[Event "Moscow B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Black "Pestov, Sergei M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Ambroz,J"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 b6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 c5 7. h4 $5 (7. a3 {N}
Be7 8. b4 Qc7 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Re1 c4 12. a4 a6 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3
$14 {Tseitlin,Ma-Kortschnoj,V/Beersheba/1992/}) (7. Bb5 $5 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bc2
cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. O-O Qb6 12. Nb1 $1 h6 13. Nc3 Be7 14. Be3 Bb7 15. Re1 Rc8
16. a4 $14 {Vasiukov,E-Bagirov,V/UdSSr (ch) 1973}) 7... a5 8. h5 h6 9. Bb5 Ba6
10. a4 {>< b5} Qc8 (10... Bxb5 $2 11. axb5 {>< Nb8}) 11. O-O Nc6 12. Re1 Na7
13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. Nf1 Nc6 {[#]} 15. Ne3 $1 cxd4 $140 16. Nxd4 Ndxe5 (16...
Ncxe5 17. f4 (17. Nb5 $1 O-O-O 18. Qe2 Nc5 19. Rd1 (19. b4 axb4 20. cxb4 Ncd3
21. Bb2 $5 Kb8 22. Bc3 $13) (19. Bd2 Ned3 20. b4 axb4 21. cxb4 Nxe1 22. bxc5
bxc5 23. Bxe1 Rd7 24. Bc3 $5 $14 d4 $140 25. Nxd4 Qxe2 26. Nxe2) 19... Qb7 20.
b4 Nb3 21. Rb1 Nxc1 22. Rdxc1 Nc6 23. Nd4 $5 $40) 17... Nc4 18. Nxd5 O-O-O 19.
Ne3 Nxe3 20. Bxe3 Nf6 $13) 17. Nb5 O-O-O (17... Qb7 $5 18. f4 (18. Ng4 $1 $44
Nxg4 19. Qxg4 O-O-O 20. Bf4 Na7 $2 21. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Rd7 (22... Qd7
23. Qxb6) 23. Qe8+ Rd8 24. Nxa7+ Qxa7 25. Qc6+ Qc7 26. Qxc7#) 18... Nc4 19.
Nxc4 dxc4 20. Qd5 Rd8 21. Qxc4 Bc5+ $15) 18. Nc2 Nc4 19. b3 Nd6 20. Qd3 $1 Qb7
(20... Kb8 21. Bf4 Na7 22. Ncd4 Qb7 23. b4 $16 axb4 24. cxb4 Naxb5 25. axb5)
21. b4 Nc4 22. Rb1 Rd7 23. Nba3 $5 Nxa3 (23... N4e5 24. Qg3 Nc4 (24... f6 25.
f4) 25. Nxc4 dxc4 26. Ne3 $5 $44 axb4 27. Nxc4 b5 28. axb5 Qxb5 29. Qg4 b3 30.
Be3 Rb7 31. Qe4 $16 {/\ Rb3} Bc5 32. Rxb3 Qxb3 33. Bxc5) 24. Bxa3 Qc7 25. bxa5
bxa5 26. Qa6+ Kd8 27. Nd4 $1 Na7 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 {[#]} 29. Rxe6 $1 Re8 30. Rc6 (
30. Nc6+ $1 $18 Nxc6 31. Qa8+) 30... Qf4 31. Qxa5+ Ke7 32. Qc5+ Kd8 33. g3 $1
Qe5 34. Rc8+ Nxc8 1-0

[Event "Gothenburg Manhem-A"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nithander, Victor"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2013.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 {Nithander is known for his
consistent style and therefore this move was far from a surprise. However I
have not faced this line for years so it seems to me that it has slightly gone
out of fashion.} c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. a3 Be7 {I had not played this
move before so I hoped to be able to surprise my opponent slightly.} ({The
most popular response is} 8... a5 {preventing b4 which I have played a couple
of times.}) ({Other popular tries include} 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Na5 {intending}
10. Ne2 Qb3) ({and finally} 8... c4 {which has been preferred by some strong
GMs. However this move is a bit too much of a commitment for Black in my
opinion. It abandons the chances of counterplay in the centre directed against
d4, thus giving White a free hand on the kingside.}) 9. b4 cxd4 10. cxd4 a6 $1
{With this move Black prepares the manoeuvre ...Qc7 followed by ...b5 and ...
Nb6-c4. This is somewhat time-consuming but also a very effective plan for
Black.} 11. h4 {A typical move for White in this variation grabbing further
space on the kingside and getting ready for an attack in case Black is brave
enough to castle short.} Qc7 12. h5 {Here Nithander was actually first to
surprise by side-stepping his earlier games where he had gone for either} (12.
Ne2 {or}) (12. Bd2 {As he told me during the postmortem he tried to avoid the
possible move ...h5 for Black which was played at a later point in his game
against Gleizerov. Indeed ...h5 is a way for Black to get a very solid
position avoiding most of White's counterplay on the kingside.}) 12... b5 {
Black simply plays according to the plan as the further push h6 for White is
not much to worry about. On the other hand playing ...h6 as Black would
seriously weaken the position on the kingside for Black.} 13. Ne2 $146 ({
The only game played previously in this position went} 13. h6 g6 14. Nh3 Nb6
15. Nhg5 Nc4 {when Black already had a stable advantage in 1-0 (32) Pap,M 
(2501)-Van Vliet,D (2105) Lille 2012. The outcome of the game in White's
favour was merely a result of the huge rating difference between the players.
Now after} 16. Bxc4 {Black should rather have recaptured with} dxc4 $1 $146 {
when Black's bishop will be very strong along the diagonal a8-h1 and the
d5-square will become an important outpost for Black's pieces. Giving up the
control of the e4-square is a small price to pay for this achievement. Black
is clearly better.}) 13... Nb6 14. Kf2 $5 {A rather surprising move although
artificial castling is rather common for White in the 5.f4 systems. The main
idea here is to put the king out of range for tactical possibilities along the
c-file and the a5-e1 diagonal. Then at a later stage the king will normally be
hiding on g1 or g2.} Bd7 {Black continues with normal developing moves now,
opening the options also for long castling if it becomes necessary. It's often
wise to wait with the king in the centre for Black for the time being since
the centre is closed and thus the king is safer on e8 than on the kingside
after castling short.} 15. g4 $6 {White plays very ambitiously in the hope of
grabbing all the space on the kingside. However this strategy often backfires
as Black can usually open up the position by tactical means sacrificing an
exchange along the f-file or even a piece in the centre to destroy White's
solid-looking pawn chain.} (15. Rh3 $5 {was an interesting alternative with
the idea of Rg3 and to keep a safe haven for the king on g1.}) 15... f6 $1 {
A logical reply to White's last move intending to open up the centre by ...
fxe5 followed by ...0-0 with dangerous play along the f-file.} 16. h6 g6 17.
exf6 {White takes the chance to keep the centre closed avoiding ...fxe5 when
Black's counterplay is likely to become very strong along the f-file.} Bxf6 {
Now Black has got a backward pawn on e6 but White has weak pawns on both f4
and d4 and the e4-square is more vulnerable than before as Black can now
arrive there with a knight via d6.} 18. g5 Be7 19. Ra2 {White prevents
possible attacks along the second rank and also prepares the development of
the rook perhaps to c2 at some point.} O-O {Now that the kingside is closed
the king is pretty safe here for the moment and Black puts pressure along the
f-file with possible tactics to come in the near future.} 20. Bh3 {Putting
pressure against e6 and preparing to get the king a bit safer moving it to g2.}
Nc4 {Now it's time for Black to continue the operations on the queenside. This
move activates the knight to its ideal square and prepares the advance ...a5.}
21. Kg2 $2 {White walks out from the x-ray attacks on the f-file but on the
other hand places his king and queen in the way of a potential fork on e3.} ({
Since White's position was already troublesome he should have considered} 21.
f5 $5 exf5 22. Nf4 {which gives some active counterplay on the open e-file and
the dark squares.}) 21... a5 {Simple and very effective. White is not at all
ready for this break. Taking on a5 will lose the a3-pawn and in the long run
the game. Therefore there is not much of a choice now.} 22. Nc3 {Here I spent
some time calculating possible sacrifices on f4 in one way or another. I also
considered playing prophylactically and defending my pawn on b5. In fact there
are many ways to a clear advantage but the game continuation is objectively
best.} axb4 23. Nxb5 Qb8 $6 {Not a bad move but there was the even stronger} (
23... Qa5 $1 24. a4 Nd8 25. Re2 Qxa4 26. Nc7 Qxd1 27. Rxd1 Ra7 $1 28. Nxe6 Nxe6
29. Bxe6+ Bxe6 30. Rxe6 b3 $19 {when the passed b-pawn will cost White a piece
and in the long run the game.}) 24. a4 Rxf4 $2 {At this point I fell victim to
my desire to do something brilliant. Without having calculated everything in
detail I went for this spontaneous move although I had seen White's reply.} ({
Instead the relaxed move} 24... Nd8 $1 {would have lead to a winning advantage
for Black following} 25. Re2 (25. Qb3 {might be better but after} Bxb5 26. axb5
Rxa2+ 27. Qxa2 Qxb5 $17 {Black is a solid pawn up and there is not much hope
for White to survive.}) 25... Bxb5 26. axb5 Bd6 $1 $19 {when the attack
against f4 in combination with the strong passed b-pawn becomes decisive.}) 25.
Ne5 $1 {A strong move that immediately gives the advantage over to White.}
N6xe5 ({I tried to get} 25... Rxd4 {working but after} 26. Nxd7 $8 Rxd1 27.
Bxe6+ Kh8 28. Nxb8 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxb8 30. Bxd5 Ne3+ 31. Kf3 Nxd5 32. Rxc6 Bxg5
33. Ke4 Nf6+ 34. Kd3 $16 {White's passed a-pawn is likely to decide the game.})
26. Bxf4 Qf8 $2 {A creative move, but as the game shown this move loses
important coordination for Black. This was my original plan but since it
doesn't work I should rather have switched plans, playing} (26... Qc8 $1 {
when Black has reasonable compensation for the exchange.}) 27. Bc1 (27. Rf2 $1
{was even stronger as my intended} Qxf4 {works in White's favour after} 28.
Rxf4 Ne3+ 29. Kg3 Nxd1 30. dxe5 Ne3 ({or} 30... Nc3 31. Nxc3 bxc3 32. Rhf1 $16)
31. Nd6 $1 $16) 27... Nf7 (27... Qc8 28. Rf2 $1) 28. Rf2 (28. Nc7 {is getting
tricky for White after} Ra7 29. Nxe6 Qc8 {giving unnecessary chances to get
counterplay.}) 28... Qc8 $2 (28... Qd8 {would be better}) 29. Qf3 $2 {This
move gives Black some real chances to get back into the game.} ({Much stronger
was} 29. Rhf1 $1 {when the threats alon the f-file will become decisive. A
possible line is} Nh8 {A sad necessity.} (29... Nfd6 30. Nxd6 Nxd6 31. Qe2 {
with the simple threat of Qe5-g7 is winning for White.}) 30. Qf3 $18 {With an
exchange up and an overwhelming position White is clearly winning although
there is still some more work to be done.}) 29... Be8 $4 {The wrong decision
at a critical moment.} (29... Nfd6 {was better:} 30. Nxd6 Nxd6 31. Re1 $14 {
when White is only slightly better.}) 30. Re1 Ra6 31. Kg1 {Unnecessary
prophylaxis.} ({The immediate} 31. Bf4 $18 {intending Nc7 would have lead to a
straightforward win.}) 31... Qd7 32. Qg3 $2 ({Once again} 32. Bf4 {would be
winning, for example} Rc6 33. Nc7 $1 $18) 32... Rc6 33. Bf4 Nd8 34. Bc7 Nf7 35.
Bf4 Nd8 36. Rfe2 Bf7 37. Rf1 (37. Bc7 $1 $18) 37... Be8 38. Ref2 Nf7 39. Rf3 $6
(39. Nc7 Bd8 40. Qf3 $1 {would be strong intending} Bxc7 41. Bxc7 {when the
bishop cannot be taken in view of Qf6 with mate to follow on either g7 or f8.}
Qe7 42. Bf4 $18 {Whitout the dark squared bishop Black does not have much of a
defence to put up any longer. Moreover the slightly awkward placed knight on
b5 is no longer a problem for White.}) 39... Nd8 $2 ({Better was} 39... Bd8)
40. Qf2 Nf7 41. Qg3 $2 (41. Nc7 $1 {would have lead to a simple win after} Rxc7
42. Bxc7 {and White crushes through along the f-file.}) 41... Bd8 42. Kh1 Qe7
43. R3f2 Ra6 44. Re1 {Here my opponent extremely surprisingly offered me a
draw. After having defended for about half the game and still being clearly
worse or lost this felt like an undeserved gift. However my opponent had
obviously lost faith in his position and was perhaps slightly worried about
the awkward knight on b5, as well as the approaching endless time-trouble.} (
44. Be5 $1 Ncxe5 (44... Qd7 45. Bf6 Ba5 46. Bg7 $18) 45. dxe5 {[%cal Gb5d6]}
Qxg5 (45... Rxa4 46. Nd6 Ra3 47. Qg4 Nxg5 48. Bg2 $1 Nf7 49. Nxe8 Qxe8 50. Rxf7
Qxf7 51. Rxf7 Kxf7 52. Bxd5 $18) 46. Qxg5 Bxg5 47. Nc7 $18) (44. Re1 Rc6 (44...
Bd7 45. Ref1 Be8 46. Be5 $18) 45. Ref1 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rilton Cup 34th"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2005.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Furhoff, Johan"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. g3
Be7 ({Earlier I was used to play} 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 f6 11. Kg2 O-O
{with good results as well. But the move played in the game is more flexible
and in my opinion also a bit better.The white king is usually worse placed on
e1 than on g2 and so it seems unnessesary to force him to a better square.
Moreover the black bishop on b4 closes the way for the queen. This makes it
possible for white to play moves as Be3 which would otherwise not have been
possible because of ...Qxb2.}) 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. cxd4 f6 11. Bh3 O-O $1 12. Rf1 (
{Grabbing the pawn with} 12. Bxe6+ {is not recommendable. After} Kh8 {...Ndxe5
is threatened. White has now got three different continuations, exf6, Bxd7 or
Bxd5.} 13. Bxd5 ({Both} 13. exf6 Nxf6 {and}) (13. Bxd7 Bxd7 {gives black very
nice compensation on the white squares for the sacrifices pawn.Ofcourse the
position might still be playable for white, but it's not really something to
dream about.}) 13... fxe5 14. fxe5 ({During the game I was thinking about how
to answer} 14. Bxc6 {This move doesn't seem to have been played before and it
was not written about it in any of my french books either. But after the simple
} Qxc6 {black has the pair of bishops and white is seriously weakened on the
white squares. A possible continuation is} 15. O-O e4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Bg4
{with a very dangerous initiative for black.}) 14... Ndxe5 $1 15. dxe5 Nxe5 {
White is leading with a whole piece, but he is also far away in development
and his king is very exposed in the center. In the game Savon-Gleizerov,
Cheliabinsk 1991 there followed} 16. Nf4 Bb4+ 17. Kf1 Rxf4 $1 18. gxf4 Bh3+ 19.
Ke2 Ng4 20. Nd4 Qc5 21. Be6 Rd8 {with a winning position for black.}) 12... Kh8
13. Nc3 {The natural and most usual continuation for white. But according to
theory} (13. Rf2 {should be better. Here black can choose between the
positional 13...Qa6 with the idea ...Nb6, ...Bd7 etc or the very interesting
piecesacrifice} fxe5 14. fxe5 Ndxe5 $5 15. dxe5 Bb4+ 16. Nc3 Nxe5 {This
position is played two times with a win for white in both of them. However you
can't make any conclusion on just two games and it should also be said that
the black players were lower rated. In my opinion the position is perfectly
playable for black. The two connected passed pawns in the center and the
exposed white king fully compensates for the sacrificed piece.}) 13... fxe5 14.
fxe5 Rxf3 $1 15. Qxf3 Nxd4 {This far the game was still following my
preparation, but now my opponent started to cause me some trouble.} 16. Qf2 $1
$146 {A novelty!} ({In the game Krupkova-Gleizerov, Viking Games 1997 there
followed} 16. Qh5 $2 Qd8 17. Qd1 Nc6 18. Bxe6 d4 $1 19. Nd5 Ndxe5 20. Bxc8 Qxd5
21. Bxb7 Bb4+ {with a crushing attack for black.}) ({Also} 16. Qf7 {will be
met with} Qd8 {with the double threats ...Nxe5 and ...Nc2+. White can protect
himself by playing} 17. Qf2 {but after} Nc6 {the e5-pawn will be lost.}) 16...
h6 $2 {Black gives some space for his king to avoid the checkmate on f8 as
follow after...Nxe5?? But this move is also seriously weakening the position
of the black king and therefore} (16... Bc5 {would have been a better try.})
17. Qf7 $1 {A very unplesant surprise. I was waiting for the normal looking} (
17. Bf4 {protecting the e-pawn, which I was intending to answer with the very
ambitious} g5 $5 18. Be3 $2 ({Instead white should play} 18. O-O-O $1 gxf4 19.
Rxd4 fxg3 20. hxg3 Nxe5 21. Kb1 $1 {with a dangerous attack.}) 18... Nc2+ 19.
Qxc2 Qxe3+ 20. Qe2 Qxe2+ 21. Nxe2 Nxe5 22. Nd4 g4 $1 {with advantage to black.}
) 17... Qd8 (17... Nxe5 {was an interesting posibility for black. After} 18.
Qxe7 Bd7 $1 {black has given up a whole rock for two central pawns. But the
white king is not going safe at any place and black is also threatening to win
back the material with ...Nc2+. In a game everything would still be possible
here, but objectively white must be winning. After the natural} 19. Bxh6 Ndf3+
{will follow. Here white should sacrifice back not to get worse.} 20. Rxf3 $1 (
{After} 20. Kd1 Qd4+ 21. Kc1 Nd3+ 22. Kb1 Nde1 $1 {only white can be in
trouble.}) 20... Nxf3+ 21. Kd1 {Now white keeps the extra material with a
winning position both after} gxh6 {22.Qf6+ and} (21... Qd4+ 22. Ke2)) 18. Qh5
Bf8 ({My first thought was to play} 18... Qg8 {with the idea 19.Rf7 Bf8, but
instead white can decide the game immediately after} 19. Bxh6 gxh6 ({Black can
try to get away with} 19... Nc2+ {but after} 20. Kd2 g6 21. Qg4 Nxa1 22. Bg5 $1
{there is not much to do anymore.}) 20. Qxh6+ Qh7 21. Qxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rf7+ Kg6
23. Rxe7 {winning.}) (18... Nf8 {will also be answered with} 19. Bxh6 {and
after} gxh6 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 (20... Nh7 21. Rf7) 21. Rf4 $1 Bg5 22. Rg4 Nf3+ (
22... Kf7 23. Qh5+) 23. Kf2 {the f3 knight will be lost and white will be pawn
and exchange up.}) 19. Bxh6 $2 {A serious mistake in the most important part
of the game. Instead white should play} (19. Rf7 Kg8 20. Bf4 $1 {There can
follow} (20. Bxh6 Nxe5 $1 {is unclear}) 20... Nf3+ 21. Qxf3 Kxf7 22. Bg5+ Nf6
23. Bd2 {and white is winning a piece for two pawns with a clearly won
position.}) 19... gxh6 20. O-O-O Bg7 $1 {Black gives back the knight on d4 to
get central control and a more balanced position.} ({Trying to keep the extra
material with} 20... Nc6 {Would most probably have ended up in disaster for
black after} 21. Bxe6 Ndxe5 22. Rxd5 {with a crushing attack.}) 21. Rxd4 Nxe5
22. Kb1 ({Knowing the result} 22. Re1 {would have given white better chances
than the game. But black still has a very comfortable position after} Qg5+ 23.
Qxg5 hxg5) 22... Bd7 23. Rdf4 Be8 $1 {Black now forces back the white queen
and in the same time gets a very nice diagonal for his bishop.} 24. Qd1 Bg6+
25. Ka1 Qe7 $1 26. Bg2 $2 {White was already in big time trouble. It is
understandable that he would like to create counterplay with his kingside
pawns, but it was more important to keep the bishop on h3 avoiding ...Rc8. Now
the comming black attack decides the game.} Rc8 27. h4 $2 Nd3 28. Rg4 Nxb2 $1
29. Qe2 (29. Kxb2 Rxc3 {is equally hopeless.}) 29... Nd1 $1 30. Rxg6 Bxc3+ 31.
Kb1 Qb4+ 32. Kc2 Be1+ 33. Kxd1 Qb1# 0-1

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2012.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bojkov, Dejan"]
[Black "Illingworth, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "Bojkov,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 {Max Illingworth is one of Australia's hopes. He made his first GM
norm this summer, and is a very sharp player who plays practically everything.}
2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Nb3 c4 {This move is
natural and wins a tempo, but closes the game. Now both sides will have clear
areas of activity. For White this is the king's flank, where he can easily
attack the base of the pawn chain and for Black is the opposite side of the
board.} (7... cxd4 8. Nbxd4 {is the other pricipled way of developing the
Black's game} Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 {1/2 (58) Smagin,S (2540)-Moskalenko,V (2525)/
Moscow 1995/CBM 046}) (7... Qb6 {to attack the pawn chain at once makes sense
too.}) ({While} 7... a5 {[%cal Ga5a4,Ga4a3] is somewhat unorthodox way of
attacking the centre.}) (7... f6 {is also possible- Black can attack the pawn
centre from its strong side, even though it is not "his" territory.}) 8. Nbd2
b5 9. Be2 Nb6 10. Nf1 {[%cal Gf1e3]} Be7 {Once Black closes the centre, he
usually heads for 0-0-0:} (10... Bd7 11. Ne3 Be7 12. O-O Qc7 13. Bd2 $14 {
[%csl Re7][%cal Gd2e1,Ge1h4] 1-0 (41) Malakhov,V (2637)-Volkov,S (2578)/
Panormo 2001/CBM 084 ext}) 11. Ne3 (11. c3 {is also possible -} Bd7 12. h4 Qc7
13. h5 h6 14. Qc2 b4 15. Ne3 Na5 16. f5 $14 {1-0 (32) Smagin,S (2583)-De
Francesco,K (2294)/Bad Wiessee 1999/EXT 2001}) 11... h5 $5 $146 {A good
novelty. Max wants to block White's activity on the king's flank.} 12. O-O g6 (
12... Bd7 13. Qe1 {[%cal Ge1g3]}) 13. Qe1 ({White can also counter on the
queen's flank, likewise his opponent. However, I did not like the line:} 13. b3
a6 14. a4 Bb7 15. axb5 (15. a5 $5) 15... axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. bxc4 dxc4 {
when Black seems in a great shape.}) 13... a5 {One of the good ideas that
Black has. Another one is to castle long:} (13... Bd7 14. Qg3 Qc7 {as the
immediate attack:} 15. f5 $6 {[%csl Rc7,Yd7][%cal Re5e6,Rg3c7,Ye6d7] is
refuted with the intermediate blow:} h4 $1 {[%csl Yg3]}) ({Surya Ganguly
suggested this idea as a possible improvement for Black-} 13... O-O 14. c3 (14.
Qg3 b4 15. c3) 14... b4 15. Bd2 {[%cal Ye2d1,Yd1c2,Re1g3] would be a possible
follow up. It seems as White should be faster on the king's flank, but the
position is quite double-edged.}) 14. c3 b4 15. Bd2 Bd7 (15... bxc3 16. bxc3 a4
{[%cal Ga4a3,Yb6a4] is unclear though.}) ({The aggressive:} 15... Na4 {might
lose a tempo after:} 16. Rb1 Rb8 17. Bd1 {[%csl Yc2,Yg6][%cal Rd1a4,Yd1c2,
Yc2g6,Ye2d1]}) 16. Bd1 Nc8 $2 {A dubious manoeuvre. Max should have preferred:}
(16... Qc7 17. Bc2 Rb8 {gradually building his queen's side play, and for the
time being keeping the king in a warm and safe place.}) 17. Bc2 Qb6 18. Qg3 {
[%csl Rg6][%cal Rc2g6,Rg3g6]} Kd8 (18... Z0 {White was already threatening to
take on g6.} 19. Bxg6 Rg8 (19... fxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kd8 21. f5 {is similar to the
game.}) 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qh3 $40) 19. Kh1 {As my king was under x-ray attack
from my opponent's queen, I decided to move it away. Unfortunately I missed
that in the line:} (19. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 20. Qxg5+ N8e7 21. Qf6 Rh7 {And not:} (
21... Rf8 22. Bxg6 $1) 22. f5 $1 gxf5 {The move:} 23. Rxf5 $3 ({I calculated
only:} 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Nxd5 Qa7 $13 {which is not clear at all.}) 23... exf5
24. Nxf5 {[%csl Rh7] and suddenly the rook on h7 is trapped.} bxc3 25. Bxc3 Rb8
26. Nxe7 Nxe7 27. Qxb6+ Rxb6 28. Bxh7 $18) 19... N8a7 {This move does not
improve Black's situation to put it mildly. True, the alternative also seemed
to be too dangerous:} (19... Kc7 20. b3 $40 {[%csl Yc7][%cal Rc1c7,Rb1b7]}) 20.
Ng5 Rf8 ({The additional move Nc8-a7 made things worse for Black, and the
refutation of the bishop trade is easier to spot:} 20... Bxg5 21. Qxg5+ Kc7 22.
f5 $1 gxf5 23. Rxf5 $1 {[%csl Rb6,Rc7,Rd5,Yf7][%cal Re3d5,Ya1f1,Rf1f7] and
Black's position collapses.}) ({While in the event of:} 20... Be8 {White can
grab three pawns for the bishop:} 21. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 22. Nxe6+ Kc8 23. Nxd5 $18 {
[%csl Gd4,Ge5,Gf4] and what pawns!}) 21. Nxf7+ {I can hardly even call this a
sacrifice as White gains two pawns for the knight at once, and a third one is
on its way. But the main thing is that the pawn mass in the centre starts to
march forward and sweeps aside everything in its way.} Rxf7 22. Qxg6 Rf8 23. f5
{[%csl Yd8] Naturally it is much more important to give life to my pieces
rather than grabbing useless pawns. Those pawns are just the dressing, and the
main dish is being baked in the centre.} bxc3 (23... exf5 24. Nxd5 Qb5 25. Nxe7
Nxe7 26. Bg5 Nac8 27. e6 Be8 28. Qg7 {[%csl Rf8] suddenly traps the black rook.
}) (23... Be8 24. Qxe6) 24. bxc3 Ba3 25. Rab1 Nb5 26. Ba4 ({An easier try
would be:} 26. fxe6 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Be8 (27... Ne7 28. Rf8+ {[%csl Ra8][%cal
Rf8a8]}) 28. Qf6+ Be7 29. Nxd5 $18) 26... Ne7 27. Qxh5 {This time I can take
the pawn. After all, the queen needs to retreat, right?} exf5 ({I thought that
it would be more stubborn to play:} 27... Nxf5 {as White can still go wrong.
Still, I should be able to convert the advantage after:} 28. Bxb5 Bxb5 (28...
Nxe3 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Bxe3 Bxb5 31. a4 $18 {[%csl Rb5,Yb6]}) 29. Nxf5 exf5
30. Bh6 $1 Rh8 (30... Re8 31. Bg5+ Kd7 32. Qf7+ Be7 (32... Kc8 33. Qxe8+) 33.
Qxd5+ $18) 31. Bg5+ Kc7 32. Qf7+ Kc8 33. Qxf5+ Kb8 34. Qf6 Qxf6 35. Bxf6 $18 {
[%csl Rb5,Rh8]}) 28. Nc2 $1 {[%csl Ra3] Suddenly the bishop on a3 is trapped.}
Bb4 29. cxb4 Nxd4 30. bxa5 Qa7 31. Be3 Bxa4 32. Nxd4 Qd7 33. Rb6 Nc6 34. Qh6
Kc7 35. Ne6+ Qxe6 36. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch 38th"]
[Site "Zittau"]
[Date "1989.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1989.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. f4
Qb6 9. Nf3 f6 10. a3 $6 {>= 10.g3} Be7 11. g3 O-O 12. exf6 $8 (12. Bh3 fxe5 $1
$17) 12... Nxf6 $15 13. Bg2 Ne4 $15 14. O-O e5 $5 {14...Bd7; 14...Bf6} 15. fxe5
Bg4 16. Bf4 $6 {16.Kh1!? /\ Qd3} g5 17. Be3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Rxf3 19. Bxf3 Nxe5
20. Bxe4 {20.Bg2!?} dxe4 21. Qc2 $6 {21.b4=/+} Rf8 $1 22. Rf1 (22. Qxe4 Qxb2
$19) (22. Nc3 Ng4 23. Re1 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Qxd4 25. Qxe4 Bc5 $19) 22... Rxf1+ 23.
Kxf1 Qf6+ $17 24. Ke1 (24. Kg1 Qf3 $1 25. Qb3+ Kh8 $3 26. dxe5 Bc5 $19) 24...
Nd3+ 25. Kd2 Qf1 26. Kc3 b5 $1 27. g4 b4+ 28. axb4 $6 {28.Kb3 -/+} Qf3 $1 {
Kommentare von Rainer Knaak} (28... Qf3 {Begründung der Aufgabe} 29. Kd2 Bxb4+
30. Nc3 Qg2+ 31. Kd1 Qf1+) 0-1

[Event "Landesliga Sued 9495"]
[Site "Bayern"]
[Date "1994.11.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Klundt, Klaus"]
[Black "Reilein, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1994.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee TV"]
[BlackTeam "Ingolstadt SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. g3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 a5 11. Kg2 a4 12. a3 Be7 13. Ne2 Qd8 14. g4 Nb6 15.
Ng3 Na5 16. f5 Nb3 17. Rb1 Nc4 {[#]} 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. Bd3 exf5 20. gxf5 g6 21.
fxg6 hxg6 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. exf6 Nxc1 (23... Qxf6 24. Re1+ Kd7 25. Bg5 Qg7 26.
Re7+ Kc6 27. Bxc4 dxc4 28. Ne5+ $16) 24. Re1+ Kf8 (24... Be6 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26.
Qxc1 Rc8 27. Re5 $16) 25. Qxc1 Qxf6 26. Qh6+ Qg7 27. Qg5 Be6 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29.
Qc5+ Ke8 30. d5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. c3 a5 $1 8. a4
(8. Be2 Qb6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bf2+ 11. Kf1 Nc5 $1 12. Nbd4 Ne4 13. g3 f5 $1
$15 {Serper,G-Glek,I/Frunze/1988/0-1/46/}) 8... Be7 9. Be2 f6 10. O-O O-O 11.
Nb3 cxd4 12. Nbxd4 Bc5 13. Kh1 Qe7 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Bd3 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17.
Bb1 b6 $10 18. Ra3 Ne4 19. Ng5 Ba6 20. Rff3 h6 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Rad8 23.
Be3 Nd5 24. Bf2 Nxf4 25. Qe1 Bb7 26. h3 Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ngf3 ({Die Hauptvariante
in diesem Abspiel der Französischen Tarrschachvariante entsteht nach} 6. c3
Nc6 7. Ndf3 Rb8 ({Üblich ist} 7... Qb6) 8. Bd3 b5 9. Ne2 g6 10. O-O Qb6 11. g4
h5 12. h3 b4 13. Qa4 bxc3 14. bxc3 cxd4 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Rxb8 Ndxb8 17. cxd4 Bd7
18. Qc2 Qa5 19. Bxg6 Nb4 20. Qb1 Qxa2 21. Bd2 Qxb1 22. Bxb1 hxg4 23. hxg4 Bb5
24. Re1 N8c6 25. Nc3 Bc4 26. Kg2 a5 27. Na4 Bb3 28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. dxc5 a4 30.
Bxb4 Nxb4 31. Nd4 Bc4 32. Re3 Kd7 33. Ra3 Ra8 34. f5 Nc6 35. Nf3 Rb8 36. Ra1 {
0-1 (36) Shirov,A (2739)-Ponomariov,R (2705) Moscow 2007}) 6... Nc6 7. Nb3 ({
Die Alternative ist} 7. c3) 7... c4 ({Der Partiezug wirkt logischer als} 7...
cxd4 8. Nbxd4 Nc5 (8... Bc5) 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Be2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Ne4
13. O-O Bd7 14. Bd3 a6 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. Rf2 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rc8 18. g4 f5 19. exf6
Bxf6 20. Re1 Qc7 21. Qe3 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Rce8 23. g5 Bc8 24. a3 Qf7 25. Qg3 Qg6
26. Re5 Bd7 27. h3 Rf7 28. Kh2 Ref8 29. Qe3 Qh5 30. Nxe6 Bxe6 31. Rxe6 Rf5 32.
Re5 Qg6 33. Kg3 h6 34. h4 hxg5 35. hxg5 R5f7 36. Rxd5 Qc6 37. Qd4 Qc7 38. Rd6
Rf5 39. Rd7 Rxg5+ 40. Kh4 Qc6 41. Kxg5 {1-0 (41) Ponomariov,R (2743)-Akopian,V
(2678) Moscow 2002}) 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Be2 Nb6 ({Gespielt wurde hier auch schon} 
9... Qb6 {und nun:} 10. Nf1 f6 11. Ne3 fxe5 12. fxe5 Be7 13. c3 O-O 14. O-O b4
15. Qe1 bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Bd1 Rf7 18. Bc2 Nf8 19. Nd1 Bd7 20. Qg3 Nd8 21.
a4 Nc6 22. Bh6 Be8 23. Rf2 Kh8 24. Bd2 Qd8 25. Ng5 Rxf2 26. Nxf2 Bxg5 27. Bxg5
Qd7 28. h4 Bg6 29. Bxg6 Nxg6 30. h5 Nge7 31. h6 Nf5 32. hxg7+ Qxg7 33. Qf4 Qg6
34. Bf6+ Kg8 35. Kh2 Rb8 36. g4 Nh6 37. Rg1 Rb2 38. Kh3 Na5 39. Rg3 Nb3 40. Be7
Nf7 41. Nd1 Rd2 42. Ne3 Qb1 43. Nf1 Rd3 44. Rf3 Qxf1+ {0-1 (44) Smagin,S (2613)
-Gurevich,M (2688) Essen 2001}) 10. Nf1 h5 {Ein neuer Zug an dieser Stelle.} (
10... Bd7 11. Ne3 Be7 12. O-O Qc7 13. Bd2 a5 14. Be1 O-O-O 15. b3 a4 16. Rb1
Qa7 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Bf2 Na5 19. f5 g6 20. f6 Ba3 21. Ng5 Be8 22. Bg4 Nc6 23.
Nxe6 fxe6 24. Bxe6+ Rd7 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Qf3 Nd8 27. Bxd5 Qa6 28. e6 Rxd5 29.
Qxd5 Nxe6 30. Bg3 Nc7 31. Bxc7 Kxc7 32. f7 Bd7 33. Qe5+ {1-0 (33) Malakhov,V 
(2716)-Shulman,Y (2624) Bursa 2010}) 11. Ne3 Bd7 12. O-O Be7 13. b3 g6 14. Bd2
a6 15. Be1 Qc7 16. h3 O-O-O $2 {Der schwarze König steht am Damenflügel
nicht sicher und Schwarz wird sehr schnell mit konkreten Problemen
konfrontiert.} (16... O-O 17. Bh4 $5 Bb4 $5) 17. a4 Kb7 18. Qb1 Na7 ({Besser
war noch} 18... cxb3 19. Qxb3 Ra8) 19. a5 (19. a5 {Auf} Nbc8 20. bxc4 dxc4 21.
Nxc4 {hatte Ivanchuk schon keine Lust mehr.}) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[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 "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Mikhail Chigorin CC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. g3
Be7 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Bh3 f6 12. Nc3 Kh8 13. O-O fxe5 14. Na4 Qa5
15. fxe5 Nb6 16. Nc3 Bd7 17. Ne2 $1 {This is a French gone wrong where Black
has none of the pressure on the center (he chose to liquidate the tension) and
space problems notably on the kingside and a weakness on e6. This last is
highlighted by the Ne2-f4 maneuver.} Rac8 18. Nf4 $1 Nd8 {#} 19. Ng5 $1 {
Taking advantage of the overloaded bishop to irrevocably take on e6.} Kg8 {#} (
{If} 19... Bxg5 $2 20. Ng6+ hxg6 21. Rxf8+ Kh7 22. Bxg5) ({And} 19... Rc6 {
gets mated after} 20. Qh5 h6 21. Ng6+ Kg8 22. Nxe7+ Kh8 23. Rxf8#) 20. Nxh7 $1
Rxf4 {Trying to find a solution.} (20... Kxh7 21. Bd2 $1 {Connecting the rooks.
} Qa4 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Ng6 $1 Qxd4+ {A spite check, nothing more.} 24. Kh1 Qe4+
25. Bg2 {and Black must give the queen to prevent mate.}) 21. Bxf4 (21. Rxf4 {
was actually stronger, though there is nothing wrong with White's continuation.
} Be8 (21... Kxh7 22. Bd2 Qa4 23. b3 Qc6 24. Rc1 Qb5 25. Rxc8 Nxc8 26. Bf1 {
capturing the queen.}) 22. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 23. exf6 g6 24. Bd2 Qa6 25. f7+ $3 Bxf7
26. Qf3 Nd7 27. Rf1 $1) 21... Kxh7 (21... Be8 22. Bg5 Qa4 23. Qg4 Bxg5 24. Nxg5
Rc7 25. Qh4) 22. Qh5+ Kg8 {#} 23. Bh6 $3 Qb4 (23... gxh6 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qxh6+
Kg8 26. Rf6 $1 Bxf6 27. exf6 {followed by mate.}) 24. Rf4 Bf8 25. Qg6 Rc7 26.
Raf1 Bb5 27. Bxe6+ $1 Nxe6 28. Qxe6+ Kh7 29. Bg5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.08"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ngf3 ({Zur Hauptvariante
führt} 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. a3 c4 9. Ne2 Na5 10. g4 Qb3 11. Qd2 Qb5 12.
Qe3 Nb3 13. Rb1 Nb6 14. Ng3 Bd7 15. f5 Be7 16. Nh5 Rg8 17. f6 gxf6 18. exf6 Bd6
19. Ng7+ Kd8 20. Ng5 Rf8 21. Nxh7 Rh8 22. Ng5 Rf8 23. Nf3 Bc6 24. Be2 Nd7 25.
g5 Qb6 26. Kf1 Nxc1 27. Qxc1 Qc7 28. Qe1 Rh8 29. Qf2 Nf8 30. h4 Qb6 31. h5 Ng6
32. Kg1 Nf4 33. Bf1 Nd3 34. Bxd3 cxd3 35. g6 Kd7 36. Ng5 fxg6 {1-0 (36)
McShane,L (2671)-Tikkanen,H (2591) Germany 2011}) 6... Nc6 (6... cxd4 7. Nb3 (
7. Nxd4 $2 Nxe5 8. Nxe6 Bxe6 9. fxe5 Nc6 $17)) 7. Nb3 Qb6 (7... cxd4 8. Nbxd4
Bc5 9. c3) 8. c3 a5 ({Oder} 8... cxd4 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Rb1 Bxd4
12. cxd4 Nb8 13. b4 Nc6 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Be2 Ne7 16. a4 a6 17. O-O Rc8 18. Bf2
O-O 19. Qb3 Qc7 20. Qh3 Bxa4 21. Bd3 h6 22. Bh4 Bb5 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. Rf3 Nf5
25. Bf2 Qc2 26. Rf1 Rc4 27. Rd3 h5 28. Rfd1 g6 29. Be1 Qe2 30. R3d2 Qe4 31. Bf2
Qxf4 32. Qa3 Rfc8 33. g3 Qg4 34. Qd3 Rc1 35. Qf1 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Rc4 37. h3 Qf3
38. Rd3 Qe4 39. Qd1 Rc1 40. Qxc1 Qxd3 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qd8 Nxd4 43. Qf6+ Kg8
44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Qf6+ Kg8 {1/2-1/2 (45) Hou,Y (2605)-Short,N (2677) Caleta 2012
}) 9. a4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Ndb8 $5 ({Gut spielbar ist} 10... Bb4+ 11. Kf2 f6 12.
Be3 O-O 13. Bb5 (13. Bd3)) 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O Nb4 13. Bb1 N8a6 (13... Be7 14.
Be3 N8a6 15. Rf2 h6 16. Ne1 g6 17. Rf3 O-O-O 18. Nd3 Kb8 19. Ndc5 Bc6 20. Qd2
Rc8 21. Bf2 Rc7 22. h3 Rhc8 23. Kh2 Be8 24. Rc3 Qa7 25. Nxa6+ Qxa6 26. Nc5 Qa7
27. Rf3 b6 28. Nd3 Rc4 29. Nxb4 Bxb4 30. Qd3 Be7 31. b3 Rc1 32. Be3 R1c3 33.
Qd1 Bb4 34. Bd3 Qe7 35. Rb1 Ka7 36. Bf2 R3c7 37. Bf1 Bc6 38. Bd3 Bb7 39. Be3
Ba6 40. Bxa6 Kxa6 41. Rc1 Rxc1 42. Bxc1 Qc7 43. Qd3+ Kb7 44. Be3 h5 45. Bf2 Qc1
46. Qb5 Rc6 47. Qe2 Qb1 48. Qd3 Qxd3 49. Rxd3 Rc2 50. Kg3 Kc6 51. Kf3 b5 52.
axb5+ Kxb5 53. g4 hxg4+ 54. hxg4 Bc3 55. Bh4 Kb4 56. Bd8 Ra2 57. f5 gxf5 58.
gxf5 Kxb3 59. Kf4 Kc4 60. Rd1 Bxd4 61. Rc1+ Bc3 62. Kg5 Rf2 63. f6 Kd3 64.
Rxc3+ Kxc3 65. Bxa5+ Kd3 66. Kh6 Rg2 67. Bb4 Ke4 {0-1 (67) Cempel,J (2270)
-Obsivac,J (2345) Czechia 1998}) 14. Ng5 g6 15. h4 h5 16. g4 hxg4 17. Qxg4 {
Es droht Sxf7.} Rh6 ({In Betracht kam auch} 17... Rg8) 18. h5 gxh5 19. Qh3 {
Erneut droht Sxf7, gefolgt von f5 mit Öffnung der f-Linie, wogegen sich nicht
viel unternehmen lässt.} Nc6 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. f5 $18 {Weiß hat
entscheidenden Angriff.} Nxd4 22. fxe6+ Kg8 23. Bxh6 $2 ({Es gewinnt} 23. exd7
Nxb3+ 24. Kh1 Nxc1 (24... Nxa1 25. Qf3 Bg7 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Qe8+ $18) (24...
Qe6 25. Bf5 $18) 25. Qg2+ Kh8 26. Rg1 $18) 23... Nxb3+ 24. Kh1 ({Besser war} 
24. Rf2 Qxe6 25. Qxh5 Bxh6 26. Bf5 Qxf5 27. Rxf5 Be3+ 28. Kg2 Bxf5 29. Rf1 Be4+
30. Kh3 Nac5 31. e6 Nxe6 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. Qxe6 Nd2 $13) 24... Qxe6 25. Rg1+ Kh8
26. Qxb3 (26. Qxh5 Qxh6 $19) 26... Qxh6 27. Bc2 Bc6 28. Raf1 Bg7 ({Schwarz
konsolidiert sich mit} 28... Nc5 29. Qg3 Bg7 30. Rf7 d4+ 31. Kh2 Ne6 $19) 29.
Qf3 {Droht nun entscheidend Tg6, doch Schwarz kann sich verteidigen.} ({
Nötig war} 29. Rg6 d4+ 30. Kg1 (30. Kh2 Qd2+ 31. Kh3 Bxe5 $19) 30... Qe3+ 31.
Qxe3 dxe3 32. Rf7 Be8 33. Rgxg7 Bxf7 34. Rxf7 Rc8 35. Bd3 Nc5 36. Bg6 Re8 $11)
29... Nc5 (29... d4 30. Be4 Rf8 31. Qg2 Rxf1 32. Rxf1 Nc5 33. Bxc6 Qxc6 $19)
30. Qg3 (30. Rg6 d4 $19) 30... Re8 ({Gut war auch} 30... d4+ 31. Kh2 d3 32.
Bxd3 (32. Rf7 Rg8 $19) 32... Nxd3 33. Qxd3 Bxe5+ 34. Kh3 Qe6+ 35. Qf5 Qxf5+ 36.
Rxf5 Bd7 $19) 31. Rf5 h4 $2 {Ein wenig nützlicher Zwischenzug, offenbar in
Zeitnot gespielt.} (31... d4+ 32. Kh2 d3 $19) 32. Qg4 {Nun droht plötzlich Th5
} d4+ $2 ({Schwarzen Vorteil bot noch} 32... Bd7 33. Qh5 Ne4 34. Qxh6+ Bxh6 35.
Rh5 Kh7 36. Rxh4 Rxe5 $19) 33. Kh2 $11 Bd7 34. Qh5 $2 ({Der richtige Zug war} 
34. e6 Bxe6 35. Qh5 {mit Angriff auf den Te8.} Qxh5 36. Rxh5+ Kg8 37. Rxc5 Rc8
38. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $11) 34... d3 35. Bb1 (35. Qxh6+ Bxh6 36. Rh5 Kh7 37. Bd1 Rxe5
$19) 35... Bxf5 36. Qxe8+ Kh7 (36... Bf8 $1 $19) 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Qe7+ Kh8
39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. Qe7+ Kg8 41. Ba2+ Be6 42. Qe8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Esbjerg North Sea Cup-03"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "1978.07.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Brinck Claussen, Bjorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
$5 Nxd4 (8... Nc5 $5) 9. cxd4 Nb6 $2 (9... Nb8 $1 10. Nf3 Nc6 $13) 10. Nf3 Be7
11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O h5 13. b3 g6 14. Bd2 Kf8 15. a4 Kg7 16. g3 a5 17. h3 Nc8
18. Qe1 $1 {xa5} Qb6 (18... b6 19. Qe2 {xb5}) 19. Rb1 Bb4 20. Bxb4 axb4 (20...
Qxb4 21. Qxb4 axb4 22. Rbc1 Bc6 23. Ne1 {/\ Nc2}) 21. Qd2 Ne7 22. Rfc1 Rac8 23.
Kf2 $5 (23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 $16) 23... Qa5 24. Rxc8 $1 (24. g4 Rc3) 24...
Rxc8 25. g4 $1 hxg4 (25... Rh8 26. Rc1) (25... Rc3 26. gxh5 gxh5 27. f5 $40)
26. hxg4 Rc3 27. f5 exf5 28. Rh1 Ng8 (28... f4 29. Qxf4 Ng8 30. Rh7+ $1 Kxh7
31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Ng5 $18) 29. gxf5 Qb6 30. f6+ Kf8 31. Rh8 Bg4 32. Rxg8+ (32.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Qh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch52 First League"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1984.11.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1984.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. g3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 g5 11. fxg5 (11. h3 gxf4 12. Bxf4 f6 13. Kg2 Bf8 14.
Rb1 Bg7 $13 {Yudasin,l-Moskalenko,V/Lvov/1984/ Inf 38/383/}) 11... Ndxe5 12.
Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Be3 $1 (13. Kg2 Nc6 14. Nf3 Bf8 15. b3 Bg7 16. Bb2 Bd7 17. Rc1
$13 {Poljancev-Kaplun/USSR/1983/ Inf 36/363/}) 13... Nc6 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. Bd3
Bf8 16. Qd2 Qb4 $2 (16... Bg7 $5 17. Be2 Ne7 18. g4 Bb5 19. Qb4 Bxe2 20. Qxb6
axb6 21. Kxe2 Nc6 22. a3 $14) 17. a3 Qxd2+ 18. Bxd2 Bg7 19. Be3 h6 (19... Ke7
20. h4 h6 21. gxh6 $16) 20. gxh6 Bxh6 21. Bxh6 Rxh6 22. h4 Rh8 (22... f6 23. g4
e5 24. g5 Rh8 (24... fxg5 25. hxg5 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 $16) 25. dxe5 fxe5 26. Nxe5
Nxe5 27. Rae1 Rf8+ 28. Kg2 $16) (22... Rf6 $6 23. Ke3 Rxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Nxd4+ 25.
Ke3 $16) 23. g4 Ke7 24. g5 f6 25. gxf6+ $2 (25. Ke3 $1 e5 (25... fxg5 $2 26.
hxg5 $16) 26. gxf6+ Kxf6 27. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 28. Raf1+ Ke6 29. Bf5+ $16) 25...
Kxf6 26. Rag1 Be8 27. Ke3 Bh5 28. Ng5 Rh6 29. Rf1+ Ke7 30. Rf4 e5 31. dxe5 Nxe5
32. Rhf1 Rah8 (32... Rah8 33. Kd4 Nc6+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Graz-chT"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Black "Bukal, Vladimir Sr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 $5 ({
1990 probierte ich diese neue Idee bei einem Simultanwettkampf in Jedesheim
gegen den deutschen Schachspieler Raimund Lutzenberger (2300) zum ersten Mal
aus.} 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Nb3 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 Nb4 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Nfd4
Ba4 13. Be3 $14 {Ein Jahr später (1991) mußte ich gegen den gleichen Spieler
bei einem Mannschaftswettkampf in Österreich antreten. Wir haben die gleiche
Variante gespielt, wobei ich eine Neuerung gebracht habe - siehe Informator 53.
Im Jahr 1995 habe ich in Biel bei der Europaauswahl gegen eine junge schweizer
Mannschaft im sogenannten Credit Masters gespielt. Zum Glück hat in diesem
Open ein starker GM (Mathias Wahls) gespielt, der sich für meine Variante
interessierte. Mit ihm haben wir stundenlang meine Variante analysiert. Er
konnte sogar meine Verbesserung 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. dc5!? in der Parie gegen IM
Matamoros ausprobieren. Das Fazit unserer gemeinsamen Analyse war, daß Weiß
einen ganz kleinen aber soliden positionellen Vorteil besitzt. Wie kam ich zu
dieser Idee? In meiner Jugend habe ich gerne "Mein System" von Nimzowitsch
studiert, wo der alte Maestro oft gegen Französisch die Vorstoßvariante
benutzte, jedoch mit Bd3, Nf3 (oder Qg4) ohne c3. In diesem Fall opfert Weiß
für den Entwicklungvorsprung vorläufig den Pd4, um Initiative am Königsflügel
zu bekommen.}) 7... g6 $146 8. O-O Qb6 {Es droht c5-c4 und nach dem Rückzug
des Läufers Nd4.} 9. dxc5 Nxc5 (9... Bxc5+ 10. Kh1 a5 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Qe2 a4
13. Be3 Qc7 (13... Qb4 $2 14. a3 $18) 14. Nbd4 $14) 10. Kh1 Nxd3 11. cxd3 {
Auf dem Brett ensteht eine typisch französische Bauernstruktur, aber zwei
Kleinigkeiten beeinflussen die Bewertung für Weiß positiv: a) Der weiße
d-Bauer steht noch nicht auf d4, daher sind die Felder e4 und c4 gedeckt  b)
das Zentrumsfeld d4 wird ein starker Vorposten für eine weiße Leichtfigur. So
habe ich den folgenden Plan gewählt: Nb3, Qe2, Be3 und die weißen Figuren sind
harmonisch im Zentrum entwickelt. Später bleibt nur noch der Abtausch des
weißfeldrigen Läufers, und so bekommt Weiß am Ende einen sehr starken Springer
auf dem schwarzen Feld d4.} Bd7 (11... a5) 12. Nb3 a5 13. Qe2 Rd8 (13... a4 14.
Be3 Qb5 15. Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qa6 17. Rac1 $14) 14. Be3 d4 {Nach diesem Zug
steht Weiß vor einem Dilemma: a) Das Bauernopfer annehmen und in Kauf nehmen,
daß der Gegner Initiative im Zentrum bekommt. b) Den Bf2 ziehen, mit der Idee,
ihn auf den Königsflügel zu überführen, wo er entweder die abgeschwächten
schwarzen Felder kontrolliert oder für den Tausch des gegnerischen
schwarzfeldrigen Läufers bereitsteht.} (14... Qa6 15. Rac1 $14) 15. Bf2 $1 {
Hier habe ich 40 Minuten lang Varianten durchgerechnet, bevor ich die richtige
Entscheidung traf.} (15. Nbxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 (16. Bxd4 Qa6 $44 {/\Bb5}) 16...
Bc5 17. Nc2 Bb5 18. Rad1 O-O $44) 15... a4 (15... Be7 {Jetzt kann der
Anziehende den Pd4 schlagen, weil der Bf2 in dieser Variante, wie wir später
sehen werden, zweimal gedeckt ist.} 16. Nbxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc5 18. Nb3 $1 Bxf2
19. Qxf2 $16) 16. Nbd2 Be7 (16... Qxb2 17. Rfb1 Qc2 (17... Qa3 18. Ne4 Be7 19.
Bxd4 $16) (17... Qc3 18. Ne4 $16) 18. Ne1 Qc5 19. Ne4 Qa7 20. Nf6+ Ke7 21. Bh4
$16) 17. Ne4 $16 O-O {Das ist die kritische Mittelspielstellung. Weiß hat
großen positionellen Vorteil. Der weiße Ne4 steht riesig und der schwarze
Königsflügel ist geschwächt. Es ist mir klar geworden, daß ich gute Chancen
auf einen erfolgreichen Königsangriff habe. Wichtig ist bei diesem Angriff der
Abtausch des schwarzfeldrigen Läufers. Nach dem Abtasch werden die schwarzen
Felder am Königsflügel noch schwächer. Die weiße Dame und die beiden Springer
können dann den entscheidenden Angriff noch leichter führen. Leider bin ich
nicht tief genug in die Stellung eingedrungen und habe zu schnell den
Läufertausch angeboten, wodurch Schwarz Gegenspiel auf den schwachen weißen
Zentralfeldern bekommen hat. Der Hauptnachteil des zu frühen Läufertausches
ist das Feld e7, das für den schwarzen Springer geräumt wird. Bevor ich die
Karten offen auf den Tisch lege, muß ich eine Frage stellen: Wie wird der
Nachziehenden seine Stellung konsolidieren? Es scheint logisch, den schlechten
Bd7 auf die starke Diagonale h1-a8 zu überführen. Darum muß der Springer das
Feld c6 räumen. In der Folge stören sich die schwarzen Leichtfiguren jedoch
gegenseitig, und die weißen Leichtfiguren harmonieren miteinander.  Eine
andere Idee besteht darin, den Nc6 auf den starken Vorposten e3 zu überühren.
Zu diesem Zweck muß er über die abgeschwächten Felder d5 oder f5 nach e3
überführt werden können. Mit meinem nächsten Zug 18.Bh4 habe ich die schwarze
Umgruppierung erleichtert. Nun ist noch folgende Frage zu beantworten: Was
könnte Schwarz ziehen, wenn er am Zug wäre? Natürlich Nb4 nebst Bc6 und Nd5.
Meine Schlußfolgerung aus dieser Analyse ist, daß der ruhige Zug 18.a3 deshalb
gut ist, weil die Schlüsselfigur(Nc6) für die schwarze Umgruppierung noch mehr
eingeschränkt wird.} 18. Bh4 $6 (18. a3 $3 {Nach diesem wunderschönen
positionellen Zug, der das Feld b4 überwacht, steht Weiß klar besser. Seine
Chancen auf einen erfolgreichen Königsangriff sind sehr groß.} Na5 (18... Rc8
19. Rac1 (19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Rd2 {nebst Qe1 und Bh4.}) 19... Rfe8 (19... Rfd8
20. Rc2 Na5 21. Rfc1 $16) 20. Bh4) 19. Bh4 Bxh4 20. Nxh4 Bc6 21. Nf6+ Kg7 22.
f5 $16) (18. Nfg5 $6 h6 19. Nf3 Kg7) 18... Bxh4 19. Nxh4 Ne7 $1 20. Nf6+ Kg7
21. Rf3 {Weiß setzt alles auf eine Karte - den Königsangriff. Darum wollte ich
so schnell wie möglich alle meine Figuren auf den Königsflügel überführen.} Bc6
22. Rh3 {Achtung! Es droht eine kleine Kombination: Nf5+ nebst Rh7#} Rh8 23.
Rf1 Nd5 {Weiß muß sich mit dem Angriff beeilen, sonst bekommt Schwarz nach Ne3
starkes Gegenspiel.} (23... h6 $142 24. Rg3 $40) 24. f5 $3 {Diese wichtige
Entscheidung hat mich 10 Minuten gekostet.} exf5 (24... Ne3 25. Nh5+ $3 (25.
Rxe3 dxe3 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Nh5+ gxh5 28. Qxh5 Rhf8 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Ng6+ $11)
25... gxh5 (25... Kf8 26. fxg6 $18) (25... Kg8 26. fxe6) (25... Kh6 26. fxg6
$18) 26. fxe6 Nxf1 27. Qxf1 $18) 25. Nxf5+ gxf5 26. Qh5 $18 {Der weiße
Königsangrif ist nicht aufzuhalten.} h6 (26... Nxf6 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. exf6 $18)
(26... Kf8 {In dieser Variante ist es von großer Bedeutung, daß die schwarze
Qb6 ungedeckt ist.} 27. Qh6+ Ke7 28. Nxd5+ {[%cal Yh6b6]} Rxd5 29. Qf6+ Kd7 30.
Qxh8 $18) 27. Qxf5 Qc7 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Qf6+ Kf8 (29... Kg8 30. Rg3+ Kf8 31.
Qxh8+ $18) 30. Qxh8+ Ke7 31. Qf6+ Kd7 32. Qxf7+ (32. Rxh6 Qc2 (32... Rg8 33.
Qxf7+ Bxf7 34. Rxf7+ Kc8 35. Rxc7+ Kxc7 36. Kg1 $18) 33. Qg5 $18) 32... Bxf7
33. Rxf7+ Kc8 34. Rxc7+ Kxc7 35. Rxh6 Rd5 $8 {Der einzige Zug, der dem
Nachziehenden noch ein wenig Rettungschancen läßt. Weiß hat hier mehrere
Kandidaten: Rh4; e6; Rh7; Rf6; g4; h4 und Kg1. Leider hatte ich in diesem
Moment für die restlichen 5 Züge nicht einmal mehr 2 Minuten. Die Entscheidung
über die nächsten 5 Züge habe ich rein intuitiv getroffen.} 36. Rh4 Rb5 37.
Rxd4 Rxb2 38. h4 (38. g4 $1 Rxa2 39. g5 b5 40. g6 $18) 38... Rxa2 39. h5 b5 40.
h6 a3 (40... Rf2 41. e6 (41. h7 Rf8) 41... Rf8 (41... Rf6 42. Rh4 a3 43. e7 $1
Kd7 44. h7 a2 45. e8=Q+ $1 $18) 42. e7 (42. Rd7+ Kb6 43. Rf7 Rh8) 42... Re8 (
42... Rh8 43. Rd8 $18) 43. h7 a3 $1 44. Rd8 a2 45. Rxe8 a1=Q+ 46. Kh2 Qe5+ 47.
Kg1 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qh4+ 49. Kg1 Qxh7 50. Rc8+ $11) 41. h7 Ra1+ 42. Kh2 a2 {
Weiß muß die große Diagonale mit Tempo Räumen, sodaß die neugeborene Qh8 das
Feld a1 kontrollieren kann!} 43. Rd7+ $3 (43. h8=Q Rh1+ $1 44. Kxh1 a1=Q+ 45.
Kh2 Qxd4) 43... Kxd7 44. e6+ $1 Ke7 45. h8=Q {Jetzt versteht man die Idee der
vorhergenden 2 Züge von Weiß. Schwarz kann den Turm nicht mit Tempo opfern 
(Rh1), weil die weiße Dame das Feld a1 überwacht.} Rf1 46. Qg7+ Kxe6 47. Qg8+
1-0

[Event "Merida"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2000.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 f6 8. f4
fxe5 9. fxe5 (9. dxe5 Nc6 10. Nf3 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 (11. Bd2 Nc5 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13.
Nc3 (13. Ned4 Qa5 $36) 13... O-O 14. a3 (14. g3 d4 $36) 14... Nc6 15. g3 Qb6
16. b4 Nxb4 17. axb4 (17. Rb1 Ncd3+ 18. Bxd3 Qe3+ $19) 17... Qxb4 18. Rc1 Nb3
$17) 11... Nc5 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Rc1 $2 (14. a3 Ne4 (14... d4 15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Rxf4 17. O-O-O Bxa3 18. g3 $1 $16 (18. bxa3 Qxa3+ 19. Qb2
Nb3+ $19)) 15. Rc1 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 $13) 14... d4 $1 $17 {Shirov,A-Ivanchuk,V/
Tilburg 1993}) 9... Bb4+ (9... Qh4+ 10. Ng3 Bb4+ 11. Kf2 O-O+ 12. Nf3 Nc6 13.
Be3 $14) 10. Kf2 (10. Bd2 $2 Qh4+ $17) 10... O-O+ 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. a3 (12. Be3
$13) 12... Ndxe5 $6 {This sacrifice,wich is typical for many variations in
french defense now is not so strong that's why black should prefer simple} (
12... Ba5 13. Nf4 (13. h4 Qe7 14. Kg3 (14. g4 Ndxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bg2 Nxg4+
$13) 14... Bc7 15. Kh3 Qf7 16. Nf4 Nf6 17. Bd3 Ne4 18. Rf1 $14) 13... Qe7 14.
h4 $6 Bb6 $1 15. Kg3 (15. Be3 Ndxe5 $1 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rxf4+ $19) 15...
g5 16. hxg5 Nxd4 $1 17. Nxd4 Qxg5+ $40 {in all the cases with complicated
struggle.}) 13. axb4 Qh4+ 14. Kg1 $6 {For some reason white decides to give up
a pawn on f3,which is very important one.Better was} (14. Ng3 $5 Nxd4 15. Be2
Nexf3 16. gxf3 e5 17. Be3 $16) 14... Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Rxf3 16. Ng3 Nxd4 17. Bg2
Rf7 $6 {Missing a chanse to get strong counterplay after} (17... Ne2+ $1 18.
Qxe2 Qd4+ 19. Be3 Qxe3+ (19... Rxe3 20. Qf2 Rd3 $13) 20. Qxe3 Rxe3 21. Kf2 Rb3
$132) 18. Be3 $14 {Despite of material balance white has muh better chanse,
mainly because of paralised queenside of black.} Nf5 $6 (18... Nc6 19. b5 Ne5
20. Bd4 Nc4 21. b3 Nd6 (21... Rf4 22. Ne2 $18) 22. b6 a6 23. Be5 $14) 19. Nxf5
Rxf5 20. b5 $1 {[%cal Ga1a4,Ga4g4]} Bd7 21. b6 a6 22. Qd4 Qh5 (22... Qxd4 23.
Bxd4 Raf8 24. Re1 Rf4 25. Be3 R4f5 26. h4 Bc6 27. Bh3 R5f6 28. Bg5 $16) 23. h3
$1 Bc6 24. Kh2 e5 25. Qg4 Rd8 ({Deserved attention} 25... Qf7 26. Rhf1 Rf8 27.
Rxf5 Qxf5 28. Qxf5 Rxf5 29. Ra5 $1 e4 30. Rc5 Rf6 31. Bd4 Re6 32. Kg1 $14 {
and it's not so easy for white to breakthrough.}) 26. Qxh5 Rxh5 27. Rhf1 g6 $6
(27... e4 $5) 28. Bf3 $1 {Now the bishop makes hs way to e6 with decisive
effect.} Rf5 29. Bg4 $1 Rxf1 30. Rxf1 Kg7 31. Be6 $1 $18 Be8 (31... Rf8 32.
Bh6+ Kxh6 33. Rxf8 $18) 32. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Belfort Masters 6th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2003.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nce2 $5 {This move isn't
played too often on the high level, but this game may have an impact on
further development of the line with 6.Nce2.} cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Ngf3 Nc5 (
8... Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Nb8 (9... Qb6 10. c3 Bc5 11. a4 a5 12. Bb5 O-O 13. O-O f6 14.
exf6 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 16. cxd4 Nxf6 $11 {Nataf,I-Baklan,V/Istanbul 2003})
10. Be3 Nc6 11. c3 Qb6 12. b4 a5 13. a3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qd8 15. Bd3 $14 {
Baramidze,D-Zaragatski,I/Deizisau 2003}) 9. Be3 Bd7 (9... f6 10. exf6 Qxf6 11.
Bb5 Bd7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. O-O O-O 15. Qh5 $14 {Ghinda,M-Schinzel,W/
Rimavska Sobota 1975}) (9... Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Be2 (11. Qc2 Bd7 12. Ng5 Bxg5
13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. fxg5 Ne4 $132 {Timoshenko,G-Sergeev,V/Kiev 1986}) 11... Nxd4
12. Bxd4 Ne4 13. O-O Bd7 14. Bd3 a6 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. Rf2 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 $14 {
Ponomariov,R-Akopian,V/Moscow 2002}) 10. c3 Be7 11. Nb3 $1 {White is not
satisfied with minimal advantage after 11.Bd3.} (11. Bd3 Nxd4 (11... Nxd3+ 12.
Qxd3 Na5 13. b3 O-O 14. O-O $14) 12. Nxd4 Qb6 13. Rb1 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Bc5 15.
O-O Bb5 16. Nxb5 Bxe3+ 17. Kh1 Bc5 18. b4 Be7 19. f5 $36) 11... b6 12. Be2 Nxb3
13. axb3 Bc5 14. Qd2 $1 {The queen is better placed on d2, since the bishop
belongs to d3.} (14. Qd3 $6 {[%csl Rd3]} a5 15. O-O Ne7 $132) 14... a5 15. O-O
O-O 16. Bd3 Qe7 17. Kh1 (17. Rae1 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Kh1) 17... f6 18. exf6
gxf6 19. Rae1 Qd6 $6 {It would be safer to put the queen on g7, but the pawn
on d5 needs protection in some lines.} 20. Qf2 {Starting very strong manoeuvre
increasing white's advantage.} Rf7 21. Qh4 $16 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Raf8 23. Qh6 $1
Rg7 (23... d4 24. cxd4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Qxd4 26. Rg3+ Kh8 27. Bxh7 $18) 24. Ne5 $1
$18 {An extremly unpleasent move, which should've gained white the whole point,
however with his next move white permits black to escape.} Qe7 (24... fxe5 25.
Rg3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 25. Nxc6 $2 ({After the correct} 25. Nxd7 $1 {[%csl
Rf8] white is winning in all the lines.} Qxd7 26. Rff3 $1 {[%cal Gf3g3]} e5 (
26... Kh8 27. Bxh7 $18) (26... Qf7 27. Rg3 Kh8 28. Qxg7+ Qxg7 29. Rxg7 Kxg7 30.
Rxe6 $18) 27. Rg3 e4 28. Rxg7+ Qxg7 29. Rg3 Qxg3 30. hxg3 exd3 31. Qh5 $18)
25... Bxc6 26. Rfe1 (26. Rff3) 26... Bd7 $6 (26... d4 $1 27. Rg3 Rxg3 28. hxg3
Rd8 29. Bc4 Bd5 30. cxd4 Bxc4 31. bxc4 Rxd4 32. Qh3 $13) 27. Bf5 e5 28. Bxd7
Qxd7 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Rxe5 $6 {Another unfortunate decision. Simple} (30. Qxb6
{would be far more difficult for black to face.} d4 31. Rxe5 Rxg2 32. Qc5 $1
$16) 30... Rxg2 31. Rg5+ Rxg5 32. Qxg5+ Qg7 33. Qxd5+ Kh8 34. Qg2 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch 55th"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "2000.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 b5 8. a3 {
The only possibility to fight for the equality,the other moves promise nothing
to white.} (8. g3 $6 b4 9. Bh3 g6 10. c3 Ba6 11. Kf2 Rc8 12. g4 bxc3 13. bxc3
cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 $36 {Kordonowski,F-Ellers,H/NRW-I 1994}) (8. Be3 Qb6 9. dxc5
Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Ned4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bd7 13. Bd3 Na4 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15.
O-O-O O-O $13 {Diedrichsen,D-Giehring,S/BL2-N 1993}) 8... Qb6 (8... a5 9. Nc3
b4 10. axb4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nb5 Bxb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 O-O 15.
Nxd4 Qb6 $13 {Grimberg,G-Bricard,E/FRA-ch 1995}) (8... Rb8 9. Be3 b4 10. axb4
Rxb4 11. b3 a5 12. c3 Rb8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ned4 Qb6 15. Bd3 $14 {Yudasin,
L-Glek,I/Tilburg 1994}) 9. Be3 a5 10. c3 (10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Ned4
Ba6 13. Be2 O-O $13) 10... Ba6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ned4 b4 13. Bxa6 {It's
important to keep the black pawn on a5,otherwise black doesn't face any
problems.} (13. axb4 $6 axb4 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. O-O Rxa1 16. Qxa1 O-O $11) 13...
Rxa6 14. O-O O-O 15. Qd3 bxc3 16. bxc3 {[%csl Ra6]} Rc8 17. Ng5 Nf8 18. Rab1
Qa7 19. Rb5 $14 {More active position of the pieces and advantage in space
promise white slightly better prospects.} Bxd4 (19... Nxd4 20. cxd4 Be7 21. f5
(21. Rfb1 Rc7 22. Bd2 a4 23. Nf3 $14) 21... Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Rac6 23. f6 Rc3 24.
Qd2 $36) 20. cxd4 h6 21. Nf3 Rb6 22. Rc5 $1 (22. Rxb6 Qxb6 23. f5 exf5 24. Qxf5
Ne7 25. Qd3 Ne6 $132) 22... Nd7 23. Rc3 Ne7 (23... Qa6 24. Qxa6 Rxa6 25. Rfc1 {
[%cal Gc3c8]} Ndb8 26. Rb3 $14) 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. f5 exf5 (25... Ne7 26. f6
gxf6 27. Bxh6 (27. exf6 Nf5 28. g4 Nxe3 29. Qxe3 Nxf6 30. Qxh6 Ne4 31. Ng5 $36)
27... fxe5 28. Nh4 f5 (28... Rb3 29. Qxb3 Qxd4+ 30. Qe3 Qxh4 31. Bg5 $18) 29.
Qg3+ Kf7 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Bg5 $40) 26. Qxf5 Ne7 27. Qf4 (27. Qg4 $5) 27... Ng6
28. Qg3 Ndf8 29. h4 Rb3 30. Qf2 Ne6 $6 {Deserved attention courageous 30...R:a3
} (30... Rxa3 $5 31. h5 Ne7 (31... Nh8 $5 {[%csl Rf7]}) 32. Nh4 $5 (32. Ng5 $2
Nf5 33. Qxf5 (33. Bc1 Ra1 34. Qxf5 hxg5 35. Kh2 Ne6 $17) 33... hxg5 34. Bxg5
Ne6 $15) 32... Nc6 33. Nf5 Ne6 $132 {in both cases with unclear position with
mutual chanses.}) 31. h5 Ngf8 32. Nh4 Nh7 (32... Rxa3 33. Nf5 Rb3 34. Bxh6 $1 (
34. Qg3 Ng5 35. Qg4 Nfe6 $17) (34. Nd6 Nd8) 34... gxh6 35. Nxh6+ Kh7 36. Nf5 a4
37. Qd2 $1 $40 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd2h6,Gf1f4,Gf4g4]}) 33. Rc1 Qb7 34. Nf5 $36
Rb1 $6 {After this move black is in serious troubles.} (34... Rxa3 35. Bxh6
gxh6 36. Nxh6+ Kg7 37. Nf5+ Kg8 $13) 35. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 36. Kh2 Qb7 37. Qf3 Kf8 (
37... Nhg5 38. Qxd5 $1 {[%cal Gf5e7]}) 38. Nd6 $16 Qe7 39. Kg1 $1 Nc7 40. Bd2
Ng5 (40... a4 41. Bb4 {[%cal Gb4f8]}) 41. Qb3 $1 Kg8 42. Bxa5 $18 {Now the
positional advantage is transformed into the material one and the rest of the
game is just a technical job for white.} Nce6 43. Qxd5 Nf4 44. Qb7 (44. Qb5 $5
{[%csl Ge2]}) 44... Ne2+ 45. Kf2 Qxb7 46. Nxb7 Nxd4 47. a4 Nc6 48. Bc7 Ne4+ 49.
Kf3 Nc3 50. a5 Kf8 51. a6 Nb5 52. Bd6+ Ke8 (52... Nxd6 53. exd6 Ke8 54. Nc5 $18
{[%cal Gf3d5]}) 53. Nc5 f6 54. Ke4 fxe5 55. Bxe5 Kf7 56. Kd5 Nba7 57. Nd3 g6
58. Bf4 $1 Kf6 (58... gxh5 59. Ne5+ Nxe5 60. Bxe5 Kg6 61. Bb8 $18) 59. Kc5 gxh5
60. Kb6 Ke6 61. Bxh6 Kd7 62. Kb7 Nb5 63. Nc5+ Kd6 64. Ne4+ Kd7 65. Nf6+ Kd6 66.
Bf8+ 1-0

[Event "WchT 7th"]
[Site "Bursa"]
[Date "2010.01.07"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Nb3 {White is
investing lot of time in order to favourably solve the problem of the centre.
Should he be able to close it, he may hope for chances on the kingside.} c4 8.
Nbd2 b5 9. Be2 Nb6 (9... Qb6 10. Nf1 f6 11. Ne3 fxe5 12. fxe5 Be7 13. c3 O-O
14. O-O b4 15. Qe1 bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Bd1 Rf7 18. Bc2 Nf8 19. Nd1 Bd7 $11 {
0-1 Smagin,S (2613)-Gurevich,M (2688)/Essen 2001 (44)}) 10. Nf1 Bd7 (10... Be7
11. c3 Bd7 12. h4 Qc7 13. h5 h6 14. Qc2 b4 15. Ne3 Na5 16. f5 b3 17. Qb1 bxa2
18. Rxa2 Nb3 19. O-O O-O-O 20. fxe6 Bxe6 21. Nf5 Nxc1 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Qxc1
$16 {1-0 Smagin,S (2583)-De Francesco,K (2294)/Bad Wiessee 1999 (32)}) 11. Ne3
Be7 12. O-O Qc7 13. Bd2 a5 (13... f6 14. Be1 O-O 15. Bh4 Kh8 16. Kh1 a5 17. Qd2
b4 18. b3 c3 19. Qe1 a4 20. Bd3 Be8 21. Rd1 f5 $11 {1-0 Malakhov,V (2637)
-Volkov,S (2578)/Panormo 2001 (41)}) 14. Be1 O-O-O $2 {Shulman's desire to
avoid asphixation on the kingside is understandable, but his choice of
castling direction is even worse.} (14... O-O 15. Qd2 b4 16. Bh4 $14) 15. b3 a4
$6 {Black's strategy in this game will be punished with severity. It made
little sense to help White with the opening of the queenside.} (15... Kb8 16.
Rb1 Ka8 17. Qd2 b4 18. c3 $16) 16. Rb1 Qa7 17. bxc4 bxc4 (17... Nxc4 18. Nxc4
bxc4 19. c3 Kc7 20. Bg3 $16) 18. Bf2 Na5 {One more step of the piece in the
wrong direction. Where exactly is Black trying to play actively?} (18... f5 19.
exf6 gxf6 20. Qd2 Bd6 21. Rb5 $16) (18... Rdf8 19. c3 f5 20. Qd2 $16) 19. f5 $1
g6 (19... exf5 20. Rxb6 Qxb6 21. Nxd5 Qe6 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Qd2 Nc6 24. Bxc4
$18) 20. f6 Ba3 (20... Bf8 21. Ng5 Be8 22. Qd2 $18) 21. Ng5 Be8 22. Bg4 Nc6 (
22... h5 23. Bh3 $16) 23. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 128] The opening of the position is
finding the defender ill prepared for the attack of the enemy pieces.} fxe6 24.
Bxe6+ Rd7 (24... Bd7 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 $18) 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Qf3 Nd8 (
26... Nxd4 27. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (27... Bxd7 28. Qxd5 Bc5 29. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 30. Kh1 $18)
28. Bxd4 $18) 27. Bxd5 {Malakhov will be fighting with the problem of
mobilizing his attention for the best solutions. His position is so favourable,
that most sensible lines end devastatingly for Black.} (27. Qxd5 Nxe6 28. Qxe6
c3 (28... Bf7 29. Qh3 Qa6 30. Qxa3 $18) 29. d5 Qa5 30. Rfd1 Bb2 31. Rd4 Qb5 32.
Qg4 $18) 27... Qa6 (27... Rxd5 28. Qxd5 Bc6 29. Qxc4 Qf7 30. Qd3 Qd5 31. Qh3+
Ne6 32. c4 Qxc4 33. Qxa3 $18) 28. e6 (28. Bxc4 Qc6 (28... Qxc4 29. Qa8+ Kc7 30.
d5 Bb4 31. d6+ Rxd6 32. exd6+ Kxd6 33. Rfd1+ $18) 29. Qd3 Bf8 30. d5 Bc5 31. e6
Bxf2+ 32. Rxf2 $18) 28... Rxd5 29. Qxd5 Nxe6 (29... Bd6 30. e7 Nb7 31. Qe6+ Kc7
(31... Kb8 32. d5 $18) 32. Bg3 $18) (29... Qxe6 30. Rb8+ Kxb8 31. Qxd8+ Kb7 32.
Rb1+ $18) 30. Bg3 {The black king was certainly regretting its choice of
location. White is rounding up the game with an old fashioned hunt of his
royal highness.} Nc7 31. Bxc7 (31. Rb8+ Kxb8 32. Qd8+ Ka7 33. Qxc7+ Qb7 34.
Qa5+ Qa6 35. Bb8+ Kxb8 36. Qxa6 c3 37. f7 $18) 31... Kxc7 32. f7 Bd7 (32... Rf8
33. Qe5+ Kd7 34. Rbe1 Bxf7 35. Rxf7+ Rxf7 36. Qe8+ Kc7 37. Qxf7+ $18) 33. Qe5+
1-0

[Event "ROM-ch49 Final"]
[Site "Timisoara"]
[Date "1985.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ghinda, Mihail Viorel"]
[Black "Foisor, Ovidiu Doru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Ghinda,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1985.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ndf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. g3
cxd4 9. Nexd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Nb8 11. c3 Nc6 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. a4 a5 14. Bb5 Bc5
15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd3 d4 17. O-O O-O 18. Rd1 $2 (18. cxd4 $1 Qb6 19. Qe4 $1)
18... Qb6 19. cxd4 Nb4 20. Qe2 Bxb5 21. Qxb5 Qxb5 22. axb5 Rfd8 23. Bd2 Rxd4
24. Bxb4 Rxb4 25. Rxa5 Rc8 26. Rd2 h5 27. Kg2 Kh7 28. Kh3 Kg6 29. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belfort Masters 6th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2003.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. f4 Nc6 (6... cxd4 7. Nxd4
Nc6 8. Ngf3 Nc5 9. Be3 Bd7 10. c3 Be7 11. Nb3 b6 12. Be2 $5 {TN} Nxb3 13. axb3
Bc5 14. Qd2 a5 15. O-O O-O 16. Bd3 Qe7 17. Kh1 f6 $6 (17... g6 $14) 18. exf6
gxf6 (18... Rxf6 19. b4 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 $16) 19. Rae1 $36 {1/2-1/2 Bauer,
C-Gurevich,M/Belfort FRA 2003/The Week in Chess 476 (34)}) 7. c3 Qa5 8. Nf3 (8.
Kf2 Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Be3 f6 11. Kg1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6 13. Qd2 fxe5 14. fxe5
Rf7 15. h4 Nf8 16. Rh3 Bd7 17. Nc3 $14 {1-0 Kasimdzhanov,R-Gurevich,D/
Dordrecht 1998/EXT 2002 (46)}) 8... b5 9. Bd2 (9. a3 b4 10. cxb4 cxb4 11. a4
Ba6 12. b3 Be7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Nc1 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Qa6 16. Qe2 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 $13
{Bologan,V-Gurevich,M Ekaterinburg RUS-tch 2003 1/2-1/2 (43)}) 9... Qb6 10. f5
$5 {TN} Be7 $5 (10... cxd4 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nexd4 $36) (10... exf5 $5 11. Nf4
cxd4 12. Nxd5 Qb7 13. cxd4 (13. Qe2 $5) 13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd5 15. Nxb5 Qxe5+
16. Qe2 Rb8 $13) 11. Nf4 O-O 12. Bd3 $5 (12. fxe6 $5 fxe6 13. Nxe6 Re8 (13...
Rxf3 14. Qxf3 Ncxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe6 16. O-O-O Nxe5 17. Qg3 Bd7 18. Re1 Bd6 19.
Bf4 Re8 $44) 14. Nf4 (14. Bxb5 Ndxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe6 $13) (14. Bd3 $5) 14... cxd4
$1 $13 15. Nxd5 $2 Ndxe5 $3 $40 16. Nxb6 $2 Bh4+ 17. Ke2 (17. Nxh4 Nd3#) 17...
Nc4+ 18. Ne5 Bg4+ $19) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. f6 {[#]} Nxf6 $1 (14...
gxf6 15. Nxd4 Nxe5 (15... Qxd4 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Ng6+ fxg6 18. Qxd4 $18) 16. Be3
$40) 15. exf6 Bxf6 $44 16. Nxd4 $6 (16. Bc3 $1 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3
Bd7 19. Qf2 Qd6 (19... Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 $16) 20. O-O $14) (16. Nh5 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3
Bxb2 18. Rb1 Qd4 $15) 16... Bxd4 17. Qe2 (17. Qc2 $5 f5 18. Rc1 (18. O-O-O Bd7
19. Kb1 Rac8 20. Qb3 a5 $36) 18... Bd7 19. Qc7 Rfd8 20. Rc2 $13) 17... Bb7 $1
$36 {[/\e6-e5-e4]} 18. Bc3 Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 e5 20. Nh5 g6 21. Ng3 Rac8 $15 22.
Qd2 (22. Qf2 $5 Rxc3 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Bxb5 d4 25. O-O Rfc8 26. Rae1 R8c5 $15)
22... b4 $1 23. cxb4 e4 24. Be2 d4 $19 25. Bg4 $138 (25. O-O d3+ 26. Kh1 dxe2
27. Qxe2 e3 $19) 25... e3 26. Qb2 Rc4 27. O-O Rxb4 28. Qa3 d3 29. Kh1 (29. Bf3
e2+ 30. Rf2 Rb1+ $19) 29... Rxg4 30. Qxd3 Ba6 31. Qd7 Rd4 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch Pool B"]
[Site "Vichy"]
[Date "2000.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2000.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. a3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Na5 10. Ne2 Qb3 11. Nc3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 a6 13. Kc2 b5 14. b3 Nb6
15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Kb2 Be7 17. Be2 O-O 18. Na2 Nc6 19. Rhc1 Rfb8 20. Nb4 Nd8 21.
Rc7 a5 22. Nd3 Bf8 23. Nc5 Be8 24. g4 a4 25. b4 Nc4+ 26. Kc3 Nc6 27. Be1 Rc8
28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Bf2 Bxc5 30. dxc5 f6 31. Bd4 fxe5 32. Nxe5 N6xe5 33. Bxe5 Bg6
34. h4 h6 35. h5 Bh7 36. g5 hxg5 37. Bxc4 dxc4 {[#] Freibauern mit taktischem
Ende} 38. Rg1 Rd8 39. c6 Rd3+ 40. Kb2 Rb3+ 41. Ka2 Be4 42. c7 Bb7 43. Rxg5 c3
44. Rxg7+ Kf8 45. h6 c2 46. Bd6+ Ke8 47. Re7+ ({Eine andere Lösung war} 47. h7
Rxa3+ (47... c1=N+ 48. Ka1 Rh3 49. Re7+ Kf8 50. Rd7+ Ke8 51. Rd8+ Kf7 52. h8=Q
$18) 48. Kb2 Rh3 49. Kxc2 $18) 47... Kf8 48. c8=Q+ $1 Bxc8 49. Rc7+ Ke8 50.
Rxc8+ Kd7 51. Rxc2 (51. Rxc2 Kxd6 52. Rh2 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. a3 c4
9. h4 h5 10. Ng5 Na5 11. Qc2 Qb3 12. Qf2 Nb6 13. Be2 Qb5 14. Bd1 f6 15. exf6
gxf6 16. Qc2 Ke7 17. N5h3 Nb3 18. Rb1 Qe8 19. Ne2 Bd7 20. Ng3 Ba4 21. Qf2 Nxc1
22. Rxc1 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Kd7 24. O-O Kc6 25. Qf3 Bd6 26. Rfe1 Qg8 27. Nxh5 Qg6
28. Ng3 Rag8 29. Nf1 Rxh4 30. Rxe6 Qf5 31. Re3 Bxf4 32. Nxf4 Rxf4 33. Qh3 Qc2
34. Qe6+ Kb5 35. Qxg8 Qxd1 36. Qe8+ Ka5 37. Re1 Qc2 38. Qe2 Qxe2 39. Rxe2 {
[#] Besonderes Motiv: Beiderseitige Stellungsumgehung mit den Königen, Finale
mit je einem Freibauern.} Re4 (39... Ka4 $5 40. Nd2 $11 (40. Ng3 Kb3 41. Nh5
Re4 42. Rxe4 dxe4 43. Nxf6 e3 44. Kf1 Kxb2 $17)) 40. Rf2 (40. Rxe4 dxe4 41. Kf2
$13) 40... Re6 41. g4 Ka4 42. Nd2 Nc8 43. Kg2 Rb6 44. Nf1 Kb3 45. Ng3 Ne7 46.
Nh5 Ng8 (46... Ka2 $142 $1 47. b4+ Kxa3) 47. Nf4 Rd6 48. Kg3 {[%csl Rf6][%cal
Rg3h4,Rh4h5,Rh5g6]} a5 49. Kh4 b5 50. Kh5 Ne7 51. Re2 Nc6 52. Ne6 b4 53. axb4
axb4 54. cxb4 $6 (54. Nc5+ $1 Ka2 55. Kg6 $16) 54... Nxb4 55. Nc5+ Ka2 56. Kg6
Kb1 57. Na4 Nc2 58. Rf2 Nxd4 59. Rxf6 Rd8 60. Kf7 Ne2 61. Rf2 Ng3 62. g5 d4 63.
g6 Nh5 64. Nb6 c3 65. bxc3 dxc3 $11 66. Nc4 Rd7+ 67. Kf8 Ra7 68. Ne3 Ra6 69.
Kf7 Ra7+ 70. Kf8 Ng7 71. Rf1+ Ka2 72. Nd5 Ne6+ 73. Kg8 c2 74. Nb4+ Kb3 75. Nxc2
Kxc2 76. Rf6 Ng5 77. g7 Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cullip, Stephen"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c4 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8.
Bd3 Be7 {8...g6! Lputian} 9. O-O O-O {Siehe E11/5. Allerdings hat Weiß dort
den nützlichen Zug a3 extra.} 10. Re1 Re8 11. a3 a5 $10 12. Bb1 $6 (12. Qc2)
12... Qb6 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. Ng3 Nf8 15. Nf5 $6 (15. h3 $5) 15... Bxf5 16. Bxf5
Bc5 $17 17. Re2 a4 18. Bc2 Qa7 19. Bf4 b5 20. Qd3 b4 $1 21. Qb5 (21. axb4 Nxb4
22. Qd1 Nxc2 23. Rxc2 Ne6 $17) 21... Ne6 22. Bd2 b3 $1 23. Bf5 (23. Bxb3 axb3
24. Qxc6 d3 25. Ree1 Bxf2+ $19) 23... Qa6 $1 24. Bd3 Qxb5 25. Bxb5 Rec8 {
-+ _|_ קb2} 26. Rc1 h6 27. Ne1 d3 $1 28. Bxd3 Bd4 29. Bb5 Bxb2 $1 30. Rxc6 Nd4
31. Rxc8+ Rxc8 32. Ba6 Nxe2+ 33. Bxe2 Bxa3 34. Bd3 Bc1 35. Bxc1 0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. h4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 f6 $1 11. Be3 $1 (11. Kg3 $6 {Ljubojevic-M.Gurevic/
Linares/1991/CBM 22}) 11... Be7 12. Qd2 $1 {In CBM 22 erwähnte ich 12.Rb1 a5
13.Ne2 0-0 14.Ng3 fe5 15.fe5 Nde5!} O-O 13. Rd1 a5 $1 (13... fxe5 14. fxe5
Ndxe5 15. dxe5 d4 16. Bf4 $1 (16. Bg5 Bb4 {/\ 17...Ne5~/=}) 16... Bb4 17. Qc1
$16) 14. Kg3 a4 15. Bd3 Qd8 16. Ne2 f5 $10 17. h5 Nb6 18. Kf2 Nb4 19. Bb1 Nc4
20. Qc3 Bd7 21. a3 Nc6 22. Rdg1 b5 23. g4 b4 24. axb4 a3 25. gxf5 exf5 26. Ba2
Be6 27. Ng5 Qd7 28. Nxe6 Qxe6 29. Bxc4 Bxb4 30. Qc2 dxc4 31. bxa3 Bxa3 32. Bd2
Rfd8 33. Bc3 Be7 34. Qd2 Qd5 35. Rh3 Ra3 36. Qc2 Qe6 37. Rh2 Rda8 38. Rb1 Rb3
39. Rd1 Qd5 40. Qxf5 Ra2 41. Qh3 Nb4 42. Kg1 Nd3 43. Qc8+ Bf8 44. e6 Ra8 45.
Qd7 Qxd7 46. exd7 Rb7 47. h6 Rxd7 48. hxg7 Rxg7+ 49. Rg2 Ra2 50. Rd2 Rxd2 51.
Bxd2 Kf7 52. Rxg7+ Bxg7 53. Kg2 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. Ne2
cxd4 9. cxd4 Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Ng3 $6 f6 12. Bd3 fxe5 13. fxe5 (13. dxe5 Nc5 {
>= 13...Nde5!} 14. Bc2 a5 15. Be3 {Bologan-Danielian/Jurmala/1991/CBM24/VC})
13... Ndxe5 $1 14. dxe5 Nxe5 $17 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Nxe5 $6 Qf2+ 17. Kd2 Rac8 18.
Qb3 (18. Nxd7 Bg5+ 19. Kd3 Rf4 $3 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 {/\ 21...Qe3#} 21. Nf1 Qe4#) (
18. Rf1 Bg5+ 19. Kd3 Bb5+ $19) 18... Bg5+ 19. Kd3 (19. Kd1 Qd4+ 20. Ke1 (20.
Qd3 Ba4+ 21. Ke1 Qf2#) (20. Nd3 Ba4 $19) 20... Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Qd2#) 19... Rf4
$3 20. Nf3 Be8 0-1

[Event "Cheliabinsk"]
[Site "Cheliabinsk"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Qb6 9. g3 Be7 10. Bh3 O-O 11. Ne2 (11. Kf1 $5 f6 $1 12. Kg2 $1 fxe5 13. fxe5
Ndxe5 $1 {Ohne das Opfer: +/-} 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qe2 $13 Nc4 16. b3 Bf6 17. Rb1
{Hawelko-Schoen/Naleczow/1988} e5 $1 $36) 11... f6 $1 (11... f5 $14) 12. Bxe6+
Kh8 13. Bxd5 $2 (13. exf6 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 $1 (14. Bd2 Nxf6 15. Bxc8 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2
Ne4 17. Qd3 $6 (17. Qe3 $5) 17... Qa5+ $6 (17... Qxb2 $1 18. Rb1 Nb4 19. Qb3
Nc2+ 20. Kf1 Qxb3 21. Rxb3 Raxc8 $10) 18. Nc3 Raxc8 19. O-O $16 {
Hardicsay-Oertel/HUN/1981/i31/339}) 14... Nxf6 15. Bxc8 Raxc8 16. Kg2 $14 {
Hübner-Mohr/BL/1988}) 13... fxe5 14. fxe5 Ncxe5 $1 {Nicht neu, aber immer
wieder schön (für Schwarz).} 15. dxe5 (15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bf4 Bg4 17. Bg2 Bb4+
18. Kf1 Nc4 19. Qd3 Rae8 20. Qxc4 Bxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Rxe2 22. Kxe2 Qxd4 $19 {
Boulard-Apicella/FRA-chT/1989}) 15... Nxe5 $17 16. Nf4 Bb4+ 17. Kf1 Rxf4 $1 18.
gxf4 Bh3+ 19. Ke2 Ng4 20. Nd4 Qc5 21. Be6 Rd8 22. Be3 Nxe3 23. Kxe3 Bxe6 24.
Rc1 Rxd4 $1 25. Qxd4 (25. Rxc5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bxc5+ $19) 25... Bd2+ $1 0-1

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Budnikov, Alexandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ndf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 $5 b5 (7...
Qb6 8. g3 cxd4 9. Nexd4 Bc5 10. c3 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 a5 13. Rc1 $14 {
Stoica-Kertesz/Romania ch/1985/i39/350}) (7... f6 $5) 8. Be3 b4 9. dxc5 Bxc5
10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Ned4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qb6 13. a3 Rb8 $5 14. axb4 Qxb4+ 15. Qxb4
Rxb4 16. b3 Rxf4 (16... a6 $2 17. Ra5 $16) 17. Rxa7 O-O 18. Rc7 Nd7 (18... Na6
$5 19. Bxa6 (19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bxa6 Rxc2 21. O-O Rb2 $13) 19... Bxa6 20. Ra7
Re4+ 21. Kf2 Bb5 (21... Re2+ $2 22. Kf1 $1 $18) (21... Be2 $2 22. Nd2 Rxe5 23.
Re1 $18) 22. Rb7 Be8 $13 {/\ f6}) 19. Bb5 Nb8 20. Bd3 Ba6 21. c4 dxc4 22. bxc4
Rd8 23. Ke2 Rg4 24. g3 Rd7 $1 25. Rc5 f5 26. exf6 (26. Rb1 $6 Bb7 $17) 26...
gxf6 27. Rb1 Bb7 28. Rcb5 Rgg7 29. Nd4 (29. Be4 Bxe4 30. Rxb8+ Kf7 31. R1b3 $10
) 29... Rxd4 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Rxb7 Nd7 $10 32. Rc7 (32. Ke3 $4 Rxd3+ 33. Kxd3
Nc5+ $19) 32... Ne5 33. Bxh7+ Kh8 34. Bc2 (34. c5 f5 {>< Bh7}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hennigan, Michael"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Be7 8. g3
Qb6 9. Kf2 $6 cxd4 10. cxd4 g5 $1 $15 {Der schwarze B steht hier günstiger auf
e7 (nicht b4).} 11. Bh3 $146 (11. h3) 11... h5 $1 12. fxg5 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5
14. Kg2 Ng6 15. Ne2 h4 16. Nf4 e5 $1 $17 (16... Bxg5 $2 17. Nxg6 Bxc1 18. Rxc1
fxg6 19. Qd3 $16) 17. Bxc8 (17. Nxg6 Bxh3+ 18. Kxh3 Qxg6 $17) 17... exf4 $6 (
17... Rxc8 $1 18. dxe5 (18. Nxd5 Qc6 19. Qf3 Qc2+ $19) (18. Nxg6 Qxg6 19. Re1
hxg3 $19) 18... Nxf4+ 19. gxf4 (19. Bxf4 Qxb2+ 20. Bd2 Rc2 $19) 19... Qg6 $17)
18. Bf5 hxg3 $6 (18... Bxg5 19. Re1+ Kf8 20. g4 $13) 19. hxg3 Rxh1 20. Qxh1
Qxd4 21. Bxf4 $1 Qxb2+ 22. Kh3 Kf8 (22... Nxf4+ 23. gxf4 {/\ Kg4}) 23. Bxg6
fxg6 24. Qf3 $10 Qh8+ 25. Kg2 Qb2+ 26. Kh3 Qh8+ 27. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Manhattan"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. a3 a5
9. Ne2 f6 (9... f5 $1) 10. g3 Be7 11. Bh3 Nf8 (11... cxd4 12. cxd4 fxe5 13.
fxe5 O-O 14. Nf4 $16) 12. exf6 $6 (12. O-O $16) 12... Bxf6 13. Be3 $13 c4 14.
Qd2 Ng6 15. Ne5 Nge7 16. g4 g6 17. Ng3 Qc7 18. a4 Bg7 19. Bg2 Bd7 20. h4 Rf8
21. O-O Bf6 22. Nf3 h5 23. gxh5 gxh5 24. Nxh5 Nf5 25. Bh3 Nce7 26. Bf2 O-O-O
27. Ng5 Bxg5 28. hxg5 Ng6 29. Be3 Nd6 30. Bg2 Rh8 31. Nf6 Rh4 32. Bf2 Rxf4 33.
Bg3 Rxf1+ 34. Bxf1 Qb6 35. Bh3 Rh8 36. Bg4 Ne4 37. Nxe4 dxe4 38. Re1 Qc6 39.
Qe3 Qd5 40. Qxe4 Qxg5 41. Re3 Re8 42. Kf2 Re7 43. Bd6 Rf7+ 44. Rf3 Rxf3+ 45.
Qxf3 Qd2+ 46. Kg3 Qe1+ 47. Kh3 Bc6 48. Bg3 Bxf3 49. Bxe1 Bxg4+ 50. Kxg4 Kd7 51.
Kf3 Ne7 52. d5 exd5 53. Bf2 Kc6 54. Kf4 Nc8 55. Ke5 Nd6 56. Ba7 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Match/Nation BUL-DDR"]
[Site "Albena"]
[Date "1983.05.23"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Ermenkov, Evgenij"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "1983.05.21"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgarien"]
[BlackTeam "German Dem Rep"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DDR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ndf3 Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Qb6 9. g3 f6 10. Bh3 fxe5 11. fxe5 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 O-O 13. Kg2 Ndxe5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Qe2 $5 $146 Nxf3 (15... Ng6 16. Be3 {/\ Ld4 +/-}) (15... Nc4 $5 16. b3 Bc3
$1 17. Rb1 Nd6 {/\ e5, Se4 |^}) 16. Nxf3 e5 $1 17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. Nxe5 Qe6 19.
Bf4 Rf5 (19... g5 $2 20. Bxg5 Qf5 21. Qg4 $3) 20. Rac1 Re8 (20... Rcf8 $5) 21.
Qb5 $1 Bd6 (21... Rxe5 $5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxb4 (23. Rhf1 $1) 23... Qe2+ 24.
Kh3 Qe6+ $11) 22. Nf3 Bxf4 23. gxf4 Rxf4 24. Rhf1 Ref8 25. Nd2 $1 $16 h5 26.
Rxf4 (26. Rce1 $5) 26... Rxf4 27. Rf1 Rd4 28. Rf2 Qg6+ 29. Kf1 $1 (29. Kh1 Rxd2
$1 $11) 29... Kh7 30. Qe2 Rg4 31. Rg2 Qf6+ 32. Nf3 Qf5 33. Kg1 (33. Qc2 $5)
33... Qb1+ 34. Ne1 Qxa2 35. Rxg4 hxg4 36. Qxg4 (36. Nd3 $5) 36... Qxb2 37. Qh5+
$14 Kg8 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qh5+ Kg8 40. Qxd5+ Kh7 41. Qh5+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43.
Qe4+ Kg8 44. Nf3 Qb6+ 45. Kg2 Qc6 46. Qe5 Kh7 47. h4 b5 48. Kg3 b4 $1 49. Ng5+
Kh6 50. Qf4 Qc3+ 51. Kg4 Qc8+ 52. Kg3 Qc3+ 53. Kg4 Qc8+ 54. Ne6+ Kh7 55. Qe5
Qd7 56. Qe4+ Kg8 57. Kf4 b3 $3 58. Ng5 $1 (58. Qa8+ Kf7 59. Ng5+ Kf6 $1 (59...
Kg6 60. Qe4+ Kf6 61. Qe5+ Kg6 62. h5+ Kh6 63. Ne4 $18) (59... Ke7 60. Qe4+ Kd8
61. Ne6+ $18) 60. Qf8+ Kg6 $11) 58... Qd6+ 59. Ke3 $1 Qb6+ 60. Kd3 $1 Kf8 $1
61. Qf5+ Ke7 62. Qf7+ Kd8 63. Ne6+ $5 (63. Qg8+ Kc7 64. Qxg7+ Kb8 65. Qg8+ (65.
Qb2 Qd6+ $11) 65... Kb7 66. Qd5+ Kb8 67. Qe5+ Kb7 68. Qe4+ Kb8 (68... Kc7 $1
$11) 69. Kc3 $1 $16) 63... Kc8 64. Qg8+ Kd7 $1 65. Nf8+ Ke7 $1 66. Qxg7+ Ke8
67. Ng6 Qa6+ $1 68. Kd2 Qa5+ 69. Kd1 Qd5+ 70. Kc1 Qc5+ 71. Kb2 Qc2+ 72. Ka3
Qa2+ 73. Kb4 a5+ 74. Kc5 Qf2+ 75. Kc6 Qf3+ 76. Kb6 Qe3+ 77. Kxa5 b2 $1 78. Qf8+
Kd7 79. Qf5+ Ke8 80. Qf8+ Kd7 81. Qf5+ Ke8 82. Qb5+ Kf7 83. Ne5+ Qxe5 84. Qxe5
b1=Q 85. Qh5+ Kg7 86. Qg5+ Qg6 87. Qf4 Qf6 88. Qg4+ Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ngf3 $6 Qb6 {
Hier wurde bisher mehr 7...a5 gespielt, was Smagin wohl Veranlassung für den
folgenden Zug gibt.} 8. c4 $2 cxd4 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nb3 Nc5 $1 11. Nxc5 (11.
Nbxd4 Ne4 {/\ Bb4 oder Bc5}) 11... Bxc5 12. a3 $8 (12. Bd3 Nb4) 12... d3 $1 $17
{>< Ke1} 13. Bxd3 Bg4 14. b4 Be3 15. Qe2 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 Nd4 17. Qf2 Bxf3 18.
gxf3 O-O 19. O-O f6 $1 20. exf6 (20. Kh1 fxe5 21. Qh4 g6 22. fxe5 Rxf3 23. Rxf3
Nxf3 24. Qg3 Qe3 25. Rd1 Rf8 $19) 20... Qxf6 21. Qg3 Rae8 22. Kh1 Re3 23. Rcd1
Qxf4 24. Qh3 g6 25. Qd7 Re5 26. Bc4 Kh8 27. Bxd5 Re2 28. Qh3 Rf5 29. Rde1 Rxd5
30. Rxe2 Nxe2 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qxb7+ Qf7 33. Qc6 Qd7 34. Qc4 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "ARG-World"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. g3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 f6 11. Kg2 O-O $14 12. h4 (12. Bd3) 12... a5 (12...
Be7 13. Rh2 Rf7 14. Kh1 fxe5 15. fxe5 Nxd4 16. Be3 Nxf3 17. Bxb6 Nxh2 18. Kxh2
axb6 $44 {Lawton,G-Hergott,D/GBR-ch Swansea/1987/}) 13. Rh2 a4 14. Kh1 Qa7 (
14... fxe5 15. fxe5 Nxd4 16. Be3 Nxf3 17. Bxb6 Nxh2 18. Kxh2 Nxb6 $13) 15. Bd3
$16 f5 16. Ng5 $1 $18 Ndb8 (16... Nxd4 17. Be3 $18) 17. Qh5 h6 18. Qg6 $1 hxg5
19. hxg5 Ne7 (19... Qxd4 20. Rh7 Rf7 21. Qh5 Kf8 22. Rh8+ Ke7 23. Rxc8 $18 Qxd3
$6 24. Qh8 {#5}) 20. Qh5 Nbc6 (20... Qxd4 21. Be2 $18) 21. Be2 Qxd4 22. Bd2 (
22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Bh5+ Ng6 24. Qxg6+ Ke7 (24... Kg8 25. Qh7+ $1 Kxh7 26. Bf7#)
25. Qxg7+ Kd8) 22... Bc5 (22... Bxd2 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Bh5+ Ng6 25. Bxg6+ Ke7
26. Qxg7+ Kd8 27. Qxf8+ $18) 23. Rc1 b6 24. Qh7+ Kf7 25. Bh5+ Ng6 26. Qxg6+ Ke7
27. Nf3 Qd3 28. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ghinda, Mihail Viorel"]
[Black "Dimitrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c4 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O $1 {N} (9... cxd4 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Nb3 $1 $14) 10. Re1 Re8
11. h3 Bf8 12. dxc5 h6 13. Nb3 a5 14. Bb5 Ndxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Rxe5 Nxe5 17.
Bf4 Ng6 18. Be3 a4 19. Nd4 (19. Nc1) 19... Bxc5 20. Bxa4 Qf6 $1 {>< d4} 21. Rc1
Bb6 22. Bb5 Nh4 $1 {>< g2, f3, h3} 23. Kh2 $2 (23. Bf1 Bxh3 $1) (23. Be2 Qg6
24. g3 $13) 23... Qe5+ 24. Kg1 Qe4 $1 25. Rxc8+ (25. Bf1 Bxh3 $1 26. gxh3 Bxd4
27. Bxd4 Nf3+ 28. Kh1 Qf4 $19) 25... Rxc8 26. Qg4 Qxg4 $19 27. hxg4 Ng6 28. Be2
Ra8 29. a3 Ne5 30. Nf5 Bxe3 31. fxe3 Nc4 32. Bxc4 dxc4 33. Nd6 Rxa3 34. Nxc4
Ra4 35. Nd6 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Anand} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6
8. h4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 f6 $5 {Am direktesten. Bisher kaum gespielt.}
11. Kg3 (11. Be3 Be7 12. Rb1 a5 (12... O-O 13. b4 $1) 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Ng3 {
Ernst-Winsnes/SVE-ch/1989/ED C0} fxe5 $1 15. fxe5 Ndxe5 16. dxe5 d4 17. Bd2
Nxe5 18. Ne4 $13) (11. Be3 {Anand}) 11... O-O 12. Bd3 $2 (12. Ne2 $13 fxe5 13.
fxe5 Ndxe5 14. dxe5 Nxe5) 12... Nxd4 $1 (12... f5 $16 {Jansa-Dittmar/2.BLS8990/
}) 13. Nxd4 fxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 $19 15. Bc2 Ng6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Nde2 (17. Ngf3
Bd6+ $19) 17... Qf2+ 18. Kh3 Bd6 19. Qb3 e5+ 20. Kh2 Qxh4+ 21. Nh3 Bxh3 (21...
Bxh3 22. Qxh3 e4+ 23. g3 Rf2+ 24. Kg1 Qxh3 25. Rxh3 Rxe2) 0-1

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4
cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. Nf3 f6 10. a3 (10. exf6 {Finkel,A} Nxf6 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. Be2
O-O 13. O-O a6 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. a3 Rac8 $132 {Gostisa,L-Mohr,G/SLO-ch 1992 (36)}
) 10... Be7 (10... fxe5 $6 {Finkel,A} 11. fxe5 Be7 12. Nf4 Nf8 13. b4 Bd7 14.
Be3 O-O-O 15. Nd3 $5 $36 {Milicevic,S-Hadjiyiannis,C/Novi Sad olm 1990}) 11. h4
$146 {'!?' Finkel,A. It has been played mostly 11.Nc3, what looks more
reasonable.} (11. Nc3 {Finkel,A} O-O 12. Na4 Qd8 (12... Qc7 13. Bd3 Nb6 14. Nc3
Bd7 15. Ne2 f5 16. Rg1 Be8 $13 {Morozevich,A-Moskalenko,V/Moscow m 1994 (42)})
13. Be2 Nb6 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. O-O Be8 16. exf6 gxf6 17. f5 $5 $14 {Qi
Jingxuan-Siepenkoetter,A/Lee Cup 1995 (38)}) (11. g3 $6 {Finkel,A} O-O 12. exf6
Nxf6 13. Bg2 Ne4 14. O-O e5 $1 15. fxe5 Bg4 $36 {Tischbierek,R-Knaak,R/DDR-ch
1989 (28)}) 11... O-O 12. Rh3 fxe5 {'?!' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'Preparing to
sacrifice the knight on e5,which is typical for this kind of positions,but now
the sacrifice is not fully justified and white gets the advantage,so it was
better to play'} (12... Na5 $5 {Finkel,A} 13. b4 Nc4 14. Nc3 (14. Nd2 $2 fxe5
15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. dxe5 Nxe5 $19) 14... a5 15. b5 fxe5 16. fxe5 Qc7 17. Qd3 $13
{with mutual chanses.}) 13. fxe5 Rf5 $1 {Finkel,A: 'If you say A you should
also say B!' But now, whatever white is playing, black is going to win two
central pawns (for a piece,of course)!} (13... Ndxe5 {would be a grave mistake:
after} 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qf2+ 16. Kd2 {white was winning.}) 14. Nf4 Ncxe5
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 {'?!' Finkel,A. The move looks , as the most active one.
I would prefer a modest 16.Be2.} ({White should try to reduce the number of
pieces on the board so deserved attention} 16. Be2 $5 {Finkel,A} Bd7 (16... Ng4
17. Nd4 Re5 18. Kf1 Re4 19. Bxg4 Rxd4 20. Rd3 $14) (16... Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qg1+
18. Ke2 Re5+ 19. Kd3 $16) 17. Nxe5 Qg1+ 18. Kd2 Qd4+ 19. Nfd3 (19. Ke1 Qg1+ $11
) 19... Rxe5 20. Qb3 $14 {[%cal Gb3c3] with very complicated position,where
white's chanses should be prefered.}) 16... Rf7 17. Be3 {'?!' Finkel,A.} Qxb2
18. Be2 Nc6 {'=/+!' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'The material balance has been
restored and now black has very strong initiative just fo free!'} 19. Nf3 ({
Also after} 19. Nxc6 {Finkel,A} bxc6 20. Bd4 Qb8 $1 21. Nd3 Bxh4+ $1 22. Rxh4
Qg3+ 23. Bf2 Rxf2 24. Nxf2 Qxh4 $17 {white is in troubles.}) 19... Qc3+ $1 {
The only move.} (19... e5 $2 20. Nd3 Qc3+ 21. Bd2 Qc4 22. Ndxe5 $18) 20. Bd2 (
20. Kf2 $2 {Finkel,A} Bc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Kg3 e5 $19) 20... Qc5 21. Rg3 {
The best practical chance - e6-e5 is hard to prevent.} (21. Nd3 {Finkel,A} Qd6
$17 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 21... e5 {'-/+' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'White pieces take
awkward positions and desperatly lack coordination.'} 22. Rc1 Qd6 23. Rxc6 {
'!?' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'It's hard to propose something else!' Again,
practically the best; if 23.Nxd5 then e5-e4 recaptures a piece.} bxc6 24. Bb4
Qc7 {'!' Finkel,A.} ({What would have happened after} 24... Qh6 {Let's look:}
25. Nxd5 Bxh4 (25... cxd5 26. Bxe7) 26. Nxh4 (26. Ne7+ $2 Bxe7 27. Bxe7 Qh1+
28. Bf1 Ba6 $19) 26... Qxh4 27. Ne7+ Rxe7 28. Qd8+ Kf7 29. Qxe7+ $1 (29. Bc4+
Be6 30. Bxe6+ Kxe6 31. Qxe7+ Qxe7 32. Bxe7 Kxe7 33. Rxg7+ Kd6 34. Rxh7 a5 $17)
29... Qxe7 30. Bxe7 Kxe7 31. Rxg7+ Kd6 32. Rxh7 Bd7 {with some,perhaps not
decisive,black's advantage.}) ({Straight} 24... c5 $5 {Finkel,A} 25. Nxd5 cxb4
26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. Ng5 Be6 28. Qb1 $1 g6 29. Qe4 $1 Rc8 30. Nxf7 Bxf7 31. axb4
$17 {would promise white chanses of survival.}) 25. Nh5 Bf5 {'!' Finkel,A.} 26.
Ng5 Bxb4+ 27. axb4 Re7 28. b5 Bg6 (28... Rf8 $5) ({Another possibility was} 
28... Rd8 $5 {Finkel,A} 29. bxc6 Qxc6 $19 {[%cal Gd5d3,Ge5e3] wis winning
position.}) 29. Rc3 Qb6 $2 {'?!' Finkel,A. Black could already simplify the
position:} (29... Qa5 30. Qd2 h6 $1 31. Nh3 d4 (31... Bxh5 {Finkel,A} 32. Bxh5
Qxb5 $19 {winning immideatly.}) 32. Rxc6 Qxd2+ 33. Kxd2 Be4 {, and then Bxg2
with big advantage.}) 30. Ng3 $2 (30. bxc6 $6 {Finkel,A} Qg1+ 31. Kd2 Qd4+ 32.
Bd3 Qxh4 $19) 30... Rd8 $2 {'?!' Finkel,A. It is certainly a mutual time
trouble. Instead of 30.Ng3 white had to play 30.bc, black had to continue 30...
Rf8!...} (30... Qg1+ {Finkel,A} 31. Nf1 Qd4 32. Rxc6 Qxh4+ 33. g3 Qb4+ (33...
Qxg5 $2 34. Rxg6 $1 Qxg6 35. Qxd5+ Qf7 36. Qxa8+ Re8 37. Qe4 $13) 34. Kf2 Rd8
$19) 31. bxc6 $16 {'<=>' Finkel,A.} Qb4 $6 (31... Qa5 32. Qd2 h6 {was more
stubborn.}) (31... d4 $6 {Finkel,A} 32. Qb3+ Qxb3 33. Rxb3 d3 34. h5 dxe2 35.
hxg6 hxg6 36. Kxe2 $11) 32. Qd2 Qxh4 33. c7 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Qxg3+ 35. Kf1 Rf8+ $2
{A losing move. The main threat Qxd5 black had to repel by 35...Qb3, still
with chances to save the game.} (35... e4 $4 {Finkel,A} 36. Qxd5+ $1 $18) 36.
Bf3 e4 {'??' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'Black missed a few possibiities to decide
the game in his favour,but his last move is the suicide!After correct' Black
position is bad, but such a move is typical not for a Belgian grandmaster, but
merely for a noble Japanese - it is called harakiri. After 36...d4 white still
had a task to demonstrate a win.} (36... Kh8 $1 {Finkel,A} 37. Qb4 Rg8 38. Nf7+
Bxf7 39. Rxf7 e4 40. Be2 Qe3 $15 {black still kept better chanses.}) 37. Qxd5+
Kh8 38. Nf7+ {'+-' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'Now it is over for black.'} Bxf7 (38...
Kg8 {Finkel,A} 39. Ne5+ Kh8 40. Qd6 $1 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Ge5f7,Gd6g3]} Qf4 41.
Nf7+ $1 $18) 39. Qxf7 Rd8 (39... Rb8 40. Bxe4) 40. Qd7 {Presumably, black lost
on time. After 40...Rf8 he still could keep on playing...} 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Liss, Eran"]
[Black "Zak, Uriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Liss,E"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. h4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 f6 11. Kg3 {This line has gone out of fashion and I
don't understand why.} fxe5 $5 (11... O-O 12. Nh3 fxe5 13. dxe5 $14) 12. dxe5 (
12. fxe5 O-O {looks dangerous for white}) 12... O-O {getting back to the main
line} (12... Nc5 13. Kh2 Ne4 14. Nh3 Bd7 {/\0-0-0} 15. Bd3 O-O-O 16. Qc2 $16 {
/\a3,b4}) 13. Kh2 {/\13..Nc5 14.a3 winning a piece} Ne7 (13... Be7 {/\Nc5
seems better than the game for black}) 14. Bd3 Nf5 15. Nh3 $6 (15. Ne2 Ne3 $13)
(15. Bxf5 $1 Rxf5 (15... exf5 16. Qxd5+ Kh8 17. Ng5 Qg6 18. N1f3 Nb6 (18... h6
19. Ne6) 19. Qb3 Be7 20. Be3 h6 21. Kg1 $1 $16) 16. Nd4 Rf8 17. Ngf3 Bc5 18.
Be3 Qxb2 19. Qd3 $5 $40 {/\} Re8 20. Rhb1 Qa3 21. Qxa3 Bxa3 22. Nb5 $18) 15...
Be7 16. Bxf5 {admitting the incorrection of the last move} Rxf5 17. Nd4 Rf8 18.
h5 Nb8 $6 {black has no time for this manouver. Better was Nc5} 19. Be3 $1 Nc6
(19... Qxb2 20. Qg4 Qb6 21. Rhc1 $1 {/\R:c8} Bd7 22. Rab1 Qa6 23. Rc7 $18) 20.
Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Rc1 Qd7 22. Bc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 b6 24. Rc3 $1 Bb7 25. Qc2 {The
point of 19.Be3 was to get to this position. Now white thretens both Ng5 and
Rc7 and it's impossible to prevent both.} Qe8 $1 {a good defensive move.} (
25... Rac8 26. Ng5 Rf5 27. g4 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Rxg5 (28... Rxf4 29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30.
Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qxg7+ Kd8 32. Qxd7+ Kxd7 33. Kg3 Rf8 34. h6 $18) 29. fxg5 {
with difficult position for black}) 26. Ng5 (26. Rc7 Rc8 27. Ng5 Qxh5+ (27...
Rf5 {Transposes to the note of move 27}) 28. Kg1 Rxc7 29. Qxc7 Qd1+ 30. Kh2
Qh5+ 31. Kg3 $5 Qxh1 (31... Qg6 32. Rxh7 $40) 32. Nxe6 Qe1+ $10 (32... Qh6 $2
33. Nxf8 Kxf8 34. Qb8+ $18)) 26... Rf5 $8 (26... Qxh5+ 27. Rh3 Qg6 28. Qxg6
hxg6 29. Kg3 $18) 27. g4 $2 {It's hard to believe but this is wrong.} (27. Rc7
$1 Rc8 28. g4 $18) 27... Rxg5 28. fxg5 d4 (28... Qf8 $5 {could give black some
compensation} 29. Re1 Qf4+ 30. Kh3 d4) 29. Rc7 Bxh1 $2 {Playing the natural
move and missing the last chance.} (29... Qf8 $3 {this move makes a lot of
problems for white} 30. Rg1 (30. Rxb7 $2 Qf4+ 31. Kg2 (31. Kg1 Rf8) 31... Qxg4+
32. Kf2 Rf8+ 33. Ke1 Qg3+ 34. Kd1 Qf3+ $19) 30... d3 $1 (30... Qf4+ 31. Rg3 d3
32. Qxd3 Qf2+ 33. Kh3 Qe1 34. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 35. Qd7+ Kg8 36. Qxb7 $18) 31. Qd2
$8 Qf3 32. Rxb7 Qxb7 33. Qxd3 {and it's not clear if the pawn will make the
difference}) 30. h6 $1 $18 g6 (30... Qg6 31. Rxg7+ Qxg7 32. hxg7 $18) 31. Rg7+
Kh8 32. Rxh7+ $1 {Black resigned due to the line 32..Kg8 33.Qc7 Qf8 34.Rg7+
Kh8 35.Rf7 Qg8 36.Qe7 winning for white.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 15th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2014.03.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Marjanovic,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qa5 {
The third or fourth possibility.} ({A similar position was seen after} 7... Be7
8. Bd3 Qa5 $5 (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 f5 $14) 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 (10... Nxd4
11. Bxd4 $14) 11. Bc2 (11. Ngf3 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 O-O) 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 (45) Howell,D (2593)-Conquest,S (2526) Hastings 2009}) ({The second
possibility is} 7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 {and now apart from 9.g3 or 9.Ne2 which
deserve attention} 9. a3 $5 {has been successfully played by English
grandmasters Adams and McShane.}) ({And the first possibility is} 7... Qb6 8.
g3 (8. Ne2 f6 $1) (8. a3 c4 $5) 8... Be7 ({and now Black has a choice between
8...cxd4 9.cxd4 Bb4+ with a slightly worse position and 8...Be7 with a
complicated and dangerous position:} 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 g5 11. fxg5
Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Kg2 Nc6 (13... Nc4 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. Bd3 Be7 16. Qe2 $14)
14. Nf3 Bf8 (14... Bd7 $5) 15. b3 $14 {White has a small advantage}) 9. Bh3 (9.
Kf2) (9. Ne2) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Kf2 (11. Kf1 a5 $5) (11. Ne2 f6) 11...
f6 12. Kg2 (12. Bxe6+ Kh8 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bxc8 Ne4+ 15. Kg2 Raxc8 $44 {
Black has compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 12... Kh8 13. Ne2 fxe5 14.
fxe5 Ndxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Ned4 Nxf3 17. Nxf3 e5 18. Re1 $5 {The first
proposal by the machine!} ({The human move} 18. Qxd5 {was played in all four
games which I found in Mega Database 2014} Bxh3+ 19. Kxh3 Qf2 20. Qxb7 (20.
Nxe5 Qf5+ (20... Rad8 $2 21. Qe6 Bc5 (21... Rde8 22. Re1 Bb4 23. Nf7+ Kg8 24.
Nh6+ Kh8 25. Qxe8 Bxe1 26. Qe5 $18) 22. Bf4 Rxf4 23. Rhf1 Qxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Rxf1
25. Nf7+ Rxf7 26. Qxf7 $18) 21. Kg2 Qf2+ 22. Kh3 Qf5+ 23. Kg2 Qf2+ {1/2-1/2 
(23) Shirov,A (2741)-Vallejo Pons,F (2650) Cala Mayor 2008}) 20... Rab8 21.
Qxe7 Qxf3 22. Re1 Rbc8 23. Bd2 Qf5+ $11 {with perpetual check}) 18... e4 19.
Nd4 {with a small advantage in every continuation} (19. Ng1 Bc5 20. Bf4 Bxg1
21. Rxg1 Rxf4 22. gxf4 Qxb2+ 23. Kh1 Bxh3 24. Rb1 Qf2 $11) 19... Bb4 (19...
Bxh3+ 20. Kxh3 Bb4 (20... Rf2 21. Be3 Rxb2 22. Qg4 Bf6 23. Rac1 $16) 21. Rg1
Bc5 22. Be3 Qxb2 23. Rc1 $14) (19... Bf6 20. Be3 Qxb2+ 21. Re2 Bxh3+ 22. Kxh3
$14) 20. Re2 Bxh3+ 21. Kxh3 Bc5 22. Be3 Rf3 23. Nxf3 Qe6+ 24. g4 exf3 25. Re1
Bxe3 26. Qxf3 d4 27. Rf1 $14) 8. Be3 ({After} 8. a3 Nxd4 $1 {Black can try to
get a small advantage:} 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. b4 (10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Qd2 Qc7) 10...
Qc7 11. cxd4 (11. Qxd4 Nb6 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Be3 Be7) 11... Nb6 (11... Qc3+ 12.
Bd2 Qxd4 13. Nf3 Qb6 14. Rc1 $44) 12. Be3 Bd7 (12... a5) 13. Rc1 Qd8 14. Nf3 a5
15. Qb3 Ba4 16. Qb1 axb4 17. axb4 Qd7 $15 {0-1 (40) Howell,D (2479)-Visser,Y 
(2516) London/Crowthorne 2006}) ({In the past} 8. Kf2 {has been played more
often, but after} b5 9. Bd3 (9. Bd2 Qb6 10. Be3 b4 11. Bd3 c4 (11... g6) 12.
Bc2 g6 13. Ne2 a5 $13 {0-1 (40) Solak,D (2515)-Kosyrev,V (2562) ICC INT 2002})
9... b4 10. Ne2 Nb6 $13 {the position is unclear.}) 8... Qb6 (8... cxd4 {
also does not equalise:} 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qc7 (10... Nb8 11. Nf3 $14) 11.
Qg4 (11. Bd3 Nc5 12. Bc2 a5 13. Nf3 $14 {1-0 (83) Howell,D (2519)-Zhang,P 
(2649) Liverpool 2007}) 11... Nc5 12. Nf3 $14) 9. Qd2 (9. Rb1 {was rarely
played. Anyway White can also try with this move to get a small advantage.})
9... Be7 (9... f6 10. Ne2 (10. O-O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 $14) 10... fxe5 (10... g5 $2
{is a mistake} 11. exf6 gxf4 12. f7+ Kxf7 13. Nxf4 Nf6 14. Ng5+ $18 {1/2-1/2 
(21) Palac,M (2485)-Dizdar,G (2495) Vinkovci 1993}) 11. dxe5 Be7 12. Ng3 $14)
10. Bd3 {White has three other continuations to try to get a slight advantage:}
(10. Ne2 O-O 11. Ng3) (10. Nh3 O-O 11. Be2) (10. dxc5 Nxc5 (10... Bxc5 11. Nd4)
11. Qc2) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 $146 (11... Nc5 {seems more precise:} 12. b3
(12. Bb1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qa6 $11 14. Qe2 Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 Bd7 16. Nf3 a5 17. Bc2 b5
18. a3 O-O 19. Rhc1 Rfc8 20. g4 {1/2-1/2 (20) Supancic,D-Marovic,D (2475)
Maribor 1977}) 12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qc6 $13 {with an unclear position.}) 12.
Bxd4 Nc5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Nf3 O-O 15. Qc2 ({It is worth considering} 15. b4 $5
Ne4 16. Qe3 $14) 15... Qc7 16. O-O f5 {An imprecision.} (16... h6) 17. exf6
gxf6 18. b4 Ne4 19. Bd3 $14 {White has again a small advantage.} Bd6 20. g3 Bc6
$6 {A dubious move.} ({It was better to play} 20... a5 21. b5 (21. bxa5 e5 (
21... Bc6 22. a6 bxa6 23. c4) 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Bb6 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Bxb6 25. axb6
Qxb6 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Nxe5 Bh3 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 $44) 21... Rae8 (21... f5 22. a4
$14) 22. b6 Qc8 23. Bxe4 (23. Nd2 $14) 23... dxe4 24. Qxe4 $14 {and White has
only a slight advantage.}) 21. b5 Bd7 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Rae8 (23... Bxb5
24. Qxe6+ Rf7 25. Rfe1 $16) 24. a4 b6 25. Rad1 Bc8 26. Qc6 $6 {A dubious move
in a better position.} ({He should have played} 26. Qd3 Ba3 27. Rfe1 $16) 26...
Qxc6 27. bxc6 Bc7 28. Be3 (28. Kg2 {deserved consideration}) ({or} 28. Rfe1)
28... Rd8 $2 ({A better move is} 28... e5 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Ng5 Bg4 31. Rde1
Kg7 $44 {and Black has adequate compensation for the pawn.}) 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30.
Nd4 Rd6 $2 {The final mistake.} ({It was much better to prevent Nb5 with} 30...
a6 {but White can give back the pawn which provides him with a better position:
} 31. f5 exf5 32. Rb1 Kf7 33. Kf2 $16) 31. f5 $1 $18 e5 (31... Ba6 32. fxe6
Bxf1 33. Kxf1 Rd8 34. Nb5 Rc8 35. Nxa7 Re8 36. Nb5 Rxe6 (36... Rc8 37. e7 Kf7
38. Bxb6 $18) 37. Nxc7 Rxc6 38. Nd5 $18) 32. Nb5 Rxc6 33. Nxa7 Rxc3 34. Nxc8
Bd8 (34... Rxe3 35. Ne7+ Kg7 36. Nd5 $18) 35. Rc1 Rxe3 36. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Hans & Lenze"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1998.08.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.07.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. g3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Be7 10. Bh3 O-O 11. Ne2 f6 12. Rf1 (12. O-O {This artificial
method of castling is because} fxe5 13. fxe5 Ndxe5 $1 {wins a pawn.}) (12.
Bxe6+ {If} Kh8 13. Bxd5 $2 (13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bxc8 Raxc8 {is also possible
winning a pawn although Black has plenty of counterplay due to White's poor
light squares.}) 13... fxe5 14. fxe5 Ndxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Rf1 (16. Nxe5 $2
Bb4+ 17. Nc3 Qf2#) 16... Bh3 {with a huge attack.}) 12... Ndb8 13. Rf2 Bd7 14.
Kf1 a5 15. Kg2 Na6 16. Nc3 Nc7 17. Be3 Qa7 18. Na4 fxe5 19. fxe5 Be8 20. Rc1
Bg6 {Although White has more space Black's position is fine, I think, because
he has managed to activate his formerly bad light-squared bishop.} 21. Nc5 Bxc5
22. Rxc5 Bf5 $2 {Having got the bishop to an excellent diagonal it's a shame
to exchange it as it is no worse than its counterpart on h3. Consolidating
with 22...h6 and doubling rooks on the f-file was probably a better way to
play.} 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Qb1 $3 {A subsequent Ng5 will give a nasty threat to
h7 and Black will have to weaken his kingside to deal with this.} Qa6 25. g4
Rf7 26. Kg1 $1 {Threatening 27.Ng5 and now after 27...Rxf2 it is no longer
check so White has the powerful zwischenzug 28.Qxf7+.} h6 (26... g6 27. Bh6 {
with horrible holes around the black king.}) 27. g5 h5 28. g6 (28. Qg6 {
, winning a pawn is well met by} Ne7 29. Qxh5 g6 {and when Black doubles on
the f-file soon the white attack will have dissolved and the weaknesses in the
white kingside will become more apparent.}) 28... Rf5 29. Qd1 Raf8 30. Nh4 Rxf2
31. Bxf2 Rf4 32. h3 (32. Qxh5 Qd3 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qxg7+ Kd8 {
is probably also good but I was wary about the black queen and rook so I
decided I would try to shut out all counterplay before taking on h5.}) 32...
Ne8 33. Rc3 Qb5 34. Rf3 Re4 35. Rf7 Re2 (35... Qe2 36. Qxe2 Rxe2 37. Rxb7 {
should also win for White.}) 36. Qc1 Qxb2 37. Qf4 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qb4 39. Qf3 Rxa2
40. Qxh5 {Finally, the capture on h5 and in a lost position my opponent's flag
fell.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.03.28"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Poldauf, Dirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Erfurt"]
[BlackTeam "Empor Berlin"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. g3 a5
9. Ne2 a4 10. a3 Ndb8 {An interesting reorganisation of Black's minor pieces
follows, with the idea of facilitating Na5-b3 whilst keeping the a-pawn
defended.} 11. Bh3 Bd7 12. O-O Na5 13. f5 $1 {White sacrifices a pawn for the
initiative, exploiting the fact that Black is behind in development.} exf5 14.
Nf4 Nb3 15. Nxd5 $1 Qc6 16. Nf4 {I was particularly pleased with my
sacrificial play in this game. I am not usually the sort of player to rely too
much on the intuition I used here when giving up my a1-rook.} Nxa1 17. d5 Qb6 {
This is the position I had envisaged when I played 13.f5. I don't know whether
White is better but I felt it was worth the gamble.} 18. e6 (18. d6 {with the
idea of Nd5 and Nc7+ is well met by} Qb3 $1) 18... fxe6 19. Ne5 (19. dxe6 Bc6)
19... c4+ 20. Kh1 g6 $1 {Preventing all my threats based on Qh5+.} 21. Re1 Qb3
(21... Be7 22. Be3 Qxb2 (22... Qb3 23. Qxa1) (22... Bc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Bxf5
$1 O-O (24... gxf5 25. Qh5+) (24... exf5 25. Ned3+) 25. Bxe6+) 23. Re2 Qb3 24.
Qxa1 O-O 25. Bd4) (21... Bd6 22. Nxc4) {are just some ideas in this bizarre
position though doubtless improvements can be found for both sides.} 22. Qe2
Nc2 23. Nxd7 Nxe1 24. Qxe6+ $2 (24. Nf6+ $1 Kd8 25. Nxe6+ Kc8 26. Nd4 $1 Qb6
27. Nxf5 {is fun.}) 24... Kd8 25. Ne5 {Time trouble was descending upon me
already so my moves until the time control are somewhat random.} Qd1 $1 26.
Nf7+ Kc7 27. d6+ Kb6 28. d7+ $2 Nc6 29. Be3+ Ka5 30. Nxh8 Nf3+ (30... Nc2+ 31.
Kg2 (31. Bg1 Bc5) 31... Nxe3+ 32. Qxe3 Qxd7 $19 {(Poldauf)}) 31. Kg2 Ng5 32.
Qe8 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 Nxh3+ 34. Nxh3 Rd8 (34... Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Rd8 36. Nf7 Qxd7 $19 {
(Poldauf)}) 35. Nf2 Qd5 {To my opponent's credit he has defended like a genius
up to this point but by now he was also in time trouble and I had a very lucky
escape.} (35... Rxd7 36. Qxd7 Qxe3 37. Qxb7 Bc5 38. Qxc6 Qxf2+ 39. Kh1 Qg1# {
(Poldauf)}) 36. Bg5 Rxd7 (36... Qxd7 37. Bxd8+ Qxd8 {(Poldauf)}) 37. Qa8+ Na7 {
At the time I couldn't understand why Poldauf left his knight en prise but the
bishop on f8 was hanging anyway, so it was an ingenious effort to confuse me.
I should simply play Qxf8 here.} (37... Kb5 38. Qxf8 Ne5 39. Qb4+ Kc6 40. Qxa4+
Qb5 41. Qxb5+ Kxb5 $19 {(Poldauf)}) 38. Qxa7+ Kb5 39. Be3 Rd6 (39... Bc5 $19 {
(Poldauf)}) 40. Nf7 Re6 {A blunder on the last move of the time control. Of
course 40...Qxf7 41.Qc5+ Ka6 42.Qa7+ is a perpetual, but the zwischenzug 40...
Ra6! does indeed win the piece on f7.} 41. Ng5 Ra6 42. Qb8 {I think I have a
small advantage here. The endgame consisted of shuffling my g5 knight round to
d4 and mopping up some pawns but is not particularly interesting.} Bc5 43. Bxc5
Kxc5 44. Qc7+ Kb5 45. Qxh7 Rb6 46. Qh8 Ka5 47. Qa8+ Ra6 48. Qe8 Rb6 49. Qe2 Qb5
50. Nd1 Qc5+ 51. Kf1 Rd6 52. Nf3 b5 53. Nd4 Qd5 54. Nf2 g5 55. Qe7 f4 56. Qa7+
Ra6 57. Qc7+ Rb6 58. gxf4 gxf4 59. Qxf4 Rg6 60. h4 Rg7 61. Qf6 Qg2+ 62. Ke2 Rh7
63. Qd8+ Ka6 64. Qd6+ Kb7 65. Qc5 Ka8 66. Nxb5 Kb8 67. Qb6+ Ka8 68. Qd8+ Kb7
69. Nd6+ Ka7 70. Nxc4 Rf7 71. Qd4+ Kb8 72. Ne5 Rb7 73. Ned3 Re7+ 74. Kd2 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 2]} {When you're winning everything seems easy and to be happening
naturally. In our big matches against Hungary, Ukraine and Azerbaijan we were
never thinking about team victory before the matches. Every one of us was
simply trying to perform at his best, and somehow that's what we managed to do
most of the time. The final match against Armenia was different, now we
couldn't play without thinking about the final outcome of our adventure.
Rustam Kasimdzhanov, our invaluable coach during the tournament, analysed the
situation with me during our traditional walk in the night. The distribution
of colours was unfortunate for the German team, as with any colour we wouldn't
hope for more than a draw on Arkadij's board. Daniel was in general happier to
be Black, leaving the task to squeeze something out to Gustafsson and me. So
our Whites might be totally useless while Gustafsson didn't forget to inform
the team that Black against Sargissian has always meant suffering for him.
Fortunately, as there were no other boards left, Kasim convinced me, that I
had the best if not the only chance to win a game in this match.  Wenn man
gewinnt, scheint alles einfach und natürlich vor sich zu gehen. In unseren
großen Matches gegen Ungarn, Ukraine und Aserbaidschan dachten wir vorher
niemals an den Mannschaftssieg. Jeder von uns versuchte einfach, sein Bestes
zu geben, und irgendwie schafften wir das die meiste Zeit über auch. Das
Schlussduell gegen Armenien war anders, jetzt konnten wir nicht spielen, ohne
an den letztlichen Ausgang unseres Abenteuers zu denken. Rustam Kasimdzhanov,
unser unbezahlbarer Coach während des Turniers, analysierte die Situation mit
mir bei unserem traditionellen Abendspaziergang. Die Farbverteilung war
unglücklich für das deutsche Team, da wir an Arkadijs Brett bei jeder Farbe
nicht mehr als ein Remis erhoffen konnten. Daniel fühlte sich generell wohler
mit Schwarz, womit die Aufgabe, etwas herauszuholen, an Gustafsson und mir
hängenblieb. Unsere Weißpartien konnten somit komplett nutzlos sein, während
Gustafsson nicht vergaß, das Team zu informieren, dass Schwarz gegen
Sargissian für ihn immer Leiden bedeutet hat. Zum Glück, da es ja keine
anderen Bretter gab, überzeugte mich Kasim, dass ich die beste, wenn nicht gar
die einzige Chance hatte, in diesem Match eine Partie zu gewinnen.} 1. e4 e6 2.
d4 d5 {In the night Kasim had prepared some double-edged lines after
Movsesian's customary 3.e5. Should he choose anything else, I should just aim
for a full game, keeping all 3 results possible.  In der Nacht hatte Kasim
nach Movsesians üblichem 3.e5 ein paar zweischneidige Abspiele vorbereitet.
Falls er etwas anderes wählte, sollte ich einfach eine volle Partie anstreben,
bei der alle 3 Ergebnisse möglich wären.} 3. Nc3 Nf6 $1 {Although 3.Nc3 was a
surprise, my general battle plan was clearly suggesting my opening moves. It
was not the day to find out what's wrong with my Rubinstein French! Obwohl 3.
Nc3 eine Überraschung war, gab mein allgemeiner Schlachtplan meine
Eröffnungszüge klar vor. Es war nicht der Tag, um herauszufinden, was an
meinem Rubinstein-Franzosen faul ist!} 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 {
I am not impressed by the merits of this sideline (supporting the pawn chain
with c2-c3) while the downside is pretty obvious. White can't develop
harmoniously now. Ich bin von den Vorzügen dieses Nebenabspiels (Stützen der
Bauernkette c2-c3) nicht beeindruckt, dagegen ist der Nachteil ziemlich
offensichtlich. Weiß kann sich jetzt nicht harmonisch entwickeln.} Be7 $1 {
I had played the main move 7...Qb6 once, while the other popular choice 7...
cxd4 only justifies White's last move. I played 7...Be7 mainly to sidestep any
possible preparation, but by now I also think it's the best move! I just
continue developing and keep the b-pawn free. Den Hauptzug 7...Qb6 hatte ich
ein Mal gespielt, während die andere beliebte Fortsetzung 7...cxd4 den letzten
Zug von Weiß nur rechtfertigt. Ich spielte 7...Be7 hauptsächlich, um eine
mögliche Vorbereitung zu vermeiden, mittlerweile halte ich es aber auch für
den besten Zug! Ich entwickle mich einfach weiter und halte den b-Bauern mobil.
} (7... Qb6 8. c3 f6 9. g3 cxd4 10. cxd4 fxe5 11. fxe5 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bf4
Ndxe5 $1 {My novelty back then, leading to a dead drawn endgame. Meine
Neuerung damals, die zu einem totremisen Endspiel führt.} 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qb2 17. Qc1 Qf2+ 18. Kd1 Qxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 20. Kd2 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 b6 22. Rf1 Rb8 $1 23. Rf7 Rb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Robson,R-Meier,G Lubbock
2010 (34)}) 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 b5 {While White develops without any clear
purpose Black starts his demonstration on the queenside. Während sich Weiß
ohne irgendein klares Ziel entwickelt, beginnt Schwarz seine Demonstration am
Damenflügel.} 10. Be3 Qa5+ $5 {An original idea, forcing White to take a big
decision. Eine originelle Idee, die Weiß zu einer großen Entscheidung zwingt.}
(10... b4 $132) 11. Kf2 {Asking for trouble... Legt es darauf an...} (11. Qd2 {
was called for, but my opponent apparently didn't sense any danger or didn't
want to allow me the transition to a comfortable endgame. war erforderlich,
aber mein Gegner spürte offensichtlich keinerlei Gefahr oder wollte mir nicht
den Übergang in ein bequemes Endspiel erlauben.}) 11... f6 {Be my guest! Aber
gerne doch!} 12. c3 ({Eyeing the soft spot on e6 now will only lead to White
burning his fingers after Wenn er jetzt den Schwachpunkt auf e6 aufs Korn
nimmt, wird sich Weiß am Ende nur die Finger verbrennen nach} 12. Bh3 fxe5 13.
Bxe6+ Kh8) 12... b4 {Sergei and I lack experience with this structure and
neither of us understood when to release tension between e5 and f6. Sergei und
mir mangelt es an Erfahrung mit dieser Struktur, und wir verstanden beide
nicht, wann man die Spannung zwischen e5 und f6 aufheben muss.} (12... fxe5
$142 $1 13. fxe5 b4 (13... Ndxe5 $2 14. dxe5 Nxe5 {was "TOTALLY" winning
according to Arkadij, but its actually anybody's game after war laut Arkadij
"TOTAL" gewonnen, tatsächlich aber ist nach} 15. h3 {alles drin.}) 14. Re1 bxc3
15. bxc3 Nb6 16. Kg1 Nc4 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Nf3 Rb8 {would give
Black a lasting initiative. würde Schwarz eine anhaltende Initiative geben.})
13. Re1 bxc3 (13... fxe5 $142) 14. bxc3 Ba6 {Now I felt that by closing the
kingside with ...f6-f5 next I would reach a dream-position with all my pieces
ready to invade the queenside. I realised that exf6 has to be White's only
choice now, when my opponent surprised me very pleasantly with his next move!
Nun spürte ich, dass ich durch das Abschließen des Königsflügels mit ...f6-f5
als Nächstes eine Traumstellung erreichen würde, wo alle meine Figuren bereit
stehen, am Damenflügel einzufallen. Mir wurde klar, dass exf6 jetzt für Weiß
die einzige Wahl sein musste, als mein Gegner mich mit seinem nächsten Zug
sehr angenehm überraschte!} 15. Bh3 $2 (15. Kg1 f5 $17) (15. exf6 $1 Nxf6 16.
Bh3 $1 Ne4+ 17. Kg2 $132) 15... f5 16. Bd2 $2 {Just loses time, as taking on
e2 and c3 was no threat yet. Sergei must have underestimated my next move,
after which c3-c4 would be suicidal. Verliert einfach Zeit, da Nehmen auf e2
und c3 noch keine Drohung war. Sergei muss meinen nächsten Zug unterschätzt
haben, nach dem c3-c4 selbstmörderisch wäre.} (16. g4 g6 (16... Bxe2 $6 17.
Rxe2 Qxc3 $2 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Rc1) 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Rg1+ Kh8) 16... Nb6 17.
g4 Nc4 (17... Bd3 {was pretty strong too. war ebenfalls ziemlich stark.}) 18.
gxf5 exf5 19. Rg1 Rab8 $1 {Black just continues the queenside invasion that
should lead to an overwhelming attack. Sensing the upcoming sensation I was
nervous though and took more time than necessary for every move.  Schwarz
setzt einfach die Damenflügelinvasion fort, die zu überwältigendem Angriff
führen sollte. Die bevorstehende Sensation spürend, war ich allerdings nervös
und brauchte für jeden Zug länger als nötig.} 20. Rg3 {Sergei has no choice
but to summon up the ghost of an attack against my king. We both had about 20
minutes left to the time control, but I couldn't decide how to win and burned
one minute after another. Under these circumstances my next move was a very
good practical decision, but with less pressure I might have decided the game
just here. Sergei bleibt nichts anderes übrig, als das Gespenst eines Angriffs
gegen meinen König heraufzubeschwören. Und beiden blieben etwa noch 20 Minuten
bis zur Zeitkontrolle, aber ich konnte mich nicht für einen Gewinnweg
entscheiden und verbrannte Minute um Minute. Unter diesen Umständen war mein
nächster Zug eine sehr gute praktische Entscheidung, aber bei weniger Druck
hätte ich die Partie wohl genau hier entscheiden können.} Nd8 $5 {On e6 my
knight will totally stabilise the position, allowing a comfortable realisation
of my advantage in the upcoming time trouble. So comfortable that my, by now
regular glances at board 4 (where Gustafsson was suffering against Sargissian)
didn't cause any harm. Auf e6 wird mein Springer die Stellung total
stabilisieren, was in der bevorstehenden Zeitnot eine bequeme Verwertung
meines Vorteils erlaubt. So bequem, dass meine mittlerweile regelmäßigen
Blicke auf Brett 4 (wo Gustafsson gegen Sargissian zu leiden hatte) nichts
ausmachten.} (20... cxd4 21. cxd4 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Qxd2 23. Nxd2 Rb2 $19) (20...
Rb2 21. Qg1 Nxd2 22. Rxg7+ Kh8 23. Bxf5 Ne4+ $19 {was a line that I saw, but I
don't know what it was that I didn't see. It must have been one of the ghosts
who haunts so many of us when we are winning and want to finish the game
without any complications. war ein Abspiel, was ich sah, ich weiß aber nicht,
was mir dabei entging. Es muss eines jener Gespenster gewesen sein, welche so
viele von uns heimsuchen, wenn wir auf Gewinn stehen und die Partie ohne
jegliche Komplikationen beenden wollen.}) 21. Rb1 Nb2 22. Qg1 Ne6 $19 {The
position is so good that for a while just about every sensible move keeps my
winning advantage. Die Stellung ist so gut, dass eine Zeitlang so ungefähr
jeder vernünftige Zug meinen Gewinnvorteil behauptet.} 23. Ra1 Bxe2 24. Kxe2
Qa6+ (24... Nc4 $1 {would have made the white pawn chain collapse immediately.
hätte die weiße Bauernkette sofort zum Einsturz gebracht.}) 25. Kf2 Nd3+ 26.
Kg2 Ndxf4+ 27. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 28. Kh1 Qh6 29. Bf1 c4 $1 {Just "killing" the white
minor pieces. 'Tötet' einfach die weißen Leichtfiguren.} 30. Qf2 Rb6 31. Qc2 {
A last attempt to muddy the waters but it didn't distract me. Ein letzter
Versuch, im Trüben zu fischen, aber ich ließ mich nicht ablenken.} g5 $1 32.
Qa4 g4 33. Qxa7 Qe6 34. Rg1 Kh8 35. Nd2 Rb2 36. Rd1 Rg8 {Remember the comfort
I was talking about? :) Erinnern Sie sich an die Bequemlichtkeit, von der ich
sprach? :)} 37. Bg2 Bh4 (37... Nd3 38. Rgf1 f4 {was a straightforward win. war
ein geradeliniger Gewinn.}) 38. Qa5 Bf2 39. Rgf1 Be3 (39... Qh6 $1 40. Rxf2 g3
{curtains. Vorhang.}) 40. Rxf4 Bxf4 41. Nf1 {Finally there was time to come up
with a clear-cut winning plan. Endlich war Zeit, einen klar umrissenen
Gewinnplan zu ersinnen.} Qh6 $1 42. Qxd5 Bxh2 43. Qc6 {I have to admit that I
was thinking to myself what a miracle it is that Movsesian even reached a lost
endgame from the position he had! Ich muss zugeben, dass ich bei mir dachte,
welch ein Wunder es ist, dass Movsesian aus der Stellung, die er hatte, auch
nur ein verlorenes Endspiel erreichte!} Qxc6 44. Bxc6 Bf4 45. Re1 g3 46. Bg2
Rgb8 $1 {That's it! After the exchange of rooks White becomes a mere spectator.
Was war's! Nach dem Tausch der Türme wird Weiß zum bloßen Zuschauer.} 47. a4
Rb1 48. Re2 R8b2 49. Rxb2 Rxb2 50. a5 Ra2 51. Bc6 Kg7 52. e6 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Dortmund Hansa"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 {Mit dieser soliden,
aber auch schwerblütigen Bekämpfungsweise (5./6.f4) der Französischen
Verteidigung (Tarrasch/Pawn Wedge Variation), einer Kreuzung aus Tarrasch- und
Vorstoßvariante, kann Luke McShane auf einen reichhaltigen Erfahrungsschatz
zurückgreifen. Bei diesem "Kettenkampf" entstehen oft sehr komplizierte
Stellungen mit reichhaltigen Möglichkeiten für beide Seiten. Nachfolgend lasse
ich auch einige ältere Partien des englischen Großmeisters, der übrigens
bereits seit 1999 für den SV Werder Bremen in der Schach-Bundesliga spielt,
Revue passieren.} Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 ({Oder z.B.} 7... cxd4 8. cxd4 f5 9. Bd3 Nb6
10. Ne2 Be7 {und nun:} 11. Rg1 (11. a3 Bd7 12. h3 O-O 13. g4 Be8 14. Ng3 Bg6
15. gxf5 Bxf5 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. b3 Qe8 18. Ra2 Rc8 19. Rg2 Nd8 20. O-O Ne6 21.
Kh2 Rf7 22. Rfg1 Qd8 23. Be3 Kh8 (23... Bxa3 $2 24. Qb1 Qf8 (24... Rc3 25. Bxf5
) 25. Nh4 Rc3 26. Bxf5) 24. Qb1 g6 25. Qe1 Nd7 26. h4 Qf8 27. Rh1 $5 Bxa3 28.
h5 $5 (28. Qa5 $2 Bb4 $1 29. Qxd5 Nb6 $1 30. Qxe6 Rc6) 28... gxh5 29. Rhg1 (29.
Ng5 $5) 29... Be7 $6 30. Qa5 Nb6 31. Qxa7 Bd8 32. Qa1 Rg7 33. Qb1 Rxg2+ 34.
Rxg2 Ng7 35. Bd2 Rc6 36. Qg1 Qf7 37. e6 $5 {Der Auftakt zu einem wilden
Zeitnot-Gefecht. Das tollkühne Bauernopfer dient der Räumung des Feldes e5 für
den weißen Springer, der noch Heldentaten vollbringen wird.} Rxe6 38. Ne5 Qf8
39. Bb4 Be7 40. Ba5 Nc8 41. Bb5 Na7 42. Bd7 Rh6 43. Bc7 Ra6 44. Qb1 Bd6 $6 (
44... Qf6 45. Rg5 Qf8) 45. Qc2 $6 (45. Bxd6 Rxd6 46. Qc2 Nc6 47. Qc5 Kg8) 45...
Qe7 46. Bd8 Qf8 47. Bg5 Bb8 48. b4 h4 $6 49. b5 Rd6 50. Qb3 $13 Nh5 $2 51. Qh3
$1 Nxf4 $2 (51... Rg6 52. Qxh4 Bxe5 53. fxe5 Ng7 54. Bf6 Rxg2+ 55. Kxg2 $18)
52. Bxf4 Rxd7 53. Qxh4 $18 Rd6 54. Kg1 h6 {- gegen die tödliche Doppeldrohung
54.Nf7+/55.Be5+ -} ({Falls z.B.} 54... Re6 {so folgt} 55. Bh6 $3 Rxh6 56. Nf7+
Qxf7 57. Qd8+ {nebst Matt}) 55. Ng6+ ({Eleganter war} 55. Bxh6 Rxh6 56. Ng6+
Kg7 57. Nxf8+) 55... Rxg6 56. Rxg6 Bxf4 57. Qxf4 Kh7 {(Nun folgen beiderseits
grobe Zeitnotfehler.)} 58. Rg2 $2 (58. Rb6) 58... Nxb5 59. Qe5 Nc3 $4 (59...
Qf7) 60. Qc7+ Kh8 61. Qxc3 Kh7 {und 1:0 in McShane - Agdestein, Bundesliga
2001 (CDM)}) (11. O-O Bd7 12. a3 O-O 13. h3 Be8 14. g4 Bg6 15. Kh2 a5 16. gxf5
Bxf5 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Rg1 Qd7 19. Qd3 Nd8 20. Rg2 Ra6 21. Be3 Nc4 22. Rag1 Ne6
23. Bc1 g6 24. h4 Ng7 25. Ng3 a4 26. h5 Qe6 27. Rh1 Kf7 28. Kg1 Ke8 $4 (28...
Rb6 $13) 29. h6 $16 Nh5 30. Nxh5 gxh5 31. Rxh5 {1:0/42, McShane,L (2438) -
Bischoff,K (2544), Hastings 2000 (CDM)}) 11... Bd7 12. g4 O-O 13. a3 Na5 14. b3
Rc8 15. Kf1 Na8 16. gxf5 exf5 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Nc3 Qxb3 19. Qxb3 Nxb3 20. Nxd5
Bd8 21. Rb1 Be6 22. Ne3 Nxd2+ 23. Nxd2 Bb6 24. Nf3 Nc7 25. Ke2 Nd5 26. Nxd5
Bxd5 $11 27. Rgc1 g6 28. a4 Rfd8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rb5 (30. a5 $5 Bxa5 31. Rb5
Bxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Rc3 33. Ke2 Bb6 34. d5) 30... Bc6 31. Rb4 Rd8 32. Bb5 Ba5 33.
Bxc6 Bxb4 34. Bxb7 Rb8 35. Bd5+ (35. Ba6) 35... Kf8 36. Bc4 Ba3 37. Ng5 $4 (37.
d5 $13 {/=}) 37... Rb2+ 38. Kf3 Rxh2 39. Kg3 (39. d5 Ke7 40. d6+ Bxd6 41. exd6+
Kxd6 $19) 39... Rc2 $19 40. Nxh7+ $2 Kg7 {0:1, McShane,L (2511) - Hertneck,G 
(2572), Bundesliga 2001 (CDM)}) 8. a3 ({Geläufiger sind 8.Ne2 oder 8.g3, z.B.:
I} 8. Ne2 f6 $1 9. g3 cxd4 $5 10. Nexd4 fxe5 $1 11. fxe5 Nc5 ({CDM:} 11...
Ndxe5 $2 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qh5+ Ng6 (13... Nf7 14. Bb5+ $18 Ke7 15. O-O g6 16.
Qh4+) 14. Bd3 e5 15. Bxg6+ Qxg6 16. Qxe5+ Be7 17. O-O) 12. Bh3 Be7 13. O-O O-O
14. Qe2 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rxf1+ 16. Kxf1 Bd7 $132 {, Atlas - Luther, Austria tt
2001/02, Auszug aus "The Flexible French" von Viktor Moskalenko, New in
Chess-Verlag 2008}) ({II} 8. g3 a5 9. Ne2 a4 10. a3 Ndb8 $5 11. Bh3 Bd7 12. O-O
Na5 13. f5 $1 exf5 14. Nf4 Nb3 15. Nxd5 $5 (15. Rb1) 15... Qc6 16. Nf4 Nxa1 17.
d5 Qb6 18. e6 fxe6 19. Ne5 (19. dxe6 Bc6 20. Bxf5) 19... c4+ (19... g6) 20. Kh1
g6 21. Re1 Qb3 $2 (21... Nb3) 22. Qe2 $16 Nc2 23. Nxd7 Nxe1 $2 24. Qxe6+ $18
Kd8 25. Ne5 $2 $138 (25. Nb6 $1 Ra6 26. Qc8+ Ke7 27. d6+ $1 Kf6 (27... Kxd6 28.
Qe6+ Kc5 (28... Kc7 29. Nfd5+ Kd8 30. Qc8#) 29. Be3+ Kb5 30. Qd5+ Bc5 31. Qxc5#
) 28. Qe6+ Kg5 (28... Kg7 29. Nh5+ gxh5 30. Bh6#) 29. Nh5+ Kxh5 30. Qe2+ Nf3
31. Qxf3#) 25... Qd1 $1 $13 {/=; nach weiteren Wirrungen 1:0/74, McShane,L 
(2455) - Poldauf,D (2455), Bundesliga 1998 (CDM)}) 8... c4 {Nach diesem
Blockadezug, der die Schwäche des Feldes b3 markiert, wird der Kampf zu einer
ziemlich zähen Angelegenheit. Alternativen, z.B.:} ({I} 8... a5 9. b3 (9. g3
Be7 10. Bh3 $5 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Ne2 f5 13. g4 Qd8 14. Ng3 Nb6 15. gxf5
exf5 16. Qc2 g6 17. Bf1 Be6 18. Qg2 a4 $2 (18... Kf7 $142 19. h4 h5 {, L.
McShane}) 19. h4 Nc4 (19... Kf7 $5 20. h5 Ke8 21. hxg6 hxg6) 20. h5 $16 Qa5+
21. Kf2 Qb6 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Be3 Qxb2+ $4 25. Ne2 $18 Kf7 26.
Rab1 Qxa3 27. Rh7+ (27. Rxb7 $18) 27... Ke8 28. Qxg6+ Bf7 29. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 30.
e6 $18 Nd8 31. Ne5 Bh4+ 32. Kf3 Qe7 33. Rb6 Ra6 34. Rxa6 bxa6 35. exf7+ Nxf7
36. Qg8+ Qf8 37. Qxf8+ Kxf8 38. Ng6+ Ke8 39. Nxh4 a3 40. Nc3 Nd6 41. Bc1 {
1:0, McShane,L (2480) - Brynell,S (2484), BL Werder Bremen - Neukoelln 2000 
(CDM)}) 9... cxd4 (9... Be7 10. h4 O-O 11. Bd3 f5 12. Be3 $2 (12. Ne2 $13)
12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Bxa3 14. g4 $2 Bb4+ 15. Kf1 fxg4 16. Ng5 Ndxe5 $1 17. Bxh7+
Kh8 18. Kg2 Nd7 19. h5 Nf6 20. Qd3 Ne7 21. h6 Bd7 22. Bf2 gxh6 23. Rxh6 Bb5 24.
Bg8+ Kg7 25. Rh7+ Kxg8 26. Qc2 Rac8 27. Qb1 Nf5 28. Rh1 Qc6 29. Ra2 Qc1 {
0:1, McShane,L (2568) - Zarnicki,P (2536), ICC INT 2003 (CDM)}) 10. cxd4 Be7
11. h4 f5 12. h5 Ndb8 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Ne2 a4 (14... Na6 15. Kf2 Na7 16. Bb2 O-O
17. g4 fxg4 18. Nh2 g3+ 19. Kxg3 Bb5 $13 {1:0/91, McShane,L (2629) - Zhao,Z 
(2410), Mallorca 2004 (CDM)}) 15. b4 Na7 16. Nc3 Nb5 17. Nxa4 Qc7 18. Nc5 Nc3
19. Qc2 Ne4 20. h6 Rg8 21. hxg7 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Ba4 23. Qb2 Qxg7 24. Rh3 $16 {
, dennoch 0:1/51, McShane,L (2614) - Williams,S (2473), Liverpool 2006 (CDM)})
({II} 8... Be7 9. h4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Na5 11. Ne2 Nb3 12. Rb1 Nb8 13. Be3 Nc6 14.
Nc3 Bd7 15. Na4 Qa5+ 16. Nc3 Qb6 17. Be2 Nca5 18. O-O g6 19. h5 O-O-O 20. Bf2
Kb8 21. Bd3 Rc8 22. Bc2 Be8 23. Re1 {McShane,L (2683)-Williams,S (2507)/
Reykjavik 2011/Mega2011 Update 13/1-0 (35)}) ({III} 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 (9...
Na5 10. Ne2 (10. b4 $5) 10... Qb3 11. Nd2 (11. Qd2 $5 Nc4 12. Qc3 Qxc3+ 13.
Nxc3) 11... Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 $11 b5 13. b3 Be7 (13... Nb8 14. g4 Nbc6 15. h4 f6
16. Bb2 Be7 17. Ng3 fxe5 18. dxe5 O-O 19. Bxb5 Rxf4 20. b4 Rb8 21. Be2 Nc4 22.
Nxc4 dxc4 $15 {remis/71, McShane,L (2480) - Ulibin,M (2583), Stockholm 2001 
(CDM)}) 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Ng1 a6 16. Ngf3 $14 {1:0/51, McShane,L (2544) -
Addison,B (2219), Torquay 2002}) 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Ne2 O-O 12. b4 fxe5 (12... Kh8
13. h4 fxe5 14. dxe5 a5 15. b5 Nd8 16. Bb1 Nc5 17. Be3 Qxb5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19.
Qd3 g6 20. h5 Qc4 21. hxg6 Qxd3 22. Rxh7+ Kg8 23. Bxd3 Re8 24. Ng3 {1:0,
McShane,L (2568) - Schmitz,M (2111), Catalan Bay 2003/CBM 092 ext}) 13. dxe5 h6
(13... Ndxe5 $2 14. fxe5 Rxf3 15. gxf3 Nxe5 16. Qb3 Nxf3+ 17. Kd1 Bf6 18. Bb2 (
18. Be3 $1) 18... Bd7 $4 (18... Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Bd7) 19. Bxf6 $18 gxf6 20. Bxh7+
Kxh7 21. Qxf3 {1:0/27, McShane,L (2592) - Wehner,R (2176), Kuppenheim 2003})
14. Bb1 $16 {1:0/45, McShane,L (2592) - Karabalis,H (2249)/Kuppenheim 2003 
(CDM)}) 9. Ne2 ({Mit} 9. h4 {stießen zwei russische Versuche auf Granit:} h5
10. Ng5 (10. Be2 Na5 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Ngf3 Nf8 13. Ng5 Nh7 14. Kf2 g6 15. Rb1
Bd7 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Bf3 Qb5 18. Bd1 Rc6 19. Rf1 Rb6 20. Kg1 Kf8 21. Be2 Qa4 22.
Bd1 Qb5 23. Be2 Qa4 {1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,S (2587)-Volkov,S (2558)/Tomsk 2001/CBM
082 ext}) 10... Na5 11. Qc2 Qb3 12. Qf2 Nb6 13. Be2 Qb5 14. Bd1 f6 15. exf6
gxf6 16. Qc2 Ke7 17. N5h3 Nb3 18. Rb1 Qe8 19. Ne2 Bd7 20. Ng3 Ba4 21. Qf2 Nxc1
22. Rxc1 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Kd7 {Jakovenko,D (2521)-Volkov,S (2558)/Elista 2001/CBM
083/1/2-1/2 (77)}) 9... Na5 10. g4 $5 (10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Ng3 g6 12. Qf3 Nb6 13.
Be2 Bd7 14. Ngf1 h5 15. Qh3 Bh6 16. Qh4 Qd8 17. Qg3 Qc7 18. Ne3 O-O-O 19. O-O
Ba4 20. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 Strzelecki,K (2415)-Sapis,W (2380)/Bielsko Biala 1990/EXT
1997}) 10... Qb3 {Ein "stilles Remisangebot, das Weiß aber ablehnt.} ({I} 10...
Qc7 $6 11. Ng3 Nb6 12. Bh3 Bd7 13. O-O Na4 14. Qc2 Nb3 15. Rb1 Qa5 $6 (15...
Nxc1 16. Qxc1 O-O-O $13) 16. f5 b6 $2 17. Ng5 $1 $18 Bxa3 (17... Nxc1 18. Qxc1
exf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5) (17... h6 18. fxe6) (17... exf5 18. Nxf5) 18. bxa3
(18. Nh5 $142 Rg8 (18... Bf8 19. Nxf7) 19. fxe6 (19. Nxf7)) (18. Nxf7 $142 Kxf7
19. fxe6+ Ke8 (19... Kxe6 20. Qf5+ Ke7 21. Bg5+ Ke8 22. Qf7#) 20. exd7+ Kxd7
21. bxa3) 18... Qxc3 19. Qf2 O-O 20. Be3 Qa5 21. f6 Qc3 22. fxg7 {1:0 Mannion,
S (2333) - Plant,P (2107), Port Erin 2004 (CDM)}) ({II} 10... h5 $5 {erscheint
mir als die gegebene Fortsetzung, z.B.} 11. gxh5 Rxh5 12. Ng3 Rh8 13. h4 Nb8 $5
{Das Problemkind dieser Variante wird umgruppiert und dem Läufer c8 freie
Sicht gegeben.} 14. Bh3 Nbc6 (14... g6 $6 15. Rb1 Nb3 (15... Nbc6 16. h5) 16.
Be3 Nc6 17. h5 gxh5 18. Ng5 Be7 (18... h4 19. Nh5) 19. Nxh5) 15. f5 $13 Nb3 (
15... exf5 16. Nxf5 g6 17. Ne3) 16. Rb1 Bd7 {mit weiterhin kompliziertem Spiel
und Chancen für beide Seiten.}) 11. Qd2 (11. f5 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Nb6 (12... Nb3
$5 13. Ra2 (13. Rb1 $2 exf5 {/\} 14. gxf5 (14. Nf4 fxg4 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nxd5
hxg5) 14... Nxe5 $1 15. Nxe5 Bxf5) 13... Nb6 $11 (13... Nxc1 $11)) 13. Bh3 Nb3
14. Rb1 $11 {, dennoch 1:0/37 in Stanojoski,Z (2502) - Sequera Paolini,J (2398)
, Dresden 2008 (CDM)}) 11... Qb5 ({Oder auch} 11... Nb6 {und z.B.} 12. Ng3 Bd7
13. Be2 Na4 14. f5 Qb6 $13) 12. Qe3 Nb3 13. Rb1 Nb6 14. Ng3 Bd7 15. f5 {
Weiß setzt den thematischen Hebel unverzüglich in Szene.} Be7 $6 ({Provokant!
Schwarz unterschätzt den möglichen Springerausfall nach h5. Dagegen machte
seine Stellung nach den folgenden Alternativen einen recht zuverlässigen
Eindruck: I} 15... h6 $142 $13 {, z.B.} 16. Bh3 (16. Nh5 O-O-O) 16... O-O-O 17.
O-O Be7) ({II} 15... g6 $142 $13) 16. Nh5 $5 ({Auch in Betracht kam die
Anrempelung} 16. f6 $5 {, hierzu ein paar brisante Ideen:} gxf6 17. exf6 Bxf6
18. Qh6 (18. Nf5 $6 Qc6 19. g5 O-O-O 20. Ne5 (20. Nh6 e5 $3 21. gxf6 (21. Nxf7
$4 exd4) (21. dxe5 $4 d4 22. cxd4 Bxg5 $19) 21... exd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4
Rhe8+ 24. Kf2 (24. Be2 Re4 25. Qd2 Rde8 26. O-O Rxe2) 24... Re4 25. Qd2 (25.
Qd1 Qc5+ 26. Kg2 d4 $19) 25... Rde8 26. Qg5 R4e6 $19) 20... Qc7 21. gxf6 exf5
22. Qh6 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Rhe8 24. Bg2 Rxe5+ 25. dxe5 Qxe5+ 26. Kf2 Be6 $17) 18...
Be7 19. Bg5 $44 (19. Qg7 O-O-O 20. Bf4 $44)) 16... Rg8 $6 ({I Schwarz würdigt
das gegnerische Vorgehen nur ungenügend, seinen König mit} 16... O-O-O $142 {
in Sicherheit zu bringen, verdiente den Vorzug. Es scheint, daß er den
vorübergehenden Bauernverlust nach dem weiteren} 17. Nxg7 Rdg8 18. f6 (18. Bh3
Rxg7 19. f6 Bxf6 20. exf6 Rgg8 21. Ne5 Be8 $13) 18... Bf8 $13 {gut
verschmerzen kann.}) ({II} 16... exf5 $2 {verbietet sich wegen} 17. Nxg7+ Kd8
18. gxf5 $16) 17. f6 gxf6 18. exf6 Bd6 $2 ({Benimmt sich leichtfertig seines
Rochaderechts und überläßt dem Gegner nicht nur die Initiative, sondern gleich
auch einen gesunden Mehrbauerrn. Erforderlich war} 18... Bf8 $5 {, z.B.} 19.
Ne5 Nc8 20. Ng7+ (20. Qf2 Nxc1 21. Rxc1 Nd6 $13) (20. Bg2 Nd6 21. Ng7+ Bxg7 22.
fxg7 O-O-O {ist Zugumstellung zu 20.Ng7+}) 20... Bxg7 21. fxg7 Nd6 22. Bg2
O-O-O 23. Qh6 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 Qxb2 25. O-O f5 $5 $13) 19. Ng7+ Kd8 20. Ng5 {
Nun büßt Schwarz ohne ersichtliche Kompensation einen Bauern ein.} Rf8 21. Nxh7
Rh8 22. Ng5 Rf8 23. Nf3 $16 Bc6 ({Auch zu erwägen war} 23... Kc7 {zwecks
besserer Kordination seiner Truppe, wenngleich nach z.B.} 24. Bg2 Nxc1 25. Qxc1
Rh8 26. O-O $16 {der weiße Vorteil ebenfalls unstrittig wäre.}) 24. Be2 ({
Etwas zögerlich, jedenfalls ist} 24. g5 $1 {nicht von der Hand zu weisen:} Kc8
25. g6 $1 Bd7 (25... fxg6 $2 26. Qxe6+ Kc7 27. Qxd6+ Kxd6 28. Bf4+ Kd7 29. Bh3+
Kd8 30. Ne6+ Ke8 (30... Kc8 31. Nxf8+ $18 Nd7 32. Nxd7 Kd8 33. f7 Ke7 34. Bg5+
(34. Nde5) 34... Kxf7 35. Nfe5+ Kg7 36. O-O) 31. Nxf8 Kxf8 32. Be6 Nd7 33. Bd6+
Ke8 34. Ne5) 26. Ne5 Nxc1 27. Qxc1 (27. Rxc1 fxg6 (27... Qxb2 28. Bh3) 28. Qf2)
27... Bxe5 28. dxe5 fxg6 29. Qe3 $16) 24... Nd7 (24... Kc7 25. g5 Nd7 26. g6 $5
(26. O-O) 26... Nxf6 27. Ng5 Ne4 28. O-O $16) 25. g5 ({Ebenfalls prüfenswert
sind: I} 25. Ng5 $5 {(/\Nxf7)} Nxc1 (25... e5 26. O-O $1) 26. Rxc1 $5 (26.
N5xe6+ $2 fxe6 27. Nxe6+ Kc8 28. Nxf8 Nxe2 29. Qe8+ Kc7 30. Ne6+ Kb6 $13) (26.
Qxc1) 26... Qxb2 27. N7xe6+ fxe6 28. Nxe6+ Kc8 29. Nxf8 Nxf8 30. O-O $16) ({II
} 25. O-O Kc8 (25... Nxf6 $2 26. Ne5 $1 $18) 26. Qh6 Nxc1 27. Qxc1 Qb6 $5 (
27... e5 $2 28. Nf5 Bc7 29. Ne7+ Kd8 30. b3 $18)) 25... Qb6 ({I} 25... Kc8 26.
O-O $16 (26. h4 $16) 26... Nxc1 27. Qxc1 Qb6 28. Qe3 Qc7 29. g6 $5 (29. Nxe6 $5
)) ({II} 25... Nxc1 $6 26. Qxc1 {- drohend 27.g6 Nxf6 28.Ng5 -} Kc8 (26... Kc7
27. g6 $1) 27. b4 $16) ({III} 25... Kc7 {s. o. 24...Kc7}) 26. Kf1 $2 ({Genug
der Vorbereitung! Hier hätte McShane energisch mit der Aushebelung} 26. g6 $1 {
die schwarze Stellung an der Achillesferse packen können, z.B.} Kc8 (26... Nxc1
27. Rxc1 (27. Qxc1 $143 Kc8 $16) 27... Nxf6 (27... Qxb2 28. Ng5) (27... Kc8 28.
Nxe6) 28. Ng5 $18) 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. f7 Nxc1 29. Rxc1 (29. g7 $2 Nxe2 $1 30.
g8=Q Kc7 31. Qg7 Nf4) 29... Rxf7 30. gxf7 Qxb2 31. O-O $18) 26... Nxc1 (26...
Kc7 $14 {hätte die Türme verbunden und seine Majestät etwas aus der Schußlinie
gezogen, z.B.} 27. Kg2 (27. h4) 27... Rac8 28. h4 Kb8 29. h5 Rh8 30. h6 Qc7 31.
Rh4) 27. Qxc1 Qc7 $2 ({Klemmt sein Oberhaupt, der ebenso wie sein Visavis auf
der Suche nach einer Nische ist, sehr ungemütlich auf d8 ein. Wiederum schien
mir} 27... Kc7 $142 {geboten:} 28. h4 Rac8 (28... e5 $2 {Diese an sich
wünschenswerte Öffnung ist hier wie auch in manch nachstehenden Varianten wegen
} 29. Nf5 $1 {fehlerhaft:} e4 (29... Ba4 30. dxe5 Nxe5 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. Qe3
$16) 30. Nxd6 exf3 31. Bxf3 $18 Kxd6 32. Qf4+) 29. h5 Kb8 30. h6 $14) 28. Qe1
Rh8 (28... e5 29. dxe5 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Bxe5 31. Bf3 Kc8 (31... d4 $2 32. Bxc6
Qxc6 33. Qxe5 Qxh1+ 34. Kf2 $18) 32. Nf5 $16) 29. Qf2 Nf8 30. h4 $16 Qb6 $6 {
Nun macht sich bei Schwarz Ratlosigkeit breit und zudem aufkommende Zeitnot
bemerkbar. Alternativen:} ({I} 30... Kc8 31. Bd1 {/\Bc2}) ({II} 30... Bg3 31.
Qg2 Bd6 32. h5 Kc8 33. Bd1 {/\Bc2}) 31. h5 (31. Ne5 $5 {dürfte zwar stärker
gewesen sein, aber es ist auch gut nachvollziehbar, daß McShane versucht,
seinen Vorteil möglichst unkompliziert nach Hause zu fahren.} Bxe5 32. dxe5
Qxf2+ (32... Qc7 33. Re1 (33. Qd4 Ng6 34. Bh5 Rxh5 35. Nxh5 Nxe5 36. Qf4) 33...
Ng6 34. Bh5 Rxh5 35. Nxh5 Nxe5) 33. Kxf2 Ng6 34. Kg3 Nxe5 35. Rhe1) 31... Ng6
$2 $138 ({I} 31... Kc8 32. Kg2 $16) ({II} 31... Ba4 32. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 33. dxe5
Ng6 34. Qxb6+ axb6 35. Nxe6+ $1 Kd7 (35... fxe6 36. hxg6 Rxh1+ 37. Kg2 Rh8 38.
Rh1 Rg8 39. f7 Ke7 40. fxg8=Q Rxg8 41. Rh7+ Kd8 42. Kh3 $18) 36. Nd4 Nxe5 37.
Rg1 Rag8 38. Re1 $18) 32. Kg1 (32. Rg1 $1 Nf4 (32... Nf8 33. g6 $18 Kc7 34. Ng5
) 33. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 34. dxe5 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 $18 Nh3+ 36. Ke3 Nxg1 37. Rxg1) 32...
Nf4 33. Bf1 Nd3 (33... Qc7 34. Re1 $18) 34. Bxd3 cxd3 35. g6 $18 Kd7 (35... Kc8
36. Ng5) 36. Ng5 ({Oder auch} 36. gxf7 Kc8 37. Nxe6 (37. Ne5) 37... Bd7 38. Qe3
Bxe6 39. Qxe6+ Kc7 40. Qxd5) 36... fxg6 {und Schwarz überschritt in klar
verlorener Stellung die Zeit. Eine gehaltvolle Kampfpartie, die einige
knifflige Eröffnungs- und Mittelspielfragen aufwirft.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dashko, Andrey"]
[Black "Alikhanov, Felix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. a3 f6
9. Bd3 (9. b4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O (11... fxe5 12. fxe5 Nf8 13. Bd3
Bd7 14. Qc1 Ng6 15. Ne2 (15. Qc2 O-O 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qxg6 $6 Nxb4 $36) 15...
O-O 16. Qe3 Rf7 17. O-O Raf8 18. Bc3 (18. Bxg6 $5) 18... Nf4 19. Nxf4 Rxf4 20.
g3 R4f7 21. Kg2 a6 22. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Schaefer,M/Essen GER 2001/
The Week in Chess (22)}) 12. Bd3 Qd8 13. h4 f5 14. g4 Nb6 15. gxf5 exf5 16. Ne2
Be6 $132 {0-1 Rechel,B-Radjabov,T/Groningen NED 1999 (42)}) 9... Be7 10. Ne2
O-O (10... a5 $5) 11. h4 Kh8 (11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Kh8 13. Bb1 Rf7 (13... Na5 $5
) 14. Qd3 Nf8 15. b4 Bd7 16. Be3 Rc8 17. h5 $14 {1-0 Bibby,S-Giddins,S/
Eastbourne 1990/EXT 90ch (30). (29)}) 12. h5 cxd4 13. cxd4 fxe5 14. fxe5 $6 (
14. dxe5 $5) {[%tqu "De","Welches typische Motiv kam nun zur Anwendung?","","",
"f8f3","",4]} 14... Rxf3 $1 {[%mdl 544] darauf hatte Schwarz gespielt. Man
beachte, dass der Sinn des Zuges 11...Kh8 nun ganz klar wird, denn mit dem
König auf g8 wäre ...Sxd4 Sxd4 Dxd4 wegen Lxh7+ nicht möglich.} 15. gxf3 Nxd4
16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. f4 (17. Qe2 $6 Nxe5 18. Bb1 Bd7 19. Be3 Qc4 20. f4 Qxe2+ 21.
Kxe2 Bb5+ $15) 17... Bh4+ 18. Rxh4 $1 Qg1+ 19. Ke2 $2 ({Nach} 19. Kd2 Qf2+ 20.
Kc3 Qxh4 21. Be3 $13 {hat Weiß weit mehr Gegenchancen als in der Partie.})
19... Qg2+ $17 20. Ke3 Qg3+ 21. Qf3 Qxh4 22. Bd2 Nc5 23. Bc2 Bd7 24. Rh1 Qe7
25. Qg4 $6 (25. Rc1 $17) 25... d4+ 26. Kxd4 $6 (26. Ke2 Bb5+ 27. Kd1 d3 28. Bb1
Ne4 $17) 26... Ba4 $19 27. Qd1 Rd8+ 28. Ke3 Qd7 29. Bb4 Bxc2 30. Qxc2 (30. Qxd7
Nxd7 31. Rc1 Ba4 32. Rc7 Bc6 $19) 30... Qd4+ 31. Ke2 Nd3 32. Bd6 Qe4+ 33. Kd2
Qxf4+ 34. Kxd3 Qf3+ 35. Kd2 Qxh1 36. Qc7 Qg2+ 37. Ke3 Qg1+ 38. Ke4 Qb6 39. Qf7
Qc6+ 40. Kd4 Qe8 41. Qxb7 Qxh5 42. Qxa7 Qg4+ 43. Kc3 Rc8+ 44. Bc5 Qe4 45. b4
Qxe5+ 46. Kb3 Qd5+ 47. Kb2 Ra8 48. Qc7 Rd8 49. Kb1 $6 Qd3+ (49... Qb3+ 50. Kc1
Rd1#) 50. Kc1 Qxa3+ 51. Kc2 Qa2+ 52. Kc1 Qc4+ 53. Kb2 0-1

[Event "Skopje Solidarnost-06"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "1976.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1976.02.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qa5 $6 (7...
Qb6 {ist heutzutage die Hauptvariante.}) 8. Kf2 (8. Be3 $5 b5 9. a3 c4 10. Ne2
Qc7 11. g4 $14 {Istratescu,A-Rodriguez Herreros,V/Linares 72/(276) 1998/
[Istratescu,A] (21)}) 8... Be7 9. Bd3 Qb6 10. Ne2 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Kg3 $5 {
eine sehr mutige Entscheidung, um die weiße Umklammerung im Zentrum aufrecht
erhalten zu können.} (12. Rf1 {ist nicht so ambitioniert, schraubt das Risiko
aber auch nicht so hoch, z.B.} cxd4 (12... O-O 13. Kg1 cxd4 14. cxd4 e5 15. Nc3
Nxd4 16. Nxd5 Nxf3+ 17. Kh1 Qd4 18. Qxf3 {mit Ausgleich laut Nunn, Burgess,
Emms. Ich glaube allerdings, daß Weiß über eine nicht ungefährliche Initiative
verfügt, z.B.} Nc5 (18... exf4 19. Bxf4 Bg5 $2 20. Qh3 $18) 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.
Be3 Bg4 21. Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Bxd4 Bxf3 23. fxe5 $16) 13. cxd4 e5 14. Nc3 Nb4 15.
Na4 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Qa5 17. fxe5 Qxa4 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Re1+ Ne4+ 20. Kg1 $14 {
(Nunn, Burgess, Emms)}) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. Re1 $2 (14. h3 $1 {(Nunn,
Burgess, Emms) war von Nöten, um den König aus der Gefahrenzone evakuieren zu
können.}) 14... e5 $1 15. fxe5 $2 (15. dxe5 $1 Ndxe5 16. Bc2 $1 {und ich habe
nichts Besseres als} Ng4 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. Rf1 Nb4 19. Qe4 g6 20. Bd2 Nxc2 21.
Qxc2 Nh6 22. h3 Qxb2 $15 {gefunden.}) (15. Nxe5 $2 Ndxe5 16. dxe5 Bh4+ 17. Kxh4
Qf2+ 18. Ng3 Rxf4+ $19) 15... Ndxe5 16. dxe5 Bh4+ $3 $19 {[%mdl 640] ein
unglaublicher Zug, der den weißen König weiter ins Freie zieht.} ({Nach} 16...
Bxe5+ $2 17. Nf4 {geht es hingegen nicht so recht weiter.} ({Auch} 17. Bf4 {
(Nunn, Burgess, Emms) kommt in Betracht, z.B.} Qe3 18. Qd2 Qxd2 19. Nxd2 Rxf4
20. Nxf4 g5 $14 {/+/-})) 17. Kxh4 (17. Nxh4 $2 Qf2#) 17... Rxf3 $1 18. Rf1 (18.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. e6 (19. gxf3 Qf2+ 20. Kg5 Nxe5 21. Qc2+ Kh8 22. Nd4 Qxe1 $19)
19... Bxe6 (19... Qb4+ 20. Bf4 (20. g4 Bxe6 21. Nf4 g5+ 22. Kh5 Qxf4 23. Qc2+
Qe4 $19) 20... Rxf4+ 21. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 22. Qg4 Qxh2+ 23. Qh3 Qf4+ 24. Qg4 Qxg4+
25. Kxg4 Kg6 $17 {/-+}) 20. gxf3 Qf2+ 21. Kg5 Ne5 22. Qc2+ Kh8 23. Nd4 Qxd4 24.
Qc3 Qxc3 25. bxc3 Nxf3+ $19) (18. Bc4 Qf2+ 19. Ng3 Rf4+ 20. Kg5 (20. Kh5 Bg4+
21. Qxg4 g6+ 22. Kh4 Rxg4+ 23. Kxg4 Qxe1 $19) 20... h6+ 21. Kh5 Bf5 22. Qxd5+
Kh7 $19) (18. e6 Bxe6 19. Rf1 Qb4+ 20. Bf4 g5+ 21. Kxg5 (21. Kh5 Rxd3 22. Qxd3
Ne5 $19) 21... Ne5 22. Kh4 (22. Bxh7+ Kf8 23. gxf3 Qe7+ 24. Kh5 Bf7+ 25. Kh6
Qh4#) 22... Rxd3 23. Qe1 Qe7+ 24. Bg5 Ng6+ 25. Kh5 Qe8 $19) (18. gxf3 Qf2+ 19.
Kg5 h6+ 20. Kh5 Qxh2+ 21. Kg6 Ne7#) 18... Qb4+ 19. Bf4 Qe7+ 20. Bg5 (20. Kh5
Qe6 21. gxf3 Qh3+ 22. Kg5 Qh6# {(Nunn, Burgess, Emms)}) 20... Qe6 $1 {wegen
der doppelten Mattdrohung Dg4 und Th3 gewinnt Schwarz nun sein Material zurück,
wonach die Partie praktisch entschieden ist.} 21. Bf5 (21. Rxf3 Qg4#) (21. gxf3
Qh3#) 21... Rxf5 22. Nf4 (22. Rxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxd5+ Be6 24. Qf3 Qxe5 25. Bf4 g5+
26. Bxg5 Qxh2+ $19 {(Nunn, Burgess, Emms)}) 22... Qxe5 23. Qg4 Rf7 24. Qh5 Ne7
25. g4 (25. Bxe7 Rxf4+ 26. Rxf4 Qxf4+ 27. g4 Qxh2+ 28. Kg5 h6+ 29. Kg6 Qc2+ $19
{(Nunn, Burgess, Emms)}) 25... Ng6+ 26. Kg3 (26. Nxg6 Qxh2#) (26. Kh3 Rxf4 $19)
26... Bd7 27. Rae1 Qd6 28. Bh6 Raf8 {Quelle: The World's Greatest Chess Games
von Burgess, Nunn und Emms, Robinson London 1998.} 0-1

[Event "Kramatorsk"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2003.08.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Maiorov, Oleg Ivanovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2003.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 ({Die
vorliegende Notation gibt hier} 7. Ngf3 {dort dann hängt dauernd der Bauer d4,
so dass ich stark vermute, dass hier 7.Sdf3 gespielt wurde. Nach 14.Sf3 geht
beides in einander über.}) 7... Qb6 8. g3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 g5 11. fxg5
Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Kg2 Nc4 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. Bd3 (15. b3 Nd6 16. Bf4 Rc8 17.
Rc1 $14 {1-0 Fischer,R-Nussbaum,S/corr 1995/MegaCorr2 (38)}) 15... Be7 (15...
e5 16. Qe2 $6 (16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qe6 18. Rf1 {ist kritisch.}) 16... e4 17.
Bxc4 Bg4 $1 18. Bb5+ $6 (18. Rf1 Qe6 $132) 18... Kf8 19. Ne5 Bxe2 20. Nd7+ Ke7
21. Nxb6 Bf3+ $15 {0-1 Mahesh Chandran,P-Williams,S/Witley 2000/CBM 77 ext (34)
. (34)}) 16. Qe2 f5 $2 (16... Bb5 17. a4 (17. Bf4 Nd6 18. Bxb5+ Nxb5 19. Rhf1
$14) 17... Ba6 18. Rf1 $14) 17. gxf6 $18 Bxf6 18. b3 Nd6 19. Ne5 O-O-O (19...
Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Nf7 21. Qg7 $18) 20. Bf4 $1 Nf5 (20... Qxd4 21. Rhf1 Bc6 22. Rac1
$18) 21. Rac1+ (21. Rac1+ Bc6 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Qxe6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.02"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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 "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. g3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 f6 11. Kg2 O-O 12. Bd3 g5 13. h3 (13. exf6 gxf4 (
13... Nxf6 14. fxg5 Ne4 15. Bf4 e5 $13 {0-1 Lemmers,O-Rubingh,O/Leeuwarden
1995/EXT 95 (29)}) 14. gxf4 Nxf6 15. Ne2 Kh8 16. Rg1 $14 {1-0 Klebel,M-Ruf,M/
Bad Neustadt 1988/GER 01 (27)}) (13. Be3 g4 14. Nh4 f5 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Bxf5
Ndxe5 $13 {0-1 Carton,N-Willmoth,R/BCF-ch 1987/TD 87\02 (63)}) 13... gxf4 14.
gxf4 Kh8 15. Qe2 Be7 (15... Nxd4 16. Nxd4 fxe5 (16... Qxd4 $2 17. Be3 $18) 17.
Bxh7 exd4 (17... Qxd4 $2 18. Be3 Qc4 19. Bd3 Rg8+ 20. Kh2 Qc7 21. Qh5+ Kg7 22.
Nf3 $18) (17... Kxh7 $2 18. Qh5+ Kg7 19. fxe5 $18) 18. Bd3 $40) (15... fxe5 16.
dxe5 Nc5 $6 17. Bxh7 Kxh7 18. a3 $40) 16. Be3 Nb4 17. Bb1 a5 18. h4 Rf7 $6 19.
Nh3 $16 a4 20. a3 Nc6 21. Bd3 Qc7 22. Rag1 Nb6 23. Kh2 Bd7 24. Rg3 Rg8 25.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 26. Rg1+ $18 {[%mdl 128]} Kh8 (26... Rg7 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. exf6+
Bxf6 29. Nfg5 $18) (26... Kf8 27. Bxh7 Rg7 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Bd3 $18) 27. exf6
Bxf6 28. Nfg5 Bxg5 29. Nxg5 Rxf4 30. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 31. Rg3 Be8 32. Nxe6 Qf6 (32...
Qh6 33. Rg7 Bg6 34. Qf2 $18) 33. Rf3 Qxh4+ 34. Rh3 Qe7 35. Rxh7+ Qxh7+ 36. Bxh7
Kxh7 37. Nf8+ {gewinnt den Läufer e8, wonach keine Zweifel am weißen Sieg mehr
aufkommen.} ({Laut Fritz 6 hätte} 37. Qg4 {allerdings in 4 Zügen matt gesetzt:}
Bg6 38. Qh4+ Kg8 39. Qf6 Nd7 40. Qg7#) 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpatchev, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Riff, Jean Noel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 4. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:01:30]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 5. e5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
(7... Nc6 {La grande ligne}) 8. O-O {[%emt 0:05:04]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 9.
Bxa6 {[%emt 0:03:42]} (9. Ne1 Bxd3 10. Nxd3 Nc6 11. Qg4 $14 {Adams,M (2694)
-Lemos,D (2556) Gibraltar Masters 8th 2010 (9) 1-0}) 9... Nxa6 {[%emt 0:00:23]}
10. Re1 {[%emt 0:06:37]} (10. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2a6]} Nc7 11. a4 O-O $11) 10... b5 {
[%emt 0:00:54]} 11. a4 {[%emt 0:17:23]} (11. a3 Qb6 12. Nf1 c4 13. h4 h6 14. h5
Nc7 15. Ng3 a5 16. Bd2 Qc6 17. Nh2 O-O-O 18. Qg4 Rhg8 19. Qh3 Kb7 20. Ng4 Rh8
21. f4 g6 22. Re2 Qb6 23. Nf1 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Nfe3 Ra8 {Timofeev,A (2658)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2602)/Dresden 2007/CBM 118/1/2-1/2 (66)}) 11... b4 {[%emt 0:
01:01]} 12. c4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 13. cxd5 $146 {[%emt 0:00:
28]} (13. b3 O-O {Andriasian,Z (2540)-Socko,B (2660) Rubinstein Memorial 39th
2007 (1) 1/2}) 13... Nxd5 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 14. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:09][%csl Ge4]}
O-O {[%emt 0:01:48]} 15. a5 {[%emt 0:07:04]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:14:35]} 16. Bg5 $1 {
[%emt 0:04:40]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 17. Nexg5 {[%emt 0:03:41]} h6 {[%emt 0:
06:22]} 18. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} c4 $1 $132 {[%emt 0:01:27][%csl Gc4][%cal
Gc4c3]} 19. Nd6 {[%emt 0:14:43]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 20. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:54]}
Nb8 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 21. Nd2 {[%emt 0:11:02][%cal Gd2e4]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:04:32]}
(21... c3 22. bxc3 bxc3 23. N2c4) 22. N2e4 {[%emt 0:01:37]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:21]}
23. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Rxd6 $5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} (23... Nd7) 24. exd6 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:44]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:
19]} 26. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} (26. Ne4) 26... bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 27. Qd3 {
[%emt 0:00:49]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:04:48]} 28. Qxa6 {[%emt 0:07:10]} Ndb4 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} 29. Qc4 {[%emt 0:06:05]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 30. Ne4 {[%emt 0:
01:31]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 31. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
32. Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxe1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 33. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ra8 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} 34. Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 35. Rxa5 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxa5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 36. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {A surprise. I was expecting 3.Nc3 more as Paco has
had more experience with it, so I was ready for a complex fight in the
Classical or McCutcheon Variation.} Be7 {As usual, I stick with this flexible
move which I know best.} 4. c3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 {Going for a structure that can
also arise from the Colle System which I've studied a lot in the past.} ({
Also playable is} 5... Nf6 {but I didn't like the idea of allowing White to
hold on to the pawn with Nb3 and a later Be3.}) 6. Bd3 Nc6 $6 (6... Nf6 {
was more accurate as it forces Qe2} 7. Ngf3 $5 (7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Ngf3 Qc7 $1 {
leads to my game 4 years ago against Paragua.} 9. O-O O-O 10. e5 Nd7 $5 11. Nb3
Bb6 12. Re1 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Nbd4 e5 $1 15. Nxe5 Nxd4 (15... Nxe5 $2 16.
Qxe5 Re8 17. Qxe8+ Nxe8 18. Rxe8+ Kf7 19. Rh8 $16) 16. cxd4 Bxd4 17. Bf4 Qb6
18. Rab1 {1-0 (28) Paragua,M (2508)-Sadorra,J (2525) Boracay Island 2012, and
here the easiest way to equalise is} Ne4 $1 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3
Be6 $11 (21... Qxe3 22. Rxe3 Be6 $11)) 7... dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10.
Qxe4 Bc6 11. Qe2 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 (31) Svidler,P (2765)-Shipov,S (2576) Moscow 2006
}) 7. Ngf3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nb3 {Now I realise that White doesn't
have to spend a tempo on Qe2. But I thought that so long as the Greek gift
doesn't work for White my position should still be fine especially that the f6
break plan is still viable.} Bb6 11. Re1 (11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Ng5+ Kg6 13. Qd3+
f5 14. Nxe6 Qe7 15. Nxf8+ Nxf8 $13 {and my 2 pieces aren't worse than his rook
and pawns in this complex middlegame.}) 11... f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nbd4 Qd6 ({
Somehow during the game, I was recalling the move Rf8-e8 from my previous
studies of such positions, but it looked so artificial to me that I critically
worked out on the board if something was wrong with the natural Qd6. In the
end I didn't trust my memory, and I was right that there's nothing wrong my
move!} 13... Re8 14. Bf4 $14) 14. Be3 {Paco was still playing his moves
relatively fast here but I didn't trust him and kept checking his ideas.} Ng4
$1 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 {"Chess is not checkers!" This pawn sac is the whole idea
behind ...Ng4.} 16. Bc2 e5 17. Nxc6 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 ({The fullness of my
compensation for the pawn is seen after} 18. fxe3 bxc6 {I have a strong bishop
pair and the centre for a mere pawn, plus I'm threatening Bg4 & Qh6 next!})
18... Bxe3 19. Ncxe5 Bxf2+ 20. Kh1 {Paco was still playing his moves fast
which shouldn't be much of a surprise as most of the moves are forcing so far,
but I felt that he may have missed that small tactic on f2.} Bf5 (20... Rf6 $2
21. Qe2 Bb6 22. Ng5 $18 {and suddenly I'm the one in trouble!}) 21. Bxf5 Rxf5
22. Qc2 Raf8 23. Qxf2 Qxe5 24. Nxe5 (24. Qh4+ $4 Kg8 25. Nxe5 Rf1+ 26. Rxf1
Rxf1#) 24... Rxf2 25. Ng6+ Kg8 26. Nxf8 Kxf8 27. Rb1 {The forcing moves are
over and it's time to take stock.} g5 $1 ({Initially, I was planning to
quickly bring my king to the centre} 27... Ke7 28. h4 Kd6 29. Kh2 Ke5 30. Kg3
Rd2 31. Kf3 {but didn't like it as White can make easy progress on the
kingside.}) ({I also considered paralysing the enemy queenside pawns with} 
27... a5 {but White simply pushes his kingside pawns} 28. h4 a4 $2 29. Kg1 Rd2
30. Rf1+ Ke7 31. Rf2 $18) 28. h3 Ke7 (28... Kg7 $2 29. Rd1 Rxb2 30. Rxd5 Rxa2
31. Rxg5+ {sure there's still work to be done, but White is practically
winning with his connected passed pawns.}) 29. Kh2 b5 30. Kg3 Rd2 31. Kf3 Kf6 {
All previous moves were forced and now Paco stops for a long think.} (31... a5
$2 32. Re1+ Kf6 33. Re2) 32. a3 a5 $6 ({Safest was the solid} 32... a6 $1 33.
g3 Kf5 34. Ke3 Rh2) (32... Kf5 {requires some accuracy} 33. g3 Rd3+ 34. Kf2
Rd2+ 35. Ke3 Rg2 (35... Rh2 36. Kd4 Rxh3 37. Kxd5 Rxg3 38. Kc5 Rh3 39. Kxb5 g4
40. c4 (40. Rg1 Rh7 $1 41. b4 Rg7 42. c4 g3 43. c5 Ke5 $1 44. Kc6 Rg6+ 45. Kb7
Rg7+ 46. Ka6 Kd5 $11) 40... Rb3+ $1 41. Ka6 Ke5 42. Kxa7 g3) 36. Kd4 Rxg3 37.
Kxd5 (37. Kc5 $2 Rxh3 38. Kxb5 g4 39. Ka6 Rh7) 37... Rxh3 38. Kc5 g4 39. Kxb5 {
and during the game it looked to me that White will win the pawn race, but
things are actually not so clear had I applied the simple principle of placing
a rook behind a passed pawn!} Rh7 $1 (39... g3 40. c4 (40. Rg1 Kf4 41. c4 Rh7
$1) 40... g2 41. Rg1 Rg3) 40. c4 g3 41. b4 (41. c5 g2 42. Rg1 Rb7+) 41... g2
42. Rg1 Rg7 43. c5 Ke5 $1 44. a4 (44. Ka6 Kd5) (44. Kc4 Rg4+ 45. Kb5 Rg7) 44...
Kd5 $11) 33. g3 (33. Ke3 $1 Rxg2 34. Kd4 Rg3 35. Kxd5 Rxh3 36. Kc5 $16) 33...
b4 $4 {Panic reaction.} (33... Kf5 34. Ke3 Rg2 $1 35. g4+ Ke5 36. Kf3 Rh2 37.
Kg3 Rd2 $11) 34. cxb4 ({If} 34. axb4 axb4 35. cxb4 {my idea was} Rd3+ 36. Kg4
Rb3 $1 37. Rf1+ (37. Kh5 Rxg3) 37... Kg6 {and after I pick up the one of the
b-pawns it'll be a dead draw.}) 34... axb4 35. a4 $1 {This is what I missed in
analysis before playing b5-b4.} Ke5 36. a5 Kd6 37. Kg4 {the passed pawns on
both sides of the board give Black insurmountable problems} Rd3 38. Rc1 $1 $18
(38. a6 Kc7 39. a7 Kb7 40. Ra1 Ka8 41. h4 $6 ({he had to find} 41. Rg1 $1 Rd2
42. Kxg5 Rxb2 43. h4 d4 44. h5 d3 45. h6 Rh2 46. Kg6 $18) 41... gxh4 42. gxh4
Rd2 {and my queenside passers give me counterplay and good drawing chances.})
38... Re3 39. a6 Re8 40. Kxg5 d4 {I have no choice but to push my pawns.
During the game, I was harbouring hopes of a draw with my rook attacking one
of the pawns on the 7th rank preventing the king from coming to either g7 or
b7, but alas there's that other passer on the g-file. Therefore, White is
simply winning here, as my queenside counterplay is too slow.} 41. h4 Kd5 42.
h5 d3 43. h6 Kd4 44. h7 d2 45. Rd1 Kd3 46. g4 Kc2 47. Rxd2+ Kxd2 48. Kf6 Ra8
49. a7 {...and I resigned as White's winning plan is straightforward:} (49. a7
Kc2 50. g5 (50. Kg7 $4 Rxa7+) 50... Kxb2 51. g6 b3 52. g7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ndf3 f6 (7... Qb6
) 8. Bd3 $6 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. a3 (11. Ne2 O-O 12. a3 fxe5 13.
fxe5 Ndxe5 $5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxb4 Rxf3 16. gxf3 Nxf3+ 17. Kf1 e5 $13) 11...
Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 O-O 13. Ne2 h6 14. b4 $5 a6 15. Rc1 (15. Rb1 $5 {P b5}) 15...
Rf7 16. Bg6 Rf8 17. Bb1 Rf7 (17... a5 $5 18. Qd3 axb4 $1 19. Qh7+ Kf7) 18. Qd3
Nf8 19. exf6 $5 Rxf6 20. g4 $5 Bd7 21. h4 Rf7 {P 22...e5!} 22. Rg1 $1 Be8 23.
h5 Rc8 24. g5 hxg5 25. Rxg5 Rf6 {P h6, <->h5} 26. Nh2 $1 Nxb4 {[#]} 27. Qd2 $1
(27. axb4 $2 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 Qxb4+ 29. Kf2 Rxf4+) (27. Qg3 $5 Rxc1+ $1 28. Nxc1
Rf7 $1 (28... Qc7 29. Ne2 Nc6 30. Ng4 $1) 29. h6 Qxd4 30. Ne2 Qa1 31. Rxg7+
Rxg7 32. Qxg7+ Qxg7 33. hxg7 Kxg7 34. axb4 $14) 27... Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 Nc6 29.
Ng4 Kh8 $6 (29... Kf7 $1 30. Nxf6 $140 (30. Bd3 $5) 30... gxf6 31. Rg3 f5 $1
$13) 30. Nxf6 gxf6 31. Rg3 Nxd4 $2 (31... f5 32. Kf2 $1 Nh7 33. Qg1 Nf6 34. h6
$1 {P g8!} Ng4+ 35. Rxg4 fxg4 36. Qxg4 Qc7 37. Qxe6 Qf7 38. Qd6 $18) 32. Nxd4
Qxd4 33. Qc7 f5 34. Qe7 Qb2 35. Qxf8+ Kh7 36. Qg8+ Kh6 37. Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "Haninge m"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. Nf3 Qb6 10. a3 Be7 11. Nc3 (11. Ng3 O-O 12. Bd3 fxe5 13. dxe5 Nc5 14. Bc2
a5 15. Be3 $5 {Bologan-Danielan/Yurmala/1991/} Qxb2 16. O-O Qc3 17. Bf2 Qc4 18.
Kh1 g6 19. Nd2 Qa6 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 22. Qc2 Kg7 23. Qxc5 $18)
11... O-O 12. Bd3 fxe5 13. Na4 $2 (13. fxe5 Rxf3) (13. dxe5 Nc5 14. Bc2 Rd8 15.
Nd4 Ne4 16. Be3 Qxb2 $140 17. Na4) 13... Qc7 14. dxe5 b5 $3 15. Bxb5 Ba6 $1 16.
Bxa6 Qa5+ 17. Nc3 Qxa6 18. Qe2 Qb6 19. Qb5 g5 $3 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. g3 (21. Nxg5
Bxg5 22. fxg5 Ndxe5 23. Rf1 Nd3+ 24. Ke2 Rxf1 25. Kxf1 Nd4 $17) 21... Nc5 22.
O-O g4 $1 23. Ne1 Nb3 $1 24. Rb1 Bc5+ 25. Kg2 Ncd4 26. Nd3 Nf5 $1 27. Rd1 Rfc8
28. Bd2 h5 $2 (28... Be3 $1 29. Be1 Bd4 (29... d4 30. Ne4) 30. Bf2 (30. Bd2
Bxc3) 30... Bxc3 31. bxc3 Rxc3 32. Nc1 (32. Bxb6 d4 $1) 32... Nc5 33. Rxb6 Rc2
34. Kg1 Ne4 35. Nd3 Rxa3 $19) 29. Nc1 $1 (29. Nc1 $1 Nxd2 30. Rxd2 Bxa3 31.
Nxd5 exd5 32. bxa3 Rxa3 33. Ne2 d4 34. Nxd4 Nxd4 35. Rxd4 Ra2+ 36. Kg1 Rcc2 $10
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haninge m"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 cxd4 (7...
b5 8. a3 cxd4 (8... a5 9. Nf3 b4 10. axb4 cxb4 11. f5 exf5 12. Nf4 Nb6 13. Bb5
Bb7 14. e6 Bd6 15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. O-O $16 {Shirov,A-Nikolenko/URS/1991/}) 9.
Nxd4 (9. cxd4 $5) 9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Nf3 f6 13. Nd4 Nxe5
14. fxe5 fxe5 15. Nc2 Bf2+ 16. Kd1 e4 17. Qe2 e5 18. Be3 Qh4 19. g3 Bxg3 20.
hxg3 Qxh1 $17 {Shirov,A-Bareev,E/Hastings/1991/}) 8. cxd4 f6 9. Nf3 Qb6 10. a3
Be7 11. b4 O-O (11... a5 12. b5 $5 Qxb5 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. Rb1 Qd8 15. Bd3 $13)
12. Rb1 a6 $5 (12... a5 13. b5 a4 14. Nc3 Ncxe5 15. fxe5 fxe5 16. Bd3 e4 17.
Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 e5 19. O-O Nf6 20. Bg5 $13 {Shirov,A-Gurevich,M/Muenchen/
1993/}) (12... fxe5 13. dxe5 (13. fxe5 Rxf3 $1 14. gxf3 Bh4+ $17) 13... g5 $1
14. g3 Ndxe5 $1 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Qf2+ 17. Kd2 Bd7 $40) 13. Qd3 (13. Ng3
fxe5 14. dxe5 Ndxe5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 $36) 13... Qd8 $1 14. g3 Nb6 15. Bg2 Bd7 $6 (
15... Nc4 {/\ b5,a5}) 16. O-O Rc8 17. g4 Nc4 $6 (17... Na7 $132) 18. Ng3 Qb6 $6
19. Kh1 g6 $2 20. h4 f5 21. Bh3 Kh8 22. h5 $1 fxg4 23. Bxg4 gxh5 24. Bxh5 Rg8
25. Rg1 Rcf8 26. Ra1 $1 Be8 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Ra2 Rg7 29. Rh2 Reg8 30. Rgg2 $1
Bd8 31. Rh6 Qc7 32. Rgh2 Rf7 33. Nh5 $2 (33. R2h3 {/\ f5+-}) 33... Ne7 $3 34.
Nf6 Nf5 35. Rxh7+ (35. Nxg8 Kxg8) 35... Rxh7 36. Rxh7+ Qxh7+ 37. Nxh7 Kxh7 38.
Kh2 Be7 39. Nd2 $2 (39. Nd2 $2 Nce3 40. Qe2 Rg2+ (40... Rg3 $40) 41. Qxg2 Nxg2
42. Kxg2 Nxd4 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch59"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2004.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Visser, Yge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. a3 $5
{[%csl Rb3,Gb4][%cal Yb2b4] This has become quite fashionable in recent times
with Luke McShane employing it in a series of impressive attacking games. It
makes a good deal of sense, not just cutting out ...Bb4+, but also introducing
the aspiration to play the spacegaining b4 himself. Compared with the 6 a3
line in the Advanced, White's pawn chain is less vulnerable at the head - f6
needs to be combined with further undermining measures (sometimes ...g5 which
carries its own risks) in order to be really effective. However, the potential
weakness of b3 remains the key issue, and Black's direct attempt to exploit it
that we witness here is one of his main antidotes.} cxd4 ({I have some
instinctive sympathy for the less commital and space-contesting} 8... a5 $5 {
but I have to concede that White builds a fierce and direct attack in numerous
examples.} 9. b3 (9. Ne2 a4 $5) (9. g3 $5 Be7 (9... a4 $5 10. Ne2 Be7 11. Bh3
cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb3 $1 {looks more likely to generate some real counter-play.}
13. Qxb3 axb3 14. Bd2 Nb6 15. Bc3 Na4 16. Rc1 b5 17. Kf2 O-O 18. Nd2 b4 19.
axb4 Nxb4 20. Bxb4 Bxb4 21. Nxb3 Nxb2 $132 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Delchev,A/
Linares 1999/CBM 68 ext (36)}) 10. Bh3 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Ne2 f5 13. g4 Qd8
14. Ng3 Nb6 15. gxf5 exf5 16. Qc2 g6 17. Bf1 {[%cal Gf1c4,Gc2g2]} Be6 18. Qg2
a4 19. h4 $1 Nc4 20. h5 Qa5+ 21. Kf2 Qb6 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Be3 $1
Qxb2+ 25. Ne2 Kf7 26. Rab1 Qxa3 27. Rh7+ Ke8 28. Qxg6+ Bf7 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. e6
$18 {1-0 McShane,L-Brynell,S/Bundesliga 2000/ (41). McSh}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4
Be7 11. h4 $5 f5 12. h5 h6 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Rg1 Qd8 15. Nc3 Nb6 16. Ra2 $1 Bd7
17. g4 fxg4 18. Rxg4 Rf7 19. Bd3 Bf8 20. Bg6 Be8 21. Rag2 $1 {1-0 Adams,
M-Saiboulatov,D/Senat 2003/CBM 94 ext (51) was also a powerful and instructive
concentration of force.}) 9. cxd4 Na5 ({As another illustration of White's
ideal strategy (albeit not of Black's stiffest defence) we could do worse than
look at} 9... f6 10. b4 Be7 11. Bd3 $1 O-O 12. Ne2 Kh8 13. h4 fxe5 14. dxe5 a5
15. b5 Nd8 16. Bb1 Nc5 17. Be3 Qxb5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qd3 g6 20. h5 Qc4 21.
hxg6 Qxd3 22. Rxh7+ Kg8 23. Bxd3 Re8 24. Ng3 {1-0 McShane,L-Schmitz,M/Catalan
Bay ENG 2003/The Week in Chess 430 (24)}) 10. Ne2 ({I'm not sure whether} 10.
b4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Ne2 {has been refuted or is simply not quite trusted.}
Qc6 13. d5 $1 Qxd5 (13... exd5 14. Nc3 Nb6 15. Nd4 Qg6 16. O-O $44 {( Delchev
- but maybe this is not so clear)}) 14. Qxd5 exd5 15. Nc3 Be7 (15... Nb6 16.
Nb5 Kd7 $5) 16. Nxd5 Bd8 17. Ne3 $14 {1-0 Delchev,A-Kunosic,S/Bihac 1999/EXT
2000 (65)}) 10... Qb3 11. Qd2 (11. Nc3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 a6 13. Kc2 ({more
prudent than} 13. b4 Nb3 14. Rb1 Nxc1 15. Rxc1 Nb6 16. Nd2 Be7 17. Nb3 Nc4 18.
Bxc4 dxc4 19. Na5 b5 $132 {Cioara,A - Berkes,F/ Donau (op) 2001.}) 13... b5 14.
b3 {shouldn't suffice for an advantage after} Nb8 $1 {[%cal Gb8c6,Gb5b4]
according to Psakhis.}) 11... b6 (11... Nc4 12. Qc3 Qxc3+ 13. Nxc3 $14) 12. Nc3
Nc4 13. Qd1 $5 {[%mdl 8] An interesting idea - hitherto White has either
aquieced in the exchange of queens, or allowed his queen to be kicked around
in his determination to avoid this simplification. Van der Wiel opts for an
interesting third way - trying to prove that the chasing process has resulted
in an exchange under improved circumstances.} (13. Qf2 {keeps queens, but
Black's queenside forces have made a lot of headway in generating some play.}
Ba6 14. h4 Rc8 15. Rh3 Nb8 16. Ng5 Nxa3 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Kf1 h6 19. Nf3 Nb8
20. Kg1 a6 21. f5 Qc2 $132 {Grischuk,A-Volkov,S/Russia Cup Final, 2000.}) 13...
Qxd1+ 14. Kxd1 {[%cal Yc3b5,Yf4f5]} a6 15. f5 Be7 16. Bd3 b5 17. fxe6 fxe6 18.
Ne2 $14 {[%cal Ge2f4] The achievement of f5xe6 by no means ends the game, but
it is easy for White to find a plan, and my feeling is that Van der Wiel's
refinement advances theory and the White cause.} O-O 19. b3 Na5 20. Kc2 Nb8 21.
Ng5 $5 (21. Bg5 $5) 21... h6 22. Nf3 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Ge2f4,Gf4g6]} Nbc6 23. h4
Bd7 24. Rh3 Bd8 (24... Rfc8 25. Kb2 Rab8 26. Rg3 Nc4+ 27. Ka2 {achieves
nothing.}) (24... b4 25. a4 {similarly. When I first saw this ohase of the
game I felt Black ought somehow to be able to organise counter-chances with a
well timed ...b4 and perhaps some piece sac, but in fact this seems impossible
to organise.}) 25. Rg3 Kh8 26. Nf4 Ne7 27. Be3 Nac6 28. Nh5 Rf7 29. Ng5 $1 {
[%mdl 516] A fitting sacrificial end to White's consistent strategy. Having
said that, Black surely hastens the end by acceptance of the offer.} hxg5 (
29... Rf8 $5 30. Nh3 $40) 30. hxg5 Nf5 (30... Kg8 31. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 32. gxf6+
Kf8 33. Rh1 $18) 31. Bxf5 Nxd4+ ({or} 31... exf5 {when} 32. Rh1 Kg8 33. Nf6+ $1
Bxf6 34. Rgh3 {is decisive.}) 32. Bxd4 Rxf5 33. Nf6 $1 Rc8+ 34. Kd3 Bxf6 35.
Rh1+ Kg8 36. gxf6 g5 37. Rgh3 $1 1-0

