[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Aseev,K"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qa5 9. f4 h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Be2 Qc5 13. Qd2 $6 (13. Qd3
$142 $14) 13... Bg7 (13... e6 $6 14. Bf3 Be7 15. Kb1 Rc7 16. f5 b5 17. Ne2 e5
18. Nc3 $16 {1-0 Leko,P-Lendwai,R/Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2 (37)}) 14. Kb1 $2 (
14. f5 $2 h5 15. Z0 Bh6 16. Z0 Bf4 17. Z0 Be5) (14. g4 h5 $1 15. h3 (15. gxh5
f5 16. e5 Bc6 17. Rhg1 (17. exd6 Rd8 $17) 17... Bh6 18. exd6 Rd8 $17) 15... f5
$5 16. exf5 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 Rxc3 $13) (14. Rhf1 $142 $13) 14... f5
15. e5 O-O $1 (15... Bc6 16. Qd3 $8 $13 (16. exd6 $2 Rd8 $17)) 16. g4 (16. exd6
e6 {/\Qc5-b6} 17. Rhf1 b5 $5 $44 {|^}) 16... Rfd8 17. g5 (17. Rhg1 dxe5 18.
gxf5 Bxf5 19. Bd3 $17 (19. Qxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rxd8+ Kh7 $17)) 17... dxe5 18. Rhg1
$2 (18. gxh6 $5 Bf6 (18... Bxh6 19. Qe1 $1 $132) 19. Nd5 Be6 20. c4 (20. Nxf6+
exf6 21. Bd3 (21. Qc1 $17) 21... e4 22. Qg2+ Kf8 $19) 20... Bxd5 21. cxd5 e4 $5
$17) 18... Be8 $5 19. Nd5 (19. Bd3 h5) 19... hxg5 (19... Rxd5 $2 20. Qxd5 Qxc2+
21. Ka1 exf4 22. Rb1 $132) 20. c4 $8 (20. Rxg5 $2 Rxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxc2+ 22. Ka1
Qc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rxc1#) (20. fxe5 Rxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxc2+ 22. Ka1 Qxe2 23. Rxg5 Qe3 $5
$19) 20... g4 $138 21. Bxg4 $2 (21. fxe5 Kf8 $5 $19 (21... e6 22. Bxg4 $1 {[]})
22. Bxg4 (22. Qg5 $2 Rxd5) (22. b4 Qc6 $19) 22... fxg4 23. Rxg4 Bd7) 21... fxg4
22. Rxg4 Bd7 23. Rg5 f6 $19 24. b4 Qxc4 25. Nxe7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Ptuj zt"]
[Site "Ptuj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. Bd2 e5 11. Qd3 a6 12. a3 Be6 13. Nd5 Qd8 {[#] Again
we have a typical situation, where White controls the important d5-sq.} 14. Bg5
$1 Bxd5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxd5 Rc7 17. Bc4 Be7 18. Bb3 O-O 19. Kb1 Qxf2 20.
Rhf1 Qc5 21. Rxf7 Qxd5 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Bxd5 {[#] The importance of the
outpost on d5 is not gone; the presence of opposite coloured Bishops does not
make Black's defence easier, as the value of these Bishops are so different.}
Ke8 24. Rd3 Kd7 25. a4 Kc8 26. a5 Rc5 27. b4 Rc7 28. Kb2 Kb8 29. Kb3 Rc8 30.
Rh3 $1 h6 31. Rg3 Bf6 32. Rg6 Rc7 33. c4 Ka7 34. h4 h5 35. g4 hxg4 36. h5 Bh4
37. Rxg4 Be1 38. Rg6 Rd7 39. Re6 Bd2 40. Ka4 Bg5 41. b5 b6 42. Bc6 Rd8 43. bxa6
bxa5 44. Kxa5 Kb8 45. Kb6 Be3+ 46. Kb5 Bg5 47. c5 $1 dxc5 48. Kb6 1-0

[Event "ARG-World"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Renet, Olivier"]
[Black "Scarella, Enrique Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 (
7... Nxd4 8. Qxd4 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. f4 Qc5 13. Qd2
f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bb5+ $14 {Haba,P-Kaspret,G/Oberwart op (7)/1992/1-0 (26)})
8. f4 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O (10. Nf5 Qa5 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. O-O Nxd3 13. Qxd3
Qc5+ 14. Kh1 e6 $10 {Ivanchuk,V-Salov,V/Reykjavik WCup (07)/1991/1-0 (50)})
10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Qc5 13. Qd3 e6 14. Be2 Rg8 $2 (14... Bc6 $14) (
14... Rc6 $6 15. f5 Kd8 16. Bh5 Be8 17. e5 Qxe5 18. Bf3 Qxf5 (18... d5 $5) 19.
Qxf5 exf5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rhf1 $16 {Svidler,P-Obodchuk,A/Groningen op (10)/
1993/1-0 (47)}) 15. e5 $1 f5 (15... fxe5 16. Ne4 $18) (15... d5 16. Ne4 $18)
16. Bf3 d5 17. Bxd5 $1 $18 Rc7 (17... exd5 18. Nxd5 Be7 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Qxd7+
Kf8 21. exf6 Qxc2+ 22. Ka1 $18) 18. Bf3 Be7 19. g4 fxg4 20. Qh7 Rf8 21. Bxg4
Bc6 22. Rhf1 Qb6 23. Bf3 Ba3 24. Bxc6+ Rxc6 25. Na4 Qb5 26. Rf3 Be7 (26... Qxa4
27. Rxa3 Qxf4 28. Qd3 $18) 27. Nc3 Qc4 28. b3 Qa6 29. Rfd3 b5 30. Qe4 Rg8 31.
Qh7 Rf8 (31... Rg6 32. Qh8+ Bf8 33. Rd8+ $18) 32. Qg7 Qc8 33. Ne4 Rxc2 34. Nf6+
Bxf6 35. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Cebu"]
[Site "Cebu"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rodriguez, Ruben"]
[Black "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qe5 $2 $146 (10... a6 11. Kb1 Qc5 12. Qxc5 Rxc5
13. f3 Rc8 14. Be3 Bc6 15. g4 h6 16. h4 g6 17. Bh3 Bg7 18. Bd4 g5 19. Nd5 Bxd5
20. exd5 $14 {Mokry,K-Epishin,V Brno (9) 1991 1/2 48}) (10... e6) (10... g6) (
10... e5) 11. Qxa7 Nxe4 12. Qxb7 Nxd2 13. Bb5 $1 $16 Rd8 14. Nd5 f6 (14... e6
15. Bxd7+ Rxd7 16. Qc8+ Rd8 17. Qc6+ Rd7 18. Nb6 $18) 15. Rhe1 Qf5 (15... Nb3+
16. axb3 Qg5+ 17. f4 $18) 16. Rxd2 Bxb5 $2 (16... e5 $16) 17. Rxe7+ {Boensch}
1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7.
Qd2 Rc8 8. f4 (8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. Bd2 a6 11. Kb1 Qc5 12. Qxc5 Rxc5
13. f3 Rc8 14. Be3 Bc6 15. g4 h6 16. h4 g6 17. Bh3 Bg7 18. Bd4 g5 19. Nd5 Bxd5
20. exd5 Rg8 21. Bf1 $14 {Mokry-Epishin Brno 1991}) 8... h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10.
Nf5 (10. Nb3 f5 11. exf5 Bg7 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. O-O Qb6+ 14. Rf2 Rg8 15. Be4 Rc4
16. Re1 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Nxa2 18. Re3 a5 $13 {Vehi Bach-Franco Toledo 1991}) 10...
Qa5 11. Bd3 (11. Ne3 f5 12. exf5 Bg7 13. Bd3 Nb4 14. Be4 Nxc2+ 15. Bxc2 Rxc3
16. O-O Ra3 $15 {Ivanov,Alexa-Zaitschik,G USSR 1981 -Inf.31/252}) 11... Nb4 12.
O-O {N} (12. a3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Rg8 14. g3 $13 {Mokry-Robatsch Trnava 1987 -Inf.
43/248}) 12... Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 e6 15. Ne3 h5 16. Rad1 Be7 17. f5 Kd8
(17... a6) 18. Rf3 b5 19. Ne2 Qe5 20. Nd4 a6 21. Rg3 Bf8 22. c3 Rc7 23. Rf1 Bc8
24. Nf3 Qc5 25. Nh4 Be7 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Rg7 $16 Bb7 28. Ng6 Re8 29. Nc2 Kc8
30. Nd4 Bd8 31. Nf4 $1 Qe5 (31... Rxg7 32. Ndxe6 Qe5 33. Nxg7 Bxe4 34. Qh3+ $18
) 32. Rxc7+ Kxc7 33. Qh3 Kb8 34. Qxh5 Rg8 35. Qf7 Rh8 36. Qxe6 Bxe4 37. h3 f5
38. Qd7 Qc5 39. Nde6 Qc4 40. Qxd6+ Ka8 41. Rf2 Bh4 42. Qxa6+ Kb8 43. Qb6+ Kc8
44. Rd2 Be7 45. Ng6 Qf1+ 46. Kh2 Rxh3+ 47. Kxh3 Bxg2+ 48. Rxg2 Qf3+ 49. Kh2
Qh5+ 50. Kg3 Bh4+ 51. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 128]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 {
The quite rare Averbakh variation.} 7. Qd2 {Karen has chosen the most popular
response.} (7. Be2 Qa5 8. Bxf6 {Forced.} gxf6 9. Nb3 Qg5 10. g3 (10. Nd5 O-O-O
11. O-O Rg8 12. g3 f5 13. f4 Qg7 {with very sharp and mutual play, but Black
is doing well here.}) 10... f5 (10... h5 11. f4 Qg6 12. Qd2 O-O-O 13. O-O-O f5
{[%cal Gf8g7] has occured in one of Averbakh's games.}) 11. f4 Qh6 (11... Qg6
12. Bh5 Qe6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Rg8 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. O-O-O {with a big mess.})
12. Qd2 Bg7 $1 $146 {In case of 12...fxe4 13.Nxe4 Bg7 14.c3 White neutralizes
Black's pressure over the big diagonal.} (12... fxe4 13. Nxe4 Bg7 14. c3 {
[%cal Yg7c3]} Qg6 15. Ng5 Bf6 16. h4 h6 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. h5 hxg5 19. hxg6 Rxh1+
20. Bf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Romanishin,O-Stein,L/Odessa 1972/EXT 2001 (42)}) 13. O-O-O
(13. exf5 Bxf5 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. Nd5 O-O $15 {[%cal Ge7e6]}) 13... fxe4 (13...
O-O 14. e5 $1) (13... O-O-O $5) 14. Nxe4 a5 $1 $15 {0-1 Morozevich,A-Dreev,A/
Moscow 2004/CBM 104/[Tyomkin,D] (36)}) 7... Rc8 8. f4 {White tried also:} (8.
Nb3 {The main line of the variation. 8.f4 or 8.0-0-0 looks much more active.}
a6 9. f3 {As the tournament practice shows, White has more active lines, such
as 9.f4 or 9.Be2.} e6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 {Possibly an immediate attack on
the kingside with 11.h4 was stronger.} (11. h4) 11... h6 12. Bxf6 {White
unexpectedly changes his plan, by exchanging on f6 and starts an immediate
offense on the weakened black king by the advance of the f-pawn.} (12. Bf4 Ne5
13. Be3) (12. Be3 $5) 12... gxf6 13. f4 b5 14. Ne2 {[%cal Re2d4]} a5 {[%cal
Ra5a4]} 15. f5 Qb6 {[%cal Rb6e3]} 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nbd4 a4 {[%cal Ra4a3]} 18.
Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Nf4 a3 20. Ng6 Rg8 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. Qxh6 Qc5 $5 {[%cal Rc5c2,
Rc5b4]} 23. Bd3 Qb4 24. Qc1 axb2 25. Qxb2 Qxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Rxg2 $11 {1/2-1/2
Bologan,V-Dreev,A/Sochi 2005/CBM 107/[Gofshtein,L] (33) Black won the pawn
back and transposed to an equal ending.}) (8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. f3 a6 10. O-O-O e6
11. Ne2 {Svidler likes to manoeuvre with the knights in the center against the
Sicilian Defence.} Be7 12. h4 Bb5 13. Nd4 Bxf1 14. Rhxf1 h6 (14... O-O 15. Kb1
Qc7 $11) 15. Be3 Nd7 16. h5 (16. g3 Ne5 17. Qe2 (17. b3 Qc7 18. Kb1 O-O $11)
17... Nc4 18. f4 $11) 16... Ne5 17. b3 d5 18. exd5 (18. Ne2 Qc7 19. Bf4 Bf6
$132) 18... Qxd5 19. Kb1 b5 $11 {1-0 Svidler,P-Dreev,A/Moscow 2004/CBM 104/
[Ftacnik] (37)}) (8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. Bd2 a6 11. Kb1 Qc5 12. Qxc5
Rxc5 13. f3 g6 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Bd4 Bg7 16. Nd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dominguez,L-Dreev,
A/Dos Hermanas 2005/CBM 107 (34)}) 8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. e5 {The main line
of this variation, which allows White to fight for the initiative. The calmer
10.0-0-0 as it is well known gives Black counterchances after 10...Rxc3} (10.
O-O-O Rxc3 $5 11. bxc3 e5 12. Qb4 Qxb4 13. cxb4 Nxe4 14. Bh4 g5 $44 {1/2-1/2
Tukmakov,V-Ubilava,E/URS 1973/EXT 2001 (25)}) 10... dxe5 11. fxe5 e6 12. O-O-O
Bc6 $1 {Practically a forced move, as the practice has shown that 12...Rxc3 is
not sufficient, for example:} (12... Rxc3 13. Bd2 Qxa2 14. Bxc3 g6 15. b4 $1
Nd5 16. Bc4 Bh6+ 17. Rd2 Qa3+ 18. Bb2 Qxb4 19. Bxd5 Qxd2+ 20. Qxd2 Bxd2+ 21.
Kxd2 exd5 22. e6 $16 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Ubilava,E/Ordzhonikidze 1978/EXT 2001 
(47)}) 13. Nb5 {The most aggressive and the most principled possibility. Other
ones didn't bring White anything special:} (13. Bc4 Nd7 (13... Bc5 $2 14. Qf4
Nd7 15. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 16. Rhf1 Rf8 17. Qc4 Be7 18. Qxe6 Qc5 (18... Qxe5 19.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Bxe7+ $18) 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Rf1+ $18 {Dvoirys,S-Poliancev,S
URS 1986}) 14. Rhe1 h6 15. Bd2 Qc5 16. Qf4 g5 17. Qf1 Bg7 18. h4 $2 Nxe5 (18...
Bxe5 19. hxg5 (19. Ne4) 19... hxg5 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 $44) 19. Bb3 O-O 20.
hxg5 hxg5 21. Qe2 Ng6 $2 (21... g4 $1 22. Rh1 a5 $1 $17) 22. Qh5 $1 $16 {
1-0 Polgar,J-Groszpeter,A/Hungary 1991/CBM 027/[Polgar,J] (34)}) (13. Bb5 Nd5
14. Nxd5 Bxb5 15. Qxa7 Bb4 16. Qxa5 Bxa5 17. b4 exd5 18. bxa5 Bc4 19. a3 Kd7
20. Rhe1 Ke6 21. Kb2 Ra8 22. Bd2 Rhc8 23. Bb4 Bb5 24. Rd4 Rc4 25. Rxc4 Bxc4 26.
Kc3 Rc8 27. Kd2 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L-Dolmatov,S/Sverdlovsk 1984/MCL (27)}) 13...
Bxb5 {The only move.} (13... Qxa2 $4 14. Nc7+ $1 {mating.}) (13... Nd5 $2 14.
Qxa7 $18) 14. exf6 Bc6 {moving the light-squared bishop from the f1-a6
diagonal, Black attacks white's dark-squared bishop. Other options are:} (14...
g6 $6 15. Bxb5+ (15. Bd2 Qa4 16. Bxb5+ Qxb5 17. Bc3 $14) 15... Qxb5 16. h4 $36
{1/2-1/2 Inkiov,V-Nikolov,S/Sofia 1982/EXT 99 (41)}) (14... Ba4 $6 {[%csl Rc2]}
15. Bd2 $1 Rxc2+ 16. Kb1 Rxd2 17. Rxd2 gxf6 18. Bd3 $1 Bc6 19. Rhd1 Be7 20. Be4
$16 {1-0 Videki,S-Kostic,V/Hohenems 1998/EXT 99 (58)}) 15. h4 {threatening
with the capture on g7.} g6 {preparing to add the dark-squared bishop to the
game.} (15... Rg8 {allows White to develop a dangerous initiative:} 16. Bc4
gxf6 17. Rhe1 $5 Rg6 (17... fxg5 $2 18. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 19. Qf6 $3 {A decisive
"silent" move!} (19. Rxe6+ $2 Be7 20. Rxe7+ Kxe7 $19 {0-1 Kupreichik,V-Yudasin,
L/Frunze 1981/URS-ch (30)}) 19... Qxe1 $8 20. Rxe1 $16) 18. Bxf6 $5 (18. Bxe6 {
Gofshtein,L} fxe6 19. Rxe6+ Kf7 20. Rxf6+ Kg8 21. Qc4+ Kh8 $13 {1/2-1/2
Tseshkovsky,V-Zaichik,G/Telavi 1982/MCD (26)}) 18... Bc5 19. Qf4 $40) 16. Bc4
Bc5 {attacking White's queen and liberating the eighth rank to castle.} ({
Worse is:} 16... Qc5 $146 17. Qd3 Qf5 (17... b5 18. Bb3 Qf5 19. Bxe6 Qxd3 20.
Bxc8 $16) 18. Qb3 $1 {Because of the threat Be6, White has a decisive advantage
} Rd8 19. Rdf1 Qg4 20. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 (20... Qxe6 21. Re1 Be4 22. Qa4+ b5 23.
Qxb5+ Rd7 24. Qa4 Kd8 25. Rxe4 $18) 21. Rf4 Qe2 22. f7+ Kd7 23. Rd4+ Bd6 24.
Rhd1 Bd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Qxb7+ {1-0 Svidler,P-Sherbakov,R/Krasnoyarsk 2003/
CBM 98/[Gofshtein,L] (26)}) 17. Qe5 (17. Qg4 h5 (17... O-O $2 18. h5 $18) 18.
Qe2 (18. Qg3 $144 $5 O-O {and Black eventually equalizes:} 19. Bxe6 Be4 $1 $13
{0-1 Groszpeter,A-Gyorkos,L/Zalakaros 1994/TD (53)}) 18... O-O 19. Rhf1 {
[%cal Gg2g4]} Bb4 $132 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Miroshnichenko,E/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84/
[Gofshtein,L] (23)}) 17... Bb6 $146 ({In the preceding game Black has moved
his bishop to b4:} 17... Bb4 18. Qxa5 (18. Qe2 $5) 18... Bxa5 19. h5 gxh5 20.
Rxh5 Bxg2 21. Bb5+ Bc6 22. Be2 Be4 23. Rd4 Rxc2+ 24. Kd1 Rxe2 (24... Bg6 25.
Bb5+ Kf8 26. Rd7 $44) 25. Kxe2 $13 {1-0 Ganguly,S-Tyomkin,D/Edmonton CAN 2005/
The Week in Chess 558 (42)}) (17... O-O $2 18. Bh6 {[%cal Oh6f8,Gh4h5]} Rfe8
19. h5 $40) 18. Qe2 (18. Qxa5 {- leads to the 17...Bb4 18.Qxa5 line.}) (18. Qg3
O-O 19. Bb3 Rfd8 20. h5 Bf2 $11) 18... O-O 19. Bh6 {White attacks Black's
kingside rook, hoping to carry out the h4-h5 advance.} (19. h5 $4 Qxg5+ $19) ({
An immediate attempt to start the attack on Black's king.} 19. Bd2 Qa4 $1 20.
h5 $2 {is refuted by} Be4 $1 $17) 19... Bxg2 $1 {opening the "c" file for the
rook. Other moves don't promise Black good prospects:} (19... Rfd8 20. Qxe6 $1
$18) (19... Rfe8 20. h5 $40) 20. Bxf8 ({Worse is} 20. Qxg2 Rxc4 21. Bxf8 Qxa2
$1 {[%cal Gb6e3]} 22. Qf3 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qxb2 24. Bh6 Rxc2+ 25. Ke1 Rc5 $1 $19 {
[%cal Gc5e5,Yc5f5]}) ({Worth a consideration:} 20. Rh2 $5 Rxc4 (20... Bd5 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. Bxf8 Qxa2 23. c3 $14) 21. Qxc4 (21. Bxf8 Qxa2 22. Rxg2 Kxf8 $15)
21... Bd5 22. Qd3 Rc8 (22... Rd8 23. a3 Bc6 24. Qf1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qe5 26. Qd2
$14) 23. a3 Qa4 $13) 20... Bxh1 21. Bxe6 {forcing a draw.} ({Interesting is} 
21. Bh6 $5 Bd5 (21... Qh5 22. Qxh5 gxh5 23. Be2 Be4 24. c3 $14) (21... Qa4 22.
Bxe6 Re8 23. Qg4 Qxg4 24. Bxg4 $14) 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Kb1 $13) 21... Rxf8 (
21... Re8 $2 {is met by} 22. Be7 $18) 22. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 (22... Kh8 23. Rxh1 $16
) (22... Kxf7 $4 23. Qe7+ Kg8 24. Qg7#) 23. Qe8+ Rf8 24. Qe6+ Rf7 (24... Kh8 {
leads to a draw as well:} 25. Qe7 Be3+ 26. Kb1 Bh6 27. Rd7 Rf7 $1 28. Qe8+ (28.
Rd8+ Qxd8 29. Qxd8+ Bf8 $15) 28... Rf8 29. Qe7 $11) 25. Qe8+ Rf8 26. Qe6+ Rf7
27. Qe8+ Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 16th"]
[Site "Buekfuerdo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Black "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1995.02.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
f4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 e6 12. O-O-O Bc6 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. exf6
Bc6 (14... Ba4 $142) 15. h4 $1 g6 (15... Rg8 16. Bc4 gxf6 17. Rhe1 $1 $16 {
/\ 18.Bxe6. Kupreichik,V-Yudasin,L/USSR(ch)/1981}) 16. Bc4 Bc5 17. Qg4 h5 (
17... O-O $2 18. h5 $18) 18. Qe2 $1 $146 {>< e4} (18. Qg3 O-O 19. Bxe6 Be4 $13
{Grozpeter,A-Gyorkas,L/Zalakoras/1994}) 18... O-O 19. Rhf1 {/\ 20.g4} Bd5 20.
Bxd5 exd5 21. Kb1 Rfe8 22. Qf3 d4 23. g4 $1 {>< Kg8} hxg4 24. Qxg4 Qb4 25. h5
d3 26. c4 gxh5 27. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "ARG-World"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Scarella, Enrique Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qa5 9. f4 e5 10. Qd2 (10. Qd3 Be7 11. O-O-O Bc6 12. Kb1 exf4 13. Bxf4 O-O
{Liberzon-Stein/URS-ch/1969/} 14. Nd5 $1 $14) 10... Be7 11. O-O-O Bc6 12. Kb1
exf4 (12... Qc7 13. Nb5 $1 $16) 13. Bxf4 O-O $2 14. Nd5 $1 $18 Bd8 15. Nxf6+
gxf6 16. Qe3 Qh5 17. Bd3 Bb6 18. Qg3+ Kh8 19. Bxd6 Rg8 20. Qf4 Qg5 21. Qxg5
Rxg5 22. g3 Re8 23. Rhe1 Rg4 24. e5 fxe5 25. Bxe5+ Kg8 26. Bf4 $1 Rxe1 27. Rxe1
h5 28. Bf5 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2012.11.11"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Torrecillas Martinez, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "Fier,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Equigoma"]
[BlackTeam "Foment Martinenc"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 {A surprise, I
was expecting 6...e6 and 7...Be7.} 7. Qd2 Rc8 8. Be2 {So I quickly went to a
less played variation, just to bring the pieces into the game.} (8. O-O-O Nxd4
9. Qxd4 Qa5 {is the main line with some long strange moves.}) 8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4
Qa5 10. Bd2 {Basically White's idea is to castle short and try some quick play
on the queenside... the position has something of the Dragon about it if Black
plays g6...} a6 (10... Qc5 {is not advisable since after} 11. Qxc5 Rxc5 12. Be3
$1 {Black's rook is going to an akward position.}) 11. O-O Qc5 12. Qd3 g6 13.
Be3 Qc7 {Here I spent a lot of time trying to make work any idea with Bd4 and
Nd5 or something quick to make Black worry about something before he can
castle... After all I discovered one not so forcing plan, but which was a bit
annoying to meet.} 14. a4 $5 (14. Bd4 Bg7 15. Nd5 {was one of the ideas that
didn't work} Qxc2 16. Qf3 Bg4 $1 {and everything is defended somehow!} 17.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qxg4 Bxd4 $17) 14... Bg7 15. a5 {The main idea is to play Nd5
at some point and expand with c4 b4 c5... Of course the g7-bishop makes my
life harder, but still is not easy to find a good plan to play for Black.} Be6
16. Rfc1 O-O 17. Nd5 Bxd5 (17... Nxd5 {was what I was expecting but it's hard
to evaluate which piece can be more useful for Black} 18. exd5 Bf5 19. Qa3 {
and probably Black has to play ...e6 at some point to get some counterplay.})
18. exd5 Nd7 19. c3 Ne5 20. Qe4 f5 $6 {A committal move since Black has no
attack on the kingside and the weaknesses created by this move are going to be
clear few moves later.} (20... Nc4 {was the normal continuation and after} 21.
Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Ra4 (22. Qxe7 Qxd5 {should be ok for Black}) 22... Qxe4 23. Rxe4
Rfe8 (23... Rc7 {is worse since the rook goes to a passive position after} 24.
Bb6 Rd7 25. Rce1 Re8 26. f4 $16) 24. Rd1 {White has a small but solid
advantage... the basic plan is still to push the queenside pawns and try to
control any e6 break.}) 21. Qb4 h6 {Trying to continue with the attack plan,
but now some pieces are going to lack space...} 22. f4 Ng4 (22... Nd7 23. Re1
Nc5 24. Rad1 {followed by Bf3 gives White a plus.}) 23. Bb6 Qd7 24. Bd1 $5 {
A move which is hard to see; maybe not the best one, but it gives Black hard
practical problems to solve...} Qe8 (24... Qb5 {was the best but the white
pawns on the queenside start to march} 25. Qxb5 axb5 26. Be2 b4 27. cxb4 Bxb2
28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rd1 $16 {[%cal Gb4b5,Ga5a6]}) 25. Ba4 Qf7 26. Bd7 Qxd5 27.
Re1 $1 {Centralising the pieces before taking any material! the bishop on d7
does its job efficiently.} Rc4 (27... e5 28. Rad1 Qf7 29. Qxd6 Rce8 30. Bxe8 {
finally taking the rook with a winning position} Rxe8 31. h3 $18) 28. Qb3 (28.
Be6+ $2 Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Rxb4 30. cxb4 Kf7 {was not clear at all}) (28. Qxc4 $6
Qxc4 29. Be6+ Qxe6 30. Rxe6 Kf7 {is better for White but with the move played
in the game the rooks are already entering Black's position.}) 28... e5 29. Ra4
$1 (29. Rad1 {was my first idea, but after} Qf7 30. Rxd6 Kh7 31. Be6 Qe7 {
I thought it was not soo clear for White and after analysing the other
possibility I went for a more precise move} 32. Bxc4 Qxd6 33. h3 Nf6 (33...
exf4 34. hxg4 f3 35. Bf2 fxg4 36. g3) 34. fxe5 Qe7 35. e6) 29... Nf6 30. Qxc4
Qxc4 31. Rxc4 Nxd7 32. Rc7 {And with the rook on the 7th the game is over.} Rf7
33. Rxb7 exf4 34. Re8+ Bf8 35. Ra8 Nxb6 36. Rxf8+ {A small finesse, 36.Rxf7 is
winning too.} Rxf8 37. axb6 Re8 38. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Candidates sf"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 h6 {This lesser known variation sidesteps the sharp and deeply analysed
main line 8...Qa5.} 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Bb5 Bc6 {I strongly suspect, that
Malakhov has chosen a plan that is too slow. Black had to play more actively
in order to get some compensation for the defects in his pawn structure.} 11.
O-O (11. f4 h5 12. O-O Qa5 13. Bc4 Rg8 14. b4 Qd8 15. f5 Bh6 16. b5 Bd7 17. Nd5
Rc8 18. Rad1 Rc5 19. a4 Bg5 20. Bb3 {1-0 Kostro,J (2390)-Ermenkov,E (2410)/
Polanica Zdroj 1972/ (46)}) 11... Bg7 12. Rad1 Kf8 (12... h5 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14.
Rd3 $14) 13. Qd3 Qa5 (13... Rg8 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne2 f5 16. exf5 Bxb2 17. c3
$16) 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne2 $1 {Grischuk loses no time and plans to start the
attack as soon as possible. The second player has no good square for his king
and his major pieces are not coordinated in the least.} f5 (15... Qxa2 16. Ra1
$1 Qe6 (16... Qxb2 17. Rfb1 Qe5 18. Rxa7 Re8 19. Nd4 d5 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. c4
Qd6 22. Qe4 $16) 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. Ra6 c5 19. Nf5 Qb7 20. Ra3 $16) 16. exf5 Qxa2
(16... Bxb2 17. c3 $1 Rg8 18. Rd2 Ba3 19. Rb1 $16) 17. b3 Qa5 (17... Rg8 18.
Rfe1 Be5 19. Qc4 Rc8 20. Nd4 $16) 18. Qf3 Rc8 (18... Qc5 19. Ng3 Qc3 20. Qe2
$16) 19. Ng3 Be5 (19... Qc3 20. Qe2 Rg8 21. Rfe1 Be5 22. Kh1 $16) 20. c4 Bxg3
$2 {[%mdl 16384] A strategic blunder of great magnitute. The white knight was
a fearful enemy, but without the dark squared bishop Black will not be able to
put up real resistance.} (20... Rg8 21. Rfe1 Qb6 22. Ne4 $16) 21. fxg3 $5 (21.
hxg3 h5 22. Rfe1 Rh6 23. Qe3 $16) 21... Qe5 22. f6 $1 {The main goal of this
pawn sacrifice is to prevent the completion of Black's development.} exf6 (
22... Qxf6 $2 23. Qg4 $18) 23. Rde1 Qg5 $6 (23... Qd4+ 24. Kh1 d5 25. Rd1 Qb2
26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Rxd5 Rc1 28. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 29. Rd1 Qc2 30. h3 $16) 24. h4 $1 Qg6
(24... Qg7 25. Rd1 $16) 25. Re4 (25. Rd1 f5 26. Qxf5 Qxf5 27. Rxf5 $16) 25...
h5 26. Rf4 (26. Rd4 Rd8 27. Ra1 c5 28. Rd5 Rd7 29. Rad1 $16) 26... Rh6 27. Kh2
$1 {The quiet move underlines the tragic nature of Malakhov's position.
Scattered pieces and numerous pawn weaknesses are an additional burden to the
unprotected black king.} c5 (27... Kg8 28. Ra1 Rc7 29. Qd1 (29. Rd1 d5 30. cxd5
cxd5 31. Rxd5 $18)) 28. Qc3 Qg7 (28... Rb8 29. Rxf6 Qg7 30. Rxf7+ Qxf7 31.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. Qf3+ Kg7 33. g4 hxg4 34. Qxg4+ $16) 29. Qd2 $1 (29. Rxf6 Rxf6
30. Rxf6 Re8 31. Qf3 Re4 32. Rxf7+ Qxf7 33. Qxe4 $16) 29... Rd8 (29... Kg8 30.
Qxd6 Qf8 31. Qa6 $16) 30. Qa5 Rd7 (30... Re8 31. Qc7 Kg8 32. Qxd6 Qf8 33. Qc7
$16) 31. Qb5 Rd8 (31... Ke7 $2 32. Re1+ Kd8 33. Qb8#) 32. Qa5 Rd7 33. Qa4 $1 {
The solitary black rook is no match for the mobile white queen.} Rd8 (33... Re7
34. Qc6 $16) 34. Qxa7 Qh8 (34... Kg8 35. Qc7 Qf8 36. Rxf6 $18) 35. Re1 Kg7 36.
Qc7 Qf8 37. Re7 Ra8 (37... Rg6 38. Rf5 Rh6 39. Rxf7+ Qxf7 40. Qxd8 $18) 38.
Qxd6 {The time is ripe and black pawns start falling like the proverbial
bottles on the wall...} Ra7 39. Rfe4 Rb7 (39... f5 40. Qe5+ Kg6 41. Rxa7 $18)
40. Re3 Rxe7 41. Rxe7 Rg6 42. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. f3 a6 10. O-O-O e6 11. Ne2 {Svidler likes to manoeuvre with the
knights in the center against Sicilian Defence.} Be7 12. h4 (12. Nd4 Bd7 (12...
Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Nxd2 14. Bxd8 Nxf1 15. Bb6 Ne3 16. Nxc6 Nxd1 17. Na7 $14) 13. Bd3
) 12... Bb5 (12... h6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. g4 $13) 13. Nd4 Bxf1 14.
Rhxf1 h6 (14... O-O 15. Kb1 Qc7 $11) 15. Be3 Nd7 16. h5 {Dreev could have felt
at home after this move, in his beloved Caro Kann such fixation of the
kingside is quite common.} (16. g3 Ne5 17. Qe2 (17. b3 Qc7 18. Kb1 O-O $11)
17... Nc4 18. f4 $11) 16... Ne5 17. b3 d5 18. exd5 (18. Ne2 Qc7 19. Bf4 Bf6
$132) 18... Qxd5 19. Kb1 b5 {Black has equalised the game and the last move
even indicates ambitions to limit his opponent.} (19... Nc6 20. c4 Qd6 $11) 20.
g4 Nc6 21. Qc1 O-O (21... Nxd4 22. Bxd4 e5 23. Bb2 Qc5 24. f4 $14) 22. Nf5 $1
Qe5 23. Bf4 (23. Bd4 Nxd4 24. Nxe7+ Kh7 25. Nxc8 Ne2 26. Rde1 Rxc8 27. f4 Nc3+
28. Ka1 Qd4 29. Qb2 b4 $14) 23... Qc3 (23... Qf6 $5 24. Nxe7+ Nxe7 25. g5 Qf5
26. gxh6 Nd5 27. Rxd5 (27. hxg7 Nc3+ 28. Kb2 Rfe8 29. Rde1 Nxa2 30. Qd2 Red8
31. Qh2 Nb4 32. Rc1 Nxc2 $13) 27... exd5 28. Rg1 Rfe8 29. Qd2 f6 30. Rxg7+ Kh8
31. Qg2 $14) 24. Rd3 Qa5 {The dance of the Black Queen is over, but from the
square a5 she can not contribute to the defence of her own king.} (24... Qc5
25. Nd6 (25. Nxe7+ Nxe7 26. Bd6 Qa7 27. g5 Rfd8 28. gxh6 Nf5 29. Qg5 Kh7 $11)
25... Nb4 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27. Rd2 Bf6 28. c4 bxc4 29. Qxc4 Qxc4 30. bxc4 Rxc4 31.
Bd6 Nd5 $11) 25. Nxe7+ Nxe7 26. g5 Nd5 $2 {[%mdl 128] Black's defensive
possibilities are surprisingly promising, but Dreev's move is spoiling it. It
was necessary to swap on g5 in order to slow down White's advance.} (26... hxg5
27. Bxg5 (27. Bd6 Nd5 (27... Rfd8 28. Qxg5 Nf5 29. h6 f6 30. Qg2 Qb6 31. Rfd1
Nxh6 $13) 28. Qxg5 Nc3+ 29. Kc1 Qxa2 30. h6 Qxc2+ 31. Kxc2 Ne4+ 32. Kb2 Nxg5
33. Rg1 gxh6 34. f4 Rfd8 35. fxg5 h5 36. Rgg3 $11) 27... Nd5 28. Bd2 b4 29. h6
$14) 27. Bd2 Nc3+ (27... b4 28. gxh6 g6 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Qe1 $18) 28. Rxc3
Rxc3 29. gxh6 b4 (29... Rd8 30. Bxc3 Qxc3 31. hxg7 $18) 30. hxg7 Rd8 31. Bxc3
bxc3 32. h6 {Svidler has won two pawn and they are very close to the promotion
squares. Black can only hope, that his c3 pawn will make the opponent's task
more difficult.} Qe5 (32... Kh7 33. Qe3 Qh5 34. Qxc3 $18) (32... Qd5 33. Rh1
Kh7 34. Qe3 $18) 33. Rd1 Rxd1 34. Qxd1 Qf6 (34... Qg5 35. Qh1 Kh7 36. a4 $18)
35. Qh1 Kh7 (35... Qd8 36. b4 Kh7 37. Qg1 Qg8 38. a4 $18) 36. Qg1 Qd8 37. g8=Q+
$1 {The transfer to the pawn ending is an elegant solution. White will get the
new queen and a point in the tournament crosstable.} (37. g8=Q+ $1 Qxg8 38.
Qxg8+ Kxg8 39. b4 Kh7 40. a4 Kxh6 41. b5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7.
Qd2 Rc8 8. Nb3 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Bd3 $1 $146 (10. f4 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Nd5
Bg7 13. c3 Be4 14. Ne3 a5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 a4 17. Nd2 e6 18. O-O O-O 19.
Rad1 d5 20. Nf3 Qb6 21. Rf2 a3 $1 $36 {Bologan -Smirin,Manila 1991}) 10... Bg7
11. O-O h5 12. Kh1 h4 13. h3 a6 {Black can't get rid of white's pressure in 13.
..Ne5 as well;} (13... Ne5 14. f4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 f5 16. exf5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rg8
18. Nd4 Qc7 19. Rf3 Bc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Re1 $40) 14. Nd5 {[%cal Rd5e3,Re3f5]
transferring the N to e3;} e6 (14... f5 15. exf5 Bxb2 16. Rae1 Kf8 17. c3 Ba3
18. Nd4 Ne5 19. f4 $16) 15. Ne3 Qc7 16. f4 Ne7 17. Qe2 $6 (17. f5 $5 Bh6 18.
Qe1 Bg5 19. Ng4 e5 20. Nd2 $36) 17... Ng6 18. Ng4 Kf8 19. c3 $6 (19. f5 $5 exf5
20. exf5 Ne5 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Nd2 $16) 19... d5 {An attempt to release;} 20.
f5 $1 Nf4 21. Rxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512] This sacrifice of exchange gives white an
initiative;} Qxf4 22. Rf1 Qg5 $6 {Black queen is placed badly, and that's the
reason of forthcoming troubles;} (22... Qd6 $5 23. e5 $1 fxe5 24. f6 Bh6 25.
Nxe5 Bg5 26. Nd4 Rc7 27. Bg6 Be8 28. Bd3 $13) 23. Nd4 exf5 $2 {Decisive
mistake;} (23... Re8 24. Qd1 dxe4 25. Bxe4 Bc8 26. Qd3 $13) 24. exf5 Re8 25.
Qd1 {Black is paralysed now!} Kg8 26. Bc2 Bc6 27. b4 {Intending a2-a4
following by a4-a5;} Re7 28. a4 Kh7 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Be8 31. Bb3 Rc7 32.
Bxd5 Rxc3 33. Bxb7 $5 {White tries to decide the game by advancing b-passer;} (
33. Nf3 $5 Qxf5 34. Qd4 Kg8 35. Bxf7+ Bxf7 36. Qxc3 Qxb5 37. Nd2 $36) 33... Rc5
34. Qb1 Rc4 35. Nf3 Qh5 (35... Qf4 36. Nfe5 Rb4 37. Qe1 Qd4 38. Qxh4+ Kg8 39.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 40. Qxf6 Rxb5 41. Qg5+ Kf8 42. f6 Rh7 43. Re1 Rxb7 44. Ng4 {[%cal
Yg5g8]} Qb4 45. Nh6 Qxe1+ 46. Kh2 Qe5+ 47. Qxe5 Rxh6 48. Qc5+ Kg8 49. Qc8 Rxf6
50. Qxb7 $18) 36. b6 Bc6 37. Bxc6 Rxc6 38. Qb5 {38.Qd1 leads to immediate win;}
(38. Qd1 $1 Rxb6 39. Nd2 $18) 38... Rd6 39. Qc5 Rdd8 40. b7 Rb8 41. Rb1 Rhd8
42. Qb5 $6 (42. Rb5 $1 Rd7 43. Qc6 Rdd8 44. Nxf6+ Bxf6 45. Qxf6 $18) 42... Kh8
43. Nf2 $6 (43. Re1 $1 Qh7 44. Nd4) 43... Bf8 44. Ng4 Bg7 45. Rc1 Qh7 46. Kg1
Qg8 47. Rc7 Qf8 48. Qc4 Rd1+ 49. Kf2 Qd6 50. Ne3 $1 {[%cal Rc4h4,Re3d1]
Entering the queen to attack;} Qg3+ 51. Ke2 Rb1 52. Rc8+ Kh7 53. Qxf7 Rb2+ 54.
Kd1 Qd6+ 55. Kc1 Rxg2 56. Nxg2 Qa3+ 57. Kc2 Qa4+ 58. Kd2 $18 1-0

[Event "Santiago Entel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santiago de Chile"]
[Date "2005.03.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zambrana, Oswaldo"]
[Black "Llorens Sepulveda, Marcelo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CHI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7.
Qd2 Rc8 8. Bxf6 {White chooses a relatively rare line. Main lines arise after
8.f4 or 8.0-0-0} (8. f4) (8. O-O-O) 8... gxf6 9. Nf5 $5 {With the idea to
block the advance of black's pawns in the centre and to restrict the black
dark squared bishop} (9. Nxc6 $6 bxc6 10. Bd3 Rb8 11. Rb1 Rg8 12. g3 Qa5 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Kaminski,M-Groszpeter,A/Dortmund 1992/TD (26)}) (9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4
Qa5 11. Bc4 Qc5 12. Qxc5 Rxc5 13. Bb3 f5 $132 {0-1 Lieberum,J-Murey,J/Antwerp
1993/EXT 97 (44)}) (9. Be2 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. O-O-O Qc5 12. f4 Bg7 13. f5
Bh6+ 14. Kb1 Bf4 15. Qxc5 Rxc5 16. Nd5 Be5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Radulov,I-Csom,I/
Baile Herculane 1982/MCD (16)}) 9... Qa5 {[%cal Rd7f5,Ra5f5] By activizing the
queen black firstly attacks the knight on f5} (9... Ne5 10. f4 Nc4 11. Bxc4
Rxc4 12. Ne3 Rc8 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Kb1 Qc5 15. Qe2 e6 16. Rhe1 $16 {1-0
Petronic,J-Nestorovic,D/Tivat 1995/EXT 2000 (25)}) 10. Bd3 $5 {White protects
the knight on f5. 10.Bb5 was the alternative.} (10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxc6 Rxc6 (11...
bxc6 $5) 12. O-O-O e6 13. Nd4 Rc8 14. Rhe1 Qh5 15. g3 Bh6 16. f4 O-O 17. Kb1
$16 {1/2-1/2 Adorjan,A-Csom,I/HUN-ch 1992/CBM 34 (25)}) 10... Ne5 {[%cal Re5c4,
Re5d3]} 11. O-O-O $5 $146 {A novelty. 11.0-0 was previously met. As the next
games show white has a stable edge in this case.} (11. O-O $5 a6 (11... h5 12.
Kh1 Be6 13. Ne3 Bh6 14. f4 Nc4 15. Nxc4 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Qd3 Qc5 18. Rad1
Rg8 19. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Kudrin,S-Basque,R/Philadelphia 2003/CBM 097 ext (25)}) 12.
Kh1 e6 13. Ne3 h5 14. Be2 Qb4 15. Rab1 b5 16. f4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Garcia,G-Zapata,
A/Barranquilla 1999/EXT 2000 (38)}) 11... h5 $6 {11...b5 deserved attention
with counterplay.} (11... b5 $5 12. Kb1 b4 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Nc1 Nxd3 15. Qxd3
Qe5 16. f3 a5 $132) 12. f4 Nc4 (12... Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Be6 14. a3 Bc4 15. Qd2 $16
) 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. Qd3 {[%cal Gd3f5]} Rc5 15. Rhe1 {Bringing the rook and
preparing to the opening of the e-file.} Be6 {[%cal Re6a2]} (15... Bxf5 16.
exf5 Kd8 (16... Rxf5 17. Qxd6 $18) 17. Re4 $36) 16. a3 Qc7 17. Kb1 Qc8 {
[%cal Re6f5]} 18. Ne3 $16 {Black's corrupted pawn chain, the insecure position
of his king and a lack of coordination between his pieces (black's rook on h8
is out of the game), all those give white a clear edge.} h4 19. Ncd5 {White
strengthens his position in the centre, by centralizing the knight.} Rg8 20.
Re2 Bh6 {With his last couple of moves, black tries to activize all his not
playing pieces, but misses a tactical blow.} 21. b4 {21.Ne7 is winning at once,
totally breaking black's pawn structure.} (21. Nxe7 $1 Kxe7 22. Nf5+ Rxf5 23.
Qxd6+ Ke8 24. exf5 $18) 21... Rc6 22. Nf5 {Further activizing the pieces and
trying to open the e-file.} Bf8 23. Rdd2 {White hesitates and again misses the
immideatly winning 23.b5.} (23. b5 $5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Rb6 25. Rde1 $18 {[%cal
Rf5e7]}) 23... a5 24. Nxh4 {Winning a pawn, 24.b5 was also possible.} (24. b5
$5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rb6 26. Nxe7 Bxe7 27. Rxe7+ Kxe7 28. Qe3+ Kd7 29. Qxb6 Qc7 30.
Qd4 $36) 24... axb4 25. axb4 Rc4 {[%cal Rc4b4] Black tries to get some
counterplay by activizing his rook.} 26. Qb3 b5 (26... Bxd5 27. Rxd5 e6 28.
Qa4+ Qc6 29. Ra5 Qxa4 30. Rxa4 b5 31. Ra8+ Kd7 32. Ra7+ $36) 27. Nf5 Qc6 (27...
Bxf5 28. exf5 Qxf5 29. Ne3 $18) 28. Kb2 {White keeps on strengthening his
position, black finds it very difficult to break the blockade.} Kd8 29. Qa3 {
Transfering the queen to a more active position.} Bxd5 30. exd5 Qb6 31. g3 Rh8
32. c3 {White keeps restricting black's possibilities.} Rh5 33. Nd4 {[%cal
Rd4c6]} Kd7 (33... Rxd5 34. Qa8+ $18) 34. Nc6 Rxc6 {Trying to weaken white's
pressure.} 35. dxc6+ Qxc6 36. Qa7+ Qc7 37. Qa8 Qc8 38. Qf3 {[%cal Rf3h5]
Throwing the black rook from an active position.} Rh8 39. Qd5 {[%cal Gd5b5,
Yd5f7]} Qc4 40. Qb7+ Kd8 41. Re1 {[%cal Re1a1,Ra1a8] White has not only a
material advantage but also a much more active pieces. The threat Ra1 is
extremely dangerous, that's why black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7.
Qd2 Rc8 8. f4 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Qc5 13. Qd3 (
{The mainline is} 13. Qd2 Bg7 (13... e6 14. Bd3 h5 15. Rhf1 a6 16. Qe1 Rg8 17.
e5 $5 $13 {1-0 Santo Roman,M-Ubilava,E/Maspalomas 2000/EXT 2001 (28)}) 14. f5
h5 15. Be2 Bh6 16. Qd5 Qxd5 17. Nxd5 h4 18. Rd3 {-see commented game 0-1
Herrera,I-Franco Ocampos,Z/Havana 1998/CBM 65 [Gofshtein,L](39)}) (13. Qxc5
Rxc5 14. Bd3 e6 15. Rhe1 Be7 16. Re3 a6 17. a3 h5 18. Rh3 h4 19. g3 Rch5 20. g4
Rc5 21. Ne2 Bd8 22. Ng1 Rc8 23. Nf3 $14 {[%csl Rh4] 1/2-1/2 Andersson,
F-Vaisanen,A/Stockholm 1996/CBM 57 ext (32)}) 13... Bg7 (13... e6 14. e5 $5 (
14. Be2 Rg8 15. e5 $1 {-see commented game 1-0 Renet,O-Scarella,E/ Buenos
Aires 1994/CBM 42 [Boensch,U](35)}) 14... fxe5 (14... Bc6 15. exf6 (15. exd6 $6
Rd8 16. Ne4 (16. Nb5 a6 17. Nc7+ Kd7 $17 {[%csl Rc7]}) 16... Qf5 $8 17. Re1
Qxf4 18. Qd4 Bg7 19. Bd3 Qe5 $15) 15... Rg8 16. Ne4 $14) 15. Ne4 Qa5 16. Nxd6+
Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. fxe5 Rc5 20. Re1 Rg8 {[%cal Gg8g5]} 21. b4
$1 (21. h4 {1/2-1/2 Fressinet,L-Miroshnichenko,E/Paris FRA 2001/The Week in
Chess 351 (21)} Bc6 22. b4 Rc3 23. Rh3 Rxh3 24. gxh3 Rg1 $44 {[%csl Rh3,Rh4]})
21... Rd5 22. c4 Rd2 23. b5 $1 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gd7c6,Gb5c6]} Ke7 24. g3 Rg4
25. Re3 $16 {[%cal Gf1e2]}) (13... f5 $6 14. e5 $1 e6 15. Be2 d5 16. g4 fxg4
17. Ne4 Qb4 18. Nf6+ Kd8 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5 Rc7 21. Bxg4 $16 {1-0 Brustman,
A-Lendwai,R/Aschach 1997/CBM 63 ext (29)}) 14. Be2 ({Worth of attention} 14.
Qg3 Kf8 15. f5 h5 16. Qf3 Bc6 17. Bd3 e6 18. Qh3 e5 19. Qf3 a6 20. h4 Ke7 $14 {
and Black eventually equalized in the game 1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Baklan,V/Istanbul
2000/EXT 2001 (26)}) 14... a6 (14... f5 {Ftacnik} 15. e5 Be6 16. exd6 exd6 17.
Nb5 $1 d5 18. c3 $16) 15. g4 f5 $1 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gg7c3] Black opens a long
diagonal a1-h8 for his Bg7 and recieves perspective position. Ftacnik: 'Black
has to fight the threat of suffocation, bishop's pair is the strongest in the
open positions. '} 16. e5 {'!?' Ftacnik.} ({Or} 16. gxf5 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18.
bxc3 Rxc3 19. Bd3 $132 Rg8 $11) 16... fxg4 17. Rhg1 h5 (17... f5 $2 {Ftacnik}
18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 $18) (17... Be6 {Ftacnik} 18. Bxg4 Bc4 19. Qe4 Rc6 20.
Bf5 Bf8 21. Na4 Qa5 22. exd6 e6 23. d7+ Kd8 24. Qd4 $18) 18. h3 Be6 $1 {
[%cal Ge6a2]} ({Dubious is} 18... Qa5 19. hxg4 h4 20. Bf3 Rd8 21. g5 (21. exd6
Be6 {[%cal Ge6a2,Gg7b2]} 22. f5 Rxd6 23. Qe4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxc3 25. fxe6 Bf6
26. exf7+ $16 {[%csl Re8]}) 21... dxe5 22. g6 f5 23. fxe5 e6 24. Bxb7 Bxe5 25.
Nd5 $1 $16 {[%cal Gg1e1]}) (18... Rd8 $5 {Ftacnik} 19. hxg4 h4 (19... dxe5 $2 {
Ftacnik} 20. gxh5 $16) 20. Ne4 (20. exd6 {Ftacnik} Bc6 $17) 20... Qb6 21. Qh3
dxe5 22. f5 Bc6 $15) 19. hxg4 h4 (19... Qa5 {Ftacnik} 20. gxh5 Bh6 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Bxf4 24. exd6 Bxd6 25. c4 $14) (19... dxe5 $2 {Ftacnik}
20. f5 Bc4 21. Qd7+ Kf8 22. Qd8+ $1 $18) 20. Qe4 $2 $17 {White puts mistake.} (
{Why not} 20. f5 $1 Bc4 21. Qxc4 Qxc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. exd6 Bxc3 24. bxc3 $11)
({Next variation shows, how strong black position is:} 20. exd6 exd6 21. Ne4
Qb6 22. Nxd6+ Kf8 23. b3 Rc3 24. Qd2 Bxb3 $1 $19) 20... Qb6 ({Black has great
advantage after} 20... dxe5 21. f5 Bc4 22. Bxc4 (22. g5 {Ftacnik} Bxe2 23. Qxe2
Qc4 24. Qd2 Qd4 25. Qg2 $36) 22... Qxc4 23. Qxb7 Qc6 24. Qxc6+ Rxc6 $17) 21.
Kc1 Rc5 $4 $16 {[%mdl 8192] Terrible mistake in very good position... '?'
Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Bad mistake in a sharp position, where two bishops and free
h pawn have promised good compensation for the white's initiative.'} ({Right
was} 21... dxe5 $1 22. fxe5 (22. f5 Bd7 23. g5 (23. Bf3 {Ftacnik} e6 $17) 23...
h3 (23... Qc6 $1 $17 {Ftacnik}) 24. g6 h2 25. gxf7+ Kf8 26. Rh1 Bc6 27. Nd5 Qf2
$17 {[%cal Gh8h4]}) 22... Qc5 $17 {[%csl Re5]} (22... h3 $17 {Ftacnik})) 22.
Na4 Qa5 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. f5 (24. exd6 {Ftacnik} Qb6 25. c3 exd6 26. Bc4 (26.
f5 {Ftacnik} d5 27. Qf3 Bd7 28. Rge1 $18) 26... Kd7 27. Bxe6+ fxe6 28. Rge1 $18
) 24... Bxa2 25. f6 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Converting the advantage is simple,
black has not a slightest chance to survive.'} (25. exd6 $18) 25... Bf8 26.
Qa4+ b5 27. Qxa2 Qe3+ 28. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.02.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. Be3 a6 11. f3 e5 {11...g6 deserves serious
attention.} (11... g6 $5 12. Bc4 (12. Kb1 Bg7 13. Nd5 Be6 14. Qb6 Qxb6 (14...
Qa4 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. c4 Bxd5 17. cxd5 O-O $132 {0-1 Rodriguez,J-Ubilava,E/
Oviedo 1992/TD (37)}) 15. Nxb6 Rc6 16. c4 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. c5 Kc7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Szieberth,A-Gyurkovics,M/HUN 1993/TD (32)}) (12. Qb6 Qxb6 13. Bxb6 e6
14. Bd4 Bg7 15. Bd3 Ke7 16. Rhe1 Bc6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vatter,H-Gschnitzer,O/Lauda
1986/GER (20)}) (12. Nd5 Bg7 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Qd3 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5
Qb4 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Rc5 $11 {0-1 Kucypera,A-Perdek,M/
Polanica Zdroj 1996/EXT 98 (45)}) 12... Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Qa4+
Qxa4 16. Nxa4 Nd5 17. Bd2 Bg7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Klovans,J-Kuzmin,G/Kischniev 1975/
EXT 2001 (28)}) (11... b5 12. Kb1 e5 13. Qa7 Qc7 14. Qxa6 b4 15. Bb6 Qb8 16.
Nd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 $16 {1-0 Garcia,G-Vera,R/Cienfuegos 1980/EXT 99 (26)}) (11...
Be6 12. Qb6 Qxb6 13. Bxb6 g6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Bg7 $132 {0-1 Mihalko,
J-Videki,S/Budapest 1994/EXT 97 (63)}) (11... e6 12. Kb1 Be7 13. g4 O-O 14. g5
Nh5 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Bh3 $16 {0-1 Mencinger,V-Efimov,I/Ljubljana 1997/CBM 58
ext/[Mencinger,V] (52)}) 12. Qb6 {[%mdl 4096]} Qxb6 13. Bxb6 Be7 {13...Be6
leads to move replace.} (13... Be6 14. Be2 (14. g4 $5) 14... Be7 15. Rd2 O-O
$132 {1/2-1/2 Peptan,C-Gaprindashvili,N/Kishinev 1998/CBM 63 ext (56)}) 14. g4
$1 {White captures space on the King's side.} Be6 15. h4 O-O 16. Bh3 $5 {
The Bishop on h3-c8 will excert strong pressure.} Rc6 17. Be3 Rfc8 {[%cal
Yc5c2,Yc6c2]} 18. Rd2 {[%cal Yd2c2] Profilactic move...White defends pawn c2
preparing to move knight to d5.} Ne8 19. Nd5 $16 Kf8 (19... Bxd5 20. exd5 Rc4
21. h5 $16) 20. a3 {White strengthens its position.} (20. g5 $5 Nc7 21. Bf1 $16
) 20... Bd8 (20... Bxh4 21. g5 $36) 21. g5 g6 22. h5 $5 {[%cal Yh1h7] White is
trying to open up the 'h' file, activating his 'h' Rook.} gxh5 (22... f5 23. c3
$16) 23. Bf5 Ng7 (23... Bxf5 24. exf5 Ng7 25. f6 Nf5 26. Rxh5 $36) 24. Bxh7
Bxd5 25. exd5 Bb6 $5 {Black tries to change the character of the game because
two Bishops and the weak pawn on h5 give White a clear advantage.} 26. dxc6
Bxe3 27. cxb7 Rb8 28. Be4 $5 {It's clearly important to preserve pawn 'b7'.} (
28. Kd1 Bxd2 29. Kxd2 Rxb7 30. b4 d5 31. Bd3 Rb6) 28... Bxg5 29. Kd1 Bxd2 30.
Kxd2 Ke7 31. b4 Kd7 {Black's King approaches pawn 'b7', freeing his Rook from
a defensive role} 32. a4 Kc7 33. a5 {White's plan is clear. He tries to create
a second pass-pawn following b4-b5.} Rh8 $1 {It's now clear that Black also
has certain potential.} 34. b5 axb5 $2 {Decisive mistake...after 34...Kb8 the
outcome is yet to be decided.} (34... Kb8 $5 35. bxa6 h4) 35. a6 d5 {and in
case of 35...Kb6 36.a7 Black loses.} 36. Bxd5 Rd8 37. c4 $1 bxc4 38. Kc3 $18
1-0

[Event "GER CupT 3rd place"]
[Site "Erfurt"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Brueggemann, Joachim"]
[Black "Heinemann, Thies"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Erfurt"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 (5... Nc6 6. Bg5 e6) 6. Bg5
Nc6 (6... Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. f4 Nc6 9. Qd2 Qb6 10. Nb3 e6 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Bh4
Be7 13. Bf2 Qc7 14. Bd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Paehtz,E-Gutman,L/playchess.com 2003/CBM
92 ext (106)}) 7. Qd2 Bd7 {A relatively rare move. The usual line is 7...e6} 8.
f4 {8.0-0-0 is more common transposing to the usual lines} (8. O-O-O $5 e6 9.
f3 Be7 10. h4 b5 11. g4 $5 (11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne2) 11... Ne5 (11... b4 {
has been played.}) 12. Bxf6 {.. 1-0 Shirov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Monte Carlo 1996/CBM
52 ext/[Shirov] (31)}) 8... Qb6 $5 (8... b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O h5 11. g3 e6
12. Bg2 Rc8 13. Kb1 $16 {1-0 Sax,G-Oltean,D/Balatonbereny 1985/MCL (31)}) 9.
Bxf6 {9.Nb3 deserved attention} (9. Nb3) 9... gxf6 10. Nb3 f5 $5 $146 {This
advance is one of the main ideas of the 5...Bd7 line. This is how black breaks
white's pawn structure and opens his bishops} (10... e6 11. O-O-O h5 12. Kb1
Qc7 13. Be2 $16 {1-0 Koglin,A-Weischedel,H/Germany 1993/EXT 98 (30)}) 11. Nd5 (
11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Bg7 14. O-O-O Nb4 15. Qe4 Rc8 $132) 11...
Qd8 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Bg7 15. O-O-O {15.c3 looked better
immideatly limiting the black bishop and trying to castle short. Here is a
possible line:} (15. c3 $5 e6 16. Ne3 d5 17. O-O $132 {and it's not easy for
black to find objects to attack} d4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Rad1) 15... e6 16. Qe3 $6
{A dubious move. 16.Qg3 deserved attention trying to break the coordination of
the black pieces} (16. Qg3 $5 Kf8 17. Nc3 Rg8 18. Qh3) 16... O-O 17. Nb6 {
The knight goes far from the centre but also in case of the normal 17.Nc3
black is also fine} (17. Nc3 d5 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. c3 b5 $132) 17... Qf6 $1 {
With this black doesn't have to lose time and brings the rook to play right
away} 18. c3 Rad8 19. Rhf1 (19. g4 d5 20. g5 Qf5) 19... d5 20. g4 {White is
getting active too late} d4 $1 {Opening the game and going for a better
endgame as the black's bishop is much stronger than the white knight} 21. Nxd4
Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. cxd4 Bxd4 {[%mdl 4096]} 25. Na4 {After 25.
Nd7 black wins the pawn by:} (25. Nd7 $5 Rd8 26. Ne5 Bxe5 (26... Be3+ 27. Kb1
$15) 27. fxe5 Rd4 28. h3 Re4 $17) 25... Rc8+ 26. Kd2 b5 27. Nc3 Bxc3+ {Black
goes for a better rook ending, trying to take advantage of the white's many
weaknesses} 28. bxc3 Rc4 $5 {Bringing the rook to a better position} 29. Kd3
Ra4 30. Rf2 Kg7 31. h3 Kf6 32. Ke3 Kg6 {Black's task is to create another
weakness (besides the a2 pawn) is the white camp} 33. Rd2 h5 34. Rf2 {White
doesn't have any active play and is forced to wait} hxg4 35. hxg4 f5 $1 $17 {
This is how black fixates the white pawns and reaches the material advantage}
36. g5 (36. Rg2 Re4+ 37. Kf3 Rc4 38. gxf5+ Kxf5 39. Rg5+ Kf6 40. Rg2 Rxc3+ $17)
36... e5 $5 {Breaking white's pawns and winning one} 37. fxe5 Re4+ 38. Kf3 Rxe5
{[%csl Rg5]} 39. Rd2 Re6 $5 {defending against the white's idea and keeping
all the threats} (39... Kxg5 40. Rd6 Rc5 41. Rxa6 Rxc3+ 42. Ke2) 40. Kf4 Re4+
41. Kf3 Kxg5 42. Rd8 Ra4 $19 {Black's material and positional advantage give
him a winning position that's why white resigned} 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
Nb3 {The main line of the variation. 8.f4 or 8.0-0-0 looks much more active.} (
8. O-O-O $5) (8. Bxf6) (8. f4 $5) 8... a6 9. f3 {As the tournament practice
shows, white has a more active lines, such as, 9.f4 or 9.Be2.} (9. f4 $5 b5 10.
a4 b4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nd5 a5 13. Bb5 $36 {1-0 Baklan,V-Fontaine,R/Zagan 1997/
CBM 059 ext (59)}) (9. Be2 $5 e6 10. O-O h6 11. Bxf6 $5 (11. Bf4 Ne5 12. Rad1
Be7 13. Bg3 Qb6 $132 {0-1 Jakobsen,O-Andersson,U/Meldorf 1968/EXT 2004 (69)})
11... Qxf6 12. a4 Qd8 13. a5 Be7 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Nb6 $36) 9... e6 10. O-O-O Be7
(10... b5 11. Kb1 b4 (11... Ne5 12. Bd3 Be7 13. h4 O-O 14. f4 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Ng4
$132 {0-1 Firman,N-Berkvens,J/Hengelo 2001/CBM 083 ext (22)}) 12. Ne2 h6 13.
Be3 e5 14. g4 Be7 15. h4 a5 16. Ng3 a4 $132 {1-0 Deepan Chakkravarthy,J-Nadj
Hedjesi,B/Kochin 2004/CBM 103 ext (44)}) 11. Kb1 {Possibly an immideate attack
on the kingside with 11.h4 was stronger.} (11. h4) 11... h6 12. Bxf6 {White
unexpectedly changes his plan, by exchanging on f6 and starts an immidiate
offense on the black weakened king by the advance of the f-pawn.} (12. Bf4 Ne5
13. Be3) (12. Be3 $5) 12... gxf6 13. f4 b5 14. Ne2 {[%cal Re2d4]} (14. f5 $5)
14... a5 {[%cal Ra5a4]} 15. f5 Qb6 {[%cal Rb6e3]} 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nbd4 a4 {
[%cal Ra4a3]} 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Nf4 (19. Nd4 Rc5 20. Be2 b4 21. Bg4 Re5 22. Qd3
a3 $132) 19... a3 20. Ng6 (20. b4 $5 Rg8 21. Be2 Kd8 $13) 20... Rg8 21. Nxe7
Kxe7 22. Qxh6 Qc5 $5 {[%cal Rc5c2,Rc5b4]} (22... Rg4 23. h3 Qc5) 23. Bd3 (23.
Qh7+ Kf8 24. Rd2 Qb4 25. c3 Rxc3 $36) (23. Rd2 Rf8 $44) 23... Qb4 24. Qc1 axb2
25. Qxb2 Qxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Rxg2 {Black won back the pawn and transposed to an
equal ending.} 27. h4 Rc8 {First of all black has to neutralize White's passed
pawn on the h-file} 28. Rdg1 {White offers to exchange black's active rook.}
Rxg1 29. Rxg1 Rh8 {It seems that it's already Black who has a slight edge,
that's why White forces the draw.} (29... Kf7 30. Kb3 {[%csl Rb5]}) 30. Rg7+
Kd8 31. Rg6 Ke7 32. Rg7+ Kd8 33. Rg6 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shalimov, Valery"]
[Black "Shvedov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4688]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7
7. Qd2 Rc8 {This variation was very popular at the end of 70th, when Georgian
players: Azmaiparasvili,Ubilava,Zaichik achieved the success using this
opening variation.} 8. O-O-O (8. f4 {usually leads to other order of moves by 
8...N:d4 9.O:d4 Qa5 10.0-0-0. Another possibility is:} h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nf5
Qa5 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. O-O Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Qc5+ (13... Qb4 14. Kh1 e6 15. Nd4 Qxb2
16. Nce2 Qb6 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Rb2 Be7 19. f5 e5 20. Nb5 Qc5 21. Nbc3 Bc6 $13 {
Kuijf-Wittman,Europe 1993}) 14. Kh1 e6 15. Ne3 h5 16. Rad1 Be7 17. f5 $16 {
Ivanchuk-Salov,Reykjavik,1991}) 8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Yc8c3,
Ya5c3,Ya5g5]} 10. f4 {Another way is:10.B:f6 gf 11.Kb1 Qc5, which was happened
in the game Estrin-Azmaiparasvili 1978 with good counterplay,and} (10. Bd2 e5
11. Qd3 a6 12. f3 Be6 13. a3 Qc7 14. Kb1 Be7 15. Bg5 Nd7 $132 {
Rodrigues-Ubilava,1977}) 10... h6 {The other way for black is:} (10... e5 11.
Qd3 $6 (11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Qd3 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Yd3d7]} (12. Qd2 Bc6 13. Bxf6
gxf6 14. Qf2 $1 $36 {1-0 Dvoirys,S-Smirin,I/Leningrad 1990/URS-ch (38)}) 12...
Rxc3 13. bxc3 Ba3+ $132 {Zagrebelny,S-Zaichik,G/Tashkent 1986/EXT 97 (35)})
11... Rxc3 $5 $36 (11... Ng4 $5 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Rg4f2]} 12. Nb5 $2 Qxa2 13.
Bh4 (13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 {[%tqu "En","","","","d3d6","",10]} 14. Qxd6 Rxc2+ $19)
13... Qa1+ 14. Kd2 Qxb2 15. Be2 d5 16. Bxg4 Rxc2+ {0-1 Milos,G-Cifuentes
Parada,R/Santiago 1989/CBM 12 (16)})) (10... Rxc3 11. bxc3 (11. Qxc3 $6 Qxc3
12. bxc3 Nxe4 13. Bh4 g6 14. Be1 Bg7 15. Kb2 O-O $15 {O'Keelly-Radulov,1969 La
Havana}) 11... e5 12. Qb4 Qxb4 13. cxb4 Nxe4 14. Bh4 g5 $1 15. fxg5 Be7 16. Re1
d5 17. Bd3 h6 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 hxg5 20. Bg3 f6 21. c3 {was recomended by
Boleslavsky.}) (10... e6 $6 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Rxc3 13. Bd2 $1 Bc5 (13...
Qxa2 14. Bxc3 g6 15. b4 $1 Nd5 16. Bc4 Bh6+ 17. Rd2 $1 Qa3+ 18. Bb2 Qxb4 19.
Bxd5 Qxd2+ 20. Qxd2 Bxd2+ 21. Kxd2 exd5 22. e6 $18 {Beljavskij-Ubilava,1978.
This game inflicted damage to this variation}) 14. Bxc3 Bxd4 (14... Qxa2 15.
Qxc5 Qa1+ 16. Kd2 Ne4+ 17. Ke3 Qxd1 18. Kxe4 $18) 15. Bxa5 Bxe5 16. Bb5 $1 b6
17. Bxd7+ Nxd7 18. Bb4 $16 {Hakki-Pietrusiak,Romania 1980}) 11. Bxf6 {
according the theory, more dangerous for black is 11.Bh4} (11. Bh4 $5 g5 {
[%cal Yg5h4,Yg5f4]} 12. e5 $1 {[%cal Ye5f6]} Bg7 $1 13. Bf2 $5 {[%csl Ra7]
[%cal Gf2d4,Gd4a7]} (13. Be1) 13... Ng4 14. Qxa7 Qxa7 15. Bxa7 gxf4 16. exd6
Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne3 18. Re1 Rxc3 19. Bd3 $16 {Timoshenko-Kuzmin,1980}) 11... gxf6
12. Be2 {Another possibilities are:} (12. Kb1 Qc5 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Yc5d4]} 13.
Qd2 e6 (13... Bg7 14. f5 h5 15. Bd3 Bh6 16. Qe2 Bf4 17. Nd5 Be5 18. c3 e6 19.
Ne3 b5 20. g3 Ke7 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Ng2 $14 {Radulov -Mednis 1977}) (13... f5
$5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bb5+ Kd8 16. Qe2 a6 $13 {Beliavskij-Kuzmin 1980}) 14. Be2
h5 (14... Rg8 $6 15. e5 f5 16. Bf3 d5 17. Bxd5 $1 $16 {Renet-Scarella,
Argentina 1994}) 15. Rhe1 Be7 16. Bf3 Rc7 17. f5 Bf8 $13) (12. f5 h5 13. Kb1
Qc5 (13... h4 $2 14. Qf2 $1 $16 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Kuzmin,G/Vilnius 1980/URS-ch 
(41)}) 14. Qd3 h4 $5 (14... e6 15. g3 Kd8 $1 $13 {Hoelzl,F-Singer,H/AUT-ch
1981/EXT 98/}) 15. Be2 Bh6 16. Nd5 Bg5 17. Rhf1 a5 $13) (12. Bc4 Qc5 13. Bb3
Qxd4 14. Rxd4 e6 15. Ba4 Rc5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Bagirov,V-Stein,L/Grozny 1969/EXT
99 (30)}) 12... h5 (12... Qc5 $5 {[%cal Yc5d4]} 13. Qd2 $6 (13. Qd3 $142 $14) (
13. Rhf1 Qxd4 14. Rxd4 f5 15. Rb4 b6 16. Bb5 Bg7 $132 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Yc8c3,
Rg7c3] Garcia,H-Garcia,R/Cordoba 1970/EXT 99 (64)}) (13. Qxc5 Rxc5 $132) (13.
Bf3 Bg7 14. Qxc5 Rxc5 15. Rd5 Rxd5 16. Nxd5 e6 17. Ne3 Ke7 $132 {Steiner,
G-Titz,H/AUT 1994/EXT 99 (32)}) 13... Bg7 (13... e6 $6 14. Bf3 $5 (14. f5 $6 h5
15. Kb1 Qe5 16. Bf3 h4 17. Qf2 Qc5 (17... a6 18. Qb6 Bc6 19. Nd5) 18. Qd2 Qe5
19. Qf2 Qc5 20. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Vehi Bach,V-Ubilava,E/Ampuriabrava 1997/CBM 62/})
14... Be7 15. Kb1 Rc7 16. f5 b5 17. Ne2 e5 18. Nc3 $16 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yc3d5]
1-0 Leko,P-Lendwai,R/Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2 (37)}) 14. Kb1 (14. f5 $2 h5 15.
Z0 Bh6 16. Z0 Bf4 17. Z0 Be5) (14. g4 h5 $1 15. h3 (15. gxh5 f5 16. e5 Bc6 17.
Rhg1 (17. exd6 Rd8 $17) 17... Bh6 18. exd6 Rd8 $17) 15... f5 $5 16. exf5 Bxc3
17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 Rxc3 $13) (14. Rhf1 $142 $13) (14. Rhe1 $13) 14... f5
15. e5 O-O $1 $13 {Svidler,P-Aseev,K/St.Petersburg 1997/CBM 59]} (15... Bc6 16.
Qd3 $8 $13 (16. exd6 $2 Rd8 $17))) (12... Rg8 13. Bf3 Qc5 14. Rhe1 Qxd4 15.
Rxd4 e6 $13 {Comp Mephisto-Cifuentes Parada,R/The Hague 1992/EXT 99 (51)}) 13.
Kb1 Qc5 {[%cal Yc5d4] Black tries to exchange queens and decrease the pressure
of black.Another contination:} (13... h4 14. Rhe1 (14. Nd5 Qc5 15. Qd2 a5 16.
Bf3 Bg7 17. Rhe1 Be6 $5 $132 {Campora,D-Kuzmin,G/Dortmund 1981/MCD (52)}) 14...
Qc5 15. Qxc5 Rxc5 16. Rd5 Rg8 $132 {Schuh,F-Robatsch,K/AUT-chT 1991/EXT 97 (35)
}) 14. Qd3 {Logical move} e6 15. Rhf1 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Yf1f3,Ye2h5]} a6 16. e5
$6 {[%csl Re4][%cal Rc3e4,Ye5d6,Ye5f6,Re4f6] The initiative turns to black
after  this hastly move.} (16. f5 $5) 16... f5 $1 {[%csl Re4][%cal Yf5e4]} (
16... fxe5 $143 17. Ne4 $1 Qc7 (17... Qd4 18. Nf6+ $36) 18. Nf6+ Kd8 19. fxe5
d5 (19... Bb5 $2 20. exd6 Qb6 21. Qb3 $18) 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. c4 $40) 17. Bf3 {
17.exd6 does not reach an advantage,therefore after 17...Rc6 there is no way
to hold an extra pawn.} (17. exd6 Rc6 $132 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yc6d6]}) 17... d5 {
[%tqu "En","","","","f3d5","White afraid eventual iniative of black ,and by
way sacrifice of bishop force pass to the rooh ending with good chances for
draw",10,"g2g3","",0]} 18. Bxd5 $1 {[%mdl 64] White is scared of eventual
iniative of black. This bishop sacrifice leads to the rooks ending which is
about draw.} (18. g3 Qb6 $36 {[%cal Yf8a3,Yb6b2,Yc8c3,Yb6f2]}) 18... exd5 19.
Nxd5 Be6 $8 (19... Bb5 $2 20. c4 Ba4 21. Nf6+ Ke7 22. Qxf5 $18) 20. Nf6+ Ke7
21. Nd7 $8 {[%cal Yd7c5]} Qxc2+ (21... Qc7 $4 22. Qa3+ Kd8 23. Nf6+ $18) 22.
Qxc2 Rxc2 23. Nxf8 {White tries to save the game in the rooks ending,therefore
after 23.K:c2 B:d7 black has a clear advantage} (23. Kxc2 $6 Bxd7 $17) 23...
Rxg2 24. Nxe6 fxe6 $15 25. Rd6 $5 Rd8 $5 (25... Rxh2 $6 26. Rc1 $1 $36) (25...
Rc8 $5) 26. Rb6 {also good chance for draw gave:} (26. Rxd8 $5 Kxd8 27. Rd1+
Ke7 28. h3 Rg3 29. Rc1 $1 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Yc1c7]} Rxh3 30. Rc7+ Kd8 31. Rxb7
Rf3 32. Rb6 $132 {[%csl Ra6,Re6][%cal Yb6e6,Yb6a6]}) 26... Rd7 ({After} 26...
Rxh2 27. Rxb7+ Rd7 28. Rxd7+ Kxd7 29. Rd1+ Ke7 30. Rd6 $132 {white gets some
chances for the draw.}) 27. h3 Rg3 28. Rc1 Rxh3 29. Rc8 Rf3 (29... Rh2 30. a3
h4 31. Rh8 h3 32. Rb3 $5 $11 (32. Ka2 $5 {with idea 32.Rb3})) 30. Rh8 Rxf4 31.
Rxh5 Re4 32. Rh7+ Kd8 33. Rh8+ Ke7 34. Rh7+ Kd8 35. Rh8+ Kc7 36. Rxe6 f4 (36...
Re2 37. a3 f4 (37... Rdd2 38. Rh7+) 38. Rf6 Rf2 39. Rhf8 Rdd2 40. R8f7+ Kc8 41.
Rb6 $132) 37. Rf8 Re1+ (37... Re2 38. a3 Rf2 39. Ref6 $11) 38. Kc2 Re2+ 39. Kb3
Re3+ 40. Kc4 Re4+ 41. Kc3 Re3+ 42. Kc4 f3 43. b3 $11 Re4+ (43... b6 44. Rff6
$11) 44. Kc3 b5 45. Rd6 Rxd6 46. exd6+ Kxd6 47. Rxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. f3 {Except of this move there are two continuations:} (9. Bd3 h6 (
9... e6 10. h3 (10. O-O a6 11. Rfe1 Be7 12. Rad1 O-O $132 {0-1 Jeiter,G-Ionov,
S/Moscow 1991/EXT 2000 (19)}) 10... Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 a6 13. a4 d5 14. e5
Ne4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Mihalincic,T-Galic,Z/Pula 1999/CBM 70 ext (44)}) (9... a6 10.
O-O-O e6 11. f3 Be7 12. h4 O-O 13. Ne2 b5 14. Kb1 Qc7 15. h5 Rfd8 16. g4 d5
$132 {0-1 Zupe,M-Kozul,Z/Nova Gorica 1999/CBM 68 ext (38)}) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11.
O-O Qa5 12. Rfe1 h5 13. Rad1 Bh6 14. Qe2 Qg5 15. Nd5 Rg8 16. f4 Qg4 17. Qxg4
Rxg4 18. g3 Rg8 19. Kf2 {1/2-1/2 Barczay,L-Mestrovic,Z/Keszthely 1981/MCD (19)}
) (9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O (10. Bc4 e6 11. Bb3 Qa5 12. O-O-O Rg8 13. f4 f5 14.
Rhe1 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Rc5 $132 {0-1 Bezgodov,
A-Ovetchkin,R/Pskov 1998/EXT 2000 (70)}) (10. Bd3 Qa5 11. O-O-O f5 12. Kb1 Bg7
13. Qg5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc3 $36 15. Qxf5 Bd7 {0-1 Kim,P-Murrey,J/Winnipeg 1997/
CBM 60 ext (15)}) 10... Qa5 11. f4 f5 12. exf5 Bg7 13. Kb1 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3
15. bxc3 f6 16. Rd4 Rg8 $44 {1/2-1/2 Matkovic,T-Videki,S/Makarska 1993/EXT 97 
(54)}) 9... e6 (9... a6 $5) 10. O-O-O a6 {Black defends against the threat Nb5.
In case of 10...Be7 11.Nb5 white's edge becomes clear} (10... Be7 11. Nb5 {
White leaves with pair of BB advantage by force in view of a7 and d6
weaknesses.} Bxb5 12. Bxb5+ Kf8 13. Bxf6 $16 {1-0 Sulskis,S-Zulfugarli,M/
Linares 2001/CBM 081/[Gofshtein,L] (30)}) (10... h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nb5 d5
13. exd5 exd5 14. Nxa7 $16) ({Worth of attention also} 10... Qa5 $5) 11. Ne2 {
[%cal Ge2d4] White carries out a typical transfer of the knight to a more
active position. 11.Kb1 was an alternative} (11. Kb1 Be7 12. h4 (12. Bf4 d5 13.
exd5 Bxd5 14. Be5 O-O 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Qb6 $44 {0-1 Gwaze,
R-Hamdouchi,H/Cairo 2001/CBM 084 ext (38)}) 12... h6 13. Be3 b5 14. Bd3 Nd7 15.
Qf2 Qc7 16. Ne2 a5 17. Nd4 Rb8 18. g4 Ne5 19. g5 $36 {1-0 Predojevic,B-Doric,D/
Djakovo CRO 2005 (29)}) 11... b5 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. h4 {White starts a typical
attack on the kingside} Be7 14. Kb1 h6 {[%cal Rf6d7,Gd6d5] Throwing back the
white bishop and preparing to break in the centre with d6-d5} 15. Be3 Nd7 {
Covering the e5 square and preparing the freeing advance d6-d5} 16. g4 Ne5 {
[%cal Ge5f3,Ge5c4]} 17. Be2 d5 $5 $132 {After this typical break, black gets
counter chances} 18. exd5 (18. f4 $5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 (19... dxc4 20. Qg2 Qa5
21. g5 c3 22. gxh6 $16) 20. Qc3 $14) 18... Bxd5 19. g5 h5 20. Nf5 Bxa2+ {
The cold blooded 20...0-0 was also possible} (20... O-O $5 21. Bb6 Qd7 22. Qe3
Nc6 $132 23. c4 bxc4) 21. Kxa2 exf5 22. Qxd8+ Bxd8 $6 {Of course, it was
better to exchange one pair of rooks} (22... Rxd8 $5 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Bd4 f6)
23. Bd4 f6 (23... Rxc2 $6 24. Rhe1 f6 25. Bd3 $16) 24. f4 Ng4 {Also in case of
24...Ng6 white has enough compensation for the sacrificed pawn} (24... Rxc2 $6
25. Rhe1 Ba5 26. gxf6 gxf6 27. fxe5 Bxe1 28. Rxe1 fxe5 29. Bxe5 O-O 30. Bxh5
$18) (24... Ng6 25. Bd3 Nxf4 26. Bxf5 $36) 25. g6 (25. Kb3 Kf7) 25... O-O $6 {
25...Bc7 was stronger getting a reasonable position} (25... Bc7 $5 26. Rhf1 O-O
27. Bd3 Rfe8 28. Bxf5 Rcd8 29. c3 Nh2 30. Rf2 Ng4) 26. Bd3 Nh6 (26... Bc7 27.
Bxf5 Rce8 (27... Rcd8 28. Be6+ Kh8 29. Bc5 Rfe8 30. f5 $18) 28. Bxg4 hxg4 29.
Bc5 $16) 27. c4 $5 {This way white creates more weaknesses for black on the
queenside} Bc7 {[%cal Gc7f4]} (27... bxc4 28. Rc1 Re8 29. Bxc4+ Kf8 30. Bd3 $14
) 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Rhf1 {[%csl Rb5]} Rb8 30. Kb3 $14 {A bishop pair and the
black pawn weaknesses allow white a strong initiative} Rfe8 31. Rc1 Ba5 32.
Rfd1 Red8 33. Bg1 Rd5 34. Be2 Bd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black doesn't stand the
pressure and blunders. After the correct 34...Rd1 he could of still resist
stubbornly} (34... Rxd1 $5 35. Rxd1 Bc7 36. Bh2 Ng4 37. Bg3 Kf8 38. Rd5 Re8 39.
Bxb5 Re3+ 40. Rd3 Rxd3+ 41. Bxd3 Ne3) 35. Rc2 $18 (35. Rc2 Rbd8 36. Bb6 $1 Rb8
37. Rcxd2 Rxd2 38. Rxd2 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4] Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5
Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8. f4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. e5 $5 {The main line of this
variation, which allows white to fight for the initiative. The calmer 10.0-0-0
as it is well known gives black counterchances after 10...Rc3} (10. O-O-O Rxc3
$5 11. bxc3 e5 12. Qb4 Qxb4 13. cxb4 Nxe4 14. Bh4 g5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,
V-Ubilava,E/URS 1973/EXT 2001 (25)}) 10... dxe5 11. fxe5 e6 12. O-O-O Bc6 {
Practically forced move, as the practice showed that 12...Rc3 is not
sufficient, for example:} (12... Rxc3 13. Bd2 Qxa2 14. Bxc3 g6 15. b4 $1 Nd5
16. Bc4 Bh6+ 17. Rd2 Qa3+ 18. Bb2 Qxb4 19. Bxd5 Qxd2+ 20. Qxd2 Bxd2+ 21. Kxd2
exd5 22. e6 $16 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Ubilava,E/Ordzhonikidze 1978/EXT 2001 (47)})
13. Nb5 (13. Bb5 {-another mainline.}) 13... Bxb5 14. exf6 Bc6 {Black also has
other options: 14...g6 or 14...Ba4, but they also lead to a dangerous position
for him} ({Dubious are} 14... g6 $143 $6 15. Bxb5+ (15. Bd2 Qa4 16. Bxb5+ Qxb5
17. Bc3 $14) 15... Qxb5 16. h4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Inkiov,V-Nikolov,S/Sofia 1982/EXT
99 (41)}) ({and} 14... Ba4 $143 $6 {[%csl Rc2]} 15. Bd2 $1 Rxc2+ 16. Kb1 Rxd2
17. Rxd2 gxf6 18. Bd3 $1 Bc6 19. Rhd1 Be7 20. Be4 $16 {1-0 Videki,S-Kostic,V/
Hohenems 1998/EXT 99 (58)}) 15. h4 g6 {As the vaiations shown below prove,
another possible move, 15...Rg8 leads to initiative fo white.} (15... Rg8 16.
Bc4 gxf6 17. Rhe1 $5 Rg6 ({Not} 17... fxg5 $2 18. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 19. Qf6 $3 {
Decisive "silent" move!} (19. Rxe6+ $2 Be7 20. Rxe7+ Kxe7 $19 {0-1 Kupreichik,
V-Yudasin,L/Frunze 1981/URS-ch (30)}) 19... Qxe1 $8 20. Rxe1 $16) 18. Bxf6 $5 (
18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6+ Kf7 20. Rxf6+ Kg8 21. Qc4+ Kh8 $13 {1/2-1/2
Tseshkovsky,V-Zaichik,G/Telavi 1982/MCD (26)}) 18... Bc5 19. Qf4 $40) 16. Bc4
Qc5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An unsuccessful novelty. Previously played only 16...Bc5
and the position is still unclear. Ftacnik: 'The first independent move in a
very sharp variation, black is fighting with the problem of dark squared
bishop development. Since it is difficult to see sensible defense later on
Sherbakov's move is probably not the best.'} (16... Bc5 $5 17. Qg4 (17. Qe5 Bb4
18. Qxa5 Bxa5 $132 {0-1 Sutovsky,E-Thorhallsson,T/Gausdal 1995/EXT 97 (52)})
17... h5 (17... O-O $2 18. h5 $18) 18. Qe2 (18. Qg3 $144 $5 O-O {and Black
eventually equalizes:} 19. Bxe6 Be4 $1 $13 {0-1 Groszpeter,A-Gyorkos,L/
Zalakaros 1994/TD (53)}) 18... O-O 19. Rhf1 {[%cal Gg2g4]} ({Black can be
satisfy by opening results also after} 19. Rhe1 $5 a6 20. Be3 Bb4 21. Bd2 Bb5
$132 {0-1 Brustman,A-Thorhallsson,T/Cappelle la Grande 1995/EXT 97 (59)}) 19...
Bb4 $132 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Miroshnichenko,E/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84/[Gofshtein,L] (23)} (
{Or} 19... Bd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Kb1 {and here} Bb6 $1 ({Not} 21... Rfe8 22.
Qf3 d4 23. g4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg8] 1-0 Varga,Z-Robatsch,K/Mitropa Cup 1995/CBM
46 ext/[Ernst] (27)}) 22. g4 Rfe8 23. Qg2 hxg4 24. Qxg4 (24. Rxd5 Re1+ $132)
24... Qc5 25. Qg2 $132)) 17. Qd3 {White holds control over the d-file and
makes it difficult fo black to develop his dark-squared bishop} Qf5 (17... b5
18. Bb3 Qf5 19. Bxe6 Qxd3 20. Bxc8 $16) 18. Qb3 $1 {Because of the threat Be6,
white has a desicive advantage} Rd8 19. Rdf1 Qg4 20. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 (20... Qxe6
21. Re1 Be4 22. Qa4+ b5 23. Qxb5+ Rd7 24. Qa4 Kd8 25. Rxe4 $18) 21. Rf4 Qe2 22.
f7+ Kd7 23. Rd4+ Bd6 24. Rhd1 Bd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Qxb7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4360]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7
7. Qd2 Rc8 (7... h6 8. Bxf6 gxf6) 8. O-O-O (8. Nb3) 8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 {
[%cal Yc8c3]} 10. Bd2 {another possibility is:} (10. f4 Rxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12.
Qb4 Qxb4 13. cxb4 Nxe4 14. Bh4 g5 $44) 10... a6 (10... e5 11. Qe3 a6 12. Kb1
Be6 13. f3 Be7 14. g4 Rxc3 15. Bxc3 Qxa2+ 16. Kc1 Bxg4 17. Be2 $13) 11. Kb1 e5
12. Qd3 Ng4 {another possibilities are:} (12... Be6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. c4 (14.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qg3 (15. f3 Qd8 16. f4 Be7 17. b3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Qc7 $132 {
0-1 Maeder,K-Franco Ocampo,Z/Biel 1989/EXT 97 (47)}) 15... Be7 16. Bd3 O-O 17.
f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Qg6 19. e5 Qh5 20. exd6 Bh4 21. Qe3 Qa5 22. a3 Bf6 23. Qe1 Qc5
24. Qb4 Qc6 25. Qe4 $16 {1-0 Tischbierek,R-Kristiansen,J/Copenhagen 1990/EXT
97 (31)}) 14... Bxd5 15. cxd5 Be7 16. f3 Nd7 (16... O-O 17. g3 Qd7 18. h4 $16 {
1-0 Eley,B-Bellin,R/Hastings 1971/EXT 99 (38)}) 17. Be2 Bg5 $132 {0-1
Rodriguez,R-Markland,P/Skopje 1972/EXT 2000 (56)}) (12... Qb6 13. f3 Be7 14.
Be2 Be6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qc7 $132 {0-1 Knight,
T-Dueball,J/Nice 1974/EXT 2000 (30)}) (12... Qc7 13. Bg5 (13. Be2 b5 14. a3 Qb7
15. f3 Be6 $13 {1-0 Bjerring,K-Fuglsang,F/Copenhagen 1980/EXT 2000 (38)}) 13...
Qc5 14. f3 Be6 15. h4 Nd7 16. g3 h6 17. Be3 Qc6 18. Bh3 $14) (12... Qd8 13. f3
Be7 14. Bg5 Rc6 (14... Be6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 $14) 15. h4 $14 {1-0 Radulov,
I-Ungureanu,E/Skopje 1972/EXT 2000/[Radulov] (55)}) 13. Be1 {another
continuation is:} (13. Qe2 Be6 14. a3 Qb6 15. f3 Nf6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. g4 Be7 18.
g5 Nd7 19. Qf2 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kruszynski,W-Perdek,M/Lubniewice 1994/CBM 45
ext (65)}) 13... Qc5 14. Qe2 $146 {novelty,another possibilities are:} (14. Qd2
Be7 15. Nd5 Bg5 16. Qc3 Qxc3 17. Nxc3 Rc6 18. Nd5 f5 {1/2-1/2 Ribshtein,
N-Baklan,V/Antwerp 1999/EXT 2000 (18)}) (14. Qg3 Nf6 15. f3 b5 16. Bf2 Qc6 17.
Bd3 Be7 18. Qxg7 Rg8 19. Qh6 Rxg2 20. Bh4 $13) 14... Nf6 15. f3 Be6 {[%cal
Re6a2]} 16. g4 Be7 17. h4 (17. g5 $6 Nh5 $132) 17... O-O 18. Bh3 $6 {better is:
} (18. h5 $5 h6 (18... b5 19. g5 Nd7 20. Bf2 Qc6 21. Be3 f5 22. Bh3 $14) 19. g5
hxg5 20. Qd2 g4 21. h6 g6 22. Bg2 d5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. fxg4 Bxg2
26. Qxg2 Kh7 27. Bc3 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gc3e5]}) 18... Rfe8 19. Qg2 {with idea
20.g5 Nh5 21.Be6 fe 22.Qg4,probably,better is:} (19. g5 Nh5 20. Nd5 Nf4 21.
Nxf4 exf4 22. Bc3 $14) (19. h5 $5 Nd7 (19... h6 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22.
Qd2 $40) 20. Nd5 Bg5 21. Bb4 Qc6 22. Bxd6 $14) 19... Bd8 $5 {[%cal Ye8e6] The
idea is to protect e6-point by the rook,and to transfer bishop from d8 to a5.}
20. h5 h6 {It prevents pawn attack on the king side.} (20... Nd7 21. g5 $36) (
20... d5 $2 21. g5 Nxh5 22. Bxe6 $18) 21. g5 (21. Bh4 $6 Nh7 $1 $17) 21... hxg5
22. Bxe6 Rxe6 (22... fxe6 23. h6 $40) 23. h6 (23. Qxg5 $2 Nxe4 $1 24. Qg4 Nxc3+
25. Bxc3 Qc4) 23... g6 (23... gxh6 $6 24. Rxh6 $40) 24. h7+ (24. Bf2) 24... Kh8
25. Bd2 Nh5 {[%csl Yf4][%cal Yh5f4] After trade of bishops black knight gets
f4-outpost.} 26. Bxg5 Bxg5 27. Qxg5 Nf4 $132 {Black has sufficient counterplay}
28. Rh2 Qe3 29. Rd3 Qb6 {Black refuses a draw ,and make goes to the worse
position.} (29... Qe1+ 30. Rd1 Qe3 $11) 30. Nd5 Qd8 (30... Nxd5 $2 31. exd5 $18
{[%csl Yf6][%cal Rg5f6]}) 31. Rc3 Rb8 32. Qxd8+ Rxd8 33. Nxf4 (33. Rc7 $5 Nxd5
34. exd5 Rf6 35. c4 Rxf3 36. Rxb7) 33... exf4 34. Rc7 $2 (34. Kc1 $5 $14) 34...
d5 $1 $36 35. b3 (35. Rd2 f5 36. c4 fxe4 37. fxe4 Rxe4 $17) 35... dxe4 36. fxe4
Rf6 {probably, time trouble, but also after37.e5 Rf5 38.Rb7 f3 39.Rf2 g5, that
position looks very dangerous for white.} 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Bakre, Tejas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 12]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7.
Qd2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Qa5 9. Bd2 $5 {White wishes to stabilize his position. 9.f4
leads to a sharper game} (9. f4) (9. f4 h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Be2
Qc5 $132 {0-1 Svidler,P-Aseev,K/St Petersburg 1997/CBM}) 9... Rc8 10. O-O-O a6
{Black prepares 11...Qc5} (10... Qc5 $6 11. Qxc5 Rxc5 12. Be3 Rxc3 13. bxc3
Nxe4 14. Bxa7 Nxc3 15. Rd3 $16) 11. Bc4 $5 {11.a3 was also met. As the
tournament practice shows black gets good counterplay} (11. a3 Qc5 (11... Qc7
12. f4 e5 13. Qd3 Be7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Lendwai,R/Graz 1991/CBM 22 ext 
(31)}) 12. Qxc5 Rxc5 13. f3 g6 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Bd4 Bg7 16. Nd5 Nh5 17. Nb6 Rc6
18. Nxd7 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Kxd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Videki,S/Kecskemet 1993/CBM
37 ext (33)}) 11... Qc5 {A typical move for this variation. Black offers to
exchange white's centralized queen. 11...e5 12.Qd3 Qc5 13.Bb3 Qf2 is dangerous
for black} (11... e5 12. Qd3 Qc5 13. Bb3 Qxf2 14. Rhf1 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Nd5
$36 {1-0 Korneev,O-Obodchuk,A/Moscow 1995/CBM 46 (29)}) 12. Qxc5 Rxc5 13. Bb3
Ng4 $6 {The simple 13...g6 deserves attention} (13... g6 $5 14. Rhe1 Bg7 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Rc7 17. Bf4 Kf8 18. Re3 h6 19. Re4 b5 20. Bd2 Bf5 $132 {
0-1 Tsuboi,E-Milos,G/Fortaleza 1989/EXT 2000 (94)}) (13... e6 $6 14. f3 Be7 15.
Bf4 Rc6 16. Rd3 h6 17. Rhd1 e5 18. Be3 $16 {1-0 Petrosian,S-Schlamp,R/Germany
1998/EXT 99 (66)}) (13... h5 $6 14. Rhe1 Ng4 15. Re2 g6 16. h3 Ne5 17. Be3 Rc8
18. f4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. e5 {1-0 Gorelov,S-Dragomarezkij,E/Moscow 1997/EXT
2000 (22)}) 14. Be1 $5 $146 {As it often happens, a natural move turns out to
be a novelty. Of course, 14.Be1 looks better then the previously played 14.Rdf1
} (14. Rdf1 e6 15. f4 b5 16. a3 Be7 $132 {0-1 Mihalincic,T-Videki,S/Zagreb
1997/EXT 99 (54)}) 14... e6 {In case of 14...g6 white has some advantage after:
} (14... g6 15. Nd5 Bg7 16. f3 Ne5 17. Bh4 Be6 18. Rhe1) 15. Ne2 {[%cal Re1b4]
With the idea to bring the dark squared bishop to the game after 15.Bb4} (15.
f3 $5 Ne3 16. Rd2 Be7 17. Bg3 $14) 15... Be7 $6 {15...Bb5 and trying to
exchange white's light squared bishop deserved serious attention. As it is
well known, the exchange of pieces favours the side which has less space. In
this case, black had real chance of defending his position} (15... Bb5 $5 16.
Nd4 Bc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. b3 Rc8 $132) 16. h3 Ne5 17. Bb4 Rc6 18. Rd4 {[%csl
Rd6][%cal Yb4d6,Yd4d6,Yh1d1] Centralizing the rook and also bringing the
second rook into action} Rb6 {[%cal Re5c6] Making a threat: Nc6} (18... Ng6 19.
Rhd1 (19. g3 $5) 19... Nh4 20. Bxd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Nxg2) 19. Ba5
Rb5 {Black loses his d6 pawn. 19...Rc6 was more stubborn} (19... Rc6 20. f4 Ng6
21. Rhd1 $36) 20. Bc7 Nc6 21. Rdd1 Na5 22. Bxd6 Nxb3+ 23. axb3 Bxd6 24. Rxd6
$16 {White has a material advantage and gets to the realization stage} Ke7 25.
Rd2 Re5 26. f3 g5 27. Rhd1 Bc8 28. Rd4 {[%cal Yd4c4,Yc4c7] With the idea to
bring the rook via c4-c7 to black's camp} Rc5 29. b4 Rc7 30. e5 $1 {[%cal
Ye2c3,Yc3e4,Ye4d6,Ye4g5,Ye4f6] Taking control over new squares} Rd7 31. Ng3 {
[%cal Rg3e4]} Rxd4 32. Rxd4 f5 33. exf6+ Kxf6 34. Ne4+ $18 Kg6 35. Kd2 h6 36.
Ke3 {The material advantage and many weaknesses of black guarantee white a
winning position} Kf7 37. Rc4 Kg6 38. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Zulfugarli, Magomed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. f3 {Except of this move there are two continuations:} (9. Bd3 h6 (
9... e6 10. h3 (10. O-O a6 11. Rfe1 Be7 12. Rad1 O-O $132 {0-1 Jeiter,G-Ionov,
S/Moscow 1991/EXT 2000 (19)}) 10... Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 a6 13. a4 d5 14. e5
Ne4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Mihalincic,T-Galic,Z/Pula 1999/CBM 70 ext (44)}) (9... a6 10.
O-O-O e6 11. f3 Be7 12. h4 O-O 13. Ne2 b5 14. Kb1 Qc7 15. h5 Rfd8 16. g4 d5
$132 {0-1 Zupe,M-Kozul,Z/Nova Gorica 1999/CBM 68 ext (38)}) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11.
O-O Qa5 12. Rfe1 h5 13. Rad1 Bh6 14. Qe2 Qg5 15. Nd5 Rg8 16. f4 Qg4 17. Qxg4
Rxg4 18. g3 Rg8 19. Kf2 {1/2-1/2 Barczay,L-Mestrovic,Z/Keszthely 1981/MCD (19)}
) (9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O (10. Bc4 e6 11. Bb3 Qa5 12. O-O-O Rg8 13. f4 f5 14.
Rhe1 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Rc5 $132 {0-1 Bezgodov,
A-Ovetchkin,R/Pskov 1998/EXT 2000 (70)}) (10. Bd3 Qa5 11. O-O-O f5 12. Kb1 Bg7
13. Qg5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc3 $36 15. Qxf5 Bd7 {0-1 Kim,P-Murrey,J/Winnipeg 1997/
CBM 60 ext (15)}) 10... Qa5 11. f4 f5 12. exf5 Bg7 13. Kb1 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3
15. bxc3 f6 16. Rd4 Rg8 $44 {1/2-1/2 Matkovic,T-Videki,S/Makarska 1993/EXT 97 
(54)}) 9... e6 (9... a6 $5) 10. O-O-O Be7 (10... h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nb5 d5
13. exd5 exd5 14. Nxa7 $16) ({Worth of attention also} 10... Qa5 $5) 11. Nb5 {
White leaves with pair of BB advantage by force in view of a7 and d6
weaknesses.} Bxb5 12. Bxb5+ Kf8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 (13... Bxf6 $2 14. Qxd6+ Qxd6 15.
Rxd6 $16) 14. Qh6+ ({In my opinion, better was} 14. f4 $5) 14... Kg8 15. f4 Bf8
({After} 15... Qf8 $6 16. Qh3 Rc5 17. Bd3 Qg7 18. Rhf1 $16 {White leaves with
advntage.}) 16. Qh5 {[%csl Rg8]} Qa5 (16... Qb6 17. Qe2 Bg7 18. f5 Rc5 19. Bd3
$14) 17. Rd3 {[%cal Gd3g3] White starts to use Black K vulnerability.} (17. Kb1
Rc5 18. Qg4+ Bg7 19. Bd3) 17... Bg7 18. Ra3 Qb6 {[%cal Gc8c5] threatening Rc5}
19. Qe2 Kf8 ({In case of} 19... f5 20. Rb3 (20. exf5 Qd4 21. Rb3 Qxf4+ 22. Kb1
Qxf5 $132) 20... Qa5 21. Kb1 fxe4 22. Qxe4 d5 23. Qe2 a6 24. Bd3 $16 {White
has advantage because of more flexible PP structure and big difference between
KK position.}) 20. Rb3 Rc5 21. f5 exf5 $2 {mistake! Black destroes his K
defence.} ({Necessary was} 21... Qc7 $5 22. Kb1 Rg8 $132) 22. exf5 Bh6+ 23. Kb1
Bf4 {[%cal Gf4e5]} (23... Rg8 24. Ba4 Qc7 25. Rh3 $36) 24. Qf3 Rxb5 ({Maybe
Black intended to play} 24... Be5 {but after} 25. Bd3 Qc6 26. Rxb7 d5 27. Rb3
$16 {White leaves with serious advantage.}) 25. Qxf4 ({Good alternative move
was} 25. Rxb5 $5 Qxb5 26. Qxf4 Qe5 27. Qh6+ Ke7 28. g4 Rc8 29. Rc1 $16) 25...
Rxb3 26. axb3 Rg8 27. Qh6+ Rg7 28. Qxf6 Rxg2 29. Re1 Qf2 $2 {Loses immediately}
({After} 29... d5 30. Qh8+ Rg8 31. Qxh7 Qf6 $16 {White has clear advantage.})
30. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Terres Catalanes 15th"]
[Site "Ampuriabrava"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel"]
[Black "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
f4 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O (10. Nf5 Qa5 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. O-O Nxd3 13. Qxd3
Qc5+ (13... Qb4 14. Kh1 e6 15. Nd4 Qxb2 16. Nce2 Qb6 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Rb2 Be7
19. f5 e5 20. Nb5 Qc5 21. Nbc3 Bc6 $13 {Kuijf-Wittman,Europe 1993}) 14. Kh1 e6
15. Ne3 h5 16. Rad1 Be7 17. f5 $16 {Ivanchuk-Salov,Reykjavik,1991}) 10... Nxd4
11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Be2 (12. Kb1 Qc5 13. Qd2 e6 (13... Bg7 14. f5 h5 15. Qd5 Qxd5
16. Nxd5 h4 17. Be2 Bh6 18. g4 Bg5 19. Rhf1 Rh6 $15 {Zhukhovitsky-Savon,Moscov
1969}) 14. Be2 h5 (14... Rg8 $6 15. e5 f5 16. Bf3 d5 17. Bxd5 $1 $16 {
Renet-Scarella,Argentina 1994}) 15. Rhe1 Be7 16. Bf3 Rc7 17. f5 Bf8 18. Qe2 h4
19. Bh5 Ke7 20. Nd5+ exd5 21. exd5+ Kd8 22. Bxf7 Bb5 23. Qe6 Qxc2+ 24. Ka1 Be7
$17 {Torres-Ubilava,Linares 1994}) (12. f5 h5 13. Kb1 Qc5 14. Qd3 h4 15. Be2
Bh6 16. Nd5 Bg5 17. Rhf1 a5 18. c3 Ba4 19. Rde1 Bc6 20. Rf3 Kf8 $11 {
Dolmatov-Dorfman Tashkent 1990}) 12... Qc5 13. Qd2 (13. Qxc5 Rxc5 14. Rd5 Rxd5
15. exd5 h5 16. Kd2 a6 17. Ke3 h4 18. Bf3 f5 19. Ne2 Bg7 20. c4 Bxb2 21. Rb1
Ba3 22. Rxb7 Bc8 $11 {Cuadras-Cifuentes,Spain 1995}) (13. Qd3 $5) 13... e6 (
13... Bg7 14. Kb1 $6 (14. Rhe1 $13) 14... f5 15. e5 O-O 16. g4 Rfd8 17. g5 dxe5
18. Rhg1 Be8 19. Nd5 hxg5 $17 {Svidler-Aseev/St.Petersburg/1997/}) 14. f5 $6
$11 (14. Bf3 $142 $14) 14... h5 15. Kb1 Qe5 16. Bf3 h4 17. Qf2 Qc5 (17... a6
18. Qb6 Bc6 19. Nd5) 18. Qd2 Qe5 19. Qf2 Qc5 20. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
f4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 e6 12. O-O-O Bc6 13. Nb5 (13. Bb5 {
-another mainline.}) 13... Bxb5 14. exf6 Bc6 $1 ({Dubious are} 14... g6 $143 $6
15. Bxb5+ (15. Bd2 Qa4 16. Bxb5+ Qxb5 17. Bc3 $14) 15... Qxb5 16. h4 Bc5 17.
Qd3 Qxd3 18. Rxd3 h6 19. Bf4 Rd8 20. Rhd1 Rxd3 21. Rxd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Inkiov,
V-Nikolov,S/Sofia 1982/EXT 99 (41)}) ({and} 14... Ba4 $143 $6 {[%csl Rc2]} 15.
Bd2 $1 (15. Rd2 $2 gxf6 16. Bd3 (16. Bxf6 Rxc2+ 17. Rxc2 Qe1+ $1 $19 {[%cal
Gf8h6]}) 16... Rg8 17. Be3 f5 $17 {1-0 Lau,R-Neumann,J/Hamburg 1984/MCD (32)})
(15. h4 g6 (15... gxf6 16. Qxf6 Rg8 17. Bd3 Qc7 18. Qd4 Bc6 19. Rhe1 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Kerek,K-Caposciutti,M/Budapest 1997/CBM 56 ext (33)}) 16. Bd2 (16. Bd3
Bc5 17. Qg4 $132 {1-0 Almasi,I-Nogradi,V/Budapest 1996/CBM 52 ext (34)}) 16...
Rxc2+ 17. Kb1 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Bb4 19. Rd3 O-O $44 {1-0 Ernst,T-Svenn,G/Linkoping
1984/MCD (27)}) 15... Rxc2+ 16. Kb1 Rxd2 17. Rxd2 gxf6 18. Bd3 $1 (18. Be2 Be7
19. Rc1 O-O 20. Rd3 Bc6 21. Rg3+ Kh8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Groszpeter,A/
Budapest 1992/CBM 30 ext (35)}) (18. Bb5+ Bxb5 19. Rc1 Bb4 20. Rc8+ Ke7 21.
Rc7+ (21. Rxh8 Bxd2 22. Qc5+ Kd7 23. Qd4+ Kc7 24. Rf8 Bd7 $19 {0-1 Almasi,
I-Groszpeter,A/Zalakaros 1992/EXT 97 (37)}) 21... Qxc7 22. Qxb4+ Ke8 23. Qxb5+
Qc6 24. Qd3 Qd5 25. Qxd5 (25. Qc3 Qf5+ 26. Kc1 Kf8 $19 {1/2-1/2 Paolozzi,
M-Masculo,J/Sao Paulo 1983/EXT 2000 (31)}) 25... exd5 26. Rxd5 $44) 18... Bc6
19. Rhd1 Be7 20. Be4 $16 {1-0 Videki,S-Kostic,V/Hohenems 1998/EXT 99 (58)}) 15.
h4 g6 (15... Rg8 16. Bc4 gxf6 17. Rhe1 (17. Qxf6 Rg6 18. Qf4 h6 19. Bf6 Rxg2 (
19... h5 20. Bg5 Bxg2 21. Rh2 Bc6 22. Rf2 $16 {1-0 Khait,A-Dragomarezkij,E/
Warsaw 1992/CBM 28 ext (28)}) 20. Rhg1 (20. Rdf1 Rxc2+ $1 (20... Qa4 21. b3
Qxa2 $19 (21... Qa3+ $17 {1-0 Rodriguez,A-Gamboa,N/Bogota 1991/TD (25)})) 21.
Kxc2 Bxh1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gc8c2]} 22. Rxh1 b5 23. Kb1 bxc4 $19) 20... Rxg1 21.
Rxg1 Bd5 $17) 17... Rg6 ({Not} 17... fxg5 $2 18. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 19. Qf6 $3 {
Decisive "silent" move!} (19. Rxe6+ $2 Be7 20. Rxe7+ Kxe7 $19 {0-1 Kupreichik,
V-Yudasin,L/Frunze 1981/URS-ch (30)}) 19... Qxe1 $8 20. Rxe1 $16) 18. Bxe6 fxe6
19. Rxe6+ Kf7 20. Rxf6+ Kg8 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Rxg6 hxg6 23. Bf6+ Bg7 24. Qf7
Bxf6 25. Qxf6+ Kh7 26. Qe7+ Kh8 {1/2-1/2 Tseshkovsky,V-Zaichik,G/Telavi 1982/
MCD (26)}) 16. Bc4 Bc5 17. Qg4 (17. Qe5 Bb4 18. Qxa5 Bxa5 19. h5 gxh5 (19...
Bxg2 20. Bb5+ Bc6 21. Bxc6+ Rxc6 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. f7+ $18 {[%cal Gd1d7]}) 20.
Rxh5 Bxg2 21. Bb5+ Bc6 22. Bxc6+ Rxc6 23. Bh6 $14 {0-1 Sutovsky,E-Thorhallsson,
T/Gausdal 1995/EXT 97 (52)}) 17... h5 (17... O-O $2 18. h5 $18) 18. Qe2 (18.
Qg3 $144 $5 O-O {and Black eventually equalizes:} 19. Bxe6 Be4 $1 20. Bd2 (20.
Bxc8 Qxa2 21. Bd7 (21. Bh3 Bb4 22. c3 Re8 $1 $17) 21... Rd8 22. Qc7 Bb4 23. c3
(23. Qxd8+ $4 Kh7 24. c3 Bxc3 $19) 23... Ba5 24. Qe5 Qb1+ 25. Kd2 Qxb2+ 26. Ke3
Bb6+ 27. Kxe4 Qe2+ 28. Kf4 Qf2+ 29. Ke4 Qe2+ $11) 20... Bd6 21. Qb3 Bxc2 22.
Bxc8 Bxb3 23. Bxa5 Rxc8+ 24. Bc3 Bf4+ 25. Kb1 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 $11 {0-1
Groszpeter,A-Gyorkos,L/Zalakaros 1994/TD (53)}) 18... O-O 19. Rhf1 {[%cal
Gg2g4]} ({Black can be satisfy by opening results also after} 19. Rhe1 $5 a6
20. Be3 Bb4 21. Bd2 Bb5 $132 {0-1 Brustman,A-Thorhallsson,T/Cappelle la Grande
1995/EXT 97 (59)}) 19... Bb4 ({Or} 19... Bd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Kb1 {and here}
Bb6 $1 ({Not} 21... Rfe8 22. Qf3 d4 23. g4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg8] 1-0 Varga,
Z-Robatsch,K/Mitropa Cup 1995/CBM 46 ext/[Ernst] (27)}) 22. g4 Rfe8 23. Qg2
hxg4 24. Qxg4 (24. Rxd5 Re1+ $132) 24... Qc5 25. Qg2 $132) 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. Kb1
Bxg2 $4 {Based on tactical blunder.} ({Why not} 21... Bd5 $1 22. Bxd5 exd5 23.
Qf3 Re4 $132) 22. Qxg2 Rxc4 $6 {Wrong variation continuation...} (22... Kh7 {
[%csl Rc4,Rh6]} 23. Qxb7 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gb7f7]} Rc7 24. Qb5 {[%csl Re8][%cal
Gb5e8]} Rec8 {[%csl Rc4,Rh6]} 25. Qxa5 Bxa5 26. Ba6 $18) 23. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Premier 33rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Herrera, Irisberto"]
[Black "Franco Ocampos, Zenon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 12324]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7
7. Qd2 Rc8 8. f4 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Qc5 13.
Qd2 Bg7 (13... e6 14. Be2 h5 (14... Be7 15. Bf3 (15. f5 h5 16. Bf3 Qa5 17. Rhe1
Rc5 18. Qf4 Qb4 19. Qe3 Qb6 20. Rd3 Re5 21. Qf4 h4 22. Red1 Bc6 $11 {Radulov,
I-Robatsch,K/Helsinki zt 1972/1-0(41)}) 15... Rc7 16. Rhe1 Kd8 17. f5 h5 18. a3
Kc8 $6 19. Qe2 $16 {Liberzon,V-Petersons,A/URS-chT 1968/1-0 (57)}) 15. Rhe1 Be7
16. Bf3 Rc7 17. f5 Bf8 18. Qe2 h4 19. Bh5 Ke7 $13 {Torres,J-Ubilava,E/Linares
op 1994/0-1(28)}) (13... f5 $5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bb5+ (15. Bd3 $6 Bg7 (15...
Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Bg7 17. Rhe1 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Kd7 $15 {Tarjan,
J-Robatsch,K/Lone Pine 1975/1/2-1/2(53)}) 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Nd5 e6 18. Rhe1 h5
19. g3 Rc6 20. Re2 Kd7 21. Qb4 Rb8 {Groszpeter,A-Balinov,I/Oberwart op 1996/
0-1 (57)} (21... exd5 $5 22. Qxb7+ Rc7 23. Qb5+ $13)) 15... Kd8 16. Bd3 (16.
Qe2 a6 (16... Be6 17. Ne4 Qf5 18. Rhf1 Rg8 19. Ng3 Qc5 20. f5 $14 {Pokojowczyk,
J-Robatsch,K/Lublin 1976/1/2-1/2(40)}) 17. Ba4 Bg7 18. Rhe1 Be6 19. Bb3 Bxc3
20. bxc3 Rc7 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qxe6 Qxc3 23. Qb3 h5 24. Re3 Qxb3+ 25. axb3 Rg8
26. g3 Rc5 27. Kb2 Kd7 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Kuzmin,G/URS-FL 1980}) 16... Bxd3
17. Qxd3 Bg7 18. Ne4 (18. Nd5 e6 19. Ne3 Rc6 20. c3 Kc7 21. Rhe1 Kb8 22. Rc1 h5
23. f5 {1/2-1/2 Liberzon,V-Stein,L/IBM 1969}) 18... Qc4 19. Rhe1 Qxd3 20. Rxd3
Kd7 21. Rb3 Rb8 22. g4 Rhc8 23. Rbe3 Rc6 24. c3 d5 25. Nf2 e6 26. Nd3 $14 {
Matulovic,M-Robatsch,K/Helsinki zt 1972/1-0 (58)}) (13... Bc6 14. Bd3 Rg8 15.
Rhe1 a6 16. g3 Bg7 17. Qe2 Kf8 18. Nd5 e6 19. Ne3 b5 20. f5 e5 21. Qh5 Ke7 22.
Qg4 a5 23. Qe2 Rb8 24. Rc1 Rgc8 25. c4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Mozaliov,S-Faibisovich,V/
RUS-Cup1 Chigorin mem 1996}) 14. f5 h5 15. Be2 Bh6 16. Qd5 {[%cal Gd5b7]} Qxd5
17. Nxd5 h4 18. Rd3 $146 (18. g4 $6 Bg5 19. Rhf1 Rh6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Ge7e6]}
20. c4 e6 21. Nc3 Ke7 $11 {Zhukhovitsky,S-Savon,V/URS-ch37 1969/1/2-1/2(41)})
18... Bg5 {In the next stage of the game black prepares e7-e6 and than Ke7 and
white tries to desturb it.} 19. Rf1 Rh6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Ge7e6]} 20. Rdf3 Bc6
21. Bc4 Kd7 22. Rd3 e6 {Finally black pushed e6} 23. fxe6+ (23. Nc3 $142 a6 24.
a4 Ke7 {[%cal Gc6e4]} 25. b3 $13) 23... fxe6 24. Nf4 Bxf4 25. Rxf4 Rg8 $15 {
Arising endgame is slightly better for black bacause of his better placed king
and flexible pawn structure in the center.} 26. b4 a6 ({After} 26... b5 27. Bb3
Rxg2 $6 {[%tqu "En","","","","e4e5","",10]} 28. e5 $1 {black could find
himself in troubles} fxe5 29. Rf7+ Ke8 30. Rxa7 d5 31. Rc3 Bd7 32. Rcc7 Rh7 33.
Ra8+ Ke7 34. Rxd7+ $1 Kxd7 35. Ra7+ Kd6 36. Rxh7 $16 {[%cal Ga2a4]}) 27. Rh3
Rxg2 28. Rfxh4 Rxh4 29. Rxh4 Rg7 30. Kb2 Ke7 {The only active plan in this
position is to change e4 pawn and to get two passed pawn in the center.With
his next moves black prepares to do it.} 31. Kc3 b5 32. Bb3 e5 33. Kd3 Bd7 {
[%cal Gf6f5]} 34. Bd5 f5 35. Bb7 Rg2 36. Rh7+ Kd8 37. Rf7 $6 (37. h4 $5 $132)
37... fxe4+ 38. Kxe4 Rxc2 $17 39. h4 $2 Rc4+ {[%csl Rb4,Rh4]} (39... Rc4+ 40.
Kd5 $4 Rd4#) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qc5 12. Qd2 e6 (12... f5 {
-another reliable mainline.}) 13. f4 b5 {Except of this move Black can play:} (
13... Bc6 14. Bd3 (14. Be2 h5 15. Bf3 Bh6 16. g3 Ke7 17. Qe2 Bg7 $132 {1-0
Jaracz,P-Van der Lijn,B/Andorra AND 2001/The Week in Chess 349 (37)}) 14... h5
(14... Kd7 15. Qe2 Kc7 16. Bb5 Kb8 (16... Rb8 $6 17. Rhf1 a6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19.
Qxa6 Qb4 20. Na4 Be7 21. a3 $18 {1-0 Fontaine,R-Leroy,D/Montlucon 1997/EXT
2001 (36)}) 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. f5 $14) 15. Rhf1 b5 16. Qe2 b4 17. Nd5 f5 18.
Nf6+ Ke7 19. e5 dxe5 (19... Bg7 $2 20. Nxh5 Rxh5 21. exd6+ Qxd6 22. Ba6 Qc5 23.
Bxc8 Rxh2 24. Qd3 $18 {1-0 Renet,O-Piket,J/Cannes 1990/CBM 18 (48)}) 20. fxe5
Bg7 $132) (13... a6 14. e5 fxe5 15. Ne4 Qd4 16. Nf6+ Ke7 17. fxe5 Qxd2 18. Rxd2
Ba4 (18... Rc5 19. Nxd7 Kxd7 20. exd6 Bxd6 21. Be2 Ke7 22. Rhd1 Rd8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Diedrichsen,D-Traeger,S/Germany 1992/EXT 97-B (25)}) 19. Rxd6 (19. b3
dxe5 20. bxa4 Kxf6 $15) 19... Bxc2+ 20. Ka1 Rc7 $15) (13... Be7 14. Be2 b5 15.
Bf3 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Ng3 a4 18. e5 $2 fxe5 19. Ne4 Qd4 20. fxe5 Qxd2 21. Rxd2
dxe5 $17 {0-1 Dabo Peranic,R-Kutuzovic,B/Porec 1994/EXT 97 (39)}) (13... h5 14.
Bd3 Be7 15. Rhe1 Bc6 (15... a6 16. e5 d5 17. f5 fxe5 18. fxe6 Bxe6 19. Rxe5 Qc6
(19... Bf6 $4 $18 20. Ne4 $1 $18 (20. Re2 $4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qxc3 22. Bf5 $44 {
1-0 Socko,B-Paschall,W/Internet ICC 2000/EXT 2001 (79)})) 20. Bf5 $14) 16. g3
b5 $132 {- with sufficient counterplay in all noted games/variations.}) 14. Bd3
b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. Rhf1 (16. Ng3 $6 {Not the best place for N.} a4 17. Rhe1 a3
18. b3 Qc3 19. Qc1 (19. Qxc3 Rxc3 20. e5 fxe5 21. Ne4 Rc7 22. fxe5 dxe5 23.
Nf6+ Ke7 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxe5 Bg7 $15) 19... Bh6 20. Ne2 Qc5 21. Qd2 $132 {
[%cal Gg2g3]} (21. Bc4 Bc6 22. Nd4 (22. Bd3 $5) 22... O-O 23. Qe3 Kh8 24. Nxc6
Rxc6 25. Qf3 f5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Liu Dede-Simonovic,A/Beijing 1997/CBM 61 (57)}))
16... Be7 ({Standard move in this type of position is also} 16... a4 $5) 17.
Rc1 d5 (17... a4 $5) 18. c3 ({Or} 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. Rfd1 Bc6 20. g3 $11) 18...
dxe4 19. Bxe4 f5 20. Bf3 Qb6 21. Qd4 {[%cal Gd4b6,Gd4h8] This move shows us -
White doesn't want to fight for advantage...} Qxd4 22. cxd4 Bd6 23. g3 Ke7 24.
d5 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rc8 {Black has certain advantage in the endgame because of
pair of BB. Therefore, White avoids RR exchange.} 26. Rd1 Ba4 27. b3 Bd7 28.
Rc1 $6 $15 {White decided to offer RR exchange, but reliable was also} (28. Nd4
$5 Rc3 29. Bh1 h5 $132) 28... Bc5 $6 {We can see very strange play: now Black
avoids RR exchange!} ({I would prefer} 28... Rxc1+ $1 29. Kxc1 Bc5 30. Kd2 Kd6
31. dxe6 fxe6 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 32. Nc1 $5 Bg1 33. h3 e5 34. fxe5+ Kxe5 $15) 29.
Rd1 Bb5 30. Nd4 $6 $15 {Now Black wins P, but Black has sufficient
compensation in the endgame.} ({More simple was} 30. dxe6 fxe6 31. Nd4 $132)
30... Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Rc3 $1 32. Bd1 Rd3 33. Rxd3 Bxd3+ 34. Kb2 {In order to
play a2-a3 and get rid from the weak Pa2.} exd5 35. a3 Kd6 36. axb4 axb4 37.
Kc1 Kc5 38. Kd2 Kd4 {[%csl Rf5,Rf7] Black's position looks very strong because
of dominant Kd4 location and P over, but Black can't improve his position
because of doubled PP f7, f5.} 39. Bf3 Be4 40. Be2 h6 41. Bd1 Bb1 42. Bf3 f6
43. Bg2 Be4 ({Badly is} 43... Ba2 $2 44. Kc2 Ke3 45. Bxd5 (45. Kb2 d4 46. Bh3
d3 47. Bxf5 d2 48. Bg4 Kf2 49. Kxa2 $18) 45... Kf2 46. Kb2 Kg1 47. h4 Kf2 48.
Kxa2 Kxg3 49. h5 Kxf4 50. Kb2 Ke3 51. Kc2 f4 (51... Ke2 52. Bc4+ $18) 52. Kd1
$18) 44. Bh3 Bd3 45. Bg2 Bb1 46. Bf3 {White B has enough space for manoeuvres,
and Black can't create zugzwang.} Be4 47. Be2 Kc5 48. Bf1 Kd6 49. Be2 Kc6 50.
Bf1 Kc5 51. Ba6 Bf3 52. Bd3 Bg4 53. Bc2 Kd4 54. Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 39th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 {Black chooses
a relatively rare line, leading to an interesting tactical battle} 7. Qd2 Nxd4
{7...Rc8 was also played which leads to another line after:} (7... Rc8 8. f4
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 (9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. e5 {A number of supporters of this variation for
black was lowened after that white adopted this strong line, for example:} dxe5
11. fxe5 e6 12. O-O-O Rxc3 (12... Bc6 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. exf6 Bc6 15. h4 g6 16.
Bc4 $36 {1-0 Svidler,P-Sherbakov,R/Krasnoyarsk 2003/CBM 98 (26)}) 13. Bd2 Qxa2
14. Bxc3 g6 15. b4 $1 Nd5 16. Bc4 Bh6+ 17. Rd2 Qa3+ 18. Bb2 Qxb4 19. Bxd5 Qxd2+
20. Qxd2 $16 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Ubilava,E/Ordzhonikidze 1978/EXT 2001 (47)})) 8.
Qxd4 Qa5 9. f4 h6 {In case of 9...e5 as the game below shows white has a clear
advantage} (9... e5 10. Qd2 Be7 11. O-O-O Bc6 12. Kb1 exf4 13. Bxf4 $36 {
1-0 Leko,P-Scarella,E/Buenos Aires ARG-WORLD 1994/CBM 42/[Ernst] (27)}) (9...
Rc8) 10. Bxf6 {10.b4 as the practice showed doesn't promise anything real for
white, for example:} (10. b4 Qd8 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nd5 Bg7 13. Bc4 O-O 14. f5
e6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Radulov,I/Hastings 1972/MCD-r7 (28)}) 10... gxf6
11. O-O-O (11. Bc4 Rc8 12. Bb3 Qc5 13. Qd3 e6 14. O-O-O {1-0 Manik,M-Balinov,I/
Olomouc 1997/CBM 61/[Petursson] (32)}) 11... Rc8 (11... Rg8 12. f5 h5 13. Kb1
Rc8 14. g3 h4 15. gxh4 $16 {1-0 Barskij,V-Dragomarezkij,E/Moscow-ch 1992/EXT
92ch (28)}) 12. Kb1 Qc5 13. Qd3 (13. Qd2 Bg7 (13... e6 14. Bd3 h5 15. Rhf1 a6
16. Qe1 Rg8 17. e5 $5 $13 {1-0 Santo Roman,M-Ubilava,E/Maspalomas 2000/EXT
2001 (28)}) 14. f5 h5 15. Be2 Bh6 16. Qd5 Qxd5 17. Nxd5 h4 18. Rd3 {-see
commented game 0-1 Herrera,I-Franco Ocampos,Z/Havana 1998/CBM 65 [Gofshtein,L]
(39)}) (13. Qxc5 Rxc5 14. Bd3 e6 15. Rhe1 Be7 16. Re3 a6 17. a3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Andersson,F-Vaisanen,A/Stockholm 1996/CBM 57 ext (32)}) 13... f5 (13... Bg7 14.
Be2 a6 15. g4 f5 $1 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gg7c3]} 16. e5 ({Or} 16. gxf5 Bxc3 17.
Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 Rxc3 19. Bd3 $132 Rg8 $11) 16... fxg4 17. Rhg1 h5 18. h3 Be6
$1 {[%cal Ge6a2]} 19. hxg4 h4 $13 {1-0 Ponomariov,R-Milov,V/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84/
[Gofshtein,L] (28)}) (13... e6 14. e5 $5 (14. Be2 Rg8 15. e5 $1 {-see
commented game 1-0 Renet,O-Scarella,E/ Buenos Aires 1994/CBM 42 [Boensch,U](35)
})) 14. e5 $5 {[%cal Rd3d7] A natural reaction, white tries to break in the
centre} Bg7 $5 {Black develops the bishop, hoping to get counterplay after 15.
de e6} (14... e6 15. Be2 d5 16. g4 fxg4 17. Ne4 Qb4 18. Nf6+ Kd8 19. Nxd5 exd5
20. Qxd5 Rc7 21. Bxg4 $16 {1-0 Brustman,A-Lendwai,R/Aschach 1997/CBM 63 ext 
(29)}) 15. Be2 {[%cal Re2f3,Rf3b7,Ye2h5,Yh5f7] White develops the bishop,
preparing to put it on f3 or h5} h5 (15... Be6 16. exd6 exd6 17. Nb5 $1 d5 18.
c3 $16) 16. Bf3 b5 17. Rhe1 {Centralizing the rook and preparing to open the
position with exd} h4 (17... b4 18. Nd5 Bb5 19. Qxf5 e6 20. Qg5 $18) (17... Kf8
18. exd6 e6 19. Ne2 $16) 18. exd6 e6 19. Nd5 Kf8 20. Nc7 Qb4 {[%cal Rb4f4,
Yb4b2] After the opening of the position black got some counterplay} 21. Qb3
Qxf4 22. Qa3 {[%cal Ra3c5,Ya3a7] White activizes the queen, planning to enter
the black camp in the future} Kg8 23. Qc5 $1 h3 {23...Qxh2 is dangerous in
view of 24.Bc6.} (23... Qxh2 $6 24. Bc6 $1 Bxc6 25. Qxc6 $18) 24. Bb7 $6 {
White stops half way. 24.Bc6 was very strong, exchanging the strong blocking
bishop and making way for the d-pawn.} (24. Bc6 $1 Bxc6 (24... Rd8 25. Bxd7
Rxd7 26. Nxe6 $18) 25. Qxc6 hxg2 26. Nxe6 $1 Rxc6 27. Nxf4 $18) 24... Rd8 25.
g3 Qc4 26. Qe3 {26.Na6 seemed stronger, activizing the knight} (26. Na6 $5 Qxc5
27. Nxc5 $16) 26... Bf6 {26...Rh6 left black with more chances.} (26... Rh6 $5)
27. g4 $1 {White opens the game immideatly trying to get to the black king.}
fxg4 (27... f4 28. Qf3) 28. Rf1 {[%cal Rf1f6] Transfering the rook to a more
active plave.} Bg7 (28... Kg7 29. Rxf6 $1 Kxf6 30. b3 Qb4 31. Rd4 $18) 29. Qg5
$1 {[%cal Yg5d8] Activizing the queen and breaking into the black camp.} Rf8
30. Qe7 $1 Qb4 31. c3 Bxc3 32. Rf2 $18 {White defends against the black
threats, and his victory is very near.} Bd4 33. Rfd2 Be3 34. Rd3 Bh6 35. Rd4 {
[%cal Rd4g4,Rd4b4]} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Krakops, Maris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Hracek,Z"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
Be2 a6 (8... Nxd4 $142 9. Qxd4 Qa5 $13) 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nf5 $1 $14 (10. O-O e6
$11) 10... Qb6 (10... Qa5 11. Nd5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Bxf5 13. exf5 Bh6+ 14. f4 Rg8
(14... e6 15. Nxf6+ Ke7 16. Nh5 $16) 15. g3 $14) 11. O-O Bxf5 12. exf5 Nd4 13.
Nd5 $1 Qxb2 (13... Qc5 14. c4 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Qxc4 16. Qd2 $36 Rc5 (16... Qc2
17. Rac1 Qxf5 (17... Qxd2 18. Rxc8+ Kd7 19. Nb6#) 18. Qa5 $40) 17. Nc7+ $1 Rxc7
18. Rfc1 $16) 14. Rab1 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Qxa2 (15... Qxc2 16. Qf3 $1 {Krakops} b5
17. Rfe1 Kd8 18. Qa3 Qa4 19. Qe3 Rc5 20. Rbc1 $40) 16. Rfd1 (16. Nxf6+ Kd8 17.
Rxb7 Rc7 (17... exf6 18. Re1 Qa4 19. Rxf7 $18) 18. Rxc7 Kxc7 19. Ne4 $40) 16...
b5 17. Qe3 $1 $16 Qc4 18. Nb6 Qc5 19. Nxc8 Qxc8 20. Rxd6 Bh6 21. Qxh6 exd6 22.
Qxf6 Kd7 23. Qxf7+ Kc6 24. c4 Kb6 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Ra1 Qc7 (26... Qb8 27. Qa2
Re8 28. f6 $18) 27. Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Olcayoz, Alper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. f3 Qa5 10. O-O-O e6 11. Kb1 a6 12. Bf4 {[%cal Rd1d6,Rd2d6,Rf4d6,
Gf8d6]} Rd8 13. g4 h6 14. h4 {[%cal Yg4g5]} b5 15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Bh2
Qb6 18. g5 Nd7 19. Bc4 Qc5 20. Bxa6 Ra8 21. Bg1 Qa5 22. Bc4 hxg5 23. Qxg5 Nf6 (
23... Ba4 24. Nc1 $14) 24. Nc1 Rh5 25. Qd2 g5 (25... Be7 $5) 26. Be3 gxh4 27.
Bg5 Nh7 28. Bxh4 Rh6 (28... b3 29. Qxa5 (29. Nxb3 $4 Qxa2+ 30. Kc1 Qa1+ 31.
Nxa1 Rxa1#) 29... bxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Rxa5 31. b4 $18) 29. Bb3 (29. Bf2 $5) 29...
Nf6 30. Bg5 Rg6 31. Rh8 Ng8 (31... Nd7 32. Rdh1 $18) 32. Be3 Rd8 (32... Ba4 33.
Bc4 Rc8 34. Nb3 $18) 33. Qf2 (33. Nd3 $5) 33... Rd7 34. Rg1 Ne7 35. Bg5 (35.
Qh2 $5 Rxg1 36. Qxg1 Ng6 37. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 38. Rh7+ Bg7 39. Bh6 $18) 35... Rxg5
36. Rxg5 Ng6 37. Rg8 (37. Rxg6 $5 fxg6 38. Qg3 $18) 37... d5 38. Qg3 Qd8 39.
R5xg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg6 40. Qxg6+ Ke7 41. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 (6... e6) 7.
Qd2 h6 {Trйs risquй} (7... Rc8 $142 {La grande ligne qui est plus solide} 8.
O-O-O (8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O-O h6 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Kb1 Be7 {Robson,R 
(2596)-Reshetnikov,A (2514) Moscow op-D 2012 (5) 1-0} (12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 Be7
14. Bc4 Rb8 $13 {Dembo})) 8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. Bd2 a6 11. Kb1 Qc5 12. Qxc5
Rxc5 13. f3 g6 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Bd4 Bg7 $132 {Dominguez Perez,L (2658)-Dreev,A 
(2705) Dos Hermanas-A 2005 (6) 1/2}) (7... Nxd4) (7... a6) 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9.
O-O-O $14 (9. Nf5 Qa5 10. Ne3 {[%csl Gd5]}) 9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 (11.
Kb1) (11. f4 $14 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 11... Rg8 ({RR} 11... Rc8 12. Bb3 Qc5 13. Qd2
a5 14. a4 Bg7 15. f4 h5 16. Kb1 f5 17. e5 e6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Bf8 20. Rd3
Bc6 21. Nb5 Bxg2 22. Rhd1 Bc5 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Bc6 25. Rg1 Ke7 26. Rg7 {
Shirov,A (2749)-Dreev,A (2660)/Sestao 2010/1/2-1/2}) 12. g3 e6 13. Rhe1 $146 (
13. f4 Be7 14. f5 $14 {[%csl Rf6]} O-O-O 15. Ne2 Rge8 16. Bb3 Kb8 17. Rhe1 Bc8
18. Nf4 Qe5 19. Qd2 Bf8 20. Ba4 Re7 21. fxe6 Bxe6 22. Bb3 Bg4 23. Nd5 Bxd1 24.
Nxe7 Bxc2 25. Kxc2 Bxe7 26. Bxf7 f5 27. Bd5 Bf6 {Bologan,V (2688)-Malakhov,V 
(2715)/Sibenik 2009/1-0 (40)}) 13... Be7 14. Bb3 O-O-O {[%csl Rc8]} 15. Kb1 Kb8
16. Qd3 h5 17. h4 {[%csl Rh5]} Rc8 18. Ne2 Rc5 19. Nd4 Rcc8 20. Re3 Ka8 21. Qe2
Bd8 {[%cal Gd8b6]} 22. Red3 {[%csl Rd6]} (22. Bc4 $5 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Ge3a3]})
22... Bb6 23. a3 Rg4 24. R3d2 a6 25. c3 Bd8 26. Ka2 Be7 27. Qe3 Qc5 $11 28. Re1
a5 29. a4 Rgg8 30. Qd3 Rgd8 31. f4 Rg8 32. Re3 Bd8 33. Qe2 Bb6 34. f5 $1 $36 {
[%csl Rf6]} Rg4 35. Red3 Qe5 (35... d5 $1 {Avec la paire de B, les Noirs ont
intйrкt а ouvrir le centre} 36. exd5 e5 $44) 36. fxe6 fxe6 37. Nf3 Qxe4 38.
Qxe4 Rxe4 39. Rxd6 Bc6 40. Bxe6 Rc7 41. Nd4 $16 Bxd4 42. R2xd4 Rxd4 43. cxd4
Rg7 44. Bb3 f5 $4 (44... Rxg3) 45. d5 Bd7 46. Bd1 Kb8 47. Bxh5 Bxa4 48. Bg6 Re7
49. Re6 1-0

[Event "Ljubljana"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mencinger, Vojko"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Mencinger,V"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1997.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. Be3 a6 11. f3 e6 12. Kb1 Be7 13. g4 O-O 14. g5 Nh5
15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Bh3 $16 g6 17. Bg4 Rfd8 18. Bxh5 gxh5 19. Bd4 b5 20. Rhg1 Be8
21. Bf6 (21. Ne2 $5 e5 22. Bc3 d5 23. Ba5 dxe4 24. Bxc7 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Rxc7 26.
fxe4 $18) 21... b4 22. Ne2 d5 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. e5 {[#]} d4 25. Nf4 Qc5 26.
Nxh5 Bb5 27. f4 $138 d3 28. cxd3 b3 29. d4 Qc2+ 30. Ka1 Be2 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. d5
Bxd1 33. Qxd1 exd5 34. axb3 d4 35. Qh5 Qg6 36. Qf3 Qf5 37. h4 Rc5 38. b4 Rxe5
39. Qh5 (39. Nh5+ Kh8 40. Ng3 Re3 41. Qxe3 dxe3 42. Nxf5 e2 43. Ne3 Rd3 44. h5
Rxe3 45. Re1 Kg7) 39... Re7 40. Qh6+ Kh8 41. Nxh7 $2 (41. h5 $1 Rb8 42. Nxh7
Qxh7 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Qxe7 Qxh5 45. Qd6 $18) 41... Qg6 42. Qxg6 fxg6 43. Nf6 d3
44. Rd1 Re2 45. h5 d2 46. Kb1 Rc8 47. Ka2 Rc1 48. Rxd2 Rxd2 49. hxg6 Rc6 50.
Ka3 Kg7 51. Ng4 Rd5 52. Ka4 Rb6 0-1

[Event "Olomouc After GP Mladi"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Manik, Mikulas"]
[Black "Balinov, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qa5 9. f4 h6 (9... e5 10. Qd2 Be7 11. O-O-O Bc6 12. Kb1 exf4 13. Bxf4 O-O
14. Nd5 Bd8 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Qe3 Qh5 17. Bd3 Bb6 18. Qg3+ Kh8 19. Bxd6 Rg8
20. Qf4 Qg5 21. Qxg5 Rxg5 22. g3 Re8 23. Rhe1 Rg4 24. e5 fxe5 25. Bxe5+ Kg8 26.
Bf4 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 h5 28. Bf5 {1-0 Leko,P-Scarella,E/Buenos Aires ARG-WORLD
1994/CBM 42/[Ernst]}) 10. Bxf6 (10. b4 Qd8 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nd5 Bg7 13. Bc4
O-O 14. f5 e6 15. Ne3 b5 16. Bb3 a5 17. Qxd6 a4 18. fxe6 Bxe6 19. Qxd8 Raxd8
20. Bd5 f5 21. O-O-O fxe4 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Rd6 Kf7
26. Rd7+ Kg6 27. Rd6 Kf7 28. Rd7+ Kg6 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Radulov,I/Hastings
1972/MCD-r7}) 10... gxf6 11. Bc4 (11. O-O-O Rg8 12. f5 h5 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. g3 h4
15. gxh4 Rg4 16. h5 Rh4 17. Be2 Bxf5 18. Qf2 Be6 19. Bb5+ Kd8 20. Qxh4 Rxc3 21.
Rxd6+ Kc8 22. Rxe6 Qxb5 23. h6 fxe6 24. h7 Bg7 25. Qg4 Bh8 26. Qg8+ Kc7 27. Rd1
Rh3 28. Qd8+ Kc6 29. Qc8+ {1-0 Barskij,V-Dragomarezkij,E/Moscow-ch 1992/EXT
92ch}) 11... Rc8 12. Bb3 Qc5 13. Qd3 e6 14. O-O-O b5 15. e5 f5 16. g4 b4 17.
Na4 Qa5 18. gxf5 Bxa4 19. exd6 Kd7 20. fxe6+ fxe6 {[%tqu "En","How do you
break up his defences here?","Make another sacrifice!","Take his pawn with
check!","b3e6","",15]} 21. Bxe6+ Kxe6 22. d7 Rxc2+ 23. Kb1 Rxb2+ 24. Kxb2 Bg7+
25. Kb1 Bxd1 {[%tqu "En","Can you find the strongest move here?","Do not
recapture on d1 immediatly.  Give him a good check first!","Bring your rook to
the attack with check!","h1e1","",12]} 26. Re1+ Kf6 (26... Kf7 27. Qc4+ Kg6 28.
Qe6+ Kh5 29. Rxd1 $18) 27. Qd6+ Kf5 28. Qe6+ Kxf4 29. Qe4+ Kg5 30. Rg1+ Kh5 31.
Qg6+ Kh4 32. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Groszpeter, Attila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Polgar,J"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7.
Qd2 Rc8 (7... Nxd4 {Informator 52/(194)}) 8. f4 (8. O-O-O {Informator 52/195})
8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 e6 12. O-O-O Bc6 13. Bc4 (13. Nb5 {
Informator 52/196}) (13. Nb5 {Boensch} Bxb5 14. exf6 Bc6 15. h4 gxf6 16. Bc4
Rg8 17. Qxf6 {N} (17. Rhe1) 17... Rg6 18. Qf4 h6 19. Bf6 Rxg2 20. Rhf1 Qa4 21.
b3 Qa3+ 22. Kb1 Bg7 23. Bxg7 Rxg7 24. Qf6 Kf8 25. Qxe6 {1-0 Rodriguez,
Am-Gambua,N Bogota Lat Cup (10) 1991}) (13. Bd2 {Boensch}) 13... Nd7 (13... Bc5
$2 {Boensch} 14. Qf4 Nd7 15. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 16. Rhf1 Rf8 17. Qc4 Be7 18. Qxe6 Qc5
(18... Qxe5 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Bxe7+ $18) 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Rf1+ $18 {Dvoirys,
S-Poliancev,S URS 1986}) 14. Rhe1 h6 (14... Bb4 $5) (14... Bb4 $5 {Boensch})
15. Bd2 (15. Bh4) 15... Qc5 16. Qf4 g5 17. Qf1 Bg7 18. h4 $2 (18. Ne4 $5 Bxe4
19. Rxe4 O-O 20. h4 (20. Qe2 $5 Nxe5 21. Bb3 $44) 20... Qc6 (20... Nxe5 21. Bb3
) 21. Qe2 Nc5 22. Rg4 b5 23. Bd3 $13) 18... Nxe5 (18... Bxe5 19. hxg5 (19. Ne4)
19... hxg5 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 $44) 19. Bb3 O-O (19... gxh4 $2 20. Ne4 Bxe4
21. Rxe4 {/\ 22.Bb4}) 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Qe2 (21. Bxg5 {Boensch} Nd3+) 21... Ng6
$2 (21... g4 $1 22. Rh1 a5 $1 $17) 22. Qh5 $1 $16 Qf5 $6 23. g4 Qf6 24. Bxg5
Nf4 $2 (24... Qf2 {Boensch} 25. Rxe6 $18) 25. Qh4 $18 Qg6 26. Bxf4 b5 27. Qh5
Qxh5 28. gxh5 a5 29. a3 Bf3 30. Rd3 Bxh5 31. Rg3 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Ne4 Bg6
34. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Portoroz op"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Qa5 (9... Be7 $5) 10. Be3 (10. h4 $5 Rc8 11. Kb1 h6 12. Be3 h5
13. Qf2 Qc7 14. Bd3 Ne5 15. Rhe1 b5 16. Nb3 Be7 $13 {Popescu,C-Botvinnik,I/ROM
Ch-t/1993/}) (10. Nb3 Qc7 11. h4 b5 12. h5 h6 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Bd3 b4 15. Ne2
Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 e5 17. Be3 Be7 18. g4 Bb5 {Rosselli,B-Aguilar,J/Peru/1993/})
10... Nxd4 (10... b5 11. a3 (11. Kb1 Nxd4 (11... Rc8 12. g4 h6 13. Rg1 Ne5 14.
Nd5 Qxd2 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Bxd2 h5 17. gxh5 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 {Kholmov,
R-Hansen,S/Budapest/1991/0,5/18/}) 12. Qxd4 h5 13. a3 Be7 14. Be2 Rb8 15. Na2
O-O 16. Bd2 Qd8 17. Bb4 d5 18. e5 Ne8 19. f4 Bxb4 20. Nxb4 $16 {Werner,M-Syska,
A/BL/9394/}) 11... Rb8 12. Kb1 Ne5 13. Nd5 Qxd2 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Bxd2 Rg8 16.
Rg1 {Magem,J-Garcia,A/Mesa/1993/}) (10... Be7 11. Kb1 b5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne2
Qc7 14. Nd4 O-O 15. g4 Nd7 16. h4 Rac8 17. g5 $14 {Shamkovich,L-Ivanovic,B/
Hamilton/1978/}) 11. Qxd4 (11. Bxd4 $5 Be7 $140 12. Qf2) 11... Rc8 12. Kb1 Be7
13. g4 O-O $2 (13... b5 $5 $132 14. g5 (14. e5 dxe5 15. Qxe5 Qc7) 14... b4) 14.
Qd2 $1 $16 Rc6 (14... Qc7 15. h4 (15. g5 Nh5 16. Bh3 g6 17. Bg4 Ng7 18. h4 $36)
15... b5 16. h5 b4 17. Ne2 Rfd8 18. g5 Ne8 19. g6 $16) 15. g5 Nh5 16. Nd5 Qd8
17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qb4 $1 f6 (18... Bc8 19. e5 Rd8 20. Bb6 Rd7 21. f4 {/\ 22.
Bg2}) 19. Qxb7 Rfc8 (19... Rxc2 $5 20. Bxa6 $1 (20. Kxc2 $4 Ba4+) 20... fxg5 $6
21. Bb5 $18) 20. Bxa6 $1 fxg5 21. Bxg5 Qf7 (21... Qxg5 22. Qxd7 $18) 22. Rhf1
h6 23. Be3 $18 Nf6 24. Qa7 R8c7 25. Qb8+ Kh7 (25... Be8 $5) 26. e5 $1 (26. Bd3
e5) 26... dxe5 27. Bd3+ e4 $8 28. fxe4 (28. Bxe4+ $5 Nxe4 29. fxe4 Qg6 30. Rf8
$18) 28... e5 29. Bb6 Rc8 30. Qxe5 $1 Rxb6 31. Qd4 Rcb8 32. b3 Kh8 33. e5 Qd5
$8 34. Bc4 $1 Qxd4 35. Rxd4 Ng4 (35... Bh3 36. Rf3 Bg2 37. Rf2) 36. Rxd7 Nxe5
37. Rc7 Rb4 38. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Berlin East AdW 6th"]
[Site "Berlin East"]
[Date "1989.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kovalev, Andrei"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Tischbierek,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1989.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. Bd2 a6 11. Kb1 Qc5 12. Qxc5 Rxc5 13. f3 g6 14. Be3
Rc8 15. Bd4 Bg7 16. Nd5 Nh5 17. Nb6 (17. Be3 $5) 17... Rd8 18. Nxd7 Bxd4 19.
Rxd4 Rxd7 20. g3 e6 21. Bc4 Ke7 22. Rhd1 Nf6 23. Bb3 Rhd8 $6 (23... g5 $132)
24. Ba4 b5 25. Bb3 a5 26. c3 Rb8 27. f4 Rb6 28. e5 Ng4 $6 (28... Ne8) 29. a4
bxa4 30. Bxa4 Rd8 31. Rc4 Rb7 32. exd6+ Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Kxd6 34. h3 Ne3 35. Rc6+
Kd5 (35... Ke7 $14) 36. Ra6 Rc7 37. Bc2 Nxc2 38. Rxa5+ Ke4 39. Kxc2 Kf3 40. b4
Kxg3 41. b5 Kxf4 42. Kb3 Ke4 43. b6 (43. Kb4 Kd3 $1) (43. c4 $5 {/\} f5 (43...
e5) 44. b6 Rb7 45. c5 Kd5 46. Kb4 Kc6 47. Ra8 $18) 43... Rb7 44. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Presov"]
[Site "Presov"]
[Date "1999.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mrva, Martin"]
[Black "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1999.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. f4 Rxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. Qb4 Qxb4 13. cxb4 Nxe4 14.
Bh4 (14. Bc4 b5 (14... Nxg5 15. fxg5 Be7 16. h4 h6 (16... Bc6 17. Rhf1 f6 18.
gxf6 gxf6 19. g4 h5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gaika,P-Riemer,W/cr WCCF WWO #6 1989 (41)})
17. Rhf1 Rf8 18. gxh6 gxh6 19. g3 (19. Rd3 f5 (19... Bxh4 20. Rxd6 Be7 21. Rd5
e4 22. c3 $16) 20. Bd5 Bc8 21. Ra3 a6 22. Rc3 Kd8 23. g3 $14 (23. h5 e4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Wiemer,R-Schussler,H/BL 1984 (26)})) 19... f5 20. Bd5 Bc6 $14) 15. Bd3
Nc3 16. fxe5 (16. Rde1 f6 17. Kb2 Na4+ 18. Ka3 fxg5 19. fxe5 Bc6 $15) 16... h6
(16... Nxd1 17. Rxd1 d5 (17... dxe5 18. Bxb5 $1 $18) 18. c3 Be7 19. Be3 $14)
17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Janosevic,D-Larsen,B/Belgrade 1964 (42)}) (14.
Re1 Nxg5 15. fxg5 Be7 (15... h6 16. gxh6 Rxh6 17. Bd3 f5 18. h3 Be7 $44 {
1-0 Utman,C-Rosa,F/Santiago 1993 (57)}) 16. h4 h6 17. gxh6 Rxh6 18. h5 Bg5+ 19.
Kd1 (19. Kb1 Bd2 20. Re4 f5 21. Rc4 Kd8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Zuidema,C-Piket,J/
Leeuwarden 1969 (46)}) 19... Rf6 $44 {0-1 Vuijovic-Puhm/Strasbourg 1973 (33)})
14... g5 (14... Nc3 15. Re1 Nxa2+ 16. Kb2 Nxb4 17. fxe5 d5 18. Rd1 (18. Bf2 a6
19. Be2 Be7 20. Bf3 O-O $132 {0-1 Juarez-Pelikan,J/Argentina 1969/Inf 07 (51)})
18... Be7 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. c3 {1/2-1/2 Gheorghiu,F-Hort,V/Monaco 1968 (20)}) (
14... f5 15. Bc4 exf4 16. Rhe1 Be7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Bd5 Bc6 19. b5 Bxd5 20.
Rxd5 Kf6 21. Rd3 g5 22. Ra3 Ra8 23. Rf1 Ke5 {1/2-1/2 Bagirov,V-Tal,M/URS 1969/
Inf 07 (23)} 24. Rh3 Rh8 25. Ra3 Ra8 $11) 15. Bd3 $1 $16 (15. Re1 gxh4 16. Rxe4
Bh6 17. Bc4 Bc6 18. Re2 h3 $19 {0-1 Gara,A-Matnadze,A/Eu Youth gu16, Mureck
AUT 1998 (36)}) (15. fxg5 Be7 16. Re1 (16. Bc4 h6 (16... Nxg5 17. Kb2 Ne6 18.
Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Rd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sarkar,J-Uribe,M/Matinhos, Parana BRA 1999 (58)}
) 17. Rhf1 O-O (17... Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. a3 b5 20. Rd3 hxg5 21. Bg3 g4 22.
Kb2 Rh5 $44 {1-0 Schlosser,M-Lendwai,R/Austria tt 1993 (57)}) 18. Rde1 hxg5 19.
Rxe4 gxh4 20. Bd5 Kg7 21. Kb2 b5 22. Re3 Bd8 23. Ra3 Bb6 24. Raf3 f5 25. Kb1
Kg6 26. a3 Rc8 27. Kc1 Bd4 28. h3 e4 $17 {0-1 Radev,N-Zaitshik,G/Tbilisi/
Suhumi 1977/Inf 25 (33)}) (16. Be1 Bxg5+ 17. Kb2 f5 (17... Ke7 18. Bd3 Nf6 19.
c4 Ng4 20. Bd2 h6 21. Bxg5+ hxg5 22. Rd2 f5 23. h3 Ne3 24. Re2 f4 25. Rxe3 fxe3
26. Re1 g4 (26... Bc6 $17) 27. Rxe3 gxh3 28. gxh3 Rxh3 $17 {0-1 Van der
Sterren,P-Kristiansen,J/EU-chT Plovdiv 1983 (43)}) 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. Bd2 Bxd2 20.
Rxd2 Ke7 21. Rf1 {1/2-1/2 Chechelian,S-Vekshenkov,N/URS 1977 (22)}) 16... d5 (
16... Nxg5 17. c3 (17. Re3 Ne6 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Bd3 Nc7 20. Rf1 Bc6 21. g3 h6
22. a3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ernst,T-Wang,Z/Belgrade GMA 1988 (55)}) (17. Bc4 Ne6 18.
Bf2 Bc6 19. Bxa7 Bxg2 20. Rhg1 Bc6 21. b5 Bd7 22. a4 $16) 17... Rg8 18. Bc4 Bc6
19. Re2 b5 20. Bb3 Ne6 21. Bxe6 Bxh4 22. Bf5 Bxg2 23. Rg1 Rg5 24. Rgxg2 Rxf5
25. Rg8+ Kd7 26. Ra8 Bf2 $17 {0-1 Macharashvili-Ubilava,E/USSR 1976/Inf 22 (48)
}) 17. a3 (17. Bd3 h6 18. Bxe4 (18. c4 hxg5 19. cxd5 Rxh4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21.
Bxe4 f5 22. Bc2 Bxb4 23. h4 gxh4 24. Rxh4 Ba3+ 25. Kd2 Ke7 $44 {1/2-1/2
Unzicker,W-Gheorghiu,F/Ljubljana 1969/Inf 07 (25)}) 18... dxe4 19. Rxe4 hxg5
20. Bg3 f6 21. a3 Bc6 22. Re2 $16) 17... h6 18. Bd3 Bf5 19. Rhf1 Bg6 20. Bxe4
Bxe4 21. Bg3 Bxg5+ 22. Kd1 Rg8 23. Bxe5 Bxg2 24. Bf6+ Kf8 25. Bxg5 Rxg5 26. Rf2
$16) 15... Nc3 $8 16. Bxg5 (16. fxg5 $2 Nxd1 17. Rxd1 Be7 18. Be4 Bc6 19. Bxc6+
bxc6 20. Bf2 Bxg5+ 21. Kb2 Ke7 22. Bxa7 Ke6 $15 {[%csl Ge6]}) 16... Nxd1 17.
Rxd1 Be7 (17... h6 18. Bf6 Rg8 19. g3 $16) 18. Bh6 Rg8 19. g3 f5 20. Be2 $1 {
[%cal Ge2h5,Gd1d6]} Be6 (20... e4 21. Bh5+ Kd8 22. Bf7 Rg4 $8 23. Rg1 (23. Rd5
b5 24. Kd2 Kc7 25. Ke3 Kc6 26. Rd1 Kb6 27. a3 $14 (27. Rg1 d5 28. h3 Bxb4 29.
hxg4 Bc5+ 30. Ke2 Bxg1 31. Bxd5 Kc5 32. Bg8 fxg4 33. Bxh7 Kd5 34. f5 Bd4 35.
Bg5 (35. Bg8+ Kc6 36. f6 Bxf6 37. Ke3 Be5 38. Bf4 Kd6 39. Kxe4 Bxf4 40. Kxf4 b4
41. Ke4 a5 42. Kd4 $11) 35... Ke5 36. f6 Be6 37. Bg6 Bxa2 38. f7 Bc5 39. Be3 (
39. Bh6 Kf6 40. f8=Q+ Bxf8 41. Bxf8 Kxg6 $17) 39... Bc4+ 40. Kf2 Be7 41. Bxa7
$11)) 23... Bh4 24. Bh5 (24. Bf8 Be8 (24... Kc7 25. Rd1 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Rh4]})
25. Bxe8 Kxe8 26. Bxd6 Bf6 27. Rd1 Bc3 28. Rd5 $16) 24... Rg8 25. Bf7 Rg4 26.
Bf8 Be8 27. Bxe8 (27. Bd5 $16 {0-1 Nielsen,J-Kristiansen,J (38)}) 27... Kxe8
28. Bxd6 $16) 21. fxe5 $5 (21. Bh5+ Bf7 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Rd7 b5
25. Rxa7 Ke6 26. a4 bxa4 27. Rxa4 $16) (21. c4 $2 e4 $132) 21... dxe5 22. Bh5+
Bf7 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rd7 {R makes troubles on the 7-th line.} Rg4 (24... b5
25. Rxa7 $16) 25. Be3 {[%cal Ge3c5]} (25. Rxb7 Rxb4 26. Rxa7 Ke6 27. a4 $16)
25... Ke6 26. Rxb7 Bxb4 (26... Rxb4 $2 27. Rxe7+ $18) 27. Bxa7 Ba3+ 28. Kd2 h5
29. Rb6+ Kd5 30. Rb5+ Ke6 31. Rb6+ (31. Bb8 $16) 31... Kd5 32. Rb5+ Ke6 33. Bb8
Re4 34. c4 h4 $2 $18 (34... Be7 35. Kd3 Bg5 36. a4 Re3+ 37. Kc2 h4 38. gxh4
Bxh4 39. a5 $16) 35. gxh4 f4 36. h5 Bf8 37. h6 f3 38. Rb6+ $4 $15 (38. h7 $1 f2
39. h8=Q f1=Q 40. Qg8+ Kd7 41. Rd5+ $18) 38... Kf5 39. h7 Re2+ 40. Kc3 (40. Kd3
e4+ 41. Kd4 Bg7+ 42. Kc5 Rxa2 43. Rb7 Kg6 $17) 40... Rxh2 (40... Bg7) 41. Rb7
Bc5 42. Rf7+ (42. Ba7 Bxa7 43. Rxa7 Ke4 44. Rf7 Ke3 $17) 42... Ke4 43. Bxe5 $8
(43. Ba7 Bxa7 44. Rxa7 f2 45. Rf7 Ke3 $19) 43... Kxe5 44. Rxf3 Rxh7 45. Rd3 Ke4
46. Rg3 Bd4+ 47. Kb4 Rb7+ 48. Ka5 Rb8 49. a4 Bc5 50. Ka6 Kd4 51. a5 Ra8+ 52.
Kb5 Rb8+ 53. Ka6 Kxc4 54. Rg4+ Bd4 55. Rg5 Be3 56. Rh5 Bc5 57. Rh4+ Kb3 58. Rh5
Kc4 59. Rh4+ Bd4 60. Rh5 Rg8 61. Kb7 Bc5 62. a6 Rg7+ 63. Kb8 Bd6+ 64. Ka8 Bc5
65. Kb8 Rg6 66. Kb7 Rb6+ 67. Kc8 Rxa6 68. Kd7 Bd4 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Black "Wang, Zili"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Wang,Zili"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
O-O-O (8. f4) (8. Be2) 8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. f4 Rxc3 (10... h6) 11. bxc3 e5
12. Qb4 Qxb4 13. cxb4 Nxe4 14. Bh4 g5 15. fxg5 Be7 16. Re1 Nxg5 17. Re3 (17.
Bc4 $1 Ne6 18. Bf2 $14) 17... Ne6 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Bd3 Nc7 $1 (19... Nf4 20.
Be4 d5 21. g3 $16) (19... Bc6 20. Be4 d5 21. b5 $16) 20. Rf1 Bc6 21. g3 h6 22.
a3 f6 $15 23. c4 b5 24. Kb2 bxc4 25. Bxc4 d5 26. Rc3 $1 Ne6 27. Ba6 Bd7 28. b5
d4 29. Rc4 Rb8 30. a4 e4 (30... h5 $1 31. Kc2 h4 32. gxh4 Rh8 33. a5 Rxh4 34.
Rf2 $15) 31. Kc2 e3 32. Kd3 Be8 33. Rxd4 $1 Nxd4 34. Kxd4 e2 35. Re1 Bh5 36. h3
Rd8+ 37. Ke3 Rd1 38. Kf2 Bf3 39. a5 Kd6 40. b6 axb6 41. axb6 Rxe1 42. Kxe1 Kc6
43. Bxe2 Bg2 44. h4 Kxb6 45. Kf2 Bd5 46. Ke3 Kc5 47. Kf4 Be6 48. Bg4 Kd6 49.
Bxe6 Kxe6 50. Kg4 Kf7 51. Kh5 Kg7 52. Kg4 Kf7 53. h5 Ke6 54. Kf4 f5 55. g4
1/2-1/2

