[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 {Schlechter's system is still kicking.}
5. Bd3 $5 {A move which looks intelligent from the galloot.} Bf5 $6 {Played
with some intentions to post Bd6 after bishops swap and e6.} (5... Bg7 6. O-O
O-O {and let us see what he is up to.}) 6. Bxf5 gxf5 7. Qb3 $1 {Excellent!} Qb6
8. Qc2 $1 {The point.} e6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 $8 (9... cxd5 $6 10. Qc8+ Ke7 11. b3 Nc6
12. Ba3+ Nb4 13. Qxa8 Bg7 14. Qxh8 Bxh8 15. O-O $16 {looks ugly.}) 10. O-O Nd7
11. Nbd2 (11. Nc3 N7f6 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Nxd6+ Qxd6 $13) 11... Nb4 $5
12. Qb1 {I was surprised by his choice.} (12. Qd1 Qb5 $1 13. a3 Nd3 {was my
idea.}) (12. Qb3 Qb5 13. a3 Nd3 14. Qxb5 cxb5 15. Nb3 Nb6 16. Rd1 Nxc1 17.
Raxc1 Nd5 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nd3 b6 20. g3 $13) 12... Qb5 13. a3 Nd3 14. b4 {
For all these moves my worries were attached to e3-e4 thrust. When I have
understood that he will never go for that I felt some relief!} (14. e4 Nf4 15.
exf5 Rg8 16. g3 Qxf5 17. Qxf5 exf5 18. Nc4 Ne6 $132) 14... Nxc1 15. Rxc1 Rg8 $1
16. Qa2 $5 {He played this with the idea to prevent Qd5.} (16. e4 fxe4 17. Nxe4
Qf5 $13) 16... Qd5 $1 $11 {Yes that is it punch to punch eye for eye and teeth
for teeth.} 17. Qxd5 cxd5 18. Rc7 Rb8 19. Ne5 {It became obvious that he wants
to play a NvsB endgame.} (19. Rac1 Nb6 $1 (19... Bd6 $2 20. Rxb7 $1 Rxb7 21.
Rc8+ Ke7 22. Rxg8 Rc7 23. Nb3 Rc3 (23... Rc2 $2 24. g3 Ra2 25. Na5 Rxa3 26.
Nc6+ Kf6 27. Rd8 $18) 24. Nfd2 Nb6 25. g3 Rc2 26. Nf3 Rc3 27. Na5 $1 (27. Nc5
Rxa3 28. Rh8 a5 29. bxa5 Rxa5 30. Rxh7 Bxc5 31. dxc5 Rxc5 32. Ng5 Kf6 33. h4
Rc7 $11) 27... Rxa3 28. Nc6+ $18) 20. Ne5 Bd6 21. R7c2 Ke7 22. Nd3 Rbc8 $11)
19... Bd6 $8 20. Nxd7 Bxc7 21. Nxb8 Bxb8 22. Nb3 b6 $1 {Na5 should not be
allowed.} 23. f4 $1 {He seals my f4 forever.} (23. a4 Kd7 24. a5 $140 $2 Kc6
$17 {Kingdom comes!}) 23... Kd7 24. Rc1 Bd6 25. Kf2 Rb8 $5 {I wanted to put
some scare on him with a possible a5.} (25... a6 $142 26. g3 h5 $11) 26. b5 $1
a6 27. a4 Ra8 28. Ra1 Bb4 29. Ke2 h5 {Draw offer. Frankly speaking I have got
bored.} (29... axb5 30. axb5 Rxa1 31. Nxa1 h5 32. Nc2 Bc3 33. Kd3 Ba5 34. Na1
f6 35. Nb3 Bb4 36. Nc1 Ke7 37. Ne2 Kf7 38. Ng3 Kg6 $11) 30. Kd1 Ra7 31. bxa6
Rxa6 32. Nc1 b5 33. Rb1 (33. Nd3 $6 Bd6 34. a5 b4 35. Ra4 $1 {Otherwise we
know the history: Kingdom comes!} Kc6 36. Rxb4 Rxa5 $11 (36... Bxb4 37. Nxb4+
Kb5 38. Nxa6 Kxa6 39. Kc2 (39. Ke2 Kxa5 40. Kf3 Kb4 41. Kg3 Kc3 42. Kh4 Kd3 43.
Kxh5 Kxe3 44. Kg5 Kxd4 45. h4 Ke3 46. h5 d4 47. h6 d3 48. h7 d2 49. h8=Q d1=Q
50. Qe5+ Kf2 51. Kf6 Qh5 $19) 39... Kxa5 40. Kb3 Kb5 41. Kc3 Ka4 42. Kc2 Kb4
43. Kd2 Kb3 44. Kd3 Kb2 45. Kd2 Kb3 $11)) 33... Rxa4 34. Nd3 Bd6 35. Rxb5 Ra2
36. Rb2 Rxb2 37. Nxb2 $11 {We have really a boring position with 200 kgs of
pushing power behind both sides of the board. It is a physical equilibrium.}
Ke7 (37... Bb4 38. Nd3 Ba5 39. Ne5+ Ke8 40. Nc6 {would anyway kick my bishop
out of a5-e1 diagonal.}) 38. Nd3 Bc7 39. Nb4 Kf6 40. Kc2 Kg7 41. Kb3 Bd8 42.
Ka4 Bh4 43. Nd3 Bd8 44. Kb5 Kf8 45. Ka4 Kg7 46. Kb3 Ba5 47. Nb4 Kf8 48. Ka4 Bc7
49. Kb5 Bd6 50. Nc2 Be7 51. Kc6 Bd8 52. Kb5 Bh4 53. g3 Be7 54. Nb4 Ke8 {
I have realised that I should not push f7-f6 either h5-h4 not to make
defensive task to complicated.} 55. Nd3 Ba3 56. Ka4 Be7 57. Nc5 Bf8 58. Kb5 Be7
59. Kc6 Bf8 60. h3 Be7 61. Kb6 Bd8+ 62. Kb5 Be7 63. Nd3 Ba3 64. Ka4 Bd6 65. Nf2
Be7 66. Kb3 Bd8 67. Kc2 Kf8 68. Kd3 Ba5 69. Ke2 {Yes indeed his rearcovering
operation succeded now he goes for g4.} Kg7 70. g4 hxg4 71. hxg4 fxg4 72. Nxg4
Kg6 73. Ne5+ Kf6 74. Kd3 Bc7 75. e4 dxe4+ 76. Kxe4 Bxe5 77. fxe5+ (77. dxe5+
Kg6 $11 {also results in a draw.}) 77... Kg5 78. d5 exd5+ {Watching him to
grow impatient I started to consume my time looking at funny things.} (78...
f5+ $4 79. exf6 (79. Kd4 $4 exd5 80. Kxd5 f4 81. e6 f3 82. e7 f2 83. e8=Q f1=Q
84. Qg8+ Kh4 $11) 79... Kxf6 80. d6 e5 (80... Kf7 81. Ke5 Kf8 82. Kf6 $1 $18)
81. Kd5 e4 82. Kc6 $1 $18) 79. Kxd5 Kf5 80. Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch17 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.11.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1949.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 (5... Nxc3 $1) 6. h3 $1 Bg7
7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 c6 (8... Nc6 9. Be3 f5 10. d5 Ne5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. O-O Nxf3+
13. Bxf3 Nc4 14. Bg5 $16 {Bondarevsky-Averbakh, 1950}) 9. Bg5 Be6 10. O-O f6 (
10... Bc4) 11. Be3 Bf7 12. Qd2 Re8 (12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rfd1 {/\ d4-d5}
) 13. Rfd1 Na6 {[#]} 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. b3 a5 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. Ne1 {(/\ Nd3-c5)}
f5 18. e5 (18. f3 Rad8 {/\ ...f4}) 18... Rad8 19. Nd3 Qc8 (19... g5 20. Nc5 Qc8
21. Bxg5 Bxe5 22. Qe3) 20. Qb2 (20. f4 $142) 20... g5 21. f4 (21. Bxg5 Rxd4)
21... g4 22. Nc5 (22. Qa3 a4 $1 23. Nxa4 Nd5 24. Bd2 (24. Bf2 gxh3 25. gxh3 Bh6
) 24... gxh3 25. gxh3 Qa6) 22... Nd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Kh2 Kh8 $2 (24... gxh3
25. gxh3 Kh8 26. Rg1 Rg8 27. Qf2 $1 (27. Rg3 Bh6) 27... Rdf8 28. Qh4 Rf7 29.
Rg5 Bf8 30. Rcg1 (30. e6 Bxe6 31. d5 Bxd5 32. Bd4+ Bg7 33. Rcg1 Bxd4 34. Rxg8+
Qxg8 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8) 30... Rxg5 $1 (30... Rfg7 31. e6 $1) 31. Rxg5 (31. fxg5 f4
$1 32. g6 Rg7 33. Bxf4 Qf5 $1) 31... e6 $1) 25. hxg4 $1 fxg4 26. Kg3 Rf8 (26...
Qf5 27. Qc2) 27. Rh1 Rf5 {[#]} 28. Rh4 (28. Qc3 $1 Qc7 (28... h5 29. Qxa5 Bh6
30. Qxa7) 29. Rh4 h5 30. Rch1 Bf7 31. Rxg4 Bh6 32. Rgh4 Rg8+ 33. Kf2 Bd5 34.
R1h2 {(/\ g2-g4)}) 28... h5 29. Rch1 (29. Qc3) 29... Bf7 30. Qc3 Bh6 $1 (30...
Qc7 31. Rxg4) 31. Rf1 (31. Qxa5 Rxd4 $1) (31. e6 $1 Qc7 32. exf7 Rxf4 $3) 31...
Qc7 32. Qc2 e6 33. Qc4 (33. Ne4 $142) 33... Bf8 $1 34. Rfh1 (34. Nxe6 Qe7 $1)
34... Kg8 35. Qe2 Bxc5 36. dxc5 Rd5 37. Qxg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch13 Alekhine-Bogoljubow +11-5=9"]
[Site "GER/NLD"]
[Date "1929.10.21"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1929.09.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 (3... c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 e5) 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6
6. Be3 Bg7 7. Nc3 Nc6 $6 (7... O-O $142) 8. d5 (8. Bb5 $1 O-O (8... Bd7 9. Nge2
O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 Nac4 12. Bc1 a6 13. Bc2 c6 14. b3 Nd6 15. Bb2 $16) 9.
Nge2 e5 (9... Na5 $1 10. b3 a6 11. Bd3 Nc6 $1 12. Bc2 (12. Rc1 {/\ Bb1}) 12...
Nb4 13. O-O c6 14. Rc1 Nxc2 15. Rxc2 $1 a5 $1 16. Rd2 a4 {[#]} 17. d5 $1 Qc7
18. Bf4 (18. Nxa4 Nxa4 19. bxa4 Qa5 $13) 18... Be5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. f4 Qd6 21.
dxc6 Qc5+ 22. Rd4 bxc6 23. b4 Qh5 24. Qd2 (24. Ng3 Qxd1 25. Rfxd1 $14) 24...
Ba6 $1 25. Ng3 Qh4 26. Nce2 e5 $1 27. fxe5 Nc4 28. Qc3 Nxe5 29. Rd6 Rfe8 30.
Rf4 (30. Rfd1 Ng4 $13) 30... Qe7 31. Rd4 (31. Rdf6 Rad8 32. Nd4 $2 Qa7 $1) (31.
Rd2 Rad8 32. Nd4 Qg5 33. Rdf2 Nd3 34. Rxf7 Qe5 $1) 31... Bxe2 $6 32. Nxe2 Red8
33. Rf1 Rxd4 {Borwell 1/2-1/2 Borwell,AP-Muellner,I/corr 19 world ch. sf 1992/
94 /1992}) 10. d5 Ne7 {Bondarevsky-Aronin/URS-ch16 Moscow/1948} (10... Nb8 11.
O-O c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Nd5 $16)) 8... Ne5 9. Bd4 (9. f4 Ng4 10.
Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Be2 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. h3
Nf6 17. Qe3 $14 {Speelman-Lputian, Hastings 1986/87}) 9... f6 $2 (9... O-O 10.
f4 Ned7 (10... Bg4 $1 11. Be2 Bxe2 12. Ngxe2 Ng4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd4+ Nf6 15.
O-O-O c5 $1 $10 {Laurentius-Alexander/Warschau/1935}) 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qd4+
$40 {>> /\0-0-0, h4 +- Alekhine}) 10. f4 (10. a4 $142 $1) 10... Nf7 11. a4 e5
$1 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. a5 Nd7 14. a6 b6 15. Bb5 Qe7 16. Nge2 c5 (16... O-O-O 17.
Bc6) 17. Bf2 O-O-O (17... O-O 18. Nd5 Qd6 (18... Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Rfd8 20. O-O-O
Nf8 21. Qb7 $1) 19. Nec3 Rfd8 20. O-O $16 {/+-}) 18. Qa4 f5 19. e5 (19. Bc4 Nb8
20. Bxe6+ Qxe6 21. Nb5 Nc6 (21... Rd7)) 19... g5 $1 20. Bc4 (20. g3 gxf4 21.
gxf4 Ndxe5 $1 $40) 20... Ndxe5 (20... Nb8 21. Bxe6+ Qxe6 22. O-O {[%cal Rb2b4]
/\b4-> Alekhine} Nc6 23. b4 $1 {Müller}) 21. Bxe6+ Qxe6 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. O-O
Qc4 24. b4 $3 (24. Qxc4 Nxc4 {[%cal Rc4b2,Rd8d2] /\25.Nb2, 25.Rd2} 25. Nb5 Kb8
$13) (24. Qc2 Qd3 $13) 24... Qxb4 (24... cxb4 25. Nb5 $1 Qxe2 (25... Nf3+ 26.
gxf3 Bxa1 27. Rc1 Bc3 28. Rxc3 $18) (25... Kb8 26. Ned4 Nd3 27. Nxa7 Kxa7 28.
Nc6+ Ka8 29. Nxd8 Bxa1 30. Qd7 Qxa6 31. Qc6+ Kb8 32. Bxb6 $18 Be5 33. Bc7+ Ka7
34. Bxe5 Nxe5 35. Qc5+) 26. Nxa7+ (26. Rfe1 Qd2 27. Nxa7+ Kb8 28. Nc6+ $18)
26... Kb8 27. Nc6+ $18) 25. Qc2 {[%cal Ya1a4,Yc2e4] /\26.Ra4, 26.Qf5} Nd3 26.
Rfb1 Qc4 27. Ra4 Qe6 (27... Qf7 28. Bd4 $1 cxd4 (28... Bxd4+ 29. Nxd4 Rxd4 30.
Rxd4 cxd4 31. Qxd3 dxc3 32. Qxc3+ $18) 29. Nd5+ $1 Nc5 (29... Kb8 30. Nxb6 $1
$18) 30. Nxb6+ axb6 31. Rxb6 {[%cal Ra6a7] /\32.a7 +- Alekhine} Qc7 32. Qxf5+ {
[%cal Ra6a7] /\33.a7+-}) 28. Nb5 Kb8 $2 (28... Nxf2 $142 29. Kxf2 (29. Nxa7+ $2
Kb8 30. Qxc5 Rd1+ $1 $19) 29... Kb8 30. Ng3 Rhf8 31. Ra3 $1 {/\32.Re3, 32.Rd3
+- Alekhine} Qd5 $16 {/+- Müller}) 29. Ned4 Qe4 (29... Bxd4 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31.
Rxd4 Qe3+ 32. Kf1 cxd4 (32... Qxd4 33. Nxd4 cxd4 34. Qxd3 $18 {mate in five})
33. Qc7+ Ka8 34. Qb7#) 30. Nc3 Qe8 31. Qxd3 cxd4 32. Bxd4 Qe6 33. Qf3 Qf7 34.
Bxb6 $1 (34. Bxb6 $1 axb6 35. Rxb6+ Kc8 36. Qc6+ (36. a7 $145 Kd7 37. a8=Q Bf6
(37... Rxa8 38. Qb7+ Kd8 39. Rxa8#) 38. Ra7+ Ke8 39. Qfc6+ Kf8 40. Rxf7+ Kg8 (
40... Kxf7 41. Qxf6+ Kg8 42. Qaxd8#) 41. Qe8+ Rxe8 42. Qxe8#) 36... Qc7 37.
Rb8+ $1 (37. Qe6+ $145 $1 $18) 37... Kxb8 38. a7+ {Alekhine} Kc8 (38... Qxa7+
$145 $5 39. Rxa7 Bd4+ 40. Kf1 Bxa7 41. Nb5) 39. a8=Q#) 1-0

[Event "Batumi FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2016.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:53:06"]
[BlackClock "0:01:03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 ({The famous Magnus Carlsen - Li Chao game at the Qatar
Masters in Doha continued} 9... f5 10. e5 Nb4 11. Nh3 Qe8 12. Kb1 a5 13. Be2 c6
14. Rc1 Kh8 15. Ka1 Be6 16. Nf4 Qf7 17. h4 Bxa2 18. h5 Kg8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. g4
Bb3 21. Bd1 a4 22. Qh2 Rfd8 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. d5 Nc4 25. Nxg6+ Ke8 26. e6 a3 27.
exf7+ Kd7 28. Ne5+ Bxe5 29. Qxf5+ Kc7 30. Qxe5+ Nxe5 31. Bxb3 axb2+ 32. Kxb2
Nbd3+ 33. Kb1 Nxc1 34. Rxc1 Kc8 35. dxc6 bxc6 36. f4 {1-0 (36) Carlsen,M (2834)
-Li,C (2750) Doha 2015}) 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Na5 14. Qc1
Nbc4 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 b5 17. Bxc4 $146 {A new move. White gives the
bishop to develop her pieces quickly.} Nxc4 18. Nge2 Qd6 19. h4 h5 {[#]} 20. g4
$5 {White loses no time to get her attack going.} Ne5 $6 {Refraining from
accepting the offer. However, it might have been better to take the pawn.} ({
After} 20... hxg4 21. f4 Kg7 22. h5 Rh8 23. Ng3 Bd7 {White still has to prove
that she has sufficient attacking chances for the pawn.}) 21. gxh5 b4 22. Na4
Nxf3 23. hxg6 $1 fxg6 24. h5 $1 {White does not lose time to save material but
continues her attack.} Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Qe5 {[#]White's attack is hard to parry.}
({After e.g.} 25... Bd7 26. Rg1 Be8 27. Ne6 {the white pieces are simply
dominating and Black will soon be forced to give up material.}) 26. Nc6 Qxe4+
27. Ka1 Bf5 28. Nc5 Qc2 29. Qh6 {Now White is crushing through.} Qg2 30. hxg6
Bxg6 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Ne5# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 h5 11. g4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Already for some time this
variation was causing mistrust, since black has all the pieces on the
queenside while the danger is looming on the opposite side of the board.
Ivanchuk's novelty makes a healthy impression, the defender faces a tough
choice.} cxd5 (11... hxg4 12. h5 gxh5 13. Rxh5 cxd5 14. exd5 gxf3 15. Bh6 f2+
16. Qxf2 $16) 12. exd5 N8d7 (12... hxg4 13. h5 Bf5 14. Rd1 gxh5 15. Rxh5 Bg6
16. Rg5 gxf3 17. Nxf3 $16) 13. gxh5 Nf6 (13... gxh5 14. Rd1 Nf6 15. Bh6 Bf5 16.
Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qg5+ Bg6 18. Nh3 $14) 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Nh3 $5 {White is playing
with nonchalance and courageously sacrifices an important central pawn.
Akesson will be suffering by any continuation, so he can as well try to grab
some material.} (15. Rd1 Bf5 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. Nge2 $16) 15... Nfxd5 (15... Bf5
16. Ng5 Rc8 17. Rd1 $18) 16. Nxd5 (16. Bc5 Nxc3 17. Bxf8 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Kxf8
19. bxc3 Bf5 20. Bd3 Rd8 21. Nf2 $14) 16... Qxd5 (16... Nxd5 17. Bc5 Rf7 18.
Rd1 Rd7 19. Ng5 $1 (19. Bc4 $2 Qxh4+ 20. Nf2 Qxc4 $19) 19... Nb6 20. Bd3 $18)
17. Qxd5+ Nxd5 18. Bc4 Be6 (18... Rd8 19. Rd1 Be6 20. Bxa7 $14) 19. Ng5 Nxe3 (
19... Rfe8 20. Nxe6 Nxe3 21. Bb3 Bh6 22. Kf2 $16) 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Kf2 $1 {
Black has managed to simplify the position, but his king will not feel safe in
the corner.} Nf5 (21... Nc2 22. Rac1 Nd4 23. Bf7 Rad8 24. Bxg6 $16) 22. h5 Bh6
(22... gxh5 23. Rxh5+ Nh6 24. Rah1 Rf6 25. Nf7+ Kh7 26. Bf5+ Rxf5 27. Rxf5 $18)
23. hxg6 (23. Rag1 Kg7 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Ne6+ Kf7 26. hxg6+ Kxe6 27. Rxh6 $18)
23... Kg7 24. Nf7 (24. Rag1 $5 Nd4 25. Bd5 $18) 24... Be3+ 25. Ke2 Ng3+ $6 {
Even the best players are falling apart under pressure, black will eliminate
the danger for the king at a high cost of too much material.} (25... Kxg6 26.
Nxe5+ (26. Bxf5+ Kxf5 27. Nxe5 Bd4 28. Rh5+ Ke6 29. Nc4 $16) 26... Kg5 27. Nf7+
Kf6 28. Bxf5 Rxf7 29. Be4 $16) 26. Kxe3 Nxh1 27. Rxh1 Kxg6 28. Nd6 Rf6 (28...
Rad8 29. Nxb7 $18) 29. Rg1+ Kh7 (29... Kh6 30. Ke4 Rxe6 31. Nf7+ Kh5 32. Kf5
$18) 30. Ne4 Rh6 (30... Rxe6 31. Ng5+ $18) 31. Rg4 Rh2 32. b4 Rf8 33. Bb3 Kh6
34. Nd6 Kh5 35. Re4 b6 36. Rxe5+ Kh4 37. Re7 1-0

[Event "USA-CHN Summit"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.03.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8. f4
Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bd4 e5 11. Bxe5 Bxe5 12. fxe5 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qe7 14. Qd4 Rd8 15.
b4 Nac4 16. Bxc4 (16. Nf3 Bg4 17. Bxc4 Bxf3 18. O-O Qxb4 19. e6 (19. Rxf3 Qxc4
20. Qe3 Nd7 21. Qf4 (21. Raf1 Nxe5 22. Rf4 Rd7 23. Rh4 h5 {1/2-1/2 Decsey,
K-Rapcsak,A/Paks/1998/ (37)}) 21... Qd4+ 22. Kh1 Rf8 23. Rb1 a6 24. Ne2 Qc4 25.
Rb2 Rae8 26. Rc3 Qa4 27. Rxc7 Nxe5 28. Rbxb7 Qxa2 {1/2-1/2 Moskalenko,V-Zakic,
S/Belgrade/1988/ (58)}) 19... fxe6 20. Rxf3 Qxc4 21. Qf6 exd5 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23.
Qe5+ Kg8 24. Qe6+ Kh8 {1/2-1/2 Gheorghiu,F-Granda Zuniga,J/New York/ 1987/ (24)
}) 16... Qxb4 17. Nf3 (17. Nge2 Qxc4 18. O-O Qxd4+ 19. Nxd4 c6 20. e6 fxe6 21.
Nxe6 Bxe6 22. dxe6 Rd3 23. Rac1 Rf8 {1/2-1/2 Moskalenko,V-Ftacnik,L/Belgrade/
1988/ (31)}) 17... Qxc4 18. Qe3 (18. Qxc4 Nxc4 19. Rb1 a6 20. Ne2 Re8 $15) (18.
Rb1 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 c6 20. O-O cxd5 21. Rxb6 axb6 22. exd5 Ra5 $11) 18... c6 19.
e6 (19. d6 Bg4 $15) 19... fxe6 (19... cxd5 20. exf7+ Kg7 21. Nd2 Qb4 22. exd5
$14) 20. Ne5 {[%mdl 4] Black king would be in big trouble without any
defenders around him, but fortunately white has yet to complete his
development.} Qb4 (20... Qa6 21. Qg5 (21. dxc6 Nc4 22. Nxc4 Qxc4 $17) 21... Rf8
22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. dxe6 Qd3 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qg6+ $11) 21. O-O Nc4
(21... exd5 22. Nf7 Rd7 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Ng4 Rf7 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Rxf7 $40) (
21... cxd5 22. Ng4 $40) 22. Qg5 (22. Qd4 Qb6 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. dxc6 bxc6 25.
Nxc6 Rd7 $11) 22... Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 exd5 (24... cxd5 25. Qf6 Bd7 26.
Qf7+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ $11) 25. Rab1 Qa6 (25... Qa5 26. Rxb7 Bxb7 27. Qe6+ Kh8 $11)
26. Qe7 Bh3 $1 {The last exact move, Kaidanov is left only with an option of
chosing between drawing lines.} (26... Bd7 $2 27. Rf7 $18) 27. Qf7+ (27. Rf7
Rd7 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Rxh7+ Kg8 $11) 27... Kh8 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Qf7+ Kh8 30.
Qf6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O f5 10. h4 fxe4 11. h5 gxh5 (11... exf3 12. hxg6 (12. Nxf3 Bf5 13.
hxg6 Bxg6 14. Bd3 Qd6 15. Ng5 Nb4 16. Nge4 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Qc6 18. Bg5 Nd5 {
0-1 Igla,B-Tsai,C/Oropesa del Mar 2000/ (37)}) 12... hxg6 13. Nxf3 Qd6 14. Bh6
Bf5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. d5 Ne5 17. Qh6+ {1-0 Ward,C-Liss,E/Isle of Man 1997/ (43)
}) (11... e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Bh6 (14. fxe4 Bg4 (14... c6 15. Nf3
Nxf3 16. gxf3 cxd5 17. exd5 Rxf3 18. Kb1 Bf5+ 19. Ka1 Qd7 20. d6 e4 21. Be2 Rg3
22. Bd4 {1-0 Svetushkin,D-Lupulescu,C/Bucharest 2003/ (29)}) 15. Re1 Qe7 16.
Bd3 c6 17. Kb1 Rac8 18. Nh3 Qb4 19. Nf2 Bd7 20. Bh6 Qe7 21. Nfd1 cxd5 22. Nxd5
Nxd5 23. exd5 Bf5 24. Nc3 Bxh6 25. Rxh6 Kg7 26. Bxf5 Nxf5 27. Rh3 {1-0 Barsov,
A-Barbeau,S/Montreal 2002/ (55)}) 14... Qe7 (14... e3 15. Bxe3 Nxd5 16. Bh6 Nf4
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. g3 Nh5 19. Qe3 Qf6 20. Bd3 Bf5 21. g4 Bxd3 22. gxh5 Bf5 23.
f4 {1-0 Jerez Perez,A-Perez Lopez,J/Cala Galdana 2001/ (48)}) 15. Bxg7 Qxg7 16.
fxe4 Bg4 17. Be2 Rf2 18. Qe3 Rxg2 19. Bxg4 Rc2+ 20. Kb1 Rxb2+ 21. Kc1 Rc2+ 22.
Kb1 Rb2+ {1/2-1/2 Varga,Z-Schneider,H/Bad Woerishofen 2001/ (24)}) 12. d5 $5
$146 {Sakaev is trying to improve on the sharp variation, that was somehow
holding for black in the praxis.} (12. Rxh5 Bf5 13. Rg5 Bg6 14. Be2 e5 15. d5
exf3 16. Nxf3 Nd4 17. Bd3 (17. Nxe5 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 {1/2-1/2 Pliasunov,
A-Vokarev,S/St Petersburg 2002/ (18)}) 17... Nf5 18. Bc5 Rf7 19. g4 Nd6 20.
Bxd6 cxd6 21. Bf5 Kf8 22. Rxg6 hxg6 23. Ng5 Nc4 24. Ne6+ Ke7 25. Qe2 Qb6 {
1/2-1/2 Golod,V-Herrera,I/Linares 2001/ (66)}) 12... Ne5 13. Bh6 Rf7 $6 (13...
Nec4 $5 14. Qg5 Rf7 15. Rh4 (15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxg7 (16. Rh4 Qd6 17. Bxg7 Rxg7
18. Qxh5 Bd7 19. Rxe4 Qb4 20. Rd2 Qc5 21. Rd1 $13) 16... Rxg7 17. Qxh5 exf3 18.
gxf3 Qf8 $13) 15... Nd6 (15... Nxb2 16. Rf4 Qe8 17. Rxf7 Qxf7 18. Kxb2 Na4+ 19.
Ka3 Nxc3 20. Rc1 exf3 21. Rxc3 Qg6 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. Bxg7 fxg2 24. Bxg2 Kxg7
25. Rxc7 Kf6 $13) 16. fxe4 Bg4 17. Nf3 e5 18. dxe6 Qxg5+ 19. Bxg5 Bxe6 $13) 14.
Bxg7 Rxg7 (14... Kxg7 15. Qd4 Rf5 16. g4 hxg4 17. fxg4 Rg5 18. Nxe4 e6 19. Nf3
c5 20. Rxh7+ Kg8 21. Qg1 Rxg4 22. Qh1 $18) 15. Rxh5 (15. Nxe4 h4 16. Qd4 Ng6
17. Ne2 $14) 15... Nbc4 $2 {[%mdl 256] Timofeev has simply not risen to the
task of the defender, second weaker move will cost him a whole point.} (15...
Nf7 16. Nxe4 e6 17. dxe6 Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Bxe6 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Bd3 h6 21. b3 Rd8
$14) 16. Qd4 b5 (16... Qe8 17. Rxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 exf3 19. Nxf3 $18) (16... c5
17. Qxe4 Qe8 18. Rxe5 $18) 17. Rxe5 (17. Nxb5 c6 18. Nc3 Ba6 19. Rxe5 Nxe5 20.
Qxe5 $18) 17... Nxe5 18. Qxe5 exf3 (18... Qd6 19. Qxe4 b4 20. Nb5 Qc5+ 21. Bc4
$18) 19. Nxf3 Qd6 20. Nxb5 Qxe5 21. Nxe5 {White knights are very active, black
stands no chance of defending all the weaknesses.} Bf5 (21... Ba6 22. Nxc7 Rc8
23. Bxa6 Rxc7+ 24. Bc4 Rg4 25. b3 $18) 22. Nd4 Be4 23. Bc4 Rxg2 (23... Kh8 24.
g4 Rgg8 25. Ne6 $18) 24. Re1 (24. Re1 Bg6 25. d6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Feoktistov, Alexey A"]
[Black "Zhelesny, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2
Nc6 9. Be3 f5 10. Qb3+ (10. exf5 Bxf5 (10... gxf5 11. Qb3+ (11. Qd2 Be6 12. O-O
Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rfe1 f4 15. Bxf4 Nxd4 16. Ne5 Ne2+ 17. Nxe2 Qxd2 18. Bxd2
Bxe5 19. Bc3 Bd6 {Lputian,S-Barua,D/Tilburg/1994/ 0,5 (50)}) 11... e6 12. Bg5
Nxd4 13. Bxd8 Nxb3 14. Rd1 Na5 15. Bxc7 Nac4 16. Rc1 Nxb2 17. Nb5 Bd7 18. O-O
Nd5 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Nf4 21. Nd4 Nxe2+ 22. Nxe2 Bb5 23. Rfe1 Nd3 24. Nxd3
Bxd3 25. Nf4 Be4 26. Nxe6 {1-0 Yuferov,S-Kuznetsova,E/Katowice/1993/ (54)}) 11.
Qb3+ Kh8 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nd4 (13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Rd1 Qd6 15. O-O a5 16. a3 a4 17.
Qb5 Bd7 18. Qd3 Bf5 19. Qd2 Rad8 20. Rfe1 Bg7 21. Bf1 e5 22. dxe6 {1-0
Christiansen,L-Castro,O/Torremolinos/1977/ (34)}) 13... c6 14. Rd1 cxd5 15.
Nxf5 Rxf5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Qc7 18. O-O Nc6 19. Rfd1 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Rf8 21.
Bg4 {1-0 Andersson,U-Kortschnoj,V/Clermont Ferrand 1989/ (40)}) (10. d5 Ne5 11.
exf5 Bxf5 12. O-O Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Nc4 14. Bg5 Nd6 15. Re1 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17.
Qe2 Qf8 18. Bg4 Bxg4 19. hxg4 Qf7 20. f3 Re8 21. Rac1 e5 22. Qe3 {1-0
Bondarevsky,I-Averbakh,Y/Moscow 1950/ (39)}) 10... Kh8 (10... e6 11. d5 exd5
12. O-O-O Kh8 13. exd5 Ne5 14. Bc5 Re8 15. h4 Nxf3 16. Bxf3 h5 17. Rde1 Bd7 18.
d6 cxd6 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Bxb7 Ra7 21. Bd5 Re5 {0-1 Gasztonyi,E-Sandor,B/
Budapest 1953/ (30)}) 11. d5 fxe4 12. dxc6 exf3 13. Bxf3 Rxf3 {Black has to
sacrifice the exchange in order to eliminate the pressure and get his pieces
into action.} (13... Rb8 14. Rd1 Qe8 15. Nb5 $1 $16) 14. gxf3 bxc6 15. Qf7 $5 (
15. Rd1 Qf8 16. Ne4 Nd5 $14) 15... Ba6 16. Rd1 Qf8 17. Qxf8+ Rxf8 18. Bc5 $1 (
18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Rd7 Be5 20. Ne4 Rxf3 21. Rxe7 Bxb2 22. Rxc7 Rf4 23. f3 Rxf3
24. Kd2 Be5 25. Rxh7+ Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Berg,K-Fries Nielsen,J/Ribe 1978/ (33)})
18... Bxc3+ (18... Rxf3 19. Rd8+ Rf8 20. Bxe7 Rxd8 21. Bxd8 Nc4 22. Bxc7 Nxb2
23. Kd2 $16) 19. bxc3 Nd5 {Most of the pawns on the board are now isolated.
White has additional problem of efficient transfer of the h1 rook into play.}
20. Rd4 (20. Bxa7 e5 21. Rg1 $1 Nxc3 22. Ra1 Rxf3 23. Rg3 $16) 20... Rb8 $1 (
20... Rxf3 21. Ra4 Bb5 22. Bd4+ Kg8 23. Rxa7 Kf7 24. Rh2 $5 (24. a4 Nxc3 25.
Bxc3 (25. axb5 Nxb5 26. Ra4 Rf4 $17) 25... Rxc3 26. Kd2 Rd3+ 27. Kc2 Ra3 28. a5
$14) 24... c5 25. Bh8 $16) 21. f4 (21. Bxa7 $6 Rb7 22. Bc5 e5 23. Rd1 Nxc3 24.
Rd8+ Kg7 25. Kd2 Nxa2 $13) (21. Rh2 Nxc3 (21... Rb1+ 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1
Nxc3+ 24. Kc2 Nxa2 25. Kb2 Bc4 26. Rh1 $14) 22. Kd2 Nxa2 23. Kc2 Be2 $13) 21...
Nxf4 $1 (21... Nxc3 22. Kd2 Nxa2 23. Kc2 $1 $16) 22. Kd2 (22. Rxf4 Rb1+ 23. Kd2
Rxh1 24. Ra4 Bf1 25. Rxa7 Rxh3 26. Rxc7 $14) 22... Ne6 (22... e5 $1 23. Rb4 (
23. Bxa7 Rb2+ 24. Kc1 Rxa2 25. Kb1 Re2 $13) 23... Rd8+ 24. Kc2 Nd3 25. Rd1
Nxb4+ 26. cxb4 $11) 23. Bxa7 Rb7 $2 {Black has played brilliantly in the
defense, but his last move is just meek. The active 23...Rb2+ would put white
in the defensive.} (23... Rb2+ $1 24. Kc1 Rxa2 25. Rb4 (25. Kb1 Rxf2 26. Rd7
Rf7 27. Re1 Bc8 $17) 25... Bd3 26. Re1 Bf5 $15) 24. Re4 Rxa7 (24... Rb2+ 25.
Kc1 Rxa2 26. Rhe1 Ra1+ 27. Kb2 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Bc8 29. Bb8 Kg8 30. Bxc7 $14) 25.
Rxe6 Bc4 26. Re5 (26. Rxe7 Rxa2+ 27. Ke3 Re2+ 28. Kd4 Rxe7 29. Kxc4 Rf7 $17)
26... Rxa2+ 27. Ke3 Kg8 (27... Re2+ 28. Kd4 Rxe5 29. Kxe5 Kg7 30. Ra1 $16) 28.
Rb1 Kf7 29. Rb7 Kf6 30. Re4 Bd5 (30... Re2+ 31. Kf3 Bd5 32. Kxe2 Bxe4 33. Ke3
Bd5 34. h4 $16) 31. Rf4+ Ke5 32. Rxc7 Ra3 $2 {Misserable trade of most pawns
on the board, black forgets that he is sitting without exchange.} (32... Kd6 $1
33. Rc8 Ra3 34. Kd3 $14) 33. Rxe7+ Kd6 34. Rxh7 Rxc3+ 35. Kd2 Ra3 36. Rg4 $18 {
xg6} Ra2+ 37. Ke3 Ra3+ 38. Kf4 Rf3+ 39. Kg5 Rxf2 40. Kxg6 c5 41. Rh8 Be6 (41...
c4 42. Rd8+ Ke6 43. Re8+ Kd6 44. Re3 $18) 42. Rg3 c4 43. h4 Ke7 44. Rh7+ Kd6 (
44... Bf7+ 45. Kg5 Ke6 46. h5 $18) 45. Ra7 Bf5+ 46. Kg5 Be4 47. Ra5 Bf3 $2 48.
Rf5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2004.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. f4 c5 12. fxe5 Bg4 13. Re1 Bxe5 14. h3 Qh4 15.
Bd3 Rac8 16. Rf1 f5 17. Bg5 Qh5 18. hxg4 Qxh1 19. exf5 Qh2 20. Nh3 (20. Qf2 Nd7
$15) 20... Qg3 21. Bf4 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Nd7 {[%mdl 4] The whole line is rather
unclear, white sacrifices exchange in order to get attacking chances.} (22...
gxf5 23. gxf5 Nd7 24. Ne4 Qg7 25. Nhg5 c4 26. Bb1 Rxf5 27. Rxf5 Nxf5 {0-1
Laine,H-Holmsten,A/Helsinki 1997/ (67)}) 23. Ne4 Qh2 (23... Qh4 $2 24. g5 Qh5
25. Ng3 $18) 24. f6 (24. Nd6 Rb8 25. Nb5 Rbd8 $15) 24... Ne5 25. Bf1 (25. Kb1
$5 Rcd8 (25... Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Qxg2 27. Nhg5 Ne2 28. f7+ Kh8 29. Qf3 $13) 26. d6
Nxd3 27. Qxd3 Qxg2 28. Nhg5 b6 29. Qd1 $14) 25... Qh1 (25... Nf7 26. g5 $13)
26. d6 b5 (26... Nf7 27. Nhg5 Nxg5 28. Nxg5 Kh8 29. f7 h6 30. Ne4 $13) 27. b3
Nf7 28. Kb2 Rcd8 $1 {The position is very complicated for the over the board
game, chances are still pretty balanced.} (28... Rfd8 29. g3 $13) 29. Qc1 $2 (
29. g5 Nxd6 30. Nxc5 Nf7 31. Bd3 Rd5 $17) (29. g3 $5 Nxd6 30. Nxd6 Rxd6 31. Bg2
Ne6 32. Qxd6 Qxg2+ 33. Rf2 Qe4 34. Qe7 Qd4+ 35. Kc2 $11) 29... Ne6 $1 30. Rf2
Nxd6 31. Neg5 (31. Nxd6 Rxd6 32. Bxb5 Qxc1+ 33. Kxc1 g5 34. Bc4 h6 $15) 31...
Qh2 (31... Nxg5 32. Nxg5 Qh2 $17) 32. Qe3 (32. Nxe6 Qe5+ 33. Qc3 Qxe6 $19)
32... Nxg5 33. g3 (33. Nxg5 Rde8 34. Qxc5 Qe5+ 35. Qxe5 Rxe5 $19) 33... Qh1 $2
{Timofeev is missing golden chance to decide the game in his favour with 33..
Rde8! He will end up beeing much worse instead.} (33... Rde8 $1 34. Qd3 (34.
Qxe8 Qxf2+ 35. Nxf2 Rxe8 $19) (34. Qxg5 Qxg3 35. Qd5+ Nf7 $19) (34. Qxc5 Qxg3
$19) 34... Qxf2+ 35. Nxf2 Rxf6 $19) 34. Nxg5 Nf7 (34... Qb7 35. Bg2 Qd7 36.
Bd5+ $16) 35. Nxf7 Rxf7 36. Bxb5 Qd5 37. g5 (37. Bc4 Qd4+ 38. Qxd4 cxd4 39. g5
Kf8 40. Bxf7 Kxf7 41. Rc2 Rd7 42. Rc6 $18) 37... Rb7 (37... Kf8 38. Bc4 Qd4+
39. Qxd4 cxd4 40. Bxf7 Kxf7 41. Rc2 $18) 38. Qc3 $2 {Khismatullin did not
suspect, that the game is won with a neat tactical trick} (38. f7+ $1 Kg7 (
38... Kf8 39. Qe8+) (38... Rxf7 39. Bc4 $18) 39. Bc6 $1 Qxc6 40. Qe5+ Kf8 41.
Qh8+ Ke7 42. f8=Q+ Rxf8 43. Qxf8+ $18) 38... Kf8 (38... Qxg5 $2 39. f7+ Rxf7
40. Bc4 Rd5 41. Rxf7 Kxf7 42. Qa5 $11) 39. Bc4 (39. f7 Qd4 40. Qxd4 cxd4 $17)
39... Qd4 40. Re2 Rbd7 41. Re5 Qf2+ 42. Ka3 (42. Re2 Rd2+ 43. Ka3 Rxe2 44. Bxe2
Qd4 (44... Qxe2 45. Qxc5+ Ke8 (45... Kg8 46. Qxa7 $18) 46. Qc6+ Kf8 47. Qc5+
$11) 45. Qa5 Qb4+ 46. Qxb4 cxb4+ 47. Kxb4 Rd5 $19) 42... Rd2 {Black is in the
driving seat again, white is probably lost.} 43. Ka4 (43. Qa1 Rc2 44. Re7 Rxc4
45. bxc4 Qf3+ 46. Ka4 Rb8 $19) (43. b4 Rc2 44. Qb3 Rxc4 45. Qxc4 Qxg3+ 46. Ka4
Qxe5 $19) 43... Rxa2+ 44. Kb5 Qg2 45. Re7 Rb8+ 46. Kxc5 Rc8+ 47. Kd4 (47. Kb4
a5+ 48. Kb5 Qc6#) 47... Rd2+ 48. Ke3 (48. Ke5 Rc5+ 49. Kf4 Rf5+ 50. Kg4 Rd4+
51. Qxd4 Qf3+ 52. Kh3 Qh1+ 53. Kg4 Qh5#) 48... Qf2+ 49. Ke4 Qf5+ 50. Ke3 Qxg5+
51. Kf3 Qf5+ 52. Ke3 Qf2+ 53. Ke4 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eliseev, Alexey"]
[Black "Polovodin, Igor A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. a4 a5 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 (9. f4 f5 (9... Nc6 10. Nb5 (10. d5 Nb4 11. Be2 e6 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13.
d6 e5 14. Bb5 Be6 15. Nf3 exf4 16. O-O g5 17. h3 h5 18. Nh2 Rc8 19. Qxh5 {
1-0 Czerniak,M-Joppen,E/Belgrade/1954/ (30)}) 10... Nb4 11. Rc1 c6 12. Na3 f5
13. e5 Be6 14. h4 Qd5 15. Nc4 Qe4 16. Kf2 Nxc4 17. Rxc4 Bxc4 18. Bxc4+ Kh8 {
0-1 Jauregui Andrade,C-Sanguineti,J/Mar del Plata/ 1954/ (35)}) 10. e5 Be6 11.
Nf3 Nc6 12. Bb5 Nb4 13. O-O c6 14. Be2 Bh6 15. g3 Qe8 16. h4 Qf7 17. Nd2 Rad8
18. Qc1 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Rd1 e6 {1/2-1/2 Sliwa,B-Witkowski,
S/Warszawa/1957/ (47)}) (9. Rc1 c6 (9... Na6 10. b3 e5 11. d5 Bh6 12. Bxh6 Qh4+
13. g3 Qxh6 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. Nce2 Ra7 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 f5 {0-1 Paillard,
D-Pribyl,J/Liechtenstein/1996/ (38)}) (9... e6 10. b3 f5 11. e5 Nc6 12. Bc4 Nb4
13. Nge2 c6 14. O-O h6 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Kh1 Qe8 17. g4 Bd7 18. Rg1 N6d5 19. gxf5
Rxf5 20. Rg3 Qf8 21. Rcg1 Rxf3 22. Rxg6 {1-0 Levtchouk,G-Spraggett,G/Quebec/
1986/ (38)}) 10. b3 (10. h4 Be6 11. h5 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Nce2 Bxe2 14. Nxe2
Qb6 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Kf2 Rd8 17. Qg1 Nd7 18. Qh2 Nf8 19. Rcd1 {1-0 Raicevic,
V-Sibarevic,M/Banja Luka/1987/ (74)}) 10... Na6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. Nge2 e5 (
12... Qd6 13. O-O Rd8 14. Kh1 Na8 15. Qc2 Nc7 16. Rfd1 Qd7 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nxd5
Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Qe8 20. Rxd8 {1-0 Valero Perez,F-Catala Alos,J/Pref/1992/ (20)})
13. d5 (13. O-O Be6 14. Rb1 Qe7 15. Qc2 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bc8 17. Qf2 Nd7 18. h3
Re8 19. Rfe1 Qb4 20. Nce2 Ra8 21. Rbd1 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Raicevic,V-Popovic,P/Igalo/
1994/ (21)}) 13... cxd5 14. Bxb6 Rxb6 15. Nxd5 Rc6 16. Rc4 {1/2-1/2 Benitah,
Y-Zollbrecht,J/Biel/1998/ (16)}) (9. d5 Na6 10. Bxb6 cxb6 11. Bb5 f5 12. Qd2
Nc5 13. Qc2 e6 14. O-O-O Qg5+ 15. Kb1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 fxe4 17. d6 Bd7 18. Bxd7
Nxd7 19. fxe4 Rac8 20. Nf3 Qe3 21. Kb2 b5 22. Rhe1 {1/2-1/2 Riipinen,J-Ebeling,
M/Kuopio/1992/ (22)}) 9... Nc6 10. Nb5 $6 (10. Rd1 Nb4 $13) 10... Nb4 11. d5 c6
$1 {Excellent prove, that white has overexposed himself. His pieces are not
developed and the knight b4 is quite active.} 12. dxc6 (12. d6 $6 cxb5 13. dxe7
Qxe7 14. Bxb6 Qf6 15. Be3 Qxb2 $17) (12. Nc3 cxd5 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. exd5 Bf5
$19) 12... bxc6 13. Qxd8 (13. Nc3 Be6 14. Rd1 Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4
$17) 13... Rxd8 14. Bxb6 Nc2+ $1 {The real point of the combination, black a
pawn will be free to run.} (14... Rd7 15. Rc1 Bh6 16. Rb1 cxb5 17. Bxb5 Rb7 18.
Bf2 Bd7 $11) 15. Ke2 Nxa1 16. Bxd8 cxb5 17. Kf2 (17. axb5 Bd7 18. Bxe7 Bxb5+
19. Kf2 Bd4+ 20. Kg3 Bxf1 21. Nh3 Bxg2 22. Rxa1 Bxh3 23. Kxh3 Bxb2 $19) 17...
bxa4 18. Bxe7 Bxb2 $19 {White pieces on the kingside are still on their
initial squares.} 19. Nh3 Be6 20. Nf4 (20. Bb5 a3 (20... Bb3 $19) 21. Bxa3 Bxa3
22. Rxa1 Bb2 23. Rb1 Bd4+ 24. Ke2 a4 25. Bc6 Ra7 $19) 20... Bb3 21. Bd3 a3 22.
Nd5 (22. Bxa3 Bxa3 23. Rxa1 Bd6 24. Ke3 a4 $19) 22... a4 23. h4 (23. Bxa3 Bxa3
24. Rxa1 Bb2 25. Rb1 a3 $19) 23... Nc2 24. h5 g5 (24... a2 25. Bxc2 Bxc2 26.
Bf6 Bxf6 27. Nxf6+ Kg7 $19) 25. h6 a2 26. Bxc2 a1=Q (26... a1=Q 27. Rxa1 Bxa1
28. Bd3 a3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 17th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2004.12.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.12.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. f4
Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. e5 $146 {A new concept since lines after 10.d5 were proven
equal for black. Unfortunatelly for white Ivanchuk reacts simply and strongly.}
(10. d5 Na5 11. Bd4 e5 (11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 e5 13. fxe5 Nac4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15.
Qe2 Nxe5 16. O-O-O Qh4 17. Rdf1 Rfe8 18. Kb1 Bh6 19. Nb5 Qd8 20. f4 Nc6 21. Bc3
a6 22. dxc6 axb5 23. cxb7 Rb8 24. Qxb5 Rxe4 25. Re1 Rxf4 26. Qe5 {Temirbaev,
S-Malisauskas,V/Uzhgorod 1988/ (33)}) 12. fxe5 (12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 Nac4 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 {1/2-1/2 Musat,A-Gerard,N/Bucharest 2002/}) 12... Qe7
13. Be2 Nac4 14. O-O Bxf3 15. Rxf3 Nxe5 16. Rf2 c6 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Rf3 Bxc3
19. Rxc3 Qxe4 20. Bf3 Qf4 21. Rac1 {1/2-1/2 Sorin,A-Minzer,C/Salta 1995/})
10... Bxf3 $1 11. Qxf3 (11. gxf3 e6 12. Rg1 Qh4+ $15) 11... Nxd4 12. Qe4 (12.
Bxd4 Qxd4 13. Rd1 Qb4 14. Rd2 Rfd8 $15) (12. Qf2 c5 13. Rd1 f6 $15) 12... c5
13. Rd1 Qc7 14. g3 $6 {Graf has missed his chance to play the sensible move 14.
Nb5!? with good compensation for the missing pawn.} (14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Nb5 Qc5
16. Nxd4 Qb4+ 17. Rd2 Rfc8 $15) (14. Nb5 $5 Nxb5 15. Bxb5 Rad8 16. O-O $11)
14... f5 $1 15. Qg2 (15. exf6 exf6 16. Nb5 Qf7 17. Nxd4 Rfe8 $17) 15... Rfd8
16. Qf2 e6 17. Bg2 (17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. Qxd4 Rd8 20. Qf2 Bf8 $17)
17... Nc4 18. Bc1 (18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Qxd4 Rd8 21. Qf2 Bf8 $17)
18... Rd7 19. O-O Rad8 20. b3 Qa5 (20... Na5 21. Be3 Nac6 $15) 21. Na4 $2 {
The move like this is so unnatural, that it is hardly the best one.} (21. Ne2
$1 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Nd2 23. Bxd2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rxd2 25. Qc4 Qb6 26. Rf2 Rd4 $15)
21... Bf8 22. Kh1 b5 23. bxc4 (23. Rd3 Nxe5 24. fxe5 bxa4 $17) 23... Qxa4 24.
cxb5 c4 (24... Qxb5 25. Be3 Qe2 26. Kg1 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 $15) 25. Be3 c3 $1 {
Excellent feeling for the position enabled Ivanchuk to judge c passed pawn as
crucial element.} (25... Nxb5 $6 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Bc6 Rd3 28. Bc5 a6 29. Bxf8
Kxf8 30. Qb6 $11) 26. Rd3 (26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Bf3 (28. Qf3 c2 29.
Qc6 Qc4 30. Qxc4 Rxc4 31. Rc1 Ba3 $19) 28... c2 29. Rc1 Rd1+ $19) 26... Qc4 27.
Rxd4 (27. Rc1 Qxd3 28. Bf1 Qe4+ 29. Bg2 Nf3 30. Bxf3 Qc4 $19) 27... Rxd4 28.
Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Rc1 (29. Qg1 c2 30. Rc1 Bc5 31. Qe1 Ba3 $19) 29... Ba3 {Graf
clearly has no compensation for his suffering.} 30. Bf1 (30. Rc2 Rd1+ $19)
30... Qd5+ 31. Bg2 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch16 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.11.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1948.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. h3 $1 (7. Be3
Bg4) 7... O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 $2 (8... Be6 {/\9... Lc4} 9. d5 {/\10.Ld4}) 9. Be2 e5
10. d5 Nb8 11. a4 {/\12.a5} a5 12. O-O Na6 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 (14...
Rxa6 15. Rac1 Nb6 16. Nb5 Na8 17. Rfd1 $16) 15. Rfd1 Rb8 16. Qa2 Nb6 17. Rac1
Re8 18. Nb1 Bd7 (18... Bf8 19. Bd2 Bb4 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. b3 {/\Dd2-h6}) 19. Bg5
$1 Qc8 20. d6 $2 (20. b3 Bf8 21. Bf6 $1 (21. Bd2 Bb4) 21... Bd6 22. Qd2 {
/\23.Da5, 23.Dh6}) 20... c5 21. Be3 Be6 $1 (21... Bxa4 22. b3 Bc6 23. Rxc5) 22.
b3 Nd7 23. Nbd2 Qc6 24. Nc4 (24. Ng5 $1 Qxd6 25. Nc4 Qc7 26. Nxe6 Rxe6 27. Qd2
Re7 28. Nxa5) 24... Qxe4 $2 (24... Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Re6 $10) 25. Ng5 Qc6 26. Nxe6
Rxe6 27. Nxa5 Qb6 28. b4 $1 Qxb4 (28... Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. bxc5 Qc7 31. c6)
29. Nc6 Qb3 30. Nxb8 $1 Qxa2 31. Nxd7 Re8 32. Bg5 $1 $18 {/\33.Sf6} Ra8 33. Nb6
Ra7 34. d7 Rxd7 35. Nxd7 h6 36. Nf6+ Kf8 37. Rd8+ Ke7 38. Re8+ Kd6 39. Ne4+ (
39. Ne4+ Kd7 40. Re7+ Kc6 41. Rxc5+ Kb6 $19) 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Herrera, Irisberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 (3... c5 {Transfer to variant Zemish of
Kingsindian defence.}) 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6
$5 ({Another lines is:} 8... e5 $5 {See comments to Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/Cazorla,
1998/CBM 65 (1-0)(Stohl,I)(48)}) 9. O-O-O f5 $5 {[%mdl 4] This interesting
idea was made by my contender because of ignorance of the basic line:9...e5.}
10. h4 $5 {After 20 minute meditations I have chosen this tempting
continuation.} (10. exf5 $143 Bxf5 11. g4 Be6 12. h4 (12. d5 $6 Bxc3 13. Qxc3
Nxd5 $15) 12... Bc4 $1 $13 (12... Nd5 $6 13. h5 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 $40)) ({Dubious:
} 10. e5 Nb4 11. h4 Be6 12. Kb1 N4d5 $36) ({and} 10. d5 Ne5 11. Bd4 fxe4 12.
fxe4 e6 $15) 10... fxe4 ({Badly:} 10... e5 $2 {in view of:} 11. d5 Nd4 12. h5
f4 13. Bf2 c6 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Nge2 $16 {Conquest,S-Hoffmann,M/Fuerth,1999 
(1-0)(47)}) 11. h5 ({After:} 11. fxe4 $2 {white remain without pawn:} Nxd4 $5 (
11... Bxd4 $5 {[%csl Rf1]} 12. Nf3 (12. h5 $4 Rxf1 $1 13. Rxf1 Nc4 $19 {
[%csl Re3]}) 12... Bg7 13. Qc2 Qe8 $15) 12. Nf3 e5 13. h5 Bg4 $15) 11... gxh5
$1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({Was checked in the previous game:} 11... exf3 $2 12. hxg6
hxg6 13. Nxf3 $40 Qd6 14. Bh6 Bf5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. d5 Ne5 17. Qh6+ Kf6 18.
Qh4+ Kg7 19. Qh7+ Kf6 20. Qh4+ Kg7 21. Qh6+ Kf6 22. Qg5+ Kg7 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24.
g4 $18 {Ward,C-Liss,E/Isle of Man,1997 (1-0)(43)}) 12. Rxh5 ({Pretty dubious:} 
12. fxe4 {because of:} Nxd4 {[%csl Rf1]} (12... Bxd4 $143 13. Nf3 $44)) 12...
Bf5 13. Rg5 $5 $13 (13. fxe4 $2 Bg4 {[%csl Rd1,Rh5]}) 13... Bg6 14. Be2 {
It is necessary at last to withdraw the bishop from a point "f1".} (14. fxe4 $2
Nxd4 {[%csl Rf1]}) (14. d5 $6 Ne5 $36 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gb6c4]}) 14... e5 $1 15.
d5 exf3 (15... Nd4 $143 16. fxe4 c6 17. Nf3 $36) 16. Nxf3 Nd4 (16... Na5 $5 $13
{[%cal Ga5c4]}) 17. Bd3 Nf5 $1 {Irisberto Hererra very strongly will carry out
this part of a game.} 18. Bc5 Rf7 19. g4 $2 ({Can be recommended:} 19. Rh1 $5
Nd7 20. Ba3 $13) 19... Nd6 $1 $17 {My attack has gone to impasse of,a pieces
hang,rook on "g5" has got confused.} (19... Nd4 $2 20. Nxe5 Rf2 (20... Bxe5 $2
21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Rxg6+ Rg7 23. Rxg7+ Bxg7 24. Bxd4 $16) 21. Qe3 $13) 20. Bxd6
(20. Bxg6 $143 hxg6 $19 {[%csl Yf3,Rg5][%cal Yf3g5,Gf7f3,Gd8g5]}) 20... cxd6 $2
{[%mdl 8192]} ({Probably,immediately won:} 20... Rxf3 $1 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Rxg6
cxd6 23. Qh6 Qf8 {[%cal Gf8f4]} 24. Kb1 Rf6 $19) 21. Bf5 Kf8 $6 (21... Nc4 $5
$36) 22. Rxg6 $1 {[%mdl 64]} hxg6 23. Ng5 {[%csl Rd8,Rf7,Rf8,Gg5][%cal Gg5f7,
Gg5e6]} Nc4 24. Ne6+ $2 $138 {In a condition of sharp shortage of time I admit
a decisive mistake.} ({It was necessary:} 24. Nxf7 $1 Nxd2 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26.
Bxg6 Nf3 (26... Nc4 $2 27. Rf1+ Kg8 28. Bf7+ $16) 27. Rf1 Bh6+ 28. Kd1 Kg7 $11
{[%csl Rg6]}) 24... Ke7 ({Very badly:} 24... Kg8 $4 {in view of:} 25. Nxd8 $1 (
25. Qh2 $2 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd1h1]} Qb6 (25... gxf5 $4 26. Rh1 Bh6+ 27. Qxh6
Qf6 28. Qh5 $40) 26. Rh1 Qxb2+ 27. Qxb2 Nxb2 28. Bxg6 Rf2 29. Ne4 Nd3+ 30. Kb1
$13) 25... Nxd2 26. Nxf7 gxf5 27. Nxd6 $18 {[%csl Rd2,Rf5]}) 25. Qe2 $2 (25.
Nxd8 $142 Nxd2 26. Nxf7 gxf5 27. Kxd2 fxg4 (27... Kxf7 28. gxf5 Rh8 $13) 28.
Ne4 $15) 25... Qb6 ({Strongly enough:} 25... Bh6+ 26. Kb1 $140 Na3+ $1 27. bxa3
Qb6+ $19 {[%cal Gg6f5]}) 26. Bxg6 $4 $138 ({More stubborn resistance after:} 
26. Qxc4 $5 gxf5 27. gxf5 $17) 26... Rf2 $19 {[%csl Rb2] Here I wanted to
surrender,but one minute prior to fall of a flag has found a move which at
once does not lose:} 27. Na4 (27. Rf1 $2 Rxf1+ (27... Rxe2 $4 28. Rf7+ Ke8 29.
Rxg7#) 28. Qxf1 Qxb2+ 29. Kd1 Qd2#) 27... Rxe2 28. Nxb6 Nxb6 $138 {From this
moment and till 48 moves of white,game passed in a condition of sharp lack of
time.} (28... axb6 $5 29. Bd3 Bh6+ 30. g5 Bxg5+ 31. Nxg5 Rg2 $19) 29. Nxg7 Kf6
30. Bd3 Rc8+ 31. Kb1 Rf2 32. Nh5+ Kg5 33. Ng3 Rf4 (33... Kxg4 $5 34. Ne4 Rh2
35. Nxd6 Rd8 $19) 34. Ne4+ Rxe4 $2 {It is possible to explain this course only
by zeitnot.} 35. Bxe4 Kxg4 36. Rf1 Rc4 37. Bf5+ Kg5 38. Be6 Rd4 (38... e4 $5)
39. Rf7 Nxd5 $6 ({Again it deserves attention:} 39... e4 $5) 40. Rxb7 Ne3 {
[%csl Rb1][%cal Gd4d1]} 41. a3 Rd1+ 42. Ka2 e4 $2 (42... a5 $142 43. Ra7 e4 44.
Rxa5+ d5 $17) 43. Rxa7 Kf4 44. Bb3 $1 {Differently bishop after 44...d5 will
appear "outside of game".} Rd2 45. Rf7+ Ke5 46. a4 Nd5 47. a5 e3 48. Bxd5 $8
Rxd5 49. b4 Kd4 50. Rf1 $1 {It is much stronger,than:} (50. a6 $6 e2 51. a7 (
51. Re7 $143 Re5 52. Rxe5 dxe5 53. a7 e1=Q 54. a8=Q Qxb4 $17) 51... e1=Q 52.
a8=Q Qe6 $1 $36 {[%csl Ra2,Ge6]}) 50... Kc4 51. a6 Kxb4 52. Re1 {[%csl Re3]}
Rd2+ (52... Ra5+ 53. Kb2 Rxa6 54. Rxe3 $11) 53. Ka1 $1 ({Wrongly:} 53. Kb1 $2
e2 54. a7 Kb3 {[%cal Gd2d1]} 55. Kc1 $8 Rc2+ 56. Kb1 Ra2 57. a8=Q (57. Rxe2 $4
Rxe2 58. a8=Q Re1#) (57. Kc1 $2 Rxa7 58. Kd2 (58. Rxe2 $2 Ra1+ 59. Kd2 Ra2+ 60.
Ke3 Rxe2+ 61. Kxe2 Kc2 $19) 58... Re7 $17) 57... Rxa8 58. Rxe2 Kc3 {with some
odds for win.}) 53... e2 54. a7 Rd1+ $8 {The rest loses:} (54... Kb3 $4 55.
Rb1+) (54... Ka3 $4 55. a8=Q+) 55. Kb2 Rxe1 56. a8=Q Rb1+ 57. Kxb1 e1=Q+ 58.
Kc2 $11 {_|_Q/Q+P As my king is in front pawn"d6",that there are no problems
from a drawn game.} Qe2+ 59. Kc1 Qc4+ 60. Kd2 Qd4+ 61. Ke2 d5 62. Qb8+ Kc3 63.
Qg3+ Kc2 64. Qg6+ Kc3 (64... Kb2 65. Qd3 $11) 65. Qg3+ Kc4 66. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Vokarev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 (3... c5 {Transfer to variant Zemish of
Kingsindian defence.}) 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6
$5 ({Another possibility is:} 8... e5 $5 {See comments to Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/
Cazorla,1998/CBM 65 (1-0)(Stohl,I)(48)}) 9. O-O-O e5 $5 (9... f5 $5 {See
comments to Golod,V-Herrera,I/Linares,2001/CBM 81 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(66)}) 10.
d5 Nd4 11. f4 $5 {[%mdl 4]} ({Another quieter alternative is:} 11. Nb5 $5)
11... Bg4 12. Re1 c5 (12... Qe7 $143 13. fxe5 Qxe5 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. e5 c5 16. h3
Bd7 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Nf3 {+/=/+/- Gofshtein,L-Turov,M/Cappelle La Grande ,2000
(1-0)(37)}) 13. fxe5 ({Dubious:} 13. h3 {in view of:} exf4 14. Bxf4 Bc8 15. Nf3
Re8 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Nb5 f5 18. Bg5 Qd7 $13 {Lorscheid,G-Gormally,D/Cappelle
La Grande ,2000(0-1)(22)}) 13... Bxe5 14. h3 Qh4 15. Bd3 Rac8 $5 $146 ({
Was checked in the previous game:} 15... Rfe8 16. Rf1 Bd7 17. Nf3 Nxf3 18. gxf3
Qe7 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bh6 $14 {[%cal Gf3f4] Postny,E-Lorscheid,G/Budapest,2000
(1-0) (45)}) 16. Kb1 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Yc1b1]} Rfe8 $6 ({It deserves attention:
} 16... f5 $13) 17. Rf1 c4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move is connected to the
elementary tactical miscalculation.} ({Can be recommended:} 17... Bh5 $5 18.
Nf3 Nxf3 19. gxf3 $14) ({or} 17... f5 $5 18. Bg5 Qh5 19. hxg4 Qxh1 20. Nh3 Qh2
21. gxf5 $36) 18. Bxd4 $1 $16 ({Other order of moves conducts to a defeat:} 18.
hxg4 $4 Qxh1 19. Bxd4 cxd3 $1 $19) 18... Bxd4 ({Even worse:} 18... cxd3 {
because of:} 19. Bxe5 $1 (19. Qxd3 $5 $16) 19... Nc4 (19... Rxe5 20. Qf4 $18 {
[%csl Re5,Rf7,Rg4]}) 20. Qf4 Nxe5 21. Nf3 $1 $18) 19. hxg4 Qxh1 20. Nf3 {
[%csl Rh1]} Bxc3 ({After:} 20... Qxf1+ 21. Bxf1 Bxc3 {I have an additional
opportunity:} 22. Qxc3) 21. bxc3 Qxf1+ 22. Bxf1 Rxe4 {Here I have thought over
for 25 minutes and has found the correct order of moves to not give black a
counterplay.} 23. d6 Rd8 24. Be2 $5 ({Also good enough:} 24. g5 $5 Re6 25. Qf4
Rexd6 (25... Rdxd6 26. Bxc4) 26. Ne5 $18) 24... Re6 ({A little better is:} 
24... Rxg4 25. Ng5 $1 (25. Ne5 $2 Re4 26. Ng4 Re6 $132 {[%csl Rd6]}) 25... Rxg2
26. Qf4 Rd7 27. Bf3 Rg1+ (27... Rf2 28. Ne4 Nd5 29. Qe5 Rxf3 30. Qe8+ Kg7 31.
Qxd7 $18) 28. Kc2 Nc8 29. Ne4 Rd8 30. Qf6 $1 Rd7 $140 31. Qd4 $18 {[%csl Rf6,
Rg1][%cal Ge4f6]}) 25. Ng5 Rdxd6 (25... Rexd6 $143 26. Qf4 {[%csl Rc4,Rf7]
[%cal Ge2c4]}) 26. Qf4 Rf6 $8 27. Qh2 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd6,Rf6,Rh7][%cal Gg5e4]
The outcome of a game is already predetermined. My contender finds courses
which do not lose at once.} Rd5 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Ne4 Re6 30. Bf3 Na4 31. Kc1 {
The preventive game is always useful.} Rd3 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qb8 {[%csl Ra7,Rb7]
} Rd7 (33... f5 $143 34. Qxb7+ Rd7 (34... Kf8 35. Qb4+ {[%csl Ra4,Rc4]}) 35.
Qb4+ Kd8 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Qxa4 fxe4 38. Bg4 {[%csl Rd7,Re6]}) 34. Qxa7 b5 35.
Qf2 $1 {[%cal Gf2h4,Ge4c5] It is impossible to be protected from two threats
simultaneously.} Rd3 36. Qh4+ Kd7 (36... Ke8 37. Nf6+ Ke7 38. Nd5+ Kd7 39. Qh7
Re1+ 40. Kc2 $18) 37. Qg5 {[%csl Rb5]} Rb6 38. Nc5+ ({It was even easier:} 38.
Be2 {[%csl Rd3]}) 38... Nxc5 39. Qxc5 Rb8 (39... Rxc3+ $2 40. Kb2 {[%csl Rb6,
Rc3]}) 40. Qc6+ Kd8 $8 41. Qf6+ {Please pay your attention to the fantastic
work of the white queen.} Kc8 42. g5 $1 {[%csl Rf7,Rg6][%cal Gf3g4]} 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch sf"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2002.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Vydeslaver, Alik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
e5 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 8... Nc6 $5 {You can see
comments to games: Golod,V-Herrera,I/Linares,2001/CBM81(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(66)
and Golod,V-Vokarev,S/Linares,2001/CBM 81(1-0)(Golod,V) (42)}) 9. d5 c6 10. h4
cxd5 (10... h5 $6 11. Rd1 $14 (11. Be2 $143 {See comments to Kramnik,V-Shirov,
A/ Cazorla,1998/CBM 65(0-1)(Stohl,I)(48)})) 11. exd5 e4 $5 {It's,already,
absolute unexpectedness move for me!} (11... N8d7 $5 {It's main line}) ({
Weakly:} 11... Na6 $2 {See comments to Golod,V-Herrera,I/Ubeda,2001/CBM 80(1-0)
(Golod,V)(22)}) 12. fxe4 f5 $5 $146 ({Was checked in the previous game:} 12...
Bg4 $5 13. Nh3 N8d7 14. Nf2 Ne5 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 f5 $1 $132 {Kasimdzhanov,
R-Nijboer,F/Vlissingen,2001(1/2-1/2)(44)}) 13. h5 {During a game I thought,
that this most basic decision.Now I am not sure in it!} (13. Bd4 $5 Bxd4 14.
Qxd4 Nc6 $1 {[%csl Rd4]} 15. Qc5 (15. Qd2 $6 fxe4 $1 16. dxc6 $140 $4 Rxf1+ 17.
Kxf1 Qxd2 $19) (15. Qe3 $143 Nb4 $36) 15... Ne5 $44) 13... fxe4 14. hxg6 $140
h5 $2 {This very risky decision: to open <-> "h". It was necessary to entice
Pg6 on point "h7": 14...Qf6!~/=} ({Also pretty dubiously:} 14... hxg6 {because
of:} 15. Bd4 {[%csl Rg8]} Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Rxf6 18. Nxe4 $16) 15. d6
$1 {[%csl Rg8] /^a2-g8. White's idea:16.Bc4+ Nxc4 17.Qd5+ Kh8 18.Qxh5+ with
mate in 2 moves.} Qf6 (15... Be6 $143 16. Nh3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. Nf4 $1 $16)
16. Nge2 $1 $16 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Ge2f4,Gf4h5]} ({Much worse is:} 16. Nh3 {
in view of:} Bxh3 {[%csl Rf1]} 17. gxh3 N8d7 $44 {[%cal Gd7e5,Ge5f3]}) 16...
Be6 (16... Qxg6 17. O-O-O $1 {(Vydeslaver's idea)} (17. Nf4 $5 Qg3+ 18. Qf2
Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Be5 20. g3 Bxd6 21. Rxh5 $16) 17... Nc4 $140 18. Nf4 {[%csl Rc4,
Rg6]} Qf7 (18... Nxd2 $143 19. Nxg6 Rxf1 20. Ne7+ Kf7 21. Rhxf1+ $18 {[%csl
Rc8]}) 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Nxh5 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nd7 22. Bd4 {[%cal Gd2g5]} Rf5 23.
Qh6 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) ({I use by,that it is impossible:} 16... Nc4 $4 {in view
of:} 17. Qd5+ Be6 18. Qxh5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh5h7]} Re8 19. Bg5 $18) 17. Nf4
Nc4 $2 {Leads to easy losing of the game.} (17... Nc6 $142 $16) 18. Ncd5 {
[%csl Rc4,Rf6]} (18. Nfd5 $2 Qxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Nxd2+ 21. Bxd2 Nc6
$44) 18... Nxd2 19. Ne7+ $1 {This move is better,than:} (19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20.
Kxd2 $18 {[%csl Re6,Gf1,Rg8][%cal Gf4e6]}) 19... Qxe7 (19... Kh8 $4 20. Rxh5+
Bh6 21. Rxh6+ Kg7 22. Rh7#) 20. dxe7 $18 {[%csl Rd2,Rf8] The rest is the
matter of technics.} Nxf1 21. exf8=Q+ Bxf8 22. Kxf1 {[%csl Gh1,Rh5][%cal Yf1g1]
<->h;קh5} Bc4+ 23. Kg1 Nc6 24. b3 Ba6 25. Rxh5 Bg7 26. Rd1 Ne5 27. Rh7 $1 (27.
Rd5 $6 Ng4 $140 28. Bd4 $2 (28. Rd7 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf4e6]}) 28... Rc8
$132 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gc8c1]}) (27. Rh7 $1 {[%cal Gf4h5,Ge3d4] After this move
black resigns,because of next variant:} Nxg6 (27... Ng4 28. Rd7 Bb2 29. Nd5 $18
{[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd5e7]}) 28. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 29. Rd7+ Kh6 30. Nd5+ (30. Rd6 Rg8
31. Nxg6+) 30... Kh5 $140 31. Nf6+ Kh4 32. Rh7+ Kg3 33. Rh3#) 1-0

[Event "Tel Aviv"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2001.02.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.02.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
{Another line, at the moment outfashioned, but still dangerous for black is 8.
f4.} e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 $6 {In the famous game, played in
the match Kramnik-Shirov (1997) black played 11...h5!?} 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6
fxg6 14. O-O-O Bd7 {In all games played by this line black made this move.
Almost all these game had been won by white. As an improvement I suggest 14...
e4 and if 15.fe then Bg4.} 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. d6 Bf5+ 17. Ka1 e4 18. Bh6 e3 {
People of my generation would play here 18...Bf8, preserving the
black-square-bishop. A pawn sacrifice, undertaken by black, does not work out
properly.} 19. Bxe3 Nfd5 20. Nxd5 Rc2 21. Ne7+ $1 {This move refutes the
attacking idea of black.} Qxe7 (21... Kh8 22. Qd4 $1 h5 23. g4 Bxd4 24. Bxd4+
Kh7 25. gxf5 Qxd6 26. fxg6+ Kh6 27. Be3+) 22. Qxc2 Qxe3 23. Qb3+ Qxb3 24. axb3
{The game is over. Black should resign.} Bc2 25. Rd2 Bxb3 26. Nh3 Bf6 27. Nf2
Rd8 28. Ne4 Be5 29. Nc5 Bf7 30. Nxb7 Rd7 31. Ba6 Bc4 32. Bxc4+ Nxc4 33. Nc5
Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Bxd6 35. Nd3 Ne3 36. g4 Nc2+ 37. Kb1 Nd4 38. f4 Ne2 39. Rf1 Kg7
40. g5 h5 41. gxh6+ Kxh6 42. Kc2 Kh5 43. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Igualada"]
[Site "Igualada"]
[Date "2005.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2005.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8. f4
Nc6 9. d5 Nb8 {A rare move, instead of the normal} (9... Na5) 10. Bd4 {This
move is not dangerous for Black.} (10. a4 {is crucial to gain space on the
queenside. So far White has been doing well:} c6 (10... e5 11. f5 $1 (11. fxe5
$6 Bxe5 12. Nf3 Bg4 (12... Bxc3+ $1 13. bxc3 Re8 14. Qd4 f5 $1 15. Bd3 $8 fxe4
16. Bxe4 c5 $17 {L.Ftacnik}) 13. Qd2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 c6 15. a5 Nc8 16. Bc4 Nd6
17. Bb3 Nd7 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. O-O Rb8 20. Ba2 $14 {0-1 Gheorghiu,F-Ftacnik,L/
Palma de Mallorca 1989/TD (60)}) (11. a5 N6d7 (11... exf4 $5 12. Bxf4 (12. axb6
fxe3 13. Rxa7 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qh4+ 15. g3 Qf6) 12... N6d7 13. Nf3 {L.Ftacnik})
12. Nf3 (12. f5 $1) 12... Qe7 13. Bd3 (13. Be2 $5 exf4 14. Bxf4 Qc5 $6 15. Qd2
Re8 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Rc1 {1-0 Steiner,H-Di Camillo,A/New York 1946/EXT 99 (48)})
13... exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. O-O Nd7 18. Rc1 Qd4+
19. Kh1 Ne5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Pilnick,C-Reshevsky,S/New York 1942/EXT 2003 (92)})
11... gxf5 12. a5 N6d7 (12... f4 $2 13. axb6 $1 fxe3 14. Rxa7) 13. exf5 e4 14.
Nge2 Ne5 (14... Nf6 {[%cal Oc8f5,Ce3c5,Cc5f8,Yc7c6] needs examination}) 15. Ng3
Qh4 16. Be2 (16. Ncxe4 $5 Re8 17. Be2 {[%cal Cc8f5,Re3g5]}) 16... Bxf5 17. O-O
Bg6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 Qe7 20. Ra4 Nbd7 21. Rxe4 Rae8 $16 22. Bb5 $6 a6 23.
Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Qh5 Ng6 {1/2-1/2 Foisor,O-Stohl,I/Leipzig 1986/EXT 97}) 11. a5
N6d7 12. e5 $1 (12. Bd4 cxd5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. exd5 Nf6 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Be2 Qd6
17. Ra4 Na6 18. O-O Nb4 19. Qd4 Nbxd5 20. Nb5 Qe6 {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez,
A-Fernandez Garcia,J/Spain 1992/EXT 98}) (12. Nf3 Nf6 13. Ne5 cxd5 14. exd5
Nbd7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Blazquez Gomez,J-Garcia,J/Lleida 1991/EXT 97 (31)}) 12...
cxd5 13. Qxd5 Nc6 14. h4 (14. Nf3 Ndb8 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bc4 Na6 17. Ng5 Rf8
18. O-O h6 19. Nge4 Rd8 20. h3 Bd7 21. Rfd1 Be8 22. Nd5 Nab4 23. Nxb4 Rxd1+ 24.
Rxd1 Nxb4 25. Bc5 Nc6 26. b4 Bf8 27. Bd5 Rc8 28. e6 b6 29. axb6 axb6 30. b5
bxc5 31. exf7+ Bxf7 32. Bxc6 c4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Moskalenko,V-Tseshkovsky,V/
Balassagyarmat 1990/EXT 97 (50)}) 14... e6 15. Qd6 f6 $5 (15... Re8 16. Nf3 Bf8
17. Qd1 Nc5 (17... Bb4 18. h5 Qc7 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Kf2 Ne7 21. Ng5 Bxc3 22.
bxc3 Nf5 23. Qf3 $40 {1-0 Meessen,R-Timofeev,A/Eupen 1999/EXT 2000 (37)}) 18.
h5 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Nb3 20. Ne4 Be7 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Nfg5 $16 {1-0 Seredenko,
V-Kachur,A/Aktjubinsk 1985/MCD (29)}) 16. h5 fxe5 17. hxg6 Nf6 18. fxe5 Qxd6
19. gxh7+ Kh8 20. exd6 Ng4 21. Bg5 Nd4 22. Ra4 (22. Rc1 $5) 22... Bd7 23. Rc4
Rf5 24. Nh3 $16 {0-1 Meessen,R-Golod,V/Panormo 2001/CBM 084 ext (37)}) (10. Nf3
$6 {is harmless:} Bg4 (10... e6 $5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. e5 Qe7 {0-1 Gabriel,
R-Dutschak,H/Germany 1992/GER-chT2 (55)}) (10... c6 11. Qb3 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5
13. exd5 Nd7 14. Be2 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qb6 $132 {0-1 Euwe,M-Reshevsky,S/Holland
1938/HCL (56)}) 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. O-O-O cxd5 15. Rxd5
Nc6 16. e5 Rac8 $36 {1/2-1/2 Gilfer,E-Teschner,R/Helsinki 1952/MCD (73)}) 10...
Bh6 $5 {A new, sharp idea.} (10... Bxd4 {is quite playable:} 11. Qxd4 c6 12.
Nf3 (12. O-O-O cxd5 13. exd5 N8d7 14. g4 Nf6 15. h3 Bd7 16. Rh2 Rc8 17. Rc2 Qc7
18. d6 Qxd6 19. Qxd6 exd6 20. Rxd6 Rfe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wal,J-Peelen,P/
Leeuwarden 1993/TD (42)}) 12... cxd5 13. exd5 N8d7 (13... e6 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15.
Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Be2 Nc6 17. O-O Nd4 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19. Rad1 Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Chekhover,V-Lisitsin,G/Moscow 1936/EXT 2004 (40)}) (13... Bg4 14. Be2 Na6 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nc8 17. O-O-O Nd6 $11 {1-0 Olariu,D-Istrati,V/Deva 1999/EXT
2004 (37)}) 14. Be2 Nf6 15. Rd1 e6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. O-O Qxd4+ 18. Rxd4 Nfd5
$11 {1-0 Ungureanu,E-Ftacnik,L/Bucharest 1978/MCD (76)}) ({Also} 10... e5 $5 {
is possible:} 11. Bxe5 Bxe5 12. fxe5 Re8 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Qd4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qh4+
16. Qf2 Qf4 17. Bg2 Nc4 (17... N8d7 $142) 18. O-O Nd7 19. Ne2 Qxe5 20. b3 Ncb6
21. f4 Qb2 22. e5 Nf6 23. Rfb1 Qd2 24. Rd1 Qb2 25. Rdb1 Qd2 26. Rd1 Qb2 {
1/2-1/2 Pytel,K-Tomaszewski,R/Lodz 1980/MCL}) 11. Qf3 c6 12. h4 {This attempt
to refute 10...Bh6 fails as White's development is not enough for such actions.
} (12. Rd1 $5) 12... cxd5 13. exd5 e5 $3 {[%mdl 544] An amazing demonstration
of the general rule: meet a flank attack with a counterblow in the centre!} 14.
Bxe5 (14. fxe5 {is met by} Nc6 $1 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. dxc6 Qxb2 {threatening
mate on d2 - that's why not 13...Nc6?} 17. Rd1 Bg4 $1 $19) 14... N8d7 15. Bd4 {
Without this bishop the white position will be ruined.} Nf6 16. O-O-O ({If} 16.
h5 {then} Re8+ 17. Nge2 g5 $1 {gives Black an excellent position.}) 16... Qd6 {
[%cal Rc8g4]} 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 (17... Bxf4+ 18. Kb1 Qxf6 {was possible, too, but
Black, instead of recapturing the pawn, prefers to put his bishop on the long
diagonal, which gives him a strong attack against the white king.}) 18. g3 Bg7
19. Rh2 (19. h5 $142 {not allowing Black's next move.}) 19... h5 $1 {White's
blockaded pawns can now be weak in an eventual endgame.} 20. Bh3 (20. Ne4 Qd8
21. Bh3 Nc4 22. Rc2 Qb6 $1) 20... Nc4 21. Kb1 {Black now seizes an important
e-file but} (21. Re2 {didn't help:} Bxh3 (21... Bg4 $5 22. Bxg4 hxg4 23. Qd3
Rac8) 22. Nxh3 Rac8 $40) 21... Re8 22. Qd3 Qa6 23. Bxc8 Raxc8 24. Re2 Rxe2 25.
Ngxe2 Qb6 26. b3 Na3+ 27. Kb2 Nb5 28. Rc1 Qc5 29. d6 Nxc3 $2 {Missing an
immediate win:} (29... Re8 $1 {[%cal Re8e2]} 30. d7 Rxe2+ 31. Qxe2 Bxc3+ 32.
Kc2 Na3+ $19) 30. Nxc3 Rd8 31. d7 Qc6 32. Kb1 Rxd7 33. Qe4 Rc7 (33... Qd6 {
was desirable as in the middlegame Black has a decisive advantage as the white
king is very bad. Apparently, Black didn't like} 34. Rd1 Qf6 $1 35. Qe8+ (35.
Rxd7 $143 Qxc3 36. Qe2 Qa1+ 37. Kc2 Qxa2+ 38. Kd1 Qxb3+ 39. Qc2 Qxg3 40. Qc8+
Bf8 41. Rd8 Qb3+ 42. Ke2 Qb4) 35... Kh7 36. Qxd7 Qxc3 37. Rd2 Qa1+ 38. Kc2
Qxa2+ 39. Kd1 Qxb3+ 40. Ke2 Qxg3 $140 41. Qxf7 {and he appears to have nothing
better than a perpetual check.}) 34. Qxc6 Rxc6 {So, by great efforts White has
managed to liquidate into an endgame. However, Black keeps a serious advantage
as the bishop is stronger than the knight in such open positions, with pawns
on both sides; besides, White's kingside pawns, fixed on the squares of the
black bishop, become a serious weakness - a consequence of the wise 19...h5
move!} 35. Nd5 (35. Ne4 Rxc1+ 36. Kxc1 f5 {[%cal Of5e4,Ce4d6,Cd6b7,Yg7d4]})
35... Rxc1+ 36. Kxc1 {[%mdl 4096]} Bd4 37. Kd2 Kf8 (37... Bf2 {is premature
due to} 38. Nf6+ Kf8 39. Ne4) 38. Ne3 {Going to the pawn endgame is a risky
business for White as Black has three pawns on the 7th rank (and can choose
between a single and double move, to set up a zugzwang for White) - a point
indicated by William Steinitz in the 19th century! However, a cenralised king
secures him a draw in this case..} Ke7 39. Kd3 Bc5 (39... Bxe3 40. Kxe3 Kf6 (
40... Ke6 41. Ke4 b5 42. b4 a6 $6 43. f5+ gxf5+ 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. a3) 41. Ke4 Ke6
42. b4 b5 {(otherwise 43.a4 etc.)} 43. Kd4 Kf5 44. Kc5 $1 Kg4 45. Kxb5 Kxg3 46.
Ka6 $11) 40. Ke4 Kf6 41. Nc4 Ke6 42. Na5 ({Now} 42. Ne3 $2 {is losing as the
black king is active enough:} Bxe3 43. Kxe3 Kf5 (43... Kd5 $143 $2 44. f5 $1)
44. Kf3 a5 45. a4 b6 46. Ke3 Kg4 47. Kf2 Kh3 48. Kf3 f5 $19) (42. a4 f5+ 43.
Kf3 Kd5 $19) 42... f5+ {White's king can't both control the centre and protect
his kingside pawns.} 43. Kf3 b5 44. Nc6 Kd5 $1 {The right decision. The black
king goes to the queenside to collect the white pawns. White captures the g6
pawn but has neither time nor possibility to create his own passed pawn.} 45.
Ne5 Kd4 46. Nxg6 Kc3 47. Ne5 a5 48. Ke2 Bb6 49. Nc6 (49. Nd3 Ba7 $22 $19 {
An amazing position. White is a pawn up but totally lost!}) 49... Kb2 50. b4 a4
51. Kd3 Kxa2 52. Kc2 {This defense is equally unsuccessful.} Ka3 53. Ne7 (53.
Kc3 Bf2 {[%cal Rf2g3,Rf2e1]}) 53... Kxb4 54. Nxf5 a3 55. g4 (55. Ne7 Ka4 56.
Nd5 Bd4 57. Nc3+ Bxc3 58. Kxc3 b4+ 59. Kc2 b3+ 60. Kc3 b2 61. Kc2 Kb4 $22 $19)
55... hxg4 56. h5 g3 $1 {If 57.Nxg3 then 57...Bd4. An instructive endgame.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O f5 {This system was examined by GM V.Golod in CBM 81 and by GM L.
Ftacnik in CBM 96.} 10. e5 {This move, giving up the d5 square, leads to a
good position for Black. The passivity of his g7 bishop is not very annoying.}
(10. h4 {is the main line.}) 10... Nb4 11. Nh3 (11. Kb1 N4d5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13.
Bh6 f4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. g3 c5 16. dxc5 Bf5+ 17. Ka1 Ne3 $17 {1-0 Lain,
L-Flumbort,A/Saint Vincent 2002/CBM 090 ext (62)}) (11. h4 Be6 (11... N4d5 12.
Nh3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Be6 14. h5 $36 {0-1 Bakker,S-Bezemer,A/Amsterdam 2004/CBM
101 ext (31)}) 12. h5 (12. b3 a5 13. Nh3 a4 14. Nf4 Qc8 15. d5 $2 Bxe5 16. Bd4
Bxf4 17. Qxf4 N6xd5 {0-1 Gruenenwald,J-Georges,S/Switzerland 2003/EXT 2004 (26)
}) (12. Kb1 N4d5 13. Nh3 Nxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Nd5 $13) 12... Nxa2+ 13. Nxa2 Bxa2 14.
hxg6 hxg6 15. Bh6 Qe8 $1 (15... Qd5 $6 16. Ne2 Nc4 17. Qc3 $14 {Postny,E-Dub,Z/
Israel 2002/Inf 85/[Dub,Z]}) 16. Ne2 f4 17. Bxf4 Bb3 18. Bh6 Nc4 19. Qb4 Bxh6+
20. Rxh6 Bxd1 21. Qxc4+ Kg7 22. Rh4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Bykhovsky,A-Dub,Z/Tel Aviv
2002/Inf 85/[Dub,Z] (32)}) 11... Be6 12. Kb1 (12. a3 N4d5 13. Ng5 Qd7 14. f4
Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Bd5 16. h4 h5 17. Rh3 a5 18. Kd2 a4 19. Ke1 Bb3 20. Rc1 Nd5 $11 {
1-0 Sturua,Z-Krasenkow,M/Batumi 2002/CBM 090 (44)}) 12... Qd7 (12... Nc4 13.
Qc1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qc3 e6 {1/2-1/2 Bykhovsky,A-Golod,V/
Tel Aviv 2001/CBM 081 ext}) 13. Nf4 Bf7 14. a3 a5 {[%mdl 512] A typical piece
sacrifice, which can hardly be accepted.} 15. d5 $4 {A strange move giving up
the important e5 pawn and opening up Black's g7 bishop.} (15. h4 $132 {>>})
15... Bxe5 $1 16. axb4 {White must now accept this sacrifice, otherwise his
position is ruined. But then his king will be quickly mated along the a-file!}
axb4 17. Nb5 Ra5 {[%mdl 128]} (17... Ra4 $5) 18. Bxb6 {Black has a killing
attack in any case, e.g.} (18. Qxb4 Rfa8 19. Na3 Bd6 {etc.}) 18... cxb6 19.
Qxb4 Rfa8 20. Rd4 (20. Na3 Bd6 21. Qd4 Ra4 $19) 20... Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Ra1+ 22.
Kc2 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Qxb5 24. Rc1 Rd8 25. Qe5 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Qe6+ Kf8 28.
Qc8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 c6 10. Rd1 (10. h4 {is the main theoretical move but the text
continuation looks quite promising.}) 10... cxd5 (10... Re8 11. dxc6 Qxd2+ 12.
Rxd2 Nxc6 13. Bb5 Be6 14. Nd5 Rad8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nc7 Rxd2 17. Bxd2 Re7 18.
Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Nh3 $14 {1/2 (41) Krassowizkij,J (2438)-Vocaturo,D (2600)
Griesheim GER 2017}) 11. exd5 N8d7 {This move allows the most comfortable
development of White's knight; however, other continuations are not quite
sufficient for equality, either, according to recent practice:} (11... Nc4 {
exchanging White's undeveloped bishop, is hardly appropriate:} 12. Bxc4 Qh4+
13. Qf2 Qxc4 14. Nge2 Na6 15. b3 Qb4 16. O-O Bd7 17. d6 $14 {1-0 (50)
Polivanov,A (2383)-Zaksaite,S (2278) Katowice POL 2017}) (11... Re8 12. Ne4
N8d7 13. Nh3 Nf6 14. Nhf2 Nxe4 15. fxe4 f5 16. Be2 f4 17. Bc5 Nd7 18. Ba3 $14 {
1/2 (41) Postny,E (2620)-Sarkar,J (2415) Sitges 2016}) (11... Bf5 12. h4 h5 13.
Nh3 N8d7 (13... Qxh4+ $2 14. Nf2 Qd8 15. g4) 14. Nf2 Nf6 15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Be2
Rfe8 17. O-O Rac8 18. Nce4 $14 (18. g4 e4 19. Bf4 Qc5 20. gxf5 e3 $13 {1/2 (44)
Martinovic,S (2532)-Burnoiu,N (2400) Arad 2015})) (11... Qh4+ $5 12. Bf2 (12.
Qf2 $5) 12... Qb4 13. h4 N8d7 14. h5 Nf6 15. Rh4 e4 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. fxe4 Re8
$44 {0-1 (46) Wojtaszek,R (2744)-Dominguez Perez,L (2726) Beijing 2014}) 12.
Nh3 $1 (12. h4 Nf6 13. h5 $6 Nxh5 14. Bh6 f5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. d6 Be6 $17 {
0-1 (37) Geirnaert,S (2451)-Hovhannisyan,M (2509) Schelle 2015}) 12... e4 {
[%mdl 512]} (12... Nc4 $6 13. Bxc4 Qh4+ 14. Nf2 Qxc4 15. b3 Qa6 16. Nd3 Nb6 {
1-0 (29) Lenaerts,L (2204)-Guido,F (2367) Vienna 2015} 17. O-O $16) (12... Nf6
13. Nf2 Bd7 14. Be2 Rc8 15. O-O Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Bxa7 b6 18. Qe3 Rc5 19.
d6 $16 {1/2 (57) Van Kampen,R (2636)-Bok,B (2586) Amsterdam 2014}) 13. fxe4 (
13. f4 $6 Nf6 14. Nf2 Ng4 15. Nxg4 Bxg4 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Rc8 18. O-O Bxc3
19. bxc3 Nxd5 $15 {1/2 (24) Delchev,A (2604)-Ghosh,D (2531) Kavala 2015}) 13...
Ne5 {Theoretically, Black's compensation for the pawn is not fully sufficient
but in practice this blockade is not easy to lift, and the position remains
double-edged.} 14. Nf2 f5 ({The series of exchanges after} 14... Nbc4 15. Bxc4
Nxc4 16. Qe2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 {is rather favourable for White,
e.g.} 19. O-O Bd7 20. h3 h5 21. Nd3 Rfe8 22. Nb4 Be5 23. Rf3 Kg7 24. Nc2 Bxc3
25. Rxc3 Rxa2 26. Rc7 Ba4 27. Rf1 $16 {1-0 (75) Bologan,V (2672)-Cheparinov,I 
(2678) Poikovsky 2013}) 15. Bc5 $6 {It was probably better to leave the bishop
on e3, preventing ...f5-f4.} (15. Bg5 $5 Qe8 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. O-O
f4 $6 (18... Nec4) 19. Bxf4 Nec4 20. Qc1 Nxb2 21. Qxb2 Rxf4 22. Qb3 Raf8 23.
Ne2 R4f7 24. g3 Na4 25. Nf4 Nc3 26. Ne6 $16 {1/2 (75) Georgescu,T (2468)-Gupta,
A (2630) Cappelle-la-Grande 2014}) (15. b3 $5 {, preventing ...Nb6-c4, looks
the most appropriate:} Bd7 (15... fxe4 16. Ncxe4) 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Bd4 f4 18.
Bf3 Qh4 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. O-O h5 22. Rfe1 Nd7 23. Nd4 Ba6 24. Rc1
$14 {1/2 (36) Heimann,A (2548)-Mikhalevski,V (2536) Lingen 2015}) 15... Rf7 16.
Be2 f4 17. Bf3 $6 {Not a good antidote to ...f4-f3 but White's position is
quite dangerous in other cases, too, e.g.} (17. O-O f3 $5) ({or} 17. b3 f3 18.
gxf3 Qh4) 17... Nbc4 18. Qe2 b6 $6 (18... Qh4 {was even more dangerous} 19. O-O
$140 g5 $40) 19. Bd4 Ne3 20. Bxe3 fxe3 21. Qxe3 {Black has excellent
compensation for two pawns: a pair of bishops, blockade, active pieces.} Qf8 {
This move practically forces a draw.} (21... Nxf3+ $5 22. gxf3 Ba6 {[%csl Re1]}
) 22. Be2 $1 {[%cal Re1g1]} (22. O-O $6 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Rxf3 24. Qe2 Be5 $40)
22... Bh6 23. Qd4 Bg7 24. Qe3 Bh6 25. Qd4 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Qc1 (14. Qe1
{was played in Gelfand-Caruana (see CBM 153, where you can learn more about
this line). After} Na7 $1 {some new games have been played since then:} 15. h4
(15. Nge2 Nb5 $1 (15... Nc4 16. Bd4 e5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd4 Nb6
20. Qe3 Nc6 21. Be2 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Qe7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. h4 {1/2 (42) Jarmula,L
(2213)-Wagner,D (2467) Al-Ain UAE 2013} h6 $11) 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. Bd4 {1-0 (28)
Yang,D (2486)-Schut,L (2289) Philadelphia 2013} Rxd5 $3 18. exd5 Bf5+ 19. Kc1 (
19. Ka1 Rxa2+ 20. Kxa2 Qa8+ 21. Kb3 Qa4+ 22. Kc3 Nxd5+ 23. Kd2 Qc2#) 19... Rxa2
$40 20. Bxg7 $140 $2 Nc4 $1 $19) 15... Nb5 16. Nxb5 (16. Nge2 Nc4 $15 {1/2 (40)
Gelfand,B (2740)-Caruana,F (2757) Zuerich 2013 CBM 153 [Krasenkow,M]}) 16...
axb5 17. h5 $2 Nc4 ({Black misses} 17... Nxd5 $1 18. exd5 (18. Rxd5 $2 Rxd5 19.
exd5 Bf5+ 20. Kc1 Rxa2) 18... Bf5+ 19. Bd3 b4 $1 20. Bxf5 (20. Ne2 Rxa2 $1 21.
Kxa2 Qa4+ 22. Kb1 Qb3 $19) 20... Qa4 21. Bd4 Qxa2+ 22. Kc2 Qc4+ 23. Kb1 Bxd4
24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Be4 Rxd5 $1 27. Ne2 Qc4 $19) 18. Bc1 f5 19. Bd3
Qf7 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qh4 Qf6 22. Qxf6 Bxf6 23. Ne2 $13 {1-0 (40) Thorfinnsson,
B (2484)-Gordon,S (2533) England 2013}) 14... Na5 15. Bh6 $146 {A new move
order although not a new plan, of course. White will play h2-h4 at a later
stage.} (15. h4 e6 16. Bg5 $5 f6 17. Bd2 Nbc4 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 exd5 20. h5
d4 21. hxg6 Qxg6 22. Bxc4+ Nxc4 23. Qxg6+ hxg6 24. Nge2 d3 25. Nf4 d2 26. Nxg6
Kg7 27. Nf4 Ne3 $13 {1/2 (45) Berczes,D (2497)-Sarkar,J (2452) Dallas USA 2014}
) 15... Bxh6 (15... Bh8 16. Bf4 Rd7 17. h4 {and here the position of Black's
bishop on h8 is worse than on g7.}) 16. Qxh6 e6 17. Nh3 {[%cal Rh3g5]} (17. h4
exd5 18. h5 {is harmless due to} Qf8 {.}) 17... Qe7 (17... Qf8 $5 {- the
position after the queen exchange is nearly equal but I understand Caruana
avoiding it against Carlsen.}) 18. Bd3 $5 {White goes for sharp play...} (18.
Nf4 $5 e5 19. Nd3 c6 $132 {e.g.} 20. Qe3 Nac4 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. Nxc5 Ne3 23. Rd3
Nxf1 24. Rxf1 cxd5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Rfd1 Be6 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. exd5 Rxd5 29.
Rxd5 exd5 30. Rxd5 Re8 31. Rd7 (31. Kc2 Kf7 32. Rd7+ Re7 33. Rxe7+ Kxe7 34. Kd3
Ke6 35. Ke4 a5 {is not enough either}) 31... e4 32. fxe4 Rxe4 33. Rxb7 Re2 {
and the endgame should be drawn.}) 18... e5 {... and Black prefers a solid
continuation. However, the resulting position is quite passive and slightly
inferior for him.} (18... exd5 19. Nf4 {[%cal Rf4h5,Rf4d5] looks dangerous but
Black holds on by means of} Be6 20. Nh5 $1 f6 $1 (20... gxh5 $2 21. exd5) 21.
exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Bxg6 $1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 hxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Nxf6
Bg8 $1 27. Rd5 Qe1+ 28. Kc2 Qe2+ $11) 19. Nf2 Nbc4 (19... c6 {can now be met
with} 20. h4 $1 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. h5 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Rxd1+ 25.
Nxd1 gxf5 26. Ne3 $16 {[%csl Ra5]} Nc6) (19... Qc5 $5 20. Qh4 $14 {A.Korotylev}
) 20. h4 Rd6 21. Bxc4 (21. Qc1 $5) 21... Nxc4 22. Qc1 {[%cal Yh4h5]} b5 (22...
Rb6 23. Nd3 $14) (22... c6 23. b3 Nb6 24. Qe3 cxd5 25. exd5 $14 {[%csl Re5]
[%cal Rf2e4,Yh1e1]}) 23. Nd3 $14 {[%csl Rc5]} Bd7 24. b3 Nb6 25. h5 g5 26. g3
$6 {[%cal Yf3f4]} (26. Qe3 $142 {preventing ...c7-c6.}) 26... c6 $1 27. f4 $6 {
White continues his plan despite Black's counterplay.} ({It was probably
better to reduce ambitions and play} 27. dxc6 Rxc6 28. Qe3 Rxc3 29. Qxb6 $13)
27... cxd5 28. Nxe5 $6 (28. fxe5 Rc6 29. Qd2 Be6 $36) 28... d4 $1 29. Qa3 a5 $1
30. Nxb5 $6 {Panic. White doesn't get sufficient compensation for the piece.} (
30. Nd5 Nxd5 31. exd5 Bf5+ 32. Ka1 a4 $36 {A.Korotylev}) 30... Bxb5 31. Rxd4
Re6 32. Qxe7 Rxe7 33. Rc1 Nd7 34. Rc7 Nxe5 $6 (34... gxf4 $1 35. gxf4 (35. Nxd7
f3 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Rxe7 f2 38. Rd1 Kxf6 $19) 35... Nxe5 36. Rxe7 Nc6 37. Rd5
Nxe7 38. Rxb5 Kg7 {and Black should gradually win.}) 35. Rxe7 Nc6 36. Rd5 Bd3+
37. Rxd3 Nxe7 38. fxg5 {[%mdl 4096] White has got a third pawn for the piece
and now has good drawing chances.} Rb8 39. Rd7 $6 {It was more essential to
bring the king into the game.} (39. Kb2 $142 {A.Korotylev}) 39... Kf8 40. Ra7
Rb5 41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Re8 (42. Ra6 {[%cal Rh5h6]} Rc5 $1 $17 (42... Rxg5 43. h6+
Kh8 44. Kb2)) 42... Re5 (42... Nc6 $142 $1 43. h6+ Kg6 44. Rg8+ Kh5 45. Rg7 Ne5
46. Rxh7 Kxg5 {and Black should win, according to GM A.Korotylev.}) 43. g4 Rxe4
44. Kc2 Re5 45. Kd3 f6 46. gxf6+ Kxf6 47. Rh8 Kg7 48. Re8 (48. Ra8 $142 Rg5 49.
a3) 48... Kh6 (48... Nc6 $142 {Caruana was probably tired and couldn't
evaluate the position after the exchange of rooks:} 49. Rxe5 Nxe5+ 50. Kc3 (50.
Kd4 Nxg4 51. a4 Kf7 52. Kc4 Nf6 53. b4 Ke6 $19) 50... Nxg4 51. b4 axb4+ 52.
Kxb4 Kf6 53. Kb5 Ke7 54. Kc6 Kd8 55. Kb7 Nf6 56. h6 (56. a4 Nxh5 57. a5 Nf4 58.
a6 Ne6 59. a7 Nc7) 56... Ng4 57. a4 Nxh6 58. a5 Nf5 59. a6 Nd6+ 60. Kc6 Nc8 $19
) 49. a3 Kg5 50. Rh8 $5 (50. b4 axb4 51. axb4 Kxg4 52. b5 Kxh5 {should be
winning for Black.}) 50... h6 51. Rh7 Re6 52. Rg7+ Kf6 53. Rh7 Ke5 54. Rg7 Kf4
55. b4 axb4 56. axb4 {This passed pawn is White's main trump. The position is
very hard to evaluate and calculate; White's drawing chances are realistic.}
Nc6 57. b5 Ne5+ 58. Kd4 Nxg4 59. Kc5 Re5+ 60. Kc6 (60. Kb4 $1 Rxh5 (60... Ne3
61. Rg6 Rxh5 62. b6 Nd5+ 63. Kc4 Nxb6+ 64. Rxb6 {is a draw.}) 61. b6 Ne5 62.
Rh7 Nc6+ 63. Kc4 {, keeping White's king closer to Black's pawn, was probably
more appropriate.}) 60... Rxh5 $2 ({A.Korotylev recommends} 60... Ne3 $142 $1 {
as the rook endgame after} 61. b6 Nc4 {will now be winning for Black: White's
king is too far away. Meanwhile it is unclear whether White can reach a draw
by refraining from b5-b6.}) 61. b6 Ne5+ 62. Kc7 Nc4 $6 (62... Nd3 $142 $1 {
, but} 63. Rh7 $1 ({but not} 63. Rf7+ Rf5 64. Rxf5+ $2 Kxf5 65. b7 Nc5 66. b8=N
$8 h5 $19) 63... Nc5 64. Kd6 {looks like a positional draw.}) 63. b7 Rc5+ 64.
Kd8 Rb5 65. Kc7 Rc5+ 66. Kd8 Rb5 67. Kc7 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Bd4 O-O 10. f4 Ng4 {This system was examined in annotations to Anand -
Caruana (see CBM 151).} 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qd4+ Kg8 13. Be2 $146 {A harmless
novelty.} (13. Nf3 e6 14. O-O-O exd5 15. exd5 Re8 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18.
Rhe1 Qf6 $11 {1-0 Varga,P (2478)-Isepy,J (2282)/Sarospatak 2003/EXT 2005 (33)})
(13. h3 Nf6 14. Nf3 e6 15. O-O-O exd5 16. exd5 {1/2 Cebalo,M (2476)-Bentivegna,
F (2324)/Bratto 2009/CBM 132 Extra (99)} Qd6 $11 17. Nb5 $140 Qe7) 13... c6 14.
Bxg4 Bxg4 15. h3 Bd7 16. Nf3 cxd5 17. exd5 e6 $1 18. d6 {This pawn will be
rather weak but} (18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. O-O Qxd4+ 20. Nxd4 Bc4 21. Rfd1 Rad8 {
leads to a pleasant endgame for Black, who will have B vs N in an open
position.}) 18... Bc6 19. O-O Nd5 20. Nxd5 $6 (20. Ne4 $5 f5 21. Neg5 Qxd6 22.
Ne5 $44 {[%csl Ge5]}) 20... Bxd5 21. Ne5 f6 22. Ng4 Kg7 23. Ne3 Qxd6 24. Rad1
Rfd8 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Rf3 {Black has won a pawn but fails to improve his
position.} b6 $6 (26... Rd7 $142 27. Rfd3 Rad8 {keeping some winning chances.
Perhaps GM Peter Svidler overlooked that} 28. Qxa7 Qxf4 29. Rxd5 $4 {didn't
work due to} Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qc7+ 32. Kg1 Rxd5) 27. Rfd3 Rac8 28.
Qxd5 $1 Qxd5 (28... Qxf4 29. Qxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8 {is not dangerous for White.})
29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Rc2 31. Rd7+ Kg8 32. Rxa7 Rxb2 33. Rb7 Rxa2 34. Rxb6 f5
35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Rb7+ Kg8 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. Rb7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 16th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2015.03.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 c6 {[%mdl 512] A crazy (desperate?),
hardly sound gambit.} 5. dxc6 (5. e4 cxd5 6. e5 {may be enough for a small
edge:} Nfd7 (6... Nh5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bb5 e6 9. Nge2 Bd7 10. O-O Ng7 11. Bh6 Nf5
12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qd2 c5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. b4 Qxe5 17. Kh1 $14 {
[%csl Rf8] 1-0 (40) Edouard,R (2659)-Picard,R (2342) Haguenau 2013}) 7. Nc3 Nb6
(7... Nc6 $5 8. Be3 $140 $6 Ndxe5 $1 9. dxe5 d4) 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Nge2 Bg7 10. O-O
O-O 11. f4 f6 (11... Bg4 12. h3 Bf5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. b3 Kh8 15. Be3 Rg8 16.
Ng3 Bxe5 17. Nxf5 Bg7 18. Qh5 $14 {0-1 (38) Engels,L-Richter,K Aachen 1935})
12. b3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 e6 15. Ba3 Rf7 16. Rc1 Bf8 17. Bb2 a6 18. Kh2
$14 {0-1 (46) Vasilevich,T (2385)-Nataf,I (2553) Reykjavik 2006}) 5... Nxc6 6.
e3 e5 7. Bb5 ({After the simple} 7. dxe5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Qxe5 {White needs to play
accurately but keeping an edge is within reach:} 9. e4 $5 (9. Bb5 Bc5 10. Nge2
O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. e4 Bb6 (12... Ba6 13. Bf4 Qe6 14. Qa4 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Rfd8
16. Rc1 Nd7 17. Qc4 Qe7 18. h4 $16 {1-0 (53) Socko,B (2616)-Tomczak,J (2547)
Warsaw 2014}) 13. Na4 Rd8 14. Qc2 Qa5+ 15. Nec3 Nd5 $6 (15... Ba6 $142 $44 {
Zhao Xue}) 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Qd2 (17. Qb3 $1 Re8+ 18. Kd1 $16 {Zhao Xue}) 17...
Re8+ 18. Kd1 Be3 19. Qxe3 Rxe3 20. Bxe3 cxd5 21. Ke2 Bc2 22. b3 $14 {1-0 (40)
Zhao,X (2497)-Lagno,K (2554) Nalchik 2011 CBM 145 [Zhao Xue]}) 9... Bc5 10. Bh6
Be6 11. Bb5 Rd8 (11... Bxg1 12. Rxg1 Qxh2 13. Be3 $14) 12. Qc2 Bxg1 13. Rxg1
Qxh2 14. Be3 O-O 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne2 $14 Nd7 $6 17. O-O-O Qc7 18. Nd4 $16 {
0-1 (71) Swiercz,D (2616)-Tomczak,J (2561) Wroclaw 2014}) 7... Qa5+ (7... exd4
8. Qxd4 Bd6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Ne2 $14) 8. Nc3 Bb4 9.
Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nge2 O-O 11. a3 (11. O-O $5 Ba6 12. Re1 Rfd8 {1-0 (59)
Praczukowski,S (2018)-Niedbala,W (1868) Poznan 2014} 13. Bd2 $14) 11... Bxc3+ (
11... Bd6 12. O-O Ba6 {, keeping a bishop pair, was more promising. After the
text move, despite the apparent activity of Black's pieces, he can't get
enough counterplay.}) 12. bxc3 Ba6 13. O-O Nd5 (13... e4 {, trying to set up a
blockade on the light squares, was relatively better but White should
gradually consolidate his position by means of} 14. Bd2 {[%cal Yf1f2,Ye2g3]})
14. Bd2 Bc4 15. Rf2 Rab8 16. e4 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6][%mdl 1024] This advance
enables White to activate his pieces; meanwhile, the dark squares around
Black's king are weakened. GM Paco Vallejo converts his extra pawn without
major problems.} Nb6 17. a4 f6 18. f4 $1 Bf7 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. Qd3
Be6 22. dxe5 Nd7 23. Raf1 Qxa4 (23... Nxe5 24. Qd6 {[%cal Rf2f8,Rd6e6]} Nf7 (
24... Nd7 25. Nd4 $18) 25. Rxf7 $1 Bxf7 26. Qf6 $18) (23... Qc5 24. Qf3 $18 {
[%cal Ye2d4]}) 24. Nd4 (24. Nf4 $142 Nxe5 (24... Qc4 25. Qd6 $18) 25. Qd6 Nf7
26. Qxb8 $1 Rxb8 27. Nxe6 Rb7 28. Ng5 $1 $18 Nxh6 $140 29. Rf8+ Kg7 30. Ne6#)
24... Qc4 25. Qf3 c5 (25... Kh8 {was the last chance to continue resistance
although White should win in the long term.}) 26. Nc6 Ra8 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Nd5
(28. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d7]}) 28... Rec8 29. h4 Rab8 30. Qf4 Rd8 31. Nf6 Nf8 32.
Ne8 $1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Be6 {A rare move, instead of the usual} (8... Nc6 {or}) (8... e5) {Black
provokes d4-d5 in order to subsequently undermine that pawn. But the idea
hardly justifies the loss of time.} 9. O-O-O (9. d5 $142 Bc8 (9... Bd7 10. h4
$1 (10. O-O-O c6 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 cxd5 13. exd5 Qc7 14. h4 {0-1 Gasanov,E
(2414)-Kovchan,A (2513)/Kharkov 2006/CBM 111 ext (52)} Na4 15. Nge2 Rc8 16. h5
Qb6 $132) 10... c6 11. h5 cxd5 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. Nxd5 Be6 14. Rd1 Bxd5 15. exd5
Qd6 16. Nh3 $14 {[%cal Yh3g5] 1-0 Shishkin,V (2543)-Kolodiy,T (1869)/Odessa
2007/CBM 120 ext (24)}) 10. Bh6 (10. O-O-O e6 11. h4 exd5 12. exd5 c6 13. d6 {
1/2 Psakhis,L (2549)-Eljanov,V (2419)/Ashdod 2003/CBM 096 ext}) (10. h4 $5)
10... Bxh6 11. Qxh6 e6 12. O-O-O Qf6 13. h4 exd5 14. exd5 N8d7 15. Nh3 Qg7 16.
Qd2 Ne5 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nge4 Bf5 19. Ng3 Bd7 20. Qf4 $14 {1-0 Mamedyarov,S 
(2657)-Eljanov,P (2592)/Dubai 2004/CBM 101 (78)}) 9... Bc4 (9... Nc4 $142 10.
Bxc4 Bxc4 11. h4 c5 $132) 10. Nge2 $1 {[%csl Rb6]} e5 (10... a5 11. Kb1 a4 12.
Bh6 Nc6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. h4 $36 {0-1 Korov,Z (2119)-Mihalinec,D (2232)/Zagreb
2010/CBM 135 Extra (37)}) 11. d5 (11. dxe5 $5 Qxd2+ 12. Rxd2 Bxe5 13. b3 $14
Ba6 14. f4 Bg7 15. Nd4 $14) 11... c6 12. b3 Ba6 13. d6 $5 {A double-edged move.
This pawn restricts Black's pieces but can be surrounded, which requires
energetic and accurate play from White.} (13. Kb1 Qd6 14. dxc6 Qxd2 15. Rxd2
Nxc6 16. Nc1 $1 $14) 13... N8d7 14. h4 Re8 15. h5 $2 {This enables Black to
capture the d6-pawn.} (15. Bg5 $1 f6 (15... Bf6 16. g3 $1 $36 {[%cal Yf1h3]})
16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Re6 18. h5 Nf8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. f4 $5 (20. Qh8+ Kf7 21.
Rh7+ Nxh7 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 $11) 20... Rxd6 21. f5 $40) 15... Re6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17.
Bg5 f6 18. Bh6 Qf8 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. g3 Nc8 21. Bh3 Rxd6 22. Qe3 Nf8 23. f4 Qe7
24. fxe5 $6 {Unnecessarily giving up the e5-square and facilitating Black's
task of converting his extra pawn.} (24. Kb2 $17) 24... Qxe5 25. Nd4 Ne7 26.
Nf3 $6 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Qxg3 28. Bf1 Bxf1 29. Rxf1 Rd8 30. Rg1 Qd6 31. Kb2 Qb4
32. Qf4 Kg7 33. Qe3 Qb6 34. Qe2 Ne6 35. e5 f5 36. Qh2 Rh8 37. Qd2 Qd8 38. Qf2
Nf4 (38... Rh3 $5 $19 39. Qg2 $140 Nf4) 39. Qxa7 Rh3 40. Rf1 Nd3+ 41. Ka1 (41.
Kb1 $142 {but Black should in any case win after} Nxe5 42. Rd1 Nd5 $1 43. Nxd5
Rxf3 44. Qxb7+ Qd7 45. Qxd7+ Nxd7 46. Nc7 Ne5) 41... Ne1 $1 42. Rxe1 Rxf3 43.
Qc5 Rd3 44. Qb4 b6 45. Rh1 Nd5 46. Nxd5 Rxd5 47. Qf4 Rd1+ 48. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 49.
Kb2 Qe2+ 50. Kc3 c5 51. a4 Qe4 52. Qg3 Qb4+ 53. Kc2 c4 54. bxc4 Qxc4+ 55. Kd2
Qxa4 56. Qe3 Qb4+ 57. Kd1 Qc5 58. Qe2 Qd5+ 59. Kc1 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Na5 {This line was
examined in annotations to Carlsen-Caruana - see CBM 161.} 14. Qc1 (14. Bd4 e5
15. Bf2 Nbc4 16. Qc1 b5 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. h4 a5 19. h5 b4 20. Nce2 Ba6 $132 {
1/2 (38) Kaufman,L (2329)-Leon Magallanes,I (2127) Arlington USA 2014}) 14...
Qd6 (14... Nbc4 $5 {may be also enough to achieve sufficient counterplay:} 15.
Bd4 (15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 b5 18. Nge2 Qd6) 15... Bxd4 16. Rxd4
b5 17. Rd1 (17. Bxc4 {is now met with an intermediate} c5 $1) 17... Qd6 18.
Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Nge2 (19. h4 h5) 19... b4 $1 (19... Qf6 $143 20. h4 {1/2 (51)
Plichta,K (2257)-Schmidt,W (2345) Poznan POL 2014}) 20. Na4 Bd7 21. Qxc4 Bxa4
$36) 15. h4 Qb4 {Unexpectedly, this move proves rather senseless.} (15... Nac4
$1 $132) 16. h5 Nac4 17. hxg6 (17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Nge2 {may be a more accurate
move order.}) 17... hxg6 (17... Bxc3 $5 18. gxh7+ Kh8 19. Bxb6 Bxb2 (19... Nxb2
$6 20. Qxc3+ Qxc3 21. Bd4+ f6 22. Bxc3 Nxd1 23. Bb4) 20. Qxc4 Qxb6 21. Qb3 Qxb3
22. axb3 Bg7 {- this endgame is hard to evaluate; Black's bishop pair is quite
strong but White's h7-pawn should not be underestimated.}) 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19.
Nge2 {[%cal Ye3h6]} Nxe3 20. Qxe3 {Now Black's bishop pair is compensated for
by White's threats along the h-file.} Qb6 $1 {[%mdl 32] Of course, the
exchange of queens is favourable for Black as his king becomes safe; that's
why White avoids it.} 21. Qg5 (21. Nd4 e5 $1) 21... Qf6 22. Qg3 b5 (22... Qd6
$5 23. Qh4 b5) 23. Nd4 (23. Qxc7 Bd7 {- Black should have good compensation
for the pawn.}) 23... b4 24. Na4 (24. Nce2 a5 {[%cal Yc8a6]}) 24... Bd7 $6 (
24... Qd6 $142 {(preventing Na4-c5)} 25. Qxd6 (25. Qh4 Bd7) 25... exd6 26. Nc6
Re8 27. Nxb4 f5 $44) 25. Nc5 Qb6 (25... Qd6 26. Qxd6 cxd6 27. Nxd7 Rxd7 28. Nc6
{[%csl Gc6] now leads to a favourable position for White as his c6 knight
dominates the queenside. The text move yields White the same benefit but keeps
the queens on the board: Black aims to mount a counter-attack against White's
king. However, this plan doesn't succeed.}) 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. Nc6 b3 28. a3 (
28. axb3 Qxb3 29. Rd2 e6 $132) 28... Qc5 29. Rc1 Qe3 30. Qe1 Qd3+ 31. Ka1 e6
32. dxe6 fxe6 33. e5 {[%csl Rg7]} g5 (33... Kf7 $142 34. Rc3 Qd5) 34. Rd1 $6 (
34. Rc3 $142 $1 Qd5 35. Qg3 {[%csl Rg5]} Qd1+ 36. Rc1 Qd2 37. f4 Qxf4 38. Qxb3
Re8 39. Rcd1 {with full domination. The simplifying text move may be
insufficient for a win.}) 34... Qxd1+ 35. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 36. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096]} a5
$1 (36... Kf7 37. Rd3 Rh8 38. Rxb3 Rh1+ 39. Ka2 Re1 40. Rb7 Bxe5 41. Nxe5+ Rxe5
42. Rxc7+ Kf6 43. Kb3 {should be winning for White}) 37. Rd8+ (37. Rd7 a4 38.
Rxc7 Kh7 {is unclear, e.g.} 39. Kb1 Kg6 40. Kc1 Rf8 {[%cal Yg5g4]}) 37... Rxd8
38. Nxd8 a4 39. Nxe6 Bxe5 40. Nxg5 Bd4 41. f4 Be3 42. g3 Kg7 $2 {Black
neglects his c7-pawn, which proves crucial.} ({After} 42... c6 43. Ne4 Bd4 {
White can't bring his king into play and I don't see a way for him to make
progress. The pawn ending after} 44. Nc3 Bxc3 45. bxc3 {is obviously drawn.})
43. Ne6+ Kf6 44. Nxc7 Kf5 45. Nd5 Bf2 (45... Bd4 46. Nc3 Bxc3 47. bxc3 {
is now winning for White due to his passed c3-pawn.}) 46. Nc3 Bxg3 47. Nxa4 {
[%cal Ra4c5]} Bf2 48. Nc3 Kxf4 49. Ne2+ Ke4 50. Nc1 Kd4 51. Nxb3+ {The rest is
an easy technical task.} Kc4 52. Nc1 Bc5 53. Kb1 Kb5 54. Ne2 Be7 55. Nc3+ Kc4
56. Kc2 Bf8 57. Nb1 Be7 58. Nd2+ Kb5 59. Kb3 Bf8 60. Ne4 Bg7 61. Nc3+ Kc5 62.
Kc2 Kc4 63. b3+ Kd4 64. b4 Kc4 65. Nd1 Bf6 66. Nb2+ Kd5 67. Kb3 Bd4 68. a4 Kc6
69. Nd1 Bg1 70. Kc4 Kb6 71. Nc3 Bf2 72. Ne4 Bh4 73. Nc5 Bg5 74. Ne6 Bh4 75. a5+
Ka6 76. Nc5+ Ka7 77. b5 Bd8 78. Kb4 Bc7 79. Ka4 Bd8 80. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. f4 Qe6 {This line was examined in CBM 147,
annotations to Mamedyarov - Negi.} 12. Nc3 Nc4 (12... Rd8 13. Nf3 Nc4 14. Qe2
Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Nb4 $6 (15... Qd6 $142 16. e5 Qb4 17. d5 Nb8 18. a3 Qb6 $13) 16.
b3 $6 (16. Kb1 $1 {- see main game}) 16... Qb6 $1 17. a3 Nc6 18. Na4 Qa5 $36 {
1/2 (30) Mamedyarov,S (2747)-Negi,P (2641) Caleta 2012 CBM 147 [Krasenkow,M]})
13. Qe2 Nxe3 (13... N6a5 14. Nf3 c5 15. e5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qb6 17. Nf5 Nxe3 18.
Nxe3 Nc6 19. Ned5 Qd8 20. g3 (20. Nf6+ exf6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 $44 {^^}) 20... Be6
21. Bg2 Rc8 22. Kb1 Qa5 $11 {1/2 (38) Karjakin,S (2780)-Giri,A (2720) Wijk aan
Zee 2013}) 14. Qxe3 Nb4 (14... Qd6 $5) 15. Kb1 Rd8 $6 {Perhaps Black should
try something else here:} (15... Qb6 $5 16. a3 $140 Nc6 17. Nd5 Qa5) (15... c6
$5) 16. Nf3 {This position could have happened in Mamedyarov-Negi in the event
of 16.Kb1! instead of 16.b3?!} b5 $6 (16... Qb6 {is less appropriate now than
on the previous move, in view of} 17. a3 Nc6 18. Nd5 Qa5 19. Bc4 $14 {
threatening 19.b4 Qa4 20.Nxc7 (the d1-rook is protected).}) (16... a5 17. Be2
$14 {[%csl Rb4]}) {The desperate move played in the game is even worse. Black
loses a pawn and doesn't obtain any kind of attack.} 17. a3 Na6 (17... Nd5 18.
Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Ng5 Rxg5 20. fxg5 {winning an exchange without compensation.})
18. Bxb5 Qb6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Rb8 21. Rd2 Qa5 22. Bxa6 Bxa6 23. Nd5 Rb3 $6
(23... Rxd5 24. exd5 Bc4 {was probably a lesser evil, according to GM M.
Golubev, although after} 25. Rc1 Bxd5 26. Rc5 Qa6 27. Qe2 $1 (27. Rxd5 $4 Qf1+
28. Ka2 Qc4+) 27... Qb7 28. b4 {Black's compensation for the exchange is far
from sufficient.}) 24. Nxe7+ Kf8 25. Qxb3 Qxd2 26. Nc6 Qxg2 27. Re1 Re8 28. Qc2
(28. d5 $142 $1 {(M.Golubev)} Qxh2 29. Qb4+ Kg7 (29... Kg8 30. d6 cxd6 31. exd6
{[%cal Rd6d7,Rc6e7]}) 30. Qd4 {with powerful centralisation.}) 28... Qxc2+ 29.
Kxc2 {[%mdl 4096]} Bb5 $1 30. Nxa7 (30. Na5 c5 $1) 30... Bd7 {[%csl Ra7] White
has technical problems; however, the Chinese GM finds the solution.} 31. Rf1 $1
f5 (31... Ra8 32. e6 $1 Bxe6 (32... Be8 33. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 34. Rxf7+ Ke8 35. d5
$18) 33. Nc6) 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Kc3 (33. Kd3 {was a bit more accurate:} Ra8 (
33... c6 34. Rc1) 34. e6 $1 Bxe6 35. Nb5 $1 Rc8 (35... Rb8 36. Nxc7) 36. d5
Bxd5 (36... Bd7 37. Nd4) 37. Rxf5+ Bf7 38. a4 $18) 33... Ra8 34. e6 Bxe6 35.
Nc6 (35. Nb5 Bd7 $1 {[%cal Yf8e7]}) 35... Kg7 36. d5 $1 {The right idea: to
exchange the useless d4-pawn for Black's passer.} Bxd5 (36... Bd7 37. Ne5 Bc8
38. Rc1 $5 {[%cal Rc3d4]} Ra4 39. Kb3 Ra7 40. Rc6 $18) 37. Nd4 Be4 38. Nxf5+
Kg6 {Black's position is now more active than after 33.Kd3; still, White
logically brings home his advantage.} 39. Nd4 Ra5 40. Ne6 Bf5 41. Nd4 Bd7 (
41... Be4 42. Rf2 {Wang Hao}) 42. Rf2 h5 43. Kd3 Rg5 $6 {It was better to wait.
} 44. Nf3 (44. Rc2 $5 c6 (44... c5 45. Nf3 Bf5+ 46. Kc3 Bxc2 47. Nxg5) 45. b4)
(44. b4 $5 Rg1 (44... c5 45. Nf3) 45. Rc2) 44... Ra5 45. Kd4 Ra4+ 46. Ke3 Bf5
47. Nd4 Bd7 48. Rc2 Ra7 49. h4 Kf6 50. Rc5 {White has achieved total
domination.} Be8 51. Rf5+ Ke7 52. Re5+ Kd7 53. Nb3 Bf7 54. Nc5+ Kd6 55. Kd4 Ra8
56. Rf5 Ke7 57. a4 Rg8 58. Rf4 Rg2 59. b4 Rd2+ 60. Kc3 Ra2 61. a5 Ra1 62. a6
Be8 63. Re4+ (63. Re4+ Kf7 64. Rxe8 Kxe8 65. Kb2 Rd1 66. a7 Rd8 67. Ne6 $18)
1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 {
A rare continuation, considered (perhaps undeservedly) second-rate. It was
examined in annotations to Mamedyarov-Kamsky by GM Igor Stohl - see his survey
in CBM 149.} 8. d5 (8. Bb5 $5) 8... Ne5 (8... Nb8 9. a4 $5) 9. Bd4 (9. f4 Ng4
10. Bb5+ (10. Bd4 Nf6 $6 (10... O-O {- game}) (10... Bxd4 $5 11. Qxd4 O-O) (
10... e5 $5) 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nf3 O-O 14. O-O c6 15. dxc6 Qxc6
16. Qe1 Rfd8 17. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Gelfand,B (2736)-Timofeev,A (2631)/Eilat ISR
2012/The Week in Chess 937 (33)}) 10... Bd7 11. Bd4 (11. Qxg4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3
Bxb5 13. Bd4 Rf8 14. a4 Nxa4 15. Qd1 Nb6 16. Nf3 Qd6 17. Be5 Qd7 $13 {Gupta,A 
(2652)-Zhu,C (2472)/Caleta/2012/ (23)}) 11... Bxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Be2 Nf6 $5
14. a4 a5 15. Bf3 c6 16. Nge2 cxd5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Bc6 $132 {
1/2 Khismatullin,D (2584)-Yandemirov,V (2520)/Sochi 2006/CBM 111 ext (51)})
9... O-O 10. f4 Ng4 (10... Bg4 11. Be2 Bxe2 12. Ngxe2 Ng4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14.
Qd4+ Nf6 {Laurentius,L-Alexander,C/Warsaw olm/1935/} 15. Rd1 $36 {[%csl Gd5,
Ge4,Gf4] I.Stohl}) (10... c5 $6 11. Bxc5 $1 Nec4 12. e5 f6 {Nikcevic,N (2459)
-Sarthou,G (2385)/Creteil/2002} 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qa3 Nxd5 15. Rd1 $16) 11. Nf3 (
11. h3 $6 e5 $1 12. Bxb6 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qxg3+ 14. Kd2 axb6 15. hxg4 exf4 16. Qf3
Bxg4 17. Qxg3 fxg3 $15 {A.Mikhalchishin}) (11. Bxg7 {is the most popular move
but, surprisingly, White doesn't get too much:} Kxg7 12. Be2 {Probably the
right way to play but still not very promising.} (12. Qd4+ {is a bit premature:
} Nf6 (12... f6 13. h3 (13. Nf3 e5 14. dxe6 Qe7 $5 15. f5 (15. h3 Rd8 $132)
15... Rd8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 gxf5 18. O-O-O c6 $132 {0-1 Goganov,A (2525)
-Yandemirov,V (2398)/Kazan RUS 2012 (28)}) 13... e5 14. Qd2 Nh6 15. fxe5 fxe5
16. Nf3 Nf7 17. Be2 Bd7 18. O-O Qe7 19. Rf2 c6 20. Raf1 $14 {1/2 Svetushkin,D 
(2514)-Ionescu,D (2377)/Bucharest 2005/CBM 108 ext (62)}) (12... Kg8 $5 13. Nf3
(13. h3 Nf6 14. Nf3 e6 15. O-O-O exd5 16. exd5 {1/2 Cebalo,M (2476)-Bentivegna,
F (2324)/Bratto 2009/CBM 132 Extra (99)} Qd6 $11 17. Nb5 $140 Qe7) 13... e6 14.
O-O-O exd5 15. exd5 Re8 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Rhe1 Qf6 $11 {1-0 Varga,
P (2478)-Isepy,J (2282)/Sarospatak 2003/EXT 2005 (33)}) 13. Nf3 (13. O-O-O c6 (
13... e6 $5 14. g4 c5 15. Qxc5 Nxg4 16. dxe6 Qf6 $132 {I.Stohl}) 14. h3 (14.
dxc6 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 bxc6 16. Nf3 Bb7 17. Rd2 c5 $132) 14... Qc7 (14... cxd5 $142
$5 15. e5 Ne8 16. g4 $44 {I.Stohl}) 15. Qe5 Qxe5 16. fxe5 Nfd7 17. Nf3 $14 {
1/2 Mamedyarov,S (2725)-Kamsky,G (2720)/Nalchik 2009/CBM 149/[Stohl,Igor] (43)}
) 13... e6 {is even simpler:} (13... c6 14. dxc6 (14. O-O-O Bg4 15. dxc6 Bxf3
16. gxf3 bxc6 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Ba6 Nh5 20. Ne2 Kf6 $11 {
1/2 Yang,D (2432)-Kudrin,S (2543)/Philadelphia 2011/CBM 143 Extra (48)}) 14...
Qxd4 15. Nxd4 bxc6 16. Be2 c5 17. Nb3 c4 18. Na5 Be6 19. O-O-O Rac8 20. Bf3
Nfd7 21. f5 {1/2 Dreev,A (2676)-Smirin,I (2676)/Biel 2002/CBM 091}) 14. O-O-O
exd5 15. e5 (15. exd5 Qd6 16. Be2 Rd8 17. Rd2 Nbxd5 18. Nxd5 Qc6+ 19. Qc3 Rxd5
20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. Rc2 Rd6 $15 {1/2 Postny,E (2563)-Boros,D (2401)/Budapest
2004/EXT 2005 (59)}) 15... Ng8 16. h4 {1-0 Jakab,A (2354)-Csaszar,G (2075)/
Budapest 2000/EXT 2001 (22)} h5 $13) (12. a4 a5 13. Qd4+ Nf6 14. Be2 e6 15. g4
$6 c5 16. Qxc5 exd5 $17 {1/2 Hermesmann,H (2122)-Bruemmel,A (2287)/Travemuende
2002/EXT 2004 (34)}) 12... e5 $5 (12... Nf6 13. Nf3 $1 (13. Qd4 e6 $1 14. O-O-O
exd5 15. exd5 (15. e5 $5 Ne8 16. g4 Qe7 {[%cal Gc7c5]} 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5
f6 $13 {V.Golod}) 15... Re8 $1 16. Bf3 Kg8 17. Nge2 Qe7 18. h3 Bd7 19. Rhe1 c5
$1 $132 {0-1 Bykhovsky,A (2481)-Golod,V (2523)/Modiin 2002/CBM 092/[Golod,V] 
(25)}) 13... c6 (13... e6 $5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. O-O) 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. O-O $14 {
1/2 Piazzini,L-Castillo Larenas,M/Buenos Aires 1935/HCL (48)}) 13. Bxg4 Qh4+
14. g3 Qxg4 15. Qxg4 (15. fxe5 Qxd1+ 16. Nxd1 Re8 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. O-O Bxf3 19.
Rxf3 Rxe5 $15 {1/2 Bykhovsky,A (2481)-Tyomkin,D (2482)/Tel Aviv 2002/CBM 092/
[Tyomkin,D] (31)}) 15... Bxg4 16. h3 Bd7 17. Nf3 exf4 18. gxf4 Rae8 19. O-O-O
f6 $13 {[%cal Ge8e7,Gf8e8,Gb6c4,Yc4d6] D.Tyomkin}) 11... Nf6 $146 {I don't
like this move. Black is constricted so he should not avoid exchanges.} (11...
c5 $6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qd2 e6 14. d6 $16 {1-0 Benitah,Y (2421)-Lagarde,M 
(2200)/Aix les Bains 2007/CBM 120 ext (45)}) (11... Bxd4 $5 12. Qxd4 {- see 11.
Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Qd4+ Kg8 13.Nf3}) 12. Qd2 {Probably not the best plan.} (12. a4 $5
) (12. Be2 $5 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. O-O) 12... e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. O-O-O c5 $1
{A good equalising idea.} 15. Be5 (15. Bxc5 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 (16. Rxd2 Rfc8 17.
Bxb6 axb6 {[%csl Ra2,Re4]}) (16. Kxd2 Rfc8 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5
Bxd5 20. a3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bh6 $36 {[%csl Rd2]}) 16... Rfc8 17. Bd4 Nh5 18. Bxg7
Kxg7 19. f5 Bxa2 $11) 15... Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Rfd8 (16... Ng4 $5) 17. Bd3 Ng4 (
17... Nh5 $1 18. g3 Bg4 19. Bxg7 Bxf3 20. Rf1 Nxg7 21. Rxf3 Ne6 $11) 18. Bxg7
Kxg7 19. Re1 Bc4 20. h3 Nf6 21. Red1 Re8 22. Bc2 Nh5 23. f5 gxf5 24. exf5 (24.
b3 $142 Ba6 (24... fxe4 $6 25. Nxe4) 25. exf5 $14 {White's pieces are placed
better so he keeps some chances.}) 24... Ng3 25. Rd6 (25. b3 {is too late due
to} Ne2+ $11) 25... f6 26. Nd2 Bf7 27. a4 Bh5 28. Rg1 Rad8 29. Nde4 Rxd6 30.
Nxd6 {[%mdl 4096]} Re5 31. Nde4 $6 (31. Nxb7 Nd5 $1 32. Bd3 Nxc3 33. bxc3 Be2
34. Bc2 Bf1 {[%csl Rg1]}) (31. Kb1 Nd5 32. Nxd5 Rxd5 33. Nxb7 c4 $44 {[%csl
Rb7]}) (31. Bd1 $1 Bxd1 32. Rxd1 Nxf5 33. Nxb7 $11) 31... Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Be8 33.
Nc3 Bc6 $15 {Black has taken over the initiative; now his pieces are more
active.} 34. g4 $6 (34. b3 $142 {[%cal Yc1d2]} Re3 35. Kd2 Rg3 36. Ne2 Rxg2 37.
Rxg2+ Bxg2 38. Nf4) 34... Nc4 $6 {It was more essential to activate the rook
rather than the knight:} (34... Re3 $1 35. h4 Rh3 {, and White is in a big
trouble.}) 35. Bd3 Ne3 (35... Na5 $1 {was still very strong.}) 36. Rg3 b6 37.
Kd2 Nd5 {The knight has to ungloriously retreat; meanwhile, White has
consolidated his position.} 38. Bb5 Nxc3 39. Rxc3 Bxb5 40. axb5 c4 41. Rxc4
Rxb5 42. Rc7+ Kg8 43. Kc3 a5 44. Rc8+ Kf7 45. Rc7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 $5 {This idea is not new but it didn't gain popularity until
2010-11.} 10. Nb5 (10. h4 Rd8 {is the idea behind 9...Qd6:} 11. Nb5 (11. e5 $2
Qe6 12. Nh3 Nc4) 11... Qd7 12. h5 a6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. g4 Qc6 $6 (
15... e5 $1 16. Qh2 h6 17. Bxh6 Bxh6+ 18. Qxh6 Qg7 $13 {K.Mekhitarian}) 16. Qf2
(16. Qh2 $1 $40 {K.Mekhitarian}) 16... Ne6 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. Nge2 Nf7 19. Qh4
h6 20. Qxe7 Qd7 21. Qxd7 Bxd7 22. Bg2 Nc4 23. Bf2 Bb5 24. Nd4 Nce5 25. Be3 Bd7
$11 {1/2 Grischuk,A (2760)-Mamedyarov,S (2761)/Moscow 2010/CBM 139 (49)}) 10...
Qd7 11. f4 $146 (11. d5 Ne5 12. Qc2 c6 13. dxc6 Qxc6 14. Qxc6 bxc6 15. Nc7 Rb8
16. b3 a5 17. Na6 Bxa6 18. Bxa6 a4 $36 {1/2 Mayorga,N (2330)-Fabian,G (2317)/
Villa Martelli 2011/CBM 143 Extra (42)}) (11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 a6 13. Nc3 Nxd4
14. f4 c5 15. h4 Qc6 16. Nf3 Qf6 17. e5 Qg7 18. Qxg7+ Kxg7 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20.
Rxd4 Be6 $11 {1-0 Mamedyarov,S (2657)-Petrosian,T (2539)/Antalya 2004/CBM 101 
(53)}) (11. Na3 e5 $1 (11... Rd8 12. Ne2 Qe8 13. Qe1 f5 14. h3 $14 {1-0
Ganguly,S (2634)-Safarli,E (2587)/Paks 2009/CBM 133 (35)}) 12. d5 Nd4 13. Kb1 (
13. Ne2 $142 c5 14. Kb1 $13) 13... c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Qa5 Qb7 16. Ne2 Rb8 17.
Rd2 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V (2768)-Sutovsky,E (2700)/Ningbo 2011/CBM 144 (33)} c5 $1
$36) (11. Kb1 Rd8 12. d5 a6 $1 (12... Ne5 13. Qc2 $1 c6 14. Nxa7 Rxa7 15. Bxb6
Ra8 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Nc3 $16 {1-0 Anand,V (2817)-Mamedyarov,S (2746)/Bastia
2011/EXT 2012 (43)}) 13. dxc6 (13. Nc3 Na5 14. Bd4 Nbc4 15. Qf2 $2 (15. Bxc4
$142 Nxc4 16. Qc1 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 b5 $13 {K.Mekhitarian}) 15... e5 $1 16. Bc5 b6
17. Bb4 c5 18. Bxa5 Nxa5 19. h4 Qd6 20. h5 b5 $15 {1/2 Gustafsson,J (2647)
-Mekhitarian,K (2529)/Reykjavik 2011/CBM 141 Extra/[Mekhitarian] (38)}) 13...
Qxd2 14. Rxd2 Rxd2 15. Bxd2 axb5 16. cxb7 Bxb7 17. Bxb5 f5 $1 18. exf5 Bd5 19.
Ne2 (19. b3 gxf5 $44 {[%cal Yc7c5,Yc5c4]} 20. Bb4 Kf7 21. Ne2 $2 Bxb3) 19...
Bxa2+ 20. Kc2 gxf5 21. Bc3 Bc4 22. Bxc4+ Nxc4 23. Nd4 Ne3+ 24. Kd3 Nxg2 25.
Nxf5 Nf4+ 26. Kc4 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Kf7 $11 {1/2 Vitiugov,N (2729)-Giri,A (2714)/
Reggio Emilia 2011/CBM 146 (41)}) 11... Qe6 $1 {This trick solves Black's
problems.} 12. Nc3 (12. d5 $2 Qxe4 13. dxc6 Bf5 {The point.} 14. Bd3 Qxc6+ 15.
Qc2 (15. Nc3 Rfd8 16. Qc2 Nc4 $19) 15... Bxd3 16. Qxc6 bxc6 17. Rxd3 cxb5 $19)
12... Rd8 (12... Nc4 $5 13. Qe2 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Qd6) 13. Nf3 Nc4 14. Qe2 (14. d5
Nxd2 15. dxe6 Nxf3 16. Rxd8+ Nxd8 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. gxf3 Be6 $132) 14... Nxe3
15. Qxe3 Nb4 $6 (15... Qd6 $142 16. e5 Qb4 17. d5 Nb8 18. a3 Qb6 $13) 16. b3 $2
{White weakens the crucial diagonal and gets into trouble.} (16. Kb1 $142 a5 (
16... Qb6 17. a3 Nc6 18. Nd5 Qa5 19. Bc4 $14) 17. Be2 $14 {[%csl Rb4]}) 16...
Qb6 $1 17. a3 Nc6 18. Na4 (18. Nd5 Qa5 19. Kb2 Nxd4 $5 20. Nxe7+ Kf8 21. e5 Bg4
$1 22. Rxd4 Bxf3 $1 23. Nxg6+ hxg6 24. b4 $1 Qb6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qxf3 Rd4
$40) 18... Qa5 19. d5 Nb8 (19... b5 $5 20. dxc6 (20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. dxc6 Bg4)
20... Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 bxa4 22. b4 Qh5 23. e5 Bg4 $36) 20. Qc5 $1 {After the
exchange of queens White's king is not in danger anymore, and he holds his
ground despite Black's bishop pair.} Qxc5+ 21. Nxc5 c6 22. Bc4 b6 23. dxc6
Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nxc6 25. Bd5 Bg4 $1 26. Bxc6 Rc8 27. Kb1 bxc5 (27... Rxc6 28.
Rd8+ Bf8 29. Nd7 $11) 28. Bd5 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Bh6 30. f5 gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad Czech Coal"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "2007.09.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.09.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O f5 $5 {This undermining, quite common for the Gruenfeld, is
better in this position than the old} (9... e5) 10. h4 $132 {>>} fxe4 11. h5
gxh5 {This interesting line was examined in CBM 81, annotations to the game
Golod-Herrera.} 12. Rxh5 {The most obvious move but White has some other
possibilities seen in practice:} (12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Qd6 14. Qxh5 Bf5 15.
Nxe4 Qb4 16. a3 Qb3 17. Qg5+ Kh8 18. d5 Na4 19. Qd2 Rad8 20. Qc2 Qxc2+ 21. Kxc2
Ne5 $17 {0-1 Raceanu,V-Lupulescu,C/Predeal 2006/CBM 113 ext (30)}) (12. d5 Ne5
(12... Na5 $5 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Qd6 15. Rxh5 Qxh6+ 16. Rxh6 Nac4 17. Re1
Bf5 18. fxe4 Bg6 $11 {1-0 Kuzmin,A-Danin,A/St Petersburg 2004/CBM 102 (51)})
13. Bh6 {[#]} Nec4 $1 (13... Rf7 $6 14. Bxg7 Rxg7 15. Rxh5 Nbc4 $2 (15... Nf7 {
Ftacnik}) 16. Qd4 b5 17. Rxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 exf3 19. Nxf3 Qd6 20. Nxb5 Qxe5 21.
Nxe5 $18 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Timofeev,A/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096/[Ftacnik] (23)}) 14.
Qg5 Rf7 15. Rh4 (15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxg7 (16. Rh4 Qd6 17. Bxg7 Rxg7 18. Qxh5 Bd7
19. Rxe4 Qb4 20. Rd2 Qc5 21. Rdd4 $2 (21. Rd1 Ne3 $17) 21... Nd6 22. Rf4 Nf5
$19 {0-1 Aleskerov,F-Sanikidze,T/Instanbul 2005/CBM 109 ext (33)}) (16. Rd4 $2
Nxb2 $1 $17 17. Kxb2 $140 $2 c5 18. Rxe4 Qb6+ 19. Ka1 Qxh6) 16... Rxg7 17. Qxh5
exf3 18. gxf3 Qf8 $13 {Ftacnik}) 15... Qf8 (15... Nxb2 $2 16. Rf4 Qd6 17. Rxf7
Qxh6 18. Rxg7+ Qxg7 19. Qxg7+ Kxg7 20. Kxb2 exf3 21. Nxf3 $16 {1-0 Rodshtein,
M-Sanikidze,T/Chalkidiki 2003/EXT 2004 (69)}) (15... Nd6 16. fxe4 Bg4 17. Be2
e5 18. Bxg4 Qxg5+ 19. Bxg5 hxg4 20. Rxg4 Kh8 21. Nf3 Nd7 22. Rh4 Re8 23. Rdh1
Nf8 24. b3 $14 {0-1 Meessen,R-Swinkels,R/Eupen BEL 2006/The Week in Chess 634 
(71)}) 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Rxe4 Nd6 18. Rh4 e5 $13 {Ftacnik}) 12... Bf5 13. Rg5 {
A double-edged move. This rook is active but vulnerable. However, White has no
good alternatives:} (13. Rh1 Bg6 14. Nh3 e5 15. d5 Nd4 16. fxe4 c6 17. Bd3 Rc8
18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 cxd5 20. exd5 e4 $17 {1/2-1/2 Bucher,M-Flumbort,A/
Winterthur 2002/EXT 2004 (34)}) (13. d5 Bg6 14. Bh6 Bxh5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qg5+
Bg6 17. dxc6 Qc8 18. Qxe7+ Rf7 19. Qe5+ Kg8 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 bxc6 22.
Qxc6 Qf5 $17 {0-1 Hillarp Persson,T-Howell,D/St Helier 2005/CBM 104 ext (56)})
(13. Bh6 Bg6 (13... Qxd4 $1 14. Qxd4 Bxd4 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 $17) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Qh6+ Kg8 16. Rg5 Qe8 17. d5 Nd8 18. fxe4 Rf6 19. Qh2 Nf7 20. Rg3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Zhang,Z-Qiao Liang/Wuxi 2005/CBM 106 ext (25)}) 13... Bg6 14. Be2 (14. fxe4 $2
Nxd4) 14... e5 15. d5 Nd4 {[%csl Gd4] A recent improvement of Black's play.} (
15... exf3 {keeps an extra pawn for Black but helps White's development:} 16.
Nxf3 Nd4 17. Nxe5 (17. Bd3 Nf5 $1 18. Bc5 Rf7 19. g4 $2 (19. Rh1 $5 Nd7 20. Ba3
$13 {Golod}) 19... Nd6 $1 $17 {1/2-1/2 Golod,V-Herrera,I/Linares 2001/CBM081/
[Golod,V] (65)}) (17. Nh4 $5 $13) 17... Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Re8 19. Qg4 Bxe5 20.
Rxg6+ hxg6 21. Qxg6+ Bg7 22. Bd4 Qe7 23. Rh1 Nd7 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Rf1+ Bf6 26.
Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Qh7+ Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Baumgartner,U-Kopasov,
E/LSS 2006/Telechess CBM 119}) 16. fxe4 c6 17. dxc6 (17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Rg3 Nxe2+
19. Qxe2 cxd5 20. exd5 (20. Bxb6 $5 axb6 21. Rxd5 Qc7 22. Kb1 $13) 20... Rc8
21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Qd6 23. Bh6 Rf7 24. Qg4 Rf2 25. Rd2 Rf1+ 26. Rd1 Rxd1+
27. Kxd1 Rd8 $13 {0-1 Moiseenko,A-Li Chao1/Moscow 2007/CBM 117 (60)}) 17...
Nxc6 18. Qe1 Qf6 19. Qg3 $6 (19. Rg3 {, moving the rook to a safer place, is
probably more cautious, e.g.} Nd4 20. Nf3 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 $13 {It may be tested
in future games. In my opinion, Black should not be worse in any case.}) 19...
Nd4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Quite an obvious novelty improving on my game against
Laznicka, in which, for mysterious reasons, I played} (19... Rad8 $6 {, which
lead to an unclear position:} 20. Nf3 Nd4 21. Bd3 Nxf3 22. gxf3 Rc8 23. Kb1
Qxf3 24. Qg1 $44 {[%csl Rg8]} Rc6 25. Rf1 Qh3 26. Rff5 $1 Bh6 27. Bf1 Qh4 28.
Bf2 Qxg5 29. Rxg5 Bxg5 30. Bb5 $14 {0-1 Laznicka,V-Krasenkow,M/Ostrava 2007/
CBM 118 (57)}) 20. Bh5 Bxh5 (20... Ne6 $5 21. Bxg6 Nxg5 22. Bf5 Nf7 {is also
possible although White keeps some compensation for the exchange after} 23. Nf3
Nh6 24. Bh3 {[%csl Ge3,Gh3]}) 21. Rxh5 Rac8 22. Kb1 $2 {This is just losing.
Black sacrifices an exchange and gets a decisive attack.} (22. Bh6 Qg6 $5 23.
Qxg6 hxg6 24. Bxg7 gxh5 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 $15 {[%csl Gd4]} 26. Nge2 Nxe2+ 27. Nxe2
Rf2 28. Ng3 Rxg2 29. Nxh5 Kf7 30. Rd3 $1 $15 {may be a lesser evil for White.})
22... Rxc3 $1 {[%mdl 640]} 23. bxc3 Na4 {[%cal Rf6b6]} 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Kc2 (
25. cxd4 Qb6+ 26. Qb3+ Qxb3+ 27. axb3 Nc3+ 28. Kc2 Nxd1 29. Kxd1 Rf1+ $19)
25... Qf7 (25... Qb6 26. Rb1 Rf2+ $1 27. Qxf2 d3+ {was even nicer.}) 26. Rxd4 (
26. Rd5 Nxc3 27. R1xd4 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Qf1 29. Nf3 Rc8+ 30. Kd2 Kh8 $1 $19 {
[%cal Rg7h6,Rg7b2]}) 26... Qxa2+ 27. Kd3 Qb1+ 28. Kd2 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 {This, relatively new but already very popular move, was
examined in several CBM issues, most recently in CBM 149, annotations to
Aronian - Caruana by GM I.Stohl, and, and CBM 150, annotations to Eljanov -
Areshchenko by GM A.Mikhalchishin.} 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 {Alternatives:} (11. f4
) (11. Bh6) (11. d5) (11. Na3) 11... Rd8 12. d5 a6 $1 13. Nc3 (13. dxc6 Qxd2
14. Rxd2 Rxd2 15. Bxd2 axb5 16. cxb7 Bxb7 17. Bxb5 Rd8 $5 (17... f5 18. exf5
Bd5 {1/2 (41) Vitiugov,N (2729)-Giri,A (2714) Reggio Emilia 2011} 19. b3 $140
gxf5 $44) 18. Be3 (18. Bc1 Rd4 $44 {[%cal Rd4e4,Rd4b4]}) 18... Rd1+ 19. Kc2 Ra1
20. a3 c6 21. Be2 Na4 22. Bc1 Nxb2 $1 23. Nh3 c5 24. Bb5 c4 $36 {1/2 (82) Toth,
E (2473)-Fogarasi,T (2407) Hungary 2012}) 13... Qe8 (13... Ne5 14. Bd4 (14. Qe1
Nec4 15. Bd4 Qd6 $132) 14... c5 $5 (14... Nec4 15. Qf2 $5) 15. Bxc5 Nec4 16.
Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Qc1 Qc7 18. Bd4 e5 19. Bf2 b5 20. b3 Nd6 $44 {[%csl Rb1][%cal
Yf7f5,Ya6a5] 0-1 (35) Eljanov,P (2693)-Areshchenko,A (2691) Kiev 2012 [A.
Mikhalchishin]}) (13... Na5 $5 {may be the simplest:} 14. Bd4 (14. b3 Qd6 $132)
14... e5 $5 (14... Nbc4 15. Bxc4 (15. Qf2 $2 e5 $1 16. Bc5 b6 17. Bb4 c5 18.
Bxa5 Nxa5 $17 {1/2 (38) Gustafsson,J (2647)-Mekhitarian,K (2529) Reykjavik
2011 CBM 149 [Mekhitarian]}) 15... Nxc4 16. Qc1 $11 {K.Mekhitarian}) 15. Bc5
Nbc4 16. Qc1 b6 17. Bf2 Qd6 18. h4 Qb4 19. g4 f5 20. g5 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Bf5 22.
Bd3 Rxd5 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Rxd5 Bxe4+ 25. fxe4 Na3+ 26. Ka1 Qxe4 27. Rd2 Qxh1
28. bxa3 Rf8 $44 {1/2 (46) Mamedyarov,S (2729)-Volokitin,A (2709) Istanbul 2012
}) 14. Qe1 (14. Qc1 Na5 (14... Ne5 $5) 15. h4 e6 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3
exd5 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Nxd5 Qf7 21. h5 Be6 $13 {1/2 (44) Rodshtein,M (2642)
-Bok,B (2512) Biel 2012}) 14... Na7 $5 $146 {[%cal Ya7b5][%mdl 8]} (14... Ne5
15. Be2 (15. Bd4 e6 $132) 15... e6 (15... Nec4 $5 16. Bd4 e5 $13 {I.Stohl}) 16.
Bxb6 $1 cxb6 17. f4 Nd7 18. dxe6 Qxe6 {1-0 (54) Aronian,L (2825)-Caruana,F 
(2770) Moscow 2012 CBM 149 [Stohl,I]} 19. Bf3 $14 {I.Stohl}) 15. h4 (15. Bf4 $5
{doesn't stop ...Na7-b5 but can delay Black's development:} Rd7 16. h4 Nb5 $1
17. Nxb5 (17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Rxd5 $1 19. Rxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Qxb5 $19 {
[%cal Rc8f5]}) 17... axb5 18. h5 $1 (18. Bxb5 $6 c6 $1 19. dxc6 $2 Rxd1+ 20.
Qxd1 bxc6 21. Be2 Na4 $19) 18... e6 $1 $13 {Here is a crazy variation leading
to a draw:} 19. Qh4 (19. hxg6 $143 fxg6 20. Qh4 h5) 19... exd5 $1 20. hxg6 dxe4
$1 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Bh6 $1 Rxd1+ 23. Kc2 Bxh6 24. Qxh6+ Ke7 25. Kxd1 Bf5 26.
Qg5+ Ke6 27. gxf7 Qd8+ 28. Qxd8 Rxd8+ 29. Ke1 Kxf7 30. fxe4 Bxe4 31. Bxb5 Rg8
$11) (15. Bd3 e6 $1) 15... Nb5 16. Nge2 ({Here is a line demonstrating the
strength of Black's eventual attack:} 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. h5 $2 Nxd5 $1 18. exd5
(18. Rxd5 $2 Rxd5 19. exd5 Bf5+ 20. Kc1 Rxa2) 18... Bf5+ 19. Bd3 b4 $1 20. Bxf5
(20. Ne2 Rxa2 $1 21. Kxa2 Qa4+ 22. Kb1 Qb3 $19) 20... Qa4 21. Bd4 Qxa2+ 22. Kc2
Qc4+ 23. Kb1 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Be4 Rxd5 $1 27. Ne2 Qc4 $19)
16... Nc4 17. Bd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Nb6 $15 {With a bishop pair, especially his
strong g7 bishop, Black can get an unpleasant initiative.} 19. h5 $1 ({Passive
defense like} 19. Qe3 {is hardly successful after} e6 20. dxe6 Bxe6 {[%cal
Yb6a4] etc.}) 19... e6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. f4 (21. Qh4 exd5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Re1
Qd7 24. Bc4 Nf6 {[%cal Yc7c5,Yb7b5] hardly gives White sufficient compensation
for the pawn.}) 21... Qe7 (21... exd5 22. e5 c5 23. Nf3 Qe7 {- below}) 22. Nf3
exd5 23. e5 d4 $1 {The position is extremely complicated. White's possible
attack along the h-file can't be underestimated. Therefore GM Fabiano Caruana
decides to give the pawn back but avert the danger. A wise, practical decision!
} (23... c5 24. Qg3 d4 25. Ne4 Nd5 26. Nfg5 $44) (23... Bf5+ 24. Bd3 d4 25. Ne2
(25. Ne4 Nd5) 25... Bxd3+ 26. Rxd3 c5 27. Ng5 $44 {[%cal Yd3h3]}) 24. Nxd4 (24.
Ne4 $6 Nd5) 24... c5 25. Nf3 Bf5+ 26. Ka1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Rd8 $15 28. Qe1 $6 (
28. Qc1 $142 Qd7 29. Be2 {[%cal Yh1d1]}) 28... Qd7 29. Be2 Nd5 30. Nxd5 Qxd5
31. Qc1 {White must lose a tempo.} Be6 32. b3 Qc6 33. Rd1 (33. Bc4 Bxc4 34.
Qxc4 b5 $40) 33... Rxd1 34. Qxd1 (34. Bxd1 $142 $17) 34... Qe4 35. g3 Bf5 $2 (
35... Bg4 {was indicated by several commentators. If} 36. Nd4 {(otherwise
after ...Qe3 White will be out of moves) then} cxd4 (36... Bxe2 37. Nxe2 Qe3 {
[%cal Yb7b5,Yc5c4] is quite strong, too}) 37. Bxg4 d3 {, and with such a weak
king and Black's strong d-pawn White can hardly survive.}) 36. Bc4 $1 {[%cal
Rc4f7,Rf3g5] After this activation White is out of danger.} Bh6 37. Bd5 Qe3 38.
Qd2 Qxd2 39. Nxd2 g5 40. Bxb7 gxf4 (40... gxf4 41. gxf4 Bxf4 42. Nc4 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 {Of course, this is a harmless line but
if White wants just to play chess, it is quite possible.} g6 5. e3 Bg7 {
For some reason this position belongs to the Grünfeld Defence although the
corresponding move order (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 c6) looks
quite artificial.} 6. Bd3 c5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An unexpected switch.
Apparently, Black loses a tempo but the way White has exploited it (Nb1-d2)
can hardly bring him any benefit.} (6... O-O {is usually played.}) 7. dxc5 (7.
cxd5 $5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 {needs checking}) 7... Na6 8. Nb3 ({Now after} 8. cxd5
Nxc5 9. Bc4 ({or} 9. Bb5+ Bd7) 9... a6 {[%cal Rb7b5] Black obtains an
excellent position and will soon recapture the pawn.}) 8... dxc4 (8... Nxc5 {
is also possible but then White comfortably develops his pieces:} 9. Nxc5 Qa5+
10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. Rc1) 9. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Ne4 11. Ke2 (11. Bxa6 bxa6 12. Ke2
a5 $1 {[%cal Rc8a6] with the initiative}) 11... Naxc5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 $11 {
Black has no problems.} 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Rd1+ Ke8 16. Rb1 Rc8
17. Bd2 Ne4 18. Bb4 f5 19. Ne1 a5 $6 {this pawn exchange is dubious as it
deactivates Black's rook.} (19... Rc4 20. a3 (20. Ba3 Ra4) 20... b6 {[%cal
Ya7a5]} 21. f3 Nf6 22. Rbc1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nd5 $11 {was the most solid
continuation.}) 20. Bxa5 Ra8 21. Rd5 (21. Bb4 $142 Rxa2 22. Nd3 Kf7 23. Rdc1
$36 {[%csl Ra2]} {although after} Rb8 24. Rc7 Bf6 {Black should hold on anyway.
}) 21... b6 (21... e6 $5 22. Rb5 Nd6 23. Rb6 Nc8 24. Rxb7 Rxa5 25. Rxg7 Ne7 {
[%cal Re8f8] The endgame with two pawns for the exchange is rather unclear.})
22. Bb4 $1 (22. Bxb6 Rxa2 $11 {[%cal Ra2b2,Re4c3]}) 22... Rxa2 23. Nd3 Kf7 24.
Rc1 (24. Rd7 {was another attempt to keep the initiative. Black could try a
surgical solution:} Rc8 $5 (24... Bf6 25. Rc1 $36) 25. Rxe7+ Kg8 26. Be1 $1 (
26. f3 Bxb2 27. Kf1 Nc3 28. Bxc3 (28. Rxb2 Rxb2 29. Nxb2 Nd5 30. Rd7 Nxb4 {
[%cal Rc8c1]}) 28... Bxc3 29. Rxb6 Rd8 30. Rb3 Bf6 {, and with a rook on the
2nd rank Black should not lose}) 26... Bxb2 27. Nxb2 Rc2+ 28. Kf1 Raxb2 29. Ra1
$1 Ra2 30. Rd1 Nd2+ 31. Kg1 {- here Black should still fight for a draw.})
24... Rha8 {Preparing to cover the 7th rank from a7.} 25. Rc2 Nf6 26. Ne5+ Ke8
(26... Kg8 $5 27. Rb5 e6 {[%cal Yf6d5]} {although after} 28. Nc6 {White keeps
initiative.}) 27. Rb5 R2a7 28. Ba3 $6 {White misses his best opportunity.} (28.
Rxb6 $4 Nd5) (28. Nc4 $1 {wins the b6-pawn with chances to convert his own.})
28... Ra5 $1 29. Rc7 (29. Rxa5 bxa5 {[%cal Yf6d7]}) 29... Rxb5 30. Rxe7+ Kd8
31. Nf7+ (31. Nc6+ Kc8 32. Rxg7 Rxb2+ $1 (32... Rxa3 $143 33. bxa3 Rb2+ 34. Kf3
Ne4 35. Kf4 Rxf2+ 36. Ke5) 33. Bxb2 Ra2 34. f3 Rxb2+ 35. Kd3 Rxg2 36. Rf7 Nd7
37. Rxh7 {was a better (but still, according to GM E.Gleizerov, rather
symbolic) attempt to play for a win.}) 31... Kc8 32. Nd6+ Kd8 33. Rxg7 Rd5 {
[%cal Ra8a3] Now White must give a perpetual.} 34. Nb7+ Kc8 35. Nd6+ Kd8 36.
Nb7+ Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7.
Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 (8. f4 {, popular in the 80s, is now out of fashion.}) 8... e5 {
This move became popular after the famous game Kramnik-Shirov (1998).} (8...
Nc6 {is another important possibility.}) 9. d5 c6 10. h4 (10. O-O-O {and}) (10.
Rd1 {are the other popular options.}) 10... cxd5 (10... f5 $6 11. h5 fxe4 12.
hxg6 exf3 13. Nxf3 Bf5 14. gxh7+ Kh8 15. Nh4 $1 cxd5 16. g4 Bxh7 17. Ng6+ Kg8
18. Bxb6 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 axb6 20. Qxd5+ Qxd5 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Nexd5 $18 {
1-0 Brustkern,J-Gerard,N/Budapest 2004/EXT 2005 (50)}) 11. exd5 h5 (11... e4
12. fxe4 Bg4 (12... f5 13. h5 fxe4 14. hxg6 h5 $2 (14... Qf6 $1 $44 {V.Golod})
15. d6 $1 Qf6 16. Nge2 $1 Be6 17. Nf4 Nc4 $2 (17... Nc6) 18. Ncd5 Nxd2 19. Ne7+
$1 Qxe7 20. dxe7 $18 {1-0 Golod,V-Vydeslaver,A/Beer Sheva 2002/CBM 091/[Golod,
V] (26)}) 13. Nh3 (13. Nf3 $5 {V.Golod}) 13... N8d7 (13... f5 14. Nf4 fxe4 15.
Be2 Qc8 16. O-O Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. h5 Nd7 19. hxg6 h5 20. Rac1 $16 {1-0
Malaniuk,V-Nedilko,V/Odessa UKR 2005/The Week in Chess 568 (66)}) 14. Nf2 Ne5
15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 f5 $1 17. Nxg4 Nxg4 18. Qf4 Nf6 19. h5 $1 Nxe4 20. hxg6
Nxc3 21. gxh7+ Kh8 22. Qd4+ Qf6 23. Qxf6+ Rxf6 24. bxc3 Nxd5 25. Rh3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R-Nijboer,F/Vlissingen 2001/CBM 083 ext (44)}) (11... Re8
12. h5 e4 (12... N8d7 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Rd1 Nf8 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17.
Ne4 $16 {1-0 Lobo,R-Zugic,I/San Francisco 1999/CBM 068 ext (35)}) 13. hxg6 fxg6
14. O-O-O exf3 15. Nxf3 N8d7 16. d6 Nf6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Bc4+ Kf8
20. d7 Bxd7 21. Nh7+ Nxh7 22. Qxd7 Qe3+ 23. Kb1 Re7 24. Qd5 Nf6 25. Rhf1 {
1-0 Khismatullin,D-Gasanov,E/Serpukhov 2004/CBM 103 ext}) (11... Na6 12. h5 Bd7
(12... Nb4 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Nh3 Bf5 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. g4 Bd7 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nge4
Rxf3 19. Bxh6 $36 {1-0 Clemens,A-Potze,R/Hoogeveen 2004/CBM 102 ext (27)}) 13.
hxg6 fxg6 14. Nh3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qh4+ 16. Nf2 Qxc4 17. Nfe4 Nb4 18. Rd1 Rf4 19.
b3 Qc8 20. a3 Na6 21. d6 Be6 22. Nd5 {1-0 Golod,V-Herrera,I/Ubeda 2001/CBM 080
ext}) (11... N8d7 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Kb1 (15. g4 Rc8
16. Kb1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Nge2 e4 $6 19. g5 exf3 20. gxf6 Qxf6 21. Nd4 h5
22. Rhf1 Bg4 23. Qd3 Rcc8 24. Ka1 $16 {1-0 Karasev,V-Zdrojewski,W/Leningrad
1990/EXT 97 (43)}) (15. Nh3 Rc8 16. Kb1 e4 17. Nf4 exf3 18. gxf3 Bf5+ 19. Ka1
Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Nfe2 b5 22. Ng3 b4 23. Nce4 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. fxe4
Rxe4 26. Bc5 Rf5 27. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Gofshtein,L-Roiz,M/Israel 1999/EXT 2000})
15... Rc8 16. d6 $1 (16. Ka1 Na4 17. Nge2 e4 18. d6 Re8 19. Rc1 Qa5 20. Nxa4
Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Qxa4 22. Nc3 Qb4 23. Nxe4 Rc8 24. Bc5 Be6 25. Bd3 Qa4 26. Nc3
Qa5 $44 {0-1 Hillarp Persson,T-Aberg,A/Stockholm 2002/CBM 085 ext (38)}) 16...
Bf5+ (16... Be6 17. Nh3 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bg5 Be6 20. Nf2 Qd7 21. Qb4 a6
22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Ne4 $16 {1-0 Hillarp Persson,T-Wojciechowski,P/Jersey 2004/
EXT 2005 (30)}) 17. Ka1 e4 18. Bh6 e3 (18... Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Rf7 20. Nh3 exf3 21.
gxf3 Qf8 22. Ng5 Rd7 23. Qh2 Rcd8 24. Bh3 Bxh3 25. Qxh3 Re8 26. Nce4 $18 {
1-0 Postny,E-Serebro,A/Israel 2002/EXT 2003 (43)}) (18... Bh8 $5 {V.Kortschnoj}
) 19. Bxe3 Nfd5 20. Nxd5 Rc2 21. Ne7+ $1 Qxe7 (21... Kh8 22. Qd4 $1 h5 23. g4
Bxd4 24. Bxd4+ Kh7 25. gxf5 Qxd6 26. fxg6+ Kh6 27. Be3+ {V.Kortschnoj}) 22.
Qxc2 Qxe3 23. Qb3+ Qxb3 24. axb3 $18 {1-0 Postny,E-Greenfeld,A/Tel Aviv 2001/
CBM 082/[Kortschnoj] (42)}) 12. g4 {The most energetic move.} (12. Rd1 Bf5 (
12... N8d7 13. Nh3 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxh4+ 15. Nf2 Qxc4 16. Bh6 {1/2-1/2 Hillarp
Persson,T-Greenfeld,A/Jersey 2004/EXT 2005}) 13. Be2 Qc8 14. Bh6 Nc4 15. Bxc4
Qxc4 16. Nge2 f6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. b3 Qb4 20. Nce4 Na6 $11 {
0-1 Hillarp Persson,T-Akesson,R/Stockholm 2004/CBM 097 ext (60)}) (12. Be2 N8d7
(12... Na6 13. Rd1 (13. g4 $5) 13... Bd7 (13... Re8 14. g4 e4 15. gxh5 exf3 16.
Nxf3 gxh5 17. Kf2 Bg4 18. Bd4 $14 {0-1 Psakhis,L-Shipov,S/playchess.com INT
2004/CBM 099 ext (45)}) 14. g4 Rc8 15. gxh5 gxh5 16. Nh3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18.
Ng5 Bf5 19. Nge4 Rd4 $1 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Ne2 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Nc5 $44 {1/2-1/2
Dreev,A-Shipov,S/Internet ICC 2002/EXT 2003 (71)}) (12... Bf5 $2 13. g4 $16)
13. d6 Nf6 14. Rd1 (14. Bg5 Be6 $1 (14... Bd7 $5 $132 {[%cal Yd7c6,Yd8d7] /
\Bc6,Qd7}) (14... Re8 $6 {is less useful:} 15. Rd1 Be6 16. Nh3 Nc4 (16... Rc8
$5 {V.Stohl}) 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. b3 Ba6 $6 (18... Be6) 19. Nd5 $2 (19. d7 $142
$1 $16 {Kramnik,V; Dolmatov,S.}) 19... e4 $1 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. d7 Qb6 $3 22.
dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 23. Qe3 Bxg5 24. Qxb6 Bxh4+ 25. Kd2 axb6 26. fxe4 Rxe4 27. Kc2 Rg4
$17 {0-1 Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/WCC cand Cazorla(9)/1998/CBM 065/[Stohl,I] (48)})
15. Rd1 {-14.Rd1} (15. g4 Qd7 $1 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne4 Qd8 $1 $13 {Kramnik,V,
Dolmatov,S}) (15. Nh3 Rc8 $5 16. Nf2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Nfe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4
f6 20. Be3 b6 $15 {1-0 Ward,C-Knott,S/Torquay 1998/CBM 066 ext (61)})) 14...
Be6 15. Bg5 Rc8 16. Nh3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Qe3 Qa5 19. O-O Bxh3 20. gxh3 Nd7
21. Rd5 Qb6 $13 {1-0 Golubovic,B-Ivacic,V/Skofja Loka 1998/EXT 2001 (40)})
12... hxg4 $6 {Probably too bold.} (12... N8d7 13. gxh5 Nf6 14. hxg6 fxg6 15.
Nh3 $5 (15. Rd1 Bf5 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. Nge2 $16 {L.Ftacnik}) 15... Nfxd5 16. Nxd5
Qxd5 17. Qxd5+ Nxd5 18. Bc4 Be6 19. Ng5 Nxe3 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Kf2 $1 Nf5 22.
h5 $16 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Akesson,R/Antalya 2004/CBM 101/[Ftacnik] (36)}) (12...
Na6 $5 13. gxh5 gxh5 14. Bd3 $6 (14. Bg5 Qd6 15. Rd1 Bf5 16. Ne4 Qg6 17. Ng3 e4
18. Nxf5 Qxf5 19. Bh3 Qe5 $132 {0-1 Esen,B-Atakisi,U/Antalya 2004/CBM 101 (49)}
) (14. Bh6 $5) 14... Nb4 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Nge2 Qc8 (16... Bf5 $1) 17. Bxb6 (
17. Kb1 $142) 17... Nxd3+ 18. Kb1 Nxb2 $1 $40 {0-1 Dobrov,V-Slizhevsky,A/St
Petersburg RUS 2005/The Week in Chess 572 (63)}) 13. h5 Bf5 (13... gxf3 14.
hxg6 fxg6 15. Qh2 (15. Nh3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qh4+ 17. Qf2 Qxc4 18. Ng5 Na6 19. Qh2
f2+ 20. Bxf2 Rxf2 21. Qxf2 Bf5 22. Rh7 Nb4 23. Rd1 e4 24. Qh2 Bxc3+ 25. bxc3
Qxc3+ 26. Kf1 {1/2-1/2 Chatalbashev,B-Di Caro,C/Reggio Emilia 2005/CBM 104 ext}
) 15... Bg4 16. Qh7+ Kf7 17. Bd3 f2+ 18. Bxf2 e4 19. Bxe4 Qf6 20. Bh4 g5 21.
Nge2 $4 (21. Nh3 $3 Rh8 (21... Bxh3 22. Qh5+) 22. Nxg5+ $18) 21... Rh8 22. Qxh8
Bxh8 23. Rf1 Qxf1+ 24. Kxf1 gxh4 $19 {0-1 Lahtela,S-Sakalauskas,V/playchess.
com 2004/EXT 2005 (33)}) 14. hxg6 (14. Rd1 $5) 14... fxg6 $2 (14... Bxg6 {
was more solid:} 15. fxg4 N8d7 16. Bh6 $5 $14) 15. d6 $1 {[%csl Rg8] The black
king is now dangerously exposed to various attacks.} (15. Qh2 $5 {was another
possibility.}) 15... N8d7 (15... Qd7 16. O-O-O) 16. Nd5 $1 Rf7 (16... Bf6 17.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bg5 $16) 17. Bg5 Nf6 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Bc4 Qd4 20. Qxd4 $6 (20.
Rc1 $1 {was stronger, to invade c7.}) 20... exd4 21. Kd2 (21. Rc1 $2 {was now
impossible due to} Re8+ 22. Kd2 Be6 {but}) (21. Bxf7+ $5 Kxf7 22. Rc1 {
deserved attention}) 21... gxf3 $2 {Why develop the white knight?} (21... Rd8
$142 22. fxg4 (22. Re1 Rxd6 23. Bxf6 Rdxf6) (22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Re1 Bg5+ 24. Kd1
Rxd6) 22... Ne4+ (22... Bxg4 $5) 23. Ke1 (23. Kd3 Nf2+ 24. Kd2 Ne4+ $11) 23...
Nxg5 $13) 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nxf3 Kg7 (23... Rd8 {is now a bit too late:} 24.
Rae1 Rxd6 25. Re8+ Kg7 26. Rhh8 Be7 27. Bxf7 Kxf7 28. Ne5+ Kf6 29. Rh7 $1 Kxe5
30. Rexe7+ Kf4 31. Rxb7 $16 {Still, it was a better chance for Black than the
game move, after which the dangerous d6 pawn remains alive.}) 24. Bxf7 Kxf7 25.
Rae1 $1 {Cutting the black king off the d6 pawn.  Kortschnoj: 'The arising
position is not easy to access. White has a very small material plus, but the
activity of his rook to the 7th rank he does not exploit.'} (25. Rac1 $143 Ke6)
(25. Rh7+ Ke6 ({The most difficult for white was the following line:} 25... Kg8
{Kortschnoj} 26. Rxb7 Be4 27. Rb3 Bd5 28. Ra3 Rb8 29. Rf1 Rxb2+ 30. Kd3 {
where white, having overcome serious problems gets now a clear edge.}) (25...
Bg7 {Kortschnoj} 26. Nxd4 Kg8 27. Rh4 Bf6 28. Nxf5) 26. d7 {Kortschnoj} Kd6 (
26... Rd8 $2 27. Re1+ Kd6 28. Rf7 Bh8 29. Re8 $18) 27. Rg1 {threatening with
Nh4 and Ng5 white stood better.}) 25... Kg7 (25... Rd8 26. Rh7+) ({Much better
was} 25... Kg8 $1 {(Kortschnoj) with chances for black to take over the
initiative.} 26. Rc1 $1 {Again} Rd8 $1 {as the best.}) 26. Rc1 {This invasion 
(at last!) decides the game.} Be4 (26... Rd8 27. Rc7+ Kg8 28. Re1 {etc.}) (
26... Kf7 27. Rhe1 $1) 27. Rc7+ Kg8 28. Rg1 $1 Bd8 29. Nxd4 {White gives up
the exchange but his passed pawn becomes very strong.} Bxc7 30. dxc7 Rc8 31.
Re1 Bd5 $2 ({The best} 31... Bg2 {(Kortschnoj) would also fail to save the
game:} 32. Re7 Kf8 33. Rd7 Bh3 34. Rh7 Bg4 35. Nb5 Kg8 36. Rh4 Bd7 (36... Be6
37. Re4 Bf5 38. Rc4 $18) 37. Rd4) 32. Re7 Bg2 33. Nb5 Bh3 34. Nd6 Rf8 35. Re8
Rxe8 36. Nxe8 Kf8 37. Nd6 a6 38. c8=Q+ Bxc8 39. Nxc8 b5 40. Ke3 {Kortschnoj:
'Grandmaster of the XIXth century would resign here already.'} Ke8 41. Nd6+ Kd7
42. Ne4 Kc6 43. Kd4 a5 44. b3 b4 45. Kc4 Kb6 46. Kd5 Kb5 47. Nd6+ Kb6 48. Nc4+
Kb5 49. Ne5 g5 50. Kd4 Kb6 51. Nc4+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 {This way
of developing the knight is not very common against the Schlechter Variation.
One of the main ideas of this slightly passive move is revealed in the present
game: after ...Bg4xf3, White can react with Nxf3.} ({The following classical
game shows how difficult it is to reach this setup in the event of the more
common} 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bf1 Re8 12. b3 a6 13.
Bb2 Qe7 14. Rac1 Rad8 {Both sides have completed their development. In the
next phase of the game, White will improve his position slowly, being
concerned to prevent the freeing ...e5 and ...c5.} 15. Qe2 h5 16. Qc2 Nb6 17.
Bd3 Nc8 18. Nb1 Nh7 19. Ba3 Qc7 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. Nf3 Nd7 22. Bb4 {Finally,
White has reached the same regrouping as in our main game.} Nhf6 23. Bc3 Nh7
24. Be1 $1 {This move, marking the signal of the queenside attack, should be
remembered by anybody playing this kind of line with White.} Rc8 25. b4 Nhf6
26. Qb3 Qb8 27. a4 Red8 28. Bc3 Qc7 29. c5 Nh7 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 e5 32. b6
Qb8 33. e4 $36 {Kortschnoj,V (2695)-Petrosian,T (2615)/Velden 1980/Candidates 
(1/2, 59)}) 7... Bg4 {Maybe this is not the best, since it spares White so
much effort in reaching Korchnoi's laborious regrouping.} (7... Nbd7 $5 {
makes some sense. With the knight on c3, White is supposed to get an advantage
by exchanging on d5, but here this method is not too effective. Here is a
recent game:} 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Qe2 Re8 10. Nb3 (10. b3 b6 {/\...Bb7=} 11. e4 $6
e5 $1 $15) 10... Ne4 11. Bd2 e5 (11... b6 $11 {פb3}) 12. Be1 (12. dxe5 Nxe5
13. Nfd4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 b6 15. Rfd1 a5 $36) 12... exd4 13. Nbxd4 Ndc5 14. Bb5
Bd7 15. Bb4 Bxb5 16. Qxb5 a6 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Rac1
Na4 $132 {Werle,J (2578)-Van Kampen,R (2454)/Groningen 2010/CBM 140 Extra (0-1,
82)}) 8. h3 (8. cxd5 {is premature here, too.} cxd5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Nc6 $1
$11 {This is the point! The knight gets on to the optimal square.}) 8... Bxf3
9. Nxf3 Nbd7 {This is almost always played.} ({In view of the game innovation,
fashion may switch to} 9... e6 $5 {, followed by ....Nbd7, getting ready to
meet} 10. cxd5 {with} exd5 $5 {Most probably, play would transpose to one of
the examples examined below.}) 10. cxd5 $5 $146 {With his knight on d7, Black
will have some problems defending his queenside after the opening of the
c-file.} (10. b3 e6 11. Bb2 {is the most popular continuation.} {Personally, I
would stick to Petrosian's regrouping:} Qe7 $5 (11... Re8 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. c5 $5
{Black has arranged his pieces a bit carelessly and cannot prepare ...e5 in
any way. Therefore, the brutal blocking of the queenside is not easy to meet.}
Nf8 14. Nd2 N6d7 15. f4 f5 16. Nf3 Nf6 17. b4 $14 {Iskusnyh,S (2520)-Timofeev,
A (2344)/St Petersburg 2006/EXT 2007 (1/2, 84)}) (11... a5 {This fails to
create any threats and gives up the fight against the d3-bishop by weakening
the b5-square. Besides, he gives up the thematic plan of ...a6 followed by ...
b5.} 12. a3 Re8 13. Qc2 Qb8 14. Rac1 Rc8 {It starts becoming clear that Black
is playing without a clear plan.} 15. Qb1 Qa7 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Nd2 (17. Bc3 $5
{preparing b4 is worth a try.}) 17... Qd8 18. f4 $6 (18. Bc3 $5) 18... c5 $132
{Finally, Black's provocative play has borne fruit, although White went on to
win anyway in Vasilevich,T (2420)-Burmakin,V (2627)/Kavala 2009/CBM 131 Extra 
(1-0, 50)}) 12. Qc2 (12. a4 Rac8 13. Ba3 c5) 12... Rfd8 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. c5
Ne8 15. Ne5 f6 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. f4 f5) (10. Qc2 Rc8 11. c5 $6 {This is
obviously premature.} Re8 12. b4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Bb2 Re6 16.
Rad1 Qe7 17. Bd4 Nd7 $11 {Fronczek,H (2271)-Boguslavsky,O (2458)/Bad
Liebenzell 2010/CBM 135 Extra (1-0, 106)}) ({My favourite is} 10. Bd2 {,
preparing Korchnoi's regrouping.} e6 11. Rc1 (11. Qe2 $5 Ne4 12. Bb4 Re8 13.
Rfd1 f5 14. Be1 $14) 11... Ne4 12. Bb4 Re8 13. Qb3 f5 14. Be1 (14. Rfd1 Qb6 15.
Be1 $14) 14... Qb6 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Qxb3 $6 17. axb3 a6 18. Rfd1 $14 {
Strache,M (2317)-Dranov,A (2465)/Bonn 2011/CBM 142 Extra (1/2, 63)}) 10... cxd5
11. Bd2 $14 {Suddenly, Black is in some sort of trouble. The plan based on Qb3,
Rfc1 and Bb4 is very hard to meet. The complete passivity of the black bishop
weighs heavily in the balance.} a6 {Not really a solution, but it is hard to
recommend anything better.} (11... Nb8 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Rfc1 $14 {
offers White a very pleasant ending.}) (11... Ne4 12. Bb4 $14) (11... Qb6 {
may seem the most logical, but fails to solve the problem, too.} 12. Qa4 (12.
Qb3 Qxb3 13. axb3 Rfc8 {is not that scary for Black, because White has a small
structural defect already.}) 12... Rfc8 13. Rfc1 a6 14. Rc2 $1 $14 {White will
take over the control of the c-file.}) 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. Bb4 Rfe8
15. Rfc1 $16 {As simple as that. The weakness of the e7-pawn makes Black lose
control of the c-file.} Bf8 (15... Rac8 16. Rxc8 Nxc8 17. Rc1 $16) 16. Ba5 Nfd7
17. Rc7 Rab8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Na8 20. Rd7 e6 21. Rc1 Re7 22. Rd8 $1 Rxd8
23. Bxd8 Re8 24. Ba5 (24. Rc8 $2 Nb6 $1) 24... Rb8 25. f4 Be7 26. Kf2 (26. e4
$16) 26... Bd8 27. Bb4 Nb6 28. Kf3 (28. e4 $16) 28... Rc8 29. Rxc8 Nxc8 30. e4
Be7 31. Bxe7 Nxe7 32. exd5 Nxd5 (32... exd5 33. Ke3 $16) 33. Be4 $18 f6 34.
Bxd5 exd5 35. Ke3 Kf7 (35... fxe5 36. fxe5 Kf7 37. Kd4 Ke6 38. h4 h6 39. a3 $18
) 36. Kd4 Ke6 37. exf6 Kxf6 38. Kxd5 Kf5 39. g3 h5 40. b4 b5 41. a3 h4 42. gxh4
Kxf4 43. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2011.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.03.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The last round of the excentric Reykjavik Open. I have to tell you, my
friends, that for a Brazilian, it's not that easy to spend 9 days in cold
Iceland. Anyway, the people there make it quite a fun event. My tournament
started with a loss against a 2100 player, and finished with this interesting
battle:} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 {Played once by Gustafsson until then - but
somehow I felt he could try this, since I've been playing only 3...d5, and I
believe that White gets an edge in the main line (9...f5).} d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5.
e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 ({The rare} 8... Be6 $5 {tried by
Eljanov and Kovchan, is also possible:} 9. d5 (9. O-O-O Bc4 10. Nge2 e5 11. d5
c6 12. b3 Ba6 13. d6 N8d7 $13 {Caruana,F (2716)-Kovchan,A (2563) 12th ch-EUR
Aix-les-Bains FRA 2011 (2) 0-1 Re8-e6, Nc8 to come}) 9... Bc8 $13 {when White
could try a quick h4-h5, or Bh6 at once, but either way Black gets decent
counterplay with c6 or e6.}) 9. O-O-O Qd6 $5 (9... e5 {is a move considered to
be not so good anymore:} 10. d5 Nd4 11. f4 c5 12. fxe5 Bg4 13. Re1 Bxe5 14. h3
Bd7 15. Nf3 Nxf3 16. gxf3 {and White's central flexibility, added to the h4-h5
advance give him a solid advantage;} f5 $5 {an interesting idea found by me
over the board against Leitao back in 2008.} 17. Bxc5 (17. Bg5 $1 {Postny's
idea when I repeated the same ...f5 some months later} Qc7 18. f4 Bxc3 19. Qxc3
fxe4 20. Rxe4 Rf7 21. Re5 {Black's position seems dangerous - a plan like
h4-h5 would simply destroy the kingside.} c4 22. Qd4 $6 (22. h4 $1 Na4 23. Qd4
c3 24. b4 $16) 22... Qd6 $6 (22... c3 $1 23. b4 Qd6 $13 {with a5 to come}) 23.
Rh2 $6 (23. h4 $1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. Bg2 $16) 23... Rc8 24. Rc2 Qc5 $2 (
24... Qf8 $1 $13) 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. Bg2 $16 {Postny,E (2661)-Mekhitarian,K 
(2504) Barcelona Sants op 10th 2008 (8) 1-0}) 17... fxe4 $1 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19.
Rxe4 Bg7 $44 {Leitao,R (2604)-Mekhitarian,K (2466) Sao Paulo Hebraica 5th 2008
(2) 1/2 when Black gets pretty decent compensation,}) (9... f5 {the solid idea,
which I started playing after feeling that the 9...e5 idea to play my own 16...
f5 was starting to become a dream, if I wanted not to lose.} 10. e5 (10. h4 $5
{not the best idea - here I feel Black's counterplay in the centre is enough,
as was proven in recent games} fxe4 11. h5 gxh5 12. Rxh5 (12. d5 $6 Ne5 13. Bh6
Nec4 14. Qg5 Rf7 {Mamedyarov,S (2724)-Kurnosov,I (2602) Moscow Aeroflot op-A
2009 (6) 0-1 and Black already has the better chances,}) 12... Bf5 13. Rg5 (13.
Nxe4 $5 $146 Bxe4 14. fxe4 Nxd4 15. Kb1 $1 $44) 13... Bg6 14. Be2 e5 15. d5 $13
{Black has 15...exf3 or 15...Nd4 here, both leading to unclear positions})
10... Nb4 11. Nh3 Be6 12. Kb1 {and I believe White can get an edge here:} Qd7
13. Nf4 Bf7 14. a3 N4d5 (14... a5 $2 {Svidler's idea, back in 2007, that gave
him a quick win against Motylev, after:} 15. d5 $2 ({but the 17-year old
Indian player showed Kokarev why 14...a5? is no longer playable:} 15. Bb5 $1 c6
16. d5 Bxe5 17. Bxb6 cxb5 18. Rhe1 Bf6 19. Bd4 {White's big positional edge
becomes clear slowly} Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Na6 21. d6 Qxd6 $4 (21... exd6 22. Ncd5
Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Qg7 24. Qb6 $16 {Re7 coming, [X Kg8]}) 22. Ncd5 $18 {Bitan,B 
(2311)-Vokarev,S (2501) Bhubaneswar op 2nd 2010 (9) 1-0}) 15... Bxe5 16. axb4
axb4 17. Nb5 Ra5 18. Qxb4 Rfa8 $17) 15. Ncxd5 Nxd5 16. Bc4 $14 {Zhao Xue (2496)
-Laylo,D (2516) Aeroflot Open B 2011 (5) 1/2 with better chances for White;
h4-h5 to come, etc.}) 10. Kb1 $5 $146 {After 30 minutes of thought, White
doesn't go for the complicated lines and plays a useful move, preparing
actions on the queen-side connected with Nb5-d5-Rc1, or something like that.} (
10. h4 $5 {seen in a recent top-level game:} Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. h5 a6 13. Nc3
Nxd4 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. g4 e5 $5 $146 (15... Qc6 $6 {Grischuk,A (2760)
-Mamedyarov,S (2761) Moscow Tal Memorial 5th 2010 (5) 1/2} 16. Qh2 $1 $40) 16.
Qh2 h6 17. Bxh6 Bxh6+ 18. Qxh6 Qg7 $13) ({The very same Mamedyarov faced 9...
Qd6 for the 1st time 7 years ago, and brought up an interesting idea:} 10. Nb5
Qd7 11. Bh6 $5 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 a6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. f4 $1 $44 {Mamedyarov,S (2657)
-Petrosian,T (2539) EU-ch 5th Antalya 2004 (11) 1-0}) 10... Rd8 (10... a6 $5 {
/\ Rd8, was more flexible} 11. d5 (11. f4 $5 {I thought about this idea during
the game, it seems possible} Bg4 12. Nf3 Qb4 13. a3 Qb3 14. Qc2 Qxc2+ 15. Kxc2
e6 16. Be2 Rad8 $11) 11... Ne5 12. Qf2 f5 $1 {[X Qf2], giving Black a great
counterplay} 13. Bc5 Qf6 14. Nh3 h6 $13) 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d5 a6 $1 (12... Ne5 $2
13. Qc2 $1 $16) (12... Nb8 $6 13. Rc1 Na6 14. Rc2 $1 {Defending the queen to
avoid c6-e6 ideas} (14. Nd4 $6 Nxd5 $1 $13) 14... Bf6 {/\ e6, Xd8} 15. Nh3 $1
$36 {/\ Nf2-g4, [X Bf6]} (15. Nd4 Nb8 $1 {/\ c6})) 13. Nc3 {Maintaining the
flexiblity of the position. Black shouldn't have any kind of problems by now.}
(13. dxc6 {was the solid approach, choosing an endgame where White is a pawn
up, but Black's activity compensates for it:} Qxd2 14. Rxd2 Rxd2 15. Bxd2 axb5
16. cxb7 {driving the c8-B to a worse square} (16. Bxb5 $2 bxc6 17. Bxc6 Rb8 {
/\ Nc4} 18. b3 Nc4 19. Kc2 (19. Bc1 Ne5 20. Ba4 Ba6 $17) 19... Rb6 20. bxc4
Rxc6 21. Ne2 f5 $1 $15) 16... Bxb7 17. Bxb5 f5 $1 18. exf5 Bd5 19. b3 gxf5 $44
{/\ c5-c4, and probably this was the position that didn't please my opponent
very much. I think the chances are balanced, since White can not move the N
because of Bxb3!}) 13... Na5 (13... Ne5 $5) 14. Bd4 Nbc4 15. Qf2 $2 (15. Bxc4
$142 {was needed} Nxc4 16. Qc1 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 b5 $13 {and Black is coming quite
fast with central or queenside operations. On the other hand, the c8-B is
going to stay passive for a while, since White's light-squared-structure is
solid. The position should be balanced.}) 15... e5 $1 {Now it starts to get
really unpleasant for White.} 16. Bc5 (16. dxe6 {gives Black an edge either
way:} Bxd4 17. Rxd4 (17. exd7 Bxf2 18. dxc8=Q Raxc8 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Nh3 Bc5
$15) 17... Qxd4 18. e7 Qxf2 19. exd8=Q+ Kg7 20. Nge2 Nc6 $15) (16. Be3 $2 Nxe3
17. Qxe3 b5 $17 {/\ Bb7, Rac8, c6}) 16... b6 17. Bb4 c5 18. Bxa5 (18. dxc6 $4
Qxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Rxd1+ 20. Kc2 Rxf1 $19) 18... Nxa5 19. h4 Qd6 {Around here I
felt like Black's advantage should be pretty decent, since the attack is going
to roll out easily (c4, b5, b4, etc.), meanwhile White can hardly create
anything against Black's king. But the position is tricky, and I needed to
play very precisely to get real attacking chances:} 20. h5 b5 21. hxg6 hxg6 22.
g3 Bd7 23. Rc1 $1 {/\ Nd1, [X c4] A nice defensive idea by White. It is not
that easy for me to crack open his queenside.} c4 24. Nd1 Rdc8 25. Bh3 Rab8 $2
{I didn't have much time left, so this seemed pretty natural before b4. But
this tempo is going to be crucial for the game.} (25... b4 $1 {/\ c3 - Nxb3,a5,
The rook is more effective in a8, supporting the a5-a4 advance.} 26. Ne2 {
trying to help the kingside} (26. Ne3 {this would be ok against 26...c3, but
now white loses control over the c3 square} b3 $1 {[X c3]} 27. a3 c3 {and
again, Black's attack gets in there first} 28. Bxd7 Qxd7 29. Rxc3 (29. Rh2 c2+
30. Ka1 Rab8 $19 {/\ Qa4, Bf8, Nc4, [X a3]}) 29... Rxc3 30. bxc3 Rb8 $1 31. Nh3
(31. Qb2 Qa7 $1 32. Qd2 b2 $19 {/\ Qxe3!!-Nc4}) 31... b2 32. Ng5 Qa4 33. f4 f6
$1 $19 {[X e4]}) (26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27. Nh3 {as in the game} c3 28. b3 Nxb3 $1 29.
axb3 a5 {now it's clear White is defenceless against the breakup of the
queenside with a4.} 30. Nb2 a4 $1 31. Nxa4 Rxa4 32. bxa4 b3 $19) 26... Bxh3 27.
Rxh3 c3 28. b3 Nxb3 29. axb3 a5 30. Nexc3 {the only idea} (30. Nb2 a4 $1 31.
Nxa4 Rxa4 32. bxa4 Qa6 $19 {/\ Qd3-b3, Qxa4}) 30... bxc3 31. Rxc3 a4 32. Rxc8+
Rxc8 33. bxa4 Qd7 $17 {/\ Qxa4, Ra8, Bf8, etc. With a huge attack for Black.})
26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27. Nh3 b4 28. Ng5 {And suddenly I couldn't find a way to open
up his king.} Qa4 {I played this with around 3-4 minutes left on the clock,
but it seemed like there was no defence for ...c3! followed by ...Nxb3 -+.} (
28... c3 $5 29. b3 Nxb3 $1 30. axb3 a5 31. Qa2 a4 32. Ne3 (32. Qxa4 $2 Qb7 33.
Qa2 Ra8 34. Qh2 Ra3 $19) 32... axb3 33. Qxb3 Rb7 $40 {/\ Ra7-a3, Ra8}) 29. Qa7
{I had this one analysed as well, and my lunatic analysis said I was winning
after 29...Rb7.} (29. f4 $5 {when White could even try for more than just a
draw, as in the game} c3 $1 (29... exf4 $2 30. Qxf4 Rb7 31. e5 Qb5 (31... c3
32. Nxc3 $18) 32. e6 {It's weird, now White's attack got there first. All
defensive ideas fail:} Qxd5 (32... f6 $2 33. Qe4 $1 fxg5 34. Qxg6 $18) (32...
fxe6 $2 33. Qh4 Bf6 34. Qh6 $18) 33. exf7+ Rxf7 34. Qxf7+ Qxf7 35. Nxf7 Kxf7
36. Ne3 $16) 30. fxe5 Rc7 31. d6 b3 (31... c2+ {forces a balanced endgame:} 32.
Rxc2 Qxc2+ 33. Qxc2 Rxc2 34. Kxc2 Rc8+ 35. Kb1 Nc4 $11) 32. axb3 cxb2 $1 (32...
Nxb3 $2 {being ambitious is not always good:} 33. dxc7 Qa1+ 34. Kc2 Qxc1+ 35.
Kd3 {and Black loses a piece:} Rf8 36. c8=Q Qb1+ 37. Ke3 Qc1+ 38. Kf3 Rxc8 39.
Kg4 $1 Rc7 40. Qb6 cxb2 41. Qb8+ $1 Rc8 42. Qxb3 $16 {and now f7 is no longer
defended}) 33. Nxb2 Rxc1+ 34. Rxc1 Qxb3 $13) 29... Qe8 {/\ Rb7. With 1 minute
left for the next 11 moves, I started to get worried about my situation.} (
29... Rb7 30. Qxa6 c3 31. b3 c2+ $4 (31... Qa3 $142 32. Rc2 Rcb8 $11) 32. Rxc2
Rxc2 {was my initial idea when I played 28...Qa4. When he actually played 29.
Qa7, I figured he has 33.Qa8, forcing checkmate. And, guess what, I also
noticed he could play the very difficult 33.bxa4! Ok, the human mind gets
tired after some hours eventually, and could even start hallucinating. This
whole idea is so bad that even 33.Kxc2 is not losing clearly.}) 30. Qxa6 {
From the practical point of view, White could've tried something else, since I
didn't have any time to think. From a logical point of view, this move forces
a draw (of course neither I or my opponent had any idea about it).} Ra8 31. Qd6
Qa4 {Now I still have my 1 minute, and white has around 20. Suddenly I thought
- hey, I won the game! The threat of Qxa2 seemed just too brutal to be avoided.
} (31... c3 $5 32. b3 Nc4 33. bxc4 Qa4 34. Rh2 Ra6 35. Qe7 Ra7 $11) 32. Nxf7 $1
$11 {A tragi-comic moment - I felt I had a forced mate somewhere, but 60
seconds wasn't enough to find it. Clearly White has 33.Nh6+ threatened, as
well as some 33.Rh8+, meaning Black can not mess around so much:} (32. a3 $4 {
came to my mind during the game, as his only resource, when of course the
natural} c3 $19 {decides in Black's favour.}) 32... Qxa2+ 33. Kc2 Qa4+ (33...
Qb3+ {was the only try:} 34. Kb1 $1 (34. Kd2 $4 Qxf3 $19 {when Nb3+ is coming
pretty hard, and the Q on f3 helps defending the black king}) 34... Qxf3 {
and of course I discarded this quickly, since I had no time to check any lines}
35. Nh6+ (35. Qxg6 $5) (35. Rh8+ {also does the job with some bizarre computer
lines.} Bxh8 36. Qxg6+ Kf8 37. Ng5 $1 $11) 35... Bxh6 36. Rxh6 Qd3+ 37. Rc2
Qxd1+ 38. Rc1 Qd3+ 39. Rc2 $11) 34. Kd2 (34. Kb1 $11) 34... Kxf7 {After a long
battle, and a roller-coaster tournament, 34...Kxf7 was a wise decision.} (34...
Nb3+ 35. Ke1 Qe8 {this insane computer idea to try something could easily
backfire:} 36. Nh6+ (36. Qxg6 $2 Kf8 $1 $17 (36... Qxf7 $2 37. Rh8+ $13 {oopsie
})) 36... Bxh6 37. Rxh6 Kg7 {and White has options:} 38. Rh1 $5 (38. Ne3 $5
Kxh6 39. Ng4+ Kg7 40. Qf6+ Kg8 41. Qd6 $13) 38... Nxc1 39. Ne3 $1 $13 {White
wants brutality with 40.Nf5+.}) ({Another funny thing is that when I was
walking to the hotel, I was satisfied with the game generally - played a good
opening, got a healthy position, had better prospects, etc. But I was quite
sure I had missed something. And at some point, I concluded that 35...Ra6 was
the move!} 34... Ra6 $4 35. Qe7 Ra7 {First of all, White has simply 36.Qe6
with a huge advantage, or...} 36. Rh8+ $1 Bxh8 37. Nh6# {so kids - that's why
you should never get into time trouble. And if you do, don't try to be the
hero.}) 35. Qe6+ Kf8 36. Qd6+ Kf7 37. Qe6+ Kf8 38. Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 81st"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2012.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2012.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Kb1 Rd8 ({The flexible} 10... a6 {would be very
interesting.}) 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 (13. dxc6 {deserves serious
attention:} Qxd2 14. Rxd2 Rxd2 15. Bxd2 axb5 16. cxb7 Bxb7 17. Bxb5 f5 18. exf5
Bd5 19. Ne2 (19. b3 gxf5 {and will always threaten a strike on b3}) 19... Bxa2+
20. Kc2 gxf5 21. Bc3 Bc4 22. Bxc4+ Nxc4 23. Nd4 Ne3+ 24. Kd3 Nxg2 25. Nxf5 Nf4+
26. Kc4 $11) 13... Ne5 ({A softer way was} 13... Qe8 14. Qc1 Na5 15. h4 e6 16.
Bf4 Qe7 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 exd5 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Nxd5 Qf7 21. h5 Be6 22. hxg6
hxg6 23. Qd2 Rac8 24. Nh3 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rc5 26. d6 Bf8 27. Bd3 Rxd6 28. g4 {
1/2 Rodshtein,M (2642)-Bok,B (2512)/Biel SUI 2012. White has compensation for
the pawn, but not more.}) 14. Bd4 (14. Qe1 $6 Qe8 ({It was better to play more
aggressively} 14... Nec4 15. Bd4 Qd6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. h4 Bd7 19.
h5 b5) 15. Be2 e6 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. f4 exd5 18. Nxd5 Ng4 19. Bf3 Be6 20. Ne2
Bxd5 21. exd5 Ne3 22. Rd3 Nc4 23. Nd4 Qa4 {1-0 Zhao Xue (2556)-Lahno,K (2537)/
Jermuk ARM 2012; with a serious initiative.}) 14... c5 $1 {An unexpected pawn
sacrifice!} ({Less effective, but possible was} 14... Nec4 15. Qf2 e5 16. Bc5
Bf8 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. f4 exf4 19. Rd4 Ne5 20. Qxf4 Qd6 21. Nf3 Nxf3 22. Qxd6
Nd2+ 23. Rxd2 cxd6 {and Black's chances are not worse.}) 15. Bxc5 Nec4 16. Bxc4
({After} 16. Qc1 Qc7 17. Bf2 Bd7 18. Nge2 Qd6 19. Nd4 (19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Nxd4
Rac8 {Black does not care about White's extra pawn.})) 16... Nxc4 17. Qc1 Qc7 (
17... b5 {would be too risky:} 18. b3 b4 19. Bxb4 Rb8 20. Bc5 a5 21. Ka1) 18.
Bd4 e5 $1 19. Bf2 b5 20. b3 ({After} 20. Nge2 Nd6 {Black threats to launch an
attack with a6-a5-a4.}) 20... Nd6 21. Qe3 ({Including} 21. h4 h5 {did not
change the plans in this position.}) 21... f5 $1 ({It was possible to continue
his development with an attack on the queenside} 21... a5 22. Qc5 Qb8) 22. Rc1
({It is very difficult to stop Black's rolling attack} 22. Bh4 Re8 23. Rc1 Qd7
24. Nge2 a5) 22... Qe7 23. Qb6 ({It does not make much difference to develop
as follows:} 23. Nge2 a5 24. h4 Bf6 25. Rc2 a4) 23... fxe4 24. Nxe4 (24. fxe4
$2 {was bad:} Nxe4 $1 25. Nxe4 Bf5 26. Re1 Qb4 27. Qe3 Rxd5) 24... Bf5 25. Qe3
({Or} 25. Re1 Qg5 $1 26. g3 Nxe4 27. fxe4 Rxd5 $1 28. Nf3 Qg4 29. Qe3 Bxe4+ 30.
Qxe4 Rd1+) 25... a5 $1 {Just now it becomes clear how powerful is the attack
launched by Black!} 26. g4 ({After completing development White still could
not stop the opponent's attack:} 26. Ne2 a4 27. N2g3 axb3 28. Qxb3 Nc4) 26...
Nxe4 27. fxe4 Bh6 $1 28. Qxh6 ({The attack can't be stopped after} 28. Qe1 Bd2
29. Qe2 Bxc1 30. gxf5 a4 31. Nf3 axb3 $1 32. Rxc1 Rxa2) 28... Bxe4+ 29. Kb2
Bxh1 30. Bh4 Qa7 31. Ne2 a4 $1 32. b4 a3+ 33. Ka1 Bf3 34. Nc3 ({White is lost
after} 34. Bxd8 Bxe2 35. Qd2 Rxd8 36. Qxe2 Qd4+) 34... Qd4 35. Bxd8 Rxd8 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2005.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O e5 10. d5 Na5 11. Bxb6 axb6 12. b4 Qd6 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. bxa5 Rxa5
15. Kb1 Bd7 16. d6 cxd6 17. Qxd6 Rxb5+ 18. Bxb5 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Bxb5 20. Nh3 Bc6
21. Rhd1 Bh6 22. Nf2 Be3 23. Nd3 Re8 24. Nb4 Bc5 25. Nxc6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 bxc6
27. Rxc6 Re6 $2 {[%mdl 16384] bei Abwicklungen ins Bauernendspiel ist stets
höchste Vorsicht geboten. Stattdessen musste der Turm aktiviert werden:} (27...
Rd8 28. Rxb6 Rd1+ 29. Kc2 Rg1 {und Schwarz sollte sich behaupten können.}) 28.
Rxe6 fxe6 29. Kc2 Kf7 30. Kc3 Ke7 31. Kc4 Kd6 32. Kb5 Kc7 33. Ka6 Kc6 34. a4 g5
35. g4 h6 36. h3 Kc7 37. Ka7 Kc6 38. Kb8 (38. Kb8 Kc5 39. Kc7 Kb4 40. Kxb6 Kxa4
41. Kc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2834"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The world champion's return to open tournaments indeed had a rough start, but
by round 5 he certainly had found his pace, and on Christmas Eve he created
excellent entertainment for all those kids waiting for the evening to come.
And for all other chess-lovers:} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 $5 {A move that has
been very much in the limelight over the last couple of years, but somehow the
interest seems to have faded a bit, for no apparent reason except fashion.} d5
4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O f5 (9... Qd6 {
has been established as the main line, and is what Caruana played against
Magnus in Norway Chess 2014. But Li, stays true to his favourite choice.}) 10.
e5 Nb4 11. Nh3 Qe8 $5 {Here however Li springs his surprise, just before
Magnus would had a chance to show how he thought to proceed after Li's usual
move 11..a5. The text move has the queen not only the keeping an eye on the
f7-square, attacking a2, but also ideas like ...Na4 exchanging of an important
defender of both the queenside and the d5-square. Magnus, almost in Grischuk
like fashion, here had a very long think, trying to grasp the subleties of
Li's novelty.} 12. Kb1 a5 {Black switches back to this move, the point of 12.
Kb1 being that 12...Qf7 could now just be answered by 13.Ng5! and 13...Nxa2 no
longer is check.  In a way this position is a "mini zugzwang", in the sense
that White would love to play Nf4 and h4 with a complete grip, but Black's
concept with ...Qe8 is, that Nf4 can be answered strongly by ...g5! as h5 is
protected. Thus Black do not want to play ...Be6, as this exactly allows Nf4
and h4, so both players try to bide their time, while making small
improvements to their position.} 13. Be2 c6 14. Rc1 Kh8 $6 {A logical move,
seen often in the Leningrad Dutch freeing the g8-square for the black bishop,
but with hindsight it is easy to see that the king is very vulnerable in the
h-file.} (14... Be6 {seems preferable straight away, even if} 15. Ng5 $5 {
still seems to give White a promising position.}) 15. Ka1 $1 {One could make
the same argument here in reverse, that the white king is vulnerable due to
the attack in the a-file, but there is a major difference. Partly in that
there is no white pawn on b3, and thus the direct ...a4 is harmless, but
especially as it becomes relevant in the game that ...Bxa2 is no longer check.}
Be6 16. Nf4 ({Without the inclusion of ...Kh8 Ka1} 16. Ng5 {was the move, here
however it leads to} Nc4 $1 {as} 17. Qe1 $4 {now fails to} Nxe3 {when} 18. Nxe6
{is met by a deadly fork on c2, due to the king now being on a1.}) 16... Qf7
17. h4 $1 {Exploiting the situation to the maximum attacking the black king
and not caring about an unimportant pawn.} Bxa2 $6 {A very principled move.} (
17... Rfd8 {still seemed very decent, as the threat of 18...Bxe5 slows White
down somewhat.} {Probably} 18. Nh3 $5 {is the correct way forward, preparing
19.h5, and if} ({, and} 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. f4 (19. h5 g5) 19... h5 $1 {leaves
the position too blocked for White's liking.}) ({The straightforward} 18. h5 g5
19. Ng6+ Kg8 {leads nowhere}) 18... h5 {by Black, then} ({and if} 18... Bxe5 {
then} 19. Ng5 $1 {followed by 20.h5 gives a very dangerous attack for the
sacrificed pawn.}) 19. g4 $1) 18. h5 Kg8 {Of course it can be seen as
admitting that move 14 was wrong, but Black will claim he won the a2-pawn, and
that White has to play energetically to prove Black's plan wrong:} 19. hxg6
hxg6 20. g4 Bb3 $1 {Neccesary,} ({as} 20... a4 {is answered by the simple} 21.
gxf5 a3 22. b3 $1 {when Black's attack comes much too late, despite winning
the white queenside pawns. But now however should the black pawn reach a3, his
threats are deadly, so Magnus has to act decisively.}) 21. Bd1 $1 {White wants
to get his queen to h2 as soon as possible, creating mating threats against
the black king, but in this way he maximises the pressure on Black's position,
exploiting the fact that the bishop on b3 is vulnerable, which is more than
Black's position can bear. Another move actually has a lot of logic too:} ({
As White wants to get his queen to h2, and also slow down Black's attack,} 21.
Ba6 $5 {comes to mind, and indeed the computers after some time shows White is
completely winning!}) 21... a4 22. Qh2 Rfd8 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. d5 {A good move,
attacking the knight on b6, and if a knight takes on d5, allowing e6.} ({
However} 24. gxf5 $5 {might be a simpler win, allthough "simple" might not be
very accurate, the point is that after} gxf5 (24... a3 {also does not work, as}
25. Bxb3 Qxb3 26. Ne6+ $1 {is just in time, due to} Ke8 27. Qg8+ $1 Kd7 28.
Nc5+ {winning the queen on b3.}) {the counter-intuitive} 25. Bxb3 $1 axb3+ 26.
Kb1 {is completely winning for White, as his attack comes first. The main
point is} Ra5 27. Rcg1 Rda8 {and now} 28. Qh8+ $1 {exploits the g-file which
has been opened, and wins on the spot.}) 24... Nc4 $5 {Setting up an
unstoppable threat of ...a3. White's only chance it getting to the black king
first, which requires very accurate calculation.} 25. Nxg6+ $1 {Reversing the
order would be fatal.} ({After} 25. e6 $4 a3 $1 {Black gives mate.}) 25... Ke8
26. e6 a3 $5 {Very close to being brilliant.} 27. exf7+ Kd7 {It looks like the
black king has escaped, and being a queen down seems less important, than the
speed of the mating attack. But:} 28. Ne5+ $3 {Destabilising the knight on c4
is the key, as without it, Black has no forced mate.} ({That White is in grave
danger is illustrated by} 28. bxa3 $4 Rxa3+ 29. Kb1 Bc2+ $3 {which forces mate.
} 30. Bxc2 (30. Rxc2 Rb3+ $1 31. Kc1 Nd3# {being the point.}) 30... Ra1+ $3 31.
Kxa1 Bxc3+ 32. Kb1 Na3#) 28... Bxe5 ({As} 28... Kc7 29. Nxc4 {puts an end to
the black attack,}) ({or} 28... Nxe5 29. Bxb3 {as well, Black has no choice.})
29. Qxf5+ Kc7 30. Qxe5+ $3 {Forcing the Nc4 to leave its post. As 30...Kc8 31.
Qe6+ is curtains, Black has to take.} Nxe5 31. Bxb3 {The bishop on b3, did end
up hanging! Materially Black is not in a hopeless situation, as he now wins an
exchange, but the passed pawn on f7 makes White's edge decisive.} axb2+ 32.
Kxb2 Nbd3+ 33. Kb1 Nxc1 34. Rxc1 Kc8 ({If} 34... Nxf7 {then} 35. dxc6 {
threatening on f7, as well as Nb5+ wins.}) 35. dxc6 bxc6 36. f4 {And Black
resigned. Magnus' trademark indeed is unique technical performances making him
compared to Capablance, but in this game he shows he also has the ability to
play like Tal.} 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 {Sharp and topical.} d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3
Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 {On the top level this is the most
popular way to meet the 3.f3 line. It's curious that last year the same
players had a clash in this line ... with colours reversed!} 10. Kb1 (10. Nb5
Qd7 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 a6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. f4 f6 15. Nf3 e5 $1 16. fxe5 fxe5
17. Nxe5 Qd6 18. Nf3 c5 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bc4 Kh8 22. exd5 Qg7 23.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. d6 Bf5 25. b4 b6 26. Rhe1 Rfe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (35) Svidler,P 
(2769)-Caruana,F (2774) Thessaloniki 2013}) 10... a6 $5 {Basically, a novelty
at the top level. In previous games 10...Rd8 was played automatically,
including by Caruana himself.} ({Here is a recent example from the Tromso
Olympiad:} 10... Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Na5 14. Qc1 Qd6 15. h4 Qb4
16. h5 Nac4 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Nge2 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qb6 21. Qg5 Qf6
22. Qg3 b5 23. Nd4 b4 24. Na4 Bd7 $2 (24... Qd6 $1 25. Qxd6 exd6 26. Nc6 Re8
27. Nxb4 f5 $132) 25. Nc5 Qb6 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. Nc6 b3 28. a3 $16 {1-0 (80)
Giri,A (2745)-Gelfand,B (2753) Tromsoe 2014}) 11. h4 {In the only previous
game White chose 11.b3, but there is no reason to play it now, as Black hasn't
even created the threat of a knight move to c4 yet.} Rd8 12. d5 Ne5 $2 (12...
Na5 {is an improvement for the next game. It seems that Black has adequate
counterplay. For instance:} 13. b3 (13. Bd4 Nac4 (13... Nbc4 14. Qc1 e5 $13)
14. Qc1 e5 $13) 13... Qb4 14. Nce2 Qa3 15. Qc1 Nac4 $1 16. Nd4 (16. bxc4 $2
Qb4+ 17. Kc2 Bd7 $40) 16... Qxc1+ 17. Bxc1 c5 18. Nc2 Nd6 $11) 13. Qf2 {
Now White gets desirable regrouping and Black is not in time to create any
counterplay.} h5 (13... Nec4 14. Bc5 Qf6 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Nge2 {[%cal Gh4h5,
Gg2g4] is a very harmonious setup for White with good chances for a successful
attack on the kingside.}) 14. Bc5 Qf6 15. Bd4 Qd6 (15... e6 16. Qg3 $16 {
[%cal Gf3f4]} ({But not} 16. f4 $2 Ng4 17. Bxf6 Nxf2 18. Bxd8 Bxc3 $17)) (15...
Bd7 16. g4 $1 $16 {The same idea followed in the game.}) 16. g4 $1 hxg4 17. f4
{Now the g4-square is occupied, so the knight has to retreat.} Ned7 18. e5 $2 {
Too hasty.} ({Either} 18. h5 Bxd4 19. Rxd4) ({or} 18. Nge2 {were very
attractive for White, keeping all the benefits.}) 18... Nxe5 $1 {Fabiano
clearly underestimated this piece sacrifice, even though it is forced.} (18...
Qb4 $2 19. h5 {is what White is aiming for. Black must ruin White's centre at
any cost.}) 19. fxe5 Bxe5 {Now matters became very unclear. Black has three
pawns for a piece, while White has lost his domination in the centre.} 20. Bg2
Bxd4 21. Rxd4 (21. Qxd4 Bf5+ 22. Ka1 e5 23. Qf2 Nc4 {would transpose to the
same position as in the game.}) 21... Bf5+ 22. Ka1 e5 23. Rd1 Nc4 24. h5 Qb6 $1
25. Qe2 $1 {Obviously, White must keep the queens on the board to retain
attacking chances.} (25. Qxb6 $2 cxb6 {In the endgame Black has potentially
three connected passers!}) 25... Ne3 26. Rd2 (26. Rc1 $1 {was probably better,
as the rook may be more useful on the c-file. The position is immensely
complex.} g5 $5 (26... Kg7 27. Be4 Bxe4 28. Nxe4 Qd4 29. Ng3 $14) 27. h6 $1 (
27. Na4 $2 Qd4 {Black has this resource here, compared to 26.Rd2.}) 27... Qd4
28. Nd1 Nxg2 (28... Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Qe3 $1 $14) 29. Qxg2 Qe4 (29... Be4
30. Qf1 {[%cal Gf1f6]} Qd2 31. Ne2 Bf3 32. Ndc3 $14) 30. Qh2 g3 31. h7+ Bxh7
32. Qh5 Qg6 33. Qh3 Rxd5 34. Ne3 $14) 26... Kg7 $1 (26... gxh5 $6 27. Rxh5 Qg6
28. Qxe3 $1 Qxh5 29. Nge2 {[%cal Ge2g3] White is behind in material, but his
initiative is coming.}) (26... g5 $6 27. Na4 Qa7 28. Qf2 $16) 27. Be4 Rh8 $2 {
After a series of strong moves in a critical moment Svidler goes astray and
his position collapses quickly.} (27... Bxe4 28. Nxe4 f5 $1 {Besides precise
calculation, such play requires a lot of optimism!} (28... Rxd5 $2 29. Rxd5
Nxd5 30. Qxg4 $16) 29. Ng5 Kf6 $1 30. Nh7+ Kg7 31. Qh2 $1 f4 32. Qh4 g5 $1 33.
Nxg5 Rxd5 34. N1f3 $1 (34. Rxd5 Nc2+ 35. Kb1 Na3+ $11) 34... Rxd2 (34... gxf3
$2 35. h6+ Kf6 36. Nxf3+ Ke6 37. Rc1 $40 {[%csl Re6]}) 35. Nxd2 Nc2+ 36. Kb1
Na3+ 37. Kc1 Qc6+ 38. Kd1 Qc2+ 39. Ke1 Qc1+ 40. Ke2 f3+ 41. Ngxf3 gxf3+ 42.
Nxf3 Qc4+ 43. Qxc4 Nxc4 $11) 28. Rd3 {Now Black has to go backwards.} Nc4 29.
b3 Nd6 (29... Rxh5 30. Rxh5 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 gxh5 32. bxc4 Qxg1+ 33. Rd1 Qb6 34.
Qh2 {Black has four pawns for the piece, but he won't survive the attack.}) 30.
Bxf5 Nxf5 31. Qxg4 {Black has lost an important pawn and is still under attack.
} e4 {Desperation.} 32. Nxe4 Rae8 33. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
e5 {This is the old main line, which is consistently employed by Dominguez.} (
8... Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 {is more common on the top level as played by Svidler
against Caruana in the previous round.}) 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 (
11... h5 12. g4 $1 hxg4 13. h5 $36 {1-0 (51) Moiseenko,A (2664)-Timofeev,A 
(2661) Saint Vincent 2005}) 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Kb1 Rc8
{All theory so far. Here White has a choice: either to make one more
prophylactic move, or to push forward the d-pawn.} 16. d6 {I've played it
myself years ago, even before the whole line starting with 3.f3 got so popular.
Can't complain about the results so far.} (16. Ka1 {appeared in a world
championship match.} e4 17. Bd4 Na4 18. Nge2 Qa5 19. Nxe4 Qxd2 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6
21. Rxd2 Rf5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. d6 Rfc5 $6 (23... Nb6 24. Nc3 Rd5 $1 $11) 24.
Rd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 (37) Anand,V (2791)-Gelfand,B (2727) Moscow 2012}) 16... e4 $1
{Opening up the long diagonal is the best. The position is very sharp.
Dominguez has already played it twice, so Radjabov was, obviously, prepared.} (
16... Bf5+ $6 17. Ka1 e4 18. Bh6 $14 e3 $6 19. Bxe3 Nfd5 20. Nxd5 Rc2 21. Ne7+
Qxe7 22. Qxc2 Qxe3 23. Qb3+ Qxb3 24. axb3 $18 {1-0 (43) Postny,E (2432)
-Greenfeld,A (2570) Tel Aviv 2001}) (16... Nc4 $6 17. Bxc4+ Rxc4 18. Nge2 Be6
19. Bh6 $14 Qd7 $2 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qe3 $18 {[%csl Re5] 1-0 (29) Postny,E 
(2434)-Mikhalevski,V (2532) Givataim 2000}) 17. Ka1 (17. fxe4 Ng4 18. Bg5 Qe8
19. Nf3 Rf7 $1 20. Re1 (20. Be7 Rxc3 $1 21. bxc3 Qc8 22. Rc1 Na4 23. Ng5 Qc5 $1
24. Nxf7 Nxc3+ 25. Rxc3 Bxc3 26. Nh6+ Kg7 27. Qd5 Qb4+ 28. Qb3 Qxe4+ {1/2-1/2 
(33) Grischuk,A (2779)-Dominguez Perez,L (2723) Thessaloniki 2013; with a
perpetual check.}) 20... Ne5 21. Bh6 Nec4 22. Qc1 Be5 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Nxe5
Qxe5 25. Rhf1 Nxd6 26. Rxf7 Nxf7 27. Bf4 Qe6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (42) Wojtaszek,R 
(2735)-Dominguez Perez,L (2760) Tromso 2014}) 17... Re8 $6 $146 {Perhaps too
slow for such a sharp position.} (17... Na4 {is the real test. It would
curious to see what Radjabov has prepared here.} 18. Nge2 Qa5 19. Bd4 Nc5 $6 (
19... Nxc3 20. Nxc3 Be6 $132) 20. Nc1 Ne6 21. Nb3 Qb4 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nxe4
Qxd2 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Nxd2 $16 {1/2-1/2 (65) Feller,S (2640)-Salgado Lopez,I
(2623) Belfort 2012}) 18. Nh3 Nc4 (18... Na4 19. Nxa4 Bxa4 20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21.
Qxc1 {[%cal Gc1c4,Gf1c4]} b5 22. Bc4+ $1 bxc4 23. Qxc4+ Kh8 24. Nf4 Nh5 $1 25.
Nxh5 gxh5 26. Qxa4 exf3 27. Bd4 fxg2 28. Rg1 Rf8 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rxg2+ Kh8
31. Rd2 Rf1+ 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Qd7 {Soon the h-pawns will be exchanged
for the d-pawn, so Black should hold.}) 19. Bxc4+ Rxc4 20. Ng5 {Radjabov
dedicated one hour to this move!} (20. Bh6 {was the main alternative to
consider.} Bh8 (20... exf3 21. gxf3 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Bxh3 23. Qxh3 Qd7 24. Nd5
Qxh3 25. Nxf6+ Kf7 26. Rxh3 Rd4 $1 27. Rxh7+ Kxf6 28. Rc1 {I believe, Black
can defend it with accurate play, but it's definitely an unpleasant task.}) 21.
Ng5 exf3 22. Rhe1 $1 fxg2 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Nd5 Bg7 $1 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Qd5+
Be6 $1 27. Nxe6 Qc6 28. Nf4+ Qxd5 29. Nxd5 Rd4 30. Nxf6+ Kf7 31. Rg1 Kxf6 {
Black might survive here. The passed pawns shouldn't be underestimated.}) 20...
exf3 21. Nxf3 (21. gxf3 $6 {is worse. After} Qa5 {The knight on g5 might be
hanging in some lines. For example: White can't play} 22. Bd4 $2 {now in view
of} Rxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxg5) 21... Ng4 (21... Qa5 {was another tempting option, but
it was impossible to calculate everything. Objectively, White is better. Here
are few sample lines:} 22. Rhe1 b5 23. Bd4 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 b4 25. Nb1 Rc6 26. Re7
Ra6 27. a3 Rxd6 (27... bxa3 $2 28. b4 $1 {[%cal Gd2a2]} Qd5 29. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7
30. Bxf6+ Kxf6 31. Qxd5 $18) 28. Qe3 (28. Bxf6 Rxd2 29. Rxg7+ Kf8 30. Nbxd2
bxa3 31. b3 Qf5 32. Bd4 $14) 28... Qd8 29. Qb3+ Kh8 30. Qf7 Qg8 31. Be5 Rb6 32.
Rxd7 Nxd7 33. Qxd7 Bxe5 34. Nxe5 bxa3 35. Nxa3 $14) 22. Nd5 $2 {Teimour
shouldn't give up his bishop.} (22. Bxa7 $1 {would have been very greedy and
unnatural for a human player to grab a seemingly irrelevant pawn. However,
concrete lines do prove an advantage for White:} Qa5 (22... Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qa5
24. Rhe1 $1 Ra8 25. Bb6 Qxc3+ 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 27. Bd4 Rc2 28. Bb2 $16 {[%cal
Ge1e7]}) 23. Qd5+ Qxd5 24. Nxd5 Re2 25. Bd4 Nf2 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28.
Rxc1 Re6 29. Rc7 Rxd6 30. Nc3 $16) 22... Nxe3 23. Nxe3 Ra4 24. Nd5 Be6 {
The bishops are now exceptionally powerful.} 25. Ne7+ Rxe7 26. dxe7 Rxa2+ ({
After} 26... Qxe7 $1 {Black could try for more than a draw.} 27. Qd8+ Qf8 28.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 {[%csl Ge6,Gg7]} 29. Rxh7 Kg8 30. Ng5 (30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. a3 Kf6 $15
) 30... Bf6 31. Nxe6 Kxh7 $15) 27. Kb1 Rxb2+ {Now we are heading to a forced
draw, calculated by both grandmasters.} (27... Qxe7 28. Qd8+ Qf8 29. Qxf8+ Kxf8
30. Nd4 {That's the difference between 27...Qxe7 and 26...Qxe6. The rook on a4
was covering the d4-square.}) 28. Qxb2 Bf5+ 29. Ka2 Be6+ (29... Qa5+ 30. Qa3
Be6+ 31. Kb1 Bf5+ {was another version of perpetual check.} 32. Rd3 $2 Qxa3 33.
e8=Q+ Bf8 $17) 30. Kb1 Bf5+ 31. Ka2 Be6+ 32. Kb1 {[%mdl 64] Spectacular game!}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2015.02.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Baramidze, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Na5 14. Qc1 Qe8 15.
h4 e6 16. Bf4 Rd7 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qf8 19. Qxf8+ Kxf8 20. h5 exd5 21. exd5
Nac4 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Nh3 Re7 25. Ng5 h5 26. g4 hxg4 $2 27. Nce4
$2 (27. fxg4 $1 Kg8 28. Nce4 $18) 27... gxf3 28. Rh8+ Kg7 29. Rh7+ Kf8 30. Rh8+
Kg7 31. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vandoeuvre op 11th"]
[Site "Vandoeuvre"]
[Date "2014.12.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Flom, Gabriel"]
[Black "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 {90} 2. c4 g6 3. f3 {Cette vieille idée d'Alekhine est devenue
très populaire depuis quelques années} d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 (8. f4) 8... Nc6 9. O-O-O (9. Rd1 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nb5 Nxb5
12. Bxb5 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 {[%cal Gb6c4]} 14. Bc5 Rfc8 $1 15. Ne2 c6 $132 {
Halasz,T (2375)-Flumbort,A (2281) HUN-chT 9900 1999 (8) 1/2}) 9... Qd6 $5 {
La variante à la mode à haut niveau.} (9... e5) (9... f5) 10. Nb5 (10. Kb1
Rd8 (10... a6) 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d5 a6 {Carlsen,M (2881)-Caruana,F (2791) Norway
Chess 2nd 2014 (3) 1/2}) (10. h4 Rd8 11. Nb5 (11. d5 Qb4 {[%cal Gd8d2]}) 11...
Qd7 12. h5 a6 13. Nc3 Bxd4 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 $1 16. Bc4 Bg7 17. Qe1 e6
18. exd5 Ne5 19. Qh4 $1 $44 {Piorun,K (2551)-Svidler,P (2740) Bundesliga 1314
2013 (3.1) 1/2}) 10... Qd7 {63} 11. f4 (11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 a6 13. Nc3 Nxd4
14. h4 e5 15. h5 Qe7 16. hxg6 fxg6 $15) (11. Kb1 Rd8 12. d5) 11... Qe6 {
[%cal Ge6a2,Ge6e4,Gb6c4] L'idée sous-jacente à la variante Qd6 et les Noirs
ont des ressources tactiques} 12. Nc3 (12. Nxc7 $4 Qxa2 13. Nxa8 Na5 $19 14.
Nxb6 Nb3+) (12. d5 Qxe4 13. dxc6 Bf5 $19 {[%csl Rb1,Gg7] Une variante
illustrant les problèmes du retard de développement des Blancs sur cette
variante f3 et du risque de jouer le ooo.}) 12... Rd8 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gd8d2]}
(12... Nc4 13. Qe2 Nxe3 $132 {Wang,H (2743)-Svidler,P (2769) Norway Chess 2013
(2) 1-0}) 13. Nf3 Na5 $146 {[%cal Ga5c4] 66} (13... Nc4 14. Qe2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 {
Mamedyarov,S (2747)-Negi,P (2641) Gibraltar Masters 10th 2012 (7) 1/2}) 14. b3
{[%csl Rc3]} Nc6 $1 {[%csl Rd4] 21 Après l'affaiblissement obtenu, le N
revient exercer la pression sur la faiblesse "d4" mais les Noirs sont déjà
en zeitnot} 15. g4 $5 Qxg4 {16} 16. Be2 Qd7 17. h4 $44 a5 18. h5 a4 {16} 19.
hxg6 hxg6 20. d5 Nb4 $13 {13} 21. Ne5 axb3 $5 {Les Noirs compliquent au
maximum avec ce sacrifice de Q difficile à réfuter devant l'échiquier.} 22.
axb3 $6 (22. Nxd7 bxa2 23. Nxa2 Nxa2+ 24. Kb1 Nc3+ 25. Qxc3 (25. Kc2 Ra2+))
22... Qd6 $1 {La partie a basculé et l'ancien isséen a laissé passé sa
chance.} 23. Kb1 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. e5 Bf5+ {6} 26. Kb2 c5 $3 {1 Un très
fort coup mais l'allemand n'a plus qu'une minute pour passer le contrôle de
temps} 27. Bc4 $8 (27. exd6 Ra2+ 28. Kc1 Ra1+ (28... Rc2+ 29. Qxc2) 29. Kb2
Ra2+) 27... b5 $1 $40 28. Nxb5 $2 (28. exd6 $8 {Il fallait se contenter de la
nulle mais les Blancs vont spéculer sur le gros zeitnot des Noirs} Ra2+ 29.
Kc1 Ra1+ {Forçant la nulle} (29... Rc2+ 30. Qxc2)) 28... Ra2+ 29. Kc3 Bxe5+
30. fxe5 Qxe5+ 31. Bd4 Qg3+ 32. Bd3 Nxd5+ 33. Kc4 {L'allemand réalise sa
3ème norme de GMI avec ce gain.} 0-1

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 3. f3 {[%emt 0:00:11] An aggressive system against the Gruenfeld.
Black could transpose back into the King's Indian Defense after which White
would have already committed to the Saemisch.'} d5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 4. cxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:39]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 9. O-O-O {[%emt 0:
00:13]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:18] A position of much interest in recent years.'} (
9... e5) (9... f5) 10. h4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} (10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6
a6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 {was Sivdler-Caruana from earlier this year that ended in a
draw.}) 10... Rd8 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 11. Nb5 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:39]
} 12. h5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a6 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 13. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nxd4 {
[%emt 0:43:22]} 14. hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} hxg6 $4 {[%emt 0:08:43]
Unexplainable. Black loses disastrous amounts of material with basic tactics.'}
(14... fxg6 $8 15. g4 Qc6 $5 16. Qf2 Ne6 {Grischuk-Mamedyarov, Tal Memorial
2010. This ended in a draw.}) 15. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:04:09]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:10:14]} (
15... Bxd4 16. Qh6 {with the simple threat of Nge2, so Black must get out of
the way and fall to the secondary threat.} Qd6 17. Rxd4 (17. Nge2 $2 Qf6 $11)
17... Qxd4 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Qh8+ Qxh8 20. Rxh8+ Kg7 21. Rxd8 $18 {And Black is
simply down a piece.}) 16. Qe1 {[%emt 0:01:02]} (16. Qf4) (16. Qg5 {both win
as well with the same idea.}) 16... Qxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 17. Nxd1 {[%emt 0:
00:04] Black has a rook and a pawn for a queen. That's just not enough.'} Na4 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. b3 {[%emt 0:10:59]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. e5 {[%emt 0:
00:10]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 20. f4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 21.
Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:07]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:13] If Caruana hadn't blundered so early
he might have resigned as soon as he lost his queen.'} 22. b4 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Nb3+ {[%emt 0:00:25] might as well go for the desperado'} 23. axb3 {[%emt 0:01:
32]} a3 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 24. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 25. Ne3 {
[%emt 0:02:10]} a2 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 26. Qa1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:
19]} 27. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:04:24]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 28. b5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} c6
{[%emt 0:05:32]} 29. bxc6 {[%emt 0:04:28]} Rdc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 30. Bc4 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 31. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rcc8 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} 32. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 33. g4 {[%emt 0:00:47]}
fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 34. f5 {[%emt 0:00:05] Black's run out of immediate
threats and he will get promptly mated. A big blunder for sure!'} 1-0

[Event "IND-CHN Summit"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2015.03.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.03.02"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. O-O-O Qd6
15. Kb1 Bf5+ 16. Ka1 h5 17. Nh3 e4 18. Bh6 Rad8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nf4 Rfe8 21.
Bb5 e3 22. Qd4 Re5 23. Bd3 Nbxd5 24. Nfxd5 $2 {Sasikirian underestimates his
opponent's chances.} (24. Bxf5 $1 gxf5 25. Ncxd5 e2 26. Rde1 Nxd5 27. Ne6+ $3 {
Would have been a brilliant way to gain an advantage.} (27. Rxe2 {the far more
normal move, also was good for a plus.}) 27... Qxe6 28. Rxe2 {and the rook on
e5 will fall.}) 24... Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Nxd5 26. f4 Nxc3 27. Qxd6 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Rd5
$1 {A beautiful sequence. Sasikirian has no choice but to take the rook, and
although he is up the exchange, the powerful knight on d5, the passed pawn on
e3 and the quickness with which the king can approach the center is enough to
render his position hopeless.} 29. Rxd5 Nxd5 30. g3 Kf6 31. Rd1 Ke6 32. Kb1 h4
33. gxh4 e2 34. Re1 Nxf4 35. Kc2 Kf5 36. Kd2 Ke4 37. b4 Kf3 38. a4 Kf2 39. b5
b6 40. Rh1 Ng2 0-1

[Event "Asian Indoor Games 5th"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "2017.09.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.09.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TKM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game occured in the 3rd round of the prestigious Asian Indoor Games,
which happens every 4 years, between the top players of Iran and Vietnam.} 1.
Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O {This
slightly worse Grünfeld has been used by a few super-GMs, notably Mamedyarov.}
8. Be3 (8. Be2 f5 $5 {the appeal of this line comes mainly from the simple
plan of opening up the game with f7-f5, quickly pressuring the White centre
and getting active piece play.} (8... Nc6 9. Be3 (9. d5 Na5 10. Bg5 c6 $132 {
0-1 (41) Alsina Leal,D (2530)-Artemiev,V (2682) Minsk BLR 2017}) 9... f5 10.
exf5 Bxf5 11. Qb3+ Kh8 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 {a typical scenario} 14. O-O e6
15. f4 Bg7 16. g4 Qh4 $1 17. Kh2 $2 {White cracks under pressure} (17. Rf3 $142
$1 Bxg4 {Kuzubov was probably scared of this and missed the intermmediate move}
18. Bf2 $1 Qh5 19. hxg4 Qxg4+ 20. Bg3 $16 {after which Black will struggle to
prove sufficient compensation.}) 17... exd5 18. Bxb6 $6 (18. gxf5 d4 $40) 18...
axb6 19. gxf5 Rae8 $40 {[%csl Re2,Rh2,Rh3][%cal Ge8e3] 0-1 (28) Kuzubov,Y 
(2558)-Mamedyarov,S (2646) Dubai 2005}) 9. O-O Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12.
Bh6 Rf7 13. f4 (13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Bf3 Qd6 15. Re1 $14) 13... Bxc3 $1 14. bxc3
fxe4 15. c4 Qd6 16. Qd4 Bf5 (16... Na4 $5) 17. Rad1 Na4 $132 18. Kh1 $6 (18. g4
Bd7) 18... Qf6 $1 $36 {[%cal Ga4c5,Ga4c3] 0-1 (42) Fressinet,L (2700)
-Mamedyarov,S (2764) Beijing 2012}) 8... Nc6 9. Bb5 f5 {I think this is the
most logical way to play this line, à la Mamedyarov!} ({Black has also tried
other moves here:} 9... Bd7 10. O-O a6 11. Be2 Re8 12. Rc1 $16 {1-0 (41)
Fridman,D (2629)-Smith,T (2193) Helmond 2013. And White is comfortable with
his space and central control while Black is struggling to find counterplay.})
({Or} 9... Na5 10. Qe2 a6 11. Bd3 Nc6 (11... f5 $5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. O-O Qd6
14. Rac1 Nc6 15. Be4 $14) 12. d5 {White has a 100% score in this position and
it is practically difficult to play this for Black already.} Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5
{1-0 (29) Hebden,M (2523)-Rozycki,B (2085) London 2014, and now White could
have played the simple and strong} 14. f4 $16 Bg7 15. O-O f5 $2 16. e5 $1 {
with a strategically winning position.}) 10. Qb3+ $146 {Both a new and a
logical continuation, which I think Liem came up with otb.} ({Another good way
to increase the edge was} 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nd5 13. Qe2 Bf5
14. Nc5 Rb8 15. Rac1 Qd6 16. b3 $16 {1-0 (21) Verbesek,W-Yangibayev,R GER
email 2008}) 10... Kh8 {A critical moment in the game, in which I remember
seeing Liem thinking for a while before playing his next.} 11. Rd1 $5 ({
One wonders what deterred Liem from ruining Black's pawn structure.} 11. Bxc6
bxc6 12. O-O f4 {It's possible that he was bothered by this idea} (12... fxe4
13. Ne5 $1 (13. Nxe4 Bxh3 $2 (13... Rxf3 $5 14. gxf3 Nd5 (14... Bxh3 $2 15. Ng5
) 15. Kg2 Bf5 $44) 14. Neg5) 13... Qe8 14. Nxe4 $16) 13. Bd2 (13. Bc1 h6 $5 {
[%cal Gg6g5,Gg5g4]} (13... Ba6 14. Rd1)) 13... Ba6 (13... Bxd4 14. Rfd1 e5 15.
Ne2 c5 16. Bc3 $1 Qe7 17. Nfxd4 $3 cxd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bxd4+ Rf6 20. Qc3 Kg7
21. Rac1 $18) (13... h6 14. Rac1 g5 15. Ne2 $16 {[%csl Rc6,Gd4,Rf4][%cal Gc1c6]
}) 14. Rfd1 Bc4 {one can easily overestimate the activity of Black's pieces or
his potential dynamic ideas but it is actually not enough to offset his
weaknesses.} 15. Qc2 {[%csl Rc6,Re5,Re6][%cal Gc2c6,Gf3e5,Ge5c6]} h6 (15... Be6
16. Ne2) (15... Qd6 16. b3 Ba6 17. e5 (17. Bc1 $5) 17... Qe6 18. Ne4 Qf5 (18...
Be2 19. Rdc1 Bxf3 20. Ng5 $16) 19. Rdc1 $16) 16. b3 Be6 17. Ne2 $16) 11... Na5
12. Qb4 a6 13. Qxa5 ({The more restrained move} 13. Be2 {can be met by} Nc6 (
13... fxe4 {is met once again by the typical} 14. Ne5 $1 $14 {as in one of the
lines examined earlier on move 11.}) 14. Qc5 f4 15. Bc1 Qd6 $1 {[%cal Gc6d4] a
typical Grünfeld queen move, which here helps Black to achieve dynamic balance.
} 16. Qxd6 (16. O-O $2 Nxd4 $1) (16. e5 Qxc5 17. dxc5 Nd7 18. Nd5 Ndxe5 19.
Nxc7 Rb8 $132) 16... cxd6 17. O-O Bd7 $11) 13... axb5 14. Qxb5 fxe4 {This is
another critical moment: Which square is better for the knight, e5 or g5?} 15.
Ng5 $5 {Liem chooses the more logical way and easier position to play. His
choice prevents Black from using the e6-square for his bishop.} ({The other
choice may be slightly better, but White has to find a number of precise moves
to obtain something special.} 15. Ne5 Be6 (15... c6 16. Qb3) 16. O-O (16. h4 $5
c6 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Nxe4 Rxa2 19. h5 Bxe5 (19... Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Bxe5 $1 21. dxe5
Qa5+ 22. Nc3 gxh5 $11) 20. dxe5 Bf5 $13) (16. a3 c6 17. Qb4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5
$11) (16. d5) 16... c6 (16... Bxa2 17. b3 $1 (17. Nxa2 Rxa2 18. Qb3 Qd5 $15)
17... c6 18. Qb4 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Rd2 $1 $36) 17. Qb4 $1 Qc7 (17... Nd5
18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qxc6 Rb6 20. Qc5 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Rxb2 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Nxe4
$14) 18. Bg5 $1 Rae8 (18... Rfe8 19. Bf4) 19. Nxe4 Bxa2 20. Rfe1 $14 {and
White has good pressure on Black's position.}) 15... c6 (15... Qe8 16. Qxe8
Rxe8 17. O-O Nc4 18. Bc1 $14 {White has better chances in this ending due to
his superior pawn structure and his pieces will have better squares.}) 16. Qb3
Nd5 17. O-O {Surprisingly, it's already difficult to play Black's position.}
Nxc3 $6 {It's hard to blame Parham for trying to relieve some pressure off his
position.} (17... Nxe3 $4 18. fxe3 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Rg5f7]}) (17... Bf5 18.
Ngxe4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 e5 (19... Bh6 20. Rf3 $14) 20. dxe5 Qe7 $1 (20... Qh4 21.
Qxb7 $1 Bxe4 22. Qb4 Qg3 23. Nxe4 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 $16) 21. Nd6 Bxe5 22. Nxf5 gxf5
23. Ne2 Qf7 $1 $132) 18. bxc3 Qd5 (18... Qe8 19. Rfe1 Bf5 20. Bf4 $16) 19. c4
Qa5 (19... Qf5 20. f3 $1 (20. g4 Qa5 21. Rd2 h5 22. gxh5 (22. c5 $6 hxg4 $1 23.
Nf7+ (23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. Qxb7 Bf6 $13) 23... Kh7 24. hxg4 Bxg4 25. Ng5+ $1 (25.
f4 $2 Bf6) (25. f3 Rxf7 $8 26. Qxf7 Qc3 $1 $132) 25... Kh8 26. f3 Bh5 $1 (26...
Bxf3 27. Rxf3) (26... exf3 27. Rh2+ Bh5 28. Rxh5+ gxh5 29. Qd3 $18) 27. fxe4
Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Qa3 $11) 22... gxh5 23. Qd1 Qf5 24. Qxh5+ Kg8 25. Kh1 Be6 26. d5
cxd5 27. cxd5 Bf7 28. Qg4 Qxg4 29. hxg4 Rfd8 $14) 20... Qa5 (20... exf3 $2 21.
Rxf3 Qa5 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Nh6+ Bxh6 24. c5+ Kh8 25. Bxh6 $18) 21. fxe4 Rxf1+
22. Rxf1 h6 23. Nf7+ (23. Nf3 Qxa2 24. Qb4 Qa3 25. Qd2 Kh7 $14) 23... Kh7 24.
Rf2 $14) 20. Rd2 {With this simple and solid move, White obtains a clear
advantage as Black doesn't have any way of avoiding material loss.} h6 (20...
Qf5 21. f3 $1 $16) (20... Bf5 21. c5 $16) 21. Nxe4 Bf5 22. Nc5 b6 23. Nd3 c5 $6
{Desperation to obtain compensation, but Black simply loses another pawn.
Nevertheless, there's nothing good to recommend in Black's position all he can
do is wait for an mistake from White.} (23... Rfd8 24. Nb4 $1 {[%csl Rc6]} Rac8
25. Rdd1 $16) 24. dxc5 bxc5 ({Maybe it's worth trying} 24... Bc3 $5 25. Rdd1 ({
The engine's top recommendation is to sac a rook, but no way anyone will do
this otb!} 25. Rc2 Bxd3 26. Rxc3 Bxf1 27. cxb6 {crazy computer...}) 25... bxc5
26. Bxh6 Rfd8 $16 {is still not enough compensation but at least Black is
gaining piece coordination and making some counter-threats.}) 25. Nxc5 Rab8 {
The rest of the game is a display of Liem's superb technique, one of the
trademark qualities of a world-class player.} 26. Qa4 $1 Qc3 27. Nd7 $1 {
The previous moves seek to simplify the position to an ending.} Rb4 28. Qa7 Rd8
29. Nf6 {Now, Liem uses small tactics put more pressure on his opponent, not
giving him time to create any counter-threats!} Rbb8 30. Rfd1 {And again!} Rf8
31. Nd7 Ra8 32. Qb7 Bxd7 {Now Black finally gives in to the trade, after which
Black's chances to complicate White's task vanishes.} (32... Rfe8 33. c5 $18 {
[%cal Gc5c6,Gc6c7,Gd7b6]}) 33. Rxd7 Rxa2 34. Rxe7 Ra1 35. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 36. Kh2 h5
37. Qe4 Qf6 38. c5 {White has overwhelming material and positional advantages,
therefore Black resigned. Impressive controlled play from Le Quang Liem!} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Khismatullin showed some amazing flights of imaginative thinking in this game.
It is a pity that he ended up on the losing side but in any case you must have
a look at his extremely intuitive queen sacrifice.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3
Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. b4 $5 {As is usual with Khismatullin he chooses a relatively
unexplored move but one that is pretty sound.} (5. Nc3 {leads to the main
lines.}) 5... Bg7 6. a4 O-O {While White captures space on the queenside,
Black finishes his development.} 7. Nbd2 Ne4 8. Bb2 Bg4 {Khismatullin was
making his moves quite quickly, Dubov was thinking for every move trying to
understand the position. Here, however, Denis thought for 22 minutes!} 9. Qb3
a5 10. b5 Nd7 $5 {Dubov decides to sacrifice a pawn in order to exploit his
lead in development.} (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd6 (11... Nxd2 12. Nxd2 $14 {
is clearly in White's favour.}) 12. O-O (12. Be2 cxb5 13. axb5 Be6 $11) 12...
cxb5 13. axb5 $14) 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qxd5 {Khismatullin takes up the challenge.
} Nxd2 13. Nxd2 e5 {The position is quite dangerous from White's point of view.
He has to get his bishop on f1 out before he can safely 0-0.} 14. Be2 $1 {
A very nice move developing a piece.} (14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 {Black has
an excellent position with more than enough compensation for the pawn. A
sample line could go something like this:} 16. f3 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bxb2 18. Ra2
Bc3 (18... Rxd2 19. Kxd2 Bxf3 {is also an interesting option. Black is not
worse here.}) 19. fxg4 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Rd8 $11 {With equality.}) 14... Be6 (14...
Bxe2 15. Kxe2 $16 {With the exchange on light square bishops, the queen on d5
feels very safe.}) 15. Qe4 (15. Qxb7 exd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. exd4 Nb6 $15 {
[%cal Gd8d4,Ge6d5]}) 15... Re8 (15... Bf5 {could have resulted in a repetition
but Dubov was not content with the half point.}) 16. d5 $5 {After 19 minutes
Khismatullin comes up with this original solution.} Nf6 {Dubov must have
understood that what he was going in for was going to be quite a dangerous
position and hence took 18 minutes to make his decision of winning the queen.}
(16... Bf5 17. Qc4 Rc8 18. Qa2 Rc2 19. Rc1 $14 {With the rook being evicted
and 0-0 coming up soon, the worst is behind White.}) 17. dxe6 (17. Qb1 Qxd5 $15
{gives Black a clear edge in the position.}) 17... Nxe4 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Bc4+
Re6 $5 {Dubov gives back an exchange in order to get rid of at least one of
the white bishops.} ({Kf8 leads to some very interesting variations.} 19... Kf8
20. Ba3+ $6 (20. Nxe4 $44 {was the best move and gives White decent
compensation.} Bh6 {making space on g7.} 21. Ba3+ Kg7 22. O-O {Playing from
White's side somehow seems easier because of the fantastic knight on e4.})
20... Nd6 $1 21. Ne4 Bf6 $1 22. Nxd6 (22. Bxd6+ Be7 $19) (22. Rd1 Be7 23. Nxd6
Qb6 $19) 22... Be7 23. Nxe8 Bxa3 24. Rxa3 Qe7 $1 {This very important move
throws a spanner into the works and doesn't allow White to 0-0 and get a
fighting position.} (24... Qxe8 25. O-O $44) 25. Rb3 Rc8 26. Be2 Rc1+ 27. Bd1
Qd7 $19 {This shows that Ba3+ after 19...Kf8 loses for White.}) 20. Nxe4 Rc8 {
Developing with a tempo and stopping Nc5.} 21. Bxe6+ (21. Bb3 $2 Qd3 22. Ng5+
Kf6 23. Bxe6 Rc2 $19) (21. Ba2 $6 Qd3 22. Ng5+ Ke7 23. Rd1 Qxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Rd6+
25. Ke1 Rc2 $17) 21... Kxe6 22. O-O {White has a rook+knight+pawn for the
queen. And the knight has an excellent square on e4. I would say that White
has great compensation.} Qd3 23. Ng5+ Kf5 24. h4 Qe2 25. e4+ Kg4 {Will this
game qualify as one of the greatest king walks? I don't think so. The black
king is not going to help in any mating attacks but it keeps itself safe and
that is quite important. This leaves the other pieces to do their duties.} 26.
Bc1 Rc3 27. Be3 (27. Nxh7 Kxh4 28. Bg5+ Kg4 (28... Kh5 $2 29. f3 $1 {The
threat of g4 decides the game.}) 29. Rae1 Qa2 30. Kh2 $19 {f3 is a deadly
threat now.}) 27... Kxh4 (27... Rxe3 $1 28. fxe3 Qxe3+ 29. Kh1 Bh6 30. Rae1 Qb3
31. Nxh7 Qxa4 $11 {Black has enough resources to hold the balance.}) 28. Nf3+
Kh5 29. Rad1 Qc2 $2 30. Rfe1 (30. Rc1 $1 {would have given White a very huge
advantage as the rook is penetrating to c7.} Qb2 31. Rxc3 Qxc3 32. Rc1 Qb3 33.
Rc7 $18 {The bishop cannot move as Rxh7 would lead to a mate and otherwise the
b7-pawn is hanging and White's guy on b5 will slowly march down to the last
rank.}) 30... g5 31. Nh2 $6 (31. Rd7 Rc7 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Rc1 $11 {White
should be able to maintain the balance.}) (31. Nxg5 $2 Rxe3 $1 $19) (31. Bxg5
$2 Rxf3 $1 $17) 31... Rd3 32. Rc1 Qxa4 $17 {The black king is no longer
stranded on h5. He has made a way to come back to g6 and White has also lost
his a4 pawn. Black's position is much better now and after a few mistakes
Dubov was able to take home the full point.} 33. b6 Kg6 34. Nf1 Qxe4 35. Rc7 a4
36. Rec1 a3 37. R1c4 Qd5 38. R4c5 Qd6 39. Rxb7 a2 (39... Rxe3 $5 40. Rbc7 {
Threatening Rc6.} (40. Rcc7 Re1 41. Rxg7+ Kf5 42. Rgf7+ Ke6 $19) 40... Bf6 41.
fxe3 Qxb6 $17) 40. Rc1 e4 41. Ra7 a1=Q 42. Raxa1 Bxa1 43. Rxa1 Rd1 44. Rxd1
Qxd1 {This is no fortress, Black manages to break through easily.} 45. b7 (45.
Bc5 h5 46. Be3 h4 47. Bc5 g4 48. Be3 Qb1 49. Bc5 Kf5 50. Be3 Kf6 51. Bc5 Ke6
52. Be3 Kd6 53. Bd4 Kd5 54. Be3 Kc4 {The king comes in and the game is over.})
45... Qb1 46. g4 Qxb7 47. Kg2 Qd7 48. Nh2 Qd1 49. Ba7 Kf6 50. Bb6 Ke5 51. Ba7
Kd5 52. Bb6 Kc4 53. Ba7 Kd3 54. Bb6 Ke2 55. Bc5 Qd7 56. Bb6 Qf7 57. Be3 h6 58.
Bb6 h5 59. gxh5 Qxh5 60. Nf1 (60. Be3 g4 $19) 60... Qf3+ 61. Kg1 Qh3 62. Ne3
Kf3 63. Bd4 g4 64. Be5 g3 (64... g3 65. Bxg3 Qxg3+ 66. fxg3 Kxe3 67. g4 Kd2 68.
g5 e3 69. g6 e2 $19 {A very fighting and interesting game of chess.}) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Sasikiran,K"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 g6 5. Nbd2 {An off-beat idea which became
popular quite recently with some games in world rapid championship 2014 at
Dubai.} (5. Nc3 {is the most critical continuation here.}) 5... a5 $5 {[%mdl 8]
A fresh idea preventing White's queenside expansion of b4 and hoping to gain
space later on with a5-a4.} 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2 (8. Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 Nbd7
10. Bd4 Qc7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 $132) 8... Bf5 9. O-O Ne4 $6 {A move typical of team
championships. Playing Black against a slightly stronger team one would like
to exchange some pieces and achieve equality at the first opportunity. However
White's pieces are mostly confined within his zone and this exchange only
provides more space for him to manoeuvre.} (9... a4 10. bxa4 Qa5 11. Qb3 Nbd7
12. Rfc1 $14) (9... Nbd7 10. h3 $1 {and the bishop on f5 feels a bit shaky.}) (
9... Na6 {was the way to proceed.}) 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Nd2 $6 {A step in the
wrong direction. The knight has nothing much it can achieve on d2.} (11. Rc1 $5
{Aiming for a later cxd5 opening the c-file seems to be a more natural way to
fight for an advantage.}) 11... Bf5 12. a3 Nd7 13. b4 $5 {Defining the
contours of the forthcoming battle. White gains space on the queenside and
intends to open files there. Black will have to concentrate on the kingside
and centre.} Nf6 14. Bc3 (14. Qb3 $5 {connecting the rooks appears more
natural to me.}) 14... axb4 15. axb4 Qc7 $5 (15... dxc4 16. Nxc4 Qc7 {was
probably more accurate intending ...Nd5/e4.}) 16. c5 Nd7 $6 {Aiming to counter
White's flank play in the centre with ...e5. However it is not clear what ...
e5 can achieve rather than providing the d4-square for the white knight.} (
16... h5 $5 {appears more logical to me now gaining space on the kingside and
preparing ...Ng4.}) 17. Nb3 (17. b5 $6 Nxc5 $1 $17) (17. Qb3 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5
19. Nf3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Bg4 $1 $11) 17... h5 18. Qc1 Nf6 $1 {Simply accepting
the mistake and bringing the knight back closer to the kingside. Due to the
closed nature of the centre, such excursions do not have a decisive influence
on the position.} 19. f3 Bh6 $5 20. Qd2 $6 {The queen is not the correct piece
to defend a weakness (e3 in this case).} (20. Bd2 e5 21. b5 h4 {and the
position is rather unclear as both sides have their own play.}) 20... Qd7 $1 {
The mirror manoeuvre stops b5 temporarily and threatens to put pressure on e3
with ...Qe6.} 21. Ra5 $6 {Now Black takes over the initiative on the kingside.}
(21. Bd3 Qe6 22. Rae1 h4 $5 23. Na5 {was still roughly even.}) 21... Qe6 22.
Kf2 g5 $1 {Preparing to open files on the kingside with g4.} 23. Nc1 $1 {
The best defensive try. White re-routes the knight to d3 and hopes to bolster
the e3 weakness by putting it either on f4 or e5.} g4 24. Nd3 gxf3 $6 {Time
pressure was approaching already and I wanted to open files on the kingside
for concrete play. However it was possible to play slowly with h4-h3 (
breaking the pawn chain at the base. White's play along on the a-file can
always with contained with Rab8.} (24... h4 $5 25. Nf4 (25. Ne5 h3 26. Rg1 hxg2
27. Rxg2 Kh7 $17) 25... Qd7 26. Kg1 h3 27. g3 gxf3 28. Bxf3 Ne4 $15) 25. gxf3
Bxd3 26. Bxd3 $2 (26. Qxd3 {getting out of the pin along h6-c1 diagonal was
far better} Kh8 27. Rh1 $1 {Prophylaxis against ...Qh3} Rg8 (27... Qh3 $6 28.
Bf1 $1 Qh4+ 29. Ke2 {and the threat of Be1 is unpleasant for Black.}) 28. Bf1
Rab8 $5 29. h4 {with the idea of Bh3} Rg3 $1 30. Kxg3 Bxe3 31. Kh2 Bf4+ 32. Kg1
Be3+ $11) 26... Kh8 $1 {Clearing the g-file for the rook. From now on Black's
play is much easier as White is tied to the defence of the e3-pawn.} 27. Ke2
Rg8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Bb1 (29. Re1 Ra2 $19 (29... Ne4 $4 30. Bxe4 $18)) (29.
Kd1 $142 Rg8 $5 30. b5 (30. Re1 $6 Qh3 $1 $17) 30... h4 $5 $36) 29... Rg8 $1 {
The g-file is much more important than the a-file simply due to the fact that
White cannot control all the entry squares there.} 30. Kd1 Qxe3 (30... Qh3 $1 {
intending ...Rg2 was far stronger when White can hardly avoid losing the
h-pawn after which the outside passer would have decided the game quickly.
However both players were in time trouble and I decided to take the material
as the remaining white pawns are isolated and weak.}) 31. Qxe3 Bxe3 32. Re1 Rg1
33. Bd3 Nd7 $5 (33... Ne8 $5 34. b5 Nc7 35. b6 Ne6 $17) 34. Ke2 (34. b5 Nf8 35.
bxc6 bxc6 36. Rxg1 Bxg1 37. Ba6 Ne6 38. f4 Bxd4 39. f5 Bxc3 40. fxe6 fxe6 41.
Bc8 e5 42. Bb7 Kg7 43. Bxc6 e6 $1 $19) 34... Rxe1+ 35. Kxe1 Nf8 $1 {Aiming for
the d4-weakness via e6.} 36. Bf5 Ne6 37. Bxe6 (37. Ke2 Bf4 $17) 37... fxe6 38.
Ke2 Bf4 39. h3 Kg7 40. Kd3 (40. Bd2 Bxd2 41. Kxd2 e5 $1 42. dxe5 Kg6 43. Ke3
Kf5 44. f4 h4 45. Kf3 d4 46. e6 d3 {wins.}) 40... Kg6 {The time control was
reached. Black is a pawn up, threatens king entry on the kingside all the time
and White's remaining pawns are fixed on dark squares. The rest does not
require any commentary.} 41. Be1 Kg5 $5 42. b5 e5 43. bxc6 bxc6 44. Bf2 exd4
45. Kxd4 Kf5 46. Bh4 Be5+ 47. Ke3 Bf6 48. Be1 Bb2 {Dieter resigned and India
managed to beat Germany 2.5-1.5. The German team's only match loss in the
whole event. By winning the last match against Uzbekistan with a score of 3.
5-0.5, India made it to the podium (Bronze Medal) for the first time in the
history of Chess Olympiads. Many of my foreign chess friends opined that the
pairing and tiebreak system was unfair and by sheer luck, India made a medal
without meeting many strong teams in the top ten (except Armenia). I can only
say that the medals are simply the representation of the human effort made.
The Indian team made their effort wholeheartedly and the existing system
rewarded us with the bronze medals. If other teams felt that the pairing/
tiebreak system was unfair, I think it is only fair to have discussed this
issue in the captains' meeting before the start of the 41st Olympiad and not
after the 19th seeds finished on the podium.  However with so many people
mentioning about the unfair system in the Olympiad, I was wondering what would
be the best tie break system? Perhaps to award the medals to the teams with
the highest average of the best four rating performances of each team. Only
time will tell!} 0-1

[Event "WCC cand"]
[Site "Cazorla"]
[Date "1998.06.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Sakaev} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 {Kramnik must go for it and he used the free
day to prepare a less played but nevertheless quite venomous side-line against
the Gruenfeld.} d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 ({
The short burst of popularity 3.f3 enjoyed in the middle of the eighties was
connected with} 8. f4 {But gradually satisfactory measures for Black were
found:} Nc6 9. d5 Na5 (9... Nb8 $5 10. a4 e5 11. a5 (11. f5 $5) 11... exf4 12.
Bxf4 (12. axb6 $6 fxe3 13. Rxa7 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qh4+ 15. g3 Qxe4 $40) 12... N6d7
13. Nf3 Re8 $132) 10. Bd4 e5 11. Bxe5 Bxe5 12. fxe5 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qe7 14. Qd4 Rd8
15. b4 Nac4 $1 16. Nf3 Bg4 17. Bxc4 Bxf3 18. O-O Qxb4 19. e6 fxe6 20. Rxf3 Qxc4
21. Qf6 exd5 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Qe5+ Kg8 {1/2,Shishkin,V-Dvoirys,S/Moscow
Alekhine mem op/1996/}) 8... e5 $5 {Not a novelty, but the main move is} (8...
Nc6 9. O-O-O (9. d5 $6 Ne5 10. Bg5 c6 $14) (9. Rd1 f5 $5 $132) 9... e5 (9... a5
{Sakaev} 10. h4 a4 11. h5 e5 12. d5 Na5 $5) 10. d5 Nd4 11. f4 (11. Nb5 Nxb5 12.
Bxb5 Bd7 13. Be2 c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 $11) 11... c5 12. fxe5 Bg4 $5 13. Re1 Bxe5
14. h3 Bd7 {Risky, but maybe more promising is} (14... Qh4 $5 {e.g.} 15. Bf2
Qh5 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. Kb1 f5 $5 $132 {[%csl Rh5] a hoci ma cierny damu mimo hry,
jeho protihra je dostatocne realna. and despite the misplaced Qh5 Black has
counterplay.}) 15. Nf3 Nxf3 16. gxf3 Qe7 {The ECO says Black is better here,
but objectively the position is at best unclear.} (16... Na4 17. Nxa4 Bxa4 18.
f4 Bg7 19. h4 c4 (19... Rc8 20. h5 c4 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Qc7 23. Qf6 Qd8 24.
Qc3 Qd6 25. Bh3 Qxf4+ 26. Kb1 Rce8 27. Qxc4 b5 28. Qd4 Qf3 29. e5 $16 {Yrjola,
J-Ebeling,M/FIN-ch/1988/}) 20. h5 c3 21. bxc3 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Rc8 23. Bc4 b5 24.
hxg6 fxg6 25. Rxh7 Qf6 26. Qxf6 Rxc4+ 27. Kb2 Rxf6 28. Reh1 {1-0,Laine,
H-Holmsten,A/Tampere op/1989/}) (16... Re8 $5 17. h4 Qf6 18. Be2 h5 19. Bg5 Qg7
20. Bf4 Bd4 21. Kb1 Rac8 22. Rc1 a6 23. Be3 Bf6 24. Bd3 Kh7 25. f4 Bxc3 26.
bxc3 f5 27. exf5 Bxf5 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. Rhg1 $36 {Bykhovsky,A-Liss,E/Tel Aviv
ASA/1996/}) 17. Bh6 (17. Bd3 f5 $5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bh6 Rf7 20. Re2 $2 Bxd3
21. Qxd3 Qh4 22. Bd2 Qd4 $17 {Barbero,G-Stohl,I/HUN-chT/1997/}) (17. h4 h5 18.
Bd3 Na4 19. Nxa4 Bxa4 20. f4 c4 21. fxe5 cxd3 22. Bd4 Rac8+ 23. Kb1 Bc2+ 24.
Ka1 Rc4 25. Bc3 Ra4 26. Re3 b5 27. Rxd3 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 b4 29. b3 bxc3 30. bxa4
Qxe5 $17 {Enevoldsen,H-Bolbochan,J/Dubrovnik olm/1950/}) 17... Rfe8 18. f4 Bd4
19. Bd3 $13) 9. d5 $8 c6 10. h4 (10. d6 $143 $6 Be6 11. b3 N8d7 {[%csl Rd6]
><d6}) ({Interesting is} 10. O-O-O cxd5 11. exd5 f5 $5 (11... N8d7 $143 $6 12.
g4 $1 $40 {Varga,Zo-Ivacic/Ljubljana op/1994/}) 12. h4 $5 $13 {with a position,
which is very difficult to evaluate.}) (10. Rd1 {Sakaev}) (10. g4 $6 {Sakaev}
cxd5 11. exd5 e4 $1) 10... h5 $1 $146 (10... cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 $6 (11... h5
$142) (11... f5 $5 {Sakaev} 12. h5 (12. O-O-O $6 Na6 13. h5 (13. Nh3 Bd7 14.
Ng5 Rc8) 13... gxh5 14. Nh3 (14. Rxh5 Bd7 15. g4 $6 Rc8 16. gxf5 Bxf5 17. Bd3
Nc4) 14... Bd7 15. Ng5 Rc8 16. d6 (16. Rxh5 Na4 17. d6 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5) 16...
f4 17. Bxb6 Qxg5 18. Bxa7 e4 $40) 12... gxh5 13. Rxh5 (13. Nh3 N8d7 14. Ng5 (
14. g4 hxg4 15. fxg4 Nf6) 14... Nf6) 13... N8d7 14. Bh6 Nf6 15. Rg5 Ne8 16. f4
e4 17. O-O-O Qf6 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Nge2 $14) 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. O-O-O
Bd7 15. g4 Rc8 16. Kb1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Nge2 e4 $6 19. g5 exf3 20. gxf6
Qxf6 21. Nd4 h5 22. Rhf1 Bg4 23. Qd3 Rcc8 24. Ka1 $16 {Karasev,V-Zdrojevskij,W/
Leningrad/1990/}) 11. Be2 {Prevents a possible Bf5 by preparing g4.} ({But
maybe} 11. Rd1 $5 {would have saved a tempo.}) 11... cxd5 (11... cxd5 12. exd5
Bf5 $2 13. g4 $16) 12. exd5 N8d7 (12... Qd6 {Sakaev} 13. O-O-O $1) (12... Na6 {
Sakaev} 13. g4) (12... f5 $5 {Sakaev}) 13. d6 (13. g4 $2 hxg4 14. fxg4 Nf6 $17)
13... Nf6 14. Bg5 Re8 $6 {This logical move will give White tactical chances
connected with a later d7 advance with tempo.} ({Safer was} 14... Bd7 $5 $132 {
[%cal Yd7c6,Yd8d7] /\Bc6,Qd7}) ({Even} 14... Be6 $13 {immediately was better.})
(14... Be6 {Sakaev} 15. g4 Qd7 (15... hxg4 16. fxg4 Qd7 17. h5 (17. Bb5 Qc8)
17... Nh7 (17... Qc6 18. Bf3 e4 19. h6 exf3 20. hxg7 Ne4 21. Bf6 $1 $18) (17...
Bxg4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Bd8 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Qh6 Bxe2 22. Qxg6+ Qg7 23.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nxe2 Rc8 25. N2c3 $16)) 16. Bxf6 (16. Bb5 Qc8 17. Rc1 (17. gxh5
Nxh5 18. Be7 (18. Rc1 f6 $15) 18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Nge2 Rfe8 $15) 17...
hxg4 18. Ne4 Qd8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. h5 $13) 16... Bxf6 17. Ne4 (17. gxh5 Bf5 $13
) 17... Qd8 18. gxh5 Bxh4+ 19. Kf1 g5 (19... Nd5 $5) 20. Rxh4 gxh4 21. Qh6 f6 (
21... Nd5 $5) 22. Nh3 Bxh3+ 23. Kf2 f5 24. Rg1+ Bg4 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Qh6+ $11)
15. Rd1 (15. g4 $6 {Sakaev} e4 $1) 15... Be6 (15... Bd7 16. Nb5 $1 $36 {/\}
Nbd5 $2 17. Nc7 $18) 16. Nh3 (16. Nb5 $6 Nbd5 17. Bc4 a6 $1 {Kramnik,V (2770)
-Shirov,A (2700) Fontys Tilburg 1997 (2) 1-0 leads nowhere, so Kramnik decides
to finish his development. Shirov probably remembered his loss with Kramnik
last year, where he didn't find any suitable weapon against an advanced passed
pawn. (on e6) This time he decides to act fast.}) 16... Nc4 (16... Bxh3 {Sakaev
} 17. Rxh3 a6) 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. b3 (18. d7 Re7 19. Bxf6 (19. b3 $2 Be6) 19...
Bxf6 20. Ne4 (20. Nd5 $2 Bxh4+) 20... Bg7 {is inconclusive, as} (20... Bxh4+ $5
21. g3 Be6 22. Qh6 $5 Bxg3+ 23. Nxg3 Rxd7 $13) 21. Nc5 $2 e4 $1 22. fxe4 b6 $17
{doesn't work for White.}) 18... Ba6 $6 {Now there is no turning back.} ({
After the objectively maybe better} 18... Be6 19. Nf2 $36 {[%csl Gd6] o^d6 the
passed pawn is a powerhouse.} (19. Nf2 {Sakaev} Qd7 20. O-O (20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Nfe4 Bd8 $1 (21... Bg7 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 $16) 22. Nd5 Kg7) 20... Rac8 (
20... Nh7 21. Nfe4 f6 22. Be3 b6 $16) 21. Nfe4 $16)) 19. Nd5 $2 {A serious
tactical mistake, after which the sharp complications turn in Black's favour.}
(19. d7 $142 $1 {That leaves the speculative} Qxd7 $5 (19... e4 20. dxe8=Q+
Qxe8 21. Kf2 $18) (19... Rf8 20. Nd5 b6 (20... Bb5 21. Qb4 $5) 21. Nxf6+ (21.
Nf2 {Sakaev} Bb7 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. O-O $18) 21... Bxf6 22. Qd6 $18) (19... Re7
20. Nd5 $1) ({Best is} 19... Re6 20. Nd5 $16 {[%cal Rd5c7,Yg5f6,Yh3g5] /\Bf6,
Ng5,Nc7!} e4 $6 21. Nhf4 e3 22. Nxe3 Re7 23. Nfd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Bf6 25. Bxf6
Rxe3+ 26. Kf2 $18) 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. Rxd7 e4 22. Nxe4 (22. Nd5 $5 exf3+ 23.
Ne7+ Kh7 (23... Kf8 24. Kf2) 24. gxf3 f6 25. Be3 Rad8 $16 {If White wants to
avoid such complications, he has the simpler}) 22... f5 23. Nhf2 fxe4 24. Nxe4
Bb5 25. Rxb7 Bc6 26. Rc7 Bxe4 27. fxe4 Rxe4+ 28. Kd1 $16 {with a clear extra
pawn.}) (19. Nf2 $16 {Sakaev}) 19... e4 $1 20. Nxf6+ {Logical. Other solutions
are also insufficient, e.g.} (20. d7 exf3+ $1 21. dxe8=Q+ Qxe8+ 22. Qe3 (22.
Ne3 $2 Ne4) 22... Nxd5 23. Rxd5 fxg2 24. Rg1 Qc6 $5 $40) (20. Ne7+ Rxe7 (20...
Kh7 $5) 21. dxe7 Qxe7 22. Qd6 Qe8 $1 $17 {->~/=}) (20. f4 $2 e3 $1 21. Nxe3 Qb6
$19) 20... Bxf6 21. d7 Qb6 $3 ({Nonsense was, of course,} 21... Rf8 $2 22. fxe4
$18) ({A weaker, but playable possibility is} 21... Re6 $5 22. Bxf6 (22. Nf4 $6
e3 $1 23. Qb4 Qb6 $1 24. d8=Q+ (24. Qxb6 $2 Bc3+) 24... Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26.
Qxb6 Bxb6 27. Nxe6 Ba5+ 28. Kd1 e2+ 29. Kc2 e1=Q 30. Rxe1 Bxe1 31. Nc5 Bf1 $15
{[%csl Ge1,Gf1] |^_|_^^}) 22... exf3+ 23. Kf2 Re2+ $1 (23... Rxf6 $6 24. gxf3 {
[%csl Gd7] o^d7}) 24. Qxe2 fxe2 25. Bxd8 exd1=Q 26. Rxd1 Rxd8 {mu neslubuje
viac, ako delbu bodu po} 27. a4 Kf8 28. Ng5 Ke7 29. Re1+ Kf8 30. Rd1 $11) (
21... e3 $13 {Sakaev}) 22. dxe8=Q+ (22. Bxf6 exf3+ 23. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8+ $19) 22...
Rxe8 {Black has fantastic piece play. White can barely save himself from mate,
but a dreary endgame awaits him.} 23. Qe3 $8 (23. f4 e3 $19 {[%cal Rb6b4,Rb6a5]
/\Qa5,Qb4}) (23. Be3 Bxh4+ $1 24. Nf2 exf3 $19) (23. Qd7 Bc3+ (23... Bb5 $5 $40
) 24. Rd2 Bb5 25. Qd5 e3 {/\} 26. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Kd1 Be2+ 28. Kc2 Bxd2 $19 {->}
) 23... Bxg5 24. Qxb6 Bxh4+ 25. Kd2 (25. Nf2 exf3+ 26. Kd2 Re2+ 27. Kc3 axb6
28. Rxh4 Rxf2 $19) (25. Qf2 exf3+ 26. Kd2 Bxf2 27. gxf3 Be3+ 28. Kc2 Be2 $19 {
In both cases three pawns are too much for the exchange.}) 25... axb6 26. fxe4
$8 Rxe4 27. Kc2 Rg4 $17 {[%csl Ga6,Rg2,Gh4] _|_^^,><g2 Black has a huge
advantage and is close to winning.} 28. Rd2 (28. Rhg1 Bb5 {[%cal Rb5c6] /\Bc6})
28... Be7 $1 (28... Bb5 $143 $2 29. Nf2 Rf4 30. Nd3 $13 {enables either
repetition, or advantageous exchanges.}) 29. Rg1 Kg7 (29... Bb5 $5 $17) 30. Nf2
(30. a4 b5 {also doesn't keep the Ba6 out of play for long.}) 30... Rf4 (30...
Rg3 $143 31. Ne4 Re3 32. Nd6 $15) 31. Nd3 Re4 32. Rgd1 $6 (32. Nf2 Re6 $17 (
32... Re3 $5 $17)) ({A better chance to offer resistance was} 32. a4 $5 b5 (
32... Bg5 33. Rf2 Be3 34. Re1 (34. Re2 {Sakaev} f5 35. Rd1 f4 36. Ree1)) 33.
Re1 (33. a5 b4) 33... Rxe1 34. Nxe1 bxa4 35. bxa4 Bb4 36. Rd1 $17) 32... Bb5
33. a4 Bc6 34. Re1 $6 {The last mistake, after which White is dead lost. But
even after} (34. Nf2 Re3 {[%cal Re3g3] /\Rg3 or}) (34. Rf1 Bg5 35. Rdf2 f5 $19
{he could hardly save the game in the long run.}) 34... Rxe1 35. Nxe1 Bb4 36.
Re2 Bxe1 37. Rxe1 Bxg2 38. Kd2 (38. Rg1 Be4+ 39. Kd2 f5 40. Ke3 h4 41. Kf4 Kf6
42. b4 Bd5 $22) 38... h4 39. Ke3 Bd5 40. b4 (40. Kf4 {Even simpler is} Kf6 $1 (
40... Bxb3 41. Rb1 Bxa4 42. Kg4 (42. Rxb6 Bc6 43. Kg4 f5+ 44. Kxh4 Kf6) 42...
Bd7+ 43. Kxh4 b5 $19) 41. Kg4 g5 $19) 40... h3 41. Re2 f5 (41... g5 $19) 42.
Rd2 Be4 (42... Bg2 $5 43. Kf2 g5 44. Rd7+ Kf6 45. Rd6+ Ke5 46. Rxb6 f4 $19) 43.
Kf4 Bg2 44. Rd7+ (44. Kg3 g5) 44... Kf6 45. Rh7 (45. Rd6+ Ke7 46. Rxg6 h2)
45... g5+ 46. Kg3 f4+ 47. Kg4 Ke5 48. b5 {White has had enough. Black's K will
annihilate the remaining pawns and then help the advance of his own infantry.}
0-1

[Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2012.05.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 (3. Nc3 d5 {was a slight surprise from Game 1 -
Gelfand was a King's Indian fan in his younger years, but until the WCh match,
the Grünfeld featured in his repertoire only with White.} 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5
Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. d5 $5 ({The more common} 9. O-O cxd4
10. cxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Qa5 $11 {has a drawish
reputation}) 9... Qa5 (9... a6 {is also playable, after} 10. Be2 $5 Bxc3+ 11.
Bd2 Bxa1 12. Qxa1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 $44 {the situation is similar to
the more theoretical position with the P on a7 - White has compensation, but
hardly more than that.}) 10. Rb1 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Qxa2 13. Rb2 $146 (
13. Be3 {is harmless:} cxd5 14. exd5 O-O 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16. Bxe7 Rxd5 $15 {
Niederwieser,P (2162)-Kratschmer,H (2098)/AUT-chT/2006/}) 13... Qa5 14. d6 Ra7
15. Bg5 (15. Bf4 $5 Rd7 (15... O-O 16. Ne5 $1 Qxc3 $5 (16... Bxe5 17. Bxe5 $44)
17. Rc2 Bxe5 18. Rxc3 Bxc3 19. Qc2 Bd4 20. dxe7 Rxe7 21. Bd6 Rfe8 $44 {/+/=
Shipov}) 16. Rd2 (16. Rb8 O-O 17. dxe7 Rxe7 18. Bd6 Rd7 19. e5 Rdd8 $11 {
[%cal Yc8e6,Ye6g4]}) (16. e5 O-O $132) 16... exd6 17. Bxd6 Bxc3 18. Rc2 Bf6 19.
e5 Be7 $11 {[%cal Ye8g8] /\0-0}) 15... exd6 16. Qxd6 Rd7 17. Qxc6 Qc7 $11 {
Anand,V (2791)-Gelfand,B (2727)/WCh Moscow/2012/}) 3... d5 ({After} 3... Bg7 4.
e4 O-O {Game 8 indicates that Anand, instead of the standard Sämisch, might
have intended} 5. Ne2 (5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. Rc1 e6 10.
b3 Nd7 11. h4 h5 12. g3 Ne7 13. g4 hxg4 14. fxg4 Nf6 15. g5 Nh5 16. Bg2 e5 17.
Bf3 b5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Nf4 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 bxc4 21. bxc4 Be6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23.
cxd5 Qd7 24. O-O Nxf4 25. Qxf4 c6 $132 {Anand,V (2791)-Grischuk,A (2733)/
Linares/2009/}) 5... d6 6. Nec3 $5 {White can develop his Nb1 to a3, or more
usually to d2 after Be3. Practical results speak in White's favour, but the
examples are still scarce here:} Nc6 (6... e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Be3 f5 9. c5 Nd7 10.
cxd6 cxd6 11. Nd2 Ndf6 12. Qb3 Rf7 $5 13. O-O-O fxe4 14. Ndxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4
Bf5 16. Nc3 {Leroy,D (2286)-Hunt,A (2431)/Hastings/2009/} Qf8 $1 $132 {/\} (
16... Bd7 17. Kb1 b5 18. Ka1 a5 19. Bxb5 Bxb5 20. Nxb5 a4 21. Qa3 Rb7 22. Nxd6
Rb3 23. axb3 axb3 24. Ne4 Rxa3+ 25. bxa3 Nf6 26. d6 Qa5 27. Kb2 Nd5 28. Bc5 Nc3
29. Bb4 Nxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Qd8 31. d7) 17. g4 Bh6 $15) 7. d5 Ne5 8. Be2 e6 $5 (8...
c6 9. Be3 a6 10. a4 Qa5 11. Nd2 e6 12. Qb3 b5 13. dxc6 b4 14. Nd5 $1 exd5 15.
cxd5 $44 {Varga,Z (2410)-Grigore,G (2430)/Odorheiu Secuiesc/1992/}) 9. f4 Ned7
10. O-O exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. Bf3 Nc5 13. Re1 h5 14. h3 b5 $1 15. e5 dxe5 16.
fxe5 Nfd7 17. e6 Ne5 18. Nxb5 Ncd3 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Rf1 Kg8 {Nakamura,H 
(2710)-Svidler,P (2739)/Amsterdam/2009/} 21. d6 $13) ({Presumably unhappy with
the opening, in Game 8 Gelfand went for} 3... c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Ne2 O-O
7. Nec3 $5 Nh5 ({Played after long thought, but rather bizarre.} 7... e6 {
is more natural.}) 8. Bg5 (8. g4 $5 Nf6 9. h4 e6 10. h5 a6 11. a4 exd5 12. cxd5
Nbd7 13. Be2 Ne5 14. Be3 Rb8 15. Na3 Qe7 16. Kf2 Re8 17. h6 Bh8 18. g5 {
Ivanisevic,I (2655)-Aliyev,T (2258)/Wheeling/2012/ This game was played 3 days
later.} Nh5 $5 {/\} 19. f4 Ng4+ $1 20. Bxg4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qxe4 $44) 8... Bf6 9.
Bxf6 exf6 (9... Nxf6 $1 10. Qd2 e5 $132) 10. Qd2 (10. g4 $5 {/\} Nf4 11. Qd2 g5
12. h4 $14) 10... f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. g4 Re8+ 13. Kd1 Bxb1 14. Rxb1 Qf6 $4 (
14... Nf6 15. Kc2 $36 {[%cal Yf1d3,Yh2h5]}) 15. gxh5 Qxf3+ 16. Kc2 Qxh1 17. Qf2
{[%cal Rf1g2] 1-0,Anand,V (2791)-Gelfand,B (2727)/Moscow/2012/}) (3... e5 4.
dxe5 Nh5 {came into the limelight after Leko's win against Kramnik (1998).
It's played rarely nowadays, although perhaps} 5. Nh3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7
Qxe7 8. Nc3 O-O (8... Nxe5 $2 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. Qd4 d6 11. f4 c6 12. Nc3 c5 13.
Qe3 Bxh3 14. fxe5 Be6 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Qh6 Bxc4 17. g4 Ng7 18. e3 Bxf1 19. Ne4
f6 20. Rxd6 $18 {Khismatullin,D (2584)-Isajevsky,A (2441)/Kazan/2006/}) (8...
Qxe5 9. g4 Ng7 10. f4 Qe7 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Qc3 Ne8 14. O-O-O Ne7 15.
Nf2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 d6 17. h4 c6 18. h5 cxd5 19. Kb1 Nf6 20. Bg2 Qe7 21. h6 $1
$36 {Votava,J (2530)-Jansa,V (2475)/Bundesliga/2006/}) 9. g4 Ng7 10. f4 d6 (
10... Qb4 11. Qd2 d6 12. exd6 $14) 11. exd6 Qh4+ 12. Nf2 Bxg4 13. dxc7 Nf5 $5
$14 {/~~ is not fully clear.}) ({Recently Black has been quite successful with
another exotic continuation} 3... Nc6 $5 4. d5 (4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 e5 $1 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Ne2 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. Bd3 b6 13.
O-O Nb7 14. c4 c5 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Nc3 Bd7 17. Nd5 Be6 18. Qd2 Rc8 19. Rfc1 f6
20. Kh1 Kh8 21. Rab1 Rf7 $11 {Anand,V (2791)-Carlsen,M (2776)/Linares/2009/})
4... Ne5 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 (6... c6 7. f4 Ned7 8. Be3 e5 $5 9. dxe6 fxe6 10.
Nh3 e5 11. f5 Qa5 12. fxg6 hxg6 13. a3 Qc7 14. b4 a5 15. Ng5 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1
17. Qxa1 d5 18. Ne6 Qd6 19. exd5 cxd5 20. cxd5 Qxb4 21. Bd3 e4 22. Bb5 Bd6 $13
{Kramnik,V (2780)-Navara,D (2722)/Khanty-Mansiysk olm/2010/}) 7. f4 Ned7 8. Nh3
(8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Nc5 11. Bc2 Qb6 12. Kh1 Bg4 $11) 8... O-O 9. Be2
Nc5 10. Nf2 e6 (10... c6 $5) 11. O-O exd5 12. cxd5 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Bf3 Qe7
15. Be3 d5 16. e5 Nfd7 17. b4 Ne6 18. b5 Nb6 $1 $132 {[%cal Rd5d4] Grischuk,A 
(2773)-Giri,A (2686)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7.
Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 e5 {An important branching point.} ({A more popular try is} 8...
Nc6 9. O-O-O {and now:} {Probably more promising is the new idea} Qd6 $5 ({
After} 9... f5 {White has lately with some success concentrated on the
positional} 10. e5 $5 (10. h4 {is double-edged and doesn't promise much.})
10... Nb4 11. Nh3 Be6 12. Kb1 Qd7 (12... N4d5 13. Ng5 $5 (13. Nf4 $14 {Svidler}
) 13... Nxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Bd5 15. h4 Qd7 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. Bc2 Nc4 18. h5 $5 h6 19.
Nh3 g5 20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. h6 Bh8 22. h7+ Kf7 23. Bxg5 Ke8 24. Rh6 $44 {
Ivanisevic,I (2645)-Gabrielian,A (2554)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2012/}) 13. Nf4 (13. Ng5
$5 Nc4 14. Qc1 $13 {Svidler}) 13... Bf7 14. a3 a5 (14... N4d5 15. Ncxd5 Nxd5
16. Bc4 Rad8 17. h4 Nxf4 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Bxf4 Qb5 20. h5 (20. Qc3 e6 21. h5
gxh5 $1 $132 {/\} 22. Rxh5 c5) 20... g5 21. Bxg5 (21. h6 $5 $14 {[%csl Rg8]})
21... Bxe5 22. Qc3 {Zhao Xue (2496)-Laylo,D (2516)/Moscow/2011/} Qa4 $5 $132)
15. Bb5 $1 (15. d5 Bxe5 16. axb4 (16. Bd4 $5) 16... axb4 17. Nb5 Ra5 18. Bxb6 (
18. Qxb4 Rfa8 19. Na3 Bd6 20. Qd4 Ra4 21. Qd2 Bxa3 22. bxa3 Rxa3 23. Bd4 Qa4 {
0-1,Gongora Reyes,M (2468)-Abreu Delgado,A (2473)/Albacete/2010/}) 18... cxb6
19. Qxb4 $2 (19. Qe3 $15 {Svidler}) 19... Rfa8 $40 {Motylev,A (2647)-Svidler,P
(2728)/Wijk aan Zee/2007/}) 15... c6 16. d5 Bxe5 17. Bxb6 cxb5 18. Rhe1 Bf6 19.
Bd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Na6 21. d6 exd6 (21... Qxd6 $2 22. Ncd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Qc5 {
Bitan,B (2311)-Vokarev,S (2501)/Bhubaneswar/2010/} 24. Nxe7+ Kf7 25. Qh4 Kg7
26. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 27. Re6 $18 {[%cal Rd1d7,Rh4g5]}) 22. Ncd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Qg7
24. Qb6 $36 {White has a dangerous initiative, but still no direct win after}
b4 $5) 10. Kb1 (10. Nb5 Qd7 11. f4 Qe6 $5 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Nf3 Nc4 14. Qe2 Nxe3
15. Qxe3 Nb4 16. b3 Qb6 17. a3 Nc6 18. Na4 Qa5 19. d5 Nb8 20. Qc5 Qxc5+ 21.
Nxc5 c6 $15 {Mamedyarov,S (2747)-Negi,P (2641)/Caleta/2012/}) 10... Rd8 11. Nb5
Qd7 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 (13. dxc6 Qxd2 14. Rxd2 Rxd2 15. Bxd2 axb5 16. cxb7 Bxb7
17. Bxb5 f5 $5 18. exf5 Bd5 19. Ne2 (19. a3 Rb8 $1 $44) (19. b3 gxf5 $32 {/\}
20. Ne2 $2 Bxb3) 19... Bxa2+ 20. Kc2 gxf5 21. b3 (21. Bc3 Bc4 22. Bxc4+ Nxc4
$11 23. Nd4 Ne3+ 24. Kd3 Nxg2 25. Nxf5 Nf4+ 26. Kc4 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Kf7 $11 {
Vitiugov,N (2729)-Giri,A (2714)/Reggio Emilia/2011/}) 21... c5 22. Be3 c4 $1
23. Bxb6 Bxb3+ 24. Kd2 Rb8 25. Rb1 e6 26. Ke3 Ba2 $1 27. Rc1 Rxb6 28. Bxc4 Bxc4
$11 {So,W (2653)-Lou,Y (2428)/Ho Chi Minh City/2012/}) 13... Na5 (13... Ne5 $5)
14. Bd4 Nbc4 15. Bxc4 (15. Qf2 $6 e5 16. Bc5 b6 17. Bb4 c5 18. Bxa5 Nxa5 19. h4
Qd6 20. h5 b5 $36 {Gustafsson,J (2647)-Mekhitarian,K (2529)/Reykjavik/2011/})
15... Nxc4 16. Qc1 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 b5 18. Nge2 Bb7 19. b3 Nb6 20. h4 c5 21. dxc6
Qxc6 22. h5 Rxd4 23. Nxd4 Qf6 24. Qe3 Nd7 $13 {Mekhitarian}) ({The immediate} 
8... Qd6 {enables White to castle short after} 9. f4 Rd8 10. Nf3 Qb4 11. a3 $5
(11. Qc2 Nc4 12. Bf2 c5 13. O-O-O cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bg4 15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Ndxe2 Nc6
17. a3 Qa5 18. e5 Rac8 19. Kb1 b5 $11 {Jobava,B (2704)-Caruana,F (2736)/Moscow/
2012/}) 11... Qb3 12. Bd3 Nc4 (12... Nc6 13. Bc2 Qc4 14. b3 $36 {[%csl Rc4]})
13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Rc1 Nc6 15. Nd5 Qa4 16. O-O e6 {Ding,L (2679)-Sethuraman,S 
(2546)/Ho Chi Minh City/2012/} 17. Nxc7 $5 Rb8 18. e5 Bd7 19. f5 $1 $40) 9. d5
c6 10. h4 (10. O-O-O cxd5 11. exd5 Na6 $5 12. h4 Bd7 13. h5 Rc8 14. hxg6 fxg6
15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qe7 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Nge2 e4 19. d6 Qg7 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7
21. fxe4 Rf2 22. Kb1 Rxg2 23. Nf4 Rf2 24. Nd3 $11 Rg2 25. Nf4 Rf2 26. Nd3 Rg2 {
1/2,Akobian,V (2571)-Khachiyan,M (2462)/Los Angeles/2005/}) 10... cxd5 11. exd5
N8d7 {The safest move, played quickly by Gelfand.} ({After} 11... h5 {White
has the energetic} 12. g4 $1 {/\} hxg4 13. h5 $40 {and he has an almost 100%
score with his kingside attack.}) ({For a change,} 11... f5 12. h5 Na6 13. Bh6
f4 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. g4 Bxh6 16. Rxh6 Kg7 17. Qh2 Rh8 18. Rxh8 Qxh8 19. Qxh8+
Kxh8 20. O-O-O Bd7 21. Bxa6 bxa6 22. b3 Rc8 23. Kb2 Kg7 24. Nh3 $16 {[%csl Gd5]
[%cal Rh3g5,Rg5e4] Delchev,A (2640)-Ganguly,S (2578)/Turin olm/2006/ gives
White a substantial endgame advantage.}) 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 ({Now White
gets a better pawn structure, but taking "positionally" towards the centre
opens a file against the the king and is needlessly risky:} 13... hxg6 14. Bh6
(14. O-O-O $5 $36) 14... Nfxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rd1 (16. Qh6+ Kf6 17. Ne4+ Ke7
18. Qg5+ Ke6 19. Qg4+ Ke7 20. Qg3 Qc7 21. Qg5+ f6 22. Qxg6 Be6 $13) 16... Be6
17. Qh6+ Kf6 18. Ne4+ Ke7 19. Qg5+ f6 20. Rh7+ Rf7 21. Nxf6 Rxh7 22. Nxh7+ Kf7
23. Qh6 Qh8 24. Bd3 Nf4 25. Ne2 Nbd5 26. Nxf4 Nxf4 27. Kf2 $14) 14. O-O-O ({
Castling is the usual and sensible choice, but Gelfand was undoubtedly
prepared even for} 14. d6 {His intention might have been} e4 $5 (14... Be6 15.
Nh3 Bxh3 16. Rxh3 Rc8 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Rh4 Qe6 19. Rd1 Rf7 20. a4 Qb3 21. a5
Nbd7 22. Bd3 e4 23. Bb1 $36 {Laznicka,V (2593)-Areshchenko,A (2644)/Moscow/
2007/} (23. Nxe4 $5 $16)) (14... Nh5 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. O-O-O $14)
15. O-O-O (15. fxe4 Re8 $44) 15... Be6 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Nh3 $13 (17. fxe4 $2
Rxc3 $1 18. Qxc3 Nxe4 $32 {->}) (17. Bh6 Bxh6 {/\} 18. Qxh6 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Na4
$40)) 14... Bd7 15. Kb1 {This side-step is more or less necessary, but it cost
Anand a precious 15 minutes.} (15. Nh3 Rc8 16. Kb1 e4 17. Nf4 exf3 18. gxf3
Bf5+ 19. Ka1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Nfe2 b5 22. Ng3 b4 $132 {Gofshtein,L (2500)
-Roiz,M (2355)/ISR-chT/1999/}) 15... Rc8 16. Ka1 ({Until now White has more
often than not played} 16. d6 {This was played by Anand's second Nielsen, as
well as Gelfand's compatriot Postny, so we can safely assume the challenger
was still in his preparation.} Bf5+ (16... Nc4 17. Bxc4+ Rxc4 18. Nge2 Be6 (
18... Bf5+ $6 19. Ka1 Be6 20. Bg5 Qd7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Ne4 Bd8 23. N2c3 Rf7
24. Qe3 Qc6 25. Rc1 Qa6 26. b3 Rc8 27. Na4 $16 {Nielsen,P (2680)-Tazbir,M 
(2500)/Helsingor/2009/}) 19. g4 (19. Bh6 Bxh6 (19... Qd7 $2 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Qe3 b5 22. b3 Rcc8 23. Qxe5 Rce8 24. Qd4 Kg8 25. Ka1 a5 26. Nf4 b4 27. Na4 Bf5
28. g4 Bc2 29. Qc4+ {1-0,Postny,E (2434)-Mikhalevski,V (2532)/Givataim/2000/})
20. Qxh6 Rc6 21. Ne4 Qd7 22. N2g3 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Bf5 $11 {Knobel, R}) 19... Qd7
20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 b5 22. Ng3 {Thaler,T (2554)-Toro Solis de Ovando,G (2600)
/corr/2002/} b4 23. Nce4 Rcc8 $132) (16... Be6 17. Nh3 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19.
Bg5 Be6 20. Nf2 e4 $5 (20... Qd7 21. Qb4 a6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Ne4 Bf5 24. Bd3
$16 {Hillarp Persson,T (2530)-Wojciechowski,P (2159)/Jersey/2004/}) 21. Bxf6
Qxf6 22. Nxe4 Qe5 $132) (16... e4 $5 $13 {is a yet untested try, analogous to
our game.}) (16... Na4 17. Ne4 $5 $14 (17. Nxa4 Bxa4 18. b3 Bd7 19. Bc4+ Rxc4
20. bxc4 Bf5+ 21. Ka1 e4 $44)) 17. Ka1 e4 18. Bh6 (18. g4 Be6 19. g5 Nh5 20.
Nxe4 Rf5 $5 $44 ({or} 20... Qd7 $44 {[%cal Yd7a4,Yb6a4,Yf8f5,Yf5b5] is unclear
to say the least - White's kingside forces are uncoordinated.})) 18... Bxh6 (
18... e3 $2 19. Bxe3 Nfd5 20. Nxd5 Rc2 21. Ne7+ $1 Qxe7 22. Qxc2 Qxe3 23. Qb3+
$16 {Postny,E (2432)-Greenfeld,A (2570)/Tel Aviv/2001/}) 19. Qxh6 Rf7 20. Nh3
exf3 21. gxf3 (21. Ng5 Rd7 22. gxf3 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Nxh7 Rc7 $11) 21...
Qf8 (21... Rd7 $5) 22. Ng5 (22. Qd2 $5) {Postny,E (2491)-Serebro,A (2297)/
ISR-chT/2002/} 22... Qxh6 23. Rxh6 Rd7 $11) ({The usefulness of 16.Ka1 can be
seen in the line} 16. Bh6 $2 Nbxd5 $1 17. Nxd5 Bf5+ 18. Bd3 Bxh6 $15 {/\} 19.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Rxh6 $2 Rd6 $19) 16... e4 $5 $146 {[%cal Gg7a1][%mdl 12] A
natural and thematic novelty - Black opens the long dark diagonal.} (16... Na4
17. Nge2 e4 18. d6 Re8 (18... Qa5 $142 $5 {transposes to a line we will
analyse below.}) 19. Rc1 $2 (19. Bd4 $142 $13 {/+/=}) 19... Qa5 $6 (19... exf3
20. gxf3 Nxb2 $1 21. Kxb2 Rxe3 $1 22. Qxe3 Nd5 23. Qxa7 Qf6 24. Qa5 Qxf3 $40)
20. Nxa4 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Qxa4 22. Nc3 Qb4 $2 (22... Qc6 $132) 23. Nxe4 $16 {
Hillarp Persson,T (2450)-Aberg,A/Stockholm/2002/} {/\} Nxe4 $2 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25.
Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 26. Qh1+ $18) 17. Bd4 {The pawn is extremely poisoned.} (17. fxe4
$2 Rxc3 $1 18. Qxc3 Nxe4 $17) (17. Nxe4 $2 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Rxf1 $1 19. Rxf1 Nc4
$19 {->}) ({Gelfand started thinking now, presumably he had prepared mainly for
} 17. d6 {Here} Na4 18. Nge2 Qa5 {leads to a position we have already
mentioned in the previous note:} 19. Bd4 Nxc3 $5 (19... Nc5 $6 20. Nc1 Ne6 21.
Nb3 Qb4 $2 (21... Qf5 $142) 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nxe4 (23. Qh6 $1 Bg7 24. Qxh7+
Kf7 25. Qh4 Rxc3 26. Qe7+ Kg8 27. Qxd7 Nc5 28. Qb5 $18) 23... Qxd2 24. Nxf6+
Rxf6 25. Nxd2 Ng5 26. Bc4+ Kg7 27. Bd5 Rxd6 28. Nc4 Rf6 29. Bxb7 Rc7 30. Bd5
$16 {Feller,S (2640)-Salgado Lopez,I (2623)/FRA-chT Belfort/2012/}) 20. Bxc3 (
20. Nxc3 Be6 21. a3 Rfd8 $132 {/\} 22. Qf4 exf3 23. Bxf6 $2 Rxc3 $17) 20... Qa4
$13) 17... Na4 {Black proceeds with his play, but he had other plausible
options:} (17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Nge2 exf3 20. gxf3 Qa5 $13 (20... b5 $5)
(20... Bf5 $13)) ({Even the simple} 17... exf3 18. Nxf3 (18. gxf3 $5) 18... Bf5
$132 {deserves attention.}) (17... Re8 $5 {/\} 18. fxe4 Rxc3 $1 19. Qxc3 Nxe4 {
was suggested by Shipov:} 20. Qe1 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Qf6 22. Nf3 Ng5 23. Qh4 Nxf3
24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Qxh8 26. Rxh8+ Kg7 27. Rxe8 Nxd4 28. Rb8 Kf6 29. Rxb7
Bf5 30. Rxa7 Nxd5 31. b3 Ne3 $13) 18. Nge2 {Declines the sacrifice.} (18. Nxe4
Nxe4 19. fxe4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qg5 21. Kb1 (21. Ne2 Rc2 22. Rb1 Rfc8 $44) 21...
Rxf1 22. Rxf1 Qxg2 23. Ne2 $5 (23. Nf3 Rc2 24. Ka1 Rxb2 {already forces White
to find} 25. Nd2 Rxd2 26. Rf8+ $1 Kxf8 27. Qf6+ Ke8 28. Qe5+ $11) 23... Qxe2
24. Ka1 Rc4 25. Qf6 Qxb2+ 26. Qxb2 Nxb2 27. Kxb2 Rxe4 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Kf7
30. d6 Be6 $132 {leads to an endgame, in which a draw is a likely result.})
18... Qa5 $1 (18... exf3 $143 19. gxf3 Qa5 {is weaker, the pawn swap gives
White the extra possibility} 20. Nxa4 Qxa4 (20... Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Bxa4 22. Bh3
$36) 21. Nc3 Qa5 22. Qh2 $1 $40) 19. Nxe4 {Anand finally takes the pawn, but
this shouldn't have given him an advantage.} (19. fxe4 $6 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 (20.
Nxc3 Nxe4 $1 $17) 20... Qa4 $36 {/\} 21. Ng3 $6 Rxc3 $1 22. bxc3 Nxe4 (22...
Nh5 $5 $17) 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 $40 {[%cal Re4b4,Rf8f2]}) (19. Rh4 exf3 20. gxf3 b5
$132) 19... Qxd2 20. Nxf6+ (20. Rxd2 $6 Nxe4 21. fxe4 Rfe8 {[%csl Re4]} 22.
Bxg7 Kxg7 23. b3 Nc5 $11) 20... Rxf6 {Activates the second rook as well.} (
20... Bxf6 21. Rxd2 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rc2 23. b3 $14 {gives White more chances to
untangle his kingside forces.}) 21. Rxd2 Rf5 $5 (21... Rd6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. b3
Nb6 24. Nf4 Rc1+ 25. Kb2 Re1 $44 {was also interesting, but the text move is
more concrete - Black doesn't allow Nf4.}) 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 $32 23. d6 (23. b3 Nb6
24. d6 Rd5 $11) (23. Rh4 Nb6 24. Rhd4 $2 Nc4 25. R2d3 Re5 $17 {[%cal Rc4e3,
Rd7f5]}) 23... Rfc5 $6 {Inaccurate.} ({Gelfand admitted that after} 23... Nb6
24. Nc3 {he had overlooked} Rd5 $1 (24... Nd5 $2 25. Bb5 $1 $16) 25. Rd3 (25.
Rxd5 Nxd5 26. Bb5 Nxc3 27. Bxd7 Rd8 $11) 25... Bf5 26. Rxd5 Nxd5 27. Bd3 Nxc3
28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. bxc3 Rxc3 30. Rd1 Rc8 $11) 24. Rd1 a5 (24... Rc2 25. b3 Nb6 (
25... Nc3 $2 26. Nxc3 {/\} R8xc3 27. Bd3 Rxg2 28. Rhe1 $18 {[%csl Gd6][%cal
Re1e7]}) 26. Rh4 $36) (24... h5 $142 {[%cal Yg7f6]}) (24... Nb6 $5 $14) 25. Rh4
$1 (25. b3 Nb6 $14 {only helps Black, Whtte needs to activate his rook.}) 25...
Rc2 (25... Re5 26. b3 Nc5 27. Nd4 $14 {/+/-}) 26. b3 Nb2 (26... Nc3 27. Nxc3 {
/\} R8xc3 $2 28. Bd3 Rxg2 29. Re4 $18) (26... Nc5 27. Kb1 $16 {/\} Bf5 28. Nd4)
(26... Nb6 $5 {was less forcing.}) 27. Rb1 (27. Rdd4 $5 a4 28. bxa4 Nxa4 29.
Rxa4 Bxa4 30. Rxa4 Rd2 31. Rb4 $14 {/+/-}) 27... Nd3 28. Nd4 Rd2 (28... Nb4 29.
Nxc2 Rxc2 30. Re1 Rxa2+ (30... Bf5 31. Rxb4 axb4 32. g4 $18) 31. Kb1 Bf5+ 32.
Kc1 $16 {and there is no perpetual in sight.}) 29. Bxd3 Rxd3 30. Re1 (30. Re4
$2 Re8 $1 $11) 30... Rd2 $6 (30... Kf6 $142 $1 31. Re7 (31. Rxh7 Rxd4 32. Rxd7
Rc2 $132) 31... Bf5 32. Nxf5 Kxf5 $14 {/+/-}) 31. Kb1 ({After} 31. Re7+ Kf6 32.
Kb1 Bf5+ 33. Nxf5 {Black already can't go with his king to g6 as on move 33 in
the game. However, White has to reckon with} Rd1+ $5 34. Kb2 Rd2+ 35. Ka3 Rcc2
36. Ka4 Rxa2+ 37. Kb5 gxf5 $14 {and the final result is still open.}) 31...
Bf5+ 32. Nxf5+ gxf5 33. Re7+ Kg6 ({A difficult choice - after} 33... Kf6 34. f4
$5 {[%cal Rh4h6]} Rxd6 (34... Rd1+ 35. Kb2 Rxd6 36. Rxb7 Rg8 37. Rhxh7 Rxg2+
38. Ka3 $16 {is similar}) 35. Rxb7 Rg8 36. Ra7 Rxg2 37. Rh6+ Rg6 38. Rhxh7 $16
{White has good chances to convert his advantage. However, now he could have
won practically by force.}) 34. Rc7 $6 $138 (34. d7 $142 $1 Rcc2 (34... Rd8 35.
Rhxh7 $18) 35. Rc4 $1 Rxc4 (35... Rb2+ 36. Kc1 Rxa2 37. Rc8 Rf2 38. Re6+ Kh5 (
38... Kf7 39. Rf6+ Kg7 40. Rg8+ $18) 39. g4+ fxg4 40. Rc5+ Kh4 41. d8=Q+ Kg3
42. Kd1 $18) 36. bxc4 h5 37. Kc1 Rd4 38. Kb2 Kf6 39. Rh7 Ke6 (39... Kg6 40. Kc3
Rd1 41. d8=Q Rxd8 42. Rxb7 $18 {[%csl Gc4]}) {Perhaps even simpler is} 40. Kb3
$5 ({Here I.Sokolov and Atalik prove that White wins the pawn-endgame after} 
40. Kc3 Rxd7 41. Rxd7 Kxd7 42. Kd4 Ke6 (42... Kd6 43. c5+ Kc6 44. f4 h4 45. Ke5
$18) 43. c5 (43. Kc5 Ke5) (43. f4 b6 44. c5 b5 45. c6 Kd6 46. c7 Kxc7 47. Kc5
b4 48. Kb5 Kd6 49. Kxa5 Kc5 $11) 43... f4 44. Ke4 a4 45. a3 h4 $1 (45... Kd7
46. Kxf4 Kc6 47. g4 hxg4 48. fxg4 Kxc5 49. Ke4 $18) 46. Kd4 Kd7 47. Kc3 Ke6 (
47... Kc7 48. Kb4 Kc6 49. Kc4 b6 (49... Kd7 50. Kb5) (49... Kc7 50. Kb5) 50.
cxb6 Kxb6 51. Kd4 Kc6 52. Ke4 Kc5 53. Kxf4 $18 {-47...Ke6}) 48. Kc4 Ke5 49. c6
$1 bxc6 50. Kc5 Ke6 51. Kxc6 Ke5 52. Kc5 (52. Kb5 $2 Kd4 53. Kxa4 Ke3 54. Kb4
Kf2 55. a4 Kxg2 56. a5 h3) 52... Ke6 53. Kd4 Kd6 54. Ke4 Kc5 55. Kxf4 Kc4 56.
Ke4 Kb3 57. f4 Kxa3 58. f5 Kb3 59. f6 a3 60. f7 a2 61. f8=Q a1=Q 62. Qf7+ Kc2
63. Qf2+ Kb3 64. Qb6+ Kc4 65. Qe6+ Kb4 66. Qd6+ Kb3 67. Qd5+ Kb4 68. Qd4+ $18)
40... Rxd7 (40... Rd2 41. c5 (41. Ka4 Rxa2+ 42. Kb5 Rd2 43. Kxa5 Rxd7 44. Rxd7
Kxd7 45. Kb6 Kc8 46. f4 h4 47. c5 Kb8 48. c6 $18) 41... Rxd7 42. Rxd7 Kxd7 43.
Kc4 Kc6 44. f4 $18) (40... f4 41. Ka4 $18) 41. Rxd7 Kxd7 42. Ka4 Kc6 43. Kxa5
Kc5 44. f4 h4 45. a3 $1 b6+ 46. Ka6 Kc6 47. Ka7 Kc7 48. a4 Kc6 49. Kb8 $18)
34... Re8 35. Rh1 $2 {Finally throws away the advantage.} (35. Re7 Rd8 $142 $5
$14 {/+/-} (35... Rc8 36. d7 {-34.d7!}) (35... Rxe7 36. dxe7 Kf7 (36... Re2 37.
Re4 Rxe4 38. fxe4 Kf7 39. exf5 Kxe7 40. g4 $18) 37. Rxh7+ Ke8 38. Rh5 $18))
35... Ree2 $132 36. d7 Rb2+ 37. Kc1 Rxa2 (37... Rxa2 38. Kd1 (38. Kb1 Rab2+ $11
) 38... Rad2+ 39. Kc1 Ra2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 $5 {Increasing piece pressure against White's centre. This
alternative recently seriously competes with the more direct central blows} (
9... e5 {and}) (9... f5) 10. Kb1 (10. h4 Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. h5 a6 13. Nc3 Bxd4
(13... Nxd4 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. g4 Qc6 (15... e5 $5 16. Qh2 h6 $11) 16. Qf2 Ne6
17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. Nge2 Nf7 19. Qh4 h6 20. Qxe7 Qd7 21. Qxd7 Bxd7 22. Bg2 Nc4
$132 {Grischuk,A (2760)-Mamedyarov,S (2761)/Moscow/2010/}) 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15.
Qf4 Qf2 16. hxg6 Rxd1+ 17. Nxd1 Qc5+ 18. Nc3 hxg6 19. Qh6 Qe5 20. f4 Qg7 21.
Qh4 Be6 22. Nf3 Rd8 $15 {Pitkaenen,J (2214)-Gyger,T (2073)/corr/2007/}) (10.
Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 (11. h4 Rd8 {-10.h4}) (11. Na3 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Kb1 ({More
consistent is} 13. f4 $5 Qe7 14. fxe5 c5 $13) 13... c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Qa5
Qb7 (15... Rb8 $5 $36) 16. Ne2 Rb8 17. Rd2 {Ivanchuk,V (2768)-Sutovsky,E (2700)
/Ningbo/2011/} c5 $1 $36 {/\} 18. Qxc5 $2 Na4 19. Qc1 Be6 $19) (11. d5 Ne5 12.
Qc2 c6 13. dxc6 Qxc6 14. Qxc6 bxc6 15. Nc7 Rb8 16. b3 a5 (16... f5 $5) 17. Na6
Bxa6 18. Bxa6 a4 19. Be2 axb3 20. axb3 f5 21. f4 Nf7 {Mayorga,N (2330)-Fabian,
G (2317)/Villa Martelli/2011/} 22. Bxb6 Rxb6 23. Bc4 fxe4 24. Nh3 $11) (11. Bh6
Bxh6 12. Qxh6 a6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. f4 c5 15. h4 (15. Nf3 f6 16. h4 $13) 15...
Qc6 (15... Qg4 $5) 16. Nf3 Qf6 $5 (16... Nxf3 17. gxf3 Qf6 18. h5 Qg7 19. Qg5
$44) 17. e5 Qg7 18. Qxg7+ Kxg7 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Be6 21. Be2 Rac8 22. Kb1
{Mamedyarov,S (2657)-Petrosian,T (2539)/Antalya/2004/} Rfd8 23. Rhd1 Rxd4 24.
Rxd4 Rc7 $11) (11. f4 Qe6 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Nf3 Nc4 14. Qe2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Nb4 16.
b3 Qb6 17. a3 Nc6 18. Na4 Qa5 19. d5 Nb8 20. Qc5 Qxc5+ 21. Nxc5 c6 $15 {
Mamedyarov,S (2747)-Negi,P (2641)/Caleta/2012/}) 11... Rd8 {transposes back
into the game.}) 10... Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d5 a6 (12... Ne5 $2 13. Qc2 c6 14.
Nxa7 {just loses material for nothing:} Rxa7 15. Bxb6 Ra8 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Nc3
Qd6 18. Be3 Bd7 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Bb5 Qe6 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Qb3 $16 {Anand,V 
(2817)-Mamedyarov,S (2746)/Bastia rpd/2011/}) 13. Nc3 (13. dxc6 Qxd2 14. Rxd2
Rxd2 15. Bxd2 axb5 16. cxb7 Bxb7 17. Bxb5 f5 $5 18. exf5 Bd5 19. Ne2 (19. a3
Rb8 $1 $44) (19. b3 gxf5 $32 {/\} 20. Ne2 $2 Bxb3) 19... Bxa2+ 20. Kc2 gxf5 21.
b3 (21. Bc3 Bc4 22. Bxc4+ Nxc4 $11 23. Nd4 Ne3+ 24. Kd3 Nxg2 25. Nxf5 Nf4+ 26.
Kc4 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Kf7 $11 {Vitiugov,N (2729)-Giri,A (2714)/Reggio Emilia/2011/}
) 21... c5 22. Be3 c4 $1 23. Bxb6 Bxb3+ 24. Kd2 Rb8 25. Rb1 e6 26. Ke3 Ba2 $1
27. Rc1 Rxb6 28. Bxc4 Bxc4 $11 {So,W (2653)-Lou,Y (2428)/Ho Chi Minh City/2012/
}) 13... Qe8 {While engines quite like this move, it might not be necessarily
ideal.} (13... Na5 14. Bd4 (14. b3 Qd6 $132 {[%cal Yd6b4,Yb4a3]}) 14... Nbc4
15. Bxc4 (15. Qf2 $6 e5 16. Bc5 b6 17. Bb4 c5 18. Bxa5 Nxa5 19. h4 Qd6 20. h5
b5 $36 {Gustafsson,J (2647)-Mekhitarian,K (2529)/Reykjavik/2011/}) 15... Nxc4
16. Qc1 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 b5 18. Nge2 Bb7 19. b3 Nb6 20. h4 c5 21. dxc6 Qxc6 22. h5
Rxd4 23. Nxd4 Qf6 24. Qe3 Nd7 $13 {Mekhitarian}) (13... Ne5 $5 14. Bd4 Nec4 (
14... c5 15. Bxc5 Nec4 16. Qc1 Qc7 17. Bd4 $14 {is a wild idea - I doubt Black
has enough for the pawn.}) 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 {transposes to the position, which
could arise after 13...Na5.}) 14. Qe1 (14. Bh6 e6 $11 (14... Bh8 $5)) 14... Ne5
15. Be2 (15. Bd4 e6 16. f4 Nec4 (16... Ng4 $5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. h3 Nf6) 17.
Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nf3 b5 $13) 15... e6 (15... Nec4 $5 16. Bd4 e5 $13
(16... e6 $5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 $132)) 16. Bxb6 $1 cxb6 17. f4 Nd7 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19.
Nf3 $5 (19. Bf3 $14 {[%cal Yc3d5] also gives White chances for an edge, as
Black must yet finish his development. Aronian gets his pieces out as fast as
possible and prefers to up the stakes with a pawn sacrifice.}) 19... Qe8 $6 ({
Caruana rejects the principled} 19... Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxe4+ 21. Bd3 Qxf4 22. Rhf1
$32 {White has compensation here, but now he will have an advantage without
much risk.}) 20. Qh4 Bf6 (20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 b5 (21... Qxe4+ 22. Bd3 Qe8 23.
Rde1 Qf8 24. Bc4 $18 {[%cal Rc4f7,Re1e7,Rf3g5]}) 22. Rd4 $40) 21. Ng5 Nf8 22.
Bc4 Kg7 (22... Be6 23. Bxe6 (23. Nd5 $36) 23... fxe6 24. e5 $16 {[%csl Re6,Rg8]
}) 23. Qg3 Bxg5 (23... Be6 24. Nxe6+ Nxe6 25. e5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bd8 27. Ne4 $40
{[%cal Re4d6,Rf4f5]}) 24. fxg5 $5 {[%cal Gf1f8]} Be6 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 $16
{[%csl Gd5,Rf7,Rg7] White's dominant bishop gives him a large advantage.} Rd7
27. h4 Rc8 28. a3 Qd8 29. Qf2 Ne6 30. Ka2 Qe7 31. Rhf1 b5 32. Rd3 Rcc7 33. Kb1
a5 34. g4 a4 35. Rf3 Qd6 36. Rf6 {[%cal Yh4h5]} Qc5 (36... Qe5 $2 37. Rxe6 fxe6
38. Qf8#) 37. Qg3 {[%cal Yg3e5]} b4 38. axb4 (38. Qe5 Qc2+ 39. Ka1 Qc1+ $5 40.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 41. Ka2 Rxd5 (41... b3+ 42. Bxb3 axb3+ 43. Kxb3 $19) 42. Rxg6+ Kf8
43. Qh8+ Ke7 44. Rxe6+ fxe6 45. Qf6+ $18) 38... Qc2+ (38... Qd4 39. Bxe6 (39.
Qf3 Nd8 40. h5 $18) 39... fxe6 40. h5 Qxe4+ 41. Ka1 $18) 39. Ka1 a3 40. bxa3
Rxd5 (40... Rc3 41. R6f3 Rxf3 42. Qxf3 $18) ({Somewhat more resilient was} 
40... Qd2 $142 $5 41. Rxf7+ (41. Qe5 Rc1+ 42. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 43. Ka2 Qd2+ 44. Qb2
Rxd5 45. exd5 Qxd5+ 46. Qb3 Qd2+ 47. Kb1 $16) (41. R6f2) 41... Rxf7 42. Qe5+
Kf8 43. Qh8+ Ke7 44. Rxf7+ Kxf7 45. Qf6+ Ke8 46. Qxe6+ Kd8 47. Qg8+ Kd7 48.
Qxh7+ Kc8 49. Qg8+ Kd7 50. Qe6+ Kd8 51. Qd6+ Rd7 $16) 41. exd5 Nd4 42. Rxf7+ $1
Rxf7 43. Qe5+ Kf8 44. Qb8+ Kg7 45. Rxf7+ Kxf7 46. Qxb7+ Ke8 47. Qb8+ Kd7 48.
Qa7+ Kd6 49. Qxd4 $18 Qc1+ 50. Ka2 Qc2+ 51. Qb2 Qc4+ 52. Ka1 Qxg4 (52... Qxd5
53. Qf2 $18) 53. Qf2 Kxd5 $6 54. Qc5+ (54. Qc5+ Ke4 (54... Ke6 55. Qc8+) 55.
Qc4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Swiercz,D"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 {3.f3 is considered an interesting try against the
Grünfeld. It leads to unbalanced position which are full of life .} d5 (3...
Nc6 {I had used this twice before in rapid games but this time I decided to
choose another line.}) 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6
9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. f4 $5 {Actually I think this line is not so
dangerous to Black, however it leads to some positions which are tricky for
both sides .} (11. Kb1 Rd8 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 {is the main position where the
theory just starts.} Qe8 (13... Na5 14. Qc1 Qd6 (14... Qe8 {transposes}) 15. h4
Qb4 16. h5 Nac4 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Nge2 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 {
Giri-Gelfand 2014, looks a bit risky to Black, however the position is not
clear at all.}) (13... Ne5 14. Bd4 (14. Qc1 $5 $13) 14... c5 15. Bxc5 Nec4 16.
Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Qc1 Qc7 18. Bd4 e5 19. Bf2 b5 $44 {Eljanov-Areshchenko 2012,
Black has compensation for the pawn.}) 14. Qc1 Na5 15. h4 (15. Bh6 $5 {
Carlsen-Caruana 2014}) 15... e6 16. Bf4 Qe7 (16... Rd7 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6
Qf8 19. Qxf8+ Kxf8 20. h5 {Bacrot-Baramidze 2015, with some initiative.}) 17.
h5 exd5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bh6 Be6 $13 {Hillarp Persson-Ragger 2015,
with an unclear position.}) (11. Bh6 {this line has been already proven to be
OK for Black in 2013 in the game Svidler-Caruana.} Bxh6 12. Qxh6 a6 13. Nc3
Nxd4 14. f4 f6 15. Nf3 e5 16. fxe5 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Qd6 18. Nf3 c5 19. Ng5 Qe7 20.
Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bc4 Kh8 22. exd5 Qg7 $11) 11... Qe6 12. Nc3 Nc4 13. Qe2 N6a5 $1 {
[%cal Gc7c5] An important move. Black does not hurry with ...Nxe3. It is more
important to open the queenside and start an attack there as soon as possible.}
(13... Nxe3 {is an alternative, but I dislike the positions appearing after}
14. Qxe3 Nb4 15. Kb1 c6 16. Nf3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. e5 $14) 14. Bf2 $6 {
This is too slow in my opinion. It gives Black some time to build an attack.} (
14. Nf3 {looks more to the point.} c5 15. e5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qb6 $13 {
Karjakin-Giri 2013} (16... Qa6 $5 $13 {is also possible.})) 14... c5 15. Nf3 b5
$1 16. e5 {Closing off this bishop is necessary.} Qa6 $6 {A very tempting
natural move, which creates some scary tactical ideas Nb3-Bf5 etc. However,
it's not the best.} (16... b4 $1 {was pretty strong} 17. Ne4 b3 18. a3 cxd4 19.
Nxd4 Qb6 $40 {and Black is fast with creating an attack.}) 17. Ne4 $2 {A huge
mistake.} ({The best was just} 17. dxc5 $1 {and apparently Black's tactical
ideas are enough only for a draw.} Bh6 $1 {The only move, others look just bad}
(17... Bf5 $2 18. Nd4 $1 $16) (17... Bg4 $2 18. h3 $16) (17... Nb3+ $2 {
does not work due to} 18. axb3 Qa1+ 19. Nb1 $18) 18. g3 Bg4 19. h3 (19. Bg2 $2
Rfd8 $17) 19... Nb3+ $1 20. Kc2 $1 (20. axb3 {The knight is now lost because
it will be left hanging on f3.} Qa1+ 21. Nb1 Bxf3 $19) 20... Bf5+ 21. Kxb3 Na5+
22. Kb4 Nc6+ 23. Kb3 Na5+ 24. Kb4 Nc6+ $11 {a funny draw!}) 17... Bf5 $1 {
Now Black is again in charge with even more power.} 18. g4 {looks like only
move to me from practical point of view.} (18. Nxc5 {was not possible because
of} Nb3+ $1 19. Nxb3 Qxa2 $19 {and otherwise it's difficult to suggest any
other move than g4, as it's not possible for White to put up with this Bf5.})
18... Bxg4 19. Nxc5 Nb3+ $1 20. Kb1 Nxc5 21. dxc5 {Black's position is so good
that there are so many options.} f6 {Not the best, but it doesn't spoil
Black's advantage. I thought it's kind of natural to open up the Bg7 and let
this piece join the attack.} ({The simplest was} 21... Rad8 $1 22. Bg2 Bf5+ 23.
Ka1 Na5 24. b4 Nc4 {with just a winning position.}) 22. Rg1 Bh5 23. Qe4 (23. e6
f5 $19) 23... fxe5 24. Bxc4+ bxc4 25. Rd7 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Qe6 $1 {with this move
I allow escape my opponent to the endgame but I estimated it correctly as
being completely winning.} (26... Rab8 {was also possible (and I thought to
play it) but it's not the best from the practical point of view in my opinion.}
27. Rxe7 {why give up this pawn?} Rxf4 (27... Rxb2+ $4 {was a trap:} 28. Kxb2
e4+ 29. Rxg7+ $1 $18 {and White wins.}) 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Be3 Qb5 $1 {and Black
is still much better, but why complicate the task so much?}) 27. Rgd1 (27. Qd5
Qxd5 28. Rxd5 exf4 $19) 27... e4 $19 {At last opening the big diagonal for the
Bg7.} 28. Qe2 Rfb8 29. R1d4 (29. Bd4 c3 30. b3 Rxb3+ 31. axb3 Qxb3+ 32. Kc1 (
32. Ka1 c2 $19) 32... Qa3+ $19) (29. R7d2 Bxb2 30. Rxb2 c3 $19) (29. R7d4 c3
$19) 29... c3 30. b4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 a5 32. b5 c2+ 33. Qxc2 (33. Kb2 Qxa2+ 34.
Kxa2 c1=N+ $1 $19 {A nice tactical idea at the end!}) 33... Rxb5+ 34. Kc1 e3
35. Re4 exf2 0-1

[Event "Tel Aviv Last Autumn"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Bd4 O-O {One of many lines in Gruenfeld that was developed by GM Mark
Tseitlin from black's view;} 10. f4 Ng4 {10...c5 looks attractive but white
gets and advantage in that line!} (10... c5 11. Bxc5 $1 {and black doesn't get
enough counterplay here;} (11. Bxe5 f6 {[%csl Re5]})) 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Be2
$146 {That's a novelty but not a big improvement;} (12. Nf3 c6 (12... e6 $5)
13. Qd4+ Nf6 14. dxc6 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 $14 bxc6 16. Be2 c5 17. Nb3 c4 18. Na5 Be6
19. O-O-O Rac8 20. Bf3 Nfd7 21. f5 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Smirin,I/Biel SUI 2002/The
Week in Chess 403 (21)}) (12. Qd4+ Kg8 $1 13. h3 Nf6 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gf6h5]}
14. Nf3 Nh5 {[%cal Gh5g3]}) 12... e5 $5 $132 {Typical blow but that's not the
only way for black!} ({By simple 12...Nf6 black is in time to break white
centre by c6 or e6;} 12... Nf6 13. Nf3 (13. Qd4 c6) 13... e6 $1 {breaking
white's pawn centre;}) 13. Bxg4 Qh4+ 14. g3 Qxg4 15. fxe5 $6 {It leads to
better ending for black already; 15.QxQ is better way for white however black
achieves good play as well;} (15. Qxg4 Bxg4 16. h3 Bd7 17. Nf3 (17. fxe5 Nc4 {
[%cal Ga8e8]}) 17... exf4 18. gxf4 Rae8 19. O-O-O f6 {[%cal Ge8e7,Gf8e8,Gb6c4,
Yc4d6]}) 15... Qxd1+ 16. Nxd1 Re8 {Black returns the pawn easily here;} 17. Nf3
Bg4 18. O-O Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Rxe5 $15 {Black is better mostly thanks to better
pawn structure- white central pawns are vulnerable;} 20. Nf2 Rae8 $2 {playing
R8e8 I just forgot that white may place 2 rooks on c-file and Re7 wouldn't be
enough to protect c7 pawn! ;-) 20...f5 was necessary and d5 turns to the
target;} (20... f5 $1 21. Rc1 (21. exf5 $6 gxf5 {[%csl Rd5]}) 21... Rc8 $15 {
[%csl Rd5]} (21... Re7 $6 22. Rfc3 Rc8 23. d6)) 21. Rc1 R8e7 22. Rfc3 Na8 $2 {
This is not big pleasure to move a knight to the corner, however I didn't find
better solution; Only in post-mortem I found 22...f5 idea and black probably
escapes;} (22... f5 23. Rxc7 fxe4 24. d6 Rf7 {[%cal Ge4e3]} 25. Re1 $11) 23.
Ra3 a6 24. Rb3 b6 {[%csl Ra8,Rb6,Rc7] Black knight is disasted however there
is no clear way for white to achieve clear advantage!} 25. Rd3 ({The following
line would cause black more troubles, but black is able to create counterplay
everywhere thanks to f5 break;} 25. Ra3 a5 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 26. g4 $1 (26. b4 f5
$1 $132) 26... h5 $1 (26... f5 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. Rg3+ $40 {[%cal Gc1f1]}) 27.
h3 (27. gxh5 $5) 27... f5 $132) 25... f5 $1 {Finally!} 26. exf5 Rxf5 27. d6 {
It simplifies, but probably white doesn't have an advantage anyhow cuz d-pawn
is vulnerable;} cxd6 28. Rxd6 Rf6 29. Rdc6 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 Rc7 {By couple of
accurate moves black fully equalized;} 31. Re6 (31. Rxc7+ Nxc7 $11) 31... Kf7 (
31... Kf7 32. Re2 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 Nc7 $11 {[%cal Gc7d5] bringing knight back to
the play;}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv Last Autumn"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.11.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kudischewitsch, David"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2002.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. a4 a5 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Na3 {
That's one of original opening schemes of "Kudi"; It has it's point cuz the
idea of white is to play Rc1 and to stop c5 of black, but black has couple of
ways to reach good counterply;} O-O 9. Rc1 c6 {Thanks to good preparation for
this game, I knew exactly what to do in the opening stage; 9...Nc6 is another
good way to face this scheme;} (9... Nc6 10. Nb5 e6 11. b3 f5 12. g3 Rf7 13.
Ne2 Nb4 14. Qd2 c6 $15 {0-1 Kudischewitsch,D-Dub,Z/Tel Aviv ISR 2002/The Week
in Chess 409 (23)}) 10. Nc4 N8d7 {The idea of black is to trade pair of
knights and to lead e7-e5 then;} 11. b3 Nxc4 12. bxc4 (12. Bxc4 e5 {and black
has very good position here too;}) 12... e5 13. d5 Bh6 $1 {Typical blow- by
trading those bishops black weakens dark squares in white's position;} 14. Qd2
(14. Bxh6 Qh4+ 15. g3 Qxh6 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nc5 $17 {[%csl Ra4]}) 14...
Bxe3 15. Qxe3 b6 $1 {Another very strong move- black needs c5 outpost for Nd7,
but also prevents c4-c5 of white; 15...Qb6 leads to nice draw by repeatition
of moves:} (15... Qb6 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. c5 $1 Nxa4 18. Rc4 Nb2 (18... b5 $142
19. cxb6 Nxb6 20. Rxc6 Rb8 {and black seems better because of advantage in
development;}) 19. Rc2 Na4) 16. Ne2 (16. dxc6 Nc5 {and then I can just grab c6
pawn by Qc7xc6 which is unpreventable;}) 16... Nc5 17. Nc3 cxd5 {This trade is
premature;} (17... Bd7 $142 $15) 18. cxd5 Bd7 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 (20. Nxb5
$142 {this is positional pawn sacrifice- white recieves full compensation for
the pawn;} Nxa4 21. Rc6 {[%cal Ge1g1,Yf1c1] with the fight ahead; Extra pawn
of black doesn't make sense here while white pieces take strong outpost on the
queenside;}) 20... Qh4+ $1 {Right in time-white would castle otherwise;} 21.
Kd1 $1 {This move is not that bad as it seems!} (21. g3 Qh3 {leaving white
king in the centre for a while;}) 21... Rac8 22. Kc2 {This monouevre is
typical "Kudi"- you wouldn't find such creativity in many gm-tournament games;}
Qe7 {Black doesn't need the queen over the kingside anymore;} 23. Kb2 Qd6 $6 {
This is just waste of time- actually by this move I was trying to prevent
d5-d6 pawn sacrifice, but now white has time to set up the defense;} (23... Rc7
24. Nb1 Rfc8 $17) 24. Nb1 $1 Rc7 25. Rc4 Rfc8 26. Na3 $6 {just blundering next
move of black;} (26. Ka2 $1 {that was his big chance!} Nd3 27. Rc6 $1 {That's
what we both missed during the game, but Kudi showed me this in post-mortem;}
Nb4+ 28. Kb2 Nxc6 29. bxc6 {[%cal Gb1a3,Ya3c4,Ya3b5,Gh1c1] and white has
strong positional compensation since black rooks are lacking open-files;})
26... Nd3+ $1 27. Qxd3 Rxc4 28. Nxc4 Qb4+ 29. Qb3 Rxc4 30. Qxb4 Rxb4+ 31. Ka3
Rxb5 32. Rc1 Rb4 {Unfortunately the pawn ending after 32...Rc5 leads to the
draw only; But to win in this rook ending is not an easy task as well;} (32...
Rc5 33. Rxc5 bxc5 34. Ka4 c4 35. Ka3 Kf8 36. Ka4 Ke7 37. Ka3 Kd6 38. Ka4 Kc5
39. Ka3 Kb5 40. Kb2 a4 41. Kc2 a3 42. Kc3 Kc5 43. Kc2 Kb4 44. d6 c3 45. d7 a2
46. d8=Q a1=Q {and black can't win it since black queen is very passive;}) 33.
Rc8+ Kg7 34. Rc6 b5 35. Ra6 Ra4+ 36. Kb2 h5 $1 {Very useful move in all
transformations;} 37. h4 {Black would aplay h4 otherwise;} b4 38. Ra8 Ra3 39.
f4 $5 {Nice try and it almost worked out!} (39. d6 Rd3 40. Rxa5 Rxd6 41. Rxe5
Rd2+ 42. Kb3 Rxg2 {[%cal Gg2h2,Gg2f2]}) 39... exf4 40. e5 Re3 $2 {It wastes
important tempo and misses the win actually;} (40... Rg3 $142 {That was the
most logical move actually!} 41. Rxa5 Rxg2+ 42. Kb3 f3 43. Ra1 Rd2 44. d6 f6
45. exf6+ Kxf6 46. Rf1 Rxd6 47. Rxf3+ Ke5 {and black wins;}) (40... f3 41. gxf3
Rxf3 42. Rxa5 Rd3 {[%cal Gd3d4,Yf7f6] and probably black wins here too;}) 41.
d6 Rd3 42. Rxa5 f6 43. Ra7+ Kh6 44. Kc2 $1 {Important intermediate move- white
needs the king closer to the kingside!} Rd4 45. exf6 Rxd6 46. f7 $2 ({White
could save the game by:} 46. Rb7 $1 Rxf6 47. Rxb4 g5 48. Kd3 $1 Re6 49. Re4 $1
$11 {and the draw is obvious; This escape proves another time that rook
endings have tendency to draw;}) 46... Kg7 47. Rb7 Rd4 48. Kb3 f3 49. gxf3 Rxh4
0-1

[Event "Asia Chess Cup"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2016.04.02"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Vidit,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.03.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O f5 {This used to be popular a few years ago but according to
current theory it has the reputation of being a bit dubious.} 10. e5 (10. h4 {
used to be the main line previously, but has lost popularity lately} fxe4 11.
h5 gxh5 12. Rxh5 (12. d5 Ne5 13. Bh6 Nec4 14. Qg5 Rf7 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Rd4 Qd6
17. Bxg7 Rxg7 18. Qxh5 Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Bf5 20. fxe4 Bg4 21. Nge2 Qd2 {0-1 (21)
Mamedyarov,S (2724)-Kurnosov,I (2602) Moscow 2009}) 12... Bf5 13. Rg5 (13. fxe4
Bg4 14. Rg5 Bxd1 15. Qxd1 Kh8 16. Nf3 Nxd4 $1 (16... e6 {1-0 (29) Kovalenko,I 
(2596)-Krasenkow,M (2643) Trzcianka 2013}) 17. Nxd4 Rxf1 18. Qxf1 Bxd4 19. Nd5
Bxe3+ 20. Nxe3 Qd6 $15) 13... Bg6 14. Nxe4 e5 15. d5 Nd4 $11 {Vallejo Pons,F 
(2702)-Navara,D (2638) Wijk aan Zee 2009}) 10... Nb4 11. Nh3 Be6 (11... Qe8 12.
Kb1 a5 13. Be2 c6 14. Rc1 Kh8 15. Ka1 Be6 16. Nf4 {led to a model victory for
Carlsen against Li Chao in the Qatar Masters, where White was just a little
faster than Black.}) 12. Kb1 Qd7 13. Nf4 Nc4 $6 {A new move in this position.}
14. Qc1 (14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. h4 Rfd8 {was a possiblity, but I think the text was
much simpler and more straightforward.}) 14... Nxe3 15. Qxe3 c6 16. Nxe6 $1 {
White has many tempting options here, but this move goes by force to a
position in which White has a simple strategic advantage.} (16. h4 Bh6 17. h5
g5 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. a3 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 {is less clear than the text.}) 16...
Qxe6 17. a3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 (18... Qxd5 {It seems a little dangerous to keep
the a2-g8 diagonal exposed, especially with h4-h5 coming so swiftly.} 19. h4
Rac8 20. Rc1 {[%cal Gf1c4]}) 19. h4 $1 {A very unpleasant move for Black.
Black has made no obvious mistakes but his position is already strategically
highly dubious.} h6 $6 {looks a bit naive} (19... h5 {I thought this was
better, with the idea} 20. Be2 ({But White still keeps the initiative with} 20.
Rg1 $1 Kh7 21. g4 Bh6 22. Qb3 $36) 20... Kh7 $1 21. g4 Bh6 {forcing White to
play g5.}) 20. Qb3 {The plan that follows is quite straightforward and simple
- to break through with g4.} Rfc8 $6 {A sub optimal move. Although It's not
easy for Black to play maybe the best was to admit the mistake and play h5.}
21. Bd3 Rc7 22. g4 {White just crashes through on the kingside. Black has no
counterplay on the other flank and he won't be able to defend on the light
squares either.} fxg4 23. fxg4 $6 {White is still much better but Rhg1 was
just winning} (23. Rhg1 $1 {was much more powerful} Rf8 24. Rxg4 Rxf3 {I
prematurely stopped my calculations here but after} 25. Rdg1 {Black has no
defence!}) 23... Rf8 24. h5 Qxg4 25. Qxd5+ e6 26. Qb3 Rc6 (26... g5 27. Rhf1
$18) 27. Bxg6 Rf2 {Black tries to struggle for some counterplay. Black's
g7-bishop has no squares, and White's king is safe as the light squares are
still out of reach for Black's rooks...} 28. Rhg1 Rb6 (28... Qf4 29. Qxb7 {
[%csl Rg7]} Rxb2+ 30. Qxb2 Rb6 31. Qxb6 axb6 32. Bc2 $18 {[%csl Rg7]}) 29. Rxg4
Rxb3 30. Rdg1 $1 Rbf3 (30... Rbxb2+ 31. Kc1 {c2 is defended, and g7 is doomed.
A typical example of the strategic advantage White has in this position. Also,
threats like Ra2-Ra1 are simply neutralised by Bb1.} Rb6 32. Bh7+ $18) 31. Bh7+
Kh8 32. Rxg7 Rf1+ 33. Kc2 Rxg1 34. Rxg1 Kxh7 35. Rg6 Rf5 36. Rxe6 Rxh5 37. d5
Rh4 38. d6 Rd4 39. Re7+ Kg6 40. d7 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Wagner,D"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In round 9 of the Candidates Tournament attention was especially drawnd to
the game of Giri agianst Caruana, because the latter implemented a completely
fresh and surprising idea with Black in one of the sharpest lines against the
Grünfeld.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3
O-O 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 Na6 $5 {Caruana's team decided to
spring a surprise with this concrete approach. Though probably Black won't
gain full equality if confronted with the best possible play he hopes for the
practical value of the innovation and the complicated character of the
resulting position.} (11... N8d7 $1 {is the normal move.}) 12. h5 Nb4 13. hxg6
(13. Bc5 $6 N4xd5 14. Bxf8 Bxf8 $11) 13... Bf5 $1 {The strong and consistent
follow-up. Black gives up all his kingside pawns, but is able to initiate his
own counterplay afterwards.} (13... fxg6 14. Bc5 N4xd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bc4
Be6 17. Rd1 $16) (13... hxg6 14. g4 $18) 14. gxh7+ Kh8 15. Rd1 $1 {Not
surprisingly Giri was already out of book, but nevertheless he finds all the
critical moves.} (15. g4 Nc2+ 16. Kf2 Bg6 17. Rd1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Rc8 19. d6 f5
$132) (15. Ne4 $2 N6xd5 $1 (15... N4xd5 16. Bc5 $14) 16. Bc5 Qa5 $1 17. Bxf8
Bxf8 $19) 15... Nc2+ (15... Rc8 $5 {can be considered.} 16. Nh3 Nc2+ 17. Kf2
Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Na4 {transposition.}) 16. Kf2 Nxe3 (16... Rc8 17. Bh6 $1) 17.
Qxe3 Bd7 (17... Rc8 $5 18. Nh3 (18. Be2 $5 Bc2 (18... Bd7 19. Nh3 f5 20. Kg1
$14) 19. Rd2 Bg6 20. Nh3 f5 21. f4 $14) 18... Na4 19. Nxa4 Qh4+ 20. Kg1 Qxa4
21. Rd2 $1 Qxa2 22. g4 Bd7 (22... Bg6 23. Bd3 f5 24. Ng5 $16) 23. Ng5 Qb1 (
23... f5 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Bd3 Rc1+ 26. Kh2 Rxh1+ 27. Kxh1 $16) 24. Ne4 f5 25.
gxf5 Bxf5 26. Nc3 Qa1 27. Kg2 $16) 18. Nh3 f5 ({In the interview after the
game Caruana mentioned} 18... Rc8 {as the right move and explained that he had
mixed up his analysis. But there too White stays on top.} 19. Kg1 f5 20. Nf2 (
20. f4 Qc7 $1) 20... Qf6 (20... e4 21. fxe4 f4 22. Qf3 $18) 21. Bd3 Qd6 22. Rh5
Qg6 23. Qg5 $14) 19. f4 $1 {a good response. The black pawns are blocked and
White intends to consolidate his pieces.} Rc8 (19... e4 20. Ng5 $16 {[%cal
Gg2g3,Gf1e2] is strategically bad for Black.}) 20. g3 Nc4 $2 (20... e4 21. Ng5
{is no fun for Black, of course, but the text move should lose the game.} Bf6
22. d6 Qe8 23. Rd2 Qg6 24. Kg2 $16) 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. fxe5 f4 23. Nxf4 Qg5 24.
Rd4 $2 {Unfortunately for Giri, who had already spent a huge amount of time,
he couldn´t come up with the most convincing solution.} (24. Ke1 $1 Bxe5 (
24... Rf5 25. Rh5) 25. Ng6+ Qxg6 26. Qxe5+ Qf6 27. Qxf6+ Rxf6 28. Rd2 $18 {
is technically much easier.}) 24... Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Bxe5 26. Qb4 Rf7 27. Nce2 Bg4
28. Qe4 $16 {Here too White is pretty close to winning with three extra pawns!
But Black still has the pair of bishops and the "safer king" for the moment,
so White's task is still not trivial.} Qf6 29. Rh4 Bf5 30. Qe3 b6 (30... Bxb2
31. Qxa7) 31. b3 Re7 32. Qd2 $6 {This retreat is a bit modest and doesn't
exploit the concrete circumstances of the position well enough.} (32. Rh5 $1
Bxh7 33. Kg1 $18 {Now the Black king is pretty jeopardised and White should
eventually break through.}) (32. Nh5 $5 Qf8 33. Qf3 Rxh7 34. Re4 $1 Qc5+ 35.
Re3 $18) 32... Rc7 33. d6 $6 {Understandably Giri wants to activate his queen,
but there was no need to give up the pawn.} (33. Kf3 $5 Bxh7 (33... Rc2 34. Qe3
Rc7 35. g4 $18) (33... Rxh7 34. Rxh7+ Kxh7 35. g4 Bb1 36. Qc1 $18) 34. Qe3 Kg8
35. Nd4 $18) 33... Bxd6 (33... Qxd6 $5 34. Qxd6 Bxd6 35. g4 Be4 {will also be
a difficult technical job against the two bishops.} 36. Ne6 Rf7+ 37. Ke3 Bb7
38. g5 Re7 39. N2d4 Rxh7 40. Rxh7+ Kxh7 41. Nf4 $14) 34. Qd5 Rf7 35. Kg2 Bc5 $6
(35... Rg7 $1 {is more precise, allowing the defence of the back rank with Qf8.
} 36. Qa8+ Qf8 37. Qxf8+ Bxf8 38. Nd4 Be4+ 39. Kh3 Be7 40. Rh5 Bf6 $14) 36. Rh5
Bg4 37. Rh6 {Exchanging the rooks should make the task easier for White, but
he could have created more practical problems.} (37. Rg5 $1 Bxe2 (37... Bf5 38.
Nc3 Bf8 39. Rg8+ Kxh7 40. Rg5 Kh8 41. Rh5+ Kg8 42. Ne4 Bxe4+ 43. Qxe4 $18) 38.
Qa8+ Rf8 39. Rg8+ Kxh7 40. Rxf8 Bxf8 41. Nxe2 $16 {should be nearly winning
with his queen and strong knight.}) 37... Qxh6 38. Qxf7 Qc6+ 39. Nd5 Be6 40.
Qf6+ Kxh7 41. Qh4+ Kg7 42. Qg5+ Kf8 {Even without rooks it's difficult to make
progress against the two bishops.} 43. Qf6+ (43. Nef4 $5) 43... Kg8 (43... Ke8
44. Qxe6+ Qxe6 45. Nc7+ Kd7 46. Nxe6 Kxe6 47. Nf4+ Kf5 48. Kf3 Bd6 49. g4+ Ke5
50. Ng6+ Kf6 51. Nh4 Kg5 52. Nf5 Bc5 53. Ng3 Kg6 54. Ne4 $18) 44. Qg6+ Kf8 45.
Qh6+ Kg8 46. Qg5+ Kf8 47. Nef4 Bf7 48. Qe5 Kg8 49. Kh3 Qd6 50. Nf6+ Kf8 51. Qf5
Ke7 52. N6d5+ Kf8 53. Kg4 $1 {activating the king!} Bd4 54. Nc7 (54. Qc8+ Kg7
55. Qb7 a5 56. Ne7 $1 {maximizing the coordination of the knights!} Be6+ 57.
Kf3 Kf8 58. Neg6+ Kg8 59. Nxe6 {It´s better to exchange the light-coloured
bishop, because the weakness of the light squares on the kingside is more
easily felt.} Qxe6 60. Nf4 $1 $18) 54... Be5 55. Ncd5 a5 56. Qc8+ Kg7 57. Ne3
Kh7 58. Qb7 (58. Nf5 $1 Qd1+ (58... Qf6 59. Qd7 Kg8 60. Kf3 Bxf4 61. Kxf4 $16)
59. Kg5 $18) 58... Kg8 59. Qa8+ Qb8 60. Qe4 Qd6 61. Nf5 Qd1+ 62. Ne2 (62. Qf3
Qxf3+ 63. Kxf3 Kh7 {should be drawn.}) (62. Kh3 $1 Qf1+ 63. Kh2 Qf2+ 64. Ng2 {
For the moment White needs to retreat with his pieces in order to activate
them with even more force after consolidation. Of course it´s difficult to
decide on such a way of play during a practical game.} Bf6 65. Kh3 Kh7 66. Ngh4
Qf1+ 67. Kg4) (62. Kg5 Qd8+ $1) 62... Bg7 63. Nxg7 $2 {I don't like this
exchange at this specific moment. In general it's good to halve the opponent's
pair of bishops, but the problem is that the remaining White knight is
currently pinned and it's difficult to restore coordination in the white camp.}
(63. Kh3 $1 Qf1+ 64. Kh4 $16 {should be preferred.}) 63... Kxg7 64. Qe5+ Kg6
65. Kf3 (65. Qe7 Kg7 66. Kf3 Qd3+ 67. Qe3 Qf5+ 68. Kg2 Qc2 69. Qc3+ Qxc3 70.
Nxc3 Kf6 71. Kf2 Ke5 72. Ke3 Be6 {with enough activity for a draw.}) 65... Qd3+
66. Kf2 Qc2 67. Qd6+ Kg7 68. Qd4+ Kg8 69. Qg4+ Kf8 70. Qa4 Be8 (70... Qd2 71.
g4 Kg8 $11) 71. Qa3+ Kg8 72. Qe7 Bf7 73. Qd8+ Kg7 74. Qd4+ Kg8 75. Qa4 Qd2 (
75... Kg7 $11 {is easier.}) 76. Qg4+ Kf8 77. Qc8+ $1 Ke7 (77... Be8 $5 78. a3
Qb2 79. Qe6 Qxa3 80. Qxb6 Qb2 $11) 78. Qc7+ Kf8 79. a3 $1 Bxb3 80. Qb8+ Kf7 81.
Qb7+ Kg8 82. Qxb6 Qa2 83. Qd8+ Kf7 84. Qd7+ Kg8 85. Qe8+ Kg7 86. Qe7+ Bf7 87.
g4 Qd2 {White still cannot make real progress.} 88. Qc5 (88. Qe3 Qxe3+ 89. Kxe3
Kf6 {the main problem is that the ending is drawn without queens.} 90. Nd4 a4
91. Kf4 Bb3 92. g5+ Kg6 93. Nf3 Bc2 94. Ne5+ Kg7) 88... Be6 89. Qe5+ Kf7 90. g5
Qa2 91. Qf6+ Ke8 {White suffers from his weak king and lacks activity. He has
no chance of converting his extra pawn.} 92. Qh8+ (92. g6 Bc4) (92. Ke3 Qxa3+
93. Kf4 Qd6+) (92. Qc3 Bc4) 92... Ke7 93. Qh7+ Kf8 94. Qh8+ Ke7 95. Qg7+ Ke8
96. Qh8+ {Giri reacted pretty well in the opening. Had he made the decisive
blow on move 24 he would have definitely won the game. After this inaccuracy
Caruana defended very tenaciously and deservedly reached a draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Izmailov Memorial op 17th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2013.06.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Zakhartsov,Vi"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2013.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. O-O-O Bd7
15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Ka1 e4 17. Bd4 Na4 18. Nge2 Qa5 19. Nxe4 Qxd2 {Till now we
have repeated the 3rd game of Anand-Gelfand W-Ch match 2012.} 20. Rxd2 (20.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 21. Rxd2 Rf5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. d6 {(Anand-Gelfand, W-Ch 2012), and
now} Nb6 24. Nc3 Rd5 $1 {led to equality, as pointed out in Stohl's Survey 
(CBM 149):} 25. Rd3 (25. Rxd5 Nxd5 26. Bb5 Nxc3 27. Bxd7 Rd8) 25... Bf5 26.
Rxd5 Nxd5 27. Bd3 Nxc3 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. bxc3 Rxc3 30. Rd1 Rc8) 20... Nxe4 21.
fxe4 Bxd4 $2 {Played almost without hesitation, whereas} (21... Rfe8 22. Bxg7
Kxg7 {simply regained the e-pawn:} 23. Rd4 Nc5 24. Nc3 (24. Rh4 g5) 24... Nxe4
25. Bb5 Bxb5 26. Nxe4 Rcd8 $11) 22. Rxd4 Rc2 23. e5 {The strong pair of
passers outweighs Black's activity.} Bb5 (23... Rxf1+ $2 24. Rxf1 Rxe2 25. e6
Be8 26. d6 {winning.}) 24. e6 Nb6 $2 (24... Rfc8 {would be a bit stronger,
although by means of} 25. a3 Nc5 26. Rdh4 {!} Bxe2 (26... h5 27. Ng3) 27. Bxe2
Rxe2 28. Rxh7 Nb3+ 29. Ka2 Nc1+ 30. Kb1 Rcc2 31. Rxb7 Nd3 32. d6 {White
retains good winning chances:} Rxb2+ 33. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 34. Ka1 Rb8 35. d7 Nc5 36.
Re1 Nxd7 37. exd7 Kf7 38. Rc1 Rd8 39. Rc7 a6 40. Ra7 g5 41. Kb2 Ke7 42. Kc3
Rxd7 43. Rxa6) 25. Kb1 (25. e7 $1 {was strong:} Rf2 (25... Rfc8 26. Kb1 Bxe2 {?
} 27. e8=Q+ Rxe8 28. Kxc2) 26. d6 Bd7 27. g4 Rfxe2 28. Bxe2 Rxe2 29. b3 Nc8 30.
Rc1 Nxe7 {(forced)} 31. dxe7 Bc6 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. e8=Q+ Bxe8 34. Rc7+ Re7 35.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 36. Rb8 Bc6 37. g5 {with a winning endgame because Black cannot
manage to create an outside passer.}) 25... Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 (26. Kxc2 $1 {
was stronger:} Rxh1 27. d6 Re1 28. d7 Nxd7 29. exd7 Bxd7 30. Kd2 Rxe2+ (30...
Rb1 31. Rxd7 Rxb2+ 32. Ke3 Rxa2 33. Rxb7) 31. Kxe2 Bc6 32. g4 {with a similar
ending.}) 26... Rxe2 27. Rc1 Re5 (27... Kg7 {would be more precise:} 28. b3 (
28. Rc7+ Kf6 29. Rxb7 Ba4 {!} 30. b3 Nxd5 {!} 31. bxa4 Nc3+ 32. Kc1 Nxa2+ {=})
28... Kf6 29. a4 Be8 30. a5 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Bc6 32. Rd6 a6 {with good drawing
chances.}) 28. Rc5 Be8 29. b3 Kf8 30. a4 Ke7 31. a5 Nxd5 (31... Re1+ $5 32. Kb2
Nxd5 33. Rdxd5 Bc6 34. Rd2 Rxe6) 32. Rdxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Bc6 34. Rd2 Kxe6 35.
g3 (35. g4 h5 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Rf2 Ke5) 35... Ke5 36. Kc2 Ke4 37. Rf2 Ke3 38.
Rf6 (38. Rf7 {would give good winning chances:} h5 39. Rg7 Be4+ 40. Kc3 a6 41.
b4 Kf2 42. Kd4 Bf3 43. Rxg6 Bg4 44. b5 axb5 45. Rb6 Kxg3 46. Rxb7 h4 47. a6 h3
48. a7 h2 49. a8=Q h1=Q 50. Qb8+ Kg2 51. Rxb5) 38... h5 39. Kc3 Be4 40. a6 g5 {
?} (40... bxa6 41. Rxa6 Kf2 42. Kd4 Bf3 43. Rxg6 Bg4 {led to a draw:} 44. b4
Kxg3 45. Rg7 h4 46. Rxa7 h3 {=}) 41. axb7 (41. Rh6 {should be winning:} bxa6
42. Rxh5 g4 43. Re5 Kf3 44. Kd4 Bc2 45. Re3+ Kf2 46. b4 $18) 41... Bxb7 42. Rf5
g4 $2 (42... Bf3 43. Rxg5 Kf2 44. b4 Bg4 45. Ra5 Kxg3 46. Rxa7 h4 47. b5 h3 48.
b6 Bf3 $11) 43. Rxh5 Kf2 44. Rh7 Bg2 45. Rxa7 Kxg3 46. Kd4 $2 {I had expected
this move, but this one is not the strongest.} (46. b4 {was winning:} Kf3 (
46... Bf1 47. Kd2 Kg2 48. Ke3 g3 49. Rg7) 47. Kd3 Bf1+ 48. Kd2 g3 49. Rf7+ Kg2
50. Ke3 $18) 46... Kf3 47. b4 Bf1 (47... g3 {was simpler:} 48. b5 Bh3 49. Rf7+
Ke2 50. b6 Bc8 $11) 48. Rf7+ (48. Ra3+ Kf4 49. Ra1 Bb5 50. Ra7 Kf3 51. Rf7+ Ke2
52. Rf5 Ba4 53. Ra5 Bc6 54. Rg5 Kf3 55. Rg6 (55. b5 Bxb5 56. Rxb5 g3 {=}) 55...
Bb5 56. Rf6+ Ke2 57. Rb6 Bd7 58. Rb7 Bc6 {, and White doesn't make any progress
}) 48... Ke2 49. b5 g3 50. b6 Bg2 51. Ra7 Bc6 52. b7 Bxb7 53. Rxb7 g2 54. Rg7
Kf2 55. Rxg2+ Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2011.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Zhao,Xue"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This is the first individual victory (national and international) I had since
Bad Homburg, Germany. God knows how happy I was. Really can't imagine how I
made it through these 4 years and 3 months time. I am really thankful for
those coaches and friends who have always been there supporting me. Hopefully
this Grand Prix is a brand new start to my chess career and I will still keep
fighting! Now let me introduce two of my games played this time.} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 g6 3. f3 {This was the second time I had chosen this f3-system against the
Grünfeld in this tournament.} d5 4. cxd5 c6 $5 {This really surprised me.} 5.
dxc6 {I did not spend too much time here, because I don't like 5.e4.} Nxc6 6.
e3 e5 7. dxe5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Qxe5 {Kate played so quickly untill now, I believe
she had done her homework well.} 9. Bb5 {I just tried to find the most
reasonable move.} Bc5 10. Nge2 O-O {Kate wanted to fight!} (10... Bxe3 11. Bxe3
Qxe3 12. Qd6 {White has the pawn back, but still has the initiative.}) 11. Bxc6
bxc6 12. e4 {Ready to play Bf4, Qc1, Be3 or something.} Bb6 13. Na4 Rd8 14. Qc2
Qa5+ 15. Nec3 Nd5 $6 {A very brave and positive decision. I could feel that
Kate had been trying to play actively and gain the initiative.} (15... Ba6 {
This would bring Black more chances.} 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Be3 Bd3 (17... Rd3 18.
Bd2 Nd7 (18... Rad8 19. O-O-O $14) 19. O-O Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Ne5 21. Bf4 {White got
an extra pawn advantage.}) 18. Qf2 Nd7 19. Rd1 Bc4 (19... Nc5 20. Qh4 $14 Na4 (
20... Qb4 21. Rd2 Ne6 22. Kf2) (20... Ne6 21. Kf2 b5 22. a3 b4 23. axb4 Qxb4
24. Rd2 Bc4 25. Rhd1 Rxd2+ 26. Rxd2 $16) 21. Qf6 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Qxa2 23. Rd2 Qe6
{Otherwise White prepares to play Bh6 and checkmate.} 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. Bxb6
Rdb8 26. Rxd3 Rxb6 27. Kf2 Ra2+ 28. Kg3 Rbb2 29. Rg1 Kg7 $14 {Afterwards Black
has some counter-play but White still has the better prospects with the extra
pawn.}) 20. Qh4 b5 21. a3 b4 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Rd2 f6 24. Kf2 $14) ({After} 
15... Bd4 {also White will get more initiative.} 16. Bd2 Qe5 17. O-O-O Ba6 (
17... c5 18. Kb1 Bd7 19. Be1 $14) 18. Kb1 Rd7 19. Be1 $14) 16. exd5 {This is
the only move as White cannot stand the threat of ...Nb4 and ...Nd3.} Bf5 17.
Qd2 {This was my first thought.} ({I missed the better alternative} 17. Qb3 $1
{which may have brought White some real advantage} Re8+ 18. Kd1 Bf2 (18... Bd4
19. Qc4 Bg7 (19... Be5 20. Bd2 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Qd8 22. Re1 Rc8 23. Nc5 Qd6 24.
Ne4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Rc5 26. Nc3 $16 Rd8 27. Re2 Bf4 28. Kc2 Bxd2 29. Rd1 f5 30.
Qe6+ Qxe6 31. Rxe6 Kf7 32. Ra6 Bxc3 33. Rxa7+ Kf6 34. bxc3 Rxd1 35. Kxd1 Rxc3
36. Kd2) 20. Re1 cxd5 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Qb5 Qd8 23. Nc5 a6 24. Nxa6 Bd7 25.
Qb4) 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Rxe4 21. Nc3 Rd4+ (21... Rb4 22. Qc2 Rd4+ 23. Ke2
Qc5 24. Kf1 $16) 22. Kc2 Rb4 23. Qa3 Qc5 24. Rd1 $16 {All these variations are
not enough to make up for the lost piece.}) 17... Re8+ 18. Kd1 Be3 19. Qxe3
Rxe3 20. Bxe3 cxd5 21. Ke2 {When I played 17.Qd2 I thought White has a big
advantage in this position. So the previous defence did not take much of my
time.} Bc2 {At first I did not notice ...Bc2, after I found it I knew my
estimation was too optimistic.} 22. b3 d4 $6 ({During the game I worried about
} 22... Rc8 {after} 23. Bd4 Qb4 24. Rhd1 Bxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qd6 26. h3 {White is
forced to go to a 3 minor pieces and rook against queen and rook position.
During the game I thought White should be able to hold the position, but not
more.} Rd8 27. Kf2 Qe7 28. Nc5 $14 {Houdini thinks White is slightly better:)})
23. Bxd4 Qg5 24. Kf1 {Here I spent a lot of time as I do not like to play
passively.} ({Houdini thinks 24. g3! would be better, but I did not want to
weaken my king's territory when the light-squared bishop is still there. Even
that position might have been better.} 24. g3 $1 Re8+ (24... Rd8 25. Be3 $1 Re8
26. f4 Qe7 27. Nd5 Bd3+ 28. Kf2 Qe6 29. Nac3 $16) 25. Kf1 Qd2 26. Bf2 Re3 27.
Kg2 Rxc3 28. Nxc3 Qxc3 29. Rhe1 $16) 24... Qd2 25. Bf2 Rc8 26. Re1 Rxc3 27.
Nxc3 Qxc3 {At first I did not realise what an advantage White has until here.}
28. h4 $1 {Ready for h5-h6, Rh3. After this move it was clear to me that White
has gained an obvious initiative.} h5 (28... Bb1 {might hold longer} 29. h5
Bxa2 30. Rh4 Qc6 31. Rc4 Qb5 32. Kg1 Bxb3 33. Rc8+ Kg7 34. Bd4+ Kh6 35. hxg6 {
and so on, in this different coloured bishop position the safer king side
would have the initiative and plus I have the advantage with double rooks
against queen.}) 29. Kg1 Qd2 30. Bg3 (30. Re8+ {maybe better} Kg7 31. Be1 Qd7
32. Re3 Bb1 33. a3 Ba2 34. b4 f6 35. Kh2 Bf7 36. Bg3 g5 37. Rc1 gxh4 38. Bxh4 {
White still has a decisive advantage.}) 30... Bd1 {If I remember correctly
Kate was under both time and positional pressure.} 31. Rh3 Be2 32. Bf2 Qxa2 33.
Rg3 Qd2 (33... Bb5 $1 {This is a better choice, and would make more trouble
for the opponent:} 34. Rg5 Qxb3 35. Bxa7 Bd7 36. Rge5 Qb2 37. R5e2 Qf6 38. Bf2
Qd6 39. Re5 {but I believe after this White still has good chances to go
through because of Black's unsafe king.}) 34. Rg5 a6 35. Rc5 Qb2 $2 {A bad
move made under time pressure, but in this position it is too difficult to
find a better solution.} (35... Kg7 {will be better} 36. Rc7 {I believe it
will be easy for White to gain an advantage.}) 36. Rd5 $1 $18 {Ready to play
Bd4.} f6 37. Rd7 g5 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. Be3 Bb5 40. Bc1 1-0

