[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.15"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Adams,M"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SHSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "SOCAR"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{It was very enjoyable playing for SOCAR, with all my team mates in such good
form during the event, and a great feeling to be a European Club Cup winner
again!} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4
c5 8. dxc5 O-O $1 ({It's strange that so few games have been played with this
standard move when so many have continued with the sharp} 8... g5) 9. e3 Be6
10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. Nd4 ({In the sixth round Alexei Shirov played the
sophisticated} 12. c6 {here which could be a clever move. However something
went wrong for him in the game continuation and after} bxc6 13. O-O Qa5 14.
Rac1 c5 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. a3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne4 18. c4 Nb6 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. cxd5
Bxd5 21. Qxd2 Qa4 {I was doing well.}) 12... Nxc5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. O-O Nd7 {
A necessary retreat: it is essential to saddle White with a weak pawn on c3 or
he will take full control.} 15. Qa4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 a6 17. Qb4 Rc7 18. a4 Rfc8
19. a5 Ne5 20. Rab1 ({A key moment I thought it was very important to play} 20.
h3 {here in order to keep the bishops on the board, once my worst piece
disapears, Black has an easy game as my other guys are well placed.}) 20... Bg4
21. Bxg4 Nxg4 22. Ne2 Ne5 23. Rfd1 Rd7 {This rook does a good job of covering
my two weak points, and its colleagues, my queen and knight can target the
white pawns particularly the one on a5.} 24. h3 Qd8 25. Nd4 g6 {A handy move
as well as preventing Nf5 and giving my king more breathing space, it poses
the awkward question as to how White should proceed.} 26. Ra1 Rc4 27. Qa3 Qc7 {
It's hard to suggest improvements for White but it is clear he is being driven
backwards.} 28. Rdc1 Nd3 {The knight gains a tempo en route to an even better
post where ...Ra4 and ...Na4 can be menaced.} 29. Rc2 Nc5 30. Qb4 {A rather
beautiful move which I had completely failed to consider, the queen moves to a
square where it is under attack.} ({The mundane} 30. Qc1 Na4 {was no stronger.}
) 30... Qd8 ({White should be fine after} 30... Rxb4 31. cxb4 Qd8 {but of
course there is no compulsion to grab the queen.}) 31. Qb1 Na4 (31... Ne4 {
is another good option here.}) 32. Nb3 ({I failed to notice that following} 32.
Qb3 Qxa5 ({Black also has the promising option to retrace his steps with} 32...
Nc5 33. Qb1 Ne4) 33. Nf3 {Black is forced to part with the exchange although
he remains in good shape after} b5 34. Ne5 Rd6 {Possibly Dreev also wasn't
aware of this as I guess it is the best try for White.}) 32... Nxc3 33. Qf1
Rdc7 {The rest is a matter of technique or in my case lack thereof.} 34. Qd3
Nb5 35. Rxc4 Rxc4 36. Rd1 Rc3 37. Qb1 Qd6 ({In fact the sneaky} 37... Qc7 {
is the most precise as the pawn is immune due to} 38. Rxd5 Qc4) 38. Nd4 Nxd4
39. exd4 ({Forced due to} 39. Rxd4 Qc7 40. Rd1 Rc5) 39... Ra3 ({It was not
easy to choose between this and} 39... Qc7 40. Qb4 {just before the time
control.}) 40. Qxb7 Rxa5 41. Re1 Kg7 42. g3 ({Survival chances are also not
great after} 42. Qe7 Qxe7 43. Rxe7) 42... Qf6 43. Qb2 Ra4 ({During the game I
regretted not playing} 43... Qf3 {but the machine points out that the sneaky}
44. Qb8 {keeps the game going.}) 44. Kg2 ({The best hope} 44. Rd1 Qf3 {is too
passive.}) 44... Rxd4 ({I had forgotten that} 44... Qxd4 45. Qxd4+ Rxd4 46. Ra1
{gives White the best he can hope for, although practical results have not
favoured the defender here recently.}) 45. Re8 Rf4 ({I managed to avoid} 45...
Re4 46. Rg8+) 46. Qa2 ({After this the win is fairly straightforward, the best
practical try was} 46. Qxf6+ Rxf6 47. Rd8 d4 (47... Rf5 48. Ra8) 48. Rxd4 a5
49. Ra4 Ra6 50. Kf3 Kf6 51. Ke4 Ke6 52. Kd4 {when there is still some work to
be done.}) 46... Qc6 47. gxf4 (47. Qb2+ {is met by the deadly countercheck} d4+
) 47... Qxe8 48. Qxd5 ({The d-pawn is almost home after} 48. Qxa6 Qe4+ 49. Kg3
d4) 48... Qb5 49. Qd4+ Kh7 {With my king imperturbable it is impossible to
prevent the pawn inching forwards.} 50. Qa7 Qd5+ 51. Kg3 a5 52. f3 Kg7 53. h4
h5 54. Qe7 ({Perhaps} 54. Kg2 {was a little better.}) 54... Qd4 {This
centralising move finishes the job.} 55. Qa3 (55. f5 {is met by} Qf6) 55... a4
56. Qe7 Qg1+ 57. Kh3 Qh1+ 58. Kg3 Qg1+ 59. Kh3 Qa1 60. Kg3 a3 61. f5 a2 {
White resigned as} 62. fxg6 Qf6 {ends the argument.} 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 34th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Golod,V} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 {Back in the classical system.
Some years ago I have sweared to gods that I will never touch to this system,
however recent developments made me to reconsider it.} d5 {Nigel preferes this
to the other continuations.} 5. cxd5 ({Despite of my Janowski's like lion's
strenght times glory against GM Gyula Sax I am done with} 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
Ne4 ({By the way Nigel's choice is:} 6... dxc4 $5 7. Qxc4 b6 8. Nf3 Ba6 (8...
O-O 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. e3 Nbd7 12. Rd1 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rxd8 Nxa4
15. Rd4 Nc5 16. Bc4 Rfd8 17. Ke2 $14) 9. Qa4+ $5 $13) 7. Qc2 {because of} c5 $1
8. dxc5 Nc6 9. e3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc5 13. Rc1 Qg5 14.
f4 Qh4+ 15. Qf2 Qxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Bd7 17. Nf3 Rc8 18. b4 $14 {White's advantage
is miniscule after all.}) 5... exd5 {The most logical recapture but became
old-fashioned because of its easy nature for white.} ({Romanishin's move is
much more popular these days.} 5... Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qxf5 exf5 8. a3 Be7 (
8... Bd6 9. Bg5) 9. Bf4 c6 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6
$13) 6. Bg5 h6 ({Some likes} 6... c5 7. dxc5 h6 {move order to avoid minority
attack type of positions coming from 6...h6 7.Bf6.}) 7. Bh4 {The most natural
reaction.} (7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. e3 Bf5 11. Ne2 Rc8 12. Ng3
$13) 7... c5 8. dxc5 g5 {'?!' Golod,V. Golod,V: 'In my opinion this move is
too risky. The statistics shows that white has good percents of winning there.'
} ({After the classical} 8... Nc6 9. e3 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 {V.Popov's} 11. Bb5 {
is interesting.} Qa5 (11... Bf5 $6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qa4 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qd7
15. Qd4 $16) 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Nge2 Bxc3+ (13... Bf5 14. Qc1) 14. Nxc3 Nxc3
15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16. bxc3 $14) 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 ({Computer suggestions may not
be considered seriously in these type of positions.} 10. Bxb8 $6 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3
Rxb8 12. Qa4+ Ke7 $1 13. Qd4 Be6 14. f3 Nf6 $44) 10... Qa5 11. Nge2 Bf5 {
Nigel started to play extremely fast in this part of the game. It was obvious
that he has made a serious preparation and has something spectecular up to his
sleeve!} (11... Nc6 $6 12. a3 Bf5 13. Qc1 Nxc5 14. axb4 Nd3+ 15. Kd2 Qxb4 16.
Ra4 Nxc1 17. Rxb4 Nxe2 18. Rxb7 Nxg3 19. hxg3 d4 20. exd4 Nxd4 21. Nd5 Rd8 22.
Bc4 O-O 23. Kc3 $16) 12. Be5 O-O (12... f6 $6 13. Bxb8 Rxb8 14. Nd4 Bh7 15. Bd3
Nxc3 (15... Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Nxc3 18. Kd2 Bxd3 19. Kxc3 $16) 16.
Bg6+ $1 Ke7 17. O-O $16) (12... Nxc3 $2 13. Qxf5 Ne4+ 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Bd3 Nc6
16. O-O Nxe5 (16... Rfe8 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Rxe5 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Qxh6+ {
Karpov-Short,Prague(rapid) 2002.} Ke8 21. Bxc6+ $18) 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Ng6
19. a3 $16) 13. Nd4 Re8 $6 {This is it! Later Nigel told me that he was
checking Bareev-Topalov, Monaco (blindfolded) 2004.} ({Could anybody tell what
is happening after} 13... Nxc3 14. Nxf5 (14. Qxf5 $6 Ne4+ 15. Kd1 Nc6 16. Nxc6
bxc6 $1 17. Bd3 Be1 18. Ke2 Qd2+ 19. Kf1 Qxd3+ 20. Kxe1 Nxc5 21. Qf6 Qh7 $17)
14... Ne4+ 15. Kd1 Nc6 16. Bd6 $13) 14. Bxb8 ({I have briefly looked at} 14.
Nxf5 $2 Rxe5 15. Nxh6+ Kg7 16. Ng4 Re6 17. O-O-O Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc5 $17) 14...
Bg6 ({Looks better and deserves future practical experience:} 14... Nxc3 $5 {
Golod,V} 15. Qxf5 ({Too dangerous is:} 15. Nxf5 $6 Ne4+ 16. Ke2 Raxb8 17. Nxh6+
(17. f3 Nf6) 17... Kf8 $132 {[%csl Re2]}) 15... Ne4+ 16. Kd1 Raxb8 17. Bd3 Bxc5
18. Nb3 Qb6 19. Rc1 Bf8 20. h4 Bg7 21. hxg5 {1/2-1/2 Inarkiev,E-Yemelin,V/St.
Petersburg,2001(21)}) 15. Bd3 $146 {The most normal move! Nigel kept of moving
fast but I had to calculate a lot of things.} (15. Bc7 {In the above mentioned
game for some strange reason GM Bareev for some deflective idea.} Qxc7 16. Bd3
Bxc5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. O-O-O Rac8 $15) 15... Raxb8 ({Maybe Zhenia was afraid of
} 15... Nxc3 $6 {in a blindfolded game.} 16. O-O $1 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Raxb8 18.
bxc3 Bxc3 19. Nb3 $16) 16. O-O (16. Nb3 $5 {Golod,V} Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qxc3+ 18.
Qxc3 Nxc3 19. Kd2 Bxd3 (19... Ne4+ $143 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. f3 Bg6 22. Nd4 $14 {
[%csl Yd4][%cal Gh1c1,Gc1c3,Ga2a4] +/=/+/- White's pieces are configurated
perfectly. The knight on d4 is much better than a bishop and that's provide to
white a serious advantage.}) 20. Kxc3 Bc4 $1 21. Nd4 (21. Nd2 Rec8 22. Kd4 b6
23. cxb6 Rxb6) 21... Rbc8 22. Kb4 $14 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Yg2g4,Yh2h4,Ya2a4,Gd4b5]
Black's position improved a little bit in a comparison with a previous
variation,but still white has a clear advantage.He plans or to proceed king
side pawns,developing initiative there, or to continue his pressure on the
queen side with a4- Nb5- Nd6.}) 16... Qxc5 17. Rac1 Rec8 {This was already a
surprise for me. However Nigel stated in the post-mortem he was working
certain possibilities out with our Teutonic sillicone friend.} ({I believe the
difference lies in this particular line.} 17... Rbc8 18. Bxe4 (18. f3 Nxc3 19.
Bxg6 Ne2+ 20. Qxe2 Qxc1 21. Bf5 Qd2 22. Bxc8 Qxd4 23. exd4 Rxe2 24. Bxb7 $11) (
18. Qe2 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Ba3 20. Bxg6 Bxc1 21. Qh5 Qf8 22. Bf5 Rxc3 23. Ne2 Bd2
24. Rd1 d4 25. Rxd2 dxe3 26. fxe3 Rcxe3 $13) 18... dxe4 19. Qb3 Qc4 $140 $2 20.
Qxc4 Rxc4 21. Nd5 $18) 18. f3 $2 {I have got ticked off with his strange rook
move. So I wanted to take advantage of it. But my choice is absolutely
toothless.} (18. Qe2 Qa5 19. Nb3 Qd8 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rcd1 Qf8 22. Nd5 Kg7 23.
f4 $1 $40 {This move I have missed in the game.} (23. Nxb4 Qxb4 24. Rd4 Qb6)) (
18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qb3 Qc4 $1 {is now possible since there ain't no fork on f6.}
) 18... Nxc3 19. Bxg6 Ne2+ 20. Qxe2 Qxc1 21. Bf5 Qd2 $1 {Nigel is always
tactically alert!} (21... Qc4 22. Bd3 $1 (22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Qxc4 dxc4 $1 $36)
22... Qc7 23. f4 $1 $40 {and whites attack is extremely dangerous.}) 22. Bxc8
Qxe2 23. Nxe2 Rxc8 24. Nd4 Bd2 $1 {I did not see this move at once.} (24... Rc4
$6 25. g4 $1 (25. Rd1 Bc5 26. Nf5 Rc2 27. Rxd5 b6) 25... Bc5 26. Nf5 d4 $2 27.
b3 dxe3 28. bxc4 e2+ 29. Kg2 exf1=Q+ 30. Kxf1 Kh7 31. Ke2 Kg6 32. Kd3 h5 33.
Ke4 hxg4 34. fxg4 Kf6 35. Kd5 b6 36. a4 a5 37. Nd6 $18) 25. Kf2 Bc1 26. b3 Bb2
$11 {Now black has absolutely equalized.} 27. Re1 {I simply wanted to finish
the game.} (27. Nf5 Rc2+ 28. Kg1 Be5 29. Rd1 Rxa2 30. Rxd5 Ra1+ 31. Kf2 Bxh2
32. Nxh6+ Kg7 33. Nf5+ Kf6 34. e4 Rb1 $11) 27... Bxd4 {I have gladly accepted
Nigel's draw offer.} (27... Bxd4 28. exd4 Kg7 (28... Rc2+ 29. Re2 Rxe2+ 30.
Kxe2 f5 31. f4 g4 32. Kd3 b5 $11) 29. Re5 Rc2+ 30. Re2 Rxe2+ 31. Kxe2 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "SRB-chT"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.09.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sloga Turist"]
[BlackTeam "Pozega"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 $5 {The old
move.} (6... c5 7. dxc5 h6 {is what Korchnoi came up with first.}) 7. Bxf6 $1 {
I dislike retreats!} (7. Bh4 $6 Nc6 (7... g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. e3 h5 $5 10. f3 (10.
Bd3 $6 h4 11. Be5 f6 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Na6 14. a3 Bxc3+ 15. Bxc3 Qxd5 16.
Bxf6 O-O $17) 10... Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qe7 12. Kf2 (12. e4 Nd7 13. O-O-O Nb6 14.
Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 $13) 12... Be6) 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 h5 10. Bb5 h4 11. Be5
O-O 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. h3 Ne7 14. Nf3 c6 15. Bd3 Re8 $13) 7... Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+
({Even} 8... Ba5 9. b4 (9. e3 Be6 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Ba6 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Bc8) 9...
Bb6 10. e3 Be6 11. Na4 O-O 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. Bd3 c6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. O-O $13 {
is not simple at all.}) 9. Qxc3 O-O $1 (9... c6 10. e3 O-O 11. Nf3 $14) 10. e3
Bf5 11. Ne2 $1 (11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. b4 a5 14. Bd3 axb4 15. axb4 $11)
11... Nd7 12. Ng3 {There are other moves but I rely on what I have played
before.} (12. Nf4 $5 c5 $5 (12... c6 13. Be2 $14) 13. Rd1 Rac8 14. Nxd5 Qd6 $44
) (12. Rc1 $5 Rfc8 13. b4 a5 14. Ng3 axb4 15. axb4 Bg6 16. Be2 Qe7 17. O-O Nf6
18. Ra1 h5 19. Rfc1 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 h4 21. Nf1 h3 $13 {Beliavsky-Portisch,
Reykjavik1988.}) 12... c5 $1 (12... Rfc8 13. Nxf5 Qxf5 14. Bd3 Qf6 15. Rc1 $14)
13. Nxf5 (13. Bb5 $5) (13. Be2 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. exd4 $14 {may well be
the safest by the way.}) 13... Qxf5 14. dxc5 $5 (14. Bd3 $11) (14. Bb5 $5 c4
15. Ba4 {is what I played against Bromberger at Augsburg 2007.} b5 16. Bc2 Qe6
17. O-O a5 18. Rfe1 f5 $132) 14... d4 15. Bd3 $1 $146 (15. Qxd4 $2 Nxc5 16. Bc4
Rfd8 17. Qf4 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 Qxd3 $17) (15. exd4 Rfe8+ 16. Be2 Nf6 17. Rd1 Qe4
18. Qf3 Qc2 19. Rd2 Qc1+ 20. Rd1 Qxb2 21. Rd2 $11 {but the feeling over the
board says that Black may even have more.}) 15... dxc3 (15... Qxf2+ $2 16. Kxf2
dxc3 17. b4 $1 a5 (17... Ne5 18. Be4) 18. Be4 {is risky for Black.}) (15... Qg5
$5 {It is not quite clear that Black may play for a draw after the double pawn
sacrifice.} 16. exd4 Rfe8+ 17. Kf1 Nf6 18. Rd1 (18. h4 Qg4 19. g3 Nd5 20. Qd2
Ne3+ (20... Qf3 21. Kg1 Ne3 22. Bf1) 21. Kg1 Qf3 22. Bf1 $16) 18... Rad8 19.
Qd2 Qh4 20. g3 Qh3+ 21. Kg1 Ne4 22. Bf1 Qg4 23. Be2 $16) 16. Bxf5 cxb2 17. Rb1
Nxc5 18. Rxb2 g6 (18... Rfd8 19. Ke2 Rd5 20. Bc2 Rad8 21. Rd1 Rxd1 22. Bxd1 $14
) 19. Bc2 Rfd8 20. Ke2 Rd6 21. Rd1 Rad8 (21... Ra6 $5 22. Ra1 (22. a4 Nxa4 23.
Bxa4 Rxa4 24. Rxb7 $11 {should lead to a 4 versus 3 rook ending.})) 22. Rxd6
Rxd6 {White is slightly better but a draw came in handy to annihilate the
theoretical possibility of Kraljevo's relegation.} (22... Rxd6 23. a4 (23. g4
g5) 23... a5 $1 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. e3 Nd7 {Diagramm [#]} 12. Be2 (12. Qxc7
Rfc8 13. Qxb7 Rab8 14. Qxd5 Rxb2 {kann dem Weißen nicht gefallen haben. Auch
wenn der Computer seine Stellung für verteidigungsfähig hält: Dies ist eine
praktische Partie.}) 12... c5 {Schwarz kann mit dem Ausgang der
Eröffnungsphase hoch zufrieden sein.} 13. O-O c4 14. a4 a6 15. a5 b5 16. axb6
Qxb6 17. Ra5 Rfb8 18. Rxd5 Be6 19. Ra5 Qxb2 20. Qxb2 Rxb2 {Diagramm [#]} 21. d5
$2 {Das funktioniert nicht und bringt Weiß ins Hintreffen.} (21. Re1 $1) 21...
Rxe2 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rc1 Rb2 24. h4 Rc8 25. Rxa6 c3 26. Kf1 c2 27. Nd2 Rc3
28. Ke2 (28. Rxe6 Nc5 29. Rc6 Ne4) 28... Nc5 29. Rd6 Kf7 30. f3 Ke7 31. Rd4 e5
32. Rd5 Ke6 33. Rd8 Rbb3 34. Rc8 Rb4 35. h5 Rb2 36. Rd8 Ke7 37. Rd5 Ke6 38. Rd8
Rb7 39. e4 Rd7 40. Rc8 Nb3 {Diagramm [#] Weiß verliert jetzt Material.} 41.
Re8+ Kf7 42. Nxb3 Kxe8 43. Nd2 Rb7 44. Nf1 Rb1 45. Kd2 Rxc1 46. Kxc1 Ke7 47.
Ng3 Kf6 48. Nf5 Ra3 49. Nh4 Rc3 50. Nf5 Rc7 51. Ne3 Kg5 52. Nxc2 Kxh5 53. Kd2
Kh4 54. Ne3 Kg3 55. Ke2 h5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 {Diagramm [#]} O-O (8... d4 $6 9. O-O-O {ist besser für Weiß, was
bereits vor mehr als zwanzig Jahren der zu jener Zeit sehr renommierte
Großmeister Yuri Balashov gegen ein Computerprogramm leidvoll erleben musste:}
Qa5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Ne4 Be6 12. a3 Nc6 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. Nxb7
Qa6 16. Qe4 Qc4+ 17. Kd2 Bd5 18. Nd6 Qxc5 19. Qf4 Rd8 20. Qxf6 Qxd6 21. Qxh8+
Ke7 22. Qxd4 Be6 23. e3 Qxd4+ 24. exd4 Rxd4+ 25. Bd3 Rxd3+ 26. Ke2 Rb3 27. Nf3
Rxb2+ 28. Rd2 Bc4+ 29. Ke3 Rb3+ 30. Kf4 Kf6 31. Ra1 a6 32. Rd6+ Be6 33. Kg3 Rc3
34. Ra4 Nc6 35. Rxa6 Ne5 36. Ra7 Nxf3 37. gxf3 Ke5 38. Rda6 Rc8 39. Ra5+ Kf6
40. h4 Rg8+ 41. Kh2 Rc8 42. f4 Rc3 43. Ra3 Rc2 44. Kg3 Rd2 45. f3 Rd1 46. R3a5
Rg1+ 47. Kf2 Rh1 48. h5 Rh4 49. Ke3 Rh3 50. R7a6 Kg7 51. f5 Bc8 52. f6+ Kh7 53.
Ra7 Be6 54. Rc5 Kg8 55. Ra1 {1-0 (55) Comp Saitek Sparc-Balashov,Y (2520)
Muenster 1993}) 9. e3 Be6 10. a3 Bxc5 11. Rd1 Nc6 12. Nf3 Rc8 13. Be2 Be7 14.
O-O Ne4 15. Nxe4 ({Oder} 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nd4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qc7 18. Rc1 $11)
15... Bxh4 16. Nxh4 Nd4 17. Qd3 dxe4 18. Qxd4 Qxh4 19. g3 Qf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21.
Rd2 {Diagramm [#] Nichts geht mehr: Weiß könnte vielleicht noch die f-Linie
öffnen, um anschließend die schwarzen Bauern anzugreifen, doch diese eine
"Schwäche" kann der Nachziehende bequem decken; außerdem muss Weiß
natürlich fortgesetzt ein Eindringen der schwarzen Türme über die c-Linie
unterbinden.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch24 Petrosian-Botvinnik +5-2=15"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1963.03.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1963.03.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 (7. Bh4
c5 $13) 7... Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ (8... Ba5 $6 9. b4 Bb6 10. e3 $16) 9. Qxc3 c6 10.
e3 O-O 11. Ne2 Re8 $1 12. Ng3 $6 (12. Nf4 $4 Qxf4) (12. Nc1 {/\ Nd3-c5}) 12...
g6 $1 {/\ 13...h4-h5} 13. f3 $2 (13. Bd3 $5 h5 14. Ne2 {15.b4, a4}) 13... h5
$10 14. Be2 Nd7 15. Kf2 (15. O-O h4 16. Nh1 Qg5 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Rxe4 19.
Bc4 Nf6 $17) 15... h4 16. Nf1 Nf8 17. Nd2 Re7 18. Rhe1 Bf5 $15 19. h3 $6 (19.
Nf1 $5) (19. b4 $5) 19... Rae8 20. Nf1 Ne6 21. Qd2 (21. Bd3 $6 c5 $1 22. Bxf5
cxd4 23. exd4 Qxf5 24. Re5 Qf4 25. Rae1 Rc7 $1 $19 {(26.Qe3 Rc2 27.Re2 Rxe2+
28.Kxe2 Nxd4+ -+)}) 21... Ng7 $2 {>=} (21... Ng5 $1 22. Kg1 Bxh3 $1 23. gxh3
Nxh3+ 24. Kh1 (24. Kh2 Rxe3 $1 25. Nxe3 Qf4+ 26. Kh1 Nf2+ 27. Kg1 Qg3+ 28. Kf1
Nh3 29. Bd1 Qg1+ 30. Ke2 Nf4# {#}) 24... Qg5 $1 25. Kh2 Qg1+ 26. Kxh3 Rxe3 27.
Kxh4 R8e4+ 28. fxe4 (28. Kh3 g5 $19) 28... g5+ $19) (21... Ng5 $1 22. Qd1 Bxh3
$1 23. gxh3 Ne4+ $1 24. Kg2 Qg5+ 25. Kh2 Nf2 26. Qd2 Rxe3 27. Bd1 Qf4+ 28. Kg2
Nxd1 29. Raxd1 Qxf3+ 30. Kg1 Re2 31. Rxe2 Rxe2 32. Qg5 Qf2+ 33. Kh1 Rxb2 $19)
22. Rad1 Nh5 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. Rc3 Ng3 25. Kg1 (25. Nxg3 hxg3+) 25... Nh5 (25...
Nxf1 26. Bxf1) 26. Bd1 Re6 27. Qf2 Qe7 28. Bb3 (28. f4 $5 {/\ Nf1-h3-f3(g4)-e5}
) 28... g5 29. Bd1 $2 (29. e4 $5 Nf4 30. Qd2 {31.Rce3!?}) 29... Bg6 30. g4 $2 {
Petrosian} (30. Bc2 $5 $17) 30... hxg3 31. Nxg3 Nf4 $1 32. Qh2 (32. Qf1 c5 33.
dxc5 d4 34. Rb3 dxe3 $19) 32... c5 (32... Nd3 $1 $19 33. Re2 Rxe3) 33. Qd2 c4
34. Ba4 b5 $1 35. Bc2 (35. Bxb5 $5 Rb8 36. Ba4 Nd3 $19) 35... Nxh3+ 36. Kf1 Qf6
37. Kg2 Nf4+ 38. exf4 Rxe1 39. fxg5 Qe6 40. f4 Re2+ $1 0-1

[Event "Candidates sf Petrosian-Kortschnoj+1-0"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1971.07.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1971.07.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 (4... c5) 5. cxd5 exd5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7.
bxc3 O-O 8. Bg5 c5 9. e3 Nbd7 (9... cxd4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. cxd4 Bf5 $13) 10.
Bd3 Qa5 11. Ne2 b6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nf4 Qc4 16. Qa2
Qxa2 (16... Qxc3 17. Rfc1 Qa5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Rfd8 $13)
17. Rxa2 Rac8 18. a4 Rfd8 19. Rb1 Ne4 20. Ne2 Nd6 21. h4 Nc4 22. Nf4 Kf8 23. g4
g6 24. Kg2 h6 25. Rd1 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Ne2 Nd6 28. Ng3 cxd4 29. Rxd4 Ne4
30. Nxe4 dxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxc3 32. a5 Rdc8 33. axb6 axb6 34. Rb2 R8c4 35. Rxc4
Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vavrak, Peter"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Something sinister is lurking behind some magnificent chess victories these
days. It is getting harder to tell what is actually created by humans and what
is spit out by chess computers during preparation. A game from the 10th
European Individual Championship, underway in Budva, Montenegro, between IM
Peter Vavrak of Slovakia and GM Valery Popov of Russia is loaded with
computer-like moves. In a sharp Nimzo-Indian variation, which I prepared for
Nigel Short to combat Garry Kasparov in the 1993 world championship, black
navigates the stormy lines with unusual ease.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4.
Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 $1 10. Bxb8 ({
Kasparov's line,} 10. e3 Qa5 11. Nge2 {, is doing fine for black after} Bf5 12.
Be5 O-O 13. Nd4 Re8 $1) 10... Qf6 $1 {(Levon Aronian's important "zwischenzug.
")} 11. Bg3 Nxc3 12. a3 Bf5 13. Qd2 Ba5 14. e3 ({The game Sokolov-Aronian,
Turin 2006, continued} 14. b4 Ne4 15. Qc1 Rc8 16. Ra2 Rxc5 17. Qa1 Qc6 18. Qe5+
Kd8 19. Qxh8+ Kd7 {and white resigned.}) 14... O-O-O $1 ({White was hoping for
} 14... d4 15. Bb5+ Nxb5 (15... Kf8 16. Nf3) 16. Qxa5 {with white's edge.}) 15.
Bd6 Bg4 16. f3 ({After} 16. Ne2 Qxf2+ $1) ({or after} 16. Be2 Qxf2+ $1 {
black is doing well, but}) (16. Nf3 $5 {was worth of try, for example} Bxf3 17.
gxf3 Qxf3 18. bxc3 Qxh1 19. O-O-O {with chances to survive. Now comes the
shocker.}) 16... d4 $1 {Diagram #} 17. e4 ({After} 17. fxg4 dxe3 18. Qc2 Nb5+
19. Ke2 Nd4+ {black wins}) ({and} 17. exd4 Rhe8+ 18. Ne2 Nxe2 19. Qxa5 Ng3+ {
is unpleasant for white.}) 17... Rhe8 18. Ne2 ({Only} 18. Bd3 $1 Nxe4 19. Qxa5
Nxd6+ 20. Ne2 {gives white some hope.}) 18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qxf3 20. e5 ({
White is desperately trying to block the central highways. After both} 20. Rg1
Rxe4 21. b4 Nxe2 22. Bxe2 d3 $19) (20. bxc3 Bxc3 21. Nxc3 dxc3 22. Qg2 Rxe4+ {
black wins.}) 20... d3 $1 ({A computer-like advance, pounding the white pieces
along the central files. After} 20... Qxh1 21. bxc3 dxc3 22. Qc2 {white lives.}
) 21. bxc3 (21. Nxc3 Rxd6 $1 22. cxd6 Rxe5+ $19) 21... dxe2 22. Qxe2 Bxc3+ 23.
Kd1 Qxh1 24. Rc1 $2 ({(White had to play} 24. Kc2 $1 {although after} Bxa1 25.
Bg2 Qxg2 $1 (25... Qg1 $2 26. Bxb7+ $1 Kxb7 (26... Kd7 27. e6+ Rxe6 28. Qb5#)
27. Qb5+ Ka8 28. Qc6#) 26. Qxg2 Bxe5 {white has a substantial advantage.})
24... Rxe5 (24... Rxe5 25. Qg2 Qxg2 26. Bxg2 Re1+ 27. Kc2 Rxc1+ 28. Kxc1 Re8 {
wins.}) 0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 (8... Nc6 9. e3 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Nf3 Qa5 (11... Qf6 12. Bb5 $1 Nxc3
13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. a3 $1 g4 15. Be5 Ne4+ 16. axb4 Qf5 17. Bxh8 gxf3 18. Rg1 $16
{Kasparov,G-Spassky,B/Linares/1990/ 1:0 (29) Inf 49/666;13...Qc6!?+/=/}) 12.
Nd2 Nxc3 (12... Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Be6 {Drasko,M-Maksimovic,B/JUG/1991/ 1:0 (36)
Inf 52/558/} 14. Bb5 $5 $16) 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rb1 (14. Rc1 Bb4 15. Bd3 O-O $13
) 14... Qxc5 $1 (14... a6 $6 15. Bd6 $16 {Glek,I-Yuferov,S/SSSR/1989/ 1:0 (48)
Inf 47/675/}) 15. Rb5 Qa3 16. Rb3 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Qa5 {Spassky,B-Fisher,R/
Beograd(m/10)/1992/ 0,5 (68) Inf 55/548/} 18. Qxa5 $1 Nxa5 19. Rb5 Nc6 20. Rxd5
$10) (8... O-O $6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Nge2 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Nxc3
Nxc5 14. Bc2 g5 15. Bg3 Be6 16. f3 $16 {Kasparov,G-Korchnoi,V/Tilburg/1989/
Inf 48/739/}) 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 $5 $146 (10... Qf6 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+
Nxd7 13. Nge2 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Rd1 Qe6 16. h4 g4 $13 {Goldin,A-Lautier,J/
Palma de Mallorca/1989/ Inf 48/739/}) 11. Nge2 Nc6 12. f3 Nxg3 (12... Nxc3 13.
Nxc3 (13. bxc3 $5 Bxc5 14. Qd2 {/\Nd4/}) 13... Bxc5 (13... Qxc5 $5) 14. Qd2 Be6
15. a3 {/\Nb5/}) 13. hxg3 Bxc5 14. Qd2 Be6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 Bb4 17. a3
Bxc3 (17... Rc8 18. Rc1 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 21. bxc3) 18. Qxc3
Qxc3+ 19. bxc3 $14 Rc8 20. Kd2 Kf8 $1 21. Bd3 f6 22. Rab1 Rc7 23. Rb5 (23. a4
$5) 23... Ke7 24. g4 Bf7 25. a4 Kd6 26. Rhb1 Rb8 $1 (26... b6 27. a5 $16) 27.
a5 h5 28. gxh5 Bxh5 29. Rh1 Be8 30. Rbb1 Bc6 31. Rh6 Rf8 32. Rbh1 $6 (32. Bb5
$5) 32... Re7 33. Rh8 Rxh8 34. Rxh8 Rf7 35. Rg8 $6 (35. Rd8+ $5) 35... b6 $1
36. a6 (36. axb6 axb6 37. Bf5) 36... Rc7 (36... Kc7 {/\b5,Kb6/} 37. Bg6 Re7 (
37... Rd7 38. Bf5 Rd8 39. Rg7+) 38. Rf8 Re6 39. Bf5 Rd6 40. Rc8# {#}) 37. Rg6
Rf7 38. Rg8 Rc7 39. Rg6 Rf7 40. Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.09.07"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. a3 $5 (6. Bg5) 6...
Bxc3+ (6... Be7) (6... Bd6 $6 7. Nb5) 7. bxc3 c5 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Nd2 Bd7 10. Nb3
Qa4 11. Qb2 Na6 12. e3 {[/\ 13.Bxa6, 14.Nxc5]} c4 {>=} (12... cxd4) 13. Nd2 O-O
14. Be2 b5 15. Bd1 Qa5 16. Bc2 Rfe8 17. O-O Rab8 18. Nf3 $1 (18. f3 Rxe3 19.
Ne4 (19. Nxc4 $2 bxc4 $19) 19... Nxe4 $1 20. Bxe3 Nxc3 $15 {e.g.} 21. Bd2 Ne2+
22. Kh1 c3 $1 (22... Qxd2 $4 23. Bxh7+)) 18... Qc7 19. Ne5 Be6 20. f3 Nc5 21.
Bd2 Na4 $2 $8 (21... Ncd7 {e.g.} 22. Nxd7 Bxd7 23. Rae1 Bc6 24. Qb1 Qb7) 22.
Qb1 Rb6 23. Qe1 Nd7 24. Qh4 Nf8 25. e4 $1 {[/\ e4-e5, f3-f4-f5]} f6 26. Ng4 Ng6
27. Qh5 Qf7 28. Rae1 Rbb8 29. Ne3 Ne7 $2 (29... Nf4 $2 30. Qxf7+ {/\ 31.Nxc4!
+-}) (29... Rbd8 $2 30. exd5 Bxd5 31. Nxd5 Rxe1 32. Nxf6+ $18) (29... Nb6 $5 {
(or 29...Red8) /\} 30. f4 Ne7) 30. Qh4 {[/\ 31.exd5; xPh7]} f5 {[/\ 31.e5?]}
31. g4 $1 f4 (31... g6 32. exf5 gxf5 33. gxf5 $18 {(קd5) e.g.} Nxf5 (33...
Bxf5 34. Bxf5 Nxf5 35. Qg5+ Ng7 36. Nxd5) 34. Bxf5 Bxf5 35. Qg5+ Bg6 36. Nxd5)
32. exd5 $1 Ng6 33. dxe6 Rxe6 34. Bxg6 hxg6 35. Ng2 Rbe8 36. Rxe6 Rxe6 37. Nxf4
Rf6 38. Qg5 Nxc3 39. Bxc3 Rxf4 40. Kg2 1-0

[Event "World-ch14 Alekhine-Bogoljubow +8-3=15"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1934.06.01"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1934.04.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 (5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2
c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 (10. Nd2 Nd4 11. Qd3 (11. Qd1 Bd7 12. b4 Qa4
$40) 11... e5 12. b4 (12. cxd5 $2 {Hansen,LB} Nxc5 $19) 12... Qa4 13. Ra2 Nxd2
14. Qxd2 dxc4 15. e3 Nb3 16. Qc3 Be6 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nxc1 19. Qxc1 a5
$10 {Bronstein-Boleslavsky/Saltsjobaden izt/1948}) 10... Nxd2 (10... Qxc5 11.
e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 d4 $1 $10 {Forintos,G-Wedberg,T/Malmo/1988/}) 11. Qxd2 dxc4
$10) 5... exd5 (5... Qxd5 6. a3 (6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 (7. a3 cxd4 $5 8. axb4 dxc3 9.
bxc3 b5 $5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Qe4 {Kasparov-Nikolic/Moscow olm/
1994} 13. Qxe4 Nxe4 14. Ke2 Bb7 15. Bb2 Nd7 16. Rhc1 $14) 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 O-O
9. Nf3 Nc6 10. c4 Qd6 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Rb1 e5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4
Rd8 16. Rb5 Qe7 17. Be2 b6 18. Bf3 Bb7 $15 {Alekhine-Euwe/Amsterdam Wch (20)/
1937}) 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 (7. Qxc3 Nc6 8. e3 e5 $10) 7... c5 8. e3 O-O 9. Bb2 (
9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 b6 11. Bc4 Qc6 12. Bd3 Qxc2 13. Bxc2 Ba6 14. Ne5 Nbd7 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bb2 Rac8 17. Rc1 Rfd8 18. f3 e5 19. Kf2 exd4 20. Bxd4 Nc5 $10 {
Alekhine-Euwe/Amsterdam Wch (12)/1937}) 9... Nbd7 10. f3 Nb6 11. c4 Qc6 {
/\Na4, Qa4} 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Bd3 Rac8 14. Ne2 {/\0-0}) 6. Bg5 h6 (6... Qd6 7. e3
Ne4 8. Bf4 Qg6 (8... Qe7 9. Bd3 f5 10. Nge2 O-O 11. O-O c6 12. f3 Nxc3 13. bxc3
Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. e4 g6 16. e5 $16 {Stahlberg-Alekhine/Prag olm/1931}) 9.
Qb3 (9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Bf5 11. Qb3 O-O 12. f3 Nd6 13. g4 Bd3 14. Qxd5 {
Capablanca-Euwe/Amsterdam m/1931}) 9... Qb6 $5 $146 (9... c5 $2 10. f3 Nxc3 $4
11. bxc3 Ba5 12. Bxb8 $18) 10. f3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 $14) 7. Bh4 (7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 c6 $10) 7... Nbd7 $6 (7... c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. e3 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4
11. Nf3 Qa5 12. Nd2 Nxd2 $5 {N} 13. Qxd2 Be6 14. Rc1 $2 (14. Bb5) 14... d4 $1
15. exd4 O-O-O $44 {Drasko-Maksimovic/Jugoslavia/1991}) (7... c6 $142 {Alekhine
}) 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 c5 (9... c6 $142) 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nge2 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Be6
13. O-O Be7 14. Rfd1 $6 (14. Nf4 $1) 14... Qa5 15. Nd4 (15. Bxf6 $2 Bxf6 16.
Nxd5 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Qxa2 18. Ne7+ (18. Rd2 Qxd5) 18... Kh8 19. Rd2 Qa3 {Fine})
15... Rfc8 16. Rac1 (16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe7 Qf5 $10 {
Bogoljubow}) 16... Rc4 17. b3 Rc5 {[%cal Ya8c8] /\18... Rac8} (17... Rxc3 $2
18. Rxc3 Ne4 19. b4 $18 {Bogoljubow}) 18. Na4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8
21. Qc3 Qd8 (21... Qxc3 $2 22. Nxc3 Be6 23. Ncb5 Bc5 (23... a6 24. Nc7) 24.
Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nc7 Bxd4 26. exd4 $16 {_|_ Fine}) 22. f3 Bd7 23. Nb2 Qb6 24. Nd3
Ne4 $1 25. fxe4 (25. Qe1 $142 Bxh4 26. Qxh4 Nf6 27. Qe1 Qa6 28. Qd2) 25... Bxh4
26. exd5 Qg6 $1 $15 27. Qd2 (27. Nf3 Bf6 28. Qd2 Qe4 29. Nde1 Bb5 $44) (27. g3
$2 Bxg3 (27... Bf6 {[%cal Yg6e4] /\28... Qg6-e4})) 27... Qe4 28. Nf3 Qxd5 29.
Nxh4 Bb5 30. Nf3 Bxd3 31. Kf2 Qf5 32. g4 $2 Qe4 33. Qa5 Ba6 (33... Qxg4 $4 34.
Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qxd3+ $18) 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qd4 Qc2+ 36. Kg3 Bf1 (36... Qxa2 37.
Qe4+ g6 38. Qd5 $10) 37. Qd5 Qc7+ 38. Kf2 Ba6 39. Qe4+ Kg8 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41.
Qe4+ g6 42. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Podzielny, Karl Heinz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. e3 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 (10... Qa5 $5 11. Nf3 Ne4) 11. Bd3 $5 {N} (11.
Nf3 Qa5 12. Nd2 Nxc3 (12... Nxc5 $5 13. Bb5 Bxc3 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. bxc3 Ba6
16. Nb3 Qa4 17. Rd1 {Atalik-Maksimovic/Iraklion/1993} Qe4 $1 18. Qxe4+ Nxe4 $10
{Atalik,S}) 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rb1 Qxc5 15. Rb5 Qa3 16. Rb3 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Qa5
18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. Rb5 {Scherbakov-Lyberg/Jyväskylä/1994} b6 $10) 11... Nxc3 (
11... Nxc5 $6 12. Nge2 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Bb5+ $16) (11...
Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nxc5 13. Ne2 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 $14) (11... Qa5 12. Nge2 $14) (11...
Nxg3 $1 12. hxg3 d4 13. exd4 Qxd4 14. Nge2 Qxc5 15. O-O Be6 $13) 12. bxc3 Qf6
13. Ne2 Bxc5 14. h4 $1 (14. Nd4 $14) 14... Bd7 (14... Nb4 $2 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16.
Qd1 $16) (14... Be6 $6 15. Rb1 O-O-O 16. Qa4 $40 Ne5 (16... Bd7 $2 17. Qa6 Bb6
18. Rxb6 $18) 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Ba6 $1 Bb6 19. Qc6+ Qc7 20. Bxb7+ Kb8 21. Qxc7+
Kxc7 22. Ba6 $16) (14... Kf8 15. Qb3 $16) 15. Qb3 Ne5 (15... Nb4 16. Bb1 $16) (
15... O-O-O 16. Qxd5 Be6 17. Qxc5 Rxd3 18. Nd4 $16) 16. Bxe5 (16. Qxd5 Nxd3+
17. Qxd3 Bc6 18. Kf1 Rd8 19. Nd4 $16) 16... Qxe5 17. hxg5 (17. Qxb7 $6 Rb8 18.
Qa6 Rb6 19. Qa5 Bb4 20. Qxa7 Bxc3+ 21. Kf1 Rb4 $44) 17... hxg5 18. Rxh8+ Qxh8
19. Qxb7 $16 Rd8 20. Rb1 $5 (20. Kf1 Qh1+ 21. Ng1 $16) (20. Kd2 Qe5 21. Rb1 $16
) 20... Qh1+ 21. Kd2 Qxg2 22. Qc7 Be7 (22... Bb6 $6 23. Qe5+ Be6 24. Qf6 $36 {
/\Rg1}) 23. f4 $1 d4 $6 (23... gxf4 $2 24. Rg1 fxe3+ 25. Kc1 Ba3+ 26. Kb1 $18)
(23... Qh3 $5) 24. exd4 Qd5 25. c4 Qf3 26. Qe5 (26. Rb8 $16) 26... f6 27. Qe3
$6 (27. Qe4 $1 Qxe4 (27... Bg4 $2 28. Qg6+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Kf7 30. fxg5 fxg5 31.
Bg6+ Ke6 32. Bf5+ $1 Kxf5 33. Rb5+ $18) 28. Bxe4 Bg4 29. Bd5 Bxe2 30. Kxe2 gxf4
31. Rb7 $16) 27... Bg4 28. Qxf3 Bxf3 29. d5 $2 (29. Kc3 $1 Bxe2 30. Bxe2 gxf4
31. Bh5+ Kf8 32. Rb7 $16) 29... Bd6 30. fxg5 fxg5 31. Rf1 g4 32. Nd4 Rb8 33.
Bg6+ Kd7 34. Nxf3 gxf3 35. Rxf3 Rf8 $1 (35... Rb2+ $2 36. Kd3 Rxa2 37. Rf7+ Kd8
38. Bf5 $16) 36. Rh3 Bc5 $14 37. Kd3 (37. Rh7+ Kd6 38. Bf7 $5 Ke5 39. Kd3 $14)
37... Kd6 38. Be4 Rf6 39. Bf3 Ke5 40. Bd1 Rg6 41. Rh5+ Kf4 42. Rh4+ Kf5 43. Bf3
Ra6 44. Be4+ Kg5 45. Rh8 Kf4 46. Rh4+ Kg5 47. Rh7 Ra3+ 48. Kc2 Rxa2+ 49. Kb1
Ra6 50. Rc7 Bd6 51. Rf7 Rb6+ 52. Kc2 a5 53. Ra7 Kf4 54. Bd3 Bb4 55. Rc7 Rd6 56.
Re7 Rb6 57. Re4+ Kf3 58. Re8 a4 59. Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch Absolute"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.03.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 {
Ganz logisch. Schwarz benützt die Schwächung des Punktes d4 um die Initiative
zu erobern.} 8. O-O-O {Dieser auf den ersten Blick starke Zug wird fatale
Konsequenzen haben. In Wirklichkeit ist es nämlich sehr riskant bei
unentwickeltem weißen Königsflügel die lange Rochade zu machen. Jetzt wird der
weiße Monarch unter Beschuss der schwarzen Figuren, sowohl in der c-Linie (Rc8)
als in der Diagonale b1-h7 (Bf5), genommen.} Bxc3 {Der Springer c3 ist der
Feind Nr.1. Er muss abgetauscht werden, um die Kontrolle über die
Zentralfelder zu erhalten und später die c-Linie zu öffnen.} 9. Qxc3 g5 {
Auf den ersten Blick scheint dieser Zug eine riesige Schwächung des schwarzen
Königsflügels zu sein. Aber in dieser Stellung ist es wichtiger den Nf6 zu
erhalten (und entfesseln). Im Kampf um das Zentrum spielt er eine wesentlich
wichtigere Rolle als der gehemmte weiße Bg3.} 10. Bg3 cxd4 $1 {Schwarz öffnet
die c-Linie gegen den weißen Monarchen und gewinnt gleichzeitig Zeit um seine
Figuren schnell zu mobilisieren.} 11. Qxd4 Nc6 {Die schwarze Initiative wird
mit jedem kommenden Zug immer stärker und stärker. Es ist merkwürdig, wie
Botvinnik die Initiative erobert und mittels einer Kette von starken Zügen im
Mittelspiel zum tödliche Angriff gegen den weißen König umwandelt.} 12. Qa4 {
Mittels dieser Fesselung versucht der Anziehende die Operationen auf der
c-Linie zu verhindern.} Bf5 $1 {[%cal Yf5b1,Ya8c8][%mdl 132] Der Läufer
schneidet den Weg des weißen Königs am Damenflügel ab und räumt gleichzeitig
das Feld c8 für den schwarzen Turm. Also mit jedem Zug stellt der Nachziehende
Drohungen auf und hat dabei gar keine Zeit, den eigenen König vom Zentrum
wegzubringen.} 13. e3 ({Vielleicht sollte der Anziehende mittels des folgenden
Bauernopfers seinen König schnell auf einen sicheren Platz stellen:} 13. f3 Qb6
14. e4 dxe4 15. Kb1 exf3+ 16. Ka1) 13... Rc8 $1 14. Bd3 (14. Ne2 a6 15. Nc3 b5
16. Qxa6 b4 17. Bb5 Bd7 $19) 14... Qd7 $1 {Schwarz entfesselt seine Springer
und droht gleichzeitig ein Abzugschach nebst Damengewinn.} 15. Kb1 Bxd3+ 16.
Rxd3 Qf5 17. e4 {Jetzt ist es schon zu spät für dieses Bauernopfer.} Nxe4 18.
Ka1 O-O {Endlich findet der Nachziehende Zeit zum Rochieren - nur mit dem Ziel
seinen Springer zu entfesseln; danach ist die Öffnung der c-Linie
unvermeidlich.} (18... Nc5 19. Re3+) 19. Rd1 b5 $1 {Besorgt dem Springer c6
das Feld d4, wonach der Mattangriff tödlich ist.} 20. Qxb5 Nd4 $1 {Triumph der
schwarzen Kavallerie! Wegen der schwachen ersten Reihe ist der Springer auf d4
unantastbar.} 21. Qd3 Nc2+ 22. Kb1 Nb4 {Eine ausgezeichnete Partie zum Thema:
Eroberung der Initiative im Mittelspiel und Mattangriff!} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Estrin/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 {Judith joue également régulièrement l'Est-Indienne mais а
Aix, elle a préféré la Nimzo dans plusieurs parties.} 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 {
Trés populaire depuis plusieurs années} (4... O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 (6...
d6) (6... d5 {Une variante proche de la partie et qui est d'ailleurs souvent
une simple transposition} 7. cxd5)) (4... c5) 5. cxd5 (5. a3 {L'alternative}
Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 {[%csl Ge4]} 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. e3 e5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qa5+
11. b4 Nxb4 12. Qxe4 Nc2+ 13. Ke2 Qe1+ 14. Kf3 Nxa1 {Rauzer,
V-Konstantinopolsky,A Leningrad-Kiev Match 1932 0-1}) (5. Nf3 dxc4 $1 6. e4 b5)
5... exd5 (5... Qxd5 $5 6. Nf3 Qf5 $11 {Eljanov,P (2692)-Anand,V (2799) Corus
Wijk aan Zee 2008 (3) 1/2} (6... O-O 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3)) 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 (7.
Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 (8. e3) 8... Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3) 7... c5 8. dxc5 (8. O-O-O $2 {
Estrin: Planning an unfortunate attempt to improve on Keres-Botvinnik, 1941,
which cost Lukin two points in this event.} Bxc3 {Lukin,A-Estrin,Y USSR ch-05
6063 1960 0-1}) (8. Nf3) (8. e3) 8... g5 $1 (8... Nc6 9. O-O-O g5 10. Bg3 Qa5
$13 {Battaglini,G (2092)-Sokolov,A (2543) Corsica op Bastia rapid 1999 (1) 0-1}
) 9. Bg3 {91} Ne4 {92 Les deux adversaires ont joué а tempo jusqu'ici} 10.
O-O-O {Une ligne risquée et qui doit bien convenir au style tactique de la
hongroise} (10. e3 {Plus courant} Qa5 11. Nge2 Bf5 $1 $132 {[%cal Gf5c2];
Bareev,E (2714)-Topalov,V (2735) Amber-blindfold 13th rapid 2004 (4) 1/2})
10... Bxc3 {85 D'habitude, dans cette variante les Noirs donnent la paire de B
pour obtenir une petite avance de développement mais en compensation, les
Blancs ont une meilleure structure et des perspectives а long terme. Dans
cette variante, les Noirs ont le beurre et l'argent du beurre!} 11. f3 {
91 La pointe du système des Blancs qui sacrifie la qualité et rentre dans des
positions peu claires.} Bd2+ $1 {09 Fin de la préparation des Noirs} (11...
Nxg3 $6 12. Qxc3 Nxe2+ 13. Nxe2 O-O 14. h4 $40 {[%csl Rg8,Gh1]}) 12. Rxd2 Nxd2
13. Qxd2 d4 $5 $146 {62 La nouveauté a probablement été trouvée devant
l'échiquier} (13... Nc6 14. e3 (14. h4 g4 15. e3 Qa5 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. Ne2 gxf3
18. gxf3 Nc6 19. Nc3 Be6 20. e4 O-O-O 21. Nb5 dxe4 22. fxe4 Rdg8 23. Nd6+ Kd7
24. Be1 Rg6 25. Nxb7 Rhg8 26. Bb5 Rg1 27. Rxg1 Rxg1 28. Kd2 Kc7 {Seirawan,Y 
(2635)-Moiseenko,A (2715)/Ningbo 2011/1/2-1/2 (67)}) 14... Be6 15. Bb5 f6 16.
Ne2 Kf7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Bd6 Qc8 20. Qa5 Re8 21. Kd2 g4 22. fxg4
Bxg4 23. Qc7+ Qxc7 24. Bxc7 Bd7 25. Bf4 h5 26. g3 a5 27. b3 Ra7 28. a3 {
Gongora Reyes,M (2452)-Corrales Jimenez,F (2597)/Toluca 2011/1/2-1/2 (36)}) (
13... Be6 14. h4 {[%cal Gh1h8]} (14. e3 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gg1e2,Ge2d4]}) 14...
g4 15. e3 Nd7 $132 {Rajlich,I (2411)-Sethuraman,S (2425) Budapest FS06 GM 2008
(2) 1/2}) 14. Bd6 {[%csl Gd6,Re8] 74} (14. Be5 $143 {[%cal Ge5d4,Ge5h8] Trop
lent} O-O 15. h4 Nc6 $1 {[%cal Gc6e5,Gc6d4]} 16. Bd6 Re8 $32 {[%csl Rc1,Gd4]
[%cal Gc8f5]} 17. hxg5 Qxg5 {[%cal Gg5d2]} (17... hxg5) 18. Nh3 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2
Bf5 20. Nf4 Kg7 21. Nh5+ Kg6 $11) 14... Nc6 {[%csl Gc6] 54} 15. e3 {[%csl Re8]
Il faut profiter de la position exposée du K Noir pour ouvrir le jeu} dxe3 16.
Qc3 {Un joli coup intermédiaire} (16. Qxe3+ $143 Be6) 16... Rg8 17. Bb5 $1 (17.
h4 $2 Qa5 $17 {[%cal Ga5a2,Ga5c3]}) 17... Be6 (17... Bd7 18. Qxe3+ Ne7 19. Ne2
$3 Bxb5 20. Nd4 $40 {[%csl Re7,Re8][%cal Gd4f5,Gh1e1]}) 18. Ne2 {[%cal Gh1d1,
Gh1e1] 66 Les blancs ont quasiment terminé le développement alors que le K
Noir est bloqué au centre} a6 {40} 19. Ba4 {26 Joué après une longue réflexion
pour évaluer les conséquences de l'échange en "c6"} (19. Bxc6+ bxc6 20. Nd4 $1
{[%csl Gd4][%cal Gd4c6,Gd4e6] Ce coup posait problème aux Noirs et il n'est
pas facile de trouver la raison pour laquelle, les Blancs n'ont pas joué 19.Bc6
} (20. Qxe3 Qd7 21. Nc3 O-O-O $6 22. Na4 $36 {[%cal Ga4b6]}) 20... Qd7 (20...
Bxa2 $2 21. Qxe3+) (20... Rg6 $2 21. Nxc6) (20... Bd5 21. Nxc6 $1 (21. Re1 {
[%csl Re8]}) 21... Bxc6 22. Qe5+ Kd7 23. Qf5+) (20... e2 21. Re1 Qd7 22. Qa5 {
[%csl Re8]}) 21. Re1 $36) 19... Qd7 20. Nd4 {26} O-O-O $13 {28} 21. Qd3 {19} (
21. Qxe3 Bd5 22. Rd1 g4) 21... Bd5 22. Qxe3 {8} b5 $1 {14} 23. Bc2 Rge8 {
Les pièces Noires sont maintenant bien coordonnées et les compensations des
Blancs vont être insuffisantes} 24. Qd2 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 Qe6 26. Qb4 (26. a4 Bb3
$36) 26... Bxa2 27. Rd1 {Un choix courageux des Blancs qui refusent de forcer
la nulle en jouant b3 mais avec seulement 02 mns pour passer le contrôle de
temps, c'est trés risqué.} (27. b3 Qf6 {[%cal Gf6a1]} 28. Qa5 {[%cal Ga5a2,
Ga5c7]} Qa1+ 29. Kd2 Qd4+ 30. Kc1) 27... Qe3+ $1 {06 gagne un peu de temps
avec l'incrément} 28. Rd2 Qe1+ $1 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Ge1b4,Ge8e2]} 29. Bd1 Re2
$36 {Une position trés compliquée mais qui convient au style tactique de la
hongroise} 30. Qg4+ Re6 31. Re2 $2 $138 {Les Blancs n'avaient plus qu'une
minute} (31. Qb4 $1 {Il vallait mieux répéter les coups plutôt que de risquer
de forcer la position.} Re2 32. Qg4+ f5 33. Qxf5+ Be6 34. Rxe2 Qxe2 35. Qh7
Qe3+ 36. Kb1 $132 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gh7c7]}) 31... Qf1 $17 {04} 32. Qf5 (32.
Rxe6 Bxe6 33. Qe4 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Ge4c6]} Qc4+ 34. Qxc4 Bxc4) 32... Bb3 {
[%csl Rd1]} 33. Rd2 Qc4+ 34. Kb1 Ba2+ 35. Ka1 Qc1+ 36. Kxa2 Qxd2 37. Qxf7 Rexd6
$1 {les Blancs n'ont plus rien} 38. cxd6 Qxd6 $19 39. Bb3 Kb8 40. h3 Qe5 41.
Qg6 Rd6 42. Qg8+ Ka7 43. Qh7+ Kb6 44. Bc2 a5 45. Be4 Qe6+ 46. Ka1 Rd1+ 47. Bb1
a4 48. Qh8 Qd6 49. Qe8 Rd2 {Ce gain permet а la hongroise de rejoindre le
groupe de tête а 02 rondes de la fin.} 0-1

[Event "Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.07.23"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin,A} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7.
Bh4 Nbd7 {Baburin: In this system Black's best bid is 7...c5, as otherwise the
position of the bishop on b4 is hard to justify. Black also tried:} (7... g5 $5
8. Bg3 Ne4 9. e3 c6 $5 10. Bd3 Nxg3 (10... Bf5 11. Nge2 Nxg3 12. Nxg3 Bxd3 13.
Qxd3 $14) 11. hxg3 Be6 12. a3 Bf8 13. f4 $5 $132 {Kasparov,G-Nikolic,P/
Belgrade 1989,(40)} (13. f4 {Baburin,A} gxf4 14. gxf4 Bg4 15. Bf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5
$16 {Kasparov-Nikolic, Belgrade 1989.})) (7... O-O $5 8. e3 Be6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10.
Nge2 Re8 11. O-O (11. Nf4 $5) 11... Bd6 12. f3 (12. Nb5 $2 Bxh2+ $1 13. Kxh2
Ng4+ 14. Kg3 g5 $17) 12... c6 13. h3 Be7 14. Rad1 $14 {Lazarev,V-Sebastianelli,
D/Festival Porto San Giorgio 1997/EXP 59 (34)} (14. Rad1 {Baburin,A} a6 15. Kh1
$16 {Lazarev-Sebastianelli, Porto San Giorgio 1997.})) 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10.
Nge2 (10. dxc5 $5 Nxc5 11. Nge2 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Be6 13. O-O Be7 14. Rfd1 Qa5 15.
Nd4 $14 {Alekhine,A-Bogoljubow,E/Wch15-GER 1934/MAINB/1/2-1/2 (42)} (15. Nd4 {
Baburin,A} Rfc8 16. Rac1 Rc4 17. b3 Rc5 18. Na4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+
Bxc8 21. Qc3 Qd8 22. f3 Bd7 23. Nb2 Qb6 24. Nd3 Ne4 {Alekhine,A-Bogoljubow,E/
Wch15-GER 1934/MAINB/1/2-1/2 (42)})) (10. Nf3) 10... c4 $13 {Logical
continuation leading to complicated positional battle.} 11. Bf5 Nb6 12. O-O {
Baburin:Such pawn formations,with black pawns on c4 and d5,are very common in
the Ragozin Defence. However, compared to that line, White has an advantage
here, since her knight is on e2, rather than on f3. This greatly increases
White's control over the important e4-square.} Re8 (12... Bxf5 $5 13. Qxf5 Qd7
14. Qf3 Be7 $13 15. Bg3) 13. a3 Bf8 $6 ({Better was} 13... Be7 $5 {unpining
the knight.}) 14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. Rad1 {The plans of the both sides are
perfectly clear:white has to try to break through in the center while black
has to advance the pawns on the queenside. Baburin:Black's knight is stuck on
b6, thus depriving him of a chance to advance his pawns on the queenside,
while White can gradually prepare the advance in the centre.} Rc6 16. Rfe1 a6
17. Qd2 g5 $6 {Otherwise black can't move the knight from b6,but now black
seriously weakens his kingside which becomes crucial.Better was to admit his
mistake and to play 17...Be7 with unclear position.} ({Baburin:Perhaps, a less
committing move} 17... Nc8 {Baburin,A was worth considering.}) 18. Bg3 Nbd7 19.
f3 b5 20. Bf2 $1 Qb8 21. Ng3 a5 22. e4 $14 b4 $6 (22... dxe4 $5 23. d5 $1 Rcc8
24. Ncxe4 b4 25. d6 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Bg7 27. Bd4 $14) 23. axb4 axb4 24. Nxd5 Nxd5
25. exd5 Rcc8 (25... Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rd6 27. Qc2 Qb5 28. Rc1 Nb6 29. Ne4 $1 $36)
26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Qc2 $1 $16 Nb6 28. Nh5 $1 {[%csl Rf6] Fully exploiting the
weakness of black's kingside.} Bg7 29. Bg3 Qc8 30. Be5 $1 Rxe5 $8 (30... Bxe5
31. dxe5 Rxe5 32. Nf6+ Kf8 (32... Kg7 33. Qh7+ $1 Kxf6 34. Qxh6+ Ke7 35. Qxb6
$18) 33. Qh7 Qc5+ 34. Kf1 Ke7 35. Ne4 $18) 31. dxe5 Bxe5 32. d6 b3 (32... Qc5+
33. Kh1 Bxd6 $2 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Ne4 $18) 33. Qf2 Qc6 34. Qe2 Nd7 (34... Bxd6
$8 35. Nf6+ (35. Qd2 $5) 35... Kf8 36. Ne4 (36. Rxd6 $6 Qxd6 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38.
Nh5+ Kg6 39. Qg8+ Kf5 $1 40. Qxf7+ Ke5 $13) 36... Be5 37. g3 $16) 35. Rc1 Bd4+
$6 (35... Qxd6 36. Rxc4 (36. Rd1 $5 Qc5+ 37. Kh1 Nf8 38. Ng3 $16) 36... Bxh2+
37. Kh1 Be5 38. Rc8+ Nf8 39. Re8 $16) 36. Kh1 Ne5 37. d7 $1 $18 Qd6 (37... Nxd7
38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qxf7+ Kh8 40. Re1) 38. Rxc4 Nxd7 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4
c5 8. dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 11. Nge2 (11. Be5 O-O 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Bxe4
Nxe5 14. Bh7+ (14. Bxd5 Bg4 $1 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Rac8 18.
O-O {Kasparov,G-Short,N/London (m/5)/1993/0.5 (18)}) 14... Kg7 15. Bd3 Bg4 (
15... d4 16. exd4 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Bf5 19. Qc4 Rfe8+ 20. Kd2 b5
21. Qb4 Qc7 22. Ne2 a5 23. Qb2 Bg6 24. h4 {Sokolov,I-Short,N/Wijk op (12)/1995/
0.5 (63)}) 16. Nge2 Bxe2 17. Bxe2 Rac8 18. O-O Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxc5 20. Rad1 Rfd8
21. Qf5 Qe7 22. f4 gxf4 23. exf4 Ng6 24. Qg4 {Ryskin,A-Pushkov,N/Sochi/1993/
1-0 (34)}) (11. Be5 {Dautov}) 11... Nc6 (11... Bf5 12. Be5 $1 (12. Qc1 Nd7 13.
Bd6 Ndxc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. a3 Bxc3+ 16. Nxc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3+ {Relange,
E-Ward,C/Paris-London (02)/1994/0.5 (17)}) 12... O-O 13. Nd4 Bg6 $2 (13... Nxc3
14. Nxf5 (14. Qxf5 Ne4+ 15. Ke2 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Qa6+ 17. Kf3 Qxc6 18. Bd3 Bxc5 19.
Bxe4 dxe4+ 20. Qxe4 f6 21. Qxc6 (21. Bd4 g4+ 22. Kf4 Bd6+ 23. Kf5 Qb5+ 24. Kxg4
f5+) 21... fxe5+ 22. Ke4 bxc6 23. Rac1 Bb6 24. Rxc6 {Relange,E-Emms,J/
Paris-London (04)/1994/0-1 (29)}) 14... Ne4+ 15. Kd1 Nc6 16. Bg3 Bxc5 17. f3
Rfd8 18. Nxh6+ Kg7 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. fxe4 dxe4+ 21. Kc1 Bxe3+ 22. Kb1 Kg7 23.
a3 Rd2 24. Qxe4 {Law,A-Ward,C/London Lloyds (08)/1994/0-1 (25)}) 14. Nb3 $1
Nxc3 15. Bxc3 $1 Bxc2 16. Nxa5 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 b6 18. Kd2 $1 bxa5 19. Kxc2 Rc8
20. h4 $1 Nd7 21. hxg5 Nxc5 22. gxh6 $1 Ne4 23. c4 Nxf2 $1 24. Rh4 $1 {
Kasparov,G-Short,N/London (m/9)/1993/1-0 (52)}) 12. a3 $1 $146 {N} (12. f3 Nxg3
$1 (12... Nxc3 {Dautov} 13. Nxc3 Qxc5 14. Qd2 $14) 13. hxg3 Bxc5 14. Qd2 Be6
15. Nd4 (15. Rd1 O-O-O 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. exd4 Bd6 18. Kf2 Qc7 19. Ne2 Kd7 20.
Rc1 Qb8 21. g4 Rdf8 22. a3 f5 23. gxf5 Rxf5 24. Rc3 {Gustafsson,J-Steckner,J/
Hamburg Wichern-op (05)/1993/0-1 (36)}) 15... Nxd4 16. exd4 Bb4 $6 (16... Be7 {
Dautov}) (16... Bd6 {Dautov}) 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 19. bxc3 $14 {
Alterman,B-Kortschnoj,V/Groningen/1993/0.5 (40) Alterman,B-Kortchnoi,V/
Groningen 1993}) 12... Bf5 (12... Bxc5 $5 {Dautov} 13. O-O-O (13. Rd1 Bf5 14.
Qb3 (14. Qc1 d4 $1 15. exd4 (15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 Bxa3 $132) 15... Nxc3 16.
Qxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Nxc3 Nxd4 $10) 14... O-O-O 15. Rxd5 Be6 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $44) (13.
Qa4 Qxa4 14. Nxa4 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Be7 $10) 13... Nxg3 14. Nxg3 (14. hxg3 Be6 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 Be7 17. Bb5+ Kf8 $10) 14... Be6 15. h4 g4 16. Nb5 $5 $14) 13.
Qc1 Nxc5 (13... Bxc3+ 14. Nxc3 Nxc3 (14... Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qxc5 16. Nb5 Qe7 17.
Qc3 $16 (17. Qc3 {Dautov} f6 18. Be2 $16)) (14... Qxc5 15. Nxe4 Qxc1+ 16. Rxc1
dxe4 17. Bb5 $16) 15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16. bxc3 $16) 14. axb4 Nd3+ (14... Qxb4 15.
Nd4 $18) 15. Kd2 Qxb4 (15... Nxc1 16. Rxa5 Nb3+ 17. Ke1 $1 Nxb4 18. Rxd5 Nxd5
19. Nxd5 $16) 16. Ra4 (16. Qc2 Nxf2 (16... Nc5 {Dautov} 17. Qxf5 Qxb2+ 18. Ke1
(18. Qc2 Nb3+ 19. Kd1 Qxa1+ 20. Nc1 d4 21. Qxb3 dxc3 $40) 18... Qxa1+ 19. Nd1
Ne7 20. Qc2 Ne4 $40) 17. Qxf5 Qxb2+ 18. Ke1 Nxh1 19. Rb1 Qa3 (19... Nxg3 20.
Qf6 $1 $18) 20. Rxb7 O-O 21. Nxd5 $16) 16... Nxc1 17. Rxb4 Nxe2 (17... Nxb4 18.
Nxc1 $16) 18. Rxb7 Nxg3 (18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 (19. Kxc3 {Dautov} Rc8 (19... O-O
20. Bd3 $16) 20. Kd2 O-O 21. Bd3 $14) 19... O-O 20. h4 $16) 19. hxg3 d4 (19...
Rd8 20. Bb5 Bd7 21. Nxd5 $16) 20. exd4 (20. Nb5 Rd8 21. exd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4
Rxd4+ 23. Kc3 $16) 20... Nxd4 21. Nd5 (21. Bc4 $2 {Dautov} O-O-O $1 22. Rxf7
Nb3+ 23. Ke1 Rhe8+ 24. Be2 Bd3 $15) 21... Rd8 (21... Kf8 {Dautov >=} 22. Kc3 (
22. Bc4 Be6 23. Kc3 Nf5 $132) 22... Ne6 23. Bc4 Nc5 24. Rc7 Ne6 25. Rc6 Kg7 26.
Ra1 $14) 22. Bc4 O-O (22... Nc6 23. Kc3 $16) (22... Be6 23. Nc7+ Kf8 24. Nxe6+
Nxe6+ 25. Kc3 $16 (25. Ke3 $16 {Dautov})) 23. Kc3 (23. Rxh6 $2 {Dautov} Be4 24.
Nf6+ Kg7 25. Nxe4 Kxh6 26. Bxf7 $10) 23... Ne2+ 24. Kb4 $1 {/\Ne7,Rxh6} Kg7 (
24... Rb8 25. Ne7+ Kh7 26. Rxb8 (26. Nxf5 Rxb7+ 27. Ka3 Rfb8 28. Rxh6+ Kg8 29.
Rg6+ Kf8 30. Rxg5 $40) 26... Rxb8+ 27. Ka3 (27. Kc5 {Dautov} Bg4 28. Re1 Rxb2
29. f3 $16) 27... Bg4 28. Nd5 Be6 29. Rd1 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 {xNe2}) (24... Nd4 25.
Ne7+ Kg7 26. Rxa7 $16) 25. Rd1 Bg4 (25... Rb8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8+ 27. Ka3 Re8 28.
Re1 Be6 29. Rxe2 Bxd5 30. Rxe8 Bxc4 31. g4 $18) 26. Rd2 (26. f3 {Dautov} Be6
27. Bxe2 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. Rxa7 $16) 26... Rfe8 (26... Rb8 27. Rxb8 Rxb8+
28. Ka5 (28. Ka3 {Dautov} Ng1 29. Ne3 $16) 28... Nc1 29. Ka6 $16) 27. Rxa7 Re4
(27... Rb8+ 28. Kc5 Rbc8+ 29. Rc7 $16) 28. f3 Nd4 (28... Rb8+ 29. Kc5 Rc8+ 30.
Rc7 $18) 29. Rxf7+ (29. Kc3 Rxd5 30. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 31. Bxd5+ $18) 29... Kxf7
30. fxe4 Ne6 (30... Rb8+ 31. Kc3 Nb5+ 32. Bxb5 Rxb5 33. Rf2+ Kg7 34. Kc4 Ra5
35. b4 $18) (30... Nc6+ 31. Kc3 $18) 31. Rf2+ Kg7 32. Ne3 Rb8+ 33. Kc3 (33. Kc3
Nc5 34. Kd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 (8... g5 9. Bg3 d4 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Rxd4 Nc6 12. Rd6 Ke7 $5 $13 {
Spassky}) 9. e3 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 (10... Qa5 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. Nd2 $1 Nxc3 13. bxc3
Bxc3 14. Rb1 a6 $6 (14... Bb4 $5) 15. Bd6 $16 {Glek-Juferov/USSR/1989/}) 11.
Nf3 Qf6 12. Bb5 $5 {N} (12. Rc1 Bf5 13. Bd3 h5 14. h4 g4 15. Ng5 Nxc3 16. bxc3
Qxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Bxd3 18. Bd6 Bf5 19. f3 Bxc3+ 20. Rxc3 f6 21. fxg4 Bxg4 22. Nf3
$10 {Gelfand,B-Balashov,J/USSR/1989/}) 12... Nxc3 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 (13... Qxc6
14. bxc3 Ba5 15. Be5 $16) 14. a3 g4 15. Be5 Ne4+ 16. axb4 Qf5 17. Bxh8 gxf3 18.
Rg1 Qg4 $2 (18... fxg2 $1 19. Qe2 Ng5 20. f4 Ne4 $16) 19. Qd1 Ng5 20. Qd4 Ne4
21. Qe5+ Be6 22. Qf4 Qg6 23. Qxf3 f6 24. Qf4 Kf7 25. f3 Ng5 26. Kd2 $1 Qf5 27.
h4 Qxf4 28. exf4 Nh7 29. g4 {Ftacnik,L} (29. g4 Rxh8 30. Rxa7+ Kg8 31. Re1 Nf8
32. f5 Bd7 33. Re7 Rh7 34. Rxh7 Kxh7 35. b5 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 14th"]
[Site "Legnica"]
[Date "2013.05.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 {Pashikian is
trying to find out from his strong opponent what he can achieve against his
very active opening plan.} 7. dxc5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 {Just a few decades
ago a similar approach would have been considered scandalous. We are living in
a slightly different atmosphere and suprisingly Black's activity can be
considered to be at most controversial.} 10. Nf3 {Dreev is a very well
prepared grandmaster but even with hindsight he has problems to find at this
important juncture anything better than the text.} (10. e3 Qa5 11. Nge2 (11.
Be5 O-O 12. Bd3 Nc6 $1 13. Bxe4 Nxe5 14. Bxd5 Bg4 $1 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 (16.
gxf3 Rac8 $36) 16... Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Rac8 18. O-O {˝-˝ Kasparov,G-Short,N/
London (m/5) 59/(593) 1993} (18. O-O Rxc5 19. Qe4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 b6 21. f4 Qxc3
$10)) 11... Bf5 12. Be5 O-O 13. Nd4 Re8 14. Nxf5 (14. Bxb8 Bg6 (14... Nxc3 15.
Nxf5 Ne4+ 16. Kd1 Raxb8 17. f3 Rbc8 18. fxe4 dxe4 19. Bc4 Qxc5 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7
21. Qxc5 Bxc5 22. Rc1 Red8+ {1/2 (22) Laznicka,V (2703)-Leko,P (2720) Porto
Carras 2011}) 15. Bc7 Qxc7 16. Bd3 Bxc5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. O-O-O Rac8 19. Kb1
Red8 20. Nb3 Be7 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $15 {1/2 (67) Bareev,E (2714)-Topalov,V (2735)
Monte Carlo 2004}) 14... Rxe5 15. Nxh6+ Kg7 16. Ng4 Re7 17. O-O-O Bxc3 18. f3
Qxa2 19. fxe4 Qa1+ 20. Qb1 Bxb2+ 21. Kc2 Qa4+ 22. Kxb2 Rxe4 23. Rd4 Rxd4 24.
exd4 Qxd4+ 25. Ka3 Qxg4 26. Qxb7 Qd4 {1/2 (31) Radjabov,T (2793)-Topalov,V 
(2771) Zug 2013}) (10. Bxb8 Qf6 11. Bg3 (11. O-O-O Bxc3 12. Bg3 Bf5 13. Qb3
Nxc5 $1 14. Qxc3 $140 Rc8 $1 {forcing White to give material.}) 11... Nxc3 12.
a3 Bf5 13. Qd2 Ba5 14. b4 (14. e3) (14. Nf3) 14... Ne4 15. Qc1 Rc8 16. Ra2 Rxc5
17. Qa1 Qc6 18. Qe5+ Kd8 19. Qxh8+ Kd7 {0-1 (19) Sokolov,I (2676)-Aronian,L 
(2756) Turin 2006}) (10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. f3 Bd2+ 12. Rxd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Nc6 14.
h4 g4 15. e3 Qa5 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. Ne2 gxf3 18. gxf3 Nc6 19. Nc3 Be6 20. e4
O-O-O 21. Nb5 dxe4 22. fxe4 Rdg8 23. Nd6+ Kd7 {1/2 (67) Seirawan,Y (2635)
-Moiseenko,A (2715) Ningbo 2011}) 10... Na6 {Black had to be very careful, as
the line was deeply analysed by his opponent as can be seen from game samples.
The development of pieces can hardly be a wrong plan.} (10... Bf5 11. Nd4 Nxc3
12. Nxf5 Ne4+ 13. Kd1 Qf6 14. Nd6+ Nxd6 15. Bxd6 Qxf2 16. Qd3 Nc6 17. e3 Qe1+
18. Kc2 Qxa1 19. Qxd5 Ba5 20. Bb5 Qxh1 21. Bxc6+ bxc6 22. Qxc6+ Kd8 23. Qxa8+
Kd7 24. Qxa7+ $18 {1-0 (109) Dreev,A (2654)-Landa,K (2642) Loo 2013}) 11. Nd4 (
11. e3 Naxc5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 O-O 16. Rfd1 Qa4
17. Rac1 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 Rfd8 19. Nd4 Rac8 20. Nf5 Kf8 21. Be5 f6 $11 {1/2 (40)
Dreev,A (2654)-Kravtsiv,M (2595) Legnica 2013}) 11... Naxc5 12. f3 $1 {If
White aspires to any advantage he must force the decision of his adversary.
The peaceful 12.e3 does not seem to offer any space for aggression.} (12. e3
Qe7 13. Be2 a6 14. Rd1 h5 15. f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qxe3 17. Kf1 $11) 12... Nxc3 (
12... Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qd6 15. Kf2 O-O 16. e3 Re8 17. Bd3 $14) 13.
bxc3 Ba5 14. e3 {It is quite possible that we will see attempts to justify an
ambitious plan with 14.h4!?} (14. h4 $5 g4 15. Be5 O-O 16. Nf5 $14) 14... O-O (
14... Qe7 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. O-O Kg7 (16... Qxe3+ 17. Bf2 Qxc3 18. Qxc3 Bxc3 19.
Rac1 Bb4 20. Nc2 $18) 17. Rae1 $14) 15. Bd3 Re8 (15... Qe7 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. O-O
Bd7 18. Rac1 Rac8 $11) 16. O-O Bd7 {Pashikian is right in showing some respect
and not taking too much of a risk. The move 16...Rxe3 might have been
attractive, but also incomparably more risky.} (16... Rxe3 17. Bh7+ Kf8 18. Ne2
(18. Nb5 Ne6 19. Qd2 d4 20. Bf2 Rxc3 $15) 18... Qe7 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. Qd2 Re8
21. Nf4 Bc6 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 $11) 17. Bh7+ Kh8 (17... Kg7 18. Rae1 Ba4
19. Qb1 Qb6 (19... Bxc3 20. Rc1 Qa5 21. f4 g4 22. Be1 Bxe1 23. Rfxe1 $11) 20.
Qf5 Bxc3 (20... Bd7 21. Qc2 Ba4 $11) 21. Rb1 Qf6 $11) 18. Bf5 Rxe3 {Black's
patience has not been great enough for the logical development of the
remaining pieces with 18...Rc8. Grabbing the pawn on e3 is not missing the
mark yet, but it definitely creates tension that has to be handled with care.}
(18... Rc8 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Nf5 Na4 21. Nxh6 Rxc3 22. Qd1 Kg7 23. Ng4 Bb6 24.
Kh1 $13) 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 (19... Qxd7 20. Nf5 Re6 21. Rae1 Rae8 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23.
Bf2 Bb6 24. Rd1 $11) 20. Rad1 $1 {Dreev has the inner peace to finishing his
mobilisation - despite the unpleasant pressure against his c3-pawn.} Qf6 (20...
Rxc3 21. Qf5 Bb6 22. Qxf7 Qf6 23. Qxd7 Bxd4+ 24. Kh1 $14) (20... Bxc3 $2 21.
Nf5 $18) 21. Bf2 Rxc3 $2 {[%mdl 2048] If Black wanted to play with fire his
choice was surely perfect. On the other hand the level of risk has risen way
above the acceptable level.} (21... Re7 $1 22. Nf5 Re5 23. Nxh6 Qxh6 24. Qa4
Bxc3 25. Qxd7 Qe6 26. Qxb7 $14) (21... Re5 22. f4 $1 Re4 (22... gxf4 23. Nf3
Rh5 24. Qa4 Qd8 25. Qxf4 $16) 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Qa4 Qd8 25. Qb5 Ne5 26. Nf5 Bb6
27. Ng3 $16) 22. Qa4 Qd8 23. Nb3 Bb6 (23... Rxb3 24. Qxb3 Nf6 25. Qxb7 Kg7 26.
Rc1 $16) 24. Rxd5 {Please note, that White has an excellent initiative for the
sacrificed pawn. Black is struggling with scattered pieces and a seriously
exposed king.} Bxf2+ (24... Rc6 25. Nd4 Rc7 26. Bg3 $16) 25. Rxf2 Rc7 (25...
Rc6 26. Qd4+ $18) 26. Re2 $6 {It is no secret that White must have felt very
confident in the position. As a consequence his attention has slipped and he
threw away lion's share of his advantage.} (26. Rfd2 $2 Qe7 $11) (26. Qd4+ $1
f6 (26... Kg8 27. Qd1 $1 a5 28. Rfd2 $18) (26... Kh7 27. Qd3+ Kg7 28. h4 Rac8
29. hxg5 hxg5 30. f4 $18) 27. Re2 $18) 26... Qc8 27. Qd4+ Kg8 $2 {Black is
panicking despite the fact, that he could definitely have put up much better
resistance.} (27... Kh7 28. h4 Nb6 29. Rd6 Rc6 30. hxg5 Rxd6 31. Qxd6 hxg5 32.
Qf6 Qg8 33. Re7 Rf8 34. Rxb7 $14) 28. Rd6 $1 Rc4 $2 (28... Nf8 29. Rxh6 Ng6 30.
Qd5 Kg7 31. Qxg5 Qd8 32. Rh5 Qxg5 33. Rxg5 $16) 29. Qd5 Nb6 {The last move
that shows how badly Black was missing the boat. For better or worse it was
imperative to bring the piece closer to the king, not move it further away
from him. As a reward he will now be forcibly mated.} (29... Nf8 30. Re7 $1 Rf4
31. g3 Rf5 32. Qd4 $18) 30. Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.09.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1993.09.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 11. Nge2 $1 $146 Bf5 12. Be5 O-O (12... Ng3 13.
Qb3 Nxh1 14. Bxh8 $16) (12... Nxf2 $2 13. Qxf5 Nxh1 14. Qc8+ Qd8 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8
16. Bxh8 $18) (12... Nxc3 13. Qxf5 Ne4+ (13... Nxe2+ 14. Kxe2 O-O 15. Kf3 Nc6
16. Bf6 Rfe8 17. Bd3 $18) 14. Nc3 O-O (14... Nxc3 $2 15. Qc8+ Qd8 16. Qxd8+
Kxd8 17. bxc3 $18) 15. Bd3 $16) 13. Nd4 Bg6 (13... Nxc3 14. Qxf5 (14. Nxf5 Ne4+
15. Kd1 (15. Ke2 Qa6+ 16. Kf3 Qe6 $1) 15... Qxc5 16. Qxc5 Bxc5 17. Nxh6+ Kh7
18. Ng4 f5 $132) 14... Ne4+ (14... Nxa2+ 15. Ke2 $16) 15. Kd1 (15. Ke2 Bxc5 16.
Nb3 Qa6+ 17. Kf3 Qe6 18. g4 Nc6 $13) 15... Bxc5 16. Nb3 Qa4 17. Bd3 $16) 14.
Nb3 Nxc3 (14... Qd8 15. Bd3 $16) 15. Bxc3 $1 (15. Nxa5 Na4+ 16. Bc3 Bxc3+ 17.
Qxc3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 b6 $14) 15... Bxc2 16. Nxa5 Bxc3+ (16... Bxc5 17. Nxb7 $16)
17. bxc3 b6 18. Kd2 $1 (18. Nb3 $5) 18... bxa5 (18... Ba4 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Nb7
Bb3 21. a3 $16) (18... Bg6 19. Nb3 $16) 19. Kxc2 Rc8 20. h4 Nd7 (20... Rxc5 21.
hxg5 hxg5 22. Rh5 f6 23. Bd3 Nd7 24. Rah1 $40) (20... g4 21. Be2 h5 22. f3 $16)
21. hxg5 Nxc5 $1 (21... hxg5 22. Rh5 f6 23. Bb5 Nxc5 24. Rah1 Ne4 25. Bc6 $1
Rxc6 26. Rh8+ $18) 22. gxh6 Ne4 23. c4 $8 (23. Rh4 Rxc3+ 24. Kd1 Nxf2+ $36)
23... Nxf2 (23... dxc4 $2 24. Rh4 Nxf2 25. Bxc4 $18) 24. Rh4 $1 f5 (24... Kh7
25. Rd4 dxc4 26. Bxc4 f5) 25. Rd4 (25. Rf4 Ng4 26. Kd2 dxc4 27. Bxc4+ Kh7)
25... dxc4 (25... Ng4 26. Kd2 dxc4 27. Bxc4+ Kh7 28. Rf1) 26. Bxc4+ Kh7 27. Rf1
Ng4 (27... Ne4 28. Rxf5 Nd6 29. Rxd6 Rxc4+ 30. Kd3 $16) 28. Kd2 Rab8 (28...
Nxh6 29. Bd3 Rc5 30. g4 $16) 29. Rxf5 Rb2+ 30. Kd3 Rxg2 (30... Nf2+ $2 31. Kc3
Rxa2 32. Kb3 $18) 31. Be6 (31. Rd7+ Kxh6 32. Rd6+ Kg7 33. Be6 Rc1 34. Rf7+ Kg6
35. Bb3+ (35. Bd5+ Kg5 36. Rg7+ Kh4 37. Bxg2 Rd1+ 38. Ke2 Rxd6 39. Rxa7 Rb6
$132) 35... Kh5 36. Rd5+ Kh4 37. Rxa5 $16) 31... Rc7 $8 32. Rxa5 Nf2+ (32...
Nxh6 33. Rd7+ Rg7 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. e4 $16) 33. Ke2 Rh2 (33... Nh1+ 34. Kf3
Rf2+ 35. Kg4 Rg2+ 36. Kh3 $16) 34. Kf3 Nh1 35. Rd7+ Rxd7 36. Bxd7 Kxh6 37. Rxa7
$18 Kg5 38. Ra5+ Kf6 39. Bc6 (39. a4 $18) 39... Rc2 40. Rf5+ Ke7 (40... Kxf5 $2
41. Be4+ Ke5 42. Bxc2 $18) 41. Bd5 Kd6 (41... Rf2+ 42. Kg4 Rxf5 43. Kxf5 Ng3+
44. Ke5 $18) 42. Rh5 Rd2 43. Rxh1 $6 (43. e4 $1 Nf2 44. Ke3 Rb2 45. Rh6+ $18)
43... Rxd5 44. a4 Ra5 45. Ra1 $2 (45. Rd1+ Ke5 46. Rd4 $18) 45... Ke5 46. e4 (
46. Ke2 $5 Ke4 47. Ra3 Kd5 48. Kd3) 46... Ke6 $2 (46... Rc5 $1 47. a5 Rc3+ 48.
Kg4 Kxe4 49. a6 Rc8 50. a7 Ra8 51. Ra5 Kd4 52. Kf5 Kc4 53. Ke6 Kb4 54. Ra1 Kc5
55. Kd7 Kb6 56. Rb1+ Kc5 57. Rb7 Rh8 $10) 47. Ke3 Kd6 48. Kd4 Kd7 49. Kc4 Kc6
50. Kb4 Re5 51. Rc1+ Kb6 52. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1989.11.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. e3 c6 10. Bd3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Be6 12. a3 Bf8 (12... Bd6 13. Nf3 Nd7 14.
O-O-O Qe7 15. e4 $1) 13. f4 gxf4 14. gxf4 Bg4 15. Bf5 Bxf5 $6 (15... Rg8 $1 16.
Nf3 Nd7 17. O-O-O Qa5 $5 {Kasparov}) 16. Qxf5 Nd7 17. e4 Qf6 (17... dxe4 18.
Nxe4 Qe7 19. Nf3 Qe6 20. Qxe6+ fxe6 $16) 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. e5 Nd7 20. Nge2 Rg8
21. Kf2 Nb6 22. b3 Kd7 23. Ng3 Rc8 (23... f6 $2 24. Nh5 $18) 24. Kf3 c5 25.
dxc5 Rxc5 26. Nce2 Rc6 27. Rhc1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Bxa3 29. Ra1 Bc5 30. Nf5 (30.
Rxa7 Nc4 31. Ra2 $16) 30... Ra8 31. Nxh6 Ke6 32. g4 a5 33. Rc1 Nd7 34. Nc3 Ra6
35. Re1 $1 d4 36. f5+ Ke7 37. Nd5+ Kf8 38. e6 fxe6 39. fxe6 Nb8 40. Nf5 Nc6 41.
g5 {Ftacnik} 1-0

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.09.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1993.09.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 (8. O-O-O $2 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 g5 10. Bg3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qa4 Bf5 13. e3
Rc8 $19 {Keres,P-Botvinnik,M/1941/}) 8... g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 (10... Nc6
11. Nf3 Qa5 $1 (11... Qf6 12. Bb5 $1 Nxc3 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. a3 $16 {Kasparov,
G-Spassky,B/Linares/1990/}) 12. Nd2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rb1 Qxc5 15. Rb5 Qa3
16. Rb3 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Qa5 $10 {Spassky,B-Fischer,R/Belgrade (m/20)/1992/}) (
10... Qf6 $5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nge2 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Rd1
Qe6 16. h4 g4 $13 {Goldin-Lautier,J/Palma GMA/1989/}) 11. Be5 O-O 12. Bd3 Nc6
$1 13. Bxe4 Nxe5 14. Bxd5 (14. Bh7+ $2 Kg7 15. Bd3 d4 $1 16. exd4 Nxd3+ 17.
Qxd3 Re8+ 18. Nge2 b6 $1 {/\ Ba6}) 14... Bg4 $1 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 (16. gxf3
Rac8 $36) 16... Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Rac8 18. O-O (18. O-O Rxc5 19. Qe4 Bxc3 20. bxc3
b6 21. f4 Qxc3 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Glatman,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 (5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2
c5 (7... e5 8. e3 exd4 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Nf3 $1 Qc6 11. Nxd4 Qxc2 12. Nxc2 $14 {
Kasparov,G-Nikolic,P/Barselona/1989/ 0,5 (37) Inf 47/677/}) 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5
exd5 10. Nf3 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxc5 (11... Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Qxc5 13. b4 Qd6 14. e3 O-O
15. Be2 Be6 16. O-O $16 {Chernin,A-Farago,I/Moscow/1989/ 1:0 (52) Inf 47/678/})
12. Qxc5 Nxc5 13. Be3 $1 Ne4 14. Nd4 O-O 15. Rd1 Be6 16. f3 Nd6 17. Nxe6 fxe6
18. Bc5 Rad8 19. e4 $16 {Kasparov,G-Georgiev,Kir/Thessaloniki(ol)/1988/ 1:0 
(61) Inf 46/757/}) 5... exd5 6. Nf3 (6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 (7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+
9. Qxc3 O-O 10. e3 Bf5 11. Ne2 Rc8 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. b4 a5 14. Ng3 axb4 15. axb4
Bg6 16. Be2 Qe7 17. O-O Nf6 18. Ra1 h5 19. Rfc1 $14 {Beliavsky,A-Portish,L/
Reykjavik/1988/ 1:0 (51) Inf 46/756/}) 7... c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. e3 g5 10. Bg3 Qa5
11. Nf3 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rb1 Qxc5 $1 15. Rb5 Qa3 $1 16. Rb3
Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Qa5 {Spassky,B-Fisher,R/Beograd(m/10)/1992/ 0,5 (68) Inf 55/548/
} 18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. Rb5 Nc6 20. Rxd5 Be6 21. Rd2 Rd8 22. Rb2 Rd7 23. Bb5 Ke7
$10) 6... Ne4 (6... O-O 7. Bg5 c5 8. e3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be2
h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. O-O Nxg3 15. hxg3 $14 {Gurevich,M-Rodriguez,Or/
Barselona/1992/ 0:1 (60) Inf 54/539/}) (6... c5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. a3
Ba5 10. b4 cxb4 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Nxd5 Qd6 13. axb4 Bxb4+ 14. Nxb4 Qxb4+ 15.
Qxb4 Nxb4 16. Kd2 Bf5 $10) 7. e3 $5 $146 (7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c5 9. Nd2 Nf6 10.
e3 O-O 11. dxc5 Nbd7 12. c6 bxc6 13. Be2 Ne5 $10 {Rellstab,K-Bogoljubov,E/BRD/
1947/}) 7... c6 (7... c5 $5) 8. Bd3 f5 $6 (8... Nf6 $5) 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ne1 $6 (
10. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 (10... Bd6 11. f3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3) 11. dxe5 Qe7 12. f3 Nxc3 13.
bxc3 Bc5 14. Bxf5) 10... Qa5 11. a3 (11. Bd2 Ndf6 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 O-O)
11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nb6 (12... Qxc3 13. Bxe4 Qxa1 14. Bxf5 $18) 13. f3 Nd6 14.
a4 (14. e4 $5) 14... Nbc4 15. e4 O-O 16. e5 Nb5 17. Rf2 $2 (17. Bxc4 dxc4 18.
Bd2 Nc7 19. f4) 17... Nxd4 $1 18. cxd4 Qxe1+ 19. Bf1 (19. Rf1 Qh4 20. f4 Be6)
19... f4 20. Re2 (20. Bb2 Qb4 21. Bc3 Qe7) 20... Qb4 21. Rb1 Qe7 $17 22. Qc3
Be6 23. Ra2 Rf7 24. a5 Rd8 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. Ba3 Qe8 27. Bc5 a6 28. Rab2 Rdd7
29. Re1 (29. Rb4 $5) 29... g5 30. Rb4 Rg7 31. Rxc4 $1 h5 $1 (31... Bxc4 32.
Qxc4+ Rd5 33. e6 $13) 32. Rb4 Qg6 33. Rb2 g4 34. fxg4 hxg4 35. Rf2 Rdf7 36.
Ref1 Qh6 $19 37. g3 fxg3 38. Qxg3 (38. hxg3 Rh7 $19) 38... Rf3 $1 39. Qg2 Bd5
0-1

[Event "Pula zt 1.2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.04.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 {Other
possibilities are:6...c5 and 6...c6} 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 Be6 {Dubious novelty.} (
{Was checked in the previous games:} 8... Nbd7 $2 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5
11. Qe4+ Kf8 12. Qxd5 $18 {Najdorf,Miguel-Porath,Yosef/Buenos Aires,ol 1939
(1-0)(51)}) (8... O-O 9. e3 $5 ({After:} 9. O-O-O $6 {the position is very
complicated and dangerous for both sides:} Bxc3 10. Qxc3 g5 11. Bg3 Bf5 12. f3
(12. h4 $5 $132) 12... Nbd7 13. Bd6 Rc8 14. e4 Bxe4 15. Bd3 $132 (15. h4 $143 {
[%cal Gh4g5]} Nxc5 16. Bxc5 b6 17. Bxf8 Rxc3+ 18. bxc3 Qxf8 $15) 15... Nxc5 16.
Bxc5 b6 17. Kb1 Rxc5 18. Qd2 Bxd3+ {Relange,Eloi-Sosonko,Gennadi/Cannes op,
1995(1/2-1/2)}) 9... Nbd7 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Nge2 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Nxc3
Nxc5 14. Bc2 g5 15. Bg3 Be6 16. f3 $14 {Kasparov,Gary-Kortschnoj,Viktor/
Tilburg, 1989(1-0)(29)}) (8... d4 $6 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Ne4 Be6 12.
a3 Nc6 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. Nxb7 Qa6 16. Qe4 Qc4+ 17. Kd2 Bd5 18. Nd6
Qxc5 19. Qf4 Rd8 20. Qxf6 Qxd6 21. Qxh8+ Ke7 22. Qxd4 Be6 23. e3 $16 {Comp
Saitek Sparc-Balashov,Yuri/Muenster op,1993(1-0)(55)}) (8... g5 $5 9. Bg3 d4
10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Rxd4 Nc6 12. Rd6 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nh5 14. e4 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Be6
16. f4 (16. Rd2 Qxc5 17. f3 $14) 16... Qxc5 17. e5 $14 {Sherbakov,
Ruslan-Balashov,Yuri/Kurgan, 1995(1-0)(46)}) (8... Nc6 $5 {It's main line.See
comments to Sapunov,E-Sokolov,A/St.Petersburg,1998/ CBM 67(1-0)(Golod,V)(27)})
9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bb5 $5 $14 {[%csl Rd5][%mdl 32] Good move. White's plan is to
change pieces, except of Be6, and to play against isolated pawn d5.} Rc8 (10...
g5 $6 11. Bg3 $140 Rc8 $2 12. c6 $1 bxc6 13. Ba6 $16 {[%csl Rc8]}) 11. Nge2
Rxc5 12. Bxd7+ $1 Bxd7 (12... Qxd7 $143 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rd1 $16 {[%csl Rd5,
Rf6,Rf7]}) 13. Qb3 {[%csl Rb4,Rd5]} Rc4 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gc4h4]} 14. Bxf6 $1 ({
Badly:} 14. Nd4 $2 {because of:} g5 15. Bg3 $140 Ne4 {[%csl Rc3]} 16. Nde2 Qa5
{[%csl Rc3][%cal Gd7a4]} 17. a3 (17. Be5 $2 f6 18. Bd4 Ba4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rb3]})
17... Nxc3 18. Nxc3 Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 Rxc3 20. Qb4 Qxb4 21. axb4 O-O $44) 14...
Qxf6 15. O-O {[%csl Rd5]} Bc6 (15... Qe5 $143 16. a3 {+/=/+/-}) 16. Rad1 {
[%csl Rd5]} Bxc3 $6 (16... Qe5 $142 17. e4 $1 {[%csl Rc4]} O-O 18. exd5 Bd6 19.
Ng3 Rb4 20. Qc2 Bd7 21. Rfe1 {With certain chances connected with par of BB.})
17. Nxc3 Qe6 18. Qa3 $1 {[%csl Ra7,Re8][%cal Ga3f8,Ga3a7]} (18. Nb5 $143 O-O
19. Nd4 (19. Nxa7 $2 Ba4 20. Qxb7 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 d4 $17) 19... Qe7 20. Qd3 $14 {
[%cal Gb2b3]}) (18. Rd3 $5 Rg4 19. Ne2 O-O (19... d4 20. f3 $18) 20. Nf4 {
+/=/+/-}) 18... a6 19. Rd3 f6 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Ga3f8,Ye8f7] 0-0 is impossible,
so this is a way to complete development.} ({Impossibly:} 19... Rg4 20. Rfd1
$140 d4 {in view of:} 21. e4 $18 {[%csl Re8]}) 20. Rfd1 Kf7 21. h3 $5 {[%csl
Yh3][%cal Yh3g4]} (21. Nxd5 $2 Bxd5 $1 (21... Rd8 $2 22. Nf4 $16) 22. b3 $5 {
[%csl Yc1][%cal Ga3c1]} (22. Rxd5 Qxd5 $19 {[%csl Rg1]}) 22... Bxg2 $1 23. Rd7+
Kg6 24. bxc4 Qg4 25. Qd6 Bf3+ 26. Qg3 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Qxg3+ 28. hxg3 Rc8 $11) ({
Probably,better is:} 21. b3 $1 Rg4 22. Nxd5 Rd8 23. Qa5 $1 {[%csl Yd5,Rd8]
[%cal Ga5d8,Ga5d5]} Qe4 24. g3 Rd7 25. Qd2 $16 {[%cal Gd2e2]}) 21... Rd8 22. b3
Rh4 23. Qa5 Rd7 24. e4 (24. Ne2 $5 $16) 24... d4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 {
White have P over and clear advantage.} Kg8 27. Qc5 ({Can be recommended:} 27.
f3 $16) 27... Kh7 28. Rd6 ({Again good enough:} 28. f3 $16) 28... Qe8 29. Qd4
$2 {[%mdl 8192] Tactical blunder.} (29. Qf5+ {was keep advantage:} Kg8 30. Re6
Qf7 31. Nd5 Bd7 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. Ng6+ Kg8 34. Nxh4 Bxe6 35. Qc5 $16) 29... Qg6
$1 $11 {[%csl Re4,Rh3]} (29... Bxe4 $4 30. f3 $18 {[%csl Gd4,Rh4]}) 30. Re6 ({
Also leads to equal position:} 30. Kh2 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 (31. f3 $2 Bxf3 {[%csl
Rg2]} 32. Qf2 Be4 33. Rd4 f5 $17) 31... Rxe4 $11) 30... Rxh3 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32.
Qxd5 Rh5 (32... Rc3 33. Qd2 Rc7 34. f3 $11) 33. Qd2 Qg4 (33... Rh4 34. Qe2 $11
{[%cal Ge2h5,Ge2e4]}) 34. Re7 $1 {[%cal Ge7g7,Ge7b7]} Qh4 (34... b5 35. Qd7 Qg6
$11) 35. Rxg7+ $8 Kxg7 36. Qd7+ Kf8 ({Also clear draw after:} 36... Kg6 37.
Qe8+ Kg7 $11 (37... Kg5 $4 38. Qg8+ Kf4 39. g3+ $18 {[%csl Rf4,Rh4]})) 37. Qd8+
Kf7 38. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 (6... h6 $5 {
It's main line.See comments to Popov,V-Loginov,V/St.Petersburg,2003/CBM 95(1-0)
(Golod,V)(25)}) 7. a3 $5 {Rare move.Besides White has two alternatives:} (7.
Nf3 {You can see my annotations to game: Zhu Chen-Short,N/Dubai,2002/CBM 89
(0-1)(25)}) ({and} 7. dxc5 $5 {You can see comments to Alterman,B-Kortschnoj,V/
Groningen,1993/CBM 39(1/2-1/2)(Chekhov,V)(40)}) 7... Bxc3+ ({Also twice were
checked up in previous games:} 7... cxd4) 8. Qxc3 $5 ({On:} 8. bxc3 {you can
find five games in Mega DataBase 2004.}) 8... cxd4 $5 $146 {This continuation
is the next attempt to bring in a "new word " in theory of this variation.} ({
The games which have reached this position were continued as follows:} 8... c4
$5 {In this position I have found three games in Mega DataBase 2004.For an
example we shall consider latest of them:} 9. g3 Be6 10. Nh3 $5 Nbd7 11. Nf4
Qb6 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. e3 Rad8 $11 {Arlandi,E-Sokolov,A/
Geneve,2001(1/2-1/2)(30)}) 9. Qxd4 ({It was very badly:} 9. Bxf6 $2 {because
of:} dxc3 10. Bxd8 $140 cxb2 11. Rb1 Kxd8 12. Rxb2 Kc7 {=/+/-/+}) 9... Nc6 10.
Qf4 ({Again impossibly:} 10. Bxf6 $4 {in view of:} Nxd4 11. Bxd8 Nc2+ 12. Kd1
Nxa1 $19 {[%csl Ya1,Rd8][%cal Ya1b3]}) 10... d4 $1 {[%csl Ra1,Re1,Yf4][%cal
Gd8a5] The correct decision! There is no sense to spend a tempo for the
following move:} (10... h6 $143 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. Rd1 $14) 11.
Bxf6 {Differently, Black receive a excellent pieces game:} (11. Nf3 Qa5+ 12.
Qd2 (12. Nd2 $6 Nd5 13. Qe4+ Be6 $15) 12... Qf5 {[%csl Rd2,Rg5][%cal Gf6e4]}
13. Bxf6 (13. Qd3 $143 Ne4 14. Bh4 Nc5 $36) 13... Qxf6 14. e3 (14. Rd1 $2 Bg4
$1 $15 {[%cal Ga8d8]} 15. Nxd4 $140 $4 O-O-O $19 {[%csl Rd2,Rd4]}) 14... dxe3
15. Qxe3+ Kf8 16. Be2 Qxb2 17. O-O $44) 11... gxf6 $6 {A strange decision.
From my point of view, it was a much better:} (11... Qxf6 $5 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13.
g3 (13. Rd1 $5 Bf5 14. Nf3 O-O-O $11 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gh8e8]}) (13. e3 {
[%cal Gg1e2]} Bf5 $5 $11) 13... Bf5 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. Nf3 (15. Kd2 $143 Na5 {
[%csl Rb3][%cal Ga5b3]} 16. Rc1+ Kb8 $36) 15... Rhe8 $11) 12. Nf3 $6 ({Can be
recommended:} 12. b4 $5 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ya1d1,Yg1f3] (against Qa5+)} Be6 13.
Nf3 {with obvious advantage of White.}) 12... Qa5+ $1 13. Qd2 {White had no
other worthy alternative:} (13. b4 $4 Nxb4 {[%csl Ra1,Re1]}) (13. Nd2 Qe5 $11 {
[%cal Yc8e6]}) 13... Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 {+/=/= After queens was exchanged White
can hope only for the minimal advantage.} (14. Nxd2 $143 Be6 15. g3 Bd5 16. Rg1
Ke7 17. Bg2 Bxg2 18. Rxg2 Rac8 $11 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gh8d8]}) 14... Bf5 ({
Pretty dubiously:} 14... Bg4 $6 15. g3 {[%cal Gf1g2]} (15. h3 $5) 15... Bxf3
16. exf3 O-O-O 17. Rc1 $14 {[%cal Gf3f4,Yf1d3]}) 15. b4 {Probably it was
possible to continue the game without this move:} (15. Rc1 $5 Na5 {[%csl Rc1,
Rd2][%cal Ga5b3]} (15... Be4 16. e3 $14) 16. Nxd4 $140 Rd8 {[%csl Rc1,Rd2,Rd4]
[%cal Ga5b3]} 17. e3 $1 (17. Ke1 $143 Rxd4 $140 18. Rc5 {[%csl Ra5,Rf5][%cal
Ge2e3]} Nb3 19. Rxf5 Rd2 $132 {[%csl Rb2,Re1][%cal Gd2b2]}) (17. Ke3 $2 Rxd4 $1
18. Kxd4 Nb3+ {[%csl Rc1,Rd4]} 19. Kc3 Nxc1 20. e4 {[%csl Rc1,Gh1][%cal Gf1b5]}
Bxe4 (20... Na2+ $2 21. Kb3 Be6+ 22. Bc4 $16 {[%csl Ra2]}) 21. Bc4 Bxg2 22.
Rxc1 {=/=/+}) 17... Nb3+ 18. Kc3 Nxc1 (18... Nxd4 $2 19. exd4 Rc8+ 20. Kd2 $16)
19. Nxf5 {[%csl Rc1]} a6 $1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gb7b5,Gb5c4]} (19... Rc8+ $2 20.
Bc4 {[%csl Rc1,Rc8,Re8][%cal Gf5d6]} Rc5 {[%csl Rf5]} 21. Nd6+ Ke7 22. b4 $1 {
[%csl Rb7]} Rc7 23. Nf5+ Ke8 (23... Kf8 $143 24. Rd1 $1 {[%csl Rf8]}) 24. Kd4 {
[%csl Rc1]} (24. Rxc1 $2 b5 $1 25. Nd6+ $140 Ke7 26. Nxb5 Rxc4+ 27. Kxc4 Rc8+
28. Kd3 Rxc1 29. Nxa7 Ra1 $1 $14 {[%csl Ra3,Rf2,Rg2,Rh2][%cal Ga1a2]}) 24...
Rg8 (24... Rd7+ $143 25. Ke4) 25. Rxc1 Rxg2 26. h4 Rxf2 27. e4 {+/-/+-}) 20.
Bc4 b5 21. Bxb5+ axb5 22. Rxc1 Rc8+ 23. Kd2 Rxc1 24. Kxc1 $14) 15... O-O-O 16.
Rc1 {[%csl Rc6,Rc8][%cal Gb4b5]} Kb8 {Here Black's king is located in complete
safety.} 17. g3 a5 $1 {[%csl Ra3,Rb4] Differently White will finish
development: Bg2, Rhd1 or Rc5,Rhc1 and their position will be better.} 18. Bg2
({Leads to unnecessary complications:} 18. b5 Ne5 19. Bg2 Ng4 {[%csl Rf2]} (
19... Be6 $2 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. Rc5 f6 22. b6 {[%csl Ra5]} Rd6 23. Rb1 {[%csl
Ra5][%cal Yb1b6,Gc5a5]}) 20. Rc5 (20. Rhf1 $6 d3 21. e3 Be4 $132 {[%csl Rg2]})
20... Be4 (20... Bg6 $5) 21. h3 Ne5 (21... Nxf2 $4 22. Rf1 {[%csl Rf2]} b6 23.
Rcc1 $18) 22. Rhc1 (22. Ne1 $6 b6 23. Rc1 f5 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Gd4d3]}) 22... d3
$1 23. Nxe5 dxe2+ 24. Kxe2 Bxg2 25. Ng4 (25. Nxf7 $4 Rhe8+ {[%csl Re2]}) 25...
Rhe8+ 26. Ne3 Bxh3 $11) 18... Be4 {[%csl Rg2] /^a8-h1} ({After:} 18... axb4 $2
{White have time to include the bishop in game:} 19. Nh4 {[%csl Gg2]} Bd7 (
19... Be6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. axb4 Kb7 22. Rc5 $14) 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Rc4 {
[%csl Rb4,Rd4]} (21. Bxb7 $5 Kxb7 22. Rb1 $14 {[%csl Gb1,Rb4,Rb7]}) 21... Nc6
22. Rb1 {[%csl Rb8][%cal Gg2c6,Gc4c6]} Kc7 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 (23... bxc6 24. Rbc1
$1 $14 {[%csl Rc6,Rd4]}) 24. Nf5 $14 {[%csl Rd4]}) 19. Nh4 {This move does not
put the large problems for Black.} ({Leads to more interesting game:} 19. b5 $5
Na7 $140 (19... Ne7 $143 20. Rc4 $14) (19... Ne5 $2 20. Nxe5 Bxg2 21. Nxf7 Bxh1
22. Rxh1 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd8,Rh8]}) 20. b6 $1 (20. Rc5 $143 b6 21. Rh5 Bg6 $13 {
[%csl Rb5]}) (20. a4 Nc8 $13 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gc8b6]}) 20... Nc8 21. Rc5 Nxb6
22. Rhc1 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Yc1c4,Yc5a5]} Rc8 23. Nh4 $44) 19... Bxg2 20. Nxg2
axb4 21. axb4 Nxb4 22. Rc4 $44 Nc6 {[%csl Yc6][%cal Yc6d4]} 23. Rb1 ({Hardly
it was better:} 23. Nf4 $5 Rd6 24. Rb1 Re8 {[%csl Ye8][%cal Ye8e5]}) 23... Ne5
24. Rcb4 Rd7 25. Nf4 Rc8 {<->c; ><c4 The game of Black corresponds to the
requirements of a position.} 26. Ra4 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gb1b4]} Nc4+ (26... Rcd8
$6 {[%cal Gd4d3]} 27. Nd3 {[%cal Gb1b5]} Rc7 28. Rbb4 Nc6 29. Rb5 $14) (26...
Nc4+ {After this move the contenders is agreed for draw, because of next
variations:} 27. Kd3 (27. Ke1 Ne5 {[%cal Gd4d3,Gc8c2]} 28. Kd2 $11) 27... Ne5+
28. Kd2 (28. Ke4 $2 Re8 {[%csl Re4]} 29. Kf5 Ng6 $1 $15 {[%csl Re2,Rf5][%cal
Gd7d6,Ge8e5]}) 28... Nc4+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. e3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Bb5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 $5 {A very sharp move.} ({A main alternative to
this move is:} 10... O-O $5 {See my comments to Kozul,Z-Adams,M/Mallorca,2004/
CBM 104(0-1)(39)}) ({Also was tested:} 10... a6 $6) 11. Bg3 Qb6 $1 $146 {
[%csl Rb5,Rd4,Re1][%cal Gb6b5,Gb6d4]} ({Previously} 11... Ne4 $143 {was
checked:} 12. Nge2 Bf5 13. Qa4 O-O 14. O-O Bxc3 15. Nxc3 Nxc3 (15... Nxg3 $5)
16. bxc3 Na5 17. Rfe1 a6 18. Bf1 b5 19. Qb4 $16 {Priehoda,V-Plachetka,J/Prague,
1992(1/2-1/2)(35)}) 12. Bxc6+ (12. Be5 $143 Qxb5 13. Bxf6 O-O $15 {[%csl Re1]
[%cal Gf8e8]}) 12... Qxc6 (12... bxc6 $6 13. Be5 Be7 14. Nge2 O-O 15. O-O $14)
13. Nge2 Ne4 14. O-O Bf5 {Besides this move Black could choose between:} (14...
Be6 $5) ({and} 14... O-O $5) 15. Qb3 Bxc3 16. Nxc3 (16. Rfc1 $5 O-O 17. Nxc3
Rac8 $13) (16. bxc3 $4 Nd2 $17 {[%csl Rb3,Gd2,Rf1]}) 16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 O-O {
+/=/= In the arising position with bishops of opposite colors, White has a
little advantage and a draw is not far away.} 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. h4 ({Also
after:} 19. Re5 Rxe5 20. dxe5 (20. Bxe5 f6 21. Bg3 Re8 $11) 20... Rc8 {White
hasn't something special.}) 19... f6 20. hxg5 hxg5 $11 {It's clear that the
position is absolutely equal and the next moves are for formality only.} 21. f3
Kf7 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Bd3 25. Bg3 Qd7 26. Qa3 g4 27. Qd6 {
White even doesn't try to take the pawn:} (27. Qxa7 $5 gxf3 28. gxf3 Qh3 29.
Qxb7+ Kg6 30. Qb8 Qf1+ 31. Kh2 Qe2+ 32. Kh3 (32. Kg1 Qf1+ $11) 32... Bf5+ 33.
Kh4 Qxf3 34. Qg8+ Kh6 35. Qh8+ Kg6 36. Qg8+ $11) 27... Qxd6 28. Bxd6 Bc4 29. a3
1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2003.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. e3 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 {Comments to this part of the game (from 6...h6
to 10...Ne4) and also 11.Nf3!? you cand find in annotations to game: Sapunov,
E-Sokolov,A/St.Petersburg,1998/CBM 67(1-0)(Golod,V)(27)} 11. Bb5 $6 {I study
this system rather long.This move is unsuccessful attempt to bring in a "new
word" in the theory of this variant.It deserves attention:} (11. Nf3 {,as in a
previously mentioned comments.}) 11... Qa5 $5 ({Also good enough:} 11... Bf5
12. Bxc6+ (12. Qb3 $6 Qa5 $15) (12. Qa4 $6 O-O $15 {[%csl Rc5,Re1]} (12... Nxc3
$2 13. Qxb4 Nxb5 14. Qxb5 $16)) (12. Bd3 $6 Qa5 $36) 12... bxc6 13. Qa4 Bxc3+
14. bxc3 Qd7 $13) 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 {It became already clear, that black have
decided all opening problems.} 13. Nge2 Bxc3+ $6 $146 ({In my opinion, it was
much better:} 13... Bf5 14. Qc1 Nxc3 {1/2-1/2 Hoffmann,M-Farago,I/Lippstadt,
1994(14)} (14... Nxc5 $6 15. O-O {[%csl Re8] +/=/=}) 15. Nxc3 Qxc5 $11) 14.
Nxc3 Qxc5 $6 {Again dubious decision!} ({Also weakly:} 14... Nxg3 15. hxg3 $140
Qxc5 {in view of:} 16. O-O {/\Rac1,Na4+/=}) ({Can be recommended:} 14... Nxc3
15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16. bxc3 Bf5 {and after exchange of the queens,White should
play extreme precisely to receive advantage.}) 15. Rc1 ({It was better to
remove of the bishop from point "g3":} 15. Be5) 15... Nxc3 $6 {Why Black did
not use a mistake of the contender?:} (15... Nxg3 16. hxg3 Ba6 17. a3 {[%cal
Gc3a4] +/=/=}) 16. Be5 $1 $14 {/^a1-h8} O-O $2 {[%csl Rg8] Here Black's king
is under direct attack.} ({Is a possibble continuation of the play:} 16... Rg8
$5 17. Bxc3 Qc4 {[%csl Re1][%cal Yc4f1]} 18. Qh7 Rg6 $14) 17. Bxc3 Ba6 {
[%csl Re1][%cal Ya6f1]} 18. h4 Rfe8 $2 {Black obviously have lost a "string of
game".} (18... g4 $142 19. Qf5 Qc4 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gc4e2]} 20. Rc2 Qe4 21. Qf6
Qh7 22. Rd2 $16 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gh4h5]}) 19. hxg5 $1 {White have calculated
precisely all consequences of this move.} d4 $140 ({Senselessly:} 19... Rxe3+ {
in view of:} 20. fxe3 Qxe3+ 21. Kd1 $18 {[%csl Yd1]}) 20. Rxh6 $1 $18 (20. Bxd4
$4 Qxd4 {[%csl Re1]}) 20... dxc3 $8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qf6+ Kd7 $8 (
23... Kf8 24. Rh8#) 24. Rxc3 Bc4 ({Nothing changes,after:} 24... Qd5 25. Rxc6 {
[%csl Ra6,Rd5,Rd7][%cal Gc6d6]} Re6 $8 26. Qxf7+ Kxc6 27. Rxe6+ Kb5 (27... Kc5
28. Qc7+ {[%cal Ge6e5]} Kb4 29. Qc3+ Ka4 30. b3+ Ka3 31. Rxa6+) 28. a4+ $1 {
[%csl Rd5,Gf7][%cal Ye6a6]} Kb4 (28... Kc4 29. Rc6+) 29. Rb6+ axb6 30. Qxd5 $18
) 25. Rh4 {[%csl Rc4] Further resistance is impossible.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.10.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 11. Nge2 Nc6 12. O-O-O $6 {A rare move.} ({
Previously was checked:} 12. a3 $5) ({and} 12. f3) 12... Bf5 13. Nxe4 ({
Too risky for White:} 13. Be5 $2 O-O $1 14. Nxd5 $140 Nxe5 15. Ne7+ Kh8 16.
Nxf5 Nxf2 17. Rd6 f6 18. Rg1 Rac8 19. Kb1 Rxc5 $19) 13... Bxe4 14. Qb3 Qxc5+
15. Nc3 O-O (15... Rc8 $5 {could be recommended:} 16. a3 (16. f3 $143 Qxe3+ 17.
Rd2 Bf5 $15) 16... Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Na5 18. Kd2 (18. Qxc5 $4 Nb3#) 18... Qxc3+ 19.
bxc3 Ke7 20. f3 Bg6 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Kxd3 Nc4 {=/=/+}) 16. Bd6 $1 $146 (16.
Rxd5 $2 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Nxd5 Rfd8 19. e4 Rac8 {=/+/-/+ Nicoara,
M-Bogoevski,J/Moscow,1994(1-0)(78)}) 16... Qxd6 17. Nxe4 Qg6 $11 {It's clear
that Black successfully solved all of his opening problems. The weakness of
the "d5" pawn opens the position of White's king.} (17... Qe7 $143 18. Ng3 $14
{[%csl Rd5]}) 18. Nc3 (18. Ng3 $2 {is now bad and refuted by:} Rac8 $19 {
[%csl Rc1,Gc8][%cal Yg6b1]}) 18... Rac8 ({Also possible:} 18... Bxc3 $5 19.
Qxc3 (19. bxc3 $143 Qf6 $1 $36) 19... Rac8 20. Bd3 Qe6 21. Kb1 Rfd8 $11) 19.
Bd3 Qg7 $5 {By this move Levon Aronian prepares a trap for his opponent.} (
19... Qe6 $143 20. Kb1 d4 21. Nd5 (21. Bc4 $6 Qf5+ 22. Bd3 Qe6 23. Bc4 Qf5+ $11
) (21. Qxe6 $6 fxe6 22. Ne4 dxe3 23. fxe3 Ne5 24. Bc2 $11) 21... Bd6 22. e4 $14
) 20. Kb1 ({After:} 20. Bf5 $2 Bxc3 $1 21. Bxc8 $140 Rxc8 22. bxc3 (22. Qxc3 $4
Ne7 $19) 22... Na5 23. Qb4 (23. Qb2 $2 Rxc3+ 24. Kb1 Nc4 $19) {[%tqu "En",
"Find the best continuation for Black?","","","c8c4","",10]} 23... Rc4 $1 (
23... Rxc3+ $5 24. Kb1 Nc4 25. Rd4 Qg6+ 26. Ka1 Qc2 $40 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Cd4d5,
Gc3a3]}) 24. Qxa5 $140 b6 25. Qb5 Qxc3+ 26. Kb1 Rb4+ 27. Qxb4 Qxb4+ $17 {
Black's advantage is obvious thanks to the active queen and the weak position
of White's king.}) (20. Bc2 $5 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Ne7 23. Kd2 f5 $11 {
[%cal Yg8f7,Yf7e6]}) 20... Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 $11 {In the arisen
endgame, the chances of both players are equal. The pawns "c3" and "d5" are
mutually weak and Black's knight is not worse than White's bishop.} Ne5 23. Be2
{קd5 It's important to prevent the knight from jumping to "c4".} (23. Bf5 $143
Rc5 {[%cal Ge5c4,Yc5d5]}) 23... Rfd8 24. Kb2 Nc4+ 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 {In this rook
ending, both sides have no chances of improving their position. Therefore, the
opponents agreed to a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch 56th"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2001.03.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Antic, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2001.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 {
Now white can expect only minimal advantage.} ({More essentially:} 7. Bh4 $5)
7... Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O (9... Nd7 $5 {See comments to Hoffman,A-Van
Riemsdijk,H/Pinamar,2001/CBM 82(1-0)   (Golod,V)(45)}) 10. e3 Bf5 11. Ne2 ({
Also it deserves attention:} 11. Nf3) ({and} 11. Rc1) (11. Qxc7 $6 Rc8 12. Qxb7
Nc6 $36) 11... Rc8 (11... Nd7 $5 {You can see comments to Ivanov,S-Yemelin,V/
St.Petersburg,1998/CBM 67(1/2-1/2) (Golod,V)(55)}) 12. Nf4 $5 {Besides this
move,white has several options:12.Ng3;12.Rd1;12.Rc1 and 12.b4.} c6 ({Good
enough:} 12... c5 $1 13. dxc5 (13. Nxd5 Qd6 $44) 13... Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 Rxc5 15.
Rd1 Nd7 (15... Rxc3 $6 16. Nxd5 Rc5 17. Ne7+ Kf8 18. Nxf5 Rxf5 19. Rd8+ Ke7 20.
Rg8 $36) 16. Nxd5 Kf8 17. Rd4 Nb6 $11 {Kortschnoj,V-Beliavsky,A/Moscow,1973(1/
2-1/2)(30)}) 13. Be2 Nd7 14. O-O Qe7 15. Qb4 $5 {[%csl Rb7,Re7]} Qxb4 $146 ({
Was checked in the previous game:} 15... Qd8 $5 16. Qxb7 Rab8 17. Qa6 (17. Qxa7
Ra8 18. Qb7 Rab8 19. Qa6 Ra8 $11) 17... Rxb2 (17... Rb6 $5) 18. Bd3 {+/=/=
Doroshkievich,V-Morozevich,A/Novgorod,1997(1/2-1/2)(49)}) 16. axb4 {[%cal
Gb4b5] At white the pawns structure is a little spoiled, but black can not it
use and also can not receive game on queen side.} a6 {[%csl Ya6,Yc6]} 17. g4
Bh7 18. h4 {White can develop activity only on this flank.} Re8 ({Is a
possible continuation of the play:} 18... g5 $5) 19. Ra3 Rad8 20. g5 hxg5 21.
hxg5 Bf5 $11 {/^b1-h7} 22. Bd3 {It is necessary to exchange the black bishop,
differently it is not visible what to do further.} Bxd3 23. Nxd3 Nf8 $6 {
A little passively.In my opinion it was better:} (23... Re4 $5 {[%csl Ye4,Rg5]
[%cal Ge4g4]} 24. Kh2 $11) 24. Ne5 Nd7 25. Ng4 Nb6 (25... f6 $5 26. gxf6 gxf6 {
[%cal Gg8f7] with equal odds in the middlegame.}) 26. b3 Nc8 27. f3 Nd6 28. Kf2
Re6 29. Rh1 {/\Rh5; Ra1-h1->} Kf8 30. Raa1 Ke7 31. Ne5 $14 {The passive game
black has resulted them in an a little bit worse position.} Rg8 32. Rh7 Kd8 33.
Rah1 Kc7 {[%csl Rb3,Rb4][%cal Gc7b6,Gb6b5] Black king is available to attack
white's weakness of the queen side.} 34. Ke2 {[%cal Ye2d3]} Re7 ({And still it
deserves attention:} 34... Kb6 $5 $132 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Gb6b5]}) 35. Kd3 Kd8
36. R1h4 f6 $6 {Obvious oversight.} ({Can be recommended:} 36... Rge8 $5 {
[%cal Gf7f6]} 37. Rxg7 $140 $2 (37. Rh3 $5 $14) 37... Nf5 38. Rhh7 Nxg7 39.
Rxg7 f6 $1 40. gxf6 (40. Rxe7 Kxe7 $17) 40... Rxg7 41. fxg7 Rg8 $17) 37. gxf6
gxf6 38. Rxe7 Kxe7 39. Rh7+ Ke6 ({Slightly better is:} 39... Ke8 40. Nd7 $140
Rg6 41. Nc5 $36 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7,Gc5,Gh7]}) 40. Nd7 $16 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gd7c5]}
Rg1 ({Also white save a big advantage,after:} 40... Kf5 41. Nc5 b6 42. Nxa6 Ra8
43. Nc7 Ra7 {[%csl Ga7,Rh7]} 44. Rd7 Nb5 (44... Ne8 $143 45. e4+ dxe4+ 46.
fxe4+ Kg6 47. Ne6 $18) 45. e4+ dxe4+ 46. fxe4+ Kg6 (46... Kg5 $143 47. Ne6+)
47. Ne6 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Ge6f8]}) 41. Nc5+ Kf5 42. Rd7 $1 {[%csl Rb7,
Yd6][%cal Yd6b7,Gd7d6,Gd7b7] This move much better,than:} (42. Nxb7 Nxb7 43.
Rxb7 Rb1 $44 {[%csl Rb3]}) 42... Nb5 43. Rxb7 Rd1+ 44. Kc2 Rf1 45. Rb6 $1 {
Ivanisevic very strongly will carry out a final part of a game.} Rxf3 46. Kd3
Nd6 ({Also loses:} 46... Rf1 47. Rxa6 Rh1 48. Rxc6 Rd1+ 49. Kc2 {and
impossibly:} Rxd4 {because of:} 50. Rb6 Rxb4 51. Kb2 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Rb5,Gb6]
[%cal Gc5d3,Yb4b5]}) 47. Rxa6 Ne4 48. Rxc6 Rf2 {[%cal Gf2d2]} 49. Nxe4 $8 dxe4+
50. Kc4 $18 Rc2+ (50... Re2 $144 51. b5 Rxe3 52. b6 $18 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Gb6b7]
}) 51. Kd5 Rd2 (51... Rb2 52. Rc3 {[%csl Yc3][%cal Yc3b3,Gb4b5]}) 52. b5 Rd3
53. Kc4 {[%csl Gb5,Yc4][%cal Yc4b3,Gb5b6,Gb6b7,Gb7b8]} 1-0

[Event "RUS-CHN Summit Men 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2004.08.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 g5 $6 {In my opinion it is too risky move.The statistics shows,that White
has good percents of winning there.} (8... Nc6 $5 {It's main line}) 9. Bg3 Ne4
10. e3 Qa5 11. Nge2 (11. Be5 $143 {See comments to Kasparov,G-Short,N/London,
1993/CBM 36(1/2-1/2)(Ftacnik,L)(18)}) 11... Bf5 ({Nowadays,less popular is:} 
11... Nc6) 12. Bxb8 $5 $146 {Interesting novelty of Alexey Dreev.} ({In the
previous games White preferred:} 12. Be5 $5 {You can see annotations to Atalik,
S-Short,N/Sarajevo,2004/CBM 101 (1/2-1/2)(Atalik,S/Golod,V)(27)}) ({On:} 12.
Qc1 $6 {you can find three games in Mega DataBase 2004.}) 12... Rxb8 $8 ({
Leading to very difficult endgame:} 12... Nxc3 $2 13. Qxf5 Na4+ (13... Nxa2+
$143 14. Kd1 Qa4+ (14... Nc3+ 15. Nxc3 Qxa1+ 16. Kc2 $18 {[%csl Ra1,Re8,Rh8]
[%cal Gf1b5,Gf5e5]} O-O 17. Bd3) 15. Qc2 Nc3+ 16. Nxc3 Qxa1+ 17. Kd2 {/\Bb5+}
O-O 18. Bd6 Rfe8 19. Qh7+ $1 {Nice tactical way to exchange queens and to
reunite the all pieces.} ({Of course there is nothing bad in simply:} 19. h4 $5
{with a strong attack.}) 19... Kxh7 20. Bd3+ Kg7 21. Rxa1 $18) (13... Ne4+ $2
14. Kd1 Rxb8 15. Qe5+ Kd7 16. Qxd5+) 14. Kd1 Nxb2+ (14... Rxb8 $2 15. Qe5+ Kd7
16. a3 Bxc5 17. b4 $18) 15. Kc1 (15. Kc2 Qxc5+ {leads to same position.}) 15...
Qxc5+ 16. Kxb2 Ba3+ (16... Rxb8 $2 17. Qe5+ Kd7 18. Rd1 $18) 17. Kb3 Qb4+ 18.
Kc2 Qb2+ 19. Kd3 Qb5+ (19... Qxa1 $2 20. Qe5+ Qxe5 21. Bxe5 $18) 20. Kd2 Qb2+
21. Qc2 Bb4+ 22. Kd3 Qxa1 23. Qc8+ $1 Ke7 24. Qxb7+ Kf6 25. Qxb4 Rhxb8 (25...
Qd1+ $2 26. Qd2 Qb1+ 27. Qc2 Qxc2+ 28. Kxc2 $18) 26. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 27. Nxd4 Rb2 (
27... Rb1 $143 28. g3 {/\Bg2}) 28. Be2 Rxa2 29. Rc1 $16) ({Too risky is:} 12...
O-O $6 {/\Nxc3} 13. Be5 $1 {The elementary way to get an advantage.} ({also
possible,but less productive way is:} 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. Bd3 Raxb8 15. O-O $14)
13... Rfe8 14. Bd4 Ng3 15. Qd1 Nxh1 16. a3 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Rh1]}) 13. Nd4 Bg6 ({
Of course not:} 13... Nxc3 $2 14. Qxf5 Ne4+ 15. Kd1 O-O 16. Bd3 {/\h4(עg8) +/-
}) 14. Bb5+ $1 {The key idea behind white's 12-th move.} Kf8 $6 ({Essential
was:} 14... Ke7 $1 15. O-O $5 ({After:} 15. Bd3 $143 {Black has a more
opportunities:} Bxc3+ $5 ({or:} 15... Nxc3 16. O-O {with rearrangement of
moves we receive a position,as in previous variant: 15.0-0}) 16. bxc3 Qxc3+ 17.
Qxc3 Nxc3 {Now Black has no problems in the endgame.For example:} 18. Bxg6 (18.
Kd2 Bxd3 19. Kxc3 Bc4 {קc5 ~~}) 18... fxg6 19. Rc1 (19. O-O $2 Rhc8 $15) 19...
Nxa2 20. Ra1 Nc3 21. Rxa7 Kf6 $11 {/\Rhc8}) 15... Nxc3 $140 16. Bd3 Bxd3 (16...
Ne4 $143 17. a3 Qxc5 18. axb4 Qxc2 19. Bxc2 $14) 17. Qxd3 Ne4 (17... Na4 $2 18.
a3 {/\b4}) 18. a3 Bd2 19. b4 (19. Nf5+ Ke6 20. Nd4+ Ke7 $11) 19... Qa6 $1 20.
b5 Qa4 $1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga4c4]} 21. Nf5+ Ke6 ({Subject to another survey is:
} 21... Kf6 $5) 22. Nd4+ $11) 15. Bd3 $1 ({Leads to benefit of the contender:} 
15. O-O $2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ng3 17. Qb3 Nxf1 18. Rxf1 $44) 15... Qxc5 {It's best
move!} ({The key idea behind Dreev's novelety,is that after trivial:} 15...
Nxc3 $143 {White has a shocking reaction:} 16. O-O $3 {At that moment White
without piece,but after this quiet and logical move,Black has no acceptable
move:} Ne4 (16... Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Ne4 (17... Qa6 18. Qf5 Ne4 $140 $2 19. Qe5 {
[%csl Rb8,Ge5,Rh8][%cal Ge5h8,Ge5b8]}) 18. Nb3 $1 Qa4 (18... Qc7 $140 $2 19.
Qd4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Rh8][%cal Gd4h8,Gd4b4]}) 19. Qd4 Kg8 20. f3 Nxc5 21. Nxc5
Qb5 22. Rac1 $16) 17. a3 Qxc5 ({Even worse is:} 17... Bxc5 $6 18. b4 Bxb4 19.
axb4 Qxb4 20. Rfb1 Qd6 21. f3 Nf6 $8 (21... Nc5 $2 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Qxc5 Qxc5
24. Ne6+) 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Qxg6 $18) 18. axb4 Qxc2 19. Bxc2 a6 20. Ra5 {
+/=/+/-}) (15... Bxc3+ $143 16. bxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Nxc3 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. O-O
{+/=/+/- In comparison with possible similar endgame after 14...Ke7,it is
clear that Black is worse.Now useless is:} Rc8 20. Rfc1 Ne4 21. f3 {><e6 and
so on.}) 16. O-O $14 Re8 $6 {The next unaccurate move.From my point of view,
the right place for the rook is on "c8" and not on the <->e.} (16... Kg7 $142
17. Rfc1 $140 Rbc8 $14) 17. Nb3 Qc6 (17... Qc7 $2 18. Nxd5 $16) 18. Nd4 Qc5 19.
Rfc1 $1 {+/=/+/-} Kg7 20. Qa4 ({In my mind better was more agressive
continuation:} 20. Qb3 $1 {/\Nxd5} Nd2 (20... Qa5 $2 21. Nxd5 Bd2 22. Rc7 $1
Be1 (22... Nc5 23. Rxc5 $1 Qxc5 $140 24. Bxg6 fxg6 (24... Kxg6 25. Qd3+ Kg7 26.
Nf5+) 25. Qxb7+ Kf8 26. Qd7 {/\Ne6+-}) 23. Qxb7 Qd2 (23... Bxf2+ 24. Kh1 $18)
24. Nf5+ $1 Kg8 (24... Kf8 25. Re7 $1 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 $18) 25. Nde7+ Kh7 26. Qxe4
$18) (20... Bxc3 $5 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Rxc3 {+/=/+/-}) 21. Qd1 Bxd3 22. Qxd2 Be4
23. a3 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Qe7 25. Rac1 {+/=/+/-}) 20... Qa5 $6 {Black decides to
give up Pd5.} (20... Nxc3 $142 21. bxc3 Bxd3 (21... Qa5 $143 22. Qb3 $1 Bd6 23.
Bxg6 Kxg6 24. Qxb7 $16) (21... Ba3 $5 22. Rd1 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Qc4 24. Qc2 {
+/=/+/-}) 22. cxb4 Qb6 23. Rc5 Bc4 {+/=/+/-}) 21. Qxa5 Bxa5 22. Nxd5 {/\Nb3
(ץa5,><c5)} Re5 23. Bxe4 (23. Nc7 $143 Rd8) 23... Bxe4 24. Nc3 {The next part
of the game-is a classical example how to play with NN agaginst BB.} Bg6 25.
Ncb5 {קa7,/\Nd6} Bb6 26. a4 $1 a6 27. a5 Bc5 28. Nf3 Rf5 ({Hardly it was
better:} 28... Bxe3 $6 29. Nxe5 Bxc1 30. Rxc1 axb5 31. Rc5 $1 (31. Nxg6 $2 Kxg6
32. Kf1 Rd8 {and Black still has good chances to survive}) (31. Rc7 $2 Rd8 (
31... Re8 $143 32. f4) 32. f4 gxf4 $1 (32... Rd2 $2 33. f5 $1 Bh5 34. g4 {
Nice trap to the bishop!} Re2 (34... Rd5 35. f6+ Kxf6 36. Nd7+ Ke6 37. Nf8+ Kf6
38. gxh5 $18) 35. f6+ Kg8 (35... Kxf6 36. Nd7+) 36. Re7 $18) 33. Rxb7 $140 Rd1+
34. Kf2 Rd2+ 35. Kf3 Rxb2 36. a6 Rb4 $1 {and black bishop gets on the /^a8-h1
+/=/=}) 31... Rd8 32. h3 {[%csl Yg1][%cal Yg1h2]} Be4 (32... b4 33. Nxg6 Kxg6
34. Rb5 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Gb5,Rb7]}) 33. Rxb5 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 f6 35. Nc4 $16) 29.
Nbd4 Rd5 30. Nb3 Ba7 $6 {The rather doubtful decision,but is very difficult to
give good advice,probably it was better to keep the bishop on /^b8-h2: 30...Bd6
} 31. Nfd4 Rhd8 32. Rc7 R8d7 33. Rc8 Rd8 34. Rc4 $1 {Exchanging rooks is
black's favour,he will have more space to maneuver.} R8d7 35. Rac1 Re7 36. Nc5
{/\b4} Bb8 (36... f5 37. g3 $16) 37. b4 $16 g4 $6 {Black is trying to create
initiative on the king side,however he is only creates weaknesses to himself.}
38. Rd1 Rh5 39. g3 Rd5 40. Rcc1 Ba7 41. Ndb3 {Now the exchange of rooks serves
white's interest - he is taking control over <->d.} Rxd1+ 42. Rxd1 Bb8 43. Nd4
Be5 44. Ne2 {[%csl Rb7,Ye7][%cal Gd5e7,Ye2f4,Yf4d5] Now Black can feel the
consequences of his 37-th move.} f6 45. Nf4 Bf7 46. Nd5 Re8 $2 {With loss of
Pb7 Black actually loses the whole game.} ({More consistent was:} 46... Bxd5
47. Rxd5 Bc3 48. Nd3 {/\Kg2,h3 +/-}) 47. Nxb7 $18 f5 48. Nb6 Re7 (48... Bc3 49.
b5 $1 axb5 50. a6) 49. Nc5 {קa6} Ra7 50. Rd3 Be8 $8 (50... Kg6 51. Rd7 Rxd7
52. Nbxd7) 51. Nc4 Bf6 52. Nd6 {The rest is easy without comments.} Bg6 53. Nc8
Ra8 54. Rd7+ Kh8 55. Nb6 Re8 56. Nxa6 {Please pay your attention to the
fantastic work of the white knights.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. e3 {White
have selected the most irresolute continuation.In such a way,Zdenko Kozul
hardly can hope on advantage in the opening.Besides,you can see annotations to
three another alternatives:} (7. Nf3 {Zhu Chen-Short,N/Dubai,2002/CBM 89(0-1)
(Golod,V)(25)}) (7. a3 $5 {Rare idea! Van Wely,L-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee,2004/
CBM 99(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(26)}) ({Is more essentially:} 7. dxc5 $5 {Sokolov,
I-Short,N/Hoogeveen,2004/CBM 104(1-0)(Golod,V)(38)}) 7... cxd4 ({After:} 7...
Nc6 $6 8. dxc5 $140 h6 (8... d4 $143 9. O-O-O $1 {<->d; קd4}) {White has an
additional opportunity:} 9. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3
Be6 13. Ne2 $14 {/\Nf4 or Nd4}) 8. exd4 Nc6 $1 {Black prevent the convenient
accommodations of white's pieces: Bd3 and Nge2.} (8... O-O $143 9. Bd3 h6 10.
Bh4 Nc6 11. Nge2 Be6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rad1 Be7 14. Bf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 $11 {
Baburin,A-Lalic,S/Isle of Man,1994(1/2-1/2)(47)}) 9. Bb5 h6 {Usually in such
kinds of positions,it's useful to cast away the bishop of the contender.} 10.
Bh4 O-O {It became already clear,that Black have decided all opening problems.}
({Once were tested in previous games:} 10... g5) ({and} 10... a6 $6) 11. Nge2
Qb6 $1 {The same position,with rearrangement of moves,has met in three more
games.} ({On:} 11... Be6 {you can find two games in Mega DataBase 2004.}) 12.
Bxf6 $146 (12. Qd3 {was checked against the patriarch of Soviet chess school:}
Bxc3+ $1 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. O-O Bf5 15. Ba4 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 (16. Qf3 $143 Bg6 17.
Rfe1 Qb2 $15) 16... Qa5 17. Bb3 g5 18. Bg3 Re6 $36 {Kotov,A-Botvinnik,M/Moscow,
1940/URS-ch(1/2-1/2)(36)}) (12. O-O $2 Bxc3 13. Bxc6 (13. Bxf6 $143 Ba5 $1 14.
Bxc6 $140 Qxc6 15. Qxc6 bxc6 $17 {[%csl Ya5,Re2,Rf1][%cal Gc8a6,Ya5e1,Ga6f1]})
13... Bxb2 14. Rab1 Qxc6 15. Qxc6 bxc6 16. Rxb2 $15) ({Leads to small,but
steady advantage of Black:} 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. O-O Ne4 14. Rac1 Re8 $36) 12...
Qxb5 13. O-O Qa5 14. Bh4 {White had no other worthy alternative.} Re8 15. Rfd1
(15. a3 $6 Bxc3 16. bxc3 b6 {/\Ba6 /^a6-f1(><c4) =/+}) (15. Rfe1 $5 {/\a3})
15... Be6 16. a3 Bxc3 $5 {The strong positional decision.} ({Does not put the
large problems for White:} 16... Bf8 $6 17. b4 (17. Nf4 $5 $11) 17... Qc7 18.
Na4 Rac8 19. Nc5 $13) 17. Nxc3 Rac8 18. Qd2 ({Can be recommended:} 18. Rac1 $5
Qb6 $140 19. Qd2 {><d4}) 18... Qa6 19. a4 $2 ({It was necessary:} 19. b4 $1 {
(><a5) with the idea to close a knight's route: "c6-a5-b3(c4)".}) 19... Na5 $15
20. Qc2 $2 {Zdenko again make move by his queen.After this mistake White will
have to fight for escape.} (20. Ra2 $5 Nc4 21. Qd3 Qb6 22. Rb1 Qb3 23. Qd1 $15)
20... Qb6 $17 {><b3} 21. Ra3 (21. Rab1 Nb3 {/\Rc4 קd4 -/+}) 21... Rc4 $5 ({
Also there was a beautiful tactical resource:} 21... Nc4 $1 22. Rb3 $140 $4 (
22. Ra2 Bg4 {[%csl Yd1,Rd4][%cal Gg4d1,Yd1d4,Gb6d4]}) {[%tqu "En","Find the
killer move!","","","e6f5","",10]} 22... Bf5 $1 23. Qxf5 (23. Rxb6 $2 Bxc2 24.
Rc1 axb6 $19 25. Rxc2 $140 $2 Re1#) 23... Qxb3 $19) 22. Qd2 Nb3 23. Qe3 Nxd4
24. Nxd5 Qxb2 {Now all white pieces are under cross fire!} 25. Bf6 (25. Rad3 $2
Nf5) (25. Nf4 $2 Nc2) 25... Qe2 $1 {[%csl Rd1,Rd5,Re3,Rf6]} 26. Re1 $2 {
It's very difficult to give good advice,but can nevertheless:} (26. Rxd4 $5
Bxd5 27. Qxe2 Rxe2 28. h3 (28. Ra1 $2 gxf6 29. Rxd5 Rxa4 $1 $19) 28... Rc1+ 29.
Kh2 Rxf2 {><g2} 30. Rxd5 Rxf6 31. Rd7 Rb1 {-/+/-+}) 26... Bxd5 $1 (26... Qxe1+
$2 27. Qxe1 Nc2 28. Qe5 Nxa3 29. h3 $13) 27. Qxe8+ $140 $8 Qxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kh7 {
[%csl Rf6][%cal Gc4c1]} 29. h3 gxf6 $19 {In a result Black has BN+P against R
with absolutely technical won endgame.} 30. Kh2 Nf5 31. a5 a6 32. Rd3 Bc6 {
Michael Adamas by each move improves a position of his pieces.} 33. Rc8 Re4 34.
Rdd8 Ne7 {[%csl Ye7][%cal Ye7g8] The rest is easy without comments.} 35. Ra8
Re5 36. g4 f5 37. Kg3 Rxa5 38. f3 Ra3 39. Kf4 Ng6+ 0-1

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.10.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 $5 {
It's most basic reaction to the previous move of Black.Besides,you can see my
annotations to three another alternatives:} (7. Nf3 {Zhu Chen-Short,N/Dubai,
2002/CBM 89(0-1)(25)}) (7. a3 $5 {Rare idea! Van Wely,L-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee,
2004/CBM 99(1/2-1/2)(26)}) (7. e3 $6 {In such a way,White hardly can hope on
advantage in the opening: Kozul,Z-Adams,M/Mallorca,2004/CBM 104(0-1)(39)}) 7...
h6 8. Bh4 {Same position with rearrangement of moves also it is possible to
receive,after: 6...h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5} Nc6 {It's main line.} 9. e3 g5 10. Bg3
Ne4 11. a3 $5 {New interesting attempt of improvement a white's play by the
players of the very top level.Also in the past I have made comments for
following games:} (11. Nf3 {Sapunov,E-Sokolov,A/St.Petersburg,1998/CBM 67(1-0)
(27)}) ({and} 11. Bb5 $6 {Popov,V-Loginov,V/St.Petersburg,2003/CBM 95(1-0)(25)}
) 11... Bxc3+ $5 $146 {Is paradoxical,but this logical move is a novelty.Two
games,which have reached this position were continued as follows:} (11... Qa5
12. Nge2 Bf5 $1 (12... Bg4 $143 13. Qc1 Nxc5 $2 (13... Bxc3+ $142 14. Nxc3 $14)
14. axb4 Nd3+ 15. Kd2 $18 {Ruzele,D-Lerner,K/Cappelle la Grande,1996(1-0)(35)})
13. Qc1 Nxc5 14. axb4 Nd3+ 15. Kd2 Qxb4 $13 {Huzman,A-Rogovski,V/Vilnius,1995
(1-0)(40)}) 12. bxc3 Qa5 $5 {From here black's Q can press on the queen side 
(קc3; קc5).} (12... Qe7 $143 13. Bd6 Nxd6 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. Nf3 {and White
has obvious positional advantage,because of a unsuccessful location of the
black's pawn "g5".}) 13. Bd3 Nxg3 {Basically,the correct direction of actions
- than is less pieces,the less problems.} 14. hxg3 d4 $1 {Black get rid of the
weak Pd5. In my opinion,it's correct strategical decision,because after
logical capture:} (14... Qxc5 15. Nf3 {white's rook begins to work in all
force on <-> "h".}) 15. exd4 Nxd4 16. Qb2 Bd7 $1 {Black correctly do not
hasten to take away Pc5 and for the beginning deduce the pieces.} ({It was
badly:} 16... Ne6 $6 {in view of:} 17. Bb5+ Ke7 18. Qb4 $16 {[%csl Gb4,Re7]
[%cal Gc5c6]}) 17. Kf1 $6 {Can it was necessary to decide on the more reliable
continuation:} (17. Ne2 $5 Nxe2 (17... Nc6 $6 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qa6 Qxc5 20. Rd1
{+/=/+/-}) 18. Qxe2+ (18. Qxb7 $2 Qxc3+ 19. Kxe2 O-O $40 20. Qxd7 $140 $6 Rad8
21. Qf5 Rfe8+ 22. Kf3 $8 Rxd3+ 23. Kg4 Re5 24. Qc8+ Kg7 $17) 18... Kf8 {/\Re8}
(18... Kd8 $143 19. O-O Qxc5 20. Qf3 $36) 19. O-O Qxc5 20. Qb2 $1 $14 {קb7,/
\c4 /^a1-h8}) 17... Ne6 18. Qxb7 $1 {Principal decision.Differently,it is
impossible to hope for advantage.} Qxc3 19. Rd1 (19. Qxa8+ $2 Ke7 20. Qxh8 (20.
Qxa7 $2 Qxa1+ 21. Ke2 Nd4+ 22. Ke3 Re8 {with decisive attack.}) 20... Qxh8 21.
Rc1 Qb2 22. Ne2 Qxa3 {[%csl Rc5,Rd3] and,at least, Black has a equal position.}
) 19... Rd8 $13 20. Ne2 {Ivan Sokolov correctly does not take away Pa7 and
deduce the his knight.} (20. Qxa7 $2 {is refuted by:} O-O $1 (20... Nxc5 $2 21.
Ne2 Qb3 22. Re1 Qxd3 23. Qxc5 Be6 24. Kg1 $14) 21. Be2 (21. Rxh6 $4 Bb5 $19) (
21. Ne2 $2 Qb3 $1) 21... Bc6 $40) 20... Qxa3 21. c6 Bc8 22. Qb1 Ke7 23. g4 {
White are going to connect his R with other pieces through a field "h3" and,at
the same time,he takes control under field "f5".} Rd6 {<->d} 24. Rh3 Rhd8 (
24... Rxc6 $4 25. Bb5 Qc5 26. Rc1 $18) 25. Re3 {The contenders consolidated
the forces and are ready to decisive battle.} Kf8 ({I can not recommended in
this position:} 25... Ba6 26. c7 R8d7 27. Kg1 Rxc7 (27... Bxd3 $4 28. c8=N+ $1
Kf8 29. Nxd6 $18) 28. Bxa6 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qxa6 30. Nd4 $44) ({or} 25... Rxc6 $6
26. Bb5 Rcd6 27. Nd4 Qc5 $8 28. Nf5+ $140 Qxf5 29. Qxf5 Rxd1+ 30. Re1 R8d5 {
[%csl Rb5,Rf5]} 31. Qc2 $8 Rxe1+ 32. Kxe1 Rxb5 33. Qxc8 a5 $11) 26. Kg1 (26.
Bc2 $5 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Qd6 28. Ba4 $13) 26... Rxc6 ({It deserves more attention:
} 26... Ba6 27. Bc2 Bxe2 28. Rxe2 Nd4 29. Re3 Qa5 30. Bb3 $1 $13) 27. Bb5 Rxd1+
{For Black it's certainly favourable to exchange one pair of rooks.} (27...
Rcd6 $143 28. Rxd6 Qxd6 29. Qh7 Qc5 30. Qxh6+ Ke7 31. Bd3 $36 {[%csl Re7][%cal
Ge2g3,Gg3f5]}) 28. Qxd1 Rd6 $8 (28... Qd6 $2 29. Rd3 Qc7 30. Bxc6 Qxc6 31. Rd6
$16) 29. Qb1 $1 $44 {עf8} Qa5 $8 (29... Qc5 $4 30. Rc3 {[%csl Gc3,Rc5,Rc8]})
30. Ng3 $1 Rb6 $140 {From my point of view,it's discrepancy,which allows to
improve a position of the white's pieces.} (30... Nc7 $5 {><e8} 31. Qb2 $140
Kg8 32. Bc4 $44) 31. Qb2 Kg8 ({Leads to benefit of the contender:} 31... Rxb5
$6 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qxc8 $36) ({and} 31... Qxb5 $6 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qxc8 $36)
32. Qc2 Bb7 (32... Qxb5 $5 33. Qxc8+ Nf8 34. Nf5 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qb4 36. Ne7+ Kg7
37. Nf5+ Kg8 $11 (37... Kh7 $6 38. Re7 $36)) 33. Bc4 Qc5 $2 (33... Rc6 $5 34.
Nf5 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qf6 36. Qa2 $44) 34. Nf5 $40 Bd5 $2 {It's painful blunder,
which allows to begin strong attack on the black's king.} ({Also leads to
disaster:} 34... Kf8 $2 35. Qc3 Rb1+ (35... Ke8 $143 36. Qf6) 36. Kh2 Qc7+ 37.
f4 $1 {[%csl Rf8]} Qxf4+ 38. Rg3 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gc3h8]} Nd4 (38... Ke8 $2 39.
Qf6 Qc7 40. Bxe6 fxe6 41. Ng7+ Kd7 42. Qxe6+ Kd8 43. Qe8#) 39. Qa3+ Kg8 40.
Bxf7+ $1 Kh7 (40... Kxf7 41. Qe7+ Kg6 42. Qg7#) 41. Qf8 Nf3+ 42. gxf3 Qd2+ 43.
Rg2 Qf4+ 44. Ng3 $18) ({It's very difficult to give good advice,but can
nevertheless:} 34... Rb4 $5 35. Nxh6+ Kg7 (35... Kf8 $2 36. Qh7 $18) 36. Nf5+
Kg8 (36... Kf8 $2 37. Rh3 Qe5 38. Qd1 $1 $16 Rxc4 $140 $2 39. Qd6+ $1 Qxd6 40.
Rh8#) 37. Rxe6 $1 Qxc4 (37... Rxc4 $2 38. Qb2 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Qc7+ 40. Rd6 Rc3 41.
Qd2 f6 42. Ng3 $18) 38. Qxc4 Rxc4 39. Re8+ Kh7 40. Re7 Bd5 41. Rxa7 Be6 (41...
Rxg4 $4 42. Ne3 Rd4 $140 43. Rd7 $18) 42. f3 {+/=/+/-}) ({or} 34... Qf8 $5 35.
Qa2 Kh7 36. Bd3 $40) 35. Nxh6+ $1 {Now Nigel Short can not find protection
against numerous threats.} Kf8 ({Also loses a game the following move:} 35...
Kg7 36. Qf5 {[%csl Rd5,Rf7]} Nd4 (36... Kxh6 $4 37. Qf6+ Kh7 38. Rh3+ Kg8 39.
Qh8#) 37. Qxg5+ Rg6 38. Qe5+ f6 (38... Kxh6 $4 39. Rh3#) 39. Qe8 $1 {/\Re7+}
Bxc4 (39... Qxc4 $4 40. Re7+ Kxh6 41. Qh8+ Kg5 42. Qh5+ Kf4 43. g3+ Kf3 44.
Re3#) 40. Qd7+ (40. Re7+ $2 Qxe7 $8 41. Qxe7+ Kxh6 42. Qe3+ Kg7 43. Qxd4 Bf7
44. Qxa7 (44. f3 $5 $16) 44... Rxg4 45. f3 $16) 40... Kh8 (40... Kxh6 $2 41.
Rh3+ Kg5 42. Rh5+) 41. Re8+ Bg8 (41... Rg8 42. Re7 $1 Bd3 (42... Ne2+ 43. Kh2
$18) 43. Nf7+ Kh7 44. Ne5+ Kh6 45. Nxd3 $18) 42. Rxg8+ $1 Rxg8 $140 43. Nf7+
Kg7 44. Ng5+ Kg6 45. Qh7+ Kxg5 46. Qh5+ Kf4 47. Qxc5 $18) 36. Qh7 $18 Rb1+ (
36... Rb7 37. Bxd5 Qxd5 38. Qg8+ Ke7 39. Nf5+ Kd7 (39... Kf6 $2 40. Qh8+ Kg6
41. Qh6#) 40. Qxf7+) 37. Qxb1 Qxc4 (37... Bxc4 $143 38. Qh7 $18) 38. Qb8+ (38.
Qb8+ Ke7 (38... Kg7 $143 39. Qg8+ Kf6 (39... Kxh6 40. Rh3#) 40. Qxf7#) 39. Nf5+
Kd7 40. Qd6+ Kc8 $8 (40... Ke8 41. Ng7#) 41. Ne7+) 1-0

[Event "Pinamar Masters 1st"]
[Site "Pinamar"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Black "Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.03.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bxf6 {
Now white can expect only minimal advantage.} ({More essentially:} 7. Bh4 $5)
7... Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nd7 $5 (9... O-O $5 {See comments to Ivanov,
S-Yemelin,V/St. Petersburg,1998/CBM 67(1/2-1/2) (Golod,V) (55)}) 10. Nf3 c6 (
10... Qd6 $143 11. Rc1 c6 12. Qe3+ (12. e3 $142) 12... Qe7 13. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $11 {
Dubinka,I-Vasilevich,T/Alushta,1999(1/2-1/2)(26)}) 11. e3 ({Does not cost to
hasten with:} 11. Qe3+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. e3 Nf6 $11 {Nowak,I-Masternak,G/
Lubniewice,1994(1/2-1/2) (41)}) 11... O-O 12. Be2 ({Possibly to put a bishop
on other point:} 12. Bd3 c5 $5 (12... Nb6 $143 13. Qc2 Be6 14. O-O Nc8 {
[%cal Gc8d6]} 15. Qc5 Bf5 {+/=/= Comp Hiarcs Master 3.0- Benjamin,J/Boston,
1994(0-1)(71)}) (12... Re8 13. O-O Qd6 14. b4 Nf6 15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Qc2 f6 17.
Ng6 Bf5 $11 {Frydman,P-Kashdan,I/Stockholm,1937(0-1)(120)}) 13. O-O b6 14. Rac1
c4 15. Bb1 b5 16. Qc2 g6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Nb6 $11 {Wolkowski,B-Schmoll,H/
GER,1997(0-1) (33)}) 12... Qe7 $146 ({Was checked in the previous games:} 12...
Re8 $5 13. O-O Qd6 $5 (13... b6 $143 14. Rfc1 Bb7 15. b4 Qe6 16. Qb2 f5 17. Bd3
$14 {Pachman,L-Kortschnoj,V/Havana,1963(1-0)(41)}) 14. Rac1 Nf6 15. Ne5 Ne4 $11
{Schlicht,H-Kroll,U/Balatonbereny,1996(0-1)(55)}) ({and} 12... Nb6 $5 13. Ne5
Bf5 14. O-O Nc8 15. b4 Nd6 16. a4 Rfe8 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Qb2 Ne4 $11 {Benko,
P-Bisguier,A/Lincoln,1969(1/2-1/2)(41)}) 13. O-O Nf6 14. b4 {[%csl Rb7,Rc6,Rd5]
[%cal Ga3a4,Gb4b5] White begin traditional attack of minority in the queen
side.} a6 15. a4 Bg4 16. b5 {+/=/=} axb5 17. axb5 Ne4 ({Pretty dubious:} 17...
cxb5 {in view of:} 18. Qb3 (18. Bxb5 $6 Ne4 19. Qb2 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Ng5 21. Be2
$132) 18... b4 19. Rab1 Ne4 {[%csl Rd2,Yf3][%cal Gg4f3]} 20. Qxb4 Qxb4 21. Rxb4
$14) 18. Qb2 Bxf3 $6 {[%mdl 16384] Not compelled positional mistake.} ({
Can be recommended:} 18... c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 (19... Qxc5 $143 20. Rfc1 Qb6 (
20... Rxa1 $143 21. Qxa1) 21. Qd4 $14 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 $14) 20. Rfd1
Be6 {+/=/=}) 19. Bxf3 $14 f5 {Black it was not necessary to weaken K side.} ({
It deserves attention:} 19... Ng5 $5 20. Be2 $140 Ne6 $14) 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21.
bxc6 bxc6 22. Rc1 {[%csl Rc6]} Qa3 {Again not the best decision.} (22... Qe6
$142) 23. Qxa3 Rxa3 {[%csl Rg1]} 24. g4 $1 {[%csl Rc6,Rf5]} Rc3 $2 {And it
already gross mistake.} (24... Nd2 $5 25. Kg2 Nxf3 26. Kxf3 fxg4+ 27. Kxg4 Ra6
$14 {[%csl Ya6]}) 25. Rxc3 Nxc3 26. gxf5 $16 {_|_ White simply so have
received pawn up.} Kf7 27. Bh5+ Kf6 ({Probably,it was better:} 27... Ke7 $5 {
[%csl Ye7][%cal Ye7e8]}) 28. Be8 Kxf5 29. Bxc6 Ke6 ({More stubborn resistance
after:} 29... Ke4 $5) 30. Kf1 Ne4 31. Bb7 g5 32. Bc8+ Kd6 33. f3 Nf6 34. Ke2 {
/\Kd3,e4 and so on.} h5 35. Kd3 g4 {It was a only way to prevent progress: e4.}
36. fxg4 hxg4 37. Ke2 $18 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Ge2f2,Gf2g3] The rest is the matter
of technics.} Kc6 38. Kf2 Kb5 39. Kg3 Kc4 40. Kf4 ({Also brings easy win:} 40.
Bxg4 Kd3 41. Kf4 {[%cal Gh2h4]} Nxg4 $8 42. Kxg4 Kxe3 43. h4 Kxd4 44. h5 Ke5 (
44... Ke3 45. h6 d4 46. h7 d3 47. h8=Q d2 48. Qc3+ Ke2 49. Qf3+ Ke1 50. Qe3+
$18) 45. Kg5 d4 46. h6 d3 47. h7 d2 48. h8=Q+) 40... Kd3 41. Bf5+ Kd2 42. Ke5 (
42. Bxg4 $5 {see comments to-40.Bxg4}) 42... Ng8 43. Bxg4 Kxe3 44. h4 {[%csl
Gg4,Rg8]} Ne7 45. h5 {[%cal Gh5h6,Yg4f5,Yf5h7]} (45. h5 Nc6+ 46. Kxd5 Nxd4 47.
h6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 6th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 11. Nge2 Nc6 ({The main line is:} 11... Bf5 $5 {
You can see my comments to Atalik,S-Short,N/Sarajevo,2004/CBM 101(1/2-1/2)(27)}
) 12. a3 (12. f3 $143 {See comments to Alterman,B-Kortschnoj,V/Groningen,1993/
CBM 39(1/2-1/2)(Chekhov,V)(40)}) 12... Bf5 13. Qc1 {It's main line.Besides,
White has another interesting opportunity,that never used in practice:} (13.
Bc7 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} Qxc5 $1 {Although Black's queen stands worse at "c5",
Black have to try prevent developing of white's king side.} ({Doesn't get an
equality:} 13... Qxc7 $2 14. axb4 Nxb4 (14... Ng3 15. Nb5 $1 $36 {/\Qc3} Qe5
$140 16. Nd6+ Kf8 (16... Qxd6 $2 17. Qb3 $1 Qe7 18. Nxg3 $18) 17. Nxf5 Nxh1 (
17... Nxb4 $143 18. Qc3 $1 Nxh1 (18... Qxc3+ 19. bxc3 Nc2+ 20. Kd2 Nxh1 21.
Kxc2 $18) 19. Ned4 Nc6 20. g3 $18 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gf1g2]}) 18. Ned4 Nxd4 19.
Nxd4 Qxh2 (19... Re8 $2 20. Nf3 Qf6 21. Qc3 $18) 20. Qf5 $1 $16) (14... Nxf2
15. Qxf5 Nxh1 16. Nxd5 Qxh2 17. b5 Ne7 18. Qe4 $1 Qh4+ 19. Qxh4 gxh4 20. Nc7+
Kd7 21. Nxa8 $16) 15. Qa4+ Nc6 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Nc3 $16 {[%csl Rd5][%cal
Yf2f3,Yc3d5]}) (13... Bxc3+ $143 14. Qxc3 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Rh8][%cal Gc7a5,Gc3h8]
The idea behind Bc7.} Nxc3 15. Bxa5 Nxe2 16. Bb4 Ned4 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. Rd1
Nc2+ 19. Kd2 Nxb4 20. axb4 O-O-O $14) 14. Qb3 (14. Rc1 $2 Bxc3+ 15. Nxc3 {/\Bd3
} Rc8 16. Bd3 Rxc7 17. Nxe4 Qxc2 18. Nf6+ Kf8 19. Bxc2 Ne5 $1 20. Kd1 Be6 $15 {
Black has a small,but a stable advantage.White has some problems with
configuration of his pieces.}) 14... Bxc3+ 15. Nxc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 (16. bxc3
$144 Rc8 17. Bg3 O-O $11) 16... Qxc3+ 17. bxc3 Rc8 $11) 13... Nxc5 ({Of course
not:} 13... Bxc3+ $2 14. Nxc3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16. bxc3 $16) 14. axb4 Nd3+ (
{Immediately loses a game the following move:} 14... Qxb4 $2 15. Nd4 {[%csl
Rd3][%cal Yf1d3]} Nxd4 16. exd4 Qxd4 17. Bb5+ Kd8 18. O-O Nb3 $140 19. Qd1 $18)
15. Kd2 Qxb4 ({It was badly:} 15... Nxc1 $6 {in view of} 16. Rxa5 Nb3+ 17. Ke1
$1 Nxb4 18. Rxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 $16) 16. Ra4 ({It deserves more attention:} 16.
Qc2 $5 Nc5 (16... Nxf2 $143 17. Qxf5 Nxh1 18. Kc2 $16 {with such a weak king,
Black has no chance to get something here.}) 17. Qxf5 Qxb2+ 18. Qc2 Nb3+ 19.
Kd1 Qxa1+ 20. Nc1 $14) 16... Nxc1 ({On:} 16... Qb3 $4 {will come:} 17. Qb1 $1
$18 {[%csl Gb1,Rf5]}) 17. Rxb4 Nxe2 18. Rxb7 Nxg3 19. hxg3 d4 $1 {Typical
break!} 20. exd4 {Obviously the best move.Besides,White may try:} (20. Nb5 $143
dxe3+ 21. Kxe3 $140 $2 (21. Kc3 $142 O-O $15) 21... O-O-O 22. Rc7+ Kb8 $17 {
[%csl Re3][%cal Gf5e4,Gh8e8]}) ({and} 20. Nd5 dxe3+ 21. Kxe3 O-O-O (21... O-O
$2 22. Rxh6 Rfe8+ 23. Kd2 Rad8 24. Rxc6 Rxd5+ 25. Kc3 $16) 22. Ba6 Rhe8+ 23.
Ne7+ $8 (23. Re7+ $2 Kb8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8+ 25. Kd2 Rd8 26. Bc4 Nb4 $19) 23... Nxe7
24. Rxe7+ Kb8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8+ 26. Kd4 $11) 20... Nxd4 21. Nd5 ({Even worse is:} 
21. Bc4 $6 O-O-O $1 22. Ba6 (22. Rxf7 $2 Nb3+ 23. Ke1 Rhe8+ 24. Be2 Bd3 {
[%csl Gd8,Re1,Re2,Ge8][%cal Gd8d2,Gd3e2]} 25. Rxa7 Kb8 $17) 22... Nb3+ 23. Ke1
Rhe8+ 24. Ne2 Bd3 25. Rb5+ Kc7 ({Of course not:} 25... Kd7 $4 26. Rd5+ $18) 26.
Rb7+ Kc8 27. Rb5+ $11) 21... Rd8 ({I can not recommended in this position:} 
21... Kf8 22. Bc4 Ne6 23. f3 (23. Ra1 $5 a5 24. b4 a4 25. Nc3 Rd8+ 26. Ke1 $16
{[%cal Gc3a4,Gc4e6]}) 23... Nc5 24. Rb5 Rc8 25. b4 Nd7 26. Ne3 $14 {Lazarev,
V-Olivier,J/France,2001(1-0)(44)}) 22. Bc4 O-O 23. Kc3 ({Leads to benefit of
the contender:} 23. Rxh6 $2 Be4 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Nxe4 Kxh6 $15) 23... Ne2+ 24.
Kb4 $6 ({In order to get an advantage,White had take the challenge and accept
the pawn sacrifice:} 24. Bxe2 $5 Rxd5 25. Rxa7 Rc8+ 26. Bc4 ({too dangerous is:
} 26. Kb3 $2 Be6 $15) 26... Bg6 (26... Rd3+ 27. Kb4 Rd4 (27... Rb8+ 28. Ka5 {
[%csl Rd3,Rf7][%cal Gc4d3,Gc4f7]} Rd4 29. Bxf7+ Kf8 30. Rxh6 $16) 28. b3 Be6
29. Kc3 Rg4 30. Rha1 {/\Ra8} Kg7 (30... Bxc4 31. Ra8 $1 Be6+ $140 32. Rxc8+
Bxc8 33. Ra8 $16) 31. Ra8 Rc7 32. R1a7 Rc6 33. Ra4 $16 {White has a healthy
extra-pawn,however he still has some difficulties.}) 27. b3 Rd3+ 28. Kb4 Rd2
29. f4 {+/=/+/-}) 24... Nd4 {Besides Black has two main alternatives.} (24...
Rb8 {Ftacnik,L} 25. Ne7+ Kh7 26. Rxb8 (26. Nxf5 {Ftacnik,L} Rxb7+ 27. Ka3 Rfb8
28. Rxh6+ Kg8 29. Rg6+ Kf8 30. Rxg5 $40) 26... Rxb8+ 27. Ka3 (27. Kc5 Bg4 28.
Re1 Rxb2 29. f3 $16) 27... Bg4 28. Nd5 Be6 29. Rd1 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 {פe2}) ({and
} 24... Kg7 $143 25. Rd1 Bg4 26. Rd2 $14 {You can see comments to Beliavsky,
A-Timman,J/Madrid,1995/CBM 47(1-0)(Ftacnik,L)(33)}) 25. Kc3 $11 {After this
move the contenders is agreed for draw.} (25. Rxh6 $5 Kg7 (25... Be4 26. Rh5 $1
Kg7 {transfers to 25...Kg7}) 26. Rh5 Be4 27. Rxg5+ Kh6 28. Rh5+ (28. f4 $2 f6 {
[%csl Rd5,Gf6][%cal Gf6g5,Yg5d5]}) 28... Kxh5 29. Nf6+ Kg5 30. Nxe4+ Kg6 $13) (
{Also once were checked in the preceding game:} 25. Ne7+ Kg7 26. Rxa7 Rb8+ 27.
Kc5 Ne6+ 28. Bxe6 Bxe6 $44 {You can see annotations to Kasparov,G-Timman,J/
Novgorod,1995/CBM 48(1/2-1/2)(Hansen,Cu)(33)}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zalaegerszeg"]
[Site "Zalaegerszeg"]
[Date "2004.04.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 ({
More poisoned continuation is:} 7. Bh4 $5 {You can see my comments to Popov,
V-Loginov,V/St.Petersburg,2003/CBM 95(1-0)(Golod,V)(25)}) 7... Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+
9. Qxc3 O-O (9... Nd7 $5 {See comments to Hoffman,A-Van Riemsdijk,H/Pinamar,
2001/CBM 82(1-0)(Golod,V)(45)}) 10. e3 Bf5 11. Ne2 $5 ({Also it deserves
attention:} 11. Nf3) ({and} 11. Rc1) (11. Qxc7 $6 Rc8 12. Qxb7 Nc6 $36) 11...
Nd7 ({The main line is:} 11... Rc8 $5 {You can see my comments to Ivanisevic,
I-Antic,D/Herceg Novi,2001/CBM 83(1-0)(Golod,V)(53)}) 12. Ng3 c5 13. Be2 $146 {
This novelty leads to immediate equality.} (13. Nxf5 $5 {Last time it played
in game: Ivanov,S-Yemelin,V/St. Petersburg,1998/CBM 67(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(55)})
(13. dxc5 $2 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 Be6 $15) 13... cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. exd4 $11 Be6
(15... Bg6 $5 $11 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Yd7f6,Ya8c8,Yf8e8] From my point of view,it
is better to keep the bishop on /^ b1-h7,however the move in the game still
leads to equal position.}) 16. Rc1 f5 {It's difficult to explain this move.
After it Black remained the whole game with a bad bishop.} (16... Rac8 17. Kd2
Nf6 $11) 17. f4 {[%csl Re6]} Nf6 18. Bd3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 ({It was better to
exchange the rooks,after:} 19... fxe4 $1 {[%cal Yf8f4]} 20. Rf1 (20. Rc7 Rxf4
21. Rxb7 Rf7 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 $11 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ya8b8]}) (20. O-O $143 {
because White's king is far away from the center.}) 20... Rac8 21. Rxc8 (21.
Kd2 Rxc1 22. Kxc1 Rc8+ 23. Kd2 Rc4 24. Ke3 Rc2 25. Rf2 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 $11) 21...
Rxc8 22. Kd2 Rc4 23. Ke3 Rc2 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Kf7 $11) 20. Kf2 Rad8 ({
Why to give up from <->c ?} 20... Rac8 21. Ke3 g6 {+/=/=}) 21. Ke3 Rd5 $6 {
What the rook has been doing there?} (21... Rd7 $142 {[%cal Yd7c7,Gf8d8]}) 22.
Ne2 $14 Rfd8 $6 ({It was necessary to admit the mistake and move back with a
rook:} 22... Rd7) 23. Rc7 Rb5 $6 {The next dubious move.I can't understand
what was idea behind last rook's maneuver.} (23... R5d7 $142 24. Rhc1 g6 25. b4
$14) 24. b4 Rb6 ({Even now,it was possible to exchange one of the rooks:} 24...
Rd7 $1 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. Rc1 Kf7 27. Nc3 Rb6 28. g4 g6 29. d5 Ke7 30. Kd4 {
[%csl Ye3][%cal Gc3d1,Gd1e3]} Ra6 31. Ra1 $14) 25. Rhc1 Ra6 26. R1c3 Bd5 27.
Re7 $1 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5][%cal Ge5d5,Ge5f5,Ge7e5]} b5 (27... Kf8 28. Re5 g6 29. g4
$1 fxg4 $140 30. Ng3 $14) 28. Re5 g6 29. g4 $6 {There is no reason to hurry up
in such a kind of positions.} (29. h3 $142 $1 h5 (29... Bc4 $6 30. g4 fxg4 31.
hxg4 Bxe2 32. Kxe2 Rxd4 33. Rxb5 $16 {[%cal Gc3c7,Gb5b7]}) 30. g4 fxg4 31. hxg4
hxg4 32. Ng3 Rad6 33. Rg5 $16 {[%csl Rg4,Rg6][%cal Gg3f5]}) 29... fxg4 30. Ng3
h5 $2 {Badly done move.It is not a time to proceed the pawns. It leads only to
weaknesses on the king side.} (30... Rad6 $142 $1 {><g5.The difference between
this position and position with "h5"- is a protected square "g5".} 31. Nxe4
Bxe4 32. Rxe4 R8d7 $14) 31. Nxe4 Bxe4 32. Kxe4 Rad6 33. d5 $16 Kf7 34. Kd4 R6d7
$2 {Now Black also gives up the 6th horizontal.} (34... R8d7 $8 35. Rc8 a6 36.
Ke4 {[%cal Gc8c6]} (36. Kc5 $5 Rf6 37. Rc6 Rxf4 38. Rxa6 Rf2 $16) 36... Rf6 37.
Rc6 Rfd6 (37... Rxc6 $144 38. dxc6 Rd8 (38... Rc7 39. Kd5 $18) 39. f5 $16) 38.
Rxd6 Rxd6 39. Kd4 $16 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Yd4c5,Gd5d6]}) 35. Rc6 $1 {[%csl Rg6]
[%cal Ge5g5]} Rh8 (35... h4 36. Rg5 g3 37. hxg3 hxg3 38. Rc5 $18 {[%csl Yc5,
Rg3][%cal Yc5d5]}) 36. Rg5 Rhd8 37. Kc5 h4 38. Kd4 g3 39. hxg3 hxg3 40. Rc5 $18
{The rest is just a matter of technique.} a6 41. Rxg3 Rd6 42. Rc7+ Kf8 43. Rg5
Rf6 44. Ke4 a5 45. Rc6 Kf7 46. Re5 axb4 47. axb4 (47. axb4 Rdd6 48. Rxd6 Rxd6
49. Kd4 Rf6 50. Re4 $18 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gd5d6,Gd4c5]}) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 6456]} 1. d4 {Hansen,LB} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5
6. Bg5 h6 $5 {Is the main line,other lines are:6...c5,6...c6} (6... c5 {
Hansen,LB} 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e3 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Be2
d4 13. Rd1 dxc3 14. Rxd8 cxb2+ 15. Kf1 Rxd8 16. Qxb2 Be7 $44 {Tunik,G-Sokolov,
A/St. Petersburg/1998/}) 7. Bxf6 $5 ({Another line is:} 7. Bh4 $5) (7. Bh4 {
Hansen,LB} c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. e3 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Nf3 Qa5 12. Nd2 Nxc3 13.
bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rc1 Bf6 15. Bd6 $14 {Sapunov,E-Sokolov,A/St. Petersburg/1998/})
7... Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. e3 Bf5 $5 (10... c6 11. Nf3 Bf5 12. Be2
Nd7 13. b4 Be4 14. O-O Rfe8 15. Rfc1 a6 16. a4 $14 {1-0 Karpov,A-Ljubojevic,L/
Amber Rapid, Monte Carlo MON 1998 (51)} (16. a4 {Hansen,LB} Rac8 17. b5 axb5
18. axb5 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 Nxc5 22. Nd4 Ne6 23. f3 Nxd4
24. exd4 Bc2 25. Kf2 $14 {Karpov,A-Ljubojevic,L/Monaco rapid/1998/})) 11. Ne2
$5 ({White has several options:} 11. Nf3 $5) (11. Rc1 $5) (11. Qxc7 $6 Rc8 12.
Qxb7 Nc6 $36) 11... Nd7 $5 (11... Rc8 $143 12. Ng3 (12. Nf4 {Hansen,LB} c6 13.
Be2 Nd7 14. O-O Qe7 15. Qb4 $5 Qd8 16. Qxb7 Rab8 17. Qa6 Rxb2 18. Bd3 Be4 $13 {
Doroshkievich,V-Morozevich,A/Novgorod/1997/}) 12... Be6 13. b4 a5 14. Be2 axb4
15. axb4 Rxa1+ 16. Qxa1 Qe7 17. Qb2 Nc6 18. b5 Na5 19. O-O c5 20. bxc6 Rxc6 21.
Rb1 $14 {1-0 Seirawan,Y-Shaked,T/Hoogovens USA, Merrillville USA 1997 (39)
Hansen,LB: 'Seirawan,Y-Shaked,T/Merrillville/1997/'}) 12. Ng3 $5 (12. Rc1 Rfd8
13. b4 a5 14. Ng3 axb4 15. axb4 c6 16. Be2 Ra2 17. O-O $11 {1-0 Chernin,
A-Kindermann,S/AUT-chT9495 1995/EXP 45 (36)}) ({Dubious:} 12. Qxc7 Rfc8 13.
Qxb7 Rab8 14. Qxd5 Rxb2 $44) 12... c5 $5 {[%csl Rc3,Gf6][%cal Gc5d4]} ({
Slightly worse:} 12... Be6 13. b4 Rfc8 14. Rc1 a5 15. Be2 c6 16. O-O $14 {
1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Arlandi,E/Haifa 1989/EU-chT (27)}) 13. Nxf5 $142 (13. dxc5 $2
Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 Be6 $15) 13... Qxf5 14. Bd3 ({Worse:} 14. dxc5 Rac8 15. b4 (15.
Bd3 Qg5 {[%csl Rc5,Rg2]} 16. O-O Nxc5 $11) 15... b6 16. Bb5 (16. Ba6 $6 Rc7 17.
Bb5 bxc5 18. Bxd7 $6 Qxd7 19. bxc5 Rfc8 20. Rc1 Qb5 $15) 16... bxc5 17. Bxd7
Qxd7 18. bxc5 Qb5 19. Rc1 Rc6 $11 {[%cal Gf8c8]}) 14... Qf6 $5 $146 (14... Qg4
$1 15. O-O cxd4 16. Qxd4 (16. exd4 $5 Rac8 17. Qb4 {+/=/=}) 16... Qxd4 17. exd4
{'+/=' Hansen,LB. '+/=' Hansen,LB. Hansen,LB: 'ECO '} Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Nf8 19. Bf5
Ne6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. f4 Kf7 22. Kf2 Ke7 23. Ke3 Kd6 24. b3 {1/2-1/2 Arlandi,
E-Kotronias,V/Debrecen 1992/EU-chT (24)}) 15. O-O {+/=/=} Rfc8 $5 ({After} 
15... cxd4 {white transfers to slightly better endgame} 16. Qxd4 (16. exd4 $5
Rac8 17. Qb4 {'+/=' Hansen,LB.}) 16... Qxd4 17. exd4 {+/=/=}) 16. Rac1 c4 $5
17. Bb1 {White's plan is:f3,e4(play on the centre).Black's plan is:b5,a5,b4
(play on the queen side)} b5 18. f3 {'!' Hansen,LB.} a5 19. e4 $1 {Hansen,LB:
'Following the old truth: An attack on one of the wings (c5-c4,b7-b5,a7-a5) is
countered by play in the centre (f2-f3,e3-e4).'} (19. Rcd1 $143 Rcb8 20. e4 b4
21. axb4 axb4 22. Qe3 $13) 19... b4 $1 {[%csl Rd4]} 20. axb4 (20. Qe3 $143 Rab8
$1 $13) 20... axb4 21. Qe3 Qb6 $5 {(/\22...c3 and after 23.bxc3 Ra3~~)} 22. e5
Nf8 $5 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf8e6]} 23. f4 $5 c3 $1 (23... Ne6 $140 24. Rfd1 $14 {
[%cal Gf4f5]} (24. Rcd1 $2 c3 $36)) 24. bxc3 bxc3 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc8c4,Gf8e6]
} ({Good enough:} 24... Ra3 $13) (24... Ra3 $5 {Hansen,LB} 25. f5 Raxc3 26.
Rxc3 Rxc3 (26... bxc3 27. Bc2 Rc4 28. Rd1 $13) 27. Qd2 Rc4 28. Rd1 $13) 25. f5
$5 (25. Rxc3 {This move is refuted by:} Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Ne6 {[%csl Rd4,Rf4]} 27.
Rd1 $6 (27. Kh1 $5 $11) 27... Nxf4 28. Qe3 Ne6 $15) 25... Rc4 {[%csl Rd4][%cal
Ga8a4]} 26. Rxc3 Qxd4 27. Qxd4 Rxd4 28. Re1 Rd2 $5 {[%cal Ga8b8,Gb8b2]} 29. Rd3
Rxd3 (29... Raa2 $4 30. Bxa2 $1 (30. Rxd2 Rxd2 31. e6 $2 fxe6 32. fxe6 Nxe6 33.
Rxe6 Rd1+ 34. Kf2 Rxb1 {=/+_|_}) 30... Rxd3 31. e6 fxe6 32. fxe6 Ng6 33. e7
Nxe7 34. Rxe7 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Rd2+ 36. Re2 $18) 30. Bxd3 {+/=/=_|_ '+/=' Hansen,
LB.} Re8 {[%cal Gf8d7]} (30... Nd7 $5 {Hansen,LB}) 31. Kf2 {[%cal Yf2e1]} g6 ({
Dubios:} 31... Nd7 {in view of:} 32. Bb5 Re7 33. Bxd7 Rxd7 34. Ke3 $14) 32. g4
Re7 $5 {/\Nd7(קe5)} 33. Bb5 {[%csl Yd7][%cal Gb5d7]} h5 34. h3 Nh7 $5 {
[%csl Ye4,Rh3][%cal Gg5e4,Gg5h3,Yh7g5]} (34... hxg4 {Hansen,LB} 35. hxg4 gxf5
36. gxf5 Nd7 $5 37. f6 (37. Bxd7 Rxd7 $14) 37... Nxf6 $1 38. Rg1+ (38. exf6
Rxe1 39. Kxe1 Kh7 $11) 38... Kf8 39. exf6 Re6 $14 {reaching the notorious R +
B vs R.}) 35. Bc6 (35. f6 $5) 35... d4 36. Bd5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd5g8]} Rd7 37.
Bc4 Rc7 38. Bd3 (38. Rc1 {[%cal Gf5g6]} gxf5 39. gxf5 Re7 (39... Kg7 $5) 40.
Re1 Rc7 41. Bd3 Rc3 42. Rd1 Rc5 {+/=/=}) 38... hxg4 39. hxg4 Rc3 40. Rd1 Ng5 $1
{'!?' Hansen,LB.} (40... Nf8 $2 41. Kf3 Rc5 42. Ke4 (42. Kf4 $5) 42... Nd7 43.
e6 {+/=/+/-}) (40... gxf5 {Hansen,LB} 41. gxf5 $14) 41. fxg6 (41. Kg3 $6 Ne4+
42. Kg2 (42. Kf4 $4 Nf2 $19) (42. Kf3 Nc5 43. Ke2 $11) 42... Nc5 43. Bb5 Re3
$11) 41... fxg6 42. Bxg6 Rf3+ 43. Kg2 Re3 44. Rxd4 Rxe5 $11 45. Kg3 Kg7 46. Bf5
(46. Kf4 $2 Kxg6 $1 47. Kxe5 (47. Rd6+ Re6 $11) 47... Nf3+ 48. Ke4 Nxd4 49.
Kxd4 Kg5 $11) 46... Re1 47. Rd7+ Kf6 48. Rd6+ Ke5 $1 49. Rg6 Rg1+ 50. Kf2 (50.
Kh2 $4 Nf3+ 51. Kh3 Kf4 $19 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gg1g3]}) 50... Nh3+ 51. Kf3 Rf1+
$1 52. Kg3 $140 Rxf5 $1 53. Kxh3 (53. gxf5 Kxf5 54. Rb6 Ng5 $11) 53... Rf6 54.
Rg8 (54. Rg5+ Ke6 $11 {[%cal Ge6f7]} (54... Kf4 $2 55. Rh5 Rg6 $140 56. Rf5+
$18)) 54... Rh6+ 55. Kg3 Kf6 (55... Kf6 $1 {[%cal Gh6g6,Gf6f7]} 56. g5+ (56.
Kf4 Kf7 $11) 56... Kf7 57. gxh6 Kxg8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 g5 $6 {In my opinion it is too risky move.The statistics shows,that here
White has good percents of winning.} (8... Nc6 $5 {It's main line.}) 9. Bg3 Ne4
10. e3 Qa5 11. Nge2 (11. Be5 $143 {See comments to Kasparov,G-Short,N/London,
1993/CBM 36(1/2-1/2)(Ftacnik,L)(18)}) 11... Bf5 ({Nowadays,less popular is:} 
11... Nc6) 12. Bxb8 $5 {Interesting novelty of Alexey Dreev.} ({In the
previous games White preferred other way:} 12. Be5 $5 {You can see annotations
to Atalik,S-Short,N/Sarajevo,2004/CBM 101(1/2-1/2)(Atalik,S;Golod,V)(27)}) ({
On:} 12. Qc1 $6 {you can find three games in Mega DataBase 2005.}) 12... Rxb8
$8 ({Leading to very difficult endgame:} 12... Nxc3 $2 13. Qxf5 Na4+ (13...
Nxa2+ $2 14. Kd1 Qa4+ (14... Nc3+ $143 15. Nxc3 Qxa1+ 16. Kc2 $18 {[%csl Ra1,
Re8,Rh8][%cal Gf1b5,Gf5e5]} O-O $140 17. Bd3) 15. Qc2 Nc3+ 16. Nxc3 Qxa1+ 17.
Kd2 {/\Bb5+(ףa1)} O-O 18. Bd6 Rfe8 19. Qh7+ $1 {Nice tactical way to exchange
queens and to reunite the all pieces.} ({Of course there is nothing bad in
simply:} 19. h4 $5 {with a strong attack.}) 19... Kxh7 20. Bd3+ Kg7 21. Rxa1
$18) (13... Ne4+ $2 14. Kd1 Rxb8 15. Qe5+ Kd7 16. Qxd5+ {פe4 +-}) 14. Kd1
Nxb2+ (14... Rxb8 $2 15. Qe5+ Kd7 16. a3 Bxc5 17. b4 $18) 15. Kc1 (15. Kc2 $144
Qxc5+ {leads to same position.}) 15... Qxc5+ 16. Kxb2 Ba3+ (16... Rxb8 $2 17.
Qe5+ Kd7 18. Rd1 $18) 17. Kb3 Qb4+ 18. Kc2 Qb2+ 19. Kd3 Qb5+ (19... Qxa1 $2 20.
Qe5+ Qxe5 21. Bxe5 $18) 20. Kd2 Qb2+ 21. Qc2 Bb4+ 22. Kd3 Qxa1 23. Qc8+ $1 Ke7
24. Qxb7+ Kf6 25. Qxb4 Rhxb8 (25... Qd1+ $2 26. Qd2 Qb1+ 27. Qc2 Qxc2+ 28. Kxc2
$18) 26. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 27. Nxd4 Rb2 (27... Rb1 $143 28. g3 {/\Bg2}) 28. Be2 Rxa2
29. Rc1 $16) ({Too risky is:} 12... O-O $6 {/\Nxc3 in view of:} 13. Be5 $1 {
The elementary way to get an advantage.} ({Also possible,but less productive
way is:} 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. Bd3 Raxb8 15. O-O $14) 13... Rfe8 14. Bd4 Ng3 15. Qd1
Nxh1 16. a3 $16 {[%csl Ra5,Rb4,Rh1][%cal Gb2b4]}) 13. Nd4 Bd7 $1 {Is
paradoxical,but this logical move is a very important novelty.} (13... Bg6 $143
14. Bb5+ $1 {The key idea behind white's 12-th move.For further details you
can see my comments to game: Dreev,A-Zhang Zhong/Moscow,2004/CBM 103(1-0)(56)})
({Of course not:} 13... Nxc3 $2 {because of:} 14. Qxf5 Ne4+ 15. Kd1 O-O 16. Bd3
$16 {/\h4-> (עg8)}) 14. Nb3 {White had no other alternative,for example:} ({
Absolutely unjustified sacrifice of the pawn:} 14. Rc1 $2 Qxa2 {=/+/-/+}) (14.
a3 $2 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qxc5 $15 {[%csl Ra3,Rc3]}) 14... Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qxc3+ {
It became already clear,that Black have decided all opening problems.} 16. Qxc3
Nxc3 17. f3 {><e4,/\Kd2} ({Recently was checked up another continuation (one
month later after this game):} 17. Bd3 Ke7 18. Kd2 Na4 19. h4 Rhc8 20. Rac1 Rc7
21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Rc2 Rbc8 23. Rhc1 Kf6 $11 {Bocharov,D-Smirnov,P/Moscow,2005
(1/2-1/2)(32)}) 17... Ke7 {The absolutely correct decision.It's necessary to
keep the king in the centre.} 18. Kd2 Na4 $11 19. Rc1 Rhc8 {Black want to
strengthen pressure on a <-> c (Rc7,Rbc8) ,therefore White should quickly
protect Pc5.} 20. Bd3 {/\Rc2,Rhc1.} Rc7 21. Rc2 Rbc8 22. Rhc1 h5 {The game of
Black corresponds to the requirements of a position.} 23. Na5 $5 {White have
created threat: 24.Nxb7 Rxb7 25.c6} Nxc5 {It was the last move in this game.
This game was important for the theory of this variant.} ({After:} 23... Nxc5 {
Ivan Sokolov is agreed for draw,because of next variants:} 24. Nxb7 Rxb7 (24...
Nxd3 $5 25. Rxc7 Nxc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1 (26... Rb8 $143 27. Rc7 {[%csl Ra7,Rd7]
[%cal Gb7c5]} Rc8 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Nc5 Kd6 30. Nb3 {+/=/=}) 27. Kxc1 Bb5 28.
Kd2 Bf1 29. g3 $11) 25. Rxc5 Rb2+ 26. R5c2 Rcxc2+ 27. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Kd6
29. Kc3 Kc5 $11) ({I can not recommended in this position:} 23... Rxc5 $6 24.
Nxb7 Rxc2+ 25. Rxc2 {+/=/=}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse"]
[Date "2005.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.02.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 11. Nge2 Bf5 12. Be5 $6 {Joel Lautier tries to
get an advantage in a variation, which is statistically bad for White.
Recently, a very important game was played in this position, in a bit
different variation:} (12. Bxb8 $5 Rxb8 13. Nd4 Bd7 $1 {After this very
important novelty Black equalized the position quite easily in the following
game: Sokolov,I-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee,2005/CBM 105(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(23)})
12... O-O 13. Nd4 Nxc3 $5 {Comments to this part of the game and also to:} (
13... Re8 $5 {You can find in my annotations to game: Atalik,S-Short,N/
Sarajevo,2004/CBM 101(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(27)}) 14. Qxf5 ({This was weak:} 14.
Nxf5 $2 {in view of:} Ne4+ 15. Kd1 $140 Nc6 $1 {You can find this position in
6 other games. The games ended with a big advantage for Black (black won 5
games, and only one game ended in a draw).}) 14... Ne4+ 15. Ke2 $5 {It seems
that Joel prepared this idea even long before this game was played, because it
was practically impossible to guess that his opponent will choose this
variation.} (15. Kd1 Nc6 (15... Qa4+ $5 16. b3 $140 Qa5 $13 {now Black is
ready to invade the weak square "c3".}) 16. Nxc6 (16. Nb3 $2 Qa4 $140 17. Bd6
Na5 $40) 16... Qa4+ 17. b3 Qxc6 18. Bd3 Rfe8 19. Ke2 Qe6 (19... Qc8 $5) 20.
Qxe6 Rxe6 21. Bd4 $14 {Ivanov,S-Maki Uuro,M/Stockholm,2001(1-0)(45)}) 15...
Bxc5 $1 $146 {[%csl Re2][%cal Ga5d2] This novelty significantly strengthens
Black's game.} (15... Nc6 $143 16. Nxc6 Qa6+ 17. Kf3 Qxc6 18. Bd3 Bxc5 19. Bxe4
$2 (19. Rac1 $5 {with obvious advantage of White.}) 19... dxe4+ 20. Qxe4 {
[%tqu "En","Please find the move,which brings for Black a decisive advantage!",
"","","f7f6","",10]} f6 $3 (20... g4+ $2 21. Kf4 $16) 21. Qxc6 (21. Bg3 g4+ 22.
Kf4 Bd6+ 23. Kf5 Qb5+ 24. Kxg4 f5+) (21. Bc3 $144 g4+ 22. Kf4 Bd6+ 23. Kf5 Qb5+
$19) 21... fxe5+ 22. Ke4 bxc6 $19 {Relange,E-Emms,J/London,1994(0-1)(29)}) 16.
Nb3 (16. Kf3 $2 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 (17. exd4 Qd2 18. Be2 Nc6 19. Rhd1 Qxb2 $17)
17... Nc6 18. Bd3 Nxd4+ 19. exd4 Rae8 $17 {[%csl Rf3,Rf5][%cal Ge8e6,Ge6f6]})
16... Qa6+ 17. Kd1 $1 (17. Kf3 $6 Qe6 18. g4 Nc6 19. Bg3 Bd6 {Black isn't
worse.}) 17... Qa4 $4 {A painful blunder leading to very hard position.
Vladimir Chuchelov couldn't find the better continuation, which guaranteed him
an equal game:} (17... Qe6 $1 18. Qxe6 Nxf2+ 19. Ke1 fxe6 20. Nxc5 Nxh1 21.
Nxe6 Rf2 $1 {This is the only way to equalize the game.} (21... Re8 $6 22. Nc7
Rxe5 23. Nxa8 Rxe3+ 24. Kd2 (24. Be2 $5 d4 $140 25. Kf1 d3 26. Bf3 Nc6 27. Re1
$1 Rxe1+ 28. Kxe1 Nb4 29. Bxb7 $14) 24... Re7 {/\Nf2} (24... d4 $4 25. Bc4+)
25. Re1 $1 Nc6 26. Rxe7 Nxe7 27. Ke2 {and White traps the black knight,whereas
his own will run free!}) 22. Nc7 Nc6 23. Bg3 (23. Nxa8 $2 Nxe5 {[%csl Re3]
[%cal Gf2b2,Ge5g4]}) 23... Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Nxg3+ 25. hxg3 Rd8 26. Rd1 $11) 18.
f3 Nc6 {Anything else was even worse:} (18... Nf2+ $2 19. Ke1 Nxh1 20. Qf6 Bb4+
21. Nd2 Bxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Qa5+ 23. Bc3 $18) ({or} 18... Bxe3 19. fxe4 Qxe4 20.
Qxe4 (20. Qf6 Qh7) 20... dxe4 21. Ke2 Bb6 22. Rd1 Nc6 23. Bf6 {+/-/+-}) 19.
fxe4 Rfe8 $2 {It's very hard to suggest anything in this position. Perhaps
this:} (19... Bxe3 $5 20. exd5 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Qg4+ (21... Rfe8 $143 22. Qf5 {
[%cal Yf1d3]}) 22. Be2 $8 Qxg2 23. Rf1 Rfe8 24. Qf5 Bf4 25. Bd3 Qxb2 26. Rb1
Qg7 27. Nd2 {+/-/+-}) (19... Nxe5 $2 20. Qxe5 Bxe3 21. exd5 Rfe8 22. Qf5 $18)
20. Bc3 Bxe3 21. exd5 $18 {Now White has an extra piece.Black can't create any
concrete threats to his opponent, furthermore, his king isn't placed any
better than his opponent's, and so the outcome of the game is very clear now.}
Nd4 22. Qf6 {/^a1-h8(עg8)} Re4 (22... Rad8 23. Bd3 Rxd5 24. Qxh6 {and from
the Bh7+ threat, there is no satisfying defense.}) 23. Bd3 Rf4 24. Qxh6 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd3h7]} Rh4 25. Qf6 {Now "Rf4" won't be any good, because the
"g5" pawn is left undefended.} Rc8 (25... Qd7 26. Bxd4 Qg4+ 27. Qf3 Qxf3+ 28.
gxf3 Bxd4 29. Rb1 {this is resign able.}) 26. Rf1 Qd7 27. Nxd4 Rxd4 28. Bxd4 ({
After:} 28. Bxd4 {Black can only last a few short moves:} Qg4+ 29. Rf3 Bxd4 30.
Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Qh7#) 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 21st"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 h6 8.
Bh4 O-O 9. e3 Be6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O Rxc5 13. Nd4 Qc8 14. Ndb5
Bxc3 15. Nxc3 Ne4 16. Be7 (16. Qa4 $5 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Nxc3 18. Qc2 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2
Qc4 $1 {gives plenty of compensation for Black in the ending, after} 20. Qxc4
dxc4 21. Rfd1 Rc8 $13) 16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Rxc3 18. Qa4 Re8 19. Bb4 Rc2 20. Bd3
Rc7 21. Qxa7 Ne5 22. Bb5 $2 {White should have sensed that leaving his
kingside so scarce of defenders, was always going to lead to trouble.} (22. Qd4
{was called for.}) 22... Bh3 $3 {Like lightning from a clear sky!, all of a
sudden the white king comes into mortal danger.} 23. Qd4 ({Already there is no
defence; preventing the queen's incursion to g4 simply allows Black to strike
from a different angle, for example} 23. f3 Rc2 $1 24. Rf2 (24. Bxe8 Rxg2+ 25.
Kh1 Qc2 {and mate inevitably follows}) 24... Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Qc2+ 26. Be2 Nd3+
27. Kf1 Bxg2+ {and it's curtains.}) (23. gxh3 Qxh3 24. f3 (24. Be2 Rc6 $1 {
also leads to a mating attack} 25. Kh1 Nf3 26. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 27. Kg1 Rg6#) 24...
Rc2 25. Rf2 Nxf3+ {with mate.}) (23. Kh1 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qg4+ 25. Kh1 Qf3+ 26.
Kg1 Re6 $19) (23. Be2 Rc2 24. Rfe1 (24. Bd1 Rc6 {is crushing}) 24... Rxe2 25.
Rxe2 Qg4) (23. f4 Rc2 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Qc2+ $19) 23... Nf3+ $1 24. gxf3
Re4 $1 {By a series of power moves, Black forces access to the enemy king.} 25.
Qxd5 (25. Qd1 Rxb4 {is just terrible for White - his king remains horribly
exposed.}) 25... Rxb4 26. Rfd1 Rxb5 $1 27. Qxb5 Rc5 {Finally, Black gains the
g-file.} 28. Rd8+ {A last desperate try.} Qxd8 29. Qxc5 Qf6 $1 {The sting in
the tail! A very nice final attack, perfectly executed by Black.} 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 h6 8.
Bh4 (8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Nge2 Na6 11. Nd4 Nxc5 12. Be2 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3
Bd7 14. O-O Ba4 15. Qb2 Rac8 16. Rac1 b6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Qb4 Bd7 19. Bxc4 $11 {
0-1 Gurevich,M (2648)-Brodsky,M (2566)/Hoogeveen 2006/EXT 2007 (56)}) 8... Nc6
9. e3 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Bd3 Nxg3 (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qf6 13. Ne2 Bxc5 14. Nd4
Bd7 15. Rb1 Bb6 16. Qb3 Ne7 17. Nf3 O-O 18. h4 g4 19. Nd4 Nf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21.
Bxf5 Qxf5 22. O-O Rac8 23. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Timoscenko,G (2495)-Hagara,E (2383)/
Austria 2006/EXT 2007 (43)}) 12. hxg3 d4 13. exd4 Qxd4 14. Nge2 (14. O-O-O Qxc5
15. Nb5 Kf8 16. a3 Qxc2+ 17. Bxc2 Bc5 18. f3 Kg7 19. Ne2 Be6 20. Ned4 {1/2-1/2
Dorfman,J (2607)-Sokolov,A (2554)/Aix les Bains 2003/CBM 097}) 14... Qxc5 15.
a3 $5 (15. O-O Be6 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Nd4 18. Qa4+ Kf8 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. b4 Bb3
21. Qa5 Qxa5 22. bxa5 Nc6 23. Nc5 Nxa5 24. Be4 Re8 25. Bxb7 {1/2-1/2 Sulypa,A 
(2516)-Maksimovic,B (2464)/Kladovo 2001/CBM 083 ext}) 15... Bxc3+ 16. Qxc3
Qxc3+ 17. Nxc3 Be6 18. Bb5 $5 Rc8 19. Rd1 (19. f4 $5) 19... a6 20. Be2 Kf8 21.
Ne4 Kg7 22. Nc5 (22. f4 $5 gxf4 23. gxf4 Rhd8 24. Nd6 Rc7 25. Rd3 {i/\26.Rg3|^}
) 22... Rhe8 $1 23. O-O Bb3 24. Bg4 $1 (24. Rd2 Nd4 25. Rxd4 Rxc5 26. Bf3 Re7
$15) 24... Bxd1 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 (25... Be2 $5 26. Re1 (26. Bxb7 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 a5
$1 28. Bxc6 Rc8 $17) 26... Rxc8 27. Rxe2 Nd4 28. Re5 $11) 26. Rxd1 Rc7 27. f3
g4 $5 $11 28. Rd7 Rxd7 29. Nxd7 Na5 30. Nc5 Nc4 31. b3 Nxa3 32. Nxb7 gxf3 33.
gxf3 Nc2 34. Nc5 Nb4 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. f4 $6 (36. Ke3 Ke5 $11) 36... Kf5 37. Kf3
h5 38. Nb7 Nc2 39. Nc5 Nb4 40. Nb7 Nc2 41. Nc5 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Stefan/Belgrade m"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 (7. Bxf6
Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. e3) 7... c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 (8... d4 9. Rd1 Nc6
10. e3 $14) 9. e3 g5 10. Bg3 Qa5 (10... Ne4 11. Nf3 (11. Bb5 $5 Bf5 12. Qa4
$140 Nxc3 13. Qxb4 Nxb5 14. Qxb5 $14) 11... Qf6 12. Bb5 $1 (12. Rc1 Bf5 13. Bd3
h5 14. h4 g4 15. Ng5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Bxd3 $10 {Gelfand-Balashov
USSR 1989}) 12... Nxc3 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 $2 (13... Qxc6 14. bxc3 Bxc5 15. O-O $14)
14. a3 $1 g4 15. Be5 Ne4+ 16. axb4 Qf5 17. Bxh8 gxf3 18. Rg1 $16 {
Kasparov-Spassky Linares 1990 (inf. 49/666)}) 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. Nd2 (12. Rc1 $6
Qxa2 $1) 12... Nxc3 (12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxc3 15. f3 $14 {
Kortjnoj-Portisch OHRA 1990}) (12... Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Be6 14. Rc1 $6 (14. Bb5)
14... d4 $1 15. exd4 O-O-O $44 {Drasko-Maksimovic Jugoslavija 1991 (inf. 52/
558)}) 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rb1 (14. Rc1 Bg7 15. Be2 Nb4 $132) 14... Qxc5 $1 (
14... a6 $2 15. Bd6 $16 {Glek-Juferov USSR 1989}) 15. Rb5 Qa3 $1 16. Rb3 $8 (
16. Rxd5 $2 Be6 (16... Nb4 17. Qe4+ Be6 18. Bb5+ Kf8 19. Bd6+ Kg8 $40) 17. Rd3
Nb4 $1 18. Qxc3 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Qc1+ 20. Ke2 O-O 21. Nb3 Qb2+ 22. Qd2 Qb1 $17)
16... Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Qa5 18. Bb5 $2 (18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. Rb5 Nc6 20. Rxd5 Be6 21.
Rd2 Rd8 22. Rb2 Rd7 23. Bb5 Ke7 $10) (18. Rc3 $5 Be6 19. Bd3 $44) 18... Qxd2+
19. Kxd2 Bd7 20. Bxc6 $6 $15 (20. h4 $6 Na5 $1 (20... O-O-O $2 21. hxg5 hxg5
22. Rc1 Be8 $8 23. Bd3 $16 {/\24.Bf5+ Bd7 25.Rxc6+!}) 21. Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. Rb5
Nc4+ 23. Kc3 Kc6 24. Rhb1 b6 $17) (20. Rc1 $5 {/\Rc5}) 20... Bxc6 21. h4 (21.
Be5 $5 Rg8 22. Bd4 Ke7 23. g4 $1 a6 24. h4 $132) 21... Ke7 22. Be5 f6 $1 23.
Bd4 g4 24. Rc1 Ke6 25. Rb4 h5 26. Rc3 (26. a3) 26... Rhc8 27. a4 b6 28. Kc2 Be8
$1 29. Kb2 Rxc3 30. Bxc3 Rc8 (30... Bg6 31. a5 bxa5 32. Rf4 $15) 31. e4 $6 (31.
Rf4 f5 32. Rb4 Rc4 33. Kb3 Rc7 34. Kb2 Bd7 35. Bd4 Bc8 36. a5 bxa5 37. Rb5 $10)
31... Bc6 (31... Rc4 32. exd5+ Kxd5 33. Rxc4 Kxc4 34. a5 b5 35. Bxf6 $10) 32.
exd5+ Bxd5 33. g3 Bc4 34. Bd4 Kd5 35. Be3 (35. Bxf6 $2 Rf8 $19) 35... Rc7 36.
Kc3 f5 37. Kb2 Ke6 {/\ Bd5-e4} (37... Ke4 38. Kc3) 38. Kc3 Bd5+ 39. Kb2 Be4 40.
a5 (40. Ka3 Rc2 41. Rb2 Rc3+ 42. Rb3) 40... bxa5 41. Rb5 a4 42. Rc5 $1 (42. Ra5
Rc2+ 43. Ka3 Bc6 44. Rxa7 Kd5 $17) 42... Rb7+ (42... Rxc5 43. Bxc5 $10) 43. Ka3
a6 44. Kxa4 (44. Ra5 Bd3) 44... Bd5 45. Ka5 Ke5 46. Kxa6 Rb3 47. Rc7 Ke4 48.
Rh7 Rxe3 49. fxe3 (49. Re7+ $2 Kf3 50. Rxe3+ Kxf2 51. Rc3 f4 $19) 49... Kxe3 (
49... Kf3 50. Rxh5 Be4 51. Rg5 Kxg3 52. h5 f4 53. exf4 Kxf4 54. Rg7 g3 55. h6
Kf3 56. h7 Bxh7 57. Rxh7 g2 58. Rg7 $10) 50. Rxh5 Be4 51. Rh8 Kf3 52. Re8 Kxg3
53. h5 Bd3+ 54. Kb6 (54. Ka5 $5 f4 55. Rd8 Bb1 56. Rb8 Bh7 57. Rh8 Bf5 58. Rf8
$10) 54... f4 55. Kc5 $1 $8 f3 56. Kd4 Bf5 $1 (56... f2 $2 57. Rf8 f1=Q 58.
Rxf1 Bxf1 59. h6 $18) 57. Rf8 Kf4 (57... Bc2 58. Ke3) 58. h6 g3 (58... f2 59.
h7 f1=Q 60. h8=Q Qa1+ 61. Kc5 Qxh8 62. Rxh8 g3 63. Rh1 $10) 59. h7 g2 60. h8=Q
g1=Q+ 61. Kc4 Qc1+ 62. Kb3 Qc2+ 63. Kb4 Qe4+ 64. Kc3 Qc6+ 65. Kb3 Qd5+ 66. Kc3
Qc5+ 67. Kb2 Qb4+ (67... f2 68. Qh4+ Kf3 69. Qh3+ Kf4 70. Qh4+ $10) 68. Ka2 (
68. Kc1 Qb1+ 69. Kd2 Qc2+ 70. Ke1 Qe2#) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.06.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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. d4 {Dolmatov Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 g5 (8... Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qe4+ $16 {
Najdorf,M-Foerder,H/Buenos Aires ol f-A (04) ,HCL 37 1939/1-0 (51)}) (8... O-O
$6 9. e3 (9. O-O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 g5 11. Bg3 Bf5 12. f3 Nbd7 13. Bd6 Rc8 14. e4
Bxe4 15. Bd3 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 b6 17. Kb1 Rxc5 18. Qd2 Bxd3+ {1/2-1/2 Relange,
E-Sosonko,G/Cannes op (02) ,EXP 46 1995}) 9... Nbd7 (9... Nc6 10. Nf3 g5 11.
Bg3 Qa5 12. Bd3 Re8 $6 13. O-O Qxc5 14. Nb5 $5 Qxc2 15. Bxc2 $16 {
Bloch-Erofeev, USSR 1982}) 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Nge2 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Nxc3
Nxc5 14. Bc2 g5 15. Bg3 Be6 16. f3 a6 17. h4 Rfc8 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. O-O-O Ncd7
20. Kb1 Kg7 21. Bb3 $16 {Kasparov,G-Kortschnoj,V/Tilburg 48/(739) 1989}) (8...
Nc6 9. O-O-O $5 (9. e3 O-O (9... g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Nf3 (11. Bd3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3
Nxc5 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Rb1 $14 {0-1 Bayram,Y-Kolev,At/Balkaniad-men (02) 1993 
(42)}) 11... Qf6 12. Rc1 (12. Bb5 $1 Nxc3 (12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 $14) (12... O-O
13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc3 15. Qxc3 Bxc3 16. Rac1 $14) 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 $2 (13...
Qxc6 14. bxc3 Bxc5 15. O-O $14) 14. a3 $1 g4 $1 (14... Bf5 15. Qd2 $16) 15. Be5
$1 $16 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Spassky,B/Linares 49/666 1990 (29)} (15. Nd4 Nb5+ $13))
12... Bf5 13. Bd3 h5 14. h4 g4 15. Ng5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Bxd3 18.
Bd6 Bf5 19. f3 Bxc3+ 20. Rxc3 f6 21. fxg4 Bxg4 22. Nf3 {= Gelfand,B-Balashov,J/
URS CH 1989}) 10. Nf3 d4 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Bxf6 dxc3 13. Bxc3 Qxa2 14. Bb5 Bxc3
15. Qxc3 Be6 $44 {0-1 Chabanon,J-Sokolov,A/Cannes op (02) ,EXP 46 1995 (34)})
9... g5 (9... Bxc3 $2 10. Qxc3 d4 11. Qa3 $1 Qe7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14.
Rxd4 Be6 15. Bg3 Rfc8 16. Bd6 Qd8 17. e3 Ne4 18. Rxe4 Qxd6 19. Rc4 $1 Qe7 20.
Rc3 $18 {Bloch-Zier, corr. 1990/92}) 10. Bg3 Bxc3 $6 (10... O-O $2 11. Nxd5 $1
Nxd5 12. e4 Nce7 $8 13. Kb1 $6 Bxc5 $1 14. Bc4 $1 $16 {Bloch-Gubin, USSR 1983})
(10... Qa5 $5 11. e3 Be6 12. Nf3 $5) 11. Qxc3 d4 12. Qa3 O-O 13. e3 b6 $5 14.
exd4 (14. Nf3 $6 bxc5 $1 15. Qxc5 $6 Be6 $1 16. Nxd4 $2 Nxd4 $1 17. Qxd4 Qa5 $1
$40) 14... Be6 {Bloch,MW-Prokofiev,AV/corr/1992 (26)} (14... Nxd4 $2 15. Nf3 $1
bxc5 16. Qxc5 $18) 15. Ba6 $1 $16) 9. Bg3 Ne4 (9... Nc6 10. e3 Ne4 11. Nf3 (11.
Bd3 $5 Nxc3 (11... Nxc5 $6 12. Nge2 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Bb5+ $16
) (11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nxc5 13. Ne2 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 $14) (11... Qa5 12. Nge2
$14) (11... Nxg3 $1 12. hxg3 d4 13. exd4 Qxd4 14. Nge2 Qxc5 15. O-O Be6 $13)
12. bxc3 Qf6 13. Ne2 Bxc5 14. h4 $1 (14. Nd4 $14) 14... Bd7 (14... Nb4 $2 15.
Bb5+ Kf8 16. Qd1 $16) (14... Be6 $6 15. Rb1 O-O-O 16. Qa4 $40 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5
18. Ba6 $1 Bb6 19. Qc6+ Qc7 20. Bxb7+ Kb8 21. Qxc7+ Kxc7 22. Ba6 $16) (14...
Kf8 15. Qb3 $16) 15. Qb3 Ne5 (15... Nb4 16. Bb1 $16) (15... O-O-O 16. Qxd5 Be6
17. Qxc5 Rxd3 18. Nd4 $16) 16. Bxe5 (16. Qxd5 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Bc6 18. Kf1 Rd8
19. Nd4 $16) 16... Qxe5 17. hxg5 (17. Qxb7 $6 Rb8 18. Qa6 Rb6 19. Qa5 Bb4 20.
Qxa7 Bxc3+ 21. Kf1 Rb4 $44) 17... hxg5 18. Rxh8+ Qxh8 19. Qxb7 $16 {Glek,
I-Podzielny,K/Bonn GSK (02) ,CBM 45 1995/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 11... Qa5 (11... Qf6 {
Dolmatov} 12. Bb5 Nxc3 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 $6 14. a3 g4 15. Be5 Ne4+ 16. axb4 Qf5
17. Bxh8 gxf3 18. Rg1 $16 {Kasparov,G-Spassky,B/Linares/1990/}) 12. Nd2 Nxc3 {
/\ d4} (12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxc3 15. f3 Bf5 16. Kf2 O-O 17. h4
Rfe8 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nb3 Kg7 $13 {Kortschnoj,V-Portisch,L/Amsterdam/1990/}) (
12... Nxd2 $5 {Maksimovic,B} 13. Qxd2 Be6 {/\ 0-0-0, d4} 14. Rc1 $6 (14. Bb5 {
Maksimovic,B}) 14... d4 $1 15. exd4 O-O-O $44 {|^ Drasko,M-Maksimovic,B/YUG 52/
558/1991/}) (12... Be6 {Maksimovic,B} 13. Nb3 $1 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qxc3+ 15. Qxc3
Nxc3 16. f3 $14) (12... Bf5 {Maksimovic,B} 13. Bd3 $14) (12... Nxc5 $5 {
Maksimovic,B /\ d4} 13. Nxd5 (13. Bb5 $1 Bxc3 14. Bxc6+ $8 (14. Qxc3 $2 Qxb5
15. Qxh8+ Ke7 $19 {><d3}) 14... bxc6 15. bxc3 $1 (15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 $10)
15... Ba6 16. Nb3 $8 Qa4 $5 (16... Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Qb5 18. O-O-O {/\ h4+/=}) 17.
Rd1 {Atalik,S-Maksimovic,B/Iraldion 59/(593)/1993} Qe4 $10) 13... Be6 $1 (13...
Bf5 $6 14. Qxf5 Bxd2+ 15. Ke2 $16) 14. Nc3 $1 {/\ 15.Nc4, 15.Bc4} (14. Nc3
O-O-O $40)) 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rb1 Qxc5 (14... a6 15. Bd6 $16 {Glek,I-Jurerov/
URS/1989/}) 15. Rb5 Qa3 16. Rb3 (16. Rxd5 Be6 17. Rd3 Nb4 (17... Bxd2+ 18. Rxd2
) 18. Qxc3 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Qc1+ 20. Ke2 O-O (20... Rd8 21. Qb5+ Rd7 22. Bd6) 21.
Nb3 Qb2+ 22. Qd2 Qb1 23. f3 Bxb3 24. axb3 Rfd8 $19) 16... Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Qa5
18. Qxa5 $1 {N} (18. Bb5 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Bd7 $15 {Spassky,B-Fischer,R/m(10)/1992
}) 18... Nxa5 19. Rb5 Nc6 (19... b6 $142) 20. h4 $1 $16 {Sherbakov,R-Lyrberg,P/
Jyvaskyla 61/579 1994 (49)} (20. Rxd5 Be6 21. Rd2 O-O $5 {/\ Rfd8})) 10. e3 Qa5
(10... Qf6 11. Bb5+ Bd7 (11... Nc6 12. Nge2 a6 13. Bd3 Nxc5 14. a3 Be6 15. O-O
$16 {Falchetta,Giovanni-Magalotti,Andrea/Forli op (06) 1991 (36)}) 12. Bxd7+
Nxd7 13. Nge2 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Rd1 Qe6 16. h4 g4 17. Bd6 Nxd6 18. cxd6
Qxd6 19. e4 Rae8 20. Rxd5 Qe6 21. Rd4 Nc5 $44 {~/= Goldin,A-Lautier,J/Palma de
Mallorca (GMA) 48/(739) 1989}) 11. Nge2 (11. Be5 O-O 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Bxe4 Nxe5
14. Bxd5 (14. Bh7+ $6 Kg7 15. Bd3 d4 (15... Bg4 16. Nge2 Bxe2 17. Bxe2 Rac8 18.
O-O Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxc5 $10 {Ryskin,A-Pushkov,N/Sochi 1993 (34)}) 16. exd4 Nxd3+
(16... Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Bf5 19. Qc4 $8 (19. Qf3 $2 Rfe8+ 20. Ne2
Bg4 21. Qxg4 Qxc3+ $19) (19. Qd2 Rfe8+ 20. Ne2 Qa6 21. Rd1 Re7 {/\ Rae8-+})
19... Rfe8+ 20. Kd2 $8 (20. Ne2 $2 b5 21. cxb6 Rac8 22. Qb4 Qxb4 23. cxb4 Bd3)
20... b5 $13 {Sokolov,I-Short,N/Wijk (op) 62/558 1995 (63)} (20... Qa3 21. Qb5
$1 $13)) 17. Qxd3 Re8+ 18. Nge2 b6 $132) 14... Bg4 $1 $10 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3
Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Rac8 18. O-O {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Short,N/London (m/5) 59/(593)
1993}) 11... Nc6 (11... Bf5 12. Be5 $1 (12. Qc1 Nd7 13. Bd6 Ndxc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5
15. a3 Bxc3+ 16. Nxc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3+ {1/2-1/2 Relange,E-Ward,C/
Paris-London (02) 1994}) 12... O-O (12... Nxc3 $2 13. Qxf5 Ne4+ 14. Nc3 $1) (
12... f6 $5 $13) (12... Nc6 $132) (12... Bg6 $132) 13. Nd4 Bg6 $2 (13... Re8
$13) (13... Nc6 $13) (13... Nd7 $13) (13... Nxc3 14. Nxf5 (14. Qxf5 Ne4+ 15.
Ke2 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Qa6+ 17. Kf3 Qxc6 18. Bd3 Bxc5 19. Bxe4 dxe4+ 20. Qxe4 f6 $17
{0-1 Relange,E-Emms,J/Paris-London (04) 1994 (29)}) 14... Ne4+ 15. Kd1 Nc6 16.
Bg3 Bxc5 $13 {Law,A-Ward,C/Lloyds Bank op(08) 1994 (25)}) 14. Nb3 $1 Nxc3 (
14... Qa4 $6 15. Bd3) (14... Qd8 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Bd4) 15. Bxc3 $1 $16 {
Kasparov,G-Short,N/London (m/9)/1993/1-0 (52)}) 12. a3 (12. f3 $1 Nxg3 $1 (
12... Nxc5 13. a3 $1 Be6 14. Rd1 Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Nxc3 O-O-O 17. Nb5
$14) (12... Nxc3 13. Nxc3 Qxc5 14. Qd2 Be6 15. a3 $14) 13. hxg3 Bxc5 (13...
Qxc5 $6 14. a3 Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Nxc3 $16) 14. Qd2 Be6 15. Nd4 (15. Rd1
$2 d4 $1 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. exd4 O-O-O $1 $40) 15... Nxd4 16. exd4 Bb4 $6 (16...
Be7 17. Bb5+ $1 Kf8 18. Ba4 $1 Bf6 19. Bb3 Kg7 20. Kf2 Rad8 21. Rad1 $14 {
/\ g4, Ne2-g3}) (16... Bd6 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Kf2 Rc8 19. Bd3 $14) 17. a3 Bxc3 (
17... Rc8 $6 18. Rc1 $14) 18. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 19. bxc3 $14 {Alterman,B-Kortschnoj,V/
Groningen/1993/ (40)}) (12. O-O-O $2 Bf5 $1 $17 {Etchegaray-Bogoevska/Moscow
ol (14) 1994/1-0 (78)}) 12... Bf5 (12... Bxc5 $5 {Dautov} 13. O-O-O Nxg3 14.
Nxg3 Be6 15. h4 g4 16. Nb5 $5 $14) 13. Qc1 Nxc5 (13... Bxc3+ 14. Nxc3 Nxc3 15.
Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16. bxc3 $16) 14. axb4 Nd3+ (14... Qxb4 15. Nd4 $18) 15. Kd2 Qxb4 (
15... Nxc1 16. Rxa5 Nb3+ 17. Ke1 $1 Nxb4 18. Rxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 $16) 16. Ra4 (
16. Qc2 Nxf2 (16... Nc5 {Dautov} 17. Qxf5 Qxb2+ 18. Ke1 (18. Qc2 Nb3+ {Dolmatov
} 19. Kd1 Qxa1+ 20. Nc1) 18... Qxa1+ 19. Nd1 Ne7 20. Qc2 Ne4 $40) 17. Qxf5
Qxb2+ 18. Ke1 Nxh1 19. Rb1 Qa3 20. Rxb7 O-O 21. Nxd5 $16) 16... Nxc1 17. Rxb4
Nxe2 (17... Nxb4 18. Nxc1 $16) 18. Rxb7 Nxg3 (18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 O-O 20. h4
$16) 19. hxg3 d4 (19... Rd8 20. Bb5 Bd7 21. Nxd5 $16) 20. exd4 (20. Nb5 Rd8 21.
exd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4+ 23. Kc3 $16) (20. Nd5 $5 {Dolmatov} dxe3+ (20... O-O-O
21. Ba6 $16) (20... Rd8 21. e4 $14) 21. Kxe3 (21. Nxe3 $2 O-O-O+) 21... O-O (
21... Rd8 22. Bb5 $1 $16) 22. Rxh6 Rfe8+ 23. Kd2 Rad8 24. Rxc6 Rxd5+ 25. Kc3
$16) 20... Nxd4 21. Nd5 (21. Bc4 $2 {Dautov} O-O-O $1 22. Rxf7 Nb3+ 23. Ke1
Rhe8+ 24. Be2 Bd3 $15) 21... Rd8 (21... Kf8 $142 {Dautov} 22. Kc3 Ne6 23. Bc4
Nc5 24. Rc7 Ne6 25. Rc6 Kg7 26. Ra1 $14) 22. Bc4 O-O (22... Nc6 23. Kc3 $16) (
22... Be6 23. Nc7+ Kf8 24. Nxe6+ Nxe6+ 25. Kc3 $16) 23. Kc3 (23. Rxh6 $2 {
Dautov} Be4 (23... Be6 {Dolmatov} 24. Ne7+ Kg7 $17) 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Nxe4 Kxh6
26. Bxf7 $10) 23... Ne2+ 24. Kb4 {/\Ne7,Rxh6} (24. Bxe2 {Dolmatov} Rxd5 25.
Rxa7 Rc8+ 26. Bc4 Rd3+ $10) 24... Nd4 (24... Kg7 25. Rd1 Bg4 (25... Rb8 26.
Rxb8 Rxb8+ 27. Ka3 Re8 28. Re1 Be6 29. Rxe2 Bxd5 30. Rxe8 Bxc4 31. g4 $18) 26.
Rd2 (26. f3 {Dautov} Be6 27. Bxe2 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. Rxa7 $16) 26... Rfe8 (
26... Rb8 27. Rxb8 Rxb8+ 28. Ka5 Nc1 29. Ka6 $16) 27. Rxa7 $16 {Beliavsky,
A-Timman,J/Madrid (02) ,CBM 47 1995 (33)}) (24... Rb8 25. Ne7+ Kh7 26. Rxb8
Rxb8+ 27. Ka3 (27. Kc5 {Dautov} Bg4 28. Re1 Rxb2 29. f3 $16) 27... Bg4 28. Nd5
Be6 29. Rd1 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 {xNe2}) 25. Ne7+ (25. Rxh6 $2 Be4 {[%cal Re4a8]} 26.
Ne7+ Kg7 $17) 25... Kg7 26. Rxa7 (26. Nxf5+ Nxf5 27. Rxa7 Rd2 $132) 26... Rb8+
27. Kc5 (27. Kc3 Nb5+ 28. Bxb5 Rxb5 {Dautov} 29. b4 (29. Nxf5+ Rxf5 30. f3 Rc8+
31. Kb3 (31. Kd4 Rc2 $10) (31. Kd3 Rd5+) 31... Rb5+ 32. Ka3 Rc2 $10) 29... Be6
(29... Rfb8 $2 30. Ra5 Be4 31. Rxb5 Rxb5 32. f3 $16) 30. Rha1 Rfb8 (30... Kf6)
31. R1a4 Re5 $10 {/\} 32. Nc6 Rc8 33. R4a6 Re2) (27. Ka3 {Dautov} Nc2+ 28. Ka4
Be4 {/\Rb4,Rxb2}) 27... Ne6+ 28. Bxe6 Bxe6 29. b4 Rfd8 {[%csl Re7]} 30. Re1 {
[%cal Ye1e6,Ye7c6]} (30. Nc6 $4 {Dautov} Rd5+ 31. Kc4 Rc8 32. b5 Rd1+ $19)
30... Kf6 {[%cal Yd8d2]} (30... Rd2 $4 {Dautov} 31. Rxe6 Rc2+ 32. Kd4 Rd8+ 33.
Ke3 Rc3+ 34. Ke4 Rc4+ 35. Ke5 fxe6 36. Nc6+ $18) 31. Rh1 (31. Re2 {Dautov} Rd3
32. Rc2 Bb3 33. Rc1 Rd2 34. Rc3 Be6 35. Rf3+ Kg7 36. Nf5+ Kh7 37. Ne3 Rc8+ 38.
Kb6 Rb8+ 39. Rb7 Rxb7+ 40. Kxb7 Rb2 $10) (31. b5 {Dolmatov} Rd2) 31... Kg7 32.
Re1 Kf6 33. Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.14"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[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 "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 {Timman} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6
Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. e3 Bf5 11. Ne2 c6 $5 (11... Rc8) (11... Nd7)
12. Ng3 $146 (12. Nf4) 12... Bg6 $1 {/\ Qe7,Nd7-f6-e4;h6-h5-h4<=>} 13. Be2 Nd7
14. b4 (14. O-O $5 c5 $5 (14... Qe7 15. f4 $5 (15. b4)) 15. Rac1 (15. Bg4 cxd4
16. exd4 Nb6 $10) 15... cxd4 (15... c4 16. a4 $1 {/\ b3+/=}) 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17.
exd4 $14) 14... Qe7 (14... b5 $6 15. a4 $1 Nb6 (15... a6 16. a5 $16) 16. axb5
cxb5 17. Bxb5 Rfc8 18. Qa3 $16) 15. O-O Nf6 16. Bd3 $6 (16. Rfc1 h5 $1 (16...
Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. b5 $14) 17. h3 (17. b5 h4 18. Nf1 h3 19. g3 Ne4 20. Qb2
Qf6 21. f3 Ng5 22. f4 Ne4 $13) 17... h4 18. Nf1 Ne4 19. Qb2 Qf6 20. Bd1 Nd6 $5
21. Be2 Ne4 $10) (16. b5 cxb5 $5 17. Bxb5 Rac8 $13) 16... Bxd3 17. Qxd3 a6 $1
18. Rfb1 Nd7 $5 (18... h5 $5 19. h3 g6 (19... h4 $2 20. Nf5) 20. a4 h4 21. Nf1
Ne4 22. Nd2 (22. b5 $6 axb5 23. axb5 c5 $1 24. Rxa8 (24. dxc5 $2 Qf6 $1 25.
Rxa8 Qxf2+ 26. Kh2 Rxa8 $17 {X Kh2}) 24... Rxa8 25. dxc5 Qxc5 $17) 22... Nd6
$10) 19. Re1 (19. a4 Nb6 20. a5 (20. b5 cxb5 21. axb5 a5 $132) 20... Nc4 21. e4
Qe6 $1 22. e5 f6 $13) 19... Rfd8 $5 (19... Nf6 20. Reb1 $10 (20. Rab1 $5)) 20.
e4 $36 dxe4 21. Rxe4 Qf6 22. Rae1 $6 (22. Rg4 $5 g6 (22... Qe6 23. Nf5) 23. Qe3
$36) (22. Nf5 Nf8 $13) 22... Nf8 $1 {/\ Ne6 X d4} 23. Rg4 Ng6 (23... Re8 $6 24.
Rf1 $36) 24. h4 (24. Nh5 $5 Qd6 25. Rge4 $5 {/\ f4-f5}) 24... Rd5 $1 (24... Nf4
$2 25. Qf3 Rxd4 26. Ne4 $18) 25. h5 (25. Qe3 Kh8 $1 {/\ Rad8,Nf8-e6 X d4})
25... Nf8 (25... Nf4 $6 26. Ne4 $1 Qf5 (26... Nxd3 27. Nxf6+ Kh8 (27... Kf8 28.
Nh7+ $10) 28. Nxd5 Nxe1 29. Nb6 $14) 27. Qf3 Nxh5 28. Qxf5 Rxf5 29. Nd6 Rd5 30.
Nxb7 $14) 26. Ne4 Qf5 (26... Qxd4 $4 27. Qxd4 Rxd4 28. Nf6+ $18) 27. Qg3 Ne6
28. Nc5 $1 $8 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Nxd4 30. Re5 $1 (30. Nxb7 $2 Qxh5 $17) 30... Qb1+ (
30... Qc2 31. Qe3 $1) 31. Kh2 b6 32. Nd7 Rd8 $2 (32... Ne6 $142 {Timman} 33.
Qc3 $1 $132 (33. Nxb6 Rd8 34. Qe3 Qc2 $1 $17 {Timman; X Nb6}) (33. f4 $2 Rd8
34. f5 Ng5 35. f6 $5 Rxd7 $4 (35... Qd1 $1 36. Rxg5 hxg5 37. Qxg5 g6 38. hxg6
Rxd7 39. gxf7+ Kxf7 $19) 36. Re8+ Kh7 37. Qb8 Nf3+ 38. Kg3 $1 $18)) 33. Nf6+
Kf8 $4 (33... Kh8 34. Ne8 Nf5 $1 (34... g5 $5 35. hxg6 (35. Re7 Qf5 36. Nd6 Qf6
$1 37. Nxf7+ Kg8 $13) 35... Qxg6 (35... fxg6 $2 36. Qf4 $18) 36. Qh4 f6 (36...
f5 37. Qe7 $1 (37. Qxd8 Qh5+ 38. Kg3 (38. Kg1 $2 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Nf3+ $19) 38...
Qg4+ 39. Kh2 Qh5+ $10) 37... Qh5+ 38. Kg1 Qd1+ (38... Nf3+ 39. gxf3 Rd1+ 40.
Re1 Qg5+ $5 41. Kh2 $1 Qh5+ 42. Kg2 Qg6+ 43. Kf1 $18) (38... Ne2+ $2 39. Rxe2
$18) 39. Re1 $18) (36... Rd7 37. Rh5 $1 f5 (37... Nf5 38. Rxf5 Qxf5 39. Qxh6+
Qh7 40. Qxh7+ Kxh7 41. Nf6+ $18) 38. Nf6 $1 $18) 37. Nxf6 Rf8 38. Qxd4 Qxf6 (
38... Rxf6 $2 39. Re6 $18) 39. Kg1 $16) (34... g6 $2 35. Qf4 Nf5 36. Rxf5 $1
Rxe8 37. Qxh6+ (37. Rxf7) 37... Kg8 38. hxg6 Qxf5 39. Qh7+ Kf8 40. g7+ $18) (
34... Qh7 $2 35. Qh4 $1 f6 (35... Qd3 $5 36. Qe7 $1 (36. Qxd8 $2 Nf3+ $19)
36... Kg8 37. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 38. Qxd8+ Kg7 39. Re8 $18) (35... Rd7 $2 36. Nf6 $1
gxf6 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Qg4+ $18) 36. Nxf6 $1 Qd3 (36... Nf5 37. Qf4 gxf6 38.
Rxf5 $18) 37. Ne8 $18) 35. Rxf5 (35. Qg4 Qd3 $1 {/\ Qd7} (35... Kh7 $5 {/\ g6})
) 35... Rxe8 (35... Qxf5 $4 36. Qxg7#) 36. Rxf7 Qb2 (36... Rg8 37. f4 $16) 37.
f4 $16) 34. Re8+ $1 (34. Re8+ $1 Rxe8 35. Qd6+ Re7 36. Qd8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vakhidov, Tahir"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. Nge2 Bd7 11. Qb3 Rfe8 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 h5 14. Rd1
h4 15. h3 Rad8 16. Ng1 Bf5 17. Nf3 Rd6 18. Be2 Qe7 19. O-O a6 20. Kh1 g5 21.
Nh2 Nd8 22. Rc1 c6 23. Bd3 Bd7 24. f4 g4 25. hxg4 Re6 26. e4 dxe4 27. f5 Rd6
28. Rce1 Qf6 29. Bxe4 Qxd4 30. Nf3 Qxc3 31. bxc3 f6 32. Nxh4 Nf7 33. Nf3 Nh6
34. c4 b6 35. g5 fxg5 36. Nxg5 Ng4 37. Kg1 Nf6 38. Bc2 Rxe1 39. Rxe1 Rd4 40.
Nf3 Rf4 41. Ne5 c5 42. Rd1 Rd4 43. Rxd4 cxd4 44. g4 Bc8 45. Kf2 Bb7 46. Kg3 Be4
47. Bxe4 Nxe4+ {[#] Mehrbauer bei schwacher Bauernstruktur am Damenflügel.} 48.
Kf4 Nc5 49. Nf3 $6 ({Die verbundenen Freibauern sollten zunächst erhalten
werden.} 49. f6 d3 (49... Kf8 50. g5 d3 51. Ke3 Ne4 52. Kxd3 Nxg5 53. Kd4 Nh7
54. f7 Nf6 55. c5 bxc5+ 56. Kxc5 $18) 50. Ke3 d2 51. f7+ Kg7 52. Kxd2 Ne4+ 53.
Kd3 $18) 49... Nd3+ 50. Ke4 Nf2+ 51. Kf4 Nd3+ 52. Ke4 Nf2+ 53. Kxd4 Nxg4 54.
Nd2 Kf7 55. Ne4 Ke7 56. a4 Kd7 57. Nc3 Nh6 58. Ke5 Kc6 59. Ne4 (59. f6 Ng4+ 60.
Ke6 Nxf6 61. Kxf6 Kc5 $11) 59... b5 60. axb5+ axb5 61. c5 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.09.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4
g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. e3 h5 $6 (9... Be6 10. Bd3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nd7 12. Nge2 c6 13.
O-O-O Qe7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. d5 cxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxc3 18. Nxc3 Nxd5 19.
Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 O-O $10 {Beljavsky,A-Sokolov,An Jugoslavia 1995 64/497 1/
2-1/2 24}) (9... c6 10. Bd3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Be6 12. a3 Bf8 13. f4 gxf4 14. gxf4
Bg4 15. Bf5 $1 $14 {Kasparov,G-Nikolic,Pr Beograd 1989 48/740 1:0 40}) 10. f3
Bxc3+ (10... Nxg3 11. hxg3 $14) 11. bxc3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 {Baburin: This pawn
formation, which arises quite often in the Nimzo-Indian Defence with 4 Qc2,
usually provides White with more safety for his king. The white K normally
moves to f2, while his black colleague has more trouble finding a safe
location. Besides, the advanced black pawns on the >> might need protection in
the future.} Nd7 13. Kf2 $1 (13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Ne2 $14) 13... Nf6 14. Rb1 $1 b6
$6 (14... c6 $32) 15. c4 c6 16. cxd5 cxd5 ({Baburin The text fixes the pawn
formation, while Black should have tried to leave a pawn on the c-file in
order still to be able to hit White's centre by ...c5, after the more
appropriate} 16... Qxd5 {Baburin} 17. Bd3 Be6 18. Ne2 $14) 17. Bb5+ Kf8 (17...
Bd7 $6 18. Qf5 $16) 18. Ne2 Kg7 19. Rb3 {Rc3-Rc7} Be6 20. Ba6 $1 Qd6 (20... Bc8
21. Bxc8 Qxc8 (21... Rxc8 22. Qf5 $16) 22. Rc3 $16) 21. Rc3 Rae8 22. Qc1 $1 {e4
} Bd7 (22... Rh6 $142 {Baburin} 23. Bd3 $14) {Black's mistake on the last move
allowed the following thrust, which is very unpleasant for him:} 23. e4 dxe4
24. Qxg5+ Kf8 25. Re3 exf3 $6 (25... Bc6 $32) 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. gxf3 Rg8 $2 (
27... Bc6 28. Rc1 $16 (28. Qe5+ $2 Qxe5 29. dxe5 Ng4+ $15)) 28. Qe5+ $1 Qxe5 (
28... Qe7 29. Nf4 $16) 29. dxe5 Nd5 30. Bc4 $1 (30. Rxh5 $16) 30... Be6 31. Nd4
$1 (31. Rxh5 $16) 31... Rh8 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Bxd5 exd5 34. f4 $18 Kf7 35. f5
d4 36. Rc1 Kg7 37. Rc7+ Kh6 38. Rf7 Kg5 39. e6 h4 40. e7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,58,19,31,25,-16,-12,4,21,-4,-4,-40,-13,-55,-4,-16,34,-22,9,26,93,39,
53,106,107,90,119,118,167,51,25,20,65,65,40,59,59,40,47,29,40,43,68,-11,-13,0,
0,-43,0,-99,-107,-160,-185,-242,-183,-192,-248,-237,-93,-427,-423]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Ne4 {A rare reply to a rare
move.} (6... O-O) ({or} 6... c5 {are usually played here.}) 7. e3 c5 $1 $132 8.
dxc5 (8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Nge2 Bf5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qa4 O-O 12. O-O {1-0 (32)
Didiliuc,D (1846)-Cornette,D (2427) Calimanesti Caciulata 2016} Nxc3 13. bxc3
Bd3 14. Rfe1 Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Bxc3 16. Rc1 cxd4 17. exd4 Qa5 $11) (8. Bd3 cxd4 9.
exd4 Bf5 10. Nge2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 (11... Bxc3 $1 12. bxc3 Bg6 $11) 12. Nb5 Na6
13. a3 Bf8 {0-1 (42) Safin Shukhrat (2455)-Nenashev Alexander (2565) Bishkek 
(zt) 1993 [Nenashev,A]} 14. Rac1 $14) 8... Qa5 (8... O-O {is more quiet and
leads to a position from the following game, in which Black played 6...c5
first (7.dxc5 0-0 8.e3 Ne4):} 9. Bd3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nd7 11. f3 Nef6 12. Ne2
Nxc5 $11 {1/2 (56) Erdos,V (2619)-Krejci,J (2538) Balatonszarszo 2017}) 9. Nge2
(9. Rc1 Qxa2 (9... Nd7 10. Nge2 Qxa2 11. f3 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Qa5 13. Kf2 Qxc5 14.
Nb5 Qxc2+ 15. Rxc2 $16 {0-1 (59) Antonsen,M (2455)-Thybo,J (2470) Svendborg
2018}) 10. Bxb8 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxc2 12. Rxc2 Rxb8 13. c4 Be6 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15.
f3 Nf6 16. Ne2 O-O {1/2 (16) Galperin,P (2445)-Harsha,B (2486) Warsaw 2019})
9... O-O (9... Nc6 $5 10. a3 Bf5 11. Qc1 Nxc5 12. axb4 Nd3+ 13. Kd2 Qxb4 14.
Ra4 Nxc1 (14... Qb3 15. Qb1 Nxb2 16. Qxf5 Nxa4 17. Nxa4 Qxa4 18. Nc3 $16 {
1-0 (43) Girya,O (2442)-Danielian,E (2445) Batumi 2016}) 15. Rxb4 Nxe2 16. Rxb7
Nxf4 17. Bb5 $5 O-O 18. Bxc6 $14) 10. a3 Bf5 (10... Nxc3 {doesn't fit Black's
aggressive plans. White keeps a tiny edge after} 11. Nxc3 Bf5 12. Qd2 Bxc3 13.
Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 Rc8 15. c4 $1 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc5 17. Be2 Nc6 18. O-O $14)
11. Qc1 (11. Nd4 Bg6 12. Nb3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qa4 14. Qb2 Nd7 $11) 11... Nxc5 {
[%mdl 512] Black sacrifices a piece to attack White's king in the centre. The
resulting position is hard to evaluate but in practice defending is more
difficult than attacking. However, up to a certain moment, Alexey Dreev plays
well.} (11... Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3 Qxc5 13. Nxe4 Qxc1+ 14. Rxc1 dxe4 15. h3 Nc6 16.
g4 Bg6 17. Bg2 Rfe8 18. h4 f6 19. O-O Bf7 20. Rc5 Rad8 21. g5 fxg5 22. hxg5 a5
23. Rfc1 a4 24. Rb5 Re7 25. g6 Bxg6 26. Bg5 Rde8 27. Bxe7 Rxe7 28. Rc4 Ne5 29.
Rc8+ Kf7 30. Rb8 Kf6 31. R5xb7 Nd7 32. Ra8 Bf5 33. Raa7 h5 34. Bf1 {1-0 (34)
Matthiesen,M (2307)-Svane,R (2587) Denmark 2018}) 12. axb4 (12. Nd4 $5 Bxc3+ (
12... Nd3+ 13. Bxd3 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 Bxd3 16. Bxb8 $1 Raxb8 17.
Kd2 $14) 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 Bg6 {, and Black should equalize.}) 12... Nd3+
13. Kd2 Qd8 $1 (13... Qxb4 14. Ra4 $1 Qb6 15. Qa1 {is rather favorable for
White.}) 14. Qb1 $1 (14. Qc2 $143 Bg6 15. Qb3 Nc6 $132) 14... Bg6 15. Bxb8 Qxb8
16. f4 $1 Nf2 (16... Nxf4 17. Qe1 Nd3 18. Qg3 $16) 17. Qe1 Nxh1 18. Nd4 {
White has consolidated his position. Black's h1 knight must fall, and White
should regain his material advantage while Black's attack has been repelled.}
Qd6 19. Bd3 $6 {There was no need to hurry.} (19. Ra4 $1 $16 {was quite
possible.}) 19... Qxb4 $6 (19... Bxd3 20. Kxd3 Qg6+ 21. f5 Qxg2 22. Qxh1 Qxb2
$13) 20. Nc2 Qb6 21. Qxh1 $6 {This obvious move suddenly gives Black strong
counterplay.} (21. f5 $1 {was correct, and after} Bh5 22. Kc1 {White is ready
to capture the h1 khight and should win} (22. Qxh1 d4 $1 {leads to unnecessary
complications})) 21... d4 $1 22. exd4 (22. Nxd4 $2 Qxb2+ 23. Nc2 Rfd8 24. e4
Rac8 $19) 22... Rac8 $6 (22... Bxd3 23. Kxd3 Rac8 {was correct, to which White
should play} 24. Rb1 {, still keeping better prospects.}) 23. Ra2 $2 ({It was
still possible to play} 23. f5 $1 Qxb2 24. Ra3 Bh5 25. Qb1 Qxb1 26. Nxb1 $16) {
After the game move Black seizes initiative.} 23... Bxd3 24. Kxd3 Qb3 25. Rxa7
$2 (25. Ra3 $1 Qxb2 26. Qa1 {was a must although it is not easy for White to
defend after} Qb6) 25... b5 {[%cal Rb5b4]} 26. Rb7 $2 (26. Ne3 Qxb2 (26... b4
27. Qd1 $1) 27. Qe1 Qb3 28. Nf5 Qc4+ 29. Kc2 b4 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 {
, and Black should win}) (26. Qa1 $142 b4 27. Kd2 bxc3+ 28. bxc3 Qb5 $17 {
- Black continues his attack with a rough material parity.}) 26... Qxb2 27. Qe1
Qb3 28. Qa1 Rc6 $6 (28... Rc4 $142 $19 {[%cal Rb5b4,Rf8c8]}) 29. d5 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] This loses at once.} (29. Kd2 $1 Rfc8 30. Rxb5 Qxc3+ 31. Qxc3 Rxc3
32. Rb2 {, and Black should display good technique to convert his material
advantage.}) 29... Rxc3+ (29... Rxc3+ 30. Qxc3 Qxd5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. e3 Bf5 (9... Re8 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 c6 12. Be2 Bg4 13. O-O Nd7
14. b4 a6 15. a4 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Qd6 17. Qb2 Nb6 18. b5 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nc4 20. Qb1
Nd2 21. Qd3 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 axb5 23. axb5 c5 $11 {1/2 Rychagov,A (2532)
-Belozerov,A (2549)/chessassistantclub.com INT 2004/EXT 2006 (70)}) 10. Bd3 (
10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Be2 c6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Na4 Qxb3 14. axb3 Nd7 15. Rfc1 Rfe8 16.
Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bc7 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. b4 a6 $11 {1/2 Petran,P (2485)-Ravia,M/
Ajka 1992/TD (28)}) 10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c6 (11... Nd7 12. O-O c6 {may be a
more accurate order of moves.}) 12. O-O (12. Ne5 $5 Re8 (12... Qe6 $1 {[%cal
Yb8d7]}) 13. O-O Bd6 14. f4 Na6 15. a3 Nc7 16. Rf3 a5 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. Rg1 c5
19. Qf1 c4 20. g4 Qe7 21. g5 $40 {1-0 Papadakis,M (2045)-Dobrev,N (2374)/Dos
Hermanas 2003/EXT 2004 (57)}) 12... Nd7 13. a3 (13. Rfc1 a5 14. Na4 Rfb8 15.
Rab1 Bd6 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. Ne1 Rf8 18. Nd3 f5 19. a3 f4 20. exf4 Bxf4 21. Re1 Qg5
22. Nac5 Nxc5 23. Nxc5 Rf7 24. Re2 Bd6 25. Rbe1 Bxc5 26. Qxc5 Qf4 27. g3 Qf6
28. f4 Raf8 29. Re5 Qg6 30. Kh1 Qg4 $14 {1/2 Haik,A (2425)-Pomar Salamanca,A 
(2430)/Buenos Aires 1978/EXT 2000}) 13... Bxc3 (13... Bd6 $5 14. e4 Qg6 15.
Rad1 (15. Nh4 {[%cal Yh4f5]} Qg4 (15... Qh5 16. Qh3) 16. Nf5 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxe4
18. Nxe4 Bc7 $11) 15... dxe4 16. Nxe4 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Nb6 18. Nc5 Qxd3 19. Nxd3
Rad8 20. Kf1 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Kf8 22. h3 f6 23. Nd2 Kf7 24. Nb3 Bf8 25. Rc1 {
1/2 Donner,J (2470)-Smyslov,V (2620)/Amsterdam 1954/EXT 2001}) 14. Qxc3 Nb6 {
[%cal Yb6c8,Yc8d6,Yb6c4,Yc4d6] The Karlsbad structure with only knights on the
board is considered comfortable for Black. The present game doesn't change
that evaluation but sheds light on some niceties.} 15. Ne5 Qf5 16. Rfc1 f6 17.
Nd3 Nc4 18. Nc5 Nd6 {[%csl Gd6]} 19. Qc2 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Rae8 21. g3 g5 {This
move creates an object of attack for White (h2-h4).} (21... h5 $5 $11) 22. Kg2
Kg7 23. a4 Re7 24. Rh1 Kg6 25. Rc3 h5 26. h4 Rh8 (26... g4 $5 $11 {The
transfer of White's knight to f4 is harmless.}) 27. Rcc1 (27. hxg5 $5 fxg5 28.
Nd3) 27... Rhh7 28. Rh2 Nf5 $6 (28... g4 {was still possible, with a
completely dead position.}) 29. hxg5 fxg5 30. Nd3 g4 {Now the situation is
completely different: the white knight has got the e5-square, and Black's
h5-pawn is weak.} 31. Rch1 Kg5 32. Nf4 Ng7 33. b4 $1 a6 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5
Rh6 36. Ra1 Nf5 37. Ra8 h4 $5 (37... Rg7 $14 {is possible but the text move
gives White a seemingly attractive possibility.}) 38. gxh4+ (38. Rg8+ Rg7 39.
Rxg7+ Nxg7 40. Rxh4 Rxh4 41. gxh4+ Kxh4 42. bxc6 bxc6 43. Ng6+ Kg5 44. Ne5 {
is hardly enough for a victory, e.g. after} Nh5 45. Nxc6 Kf5) 38... Nxh4+ 39.
Rxh4 $5 {A "brilliant move" but Black miraculously holds his ground. Therefore}
(39. Kf1 $142 $14) 39... Kxh4 $1 (39... Rxh4 40. Rg8+ Kf5 41. Ng6 Rhh7 42.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 43. bxc6 bxc6 44. Kg3 $16) 40. Rg8 {[%cal Rf2f3]} (40. bxc6 bxc6 41.
Rg8 Ra7) 40... Rf7 41. f3 (41. bxc6 Rxc6 $1 (41... bxc6 $2 42. f3 $18) 42. Ng6+
Kh5 43. Ne5 Rf5 44. Nxc6 bxc6 $11) 41... Rxf4 42. exf4 {[%mdl 4096]} cxb5 $1 (
42... gxf3+ 43. Kxf3 {[%csl Rh4] should be lost for Black.}) 43. Rxg4+ (43.
fxg4 Ra6 $1 44. f5 (44. Kf3 Ra3+ 45. Ke2 b4) 44... b4 45. Kf3 Ra1 $1 46. Rh8+
Kg5 47. Rh5+ Kf6 48. Rh6+ Kg5 49. Rg6+ Kh4 50. Kf4 Rf1+ 51. Ke5 b5 $1 52. Rb6
Kxg4 53. f6 Kg5 $11) 43... Kh5 44. Rg5+ Kh4 45. Rg7 $1 (45. Rxd5 $6 Rb6 $1)
45... Kh5 46. Rxb7 Ra6 47. Rxb5 Kh4 $1 48. Rb2 (48. Rxd5 Ra2+ 49. Kf1 Kg3 50.
f5 Kxf3 51. Ke1 Ke4 $11) (48. Kf2 Ra2+ 49. Ke3 Ra3+ 50. Ke2 Ra2+ 51. Kd3 Ra3+
52. Kc2 (52. Kd2 Kg3 53. f5 Kxf3 $11) 52... Rxf3 53. Rxd5 Kg4 54. Rd8 Kf5 $1
55. d5 Ke4 56. d6 Kd5 $11) 48... Ra4 49. Rd2 Kh5 {Despite two extra pawns,
White can't strengthen his position.} 50. Kg3 Rb4 51. Rd1 Ra4 52. Kh3 Ra3 53.
Rh1 Rd3 54. Kg3+ Kg6 55. Rh4 Rd2 56. Rg4+ Kf6 57. f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 11. Rc1 {A rare continuation, which recently
became popular.} (11. Nge2 {or}) (11. Be5 {is usually played.}) 11... Nd7 $6 {
This leads to an endgame, clearly better for White. More appropriate
alternatives:} (11... Bf5 12. Bxb8 $1 (12. Bd3 Nd7 13. f3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 Bxc5 $13) 12... Rxb8 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Nge2 Rfc8 15. O-O Rxc5 16. f3
Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ba3 19. Rb1 Qa4 20. Nd4 Rcc8 21. f4 $1 $40 {
1-0 Gupta,A (2644)-Yu Yangyi (2626)/Zaozhuang CHN 2012/The Week in Chess 915 
(73)}) (11... Nc6 $5 12. Bd3 $1 Bxc3+ (12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 d4 14. exd4 Nxd4 15.
Qd2 Be6 16. a3 Bxc5 17. b4 Qxa3 18. bxc5 O-O-O 19. Nb1 Qa4 $44 {0-1 Tozer,R 
(2380)-Lalic,S (2405)/London 1997/CBM 058 ext (33)}) 13. bxc3 Nxc5 14. Nf3 b6
15. h4 g4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Ba6 19. Qf5 Rg8 $13 {1/2
Lomineishvili,M (2437)-Zaiatz,E (2364)/St Petersburg 2009/CBM 129 Extra (48)})
({There is also nothing wrong with} 11... Qxa2 {, e.g.} 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+
Nxd7 14. Nge2 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Qc4 16. Rd1 (16. h4 O-O-O) 16... Nxc5 17. f3 Bxc3+
18. bxc3 Ne6 19. Kf2 Rc8 20. Be5 Rg8 $13 {1/2 Finegold,B (2563)-Perelshteyn,E 
(2522)/Chicago 2006/EXT 2007 (46)}) 12. Nge2 Ndxc5 (12... Qxa2 13. Kd1 {
1/2 Priborsky,J (2344)-Gordon,S (2508)/Liverpool 2008/CBM 126 Extra} Nxc3+ 14.
Nxc3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 O-O 16. h4 $16) 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. Nxc3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3+
16. Rxc3 Ne4 17. Rc7 $16 {[%csl Gc7,Rd5]} Nxg3 (17... O-O 18. Be2 $16 (18. Be5
$143 f6 19. Bd4 Rf7)) 18. hxg3 Rb8 19. Bb5+ Kf8 20. Kd2 (20. f4 $5 {may be
more energetic.}) 20... Kg7 21. Rhc1 Rd8 $6 {This move is rather senseless.} (
21... Be6 $142 {[%cal Yg7f6,Yf6e5,Ye5d6]} 22. Re7 Kf6 23. Rcc7 a6 24. Be2 b5 {
Of course, Black's position remains very bad.}) 22. Re7 Kf6 23. Rcc7 Rf8 24. b4
$6 {There was no need to move queenside pawns at the moment.} (24. Be2 $142 $1
{[%cal Ye2f3,Yf3d5,Re2h5]} g4 25. Bd1 {winning the d5-pawn.}) 24... a6 25. Bd3
a5 26. bxa5 ({Why not} 26. b5 {? There was no reason to break the well-known
rule that pawn exchanges are favourable for the defender.}) 26... Ra8 27. Bb5
Rxa5 28. a4 Ra8 29. Kc3 h5 $1 {Trying to create at least some counterplay.} 30.
Kb4 h4 31. Re8 $2 {[%mdl 16384] A strange decision letting Black's pieces out.}
(31. Kc5 hxg3 32. fxg3 $16 {although Black now obtains some counterplay by
means of} Be6 33. Rxb7 Ke5) 31... Rxe8 32. Bxe8 {[%mdl 4096]} Be6 33. Bb5 d4 $5
(33... hxg3 34. fxg3 Rb8 {[%cal Yf6f5,Yf5e4,Yf5g4] was possible, too.}) 34.
gxh4 gxh4 35. exd4 Bd5 36. f3 Rg8 {Black's position is straightening up like a
spring.} 37. Rc2 (37. Bf1 $142 {The rook should remain active. However, White
can hardly convert his extra pawn in that case, too.}) 37... Ke7 38. a5 Kd6 39.
Bc4 Bxc4 40. Rxc4 $2 (40. Kxc4 Rg5 $1 {must lead to a draw but White has
nothing better in any case} ({GM A.Morozevich fancied under time pressure that
the pawn ending after} 40... Rc8+ $6 41. Kd3 Rxc2 $6 42. Kxc2 Kc6 {was
dangerous for him due to Black's outside passed b-pawn; that was not the case;
on the contrary,} 43. Kd3 Kb5 44. Ke4 Kxa5 45. Kd5 $1 {gave him winning chances
})) 40... Rxg2 41. Rc5 h3 42. Rh5 h2 {[%csl Gh2] Black is simply better in
this rook endgame; fortunately for White, the limited number of pawns enables
him to hold his ground.} 43. Kc4 Rc2+ 44. Kd3 Ra2 45. Ke4 f5+ 46. Kf4 Kd5 47.
Rxf5+ Kxd4 48. Rh5 Rg2 49. Rh7 Kd3 50. Ke5 Ke2 51. f4 Kf1 (51... Kf3 $144) 52.
f5 Ra2 53. f6 Rxa5+ 54. Ke6 Ra6+ 55. Ke7 Rxf6 56. Kxf6 Kg1 57. Ke5 h1=Q 58.
Rxh1+ Kxh1 59. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.03"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Vietnam"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "VIE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 O-O 9. e3 Be6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 {A rare continuation in this position.}
(11. a3) ({and} 11. Be2 {are usually played.}) 11... Rc8 (11... Nxc5 12. O-O
Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Be7 14. Nd4 Qd7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rd2 Rac8 17. Rad1 a6 18. h3 $14
Rc4 $2 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxd5 {1-0 (31) Gonzalez Rodriguez,J 
(2450)-Fernandez Fuentes,F (2315) Spain 1998}) (11... Qa5 12. O-O Rac8 13. Ne2
(13. Nd4 $14) 13... Bxc5 14. Qb1 Rfe8 15. Ned4 Ne4 16. a3 Qb6 $11 {0-1 (32)
Kiriakov,P-Mikhalevski,V (2370) Simferopol 1990}) 12. O-O Nxc5 (12... Bxc5 13.
Rac1 a6 14. Qb1 Be7 15. Ne2 Nc5 16. Ned4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Ne4 19.
Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nd2 $14 {1/2 (33) Naumann,A (2478)-Mueller,K (2533) Lippstadt
1999}) 13. Nb5 $6 {White goes for complications, which are, however, quite
favorable for Black.} (13. Rfd1 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bg4 16. Rab1 g5 17.
Bg3 b6 18. Rb4 Ne4 19. Be5 Re8 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Rxd5 Nxc3 $11 {1/2 (56) Dreev,
A (2653)-Hevia,A (2488) chess.com INT 2018}) (13. Nd4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Qe7 16. f3 Rc4 17. e4 Qc5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. exd5 Bxd5 21.
Rfe1 b6 22. h4 Be6 $11 {1/2 (32) Sherwood,R (2186)-Dehaybe,A (2149)
Lechenicher SchachServer 2012}) (13. Rac1 $5 Bxc3 $5 (13... g5 $5 14. Bg3 Nfe4)
14. Qxc3 d4 15. Nxd4 Nb3 16. Qxc8 Bxc8 17. axb3 Qb6 18. Bg3 Be6 19. Bc7 Qb4 20.
Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bc4 Qe7 22. Rfd1 $44 {1/2 (38) Dos Santos,M (2294)-Szabo,V (2317)
Lechenicher SchachServer 2012}) (13. Ne2 {is the most logical and solid
continuation, e.g.} Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15. Nfd4 Qb6 16. a4 a5 17. Nb5 Rc4 18.
Ned4 Rfc8 19. b3 R4c5 {1/2 (81) Vo,T (2380)-Cramling,P (2450) Riadh 2017 In
this typical position with the isolated central pawn, White keeps a tiny edge.}
) 13... d4 $1 {[%mdl 64]} 14. Nxa7 (14. Nbxd4 $2 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bc4 {is the
pointe of Black's central break, an idea known since the famous game
Petrosian-Spassky of their World Championship match (1969).}) 14... Ra8 {
An ambitious move.} ({Black should hardly lose after} 14... Nxd3 15. Nxc8 dxe3
$1 {, e.g.} 16. fxe3 Qxc8 17. Qxd3 Bc4 18. Qc2 Bxf1 19. Qxc8 Rxc8 20. Bxf6 Bb5
({more accurate than} 20... Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rc2+ 22. Kh3 gxf6 23. Rg1+ Kh7 24.
Rg2)) 15. Nb5 ({A mess after} 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. a3 Rxa7 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1
Nb3 {looks satisfactory for Black.}) 15... dxe3 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. fxe3 Rxa2 (
17... Qb6 {, played in a previous game, which saw this position, is good for
equality, too:} 18. Bxf6 Qxb5 19. Bd4 Rxa2 20. Rxa2 Bxa2 21. Ne5 Ne6 22. Rxf7
Nxd4 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24. exd4 Qb4 25. Nf3 Bd5 $11 {0-1 (59) Holt,C (2571)-Yu,Y 
(2697) Las Vegas 2014}) 18. Nbd4 $6 (18. Rxa2 Bxa2 19. Bf5 $13 {is more solid.}
) 18... Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qe7 $6 {Black doesn't understand the importance of his
bishop.} (19... Bd5 $142 $15) 20. Bf5 $6 {White must fight for equality, and
it was a good idea to get a bishop pair, even sacrificing his weak e3 pawn:} (
20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Bf5 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 {, and White is hardly worse.}) 20... Bd5
$1 21. Bxf6 $2 {A positional capitulation. With an extra pawn and a bishop
pair Black gets a technically winning position, even though his pawn structure
gets damaged.} (21. Qe2 $142 Nce4 $15) 21... Qxe3+ 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 gxf6
24. g4 Ne6 25. Rc1 Ra8 26. Ke3 Bd6 27. Rc2 Bf4+ 28. Kd3 Rd8 29. Be4 Ba2 30. Kc3
Be5 31. Rd2 Rc8+ 32. Kb4 Bd6+ 33. Kb5 Bc4+ 34. Kb6 Nc5 35. Bxb7 Rb8 36. Kc6
Nxb7 37. Nf5 Bf4 0-1

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 Be6 (8... g5 {is the main continuation but the text move has now become
popular.}) 9. e3 (9. O-O-O $6 {[%csl Rc1]} Bxc3 $1 10. Qxc3 Nbd7 11. b4 $2 a5
12. a3 O-O 13. f3 {1/2 (27) Breslin,W (2146)-Findlay,J ICCF 2001} axb4 14. axb4
Ra2 15. Rd2 Ra4 $19 {[%cal Yd8a8] ->}) 9... O-O (9... Nbd7 10. Bb5 Rc8 11. Nge2
Rxc5 12. Bxd7+ Bxd7 13. Qb3 (13. O-O Bb5 14. Nd4 Bxc3 15. Nxb5 Rxb5 16. Qxc3
O-O 17. Rac1 Ne4 18. Qd3 $14 {1/2 (31) Wang,H (2710)-Ni,H (2677) Shenzhen 2014}
) 13... Rc4 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. O-O Bc6 16. Rad1 $14 {1/2 (38) Huzman,A (2570)
-Mitkov,N (2545) Pula 2000 CBM 077 [Golod,V]}) 10. a3 {It is worth immediately
asking Black's bishop about its intentions.} (10. Bd3 d4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Nge2
Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. O-O Rac8 $11 {1/2 (30) Fodor,I (2056)
-Vargyas,Z (2123) Budapest 2002}) (10. Nf3 Nbd7 $5 (10... Nc6 11. Be2 Bxc5 12.
O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 Be7 (13... Qe7 14. Rac1 g5 15. Bg3 Rfd8 16. Qa4 Bb6 17. a3 Bf5
18. Bd3 Ne4 19. Bb1 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxb1 21. Rxb1 Qe4 $11 {1/2 (33) Ushenina,A 
(2487)-Kosteniuk,A (2531) Tromso 2014}) 14. Rac1 Qa5 15. Qb1 Rfd8 16. a3 a6 17.
Nd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 b5 19. Qa1 g5 20. Bg3 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. b4 Qb6 $11 {
1-0 (33) Gunina,V (2509)-Kosteniuk,A (2527) Beijing 2013}) 11. Be2 (11. a3
Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Qd4 Ndxc5 15. Rd1 Nb3 16. Qb4 Nbc5 17. Nd2 a5
18. Qd4 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Qf6 20. Bb5 Ne4 21. Qe2 Rfc8 22. O-O Rc5 23. Rd4 Rac8
$132 {0-1 (49) Boreux,P (2343)-Palmkoeck,W (2334) ICCF WS 2005}) 11... Rc8 12.
O-O (12. a3 $6 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Qd4 Ndxc5 16. Rd1 Nb3 $1 17.
Qb4 Nc1 18. Nd4 Nxe2 19. Kxe2 Rc4 $40 {0-1 (28) Raznikov,D (2494)-Erdos,V 
(2615) Jerusalem 2015}) (12. c6 bxc6 13. O-O Qa5 14. Rac1 c5 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16.
a3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne4 18. c4 Nb6 $11 {0-1 (120) Shirov,A (2701)-Adams,M (2752)
Bilbao 2014}) 12... Nxc5 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 g5 (14... Nfe4 {1-0 (32) Gonda,L
(2540)-Perunovic,M (2620) Hungary 2015} 15. Qxc5 Rxc5 16. Bxd8 Rxd8 17. Rac1
$14) 15. Bg3 Nfe4 16. Qe1 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nb3 18. Rd1 Qb6 $132) 10... Bxc5 (10...
Bxc3+ $5 11. Qxc3 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 {needs investigation.}) 11. Nf3 Nbd7 (11...
Nc6 $5 {looks more appropriate after ...Bb4xc5, e.g.} 12. Rd1 Be7 13. Be2 Rc8
14. O-O Ne4 $1 15. Nxe4 Bxh4 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 $11 17. Nc5 $2 (17. Nd6) 17... Ne5
18. Qa4 Qxa4 19. Nxa4 Rc2 20. Rfe1 Rb8 21. f4 b5 $1 22. Bxb5 Rxb5 23. fxe5 Rb3
$17 {0-1 (34) Bohm,H (2430)-Romanishin,O (2580) Polanica Zdroj 1980}) 12. Bd3 (
12. Be2 $5 Rc8 13. O-O Be7 14. Qd1 Nb6 (14... a6 15. Rc1 b5 16. Nd4 $14 {
0-1 (33) Bozinovic,B (2262)-Naiditsch,A (2710) Bol 2014}) 15. Nd4 Nc4 16. Bxc4
Rxc4 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. Nce2 Rfc8 19. Rfd1 Ng4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. h3 Ne5 22. Qd2
$14 {1/2 (26) Maksimenko,A (2493)-Parligras,M (2589) Germany 2015}) 12... Be7 (
12... Rc8 13. O-O Be7 14. Nd4 Nc5 {0-1 (40) Gordon,S (2516)-Movsesian,S (2677)
Caleta 2014} 15. Bf5 $5) 13. O-O Nc5 14. Rac1 (14. Nd4 $5 Nfd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7
16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Qe2 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Ne5 19. Qe2 Rfd8 20. h3 Nc4 21. Rc1 a6 22.
Rfd1 $14 (22. Rc2 $6 Nxb2 $1 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Rxb2 Rxc3 25. Rxb7 Rxa3 26. Qb2
Ra4 $15 {1/2 (31) Marovic,D-Lengyel,L Amsterdam 1968})) 14... Rc8 15. Rfd1 $14
{[%mdl 32] Black has no positional compensation for his isolated pawn.} Qb6 (
15... Nfe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qd3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 $14) 16. Bh7+ $1
Kh8 17. Bf5 {It is often useful to exchange the opponent's "bad" bishop - when
it is a good defender.} Nce4 (17... Bxf5 $5 18. Qxf5 Nce4 $1 $14 (18... Qxb2
19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxd5 $16)) 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nd4 {[%csl Re4] Black's e4-pawn
is still weak!} Rc4 20. Qb1 Rfc8 21. h3 R8c7 (21... Bxa3 22. bxa3 Rxc3 23. Bxf6
Qxb1 24. Rxb1 gxf6 25. Rxb7 $14) 22. Rc2 Ng8 $2 {After this nervous move the
e4-pawn falls. It was better to wait passively.} 23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. Rdc1 (24.
Rcd2 $1 {was even better since} f5 $6 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Nb5 {was hopeless for
Black.}) 24... Bd5 $2 {Another mistake losing an exchange and the game.} (24...
f5 $2 {was equally poor due to} 25. b3 R4c5 26. Na4 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Qd6 28. Rxc7
Qxc7 29. Nxe6) ({It was better to forget about the e4 pawn, playing, say,} 
24... Rc8) 25. b3 $1 (25. Nxd5 Rxc2 26. Nxc7 ({but not} 26. Rxc2 Nxd5 27. Rxc7
Nxc7 28. Qxe4 Qxb2) 26... Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Qxe4 {was possible, of course,
but now White can obtain more.}) 25... R4c5 (25... Rxd4 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Rxc7
Nxc7 28. exd4 $18) 26. Na4 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Qa5 (27... Qd6 28. Nb5) 28. b4 Qxa4
29. Rxc7 $18 Nc6 30. Qa1 Nxd4 31. Qxd4 Qb3 32. Qxa7 Kh7 33. Qc5 Qb1+ 34. Qc1
Qa2 35. Rc2 Qb3 36. Rc3 Qa2 37. Rc2 Qb3 38. Rd2 Be6 39. Rd4 Bf5 40. Rd2 b5 41.
Qb2 Qe6 42. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "L'Ami,E"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. O-O-O ({A fresh idea, introduced by Iweta Rajlich. The
alternatives don't offer anything for White, as recent examples show;} 10. e3
Qa5 11. Nge2 Bf5 12. Be5 O-O 13. Nd4 Nxc3 14. Nxf5 Ne4+ 15. Kd1 Nc6 16. Bd6
Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxh6+ Kh8 19. h4 g4 20. f3 d4 21. Qf5 dxe3 {and White
is forced to give a perpetual} 22. Qf6+ {Bareev-Carlsen, Khanty Mansiysk 2005})
(10. Bxb8 {is strongly met with} Qf6 $1 ({White's idea would work after} 10...
Bxc3+ {because} 11. bxc3 Rxb8 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qd4 O-O 14. f3 Nf6 15. g4 $1 b6
16. c6 $5 Bxc6 17. h4 {gives White a strong initiative.}) 11. Bg3 (11. O-O-O
Bxc3 12. Bg3 Bf5 13. Qb3 Nxc5 $1 14. Qxc3 $140 Rc8 $1 {forcing White to give
material.}) 11... Nxc3 12. a3 Bf5 13. Qd2 Ba5 14. b4 $2 ({better is either} 14.
e3) ({or} 14. Nf3) 14... Ne4 15. Qc1 Rc8 $1 {Easy to overlook!} 16. Ra2 Rxc5
17. Qa1 Qc6 $1 18. Qe5+ Kd8 19. Qxh8+ Kd7 {and White resigned in
Sokolov-Aronian, Turin 2006.}) 10... Bxc3 11. f3 Bd2+ ({Forced, since} 11...
Nxg3 12. Qxc3 Nxh1 13. Qxh8+ Ke7 14. Qxh6 {is just bad.}) 12. Rxd2 Nxd2 13.
Qxd2 {Time to take stock. White has a pawn for the exchange and, given time,
he will place his bishop on d6 and follow it up by e2-e3, Ng1-e2-d4. If he
succeeds in doing so Black will be in trouble, therefor I had to act fast.} Be6
14. h4 g4 15. Bd6 Nd7 $1 ({This is the best square for the knight, preparing
counterplay on c5 with Rc8. Instead} 15... Nc6 {gives White an easy life;} 16.
e3 Qa5 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 {and by playing Rd8xd6 at an appropriate moment Black may
manage to equalize. The game continuation is a more critical test of White's
idea.}) 16. e4 ({An attempt to improve uppon} 16. e3 Rc8 17. Bb5 a6 18. Ba4 b5
19. Bc2 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Qd4 Rxc2+ 22. Kxc2 Rg8 {which was fine for
Black in, Rajlich-Sethuraman, Budapest 2008}) 16... Rc8 $5 ({I refused the
computer-suggestion} 16... dxe4 {because of} 17. Ne2 $1 {not wasting time by
taking pawns! I think White is simply better here, especially in a practical
game. Play might continue} Rc8 18. Nc3 exf3 19. gxf3 gxf3 20. Bb5 {and White
is already close to winning.}) 17. Qc3 ({White has two interesting
alternatives at his disposal;} 17. exd5 Nxc5 18. Bb5+ Bd7 19. Qe2+ Ne4+ $1 (
19... Ne6+ 20. Kb1 Bxb5 21. Qxb5+ Qd7 22. Qxd7+ Kxd7 23. Be5 Rhd8 24. Bf6 (24.
dxe6+ Kxe6 25. Bc3 Rd1+ 26. Kc2 Rf1 27. fxg4 Rc4 28. g5 h5 {is -not
suprisingly- bad for White. I like how all the engines, after carefully
counting the material, still find White to be better here, maybe we humans are
not so stupid after all?!}) 24... Nf4 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. fxg4 Nxg2 27. Nf3 Re8 {
should be drawish.}) 20. Bc6 $1 (20. Kb1 Bxb5 21. Qxe4+ Kd7 22. Be5 Qe7 $1 {
Black is better since the threat of Bd3+ is difficult to meet.}) 20... f5 (
20... bxc6 21. Qxe4+ Be6 22. dxe6 Qxd6 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Qf5+ Qf6 25. Qd7+ {
is a draw by perpetual.}) 21. fxe4 bxc6 22. exf5+ Kf7 23. Qxg4 cxd5+ 24. Kd2
Qa5+ ({not} 24... Qf6 25. Qh5+ Kg7 26. Qg4+ {and Black has to repeat since} Kh7
{runs into} 27. Be5 $1) 25. Bb4 Qb6 $1 {I think Black's chances are to be
preferred.}) (17. Qd4 Qf6 (17... Rg8 18. exd5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Qxd5 20. Bb5+ Kd8
21. Qf6+ Kc7 22. Qf4+ {is a draw.}) (17... f6 $5 18. Kb1 (18. Ne2 Nxc5 $1)
18... Qa5 19. Ne2 b6 20. Nf4 Qe1+ 21. Kc2 bxc5 22. Qa4 {is messy.}) {Now,
compared to the game, White has the extra option of} 18. e5 {but after} Qd8 {
threatening both Qa5 and Nxc5 Black's position still looks the more pleasant.})
17... Qf6 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. e5 Nd7 20. b4 {Again, given a few extra moves,
a2-a3, Ne2-d4, f3-f4 etc. White would be having a great life...} a5 $1 {
...so Black has to be fast.} 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 Ra8 {Now White is just lost,
the pieces on the king-side wont be permitted to develop.} 23. Ne2 f6 $1 {
Allowing the other rook to join the party.} 24. f4 (24. exf6 Kf7 25. Nd4 Ra1+
26. Kb2 Rha8 {was the alternative.}) 24... fxe5 25. fxe5 Kf7 26. Nd4 Ra1+ 27.
Kb2 Rha8 {The culmination of Black's strategy, White's kingside is paralysed.}
28. Be2 $5 {Trying to complicate matters.} Rxh1 29. Nxe6 Nxe5 {The most easy
solution, the rest is easy.} 30. Nc7 Re1 31. Bb5 Rd8 32. Kc3 Nc6 33. Nxd5 Rc1+
34. Kb2 Rg1 35. g3 Rxd6 36. cxd6 Ke6 37. d7 Kxd7 38. Nf6+ Ke6 39. Nxg4 h5 40.
Bc4+ Kf5 41. Ne3+ Ke4 42. Nf1 Nxb4 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. e3 Bf5 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Be2 Rfc8 13. O-O c5 14. b3 $146
{Aimed at maintaining the tension.} (14. Rac1 c4 {was played in a few games,
the most notable being} 15. a4 a6 16. Nd2 b5 {Arab,A (2374)-Ivanchuk,V (2716)/
Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 (0-1, 83)}) 14... Qb6 15. dxc5 {This does not imply the
weakening ...Qxc3 bxc3 anymore and is fully jusified.} Nxc5 16. b4 Na4 17. Qe5
Nc3 {Black has an active position, but in the long run the blockade on d4
makes White's play simpler from a practical point of view. This explains why
Black eventually had to defend a theoretically drawn ending with two pawns
less.} 18. Rfe1 Bg4 19. Bd3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qe6 21. Qd4 Rc6 22. b5 Rc7 23. Kh1
Re8 24. Rg1 Qe5 25. Qxe5 Rxe5 26. Rg4 Kf8 27. a4 Rc5 28. Rd4 g6 29. h3 Re6 30.
Kg2 Kg7 31. Rb4 b6 32. Rd4 f5 33. Kf1 Kf6 34. Ke1 Re7 35. Kd2 Rc8 36. Ra3 Rec7
37. Ra1 g5 38. Rb4 Rd8 39. Rd4 Rdc8 40. Ra3 h5 41. h4 g4 42. Rf4 gxf3 43. Bxf5
Ke5 44. Rxc3 Rxc3 45. Bxc8 Rxc8 46. Kd3 Rc1 47. Rxf3 Rc4 48. Rf7 Rxa4 49. f4+
Ke6 50. Rh7 Ra3+ 51. Kd4 Ra4+ 52. Kd3 Ra3+ 53. Ke2 Ra2+ 54. Kf3 Ra3 55. Rh6+
Ke7 56. Rxh5 d4 57. Re5+ Kf6 58. Re4 dxe3 59. Rxe3 Ra5 60. Re5 a6 61. bxa6 Rxa6
62. Rb5 Ra1 63. Rxb6+ Kf5 64. Rb5+ Kf6 65. Kg4 Rg1+ 66. Kh5 Rh1 67. Ra5 Rh2 68.
Ra8 Rh1 69. Rg8 Kf7 70. Rg4 Kf6 71. Rg8 Kf7 72. Rc8 Kf6 73. Rc5 Rh2 74. Rg5 Rh1
75. Kg4 Rg1+ 76. Kf3 Rf1+ 77. Kg3 Rg1+ 78. Kf2 Rh1 79. h5 Rh4 80. Kg3 Rh1 81.
Ra5 Rg1+ 82. Kf2 Rh1 83. Kg2 Rh4 84. Kf3 Rh1 85. h6 Rxh6 86. Ra6+ Kf5 87. Rxh6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.02.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Martynov, Pavel1"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 (4... O-O) (4... c5) 5. cxd5 exd5 6.
Bg5 Be6 $5 {Une ligne secondaire déjà utilisée auparavant par le GMI} (6...
h6) (6... c5) 7. e3 Nbd7 8. a3 (8. Nf3 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O Qa5 12.
a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 15. Rfc1 c4 16. Rab1 b6 17. Rb2 g5 18. Bg3
h5 19. h4 g4 20. Nd2 Nxg3 21. fxg3 f5 22. a4 Ke7 23. Bd1 Kd6 24. Bc2 Kc6 25.
Rf1 Rhf8 26. Rf4 Rf6 27. Rb1 Rcf8 28. Rbf1 Kd6 29. Rb1 Kc6 30. Kh2 R6f7 31.
Rbf1 Nb8 32. Kg1 Na6 33. Kh2 Nc7 34. Kg1 Ne8 35. Rb1 Nd6 36. Kh2 Bd7 37. Rbf1
a6 {Schmidt,W (2360)-Kovalenko,I (2611) Poznan 2014 0-1}) 8... Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3
Bf5 (9... Ne4 $6 10. Bxd8 Nxc3 11. Bxc7) 10. f3 c6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne2 h5 $1 13.
gxh5 (13. Nf4 hxg4 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. Bd3 {[%csl Re8]} O-O 16. Bxg6 {[%csl Rg8]}
Qe7 17. O-O-O gxf3 $13) 13... Bxh5 14. Bg2 Nf8 15. Qb4 Ne6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 $1 17.
Qxb7 O-O $132 18. O-O Rab8 (18... Rfb8) 19. Qxc6 Rxb2 20. Ng3 $4 (20. Rf2 $8)
20... Rxg2+ $1 {Le GMI ne laisse pas passer l'occasion} 21. Kxg2 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 19th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2011.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2011.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 11. Nge2 Bf5 12. Be5 {Das hat Kasparov 1993
erfolgreich eingeführt, aber nach aktuellem Stand der Theorie sollte Schwarz
ausgleichen.} O-O 13. Nd4 Re8 $1 14. Bxb8 (14. Nxf5 Rxe5 15. Nxh6+ Kg7 16. Ng4
Re6 17. Bd3 Nxc3 18. O-O {gewinnt Weiß die Figur zwar zurück, aber ohne einen
Vorteil zu erringen.}) 14... Nxc3 15. Nxf5 (15. Qxf5 Ne4+ 16. Kd1 Raxb8 17. Bd3
Bxc5 18. Nb3 Qb6 19. Rc1 $13) 15... Ne4+ 16. Kd1 Raxb8 17. Nxh6+ $6 {Danach
steht Weiß schlechter.} ({Computer wollen stattdessen} 17. f3 {spielen, dann
folgt} Rbc8 $1 18. fxe4 dxe4 19. Nd4 Bxc5 20. Rc1 Qb6 {und Weiß hält gerade
noch das Gleichgewicht.}) 17... Kf8 18. Bd3 (18. f3 Rbc8 $1 19. fxe4 dxe4 20.
a3 Rxc5 21. Bc4 Rec8 22. Qf2 R8c7 23. Nxf7 Rxc4 {und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 18...
Rbc8 19. Qe2 Rxc5 20. Qh5 Qa4+ {Damit startet Grandelius ein grandioses
Damenmanöver.} 21. b3 Qd7 22. Ke2 Qe6 $1 23. Rac1 (23. a3 Bc3 24. Rac1 Nxf2 $1
25. Qxf7+ Qxf7 26. Nxf7 Nxh1 27. Nh6 {büßt Schwarz den Nh1 ein, sollte aber
trotzdem gewinnen.}) 23... Qf6 $1 {Mit den Ideen ...Qxf2+ und ...Qb2+.} ({Nicht
} 23... Nxf2 $2 {wegen} 24. Nf5 {was e3 deckt und zugleich Matt auf h8 droht.})
24. Ng4 Qb2+ 25. Kf3 Re6 26. Rxc5 $6 {Weiß lässt sich Matt setzen, aber} (26.
Rcf1 {sieht nicht wirklich einladend aus. Allerdings sind die praktischen
Probleme nach} f5 27. g3 fxg4+ 28. Kg2 {nicht zu unterschätzen, z.B.} Rf6 29.
Bxe4 dxe4 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qh7+ Kd8 32. Rd1+ Kc8 33. Qg8+ Kc7 34. Qd8+ Kc6 35.
Rhf1 {aber die Mehrfigur sollte sich durchsetzen.}) 26... Rf6+ 27. Nxf6 Qxf6+
28. Kg4 Qe6+ 29. Kf3 Qf5+ 30. Ke2 Qxf2+ 31. Kd1 {...und nun setzt die Dame
persönlich Matt.} Qd2# 0-1

[Event "Sautron op 16th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2016.10.29"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Black "Ider, Borya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:33:41"]
[BlackClock "0:51:03"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5
{[%emt 0:00:14]} (4... O-O) (4... c5) 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:41]} exd5 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} h6
{[%emt 0:00:12]} 8. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. Bg3 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. Bxb8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} (10. Nf3 Qa5 11. Nd2
Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc3 13. Rb1 Nc6 14. e3 Bb4 15. h4 gxh4 16. Rxh4 Qxc5 17. Qa4 Ba5
18. Bb5 Bd7 19. Qf4 Qc2 20. Bxc6 Qxd2+ 21. Kf1 Qd3+ 22. Kg1 Qxb1+ 23. Kh2 Bxc6
24. Qe5+ Kd7 25. e4 Rhe8 26. Qf5+ Kd8 27. Qxf7 Bd7 28. Qf6+ Kc8 29. exd5 b6 30.
Rc4+ Kb7 31. Rc7+ Ka6 32. Rxd7 Re1 {0-1 (32) Grandelius,N (2632)-Yu,Y (2736)
Doha 2015}) 10... Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:01:25]} 11. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxb8 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. e3 {[%emt 0:06:32] Le GMI commence à réfléchir et il
décide d'éviter l'alternative Qa4} (12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qd4 O-O 14. f3 Nf6 15.
g4 $1 {[%cal Gh2h4] Bloquant le P pour renforcer l'attaque h4} b6 16. c6 Bxc6
17. h4 $36 {Jakovenko,D (2760)-Gelfand,B (2755) Jermuk FIDE GP 2009 (4) 1/2})
12... Qa5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 13. Rc1 $146 {[%emt 0:01:56]} (13. Bd3 Qxc3+ 14.
Qxc3 Nxc3 15. Kd2 Ne4+ 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Ne2 Be6 18. Rhb1 Kd7 19. Nd4 Rhc8 20.
Rb5 b6 21. cxb6 Rxb6 22. a4 Rc4 23. Rxb6 axb6 24. a5 bxa5 25. Rxa5 Rb4 26. Ra7+
Kd6 27. Ra6+ Kd5 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Ra5+ Kd6 30. g3 Rb2+ 31. Ke1 Rb1+ 32. Ke2
Rh1 33. h4 gxh4 34. Rh5 h3 35. Rxh6 {1/2-1/2 (35) Kobalia,M (2644)-Balogh,C 
(2531) Warsaw 2005}) 13... Bd7 {[%emt 0:06:02]} 14. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Rc8 {
[%emt 0:08:15]} 15. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} (15. Be2 {Plus souple} Nxc5 16. O-O
$14 {[%csl Rd5,Re8][%cal Gf3d4,Ge2f3]}) 15... Nxc5 $132 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 16.
O-O {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nxd3 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 17. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:02:10]} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:06][%cal Gd7b5,Gb5f1]} 18. Qd2 {[%emt 0:13:18]} (18. Rfd1 Bb5 19.
Qxd5 Rfd8) 18... Rc7 {[%emt 0:07:44]} 19. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:
02:48]} 20. f4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:11][%csl Rg8][%cal Gf1f7,Gf4g5,Gd2g5] Non
seulement l'aile-roi Noire est affaiblie mais la Qa5 est assez mal placée
pour défendre sur l'autre aile} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:08:12]} 21. Nb3 $1 {[%emt 0:25:
12][%cal Gb3a5,Gb3c1,Gd2d5] Un coup multifonction} Qc7 {[%emt 0:08:31][%cal
Gc7f4,Gc7e5]} 22. fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 23. gxh6 {[%emt 0:
03:34]} Qxe3+ $2 {[%emt 0:03:06] L'échange des Q ne va pas soulager les Noirs}
24. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 25. h7+ $1 {[%emt 0:07:51] La
pointe oubliée par le français et le GMI garde le P.} Kxh7 {[%emt 0:02:09]} (
25... Kh8 26. Rxf7 Be6 (26... Ba4 27. Rxb7 $40 {[%csl Gb7,Gh7]}) 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8
28. Rf8+) 26. Rxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 27. Rxd7 {[%emt 0:05:
45]} (27. Rxc8+ {Semblait plus simple} Kxf7 28. Rc7 Re7 29. Rxb7 Bf5) 27...
Rxc1+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 28. Nxc1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Kf2
{[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 30. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:
03:12]} 31. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 32. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:03]
} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 33. Rd7+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 34. Rxb7
{[%emt 0:00:04][%csl Gg2,Gh2] Les Blancs ont des trés bonnes chances de gain
avec la majorité et au surplus la Ra2 va géner la progression du P "a7"} Ra3+
{[%emt 0:00:04]} 35. Kf4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Ra4+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 36. Kg3 {
[%emt 0:00:24]} Ra3+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 37. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:08][%cal Gg2g4]} Ra2
{[%emt 0:00:03]} 38. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} a6 {[%emt 0:12:06]} 39. Rc7 {[%emt 0:
04:06][%cal Gc7c6,Gc6g6,Gc6a6]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 40. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rc2 {[%emt 0:07:47]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 42. Kg2 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} (42. Ra2 a5 43. Kg2 Rc5 44. h4+ Kg4 45. Ra4+ Kf5 46. Kh3 {
[%cal Gg3g4]}) 42... a5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 43. h4+ {[%emt 0:01:19]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:
01:55]} 44. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:52][%cal Gc2c6,Gc6a6,Gc6g6]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:07:15]}
45. Ra2 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 46. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf5 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 47. g4+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 48. Kg3 {[%emt 0:
00:28]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 49. h5+ {[%emt 0:06:35]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 50.
Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} (50... a4 51. Rc5+ Kf6 52. g5+ Kg7
53. Rc7+ Kg8 $13 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Ga4a1]}) 51. Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Rb8 {
[%emt 0:08:54]} (51... a4 52. Kh4 Ra5 53. g5+ Rxg5 54. Rc6+ {[%csl Rg5]}) 52.
Rc6+ {[%emt 0:02:13]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 53. Ra6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rb5 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} 54. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:11][%cal Gh5h6,Gg4g5] Les Noirs sont
proches du zugzwang} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 55. Ra7+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} (55. h6
Rc1 56. g5 Rh1+ 57. Kg4 Rg1+ 58. Kf4 Rf1+ 59. Ke4 Rg1 60. Rxa5 Kg6 61. Kf4 Rf1+
{[%csl Rf4] Et le K Blanc est trop exposé, les Noirs ayant la distance de
sécurité pour la R}) 55... Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} (55... Kh6 56. g5+ Rxg5 $4
57. Ra6+ {[%csl Rg5,Rh6]}) 56. h6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 57. g5
{[%emt 0:00:07]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 58. Kh5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} 59. h7+ {[%emt 0:04:15]} 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 15th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Migot, Tangi"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean Pierre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2015.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:04:05"]
[BlackClock "0:01:40"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
03:09]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} d5
{[%emt 0:02:52]} (4... O-O) (4... c5) 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} exd5 {[%emt 0:
00:34]} 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 7. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} O-O
{[%emt 0:11:09]} 8. a3 {[%emt 0:13:01]} (8. e3 c5 9. Nf3 Be6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11.
O-O Qa5 12. dxc5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Rfc8 14. Rab1 Ne4 15. Rfc1 Rxc5 16. c4 Nd6 17.
Nd4 dxc4 18. Be7 Qc7 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rd1 Rd5 21. Qg6 Nf8 22. Bxf8 Rxd1+ 23.
Rxd1 Kxf8 24. Qxe6 c3 25. Bh5 c2 26. Rc1 Rd8 27. g3 Qe7 28. Qxe7+ Kxe7 29. Rxc2
Rc8 30. Rxc8 Nxc8 31. f4 Nd6 32. Be2 Ne4 33. Bd3 Nc3 34. a3 Nd1 35. e4 Nb2 36.
Be2 Kd6 37. Kf2 Kc5 {Le,Q (2697)-Lenderman,A (2623) Las Vegas 2015 1-0}) 8...
Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:09:51]} 9. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 10. e3 {
[%emt 0:07:59]} g5 {[%emt 0:05:09]} 11. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:13]
} 12. Bd3 {[%emt 0:11:24]} cxd4 $1 {[%emt 0:18:33]} 13. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:04:31]}
Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 14. Qa4 $146 {[%emt 0:00:42]} (14. Qc3 Bb7 15. Ne2 d4 16.
exd4 Re8 17. O-O Ne4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Rfe1 Rc8 20. Qd3 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Rxd4 22.
Re8+ Qxe8 23. Qxd4 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Bxe4 25. f3 Bd5 26. Be5 Bb3 27. Bc3 Rd8 28. Kf2
Rd1 29. Rxd1 Bxd1 30. Be5 f5 31. Ke3 Kf7 32. Bb8 a6 33. Bc7 b5 34. f4 gxf4+ 35.
Bxf4 a5 36. Bxh6 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Kf4 Kg6 39. Bf8 b3 40. Bb4 Be2 41. Bd2
Bd1 42. Ke5 {1/2-1/2 (42) Olafsson,H (2520)-Barbero,G (2495) Budapest 1989})
14... Bd7 {[%emt 0:06:51]} 15. Bb5 {[%emt 0:03:54]} Ne4 $1 {[%emt 0:05:42] La
pointe!} 16. Bxc6 $5 {[%emt 0:14:13][%csl Re1] Un sacrifice de Q assez risqué
car les Noirs ont une avance de déveoppement.} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 17. Bxd7 {
[%emt 0:01:23]} Nxa4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 18. Bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:
31]} 19. Bd1 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:15:05]} 20. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:22]}
Rae8 $32 {[%emt 0:01:18][%csl Re1][%cal Gd5d4,Ge8e1]} (20... Rfe8 {[%cal Ga7a5,
Gb5b4]}) 21. Ra2 {[%emt 0:01:44]} d4 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 22. O-O {[%emt 0:00:44]}
(22. Nxd4 Qxd4) 22... dxe3 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 23. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rxe3 {
[%emt 0:03:01]} 24. Bf2 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Re4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 25. Nd2 {[%emt 0:
07:43]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 26. g3 {[%emt 0:09:10]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 27.
Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 28. b4 {[%emt 0:10:02]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:
01:09]} (28... Rfd8) 29. Nb3 {[%emt 0:02:04]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 30. Be2 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 31. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} fxg3 {[%emt 0:00:
59]} 32. hxg3 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 33. Bd1 $1 {[%emt 0:00:19]
[%csl Rd5,Rg8][%cal Gd1b3,Gb3g8] La paire de B est très forte dans cette
position ouverte et le K Noir est très exposé} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 34. Re2 {
[%emt 0:03:04]} Rxd1 $1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} (34... Qg6) 35. Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
Rxf1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 36. Kxf1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 37. Nb3
{[%emt 0:00:54]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 38. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:
29]} 39. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} (39. g4 {[%cal Gd4f5]}) 39... Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:52]
} (39... Rc7) 40. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. g4 {[%emt 0:06:
07]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 42. Bg3 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:08:09]} 43.
Nxa6 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 44. Kf2 {[%emt 0:03:30]} h5 {
[%emt 0:10:01][%csl Gg5,Gh5] Les Noirs ont des petites chances} 45. Nc7 {
[%emt 0:01:46]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 46. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:02:
31]} (46... h3 47. Nxb5 Rg2+ 48. Kf1 Ra2) 47. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:02:57]} g4 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} 48. Be5 {[%emt 0:08:42]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 49. Nd4 {[%emt 0:
01:12]} g3+ {[%emt 0:02:15]} 50. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Kh5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 51.
Kh3 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 52. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Rh1+ {
[%emt 0:02:18]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
e3 O-O 9. a3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 c5 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. O-O
Qc6 15. a4 Rfc8 16. Rfb1 Rc7 17. a5 Rac8 18. h3 Nf6 19. Ng3 Qe6 20. dxc5 Ne4
21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qd6 Qf5 23. Ra4 Rxc5 24. Rxb7 Rxa5 $2 (24... Rxc3 25. Qf4
Qxf4 26. exf4 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 R1c2 28. Rxe4 Rxf2 29. Rxa7 Rcc2 $11) 25. Rxa5 Qxa5
26. Rxf7 $1 $18 Qxc3 27. Rxa7 Kh8 28. Rf7 Re8 29. g4 Kh7 30. Qd7 Rb8 31. Qf5+
Kg8 32. Ra7 Qb2 33. Qxe4 Rf8 34. Qd5+ Kh7 35. Rf7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 O-O {A solid alternative to the main 8...g5, usually leading to very
sharp play.} 9. e3 Be6 10. a3 {No doubt, this move was a part of Viktor's home
preparation.} ({Michael had a positive experience with this line before. In
his previous game he has successfully solved all the problems at an early
stage of the game:} 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. Nd4 Nxc5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11 {
0-1 Dreev,A (2662)-Adams,M (2752)/Bilbao 2014/CBM 163/[Adams,M]}) 10... Bxc5 ({
For some reason, nobody has tried:} 10... Bxc3+ $5 11. Qxc3 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13.
Qc2 Nd7 {Black's development advantage is now threatening, so it looks like
White has nothing better than giving the pawn back:} 14. f3 Nexc5 15. Ne2 Rc8
16. Qd1 Bf5 17. Nd4 Bg6 $132 {The resulting complex position looks quite
acceptable for Black.}) 11. Rd1 {The text move looks most flexible - the
d-file definitely belongs to White's rook anyway, but White is not obliged to
put his knight on f3, as we could see later.} ({After} 11. Nf3 Nc6 (11... Nbd7
{seems too passive:} 12. Bd3 Be7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Bh7+
Kh8 17. Bf5 $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V (2731)-Yu Yangyi (2724)/Tsaghkadzor ARM 2015})
12. Bd3 (12. Rd1 $5 Rc8 13. Be2) 12... Rc8 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Qe2 a6
16. Rac1 Ba7 17. Bb1 d4 $11 {Kavutskiy,K (2349)-Le Quang Liem (2697)/Saint
Louis USA 2015 (61), Black has easily equalised.}) 11... Nbd7 $146 {The
dark-squared bishop was hanging, but that move is a sort of concession - Black
doesn't fight for control over d4-spot.} ({In the preceding game Black didn't
achieve full equality after} 11... Be7 12. Bc4 Nbd7 (12... Qa5 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14.
Nge2 Rac8 15. O-O $14) 13. Ba2 Rc8 14. Nge2 Nb6 15. O-O Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17.
Qd3 Nxc3 18. Nxc3 $14 {0-1 Andrejic,V (2268)-Atalik,S (2565)/Kragujevac SRB
2015 (38)}) ({However, it was worth giving serious attention to} 11... Nc6 $5 {
with an idea to meet} 12. Nxd5 {with} Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Nd5 14. Nge2 Rfc8 $44 {
getting excellent compensation for a pawn.}) 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Nge2 $1 {Viktor's
harmonious setup neutralises Black's pressure along the c-file.} ({Another
natural way of development} 13. Nf3 {would enable Black to solve all his
problems by means of:} d4 $5 14. Nxd4 (14. exd4 Bxa3 15. O-O Bb4 $132) 14...
Bxd4 15. exd4 Qb6 $1 {For instance,} 16. Rd2 Bb3 17. Qb1 Rfe8+ 18. Be2 Ne4 $1
19. Nxe4 Ba2 $1 20. Qxa2 (20. Qa1 Rxe4 21. O-O Bb3 22. Bg3 Rxd4 $11) 20... Rc1+
21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Rxe4 23. Bg3 Qxd4+ 24. Ke1 Nc5 25. Qb1 Qc4 26. Qd1 Nd3+
27. Kd2 Rd4 28. Ke3 Re4+ $11) 13... Re8 14. O-O $14 {Now Black has no
compensation for a weak isolated pawn.} Bd6 {This move is aimed at putting the
queen on b6.} ({Another possible continuation was} 14... a6 15. h3 Qc7 16. Qd2
$14) 15. h3 {A decent prophylactic move - Black's light-squared bishop
definitely lacks space now.} ({Another move deserving serious attention was} 
15. Nd4 $5 Qb6 16. Qd2 g5 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 $14 {with strong pressure
along the f-file.}) 15... Qb6 ({A safer way was:} 15... a6 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. Bh7+
Kh8 18. Bf5 $14 {Black has a worse, but rather solid position.}) 16. Nd4 $6 {
This natural move is a serious inaccuracy.} ({Both players have overlooked the
following tactical idea:} 16. f4 $1 {the bishop is almost trapped, so Black
has nothing better than} g5 ({After} 16... Nf8 17. Bxf6 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 gxf6 19.
Nd4 $18 {Black's extra pawn is not worth much - there are too many weaknesses.}
) 17. fxg5 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 Nh5 19. g6 $16 {In the subsequent position the
vulnerablity of Black's king offers White a powerful attack for free.}) 16...
g5 $2 {Returning the favour.} ({GM Adams has missed a golden opportunity of
getting rid of his main weakness:} 16... Ne4 $1 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 {
leaves White with a symbolic advantage, since the Pe4 can be protected. For
instance,} 19. Rd4 Qc6 20. Rxe4 Be5 21. Bg3 Bxc3 22. Rxe6 Qxe6 23. bxc3 Nf6 {
with a probable draw.}) 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 $16 {White's k-side pawn
structure isn't perfect now, but Black is unable to put pressure on the Pe3.}
Ne4 {A human decision. Black doesn't mind giving up a pawn in order to
simplify matters.} ({After} 18... Re7 19. Qf2 Rf8 20. g4 $16 {Black's position
lacks any active ideas - the pressure along the f-file is extremely annoying.})
19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nxe6 {White manages to win the pawn, but Black's play is
getting somewhat more easily.} ({Possibly, the attacking approach would offer
even more:} 20. Qf2 $5 Bc4 21. Nf5 Bxf1 22. Rd6 Rc6 23. Nxh6+ Kh8 24. Nxf7+ Kg8
25. Rxd7 Rf6 26. Nh6+ Kh8 27. Qd2 Rxh6 28. Kxf1 $16) 20... Qxe6 21. Qxe4 Nb6 ({
Correctly rejecting} 21... Qxe4 $2 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Rxd7 Rf8 24. Rxb7 a5 25.
Ra7 $18) 22. Qxb7 {It definitely makes sense to exchange the weak Pe3.} ({
Less is offered by} 22. Qxe6 Rxe6 23. Rd3 a6 $14) 22... Qxe3+ 23. Kh2 Re7 24.
Qa6 Rcc7 $2 {A tactical blunder, which makes Viktor's technical task much
easier.} ({The cool-blooded} 24... Qc5 $1 25. Rf6 (25. a4 Qc4 26. Qxc4 Nxc4 27.
Nd5 Re6 $16) 25... Kg7 26. Qf1 Rc6 27. Rf5 Qc4 $16 {would allow Black to stay
in the game.}) 25. a4 $1 {That is the point! White's knight can disturb all
Black's major pieces now, so it is impossible to avoid further material losses.
} Qe6 ({Possibly, the most stubborn was:} 25... Re6 26. Rfe1 $1 Qxe1 27. Rxe1
Rxe1 28. a5 Nc4 29. Nd5 Re6 {, but after} 30. Qb5 {Black is going to lose the
second pawn:} Rc8 31. Qb7 Rd8 32. Qxa7 Nxb2 33. Qd4 $18) 26. Nb5 Rc5 (26... Rc8
{is also hopeless:} 27. Rfe1 Qxe1 28. Rxe1 Rxe1 29. a5 Ra1 30. Nd6 Rcc1 31. g4
$18) ({Or} 26... Rc2 27. Nd4 Qc4 28. Qa5 Rxb2 29. Nf5 Ree2 30. Nxh6+ Kh7 31.
Qf5+ Kxh6 32. Rd6+ Re6 33. Qxf7 Rxd6 34. Qf8+ $18) 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Nd4 $6 {
All of a sudden, Black gets one more chance to save the game!} ({There was no
reason to deviate from collecting another pawn:} 28. Nxa7 Rd5 29. Rxd5 Nxd5 30.
Qxe6 fxe6 31. Nc6 Rc7 32. Ne5 $18) 28... Qg6 29. b4 $2 {Allowing Black to swap
one pair of rooks.} ({There was still a winning way, though it was't trivial:} 
29. a5 Rd5 (29... Nc4 30. Rf6 Qg7 31. Nf5 $18) 30. Rf8 $1 Rxd4 31. axb6 axb6
32. Qc8 Qg7 33. Qc2+ Rde4 34. R1xf7 $18) 29... Rd5 30. Rxd5 Nxd5 $16 {The
activity of Black's pieces should not be underestimated now.} 31. Qc8 ({
The more precise way to liquadate into the endgame was:} 31. Qxg6+ Kxg6 32. Nc6
Re4 33. b5 Rxa4 34. Ne5+ Kg7 35. Rxf7+ Kg8 36. Rd7 $16) 31... Qd3 $1 {Perhaps,
this move was overlooked by GM Laznicka.} 32. Qf5+ Qxf5 33. Nxf5 {Obviously,
the resulting version of the endgame suits Black, who gets an important tempo
for activating the rook.} Re6 $2 {Unfortunately for Michael, this loss of
tempo turns out to be a decisive mistake. Most probably, this move was played
under strong time pressure.} ({At the same time, the correct} 33... Re2 $1 {
would offer Black decent drawish chances. For instance,} 34. b5 Ra2 35. Rd1 Nc3
36. Rd6 Rxa4 37. Rxh6+ Kg8 $14) 34. b5 Kg6 (34... Nc3 35. Nd4 Rd6 36. Rxf7+ Kg6
37. Nf5 Rd2 38. Rc7 Kxf5 39. Rxc3 $18) 35. g4 {Supporting the Nf5 and giving
more space to the king.} Nc3 36. Ra1 Re4 ({An attempt to exchange k-side pawns
by means of} 36... h5 37. Ra3 hxg4 38. hxg4 Nd5 {doesn't work:} 39. Rh3 Kf6 40.
Nd4 Re4 41. Rh6+ Ke5 42. Nc6+ Kf4 43. a5 Kxg4 44. Rd6 Ne3 45. b6 $18) 37. Rc1
$1 Nxa4 38. Rc7 {Now there is a material balance on the board, but White's
pieces are dominating!} Re6 ({The most stubborn was:} 38... Re2 39. Rxa7 Nc5
40. Ra8 Rb2 41. Rh8 f6 {Forcing White to find the precise} 42. Nd6 $1 (42.
Rxh6+ Kf7 43. Rh7+ Ke6 $16) 42... Ne6 43. Rg8+ Kh7 44. Rb8 $1 $18) 39. Rxa7 Nc3
40. Rb7 $18 {Now the q-side passer easily decides the game.} Nd5 41. Rd7 Nc3 ({
Or} 41... Nb6 42. Rd6 Kf6 43. Kg3 Rxd6 44. Nxd6 Ke6 45. Nf5 $18) 42. Nd6 Ne4
43. Nc4 (43. Nc8 $18 {was also good enough.}) 43... Nc5 44. Rc7 Na4 45. Kg3 Re1
46. Rc6+ f6 (46... Kg7 47. b6 Rb1 48. Kf3 $18) 47. Nd6 h5 48. b6 {A
disappointing loss for GM Michael Adams. However, he was able to recover and
win the second game of this match very convincingly.} 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc3 13. Rb1 Nc6 14. e3
Bb4 15. h4 gxh4 16. Rxh4 Qxc5 17. Qa4 Ba5 18. Bb5 Bd7 {White had chances to
snatch the advantage at a prior phase of the game but as things stand right
now he is not worse. The position is around equal. Nils makes a huge blunder
now.} 19. Qf4 $4 Qc2 $1 {A simple double attack on b1 and d2.} 20. Bxc6 (20.
Rd1 {Most probably Grandelius missed that this is losing to} Bxd2+ $1 21. Rxd2
Qb1+ $1 $18 {and the bishop on b5 falls.}) 20... Qxd2+ 21. Kf1 Qd3+ 22. Kg1
Qxb1+ 23. Kh2 Bxc6 24. Qe5+ Kd7 {Black is a rook and a bishop up and White has
absolutely no compensation.} 25. e4 Rhe8 26. Qf5+ Kd8 27. Qxf7 Bd7 28. Qf6+ Kc8
29. exd5 b6 30. Rc4+ Kb7 31. Rc7+ Ka6 32. Rxd7 Re1 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.02.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Vidit,S"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{During my preparations for the game, I noticed that Yu played only Nimzo and
Ragozin against 1.d4 and he had excellent preparation and results with them.} 
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 {So Nimzo it is!} d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 g5 (8... Be6 {was played by Yu on a couple of occasions.})
9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 11. Be5 {Although it was played by Kasparov against
Short in 1993, this is a comparitively rare line nowadays.} O-O 12. Bd3 Nc6 13.
Bxe4 Nxe5 14. Bxd5 Bf5 {The most direct.} (14... Bg4 {was Short's choice
against Kasparov in their WCh match. He equalised easily in the game, though
the position is still quite rich.}) 15. Qxf5 Bxc3+ 16. Kf1 Rfd8 $1 {Played
instantly by Yu. I was out of my book after this natural move. Engines don't
show this move in the beginning and this came as a nasty surprise.} 17. Rd1 {
Played after a long 45 minute think. After losing the opening battle I was
hoping to find the most stubborn defence. It wasn't easy to calculate the
random lines in the position as Black clearly has the initiative and White's
position looks very dangerous.} (17. Bxf7+ Nxf7 18. bxc3 Qb5+ 19. Ne2 Rd2 20.
Re1 Rad8 {The engine's initial first line looks just hopeless for White!}) (17.
e4 Bxb2 18. Re1 Qd2 19. Bb3 Qd3+ 20. Re2 {was one of the 'scary' ways to play
the game.}) 17... Qxc5 $1 (17... Qxa2 {is an attractive looking move, but
probably not the best.} 18. Qe4 $1 (18. e4 Qc4+ (18... Qxb2 19. Ne2) 19. Ne2
Bxb2 $36) (18. Bxa2 $4 Rxd1+ 19. Ke2 Re1#) 18... Qxb2 19. Ne2 {and White has
untangled himself}) 18. e4 (18. Bxf7+ Kg7 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. bxc3 Rd1+ 21. Ke2
Rc1 {This is one of the positions where engines calculate & display the usual
0.00. But for human beings it seems impossible to enter such lines.}) (18. Qe4
{is relatively the best way to play} Qb5+ 19. Ne2 Bxb2 20. g4) 18... Qc4+ {
Played instantly and it is just too pretty!} (18... Qb5+ 19. Ne2 Bxb2 20. g4)
19. Ne2 (19. Bxc4 Rxd1+ 20. Ke2 Re1#) 19... Bxb2 20. g4 $6 {I was already down
to 45 minutes and I couldn't see a very clear way to defend against the
annoying threat of ...Qc2. Here White has to play a series of accurate moves
to equalise.} (20. Qh3 $142 $1 Kg7 21. Qb3 $1 {Computer geometry :)} Qxb3 22.
axb3 $11) 20... Qc2 21. Re1 Rxd5 $1 22. exd5 Nd3 23. Kg2 Nxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qd2 (
24... Qxf5 25. gxf5 Re8 26. Kf1 b6 {Although Black is slightly better I think
White has decent chances to put up tough resistance.}) 25. Kf1 (25. Qb1 Qxd5+)
25... Re8 {White's pieces are completely stuck. I played my next moves fast as
I didn't see many nice options :).} 26. Qd7 (26. Qf3 {I didn't like this
passive defence. Black can slowly improve his position while White has no
clear plan.} a5) 26... Kf8 $1 (26... Re5 27. Qxb7 $11 {Black can't play ...Bc3
because of the Qc8 check.} (27. d6 Qd5 $19)) 27. Qb5 {Although the position
looks visually bad I didn't see a clear way for Black to increase the pressure.
} Ba3 $1 {I was always thinking about B moves on the a1-h8 diagonal and missed
this simple move.} (27... a6 28. Qb3 b5 (28... Bg7 29. a4) (28... Bf6) 29. d6
$132 {and White can hope to create some practical problems for Black.}) 28. Qc4
$1 {Trying to exchange Qs with ...Qd4 or ...Qc3.} (28. h3 b6 $19 {with ...Bb4
and ...Bc5 coming next, White's position looks hopeless.}) 28... Re5 29. Qd4 (
29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. Qc3 Qxc3 31. Nxc3 Rxe1+ 32. Kxe1 Bb4 33. Kd2 Kf6 34. Kd3 Ke5
$17) 29... Qxd4 30. Nxd4 Rxd5 31. Nf5 {I was very happy to get my N to f5. At
least White doesn't have to suffer passively now.} h5 (31... Rd2 32. Re2) 32.
Ne3 {I played this instantly! Instead h3 would maintain the N on f5 but
without the h-pawns White would lose slowly.} (32. h3 hxg4 33. hxg4 f6 34. Re3
Ra5 35. Rh3 Bc5 $17) 32... Re5 $5 (32... Rd2 {I was more scared of this move}
33. gxh5 Rxa2 34. h6 $1 (34. Ng4 Bb2 $1) 34... Bc5 (34... Kg8 35. Ng4) 35. h4
$1 {A very nice resource! The point is to take away the option of ...Rxh2
after the exchange on e3.} (35. Ng4 Bd4 36. Re4 Ra4 $1 $17) (35. Rd1 Bxe3 36.
fxe3 Rxh2 $19) 35... gxh4 36. Rd1 Kg8 37. Ng4 {and the position is still quite
messy and White has decent activity for a draw.}) 33. gxh5 (33. Rb1 $5 Bc5 $1 (
33... b5 34. gxh5 Kg7 35. Rd1) 34. Rxb7 (34. gxh5 Bxe3 35. fxe3 b6) 34... Bxe3
35. fxe3 hxg4 36. Rxa7 Rxe3 {Sooner or later White will exchange the a-pawn
for the g-pawn. Although not easy maybe White can hold that ending?}) 33... Bc5
34. Rc1 $1 {This looked like the best practical try.} (34. Ng4 Rxe1+ 35. Kxe1
Kg7 {looks lost for White as after Bd4-f5 White will lose the h-pawn and with
it the game.}) 34... Bxe3 35. fxe3 Rxe3 36. Rc8+ $5 {Generally it is not a
good idea to activate the black king by force but here I had a concrete idea
in mind which required the king to be on g7.} (36. h6 Rh3 37. Rc8+ Ke7 38. Rc7+
Ke8 39. Rxb7 Rxh6 (39... Rxh2 40. Rxa7 Rxh6 41. Kg2) 40. Rxa7 Rxh2) (36. Rc5 f6
{Here we see why it was important to provoke the king into going to g7.}) 36...
Kg7 (36... Re8 37. Rc5 f6 38. h6) 37. Rc7 Rh3 (37... Ra3 $5 {was possibly the
best try for Black.} 38. Rxb7 Rxa2 39. h6+ Kg6 (39... Kxh6 40. Rxf7 a5 41. h3
$1 Kg6 (41... a4 42. Rc7 a3 43. Rc3 Kg6 44. Kg1 Kf5 45. Rb3 Ke4 46. Rg3 Kd4 47.
h4 (47. Rf3) 47... gxh4 48. Rh3) 42. Rc7 a4 (42... Kf5 43. Rc4 a4 44. Rb4) 43.
Rc4 {and White has a defensive fortress.}) 40. Kg1 Ra4 41. h7 Rh4 42. Rxa7 Rxh7
43. Kg2 f5 44. Ra6+ Kh5 45. h3 Rh6 46. Ra5 Rf6 47. Ra4 {This looks lost but
the black king is not able to proceed further.}) 38. Kg2 Rxh5 39. Rxb7 a6 40.
Rc7 (40. Ra7 {was my original intention but I chose the game continuation
since it seemed more clear.} Rh6 41. a4 Re6 42. a5 Kg6 43. h4 $1 {A nice
concept!} gxh4 44. Kh3 f6 45. Kxh4 Kf5 46. Kg3 Ke4 47. Rb7 Re5 48. Rb6 Rxa5 49.
Rxf6 $11) 40... Rh4 {After this it is quite easy.} 41. Rc5 Ra4 42. Rxg5+ Kh6
43. Rf5 $5 {The point is to get h4-h5 with a check!} (43. Rc5 Rxa2+ 44. Kg3 a5
45. h4 a4 46. Rc7 Kg7 47. h5 a3 48. h6+) 43... Rxa2+ 44. Kg3 Kg6 45. Rc5 a5 46.
h4 Ra1 47. h5+ {This was why Rf5 was included.} Kg7 48. Rf5 a4 49. h6+ Kxh6 50.
Rxf7 Kg6 51. Rf8 {This looked like the easiest, keeping the king at bay.} (51.
Ra7 Kf5 52. Kg2 Ke4 53. Rg7 Kd3 54. Rg4 {It is important to attack the passed
pawn from the rank and then reach another theoretical draw.}) 51... Kg5 52. Rf3
Re1 53. Kf2 Re4 54. Rc3 Kf5 55. Rc5+ Ke6 56. Ra5 Kd6 57. Kf3 Rh4 58. Ke3 Kc6
59. Kd3 Kb6 60. Ra8 Kb5 {Although the opening was a total disaster, I was
quite happy with the defence especially in the rook endgame.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Vitiugov,N"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 {
The modern line.} (7... g5 8. Bg3 Nc6 {transposes.}) ({The main line goes} 7...
c5 8. dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 {etc.}) 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 h5 10. h4 ({I think the best
option is} 10. Bb5 h4 11. Be5 Rh6 12. h3 Ne4 13. Nge2 Bf5 14. Qb3 Bxc3+ 15.
Nxc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qd7 17. Bh2 O-O-O {with a complicated battle, Sjugirov,S 
(2663)-Yu Yangyi (2764) St Petersburg RUS 2018}) 10... Ne4 11. Bh2 ({After} 11.
Nge2 {it is equal:} Nxg3 12. Nxg3 Bg4 $11) 11... Qe7 $6 {Mixing up the lines.}
({Black should play} 11... Bf5 12. Bd3 gxh4 13. Nge2 Qg5 $13) 12. a3 ({It is
far from easy, but the best answer was} 12. Bd3 $1 Bf5 (12... Nxd4 {doesn't
work:} 13. exd4 Nxc3+ 14. Kf1 Ne4 15. f3 Nd2+ 16. Kf2 $36 {and troubles are
still there.}) 13. Nge2 gxh4 14. Nf4 O-O-O 15. O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3 {with better
chances for White.}) 12... Ba5 (12... Nxd4 $2 13. exd4 Nxc3+ 14. Be5 Nb5+ 15.
axb4 Nxd4 16. Qxc7 Qxc7 17. Bxc7 Nc2+ 18. Kd2 Nxa1 19. Nf3 $16 {and the knight
won't escape.}) ({More dynamic was} 12... Bxc3+ $5 13. bxc3 Bf5 $5 (13... g4
14. Bf4 g3 $13) 14. Bd3 gxh4) 13. Nf3 {There are many to proceed for White,
but I think this is the most human.} (13. Bb5 $5) (13. b4 $2 {is just bad:}
Nxb4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Nge2 Rh6 $36) (13. Bd3 $2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd4 $17) (13.
Nge2 Bf5 {and it is gonna be a different game.}) 13... g4 14. Nd2 ({Of course,
not} 14. Ne5 $2 g3 $15) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qxh4 16. Bb5 Bd7 $6 {A mistake.} (
16... g3 $1 {was very tempting, but I didn't get that it was necessary as well.
} 17. Nf3 (17. fxg3 Qf6 $1 {- the point.}) 17... gxf2+ 18. Kf1 Qe4 19. Qxe4+
dxe4 20. Ng5 Bf5 $13 {with a complex endgame.}) 17. O-O a6 $6 {Too slow, but
now it is not clear what Black should do. Both wings are relatively weakened,
and the white position is very solid.} (17... O-O-O 18. Qa4) 18. Bd3 Be6 19.
Nb3 $6 ({Alexander saw the strongest} 19. c4 $1 Bxd2 20. cxd5 Bxe3 {but here
did not find} 21. dxc6 $1 ({Black is fine after} 21. fxe3 Bxd5 $13) 21... g3
22. Bxg3 Qxg3 23. cxb7 Rb8 24. fxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 $18 {and the black position
is collapsing.}) 19... Bb6 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qe7 {Now,
surprisingly, it is very comfortable for Black. The bishop protects c7 and at
the same time is waiting for the opening of the a7-g1 diagonal (some ideas
with ...g3 are always there).} 23. d5 Ne5 24. Qa4+ Kf8 25. d6 $2 {No need for
such a harsh decisions.} ({I don't think White is worse after} 25. Nd4 $5 Qf6 (
25... Re8 $2 26. Ne6+ $36)) 25... cxd6 26. Qb4 Ba7 27. Rad1 Rh6 28. Rd5 Rc8 29.
Rfd1 $2 {Probably the last mistake.} ({White was still in the game after the
precise} 29. Nd4 $1 Rf6 30. Qb1 $44) 29... Rc4 30. Qd2 Rg6 {The move ...g3 is
coming!} 31. Bxe5 dxe5 32. Rd7 Qe6 33. Rxb7 (33. Na5 Rd4 $1) 33... Bb6 $19 {
Now it is over.} 34. Qd7 g3 35. Qxe6 Rxe6 36. Rdd7 Rf6 37. fxg3 Bxe3+ 38. Kh2
h4 39. Nd2 hxg3+ 40. Kh3 Rcf4 41. Nf3 Bf2 0-1

