18) 32... e4 33. Ng1 (33. Bh3 Rd5 34. Rxd5 Qxd5 35. Rd1 Qg8
36. Nd4 $16) 33... g6 34. Nh3 (34. Nh3 Ne6 35. Rb6 Nc5 36. Qc6 $14) 34... f5 $2
(34... Ne6 $142 $14) 35. Nf4 $6 (35. Bf1 $1 Qd4 36. Be2 $16) 35... Qd4 $2 (
35... Qd2 36. Ra1 $14) 36. Qa2 (36. Ne2 $142 $16) 36... Nf7 $2 (36... Rc7 37.
Rxc7 Kxc7 38. Nd5+ Kc8 $14) 37. Ne6 $18 Qd2 38. Rc2 Qd3 39. Rxb4 axb4 40. Nc5
Qd5 41. Nxd7+ Qxd7 42. Qb2 Qd6 43. Rc4 Qe5 44. Qxb4 Nd6 45. Rc5 Qe7 1-0

[Event "Orel"]
[Site "Orel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Totsky, Leonid"]
[Black "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Legky,N"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 dxe4 (3... Nf6 $5) 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bb4 $5 6. O-O-O
Qe7 (6... Bxc3 $5 7. Bxc3 b6 $13) 7. Nxe4 Ba3 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $10 9. d4 Bxb2+ 10.
Kxb2 c5 $6 (10... O-O $32) (10... b6 $32 11. Qe4 c6) 11. Qf3 $14 (11. Qe5 $14)
11... cxd4 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. Rxd4 Ke7 14. Nf3 (14. f4 $5) 14... Nc6 15. Rd2 $6
(15. Rh4 $32 $14) 15... e5 $1 16. g3 Bg4 17. Bg2 Rad8 18. Rhd1 e4 $5 (18... Nd4
19. Nxd4 Bxd1 20. Nf5+ Ke6 21. Ng7+ Ke7 22. Nf5+ $10) 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Re1 $8
Bxf3 $1 (20... f5 $6 21. Nh4 {/\f3+/-/}) 21. Bxf3 f5 22. Bh1 (22. Be2 $32 $10)
22... Rd2 23. f3 Rxh2 24. fxe4 f4 25. gxf4 Nb4 26. Kc3 $5 (26. Kb1 Nxc2 $10)
26... a5 27. Kc4 $1 Rxc2+ 28. Kb5 Rxa2 29. e5 Nd3 (29... Nc2 30. Rc1 $10) 30.
Rf1 $8 Rb2 $6 (30... Rf2 31. Rxf2 Nxf2 32. Bxb7 Nd3 $10) 31. Kc4 $6 (31. Be4 $1
$16) 31... Nf2 32. Bxb7 h5 33. Bd5 Ng4 34. Rh1 Ne3+ 35. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Rd1
h6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Ne1 Bd7 13. f3 Ng5 14. Nc3 f5 15. Be3
Qb6 16. h4 Nf7 17. Nd3 g5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. f4 Kg7 20. fxg5 Nxg5 21. Nf4 Qd8
22. g4 Qb6 23. Nh5+ Kg8 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. exf6 $2 (25. gxf5 Nh7 26. fxe6 $18)
25... f4 $11 26. Nxd5 $2 (26. Qd3 Rxf6 27. Bxf4 $11) 26... exd5 $19 27. Bxd5+
Be6 28. Bxe6+ Nxe6 29. Bf2 Ng5 30. Qc4+ Rf7 31. Rd3 Re8 $2 (31... f3 32. Re1
Nb4) 32. Rb3 Qd8 33. Bh4 Qxf6 34. Qd5 Nf3+ $1 35. Rxf3 Qxh4 36. Rf2 Rd8 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 04th"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Drozdov, Igor"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Noyabrsk Yamal"]
[BlackTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 d4 4. Ne2 c5 5. c3 dxc3 6. bxc3 Nf6 $5 (6... Nc6 7.
d4 Nf6 8. Ng3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qa5 11. Rb1 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Ke7 $1 $10 {
Sigurjonsson,G-Hort,V/Hastings/1975/}) 7. Ng3 Nc6 8. Bb5 $5 (8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4
Bb4+ {-6...Nc6}) 8... Bd7 9. O-O h5 $1 {xe4,d4} (9... Be7 10. d4 Qa5 11. Qb3
$14) 10. d3 (10. h4 $6 Bd6 $15) 10... h4 11. Ne2 h3 $1 12. g3 Be7 13. Bxc6 (13.
Rb1 $5 $13) 13... Bxc6 14. Ne5 Qc7 $132 15. Nxc6 (15. Bf4 $5 Nh5 (15... g5 $6
16. Nxc6 gxf4 17. Nxe7 fxg3 18. fxg3 $14) 16. Nxc6 Nxf4 17. Nxe7 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2
$10) 15... Qxc6 16. f3 O-O-O 17. Be3 Kb8 (17... c4 $5 18. Nd4 (18. d4 $140 $2
Nxe4 $1 19. fxe4 Qxe4 $17) 18... Qa6 $1 $15 19. a4 (19. dxc4 $140 $2 e5) 19...
Bc5 $15 (19... cxd3 20. Nb5 $13)) 18. Qc2 Ka8 $1 {/^f4-b8} 19. a4 Nd7 20. Qa2
f5 $1 21. exf5 $6 (21. Nf4 $5 Bg5 $1 $15 (21... c4 $6 22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. dxc4
Bc5 24. Rfe1 $14) (21... Rh6 $6 {/\g7-g5} 22. exf5 exf5 23. Nd5 $16)) 21...
exf5 22. d4 (22. Nf4 Ne5 $17) 22... g5 {xf4} 23. d5 Qa6 24. c4 Bf6 25. Rab1
Rhe8 $19 26. Bc1 (26. Rb3 Qxc4) (26. Qb3 f4 $1 27. gxf4 gxf4 28. Nxf4 (28. Bxf4
Rxe2 $19) 28... Rxe3 29. Qxe3 Bd4 $19) (26. Bf2 Ne5 27. Bxc5 Nxc4 28. Rfc1 Nd2
29. Qxd2 Rxe2 30. Qb4 Rg2+ 31. Kh1 Rxh2+ $1 $19 32. Kxh2 Qe2+) 26... Nb6 27.
Rb5 Qxa4 28. Qxa4 Nxa4 29. Rf2 Nc3 (29... Nc3 30. Nxc3 Re1+ 31. Rf1 Bd4+ 32.
Kh1 Rxf1#) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lobzhanidze, Davit"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 (3. Nd2 c5) 3... Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 b5 6. Bg2 c5 ({
RR} 6... dxe4 7. dxe4 b4 8. a3 Ba6 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bf1 Bxf1 12. Kxf1
a5 13. Kg2 O-O 14. Qe2 Qd7 15. Re1 Rfd8 16. axb4 axb4 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Nbd2
Nb6 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Ra5 21. Qe4 {Timman,J (2655)-Kortschnoj,V (2659)/
Wijk aan Zee 2000/ CBM 075/1/2-1/2 (65)}) ({RR} 6... Bb7 7. O-O a6 8. exd5 Bxd5
9. c4 Bb7 10. cxb5 axb5 11. d4 b4 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Nc4 Nbd7 14. Rd1 Nb6 15.
Nce5 Ra7 16. h4 Qa8 17. Bh3 Rxa2 18. Rxa2 Qxa2 19. Qc2 Bd6 20. Bg5 Ne4 21. Re1
{Shaposhnikov,E (2573)-Volkov,S (2630)/playchess.com INT 2004/EXT 2005/0-1 (63)
}) 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 (8. c3) 8... Bb7 9. e5 (9. Nbd2 O-O 10. e5) 9... Nd7 10.
h4 h6 11. h5 {[%csl Rg6]} a5 12. a4 b4 13. c4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Nb6 15. Bf4 c4 16.
d4 Na7 {Un coup bizarre} 17. Qd1 (17. Nh2 $5 {[%cal Gh2g4]}) 17... Bc6 18. Re2
Qd7 19. Rea2 Kd8 (19... O-O {Les Blancs n'ont pas de menaces directes а
l'aile-roi et le roque semblait plus naturel} 20. Nbd2 (20. g4 Rfb8 21. g5 Nxa4
22. gxh6 Rxb1 $1)) 20. Nh2 {(=)} Kc7 21. Bf3 Rhb8 {Les pièces Noires se
marchent dessus а l'aile-dame} 22. Nd2 Nxa4 $6 (22... Rb7 $142 {[%cal Ga8b8]
La faiblesse "a4" est fixée et il valait mieux terminer le développement avant
de l'attaquer}) 23. Rxa4 Bxa4 24. Rxa4 Nb5 25. Qa1 Nxc3 {L'idée de la prise 22.
Na4 mais les Blancs ont vu plus loin} 26. Rxa5 $40 {[%csl Rc7]} Na4 {Pensant
forcer l'échange des R et avec le P passé "c3", les Noirs auraient un bon jeu
mais les Noirs vont avoir une mauvaise surprise.} 27. Rxd5 $3 {[%cal Gf4c7] Le
plan aventureux d'amener le K а l'aile-dame se paie au prix fort.} Qe8 28. Rd6
c3 29. Bxa8 $18 Rxa8 30. Ne4 Bxd6 31. exd6+ Kd8 32. Nxc3 Nb6 33. Qb1 Qc6 34.
Qh7 Ra3 35. Ne4 Nd5 36. Qg8+ Qe8 37. Qxg7 Ra1+ 38. Nf1 Qb5 39. Qh8+ Qe8 40.
Qxh6 Nxf4 41. Qxf4 Qb5 42. Qg5+ Qxg5 43. Nxg5 f6 {les Noirs ont fait trainé
jusqu'au 56ème coup} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.01"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 ({The traditional way to meet the Reti is} 3...
c6 {but over the past years White has discovered many new ideas. As I have
found out from my own games, there is a strong trend towards the game move.})
4. O-O Be7 5. d3 $5 ({Deviating from what Karjakin must have expected, the
main Catalan line:} 5. c4 O-O 6. d4) 5... O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 {
In the remote past, the King's Indian Attack proved a deadly occasional weapon
in Fischer's hands and in the nineties it served well a whole generation of
Moldavian players.} b5 {Black's best way to meet White's slow kingside attack
is based on the massive queenside pawn storm.} ({By piece pressure alone Black
does not get much:} 8... b6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Bb7 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Rac8 13.
N1h2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Re2 Qc5 16. Nf3 Rc7 17. a3 a5 18. Kh2 Rfc8 19. h5
Bc6 20. h6 g6 21. Qd2 Ba4 22. b3 Bb5 23. Bg5 Bf8 24. Qf4 Qc3 25. Ra2 Ba6 (25...
Bc5 26. Qg4 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Gg5d2]}) 26. Nxd4 $18 {1-0 (56) Andriasian,Z 
(2609)-Shahinyan,D (2431) Yerevan 2014}) 9. exd5 $5 ({A relatively rare
continuation. In game six Svidler switched to the thematic} 9. e5 {followed by
Nf1, h4-h5, which is clearly the main line.} Nd7 10. Nf1 b4 ({Playing with
White, Karjakin had faced} 10... Bb7 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Rfc8 13. Ne3 Qd8 14.
Ng4 Bf8 15. c4 Ne7 16. b3 Bc6 17. h5 h6 {Karjakin,S (2753)-Dominguez Perez,L 
(2734) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 (½-½ , 30), with a solid defence.}) 11. h4 a5 12.
N1h2 Re8 13. h5 h6 14. Ng4 Bf8 15. Bf4 a4 16. a3 bxa3 17. bxa3 Rb8 18. Ne3 Bb7
19. c4 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Nb6 21. Nxb6 Qxb6 22. Qxa4 Ra8 23. Qc2 Ra6 24. Reb1 Qa7
25. Be3 Ba8 26. Qc3 Rd8 27. Nd2 Nd4 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Qc2 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Rxa3
31. Rxa3 Qxa3 32. Ne4 Qa6 33. Rb3 Qa5 34. f4 Ra8 35. Qb1 Qd5 36. Rb5 Qc6 37.
Kf3 {White's space advantage and the domination of the knight over the bishop
ensures White some advantage, but with queens on board it is difficult to find
a way to make progress without weakening his own king. Karjakin's next move
"solved" this problem for White.} Ra3 $2 {Abandoning the back rank will not
have immediate consequences yet, but it will cause the exchange of queens.} 38.
Rb8 Ra8 39. Qb7 $1 Qxb7 40. Rxb7 {Carlsen,M (2861)-Karjakin,S (2780) Tata
Steel-A 75th 2013 (8) 1-0 Suddenly, the d4-pawn is weak and the white king is
ready for taking active part in the attack. This type of ending must have
raised some unpleasant memories to Karjakin, connected with the partly similar
position from} Ra3 {For the second time in a short while the rook steps on
this square hoping to get some counterplay.} (40... Rd8 {would not have saved
the pawn:} 41. g4 Ba3 42. Nd2 Bf8 43. Ke4 {White can combine the attack based
on f4-f5 with attacking the pawn with Nb3 or Nf3, with every chance to win.})
41. Rb8 $1 Rxd3+ 42. Kf2 {White threatens to win the bishop with Ne4-c5-d7 and
sadly Black does not have ...Rc3 to prevent this manoeuvre.} g6 ({Or if} 42...
Ra3 43. Nc5 Ra7 {White has} 44. Rd8 $1 {followed by Nd7, winning the exchange.}
) 43. Nc5 ({Even better would have been} 43. Nf6+ Kg7 44. hxg6 {since the
g6-pawn is untouchable:} fxg6 $2 45. Rb7+ Kh8 46. Rh7#) 43... Rd2+ 44. Ke1 Rb2
45. Rxb2 Bxc5 46. hxg6 fxg6 47. Ke2 {and White won without problems. Svidler,P
(2727)-Karjakin,S (2762) Baku 2015 (1-0, 58)}) 9... Nxd5 {Black's choice is a
mere matter of taste. The game move leads to a reversed King's Indian. The
only problem is that what could be entirely satisfactory for Black (equality)
might not be too promising when inverting colours even with an extra tempo.} (
9... exd5 10. Nb3 $5 {[%csl Gc5]} (10. d4 {does not look too threatening as it
transposes to some sort of French Isolani.} Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13.
Nb3 Bb6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 Re8 16. Bg5 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 h6 (17... Qd6 $1 18.
Be3 $6 Re8 $15) 18. Be3 Bg6 19. c3 Bc2 $11 {Topalov,V (2772)-Caruana,F (2791)
Flor & Fjaere 2014 (1/2-1/2, 31)}) 10... Re8 11. h3 Qb6 12. c3 Bb7 13. Be3 Rad8
14. d4 c4 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. b4 cxb3 17. axb3 b4 18. cxb4 Qxb4 19. Rc1 {
Zvjaginsev,V (2655)-Lysyj,I (2686) Kazan 2014 (1-0, 37)}) 10. Ne4 (10. a4 b4
11. Nc4 Bb7 12. h4 h6 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. a5 Rad8 15. c3 Bf6 16. Qc2 {Malakhov,V 
(2694)-Matlakov,M (2689) Berlin 2015 (1/2-1/2, 26). White has a comfortable
reversed King's Indian, but no advantage.}) (10. c4 $5 {is interesting,
forcing Black to display certain tactical accuracy:} bxc4 11. dxc4 Nb6 $6 (
11... Ndb4 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. a3 Nxe5 14. Bxb7 Nbd3 15. Bxa8 Nxe1 16. Qxe1 Nd3 17.
Qe3 Nxc1 $11 18. Be4 $2 Bg5 19. f4 Bf6 $15 20. Kg2 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Bd4 22. Qf3 Na2
) 12. b3 a5 13. Bb2 a4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ra7 16. Ne4 $14 {Markus,R (2604)
-Kravtsiv,M (2576) Germany 2014 (0-1, 45)}) 10... Bb7 11. c3 $146 ({Finally a
novelty over} 11. Bd2 {as played in the game between lower rated players
Grossmann,S (1886)-Lindenberg,G (1889) Greifswald 2003 (0-1, 29)}) 11... a6 {
I do not see the need for defending the b5-pawn since Black will advance it on
the very next move.} (11... h6 {makes some sense, preventing Bc1-g5 and if} 12.
a4 b4 {the pawn is not really needed on a6.}) 12. a4 b4 ({Once again} 12... h6
{looks more constructive.}) 13. Bg5 $5 {A refined positional move. Black is
forced to weaken either the defence of the c5-pawn or else the e6-pawn.} f6 14.
Bd2 e5 ({The developing} 14... Qb6 {offers White some tactical ideas:} 15. a5 (
15. Bh3 $5) 15... Nxa5 16. d4 $44 {[%csl Re6][%cal Ge4c5,Gc5e6,Gf3d4,Gd4e6,
Ge1e6] Suddenly, several white pieces threaten to put unbearable pressure on
e6.}) 15. Rc1 {Zita,F-Bronstein,D Moscow-Prague 1946 (6) 0-1 The position
remains typical for a reversed ...exd4 King's Indian, but Black is slightly
underdeveloped, his queenside is weak and his queen's bishop misplaced,
belonging rather on e6 than b7. One of the first games revealing the drawbacks
of having the bishop on the long diagonal was} Rf7 {If Black could regroup
with ...Bf8 and ...Rd7 White would face certain problems with his d3-pawn, but
Svidler's answer proves this plan too slow.} ({The more natural} 15... Qd7 {
would not have yielded Black absolute safety either:} 16. cxb4 cxb4 ({With the
a2-g8 diagonal defended by the rook on f7 or the bishop on e6 Black could
react with} 16... Ndxb4 {but here this loses a pawn:} 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5
Nxd3 $2 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Rd5 $18) 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 {Black is not in
immediate danger, but his position is hanging a bit.}) 16. d4 $1 bxc3 $6 {
Karjakin must have understood perfectly that opening the b-file could cause
him problems with the b7-bishop, but thought that getting rid of the c6-knight
would bring some relief.} (16... cxd4 {offers better chances for equalising:}
17. cxd4 exd4 (17... Nxd4 {is slightly worse, even though preferable to the
game continuation:} 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Qb3 {followed by Nc5 and the inevitable
retrieval of the d4-pawn. The b5-pawn is a good shield for the queen, but also
for the b7-bishop.}) 18. Qb3 Na5 19. Qd3 {It seems as if Black is stuck, but
the unexpected} Nc3 $3 20. Nxd4 (20. bxc3 $6 dxc3 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 {leaves Black
with two dangerous pawns.}) 20... Nxa4 {Black's extra pawn compensates for
White's hyper-activity.}) 17. bxc3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 (18... exd4 {does not
spare Black problems.} 19. Qb3 Rb8 (19... Qd7 20. Bh3 $1 $18) (19... Bf8 20.
Nc5 Bxc5 21. Ng5 $3 $18) 20. Nfg5 $1 {Suba,M (2500)-Solozhenkin,E (2515) Berga
op 1993 (7) 1-0 Before thinking that these are just computer moves, one should
have a look at the following brilliant game displaying similar ideas in more
complicated shape.} fxg5 21. Nc5 Ncb4 22. Nxb7 Rxb7 23. Bxb4 Rxb4 24. Qxd5 Kf8
25. Qxd8+ Bxd8 26. Rc8 Rd7 27. Bc6 {wins material.}) 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qb3 $16
{Despite his extra pawn, Black's position is very difficult. His pieces are
exposed, both wings are weak and the d4-pawn is doomed in the long run.
Objectively, there might be reasons to hope for a long defence, but from a
practical point of view things are hopeless. Suggestively, the game lasted
only nine more moves.} Rb8 $6 (20... Bf8 $2 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 $18) ({
Black's last chance to retain chances for survival was} 20... Qd7 21. Ba5 {
[%csl Gc7,Gd8][%cal Ge4c5]} (21. Rc4 $5) (21. Red1 $5) 21... Rc8 22. Red1 $16
Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nc3 24. Nxc3 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 dxc3 26. Rxc3 Bd6 {The pinned rook
causes Black major problems of coordination. White will most likely win the
a6-pawn.}) 21. Rb1 {Creating another pin.} Qd7 (21... Rf8 $2 22. Bf4 $18) 22.
Rec1 Qe6 $2 {Just increasing the force of the next knight move by putting the
queen into a pin.} 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 $18 Rd8 (24... Rd7 25. Bxd5 $18 {
[%csl Gb8]}) 25. Ba5 Rd6 26. Qc4 {[%cal Gb1b7]} Nc3 27. Rxb7 Qe1+ 28. Bf1 Ne2+
29. Qxe2 1-0

[Event "Mondariz zt 1.1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 {By a
slightly odd move order, the game has transposed into a King's Indian Attack.}
b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. c3 O-O 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nf1 {The standard manoeuvre here,
winding the spring on the kingside.} b5 12. h4 a5 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Ng5 $1 {
The plan is all very standard. White attacks with pieces, Black with pawns.
But White knows that he is several tempi up on a 'normal' position.} Qe8 (14...
h6 15. Qh5 $1 hxg5 16. hxg5 {is the point in these positions. White will put
the knight on g4 and bring a rook to the h-file. Black can't prevent this as
an f7-f6 break allows g5-g6.}) 15. Ne3 (15. Qh5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 (16. Bxg5 {
and there is no obvious way to continue the attack.}) 16... f5 $1 {is a
typical motif here. Whether or not the queens are swapped, Black's king is
safe, White's queenside isn't. However, Black has lost too many tempi. White
has time to attack in other ways...}) 15... b4 16. Ng4 Ba6 (16... Kh8 {was
necessary, but White's position is full of possibilities.}) 17. Nf6+ $3 gxf6
18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qh5 h6 (19... Bxg5 20. Qxg5+ Kh8 21. Qf6+ Kg8 22. Bh6 {
and mates.}) 20. Qxh6 Bxg5 21. Qxg5+ Kh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Bh6 (23. Bh6 f6 (
23... f5 24. Qg5+) 24. Qg4+ {and mates.}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 {Lenier Dominguez, the #1 rated player in Latin America, and one of the
best in the world, is a very principled player, and always has great opening
ideas. Here he plays a classical line against the King's Indian Attack, and
tries a regrouping that I honestly wasn't familiar with, but has been tried
already in a number of games.} 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 {White will try to create
attacking possibilities, while Black intends to generate counterplay in the
centre or on the queenside. I think every player should be familiar to the
classical Fischer - Myagmarsuren game from the Sousse Interzonal:} Bb7 (10...
b4 11. h4 a5 12. Bf4 a4 13. a3 $1 {stopping Black's expansion} bxa3 14. bxa3
Na5 15. Ne3 Ba6 16. Bh3 d4 17. Nf1 Nb6 18. Ng5 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qd7
21. Qh5 Rfc8 22. Nd2 $1 {bringing the knight over to the attack} Nc3 23. Bf6
Qe8 24. Ne4 g6 25. Qg5 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 c4 27. h5 cxd3 28. Rh4 Ra7 29. Bg2 dxc2
30. Qh6 Qf8 31. Qxh7+ $3 {1-0 (31) Fischer,R-Myagmarsuren,L Sousse 1967. A
nice finishing touch.}) 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Rfc8 13. N1h2 Qd8 {An idea first
tried by the late Ivan Bukavshin, an amazing talent, who unfortunately passed
away in January 2016, at the very young age of 20 years old. He was known for
playing original and sound plans, as we can see from this example. Black wants
to concentrate all his forces on the queenside, meanwhile keeping an eye on
the kingside with the d8-queen.} 14. c3 (14. h5 h6 15. c3 a5 16. Qd2 d4 17. Ng4
dxc3 18. bxc3 Bf8 19. Nfh2 Rab8 20. Be4 b4 21. cxb4 axb4 (21... c4 $1 $36 {
would have been very strong, posing serious problems for White}) 22. Bxh6 gxh6
23. Nxh6+ Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Ncxe5 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Bg6+ Kg8 27. Rxe5 Nxe5 28. Bh7+
Kh8 29. Be4+ Kg8 30. Bh7+ {1/2-1/2 (34) Andreikin,D (2723)-Bukavshin,I (2618)
Sochi 2015; and a draw was agreed after repeating moves.}) 14... a5 15. a4 $5 {
White tries to stop Black's queenside expansion, perhaps playing in similar
fashion to the a3-idea mentioned in Fischer's game.} (15. Ng4 $5 a4 16. h5 h6
17. Qd2 Bf8 $13 {was another way to play the position.}) 15... Ba6 16. axb5
Bxb5 17. b3 Nb6 18. Ng5 {Like Fischer, White is threatening Qh5. Black makes a
slight concession by playing ...h6, but on the other hand, gains important
tempi.} h6 19. Nh3 a4 20. bxa4 Nxa4 21. c4 $5 {A very interesting try by the
creative and very strong Egyptian grandmaster.} dxc4 22. Qg4 {Now the
c6-knight may be hanging in some lines.} cxd3 23. Bxh6 Bf8 $6 (23... Qf8 $1 {
and from a scientific point of view, Black holds, but it is not easy to
refrain from the natural 23...Bf8.} 24. Nf4 Nc3 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Nxd3 (26. Nh5
Ra4 $3 {a magical, active defence, forcing White to resign} (26... d2 $2 27.
Bxd2) 27. f4 d2 $19) 26... Bxd3 27. Bxc6 Ra2 28. h5 Bf5 29. Qf3 gxh6 30. Qxc3
Qb8 $17) 24. Nf4 Ne7 $1 {'Non-defensive' moves were extremely dangerous for
Black:} (24... Nc3 $6 25. Bxg7 Bxg7 26. Nh5 Kf8 27. Qxg7+ Ke7 {and once again
there are many ways for White to create strong threats against the black king}
28. Nf3 $5 $40 (28. Ng4 $5 $40)) (24... d2 $6 25. Bxg7 dxe1=Q+ 26. Rxe1 Bxg7
27. Nh5 Kf8 $1 (27... Qf8 $2 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Qh5+ Bh6 30. Nhg4 $3 Qg7 {
threatening Qg6} 31. Be4 $3 Nxe5 32. Nxh6 Nf3+ 33. Kh1 Qxf6 34. Ng4+ Kg7 35.
Nxf6 $18) 28. Qxg7+ Ke8 29. Ng4 Qd2 {akklling the d8-c7 escape route, and at
the same time creating counterplay} 30. Ngf6+ Kd8 31. Rb1 $1 Nc3 32. Rxb5 $1
Nxb5 33. Qxf7 $16) 25. Bg5 $2 (25. Be4 $1 {adding more fuel to the attack} d2 (
25... Nf5 $2 26. Bxg7 Bxg7 27. Nh5 Kf8 28. Bxf5 Bh8 29. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 30. Nf3
$40 {with fireworks to come!}) 26. Bxg7 Bxg7 27. Nh5 dxe1=Q+ 28. Rxe1 Ng6 29.
Bxg6 fxg6 30. Qxg6 {and Black can't escape the perpetual check} Qe7 31. Nf6+
Kf8 32. Nh7+ Kg8 33. Nf6+ Kf8 $11) 25... d2 26. Red1 Nc3 $19 {Now White is
losing; too much material will be lost.} 27. Bxa8 Nxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxa8 {
Threatening something like ...Ba4.} 29. Nf3 (29. Nh5 Qd4 $1 30. Bf4 (30. Qxd4
cxd4 31. Rxd2 Nc6 32. Bf4 Ra1+ 33. Kg2 Bb4 $19 {with an easy win, the white
pieces are totally misplaced}) 30... Ng6 $19) 29... Ra1 $1 30. Nxd2 (30. Rxa1
d1=Q+ 31. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 32. Kh2 Bc6 33. Kg2 Nf5 $19 {followed by ...Nd4.}) 30...
Qd4 $1 {With many precise moves, Black has earned the full point in a very
tense battle.} 31. Nb1 Qxe5 32. Kh2 Bc6 33. Nh5 Qe4 34. Qxe4 Bxe4 35. Re1 Bg6
0-1

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. f4 (6. Ngf3) (6. Ne2) 6...
O-O (6... Nbc6 7. Nh3 O-O 8. O-O Bc7 9. c3 b5 10. Nf3 b4 11. c4 dxe4 12. dxe4
e5 13. Be3 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Nf2 b3 18. Nd3 Bg4
19. Rde1 bxa2 20. b4 Be6 21. Nb2 Rab8 22. f5 Nxb4 23. Bxb4 Rxb4 24. Nd3 Rb3 25.
fxe6 Rxd3 26. Re2 fxe6 27. Rxa2 Bb6 28. Rb1 Rc3 29. Bh3 Rf6 30. Kg2 d3 31. Rd2
Be3 32. Rdd1 Rf2+ 33. Kh1 Kf7 34. Rf1 Rxf1+ 35. Bxf1 d2 36. Rd1 {Vorobiov,E 
(2584)-Hansen,E (2557) Cappelle la Grande 2013 0-1}) 7. Ne2 Nbc6 8. O-O Bc7 9.
Nf3 $146 (9. a3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb6 11. Kh1 Nd4 12. Be3 Nef5 13. Bg1 Qc7 14. c3
Nxe2 15. Qxe2 Nd6 16. Rad1 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Rb8 18. d4 c4 19. Qe5 Bd7 20. Qxc7
Bxc7 21. d5 exd5 22. Bxa7 Rbd8 23. Bc5 Rfe8 24. Rxd5 b6 25. Bb4 Ba4 26. Rxd8
Rxd8 27. Re1 g6 28. Kg1 Rd2 29. Bf1 Rxb2 30. Bxc4 b5 31. Bd5 Bb6+ 32. Kh1 Rd2
33. c4 Rxd5 34. cxd5 Bb3 35. Re8+ Kg7 36. Bc3+ f6 37. Bxf6+ {1-0 (37) Votava,J
(2505)-Pedersen,S (2441) Germany 2004}) 9... b6 10. c4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bb7 12.
Be3 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 Na5 14. Rd7 (14. b3 Bxe4 15. Rd7 $44) 14... Bd8 15. Nd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Black "Nguyen, Chi Minh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 (4... d5 5. d3) 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7.
c3 e5 $1 (7... Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Rb8 (9... b5 $11) 10. a4) 8. Na3 Nge7 9.
Nc2 {[%cal Gb2b4,Gd2d4]} (9. Rd1) 9... O-O 10. b4 {85} cxb4 {70} 11. cxb4 d5
$11 12. d3 {85 Le GMI est bien préparé} a6 {55} 13. a4 $146 (13. Bb2 d4 {
Bojkov,D (2411)-Krasenkow,M (2573) Kavala op 10th 2001 (5) 0-1}) 13... h6 14.
Be3 d4 15. Bd2 {66} Be6 {37} 16. b5 Na5 17. bxa6 bxa6 18. Bb4 Rc8 19. Rfc1 Qc7
20. Bxe7 {17} Qxe7 {13} 21. Qd2 Qc7 22. Nh4 Rfd8 {suite illisible et gain
Blanc au 35ème coup} 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Czebe, Attila"]
[Black "Horvath, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 Ne7 5. h4 $6 $146 {[%mdl 8] White has a
qualitative pawn superiority on the kingside. Therefore already with his first
moves White is trying to develop an initiative on the kingside.} ({The usual
continuation is} 5. g3 Nbc6 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. c3 h6 9. h4 O-O 10. e5 b6
11. Re1 a6 12. Nbd2 Ra7 13. Nf1 Kh7 14. N1h2 Ng8 15. Ng4 Bd7 16. Bf4 $36 {
1-0 Glek,I-De Santis,A/Porto San Giorgio 2000/EXT 2001 (39)}) 5... Nbc6 6. h5
dxe4 (6... e5 $5 {would be probably the best reaction against the White`s
kingside activity:} 7. h6 (7. exd5 Nxd5 $15 8. Nxe5 $4 Nd4 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. f4 f6
$19) 7... Bg4 8. c3 gxh6 9. Bxh6 Bxh6 10. Rxh6 d4 $15) 7. dxe4 Nd4 8. Nxd4 cxd4
9. h6 Nc6 10. hxg7 Bxg7 11. Bh6 Bf6 $6 (11... Bxh6 $142 12. Rxh6 Qg5 13. Qd2 $8
Qg4 $11) 12. Nd2 Bd7 $6 {Black doesn`t feel the danger leaving the d6-square
without the control.} (12... e5 $142 {with the idea to transfer Bc8 to the
more active position} 13. Qf3 Rg8 14. Bc4 Qe7 $11) 13. Nc4 Qc7 $2 (13... e5
$142 14. Qf3 (14. Nd6+ Ke7 15. Nf5+ Bxf5 16. exf5 $11) 14... Qe7 15. Bd2 Bg7 $5
(15... b5 16. Rh6 bxc4 17. Qxf6 Qxf6 18. Rxf6 $14) 16. Qg3 Bf8 $13) 14. Qf3 $1
$16 Be7 $6 (14... Ke7 $142 15. Qa3+ Kd8 16. Nd6 Bc8 17. Rd1 a6 18. c3 $16) 15.
Rh5 (15. Bg7 Nb4 16. Kd1 Rg8 17. Rxh7 O-O-O 18. Qxf7 $18) 15... f5 $6 {This
loses but the game could no longer be saved anyway.} (15... Nb4 16. Kd2 $1 (16.
Kd1 $6 Rg8 17. Bd2 $1 (17. Bf4 $2 e5 18. Bxe5 Qc6 19. Rf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Rxg2 $1
$17) 17... e5 18. Bxb4 Bg4 19. Qxg4 Rxg4 20. Rxe5 Qxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe4 22. Bb5+
Kf8 23. Bxe7+ Kxe7 24. Nf3 $18) 16... Ba4 17. b3 $18) 16. exf5 exf5 17. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Gorzow Wielkopolski"]
[Site "Gorzow Wielkopolski"]
[Date "1987.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petkevich, Jusefs"]
[Black "Moehring, Guenther"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Moehring,G"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1987.05.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3
dxe4 9. dxe4 b6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Qe2 a5 12. a4 Ba6 13. Nc4 b5 14. axb5 Bxb5 15.
Nfd2 (15. Re1 Qc8 16. Qe4 Qa6 $13 17. Na3 $140 Bd3 $1) 15... a4 16. Ra3 Na5 17.
Qe4 Nb6 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Re1 Rad8 20. Qg4 Kh8 21. Be4 Rxd2 22. Bxd2 Nc4 23.
Qh5 (23. Qh3 g6 24. Bh6 Nxa3 25. Bxf8 Bxf8 26. bxa3 c4 $44 {><a3,e5}) 23... g6
24. Qh6 Nxa3 25. bxa3 (25. Bg5 Qd8) 25... Kg8 26. Rb1 Qa6 27. Qe3 Rd8 28. h4
Bc6 29. Bxc6 Qxc6 30. c4 h5 31. Ba5 Rd4 32. Rb8+ Kg7 33. Bd2 Rd8 34. Rb1 $2 (
34. Rxd8 Bxd8 $10) 34... Qd7 $17 {<->d} 35. Qh6+ $2 (35. Rb2 $142 $17) 35...
Kg8 $19 36. Be3 Qd3 37. Rb7 Qe4 {1:59-1:55} 0-1

[Event "URS-ch29 Final"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.11.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1961.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 dxe4 6. dxe4 Bc5 7. Bg2 e5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qe2 (9. c3 a5 10. Qc2 b6 11. Nc4 Ng4 12. h3 Ba6 13. b3 Bxc4 14. bxc4
Nf6 15. Nh4 Ne8 16. Qe2 Nd6 17. Qg4 $13 {Raaste-Farago,I/Lodz/1980/}) 9... Be6
10. c3 a5 11. Nc4 Nd7 12. Ng5 (12. Ne3 $5 a4 13. Rd1 $14) 12... Bxc4 13. Qxc4
Qe7 14. Bd2 (14. Nf3 Nb6 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qe6 $10) 14... Rad8
15. Rad1 Nb6 16. Qe2 Rd6 17. Bh3 Rxd2 18. Qxd2 Rd8 19. Qc1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Qf6
21. Bf5 (21. Rf1 $2 h6 $19) (21. Bg2 Qxf2+ 22. Kh1 Be3 23. Nh3 (23. Rf1 $2 Bxc1
24. Rxf2 Bxg5 $19) 23... Bxc1 24. Nxf2 Bxb2 25. Nd3 Bxc3 (25... Ba3 $17) 26.
Nc5 Nd4 $17) 21... g6 22. b4 $1 $8 axb4 23. cxb4 Be7 $1 (23... Bxb4 $6 24. Bg4
(24. Bd7 $2 Nd4 25. Qxc7 Nxd7 26. Qxd7 Qxg5 $19) 24... Nd4 25. Rd3 $1 h6 26.
Nh3 h5 27. Bd1) 24. Bd7 Nd4 25. Qxc7 Bd8 26. Qxb7 Qxg5 27. Be8 Qf6 (27... Qe7
$5 28. Qxe7 Bxe7 $15) 28. a4 Kf8 (28... Qf3 $2 29. Rd3 $1) 29. Bb5 Qd6 30. Rc1
$2 (30. a5 $4 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Qxd1 $19) (30. Kg2 Qxb4 $15) 30... Nxa4 $1 $17 31.
Kg2 Nb6 32. Rc5 Qf6 $2 (32... Ne6 33. Rc6 Qd4 $17) 33. Qb8 $1 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Qd1+
35. Kg2 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Ne6 37. Rc6 $1 $10 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qd4 (38... Nf4+ $10) 39.
Rd6 $1 Qxe4+ 40. Kg1 Qb1+ (40... Qa8 $2 41. Rxb6 $1 $18) 41. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Motylev,A"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 (5... O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4
Nc6 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 a5 12. Bf4 a4 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3
Ba6 15. Ne3 Rb8 16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Nb6 18. Nd6 Nd5 19. Qxa4 Rb6 20. Rac1 Nxf4
21. Qxf4 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxd6 23. Qe3 Rb3 24. a4 Qc7 25. Nc4 Be7 26. Ne5 Bd6 27.
Nc4 Be7 28. Ne5 {1/2 (28) Svidler,P (2756)-Karjakin,S (2772) Loo RUS 2014}) 6.
e4 $5 {Peter Svidler's team had managed to discover an error in the move order
chosen by Sergey! A more accurate move is 5...0-0, as he later played against
Svidler (see above); withut castling the advance 6.e4!? is simply possible.
Der Brigade von Peter Svidler war es gelungen, einen Fehler in der von Sergey
gewählten Zugfolge aufzudecken! Genauer ist eben 5...0-0, wie er danach gegen
Svidler spielte (s.o.); denn ohne Rochade ist der Vorstoß 6.e4!? halt möglich.}
Nc6 ({Accepting the pawn sacrifice is risky, since after Die Annahme des
Bauernopfers ist riskant, denn nach} 6... dxe4 7. dxe4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Nxe4 9. Ne5
Nd6 10. Na3 f6 11. Nec4 Nxc4 12. Nxc4 {White would have a decent initiative.
hätte Weiß eine ordentliche Initiative.}) 7. Qe2 O-O ({Interessant war} 7... b5
$5 {was intereting, but afterwards one had to reckon with the interesting
possibility of aber darauf musste man mit der interessanten Möglichkeit} 8.
exd5 exd5 9. d4 $5 {with sharp play. mit scharfem Spiel rechnen.}) 8. e5 Nd7 9.
c4 d4 10. h4 $5 {One has the impression that White has obtained the maximum
from the system he has chosen. There is no knight on d2 under his feet and he
can calmly go about developing an initiative on the kingside. After a longish
period of thought Black finds an interesting plan. Man hat den Eindruck, dass
Weiß das Maximum aus dem von ihm gewählten System herausgeholt hat. Ihm steht
kein Springer auf d2 auf den Füßen herum und er kann in Ruhe die Initiative am
Königsflügel entfalten. Nach längerem Nachdenken findet Schwarz einen
interessanten Plan.} Kh8 11. Bf4 f5 $5 ({After Auf} 11... f6 $6 {with the same
idea White did not have to react: mit derselben Idee brauchte Weiß nicht zu
reagieren:} 12. Nbd2 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Ndxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 $14) 12. Ng5 $1
({Fragwürdig wäre} 12. exf6 $6 {would be dubious on account of wegen} gxf6 $1 {
and und} 13. Qxe6 $2 {then fails to scheitert dann an} Nde5) 12... Bxg5 ({
In the event of Im Falle von} 12... Ndb8 {White could continue with könnte
Weiß mit} 13. Qh5 {nachsetzen.}) 13. hxg5 Qc7 ({The immediate Möglich war auch
das unverzügliche} 13... Ne7 $5 {was also possible so as to transfer the
knight to g6. White is then slightly better, but Black's defensive reserves
are up to the task. Sergey obviously did not like that he would have given up
the control of the b4-square. um den Springer nach g6 zu überführen. Weiß
steht dann ein bisschen besser, aber die schwarzen Verteidigungsreserven
reichen aus. Sergey gefiel dann offensichtlich nicht, dass er die Kontrolle
über den Punkt b4 aufgegeben hätte.}) 14. g6 $5 {An interesting positional
pawn sacrifice. Ein interessantes positionelles Bauernopfer.} ({After Auf} 14.
Nd2 {both 14...Ne7 and war außer 14...Ne7 auch} Kg8 {were possible, which,
after möglich, was nach} 15. g6 hxg6 {, would have led to the text. zum Text
geführt hätte.}) 14... hxg6 15. Nd2 Kg8 16. Nf3 Re8 $1 {Black has to hurry
with the regrouping of hs knights, or else he will simply get mated on the
h-file. Schwarz muss sich mit der Umgruppierung der Springer beeilen, denn
anderenfalls wird er schlicht und einfach auf der h-Linie mattgesetzt.} 17. Ng5
Nf8 (17... Nd8 18. g4 $1) 18. g4 $1 Nd8 19. Kh2 $6 ({In my opinion, the
immediate Meiner Meinung nach war sofort} 19. gxf5 $1 {was stronger and would
have left Black facing a decision which was anything but simple: stärker, was
Schwarz vor eine nicht einfache Wahl gestellt hätte:} gxf5 ({after auf} 19...
exf5 {White plays spielt Weiß} 20. Bd5+ {and then puts the king on g2 or even
plays Bf4-d2 followed by f2-f4 and in both cases looks to have a hefty
advantage..  und stellt dann den König nach g2 oder spielt sogar Bf4-d2
gefolgt von f2-f4 und sein Vorteil sieht in beiden Fällen gewichtig aus.}) 20.
Kh2 Nf7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Bf3 {and White is slightly better. und Weiß steht
etwas besser.}) 19... Bd7 $1 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Bd5+ Nde6 22. Rg1 Bc6 23. Qf3 $1
Rad8 24. Rae1 Qd7 25. Bxe6+ $2 ({Logically, a draw would have followed Zu
einem logischen Remis hätte} 25. Nxe6 {: geführt:} Nxe6 ({Peter had feared the
positional exchange sacrifice Peter hatte das positionelle Qualitätsopfer} 
25... Rxe6 $5 26. Bxe6+ Nxe6 27. Qg3 {- which in fact looks terrible for White,
but on account of the hanging pawn on g6 the black king cannot free the way
for his rook to get to h8 and White exploits the time to entrench himself
sufficiently beginning with f2-f3. Black then has compensation for the
exchange, but it should not sufficefor more than equality. befürchtet - das
sieht in der Tat furchtbar für Weiß aus, aber wegen des hängenden Bauern g6
kann der schwarze König seinem Turm nicht den Weg nach h8 ebnen und Weiß nutzt
die Zeit, sich beginnend mit f2-f3 hinreichend zu verschanzen. Schwarz hat
dann Kompensation für die Qualität, aber sie dürfte nicht zu mehr reichen als
zum Ausgleich.}) 26. Rxg6 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Qxd5 28. Qh5 Rd7 ({schlecht ist} 28...
Nxf4 $2 {is bad:} 29. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 30. Rg1+) 29. Rh6 $5 {and here und hier
führt} gxh6 ({and also the pretty aber auch das hübsche} 29... Qg2+ $5 30. Kxg2
Nxf4+ 31. Kg3 Nxh5+ 32. Rxh5 g6 33. Rh6 Re6 $11) 30. Qxe8+ Kh7 31. Bxh6 $1 Ng7
$1 32. Bxg7 Rxg7 33. Qh5+ $11 {leads to equality. zum Ausgleich.}) 25... Nxe6
26. Qg3 ({Actually Peter had here been long planning Peter hatte hier von
weitem eigentlich} 26. Qh3 $6 Nxg5 27. Bxg5 Rc8 28. Bf6 {geplant} ({A better
move is besser ist} 28. f3 {and a draw remains the most likely outcome of this
game und ein Remis bleibt der wahrscheinlichste Ausgang dieser Partie}) {
, but after , aber nach} 28... Qf7 $1 29. Rg3 {the winning move is there for
Black: findet sich für Schwarz der Gewinnzug} f4 $1) 26... Rc8 27. Nh3 ({
White had a fantastic variation at his disposal here: Weiß stand hier eine
phantastische Variante zu Gebote:} 27. Qh4 Nxg5 28. Rxg5 Kf7 ({In the event of
im Falle von} 28... Re6 29. Reg1 {it is hard for Black to reorganise his
position, since fällt Schwarz der Umbau der Stellung schwer, denn} Kf7 $4 {
fails to scheitert an} 30. Qh7 $18) 29. Rxg6 $3 Kxg6 (29... Rh8 $2 30. Bh6 $1 {
and White wins und Weiß gewinnt}) 30. Rg1+ Kf7 31. Qh7 $1 Rg8 32. Rg6 $1 {
with a draw after mit Remis nach} Qe6 (32... Qe8 33. Qh5 Rh8 34. Rh6+ Ke7 35.
Qg5+ Kf7 36. Qh5+ $11) 33. Rxe6 Rh8 34. Rf6+ Ke7 35. Rh6 Rxh7 36. Rxh7 $11)
27... Qf7 28. Qh4 $6 ({Here Peter forgot about the f3-square. There was a
better move: Peter vergaß hier das Feld f3. Besser war} 28. Ng5 Nxg5 29. Qxg5
Re6 30. Rg3 Qe8 31. Qh4 Kf7 32. Rh3 {with reasonable chances for a successful
defence. mit keinen schlechten Chancen auf eine erfolgreiche Verteidigung.})
28... Bf3 $1 {From here on Black need have no further worries about the
security of his king.  Von hier an muss sich Schwarz um die Sicherheit seines
Königs keine Sorgen mehr machen.} 29. Bd2 Bg4 30. Rg3 Qe7 $2 {There was
absolutely no need to go in for this exchange. Because the black bishop is
reliably shoring up the kingside. After Zu diesem Tausch bestand absolut keine
Notwendigkeit.  Denn der schwarze Läufer betoniert den Königsflügel doch
zuverlässig. Nach} (30... Qd7 {or even oder sogar}) (30... Rc6 {and then ...
Qc7 Black's position is almost a technical win. nebst ...Qc7 ist die schwarze
Stellung technisch fast gewonnen.}) 31. Qxe7 $1 {Of course! The exchange of
queens again brings White closer to a draw. Natürlich! Der Damentausch bringt
Weiß dem Remis wieder näher.} Rxe7 32. Ng5 Nxg5 33. Bxg5 Re6 34. f3 Bh5 35. b3
({It was worth considering the immediate In Betracht kam das unverzügliche} 35.
Rh3 {Black could here have seized the chance to advance his f-pawn, since this
option might never have been on offer in the later course of the game: Schwarz
hätte bereits hier die Chance ergreifen können, seinen f-Bauern vorzustoßen,
denn diese Möglichkeit hätte sich im weiteren Verlauf nicht mehr bieten können:
} Ra6 36. Ra1 $1 Re8 37. Bf4 Ree6 38. Kg3 Reb6 39. Rh2 {and White successfully
defends his weaknesses step by step. und Weiß verteidigt Schritt für Schritt
mit Erfolg seine Schwächen.} Kf7) {It was worth considering the immediate In
Betracht kam das unverzügliche} 35... Kf7 {Black could here have seized the
chance to advance his f-pawn, since this option might never have been on offer
in the later course of the game: Schwarz hätte bereits hier die Chance
ergreifen können, seinen f-Bauern vorzustoßen, denn diese Möglichkeit hätte
sich im weiteren Verlauf nicht mehr bieten können:} (35... f4 $5 36. Rh3 (36.
Bxf4 Rf8 37. Re4 g5 38. Bxg5 Rxf3 39. Rxf3 Bxf3 40. Re1 Bh5 41. Bf4 Kf7 $15)
36... Rf8 37. Re4 Rf5 38. Bxf4 Bxf3 39. Rxf3 g5 $15) 36. Rh3 Rce8 37. Bf4 Ra6
38. Re2 Ke6 39. Kg3 Rb8 40. Bg5 $2 {On the final move before the time control
White goes wrong. Im letzten Zug vor der Zeitkontrolle greift Weiß fehl.} ({
If he had come up with something like Wenn er mit etwa} 40. Rh1 {on the spot,
it would have been hard to suggest a winning plan for Black. auf der Stelle
getreten wäre, hätte man Schwarz schwerlich einen Gewinnplan vorschlagen
können.}) 40... f4+ $1 {This opens a new chapter in this battle, which would
no longer have been am option after Kf4.  Damit wird ein neues Kapitel dieses
Kampfes eröffnet, wovon nach Kf4 nicht mehr die Rede hätte sein können.} 41.
Bxf4 Rf8 42. Rf2 Rf5 43. Bc1 ({White wuld sooner or later have had to give up
the e5-pawn, for example: Vom Bauern e5 hätte sich Weiß früher oder später
sowieso trennen müssen, zum Beispiel:} 43. Rh1 Rc6 44. Re1 Rc7 45. Bd2 Rcf7 46.
Ref1 g5) (43. Rhh2 Rc6) 43... Rxe5 44. Rh1 ({Besser sah} 44. Rh4 Kd7 45. Re4
$15 {looked better aus}) 44... Kf7 45. Bf4 Rf5 46. Bb8 $6 ({He would have been
better sticking to passive defence with Er hätte sich lieber mit} 46. Rhf1 g5
47. Bc1 {even if the d3-pawn is weak. an eine passive Verteidigung halten
sollen, auch wenn der Bauer d3 schwach ist.} Raf6 {etc. usw.}) 46... Re6 $1 47.
Rh4 Re3 48. Rf4 a6 49. Bd6 $6 ({There was the stronger move Stärker war} 49.
Ba7 $1 Ke6 50. b4 $17) 49... Rxf4 $2 ({Here Hier hätte} 49... Ke6 $1 50. Rxf5 (
50. Bf8 b6 51. Bxg7 g5) 50... gxf5 51. Bxc5 Ke5 $19 {would have led to a
simple win for Black. zu einem einfachen Sieg für Schwarz geführt.}) 50. Kxf4
Kf6 $17 51. Bxc5 g5+ 52. Kg3 Rxd3 53. Kg2 Be8 ({After Nach} 53... Kf5 {White
would have played a waiting move hätte Weiß mit} 54. Bb6 {and whether
abgewartet und ob dann} g4 (54... Be8 55. Kf1 $1) 55. fxg4+ Kxg4 {would then
have sufficed for Black to win is not clear. für Schwarz zum Sieg ausgereicht
hätte, ist nicht klar.}) 54. Kf1 $1 Bh5 55. Ke2 $5 Re3+ 56. Kd2 Ke5 57. Rg2 ({
Here White could have played Hier konnte Weiß mit} 57. Re2 $5 {to go into a
pure opposite coloured bishops endgame: in ein reines Endspiel mit
ungleichfarbigen Läufern übergehen:} Rxe2+ 58. Kxe2 g4 59. fxg4 Bxg4+ 60. Kd2 {
. Without the pawns on the a-, b- and c-files it would be a draw. The presence
of these pawns increases Black's chances, but it is hard to say whether there
is enough there for a win.}) 57... Kf4 58. Bxd4 Re7 59. Re2 Rd7 60. Kc3 Bxf3
61. Re8 $2 ({It was better to set up a defensive wall along the third rank
with Es war besser, mit} 61. Be5+ $1 Kf5 62. Re3 g4 63. Bg3 {I think that a
Mitja Jakovenko would not have lost this position. einen Verteidigungswall
entlang der dritten Reihe zu errichten. Ich denke, ein Mitja Jakovenko hätte
diese Stellung nicht verloren.}) 61... Be4 $1 {Now the white rook will no
longer find its way back.  Jetzt kommt der weiße Turm schon nicht mehr zurück.}
62. Rf8+ Bf5 $1 63. Rg8 g6 64. Rg7 {I think that White had pinned his hopes on
this exchange of rooks. But he is in for a bitter disappointment. Ich denke,
dass Weiß seine Hoffnungen in diesen Turmtausch gelegt hatte. Aber ihn
erwartet eine bittere Enttäuschung.} Rxd4 $3 {This is a really unexpected
exchange sacrifice. Especially when linked to Black's next move!  Das ist ein
wirklich unerwartetes Qualitätsopfer. Insbesondere in Verbindung mit dem
nächsten Zug von Schwarz!} 65. Kxd4 b6 $1 {The only way! Nur so!} ({After Nach
} 65... g4 $2 66. Rxb7 g3 67. Re7 g2 68. Re1 {White would have saved the game.
hätte Weiß sich gerettet.}) 66. Kc3 $5 Ke3 $1 {This move too is the only one
which leads to the win.  Auch dieser Zug ist der einzige, der zum Gewinn führt.
} 67. Rb7 g4 68. Rxb6 g3 69. Rd6 g2 70. Rd1 g5 $6 ({There was a simpler way to
win: Einfacher gewann} 70... Bg4 $1 {, for example: , zum Beispiel:} 71. Rg1 (
71. Rc1 Be2 72. Re1 Kf2) 71... Kf2 72. Rxg2+ Kxg2 73. b4 g5 74. b5 axb5 75.
cxb5 Kf2 76. a4 Bc8) 71. b4 (71. c5 Kf2 72. Rd2+ Kg3 73. Rd1 Kh2 74. b4 g1=Q
75. Rxg1 Kxg1 $19) 71... Kf2 72. a4 g1=Q 73. Rxg1 Kxg1 74. b5 axb5 75. axb5 g4
$1 ({Not Nicht} 75... Bd7 76. Kb4 g4 77. c5 g3 78. c6 Be8 79. Kc5 g2 {since
White saves the day after the surprising denn Weiß rettet sich nach dem
überraschenden} 80. Kd6 $3 Bh5 (80... Kf1 81. c7 g1=Q 82. c8=Q {is a draw ist
remis}) 81. c7 Bg4 82. b6 Bc8 83. Kc6 $11) 76. c5 g3 77. c6 g2 78. b6 Kf2 79.
b7 g1=Q 80. b8=Q {The pawns have promoted simultaneously, but Black starts
with checks... Die Bauern haben sich gleichzeitig verwandelt, aber Schwarz
fängt mit den Schachs an...} Qc1+ $1 81. Kd4 Qe3+ $1 82. Kc4 (82. Kd5 Be6+ 83.
Kd6 Qf4+ 84. Kxe6 Qxb8 85. Kd7 Qb5 $1 $19) 82... Be6+ $1 {White resigns
because he loses his queen. The game had its mistakes, but it was a very
eventful encounter! Weiß gab auf, denn er verliert die Dame. Keine fehlerlose,
aber eine sehr ereignisreiche Partie!} 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.04.25"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Renner, Christoph"]
[Black "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Erfurt"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 e5 (5... a5 $5) 6. b4 a6 7. Bb2
Bd6 8. g3 (8. exd5 {kommt wohl etwas zu früh, z.B.} Nxd5 9. c4 Nf4 (9... Ndxb4
$2 10. a3 $16) 10. c5 Be7 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nxd3+ 13. Bxd3 Qxd3 $132) 8...
O-O 9. Bg2 Ne7 10. O-O (10. exd5 $5 Nexd5 11. O-O $14) 10... c6 11. c4 $1 {
diesen Zug hatte ich unterschätzt. Die Idee, entweder einen Zentrumsbauern
gegen einen am Damenflügel zu tauschen oder eine Initiative gegen die
schwachen schwarzen Felder zu starten, sollte Weiß in Vorteil bringen:} dxe4 (
11... Bxb4 12. Bxe5 dxe4 13. dxe4 Ng6 14. Bb2 Bg4 15. Qc2 $14 {weil die
Springer f6 und g6 nicht so gut stehen, und Weiß langfristig günstig zu e5
kommen wird.}) 12. Nxe5 $6 (12. dxe4 Bxb4 13. Bxe5 $14 {siehe unter 11...Lxb4})
12... Bxe5 $1 13. Bxe5 Ng4 (13... exd3 $6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Re1 $44) 14. Bf4 $1
(14. Bc3 $2 e3 15. Ne4 exf2+ 16. Nxf2 Ne3 $17) 14... exd3 15. c5 (15. Ne4 $5 {
(Renner)}) 15... Nd5 16. Bd6 Re8 17. Nc4 (17. Qb3 $5) 17... Bf5 (17... Nc3 {
gefiel mir nicht:} 18. Qxd3 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Qf6 20. Ne5 $1) 18. Bxd5 $6 {spielt
mit dem Feuer. Aus praktischer Sicht war es sicher besser, mit dem Läuferpaar
auf Kompensation zu spielen, z.B.} (18. Qb3 Qg5 19. h3 Ngf6 20. g4 $44) 18...
cxd5 19. Nb6 {[#]} Re2 $1 {[%mdl 640]} 20. h3 $2 (20. Nxa8 $2 Qf6 $1 21. h3 (
21. Qa4 Nxf2 $1 22. Rxf2 Qxa1+ 23. Kg2 (23. Rf1 Qd4+ $19) 23... Qe1 $19) (21.
Nc7 Qd4 22. Qe1 Rxe1 23. Raxe1 Be4 $19) 21... Be4 22. Bf4 (22. Qa4 h5 23. Qe8+
Kh7 24. hxg4 Qf3 25. Qxe4+ dxe4 $19) 22... g5 (22... Ne5 23. Qa4 Nf3+ 24. Kh1
g5 25. Qe8+ Kg7 26. Bd6 Nd2+ 27. Kg1 Qf3 28. Qe5+ Kg6 $19) 23. Qc1 (23. hxg4
Qh6 24. f3 Qh2#) 23... gxf4 24. Qxf4 {[%tqu "En","Black to move and win","","",
"g4f2","",7,"De","Schwarz zieht und gewinnt","","","g4f2","",7]} Nxf2 $3 $19
25. Qxf6 (25. Rxf2 Qxa1+ 26. Rf1 Rg2+ 27. Kh1 Rf2+ 28. Qxe4 Qxf1#) 25... Nxh3#)
(20. Nxd5 Qe8 $1 {(Ftacnik)} (20... Qg5 $2 21. h4 Qh6 22. Ne7+ Rxe7 23. Bxe7
$16) (20... Nf6 21. Nf4 Re4 $13) 21. h3 (21. Nc7 Qc6 22. Nxa8 Qf3 23. Qa4 h5
$19) 21... Nf6 22. Nf4 g5 $17) 20... Be4 $1 21. Qc1 (21. hxg4 Qf6 (21... Qg5 {
(Fritz4)} 22. Bf4 Qxg4 23. f3 Qh3 24. Qxe2 (24. Rf2 Bxf3 $19) 24... dxe2 25.
Rf2 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Re8 27. Re1 d4 $17) 22. Bf4 g5 $19) (21. Nxa8 Qf6 $19 {
siehe unter 20.Sxa8}) (21. Bf4 g5 $19) 21... Ne3 22. Qc3 (22. Qxe3 Rxe3 23.
fxe3 Qg5 (23... Ra7 $5) 24. Nxa8 Qxe3+ 25. Rf2 d2 26. Raf1 g5 27. Nc7 Bd3 (
27... Qe1 $2 28. Rxf7 h5 (28... d1=Q $2 29. Rf8+ Kg7 30. Ne6+ Kh6 31. R8f6+ Bg6
32. Bf8+ Kh5 33. Ng7+ Kh6 34. Nf5+ Kh5 35. g4+ $18) 29. Rf8+ Kh7 30. R8f7+ $11)
28. Nxd5 Qe1 $19) (22. Nxa8 Qf6 23. Bf4 (23. Qxe3 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Qb2 $19) 23...
Qf5 24. Qxe3 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Qxh3 $19) 22... Nxf1 23. Rxf1 Rc8 24. f3 $6 (24.
Nxc8 Qxc8 25. g4 $5 h5 26. f3 hxg4 27. fxe4 gxh3 28. Qxd3 Qg4+ 29. Bg3 Rg2+ 30.
Kh1 Rxg3 31. Qxd5 Rf3 $19) 24... Qxb6 (24... Qxd6 $4 25. cxd6 Rxc3 26. d7 $18)
25. Be5 $6 (25. fxe4 Rxe4 26. Qxd3 Qxb4 $19) 25... Qh6 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT Div 2"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2000.08.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Movsziszian, Karen"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2000.08.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. O-O c5 5. d3 Be7 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. h5 Ba6 13. N1h2 a4 14. a3 Qb8 $6 {
[%csl Rd3][%cal Gb8b5,Gb4b3] Das ist meines Erachtens eine neue Idee, wenn
Weiss mit a2-a3 spielt. Schwarz plant einfach mittels Qb5 gefolgt von b3 den
Bauern d3 zu schwächen. Doch ich befürchte, es ist zu langsam, und bei
richtiger Spielweise sollte Weiss gute Angriffschancen erhalten.} (14... bxa3
15. bxa3 Rb8) ({oder} 14... Bb5 {gefolgt von Rc8 und Nd4 (ähnlich zu
Kochyev-Shaposhnikov, St.Petersburg 1998) sollten bevorzugt werden.}) 15. Bf4
Qb5 (15... Nd4 $2 {scheitert an das übliche Motiv} 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Qg4 Kh8
18. Bxd5 $1 {[%csl Rb8]}) 16. h6 g6 17. Qd2 $1 {Richtig gespielt! Weiss möchte
die schwarzfeldrigen Läufer abtauschen, um die Felder um den Kg8 zu schwächen.
Dabei braucht b3 nicht befürchtet zu werden.} Rfc8 (17... b3 18. c4 $1 {
verhindert die Oeffnung des Damenflügels.}) 18. Bg5 Bf8 19. Bf1 $6 {Nach
diesem passiven Zug ist die Welt in Ordnung für Schwarz.} ({Es sollte
konsequent} 19. Qf4 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gg5h4,Gf3g5] gezogen werden, z.B:} b3 $1 (
19... bxa3 {war meine erste Absicht, leider geht dann} 20. bxa3 Qb2 21. c4 $1)
({auch} 19... Nd4 $5 {zog ich in Betracht, aber nach} 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Nf3
bxa3 22. bxa3 Qb2 23. Nxd4 Bc5 24. Nf3 {übersah ich den starken} Bxd3 $1 25.
cxd3 Bxf2+ 26. Kh1 Bxe1 27. Rxe1 Qxa3 {mit beiderseitigen Chancen}) 20. c4 $1 (
20. Bh4 {funktionniert nicht gut nach} bxc2 21. Ng5 Ncxe5 $1 (21... Nd8 22.
Nxh7 Kxh7 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Qxg6 $44) (21... Ndxe5 $2 22. Ng4
Qxb2 23. Nf6+ Kh8 $17 24. Rxe5 $140 $2 Qxa1+ 25. Kh2 Ra7) 22. Ng4 Qxb2 $19)
20... dxc4 21. dxc4 Qxc4 22. Rad1 Qxf4 23. Bxf4 Nb6 (23... Rc7 24. Ng4 Be7 25.
Nf6+ Bxf6 26. exf6 $44) 24. Ng4 Be7 25. Bg5 {und Weiss erhält Gegenchancen auf
den schwarzen Feldern.}) 19... Nd4 20. Nxd4 (20. axb4 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 cxb4 $15)
20... cxd4 21. Nf3 Qb6 22. Rec1 bxa3 23. bxa3 Rc3 {Schwarz hat nun eine
gewisse Initiative am Damenflügel. Leider hat er auch Schwierigkeiten mit dem
Bauern d4.} 24. Qf4 Rxa3 25. Rab1 Qc7 26. Qxd4 Qc3 $2 {Ein ganz dummer Zug, da
die schwarze Dame dort nichts zu suchen hat. Zu klarem Vorteil führte} (26...
Rb8 27. Rxb8 Nxb8 $17 {[%cal Gb8c6]}) 27. Qf4 Ra2 28. Bh4 $1 {Plötzlich
tauchen die üblichen Drohungen wieder auf.} Qc7 ({Die Alternativen} 28... Bc5
$2 29. d4 Ba3 30. Bxa6 Bxc1 31. Rxc1 Rxa6 32. Ng5 $18) ({und} 28... Ba3 29. Ng5
$1 Rf8 30. Qxa4 $13 {waren nicht wünschenswert.}) 29. Bh3 Bc8 $6 (29... Rxc2 $1
{zog ich nicht lange in Betracht, da} 30. Ng5 Nxe5 31. d4 Rxc1+ 32. Rxc1 {
tödlich aussieht. Doch Fritz findet die folgende Ressource:} Nf3+ $1 33. Nxf3
Qxf4 34. gxf4 Bxh6 {mit drei Bauern für die Figur und eine sehr gesunde
Stellung.}) 30. c4 $1 Qa7 $2 {Auf diesen Zug beruhten meine Hoffnungen, aber
Weiss steht danach auf Gewinn.} (30... dxc4 31. Rxc4 Qa7 {war immer noch
unklar.}) 31. d4 $1 Nb6 (31... dxc4 32. Ng5 {und der Nd7 findet kein gutes
Feld.}) 32. c5 $2 {In beiderseitigen Zeitnot revanchiert sich Weiss.} ({Nach} 
32. Rxb6 $1 Qxb6 33. cxd5 {hätte ich keine Ausrede gehabt. Der weisse Angriff
ist nämlich zu gefährlich, z.B:} Qb7 34. Ng5 Bxh6 35. Qf6 Bg7 36. Qd8+ Bf8 37.
Nxh7 $16 {usw.}) 32... Nc4 33. Bd8 $6 $138 ({Auch nach} 33. Nh2 a3 34. Ng4 Rb2
{ist Schwarz OK.}) 33... Qd7 34. Bb6 a3 35. Bf1 ({oder} 35. Nh2 Rb2 36. Ng4 Qb7
) 35... Rb2 36. Bxc4 dxc4 37. Nd2 Bb7 $2 $138 ({Zwei klar stärkere Wege
verpasste ich, nämlich} 37... Rxb1 38. Rxb1 a2 39. Ra1 Bxh6 $1 $19) ({und} 
37... Bxh6 38. Qxh6 Qxd4 {Das Motiv mit dem Läuferopfer kam mir nur nach dem
39. Zug.}) 38. Ne4 Bxe4 39. Qxe4 Qd5 40. Qe3 (40. Qxd5 exd5 41. c6 c3 $19)
40... a2 41. Ra1 Bxh6 $5 ({Die Zeitnot war vorbei, und ich konzentrierte mich
nur auf das Opfer. Doch} 41... Rb3 42. Qf4 Rd3 $19 {hätte die Partie sehr
gekürzt.}) 42. Qxh6 Qxd4 43. Qf4 $6 (43. Qh2 $2 c3 $19) ({Hartnäckiger war} 43.
Qe3 Qxe3 44. fxe3 {obwohl Schwarz nach} c3 45. Kf1 Ra4 {klar besser steht.})
43... Qxf4 44. gxf4 c3 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gc3c1,Ga2a1,Yb2h2,Gh7h1] Für die
geopferte Figur besitzt Schwarz zwei starke vorgerückte Freibauern, sowie
einen potentiell gefährlichen Bauern auf der h-Linie. Dazu sind die schwarzen
Türme viel aktiver als die weissen, während der Bb6 (wegen des eigenen Pc5!)
nur schwierig zur Verteidigung zurückkommen kann.} 45. Kf1 (45. Kg2 c2 {(/\Rb1)
} 46. c6 Rxb6 47. Rxc2 Rc8 48. Rcxa2 Rbxc6 $17) 45... h5 46. Bc7 ({oder} 46.
Ke1 h4) 46... Ra4 ({Besser war zweiffellos} 46... h4 $1 47. c6 Ra6 (47... h3
48. Bd6) 48. Bd8 Rxc6 49. Bxh4 Rcb6 {mit Gewinn.}) 47. Bd8 {Mit der Idee, zur
Verteidigung des Feldes c1 zurückzukehren.} (47. c6 c2 48. Bd6 (48. Ke2 Rb1 49.
Kd2 Rd4+ $19) 48... Rb1 49. c7 Rc4 50. Ba3 Rxa1 51. Rxa1 Rxc7 52. Ke2 (52. Bc1
Rd7 $19) 52... h4 $1 $19) 47... Rxf4 (47... c2 $2 48. f5 $1 Rb1 49. Bg5 Rd4 50.
Rxa2 Rxc1+ 51. Bxc1 Rd1+ 52. Ke2 Rxc1 53. Kf3 {und der weisse c-Bauer ist sehr
gefährlich!}) 48. c6 $6 ({Weiss sollte seinen König nicht auf der Grundlinie
unterlassen. Trotzdem gewinnt Schwarz nach} 48. Kg2 Rfxf2+ ({wie auch} 48...
Rbxf2+ {} 49. Kg1 (49. Kg3 R4f3+ 50. Kh4 Rg2 51. Rg1 g5+ 52. Bxg5 Rh2#) 49...
Rb2 50. c6 Rc4 $19) 49. Kg3 Rfd2 50. Ba5 Rd3+ 51. Kf4 c2 52. c6 Rb1 53. c7 Rd4+
54. Ke3 Rc4 $19) 48... Rfxf2+ 49. Kg1 Rg2+ 50. Kh1 Rh2+ 51. Kg1 h4 $1 52. Bxh4
(52. c7 Rbg2+ 53. Kf1 h3 54. c8=Q Rh1#) (52. Rxc3 h3 53. Rg3 Rhd2 $19) 52...
Rxh4 53. Rxc3 Rb1+ 54. Rc1 Rxc1+ 55. Rxc1 Rc4 56. Ra1 Rxc6 57. Rxa2 Rc5 58. Re2
Kg7 59. Kf2 g5 60. Kf3 Kg6 61. Ke4 Rc4+ 62. Ke3 Kf5 63. Kd3 Rf4 64. Rg2 g4 65.
Re2 g3 0-1

[Event "Tbilisi zt (Women)"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Goletiani, Rusudan"]
[Black "Kalevic, Sanja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "Petronic,J"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nge7 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. e5
Qc7 9. Re1 h6 10. h4 b5 11. Bf4 Ba6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. c3 Qb6 14. b3 O-O 15. Nf1
c4 16. bxc4 dxc4 17. dxc4 bxc4 18. Ne3 Qa5 19. Qc2 Rfd8 20. Bf1 Nd5 21. Nxc4
Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Nxf4 23. gxf4 Ne7 24. Re4 Rc5 25. Rae1 Nf5 26. h5 gxh5 27. Kh2
Rdc8 28. Qd3 Qc7 29. Nd2 Rd8 30. Rd4 Nxd4 31. cxd4 Qe7 32. Kh3 Rc7 33. Ne4 Qb4
34. Rc1 Qb2 35. Rg1 Kf8 36. Qg3 Bh8 37. Nd6 (37. Bxe6 $1) 37... Ke7 38. Qh4+
Kd7 $4 (38... f6 $8 $13) 39. Bb5+ $18 Rc6 40. Bxc6+ Kc7 41. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT 08th Group3"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1982.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Ornstein, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1982.03.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 a5 6. Be2 (6. e5 Nd7 7. d4 f6)
6... e5 7. O-O (7. Qc2) (7. a4) 7... Be7 8. d4 $5 $146 (8. Re1 O-O {Balashov,Y
(2600)-Vaganian,R (2570) URS-ch47 Minsk 1979 (6) 1/2}) 8... exd4 (8... Nxe4 9.
Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 O-O 12. Qc2 Bf5) 9. e5 Ne4 10. cxd4 O-O 11.
Bb5 Bg4 $11 12. Qa4 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Nb4 $1 14. a3 c6 15. axb4 cxb5 16. Qxb5 Bxb4
$132 {[%csl Gb4,Rc1,Gg4]} 17. Nb3 {[%csl Gc5]} Ra6 $6 {[%cal Ga6g6] Prématuré
} (17... b6 $142 {[%cal Gb6a5,Gb6c5]}) (17... Qd7 18. Qxd7 Bxd7 {[%cal Ga5a4]})
18. Qd3 Rg6 (18... Qd7 {[%cal Gg4f5]}) 19. f4 Bd7 20. f5 Rg4 21. h3 Re4 22. f6
$36 Re8 23. Nd2 Bxd2 24. Qg3 (24. Qxd2) 24... g6 25. Bxd2 Qb6 26. Be3 Qxb2 (
26... Qb3 $5 {[%cal Ge4e3]} 27. Rfe1 a4 {[%csl Rb2]}) 27. Qg5 Qe2 28. Rf3 (28.
Rae1) 28... Kh8 29. Bf2 a4 30. Re1 Qb2 31. Rxe4 dxe4 32. Rf4 Qb4 33. Rh4 $40 {
[%cal Gh4h7]} Qf8 $8 34. d5 a3 (34... Bf5) 35. Bd4 $1 {[%cal Gd4h8,Ge5e6]} Qb4
36. Qe3 a2 37. Kh2 g5 38. Qxg5 Rg8 39. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2018.03.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.03.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zuerich"]
[BlackTeam "Wollishofen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. c3 Nge7 7. O-O d6 8. d3 (
8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Bh6 Ng8 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Nf6 $11
) 8... O-O 9. a3 b5 $146 10. b4 (10. Be3 $5) 10... cxb4 11. axb4 a5 (11... Nxb4
12. d4 Nbc6 13. Qxb5 a5 14. Qa4 $14) 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Na3 Qb6 (13... axb4 14.
cxb4 Ne5 $11) 14. bxa5 Rxa5 (14... Nxa5 $11) 15. c4 $1 b4 16. Nb5 Rfa8 $1 {
Ein starkes positionelles Bauernopfer.} 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rab1 $2 (18. Rxa5
Rxa5 19. Nxd6 e5 20. Qb2 (20. Nb5 Bg4 21. Qe3 Nc8 $44) 20... Qa6 $44 (20... Bg4
21. c5 (21. Ne8+ Kh8 22. Ng5) 21... Rxc5 22. Nc4 Rxc4 23. dxc4 Bxf3 24. Bxf3
Nd4 25. Bg2 b3 $44)) 18... e5 $1 $15 19. Qe3 $1 (19. Nxd6 $2 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4
21. Nb7 R5a7 22. Rxb4 Rb8 23. Rfb1 Bc8 24. c5 Raxb7 $19) 19... Qc5 $1 20. h3 $6
(20. Nd2 $11) (20. Qxc5 dxc5 21. Nd2 Nd8 22. Nb3 Bxb5 23. Nxa5 Ba4 24. Nb3 Bxb3
25. Rxb3 Nec6 26. Rbb1 Ra3 $15) 20... Nc8 (20... Ra2 $1) 21. Qc1 $6 Ra2 $1 22.
Rb2 Nb6 23. Qb1 Rxb2 24. Qxb2 Na4 25. Qb3 $6 Nc3 $1 $19 26. Nxc3 Ra3 27. Qb2
bxc3 28. Qc1 Nd4 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. f4 Ra2 31. f5 f6 32. Qb1 Rb2 33. Qa1 Qe5 34.
Rf4 g5 35. Rf2 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Be8 37. Bf3 Bf7 $6 (37... h5 38. Qa7+ Kh6 $19) 38.
Qa7 Kf8 $4 (38... c2 39. Qa3 h5 40. Qb2 h4 $19) 39. Qb8+ $11 {Unglaublich,
aber das ist jetzt nicht mehr gewonnen!} Kg7 40. Qb7 Kf8 41. Qb8+ Kg7 42. Qb7
Kg8 43. Qb8+ Qe8 44. Qb6 $1 (44. Qxd6 $2 c2 45. Qa3 Qb8 $19) (44. Qxe8+ $5 Bxe8
45. Bd1 Kf8 46. Ke1 Ke7 47. Bc2 Kd8 48. Kd1 Kc7 49. Kc1 Kb6 50. Bd1 {diese
Aufstellung scheint zu halten}) 44... Qa4 45. Be2 $2 (45. Qxd6 $1 c2 46. Qb8+
Kg7 47. Qb2 Bxc4 48. dxc4 Qxc4 49. Qb7+ Qf7 50. Qc6 $11) (45. e5 $1 $11) 45...
Qa3 $2 (45... Kg7 $19) (45... Qa2 46. Qxd6 c2 47. Qb8+ Kg7 48. e5 Qa6 (48...
c1=Q 49. exf6+ Kxf6 50. Qd6+ Kg7 51. Qe5+ $11) 49. Qb2) (45... h6 $19) 46. e5
$3 dxe5 47. Qxf6 c2 48. Qd8+ (48. Qxg5+ Bg6 49. fxg6 c1=Q 50. gxh7+ Kxh7 51.
Qf5+ $11) 48... Qf8 49. Qxg5+ Bg6 50. g4 $1 (50. Bg4 e4 (50... h6 51. Qd2 Bxf5
52. Bxf5 Qxf5+ 53. Ke1 Qxh3 54. Qxc2 Qxg3+ 55. Kf1) 51. dxe4 d3 52. Kg2 h6 53.
Qf4 Bf7 (53... Kg7 54. e5 Qa8+ 55. Kh2 Qa2 56. Qc1) 54. f6 Bxc4) 50... Qa3 (
50... e4 51. dxe4 Qa3 52. Qd8+ Kf7 53. fxg6+ hxg6 54. Qd5+ Ke8 55. c5 Qe3+ 56.
Kg2 Qxe2+ 57. Kg3 Qe1+ 58. Kg2 Qd2+ 59. Kf3 $8 $11 (59. Kg3 Qa5 $3 $19)) 51.
Qd8+ Qf8 52. Qg5 Qa3 53. Qd8+ Qf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Hall, Jesper"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden III"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. c3 c5 6. Be2 (6. a3 Ba6 7. e5 Nfd7
8. d4 Bxf1 9. Nxf1 Nc6 10. Ng3 b5 11. O-O a5 12. Be3 Be7 13. Nh5 g6 14. Nf4
cxd4 15. cxd4 a4 16. Qe2 Rb8 17. Nd3 O-O 18. g4 Qb6 19. h4 b4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21.
Rxa4 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Qb5 23. Ra7 Rb7 24. Rxb7 Qxb7 25. Rb1 Qc7 26. Bg5 Bxg5 27.
Nxg5 Rb8 {1-0 Nevednichy,V-Nicula,M/ROM t-ch 1994/ChessBase}) (6. g3 Ba6 (6...
Nc6 7. Bg2 dxe4 8. dxe4 Ba6 9. Qa4 Qc8 10. Bf1 Bb7 11. Qc2 Be7 12. Be2 O-O 13.
O-O Nd7 14. a4 Na5 15. b3 Bf6 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Ba3 Rfd8 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Bf1 g6
20. Rcd1 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Bb2 Qc7 {0-1 Komliakov,V (2400)-Cherniak,l/
Moscow 1989/ChessBase (39)}) (6... Bb7 7. e5 Nfd7 8. d4 Nc6 9. a3 f6 10. exf6
Qxf6 11. Bh3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Bxe6 Kb8 16.
Nf3 Qxd1 17. Bf4+ Ka8 18. Raxd1 Nc5 19. Bh3 Ba6 20. Rfe1 Nd3 21. Rxd3 Bxd3 22.
Ne5 Be4 23. Nf7 Bc5 24. Nxh8 Rxh8 25. Be6 Rf8 26. Rxe4 {1-0 Sanduleac,
V-Munteanu,A/Romania op 1994/ChessBase}) 7. exd5 $1 $146 (7. c4 {- 61/(6)})
7... Qxd5 $6 (7... exd5 8. d4 Bxf1 9. Nxf1 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Ne3 Nbd7 12. O-O
h6 $11) 8. Nc4 $1 Bxc4 9. dxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nc6 11. Bg2 Rc8 (11... O-O-O+ 12.
Kc2 Kc7 13. h3 Bd6 14. Bd2 Rd7 15. Rae1 Rhd8 16. Re2 h6 $14) 12. Re1 Bd6 13.
Kc2 h6 14. Re2 Kd7 15. Bd2 Kc7 16. Rf1 Rcd8 17. Ne1 Rd7 18. f4 Re7 $1 19. Nd3
Rhe8 20. b4 $1 Nd7 (20... cxb4 21. Bxc6 Kxc6 22. cxb4 $16) 21. a3 {1/2-1/2
Short,N (2697)-Bareev,E (2679)/Sarajevo 75/248 1999/Inf 75/[Bareev,E] (36)}) (
6. Qa4+ Qd7 (6... Nfd7 7. Be2 Be7 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Qxd7 Nxd7 11. O-O
Ba6 12. exd5 exd5 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Nf3 Bf6 15. Be3 Nf8 16. Bf1 {1/2-1/2
Ciocaltea,V (2470)-Uhlmann,W (2550)/Halle 1974/ChessBase}) (6... Bd7 7. Qc2 Qc7
8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Bf1 Rac8 12. a3 Qb8 13. Qb1 a5 14. d4
cxd4 15. cxd4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 h6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qe4 Ne7 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5
Rfd8 21. b4 Bc6 {0-1 Van Delft,M (2341)-Hertneck,G (2519)/BL 0203 2003/ (55)})
7. Qc2 (7. Qxd7+ Nfxd7 8. exd5 exd5 9. d4 Be7 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Nf1 O-O 12. Ne3
cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 Nf6 15. Bd2 Rd8 16. f3 g6 17. Kf2 Bb7 18. Rac1 Rac8
19. Rxc8 Rxc8 {1/2-1/2 Komliakov,V (2484)-Lastin,A (2628)/EUR-Cup Panormo 2001/
The Week in Chess 360}) 7... Qc7 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. b3 Bb7
12. Bb2 Rac8 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. Qb1 e5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bf1 Bf8 17. a3 Nf4 18.
g3 Ne6 19. Bg2 Rcd8 20. Re3 g6 {0-1 Emms,J (2515)-Kindermann,S (2516)/BL 0203
2003/ (37)}) 6... Qc7 (6... Bb7 7. O-O Qc7 8. e5 Nfd7 9. d4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11.
Bd3 Ba6 12. Bb1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Nb3 Nc6 15. Ng5 Nf8 16. Qh5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5
Nb4 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Rc3 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Qb5 21. Qd1 Nd3 22. Bc2 Rc8 {1/2-1/2
Bologan,V (2663)-Pelletier,Y (2623)/Poikovsky 2003/The Week in Chess 442 (60)})
(6... Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Bf1 Qc7 10. Qe2 e5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nc4 Bg4
13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bg2 Rad8 16. Nh4 Nde7 17. Bd2 f6 18. Nxg6 Nxg6 19.
Qe4 Nce7 20. Rad1 Qd7 {0-1 Kochetkov,G-Krivosheja/Moscow op 1994/ChessBase (59)
}) 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 (8. Qa4 Bd7 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 h6 12. Bd2 Ne7
13. Rac1 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bc6 15. Bd3 Ng6 16. Rcd1 Rad8 17. Bc1 c4 {0-1 Hall,J 
(2498)-Bareev,E (2709)/BL 0001 2001/(52)}) 8... Bd6 9. a3 $146 {White is
playing too passively and this strategy often leads to a disaster.} (9. Qc2 O-O
10. Nf1 h6 11. Be3 (11. Ng3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bb7 13. Bd2 Rad8 14. Rad1 Ne7 15. Bf1
Ng6 16. Re2 Bc6 17. Rde1 Ng4 18. Bc1 Rd7 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. h3 N4e5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5
22. Nh5 Rxd2 23. Bxd2 Bh2+ {1/2-1/2 Bauer,C (2618)-Bareev,E (2709)/World Cup
Cannes Gr-A 2001/ (41)}) 11... dxe4 12. dxe4 Ne7 13. e5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15.
Bf3 Rb8 16. g3 Qf5 17. Qxf5 Nxf5 18. Bf4 Rb7 19. Bxb7 Bxb7 20. Rad1 Nd5 21. Bd2
c4 22. f3 g5 23. Kf2 Kg7 {Bachmann,A (2179)-Coelho,L (2409)/Imperatriz
Pre-Amazon op 2003/ /1/2-1/2}) 9... O-O 10. b4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Ne5 $1 $36 {
Akopian has a very comfortable game with no problems about his development and
counterplay.} 12. Nc4 $6 {White has obviously lost the thread.} (12. Bf1 $142
Bb7 {[%cal Ga8d8]}) 12... Nxc4 (12... Nxf3+ $142 $5 13. Bxf3 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 Ba6
15. e5 $140 Rad8 16. Qc2 Bxc4 17. exf6 Be5 18. fxg7 Bxg7 $17) 13. Bxc4 Ng4 $1 (
13... cxb4 14. e5 $5 Qxc4 15. Qxd6 Nd5 16. cxb4 Bb7 $15) 14. h3 (14. g3 cxb4)
14... Bh2+ 15. Kf1 cxb4 16. Qb3 (16. Bd3 Nxf2 $5 17. Kxf2 Bg3+ 18. Kf1 Bxe1 $17
) 16... Ne5 (16... Nxf2 $2 17. Nxh2 $1) 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. axb4 b5 $6 {In my
opinion Black could obtain a clear edge here by simple means.} (18... Bd7 $142
$5 {[%cal Gb6b5,Gf8c8]}) ({The natural} 18... a5 $142 $5 19. bxa5 bxa5 {
[%csl Ga5,Rc3]} 20. Bd2 Bd7 $17 {[%cal Ga5a4] was very strong.}) 19. Bxb5 Bxc3
20. Qc2 $2 {Obviously overlooking Black's next move. More tenacious was} (20.
Bf4 $142 $1 e5 (20... Qxf4 21. Qxc3 Bb7 22. Ba6 $5 $11) 21. Rec1 (21. Rac1 Qb8
$19) 21... Qb7 22. Ra5 $8 (22. Ba6 Qb6 23. Rxc3 $8 Bxa6+ 24. Rxa6 Qxa6+ 25. b5
Qd6 $19) 22... Qxe4 23. Qxc3 Qxf4 24. Bc6 Rb8 25. b5 $44) 20... Qe5 $1 $17 {
A very strong answer, which was certainly overlooked by White.} 21. Bc6 (21.
Ra5 Bxb4 $19) 21... Bxa1 22. Bxa8 Ba6+ 23. Kg1 Qc3 $1 (23... Rxa8 24. Qc6 Rd8
25. Qxa6 Bc3 $17) 24. Qxc3 (24. Qd1 Rxa8 25. Bd2 Qd4 26. Qxa1 Qxd2 27. Rd1 Qe2
$19) 24... Bxc3 25. Re3 Rc8 $1 $19 {[%csl Ra8,Rc1] Akopian converts his
advantage into a victory very convincingly.} 26. b5 (26. Rxc3 Rxc3 27. Bf4 Rc8)
26... Bxb5 27. Ba3 (27. Bb7 Rc7 {[%cal Rc3d4]}) 27... Be5 28. Rb3 (28. Bb7 Rb8)
28... a6 29. Bb7 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 {Morozevich twice successfully used this line in the
finish of Wijk aan Zee tournament,} dxe4 4. dxe4 e5 ({Just two rounds before
this game Lputian tried} 4... b6 5. Nd2 Ba6 6. Nc4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. c3 Be7 9.
e5 Nd7 10. Qe4 Bb7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Bh6 b5 $1 $13 {with complicated game 1-0
Morozevich,A-Lputian,S/Wijk aan Zee 2000.}) 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Nbd2 ({After} 6. c3
a5 7. Qc2 Ngf6 8. Be2 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 c6 11. Nc4 Re8 12. a4 Qc7 13. Bg5
h6 14. Bh4 Nh5 15. Rfe1 Nf4 16. Bf1 Nf8 $11 {White didn,t got any advantage})
6... c6 (6... Bc5 7. Nc4 Qe7 8. c3 a5 9. Ne3 Nb6 10. Qc2 Nf6 11. Bb5+ c6 12.
Be2 Ng4 13. Nd1 O-O 14. h3 Nf6 15. Ne3 Nh5 16. g3 Nf6 17. g4 Re8 18. Rg1 Qc7
$132 {Glek,I-Gurevich,M/BL 1998 /0-1 (38}) 7. b3 $146 (7. Nc4 Qc7 8. g3 f6 9.
a4 Nb6 10. Nfd2 Be6 11. a5 Nd7 12. Bh3 Nc5 13. O-O Nh6 14. Bg2 Nf7 15. b4 Nd7
16. c3 Nd6 17. Nxd6+ Bxd6 18. Nc4 Be7 19. Bh3 Nf8 20. Be3 Qc8 21. Bg2 Nd7 {
Ermenkov,E-De Kok,W/Amsterdam op 1985/1-0 (39)}) 7... Qc7 8. Bb2 {White
managed to get small edge in almost simmetrical position, mostly because of
development advantage.} a5 9. g3 {[%cal Gf1h3]} Nh6 (9... a4 10. Bh3 Ngf6 (
10... f6 11. O-O $14) 11. Nc4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 $5 $14) 10. Bh3 $1 f6 11. a4 $5 (11.
O-O a4 12. Rfd1 {was also possible}) 11... Bb4 12. O-O O-O 13. Nc4 Nf7 14. Ne1
$1 {[%cal Ge1d3][%mdl 32]} Re8 15. Nd3 Bf8 16. Bc3 b6 ({I think, that after
natural} 16... Ng5 $5 17. Bg2 {[%cal Gf2f4]} (17. Bf5 Nc5) 17... Nc5 {black
will be very close to equalization.}) 17. Bd2 {[%cal Gd2e3]} Nd6 18. Nxd6 Bxd6
19. Be3 Nf8 20. Bxc8 Raxc8 21. c3 (21. Nb2 {[%cal Gb2c4]} Ne6 22. Nc4 Bc5 $11)
21... Ne6 22. Rfd1 Rb8 23. b4 $1 $14 {[%csl Gd3,Ge3]} axb4 24. Nxb4 $5 {
[%cal Rb4a6,Ge2c4]} (24. cxb4 $14) 24... Bxb4 25. cxb4 {[%csl Ga4,Gb4]} c5 (
25... Qe7 26. a5 $5 Qxb4 27. Bxb6 $36) 26. Rac1 (26. Qb5 Nd4 $1 27. Qc4+ Qf7
28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. bxc5 bxc5 {[%csl Ga4,Gd4] leads to approximate equality.})
26... Qc6 (26... Ra8 27. Qb5) 27. Qa2 (27. Qc4 $6 Qxa4 28. Rd6 Kf7) 27... Kh8 {
Getting out of unpleasant pin} (27... Qxe4 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Rd6 Qg4 30. Rxc5
$16) (27... Ra8 $5 28. a5 Qxe4 29. Rd6 Qg4 30. Rxb6 $36) 28. Rd5 Ra8 29. a5 Nc7
(29... bxa5 30. bxc5 $36 (30. bxa5 Qb5)) 30. Rdd1 Qxe4 31. Qf7 {[%cal Rd1d7,
Re3h6]} Ne6 32. axb6 Qxb4 33. Rb1 {[%csl Gb1,Gb6,Gd1,Gf7] White activity more
than enough compensate small material deficit.} Qa4 34. b7 Rab8 35. Rd7 Qc6 (
35... Qg4 $2 36. Qxe8+ Rxe8 37. b8=Q $18) 36. Bh6 Rg8 37. Rbd1 {Last finesse.
After} (37. Re7 Qe4 38. Rc1 Qg6 $1 {Black still can fight}) 37... Rbf8 (37...
Qa6 38. Re7) 38. Bxg7+ $1 $18 {Final blow.} Nxg7 (38... Rxg7 39. Qxf8+ Nxf8 40.
b8=Q) 39. Qxf8 $1 Rxf8 40. Rd8 Ne6 41. Rxf8+ Nxf8 42. b8=Q Kg7 43. Qa7+ Kh6 (
43... Kg6 44. Qe7) 44. Qf7 {Nice positional achievment of Morosevich.} 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Salem, Ghuloom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. Bg2 e6 6. f4 {Deviating from the
theory at very early stage.} Be7 7. Ngf3 b6 8. O-O O-O (8... Ba6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10.
Nxc6 Bxc6 11. e5 Nd7 12. c3 Qc7 13. Qe2 d4 14. c4 O-O 15. Ne4 Rab8 16. g4 Kh8
17. g5 f5 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Ng3 Bxg2 {Abramovic,B-Lutz,C/Berlin Lasker mem
1989/1/2-1/2 (50)}) (8... Bb7 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. c3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Rd8 12. Qe2 O-O
13. Nc4 Ba6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Qe4 b5 16. Ne3 b4 17. c4 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Bb7 19. Qc2
Rd7 {1/2-1/2 Pleskach,Y-Grekh,A/UKR-sf B12 Zaporizhia 1999 (27)}) 9. e5 $146 (
9. c3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. h3 Rad8 12. Rf2 Rd7 13. Nf1 Rfd8 14. e5 Ne8 15. Ne3
d4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Rxd4 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Bd2 Rxd3 {Garcia,L-Grau,M/
Onati 1994/1-0 (35)}) 9... Ng4 $6 (9... Nd7 $5 10. c4 $5) 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Nf1
Qd7 ({Worth considering} 11... Nh6 12. h3 $140 Nf5 13. g4 $6 Nh4 $36) 12. h3
Nh6 13. g4 $1 {[%csl Rh6][%mdl 2176]} Kh8 14. Ng3 $36 {[%csl Gf3,Gg3]} Rad8 {
It is very difficult for Black to find concrete plan.} 15. Qe2 a6 16. Bd2 Kg8
17. Rf1 b5 18. Rae1 a5 {This position is almost hopeless for Black, White has
a strong attack and there is no real counter play.} 19. Nh5 {White missed a
very good oportunity to get a big advantage.} (19. f5 $142 $1 exf5 20. g5 $1 (
20. Bxh6 $5 fxg4 (20... gxh6 21. Nxf5 $16) 21. Nh2 $1 gxh3 (21... gxh6 22. Nxg4
) 22. Nf5 {with dangerous attack. It is funny, that Svetushkin will avoid so
natural move a f5 and in future!}) 20... f4 21. gxh6 fxg3 22. hxg7 Kxg7 23. Ng5
$16 {[%csl Rg7]}) 19... c4 20. d4 (20. f5 $1 exf5 21. g5 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Ng4 23.
hxg4 fxg4 24. Nh2 $18) 20... Rfe8 21. c3 (21. f5 $1 exf5 22. g5 (22. Bxh6 gxh6
23. Qd2 Qe6 24. Nh2 $36) 22... g6 (22... Ng4 23. c3 $1 $18) 23. Nf4 (23. Nf6+
Bxf6 24. gxf6 f4 $1 25. Bxf4 Nf5 26. Qf2 $16) 23... Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Nxd4 25. Qd1
$18 {[%csl Gf4,Gg5]}) 21... Kh8 $1 {[%cal Gh6g8]} 22. Qf2 (22. f5 $5 exf5 23.
gxf5 Nxf5 (23... Qxf5 24. Nh4 $1 Qe6 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Bxh6+ $18) 24. Ng5 $40)
22... b4 23. Ng5 (23. f5 exf5 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Nh4 fxg4 26. Nf6 Qe6 27. Nxe8
$16) 23... Bc8 24. Qg3 (24. f5 exf5 (24... Bf8 25. f6 g6 26. Ng7 $1 $18) 25.
gxf5 Qxf5 26. Qxf5 Bxf5 27. Rxf5 Nxf5 28. Nxf7+ Kg8 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 30. Nf4 $16)
24... Rf8 25. h4 (25. f5 exf5 26. e6 $40) 25... a4 26. Bh3 (26. a3 bxa3 27.
bxa3 Bxa3 28. Bh3 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Ne7) 26... a3 {Both players are trying to use
the advantages of his position and playing as much actively as possible.} 27.
f5 {Finally!} axb2 28. f6 gxf6 29. Nxh7 $1 bxc3 (29... Kxh7 30. Qe3 $1 Ng8 31.
Rxf6 {[%cal Rf6h6]} Bxf6 32. Nxf6+ Kh8 33. Qg5 $18) 30. N7xf6 Qa7 (30... cxd2
31. Qf4 Nf5 $8 (31... Ng8 32. Qg5 $18) 32. gxf5 Rg8+ 33. Kh1 Bf8 34. Ng7 $3
Bxg7 35. Qg5 $18) 31. Be3 $2 (31. Bxh6 $142 Qxd4+ 32. Be3 Qxe5 33. Qf2 $16)
31... Rg8 $1 (31... Bxf6 32. Rxf6 Ng8 33. Qf4) 32. Nxg8 Rxg8 33. Nf6 Bxf6 (
33... Nf5 $5 34. Rxf5 exf5 35. Nxg8 f4 $5 36. Qxf4 Kxg8 $19) 34. Rxf6 c2 {
[%csl Gb2,Gc2] Entering complications favors Black, but demand very accurate
play!} (34... Nf5 $5) 35. Qf4 (35. Rxh6+ Kg7 36. Qf4 b1=Q) 35... Nxg4 (35...
Rg7 $5 36. Qxh6+ Kg8 37. Rff1 Qb7 {[%cal Rb2b1]}) 36. Bxg4 Rg7 $8 37. h5 $5
b1=Q 38. Kf2 Nb4 (38... Qaxa2 39. Rc1) 39. Be2 Nd3+ 40. Bxd3 cxd3 {A fabulous
position!} 41. h6 Rh7 42. Rg6 Qe7 43. Rg7 Qxa2 $2 {And Black fails to find the
best continuation!} (43... Qd1 $142 $1 $19 {[%cal Gd1h5]}) 44. Bd2 Qa4 45. Reg1
Qae8 $8 46. Qg4 Q7f8 $8 47. Bg5 $1 f5 $2 {Inexcusable move, which just helping
white to create dangerous threats against black king.} (47... Qxg7 $142 $1 48.
hxg7+ Kg8 $17) 48. Qh4 $1 Qxg7 (48... d2 49. Bf6 $1 d1=N+ 50. Kf3 (50. Ke1 $4
Qb4+) 50... Qa3+ 51. Kg2 $18) 49. Bf6 $1 {The smoke has cleared, and despite
huge material advantage, Black just can't protect his king.} (49. hxg7+ Kg8 50.
Bh6 $18 {[%cal Rh4f6]}) (49. Bf6 c1=Q 50. Bxg7+ Kg8 51. Rxc1 d2 52. Rg1 d1=Q
53. Rxd1 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[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. e4 e6 2. Qe2 {Deviationg from main theoretical lines as soon as possible.}
c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. f4 Nge7 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 (9. Na3
b6 10. Nc2 a5 $5 {[%cal Gc8a6]} 11. d3 a4 12. Kh1 Qd7 13. a3 Ba6 14. Be3 Rae8
15. Rad1 f5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Bc1 e5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Kiik,K-Brynell,S/Stockholm
op 1999 (36)}) 9... Rb8 {[%cal Gb7b4]} (9... b6 $5) 10. Na3 Qd7 (10... a6 11.
Rd1 b5 12. d4 b4 13. dxc5 bxc3 14. Nc4 d5 15. Nb6 (15. e5 $5) 15... Qc7 16.
bxc3 dxe4 17. Qxe4 $14 {1-0 Arakhamia,K-Hagarova,Z/EUR t-chW Leon 2001/ (40)})
11. Nc2 $146 {[%cal Gd2d4]} (11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 d5 (12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4
14. Nb5 Bg7 15. Rd1 d5 16. Nxa7 Qa4 $13 {Fedorov,A-Gleizerov,E/Vilnius op 1997/
/0-1 (67)}) 13. e5 b5 14. Be3 b4 15. Nb1 Rb6 16. Rc1 Ba6 17. Qe1 Na5 18. Nbd2
Rc8 $11 {Morozevich,A-Bareev,E/RUS-ch Elista 1997/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 11... b5 (
11... b6 12. d4 Bb7 $13) 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]} b4 14. Rd1 $1 {
[%cal Gd4d5]} Rb6 $6 ({This position probably requires more radical decisions:
} 14... d5 15. e5 $14) 15. d5 Ba6 $6 ({Being fully aware of what is going to
happen, I would recommend the following to Black:} 15... exd5 $142 16. exd5 Nd8
$14) 16. Qe1 $1 {[%csl Rb4]} exd5 17. exd5 Na5 {[%csl Ra5]} 18. Nxb4 Bc4 19.
Be3 $16 {White has both positional and material advantage, so the rest is
pretty clear.} Rb5 20. a4 ({Another promising possibility was} 20. Nd4 $5 Bxd4
21. Rxd4 Nf5 22. Re4 Rxb4 23. Qxb4 Bxd5 24. Bg1 $16) 20... Rbb8 (20... Rb7 $5 {
Perhaps Black should have considered. Difference between two moves will be
clear soon.}) 21. Bd4 Bb3 (21... Bxd4 22. Nxd4 {[%csl Rc6]}) 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23.
Rd3 (23. Rdc1 $5) 23... Rfe8 ({The lesser evil for Black was} 23... Qb7 $142
24. Nc6 $1 $16) 24. Na6 $18 {[%csl Ra5,Rb8]} Nxd5 25. Qxa5 Rb6 26. Nd2 Ne3 27.
Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. c3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. f4 Nge7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. Na3 Rb8 10. Kh1 a6 (10... f5 11. d3 b5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Bd2 d5 14. g4
Nh6 15. Ng5 Qd7 16. Rae1 b4 $13 {Lastin,A-Bareev,E/RUS-ch m1-2 1997/CBM 59/1/
2-1/2 (41)}) 11. Nc2 b5 12. d4 b4 $6 (12... cxd4 $5 13. cxd4 b4 $1 14. b3 a5
15. Bb2 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Ba6 17. Qd1 d5 18. e5 Rfc8 19. Ne3 a4 20. Rc2 a3 $15 {
Onischuk,A-Shaked,T/Fontys 1997/CBM 61/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 13. dxc5 bxc3 (13... dxc5
$5 14. Rd1 Qc7) 14. b3 $5 dxc5 (14... d5 15. e5 {[%csl Rg7]}) 15. Be3 Nd4 $2 (
15... Qa5 $1 16. Qc4 Nb4 17. Rfc1 Bb7 18. Bxc5 Nxc2 19. Rxc2 Rfc8 20. b4 Qa4
$132) 16. Nfxd4 cxd4 17. Rad1 e5 (17... Nc6 18. e5 Bb7 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4
$16 {[%csl Rc3,Rg7]}) 18. fxe5 Nc6 (18... Bxe5 $5 19. Bxd4 Qc7 $13) 19. Nxd4
Nxe5 20. Nc6 (20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. Rxd8 Rfxd8 $44) 20... Nxc6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rc1
(22. Qc4 $1 $16) 22... Nb4 (22... Bb7 $5) 23. Bg5 Re8 24. Bf4 Rb5 25. a4 Rd5 $5
26. e5 g5 (26... Rd3 $1 27. Be4 Rdd8 (27... Bxe5 28. Bxd3 Bb7+ 29. Kg1 Bd4+ 30.
Kf1 Rxe2 31. Kxe2 Bf3+ 32. Kxf3 Nxd3 33. Rd1 Nxf4 34. Kxf4 (34. Rxd4 c2 35. Rc4
Nd3 $1) 34... Bc5 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Rc8 Bb4 37. Ke3 $18) 28. Rxc3 Bxe5 29. Bxe5
Rxe5 30. Rc4 a5 $14) 27. Qc4 gxf4 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Qxd5 Be6 (29... Bxe5 30.
Re1 (30. gxf4 Bg7) 30... Be6 (30... c2 31. gxf4 Be6 32. Rg1+ $1 $18) 31. Qxe5
Bd5+ 32. Qxd5 Rxe1+ 33. Kg2 c2 34. Qg5+ Kh8 35. Qc5 $1 $18) 30. Qd4 Bxb3 31.
gxf4 $18 c2 32. Kg1 Rc8 33. Kf2 Be6 34. Qd3 Rc4 35. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Curacao m2"]
[Site "Curacao"]
[Date "2005.06.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.06.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "AHO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 (3. d3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. g3 d5 $1 6. Nd2 (6. e5 Nd7 7.
f4 b5 8. Nf3 Nb6 9. Bg2 Ba6 10. a3 Bb7 11. O-O Be7 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14.
Nb3 Na4 15. d4 c4 16. Nc1 a5 17. Qc2 Nb6 18. Bh3 g6 19. g4 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21.
Ne2 Bg7 22. Rae1 Nc8 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 d4 25. Nxd4 Ne7 26. Bc1 Rae8 27. Nf3
Nd5 28. Ng5 Bh6 29. Bg2 Bxg5 30. fxg5 Qc7 31. h4 Rxf1+ 32. Bxf1 Rf8 33. Bg2
Qc5+ 34. Kh2 Rf2 35. Re2 Ne3 36. Bxe3 Qxe5+ 37. Kg1 Rxg2+ 38. Rxg2 Qxe3+ 39.
Qf2 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Bxg2 41. Kxg2 e5 42. Kg3 {1/2-1/2 Arkhipov,S-Vakhidov,T/
Abudhabi op 2000/The Week in Chess 304}) (6. Bg2 dxe4 7. dxe4 Ne5 8. Na3 (8.
Bg5 Be7 (8... c4 9. Nd2 b5 10. O-O-O Nd3+ 11. Kb1 e5 12. f4 Qb6 13. fxe5 Ng4
14. Nh3 h6 15. Bf4 g5 16. Bf3 gxf4 17. Bxg4 f3 18. Qxf3 Nxe5 19. Qf4 Nxg4 {
0-1 Fadeev,V-Gurevich,M/UKR-ch Kiev 1984/ChessBase}) 9. Na3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qa5 11.
f4 Nc6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e5 Be7 14. Nf3 Rb8 15. Nd2 f6 16. O-O fxe5 17. fxe5
Rxf1+ 18. Nxf1 c4 19. Nxc4 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 b5 21. Nd6 Nxe5 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Rd4
a5 24. a3 Rf8 25. Nd2 Kh8 26. Nb3 Qc7 27. Re4 Bf6 28. Nd4 Qc4 29. Nxb5 Qa2 30.
h3 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 h6 32. Rf4 Rb8 33. a4 Qa2 34. Re4 Rc8 35. Nd6 Rb8 36. Nb5 Rc8
37. Nd6 Rb8 38. b4 Qxe2 39. Rxe2 axb4 40. cxb4 Rxb4 41. a5 Ra4 42. Nb7 Ra3 43.
Rc2 h5 44. Be4 g6 45. Kg2 Kg7 46. Rc7+ Kh6 47. h4 Ra2+ 48. Kf1 Ra4 49. Bc2 Ra3
50. Rc5 g5 51. Nd6 Ra1+ 52. Ke2 gxh4 53. gxh4 Ng6 54. Nf7+ Kg7 55. Ng5 Nxh4 56.
Nxe6+ Kf7 57. Nf4 Bd8 58. Bb3+ Ke8 59. Rxh5 Rxa5 60. Rh8+ Kd7 61. Be6+ Kc7 62.
Bg4 Be7 {1/2-1/2 Elfert,A-Bunzmann,D/Biel op 2000/The Week in Chess 300}) 8...
Nd3+ 9. Kf1 Nxc1 10. Rxc1 Be7 11. e5 Nd7 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. f4 Rd8 15.
Nh3 Nb6 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Kf2 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Rb8 19. Be4 g6 20. Qe2 b5 21. Kg2
c4 22. Nf2 Qc7 23. h4 b4 24. cxb4 Rxb4 25. Rc1 Ba6 26. b3 h5 27. Kh3 cxb3 28.
Rxc7 Bxe2 29. axb3 Kf8 30. Rxa7 Bc5 31. Ra8+ Kg7 32. Nd3 Bxd3 33. Bxd3 Rxb3 34.
Rd8 Bb6 35. Rb8 Rxd3 36. Rxb6 Kf8 37. Kg2 Ke7 38. Rb7+ Rd7 39. Rb3 Ra7 40. Rd3
f6 41. exf6+ Kxf6 42. Re3 Ra5 43. Kf3 Kf5 44. Rb3 e5 45. fxe5 Rxe5 46. Rb8 Ra5
47. Rf8+ Ke5 48. Re8+ Kf5 49. Rf8+ Ke5 50. Re8+ Kf5 51. Rf8+ {1/2-1/2 Schuh,
D-Meijers,V/Stuttgart op 2005/The Week in Chess 548}) 6... Be7 7. f4 O-O 8. Bg2
b5 $1 9. Ngf3 (9. e5) 9... c4 $1 10. e5 $2 (10. d4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4
Bb7 $17) (10. dxc4 bxc4 $1 11. exd5 exd5 12. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 $1 13. fxe5 Bg4 14.
Bf3 $1 (14. Qe3 $2 Nd7 15. Bxd5 Bc5 16. Qf4 Nxe5 $3 $19) 14... Bxf3 15. Nxf3 (
15. Qxf3 Ne8 $17) 15... Ne4 $17) 10... cxd3 $1 11. Qxd3 Nd7 $1 12. Nb3 (12.
Qxb5 Nc5 $3 13. Qf1 (13. Qxc6 $4 Bd7 $19) (13. b4 Rb8 $1 14. Qf1 Ba6 15. Qg1
Nd3+ 16. Kd1 d4 $19) 13... Ba6 14. Qg1 Nd3+ 15. Kd1 Bc5 $19) 12... b4 13. Nbd4
Na5 $1 (13... Nc5 14. Qe3 $13) 14. O-O bxc3 $1 15. b3 (15. Qxc3 Ba6 $19) (15.
bxc3 Nc5 $19) (15. b4 Bxb4 16. Ng5 g6 17. Ngxe6 fxe6 18. Nxe6 Nc5 $3 $19) 15...
Nc5 16. Qc2 $2 (16. Qxc3 Ne4 $1 (16... Ba6 17. Bd2 $1) 17. Qb2 Ba6 $17) 16...
Ne4 $1 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. fxg5 Ba6 19. Rf4 Rc8 20. Bh3 (20. h4 Qc7 $19) 20... Nc6
$1 21. Rh4 $2 (21. Nxe6 $6 Qb6+ $1 22. Kh1 Nb4 $1 (22... Nxe5 $1 23. Nxf8 Bd3
$19) 23. Rxb4 Qxb4 24. Nxf8 Rxf8 $19) 21... g6 22. Nf3 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Nb4 24. Qg2
Nd3 25. Rd4 Nxe5 26. Be3 Bc5 27. Nxe5 Bxd4 28. Nd7 Bxe3 $3 29. Nxb6 axb6 30.
Qf3 d4 31. Qf6 {0-1 Bellon Lopez,J-Uhlmann,W/Madrid 16/161 1973/ChessBase/
[Uhlmann,W]}) 3... Nc6 4. c3 d5 (4... g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. f4 Nge7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Na3 Rb8 10. Kh1 a6 (10... f5 11. d3 b5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Bd2 d5 14.
g4 Nh6 15. Ng5 Qd7 16. Rae1 b4 $13 {Lastin,A-Bareev,E/RUS-ch m1-2 1997/CBM 59/
1/2-1/2 (41)}) 11. Nc2 b5 12. d4 b4 $6 (12... cxd4 $5 13. cxd4 b4 $1 14. b3 a5
15. Bb2 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Ba6 17. Qd1 d5 18. e5 Rfc8 19. Ne3 a4 20. Rc2 a3 $15 {
Onischuk,A-Shaked,T/Fontys 1997/CBM 61/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 13. dxc5 bxc3 (13... dxc5
$5 14. Rd1 Qc7) 14. b3 $5 dxc5 (14... d5 15. e5 {[%csl Rg7]}) 15. Be3 Nd4 $2 (
15... Qa5 $1 16. Qc4 Nb4 17. Rfc1 Bb7 18. Bxc5 Nxc2 19. Rxc2 Rfc8 20. b4 Qa4
$132) 16. Nfxd4 cxd4 17. Rad1 e5 (17... Nc6 18. e5 Bb7 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4
$16 {[%csl Rc3,Rg7]}) 18. fxe5 Nc6 (18... Bxe5 $5 19. Bxd4 Qc7 $13) 19. Nxd4
Nxe5 20. Nc6 (20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. Rxd8 Rfxd8 $44) 20... Nxc6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rc1
(22. Qc4 $1 $16) 22... Nb4 (22... Bb7 $5) 23. Bg5 Re8 24. Bf4 Rb5 25. a4 Rd5 $5
26. e5 g5 (26... Rd3 $1 27. Be4 Rdd8 (27... Bxe5 28. Bxd3 Bb7+ 29. Kg1 Bd4+ 30.
Kf1 Rxe2 31. Kxe2 Bf3+ 32. Kxf3 Nxd3 33. Rd1 Nxf4 34. Kxf4 (34. Rxd4 c2 35. Rc4
Nd3 $1) 34... Bc5 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Rc8 Bb4 37. Ke3 $18) 28. Rxc3 Bxe5 29. Bxe5
Rxe5 30. Rc4 a5 $14) 27. Qc4 gxf4 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Qxd5 Be6 (29... Bxe5 30.
Re1 (30. gxf4 Bg7) 30... Be6 (30... c2 31. gxf4 Be6 32. Rg1+ $1 $18) 31. Qxe5
Bd5+ 32. Qxd5 Rxe1+ 33. Kg2 c2 34. Qg5+ Kh8 35. Qc5 $1 $18) 30. Qd4 Bxb3 31.
gxf4 $18 c2 32. Kg1 Rc8 33. Kf2 Be6 34. Qd3 Rc4 35. Qd8+ {1-0 Fedorov,
A-Yandemirov,V/St.Petersburg 1997/CBM 62/[Psakhis,L]}) 5. d3 Nge7 $146 ({RR} 
5... dxe4 6. dxe4 e5 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Nbd2 ({RR} 9. O-O O-O 10. Na3 Bg4
({RR} 10... a6 11. Nc4 Bg4 12. Qc2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 b5 14. Ne3 c4 15. Nd5 Rb8 16.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Rfd1 Ne7 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. Rad1 g6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.
Bg4 h5 23. Bh3 Nc8 24. Bxc8 Qxc8 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Qd8 27. Qxd8+ Bxd8 28.
f4 Bc7 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. Kf3 Ke7 31. f5 {1/2-1/2 Beltz,F-Umpfenbach,C/GER t-ch
G20 Neumuenster 2000/CA (31)}) 11. h3 Bd7 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Ne3 Bd6 14. Nh4 g6
15. Nc4 Be7 16. Bh6 Rfe8 17. Ne3 Nd8 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bd6 21.
Nf3 Nd7 22. Ng5 f6 23. Ne6 Qa5 {Schapotschnikov,P-Lentrodt,T/Oberliga Bayern
0203 2003/EXT 2004/0-1 (61)}) 9... O-O 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. a4 Be6 12. Nfd2 Rfd8 13.
O-O Qd7 14. Re1 b6 15. Nf3 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Na5 17. Qb5 Qd6 18. Nd2 a6 19. Qe2 Qe6
20. Bf1 {Kiik,K-Kokkila,T/Tampere 1998/ChessBase/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 6. Nf3 b6 7.
Bg2 Ba6 {[%cal Ga6d3] Trying to seize the initiative at an early stage
regardless of the colour of pieces.} (7... Bb7 $5) 8. e5 Qc7 9. O-O Ng6 (9...
h6 $5 10. h4 $140 $5 g5 $5 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Bg7 $132) 10. Re1 Be7 11. h4
$1 h6 (11... h5 {[%csl Rg5]}) 12. Nbd2 O-O-O 13. a3 Kb8 14. Rb1 $1 {[%cal
Rb2b5]} f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. b4 $36 {It is already not so easy to neutralize
White's initiative.} Nce5 (16... Bc8 17. d4 (17. h5 Nge5 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4
Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 $14) 17... c4 $5 18. h5 $36) 17. b5 Bc8 18. h5 Nf8 $2 (18...
Nxf3+ $142 19. Nxf3 Nf8 20. Bf4 $5 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. d4 {[%csl Re6,Rf6,Rh6]
}) 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Nf3 {[%csl Re5]} Nd7 (20... Bd6 21. Nxe5 $18) 21. Nxe5
Nxe5 22. Bf4 $1 (22. Qxe5 $143 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Bf6 24. Bf4 $14) 22... Bd6 23.
Bxe5 Rhg8 24. Bh3 ({A natural development of the initiative can be achieved by
} 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. a4 Rg5 26. a5 $16) (24. d4 Bxe5 (24... Rg5 $2 25. Bf6) 25.
Qxe5 Rg5 26. Qxc7+ Kxc7 27. Bh3 $5 Kd6 (27... Rxh5 28. Bxe6 $18) 28. g4 Rdg8
29. Kh2 cxd4 30. cxd4 Rxg4 $5 31. Bxg4 Rxg4 {[%csl Rh5]}) 24... Rdf8 (24... Qf7
$5) 25. d4 Rg5 $8 26. Bxd6 (26. Bg4 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Bb7 {[%cal Cg4e6,Gd5d4]} (
27... c4 $5 {[%csl Ra3,Rb5]})) 26... Qxd6 27. a4 $1 Rf4 {[%cal Oc5d4,Ch3g2,
Cg3f4,Gf4h4] A very slow approach, now White gets a very strong initiative on
the queenside.} (27... Re8 $5 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 28. Bg2 Rff5 29. a5 $40 bxa5 (
29... Bd7 30. Ra1) 30. Qe3 (30. Ra1 Qb6) 30... c4 (30... cxd4 31. cxd4 {
[%cal Cg5h5,Ge1c1]}) 31. Ra1 e5 $2 {That allows a penetration by white's rook
and really leads to a quick loss.} (31... Qb6 $6 32. Bh3 $1 Rf6 33. f4) (31...
Qc7 $142 $5 32. Ra2 (32. Bh3 Rf8) 32... e5 33. Rea1 e4 34. Rxa5 Rf7) 32. dxe5 (
32. Bh3 exd4 33. cxd4 Rxf2 $5 (33... Rf8 34. Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Rxa5 {[%csl Rb8]}))
32... Rxe5 33. Qd2 Rxh5 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxa5 Qf6 (35... Re7 $5 {[%cal Ge7b7]}
36. b6 axb6 37. Rxd5 {[%csl Rb8]}) 36. Ra1 {[%cal Og2d5,Rd2d4]} Rf5 37. Bxd5
$18 h5 (37... Qd6 38. Qe3) 38. Qe3 Qb6 39. Qxb6+ axb6 40. Ra8+ (40. Ra8+ Kc7
41. Rxc8+ $1 Kxc8 42. Be6+) 1-0

[Event "RUS-USA m"]
[Site "Ruschess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Qe2 {This move was very popular in the end of
the 90-ties! I won myself many games with this move, but I am not sure that it
will still be so popular in 2005.} Nf6 (4... Nc6 5. g3 b6 ({Deserves attention
} 5... Nge7 $5 {[%cal Gg7g6]}) 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 Be7 9. e5 Nd7 10.
c4 d4 11. h4 (11. Nbd2 g5 $1 12. h3 h5 13. g4 hxg4 14. hxg4 Qc7 15. Nf1 O-O-O
16. Ng3 Rdg8 17. a3 a5 18. Bd2 Kb8 19. b3 Rh4 $1 $132 {0-1 Psakhis,L-Illescas
Cordoba,M/Madrid active 1988 (31)} 20. Nxh4 gxh4 21. Nh5 Ncxe5 22. Bf4 Bxg2 23.
Kxg2 Bd6 24. Kh3 Nxg4 25. Rg1 f5 26. Qxe6 Nxf2+ 27. Kxh4 Qd8+ 28. Bg5 Ne5 29.
Qxf5 Qd7 30. Ng7 Qxg7 31. Kh5 Rh8+ {0-1 Psakhis,L-Illescas Cordoba,M/Madrid
active 1988}) 11... h6 (11... Qc7 12. Nbd2 O-O-O 13. Nf1 h6 14. N1h2 g5 15. h5
f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Qxe6+ Kb8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Rde8 21.
Bxb7 Kxb7 22. Bd2 Bd6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 {Dolmatov-Sveshnikov/USSR Ch 1981/1/2-1/2 
(42)}) (11... a6 12. Bf4 h6 13. h5 b5 14. Nbd2 Nb6 15. Rac1 Qd7 16. g4 Na5 17.
b3 Bc6 18. Ne4 Nb7 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. a4 Nd5 21. Bd2 Bc6 22. Rc2 a5 {Iuldashev,
S-Saltaev,M/Tashkent 1992/0-1 (40)}) 12. h5 Qc7 13. Na3 Nf8 14. Nd2 f5 15. exf6
gxf6 16. Ne4 O-O-O 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. g4 e5 19. Bd2 Ne6 20. Ng3 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4
22. Nf5 Ne5 23. Bd5 Rdg8 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. f3 Qd7 26. Qe4 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Nxg4 {
0-1 Galdunts,S (2505)-Ginsburg,G (2485)/Calvi op 2004/ChessBase}) 5. g3 Nc6 6.
Bg2 Be7 7. O-O b6 ({Black did more or less well in modern practice after} 7...
O-O $5 8. e5 Ne8 $5) 8. c3 (8. e5 $5 Nd7 9. c4 d4 (9... Nf8 10. h4 Bb7 11. Re1
h6 12. h5 Qd7 13. Nc3 $14) (9... dxc4 $2 {N} 10. dxc4 Bb7 11. Rd1 (11. Nc3 Qb8
12. Re1 a6 $146 (12... O-O) 13. Bf4 h6 14. h4 (14. Nd5 g5 $1) 14... g5 15. hxg5
hxg5 16. Bxg5 $1 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Nd4 (17... Ndxe5 $2 18. f4) (17... Ncxe5 18. f4
$16) 18. Qe3 $3 (18. Qd1 $2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nxe5 $36) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nc2 20.
Qf4 Nxe1+ (20... Rf8 21. Nce4 Nxa1 22. Nd6+ Kd8 $1 23. Ngxf7+ Kc7 24. Rxa1 $16)
21. Rxe1 Rf8 22. Nce4 f5 $2 (22... Kd8 $1 23. Nxf7+ Kc7 $16) 23. Nd6+ Ke7 24.
Qh4 Nxe5 25. Ngf7+ Kd7 26. Nxe5+ $1 Kxd6 27. Rd1+ $1 Kxe5 {Dubinsky,R (2317)
-Bonin,J (2419)/New York 80/(270) 2000/ChessBase/[Dubinsky,R]} (27... Kxe5 28.
Rd5+ $1 exd5 29. Qe7+ Kd4 30. Qe3+ Kxc4 31. Qb3+ Kd4 32. Qc3+ Ke4 33. f3# {#}))
11... h6 12. Nc3 a6 13. b3 $5 (13. h4 $1 {/\ h5, Bf4}) 13... Qc7 14. Bb2 O-O-O
15. Nd5 $1 exd5 16. cxd5 Rhe8 17. dxc6 (17. e6 fxe6 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. Bxg7 e5
$5 $13) 17... Qxc6 18. Nh4 Qe6 19. Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. Ng2 Qc6 (20... g5 21. f4 $5)
21. Qh5 $1 f6 {1-0 Romanishin,O (2595)-Kveinys,A (2485)/Manila (ol) 1992/Inf
55/[Romanishin,O] (47)}) (9... Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e6 $1 (11. Nc3 Nf8 12. d4
cxd4 13. Nb5 Ne6 14. Rd1 Bc5) 11... fxe6 12. Qxe6 Nf6 13. Nc3 $36) 10. Nfd2 $5
{[%cal Gf2f4] This strong move was already played first by Evgeny Vasiukov in
1979! White opens the road for his f-pawn and the Nd2 will soon come to the
key square e4.} (10. h4 Bb7 11. Re1 $5 (11. Bf4 h6 12. h5 Qc7 (12... Nf8 13. g4
Nh7 14. Nbd2 Ng5 15. Bg3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Qc7 17. Be4 O-O-O 18. f4 Rdg8 19. Kf2
g6 20. Rh1 Rg7 21. Nf3 gxh5 22. Rxh5 Rxg4 23. Nxd4 Rhg8 24. Nxc6 Rxg3 25. Nxe7+
Qxe7 {Arkhipov,S-Phominyh,A/Alushta 3 1994/1/2-1/2 (41)}) 13. Nbd2 O-O-O 14.
Rfe1 (14. Ne4 Ncxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxc5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qc6+ 18. Ne4 Nd7 19.
Qf3 e5 20. Bd2 Rdf8 21. g4 g6 22. Ng3 Qxf3+ 23. Kxf3 f5 $132 {Pikula,D-Jeremic,
V/YUG-ch Banja Koviljaca 2002//1/2-1/2 (65)}) 14... Rdg8 $146 {[%cal Gg7g5]} (
14... Rde8 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 15. Bh3 Kb8 16. a3 Bf8 17. Ne4 Qd8 18. g4 Ka8 19. Bg2
f6 20. Ng3 Be7 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Ne4 $16 {1-0 Jones,G-Pulito,A/ITA-ch B16
Cortina d'Ampezzo 2002/EXT 2003 (30)}) (14... g5 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. g4 g5 17.
Bg3 Rde8 18. Ne4 Rhf8 19. a3 Rf7 20. b4 Nf8 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. exd6 $16 {
Maeurer,C-Carstens,A/Oberliga Wurttemberg 2001/C1-0 (43)}) 15. a3 g5 {The game
scenario is clear now: White is attacking on the left, Black is doing the same
on the right. Who has an edge?} 16. hxg6 Rxg6 ({A natural contination, but
worsth considering is} 16... fxg6 $5 {for example:} 17. Ne4 (17. g4 g5 18. Bg3
h5 19. gxh5 g4 20. Nh2 Rxh5 21. Nxg4 Rhg5 $36) 17... g5 (17... Ncxe5 $2 18.
Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxc5 Bxg2 20. Bxe5 Qxc5 (20... Qc6 21. Nxe6 $1 Bh1 22. Qf1) 21.
Bxh8 Bh3 22. Qe4 $18) 18. Nd6+ Kb8 19. Bd2 Ba8 $5 (19... Bxd6 20. exd6 Qxd6 21.
Qxe6 $36) 20. b4 g4 21. Nh2 h5 $132) 17. Ne4 Rhg8 {1-0 Iordachescu,V (2627)
-Nadera,B (2390)/Dubai op 2004/CBM 101/[Psakhis] (39)}) (11. Na3 a6 12. Nc2 (
12. Re1 h6 13. Nc2 Qc7 14. Bd2 O-O-O 15. Rab1 g5 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Bxg5
18. Nxg5 Ndxe5 19. b4 cxb4 20. f4 Rdg8 21. Rxb4 Nxb4 22. Nxb4 {0-1 Chekhov,
V-Jasnikowski,Z/POL t-ch 1995}) 12... h6 13. h5 Qc7 14. Bf4 g5 15. hxg6 fxg6
16. g4 g5 17. Bg3 Bf8 18. Rab1 Bg7 19. Rfe1 O-O 20. b4 Rf7 21. bxc5 bxc5 22.
Nd2 Raf8 23. Ne4 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Ndxe5 25. Nxc5 Rxf2 26. Rxb7 {Gricenko,
V-Biriukhatnikov,D/Voronez 1991/1-0 (42)}) 11... h6 12. h5 Qc7 13. Na3 (13.
Nbd2 O-O-O 14. a3 g5 (14... a5 15. Bh3 Rdg8 16. Ne4 g6 (16... Nf8 17. b4 g5 18.
Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Bg2 Nd7 22. Rb1 Ba6 23. Nd2 Kc7 24.
f4 gxf4 25. Ne4 Qe7 26. Qf3 Rb8 27. Bxf4+ e5 28. Nc3 Qd6 29. Nd5+ Kc8 30. Bd2
f6 31. Nxf6 Nxf6 32. Qxc6+ Qxc6 33. Bxc6 {1-0 Glek,I-Schmidt,W/Recklinghausen
1995}) 17. hxg6 Rxg6 18. Bf4 h5 19. Nfg5 Nd8 20. b4 cxb4 21. axb4 Bxb4 22. Reb1
Nxe5 23. Bg2 Ndc6 24. Nxf7 {Dreev,A-Dzhandzhava,L/Simferopol 1988/1-0 (37)})
15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Ne4 g5 17. b4 cxb4 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. axb4 e5
21. Ba3 g4 22. b5 gxf3 23. Bxd6 fxe2 24. bxc6 Bxc6 25. Bxc6 Nc5 26. Bxc5 {
1-0 Glek,J-De Haan,E/NED t-ch 2000 (26)}) 13... a6 14. Nc2 O-O-O (14... b5 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. b4 Nxb4 17. Nxb4 cxb4 18. Bb2 O-O 19. Bxd4 Rfc8 20. Nd2 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Qc2 22. Nb3 Qc6+ 23. Qf3 Qa6 24. Rec1 Bg5 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 {1/2-1/2
Filipovic,B-Kosic,E/CRO-ch Rabac 2003 (74)}) 15. b4 Nxb4 16. Nxb4 cxb4 17. a3
b3 18. Bb2 Nc5 19. a4 a5 20. Ba3 Na6 21. Nd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 g6 23. Nxb3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Tsifanskaya,L-Meijers,V/Condom op 2003/ (49)}) (10. Ne1 {[%cal Og2c6,
Gf2f4]} Bb7 11. f4 Qc7 12. Nf3 (12. Nd2 O-O-O 13. Ne4 h5 (13... f5 14. exf6
gxf6 15. f5 e5 16. a3 Rdg8 17. Bd2 Kb8 18. Rb1 Nd8 19. Qh5 Ba8 {1-0 Poluljahov,
A-Sirotkina,N/St.Petersburg Petrov 1996 (36)}) (13... h6 14. Bd2 Rdf8 15. Nf3
Rhg8 16. a3 g5 17. b4 gxf4 18. Bxf4 Ncxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Rab1
Bc6 {1-0 Rotstein,A (2555)-Rayner,F (2215)/Port Erin op 2002/ChessBase (34)})
14. Nf3 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bh3 f5 17. Neg5 Bxg5 18. fxg5 Nce5 19. Nh4 Ng4 20.
Bf4 e5 21. Bd2 e4 22. Bf4 Nde5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxf5 Qe8 25. Bxg4 hxg4 26.
Qxg4 Kb8 27. dxe4 d3 28. Qf4+ Ka8 29. Nf3 Qh5 30. h4 Rhe8 31. Re1 Qh8 32. Rf6
Qg8 33. b3 Qh7 34. g6 Qd7 35. h5 {1-0 Vasiukov,E-Cherepkov,A/St.Peterburg 1995}
) 12... O-O-O (12... O-O 13. Nbd2 Rfe8 14. Ne4 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6
17. Nd2 e5 18. f5 Nd8 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Ne4 Nd6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Qe4 Rab8 23.
a4 h6 24. h4 {1-0 Strikovic,A (2520)-Karpow 2/Canarias en Red prel 5th blitz
2004/EXT 2005 (41)}) 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Ne4 Rde8 15. a3 (15. Nf2 Bd8 {1/2-1/2
Hasangatin,R (2517)-Kosyrev,V (2562)/RUS-ch Krasnodar 2002/The Week in Chess
409}) 15... f5 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Nf2 Bd8 18. b4 f5 19. b5 Na5 20. Qd1 Rhg8 21.
Nh3 Nf6 22. Ne5 h5 23. Bxb7+ Qxb7 24. Nf3 {1-0 Psakhis,L (2610)-Hjartarson,J 
(2570)/ISL-ISR Reykjavik 1996/ChessBase (41)}) 10... Qc7 11. f4 Bb7 12. Ne4
O-O-O (12... a6 $146 {Maybe it is slightly better for Black to castle
queenside and play a6 just after 13.Na3 , but I think, that white keeps the
initiative in any case.} 13. Nbd2 {[%cal Gd2f3]} (13. Na3 $5 {[%cal Ga3c2,
Gb2b4] is also not bad.}) 13... O-O-O (13... b5 14. Nf3 O-O (14... Nb6 15. f5
exf5 16. Nd6+) 15. Bd2 Rae8 (15... bxc4 16. dxc4 a5) 16. Nfg5 h6 17. Nh3 bxc4
18. dxc4 Nb4 19. Nhf2 Nb6 20. Nd3 (20. Bxb4 cxb4 21. b3) 20... Nxd3 (20... Nxc4
21. Bxb4) 21. Qxd3 Nd7 22. Rae1 Bc6 23. Re2 Qb7 24. Ba5 {1-0 Erenburg,S-Porat,
S/Kfar Saba op 2003/ChessBase/[Porat] (41)}) 14. a3 h6 15. b4 $1 Kb8 ({It was
really dangerous to accept the pawn sacrifice, after} 15... cxb4 16. axb4 Nxb4
(16... Bxb4 17. Ba3 {[%csl Rd6]}) 17. Ba3 $44 {White has more than enough
compensation for the pawn.}) ({White's chances are clearly better after} 15...
f5 $6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. bxc5 Bxc5 (17... Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qxe6+ $18) 18.
f5 $1 $16 {[%csl Ge4]}) 16. Nb3 Ka7 (16... cxb4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Ba3 $36) 17.
Bd2 Ra8 (17... f5 18. exf6 gxf6 19. f5 $16) 18. Rfb1 {1-0 Fedorov,A (2659)
-Dydyshko,V (2521)/Aars 1999/CBM 74/[Psakhis,L] (33)} (18. b5 $5 {deserves
attention and with the possible continuation} Nd8 19. bxa6 (19. a4 a5 $1) 19...
Bxa6 20. a4 $40)) (12... O-O 13. Nbd2 Rae8 14. Nf3 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bd2 h6
17. g4 Bd8 18. g5 Ne7 19. Nh4 Nf5 20. Ng6 Rf7 21. Qh5 Be7 22. Rae1 Bf8 23. Rf2
Ba8 24. Bh3 Bd6 25. Rg2 Nf8 26. gxh6 Nxg6 27. Qxg6 Nh4 28. Nf6+ {1-0
Sokolov-Rogovski,V/Alushta 1994}) 13. Na3 $1 {[%cal Ra3b5]} (13. a3 Rde8 (13...
h5 14. h4 $6 $146 {[%csl Rg3,Rh4] Vasiesiu wants to stop h5-h4, but this is a
typical example when treatmeant is worse than illness.} ({After the natural} 
14. b4 $5 h4 15. b5 Na5 16. Nbd2 hxg3 17. hxg3 {[%csl Ra5] White's advantage
is quite obvious, for example} Rh7 18. Rb1 g5 19. Nf3 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Rdh8 21.
Kf2 Qd8 22. Rh1 Qg8 23. Rxh7 Rxh7 24. Kg1 Qg6 25. Re1 Kb8 26. Nf2 Rh8 {
'Cabrilo,G-Todorovic,G/Kladovo ch-YU 1990/1-0 (41)'} 27. Nh2 Bg5 28. Bxg5 Qxg5
{Cabrilo,G-Todorovic,G/Kladovo ch-YU 1990/1-0 (41)}) 14... Rdg8 15. b4 f6 $1
16. bxc5 (16. exf6 $5 {is worth considering.} gxf6 17. f5 $1) 16... Bxc5 (16...
bxc5 $5) 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Nbd2 $2 (18. f5 $8 {was maybe one of the last
chances for White to defend successfully.}) 18... Ne7 $1 {[%csl Rg3][%cal
Ge7f5]} 19. Kh2 Nf5 20. Bh3 Kb8 $6 (20... Ne3 $142 21. Bxe6 Re8 $17) 21. Rb1
Ne3 $1 22. Bxe6 {0-1 Vasiesiu,D (2440)-Manolache,M (2394)/ROM-ch Targoviste
2001/CBM 87/[Psakhis] (25)}) 14. b4 f5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. f5 e5 17. b5 Nd8 18.
Qh5 Reg8 19. a4 h6 20. a5 Rg7 21. axb6 axb6 22. Nbd2 Qb8 23. Bb2 $16 {1-0
Landa,K-Kovacevic,S/Linares op 1999 (33)}) 13... a6 14. Nc2 h5 (14... Kb8 15.
Bd2 f5 16. exf6 gxf6 17. f5 e5 18. a3 Rde8 19. b4 Nd8 20. Rfb1 {1-0 Psakhis,L 
(2590)-Maric,M (2320)/La Coruna op 1996/ChessBase (36)}) (14... f5 15. exf6
gxf6 16. f5 exf5 17. Rxf5 Nde5 18. Bf4 Rde8 19. Rf1 Kb8 20. Ne1 Ka7 21. Qh5 Qd8
22. h3 Rhg8 23. g4 Qa8 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxf6 Bxf6 26. Rxf6 Re7 27. Qf5 Rge8
28. Bxb7 Qxb7 29. Ng2 h5 30. g5 Rg8 31. g6 Qd7 32. Qxh5 Nxd3 33. Rf7 Rg7 34.
Rxg7 Rxg7 35. Rf7 Rxf7 36. gxf7 Qe7 37. Qf5 {1-0 Vasiukov,E-Al Khateeb,A/Doha
1993}) 15. h4 f6 16. exf6 (16. Bh3 $6 f5 $11) 16... gxf6 17. f5 exf5 18. Rxf5
Bd6 19. Bf4 (19. Nxd6+ Qxd6 20. Bf4 Qe7 $1 21. Bf3 Nce5 22. Bxb7+ Kxb7 23. Rf1
$14 {Vaiser,A}) 19... Bxf4 20. Rxf4 Rdg8 21. Raf1 Kb8 22. Ne1 Nce5 23. b4 Rg7
24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Rf5 Rhg8 26. Rxh5 Rxg3 27. Nxg3 Rxg3 28. Rh8+ Ka7 29. Rf4 Ng6
{0-1 Ehlvest,J-Vaiser,A/Tallinn 1986/ChessBase}) 8... Ba6 {[%cal Ga6d3]} (8...
Bb7 9. e5 Nd7 10. h4 h6 11. h5 Qc7 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. Na3 a6 14. Bd2 Rdg8 15.
Rac1 g5 16. d4 c4 17. Nc2 Nd8 18. b3 g4 19. Nh2 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Bf4 Bd6
22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. bxc4 dxc4 {1-0 Janev,E (2487)-Luyks,M (2153)/Odivelas 2001/ 
(36)}) 9. e5 Nd7 10. h4 (10. Re1 Qc7 11. Nbd2 O-O-O 12. a3 g5 13. h3 h5 14. g4
hxg4 15. hxg4 Rh6 16. b4 Rdh8 17. Nf1 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5
Nde5 21. bxc5 Bxd3 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Qe3 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Nxg4 25. Qg3 Nce5 {
0-1 Sudakova,I (2341)-Jakymov,I/St Petersburg Chigorin mem 2001/ (42)}) 10...
Qc7 11. Re1 h6 12. c4 (12. h5 g5 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. c4 $5) 12... d4 13. Na3 $1
Bb7 14. Nb5 Qd8 (14... Qb8 15. Bf4) 15. h5 a6 16. Nd6+ {A serious inaccuracy.
White voluntarily gives up his knight, helping Vitiugov to complete his
development. .} (16. Na3 Qc7 (16... Bg5 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. g4 $13) 17. Nc2 {
[%cal Gb2b4]}) 16... Bxd6 17. exd6 O-O {[%csl Rd6] White should be careful,
since his central pawn can be easily attacked.} 18. Bf4 (18. g4 $5 {[%cal
Gg4g5]}) 18... Re8 19. g4 (19. Ne5 Ndxe5 20. Bxe5 Qd7 $17) 19... e5 20. Bg3 Qf6
21. Nh4 (21. Nd2 Qxd6 22. f4 $140 exf4 23. Qxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Nf8 25. Bh2 Qd7
$1 {[%cal Od7e8,Gd7g4]}) 21... Qxd6 22. Nf5 {White embarks upon a very
ambitious but dubious plan which leads him to an inferior position in just a
couple of moves.} Qc7 23. g5 $5 hxg5 24. Qg4 f6 25. Bd5+ (25. h6 g6 $8 26. Ng7
Re7 27. Be4 Kh7 $19) 25... Kh8 (25... Kh7 $2 26. Qe4 Kh8 27. Nxg7 $1) 26. Qe4
Nf8 (26... Nd8 $143 27. h6 $5 gxh6 28. Qh1 Nf8 29. Qxh6+ Nh7 30. Qg6 Rf8 31.
Rxe5 $1 fxe5 32. Re1 $132) 27. f4 (27. h6 g6 $5 (27... gxh6 28. Kg2 {[%cal
Of5h6,Re1h1]}) 28. Ng7 Re7 29. Qf3 Qd6) 27... gxf4 28. Nh4 {Stripunsky is
doing his very best to minimize his disadvantage but Black's position is as
solid as a rock!} (28. Bxf4 Nb4 $5 (28... exf4 29. Qxe8) 29. Bxb7 exf4 $17)
28... Nd8 {[%cal Gd8f7] The simplest and most solid route to a better game.} (
28... Na5 $5) 29. Bxf4 (29. Ng6+ Nxg6 30. hxg6 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Nf7 $5 (31... fxg3
32. Qh1+ Kg8 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qxg7+ Kd6 36. Qxf6+ Kxd5 37. Qf3+
Kd6 38. Qxa8 Qb7 39. Qxb7 Nxb7 40. Re4 $1 c4 $1 $132) 32. gxf7 Qxf7 {[%csl Rg3]
}) 29... Bxd5 30. cxd5 (30. Qxd5 Qc6 $5 $19 (30... exf4 $4 31. Rxe8)) 30... Nf7
31. Bd2 (31. Ng6+ Kg8) 31... Nd6 32. Qf3 Qf7 33. Re2 c4 34. Rf1 (34. Bb4 cxd3
35. Qxd3 Rad8) 34... cxd3 35. Rg2 (35. Qxd3 Qxd5) 35... e4 $19 36. Qf4 e3 (
36... Nc4 $5 37. Ng6+ Kg8) 37. Qxd6 exd2 38. Rxd2 $6 {White is very
disappointed at his failure to mate and doesn't put up any further resistance.}
(38. Ng6+ $142 Kg8 39. Nf4) 38... Re4 (38... Rad8 $5) 39. Nf5 Rg4+ 40. Rg2 (40.
Kh1 $8 {was somewhat more stubborn, although the outcome of the game was clear
anyway.}) 40... Qxh5 41. Ne7 (41. Ng3 Qe5) 41... Rxg2+ 42. Kxg2 d2 (42... Qe2+
$5 43. Rf2 Qe4+ 44. Kg3 d2) 43. Qf4 (43. Qh2 Qxh2+ 44. Kxh2 Re8 45. d6 Rd8)
43... Ng6 44. Nxg6+ Qxg6+ 45. Kf3 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 (5. f4 c5 6. c3 (6. Ngf3 Nc6 (
6... Be7 7. g3 g5 8. fxg5 Nc6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Bg2 Ndxe5 11. O-O Bd7 12. c3 O-O-O
13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qb6 15. Kh1 Nxf3 16. Nxf3 Kb8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5+ Bd6
19. Qxd6+ Qxd6 20. Bf4 Be8 21. Rac1 Rg8 {1-0 Fernandez,A-Delgado,H/CUB-chJ B20
2000/Ajelibre (65)}) 7. c3 (7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Re1 Bb7 11. g4
Qc7 12. Nf1 Rae8 13. Ng3 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. g5 Bd8 16. Bh3 e5 17. f5 e4 18.
dxe4 dxe4 19. f6 Nxf6 20. gxf6 exf3 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 {0-1 Franke,J-Mainka,G/NRW
1995/ChessBase (27)}) 7... f6 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. g3 Bd6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O e5 12.
fxe5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Bf4 Ng6 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Qd2 Nh5 18. Nh4
Ne5 19. Rae1 Rae8 {1-0 Aliyeva,R-Iskenderova,K/AZE-ch G20 Baku 2004/EXT 2005 
(32)}) 6... Nc6 7. Ndf3 f6 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. g3 Bd6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. Ne2 Qb6 12.
O-O Bd7 13. Kh1 e5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Bc6 18.
Bf4 Rfe8 19. Bf3 Bxf4 20. Nxf4 Re3 {0-1 Werner,D-Kosic,D/Novi Sad Third Sat A
2005/(58)}) 5... c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Be7 (7... Qb6 8. Nb3 c4 9. Nbd2 f6 10.
exf6 Nxf6 11. Be2 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Nf1 Ne4 15. Be3 Qf7 16. Ng3
Nf6 17. Rf1 Bd7 18. b3 b5 19. Qc2 Be8 20. Rae1 Qc7 21. Ng5 Bg6 22. Qd1 Rae8 {
1/2-1/2 Goebel,M-Strehle,I/Regensburg op 1996/ChessBase (35)}) (7... f6 $5) (
7... cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 $5) 8. Bd3 Qb6 (8... f6 $5) 9. O-O (9. Qa4 O-O 10. O-O f6
$13) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nf3 Qb6 {I can't believe, that
in this well known theoretical position ( with additional tempi for Black )
White can pretend for any advantage!} 13. Qc2 Nc5 (13... Qc5 $5 14. Qb1) 14.
Be3 Bd7 15. Rfc1 $146 (15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Qb1 Qd8 17. Bc2 b6 18. Nd4 f5 19. exf6
gxf6 20. b4 e5 21. bxc5 exd4 22. Bh6 Kf7 23. c6 Rxc6 24. Bb3 Rc5 25. Rfe1 f5
26. Qd3 Bg5 27. Rxc5 bxc5 28. Bxd5+ Kg6 29. Bxg5 Qxg5 {Zapolskis,A-Hohelj,S/St.
Mesto op 1992/ChessBase/1/2-1/2 (47)}) 15... Rc8 $8 16. Bxh7 Qb4 ({It will be
interesting to check move} 16... g6 $5 {with possible continuation:} 17. Bxg6
fxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kd8 19. Rab1 $5 a5 20. Qg7 Re8 21. Rc3 $44) 17. Qb1 {[%cal
Cg7g6,Ch8h7,Gh7c2]} (17. a3 Qg4 18. h3 Qh5 19. Bd3 O-O 20. Be2 $5 $14) 17... g6
18. Bxg6 Qg4 $6 ({Maybe Black had to choose} 18... fxg6 $142 $5 19. Qxg6+ Kd8
20. Ng5 Rf8 21. Nf7+ Rxf7 22. Qxf7 Qxb2 $15 {with good chances.}) 19. b4 (19.
Bd3 $5 Rg8 20. Ne1) 19... Na4 (19... Rg8 $2 20. h3 $1 Qxg6 21. Qxg6 fxg6 22.
Bxc5 $18) (19... Ne4 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Nd2 $16) 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8
21. Bd3 Rg8 22. Ne1 Bd7 23. Bf1 ({Black is doing well after} 23. a3 d4 24. f3
Qh4 25. Bf2 Qf4 $13) 23... Nc3 24. Qc2 Bxb4 {Black hurries to restore material
balance.} 25. f3 Qh5 (25... Qh4 26. Bf2 Qh5 27. Bd4 {transposition}) 26. Bd4 $1
Rh8 (26... Qg5 27. Qb2 Ba5 (27... a5 28. Nd3 Nb5 29. Nxb4 axb4 30. Qxb4 Nxd4
31. Qxd4 $18) 28. Kh1 $16) 27. h3 Qh4 (27... Qg5 28. Kh1) 28. Bf2 Qg5 {[%cal
Gg5e5,Gh8h3]} 29. Nd3 (29. Qb3 $5) 29... Ba5 $8 30. Kh1 (30. Rc1 Rxh3 31. Qb2
Na4 (31... Ne4 32. fxe4 dxe4 33. Nc5 $1) 32. Qxb7 Bb6 33. Bxb6 Nxb6 34. Qxa7
Qe3+ 35. Nf2 Qxc1 36. gxh3 $14) 30... b6 31. Be1 (31. a3 {[%cal Gd3b4]}) 31...
d4 $8 32. Qb3 ({Another promising possibility was} 32. Bf2 $5 {[%csl Rd4]})
32... Qd8 (32... Rg8 $5 {[%cal Gc3e2]}) 33. Bf2 (33. Nb2 {[%cal Gb2c4]}) 33...
Bb5 34. Rc1 {[%cal Rc1c3]} Rh5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A serious error that ruins the
game!} ({After natural} 34... Ba6 $13 {black can look th the future with hope.}
) 35. Rxc3 $1 dxc3 36. Qxb5+ Kf8 37. Qc4 $18 {[%csl Rc3,Rf8][%cal Ga2a3,Gd3b4]}
Qd5 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Nf4 {[%cal Ch5h8,Ch8c8,Rf4h5,Rf4d5]} Rh8 (39... Qxe5 40.
Nxh5+ Qxh5 41. Bd4+) 40. Qxh8+ Kxh8 41. Nxd5 exd5 42. Bd3 {[%csl Ge5,Gf3,Gg2,
Gh3]} Bb4 43. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Kiev Spring"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2000.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 {Very good line for guys who doesn;t want study too
much theory!} Nc6 4. Nf3 dxe4 5. dxe4 e5 6. c3 Nf6 7. Qc2 a6 (7... Bg4 8. Bb5
Bxf3 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. gxf3 Bc5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Qd6 13. Nd2 Nh5 14. O-O-O
Qe6 15. Qb3 Nf4 16. Bg3 Bxf2 17. Qxe6+ fxe6 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nc4 Rd8 20. Rxd8+
Kxd8 21. Ne5 Kc8 22. Nxc6 {Sokolov,A-Bauer,C/French tch 1994/1-0 (52)}) (7...
Bc5 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O Qe7 10. b4 Bd6 11. Be2 a5 12. b5 Nd8 13. a4 Ne6 14. Nbd2
Nc5 15. Bd3 Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Jamrich,G-Goczo,M/HUN t-ch 2000 (15)}) 8. b4 Bd6 $146
(8... Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Rd1 Qe8 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Nc4 Nd7 14. Ne3
Qc8 15. Bb2 Rd8 16. a3 Nf8 17. c4 $14 {Markowski,T-Orzechowski,J/POL t-ch
Suwalki 1999/1-0 (37)}) 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nc4 h6 11. Be2 ({Deserves attention} 
11. a4 $5) 11... b5 $5 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. a4 Bb7 14. O-O (14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8
Qxa8 16. Bxb5 Na7 (16... Rc8 $5 $44) 17. Bd3 Bxe4 $11 {leads to game with more
or less equal chances}) 14... Qc7 {[%cal Gc7c2]} 15. Bd3 (15. axb5 axb5 16.
Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Bd3 (17. Bxb5 $2 Nxb4 18. Qb3 Na6 $17 {[%cal Ga6c5]}) 17... Ne7
$1 $15 {[%csl Re4][%cal Ge7g6,Gg6f4]}) 15... Ne7 $1 {[%cal Ge7g6] Strong
maneuver!Kruppa brings knight to g6 where from it will take serious part in
the black activity on the king's side} 16. Re1 Rfc8 (16... Bc6 $5 {[%cal Gc7b7]
}) 17. Bb2 d5 18. exd5 Nexd5 {[%cal Rd5b4,Rd5c3,Rd5f4]} 19. Bf5 ({Maybe} 19.
axb5 $5 axb5 (19... Nxb4 20. cxb4 Qxc2 21. Bxc2 Rxc2 22. Bxe5 axb5 23. Rxa8+
Bxa8 24. Nd4 $14) 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. Bxb5 $13 {was stronger than move in the
text.}) 19... Nf4 $5 {[%mdl 512] Interesting exchange sacrifice.} 20. axb5 axb5
21. Bxc8 Qxc8 {[%cal Rc8g4]} 22. Rxa8 (22. Nxe5 Nxg2 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Ra1 Nh4
$44) 22... Bxa8 23. Ra1 (23. Nxe5 Nxg2) 23... Be4 (23... Bxf3 $5 24. gxf3 e4 $1
{was not a bad idea also, but Kruppa pretends for more.} 25. Bc1 $8 (25. Qd2
N6d5 {[%cal Rc8h3]}) 25... Nh3+ 26. Kf1 exf3 $40) 24. Qd1 $8 Nxg2 25. Nxe5 Nh4
(25... Nf4 26. f3 $1 Qf5 (26... Bd5 $5) 27. fxe4 Qg5+ 28. Kf2 Qg2+ 29. Ke3 $1
Qxe4+ 30. Kd2 Qxe5 $40) 26. f4 (26. f3 $142 $5 {Could be the last chance for
White to organize some resistance, for example} Bxf3 (26... Bd5 {[%csl Rg1]
[%cal Rc8h3]} 27. Qe2) 27. Qe1 $1 (27. Nxf3 Qg4+ 28. Kf2 Ne4+ 29. Ke3 Nf5+ 30.
Kd3 Nf2+ $19) 27... Qf5 $44 28. Qg3) 26... Qh3 27. Qf1 (27. Qe2 Nf3+ 28. Nxf3
Bxf3 29. Qc2 (29. Qf2 Ne4 30. Qc2 Qf5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf5g6]}) 29... Qg4+ 30. Kf1
Bd5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd5c4]}) 27... Ng2 $1 $19 28. c4 Ng4 {[%csl Ge4,Gg2,Gg4,Gh3]}
29. Nxg4 Qxg4 30. Qd1 Qg6 31. f5 Qg5 32. Bc1 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9697"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Motwani, Paul"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ne2 b6 (5... c5 6. c3 b6 7. d4 Ba6
8. g3 Nc6 9. a3 Be7 10. h4 h6 11. Nf4 Qc8 $11 {0-1 Nureev,G-Lastin,A/Perm op
1997 (25)}) 6. d4 Ba6 7. Nf4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 Be7 9. h4 Nc6 $5 (9... c5 10. c4 dxc4
11. d5 $36) 10. Qe2 Nf8 11. Bd2 (11. h5 $5 g5 $140 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. c3 $14 {
[%csl Rf8]}) 11... Ng6 12. h5 (12. Nd3 $2 Bxh4) 12... Nxf4 13. Bxf4 g5 $5 14.
hxg6 fxg6 15. Bh6 Qd7 16. g3 (16. Bg7 $5 Rg8 17. Bf6 Bxf6 $140 18. exf6 Qf7 $2
19. Qb5 $1 $18) 16... O-O-O 17. Kg2 Kb7 18. c3 a5 19. Rh3 Rc8 20. Rah1 Rhg8 21.
g4 (21. a4 $5) 21... Bd8 22. Kf1 (22. a4 $5) 22... a4 $1 {[%cal Yc6a5,Ya5c4]}
23. Bg5 h5 $1 {Obliged sacrifice, but not bad one.Uncomfortable position of
whites king always will reason for counterplay.} (23... Rg7 $6 24. Bf6 Bxf6 25.
exf6 Rf7 26. g5 $16) 24. gxh5 gxh5 25. Rxh5 Na5 26. Bf6 Nc4 27. b3 axb3 {
[%cal Ra8a1]} (27... Na5 28. b4) 28. axb3 Na5 29. Nd2 Ra8 (29... Bxf6 30. exf6
Qf7 31. Rh6) 30. Qd3 (30. Rh7 $5 Qe8 31. Rh8 Nc4 $5 32. Nf3 Ra1+ 33. Ne1) 30...
Nc6 31. Qh7 (31. Bxd8 $5) 31... Qe8 32. Ke2 $2 (32. Bxd8 $13) 32... Ra2 $2 ({
After} 32... Bxf6 33. exf6 Rf8 {Conquest could get big advantage. For example:}
34. Qg7 (34. Rh6 e5 $17) 34... e5 $1 35. Rh7 (35. Kd3 exd4 36. cxd4 Nb4+ 37.
Kc3 Na2+ 38. Kb2 Qe2 $1 39. Qg5 Nb4 40. Rc1 Ra2+ 41. Kc3 Qd3+ 42. Kxb4 Qxd4+
43. Nc4 c5+ 44. Kb5 Qxc4+ $1 45. bxc4 Ra5# $19) 35... exd4+ 36. Kf1 (36. Kd3
Ne5+ 37. Kxd4 (37. Kc2 Qc6 38. Qg3 Ra2+ $19) 37... Rf7 38. Qg2 Ra2 $1 39. Qxd5+
Nc6+ 40. Kd3 Rxh7 41. Rxh7 Qg6+ $19) 36... Qd8 (36... Ra1+ 37. Kg2 Rg8 38. Rxa1
dxc3 39. Nf3 Rxg7+ 40. Rxg7 Qf8 $17) 37. f7 Qe7 $17) 33. Qb1 Ra8 34. Rh7 $2 (
34. Bxd8 $1 $14) 34... Ne7 $2 {Comedy of mistakes! Again Black could seizure
initiative after} (34... Bxf6 $1 35. exf6 Rf8 36. Nf3 (36. R1h6 e5 $1) 36...
Rxf6 37. R1h5 Qf8 $17) 35. Bxe7 $6 (35. Rh8 $5 $14) 35... Bxe7 36. Qd3 Bg5 37.
Rd1 $6 ({It was time already to try to finish game-} 37. Nf3 Ra2+ 38. Kf1 Ra1+
39. Ke2 $11) 37... Ra2 {[%cal Ra2d2,Rg5d2] Very unpleasant pin} 38. Kf1 $2 (38.
Rh3 $5 $13) 38... Bxd2 $1 39. Rxd2 Rxd2 40. Qxd2 Qb5+ 41. c4 Qxb3 $19 42. Ke2
Ra8 43. Qd3 Ra2+ 44. Ke3 Qb2 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 {New ( old?) fashion.} d5 3. d3 (3. exd5 $5 Qxd5 4. Nc3) 3...
dxe4 (3... Ne7 $5) 4. dxe4 b6 (4... e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Qc2 h6 8. Nbd2
Bd6 9. b4 Ne7 10. Nc4 Ng6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Bf1 $14 {
Garcia Padron,J-Vega Holm,F/ESP-chT 1997/EXP 60/1-0 (33)}) 5. Nf3 Bc5 {More
logical looks} (5... Ba6 $5 {for example} 6. c4 (6. Qd2 {could,t pretend for
advantage}) 6... Nc6 (6... c5 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Bf4 Ng6 9. Rd1 Qc8 10. Bc1 Be7 11.
h4 Nc6 $132 {Bakhtadze,G-Rabinovich,A/EU-chJM 1997/EXP 59/0-1 (32)}) 7. Nc3 Bb4
8. Bd2 Na5 9. b3 Qe7 10. g3 O-O-O 11. Bg2 Nf6 12. Rc1 Nb7 13. O-O Kb8 14. e5
Nd5 15. Nxd5 {1/2-1/2 Solana,E-Lezcano Jaen,P/Las Palmas-C 1993/EXT 93}) 6. c3
a5 (6... Ba6 7. Qc2 Bxf1 8. Rxf1 a5 9. Bf4 Nf6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. O-O-O $14) 7.
Qc2 Nf6 8. Bg5 (8. e5 $5 Nfd7 (8... Nd5 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qg4) 9. Qe4 $36 {
[%cal Ye4g4,Yc1g5]}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Na3 $5 {Very interesting move, but
why not normal 10.Nbd2!?} Nfd7 11. Bg3 Bxa3 {In case} (11... O-O 12. Nb5 Na6
13. O-O-O {White has big advantage in space.}) 12. bxa3 {[%csl Ra3,Gg3]} Ba6
13. c4 Bb7 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O Nc6 {It,s look that Black has not
too big problems.} 17. e5 Ne7 (17... Nc5 $5 18. Bh4 (18. Bf4 Ne7) 18... Re8 {
[%cal Yc6e7]}) 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. f3 Nf5 20. Bf2 (20. Nxf5 $6 exf5 $15) 20... Nxd4
$6 {Stronger was to play} (20... Rd8 $1 {and after Black has enough
compensation for a pawn.} 21. Nxf5 exf5 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Qxf5
Qd2 $44) 21. Rxd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4g4]} Rd8 22. Rg4 Rd7 (22... Nd7 $1 23. f4 Nf8
24. Bh4 Rd7 25. f5 exf5 26. Qxf5 Qe8) 23. Bh4 Kh8 24. Qc1 {[%cal Rh4f6]} Qf8 (
24... Kh7 25. Bf6 (25. Bd1 $5 Nd3 26. Bc2 Be4 $3 (26... Qf8 27. Rd1 $18) 27.
Qe3 Bf5 28. Rd1 Nc5 $13) 25... gxf6 26. exf6 Qf8 27. Qf4 Rad8 28. Rg7+ Qxg7 29.
fxg7 Kxg7 30. h4 $36) 25. Qe3 Na4 {With hope to exchange queens, but..} 26. Kh1
Qc5 27. Qf4 Rg8 28. Rd1 (28. Bf6 Kh7 29. Rh4 Qf8 $1) (28. Bd1 $1 Nb2 (28...
Qxa3 29. Bf6 $1 Kh7 30. Bc2+ Rd3 31. Qg3 g6 32. Rh4 h5 33. Qg5 $18) 29. Bc2 Nd3
30. Bxd3 Rxd3 31. Qxf7 $18 {[%cal Rh4f6,Rg4g7]}) 28... Nc3 {What else?} (28...
Qc6 29. Bf6 (29. Bd3 Nb2 (29... Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Nc5 31. Bf6 Kh7 32. Bxg7 Rxg7 33.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rh8#) 30. Bf6 $1 $18) 29... Kh7 30.
Rh4 $1 $18) (28... Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Nc3 30. Bf6 Kh7 31. Bc2+ g6 32. Qxh6+ Kxh6
33. Rh4#) 29. Rxd7 Nxe2 30. Qxh6+ $1 (30. Qxh6+ $1 gxh6 31. Bf6+ Kh7 32. Rxf7+
(32. Rxf7+ Rg7 33. Rfxg7+ Kh8 34. Rg8+)) 1-0

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Black "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5
Ne8 9. c4 (9. h4 b5 (9... Nc7 10. Bg5 b5 11. Nbd2 a5 12. c4 a4 13. Rab1 Bd7 $13
14. Rfd1 h6 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Nf1 bxc4 17. dxc4 Na5 18. Ne3 Bc6 $13 {1/2-1/2
Floegel,U-Bischof1995/GER-chT (30)}) (9... f5 10. c3 g6 11. d4 b6 12. Bh6 Ng7
13. Rd1 f4 14. Nbd2 fxg3 15. fxg3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nf5 17. Bxf8 Ncxd4 18. Nxd4
Nxd4 19. Qg4 Bxf8 20. Kh2 $14 {1-0 Psakhis-Beider/Tel-Aviv active 1990 (39)})
10. Bf4 a5 11. Nbd2 (11. c3 Nc7 12. Nbd2 a4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Iuldachev,S-Bischoff,
K/Calcutta 1997/CBM 56 ext (39)}) 11... a4 12. a3 b4 13. Bg5 Nc7 14. c3 bxc3
15. bxc3 Nb5 (15... Bxg5 $5 16. hxg5 Nb5 17. Rfc1 Qa5 $132) 16. Rfc1 Qa5 $36 {
1-0 Fedorov,A-Savchenko,S/Minsk 1996 (41)}) (9. Nbd2 Nc7 10. c4 b5 11. b3 a5
12. a4 bxc4 13. bxc4 Rb8 14. Ba3 Na6 15. Nb1 dxc4 16. dxc4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4
18. Rd1 Nb4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Ftacnik,L-Jirovsky,M/Presov 1999/CBM 73_07 (18)}) 9...
Nc7 (9... f5 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. h4 dxc4 (11... Nd6 $5) 12. dxc4 Nd4 13. Nxd4
Bxd4 14. Nd2 e5 15. Ne4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Yuldashev,S-Chernosvitov,A/Voskresensk
1992 (18)}) 10. Bf4 (10. h4 $5 b5 11. b3 Ba6 (11... Bb7 12. Bf4 a5 13. Nbd2 a4
14. h5 Nb4 15. h6 g6 16. Rfd1 axb3 17. axb3 Qd7 18. Nh2 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Ra8 20.
Rxa8+ Bxa8 {1-0 Jones,G-Egirolami/Dos Hermanas Internet qualifier S17 2005 (40)
}) 12. Na3 Qe8 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Bb2 Nb4 15. Nh2 bxc4 16. dxc4 d4 17. Bc1 f5 18.
Qf3 Rb8 19. Bf4 h6 20. Bd2 Bb7 21. Qe2 d3 $132 {1-0 Vescovi,G-Sveshnikov,E/
Moscow Aeroflot op 2002/ (97)}) (10. Nc3 Rb8 (10... a6 11. h4 Rb8 12. Bf4 b5
13. b3 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nb1 dxc4 16. dxc4 bxc4 17. bxc4 Qd7 18. Nd2 Bb7
19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Nb3 Rd8 21. Rfd1 d3 {1-0 Beshukov,S-Illijin,N/Biel MTO 2003/
(31)}) 11. Rd1 (11. b3 b5 12. Nxb5 Nxb5 13. cxb5 Rxb5 14. h4 (14. Be3 Ba6 15.
Rfc1 Qb8 16. d4 Rb6 {1/2-1/2 Bilek,I-Bouwmeester,H/ Amsterdam IBM 1968}) 14...
a5 15. h5 Ba6 16. h6 g6 17. Bf4 Rb7 18. Rac1 Qb6 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Rc8 21.
Nf3 Qc7 22. Rfd1 Qe7 {1-0 Turov,M-Alekseev,E/RUS-Cup Tula 2001/CA (40)}) (11.
a4 Nb4 12. Rd1 d4 13. Ne4 f5 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Bh6 Rf7 16. Bh3 Nc6 17. Bg4 Bf8
18. Qd2 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 b6 20. Bh5 Rf8 21. g4 $40 {1-0 Shaposhnikov,E-Bellaiche,
A/Moscow Aeroflot-A 2004/ChessBase (29)}) (11. h4 $146 b5 12. Ng5 $6 (12. Rd1)
12... Nd4 13. Qh5 h6 14. Nf3 (14. Nh3 bxc4 15. dxc4 Ba6) 14... Nf5 $5 (14...
bxc4 $5 15. dxc4 Ba6 16. Nd2 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 $36 18. Rd1 $140 Nc2 19. Rb1 Bd4)
15. Re1 bxc4 16. dxc4 dxc4 17. Nh2 (17. Rd1 $5 Nd5 $140 18. Bh3 g6 19. Qg4)
17... g6 (17... Bb7 $5 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Qg4 (19. Ng4 Qb8 20. Ne4 $140 Nd5)
19... Nd5 20. Qxc4 $13) 18. Qe2 (18. Qg4 h5 19. Qxc4 Qd4 $15) 18... Qd3 19. Qg4
h5 {0-1 Dgebuadze,A-Chuchelov,V/Leuven op 1999/CBM 75/[Chuchelov] (41)}) 11...
b5 12. b3 (12. Nxb5 Nxb5 13. cxb5 Rxb5 14. d4 Qb6) 12... f5 $5 (12... b4 13.
Na4 $14) 13. cxd5 (13. cxb5 Nxb5 14. Nxb5 Rxb5 15. d4 Ba6 (15... Qb6 16. Ba3 $1
) 16. dxc5 Qa5 $11) 13... exd5 (13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. d4 cxd4 (15... Qe4
16. Be3) 16. Bb2 Bb7 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Qc6 $11) 14. d4 Ba6 (14... b4 15.
Na4 Ba6 16. Qc2) 15. Qe3 (15. Qc2 $5 b4 (15... c4 {'!?'} 16. bxc4 bxc4 $13) 16.
Na4 c4 17. bxc4 Bxc4 (17... dxc4 18. d5 $1 b3 (18... Nxd5 $2 19. Ne1 b3 20.
axb3 Ncb4 21. Bxd5+ $18) 19. axb3 Nb4 20. Qd2 Nbxd5 21. bxc4 Bxc4 22. Nd4 $14)
18. Nb2 Bb5 $13) 15... Ne6 16. Ne2 b4 (16... Nb4 17. Qd2) 17. dxc5 (17. Bb2 $5)
17... Bxc5 18. Qd2 Qb6 $132 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Strikovic,A/Yerevan ol 1996/
ChessBase/[Psakhis,L] (41)}) (10. b3 b5 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. h4 Qd7 13. Nc3 a6 14.
cxd5 exd5 15. d4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Ne6 18. Rd1 d4 19. Ne4 Rfd8 20.
Bb2 Rac8 21. Rd3 a5 22. f4 g6 23. h5 b4 24. hxg6 hxg6 {1/2-1/2 Paragua,
M-Naumkin,I/Genova op 2001/ChessBase (51)}) (10. Na3 Rb8 11. Rd1 b5 12. b3 a5
13. Be3 Ba6 14. Rac1 bxc4 15. bxc4 Nb4 16. Nb1 Qd7 17. a3 Nc6 18. Qc2 Rfc8 $15
{0-1 Davies,N-Rowson,J/Birmingham ENG 1999 (33)}) 10... b6 $146 (10... b5 11.
b3 Rb8 12. h4 Nd4 $6 (12... a5 $5 13. Nbd2 $140 a4 $132) 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Rd1
Bb7 15. Nd2 dxc4 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. dxc4 bxc4 18. Qe4 Qc8 19. bxc4 $14 {1-0 Tal,
M-Debarnot,R/Las Palmas 1977/EXT 98 (53)}) 11. h4 Bb7 12. Nbd2 Qd7 13. Rfe1 (
13. Rad1 $142 $5) 13... Nb4 {This is an interesting way to solve the opening
problems.} 14. Rad1 {[%mdl 512] White simply don't care about pawn a2, hoping
to compensate the it by activity of all pieces.} (14. Nf1 $5 dxc4 $140 15. dxc4
Nd3 16. Red1 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Qc8 18. Ne3 $132) 14... Nxa2 15. Nf1 {[%cal Gf1h2,
Gh2g4]} Nb4 16. Ng5 {[%cal Ch7h6,Ch6g5,Ge2h5]} h6 17. Nh3 Nc6 ({Worth
considering} 17... f5 $5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. Nf4 (20. Qxe6+ Qf7)
20... Rfe8 $15 {and I am not sure that White's temporary initiative fully
compensate the absence of the pawn.}) 18. Qg4 {It is not so easy now to
neutralize white's initiative} Kh8 19. Ne3 (19. Qh5 {[%cal Gf4h6]}) 19... Nd4 {
[%csl Gd4]} 20. Qh5 {Finally a very complicated position has been arised:
despite his extra pawn Black has a serious problems on the king side.} Nf5 $6 (
{Bad or good, but Black had to bring queen for defense -} 20... Qe8 $8 {and}
21. Bxh6 gxh6 (21... f5 22. Qxe8 Rfxe8 23. Bg5 $14) 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Ng5 Bxg5
24. Qxg5+ (24. hxg5 {[%cal Ge3g4]} Nf5 25. Nxf5 exf5) 24... Kh7 25. Ng4 f5 26.
Qh6+ Kg8 $13 {leads, possibly, just to the draw.}) 21. Nxf5 exf5 22. Bxh6 g6 (
22... gxh6 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Nf4 $16 {[%cal Ge5e6,Rf4h5]}) 23. Qe2 (23. Qf3 $5)
23... Ne6 (23... Rfe8 24. d4 $1 cxd4 25. cxd5 $16) 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Qd2 Kg7
26. Nf4 $18 Nxf4 27. Qxf4 {[%cal Ge5e6]} Qe6 28. d4 $1 {Crucial breakthrough
in the center. Rest is very simple.} Rd8 (28... b5 $5) 29. dxc5 Bxc5 30. b4 (
30. Qd2 $5 {[%csl Rd5]}) 30... Be7 (30... Bxb4 31. cxd5 Bxe1 32. dxe6 Rxd1 33.
Qa4 $1 $18) 31. b5 Rd7 (31... Ba8 $5 32. cxd5 Bxd5 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Qxd5
35. Ra1 Qxb5 36. Rxa7 $18) 32. h5 (32. cxd5 $5) 32... g5 33. Qd4 Bc5 34. cxd5
$1 Qh6 (34... Bxd5 35. Qd2) 35. Qc3 Rc7 (35... Kg8) 36. e6+ f6 37. e7 $1 (37.
e7 Rxe7 38. Rxe7+ Bxe7 39. Qc7) 1-0

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 5th"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "1999.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 $1 5. g3 (5. c3 $5) 5... dxe4 6. dxe4
Bb7 ({Another good move in this position is} 6... Bc5 {and after for example}
7. Bb5+ (7. Bg2 Ba6 8. c4 Qd3 $5 {leads to complicated game}) 7... Bd7 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. c3 e5 10. b4 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Be2 a5 14. b5 Nb8 15. Nc4
Nbd7 $11 {0-1 Morozevich,A-Dreev,A/Yalta act 1995 (36) Black has at least
equal chances.}) 7. Qe2 (7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8. Ne5 a6 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Bf1 h5 11. h4
Qf6 12. Bg2 O-O-O 13. Qe2 Qg6 $15 {0-1 Evelev,V-Volkov,S/Moscow op 1998 (72)})
7... Ba6 $5 (7... Nc6 8. Bg2 $6 (8. c3 $5) 8... Nb4 $5 9. Qc4 Ba6 10. Qb3 Nd7
11. a3 Nc5 $1 12. Qc3 Nxc2+ 13. Qxc2 Nd3+ 14. Kd1 Nxf2+ 15. Ke1 Nd3+ $40 {
1/2-1/2 Vujosevic,V-Bukal,V/Paks GM 1998 (102)}) 8. c4 Nc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Bg2
Nc5 11. O-O Bb7 {[%cal Gd8d3] Dreev could be happy with results of the opening.
He provocated white to play c4, almost finished development, queen is ready to
jump on d3.} 12. Rd1 (12. Nb3 Qd3 13. Qxd3 Nxd3 14. Nfd4 Nxd4 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16.
Nxd4 Rxb7 17. Nc6 Nb4 18. Nxb4 Bxb4 19. Be3 c6 $11 {Salinnikov,D-Malakhatko,V/
Alushta 1999/1/2-1/2 (66)}) (12. Ne1 Qd7 13. f4 O-O-O 14. Ndf3 Nd4 15. Nxd4
Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qxd4 17. Be3 Qe4+ $11 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich-Rosentalis/Moscow olm
1994 (65)}) 12... Qd3 13. Qxd3 Nxd3 14. Ne4 $146 ({Black got better ending
after} 14. Nb3 $6 O-O-O 15. Bg5 Rd7 16. Bf4 Be7 17. Rd2 Rhd8 18. Re2 h6 19. h4
a5 $36 {0-1 Kroneder,C-Rieger,M/RLNO 1998 (31)}) 14... Rd8 ({Pawn on e5 in
untouchable on this moment-} 14... Ncxe5 $2 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bf4 $1 Nxc4 17.
Nf6+ gxf6 18. Bxb7 Rd8 19. Bc6+ $1 Ke7 20. Bxc7 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 $18 {leads to
catastrophe.}) 15. Nd6+ $5 (15. Bg5 $2 Be7 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 $17 {[%csl Re5]})
15... cxd6 (15... Bxd6 $5 {was the good alternative to the move in the game,
after} 16. Rxd3 (16. exd6 Rxd6) 16... Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxg2 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Kxg2
Be5 $15 {Black has some initiative in the ending.}) 16. Rxd3 dxe5 (16... Nxe5 {
leads to equality-} 17. Nxe5 Bxg2 18. Nxf7 $1 Be4 19. Nxd8 Bxd3 20. Nxe6 Bxc4
$11) 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Bxb7 Nxc4 ({I would prefer} 19... Bc5 {
[%cal Re5g4,Re5d3] with better chances for Black}) 20. Ba6 Ne5 21. Bg5+ $1 (21.
Be3 Bd6) 21... f6 (21... Kd7 22. Bb5+ Kc7 23. Rc1+ Kb7 24. Bf4 Bd6 25. Rd1 $1)
22. Rd1+ Kc7 $8 23. Rc1+ Kd7 (23... Bc5 24. Bf4 (24. b4 Nf3+) 24... Kd6 $15 25.
Rd1+ Ke7 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. Bb5 $11) 24. Bb5+ (24. Bc8+ Kd8 25. Be3 Nd3 $1)
24... Kd8 (24... Kd6 25. Be3 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 25. Rd1+ Bd6 26. Bf4 $6 {Strange
decision, after} (26. Bxf6+ gxf6 27. Rxd6+ Ke7 28. Rd1 $14 {just White can
pretend to advantage.}) 26... Ke7 27. Bxe5 fxe5 28. Bd3 $11 {[%cal Gd3e4,Gd1d2]
Now game is deadly drawish, white,s bishop comes to e4, rook on d4 and Black
just can,t improve position.Rest move doesn,t need any analyses.} Bc5 29. Kg2
Rf8 30. f3 h6 31. Be4 Bd4 32. b3 Rc8 33. Kf1 Kd6 34. Ke2 g5 35. Rd2 {[%cal
Gd2c2]} Rc3 36. Rd3 Rc5 37. Rd2 Ra5 38. Rc2 b5 39. Kd3 b4 40. h4 gxh4 41. gxh4
Rc5 (41... Bc3 42. h5 {[%cal Gc2g2,Gg2g6]}) 42. Rxc5 Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 {I will not be too surprised if in the neariest
future  even Kasparov will play this line with white.} dxe4 4. dxe4 b6 5. Nd2
$146 {New and interesting move} (5. f4 Ba6 6. c4 Bb4+ 7. Nd2 Nc6 8. Ngf3 Nd4 9.
Nxd4 Qxd4 10. a3 Bxd2+ 11. Bxd2 Qxb2 12. Qd1 O-O-O 13. Rb1 Qd4 14. Qc2 Nf6 {
0-1 Bjelica,D-Lima,D/Linares op 1995 (25)}) (5. c3 Ba6 6. Qc2 Bxf1 7. Kxf1 Nc6
(7... Nd7 8. Nf3 Nc5 9. b4 Qd3+ 10. Qxd3 Nxd3 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Ke2 Nb2 13. Nbd2
Na4 14. Rhc1 c5 15. b5 a6 16. Rab1 axb5 17. Rxb5 Be7 18. Ne5 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Kxd7
20. f4 Kc6 21. c4 f5 22. Rb3 {Fedorov,A-Ulibin,M/Calcutta op 1999/1-0 (53)}) 8.
Nf3 Qd7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. h3 e5 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. b4 a6 13. Ke2 O-O 14. Rhd1 Rad8
15. a4 Nh5 16. Kf1 Bf6 17. Rab1 Qc8 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Na5 {Leko,P-Bunzmann,
D/Hamburg m 1999/1-0 (43)}) (5. Nf3 Ba6 6. Qd2 Qxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Nf6 8. Nc3 Bxf1 9.
Rxf1 Nc6 10. O-O-O Bb4 11. Rfe1 O-O-O 12. a3 Bc5 13. Be3 Rxd1+ 14. Kxd1 Rd8+
15. Kc1 Bxe3+ 16. Rxe3 Ng4 17. Re2 h6 18. b3 Nge5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. f3 Nc6 21.
Rd2 Nd4 22. Ne2 {1/2-1/2 Buckley,M-Lalic,S/BCF t-ch 9900 2000 (22)}) 5... Ba6
6. Nc4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. c3 Be7 (8... Na5 9. Qc2 $5 Bxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc4 11. Qa4+
Qd7 12. Qxc4 $14) 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qe4 Bb7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Bh6 {From the first
look white got nice position witth good development and clear advantage in
space, but Lputian found great idea for black} b5 $1 {[%mdl 64]} (12... Bf8 $14
) 13. Ne3 ({Maybe was better than move in the game, but I am not sure that
after} 13. Ncd2 Ncxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxb5+ c6 16. Qe4 Qd5 {we can speak
about serious advantage of white}) 13... Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxb5+ c6 16.
Qe4 Qc7 17. Be2 f5 $1 18. Qa4 Nf7 {Main point of black strategy- accidentaly
active white bishop went to big danger} 19. Bf4 $6 ({White could keep balance
after} 19. Bg7 $5 Rg8 20. Bd4 f4 (20... e5 21. Nd5 $1 Qd7 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23. Be3
$16) 21. Nc4 e5 22. Qa5 Qxa5 23. Nxa5 exd4 24. Nxb7 Rb8 $13 {but Morozevich
decided to choose very risky line}) 19... e5 20. Bg3 f4 (20... O-O 21. f4 $132
(21. Bh4 g5 22. Nxf5 gxh4 23. Qg4+ Bg5 $17)) 21. Nd5 Qd6 (21... Qd7 $5 22.
O-O-O Nd6) 22. O-O-O (22. Nxe7 $2 fxg3 $1) (22. Nxf4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Qe6 24. Be3
O-O) 22... fxg3 23. Nf4 Qf6 24. Nd5 Qd6 (24... Qxf2 25. Nc7+ (25. Nxe7 Qxe2) (
25. Ba6 Bg5+ 26. Kb1 Qf5+ 27. Ka1 Qc8) 25... Kf8 26. Rhf1 Qxe2 27. Qb3 Bg5+ (
27... Kg7 28. Qxf7+ Kh6 29. Qxe7 $18 {[%cal Rc7e6]}) 28. Kb1 Bf4 29. Qxb7 $16)
25. Nf4 Qb8 {eventually Lputian could made draw, but decided to continue fight.
} 26. Ne6 {[%mdl 128]} Ng5 27. Bc4 Nxe6 28. Bxe6 {[%csl Ge8]} gxh2 29. Rxh2 Bd6
$2 ({Deserves attention} 29... Qc7 30. Rd7 Qxd7 (30... Qb6 31. Qg4 (31. Qc2 {
[%cal Gh2h7]} Qa6 $1 32. Rxh7 Qf1+ 33. Rd1 Bg5+ 34. Kb1 Qxd1+ 35. Qxd1 Rxh7 36.
Qg4 Rh5 $17) 31... Qxf2 32. Rxb7 (32. Rxh7 Rxh7 33. Qxg6+ Rf7 34. Qg8+ Rf8 35.
Qg6+ Qf7 $1 36. Rxe7+ Kxe7 37. Bxf7 Rxf7 $17) 32... Qg1+ 33. Qd1 (33. Kc2 Qxh2
34. Bd5 $5 Qh4 $1) 33... Qxd1+ 34. Kxd1 $13) 31. Bxd7+ Kxd7 32. Qg4+ (32. Rh1
Rad8 33. Qxa7 Kc8 $17) 32... Kc7 33. Qe6 Rae8 $15 {with some advantage}) 30. f4
$1 e4 $2 {Decisive mistake, good or bad, but black must play} (30... Qc7 $5)
31. g3 Qc7 32. Qd4 $1 (32. Qxe4 $143 Rd8 $1 $132) 32... Rf8 (32... Ke7 33. Bc4
Rae8 34. Rhd2 $18) 33. Qxe4 $18 {Now black can't protect king from numerous
threats} (33. Qxd6 $2 Qxd6 34. Rxd6 Ke7 35. Rd7+ Kxe6 36. Rxb7 h5 $13) 33...
Qe7 (33... Rd8 34. Bf7+ $1 Kxf7 35. Rxh7+ Kf6 36. Qd4+ Be5 37. fxe5+ Qxe5 38.
Rf1+ Ke6 39. Re7+ Kxe7 40. Qxe5+ $18) 34. Rxh7 $1 (34. Rxd6 $5 Qxd6 35. Rxh7
Rf6 36. Bb3+ Kf8 37. Rxb7 $18) 34... Qxh7 35. Rxd6 {[%csl Gd6,Ge4,Ge6,Re8]} Qc7
(35... Rf6 36. Bf7+ $1 Kxf7 37. Rd7+ Kg8 38. Rxh7 Kxh7 39. Qe7+ $18) (35... Qe7
36. Qxg6+ Rf7 37. Bxf7+ Qxf7 38. Re6+ $18) 36. Bf7+ Kxf7 37. Qxg6+ (37. Qxg6+
Ke7 38. Qe6#) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund Master"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1999.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. e5
Nd7 9. c4 Re8 10. Nc3 ({Deserves attention} 10. h4 $142 $5 {[%cal Gh4h6] with
possible continuation} Nf8 (10... f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bg5 Nb6 13. Nc3 Nd4 14.
Nxd4 Bxg5 15. Nb3 Be7 16. Rfe1 $14 {Libiszewski,F-Tripoteau,N/FRA-chJ B16
Romans 1999/1-0 (43)}) 11. h5 f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Nc3 b6 14. Nh2 Bb7 15. Ng4
$14 {1-0 Belotti,B-Bonazzi,E/Bolzano op 1999 (34)}) 10... d4 11. Nb1 Rb8 12. h4
b5 $146 ({Maybe stronger} 12... a6 13. Bf4 b5 {with reasonable counterplay,
for example} 14. Nbd2 Bb7 15. Rfc1 Ba8 16. h5 h6 17. g4 Na5 $132 {Nijboer,
F-Van der Sterren,P/Rotterdam 1997/CBM 60]/1/2-1/2 (56)}) 13. cxb5 Rxb5 14. Na3
Rb8 15. Bg5 {[%cal Ga3c4,Gc4d6] Hoping to bring knight to d6 after exchange of
bishops.} Ba6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rfc1 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Rc5,Rc6,Gg2] White keep
maybe small but long term advantage.} Nb4 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 Nb6 20. Rcc1
Na4 {[%cal Ga4b2]} 21. Ng5 f6 ({In case of} 21... h6 22. Ne4 Nxb2 23. Qxb2 (23.
Nxc5 $5) 23... Nxd3 24. Qe2 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Ge4][%cal Ge4f6] two
pieces much stronger then rook}) 22. Ne4 Nd5 (22... fxe5 23. b3 {[%csl Rc5]})
23. Qc2 Qd7 (23... Nxb2 $2 24. Rab1 $18) 24. exf6 $6 {Not the best move, after
simple , but strong} (24. b3 $1 {white position is clearly better, for example}
Nac3 (24... f5 25. Nd6 $16 (25. Nxc5 $5)) 25. exf6 Nxe4 (25... gxf6 26. Nxc5
Qe7 27. Ne4 $16) 26. dxe4 Nc3 (26... Nxf6 27. e5 $5 Nd5 28. Qxc5 $16) 27. Qd3
$5 $16 {[%cal Rc1c3]}) (24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. Qxc5 fxe5 26. Qa3 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gg2]
}) 24... Rxb2 25. Nxc5 $5 (25. f7+ Kxf7 26. Nxc5 Rxc2 27. Nxd7 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1
Nac3 $11) 25... Rxc2 26. Nxd7 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Nac3 28. Rc2 gxf6 {[%csl Gc3]
Black equalize chances, thanks to white carelessness on the 24th move.} 29. Rb2
Re7 30. Nb8 (30. Nc5 Kf7) 30... e5 31. a4 Rc7 32. a5 Kf7 33. Na6 Re7 (33... Rc6
34. Rb7+) 34. Nc5 f5 {[%cal Ge5e4]} (34... Rc7 $11) 35. a6 Rc7 (35... e4 36.
Rb7 e3 (36... exd3 37. Nxd3 $16) 37. Kf1 $14) 36. Rb7 Ke7 37. Nb3 Kd6 38. Rb8 (
{It was premature to play} 38. f4 {after} exf4 39. Nxd4 Rxb7 40. axb7 Kc7 41.
gxf4 (41. Nc6 Kxb7 42. Ne7 fxg3 43. Nxd5 (43. Bxd5+ Nxd5 44. Nxd5 a5 45. Kg2
Kc6) 43... Nxd5 44. Bxd5+ Kc7 45. Kg2 f4 46. Kf3 Kd6 {[%csl Ga7,Gf4,Gg3]})
41... Nxf4 42. Nxf5 a5 $15 {white much fight for the draw.}) 38... Re7 39. Rd8+
Rd7 40. Rxd7+ $2 {Serious mistake gives initiative to the black, much stronger
was} (40. Rf8 $1 {and after} Nb4 $140 41. Rf6+ Ke7 (41... Kc7 42. Nc5 $18) 42.
Rxf5 (42. Rh6 $5) 42... Nxd3 43. Bf1 e4 44. f3 $1 $14 {white han hope for some
advantage.} (44. Bxd3 $143 $6 exd3 45. Rf3 Ne2+ 46. Kf1 Nc1 $3)) 40... Kxd7 41.
f4 exf4 (41... Kd6 $5) 42. Nxd4 fxg3 43. Nxf5 Ne2+ $1 44. Kf1 Ndf4 {[%csl Ge2,
Gf4,Gg3]} 45. Bf3 Ke6 $1 46. Ng7+ (46. Ne3 Nd4) 46... Kf6 47. Nh5+ Kg6 $1 (
47... Nxh5 48. Kxe2 Nf4+ 49. Ke3 $11) 48. d4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Final mistake,
Naiditsch had to continue} (48. Nxf4+ Nxf4 49. Be4+ Kg7 $1 50. d4 {with
chances for the draw, for example} h6 51. Kg1 Kf6 52. d5 $5 Ke5 53. Bf3 Ng6 (
53... Nxd5 54. Bxd5 Kxd5 55. Kg2 Kc5 56. Kxg3 Kb5 57. Kg4 Kxa6 58. Kh5 Kb5 59.
Kxh6 a5 60. Kg7 a4 61. h5 a3 62. h6 a2 63. h7 a1=Q+ 64. Kg8 $11) 54. h5 (54.
Kg2 $2 Nxh4+ 55. Kxg3 Nxf3 56. Kxf3 Kxd5 57. Kg4 Kc5 58. Kh5 Kb6 59. Kxh6 Kxa6
60. Kg5 Kb5 61. Kf4 Kc4 62. Ke3 Kc3 $19) 54... Nf4 55. Kf1 Nxd5 56. Bxd5 Kxd5
57. Kg2 Kc6 58. Kxg3 Kb6 59. Kf4 Kxa6 60. Kf5 Kb5 61. Kg6 a5 62. Kxh6 a4 63.
Kg7 $11) 48... g2+ $19 49. Bxg2 Nxg2 50. Kxe2 Kxh5 51. Kf3 Nxh4+ 52. Ke4 Kg6
53. Ke5 Kf7 54. Kd5 Nf5 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 {It is really funny how many strong players start to
explore this modest line!} Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 {White played almost
automatically 5.Nbd2 5-10 years ago , in our days 5.Qe2 is a big fashion.} Nge7
6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. e5 h6 9. h4 b6 10. Re1 (10. c4 Bb7 11. Bf4 Nf5 12. Nc3
Ncd4 13. Qd2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nd4 15. Bg2 Qd7 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Qe3 O-O 18. g4 Kh7
19. g5 h5 20. Bg3 a6 21. Kh2 Rfe8 22. f4 b5 23. b3 Bc6 24. cxd5 exd5 {Van der
Weide,K-De Vilder,H/Dieren op 1997/1-0 (39)}) (10. Na3 Ba6 11. c4 O-O 12. Bf4
Nf5 13. Nc2 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Rab1 Rfd8 16. cxd5 Rxd5 17. g4 Nfd4 18. Nfxd4
Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20. Be3 Bxg2 21. Bxd4 Qb7 22. Bc3 Bf3 23. Qe3 Bxd1 24. Rxd1
Rd8 {Dashko,A-Gleizerov,E/Krasnodar op 1998/0-1 (51)}) 10... Bb7 11. c3 Nf5
$146 (11... Qd7 12. a3 b5 13. Nbd2 c4 14. a4 cxd3 15. Qxd3 bxa4 16. Qc2 O-O 17.
Qxa4 Qc7 18. Nb3 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxh6 Rfe8 21. Na5 Ba6 22. Bg5 f6 23.
Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Rxe6 Rf8 25. Rxa6 Rab8 26. Qc2 {Lastin,A-Zarubin,P/Moscow op
1995/1-0 (40)}) 12. Na3 $5 {[%cal Ga3b5,Ga3c2,Gc2e3]} (12. Nbd2 {[%cal Gd2f1,
Gf1h2,Gh2g4] was reasonable alternative to the move in th the text.}) 12... Qd7
13. Nc2 {[%cal Gd3d4]} d4 {Other case White will play d4 himself} 14. c4 $14
O-O-O (14... O-O $5 {Maybe on the king side black king would be better
protrected!?}) 15. Rb1 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Bf8 16. Bd2 Kb8 (16... a5 $6 {just
produced additional weakness-} 17. a3 a4 18. b4 axb3 19. Rxb3 $18 {[%csl Rb6]})
17. a3 ({Deserves attention and immediate} 17. b4 $5 cxb4 18. Nxb4 $36) 17...
Be7 18. b4 Rdg8 19. bxc5 (19. b5 $5 Nd8 20. Nh2 g5 $140 21. h5 {[%cal Gh2g4,
Ga3a5] either doesn't look bad}) 19... Bxc5 20. Bb4 {White develop attack on
the queen side much quicker than opponent.} Bxb4 21. Nxb4 (21. axb4 g5 22. h5
$16 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gb4b5,Gc4c5,Gf3h2,Gh2g4]}) 21... g5 22. h5 g4 23. Nd2 (23.
Nxc6+ Bxc6 (23... Qxc6 24. Nh4) 24. Nd2 $16 Bxg2 $140 25. Kxg2 Ne7 26. Ne4 {
[%csl Rg4][%cal Ge4d6,Ge4f6]}) 23... Nxb4 24. Rxb4 (24. axb4 $5 {leades to
clear advantage, for example} Bxg2 (24... Rg5 $2 25. Ne4) 25. Kxg2 Qb7+ 26. Ne4
Rg5 $140 27. Kg1 Rxh5 28. Qxg4 {[%csl Rh5] but move in the text is not bad at
all}) 24... Bxg2 25. Kxg2 {[%cal Rc4c5]} Ne7 $1 26. Ne4 (26. c5 Qd5+ 27. Qe4
Qxc5 28. Nb3 $14) 26... Qc7 27. Nf6 $2 ({I can't believe, that it is possible
to defend black position after} 27. Rb5 $142 $1 Qc6 (27... Nc6 28. c5 Qxe5 29.
Qb2 $18 {[%cal Gc5b6,Rb5b8]}) 28. a4 $16 {[%csl Rb8][%cal Ga4a5,Gc4c5] and
black monarch in serious troubles. Move in the game helps a lot to Black})
27... Rg5 $1 {[%csl Re5]} 28. c5 Qb7+ 29. Ne4 $6 (29. Qe4 $1 Nc6 $140 30. cxb6
Nxb4 31. bxa7+ Kxa7 32. axb4 $16 {[%csl Rd4,Gf6,Rg4,Rg5]}) 29... Nd5 30. Rxd4
Rxe5 31. Qb2 $6 {Last inaccuracy allows finally Timman to escape after not
very successful opening.} (31. cxb6 axb6 (31... Nxb6 32. Qxg4) (31... f5 32.
Qb2 {[%cal Gb2h8]} fxe4 33. Rdxe4 $18) 32. Qb2 $36 {[%cal Gb2h8] and black,s
position still quite unpleasant}) 31... Rc8 $132 32. cxb6 Nxb6 33. Rd8 Rxh5 34.
Rxc8+ (34. Rxc8+ Nxc8 $11 (34... Qxc8 35. Rc1 Qd8 36. Qg7 $36)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Seminara, Juan Pablo"]
[Black "Giaccio, Alfredo Gustavo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxe4 5. dxe4 b6 $5 (5... e5) (5... Bc5 6.
Bg5 Nc6 7. c3 h6 8. Bh4 a5 9. Qc2 e5 10. Bb5 Qe7 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Bg3 Nd7 $13 {
0-1 Kozel,R-Lavrov,S/Moscow-4 1996 (57)}) 6. e5 Ba6 {N/} (6... Nd5 7. c4 Nb4 8.
a3 N4c6 9. b4 Bb7 10. Bb2 a5 11. b5 Ne7 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Rd1 Ng6 14. Ne4 Qc8
$132 {0-1 Cherniaev,A-Kuijf,M/Wijk aan Zee-B 1998 (41)}) 7. c4 Nfd7 (7... Nd5
$6 8. Qe4) 8. Qe4 (8. Bg5 $5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nc3 Nc6 $13) 8... Bb4+ 9.
Nbd2 (9. Bd2 Nc5 $1 10. Qxa8 $140 Bb7 11. Qxa7 Nc6 12. Bxb4 Nxa7 13. Bxc5 bxc5
14. Nbd2 Nc6 $15) (9. Nc3 Nc5 $1) 9... Nc5 10. Qe3 (10. Qg4 $6 O-O {><d3}) (10.
Qc2 $6 Bb7) 10... Bb7 11. Be2 (11. a3 $5 Bxd2+ 12. Bxd2 a5 $11) 11... Ne4 $1
12. O-O Bc5 13. Qf4 (13. Qd3 Qxd3 14. Bxd3 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nc6 17.
Be4 O-O-O 18. Bg5 Nxe5 $5 $44) {[%tqu "En","What Black have to play now?","",
"","g7g5","",5]} 13... g5 $1 14. Qxe4 (14. Qg4 h5) 14... Bxe4 15. Nxe4 {
[%csl Rf6] White has some compensation for a queen, but with correct game
Black can solve all technical problems.} h6 16. Rd1 Qc8 17. Nf6+ Kf8 18. h4
gxh4 $1 19. Bf4 (19. Ng4 Kg7) 19... Be7 20. Nd4 (20. Ng4 h5) 20... Nd7 21.
Nxd7+ (21. Nxe6+ $5 fxe6 22. Nxd7+ Kg7 23. Bf3 c6 24. Rd3 Rd8 25. Rad1 $17)
21... Qxd7 22. Bf3 (22. Nf5 Qe8 23. Nxh6) 22... Rd8 $1 (22... Re8 23. Bc6) 23.
Nc6 (23. Nf5 $2 exf5 $5 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 $19) 23... Qe8 24. Nxd8 Bxd8 {[%cal
Gd8g5]} 25. Rd3 Bg5 26. Rad1 Qa4 $19 27. Ra3 Qxc4 28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. Rc3 (29.
Rxa7 Ke7) 29... Qf4 30. Rxc7 g4 {Beggining of the end.} 31. Bc6 g3 32. Rf1 Qxe5
33. Rxa7 Kg7 34. Ba4 b5 35. Bb3 gxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 38th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2003.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 {As usual Granda is deviating from the theory at very early
stage.} d5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 b5 (5... c5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. f4 Nc6 8. c3
b5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O a5 11. Be3 Ba6 12. Nbd2 Rb8 $132 {Jacko,V-Garancovsky,P/
Tatry op 2001/ 0-1 (34)}) 6. e5 $146 (6. Nd2 O-O 7. Ngf3 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Bb7 9.
O-O Nbd7 10. a4 b4 11. Nfd2 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Qc8 13. Re1 c5 $13 {0-1 Ristoja,
J-Tolonen,L/FIN t-ch 0102 2001 (35)}) 6... Nfd7 7. f4 c5 8. Nd2 Nc6 9. Ndf3 Qb6
10. Nh3 c4 (10... b4 11. f5 $5 exf5 $140 12. Nf4 $36 {[%cal Ge5e6]}) 11. Be3 (
11. f5 $6 Nd4 $1 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 {[%csl Re5]}) 11... Bc5 {The position is about
equal, but Black fails to find a correct plan and is being outplayed move by
move.} 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 ({It is not easy to assess positions arising after} 12...
Nxc5 $5 13. Nf2 Na4 $13) 13. Nf2 Ba6 (13... c3 $5) 14. Qd2 (14. c3 b4 15. d4
Qa5 16. Qd2 $13) 14... b4 15. d4 c3 ({Probably Black should have play} 15...
Qa5 $142) 16. dxc5 cxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nxc5 18. b3 $1 {Granda managed to find a
clue to the position and seemingly, this move escaped Nogueiras' attention.
White has nothing after} (18. a3 b3 $1) 18... O-O (18... Ne4+ $2 19. Nxe4 dxe4
20. Ng5 Rd8+ 21. Ke3 $16) 19. a3 $14 {Here Black should play very accurately
in order not to get a worst position.} Bb7 $6 ({Black should have preferred} 
19... Rab8 $5 20. axb4 Rxb4) 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Nd4 {[%csl Gd4]} Ne4+ $6 {
It is likely that this move makes life even harder for Black - now his pawn e4
becomes very weak.} (21... Rfc8 22. Ra3 $36 {[%cal Gh1a1,Gc2c3]}) 22. Bxe4 $1
dxe4 23. Rhe1 {[%csl Re4]} Rfd8 24. c3 Nc6 25. Rxe4 Rac8 (25... Nxd4 26. Rxd4
Rxd4+ 27. cxd4 a5 $5 $16 {[%cal Rb7d5]}) 26. Ra4 $1 Rd7 27. Re3 a5 (27... Nxd4
28. cxd4 Bd5 29. Ne4 $16) 28. Nd3 Ne7 $6 ({Last time Black had chance to
exchange knights -} 28... Nxd4 29. cxd4 Rd5 {with some chances for survival.})
29. Re1 Nd5 (29... Nf5 $5) 30. Rc1 {Further casualties are unavoidable, so
Nogueiras decides to stop the hopeless resistance.} 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch 5th"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2005.10.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Black "Girinath, PDS."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. d3 d5 5. g3 dxe4 6. dxe4 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Nc6 {
Rare, but not bad move.} ({Much more popular move is} 7... Ba6 $5 {exchanging
light-coloured bishops} 8. c4 (8. Nc4 Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rd1 Bxc4
12. Rxd8 Bxe2 13. Rxa8 Rxa8 14. e5 Rd8 {0-1 Eichert,W-Werle,J/Wch B18 Oropesa
2001/ChessBase}) 8... Nc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Bg2 Nc5 11. O-O Bb7 {[%cal Gd8d3]} 12.
Rd1 (12. Ne1 Qd7 13. f4 O-O-O 14. Ndf3 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qxd4 17. Be3
Qe4+ $11 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich-Rosentalis/Moscow olm 1994 (65)}) 12... Qd3 13.
Qxd3 Nxd3 14. Ne4 ({Black got better ending after} 14. Nb3 $6 O-O-O 15. Bg5 Rd7
16. Bf4 Be7 17. Rd2 Rhd8 18. Re2 h6 19. h4 a5 $36 {0-1 Kroneder,C-Rieger,M/
RLNO 1998 (31)}) 14... Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong (2541)-Dreev,A (2679)/Shenyang
1999/CBM 73/[Psakhis,L] (42)} ({Pawn on e5 in untouchable on this moment-} 
14... Ncxe5 $2 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bf4 $1 Nxc4 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. Bxb7 Rd8 19.
Bc6+ $1 Ke7 20. Bxc7 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 $18 {leads to catastrophe.})) 8. Bg2 (8. c3
$5) (8. a3 e5 9. Bg2 a5 10. O-O Bc5 11. Nb3 Ba6 12. c4 Bd6 13. a4 O-O 14. Rd1
Nd7 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Nh4 Qf7 18. Bf1 Nc5 19. Nd2 g6 20. Nhf3 Rad8 21.
b3 Rfe8 22. Bg2 Nxb3 {0-1 Frois,A (2349)-Totsky,L (2515)/Cappelle la Grande op
2005/ (38)}) 8... Nb4 ({Black has nothing to worry about after solid} 8... e5
$5 9. O-O Bc5 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Nh4 g6 12. Bh6 Qe7 13. Qf3 Nd7 14. Bh3 Rg8 15. c3
O-O-O 16. Ng2 f5 17. Qe3 g5 18. Bxf5 Qf6 19. Bxh7 Qxh6 20. Bxg8 Rxg8 21. h4 Be7
22. g4 Qe6 {0-1 Barskij,V-Krivosheja/Yalta op 1996/ChessBase (32)}) (8... a5 9.
e5 $1 (9. c3 Ba6 10. Nc4 e5 11. O-O Bc5 12. a4 Qe7 13. Bh3 O-O 14. Nh4 g6 15.
Bg5 Kg7 16. Rae1 h6 17. Bc1 Rad8 18. b3 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qd6 20. Be3 Bxe3 {
1/2-1/2 Quesada,Y (2411)-Nogueiras,J (2521)/CUB-ch Holguin 2002/ 387}) 9... Nd7
10. O-O Ba6 11. Nc4 (11. c4) 11... a4 $1 12. Bf4 Ra7 $5 (12... Na5 13. Nfd2 Ra7
14. h4 h6 15. h5 $14) 13. Qe4 Nb4 $1 (13... Bb7 $5) 14. Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Vujosevic,V (2405)-Stamenkovic,Z (2385)/Yugoslavia 1996 (34)}) 9. O-O $146 {
[%mdl 512] Interesting pawn sacrifice.} ({White failed to get any advantage
after} 9. Qc4 {and black has nice choice between} {and} Nxe4 $5 (9... Ba6 10.
Qb3 Nd7 11. a3 (11. Bf1 $140 $5) 11... Nc5 $1 12. Qc3 Nxc2+ 13. Qxc2 Nd3+ 14.
Kd1 Nxf2+ 15. Ke1 Nd3+ $40 {1/2-1/2 Vujosevic,V-Bukal,V/Paks GM 1998 (102)})
10. Nxe4 Qd5 11. Qxd5 exd5 {and possibly white must play now} 12. Nf6+ gxf6 13.
Nd4 Bc5 14. a3 {hoping to save half of point.}) 9... Nxc2 10. e5 Nd5 (10...
Nxa1 11. exf6 Qxf6 (11... a6 12. Nc4 $1 {[%cal Cg7f6,Gf1d1,Gc1g5]}) 12. Ne4 Qe7
(12... Qf5 13. Nh4 $1 Qa5 14. Nf6+ gxf6 15. Bxb7 $18) 13. Bf4 $36 {[%csl Ra1]
looks very suspicious.}) 11. Rb1 Ncb4 (11... Qd7 $5 12. a3 Qc6 {[%csl Gc2]})
12. a3 Na2 (12... Nc6 13. Ne4 $44) 13. Ne4 Nxc1 14. Rbxc1 Be7 15. Nd4 Qd7 ({
In the case of} 15... O-O 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Rxc6 Qd7 18. Qc2 a5 $5 {[%cal Ga8a7]
White has full compensation for pawn, but, maybe chances are more or less
equal.} (18... Bc5 19. Ng5 g6 20. Qa4 {[%cal Ch7h6,Ch6g5,Ga4h4]} Be7 21. Nh3 $5
$44 {[%cal Gh3f4]})) 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. f4 {In return for the pawn, White has
attacking chances against black's king.} (17. Qb5 Rfd8 $5 18. Nc6 Kf8 $5 $15)
17... c5 (17... Rad8 $5) 18. Nb5 Ba6 (18... Bc6 19. Nbd6 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 19. a4
Bxb5 (19... Rad8 $5 20. Nec3 $1 Bb7 21. Nxa7 $140 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Qxa4 23. Bxb7
Qxa7 $11) 20. axb5 Qc7 21. Rxd5 $5 {[%mdl 512]} (21. Nc3 $44) 21... exd5 22.
Nc3 d4 23. Nd5 $1 {White's position is formidable despite the fact he is a
pawn and exchange down!} Qd8 24. g4 {Despite the reduced material, White still
can generate dangerous threats.} Rc8 25. b3 {[%cal Gg4g5,Gh2h4,Gf4f5]} Re8 (
25... Qd7 26. g5 Rfe8 27. Be4 $132) 26. Be4 Rc7 27. Rf1 Rd7 28. Qf3 (28. Qc4 $5
) 28... c4 $6 {I am not sure that this is the best move, but from other point
of view what black can do else?} 29. bxc4 {[%csl Gd5]} Bc5 30. Qd3 {White has
gained total control over the position and only needs to find a plan of
breaking through.} h6 (30... Qh4 31. g5) 31. Kh1 {[%cal Gf1g1,Gg4g5]} Rxd5 32.
Bxd5 Re7 33. g5 $18 hxg5 {Black could have offered a tougher resistance after}
(33... Kh8 $8 34. gxh6 g6) 34. fxg5 Rxe5 35. g6 (35. Bxf7+ $5 Kf8 36. Qg6 $18)
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 Be7 3. Nf3 d5 4. d3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. g3 c5 7. Bg2 b5 ({
More often Black plays} 7... Nc6 8. O-O {and here chooses between} (8. h4 f6 9.
exf6 Nxf6 10. Bh3 Qd7 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 Kf7 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6
Qxd6 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Ne5+ Kg8 18. f4 a6 19. Na3 Nd4 20. Qf2 Qd6 21. c3 Nf5 {
1-0 Andrenko,I-Zakharova,A/UKR Juniors games girls Evpatoria 2005 (61)}) 8...
O-O ({and} 8... Qc7 {bearing in mind to castle queenside. However b7-b5 is a
regular move in this set-up.}) (8... g5 9. h3 h5 10. Re1 g4 11. hxg4 hxg4 12.
Nh2 Ndxe5 13. Nxg4 Nxg4 14. Qxg4 e5 15. Qf3 Nd4 16. Qd1 Bh3 17. Bxh3 Rxh3 18.
Qg4 Qc8 19. Qg8+ Kd7 20. Qxf7 Qg8 21. Qxg8 Rxg8 {0-1 Costa,J (2105)-Giaccio,A 
(2445)/POR t-ch Lisboa 2003/ChessBase}) 9. Na3 (9. Re1 Qc7 10. Bf4 Rd8 11. h4
Nf8 12. h5 h6 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15. c3 b5 16. Ne3 b4 17. Ng4 Nh7 18. c4
dxc4 19. dxc4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. exf6 Qxc4 23. fxg7 Qxe2 24.
Rxe2 Kxg7 25. Be5+ f6 26. Bxd4 Bb5 27. Rd2 e5 28. Be3 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 a5 30. Be4
Ng5 {1/2-1/2 Panas,P-Kowalewski,J/POL t-ch2 Lublin 1999/ChessBase}) 9... Nd4
10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Re1 Kh8 12. Bd2 Nb8 13. c4 dxc3 14. Bxc3 Nc6 15. Nc2 Qb6 16.
Rab1 a5 17. h4 Bd7 18. h5 h6 19. a3 Rac8 20. Qg4 f5 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. d4 Qd8
23. Qe2 b5 {0-1 Stripunsky,A (2543)-Shabalov,A (2575)/Denver Levy mem 2003/The
Week in Chess 464 (44)}) 8. O-O (8. h4 h6 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Nf1 a5
12. g4 Ba6 13. Ng3 g6 14. Qd2 Bf8 15. O-O Qc7 16. Rfe1 O-O-O 17. c3 Kb7 18. Qc1
Ka7 19. b3 Rd7 20. Bf1 Bg7 21. c4 bxc4 22. dxc4 dxc4 {Rodriguez Vila,A (2485)
-Giaccio,A (2475)/Sao Paulo IV Comunic 2004/FCD/1/2-1/2 (49)}) 8... Nc6 9. h4
a5 10. a4 $146 (10. Bf4 b4 11. c4 bxc3 12. bxc3 Ba6 13. Nbd2 Rb8 14. Rab1 O-O
15. c4 Nb6 16. Ng5 Nd4 17. Qh5 h6 18. Ngf3 dxc4 19. Bxh6 g6 20. Qg4 c3 21. h5
Bxd3 22. Ne4 Kh7 23. Bxf8 {0-1 Zarnicki,P (2520)-Drozdov,A (2320)/Internet
playchess.com blitz 2005 (43)}) 10... bxa4 ({Of course} 10... b4 {[%cal Gc8a6,
Gc5c4] is always an option.}) 11. Rxa4 c4 (11... Ba6 {[%cal Gc5c4]} 12. Rg4
$140 c4 $5 13. Rxg7 cxd3 14. cxd3 Ndxe5 $1 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 $132) 12. d4 ({
Less promising was} 12. dxc4 Ba6 ({or} 12... Nb6) 13. b3 (13. Be3 $5 Bxc4 14.
Rxc4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 $44) 13... dxc4 14. bxc4 Nb6 $36) 12... c3 $5 13. Nxc3 Ba6
14. Qd1 (14. Nb5 $4 Nb6 $5 15. Ra1 Nc4 $17) 14... Bxf1 15. Bxf1 $44 {[%csl Gf1]
White's compensation is evident. Black has serious difficulties of bringing
his king to safety.} h6 16. Nh2 $5 {[%cal Gd1g4]} (16. h5 $5) 16... Rb8 17. Ra1
(17. Qg4 $44) 17... Qb6 {[%csl Rd4]} (17... Rb4 18. Ne2 {[%cal Gc2c3,Ge2f4]} ({
if} 18. Nb5 $2 Qb6 {and Black wins more material}) 18... Qb8) 18. Nb5 $1 {
[%csl Gb5]} Na7 ({I would prefer} 18... O-O 19. c3 (19. Qg4 h5 $5 20. Qd1 $5
$132 (20. Qxh5 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Bd3 f5 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Qe2 Ne4 $36))
19... Rfc8 20. Qg4 (20. Bd3 $5) 20... Kf8 21. Qh5 $44 {and White has good
compensation for the exchange, but Black's position is solid.}) 19. Nxa7 Qxa7
20. c3 Nb6 (20... Qc7 21. Qg4 $36) 21. b3 $5 {In the forthcoming struggle the
strong pawn centre and considerable space advantage secure Zvjaginsev more
than enough compensation for the exchange.} ({White has no need of} 21. Bb5+ {
as he doesn't mind at all if Black castles.}) 21... Qc7 (21... O-O 22. Qg4 Kh8
23. Qh5 {[%cal Rh2g4]}) 22. c4 (22. Bb5+ $5 {[%cal Gc3c4]}) 22... Bb4 ({
In case of} 22... dxc4 {White plays} 23. bxc4 O-O 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Bd3 Nxc4 (
25... Nd7 {[%cal Gb8b3]} 26. Qe4 f5 27. exf6 Nxf6 28. Qxe6 {with advantage for
White.}) 26. Qe4 g6 27. Bxh6 {[%cal Gh4h5] White's attack promises to be
crushing.} (27. h5 $5 Rg8 28. Ng4 $40) 27... Rfc8 28. Qf4 (28. Rc1 Rb4) 28...
Kg8 29. h5 $40) 23. Bf4 (23. c5 $5 Nd7 24. Qg4) 23... Rd8 24. Rc1 {There's no
particular hurry for White, he will improve his position and avoids any
counter-play for Riazantsev.} (24. c5 Nc8 25. Qg4 Kf8 {[%cal Ge7f5,Ge7c6,Gc8e7]
would have made Black's life easier.}) 24... dxc4 25. bxc4 {White's got a
clear plan to improve his position, while it is impossible for Black to come
up with active counter-play.} Bc5 (25... O-O 26. Be3 $1 {[%cal Gd1g4]} (26. Qg4
Rxd4 27. Nf3 Rxf4 $1 28. Qxf4 a4 $15)) 26. Be3 ({In the line} 26. Qg4 $5 Rxd4 (
26... Bxd4 27. Qxg7 Rf8 28. Ng4 Nd7 29. Bxh6) 27. Qxg7 Rf8 28. Bxh6 Nd7 29. Nf3
{White obtains a noticeable edge but Zvjaginsev's cool treatment of this
position is even more convincing.}) 26... O-O (26... h5 {[%csl Gg4]} 27. Nf3)
27. Qg4 h5 (27... Kh8 $2 28. dxc5) 28. Qe4 Ba3 29. Bd3 g6 30. Rc2 Kg7 (30...
Na4 $5 {[%cal Ga4b2]}) 31. d5 (31. Qf4 {was very strong as well.} Kg8 32. g4
$40) 31... Bc5 ({After} 31... exd5 32. cxd5 Qb7 33. Bxb6 ({Thers is no need to
complicate by} 33. Rc6 Nxd5 34. Bh6+ $5 Kh8 $1 (34... Kxh6 $4 35. Rxg6+ $18))
33... Qxb6 34. Rc6 Qb7 {White may choose between the quiet} 35. Nf3 {[%cal
Re5e6,Rf3g5] and sooner or later Black's position will crumble away} ({or the
drastic} 35. Rxg6+ $5 fxg6 36. Qxg6+ Kh8 37. Qxh5+ Kg8 38. Ng4 Bc1 39. d6 {
[%cal Rd3c4] with numerous threats.})) 32. d6 Qc8 33. Bg5 Nd7 34. Qf4 {[%cal
Gg5h6,Gg3g4]} Rh8 35. Nf3 Qb7 (35... Rde8 36. Bf6+ Nxf6 37. Qxf6+ Kg8 38. Ng5
Qd7 39. Bxg6 $18) 36. Bf6+ Nxf6 37. Qxf6+ Kh6 38. Ng5 {the knight is bought
back into the action with deadly effect! Nice achievement of Zvjaginsev. By
the way, where has Black made a real mistake?} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 dxe4 4. dxe4 b6 (4... e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Qc2
h6 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. b4 Ne7 10. Nc4 Ng6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Bf1
Re8 15. a4 Bf8 16. g3 Qc8 17. Nfd2 Nh7 18. h3 a6 19. Ne3 $14 {Garcia Padron,
J-Vega Holm,F/ESP-chT 1997/EXP 60/1-0 (33)}) 5. Nf3 (5. c3 $5 Ba6 6. Qc2 Bxf1
7. Kxf1 Qd7 8. g3 Nc6 9. f4 (9. Nf3 $5 Nf6 10. Kg2) 9... Rd8 10. Ke2 Nf6 11.
Nf3 a5 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bg1 Be7 14. h3 Nf6 15. Nbd2 $14 {0-1 Boucek,V-Kuric,M/
Znojmo op-B 1997 (48)}) 5... Bc5 (5... Ba6 6. c4 Nc6 (6... c5 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Bf4
Ng6 9. Rd1 Qc8 10. Bc1 Be7 11. h4 Nc6 12. g3 O-O 13. b3 Bf6 $132 {Bakhtadze,
G-Rabinovich,A/EU-chJM 1997/EXP 59/0-1 (32)}) 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Na5 9. b3 Qe7
10. g3 O-O-O 11. Bg2 Nf6 12. Rc1 Nb7 13. O-O Kb8 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 {1/2-1/2
Solana,E-Lezcano Jaen,P/Las Palmas-C 1993/EXT 93}) 6. e5 {Premature move,
white has bigger chances for initiative after} (6. c3 $5 {for example} a5 7.
Qc2 Nf6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Na3 (10. Nbd2 $5 $14) 10... Nfd7 11. Bg3 Bxa3
12. bxa3 Ba6 13. c4 Bb7 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O Nc6 17. e5 Ne7 $11 {
1-0 Morozevich,A-Kiriakov,P/St.Petersburg Chigorin 1997 (29)}) 6... Bb7 {
[%csl Gb7]} 7. Nbd2 (7. Bg5 $5 Ne7 (7... Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Qxg5 $2 9. Qxa8 (9. Bb5+
Ke7 10. Qxa8 Qc1+ 11. Ke2 Qxb2 12. Qxb8 Qxe5+ $1 13. Kd1 Qd4+ 14. Kc1 Qxa1 15.
Qxc7+ Kf6) 9... Qc1+ 10. Ke2 Qxb2 11. Qxb8+ Kd7 12. Kf3 $1 $18) 8. Nc3 h6 9.
Rd1 Nd7 $13) 7... Ne7 8. Ne4 Qd5 $1 (8... Nd7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. O-O-O
$14) 9. Nxc5 Qxc5 10. Qb5+ Nd7 11. Qxc5 (11. Be3 Qxb5 (11... Qxc2 12. Rc1 c6
13. Rxc2 (13. Qb4 Nd5 $1) 13... cxb5 14. Bxb5 $14) 12. Bxb5 Bxf3 13. Bxd7+ (13.
gxf3 c6 14. Be2 Nxe5 $17) 13... Kxd7 14. gxf3 Rhd8 $15) 11... Nxc5 12. Bb5+ Bc6
(12... c6 13. Be2 $14) 13. Nd4 (13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14. Bd2 O-O-O $11) 13... Bxb5
14. Nxb5 Kd7 (14... Nd5 $5 15. c4 $140 (15. Bd2 $11) 15... a6 16. Nd4 (16. cxd5
$2 axb5 $15) 16... Nd3+ 17. Ke2 $11) 15. Be3 Nc6 16. Nd4 Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 0001 76th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2001.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Black "Plaskett, H James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O d5 7. Qe2 {'White
plays a reversed King's Indian - a solid and fashionable line.} b5 $5 8. e5 (8.
Bg5 O-O 9. e5 Nd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Re1 a5 12. Nbd2 Ba6 13. h4 b4 14. Qe3 Rae8
15. Nf1 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Qd2 Qd6 18. Ne3 Bc8 19. Bh3 Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Torre,
E-Antonio,R/Manila m 1998 (30)}) (8. c3 Bb7 9. Bg5 h6 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Be3 Rd8
12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 b4 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Nb3 Rc8 16. Rac1 Na5 17. Nh4 Qd8 18.
Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Rc1 Qa8 21. Bd2 $14 {1-0 Romanishin,O-Bareev,E/
Moscow (ol) 1994/Inf 62/[Romanishin,O] (33)}) 8... Nd7 9. h4 h6 ({Black could
start immediately counterplay on the queen's side with} 9... a5 {for example}
10. Bf4 b4 11. Nbd2 Ba6 12. Rfe1 h6 13. h5 Bg5 14. Bxg5 hxg5 15. g4 Nf8 16. Qe3
Rc8 17. Qxg5 Qxg5 18. Nxg5 g6 19. f4 gxh5 20. gxh5 Rxh5 21. Nde4 dxe4 22. Nxe4
Ke7 23. Nxc5 Nb8 24. Nxa6 {Fox,A-Daly,C/IRL-ch Dublin 1997/0-1 (44)}) 10. c3 (
10. h5 a5 11. c3 a4 12. Nbd2 c4 13. d4 a3 14. bxa3 Bxa3 15. Bxa3 Rxa3 16. Nb1
Ra7 17. a3 O-O 18. Ra2 f6 $15 {0-1 Beshukov,S-Neverov,V/Sochi 1993 (54)}) 10...
g5 {[%cal Gg5g4] A typical pawn move for this structure - Black creates
immediate a threat against the pawn e5.} 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. d4 b4 $1 {[%cal
Gd8b6,Gc8a6] It looks that black got an initiative on both flanks.} 13. dxc5
Nxc5 14. cxb4 Nxb4 15. Qb5+ Nd7 {[%cal Rc8a6]} 16. Qa4 Ba6 17. Bd2 {Trying to
change the character of the position.} (17. Rd1 Be2 18. Re1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nd3
$17) 17... Qb6 18. Nc3 Bxf1 19. Bxf1 Bc5 $5 ({Maybe} 19... g4 $5 $17 {was easy,
but Plaskett never choose the easiest ways!}) 20. Bb5 $1 O-O-O (20... Rd8 21.
Bxg5 {[%cal Rb5e8,Rg5d8]}) 21. Bxg5 Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 128]} (21... f6 $5 22. exf6
a6 23. Bxd7+ Rxd7 24. Nd1 Nd3 $36 {leads to black's favour, but the move in
the game is much stronger!}) 22. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 23. Kg2 Bxg3 {[%csl Rg2]} 24. Bd7+
$1 (24. Kxg3 {losing almost by force:} Rdg8 25. Bd7+ (25. Nxf7 Qe3+ 26. Kg4
Qd4+) 25... Kb8 26. Nf3 Rxg5+ $1 27. Nxg5 Qe3+ {with a quick checkmate.}) 24...
Kb7 25. Ng4 (25. Kxg3 Rdg8 26. Nf3 Rxg5+ $1 27. Nxg5 Qe3+) 25... Rdg8 26. Be3
Rxg4 $2 (26... d4 $142 $1 $19) 27. Bxb6 Bc7+ 28. Kf3 Rg3+ 29. Ke2 Bxb6 {
[%cal Rh8h2] Black's attack looks terrific!} 30. Rf1 $8 Rh2+ 31. Kd1 Rxb2 (
31... Rd3+ 32. Kc1 Rxc3+ $1 33. Kb1 $1 (33. bxc3 $4 Nxa2+ $19 {[%cal Ra2c3]})
33... Rc4 $5 (33... Rc7 34. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 35. Qxb4) 34. Bb5 (34. Qb5 Ka8 {
[%cal Gb6d4]}) 34... Rxb2+ $1 35. Kxb2 Nd3+ 36. Kb1 Rxa4 37. Rxf7+ Bc7 38. Bxa4
Nc5 $15) 32. a3 $4 (32. Bxe6 $1 Rxc3 (32... fxe6 33. Rf7+ Bc7 34. Qb5+) (32...
Rd3+ 33. Kc1 Rc2+ 34. Kb1 Rdxc3 35. Rxf7+ Rc7 36. Rxc7+ Rxc7 37. Qxb4 $18) 33.
Rxf7+ Rc7 34. Rxc7+ Bxc7 35. Qb5+ Bb6 36. Bxd5+ Kc7 (36... Nxd5 37. Qxd5+ $1
Kc8 (37... Ka6 38. Qd3+) 38. Qf5+ Kb7 39. Qf3+ Kb8 40. Qf8+ Kc7 41. Qg7+ $18))
32... Rxc3 33. axb4 Be3 34. Bc8+ $5 (34. Bc6+ Kc8 (34... Rxc6 35. Rxf7+ Rc7 36.
Qe8) 35. Qa6+ Kd8 36. Qa5+ Bb6 37. Qa4 Rd3+ 38. Kc1 Rdb3 39. Rf3 $8 (39. Qa1
Be3+ 40. Kd1 Ke7 $5 $19) 39... Rb1+ (39... Rxb4 $132) 40. Kc2 R1b2+ $11 (40...
R3b2+ $2 41. Kc3 (41. Kd3 Rxb4) 41... Bd4+ 42. Kxd4 Rxb4+ 43. Qxb4 Rxb4+ 44.
Kc5 $18 {[%cal Rc5d6]})) 34... Kxc8 $4 $138 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Ka8 35. Bb7+
$1 Kxb7 36. Rxf7+ Rc7 37. Qe8 $11) (34... Rxc8 $142 $1 35. Rxf7+ Ka8 36. Rf8 $3
Rxf8 37. Qc6+ Kb8 38. Qd6+ Kb7 39. Qxf8 Rd2+ 40. Ke1 Kc6 41. Qe8+ Kd6 42. Qf8+
Ke5 43. Qh8+ Ke4 44. Qh7+ $11) 35. Qe8+ $18 Kb7 36. Rxf7+ Ka6 (36... Rc7 $5 37.
Rxc7+ Kxc7 38. Qe7+ Kc6 39. Qxe6+ Kb5 40. Qxe3 Rxb4 41. Qxa7 $18) 37. Qa4+ Kb6
38. Qa5+ Kc6 39. Rc7+ (39. Qc7+ $5 Kb5 40. Qxc3) 39... Kd6 40. Rxc3 Ke5 41.
Qc7+ ({Why not?} 41. Rxe3+) 41... Ke4 42. Qd7 Bb6 43. Rc2 Rb1+ 44. Kd2 Kd4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.30"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. Nf3 b6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. g3 Bb7 (6... c5 7. Bg2 Be7
8. h4 (8. c4 $5) 8... Nc6 9. c4 dxc4 10. dxc4 Bb7 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bf4 Nf8 13.
Re1 Ng6 14. Bd2 O-O-O 15. Nc3 a6 16. h5 Nf8 17. Bf4 h6 18. Ne4 g5 19. Nd6+ Bxd6
20. exd6 Qd7 21. Be5 {Glek,I-Granda Zuniga,J/Wijk aan Zee 1997/CBM 57/ 1-0 (41)
}) 7. Bg2 Be7 (7... c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. c4 d4 10. h4 h6 11. Na3 a6 12. Nc2 Qc7 13.
Re1 Rb8 14. Rb1 g6 15. b4 Bg7 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Bf4 $36 {1-0 Kovalev,
A-Kasanicky,R/Tatranska Lomnica op 1999 (29)}) 8. O-O c5 (8... b5 $5) 9. c4 {
Key move for lines with Qe2. Pawn on e5 is protected and White tries to get
some space on the queenside.} (9. h4 b5 10. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Maiwald,J-Uhlmann,W/
Dresden op 1998 (10)}) 9... d4 10. Nfd2 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gf2f4,Gd2e4]
Another typical idea.} Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Nc6 12. f4 $14 Qc7 13. Ne4 O-O-O (13...
O-O $5) 14. Na3 {[%cal Ra3b5]} a6 15. Nc2 {[%cal Gc1d2,Gb2b4] Results of
opening are very nice for Magem-he can slowly prepared attack on queenside
while Black can,t organized any counterplay.} Qb7 $146 (15... f5 16. exf6 gxf6
17. f5 e5 18. Qh5 Rdg8 19. Bh6 Nd8 20. Ne1 Qc6 21. Nf3 Nb7 22. b3 Nd6 23. Rae1
$16 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Weischede,T/Groningen op 1996 (44)}) 16. Bd2 f5 17. exf6
gxf6 18. f5 $1 Nde5 ({Deserves attention} 18... exf5 $5 19. Rxf5 h5 {and in
the case of greedy} 20. Rxh5 $140 $6 Rxh5 21. Qxh5 Nce5 {[%cal Re5c4,Re5d3]
position became more complicated.}) 19. Ne1 exf5 20. Rxf5 Qd7 21. Qh5 $16 {
[%csl Ge4,Gf5]} Qe6 22. Nf2 Ng6 23. Nf3 Rhg8 24. Re1 Nce5 25. Nxe5 fxe5 {
[%cal Re6f5]} (25... Nxe5 26. Bf4 Qc6+ 27. Kf1 {doesn,t look too promising for
black}) 26. Kg1 $1 Rdf8 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Ne4 {[%csl Ge4,Rh7]} Kc7 (28... Qf7
$142 $1 $16) 29. Rf1 (29. Qxh7 $5 Rh8 30. Ng5 $1 $18) 29... Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Nf8
31. Kg2 Kd7 (31... b5 32. b3) 32. b3 $1 Kc7 (32... Kd8 $5) 33. Qe8 Qd7 34. Qa8
Qc8 35. Qa7+ Qb7 36. Qxb7+ Kxb7 37. Kf3 $18 {[%cal Gf3h6]} h5 38. g4 hxg4+ 39.
Kxg4 Ng6 40. Bg5 Bxg5 (40... Bf8 41. h4) 41. Kxg5 Nf4 42. h4 (42. h4 Nxd3 43.
h5 Nf4 44. h6 Ne6+ 45. Kf6 Nf8 46. Kg7 Ne6+ 47. Kf7 Nd8+ 48. Kf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bermuda"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2004.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d5 (5... d6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O
8. c3 Bd7 $13) 6. Qe2 $5 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5 Nd7 (8... Ne8 $5 9. c4 Nc7 10.
Nc3 Rb8 11. Rd1 b5 12. b3 Ba6 13. a4 bxc4 14. bxc4 Rb4 15. Ba3 Rb6 16. Nb5 d4
17. Nd2 $14 {1-0 Jones,G-Knott,S/BCF t-ch 0203 2003/(42)}) 9. c4 $1 Nb6 {
[%csl Rb6]} (9... d4 10. h4 Qc7 11. Bf4 b6 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Rfe1 Nb4 14. Nf1 a6
15. a3 Nc6 16. N1h2 b5 17. Ng4 Rfe8 18. h5 $36 {1-0 Beshukov,S-Drozdovsky,Y/
Moscow op 1999/CBM 70 (38)}) (9... dxc4 10. dxc4 Qc7 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Nc3 Nf8
13. Nb5 Qb6 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. h4 Be8 16. Bg5 $14 {1-0 Galdunts,S-Weiss,O/Baden
Baden op 2002 (54)}) 10. b3 (10. h4 $5 Bd7 11. Bf4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Nd2
Bc6 14. Rad1 dxc4 15. dxc4 d3 16. Qg4 Qd4 17. b3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfd8 19. Nf3 Qe4
20. Rfe1 Qc6 21. Re3 $16 {1-0 Glek,I-Wyss,T/Valle d'Aosta op 2002/(24)}) 10...
a5 (10... Bd7 11. Bb2 Qb8 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Nbd2 Be8 14. Nf1 a5 15. a4 dxc4 16.
dxc4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Red1 Bc5 19. Nd2 $36 {1-0 Kovalev,A-Novkovic,M/
Presov 2000/(47)}) (10... f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bb2 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 d4 14. Re1 Bd7
15. Qe2 Qf6 16. Nbd2 $36 {[%csl Ge4] Soylu,S-Greenidge,K/Bled Olympiad 2002//
1-0 (35)}) 11. Na3 $146 (11. a4 $5 Bd7 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Bf4 Bc6 14. Rad1 Nd7 15.
h4 b6 16. Rfe1 Qc8 17. Ng5 Qb7 18. Nb5 h6 19. Nh3 Rfd8 $13 {Fiorito,F-Borges,J/
Santa Clara-A 2000/0-1 (39)}) 11... a4 12. h4 Bd7 (12... f6 $5 13. Bb2 $13) 13.
Bf4 Nb4 {Knowing how badly this move turned out for Black in this game, I dare
suggesting} (13... f6 $5 14. Rfe1 fxe5 15. Nxe5 Nd4 $132) 14. Nc2 $1 Nxc2 15.
Qxc2 Bc6 16. Nh2 {[%cal Gh2g4] A typical but strong manoeuvre - White finds a
way to transfer his knight to the K-side.} f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Rae1 {[%csl
Ge5,Re6]} Bxh4 19. Rxe6 axb3 20. axb3 Qc8 21. Rfe1 $36 {[%csl Rb6]} Bf6 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] A terrible move, after the correct} (21... Ra1 $5 {White must
still work hard to convert his initiative into something real.}) 22. Bd6 $2 ({
White should have preferred} 22. cxd5 Nxd5 (22... Bxd5 23. Rxb6 $18) 23. Qc4 b5
(23... Nb6 24. Rxc6+ Nxc4 25. Rxc8 Rfxc8 26. dxc4 $18) 24. Rxc6 $1 bxc4 25.
Bxd5+ Kh8 26. Rxc8 Raxc8 27. bxc4 $18) 22... Rf7 (22... Ra1 23. Bxf8 Qxe6 24.
Rxa1 Bxa1 25. Bxc5 $16) 23. Bxc5 Nd7 24. Bd6 ({White again missed a very good
oportunity to get a big advantage} 24. cxd5 $5 Bb5 25. d4 Nxc5 (25... b6 26. d6
) 26. Qxc5 Qxc5 27. dxc5 Bd4 28. Nf3 Bxc5 29. b4 $1 $16) 24... Nf8 (24... dxc4
25. dxc4 Bd4 26. Ng4 $16) 25. R6e2 {Strange move, a natural development of the
initiative can be achieved by} (25. cxd5 $5 Bb5 (25... Nxe6 26. dxe6 Re7 27.
Bxe7 Bxe7 28. d4 $18) 26. Qxc8 Rxc8 27. Ng4 {with winning position}) 25... d4 (
25... dxc4 $5 26. Qxc4 (26. dxc4 $2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qc6+ $19) 26... Bxg2 27. Kxg2
$16) 26. Bxf8 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qc6+ 28. Kg1 Raxf8 29. Re6 $18 {[%csl Rf6]} Qd7 30.
Qe2 Bd8 {[%cal Gd8a5]} 31. f4 (31. Re5 $5) 31... Ba5 32. Ra1 Bd2 $5 33. Qe4 $1
Be3+ 34. Kg2 {[%cal Gh2g4,Ga1h1]} h5 35. Rf1 (35. Ra5 $5 $18) 35... b5 36. Re5
bxc4 37. bxc4 h4 38. Rh5 (38. Nf3 hxg3 39. Ng5 Rf5 40. c5 $1 $18) 38... Rf5 ({
There wasn't a rescue in} 38... Qb7 39. Rxh4 Qxe4+ 40. dxe4 Rc7 41. Ng4 $18)
39. Rxf5 (39. Rxh4 Re8 40. Qf3) 39... Rxf5 40. Ng4 {White has both positional
and material advantage, so the rest is pretty clear.} Ra5 $6 (40... hxg3 41.
Nxe3 dxe3 42. Qxe3 $18) 41. Rb1 $5 (41. Rh1 $5) 1-0

[Event "Penta Media GM"]
[Site "Kelamabakkam"]
[Date "2000.08.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Black "Reefat, Bin Sattar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5
Nd7 9. c4 f6 {I don;t like this move, normal} (9... d4 {is stronger} 10. h4 (
10. Bf4 g5 11. Bc1 g4 12. Ne1 Ncxe5 13. Bf4 Bf6 $17) 10... Rb8 11. Bf4 Qc7 12.
Re1 b5 13. b3 bxc4 14. bxc4 Nb6 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Bb7 17. Nd2 Na4 $13 {
0-1 Schuh,D-Kucera,P/Dortmund op-A 2000/Ajelibre (31)}) 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nc3 (
{Worth consideration} 11. Bf4 $5 {and after} Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nc3 a6 14.
Rae1 Bd7 15. Ne5 Rae8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qe5 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 Nd7 19. Re2 d4 20.
Ne4 Re7 21. Nd6 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rb8 23. f4 $16 {Magem Badals,J-Ayas Fernandez,A/
Catalunya-ch Barcelona 2000/1-0 (41)}) 11... Nd4 12. Qd1 {[%csl Rd5,Re6][%cal
Gc1g5]} a6 $146 (12... Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 d4 14. Ne4 e5 15. Re1 Qc7 16. Bd2 Bf5 17.
a3 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Rf5 20. Qe2 Bd6 21. b4 $14 {Sale,S-Susnik,M/
Bled op 1996/1-0 (86)}) 13. Re1 Kh8 14. Bg5 $14 {White's advantage is quite
obvious now} Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 d4 16. Nb1 {[%cal Gb1d2,Gd2e4]} (16. Bxf6 gxf6 (
16... Rxf6 17. Ne4)) 16... Qb6 17. Nd2 Bd7 ({Maybe brave} 17... Qxb2 $142 $5 {
was stronger, for example} 18. Rb1 Qxa2 19. Bxb7 Bxb7 20. Rxb7 Bd8 $5 21. Rxe6
a5 $13) 18. Qb3 Qa5 (18... Qxb3 19. Nxb3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Gf3b7]}) 19. Re2 (19.
Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxb7 Rab8 21. Qxd7 Qxd2) 19... Ra7 20. h4 (20. Rae1 $5 b5 21. a3
$14) 20... Qd8 $2 {Strange move, Black sacrifice pawn without any compensation}
(20... b5 $14) 21. Bxb7 h6 22. Bxf6 $6 {Serious mistake, after} (22. Bf4 $1 $18
{white;s position is great!}) 22... gxf6 $1 {[%cal Gf6f3,Gf8g8]} 23. Bg2 Bc8
24. Rae1 f5 {Black managed to organized real counterplay on the king side.} 25.
Nf3 (25. Qb8 Rc7 26. Nf3 Bd6) 25... Bd6 {[%cal Ga7g7]} 26. Ne5 Rg7 27. h5 Bxe5
28. Rxe5 f4 29. Qb8 $1 fxg3 30. fxg3 Rxg3 31. Rxe6 (31. Rxc5 $5 {doesn't look
to bad for White, for example:} Rfg8 32. Re2 Rxd3 33. Qe5+ Rg7 $132) 31...
Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Rg8+ 33. Kf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Blunder!} ({After} 33. Kf3 Rf8+ 34.
Kg2 Qg5+ 35. Qg3 Bb7+ 36. R1e4 $13 {White still keep solid position} (36. R6e4
Qxh5 {[%cal Rf8g8]})) 33... Qh4+ $19 {Now Black is winning just in few moves}
34. Ke2 Bxe6 35. Qe5+ Rg7 36. Kd2 (36. Qxe6 $2 Re7) 36... Bf7 37. Kc2 Qxh5 38.
Qe4 Qg4 39. Qa8+ Kh7 40. Qxa6 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "Aars get2net Cup GM"]
[Site "Aars"]
[Date "1999.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Dydyshko, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 $5 {Big fashion in the end of the 90-ties!
I won myself many games with help of this move, but I am not sure that in 2005
it still will be so polular.} Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 ({Deserves attention} 5... Nge7 $5
{[%cal Gg7g6]}) 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O b6 ({Black did more or less well in modern
practice after} 7... O-O 8. e5 Ne8 $5) 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 d4 10. Nfd2 $1 {[%cal
Gf2f4,Gd2e4] Strong move was palyed first by Evgeny Vasiukov already in 1979!
White open road for f pawn and knight soon will come to key square e4.} (10.
Ne1 Bb7 11. f4 Na5 12. Nf3 Rc8 13. Nbd2 a6 14. Ne4 b5 15. b3 Qb6 16. Bd2 O-O
17. g4 $36 {1-0 Mortensen,E-Bjarnehag,P/Copenhagen PC 1998 (35)}) 10... Bb7 11.
f4 Qc7 12. Ne4 a6 $146 {Maybe slightly better for Black was to make long
castle and play a6 just after 13.Na3 , but I think, that white kkep initiative
in any case.} (12... h6 13. Na3 a6 14. Nc2 b5 15. Bd2 b4 16. b3 a5 17. a3 O-O-O
18. axb4 axb4 19. Ra2 Rdg8 20. Ne1 g5 21. fxg5 Ndxe5 22. gxh6 f5 23. Nf2 Bg5
24. Bxg5 Rxg5 25. Nf3 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Rxh6 27. Ne4 {Kiik,K-Dannevig,O/Oslo 1992/
1-0 (43)}) (12... O-O-O 13. a3 (13. Na3 a6 14. Nc2 h6 15. Bd2 Rdg8 16. a3 Nd8
17. b4 g5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Rab1 Bc6 20. Rb2 Rg7 21. Na1 f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 23.
Nxf6 Bxf6 24. Nb3 Re8 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Na5 Qc7 27. Qe4 {Strikovic,A-Paramos
Dominguez,R/Mondariz op 1997/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 13... Rde8 14. b4 f5 15. exf6 gxf6
16. f5 e5 17. b5 Nd8 18. Qh5 Reg8 19. a4 h6 20. a5 Rg7 21. axb6 axb6 22. Nbd2
Qb8 23. Bb2 $16 {1-0 Landa,K-Kovacevic,S/Linares op 1999 (33)}) (12... h5 13.
h3 f5 14. exf6 gxf6 15. f5 e5 16. Nbd2 O-O-O 17. Nf3 Rdg8 18. Nh4 Nf8 19. Kh2
Nd8 20. Bd2 Nf7 21. a3 Nd6 22. b4 {1/2-1/2 Cabrilo,G-Ivanov,J/Arandjelovac
1993 (35)}) 13. Nbd2 {[%cal Gd2f3]} (13. Na3 $5 {[%cal Ga3c2,Gb2b4] also not
bad}) 13... O-O-O 14. a3 h6 15. b4 $1 Kb8 ({It was really dangerous to exept
pawn sacrifice, after} 15... cxb4 16. axb4 Nxb4 (16... Bxb4 17. Ba3 {[%csl Rd6]
}) 17. Ba3 $44 {white have more than enough compensation for the pawn.}) ({
White,s chances are clearly better and after} 15... f5 $6 16. exf6 gxf6 17.
bxc5 Bxc5 (17... Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qxe6+ $18) 18. f5 $1 $16 {[%csl Ge4]})
16. Nb3 Ka7 (16... cxb4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Ba3 $36) 17. Bd2 Ra8 (17... f5 18.
exf6 gxf6 19. f5 $16) 18. Rfb1 ({Deserves attention and} 18. b5 $5 {with 
[possible continuation} Nd8 19. bxa6 (19. a4 a5 $1) 19... Bxa6 20. a4 $40)
18... f5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. b5 $1 Nd8 21. a4 f5 ({Anfortunate for Black he
can't play} 21... a5 $2 {because in this case} 22. Nxa5 {wins immediately-}
bxa5 23. b6+ Nxb6 24. Bxa5 $18) 22. a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe4 23. axb6+ Nxb6 24.
Bxe4 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Rd2a5,Gb3a5] White has a tremendous compensation for the
knight, the black king is open and can't find a safe place around the whole
board.} Kb8 25. Ba5 Kc8 $6 {Lose quickly and easy, little more stubborn
resistance Dydyshko could organized after brave} (25... axb5 $5 {but white
advantage is obvious and in this variation-} 26. Bxb6 $1 Qxb6 27. Rxa8+ ({
Less dangerous for black} 27. Bxb7 Kxb7 (27... Rxa1 28. Nxa1 $1) (27... Nxb7
28. Qe5+ $18 {[%csl Rh8]}) 28. Qe4+ Qc6 (28... Nc6 29. cxb5) 29. Nxc5+ $1 Bxc5
30. Rxb5+ Bb6 31. Rxb6+ $1 Kxb6 32. Qxd4+ Kc7 33. Qxh8 Qc5+ 34. Kf1 Rxa1+ 35.
Qxa1 Qe3 $13 {and it looks that here draw will be correct result.}) 27... Kxa8
(27... Bxa8 28. Nxc5 Qxc5 29. Rxb5+ Qxb5 30. cxb5 $18) 28. Bxb7+ Kxb7 (28...
Qxb7 29. Qe5 $1 {[%cal Rb1a1]}) (28... Nxb7 29. Ra1+ Kb8 30. Qe5+) 29. Nxc5+
Bxc5 30. Rxb5 $16) 26. Bxb7+ Qxb7 27. Qe5 $18 {Now the game is practically
finished.} (27. Nxc5 $5 Bxc5 28. Qe5) 27... Rf8 28. Nxc5 Qa7 (28... Qb8 29.
Qxb8+ Rxb8 30. Nxa6 Rb7 31. c5 $18) 29. Nxe6 Nd7 30. Qe2 Rf6 (30... Nxe6 31.
Qxe6 Qc5 32. Bb4) 31. Bxd8 Bxd8 32. Rxa6 Rxe6 (32... Qb8 33. Rc6+ Kb7 34. Qe4 {
[%csl Gc6,Ge4,Ge6]}) 33. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 $5 (4... c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O
O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. Re1 b5 $132) 5. c3 Be7 (5... c5 $5 6. Be2 (6. Qa4+ Qd7 7. Qc2
Qc7 $13) 6... Bb7 (6... Qc7 $5) 7. O-O Qc7 8. e5 Nfd7 9. d4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11.
Bd3 Ba6 12. Bb1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Nb3 Nc6 15. Ng5 Nf8 16. Qh5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5
Nb4 18. Rc1 Qd7 $14 {Bologan,V-Pelletier,J/Poikovsky 2003}) 6. Be2 Bb7 (6...
O-O 7. O-O c5 $5 (7... Bb7 8. Qc2 (8. e5 Nfd7 9. Re1 c5 10. d4 Ba6 11. Nf1 Bxe2
12. Qxe2 Nc6 $11 {1-0 Szczepkowska,K-Isgandarova,K/Wch G16 Halkidiki 2003/ (32)
}) 8... c5 9. a3 Nc6 10. b4 Qc7 11. b5 Nd8 12. Bb2 c4 13. exd5 cxd3 14. Bxd3
exd5 15. Nd4 Ne6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. c4 Bd6 $132 {0-1 Dworakowska,J-Radziewicz,I/
POL t-ch Krynica 1997 (35)}) 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qc7 10. Nf1 Rd8 11. Bg5 Bb7 12.
Ng3 h6 13. Bd2 Rac8 14. Rad1 Bf8 15. Qc1 e5 16. Nh4 Ne7 $11 {0-1 Klinova,
M-Rogers,I/Wijk aan Zee Corus Tens 2002/ (33)}) 7. Qa4+ Nfd7 $146 (7... Qd7 8.
Qc2 c5 9. e5 Ng4 10. h3 Nh6 11. O-O $13 {1/2-1/2 Oesterle,P-Speckner,R/BL 1990
(11)}) 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 (9. e5 $5 c5 10. Qg4 Qc7 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Ba6 $5
13. Bxa6 Nxa6 $11) 9... c5 10. Nf1 c4 $5 (10... Qc7 $5) 11. Be3 (11. dxc4 dxe4
12. Nd4 Nc5 $13) (11. exd5 $6 cxd3 12. Bxd3 Nc5 $1 13. Qc2 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Qxd5
$15) 11... cxd3 (11... Nc5 12. Bxc5 Bxc5 13. Rad1 $14 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) 12. Bxd3
Qc7 (12... Bc6 13. Qc2 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 $11) 13. e5 (13. Qc2
dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 $11) 13... Nc5 {White immediately takes this
opportunity to exchange one of the dangerous white bishops, but, maybe the
brave} (13... Nxe5 $5 {could be a better option, for example} 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15.
Qg4 Qf6 {[%cal Gf6h4]}) 14. Bxc5 bxc5 15. Qg4 (15. Qc2 g6 $5) 15... Nd7 16. Ng3
{[%cal Gg3h5]} (16. Ng5 $5) 16... d4 $6 17. Ng5 $6 {A step to the wrong
direction.} (17. cxd4 $142 cxd4 (17... Rad8 18. Ng5 $36) 18. Nxd4 {with
complicated game.}) 17... Bxg5 18. Qxg5 h6 19. Qh5 (19. Qe7 Rfe8) (19. Qf4 g5
$5 20. Qd2 Nxe5 21. cxd4 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Qc6 23. f3 Qd5 $15) 19... c4 20. Bf1 (
20. Be4 d3 $15) 20... d3 $36 {[%csl Gc4,Gd3,Rf1]} 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Re3 (22. b3
cxb3 23. axb3 Qxc3 24. Bxd3 Nxe5 $1) 22... Bd5 (22... f5 $5 23. exf6 Nxf6 {
[%csl Gb7,Gc7,Gd8,Gf6,Gf8]}) 23. b3 cxb3 (23... f5 $5) 24. axb3 Bxb3 25. Rdxd3
Bc2 $5 $15 {[%csl Ga7,Gc2,Rc3]} 26. Rd4 Bg6 27. Qh4 Nb6 {[%cal Rb6d5]} 28. c4
a5 29. Ra3 (29. Rb3 a4 30. Rb5 Ra8 {[%csl Ga4]}) 29... a4 30. c5 $6 {Knowing
how badly this move turned out for White in this game, I dare suggesting} (30.
Rxd8 $5 Rxd8 31. c5 Nd7 32. Qxa4 Nxe5 {and still it is not easy for black to
get something real.}) 30... Qxc5 31. Raxa4 (31. Rxd8 Qxa3 $19) 31... Rxd4 32.
Rxd4 Qxe5 $17 33. Rd8 Qc7 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Qb4+ Kg8 36. h4 Nd5 37. Qa3 (37.
Qc4 $5) 37... Qe5 38. Be2 (38. Qa5 $5) 38... Nc3 (38... Nf4 39. Bf3 (39. Bf1
Qf6 $1 $19) 39... Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qxf2 41. Qa4 $1 Qe3 42. h5 Bd3 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44.
Qxf7 Qe5 {with good chances for victory.}) 39. Qa8+ (39. Bf3 $5) 39... Kh7 40.
Qf3 f5 $5 (40... h5 $5 {[%csl Rh4]}) 41. Bc4 f4 42. Ne2 Nxe2+ 43. Qxe2 (43.
Bxe2 $17) 43... Qxe2 44. Bxe2 {[%mdl 4096]} Be4 45. g3 (45. f3 Bf5 46. g3 $5 e5
$17) 45... Kg6 46. Bg4 (46. f3 Bd5 47. Kf2 Kf5 48. Bd3+ Ke5 49. Bg6) 46... e5
47. gxf4 $2 {Bologan slips up in a difficult position.} ({The lesser evil for
White was} 47. Kf1 $142 $8) 47... exf4 48. Kh2 Kf6 49. Bc8 Ke5 50. Bg4 Kd4 51.
Bc8 Bf3 52. Bd7 Kd3 53. Bb5+ Kd2 54. Kg1 Ke1 55. Be8 g5 $19 56. hxg5 hxg5 57.
Bf7 Be4 58. Be6 f3 59. Bd7 Bg6 (59... Bg6 60. Bg4 Ke2 61. Bc8 Bh5 62. Ba6+ Ke1
63. Bc8 g4 {[%cal Rg4g3]}) 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Black "Prasad, Devaki V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 {Old good move leads to complicated game without too much
theory.} c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. c3 Nge7 (6... d6 7. Na3 Nge7 8.
d3 b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. b4 Bb7 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. b5 Na5 14. Ba1 d5 15.
e5 a6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. bxa6 Rxa6 18. Nb5 Bc6 19. d4 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Qxb5 21.
Rxb5 {Romanishin,O-Bischoff,K/Bad Endbach 1995/1/2-1/2 (44)}) 7. h4 h5 {
[%csl Rg5]} ({Worth considering} 7... h6 $5) 8. O-O d6 $146 ({Kunte already
used this line in Asian championship - and with success! After} 8... d5 9. d3
O-O 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Na3 b6 12. Rfe1 Ba6 13. e5 b5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nf5 16.
Nc2 Rac8 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Qd2 b4 19. b3 Qb5 20. Bf1 Qa5 {1-0 Kunte,A-Hoang
Thanh Trang/Asian-ch Calcutta 2001/The Week in Chess 353 (38) White got
advantage}) 9. d3 O-O 10. a3 Rb8 ({After} 10... a5 $6 11. a4 {[%csl Rb5,Rc4]
[%cal Gb1a3] White will have very easy game.}) 11. Be3 b5 ({Maybe better} 11...
b6 {but after} 12. d4 {white's position is slightly better, thank's to strong
pawn center.}) 12. b4 $1 {[%mdl 4]} cxb4 13. axb4 a6 $6 {Too passive.} ({
It was almost obligatory to play} 13... a5 $142 14. bxa5 Nxa5 $13) 14. d4 Qc7
15. Nbd2 Bb7 16. Rfc1 $36 Rbc8 17. Rab1 {Slowly, but surely Kunte overplayed
his opponent and got great position.} (17. Bh3 $5) 17... Nd8 (17... d5 18. Bf4
Qd7 19. e5 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gg2h3,Gg3g4]}) (17... e5 18. d5 Nd8 19. c4 $1 $18)
18. Bg5 $1 {[%mdl 32] Trying to open second front on the king's side.} f6 (
18... Qd7 19. e5 $1) 19. Be3 {[%csl Re6,Rf6,Rg6,Rh5]} f5 20. Bg5 fxe4 21. Nxe4
Bd5 ({It will be very difficult to protect weak e6 pawn after} 21... Nd5 22.
Bh3 {[%csl Re6]}) 22. Ra1 Nf5 23. Ne1 {[%cal Ge1d3,Gd3f4]} (23. Rxa6 $4 Qb7)
23... Qc6 24. Nd3 Nb7 (24... Nf7 25. Nf4 Nxg5 $140 26. Nxg5 $18) 25. Nf4 $18 {
[%csl Ge4,Re6,Gf4,Gg5,Rg6] End of the game is close now- Black has too many
weaknesess.} Kf7 $6 (25... Kh7 $142) 26. Nxd5 exd5 27. Qa2 $1 {[%cal Re4f6,
Re4c5,Rg2c6,Ra2f7]} Qc4 (27... Kg8 28. Nc5 $1) (27... Ke8 28. Nd2) 28. Nxd6+ $1
{Final blow.Nice game from Abhijit Kunte.} (28. Nxd6+ Nbxd6 29. Bxd5+) 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 {Rare move in Adams repertoire, ussualy he continue 2.d4 d5 3.
Nd2 and gets good results.} d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 {Bareev choose solid and
strong system against 2.d3} 5. c3 Be7 6. e5 ({White continue often} 6. Qa4+ $5
{but after} Qd7 7. Qc2 c5 {it is almost impossible to get even shadow of
advantage.}) 6... Nfd7 7. d4 c5 8. Bb5 $5 ({After} 8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10.
O-O O-O {black equalize without problems for example} 11. Qe2 Nc7 12. Re1 Qc8
13. Nf1 Qa6 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Qxe2 16. Rxe2 Rfc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Smyslov,
V-Hug,W/Zurich shev. 1998 (44)}) 8... Ba6 (8... a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 Nc6 11.
Nf1 b4 12. Ng3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Nb6 15. c4 Qa3 16. cxd5 exd5 17. O-O
$14 {1-0 Orsag,M-Jurek,J/CZE t-ch2 1998 (49)}) 9. a4 O-O ({Deserves attention} 
9... Bb7 $5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Nf1 c4 13. Ng3 h5 $5 14. b4 cxb3 15.
Qxb3 Na5 $13 {1-0 Anand,V-Dreev,A/Hastings active 1995 (44) with complicated
but balanced game.}) 10. O-O cxd4 $5 {N/ Improvment compare} (10... Qc8 11. Qe2
Bxb5 12. axb5 a6 13. c4 $1 Qb7 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nc4 $36 {
1-0 Psakhis,L-Raicevic,V/Moskva 1986 and white got initiative.}) 11. cxd4 Qc8 (
11... Bxb5 $6 12. axb5 {[%csl Rb8,Rd7]}) 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Re3 Qb7 14. Nf1 (14.
Qe2 Nb4) 14... Rfc8 15. Bd2 Bxb5 16. axb5 Na5 (16... Nb4 17. Rc3 a5 $11 {
was enough for equality, but Bareev fights for an advantage.}) 17. b3 a6 18.
bxa6 Rxa6 19. h4 Nc6 20. Rc1 Raa8 21. Rec3 b5 {More cautious} (21... Na7 $11 {
went to equal game, and, maybe, it what black had to do.}) 22. Ng3 b4 23. R3c2
h6 24. Nh5 Bf8 25. g4 $1 {Adams increase preasure on the king side and black
must play now very regular.} Ne7 $5 (25... Na5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28.
g5 $14) 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxc8 Nxc8 28. g5 Ne7 $1 (28... g6 $143 $6 {[%tqu
"En","How White must continue in this position.","","","g5h6","",10]} 29. gxh6
$1 gxh5 30. Ng5 Bxh6 $8 31. Qxh5 Bxg5 32. Qxg5+ (32. Bxg5 $2 Qc6 33. Bf6 Qc1+
34. Kg2 Nxf6 35. exf6 Qf4 $19) 32... Kf8 $1 (32... Kh7 33. h5 (33. Qh6+ Kg8 34.
Bg5 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Nd6 $8 35. exd6 Qb6) 33... Nf8 (33... Nb8 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35.
Bg5 f6 36. Qxf6 $16) 34. Qd8 $1 (34. Qf6 Qe7 $1 35. Qxe7 Nxe7 36. Bxb4 Nc6 37.
Bxf8 Nxd4 $13) 34... Nd7 35. h6 $18) 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. h5 $1 Kh7 35. h6 f5 36.
exf6 $18) 29. gxh6 gxh6 30. Qc1 Qc6 $1 {Cool defence!} (30... Nf5 31. Ng3 Nxg3
32. fxg3 $14) 31. Bxh6 Qxc1+ 32. Bxc1 Nc6 $44 {[%csl Rb3,Rd4][%cal Gc6a5]} 33.
Bg5 (33. Be3 $140 $5 Na5 34. Nd2 Be7 35. Bg5 Bxg5 36. hxg5 Nc6 37. Nf3 Na5 38.
Nf4 $1 Nxb3 39. Nd3 Kh7 40. Nxb4 Kg6 41. Nc6) 33... Na5 34. Nd2 Nc6 35. Nf3 (
35. Be3 Be7) 35... Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch Low Pool"]
[Site "Marseille"]
[Date "2001.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Belkhodja, Slim"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.08.13"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 (3. Qe2 {is more popular nowdays.}) 3... Nf6 4. Ngf3
Nc6 {Not bad move, but, maybe,} (4... c5) ({or} 4... b6 {equalize easy.}) 5.
Be2 (5. c3 a5 6. Be2 Bd6 $5 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 e5 9. Bf1 Re8 10. b3 Bg4 11. h3
Bh5 12. a3 d4 13. c4 Nd7 14. Be2 Bg6 15. Nf1 Rb8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kochetkov,
G-Shulman,Y/BLA-ch Minsk 1998 (51)}) 5... dxe4 6. dxe4 e5 7. Bb5 $146 {It
looks now muvh more like Spanish, but not French!} (7. O-O Bc5 8. c3 a5 9. Qc2
O-O 10. Bb5 Qe7 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Nbd2 Qc5 13. a4 Be6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. b3 Qe7
16. Nxe5 Bxb3 17. Nxc6 Bxc2 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rad8 {
Pokojowczyk,J-Drvota,A/Prague BOH 1978/1/2-1/2 (40)}) (7. c3 a6 8. O-O Bc5 9.
Qc2 O-O 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. b4 Bd6 12. Rd1 Be6 13. Bg5 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 h6 15. Bh4 Nd8
16. Nd2 a5 17. Nf1 g5 18. Bg3 axb4 19. Ne3 Qe8 20. Nf5 Kh7 21. Nxd6 cxd6 {
Bischoff,K-Kallai,G/Budapest Elekes 1985/1/2-1/2 (47)}) 7... Bc5 ({I don't see
any troubles for Black after} 7... Bd7 $5 {for example} 8. Bxc6 $140 Bxc6 9.
Nxe5 Bxe4 10. Qe2 Qd5 $1 (10... Qe7 11. Nxe4 Qxe5 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Bf4 $14)
11. Nxe4 Qxe4 12. Qxe4 Nxe4 $11) 8. Bxc6+ $1 {Important move, Black will have
problems with weak pawn up to end of the game.} (8. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 9. Kf1 (9. Kxf2
Qd4+ 10. Ke1 Qxe5) 9... O-O $1 10. Nxc6 (10. Bxc6 bxc6 {[%cal Rc8a6]}) 10...
bxc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 {[%csl Rf1]}) 8... bxc6 9. Qe2 $14 {[%csl Rc6,Rc7,Re5]} Qe7
10. O-O O-O 11. b3 {[%cal Gc1b2]} Nh5 12. Nc4 Bg4 13. Be3 {Surely not} (13. h3
$4 Ng3 $1) 13... f5 {Trying to get counterplay on the >>, bur makes White's
task even simplier.} (13... Bxe3 14. Qxe3 $14) 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Ncxe5 Rfe8 (
15... Nf4 16. Qe3 Qxe3 17. fxe3 $16) ({Was the best chance, but after} 15...
Bxf3 $5 16. Nxf3 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Rae8 18. Qd4 Qxc2 19. Rfe1 $14 {White's
advantage is clear.}) (15... Qxe5 $4 16. Qc4+) 16. exf5 (16. Nd3 $5 Bxf3 (16...
Qe7 17. e5) 17. Qxf3 fxe4 18. Qf7+ $5 (18. Qxe4 Qxc2 19. Qf3 $14) 18... Kxf7
19. Nxc5 Re5 20. b4 a5 21. c3 $16) 16... Bxf5 (16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rxe5 18.
Qxh5 Rxf5 19. Qe2 $16) 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Qe3 $1 Qxc2 {Lose immediately, but} (
18... Qxe3 $142 19. Rxe3 Bxc2 20. Nxc6 $16 {is bad enough!}) 19. Nd4 $18 {
White just win bishop without any compensation, rest is just question of very
simple technique.} Qb2 (19... Qe4 20. Nexc6 $1 Qxe3 21. Rxe3 $18) 20. Nxf5 Rd5
21. f4 g5 (21... Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Rdxe5 23. Rf1 $18) 22. Qc1 $5 Qxc1 23. Raxc1
Nxf4 24. Nxc6 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rd2 26. Re7 Rxg2+ 27. Kf1 Rxh2 28. Ne5 Ng6 29.
Re8+ Nf8 30. Ng4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. e5
Nd7 9. c4 a6 {Hertneck wants to organize counterplay on the queenside as soon
as possible.} (9... Ndb8 {leads to better game for White} 10. h4 f5 11. exf6
Bxf6 12. Nh2 Nd4 13. Qd1 Nbc6 14. Nc3 dxc4 15. dxc4 b6 16. Ng4 $36 {Belotti,
B-Brynell,S/EU t-ch Batumi 1999/0-1 (36)}) (9... d4 {little bit premature} 10.
h4 a6 11. Bf4 Rb8 12. Nh2 Na5 13. Nd2 b5 14. b3 Bb7 15. Bh3 bxc4 16. bxc4 Nc6
17. Ng4 Ba8 18. Nf3 Rb4 19. Ng5 Qb6 20. Bg2 Rb2 21. Qd1 Qa5 22. Be4 g6 23. Qf3
Qc7 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. Nhxf7 Ncxe5 26. Nxe6+ Kxf7 27. Bxe5+ Kxe6 28. Bd5+ Bxd5 {
1-0 Bronstein,D-Kelly,B/Hastings 1995 (28)}) 10. h4 b5 11. Bf4 Nb6 12. Na3 $146
({Deserves attention} 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qd7 14. b3 Rfd8 15. Rfe1 Rac8 16.
h5 dxc4 17. dxc4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qg4 Bf8 21. Bg5 Rd7 22. h6
g6 23. Ne4 Rdc7 24. Nd6 f5 25. Qxd4 {1-0 Bronstein,D-Kochiev,A/Moscow tt 1973 
(25)}) 12... Nb4 13. Rfd1 (13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Ba6 $36) 13... Bd7 14. b3 Ra7
15. Rac1 bxc4 16. dxc4 {Looks natural and strong, but} (16. bxc4 $5 {was not
bad either}) 16... d4 17. Ng5 {[%cal Ge2h5] Fedorov start attack against black
monarch, but maybe stronger was play} (17. Bd2 $5 {and afyrt for example} Nc6 (
17... a5 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Nxa2 20. Ra1 d3 21. Qe3 Nb4 22. Bxb4 cxb4 23.
Rxd3 $14) (17... d3 18. Qe3 Nxa2 19. Ra1 Nb4 20. Bxb4 cxb4 21. Nb5 $1 $36) 18.
Nc2 {[%cal Gc2e1,Ge1d3] poor knight a3 will take active part in the game})
17... Qe8 $1 18. Be4 (18. Qh5 h6 19. Ne4 f5 $17) 18... Bxg5 19. hxg5 (19. Bxg5
$5 Bc6 20. Bb1 Ba8 $13) 19... Bc6 20. Rd2 (20. Bb1 $5 Ba8 21. Qg4 Qc6 22. Qh3
f5 $1 $13) 20... Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qc6 22. Qxc6 Nxc6 {Hertneck successfully
exchanged all active white pieces and has nice perspective in the ending,
mostly thanks to akward position of white's knight on a3} 23. Nc2 {[%cal Gc2e1,
Ge1d3]} Nd7 24. Re1 f6 $1 25. gxf6 (25. exf6 $2 e5 {[%csl Rf4]}) 25... gxf6 26.
exf6 Rxf6 $15 27. Bg5 Rg6 28. f4 Nde5 $1 {[%cal Re5f3,Ge5f7]} 29. Kg2 (29. Kf2
Rxg5 30. fxg5 Rf7+ 31. Ke2 Nf3 $17) 29... Nf7 30. b4 (30. Bh4 Nd6 {[%cal Gd6f5,
Ga7g7]}) 30... e5 31. Bh4 (31. bxc5 Nxg5 32. fxg5 Rxg5 $17) 31... Nd6 (31...
cxb4 32. fxe5 Nfxe5 33. Nxb4 Nxc4 34. Nxc6 Rxc6 35. Rxd4 Rac7 $11) 32. bxc5
Nxc4 33. Rd3 Rb7 34. Na3 $6 (34. Rb3 Rxb3 35. axb3 d3 $1 36. f5 Rg7 37. bxc4
dxc2 $17) ({after} 34. f5 $5 Rgg7 35. Rc1 Rb2 36. Kf3 {White will have more
chances for persistent defence.}) 34... Ne3+ ({After} 34... Rb2+ $1 {Black
could win rather easy, for example} 35. Kf3 (35. Kh3 Ne3 36. fxe5 $140 Ng4 $1
$19) 35... Nd2+ 36. Rxd2 Rxd2 37. Nc4 Rc2 38. Nxe5 Re6 $19) 35. Kf3 exf4 36.
gxf4 Rf7 $6 {Second inaccuracy} (36... Ng2 $1 37. Rh1 Rf7 38. Bg3 Ne5+ $19 {
wins immediately}) 37. Rb3 Kg7 38. Bf2 Ng4 39. Bg1 Nge5+ 40. Ke4 Nd7 41. Bxd4+
(41. Rc1 $142 Nf6+ 42. Kf3 Nd5 43. Bh2 Rgf6 44. Ke4 Nxf4 45. Bxf4 Rxf4+ 46. Kd5
Ne7+ 47. Kc4 $17) 41... Nxd4 42. Kxd4 Rxf4+ 43. Ke3 (43. Kd5 Rg5+ 44. Kd6 Rd4+
45. Ke7 Nxc5 {[%csl Ra3,Re7]}) 43... Ra4 44. Rb7 (44. Kf3 $142 Nxc5 45. Rc3 $17
) 44... Rxa3+ 45. Kd2 (45. Kd4 Rg4+ 46. Kd5 Rd3+ 47. Ke6 (47. Kc6 Rg6+ 48. Kc7
Nxc5 $19) 47... Rg6+ 48. Kf5 Rf3+ 49. Ke4 Rf7) 45... Rxa2+ 46. Kc3 $2 {Final
mistake, but and after best} (46. Kd3 $1 Rg3+ 47. Ke4 Ra4+ 48. Kf5 Rd4 49. Re7+
Kh6 50. Rbxd7 Rg5+ 51. Kf6 Rxd7 52. Rxd7 Rxc5 53. Rd1 Rc6+ 54. Kf5 a5 $19 {
white's position is desperate.}) 46... Rg3+ 47. Kc4 Rc2+ (47... Rc2+ 48. Kd5
Rd2+ 49. Ke6 Rg6+ $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Black "Drozdovskij, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nf6 (3... dxe4 $5 4. dxe4 e5) 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6.
Bg2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 d4 {White advantage is obvious after} (9...
dxc4 10. dxc4 Qc7 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. h4 Nf8 13. h5 Qd7 14. Nc3 Qd3 15. Qxd3 Rxd3
16. Ne1 Rd8 17. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 18. b3 $16 {1-0 Bronstein-Gipslis,A/Kiev 1969 (41)
}) ({or} 9... Nb6 10. Bf4 Bd7 11. h4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Nd2 Bc6 14. Rad1 Na4
15. Nb3 $1 dxc4 16. dxc4 Bc5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Be3 $18 {1-0
Bronstein,D-Dzindzichashvili,R/URS-ch 1972 (21)}) 10. h4 Qc7 (10... a6 11. Bf4
Rb8 12. Nh2 Na5 13. Nd2 b5 14. b3 Bb7 15. Bh3 bxc4 16. bxc4 Nc6 17. Ng4 Ba8 18.
Nf3 Rb4 19. Ng5 Qb6 20. Bg2 Rb2 21. Qd1 Qa5 22. Be4 $40 {1-0 Bronstein,D-Kelly,
B/Hastings 1995 (28)}) 11. Bf4 b6 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Rfe1 {[%cal Gd2f1,Gf1h2,
Gh2g4] Beshulov starts typical plan in similar positions-he transferes knight
to g4 and prepares attack on the king,s side. Also interesting played Hracek-}
(13. Rae1 Rae8 14. Ne4 $5 {[%cal Re4f6]} Ncxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qh5 f6 17. Ng5
$1 fxg5 18. Bxe5 Qd7 19. hxg5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qc6+ 21. Re4 $36 {1-0 Hracek,
Z-Rasik,V/Karvina 1989 (43) and got great position.}) 13... Nb4 {N/ New move
doesn,t change evualation of position as better foe white.} (13... a6 14. h5
Rfe8 15. Nf1 b5 16. b3 bxc4 17. bxc4 Rab8 18. N1h2 Ba8 19. g4 Rb4 20. g5 Reb8
21. Rad1 Rb2 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Nxd2 Rb2 24. Ng4 Qd8 25. Nf6+ $1 $40 {1-0
Bogumil,P-Totsky,L/Harkany op 1994 (59)}) 14. Nf1 a6 15. a3 Nc6 16. N1h2 b5 17.
Ng4 {[%cal Gg4f6]} Rfe8 18. h5 {[%cal Gh5h6]} h6 19. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2e4]} Bf8
20. Rac1 b4 $6 21. a4 $1 {Queen flang is closed now and white can concetrate
on attack on other side of the board} Kh8 22. b3 Rab8 23. Rb1 {Misterical rook
moves!} Ba8 24. Nf3 Qd8 25. Qd2 Kg8 26. Nh4 ({Deserves attention} 26. Kf1 {
[%cal Gf1e2,Ge2d1,Gd1c2] with idea first transfere king to the safe area})
26... Be7 27. Nf3 Bf8 28. Bxh6 $5 {[%mdl 512] Interesting, brave, but not
obligatory bishop sacrificed, Beshukov could bring king to the queen side, put
rook on h4 and it will be very difficult for black to find sutisfactory
defence.} gxh6 29. Nxh6+ Bxh6 ({Lose} 29... Kh7 30. Ng5+ {white advantage is
obvious and after}) (29... Kg7 30. Re4 $5 (30. Qf4 f5 (30... Qe7 31. Nh4 $1 $18
{[%cal Rh4f5]}) 31. g4 $1 $40) 30... Ncxe5 $8 31. Nxe5 Bxe4 32. Nexf7 (32.
Nhxf7 Qf6 33. Nxd7 Qxf7 34. Qg5+ Kh8 35. Ne5 Qg7 36. Bxe4 $16) 32... Qf6 33.
Bxe4 $18) 30. Qxh6 f5 {What else ? Compleatly desperate for black and} (30...
Qe7 31. Ng5 f5 (31... Nf8 32. Be4 Nd8 33. Bh7+ Kh8 34. Bg6+ Kg8 35. Nh7 $1 $18)
32. exf6 Qxf6 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qxd7 Qxg5 35. Bxc6 $18) 31. Qg6+ Kh8 (31... Kf8
32. h6) 32. Ng5 $18 Re7 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Nxe6 Qc8 (34... Qe8 35. Ng7 $1 Rxg7
36. Bd5+ Rf7 37. e6 $18) 35. Bd5 Ncxe5 (35... Nb6 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38.
Nxc5+ Nxd5 39. cxd5 Rf7 40. Qd6 $18) 36. Qg5+ Kf7 37. Qg7+ Ke8 38. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.09.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Black "Yu, Shaoteng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nge7 (5... Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3
O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Rd1 Qb8 11. Na3 Rd8 12. Nac2 Be8 13. c4 Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 a6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. b4 Ba4 18. Nb3 Qb8 19. Bb6 Re8 20. Bd4 {
Treybal,K-Saemisch,F/Karlsbad 1923/HCL 07/1/2-1/2 (65)}) (5... g6 6. d3 Bg7 7.
Nbd2 Nge7 8. h4 h6 9. c3 b6 10. h5 g5 11. Nh2 e5 12. Nc4 Be6 13. Ne3 d5 14. Qf3
d4 15. Nd5 f5 16. c4 f4 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Bruch,I/Schwaebisch Gmuend op 1994/
EXT 94op (40)}) 6. c3 e5 7. Na3 g6 8. Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Rb8 10. h4 $1 h6 11. h5 g5
{[%csl Rf5]} 12. O-O (12. Bh3 Bxh3 13. Rxh3 Qd7 14. Rh1 Bg7 {[%cal Yd6d5]})
12... Bg7 13. g4 O-O 14. Rd1 (14. d3) 14... d5 $1 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5
17. Nh4 (17. Nxg5 Qd7 $1 18. Ne4 Qxg4) 17... Qe6 (17... Qd6 $5 18. Nf5 (18. Qe4
gxh4 19. Qxc6 Qxc6 20. Bxc6 Bxg4) 18... Bxf5 19. gxf5 Ne7 $13) 18. Nf5 Ne7 19.
Be4 Nxf5 (19... Qf6 20. Qf3) 20. gxf5 $5 (20. Bxf5 Qa6) 20... Qf6 21. Qf3 $14 {
[%csl Yg7]} c4 (21... Rd8 $5 22. d3 Qd6 23. Be3 f6 $13) 22. d3 Qe7 23. Be3 Bf6
24. a4 $1 b4 (24... a6 25. axb5 axb5 $2 26. Ba7 Rb7 27. Bc5 $1 (27. Bxb7 Bxb7
$132 {[%cal Rb7h1]}) 27... Qxc5 28. Bxb7 $18) 25. dxc4 bxc3 26. bxc3 Rb3 27. c5
$1 {[%cal Rc5c7]} (27. Rdb1 $6 Rxc3 28. Bc5 Rxf3 29. Bxe7 Bxe7 30. Bxf3 Bxf5)
27... Rxc3 28. Rdc1 Rb3 29. c6 $16 Rd8 (29... Qc7 $5) 30. Bc5 $1 Qxc5 (30...
Rxf3 31. Bxe7 Bxe7 32. Bxf3 Bxf5 33. c7 $18) 31. Qxb3 Qd4 32. Qc2 $18 Ba6 33.
Rd1 Qb6 34. c7 Rc8 35. Rd7 g4 36. Rb1 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group2"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kurochkin, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Maykop Universitet"]
[BlackTeam "Khabarovsk Lokomotiv"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 e6 6. f4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Be7 (7...
b6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Ne4 Bb7 10. Nf3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 b5 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. g4
c4+ 15. Kh1 Qc7 $13 {Abramovic,B-Fishbein,A/New York op 1990/0-1 (50)}) 8. Nh3
$146 {[%cal Gh3f2] Interesting plan. Knight is going to f2, where from it
safely protects key pawn- e4.} (8. Ngf3 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. c3 Rd8 11. Qe2 b6
12. e5 Ne8 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Nfg5 $14 {0-1 Stefan,B-Buescu,N/ROM-sf Tusnad 2000/
(47)}) 8... Qc7 (8... e5 9. f5 (9. Nf2) 9... g6 10. O-O) 9. O-O b6 10. c3 Ba6
11. Re1 Rd8 12. Nf2 (12. e5 Nd5 13. Qg4) 12... h5 $2 {Kurochkin asks for
troubles!} ({He could continue simple} 12... O-O $142 $14 {with reasonable game
}) 13. e5 Ng8 $2 {Do development means something?} ({After} 13... Nd5 $5 14. c4
Ndb4 15. Qa4 (15. a3 Nd3 16. Nxd3 Rxd3 17. Qa4 Bb7 $13) 15... Bb7 16. a3 Na6
$14 {[%csl Ra6] White keep solid advantage, but now Black gets another level
of problems!}) 14. f5 $5 (14. Qf3 Bb7 15. Nfe4 $36 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Gd2c4] was
also good enough.}) 14... exf5 (14... Bc4 15. Qc2 Bd5 16. fxe6 Bxe6 17. Qa4 Bd7
18. Qe4 {[%cal Re5e6]}) 15. e6 $5 {Fedorov plays in a very energetic way.} ({
Black's position is not easy to defend and after} 15. Qf3 $5 Bb7 (15... Nxe5 $2
16. Qf4 f6 17. Qa4+ $18) 16. Qxf5 h4 17. Nc4 $16) 15... fxe6 16. Qa4 Bb7 17.
Nc4 $1 {[%cal Re1e6,Rc1f4] It seems that Black's position can no longer be
saved - there are too many White' pieces pointed at the black king} (17. Rxe6
Rd6 18. Re1 h4 {[%cal Gd6g6]}) 17... Qc8 (17... h4 18. Bf4 Qc8 19. Ne5 hxg3 20.
Bxg3 Rd6 21. Ng6 $18) 18. Ne5 Rd6 19. Ng6 Rh7 (19... Rh6 20. Bxh6 Nxh6 21. Rad1
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 $18 {[%csl Re8]}) 20. Bf4 {White calmly brings more pieces into
attack, making Black's survival impossible} Rd7 (20... e5 21. Nxe5 Kf8 22. Nxc6
Rxc6 23. Qxa7 $18) 21. Rxe6 {[%csl Ga4,Rc6,Ge6,Re8,Gg2,Gg6,Rh7]} Nd8 22. Bxb7
Qxb7 23. Re2 {[%cal Ra1e1]} Qc6 $8 (23... Nc6 24. Qb3 $5 Nf6 25. Bg5 $18) 24.
Qc4 Qd5 25. Qxd5 $1 {White can finish attack and without queens on the board.}
Rxd5 26. Rae1 Rd7 $8 (26... Nc6 27. Re6 Kd7 28. Rxe7+ $1 Ngxe7 29. Nf8+ $18)
27. Bg5 Nc6 $8 28. Re6 Nd8 (28... Kf7 29. Rxc6 Bxg5 30. Ne5+ Ke8 (30... Ke7 31.
Nf3+) 31. Rc8+ $1 Rd8 32. Rc7 $18) 29. R6e5 $5 (29. Rxe7+ Nxe7 30. Nxe7 Kf7 31.
Nxf5 Kg6 32. Bxd8 Kxf5 33. Re8 Rd2 $16) 29... Nc6 30. Rxf5 {[%cal Rf5f8]
Formally Black has material parity, but his pieces are useless and cannot safe
their king.} Nf6 (30... Rd6 31. Rf8+ Kd7 32. Nxe7 Ngxe7 33. Ne4 Rd5 (33... Re6
34. Rd1+ Kc7 35. Bf4+ Kb7 36. Ng5 $18) 34. Rf7 Re5 35. Bxe7 Nxe7 (35... Rxe7
36. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 37. Rexe7+ Nxe7 38. Rxh7 $18) 36. Nf6+ gxf6 37. Rd1+ Ke6 38.
Rxh7 $18) 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Rxf6 {[%cal Rf6c6,Rf6f8]} Rc7 33. Rf8+ Kd7 34. Rd1+
(34. Rd1+ Ke6 35. Nf4+ Ke5 36. Rd5#) 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Final stage"]
[Site "Besancon"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Black "Bricard, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1999.08.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 (9. Nc3 Rb8 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Qd2 Nec6 12. Nd1 d5 13. Nh4 dxe4 14.
dxe4 b6) 9... b5 10. c3 b4 11. c4 e5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Nbd2 (13. Be3 Nd4) 13...
Qd6 14. Nb3 Bg4 (14... Bd7) (14... a5) 15. h3 Bd7 16. Be3 Nd4 17. Nbxd4 (17.
Nfxd4 exd4 18. Bf4 Be5) 17... cxd4 18. Bg1 Nc6 19. g4 f6 20. Qd2 a5 21. Bh2
Rae8 22. Rf2 Nd8 23. Raf1 Nf7 (23... Ne6 24. g5) 24. g5 f5 (24... fxg5 25. Nxg5
Nxg5 26. Qxg5 Rxf2 27. Rxf2) 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Nh4 f4 27. Nf3 Qg6 28. Rg1 Qh5 (
28... Bf5 29. Nh4 Qxg5 30. Nxf5 Qxf5 31. Be4) 29. Qe2 (29. h4 Nd6) 29... Bxh3
30. g6 (30. Nxd4 Bg4 31. Nf3 Nxg5) 30... hxg6 31. Bxh3 Qxh3 32. Rxg6 Nh6 33.
Rfg2 Nf5 34. Ng5 Qh4 (34... Qe3 35. Qh5) 35. Qe4 (35. Qf3) (35. Kg1 e4 (35...
Ne3 36. Rxg7+) 36. dxe4 (36. Nxe4 f3 37. Qxf3 Qe1+ 38. Qf1 Qxf1+ 39. Kxf1 Nh4+
40. Ke2 Nxg2 41. Rxg2) 36... d3 37. Qd1 (37. Qxd3 Qe1+ 38. Qf1 Qxf1+ 39. Kxf1
Ne3+) 37... Ne3 38. Nf3) 35... Qh5 36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. Nf7+ (37. Ne6 f3) 37... Kh7
38. Rxg7+ Nxg7 39. Nd6 Re6 (39... Re7) 40. Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. Qxe6 Qd1+ 42. Kg2
Qe2+ (42... Qc2+ 43. Kg1 Qb1+ 44. Kf2 Qxb2+ 45. Kf3 Qxh2 46. Qe7+ Kg8 47. Qg5+)
43. Kg1 Qe1+ (43... Rg8 44. Nf5+ (44. Ne4 f3 45. Qh3 Qe3+ 46. Kh1 Qc1+ 47. Bg1
Rh8) 44... Kh7+ 45. Bg3 Qd1+ (45... Rxg3+ 46. Nxg3 Qe3+ 47. Kf1 Qf3+ 48. Ke1
Qxg3+ 49. Kd2) 46. Kh2 (46. Kg2 f3+) 46... fxg3+ 47. Nxg3 Qd2+ 48. Kh3 Qxd3)
44. Kg2 f3+ 45. Kh3 Rh8+ (45... Qf1+ 46. Kg4 Qg2+ 47. Bg3 Rf4+ 48. Kh5 Qxg3 49.
Qe7+ Kg8 50. Qe6+ Kf8 51. Qe8+ Kg7 52. Qe7+) 46. Kg4 Qh4+ (46... Rh4+ 47. Kg5)
47. Kxf3 e4+ 48. Qxe4 (48. Nxe4 Qh5+ 49. Qg4+ Qxg4+ 50. Kxg4 Rxh2) 48... Qh5+
49. Qg4+ Qxg4+ 50. Kxg4 Rxh2 51. c5 Rxb2 (51... Rc2 52. Nc4 Kf6 53. Kf4 Re2)
52. c6 Rc2 (52... Rf2 53. c7 Rf8 54. c8=Q Rxc8 55. Nxc8 a4 56. Nd6 b3 57. axb3
a3 58. Nf5+ Kf6 59. Nxd4) (52... Kh7 53. c7 (53. Kf3 Rd2 (53... b3 54. axb3
Rxb3 55. Ke4) 54. Ke4 (54. c7 Rxd3+ 55. Ke4 Rc3 56. c8=Q Rxc8 57. Nxc8 a4 58.
Kxd4 (58. Kd3 a3 59. Kc2 d3+) 58... b3 59. axb3 axb3 60. Kc3) 54... Rxa2 55.
Nc4 Re2+ 56. Kxd4 Re8 57. Nxa5 Kg6 58. Kc5) 53... Rc2 54. Nc4 (54. c8=Q Rxc8
55. Nxc8 a4) 54... Rg2+ 55. Kf5 Rg8 56. Ke6 a4 57. Kd7 Rg7+ 58. Kc6 Rg8 59. Kb7
) 53. Nc4 Kf6 54. c7 Rg2+ 55. Kf4 Rg8 56. Nb6 Ke6 (56... a4 57. Nxa4 Rc8 58.
Nb6) 57. c8=Q+ Rxc8 58. Nxc8 a4 59. Nb6 a3 (59... b3 60. Nxa4 bxa2 61. Nc5+ Kd5
62. Nb3 (62. Nb3 Kc6 63. Ke4 Kb5 64. Kxd4 Kb4 65. Na1 Ka3 66. Kc3 Ka4 67. Kb2
Kb4 68. Nc2+)) 60. Nc4 b3 61. Nxa3 1-0

[Event "Radulescu Memorial"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nanu, Ciprian Costica"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 {Move in the text became popular
just 6-7 years ago, before White almost automatically played 5.Nbd2} Nge7 6.
Bg2 g6 7. h4 {I prefer to play myself} (7. O-O Bg7 8. c3 {but sharp move in
the game also not bad.}) 7... h6 8. O-O (8. c3 Bg7 9. e5 Qc7 10. Bf4 b6 (10...
g5 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. Rxh8+ Bxh8 13. Bxg5 Nxe5 14. Nbd2 b6 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Nf3
Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 f6 18. Rh1 Bg7 19. Bh6 Kf7 20. Bxg7 {1/2-1/2 Hernandez,
G-Pierrot,F/Buenos Aires Army 1998 (20)}) 11. a4 g5 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Rxh8+
Bxh8 14. Bxg5 Nxe5 15. Na3 (15. Nbd2 Ba6 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Bxe5 18. a5 Nc6
19. axb6 axb6 20. Nc4 Bc7 $15 {0-1 Haik,A-Karpov,A/Dubai ol 1986/Inf 42 (43)})
15... Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Qe5 17. Qxe5 Bxe5 18. Kd2 Bb7 19. Re1 Bg7 20. Bh5 Kf8 21.
Nb5 Bc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Oratovsky,M-Gustafsson,J/Fuerth op 1998 (23)}) 8... Bg7 9.
Re1 O-O ({Deserves attention} 9... e5 {and after} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. c3 O-O 12.
Nbd2 Re8 13. a4 Bf5 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. Nfd2 Be6 16. Nc4 Rad8 17. a5 b5 18. axb6
axb6 $13 {black has nothing to worry about,  1-0 Seeman,T-Cramling,D/Stockholm
op 1997 (37)}) (9... b6 10. c3 a5 11. a4 Ba6 12. e5 Qd7 13. Na3 Na7 14. Bd2 Rd8
15. b4 $5 d4 16. b5 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Bb7 18. Rad1 Nd5 19. Bb2 O-O 20. Nc4 Nc8 21.
d4 $36 {1-0 Hernandez,G-Zapata,A/San Salvador zt 1998 (80)}) 10. e5 {[%cal
Gc1f4,Gb1d2,Gd2f1,Gf1h2,Gh2g4] New move in this position, which is possible
just after black made already short castle. White got not too much after} (10.
Nbd2 Qc7 11. Nf1 Bd7 12. N1h2 f5 13. exf5 exf5 14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16.
Bxe5 Rae8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qe5+ Rf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez,J-Fernandez,J/
Cienfuegos-B 1975 (31)}) 10... Qc7 11. Nbd2 g5 $2 {Typical move in similiar
positions, but now it doesn,t work properly!} 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Nxg5 Qxe5 {
[%tqu "En","Try to find strongest move for white","","","d2e4","Great move, I
am sure that Iordanescu overlooked it, when he made risky 11... g5.",10,"e2h5",
"",0]} 14. Nde4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Great move, I am sure that Iordanescu overlooked
it, when he played risky 11... g5.} ({White get nothing after "normal"} 14. Qh5
Qf5) 14... Nd4 {What else?. Black can,t exept sacrifice -} (14... dxe4 15. Qh5
Qf5 16. Bxe4 $18 {lost immediately}) 15. Qh5 $2 {It,s funny, but after this
active move, White hasn,t chances for attack, but after modest} (15. Qd1 $1 {
I could,t find defense for black, for example} Qf5 (15... Rd8 16. Nxf7 $1) (
15... Bf6 16. Bf4 Qf5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Nh7 $1 $18 Kxh7 $140 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20.
Be5) (15... dxe4 16. Qh5 Bh6 17. Qxh6 Qg7 18. Nxe4 $18) (15... Nxc2 16. Bf4 $1
Qf5 (16... Qxf4 17. gxf4 Nxe1 18. Qh5 $18) 17. Nd6 $18) 16. c3 Ndc6 17. Nxc5 b6
18. Nb3 $16) 15... Qf5 16. Nd6 Qg6 17. Qd1 {White can,t exchange queens-} (17.
Qxg6 $2 Nxg6 {[%csl Rc2] leads to blacks advantage}) 17... Nef5 18. Nxc8 Raxc8
19. c3 Nc6 20. Bf4 $6 (20. Nh3 $142 $5 $13 {[%cal Gh3f4]}) 20... Bh6 (20... e5
21. Bd2 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gg2d5]}) 21. Qc1 $6 (21. Nh3 $11) 21... Kg7 $1 $17 {
[%cal Gf8h8]} 22. Bh3 Rh8 23. Kg2 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Rxh3 $6 {Black doesn,t missed
advantage after this sac, but much simpler was to play} (24... Rh5 $1 {with
easy victory, for example} 25. Bxf5 (25. f4 Rch8 26. Rh1 Nxg3 $1 27. Kxg3 Qxd3+
$19) 25... Qxf5 26. Bh4 Ne5 $19) 25. Kxh3 Rh8+ 26. Kg2 f6 27. Rxe6 $1 {Only
move} (27. Bf4 Nh4+ 28. Kg1 Qg4 {lost immediately}) 27... Qxg5 28. Qxg5+ fxg5
29. Rae1 Kf7 30. g4 $2 {Last mistake, after, for example} (30. a3 $5 $15 {
[%cal Gb2b4] white still could organaized some resistance.}) 30... Nh4+ 31. Kg3
(31. Kf1 Ng6 32. Kg1 d4 $5 $19) 31... Ng6 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Rg6f4,Rh8h3]} 32.
Rd6 Nf4 33. Rd7+ Kf6 (33... Kf8 $1 $19) 34. Rd6+ Kf7 35. Rd7+ Kf8 (35... Kf8
36. f3 $8 Rh3+ 37. Kf2 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Rxb2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Dubai op 6th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Nadera, Barlo A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 {I think this move was more popular two-three years
ago.} Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O b6 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 d4 10. h4 ({
I would prefer} 10. Nfd2 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 10... Bb7 11. Bf4 (11. Re1 $5 h6 12.
h5 Qc7 13. Na3 (13. Nbd2 O-O-O 14. a3 g5 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Ne4 g5 17. b4 cxb4
18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. axb4 e5 21. Ba3 g4 22. b5 gxf3 23. Bxd6 fxe2
24. bxc6 Bxc6 25. Bxc6 Nc5 26. Bxc5 {1-0 Glek,J-De Haan,E/NED t-ch 2000 (26)})
13... a6 14. Nc2 O-O-O (14... b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. b4 Nxb4 17. Nxb4 cxb4 18.
Bb2 O-O 19. Bxd4 Rfc8 20. Nd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qc2 22. Nb3 Qc6+ 23. Qf3 Qa6 24.
Rec1 Bg5 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 {1/2-1/2 Filipovic,B-Kosic,E/CRO-ch Rabac 2003 (74)})
15. b4 Nxb4 16. Nxb4 cxb4 17. a3 b3 18. Bb2 Nc5 19. a4 a5 20. Ba3 Na6 21. Nd2
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 g6 23. Nxb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tsifanskaya,L-Meijers,V/Condom op 2003/
(49)}) 11... h6 12. h5 Qc7 13. Nbd2 O-O-O 14. Rfe1 (14. Ne4 Ncxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5
16. Nxc5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qc6+ 18. Ne4 Nd7 19. Qf3 e5 20. Bd2 Rdf8 21. g4 g6 22.
Ng3 Qxf3+ 23. Kxf3 f5 $132 {Pikula,D-Jeremic,V/YUG-ch Banja Koviljaca 2002//1/
2-1/2 (65)}) 14... Rdg8 $146 {[%cal Gg7g5]} (14... Rde8 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 15. Bh3
Kb8 16. a3 Bf8 17. Ne4 Qd8 18. g4 Ka8 19. Bg2 f6 20. Ng3 Be7 21. exf6 Bxf6 22.
Ne4 $16 {1-0 Jones,G-Pulito,A/ITA-ch B16 Cortina d'Ampezzo 2002/EXT 2003 (30)})
(14... g5 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. g4 g5 17. Bg3 Rde8 18. Ne4 Rhf8 19. a3 Rf7 20. b4
Nf8 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. exd6 $16 {Maeurer,C-Carstens,A/Oberliga Wurttemberg 2001/
C1-0 (43)}) 15. a3 g5 {The game scenario is clear now: White is attacking on
the left, Black is doing the same on the right. Who has an edge?} 16. hxg6 Rxg6
({Natural contination, but worse considering and} 16... fxg6 $5 {for example:}
17. Ne4 (17. g4 g5 18. Bg3 h5 19. gxh5 g4 20. Nh2 Rxh5 21. Nxg4 Rhg5 $36) 17...
g5 (17... Ncxe5 $2 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxc5 Bxg2 20. Bxe5 Qxc5 (20... Qc6 21.
Nxe6 $1 Bh1 22. Qf1) 21. Bxh8 Bh3 22. Qe4 $18) 18. Nd6+ Kb8 19. Bd2 Ba8 $5 (
19... Bxd6 20. exd6 Qxd6 21. Qxe6 $36) 20. b4 g4 21. Nh2 h5 $132) 17. Ne4 Rhg8
18. b4 $1 h5 (18... Ncxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxc5 Bxg2 21. Bxe5 Qc6 22. Ne4 $14)
19. b5 (19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. exd6 Qd8 $13) 19... Na5 ({Difficult to recomend to
black} 19... Ncxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Qxh5 f6 22. Nxf6 $1 Bxf6 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24.
Qxe5 Qh7 25. Bxb7+ Kxb7 26. Qe4+ Kb8 27. Kg2 $16) 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. exd6 Qd8
22. Ne5 $5 (22. Kh2 Rg4 $5) 22... Nxe5 (22... h4 23. Nc6 $1) 23. Qxe5 h4 (23...
Bxg2 $5 24. Kxg2 h4 $132) 24. Re4 $5 {[%mdl 2048] White's position looks
cheerless and he sacrifices a exchange to try to improve the situation.} Kd7
25. Rae1 Qf6 (25... Qa8 {[%cal Rf7f5]} 26. Qh5 $1 h3 $5 27. Bxh3 Bxe4 28. Rxe4
Qe8 (28... Nxc4 29. Bg2 $1) 29. Qf3 $36) 26. Qh5 (26. Qxf6 Rxf6 27. Be5 Bxe4
28. Rxe4 Rf5 29. gxh4 Nb7 $17 {[%csl Rd6]}) 26... Rh8 $6 ({A natural
development of the initiative can be achieved by} 26... Bxe4 $142 27. Rxe4 (27.
Bxe4 $2 Qxf4) 27... hxg3 28. fxg3 Rxg3 $1 29. Bxg3 Rxg3 $17) 27. Qe2 Rhg8 (
27... Bxe4 $5 28. Qxe4 Qg7) 28. Be5 Qd8 29. Rf4 f5 $5 30. Bxb7 Nxb7 31. Kf1 (
31. Qf3 $143 $2 Rxg3+ $1 32. fxg3 Rxg3+ 33. Qxg3 hxg3 $17) 31... hxg3 32. Qf3
$8 g2+ 33. Kg1 Na5 $4 {It looks like Black was too happy with his position and
overlooked White's simple combination.} (33... Nxd6 $8 34. Bxd6 (34. Qc6+ Ke7
35. Rh4 Nf7 36. Rh7 Qc8 $1) 34... Kxd6 35. Rxf5 R8g7 $8 36. Qf4+ Ke7 $132) 34.
Rxf5 $1 $18 {Removing the only defender standing between White's army and
Black's king. After this natural and easy move there is no doubt of White's
overwhelming advantage.} exf5 35. Qxf5+ Re6 (35... Ke8 36. Bg7+) 36. Qf7+ Qe7 (
36... Re7 37. dxe7 Qxe7 38. Qd5+) 37. dxe7 Re8 38. Qf5 R8xe7 39. Bg3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nge7 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. e5 (
8. c3 O-O 9. e5 f6 (9... b5 10. Be3 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxc5 Bd6 13. Bxd6
Qxd6 14. Nd2 Nc6 (14... Rb8 15. b4 e5 16. a4 a6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra3 Bb7 19.
Rfa1 Rfc8 20. Qe1 Nc6 21. Nb3 d4 22. Nc5 $36 {1-0 Timman,J-Sanz Alonso,F/
Orense 1976/Inf 21 (29)}) 15. b4 a5 16. a3 Bd7 17. Rfe1 Ra7 18. Nb3 Rfa8 19. h4
Be8 20. Bh3 Qd8 21. Qe3 Qf6 22. Rec1 $14 {1-0 Poluljahov,A-Barria,D/Buenos
Aires Najdorf 1998 (29)}) (9... b6 10. Bf4 a5 11. a4 Nf5 12. Re1 f6 13. Na3 g5
14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Be5 g4 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Rxe5 $14
{1-0 Psakhis,L-Ligterink,G/Hoogeveen op 1997 (45)}) 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Bh6 Re8
12. h4 (12. g4 e5 13. h3 Qc7 14. c4 e4 15. dxe4 dxe4 16. Ng5 Nd4 17. Qxe4 Bd7
18. Nc3 Bc6 19. Qd3 $16 {1-0 Fischer,R-Rodriguez,R/Meralco 1967 (28)}) 12...
Nf5 13. Bg5 b6 14. Re1 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nbd2 Ba6 17. Nf1 Rad8 18. N1h2 e5
19. Qc2 Kg7 20. Rad1 h5 21. Ng5 Bb7 22. Nf1 $14 {1-0 Poluljahov,A-Socko,B/
Koszalin op 1997 (62)}) 8... h6 9. h4 O-O 10. c3 f6 (10... f5 11. d4 b6 12. Bf4
Kh7 13. Qe3 Ba6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Nbd2 Na5 16. h5 gxh5 17. Nh4 Bb5 18. Bf3 Nc4 {
Fedorov,A-Filippov,V/Omsk op 1996/0-1 (57)}) (10... b5 11. Bf4 a5 12. Nbd2 a4
13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Qb6 15. Nh2 a3 16. b3 b4 17. c4 Nd4 18. Qd1 Kh7 19. Nhf3
Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Rad8 21. Qe2 dxc4 22. dxc4 Nf5 23. Rcd1 Qc6 24. Ng5+ hxg5 25.
Bxc6 Bxc6 26. Bxg5 Nd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Be7 Rb8 29. Bxc5 Re4 30. Qxe4 Bxe4 31.
Rxe4 Bf8 32. Bd6 {1-0 Gallagher,J-Mestel,J/BCF t-ch 1999 (32)}) (10... b6 11.
Re1 a6 12. Nbd2 Ra7 13. Nf1 Kh7 14. N1h2 Ng8 15. Ng4 Bd7 16. Bf4 Nce7 17. Qd2
Nf5 18. d4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qc7 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. exf6 Qc5 23. Be5
Qxd4 24. cxd4 h5 25. Rac1 Rfa8 26. f3 Nh6 27. Kf2 a5 28. Bf1 a4 29. Rc2 Rb7 30.
Rec1 Raa7 31. Bd3 Kg8 32. Ke3 b5 33. Kf4 Ra8 34. g4 Kh8 35. Kg5 Ng8 36. gxh5
gxh5 37. Kxh5 b4 38. Rg2 Bb5 39. Bb1 {1-0 Glek,I-De Santis,A/Porto San Giorgio
op 2000/The Week in Chess 303 (39)}) 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Na3 $146 (12. Bf4 Qf8
13. Bd6 b6 14. Nbd2 Bb7 15. Be5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rd8 17. Ng4 Rf7 18. Qxe6 Bc8 19.
Qe2 Nf5 20. Rae1 d4 21. c4 h5 {Glek,I-Siebrecht,S/Essen rapid 2000/ /1-0 (54)})
12... Kh7 13. Be3 b6 14. d4 Nf5 15. Nc2 a5 (15... Nxe3 $2 16. Nxe3 {[%cal
Ge3g4]}) 16. Rfe1 Ba6 17. Qd2 Nd6 18. Bf4 Ra7 $6 (18... Ne4 19. Qe3) 19. Ne5
Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Nc4 (20... Rf8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rxe6 Nc4 23. Qd3 $1 $16) 21.
Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qe2 cxd4 (22... Rf7 23. Rf1 Ra7 24. Rfe1 Rf7 25. Rf1 Ra7) 23.
cxd4 $2 (23. Nxd4 $1 e5 24. Bxd5 Nd6 25. Qxe5 $1 Qxe5 26. Rxe5 Bxe5 27. Nc6 Bb7
28. Nxa7 Bxd5 29. f4 $18) 23... Rf7 24. Rf1 (24. Rac1 $1 Nd6 (24... Na3 25.
Qxa6 Qxf2+ 26. Kh2 (26. Kh1 Nxc2 27. Rf1 Qd2 28. Rxf7 Qxc1+ 29. Kh2 Qd2 $13)
26... Rf3 27. Qe2 Qxg3+ 28. Kg1 Nxc2 (28... Rf4 29. bxa3 Rxh4 30. Qe3 Qh2+ 31.
Kf1 Rf4+ 32. Bf3 g5 33. Re2 Qh3+ 34. Kf2 Rf5 35. Qd3 g4 36. Re3) 29. Qxf3 Qxh4
30. Rxe6 Nxd4 31. Qh3 $18) (24... Bb5 25. f4) (24... Nxb2 $5 25. Qxa6 Qxf2+ 26.
Kh2 Rf3 27. Rf1 Qxg3+ 28. Kg1 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 (29. Qxf1 Nd3 30. Rd1 Nf4) 29...
Nc4) 25. Qxa6 Qxf2+ 26. Kh2 (26. Kh1 Nf5) 26... Rf3 27. Rf1 Qxg3+ 28. Kg1 Rd3
29. Rcd1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Nf5 31. Qd3 Qxh4 $16) (24. f4 $6 Na3 25. Qd1 Nxc2 26.
Qxc2 Qxd4+ 27. Kh1 (27. Kh2 Rxf4 $1) 27... Bd3 28. Qd2 Bf5 29. Qxd4 Bxd4 30.
Re2 g5 $44) 24... Ra7 25. Rfe1 Rf7 26. Rf1 Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Bachin, Vitaly"]
[Black "Meister, Jakob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vladivostok Debiut-DVGU"]
[BlackTeam "Togliatti Lada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 {Deviating from the theory at very early stage.} d4
4. Ne2 c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. g3 e5 (6... Bd6 7. Bg2 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. h4 e5 10. Nd2
Be6 11. f4 f5 $5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Ne4 Ne3 14. Bxe3 dxe3 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Ng5
Qd6 $36 {[%csl Ge3] 0-1 Guseinov,K-Filippov,V/Moscow Aeroflot op 2002/ (23)})
7. Bg2 Be7 (7... f6 8. O-O Be6 9. c4 Qd7 10. a3 Bd6 11. Ne1 Nge7 12. f4 a6 13.
Nf3 b5 14. b3 Rb8 15. Ra2 O-O 16. f5 Bf7 17. g4 Na5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gufeld,
E-Matulovic,M/URS-JUG Kiev 1959 (71)}) 8. O-O h5 $5 (8... g5 $5 9. Nd2 Be6 10.
f4 f6 11. Nf3 h6 12. c4 Bd6 13. a3 a6 14. h4 g4 15. Ne1 b5 16. b3 Rb8 17. Bd2
bxc4 18. dxc4 Qb6 19. Nc1 h5 20. Ned3 a5 $11 {Bachin,V-Kortchnoi,V/RUS t-ch
Togliatti 2003/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 9. c3 h4 10. cxd4 cxd4 {[%cal Gg7g5]} 11. gxh4
$146 (11. Bd2 hxg3 12. fxg3 Bg4 13. Be1 Qd7 14. Qd2 Nh6 $36 15. Ng5 $2 Bxe2 16.
Qxe2 Bxg5 $19 {0-1 Hinds,R-Veszely,F/CAN-op Edmonton 2000/ (25)}) 11... Bxh4 (
11... Bg4 $5) 12. b4 a6 13. Bd2 Be7 (13... Bg4 $5) 14. a4 Bd6 ({Worse
considering} 14... Qd6 $5 15. b5 Nd8 $132 {[%cal Gd6g6]}) 15. Ng3 (15. b5 Nce7)
15... Nce7 {[%cal Ge7g6,Gg6h4]} 16. Re1 Bg4 (16... Ng6 17. Nf5 $1) 17. Qb3 {
[%cal Gf3g5]} Be6 18. Qb2 f6 $36 {Black's chances are preferable, thanks to a
better pawn structure and active pieces.} 19. b5 ({Perhaps White should have
considered} 19. a5 $5 {[%cal Gb4b5]}) 19... a5 20. Rac1 g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5g4]}
21. Re2 Nh6 ({Worse considering simple move} 21... Qd7 $5) 22. Nh5 Kf7 23. Bxg5
$5 Ng4 $1 (23... fxg5 24. Nxg5+ Kg6 25. Nxe6 Qg8 26. Nhg7 Rh7 27. f4 $1) 24.
Nxf6 Nxf6 25. Nxd4 $5 {This piece sacrifice is the only way to complicate the
situation.} Bg4 $6 {I dare say this is the major cause of Black's defeat.
Black should have preferred} (25... exd4 $142 $5 26. e5 Nh7 27. exd6 Nxg5 (
27... Qxd6 28. Bh4) 28. dxe7 Qxe7 $17) 26. f3 Bd7 (26... exd4 27. e5 Bxe5 28.
Rxe5) 27. Nb3 Ng6 28. f4 $5 {After this move there is no doubt of White's
overwhelming advantage.} Qb6+ (28... Rh5 29. d4 $1) 29. d4 Nh7 {This attempt
meets the tactical refutation.} (29... Rh5 $5) 30. fxe5 $1 Nxg5 31. exd6 Qxd6 (
31... Rag8 32. Qd2 Nh4 33. Qf4+ $18) 32. e5 {It seems that Black's position
can no longer be saved - there are too many White' pieces pointed at the black
king} Qb4 33. Rf1+ (33. d5 $5) (33. Nc5 $5 Nh3+ 34. Kh1 Nhf4 35. Bxb7 $1 Nxe2
36. Qxe2 Rxh2+ $8 37. Kxh2 Rh8+ 38. Kg1 Qxd4+ 39. Qf2+ Qxf2+ 40. Kxf2 $18)
33... Ke7 34. e6 $1 Be8 (34... Nxe6 35. d5 Qh4 36. h3 Ngf4 37. Rxf4 Qxf4 38.
Qg7+ $18) 35. Qc1 $18 Nxe6 36. Qc7+ Bd7 37. Rxe6+ $1 Kxe6 38. Bd5+ $5 (38. Nc5+
$1 $18) 38... Kxd5 $8 39. Qxd7+ Kc4 (39... Qd6 40. Rf5+ Ke4 41. Nd2+) 40. Qe6+
Kc3 41. Rf3+ Kb2 42. Qe2+ Ka3 43. Nc5+ 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Targoviste"]
[Date "2001.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vasiesiu, Dan"]
[Black "Manolache, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 Be7 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O b6 8. e5 Nd7
9. c4 d4 10. Nfd2 $1 {[%cal Gf2f4] Simple and strong move, White wants to
protect key pawn e5 with f4} (10. h4 $5) ({Black got very good game after} 10.
Re1 Bb7 11. Nbd2 g5 $1 12. h3 h5 13. g4 hxg4 14. hxg4 Qc7 15. Nf1 O-O-O 16. Ng3
Rdg8 17. a3 a5 18. Bd2 Kb8 19. b3 Rh4 $1 $132 {0-1 Psakhis,L-Illescas Cordoba,
M/Madrid active 1988 (31)}) 10... Qc7 11. f4 Bb7 12. Ne4 O-O-O (12... a6 13.
Nbd2 O-O-O 14. a3 h6 15. b4 Kb8 16. Nb3 Ka7 17. Bd2 Ra8 18. Rfb1 f5 19. exf6
gxf6 20. b5 Nd8 21. a4 f5 22. a5 fxe4 23. axb6+ Nxb6 24. Bxe4 $16 {1-0 Fedorov,
A-Dydyshko,V/Aars 1999/CBM 74/[Psakhis,L] (33)}) (12... g6 13. Nbd2 a6 14. Nf3
b5 15. b3 Rb8 16. Bd2 bxc4 17. dxc4 Ba8 18. Ne1 a5 19. Nd3 Nb4 20. Bxb4 axb4
21. a4 bxa3 22. Rxa3 O-O 23. Rfa1 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Rfc8 25. Ra7 Qd8 26. R1a3 Rc7
27. Qa2 {Spraggett,K-Mikanovic,G/Montreal Canadian Closed 2001/The Week in
Chess 355/1-0 (85)}) 13. a3 ({I suppose that} 13. Na3 $1 {[%cal Ra3b5,Ga3c2]
even stronger} {after more or less obligatory} a6 {White got strong attack on
the queen's side.} 14. Nc2 Kb8 15. Bd2 f5 16. exf6 gxf6 17. f5 $1 e5 18. a3
Rde8 19. b4 Nd8 20. Rfb1 $16 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Maric,M/La Coruna op 1996 (36)})
13... h5 14. h4 $6 $146 {[%csl Rg3,Rh4] Vasiesiu wants to stop h5-h4, but this
is typical example when treatmeant is worse than illness.} ({After natural} 14.
b4 $5 h4 15. b5 Na5 16. Nbd2 hxg3 17. hxg3 {[%csl Ra5] white's advantage is
quite obvious, for example} Rh7 18. Rb1 g5 19. Nf3 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Rdh8 21. Kf2
Qd8 22. Rh1 Qg8 23. Rxh7 Rxh7 24. Kg1 Qg6 25. Re1 Kb8 26. Nf2 Rh8 27. Nh2 Bg5
28. Bxg5 Qxg5 {Cabrilo,G-Todorovic,G/Kladovo ch-YU 1990/1-0 (41)}) 14... Rdg8
15. b4 f6 $1 16. bxc5 (16. exf6 $5 {Worth considering} gxf6 17. f5 $1) 16...
Bxc5 (16... bxc5 $5) 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Nbd2 $2 (18. f5 $8 {was maybe one of
the last chance for white for successful defence}) 18... Ne7 $1 {[%csl Rg3]
[%cal Ge7f5]} 19. Kh2 Nf5 20. Bh3 Kb8 $6 (20... Ne3 $142 21. Bxe6 Re8 $17) 21.
Rb1 Ne3 $1 22. Bxe6 Re8 23. f5 $2 {Bad move! Good or bad, but White had to play
} (23. Bxd7 $142 Qxd7 24. Nxf6 Qe7 25. Nde4 $1 $132) 23... Ne5 {[%csl Ge5,Rh2]}
24. Nxf6 $2 {Lose immediately, after best} (24. Rf4 $8 N5g4+ 25. Kg1 Bd6 26.
Nxd6 Qxd6 $36 {white still could continue resistance}) 24... N5g4+ 25. Nxg4
hxg4 {[%cal Rh8h4]} (25... hxg4 26. Rf4 Rxh4+ $1 27. Kg1 Rh1+ 28. Kf2 Reh8 $19)
0-1

[Event "Chebanenco Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Kishinev"]
[Date "1998.02.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MDA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 {Morozevich never was famous because of his theoretical
knowledges.} d5 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nd2 e6 5. Bg2 g6 6. Nh3 {[%cal Ge1g1,Gf2f4,Ge4e5]
Rare continuation, was played many times and with big success by Nigel Davies.
I think this move is not better and not worse than the normal 6.Ngf3.} (6. Ne2
Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nf4 d4 10. g4 e5 11. Nh3 Be6 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4
Ne5 14. h3 N7c6 $15 {0-1 Kasparian,G-Petrosian,T/ARM-ch Erevan m 1946 (30)}) (
6. Ngf3 $5) 6... Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. f4 O-O (8... b6 9. e5 Bb7 10. c3 b5 11. Nb3
Qb6 12. Be3 d4 13. Bf2 Nf5 14. Ng5 $36 {1-0 Davies,N-Conquest,S/Budapest 1987 
(21)}) 9. e5 f6 {New move} (9... Bd7 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. Nf2 Nf5 12. Nf3 Ncd4 13.
Ne1 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. c3 Nc6 16. Nf3 Bg7 17. Qe2 $14 {1-0 Davies,N-Hoelzl,F/
Budapest 1987 (24)}) (9... b5 10. Nf3 b4 (10... Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ng5 Bd7
13. Nf3 Qb6 14. Qe2 Rac8 15. b3 Nc6 16. a3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Davies,N-Horvath,J/
Budapest 1987 (51)}) 11. a3 a5 12. axb4 cxb4 13. Be3 Ba6 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Qd2
Rfc8 16. g4 Na7 17. Rec1 Nb5 18. d4 Qb6 19. Nf2 $14 {1-0 Bricard,E-Relange,E/
Montpellier GM 1996 (23)}) 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Nf3 {[%csl Ye5][%cal Gh3f2,Gf2g4]}
Re8 $6 (11... e5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Rxf8+ Qxf8 15. Nf4 Qf7 16. Qf3
$14) (11... Qd6 $5 {[%cal Yc8d7,Ya8e8]}) 12. Qe2 b5 13. Nf2 {[%cal Gf2g4,Gg4e5]
} Bg7 14. Ng4 Nf5 15. Nge5 $14 Qd6 (15... Nxe5 16. Nxe5 (16. fxe5 $5 {[%cal
Gc1g5]}) 16... Nd4 17. Qd1 $14) 16. c3 b4 17. Re1 (17. Bd2 $5 {[%cal Ya1e1]})
17... a5 18. Qc2 Bd7 19. Bd2 (19. g4 $5) 19... Rec8 20. Re2 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 {
[%csl Ge5]} Bb5 22. Rae1 Qa6 23. Bf1 $1 (23. c4 Bc6 $5 (23... Be8 24. Nf3 Bf7
25. g4 Nd4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 27. Be3 $36)) 23... Qb6 (23... Bxe5 24. Rxe5) (23...
a4 $5 24. g4 Nh4 25. Rf2 {[%cal Gc3c4]}) 24. g4 Nh6 {Very unpleasant position
for knight} (24... Nh4 25. Rf2 (25. Kf2 $5 {[%cal Rf2g3]})) 25. c4 $1 Be8 26.
Bg2 {[%cal Rg2a8]} Rab8 27. Be3 $6 {Maybe it was mistake in scoreshit,why not
natural} (27. cxd5 $16) 27... d4 $2 (27... Bxe5 $5 28. fxe5 Nxg4 29. cxd5 Bf7
$1 $13) 28. Bf2 b3 ({Now it's to late to take knight} 28... Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Nxg4
30. Rxe6 Qc7 31. Re7 Ne3 (31... Qd6 32. R1e6 Qxf4 33. Bg3 Qf8 34. Qe2 $18 {
[%cal Rg2d5,Re2g4,Rg3b8]}) 32. R1xe3 (32. Rxc7 Nxc2 33. Bd5+ Kf8 34. Ree7 $16)
32... dxe3 33. Bd5+ Kh8 (33... Kf8 34. Rxc7 exf2+ 35. Qxf2 Rxc7 36. f5 $18) 34.
Rxc7 exf2+ 35. Qxf2 Rxc7 36. Qe3 Rbc8 37. Be6 Ra8 38. Qe5+ Rg7 39. Qxc5 $18 {
gives winning position to white.}) 29. axb3 Qxb3 30. Qd2 Qa2 (30... Bxe5 31.
fxe5 {[%cal Rd2h6]} Nxg4 32. Bh3 (32. Qf4 h5 33. h3 Nxf2 34. Rxf2 Rc7) 32...
Nxf2 (32... h5) 33. Bxe6+ Bf7 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. Rxf2+ Kg8 36. e6 $16 {[%cal
Re6e8,Rd2f4]}) 31. Bh3 $5 {[%cal Gf4f5,Re2e8]} Nf7 (31... Rb3 $5 32. f5 gxf5
33. gxf5 Nxf5 34. Bxf5 exf5 35. Qg5 Rxb2 36. Rxb2 Qxb2 37. Nc6 $1 Ra8 (37...
Kh8 38. Ne7 Ra8) 38. Ne7+ Kh8 39. Nxf5 (39. Bg3 Bd7 40. Be5 Bxe5 41. Rxe5 Qb6)
39... Bg6 40. Nxg7 Rf8 (40... Kxg7 41. Re7+ Kg8 42. Qd5+ Kf8 43. Qd6 $18) 41.
Bg3 Kxg7 42. Qxc5 $40) 32. Nxf7 Bxf7 33. f5 $1 exf5 (33... e5 34. f6 (34. Bg3
$5) 34... e4 (34... Bxf6 35. g5 Bg7 36. Bxc8 Rxc8 37. Bg3 Rb8 38. Rf2 $18) 35.
fxg7 exd3 36. Re7 Rxb2 37. Qf4 Qxc4 38. g5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh3c8,Re7f7]}) 34.
gxf5 Re8 35. Qf4 Qb3 36. Re7 Rxe7 {Mistake, maybe in time trouble. I didn't
find, how White could get something real after the coldblooded} (36... Qxd3 $1
{for instance} 37. Rxf7 (37. f6 Qxh3 (37... Bf8 38. Be6 (38. Rxf7 Kxf7 (38...
Rxe1+ 39. Bxe1 Qxh3 40. Ra7) 39. Qc7+ Kxf6 40. Bh4+ g5 41. Rf1+ Qxf1+ 42. Kxf1
gxh4 43. Qxh7 $13)) 38. fxg7 Qf5 $17) 37... Qxh3 (37... Kxf7 38. fxg6+ Kxg6 39.
Re6+ (39. Be6 Bf6 40. Bh4 (40. Kh1 Rxe6 $1 41. Rg1+ Kf7 42. Qxb8 Qf3+ 43. Rg2
Bg5 $17) 40... Bxh4 41. Bf7+ Kg7 42. Bxe8 Rxe8 (42... Bxe1 $2 43. Qf7+ Kh6 44.
Qf6+ Qg6+ 45. Bxg6 Rg8 46. Kf1 $1 $18) 43. Qc7+ Be7 44. Rxe7+ Rxe7 45. Qxe7+
Kg6 $13) 39... Rxe6 40. Qg4+ Kh6 41. Qh4+ (41. Qxe6+ $2 Qg6+ $19) 41... Kg6 42.
Qg4+ $11) 38. Rxe8+ Rxe8 39. fxg6 hxg6 $17) {but even now Black has good
chances for defence.} 37. Rxe7 gxf5 (37... Rf8 38. f6 Bh8 39. Qe5 $1 Qb8 40.
Bg3 Qxe5 41. Bxe5 $16 Re8 $140 42. Be6 $1 Rxe7 43. fxe7 $18 {[%cal Re7e8]}) 38.
Bxf5 Rf8 39. Qg4 $6 (39. Bxh7+ Kxh7 40. Rxf7 Rxf7 41. Qxf7 Qxd3 (41... Qd1+ 42.
Kg2 Qg4+ 43. Bg3 Qe2+ 44. Kh3 Qxd3 45. Qh5+ Kg8 46. Qxc5 Qf1+ 47. Kg4 d3) 42.
Qh5+ Kg8 43. Qxc5 Qb1+ 44. Kg2 Qe4+ 45. Kh3 d3 $13) ({Deserves attention} 39.
Qe4 $5 {with initiative.}) 39... Bg6 $4 {Panic! After 39...Qxb2 it is not easy
to find something for White.} 40. Bxg6 hxg6 41. Qxg6 Qd1+ 42. Be1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.02.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 {This strange move gain popularity in resent years.
It is not worse or better than usual 3.Nd2 and almost not analised.} Nf6 4. Nf3
b6 (4... Nc6 5. e5 Nd7 6. g3 Ne7 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O Nf5 9. c3 Be7 10. h4 b5 11.
Bf4 a5 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Rfe1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Markovic,M-Raicevic,I/YUG-CUP Budva
1996 (90)}) 5. e5 (5. g3 Bb7 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Bg2 c5 8. c4 d4 9. Nh4 Bxg2 10. Nxg2
Nc6 11. f4 Be7 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. Bd2 h6 15. O-O-O a6 16. Kb1 {
1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-De la Villa,J/Pamplona 1993}) 5... Nfd7 (5... Ng8 $5 {
Deserves attention} 6. g3 c5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O Nge7 9. c4 Nf5 10. Nc3 Ncd4 11.
Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nb1 Bb7 13. Nd2 Be7 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Qe4 $1 $14 {
1-0 Psakhis,L-Skomorokhin,R/Wien op 1996 (62)}) 6. g3 c5 7. Bg2 Be7 8. h4 (8.
c4 $5) 8... Nc6 9. c4 dxc4 {I believe, that 9... d4 is better. Move in the
game gives to white big advantage in space.} 10. dxc4 Bb7 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bf4 (
12. Nc3 $2 Ncxe5) 12... Nf8 $5 (12... O-O-O 13. Nc3 {[%cal Rc3d5,Rf4c7]}) 13.
Re1 (13. h5 $5 h6 14. Nc3 g5 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. Bd2 a6 $13) 13... Ng6 14. Bd2
O-O-O (14... Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 (15... Bxg2 16. Nxe6) 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. h5 $36)
15. Nc3 a6 (15... Ncxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Nb5 Qb8 (17... Rxd2 18. Qxd2 (18.
Nxc7 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nxc4) 18... Bxg2 19. Nxc7 Nf3+ 20. Kxg2 Nxd2
21. Nd5 $1 Bd8 22. Ne3 Bf6 23. Rad1 $16) (17... Qd7 18. Qxe5 Bxg2 19. Bf4 Qb7
20. Qc7+ Qxc7 21. Bxc7 Rd7 (21... Ba8 $5) 22. Kxg2 a6 23. Bxb6 axb5 24. cxb5
Rb7 25. Ba5 Rxb5 26. Bc3 $14) 18. Bxb7+ (18. Bf4 Bxg2 19. Bxe5 Qb7 20. Nxa7+
Qxa7 21. Kxg2) 18... Qxb7 19. Qxe5 Rxd2 20. Qxg7 Rf8 21. Rad1 $1 $36) 16. h5
Nf8 (16... Ngxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxb7+ Qxb7 19. Qxe5 Rxd2 20. Qxg7 Rf8 21.
Rad1 Rxb2 $140 22. Nd5 Rxa2 23. Rxe6 $1 $18) 17. Bf4 h6 (17... Nd4 18. Nxd4
cxd4 19. Bxb7+ Qxb7 20. Ne4 d3 21. Qg4 $36) 18. Ne4 g5 $1 19. Nd6+ (19. Bd2 g4)
19... Bxd6 20. exd6 Qd7 21. Be5 (21. Ne5 Nd4 $5 22. Qd3 (22. Nxd7 Nxe2+ 23.
Rxe2 Rxd7 24. Be5 Rg8 25. Rd1 Nh7) 22... Qe8 $13) 21... Rg8 22. Bf6 g4 (22...
Re8 23. Rad1) 23. Nd2 (23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qc6+) 23... Nd4 24.
Bxd4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 cxd4 (25... Qc6+ 26. Kg1 (26. Qe4 Qxe4+ 27. Nxe4 cxd4 28. c5
f5 (28... bxc5 29. Rac1 Nd7 30. b4) 29. Nf6 Rg7) 26... cxd4 27. c5 bxc5 28. Ne4
Nd7 29. Rac1 $40) 26. c5 Qb7+ 27. Kg1 bxc5 28. Ne4 Nd7 29. Rec1 Kb8 (29... Qb6
$2 30. b4 $1 $16) 30. b4 $1 $18 (30. Nxc5 $6 Nxc5 31. Rxc5 Rxd6) 30... cxb4 31.
Rc7 Qb5 $2 (31... Qb6 $1 32. Rac1 f5 $1 (32... Ne5 $6 33. Nc5 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Rxd6
(34... Qxd6 35. Nxa6+ Ka8 36. R1c5 $1 Ne1+ (36... f5 37. Qb5) 37. Kh1 $18) 35.
Rb7+ Qxb7 36. Nxb7 Kxb7 37. Qc4 Ka8 38. Qxb4 Rd7 39. Qb6 Rb7 (39... Rb8 40.
Qxa6+ Ra7 41. Qc6+ Rbb7 42. Qe8+ Rb8 43. Rc8 $18)) 33. R1c6 Qb5 $1 (33... Qa5
34. Rxa6 d3 (34... Qd5 35. Ra8+ $1 Qxa8 36. Qb5+) 35. Qxd3 fxe4 36. Qe2 Qe5 37.
Ra8+ $1 $18) 34. Qxb5+ axb5 35. Nf6 $5 (35. Nd2 Rc8 36. Nb3 d3 37. Kf1) 35...
Nxf6 36. Rb6+ Ka8 37. Ra6+ Kb8 38. Rb6+ $10) 32. Qxb5+ axb5 33. Rb1 Ne5 34. Rc5
Nd3 35. Rxb5+ Ka7 36. Rb3 Ka6 37. a4 $1 bxa3 (37... f5 38. Rxd3 (38. Nd2 Nc1
39. R3xb4 Ne2+ (39... Rxd6 40. Nc4 Rd5 41. Rb7 $18) 40. Kf1 Nc3 41. Rb6+ Ka7
$14) 38... fxe4 39. Rxd4 $18) 38. Rb6+ Ka7 (38... Ka5 39. Nd2 Rc8 40. Rb7 Rc1+
(40... Nc5 41. Nc4+ Ka6 42. R3b6#) 41. Kh2 Nc5 42. Rxa3+ Na4 43. Nb3+ Ka6 44.
Rb4 $18) 39. Rb7+ Ka6 40. R3b6+ Ka5 41. Nd2 (41. Nd2 Ra8 42. Nc4+ Ka4 43. Rb3
$18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.03.07"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Maiwald, Jens Uwe"]
[Black "Appel, Ralf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. d3 $6 {Very passive move!} d5 ({I would prefer} 2... e5 $144) 3.
Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 ({
Worth considering} 9... Ne8 $5 {[%cal Gb5b4,Ge8c7,Gc7b5] with the idea to
bring later knight on b5.}) 10. Nf1 Qc7 {Rare move,} (10... a5 $5 {[%cal Gb5b4,
Ga5a4] has better reputation.}) 11. Bf4 Nb6 {[%cal Gd5d4,Gb6d5]} (11... a5 12.
h4 d4 13. N1h2 Bb7 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3 Nb4 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Nd5 18. Qe2 a4
19. a3 b4 $132 {0-1 Shabanov,Y-Krapivin,A/Moscow-ch 2001/ (33)}) 12. h4 d4 (
12... Na4 13. Rb1 c4 $6 14. d4 Bb4 15. Re3 c3 16. b3 Nb2 17. Qe1 Ne7 18. a3 Ba5
19. b4 Bb6 20. Rxc3 $16 {Frois,A-Garcia Carbo,M/La Coruna 1993/1-0 (46)}) 13.
N1h2 (13. h5 $5 Nd5 14. Bc1 {[%cal Gh5h7]} h6 15. N1h2 {could be good
alternative to the text.}) 13... Nd5 14. Bg5 Bb7 $146 ({Black could play also} 
14... f6 $5 {and after for example} 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bh6 Rf7 17. Ng4 Bd7 18.
Qe2 Kh8 19. Nd2 Rg8 $132 {black's position is not bad at all!}) 15. Ng4 Rad8
16. Re4 (16. h5 h6 17. Nxh6+ gxh6 18. Bxh6 f5 $5 $13) 16... Kh8 {[%cal Gf7f5]}
17. Bd2 c4 $1 {[%cal Gc4c3] Now we see, that black has succeeded to solve his
opening problems} 18. Ng5 (18. dxc4 bxc4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Bc5 21. Bg5 $5
f6 $1 $36 {[%csl Gc5]}) 18... c3 $1 {Brave and strong move} ({In the case of} 
18... h6 $2 19. Nxh6 gxh6 20. Qh5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 $40 {white's attack is very
dangerose}) 19. bxc3 (19. Bc1 $6) 19... Nxc3 20. Bxc3 dxc3 $36 21. Nf6 {
This attempt meets the tactical refutation.Possibly Maiwald must try to play} (
21. Rf4 $5 Bxg5 $140 22. hxg5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxg2 24. Nxf7+ Rxf7 25. Rxf7 Qxf7
26. Kxg2 $15) 21... h6 (21... Nxe5 22. Nfxh7 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Rfe8 24. Qh5 Kg8
$132) 22. Qh5 Nxe5 $1 23. Rxe5 Bxf6 24. Rxb5 $2 {White's position is so
difficult that it is worth for him to play} (24. Rc5 $142 $1 {for example} Qxc5
(24... Qd7 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. Rxb5 $1) 25. Nxf7+ Rxf7 26. Qxc5 Bd4 27. Qxb5 Bxg2
28. Kxg2 Rxf2+ 29. Kh3 Rxc2 $17 {[%csl Gc3,Gd4]}) 24... Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Bxg5 26.
Rxg5 (26. hxg5 $2 Qc6+ $19) 26... Qb7+ 27. Kg1 Qb2 {[%csl Ra1,Rc2]} 0-1

[Event "Kish 2nd"]
[Site "Kish"]
[Date "2005.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Darban, Morteza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 b6 7. O-O dxe4 (7...
Bb7 $5 8. e5 Nd7 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Qe2 h6 11. h4 g5 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Nxg5 Nd4 14.
Qd1 Nxe5 15. f4 Ng6 16. c3 Nf5 17. Qg4 Nge7 18. Ndf3 Bg7 19. Bd2 Bf6 20. Ne5
Bxe5 21. Rxe5 d4 {1/2-1/2 Fernandez,D-Stripunsky,A/Washington Eastern op 1999/
ChessBase (58)}) 8. dxe4 Ba6 (8... Bb7 9. Qe2 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. c3 Qa4 12.
b3 Qc6 13. Bf3 Nd7 14. Rd1 Ne5 15. Bg2 O-O-O 16. f4 Ng6 17. Bb2 Be7 18. Nc4
Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Ne3 $36 {1-0 Seirawan,Y-Kudrin,S/NWC
1979/ChessBase (53)}) 9. c4 (9. Re1 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Qa4 Qc8 12. e5 Nd5 13.
Ne4 Bd3 14. Bg5 b5 15. Qd1 c4 16. Bxe7 Ncxe7 17. Nd4 Rb8 18. Nd6 Qd7 19. Be4
Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Nc8 21. Nxc8 Qxc8 22. Qh5 $14 {0-1 Smejkal,J-Longwitz,A/Buesum
1967/ChessBase (37)}) 9... Nd7 (9... Qc7 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. e5 Nd7 12. Ne4 Nb4 13.
Nc3 Bc6 14. Qd1 Rd8 15. Bf4 Be7 16. Qe2 Nf8 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Ng6 19. Bd2
O-O 20. h4 Rfe8 21. h5 $16 {0-1 Kots,Y-Savon,V/UKR-ch Kiev 1966/ (52)}) 10. e5
Qc7 11. Re1 O-O-O 12. Qe2 h6 $146 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gg7g5]} (12... g5 13. Nxg5
Ndxe5 14. f4 Nd3 15. Rf1 Bb7 16. Ndf3 Bg7 17. Rb1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Be3
Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qb7+ 21. Kg1 Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Rd4 23. Nf3 Rd7 24. a3 Rhd8 25. Qe2
Qa6 26. Qe4 Kb8 27. Rfd1 {Janousek,P-Pachmann,A/CZE-chT1a 1995/1/2-1/2 (41)})
13. b3 g5 14. Bb2 Rg8 (14... Bg7 $140 $5 15. Ne4 g4 $5 16. Nd6+ Kb8 17. Rab1 (
17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. cxb5 gxf3 19. Qxf3 Ndxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 $15) 17... gxf3 18.
Qxf3 Ndxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxf7 Bb7 $1 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxb7+ Qxb7 23. Bxb7
Nd3 $1 24. Bf3 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Rd6 $15) 15. Ne4 (15. h3 $5 $13) 15... g4 16. Nd6+
$5 {[%mdl 512] This is a typical idea in such positions: White wants to
eliminate the only defender of the weak dark squares in Black's camp.} (16. Nh4
Ndxe5 17. Nf6 Rg5 18. Nh7 Nd3 $36) 16... Bxd6 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Rad1 Qe7 (18...
Qc7 $5 {[%csl Ge5]}) 19. Nh4 {[%cal Og2c6,Gh4f5]} Ndb8 (19... Bb7 20. Nf5 exf5
21. Qxe7 Nxe7 22. Rxe7 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 $44) 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Qe4 (21. Rd1 Qc7
22. f3 $5 $44) 21... Qd2 (21... Bb7 22. Qh7 Qf8 $1) 22. Bc1 Qc3 ({I think that
Black correctly avoided the line} 22... Qxa2 23. Qh7 $36) 23. Bxh6 Rd8 (23...
Bb7 $140 24. Rd1 Qf6 $15 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Of6h6,Gb7g2]}) 24. Rf1 Qb2 {[%csl
Ra2] This looks tempting, but might be not the best objectively.} (24... Qd4 $5
25. Qh7 f5 $132) 25. Qf4 (25. Qxg4 Qxa2 26. Qf3 Rd7) 25... Rd7 (25... f5 26.
Nxf5 $1 exf5 27. Qxf5+ Rd7 28. Qxg4 $36) 26. Qxg4 Qxa2 27. Qg8+ ({This
position probably requires more concrete decisions:} 27. Nf3 $142 $5 Qxb3 $140
28. Qg8+ Rd8 29. Qxf7 Qxc4 30. Bg5 $36) 27... Nd8 $8 28. Bg5 $1 Qxb3 29. Bxd8
Rxd8 30. Qxf7 Qxc4 (30... Rd7 31. Qe8+ Kc7 32. Qxe6 Qxc4 33. Qe5+ $40) 31. Qxa7
{Petrosian managed to open the files in order to attack the Black king.} Qb4
32. Ng6 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rg6e7] White's position looks tremendous, but it is
still not so easy to create real threats.} Rd7 $8 33. Ne7+ Kd8 34. Qxb8+ ({
Possibly White should have preferred} 34. Nc6+ $140 Nxc6 35. Qxa6 Nd4 36. Qa8+
$14) 34... Kxe7 35. Ra1 Be2 $2 {This terrible move reverses the result of the
game.} (35... Qc3 $142 $1 36. Rxa6 Rd1+ 37. Bf1 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Qc4+ 39. Kg2
Qxa6 40. h4 c4 $132) 36. h4 $1 $16 {[%csl Re7,Gh4]} Qb2 (36... Qd4 $5) 37. Ra8
$18 {The rest is very simple.} Qf6 38. Qe8+ Kd6 39. Rb8 $1 Qa1+ 40. Kh2 Qa6 41.
Qf8+ Kc7 42. Ra8 $1 Qxa8 43. Qxa8 Rd6 44. Qb7+ Kd8 45. Bc6 e5 46. Qxb6+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.02.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kalichkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Petursson} e6 2. Qe2 $5 {Very fashionable move nowdays.} b6 {Too slow.}
(2... c5 $5) (2... Nc6 $5) 3. Nf3 Ne7 (3... Bb7 4. c4 $5 (4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Bxd5
6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Qxd5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O c5 $11 {
1-0 Conquest,S-Wolrich/FRA t-ch 1996 (38)}) 4... c5 5. b3 d6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2
Bf6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Bb2 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Kh1 Qd7 14.
Rae1 $14 {1-0 Smyslov,V-Atlas,D/Capelle la Grande 1995 (31)}) 4. g3 d5 {
Not very consistently.} 5. Bg2 Nd7 (5... Bb7 $5) 6. exd5 $5 exd5 $6 {The best
way to commit suicide is to open e line with so big lack of development.} ({
After correct} 6... Nxd5 $1 7. c4 Ne7 (7... N5f6 8. Nd4 (8. d4 $14) 8... Ba6 9.
O-O c5 10. Bxa8 Qxa8 11. Nc2 $16) 8. d4 $14 {White advantage is stable, but
not so big}) 7. d4 f6 (7... a5 $5) 8. O-O Kf7 9. c4 $1 c6 10. Nc3 Nb8 {
Miserable move, but Black really need,s good advice.} (10... Ba6 $6 11. Re1
Bxc4 12. Qe6+ Ke8 13. Nd2 Bd3 14. Qxc6 $18) 11. Re1 Na6 12. Bf4 g6 (12... Nc7
13. Bxc7 Qxc7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 $18) 13. cxd5 Nxd5 (13... cxd5 $5 {
was the last chance to continue some resistance.}) 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Ne5+ $1
$18 (15. Ng5+ $5 {Petursson} fxg5 (15... Kg7 16. Qb5 $1 Nb4 17. Re8 a6 18. Qe2
Qd7 19. Rc1 $18) 16. Be5 Bg7 17. Qf3+ Bf5 18. Qxd5+ Be6 19. Qb7+ $18) 15... Kg7
(15... fxe5 16. Qxe5 Bg7 (16... Nb4 17. Qxh8 $18) 17. Bxd5+ Kf8 18. Qd6+ $18 (
18. Qd6+ {Petursson} Qxd6 19. Bxd6#)) (15... Kg8 16. Nc6 Qd7 17. Ne7+ Bxe7 18.
Qxe7 $18 (18. Qxe7 {Petursson} Qxe7 19. Rxe7 Nb4 20. Bh6 $18)) 16. Bh6+ $1 Kg8
(16... Kxh6 {Petursson} 17. Nf7+ Kg7 18. Nxd8) 17. Nc6 (17. Nc6 {Petursson} Qd7
{[%tqu "En","JUST for fun: Canyou find a forced mate in six moves here?","It's
more straightforward then Nc6-e7+","It's a bishop sacrifice to distract his
queen from the defence.","g2d5","GREAT!  You git that killing instinct!",10]}
18. Bxd5+ Qxd5 19. Ne7+ Bxe7 20. Qxe7 Qf7 21. Qd8+ Qf8 22. Qxf8#) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Strikovic, Aleksa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5
Ne8 9. c4 (9. h4 b5 (9... Nc7 10. Bg5 b5 11. Nbd2 a5 12. c4 a4 13. Rab1 Bd7 $13
{Flogel,U-Bischoff,K/BL 1994/0,5/30/}) (9... f5 10. c3 g6 11. d4 b6 12. Bh6 Ng7
13. Rd1 f4 14. Nbd2 fxg3 15. fxg3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nf5 17. Bxf8 Ncxd4 18. Nxd4
Nxd4 19. Qg4 Bxf8 20. Kh2 $14 {Psakhis,L-Beider,A/Tel-Aviv(act)/1990/1:0/39/})
10. Bf4 a5 11. Nbd2 a4 12. a3 b4 13. Bg5 Nc7 14. c3 bxc3 15. bxc3 Nb5 16. Rfc1
Qa5 $36 {Fedorov,A-Savchenko,S/Minsk/1996/1:0/41/}) 9... Nc7 (9... f5 10. exf6
Bxf6 11. h4 dxc4 12. dxc4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Nd2 e5 15. Ne4 $14 {Iuldashev,
S-Chernosvitov,A/Voskresensk/1992/0,5/18/}) 10. Nc3 (10. Bf4 $5 b5 11. b3 Rb8
12. h4 Nd4 $6 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Rd1 Bb7 15. Nd2 $14 {Tal,M-Debarnot/Las Palmas/
1977/}) 10... Rb8 11. Rd1 (11. b3 b5 12. Nxb5 Nxb5 13. cxb5 Rxb5 14. Be3 Ba6
15. Rfc1 Qb8 16. d4 Rb6 {Bilek,I-Bouwmeester,H/Amsterdam IBM/1968/}) 11... b5
12. b3 (12. Nxb5 Nxb5 13. cxb5 Rxb5 14. d4 Qb6) 12... f5 $5 (12... b4 13. Na4
$14) 13. cxd5 (13. cxb5 Nxb5 14. Nxb5 Rxb5 15. d4 Ba6 (15... Qb6 16. Ba3 $1)
16. dxc5 Qa5 $10) 13... exd5 (13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. d4 cxd4 (15... Qe4
16. Be3) 16. Bb2 Bb7 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Qc6 $10) 14. d4 Ba6 (14... b4 15.
Na4 Ba6 16. Qc2) 15. Qe3 (15. Qc2 $5 b4 (15... c4 16. bxc4 bxc4 $13) 16. Na4 c4
17. bxc4 Bxc4 (17... dxc4 18. d5 $1 b3 (18... Nxd5 $2 19. Ne1 b3 20. axb3 Ncb4
21. Bxd5+ $18) 19. axb3 Nb4 20. Qd2 Nbxd5 21. bxc4 Bxc4 22. Nd4 $14) 18. Nb2
Bb5 $13) 15... Ne6 16. Ne2 (16. dxc5 Bxc5 (16... f4 17. Qe2) (16... d4 17. Nxd4
Ncxd4 (17... f4 18. gxf4 (18. Nxc6 fxe3 19. Rxd8 exf2+ 20. Kf1 b4+ 21. Ne2
Rbxd8 22. Nxe7+ Kh8 (22... Kf7 23. Nc6) 23. Be3 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Rxd4) 18... Ncxd4
19. Bd5 Bxc5 20. Bxe6+ Nxe6 (20... Kh8 21. Ne4 Bb6 22. Ng5)) 18. Bd5 Bxc5 19.
b4 $5) 17. Qe2 d4 $13 18. Na4 $2 d3 $1 19. Nxc5 dxe2 20. Rxd8 Rbxd8 $19) 16...
b4 (16... Nb4 17. Qd2) 17. dxc5 (17. Bb2 $5) 17... Bxc5 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. Nf4
Nxf4 20. gxf4 Rbd8 21. Bb2 (21. Ng5 Nd4 22. Bb2 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 d4 $15) 21... d4
22. Ng5 (22. Ne1 d3 23. Bf1 Nd4 24. Bxd3 Nf3+ 25. Nxf3 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 Bxd3 27.
Rxd3 Bxf2+ 28. Kg2 Be3 29. Kg3) 22... Rfe8 (22... Ne7 $1 23. Rac1 d3 24. Rxc5
Qxc5 25. Ne6 Qb6 26. Nxf8 Kxf8 27. Qe3 (27. Rc1 Bb7 $36) 27... Qxe3 28. fxe3
Nd5 (28... Rc8 29. Bf1 Rc2 30. Bd4 Rxa2 31. Bxd3 Bxd3 32. Rxd3 a5) 29. Bxd5
Rxd5 30. Bd4 $10) 23. Rac1 Ne7 (23... d3 24. Rxc5 Qxc5 25. Rc1) 24. Rxc5 Qxc5
25. Ne6 Qb6 26. Nxd8 Rxd8 (26... d3 27. Nb7 $1 Bxb7 28. Bxb7 Qxb7 29. Qxd3 $16)
27. Bxd4 Qg6 28. Qxb4 Nc6 (28... Nd5 $5 29. Qd2 (29. Qa5 Rd7) 29... Nc7 $5 30.
Kh1 Ne6 31. Qa5 (31. Qe3 Qg4 32. Rd2 (32. Bf3 $2 Bb7 $1 $19)) 31... Qg4 32. Rg1
$18) 29. Qc3 (29. Qc5 Be2 30. Qxc6 $8 Qxc6 31. Bxc6 Bxd1 32. Bxa7 Rd2 33. b4 $1
) 29... Bb7 (29... Qg4 30. Rd2) 30. Kh1 $1 $18 h5 $138 31. Rd2 h4 32. h3 (32.
Bxa7 $5) 32... Rc8 33. Qb2 Qf7 34. Rc2 Qd7 35. Be3 Nb4 (35... Nd8 36. Rxc8
Bxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Qxc8 38. Qd4 $18) 36. Rxc8+ Qxc8 37. Qd4 Bxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Qb7+ 39.
Kh2 a5 (39... Nxa2 40. e6) 40. e6 Nd5 41. Qe5 Ne7 (41... Nxe3 42. Qxe3 Qe7 43.
Qe5) 42. Qxa5 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karasev, Vladimir I"]
[Black "Smikovski, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. b3 {Karasev likes this rare and not very dangerous for Black move.}
d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Qe2+ {After} (5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8.
d4 Bd6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Re8 {0-1 Yu Shaoteng-Ulibin,M/
Beijing op 1996 (53), White hasn,t even smell of advantage.}) 5... Be7 {
Also possible} (5... Qe7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qxe7+ Bxe7 8. Nc3 c6 9. g3 h5 10. h4
Nd7 11. d4 Nf8 12. Bh3 Bxh3 13. Nxh3 Ne6 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. O-O f5 $11 {Ressler,
E-Dietz,J/OLNN9697 1997/EXT 97/0-1 (38) or}) (5... Be6 $5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ng5 Qd7
8. Nxe6 fxe6 9. g3 O-O-O 10. Bh3 Re8 11. O-O Bc5 12. c3 h5 $36 {0-1 Karasev,
V-Zakharov,A/St.Petersburg op2 1994/EXP 43 (40)}) 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. d4 (7. Qh5
Be6 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Nf4 Qd6 10. Nxe6 Qxe6+ 11. Be2 Nd4 $36 {Boog,A-Atlas,D/
Geneve op 1993/EXT 93op/0-1 (43)}) 7... Nc6 {Black position is very good, in
spite of double f pawns.} 8. c3 Bf5 9. Qf3 (9. Nd2 Qd6) 9... Be4 (9... Qd7 $1
10. Nd2 O-O-O 11. Bb5 Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qd3 Bd6 $15) 10. Qh3 Qd6 11. Bd3 (
11. Nd2 $5 $13) 11... f5 $5 12. Nd2 Nd8 $5 {[%cal Yd8e6,Ye6f4]} 13. Ne2 Ne6 14.
Bxe4 (14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Bc2 O-O-O) 14... fxe4 15. f3 $1 (15. O-O-O $2 Qa6 $1 {
[%cal Ra6a2,Ra6e2]}) 15... Bg5 16. fxe4 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 dxe4 {[%cal Rc7c5]} 18.
Kc2 (18. Qf5 $5 O-O-O 19. Qxe4 c5 $44) 18... O-O-O (18... c5 $6 19. Rhd1 $1 $16
) 19. Rhf1 Kb8 $13 20. Rad1 (20. Rae1 c5) 20... Rhg8 21. d5 $2 {Serious
mistake.} (21. Kb2 $5 $11) 21... Qa6 22. Nc1 Rxd5 $1 23. Qxh7 (23. g3 $5) 23...
Rxg2+ 24. Kb1 b6 $6 (24... Qa3 $1 25. Qh8+ Nf8 26. c4 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Qe7 (27...
Kc8 $2 28. Qh3+ $18) 28. Qd4 Qe6 (28... Ne6 29. Qh8+) 29. Qd8+ Qc8 30. Qf6 Ne6
$17 31. Qxf7 $2 Qh8 $19) 25. Qxf7 $2 (25. Qxe4 Rxd1 (25... Rdd2 26. Rxd2 Rxd2
27. Qe1 $1 Rxh2 28. Rxf7 Qa3 29. Rf2 $11)) 25... Qa3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Turov, Maxim"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O b6 8. e5 Nd7
9. c4 d4 10. h4 {Not bad move, but I think that} (10. Nfd2 $5 {is stronger- it
will be very difficult for Black to find counter play after e5 pawn will be
safely protected.} Bb7 11. f4 Qc7 12. Ne4 h6 13. Na3 a6 14. Nc2 b5 15. Bd2 b4
16. a3 a5 17. axb4 cxb4 18. f5 $40 {1-0 Bellini,F-Arlandi,E/ITA-ch Saint
Vincent 2000/ (31)}) 10... Bb7 11. Re1 (11. Bf4 h6 12. h5 Qc7 13. Re1 O-O-O 14.
Nbd2 g5 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. g4 g5 17. Bg3 Rde8 18. Ne4 $36 {Maeurer,C-Carstens,A/
Oberliga Wurttemberg 2001/ g/1-0 (43)}) 11... h6 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc2 $146 {
Novelty, but not too successful.} ({Worth considering} 13. h5 {for example} Qc7
(13... g6 $5) 14. Nc2 O-O-O 15. Bd2 Nf8 16. a3 g6 17. Nh2 Nd7 18. hxg6 fxg6 19.
b4 $40 {1-0 Dgebuadze,A-De Haan,E/Belgian Interteams 2000 (69)}) 13... g5 $1 {
[%csl Re5] Typical and strong move. Black's main target now is evennot king ,
but e5 pawn.} 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Rb1 Rg8 {Just waist of time} ({After almost
force} 15... g4 $1 16. Nh2 Ndxe5 17. Nxg4 Nxc4 $1 18. dxc4 $140 d3 19. Qe4 dxc2
20. Qxc2 Nd4 $36 {White needs good advice.}) 16. b4 (16. g4 $5 Nf8 {[%cal
Gf8g6,Gg6f4]}) 16... g4 (16... cxb4 17. Ncxd4 $13) 17. Nh2 Ndxe5 18. b5 $1 axb5
19. cxb5 Nf3+ 20. Nxf3 gxf3 21. Bxf3 Na5 {[%csl Rc2] It is clear that black
position is better, in spite of too slow 15... Rg8} 22. Bf4 (22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23.
Qe4 Qd7 $17) 22... Bd6 23. Bxb7 Nxb7 24. Qe4 Bxf4 (24... Rxa2 25. Qxb7 Bxf4 26.
Ra1 $5 $44) 25. Qxf4 (25. Qxb7 Qb8 $1 {[%cal Gf4g3]}) 25... Rxa2 (25... Nd6 $5
26. a3 Ra5 {[%csl Rb5]}) 26. Ra1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] The text move is artificial
and throws White into serious trouble. However, he had enough problems anyway}
(26. Qf3 $17) 26... Rxa1 $2 {Stillkeeps advantage, but why not} (26... Rxc2 27.
Ra7 Qd5 $1 28. Qc7 Rh8 29. Qc6+ $8 (29. Ra8+ Nd8) 29... Kf8 30. Qxd5 exd5 31.
Rxb7 Rh6 $19 {with easy winning ending !?}) 27. Rxa1 Na5 28. Ne1 $1 {Finally
white knight join fight!} Rg5 29. Nf3 Rf5 30. Qg4 Qd5 31. Nd2 Rh5 32. Ne4 Ke7
33. Qg8 {Black position is still better, but it is not easy to say, if he can
surely win game - white's pieces became too active} c4 (33... Rh6 $5) (33...
Qe5 $5) 34. g4 Rh3 {Possibly missed last chance for victory.} (34... Re5 $142
$5 35. Qb8 Rxe4 36. dxe4 Qxe4 37. Qxb6 Qxg4+ 38. Kh1 Nb3 $17) 35. Qg7 cxd3 (
35... c3 $5 36. f4 $1 $132 {leads to compleatly unclear consequences}) 36. Qf6+
Kf8 37. Rc1 $1 $11 Nc4 38. Rxc4 $1 Qxc4 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Qg5+ (40. Qg5+ Kh8 41.
Qf6+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chebanenco Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Kishinev"]
[Date "1998.02.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Itkis, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MDA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 {Big fashion in last two years. White doesn,t pretend
for advantage, but for unknown and complicated position.} Nf6 ({Maybe easy to
equalize after} 3... dxe4 4. dxe4 e5 {for example} 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. h3
Bd6 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Nc4 Bc5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Bc1 Be6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Galdunts,S-Farago,I/Deizisau op 1998 (36)}) 4. Nf3 (4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5
6. Nf3 Nc6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nc3 b4 11. Nd1 Qc7 12. Nf2 a5 $13
{0-1 Vasiukov-Gulko/Moskva Ch 1981 (73)}) 4... Be7 (4... dxe4 $146 5. dxe4 b6
$5 {[%cal Gc8a6]} 6. e5 Ba6 $1 7. c4 Nfd7 (7... Nd5 $6 8. Qe4) 8. Qe4 Bb4+ $1
9. Nbd2 (9. Bd2 Nc5 $1 10. Qxa8 $140 Bb7 11. Qxa7 Nc6 $19) (9. Nc3 Nc5 $1) 9...
Nc5 $1 10. Qe3 $1 (10. Qg4 $6 O-O {><d3}) (10. Qc2 $6 Bb7) 10... Bb7 11. a3
Bxd2+ 12. Bxd2 a5 $11) 5. g3 O-O (5... b6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O (8. h4
c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bf4 h6 11. h5 g5 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. g4 g5 14. Bg3 Nf8 $1 {
[%csl Rf4][%cal Gf8g6] 0-1 Ermenkov,E-Gruenberg,H/DDR 1986 (31)}) 8... c5 9. c4
d4 10. Nfd2 $1 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qc7 12. f4 Nc6 13. Ne4 $14 {1-0 Psakhis,
L-Weischede,T/Groningen op 1996 (43)}) 6. e5 ({Also possible} 6. Bg2 b5 7. O-O
c5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. h4 Nc6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Bf4 c4 12. d4 $14 {with slight
advantage  1-0 Glek,I-Kortchnoi,V/Linz 1997 (64)}) 6... Nfd7 7. h4 {In old
good time players tried first to develope pieces, but the move in the game
also has his right for existance.} (7. Bg2 c5 8. c4 $5) 7... f6 (7... c5 $5 8.
Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O {[%cal Gc1f4]}) 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. d4 Bd6 11. O-O Qe8
12. c4 b6 13. Nbd2 Qh5 14. b3 Ba6 15. Bb2 Rae8 16. Rae1 Bb4 17. Qd3 h6 (17...
Ne4 $142 $5 {[%cal Gb4e1,Ge4d2]} 18. Nxe4 (18. a3 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Bxd2 20. Qxd2
Na5 21. Qc3 (21. Re5 Rf5) 21... Qf7 $13 (21... dxc4 22. d5 $1)) (18. Qe3 Ne7
$132) 18... Bxe1 19. Rxe1 Nb4 $5) 18. a3 Bd6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 (19... Ne7 20. Bh3
Bc8 21. Ndf3 {[%cal Rg3g4]} Rd8 22. g4 Qe8 23. g5 $36) 20. dxe5 Nd7 (20... Ng4
21. f4 {[%csl Rg4]} (21. Qe2 $5)) 21. Qc2 (21. f4 $5) 21... Ndxe5 (21... Ncxe5
22. Qc3 $1 dxc4 (22... c5 23. Rxe5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 $18) 23. bxc4 $1 (23. Nxc4 $5
Rf3 $1 24. Rxe5 Rxc3 25. Rxh5 Rxb3)) 22. cxd5 $1 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 ({Attention
deserves} 23. Nxf1 $5 {with clear advantage in all variations, for example}
exd5 (23... Qf5 24. Re2 $1 (24. Qxf5 exf5 {[%cal Ge5f3]} 25. Re3 $18)) 24.
Bxd5+ Kh8 25. f4) 23... Na5 $2 ({After stubborn} 23... Ne7 {white chances are
better any case, but move in text loosing immediately} 24. Qc3 (24. Qxc7 Nd3
25. d6 Nf5 (25... Nxb2 26. dxe7 Rf7 27. Qc2 Qe5 28. Nf3 Rxf3 29. Bxf3 Rxe7 30.
Rb1 $18) 26. Ba1 $44) 24... Rf5 25. dxe6) 24. Qxc7 (24. b4 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra5]}
Nb7 25. Qxc7 {[%cal Rc7e5,Rc7b7]}) 24... exd5 25. Qxa7 (25. b4 $5 Nac6 26.
Bxd5+ Rf7 27. f4 $18) 25... Qg6 (25... Qe2 $5 26. Bxe5 $5 (26. Bxd5+ Kh8 27.
Qc7 $16) 26... Rxe5 (26... Qxe5 27. Qxb6 {[%csl Ra5]} Qc3 28. Bxd5+ Kh8 29. Nb1
Qd3 30. Qxa5 Rf5 31. Qa4 $18) 27. Nf3 Ref5 (27... Rxf3 $2 28. Bxf3 Qxf3 29.
Qb8+ $18 {[%cal Gb8e5]}) (27... Nc6 $5 28. Qxb6 Rxf3 29. Bxf3 Qxf3 30. Qxc6
Qxb3 31. a4 d4 32. Qd6 $16) 28. Nd4 Nc6 29. Qxb6 (29. Qxg7+ $5 Kxg7 30. Nxe2)
29... Nxd4 30. Qxd4 $16) 26. Bxd5+ Kh8 27. Be4 Qg4 $2 (27... Qf6 $5 $16) (27...
Qd6 $16) 28. Qxb6 $18 Re6 29. Qxa5 Rfe8 30. Qc3 Rd6 31. Nc4 Nxc4 32. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1999.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1999.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 b6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. c3 Be7 ({I would prefer to play in
this position} 5... c5 $5 {but move in the text is not bad either.}) 6. Qa4+ c6
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b5 (8... Ba6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Nf1 Nfd7 11. Ng3 Bd6 12. exd5
cxd5 13. Qh4 Nc6 14. Nh5 $36 {Oratovsky,M-Kalinichev,S/Fuerth op 1998/1/2-1/2 
(39)}) (8... Qc7 $5 9. Re1 c5 10. Bf1 Nc6 11. a3 a5 12. Qc2 a4 13. g3 Ra7 14.
Bg2 Rd8 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 h6 $11 {0-1 Todorcevic,M-Itkis,B/YUG t-ch 1994 
(48)}) 9. Qc2 c5 10. d4 (10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Re1 Nc6 12. a4 b4 13. c4 Nc7 14. Bf1
f6 15. g3 e5 16. Bg2 Bf5 17. Ne4 Ne6 18. Be3 Qb6 $11 {1-0 Chernov,V-Kubala,M/
Bratislava op 1993 (37)}) 10... Qb6 $146 (10... c4 $5 11. e5 Nfd7 12. b3 Nb6
13. Rd1 Nc6 14. Rb1 Ba6 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Nf1 Rb8 17. Bf4 h6 18. Ng3 Qc7 19.
Nh5 Nd7 $132 {Lindeberg,S-Hedlund,T/corr 1991/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12.
Bd3 $1 Nc6 (12... Nbd7 13. exd5 (13. e5 Ng4 14. Nb3 Ngxe5) 13... exd5 14. Nb3
$14) (12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 $36) 13. exd5 (13. e5 Ng4 14. Nb3 Ngxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5
16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 $13) 13... exd5 14. Nb3 Bg4 (14... Be7 15. Be3 $36)
15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Be3 $14 {[%csl Gd3,Rd5,Ge3] White could be happy with
results of openings .Bologan advantage is obvious thanks to  strong pair of
bishops and weak black pawn d5} Qd6 17. Nd4 a6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Bd4 h6 20. f3
Bd7 21. Rad1 ({Not bad and} 21. Qf2 $5 {[%cal Gf2h4,Gf2g3]}) 21... Rad8 22. Qd2
{[%cal Gd2f4,Gd3b1,Gd2c2]} Nh7 $5 {[%cal Gh7g5,Gg5e6]} 23. Bc2 {[%cal Gd2d3]}
Rfe8 24. Qf2 Qd6 25. Rd2 Bc6 26. Bc5 Qf4 27. Rd4 Qe5 28. Rfd1 Nf6 (28... Nf8
29. Bxf8 $5 Kxf8 30. Bb3 $14 {[%csl Rc6]}) 29. R4d2 Nh5 30. Qd4 Qg5 ({Black
position is very passive and unpleasant after queens exchange} 30... Qxd4+ 31.
Bxd4 (31. Rxd4 Re2) 31... Nf4 32. Kf2 $16 {but maybe it was the best chance.})
31. g3 Nf6 32. Qd3 {[%cal Gc5d4]} g6 33. Bd4 Nd7 (33... Rd6 $5 {[%cal Gd6e6]})
34. Qf1 $1 {[%cal Gf1h3,Gf3f5] Strong move! Queen moves to the king,s side} (
34. Re2 $5) 34... Qe7 35. Qh3 Kh7 (35... h5 36. g4) 36. g4 $5 $16 {[%cal Gh3g3,
Gh2h5]} Nc5 37. Qg3 Ne6 38. Re2 Qg5 (38... Qd6 $5 39. Be5 Qc5+) 39. Be5 $5 ({
Deserves attention also} 39. h4 {and after} Nxd4 40. Rxd4 Qf6 41. g5 $40 {
White keeps initiative.} (41. Rf4) 41... Qxd4+ $140 $2 42. cxd4 Rxe2 43. Qc7
$18 {but why to exchange so great bishop!?}) 39... Nc5 40. Bf4 Qf6 41. g5 $1 {
Black hasn,t too many chances for survival after this stron move.} Qh8 $8 (
41... Rxe2 42. gxf6 Rxc2 43. Bxh6 $1 $18) 42. Be5 Qf8 43. gxh6 Ne6 (43... Qxh6
44. Rd4 {[%cal Rd4h4]}) 44. h4 {[%csl Rh7] End of the game now is very close}
Qxh6 (44... Kxh6 $142) 45. h5 $18 Ng7 (45... Qg5 46. hxg6+ fxg6 47. Rh2+ Kg8
48. Rh8+ Kf7 49. Rh7+ Kg8 50. Bxg6 Qxg3+ 51. Bxg3 Rf8 52. Be5 $18) 46. hxg6+
Kg8 (46... fxg6 47. Rh2 Nh5 48. Bxg6+ $1 Qxg6 49. Rxh5+ $18) 47. gxf7+ (47. f4
$5 $18 {[%cal Re2h2]}) 47... Kxf7 48. Kf2 $1 (48. Rh2 $6 Qe3+) 48... Nh5 49.
Qh4 Rg8 50. Rh1 d4 (50... Rg5 51. f4) 51. Bb3+ {All game was played by Bologan
with big energy.} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gonzalez, Renier"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8192]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7.
O-O O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 Nb6 (9... d4 10. h4 Qc7 11. Bf4 b6 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13.
Rfe1 Nb4 14. Nf1 a6 15. a3 Nc6 16. N1h2 b5 17. Ng4 Rfe8 18. h5 $36 {1-0
Beshukov,S-Drozdovsky,Y/Moscow op 1999/CBM 70 (38)}) (9... dxc4 10. dxc4 Qc7
11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Nc3 Nf8 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. h4 Be8 16. Bg5 $14 {
1-0 Galdunts,S-Weiss,O/Baden Baden op 2002 (54)}) 10. h4 $5 (10. Re1 a5 11. h4
a4 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Nbd2 Nb4 14. Nf1 a3 15. b3 dxc4 16. dxc4 Bc6 17. Rad1 Qc7
18. N1h2 Rfd8 19. Ng4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 {0-1 Stripunsky,A-Jussupow,A/
Philadelphia World op 2002/ (31)}) (10. Rd1 f5 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Nd4 13.
Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Qg5 16. Rf1 Bd7 17. Rf4 dxc4 18. dxc4 e5 19.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Bxb7 Bg4 21. Qd3 Rd8 22. Qe4 Rd2 23. Rf1 Bh3 24. Rf2 Rd4 25. Qf3
{1-0 Maiorov,O-Ovsiannikov,M/Krasnodar Sarkisov mem op 2003/EXT 2005}) (10. b3
a5 (10... Bd7 11. Bb2 Qb8 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Nbd2 Be8 14. Nf1 a5 15. a4 dxc4 16.
dxc4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Red1 Bc5 19. Nd2 $36 {1-0 Kovalev,A-Novkovic,M/
Presov 2000/(47)}) (10... f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bb2 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 d4 14. Re1 Bd7
15. Qe2 Qf6 16. Nbd2 $36 {[%csl Ge4] Soylu,S-Greenidge,K/Bled Olympiad 2002//
1-0 (35)}) 11. Na3 $146 (11. a4 $5 Bd7 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Bf4 Bc6 14. Rad1 Nd7 15.
h4 b6 16. Rfe1 Qc8 17. Ng5 Qb7 18. Nb5 h6 19. Nh3 Rfd8 $13 {Fiorito,F-Borges,J/
Santa Clara-A 2000/0-1 (39)}) 11... a4 12. h4 Bd7 (12... f6 $5 13. Bb2 $13) 13.
Bf4 Nb4 {Knowing how badly this move turned out for Black in this game, I dare
suggesting} (13... f6 $5 14. Rfe1 fxe5 15. Nxe5 Nd4 $132) 14. Nc2 $1 Nxc2 15.
Qxc2 Bc6 16. Nh2 {[%cal Gh2g4] A typical but strong manoeuvre - White finds a
way to transfer his knight to the K-side.} f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Rae1 {[%csl
Ge5,Re6]} Bxh4 19. Rxe6 axb3 20. axb3 Qc8 21. Rfe1 $36 {[%csl Rb6] 1-0 Vescovi,
G-Shabalov,A/Bermuda 2004/CBM 99/[Psakhis] (40)}) 10... a5 $5 (10... Bd7 11.
Bf4 Nd4 (11... Rc8 12. Nbd2 Be8 13. Rad1 Na4 14. Nb1 Nb6 15. Rfe1 Nd4 16. Nxd4
cxd4 17. Nd2 dxc4 18. dxc4 d3 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. b3 Bc6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Ne4 {
1-0 Ivanov,A-Van Riemsdijk,H/Cali zt 2001(40)}) 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Nd2 Bc6 14.
Rad1 (14. Rfd1 dxc4 15. dxc4 d3 16. Qg4 Bxg2 17. Bh6 Bf6 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Bg5
Qg6 20. Kxg2 h6 21. b3 hxg5 22. Qxg5 Qxg5 23. hxg5 a5 24. Nf3 a4 {1/2-1/2
Bruzon,L-Volokitin,A/Lausanne YM 2001/(51)}) 14... dxc4 15. dxc4 d3 16. Qg4 Qd4
17. b3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfd8 19. Nf3 Qe4 20. Rfe1 Qc6 21. Re3 $16 {1-0 Glek,
I-Wyss,T/Valle d'Aosta op 2002/ (24)}) (10... f5 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Na3 dxc4 13.
dxc4 e5 14. Ng5 h6 15. Ne4 Nd4 16. Qe1 Qe7 17. Bd2 Be6 18. Rc1 Bg4 19. f3 Bf5
20. Nb5 Bxe4 {1-0 Stripunsky,A-Bercys,S/USA-ch San Diego 2004/The Week in
Chess 525 (30)}) 11. a4 Nb4 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. Nc3 Bc6 14. b3 $146 (14. h5 h6 15.
b3 Qc7 16. Bf4 Rad8 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Nh2 dxc4 19. dxc4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22. Ng4 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Qe8 24. f3 Nc6 25. Be3 Qd8 26. Qxd8+ Nxd8 27.
Nf2 Nd7 28. f4 Kh7 {Djurhuus,R-Ostenstad,B/Asker 1997/ChessBase/1-0 (53)})
14... Qc7 15. Bf4 Rfd8 16. h5 h6 {Now we see, that black has succeeded to
solve his opening problems} 17. Nh2 (17. Nb5 $5 {[%csl Gb5]}) 17... Bf8 18. Na2
(18. Nb5 $5) (18. Ng4 $5) 18... Nc8 19. Nxb4 axb4 (19... cxb4 $5) 20. Ng4 (20.
cxd5 $5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 (21... exd5 22. d4 $5) 22. Ng4 Na7 23. Ne3 Rdd8 24.
Nc4 Nc6 {[%cal Gc6d4]} 25. Be3 $13 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 20... Ne7 21. Ne3 dxc4 $5 (
21... d4 $143 22. Ng4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 $14 {and Black hasn't any counter play on
the queen side.}) 22. dxc4 (22. Nxc4 $6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nc6 24. Be3 $140 $2 Nxe5
25. Bf4 Qc6+) 22... Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nc6 {[%csl Rb3,Rd4][%cal Gc6d4,Gc6a5]} 24.
Nc2 Na5 {Black has accomplished his strategical plan and stands better.} 25.
Qf3 (25. Qe3 Rd7 $15) 25... Qc6 {The arisen endgame is not safe for White.} 26.
Qxc6 Nxc6 27. g4 $6 {I dare say this is the major cause of White's defeat.} (
27. Rab1 $142 g5 (27... Na5 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Ne1 {[%cal Gg2f1,Gf1e2]}) 28.
hxg6 fxg6 29. g4 g5 30. Bg3 Bg7 31. Rd6 $1) 27... Na5 28. Rxd8 $8 Rxd8 29. Rb1
Rd3 {Black is increasing pressure over the main target - white's b3 pawn.} 30.
Na1 {[%csl Ra1,Ga5,Rb1,Gd3]} Be7 {Black doesn't hurry and simply improves his
position. Whitehasn't any counter-play.} 31. Be3 (31. Bg3 $5) 31... Nc6 {
[%csl Re5]} 32. Kf3 $6 {Trying to push the annoying rook d3 from his camp
White slips up in a difficult position.} (32. Bf4 Bg5 33. Bg3 Nd4 34. f4 Rd2+
35. Kf1 Be7 $17) 32... Nxe5+ 33. Ke4 Bd6 $1 34. Re1 (34. Bxc5 Bxc5 35. Kxe5
Bxf2 36. Nc2 Bc5 $19) 34... Rc3 35. Rd1 (35. Bf4 Nxg4 $1 36. Bxd6 Nxf2+ 37. Kf4
Nd3+ 38. Ke3 Nxe1+ 39. Ke2 Nd3 $19) (35. f4 Nxg4) (35. f3 Nd7 36. f4 f5+ $1 37.
gxf5 Nf6+ 38. Kf3 exf5 {[%csl Rb3,Rh5][%cal Of6h5,Gf6g4]}) 35... Bc7 $19 36.
Rg1 Nxg4 $1 (36... Nxg4 37. Bxc5 Nf6+ 38. Kd4 e5#) 0-1

[Event "ISL-ISR"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O b6 (7... O-O
$5) 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 d4 (9... Nf8 10. h4 Bb7 11. Re1 h6 12. h5 Qd7 13. Nc3 $14)
10. Ne1 $5 (10. Re1 Bb7 11. h4 (11. Nbd2 $6 g5 $1 12. h3 h5 13. g4 hxg4 14.
hxg4 Qc7 15. Nf1 O-O-O 16. Ng3 Rdg8 17. a3 a5 18. Bd2 Kb8 19. b3 Rh4 $1 $36 {
Psakhis,L-Illescas,M/Madrid 25'/1988/}) 11... Qc7 12. Nbd2 O-O-O 13. Nf1 h6 14.
N1h2 g5 15. h5 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 $132 {Dolmatov,S-Sveshnikov,E//URS-ch/1981/0,5/
42/}) (10. Nfd2 Qc7 11. f4 Bb7 12. Ne4 O-O-O (12... h5 13. h3 f5 14. exf6 gxf6
15. f5 $1 e5 16. Nbd2 O-O-O 17. Nf3 $16) (12... O-O 13. Nbd2 Rae8 14. Nf3 f6
15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bd2 $16 {Sokolov,A-Rogovski,V/Alushta/1994/1:0/28/}) 13. Na3
(13. a3 h5 14. b4 h4 15. b5 Na5 16. Nbd2 hxg3 17. hxg3 Rh7 18. Rb1 $14 {
Cabrilo,G-Todorovic,G/Kladovo YUG-ch/1990/1-0/41/}) 13... a6 14. Nc2 h5 (14...
f5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. f5 $1 exf5 17. Rxf5 Nde5 18. Bf4 $36) 15. h4 f6 16. exf6 (
16. Bh3 $6 f5 $10) 16... gxf6 17. f5 exf5 18. Rxf5 Bd6 19. Nxd6+ (19. Bf4 Bxf4
20. Rxf4 Rdg8 $13 {Ehlvest,J-Vaiser,A/Tallinn/1986/0:1/29/}) 19... Qxd6 20. Bf4
Qe7 $1 21. Bf3 Nce5 22. Bxb7+ Kxb7 23. Rf1 $14 {Vaiser/}) (10. h4 h6 (10... Bb7
11. Na3 (11. a3 h6 12. h5 Qc7 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Ba3
$44) 11... a6 12. Nc2 h6 13. h5 Qc7 14. Bf4 g5 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. g4 g5 17. Bg3
Bf8 18. Rab1 Bg7 $13) 11. h5 Bb7 12. Nbd2 (12. Bf4 Nf8 13. g4 Nh7 14. Nbd2 Ng5
15. Bg3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Qc7 17. Be4 O-O-O 18. f4 Rdg8 19. Kf2 g6 20. Rh1 Rg7 21.
Nf3 gxh5 22. Rxh5 Rxg4 23. Nxd4 Rhg8 24. Nxc6 Rxg3 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {Arkhipov,
S-Phominyh,A/Alushta-3/1994/0,5/41/}) 12... Qc7 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. a3 a5 15. Bh3
Rdg8 16. Ne4 g6 (16... Nf8 17. b4 g5 18. Nd6+ $5 Bxd6 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. bxc5
bxc5 21. Bg2 Nd7 22. Rb1 $40 {Glek,I-Schmidt,W/Recklinghausen/1995/1:0/33/})
17. hxg6 Rxg6 18. Bf4 h5 19. Nfg5 Nd8 20. b4 cxb4 21. axb4 Bxb4 22. Reb1 Nxe5
23. Bg2 Ndc6 24. Nxf7 $1 {Dreev,A-Dzhandzhava,L/Simferopol/1988/1-0/37/}) 10...
Bb7 11. f4 Qc7 12. Nf3 (12. Nd2 $5 O-O-O 13. Ne4 h5 (13... f5 $6 14. exf6 gxf6
15. f5 e5 16. a3 Rdg8 17. Bd2 $16) 14. Nf3 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bh3 f5 17. Neg5
Bxg5 18. fxg5 $16 {Vasiukov,E-Cherepkov,A/St.Peterburg/1995/1:0/35/}) 12...
O-O-O 13. Nbd2 (13. Na3 $5) 13... h6 14. Ne4 (14. a3 $5) 14... Rde8 $1 (14...
f5 $2 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Nf2 $16) 15. a3 f5 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Nf2 (17. b4 $5
cxb4 $140 (17... f5 18. Ned2 cxb4 19. Qxe6 $16) 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Bb2 $44)
17... Bd8 (17... Bd6 $5 18. Bd2 $13 (18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Bb2 e5)) 18.
b4 f5 19. b5 Na5 20. Qd1 (20. Rb1 $5) 20... Rhg8 21. Nh3 (21. Bd2 h5 $132)
21... Nf6 (21... h5 $6 22. Nhg5 Bxg5 23. fxg5 e5 24. Nh4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 $16) 22.
Ne5 h5 23. Bxb7+ Qxb7 24. Nf3 $5 (24. Ng5 $5 h4 25. gxh4 Qh7 26. Nef3 $13)
24... Ng4 (24... h4 25. Nxh4 Ne4 26. Ng5 (26. Nf3 $5) 26... Nxg5 27. fxg5 Bxg5
28. Bxg5 Rxg5 29. Nf3 Rg7 30. Ne5) 25. Nhg5 Bxg5 (25... Ne3 26. Bxe3 dxe3 27.
Re1 Bf6 28. Rxe3 (28. Rb1 Bd4 29. Nxd4 cxd4 30. Qxh5) 28... Bxa1 29. Qxa1 Rg6
30. Nh4 $16) 26. Nxg5 (26. fxg5 $5) 26... h4 $1 27. gxh4 Rh8 (27... Ne3 28.
Bxe3 dxe3 29. Qf3 $16) 28. h3 Rxh4 29. Ra2 $1 (29. hxg4 $2 Qh1+ (29... Rxg4+ $6
30. Kf2 Qg2+ 31. Ke1 e5 $1 32. Qe2 Qxe2+ 33. Kxe2 exf4+ 34. Kf3 Rxg5 35. Bxf4
$44) 30. Kf2 Qh2+ 31. Kf3 (31. Ke1 Qg3+ 32. Rf2 Rh1+ $19) 31... Rxg4 (31...
fxg4+ 32. Ke4) 32. Rf2 Qh5 $19) 29... Nf6 $6 (29... Reh8 $1 30. Rf3 $5 $132 (
30. Re2 Rxh3 31. Nxh3 Rxh3 $19) (30. Qe1 Qd7 31. Rg2 (31. Re2 Rxh3 32. Nxh3
Rxh3 33. Rxe6 Ne3 $1 34. Rxe3 Qg7+ $19) 31... Rxh3 32. Nxh3 Rxh3) (30. Qf3 Qxf3
31. Rxf3 Nb3 32. Rc2 Nxc1 33. Rxc1 Kd7 $15) 30... e5 $6 31. fxe5 Nxe5 32. Rxf5
Qg7 33. Rg2 $16) 30. Rg2 Nh7 (30... Qd7 $5) 31. Rg3 Rg8 (31... Nxg5 32. fxg5
Reh8 33. Qf3 (33. Kh2 Qc7) 33... Nb3 34. Bf4 $16) 32. Rff3 Qd7 33. Bd2 Nxg5 $6
$138 (33... Nb7 34. Qe1 $14) 34. Rxg5 Rxg5+ $6 (34... Rgh8 $5) 35. fxg5 Nb7 36.
Qe1 Rh7 37. Bf4 $18 Kd8 38. Qe5 Ke8 39. g6 Rg7 40. Rg3 Rg8 41. h4 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. c3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
b6 (8... b5 9. Be3 d6 10. e5 Ba6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Nbd2 b4 13. c4 Rad8 14. Ne4
Qxd3 15. Qxd3 Rxd3 16. Nxc5 Rxe3 17. fxe3 Bxc4 {Kveinys,A-Teske,H/Wien op 1994/
1/2-1/2 (53)}) (8... d6 $5) 9. Na3 $5 {Deviating from main lines of the theory
at very early stage} Bb7 (9... Ba6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Nc4 b5 12. Ne3 b4 13. Qe1
bxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. e5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Ng4 Bxc3 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19. Bb2
f6 20. Bxc3 Qa4 21. g4 Kxh6 22. Qe3+ Kg7 23. g5 Nf5 24. gxf6+ {Dubinsky,
R-Remizov,J/Moscow-ch op 1998/0-1 (70)}) 10. Nc2 e5 11. a3 d5 (11... a5 12. a4
$1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Na3 Re8 15. Nd2 Qd7 16. Re1 Re6 17. Nac4 Nce7 18. Ne4
h6 19. h4 f5 20. Ned2 Re8 $13 {1-0 Kaminski,M-Socko,B/POL t-ch Suwalki 1999 
(59)}) 12. b4 Qd7 ({Worth considering} 12... d4 $5 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. b5 Na5 15.
Rb1 Rc8 $13) 13. Rb1 Rad8 ({I don't think that Black will meet any trouble afte
} 13... f5 $5 {for example} 14. b5 (14. bxc5 Ba6 $1) 14... Na5 15. exf5 Qxf5
16. Ne3 Qd7 $132) 14. exd5 (14. bxc5 Ba6 $5) 14... Nxd5 15. Bb2 Rfe8 ({It will
be interesting to check} 15... cxb4 16. axb4 a6 $13 {with complicated position}
) 16. Rfd1 Qc8 (16... cxb4 $5) 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Ba1 Ba6 (18... h6 $5 $11 {
[%csl Gg5]}) 19. Ng5 $5 (19. c4 e4 $1 20. Bxg7 exd3 21. Qd2 Nf4 $5 22. gxf4
dxc2 23. Qxc2 Kxg7 24. Qc3+ f6 $11) 19... e4 (19... h6 $5 20. Ne4 c4 21. dxc4
Nce7 $5 22. Nd2 Nb6 $13) 20. Bxe4 h6 $2 {The text move is artificial and
throws Black into serious trouble. He had to continue} (20... Bxc3 $142 $5 {
with possible continuation} 21. Qf3 (21. Nxf7 Rxe4 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Qxe4 Kxh6)
21... Ne5 22. Qh1 $5 Bxa1 23. Bxd5 Qd7 $5 24. Ne4 $140 Qe7 $1 25. Nxa1 Rxd5 26.
Nf6+ Qxf6 27. Qxd5 Qf5 $1 $132) 21. Nxf7 $1 {Maybe Stellwagen just missed this
move?} Rxe4 $8 (21... Kxf7 22. Qf3+ Nf6 23. Bxc6 $18) 22. Nxh6+ Bxh6 23. Qxe4
Nde7 24. c4 {[%csl Ga1]} Qf5 25. f4 $1 $16 {Having rook+3P for two pieces,
Zhang Zhong has very good winning chances and he slowly but surely improves
position of all his pieces} Qxe4 (25... Bg7 $5) 26. dxe4 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Bxc4
28. Ne3 {Unfortunately for black he can't safe cP} Be2 (28... Be6 29. Rc1 g5
30. f5 g4 31. Re1 Bxe3+ 32. Rxe3 Bc4 33. Kg2 $18 {[%cal Gh2h3]}) 29. Rc1 Bf3
30. e5 Bf8 (30... g5 31. fxg5 Bxg5 32. Kf2 Bg4 33. Rxc5 $18) 31. Kf2 (31. Rxc5
$2 Nf5) 31... Be4 32. Rc4 $1 Bh1 (32... Bf5 33. Rxc5) 33. Rxc5 Nf5 34. Rc3 {
Now White need just to show some technique to win game - his material
advantage is too big} Kf7 35. Bb2 (35. Ng2 $5) 35... Nxe3 36. Kxe3 Ke6 37. g4
$1 Be7 38. Rc1 Bd5 (38... Bg2 $5) 39. Rf1 {[%cal Rf4f5]} Bc5+ $8 40. Kd3 Ne7
41. Rc1 Bb6 42. Bd4 {White has both positional and material advantage, so the
rest is pretty clear} Bd8 (42... Bf3 43. h3 Bg2 44. Bxb6 axb6 45. Ke2 $18) 43.
Bxa7 {Another pawn!} Bf3 44. h3 Bg2 45. Ke2 $18 Nd5 (45... Bxh3 46. Kf3 {
[%csl Rh3]}) 46. Kf2 Be4 (46... Nxf4 47. Rc4 Bh4+ 48. Kg1 Bg5 49. Rxf4 Bxf4 50.
Kxg2 Bxe5 51. h4 $18) 47. Kg3 Ba5 48. Rc6+ Kd7 49. Rc4 {The technical part of
the game was greatly conducted by Zhang Zhong} (49. Rc4 Be1+ 50. Bf2 Bxf2+ 51.
Kxf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.03.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. c3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. f4 Nge7 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d3 (9. Na3 Rb8 10. Kh1 d5 11. e5 Qa5 12. Nc2 b5 13. a3 d4 14. cxd4 cxd4
15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bb7 17. b4 Bxg2+ 18. Qxg2 Qb6 19. Bb2 $14 {1/2-1/2
Fedorov,A-Zakharevich,I/Minsk op 1997 (57)}) 9... b5 (9... d5 $6 10. e5 $36) (
9... e5 $5 10. Be3) 10. Be3 (10. a3 a5 $13) 10... b4 {It is clear, that
Dolmatov solved already all openings troubles.} 11. Rc1 {N/} (11. Qc2 Qa5 12.
Nfd2 bxc3 (12... Ba6 13. Nb3 Qb5 14. c4 Qb6 15. N1d2 Bb7 16. Nf3 a5 17. Rad1 a4
18. Nc1 h6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Guseinov,S-Nikolenko,O/URS-chT Azov 1991 (47)}) 13.
bxc3 Ba6 14. Rd1 Rfc8 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Bf2 d5 $11 {1-0 Huseinov,A-Budnikov,A/
Azov 1991 (59)}) (11. e5 bxc3 $5 (11... Rb8 12. Ng5 bxc3 13. bxc3 f5 14. Bf2 h6
15. Nf3 Nd5 16. Re1 Rf7 $13 {1-0 Kovacic,P-Sirnik,B/SLO t-ch 1995 (36)}) 12.
Nxc3 (12. bxc3 Ba6 $36) 12... Nf5) 11... bxc3 12. bxc3 Ba6 {[%cal Ra6d3]} 13.
Nbd2 Rb8 14. Bf1 Qd7 (14... f5 $5 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Qc7 17. Bxc5 Nxe5) 15.
Nb3 e5 {[%cal Rf7f5]} 16. f5 $1 {Right and brave decision.If White plays
passively , Dolmatov will got initiative on both sides.} gxf5 17. Bh3 Qe8 (
17... Qc7 18. exf5 e4 19. Ng5 Bxd3 20. Qh5 h6 21. f6 hxg5 (21... Bxf6 22. Ne6
$1 Be2 23. Qxh6 fxe6 24. Bxe6+ Rf7 25. Qxf6 $18) 22. Bxg5 $1 Bh8 (22... Ng6 23.
fxg7 Rfe8 24. Bf6 $18) 23. fxe7 Nxe7 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Bf5 f6 26. Qg6+ Qg7 (
26... Bg7 $2 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Bh7+ Kh8 30. Bxe4+ Kg8 31. Qh7+ Kf7
32. Bd5+ Ke8 33. Qxd3 $18) 27. Be6+ $18) 18. exf5 e4 (18... f6 $5) (18... Nd5
$13) 19. Ng5 Nd5 $1 ({Very dangerous will be to play now} 19... exd3 $2 20. Qh5
h6 21. Ne4 (21. f6 Nd5) 21... Nd5 22. Bxh6 Qxe4 (22... Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Qxe4 24.
Re1) 23. Re1 $1 Qc4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. f6 Nxf6 27. Qxf6+ Kg8 28.
Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Bf5 $18 {and White is winning.}) 20. Nxe4 (20. Qh5 $2
Nf6) 20... Qxe4 21. dxe4 Bxe2 22. exd5 Ne5 $44 {[%cal Re5f3,Re5d3,Rd5c4]} 23.
Bg2 (23. Kf2 Bc4) (23. Bf1 Bg4 $15) (23. Bf4 Rfe8) 23... Rfe8 (23... Bd3 24.
Bg5 $1) 24. Bf4 Rb6 $1 25. Bg5 h6 26. Bh4 (26. Bd2 Bd3 27. Bh3 $2 Nf3+ 28. Kh1
Re2 $19) (26. f6 hxg5 27. fxg7 Nd3 28. Rcb1 Kxg7 $17) 26... Nd7 27. h3 h5 $15
28. Bf1 $2 $138 {Decisive mistake in time troubles, but any case Black have
more than enough compenation for the pawn.} Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Re5 30. Bd8 (30. g4
hxg4 31. hxg4 Re4) 30... Rxf5+ 31. Kg2 Rb7 32. Rc2 $5 Nf6 $17 {Not getting
into the trap. After} (32... Rxd5 $2 {situation on the board will be changed
completely.} 33. Na5 $1 Rb5 34. a4 Rb4 35. Nc6 Re4 36. Ne7+) 33. Na5 $2 Nxd5 $1
$19 {Whites pawns falls like leaves, and final part of the game doesn,t
deserves any comment.} 34. Re1 Rd7 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Nc4 Nxc3 37. Ba5 Nb5 38.
Rd2 Nd4 39. Bc3 d5 40. Ne3 Re5 41. Rxe5 Bxe5 42. Bxd4 Bxd4 43. Nf5 Bc3 44. Rd1
d4 45. Kf3 d3 46. Ne3 Kg6 47. Nc4 Kf5 48. Rc1 Bb4 49. a3 d2 50. Rd1 Bc3 51.
Ne3+ Ke5 52. Ke2 Ke4 53. Rb1 Rd3 54. Nd1 Rxg3 55. Rb7 Rg2+ 56. Kf1 Rh2 57. Kg1
Re2 58. Nxc3+ Kd3 59. Kf1 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Totsky, Leonid"]
[Black "Zakharov, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. b3 {Totsky played this strange move many times and usually with
success.It doesn't mean that move is good, it means just that maybe it better
than his reputation.} d5 3. Bb2 dxe4 (3... Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Qe2+ $5 Be6 (
5... Be7 6. Bxf6 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7]}) 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Ng5) 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bb4 ({
After too modest} 5... Be7 6. Nxe4 Nxe4 7. Qxe4 Bf6 8. d4 Qd5 9. Qe3 O-O 10.
O-O-O Nc6 11. Nf3 $36 {White got nice position in Totsky,L-Rapoport,I/Minsk op
1996 and won just in 16 moves.}) 6. O-O-O Bxc3 ({In case of} 6... Qe7 {White
can choose between} {and} 7. Kb1 $5 (7. Nxe4 Ba3 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. d4 Bxb2+ 10.
Kxb2 c5 (10... b6 $5 11. Qe4 c6) 11. Qf3 cxd4 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. Rxd4 Ke7 14.
Nf3 Nc6 15. Rd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Totsky,L-Legky,N/Orel 1994 (34)}) 7... Bxc3 8.
dxc3 b6 9. g4 Bb7 10. Bg2 h6 11. h4 Nbd7 12. g5 Nd5 13. Nh3 $36 {with
promising position, 1-0 Totsky,L-Tarasenko,A/Moscow op-11 1995 (46)}) 7. dxc3
$5 Qe7 8. g4 $1 {For just one pawn White recieved couple of bishops, advantage
in development and initiative- not a bad deal!} h6 9. Bg2 e5 (9... O-O 10. h4
$36) 10. h3 Bd7 (10... Qc5 11. f3 e3 12. Rd3 Nd5 $140 $2 13. Qd1 $1 $18 {
[%cal Rd3d8]}) 11. Qe3 $5 Bc6 12. c4 {[%cal Yg1e2,Ye2g3,Yg3f5]} Nbd7 13. Ne2
O-O 14. Nc3 (14. Ng3 {Looked more natural.}) 14... Nc5 (14... Qc5 15. Qxc5 Nxc5
16. Ba3 $1 (16. b4 Ne6 17. b5 Nf4 $1 (17... Be8 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Nc5 20.
Bg2 $18) 18. bxc6 Nxg2 19. cxb7 Rab8) 16... b6 (16... Nfd7 17. b4 Na4 18. Nxa4
Bxa4 19. b5 $1 $16)) 15. Rhg1 $5 {Slowly but surely!} Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17.
Bh1 {[%cal Rh3h4,Rg4g5]} Ne6 18. Nxe4 Nd4 $6 (18... Nxe4 $1 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20.
Qxe4 Qg5+ 21. Kb1 Qf4 $14) 19. Ng3 $5 Bxh1 20. Rxh1 {[%cal Rf2f4]} Nc6 21. Nf5
Qe6 22. f4 $1 $16 e4 $2 (22... Nd7 $1) 23. Nxg7 $1 $18 Kxg7 24. g5 Rd7 25.
gxf6+ Kf8 26. f5 Qd6 27. c5 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Black "Hoang, Thanh Trang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 {Dangerous weapon- in good hands!} c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5.
Bg2 Bg7 6. c3 Nge7 (6... d6 7. Na3 Nge7 8. d3 b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. b4
Bb7 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. b5 Na5 14. Ba1 d5 15. e5 a6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Romanishin,
O-Bischoff,K/Bad Endbach 1995 (44)}) 7. h4 h5 8. O-O d5 $146 ({Six rounds
later Kunte won good game after} 8... d6 9. d3 O-O 10. a3 Rb8 11. Be3 b5 12. b4
cxb4 13. axb4 a6 14. d4 Qc7 15. Nbd2 Bb7 16. Rfc1 Rbc8 17. Rab1 $14 {1-0 Kunte,
A-Prasad,D/Asian-ch Calcutta 2001/The Week in Chess 354 (28)}) 9. d3 O-O 10.
Bg5 {Hope to provoke Black for additional weakness on the >>} Qc7 11. Na3 $5 b6
12. Rfe1 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Ba6 13. e5 {White position is better and I even can't
say that he worked hard for it!} b5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nf5 16. Nc2 {[%csl
Gd4]} Rac8 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Qd2 {d4 pawn is well protected now, but it is
quite difficult for Black to find another object of attack.} b4 19. b3 Qb5 {
[%cal Gb5d3]} 20. Bf1 (20. Ne3 Qd3 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. Rc5 $14) 20... Qa5 21. Ne3
{Exchanging night f5- main supporter of black monarch.} (21. Bh3 Qxa2 22. Bxf5
(22. Ra1 $2 Qxb3 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Rxa6 Qxf3 $19) 22... exf5 23. Nxb4 Qxd2 24.
Bxd2 Nxb4 25. Bxb4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rb8 27. Rc6 $13) 21... Nxe3 (21... Bxf1 22.
Nxf5) 22. fxe3 $5 {Interesting idea-White open f5 <-> for attack.} Rc7 (22...
Bxf1 23. Rxf1 {[%cal Gf1f8]}) 23. Rc5 Qb6 24. Bxa6 Qxa6 25. Bf6 Bh6 26. g4 $1 {
[%csl Rg8] Hunt for black king starts!} Rfc8 (26... hxg4 27. Nh2 Rfc8 28. Nxg4
Bf8 29. Rcc1 {[%cal Rh4h5,Rd2f2,Rf2f4] doesn't promise Black too many chances
for successful defense.} (29. e4 $4 Nxd4 $1)) 27. Rec1 Qb6 28. Ng5 {[%cal
Rd2g2]} (28. Nh2 $5) 28... hxg4 29. Qc2 {[%cal Gc2c8,Rh4h5]} Bf8 30. h5 $3 {
[%mdl 640] Finishing game just in few moves!} (30. Nxf7 Kxf7 (30... Rxf7 31.
Qxg6+ Bg7 32. Bxg7 Rxg7 33. Qxe6+ $18) 31. h5 gxh5 32. Rxc6 Qxc6 33. Qh7+ Ke8
34. Qxh5+ Rf7 35. Rxc6 Rxc6 36. Qxg4 $36) 30... Nxd4 $1 {Trying to catch fish
in dirty water.} (30... Bxc5 31. hxg6 $18 {lose immediately.}) 31. exd4 Bxc5 ({
In the case of} 31... Rxc5 32. hxg6 $1 R5c7 {White wins with help of brilliant}
33. Rd1 $3 $18) 32. h6 $1 $18 {Nice.B,N and Ph6 can finish attack and without
help of other pieces.} Kf8 (32... Bxd4+ 33. Kh1) 33. h7 Ke8 34. h8=Q+ Bf8 (
34... Kd7 35. Qxc8+ Kxc8 36. dxc5 $18) 35. Nh7 (35. Qg8 $5) 35... Qxd4+ 36. Kh1
Rxc2 (36... Qe4+ 37. Qxe4 Rxc1+ 38. Kg2 R8c2+ 39. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 40. Kg3) 37. Qxf8+
Kd7 38. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.01.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Komliakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Nh6 6. Na3 {This line was very
popular something like 150 years ago, nowdays just few chesspplayers are brave
enough to include it to there opening repertoire.} Qb6 (6... Nf5 7. Nc2 Be7 (
7... Bd7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O Nh4 10. Be2 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 O-O 12. Qe2 f6 13. exf6
Rxf6 14. d3 Bd6 15. g3 Kh8 16. Be3 Qe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Komliakov,V-Psakhis,L/
Yerevan olm 1996 (22)}) 8. Bd3 Qb6 9. Ne3 g6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Kh1 h5 (11...
O-O-O 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Nc2 f6 14. Bxf5 gxf5 15. b4 fxe5 16. b5 Nb8 17. Nxe5 Be8
18. d4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Komliakov,V-Rychagov,A/Moscow Goldberg mem 1997 (32)}) 12.
b3 O-O-O 13. a3 f6 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15. b4 fxe5 16. fxe5 h4 17. h3 c4 18. Bc2 Be8
$1 $36 {1-0 Komliakov,V-Rustemov,A/Spasskoe 1996 (91)}) (6... Be7 7. Nc2 f5 8.
d4 O-O 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Kh1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nf7 13. Rg1 Kh8 14. g4 fxg4
15. Rxg4 Nh6 16. Rg3 Be8 17. Bd3 Bh5 18. Qg1 Bh4 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. Ne1 Nb4 21.
Bd2 Nxd3 22. Rxd3 Bg6 23. Qg3 Qh5 24. Rb3 Qe2 25. Qe3 Qf1+ 26. Qg1 Be4+ 27. Rf3
Bxf3+ 28. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 29. Qg2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Rc2 31. Rd1 Rxf4 32. Kg3 Rxd4 33.
Bxh6 Rxd1 {0-1 Saint Amant,P-Staunton,H/Paris m 1843}) 7. Nc2 Bd7 {N/} (7... c4
8. Ne3 Bc5 9. b3 Nf5 10. Nxf5 Bf2+ 11. Ke2 exf5 12. Ba3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14.
d4 cxd3+ 15. Qxd3 O-O 16. Qe3 $14 {1-0 Kubala,P-Todor,R/Bratislava op 1997 (49)
}) 8. Ne3 $6 {Stronger was to play} (8. d4 $5) 8... f6 $1 9. exf6 {What else,
after} (9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf2 fxe5 12. fxe5 O-O $17 {[%csl Rd4,Re5]
[%cal Rf8f1] Black,s advantage is obvious.}) 9... gxf6 10. d3 (10. g3 $5) 10...
O-O-O 11. Be2 Bd6 $15 {Black are very happy with result of opening} 12. O-O Ne7
(12... Bxf4 $2 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bxf4 $14) 13. Nh4 (13. d4 Bxf4 (13... Rhg8 $5)
14. Nc4 dxc4 (14... Qc7 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Nfe5) 15. Bxf4 Nhf5 16. Bxc4 cxd4 17.
cxd4 e5 $17) 13... Ng6 $1 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. g3 Rdg8 $17 {[%csl Rg1,Rg8,Rh8]}
16. Rf2 Qc7 17. Bf3 g5 18. fxg5 (18. f5 $142 $5) 18... Rxg5 19. Bg2 Rg6 (19...
Ng8 $5 {[%cal Gg5h5]}) 20. b4 $1 cxb4 (20... f5 $5 21. bxc5 Bxc5) 21. cxb4 Kb8
22. d4 (22. Bb2 $5 Qb6) 22... f5 23. Qd3 Rhg8 {[%cal Gf5f4]} 24. Rc2 Qd8 25.
Rf2 f4 $1 {All black pieces are prepared for attack, and Rustemov starts it!}
26. gxf4 (26. Nf1 fxg3 27. hxg3 Nf5 $19) 26... Qh4 27. Qf1 (27. Nf1 Ng4 28. Rc2
Nxh2 $1 29. Nxh2 Rh6 $19) 27... Ng4 (27... Rf6 $5 $19) 28. Nxg4 Rxg4 {[%cal
Rg8h8]} 29. Qe1 $2 (29. Kh1 Bb5 $1 30. Qg1 Bd3 31. a3 Rxg2 32. Rxg2 Rxg2 33.
Kxg2 Be4+ 34. Kf1 Qh3+ 35. Ke2 Qd3+ 36. Ke1 Qc3+ $19) 29... Ba4 {Looks very
strange} (29... Rxg2+ $1 {wins immediately, maybe it was mistake in scoresheet}
) 30. Bd2 R4g6 31. Rc1 Rh8 32. Kf1 a6 {Why???} (32... Bb5+ $19) 33. Rc5 Bxc5
34. Qe5+ Ka7 35. dxc5 Bb5+ 36. Ke1 Rxg2 $19 37. Be3 Rg1+ 38. Kd2 Qh7 39. c6+ b6
40. f5 Rc8 41. a4 Bxa4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 (
8. e5 Nd7 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. h4 h6 12. c3 (12. Nf1 O-O-O 13. N1h2 Rdg8
14. Ng4 Nf8 $11) 12... g5 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. g4 {Horn,Pe: ' '} (14. Nf1 g4 $17)
14... O-O-O (14... d4 15. Nf1 (15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 $36) 15... O-O-O 16.
Bd2 (16. cxd4 Nf8 $5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxg5 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 $40) (16. c4 Kb8
17. Ng3 Rdg8 18. Bd2 Nf8 19. a3 Ng6 20. Nh5 Nh4 21. Nxh4 gxh4 22. Nf4 Bg5 {
0-1 Markosian,D (2425)-Timofeev,S (2295)/Dubna op 2000/EXT 2002 (35)}) 16...
Nf8 17. b4 Ng6 18. b5 dxc3 $8 19. bxc6 Ba6 $1 20. Bxc3 (20. Bc1 Bxd3 $44) 20...
Nf4 21. Qc2 Qxc6 22. Re3 Bxd3 {0-1 Diaz,J-De la Rosa,J/corr 1996/Megacorr/
[Chavez/Perez] (27)}) 15. Nf1 (15. a3) 15... Rdg8 16. Bd2 (16. a3 {/\ b4} c4 $5
17. dxc4 (17. d4 $2 Na5 $17 {[%cal Ya5b3,Yd7f8,Yf8g6]}) 17... dxc4 $1 (17...
Na5) 18. Qxc4 Nc5 19. b4 Ba6 20. b5 Na5 21. Qe2 Bb7 $44 {0-1 Ribeiro,F (2305)
-Illescas Cordoba,M (2620)/Linares zt 1995/ChessBase/[Horn,Pe] (60)}) (16. Ng3
Nf8 17. d4 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Nh5 Be7 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. b4 c4 22. b5 Nd8 23.
Be3 Kb8 24. Bd4 Rh7 25. Qe3 Qa5 26. Ne5 Ba3 {0-1 D'Amore,C (2456)-Meijers,V 
(2465)/EUR t-ch Leon 2001 (31)}) (16. d4 cxd4 (16... Nf8) (16... Kb8) 17. cxd4
Kb8 18. Bd2 Nf8 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. a3 {Sarkisova-Nevednichaja/Spartakiade/1979}
Ng6 $1 21. b4 Nh4 $40) 16... Kb8 (16... Nf8 17. b4 Ng6 18. b5 Nd8 19. d4 f5 20.
exf6 Bxf6 21. Ng3 Nf4 22. Qf1 Qh7 23. Bxf4 gxf4 {0-1 Laven-Kindermann/BL 1983 
(28)}) 17. Rab1 (17. Rac1 f6 18. d4 fxe5 19. dxe5 Qc8 20. Ng3 Rh4 21. Nxh4 gxh4
22. Nf1 Ndxe5 23. Nh2 c4 24. Bf4 Bd6 {0-1 Mossong-Psakhis,L/Moscow olm 1994/
ChessBase (41)}) 17... d4 18. Ng3 Rh4 $1 19. Nxh4 gxh4 20. Ne4 Ncxe5 21. g5 $8
f5 $17 {0-1 Nazarov,A (2210)-Yandemirov,V (2420)/URS-chT Azov 1991 /ChessBase})
8... Be7 9. c3 Qc7 10. Qe2 (10. a3) 10... b5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Nf1 h6 $146 (12...
a5 13. h4 h6 14. N1h2 c4 15. d4 b4 16. Bf4 a4 17. a3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Na5 19. Nd2
Nb3 20. Ra2 Qa5 21. Nb1 Ba6 22. h5 Bf8 {Goldschmidt,C-Pinnel,P/Dortmund op
1986/ChessBase/1-0 (68)}) (12... d4 13. h4 O-O 14. N1h2 Rfd8 15. h5 c4 16. cxd4
cxd3 17. Qxd3 Nb4 18. Qxb5 Nc2 19. Bd2 Nxa1 20. Rxa1 Nb6 21. Ng4 Qc4 22. Qxc4
Nxc4 23. Bc3 h6 {Barczay,L (2465)-Adamski,J (2470)/Lodz 1978/ChessBase/1/2-1/2
(27)}) (12... b4 13. Bf4 O-O 14. h4 a5 15. h5 Rfe8 16. Rac1 Ba6 17. Ne3 Bf8 ({
RR} 17... Nb6 18. Ng4 Bf8) 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. e6 Nde5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Qb7
22. Ng5 f6 23. Qxd5 Qe7 24. Nf7 Rab8 25. Qf5 Bb7 26. d4 {1-0 Fridman,
D-Antonson,M/DM 1991/ChessBase}) 13. h4 Nb6 14. Bf4 a5 15. Ne3 b4 16. h5 a4 {
[%cal Ga4a3]} 17. a3 $1 {A typical move, White can't allow Black to play a4-a3.
} bxc3 18. bxc3 Ba6 {Possibly missing White's next move.} (18... Qd8 $5 19.
Rab1 Na5 20. Nd2 $14) 19. Nf5 $1 {A very strong answer, which was certainly
overlooked by Tiviakov.} c4 ({In the case of} 19... exf5 20. e6 Qc8 21. Rab1 {
White's advantage is more than obvious.}) (19... Kf8 20. Nxe7 Nxe7 21. Rab1 $36
) 20. d4 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Of5g7,Gc6a5,Ga5b3]} Kf8 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. g4 {
[%mdl 32] Sakaev slowly prepares the breakthrough on the kingside.} Na5 23. Nh4
Nb3 24. Ra2 Kd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8b7] Bringing the king to a safe place.} 25. Bg3
Qe7 26. f4 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Bc8 {Unfortunately Black has to sit and wait while
White strengthens his position.} 27. Rf1 Kc7 28. f5 {[%cal Gf5f6]} Qg5 {
[%cal Gb3c1] With the funny threat Nc1} 29. Rc2 $1 Kc6 30. Kh2 $2 {Too slow!} (
{The simple} 30. fxe6 Bxe6 (30... fxe6 31. Ng6 {[%cal Rg3h4]}) 31. Nf5 Bxf5 32.
Rxf5 Qe7 33. e6 $1 fxe6 34. Bxd5+ $1 {would have brought Sakaev 30 moves
quicker to victory!}) 30... Qe7 {[%csl Ra3]} 31. Ra2 Kb5 32. Bh3 (32. fxe6 $5
Bxe6 33. Nf5 $18) 32... Ra7 33. Ng2 {[%cal Gg3h4,Gg2f4]} Nd7 34. Bh4 Qe8 35.
Ne3 Nf8 36. Bg2 (36. f6 g5 $1) 36... Qc6 37. Nc2 $1 {[%cal Gc2b4]} Nh7 38. Nb4
{[%csl Gb4]} Qd7 39. Qe3 Rc7 40. Raf2 {Black's position is desperately passive.
} Qe8 41. Bf3 Bb7 42. Bd1 {[%cal Gd1c2]} exf5 {Desperation, but I can't see
real improvement for Black in any case.} 43. gxf5 f6 44. e6 {The position is
very close, but White has enough resources to win the game.} Qe7 45. Bg3 Rcc8
46. Bf4 Ng5 47. Rg2 Rhd8 48. Rh1 Kb6 49. Kg1 Rh8 50. Rg4 Rcd8 51. Rh2 Ba8 52.
Be2 Rc8 53. Bf1 Na5 54. Bg2 Rcd8 55. Bh1 Bb7 56. Kf1 Nb3 57. Qg3 Ba8 58. Re2
Rhe8 59. Bf3 Na5 60. Qg2 {[%csl Rd5] Finally White puts all pieces on the best
squares and end of the game is very close.} Qb7 61. Rh4 Nb3 62. Rh2 Nh7 {
Otherwise White would have taken on g5 and h5-h6 would have followed.} 63. Re3
Na5 (63... Ng5 64. Bxg5 fxg5 65. Re5) 64. e7 $1 Rxe7 65. Nxd5+ Rxd5 66. Bxd5 {
A nice technical achieve ment of Konstantin Sakaev.} 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 14th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2014.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lejarre, Ludovic"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2014.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 2. d3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:39]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 4. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]}
b6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} (5. g3 {La grande ligne dans cette
française fermée} dxe4 6. dxe4 Bb7) 5... c5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 6. Qa4+ {
[%emt 0:01:28]} (6. Be2) 6... Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 7. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nc6
{[%emt 0:00:16]} 8. g3 {[%emt 0:02:13]} (8. Be2 $143 {Dubois,J (2190)-Adrian,C
(2320) FRA-ch 60th Clermont Ferrand 1985 (10) 0-1}) 8... Be7 {[%emt 0:01:44]}
9. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qc7 $146 {[%emt 0:00:52]} (9... O-O 10. O-O Rc8 11. Re1
b5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Nf1 b4 14. h4 Nc7 15. c4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Qd1 f5 18.
cxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Bf4 Be6 21. Nd2 h6 22. Nf3 Qb6 23. Qa4 Kf7 24. Rac1
Rg8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Bc5 28. Qc2 Qb5 29. b3 Qb6 30. Bb2 Ke7
31. Qc1 Kd7 32. Kf1 f4 33. Qxf4 Qa6 34. Bxd4 Qxd3+ 35. Kg2 Be7 36. Bxa7 Qa6 37.
Qe3 Bf5 38. Bc5 Be4 39. Bxe7 {Malisov,B (2264)-Birnboim,N (2335) Jerusalem
2014 1/2-1/2 (67)}) 10. O-O {[%emt 0:02:41]} Rd8 $5 {[%emt 0:05:22][%cal Gd7c8]
Le GMI commence un plan original en évitant le oo} 11. Re1 {[%emt 0:04:43]}
Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 12. a3 {[%emt 0:11:33][%cal Gb2b4]} a5 {[%emt 0:08:51]}
13. e5 {[%emt 0:22:07]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 14. d4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ba6 $11 {
[%emt 0:02:57]} 15. Nf1 {[%emt 0:04:57]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 16. Qd1 {[%emt 0:
00:23]} b5 {[%emt 0:06:25]} 17. Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:34]} Bf8 $1 {[%emt 0:01:37]}
18. h4 {[%emt 0:07:13]} h6 {[%emt 0:08:09]} 19. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} c4 {
[%emt 0:01:03]} (19... Qb7 {[%cal Gb5b4]}) 20. Ne3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Nb6 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 21. Nh2 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 22. h5 {[%emt 0:
01:33][%csl Rg7] Prend de l'espace à l'aile-roi} Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 23. g4 {
[%emt 0:01:33]} Kd8 $1 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 24. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:
02:29]} 25. f4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. f5 {[%emt 0:02:01]
Les chances sont maintenant réciproques avec une petite avance de
développement pour les Blancs} Na4 {[%emt 0:04:13]} 27. Re2 {[%emt 0:01:20]}
Kb6 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 28. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 29. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:03:33]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 30. b3 $1 {[%emt 0:03:11][%csl Rb6]} cxb3
{[%emt 0:02:46]} 31. Qxb3 {[%emt 0:00:06][%cal Gc3c4]} Ka7 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 32.
Bf2 {[%emt 0:08:47]} (32. c4 $5 dxc4 33. Nxc4 (33. Qxb5)) 32... Nb6 {[%emt 0:
03:07]} 33. Rb2 {[%emt 0:02:32]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 34. Bf1 {[%emt 0:04:43]}
Ba6 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 35. Bxb5 $6 {[%emt 0:02:32] Force un sacrifice de Q qui
n'est pas clair et cette position critique méritait plus de 2 mns de reflexion
} (35. Rab1 Nc4 36. Nxc4 bxc4 37. Qa4 Rxb2 38. Rxb2 Rb8) (35. Qc2 Nc4 36. Nxc4
bxc4) 35... Bxb5 {[%emt 0:06:15]} 36. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:37]
} 37. Nxc4 $8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 38. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 39. Rab1 {[%emt 0:01:51]} (39. a4 $5 {[%cal Ga1b1]
Peut-être un peu plus précis mais Rab1 est plus naturel} dxc4 40. d5+ Ka8 41.
dxc6 $44) 39... Rxb5 {[%emt 0:07:41]} 40. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 41. d5+ $1 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Ka8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 42. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:
29]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 43. Rxa5+ {[%emt 0:01:36]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 44.
Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 45. fxe6 {[%emt 0:02:18]} fxe6 {
[%emt 0:00:47]} 46. Ra6 {[%emt 0:09:29]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:04:51]} 47. Rxe6 {
[%emt 0:00:49]} Qxg4+ {[%emt 0:00:06][%csl Rd4,Re6]} 48. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:36]}
Qh3+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} (48... Bxd4 49. Re8+) 49. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} 50. Nc6+ {[%emt 0:01:18]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 51. Rg6 {
[%emt 0:01:15]} Qe1+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 0-1

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hnydiuk, Aleksander"]
[Black "Czarnota, Pawel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "226"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Prokonex"]
[BlackTeam "Szkola Grudziadz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. d3 {La partie a
transposé dans une française fermée} Be7 7. O-O b6 (7... b5 {[%cal Gc5c4,
Ga7a5,Gc8a6]} 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nf1 a4 $132) 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4
$1 (9. h4 Bb7 10. Re1) 9... d4 10. h4 (10. Nfd2 $5 {[%cal Gg2c6] Semble plus
logique après avoir joué c4 qui provoque l'ouverture de la grande diagonale}
Bb7 11. f4 Qc7 12. Ne4 $14 {Felgaer,R (2561)-El Debs,F (2467) Pan American
Continental 2009 (9) 1-0}) 10... Bb7 (10... h6 11. h5 Qc7 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Nbd2
O-O-O 14. Rfe1 Rdg8 15. Ne4 g5 16. hxg6 Rxg6 17. a3 h5 18. b4 Rhg8 19. Nd6+
Bxd6 20. exd6 Qd8 21. b5 Na5 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 h4 25. Qe4 Kd7
26. Rh1 Rg4 27. Rh3 Qf6 28. Kf3 Qh8 29. Rah1 f5 30. Qe5 Rxf4+ 31. Qxf4 Rg4 32.
Qc1 Qa8+ 33. Ke2 Nb3 34. Qc2 hxg3 35. f3 Rg5 36. Qxb3 f4 37. Qd1 {1-0 (37)
Bologan,V (2680)-Dvirnyy,D (2492) Caleta 2012}) 11. Bf4 h6 $1 {Comme les Noirs
n'ont pas roqué, l'attaque Blanche à l'aile-roi n'est pas dangereuse} 12. h5
g5 $1 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. g4 h5 $5 $146 (14... g5 15. Bg3 Nf8 {Liwak,P (2272)
-Wisniewski,A (2226) POL-ch U18 Wisla 2000 (9) 1/2}) 15. gxh5 (15. g5 O-O $1 {
[%cal Gf8f4]} 16. Bd2 Rf7 (16... Qe8 17. Nh4 (17. Bh3 Qf7)) 17. Na3 a6 18. Rae1
Kg7 19. Bh3 Nf8 $17 {[%cal Gf8e6,Gf8g6]}) 15... Rxh5 16. Nbd2 Rf5 (16... Kf7 {
[%cal Gf7g7]} 17. Ne4 Kg7 $13) 17. Bg3 Qc7 18. Rae1 O-O-O $15 19. Ne4 Ncxe5 20.
Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Bxe5 Bd6 23. Bxb7+ Qxb7 {[%csl Gb7,Rg1][%cal Gd8h8]
} 24. Bg3 e5 25. Qe4 $1 {Continue les simplifications et le Bd6 n'est pas
trés bon en finale} Rd7 26. Qxb7+ Rxb7 27. Re2 Rh7 28. Kg2 Kd7 29. Rfe1 Rhh5
30. Re4 $14 {[%csl Rd6,Rg6] Les Blancs ont rétabli une position compromise à
la fin de l'ouverture et ils ont une finale un peu meilleure.} Ke6 31. Rg4 Kf6
32. Bh4+ Kf7 (32... g5 $143 {[%csl Rd6]}) 33. Bg3 Rh8 34. Rge4 Kf6 35. Bh4+ Ke6
36. Bg3 a5 37. Rg4 Kf6 38. Rh4 Rxh4 39. Bxh4+ Ke6 40. Bg3 Rh5 41. Re4 Kf5 42.
Re1 Rh7 43. Kf3 Rb7 44. Re2 a4 45. Kg2 g5 {[%csl Rd6] Encore un P sur cases
Noires} 46. f3 Rb6 47. Kf2 Bc7 48. Kf1 $1 {[%cal Ge2h2,Ge2b2]} Rb8 49. Rh2 g4
50. fxg4+ Kxg4 51. Be1 e4 $1 {[%cal Gc7h2]} 52. Rh4+ Kg5 53. Rxe4 Rxb2 $17 {
[%csl Ra2,Gb2]} 54. Re2 $4 Rb1 $2 (54... a3 $19) 55. Kf2 Rd1 56. Re7 Bd6 57.
Rd7 Bf4 58. Ke2 Ra1 59. Ba5 Be3 (59... Rxa2+ 60. Kf3 Be3 61. Ke4 {[%csl Rc5]
[%cal Ge4d5]}) 60. Kf3 Rxa2 61. Rd5+ Kg6 62. Rxc5 Rf2+ 63. Kg4 a3 64. Bb4 a2
65. Ra5 Rb2 66. Bc5 Rf2 67. Ra6+ Kf7 68. Bb6 Ke7 69. c5 Kd7 70. c6+ $1 Kxc6 71.
Bxd4+ Kb5 72. Rxa2 Rf4+ 73. Kg3 Rxd4 74. Kf3 Rxd3 {Début d'une finale très
difficile à gagner} 75. Ke4 Rc3 76. Kd5 {Le K Blanc doit s'efforcer de rester
au maximum au centre} Bc5 77. Ra8 Rd3+ 78. Ke4 Rd7 79. Ke5 Kc4 80. Ra4+ Bb4 81.
Ra8 Re7+ 82. Kf6 Re2 83. Ra4 Kb5 84. Ra8 Kc6 85. Ra6+ Kd5 86. Kf7 Re7+ 87. Kf6
Rb7 88. Ra8 Bc3+ 89. Kg6 Be5 {Les Noirs ont progressé un peu en repoussant le
K Blancs vers le coin mais c'est encore nulle} 90. Ra6 (90. Ra5+ Ke4 91. Ra4+
Bd4) 90... Ke4 91. Ra4+ Bd4 92. Kh6 Rd7 93. Kg6 Rg7+ $1 94. Kh6 Rg2 $1 {
[%csl Gg2,Rh6] La position Blanche commence à être compliquée à jouer avec
un K coupé et à la bande} 95. Kh7 Rg4 $1 {[%cal Gg4d4,Ge4f5]} 96. Ra5 Rg7+
97. Kh6 Rg2 98. Ra4 Ke5 99. Ra5+ Kf6 100. Kh5 (100. Ra6+ $2 Kf5 101. Ra5+ Be5
$19) 100... Be5 101. Kh4 Kf5 102. Ra3 Rg8 103. Kh3 Rg6 104. Rf3+ Bf4 105. Ra3
Ke4 106. Rb3 Be3 107. Kh4 Kf3 108. Rb5 Ra6 109. Rf5+ Ke4 110. Rb5 Bf4 111. Rb4+
$2 (111. Rb3 $11) 111... Kf5 112. Kh3 (112. Rb5+ Be5 113. Kh5 Ra8) 112... Ra2
113. Rb5+ Be5 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 15th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2014.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Früher galt der Königsindische Angriff eher als Waffe für Theoriefaule, heute
muss man nicht nur Kenntnisse bis weit ins Mittelspiel besitzen, sondern die
Eröffnung kann sogar einige russische Topspieler zu ihren Vertretern rechnen.
Beim Turnier in Poikovsky kam sie auch aufs Brett und brachte den Verlierer
der Partie um den Turniersieg.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3
O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. h5 a4 13.
h6 g6 14. a3 bxa3 15. bxa3 Ba6 16. N1h2 Rc8 $6 {Der Turmzug stellt keine
Verbesserung gegenüber sofortigem} (16... Rb8 {dar.}) 17. Ng4 Nd4 {Das gilt
als gängiges Verfahren, um die Stellung am Damenflügel noch mehr zu öffnen und
Weiß so vom Angriff am Königsflügel abzuhalten. Allerdings wird der Bauer d4
schwach sein.} 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bd2 Rb8 20. Ra2 Rb5 21. Qa1 Qb6 22. Bb4 $1 {
Der Tausch der schwarzfeldrigen Läufer macht die schwarze Königsstellung noch
anfälliger. Am deutlichen weißen Vorteil gibt es nun kaum noch Zweifel.} Bc5
23. Nh2 Nb8 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Qc1 Nd7 26. Nf3 Rfb8 27. Qf4 (27. Qg5 {geht auch.
}) 27... Rb2 28. Rxb2 Rxb2 29. Ng5 {Das ist nicht schlecht, aber} (29. Nxd4 $1
{ergibt klareren Vorteil:} Qxa3 30. Bxd5 $1 exd5 ({oder} 30... Qb4 31. Re4 $1 {
und Schwarz steckt in großen Schwierigkeiten.}) 31. e6 fxe6 32. Rxe6 $18) 29...
Qe7 30. Bxd5 $1 $16 Rxc2 ({Nicht} 30... exd5 $2 31. e6 f6 32. exd7 (32. Qc7)
32... Qxe1+ 33. Kg2 Qe7 34. Qc7 {und Weiß wandelt um.}) 31. Bc4 Bxc4 32. dxc4
d3 $6 {Letztlich geht der Bauer verloren.} ({Zäher ist} 32... Nc5 33. Rb1 Nb3 {
aber Weiß sollte sich nach} 34. Ne4 $1 Rxc4 35. Nf6+ Kh8 36. Nd7 $1 Rc8 37. Nb6
Rd8 38. Nxa4 g5 39. Qg4 Na5 40. Nb6 {ebenfalls durchsetzen.}) 33. Rd1 d2 ({
Wieder verlängert} 33... Nc5 {die Partie nur:} 34. Ne4 Nxe4 35. Qxe4 Qc5 36.
Qf3 d2 37. Kg2 {und die Probleme sind am Brett kaum zu lösen.}) 34. Rxd2 $18
Rxd2 35. Qxd2 Nxe5 36. Qb2 Qd6 ({Stattdessen reicht auch} 36... f6 {nicht,
denn nach} 37. c5 $1 Qxc5 38. Qb7 $1 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Ng4+ 40. Kg2 Ne3+ 41. fxe3
Qc2+ 42. Kh3 Qf5+ 43. g4 Qf1+ 44. Qg2 Qxg2+ 45. Kxg2 fxg5 46. Kf3 {ist Schwarz
im Bauernendspiel verloren.}) 37. c5 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qd5+ 39. f3 Kf8 40. c6 Ke7
41. c7 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 09th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2009.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Haub, Thorsten Michael"]
[Black "Bedouin, Xavier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:1800+30"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. a4 bxa4 10. Rxa4 Rb8 (10... a5 11. Nb3 Bd7 12. exd5 exd5 13. Bg5 Re8 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxc5 Bxb2 16. Ra2 Bc3 17. Rxe8+ Bxe8 18. Na4 Bf6 19. c3 d4 20. c4
Rb8 21. Nd2 Nb4 22. Ra3 Be7 23. Ne4 Qc7 24. h4 h6 25. Bf1 f5 {Ljubojevic,L 
(2620)-Panno,O (2520)/Manila 1976/IZT/0-1 (46)}) (10... Bd7 {[%cal Gd7a4]}) 11.
Nf1 Rb4 12. c3 Rxa4 13. Qxa4 Qb6 14. Ne3 $14 {[%cal Ge3d5]} Bd7 (14... Rd8) 15.
Qa2 Qa5 $6 (15... dxe4 16. Nc4 Qb5 17. dxe4) 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. exd5 exd5 18.
Nxd5 $1 {[%cal Gg2d5] Une "petite combinaison" qui gagne un P} Nxd5 19. Nd2 {
[%csl Rd5,Re7]} Be6 20. Bxd5 $36 Bxd5 21. Rxe7 Nc6 22. Re1 Rd8 23. f4 Kf8 24.
Kf2 Na5 25. c4 Be6 26. Re3 Rb8 27. Re5 Nb3 28. Nxb3 Rxb3 29. Ke2 Bg4+ 30. Kd2
1-0

[Event "Sautron op 13th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2013.10.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lejarre, Ludovic"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2013.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 4. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:00:28]}
b6 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 6. Qa4+ {
[%emt 0:03:43]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:04:47]} (6... c6 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Qg4 g6 9. h4 h5
10. Qf4 c5 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. hxg5 Nc6 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. g4 Ba6 15. gxh5 gxh5 16.
Qa4 Ncxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 18. Be3 d4 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Rc8 21. f4 Qxd4 22.
Bxd4 f6 23. Kd2 Bb7 24. Rh4 e5 25. Re1 O-O 26. Bh3 Rcd8 27. fxe5 fxe5 28. Bxe5
Rf2+ 29. Kc3 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Rf3 31. Bf5 Bc8 32. Be4 Rh3 33. Rf4 Ba6 34. Bf5 Rg3
35. Rd4 Rxd4 36. Kxd4 {Gual Pascual,A (2446)-Alsina Leal,D (2545) Sabadell
2011 1/2-1/2}) 7. d4 {[%emt 0:11:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:04:21]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:03:
26]} a5 {[%emt 0:17:05]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:08:07]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 10. Bxa6
{[%emt 0:00:55]} Rxa6 {[%emt 0:05:31]} 11. Re1 {[%emt 0:02:51]} Re8 {[%emt 0:
04:24]} 12. exd5 {[%emt 0:05:28]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 13. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:11]
} Nf8 $146 {[%emt 0:12:33][%cal Gf8e6,Gf8g6]} (13... c6 14. Ng3 Nf8 15. Nf5 Ne6
16. Ne5 Bf8 17. Qd1 g6 18. Nh6+ Bxh6 19. Bxh6 Qh4 20. Bd2 Ra7 21. Re3 Qd8 22.
Qe2 Rae7 23. Qf3 f5 24. Re2 Qd6 25. Qg3 Ng7 26. Rae1 Nd7 27. Bg5 Re6 28. Bh6 a4
29. Qd3 b5 30. h3 Nh5 31. g4 fxg4 32. hxg4 Nhf6 33. Bf4 Nxe5 34. Bxe5 Qe7 35.
Qh3 g5 36. Re3 Qf7 37. Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 (37) Marotta Moraes,C-Turkov,V RCCA corr
2004}) 14. Bf4 {[%emt 0:07:01]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 15. Bg3 $14 {[%emt 0:00:
41][%csl Ra6,Rb8] Le GMI a quelques difficultés à terminer le développement}
Qd7 {[%emt 0:05:13]} 16. Qc2 {[%emt 0:04:22]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:06:22]} 17. Ne3 {
[%emt 0:03:22]} Raa8 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 18. Ng4 {[%emt 0:07:20]} (18. Nf5 Bf6)
18... Bd6 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 19. Qf5 {[%emt 0:08:13]} Bxg3 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 20.
hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nf8 $1 {[%emt 0:00:38][%cal Gf8h7,Gf8g6,Gf8d7] Un coup
prophylactique pour anticiper la menace Ng5 tout en préparant l'échange des
R sur la colonne "e"} 21. Qg5 {[%emt 0:07:24]} (21. Qh5 {[%csl Rf7,Rh7][%cal
Gf3g5]}) 21... Ng6 {[%emt 0:04:10]} 22. Re3 {[%emt 0:08:10]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:02:
40]} 23. Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nce7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 24. Re1 {[%emt 0:02:21]}
f6 {[%emt 0:01:42]} (24... Rd8) 25. Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.10.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pancevski, Filip"]
[Black "Nguyen, Chi Minh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 2. Qe2 $5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be7 {
[%emt 0:01:13][%cal Gd7d5]} (2... c5 3. g3) (2... d5 $143 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3
$14) 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} 5. g3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} b5 $5 {[%emt 0:00:30] Reprenant une
idée de Kortchnoi} (5... c5) 6. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:31]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 7.
dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:11][%cal Gc8a6,Ga6e2]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:
14:17]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 9. Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:23]} 10.
b3 {[%emt 0:05:35]} (10. O-O {[%cal Gf1d1]}) 10... Nc6 {[%emt 0:06:12]} 11. Bb2
{[%emt 0:05:18]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:07:20]} 12. Rd1 {[%emt 0:04:40]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:
54]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:01:15]} e5 {[%emt 0:08:40]} 14. Bh3 {[%emt 0:17:14]} Rfd8
{[%emt 0:06:04]} 15. Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:06:40]} (15... Bxc4 16.
Rxd8+) 16. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:08:01]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:08:16]} 17. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:49]
} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 18. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:05:01]} 19.
Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 20. e5 $14 {[%emt 0:01:24][%csl
Gh3][%cal Gf2f4]} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:25]} 21. f4 {[%emt 0:06:11]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:
49]} 22. Re1 {[%emt 0:11:21]} (22. Qd3) 22... Nc5 {[%emt 0:02:07]} (22... f6 $6
23. Qe4 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Ge4d5,Gd5g8,Gd5d7]}) (22... Nf8 $11) 23. Qd2 {[%emt 0:
01:26]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 24. Qxb4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} d3 $6 {[%emt 0:00:37]}
25. cxd3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 26. Rd1 {[%emt 0:03:29]} g5 {
[%emt 0:05:53]} 27. d4 {[%emt 0:04:11]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 28. gxf4 {
[%emt 0:03:51]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 29. Qxe7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kxe7 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 30. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kxe6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:14]
} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 32. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 33. d5+ {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Drancy"]
[Date "2016.06.05"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Grafl, Florian"]
[Black "Ider, Borya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.05.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Quentin"]
[BlackTeam "Mulhouse Philidor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{Prix de beauté de la ronde 9} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2.
b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:
00:28]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (
5. g4) 5... Be7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 6. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:17]}
7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 8. O-O-O {[%emt 0:14:15]} Bb7 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} 9. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:04:06]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 10. d4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} (10. Ne5 a5 11. a4 Nc6 12. f4 Qd5 13. Qe3 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Be7 15.
Rg1 Rab8 16. Bd3 Rbd8 17. Qh3 h6 18. Be2 Bc6 19. d4 b5 20. axb5 Bxb5 21. c4 Qe4
22. Bd3 Qc6 23. Rgf1 Rb8 24. Bc2 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Rb4 26. Bc3 Rxc4 27. Rd3 a4 28.
Kd1 Qb5 29. Qf3 c5 30. d5 exd5 31. Qf5 g6 32. Rg3 Bg5 33. Qd3 Qd7 34. Rgf3 Qe6
35. h3 Kg7 36. Bb1 Re4 37. Rf6 Re3 38. Rxe6 Rxd3+ 39. Bxd3 fxe6 {Pfretzschner,
R (2548)-Talpak,T (2529) ICCF email 2013 1-0 (74)}) 10... a5 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
11. a4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 12. Ne5 {[%emt 0:09:16]} Qe7 $146
{[%emt 0:05:45]} (12... Nb4 13. f4 c6 14. h4 b5 15. c3 Nd5 16. axb5 cxb5 17.
Qxb5 Qc7 18. Qc4 Qd6 19. Qc5 Qb8 20. Qb5 Rc8 21. Rh3 a4 22. bxa4 Qc7 23. Rf3
Ra5 24. Qb3 Nb6 25. Bb5 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rca8 27. Nc6 Rxa4 28. Bxa4 Nxa4 29. Ne5
Nxb2 30. Qxb2 Bxh4 31. Kc2 Bg3 32. Nd3 g6 33. Ra1 Rxa1 34. Qxa1 h5 35. Qa8+ Kg7
36. d5 Qe7 37. c4 exd5 38. Qxd5 h4 39. Qd4+ Kh7 40. Ne5 h3 41. Ng4 Qe2+ 42. Kb1
{Hrvacic,P (1972)-Lehnen,P (2276) LSS email 2010 0-1}) 13. Qg4 {[%emt 0:07:21]}
Nb4 {[%emt 0:03:48]} 14. Bc4 {[%emt 0:16:13]} c6 {[%emt 0:16:42]} 15. Rhe1 {
[%emt 0:16:10]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 16. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 17. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 18. c4 {[%emt 0:01:53]} a4
$36 {[%emt 0:18:04][%csl Rc1]} 19. Bxa4 {[%emt 0:09:39]} Rxa4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:
54]} 20. bxa4 Qe8 21. Kd2 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Qxa4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 22. Ke2 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:07:29]} 23. Kf1 {[%emt 0:05:53]} Nxe1 {[%emt 0:00:
49]} 24. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 25. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:36]}
Rxc4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 26. Qd1 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Qa8 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 27. f3 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd5 $17 {[%emt 0:00:05][%csl Rf1]} 28. Kg1 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Qa5
{[%emt 0:02:59]} 29. h3 $4 (29. Kh1) 29... Qb6+ {[%csl Rb2]} 0-1

[Event "Moscow op-A 04th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shumilina, Alexandra"]
[Black "Kosyrev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2008.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Na3 Nh6 7. Nc2 Nf5 8. Bd3 g6
9. Ne3 Be7 10. O-O Bd7 11. b3 h5 12. Kh1 O-O-O 13. Nxf5 gxf5 14. Bc2 Kb8 15. a3
d4 16. Qe2 f6 17. b4 fxe5 18. fxe5 Rhg8 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. Bd3 Rg4 $1 {It's
natural to try and double rooks on the g-file, but Black also has other things
in mind... Der erste Schritt zur Turmverdopplung in der g-Linie, aber Schwarz
hat da auch noch andere Ideen...} 21. Bb2 $2 {Surprisingly losing material.
Verliert überraschend Material.} ({Quite okay for White was Ganz ordentlich
für Weiß war} 21. b5 Na5 22. cxd4) {[%tqu "En","How would you play with
Black?","One white light piece is in grave danger!","Black's rook on g4 not
only works vertically, but also horizontally!","c5c4","Excellent!  This move
forces the white bishop to c4 - and thus into the radius of the rook on g4! 
Have you already seen how things develop then?",20,"De","Wie würden Sie mit
Schwarz spielen?","Eine weiße Leichtfigur schwebt in höchster Gefahr!","Der
schwarze Turm g4 wirkt nicht nur vertikal, sondern auch horizontal.","c5c4",
"Ausgezeichnet!  Dieser Zug zwingt den weißen Läufer nach c4 - und damit in
den Wirkungskreis des Turms auf g4.  Haben Sie schon gesehen, wie es
weitergeht?",20]} 21... c4 $1 {Forcing the white bishop onto a most vulnerable
square. Zwingt den weißen Läufer auf ein höchst anfälliges Feld.} 22. Bxc4 (22.
Bc2 d3 {is of course no alternative. ist natürlich keine Alternative.}) {
[%tqu "En","Continue Black's idea initiated with 21...c4!","Clear the fourth
rank for the rook!","","d4c3","Of course!",10,"De","Setzen Sie die mit 21...
c4! eingeleitete Idee von Schwarz fort.","Legen Sie die vierte Reihe für den
Turm frei!","","d4c3","Na klar!",10]} 22... dxc3 $1 {Black's rook on g4 not
only works in the g-file, but also on the fourth rank! Der schwarze Turm auf
g4 wirkt nicht nur in der g-Linie, sondern auch auf der vierten Reihe!} (22...
dxc3 {and White resigned, since after und Weiß gab auf, denn nach} 23. Bxc3 {
[%tqu "En","What now?","Pick up the bishop on c4!","","g4e4","and the queen
can't keep contact to the bishop on c4 (24.Qd3 Bc8).",10,"De","Was nun?",
"Sacken Sie den Läufer auf c4 ein!","","g4e4","und die Dame kann den Kontakt
zum Läufer auf c4 nicht mehr halten (24.Qd3 Bc8).",10]} Re4 $1 {the queen
can't keep contact to the bishop on c4 (24.Qd3 Bc8). kann die Dame den Kontakt
zum Läufer auf c4 nicht mehr halten (24.Qd3 Bc8).}) 0-1

[Event "Asian Continental op 16th"]
[Site "Chengdu"]
[Date "2017.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This occurred in the critical penultimate round of the event. I was paired
with the ever-present and strong Adhiban who needless to say wanted to win in
this game to gain great chances to earn a spot for 2017 World Cup. He is also
known for his surprising opening choices, therefore during preparation I
reviewed some main lines and sidelines that he might spring upon me!} 1. e4 e6
2. Qe2 {Honestly, this is not one of the lines I reviewed but fortunately I
had a back up line that I had studied way before the event.} c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4.
g3 {Here, I could still go to French waters with knight to f6 or bishop to e7
but he probably had something prepared there.} g6 {Officially using the
Sicilian setup vs. the King's Indian Attack.} 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 O-O
8. Na3 ({If} 8. d3 d5 9. e5 (9. Na3 h6 {followed by either e6-e5 or b7-b6.})
9... h6 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Gc1g5]} 10. d4 b6 {and Black should be solid here.})
8... d6 9. Nc2 {Preparing d4.} e5 10. b4 $6 {During the game, I wasn't aware
that this move had already been played before.} h6 ({I didn't like taking on
b4 as it will give his dark squared bishop something to do on b2. But previous
games shows that it's also good for Black so long as it's followed up with
d5-d4, shutting down the bishop!} 10... cxb4 11. cxb4 d5 $1 12. d3 a6 13. Bb2
d4 14. a4 Be6 $11 {Black already has a good position.} 15. Ng5 Bb3 16. Ra3 (16.
b5 Na5 17. f4 {0-1 (41) Bojkov,D (2411)-Krasenkow,M (2573) Kavala 2001} exf4 $1
18. gxf4 Nc4 $1 19. Bc1 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Ne3 $17) 16... Bxc2 17. Qxc2 {1/2-1/2 
(30) Debashis,D (2477)-Grover,S (2467) Sharjah 2013} Nxb4 18. Qb3 a5 19. f4 (
19. Nf3 Nec6 20. Nd2 Nb8 $1 {[%cal Gb8d7,Gd7c5]} 21. Nc4 Nd7 $17) 19... Nec6
20. Raa1 exf4 21. gxf4 Bh6 22. Nh3 Qd7 $17) 11. b5 Na5 12. d4 $6 {This looked
really ambitious and risky during the game as White opens up the centre while
he's behind in development.} exd4 13. cxd4 Be6 {[%csl Rb5,Rc4,Rd4][%cal Re6c4,
Rg7d4,Ra5c4,Rc4e2,Rc4b5] I thought the most logical approach is to simply
develop where I can also put pressure on his weaknesses.} 14. Rd1 ({Another
possibility for him that I considered was} 14. d5 {but after the simple} Bd7 (
14... Bxa1 {is simply too risky and most probably the kind of game my opponent
was looking for!} 15. Nxa1 (15. Bxh6 $5 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. dxe6 f6 (17...
fxe6 18. Ng5 Qd7 19. Bh3 Rf6 20. Ne3 $40) 18. Ne3 $36) 15... Bd7 16. Bxh6 Re8
$4 17. Qb2) 15. Rb1 Re8 (15... a6 16. bxa6 b5 $5) 16. Be3 f5 $1 {I have a nice
version of the Benoni for Black.}) {After my opponent played his move, I
stopped to check my plan with bishop to c4 and after I spotted a strong idea
on move 16, at least practically; I went for the pawn grab.} 14... Bc4 15. Qe1
Bxb5 16. dxc5 Ba4 $1 {After this, my opponent spent around 30 min which was
the correct thing to do as he has problems to solve with his loose pieces.} 17.
Rxd6 {During the game, I also thought this was White's best reply. However, a
deeper analysis of the position suggests otherwise.} (17. Bd2 $142 $1 {When I
was checking this in his thinking time, things were a bit of a blur but I
thought I'd simply gain the exchange after} Bxc2 (17... Bxa1 18. Rxa1) (17...
Nc4 18. Bc3 $1 (18. Rac1 Nb2)) 18. Rdc1 ({What I missed was} 18. Bxa5 b6 (18...
Qc8 19. cxd6 Bxd1 20. dxe7 Bxf3 21. Rc1 $16) 19. Rxd6 $1 Qc7 20. Rc1 $16) 18...
Bxa1 (18... Bd3 $2 19. Bxa5 Qd7 (19... b6 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Bc3 $1 $16) 20. Bc3
$16) 19. Bxa5 (19. Rxc2 Bg7 $17) 19... b6 20. Rxc2 bxa5 21. Qxa1 Rc8 {and
White doesn't have any compensation for the exchange.}) 17... Qc7 {White still
has problems with his queenside pieces but he surprisingly still has a way to
solve it, only it requires more precision.} 18. Bf4 $6 (18. Ncd4 $142 $1 Qxc5
19. Bf4 g5 {this looks very shakey for White but a concrete solution is
available in} 20. Rc1 $1 Qa3 21. Qxa5 {is more foreseeable in a game} (21. Rc3
$5 Qxa2 22. Be5 f6 23. Bh3 $1 $36) 21... gxf4 22. Qc5 {stablising the position}
Qxc5 23. Rxc5 fxg3 24. hxg3 $11) 18... g5 19. Rd4 gxf4 20. Rxa4 Bxa1 21. Nxa1
Nac6 22. e5 Ng6 $1 {I was happy to find this positional pawn sac as it allows
my pieces to gain good squares.} 23. gxf4 Qd7 24. Nb3 Rad8 $2 ({I first
considered the forcing move} 24... Ncxe5 $1 25. Nxe5 (25. Rd4 Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3
Qf5 $17 (26... Nh4 $1 $17)) 25... Qxa4 26. Nxg6 fxg6 27. Qe6+ {However, I
incorrectly thought White could obtain perpetual chances or "unnecessary
counterplay" here after} Kh7 ({But he doesn't if I had checked the other
retreat} 27... Kg7 $1 28. Qe5+ (28. Qe7+ Rf7 29. Qe5+ Kh7) 28... Rf6 $1 {
is what I missed} (28... Kh7 29. Qe7+ $11) 29. Qe7+ (29. Nd4 Re8) 29... Rf7 30.
Qe5+ Kh7 $19) 28. Qe7+ Kh8 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Bd5+ $11) 25. Re4 {Now White gets
to re-group his forces for better defence.} Kh7 ({A better king move was} 25...
Kh8 {But over the board it's difficult to discern which square will be more
beneficial.}) 26. Nbd4 $6 {Now White gets to re-group his forces for better
defence.} (26. h3 $5 {creating an airhole for the king on h2} Qf5 $2 (26... Rg8
27. Kh2 Nce7 28. Nbd4 $13) 27. Nbd4 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Qh5 29. Kh2 $1 Nh4 30. Bh1
$13) (26. Nbd2 {is also possible but only if the correct follow-up is found}
Qf5 (26... Rg8 27. Kh1 $13) 27. Qb1 $3 (27. Qe3 Rg8 28. Kh1 Nge7 $17 {[%cal
Gg8g7,Gd8g8,Ge7d5]}) 27... Rg8 28. Kh1 Rxd2 $2 (28... Kh8 29. Qxb7 $1 $132) 29.
Nxd2 Nh4 30. Bf1 {and Black cannot finish White off as his queen is tied down
to protect the king.}) 26... Nxd4 27. Nxd4 {This was a critical moment for me
as I had to choose which attacking move to make first: rook to g8 or knight to
h4?} Nh4 $1 ({is inaccurate due to} 27... Rg8 28. e6 $1 fxe6 (28... Qe7 29. Nf5
Qf6 30. exf7 Qxf7 31. Ng3 $13) 29. Nxe6 Nh4 (29... Rde8 30. f5 $36) 30. Ng5+
hxg5 31. Re7+ $16) 28. e6 Qe7 $1 {When I first checked the line starting with
knight to h4 I thought it was good for White until I noticed this quiet move.}
(28... fxe6 $2 29. Nxe6 Rg8 30. Ng5+ $1 $16) 29. exf7 Qf6 30. Ne2 $1 {
Adhiban's resourcefulness enables him to find this strong defensive idea which
made me focus more even though I knew I was able to increase my advantage
earlier.} (30. Qb1 Qg6 $19) (30. Nf3 Nxg2 31. Kxg2 Rxf7 $17) 30... Rxf7 31. Ng3
Rfd7 $6 (31... Nxg2 $142 32. Kxg2 Qc6 $1 33. Qe3 Rd5 $15) ({or} 31... Qc6 $1
$15) 32. Qe2 Nxg2 33. Kxg2 Qc6 34. Qg4 ({Or immediately} 34. Kh3 Qxc5 35. Re6 {
would've given White equal chances already.}) 34... Rf7 35. Kh3 $1 Rg8 36. Qe6
$2 {Misjudgment mainly caused by time shortage.} ({During the post mortem we
both thought that after} 36. Qh5 Qd7+ 37. f5 ({I also thought that White could
defend by running back to g2} 37. Kg2 $5 Rf5 (37... Rgf8 38. f5) 38. Qe2 $15)
37... Rg5 {White is in trouble} 38. Qh4 ({But what we missed is} 38. Qf3 Rfxf5
39. Nxf5 Rxf5 40. Re7+ $1 {this tactical idea} (40. Qg4 Rh5+ 41. Kg2 Rg5 $19))
(38. Qe2 $5) 38... Rfxf5 $1 {White is in trouble.}) 36... Qxe6+ 37. Rxe6 Rg6 $1
{Simplifying the game into a rook versus knight ending where White's weak
pawns will easily drop.} 38. Rxg6 Kxg6 39. Kg4 Rd7 {Planning to quickly seize
the weak a-pawn.} ({The engine points out another way to convert:} 39... b6 $1
40. cxb6 (40. f5+ Kg7 41. Ne4 Rc7 42. cxb6 axb6 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gc7c2,Gc2a2]})
40... axb6 41. f5+ Kh7 42. Ne4 Ra7 43. Nc3 Ra3 44. Nd5 b5 $19) 40. f5+ Kg7 {
Avoiding any resources connected with a check on e4.} 41. Ne4 Rd4 42. Kf4 ({If
} 42. Kf3 {I was calculating} Ra4 43. Nd6 Kf6 44. Nxb7 Kxf5 45. c6 Ra3+ $1 {
an important intermediate check} 46. Ke2 Ke6 47. f4 Rxa2+ 48. Kd3 {and I will
pick up another pawn soon e.g.} Ra3+ 49. Ke4 (49. Kc4 Rf3) 49... Ra4+ 50. Ke3
Rc4 $19) 42... Ra4 43. Ke5 Rxa2 44. Kd6 Kf8 $1 {Simply eliminating any
counterplay connected with his king going to e7.} 45. Kc7 Rb2 46. Nd6 a5 47.
Nc4 Rc2 48. Nxa5 Rxc5+ 49. Kb6 Rxf5 50. Nxb7 Rxf2 {With this win, I went into
the last round with a chance to fight for 1st place. Though things didn't go
as well as planned and desired in the last round against another strong player,
I was happy with the way I fought till the end and with my overall play
against the top players in Asia!} 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
{We have the main position of the King's Indian Attack where Black has two
main options here. One is to go for instant queenside expansion with 8...b5
and the other is what was played in the game.} Qc7 9. Qe2 (9. e5 {is the main
line and the continuation would be something like} Nd7 10. Qe2 b5 11. Nf1 a5
12. h4 {[%cal Gf1h2]} Ba6 13. Bf4 b4 14. Ne3 Nb6 15. Ng4 {You can see how
clear battle-lines have been drawn with White attacking on the kingside while
Black is expanding on the queenside. It's a very exciting position which one
must study in order to improve one's attacking and defensive abilities.}) 9...
b5 10. exd5 {Though the great majority of players have pushed ahead with e4-e5,
Svidler goes for the exchange of pawns. It shouldn't really give him any hopes
of an advantage but I guess more than an edge he was looking for an original
position.} exd5 11. a4 bxa4 {Unconventional but not at all bad.} (11... b4 {
would be a normal choice.} 12. Nb3 Re8 13. Bf4 Qb6 {with an interesting
position.}) 12. Rxa4 Re8 13. Qd1 h6 14. Nb3 Be6 (14... Qb6 15. Bf4 Bd7 {
is a much more subtle way to play. As in the game, the bishop on e6 is not so
well placed and allows White to get a solid edge.} 16. Ra1 a5 $15) 15. Bf4 Qb6
16. Ne5 $1 $14 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 {The defects of Black's position start becoming
apparent. All his pawns are being attacked by White. For example,. the knight
on b3 attacks c5, the bishop on g2 keeps an eye on d5 and the rook on a4
pressurises the a7-pawn. All in all it is not so easy to play this position
for Black.} Nd7 (17... a5 18. Qa1 $14) 18. Bc3 Bf6 19. Qa1 $1 {A nice little
idea to triple the pieces down the a-file.} a6 20. h3 Rec8 21. Qa3 Ra7 22. Bxf6
Nxf6 23. Ra1 c4 24. Rb4 Qd8 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. dxc4 dxc4 {We reach this position
after a series of logical moves. There are many things going on here but a
good player is always able to find the key point that matters. The a6 pawn is
a weakness and great players of the past have told us a very important concept
about weaknesses in chess: Before attacking a weakness you must firmly
blockade it. It makes sense to block the a-pawn with the move Qa5!} 27. Qa5 $1
(27. c3 $6 {is a lazy move which throws away the bulk of the advantage that
White has.} a5 $1 28. Rb7 Rxb7 29. Bxb7 Rb8 30. Bg2 Qb6 31. Qxa5 Qxb2 $132 {
Black has decent counterplay and the position is round about equal.}) 27... Qe7
28. Rb6 Rc5 (28... c3 29. b4 $16) 29. Rb8+ Kh7 30. Qb6 Rac7 31. c3 (31. Qxa6
$16 {There was nothing wrong with taking the pawn but Svidler would like to
maintain much greater control on the position.}) 31... Bb5 (31... Bc8 {It was
much more important to defend the pawn from here and also keep an eye on the
kingside.}) 32. Rb7 $1 {Exchanging a pair of rooks weakens the a6 pawn.} Rxb7
33. Qxb7 Qxb7 (33... Rc7 34. Qb6 Qe5 $16 {was much better than the game. After
the exchange of queens it is much easier for White.}) 34. Bxb7 Bd7 35. Bxa6
Bxh3 36. Ra4 Re5 37. Bxc4 $18 {With two connected passers it should not be too
difficult for Svidler to win.} Re1+ 38. Kh2 Bf1 39. Nf3 Rc1 40. Bxf7 Rc2 $2 {
A bad mistake which abruptly brings the game to an end.} (40... Bb5 41. Rb4 Bc6
42. Kg2 g5 43. Rb6 Be4 44. Rxf6 g4 45. Bg6+ $1 Bxg6 46. Nd4 Be4+ 47. f3 gxf3+
48. Kf2 {With careful play White should win here.} Rd1 49. b4 $18) 41. Ne5 $1 {
Bg6 followed by Ra8 cannot be prevented and hence Lysyj resigned.} 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Extremadura Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Merida"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

{This game in the Spanish team championship is one of the most original and
interesting fights I have ever seen in my chess career. Wonderful things
happen in this game and there are so many ideas and tactical motifs that one
can learn from this game, that it is well worth going over the moves with
great care.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 {The King's Indian Attack, also known as
KIA has been tried by many strong grandmasters in the past. What attracts the
players is the simplicity of White's setup. If you like playing the King;s
Indian Defence from the black side then there is no reason why you shouldn't
try it with an extra tempo. One of the most famous players who has
intermittently played this system as White is none other than Robert James
Fischer.} Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 (5. Nbd2 {is another way to play this position
not determining the Q's position on e2.} Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1) (5.
Bg2 dxe4 6. dxe4 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1) 5... Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5 (8. Nbd2
b5 {is a common opening setup.}) 8... Nd7 9. c4 (9. Nbd2 {[%cal Gf1e1,Gd2f1,
Gh2h4,Gf1h2,Gh2g4,Gf3g5,Gg4f6] has the very common plan of Re1 followed by Nf1,
h4, Bf4, N1h2, Ng4 and trying to bring all the pieces on to the kingside for
an attack.}) 9... b5 $5 {Not a novelty (played in 11 games prior to this) but
a very interesting move. Black doesn't want to be bogged down and cramped and
hence fights for the space advantage right from the word go. I am not sure
whether this pawn sacrifice is sound or not but it does remind me of Benko
Gambit like ideas.} (9... d4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Gb1d2,Gd2e4,Gc1f4,Ge4d6] would
be an interesting move. One serious drawback of this move is that it gives up
the e4-square and in return Black doesn't even get the d5-square. But this has
been played before even by players like Karjakin, Sjugirov and Kryvoruchko
himself.} 10. h4 Qc7 11. Bf4 b6 12. Nbd2 $13) (9... f6 {is not as silly as it
looks.} 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nc3 $14 (11. Bh3 $6 e5 $1 $15)) (9... Qc7 10. Bf4 g5
$6 11. Nxg5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 Qxe5 13. Qd2 $16) 10. cxb5 (10. cxd5 {is another way
to win a pawn.} exd5 11. Nc3 (11. e6 $6 Nb6 12. exf7+ Rxf7 $15) 11... Nb6 12.
Nxb5 a6 13. Nc3 Bg4 14. Re1 (14. h3 $5 Nd4 15. Qd1 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxh3 17. Re1
Be6 18. Ne2 $1 $14 {[%cal Ge2f4]} (18. Bf4 $11)) 14... Rb8 15. Bf4 Nd4 16. Qd1
Ne6 $44 {Black has good compensation for the pawn thanks to his strong centre
and active pieces.}) 10... Na5 (10... Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4) 11. Nfd2 $5 {White is
playing extremely creatively. His idea is to defend the b5-pawn with a4 and
hence he goes for Nfd2. Why not Nbd2 you may ask. The b1N will be put to
better use on the a3-square.} (11. Bf4 a6 $1 12. bxa6 Bxa6 $44 {is typical
Benko like counterplay for Black.}) (11. Nbd2 a6 12. a4 Qb6 $15) (11. Qc2 $1 {
[%cal Ga2a4,Gb1a3] Is the best move to take b3-square under control and then
go for a4 with the idea of Na3.} a6 12. a4 Bb7 (12... Qb6 13. Na3 $1 $16) 13.
Na3 axb5 14. axb5 $14 (14. Nxb5 Ba6 $44)) (11. d4 a6 12. Nc3 axb5 13. Nxb5 Ba6
14. a4 Nb3 $17 {[%cal Gb3a1,Gb3d4]}) (11. Nc3 a6 12. bxa6 Bxa6 $44) 11... a6
12. a4 Nb6 13. b3 (13. Na3 $2 {drops the a4-pawn.} Nxa4) (13. Nc3 {might well
be the best move here.} Bd7 14. f4 $14) 13... axb5 14. axb5 Bd7 {This seems
like a very natural move by Kryvoruchko. However he had an excellent way of
co-ordinating his pieces and rerouting them to better squares.} (14... Nc6 $1 {
is a very unique and nice discovered attack.} 15. Rxa8 Nd4 16. Qg4 Nxa8 $11 {
And Black has equalised mainly because his once passive N is now the pride of
the position on d4.}) 15. Na3 (15. Nc3 Qe8 16. Rb1 Bxb5 17. Nc4 $5 {is a
tactic similar to the game but Black can defend with} Ra6 $1 $11) (15. Nc4 $2 {
is a little too early.} dxc4 (15... Nxb3 16. Rxa8 Nxa8) 16. Bxa8 Nxb3 $1 $17)
15... Qe8 $6 {This gives White the chance to execute his dangerous piece
sacrifice.} (15... Nc8 $1 {[%cal Gc8a7] with the idea of Na7 and taking on b5
was the best.} 16. Nac4 Bxb5 $1 $11) 16. Nac4 $1 (16. d4 $6 c4 17. bxc4 Naxc4
$15) (16. Ndc4 {is not effective as now the b3 pawn is unprotected.} dxc4 (
16... Nxb3 17. Nxb6 Nxa1 18. Nxa8 Qxa8 19. Qb2 $16) 17. Bxa8 Nxb3 $17) 16...
dxc4 17. bxc4 $1 (17. Bxa8 $5 cxd3 18. Qxd3 Bxb5 19. Qc3 Bxf1 20. Qxa5 (20. Bf3
Nc6 21. Nxf1 Nd4 $15) 20... Nxa8 21. Nxf1 $11 {So taking the R is just good
enough for equality.}) (17. Nxc4 $2 Nxb3 18. Bxa8 Nxa8 $1 $17 (18... Nxc4 $5
19. Ra7 Nd4 $19)) 17... Nc6 $5 (17... Ra7 18. Nb3 $16) (17... Nb7 18. Bb2 Rxa1
19. Rxa1 $16) 18. Bb2 $1 (18. Rxa8 Nd4 $1 19. Qg4 Nxa8 $13) (18. bxc6 Rxa1 19.
cxd7 Qxd7 $15) 18... Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Nb4 (19... Nd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Nb3 Qb8 22.
Nxd4 $14) 20. Ne4 $1 {Calmly played. What does White have in this position for
a piece deficit. First of all of course White has two pawns. Not only that,
his pawns are excellently placed on d3-c4-b5 limiting the scope of black
pieces. At the same time look at the quality of the White pieces. The B on g2
is strong and so is the B on b2. The N on e4 stands majestically on a central
square and the R is well placed on the open a-file. All in all White's quality
is greater than the black quantity.} (20. d4 $6 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Nc2 22. Bxb6 Nxa1
23. Qd3 $13) 20... Kh8 (20... Z0 {The threat is of course to play Nf6+} 21.
Nf6+ gxf6 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. exf6 $18) (20... Qd8 21. Bc3 {What should Black do
here. He doesn't really have any plan. Maybe the only one can be to attack the
pawn on d3.} (21. Nf6+ gxf6 $19) 21... Bc8 (21... Be8 {[%cal Ge4f6,Gg7f6,Ge5f6,
Ge7f6,Ge2g4,Gg8h8] The problem is that the Q on d8 is now undefended.} 22. Nf6+
$3 gxf6 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Qh4 $3 $18 {Now you can understand why
I said that the Q on d8 is undefended.} Kg7 26. Qg5+ $18) 22. Ra7 $1 $16 Nxd3
23. Ba5 $1 Nxe5 24. Rxe7 (24. Bxb6 Qxb6 25. Rxe7 Ng6 $19) 24... Qxe7 25. Bxb6
$16) 21. Nf6 Qd8 (21... gxf6 22. exf6 Bd6 23. Qh5 {[%cal Gg2e4]} Rg8 24. Be4
$18 Rg6 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. f7+ $18) 22. Qh5 (22. Be4 {was maybe a tad stronger.}
h6 (22... gxf6 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Qh5 $18) 23. Qh5 $40 {with a strong attack.}
Be8 (23... Bc8 24. Ng4 $18 {With a strong sac coming up on h6.}) 24. Bc1 {
[%cal Gc1h6]} Bxf6 25. Bxh6 g6 26. Qh3 $18) 22... Bxf6 $1 {The only defensive
move.} (22... gxf6 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Be4 $18) (22... h6 23. Be4) 23. exf6 g6
24. Qh6 Rg8 25. Be4 {White doesn't really have a killer blow as yet but what
should Black do? His N on b6 has no good squares. The R on g8 is stuck there
to stop a mate on g7. The B on d7 cannot really hope to find a good diagonal.
On the other hand White has a killer idea with h4-h5. All in all a very
difficult position for Black to defend. Kryvoruchko tries his best.} Nc2 (25...
Qf8 26. Qg7+ (26. Qxf8 Rxf8 27. Be5 $18 {is also a strong idea.}) 26... Rxg7
27. fxg7+ Qxg7 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Ra7 $18) (25... Nxd3 $1 {was a shrewd
defensive idea which could have given Black some chances.} 26. Bxd3 Bxb5 $1 27.
cxb5 Qxd3 {The material equality is established but White's advantage has
diminished. The N on b6 which was hitherto quite passive is now doing an
excellent role of blocking the pawn and can move into the centre with Nd5 at
an appropriate moment.} 28. h4 $1 $14) 26. Ra7 $1 $18 Nc8 (26... Nd4 27. Bxd4
cxd4 28. c5 Nc8 29. Rb7 $18 {[%csl Gb5,Gc5] These two pawns will do the trick.}
) 27. Ra8 Nd4 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Qf4 $1 (29. b6 $2 Qxb6 30. Bxg6 Rxg6 31. Qf8+
Rg8 32. Qxf7 Qb1+ 33. Kg2 Bc6+ $19 {would be a very swift counter-attack.})
29... Qb6 30. Rb8 $2 {White has played excellently till this point but goes
wrong with this move. It was not necessary to attack the Q because there was
no threat at all. Instead pushing the h-pawn would have finished the game.} (
30. h4 $1 Qc5 (30... Nd6 31. Ra6 $18 (31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. Bc6 $3 Qc7 33. c5 $18)
) 31. Qh6 Qe5 (31... Qh5 $2 32. Qxh5 gxh5 33. Ra6 $18 {[%cal Gb5b6,Gb6b7]}) 32.
b6 Qxf6 33. b7 $18) 30... Qc5 31. h4 (31. Qh6 $1 Qe5 32. Rb7 (32. b6 Qxb8)
32... Be8 33. Qf4 Qxf4 34. gxf4 Nd6 35. Rc7 $16 {White still has the better
chances in this endgame.}) 31... e5 $2 (31... Nd6 {was the best.} 32. Qh6 Ne8
33. Qg5 Qxg5 34. hxg5 Nd6 35. Rb6 $14 Nxe4 36. dxe4 Rc8 37. Rd6 Be8 38. Rxd4
$14 {White has a stronger position but Black can fight on with} h6 $1) 32. Qg5
$6 (32. Qh6 $3 {was the winning move and mind you it has a fantastic idea.
White sacrifices all his pieces to queen the f-pawn.} Qc7 (32... Qd6 33. Rb7 $1
(33. h5 Qxf6) 33... Nb6 34. h5 Qxf6 35. hxg6 fxg6 36. c5 $18) 33. h5 $1 Qxb8
34. hxg6 fxg6 35. Bxg6 $3 {What a beautiful finish} (35. f7 $2 Qd6 (35... Nd6
36. Bxg6) 36. Bxg6 Qxg6 37. f8=Q Qxh6 (37... Rxf8 38. Qxf8+ Qg8 39. Qf6+ Qg7
40. Qd8+) 38. Qxh6) 35... Rxg6 36. f7 $1 Ne7 37. f8=Q+ Qxf8 38. Qxf8+ Ng8 39.
Qd8 $18 {The white pawns will be unstoppable.}) 32... Nd6 {Now it is not so
easy to win this position for White. Such is the volatility of the position.
It can swing from being favourable for one side to another in just one move.}
33. Bxg6 $5 (33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. Qh6 Ne8 $15) 33... Bc8 $1 {Kryvoruchko finds
the only move.} (33... fxg6 $2 34. f7 $18) (33... Rxb8 34. Qh6 $18) 34. h5 Qc7
(34... Qb4 {would also have drawn but only through a miraculous defence.} 35.
Qh6 fxg6 36. hxg6 Rxg6 37. f7 $1 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Rxg3+ $3 39. fxg3 (39. Kxg3 Qg1+
40. Kf3 Qg4#) 39... Qe2+ 40. Kg1 Qe1+ $11) 35. Ra8 (35. Qxe5 hxg6 (35... Qxb8
$2 36. Bxf7 $1 Rf8 37. Bd5 $18) 36. hxg6 Rxg6 37. Rxc8+ $1 Qxc8 38. Qxd6 $11 {
And even though Black is a rook up, this position will end in a draw because
it is not so easy to pick up the f6 pawn.} Kh7 39. b6 Qb7 40. Qxd4 (40. c5 Rh6
$19) 40... Qc6 (40... Rh6 41. Qe4+ $18) 41. c5 Rg5 42. Qh4+ Kg6 43. d4 $11 {
Equal might not be the correct evaluation. The position is complicated. But I
would put my money on the white pawns that looks really threatening rather
than the black rook.}) 35... Qb7 $1 (35... fxg6 $2 36. f7 $1 Qxf7 (36... Nxf7
37. Qf6+ Rg7 38. h6 $18) 37. Qxe5+ Qg7 38. Qxd6 $18) 36. Qh6 $1 {once again
the only move:} fxg6 37. hxg6 Rxg6 38. Qf8+ Rg8 39. Qxd6 Qxa8 40. f7 {It looks
as if it's all over for Black.... but he has the only defensive move} Rxg3+ $3
41. fxg3 Qa1+ 42. Kf2 Qa2+ 43. Kf3 Qa8+ 44. Kf2 (44. Qd5 Bb7 $19) 44... Qa2+
45. Kf3 Qa8+ 46. Kf2 {A fierce game with so many ideas! Hats off to both the
players Svetushkin and Kryvoruchko for playing such a fantastic game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SHSM Legacy"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. c3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. f4 Nge7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. Na3 a6 10. Nc2 b5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 b4 13. Rd1 a5 14. Be3 Ba6 15. Qf2
d5 16. e5 Qb6 17. g4 a4 18. Nce1 Na5 19. Qh4 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Ng5 Rf7 (
21... Bxg5 $5 22. Qxg5 Qd6 23. f5 (23. Nf3 Be2) 23... exf5 24. Bf4 Qd7 $11) 22.
Nef3 Nc4 23. Bc1 Nc6 24. Kh1 Raf8 25. Qh6 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27. Nxf7 Rxf7 {
[#] Schwarz hat hier auf Augenhöhe mit dem russischen Topspieler mitgespielt
und den Druck an seinem Königsflügel ausgehalten. In etwas
unübersichtlicher Stelllung läuft ihm jetzt die Partie jedoch aus dem Ruder.}
28. f5 exf5 29. Re1 {[#]} Qc6 $2 {Will e8 und d5 decken.} ({Möglich war} 29...
Nd6 {da} 30. Bxd5 {an} (30. gxf5 Ne4) 30... Bb7 {scheitert.}) ({Oder auch} 
29... Bb5 30. gxf5 (30. Bxd5 $2 Bc6 $19) 30... Bg7 31. Qh3 Rxf5 32. Bh6 Qd8 $11
) 30. gxf5 {Es droht vor allem Te6} Bg7 $2 (30... Be5 31. Bf4 Rxf5 32. Bxe5
Nxe5 33. Qh4 $40) 31. Qh4 Bb7 (31... Rxf5 32. Qd8+ Bf8 33. Bh6 $18) 32. Bh6 (
32. Re6 Qd7 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Rxg6 $18) 32... Bxh6 33. Qxh6 gxf5 34. Re6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 {No strength to move the pawn further.} Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 $5 {
This didn't come as the surprise to me as I already faced it once against
Ivanchuk (Novgorod 1994). Then I didn't get anything special from the opening
but this time I had an idea.} 4. Nc3 $1 {A novelty.} Nf6 5. g3 $14 {This is
the point. I am playing so-called 'Glek system' (e.g. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3
Nf6 4.g3) but with one tempo up!} Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O a6 8. Be3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxe3
10. fxe3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 $6 {This I don't like because it spoils the
coordination of White pieces. Better would be} (11. Qxf3 $14) 11... Ne7 12. Qe2
c6 13. Raf1 h6 {A good way to use my mistake on 11th move would have been} (
13... Qb6 $5 14. Nd1 O-O-O $13) 14. d4 O-O {Again} (14... Qb6 $5 {deserved
attention. I would probably answer} 15. Qd2 $13) 15. Rxf6 $5 {Why not if he
allows me?} gxf6 16. Nd1 $1 $44 {A very impotant finesse. Only by quick
bringing the knight towards the Black king, White can create dangerous threats.
} (16. Rxf6 $6 Ng6 $15 {would not promise any real attack.}) 16... Kh8 {
Probably one of the best possible decisions. Variations like} (16... Kg7 17.
Qg4+ Ng6 18. h4 $40 Qc8 $140 19. Qf3 $1) (16... Ng6 17. Nf2) (16... f5 $2 17.
exf5 f6 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Nc3 $16 {seem highly favourable for White.}) 17. Qh5
Ng8 18. Nf2 Qe7 19. Ng4 Kg7 20. Rxf6 $6 {There was no reason to take the queen
immediately as Black has no useful moves. Preferable would be} (20. h4 $142
Rae8 21. c3 $14) 20... Qxf6 21. Nxf6 Nxf6 22. Qf5 Rae8 23. g4 Re7 $1 {With
this precise move Black controls the d7 point and holds the game.} 24. d5 (24.
g5 Nh7 25. h4 Rg8 {doesn't promise anything.}) 24... Rc7 25. c3 Nh7 26. Kh2 c5
27. h4 Rg8 28. Bh3 Kh8 $4 {A terrible blunder.} (28... Rh8 {would probably be
enough for draw as I don't see any strong plan for White.}) 29. Qh5 $1 {
Now Black is just lost.} Kg7 (29... Rg6 30. g5 hxg5 31. Bf5 Kg7 32. hxg5 $18 {
is even a quicker story.}) 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Rd8 $8 32. Bf5 Nf8 33. Qh6+ Kg8
34. Qf6 Rdd7 {A sad necessity.} 35. Kg3 Nh7 36. Bxh7+ Kxh7 37. Kg4 b5 38. Qh6+
Kg8 39. Kf5 f6 $8 {Otherwise he gets mated.} 40. g6 $4 {Probably I should give
even three question marks to this move, made while having more than one minute
to think.} (40. gxf6 {would win very quickly e.g.} Rh7 41. Qg6+ Kf8 42. Ke6
Rcd7 43. b4 c4 44. a3 Rhf7 45. Qh6+ Kg8 46. Qh5 {and Black is in zugzwang. The
text doesn't miss the win yet but it clearly makes me waste time and energy -
something chessplayer should be always careful about.}) 40... Re7 41. Kxf6 $16
{The control ended and Short quickly played} Rcd7 {here and later on
preferring the passive defence. He could create considerable practical
problems to win had he played 41...a5 or 41...c4 trying to close the queenside.
In both cases White would only be able to win with a very concrete play - here
is a brief analysis on those tries:} (41... a5 $5 42. a4 $1 (42. Qh5 $2 a4 $10)
42... b4 (42... bxa4 43. Qh5 a3 44. bxa3 a4 45. Qd1 Ra7 46. Qe2 $18) 43. cxb4
axb4 (43... cxb4 44. Qh5 $18 {/\Qe2}) 44. b3 $1 c4 (44... Rb7 45. Qh5 c4 46.
Qe2 Rec7 (46... Rbc7 47. bxc4 Re8 48. c5 Rxc5 49. g7 $18) 47. Qg4 Rb8 48. Qe6+
Kh8 49. Qxd6 Rbc8 50. bxc4 $18) 45. bxc4 b3 (45... Rb7 46. c5 dxc5 47. Qh3 Re8
48. d6) 46. c5 b2 47. Qh1 Rb7 48. c6 b1=Q 49. Qxb1 Rxb1 50. Kxe7 $18) (41... c4
$5 {(/\ ...a5...a4)} 42. b3 $1 b4 (42... a5 43. bxc4 bxc4 44. Qh5 a4 45. Qd1
Ra7 46. Qe2 Rac7 47. Qb2 Rb7 48. Qa3 $18) (42... cxb3 43. axb3 a5 44. c4 bxc4
45. bxc4 a4 46. c5 $18) 43. bxc4 bxc3 44. Qh2 Re8 45. Kg5 $18) 42. Qh5 {
Having thought for long on move 42 I more or less found the winning plan if he
doesn't do anything. However I was still afraid of certain tricks.} Rg7 43. Qf5
Rge7 44. Kg5 Rg7 45. Qe6+ Kf8 46. Qf6+ Kg8 47. Kh6 Rge7 {Here too both pawn
moves deserved attention but probably would not save the game:} (47... a5 48.
a4 bxa4 49. Qe6+ $1 (49. Qf1 $4 Rxg6+ 50. Kxg6 Rg7+ $10) 49... Kf8 50. Qg4 $18)
(47... c4 {and now not} 48. Qe6+ $1 (48. b3 $2 b4 49. Qf1 (49. Qe6+ Kf8 50.
Qf5+ Ke8 $1 $132) 49... Rxg6+ $1 50. Kxg6 Rg7+ 51. Kh5 Rh7+ 52. Kg4 Rg7+ 53.
Kf3 Rf7+ 54. Ke2 Rxf1 55. Kxf1 bxc3 56. Ke2 cxb3 57. axb3 Kf7 58. Kd3 Ke7 59.
Kxc3 Kd7 60. Kb4 Kc7 61. Ka5 Kb7 62. b4 Ka7 63. b5 axb5 64. Kxb5 Kb7 {with
draw,but}) 48... Kf8 49. Qf5+ Kg8 (49... Ke8 50. Qf6 $18) 50. b3 b4 51. bxc4
bxc3 52. c5 c2 53. c6 $1 c1=Q 54. cxd7 Qxe3+ 55. Kh5 Qe2+ 56. Kg5 $18) 48. c4
$1 $18 {Here I again was confident that the game was won. White threatens 49.
b4!} b4 (48... bxc4 {would still require some accuracy e.g.} 49. Qf1 Rh7+ 50.
Kg5 $1 (50. gxh7+ $4 Rxh7+ $10) 50... Rh2 51. Qf5 $1 Re7 52. Kf6 Re8 53. Qd7
Rf8+ 54. Ke6 Rh6 55. Kxd6 Rxg6+ 56. Kxe5 {and White wins because of simply too
many passed pawns.}) 49. Qf3 Rb7 (49... Rh7+ 50. Kg5 $18) 50. Qd1 Rb8 51. Qa4
Rb6 52. b3 $1 {Precision is still important! Variations like} (52. g7 $2 Rb8
53. Qxa6 Rxg7 54. Qxd6 Rh7+ 55. Kg5 Rg7+ 56. Kh4 (56. Kf5 Rf8+ 57. Kxe5 $13)
56... Rf8 $1 $10 {or}) (52. a3 b3 $1 {would be very unpleasant for me facing
the second time-pressure.}) 52... Kf8 53. a3 $1 {Finally breaking the
queenside. Now I can finish the game just with hands.} bxa3 54. Qxa3 Ra7 55.
Qa1 $1 Kg8 56. Qf1 Rbb7 57. Qf6 Rd7 58. b4 cxb4 59. c5 dxc5 60. Qxe5 {And in
the view of obvious} (60. Qxe5 Rd8 61. Qe6+ Kf8 62. Qf6+ Ke8 63. g7 $18 {
Black resigned.}) 1-0

[Event "Arnhem Euwe Stimulans-A"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "2007.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Simutowe, Amon"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "Simutowe,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 g6 6. c3 $2 {This not a good
idea....White would lose a tempo with implementing the text idea of e5
followed by d4.} Nc6 7. e5 Nd7 8. d4 cxd4 (8... Qb6 9. Nb3 (9. dxc5 {also
leaves Black better because of} Bxc5 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nb3 Bf8 12. Bf4 Bg7 13.
Nbd4 Ndxe5 14. Nxc6 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qxc6 {with an advantage for Black.}) 9... a5
10. a4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 {is better for Black.
Recapturing with any other piece loses material.}) 9. cxd4 f6 (9... Qb6 10. Qa4
(10. Nb3 a5 11. a4 Bb4+ {transposes to the variation mentioned above, where
Black is better.})) 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. Qe2 (11. Nb3 {is not good because of}
Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nbxd2 {losing the d-pawn because of ...Nd4.} (13. Qxd2 {
leaves the knight on f4 unprotected.})) 11... Nb6 12. Bh3 Bg7 13. Nb3 O-O 14.
Bg2 (14. Bf4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxf3 17. Qxf3 Rxf3 18. Bg2 {would have
left White with a slight advantage because of his control of the d4 - square.})
14... e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Bxe5 18. O-O Bf5 19. Rd1 Rfe8 20.
Kf1 (20. Bxd5+ Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Rac8 {is risky for White. Black pieces are well
developed and the light-squared bishop is very strong.}) 20... Rac8 21. Nd4 Bg4
22. Rd3 Kg7 23. h3 Bd7 24. Bd2 Na4 25. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUT-ch"]
[Site "Moesern"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rolletschek, Heinrich"]
[Black "Schlosser, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Sommerbauer,N"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1997.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O Qc7 8. Re1
b6 9. Nf1 {Alternativen zum Text sind} (9. h4 Bb7 10. a3 O-O-O 11. e5 Nd7 12.
Qe2 h6 13. Nf1 Kb8 14. c3 Ka8 15. N1h2 Rdg8 16. Bd2 Nd8 17. b4 f5 18. exf6 gxf6
19. d4 Bd6 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Reb1 c4 22. h5 f5 23. Nh4 Nf8 24. Nf1 $13 {
Ajanski,J-Bajovic,M/Plovdiv/1981/0-1 (41)}) (9. e5 Nd7 10. c4 Bb7 11. cxd5 exd5
12. d4 O-O 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. Bf4 Nc5 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ne6 17. Qd3 d4 18.
Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Bd2 Rfd8 20. b4 a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Bxb4 24.
Bxb4 $17 {Lagrotteria,S-Velickovic,S/Lugano op (4)/1989/0-1 (29)}) 9... dxe4 (
9... Bb7 10. Bf4 Qd8 11. e5 Nd7 12. h4 h6 13. h5 g5 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. c4 d4 16.
b4 Nxb4 17. Nh4 Bxg2 18. Nxg6 Rg8 19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. Kxg2 O-O-O 21. a3 Nc6 22.
Nd2 Kb7 23. Re4 h5 24. Qxh5 $16 {Dorfman,J-Yudasin,L/URS-ch/1981/0.5 (42)}) 10.
dxe4 Bb7 11. e5 $6 {läßt Schwarz ungehindert groß rochieren} (11. c3 Rd8 12.
Qe2 (12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Rad1 Nd4 15. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Rxd7 17. Rxd7
Nxd7 18. Kg2 g5 19. Rd1 Bc6 20. Bd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Ne5 22. Nd2 Rc8 23. Be2 g4
24. Ba6 $13 {Ljubojevic,L-Kurajica,B/Wijk aan Zee/1976/0-1 (61)}) 12... O-O 13.
e5 Nd7 14. h4 Ndb8 (14... Na5 15. b3 Nb8 16. N1h2 Qd7 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5
Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. Nhf3 Qd3 21. Qb2 Nac6 22. Re3 Qg6 23. h5 Qxh5 24. Rh1
$13 {Valkesalmi,K-Cramling,P (2)/SVE-FIN [4]/1989/0-1 (44)}) 15. Bf4 Ba6 16.
Qe3 Na5 17. N1h2 Bd3 18. b3 Bg6 19. Ng4 Rd3 20. Qc1 Rfd8 21. h5 Bxh5 22. Nf6+
Bxf6 23. exf6 Qc8 24. Bxb8 $16 {Galanov,B-Nikolaev,S/Gyor HUN-ch op (03)/1990/
1-0 (28)}) 11... Nd7 12. c3 O-O-O 13. Qe2 h6 14. g4 (14. h4 $5 g5 15. h5 (15.
hxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 (16. N1h2 Rh5 {/\Rdh8 -/+}) 16... Bxg5 17. Nxg5 $15) 15...
g4 16. N3h2 Ncxe5 $15 17. Nxg4 Bxg2 18. Nxe5 (18. Kxg2 Qb7+ $19 19. Qe4 Nxg4)
18... Bxf1 19. Kxf1 (19. Qxf1 $5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 $3 Qxe5 21. Qa6+ Kd7 (21... Kb8
22. Bf4 Qxf4 23. gxf4 Rd2 $13) 22. Qb5+ Kc8 23. Qa6+ $11) 19... Nxe5 20. Qxe5
Qxe5 21. Rxe5 Bf6 22. Re1 Rd5 23. g4 Rg8 24. f3 Bh4 $15) 14... g5 15. Ng3 $15
Nf8 $1 16. Nh5 Ng6 17. Bd2 $4 Rd7 $6 (17... Ncxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxb7+ Kxb7
20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Rd2 $17) 18. c4 Nd4 (18... Ncxe5 $6 19.
Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxb7+ Kxb7 21. Bc3 f6 $13 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5
Rd4 $13) 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 (19... cxd4 $6 {verstopft die einzige offene von
Schwarz beherrschte Linie}) 20. Bxb7+ (20. Bc3 Nh4) (20. f3 Nh4 21. Bc3 (21.
Bh1 $2 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Rxd2) 21... Nxg2 22. Qxg2 (22. Kxg2 Rxg4+) (22. Bxd4 Nxe1)
22... Rd3 23. Rf1 Rhd8 $17) 20... Qxb7 21. f3 Nh4 22. Bc3 (22. Rf1 Rxd2 23.
Qxd2 Nxf3+ 24. Rxf3 Qxf3 $19) 22... Nxf3+ 23. Kf2 Nxe1 24. Bxd4 Qg2+ (24...
cxd4 25. Rxe1 Rd8 26. Qd3 {Weiß baut eine Blockadestellung auf}) 25. Kxe1 Qh1+
26. Qf1 Qe4+ 27. Qe2 Qxd4 28. Kf1 (28. Rd1 Qg1+ 29. Kd2 (29. Qf1 Qxh2) 29...
Rd8+ 30. Kc1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Qe3+ 32. Qd2 Qxe5) 28... Rd8 29. Re1 Rd7 30. b3 Qc3
31. Qe4 Kb8 32. Kg2 Rd4 $19 33. Qe3 Rxg4+ 34. Ng3 Qxe3 35. Rxe3 Bd8 36. h3 Rd4
37. Ne2 Rd7 38. Kf3 {/\Kg4,Kh5 |^} h5 39. Ng3 h4 40. Ne4 Kc7 41. Kg4 Rd1 42.
Kh5 Rf1 43. Kh6 Rf5 44. Nd6 {[#]} g4 (44... Rf2 45. Nb5+ Kb7 46. Rd3 a6 47.
Rd7+ (47. Rxd8 axb5 48. cxb5 (48. Kxg5 bxc4 49. bxc4 Rf5+ 50. Kxh4 Rxe5 51.
Rd7+ Kc6 52. Rxf7 Re4+ 53. Kg5 Rxc4 $17) 48... Rf5 $15) 47... Kc8 48. Rxf7 Rxf7
49. Nd6+ Kd7 50. Nxf7 g4 $19) 45. Nxf5 exf5 46. Rd3 (46. hxg4 $1 fxg4 47. Kh5 (
47. Kg7 g3 48. Kxf7 g2 49. Re1 h3 50. e6 h2 51. e7 Bxe7 52. Rxe7+ Kc8 53. Re8+
Kb7 54. Re7+ Ka6 $19) 47... g3 48. Kg4 $13 Bg5 (48... g2 $2 49. Re1) 49. Re2)
46... g3 47. Kh5 (47. Kg7 f4 48. Kxf7 g2 49. Rd1 (49. Rxd8 g1=Q (49... Kxd8 50.
e6 g1=Q 51. e7+ Kc7 52. e8=Q Qd4 $17)) 49... f3 50. e6 f2 51. Rd7+ Kc6) 47...
Be7 48. Rd1 Kc6 49. a3 b5 50. Rd2 bxc4 51. bxc4 a6 52. Rd1 Kb6 53. Rb1+ (53. e6
$5 fxe6 54. Re1 $17) 53... Ka5 54. Rb8 (54. Rb7 Ka4 55. Rxe7 g2 56. e6 g1=Q 57.
exf7 Qg7) 54... Ka4 $19 55. Rg8 Kxa3 56. Rg7 Bf8 57. Rg5 f4 58. Kg4 Kb4 59. Rg8
(59. Kxf4 $4 Bh6) 59... Bh6 60. Kf3 Kxc4 61. Ke4 a5 62. Rg4 a4 63. Rxh4 a3 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2] The decisive game for Kuzubov - after surprisingly losing in the
penultimate round to a tail-ender, the competition cought up with him and only
a win would give him the gold.} 1. e4 ({If White plays the King's Indian
reversed with the move-order} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 {
, here quick castling} O-O (5... c5 {enables} 6. e4 $1 Nc6 ({Nobody has dared
to accept the sacrifice,} 6... dxe4 7. dxe4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Nxe4 9. Ne5 Nd6 10.
Na3 f6 11. Nec4 Nxc4 12. Nxc4 $44) 7. Qe2 O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 d4 10. h4 Kh8 11.
Bf4 f5 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. hxg5 Qc7 14. g6 $5 hxg6 15. Nd2 Kg8 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Ng5
Nf8 18. g4 Nd8 {Svidler,P (2758)-Karjakin,S (2766)/Khanty-Mansiysk/2014/} 19.
gxf5 $1 $36 {For more details see the notes to this game by Motylev in CBM 160.
}) {is already more accurate, forcing White to invest a tempo into the e4 push
with} 6. Nbd2 {However, there is no guarantee Ponomariov would have reacted
this way to 1.Nf3...}) 1... c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 {Avoiding a highly theoretical
clash to fight for an advantage in the (early) middlegame is a time-honored
method:} ({We have seen even Carlsen spurning} 3. d4 {in the Sochi match.})
3... Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 {This natural developing move is the most usual choice,
but Anand in keeping with his style opted for} (4... d5 $5 {forcing an early
confrontation:} 5. exd5 (5. d3 $6 dxe4 6. dxe4 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 b6 8. c3 Ba6 9.
Bf1 O-O-O+ 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Kc2 Nf6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Re1 g5 14. h3 g4 15. hxg4
Nxg4 16. Rf1 h5 17. a4 Nce5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Be2 h4 $36 {Ree,H-Portisch,L/
Wijk aan Zee/1968/}) 5... exd5 6. O-O (6. d4 Nf6 {would probably only
transpose after} 7. O-O) 6... Nf6 7. d4 Be7 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg4 $1 ({
Actively develops his bishop, forcing White to commit his queen.} 9... O-O {
allows} 10. h3 $5 (10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Qd3 Qd7 (11... a6 $6 12. Rfe1 Qd7 13. Nxc6
$1 bxc6 14. Na4 Qf5 15. Bf4 (15. Qc3 $5) (15. Bd4 $14) 15... Bb4 16. Qxf5 Bxf5
17. c3 Ba5 18. Bf1 Bd8 19. b3 Ne4 20. h4 Bf6 21. Rac1 g5 22. hxg5 Nxg5 $132 {
Jones,G (2635)-Caruana,F (2767)/Reykjavik/2012/}) 12. Rfe1 Rac8 (12... Rfe8 $5)
13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd4 Rfe8 15. Qa6 Bf5 16. Re2 Bg4 17. Re3 Be6 18. Ree1 c5 19.
Be5 Ng4 20. Bf4 g5 21. Bd2 h6 22. Qa4 Qxa4 23. Nxa4 Bf6 24. Nc3 Ne5 25. Rad1
Nc4 $11 {Jones,G (2624)-Tregubov,P (2602)/Bastia/2011/}) {although even here
Balck can hold his own after} 10... Re8 11. Re1 (11. Nc3 Bb4 12. Nce2 Bd6 13.
c3 Bd7 14. Nf4 Bxf4 15. Bxf4 Qb6 16. Nb3 Ne5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bd4 Bb5 19. Bxe5
Rxe5 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Rxe5 Rxe5 22. Nd4 Bc6 23. Qd2 h6 24. Re1 Qe7 25. Rxe5
Qxe5 26. Nc2 Kf8 27. Ne3 Ne4 28. Qd3 h5 29. h4 g6 $14 {/=, Adams,M (2740)
-Kryvoruchko,Y (2678)/Tromsoe WCup/2013/CBM 156 (54)}) 11... Bf8 (11... h6 12.
Nd2 Bd6 13. c3 Bd7 14. Qb3 a6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Nf1 Re7 17. Qc2 Rae8 18. Nf5
Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qa5 20. Qb1 Qb5 21. b3 {Short,N (2696)-Caruana,F (2675)/Wijk aan
Zee/2010/} Qa5 $132) 12. c3 Bd7 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Nf1 h6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bxa7
c5 17. Rxe8 Bxe8 18. b4 cxb4 19. cxb4 Bxb4 20. Ne3 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Qd4
Ra5 $11 {Carlsen,M (2881)-El Debs,F (2511)/Caxias do Sul rpd/2014/}) 10. Qd3
Qd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. N2f3 Rfe8 13. Rfe1 ({Black has no reason to fear} 13. Nxc6
bxc6 14. Ne5 Qe6 $5 15. Nxg4 Nxg4 $11) 13... Bd6 14. c3 h6 15. Qf1 {[%cal
Yh2h3]} (15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bd4 Ne4 17. c4 Bf5 18. cxd5 c5 $5 19. Be5 Bxe5 20.
Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rxd5 $11) 15... Bh5 ({A typical isolated QP
position; Black has more than one alternative, giving him good piece play:} 
15... Ne4 16. Nh4 g5 $5 17. Nhf3 f5 $13) (15... Bc7 16. h3 Bh5 $11 {and once
White pushes g4, Black can build up a battery on the h2-b8 diagonal.}) (15...
Rad8 $132) 16. h3 (16. Nh4 $5) 16... Bg6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. c4 Be4
$6 ({This is a nice square for the knight,} 19... Qb7 $142 20. cxd5 cxd5 21.
Bd4 Ne4 $13 {ostava dost nejasna.}) 20. Bd4 Nh7 21. cxd5 Bxd5 (21... cxd5 $5
22. Qa6 $14) 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Qd3 Nf8 24. Nh4 ({Simplification eases Black's
task, subsequently Magnus pointed out the more refined} 24. Bc3 $5 $36) 24...
Be5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. b3 Ne6 28. Nf3 Qf6 29. Kg2 Rd8 30. Qe2 Rd5
$5 31. Rxd5 cxd5 $11 {Carlsen,M (2863)-Anand,V (2792)/WCh Sochi (4)/2014/}) 5.
d3 (5. Qe2 {has lately become fashionable, White retains the option to play
d2-d4 after either c3, or 0-0 and Rd1. Dejan Antic wrote an article about this
line in CBM 161. Here a good reaction for Black, which Ponomariov experienced
firsthand, is} e5 $5 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 $6 (8. d3 $142 Re8 9. Nbd2 d6 {
is complex and roughly equal.}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 $1 (9... d5 10. exd5 (
10. dxe5 dxe4 11. exf6 exf3 12. Qxf3 Bxf6 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. Qd1 Re8 15. Bf4 Nc6
16. Nb5 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Be5 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. Na6 Bf5
22. Nxb8 Bxb1 23. Rxb1 Rxb8 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Bxb7 Kf8 $11 {Grover,S (2475)
-Mchedlishvili,M (2628)/Dubai/2014/}) 10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qe5 (12. Qc4
Qb6 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. a4 Rac8 15. Qd3 {Bachmann,A (2652)-Lei,T (2450)/Benasque/
2014/} Rfe8 {/\} 16. Nb3 Ng4 $132) 12... d3 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Bf4 $2 (14. Qd4 Bf5
15. Bf4 Qd7 $11) 14... Ba3 $1 15. Qd4 Bxb2 16. Qxd3 Bxa1 17. Rxa1 Bd7 18. h3
Rc8 19. Be3 Bf5 20. Qxf5 Rxc3 $17 {Ponomariov,R (2751)-Caruana,F (2779)/
Bucharest/2013/ For more details about this game see the notes by Caruana in
CBM 157.}) 10. e5 Ne8 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Nbd2 d5 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3
Nc7 16. Bg2 a5 17. Bf4 Rfe8 18. Qd3 Ne6 19. Bxd5 Nb4 20. Qf3 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Red8
$36 {Zhurikhin,A (2333)-Bukavshin,I (2607)/Vladivostok/2014/}) 5... d5 ({
The normal reaction, but even here} 5... e5 $5 $146 {seems possible:} 6. O-O
Be7 7. Nc3 d6 8. h3 O-O 9. Nh4 Nd4 10. Ne2 Ne8 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nf5 Bg5 13. f4
Bxf5 14. exf5 exf4 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 Qb6 17. a4 Nf6 18. a5 Qc5 19. Bxb7
Rab8 20. a6 Rfe8 $44 {Anand,V (2793)-Giri,A (2768)/London blitz/2014/}) 6. Nbd2
Be7 7. O-O b6 {An important crossroads, Black has to decide about the future
of his king. Ponomariov puts it off, toying with the 0-0-0 option.} ({However,
more usual and perhaps objectively better is} 7... O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 {
The traditional approach, championed already by Fischer ao. White shifts his
attention to the kingside.} (9. exd5 exd5 10. d4 (10. Nb3 Re8 11. h3 Qb6 12. c3
Bb7 13. Be3 Rad8 (13... Nd7 $5 $13) 14. d4 $5 c4 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. b4 cxb3 17.
axb3 b4 18. cxb4 Qxb4 19. Rc1 $14 {[%csl Gc5]} Ne4 (19... h6 20. Bf4 $14) 20.
Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bd2 (21. Rxc6 exf3 22. Rc4 $36) 21... Qb6 22. Rxe4 Bf5 (22... Be6
$5) 23. Re1 (23. Re3 $1 {/\} Nxd4 24. Qe1 {[%cal Re3e7,Rd2a5]}) 23... Nxd4 24.
Be3 {Zvjaginsev,V (2655)-Lysyj,I (2686)/RUS-ch Kazan/2014/} Bf6 25. Nxd4 Bxd4
$11) (10. a4 b4 (10... Rb8 11. axb5 Rxb5 12. b3 Be6 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Ng4 16. Bc3 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ra6 Rc8 19. Qa1 Rc7 20. Nf3 $36 {
[%csl Ra7] Movsesian,S (2700)-Karjakin,S (2756) WChT Antalya/2013/}) 11. d4 Bf5
$5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Nfd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Be4 16. a5 Bc5 17. Be3 Rc8
$6 (17... Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Re8 $132) 18. Bh3 Nd7 19. f3 Bg6 20. c3 bxc3 21. bxc3
Rc7 22. Bf4 Rb7 {Kabanov,N (2502)-Hou,Y (2571) Khanty-Mansiysk/ 2009/} 23. Qa4
$36) 10... Bg4 $5 (10... c4 11. a4 $14) 11. h3 Bh5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Bb6
14. a4 (14. Bg5 Rc8 15. c3 b4 $5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxd5 Bg6 $44) 14... bxa4 15.
Rxa4 Re8 16. Bg5 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 h6 18. Be3 Bg6 19. c3 Bc2 20. Ra3 Rb8 21. Nfd4
Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Rxb2 24. Kh2 Be4 $11 {Topalov,V (2772)-Caruana,F 
(2791)/Norway blitz/2014/}) 9... Nd7 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 a5 {A recent twist is}
12. h5 ({Earlier White attacked mainly with his pieces after} 12. Bf4 {[%cal
Yf1h2,Yf3g5,Yd1h5]} a4 13. a3 $5 ({Already Fischer came to the conclusion it's
advisable to prevent} 13. N1h2 a3 14. b3 Ba6 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Yc6a7,Ya7b5,
Yb5c3] , for example} 15. Ng5 Qe8 $5 16. Qh5 h6 17. Ng4 Bxg5 18. hxg5 f5 $1 $15
) 13... bxa3 14. bxa3 Ba6 15. Ne3 (15. N1h2 Rb8 16. Ng5 Nd4 17. c3 Nb3 $132)
15... Rb8 $1 (15... Nd4 $143 16. c4) 16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Nb6 18. Nd6 (18. Nxb6
Rxb6 19. Re3 {Amin,B (2551)-Sadek,S (2384)/Cairo/2009/} Nd4 20. Qxa4 Nf5 $36)
18... Nd5 19. Qxa4 Rb6 (19... Nxf4 20. gxf4 Rb6 $44) 20. Rac1 (20. Bg5 $142 $5)
20... Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxd6 23. Qe3 Rb3 24. a4 Qc7 $11 {/=/+,
Svidler,P (2756)-Karjakin,S (2772)/RUS-chT Loo/2014/}) {Despite the dangers of
weakening the kingside, Black should prefer} 12... h6 $5 {It seems that he has
ample resources to to deal with the potentially threatening sacrifice on h6:} (
12... a4 13. h6 g6 14. N1h2 Ba6 15. Ng4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 (16. c4 dxc4 17. dxc4 Bxc4
18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Nb6 21. Ne3 Ra5 22. Rd1 Nxd5 23. Qe4 Qa8
24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 (25... Qxd5 $142 $132) 26. Qd4 Rc8 27. e6 f6 28.
Bd2 Rc4 29. Qd3 $36 {[%csl Ge6,Rg8,Gh6] Markos,J (2602)-Leitao,R (2649)/
Tromsoe olm/2014/}) 16... cxd4 17. b3 {[%cal Yc1b2]} a3 $6 {Blockading the
queenside deprives Black of any effective counterplay. White can combine play
on the dark squares with attacking d4.} 18. Nh2 $1 Rc8 19. Nf3 Qb6 20. Bg5 Bxg5
21. Nxg5 Rc6 (21... Rc3 22. Bh3 Qc6 23. Rc1 $16 {[%csl Rd4,Rf7][%cal Yd1d2,
Yd2f4]}) 22. Qd2 Qc5 23. Nf3 $5 Qxc2 24. Qxb4 Qc5 (24... Qxd3 25. Qe7 Rc7 26.
Ng5 $18 {[%cal Rg5e6]}) 25. Qd2 Rfc8 26. Rad1 Qb6 27. Qg5 Qb4 28. Rd2 Rc1 29.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kh2 Qf8 31. Bh3 Rc3 32. Nxd4 $18 {Kamsky,G (2713)-Lenderman,A 
(2582)/USA-ch Saint Louis/2014/}) 13. N1h2 Re8 (13... a4 14. Ng4 Ba6 15. a3
bxa3 16. Rxa3 Bb7 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qd2 Bg5 (18... Nd4 $142 $1 $13 {/=/+}) 19.
Nxh6+ Bxh6 20. Qxh6 f6 $2 (20... Qe7 $8 {/\} 21. Ng5 f6 22. Bh3 Nd4 23. c3 fxg5
24. cxd4 Rae8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Rc1 Nb3 28. Qh6+ Kg8 $11) 21. Bh3
Re8 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Bxe6+ Rxe6 24. Rxe6 $18 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2730)-Le,Q 
(2712)/Dubai blitz/2014/}) 14. Ng4 ({Rather too slow is} 14. Bf4 Ba6 15. Qd2
Bf8 16. Bh3 a4 17. g4 Qc7 18. Bg3 Be7 19. Re2 c4 $36 {Sevian,S (2464)-Perez
Garcia,R (2357)/Montreal/2014/}) 14... Bf8 15. Bf4 a4 16. c4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Ba6
18. Bf1 a3 19. Qc1 Qe7 20. Rb1 Rec8 $132 21. Bxh6 $6 gxh6 22. Nxh6+ Bxh6 23.
Qxh6 Qf8 24. Qf4 Rcb8 25. h6 Ne7 26. c4 Ng6 27. Qg5 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Rb8 29. Re1
Bb7 30. Bh3 Qe7 31. Qh5 dxc4 32. Ng5 Ndxe5 33. h7+ Kh8 34. f4 Qxg5 $1 35. fxg5
Bf3 36. Qh6 cxd3 {0-1, Grischuk,A (2783)-Dominguez Perez,L (2754)/Beijing rpd/
2013/ A model counterattack by Black.}) ({Another way to postpone castling is} 
7... Qc7 8. Re1 b6 9. Nf1 ({Play usually transposes to the game with} 9. c3 Bb7
({, but Black can also consider the alternative} 9... Ba6 $5)) 9... dxe4 10.
dxe4 Ba6 11. e5 Rd8 12. Bd2 Ng4 13. c3 O-O 14. Qa4 Bxf1 15. Qxg4 Bxg2 16. Bh6
g6 17. Kxg2 Rfe8 18. Re4 Rd3 $132 {Kasparov,G (2815)-Kramnik,V (2780)/Moscow
blitz/1998/}) 8. Re1 Bb7 9. c3 (9. e5 Nd7 10. c4 (10. c3 {transposes back to
the game after} Qc7 {, but Black has also} (10... g5 $5 $15)) (10. Nf1 g5 $1
11. h3 h5 $132 {/=/+}) 10... dxc4 (10... Nb4 11. Nf1 dxc4 12. dxc4 Qc7 13. a3
Nc6 14. Qe2 O-O) 11. Nxc4 (11. dxc4 g5 $1) 11... O-O (11... b5 $2 12. Nd6+ Bxd6
13. exd6 Nf6 14. d4 Qxd6 15. Bf4 $32 Qe7 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Be3 Qa6
19. Bc5 Rd8 20. Qb3 Na5 21. Qe3 h6 22. Red1 $40 {[%csl Re8]} Bd5 $2 23. Qa3 $1
$18 {1-0 Naiditsch,A (2715)-Blomqvist,E (2506)/Bilbao 2014/CBM 163 (27)}) 12.
h4 Qc7 13. Bf4 Rad8 14. Rc1 Nb4 15. a3 Nd5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 (16... h6 $5 $11 {
is a safe choice}) 17. hxg5 Ne7 18. b4 Ng6 19. d4 (19. Qe2 $142 $13) 19... Qb8
20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Nfd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 cxd4 23. Qh5 Ndxe5 24. Rxe5 $2 (24. Nxe5
Nxe5 25. Rh1 Qb7+ 26. f3 h6 27. gxh6 f5 28. Rc5 Nd3 29. Rc6 $1 $132) 24... Nxe5
25. Rh1 {Amin,B (2544)-Burmakin,V (2590)/Cappelle la Grande/2010/} f5 $1 $17 {
/\} 26. gxf6 Qb7+ 27. f3 gxf6 $19) 9... Qc7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nf1 $5 (11. d4 cxd4
12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Re3 Qc2 $36) ({White uses a tactical finesse to avoid} 11. Qe2
g5 12. h3 h5 13. g4 hxg4 14. hxg4 O-O-O 15. Nf1 Rdg8 {[%csl Gc8,Rg1][%cal
Yd7f8,Yf8g6,Yf7f6] , when his king is more vulnerable, than Black's:} 16. a3 c4
$5 17. dxc4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Nc5 19. b4 Ba6 20. b5 Na5 21. Qe2 Bb7 22. Be3 Nd7 23.
Bd4 Nf8 24. N3d2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Ng6 $40 {Ribeiro,F (2305)-Illescas Cordoba,M 
(2620) Linares/1995/}) 11... d4 (11... Ndxe5 $2 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bf4 Bd6 14.
Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Qh5 Bd6 (15... Bf6 16. Rxe6+ Kd8 (16... Kf8 17. Rxf6 gxf6 18.
Qh6+ Kg8 19. Ne3 $18) 17. Re2 $16) 16. Rxe6+ Kf8 17. Re2 g6 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19.
Rae1 $40) ({Ponomariov's reaction is very natural, as} 11... O-O-O {already
enables White to play} 12. d4 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5] safely.}) 12. Qe2 ({White is
unwilling to expose his bishop with} 12. Bf4 h6 13. h4 dxc3 (13... O-O-O 14.
cxd4 cxd4 15. a3 Kb8 16. Rc1 Nf8 17. b4 b5 {Reinke,M-Kirwald,D/Germany/1995/}
18. N1d2 Ng6 19. Nb3 $36 (19. Re4 $5)) 14. bxc3 g5 $5 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Nxg5
Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Ncxe5 $132) 12... dxc3 (12... h6 13. h4 O-O-O 14. N1h2 Kb8 15. a3
Ka8 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. b4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qb7+ 20. Qe4 Nb8 21. Nf3
Rd5 {Kochyev,A (2500)-Keitlinghaus,L (2400)/Dortmund/1991/} 22. Bb2 g5 23. hxg5
hxg5 24. Rh1 $36) (12... O-O-O 13. a3 h6 14. h4 (14. cxd4 $1 $14) 14... g5 15.
hxg5 hxg5 16. N1h2 Rxh2 $5 17. Nxh2 Ncxe5 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. f4 Ng6 20. Bd2 Bxg2
21. Qxg2 Kb8 22. fxg5 {Seidl,S (1913)-Balacek,T (1988)/Kouty nad Desnou/2009/
EXT 2011} Nc5 $44) 13. bxc3 b5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 O-O $146 (15... Nb4 $5 16.
Bd2 a6 17. Rec1 Qd8 18. h4 (18. a4 $5 bxa4 19. Rxa4 a5 20. Ne3 O-O 21. Qb5 Be4
22. Ne1 Bxg2 23. N1xg2 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Nd3 $44) 18... h6 $6 {[%csl Rh6]} (18...
Nb6 $142 $132) 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Nb6 21. Qg4 {[%csl Rg7]} g5 22. Bxb4 Bxb4
23. Nfe3 Be7 24. Rc6 Nd5 25. Qe4 gxh4 26. Nxd5 (26. Nf4 $1 $40) 26... Qxd5 27.
Qxd5 exd5 28. Nxh4 Kd7 29. Rac1 Rhc8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8 Kxc8 32. Nf5 Bf8
33. Kf1 Kd7 {Yermolinsky,A (2660)-Ehlvest,J (2610)/Tallinn/Parnu/1998/} 34. g4
$14 {[%csl Rh6] h6, Yermolinsky For more details about this game see the notes
by Horn in CBM 066.}) 16. Ne3 (16. Qxb5 Rab8 17. Qe2 Nb6 18. Be3 $11 {/+/=
Kuzubov spurned this greedy alternative, as it's very difficult to make any
progress. Still, White should be slightly better here.}) (16. d5 exd5 (16...
Ncxe5 $5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bf6 20. Bb2 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxd5
22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Ne3 Rfd8 $11 {also seems defensible}) 17. Ne3 Ncxe5 (17...
Nb6 18. Qxb5 (18. Nf5 $5) 18... Qc8 $132) 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 (18... Qxe5 19. Bb2 Qe6
20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qd1 Qd6 22. Qxd5 $14) 19. Bb2 Bf6 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rae8
22. Ba3 Be7 (22... Qa5 23. Bxf8 Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Kxf8 26. Rd1 $36)
23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Qxb5 Rb8 $11 {/+/=}) 16... b4 $2 {White was obviously
preparing the following central break and this impetuous advance only enhances
its strength.} (16... a6 $142 17. d5 (17. Bb2 Nb4 $11) 17... Ncxe5 18. Nxe5
Nxe5 19. Bb2 Bf6 (19... Nc4 20. Nxc4 bxc4 (20... Qxc4 $2 21. d6 Bxg2 22. dxe7
$18) 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Qg4 g6 23. Qd4 (23. dxe6 Bxg2 24. Qd4 f6 25. Kxg2 Qb7+
$132 {[%cal Yf8d8]}) 23... e5 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Bxe5 Bb4 26. Red1 $14) 20. Rac1
Qb6 21. Bxe5 (21. Nd1 Nd7 22. dxe6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 (23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. e7 Rfe8 25.
Kxg2 Qb7+ 26. Qf3 Qxf3+ 27. Kxf3 Nd5 {[%csl Re7]}) 23... Qxe6 $11) 21... Bxe5
22. Nf5 Bf6 23. dxe6 Bxg2 (23... fxe6 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Qxe6+ Qf7 26. Rc7 Qxe6
27. Rxe6 $11 {/+/=}) 24. e7 $1 (24. Kxg2 Qxe6 $11) 24... Rfe8 25. Kxg2 g6 26.
Nh6+ Kg7 27. Qf3 Kxh6 28. Rc6 Qb7 (28... Qa5 29. Rxf6 Qxe1 30. Rxf7 Qe5 31. g4
Rxe7 32. Qh3+ Qh5 33. Rxe7 Qxh3+ 34. Kxh3 g5 35. Re6+ Kg7 36. Kg3 $14) 29. h4 {
[%cal Rf3f4]} Bc3 $1 30. Qe3+ Kg7 31. Qxc3+ Kg8 32. Qf3 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34.
Rxg6+ hxg6 35. Qxa8+ Kg7 36. Qxa6 Qe4+ 37. Kh2 Qd4 $11) 17. d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}
Ncxe5 (17... exd5 18. Nxd5 Qd8 19. Rd1 $5 $16) 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bb2 Bf6 20.
Rac1 Qb8 {An ugly retreat, but other moves are not much better and can't solve
Black's problems.} (20... Qb6 $2 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Nc4 $18 {highlights the
main drawback of 16...b4?}) (20... Qd7 21. f4 $16 (21. Red1 $5 $40)) (20... Qd6
21. dxe6 (21. f4 Ng6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. dxe6 Bxg2 24. exf7+ Rxf7 25. Kxg2 $36 {
[%csl Rf5,Rg8]}) 21... Bxg2 22. Nxg2 Ng4 23. Nf4 $16) 21. Nd1 $6 ({More
energetic was} 21. Nc4 $1 Nxc4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 (22... exd5 23. Qg4 g6 24. Ba1 Qd8
25. Qd4 f6 26. Rxc4 dxc4 27. Qxc4+ Kg7 28. Bxb7) (22... Nb6 23. Qg4 g6 24. dxe6
) 23. Rxc4 $1 {, which wins practically by force after} Bxd5 (23... f5 24. Qh5
$18 {[%cal Rc4h4,Rd5e6]}) 24. Rh4 Qe5 (24... Bxg2 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Qh5 $18) (
24... Rd8 25. Qg4+ Kf8 (25... Kh8 26. Qh3 Kg7 27. Rxh7+ Kf8 28. Qg4) 26. Rxh7
Ke7 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Qxe6+ $18) 25. Qd1 $1 Qc3 26. Bxd5 exd5 (26... Rfd8 27.
Re3 Rxd5 28. Qg4+ Rg5 29. Rxc3 $18) 27. Re3 Qc8 28. Qh5 Qc2 29. Kg2 $1 {
[%cal Rh4g4,Rh5h6]} Kh8 30. Re7 $1 {[%cal Rh5h6]}) 21... Nd7 22. dxe6 fxe6 $2 (
{Black slips up again and this time he won't get back into the game properly.
Necessary was} 22... Bxg2 23. Kxg2 $142 (23. exd7 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 (24. Nxb2 Qb7
$36 {[%cal Rg2h3]}) 24... Bh3 25. Rc4 Bxd7 (25... a5 26. g4 {[%csl Rh3]}) 26.
Rxb4 Qc7) 23... Qb7+ 24. Qe4 (24. Kg1 fxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Qd6 Rac8 $132)
24... Qxe4+ 25. Rxe4 fxe6 26. Rxb4 $14 {White has a slightly better endgame,
but is certainly far from winning.}) 23. Qxe6+ Rf7 $8 24. Rc6 ({More forcing
was} 24. Bf1 $5 {[%cal Rf1c4]} Nb6 (24... Bxb2 25. Bc4 Ne5 26. Rxe5 Bxe5 27.
Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Be6 Ba6 (28... Bc3 29. Nxc3 bxc3 30. Rxc3 $16) 29. Rc8+ Qxc8 30.
Bxc8 Rxc8 31. Qe6 Rd8 32. Qxa6 Rxd1+ 33. Kg2 $16 {/+-}) 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Ne3
$40 (26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Qxb4 $16)) 24... Nb6 (24... Qf8 25. Rc7 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 $16
) (24... Bxc6 25. Bxc6 Bxb2 26. Nxb2 Nb6 27. Nd3 Qc8 28. Bxa8 Qxe6 29. Rxe6
Nxa8 30. Nxb4 $16) 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rd6 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qc8 28. Qe4 Qc4 29. Qf3
$36 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rd6b6,Yd1e3,Ye3f5][%mdl 128] Despite mutual inaccuracies
White has kept his iniative alive and proceeds to attack Black's exposed king
for the rest of the game. His persistence finally nets him the full point.}
Qxa2 (29... Raf8 $142 $5 30. Ne3 Qc3 (30... Qxa2 31. Nf5 $18) 31. Red1 $16) 30.
Ne3 Kh8 31. Re2 Qa1 $8 (31... Qa6 $2 32. Qxa8+) (31... Qa5 32. Rxf6 $18) 32.
Nf5 {[%cal Rf3a8]} Raf8 33. Nh6 (33. Qh5 $142 $1 {[%cal Rh5f7]} Nd7 34. Re8 $18
) 33... Rc7 34. Rde6 f5 35. Re8 (35. R2e5 Qc3 36. Qh5 $18 {[%cal Re6e8,Re5f5]})
35... Qg7 36. Nxf5 (36. Qxf5 Rc8 $14) (36. R2e6 $1 {(.)} Qxh6 (36... Rc8 37.
R8e7) (36... b3 37. Rxf8+ Qxf8 38. Qf4) 37. Qxf5 Kg8 38. Rxh6 Rxe8 39. Rxh7
Rxh7 40. Qg6+ $18) 36... Rcf7 $8 (36... Qf6 37. R2e6 $18) 37. g4 Qf6 (37... Nd7
$5 38. Rxf8+ Qxf8 39. Qf4 $40) 38. R2e6 Rxe8 (38... Qg5 39. R6e7 Qxe7 40. Rxe7
Rxe7 41. Qd1 $18 {[%cal Rd1d4,Rd1a1,Rf5e7]}) 39. Rxf6 (39. Rxe8+ $5 Rf8 40. Qe4
Nd7 41. Re7 $18) 39... Rxf6 40. Qf4 Kg8 ({More resilient was} 40... Ref8 $142
$1 {At some point Black can take the beastly Nf5 in an attempt to build a
fortress.}) 41. Qxb4 $18 {Black is losing, as his knight won't manage to help
ou the defence.} Ref8 42. Ne7+ Kg7 (42... Kf7 43. Qe4 Kg7 44. Qe5 Kf7 45. Qc7
$18) 43. Qd4 {[%cal Rg4g5]} h6 44. f4 Kh7 45. Kg3 R8f7 (45... Rxf4 $2 46. Qd3+
Kh8 47. Ng6+) 46. Qd8 Rf8 47. Qd3+ Kg7 48. Qd4 Kf7 (48... Kh7 49. h4 $18 {
[%cal Rg4g5]}) 49. Qe4 Kg7 50. h4 R8f7 (50... Nd7 51. g5 hxg5 52. hxg5 Rb6 53.
Nf5+ $18) 51. g5 hxg5 52. hxg5 Rxf4 53. Qe5+ (53. Qe5+ Kf8 54. Ng6+ Kg8 55.
Qh8#) 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 50th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2017.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O ({Another way is} 5... a5 $5
6. Nbd2 a4 7. a3 Nc6 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. b4 axb3 11. cxb3 Be6 12. Bb2 Nd7
13. b4 f6 14. Qc2 Nb6 15. Rfd1 Qb8 16. Rac1 Kf7 17. Bf1 (17. Nh4 Rd8 $11) 17...
Rd8 18. Bb5 Na7 19. Be2 $14 {Adly,A (2607)-Hesham,A (2400) Kampala UGA 2016
1-0 (29)}) 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 Qc7 ({The main line is} 8... b5 9. e5 (
9. a4 $5 {I think that White should try} b4 10. exd5 {for example} Nxd5 (10...
exd5 11. d4 h6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Be3 Bf5 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. a5 Qc7
17. Nfd4 $14 {Petrosian,T (2671)-Svetushkin,D (2592) Moscow 2015 1-0 (78)}) 11.
Nc4 Bb7 12. h4 h6 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. a5 Rad8 15. c3 Bf6 16. Qc2 Ba6 17. Nh2 Rfe8
18. Ng4 Be7 19. Nge5 (19. Qa4 $5 bxc3 20. bxc3 Qd7 21. Rac1 Rc8 22. Qa2 $13)
19... Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bf6 21. Ng4 bxc3 22. bxc3 Be7 23. Ne5 Bf6 24. Ng4 Be7 25.
Ne5 Bf6 26. Ng4 {1/2 (26) Malakhov,V (2694)-Matlakov,M (2689) Berlin GER 2015})
9... Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 ({Against Nakamura Hou Yifan played} 10... Bb7 {and got an
equal position:} 11. h4 b4 12. Bf4 a5 13. N1h2 Ra6 $5 {A useful move. Black
can double pieces on the c-file or even prepare f6.} 14. c3 a4 15. a3 bxc3 16.
bxc3 Qa5 17. c4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. h5 h6 20. Ng4 (20. Bd2 Qc7 21. cxd5 Bxd5
22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Nf3 Nc5 $11) 20... Kh7 21. Bd2 Qd8 22. Bb4 Nc5 $11 {Nakamura,
H (2786)-Hou Yifan (2652) Moscow RUS 2017 1/2 (50)}) 11. Bf4 b4 12. h4 a4 13.
N1h2 {Now Black can play 13...a3 and White will never play c4, that is an
important idea for this line:} ({The main line is} 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Ba6 15.
Ne3 (15. h5 Rc8 16. Ne3 Nd4 17. Nd2 (17. h6 $5 g6 (17... Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 g5 19.
Nd1 Kh8 20. Bd2 $14) 18. c4 Nb6 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Bg5 Bxg5 (21...
Qd8 22. Bxe7 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Qxe7 24. Qxa4 Bxd3 25. Qf4 $14) 22. Nxg5 Qd8 23.
Ne4 Qc7 24. Nd6 Rb8 25. Qxa4 Bxd3 $132) 17... Bg5 $1 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. c3 Nxe5
(19... Nb3 $5 20. Nxb3 axb3 21. c4 Nxe5 22. f4 Qxg3 23. fxe5 Rb8 24. Rb1 dxc4
25. Nxc4 Rfd8 26. Re3 Qg5 27. Qe1 Rd4 $44) 20. cxd4 cxd4 21. Nxd5 Nxd3 $13 {
Bachmann,A (2646)-Pichot,A (2556) Buenos Aires ARG 2017 0-1 (48)}) 15... Rb8
16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Nb6 18. Nd6 Nd5 19. Qxa4 Rb6 20. Rac1 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Nxe5
22. Nxe5 Bxd6 $11 {Svidler,P (2756)-Karjakin,S (2772) Loo 2014 1/2 (28)}) 13...
a3 14. b3 Bb7 15. Bh3 (15. h5 Na7 16. h6 g6 17. Qd2 Nb5 $11) 15... Rc8 16. Rc1
(16. Ng5 Nd4 $1 (16... Qe8 $6 17. Ng4 Nd4 18. Ne3 Kh8 19. Bg2 Nxe5 $2 20. Bxe5
f6 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Nxe6 $16 {Firouzja,A (2372)-Neelotpal,D (2475) Doha QAT
2015 1-0 (59)}) 17. Rc1 h6 $17 18. Qh5 $2 hxg5 19. hxg5 g6 20. Qh6 Re8 $19)
16... Re8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 (18. Bxg5 Qc7 19. Ng4 d4 20. Bg2 Ne7 $11) 18...
Nf8 19. Qh5 Nd4 20. Bg2 Re7 21. Ng4 c4 $6 (21... Ng6 22. Bd2 Qb6) 22. Nf6+ Kh8
23. dxc4 dxc4 24. Rcd1 cxb3 25. cxb3 $6 (25. Bxb7 $1 Rxb7 26. cxb3 gxf6 27.
gxf6 Ng6 28. Be3 $18) 25... Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qb6 27. Re4 $2 (27. Ne4 Nf5 28. Nd6
$16) 27... Nf5 28. Ng4 Qb7 $19 {Duda,J (2707)-So,W (2810) Leon ESP 2017 0-1 
(40)}) 9. c3 (9. Qe2 b5 10. Nf1 dxe4 {I don't like this plan but according to
the computer's evaluation, Black is OK after 11.dxe4 b4.} 11. dxe4 e5 $6 12. c3
b4 13. Ne3 $1 bxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. a4 Ba6 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. Bg5 $16
{Nisipeanu, L (2687)-Ragger,M (2700) Austria AUT 2016 1-0 (50)}) 9... b6 10. e5
(10. exd5 exd5 11. Nf1 h6 12. Bf4 Qd8 $6 (12... Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. d4 Be6 (
14... Bg4 15. Ne3 Bh5 16. Qd2 Rae8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nh4 $14) 15. Ne5 Rac8 16.
a3 Rfe8 {Black has good chances to equalise the game.}) 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5
Be6 15. Ne3 Qd7 16. d4 Rad8 17. Qe2 $14 Ng4 $2 18. Bxg7 Rfe8 (18... Kxg7 19.
Nxg4 Bxg4 20. Qxe7 $16) 19. Be5 $16 {Zvjaginsev,V (2679)-Shachar,E (2374)
Caleta ENG 2017 1-0 (31)}) 10... Nd7 11. Qe2 a5 (11... Ba6 12. Nf1 Rae8 13. Bf4
Qd8 14. Qd2 f6 $6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. d4 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Rf7 18. Re2 Nf8 19. Rae1
$16 {Titov,G (2490)-Beliavsky,A (2620) Debrecen 1992 1/2 (90)}) 12. Nf1 a4 13.
Bf4 Bb7 $146 {An interesting novelty, Black wants to play ...Rfc8, ...Qd8,
taking the g5-square under control, then Black can start counterplay on the
queenside.} (13... Rd8 14. h4 Nf8 15. h5 b5 16. N1h2 (16. h6 $1 g6 17. Ne3 Bb7
18. Ng4 $16) 16... h6 17. Ng4 Nh7 18. a3 b4 19. c4 (19. axb4 cxb4 20. Rec1 b3
21. c4 Qb7 $132) 19... b3 20. Qe3 (20. cxd5 $5 Rxd5 21. Ne3 Rd8 22. Nc4 Bb7 23.
Rac1 $14) 20... Bf8 21. cxd5 Rxd5 $11 {Markovic,M (2462)-Hjelmaas,L (2261)
Novi Sad SRB 2017 1-0 (51)}) 14. h4 Rfc8 15. Ne3 Qd8 16. h5 b5 17. Nxd5 $1 exd5
18. e6 Nf8 $1 {Probably Alexander counted on 18...fxe6, in this case White has
an advantage due to 22.Bxc8:} (18... fxe6 $6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Bh3 Nf8 (20...
Nb6 $2 21. h6 $1 {Black has no moves.} Qg8 (21... Bf6 22. Qf7 Rab8 23. Ng5 Qg8
24. Bxc8 $18) 22. Qxe7 $1 Nxe7 23. Rxe7 Rc6 24. Rxb7 Rxh6 $8 25. Bxh6 gxh6 26.
Rxb6 $18) 21. Qf7 Qe8 22. Bxc8 $1 {the point of Nxd5} Qxf7 (22... Rxc8 23. Qxe8
Rxe8 24. Bd6 $16) 23. Bxb7 {Black should find} Bd6 $1 (23... Qe8 24. Bxc6 Qxc6
25. Rxe7 d4 26. Ne5 Qf6 27. Bg5 $16) (23... Rd8 24. Bxc6 Ne6 25. Ne5 Qf5 26.
Bd7 Rxd7 $8 27. Nxd7 Kg8 28. Re2 Nxf4 (28... Qh3 29. Bd2 Bg5 30. Rae1 Bxd2 31.
Rxd2 Ng5 32. Ne5 Qxh5 33. d4 $16) 29. Rxe7 Qxh5 30. Rae1 $18) 24. Bxa8 Bxf4 25.
Bxc6 Bxg3 26. fxg3 Qxf3 27. Kh2 h6 28. Re8 Kh7 29. Rae1 Qxh5+ 30. Kg2 $14) 19.
exf7+ Kxf7 {The position which has arisen is very complicated. White has
enough compensation for the sacrificed material but he needs to play very
precisely.} 20. h6 $6 {Alexander had many options and I believe he should have
chosen between 20.Bh3 and 20.d4. Let's examine some of them:} (20. Bh3 Kg8 21.
Be6+ Nxe6 (21... Kh8 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 (22... Bxc8 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bf6 25. h6
Ra7 26. hxg7+ Rxg7 27. Bxf6 Qxf6 28. Qe5 Qf7 29. Qe8 Bg4 $13) 23. d4 cxd4 24.
Nxd4 Bf6 25. Qxb5 Qd7 26. Re3 (26. Qb6 Nxd4 $1 (26... Ra6 27. Qb5 Ra8 28. Qb6
$11) 27. cxd4 Ra6 28. Qc7 Qxc7 29. Bxc7 Bxd4 30. Re8 Rf6 31. Be5 Bxe5 32. Rxe5
Rb6 $15) 26... Nxd4 27. Qxd7 Nxd7 28. cxd4 Bxd4 29. Re7 Bc6 30. Rc1 Bb5 31. Rc7
$11) 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. h6 $1 Bf6 24. hxg7+ Kxg7 (24... Bxg7 25. Ng5 Qf6 26. Qd7
$1 (26. Nf7+ $2 Kg8 27. Nh6+ Kh8 28. Nf7+ $11) 26... Ra7 (26... Na5 27. Qh3 $1
Qg6 28. Re6 Qxd3 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Ne5 Qc2 31. Re7 Ra6 32. Rxb7) 27. Re6 Ba6 28.
Qxd5 Ne7 29. Qh1 Qf5 30. Rae1 Ng8 (30... Bb7 31. Qh5 Bd5 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxe7
Rf8 34. Qe2 $18) 31. Rxa6 $1 Rxa6 32. Qxh7+ Qxh7 33. Nf7#) 25. Qf5 $5 (25. Kg2
$5 d4 (25... Ra6 $6 26. Rh1 Qe7 27. Qf5 Kg8 28. Rae1 Qf7 29. Qg4+ Kh8 30. Ng5
Bxg5 31. Bxg5 d4 32. f3 Na5 (32... Qg7 33. Rxh7+ Kxh7 34. Qe6 $18) (32... b4
33. Rxh7+ Kxh7 34. Rh1+ Kg7 35. Bh6+ Kf6 36. Qf4+ Ke6 37. Re1+ $18) 33. Re7
Bxf3+ 34. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 35. Kxf3 Rf8+ 36. Ke4 $18) 26. Qf5 Kg8 (26... dxc3 $4 27.
Rh1 Qh8 28. Bh6+ Kf7 29. Qd7+ Ne7 30. Qxb7 $18) 27. Re6 Ne7 28. Qxf6 Ng6 29.
cxd4 Qxf6 30. Rxf6 Rf8 $44) 25... Ne7 (25... Rc7 $6 26. Bxc7 Qxc7 27. Ng5 Bxg5
28. Qxg5+ Kh8 29. Re6 Rf8 30. Rae1 Qg7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rd6 $14 {Black needs
to fight for a draw.}) (25... Qg8 $2 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. Bxe5 Qf7 28. Qg5+ $18)
26. Rxe7+ $1 Qxe7 27. Re1 Qf7 28. Ng5 Bxg5 (28... Qg6 $6 29. Qd7+ Kg8 30. Qxb7
Bxg5 31. Qxd5+ Qf7 32. Qxg5+ Qg6 33. Qd5+ Qf7 34. Re6 $16) 29. Qxg5+ Qg6 30.
Re7+ (30. Qe7+ Qf7 (30... Kg8 31. Qxb7 Qc6 32. Qe7 Re8 33. Qg5+ {and Black
needs to play precisely to avoid problems}) 31. Qg5+ $11) 30... Kg8 31. Qxg6+
hxg6 32. Rxb7 a3 33. Rxb5 axb2 34. Rxb2 Ra3 $15 {White must fight for a draw.})
(20. d4 {White wins the b5-pawn and in some lines he can even trade queens.}
Kg8 (20... c4 21. h6 Kg8 22. hxg7 Kxg7 23. Qe3 Qd7 24. Bh6+ Kh8 25. Ne5 Qe6 26.
Nxc4 bxc4 27. Qxe6 Nxe6 28. Rxe6 $44) (20... cxd4 $2 21. Qxb5 Na5 22. Rxe7+
Qxe7 23. Ng5+ Kg8 24. Bxd5+ Bxd5 25. Qxd5+ Kh8 26. Nf7+ Kg8 27. Nh6+ Kh8 28.
Qg8#) 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Qxb5 (22. h6 gxh6 23. Qxb5 Qb6 24. Qxb6 Bxb6 25. Nh4
Ra5 26. Nf5 Ng6 27. Nd6 Rb8 28. Bd2 Ba8 29. c4 $44) 22... Na5 (22... Qb6 23.
Qxb6 Bxb6 24. Nh4 Na5 25. Nf5 Re8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Nd6 Rd8 28. Nxb7 Nxb7 29.
c4 $44) 23. Bh3 d4 24. cxd4 Bxf3 25. Bxc8 Qxc8 26. Re3 Ne6 27. dxc5 Bd5 28. Qd3
Nxf4 29. gxf4 Qg4+ 30. Rg3 Qxh5 31. Rh3 Qg4+ 32. Rg3 Qh5 {All these lines are
too complicated and can't be found without a computer.}) 20... Bf6 21. Nh2 (21.
d4 $5 {To compare with the line 20.d4: after Qxb5 Black doesn't have ...Qb6.}
cxd4 $1 {the inclusion of the moves 20.h6 Bf6 allows Black to take on d4.} (
21... c4 22. Bh3 Kg8 23. hxg7 Kxg7 (23... Bxg7 24. Be6+ Nxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26.
Ng5 Qf6 27. Qd7 $18) 24. Qe3 Qe7 25. Bh6+ Kg8 26. Qf4 Qf7 27. Ng5 Bxg5 28.
Qxg5+ Kh8 29. Bxc8 Rxc8 30. Re3 $16) 22. Bh3 gxh6 23. Bxc8 (23. Bxh6 Rc7 24.
cxd4 Bc8 $17) 23... Rxc8 24. cxd4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Rac1 Qd7 $15 {The
position remains complicated but Black has better chances.}) (21. Bh3 gxh6 22.
Bxc8 Bxc8 23. Ne5+ Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Be6 25. d4 c4 26. Qh5+ Kg7 27. Bf4 Qe7 28.
Bxh6+ Kg8 $15) 21... Ne7 {Now White could have got good compensation for the
sacrificed material.} ({I think Hou Yifan should have preferred} 21... Kg8 $1
22. Qh5 (22. hxg7 Bxg7 23. Ng4 Ra6 24. Bh3 d4 $1 $17) 22... Ne7 23. Ng4 Nfg6
24. hxg7 Bxg7 25. Bg5 Rc7 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Bxf6 Ra6 28. Qg5 Qf8 29. Be5 Rc8
$17) 22. Bh3 $6 {After this move White is in trouble, maybe Alexander has
forgotten that after 21...Ne7 Black's rook can go to c6.} (22. hxg7 Kxg7 23.
Ng4 Neg6 24. Bh6+ Kh8 25. f4 $1 Nd7 (25... Bg7 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. f5 Qg5 28.
fxg6 Nxg6 29. Ne3 Rf8 30. Qg4 $11) 26. Qe6 Bg7 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Qxd5 Qf8 $1
$15) 22... Rc6 $1 {Now Black shouldn't give up an exchange.} 23. Ng4 Neg6 ({
I think that} 23... Nfg6 $5 {would be even stronger:} 24. Bd2 Bc8 25. Bg2 Raa6
$17 {Black should win this game.}) 24. Bd2 d4 $1 25. hxg7 Kxg7 26. Qf3 $6 ({
The last chance was} 26. Nxf6 $5 Qxf6 27. cxd4 cxd4 28. f4 Rc2 29. Rac1 Rxc1 (
29... Qc6 $2 30. Bg2 Qxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Bxg2 32. Rxc2 Bh3 33. Rc5 $14) 30. Rxc1 Bc6
31. Qg4 Ra7 $17 {White still has practical chances.} 32. f5 (32. Rc5 Nd7 33.
Rh5 Qe7 $19) 32... h5 $1 33. Qxh5 Ne5 $19) 26... Rb6 $1 27. Qf5 Qd5 $1 $19 {
White must trade queens and he has no compensation for the sacrificed knight.}
28. Bh6+ Kf7 29. Qxd5+ Bxd5 30. Nxf6 Rxf6 31. cxd4 Nh4 $1 {Nice tactics,
depriving White of any hopes to save the game.} 32. gxh4 Rxh6 33. Re5 Rd8 34.
Rf5+ Rf6 35. dxc5 Ng6 36. c6 Bxc6 37. Rc1 Rdd6 0-1

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "TFS"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. f4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 d5 6. d3 h5 $1 {Stahlberg} 7. h4
dxe4 8. dxe4 Nf6 9. Bg2 Ng4 10. e5 Qb6 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Nc4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Bd7
14. a4 Bc6 15. O-O Bd5 $2 (15... O-O-O $1) 16. Qb5+ Qxb5 17. axb5 Bc4 18. Rd1
Bxb5 $2 (18... Be2 $11) 19. Nh2 $1 Nxh2 20. Kxh2 a6 21. Bxb7 Ra7 22. Bf3 c4 23.
Be3 Rc7 $2 (23... Rd7) 24. Bb6 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Kxd7 26. Rd1+ Kc8 27. c3 g6 28. Kg2
Kb8 29. Kf2 Re8 30. Ke3 Rc8 31. Rd4 Rf8 32. Kd2 Rc8 33. Be4 Be8 34. Kc2 Ba4+
35. Kc1 Be8 36. Kd2 Bb5 37. Ke3 Be8 38. Rd1 Bb5 39. Bf3 Ba4 40. Ra1 Bb5 41. f5
$5 exf5 42. Bd5 f6 43. Bd4 Rf8 $4 (43... fxe5 $1 44. Bxe5+ Ka7 $11 {Stahlberg})
44. b3 $1 cxb3 45. c4 b2 46. Rb1 Bd7 47. Rxb2+ Kc7 48. Rb7+ Kc8 49. e6 Bxe6 50.
Rxe7 Bxd5 51. cxd5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.10.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Mueller, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Tischbierek,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Erfurt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. Bf4 Ba6 13. Ng5 Qe8 14. c4 $6 bxc3 15.
bxc3 h6 16. Nh3 Rb8 17. c4 Nb6 18. Ne3 dxc4 19. dxc4 $2 (19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qg4+
Kh8 21. Qh5 Kg7 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Qh5 $11) 19... Nd4 $17 20. Qg4 Kh8 21. Rab1 $5
Nxc4 22. Bxh6 $8 (22. Rxb8 Qxb8 {>< e5}) 22... gxh6 23. Qh5 (23. Rxb8 Qxb8 {
>< e5}) 23... f5 $2 (23... Rxb1 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Ng5 Rxe1+ 26. Kh2 Bxg5 27.
Qxg5+ $11) (23... Nxe3 $1 24. fxe3 (24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Ng5 Bd3 $19 26. Rxb8 Qxb8
) 24... Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Nf5 26. g4 (26. e4 Ng7 27. Qxh6+ Kg8) 26... Be2 27. Nf4
Bxg4 28. Qxg4 Rg8 $17) 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Rxb8 Qxb8 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Nd5 $5 (27.
Qh6+ $11) 27... Qd8 $4 (27... Qa7 28. Ndf4 $5) (27... Qe8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Nf6+
$5 (29. Nc7) 29... Bxf6 30. exf6 {/\ Ng5}) 28. Nhf4 $1 $18 {/\ Nh5} Nxe5 29.
Rxe5 Bd6 30. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "Osterskars op"]
[Site "Osterskars"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Black "Charnushevich, Aliaksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was the beginning of a fine series of results by the promising
Belorussian teenager Alex Chernuschevich. Despite his tender age, he evinced a
ferocious ... professionalism, that worried many of the more experienced
players he met. In this game he was accused of "blitzing" his opponent in
Davies' time trouble, which the Englishman found very upsetting.
Chernuschevich finally loosened up at the closing ceremony where he could be
seen smiling for the first time in the event.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Qe2 {
Davies has been reading Chigorin biographies lately. This kind of thing suits
his style. Nigel likes to creep up slowly on you, veiling his violent
intentions until the last possible minute.} Nc6 4. g3 Nge7 5. Bg2 d5 6. d3 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. c3 b5 10. e5 a5 {Black's plan is not so easy to find
in this position. I would be tempted to throw in ...h6 to hinder the exchange
of dark-squared bishops, which is always an alarming development for black.}
11. a4 {Davies was not too impressed by black's stereotyped advances on this
flank, and generally a successfully timed a2-a4 does take some of the wind out
of black's sails. On the other hand, black's choice of opening plan has not
been optimal and now he does have to get some play somewhere, and at least
this opens a front for action.} Ba6 12. axb5 Bxb5 13. Na3 Qb6 14. Bg5 Rab8 {
I still think ...h6 should be tried, simply to prevent white from gaining
freedom of action on the black squares around the king. Davies certainly plays
the position as if this is of paramount importance.} 15. Qd2 Ba6 16. Rab1 Rb7
17. h4 $1 {Intending to further expose the black kingside and create a
permanent attack HQ on g5.} Rfb8 18. h5 Qd8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Bf1 Rb3 21. Bf6
Bxf6 $5 {A very strange decision, inviting a very hostile pawn into his den as
well as opening up the e-line and e5 square for white's pleasure. The plus
side is that white began to fall further and further behind on the clock
trying to find the appropriate punishment for black's odd defensive series.} (
21... Qb6 {does not pack much punch as an alternative:} 22. Qf4 {planning Sg5,
Dh4.} (22. Qg5 $6 Nf5) 22... Nf5 (22... Rxb2 $2 23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. Rxb2 Qxb2 25.
Rb1) 23. g4 Nh6 24. Bg5) (21... Qf8 $5 {looks safer, but I am less clear about
the assessment of the game than I was when I started.}) 22. exf6 Nf5 23. Qg5
Nd6 {[#]} 24. Rxe6 $5 Bc8 $6 {A meek reply; I would have thought that black's
recent provocations were aimed at taking what white has been enticed into
throwing at him.} (24... fxe6 25. Qxg6+ Kf8 26. Ng5 {is clearly out, but}) (
24... Rxa3 $5 {is probably the best way to meet the challenge, when white has
a difficult task:} 25. Rbe1 $1 {Davies' intention.} Ra4 $1 {preventing Dh4,
and now I remember being convinced by some attacking idea at the time, but
matters seem considerably murkier, now that my regular drink is coffee again.}
(25... Rxb2 26. Rxd6) 26. Ne5 $5 (26. Qxd5 fxe6 27. Qxe6+ Nf7 $1 (27... Kf8 28.
Ng5 Rb7 29. Bg2 $1 {seems to give white full value, a sample:} Nf7 30. Bd5 Qd7
31. Qxd7 Rxd7 32. Ne6+ Kg8 33. Bxc6 Ne5 34. Rxe5 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 $18) 28. Ng5 Qf8
{and I see no way to increase the pressure to compensate for the huge material
investment.}) (26. Qh6 Nf5 27. Re8+ Qxe8 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Qh3 Re6 30. Ng5
Rxf6 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Nh7 Rd6 $1 34. Qf8+ Kd7 35. Qxf7+ Kc8 {
and black's chances appear better.}) 26... Nxe5 27. R1xe5 Bb7 $5 {This tricky
move seems best, with the crafty idea of meeting} (27... fxe6 $2 28. Qxg6+) (
27... Bc8 $2 28. Qh6 Qf8 29. Re8) (27... Ra1 28. Rxd5 fxe6 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 30.
Rxd6 Qc7 31. Rxa6 $18) 28. Qh6 {with} Nf5 $1 29. Rxf5 Qf8 30. Qg5 {and now
both ...Lc8 and ...Kh7!? pose serious questions.}) 25. Ree1 Ne8 26. Rxe8+ $1 {
Preserving the f-pawn gives white excellent long-term attacking chances.} Qxe8
27. Re1 Be6 28. Nc2 Rxb2 29. Qh4 Qd8 30. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 31. Ne3 $2 {In grave
time-pressure, Davies exercises remarkable restraint. The blunt} (31. Bh3 {
should win:} Qd7 (31... Kf7 32. Ng5+ Ke8 33. Qh8+ Kd7 34. Qg7+ Ne7 35. Nxe6)
32. Ng5 Nd8 33. f7+ Nxf7 34. Bxe6) 31... R2b7 32. Qg5 Rh7 $1 (32... Qe8 33. Nh4
Kh7 34. Ng4 {still gives white good compensation.}) 33. Qxg6+ Kh8 34. f7 (34.
Ng5 Qg8 {keeps black on top.}) 34... Qf8 35. Ng5 Qg7 $2 (35... Rh6 {looks to
win cleanly, but all eyes and hands were on the clock.}) 36. Qxe6 Qxg5 $2 (
36... Rh6 {was still better, though now white has regained compensation.}) 37.
Qxc6 $4 {A tragic end to an exciting game. The simple} (37. Qe8+ {wins at once.
}) 37... Rxf7 38. Qxc5 Rbf8 39. Qd4+ Qf6 40. Qxf6+ Rxf6 41. f4 a4 0-1

[Event "Moscow2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Vasiukov,E"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 (5. Nbd2) 5... Nge7 6. h4 $1 (6.
Bg2) 6... h6 7. h5 dxe4 8. dxe4 (8. Qxe4 Nd5 $10) 8... Nd4 $1 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10.
Bg2 Nc6 $6 (10... e5 $10) 11. e5 $1 Qc7 (11... Qa5+ 12. Nd2 Nxe5 13. O-O $44)
12. O-O Nxe5 $6 (12... Bd7 $5) 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Na3 a6 15. Rfd1 $1 Nc6 $6 (15...
O-O $5 16. Rxd4 f6 17. Nc4 Nxc4 (17... Bc5 18. Re4 Bd7 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Be3
$16) 18. Rxc4 Qe7 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rd1) 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nc4 Qc7 (17... Qc5
18. Bxc6+ $1 bxc6 19. c3 dxc3 $2 20. Nd6+ Ke7 21. Rac1 Rd8 22. Rxc3 Qb6 23.
Rcd3 $18) 18. Bxc6+ $1 Qxc6 (18... bxc6 19. Rxd4 O-O 20. Qe5 $1 $16) 19. Rxd4
O-O 20. Rad1 $16 b5 21. Ne5 Qc7 22. c3 Rb8 (22... Bb7 23. Rd7 Qc8 24. Ng6 $1
fxg6 (24... Re8 25. R1d6 $1 $19 (25. Ne7+ Rxe7 26. Rxe7 Qc6 27. f3 Qxf3 28.
Qxf3 Bxf3 29. Rdd7 Bxh5 30. Ra7 Rd8 31. Red7 $14)) 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Qxg6 Rg8
27. R1d6 {/\28.Qh6 gh 29.Rh6#/} Qf8 28. Rxb7 $18) 23. Qe3 Rb7 24. Rd6 a5 25. a3
(25. Qd4 $5) 25... Re8 26. Qd4 $16 Qe7 $2 (26... Kh7 $32) 27. Nc6 $1 $18 Qc7 (
27... Qf8 28. Nxa5 $18) (27... Qf6 28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. Rd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31.
Rxc8 $18) 28. Qc5 $1 Rb8 (28... Rb6 29. Qxb6 Qxb6 30. Ne7+ Rxe7 31. Rxb6 $18) (
28... Kh7 29. Rd8 $1 Rxd8 30. Rxd8 Bd7 31. Qf8 $18) 29. Rd8 (29. Rd8 Bb7 30.
Ne7+ Qxe7 31. Qxe7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 11th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2001.08.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sale, Srdjan"]
[Black "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Volzhin,A"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2001.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Ne8 $5 {A relatively rare line.} (9... Nd7 {is Black's usial choise.
It's impossible to claim which is better - both continuations have their
merits and drawbacks.}) 10. Nf1 b4 ({Black has also tried} 10... a5 {but
normally it leads to the same positions:} 11. h4 b4 12. Bf4 ({An exiting game
McShane,L-Davies,N/England 1997/CBM 64 continued:} 12. N1h2 a4 13. a3 bxa3 14.
bxa3 Nc7 15. Bg5 Ba6 16. Qd2 Rb8 17. Ng4 Kh8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. h5 h6 20. Qf4 ({
White can't sacrifice a piece:} 20. Nxh6 gxh6 21. Qxh6+ Kg8 22. Ng5 f6 {
-this line illustrate one of the merits of Black's 9th move: e6-square is
firmly protected.}) 20... Rb2 21. Rab1 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 c4 23. Rb6 Qc5 24. Rxa6
Nxa6 25. Nxh6 f5 26. dxc4 Nc7 27. Nh4 Kh7 28. cxd5 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Qxd5 30. Ng6
Rb8 31. Kh2 gxh6 {and White resigned.}) 12... a4 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Nc7 15.
h5 Nb5 16. h6 g6 17. c4 $6 (17. Qd2 {/\Bg5}) 17... Nbd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Ne3
Bb7 20. Rb1 Bc6 21. Nc2 Qd7 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 $17 {
and Black is clearly better, Sandipan-Davies, Dhaka 2001}) (10... a5) 11. h4
Nc7 12. N1h2 a5 13. h5 a4 14. h6 g6 15. a3 bxa3 16. bxa3 Nb5 17. Be3 $1 {
The correct plan: White intends the exchange of dark-squared bishops after Qd2,
Bg5. Therefore Black can't dawdle.} (17. c4 $6 Nbd4 $15) 17... c4 $5 {The only
attemp to obtain counterplay.} 18. dxc4 Nxa3 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21.
Bxd4 Be6 $6 ({Natural-looking} 21... Bf5 $1 {should be preffered:} 22. Ra2 (22.
c4 $6 {is not good in view of} dxc4 $1 (22... Nxc4 23. Rxa4 $11) 23. Bxa8 Qxa8
$17 {with tremendous compensation.}) 22... Qa5 $1 {/\Nc2} 23. Nf3 (23. c3 Rfb8
$17) (23. Re2 Rfb8 $17) 23... Be4 {and I prefer Black.}) 22. c3 Qd7 23. Bf3 $1
{Intending Ng4-f6.} Nc4 24. Ng4 a3 $6 {A gross inaccuracy.} (24... Qc6 {
should be played.}) 25. Nf6+ $2 {Missing his chance.} (25. Bc5 $1 $16 {secured
White huge edge.}) 25... Bxf6 26. exf6 Rfb8 $15 {How Black is fine due to his
strong passed pawn while White can't exploit his superiority on dark squares.}
27. Bc5 Rb2 28. Re2 Rxe2 29. Bxe2 Qc7 {The pawn on a3 looks weak but White
can't win it!} 30. Qd4 a2 $1 31. Bd1 Ne5 $1 32. Bb4 (32. Bb6 Qb8 {/\Nd7}) 32...
Nc6 33. Qc5 Qc8 $1 $17 34. Ba3 Ra5 35. Qd6 d4 $1 {Now the pawn on a2 is not in
danger any more.} 36. Bf3 (36. cxd4 Rb5 $1 (36... Rd5 37. Qf4 $13) 37. Bc2 $8
Rd5 38. Qf4 Nxd4 39. Bd1 Rd8 $17) 36... Rb5 37. Be4 Ne5 $6 $138 {Time-trouble
inaccuracy.} (37... dxc3 $1 38. Rd1 c2 $1 39. Bxc2 Rd5 $1 $19 {won on the spot.
}) 38. cxd4 $6 (38. Bb4 $1 {was the only move:} dxc3 39. Bxc3 (39. Qd4 $2 c2
40. Bxc2 Nf3+) 39... Nd7 $15 {and I believe White should hold draw.}) 38... Nc4
39. Qe7 Nd2 40. d5 (40. Rc1 a1=Q 41. Rxa1 Nxe4 $19) 40... Rb7 $1 $19 {Now the
game is over.} 41. Qc5 (41. dxe6 Rxe7 42. fxe7 Nxe4 43. Rxa2 fxe6 $19) (41.
Qf8+ Qxf8 42. Bxf8 Nxe4 43. Rxa2 Rb1+ 44. Kg2 Bxd5 $19) 41... Qxc5 42. Bxc5
Nxe4 {The last trick:} (42... Bxd5 $4 43. Rxa2 $1) 43. Rxa2 Rb1+ 44. Kh2 Bxd5
45. Re2 Nxf6 46. g4 Nxg4+ 47. Kg3 Be6 0-1

