[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ravi, Lanka"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qe2 Rd8 12. Rd1 Be7 13. dxc5 Rxd1+ 14. Nxd1 Bxc5
15. b4 Bd6 16. Bb2 Ke7 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (16... Ng4 17. h3 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19.
Rc1 Qe7 20. f4 Ng6 21. g3 O-O 22. e4 Rd8 23. Nf2 Bb8 24. Rd1 Ba7 25. Bb1 Qc7
26. Rd2 Ne7 27. Qd1 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 $11 {Nemec,T-Grabczewski,R/Stary Smokovec
1967/MCD/1-0 (77)}) 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. Bb1 {Doesn't promise nothing} (18. e4 Ne5
$1 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. f3 Rc8 $11) 18... Rd8 19. e4 Ne5 20. Nd2 {
[%cal Gf2f4,Ge4e5]} g5 $5 {[%mdl 16]} (20... Ng6 21. g3 Be5 22. Nf3 $14) 21.
Ne3 g4 22. Nef1 h5 {Strong position of black knight on e5, give for black a
good counterplay.} 23. Qe3 {[%cal Ge3g5]} Ned7 {[%cal Gd6f4]} 24. h4 Bf4 25.
Qe2 Ne5 26. Re1 Nfd7 27. Ng3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "1999.04.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Plaskett, H James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "1999.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. Qc2 Rd8 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15.
O-O (15. Ne4 $5 Nd7 $8 16. Neg5 g6 17. Qc3 e5 18. O-O Rac8 19. Qb3 $11) 15...
Rac8 16. Qb1 h6 17. Rfd1 Bb6 18. h3 Rd6 {[%cal Yc8d8,Gd8d1]} 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20.
Bxe4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 a5 $1 22. bxa5 Bxa5 {[%mdl 308]} 23. Nd2 (23. Rc1 b4 24.
axb4 Bxb4 $11) 23... Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Na5 $1 {[%csl Gc4] It is not clear how
white can improve his position as after exchanging the light bishops black's
knight has a nice place on c4.} 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. Rd3 Nc4 27. Bc1 Qc6 28. Rd1
e5 29. Qd3 e4 $1 {From now black plays for some advantage, but the position
still looks only slightly better for black without real chances to win for
both sides.} 30. Qd4 Kh7 31. Bb2 $1 Qg6 32. Ra1 Rc6 33. Bc3 Rd6 34. Qc5 Rd3 35.
Bb4 Qf6 36. Rc1 Qe6 37. Qxb5 Nxa3 $11 38. Bxa3 Rxa3 39. Rc6 Qe7 40. Qf5+ g6 41.
Qf4 Kg7 42. Rc4 Qf6 43. Rxe4 Qxf4 44. Rxf4 h5 45. g4 hxg4 46. hxg4 Ra2 47. Kg2
Kf8 48. Kg3 Ke7 49. g5 Ra5 50. Re4+ Kf8 51. Kg4 Kg7 52. Rb4 Ra1 53. f4 Rf1 54.
Rb2 Kf8 55. Rb7 Rf2 56. e4 Kg7 57. f5 gxf5+ 58. exf5 Kg8 59. Rb8+ Kh7 60. Rb7
Kg8 61. f6 Ra2 62. Re7 Ra1 63. Re3 Kh7 64. Rh3+ Kg8 65. Rd3 Kh7 66. Rd8 Rg1+
67. Kf4 Rf1+ 68. Ke5 Re1+ 69. Kd6 Re6+ 70. Kd7 Re5 71. Re8 Rxg5 72. Ke7 Ra5 73.
Kxf7 Ra7+ 74. Re7 Ra8 75. Rd7 Rb8 76. Ra7 Kh6 77. Re7 Kh7 78. Re6 Ra8 79. Rd6
Ra7+ 80. Kf8 Ra8+ 81. Ke7 Kg6 82. f7+ Kg7 83. Ra6 Rb8 84. Rb6 Ra8 85. Ra6 Rb8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20 41st"]
[Site "Goa"]
[Date "2002.12.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Aronian,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Like the previous year, when I missed it, I again had the chance to honour my
secret "agreement" with Dima, under which I promised to beat everybody else
and lose to him in the last round...Before the game, I was not too worried.} 1.
c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 {In our previous game (Batumi 2002) I played
4.g3 , but now I was afraid of an improvement.} d5 5. d4 Nc6 6. a3 {I have
seen this line in the game of Ari Minasiana , although it is true that he
reached it via 1.a3!} a6 7. dxc5 {7.b3 is also not bad.} Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7 {
Here my knowledge of theory ended. Mind you, I don't think my opponent's
knowldege went much deeper.} 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rc1 {After 5 minutes'
thought.} Rd8 12. Be2 {After a few minutes' thought, the intended 12.Qb1
seemed a bit too artificial, so I decided to stop trying to be clever.} h6 $2 {
But this is unnecessary. It was time to take on c4, after which I intended to
set up the battery Bb1-Qc2, although I doubt that I have much there, apart
from a few crude threats.} 13. O-O {Around here (or after 13...dxc4 14.Nxc4)
my opponent had a long think, and I of course noticed that after 13...dxc4 14.
Nxc4 b5, as well as the reasonable idea Na2-Nb1, there is also the possible
knight sacrifice.} dxc4 ({Maybe he should have decided on} 13... d4 14. exd4
Nxd4 (14... Bxd4 15. b5 $1) 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 {, although after} 16. Nd5 {White
has a clear advantage.}) 14. Bxc4 b5 ({After} 14... e5 {I found} 15. Nh4 Be6
16. Nf5 Qe8 17. Ne4 $1 {and was very satisfied with my position. 14...b5 came
as a surprise, as I expected 14...Nd7 .}) 15. Nxb5 axb5 16. Bxb5 Nxb4 ({On} 
16... Nb8 {there is the winning line} 17. Qxc8 Rxc8 18. Rxc8+ Kh7 19. Bd3+ g6
20. Be4 {and White wins too much material.}) 17. axb4 Rb8 ({As my opponent
pointed out after the game} 17... Qxb4 {loses after} 18. Bc6 Ba6 (18... Rb8 19.
Be5) 19. Bxa8 Bxf1 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Kxf1 Rxa8 22. Ra1 {with a deadly pin.})
18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Qa4 ({During the game, I did not like} 19. Qc7 {because of}
Qxc7 20. Rxc7 Rd2 {with some activity, although Fritz completely disagrees
with my assessment (as do I myself now, incidentally).}) 19... Be4 {And here I
really had a good think. The threat is Nd5 and it is not clear to defend
against Qg5. It is just as well that I found the strengthening move} 20. Rc4 {
It turns out that Black has no adequate moves and he was also very short of
time. What follows is agony.} Bd5 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Bxc6 Nd5 23. Rg4 {A good
move, played only because I was moving at blitz speed and did not notice that
after} (23. b5 Nb6 {there is} 24. Qb4) 23... e5 24. b5 f5 25. Rc4 Nb6 26. Qb4
Qe6 27. Rcc1 Rf8 28. Qc3 Nd7 29. Rfd1 {Here my opponent stopped the clocks and
I understand that I had won the tournament!} 1-0

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.08.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jakubovic, Nedzad"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.08.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 {My trademark for such positions.} 10. Qe2 Bc6 11. Rd1 Bd5
12. Bd3 $6 (12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qe4 $14) 12... Nc6 13.
Be3 (13. Ne5 Rc8 (13... Nxd4 $6 14. Bxh7+ Nxh7 15. Rxd4)) 13... Qd6 $1 {
No more Ne5.} 14. h3 Rfe8 15. Rac1 g6 16. Ne5 $2 (16. Bb1 a6 $15) 16... Nxe5
17. dxe5 (17. Nb5 Nxd3 18. Nxd6 Nxc1 19. Rxc1 Bxd6 $19) 17... Qxe5 18. f4 (18.
Nb5 $6 Nh5 $19) 18... Qb8 19. Nb5 Bd8 $1 (19... Bc6 20. Nd4 Nd5 21. Nxc6 bxc6
22. Be4 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Bxc6 Rac8 25. Rc4 Qc7 $17) 20. Bd4 (20. Qf2 a6
21. Ba7 Rxa7 22. Nxa7 Nd7 23. Nc8 (23. Rc8 Bb6 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 $19) 23... Bc7 $19
) 20... Nh5 (20... Qxf4 $2 21. Rf1 Qg5 22. Qf2) 21. g3 (21. Qe5 Bf6 22. Qxb8
Bxd4+ 23. Nxd4 Raxb8 $19) 21... Nxg3 22. Qe5 $1 (22. Qg4 Nf5 23. Be5 Bb6+ 24.
Kh2 Qd8 $19) 22... Qxe5 23. fxe5 Nf5 24. Bxf5 (24. Nd6 Nxd4 25. Nxe8 Nf3+ 26.
Kf1 Nxe5 $19) 24... exf5 25. Nc7 Bxc7 26. Rxc7 Bc6 $19 27. Bc3 Re6 28. Rd6 Rae8
29. Kf2 g5 30. b4 a6 31. a4 Bxa4 32. Rxb7 Kg7 33. Bd4 Kg6 34. Rc7 f4 35. Bb2 $2
(35. Kf3 h5 36. h4 Bd1+ 37. Kf2 g4 $19) 35... Rxd6 36. exd6 Re6 37. d7 Rd6 38.
Be5 (38. Be5 Rxd7 $19) 0-1

[Event "CCA-ICC op"]
[Site "Lake George"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.05.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This is the third game in a row I have lost against Ehlvest with white.
Actually this is too much.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 $5 {
A system championed by GM Jussupow.} Bb4 {Jaan goes for one of the obvious
lines.} 6. Bb2 c5 $5 {Now the game will be transposed into the lines of
Tarrasch with e3.} 7. dxc5 Nc6 $5 {As usual Jaan comes up with something
original.} (7... Ne4 8. Qc2 d4 9. exd4 Qxd4 10. Rc1 Na6 11. Nf3 Bxc3+ 12. Bxc3
Qxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Nxc5 15. b4 $14) 8. a3 {I have spent some time on
either to go with a slightly better Tarrasch for me or to do something
original with} Bxc5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. b4 Bd6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. Be2 $14
{White has a pleasant edge.} Ne4 14. O-O Bg4 15. Nbd4 Re8 (15... Qd6 16. Nxc6
bxc6 17. Be5 Qh6 18. Bxb8 Raxb8 (18... Nc3 $2 19. Bf4 $18) 19. Qd4 $14) 16. b5
$1 {I have felt that I have to use my advantage. Since his queenside is not
developped yet I have to be quick to build up an initiative.} Ne7 $5 {Typical
for Jaan he accepts a slightly worse but venomous set up.} (16... Nxd4 $6 17.
Qxd4 Be5 18. Nxe5 Bxe2 19. Rfc1 (19. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 20. Qxg7+ Ke6 21. Rfc1 Qg5
$17) 19... f6 (19... Bxb5 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Rc7+ $18) 20. Nd3 $16) ({I was
expecting more.} 16... Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Qd4
$14) 17. Nd2 $1 {White has to try to exchange pieces to increase his advantage.
} Qd6 18. f4 $6 {When you lose two games with white in a row against some
certain guy you want to beat him no matter what happens. Here I have lost my
cool. It is true that the move I have chosen is original and has some points
but on the other hand compromises the pawn structure for no reason.} ({
Obviously I was not satisfied with some slight edge after.} 18. g3 Bxe2 (18...
Bh3 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Re1 Qg6 (20... Qd7 21. Nb3 $1 $40) (20... Qh6 $6 21. Bg4
$16) 21. Bh5 Qg5 22. f4 $1 {Now it is the time for this move.} exf3 23. Bxf3
Bc8 24. Qb3 Ng6 25. Bd5 Ne5 26. Rf1 Qh5 27. Rf4 $16) 19. Qxe2 Qg6 20. N2f3 $5
Bd6 21. Rfd1 $14) 18... Bxe2 19. Qxe2 (19. Nxe4 Bxd1 (19... Qxf4 20. exf4 Bxd1
21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. Raxd1 $44) 20. Nxd6 Bxd6 21. Rfxd1 Bc5 22. Kf2 $11) 19...
Nxd2 20. Qxd2 a6 $1 {This was the first surprise for me. I have always thought
that he would have developed the his bishop into the same diagonal without
inserting a6 and a4 respectively.} (20... Bc7 21. a4 Bb6 22. f5 $13) 21. Kh1 $2
{And I have immediately erred. It is unexplainable that in such a situation I
afford losing a whole tempo.} (21. a4 $8 Ba7 22. f5 f6 (22... Bxd4 23. Qxd4 f6
24. e4 $14) 23. g4 $1 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Qd7 25. Qd3 axb5 (25... Nc8 26. Rac1 Nd6
27. Bb6 Re5 (27... Nc8 $2 28. Bc7) 28. Rc5 Qf7 29. bxa6 bxa6 30. Rc7 Qe8 31. a5
Nc4 32. g5 fxg5 $140 $2 33. f6 $18) 26. axb5 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Nc8 28. Rd1 $13 {
should justify my risky play.}) 21... Ba7 22. f5 f6 23. a4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 (24.
Bxd4 $2 axb5 25. axb5 Rxa1 26. Bxa1 Qc5 $17) 24... axb5 25. axb5 Rxa1 26. Bxa1
Rc8 $17 {Now black strikes first and white has to defend an extremely
unpleasant position.} 27. Qd3 Qb4 28. Bd4 Qc4 $1 {He rightfully avoids cheapo
tactics} ({like} 28... Rc4 $2 29. g4 Qxb5 30. g5 fxg5 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. f6+ Kh6
33. fxe7 Qd7 34. Rf6+ Kg7 35. Qf5 $1 Qxe7 (35... Qxf5 $2 36. e8=N+ $18) 36. Re6
$18) 29. Qxc4 (29. Qb1 Qe2 $1 {looks devastating.} ({Actually Jaan did not see
the move and his intention was} 29... h5 $6 30. h3 (30. Qd1 Qxb5 31. Kg1 Nc6
32. Qxh5 Nxd4 33. exd4 Qd3 $17) 30... h4 $17) 30. Re1 Qg4 31. e4 (31. h3 Qxf5
32. e4 dxe4 33. Rxe4 $17) 31... dxe4 (31... Nxf5 $2 32. Qb3 Kh8 33. Qxd5 $15 {
holds}) 32. Qb3+ Kf8 $19 {looks horrible.}) 29... dxc4 $19 (29... Rxc4 $2 30.
g4 $13 {is conceptually wrong.}) 30. e4 $8 (30. g4 $2 c3 31. Rc1 c2 $19) 30...
c3 31. Rc1 c2 32. Kg1 Rc4 33. Bf2 Nc8 $138 {I have chosen some sort of
trickier move because of his time trouble.} 34. Bg3 $2 (34. Kf1 $142 {may be
better.} Nd6 35. Ke2 Nxb5 (35... Nxe4 36. Kd3 Rb4 37. Be3 (37. Rxc2 Nxf2+ 38.
Rxf2 Rxb5 $19) 37... Nd6 38. Bc5 Rb1 39. Rxc2 Nxf5 40. Kc4 $44) (35... Rxe4+
36. Kd3 Rf4 37. Rxc2 Rxf5 38. b6 Rd5+ 39. Ke3 $44) 36. Kd3 Na3 37. Bd4 Ra4 38.
Bb2 $15 {is tough to crack.}) 34... Na7 $1 $19 {Now I have to watch the moves
by this knight not to lose immediately.} 35. Kf2 Nxb5 36. Ke3 Nd4 {He had even
a simpler win.} (36... Na3 $142 37. Bd6 Rc3+ 38. Kd2 Nb1+ 39. Ke2 b5 40. e5
fxe5 41. Bxe5 Rc5 42. Bd4 Rc8 43. Kd3 Na3 44. Bb2 b4 45. g4 Rd8+ 46. Ke2 Nb1 $1
$19) 37. Kd3 Rb4 $2 {He also errs under the bad influence of time trouble
however his position is still winning.} (37... b5 $1 38. Bf2 (38. Be1 Kf7 39.
Bc3 Rxc3+ 40. Kxc3 Ne2+ 41. Kxc2 Nxc1 42. Kxc1 Ke7 $19) 38... Nc6 $19 {was
extremely simple.}) 38. Bf4 (38. Bf2 $2 Rb1 39. Be3 Rxc1 40. Bxc1 Nb3 41. Kxc2
Nc5 $19 (41... Nxc1 42. Kxc1 Kf7 43. Kc2 Ke7 44. Kc3 Kd6 45. Kd4 b5 46. g4 b4
47. h3 b3 48. e5+ fxe5+ 49. Kc3 Kd5 50. g5 e4 51. Kxb3 Ke5 52. f6 gxf6 53. gxf6
Kxf6 $19)) 38... b5 $6 {Jaan continued to abuse his position. However he had
such a winning one it could have stand this treatment.} (38... Nxf5 39. exf5
Rxf4 40. Rxc2 Rxf5 41. Rc8+ Kf7 42. Rc7+ Kg6 43. Rxb7 Rf2 $19 {ends up in a
sweatless win for him.}) 39. Be3 (39. Bd6 Rc4 40. Ba3 Kf7 41. Bb2 Nb3 42. Rxc2
Nc5+ $19) 39... Nc6 40. Kxc2 $2 {And I have made the final mistake.} (40. Rxc2
$142 Ne5+ 41. Kd2 h5 $19 (41... Nc4+ $2 42. Ke2 Ra4 43. Bd4 $15) (41... Rxe4
42. Rc8+ Kf7 43. Bc5 g6 44. Rc7+ Kg8 45. fxg6 hxg6 46. Rb7 $15)) 40... Ne5 41.
Ra1 (41. Kd2 Rb2+ $19) (41. Rd1 Rxe4 42. Rd8+ Kf7 43. Bd2 Re2 44. Kd1 Rxg2 45.
Bb4 g5 $19) 41... h5 $1 $19 {Black's pieces dominates the board.I should have
resigned here.} 42. Bd2 Rxe4 43. Kd1 Nc4 {Another horrible performance by me
against the dean of Estonian Chess.} 0-1

[Event "Ptuj"]
[Site "Ptuj"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polajzer, Danilo"]
[Black "Jelen, Iztok"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Be2 Be6 (11... Bg4 12. O-O Rc8 (12... Bc7 13.
b5 Qd6 14. g3 {Murugan,K-Neelakandan,N/Palani/1991 Inf 53/403/}) 13. Rc1 Bb8
14. Na4 Qd6 (14... Ne4 15. Nc5 Qc7 16. g3 Rfd8 $14) 15. g3 Ne4 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17.
Rxc5 Rfd8 18. Nd4 $16 {Mikhalchishin,A-Stange,M/Dortmund/1992 Inf 54/415/}) (
11... Re8 12. O-O Bc7 13. Rc1 Qd6 14. b5 (14. g3 $5) 14... Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5
16. g3 Bh3 $13 {Kallai,G-Palkovi,J/HUN/1989 Inf 47/511/}) 12. O-O Rc8 (12...
Qe7 $5 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. Nd4 Ne4 15. Na4 $14) 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Qd3 (14. Na4 Ne4
15. Qd3 (15. Nd4 $5 Ne5 (15... Qh4 16. f4 Ne7 $13) 16. f4 Rxc1 17. Bxc1 $14)
15... Rfd8 16. Nc5 Bg4 $13 {Dzindzichashvili,R-Masic,L/Tbilisi/1970/}) (14. Rc2
$5 Rfd8 15. Rd2) 14... Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Bb8 $10 16. Na4 (16. g3 $5) 16... Ne4 17.
Nc5 (17. Nd4 $2 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Qxf2+ 20. Kh2 Ne5 $17) 17... Bf5
18. Qb3 Na5 $1 19. bxa5 $6 (19. Qa4 $5 Nxc5 20. bxc5 Nc6 (20... Rxc5 $18 21.
Qd4) 21. Nd4 $10) 19... Nxc5 $15 20. Qc3 $1 (20. Qb4 Bd6 21. Qd4 Ne6 $17) 20...
f6 (20... Ne6 $2 21. Qxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ $16) 21. Qb4 Bd6 22. Qh4 Be4 (22...
Ne4 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Qh5 Ng5 $1 25. h4 $2 g6 26. Qh6 Nf7 $19) 23. Nd4 Na4 (23...
Be5 $5 $15) 24. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 (24... Qd7 $5 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Nxd6 Rxd6 27. Bd4
Nc3 $15) 25. Qxa4 Be4 26. Qb3 Kh8 27. Bf1 h6 28. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vinkovci"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. a3 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qb3 $5 $146 (10. Qc2 Qe7 (10... Qc7 $5 $146 {/\11...dc 12.
Rc4 Nb4/} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Na4 Qd6 13. Be2 Re8 (13... Bg4 $5) 14. Nc5 $5 a5
15. O-O axb4 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Qc3 Nc6 18. Rfc1 $14 {Belov,I-Nadanian,A/
Voskresensk/1993 0,5 (34)/}) 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Be2 dxc4 (12... d4 13. exd4 Nxd4
14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Na4 $14) 13. Rxd8+ Nxd8 14. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 (14... Nd7 $5) 15.
Qxe4 f5 16. Qxc4 b5 17. Qf4 $14 {Gurevich,M-Okhotnik,V/SSSR/1984/ Inf 38/535/})
(10. Be2 dxc4 (10... Qe7 $5 11. cxd5 Rd8 12. d6 Rxd6 13. Qc2 e5 $10 {Somogyi,
I-Farago,I/Budapest/1976/ Inf 22/598/}) 11. Bxc4 Qe7 (11... Qxd1+ $5 12. Rxd1
b5 13. Bd3 Rd8 $10) 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qc2 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Ne4 $14 {Andersson,
U-Chandler,M/Tilburg/1992/}) (10. Rc1 Qe7 (10... d4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. c5 $1 $14
{Miles,A-Browne,W/Lusern (ol)/1982/ Inf 34/493/}) 11. cxd5 Rd8 12. Be2 exd5 13.
Na4 Ne4 $13 {Frey,J-Vilela,J/Bayamo/1983/}) 10... dxc4 (10... Qe7 $5 11. cxd5 (
11. Rd1 Rd8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Rxd5 Be6 $44) 11... exd5 12. Nxd5
Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Rd8 (13... Be6 $5 14. Qe4 Rfd8 15. Be2 (15. Bd3 f5 $1) 15... Rac8
$44 16. O-O $2 f5 17. Qh4 Qxh4 18. Nxh4 Rd2 $19) 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16.
Qxc4 Rac8 17. Qb3 $16 (17. O-O $2 Nd4 $1 $17)) (10... d4 11. Rd1 e5 12. Be2 Bg4
13. O-O $14) 11. Qxc4 (11. Bxc4 $6 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 $15) 11... e5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13.
Bd3 Rd8 (13... Be6 14. Qh4 h6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe7 Nxe7 17. Bxe4 $16) 14. Qh4
Bg4 $2 (14... Rxd3 $2 15. Rxd3 e4 16. Ng5 (16. Nxe4 $2 Qxe4 17. Bxf6 Qxd3 $19)
16... exd3 17. Nd5 d2+ 18. Ke2 $18) (14... h6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe7 Nxe7 17.
Bxe4 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 f5 19. Bc2 e4 20. Bb3+ Kh7 $14) 15. Bxh7+ Nxh7 (15... Kf8
16. Bc2 $16) 16. Qxg4 $16 Nf6 17. Qh4 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Qe6 19. O-O Rd8 20. Nc3
Qb3 (20... e4 $2 21. Ng5 Qe5 22. Ngxe4 $18) 21. Ba1 Rd3 (21... Qxa3 22. b5 axb5
(22... Ne7 23. Nxe5 $18) 23. Nxb5 Qc5 24. Nxa7 Qxa7 25. Nxe5 $18) 22. Qh3 $1
Ne7 (22... Rxc3 23. Bxc3 Qxc3 24. Qc8+ Kh7 25. Qxb7 $18) 23. Ne2 (23. Rc1 Rxe3
$1) 23... Rd1 24. Ng3 Bxe3 25. Bxe5 (25. fxe3 $2 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 Rxf1+ 27. Nxf1
Qc1 $17) 25... Nd7 26. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 27. Nf1 Bb6 (27... Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Bd4 29. Qd3
$16) 28. Bc3 Ng6 29. Ng5 Ndf8 30. Qf5 Qb3 31. Qf3 f6 32. Ne4 Nd7 (32... Qxa3
33. Nxf6+ gxf6 34. Qxf6 $18) 33. Qg4 Qf7 (33... Ndf8 34. h4 Kh7 35. h5 Ne7 36.
Nxf6+ $18) (33... Nde5 34. Bxe5 Nxe5 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qxb7 $18) 34. Nd6 Qa2 $8
35. Bd4 Nge5 36. Qe4 Bxd4 37. Qxd4 Qxa3 $6 (37... b5 38. f4 Ng4 39. h3 Nh6 40.
Qa7 $18) 38. Qd5+ Kh7 39. Qe4+ Kg8 40. f4 $18 Nd3 41. Qe6+ Kh7 42. Qxd7 Qc3 43.
Nf5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Rc1 a5 14. Nb5 ({
Die einzige Referenzpartie wurde vor mehr als hundert Jahren gespielt:} 14. b5
Ne5 15. Qa4 Ned7 16. Nb1 Bf5 17. Nh4 Be4 18. g3 Nc5 19. Qd1 a4 20. Nc3 Nb3 21.
Nxe4 Nxc1 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Qxc1 Rac8 24. Qd1 Bxa3 25. Nf5 Qb4 26. Bxf6 {
1-0 (26) Lee,F-Sergeant,E Scarborough 1909}) 14... axb4 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. axb4
Qxb4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rb1 Qe7 19. Rb5 Rfd8 20. Nd4 Kg7 21. Re1 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 {
Diagramm [#] Über Vorteil verfügt Schwarz hier trotz des Mehrbauern nicht.
Dafür ist seine Struktur zu sehr zersplittert.} Bf5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Qxd5 Be4
25. Qd1 Qb4 26. Rf1 {Nach diesem passiven Zug entwickelt Schwarz eine gewisse
Initiative.} Ra2 27. Qd7 Bg6 28. Bf3 b5 29. h4 {Diagramm [#]} Rd2 (29... h5 $1
30. Qh3 Qc3 31. g4 hxg4 32. Qxg4 {und jetzt wäre} b4 {möglich gewesen:} 33.
h5 $2 Ra5) 30. Qh3 h5 31. Qg3 Qd6 32. Qxd6 Rxd6 33. Rd1 Rb6 34. e4 b4 35. Rd2
f5 36. exf5 Bxf5 37. Bxh5 b3 38. Rb2 Bc2 39. Bf3 Rb5 40. Be2 Rb4 41. Bf3 Rxh4
42. Bd5 Rb4 43. Kf1 f5 44. Ke2 Kf6 45. f4 Ke7 46. Bg8 Kf8 47. Bd5 Kg7 48. Ke3
Kg6 49. Bf3 Kf6 50. Bd5 Kg6 51. Bf3 Rc4 52. g4 Rc3+ 53. Kf2 Bd3 54. Bd1 Bc4 55.
Ke1 Rg3 56. Kf2 Rh3 57. Ke1 Be6 58. Re2 Bc4 59. Rb2 Kf6 60. Kd2 Rd3+ 61. Kc1
Rc3+ 62. Kd2 Rg3 63. gxf5 Kxf5 64. Kc1 Kxf4 65. Rh2 Ke3 66. Kb2 Kd4 67. Rh4+
Kc5 68. Ka3 Bd5 69. Rh5 Kd4 70. Rxd5+ Kxd5 71. Bxb3+ Kd4 {Diagramm [#] Dieses
Endspiel ist nicht zu gewinnen.} 72. Kb2 Rg2+ 73. Ka1 Kc3 74. Ba2 Rg7 75. Bb1
Rb7 76. Ba2 Kc2 77. Bd5 Re7 78. Bg8 Re1+ 79. Ka2 Rh1 80. Bd5 Rh4 81. Bb3+ Kc3
82. Be6 Rf4 83. Bg8 Rf2+ 84. Kb1 Rb2+ 85. Ka1 Kc2 86. Bh7+ Kc1 87. Bg8 Rb1+ 88.
Ka2 Rb8 89. Bf7 Rb2+ 90. Ka1 Rb7 91. Bd5 Ra7+ 92. Ba2 Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Niksic"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Black "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 {--> ChessBase: Caro-Kann,
Panov Attack} e6 6. Nf3 Be7 (6... Bb4 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Qe2+ Ne4 10.
O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. Nxf7 $1 $14 {
Sveshnikov-Vyzhmanavin, Moskau 1990 --> INF 50/162}) 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9.
O-O O-O 10. Re1 (10. a3 a6 11. Re1 b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. Bg5 {+/=/=}) (10. Bb3 a6
11. Re1 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 $15) 10... a6 11. Bd3 (11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 $15) 11...
b5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Nb4 14. Bb1 Bb7 15. Ne5 Qb6 16. Be3 Nbd5 17. Bg5 Rad8
18. Qd3 g6 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. Qd2 Nb4 21. Be3 Nfd5 22. Bh6 Nf6 23. Qe2 Ba8 24.
Kh1 $2 Rxd4 25. Be3 Qb7 $19 26. f3 Rdd8 27. Bg5 Qb6 28. Nc4 Qb8 29. Ne5 Nfd5
30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. Bxe7 Rxe7 32. Ng4 Bc6 33. Ra3 Qf4 34. Re3 Red7 35. Be4 Rd2
36. Qc4 Nc2 37. Qc3 Nxe3 38. Nf6+ Kf8 39. Nxh7+ Ke7 40. Qc5+ R8d6 41. Bxc6 Qd4
42. Qg5+ f6 43. Nxf6 Qxf6 44. Qxe3 Rd1 45. Be4 Qd4 46. Qg5+ Kd7 47. Qh4 Rxe1+
48. Qxe1 Qd1 49. Qg1 Qxg1+ 50. Kxg1 Rd1+ 51. Kf2 Rd2+ 52. Kg3 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "Varna-18"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1979.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Boudy Bueno, Julio Leonardo"]
[Black "Szilagyi, Gyorgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Boudy,J"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1979.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{27/202} 1. e4 {Chess Informant} c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6
6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 dxc4 (7... O-O $5) 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 (10. Re1 $1)
10... a6 $1 (10... b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Qd3 $14) 11. Re1 (11. Ba2 b5 12. d5 exd5
13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bb7 15. Bf4 Bf6 $15) 11... b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. Bg5 (13.
b4 a5 $1 $15) 13... b4 14. Na4 $1 (14. axb4 Nxb4 {#C5 #CCf3#A3}) 14... bxa3 15.
bxa3 Bxa3 16. d5 $1 (16. Bxe6 Bb4 $17) 16... exd5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 (17... gxf6 18.
Bb1 {#C5 #CAd3+-}) 18. Nb6 Rad8 (18... Bb4 19. Nxa8 Bxe1 20. Nb6 Bc3 21. Nxd5
$18) 19. Nxd5 Qd6 $8 20. Ng5 $1 $44 {[#C5 #CAb1]} Bb4 21. Qb1 Qg6 $1 {#EC} (
21... g6 22. Ne4 $18) 22. Nxf7 $3 (22. Qxb4 Rxd5 $1 $17) 22... Bxe1 $4 (22...
Rxf7 $1 23. Nxb4 $1 (23. Qxb4 Nxb4 (23... Rxd5 $2 24. Re8+ $18) 24. Ne7+ Kf8
25. Nxg6+ hxg6 26. Bxf7 Kxf7 27. Reb1 Rd4 28. Ra4 a5 $8 29. Rxa5 Be4 $15) 23...
Nxb4 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Re7+ $3 Kxe7 26. Qxb4+ Qd6 27. Qxb7+ Rd7 (27... Kf8 28.
h3 $14 {#5Ea6}) 28. Qe4+ Kf7 29. h3 h6 30. Qc4+ $14) 23. Nf6+ $3 $18 (23. Ne7+
$2 Nxe7 24. Ne5+ Bd5 25. Nxg6 Bxf2+ 26. Kh1 hxg6 $19) 23... Qxf6 (23... gxf6
24. Ne5+ $18) 24. Ng5+ Rf7 25. Bxf7+ $1 (25. Qxh7+ $2 Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 $19)
25... Kf8 26. Nxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.16"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 (11. Na4 $2 d4 $1 12. exd4 Bg4 13. Nc5
Re8+ $17 {Pachman-Parma, Mannheim 1975}) 11... d4 12. exd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4
14. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. dxc5
(8. Bd3 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bc2 b6 12. Re1 Ra7 13. Qd3 Rd7 14. Be3
$14 {Waganian-Bronstein, USSR-ch 1973}) 8... Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11.
Bb2 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Ke2 O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates sf Petrosian-Kortschnoj+1-0"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1971.07.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1971.07.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 Ne4 7. Qc2 (7. Bd3) (7.
h4 $6) 7... Nxc3 8. Qxc3 (8. bxc3) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 (9. exd4) 9... Nxd4 10.
Qxd4 dxc4 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Bxc4 Bd7 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. Bc3 f6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-17 Final A"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1966.11.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1966.11.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{Inf.2/41} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 d5 7. Nc3
Bc5 $1 8. O-O $6 Bxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Be3 Na5 11. Bxc4 Nxc4 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13.
Qxc4 Bc6 $15 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Qc5 $6 (15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rad1 $5) 15... Qxc5 16.
dxc5 a5 17. Rfd1 h5 18. h4 Nd7 19. Be3 Ne5 20. Bd4 Nd7 21. b3 Rg8 22. Be3 Ne5
23. f3 Ng6 24. Bf2 Nf4 25. Be3 Nd5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Rd4 Kd7 28. Rc1 Kc6 $17
29. Rc3 f6 30. f4 Rgd8 31. Kf2 a4 32. Rxa4 Rxa4 33. bxa4 Bxa2 34. Rc2 Bd5 35.
Rb2 Ra8 36. Rb4 Ra5 37. g3 Kc7 38. Bd4 Bc6 39. Be3 Bxa4 40. Rd4 Bd7 41. Rd2 Ra8
42. Rb2 Rb8 43. Rd2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Ba7 (8... Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O $10) 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 Qe7 11. O-O Rd8 12.
Qc2 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Bf3 $14 {Gheorghiu,F-Parma,B/Ljubljana/
1969/}) 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bb3 $10 (12. Bd3) 12... Bb7 13. O-O Qxd1 14.
Rfxd1 Rfd8 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Rd1 Rxd1+ 17. Nxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Rxd8+ Nxd8 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 c3 16. Bxc3 Bd7 17. O-O Rc8 18. Rc1 Ba4 19. h4 Bb8 20. Qb1 f5 21. g3
Nf7 22. Ba1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Bc6 24. Qc3 Nd6 25. Qc5 Bd5 26. Be5 Qd8 27. Qc2 Nf7
28. Bxb8 Qxb8 29. Nd4 Nd6 30. a4 Qc8 31. Qd1 $6 {Der Auftakt zu einem
unglücklichen Manöver. Nach dem Damentausch sollte die Partie ohne größere
Aufregung Remis enden.} Ne4 32. Bf1 Qc3 33. Bg2 Qxb4 34. Nxf5 $2 {Die Idee der
vorherigen Züge von Weiß. Allerdings hat diese Abtauschkombination ein Loch.}
Qf8 $2 ({Nach} 34... Nc3 {ist nicht zu sehen, wie Weiß den Figurenverlust
verhindert, z.B.} 35. Qd2 Bxg2 36. Qd8+ Qf8 37. Ne7+ Kf7 {und Schwarz behält
eine Figur mehr.}) 35. Bxe4 Bxe4 36. Nd4 Bd5 37. Qh5 h6 38. Qe5 Qb4 39. f3 Qxa4
40. e4 Bc4 41. Nxe6 Qd1+ 42. Kh2 Qd2+ 43. Kg1 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qd2+ 45. Kg1 Qd7 46.
Qb8+ Kf7 47. Nf4 a5 48. h5 a4 49. g4 a3 50. Ng6 Qd1+ 51. Kh2 Qd2+ 52. Kg3 Qe1+
53. Kh2 Qf2+ 54. Kh1 Qxf3+ 55. Kh2 Qe2+ 56. Kg3 Qe1+ 57. Kh2 Qf2+ 58. Kh1 Qf1+
59. Kh2 Qe2+ 60. Kg3 Qe3+ 61. Kh2 Qc5 62. Ne5+ Ke7 63. Qxb7+ Ke6 64. Nxc4 Qxc4
65. Qxg7 Qe2+ 66. Kg3 Qe3+ 67. Kh2 Qg5 68. Qa7 Qh4+ 69. Kg2 Qxg4+ 70. Kf2 Qf4+
71. Kg1 Qg3+ 72. Kf1 Qf3+ 73. Ke1 Kf6 74. Kd2 Kg5 75. Qg1+ Kxh5 76. Qh2+ Kg4
77. Qxh6 a2 78. Qg7+ Kh3 79. Qh8+ Kg2 80. Qg7+ Qg3 81. Qb2 Kh1 82. Kc2 Qg2+ 83.
Kb3 Qxe4 {Gelfand hatte nur noch wenige Sekunden auf der Uhr. Mit mehr Zeit
wäre ihm der Gewinnweg sicher nicht entgangen:} (83... Qg8+ 84. Kc2 (84. Ka3
Qa8+) 84... Qc4+ 85. Kd2 Qf1 86. Qh8+ Kg2 87. Qg7+ Kh2 88. Qe5+ Kg1 {und nach
jedem Schach des Weißen erzwingt Schwarz den Damentausch und gewinnt.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hollywood"]
[Site "Hollywood"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Steiner, Herman"]
[Black "Kashdan, Isaac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. e3 $6 (5. cxd5) 5... O-O 6. a3 Be7
7. Nf3 Nbd7 (7... c5 $1 8. Be2 Nc6) 8. Be2 c5 9. O-O cxd4 $5 (9... b6) 10. exd4
dxc4 (10... b6) 11. Bxc4 a6 $5 (11... b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Ba2 Nd5)
12. Bg5 b5 13. Ba2 Bb7 14. Qe2 Nb6 15. Rad1 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bb1 Bc4 $6 (
17... h6 $5) 18. Qc2 g6 19. Rfe1 Rc8 20. Ne5 Qd5 $2 (20... Bd5) 21. Qd2 Bb3 22.
Rc1 Rfd8 23. Qf4 Kg7 24. Rc3 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Qd6 26. Re3 Bd5 27. Rh3 h5 (27...
Rc8 28. Bxf6+ Bxf6 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qxh7+ Kf8 31. Qxf7#) 28. Rxh5 $1 Rd7 (28...
Nxh5 {(gh 29.Sh6 Kh8 30.Dg5+-)} 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Nxg6#) (28... gxh5 29. Bh6+
Kh8 30. Qg5 Rg8 31. Nxf7#) 29. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Europa-Meisterschaft"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1942.09.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Richter, Kurt Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1942.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. Qd3 $1 Nd5 (12... Na5 $2 13. Ba2 $1
Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxd4 15. b4 Nc4 16. Rad1 Qe5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Qc3 19. Nxf6+
Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Bxc4) 13. Bxd5 $1 Bxg5 14. Be4 f5 (14... g6 $2 15. Qb5)
15. Nxg5 Qxg5 (15... fxe4 $2 16. Ncxe4 Qxd4 17. Nf6+ Rxf6 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19.
Qh8+ Ke7 20. Qxg7+) 16. Bf3 Kh8 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Qf1 $1 Rxd4 19. Qb5 $1 Rd6 (
19... Nd8 $1 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21. Rxe6 Nc5 22. Re8 Rd8 23. Rae1) 20. Ne4 Qg6 $1
21. Nxd6 (21. Bh5 $1 Qxh5 22. Nxd6 Nd4 23. Qd3 Nf3+ 24. gxf3 Bxf3 25. Re3 Qg4+
26. Kf1 Qh3+ 27. Ke1) 21... Nd4 22. Bxb7 Nxb5 23. Nxb5 Qf6 $1 24. Nc3 e5 25.
Rad1 e4 26. Rd7 $1 h5 (26... Rd8 $2 27. Nd5 $1 Qg5 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Rc1) 27.
h3 h4 (27... Rd8 $2 28. Nd5 Qg5 29. h4 $1 Qxh4 30. Ne7 $1) 28. Red1 Kh7 29. Ba6
Rf7 30. R7d6 Qg5 31. R6d5 Qf4 32. Ne2 $1 Qg5 33. Nd4 Rf6 34. Be2 $1 Kh6 35. Nc2
Rf7 36. Ne3 g6 37. Bc4 Qf4 38. Rd6 Rc7 39. b3 Kh7 40. a4 Qe5 41. Re6 Qc3 42.
Nd5 Qc2 43. Rf1 Rg7 44. f3 $1 exf3 45. Rxf3 Kh6 (45... Qc1+ 46. Kh2 Qg5 47. Nf4
) 46. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 (6... cxd4 $1 7.
exd4 dxc4 8. Bxc4) (6... Ne4 $5 {Fischer}) 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bb6 (8... Bd6 9.
Nb5) 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Be2 (10. Qc2 $1) 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qe7 12. O-O (12. Qc2)
12... a6 13. Qc2 Bc7 14. Ng5 $5 {/\ 15.Nd5! exd5 16.Bxf6 +-} Bxh2+ $2 (14...
Ne5 $142 {Kmoch} 15. Be2 h6 16. Nge4) 15. Kh1 $1 (15. Kxh2 $2 Ng4+) 15... h6 $4
(15... g6 $2 16. g3 Ng4 17. Nce4 f5 $2 18. Qc3 $1 $18) (15... Ne5 $2 16. f4 $1
Nxc4 17. Nd5 $1 exd5 18. Bxf6 Bf5 19. Qxf5 g6 20. Qh3 $18) (15... Be5 $1 16. f4
Bxc3 17. Bxc3 g6 $44) 16. Nd5 $1 exd5 17. Bxf6 Bf5 18. Qxf5 g6 19. Qxg6+ $2 (
19. Bxe7 gxf5 20. Bxf8 Be5 21. Bxh6 Bxa1 22. Bxd5 $18) 19... fxg6 20. Bxd5+ Rf7
21. Bxe7 hxg5 22. Kxh2 Nxe7 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rac1 Nc6 25. Rfd1 Ke6 26. Rc5
Rh8+ 27. Kg3 Rh5 28. Rdd5 Ne7 29. Rxg5 Rh1 30. Rge5+ 1-0

[Event "Christmas Congress 1951/52-27 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1951.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1951.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Be7 11. Bf4 a6 12. a4 Qb6 13. Qd3 Rd8 14. Rad1 Nb4
15. Qe2 Nbd5 16. Bg3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qa5 18. Rc1 Qxa4 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. f4 Nd5 21.
Bb3 b5 22. c4 bxc4 23. Bxc4 g6 24. Rce1 Ra7 25. h3 Bf6 26. Kh1 Ne7 27. Bf2 Nf5
28. Rd1 Bb7 29. Kh2 Raa8 30. Rfe1 Nd6 31. Ng4 Bg7 32. Bh4 Rdc8 33. Bd3 Qc6 34.
Nf6+ Kh8 35. Qf2 Rab8 (35... h6 $1) 36. Bg5 Ne8 37. Ng4 Kg8 38. Nh6+ Bxh6 39.
Bxh6 Nd6 40. d5 exd5 41. Rc1 Qd7 42. Qd4 f5 43. Rxc8+ Rxc8 44. Re6 Ne4 45. Bxe4
fxe4 46. Qe5 Qc7 47. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.02.15"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev Solomonovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Tal/Aronin"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1957.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1) Tal and Aronin in Shakmmaty v SSSR 1957. reprinted in 2) Kirillov:
Mikhail Tal. 1949-1961. Riga. 1996. p.110-114.} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6
5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Bd6 (6... a6 7. b3 {Aronin}) 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O
10. Qc2 Ne5 (10... a5 11. b5) 11. O-O-O $1 (11. c5 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Be7 13. Bd3
$14) (11. cxd5 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 a5 (12... exd5 13. Nb5 $14) 13. dxe6 Bxe6) 11...
Qe7 (11... a5 12. c5 Bc7 (12... Bb8 13. Nxd5 {Aronin}) (12... axb4 $1 13. axb4
Bb8) 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bc7 15. Bd3 axb4 16. axb4 b6 17. g4 bxc5 18. bxc5 {
mit scharfem Spiel.}) (11... Nxf3 $5 12. gxf3 a5 $15 13. c5 axb4 14. axb4 Bb8
$11) 12. Nb5 (12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Rxd5 Nxf3 15. gxf3 Be6 {[%cal
Rf8c8] Aronin}) (12. c5 Bc7 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bc7 15. Bd3 e5) 12... Ned7 (
12... Nxf3 13. gxf3 {g-Linie}) 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Qc3 Re8 {[%csl Yf8][%cal
Ge6e5,Gd6f8]} (14... b6) 15. g4 Qf8 (15... e5 16. g5 Ne4 17. Qc2 {[%cal Rd1d5,
Rc2e4]}) 16. Bd3 {[%csl Ye4]} (16. g5 Ne4 {Aronin}) (16. h3 {Fritz} a5 17. b5
dxc4 18. Qxc4 Rd8 $14) 16... Nb6 (16... dxc4 $143 17. Qxc4 Nb6 18. Qc5 {^^}) (
16... e5 17. g5 Nh5 (17... Ng4 $1 {Fritz}) 18. cxd5 e4 19. Be2 exf3 20. Bxf3) (
16... a5 $5 {Fritz} 17. b5 Nxg4 $15) 17. g5 Na4 (17... dxc4 $143 {Fritz} 18.
gxf6 (18. Bxc4 $143 Ne4 (18... Nxc4 $143 19. gxf6 (19. Qxc4 $6 Nd7 $11) 19...
b5 20. fxg7 $16) 19. Qc2 Nxf2 $17 (19... Nxc4 $6 20. Qxe4 (20. Qxc4 $2 Nxf2 21.
Bd4 b6 $19) 20... Nxb2 21. Kxb2 $15)) 18... cxd3 19. fxg7 $16 (19. Rxd3 $143 g6
$14) (19. Qxd3 $6 g6 $11)) 18. Qc2 (18. gxf6 Nxc3 19. fxg7 Qe7 20. Bxc3 dxc4
21. Bc2 f6 $19 {[%cal Ge6e5] Aronin}) 18... Nxb2 19. Kxb2 dxc4 20. gxf6 (20.
Qxc4 {Fritz} Nd5 $14) 20... cxd3 21. Qxd3 e5 (21... gxf6 22. Qd4 (22. Rhg1+ {
Fritz} Kh8 $11) 22... Qh6 (22... e5 23. Rhg1+ Kh8 24. Qh4 Re6 25. Qh6 $1 $18)
23. Rhg1+ Kh8 24. Qd8 $18 (24. Ng5 $1 Rf8 25. Qh4 $1 Qxh4 26. Nxf7+ Rxf7 27.
Rd8+ Rf8 28. Rxf8# {Fritz}) 24... Rf8 $1 {Fritz} 25. Qd6 {[%cal Rd1d4]} e5 26.
Nxe5 Be6 $16) 22. Ng5 (22. fxg7 $5 {Fritz} Qe7 23. e4 Kxg7 24. Rhg1+ Kh8 25.
Qc3 $14) 22... g6 23. h4 (23. Rdg1 a5 (23... Be6 {[%cal Ga8d8]}) 24. h4 axb4
25. h5 Rxa3 (25... bxa3+ $142 26. Ka1 Bf5 27. Qb3 Be6 $11 {Fritz}) 26. hxg6
Rxd3 27. gxf7+ Qxf7 28. Nxh7+ Kh8 29. Ng5+ Kg8 30. Rh8+) (23. Rhg1 {Fritz} a5
24. b5 Be6 $11) 23... Bf5 (23... h6 24. Rdg1 {[%cal Rg5f7] Aronin} hxg5 25.
hxg5 e4 26. Qc3 $18 {Fritz}) 24. e4 Bg4 25. h5 (25. f3 Bh5 26. Qe3 $17 {Fritz})
25... Rad8 (25... Red8 26. hxg6 Rxd3 (26... hxg6 27. Rh7) 27. gxh7+ Kh8 28.
Rxd3 Be6 (28... a5 29. Rg3 axb4 (29... Bd7 30. Nf3 (30. Rhg1 axb4 31. Nf3 bxa3+
32. Ka1 Bc6 33. Rg8+ Kxh7 34. R8g7+ Qxg7 35. Rxg7+ Kh6 36. Nxe5 Bxe4 37. Nxf7+
Kh5 38. Nd6 Bd5 39. f4 Rg8 40. Rxg8 Bxg8 41. f7 Bxf7 42. Nxf7 Kg4 $11 {Fritz})
30... Qd6 31. Rhg1 {Aronin} Qxf6 {Fritz} 32. Rg8+ Kxh7 $19) 30. Rxg4 b3 31. a4
Rxa4 32. Nxf7+ {Aronin}) 29. Rg1 (29. Rg3 $2 Qd6 30. Nxe6 Qxe6 31. Rhg1 Qxf6
32. Rg8+ Kxh7 33. R8g2 Qh6) 29... Qh6 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. f7 Kxh7 (31... Rf8 32.
Rd8 Kxh7 33. Rg8 Rxf7 34. Rh8+ $11) 32. Rgg3 Qf8 (32... Qf4 33. Rg2 Qh4 34.
Rdg3 {[%cal Rg3g8]} Rf8 35. Rg7+ Kh6 36. R7g6+ Kh5 $2 (36... Kh7 $11) 37. Rg8
Qf4 38. Rxf8 (38. f3 $1 $18 {Fritz}) 38... Qd2+ $11) 33. Rd1 Qh6 34. Rdd3 $11 {
Aronin}) (25... Bxd1 {Fritz} {[%tqu "En","","","","h5g6","",10]} 26. hxg6 $1
Rad8 27. Qh3 $18) 26. hxg6 Rxd3 (26... hxg6 27. Qxd8 $1 (27. Rh7 Rxd3 (27...
Bh5 28. Qh3 (28. Qc4 $1 Rxd1 29. Rxf7 $18 {Fritz}) 28... Rxd1 29. Rxh5 {Aronin}
) 28. Rxd3 {fuehrt zur Partie (Aronin)}) 27... Rxd8 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Rh8+ Kxh8
30. Nxf7+ Kg8 31. Nxd8 Bf3 $2 32. f7+ Kf8 33. Ne6+ Kxf7 34. Ng5+ $18) (26...
Bxd1 {Fritz} {[%tqu "En","","","","d3h3","",10]} 27. Qh3 $1 h6 28. gxf7+ Qxf7
29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Qxh6 $18) 27. Rxd3 hxg6 28. Rh7 $1 {[%cal Rf2f3]} Rc8 $1 (
28... Z0 29. f3 Bh5 (29... Be6 30. Rd2 $18 {[%cal Rd2h2]}) 30. Rd7 $18 {Aronin}
) (28... Rd8 $2 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Rh8+ Kxh8 31. Nxf7+ Kg8 32. Nxd8 Bf3 33. f7+
Kf8 34. Ne6+ Kxf7 35. Ng5+ {Aronin}) 29. f3 Rc6 30. Rxf7 (30. fxg4 Rxf6 31.
Rdh3 Rf2+ 32. Kb3 Qd6 $19) 30... Qxf7 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 32. fxg4 Kxf6 33. Rd7 Rb6
34. Kc3 Kg5 35. a4 a6 36. Kc4 Kxg4 (36... Kxg4 37. Kc5 Rc6+ 38. Kd5 Rb6 39. Kc5
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch22 Tal-Botvinnik +6-2=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.04.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Tal/Mueller,H"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1960.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {1) Tal: Match Botvinnik-Tal. 1961. Reprinted in 2) Kirillov,V: Mikhail
Tal 1949-1961. Riga. 1996. p.239-245. 3) Müller,Hans:Botwinnik lehrt Schach.
Berlin.1967. S.166-168.} Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 (5. cxd5 Nxd5
6. e3 {Botvinnik,M-Alekhine,A AVRO Holland 1938 1-0}) 5... Nc6 6. a3 Bd6 (6...
a6 7. b3 {Osnos,V-Aronin,L URS-ch sf Leningrad 1956 1-0}) (6... Ne4 $5) 7. dxc5
Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. cxd5 (10. Qc2 Ne5 (10... a5 $142 $11) 11. O-O-O {
Tal,M-Aronin,L URS-ch24 Moscow 1957 (17) 1/2}) 10... exd5 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. Be2 (
12. Nbd4 Ne5 (12... Qe7) 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nc6 Bxb2 $5 15. Nxd8 Bc3+ 16. Ke2
Rxd8 17. Rc1 d4 $13 18. Rxc3 Bg4+) 12... a5 13. bxa5 Nxa5 14. O-O Ra6 15. Be5
$1 (15. Nbd4 Rb6 16. Bc3 Nc4 17. Qc2 (17. Bxc4 $1 dxc4 18. Ba5 $18 {Fritz}))
15... Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Re8 (16... Qe8 17. Nc7 (17. Nf3 $14 {Fritz})) 17. Nd3 Ne4
18. Nf4 (18. Nb4 Rh6 19. Qxd5 $2 Qh4 $19) 18... Re5 19. Rc1 Rh6 (19... Nf6 $143
) 20. Nd4 (20. Nxd5 {[%cal Rd5e7]} Nc6 21. Nf4 Qh4 22. h3 g5 23. Nh5 g4 24.
hxg4 Bxg4 25. Bxg4 Rexh5) (20. Qd4 Rg5 21. Rfd1 (21. Nxd5 Rxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Rxh2+
23. Kxh2 Qh4+ $11) 21... Nb3 (21... Nc6 $2 22. Qxe4) 22. Qxe4 Nxc1 23. Bf1)
20... Nc6 21. g3 (21. Nf3 Rf5 22. Bd3 (22. g4 Rxf4 23. exf4 Bxg4 $36) 22... Qd6
$1 {[%cal Rg7g5,Rg5g4]}) 21... g5 22. Nd3 Re8 23. Bg4 $1 Bxg4 24. Qxg4 Nxd4 25.
exd4 {[%csl Yf5]} Qf6 {[%cal Re4d2]} (25... Rc6 $11 {Mueller,Hans}) (25... Ra6
$142 $11 {Mueller,Hans}) (25... f5 26. Qd1) 26. Ne5 (26. Nf4 Qd6 {[%cal Rf7f5]}
(26... Qxd4 27. Rcd1 {Mueller,Hans})) (26. f3 $2 Qxd4+ 27. Nf2 Nd2) 26... Nd2
27. Rfd1 (27. h4 $1 Nxf1 28. Rxf1 $44 (28. hxg5 $2 Rh1+ 29. Kxh1 Qxf2 $19)
28... Qg7 29. hxg5 Rhe6) (27. f4 Nxf1 28. Rxf1 (28. fxg5 Nxh2 29. Qd7 Nf3+ 30.
Nxf3 Rh1+ (30... Qe6 31. Ne5 $13) 31. Kf2 Rh2+ 32. Kg1 Rg2+ $1 33. Kxg2 (33.
Kh1 Qxf3) 33... Re2+ 34. Kh3 Qxf3 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qf6+ Qxf6 37. gxf6+ Kxf6)
28... Rg6 $1) 27... Rxe5 28. Rxd2 (28. dxe5 Nf3+ 29. Kf1 Qa6+ (29... Nxh2+ 30.
Kg2 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Nxg4+ 32. Kg1 {Mueller,Hans}) (29... Nxe5 30. Qc8+ Kg7 31.
h3) 30. Kg2 Rxh2+ 31. Kxf3 Qxa3+ 32. Ke2 Qa2+ $1 33. Kd3 Qa6+ $11) 28... Re4
29. Qc8+ (29. Qd7 $1 Qe7 (29... Qe6 $11 {Mueller,Hans})) 29... Kg7 30. Qxb7 Qe6
{[%cal Re4e1] [#]} 31. Rf1 $2 (31. Qb1 Qh3 32. f3 Re3 33. Rf1 $11) 31... Re1 $2
(31... Reh4 $1 $19 {Tal} 32. gxh4 (32. f3 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Qxd2 34. gxh4 Qe2 $1 35.
Rg1 Qxf3+ 36. Rg2 Re6 $19 {Mueller,Hans}) 32... Qg4+ 33. Kh1 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 gxh4
$19 {[%cal Rh6g6,Rh4h3] Mueller,Hans}) 32. Qb5 Qh3 33. f3 Qe6 $2 (33... Rb6 $1
34. Qd3 Rbb1 35. Rdf2 Rxf1+ 36. Rxf1 Rb2 37. Rf2 Rxf2 38. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 39. Kf1 $1
Qxg3 40. Qe3 h5 41. a4 h4 42. Qe5+ Qxe5 43. dxe5 d4 44. a5 d3 45. a6 d2 46. Ke2
h3 47. a7 $11) 34. Rdf2 Rf6 35. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 36. Kg2 g4 37. Qd3 h5 38. Rf1 Qe6
39. fxg4 (39. h4) (39. h3) 39... Rxf1 40. Kxf1 hxg4 {[#]} 41. a4 {Der Abgabezug
} (41. Kg2 Qb6 42. Qd2 (42. h4 Qb2+ 43. Kf1 Qa1+ 44. Kf2 Qb2+ 45. Ke3 Qc1+ 46.
Ke2 Qb2+ 47. Qd2 Qxa3 48. Qg5+ Kf8 49. Qxg4 Qb2+ 50. Kf1 Qb1+ 51. Kg2 Qb2+ 52.
Kh3 Qf2 $11) 42... Qb3 43. Qg5+ Kf8 44. Qxg4 Qc2+ 45. Kf1 Qd3+ 46. Kf2 Qd2+ 47.
Qe2 Qxd4+ 48. Qe3 Qb2+ 49. Kg1 d4 $11) 41... Qb6 42. Kf2 Qb4 $2 (42... Qb2+ $11
43. Ke3 Qc1+ 44. Qd2 Qb1 45. Kf4 Kf6 $1) 43. Ke3 Qxa4 44. Kf4 Qa2 45. Qe3 $1
Qxh2 46. Qe5+ Kf8 47. Qd6+ Kg7 48. Qxd5 (48. Qe5+ Kf8 49. Qxd5) 48... Qf2+ 49.
Kxg4 f5+ 50. Kg5 Qxg3+ 51. Kxf5 Qg6+ 52. Kf4 Qf6+ 53. Ke3 Kf8 54. Kd3 Qf1+ (
54... Ke7) 55. Ke4 Qg2+ (55... Ke7) 56. Ke5 Qg5+ 57. Ke6 Qe7+ 58. Kf5 Qc7 $1 (
58... Qh7+ 59. Ke5 Qh5+ 60. Kd6 Qh2+ 61. Qe5) 59. Qa8+ Ke7 (59... Kf7 $2 60.
Qa2+ Kf8 61. Qd5) 60. Qe4+ Kd8 61. Qh4+ Kc8 62. Qh8+ Kb7 63. Qe5 Qf7+ 64. Ke4
Qg6+ 65. Qf5 Qd6 66. Qf7+ Kc8 67. Qf5+ Kd8 68. Qa5+ Ke8 69. d5 Ke7 70. Qa7+ Kd8
71. Qa8+ Kd7 72. Kf5 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Terres Catalanes 15th"]
[Site "Ampuriabrava"]
[Date "1997.09.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Tsesarsky} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4
Be7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Be3 (11. Ba2 {Tsesarsky} Qd6 12. d5
(12. h3 Rd8 13. Be3 b5 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Rad1 b4 16. Na4 bxa3 17. Nc5 Qc7 18.
bxa3 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxc5 20. Rc1 Ne4 21. Bb1 Qe7 (21... Ng3 $2 22. Qc2 $2 (22.
fxg3 Bxf3 23. Bxh7+ (23. Qxf3 Bxd4+ $17) 23... Kxh7 24. Qc2+ Kg8 25. Bxc5 Bc6
26. Qf2 $11) 22... Be4 $1 23. Qxc5 $8 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Qxc5 25. Bxc5 Bxf3 26. gxf3
Nxc1 27. Rxc1 Rac8 $19) 22. Bxe4 Bxd4 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 $17 {0-1
Anikaev,Y-Sveshnikov,E/URS-ch47 Minsk 1979 (43)}) 12... exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14.
Qxd5 Qg6 $5 (14... Qxd5 15. Bxd5 Rd8 $11) 15. Bb1 $5 (15. Re1 Rd8 16. Ne5 (16.
Qxd8+ Nxd8 17. Rxe7 Kf8 $17) 16... Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Bh3 18. Qg3 (18. Bxf7+ Qxf7
19. gxh3 Bf6 $44) 18... Bf5 19. Bf4 $11) 15... Be6 (15... Qd6 $6 16. Qh5 $14)
16. Qxc6 $1 bxc6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Ne5 Bf6 (18... Bd5 19. Re1 Rfe8 $11) 19. Re1
Rfd8 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov Evgeny-Tal Mikhail/Riga tt 1973 (40)}) (11. Bd3
{Tsesarsky} b5 12. b4 (12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Qd3 Qd6 14. Bg5 g6 15. Rad1 Rac8 16.
Rfe1 Rfd8 17. h3 (17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Qf4 19. Qd2 Qxd2 20. Nxf6+ Kg7 21. Nh5+
gxh5 22. Rxd2 Na5 $15) 17... Na5 $15 {0-1 Stepovoj,V-Arakelian,E/Kstovo op
1994 (37)}) 12... Ra7 13. Bb2 Rd7 14. Ne4 e5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17.
Qc2+ g6 18. dxe5 $1 (18. Qxc6 Bb7 19. Qc3 exd4 20. Qd3 Bd5 $15) 18... Bg7 19.
Qxc6 Bb7 20. Qc5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qg5+ 22. Kh1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,R-Sveshnikov,
E/URS-ch44 Moscow 1976 (30)}) 11... b5 (11... Qc7 {Tsesarsky} 12. Qe2 Rd8 13.
Rfd1 b5 14. Ba2 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Rac1 Qa5 17. Bc4 Bb7 18. Ne5 Rac8 $15 {
McInnes,N-De Cat,B/NATO-chT 1996/EXP 55/0-1 (54)}) 12. Bd3 (12. Ba2 {Tsesarsky}
Bb7 (12... b4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Bb1 Bb7 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. Rc1 Qb8 18.
h3 Rfd8 19. Re1 Qa8 20. f3 Rb8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Novak D.-Sitnik I./Open Portoroz
1997 (52)}) 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bf6 16. Rc1 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7
$11 {0-1 Boensch,U-Yudasin,L/Leipzig 1986/EXT 86 (51)}) (12. d5 {Tsesarsky} Na5
13. Ba2 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. h3 Rfe8 $11
{1/2-1/2 Jimenez Zerquera,E-Ivkov,B/Palma de Mallorca izt 1970 (41)}) (12. Bb3
{Tsesarsky} Bb7 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Ba2 Rc8 15. Rac1 Nc4 16. Ne5 Nb6 17. Rc2 (17.
f4 $5) 17... Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rfc1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Schlechter,C-Maroczy,G/
Ostende 1905 (23)}) 12... Bb7 (12... h6 {Tsesarsky} 13. Qd2 Nh7 $2 14. Nxb5 $5
(14. d5 exd5 (14... Na5 15. b4 (15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Rad1 Nc4 17. Qc2+ Kh8 18.
Bf4 Qb6 $132) 15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Rfd1 $14) 15. Nxd5 Nf6 16. Nxe7+ $14)
14... Ng5 $2 (14... axb5 15. Qc2 Ng5 16. Nxg5 (16. Qxc6 Bd7 17. Qc1 Nxf3+ 18.
gxf3 Rc8 19. Qd2 Bc6 $44) 16... Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Bh7+ (18. Be4 Ra7 19.
Rfd1 $11 (19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Bg8 g6 21. Nxf7+ Kg7 22. Rae1 Bf6 $17)) 18... Kh8
19. Bg8 g6 20. Nxf7+ Kg7 21. Rad1 Qf4 22. g3 Qf6 $19) 15. Nxg5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5
Qxg5 17. Qxg5 hxg5 18. Be4 (18. Rfc1 $16) 18... Bd7 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Nc3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Rousseau-Stanley/New Orleans 1845 (44)}) 13. a4 (13. Qe2 {Tsesarsky} b4
(13... Rc8 14. Rad1 Nd5 (14... Qc7 15. Bg5 g6 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qd2
e5 19. Bb1 (19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Rfe1 Nf4 $15) 19... Nxd4 20. Nxd4
exd4 21. Rfe1 (21. Qxd4 Rc4 $17) 21... Rc6 22. Qxd4 Re6 23. Ba2 Re8 24. f3 (24.
Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. b4 $11) 24... Re5 $11 {
0-1 Rashkovsky,N-Sveshnikov,E/USSR 1975 (34)}) 15. Bc1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 $15 {
- Dovzik,J-Hocevar,N/Balatonbereny op 1994/EXT 94op}) 14. Ne4 Qd5 15. Neg5 Rfc8
16. Rfd1 bxa3 17. Bc4 Qf5 18. Nxf7 Na5 19. Nh4 Qe4 20. Ng5 Qxh4 21. Bxe6+ Kf8
22. d5 (22. g3 Qh5 23. Qxh5 Nxh5 24. Nxh7+ Ke8 25. Bg4 (25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. bxa3
Nc4 27. Bg5 Bd6 $14) 25... g6 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. bxa3 Nc4 28. Bg5 $16) 22... Bd6
23. Nf3 Qc4 $17 {0-1 Fauth,D-Strobel,M/OLWuert 1993/GER 03 (41)}) (13. b4 {
Tsesarsky} Rc8 (13... a5 14. Nxb5 (14. bxa5 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. a6 Nxa6 $15 (
16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qc8 18. Ne4 Nfd5 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Rfd8
$132 (21... Nxe3 22. Bxh7+ $18))) 14... axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Nxb4 17.
Be2 Qd7 $15) 14. Qb3 Qd6 15. Rad1 Nb8 16. Ne5 Nbd7 (16... Rfd8 $15) 17. Nxd7
Qxd7 18. f3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 $17 {- Ek,H-Ljungqvist,L/SVE-ch 1973/EXT 97})
13... bxa4 (13... b4 {Tsesarsky} 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Na5 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17.
Ne5 $132) 14. Nxa4 (14. Qxa4 {Tsesarsky} Nb4 15. Be2 Rc8 $15) 14... Nb4 15. Be2
Nfd5 (15... Rc8 $5 {Tsesarsky} 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Nfd5 18. Qb3 Nxe3 19. fxe3
a5 20. Rfc1 $132) (15... Qb8 {Tsesarsky} 16. Nc5 Rd8 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. Ne5 $132
) 16. Bd2 (16. Qb3 {Tsesarsky} Rb8 (16... Qd6 17. Nc5 Rfb8 18. Ne5 $11) (16...
Bc6 17. Nc5 Rb8 18. Rfc1 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bd5 20. Qa4 Bc6 $11) 17. Nc5 Nxe3 18.
fxe3 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qe7 $15) 16... a5 (16... Qd6 $5 {Tsesarsky} 17. Nc5 $132
Rab8 18. Ne5 Bc8 (18... Rfc8 19. Bh5 $3 g6 (19... Rxc5 20. Nxf7 Qc6 21. dxc5
Ne3 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Nxf1 24. Bxb4 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Rxb4 26. Ne5 Nd2 27. Bg4
Bf6 28. Bxe6+ Kf8 29. Nd3 Nf3+ 30. Kg2 Nh4+ 31. Kf1 Rd4 32. c6 $1 Bd8 33. Nc5
$18) (19... f6 20. Bf7+ Kf8 (20... Kh8 21. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 22. Qg4 Nf4 23. Bxf4
Qd5 24. Nxb7 $18) 21. Nxe6+ $18) 20. Bxb4 Nxb4 (20... gxh5 21. Qxh5 Nxb4 22.
Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Nxe6 $18) 21. Nxb7 Qc7 (21... Rxb7 22. Qf3 gxh5 23. Qxb7 $18) 22.
Bf3 Rxb7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Qb3 $16) 19. Qa4 $132) 17. Qb3 Nb6 (17... Ba6 {
Tsesarsky} 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Qc7 21. Rfc1 Rc6 22. Qa4 Rxc5
23. Rxc5 Qxc5 24. Qxa5 $11) (17... Rc8 {Tsesarsky} 18. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 $11)
18. Nc5 (18. Rfc1 {Tsesarsky} Bd5 19. Qd1 $132) 18... Bd5 19. Qc3 (19. Qd1 {
Tsesarsky} Bd6 $5 $17 (19... Rc8 $5 20. Bc3 (20. Rxa5 Nc4 21. Ra7 (21. Bxc4
Qxa5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Qb3 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Rb8 $17) 21... Bxc5 22. dxc5 Nc6 23.
Bxc4 (23. Ra1 Bxf3 $19) 23... Bxc4 $17) 20... Nc4 21. b3 Nd6 22. Ne5 Nf5 23.
Ned7 (23. Bxb4 axb4 24. Ncd7 Re8 25. Bb5 (25. Bh5 g6 $17) 25... Nd6 26. Ba4 f6
$17) 23... Re8 24. Re1 Nh4 25. Bf1 Bxc5 26. Nxc5 Bxg2 $1 $17)) 19... Nd7 20.
Be3 (20. Nxd7 {Tsesarsky} Qxd7 21. Ne5 Qb7 22. Qh3 f6 23. Nc4 $132) 20... Rc8
21. Rfd1 (21. Rfe1 {Tsesarsky} Bd6 $17) 21... Nxc5 (21... Bd6 $17 {Tsesarsky})
(21... Qc7 $17 {Tsesarsky}) 22. dxc5 Qc7 23. Ne1 (23. Ne5 {Tsesarsky} Rfd8 24.
Bh5 Na2 25. Bxf7+ Kf8 26. Rxa2 Bxa2 27. Bh5 Bf6 28. Bf4 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Kg8 $17)
23... Bf6 $6 (23... Bxc5 $1 24. Rdc1 (24. Bxc5 {Tsesarsky} Qxc5 25. Qa3 Ra8 26.
Qg3 $17) 24... Bd6 25. Qxc7 Bxc7 26. Rc5 (26. Bc5 Na2 $1 27. Rc2 Rfd8 28. Ba6
Ra8 29. Bc4 Nb4 30. Bxb4 axb4 31. Rxa8 Bxa8 32. Bxe6 Rd1 33. Bxf7+ Kf8 34. Kf1
Be4 $19) 26... Bb7 27. Rac1 Nd5 28. Bf3 Bd6 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Rxa5 $15) 24. Qa3
Ra8 (24... Nc6 {Tsesarsky} 25. Nd3 $132) 25. Rac1 Rfb8 26. Bf3 Qb7 (26... Nc6 {
Tsesarsky} 27. Rc2 $132) 27. Bd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Bxf3 (28... Qc7 {Tsesarsky} 29.
Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Nd3 $14) 29. Nxf3 Nd5 (29... Nc6 $1 {Tsesarsky} 30. Rd6 Rc8 31.
Rcd1 Rab8 32. Nd4 Ne5 33. b3 Qb4 34. Qxb4 axb4 35. f4 Ng6 36. Nc6 Ra8 37. R1d4
Kf8 38. Rxb4 Ra6 39. Rd8+ Rxd8 40. Nxd8 Ra1+ 41. Kf2 Rc1 42. c6 Ke7 43. Rd4
Nxf4 $2 (43... e5 44. Rd5 Rc2+ 45. Ke3 Re2+ $1 46. Kf3 (46. Kxe2 Nxf4+ 47. Kf3
Nxd5 48. Nb7 f5 $17) 46... e4+ 47. Kxe2 Nxf4+ 48. Kf2 Nxd5 49. Nb7 f5 $17) 44.
Rxf4 Kxd8 45. Rxf7 $16) 30. Rd2 Qc7 (30... Rc8 $132 {Tsesarsky}) 31. h3 Rb4 32.
Qd3 Rab8 33. Ng5 g6 (33... Nf6 {Tsesarsky} 34. Qd6 $14) 34. Qe2 $2 $138 (34.
Rcc2 $13) (34. Qa6 {Tsesarsky} Qf4 35. Nf3 R4b5 36. Qa7 $132) 34... Nf4 35. Qf3
(35. Qd1 {Tsesarsky} h6 36. c6 (36. Nf3 Rxb2 37. c6 Nd5 $17) 36... Nd5 (36...
hxg5 37. Rd7 Qe5 38. c7 Ne2+ 39. Kh1 Nxc1 40. Rd8+ Kg7 41. Qxc1 $1 Rxb2 42.
Rxb8 Rxb8 43. cxb8=Q Qxb8 44. Qc3+ e5 45. Qxa5 $15) 37. Nf3 Rxb2 $17) 35...
Rxb2 36. Rxb2 Rxb2 37. Kh1 Nd5 (37... Ne2 {Tsesarsky} 38. Ra1 Qf4 39. Qxf4 (39.
c6 Rc2 $17) 39... Nxf4 40. Rxa5 Rxf2 41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Ra7 h6 43. Nxf7 Rc2 44.
c6 Nd5 $132) 38. Ne4 a4 $2 (38... Rb4 $17) (38... Rb4 {Tsesarsky} 39. Nf6+ Nxf6
40. Qxf6 Rb5 41. c6 Rd5 42. Qb2 h6 $17) (38... h6 $17 {Tsesarsky}) 39. Qa3 $1
Rb8 (39... Re2 $1 {Tsesarsky} 40. Qxa4 (40. Nd6 Qa7 41. Kg1 h6 $17) 40... Qf4
41. Qa8+ Kg7 42. Qa1+ e5 43. f3 Ne3 44. Rg1 Ng4 $3 45. fxg4 (45. Ng3 Nf2+ 46.
Kh2 Nxh3 $1 $19) 45... Qxe4 $17) 40. Qxa4 Qf4 41. Re1 $1 $14 (41. Rd1 $14 {
Tsesarsky}) 41... Rb4 42. Qa8+ (42. Qc2 {Tsesarsky} Qb8 43. Ra1 Rb2 44. Qd3 Rb3
45. Qc2 $11) 42... Kg7 43. Qa1+ Kh6 $2 (43... Kg8 $14) 44. Nd6 $1 (44. f3 {
Tsesarsky} Rb3 45. c6 Rb6 46. Qc1 Qxc1 47. Rxc1 Nc7 $11) 44... f6 $8 ({Contra
Contra} 44... Qxf2 {las blancas logran mantener la ventaja con} 45. Rf1 Qb2 (
45... Ra4 46. Qc1+ Qe3 47. Nxf7+ Kg7 48. Qb2+ Qc3 (48... Qd4 {Tsesarsky} 49.
Qb8 Nf4 $8 50. Qc7 Ra1 51. Ne5+ Kh8 (51... Kf6 52. Qf7+ (52. Ng4+ Kf5 (52...
Kg5 53. Qe7+ $18 (53. Qe7+ Kf5 54. Qf8+ Kg5 55. Qh6+ Kf5 56. Ne3+ Kf6 57. Qf8+
Kg5 58. Qe7+ Kh6 59. Ng4+ Kh5 60. Qxh7+ Kg5 61. Qh6+ Kf5 62. Ne3+ Qxe3 (62...
Ke4 63. Qxf4+ $18) 63. Rxa1 $18)) 53. Qf7+ $18) 52... Kxe5 53. Qg7+ Kd5 54.
Qxd4+ Kxd4 55. Rxa1 Kxc5 56. g3 $16) 52. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 53. Kh2 Nd5 54. Qc8+ Kg7
55. Qxe6 $18) 49. Qb8 Nf6 50. Ng5 $18) 46. Nxf7+ (46. Qe1 Nf4 $1 47. Nxf7+ Kg7
48. Qe5+ Qxe5 49. Nxe5 Re4 $11) 46... Kg7 47. Ng5 Qxa1 (47... Kh6 48. Nxe6 Ne3
49. Rg1 Qxa1 50. Rxa1 Rb2 51. c6 Rc2 52. c7 Nd5 53. Ra4 $1 g5 (53... Nxc7 54.
Rh4#) 54. Ra6 $1 Rc1+ (54... Kh5 55. Ng7+ Kh4 56. Nf5+ Kh5 57. Rh6#) 55. Kh2
Ne7 56. Nc5+ Kg7 57. Rc6 $18) 48. Nxe6+ Kg8 49. Rxa1 $16) 45. Kg1 (45. Nf7+ {
Tsesarsky} Kg7 (45... Kh5 46. Qd1+ $18) 46. Nd8 Nc7 47. Rxe6 Rc4 48. Qa5 Rc1+ (
48... Kh8 49. Re2 Rc1+ 50. Re1 Qc4 51. Nb7 Qc2 $11) 49. Re1 Kf8 50. Kg1 Qc4 51.
c6 Rxe1+ 52. Qxe1 Qd5 $11) 45... Ra4 (45... Nc7 {Tsesarsky} 46. Qa7 Rb2 47. Rf1
Nb5 48. Qb7 Rb3 49. Nxb5 Qb4 50. Qf7 Qxb5 51. Qf8+ Kg5 52. f4+ Kf5 (52... Kh5
53. Qg7 $1 (53. Qxf6 Qxc5+ 54. Kh2 Kh6 55. Qxe6 $16) 53... h6 54. Qxf6 Qxc5+
55. Kh2 $18) 53. Qd6 $18) 46. Qb2 (46. Qb1 {Tsesarsky} Rb4 $1 (46... e5 $2 47.
Qb8 Qb4 48. Qf8+ Kh5 (48... Kg5 49. Nf7+ Kf4 50. g3+ Kf5 (50... Kf3 51. Nxe5#)
51. Qc8#) 49. g4+ Kg5 50. Re4 Qb1+ 51. Kg2 Rxe4 52. Nf7+ Kf4 53. Qh6+ g5 54.
Nxg5 $3 Ne3+ (54... fxg5 55. Qf8+ Nf6 56. Qxf6#) 55. fxe3+ Kxe3 56. Nxe4+ Kd4
57. Qxh7 $18) 47. Qa2 Ra4 48. Qe2 {This Game}) 46... Rb4 47. Qe2 Nc7 (47... e5
{Tsesarsky} 48. Qa2 Qd4 49. Qa8 $16) 48. Nf7+ Kg7 49. Nd8 $1 Qd4 $2 {El error
definitivo.} (49... e5 $2 50. Qa2 $1 $18) (49... Qe5 50. Qd2 (50. Qxe5 fxe5 51.
Ra1 Kf6 52. Ra7 Rd4 $1 53. Rxc7 Rxd8 54. Kf1 Rd1+ 55. Ke2 Rc1 56. c6 h5 $14)
50... Qd4 $8 (50... Qxc5 51. Qd7+ Kh6 (51... Kh8 52. Qc8 $1 $18) 52. Nf7+ Kh5 (
52... Kg7 53. Ne5+ (53. Nd6+ Kh6 54. Qe7 $1 $18) 53... Kh6 54. Ng4+ Rxg4 55.
hxg4 $18) 53. Qd1+ Kh4 54. Qf3 $18) (50... Rd4 51. Qa5 $1 $18) 51. Qxd4 Rxd4
52. Nxe6+ Nxe6 53. Rxe6 Rd1+ (53... Rc4 {Tsesarsky} 54. Rc6 Kf7 55. Kf1 (55.
Kh2 Rc3 $14) 55... Rc2 56. g3 (56. Rc7+ Ke6 57. Rxh7 Rxc5 $11) 56... h5 57. h4
Ke7 58. Ke1 Kf7 $14 (58... g5 59. hxg5 fxg5 60. Rh6 h4 (60... Rxc5 61. Rxh5 Kf6
$11) 61. gxh4 gxh4 62. Rh5 h3 63. Kf1 Rc1+ 64. Ke2 h2 65. Rxh2 Rxc5 $11)) 54.
Kh2 Rc1 55. Rc6 Kf7 56. Kg3 Ke7 57. Kf3 $16) 50. Rd1 $1 (50. Nc6 Qxc5 51. Nxb4
Qxb4 52. Rd1 Qe7 $16) 50... Qxc5 51. Qxe6 $1 $18 (51. Nxe6+ Nxe6 52. Qxe6 Rd4
53. Rb1 Qc7 $11) 51... Rf4 (51... Nxe6 52. Nxe6+ Kf7 53. Nxc5 $18) 52. Rd7+ Kh6
53. Nf7+ Kg7 54. Ne5+ Kh6 55. Rxh7+ $1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.24"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Norilsk Nikel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 (5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3
Nbd7 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. a4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13.
Ne5 Bc6) 5... O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. a4 c5 10. O-O {Eine
seltene Fortsetzung, Radjabov strebt einen komplexen Kampf an und scheut kein
Risiko. Weniger anspruchsvoll, aber mehr verbreitet ist 10.dxc5.} (10. dxc5
Bxc5 (10... Nxc5 $5) 11. O-O b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. h3 Rfc8 15. Rac1
Nf8 16. Ne5 Ng6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Be5 Nh5 (18... Bb4 $5 19. Bd4 Bc5 $11) 19.
Bh2 Qg5 20. Qg4 Qxg4 21. hxg4 Nf6 22. Be2 Kf8 23. g5 $14 {Gurevich,M-Vaganian,
R/Moscow 2001}) 10... cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 (12. Ba2 Nbd5 13. Bg3 Nxc3 14.
bxc3 Qa5 15. c4 Bd7 16. Bb3 Bc6 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Ne5 Rad8 19. Ra2 Qb6 20. Nxc6
bxc6 21. Be5 Nd7 22. a5 Qa7 23. Bf4 Nf8 24. Be3 Bc5 $15 {McCormick,E-Morris,H/
Ventnor City 1939}) 12... Bd7 13. Ne5 Bc6 {Schwarz verfährt nach bekannten
Mustern. Die Stellung ist aus dem Damengambit bekannt, dort hat Weiß
allerdings bereits seinen Turm auf c1 und den Läufer auf g5 stehen, mit
anderen Worten er hat zwei Tempi mehr (siehe die Variante zum 5.Zug von Weiß).}
14. Re1 Nbd5 15. Bg5 Qd6 (15... Nb4 $5 {/\Bd5}) 16. Qd3 Nb4 17. Qh3 Bd5 $1 {
Spielt man gegen Isolani, ist Materialreduzierung meistens empfehlenswert.} ({
Unerfreulich für Schwarz wäre} 17... Qxd4 $2 18. Bxe6 Bc5 19. Re2 fxe6 $2 20.
Rd1 $18) 18. Nxd5 Nfxd5 19. Bd2 Rad8 20. Re4 $6 Nc6 21. Rae1 Qc7 22. Rg4 $6 Bf6
$15 23. Nf3 Nde7 $1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge7f5] Die weißen Schwerfiguren auf dem
Königsflügel zeigen wenig Wirkung, während der Isolani ernsthaft zur Schwäche
zu neigen beginnt.} 24. Bc2 Nf5 25. Be3 Nce7 ({Noch besser war m.E.} 25... g6
$1 {/\Nxd4} 26. Bxf5 exf5 $17) 26. Be4 g6 27. Rc1 Qb6 $17 {Der weiße
Damenflügel wird zur Beute der schwarzen Dame.} 28. Rf4 Bg7 ({Nichts sprach
gegen} 28... Qxb2 $5 29. Rb1 Qa2 $17) 29. Rb1 Nd5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Ng5 h6 32.
Ne4 Qb3 33. Nc3 Rd7 $19 {Ohne einen Bauern zu schlagen erreichte Tregubov eine
komplett gewonnene Stellung.} 34. Qg4 Rfd8 35. h4 h5 36. Qe2 Nxd4 37. Bxd4 Rxd4
38. Rf3 Qc4 39. Qe3 Rd3 40. Qe2 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Barcelona Casino 18th"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2013.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Hansen, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 Ne4 {One of the
possible moves, which I had no idea about.} 7. Bd3 (7. Qc2 $5) 7... Nxc3 8.
bxc3 dxc4 {Possible but not necessary. There is anyway very little theory in
that position.} (8... Be7 9. O-O O-O {is also possible.}) 9. Bxc4 Be7 10. O-O
O-O 11. Bb2 {A usually interesting move, consolidating the centre. However
sometimes the bishop may be missed on the other diagonal. I wanted to try a
plan based on Bd3/a2 followed by c4 but could not make it work well.} b6 12.
Qe2 (12. d5 $6 {was one of my options but I quickly realised Black is doing
extremely well after} Na5 13. Ba2 c4 $1 $15) 12... Bb7 13. e4 Na5 14. Bd3 Rc8
15. Rad1 cxd4 $6 ({Since there is nothing wrong with} 15... Qc7 {it should be
played. I think Black is fine here so I would conclude that 11.Bb2 should not
be played.}) 16. cxd4 Bd6 $6 (16... Bf6 {in order to be able to exchange dark
squared bishops everytime I push d5 was bothering me more.}) 17. d5 $6 {
The very natural reaction, but, to my greatest surprise, it seems like it was
better to delay it.} (17. Rfe1 {was probably a better move, especially because}
Qe7 {is met by} 18. e5 $1 {while} Bxa3 $2 {would lose to} 19. Bxh7+ $18) 17...
exd5 18. e5 Bc5 (18... Re8 $1 19. Bf5 Nc4 20. Bxc8 Qxc8 21. Rfe1 {seemed to me
like much better for White, but Houdini claims Black is doing extremely fine
after any more here!}) 19. h4 $6 (19. e6 $1 {would be better for White, but I
wanted even more since I was not able to assess the position objectively.})
19... Rc6 $2 {The most human move however...} (19... h6 $1 20. Bb1 {seemed to
be like extremely good for Black, but it seems like Black is just OK:} Nc4 $1
21. Qd3 g6 22. Bc1 Qd7 $1 23. h5 Qg4 $1 24. hxg6 fxg6 $15 {My conclusion is
that Houdini teaches us that calculation is a safer value than a 'feeling'.}) (
19... Qe7 20. Ng5 (20. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 21. Ng5+ Kh6 22. Bc1 g6 $19) 20... g6 21.
Qg4 $40) 20. Ng5 h6 (20... Rh6 21. e6 $16) 21. Qh5 $6 (21. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 22. Bb1
$1 {would win, but I missed that after} hxg5 23. e6 f5 $8 24. Qh5+ Kg8 {
it was possible simply to go} 25. hxg5 {with a huge advantage:} Rxe6 26. g6
Rxg6 27. Qxg6 Qd7 28. Ba2 $18) (21. e6 $5 {with the same idea is also possible,
but it's even better with the bishop on b1.}) 21... d4 22. Bc3 $4 (22. Bh7+ $1
Kh8 23. Bb1 $1 {was my initial idea, but I missed that after} Kg8 24. e6 fxe6
25. Qg6 hxg5 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. Bg6+ {was mating.}) 22... Be7 $2 (22... Rg6 $1 {
would be better for Black: I missed that after} 23. e6 $2 Qd5 24. f3 {Black
could suddenly take my bishop with check!} dxc3+ $19) 23. Bb4 $6 (23. Bxa5 $142
bxa5 (23... Bxg5 24. hxg5 bxa5 25. Be4 $16) 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Be4 $16) 23... Rc5
$2 {I had almost no time left on my clock and my opponent decided to play this
messy move, but it is simply too bad for concrete reasons.} (23... Bxg5 24.
Bxf8 Kxf8 25. hxg5 Qxg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. f4 $14) 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. e6 $1 Bxg5
(25... f5 $2 26. Nf7 $18) 26. hxg5 (26. exf7+ Rxf7 27. hxg5 $18) 26... Qd5 (
26... fxe6 27. gxh6 Qf6 28. hxg7 Qxg7 29. f3 $18) 27. exf7+ Rxf7 28. f3 Qxg5
29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. Rfe1 $1 c4 31. Bg6 $6 {Finishing the game with a dubious
move.} (31. Re8+ Rf8 32. Re5 $18) (31. Bg6 {would allow Black to stay in the
game. Of course the position is lost but White cannot do anything.} Nb3 32.
Re8+ $1 {(definitely the most precise)} Rf8 33. Rde1 Bc6 $8 34. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7
35. Rxf8 c3 36. Rc8 Bb5 (36... d3 $2 37. Rxc6 c2 38. Kf2 $18) 37. Rb1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali"]
[Date "2000.04.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Gunawan, Ruben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Be2 (11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Rxd8+ Nxd8 14.
Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bd7 16. Bxc4 Rc8 $11 {Agrest,E-Bellon Lopez,J/Rilton Cup
op9394}) 11... dxc4 $1 {Black gets very comfortable equality with this move.} (
11... h6 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Ba2 Bb7 15. Bb1 Rfd8 $11 {Naumann,
A-Kniest,O/Berliner Sommer 1997}) 12. Bxc4 b5 (12... e5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5
Bd7 15. O-O Rac8 16. Qe4 Bb8 17. Rfd1 $14 {Olesen,M-Chow,A/Chicago op2 1994})
13. Bd3 (13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O Rac8 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Rac1 Nce5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18.
Qb1 Qh4 $36 {Carrasco Martinez,J-Cruz Lopez Claret,C/ESP-ch 1994}) (13. Bb3 $5)
13... Bb7 14. Ne4 $2 {Trying to win the pawn,but this turns out to be
disasterous for white.} Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Rac8 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bd3 ({Even worse
is} 17. Qb1 $2 f5 18. Bg6 Nxb4 $1 19. axb4 Qxb4+ 20. Kf1 Qc4+ 21. Ke1 Qb4+ 22.
Kf1 Qg4 $19 {Martin,S-Raedeker,B/BL2-S9596}) 17... Nxb4 {[%cal Gc8c2]} 18. Qe2
(18. Bxg7+ Kg8 $1 (18... Kxg7 19. Qb2+ $16) 19. axb4 Rxc2 20. Bxf8 Qf6 $1 $19)
18... Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Rfd8 $17 20. Qe2 Be4 $5 ({Another possibility to keep
white king in the center was} 20... Bd5 21. Rd1 Bc4 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qc2 f6
$1 $17) 21. Nd4 Qg5 (21... e5 $5 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Nf3 f6 $17) (21... Bxg2 $6
22. Rg1 (22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Rg1 Rc5 24. Qg4 Rg5 25. Qh4 f6 $17) 22... Qg5 23. h4
Qg6 24. f3 Bxd4 25. Rxg2 $1 Bxb2 26. Rxg6 Bxa1 27. Rg4 $15) 22. f4 Qg6 ({
It was possible to take the pawn on g2.} 22... Qxg2 $5 23. Qxg2 Bxg2 24. Rg1
Be4 25. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 26. Rxg7 Bxe3 $19 {[%cal Ge3d4]}) 23. Qf2 f6 (23... Qxg2)
24. Qg3 e5 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Ne2 Kg8 $6 {Better was} (26... Qxg3+ $1 27. hxg3+
(27. Nxg3 Bxg2 28. Rg1 Rc2 29. Bxe5 Bxe3 30. Bxg7+ Kh7 $19) 27... Kg8 28. Bxe5
Bxe3 29. Bf4 Bb6 $19 {with winning position.}) 27. Bxe5 Rc2 28. Bd4 $17 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires sim"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Panno, Oscar"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. h3 (9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Be3) 9... Ne4 10. Bd3 Bf5 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 Bf6
13. Be3 Re8 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. Nc5 b6 16. Na6 $5 (16. Na4 {/\ Nc3-b5}) 16... Rac8
17. Bb5 Red8 18. Qa4 Ne7 19. Nb4 a5 20. Nd3 Ng6 21. Ba6 (21. Nde5 $5 Nxe5 22.
dxe5 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Bxb6 $16) 21... Bd7 22. Qb3 Rb8 23. a4 h6 24. Rc2
Ng5 25. Nxg5 hxg5 26. Bb5 Nh4 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Rd2 (28. Qb5 Qf5 29. Rfc1 g4
30. hxg4 Qxg4 31. Ne1 Bxd4 $17) 28... Qf5 29. f3 Re8 30. Ne5 $2 (30. Bf2 Ng6
31. Rc1 $10) 30... Bxe5 31. dxe5 Rxe5 32. Bf2 Ng6 33. Rfd1 Nf4 34. Bg3 Rbe8 35.
Bxf4 Qxf4 (35... gxf4 36. Rxd5 Re1+ 37. Kh2) 36. Qxb6 $2 (36. Rxd5 $1 Rxd5 37.
Rxd5 Qg3 38. Rd1 $15) 36... Re1+ 37. Kf2 (37. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 38. Kf2 Qxd2+) 37...
Qh4+ 38. g3 Qxh3 (38... Qxh3 39. Rxe1 Qh2+ 40. Kf1 Qh1+ 41. Kf2 Qxe1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 32nd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Hecht Krasenkov,M} Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Be2 dxc4 13.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bd7 16. Bxc4 Rc8 17. Ne5 Be8 18. O-O Bb8 19.
Bb3 f6 20. Nf3 Bf7 21. Nd4 Qc7 22. g3 e5 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Nf5 Kf8
26. Bd1 Qc6 27. Qxc6 Nxc6 28. g4 Bd5 29. Bc2 g6 30. Ng3 Ke7 (30... Bd6 {
Krasenkov,M /\Be7}) 31. Ne4 Nd8 32. g5 fxg5 33. Nxg5 h6 34. Ne4 Kf7 35. Nc5 Bd6
36. Ne4 (36. Be4 {Krasenkov,M} Bxe4 37. Nxe4 Ke6 $10) 36... Bc7 37. Nc3 Be6 38.
Kg2 g5 (38... Nc6 $10 {Krasenkov,M}) 39. Be4 Bd6 40. Ne2 Bc4 41. Ng3 Ke6 (41...
Kf6 {Krasenkov,M} 42. Nf5 Bf8 43. f4) 42. Kf3 Bd5 (42... Kf6 {Krasenkov,M} 43.
Kg4 Bf7 (43... b6 44. f4 $16) 44. f4) 43. Kg4 Bxe4 44. Nxe4 {Hecht: bessere
weiße Leichtfiguren; starkes S-Feld e4, aktiver weißer K; ab Zug 57 S-S mit
weit entferntem weißen h-Freibauern} Nf7 45. Kh5 b6 (45... Kf5 {Krasenkov,M}
46. Ng3+ (46. Nxd6+ Nxd6 47. Kxh6 g4) 46... Kf6 47. f4 (47. e4 Kg7 48. Nf5+ Kh7
49. Bc1 Bf8) 47... gxf4 48. exf4 Bc7 49. fxe5+ Bxe5 50. Ne4+ Kg7 (50... Kf5 51.
Bxe5 Nxe5 52. Nd6+) 51. Bxe5+ Nxe5 52. Nc5 b5 53. Nxa6 Nc4 $10) 46. Kg6 Bf8 47.
Bc3 Nh8+ 48. Kh7 Nf7 49. Kg8 Be7 50. f3 h5 (50... Bd8 {Krasenkov,M} 51. Kg7 Be7
52. Ng3 {/\e4,Nf5}) 51. Kg7 g4 52. fxg4 hxg4 53. Kg6 a5 (53... Nd6 {Hecht} 54.
Nxd6 Bxd6 55. e4 $18 {[%csl Re5,Rg4]}) 54. Kh5 Kd5 55. Nd2 axb4 56. Bxb4 Bxb4
57. axb4 Kc6 58. Kxg4 Kb5 59. Kf5 Kxb4 60. Kg6 Nd8 $2 (60... Kc3 61. Nb1+ Kd3
62. Kxf7 Kxe3 63. h4 Kd3 64. h5 e4 65. h6 e3 66. Nc3 $1 Kxc3 67. h7 e2 68.
h8=Q+ $18) (60... Nh8+ $1 61. Kg7 Kc3 62. Ne4+ $1 (62. Nb1+ Kb2 (62... Kd3 $2
63. h4 Kxe3 64. h5 Kf4 65. h6 Kg5 66. h7 Ng6 67. Nc3 Kf5 68. Nb5 e4 69. Nd6+
Kg5 70. Nxe4+ Kf5 71. Nd6+ Kg5 72. Nc4 b5 73. Ne5 $18) 63. Kxh8 Kxb1 64. h4 b5
65. h5 b4 66. h6 b3 67. h7 b2 68. Kg8 Kc2 69. h8=Q b1=Q 70. Qxe5 (70. Qh7+ Kc1
71. Qxb1+ Kxb1 72. Kf7 Kc2 $10) 70... Qa2+ $1 71. Kg7 Qa7+ 72. Kf6 Kd3 73. e4
$14) (62. Nf3 e4 (62... b5 $2 63. Nxe5 b4 64. Nd7 Kd3 65. h4 Kxe3 66. h5 Kf4
67. h6 Kg5 68. Nc5 Ng6 69. h7 Kh5 70. Nb3 Kg5 71. Nd4 Kh5 72. Ne6 b3 73. Nf4+
$18) (62... Kd3 63. Nxe5+ Kxe3 64. h4 Kf4 65. Kxh8 Kxe5 66. Kg7 (66. h5 Kf6 67.
h6 Kg6 68. h7 Kf7 $10) 66... b5 67. h5 b4 68. h6 b3 69. h7 b2 70. h8=Q b1=Q $10
) 63. Nd4 (63. Ne5 b5 64. h4 b4 65. Nd7 Kd3 66. Nc5+ Kxe3 67. h5 Kd4 68. Na4 e3
69. Kxh8 e2 70. h6 e1=Q 71. h7 Qg3 $19) (63. Ng5 Kd3 64. h4 b5 65. h5 b4 66.
Ne6 (66. Nxe4 Kxe4 67. Kxh8 b3 68. h6 b2 69. h7 b1=Q 70. Kg7 Qb7+ 71. Kg8 Kf5
72. h8=Q Kg6 $19) 66... Kxe3 67. Nc5 Kd4) 63... Kd3 64. h4 Kxe3 65. Nb3 $1 Kf4
(65... Kf2 66. Kxh8 e3 67. h5 e2 68. Nc1 e1=N 69. h6 Nf3 70. Kg7 Ng5 71. Kg6
$16) 66. h5 e3 (66... Kg5 $2 67. h6 e3 68. Nd4 Ng6 69. h7 Kh5 (69... b5 $2 70.
Nxb5 e2 71. Nd4 e1=N 72. Ne6+ Kf5 73. Nf8 $18) 70. Nf5 e2 71. Ng3+ Kg5 72. Nxe2
$18) 67. Nd4 (67. h6 e2 68. Nc1 e1=N 69. Kxh8 Nf3 70. Kg7 Ng5 $10) 67... Ke4 $1
(67... b5 68. h6 b4 69. Kxh8 b3 70. Nxb3 e2 71. Nc1 $18) 68. Nc2 Kd3 69. Ne1+ (
69. Nxe3 Kxe3 70. Kxh8 b5 71. h6 b4 72. h7 b3 73. Kg8 b2 74. h8=Q b1=Q $10)
69... Ke2 70. Ng2 Kf3 $10) 62... Kd3 63. Nd6 Kxe3 64. h4 b5 $1 $8 (64... e4 65.
h5 Kf4 66. Nxe4 Kxe4 67. Kxh8 b5 (67... Kf5 68. Kg7 $18) 68. h6 b4 69. h7 b3
70. Kg7 b2 71. h8=Q b1=Q 72. Qh7+ $18) (64... Kf4 65. h5 Kg5 66. h6 Ng6 67. h7
b5 68. Nf7+ Kf5 69. Nxe5 $18) 65. Nxb5 (65. h5 $2 b4 $1 66. Kxh8 b3 67. h6 Kd3
68. Nb5 b2 69. Na3 e4 70. h7 e3 71. Kg8 e2 72. h8=Q e1=Q $10) 65... Kf4 66. h5
Kg5 67. h6 e4 (67... Ng6 68. Nd6 Kh5 69. h7 Kg5 70. Nf7+ Kf5 71. Nxe5 $18) 68.
h7 Ng6 (68... e3 69. Kxh8 e2 70. Nd4 $1 $18) 69. Nd4 e3 70. Nc2 $3 (70. Ne6+
Kf5 71. Nf8 e2 72. Nxg6 e1=Q $10) (70. Ne2 Kh5 71. Ng3+ (71. Nf4+ Kg5 72. Nxg6
e2 73. h8=Q e1=Q $14) 71... Kg5) 70... e2 71. Nd4 e1=N (71... e1=Q 72. Nf3+ Kh5
73. Nxe1 $18) (71... Nh4 72. Nxe2 Nf5+ 73. Kf7 $18) 72. Ne6+ Kf5 73. Nf8 $18)
61. Kf6 Kc3 62. Nb1+ Kc4 (62... Kc2 63. h4 Kxb1 64. h5 b5 65. h6 b4 66. h7 b3
67. h8=Q b2 68. Qxd8 $18) (62... Kb2 {Hecht} 63. h4 $18) 63. h4 Kd5 64. h5 Ne6
65. Nc3+ Kd6 66. Ne4+ Kd7 67. h6 Nf8 68. Kf7 (68. Kf7 Nh7 69. Kg7) 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qe7 12. O-O Rd8 $6 (12... b5 $142 13. Bd3
Bb7 14. Qc2 Rac8 $10) 13. Qc2 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Ne4 $1 Nd7 (15... Nxe4 16.
Bxe4 f5 17. Bxc6 Rac8 18. Ne5 $18) 16. Rfd1 f5 (16... Rac8 17. Nd6 $1 $16) 17.
Ng3 Nf6 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. Bxf5 $5 (19. Ng5 $1 $16) 19... exf5 20. Nxf5 Qf8 21.
Ng5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 $3 (22... Nd8 23. h3 $1 (23. Rxd8 $2 Rxd8 24. Nf7+ Qxf7
$1 25. Qxf7 Rd1#) 23... h6 24. Nxh6 $1 gxh6 25. Ne6 Qe7 26. Nxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8+
Qxd8 28. Qf7 $18) 23. Ne6 (23. Nf7+ $2 Qxf7 $1 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 $19) 23... Qf7
24. Nfxg7 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Bb8 26. Nh5 Ne5 $4 (26... Qxe6 27. Nxf6 Be5 28. Bxe5
Qxe5 29. Nd7 Qe7 30. Nc5 Bc8 $16) 27. Qd8+ Ne8 28. Qxb8 1-0

[Event "URS-ch01 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1920.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1920.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 $6 (6. a3) (6. cxd5 $5
exd5 (6... Nxd5 7. Bd3) 7. Be2) 6... Be7 (6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 {Bf1-d3-c4}) 7. O-O
O-O 8. b3 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bb2 Ba6 $5 {/\Rc8,Na5 ><c4} (10... Bb7 11. Qe2 $6
(11. Re1) (11. Rc1) 11... dxc4 12. bxc4 Nb4 $1 (12... Nxd4 $2 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14.
Nd5 $1 Qc5 15. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 (15... Bxf6 16. Qe4 $18) 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qg4+ $1
(17. Qh5 $2 f5 $1) 17... Kh8 18. Qh4 $1 $18) 13. Bb1 Bxf3 $1 14. Qxf3 $6 (14.
gxf3 $5 g6 $1) 14... Qxd4 15. a3 Na6 16. Qb7 Bd6 $1 17. Qxa6 Bxh2+ {Black has
probably more than a draw.}) 11. Re1 dxc4 12. bxc4 Rc8 13. Nb5 $1 Bxb5 (13...
Qd7 14. Ne5) 14. cxb5 {[%csl Ra6,Ra7,Gb2,Rc6,Gd3]} Nb4 15. Ne5 Nd7 $6 {[%csl
Rd5] ><d5} 16. Re3 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge3h3]} Nxd3 17. Rxd3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qe8 19.
Qb3 Rd8 20. Rad1 Rxd3 21. Rxd3 Bc5 22. g3 h6 23. a4 Qa8 24. Bd4 Rc8 25. f3 Qb8
26. f4 Qc7 27. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 28. Kg2 Qc1 29. Qd1 Rc2+ 30. Kf3 Qb2 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32.
Kg4 $8 {Alekhine} Rxh2 (32... h5+ 33. Kxh5 Rxh2+ 34. Kg4 Qg2 35. Qd3+ g6 36.
Kg5 $1 {[%csl Rf7,Rh7][%cal Gg5f6,Gd3a3,Ga3f8]} (36. Rd7 $4 Kh6 {[%csl Rg4]
[%cal Gh2h4]})) 33. Qd3+ g6 34. Rd7 Kg7 35. Rxf7+ (35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Qd7+ Kf8
37. Qd8+ Kf7 38. Qd7+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 {I was in the mood to play the Slav Defence. Ich war in der Stimmung,
die slawische Verteidigung zu spielen.} 2. e4 {But White is transposing the
game into a Panov Attack from the Caro-Kann. Aber Weiß leitet die Partie in
einen Panov-Angriff aus dem Caro-Kann über.} d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 (4. cxd5 Nf6
{is another possibility. I had to face it in June vs Ponomariov in Bazna. ist
eine andere Möglichkeit. Damit sah ich mich im Juni in Bazna gegen Ponomariov
konfrontiert.}) 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 (5... e6 {is more popular and it was a
favorite choice of Anatoly Karpov. ist beliebter und war eine bevorzugte Wahl
von Anatoly Karpov.}) 6. Bg5 (6. Nf3 Bg4 {is deeply analysed till the drawish
ending. ist tief bis in das remisliche Endspiel analysiert.}) 6... e6 {Black
has a choice on this move beetween the ultrasharp 6...Be6, Dreev's favorite 6..
.dxc4 and the move in the game. Hier hat Schwarz die Wahl zwischen dem
ultrascharfen 6...Be6, Dreevs Favoritem 6...dxc4 und dem Partiezug.} (6... dxc4
7. Bxc4 e6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a6 {This position had occurred many
times in tournament practice. Alexey Dreev for example had defended Black's
position successfully many times. I personally failed to get any advantage
against him. Diese Stellung ist in der Turnierpraxis viele Male vorgekommen.
Alexey Dreev beispielsweise hat die schwarze Stellung mehrfach erfolgreich
verteidigt. Ich persönlich schaffte es nicht, irgendeinen Vorteil gegen ihn
herauszuholen.} 11. a4 Bd7 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Ncxe7 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5
exd5 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nd3 Re8 18. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B (2703)-Dreev,A (2683)/
Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 87}) 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bd3 $2 {White is simply losing a
tempo. If he was not ready to enter a theoretical discussion after the most
principled 8.c5, then he had to prefer 8.Rc1 0-0 9.a3 as Black would take on
c4 anyway. Weiß verliert einfach ein Tempo. Wenn er nicht bereit war, sich auf
eine theoretische Diskussion nach der prinzipiellsten Fortsetzung 8.c5
einzulassen, so musste er 8.Rc1 0-0 9.a3 den Vorzug geben, da Schwarz sowieso
auf c4 nehmen würde.} dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O {Now we have a position from
Dreev's (and others) games, but it is Black's turn to move. However, it
slightly unbalanced me, as I spent a lot of time deciding if Black is ready to
fight for an advantage. Without being able to determine it, I decided to play
normally. Nun haben wir eine Stellung aus den Partien von Dreev (und anderen),
aber Schwarz ist am Zug. Allerdings brachte mich das leicht aus dem
Gleichgewicht, denn ich verbrauchte eine Menge Zeit zu entscheiden, ob Schwarz
bereit ist, um Vorteil kämpfen. Ohne dies ermitteln zu können, beschloss ich,
normal zu spielen.} a6 (10... b6 {was possible as well. war ebenfalls möglich.}
) 11. Bd3 b5 12. Qe2 $5 (12. Rc1 Bb7 {is harmless. ist harmlos.}) 12... Nxd4 $5
{I decided to spice things up. I felt that after the exchange sacrifice Black
is not risking much and hoped to outplay my opponent in a position with uneven
material balance. By the way, in this tournament I had sacrificed an exchange
also against Caruana and Giri, but in those cases I had no decent alternative.
Ich beschloss, Würze ins Spiel zu bringen. Ich spürte, dass Schwarz nach dem
Qualitätsopfer nicht viel riskiert, und hoffte, meinen Gegner in einer
Stellung mit materiellem Ungleichgewicht zu überspielen. Übrigens, in diesem
Turnier hatte ich auch gegen Caruana und Giri eine Qualität geopfert, aber
diesen Fällen hatte ich keine anständige Alternative.} ({Black is doing well
after Gut steht Schwarz nach} 12... Bb7 13. Rad1 Rc8 {as he doesn't have to
worry about , denn er braucht keine Sorgen zu haben vor} 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. d5
exd5 16. Nxd5 Re8 17. Be4 g6 $11) 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Be4 ({White doesn't have
sufficient compensation after Keine ausreichende Kompensation hat Weiß nach} 
14. Rfd1 Qa7 15. Ne4 (15. Be3 Qb8) 15... Nd5 ({or even oder sogar} 15... Nxe4
16. Bxe7 Nxf2 $1 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bc5 Qc7 20. Bxf2 Bb7)) 14...
Rb8 ({I didn't even consider seriously Ich überlegte nicht mal ernsthaft an} 
14... Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Re8 16. Nxe4 Rxe7 17. Rfd1 Qb6 {Here the strongest is Hier
ist das Stärkste} 18. Qg4 $1 ({after nach} 18. Qe3 {the computer finds an
amusing defence findet der Computer eine amüsante Verteidigung:} Qc7 19. Rac1
Rd7 $1) 18... Bb7 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Qh4 h6 21. Nd5 $18) 15. Bf4 (15. Be3 $5 {
deserved serious attention. Black would have to choose between different
versions of an exchange sac in all cases with approximately equal chances. For
example kam ernsthaft in Betracht. Schwarz müsste wählten zwischen
verschiedenen Versionen eines Qualitätsopfers, in allen Fällen mit etwa
gleichen Chancen. Zum Beispiel} Qd8 ({or or} 15... Qc4 16. Ba7 Qxe2 17. Nxe2
Nxe4 18. Bxb8 Bf6) 16. Ba7 Nxe4 17. Bxb8 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bb7) 15... Nxe4 (15...
Bd6 $6 {The Q sacrifice is not so efficient: Das Q-Opfer ist nicht so wirksam:}
16. Rfd1 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Bxf4 18. Bf3 $14) 16. Bxb8 Bb7 ({I was afraid of
White's initiative after Ich hatte Angst vor der weißen Initiative nach} 16...
Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Be5 {when White gains some important tempi by attacking
Black's Q. , wonach Weiß durch Angreifen der schwarzen Q ein paar wichtige
Tempi gewinnt.} Qb4 19. Rab1 Qh4 20. Qf3 {and White retains an initiative. und
Weiß behauptet eine Initiative.}) 17. Bg3 $6 ({The most natural idea was Die
natürlichste Idee war} 17. Nxe4 Rxb8 18. Rfe1 (18. Nc3 $44 {with a balanced
position as well , ebenfalls mit ausgewogener Stellung.}) 18... Bxe4 19. Rad1
Qf6 20. Qxe4 Qxb2 {and a draw is a very likely result. und ein Remis ist der
sehr wahrscheinliche Ausgang.}) ({I was more afraid of the energetic Größere
Angst hatte ich vor dem energischen} 17. Rfd1 $5 {Black has to avoid many
dangers here: Hier muss Schwarz viele Gefahren umschiffen:} Nxc3 ({Black is in
trouble after Schwarz ist in Schwierigkeiten nach} 17... Qxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Nxf2
19. Rd7 $1 Rxb8 ({the computer suggests der Computer schlägt vor} 19... Nh3+
20. Kf1 Rxb8 21. Rxe7 {but it hardly solves Black's problems , aber dies kann
die Probleme von Schwarz kaum lösen.}) 20. Rxe7 Ng4 21. Rd1 $1 Bxg2 (21... Bc6
22. Rd6 Ne5 23. b4 g5 24. Rc7) 22. Kxg2 (22. Red7 $5) 22... Ne3+ 23. Kf3 Nxd1
24. Nxd1 {and probably Black can save this position, but it is not fun to play
it. und diese Stellung kann Schwarz wahrscheinlich halten, aber Spaß macht sie
nicht.}) 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. Be5 Qb4 $1 {and the position is dynamically
balanced. I managed to calculate all these lines, but still was not completely
sure if White wouldn't find something in this position. Home analysis showed
that my fears were unsound. und die Stellung ist dynamisch ausgeglichen. Ich
konnte all diese Abspiele berechnen, war aber dennoch nicht gänzlich sicher,
ob Weiß in dieser Stellung nicht etwas finden würde. Die Heimanalyse zeigte,
dass meine Befürchtungen unbegründet waren.} (19... Qc6 {is weaker: is weaker:}
20. Qg4 f6 21. Rac1 Qxg2+ 22. Qxg2 Bxg2 23. Rd7 $1 Ba3 24. Rcc7 $16) 20. Rab1 (
20. Rd4 Qc5) 20... Qe4) 17... Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qd5 (18... Qxc3 19. Rac1 Qa3 {
was also possible, but I liked to force f2-f3 as this move prevents  any
potential attack on my K. war ebenfalls möglich, aber es gefiel mir, f2-f3 zu
erzwingen, da dieser Zug jeglichen potentiellen Angriff auf meinen K
unterbindet.}) 19. f3 Qc5+ 20. Bf2 ({In the event of Im Fall von} 20. Kh1 {
I intended to improve my pieces' positions before grabbing the c3-pawn: wollte
ich erst meine Figurenstellung verbessern, bevor ich mir den c3-Bauern
schnappe:} Bf6 (20... Qxc3 {is also fine ist ebenfalls gut.}) 21. Rac1 Bd5 $15)
20... Qxc3 {Now we can assess the position. Black has 2 pawns and full
compensation for the exchange and only he can play for a win. However White's
position is pretty solid. Nun können wir die Stellung einschätzen. Schwarz hat
zwei Bauern und volle Kompensation für die Qualität, und nur er kann auf
Gewinn spielen. Allerdings ist die Stellung von Weiß ziemlich fest.} 21. a4 $1
{The correct desicion. White is exchanging a 'weak pawn' and is opening lines
for his Rs. Die richtige Entscheidung. Weiß tauscht einen 'schwachen Bauern'
und öffnet Linien für seine Türme.} Bd5 ({I didn't believe that Black had any
winning chances after Keinerlei Gewinnchancen für Schwarz sah ich nach} 21...
Qc4 22. Qxc4 bxc4 23. Rfc1 Bf6 24. Rab1 Bd5 25. Be1 Rc8 26. Bc3 {but probably
Black can try , aber wahrscheinlich kann Schwarz} Bd8 27. Kf2 Bc7 28. g3 f6 {
followed by Kf7, h5, g5 etc. versuchen, gefolgt von Kf7, h5, g5 usw.}) (21...
b4 22. Rac1 Qf6 23. Rc7) 22. Rfc1 (22. axb5 Bc4 23. Qe1 Qxe1 24. Rfxe1 axb5 {
and Black keeps a minimal advantage. und Schwarz behauptet minimalen Vorteil.})
22... Qb3 (22... Bc4 23. Qe4) (22... Qb4 $5 {was more precise, preventing the
exchange of Bs. war genauer, da dies den Tausch der Läufer verhindert.}) 23.
axb5 axb5 (23... Qxb5 24. Qd2 {and the a-pawn can never become dangerous. und
der a-Bauern kann niemals gefährlich werden.}) 24. Bc5 $1 {Again a correct
decision. Without the pair of Bs Black has no real chances. Wieder eine
korrekte Entscheidung. Ohne das Läuferpaar hat Schwarz keine realen Chancen.} (
24. Rcb1 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Bxc4) 24... Bxc5+ 25. Rxc5 Qb4 26. Qe3 Qb2 (26... Bc4 27.
Qd4) 27. Rcc1 (27. Rac1 Bc4) 27... Bc4 28. Qc3 ({I would prefer to keep Qs on
the board by Ich würde lieber die Damen auf dem Brett behalten mit} 28. Rd1 $11
{With all White's pieces being active a draw is unavoidable. Da alle weißen
Figuren aktiv sind, ist ein Remis unausweichlich.}) 28... Qxc3 29. Rxc3 g5 $1 {
A classical move, enabling a nice pawn formation. Ein klassischer Zug, der
eine schöne Bauernformation ermöglicht.} 30. Rca3 Bd5 31. Rb1 Rb8 32. Rb4 Bc4
33. h4 $2 {An impatient move, which can be explained by White's eagerness to
force a draw without much suffering. Ein ungeduldiger Zug, der erklärt werden
kann durch den Eifer von Weiß, ohne großes Leiden ein Remis zu erzwingen.} ({
The simplest solution would be to transpose into a theoretically drawn ending
by Die einfachste Lösung gewesen wäre der Übergang in das theoretische
Remisendspiel mit} 33. Rc3 Rd8 34. Rbxc4 bxc4 35. Rxc4 {Recently Jacob Aagaard
had presented me with his book "Attacking manual". He correctly quotes his
trainer Henrik Mortensen, that 'you only had a winning position if you knew
how to win it'. The same maxim can apply here. The ending is drawn (especially
if White exchanges 1 more pawn by playing h4). However, you would voluntary go
for it only if you are 100% sure that you'll draw it. In some of his
interviews my opponent hasn't rated the importance of endgame knowledge too
highly and probably he had to pay a price for it in this game. Vor kurzem
hatte mir Jacob Aagaard sein Buch "Attacking manual" überreicht. Darin zitiert
er korrekt seinen Trainer Henrik Mortensen, dass 'man nur dann eine
Gewinnstellung hat, wenn man auch weiß, wie man sie gewinnt'. Dieselbe Maxime
kann auch hier gelten. Das Endspiel ist remis (vor allem, wenn Weiß mit h4
noch einen weiteren Bauern tauscht). Allerdings würde man es nur dann
freiwillig anstreben, wenn man 100% sicher ist, dass man es auch remis hält.
In manchen seiner Interviews hat mein Gegner die Bedeutung von Endspielwissen
nicht allzu hoch angesiedelt, und womöglich musste er dafür in dieser Partie
den Preis zahlen.}) ({White could simply wait by Weiß könnte einfach abwarten
mit} 33. Kf2 Rd8 34. Rb2 Kg7 35. Ra7 {but of course, Black would advance the
h-pawn and try to get his K to c5 or c3 and White would have to defend
carefully. , aber natürlich würde Schwarz den h-Bauern vorstoßen und versuchen,
seinen K nach c5 oder c3 zu bekommen, und Weiß würde sich sorgsam verteidigen
müssen.}) 33... gxh4 34. Kh2 ({It turns out that in the case of Es stellt sich
heraus, dass im Fall von} 34. Rc3 Rd8 35. Rbxc4 bxc4 36. Rxc4 h3 $1 37. gxh3
Rd2 {White's task is not so simple. die Aufgabe von Weiß nicht so einfach ist.}
) 34... Rd8 35. Re3 {/\Re4 /\Re4} f5 36. Re5 Kf7 37. Kh3 Kf6 38. Rc5 Kg5 39.
Rcxc4 $2 {But this is just panic. Aber dies ist einfach Panik.} ({I didn't see
a winning plan after Keinen Gewinnplan sah ich nach} 39. Rb1 {followed by Rc7.
nebst Rc7.}) 39... bxc4 40. Rxc4 Rd1 $1 {White cannot regain the h4-pawn. Weiß
kann den h4-Bauern nicht zurückerobern.} 41. Kh2 e5 42. Ra4 ({A curious
endgame arises after Ein kurioses Endspiel entsteht nach} 42. f4+ exf4 {
Black is 3 pawns up, but all of them are doubled. I guess that Black should
win by playing R d3, followed by h3. White cannot take because he'll be cut on
the first rank and otherwise Black would win with 3 extra pawns. However,some
technique would be required. Schwarz hat drei Bauern mehr, aber sie alle sind
verdoppelt. Ich schätze, er sollte gewinnen, indem er Rd3 nebst h3 spielt.
Weiß kann nicht nehmen, da er ansonsten auf der ersten Reihe abgeklemmt wird,
und ansonsten würde Schwarz mit seinen drei Mehrbauern gewinnen. Allerdings
wäre einiges an Technik erforderlich.}) 42... Rd6 ({The most direct path to
victory would be Der direkteste Weg zum Sieg wäre} 42... Re1 43. Ra7 h6 44. Ra4
(44. Rg7+ Kf4 45. Rf7 (45. Rh7 h3) 45... h3 46. g4 Kxf3 47. gxf5 Kg4) 44... e4
45. fxe4 fxe4 46. g3 (46. Rb4 e3 47. Re4 Kf5) 46... hxg3+ 47. Kxg3 Re3+ {
and this ending is theoretically won. und dieses Endspiel ist theoretisch
gewonnen.}) (42... Rd4 43. Ra5 Kf4 44. Ra7 h6 {is also strong enough. ist
ebenfalls stark genug.}) 43. Kg1 ({It was better to wait with Besser war das
Abwarten mit} 43. Rb4 {as , da} Re6 ({Black would have to return to the
above-mentioned plans by Schwarz müsste zu den oben genannten Plänen
zurückkehren mit} 43... Rd4) (43... Rd1) 44. Kg1 e4 45. fxe4 fxe4 46. Kf2 Kf4
47. Rb7 e3+ 48. Kf1 h5 49. Rf7+ {is not enough for a win. nicht zum Sieg
reicht.}) 43... Rd4 44. Ra7 h6 45. Rh7 ({Or Oder} 45. Kh2 e4 46. fxe4 fxe4)
45... h3 $1 46. g3 (46. gxh3 Kf4) 46... Rd3 (46... Rd2 $5) 47. Rg7+ (47. f4+
Kg6) 47... Kf6 48. Rh7 Rxf3 49. Kh2 Kg6 {The rest is simple. Der Rest ist
einfach.} 50. Re7 Re3 51. Re8 e4 52. Rf8 Rf3 53. Kxh3 Rf2 54. Re8 Kf7 55. Ra8
e3 (55... Ke6 56. Ra6+ Kd5 {was probably even simpler. war womöglich noch
einfacher.}) 56. Ra3 e2 57. Re3 f4 58. gxf4 Rf3+ $1 59. Rxf3 e1=Q 60. Kg2 Qe2+
61. Rf2 Qg4+ 62. Kh2 h5 63. f5 Kf6 64. Rg2 Qh4+ 65. Kg1 Qe1+ 66. Kh2 Kxf5 67.
Rg8 Qe5+ 68. Kh3 Qe6 69. Rg1 Kf4+ 70. Kh2 Qe4 71. Rg3 Qe2+ 72. Rg2 Qe1 73. Rg8
Kf3 74. Rg2 Qh4+ 75. Kg1 Qg4 0-1

[Event "Haarlem AKN op 07th"]
[Site "Haarlem"]
[Date "1998.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Winants, Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {. Baburin} c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4
Ne4 8. Bd3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Be7 11. Qc2 $5 (11. O-O {Baburin} O-O 12.
Re1 b6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. h4 $1 {This is a typical plan for positions with the
c3-d4 pawn pair - White prepares a king side attack.} Bxh4 $6 {It is known
that acceptance of such pawn sacrifice is very dangerous for Black; in this
game Yudasin failed to alter this assessment.} 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. Re3 g6 17. Rg3
Qe7 18. Bh6 Rfe8 19. Qh5 Qc7 20. Qh4 f5 21. Re1 $36 {1-0 Petursson,M-Yudasin,L/
Reykjavik 1996/CBM 53/[Baburin] (55)}) 11... b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O h6 14. Qe2
Bf6 15. Bf4 (15. Rd1 $5) 15... Ne7 $5 16. Ne5 O-O $13 (16... Nd5 17. Bb5+ Kf8
18. Bd2 $14) (16... Qd5 17. f3 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 $14) 17. Rad1 (17. Ng4 $5 Nf5 (
17... Bg5 18. Bxg5 hxg5 19. Rac1 $14) 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qg4 $14) 17... Nf5 18.
Qg4 Rc8 19. c4 $5 Bxe5 (19... Nxd4 20. Rfe1 (20. Bb1 Rc5 $17) 20... Rc5 21. Bf1
$1 $36) (19... Qxd4 $5 20. Bxf5 (20. Bb1 Qc3 21. Rd3 Qb2 $13) 20... exf5 21.
Qg3 (21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rxd4 Rfe8 $17) 21... Bxe5 $1 22. Rxd4 (22. Bxe5 Qg4 $15
) 22... Bxd4 23. Bxh6 Rxc4 $44) 20. Bxe5 Qg5 (20... f6 $5 21. Bf4 Qxd4 22. Bxf5
exf5 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Rxd4 $11) 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. d5 f6 23. Bc3 $14 Nh4 24.
Bb4 Rfe8 (24... Rfd8 $5) 25. f3 $1 (25. d6 Red8 26. f3 Kf7 $13) 25... Kf7 $2 (
25... exd5 26. cxd5 $14 Bxd5 27. Ba6 Bc4 (27... Rcd8 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Bc4 $18)
28. Bxc8 Bxf1 29. Bd7 Be2 30. Rd2 Re5 (30... Rd8 31. Be6+) 31. Bd6 Re3 32. Kf2
$18) (25... a5 $5 26. Be1 exd5 27. cxd5 Bxd5 28. Bf2 $44) 26. g3 Ng6 27. dxe6+
Rxe6 28. Bf5 Rc7 (28... Rxc4 29. Rd7+) 29. Bxe6+ $16 Kxe6 30. Rfe1+ Kf7 31. Kf2
Ba6 32. Bd6 Rc8 (32... Rxc4 33. Rc1 $16) 33. c5 $1 bxc5 34. Rd5 $6 (34. h4 $5
gxh4 35. gxh4 Nxh4 36. Re7+ $18) 34... Rd8 $6 (34... c4 $142 35. Rc5 Rxc5 36.
Bxc5 Ne5 37. Kg2 Bb7 38. Kf1 $1 $14) 35. Red1 Ke6 36. R5d2 Rc8 (36... c4 37.
Bc5 $16) 37. Bxc5 Rxc5 38. Rd6+ $18 Kf5 39. Rxa6 Ne5 (39... Rc7 40. Rd5+ Ne5
41. g4+ Kg6 42. Rxe5 $18) 40. Rxa7 Rc3 41. Ke2 Rb3 (41... Rxf3 42. Rf1) 42. Rd2
Rxf3 43. Ra2 g4 44. Rxg7 Ke4 45. a4 Re3+ 46. Kf1 Rb3 47. a5 Nd3 48. Ra1 Rb2 49.
Kg1 Nf2 50. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Candidates FIDE sf2"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. b3 cxd4 (7... Be7
8. Bb2 O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7 12. Re1 Rc8 $10 {Zakharov,
A-Dvoirys,S/Moscow Tal mem/1992/}) 8. exd4 Be7 9. c5 $5 (9. Bb2 O-O 10. Bd3 Qc7
11. O-O Bd7 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. c5 b6 14. cxb6 Qxb6 15. Na4 $14 {Hoi,C-Agustsson/
Kobenhavn/1989/}) 9... b6 10. cxb6 Nd7 $5 (10... Qxb6 11. Na4 Qa7 12. b4 $14 {
/\Na4-c5}) 11. Bd3 a5 12. Nb5 $5 (12. O-O Ba6 $132) 12... Qxb6 13. Bf4 O-O 14.
O-O Na7 (14... Ba6 $2 15. Nc7 Bxd3 16. Nxa8 $16) 15. Nc7 $5 Rb8 16. b4 $5 Bb7
$5 {/\ 17...e5} (16... axb4 17. axb4 $14 Bxb4 $6 18. Qc2 g6 19. Rfb1 Nc6 20.
Na8 Qb7 21. Ba6 Qxa8 22. Bxc8 $16) 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. Qe2 e5 $5 (18... Rbc8 $6
19. Nxe6 $1 (19. Rfc1 Bc6 20. Na6 Bb5 $132) 19... fxe6 20. Qxe6+ $16) 19. Bxe5
Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Nc6 21. Qf4 Rbc8 22. Nb5 Ba6 23. a4 Nb4 $132 24. Bf5 $1 Rcd8 25.
Rfe1 Bf6 26. Ne5 Bxe5 (26... Bxb5 27. axb5 Qxb5 28. Rab1 $36) 27. dxe5 Bxb5 28.
axb5 Qxb5 29. Ra3 $5 (29. Rab1 Rb8 30. Rb3 $36 Qc4 31. Bxh7+ (31. Qxc4 dxc4 32.
Rc3 g6 33. Be4 Rfc8 $10) 31... Kxh7 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33. Rh3 Rfe8 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35.
e6 Rxe6 $1 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Rxe6+ Kxe6 38. Re3+ Kd7 $17 39. Qxb8 Qc1+ 40. Re1
Qxe1#) (29. e6 fxe6 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 $10) 29... Qc4 $1 (29... g6 30. Rh3 $40) (
29... h6 30. Rb3 Rb8 31. Reb1 $18) 30. Bxh7+ $6 (30. Qg5 h6 $132) 30... Kxh7
31. Qf5+ Kg8 (31... g6 32. Rh3+ Kg8 33. Qf6 $18) 32. Rh3 Rfe8 $8 (32... Qc2 33.
Qh5 f6 34. e6 {/\ 35.Qh8 #}) 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qxg7 $40 {/\ 36.e6}
d4 $1 (35... Rg8 36. Qf6+ Ke8 37. e6 $18) (35... Kd7 36. e6+ $1 (36. Qxf7+ $6
Re7 37. e6+ Kd6 $13) 36... Kc8 (36... Rxe6 37. Qxf7+ $18) 37. Rc3 $16) 36. e6
Kd6 37. e7 $6 (37. Qxf7 $142 d3 $1 $15) 37... Rd7 $4 {and this is the reward
for bravery} (37... Rxe7 $2 38. Qf6+ Re6 39. Qxd8+ $18) (37... Rc8 $1 {/\38...
Nc6} 38. Rh6+ (38. Qe5+ Kd7 39. Rh6 Rc6 40. Qf5+ Re6 $17) (38. Rh4 Nc6 39. Qg3+
Kd7 40. Qh3+ Kc7 41. Qg3+ Kb7 42. Rb1+ Ka8 $17 {/\43...Na7}) (38. Qf6+ Kd7 39.
Qf5+ Kc7 40. Qa5+ Kb7 41. Rb3 (41. Rh6 Qc5 $17) 41... Qxb3 42. Qb5+ Kc7 $19)
38... Kd7 $5 $13 (38... Kc7 39. Qe5+ (39. Qf6 Qc5 $1 $13 (39... Nc6 40. Qd6+
Kb7 41. Rb1+ Ka8 42. Ra1+ Na7 (42... Kb7 43. Qd7+ Kb6 44. Rb1+ $40) 43. Rxa7+
Kxa7 44. Qb6+ Ka8 45. Qa5+ Kb7 46. Rb6+ Kc7 47. Qa7#)) 39... Kb7 40. Qa5 Qc5 $1
$17 (40... Rc6 $13 41. Qd8 $1 (41. Rb1 $4 Qc1+ $19) (41. Rxc6 Nxc6 42. Rb1+ Kc8
43. Qa8+ Kd7 44. Rb7+ Ke6 $17 45. Qxe8 $4 Qc1#) 41... Rxd8 (41... Qc1 $2 42.
Rf1 (42. Qd7+ Kb6 43. Qxd4+ Kb5 44. Rh5+ Ka4 45. Qa7+ Kb3 46. Rh3+ Kb2 47. Qa3+
$18) 42... Rxd8 43. exd8=Q Qxh6 44. Qxd4 Qd6 $13) (41... Qe2 $2 42. Qd7+ $1 (
42. Rb1 Qxe7 (42... Qd2 43. Qd7+ Rc7 44. Qb5+ $18) 43. Qxe7+ Rxe7 44. Rxb4+ Ka7
45. Ra4+ Kb7 46. Rb4+ $10) 42... Rc7 (42... Kb6 43. Rxc6+ Nxc6 44. Rxe2 $18)
43. Qxc7+ Kxc7 44. Rxe2 $18) 42. exd8=Q Rxh6 43. Qe7+ $1 (43. Qd7+ Qc7 44. Qb5+
(44. Qxd4 Qxh2+ 45. Kf1 Qh1+ 46. Ke2 Qxe1+ 47. Kxe1 Nc2+ $19) 44... Rb6 $17) (
43. Re7+ Ka6 44. Qa8+ Kb5 45. Rb7+ Rb6 $17) 43... Kb6 (43... Ka6 44. Ra1+ Na2
45. Qa3+ Kb7 46. Qxa2 $14) 44. Qd8+ $10 Kb7 (44... Kb5 $4 45. Qg5+ $18) 45.
Qe7+ $1 $10)) 39. Qg4+ (39. Qe5 Rc6 40. Qf5+ Re6 $17) 39... Kc7 $17) 38. Qe5+
Kc6 39. Rh6+ Kb7 40. Qa5 $1 $18 Rdxe7 (40... Nc6 41. Rb1+ Kc8 42. Qa8+ Kc7 43.
Rb7#) (40... Rc7 41. Rb6+ Kc8 42. Rxb4 $18) 41. Rxe7+ Rxe7 42. Qb6+ (42. Qb6+
Kc8 43. Rh8+ Kd7 44. Rd8#) 1-0

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ruzele, Darius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Tsesarsky} c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bd7 (10... b6 {Tsesarsky} 11. Bf4 (11.
a3 $142 {[%cal Gc1g5]}) 11... Bb7 12. a3 Na5 13. Ba2 Rc8 14. Qd3 Nd5 15. Bd2
Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Rad1 Nc4 19. h3 Rfd8 $15 {0-1 Kristensen,
B-De Firmian,N/New York op (05) ;CBM 23 1991 (29)}) 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. Rc1 h6 13.
Bh4 (13. Bf4 $5) 13... Nh5 $1 (13... Nd5 $5 {Tsesarsky} 14. Bxe7 (14. Bxd5 Bxh4
15. Be4 Bf6 16. d5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Be6 $10) (14. Bg3 Nb6 15. Bb3 Nb4 {[%csl Rd5]}
) 14... Ncxe7 15. Nxd5 $5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Ne5 f6 $11) 14. Bxe7 (14. Re4
$6 {Tsesarsky} Bxh4 15. Rxh4 Nf6 16. d5 (16. Ne5 Qb6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Nxd7 Qd8
19. Rxe4 Qxd7 20. Bb3 (20. d5 Na5 $17) 20... Ne7 $15) 16... Na5 17. b3 Nxd5 18.
Nxd5 Nxc4 19. Rhxc4 exd5 20. Qxd5 Be6 $15) 14... Nxe7 (14... Qxe7 $2 {Tsesarsky
} 15. d5 Na5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Re5 $18) 15. Ne5 Nf6 16. Qd3 (16.
Qb3 $5 {Tsesarsky} Rc7 17. Rcd1 (17. d5 $6 exd5 18. Nxd5 Nexd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5
20. Qxd5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Bc8 $15) 17... Nc6 $1 (17... Bc6 $2 18. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 (
18... Kxf7 19. Bxe6+ Ke8 (19... Kg6 20. d5 $18) 20. d5 $18) 19. Bxe6 Ned5 20.
Nb5 Bxb5 21. Qxb5 Nf4 22. Bxf7+ Rxf7 23. Qe5 $16) 18. Nxc6 (18. Nb5 Na5 19. Qb4
Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Rc8 $11) 18... Bxc6 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22.
Rxd5 Re7 $11) (16. Qf3 $6 {Tsesarsky} Bc6 17. Qh3 Kh8 (17... Qxd4 $6 18. Nxf7 (
18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh7 20. Qxe7 Ng8 $19 {[%cal Rf8f2,Rg8e7]}) 18... Qxc4
19. Nd6 Qg4 $19) 18. Nxf7+ Rxf7 19. Bxe6 Bd7) 16... Rc7 (16... Bc6 $5 17. Nxf7
Rxf7 18. Bxe6 Ned5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 $13 {(/\20...Rcc7)}) 17. a3 Qb8 18. Ne4 (18.
Ba2 $5 Rd8 19. Rcd1 Be8 $13) 18... Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bc6 (19... Rfc8 $2 20. Nxd7
Rxd7 21. Bxe6 $16) 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21. Bd3 g6 22. Rxc6 (22. Qh4 $6 {Tsesarsky}
Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qd6 24. Qxh6 Qxd4 $132) (22. h4 {Tsesarsky} Rd8 23. Qe3 Qd6 $10)
22... bxc6 $5 (22... Nxc6 23. d5 exd5 24. Qxd5 Rd8 25. Qe4 $14 (25. Qb3 $10 {
Tsesarsky})) 23. Qh4 Qb3 $5 $10 (23... Qxb2 $2 24. Qxe7 Qd2 25. Re3 $18) (23...
Qd8 {Tsesarsky} 24. Qxh6 (24. b4 Nf5 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Rd1 e5 $17
) 24... Qxd4 25. Qe3 (25. Qd2 Rb8 (25... Rd8 26. Rd1 e5) 26. b4 c5 27. Re4 Qa1+
28. Bf1 Nd5 $132) 25... Qxb2 26. Qxa7 Qc3 27. Rd1 Rd8 28. Qxe7 Rxd3 $15) 24.
Be4 Nf5 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. Qxh6 Qxb2 27. Qc1 (27. Qc1 {Tsesarsky} Qxc1 28. Rxc1
Rd8 29. Rxc6 Rxd4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tarrasch Casual Games"]
[Site "Nuremberg"]
[Date "1910.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1910.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,55,29,29,29,29,84,39,45,33,14,14,11,7,28,1,6,6,14,-16,-4,-6,43,-2,-10,
-10,-19,-4,7,-4,10,32,31,77,56,98,58,82,131,124,138,236,229,270,270,270,266,
287,287,272,272,278,274,242,278,267,480,555] Quelle: Lars Bo Hansen,
"Foundations of Chess Strategy", Gambit 2005, p. 70 ff.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3.
c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bd3 (6. a3) (6. cxd5) 6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O
b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. a4 c4 $2 {Black has given up the centre with his 6th move,
and consequently he now places the emphasis of his play on the queenside - a
weighty strategic mistake. In the opening or at least in the early middlegame
the main battle takes place in the centre, and who is stronger here will
emerge with a positional advantage and attack. (Tarrasch)} 11. Bc2 b4 12. Ne4
Na5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. e4 {This is the move which exploits the mistake ...dxc4.
Black has abandoned the centre and White now completely controls it. In return
Black has the upper hand on the queenside, but this even if this is not
unimportant - has never - 'ceteris paribus' - been as important as the control
of the centre. (Tarrasch)} b3 $6 15. Bb1 Bb4 16. Bg5 $1 Qg6 17. Bd2 $1 $18 Bxd2
18. Qxd2 Nc6 19. d5 Nd8 20. Ne5 Qh5 21. Nxc4 O-O 22. Nb6 Ra7 23. Ra3 f5 24.
exf5 exd5 25. Rxb3 Qf7 26. Rd3 Bc6 27. Nxd5 Bxa4 28. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Ljubljana"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Peptan, Corina Isabela"]
[Black "Vukic, Milan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
$6 {the main move in the position is 8.c4,the text move does not seem as a
good move at all,and I believe black's play in the game show it,black simply
take on d4 and then after pawn takes back on d4 playes Nc6-Nb4 with b6-Bb7,if
you compare this to the typical positions when white has an isolated "d" pawn
you see he never gets the chance to play Nb4 since white already played a3}
cxd4 (8... Qh5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. b4 Be7 12. Bc4 b6 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14.
Rfe1 Nd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. a3 Bb7 $15 {[%csl Gb7,Ge7] 0-1 Votava,J-Sakaev,K/
WchJ-U16 Singapore 1990/EXT 90ch (60)}) (8... Nc6) 9. cxd4 Nc6 (9... b6 10. Nc3
Qd8 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bg5 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxd5
Bxd5 17. b3 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E-Forintos,G/Capablanca mem 1979/MCL 07}) 10.
Be3 Nb4 $1 11. Nc3 Qd8 12. Bc4 b6 13. Rad1 (13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Rfd1
Nfd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Ba6 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 Bd6 $1 20. Qxa7 Nxe3 21.
fxe3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qd2 23. Qc7 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 h6 25. b4 Qf4 26. a3 Ra8 27. Qc3
Qf2 $17 {[%csl Ra3,Re5,Rh1] Manca,F-Portisch,L/Reggio Emilia9192-B 1991/EXT 91/
0-1 (59)}) 13... Bb7 $11 {[%csl Rd4] now it is clear,black is atleast OK} 14.
Ne5 Nbd5 15. Bg5 Rc8 16. Rd3 $2 (16. Rfe1) {[%tqu "En","white's last move was
a mistake,and he got immediately and by force a really bad position,do you see
how?","after Rd3 the bishop on c4 is not defended by the Queen any more","",
"d5c3","",3]} 16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 (17. Rxc3 $4 Ne4 18. Bxe7 Nxc3 $19) 17...
Rxc4 $1 18. Nxc4 (18. Bxf6 Rc7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 $17 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3][%cal Gf8c8,
Gb7d5,Ge7a3]}) 18... Qd5 {[%cal Gd5c4,Gd5g5,Gd5g2] this is a queen in the
center!white loses material now} 19. Rg3 Ba6 {[%cal Ga6e2]} 20. Nxb6 (20. Bh6
Nh5 21. Qg4 Qf5 22. Qxf5 exf5 23. Rh3 Bxc4 24. Re1 Bf6 25. Rxh5 gxh6 $17) 20...
Bxe2 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 (21... exd5 $4 22. Re1 Rb8 23. Re3) 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Rb1 (
23. Re1 Bc4 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Ge7d5]}) 23... Nd5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rc3,Rg3] black
has a clear advantage maybe a winning one,since not only that he has a
material advantage,not only that white has a very weak "c3" pawn,but maybe the
decisive fact is white's terrible rook on "g3" that is simply not in the
game!the e3-d3 squares are covered by black's knight and bishop,in the game
white played h4-Rh3-Rh1-Kh2 but I think this means he is lost} 24. Rb7 a6 25.
h4 h6 26. Rb2 Bc4 27. Rf3 g6 28. Rh3 $2 {white choosen plan in the game is
just unbelieveable,to play Rh3-Rh1-Kh2 while at the same time black takes the
c3 and d4 pawns is not what I would play.my critical question was how black
playes if white does nothing,I mean just Kh1-Kg1 since black has one weak
point is his position the "f7" pawn so white keeps his rook on f3 and after
Rc8 white playes Rb7.but still I think there is a good plan for black
advancing his King's side pawns attacking white's poor rook on g3,but still
the game is not simple,after white plan the game is over} (28. a4 Kg7 {[%cal
Gg6g5]} 29. Rg3 (29. Kh2 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gg7g6,Gg5g4,Gf7f4]})
29... Rc8 30. Rb7 {[%cal Gg3f3]} Be2 31. Rb2 Bd1 {[%csl Ra4,Rc3]}) (28. a3)
28... Rc8 29. Rh1 $2 $19 (29. Rf3 Rc7) 29... Bb5 30. Kh2 Rxc3 31. Rhb1 Rd3 32.
a4 Bxa4 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. R1b7 Rxd4 35. Ra7 Bb5 36. g3 Nf6 37. Rbb7 Rd7 38. Rxd7
Nxd7 39. Kg2 h5 40. Kf3 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.15"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Peng, Zhaoqin"]
[Black "Hall, Jesper"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. b3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O
9. O-O b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Na4 Ne4 14. Rc1 Rc8 15.
Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Na5 17. Qc3 d4 18. exd4 cxd4 19. Qh3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bd5 21. b4
Nb3 22. Rd1 a5 23. Bd3 g6 24. Bc2 Qc8 25. Qd3 Qe6 26. bxa5 Bc4 27. Bxb3 Bxb3
28. Rc1 Rd8 29. Nb6 Bf6 30. g3 h5 31. h4 Ba2 32. a4 Kh7 33. Qd2 Bb3 34. Qd3 Ba2
35. Qd2 Bb3 36. Re1 Qc6 37. Rc1 Qe6 38. Re1 Qc6 39. Rc1 Qe6 40. Qd3 Ba2 41. Ra1
Bb3 42. Ba3 Bc2 43. Qd2 d3 44. Rc1 Re8 45. Bb4 Qg4 46. Nd5 Bd4 47. Qf4 Qxf4 48.
Nxf4 Bb2 49. Re1 Rxe1+ 50. Bxe1 Bc1 51. a6 d2 52. Bxd2 Bxd2 53. Nd5 Bxa4 54. a7
Bc6 55. Nc7 Ba5 56. a8=Q Bxa8 57. Nxa8 {[#] Praktisch liegt ein Bauernendspiel
vor, in dem Schwarz über unendlich viele Tempozüge verfügt (La5-d8-a5-.....)}
Kg7 58. Kg2 Kf6 59. Kf3 Kf5 60. Kg2 (60. Ke3 Kg4 61. Ke4 f5+ 62. Ke3 f4+ 63.
gxf4 Kxh4 64. f5 gxf5 65. Kf4 Kh3 66. Kxf5 h4 67. Kg5 Bd8+ 68. Kh5 Kg2 69. Nc7
h3 $19) 60... Ke4 {Es liegt der Gewinn auch dann vor, wenn die Leichtfiguren
nicht auf dem Brett wären.} 61. f3+ Ke3 62. g4 f5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Be6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Na4 Ne4 14. b4 Bg4 15.
h3 Bh5 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bf6 18. Rc2 d4 19. Bf4 Bg6 20. Rd2 Qd5 21. Bd6
Rfe8 22. a4 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Qc4 24. Qe1 h6 25. Re8+ Rxe8 26. Qxe8+ Kh7 27. b5
axb5 28. axb5 Qxb5 29. Ra1 Qb3 30. Ra8 Bf5 31. Qh8+ Kg6 32. Rg8 Qb1+ 33. Kh2
Qe4 34. Bf8 Qf4+ 35. Kh1 Bxh3 36. Bxg7 Bxg2+ 37. Kg1 Bxf3 38. Bxh6+ Kh5 39.
Bg7+ Kg6 40. Bxf6+ Kf5 41. Rg5+ Ke6 42. Rg8 Qxf6 {[#]_|_ 1. Sichern des
schwarzen K 2. Angriff gegen exponierten weißen K einfach} 43. Re8+ Ne7 44.
Qh3+ Kd5 45. Qd7+ Kc4 46. Qa4+ Kxc5 47. Qa5+ Kc6 48. Qa4+ Kc7 49. Qa5+ b6 50.
Qa7+ Bb7 51. Qb8+ Kc6 52. Qa7 Qg5+ 53. Kh2 Qe5+ 54. Kg1 Qe1+ 55. Kg2 Kc7+ 56.
f3 Qe2+ 57. Kg1 Qe3+ 58. Kf1 Qxf3+ 59. Ke1 Qg3+ 60. Kf1 Qf3+ 61. Ke1 Qc3+ 62.
Kf1 Qc1+ 63. Kf2 Qc2+ 64. Kf1 Qf5+ 65. Kg1 Qg5+ 66. Kf2 Nc8 67. Qa3 Nd6 0-1

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Ba7 (8... Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O $10) 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 Qe7 11. O-O Rd8 12.
Qc2 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Bf3 $14 {Gheorghiu,F-Parma,B/Ljubljana/
1969/}) 10... Qe7 (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qe7 (11... b5 12. Bb3 $10 (12. Bd3)
12... Bb7 13. O-O Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Rfd8 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Rd1 Rxd1+ 17. Nxd1 {
1/2-1/2 Razuvaev,Y-Tukmakov,V/URS-FL Ashkhabad 1978}) 12. O-O b5 13. Bd3 Bb7
14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Zaltsman,V-Sosonko,G/Lone Pine op 1979})
11. O-O Rd8 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. cxd5 ({Another plan for the white
leads to the "Merano" type position(by changing colour)after} 14. c5 $5 {
/\15.e4d416.e5} e5 15. e4 d4 16. Nd5 Qe6 17. Bc4 $16) 14... exd5 15. h3 h6 16.
Rfd1 Be6 17. b5 (17. Na4 d4 $1 18. exd4 Bb3 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Re1 Rxc1 21. Bxc1
Nc6 22. Nc5 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 $14 {\=}) 17... axb5 18. Nxb5 Bb8 19. Bb1 Ne4
$11 20. Ba2 Ng5 21. Nfd4 (21. Nbd4 $5 Qd6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 (22... Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3
fxe6 (23... Qh2+ $2 24. Kf1 fxe6 25. Qg4 $18) 24. g3 $14) 23. g3 Ne4 (23...
Nxh3+ 24. Kg2 Ng5 25. Nxg5 hxg5 26. e4 $36) 24. Bb1) 21... Nxd4 22. Bxd4 (22.
Nxd4 Qd6 23. f4 $11) 22... Ne4 23. a4 (23. Qh5 Rc6 24. Bb2 Rdc8 $132) (23. Qb2
Qg5 $40) 23... Rc6 $1 24. Ba7 $2 Rdc8 $1 25. Qb2 (25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. Bxb8 Rxb8
27. Nd4 (27. f3 Ng3 (27... cxb5 28. fxe4 dxe4 29. Bxe6 Qxe6 30. axb5 Qb3 $17)
28. Qf2 cxb5 29. Qxg3 Qa7 30. Qf4 bxa4 31. Rd4 Ra8 $17) 27... Qa3 28. Bb1 Nc3
29. Qc2 g6 $1 $17) (25. Qe1 Nxf2 $1 26. Rxc6 (26. Kxf2 Qh4+ 27. Kf3 Qe4+ 28.
Kf2 Qxa4 $1 $19) 26... bxc6 27. Bxb8 (27. Qxf2 Bxa7 $19) 27... Nxd1 28. Na7
Rxb8 29. Nxc6 Qd6 30. Nxb8 Nb2 $19) 25... Qh4 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Rc1 Nxf2 $1 28.
Qxf2 Bh2+ 29. Kf1 Qxa4 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 04th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Ne4
8. Bd3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Be7 11. Bf4 Qa5 12. Qd3 O-O 13. O-O Bf6 14.
Rfe1 Ne7 15. Be5 Bd7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nd2 Bc6 18. Re3 Ng6 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. Qe3
Rg8 21. Be2 Ne7 22. Nc4 Qd5 23. f3 Nf5 24. Rxg8+ Kxg8 25. Qf4 Bb5 26. Ne3 Nxe3
27. Bxb5 Qxb5 28. Qxe3 Rc8 29. Rc1 Qb3 30. h4 $1 {White manages to generate
enough counterplay on the kingside by using the h-pawn. Black has to return to
defend, and the danger passes.} Qxa3 31. Qf4 b6 32. h5 Kf8 33. Rc2 Qe7 34. h6
$1 f5 35. c4 Qf6 36. c5 bxc5 37. dxc5 e5 38. Qg3 Qxh6 39. Qxe5 Re8 40. Qd6+ Kg7
41. Qxh6+ Kxh6 {Hecht: Je 1 Freibauer mit aktivem wK zwecks
Freibauernunterstützung; aktiver sT mit gegenspiel am K-Flügel} 42. c6 Rc8 43.
Kf2 f4 44. Ke2 Kg5 45. Kd3 Kf6 46. Kd4 Ke7 47. Kc5 Rg8 48. Rd2 Rg5+ 49. Kc4 Rg8
50. Kb5 Rb8+ 51. Kc5 Rb1 52. Rd7+ Ke6 53. Rxa7 Rc1+ 54. Kb6 Rc2 55. Ra1 Rb2+
56. Kc7 Rxg2 57. Re1+ Kf6 58. Rb1 Rf2 59. Kb7 Rxf3 60. c7 Rc3 61. Rb6+ Ke5 62.
Rc6 Rb3+ 63. Ka6 (63. Kc8 {Hecht} Ra3 64. Kd8 Ra8+ 65. c8=Q Rxc8+ {und Schwarz
macht mindestens remis}) 63... Ra3+ 64. Kb7 Rb3+ 65. Ka6 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kerteminde"]
[Site "Kerteminde"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Berg, Klaus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bd3
$6 {>= 8.c5; 8.Rc1.} dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. a3 b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. Qd3
b4 $132 14. Na4 Qa5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bb3 Qh5 17. Rfc1 Qg6 18. Qxg6+ hxg6 19.
Nc5 bxa3 20. Rxa3 Rfc8 21. Bc4 Nxd4 22. Nxb7 Bxa3 23. bxa3 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Rc7
25. Nd6 Rd8 26. Nxf7 Rd4 27. Ne5 Kg7 28. Rb1 fxe5 29. Bxa6 Ra4 30. Bd3 Rxa3 31.
Be4 Kf6 32. Kg2 Rd7 33. Kg3 Ra2 34. Rc1 Rdd2 35. Rf1 Rab2 36. Bc6 Rd8 37. Be4
Rbd2 38. Rb1 Rd1 39. Rxd1 Rxd1 40. h4 Rg1+ 41. Kh2 Re1 42. Bc6 Rc1 43. Be4 Kg7
44. Kg2 Kh6 45. Bd3 Kh5 46. Be4 Rc7 47. Kg3 Rg7 48. Bc6 g5 49. Be8+ Kh6 50. h5
Rb7 51. Bg6 Rb4 52. Bf7 Rb6 53. Bg6 Ra6 54. Bf7 Kg7 55. Bg6 Ra1 56. Kg2 Ra4 57.
Kg3 Rh4 58. Kg2 Kf6 59. Kg3 Ke7 60. Kg2 Kd6 61. Kg3 Kd5 62. Kg2 Kd4 63. Kf1 Kc4
64. Ke2 Rh3 65. Bf7 Kd4 66. Bg6 e4 67. fxe4 Ke5 68. Bf7 g4 69. Kf1 Kf6 70. Bg6
e5 71. Kg2 Kg5 72. Bf7 Kf4 73. Be8 Kxe4 74. f3+ Kf4 75. fxg4 Rg3+ 76. Kf2 Rxg4
77. Bg6 Rh4 78. Kg2 e4 79. Be8 e3 80. Kf1 Rh2 81. Bb5 Rxh5 82. Ba6 Rh7 83. Ke2
Rh2+ 84. Ke1 Rb2 85. Bc4 Ke4 86. Bf7 Kd4 87. Bg6 Rg2 88. Bf5 e2 89. Kd2 Rg5 90.
Bc2 Re5 91. Ke1 Ke3 92. Bf5 Ra5 93. Bb1 Rh5 0-1

[Event "Lodz1"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1907.12.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rotlewi, Georg A"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Rotlewi (Jahrgang 1889, aber schon 1920 verstorben) hat durch diese Partie
zweifelhaften Ruhm erlangt; dabei war er so schlecht nicht: Beim Turnier in
Karlsbad 1911 kam er nur einen Punkt hinter Rubinstein ein; er schlug ihn
zudem im direkten Aufeinandertreffen und sorgte so dafür, daß der große Akiba
nur 2. wurde (hinter Teichmann). Nach 1911 gibt es keine Partien mehr von ihm.
} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. a3 a6 8. b4
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O {Das klassische Dilemma: Weiß möchte nicht Le2 oder Ld3 spielen,
denn nach dxc4 muß der Läufer ein zweites Mal ziehen. Schlägt der Anziehende
selbst auf d5, so wird nach e6xd5 der Lc8 befreit.  Doch die Erfahrung eines
Jahrhunderts besagt, daß 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Le2 einen hauchdünnen Vorteil
verschafft.} 10. Qd2 $2 {Wenn schon ein Damenzug, dann doch 10.Dc2.} Qe7 $1 11.
Bd3 $2 ({Weiß hätte vermutlich wenig Freude an} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13.
Qxd5 {wenngleich der Beweis nur durch die Praxis geführt werden kann.}) 11...
dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 Rd8 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. O-O {Durch die beiden Fehler von
Weiß hat Schwarz gewissermaßen den Anzugsvorteil an sich gerissen; zudem hat
er mit Rd8 ein weiteres Tempo gewonnen. Trotzdem ist es verblüffend, daß Weiß
in einer fast komplett symmetrischen Stellung praktisch ohne weiteren Fehler
untergeht.} Ne5 $1 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bc7 18. e4 Rac8 19. e5 $6 {Danach ist
Weiß endgültig verloren.} ({Aber auch} 19. Rad1 Bb6+ 20. Kh1 Bd4 21. Rc1 e5 22.
f5 Rd7 23. Rfe1 Rdc7 {sollte letztlich zum schwarzen Sieg führen.}) 19... Bb6+
20. Kh1 Ng4 $1 21. Be4 (21. Qxg4 Rxd3 $19) (21. Ne4 Qh4 22. h3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3
Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qg3 25. hxg4 Qh4#) 21... Qh4 ({Der Computer zeigt an, daß auch} 
21... Nxh2 {gewonnen hätte.}) 22. g3 ({Nach} 22. h3 Rxc3 $1 {(droht 23...Txh3+)
gibt es zwei Varianten:} 23. Bxc3 (23. Qxg4 Rxh3+ 24. Qxh3 (24. gxh3 Bxe4+ 25.
Kh2 Rd2+ {etc.}) 24... Qxh3+ 25. gxh3 Bxe4+ 26. Kh2 Rd2+ 27. Kg3 Rg2+ 28. Kh4
Bd8+ 29. Kh5 Bg6#) 23... Bxe4 24. Qxg4 (24. Qxe4 Qg3 $19) 24... Qxg4 25. hxg4
Rd3 {[%cal Yd3h3]} 26. Kh2 Rxc3 $19) 22... Rxc3 $1 {Am schönsten!} 23. gxh4 Rd2
$1 {Vier schwarze Figuren hängen, aber sie enfalten eine beeindruckende
Wirkung.} 24. Qxd2 Bxe4+ 25. Qg2 Rh3 $3 {Rubinsteins 'Immortal game'. Das Matt
auf h2 ist nicht mehr zu verhindern.} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Tsesarsky} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7.
Bc4 Nf6 {One of the best moves in this position.} 8. O-O a6 {The position
resembles the queen´s gambit accepted, where Nc3 is not the most exact move.}
9. a3 (9. Qe2 {Interesting is} cxd4 (9... b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. d5 {
with an edge to white.}) 10. Rd1 Na5 $5 {After} 11. Rxd4 Qc7 {it becomes
obvious,that some white pieces are misplaced.}) 9... b5 10. Ba2 Bb7 11. Qe2 Qc7
12. h3 $1 (12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Bd6 14. Bb2 Ne5 $1 {with an advantage for
black. The last move had not been played in the game Marshall-Wolf, 1906(!).} (
{After} 14... O-O 15. Rac1 Rad8 16. Bb1 Ba8 17. Ne4 {white got a winning
position.})) 12... Be7 $2 (12... Rd8 $1 $15) (12... b4 $5) 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. b4
Bd6 15. Bb2 Rc8 $6 (15... O-O 16. Rac1 Qe7 $11) 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. Bb1 $14 Ne7
18. Ng5 (18. Nd2 $14) 18... Rc4 $5 19. Bd3 h6 20. Nf3 (20. Bxc4 hxg5 21. Bd3
Bh2+ 22. Kh1 Rxh3 $44) (20. Nxe6 $1 {Tsesarsky} fxe6 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Qxc4
Ned5 (22... e5 23. Rfd1 $16) 23. Na4 $1 O-O 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. bxc5 Bc8 (25...
Bc6 26. Qxa6 $16) 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. c6 Qb2 28. Qc5 $16) 20... Rc8 21. Nd2 Qa8
22. f3 Nf5 23. Nce4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 O-O 25. Nxd6 Nxd6 26. Qf2 Rfd8 27. e4 $14 {
In anticipation of approaching time trouble white offered a draw, what without
a hesitation was accepted.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Moradiabadi,E: 'The Shamkir super tournament started with a 'hiccup' for the
top seed, US champion and world No. 2, Wesley So. The Minnesota-based super GM
went down at the hands of the host's best player Shakhriyar 'Shak' Mamedyarov
with the white pieces which put an end to his streak of 67 undefeated rated
games. However, after three solid draws Wesley took down Russia No. 1 Vladimir
Kramnik, and today the world championship challenger Sergey Karjakin in smooth
fashion. Coming back after such a painful defeat and winning back-to-back
games against the No. 1 and No. 2 Russian players requires a 'Magnus-on-top'
like spirit and Wesley shows us that he has the will and resilience to fight
for the very top!'} 1. Nf3 {Moradiabadi,E} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5.
d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. h3 $5 {This continuation
may look strange but White probably wanted to avoid main theoretical lines
Moradiabadi,E: 'In the past Wesley opted for a different path against Caruana.'
} (10. Qc2 {or}) (10. Be2) 10... h6 {Black replies with a useful waiting move,
too.} (10... dxc4 {looks a bit illogical but the difference from the 10.Be2
line (White's pawn is on h3 instead of h2) is hardly crucial:} 11. Bxc4 b5 12.
Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Qe2 Rac8 16. Ne4 {0-1 (31) Wegerer,F 
(2218)-Keller,M (2148) Latschach 2013} Nd7 $5 {[%cal Yc6e5]}) (10... Qe7 11.
Qc2 (11. cxd5 Rd8 $1) 11... Rd8 12. Rd1 h6 (12... d4 $5) 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne2
Be6 15. Ned4 Rac8 16. Qb3 Ne4 $132 {1/2 (37) Hoang,T (2227)-Le,T (2331) Can
Tho 2012}) (10... Re8 $5) 11. Rc1 Re8 {Moradiabadi,E: 'Karjakin played this
after a long 'pause'. The idea is to take back on d5 with the e-pawn, so that
the rook on e8 becomes useful.'} 12. Bd3 {Moradiabadi,E: 'Obviously White is
not interested in that kind of isolated pawn! Wesley is still 'blitzing' his
moves.'} dxc4 {Moradiabadi,E: 'Finally, Karjakin earned his tempo after
stalling a while, but comparing Rc1 with ...Re8, White definitely got
something to play now.'} 13. Bxc4 Qxd1+ {With the rook on e8, this simplifying
move is more appropriate since Black's king can easily reach the centre (...
Kg8-f8-e7).} 14. Rxd1 {Moradiabadi,E: 'To decide between the three recaptures,
Wesley spent 13:30 minutes.'} b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Ke2 {Moradiabadi,E: 'In a
symmetrical pawn structure of this kind, tempi are less valuable while piece
placement becomes important as it might take a number of moves for each piece
to reach its optimal square.'} (16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Red8 18. O-O (18. Rc1
Nxb4 19. Bxb7 Nd3+ 20. Ke2 Rab8 $11 {[%cal Rb8b7,Rd3b2]}) 18... f6 $11 {
[%cal Yg8f7]}) 16... Kf8 17. Rhg1 {[%cal Rg2g4,Rg4g5]} Rad8 $11 18. Bb1 Ne7 {
Moradiabadi,E: 'The knight will land on d5, many pieces will be exchanged and
Black has no weaknesses. I repeat that Black has no weaknesses!'} 19. Nd2 {
Moradiabadi,E: 'Wesley opts for the same manoeuvre where he has an eye on the
c5-square too.'} Bb6 (19... Rd7 $5 20. g4 Red8 $11) 20. g4 Ned5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 (
21... Rxd5 {Moradiabadi,E} 22. h4 h5 23. g5 Ng4 24. Nb3 Red8 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 26.
Nd2 Bb7 27. Bc3 Rc8 28. Rc1 Ne5 {seems like a better continuation than what
Black played in the game but even in the game, Black's position was solid, if
a bit passive compared to this line.}) 22. Nb3 f6 23. Bg6 Re7 24. Rc1 {
Moradiabadi,E: 'Wesley is addressing the c5-square. It is interesting how he
keeps creating problems in a dry position like this one!'} Red7 25. Rgd1 Ne7
26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Bb1 Rc7 $6 {This unnecessary exchange allows the activation
of White's pieces and gives him some chances.} (27... Bd5 28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. Rxc5
Bc4+ 30. Ke1 Kf7 $11) 28. Rxc7 Bxc7 {[%mdl 4096]} 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. Ba2 Nd5 (
30... Kf7 $5 {was a sufficient defence. After} 31. f4 Nc6 32. f5 Nd8 33. fxe6+
Ke7 {Black will play ...a6-a5 or ...Bc7-d6xc5 and only later recapture White's
e6-pawn. E.g.} 34. Bd5 Bd6 35. Bd4 {(preventing 35...Bxc5)} Bxe6 {(now
appropriate: White wins the a6 pawn but a drawish endgame with
opposite-coloured bishops arises)} 36. Nxe6 Nxe6 37. Bb7 Nxd4+ 38. exd4 Kd7 39.
Bxa6 Kc6 $11) 31. f4 Bd6 {Moradiabadi,E: 'Karjakin defends with resilience.
Remember, this guy had defended for a month against Magnus Carlsen and held a
draw. Therefore, he is not going to be an easy nut to crack. However, I
believe that Karjakin is not defending at his best today.'} (31... a5 $1 {
was still OK for Black:} 32. f5 (32. bxa5 Bxa5 33. f5 Ke7 34. Nxe6 Bxe6 35.
fxe6 Nc3+ $11) 32... axb4 33. axb4 Bd6 34. Bxd5 exd5 {should be drawish.}) 32.
Bd4 Kf7 33. Kd3 Ne7 $6 (33... Nc7 $14) 34. Ne4 Bc7 $2 (34... Bb8 $1 {was a
better defence. After} 35. f5 Nc6 36. Bxe6+ Bxe6 37. fxe6+ Kxe6 38. Nc5+ Kd5
39. Nxa6 (39. e4+ Kd6 40. Nxa6 Nxd4 41. Kxd4 Ba7+ 42. Kd3 Kc6 $11) 39... Nxd4
40. Nxb8 (40. exd4 Bg3 {[%csl Ra6]}) 40... Ne6 {White can hardly convert his
advantage due to the poor position of his knight.}) 35. f5 $1 Nc6 36. fxe6+
Bxe6 37. Bxe6+ Kxe6 38. Nc5+ Ke7 39. Nxa6 {White has won a pawn in a
comfortable version.} Bd6 40. Bc5 Ne5+ 41. Ke4 Nc4 42. Kd5 Bxc5 43. Kxc5 Nxa3
44. Nc7 Kd7 45. Nxb5 Nc2 46. Nd4 Nxe3 47. Nf5 Nd1 48. Kb6 $2 {A sudden slip.} (
48. Nxg7 Nf2 49. Nh5 $1 Nxh3 50. Nxf6+ Kc7 51. Ng8 $18) 48... g6 $1 49. Nxh6
Ne3 $2 {Amazingly, Black had a marvellous rescue indicated by the Chesspro.ru
website:} (49... Ke6 $1 50. b5 Nc3 51. Kc6 Na4 52. b6 (52. h4 $144 f5 53. g5 f4
54. Ng4 f3 55. Nf2 Ke5 56. b6 Nxb6 57. Kxb6 Kf4) 52... Nxb6 53. Kxb6 f5 $1 54.
g5 (54. Kc5 fxg4 55. Nxg4 Kf5 56. Kd4 Kf4 57. Nf2 Kg3 58. Ke3 g5 $11) 54... f4
55. h4 f3 56. Ng4 Kf5 57. Nf2 Kf4 58. Kc5 Kg3 {(White lacks one tempo to bring
his king back)} 59. h5 $8 Kxf2 60. hxg6 Kg3 61. g7 f2 62. g8=Q f1=Q {- this
queen endgame is drawish.}) 50. b5 f5 (50... Ke6 {is too late due to} 51. Kc5
$1 Nd5 52. h4 $18 {Black can't give up his knight for the b-pawn and obtain
the position from the previous annotation.}) 51. Ka6 fxg4 52. hxg4 Nd5 53. b6
Kc6 (53... Nxb6 54. Kxb6 Ke6 55. g5 $18) 54. b7 Nc7+ 55. Ka7 Nb5+ 56. Ka8 Nc7+
57. Kb8 Nb5 58. Ka8 Nc7+ 59. Kb8 Nb5 60. Nf7 $1 Kb6 61. g5 Ka6 62. Nd8 Kb6 63.
Kc8 Nd6+ 64. Kd7 {Moradiabadi,E: 'Karjakin wins the passed pawn but his pawn
on g6 falls and he loses the game. A great victory for Wesley and a bitter
defeat for Sergey who lost this battle in his own territory: Defending a
slightly uncomfortable situation!'} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1909.03.09"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Burn, Amos"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "Lasker,Emanuel"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1) Lasker:The international congress St.Petersburg 1909. (2) Lasker:
Der internationale Schachkongreß zu St.Petersburg. 1909. Berlin.1909. 
(Nachdruck Olms.1989.)} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 a6 7.
O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bb3 Na5 {Black dare not allow d5, as long
as his King is still in the center.} 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. Re1 Bb4 13. Bg5 {Now that
the b-pawn is blocked, was the time to attack it, in order to bring the QR
into action.} ({After} 13. a4 O-O 14. axb5 axb5 {White would be well developed
and Black's b and h- pawn would become objects of attack. For this reason
Black's last move was not as good as Be7.}) 13... Nc4 14. Qe2 ({If} 14. Qc1 Rc8
{might follow threatening Nxb2; this move would also be strong against Bc1,
and Rb1 would be answered by Nxb2 at once. White now begins to complicate
matters, in order to make an attempt of saving himself.}) 14... Nxb2 15. Ne4
Bxe1 16. Rxe1 Nc4 17. Ne5 Rc8 {Now} ({By} 17... Nd6 {Black could have repulsed
the attack} {After} 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 {neither} 20. Qxe6+ ({nor} 20.
Qh5+ Ke7 {would lead to anything.}) 20... Kg7) 18. Nxf7 {the sacrifice is
correct and leads to a draw.} Kxf7 19. Nxf6 gxf6 20. Qxe6+ ({But now he ought
to play} 20. Qh5+ {If} Ke7 ({If} 20... Kg8 21. Bh6 {White's position would be
good enough to win}) ({If} 20... Kf8 21. Qh6+ Ke8 $2 22. Rxe6+ Kd7 23. Bf5 {
Black would stand on a volcano.}) 21. Bxf6+ Kxf6 22. Qh6+ Ke7 23. Qxe6+ {
and draws by perpetual check}) 20... Kg7 21. Bh4 Re8 22. Qg4+ Kf8 23. Rf1 Rc7
24. Qf4 Rg7 25. f3 Re2 26. Rf2 Re1+ 27. Rf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Kf7 29. Bg3 Qe7 30.
Kf2 Bd5 31. Bf5 Nb6 32. Qb8 Nc4 33. Qf4 Qd8 34. Bg4 Qa5 35. Kg1 Qb6 36. Kh1 Be6
37. Bh5+ Ke7 38. Qh6 Rf7 39. Bf2 Qa5 40. d5 Bxd5 41. Bxf7 Bxf7 42. Qxh7 Nd6 43.
h4 Qxa2 44. Bg3 Qd5 45. Qh8 Ne8 46. Qh6 Qc5 47. Qd2 b4 48. Qe2+ Kf8 49. Bf4 b3
50. Qb2 a5 51. g4 a4 52. Bc1 Qe5 53. Qd2 Bd5 54. Kg2 Nd6 55. Bb2 Qe6 56. Kg3
Kg8 57. Qh6 Qe1+ 58. Kg2 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1909.03.08"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "Lasker,Emanuel"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1) Lasker:The international congress St.Petersburg 1909. Translation by
R.Teichmann (2) Lasker: Der internationale Schachkongreß zu St.Petersburg.
1909. Berlin.1909. (Nachdruck Olms.1989.)} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5.
Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. dxc5 {This is too tame altogether; but
during the last days of the tournament Teichmann was indisposed and did not
feel up to the strain of a long and difficult game.} Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. a3
b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bb2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 14th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2004.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hassan, Abdullah"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2004.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Nc3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Bb3 Nb6 11. Bg5 {Sometimes this position arises from the
Panov attack of Caro-Cann.} Bd7 {It's curious that this position occuried more
than 100years ago in the World Championship match between Steinitz and Lasker.
See below.} 12. Ne5 (12. Qd3 Rc8 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Rfd1 Nfd5 16.
Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Bc2 Ng6 18. Qf3 Nd5 19. Be4 {1-0 Lasker,E-Steinitz,W/USA/CAN
1894/MainBase (44). (43) and Lasker obtained some pressure and then completely
outplayed his opponent.}) 12... Bc6 {Similar positions with the black queen
knight on b4 instead of b6 arise in the Queen's Gambit Accepted.} 13. Nxc6 {
This capture looks a bit premature. It was better to strengthen the position
without trading a strong e5-knight. Now the weaknesses on c6 and d4 compensate
each other.} (13. Qd3 Nbd5 ({Black didn't have problems to equalize after} 
13... Bd5 {:} 14. Nxd5 Nfxd5 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Rad1 Qd6 17. Bc2 g6 18. a3 Nd7 19.
Rfe1 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qb6 21. Qb3 Rfd8 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Be4 Rc4 24. Bf3 Nd5 25.
Rc1 Rdc8 26. Kf1 {1/2-1/2 Van Scheltinga,T-Pachman,L/Beverwijk 1965/MCD (26)})
(13... Rc8 {transposes to Lasker-Steinitz.}) 14. Qh3 (14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Qh3 Nxc3
16. bxc3 Be4 17. f3 $6 (17. Rfe1 $5) 17... Rxc3 18. Bxe6 Bd5 $15 {1/2-1/2
Tajvidi,A-Bagheri,A/Iran 1997/EXT 2003 (25)}) 14... Rc8 15. Rfe1 Qd6 16. Rad1
Rfe8 17. Rd3 Bf8 18. Qh4 $36 {1-0 Chiburdanidze,M-Khurtsidze,N/Vrnjacka Banja
1996/EXT 98 (42) with some pressure}) 13... bxc6 $11 {[%csl Rc6,Rd4]} 14. Rc1 {
Probably White will need the rook on d1 and so it was better to develop the
other rook.} ({In the only preceding game White played} 14. Qf3 {, but
couldn't hope for any advantage after} Nfd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Rfd1 a5 17. Na4
Nxa4 18. Bxa4 Rb8 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 20. Qxc6 Rxb2 $15 {1-0 Baciu,S-Barbulescu,D/
Romania 1992/EXT 97 (38). (38)}) (14. Qf3 $5 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Ga1d1] with the
idea of Rad1.}) 14... Rc8 $5 {A clever move. Black prevents from the white
queen to occupy a nice square f3.} (14... Qd6) 15. Re1 Qd6 {[%cal Gf8d8] Black
is not going to block the d-pawn, he prefers to attack it by means of Rfd8.}
16. Bc2 $6 ({White had a chance to activate the queen by means of} 16. Qd3 $5
Rfd8 17. Qh3 $1 Qxd4 $140 $2 (17... h6 $142) 18. Bxe6 $1) 16... Rfd8 {[%csl
Rd4]} 17. Qd3 $2 {White gives up a pawn and obtains no compensation.} ({
It was necessary to protect the d4-pawn be means of} 17. Be3) 17... Qxd4 $17
18. Qh3 {[%cal Gg5f6] Creating a one-move threat of Bxf6.} h6 19. Rcd1 Qc5 {
Black prepares an exchange of queens.} (19... Qb4 $5 {was a possible
alternative.}) 20. Be3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 ({White could prevent Qh5 with} 21. Bxd1
$5) 21... Qh5 22. Qxh5 ({White can't escape an exchange:} 22. Qg3 Qg4 23. Qe5
$140 $2 Nc4 {[%csl Rb2,Re5]}) 22... Nxh5 23. Na4 $1 {The only attempt to
exploit the fact that the black king knight is out of play on h5.} Bd8 ({
Another way to consolidate the position is} 23... Nxa4 24. Bxa4 Nf6 25. Bxa7
$140 $4 Ra8 $19 {[%csl Ra4,Ra7]}) 24. Nxb6 ({Now in case of} 24. Nc5 {Black
would regroup the pieces by means of} Nd5 {[%cal Gd8b6]}) 24... Bxb6 25. Rd7
Nf6 26. Rb7 Bxe3 (26... Nd5 $5 {also loks like a nice move, but Black still
has to find a plan after} 27. Bd2) 27. fxe3 Ng4 28. e4 ({White could look for
counterplay creating a passer on the a-file.} 28. Rxa7 $5 Nxe3 29. Be4 f5 30.
Bf3) 28... Rd8 $17 {Despite White is certainly worse he could try to play on.
It's never late to resign.} (28... Rd8 29. h3 Ne3 30. Ba4 Rd2 31. g4 $17) 0-1

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Amura, Claudia Noemi"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 {An old line which was popular in the first quarter of
the 20th century with the first game dated back in 1907. You'll find it below
as well as a few more classical games. White is not in a hurry with the
development of the kingside and waits for Black to play dxc4 in order not to
lose a tempo for the development of the lightsquared bishop.} ({Other options
are:} 10. Qc2 {[%cal Ga1d1] with the idea to develop the rook to d1.} Qe7 11.
Rd1 Rd8 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bd3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bxc3+ 17.
Bxc3 Bb7 18. O-O Rac8 19. Qb2 Ng4 $1 20. Bd4 Qh4 21. h3 Rxd4 $1 22. exd4 Ne3 {
1/2-1/2 Ibragimov,I-Filippov,V/Las Vegas USA 2002/ (28) and Black is fine.}) (
10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 {This is the main line. White creates an isolated pawn
in the centre and completes development. The position reminds of the Queen's
Gambit Accepted with reversed colours.} a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. O-O Bg4 14. a4 Ne4
15. Nb5 Bb8 {Benkovic,P-Dvoirys,S MTO Open Biel 2005. with approximately equal
position.}) 10... a5 $5 {The modern way to deal with the position.} ({In some
games Black played} 10... Ne5 {at once without including a5 and b5 which looks
less logical.} 11. Nxe5 ({A recent game saw} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Be2 Be6 (12...
Nc4 $142) 13. Na4 Nc4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Gausel,E-Kristensen,B/Sandnes
NOR 2005/ (60)}) 11... Bxe5 12. Bd3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bd7 14. Be2 Rc8 15. O-O Qb6
16. Ba1 Rfd8 17. Qb3 Bc6 18. Rfd1 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qb1 $11 {1/2-1/2
Smyslov,V-Tal,M/Aker Brygge 1989/EXT 97 (23)}) ({In the beginning Black played
} 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 (11... Qe7 12. O-O (12. Qe2 b5 13. Ba2 Bb7 14. O-O
Rac8 15. Rfd1 Ne5 $11 {0-1 Capablanca,J-Rudnik/Warsaw 1913/Capablanca (38)})
12... Rd8 13. Qe2 b5 14. Bd3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bb8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4
Bb7 19. Qf3 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Ba7 21. Rf3 f5 22. Qe5 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rg3 Rc7
{1/2-1/2 Alekhine,A-Znosko Borovsky,E/Moscow 1911/EXT 2001 (28) and Black
holds equality.}) 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Rc8 15. O-O f5 {In the
origin game White started a wrong combination and ended up an exchange down.}
16. Bxc6 (16. Bb1 $142 $11) 16... Bxc6 17. Rxc6 Rxc6 18. Nd4 {[%csl Rc6,Re6]}
Rb6 {This move was definetely missed by White.} 19. f4 (19. Nxe6 Bxh2+ $1 20.
Kxh2 Rxe6 $19) 19... Be7 $19 {0-1 Lee,F-Spielmann,R/Ostende 1907/HCL (40). (40)
and Black converted his advantage into a win.}) 11. b5 (11. c5 $6 {looks
premature as it's difficult for White to protect his advanced pawns.} axb4 $1
12. axb4 Be7 13. b5 (13. Qb3 b6 $1 14. Bb5 Na7 $1) 13... Nb8 {[%csl Rc5]} 14.
Qd4 Nbd7 15. c6 bxc6 16. bxc6 Nc5 $17 {[%csl Rc6] 0-1 Calvo,J-Kolev,A/Dos
Hermanas ESP 2002(31)}) 11... Ne5 12. Nxe5 (12. c5 {deserves serious attention.
} Nxf3+ (12... Bc7 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bd3 Qe7 15. f4 {with chances to obtain
the advantage.}) 13. Qxf3 Be5 (13... Bxc5 14. Nxd5 $1 exd5 15. Rxc5 Ne4 16. Rc2
a4 $1 {[%cal Gd8a5]}) (13... Bc7 $5)) 12... Bxe5 13. Na4 $6 {White is trying
to equalize by means of exchanges, but forgets about development and soon gets
punished for it.} Bxb2 14. Nxb2 Ne4 $5 {[%csl Rb2,Rf2][%cal Gd8f6,Ge4f2] Black
creates a threat of Nxf2 followed by Qf6+.} 15. Qd4 Qe7 16. Bd3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]
White commits a mistake which loses a piece.} (16. c5 {was necessary. For
example} Rd8 {[%cal Ge6e5] Preparing e5.} 17. Nd3 $1 f6 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 18. Be2
(18. Nf4 $6 b6 $1 19. c6 Qxa3 20. Nd3 Qa2 21. Rd1 Qb3 $1 22. Qxb6 Qc3+ 23. Ke2
Rf8 {[%csl Re2]} 24. Qd4 Qb3 $15 {[%csl Rb5,Rd1,Re2][%cal Ge4c3] and Black
should be better.}) (18. Qb2 $5) 18... e5 19. Qb2 $11) {[%tqu "En","","","",
"e6e5","The queen is stuck in the centre and White has to give up a piece.",10]
} 16... e5 $1 {The queen is stuck in the centre and White has to give up a
piece.} 17. Qxd5 Nf6 $19 18. Bxh7+ (18. Qf3 e4 $19 {[%csl Rd3,Rf3] The point
of Black's two-move combination.}) 18... Kxh7 19. Qd3+ {With only two pawns
for a piece White has no real chances for escape.} Kg8 20. c5 Rd8 21. Qc2 g6 {
[%cal Gc8f5]} 22. e4 Rd4 23. f3 Be6 24. O-O Rc8 {[%csl Rc5]} 25. Qc3 a4 (25...
Bc4 $1 {would win much faster.} 26. Nxc4 Qxc5 $1 {[%csl Rc4,Rg1]}) 26. Rfd1
Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1 Nd7 {[%csl Rc5]} 28. c6 bxc6 29. bxc6 Nb8 {[%csl Rc6]} 30. Qxe5
(30. c7 Na6 {[%csl Rc7]}) 30... Qxa3 31. Ra1 Nxc6 {Eventually Black wins the
c-pawn and his passed pawn on the a-file.} 32. Rxa3 Nxe5 33. Nc3 ({The a4-pawn
is untouchable.} 33. Rxa4 Rc1 34. Rd4 Bb3 {[%csl Rd1]}) 33... Bd7 $1 {[%cal
Ge5c4]} 34. Nd5 Rc1+ 35. Kf2 Rc2+ 36. Kg3 Bb5 {[%cal Gb5f1]} 37. f4 Nc4 38. Rd3
a3 39. e5 a2 40. Nf6+ Kf8 ({Also} 40... Kg7 {was strong meeting} 41. Rd8 {with}
Nxe5 $1 ({But not} 41... a1=Q $4 {which was White's last hope.} 42. Rg8+ Kh6
43. Rh8+ {with the perpetual.}) 42. fxe5 a1=Q 43. Rg8+ Kh6 44. Ng4+ Kh5 45.
Rh8+ Kg5 46. h4+ Kf5) 41. Rd8+ Ke7 42. Rd1 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.02.18"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Loeffler, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 {Certainly this is not the way to fight for
an opening advantage and maybe recommended for those willing to leave opening
theory as soon as possible.} d5 5. Nc3 a6 6. cxd5 (6. a3 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 a5 11. b5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Na4 $6 Bxb2 14. Nxb2 Ne4
$36 {Amura,C-Akobian,V, American Continental 2005/CBM109[Mikhalevski,V].}) 6...
exd5 7. Bd3 ({In two recent games White tested} 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O Be6 9. b3 Bd6
10. Bb2 O-O 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Na4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Nxe6 fxe6
16. Bxe5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hoffmann,M-Teske,H/Solingen GER 2005/The Week in Chess
579 (23)}) (7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Qd6 $11 {and arose a
position which is typical for Queen's gambit Accepted with reversed colours.})
7... Nc6 8. Ne5 $6 {This activity is not justified, it is by the way a novelty
in a position which is more than 100 (!) years old and it is the source of
White's problems.} (8. O-O {is the main line.}) 8... Bd6 9. Qa4 $2 {Another
active move, which wasn't justified by the passive opening choice.} ({After} 9.
Nxc6 bxc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O {White retains chances to equalize.}) 9... Bxe5
$1 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. f4 O-O $1 12. O-O (12. h3 $4 {is impossible in view of}
Qh4+ $19) 12... d4 $1 {Black seizes the initiative.} 13. Nd1 $6 {Too passive.}
(13. h3 {deserved attention, but Black is still better after} dxc3 14. Qe4 g6
15. hxg4 Bxg4 {[%cal Gg4f5]} 16. Bc4 Ne7 $1 $17 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) 13... Nb4 $1
14. Qb3 $8 Be6 (14... b5 $1 {was better.} 15. Be4 Be6 16. Qa3 Bd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5
$19 {[%cal Gb4c2] with a decisive advantage.}) 15. Bc4 Bf5 $1 {[%csl Rb3,Rd1]
[%cal Gf5c2]} 16. e4 $1 {White finds good practical chances in a difficult
position.} (16. h3 $2 {is hopeless after} Bc2 17. Qa3 Bxd1 18. hxg4 Bxg4 $19)
16... Bxe4 17. Qg3 h5 $6 {Weakens of the position unnecessarily.} (17... Nh6 $1
{allows to obtain a big advantage without complications.} 18. f5 Nxf5 19. Qg4 (
19. Rxf5 Bxf5 20. Bg5 Qc7 21. Bf6 Bg6 $19) 19... Bc2 (19... Qh4 $6 {is less
clear.} 20. Qxh4 Nxh4 21. Rf4 Bd3 22. Bxd3 Nxd3 23. Rxh4 Nxe5 $44) 20. a3 b5
21. Be2 Nd3 22. Rxf5 (22. Qxf5 Nxc1 23. Qxc2 d3 24. Qxc1 dxe2 25. Re1 exd1=Q
26. Qxd1 $17) 22... Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Qe7 $17) 18. h3 $1 {White
launches an attack. Other moves are worse.} (18. f5 $6 d3 $1 $19 {[%cal Gd8d4,
Gd3d2]}) (18. Nf2 $6 Nxf2 19. Rxf2 b5 20. Be2 h4 21. Qh3 f5 $1 $19) (18. Bd2 $6
Nc2 19. Rc1 d3 $19 {[%cal Gd8d4]}) 18... Nh6 {[%cal Gh6f5]} 19. f5 $1 {White
doesn't want to lose strategically and gambles.} Nxf5 20. Rxf5 $1 Bxf5 21. Bg5
Qb6 (21... Qc7 {looks better as it leave an option of b5 open.}) 22. Bf6 g6 23.
Nf2 $1 {A clever introductory move. Now the critical position of the game
arises and it's very difficult for anyone to find the thin path to advantage.}
({Black's task after} 23. Qg5 Kh7 24. Nf2 {would have been much easier.} Qc6 {
transposing to 23.Nf2 Kh7! 24.Qg5.}) 23... Nc2 $4 {This careless move loses
the game. After it White's attack is simple, but nevertheless impressive.} (
23... Qc6 $6 24. Qf4 Kh7 25. g4 Bc2 (25... b5 $2 26. gxf5 bxc4 $140 27. Ng4 $1
hxg4 28. Qxg4 Qxf6 29. exf6 Nd5 30. fxg6+ fxg6 31. Qd7+ $18 {[%csl Rd5,Rh7]})
26. gxh5 g5 27. Qg4 $1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gc4b3,Gg4f5] with the serious threat
of Bb3!!} Qc8 28. Qg2 {Renewing the threat of Bb3!! and creating a new one -
Ne4.} Qc6 (28... Qf5 29. Rf1 $1 {[%cal Gf2d3]} Qd7 30. Ne4 $1 Rg8 31. Bxg5 $1
Bxe4 32. Rxf7+ Qxf7 33. Qxe4+ $1 Kh8 34. Bxf7 Rxg5+ 35. Kh1 $18) 29. Qg4 $11) (
23... Kh7 $1 {was the only way to preserve advantage.} 24. Qg5 {[%cal Gf2g4]} (
24. Qf4 $2 Nc2 25. Ng4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Qxb2 $19 {[%cal Gc2e3]} 27. Rd1) 24... Qc6
25. g4 $1 (25. Ng4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Qe4 $1 27. gxh5 Qe3+ 28. Qxe3 dxe3 $17 {
and Black's chances are higher despite the pair of strong bishops.}) 25... Bc2
26. gxh5 Qf3 $1 {Bringing the queen to defense.} 27. hxg6+ Bxg6 $1 (27... fxg6
28. Be2 Qe3 (28... Qxe2 29. Ng4 $1) 29. Qh4+ Qh6 30. Qg3 $1 $36 {[%cal Gf2g4]})
28. a3 $1 (28. Be2 Qe3 $1 $19) 28... Rg8 $1 {[%csl Rg1,Rg5]} (28... Nc2 $2 29.
Bd3 $1 {[%cal Gg5h4]} Qe3 $1 30. Qh4+ Qh6 31. Bxg6+ fxg6 32. Qe4 Nxa1 ({or} 
32... Ne3 33. Ng4 $1 Nxg4 $8 34. Qxb7+ Kg8 35. Qd5+ Kh7 $11) 33. Qxb7+ Kg8 34.
Qd5+ Kh7 35. Qb7+ $11) 29. Be2 $1 Qxe2 30. Ng4 {[%cal Gg5h6]} Qg2+ $3 31. Kxg2
Be4+ {[%csl Rg2,Rg5]} 32. Kg3 Rxg5 33. Bxg5 Nd5 $17) 24. Qg5 {[%cal Gg5h6]} Kh7
25. Ng4 $1 {[%cal Gg5h6]} Bxg4 $8 (25... hxg4 26. Qh4+ Kg8 27. Qh8#) 26. hxg4
Ne3 (26... Qxb2 {doesn't save Black:} 27. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Gg5h5]} Qxa1+ 28. Kh2
Qc1 $8 {The only way to stop the mate is to give up the queen, what however
can't help} 29. Qxc1 Ne3 30. gxh5 $18 {with a decisive advantage.}) 27. Bd3 $1
{[%cal Gg5h5]} Nxg4 {[%cal Gg4h6]} 28. Qxh5+ Nh6 {Black has stopped the first
wave of attack, but second one didn't leave Black a single chance.} 29. Rf1 $1
{[%cal Gf1f4,Gf4h4] The rook comes to attack with a decisive effect. The
rook's lift via f4 to h4 is unstoppable.} c4 30. Rf3 {[%cal Gh5h6]} ({The
immediate} 30. Rf4 {[%cal Gh5h6] is one move shorter.} Qxf6 31. exf6 cxd3 32.
Qg5 Nf5 (32... d2 33. Rh4 $1 $18) 33. Rh4+ Kg8 34. g4 $1 $18) 30... Qe6 $8 (
30... cxd3 31. Qxh6+ Kxh6 32. Rh3#) 31. Rf4 Qxf6 32. exf6 cxd3 33. Qg5 $1 d2
34. Rh4 $1 {[%csl Rh6,Rh7] A great idea. White allows the promotion of the
d-pawn with check, which however doesn't help Black to prevent mate.} (34. Rh4
d1=Q+ 35. Kh2 {[%cal Gg5h6]} Qh5 36. Rxh5 gxh5 37. Qg7#) 1-0

[Event "Sigurd Svedenborg Memorial"]
[Site "Narvik"]
[Date "1979.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rantanen, Yrjo A"]
[Black "Pytel, Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Niklasson,C"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1979.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Rantanen tillhör de spelare som nästan alltid öppnar 1.e2-e4, och
väljer han något annat är det i regel fråga om ett experiment. Jag kan bara
påminna mig ha sett Yrjö spela draget en gång tidigare - mot mig i Bergen för
två år sedan. Den finske mästaren är en utpräglad taktiker, en livsfarlig
angreppsspelare, men spelar betydligt sämre i lugna positionella ställningar.
Det här partiet visar honom från hans allra bästa sida, såväl konstnärligt som
ur rent sportslig synsvinkel.} Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 {
Denna ställning kan uppkomma ur flera olika öppningar (t.ex. Damgambit) och
leder ofta till mittspelsställningar där någon av parterne får en isolerad
d-bonde (t.ex. 6.c4xd5 e6xd5 7.Bf1-e2 osv.) Trots den symetriska
bondeställningen strävar svart inte efter att nå utjämning genom avbyte, utan
fast mer till en ställning med dynamisk jämvikt. Vits nästa drag
populariserades av Petrosjan i matchen mot Fischer för några år sedan och är
betydligt giftigare än det ser ut. En av ideerna är att genom 7.d4xc5 Bf8xc5 8.
b2-b4 rycka åt sig initiativet på damflygeln.} 6. a3 Ne4 ({Så reagerade också
Fischer, men svart har här många andra drag till sitt f..rfogande. Till
ungefär lika spel leder} 6... a6 $5 7. cxd5 ({eller} 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7 {
(en av ideerna med a7-a6)} 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13.
Bd3 Bb7 $11) 7... exd5 8. Be2 cxd4 9. exd4 Bd6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4
g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 $11 {Vilka fortsättning man slutligen väljer är som så ofta en
fråga om smak och spelstil.}) 7. Bd2 $6 ({Ett drag som visat att Yrjö hamnat i
en ställningstyp han inte är van vid. Löparen står dåligt på d2, då den
hindrar vits rörelseförmåga i centrum och ett tryckspel mot svarts d5-bonde.
Bättre är} 7. Bd3 {(eller 7.Qd1-c2!?)} Nxc3 8. bxc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Be7 10. O-O
O-O 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Bb2) ({Svart väljer nu en ambitiös plan som syfter till
fördel, men strandar på Rantanens originella angreppside. Utjämnar gör} 7. Bd2
cxd4 8. exd4 (8. Nxe4 dxe3 $1) 8... Nxd2 9. Qxd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Be7 11. O-O O-O
12. d5 {(annars börjar svart angripa d4-bonden med Be7-f6)} exd5 13. Nxd5 Bd6
$11 {. Rent av kan löparparet ge svart en nyans bättre spel i det kommande
slutspelet och kastar ytterligare en skugga över 7.Bc1-d2.}) 7... Nxd2 8. Qxd2
Na5 {Om jag skulle betrakta denna ställning utan att ha spelat igenom partiet
tidigare, hade omdömet blivit att svart står bättre. Hur ska vit bemöta hoten
Na5-b3 och slag på c4? Yrjö får en fantastisk ide.} 9. cxd5 $1 Nb3 10. Bb5+ Bd7
({Dåligt är förstås} 10... Ke7 11. Qd1 Nxa1 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Qxa1) 11. Bxd7+
Qxd7 12. Qe2 $3 {Poängen! Genom hotet 13.Nf3-e5 tilltvingar sig vit diagonalen
a4/e8 för damen och driver ut svarts kung på brädet. Springaren på a1 springer
inte bort och kan fångas vid ett senare tillfälle.} Nxa1 ({Alternativet är} 
12... cxd4 13. Rd1 $1 dxc3 14. dxe6 Qc6 (14... Qa4 15. Ne5 $1 fxe6 (15... c2
16. exf7+ Ke7 17. Qxc2 Qa5+ 18. Ke2 Qxe5 19. Qxb3 {, och vit står bättre}) 16.
Qf3 $1 $18) (14... Qxe6 15. Qb5+ Ke7 (15... Qc6 16. Qxb3 {med bättre spel för
vit}) 16. Ng5 $1 {och vit vinner.} ({Oklart är däremot} 16. Qxb7+ Kf6 17. Qxa8
c2 {(hotar också Bf8-b4+)} 18. O-O cxd1=Q 19. Rxd1)) 15. Ne5 $1 (15. exf7+ Ke7
{är oklart}) 15... Qxe6 (15... Qxg2 16. Qb5+ $18) 16. Qb5+ Ke7 17. Rd7+ Kf6 18.
Rxf7+ Qxf7 19. Nxf7 c2 20. O-O Rc8 (20... c1=Q 21. Rxc1 Nxc1 22. Nxh8) 21. Qe5+
$18) 13. Ne5 Qc7 ({Det är inte svårt att förvissa sig om att andra drag är
sämre:} 13... Qe7 14. Qb5+ Kd8 15. d6 Qe8 16. Qxb7 $18) (13... Qd6 {(eller
Qd7-d8)} 14. Qb5+ Ke7 15. Qxb7+ $18) (13... Qc8 {ger liknande spel som i
partiet, men damen står sämre här än på c7.}) 14. Qb5+ Kd8 15. dxe6 fxe6 ({
Svart stod här inför ett svårt val: att schacka på c2 eller inte. Men det
visar sig att vits kung står säkert i centrum efter} 15... Nc2+ 16. Kd2 fxe6 (
16... cxd4 17. Kxc2 dxc3 18. Rd1+ $18) ({svarts bästa chans är} 16... Nxd4 17.
exd4 fxe6 {, och vit har fortfarande ett starkt initiativ, men ingenting klart}
) 17. Kxc2 Bd6 18. Nc4 {med bättre spel för vit.}) 16. O-O Bd6 ({Återigen måste
} 16... Nc2 $5 {undersökas:} 17. Rc1 cxd4 18. exd4 (18. Rxc2 a6 $1) 18... Nxd4
19. Rd1 Bc5 (19... Ke7 20. Rxd4 Rd8 21. Rf4 $18) 20. Na4 $5 Qxe5 (20... b6 $5 {
oklart}) 21. Nxc5 Ke7 22. Qxb7+ $18 {. Svart strävar i partiet efter att ge
tillbaka det vunna materialet för att söka konsolidera sin ställning.}) 17.
Rxa1 Ke7 ({Efter} 17... Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ke7 (18... Qxe5 19. Rd1+) 19. Ne4 {
har svart visserligen avlägsnat den starka e5-springaren, men bara för att
konstatera att nästa intar en ännu mer hotande position.}) 18. Nf3 {Krutröken
har nu skingrats något, och det är dags för en mer allmän bedömning av
ställningen. Vit har lätt pjäs + bonde för tornet och ett starkt initiativ. De
vita springarna har goda stödjepunkter i centrum och kan mycket snabbt
omgrupperas mot kungsflygeln (t.ex. Ne4-g5). Svarts kung står osäkert i
centrum, och det är svårt att se hur han ska kunna möta vits många
angreppsideer. Besvärande svagheter är såväl e6-bonden som bönderna på
kungsflygeln (g7 och h7), och jag tror att den svarta ställningen bör vara
strategiskt förlorad.} a6 19. Qd3 Rae8 20. Qe4 $1 {Härifrån dominerar damen
hele brädet (hotar också direkt Nc3-d5+) och angriper c6, b7 och h7. Man kan
knappast begära mer av ett enda drag!} Kf8 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Ne2 $1 g6 23. Rc1
$1 Qd6 {Nu faller b7, men det fanns inte längre något försvar.} 24. Qxb7 Rb8
25. Qe4 Rxb2 26. Nf4 Ke7 27. h4 $1 {Öppnar ett lufthål för kungen och fixerar
ännu ett angrreppsmål: g6-bonden.} Rhb8 28. h5 Bxa3 $6 29. Nxe6 $1 R2b4 ({
Slås springaren med} 29... Qxe6 {följer} 30. Rc7+ Kf6 31. Qd4+ Kf5 32. g4#) 30.
Ned4+ Kf7 31. hxg6+ hxg6 32. Ne5+ {Vilket springarpar!} Ke8 33. Rc6 Rb1+ 34.
Kh2 R8b7 35. Rxd6 Bxd6 36. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "OHRA-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1984.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Ree, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1984.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 (10... a6 $5) 11. Bb3 Nfd5 (11... Bd7 12. Qd3
Nbd5 $2 (12... Nfd5 $14) 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Rad1 $16 {Botvinnik,M-Vidmar,M/
Nottingham/1936/1:0/24/}) 12. Bxe7 (12. Be3 $5) 12... Qxe7 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Rc1
Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Bd7 $6 (15... Nd5 16. Rc5 $14) 16. d5 (16. Ne5 $5 {/\Rh3/}) 16...
Qd6 $2 (16... Qf6 17. Ne5 $16) (16... Bc6 17. Rd3 Qd6 18. dxe6 $1 Qxd3 19.
exf7+ Kf8 20. Ng5 $1 Qg6 21. Qc1 $1 $18) 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Qxd6 Rxd6 19. Bxe6
Rxe6 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Rc7 Rd8 22. Kf1 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. Ng5 Nc5 25. b4 Na6
(25... h6 26. bxc5 hxg5 27. Ke2 Kf7 28. Kf3 Kf6 29. Kg4 Kg6 30. f3 Kh6 31. f4
gxf4 32. Kxf4 Kg6 33. Ke5 Kf7 34. h4 $18) 26. a3 Nc7 27. Ke2 h6 28. Ne4 Kf8 29.
Nd6 b6 30. Kd3 (30. Nc8 $5 Nb5 31. a4 Nc3+ 32. Kd3 Nxa4 33. Nxa7 Nb2+ 34. Kd4
e5+ 35. Ke4 Nd1 36. f3 Nf2+ 37. Kd5 Nd3 38. b5 Nf4+ 39. Ke4 Nxg2 40. Nc8 $18)
30... a6 31. Nc4 Nd5 (31... b5 32. Ne5 {/\Kd4,Nd3c5/}) 32. Kd4 Ke7 33. g3 Kd7
34. f4 Kc6 35. Ke5 Nc7 (35... Kb5 36. Nd6+ $1 Ka4 37. f5 Kxa3 38. fxe6 Ne7 (
38... Nf6 39. e7 Kxb4 40. Ne4 Ne8 41. Ke6 $18) 39. Nf5 Nc8 40. Kd5 g6 41. Kc6
gxf5 42. Kd7 $18) 36. Nd6 Kd7 37. f5 exf5 38. Nxf5 Ne8 39. g4 Nf6 40. h3 (40.
Nxh6 $1 Kc6 41. g5 Nd7+ 42. Ke6 $18) 40... h5 41. g5 Nh7 {adjourned} 42. h4 Nf8
43. Nxg7 Ng6+ 44. Kf6 Nxh4 45. Nxh5 Kc6 46. Ng3 Kd5 47. a4 $1 (47. Nf5 Ng2 $1)
47... b5 48. a5 Kc4 49. Nf5 Ng2 50. Ke5 $1 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 dxc4 ({Black can also
continue to play symmetrically:} 6... a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7 (8... Bd6 9.
Bb2 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 {White has got slight pressure against the
isolated pawn.} Be6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Rc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 (27) Svidler,P (2768)
-Anand,V (2767) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 9. Bb2 O-O 10. h3 h6 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Bd3
dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 $11 {1-0 (64) So,W (2822)-Karjakin,
S (2783) Shamkir 2017}) (6... cxd4 7. exd4 {can transpose to the Panov Attack
of the Caro-Kann.}) 7. Bxc4 {The game has transposed to a kind of Queen's
Gambit Accepted.} a6 8. O-O b5 9. Ba2 (9. Bd3 Bb7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Bd6 12.
Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Bxc6+ Bxc6 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Be5 Bxf3 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18.
Bxd6 Rfd8 19. Bc5 Be2 20. Rfc1 Rd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (34) Kamsky,G (2714)-Ivanchuk,
V (2787) Moscow 2007}) 9... Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 (10... cxd4 $6 11. Rd1 {[%cal
Ge3d4,Gd4d5] and White might get a potentially dangerous "isolani", while
Black's development is still incomplete.}) 11. Bd2 (11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5
13. Bxd5 Bd6 $11) 11... Be7 $146 (11... Rd8 12. Rfc1 cxd4 13. exd4 Be7 14. d5
exd5 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 Qd6 18. Re1 Nd4 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Nxd4
Rxd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 (37) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Gelfand,B (2695) Moscow 2018})
12. Rac1 (12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Bb1 O-O 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rac8 {
The structure is symmetrical and the position is equal. The following standard
sacrifice doesn't really work:} 17. Bxh7+ $6 (17. Bc3 h6 18. Bb1 Rfd8 19. Qc2
g6 $11) 17... Kxh7 18. Ng5+ Kg6 (18... Kg8 $4 19. Qh5 Rfe8 20. f4 $1 {would
lead Black to a disaster.}) 19. f4 f5 $1 20. Nxe6 Qf7 21. Nxf8+ Bxf8 {and
Black's minor pieces might overcome White's rook plus a couple of pawns.})
12... c4 $1 {Blocking the c-file and seizing space on the queenside. On the
other hand White now gets more play in the centre.} 13. e4 Rd8 14. Be3 Ng4 15.
e5 Na5 $2 {Opening the long diagonal for the light-squared bishop, but
releasing the pressure from Pd4.} (15... O-O 16. Rcd1 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Nb8 $1 {
I like this manoeuvre. Opening the diagonal for the bishop and transferring
the knight to d7, then maybe to b6 and d5.} 18. Bb1 Nd7 {The position is
double-edged. White has some attacking potential on the kingside, but at some
point Black can play f7-f6, undermining White's central pawn chain.}) (15... f5
$1 {Looks risky at first sight, but probably the best.} 16. a4 (16. exf6 $4 {
loses right away to} Nxd4 $1 17. Bxd4 Bxf3 $19 {[%cal Gc7h2]}) 16... Nb4 17. b3
Nxa2 18. Nxa2 Nxe3 19. fxe3 O-O 20. bxc4 b4 {with great compensation for the
pawn.}) 16. Bf4 {Of course. Now the knight on g4 looks ridiculous and soon
will be kicked back to h6.} Qb6 17. Rcd1 h5 18. h3 Nh6 19. Bb1 Nb3 20. Be3 Qc7
21. Rfe1 {Black is in big trouble. He can't castle to the kingside, so his
king is stuck in the centre. The seemingly strong knight on b3 is basically
doing nothing.} Kf8 22. d5 {The Chinese grandmaster is going for the direct
breakthrough.} ({It was also possible to improve the position even more by} 22.
Bc2 {Actually it's difficult to propose even one sensible move for Black.})
22... exd5 23. e6 $6 (23. Nd4 Qxe5 24. Nxb3 cxb3 25. Qd2 {with a huge
advantage.}) 23... fxe6 (23... Ng4 $2 {is an interesting tactical chance.} 24.
Bg5 $1 Bxg5 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. exf7 {[%cal Ge2e8]} Be7 27. Ne5 Rd6 28. Qxg4 Rdh6
29. Ng6+ Rxg6 30. Bxg6 Qh2+ 31. Kf1 d4 32. Ne4 d3 33. f3 $18) 24. Ng5 Qd7 $2 (
24... Qc6 $1 {[%cal Gd5d4] was a great chance to create a counterplay. White
is better, but the variations are really complicated:} 25. Qxh5 Bxg5 26. Bxg5
Nf7 27. Qg4 Re8 28. Bg6 d4 29. Ne4 e5 30. f4 $1 d3 $1 (30... Qxg6 $2 31. Be7+
$18 {[%cal Gg4g6]}) 31. fxe5 Rxe5 32. Bxf7 Kxf7 33. Qf4+ Ke6 34. Bh4 $1 Re8 (
34... Rxe4 35. Rxe4+ Qxe4 36. Re1 $16) (34... Rxh4 35. Qxh4 $16) 35. Qg4+ Kf7
36. Rf1+ Kg8 37. Nf6+ Kh8 38. Nxe8 Qxe8 39. Bf6 $1 gxf6 40. Rxf6 Re1+ 41. Rxe1
Qxe1+ 42. Kh2 Qe5+ 43. Rf4 Nd2 44. Qh4+ Kg8 45. Kh1 $1 Bxg2+ 46. Kxg2 Qe2+ 47.
Qf2 $18) 25. Bg6 $1 Bf6 26. Bb6 $1 {Marvellous work by the bishops.} Rc8 (26...
Bxg5 27. Bxd8 Bxd8 28. Qxe6 Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Be7 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Nf7 32.
Rd7 $18) 27. Nxe6+ Kg8 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Nf4 ({The idea Nd8 was winning on the
spot:} 29. Nd8 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge2e8]}) (29. Rxd5 $1 Qxd5 30. Nd8 $1 {[%cal
Ge2e8] and mate is coming.}) 29... Nc1 $1 {This surprising move is the
beginning of Grischuk's comeback to the game.} 30. Qxh5 ({Keeping the queen on
the e-file was winning quickly:} 30. Qe3 Nd3 31. Nxd5 $18) (30. Rxc1 {would
allow Black to save his bishop} Bf7 {though he is also lost here.}) 30... Nd3
31. Nxd5 Nf7 32. Qe2 $2 (32. Nxf6+ gxf6 33. Bxf7+ Qxf7 34. Qg4+ Kh7 35. Qf5+
Kg7 36. Re4 $18) 32... Nfe5 {Now the position is becoming less clear. White is
still winning, but already has to deal with a couple of strong black knights.}
(32... Qxd5 $4 33. Qe8+ Rxe8 34. Rxe8#) 33. Be4 Rh4 34. f4 Rxf4 $1 35. Nxf4 (
35. Qe3 $1 Rxe4 36. Qxe4 {was a more precise way to take the exchange.}) 35...
Nxf4 36. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 37. Qe4 Qc6 38. Bd4 $2 {Ding should have taken that
annoying knight.} (38. Qxf4 Kxh7 39. Bd4 Nd3 40. Qf5+ Kg8 41. Bxf6 Nxe1 42.
Rxe1 gxf6 43. Kf1 $1 {avoiding the exchange of queens after ...Qc5. Now the
material is equal, but Black's king is too vulnerable.}) 38... Nxh3+ $2 ({After
} 38... Ned3 {Black would be already okay. His knights are powerful and
compensate for the lack of the exchange.}) 39. Kh2 (39. gxh3 Nf3+ 40. Kh1 Nxe1
41. Bxf6 Qxe4+ 42. Bxe4 gxf6 43. Rxe1 c3 44. bxc3 Rxc3 45. Kg2 {I don't think
that White can win this endgame against the best play.}) (39. Kf1 $1 Qxe4 (
39... Ng5 40. Qxc6 Rxc6 41. Bc2 Ngf7 42. Bxe5 Nxe5 43. Rxe5 $18) 40. Bxe4 Nf4
41. Bf5 $18) 39... Ng5 40. Qxc6 Rxc6 41. Bc2 {So, the players have reached the
time control and the dust has settled a bit. White still has a winning
position, but it is by no means an easy win.} Ngf7 42. Bxe5 $2 (42. Bc3 Kg8 43.
Rd5 Re6 44. Kg3 {Just to avoid any possible check on g4.} Kf8 45. a4 bxa4 46.
Bxa4 Rb6 47. Rc5 $18) 42... Nxe5 43. Rd5 (43. Rxe5 $4 Bxe5+ {Check! That's the
downside of 39.Kh2. Probably Ding simply missed that?! Otherwise the exchange
on e5 doesn't make even the slightest sense.}) 43... Re6 {The knight on e5 is
well protected.} 44. Kh3 Kg8 45. b3 $6 {The whole idea is wrong. The exchange
of pawns improves Black's chances.} ({The right plan would be to try to sneak
into Black's camp via the light squares, namely:} 45. Bf5 Re8 46. Rd6 Ra8 47.
Be4 Ra7 48. Bd5+ Kf8 49. Re6 {with good winning chances.}) 45... Kf7 46. bxc4
$6 (46. Re4 Ke7 47. a4 cxb3 48. Bxb3 Nc4 49. Rxe6+ Kxe6 50. Rh5 {was more
troublesome for Black.}) 46... Nxc4 47. Rd7+ Be7 48. Rxe6 Kxe6 49. Ra7 Nxa3 {
Now Black is fairly safe. Only one white pawn remains on the board.} 50. Rxa6+
Kd5 51. Bh7 Nc4 52. Kg4 Bf6 53. Ra7 Kd4 54. Bg8 Nd6 55. Kf3 Kc5 {Grischuk has
managed to construct an ideal defensive setup. All his pieces are well
protected. White can't win.} 56. Ra8 b4 57. Ke2 Bc3 58. Kd3 Kb6 59. Ke3 Kc6 60.
Kf4 Nb7 61. Kf5 Nc5 62. g4 Kb5 63. g5 b3 {A reasonable stand-by move would
also be okay, but there is no reason not to push the pawn forward.} 64. Kg6 Kb4
65. Bd5 Bd4 66. Kh7 Kc3 67. g6 b2 68. Ba2 Kc2 69. Rb8 Ne4 70. Rb4 Nc3 71. Be6
Kc1 72. Bf5 Be5 73. Rb7 b1=Q {An engine would indicate that this is a mistake,
but it's not. The position remains drawish.} (73... Bd4 {was another path to
split the point.} 74. Rxg7 Bxg7 75. Kxg7 Ne2 (75... Nd5 76. Kf7 Ne3 77. Be4 Nc2
78. Bxc2 Kxc2 79. g7 b1=Q 80. g8=Q $11) 76. Kf6 Nf4 77. g7 Nh5+ $11) 74. Bxb1
Nxb1 75. Rxg7 Nc3 76. Re7 Bd4 77. Rd7 Be5 78. Kh6 Kc2 79. Kg5 Kb3 80. Kf5 Bh8
81. Rb7+ Kc2 82. Rh7 Bd4 83. Ke6 Kb3 84. Rd7 Bh8 85. Rd8 Bg7 86. Kf7 Be5 87.
Re8 Bd4 88. Rb8+ Kc2 89. Rb7 Be5 90. Rb6 Bd4 91. Rf6 Bxf6 92. Kxf6 Nd5+ 93. Kf7
Ne3 $1 94. Kf6 Nd5+ 95. Kf7 Ne3 96. g7 Nf5 {A miraculous escape for Grischuk!}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Balatonbereny GM"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Palkovi, Jozsef"]
[Black "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 (7. a3 $5)
(7. c5 $5) 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 b6 (10... a6 $5 11. Re1 b5
12. Ba2 Bb7 $13) 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Ba2 (12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Na5 $1 14. Ba2 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Nc6 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Kh1 Qd7 $13 {Ftacnik,L-COMP Fritz 3/Brno/1995/0:
1/35/}) (12. Rd1 $5 Rc8 13. Ba2 Qc7 14. Bg5 Rfd8 15. Qe2 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17.
Qd3 $14 {Tal,M-Brinck Clausen,B/La Habana ol/1966/1:0/45/}) 12... Rc8 13. Re1 (
13. Rd1 $5) 13... Re8 (13... Qd6 $5 14. Bg5 Rfd8 15. Rad1 $132) 14. Bg5 Nd5 15.
Ne4 (15. Bxd5 $1 Bxg5 (15... exd5 16. Bxe7 $14 {[%csl Rb7]}) 16. Be4 h6 17. d5
exd5 (17... Na5 18. d6 $16) 18. Bxd5 $36 (18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Bf5 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1
Rb8 21. Nxd5 $14) 18... Bf6 $140 $6 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Ne4 $16) 15... Rc7 16.
Rad1 Rd7 17. Bc1 (17. Bb1 g6 18. h4 $5 $36) 17... Bf8 18. Nfg5 $1 g6 $8 19. Qh3
(19. Qf3 Bg7 (19... f5 20. Nc3 $1 {[%cal Ra2e6,Re1e6]}) 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Nf6+
Bxf6 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qxf6 Qe2 $1 24. Qf3 (24. Rf1 Ba6 $19) 24... Nxd4 $1 25.
Qxe2 Nxe2+ 26. Kf1 Nxc1 27. Rxc1 d4 $17) 19... h5 (19... h6 20. Nf3 $36) 20. g4
$1 (20. Qf3 Bg7) 20... f6 (20... Nf6 21. gxh5 Nxe4 (21... Nxh5 22. Nxe6 Rxe6
23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kg7 25. d5 $16) 22. Nxe4 Nxd4 23. hxg6 fxg6 (23... Ne2+
24. Kf1) 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Bxe6+ Rxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Nf6 $18) 21. gxh5 $1 (
21. Nf3 hxg4 22. Qxg4 f5 $1) 21... fxg5 22. Bxg5 Be7 (22... Qc8 23. Bxd5 Rxd5
24. hxg6 Rxg5+ (24... Bg7 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Bh6 $18) 25. Nxg5 Re7 26. d5 exd5
27. Qh5 Qd7 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Ne6 $1 $18) 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. hxg6 $4 (24. Qxg6
$1 Bxg5 (24... Rf8 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Bxe7 Nxe7 (27... Qxe7 28. Re3
Qg7+ 29. Rg3 Rd7 30. Nf6+ Rxf6 31. Qxf6 $18) 28. Ng5 Rxg5+ (28... Rf7 29. Qh8+
$1 Kxh8 30. Nxf7+ Kg7 31. Nxd8 Rg5+ 32. Kf1 Ba6+ 33. Re2 $18) 29. Qxg5+ Kh8 (
29... Kf7 30. Rxe7+ Qxe7 31. Qg6#) 30. Qe5+ Kg8 31. Qxe7 Qd5 32. Qe6+ $18) 25.
Nxg5 Ree7 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Qg6+ Qg7 (29... Kh8 30.
Nf7+ Qxf7 31. Qxf7 Rg5+ 32. Kf1 Ba6+ 33. Ke1 $18) (29... Kf8 30. Nh7+) 30. Qe8+
Qf8 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Nf7+ $1 $18) 24... Bxg5 $8 25. Qh3+ (25. Qg4 Bh6 26. Qh5
Kg7 $19) 25... Bh4 26. Bxd5 (26. Qf5 $5 Rxe4 $1 (26... Nf6 27. Nxf6 Rxe1+ 28.
Rxe1 Re7 29. Re4 $1 $18) (26... Nb8 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Nd6 $1 Bxf2+ $1 29. Kxf2
Qf6+ 30. Kg1 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Qxd6 32. Re8+ Qf8 (32... Kg7 33. Qh8+ Kxg6 34. Bb1+
Kg5 35. Rg8+ $18) 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Qh8+ $18) 27. Rxe4 (27. Qh5+ Kg7 28. Rxe4
Bxf2+ $1 29. Kxf2 Nf6 30. Qe2 Nxe4+ 31. Qxe4 Qf6+ $19) 27... Qg5+ 28. Qxg5 Bxg5
$17) 26... Rxd5 27. Ng3 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Nxd4 (28... Bc8 $5 29. Re8+ Qxe8 30.
Qxh4+ Kg7 31. Qh7+ Kf6 $19) 29. Re8+ $8 Qxe8 30. Qxh4+ Kg7 31. Qh7+ Kf6 32.
Qxb7 Rg5 (32... Nf3+ $1 33. Kg2 Nh4+ 34. Kh3 Qe6+ 35. Kxh4 Rd4+ 36. Kh5 Qh3#)
33. Kg2 Qc6+ 34. Qxc6+ Nxc6 0-1

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Kosiorek, Marek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katowice Szopienice"]
[BlackTeam "Szkola Grudziadz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 {[%cal Gb2b4,
Gc1b2]} Bxc5 8. b4 {Gagne un tempo mais lea structure symétrique permet aux
Noirs d'utiliser cette même manoeuvre avec dc4 et b5} Ba7 (8... Bd6) 9. Bb2
O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rd1 (11. Be2 dxc4) 11... Rd8 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Rxd8+ Qxd8
14. Ne4 (14. Bxc4 Bd7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Rc8 17. Qg4 g6 18. Qf4 Qe7 19. Bf6
Bb8 20. Qh4 Qf8 21. O-O Re8 22. Rd1 Bc8 23. e4 Bc7 24. e5 Nb8 25. Rc1 Bd8 26.
Ng5 h6 27. Ne4 Nc6 28. Qf4 Nd4 29. Bf1 {1-0 (29) Winants,L (2534)-Tisdall,J 
(2437) Rhodes 2013}) 14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Qd5 $146 (15... Bd7 16. Bxc4 Rc8 17.
O-O Nd4 18. Ne5 Rxc4 19. Nxc4 Bc6 20. Qe5 Nf5 21. Na5 Bd5 22. Rd1 h5 23. e4 Qh4
24. g3 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 26. Kf3 Bxe4+ 27. Qxe4 Qxg3+ 28. Ke2 Qh2+ 29. Ke1
Qxb2 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Nc4 Qc3+ 32. Rd2 Qc1+ 33. Ke2 g6 34. Rd3 Qg1 35. Kd2 b5
36. Ne5 Qf2+ 37. Kc1 Ng3 38. Qe3 Qf1+ 39. Rd1 Qg2 40. Rd7 Kg8 41. Rxf7 Ne4 42.
Qd4 {1-0 (42) Kraai,J (2421)-Tolnai,T (2514) Koszeg 2000}) 16. Qg4 {[%csl Rg7]}
e5 $132 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gc8g4]} 17. Qxc4 Qd6 18. Qe4 (18. O-O Be6) 18... f6
19. O-O Be6 20. Rd1 Qe7 (20... Qc7 21. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Ge4e6]}) 21. Bxa6 Bxe3 $2
(21... bxa6 22. Qxc6 Qe8 $44 {[%csl Ge6]}) 22. Bd3 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 f5 24. Qe2 e4
25. Bc4 $1 {[%csl Re6][%cal Ge2e6]} Bxc4 26. Qxc4+ Kh8 27. Re1 (27. Ne1) 27...
Qd7 28. b5 (28. Ne5 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 Rxa3 30. Rd1 {[%csl Rh8]}) 28... exf3 29.
gxf3 Na5 30. Qc3 b6 31. Re6 Rg8 32. Rxb6 Qa7 33. Qd4 $1 {[%cal Gd4a7,Gb6a6]}
Qc7 34. Rd6 $4 (34. Kg2 Qc2+ 35. Kh3 $18) 34... Nc4 {[%cal Gc4b2,Gc4d6]} 35.
Rh6 Nxb2 36. Qxb2 Qf4 (36... Rd8) 37. Rh3 Rd8 {[%cal Gd8d2]} 38. Ke2 $4 (38.
Qc3 Rd2+ 39. Ke1 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gc3c8]}) 38... Re8+ 39. Kf1 Qe3 40. Qf2 Qd3+
0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Moussard, Jules"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 {Le joueur d'Evry avait réalisé un bon début avec 2/2 et dans
cette ronde du matin, il avait l'honneur d'affronter le Top GMI qui s'était
fait accroché à la première ronde} 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 (4. d4 {
Mène à une grande ligne de l'anglaise} cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Ndb5 (6. g3) (6. a3
)) 4... e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 (6. cxd5 {L'alternative dans cette défense Tarrasch}
) 6... a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6 (8... Ba7 9. Bb2) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 (10.
Bb2 O-O) (10. Bd3 Bg4 $132) 10... O-O 11. O-O Bg4 (11... Be6 {La grande ligne}
12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. Qc2 {Rotstein,A (2515)-Vladimirov,E (2585)
Helsinki op 1992 (2) 0-1} (14. Na4 {[%cal Ga4c5]} Ne4 15. Nd4 $14 {Berg,K 
(2390)-Fuglsang,F (2365) Lyngby op 1991 (7) 1-0})) 12. Bb2 Bc7 (12... Rc8 13.
Rc1 (13. b5)) 13. Rc1 (13. h3 Bh5 14. Nd4 Qd6 15. g3 Bg6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bf3
Rfe8 18. Bg2 Rab8 19. Rc1 h5 20. Qd4 a5 21. Na2 Be4 22. Qc5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rb6
24. Bd4 Qe6 25. Qc2 Reb8 26. Bxb6 Rxb6 27. bxa5 Ra6 28. Nb4 Rxa5 29. Nxc6 {
1-0 (29) Nenezic,M (2459)-Beletic,D (2303) Belgrade 2014}) 13... Qd6 14. g3
Rac8 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. Rxc5 Rfd8 18. Nd4 $1 {Provoque un échange
de pièce mineure dans l'intérêt des Blancs} Bxe2 19. Qxe2 $14 {Les Noirs
manquent de contre-jeu et le TOP GMI risque de faire jouer sa technique dans
cette position face au P isolé.} Bb6 $146 (19... Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Qe6 21. Qh5 Bb8
22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rd1 f6 24. Bc5 Rd8 25. Qf3 Rd7 26. Qe2 Bd6 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28.
Rd4 Qe6 29. Qd2 f5 30. h4 Kf7 31. Qc2 Qe5 32. Rf4 g6 33. Qa2 Ke6 34. Rd4 Rc7
35. a4 Rd7 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 Qh8 38. Kg2 Qe5 39. Qa8 Qg7 40. Qc8 Qe7 41. h5
Qd8 42. Qc2 Qb6 43. Qd3 Qc7 44. Rh4 g5 45. Rd4 g4 46. Qa3 Qd8 47. Qa7 Qc7 48.
Qa1 Qc5 49. Qb1 {Gausel,E (2440)-Backelin,R (2230) Gausdal 1990 1-0 (63)}) 20.
Nxc6 $1 Rxc6 21. Rxc6 Qxc6 22. Rc1 Qe6 23. Qd3 Qe4 24. Qc3 $1 {Un gain de
temps qui évite aussi l'échange des Q} Qg4 25. a4 d4 $1 26. Qc4 h5 27. a5
dxe3 $6 {Optimiste} (27... Ba7 28. Bxd4 Bxd4 29. exd4 Rxd4) 28. Qxg4 hxg4 29.
axb6 e2 30. Re1 Rd1 31. Bc3 {Un coup tranquille et les Noirs n'ont pas de
compensations} Rd3 32. Rxe2 Rxc3 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Re7 Kg6 35. Rxb7 Rb3 36. Ra7
Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Rxb4 38. Rxa6 {La position des R donne des petits espoirs de
nulle aux Noirs} f6 39. Kf1 Rb2 40. Ke1 Kf5 41. Kd1 Ke4 42. Kc1 Rb4 (42... Rb5
$5 {Eloigne un peu la R du K adverse par rapport à la partie} 43. Kd2 (43. Kc2
f5 (43... Kf3 $2 44. Ra3+) 44. Ra4+ (44. Kc3 Kd5 (44... Kf3 45. Kc4) 45. Ra7
Rxb6 46. Rxg7 Ke4 {[%csl Rc3,Ge4,Rf2][%cal Ge4f3,Gf3f2] Et la meilleure
position du K Noir doit probablement permettre aux Noirs d'annuler}) 44... Ke5)
43... f5 {[%cal Gf5f4]} 44. Kc3 Kd5 {La différence car Kc3 n'attaque pas la
Rb5} 45. Ra7 Rxb6 46. Rxg7 Ke4 {Et la meilleure position du K Noir doit
probablement permettre aux Noirs d'annuler} 47. Re7+ Kf3 $132) 43. Kd2 Kd4 44.
Ra7 Rb2+ 45. Ke1 Rxb6 46. Rxg7 Rb1+ 47. Ke2 f5 48. Re7 Rh1 49. Rh7 Ke5 50. Rh6
Ra1 51. h4 gxh3 52. Rxh3 Kf6 53. Rh4 Ra2+ 54. Kf3 Ra3+ 55. Kg2 Kg5 56. Rd4 Ra2
57. Rd8 Ra4 58. Rd5 Ra2 59. Rb5 Rc2 60. Rb8 Rc4 61. f4+ Kg6 62. Kh3 Rc1 63.
Rb6+ Kh5 64. Rf6 Rc5 65. Rf8 Kg6 66. Rg8+ Kf6 67. Ra8 Kg6 68. Kh4 Rc6 69. Rg8+
Kh6 70. Rg5 Rf6 71. Kh3 Rf7 72. Kg2 Rf6 73. Kf3 Rf7 74. Ke3 Re7+ 75. Kd4 Re4+
76. Kd5 Re3 77. Kc4 Re4+ 78. Kc5 Re3 79. Kd5 Re8 {Le K est coupé} 80. Rxf5 Rg8
81. Ke6 Rxg3 82. Rd5 Kg6 (82... Kg7 $6 83. Rd7+ Kf8 84. Kf6 {[%cal Gd7d8]}) (
82... Ra3 $1 {[%cal Ga3a6] Comme le P n'a pas atteint la 06ème rangée, la
méthode des échecs verticaux doit probablement conduire à la nulle} 83. Rd6
{[%cal Gd6h6,Ge6f7]}) 83. f5+ Kh6 84. Rd8 Ra3 $1 85. f6 Ra6+ 86. Rd6 Ra8 $1 $11
87. Ke7 Kg6 88. Rd7 Ra1 $4 (88... Rb8) 89. f7 Re1+ 90. Kf8 Kh7 91. Rd2 Rh1 92.
Rf2 Ra1 93. Rh2+ 1-0

[Event "Helsinki op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 d5 (6... Be7 $5 7.
g3 Qb6 $13 {Kortschnoj,V-Schlosser,P Brno 1992 CBM/31}) 7. e3 $5 (7. cxd5 exd5
8. Bg5 Bc5 9. e3 Nxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O $14 {Cepon,D-Zelcic,R
Bled op 1992 CBM/29}) 7... Nxd4 (7... Bd6 $5) 8. Qxd4 dxc4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.
Bxc4 Bd6 11. e4 Ke7 12. f3 a6 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Bd4 Rac8 15. Bb3 e5 16. Be3 Be6
17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Ke2 Bc5 19. Rac1 (19. Bxc5+ $5 Rxc5 20. Rad1) 19... Bxe3 20.
Kxe3 Rc6 21. Na2 Rhc8 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Nb4 Rc8 24. Kd2 Nd7 25. Nd3 Kd6 26. Rc1
Rxc1 27. Nxc1 Nc5 28. b3 Nd7 29. Kc3 Nb8 30. b4 Nc6 31. Nb3 b6 32. a4 Kc7 33.
Kc4 Nb8 34. b5 a5 35. Nc1 Nd7 36. Nd3 Kd6 37. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The second round of the Kings Tournament finished with two draws. In both
games Black didn't have opening problems and equalised rather comfortably. In
Wang Hao-Radjabov White was trying to squeeze out an advantage in a typical
middlegame position against an isolated queen's pawn, but Black's active
knights always secured Black good play. The draw was agreed on move 36 in an
equal rooks endgame. Having the black pieces Nisipeanu surprised Ponomariov in
the opening by choosing the Petroff Defence. Black quickly achieved a
comfortable position and in order to create some activity the former World
Champion decided to launch an attack on the kingside. However, with his
powerful centralised pieces Black's position was very solid and he never was
in real danger. Both players showed good tactical skills and a forced play led
to an equal endgame, where the draw was agreed also on move 36. Thus after two
rounds Caruana had one point out of one game, Ponomariov and Radjabov had one
point out of two games, Wang Hao and Nisipeanu had half a point, but the
Chinese GM had played just one game, whereas Nisipeanu had played two games.} 
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 {From the English Opening the
game has transposed to one of the quiet lines of the Tarrasch Defence. In a
symmetrical position White hopes to use his extra tempo and achieve some
advantage. Practice shows that Black doesn't have particular problems in this
line.} 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Be2 Re8 12.
O-O Bg4 13. b5 ({More often White plays} 13. Rc1) 13... Na5 ({It makes less
sense for Black to play} 13... axb5 14. Nxb5 {and White achieves the desired
regrouping of pieces, although even here the position is very close to equal.})
14. bxa6 bxa6 15. Na4 Nc4 16. Bd4 ({In two previous games with this position
White took the pawn} 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxd5 {but then Black can try to use his
piece activity with} Ne5 {(which wasn't played before), with good compensation.
}) 16... Ne4 17. Nc3 {In this position Radjabov took almost 20 minutes to
decide how to continue. Indeed, there are several options and many variations
to calculate.} Qa5 $5 ({The tempting} 17... Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ncd2 {leads to a
position where only White can try to play for a win:} (18... Ned2 $2 19. Bxd5 {
is bad for Black.}) 19. Bxe4 $1 (19. Re1 $4 {loses due to} Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qh4+
21. Kg1 Qxf2+ 22. Kh2 Re6) 19... Nxe4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 ({Also after} 20... Rxe4
21. h3 {White can claim an edge.}) 21. Qa4 {White has a small plus, but the
most likely result is draw anyway.}) 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. h3 ({
After the immediate} 20. Bxg7 $2 {Black has} Bxh2+ ({or} 20... Rd8 21. Bd4 Qh5
{with a powerful attack}) 21. Kxh2 Kxg7 {with advantage for Black.}) 20... Bxf3
{The correct decision. As demonstrated by Radjabov after the game, the
alternatives are in White's favour:} (20... Bxh3 21. gxh3 Qh5 (21... Qf5 22.
Ne1 (22. Nh2 $2 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Rh4 $19) 22... Qxh3 23. f4 Rxe3 24. Bxe3 Qxe3+
25. Kg2) 22. Nh2 $1 Qxh3 23. f4 Rxe3 24. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Kg2 $16) ({After} 20...
Bh5 {White can already take the pawn} 21. Bxg7 Re6 (21... Rd8 22. Bd4) (21...
Kxg7 22. Qxd6 Bxf3 23. gxf3 $16) 22. Bd4 Rg6 23. Re1) 21. Qxf3 Rae8 22. Rfc1 (
22. Rac1 $5 Bxa3 23. Rxc4) 22... Qd5 $1 23. Rd1 Be5 24. Bc3 Qe6 25. Rac1 Bxc3
26. Rxc3 g6 27. Qg3 Qf6 28. Rc2 Rd8 29. Qf3 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Qb6 31. Rc3 Qc5 32.
Qc1 h5 33. f3 Re6 34. Rxc4 Qxe3+ 35. Qxe3 Rxe3 36. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Saunders,J"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. a3
b5 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 (13. Bxd5 {had been
played before. Kramnik considered it but felt he couldn't make it work.}) 13...
Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Be7 15. e4 O-O 16. g3 Na5 17. Bf4 Qc8 ({Perhaps} 17... Qb6 {
, defending the knight and the b-pawn, is a little safer.}) 18. a4 $1 {[diag]
Vlad was quite happy with his game here, once he had found this move, which
undermines Black's queenside. Commentator Daniel King thought the queenside
configuration had something in common with some positions in the Ruy Lopez
where a similar strategy is appropriate.} b4 ({After} 18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4
20. Qxc4 {, Vlad thought Black had some play but not enough for the pawn.}) 19.
Rac1 ({Now Vlad didn't like Black's position.} 19. Ne5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Nb3 21.
Rad1 Nd4 22. Qc4 Qe6 23. Be3 {was one of the lines Vlad looked out but it is
not so clear.}) 19... Bc6 $2 ({This might have been a mistake, Vlad thought.
He tried to make 19...Qb7 work but wasn't convinced. The computer suggestion} 
19... Rfe8 {doesn't look bad.}) 20. Bg5 $1 {Clever. White deflects the
dark-squared bishop, thus removing a defender from the c5 pawn.} Bxg5 21. Rxc5
$1 {A cunning intermezzo move, exploiting the looseness of all Black's
residual minor pieces. "Now it's basically over," said Vlad.} Bf6 ({Hikaru
tried to make} 21... Bb5 $5 {work, but} 22. Qc2 {is a good move and the
threats to the black minor pieces remain.}) 22. Rxa5 {By now Hikaru had lost
faith in the position too. White is already one pawn up and on the brink of
winning another. Black has no viable counterplay even though the a5 rook is
slightly offside.} Bxd5 23. Raxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qc1+ 25. Kg2 Bxb2 (25... Qxb2
26. Qxa6 Bc3 27. a5 {is similar to the game.}) 26. Qxa6 Qc2 27. Rd2 Qb3 ({
Against} 27... b3 {, White has} 28. Qe2 Rc8 {and now} 29. Ne1 {resolves the
position on c2.}) 28. a5 Bc3 29. Rd5 Qc2 30. Qb7 $1 b3 (30... Qxe4 {allows
White to win the pawn race with} 31. a6 {and there is no way of exploiting
Black's pin on the long diagonal.}) 31. a6 b2 32. Rb5 Qa4 33. a7 h6 34. e5 ({
An uneasy stand-off has been reached. Not} 34. Qb8 $2 {when Black can reply}
Qxe4 {and White's advantage has dissipated.}) 34... Kh7 (34... Qa1 35. Qe7 b1=Q
36. Rxb1 Qxb1 37. Qxf8+ Kxf8 38. a8=Q+ {should win.}) 35. Rb3 Qa2 36. h4 {
Commentator Lawrence Trent was justly proud of predicting this squeezing plan.}
Kg8 37. h5 {Vlad called this 'making a box' for the black king. More of a
coffin, actually.} Qa5 38. Qb8 Qa2 39. Rxc3 $1 b1=Q 40. Rc8 $1 {[diag]} (40.
Rc8 Rxc8 (40... Qf1+ $1 {is clever but after} 41. Kxf1 Qa6+ 42. Kg2 Rxc8 43.
Nd4 {seems to win anyway.}) 41. Qxc8+ Kh7 42. a8=Q {and White's pair of queens
proves more potent than Black's.}) 1-0

[Event "Punta Arenas m"]
[Site "Punta Arenas"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Sequera Paolini,J"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.02.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{ZARPAZO LOCAL!! Tercera partida del Match. Henriquez se desvía del peón rey
efectuado en la primera} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 ({Rehuye el
sistema benoni que iniciaría con} 4. d5) 4... a6 {evadiendo la línea} (4...
d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+) 5. Nc3 d5 6. dxc5 {Diagrama [#]} ({Lo más jugado es
de la siguiente manera} 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3
O-O 11. Bb2 Ba7 $11) 6... Bxc5 7. a3 O-O 8. b4 Bd6 (8... Ba7 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Qc2
Bd7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Qb3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qe7 14. O-O Rfd8 {también es posible})
9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rd1 Rd8 {reagrupación mutua} 12. cxd5 {Diagrama [#]
Definitivamente las blancas jugarán contra el peón aislado} exd5 13. Be2 Be6
14. O-O Rac8 15. Qb1 b5 16. Qa1 Qf8 (16... Bb8 17. Rfe1 ({Si} 17. Nb1 Bf5 $5 {
Sin temor a} 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 {A cambio de su peor estructura de
peones las negras tienen su piezas mejor dispuestas y pareja de alfiles}) 17...
Ng4 $11) 17. Nb1 Nd7 {[%cal Gd7b6,Gb6c4]} (17... Ne4 18. Nbd2 Bg4 {Sin
problemas}) 18. Nd4 Nb6 19. Nd2 Nc4 $6 {Diagrama [#]} ({Era necesario} 19...
Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Nc4 21. Nb3 Bf5 {[%cal Gf5c2]} 22. Nc5 $14) 20. Nxe6 {Luego de
los cambios y ulterior presión sobre "e6" y el resto del centro negro las
blancas obtienen ventaja} fxe6 21. Nxc4 bxc4 22. Bg4 Qf7 ({Si} 22... Re8 23. f4
$16) 23. Bxg7 $1 {Diagrama [#]} e5 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Bh6 Qg6 26. Rxd5 Ne7 {
Diagrama [#]} 27. Rd2 $2 ({Era muy fuerte} 27. Qd1 Nxd5 28. Qxd5+ Kh8 29. Bg5
c3 30. Bh4 c2 31. Rc1 Kg7 32. Bg3 $18) 27... Qxh6 28. Qd1 Rc6 29. Qg4+ (29. e4
{con idea de Tc2}) 29... Qg6 30. Qxg6+ hxg6 31. Rc1 Nc8 32. e4 Nb6 33. Rdc2 Be7
34. Kf1 Kf7 35. g3 g5 36. h3 Rh6 37. Kg2 $11 {Diagrama [#]} Rd6 $2 {Un mal
detalle que permite la próxima jugada blanca} (37... Rc6 $11) 38. a4 Nxa4 39.
Rxc4 Nb2 40. Rc6 Rd2 $2 ({era mejor} 40... Rxc6 41. Rxc6 Bxb4 42. Rxa6 Bc5 43.
Ra2 Bd4 {Con chances de tablas}) 41. Rxa6 Nd3 42. Rc7 Nxf2 43. Kf3 Nd1 44. g4
Kf8 45. Ra8+ Bd8 46. b5 Ke8 47. b6 Rf2+ 48. Kg3 Rb2 49. b7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg International Final"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1914.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tarrasch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 {Dies ist die einzig korrekte Spielweise und
gerade deshalb ist die Verteidigung die einzig richtige: sie führt sofort
zunächst eine Gleichheit im Gerippe der Stellung herbei.} Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3
dxc4 {Die Behandlung der Normalstellung mit erweitertem Damenfianchetto, wie
ich dieses manöver genannt habe, ist sowohl im Anzuge wie erst recht im
Nachzuge ungünstig, da sie das Zentrum aufgibt und den Schwerpunkt auf den
Damenflügel verlegt. Man vergleiche darüber die Auseinandersetzungen in meinem
Werk "Die moderne Schachpartie".} 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. a4 {
Hierauf muß Schwarz immer in Nachteil kommen, ganz gleich , wie er zieht, daß
sein Damenspringer, wenn er angegriffen wird, vorwärts ins Zentrum kann und
nicht etwa zurück muß.} c4 11. Bc2 {Aber dies führt zur Einsperrung des weißen
Damenturms, und das ist zu gewagt.} ({Schon Lasker hat in ähnlicher Stellung
in seinem Buche über das Petersburger Turnier mit Recht die Fortsetzung} 11.
axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Bb1 {als die bessere angegeben.}) {Schon Lasker
hat in ähnlicher Stellung in seinem Buche über das Petersburger Turnier mit
Recht die Fortsetzung} 11... b4 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Qe2 {Die vorgerückten Bauern
sind, wie immer, zwar stark, aber auch chwach.} Na5 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 {Das ist
jetzt ganz im Einklang mit der Position und vergrößert die Chancen des
schwarzen Spiels.} 15. e4 Rg8 16. Bf4 b3 {Jetzt oder nie! Sonst entwickelt
Weiß den Damenturm und steht gut.} 17. Bb1 {Das kann nicht korrekt sein! Die
Figuren müssen sich frei bewegen können, sonst ist sicherlich ein Fehler in
der Entwicklung vorhergegangen. Wie anders würde Weiß dastehen, wenn in der
oben angegebenen Fortsetzung der Abtausch der Damentürme stattgefunden hätte!
Trotzdem, wenn man Herr im Zentrum ist, kann man sich manches erlauben. Weiß
erlangt in der Folge ein ganz gutes Spiel und wehe dem Schwarzen, wenn der Bb1
und damit auch der Ra1 einmal wieder herauskommt!} Rc8 18. Bd2 {Der
rückständige c-Bauer mit dem ihn deckenden Na5 bilden nun die Achillesferse
des Schwarzen.} Qb6 19. Rc1 Bb4 20. Bc3 Kf8 21. Qd2 Bxc3 22. Qh6+ {Um zu
verhindern, daß der König über g7 nach h8 in Sicherheit kommt.} Ke7 23. Rxc3
Rg6 24. Qh5 ({Zu riskant wäre} 24. Qxh7 {wegen der Entfernung der Dame von den
eigenen Leuten,} {was Schwarz mit} Nc6 {ausnutzt} ({und nicht mit} 24... Rcg8 {
denn der Zug} 25. g3 {gibt Weiß genügend Deckung.}) 25. d5 $1 (25. Rxc4 Nxd4
26. Rxc8 Nxf3+ 27. Kf1 Bxc8 28. gxf3 Qd4) 25... Rcg8 26. g3 Nd4 27. e5 Ne2+ 28.
Kf1 Nxc3 29. Bxg6 Rxg6 30. bxc3 (30. d6+ Kf8 {kommt der König in Sicherheit
und der Nf3 steht en prise.}) 30... Bxd5 31. Nh4 Be4 32. Nxg6+ Bxg6 33. exf6+
Kxf6 34. Qh4+ Kg7 35. Qxc4 b2 {und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 24... Rcg8 25. g3 Rg4 {
Schwarz provoziert sehr fein eine Schwächung des Punktes g3.} 26. h3 R4g7 27.
Qh4 {Nun droht Weiß mit Pe5, was nicht nur den Angriff auf den König eröffnet,
sondern auch den Bb1 und damit den ganzen Damenflügel befreit. Schwarz pariert
in geistricher Weise mit Gegenangriff.} e5 $1 28. dxe5 Rxg3+ 29. Kf1 R3g6 30.
exf6+ Qxf6 31. Qxf6+ {Weiß sieht zu schwarz. Erhält seine Stellung für zu
wenig widerstandsfähig gegenüber Mittelspielangriffen und lenkt deshalb ins
Endspiel ein. das aber für ihn erstrecht ungünstig ist. Für das Mittelspiel
bot auch die schwarze Stellung Angriffsgelegenheiten genug. Er hättedreist mit
Qh5 weiter angreifen sollen, beie Teile hätten dann Gewinnchancen und es
hättesich ein sehr wildes Spiel ergeben.} ({Folgende Varianten zeigen die
Ressourcen des Weißen:} 31. Qh5 Qd6 32. Ke2 Qb6 33. e5 Rg2 34. Qh4+) (31. Qh5
Qb6 32. Ne5 Rf6 33. Qh4 Qd4 34. Ng4 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Rgg6 36. Rg3 {und Weiß
gewinnt die Qualität.}) 31... Rxf6 32. Nd2 Bc8 33. e5 ({Weiß darf nicht} 33.
Nxc4 {spielen, da Schwarz nach} Nxc4 34. Rxc4 Bxh3+ 35. Ke1 Rg1+ 36. Kd2 Rg2 {
entscheidenden Vorteil erlangt.}) 33... Rh6 34. Be4 {Endlich ist der Läufer
frei. Sein erstes Tun ist, den Springer pattzustellen. Allmählich verändert
sich das Bild zum Vorteil des Weißen.} ({Den Pc4 zu schlagen wäre wegen} 34.
Nxc4 Nxc4 35. Rxc4 Bxh3+ 36. Ke2 Rg1 {schlecht.}) 34... Bxh3+ 35. Ke2 Bg4+ 36.
Ke3 ({Nicht} 36. f3 {denn dann kommt Schwarz nach} Rh2+ 37. Ke3 Bh5 {zur
Turmverdoppelung auf der zweiten Reihe.}) 36... Rh3+ 37. Nf3 Bxf3 {Um seinen
Springer zu befreien.} 38. Bxf3 Nc6 39. Rh1 $1 ({Den Pc4 darf Weiß noch nicht
schlagen} 39. Rxc4 Rxf3+ 40. Kxf3 Nxe5+ {mit Figurenverlust.}) 39... Rxh1 40.
Bxh1 Nxe5 41. Bd5 {Weiß hat zwei Bauern weniger, aber gutes Spiel. Sämtliche
Damenbauern des Schwarzen sind schwach.} Rg4 42. f4 Kd6 $1 43. Be4 ({Auf} 43.
Bxc4 Rg3+ 44. Kd4 (44. Ke4 f5+ 45. Kxf5 Rxc3 46. fxe5+ Kc5 47. Bg8 Rg3 48. Be6
h5) 44... Nc6+ 45. Ke4 Rxc3 46. bxc3) 43... Nd3 $1 44. Rxc4 (44. Bxd3 Rg3+ 45.
Ke2 (45. Ke4 cxd3 46. Rc8 h5 47. Rh8 Rh3 48. Rd8+ Kc7 49. Rxd3 f5+ 50. Kd4
Rxd3+ 51. Kxd3 Kc6) 45... cxd3+ 46. Rxd3+ Kc5) 44... Rg3+ 45. Kd4 ({Auf} 45.
Bf3 {führt Schwarz mit} Ne1 46. Kf2 Rxf3+ 47. Kxe1 {ein für ihn günstiges
Turmendspiel herbei.}) 45... Nxf4 46. Rc6+ Ke7 47. Rxa6 $2 {Ein entscheidender
Fehler. Jetzt verliert Weiß eine Figur.} ({Mit} 47. Bxh7 {war das Spiel mit
Leichtigkeit remis zu halten.}) 47... Ne6+ 48. Kc4 ({Oder} 48. Ke5 Rg5+ 49. Bf5
f6+ 50. Ke4 Nc5+) 48... Rg4 49. Ra7+ Kd6 50. Kxb3 ({Auch mit} 50. Kd3 Nc5+ {
ist der Läufer nicht zu retten.}) 50... Rxe4 51. Rxf7 {An dem Ph7 hängt nun
der Gewinn. Weiß könnte aufgeben.} Nc5+ 52. Kc2 Re2+ 53. Kd1 Re7 54. Rf4 (54.
Rxe7 Kxe7 55. a5 Na6 56. Ke2 Ke6 57. Kf3 Kf5 58. Kg3 Kg5 59. Kh3 h5 60. Kg3 h4+
61. Kh3 Kh5 62. Kh2 Kg4 63. Kg2 h3+ 64. Kh2 Kh4 65. Kh1 Kg3 66. Kg1 h2+ 67. Kh1
Nb4 68. a6 Nd3 69. a7 Nf2#) 54... Ra7 55. a5 Rxa5 56. b4 Ne6 57. Rh4 Rd5+ 58.
Kc2 h5 {und Schwarz gewann nach weiteren 14 Zügen. (Die hat Tarrasch leider
nicht mehr überliefert.) Marshall hat die ganze Partie, besonders das Endspiel,
sehr geistreich gespielt und besonders die Vorzüge des gewandten Springers
gegenüber dem stärkeren Läufer trefflich zur Geltung gebracht.} 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg International Preliminary"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tarrasch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O dxc4 {Eine Abweichung
vom richtigen Wege, die im neunten Zuge zu einer Verirrung führt.} 7. Bxc4 a6
8. Nc3 b5 9. Bd3 cxd4 {Das hiermit beginnende Spiel auf den isolierten
Damenbauern ist strategisch ganz verfehlt und findet hier - wie so oft schon -
eine glänzende Widerlegung.} 10. exd4 {Der weisse Mittelbauer beherrschtdas
Zentrum und bildet nicht die Schwäche, sondern die Stärke des weissen Spiels.}
Nb4 11. Bb1 Nbd5 {In dieser Weise muss man immer den isolierten Bauern
zurückhalten, sonst geht er plötzlichvor, wenn man sich dessen am wenigsten
versieht.} 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Ne5 {Schon drohtdas Springeropfer auf b5 mit
Rückgewinn des Bb7.} Qb6 14. Bg5 Bd6 {Wenn man gegen den isolierten
Damenbauern spielt, muss man die d-Linie freilassen. Der Läufer gehört also
nach e7.} 15. Re1 {Trefflich gespielt! Schwarz kann darauf nicht rochieren und
auch nicht Qxd4 spielen.} Rd8 (15... O-O $2 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 (16... exd5 17. Bxf6
gxf6 18. Nd7) 17. Nd7) (15... Qxd4 $2 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Qxe6+ Kf8 18. Qxd6+ {
Wieder einmal bricht Tarrasch dort ab, wo es erst richtig interessant wird:}
Kf7 (18... Kg8 19. Bf5) 19. Re7+ Nxe7 20. Qxd4) 16. Qd2 {Endlich muss Weiss
seinen d-Bauern direkt decken. Aber Schwarz darf nochimmer nicht rochieren
wegen der durchAbtausch auf d5 und f6 möglichen Aufreissung.} Be7 {Danach
kommt Schwarz endlich zur Rochade und zwar mit Hilfe einer versteckten Drohung.
} (16... O-O $2 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 (17... Nxd5 18. Bxd8 {das geringere Übel, aber
auch dies führt zum Verlust.}) 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ng4 Kg7 (19... f5 20. Qg5+ Kh8
21. Qf6+ Kg8 22. Nh6#) 20. Qh6+ Kh8 21. Qxh7#) {Weiss muss nun etwas gegen die
Drohung Nxc3 bxc3 a6-a5 und b5-b4 unternehmen,wonach ihm die Deckung des Pd4
in Verlegenheit bringen würde.} 17. a3 {Der Läufer bekommt das Rückzugsfeld a2.
} O-O 18. Qd3 g6 {Eine erzwungene Lockerung des Königsflügels, die weitere
ernste Folgen hat.} 19. Ba2 {Weiss steht nicht unerheblich überlegen und hat
einen nachhaltigen Angriff. Die beiden Läufer greifen die beiden Springer an
undkönnen sie in jedem Moment schlagen, während diese stillhalten müssen.
Das ist die richtige Stellung.} Rfe8 20. Qh3 {Es droht Qh4. Die Lockerung des
Königsflügels durchg7-g6 macht sich fühlbar.} Nh5 {Beseitigt die Spannung
durch Abtausch, jetzt aber steht der Nh5 schlecht.} (20... Qxd4 21. Nxf7 Kxf7
22. Qxe6+ Kg7 23. Rad1) 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Bxd5 {Jetzt hält Weiss mit Recht den
Moment für gekommen, die Springer zu tauschen.} Bxd5 23. Qh4 f6 {Um die Lücke
auf f6 zu plombieren.} (23... Ree8 24. g4 Nf4 25. Qf6) 24. Nxd5 (24. g4 $2 Qxd4
{fesselt den g-Bauern.}) 24... Rxd5 25. Nf3 {Was hat nun Schwarz mit seinem
Spiel auf den isolierten Damenbauern erreicht? Der Pd4 ist weniger schwach
denn je und kann überhaupt nicht mehr angegriffen werden. Dagegen bietet der
schwarze Königsflügel Angriffspunkte dar, der schwarze Springer ist
deplaciert, und der einzigen offenen Linie bemächtigt sich in kurzem der
Weisse, dessen Angriff noch lange nicht erschöpft ist.} Kg7 {Wegen der
Drohung g2-g4 bedurfte der Pf6 der Deckung.} 26. Qe4 {Droht einerseits den
Springer zu erobern (g2-g4, der Nh5 hat kein Fluchtfeld), andererseits durch
Qxd5 die Türme für die Dame zu gewinnen. Schwarz kann beides gerade noch
parieren.} Kf7 27. Rac1 $1 Ng7 28. g4 $1 {Weiss lässt den Ng7 nicht nach f5.}
Qd6 {Um Qf4 zu verhindern.} (28... Rc7 29. Qf4) 29. Rc8 Re8 30. Rec1 Rxc8 31.
Rxc8 Ne8 32. g5 {Wieder vorzüglich gespielt! Er beseitigt die Plombe, mit der
Schwarz vor neun Zügen seine Lücke auf f6 ausgeführt hat, und nun gähnt dem
Beschauer eine geradezu unästhetische Lücke auf e5 entgegen.} fxg5 33. Ne5+ Ke7
34. Qf3 Nf6 35. Ra8 $1 {[%csl Yb7,Yc7,Yd7,Ye7,Rf6,Yf7,Yg7,Yh7][%cal Ga8a7]
Entscheidend! Das tödliche Turmschach auf a7 ist nicht zu verhindern, denn es
folgt auch auf Qb6. Schwarz muss zu seiner momentanen Rettung die Qualität
opfern.} Rxe5 (35... Qb6 36. Ra7+ Qxa7 37. Nc6+ Kf7 38. Nxa7) 36. Ra7+ Nd7 37.
dxe5 Qxe5 {Endlich hat Schwarz den isolierten Damenbauern erobert!} 38. Qd1 ({
Fehlerhaft wäre} 38. Qc6 $2 Qd4 {mit der Drohung auf d1 und g4 ewiges Schach
zu geben.}) 38... Qd6 (38... Qd5 $2 39. Qxd5 exd5 40. Rxa6 {und der schwarze
König bleibt dauerhaft abgesperrt.}) 39. Qxd6+ Kxd6 40. Rxa6+ Kd5 {DasEndspiel
sollte ohne grosse Schwierigkeiten für Weiss gewonnen sein, allein Janowski,
der die ganze Partie bisher bewunderungswürdig gespielt hat, lässt jetzt
ganz bedeutend nach, wie jeder, der es nicht mehr nötig hat, während
Rubinstein alle seine Chancen geschickt ausnützt, wie jeder, dem das Messer
an der Kehle sitzt.} 41. Kf1 ({Er hätte sehr gut erst} 41. h3 {spielen können,
um diesen Bauern, der später immer angegriffen und nicht bequem zu decken ist,
zu sichern. Es geht aber auch so.}) 41... g4 42. Ra7 Kd6 43. Ke2 h5 44. Ra8 Ne5
45. Ra6+ Kd7 (45... Kd5 {ist noch ungünstiger, da dann nach} 46. Rb6 {der
b-Bauer mit Schach geschlagen zu werden droht.}) 46. Rb6 Nf3 {Nun brauchte
Weiss nur den König aus der Schachgefahr zu ziehen, am besten nach e3, dann
war der b-Bauer verlorenund die beiden verbundenen Freibauern gewannen ganz
leicht. Statt dessen begeht Janowski ein ganz grobes Versehen.} 47. h3 $4 ({
Ebenso gut hätte er mit} 47. Rxb5 Nd4+ {den Turm einstellen können; die
Schwere des Versehens ist dieselbe.}) 47... Nd4+ 48. Kf1 ({Der König kann den
Springer nicht angreifen, denn} 48. Ke3 $2 gxh3 {und der h-Bauer geht zur Dame.
}) 48... gxh3 {Dieser starke Freibauer, der dem Schwarzen geradezu geschenkt
worden ist, gibt ihm nun gute Remischancen.} 49. Rb7+ Kd6 50. Rg7 {Nun denkt
er wenigstens an dem g-Bauern seine Wut auszulassen.} Nf3 {Aber o weh! Mit dem
ist es auch nichts.} 51. Rf7 (51. Rxg6 $2 h2 52. Kg2 Nh4+ 53. Kxh2 Nxg6) 51...
Nd2+ 52. Kg1 g5 53. Rh7 Nf3+ 54. Kh1 h4 {Der weisse König befindet sich
ineinem Gefängnis, aber noch schlimmer: im Hintergrunde lauern tückische
Mörder, die ihm den Garaus zu machen drohen (g5-g4-g3-g2#), sobald es sein
Leibwächter an Aufmerksamkeit fehlen lässst.} 55. Rf7 Ne5 56. Rg7 Nf3 {
Natürlich konnte Weiss hier durch beständige Angriffe aufden Springer und die
Bauern das Remis erzwingen. Aber selbstverständlich macht er zuvor noch einen
Versuch, mit dem a-Bauern etwas auszurichten.} (56... Nf3 57. Rf7 g4 58. Rg7
Ne5 59. Rh7 Nf3 60. Rg7) 57. b3 e5 58. a4 bxa4 59. bxa4 Kc5 60. Rf7 e4 61. Re7
Kd4 62. a5 {Das verliert. Janowski hat nicht aufgepasst. Nun folgt ein
hübscher Schluss.} (62. Rg7 $11) 62... g4 63. Rg7 g3 64. fxg3 e3 (64... e3 65.
Re7 (65. gxh4 e2 66. Re7 Ne5 {[%cal Re2e1]}) 65... hxg3 {[%cal Rg3g2]}) 0-1

[Event "Match Euwe-Pirc +2-2=6"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1949.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pirc, Vasja"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "Trifunovic,P"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1949.06.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
c4 $6 (8... Be7 $142 {/\0-0}) 9. Ne5 $6 (9. b3 $1) 9... Na5 10. f3 b5 (10...
Nb3 11. Rb1 Bf5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxc4 $18) 11. O-O Bb7 $2 (11... Bd6 $1 {/\Dc7}
12. f4 $2 (12. e4 $5) (12. Ng4 $5) 12... Nb3 13. Rb1 Bf5 $19) 12. Bd2 Nb3 13.
Rb1 Bd6 14. Be1 $14 Qc7 15. f4 O-O 16. Bh4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bg4 Bd5 $2 (
18... Bc8 $1 $10) 19. Bf5 $1 f6 (19... g6 $2 20. Nd7 gxf5 21. Nf6+ Kg7 22. Qh5
h6 23. Qxf5 $1 $18) 20. Nd7 $1 Rf7 21. Qh5 g5 (21... g6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qxd5
$18) 22. Nxf6+ $1 Rxf6 23. Qxg5+ Qg7 24. Qxf6 Qxf6 25. Bxf6 Rf8 (25... Nd2 26.
Be5 $1 $18) 26. Be5 $1 Bxa3 (26... Bxe5 27. fxe5 Nd2 28. Bxh7+ $18) 27. bxa3
Rxf5 28. Rf2 Rf8 29. Rc2 Kf7 30. Bd6 Rc8 31. Bb4 a5 $4 $18 (31... Ra8 $1 $44)
32. Bxa5 Ke6 (32... Nxa5 33. Rxb5) 33. Bb4 h5 34. Kf2 Kf5 35. Rg1 Rg8 36. h3 h4
37. g3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 g6 $6 {
Rare and strange move. Diagonal f8-a3 is already open for Bf8 development. e7
square is rather good place for this B, especially in PP structure with
isolated Pd4.} (7... Be7 $142 {-mainline}) 8. cxd5 (8. Bg5 $5 Bg7 9. cxd5 exd5
10. Be2 Be6 (10... h6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Ne5 Ne7 13. f3 (13. O-O Nf5 $11) 13...
Nf5 14. Bf2 h5 15. O-O (15. g4 hxg4 16. fxg4 Nd6 $132 {0-1 Hedman,E-Bezgodov,A/
Aars 1999/EXT 2000 (24)}) 15... Be6 16. Re1 $14) 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5 Qb6 13.
Na4 Qc7 14. Bf4 $14 Nd7 15. Nxg6 {1-0 Votruba,P-Josephson,A/Stockholm 1980/MCD
(15)}) (8. Bd3 {White loses tempo after eventual d5xc4 and Bxc4...} Bg7 9. O-O
O-O 10. h3 b6 11. Re1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bb7 13. Bg5 Ne7 14. Ne5 h6 15. Be3 Nfd5
$132 {0-1 Burger,K-Hurme,H/Jarvenpaa 1982/MCL (78)}) 8... exd5 ({In case of} 
8... Nxd5 {move g7-g6 don't add to Black nothing...} 9. Bb5 (9. Bc4 Bg7 10. O-O
O-O 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Re1 $14) 9... Bg7 10. Qa4 (10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Nxd5 exd5 12.
Qe2+ Be6 $11) 10... O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qxc6 Rb8 13. Qa4 $14) 9. Bb5 Bg7 10.
Qe2+ Be6 11. Ng5 {Of course, it is temptation to exchange Be6 for Nf3, but
this way is not effective.} ({In my opinion, better was} 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. O-O
O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 Nd7 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Qd2 Bxe5 17. dxe5 (17. Bxe5 c5
18. Rfe1 Nxe5 19. dxe5 $132) 17... f6 18. Rfe1 $14) 11... Qe7 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13.
Bg5 O-O 14. Rd1 Qd6 $11 15. O-O Nh5 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gh5f4,Gg7d4,Gc6d4]} 16.
Qe3 {[%csl Rd4,Re6] Pe6 weakness is compensated by Pd4 weakness.} Rae8 17. Ne2
(17. Rfe1 a6 18. Be2 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Qh3 Nf6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 {[%csl Rc3,Rf2]
[%cal Gf6c3,Gf8f2]} 22. Bf3 d4 23. Bd5+ Kh8 24. Ne4 Qd8 $132) 17... a6 ({
Worth of attention} 17... e5 $5 $132) 18. Ba4 b5 19. Bb3 (19. Bc2 e5 20. dxe5
Bxe5 21. Rxd5 $5 Bxh2+ (21... Qxd5 22. Bb3 $18) 22. Kh1 Rxe3 23. Rxd6 Rxe2 24.
Bb3+ Kg7 25. Kxh2 Rxb2 $44) 19... Na5 20. Qd3 Nc4 21. Bc1 Rf7 22. a4 Ref8 23.
axb5 axb5 24. Bc2 Qb6 ({Interesting was also} 24... e5 25. dxe5 Bxe5 26. g3 Qb6
{[%csl Rf2][%cal Gb6f2,Gf8f2]} (26... Bxb2 $6 27. Bxb2 Nxb2 28. Qxd5 Qxd5 29.
Rxd5 Rb8 30. Rb1 $16) 27. Nd4 $132) 25. b3 Nd6 26. Qh3 {[%cal Gh3e6]} Nc8 {
[%cal Gb6e6]} 27. Be3 Ne7 28. Bd3 (28. Rfe1 b4 (28... Nf5 29. Bxf5 exf5 (29...
Rxf5 30. g4 Nf4 (30... Rf3 31. Qg2 $16 {[%csl Rf3,Rh5]}) 31. Nxf4 Rxf4 32. Bxf4
Rxf4 33. g5 {[%csl Re6]} Bxd4 34. Qxe6+ Qxe6 35. Rxe6 Bxf2+ 36. Kg2 d4 37. Rf1
Be3 38. Rxf4 Bxf4 39. h4 $18) 30. Qf3 Nf6 31. Bf4 {[%cal Gf4e5]} Ne4 32. Be5
$14) 29. Bd3 Ra8 $132) 28... Nf5 29. g4 {White decided to force draw. However,
position is equal.} ({In case of} 29. Bxf5 {Black replies} Rxf5 (29... exf5
$143 30. Qf3 Nf6 31. Bf4 Ne4 32. Be5 Re8 33. Nf4 Qd8 34. Nd3 $14) 30. g4 Nf4
31. Nxf4 Rxf4 32. Bxf4 Rxf4 33. Qg3 g5 34. Rd2 Bxd4 $44) 29... Nxe3 30. fxe3
Nf6 ({or} 30... Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 32. Qxf1 (32. Kxf1 Nf6 33. g5 Ne8 $11)
32... Nf6 33. g5 Ne8 $11) 31. g5 Nh5 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Rf1 Rc7 {Black doesn't
want draw?} (33... Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Bf8 35. e4 dxe4 36. Bxe4 Ng7 $11) 34. Qf3 b4
35. Kh1 Qd6 36. e4 dxe4 37. Qxe4 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "1998.04.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hoi, Carsten"]
[Black "Holst, Allan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.04.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 (9... a6 $5 10. a4 cxd4 11. exd4 (11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Be2 Bd7
13. Qb3 Qa5 14. Rfd1 b6 15. Ne4 Rfd8 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Bh4 Ng6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Daschian,N-Ibragimov,I/Chigorin mem open, St Petersburg RUS 1997 (30)}) 11...
Nb6 (11... Nd5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Qe2 Nf6 14. Rad1 Qa5 15. Rd2 Bd7 16. Qe5 Nc6
17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Ba2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Malano,F-Barbiso,T/Open, Torino ITA 1998 
(52)}) 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. a5 Nbd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17.
Re1 Qd6 $10 {Seirawan,Y-Timman,J/London/1984/}) 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bd7 (11...
Nbd5 12. Ne5 Nd7 $2 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Rfd1 b6 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. f3
$11 {Botwinnik-Batujew, 1931}) (11... Nfd5 12. Qd2 (12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Re1 (13.
Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qb3 Be6 $10) (13. Ne5 $5) 13... Rd8 14. Rc1 Nf6 (
14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 $14 (15. Rxc3 Bd7 16. d5 Bc6 $1 (16... Qd6 $2 17. dxe6 Bxe6
18. Qxd6 Rxd6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Rc7 $14 {Timman,J-Ree,H/
Amsterdam OHRA 1984/1-0 (50)}) 17. Rd3 Qd6 18. Ng5 exd5 19. Qh5 Qg6 20. Qxg6
hxg6 $15)) 15. Qe2 Qb4 16. Ne4 Nbd5 17. Rc4 $5 (17. Nc5 $6 b6 $1 (17... Qa5 $2
18. Ne5 Qb6 19. Qf3 Rf8 $5 20. Bxd5 $5 (20. g4 Qd8 21. g5 Ne8 22. h4 $14 {
1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Zaitsev,A/URS-ch30 Erevan 1962 (28)}) 20... exd5 21. Re2 Qd6
$14) 18. Nd3 Qd6 $10) 17... Qb6 18. Ne5 $14) 12... Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Nd5 15. f4 $1 $14 {Eliskases-Vaitonis, 1952}) 12. Ne5 (12. Qd3 Bc6 (12... Nbd5
13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Rad1 Nb4 (14... Qa5 15. Qh3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Ba4 (16... Be4 $2 17.
Bxe6 $1 $16) 17. Bxe6 Bxd1) (14... Rc8 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 $132) 15. Qh3 Bd5 16. Nxd5
Nbxd5 (16... Nfxd5 $32 17. Bc1 Rc8) 17. f4 $14 {1-0 Botwinnik,M-Vidmar,M/
Nottingham 1936 (23)}) (12... Nfd5 13. Be3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Ba4 15. c4 Bxb3 16.
axb3 a6 17. Rfd1 $14 {Polugaevsky}) 13. Bc2 (13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Ne5 Bd5 15. Nxd5
Nfxd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f4 g6 18. Qh3 $132 {Manca,F-Adams,M/EU-chJ U20 Arnhem
1988/0-1 (47)}) (13. Ne4 Ba4) 13... g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Ne5 Bd5 16. Rfe1 Rc8 17.
Nxd5 Nbxd5 18. Ba4 $16 {1-0 Dominguez,M-Suarez,A/Gran Canaria-chJ 1989 (35)}) (
12. Qe2 Bc6 13. Ne5 (13. Rad1 Nfd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ne5 Rfd8 (15... Nxc3 16.
bxc3 Ba4 17. f4 Bxb3 18. axb3 g6 19. Rd3 $132 {0-1 Marcussi,B-Auciello,S/
Buenos Aires FMDA 1990 (46)}) 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. Ne4 Be8 18. Nc5 Rc7 19. Qf3 Qf6
20. Qg3 $132 {1-0 Kindl,P-Arbakov,V/Groningen op 1994 (45)}) 13... Qxd4 14.
Nxf7 Kxf7 (14... Rxf7 15. Qxe6 Bd5 16. Nxd5 Nfxd5 17. Bxe7 $18) 15. Qxe6+ Kg6 (
15... Ke8 16. Rad1 (16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. Qe5 Nc8 $1 $15) 16... Qb4 17. Bxf6 gxf6
18. Qh3 $1 $16) 16. Be3 $1 $18 (16. Qxe7 Qg4 (16... Kxg5 17. Qxg7+ $18) 17.
Bc2+ Kxg5 18. Qxg7+ Kh4 19. Qh6+ $18)) 12... Nfd5 (12... Bc6 13. Qd3 (13. Nxc6
bxc6 14. Qf3 Nfd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Rfd1 $14 {time 1-0 Baciu,S-Barbulescu,D/
CREM R.VII 1992 (38)}) 13... Bd5 14. Bc2 $16 (14. Nxd5 Nfxd5 15. Bd2 Rc8 16.
Rad1 Qd6 17. Bc2 g6 18. a3 $132 {1/2-1/2 Van Scheltinga,T-Pachman,L/Beverwijk
1965 (25)})) (12... Be8 13. Re1 Nfd5 14. Bd2 Nb4 15. Qg4 Nc6 16. Bh6 Bf6 17.
Rad1 Kh8 18. Bc2 (18. Bf4 $14) 18... Rg8 19. Bf4 $14 {1-0 Lukacs,P-Almasi,I/
FSGM April, Budapest HUN 1997 (31)}) (12... Rc8 13. Qd3 Nbd5 (13... Nfd5 14.
Bd2 Bc6 15. Rad1 Bf6 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Ne4 Be7 $11 {Langeweg,K-Ree,H/
Leeuwarden NED ch 1980/1-0 (99)}) (13... Bc6 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Rfd1 Nfd5 16.
Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Bc2 Ng6 18. Qf3 Nd5 $11 {1-0 Lasker,E-Steinitz,W/Wch05-USA\CAN 
(Montreal) 1894 (43)}) 14. Rfe1 Bc6 15. Qh3 a6 16. Rad1 b5 17. Bc2 Qd6 18. Nxc6
Rxc6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ne4 {1-0 Bronstein,D-Berger,B/Amsterdam izt 1964}) 13.
Bxe7 (13. Nxd5 Nxd5 (13... Bxg5 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. d5 Bc8 (15... exd5 16. Qxd5
Be6 17. Qxb7 Bxb3 18. axb3 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qd4 20. Nc4 $16) 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17.
Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qe2 $16) 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 (14... Qxe7 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Re1 Qd6 $11)
15. Qg4 $132) 13... Nxe7 $6 $14 (13... Qxe7 14. Re1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rac8 16. Qd3
Ba4 $11) 14. Qf3 Nc6 (14... Bc6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Rad1 Qh4 (16... Nxd4 $4 17.
Qe4 $18) (16... Qd6 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Qg6 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Qe3 $16) 17. g3
Qh6 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 $14) 15. Rfd1 (15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Qe4 Re8
17. Rfe1 $14) 15... Nxe5 $5 $14 (15... Rc8 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. d5 $14) 16. dxe5
Qc7 17. Qf4 (17. Qh5 Rfd8 18. Rd6 (18. Rac1 Bc6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Nb5 Qd7 21.
Nxa7 Ba4 22. Qe2 Bxb3 23. axb3 Qd5 24. b4 Qb3 25. Nb5 Qxb4 26. Nd6 Nd5 $11)
18... Bc6 19. Rad1 h6 20. Qe2 $14) 17... Bc6 18. Rd3 $6 (18. Rd6 $14) 18...
Rfd8 (18... Rad8 19. Rg3 $40) 19. Rg3 $40 Qe7 (19... Nd7 $5 20. Re1 Nf8 21. Bc2
Ng6 (21... Rac8 $5) 22. Bxg6 fxg6 $1 $132) 20. h4 Rd7 (20... Kh8 21. Bc2 Nd5
22. Qg4 Qf8 23. Qh5 g6 $132) 21. h5 Kh8 22. Bc2 Rad8 23. Re1 $2 (23. Rd1 Rxd1+
24. Nxd1 Nd5 25. Qg4 Qf8 $11) 23... Rd4 $17 24. Be4 (24. Ne4 h6 (24... Nc4 25.
Qg5 Qxg5 26. Nxg5 R8d7 27. b3 Nb6 28. Bxh7 Rh4 29. Bc2 Rxh5 30. Rd1 $11) 25.
Qg4 Qf8 26. b3 Nd7 (26... R8d5 27. f4) 27. f4 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Nc5 (28... f5 $1
29. exf6 Nxf6 30. Qg6 Nxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. Qxe4 Qc5+ 33. Kh2 (33. Re3 Rd1+
34. Kf2 Qxh5 35. Qxe6 Qh4+ $17) 33... Qxh5+ $17) 29. Bb1 Rd2 $15) 24... Nc4 (
24... h6 $17) 25. Qc1 $6 $19 (25. h6 g6 26. b3 Nd2 27. Rge3 b5 $17) 25... Bxe4
(25... Nxe5 $5 26. Bxh7 Ng4 $1 27. Bf5 $8 Qh4 28. Bxg4 Rxg4 29. Qe3 (29. Rxg4
Qxg4 $19) 29... Rxg3 30. Qxg3 Qxh5 $19) 26. Nxe4 Nxe5 27. h6 g6 (27... Ng6 28.
hxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rh3 Nh4 30. Qf4 Nf5 31. Qe5+ f6 32. Qh2 Kh8 33. Nxf6 Qxf6 34.
Rxh7+ Kg8 35. Rxb7 Ng7 $17) 28. Qc3 (28. Qg5 Nc6 $5 $19) 28... f6 (28... b5 29.
a3 R8d5 $19) 29. Ng5 Rc4 $2 $17 (29... b5 $19) 30. Qb3 $2 $19 (30. Qa3 $1 Qxa3
(30... Qb4 31. Qxb4 Rxb4 32. b3 Kg8 33. Nxe6 Re8 $1 34. a3 $1 Rb6 35. Nd4 Rd6
36. Re4 Nf3+ (36... Red8 37. Nb5 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 a6 39. Nc3 Ra1 (39... Rf1 40. Re2
$132) 40. a4 Rf1 41. Re2 $132) 37. gxf3 Rxe4 38. fxe4 Rxd4 39. Rc3 $11) (30...
Rc7 $1 31. Ne4 (31. Qxa7 $4 Nc6 $19) 31... Qf8 (31... f5 32. Ng5 Ng4 33. Rc3
Qxa3 34. Rxa3 (34. Rxc7 Qxb2 35. Rxh7+ Kg8 36. Rg7+ Qxg7 37. hxg7 Re8 38. Rxe6
Rxe6 39. Nxe6 Nf6 $19) 34... b6 35. Nxe6 Re7 36. Rae3 Rd2 (36... Nxe3 37. Nxd8
Nd5 38. Rxe7 Nxe7 39. Kh2 Nd5 (39... Ng8 40. Nf7#) 40. Kg3 $15) 37. R3e2 Rxe2
38. Rxe2 Nxh6 $17) 32. Qxa7 Nd3 $17) 31. Rxa3 a6 (31... fxg5 32. Rxe5 a6 (32...
Rh4 33. g3 $14) 33. Rxe6 $11) 32. Nxe6 Rd2 33. Rb3 b5 34. Ng5 $11) 30... Rdc8 (
30... Rc6 $19) 31. Rge3 R8c6 32. Qb5 Qc7 (32... Rb6 $19) 33. Qb3 Ng4 34. Rxe6
Rxe6 35. Nxe6 Qh2+ 36. Kf1 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Re4+ 38. Kf3 Qxe1 39. Qxb7 Qe2+ 40. Kg3
Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Meister, Jakob"]
[Black "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 e6 4. c4 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qb3 {Another continuations are:} (10. Rc1 $5 dxc4 11. Bxc4
b5 (11... Ne5 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Na4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Rb8 15. O-O Bd7 16. Qb3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Miles,Anthony J-Tarjan,James Edward/Hastings7677 (7) ;EXT 99 1976 (27)}
) 12. Bd3 Ne5 (12... Bb7 13. Ne4 (13. O-O Qe7 14. Qe2 Rac8 $11 {1-0 Vidmar,
Milan Sr-Berger,Johann Nepomuk/Vienna (10) ;HCL 1907 (43)}) 13... Nxe4 14. Bxe4
Rc8 $11) 13. Nxe5 (13. Be4 Rb8 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bf3 Qe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ivkov,
Borislav-Outerelo,Manuel/Sevilla op ;EXT 97 1989 (46)}) 13... Bxe5 14. O-O Bb7
15. Qe2 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Qe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rubinstein,Akiba-Schlechter,Carl/
Karlsbad ;HCL 1907 (25)}) (10. Bd3 dxc4 $11) (10. Be2 dxc4 $11) (10. Qc2 {
-mainline}) (10. cxd5 {-mainline}) 10... dxc4 (10... Qe7 $2 {[%csl Rd5]} 11.
cxd5 (11. Be2 $2 dxc4 12. Qxc4 e5 13. e4 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Del Bosco,
Roberto-Tsuboi,Edson Kenji/BRA-ch 51th Cabo Frio (7) ;EXT 2000 1984 (43)})
11... exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Rd8 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Rac8
17. Qb3 $14) 11. Bxc4 (11. Qxc4 e5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Qh4 Bf5 14. Qg5 Bg6 15. Nh4
Rfd8 $11 {0-1 Morales,Julian-Cramling,Pia/Gran Canaria op2 ;EXT 97 1989 (24)})
11... b5 (11... Qe7 12. O-O b5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. a4 Bxb4 16. axb5
Na5 17. Rxa5 Bxa5 18. bxa6 Bd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bf1 $15 {Suarez,JM-Reinhardt,
Enrique Heinrich/Buenos Aires-ch (4) ;MCD 1959/1-0 (51)}) 12. Be2 (12. Bd3 Bb7
13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Rc8 15. Rc1 Qe7 16. O-O $11 (16. Bb1 Ne5 $1 17. Nxe5
Rxc1+ 18. Bxc1 Bxe5 19. f4 $4 Bxg2 {0-1 Rethy,Pal-Maroczy,Geza/Budapest ;EXT
99 1932})) 12... Bb7 $11 {Black equalized.} (12... e5 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. Nd5 Rc8
15. O-O Re8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Rd2 Rcd8 18. Rfd1 h6 19. h3 Qe7 $11 {Meulders,
Richard-Becker,Dieter/BEL-chT9697 (10) ;EXT 98 1997/1-0 (47)}) 13. Rd1 ({
Precisely is} 13. O-O Ne5 14. Nxe5 (14. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qc7
17. h3 Rad8 18. Rac1 Qb7 19. Kg2 $15 {0-1 Kivimaki,Jaakko-Pyhala,Antti/
Helsinki op1 (2) ;EXT 2000 1990 (39)}) 14... Bxe5 15. Rfd1 $11) 13... Qe7 14.
O-O Ne5 (14... Rfd8 $11) 15. Nxe5 (15. Nd4 Rac8 $15 {[%cal Ge5c4,Ge5g4]}) 15...
Bxe5 16. f4 $8 (16. Bd3 $2 Ng4 17. h3 (17. g3 Qh4 $1 $19) 17... Nh2 $1 18. Rfe1
Nf3+ $1 19. gxf3 Qg5+ 20. Kf1 Bxf3 21. Re2 Rfd8 $17) 16... Bc7 17. Bf3 (17. Rd3
$2 e5 $1 18. fxe5 (18. f5 Bb6 $17 {[%csl Re3][%cal Ge5e4]}) (18. a4 bxa4 19.
Nxa4 (19. Qxa4 exf4 20. exf4 Rfd8 $17) 19... exf4 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Nc5 Bc6 22.
exf4 Bxf4 $17) 18... Bxe5 $17) 17... Bb6 18. Ne2 ({To equal position lead also
} 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 (18... Bxe3+ 19. Kh1 Qxb7 20. Nxb5 Ng4 21. Nd6 $132) 19. Ne2
Nd5 (19... Ne4 20. Bd4 $11) 20. Bd4 $11) 18... Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Ne4 20. Ng3 (20.
Bd4 $11) 20... Nd6 $1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd6c4] Position is equal, but Black try
to continue to play for win.} (20... Nxg3 21. Rxg3 f6 22. Bd4 $11) 21. Qc3 (21.
Bd4 $11 {Quite good was}) 21... f6 22. Qc6 $2 $17 {The first but not the last
mistake in the game.White miss next strong move of Shariyazdanov.} ({Right was
} 22. Qb3 $132) 22... Rad8 $1 23. Bd4 (23. Qxb6 {White can't take Bb6 because
of} Nc4 24. Rxd8 Nxb6 $19) 23... Nc4 24. Rff1 Rd6 25. Qe4 (25. Qf3 Nxa3 26. Ne4
Rxd4 27. exd4 Qxb4 $17 {[%csl Rd4]}) 25... Qa7 (25... f5 26. Qf3 Nxa3 $17) 26.
Qf3 (26. Bxb6 Qxb6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Rc1 Rd8 (28... Nxa3 29. Rc6 Qd1+ 30. Nf1
$132 {[%csl Ra6,Re6]}) 29. Ne2 e5 30. Nc3 (30. fxe5 Qxe5 $1 (30... fxe5 31. Nc3
) (30... Qd2 31. exf6 $1 Qxe2 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. fxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qe7+ Kg6 35. Qe6+
$11) 31. Qxe5 fxe5 {[%csl Ra3,Re3]} 32. Rc3 Rd1+ 33. Kf2 Ra1 $17) 30... f5 $17)
26... Bxd4 (26... Rfd8) 27. exd4 Rxd4 28. Kh1 $2 $19 ({After} 28. Qf2 {Black
retain advantage, but White can to fight for draw.} Rd7 $17 (28... Rfd8 $4 29.
Ne2 $16)) 28... Rfd8 {Now position of White is hopeless.} (28... Nd2 29. Qc3
Rfd8 30. Rfe1 Qb6 $19) 29. Ne4 (29. Rfe1 e5 30. fxe5 Nxe5 31. Qb3+ Qf7 32. Rxd4
(32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 $19 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gd4d3,Ge5c4]}) 32... Qxb3
33. Rxd8+ Kf7 $19) 29... Qd7 $2 $17 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... e5 $19) 30. Rxd4 $2
$19 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Why not} 30. Nc5 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rd7,Re6]} Qc8 (30... Rxd1
31. Nxd7 Rxf1+ 32. Qxf1 Rxd7 $44) 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Qh3 {[%csl Re6]} Rd2 $17 {
With certain chances for successful resistanse}) 30... Qxd4 31. Re1 e5 32. fxe5
Nxe5 33. Qg3 (33. Qb3+ Kh8 $19) 33... Nd3 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 31st"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2001.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. d4 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 a6 {This position belongs to Accepted Queen Gambit variation with
a little difference: White lost tempo Bf1-d3xc4 comparing to usual Bf1xc4. But
this factor maybe is not so important. Anyway, tempo loss cannot be
recommended!} ({Another mainlines are:} 9... Nbd7) (9... Nc6) 10. Ne5 ({
Here White played also} 10. Qe2 $132) (10. a4 $132) 10... b5 (10... Nbd7 11.
Bd3 Nb6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Helm,L-Gasthofer,A/Ueberlingen am Bodensee 2000/EXT 2001
(34)}) 11. Qf3 Ra7 $1 $15 (11... Qxd4 $6 12. Re1 (12. Qxa8 Qxe5 13. Bb3 $16)
12... Bd6 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Qxb7 Qxf4 15. g3 Qd4 16. Qxa8 Bxe5 17. Bf1 (17. Bb3
$5 $16) 17... Qb6 18. Qf3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Mikhalchishin,A-Varga,Z/Lillafured 1989/
TD (26)}) 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Qh3 b4 $1 {Looks good novelty, but White prepared
surprise...} (13... Bd5 $143 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bc2 Rc7 16. Bd3 Nbd7 17. Bf4 $14
{[%csl Gd3,Gf4] ^^ 1-0 Phiri,M-Kiernan,M/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (41)}) 14. Nxf7
$6 {This move is interesting, brave and unexpected, but not strong.} (14. Ne2
Bd5 $15) 14... Kxf7 $8 15. Qxe6+ (15. Bxe6+ Ke8 16. Ne2 Be4 $1 $17) 15... Ke8
$8 16. Ba4+ Nbd7 $8 17. d5 $5 {White temporary sacrifices another piece! Black
pieces are placed badly, especially Ke8, but material advantage of Black is
important factor also.} bxc3 18. d6 Bd5 ({Badly is} 18... Rf7 $2 19. Bb3 Bd5
20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Bf6 22. bxc3 $14 {[%csl Re8]}) 19. Qe3 Kf7 $2 $132 ({
Black leaves with advantage in case of} 19... Rb7 $1 20. Re1 (20. dxe7 Qxe7 21.
Qxc3 Kf7 $17 {[%cal Gf7g8]}) 20... Rf7 21. bxc3 Qa5 22. Qd4 Kd8 23. dxe7+ Rxe7
24. Rxe7 Kxe7 25. Bc2 Kf7 $17) 20. dxe7 ({Possible also} 20. Qxa7 Bxd6 $8 21.
bxc3 Bb8 22. Qxa6 Qc7 23. g3 $44) 20... Qxe7 21. Qxa7 Qe4 22. f3 Qxa4 23. bxc3
Rc8 $44 24. Re1 $2 $17 {Why not to protect the weak Pc3?} ({Right was} 24. Bd2
$1 Kg8 25. Rfe1 $44) 24... Rxc3 25. Be3 Rc2 {Black took initiative from White
and his pieces placed on dominant positions.} 26. Qd4 {[%csl Ra2]} ({Or} 26.
Bd4 {[%csl Ra2]} Rxa2 $17) 26... Qa5 $2 $44 ({Much better was} 26... Qxd4 27.
Bxd4 Bxa2 28. Rec1 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Bb3 $17) 27. a3 $1 {Now Pa2 survives!} Nc5
28. Rab1 $4 $19 {[%csl Ra3]} ({Why not} 28. Rec1 $1 {with sufficient
compensation:} Nb3 29. Qa7+ Kg6 30. Rxc2 Nxa1 31. Rc1 Nb3 32. Qc7 Qxc7 (32...
Qxa3 33. Qg3+ Kf7 34. Rc7+ Ke6 $44) 33. Rxc7 $44) 28... Qxa3 {We can only
suggest, what did White overlook...} 29. Ra1 Qd3 30. Qxd3 Nxd3 31. Red1 Bc4 {
Position of White hopeless, it is the time to resign...But White continues his
resistance...} 32. Rd2 Rc3 (32... Rxd2 33. Bxd2 Ke6 $19 {[%cal Ga6a1,Gf6d5]})
33. Bd4 Rb3 34. Rc2 Bb5 35. Rc7+ Kg6 36. Rd1 h5 37. Ra7 h4 38. h3 Nh5 39. Kh2
Rb4 40. Bc3 Rc4 $4 $18 {Terrible blunder, maybe in time pressure...Previous
defence took too much resourses.} (40... Ra4 $19) 41. Rxd3 {Suddenly Black's
position became hopeless...} Rc6 42. Re3 Kh6 43. Rae7 Ng3 44. R3e6+ {Enough
miracles. White doesn't want drop his great advantage - nice gift of Z. Kozul.}
Rxe6 45. Rxe6+ Kh7 46. Be1 Nf5 47. Re4 Kg6 48. Bxh4 Nxh4 49. Rxh4 a5 50. Rh8 a4
51. Kg3 Bc6 52. Rc8 Bd5 53. Rc5 Bb3 54. Ra5 Kf6 55. Kf4 Ke6 56. Ke3 Kf6 57. h4
1-0

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Marcelin, Cyril"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} (1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nd4 4. Ng1 e6 5. e3 Nc6 6. d4 d5 7.
Nf3 Nf6 8. a3 a6 9. b3 Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. b4 Ba7 14.
Rd1 Rd8 15. Be2 d4 16. exd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. O-O e5 19. Na4 Bxb2 20.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Qxb2 Qc7 22. c5 Bg4 23. Rd1 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Rd8 25. Nb6 $14 {
1-0 Zueger,B-Wirthensohn,H/Switzerland tt 1994/ (52)}) 1... d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3
c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 $1 {In my opinion, this move is more precise than Nc6}
6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. a3 O-O ({Here can be recommended} 7... dxc4 $1 {with
convenient game for Black - see comments to the game  0-1 Prozhanski,
G-Tsesarsky,I/Israeli semifinal 2000/[Tsesarsky] (23)}) (7... dxc4) 8. b4 Ba7
9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Qc2 Rd8 11. Rd1 Nc6 12. Be2 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15.
O-O e5 16. Bf3 {Another possibilities are:} (16. Na4 $5 Be6 $1 (16... Bd7 17.
Bxd4 Bxa4 18. Qxa4 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 (19. Qc2 Rad8 20. Rxd4 exd4 21. Bd3 g6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Schulte,O/Hamburg simul 1987/(30)}) (19. c5 Qxc5 $1 $17)
19... exd4 20. Bd3 (20. Bf3 d3 21. Qd1 Rd8 22. Qd2 Ne4 23. Qe3 $14 {1-0 Herndl,
H-Sommerbauer,N/AUT-chT 1996/ (44)}) 20... Rd8 21. Qd1 Re8 22. c5 g6 23. Qf3
$14 {1/2-1/2 Dunnington,A-Fecht,H/Liechtenstein op 1988/EXT 88op/ (36)}) (16...
Bg4 17. Bxd4 Rxd4 18. Bxg4 Rxg4 19. Rfe1 Qc7 20. c5 Qc6 (20... Rd4 $14) 21. g3
Re4 $14 (21... Re8 22. Rd6 Qf3 23. Re3 $16 {1-0 Cramling,D-Gruenfeld,Y/Biel
1986/ (28)})) (16... Bxb2 {-see 18..Bxb2 in the game  1-0 Zueger,B-Wirthensohn,
H/Switzerland tt 1994/ (52)}) 17. Bxd4 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 exd4 19. Nb6 Rd8 20. Rd1
g6 $11 {0-1 Kongevold,H-Johnsen,S/Gjovik 1991/ (46)}) (16. c5 g6 17. Bc4 Bg4
18. Rd2 Rd7 19. Qb3 Rad8 $132 {1-0 Paulsen,D-Schlehoefer,R/BL 1988/BL 80/ (33)}
) (16. Rd2 g6 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bd3 e4 $1 (18... Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Ng4+ 20. Ke2 e4
21. Bxe4 Qg5 22. Rd3 $16 {1-0 Hermlin,A-Paldanius,P/Tampere TaSY A 1992/ (36)})
19. Bxe4 (19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. f3 Rxd3 22. Qxd3 Bxd3 23. Rxe7 Bxc4
24. Rxb7 $132) (19. Qb1 $2 Be5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 (21. Bxe4 Bxb2 22. Bxd5
Be5 $19) 21... Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Rxd5 23. Qc1 Qd6+ 24. Kg1 exd3 25. Qc3 f6 26.
Qxf6 Qxf6 27. Bxf6 Kf7 $17) 19... Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Bxe4 22. Rde2
Rac8 23. c5 b6 24. f3 bxc5 25. Rxe4 Qd6 $11) (16. Rfe1 $5 Be6 17. Na4 Bxb2 (
17... a5 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Nc5 axb4 20. axb4 b6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bd3 $14) 18.
Qxb2 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Bd7 20. Nb6 Re8 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Klebel,
M-Dittmar,P/BL2S 1993/ (43)}) 16... Be6 17. c5 h6 {After this move also White
has a little advantage} (17... Bg4 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. h3 Nf6 20. Rfe1 Qe6 21.
Na4 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 e4 23. Nb6 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Re8 25. Rd6 $16 (25. Qd4 Qb3 26. Nc4
h6 27. Na5 Qxa3 28. Nxb7 e3 29. fxe3 Re4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Barredo,L-Estevez
Morales,G/Isla 1992/ (37)})) 18. Na4 Bxb2 (18... Bg4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Bxd4
exd4 21. Qf5 $14) 19. Nxb2 Rac8 (19... a5 $5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.
Qxd1 axb4 23. axb4 e4 24. Be2 Nd5 25. Qd4 Qg5 $132) 20. Rxd8+ $5 {Except of
this move it was possible to play also} (20. Qe2 Qc7 21. Rfe1 $14) (20. Rfe1
$14) 20... Rxd8 21. Re1 (21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 e4 23. Be2 Nd5 24. Qd2 Qf6 $11)
21... e4 $5 22. Bxe4 $2 {White put mistake and drop his advantage.} (22. Be2
$142 {was keep a little advantage} Rd4 23. Qc3 Qd7 (23... Qd8 24. h3 $14) 24.
c6 (24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Qd5 $132) 24... bxc6 25. Bxa6 Qd6 26. h3 $14) 22...
Bf5 23. f3 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Rd4 25. Qc3 (25. Nc4 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Bxe4 27. Qd2 Bc6
$11) 25... Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Qxe4 27. Nc4 {Here position of White is quite
reliable.} Qb1+ 28. Kf2 Qa2+ 29. Nd2 (29. Kf3 $11) 29... Bd7 30. h3 Bc6 31. Kg1
h5 32. Kh2 Qd5 33. Nf3 f6 34. Qe3 Kf7 35. Qf4 $2 $15 ({After} 35. h4 $11 {
It is not visible, how Black can improve his pieces places.}) 35... g5 $1 36.
Qe3 h4 (36... Qe6 $1 37. Qd3 (37. Qc3 Qe2 38. Kg1 Bxf3 39. Qxf3 (39. gxf3 h4
$17) 39... Qxf3 40. gxf3 Ke6 41. Kf2 Kd5 42. Ke3 f5 (42... Kc4 43. Ke4 Kb3 44.
Kf5 Kxa3 45. Kxf6 Kxb4 46. Kxg5 Kxc5 47. f4 Kd6 48. Kg6 Ke7 49. Kg7 Ke6 (49...
a5 50. f5 $18) 50. Kg6 Ke7 $11) 43. Kd3 g4 44. fxg4 fxg4 45. hxg4 hxg4 $19) (
37. Qxe6+ Kxe6 38. Nd4+ Kd5 $17) 37... h4 38. Kg1 Be4 39. Qe3 Bd5 40. Qd3 Qe4
$15) 37. Qc3 (37. Kg1 $15) 37... Qe4 38. Qb3+ $4 $19 {Under Black pressure
White's patience is finished} ({Right was} 38. Qd2 $15) 38... Bd5 39. Qc3 Qf4+
40. Kg1 Qg3 41. Qd3 ({After} 41. Kf1 Bxf3 42. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 43. gxf3 Ke6 {PP
ending is winning for Black} 44. Ke2 Kd5 45. Kd3 f5 $19) 41... Bxf3 42. Qd7+
Kf8 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. Qe7+ Kg6 45. Qe8+ Kf5 46. Qd7+ Ke5 47. Qd6+ (47. Qc7+ Kd4
48. Qxg3 hxg3 49. gxf3 Kc4 $19) 47... Ke4 48. Qxg3 (48. Qe6+ Qe5 49. gxf3+ Kxf3
$19) 48... hxg3 49. gxf3+ {Hecht: '[#] Tempofragen'} Kd5 {Hecht: 'Nicht
schwerer oder leichter auszurechnen war'} (49... Kxf3 {Hecht} 50. a4 f5 51. b5
f4 52. c6 Ke2 53. cxb7 f3 54. b8=Q f2+ 55. Kg2 f1=Q+ 56. Kxg3 Qg1# ({sogar} 
56... Qf3+ 57. Kh2 Qf2+ 58. Kh1 Kf1 {geht und ist witzig})) 50. Kg2 Kc4 51. f4
(51. Kxg3 {Hecht} Kb3 52. Kg4 Kxa3 53. Kf5 Kxb4 54. Kxf6 a5 $19) 51... Kb3 52.
fxg5 fxg5 53. Kxg3 Kxa3 54. Kg4 Kxb4 {Hecht: 'Haarscharf!'} 0-1

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 15th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2002.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Gonzalez Zamora, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.12.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. c4 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. b3 Bd6 (7... Be7
$11) (7... cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 $11) 8. Bb2 (8. cxd5 cxd4 $1 $132) 8... O-O (8...
b6 $2 9. cxd5 exd5 ({Here} 9... cxd4 $2 {is badly in view of:} 10. dxc6 dxc3
11. Bxc3 Qc7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qc2 $16 {[%csl Gc6]}) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Na4 Be7
12. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Knezevic,M-Kluger,G/Budapest 1984/EXT 2003 (24)}) 9. cxd5 (9.
Bd3 dxc4 (9... b6 10. O-O cxd4 (10... Bb7 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13. h3 h6
14. cxd5 exd5 15. Na4 Nd7 16. Bf5 Ncb8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rac1 d4 $132 {1-0
Cobb,J-Headlong,T/Hanham 1994/EXT 2000 (43)}) 11. exd4 Bb7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. cxd5
(13. Qe2 Na5 14. c5 Bb8 15. Bc2 bxc5 16. dxc5 Qc7 17. Na4 d4 18. Bxd4 Bxf3 19.
Qxf3 Qxh2+ 20. Kf1 e5 $132 {1-0 Valiente,C-Bielefeldt,G/Florianopolis 1998/EXT
2003 (33)}) 13... exd5 14. Rc1 Re8 $11 {1-0 Moehring,G-Mueller,K/Leipzig 1975/
MCL (54)}) 10. bxc4 cxd4 11. exd4 e5 (11... b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Ne2 Ne7 14. Ne5
Nf5 15. Qc2 g6 16. Rfe1 Rc8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Schnirch,S-Barten,S/Ruhrgebiet 1996/
EXT 2002 (70)}) 12. d5 Na5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Ng5 Rc8 15. Nge4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bb8
17. c5 f5 $40 {[%csl Re1,Re4,Ge5,Gf5] 0-1 Franco Ocampos,Z-Gallego Eraso,F/
Monzon 1987/EXT 2002 (31)}) (9. Be2 cxd4 10. exd4 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Na4 Ne4
$132 {1-0 Gofshtein,L-Botvinnik,M/Tel Aviv 2000/CBM 77 (42)}) (9. dxc5 Bxc5 10.
Qc2 Qe7 11. b4 Ba7 12. Be2 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. O-O e5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Gofshtein,L-Saldano,H/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92 no vc (47)}) 9... exd5 10.
Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc7 (11... Re8 12. Nf3 Bc7 $132) 12. O-O Qd6 13. g3 {[%csl
Gg3][%cal Gc7g3]} Bh3 14. Re1 Rfe8 ({Strong was} 14... Bb6 $1 {Pg3 shortens
the diagonal h2-b8, so dark squares B shoul look for another one: g1-a7
diagonal.} 15. Na4 Ba7 $132 {[%csl Gd4]}) 15. Rc1 Nxd4 $6 $14 {In such PP
structure a side that has an isolated P should avoid pieces exchanges. The
last capture is in White's favour.} ({Again good was} 15... Bb6 $132) 16. Qxd4
Bb6 17. Qh4 Bd7 (17... Be6 18. Bf3 $14) 18. Bf3 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Rd5][%cal Gf3b7]}
Qe6 ({Probably Black intended to play here} 18... d4 $2 19. exd4 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1
Qxd4 21. Qxd4 Bxd4 22. Rd1 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rd4]}) 19. Ne2 Ne4 $6 $16 (19... Qf5
$142 20. Qf4 ({Not} 20. Nf4 $2 d4 $1 $17 {[%cal Gg7g5]}) 20... Ne4 21. Qxf5
Bxf5 22. Bd4 $14 {[%csl Rd5]}) 20. Nf4 {[%csl Rd5,Re6][%cal Gb2g7]} Qf5 21.
Rcd1 {[%csl Rd5]} d4 ({Loses by force} 21... Nxf2 $2 22. Rxd5 (22. Kxf2 Qc2+
$17) 22... Nh3+ 23. Kg2 Nxf4+ 24. gxf4 Qc2+ (24... Qe6 25. f5 Qe7 26. Qxe7 Rxe7
27. f6 $18 {[%csl Rd7,Re7]}) 25. Re2 Qc7 26. Qg5 $18) 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 {
White won whole P and Black hasn't any compensation. However, the game will be
finished very fast...} Bc6 (23... g5 24. g4 Qf6 25. Qh3 Bc6 26. Nd5 $16 (26.
Nh5 Qg6 27. Qg2 $16)) 24. Qh5 Qf6 (24... Qxh5 25. Bxh5 $16) 25. Qg4 Qh6 $6 {
[%csl Rh6]} (25... Rad8 $16) 26. Bg2 a5 27. Rc1 Nf6 28. Qf5 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 {
[%csl Rh6]} 1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Qd3 (12. Bd3 g6 13. Bc2 Nd5 14. Bh6
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Re8 16. Re1 Rc8 $132 {1-0 Kawaciukova,Z-Prochazkova,D/CZE-chW
1992/[Kostakiev] (56)}) 12... Nd5 (12... Na5 $6 13. Ba2 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxd4 15.
b4 Qe5 (15... Nc4 16. Rad1 $18) 16. Bf4 Qh5 17. bxa5 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Bxa3 $16) (
12... Rc8 13. Rad1 (13. Bb3 a6 (13... Nd5 14. Bc2 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Ne4 Ncb4
17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Qb5 Nxc2 19. Qe5 f6 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Qf7 $18 {1-0 Gouliev,
L-Lundin,A/Moscow-ch ,EXT 1995/[Kostakiev] (40)}) 14. Rad1 b5 15. Ne5 Nd5 16.
Bxd5 Bxg5 17. Be4 h6 18. f4 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Qd5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Guliev,L-Podgaets,M/Moscow 1995/Inf 11/ (36)}) (13. Ba2 Re8 14. Rad1 Nd5 $142
$5 (14... Rc7 $2 {-See comments to the game  1-0 Konikowski,J-Nilsson,L/corr
1997/CBM 61/[Konikowski] (24)})) 13... Qc7 14. Ba2 Rfd8 15. Bb1 (15. Rfe1 h6 (
15... Na5 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Nb5 $1 (17. Bd2 $132 {0-1 Guerra,E-Pierrot,F/La
Coruna TH ,EXT 1995/ (25)}) 17... Qc2 18. Bxe7 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Nxe7 20. Nxf7 $1
$16) 16. Bh4 Qd7 $132) 15... g6 16. Qe2 Ng4 17. g3 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Nf6 19. Qe3
Ne7 $1 (19... Qe7 20. h4 Na5 21. Ba2 {1/2-1/2 Rossmann,H-Starck,B/DDR 1985/ 
(21)}) 20. Qe5 (20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kg7 $17) 20... Ned5 $15) (12... h6 $5)
13. Bxd5 Bxg5 (13... exd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Rfe1 $14 {[%csl Rb7] 1/2-1/2 Bode,
W-Zlatilov,I/Porz op25 ,EXT 1990/ (22)}) 14. Be4 g6 (14... f5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16.
Bf3 {-See comments to the game 1-0 Alekhine,A-Richter,K/Munich 1942/[Kostakiev]
(46)}) (14... h6 15. Rad1 (15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. f4 Qf6 17. f5 exf5 18. Nd5 Qd6 19.
Rxf5 $132 {0-1 Del Rio,R-Campora,D/Oviedo 1992/ (36)}) 15... f5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 (
16... hxg5 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Rfe1 $16 {[%csl Re5,Re6]}) 17. Bf3 $11) 15. Rad1 (
15. Qb5 Bf6 16. Bxc6 a6 17. Qc4 (17. Qa4 b5 18. Bxb7 bxa4 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20.
Nxa4 Rd8 $17 {1/2-1/2 Justo,D-Menendez,D/Buenos Aires GEBA 1992/ (45)}) 17...
Rc8 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rxc6 $11) ({Interesting is} 15. d5 $5 exd5 16. Bxd5
Bh6 (16... Bf6 17. Rad1 {-like in this game}) 17. Rad1 Na5 18. h3 Bg7 19. b4
Bxc3 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qxc3 Qf6 22. Ne5+ (22. Rd7+ $4 Kg8 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24.
bxa5 Bxf3 25. gxf3 bxa5 {1/2-1/2 Hort,V-Tringov,G/Amsterdam IBM 1970/
[Kostakiev] (25)}) 22... Kg8 23. bxa5 $16) 15... Bf6 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Kg7 (
17... Rc8 18. Qb1 (18. Ne4 Rc7 (18... Bxb2 19. Qb1 $18 {[%csl Rb2,Rd8][%cal
Gd5f7]}) 19. Rd2 $14) 18... Qd7 19. Ne4 Qf5 20. Qa2 Be7 21. Rfe1 Rfd8 22. Ng3
Qf6 23. h4 Rc7 24. Ng5 Bf8 25. N3e4 (25. Ne6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 Qf7 $15) 25... Qf5
26. Bxf7+ $18 {1-0 Pfleger,H-Weidemann,J/BL 1983/ (46)}) 18. Qb1 Qc7 19. Ne4
Qf4 (19... Be7 $5 20. Qc2 {[%cal Gc2c3]} Rac8 21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23.
Qxf6 Ne7 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Rfe1 Nd5 $11) 20. Nxf6 (20. Qc1 Qxc1 21. Rxc1 Bxb2 (
21... Rac8 22. Nd6 Rfd8 23. Nxc8 Rxd5 24. b4 Bb2 25. Rb1 Bxa3 26. b5 Bxc8 27.
bxc6 Rd6 $14) 22. Bxc6 Rac8 23. Bxb7 Rxc1 $132) 20... Qxf6 21. b4 Rad8 22. h3 (
22. Rfe1 Rfe8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. b5 Na5 25. Bxb7 Nxb7 $11) 22... Rd7 23. b5 Nd4
24. Bxb7 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Rxb7 26. Qb4 Re8 27. Rd6 (27. Rfe1 Rbe7 28. Kh2 Re4 29.
Qd6 $11) 27... Qc3 28. Re1 $2 $17 {White put mistake, and Black position
become be better.} ({Right was} 28. Qa4 $11 {[%cal Gd6c6] and White pieces
collaborate well.}) 28... Ree7 $2 $11 ({After} 28... Qxb4 $1 29. axb4 {[%csl
Rb4,Rb5]} Rbe7 {[%csl Rb4,Rb5] Black has clear advantage:} 30. Kh2 (30. Ra1 Nc3
31. Nd4 Ne4 32. Rd5 Nxf2+ $17 (32... Nc3 33. Rd6 Ne4 34. Rd5 Nxf2+ $17)) 30...
Nc3 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Nd4 Ne4 33. Rd8 Nxf2 34. Nc6 Rc7 35. Ra8 Nd3 $17) 29. Kh2
$2 $17 ({Why not} 29. Qh4 $1 Ng3+ (29... Qxa3 30. Qf6+ $18) (29... Re8 30. a4
$132) 30. Qxg3 Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Kh2 Re7 $11) 29... Qc7 $2 $11 {[%csl
Rd6][%cal Gc7h2]} (29... Qxb4 30. axb4 Nc3 $17 {[%csl Rb5]}) 30. g3 $2 $17 {
[%csl Rf3] Ununderstandable mistakes comedy...} (30. Kh1 Qc3 31. Qh4 $132)
30... Qc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3f3] and White can't play Qh4!} 31. Qxc3+ Nxc3 32. Rxe7
Rxe7 33. Nd4 Ne4 34. Rd8 Nxf2 {At last was created position noted in previous
variations (after change ...Qxb4 axb) but with not important difference: Pa3
instead of Pb4. Here also Black has advantage!} 35. Kg2 Ne4 36. Nc6 Rc7 37. Ra8
Nc3 38. Rxa7 $6 ({Also} 38. Nxa7 {[%cal Ga7c8]} Rb7 $17 {and White pieces in
Zugzvang:} 39. Rc8 $1 {the best chance!} (39. Kf3 f5 40. g4 $5 fxg4+ 41. hxg4
Kh6 42. Kg3 (42. Nc6 Nxb5 43. a4 Rf7+ $17) 42... Kg5 43. a4 Nxa4 44. Nc6 Nc5
$17) (39. g4 h6 (39... f5 40. g5 h6 41. h4 hxg5 42. hxg5 Ne4 43. Nc8 Nxg5 44.
Ra6 $132) 40. Kf3 Rd7 41. Ke3 Rd5 42. Rb8 Nxb5 43. Nxb5 Rxb5 44. a4 Rb4 $17)
39... Nb1 40. Nc6 (40. Ra8 Nxa3 $17) 40... Nxa3 41. Rb8 Rxb8 42. Nxb8 Nxb5 43.
Nd7 Nd4 44. Nxb6 f5 $17 {and maybe there is not enough material for winning.})
38... Nxb5 39. Rxc7 Nxc7 {This NN endgame - like PP endgame - is lost for White
} 40. a4 Kf6 41. a5 b5 $1 42. Kf3 (42. Nb4 Ke5 43. a6 Kd4 44. a7 Kc4 $19) 42...
Ke6 43. Ke4 Kd6 (43... f5+ $6 44. Kd4 Kd6 45. Nd8 Na6 46. Nf7+ Ke7 47. Ng5 h6
48. Nf3 Ke6 49. h4 Kd6 50. Ne5 Nb8 $15) 44. Nd8 f6 $1 45. Kd4 Na6 46. Nb7+ Kc6
47. Nd8+ Kc7 48. Ne6+ Kd6 49. Nd8 Nb8 {[%cal Gb8c6]} 50. Nf7+ (50. Kc3 Kd7 (
50... Nc6 51. a6 $1) 51. Nf7 Nc6 $19) 50... Ke6 51. Nd8+ Kd7 52. Nf7 {
Slowly-slowly Black improve his position.} Nc6+ 53. Kc5 Nxa5 54. Kxb5 Nb7 {
[%csl Rf7] White N is catched!} 55. Kc4 (55. Nh6 Nd6+ 56. Kb4 (56. Kc5 Ne4+ $19
) 56... f5 57. g4 Ke6 $19) 55... Nd6+ 56. Nxd6 Kxd6 57. Kd4 f5 58. g4 (58. h4
h6 59. Ke3 Ke5 60. Kf3 g5 $19) 58... Ke6 59. gxf5+ gxf5 {This theoretical
position is winning. Position with Black Ph6 and White Ph2 is drawn!} (59...
Kxf5 60. Ke3 $11) 60. Ke3 Ke5 61. Kf3 f4 62. Kf2 Ke4 63. Ke2 f3+ 64. Kf2 Kf4
65. h4 h5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.25"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. a3 e6 5. e3 d5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 g6 {
The idea of this continuation is obvious: to develop Bf8 to g7. Is it better
than e7? No, but this variation is not risky. Black can play this variation.} (
{Mainlines are:} 7... Ne4) (7... dxc4) (7... Be7 {-most popular line.}) 8. cxd5
({Worth of attention} 8. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Gc4d5] with the idea to get rid of
isolated central Pd4:} Bg7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 {Black is able to equalize:} ({
Interesting is also} 10. Bb5 {like in mentioned below game Balashov-Lastin})
10... h6 $5 (10... Be6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Na4 $1 Qc7 (13... Qxd4 $1
14. Nxc6 Qxd1 15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Raxd1 Rfe8 {[%csl Re2][%cal Ge8e2]} 17. Nxd5 $11
) 14. Bf4 g5 (14... Nd7 $4 15. Nxg6 {1-0 Votruba,P-Josephson,A/Stockholm 1980/
MCD (15)}) 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Nxc6 Nxg3 17. fxg3 Qxc6 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. Qd2 $132)
11. Be3 (11. Bf4 $5) 11... O-O 12. Ne5 (12. O-O Re8 $11) 12... Ne7 {[%cal
Ge7f5]} 13. f3 Nf5 14. Bf2 h5 $132 {0-1 Hedman,E-Bezgodov,A/Aars 1999/EXT 2000
(24)}) (8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 b6 11. Re1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bb7 13. Bg5 Ne7
14. Ne5 h6 15. Be3 Nfd5 $132 {0-1 Burger,K-Hurme,H/Jarvenpaa 1982/MCL (78)})
8... Nxd5 {Black wants to play against isolated P d4.} (8... exd5 9. Bb5 Bg7
10. Qe2+ Be6 11. Ng5 Qe7 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Rd1 Qd6 15. O-O $14 {
1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Lastin,A/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 379 (37)}) 9. Bb5
Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 {Bb5 is better than Nc6. The last move allows Black
to equalize. Probably anyway Black has playable position.} (11. Re1 $5 $132)
11... Nxc3 $5 12. bxc3 bxc6 {[%cal Gc6c5]} 13. Qa4 c5 $6 $14 {Premature.} ({
Reliable was} 13... Qc7 {with inevitable c6-c5=} 14. Re1 c5 $11) 14. dxc5 $1 {
This move makes some troubles for Black. Pc5 potencially can be dangerous.} Bb7
({Or} 14... Qc7 15. c6 e5 16. Rb1 $14) (14... Bxc3 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Rac1 Bg7 17.
Qe4 Ba6 18. Bf4 Qa5 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. a4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rc8 22. Bd6 $14) 15.
Be3 Bxf3 ({White retains steady slight advantage in case of} 15... Bxc3 $142 $1
16. Rac1 Bxf3 17. Rxc3 (17. gxf3 Qf6 18. Rfd1 Rfc8 19. Kg2 $14 (19. Rd3 Rxc5 $1
)) 17... Bd5 $14) 16. gxf3 Bxc3 17. Rab1 Qc7 $2 $16 {Allows to White to
increase his advadtage:} ({More active was} 17... Qf6 $14) 18. Rfc1 Be5 19. f4
$1 Bg7 $6 $18 ({More stubborn was} 19... Bf6 $16 {[%cal Gf6d8] in order to
transfer Bf6 to c7.}) 20. c6 {[%csl Gc6]} e5 {[%csl Rg1] Black tries to
arrange counterplay against white K, but it is impossible.} (20... Rfb8 $144
21. Rxb8+ Qxb8 (21... Rxb8 22. Qxa7 Qxa7 23. Bxa7 Rc8 24. a4 $18) 22. c7 $18)
21. Rb7 Qd8 22. Qc4 ({Or} 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Qg4 Qd6 24. c7 {[%cal Gc7c8]} Rac8
25. Rxa7 Bxh2+ 26. Kg2 Be5 27. a4 $16 {[%csl Ga4,Gc7][%cal Ga4a5]}) 22... exf4
23. Bxf4 Qf6 (23... Rc8 24. Rxa7 $18) 24. c7 Rac8 25. Bg3 Qf5 (25... Rfe8 26.
Rxa7 $18) 26. Qc5 {White wants to exchange QQ. It will simplify his advantage
realisation.} Qg4 27. Rb4 Qd7 28. Qxa7 h5 (28... f5 29. Qa4 $18) 29. Qa4 Qe6
30. Qc6 Qf5 31. Qc5 Qd7 32. Rb8 Qg4 33. Qc4 Qf5 (33... Bd4 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35.
Qd5 h4 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qxh4 $18) 34. a4 g5 {too late.} 35. Qb5 Qg4 36. h3 $1
Qxh3 37. Qxg5 f6 38. Qd5+ Kh7 39. Rb4 {[%csl Rh5,Rh7][%cal Gb4h4] White
changes direction...} 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen CU 75th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2002.02.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2002.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Rd1 {Here Black has wide choice:}
Rc8 (12... Qc8 $6 {Interesting idea - to prepare Bb7-a6 and Rf8-d8 - is wrong
idea...} 13. Bg5 Na5 14. Ba2 Ba6 15. Nb5 $6 ({Quite strong was} 15. Qc2 Rd8 (
15... Bc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 (16... Nxc4 17. Qe2 Nd6 18. Rac1 $16) 17. Ne5 Qb3 (
17... Qc7 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. b4 Nb7 20. Qe2 Qd8 21. Qf3 Nd6 22. Nc6 $16) 18. Qe2
Nd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Rd3 Nd5 21. Rg3 $40) 16. Rac1 {[%cal Ga2b1]} Bc4 17. b4
Bxa2 18. Qxa2 Nb7 19. Ne5 $16) 15... Qe8 $6 (15... Rd8 $132) (15... h6 $132)
16. a4 h6 (16... Nd5 $6 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Qf5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Rd8 20. Re1 f6 21.
Qe6+ Rf7 22. b4 $16 {1-0 Khodos,G-Seredenko,V/Novosibirsk 1961/EXT 2000 (33)})
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Bb1 g6 19. b4 Nc6 20. Qd2 $14) (12... Nd5 $6 13. Nxd5 $1 (13.
Ne4 $6 h6 14. Ba2 Rc8 15. Ne5 f5 $2 16. Qh3 (16. Nc3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 $16) 16...
Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 $15 {0-1 Barczay,L-Panov,V/Skopje 1970/EXT 2001 (24)}) 13...
exd5 14. Bb3 Bf6 15. Re1 Ne7 16. h4 Bc8 17. Bg5 Bf5 18. Qe3 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Be6
20. Rac1 $14 {1-0 Janosevic,D-Schroeder,W/Dortmund 1987/TD (29)}) (12... Na5
13. Ba2 Rc8 (13... Bd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bd2 Bf6 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18.
Rc1 (18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Bxa5 bxa5 20. Qb5 $14) 18... Qd8 19. Qa6 $14 {1-0
Nikcevic,N-Ikonomou,G/Ikaria 1993/EXT 97 (35)}) 14. b4 (14. Bg5 $5) 14... Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Qc7 $1 (15... Nc4 16. Qd3 Nd5 17. Nb5 Nd6 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nc3 Nf5 (
19... Ne8 $2 {1-0 Meijers,V-Kasnitz,M/GER 1998/EXT 2000 (46)})) 16. Nb5 Qd7 17.
bxa5 Qxb5 18. axb6 axb6 $132) (12... h6 $6 {[%csl Rh6] Needless K fortress
weakening.} 13. Bb3 (13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bf6 16. Qf5 Qc8 17. Qh5
Ne7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 $11) 13... Na5 14. Bc2 Qc8 15. Ne5 Ba6 16. Qg3 {[%csl Rh6]
[%cal Gc1h6]} Kh8 17. Qh3 $40 {1-0 Paglilla,C-Ruiz Diez,J/Martinez Valle 1993/
EXT 98 (28)}) (12... a6 13. Ba2 b5 14. Bg5 b4 15. Bb1 g6 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Qe2
Re8 18. Ne5 $14 {1-0 Saulin,D-Stepovoj,V/Kstovo 1994/CBM 42 ext (37)}) 13. Ba2
(13. Bf4 Na5 14. Ba2 Nd5 15. Bb1 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Ne4 Nf6 18. Nfg5 $6 {
NN exchange is in Black's favour in this type of position.} (18. Ned2 Nc6 $132)
18... Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qd5 $15 {0-1 Chipev,T-Radev,N/Sofia 1960/EXT 99 (48)}) (13.
Bg5 Nd5 14. Ne4 (14. Bxd5 Bxg5 15. Be4 g6 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Qe3 (17. Rac1 Rfd8
$11) 17... Qxe3 18. fxe3 Na5 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Rac1 Nd6 $132 {0-1 Levitt,J-De
Firmian,N/Las Vegas 1992/EXT 98 (86)}) 14... f5 15. Bxe7 fxe4 16. Bxd8 exd3 17.
Bxd5 exd5 18. Bg5 Ba6 19. Be3 $11 (19. Bd2 Rxf3 20. gxf3 Nxd4 $17 {0-1
Moehring,G-Szilagyi,G/Zinnowitz 1965/EXT 2001 (31)})) ({Worth of attention} 13.
Bb3 $5 {with the same ideas - like in the game.} Qd6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Nh5 16.
d5 exd5 (16... Bxh4 17. dxc6 Qxd3 18. Rxd3 Ba6 19. Rd7 Bf6 20. Rxa7 $16 {
0-1 Garcia Martinez,S-Armas,J/Camaguey 1987/EXT 97 (68)}) 17. Nxd5 Bxh4 18.
Nxh4 Ne7 19. Nf5 Nxf5 20. Qxf5 g6 21. Qg4 $14) 13... Re8 (13... Qc7 14. Bg5
Rfd8 15. Qe2 Ng4 $5 {[%csl Rd4,Rh2][%cal Gc7h2,Gg4h2]} (15... Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5
17. Qd3 Qd6 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Re1 $14 {1-0 Tal,M-Brinck Claussen,B/La Habana
1966/MCD/ (45)}) 16. Nb5 ({On} 16. Bxe6 {goes} Nxd4 $1 17. Rxd4 Bxf3 $1 (17...
Rxd4 $2 18. Bxg4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Bxg5 20. Bxc8 Qxc8 21. Re1 h6 $11) 18. Rxd8+
Rxd8 19. Qxf3 Qxh2+ 20. Kf1 Qh1+ 21. Ke2 Qxa1 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Qxe7 Qxb2+ 24.
Kf3 Ne5+ 25. Kg3 Qxc3+ $19) {At least draw has Black in case of} 16... Nxd4 $1
(16... Ba6 $2 17. Qxe6 $3 Bxb5 18. Qxg4 Be2 19. Bf4 (19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Re1 Bxf3
21. Qxf3 Qd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Polugaevsky,L-Tal,M/Tbilisi 1956/EXT 99 (48)}) 19...
Qd7 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. d5 Bxd1 22. dxc6 Rxc6 23. Ne5 Rcd6 24. Nxf7 Rd4 25. Ne5+
$16) 17. Nbxd4 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxh2+ 20. Kf1 Qh1+ 21. Ke2 Qxa1 22.
Bxe7 Qxb2+ 23. Rd2 Qe5+ 24. Kd1 Qa1+ 25. Ke2 Nh2 26. Qb7 Qf1+ 27. Ke3 Qe1+ 28.
Kd3 Qf1+ 29. Ke3 Qe1+ $11) (13... a6 14. Bg5 b5 15. Rac1 Re8 16. b4 Nd5 17. h4
Ncxb4 $1 (17... Nf6 $2 18. d5 $16 {1-0 Letelier Martner,R-O'Kelly de Galway,A/
Leipzig 1960/MCD (24)}) 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Qd2 Bxf3 20. gxf3 h6 21. Be3 Bxh4 $44
) (13... Rc7 14. Bf4 (14. Be3 Rd7 15. Rac1 Bd6 16. Bb1 Ne7 17. Bg5 Ng6 18. Bxf6
Qxf6 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Nxd6 Rxd6 21. Ne5 Rfd8 $15 {[%csl Rd4] 0-1 Voitsekhovsky,
S-Kharlov,A/Kuibishev 1990/CBM 21 (40)}) 14... Rd7 15. Qe3 Ng4 16. Qe2 Nf6 17.
Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qa8 $11 {1-0 Janosevic,D-Cuijpers,F/Venice 1980/EXT 99 (71)})
(13... Qd7 14. Bg5 (14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qg4 17. h3 Qh5 $132)
14... Rfd8 15. Rac1 h6 (15... Ne8 $2 16. d5 $16 {1-0 Dussol,P-Baron,D/St
Quentin 1999/EXT 2000 (19)}) 16. Be3 Qe8 17. Qe2 Bd6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Vila Dupla,
A-Perez Prado,J/ESP 1992/EXT 98 (87)}) (13... Nd5 14. Ne4 (14. Nxd5 exd5 15.
Bf4 $14) 14... Qd7 15. Bg5 Rfd8 16. Re1 Rc7 17. Rad1 Qe8 18. Bb1 g6 19. h4 $132
{1-0 Johansson,J-Wedberg,T/SWE 1993/EXT 2000 (36)}) ({More popular is} 13...
Qd6 {[%cal Gf8d8]} 14. Bg5 Rfd8 15. Bb1 (15. Rac1 h6 (15... g6 16. Qe2 Nd5 17.
Ne4 Qd7 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Re8 21. Qd2 Qf5 22. Be5 Ba6 23.
Re1 f6 24. Bd6 Qd7 25. Bg3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Mason,D-Houska,J/Birmingham ENG 2001/
The Week in Chess (72)}) 16. Bxf6 (16. Bh4 Nh5 17. Ne4 Qf4 18. Bg3 Nxg3 19.
hxg3 Nb4 $1 $17 (19... Qg4 20. Bb1 Kf8 21. Qe3 Qh5 $15 {1-0 Pokorna,
R-Lagvilava,G/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (66)})) 16... Bxf6 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Nxf6+
Qxf6 19. Kf1 Rd6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Webb,S-Pritchett,C/Brighton 1977/EXT 99 (24)}) (
15. Qe2 h6 $132 (15... Qb8 $2 16. d5 $1 exd5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 Rd6 19.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Rd7 Rf8 21. Ng5 Nd8 22. Rad1 $16 {1-0 Tibensky,R-Bouaziz,S/
Sousse 1996/EXT 99 (41)})) 15... g6 16. Ba2 Ng4 $1 $132 (16... Na5 17. Ne5 a6
18. Re1 {[%csl Re6,Rf7][%cal Ga2f7]} Ng4 (18... Qxd4 19. Qe2 $16) 19. Qg3 Nxe5
(19... Bxg5 20. Qxg4 $18 {[%csl Re6,Rf7][%cal Ge5f7] and a2-g8 diagonal will
be exploded.}) 20. dxe5 Qd7 21. Rad1 Qe8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Bxe7
Qxe7 25. Qf4 Kg7 26. h4 h6 27. Rd6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Podgaets,M-Palatnik,S/Tbilisi
1973/MCD (42)})) 14. Bf4 Bf8 $2 $16 {Serious mistake.} ({Right was} 14... Bd6
15. Be5 Bb8 16. Bxb8 Nxb8 17. Ne5 Re7 $132) 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 h6 ({
Immediately loses} 16... Nxd5 17. Bxd5 {[%csl Rf7,Rh7][%cal Gf3g5] Threatening
Ng5.} h6 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qb3+ Re6 20. Rxd8 $18) 17. Qf5 $1 Nxd5 $8 18. Rxd5
Qf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7,Rh6]} 20. Rd7 Re7 (20... Nd8 21. Nd4 $1 $16)
21. Rad1 Rce8 (21... Ne5 22. Rxe7 Bxe7 23. Nxe5 fxe5 24. Bxe5 Rc2 25. Bb3 Re2
26. Bc3 Bc6 $16 (26... Bc5 27. Rd8+ $18)) 22. h3 $22 Bc8 (22... Ba6 23. Rxe7
Rxe7 24. Rd6 {[%csl Rc6,Rf6]} Ne5 25. Nxe5 fxe5 26. Bxh6 Bxh6 27. Rxh6 $16) 23.
Rxe7 Nxe7 ({Serious advantage White keeps also in case of} 23... Rxe7 24. b4
Bb7 25. Bd5 Rd7 26. Rd2 a5 27. b5 Ne5 28. Bxb7 Rxb7 29. Bxe5 fxe5 30. Nxe5 Bxa3
31. Rd7 Rxd7 (31... Rb8 32. Nxf7 Bf8 33. Ra7 (33. Ne5 $2 Ra8 (33... a4 34. Ra7
Re8 35. f4 $16) 34. Nc6 a4 35. Rd2 a3 36. Ra2 Kf7 $44) 33... Rc8 34. f4 Rc5 35.
Nd8 Rxb5 36. Ne6 Bb4 37. g4 Bc3 38. h4 Rd5 (38... Rb4 39. g5 $18 {[%csl Rg8]})
39. g5 hxg5 40. hxg5 b5 {[%cal Gc3d4]} 41. Kg2 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg5g6]})
32. Nxd7 Bb4 33. Nxb6 Kf8 34. Kf1 Ke7 35. Ke2 Kd6 36. Na4 Kd5 37. Kd3 $16) 24.
Re1 {Domination. Black is paralysed totally.} (24. Rd6 Bg7 25. Bc4 {[%cal
Gc4b5]} Nf5 26. Rd1 Be6 27. Bb5 Rc8 28. g4 Ne7 29. Nd4 Rd8 30. Rd2 (30. Rd3 Rd5
31. Bc4 Rd7 32. Nxe6 Rxd3 33. Bxd3 fxe6 34. Bd2 $14) 30... Ng6 31. Nxe6 Rxd2
32. Bxd2 fxe6 33. Bc4 Kf7 34. f4 Ke7 35. Bd3 Kf7 36. Kf2 $16) 24... Bd7 25. Nh4
(25. Nd4 $16) 25... f5 (25... Kg7 26. Bd6 $16) 26. Bd6 Kg7 (26... f4 27. Bxf4
Bg7 28. b4 $16) 27. Re3 $22 f4 (27... a6 28. Kf1 f6 29. Ke1 b5 30. b4 Bc8 31.
Nf3 $16) 28. Bxf4 Ng6 29. Rxe8 Bxe8 30. Nxg6 fxg6 (30... Kxg6 31. Bb1+ f5 32.
g4 Bd7 33. Be5 Kg5 34. f3 (34. f4+ Kh4 35. gxf5 Kxh3 36. Be4 $14) 34... h5 35.
gxh5 Kxh5 36. Kg2 $16) 31. Be5+ Kh7 32. f4 Bc5+ 33. Kh2 Bc6 $6 $18 ({More
stubborn was} 33... h5 {in order to exchange pair of PP after} 34. g4 hxg4 35.
hxg4 Bd7 36. Kg3 {Of course, White's position remains difficult.} a5 37. Bd5 (
37. Bf7 b5 38. f5 $2 gxf5 39. g5 Bf8 40. Kf4 a4 $11) 37... a4 38. Be4 b5 39.
Bc3 (39. f5 gxf5 40. gxf5 b4 41. axb4 Bxb4 42. Kf4 Bd2+ 43. Kf3 Bb4 44. Ke3 Kg8
45. Kd4 Be8 46. Kc4 Be7 47. Kd5 $16) 39... Kh6 40. Kf3 Be6 41. g5+ Kh7 42. Bc6
Bc4 43. Ke4 Bf1 44. Bd7 Bc4 45. f5 gxf5+ 46. Bxf5+ Kg8 47. Kf4 $16) 34. g4 Be4
35. Kg3 a5 36. Bf7 Bc6 ({Or} 36... Bf8 37. h4 Bg7 38. h5 (38. Be6 Bc6 39. Bxg7
Kxg7 40. g5 $18) 38... g5 39. Be6 Bc6 40. Bxg7 Kxg7 41. fxg5 hxg5 42. Kf2 Kf6
43. Bf5 Kg7 44. Ke3 $18) 37. h4 b5 38. Bc3 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Be5 Be3 41. h5
gxh5 ({Or} 41... g5 42. f5 Bc5 43. Be6 Bb7 44. f6 Be4 45. f7 Bf8 46. Bb3 Be7
47. Kf2 Bc5+ 48. Ke2 Bb1 49. Bc4 $18) 42. gxh5 Be4 43. Kg4 Bc2 44. f5 Bd1+ 45.
Kg3 b3 46. Bg6+ Kg8 47. f6 Bc5 48. Bf4 Be2 49. Bxh6 Bc4 50. Bg7 (50. Kg4 $18)
50... Bf7 51. Bxf7+ Kxf7 52. h6 Kg6 53. Kf3 Bb4 54. Ke2 Bc3 55. f7 Bxg7 56.
hxg7 Kxg7 57. Kd3 Kxf7 58. Kc3 1-0

[Event "USA-ch G2"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 c4 8. Ne5 (
8. b3 b5 9. bxc4 dxc4 10. Ne5 (10. O-O Bb4 11. Qc2 O-O 12. a4 Bb7 13. axb5 Bxc3
14. Qxc3 axb5 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Rfb1 Qd5 (16... Ne4 17. Qb4 Bd5 18. Bb2 Rxa1 19.
Rxa1 Qb6 20. Ne5 Nc6 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. f3 $16 {Tsesarsky}) 17. Ne1 Qd7 18. Bc1
Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Nc6 20. Qb2 $14 {1-0 Sunye Neto,J-Nogueiras,J/Thessaloniki olm
1984 (50)}) 10... Bb7 11. O-O Bb4 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rb1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Christiansen,L-Seirawan,Y/Hastings 1979}) (8. O-O b5 (8... Bd6 9. b3 cxb3 10.
Qxb3 O-O 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Qxa3 Ne4 13. Rfc1 $16 {1-0 Lehmann Karl-Heinz -
Gallus Gerald/Berlin Germany 1984 (50)}) 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. f3 h6 12.
Ngxe4 Be7 13. Ng3 Qd7 14. b3 cxb3 15. axb3 Nc6 16. Be3 Rd8 17. Nce4 Nxd4 18.
Rc1 (18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Nf5 Rd5 $17) 18... Ne6 $17 {0-1 Petkevich,
J-Averkin,O/Erevan 1977 (49)}) 8... b5 (8... Bd6 9. O-O (9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4
dxe4 11. Nxc4 $14) 9... Nbd7 10. f4 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 13. Bxc4 N7b6
(13... N7f6 14. e4 $1 $16) 14. Bb3 $1 (14. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 $8 15. Qh5+ g6 16.
Bxd5+ Nxd5 17. Qxd5+ Be6 $132) 14... Bxe5 (14... Be6 15. a5 $16) 15. fxe5 a5 $2
(15... Be6 16. a5 Nc8 17. Ba4+ Kf8 (17... Ke7 18. e4 $18) 18. e4 Nc7 19. d5 Bd7
20. e6 Bxe6 21. dxe6 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Nxe6 23. Be3 $16) 16. e4 O-O 17. exd5 Nxd5
18. Qh5 $18 {1-0 Cramling Dan-Campos Moreno Javier B/It 1986 (43)}) 9. O-O (9.
Bf3 Bb7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Qc2 Nc6 (11... b4 12. Qa4+ Ke7 $2 (12... Nbd7 13. Nxd7
Qxd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 $15) 13. Ne2 Qc7 14. Ng3 Rc8 15. Nf5+ Kf8 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17.
Qa5 (17. Bd2 $16) 17... Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Bd2 $16 (19. b3 {0-1 Wirthensohn,
H-Kuligowski,A/Luzern olm 1982 (44)})) 12. Nxc6 (12. Qf5 Ne7 13. Qg5 O-O $132)
12... Bxc6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Nxe4 16. d5 (16. Bxe4 Qh4+ 17.
Kg1 Bxe4 18. Re1 f5 $17) 16... Bxd5 (16... Qh4+ 17. Kg1 Bxd5 18. Re1 f5 19. a4
O-O $17) 17. Rd1 f5 $19 {0-1 Sagalchik,G-Gurevich,D/New York op 1997/EXP 57 
(26)}) 9... Bb7 (9... Be7 10. a4 b4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Qb3 Be6 (
13... Bb7 14. e4 $16) (13... Nf6 14. Bxf7+ $16) 14. e4 Nc7 15. d5 f6 (15... Bc8
16. d6 Qxd6 17. Nxf7 Qc5 $1 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Rfd1 $22 $16) 16. dxe6 fxe5 17. Rd1
Qc8 18. Rd7 $1 Re8 (18... Nc6 19. Be3 $16) 19. Be3 $16 {1-0 Portisch,L-Sosonko,
G/Reggio Emilia 1985 (39)}) 10. e4 Nxe4 (10... Be7 11. exd5 O-O 12. a4 {
1/2-1/2 Silman,J-Gurevich,D/New York op 1991/CBM 23}) 11. Nxe4 dxe4 $132 12. a4
Nd7 (12... f6 13. Ng4 $132 (13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Nxg6 Qd5 (15... hxg6
16. Qxh8 Bd5 $15) 16. Ne5+ Ke7 17. Ng6+ hxg6 18. Qxh8 Nd7 $15)) 13. axb5 $6 $15
(13. b3 $1 $11 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qe7 (14... Qxd1 15. Rxd1 bxa4 (15... cxb3 16. axb5
a5 17. Ra4 Rc8 18. Bg4 $14) 16. Bxc4 (16. bxc4 Bc6 $15) 16... axb3 17. Bxb3 $11
) 15. Bb2 $132) 13... axb5 (13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 axb5 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 (15... Rxd8
16. Ra7 Bd5 17. Be3 Rd7 18. Rfa1 Be7 19. Bg4 Be6 (19... Rxa7 20. Rxa7 Be6 21.
Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rb7 $14) 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rxd7 Kxd7 22. Ra7+ Ke8 23. Rb7 $14)
16. Rd1+ (16. Rxa8+ Bxa8 17. b3 c3 (17... cxb3 18. Bxb5 Bc5 19. Bc4 Ke7 20.
Bxb3 $11) 18. Bxb5 (18. Rd1+ Kc7 19. Bxb5 Bc5 20. Rd7+ Kb6 21. Bc4 Re8 22. Rxf7
(22. e6 fxe6 23. Rxg7 Rd8 $17) 22... Rxe5 23. Rxg7 Rf5 24. Rf7 (24. Rxh7 Rxf2
25. b4 Bd4 26. Rd7 Rc2+ 27. Rxd4 Rxc1+ 28. Kf2 c2 $19) 24... Bxf2+ 25. Kf1 Rxf7
26. Bxf7 Bd4 27. Ke2 $11) 18... Bb4 19. Rd1+ Ke7 20. Rd4 Ba5 21. Rd6 Rd8 22.
Ba3 Rxd6 23. exd6+ Ke6 24. Ba4 $11) 16... Kc7 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. b3 Bc5 19. bxc4
b4 20. Bf4 Kb6 $15) 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. b3 Nxe5 (15... Bd5 16. bxc4 Nxe5 17. cxd5
Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Qa4+ Qd7 20. Qxc4 $18) 16. dxe5 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Bc5 $5 18.
bxc4 (18. Bg5 O-O 19. bxc4 b4 {This game}) 18... b4 19. Bg5 $2 (19. Be3 $5 Bxe3
20. fxe3 Ke7 21. Bg4 Rb8 22. Rb1 (22. Rd7+ Kf8 $19 (22... Ke8 23. e6 b3 (23...
fxe6 24. Rxg7 $16) 24. exf7+ Kf8 25. Bd1 Bc6 $19)) 22... Bc6 23. Kf2 b3 24. Rb2
Rb4 25. Kg3 Ba4 26. Be2 h6 (26... Ke6 27. Kf4 Bc6 28. Bg4+ Ke7 29. h4 $11) 27.
Kf4 Bc6 28. h4 $11) 19... O-O 20. Bd8 (20. Rd8 $142 Rxd8 21. Bxd8 b3 (21... Bc6
22. Bd1) 22. Bd1 b2 23. Bc2 e3 24. fxe3 Bxe3+ 25. Kf1 (25. Kh1 Bf4 26. Bc7 f6
$19) 25... Bf4 26. g3 Bxe5 $17) 20... b3 21. Bc7 $2 (21. Ba5 e3 22. fxe3 Bxe3+
23. Kf1 b2 24. Bc3 Bc1 25. Bd3 Rb8 (25... Bc6 26. Bb1 Ra8 27. Rd6 $132) 26. Bb1
Kf8 $17) 21... b2 22. Bg4 $6 (22. Bd6 Rd8 23. Rb1 Bd4 $19 {[%csl Yb2,Rd6]} 24.
Kf1 (24. c5 Bd5 $19) (24. h4 Bc6 25. Bd1 Ra8 26. Bc2 Ra1 27. g4 Ba4 28. Bxe4
Bb3 29. c5 Ba2 30. Rf1 Rc1 $19 (30... Bd5 31. Bb1 Bc4 $19)) 24... Bc6 25. Bd1
e3 26. f3 (26. fxe3 Be4 $19) 26... Bd7 27. Bc2 Be6 28. Bd3 Ra8 29. Ke2 Ra1 $19)
22... Bc6 (22... e3 $19 23. Bf5 (23. fxe3 Bxe3+ 24. Kh1 Be4 $19) 23... exf2+
24. Kf1 Bb7 25. e6 Ba6 26. exf7+ Kxf7 $19) 23. e6 (23. Rb1 Ra8 24. Bd1 Ba4 $19)
23... f5 (23... fxe6 $19) (23... e3 $19) 24. Be2 Bd4 25. h4 Ba4 26. Rxd4 b1=Q+
27. Kh2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.11.24"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Berndt, Stephan"]
[Black "Doettling, Fabian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Ba2 Rc8 {This position is standard:
White has isolated central Pd4, but no piece has exchanged yet, so White could
arrange K Attack on the kingside with threat d4-d5.} 13. Qd3 {More flexible
than} (13. Bg5 Nd5 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Bf6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qg5 18. Qc1
Qh5 19. Qd1 Qg5 20. Qc1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lesiege,A-Hebert,J/Toronto 1990/CBM 20 
(32)}) 13... Re8 (13... Rc7 $5 {[%cal Gc7d7,Gd8a8]} 14. Bg5 (14. Bf4 Rd7 15.
Rad1 Bd6 (15... Re8 16. b4 Bd6 $132 (16... Nh5 $2 17. Be3 Nf6 (17... Bf6 18.
Ne4 Be7 19. b5 Nb8 20. Ne5 $16 {1-0 Sekulic,D-Miladinovic,I/Banja Vrucica 1991/
EXT 97 (25)}) 18. b5 $14)) 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Re8 $132) 14... Rd7 15. Rad1 Qc8
(15... Qa8 16. h3 (16. d5 $5) 16... Rfd8 17. Qe3 h6 $132 (17... Nd5 $2 18. Nxd5
exd5 19. Bb1 $16 {1-0 Tibensky,R-Vincze,I/Austria 1997/EXT 98 (26)})) 16. Bb1
g6 17. Ba2 Re8 18. Qe3 $14 {1-0 Stein,L-Petersons,A/Kiev 1964/URS-ch (32)}) (
13... a6 14. Bg5 b5 15. Rac1 Re8 16. Bb1 g6 17. Ba2 Kg7 18. Qd2 $14 {1-0
Petkevich,J-Luczak,A/Lodz 1979/MCD (28)}) (13... Qd6 14. Bg5 Rfd8 15. Rad1 Ng4
16. Ne4 Qc7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Neg5 Nf5 (18... Nf6 19. Nxf7 $16) 19. Nxe6 $16 {
0-1 Mastrokoukos,G-Haritakis,T/Aegina 1996/EXT 97 (31)}) 14. Bg5 Nd5 15. h4 $1
{Much better than} (15. Bxe7 $143 $2 Ncxe7 16. Bxd5 (16. Ne5 $2 Nf4 17. Qe3
Neg6 (17... Nxg2 $2 18. Nxf7 $1 Nxe3 19. Nxd8 Bd5 20. Nxe6 Bxa2 21. Rxa2 N3d5
22. Ng5 $14) 18. f3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qg5 20. g3 Nh3+ 21. Kf1 Red8 $17 {[%csl Rf1]}
) (16. Rad1 $4 Nf4 17. Qe3 Nxg2 $19 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gb7g2] 0-1 Clarke,P-Darga,
K/Bordeaux 1964/EXT 99 (31)}) 16... Nxd5 17. Ne4 $15) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 {
White got rid from isolated Pd.} g6 17. Rad1 (17. Qe3 Qd6 18. h5 Bf8 19. a4
$132) 17... Na5 18. Re5 (18. Qe3 $5) 18... Bxf3 (18... Qd6 19. h5 $40) 19. Qxf3
Bxg5 (19... Qd6 $132) 20. Rxg5 (20. hxg5 Qd6 21. Qe2 {[%cal Gd4d5]} Red8 22.
Rd3 Nc6 23. Ree3 Qxa3 24. d5 exd5 25. Bxd5 Qf8 $44) 20... Qd6 (20... Nc4 21. d5
$5 $36) 21. Rg3 Qxa3 {Looks very dangerous, but White has strong Attack in any
case...} 22. Bb1 Rc7 $4 $18 ({Or} 22... Qb3 $4 23. Re1 Nc4 24. h5 $40 Nd2 25.
Qf6 Nxb1 26. h6 $18) ({Right was only} 22... Nc6 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gc6e7] in
order to join N to white squares defence} 23. h5 Ne7 24. Be4 $40) 23. h5 {
White has decisive Attack.} Qf8 ({Or} 23... Nc4 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qh5 (25. Rh3
Qe7 26. Qf4 Rec8 $44) 25... Nd6 26. Qh6 $18) 24. d5 $4 $132 ({Immediately wins
} 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qh5 $1 {[%csl Rg6,Rg8]} Ree7 26. d5 Red7 (26... exd5 27.
Qxd5 $18 {[%csl Rg6,Rg8][%cal Gg3g6,Gd5g8]}) 27. dxe6 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 $18) 24...
exd5 25. hxg6 fxg6 ({Possible also} 25... hxg6 26. Qxd5 Qc5 27. Bxg6 (27. Rxg6+
Kf8 28. Qd2 fxg6 29. Qh6+ Kg8 (29... Rg7 30. Bxg6 Qc6 31. Qh8+ Rg8 32. Qh6+ Rg7
$11) 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Qf6+ Kg8 $11) 27... Qxd5 28. Be4+ Kf8 29. Bxd5 $11) 26.
Qxd5+ Qf7 $4 $18 {Eventually Black puts terrible mistake.} ({Why not} 26... Kg7
$15 {and White had to justify P lack...}) 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Rxg6+ Kf8 29. Qd6+
Qe7 (29... Ree7 30. Rf6 $18) 30. Qf4+ Qf7 31. Rf6 (31. Qh6+ Ke7 32. Rgd6 $18)
31... Rce7 32. Rd3 Qxf6 33. Qxf6+ Rf7 34. Qh6+ Ke7 35. Qd6# 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup Final"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1997.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. d4 Nc6 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O
b5 9. Ba2 (9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Bc2 (10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 Ne5 (12... Rc8
$11) (12... O-O $11) 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bc7 (14... Bd6 $142) 15. e4 Bb6+ 16.
Kh1 Bd4 17. e5 Nd5 $2 (17... Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Nd5 19. Bd4 $14) 18. Bxb5+ $1 axb5
19. Qxd4 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 $16 {1-0 Oral,T-Neumann,P/CZE-chJM U20 1996/JUN 97 (39)}
) 10... Qc7 (10... cxd4 11. exd4 Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Qd3 $14) 11. Qe2 Bd6 12.
Ne4 (12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Bd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 f5 $11) 12... Nxe4 13. Bxe4
cxd4 14. exd4 Ne7 $11 {0-1 Johansson,J-Sadler,M/Lloyds Bank op 1989/TD 89\14 
(29)}) (9. d5 exd5 (9... bxc4 10. dxc6 Qc7 11. Qa4 $5 (11. e4 $1 Qxc6 12. Ne5
Qb7 (12... Qc7 13. Bf4) 13. Nxc4 Be7 (13... Nxe4 $4 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Nxe4 $1
$18) 14. e5 Nd5 15. Qg4 $16) 11... Nd5 12. Qxc4 (12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Rd1 Be6 14.
Bd2 Rc8 15. Qxa6 Qxc6 16. Qxc6+ Rxc6 $15) 12... Qxc6 (12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc6
14. Rd1 $14) 13. Ne5 Nb6 14. Qf4 Qb7 15. Rd1 f6 16. Nf3 e5 17. Qh4 $14) 10.
Bxd5 Bb7 (10... Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Bb7 12. Rd1 Qxd5 13. Nxd5 Bd6 14. Nf6+ Ke7 15.
Nd5+ Ke8 16. Nf6+ $11) 11. e4 Be7 12. Qe2 (12. Qc2 Qb6 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Bg5 $14)
12... O-O 13. Rd1 Qe8 14. Bg5 Rd8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e5 Be7 17. Rd2 (17. e6 $14)
17... Na5 $11 {1-0 Savon Vladimir A-Roizman Abram Y/Ch URS 1966 (63)}) 9... Be7
10. Qe2 (10. Qc2 cxd4 11. Nxb5 $1 (11. exd4 $6 Bb7 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Qe2 (13. Qd3
b4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Na5 16. Qd3 (16. Qg4 b3 17. Bb1 O-O $132) 16... bxa3
17. bxa3 Bf6 18. Rb1 O-O 19. Rb4 $132) 13... O-O 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16.
Bxd5 Qe8 17. Ng5 (17. Be3 Bf6 18. Rac1 Qe7 $11) 17... Bxg5 18. Qxe8 Rfxe8 19.
Bxg5 Na5 $11 {- Kholmov,R-Matulovic,M/Sochi 1964/MCD-r6 (27)}) 11... axb5 12.
Qxc6+ Bd7 13. Qc2 (13. Qb7 Rb8 14. Qa7 dxe3 15. Bxe3 O-O 16. Rfd1 $14) 13...
Rc8 14. Qb3 dxe3 15. Bxe3 O-O 16. Rfd1 Qa5 17. Ne5 Bc6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Bd2
$14) 10... b4 (10... cxd4) 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. Bc4 (12. Bb3 $5 O-O (12... cxd4
13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. e4 Rd8 16. e5 Nfd5 (16... Nd7 17. Bxe6 (17. Bf4
Nc5 18. Bc4 Rb8 $11) 17... Nxe5 18. Bxc8 Raxc8 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Nf5 Nf3+ 21.
gxf3 (21. Qxf3 Bxf4 $11) (21. Kh1 Bxf4 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Nxc8 Nd4 24. Qh5 (24.
Qg4 Nbc2 25. Ra4 Be5 $15) 24... Qxc8 25. Qxh7 Be5 26. Re1 f6 27. Re4 Nd3 28.
Nd1 Ne6 $17) 21... Bxf4 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Nxc8 Re8 (23... Rxc8 24. Qe4 $18) 24.
Ne4 f5 25. Ra4 a5 26. Qb5 fxe4 27. Rxa5 (27. Qf5+ Kg8 28. Rd7 Qc1+ 29. Kg2
exf3+ 30. Kxf3 Qh1+ 31. Kxf4 Qxh2+ 32. Kf3 Qh1+ 33. Kg3 Qg1+ $11) 27... Bxh2+
28. Kf1 Nd3 29. Qf5+ Kg8 30. Ra7 $18) 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bd2 Bc5 (18... Bb7 19.
Ba5 Nb6 20. Rac1 $18) 19. Ba5 (19. Bg5 Rf8 20. Rac1 Qb6 21. Qc4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4
Rb8 23. Bc2 $16) 19... Bb6 20. Rac1 Qb7 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. Nc6 Re8 23. Bxd5 exd5
24. Rxd5 Bb7 25. Rdc5 $16) 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. e4 $14) 12... cxd4 13. exd4 O-O (
13... Bb7 14. Ne5 O-O (14... Qxd4 15. Nxf7 $18) 15. Rd1 $132 {This game}) 14.
Rd1 Bb7 $132 15. Ne5 Rc8 (15... Rb8 16. Bf4) 16. Bg5 (16. Nxf7 $5 Rxf7 17. Bxe6
Qd6 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Bg5 Nbd5 (19... Bd8 20. Qe5 $14) 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ne4
$14) 16... Rc7 (16... Qd6 17. Bf4 Rfe8 18. Rac1 $132) 17. Rac1 (17. Bf4 Nfd5
18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bg3 Qc8 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 (20... Rc2 21. Bxb7 Rxe2 22. Bxc8 Rxc8
$44) 21. Qxa6 Qxa6 22. Rxa6 Rc2 $44) 17... a5 $5 (17... Qa8 $6 18. f3 Qc8 (
18... Rd8 $2 19. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 20. Qxe6+ Kg6 21. Qf7+ Kxg5 22. Qxg7+ Kf5 23. Re1
$18)) (17... Qc8 18. Bb3 $132) 18. Bf4 (18. Bb3 Qa8 19. f3 Ba6 20. Qe3 Qb7 21.
Bf4 (21. Nxf7 $6 Kxf7 (21... Rxf7 22. Qxe6 Bf8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Ne4 Rxc1 25.
Rxc1 Kg7 26. Qxf7+ Qxf7 27. Bxf7 Kxf7 28. Rc7+ Kg6 29. Nc5 $14) 22. Qxe6+ Kg6
23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qg4+ Kh6 25. Ne4 Rxc1 26. Qh3+ Kg6 27. Qg4+ $11) 21... Bd6
$132) 18... Qa8 $6 19. f3 Rcc8 $6 (19... Rd8 $2 20. Nxf7 $18) (19... Qc8 20.
Nb5 $16) (19... Nh5 $1 20. Be3 Rd8 21. b3 $132) 20. Bg5 $6 (20. Nxf7 Rxf7 (
20... Rxc4 21. Nh6+ gxh6 22. Qxe6+ Rf7 23. Qxc4 Ba6 24. Qe6 Nd3 25. Rxd3 Bxd3
26. Ne4 Nxe4 (26... Bxe4 27. Rc8+ Bf8 28. Rxa8 Bxa8 29. Qa6 $18) 27. Rc8+ Qxc8
28. Qxc8+ Bf8 29. Qg4+ Ng5 30. h4 $18) 21. Bxe6 Rcf8 22. Re1 $14) 20... Qa7 21.
Kh1 (21. Bxf6 Bxf6 (21... gxf6 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 23. Bxe6 Rcf8 24. Qb5 $1 $16) 22.
Nb5 (22. Nd7 $2 Bxd4+ $19) 22... Qa6 $1 (22... Qa8 23. Nd7 Bg5 24. Rc3 Bd5 25.
b3 Rfd8 26. Nb6 Qb8 27. Nxc8 $16) 23. Nd7 Rfd8 (23... Bg5 24. Ra1 Rfd8 25. Nc5
Qb6 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27. Rxa5 $14) 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. b3 $132) 21... Rcd8 (21...
Bd5 22. b3 Rfd8 $11) 22. Rd2 Ba8 (22... Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Qxd4 24. Rd1 Qc5 (24...
Qa7 25. Nxf7 $1 $16) 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nd7 $16) 23. Rcd1 (23. Nb5 Qb6 24. Ng4
$132) 23... h6 24. Bh4 $5 (24. Be3 $11) 24... Nfd5 $11 25. Bxe7 (25. Bg3 Bg5
$15) 25... Nxe7 26. Ne4 (26. b3 Ned5 $15) 26... Nf5 27. Qf2 Bd5 28. Bxd5 $6 (
28. b3 $142 f6 29. Ng6 Rfe8 30. Nc5 Qc7 31. Bb5 Bc6 32. Bc4 $132) 28... Rxd5
$15 29. Nc3 Rdd8 30. Ne4 $6 (30. Qe1 Rfe8 (30... Qb6 31. d5 $11) 31. Qe4 Rc8
$132) 30... Rc8 $17 31. Kg1 Rfd8 32. Nc5 Rd5 $6 (32... Rxd4 $1 33. Rxd4 (33.
Nb3 $2 Rxd2 34. Qxa7 Rxd1+ 35. Kf2 Rc2+ $19) 33... Nxd4 34. Nxe6 (34. Rxd4 Rxc5
(34... Qxc5 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Qxc5 Rxc5 37. Nxf7 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Kg3 Rxb2
$17) 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rc8 Rc7 $19) 34... Nxf3+ $1 35. Nxf3 Qxf2+ 36. Kxf2 fxe6
37. Rd2 $17) 33. Ne4 Rcd8 $2 (33... Qb6 $17) 34. Nc3 $11 Rxd4 35. g4 $2 (35.
Nxf7 $3 Rxd2 (35... Kxf7 36. Nb5 $1 $18) 36. Qxa7 Rxd1+ 37. Nxd1 Rxd1+ 38. Kf2
Rd2+ 39. Kf1 Nd5 40. Ne5 Nfe3+ 41. Ke1 Rxg2 42. Qf7+ Kh7 43. Nd7 $11) 35... f6
$1 $17 36. gxf5 fxe5 37. fxe6 (37. Rxd4 Rxd4 38. fxe6 Nc6 $1 $17) 37... Nc6 $1
$17 38. Ne4 $2 (38. Rxd4 Nxd4 39. Kh1 Qe7 $17) 38... Qe7 $19 39. Rxd4 Nxd4 $5 (
39... exd4 40. Qg3 Qxe6 $19) 40. f4 $5 (40. Ra1 Qxe6 41. Ra3 Qg6+ $19) 40...
Qxe6 41. f5 Qb6 (41... Qb3 $19) 42. Kg2 Qc6 (42... Rf8 $19) 43. Qe3 Rb8 44. Kg1
Rb3 45. Rd3 Rxb2 46. Rc3 Qb7 47. Nd2 Qd7 48. Nc4 Ne2+ 49. Kg2 Qb7+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.05.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Purgin, Nikolaj"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 (6... dxc4 $5 7.
bxc4 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Bb2 b6 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Vasquez,
R-Michel Yunis,C/Open, Santiago CHI 1997 (27)}) (6... b6 7. O-O (7. Bb2 dxc4 8.
bxc4 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Ne5 Rfd8 $11 {
0-1 Ilinsky,V-Isoev,A/URS-chT Azov 1991 (36)}) 7... Bb7 8. Bb2 Nbd7 (8... c5 9.
Qe2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Qb8 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Nc4 Bf8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Purgin Nikolaj-Ponomarev/Ch Russia club 1995 (22)}) 9. Qc2 h6 10. Nc3
c5 11. Rad1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxf3 13. gxf3 cxd4 14. Rxd4 Bc5 15. Rdd1 Qe7 $11 {
Chavkova,E-Cretu,A/Tusnad,CREM,V.8 1993/1-0 (43)}) (6... a5 $5 7. O-O a4 8.
bxa4 b6 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 Qe7 11. Nb5 Ba6 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rfc1
Na5 15. Qc2 c6 16. Nc3 $44 {Koenig,D-Casagrande,H/Werfen 1990/1-0 (58)}) 7. O-O
cxd4 (7... Nbd7 8. Nc3 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. f4 a6 12. a4 Rc8 13. Bd2
Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bc4 cxd4 16. Qh5 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Bd5 $17 {0-1
Ljubisavljevic,Z-Conquest,S/Catania op 1995 (31)}) (7... Nc6 8. Nc3 (8. Bb2 b6
9. a3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Na5 11. Nbd2 Ne4 12. Rfd1 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Bf6 14. b4 Nc6 15.
bxc5 bxc5 16. Nf3 cxd4 17. exd4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Na5 19. Ba2 Bd5 $15 {Pudkova,
T-Erneste,I/URS-chW Podolsk 1990/1/2-1/2 (49)}) 8... b6 9. Ba3 cxd4 10. Bxe7
Qxe7 11. cxd5 dxc3 12. dxc6 e5 13. Be2 Bf5 14. Nh4 Be4 15. Bf3 Rfd8 16. Qc1 Qc5
17. Bxe4 Nxe4 $17 {0-1 Schalla,x-Donev,I/Liechtenstein op 1993 (23)}) 8. exd4
Nc6 9. Nc3 (9. Na3 b6 10. Nc2 Bb7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Bf4 Na5 13. Ne5 dxc4 14. bxc4
Nd7 15. Rad1 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bf6 $11 {Calvo Minguez,R-Stertenbrink,G/BL 1985/1/
2-1/2 (50)}) 9... b6 10. Bf4 $6 (10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Re1 $11) 10... Bb7 11. Rc1 (
11. Re1 $6 Rc8 12. a3 dxc4 13. bxc4 Na5 14. Ne5 a6 $15) 11... Rc8 12. Re1 Ba3
$1 $15 13. Rb1 $8 Bb4 14. Rc1 (14. Qd2 Na5 15. Ne5 Nh5 $1 16. Be3 (16. Bg3 Nxg3
17. hxg3 f6 18. Ng4 dxc4 19. bxc4 Nxc4 $19) 16... f6 17. Be2 (17. Nf3 dxc4 18.
bxc4 Nxc4 $19) 17... fxe5 18. Bxh5 dxc4 19. Bg4 Qf6 (19... Bd5 $17) 20. dxe5
Qg6 21. Bh3 cxb3 $19) 14... Ne7 $1 (14... Ba3 $11) 15. Bg5 $2 (15. Be3 dxc4 16.
bxc4 Nf5 (16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nc6 18. Red1 $14) (16... Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Ned5 18.
Rb3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Be4 $11) 17. Ne5 (17. Bxf5 exf5 $15) 17... Nxe3 18. Rxe3 (18.
fxe3 Bd6 $15) 18... a6 $15) 15... Ng6 16. Ne5 (16. Bxg6 $5 hxg6 17. Ne5 dxc4 (
17... Ba6 18. Qd3 $2 (18. a3 Be7 (18... Bxa3 19. Ra1 Bb2 20. Rxa6 Bxc3 21. Re3
Bb4 22. Rxa7 $14) 19. cxd5 exd5 20. b4 $14) 18... dxc4 (18... Qc7 19. a3 Bxa3
20. Ra1 Qe7 21. Nxd5 $1 exd5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nxg6 $18) 19. bxc4 Qc7 20. a3
Ba5 21. Qe3 (21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ng4 Qxc4 $17 (22... f5 23. Ne5 Bxc4 $17)) 21...
Qe7 22. Rf1 Qxa3 23. Nd5 Qxe3 24. Ne7+ Kh7 25. fxe3 Rc7 26. N7c6 Ng4 $1 $17)
18. bxc4 {This game}) 16... dxc4 17. Bxg6 $5 (17. Bxc4 b5 $1 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19.
Nxb5 Bxe1 20. Qxe1 a6 $17) 17... hxg6 18. bxc4 b5 $1 19. c5 (19. Qb3 Bxc3 20.
Rxc3 Qxd4 21. Rd3 bxc4 22. Rxd4 cxb3 23. axb3 Rc2 $17) (19. Nxb5 Bxe1 20. Qxe1
a6 $17) (19. a3 $5 Bxc3 (19... Bxa3 20. Rb1 a6 21. Rb3 Qa5 22. Bd2 Bb4 23. Qe2
Rfe8 24. Reb1 Bxc3 25. Bxc3 Qc7 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Qxb5 Bd5 28. Ra3 Rb8 29. Qf1
Rxb1 30. Qxb1 Rb8 31. Qe1 $15) 20. Rxc3 bxc4 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 23.
Rxc4 Qd5 24. Qf3 Qxc4 25. Qxb7 Qxd4 $17) 19... Qa5 20. Bxf6 $2 (20. Bd2 Rfd8
21. a3 $1 Bxc3 22. Bxc3 Qxa3 23. Qd2 $17) 20... Bxc3 $1 $19 21. Re3 (21. Be7
Rfe8 $19) 21... gxf6 22. Nd7 (22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. Rcxc3 Qxa2 $19) 22... Bd2 $1
23. Rg3 (23. Nxf8 Rxf8 $19) 23... Rfd8 24. Nxf6+ Kg7 25. Rc2 Bh6 26. Ng4 Bf4
27. Rh3 Qa4 28. g3 Rxd4 29. Qa1 Qxc2 30. Qxd4+ e5 0-1

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1998.01.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 (11... Bb8 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13.
Qxe4 Qe7 14. Rc1 Kh8 15. h4 f5 16. Qc2 e5 17. h5 Be6 18. Nh4 Nd8 19. g4 $40 {
1-0 Kurajica,B-Kelecevic,N/Sarajevo 1981 (29)}) (11... Qe7 12. O-O Rd8 13. Ne4
Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bb8 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Qg4 e5 17. Qh5 $14 {1-0 Hebden,M-Malgran/
Benidorm op 1992 (70)}) (11... h6 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bxd5 exd5 15.
Rxd5 Be6 16. Rh5 (16. Rd2 $14) 16... f5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. bxc5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Dunnington,A-Gormally,D/London GM 1997}) 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rac1 Qe7
15. Qb1 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Belov,I-Wacker,P/NWL-I 1994 (52)}) 11. Bd3 (
11. O-O-O Rd8 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Rxd8+ Nxd8 14. Bxc4 Bd7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Ne5 Be8
17. Qd3 Nc6 18. Nf3 (18. Ne4 $4 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 f6 $1 21. Bxf6 $8
Rxc4 $1 22. Qxc4 gxf6 $19 {0-1 Zessinger,R-Ruehrig,V/BL 1983 (41)}) 18... b5
19. Bb3 $132) (11. Rd1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 (12. Ne4 e5 (12... b5 $4 13. Nxf6+ gxf6
14. Qe4 Bb7 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Rd7 $18) 13. Bxc4 Bf5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qe2 Rfe8
16. O-O Rac8 $11 {Zeit 1-0 Gavrikov,V-Chandler,M/BL 1994 (30)}) 12... b5 13.
Bd3 Bb7 14. Ne4 Nd5 $5 (14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Rac8 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Qb1 f5 18.
Bg6 a5 (18... Nxb4 19. axb4 Qxb4+ 20. Kf1 $18 {1-0 Behle,K-Barthel,A/NRW-I
1988 (25)}) 19. bxa5 b4 20. O-O Ba6 21. Rfe1 bxa3 22. Bc3 $16 {1-0 Lalic,
B-Ross,D/Saint John op-1 1988 (35)})) (11. b5 Na5 (11... axb5 12. Nxb5 $132)
12. Ng5 d4 (12... dxc4 $4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. Bxf6 Bf5 15. Qxf5 g6 16. Qh3 {
1-0 Hempson,P-Nixon,R/Redcar op 1995}) 13. exd4 Bxd4 $15) 11... Rd8 (11... dxc4
12. Bxc4 Bd7 (12... b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Ng5 (14. Ne4 $6 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Rac8 16.
Bxh7+ (16. Bc3 f5 17. Bd3 Qf7 18. Qe2 (18. O-O e5 $15) 18... Rfe8 (18... e5 $6
19. Bxe5 (19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Qd5 21. f4 $132) 19... Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qc7 21.
f4 Qc3+ 22. Kf2 Qb3 (22... Bd5 23. Rhc1 $16) 23. Rhd1 Rc3 24. Rac1 $14) 19. O-O
(19. e4 e5 $1 $15) 19... e5 $15) 16... Kh8 17. Qb1 (17. Bc3 f5 18. Bg6 Rf6 $1
$17) 17... f5 18. Bg6 Nxb4 19. axb4 Qxb4+ 20. Kf1 Qc4+ 21. Ke1 Qb4+ 22. Kf1 Qg4
$19 {0-1 Martin,S-Raedeker,B/BL2-S 1996 (31)}) 14... h6 15. Nge4 Ne5 16. Nxf6+
Qxf6 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Nd3+ 19. Qxd3 Qxb2 20. O-O Rfd8 21. Qb1 Qxb1 22.
Rfxb1 f5 $15 {0-1 Dejkalo,S-Przewoznik,J/Wroclaw POL ch 1987 (60)}) (12... e5
13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bd7 15. O-O Rac8 16. Qe4 Bb8 17. Rfd1 Kh8 18. Rac1 f5 19.
Qh4 $14 {1-0 Olesen,M-Chow,A/Chicago op2 1994 (32)}) 13. O-O Rac8 14. Qe2 Bb8
15. Rac1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 $11 {0-1 Olafsson,F-Ivkov,B/Novi Sad 1976 (41)}) 12.
O-O dxc4 (12... h6 13. Rac1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 e5 $1 (14... b5 $2 15. Nxb5 $1 (15.
Bd3 $11) 15... axb5 16. Bxb5 Nxb4 $8 (16... Nb8 17. Qxc8 Rxc8 18. Rxc8+ Kh7 19.
Bd3+ g6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Be4 $18) 17. axb4 Rb8 18. Ne5 $1 $16 {1-0 Kurajica,
B-Tatai,S/Dortmund 1981 (40)}) 15. Rfd1 Be6 $11) 13. Bxc4 b5 $11 14. Bd3 (14.
Bb3 Bb7 $11) 14... Bb7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rac8 $2 (16... f5 $1 17. Bxc6 Rac8
18. Rad1 (18. Ne5 Bb8 19. Rad1 Bxe5 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Bxe5 Rxc6 $11) 18...
Bxc6 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Rd1 Qe7 (20... Bd5 21. Rxd5 exd5 22. Qxf5 Qf8 23. Qxd5+
Qf7 $132) 21. Ne5 Bb7 $11) 17. Bxh7+ $16 Kh8 18. Qb1 Nxb4 $2 (18... a5 $142 19.
Be4 axb4 20. axb4 $16) 19. axb4 $18 Bxf3 20. Be4 $2 $14 (20. gxf3 $1 Rd2 (20...
f5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Qxf5 $18) (20... Qg5+ 21. Kh1 f5 22. Rg1 $18) (20... Bxe3
21. fxe3 Rd2 22. Be5 $18) 21. Bc1 Rd5 22. f4 Rh5 23. Be4 Qh4 24. Re1 Qxh2+ 25.
Kf1 $18) 20... Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Bb8 (21... Rd2 22. Be5 f6 23. Bg3 Rc4 24. Qf3 Rxb4
25. Rxa6 Rd8 $14) (21... Rc4 22. Qe5 f6 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Rxa6 e5 25. Rd1 (25.
Rfa1 Bb8 26. Rd1 $14) 25... Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Rxb4 27. Qd2 (27. Ba3 $2 Qd7 $1 $11)
27... Rc4 28. Qd5+ Kh7 29. Qxb5 Qc5 30. Qxc5 Bxc5 31. Rc6 Rc2 32. h4 Rxb2 33.
Rxc5 $14) 22. Qg4 Qf8 (22... e5 $14) 23. Rxa6 Rc4 24. f4 $6 (24. Qh5+ Kg8 25.
Qxb5 Rxb4 26. Qe2 $14) 24... Rd2 $44 25. Bd4 (25. Bc1 Rdc2 26. Ba3 Ra2 27. Qh5+
Kg8 28. Qxb5 Rcc2 29. Qb7 Qd8 30. Kh1 $8 Rxg2 31. Qxg2 Rxg2 32. Kxg2 Qd2+ $17)
25... Rcc2 26. Ra8 (26. Bc5 Qd8 $1 27. Bd4) 26... Kh7 $4 (26... Rxg2+ 27. Qxg2
Rxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qc8 29. Rfa1 Qb7+ 30. Kg3 Kh7 $132) 27. Be5 $18 Rc8 (27... Rxg2+
28. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qxb4 30. Rxb8 $18) 28. Rxb8 $2 $16 (28. f5 $3 Bxe5 (
28... f6 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. fxe6 $18) 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. fxe6 f6 31. Qf7+ $1 Qxf7
32. exf7+ Kxf7 33. Rxc8 $18) 28... Rxb8 29. Bxb8 Qxb8 30. Rc1 $1 (30. f5 e5 (
30... Qe8 31. f6 g6 32. Qh3+ Kg8 33. Qh6 Qf8 34. Qxf8+ Kxf8 35. Rc1 Ke8 36.
Rc8+ Kd7 37. Rf8 $18) 31. f6 g6 32. Rc1 (32. Qh3+ Kg8 33. Rc1 Qb6 34. Qf3 $16)
32... Qb6 33. Qh4+ Kg8 34. Qg5 e4 (34... Qe6 35. h3 $18) 35. Rc8+ Rd8 36. Rxd8+
Qxd8 37. Qxb5 Qd1+ 38. Kf2 (38. Qf1 Qd2 39. h3 (39. Qb1 Qxe3+ 40. Kh1 Qd3 41.
Qe1 e3 42. Kg1 $11) 39... Qxe3+ 40. Kh2 Qd4 $1 41. b5 Qe5+ 42. g3 e3 43. Qe2
Qxf6 44. Qxe3 Qb2+ $11) 38... Qd2+ 39. Kg3 Qxe3+ 40. Kg4 $5 Kh7 $1 (40... Qb3
41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qxe4 Qb2 43. h3 Qxf6 44. b5 $18) 41. Qc4 (41. h4 Qf2 $1 $15) (
41. Qd5 Qe2+ 42. Kh4 Qf2+ 43. Kh3 e3 44. Qxf7+ Kh6 45. Qe6 e2 46. f7 Kg7 47.
Qe8 Qxf7 48. Qxe2 Qb3+ 49. g3 Qxb4 $14) 41... Kh6 42. h4 g5 $1 $132) 30... g6
31. h3 Qd8 32. Kh2 Kg7 33. Qf3 (33. Rc5 Qd3 34. Rc8 Qd7 (34... Qxe3 35. Qh4 $18
) 35. Rb8 $16) 33... Qd3 34. Rc5 Rd1 (34... Rb2 35. Rc8 Rxb4 36. Qf2 Qf5 37.
Qh4 Qh5 38. Qd8 $18) 35. Qf2 $1 (35. e4 $2 Qd4 (35... Qxf3 36. gxf3 $18) 36.
Rxb5 Qg1+ 37. Kg3 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qg1+ $11) 35... Qb1 $2 (35... Rb1 36. Rc8 Qd1
37. Rb8 Qh1+ 38. Kg3 Qc1 39. Rxb5 Qc4 40. Rb7 Rxb4 41. Rxb4 Qxb4 $16) 36. Rxb5
$18 Rh1+ 37. Kg3 Qd3 38. Rc5 (38. Qb2+ Kh7 39. Rb7 Qxe3+ 40. Kg4 e5 41. Rxf7+
Kg8 42. Qa2 $18) 38... Qb3 39. Qd2 Kh7 40. Rc3 $2 $16 (40. b5 Rd1 41. Qc3 $18)
40... Qxb4 41. Qc2 Qb8 $2 (41... Qa5 42. Rc7 Kg8 43. Qc6 Qe1+ 44. Kg4 Qd1+ 45.
Kh4 Qd8+ (45... Qh5+ 46. Kg3 g5 47. Rc8+ Kg7 48. Qc3+ f6 49. Qc7+ Qf7 50. Qd8
$18) 46. Kg3 Kg7 47. Qc5 (47. Qc3+ Qf6 $14) 47... Rd1 48. Kh2 Rd3 49. Qe5+ (49.
Rc8 Qd6 50. Qg5 Rd5 (50... Rxe3 51. Qh4 $18) 51. Qh4 Rh5 52. Qe1 $16) 49... Qf6
$14) 42. Rc7 $18 Qf8 43. Qc6 Kg7 44. Qc3+ (44. Qxe6 $18) 44... Kh7 45. Qf6 Kg8
46. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.02.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Kalinin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "1997.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Cifuentes} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 Ne4 7. Bd3
Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bb2 Qc7 $2 $146 (10... Na5 {N} 11. Nd2 dxc4 12.
Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. d5 $6 (15. e4 $10 {>=}) (15. Rad1 Bd6
16. h3 Rac8 17. Ba2 cxd4 18. Bb1 $4 (18. cxd4 $11) 18... dxc3 19. Qd3 (19. Qc2
g6 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. Bxc3 Bb5 $1 $19) 19... c2 20. Bxc2 Qxc2 21. Qxd6 Qxb2 22.
Qxd7 Qb6 $17 {Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel-Cifuentes Parada Roberto/Memorial J.
Capablanca (b) Cienfuegos (C 1996/1/2-1/2 (87)}) 15... Bd6 $1 16. h3 $2 (16.
dxe6 {>=} Bxe6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. h3 c4 $15) 16... e5 $1 $36 {0-1 Uhlmann,
W-Portisch,L/Thessaloniki (ol) 1988 (32) >>}) (10... b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. dxc5
Bxc5 13. Qc2 h6 14. c4 dxc4 $2 (14... Bg4 15. Be2 Be6 (15... dxc4 16. Rfd1 Qe7
17. Qxc4 Be6 (17... Qe6 18. Qc3 Qg6 19. Nh4 Qg5 20. Rd5 $18) 18. Qc3 f6 $11 {
Tsesarsky}) 16. Rfd1 Re8 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Bc4 $18) 15. Bxc4 Kh8 16. Qe4 Bb7
17. Rfd1 Qc8 18. Bd3 f5 19. Qh4 Qe6 20. Bc4 Qg6 21. Rd7 Be7 22. Rxb7 $1 $18 {
1-0 Averbakh,Y-Platonov,I/URS-ch36 Alma Ata 1968 (24)} (22. Qf4 $16)) (10...
dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qc7 12. e4 Na5 13. Bd3 b5 14. a4 c4 15. Be2 b4 16. cxb4 Bxb4 17.
Ba3 Nc6 18. e5 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 h6 {1/2-1/2 King,D-Sax,G/Lugano op 1989}) 11. Qe2
$2 (11. cxd5 $1 exd5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qc2 (13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Kg6 $19) (
13. Ng5 h6) 13... h6 14. c4 $1 $16 Rd8 15. Rfd1 (15. cxd5 Rxd5 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17.
Be4 Rh5 $8 18. Qc3 Bf8 19. Rfd1 Rc5 $11) 15... Bg4 (15... Be6 16. cxd5 Rxd5 17.
Bh7+ Kh8 18. Rxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxc5 Bxf3 20. Bb1 $1 $18) 16. cxd5 (16. Bh7+ Kh8 17.
Rxd5 Rxd5 18. cxd5 Bxf3 19. Qxc5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Kxh7 $14) 16... Bxf3 17. gxf3
Ne7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Qc3 f6 20. Qb3 Kh8 21. Bf1 $16 {Tsesarsky}) 11... dxc4
12. Bxc4 b6 (12... Rd8 13. e4 a6 14. a4 b6 15. Rfd1 Bb7 $11) 13. e4 Na5 $6 (
13... Bb7 $142 14. Rfe1 $132) 14. Ba2 Bb7 15. Ne5 c4 $5 (15... Nc6 $6 16. f4
Nxe5 (16... Rfd8 $2 17. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Bf5 g6 (
20... h6 21. Qg6 Kg8 22. Qh7+ Kf8 (22... Kf7 23. Be6+ Kxe6 24. Qf5+ Kd6 25.
Qd5#) 23. Be6 Bf6 24. Qg8+ Ke7 25. Qf7+ Kd6 26. e5+ $18)) 17. fxe5 $14 Rac8 18.
Rf2 (18. d5 Qxe5 19. c4 Qg5 20. e5 $40) 18... Bh4 19. g3 Bg5 20. Raf1 $36) (
15... Rac8 $6 16. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 17. Bxe6 Rcf8 18. f4 $16) 16. Rae1 Bd6 (16... f6
17. Ng4 $14) 17. Ng4 f6 (17... Rad8 18. e5 $16) 18. e5 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 (
19... Bd5 20. f4 $16 (20. Bb1 $16)) 20. dxe5 Qc6 (20... Rad8 21. Bb1 Nb3 22.
Rd1 Qc6 23. f3 $132) 21. f3 Rad8 22. Rd1 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Rd5 24. Rxd5 (24. Bb1
Rxe5) 24... Bxd5 25. Bb1 Nc6 26. Bc1 Qe7 $6 (26... Qa5 $5 27. Qe3 (27. Qc2 Rf5
28. Re1 Nxe5 $15) 27... Qa4 $132) 27. a4 $14 Rf7 28. Re1 Qh4 29. Kg1 Ne7 (29...
a6 30. Be3 Nxe5 31. Bxb6 Nd3 (31... Nxf3+ 32. gxf3 Rxf3 33. Be4 Qg4+ 34. Qg2 $8
Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Rxc3 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. Re7 $16) 32. Rd1 Nf4 33. Qe5 Qe7 (33...
Nxg2 34. Rxd5 exd5 35. Kxg2 $18) 34. Rf1 $14) 30. Be3 $5 Nc6 31. Bf2 Qg5 32.
Bg3 Qe7 33. Qc2 Rf5 34. Qd2 Rf8 35. Qc2 Rf5 36. Qb2 Rf8 37. h4 $5 Qc5+ (37...
Qf7 38. Qd2 (38. Qc2 Qh5)) 38. Bf2 Qe7 39. Qc2 g6 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6]} 40. Qd2 Na5
41. Qh6 Qg7 42. Qg5 Nc6 43. Kh2 Qe7 44. Qg4 Qg7 (44... Qc7 45. Bg3) 45. Bg3 Ne7
(45... Qf7 46. h5 Ne7 47. Bh4 Nf5 48. Bf6 Rc8 49. Qh3 gxh5 50. Bxf5 exf5 51.
Qxf5 $16) 46. Bf4 h6 {[%csl Rf6,Rg6,Rh6]} 47. Bc1 Nf5 48. Ba3 Rf7 (48... Rc8)
49. Bc2 Kh7 50. Bc1 Rf8 51. Ba3 Rf7 52. Bb4 Qg8 53. a5 b5 (53... bxa5 $142 54.
Bxa5) 54. Qh3 Kh8 55. Qg4 a6 56. Be4 Rd7 (56... Bxe4 57. fxe4 h5 58. Qg5 Ng7
59. Qxg6 Qd8 60. Qg3 $16) (56... Qd8 57. Bxd5 exd5 58. e6 Rg7 59. Qf4 Kh7 60.
Re5 $16) 57. h5 Qg7 (57... gxh5 $2 58. Qxg8+ Kxg8 59. Bxf5 exf5 60. e6 Rd8 61.
Rd1 $18) 58. hxg6 (58. Bxd5 $2 Rxd5 59. hxg6 Rxe5 60. Rd1 Qf6 61. Rd7 Ne3 62.
Qd4 (62. Rh7+ Kg8 63. Qh3 Qf4+ 64. g3 Nf1+ 65. Qxf1 Rh5+ 66. Kg2 Qd2+ 67. Qf2
Rh2+ $19) 62... Rh5+ 63. Kg1 Qxd4 64. cxd4 Rg5 $17) 58... Qxe5+ 59. f4 $8 Qf6
$8 60. Bxf5 $8 Qxf5 (60... exf5 61. Qh5 $16) 61. Qxf5 exf5 62. Re5 (62. Bf8 Be4
63. Bxh6 Rd2 64. Kh3 Rd6 $15) 62... Kg7 (62... Be4 63. Bc5 Rd5 64. Rxd5 Bxd5
65. Bd4+ Kg8 66. Kh3 Bc6 67. Kh4 (67. g4 Bd7 68. g5 hxg5 69. fxg5 f4+ 70. Kg2
Be8 71. Kf3 Bxg6 72. Kxf4 Kf7 $11) (67. g3 Be8) 67... Bxg2 68. Kh5 Be4 69. Kxh6
Bc6 70. Kg5 Bd7 71. Kf6 Kf8 72. Bc5+ (72. g7+ $4 Kg8 73. Ke7 Bc6 74. Kd6 Be8
75. Kc7 b4 76. cxb4 c3 77. Bxc3 Bb5 $11) 72... Kg8 73. Ke7 Bc6 74. Ke6 Be4 75.
Bd4 Bd3 (75... b4 76. cxb4 c3 77. Bxc3 Bd3 78. b5 axb5 79. a6 b4 80. a7 Be4 81.
Bb2 b3 82. Kd6 Bf3 83. Kc5 Be4 84. Kc4 Bc6 85. Kxb3 Be4 86. Kb4 $18) 76. Kd6
Be2 77. Kc6 Bh5 78. Kb6 $18) 63. Rxf5 Kxg6 64. Re5 Kf6 $6 (64... Bf7 65. g4 Rd3
66. Re7 Rf3 67. f5+ Kg7 68. Bc5 h5 $11) 65. Rh5 Kg6 (65... Kg7) 66. g4 Bf3 (
66... Kg7 67. Kg3 Bf7 68. Re5 Rd3+ 69. Kh4 Rd1 70. Bc5 $16) 67. Kg3 Rd3 68. Re5
(68. f5+ Kg7 69. Kf4 Bb7 70. Rh2 Rf3+ 71. Ke5 Re3+ 72. Kd6 Rg3 73. Re2 Bf3 74.
Re3 Kf6 75. Bc5 Kg5 76. Ke7 Kxg4 77. Bd6 $1 (77. f6 $2 Bd5 78. Rxg3+ Kxg3 79.
f7 Bxf7 80. Kxf7 h5 $19 81. Bd6+ Kg2 82. Be7 Kg3 83. Bd6+ Kg4 84. Ke6 h4 85.
Kd5 Kf3 (85... h3 86. Ke4 $18) 86. Kc5 h3 87. Kb6 b4 $19) 77... Rg1 78. f6 Bd5
79. f7 Bxf7 80. Kxf7 $18) 68... Bd5+ 69. Kh4 Bg2 70. f5+ Kf6 71. Re6+ Kg7 72.
Rg6+ Kh7 73. g5 $8 hxg5+ 74. Rxg5 $1 $16 (74. Kxg5 $2 {Cifuentes} Rg3+ 75. Kf6
Rxg6+ $1 76. fxg6+ Kg8 77. Ke7 (77. Bc5 b4 $3 78. Bxb4 Bc6 $10) 77... Kg7 78.
Kd6 Kxg6 79. Kc7 Kf7 80. Kb6 Ke8 81. Kxa6 Kd7 82. Kxb5 Kc8 $10) 74... Be4 (
74... Bb7 75. f6 Bc8 76. Rc5 Bd7 $11) (74... Bh3 {Cifuentes} 75. Rg6 $1 (75. f6
Be6 76. Re5 Bf7 $10) 75... Bxf5 76. Rxa6 $16) 75. f6 Bg6 $2 (75... Rf3 76. Rg7+
(76. Re5 {Cifuentes} Bg6 77. Kg5 $18) 76... Kh6 (76... Kh8 77. Re7) 77. Rg4 (
77. Bf8 Rxf6 78. Rf7+ $11) 77... Bg6 78. Be7 $11) 76. Rc5 $1 Kh6 $2 (76... Bf7
77. Rc6 Kg6 78. Rxa6 Rf3 79. Rb6 Rxf6 (79... Be8 80. a6 Bd7 81. f7+ Kxf7 82. a7
Rh3+ 83. Kg5 Rg3+ 84. Kf4 Rg8 85. Rb7 Ke6 86. Rb8 $18) 80. Rxb5 Be8 81. Rg5+ (
81. Re5 Bd7) 81... Kf7 82. Rc5 Rc6 $11) (76... Be8 77. Rc8 Bf7 78. Rc6 {
-The Previous Variation}) (76... Rd7 $2 77. Rc6 Ra7 78. Bc5 Rd7 79. Rxa6 $18)
77. Rc6 $18 Rf3 (77... Bf7 78. Rxa6 Kg6 79. Kg4 Bd5 80. Rb6 $18) (77... Bf5 {
Cifuentes} 78. f7+ $18) 78. Rxa6 Rf4+ 79. Kg3 Kg5 80. Rb6 $18 Rg4+ 81. Kf3 Rf4+
82. Ke3 Re4+ 83. Kd2 Bh5 84. Rxb5+ Kg6 85. Rxh5 $1 1-0

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.16"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Bd3 Re8 ({Another continuations also are reliable for Black, for example:} 
9... cxd4 10. exd4 b6 (10... Bd6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. c5 Bb8 14. b4 $14
{1/2-1/2 Sturua,Z-Saburov,M/URS 1979/MCD (41)}) 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qe2 (12. Rc1
Rc8 13. Re1 dxc4 14. bxc4 Na5 15. Ne5 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Holm,S-Lutikov,A/Polanica
Zdroj 1972/MCL (15)}) (12. Re1 Re8 13. Rc1 Bf8 (13... Rc8 14. Na4 dxc4 15. bxc4
Na5 16. Ne5 b5 17. cxb5 Rxc1 18. Bxc1 Qd5 19. Bf1 axb5 20. Nc3 Qb3 21. Nxb5 $14
{1/2-1/2 Knezevic,M-McCambridge,V/Gausdal 1984/MCD (29)}) 14. cxd5 exd5 (14...
Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 (15... Qxd5 16. Be4 Qd6 17. Ng5 g6 18. Qf3 $18) 16. Rxe8
Qxe8 17. Qc2 g6 18. Re1 Qd7 $11) 15. Rxe8 Qxe8 16. Na4 Qd8 17. Ne5 {1/2-1/2
Farago,I-Lukacs,P/Budapest 1977/MCD (17)}) (12. Ne2 Qc7 13. Ng3 Rad8 14. Rc1
Qb8 15. Re1 $132 {1-0 Zakharov,A-Karpeshov,O/Volgodonsk 1983/MCD (39)}) 12...
Re8 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Bc2 dxc4 15. b4 Nc6 16. Qxc4 Rc8 17. Qd3 Nb8 (17... Bxb4
18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Qd2 Nxc2 20. Qxc2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nd5 (21... b5 22. Qb3 $14)
22. Qd2 Nxc3 23. Bxc3 Qf6 24. Qe3 $14) 18. Rfe1 Nbd7 19. d5 exd5 20. Bb3 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Tal,M-Gipslis,A/Budva 1967/EXT 99 (30)}) (9... dxc4 10. bxc4 cxd4 11.
exd4 Kh8 12. Bc2 (12. Be2 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qd3 Rc8 15. Rac1 Na5 16. Nd2 Qd7
$15 {0-1 Vaganian,R-Kholmov,R/Vilnius 1975/MCL (41)}) 12... b5 13. cxb5 axb5
14. O-O b4 15. Ne4 bxa3 16. Nxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxa3 Nxd4 $1 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qf3
Qa7 20. Bb2 Bxb2 21. Rxa7 Rxa7 $44 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,R-Alburt,L/Leningrad 1974/
URS-ch (27)}) 10. O-O Bf8 11. Rc1 dxc4 ({Worth of attention also} 11... cxd4
12. exd4 b6 $132 {[%cal Gc8b7]}) 12. bxc4 cxd4 13. exd4 g6 {[%cal Gf8g7,Gb2h8]}
({Possible also} 13... b6 {[%cal Gc8b7]} 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bb7 16. Qd3 f5 (
16... h6 17. d5 $5) 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Ne5 Be4 (18... Rc8 19. Qg3 Bd6 20. f3 Qf6
$132) 19. Qg3 Qc7 20. f3 Bb7 $132) 14. Ne4 $5 Bg7 15. Re1 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bd7 {
[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga8c8,Gc6a5]} 17. Bc3 Na5 18. Ne5 Bxe5 $6 $14 {Black yields to
White pair of BB.} ({Why not} 18... Nc6 $142 19. Qf3 Re7 (19... Nxe5 20. dxe5
Bc6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Qxc6 $16) 20. Bb4 Nxb4 21. axb4 Bc8 22. Qe3 a5 $132) 19.
dxe5 Nxc4 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Bxa6 Nxa3 {Black is very close to drawn position,
all queenside PP are changed, but the game is not over. White creates new and
new problems to his opponent, so eventually Black puts serious mistake and
loses.} ({Badly is} 21... Bb5 $2 22. Bxb5 Qxd1 23. Rexd1 Rxb5 24. a4 $16) 22.
Ra1 Nb5 (22... Qe7 $5 23. Qc1 Nb5 24. Bd2 Bc8 25. Bg5 Qf8 26. Bxb5 Rxb5 27. Qc6
{[%csl Rb5,Re8][%cal Gg5h6]} Rc5 $8 $11) 23. Ba5 Qe7 24. Qd2 Bc6 (24... Bc8 25.
Bb4 $14) 25. Rec1 Bd5 26. Rab1 Na7 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Bc7 Ra8 29. Bd6 Qh4 (29...
Qd8 30. Bd3 $14 (30. Qh6 Nc8 $11)) 30. h3 Qe4 $2 {Serious mistake.} ({Right was
} 30... Nc6 $1 31. Bf1 ({or} 31. Bb7 Qe4 $1 (31... Ra2 32. Rxc6 $1 h6 (32...
Rxd2 33. Rc8+ Kg7 34. Bf8+ Kg8 35. Bh6+ $18) 33. Qe3 Bxc6 34. Bxc6 $16) 32. f3
Qd4+ 33. Qxd4 Nxd4 34. Bxa8 Ne2+ 35. Kf2 Nxc1 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. Ke3 h5 $44)
31... h6 $11) 31. f3 Qa4 $2 $18 {Looks like decisive mistake.} (31... Qh4 $142
32. Rc7 $16) 32. Rc7 Nc6 ({Loses also} 32... Qxa6 33. Qf4 Qb6+ 34. Kh2 Qxc7 35.
Bxc7 Nb5 36. Bd6 $18 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7,Rg8,Rh6]}) ({or} 32... Nb5 33. Bxb5 Qxb5
34. Qc1 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gc7c8]} (34. Qf4 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qf5 36. Qg3 h6 $11)
34... h5 (34... Qb8 35. Kh2 Qe8 36. Qf4 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gc7e7]} Rc8 37. Re7
Qf8 38. Rxe6 Bxe6 39. Bxf8 Kxf8 40. Qh6+ Kg8 41. g4 Rc3 42. f4 Rf3 43. Qg5 Kg7
44. Kg2 (44. f5 Bxf5 45. Qf6+ Kg8 46. gxf5 Rxf5 47. Qd6 h5 $44) 44... Rc3 (
44... Bd5 45. Qf6+ Kh6 46. Kh2 Be6 47. Qh8 Bxg4 48. hxg4 Rxf4 49. Kg3 $18) 45.
f5 Bd5+ 46. Kh2 Rc2+ 47. Kg3 Rc3+ 48. Kh4 h6 49. Qf6+ Kh7 50. fxg6+ fxg6 51.
Qe7+ Kh8 52. Qd8+ Kg7 53. g5 hxg5+ 54. Kxg5 $18) 35. Kh2 (35. Rc8+ Rxc8 36.
Qxc8+ Kh7 37. Qf8 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qf5 $11) 35... Qd3 {[%cal Gd3f5]} 36. Be7 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge7f6,Gc1h6]} Bxf3 $8 37. Rc3 Qe2 38. Rxf3 $18) 33. Bb7 Rd8 (
33... Re8 34. Kh2 Nd8 35. Bc8 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc8d7]}) 34. Bxc6 Bxc6 35. Kh2 Qa8
$6 ({More stubborn was} 35... Bd5 36. Qc1 $1 {[%cal Gd6e7] Threatening Bd6-e7.}
(36. Qh6 Qe8 37. Re7 Qf8 38. Qh4 {[%cal Ge7e6]} Qg7 39. Rxf7 Qxf7 40. Qxd8+ Kg7
41. Kg3 (41. Be7 Qf4+ $11) (41. h4 Qf4+ 42. Kh3 h6 $44) 41... h6 42. h4 g5 43.
hxg5 hxg5 44. Qxg5+ Qg6 $44) 36... Qe8 37. Re7 Qf8 38. Rxe6 Bxe6 (38... Qg7 39.
Re7 $18) 39. Bxf8 Kxf8 40. Qh6+ Kg8 41. g4 $18) 36. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Wien Trebitsch Memorial-01"]
[Site "Vienna (Wiener SK)"]
[Date "1907.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "Van Reek,J"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1907.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. a3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3
Bd6 $5 9. Rb1 Ne7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. O-O Bd7 12. Qb3 Bc6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qa4+
Bc6 15. Bb5 O-O 16. Bxc6 Nxc6 17. e4 b6 18. e5 Be7 19. Qb3 $2 {White loses
time. Black starts an attack on the queenside.} Rac8 $1 20. Bf4 cxd4 21. cxd4
Na5 22. Qa2 Qc4 23. Rb2 Qxa2 24. Rxa2 Rc4 25. Rd1 Rfc8 26. Kf1 Rc2 $6 (26...
Ra4 $1 {aims at pawn a3.}) 27. Rd2 Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Rc4 29. Ke2 Ra4 30. Rc2 $1 Nc4
31. Nd2 $1 Nxa3 32. Rc8+ Bf8 33. Bg5 f6 $1 34. d5 $4 (34. exf6 Nb5 35. Be3 Kf7
36. fxg7 Bxg7 37. Nf3 {suffices for a draw.}) 34... fxg5 $1 35. dxe6 Ra5 $1 36.
Nf3 Rc5 $1 37. Rd8 Rc7 38. Rd7 Rxd7 39. exd7 Be7 40. Nd4 Kf7 41. Kd3 a5 42. Ke4
a4 43. Kd5 Nb1 44. Nf5 Nc3+ 45. Kc6 Bd8 46. Kb7 a3 47. Kc8 a2 48. Kxd8 a1=Q 49.
Kc7 Qa7+ 50. Kc6 Qa8+ 51. Kc7 Nb5+ 52. Kxb6 Qd8+ 53. Kc6 Qc7+ 0-1

[Event "Wien Trebitsch Memorial-01"]
[Site "Vienna (Wiener SK)"]
[Date "1907.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "Van Reek,J"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1907.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%mdl 1] Schlechter got the second beauty prize for this game (100
Kronen from Rothschild). 2.Schönheitspreis für Schlechter (100 Kronen).} d5
2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Nf6 5. a3 Nc6 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O b5 9. Bd3
Bb7 10. dxc5 $5 Bxc5 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 Ne5 $5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bc7 15. Qe2
O-O 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. e4 e5 $6 (17... Bb6+ $1 18. Kh1 Rfd8 $15 {equalises or
Black is slightly better}) 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Rfe8 $2 ({The prudent
Schlechter and Maróczy often drew.} 19... Rae8 $1 {(Marco)} 20. Rfe1 (20. fxe5
Bxe5 {might have led to the usual result. Now pawn f7 lacks protection.}) 20...
Qh4 21. fxe5 Bxd5 22. Bxh7+ Qxh7 23. Rxd5 Rd8 24. Rdd1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. g3 Qb1+ 28. Kg2 Qa2 $11) (19... Bxd5 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Rxd5
Rad8 22. Rxd8 (22. Bxe5 Bb6+ 23. Kh1 Kg8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qf3 f6 26. Bb2 Qe6
$11) 22... Rxd8 23. fxe5 Bb6+ 24. Kh1 Qe6 $11) 20. fxe5 {[#]} Bxe5 $2 (20...
Bxd5 $142 21. Bxb5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Rfe1 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 $14) 21. Bxh7+ $1
{Schlechter strikes decisively.} Kxh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Bxe5 f6 {[#]} ({The
pointe is} 23... Qxe5 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Qxb7 Rad8 26. Qf7 $18) 24. Bxf6 $1 $18
gxf6 25. Rd3 Qh7 26. Rg3+ Kh8 27. Qf3 (27. Qxh7+ Kxh7 28. Rf4 $1 {delivers
mate.}) 27... Qf7 28. Qg4 1-0

