[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Erevan MIKA"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 Bb7 11. O-O Qc7 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bc2 O-O-O {This order of
moves was examined by GM Ch.Lutz in CBM 62, annotations to Sadler - Dreev.} 14.
Ng5 Re8 $6 {Too passive.} (14... Ne5 {is the main continuation, with the
following possibilities:} 15. Qe2 (15. Qe1 Qb6 (15... Re8 $5) 16. Bf4 $5 (16.
f4 Nd3 17. Qg3 c4+ 18. Be3 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Kh1 b4 21. Na4 Nxa4 22. Bxa4
h6 23. Nf7 Nxe4 $13 {1/2 Bareev,E (2655)-Dreev,A (2645)/Elista 1996/CBM 056/
[Lutz] Der Remisschluß kommt etwas unpassend, gerade, wo es spannend wird.
Weiß hat 7 plausible Züg mit der Dame, aber nur einer führt zu einer unklaren
Stellung.}) 16... Nd3 $6 (16... h6 $1 17. Bxe5 hxg5 $13) 17. Qe3 $1 (17. Bxd3
$143 Rxd3 18. Qe2 Rd7 19. Rad1) 17... Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Bd6 (18... Rd7 $8 19. Rad1
Bd6 20. e5 Bc7 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Qf7 $16) 19. e5 Bb8 20. Nxe6 $1 Rde8 21. Nxg7
Rxe5 22. Bf5+ Kd8 23. Rad1+ Ke7 24. Rfe1 $18 {1-0 Gabriel,C (2575)-Waitzkin,J 
(2435)/Bad Wiessee 1997/CBM 061 ext (47)}) 15... Re8 (15... Qb6 $2 16. f4) 16.
f4 (16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Rad1 {Lutz: Besser ist} Rhf8 (17... Nf3+ 18. Nxf3 Bxf4 19.
e5 Nd5 $5 20. a4 {Weiß erhält einen Gratis-Angriff.} b4 21. Ne4 Bxe5 22. Nxe5
Qxe5 23. Qc4 Re7 24. Nxc5 Rc7 25. Be4 $16 {1-0 Huebner,R (2575)-Siegel,G (2495)
/Bremen 1998/CBM 068/[Lutz] (38)}) 18. Bg3 h6 19. Nh3 g5 20. Rd2 Qc6 21. f4
gxf4 22. Nxf4 Bc7 23. Rdd1 c4 $13 {1-0 Landa,K (2570)-Galliamova,A (2440)/
Novgorod 1997/CBM 060/[Lutz] (77)}) 16... Nc6 $5 {/\ ...Nd4} 17. Nf3 g5 $6 {
Nach anderenZügen folgt ebenfalls 18.e5.} (17... Nd4 $13) 18. e5 g4 19. exf6
gxf3 20. Qxf3 Nd4 21. Qh5 Be7 $5 22. f7 {Möglicherweise hat Schwarz diesen Zug
unterschätzt. Der Bauer bereitet Schwarz noch kräftige Kopfschmerzen.} Rd8 23.
Be4 $14 {1-0 Sadler,M (2665)-Dreev,A (2640)/Luzern 1997/CBM 062/[Lutz] (62)})
15. f4 c4 $146 (15... b4 16. Na4 h6 17. Nf7 Rg8 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bg6 Qc6 20. Rf3
c4 21. Kh1 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. exd6 Qxd6 26. Qd4
$16 {1-0 Verzhansky,A (2219)-Mokin,N/Kazan 2003/EXT 2005 (52)}) 16. e5 h6 (
16... Nd5 {needs testing but I can hardly imagine how Black can do without ...
h7-h6.}) 17. Nf7 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Rhf8 19. Bg6 Qc6 20. Qe2 Re7 (20... Nd5 21. a4
$16 (21. Ne4 $16)) 21. exf6 Rexf7 22. Be4 {It is not worthwhile to exchange
the important bishop for a passive rook:} (22. Bxf7 Rxf7 $44 {[%csl Gb7]}) ({
but two other options were apparently preferable:} 22. Ne4 $5 Rxf6 23. Nxf6
Rxf6 24. Bh5 {or}) (22. a4 $5 Rxf6 23. Be4) 22... Qb6 23. Bxb7+ Kxb7 24. fxg7
Rxg7 25. a4 Qc6 {[%cal Gc6g2,Gg7g2] Black now obtains counterplay along the
g-file.} 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rf3 Rfg8 28. g3 Bd4 (28... h5 $5 29. Ra5 h4 30.
Rxb5+ Bb6 $132) 29. Be3 e5 30. Bxd4 $2 (30. fxe5 Nxe5 $1 (30... Rf7 31. Bxd4
Rxf3 32. Kg1 $44) 31. Bxd4 Nxf3 32. Bxg7 Rxg7 33. Qf2 $1 $11) (30. Ra5 $5)
30... exd4 31. Nxb5 {[%mdl 640]} Qxb5 32. Qe4+ Kc7 $2 {This move is more than
obvious but} (32... Kc8 $1 {was the right way to refute White's piece
sacrifice:} 33. Ra8+ (33. Qxd4 Qc6) 33... Nb8 $19) 33. Ra7+ Kd8 34. Rfa3 {
Black's king is now in danger but fortunately he has several ways to defend it.
} Re7 $5 {Two other moves were safer:} (34... Nb8 35. Ra8 (35. R7a5 $2 Qc6 36.
Rd5+ Rd7) (35. Qxd4+ Rd7 36. Rxd7+ Qxd7 37. Qxc4 Rg6 $13) (35. R3a5 $5 Qc6 36.
Rd5+ Kc8 37. Raa5 Rc7 38. Rac5 Qe8 39. Re5 Qd7 $11) 35... Re8 36. R3a5 $1 Qb7
37. Rxb8+ $1 Qxb8 38. Qxd4+ Rd7 39. Qf6+ {with a perpetual}) (34... c3 $5 35.
Ra8+ Kc7 36. R3a7+ Kd6 37. Qxd4+ (37. Ra6+ Nb6 38. Qxd4+ Qd5+ 39. Qxd5+ Kxd5
40. Rxg8 Rxg8 41. bxc3 $11) 37... Ke6 $1 38. Qe4+ (38. Qe3+ $6 Ne5 $1 39. f5+ (
39. Ra6+ Kf5 40. Rxg8 Qf1+ 41. Qg1 Qxa6 42. Rxg7 Qa8+ 43. Qg2 Qa1+ 44. Qg1 cxb2
45. Rb7 Nf3 $19) 39... Kxf5 40. Qf4+ Ke6 41. Ra6+ Nc6 $15) (38. f5+ Qxf5 39.
Ra6+ Ke7 40. Qb4+ Kf7 $11) 38... Kf7 39. Rxd7+ Qxd7 40. Qc4+ Kg6 41. Rxg8 {
and one of the sides will give a perpetual}) 35. Qa8+ $2 {After this check
Black simply parries White's attack. The other one was correct:} (35. Ra8+ $1
Nb8 (35... Kc7 $4 36. R3a7+ Kd6 37. Qxd4+ $18) 36. Rxb8+ $1 Qxb8 37. Qd5+ Kc7
38. Ra5 $5 {V.Lebedev} (38. Qxc4+ Kd7 39. Qd5+ Kc7 40. Qc5+ Kd8 $1 41. Qd5+ Kc7
42. Ra5 Re1+ 43. Kg2 Re2+ 44. Kf1 Rc2 $1 45. Qe5+ (45. Rb5 Qa8) 45... Kc6 $1
46. Ra6+ (46. Qe6+ Kc7 47. Qf7+ Kb6) 46... Kb7 $1 47. Qb5+ Kc8 $1 {and White
can't win}) 38... Qb7 $1 39. Rc5+ Kb8 40. Rb5 {White now gets a material
advantage but Black's rooks give him counterplay:} Rge8 $1 41. Rxb7+ (41. Kg2
c3 42. Rxb7+ Rxb7 43. Qd6+ Rc7 $11) (41. f5 c3 $11) 41... Rxb7 42. Qd6+ (42.
Qxd4 Re2 $1 $11) 42... Ka8 43. Kg2 $5 (43. Qc6 Rd8 $1 44. Qxc4 d3 $44) (43. f5
Re2 $1) (43. Qa6+ Kb8 44. Qd6+ $11 (44. Qxc4 $4 Rxb2 $19 {[%cal Re8e1,Ye8e2]}))
43... d3 $5 ({or} 43... Rxb2+ 44. Kh3 Ree2) 44. Kf3 (44. Kh3 Re2 45. Qf8+ Ka7
46. Qc5+ Kb8 47. Qxc4 Rd7) 44... Re2 {and Black should survive.}) 35... Nb8 36.
Rxe7 (36. R3a5 Rxa7 $1 (36... Qc6+ 37. Rd5+ $1) 37. Qxa7 Nc6 $3 38. Rxb5 (38.
Qa8+ $2 Kc7) 38... Nxa7 39. Rd5+ Ke7 40. Rxd4 Rc8 $17 {was relatively better
but not enough for a draw.}) 36... Kxe7 37. Qe4+ Kd6 $1 38. Qxd4+ Qd5+ 39.
Qxd5+ Kxd5 $19 {[%csl Gd5] Comparing to the 36.R3a5 line, Black has an active
king.} 40. Ra5+ Kd4 41. Ra8 Kd3 42. Ra3+ Kd2 43. Ra5 Rc8 44. g4 Kc2 45. Rb5 Nc6
46. Rc5 Na7 47. b4 0-1

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ne5 Ke7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 b6 12. Nbd2 a5 13. Nb3 Ba6 14. Nxc5
bxc5 15. f3 Nd5 16. Bd2 N7b6 17. Rfc1 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Rhc8 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Bxa5
Bd3 21. Bb6 Kd6 22. a4 c4 23. Ra3 f6 24. a5 Rc6 25. Kf2 Ra6 26. Rcc3 Rc8 27.
Ke1 Kc6 28. Kd2 Raa8 29. Rc1 Kb5 30. Kc3 Bg6 31. Rd1 Bf7 32. Rda1 Ka6 33. Ra4
Rab8 34. Rd1 Re8 35. Rb4 f5 36. h4 g6 37. Kd4 Re6 38. b3 Rc6 39. bxc4 dxc4 40.
Kc3 Be6 41. Rb2 h6 42. Rbd2 Rbc8 43. Rd4 Rb8 44. e4 fxe4 45. Rxe4 Rbc8 46. Re5
h5 47. Rd2 Rb8 48. Rde2 Bf5 49. Re7 Rb7 50. Rxb7 Kxb7 51. Re7+ Kb8 52. Rf7 Ka8
53. Bd4 Rc8 54. a6 Rc6 55. Rf8+ Rc8 56. Rf6 Kb8 57. g4 hxg4 58. fxg4 Bxg4 59.
Rxg6 Be2 60. Re6 Bf3 61. Rf6 Be2 62. Rf5 Rg8 63. h5 Rg3+ 64. Kb4 Rb3+ 65. Ka4
Bd1 66. Ka5 Ra3+ 67. Kb6 Rb3+ 68. Kc6 Rf3 69. Rg5 Rf8 70. h6 Bc2 71. Rg7 Be4+
72. Kb6 Rc8 73. Be5+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2015.12.12"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden TU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Be7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Qc2 Na6 13. Rfd1 c6 14. a3 Nc7 15.
b4 Bd6 16. Nd3 Ne6 17. e3 Ng5 18. f3 Rc8 19. Qb2 Qd7 20. Nf2 c5 21. dxc5 bxc5
22. e4 Ne6 23. exd5 Nd4 24. f4 Bf8 25. Nd3 Ne2+ 26. Nxe2 Rxe2 27. Bf3 c4 28.
Ne5 c3 29. Nxd7 cxb2 30. Nxf6+ gxf6 31. Bxe2 bxa1=Q 32. Rxa1 Rc2 33. Rd1 Bxd5
34. Kf1 Ra2 35. Bc3 Bb3 36. Ra1 Rc2 37. Bxf6 Bg7 38. Bxg7 Kxg7 39. a4 Bc4 40.
Bxc4 Rxc4 41. b5 Rc2 42. Rd1 Rc4 43. a5 Rb4 44. Rd5 Rb2 45. h4 Kg6 46. h5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[BlackTeam "Socar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8.
Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 $5 {This sequence (...h7-h6 and ...Nf6-h5) is not very
common. The difference from the immediate 8...Nh5 can only be favourable for
White.} 10. Bxe7 (10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nf6 12. Bd3 Bd6 $1 13. O-O-O Qa5 14.
Kb1 Bd7 15. Rc1 O-O-O 16. Nd2 Kb8 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Na4 Bc8 19. Nbc5 b5 20. Nc3
Bxc5 21. dxc5 Ng4 $11 {1/2 (62) Kornev,A (2566)-Burmakin,V (2581) Nefteyugansk
2002}) 10... Qxe7 11. O-O-O (11. Bd3 {is harmless due to} Nf4 12. O-O Nxd3 13.
Qxd3 O-O $11) (11. Be2 $5 Nhf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rab1 a5 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Nd2 Nb6
16. Rbc1 Be6 17. Ne2 Nc8 18. a3 Nd6 $11 {1-0 (41) Darga,K-Struner,P Graz 1961})
11... Nhf6 (11... Nb6 12. Ne5 $1 {Here we see the drawback of the advance of
Black's h-pawn. Any attempt to push away this centralised knight by means of ..
.f7-f6 terribly weakens the light squares in Black's position.} Nf6 13. h3 (13.
Bd3 Ng4 14. Nf3 Be6 15. h3 Nf6 16. Ne5 Nfd7 $11 {1/2 (58) Mikrut,D (2356)
-Mastrovasilis,D (2608) Poland 2015}) 13... Bd7 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Kb8 16.
Kb1 Rc8 17. g4 Rc7 18. f3 Rd8 19. Qh2 $14 {1-0 (44) Piket,J (2640)-San Segundo
Carrillo,P (2505) Madrid 1997 CBM 059 [Tsesarsky]}) 12. Kb1 Nb6 (12... Ne4 $5)
13. Bd3 (13. Ne5 {can now be met with} Ng4) (13. h3 $5 {[%cal Yf3e5]}) 13...
Bg4 {[%mdl 32] A classic idea originating from Akiba Rubinstein. White's
doubled pawns will be less mobile than connected pawns. However...} (13... Be6
14. h3 {[%cal Yf3e5]}) 14. Rc1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 {... even here the position of
Black's pawn on h6 favours White: he can attack Black's g7-pawn, and in the
event of ...g7-g6 it will be more vulnerable to f3-f4-f5 (after h2-h4 to avoid
...g6-g5). In the game, though, White chooses a completely different plan.}
O-O-O 16. Qb3 (16. h4 $5 h5 17. Rcg1 g6 18. f4) 16... Kb8 17. a4 {[%csl Rc6]
[%cal Ya4a5,Ya5a6]} Rc8 (17... Qe6 $5 18. Ne2 $1 (18. a5 $143 Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4
{[%cal Re6f5]})) 18. a5 Nbd7 19. e4 $1 Qe6 20. a6 b6 21. Qa3 dxe4 $6 {
Conceding the centre is not a good idea.} (21... Rhd8 $142 22. e5 Nh5 23. Ne2 {
[%cal Yf3f4]} g6 $14 {[%cal Yh5g7]}) 22. fxe4 Rhd8 23. Bc2 (23. e5 $142 $1 Nd5
24. Ne4 $16) 23... c5 $1 24. d5 $6 {White could have avoided the blockade:} (
24. Bb3 $1 Qh3 (24... Qg4 25. Rhe1) 25. Rhd1 $36 {[%cal Ye4e5]}) 24... Qe5 25.
f3 Ne8 26. Nb5 g5 27. h4 Nd6 28. Ba4 Nxb5 29. Bxb5 g4 30. Qe3 f5 $6 {There was
no point in opening up the position.} (30... Nf6 $1 $13) 31. fxg4 Nf6 (31...
fxg4 32. Rhf1 {[%cal Rf1f5]}) (31... Qxe4+ 32. Qxe4 fxe4 33. Rce1 Nf6 34. g5
Nxd5 35. Rxe4 $16) 32. Rce1 $6 (32. gxf5 Qxe4+ 33. Qxe4 Nxe4 34. Rhd1 $16)
32... fxe4 (32... Qxe4+ $142 33. Qxe4 Nxe4 34. gxf5 Nd2+ $1 35. Kc2 Nf3 {
keeping chances to survive.}) 33. Rhf1 Nxd5 34. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 35. Rxe4 $16 {
With a potential kingside passed pawn and the a6 "coffin nail" in Black's king
position, White has excellent winning chances.} Nc7 (35... Rc7 36. Re6 Rh7 {
is too passive.}) 36. Bc4 Rf8 (36... b5 37. Be6 Re8 38. Bxc8 Rxe4 39. Bb7 {
should be lost as well.}) 37. Ref4 Rxf4 38. Rxf4 b5 39. Bf7 Rd8 40. Rf6 Rd4 41.
Rxh6 1-0

[Event "CZE-chT 1617"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pardubice"]
[BlackTeam "Lysa nad Labem"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Ne1 Rd8 12. Nd3 Be7 13. Rb1 Nd5 14. Bb2
Bd7 15. Ba1 b6 16. c4 Nf6 17. Nb3 Be8 18. c5 Nd5 19. Rdc1 Rab8 20. cxb6 Rxb6
21. Ne5 Ncb4 22. Nc4 Rbb8 23. a3 Na2 24. Rc2 Rdc8 25. Be5 Rb7 26. e4 Ndc3 27.
Nca5 Rb5 28. Bxc3 Nxc3 29. Rbc1 Ne2+ 30. Kf1 Rcb8 31. Kxe2 Kf8 32. a4 Rh5 33.
Rc8 Rb4 34. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 18th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2017.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Qc1 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 Qd6 13. Nbd2 a5 14. Rfc1 Nbd7
15. Qe3 Bxf3 16. Nc4 Qb4 17. Qxf3 Nd5 18. Qa3 f5 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. Nd2 c6 21.
a5 Rfc8 22. e4 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Rc7 24. Bh3 Nf8 25. Nc5 Kf7 26. Ra4 Ra7 27. Re1
Re7 28. Nd3 Nd7 29. Nxb4 Nxb4 30. Rxb4 Nf6 31. Ra4 Ra8 32. Ra3 Rd8 33. a6 bxa6
34. Rxa6 Rd6 35. Rc1 Rxd4 36. Rcxc6 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Re1 38. Rc2 g5 39. Ra4 Rb7 40.
Bg4 Rb1 41. Rc6 Re1 42. Rc2 Rb1 43. Rc5 h6 44. Bxe6+ Kg7 45. b3 Re7 46. Rc6 Rb2
47. h3 Rd2 48. Rca6 Ne8 49. Ra7 Rxa7 50. Rxa7+ Kf6 51. Rd7 Nd6 52. Bg4 Ke5 53.
Re7+ Kf6 54. Re6+ Kg7 55. Re7+ Kf6 56. Re2 Rd4 57. Re6+ Kg7 58. Be2 Ne4 59. Bh5
Nc5 60. Rg6+ Kh7 61. Rb6 Kg7 62. b4 Ne4 63. Rg6+ Kh7 64. Re6 Nc3 65. Rc6 Nd5
66. b5 Rd2 67. Bg6+ Kg7 68. Be4 Ne3+ 69. Kf3 Nd1 70. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 18th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2017.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O
b6 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Na3 Bxa3 11. bxa3 Ba6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bb4 Re8 14. e3 Rc8
15. Qa4 Bc4 16. Nd2 b5 17. Qxa7 Ra8 18. Qb7 Rb8 19. Qa6 Rb6 20. Qa5 Qc8 21. e4
Nxe4 22. Nxc4 bxc4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rc2 Rc6 25. Rac1 Nb6 26. Qb5 Qa8 27. Bc5
Rb8 28. Qb4 f5 29. Qd2 h6 30. Rb2 Nd5 31. Rxc4 Rxb2 32. Qxb2 Rc7 33. Rc1 Qa6
34. Qd2 Rf7 35. Bb4 f4 36. Qc2 Rc7 37. Bc5 e3 38. fxe3 Nxe3 39. Qe4 Rf7 40.
gxf4 Nd5 41. Rb1 Qc8 42. Bd6 Nf6 43. Qe2 Qc6 44. Qxe6 Qc2 45. Rf1 Qg6+ 46. Kh1
Kh7 47. f5 Qg4 48. Qe3 Rb7 49. h3 Qh4 50. Rg1 Ne4 51. Bb4 Ng5 52. Rg4 Qh5 53.
Kh2 Rc7 54. Bc5 Rb7 55. Bb4 Rc7 56. f6 gxf6 57. Qd3+ Kh8 58. Bc3 Rg7 59. Rg3
Re7 60. d5 Re2+ 61. Kg1 Ne4 62. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Chartres"]
[Date "2017.05.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.05.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bischwiller"]
[BlackTeam "Mulhouse Philidor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O
9. Na3 Ne7 10. Nc2 Ng6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 c6 13. Ba2 Re8 14. g3 a5 15. Qc2
Bh3 16. Rad1 d5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Qb3 Qc7 19. d4 e4 20. Nd2 Rad8 21. Qa3 Nf4
22. Bb1 Ng4 23. c4 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Bg4 25. Rde1 Nh3+ 26. Kg2 Ng5 27. cxd5 f5 28.
h4 Nf3 29. Nxf3 Bxf3+ 30. Kh2 f4 31. d6 Qd7 32. Qb3+ Kh8 33. Rxf3 exf3 34. Qd3
fxg3+ 35. fxg3 Kg8 36. Ba2+ Kh8 37. Bb1 Kg8 38. Qh7+ Kf7 39. Bg6+ Kf6 40. Bh5
Qf5 41. Qxf5+ Kxf5 42. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 {This move ensures a
strategic battle with many possibilities for both sides.} dxc6 6. O-O Bg4 $5 {
A nice practical choice by Rodshtein, looking for a simple position to handle,
Black is giving up the bishop pair, but gets a solid position with easy play.}
(6... Nd7 {is the most played.}) 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 O-O 9. Nd2 Re8 ({Actually,
Rodshtein has played this position in the past as the White side} 9... Nd7 10.
Nc4 a5 11. a4 Re8 12. Qg3 Qe7 13. Kh1 Bd6 14. Bh6 Qf6 15. Bd2 $1 Bb4 {
Rodshtein,M (2691)-Bok,B (2575) EU-ch 15th Yerevan 2014 (9) 0-1} 16. Bxb4 axb4
17. f4 $36) 10. Nc4 Nd7 {[%cal Yc5f8,Gd7c5,Gc5e6,Gd7f8] In general, Black
should leave the f8-square free for manoeuvres like Nf8-e6 or Bf8-Nc5-e6.} 11.
Bd2 Re6 $6 {The beginning of a dubious idea.} (11... b5 $6 {directly was not
good} 12. Na5 $1 Re6 13. Nb7 Qe7 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Qd1 $14 {[%cal Yd2e3,Gf2f4]}
) ({But there was nothing wrong with} 11... Nf8 12. b4 Bd6 13. a4 Ne6 14. Rfb1
a6 $11) 12. g3 (12. b4 {deserved attention} Bf8 13. a4 a6 14. Rfb1 {White
keeps more space and is constantly threatening to open the queenside.}) 12...
b5 $5 {Black's plan is to gain some extra space on the queenside; this is why
the rook was needed on e6 - protecting the c6-pawn.} 13. Ne3 (13. Na5 Bb6 14.
Nb3 Nc5 $11) 13... Bf8 14. a4 a6 15. Ra2 $6 {Maybe from here Adams directs his
play in the wrong direction. As we will see, the rook is not so active as it
looks and is even a bit out of play on the a-file.} (15. h4 {keeping an eye on
kinsgide was perhaps more principled} b4 $5 {to close the queenside looks
safer for Black} (15... g6 16. h5 Nf6 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Kg2 {[%cal Yf1h1]}) (
15... Nc5 16. axb5 axb5 17. h5 Re8 18. Ng4 $16 {[%cal Yh5h6]} h6 $2 19. Rxa8
Qxa8 20. Qf5 $1 {[%cal Rd2h6,Gg4e5]}) 16. b3 c5 17. Rae1 Nb8 {[%cal Yb8c6,
Yc6d4]} 18. Nc4 Nc6 19. Be3 Nd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Qg2 $14 {[%cal Yf2f4] White
keeps the better chances.}) 15... Nc5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rfa1 {White still
could had kept the rook on the kingside.} (17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. b3 $1 (18. h4 Qa2
$132) 18... Re8 (18... Qa2 19. Bc3 {[%cal Rf1a1]}) 19. Bc3 Ne6 $1 20. Qg4 (20.
Bxe5 $2 Ng5) 20... f6 21. h4 $14 {[%cal Yh4h5,Ye3f5] maintains the advantage.})
17... Rxa2 18. Rxa2 Re8 {After executing the plan of advancing the queenside
pawns, Black returns to the standard idea Ne6-d4.} 19. Kg2 Ne6 20. Nf5 (20. h4
$1 c5 {[%cal Gc5c4]} 21. b3 Nd4 22. Qd1 g6 23. h5 $14) 20... c5 {Black is able
to consolidate his position after this.} 21. Ra5 Qd7 22. Bc3 f6 23. b3 c6 24.
h4 g6 25. Ne3 Bg7 26. Qg4 $6 {Rodshtein is able now to play for an advantage.}
({White could have tried} 26. h5 Rf8 (26... Ng5 $2 27. Qg4 Qxg4 28. Nxg4 gxh5
29. Ne3 $16 {[%cal Ye3f5,Ya5a7]}) 27. Ra1 {[%cal Ya1h1,Ya1a8] Now the rook has
more options, for example} f5 (27... Nd4 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Ng4 f5 30. Nh2 fxe4
31. Qxe4 gxh5 32. Ra6 $1 Rc8 (32... Qf7 33. Nf3 $16) 33. Nf3 Qd5 34. Qf5 Rf8
35. Qxh5 $14) 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. exf5 Nd4 30. Qg4 gxf5 31. Qg6 {Black remains
with problems to solve} Qf7 (31... f4 32. Bxd4 $1 exd4 33. Ng4 fxg3 34. f4 $3
Qe7 35. f5 Qe2+ 36. Kxg3 $18 {[%cal Rf5f6]}) 32. Qxf7+ Rxf7 33. Ra8+ Kh7 34. g4
$1 fxg4 35. Bxd4 exd4 (35... cxd4 36. Nxg4 {[%cal Ga8e8]} Re7 37. Rc8 Re6 38.
Kf3 $16 {[%cal Gf3e4]}) 36. Nxg4 $14) 26... Rf8 {Black managed to equalise and
starts to prepare f5, which gives him good chances to play for an advantage.}
27. Kg1 Qf7 28. Ra6 f5 $1 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Qe2 Qb7 31. Ra2 (31. Ra1 $2 {
looks better, but actually puts White in trouble} b4 $1 32. Bb2 e4 $1 33. d4 (
33. Bxg7 Qxg7 $19 {[%cal Rf5f4,Re6d4]}) 33... cxd4 34. Qc4 Qf7 $17) 31... Nd4 {
Rodshtein takes the initiative at the first chance.} 32. Bxd4 (32. Qh5 $5 Qd7
33. Bxd4 cxd4 34. Ng2 Kh8 35. Qf3 $11) 32... cxd4 33. Nf1 c5 34. Nd2 {just in
time to stop e4.} Bh6 35. Ra1 {Finally, Adams transfers the rook back to the
kingside.} Qg7 36. Kh2 $2 {Stepping out of the g-file looks natural, but it
allows Black to launch a strong attack.} ({White's position was still under
control with} 36. Ra5 $1 {Black has some options, which makes the calculations
difficult, but in all of them White has enough resources} Qb7 (36... e4 $6 37.
dxe4 f4 (37... Bxd2 38. Qxd2 fxe4 39. Rxb5 e3 40. fxe3 Re8 (40... Qf6 41. Qe1
$1 dxe3 42. Rxc5 h6 43. Rc4 $14 {[%cal Yc4f4]}) 41. e4 $3 Qxg3+ (41... Rxe4 $2
42. Rb8+ Kf7 43. Qf2+ $18) 42. Qg2 Qxg2+ 43. Kxg2 Rxe4 44. Rxc5 Rxh4 45. Kg3
$11) 38. Kg2 fxg3 39. fxg3 Be3 {[%cal Gf8f2]} 40. Rxb5 $1 h6 41. Rxc5 $1 Rf2+
42. Qxf2 Bxf2 43. Kxf2 $44 {White has in the worse of cases sufficient
material for the queen}) (36... f4 $2 37. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Ge4]}) (36... Bxd2 $2
37. Qxd2 f4 38. Rxb5 fxg3 39. fxg3 Qxg3+ 40. Qg2 Qxg2+ 41. Kxg2 $14) 37. Ra1 $1
Qg7 (37... Bxd2 38. Qxd2 f4 39. Re1 Qg7 40. Kh2 $14) 38. Ra5 Qb7 39. Ra1 $11)
36... e4 $1 37. Rf1 (37. dxe4 $2 d3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg7a1]}) 37... e3 $1 38. Nf3
Kh8 {Black's position becomes more threatening with each move.} 39. fxe3 ({
White had a last chance with the difficult} 39. Ng1 f4 40. Kh3 $1 {[%cal Yg3g4]
but after} Qd7+ (40... Qb7 41. Qf3) 41. Kg2 (41. g4 Bg7 {[%cal Yh7h5]} 42. h5
Re8 $17) 41... Qe8 $15 {he is still struggling}) 39... dxe3 40. Ng1 Rg8 41. Qf3
Qc3 42. Qe2 f4 $1 {Well timed, forcing the opening of new lines.} 43. g4 (43.
gxf4 Qg7 44. Qf3 Bxf4+ $1 45. Kh1 Qg3 $1 46. Qxg3 Bxg3 47. h5 Bf2 48. Ne2 Rg5
$15 {White is pratically tied, without good moves, besides the unavoidable
material losses in a close future.}) 43... f3 $1 44. Nxf3 (44. Rxf3 Qd4 $1 {
[%csl Gg4]}) (44. Qxf3 Qxc2+ 45. Ne2 Qxd3 $17) 44... Rxg4 45. Kh3 Rg8 46. Rg1
Rf8 $5 {Avoiding trading pieces, Rodshtein makes his opponent's task harder.}
47. Rg4 $2 {The losing move.} (47. Ng5 $1 {was the last chance to keep fighting
} Qe5 48. Qg4 {[%cal Gg5f7]} (48. Rf1 Rxf1 49. Qxf1 e2 $1 $19) 48... Qe7 49.
Rg2 $15) 47... Qf6 48. Ng5 Qf2 $5 (48... Bxg5 {was a much easier win} 49. hxg5
(49. Rxg5 Qf2 50. Rg2 Rf3+ 51. Kh2 Qxh4+ 52. Kg1 Rh3 $19) 49... Qf2 {[%cal
Rf8f3]} 50. Rg2 Rf3+ 51. Kh2 Qh4+ 52. Kg1 Rh3 $19) 49. Rg2 Bxg5 $1 {A winning
queen sacrifice.} 50. Rxf2 exf2 51. Qf1 Be3 $18 {[%csl Gf2]} 52. b4 $5 {
Adams puts all his efforts into building a sort of fortress, giving distant
checks and then coming back with the queen.} cxb4 53. Qa1+ Kg8 54. Qf1 (54.
Qa2+ b3 $1 55. Qxb3+ Rf7 {[%cal Rf2f1]}) 54... h5 $1 {[%cal Yg8h7] Rodshtein
finds a safe place to put his king away from the queen's scope, and it is a
matter ot time until he invades with the rook.} 55. Kh2 Kh7 56. Kh3 Rf4 $22 57.
d4 Bxd4 58. Kg2 (58. Qd3+ Kh8 59. Qf1 Rf7 60. Kh2 Rg7 61. Qxb5 Be5+ $1 62. Qxe5
f1=Q 63. Qxh5+ Kg8 64. Qe8+ Qf8 65. Qe6+ Qf7 $19) 58... Kh8 (58... Rg4+ {
was already forcing the end} 59. Kf3 Rg1 60. Qd3+ Kg8 61. Qb3+ Kh8) 59. Kh3 Rf6
60. Kh2 Rf8 61. Kh3 Rf4 62. Kg2 Rg4+ 63. Kh2 Be5+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.13"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 g6 {Not the most popular but a
possible system of development.} 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nc3 Ne4 (7... O-O $6 8. d5) 8.
Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Ne5 $146 {A harmless continuation.} (9. Bg5 {is the most popular
attempt to make use of the pecularities of the position but after} f6 ({
there is nothing wrong with} 9... Qc8 10. Qd2 h6 11. Be3 d6 {either}) 10. Be3
O-O {Black doesn't face any serious problems. A classic example:} 11. Qd2 Nc6
12. Rfd1 d5 13. Rac1 Ne7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bh6 Qd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ne1 Bxg2
18. Nxg2 c6 19. Rc3 Rac8 20. Rdc1 Nf5 21. e3 g5 22. Qc2 Ne7 23. b4 Qh3 24. f3
Rfd8 25. Qf2 Rd6 26. b5 Qe6 $11 {1/2 (40) Portisch,L (2655)-Spassky,B (2615)
Mexico 1980}) ({Among other moves seen in practice:} 9. Bf4) (9. Be3) (9. Ne1)
9... Bxg2 10. Kxg2 c5 $1 11. Be3 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qc7 {White's pawn structure has
been damaged, which is bad news for his bishop. Besides, the position is quite
closed.} 13. Bd2 {White could have undoubled his pawns but it would have led
to an equal endgame:} (13. Qd6 $5 Qxd6 14. exd6 Nc6 $11) 13... Nc6 14. Bc3
O-O-O 15. f4 h5 16. e3 g5 $6 {Opening up the position is a risky idea; the
opponent's bishop becomes formidable.} (16... h4 $5) (16... d6 $5 17. exd6 Rxd6
18. Bxh8 $140 $6 (18. Qf3 Rhd8 19. Rfd1 $11) 18... Rxd1 19. Rfxd1 Nb4 $36) 17.
Kf2 $6 {After this humble move Black seizes the initiative.} (17. fxg5 $1 Nxe5
18. Qc2 Nxc4 (18... Qc6+ $143 19. e4 Nxc4 20. Rae1) 19. Rae1 Rhg8 20. Bf6 Nd6
21. Bxd8 Kxd8 22. Qf2 $14) 17... h4 $1 18. g4 (18. Rh1 $5) 18... gxf4 19. exf4
d6 (19... d5 $5 20. exd6 (20. cxd5 exd5 $17 {[%cal Yd5d4,Yc5c4]}) 20... Rxd6 {
[%cal Yh8d8] - game}) 20. exd6 (20. Qf3 $5 d5 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Rfe1 $15) 20...
Rxd6 21. Qf3 Rhd8 22. Kg1 Rd3 {This seemingly active move allows White to
consolidate his position.} (22... Nd4 $142 $1 23. Qa8+ Kd7 24. Qg2 h3 $1 25.
Qxh3 Ne2+ 26. Kg2 Nxc3 27. Qxc3 Kc8 $36) 23. Qe4 h3 24. Rae1 Kb7 25. Re3 (25.
f5 $13) 25... f5 $1 26. gxf5 $6 {[%cal Gg8g1]} (26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 fxg4 28.
Rg3 Qh7 29. Rxg4 Nd4 30. Bxd4 cxd4 $36 {[%csl Gd4]}) (26. Qxe6 $1 Rxe3 27. Qxe3
fxg4 28. Qe4 $13) 26... Rxe3 27. Qxe3 exf5 28. Qxh3 Rg8+ 29. Kh1 Nd4 30. Bxd4
Qc6+ 31. Qf3 cxd4 32. Qxc6+ Kxc6 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Despite a pawn deficit,
Black is better in this endgame: he has a strong passed pawn and an active
king.} 33. Rg1 Re8 (33... Rd8 34. Kg2 Kc5 35. Kf3 Kxc4 36. h4 $132) 34. b4 $2 {
An unsuccessful attempt to stop Black's king.} (34. Rg3 Re1+ (34... Re2 35. h4)
(34... Re4 35. Kg2) (34... b5 35. cxb5+ Kxb5 36. h4) 35. Kg2 Re2+ 36. Kf3 Rxb2
37. Rg2 $1 Rb1 38. Rg8 {with drawing chances for White.}) 34... b5 $1 $19 {
A decisive undermining paving the way for the king.} 35. c5 (35. Rg6+ Kc7 36.
Rg7+ Kc8 37. cxb5 d3 $19) (35. cxb5+ Kxb5 {[%csl Rb4]}) 35... Kd5 {[%csl Gd4,
Gd5]} 36. Rg7 d3 37. Rd7+ Kc4 38. Kg2 Kc3 39. h4 d2 0-1

[Event "CZE-chT 1819"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2019.01.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.11.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lysa nad Labem"]
[BlackTeam "Turnov Zikuda"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. Be2 h5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Ne5
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. f3 b5 12. Kb1 Nb6 13. Qd3 Nfd7 14. e4 b4
15. Ne2 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qd3 Qd5 18. c4 bxc3 19. Nxc3 Qe6 20. Rde1 Nfd5
21. Bd2 Nxc3+ 22. Bxc3 Nd5 23. Re4 O-O 24. Rhe1 c5 25. dxc5 Rxc5 26. Bd4 Nb4
27. Qa3 Rb5 28. Nd3 Qc4 29. Bxg7 Qc2+ 30. Ka1 Nxd3 31. Bxf8 Nxe1 32. Rxe1 Rd5
33. Qb3 Qxb3 34. axb3 Kxf8 35. Re4 Rd2 36. Ra4 Rxg2 37. Rxa7 Rf2 38. Ra8+ Kg7
39. b4 Rxf3 40. Ka2 g5 41. hxg5 h4 42. b5 Rf5 43. b6 Rb5 44. Ra4 Kg6 45. Rxh4
Kxg5 46. Re4 e6 47. b4 Rxb6 48. Kb3 f5 49. Re1 f4 50. Kc4 Kf5 51. b5 e5 52. Rb1
e4 53. Kd4 Rd6+ 54. Kc3 e3 55. b6 e2 56. b7 Rd8 57. Ra1 f3 58. Kc2 Kf4 59. Ra4+
Kg3 60. Ra1 Kf2 0-1

[Event "CZE-chT 1819"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2019.04.21"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.11.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turnov Zikuda"]
[BlackTeam "Novoborsky"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 d5 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. Qc2
Nb4 9. Qd1 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. b4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nfxe5 Bxe5 16. Rb1 Qc8 17. O-O Bb7 18. f3 c5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Bf4 Re8 21. e4
cxb4 22. Qxc8 Bxc8 23. axb4 Be6 24. Be3 Nd7 25. f4 Bd5 26. exd5 Rxe3 27. d6 Rd8
28. Rfd1 Nf6 29. Ra1 Rb3 30. Rxa7 Rxb4 31. d7 Ne4 32. Ra8 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Brest"]
[Date "2019.05.25"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.05.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bischwiller"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:36]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:04:
05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:03:53]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 6. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:00:46]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:39]} 7. Nd5 {[%emt 0:08:13]} Bxd2+ {[%emt 0:01:
32]} 8. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 9. e3 {[%emt 0:05:40]} Be6 {
[%emt 0:08:17] Deux jours plus tard, l'égyptien va tenter d'améliorer la
variante avec e4} (9... e4 10. f4 Be6 11. dxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 fxe4 13. Ne2 Ne7
14. O-O-O c6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qxd6 Qf7 17. Nc3 Bxc4 18. Rd4 Bd3 19. Rd1 Rae8
20. b3 Re6 21. Qd7 Re7 22. Qd6 Re6 23. Qd7 Qf6 24. Qxb7 c5 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26.
Rxe4 Qa1+ 27. Kc2 Qxa2+ 28. Kc1 {1/2-1/2 (28) Safarli,E (2624)-Amin,B (2704)
Brest 2019}) 10. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 11. cxd5 {[%emt 0:
00:47]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 12. e4 {[%emt 0:07:25]} c6 $146 {[%emt 0:05:09]} (
12... Nh5 13. exf5 Nf6 14. Qb4 Nfxd5 15. Qxb7 c6 16. O-O Rb8 17. Bxd5+ cxd5 18.
Qxa7 Rxb2 19. Nc3 Nxf5 20. Nxd5 Nd4 21. Rab1 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Qg5 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24.
Rb8 Ne2+ 25. Kg2 Nf4+ 26. Kf1 Ne6 27. Rxf8+ Nxf8 28. Qc7 e4 29. Qd8 Qf6 30.
dxe4 Qf3 31. Qa8 g6 32. Nf5 Qd3+ 33. Kg2 Kg8 34. Qd5+ Qxd5 35. Ne7+ {1-0 (35)
Zlatanovic,B (2398)-Vucinic,G (2343) Kragujevac 2014}) 13. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:29]
} bxc6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:12:15]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 15. Rac1
{[%emt 0:05:07]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:03:42]} 16. b3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:
52]} 17. Rc4 {[%emt 0:02:55]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:04:53]} 18. dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:14]}
Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 19. Nc3 {[%emt 0:18:55]} Nd4 $132 {[%emt 0:02:18][%csl
Gd4]} 20. f4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:08:47]} 21. Kh1 {[%emt 0:11:34]} Nd7
{[%emt 0:09:55]} 22. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 23. Nd5 {
[%emt 0:01:36]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 24. Ne7+ {[%emt 0:00:49]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:01:
13]} 25. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:12:58]} 26. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qc7
{[%emt 0:03:15]} 27. fxe5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 28. Rc1 {
[%emt 0:00:37]} Rbd8 $2 {[%emt 0:10:18] Une erreur de calcul} (28... Nd7 {
[%csl Rc5]} 29. b4 Rbd8 $132) 29. Raxc5 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:56]}
30. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:04:25]} Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 31. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:07][%csl
Rh8]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 32. Re7 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 33.
Be4 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Re2 {[%emt 0:02:16]} (33... Kg8 34. Rcc7 {[%csl Rg7,Rh7]
[%cal Gf5f6]}) 34. Bd3 {[%emt 0:03:22]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 35. f6 $1 $18 {
[%emt 0:01:17][%cal Ge7h7]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 36. Bf5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:52]
[%cal Gc1c7]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 37. Rxh7+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 38. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:03:40]} 39. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} e4
{[%emt 0:02:16]} 40. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 41. Rxd2 {
[%emt 0:02:35]} 1-0

[Event "Netanya Masters"]
[Site "Netanya"]
[Date "2019.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Qc2 Nb6 7. a4 a5 8. Na3
Be6 9. Ne5 g6 10. d3 cxd3 11. Nxd3 Bg7 12. Nc5 Qc8 13. Nxb7 Nfd5 14. Nc5 Nb4
15. Qe4 Bd5 16. Qe3 h5 17. Ne4 Qb8 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Qe4 N6d5 20. Bg5 O-O 21.
Rac1 Re8 22. Nd1 Nb6 23. Nc3 Bb3 24. Bf4 e5 25. Be3 f5 26. Qh4 e4 27. Qg5 Re6
28. f3 exf3 29. Bxf3 N4d5 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. b3 Bxf3 32. Rxf3 Nd5 33. Bc5 Qe8
34. Rf2 Nf6 35. Qf4 Ne4 36. Rf3 Be5 37. Qe3 Nxc5 38. Qxc5 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Netanya Masters"]
[Site "Netanya"]
[Date "2019.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Be7 4. a3 d5 5. h3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. Nc3 c5
9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rc1 Re8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qa4 Qb6 15.
Qb5 a6 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Rfd1 Bf8 18. Ne5 h6 19. Ng4 Nh7 20. Bf3 g5 21. Bg3 f5
22. Ne5 Nf6 23. Bh2 Bg7 24. Nd3 g4 25. hxg4 fxg4 26. Be2 d4 27. Na2 dxe3 28.
Nc3 Nc4 29. Bf4 h5 30. b4 cxb4 31. axb4 exf2+ 32. Kxf2 Ne4+ 33. Nxe4 Rxe4 34.
g3 Rce8 35. Rc2 Bd4+ 36. Ke1 Na3 37. Ra2 Nb5 38. Rc2 Nc3 39. Rdd2 Nb1 40. Rd1
Na3 41. Ra2 Bd5 42. Rad2 Bc3 43. Kf1 Rxe2 44. Rxe2 Rxe2 45. Nc1 Re5 46. Bxe5
Bc4+ 47. Kg2 Bxe5 48. Nd3 Bb3 49. Rc1 Bd5+ 50. Kh2 Bd6 51. Rc8+ Kg7 52. Rd8 Nb5
53. Nf4 Bf7 54. Ra8 Nc7 55. Rd8 Bxf4 56. gxf4 h4 57. Rd4 Be6 58. Rd6 Kf6 59.
Rc6 Nd5 60. f5 Kxf5 61. Rxa6 g3+ 62. Kh3 Kg5+ 0-1

