[Event "Aegina op"]
[Site "Aegina"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kofidis, Andreas"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Be3 a5 10. a4 Nb4 11. O-O Be6 12. f5 Bd7 (12... Bxb3 13. cxb3 d5 14.
exd5 Nbxd5 15. Bf2 (15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bf2 e4 17. Bc4 e3 18. Qxd5 exf2+ 19. Kxf2
Qb6+ 20. Kf3 Rad8 21. Qe4 Bc5 $40)) 13. Bf3 Bc6 14. Qe2 d5 15. exd5 (15. Nxd5
Bxd5 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. exd5 e4) 15... Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Bg5
$6 (18. c4 $142) 18... Rfe8 19. Rad1 Qc6 20. Qxe5 Qxc2 (20... Ng4 21. Qf4 Bxg5
22. Qxg5 Ne3 23. f6 g6 24. Nd4 Qe4 25. Rf4 Nxd1 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Nf3) 21. Qb5
Qxb2 22. Rfe1 h6 23. Bc1 $2 (23. Bh4 Kh7 $5 $17) 23... Qc2 24. Be3 $6 (24. Bd2
Bb4 25. Bxb4 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxb3 $17) 24... Bb4 25. Nd4 Qc7 26. Re2 Ng4 $1 27.
Bf4 Qxf4 28. Rxe8+ Kh7 29. Nf3 $8 Rxe8 30. Qxe8 Bc5+ 31. Kf1 Ne3+ 32. Ke2 Nxd1
33. Qxf7 $8 (33. Kxd1 Qxf5 $19) 33... Qxa4 $1 (33... Nc3+ 34. Kd3 Nxa4 35. Qg6+
Kg8 36. Qe6+ Kf8 37. Qc8+ Ke7 38. Qe6+) 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. f6 Bf8 $1 (35... Qe4+
36. Qxe4 Nc3+ 37. Kd3 Nxe4 38. fxg7+ Kxg7 39. Kxe4 b5 $19) 36. Ng5 $138 Qg4+
0-1

[Event "RUS-ch U20"]
[Site "Nojabrsk"]
[Date "2005.03.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Novikov, Stanislav"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Bg5 O-O 9. Qd3 a5 10. a3 a4 11. Nd2 Nd4 12. Nf3 Ne6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qd2 Nc5
15. O-O Be6 16. Rfd1 Be7 17. Nd5 $2 ({A dubious decision. Eine zweifelhafte
Entscheidung.} 17. Qe3 {was to be preferred. war vorzuziehen.}) 17... Nxe4 18.
Qb4 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Nf6 20. Rb5 d5 21. Qd2 Qc7 22. c4 Bc5 23. cxd5 Bxf2+ 24. Kf1
Bc5 25. Rc1 b6 26. d6 Qd7 27. Nxe5 Qe6 28. Rbxc5 bxc5 29. Nc4 Rad8 30. Rd1 Rfe8
31. Qd3 Ng4 32. Bxg4 Qxg4 33. h3 Qh4 34. Na5 Rd7 35. Qb5 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Qe3+ 37.
Kh1 {[%tqu "En","White is an exchange down, but his pieces are active and the
d6-pawn is quite dangerous. How should Black continue?","Try to deflect the
key defender of the enemy king and exploit the weakness of White's back rank.",
"Sacrifice your rook!","d7d6","This excellent move decides the game for Black.
",6,"De","Weiß hat eine Qualität weniger, aber seine Figuren stehen aktiv und
der d6-Bauer ist recht gefährlich. Wie soll Schwarz fortsetzen?","Versuchen
Sie, den Schlüsselverteidiger des weißen Königs abzulenken, und schlagen Sie
Kapital aus der gegnerischen Grundreihenschwäche.","Opfern Sie Ihren Turm!",
"d7d6","Dieser ausgezeichnete Zug entscheidet die Partie für Schwarz.",6]} Rxd6
$1 {[%csl Rd1,Gd6,Ge3,Ge8,Rh1] Eliminating the dangerous d6-pawn and deciding
the outcome of the battle. Eliminiert den gefährlichen d6-Bauern und
entscheidet den Ausgang der Schlacht.} 38. Rg1 ({The rook is invulnerable: Der
Turm ist unantastbar:} 38. Rxd6 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qf4+ 40. Kg1 Re1+) 38... Rh6 39.
Rd1 (39. Qd7 {was somewhat more stubborn, although the outcome of the game was
decided anyway. war etwas hartnäckiger, wenngleich der Ausgang des Kampfes
sowieso entschieden wäre.}) 39... Rxh3+ $1 (39... Rxh3+ {The final blow! White
resigned in view of Der Schlusspunkt! Weiß gab auf, denn es folgt} 40. gxh3
Qf3+ 41. Kh2 Re2+) 0-1

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 (7. Nf3
h6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. Bf1 Nb8 12. a4 Nbd7 13. a5 Rc8 $146 (
13... a6 {- Inf.46/247}) 14. a6 Rxc3 $5 $14 {(Kindermann) Kindermann,S-Gulko,B
Aruba 1992 -Inf.54/193}) 7... h6 (7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 a5 10. Nd2 Be6 11.
Nc4 b5 12. Nxb5 Nxe4 13. f3 Rb8 $1 $146 14. fxe4 Rxb5 15. Nxd6 $2 (15. b3 $5)
15... Rxb2 16. Qc1 Rxa2 $17 {Galego,L-Gulko,B Sevilla op (6) 1992 0-1 39 -CBM
29}) 8. O-O Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. f4 Re8 11. f5 (11. Be3 $5) 11... a5 $5 (11... a6
12. a4 Nb4 13. Bf3 Bd7 $13) 12. Be3 (12. a4 Nb4 {/\ d5}) 12... a4 13. Nd2 a3
14. b3 Nd4 $1 15. Bc4 (15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nb5 Qb6 $13) 15... Bd7 16. Nd5 Rc8 17.
Rc1 b5 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bd5 Rc3 20. Bg1 Qc7 21. Nb1 Rxc2 22. Nxa3 Rxc1 23.
Qxc1 Rc8 $1 $17 24. Be3 Qa5 25. Qb2 Qc3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 27. Bd2 Rd3 28. Ba5 Nxf5
$1 $19 29. Nc2 (29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. exf5 e4 $19 (30... Bxf5 31. Nxb5)) 29... Ne7
30. Nb4 Rd4 31. Bb7 Bg5 32. Nc2 Rd3 33. Nb4 Rd2 34. h3 Ng6 35. Bb6 Re2 36. Rf2
Re1+ 37. Kh2 h5 38. Nc2 Rc1 39. g3 h4 40. Re2 hxg3+ 41. Kxg3 Bf4+ (41... Bf4+
42. Kg2 Nh4+ 43. Kf2 Bxh3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Seville op"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Galego, Luis"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 a5 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Nc4 b5 12. Nxb5 (12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Nbd5 b4 14.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bg5 16. Qd2 $10 {Ljubojevic,Lj-Tukmakov,V World - USSR 1984}
) 12... Nxe4 13. f3 Rb8 $1 {N} (13... Nf6 14. Ncxd6 Nd5 15. Bc5 Nd4 16. Bxd4
exd4 17. Nc4 Nf4 18. a4 Bc5 19. Bd3 Ra6 20. Qd2 Qb8 21. b3 h5 $40 {Westerinen,
H-Hjartarson,J Gausdal (zt) 1985}) (13... d5 14. fxe4 dxc4 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16.
c3 $14 {-ECO}) 14. fxe4 Rxb5 15. Nxd6 $2 (15. b3 $5) 15... Rxb2 16. Qc1 Rxa2
$17 17. Rxa2 Bxa2 18. Nf5 Be6 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. c4 Rc8 22. Qa1 h6
23. c5 Qc7 24. Qa4 Nd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Ra1 (26. Qxd4 Qxc5 27. Qxc5 Rxc5 28.
Rd8+ Kh7 29. Ra8 Bb3 $19) 26... Qxc5 27. Qxa5 Qc2 28. Bf3 d3 29. Rd1 Bb3 30.
Rd2 Qc4 31. h3 Qd4+ 32. Kh2 Qe3 33. Kg3 Bc2 34. Rf2 Re8 35. Qd2 Rxe4 36. Qxe3
Rxe3 37. Rd2 f5 38. Kf4 Re1 39. Kxf5 Re2 $3 {Boensch} 0-1

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Bg5 (8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Kh1 a6 11. f3 Qc7 12. Qd2 Rfc8 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14.
exd5 Nb8 $10 {Roos,JL-Pinchuk,S Kobanya op (10) 1991 0-1 56}) 8... O-O (8...
Nxe4 9. Nxe4 (9. Bxe7 Nxc3 10. Bxd8 Nxd1 11. Rxd1 Kxd8 12. Rxd6+ Ke7 $10 {- ECO
}) 9... Bxg5 10. Nxg5 Qxg5 11. Qxd6 Qe7 $10 {- ECO}) 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Bg5
11. a4 Ne7 12. Bc4 Kh8 $1 $15 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Bd5 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. O-O e4
$1 17. Re1 (17. Nd4 e3 18. Nxf5 Rxf5 19. fxe3 Bxe3+ 20. Kh1 Rxf1+ 21. Qxf1 Rf8
$15) 17... e3 18. fxe3 Bxe3+ 19. Kh1 Qe5 $1 $40 {h2} 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Bf3 Qf4
(21... Rf6 $2 22. Nd2 $1 Rh6 23. Nf1 $18) 22. a5 (22. Qe2 Rbe8 23. Nd2 Bg1 24.
g3 Rxe2 25. gxf4 Rxh2+ 26. Kxg1 Rxd2 $17) 22... Qh6 23. Re2 Bf4 24. g4 (24. h3
Bxh3 $19) 24... Bc8 25. Rg2 Be5 26. Ra4 Qe3 (26... Rxf3 27. Qxf3 Bb7 28. Re4
$13 (28. Rb4 $2 Qxh2+ $3 29. Rxh2 Bxf3+ $19)) 27. Nd2 Rxb2 $19 28. Re4 (28. Nc4
Qxf3 29. Qxf3 Rxf3 30. Nxb2 Rf1+ 31. Rg1 Bb7+ $19) 28... Qc3 29. Rc4 Qxa5 30.
Nb3 Qa2 31. Nd2 Be6 32. Rc7 Qa5 33. Rb7 Ra2 34. Nb3 Qc3 $138 0-1

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2016.03.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.03.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 (9... a5) 10. f3 ({Alternativen sind} 10. f4) ({und} 10. Bf3
) 10... Na5 ({Zu Vereinfachungen führt} 10... d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5
13. c3) 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Qd2 Rfc8 13. Rfd1 {Es droht unter Umständen Sd5.}
Kf8 (13... Kh8 14. Nb5 Qxd2 15. Rxd2 d5 16. Nxa7 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. b4 Rc7
19. Nb5 Rc6 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Rad1 Ne7 22. Na7 Rc3 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Ng8
25. Bd3 g6 26. Nb5 Rc6 27. Nd6 Bxa2 28. b5 Rc7 29. Ne8 Re7 30. Nf6 Kg7 31. Nxg8
Rc7 32. g4 b6 33. g5 {1-0 (33) Harff,W (2232)-De Gleria,F (2402) Duisburg 2006}
) 14. a4 a6 15. Nd5 {Da Yifan Hou zum Titelgewinn nur ein Remis braucht, hat
sie gegen Vereinfachungen nichts einzuwenden.} Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7
18. a5 Bb5 19. Kf1 f5 20. c3 g5 21. Rc2 h5 22. c4 g4 23. b4 f4 24. Bf2 Bd7 25.
c5 $14 {Weiß hat etwas mehr Raum. Das weiße Spiel am Damenflügel und das
schwarze Spiel am Königsflügel halten sich ungefähr die Waage. Aber Schwarz
muss ja gewinnen, um im Match zu bleiben.} Bf5 26. Rc4 Kf7 27. Rd1 Rg8 28. g3
fxg3 29. hxg3 Rac8 30. fxg4 hxg4 {[#]} 31. Kg2 {Die Lage am Königsflügel hat
sich inzwischen beruhigt, während Weiß am Damenflügel mit dem drohenden
Vorstoß c5-c6 oder der Öffnung der c-Linie noch Giftpfeile im Köcher hat.}
Bd7 32. Rh1 Rg7 33. cxd6 Bxd6 34. Rxc8 Bxc8 35. Bc5 Bxc5 (35... Ke7 {hilft
nicht:} 36. Kf2 Rf7+ 37. Ke3 Bf5 38. Rh6 $18) 36. bxc5 Bf5 37. Kf2 Rg8 38. Ke3
Rd8 39. Rf1 Kg6 40. Rd1 (40. d6 Bd7 41. Bd3+ Kg7 42. Be4 $18) 40... Kg5 {[#]}
41. d6 Rh8 42. d7 Rd8 43. c6 bxc6 44. Bxa6 c5 45. Bb7 c4 46. a6 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14b"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bouaziz, Slim"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bc4 a6 10. a4 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. a5 Qe8 14. Qe2 Qg6
15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Rad1 Rcf8 17. Na4 Rf4 18. f3 Nd8 19. Nb6 Nf7 20. Nc4 Ng5 21.
Kh1 Nxe4 $1 22. Nc1 (22. fxe4 Qxe4 $1 23. Ne3 (23. Qxe4 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Rxf1#)
23... Qxe3 $1 $19) (22. Qd3 Qf6 $19) 22... Qh5 23. Kg1 d5 $1 24. Ne3 (24. fxe4
Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Qxe2 26. Nxe2 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 28. Ng1 Rxg1#) 24... Bc5 25.
Rd3 Ba7 $1 26. Re1 Rxf3 $1 27. gxf3 Rxf3 (27... Rxf3 28. Qg2 Rf2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.09.04"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B59"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Bg5 O-O 9. Qd2 $2 {- Stoltz-Boleslavsky (13), O'Kelly-Tartakower (16)} a5 10.
a4 Nb4 $1 11. O-O h6 12. Be3 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Qc7 {/\ ...
Be6-/+}) 12... d5 $1 13. exd5 Nfxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bc5 Nf4 16. Bxe7 (16.
Rfd1 $5) 16... Qxe7 17. Bf3 Bf5 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Kh1 (19. Nxa5 $2 Qg5 $1 {
(/\ 20...Nh3+)} 20. Nb3 e4) 19... Rac8 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qg5 22. f3 f5 23.
Ree1 e4 $1 {[/\ 24...e4]} 24. g3 Nh3 25. Qxg5 Nxg5 26. f4 $8 (26. fxe4 Rxc2 $19
{e.g.} 27. exf5 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Nf3) 26... Nf3 27. Re2 b6 28. Rc1 Red8 29. Kg2
Rc4 30. Ra1 Kf7 (30... g5 $5) 31. h4 Rdc8 32. c3 Rd8 33. Rf2 Rd3 34. Rff1 Rc6
35. Rfd1 Rcd6 36. Rxd3 Rxd3 37. Rf1 Ke6 $2 (37... Nd2 $1 38. Nxd2 Rxd2+ $19 {
(39.Rf2 e3!)}) 38. Rc1 g6 (38... Kd5 $5) 39. Kf2 Ke7 40. Ke2 Nh2 41. Rg1 Nf3 (
41... Ng4 $5) 42. Rd1 Rxd1 43. Kxd1 Kd6 44. c4 Nh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.09.03"]
[Round "16"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B59"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 (7. Nf3 {
- Stoltz-Boleslavsy (13)}) 7... a5 8. a4 Be6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5
O-O 12. Bg4 (12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $1 (12... gxf6 $2) 13. Qxd6 Rfd8 14. Qc5 Bxb3 15.
cxb3 Nd4 16. Bd1 Qg6 $17) 12... Bg5 13. c3 Ne7 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. O-O b6 16.
Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qd3 Rfd8 18. Qb5 d5 19. Rad1 (19. Qxb6 $2 Rab8 $19) 19... Qd7 20.
Qxd7 Rxd7 21. Rd3 Rc8 22. exd5 exd5 23. Re1 Bf6 (23... e4 $2 24. Rxe4) 24. Nd2
Rdd8 25. f3 Kf7 26. Kf2 g6 27. b3 {[P 28.c4]} e4 $1 28. fxe4 Rxc3 29. Rxd5 Rxd5
30. exd5 Rd3 31. Ke2 (31. Nc4 Rxd5 {e.g.} 32. Nxb6 $4 Bd4+ $19) 31... Rxd5 32.
Nc4 Bd8 33. h3 Bc7 34. Rd1 Rxd1 35. Kxd1 Ke6 36. Ke2 Kd5 37. Kd3 Kc5 38. Ne3
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Okrugin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 a5 10. Be3 a4 11. Nd2 exf4 {This position is a bit better for
black than the usual sicilian fare. Apart from the plan in the game black has
an option to try for an ambitious plan with 11...a3!?} (11... a3 $5 12. Rb1 (
12. b3 Qa5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nb4 15. c4 Bf5 16. fxe5 Nc2 17. b4 Qxb4 18.
Rb1 Qc3 19. Rb3 Qxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Nxe3 21. Qa1 Nxf1 22. Kxf1 {1/2-1/2 Pandavos,
P-Atalik,S/Aegina 1994/ (33)}) (12. Nc4 axb2 13. Rb1 exf4 14. Bb6 (14. Rxf4 Be6
(14... b5 15. Nxb5 Rxa2 16. Bb6 Qd7 17. Nc3 Ra1 18. Rxa1 bxa1=Q 19. Qxa1 Qb7
20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Nb4 {1/2-1/2 Medina Garcia,A-Unzicker,W/Goteborg 1955/ 
(97)}) 15. Rxb2 Ne5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 Ra3 19. Rb3 Qa8 20. Rc7
Bd8 21. Rcxb7 Rxa2 {0-1 Szily,J-Benko,P/HUN-ch 1954/ (40)}) 14... Qe8 15. Rxf4
Ne5 16. Rxb2 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Be6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qc8 20. Bd3 g6 21. Bb5 Bd8
22. Bf2 Ra5 23. c4 Nh5 24. Rf3 Bf6 25. Rc2 {Campora,D-Popovic,P/Palma de
Mallorca 1989/ (25)}) 12... axb2 13. Rxb2 d5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16.
Rb5 Qxa2 17. Bc4 Qa3 18. Bd3 exf4 19. Rxf4 g6 20. Nb3 Qd6 21. Nc5 Qc7 22. Qb1
Bd6 {0-1 Hansen,J-Schneider,L/Oslo 1983/ (29)}) (11... Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13.
Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf6 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Re8 18. Qd3 g6 19. Rae1
Qb6 {0-1 Andreu,S-Ubilava,E/Palma de Mallorca 1992/ (30)}) (11... d5 12. exd5
Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Bc4 Qa5 15. f5 e4 16. Nxe4 Bxf5 17. Bd3 Qe5 18. Rxf5
Qxf5 19. Ng5 Qe5 20. Qh5 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 h6 {0-1 Rago,R-Barlocco,C/Porto San
Giorgio 1997/ (25)}) 12. Rxf4 (12. Bxf4 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Qxb2 14. Nb5 Qb4 15. Be3
Bg4 16. Rb1 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qa5 18. Nc4 Qd8 19. Rfd1 Qe8 20. Ncxd6 Bxd6 21. Nxd6
Qe6 22. Bg5 Rad8 23. Bxf6 Rxd6 {1/2-1/2 Petrov,A-Lugovoi,A/St.Petersburg 1996/
(66)}) 12... Nd7 (12... a3 13. b3 Qa5 14. Nb5 d5 15. e5 Ng4 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17.
Rxg4 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Nd4 Qc3 20. Nf1 Rae8 21. Bf2 Be5 22. Nxc6 Qxa1 23.
Qxd5+ Kh8 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Qd4 Qb2 26. Rf4 {1-0 Flores Alvarez,R-Olafsson,F/
Moscow 1956/ (37)}) (12... Ne5 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Be6 (14... Nd7 15. Nd5 Bg5
16. Rf2 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Qb6 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Be6 21. c3 Bxd5 22.
exd5 Rfe8 {0-1 Ragozin,V-Livshin,I/Kiev/1954/ (60)}) 15. Nd5 (15. Bxe6 fxe6 16.
a3 Qa5 17. Qd3 Qa6 18. Qxa6 Rxa6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Rxa4 Nd5 21. Rxa6 bxa6 {
1/2-1/2 Ragozin,V-Rejfir,J/Marianske Lazne 1956/ (21)}) 15... Nd7 16. Rf1 Bg5
17. Bd4 Ne5 18. Bb5 Bxd5 19. exd5 a3 20. b3 Rc8 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Bc4 Qd6 {
0-1 Szabo,J-Nogrady,V/HUN 1993/ (29)}) (12... d5 13. exd5 Nb4 (13... Nxd5 14.
Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Nc4 Qxd1+ (15... Qe6 16. Bf2 Rd8 17. Qf1 Bg5 18. Rg4 Qf6 19. Rg3
Nd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 21. Kh1 Qc5 {1/2-1/2 Kujovic,M-Sulek,V/Bratislava 1998/ (46)
}) 16. Rxd1 Re8 17. Nb6 Bg5 18. Nxa8 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 Rxe2 20. Rd2 Re4 21. Bd6 f6
{1/2-1/2 Raszka,J-Bielczyk,J/Bielsko Biala 1988/ (26)}) 14. Bf3 Nbxd5 15. Nxd5
Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Nc4 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Ra6 19. Re4 Bf6 20. Bc5 Bf5 21. Ree1
{1/2-1/2 Boensch,U-Tischbierek,R/Leipzig 1979/ (41)}) (12... Be6 13. Nc4 b5 14.
Nb6 Rb8 15. Nbd5 b4 16. Nxa4 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne5 18. c4 bxc3 19. Nxc3 Nfd7 20.
Rf1 Rxb2 21. Rb1 Rxb1 22. Qxb1 Qa5 23. Qb3 Nc5 {0-1 Visconti-Marini,L/Buenos
Aires 1959/ (48)}) 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. Rf2 Nc5 {Black pieces are active and
usually dangerous piece bishop e3 will be changed.} (14... Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Nf6
16. Ng4 Bxg4 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 Ne5 19. Qe2 Rc8 20. c3 a3 21. bxa3 Rxc3 22.
Nf3 Rxa3 23. Nxe5 dxe5 {0-1 Pastor,P-Ubilava,E/San Sebastian/1991/ (34)}) 15.
Bf3 Ne5 16. Nf1 (16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Be2 f5 $13) 16... Be6 17. Qd4 Bh4 (17... f5
$5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Nf4 a3 $5 $36) 18. g3 (18. Rd2 f5 $5) 18... Bxd5 19. Qxd5
(19. exd5 $2 Bf6 20. Qb4 a3 $17) (19. gxh4 Nxf3+ 20. Rxf3 Bxe4 21. Rg3 Bg6 $17)
19... Bf6 20. Rd1 Qe8 $1 21. Bd4 (21. Qxd6 $6 Rd8 (21... Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Nxe4
$15) 22. Qxc5 Nxf3+ 23. Rxf3 Rxd1 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Bh6 Re1 $17) 21... Ra5 22.
Qxd6 $6 {This grabbing of the pawn is too daring, black is well prepared for
the very strong counterplay.} (22. c3 Nb3 23. Qxd6 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Nxf3+ 25. Rxf3
Qxe4 26. Rf4 $11) (22. Bxe5 $5 Bxe5 23. c3 Rb5 $11) 22... Nxf3+ 23. Rxf3 Nxe4
24. Qb4 Ng5 $1 (24... Rb5 25. Qc4 (25. Qxa4 $2 Ng5 26. Re3 Nh3+ 27. Kg2 Qc6+
28. Rf3 Ng5 $19) 25... Qc6 26. Qxc6 bxc6 $11) 25. Rxf6 (25. Re3 $2 Nh3+ 26. Kg2
Qc6+ 27. Rf3 (27. Kxh3 Rh5+ 28. Kg4 Qd5 29. Qc5 Qd7+ 30. Kf3 (30. Kxh5 Qh3#)
30... Rxc5 $19) 27... Ng5) 25... gxf6 26. Qxa5 Qe4 $6 {Sherbakov misses even
stronger continuation, the weak white king can be finished off with forceful
play.} (26... Qe2 $1 27. Rd3 (27. Qf5 Qxd1 28. Bxf6 Nf3+ 29. Kf2 Qe1+ 30. Kxf3
Qxf1+ $17) 27... Nh3+ 28. Kh1 Qe4+ 29. Rf3 Qxf3#) 27. h4 (27. Nd2 Nh3+ 28. Kf1
Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Qxh2+ 30. Kd3 Qxg3+ 31. Kc4 Rc8+ 32. Kb4 Qg4 $17) 27... Nf3+ 28.
Kf2 Nxd4 29. Qh5 (29. Rd3 Qe2+ 30. Kg1 Nf3+ 31. Rxf3 Qxf3 32. Qxa4 Rd8 $17)
29... Qxc2+ $2 (29... Re8 $1 30. c3 Re5 31. Qxe5 fxe5 32. cxd4 exd4 $19) 30.
Rd2 Qe4 31. Ne3 Ne6 (31... Re8 $6 32. Qg4+ Kh8 33. Qxe4 Rxe4 34. Nd5 $14) 32.
Qg4+ Qg6 (32... Qxg4 33. Nxg4 Kg7 $15) 33. h5 Qxg4 34. Nxg4 Kg7 35. Rd7 (35.
Ne3 Kh6 36. g4 Rd8 37. Nf5+ Kg5 38. Rxd8 Nxd8 39. Kg3 $11) 35... b5 36. Rb7 $6
(36. Ne3 $5 Rd8 (36... Kh6 37. g4) 37. Nf5+ Kf8 38. Rb7 $14) 36... Nd4 37. Ke3
Rd8 38. Nf2 Nf5+ (38... f5 39. Nh3 h6 40. Nf4 $15) 39. Kf4 Rd5 {Black's task
of winning this endgame is extremely difficult. His spare pawn is doubled and
all white pieces are active.} 40. g4 Nd6 41. Rd7 Rd4+ 42. Kf3 (42. Ke3 $2 Nf5+
$19) 42... Kf8 43. h6 Ke8 44. Ra7 f5 45. g5 (45. gxf5 Nxf5 46. Rb7 Rd7 $17) (
45. Ra8+ Ke7 46. gxf5 Nxf5 47. Rh8 Rd2 $17) 45... Nc4 (45... Rd2 46. Ra8+ Ke7
47. Rh8 Rxb2 48. Rxh7 Nc4 49. Nd3 Rxa2 50. g6 $1) 46. Ra8+ Ke7 (46... Rd8 47.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 48. Nd3 Ke7 49. Kf4 Ke6 50. Nc5+ Kd5 51. b4 axb3 52. Nxb3 $15) 47.
Rh8 Ne5+ 48. Ke3 (48. Kg2 $2 Rd2 49. Kf1 Rxb2 $19) 48... Rb4 49. Rxh7 $6 (49.
Nd1 $5 Re4+ 50. Kf2 Rd4 51. Ke2 $15) 49... f4+ 50. Ke2 Rxb2+ 51. Kf1 f3 52. Kg1
b4 (52... Rxa2 $5 53. Rh8 Ra1+ 54. Kh2 Rf1 55. Nh3 Ng6 56. Ra8 (56. Rg8 a3 57.
h7 a2 $19) 56... Rc1 $17) 53. Rh8 b3 (53... Rb1+ 54. Kh2 Rf1 55. Kg3 Rg1+ 56.
Kh3 Rxg5 $17) (53... Rxa2 $2 54. h7 Ng6 55. Rg8 $18) 54. axb3 a3 (54... axb3 $2
55. h7 Rb1+ 56. Kh2 Ng6 57. Rg8 $1 Rf1 58. Rxg6 Rxf2+ 59. Kg1 (59. Kg3 Rg2+ 60.
Kxf3 Rh2 61. Rh6 Rxh6 62. gxh6 b2 $11) 59... Rg2+ 60. Kh1 fxg6 61. h8=Q b2 62.
Qf6+ Kd7 63. Qxg6 $16) 55. Ra8 a2 56. Ra7+ Ke6 57. h7 Ng6 58. Nd3 (58. Ra6+ $2
Ke7 59. Ra7+ Kf8 $19) 58... Rg2+ (58... Rb1+ 59. Kf2 a1=Q 60. Rxa1 Rxa1 61.
Nf4+ $1 Nxf4 62. h8=Q $18) 59. Kh1 (59. Kf1 $1 Rh2 60. Rxa2 Rxh7 $11) 59... Kf5
60. Ra5+ $2 {Quite a banal slip at the end of a spirited defence performance.}
(60. Nb4 Rxg5 61. Rxa2 Rh5+ 62. Rh2 Nh4 63. Kg1 $11) 60... Kg4 $1 61. Ne5+ (61.
Nb4 Kg3 62. Rxa2 Rxa2 63. Nxa2 f2) 61... Kg3 62. Nd3 (62. Nxg6 f2 $19) 62...
Rd2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch U20"]
[Site "Nojabrsk"]
[Date "2005.03.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popov, Ivan1"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 {A more
coomon move in this position is 7.Nf3} (7. Nf3 $5) 7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 a5
{A typical move in this line. Black forces a2-a4 and gets the b4 square to
himself} 10. a4 Nb4 {From this square the knight controls the d5 square and
also attacks the c2 pawn} 11. f5 {In case of a waiting tactics black gets a
good counterplay as the next lines show} (11. Rf2 Qb6 12. Bf3 Be6 13. Qe2 Nxc2
14. Qxc2 Bxb3 $17 {0-1 Beliayev,S-Maksimenko,I/Donetsk 2000/EXT 2003 (31)}) (
11. Bf3 Qc7 12. Kh1 Be6 13. Be3 Rfd8 14. Qc1 Bc4 15. Rd1 Rac8 16. Nd2 Ba6 17.
Nf1 Nd7 18. Ng3 Nb6 $132 {0-1 Horowitz,I-Geller,E/New York 1954/MCL (43)})
11... h6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novelty. Black prevents from white to develop the
bishop to g5 and prepares the advance d6-d5} (11... d5 12. exd5 Nbxd5 13. Nxd5
Nxd5 14. Qd3 (14. Bf3 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Nb4 16. Be4 Rd8 17. Qh5 Qf6 {0-1 Custard
Gasco,D-Draghici Flutur,G/Valencia 2003/CBM 096 ext (37)}) 14... Nb4 15. Qe4
Bd7 16. c3 Bc6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Puiggros,G-Schweber,S/Quilmes 1959/MCL (41)}) (
11... b6 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. Rf2 Qd7 15. Be3 Qc6 16. Nd5 Nfxd5 17. exd5
Qc4 $132 {0-1 Marinescu,E-Mosnegutu,M/Eforie Nord 2000/EXT 2004 (28)}) 12. Bc4
{White tries unsuccessfully to take control over the d5 square} (12. Bf3 Qb6+
13. Rf2 d5 $132) (12. Kh1 d5 13. exd5 Nfxd5 14. Ne4 Nf6 $132) 12... Qc7 13. Bd5
(13. Nd2 d5 14. exd5 Rd8 $132) 13... Nbxd5 14. exd5 {It was interesting to
check 14.Nd5 which led to an unclear game} (14. Nxd5 $5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 (15. exd5
Qc4 $132) 15... Qxc2 16. Bd2 (16. Nxa5 Rxa5 17. Qxa5 Qxe4 $44) 16... Bd7 17.
Qxb7 Bc6 18. Qxe7 Qxb3 19. f6 $13) 14... Qc4 $5 {Black plans to activize his
pieces} 15. Be3 (15. Qf3 Bd7 $132) 15... Ng4 $6 {Black plays very recklessly.
A quiet 15...Bd7 gave him a fine counterplay} (15... Bd7 16. Qf3 Rfc8 $132) 16.
Nd2 Qb4 17. Qe2 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bg5 19. Qd3 g6 {Black tries to break white's
blockade by sacrificing a pawn} (19... Bf4 20. f6 gxf6 21. Nc4 f5 22. Kh1 Rd8
23. b3) 20. f6 $6 {After 20.fg as the lines show, white has a good perspectives
} (20. fxg6 $5 f5 21. Nc4 Rf6 22. Ra3 Rxg6 23. Rb3 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Ra6 25. Nb5 $16
) 20... Qd4+ $5 21. Qxd4 exd4 22. Nce4 Be3+ 23. Kh1 Bf5 $36 {Now it is already
black who seizes the initiative} 24. g4 {Trying to sharpen the game white
sacrifices an exchange} (24. Rfe1 Rfc8 25. c4 dxc3 26. Rxe3 cxd2 27. Nxd2 Rc2
$36) 24... Bxg4 $17 25. Nc4 Be2 26. Ncxd6 Rfd8 $1 {A precise move. White
cannot move the rook because of Bf3} 27. Kg2 Bxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Rd7 {[%cal Ra8d8]
28...Ra6 deserved a serious attention, givving back the exchange but staying
with an extra pawn} (28... Ra6 $5 29. Nb5 Rxd5 30. Nc7 Rg5+ (30... Re5 31. Nxa6
Rxe4 32. Nc5 Re8 33. Kf3 b6 34. Ne4) 31. Nxg5 Rc6 32. c3 Bxg5 33. Nd5 Kh7 $17)
29. c4 dxc3 30. bxc3 Bc5 (30... Rad8 31. Nc4 Ba7 32. d6) 31. Nxc5 (31. Nxb7 Ba3
32. Rb1 Re8 $17) 31... Rxd6 32. c4 Rb6 {Black tries to activize his pieces} (
32... b6 33. Ne4 Rd7 34. Rd1) 33. Rd1 Rd8 {Firstly defending against the
advance of the d-pawn} (33... Rc8 $6 34. d6 Rd8 35. d7) 34. Rd4 g5 35. h4 gxh4
36. Ne4 $2 {A weak move after which black wins. After the correct 36.Kh3 the
outcome of the game is not clear yet, here are some possible lines:} (36. Kh3
$1 Rb4 (36... Rxf6 37. Nxb7 Rd7 38. Nc5 Rc7 39. Nd3) 37. d6 $1 b6 38. Nd3 Rxa4
39. Ne5 Ra3+ 40. Kxh4 Re3 41. Nc6 Rd7 42. Nb8 Rd8 43. Nc6 $11) 36... Rb4 37. d6
Rxa4 38. Nc5 Rb4 {Givving way for the a-pawn black gets a decisive advantage} (
38... Ra2+ 39. Kh3 b6) 39. d7 a4 40. Rd3 a3 41. Re3 (41. Rxa3 Rxc4 42. Re3 Kf8
$19) 41... a2 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Rxd8 a1=Q 44. Rh8+ Kg6 45. d8=Q Rb2+ {White's
king is totally exposed and gets under the fire of the black heavy pieces. Of
course, black easily mates after a series of checks, that's why white resigned}
0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 05th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2004.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2004.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7.
Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 e5 $5 10. Nb3 exf4 11. Bxf4 {The other recapture 11.
Rf4 gives nothing to white because of the black's wonderful reply} (11. Rxf4
Ne8 $1 {[%cal Re7f6,Rf6c3]} 12. Qd2 Bf6 $5 13. Rff1 (13. Rf2 Be5 14. Bg5 Nf6
15. Raf1 Bxc3 $1 16. Qxc3 Nxe4 17. Bxd8 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Nxd8 $17 {0-1 Geller,
E-Andersson,U/London/1982/ (49)}) 13... Be6 (13... Be5 14. Nd4 Nf6 $132 {
1-0 Mortensen,E-Tisdall,J/Gausdal/1982/ (54)}) 14. Rad1 Be5 15. Bf4 Nf6 $132 {
0-1 Lutz,C-Gavrikov,V/Katrineholm 1999/CBM 71/[Ftacnik] (62)}) 11... Be6 $5 {
Black has practically finished his development and is prepared to equalize the
game with d6-d5} 12. Qd3 {Taking control over the e4 square and also preparing
to bring the queen to kingside} (12. Bf3 Ne5) 12... d5 13. e5 (13. exd5 Nxd5
14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qe3 $14) 13... Nd7 14. Nxd5 Ndxe5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qg3 f6 {
In spite of the bishops pair white doesn't have anything real as black is
dominating in the centre} 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Qc3 {[%cal Rc3c5,Rb3c5]} (18. c3
Bc4 19. Bxc4+ Nxc4 $11) 18... b6 {[%csl Rc5] Black defends against Nc5} 19. a3
Rc8 {Bringing the rook to the c-file black forces white to move his queen from
an active position} 20. Ba6 Rc7 21. Qe1 (21. Qg3 Rd7 $132) 21... Rd7 22. Rxd7
Qxd7 23. Qd2 Qf7 {Black avoids the exchange of queens, although even in this
case he's not worse} (23... Qxd2 24. Nxd2 Rd8 $132) 24. Rd1 $2 {Too optimistic.
The simple 24.Qc3 led to an equal game. White has probably missed something
when he sacrificed the pawn} (24. Qc3 $5 Bc4 25. Bxc4 Qxc4 26. Bxe5 Nxe5 27.
Qd2 $11) 24... Bxb3 25. cxb3 Qxb3 26. Qd5+ $6 {White goes for an endgame,
planning to compensate the lost pawn by a pair of bishops. 26.Qe2 was more
stubborn} (26. Bb7 Rf7 27. Bxc6 Nxc6 28. Re1 Qc4 $17) (26. Qe2 $5 Qa4 27. Qf1
Qc2 28. b4) 26... Qxd5 27. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096]} Kf7 $1 {Firstly, black brings
his king to the centre} 28. Rd2 Rd8 29. Rc2 $6 {White had more chances after
the exchange of rooks} (29. Rxd8 Nxd8 30. b4 Ne6 31. Be3 Ke7 $17) 29... Ke6 $17
30. h3 g5 $5 {Black takes more space on the kingside, limiting the
possibilities of white} 31. Be3 (31. Bxe5 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Nxe5 33. Ke2 Rg1) 31...
h6 $5 {Black protects the g5 pawn and prepares further advance on the kingside
with f6-f5} 32. Bb7 Ne7 $1 {The knight goes for a better square, Black is
totally dominating} 33. g4 {White is ready to get new weaknesses but to block
black's pawns} (33. Kf2 f5 $36) 33... Rd3 34. Rc3 (34. Kf2 f5 35. gxf5+ Nxf5
36. Bc8+ Kf6 37. Bxf5 Kxf5 38. Rc7 Ke4 $19) 34... Rxc3 35. bxc3 Nd5 (35... Nc4
36. Bc1 Kd6 $17) 36. Bc1 $2 {It's not clear why white gives another pawn. 36.
Bd4 was necessary} (36. Bd4 Nf4 37. Kh2) 36... Nxc3 $19 37. Kg2 Ne2 {37...Na2
also deserved attention, winning another pawn} (37... Na2 $5 38. Be3 Nc4) 38.
Bd2 Nf4+ 39. Kg3 Ne2+ 40. Kg2 Nc4 41. Bb4 Nf4+ {Black is constantly regrouping
his pieces to a better squares} 42. Kg3 a5 43. Bc8+ Kd5 44. Be7 Nd6 $1 {
Black transfers the knight to a very good square, also protecting the f6 pawn}
45. Bd7 Ng6 46. Bd8 $8 (46. Bxf6 Ne4+ $19) 46... b5 $1 {Organizing a passed
pawn and immideatly deciding the game} 47. a4 (47. Bxa5 Ne5 48. Bf5 Nxf5+ 49.
gxf5 Ke4 $19) 47... b4 48. Bxa5 b3 0-1

[Event "Yugoslavia-chT"]
[Site "Opatija"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rabar, Braslav"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B59"]
[Annotator "Petronijevic,Z"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 {The
Boleslavsky Variation was very popular at the time this game was played.} 7.
Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f3 ({More natural is} 9. O-O) 9... d5 $5 ({Very
interesting continuation which leads to an equal play. More often played are
either} 9... a5) ({or} 9... Be6 {In both cases Black attains an equal play.})
10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Qc7 $6 ({Suspicious move which allows White to attain a
slight edge. Beter was} 11... Qxd5 12. exd5 Nb4 $11) 12. Qd2 $6 ({White missed
to attain a slight edge by} 12. c3 Rd8 13. Qb5 Bd7 14. Kf2) 12... Rd8 13. Bd3 (
{On} 13. Qc1 {Black has} Nb4 14. c3 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 Rxd3 16. Ke2 Rd8 {and Black
is compensated for the small material dissadvantage in the form of having the
bishop pair.}) 13... Nb4 ({Also possible was} 13... Rxd3 14. Qxd3 Nb4 15. Qe2
Nxc2+ 16. Kf2 Nxa1 17. Rxa1 b6) 14. O-O Be6 15. Nc1 Rac8 16. Rf2 Qd7 ({Slight
imprecise move. Preferable was} 16... Bc4 $11) 17. Qe2 ({Preferable was} 17.
Qd1 {with a tiny advantage for White.}) 17... Qa4 ({Black missed the nice idea
} 17... Bc4 $1 18. Bxc4 Qd1+ 19. Qf1 Rxc4 $11) 18. a3 ({Last chance to fight
for advantage was} 18. g3) 18... Nxc2 $1 19. Bxc2 Rxc2 20. Qxc2 Rd1+ 21. Qxd1
Qxd1+ 22. Rf1 Qd7 23. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch59 Championat"]
[Site "Ales"]
[Date "1984.08.23"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Roos, Louis"]
[Black "Giffard, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1984.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 {L'alsacien renonce а sa sicilienne fermée habituelle et il
souhaitait peut-être améliorer la partie jouée entre les deux adversaires sur
la même variante а Puteaux pour le championnat de France 1980. Au surplus, L.
Roos venait de perdre deux jours auparavant avec la sicilienne fermée contre
Meinshonn et sa confiance dans cette varainte était peut-être ébranlée.} d6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 {Une variante solide mais qui pose moins
de problèmes que Bg5, Bc4 ou encore la suite moderne f3} (6. Bg5 {La grande
ligne}) 6... e5 $5 {Probablement la meilleure suite et la raison pour laquelle
6.Be2 n'est pas trés populaire contre Nc6, les noirs vont pouvoir ensuite
gagner des tempi et de l'espace а l'aile-dame sur la Nb3 par a5a4} 7. Nb3 (7.
Nf3 h6 $1 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. Bf1 Nb8 $1 {[%cal Gb8d7,Gd7c5,
Gd8c7,Ga8c8]} 12. b3 a6 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. a5 d5 $132)
7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 (9. Be3) 9... a5 $1 10. a4 {[%csl Gb4] Quasiment
forcé car les blancs ne peuvent pas laisser les noirs pousser a5a4} (10. Be3 $6
a4 11. Nd2 a3 $15) 10... Nb4 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Gd6d5,Gb4c2] La menace a5a4 a
forcé l'affaiblissement de la case "b4" qui devient une case forte pour le N
qui fait pression sur "c2" et soutient la poussée libératrice "d6d5"} 11. Kh1
Qc7 (11... Be6 {Plus courant mais N.Giffard préfère d'abord jouer Qc7 pour
contrôler la case "c4" afin de jouer ensuite Be6 sans craindre "f4f5"} 12. f5
Bd7 13. Bg5 Bc6 $11 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Gd6d5,Gc6d5,Gf6d5] Toutes les pièces
noires sont prêtes а soutenir la poussée "d5"}) 12. Bf3 {[%csl Gd5]} (12. Be3
$142 Be6 13. f5 Bc4 14. Bb6) 12... Be6 13. Be3 Rfd8 $15 {Suivant le plan
adopté par E.Geller dans plusieurs parties.} 14. Rc1 $2 $146 {Libère la Q de
la protection du P "c2" mais c'est une case vraiment passive pour la R} (14.
Rf2 $142 {[%cal Gf2d2];Karpov,A (2700)-Spassky,B (2650) Candidates sf1 (1) 0-1}
) (14. Qc1 {Gonzalez Mestres,L-Geller,E Las Palmas Las Palmas 29/318 1980 0-1})
14... Bc4 $6 {[%cal Gc4f1,Gc4b5] L'intérêt est de contrôler la case "b5" pour
éviter Nb5 mais il semblait plus précis de pousser directement "d5"} (14... d5
$1 {[%cal Gd5d4,Gd5e4]} 15. Nb5 {[%cal Gc2c4]} Qb8 16. Bb6 Rd7 {[%cal Gd5e4]}
17. exd5 (17. Qe1 dxe4 $36) 17... Nfxd5 $17) 15. Be2 $1 (15. Re1 $143 d5 $15)
15... d5 16. Bxc4 dxc4 {L'inconvénient d'avoir joué 14. Bc4 au lieu de d5 est
le changement de structure. Or si dc4 gagne un tempo sur le N, les noirs
peuvent difficilement faire pression sur la faiblesse "b2". Une pièce lourde
en "b6 ne pourrait l'attaquer qu'après avoir enlevé la pièce forte Nb4...} 17.
Nd2 Bc5 $2 {Perd un P} (17... Ra6 $5 {[%cal Ga6d6]} 18. Qe2) (17... exf4 $142
18. Bxf4 Qc6 $11) 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Qe2 {[%cal Gd2c4,Ge2c4]} Qe6
21. Nxc4 Rd4 22. Nd2 $14 h6 23. Nf3 Rc4 $6 24. e5 Ne8 25. Rcd1 $16 Rac8 $6 {
Doubler sur ka colonne "c" est un mauvais plan car les noirs n'ont pas de
cible sauf а sacrifier la qualité en "c3"} 26. Nd4 $16 Qg6 27. Rd2 R4c5 28. Nb3
(28. e6 fxe6 29. Nxe6 Rf5) 28... R5c7 29. Nxa5 Re7 30. Nb3 Qe6 31. Qb5 Qc4 {
Curieusement malgré le déficit des deux P, l'échange des Q n'est pas forcément
au détriment des noirs.} 32. Qxc4 Rxc4 33. Re1 Nf6 $6 (33... Nc6 {[%cal Gc6e5,
Ge7e5]} 34. Rde2 Nc7 35. Kg1 Ne6 {La position noire reste jouable}) 34. Kg1 Ng4
35. Rde2 h5 36. h3 Nh6 37. Nd2 Rc5 38. Nf3 Nf5 39. Rd2 Nc6 40. Nd5 Re8 41. b3 {
Ajournement} Nfd4 42. Nxd4 Rxd5 43. Nf3 Rxd2 44. Nxd2 Nb4 45. c3 Nd3 46. Re3
Rd8 $2 (46... Nxe5 47. Nc4 f6 48. Kf2 Re6 49. Nxe5) 47. Nf3 $18 Nf4 48. Re4
Rd1+ 49. Kh2 Nd5 50. c4 Nc3 51. Re3 Na2 52. e6 Kf8 53. exf7 Kxf7 54. Re5 Nc3
55. Rxh5 Rb1 56. Nd4 Kg6 57. Re5 Rd1 58. Nb5 Nb1 59. Rd5 Nd2 60. Nc3 Nf1+ 61.
Kg1 Rc1 62. Ne2 Rb1 63. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 31st"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Black "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O (8... a5 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a4 11. Nc1 a3 12. Rb1 Be6 13. Rd1 axb2 14.
Rxb2 Qc8 15. f3 Na5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. c3 Bd8 19. Rb4 Re8 20. Nb3
Re7 21. Qb2 Nxb3 {1/2-1/2 Zapata-Dlugy/New York Open(4) 1989}) 9. Be3 Be6 10.
Qd2 {This opening choice against the Classical does not create major problems
for Black} a5 11. Rfd1 (11. Rad1 a4 12. Nc1 Qa5 13. f3 (13. a3 Rfd8 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. exd5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Na5 17. f4 e4 18. Rd4 Rdc8 19. c3 Bd8 20. Kf2 b5
21. h3 Bb6 22. Rd2 Bxe3+ 23. Kxe3 Rc5 $15 {Kiroski,Toni-Markovic,M/Nis open
1993 0-1 (36)}) 13... Rfc8 14. a3 Nd4 $1 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nb5 (16. Qxd4 d5 $17
) 16... d5 $17 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Qb6 19. Kh1 d3 20. Bxd3 Nc5 21. Qe3 Bg4 22.
Rd2 Ra5 23. f5 Rxb5 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 25. Rdf2 Ne4 26. Rf4 Bg5 27. f6 Qxf1+ {
0-1 Drozd,R-Partos/Romania 1/279 1966}) (11. a4 Nb4 $10) 11... a4 12. Nc1 Qa5
13. a3 {This is a well known position from the Najdorf where it is White to
move since Black had played 5...a6 and later a6-a5. So it has to be OK for
Black, a tempo in the Sicilian is always valuable.} Rfd8 (13... Rfc8 $5 {
typical}) 14. N1a2 Rd7 $5 {[%cal Ye7d8,Yd8b6]} 15. Bf3 $6 (15. Qe1 $142 {
[%cal Ye2b5]}) 15... Bd8 $1 16. h3 h6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Ne7
$15 20. Bg4 (20. Nb4 $142 Nf5 21. Re1 $15) (20. g4 $2 e4 $17) 20... Nxg4 21.
hxg4 Ba5 22. c3 f5 $1 23. f3 (23. gxf5 Nxf5 {/\ Rf8, Rdf7}) 23... fxg4 24. fxg4
Rc7 $1 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Yc7c4,Yc4g4]} 25. Kh2 Rc4 26. Kh3 Rf8 (26... Re4 $5 27.
Re1 Bb6 28. Bf2 Rxe1 29. Bxe1 Rf8 30. Nb4 Rf1 31. Re2 Bc5 $17) 27. Nb4 Rf6 (
27... Bxb4 28. axb4 b5 $17) 28. g5 Rf7 (28... Nf5 $5 {[%cal Rc4h4]} 29. g4 Rxg4
$5 30. gxf6 (30. Kxg4 Nxe3+) 30... Rh4+ 31. Kg2 Nxe3+ {with more than enough
compensation for the exchange.}) 29. gxh6 Nf5 30. Bf2 Rf6 31. g3 Rxh6+ 32. Kg2
Rg6 (32... Rg4 $142) 33. Rh1 Rcg4 (33... Bxb4 $1 34. cxb4 (34. axb4 a3 35. bxa3
Rxc3) 34... Rcg4 (34... e4 35. Re2 e3 36. Rh5 Rf6 $17) (34... Nh4+ 35. Kh3 Nf3
36. Re2 $15) 35. Rd3 (35. Rh3 e4 36. Re2 e3 $17) 35... e4 36. Rc3 e3 37. Bxe3
Rxg3+ 38. Kf2 Rg2+ 39. Kf3 R6g3+ 40. Kf4 Nxe3 41. Rxe3 Rxe3 42. Kxe3 Rxb2 $19)
34. Rh3 Bd8 (34... Bxb4 35. axb4) 35. Kh2 Re4 36. Nd3 Bg5 37. Rc2 Rg4 (37...
Ne3 38. Bxe3 Rxe3 39. Nb4 e4 40. Rf2 Bf6 41. Nc2 Rd3 42. Nb4 Rd1 43. Re2 Be5
44. Kg2) 38. Re2 e4 39. Nb4 Bf6 $6 (39... Bf4 $2 40. gxf4 Rg2+ 41. Kh1 e3 42.
Rf3) (39... e3 $5 40. Be1 Kf7 $15) 40. Nc2 Be5 41. Ne3 $1 $8 {Time trouble is
over and White miraculously gets in time for defence.} Nxg3 $6 (41... Bxg3+ {
was of course a better try} 42. Bxg3 Nxg3 43. Rf2 (43. Re1 R4g5) (43. Nxg4 Nxe2
) 43... R4g5 44. c4 (44. Rf4 Ne2) 44... Nh5 {/\} 45. Nf5 Rf6) 42. Nxg4 Nxe2+
43. Nxe5 dxe5 44. Re3 $1 Nf4 (44... Rh6+ 45. Kg2 Nf4+ 46. Kf1) 45. Bg3 $1 Rb6
46. Rxe4 Rxb2+ 47. Kh1 Rb1+ (47... Nxd5 48. Bxe5 Kf7 49. Rxa4 Re2 50. Bd4) 48.
Kh2 Rb2+ 49. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clichy"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2001.06.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Renet, Olivier"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 a5 10. a4 Nb4 11. f4 d5 $5 {Interesting idea, and probably it
equalizes for black; Usually black plays 11...Be6 instead:} (11... Be6 {Atalik}
12. f5 Bd7 (12... Bxb3 13. cxb3 d5 14. exd5 Nbxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bf2 e4 17.
Bc4 e3 18. Qxd5 exf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qb6+ 20. Kf3 Rad8 21. Qe4 Bc5 $40) 13. Bf3 Bc6
14. Qe2 d5 15. exd5 (15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. exd5 e4) 15... Nbxd5 16.
Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. c4 $142 {Atalik,S} (18. Bg5 $6 {0-1 Kofidis,
A-Atalik,S/Aegina 1996/EXT 97/[Atalik,S] (36)})) 12. fxe5 (12. Nxd5 $6 Nfxd5
13. exd5 Nxd5 $15) 12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4 (13. Bf3 Nxc3 (13... Be6 $2 14. Nxe4 $16
{1-0 Efimov,I-Benner,A/Andorra 1993/TD (57)}) 14. bxc3 Nc6 $11) 13... dxe4 14.
Qxd8 $146 {Usually this ending is equal, but the middlegame isn't dangerous
for black too;} (14. c3 Nd5 15. Bd4 Qc7 {0-1 Mohd,H-Dadashzadeh,K/Genting
Highlands 1998/CBM 63 ext (27)} (15... Bg5 $5 {[%cal Gd5e3]})) (14. Nd2 $5 Qc7
(14... Qd5 15. c3 Nc6 (15... Nd3 $2 16. Nxe4) 16. Nc4 Be6 $11) (14... Nd5 15.
Bd4 {[%csl Re4]}) 15. c3 Nd3 16. Bxd3 exd3 17. Bd4 Be6 $132) 14... Rxd8 {
[%mdl 4096]} 15. Bc4 $2 {After this unaccurate move of white, black gets even
better play; There was a way for white to get even some edge in this ending by:
} (15. Bb6 $142 Rf8 (15... Nxc2 16. Rac1 Be6 17. Bxd8 Bxd8 18. Nc5 $1 Nd4 19.
Bc4 Bb6 20. Nxe6 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Nxc1 22. Ng5 $16) 16. Nd2 Nxc2 17. Rac1 Nb4 18.
Nxe4 $14 {There is nothing special for white, but white pieces are currently
very active;}) 15... Be6 {Black could get pair of bishops' advantage in the
following line:} (15... Nxc2 $5 16. Bxf7+ Kh8 17. Bb6 Nxa1 18. Bxd8 Bxd8 $15)
16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Bb6 (17. Bc5 Bxc5+ 18. Nxc5 e3 $1 $15 {[%cal Gd8d2,Rb4c2]})
17... Nxc2 18. Bxd8 (18. Rac1 Rdc8 $17 {[%cal Ge4e3]}) 18... Nxa1 19. Bxe7 (19.
Rxa1 Bxd8 $17 {[%cal Gd8b6]}) 19... Nxb3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Black is up a pawn
and knight looks stronger here than white bishop because there are many
weaknesses all over the board for both sides, and knight is more useful piece
in those cases;} 20. Kf2 (20. Re1 Rc8 21. Rxe4 $15) 20... Rc8 21. Ke3 h5 22.
Rd1 $2 {Letting black rook to get to the 2nd rank;} (22. Bd6 $142) (22. Rf2 Rc4
23. Rf8+ Kh7 24. Rb8 Nd4 $1 $17 {[%cal Gd4f5]}) 22... Rc2 23. Rd8+ Kh7 24. Rd7
Rxg2 $19 {Black just picks up more pawns over the 2nd rank than white over the
7th;} 25. Rxb7 Rxh2 $1 26. Kf4 (26. Rxb3 Rh3+ {[%csl Rb3]}) (26. Bf8 Rg2 27.
Kxe4 Nd2+ $19 {[%cal Gh5h4]}) 26... Nd4 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Yd4f5,Yh5h4] Black
moves the knight to f5 outpost where it controls important squares like g7, h4
and e3- the game is over now;} 27. Kxe4 Nf5 {[%csl Gg7,Gh5] Now two passed
pawns of black decide the game- white pawns over queenside are much more
slowly;} 28. Bd8 Re2+ 29. Kf3 (29. Kf4 h4 30. Bxa5 Kh6 $19 {[%cal Gg7g5,Yh6h5]}
(30... h3 31. Rb3 Ne3 32. Kf3 h2 33. Kxe2 h1=Q 34. Rxe3 Qg2+ $19 {[%csl Yb2]}))
29... Rxe5 30. b4 axb4 31. a5 Nd4+ 32. Kg2 Nc6 33. Bf6 Rxa5 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group2"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kurochkin, Victor"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Khabarovsk Lokomotiv"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Bf3 $6 $146 {[%mdl 16384] That's the novelty but not very successful
one-black has at least 2 good ways to reach better play;} (9. Be3 {Atalik,S} a5
10. a4 Nb4 11. O-O Be6 12. f5 Bd7 (12... Bxb3 {Atalik,S} 13. cxb3 d5 14. exd5
Nbxd5 15. Bf2 (15. Nxd5 {Atalik,S} Nxd5 16. Bf2 e4 17. Bc4 e3 18. Qxd5 exf2+
19. Kxf2 Qb6+ 20. Kf3 Rad8 21. Qe4 Bc5 $40)) 13. Bf3 Bc6 14. Qe2 d5 15. exd5 (
15. Nxd5 {Atalik,S} Bxd5 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. exd5 e4) 15... Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5
17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Bg5 $6 (18. c4 $142 {Atalik,S}) 18... Rfe8 {0-1 Kofidis,
A-Atalik,S/Aegina 1996/EXT 97/[Atalik,S] (36)}) (9. O-O {-is normal way to
continue-see games;}) 9... Qb6 {Typical move which delays white's castle for a
while;} (9... a5 $5 10. a4 (10. O-O a4 11. Nd2 exf4 $15 {[%cal Gc6e5]}) 10...
Qb6 {but inclusion of a4 a5 is favourable for black;}) 10. Qe2 $6 {[%cal Gc1e3]
hoping to solve all troubles by Be3 but this attempt fails mostly because of
Nd4 blow which probably was understimated by white;} (10. Qd3 {[%csl Yd4][%cal
Gc1e3] - was better move cause here white keeps controlling d4 spot;} Nb4 11.
Qe2 Be6 $15) 10... Nd4 {There was no need to hurry up with Nd4- Be3 would be
faced with Nd4 anyhow;} (10... Re8 $5 11. Be3 Nd4 {[%cal Rd4c2]}) 11. Qd3 Bd7
12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 d5 $1 $17 {Only this move keeps the initiative on;} 14.
e5 (14. Nxd4 $2 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Rfe8 $19 {[%cal Ge7c5]}) (14. Qxd4
$2 dxe4 $19) (14. exd5 Rfe8 $1 {[%cal Gd7b5]} 15. O-O $140 Bb5 $19) 14... Bb5
15. Qb3 Ne4 {[%cal Yb6g1] Black gets all pieces in one by one while white is
not able to castle because of the same weakness of b6-g1 diagonal;} 16. Qxd5 (
16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. c4 Qg6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg6g2,Gd4d3]} 18. O-O $8 (18. Qxb5 Qxg2
19. Rg1 Bh4+ $19 {[%cal Gg2h2,Yg2f3]}) 18... d3 19. Qxb5 a6 $1 $17 {[%cal
Ge7c5,Yd3e2] arranging Bc5 check;}) 16... Bb4+ 17. Kf1 Bc6 {17...Nc5 is
another way which kills white as well;} (17... Nc5 $142 $5 {[%cal Gd4d3,Ga8d8]}
18. Qd6 Qa5 19. a3 Rad8 20. Qe7 d3 $19 {developing decisive initiative;} (20...
Nb3)) 18. Qc4 Rfd8 $19 {[%cal Gd4d3,Yc6b5] White could consider resignation
even here ;-)} 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. a3 Be7 21. Ng3 Rac8 22. Qe2 Bxc2 23. Bd2 Qxb2
{[%csl Rh1] White rook h1 is still sleeping while black collects all pawns
over the queenside;} 24. Rc1 Ba4 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qg4 Bb5+ 27. Ke1 {[%tqu
"En","Find the killer move;","","","c8c1","The final blow;",10]} Rc1+ $1 {
The final blow;} 28. Bxc1 Qxc1+ (28... Qxc1+ 29. Qd1 Qe3+ 30. Ne2 Bxa3 {
[%cal Ga3b4,Rd4d3]} 31. Qd2 $140 Bb4 {[%cal Ye3e2]}) 0-1

