[Event "St Petersburg Quadrangular"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1913.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1913.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Skinner:Alekhine. p.79. 2)Alekhine:My Best Games 1909-1923. p.43.} e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 {Dies in Verbindung mit dem
folgenden Zuge bildet meines Erachtens für Schwarz den einfachsten Weg, die
Spiele auszugleichen.} 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 {Die Öffnung der a-Linie ist in
dieser Variante von großer Bedeutung. -} Rb8 ({Schwarz kann sie durch} 7... b4
{nicht verhindern, weil darauf} 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Qc4+ d5 10. Qxc5 Qd6 11. Qxd6
{folgen könnte.}) 8. axb5 axb5 9. d3 ({Auf} 9. Nc3 {könnte Schwarz einfach
rochieren,} O-O {um nach} 10. Nxb5 d5 $1 {einen sehr aussichtsreichen Angriff
zu erlangen. Durch den Textzug behält sich Weiß die Möglichkeit vor,
eventuell auch c3 zu spielen und den Damenspringer nach e3 oder g3 via f1
zuführen.}) 9... d6 10. Be3 Bg4 ({Hier konnte Schwarz durch} 10... Be6 {
, was den Abtausch des wichtigen weißen Königsläufers erzwungen hätte,
ungefähren Ausgleich erlangen; denn es ist klar, dass Weiß in diesem Falle
von dem doppelten Tausch auf e6 und c5 keinen Vorteil gehabt hätte - im
Gegenteil, Schwarz würde Dank der Beherrschung der zentralen Felder und der
zwei offenen Linien bald die Führung übernehmen.}) 11. h3 Bh5 {Konsequent,
aber nicht das Beste.} ({Schwarz sollte nach} 11... Be6 {zurückkehren, um
ähnliche Stellungen wie die oben besprochenen womöglich herbeizuführen.})
12. Nbd2 O-O 13. O-O Nd4 {Ein verfrühtes Tauschangebot, welches seine
Stellung merklich kompromittiert.} ({Vorzuziehen wäre jedenfalls} 13... Qe7 {
nebst Sc6-d8-e6 mit erträglichem Spiel.}) 14. Bxd4 Bxf3 ({Anders käme dieser
Läufer arg ins Gedränge, z.B. I.)} 14... Bxd4 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. f4
{usw.}) ({oder II.)} 14... exd4 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nh4 {nebst f4 in beiden Fällen
mit starkem Vorteil für Weiß.}) 15. Nxf3 exd4 16. e5 {Der Beginn einer
gefährlichen Attacke gegen den durch den frühzeitigen Abtausch des schwarzen
Damenläufers geschwächten Punkt f7. Bemerkenswert ist dabei die Bedeutung
der offenen a- Linie.} Qe7 {Sonst kämen noch folgende zwei Fortsetzungen in
Betracht:} ({I.)} 16... dxe5 17. Qxe5 Qd6 18. Qxd6 cxd6) ({II.)} 16... Re8 17.
e6 fxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kf8 19. b4 Bxb4 (19... Bb6 20. Rfe1) 20. Nxd4 Rb6 21. Qf3 Bc3
22. Nc6 Rxc6 23. Qxc6 Bxa1 24. Rxa1) 17. Rfe1 Rbe8 18. Qd2 dxe5 {Nun erzwungen
wegen der Drohung 19. e6.} 19. Rxe5 Qd6 20. Qg5 $1 {Der damit erzwungene
Turmtausch ermöglicht das entscheidende Eingreifen des Springers.} Rxe5 ({oder
} 20... h6 21. Qf5 {usw.}) 21. Nxe5 Qb6 {Dieser Zug beseitigt die unmittelbare
Gefahr und pariert auch den möglichen Vorbereitungszug 22. Df5 worauf nun g6
nebst Kg7 mit genügende Verteidigung möglich wäre.} ({Ungenügend wäre} 
21... Nd7 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 23. Ra8+ Nf8 24. Qf5 $1 Qe7 25. Bxf7+ Qxf7 26. Qxc5 {
und gewinnt.}) 22. g4 {Dagegen führt diese versteckte Vorbereitung zum
Springeropfer auf f7 in wenigen Zügen die Entscheidung herbei, da sie
zunächst die folgende katastrophale Absperrung der schwarzen Dame so gut wie
erzwingt.} Bd6 ({Falls} 22... g6 {so} 23. Qh6 {mit der Doppeldrohung Sxf7 oder
Ta8}) ({Oder falls} 22... Be7 23. Nd7 Nxd7 24. Qxe7 Qd6 25. Qxd6 cxd6 26. Ra5
Rb8 27. Ra7 Rd8 28. Rb7 {und gewinnt.}) 23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. Qf5 $1 g6 (24... Qc6
25. g5 Qd7 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Qf3 {und gewinnt.}) 25. Qe6 Kg7 26. Qxf7+ Kh6 27.
Be6 {SCHWARZ GIBT AUF. Kommentar: A. Aljechin, "Meine besten Partien
1908-1923", 1983, S. 44-46; MDB 15: 26391} 1-0

[Event "All Russian Masters-02"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1912.09.12"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1912.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)A. Aljechin, "Meine besten Partien 1908-1923", 1983, S. 42-44;} e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 {Alapins Zug. Obwohl nicht schlecht,
gestattet er immerhin dem Schwarzen, das Spiel auf verschiedene Weise
auszugleichen.} Be7 ({Genauso gut wäre} 5... b5 {und 6. ...Lc5}) 6. c3 d6 7.
h3 {Ein Zug, der die Bindung des Sf3 verhindern soll. Er wäre notwendig, wenn
Weiß d4 hätte spielen wollen - dann muss der Springer Manövrierfreiheit
haben. Aber da Weiß, wie aus dem folgenden zu ersehen ist, nur d3 spielen
wollte, so ist dieser Zug einstweilen nutzlos und wäre später, wenn Schwarz
bereits Lg4 gespielt hätte, logischer.} Bd7 8. d3 O-O 9. Bc2 {Beugt der
möglichen Drohung Sd4 vor.} Kh8 {Die zurückhaltende Spielart von Weiß
gestattet dem Schwarzen, sofort zur Vorbereitung des Angriffs zu schreiten.}
10. O-O Ng8 {um mit f5 fortzusetzen. Weiß bereitet sich auf diese
Möglichkeit vor, indem er die e-Linie mit dem Turm besetzt, um durch das
Vorrücken des d- Bauern eine Kompensation im Zentrum zu erlangen.} 11. Re1 Qe8
{Schwarz setzt die Vorbereitung seines versteckten Angriffsplans fort.} 12. d4
f6 $1 {Dem Prinzip folgend, dass das Vorgehen der Flügelbauern nur nach
Befestigung des Zentrums geschehen soll.} 13. Nbd2 g5 $1 14. d5 ({Nach} 14. g4
h5 $1 {wäre Weiß gezwungen, das Zentrum abzusperren.}) 14... Nd8 {Die
Untätigkeit dieses Springers und des Königsläufers sind die einzigen
Mängel der schwarzen Stellung.} 15. g4 h5 16. Nh2 Nh6 17. Ndf1 c6 {Schwarz
ergreift die Initiative auch auf dem Damenflügel und verbessert dadurch seine
Stellung noch mehr.  Auch bei anderen Antworten als die in der Tat gewählte}
18. Ng3 {Ein vergeblicher Versuch, den Abtausch oder das Vorgehen des h-Bauern
zu provozieren. (Alekhin)} ({wäre er in Vorteil gekommen, z.B.} 18. Ne3 hxg4
19. hxg4 cxd5 20. Nxd5 Ne6 {mit nachfolgendem Sf4}) ({oder} 18. c4 b5 19. b3
Nb7 20. Be3 cxd5 21. cxd5 Rc8 {mit nachfolgendem Sc5.}) 18... cxd5 19. exd5 Qf7
$1 {Gewinnt die nötige Zeit, um durch f5 das Zentrum zu sprengen, falls der
Gegner den Bauern d5 verteidigen sollte,} 20. Nf5 (20. c4 hxg4 21. hxg4 f5 $1
22. gxf5 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 {usw. mit Vorteil für Schwarz. 
Weiß beschließt, dieser Drohung durch einen Manöver entgegenzutreten,
dessen Ziel darin besteht, das Feld f5 zu besetzen und dadurch den Zug f6-f5
mechanisch zu verhindern.}) 20... Nxf5 21. Bxf5 ({Auch nach} 21. gxf5 {wäre
der Zug Dh7 ebenso stark.}) 21... Bxf5 22. gxf5 Qh7 $1 23. Qe4 Nf7 24. Nf1 Nh6
25. Ne3 Rg8 26. Kg2 Bd8 {Der Eintritt dieses Läufers ins Spiel ist das
entscheidende Moment in der Partie, Schwarz droht mit 27. ... b5 und 28. ...
Lb6} 27. a4 a5 $1 {Sichert dem Läufer die Diagonale a7-g1. Weiß versucht die
Überführung des Läufers über b6 nach c5 zu verhindern, gestattet aber dem
Schwarzen auf andere Weise in Vorteil zu kommen.} 28. b4 axb4 29. cxb4 Bb6 30.
Nc4 $1 {Dieser Zug, welcher das Opfer von zwei leichten Figuren für einen
Turm bezweckt, ist noch die einzige Resource von Weiß, da nur energischer
Angriff ihn retten kann.} ({Auf} 30. Rf1 {hätte Schwarz durch} g4 31. h4 Bxe3
32. fxe3 g3 {dann Sg4 usw. leicht gewonnen.}) 30... Bd4 31. Bb2 Rac8 ({Schwarz
hätte auch} 31... Bxb2 {mit nachfolgendem Sf5 spielen können, aber der
Textzug ist zwingender.}) 32. Rac1 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Bxb2 34. Qc2 $1 {Diese
Stellung hatte Weiß im Auge, als er die Figur opferte.} Nxf5 $1 {Der Anfang
vom Ende.} ({In der Tat hätte Weiß nach} 34... Bd4 $2 35. Rc7 Rg7 36. Rxg7
Qxg7 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Rc1 $18 {noch gewisse Möglichkeiten gehabt.}) 35. Rc7 (
35. Qxb2 Nh4+ 36. Kh2 Qd3 37. Rc3 Qxd5 38. f3 Nxf3+ $19) 35... Qg6 36. Rc8 ({
Wenn} 36. Qxb2 {dann} g4 {Und gewinnt.}) 36... g4 $1 {Der Anfang einer
Mattkombination.} 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Qxb2 gxh3+ 39. Kxh3 ({Auf} 39. Kf1 {
würde die schöne Variante} Qg2+ 40. Ke2 Qe4+ 41. Kf1 Qxe1+ 42. Kxe1 h2 $19 {
Folgen. Nach dem Textzug kündigte Schwarz Matt in fünf Zügen an:}) 39...
Qg4+ 40. Kh2 Nh4 41. f4 Nf3+ 42. Kh1 Qh3+ 43. Qh2 Qxh2# 0-1

[Event "All Russian Masters (Qualification)"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.01.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1914.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1) Alekhine: Shakhmatny Vestnik 1914. 2)Aljechin,A: Meine besten
Partien 1908 -1923. S.53-55. 3)Alekhine:My BestGames.1908-1923.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O {Wenig gebräuchlich.} ({
Vorzuziehen ist das übliche} 7... d6) 8. a4 {Aber dies ist nicht die beste
Entgegnung.} (8. d4 d6 ({falls} 8... exd4 {so} 9. e5 Re8 10. O-O) 9. d5 Na5 10.
Bc2 {nebst Sd2 und a4, was den Zug 5. De2 vollkommen gerechtfertigt hätte.})
8... d5 $1 {Gut.} 9. axb5 ({Natürlich nicht} 9. exd5 {wegen} e4 $1) 9... dxe4
{Führt zu sehr interessanten Verwicklungen, bei welchen Weiß aber
schließlich das letzte Wort haben wird.} ({Mit} 9... Bg4 10. d3 $1 dxe4 11.
dxe4 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. O-O {usw. konnte Schwarz ein zum mindesten
gleiches Spiel erlangen.}) 10. Ng5 {Gewinnt einen Bauern. Obwohl Schwarz dabei
eine Zeitlang einen beträchtlichen Entwicklungsvorsprung behält, ist das
Unternehmen wenig bedenklich, da Weiß schließlich des Schlüsselpunktes e4
sich bemächtigen wird.} Na7 ({Die Richtigkeit der Springerzuges beruht auf
der Erwägung, dass} 10... Bg4 11. Nxf7 $1 ({Falsch wäre dagegen auf 10. ...
Lg4} 11. f3 exf3 12. gxf3 axb5 $1 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. fxg4 Na5 {zu spielen.})
11... Rxf7 12. Qc4 $1 {mit Qualitätsgewinn nicht geht.}) 11. bxa6 ({
Ungenügend wäre} 11. Nxe4 {wegen} Nxb5) 11... Bf5 12. Bc2 {Natürlich muss
der Punkt e4 sofort mit allen Kräften gestürmt werden.} Qd5 13. c4 {
Notwendig, um endlich den Damenspringer entwickeln zu können. Dadurch werden
aber dem Feinde die Punkte b4 und d4 zugänglich und daraus entsteht ein
aufregender Kampf.} Qd4 ({Nur scheinbar gefährlich für Weiß war} 13... Qc6
14. Nc3 e3 15. Bxf5 Qxg2 16. Rf1 Qxg5 (16... exf2+ 17. Rxf2 Qxg5 18. d4 {usw.})
17. fxe3 Qh4+ 18. Kd1 {mit Vorteil für Weiß}) 14. Nc3 Bg4 15. Qe3 Nc6 {
Da der e-Bauer nicht mehr zu verteidigen ist, versucht Schwarz als Ersatz
dafür den gefährlichen a-Bauern zu erobern. Ein richtiger Plan, von dem er
aber später zu seinem Nachteil Abstand nimmt.} 16. Ngxe4 Nb4 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 ({
Kaum besser wäre} 17... gxf6 {weil Weiß darauf nicht} 18. Be4 {wegen} ({
sondern richtigerweise} 18. Bb1) 18... f5 {hätte spielen können.}) 18. Be4
Qxc4 {Dieser Versuch, den Angriff um jeden Preis festzuhalten, wird durch das
Bauernopfer des Weißen im 20. Zuge widerlegt.} ({Besser war} 18... Rxa6 19.
Rxa6 Nxa6 20. d3 Nb4 21. O-O {mit einigen Remischancen wegen der Schwäche der
weißen Bauern am Damenflügel.}) 19. a7 {Dieser eben verschmähte Bauer wird
nun fürchterlich.} Rfd8 20. b3 {Dadurch kommt Weiß zur Rochade und macht
damit der gegnerischen Offensive ein Ende.} Qxb3 ({Nutzlos wäre nun} 20...
Nd3+ {wegen} 21. Kf1 {usw.}) 21. O-O Nc2 22. Qc5 {Entscheidend.} ({Weniger
stark dagegen wäre} 22. Bxa8 Nxe3 23. Bd5 Nxd5 24. a8=Q Nxc3 25. dxc3 Qxc3 {
usw. mit recht chancenreichem Spiel für Schwarz}) 22... c6 {Ebenso
ungenügend wie jeder andere Zug.} ({Falls nun} 22... Nxa1 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24.
Qc6 {und gewinnt.}) 23. Rb1 Qe6 24. Bxc2 Be7 25. Qb6 Qd7 26. Ra1 f5 27. Ba4
Rdc8 28. Ba3 Bg5 29. Bc5 Bxd2 30. Nd5 Be2 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Nxc8 Bxf1 33. Rxf1
Rxc8 34. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Wiener Kongress Masters"]
[Site "Vienna (Messepalast)"]
[Date "1922.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1922.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {A. Aljechin,"Meine besten Partien 1908-1923", 1983, S. 174-178.} e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 {Wenn Schwarz Le5 spielen
wollte, hätte er es vor b5 tun sollen. Jetzt wäre 5. ... Le7 besser für ihn.
Durch den Textzug setzt er sich möglicherweise Gefahren aus.} 7. Nxe5 {
Die richtige Antwort, nach welcher Weiß in allen Fällen einen gefährlichen
Eingriff erhält.} Nxe5 8. d4 Bd6 9. dxe5 Bxe5 10. f4 {Wenn der b-Bauer auf b7
und der weiße Läufer auf a4 stünde, wäre dieser Zug wegen Lxc3+ und Sxe4
fehlerhaft.} Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 O-O {Jetzt erzwungen.} ({Falls} 11... Nxe4 {so} 12.
Qd5 $1) 12. e5 {Weiß scheint ein entscheidendes Positionübergewicht bekommen
zu haben. Der Rückzug des Springers nach e8 sieht erzwungen (falls Se4 so Dd5)
aus, aber mein erfinderischer Gegner findet eine überraschende Möglichkeit,
das Spiel mit guten Chancen für sich zu verschärfen.} c5 ({Falls} 12... Ne8 {
so} 13. O-O d6 14. f5 {usw. mit entscheidendem Angriff. Der Textzug droht den
weißen Läufer abzusperren und ein Endspiel mit ungleichen Läufern
herbeizuführen, falls Weiß den Springer schlägt.  Was soll nun Weiß tun,
um sein Übergewicht zu behalten? Die folgenden Varianten erscheinen
ungenügend: .... usw.}) 13. Ba3 $1 {Der Einleitungszug einer weit wäre
berechneten Kombination, die einen Bauern bei bessere Stellung gewinnt.
Natürlich war das vollständig unmöglich, in dieser Moment vorauszusehen,
dass das materielle und positionelle Übergewicht des Weißen zum Gewinn nicht
ausreichen würde.} ({.... I.)} 13. exf6 Re8+ 14. Kf1 c4) ({.... II.)} 13. c4
d5 14. exf6 Re8+ 15. Kf1 Qxf6 {in Verbindung mit dxc4}) ({.... III.)} 13. O-O
c4 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Qd5 Qb6+ {in Verbindung mit 16. ... Lb7}) ({.... IV.)} 13.
Bd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Qb6 15. Be3 Bb7 16. Qxc5 ({oder .... V.)} 16. Bxc5 Bxd5 17.
Bxb6 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Be4) 16... Qg6 {und Schwarz steht in den ersten vier Fällen
besser und im V. gleich.}) 13... Qa5 {Die beste Antwort. Schwarz hat seinen
Bauern c5 indirekt verteidigt und zugleich den Läufer angegriffen; aber er
hat es um dem Preis der vorübergehenden Entfernung der Dame aus dem Spiel
erreicht, worauf Weiß auch gerechnet hatte, als er mit La3 seine Kombination
einleitete.} 14. O-O Qxa3 15. exf6 c4 {Schwarz unternimmt keine anderen
Maßnahmen gegen die Drohung 11.Dd5 in der Erwartung dass er den Zug 16. ...
Da5 zur Verfügung hat, während der weiße Läufer eingesperrt ist. Aber
diese Berechnung stimmt nicht ganz.} 16. Qd5 Qa5 17. fxg7 ({Und nicht} 17. Qxa8
Qb6+ {und 18. ...Lb7 mit Damengewinn.}) 17... Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Kxg7 {Wiederum der
einzige Zug.} ({Falls} 18... Rd8 {so} 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Qxa8 Bb7 21. Rab1 {
und Weiß gewinnt die Qualität.}) 19. Bxc4 {Der Schlüssel der Kombination.
Dieser Läufer, der unwiderruflich verloren schien, er steht zu neuem Leben da,
falls ....} Bb7 (19... bxc4 20. Qxa8 {in Verbindung mit Tb1 (wie in der
vorigen Anm.). Weiß mit einem Bauern mehr bei ausgezeichneter Stellung
könnte scheinbar in Anbetracht der kompromittierten schwarzen Königsstellung
jetzt auf sicherem Sieg rechnen.}) 20. Qe5+ ({Auch nach} 20. Qg5+ Qg6 21. Bd3
f5 {würde Schwarz ebenfalls Verteidigungsmöglichkeiten haben.}) 20... Qf6 21.
Bd3 Rfe8 $1 {Ein vorzüglicher Verteidigungszug! Schwarz opfert noch einen
Bauern, um die Mittellinien mit seinen Türmen zu besetzen.} ({Nach} 21... Qxe5
22. fxe5 Rac8 23. Rf4 Rxc3 24. Rg4+ Kh8 25. Rh4 {usw. wäre es Schwarz kaum
gelungen, die Partie zu retten.}) 22. Qh5 h6 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Qxd7 Re7 25. Qd4
Qxd4 26. cxd4 Rd8 {....} 27. f5 {In der Absicht, nach Txd4 in Verbindung mit
f6 einen Vorposten mit guten Angriffchancen gegen die Königsstellung zu
bilden.} ({.... In der Voraussicht, dass der d-Bauer schwer zu verteidigen
sein wird z.B.} 27. c3 b4 28. cxb4 Rxd4 {in Verbindung mit 29. ... Txb4 usw.})
27... f6 28. Rae1 {Zieht vor, einen der Bauern zurückzugeben, nur um den
gefährlichen schwarzen Läufer abzutauschen.} (28. Rf4 {Rettete den Bauern
vorübergehend, gab aber keine Gewinnchancen. z.B.} Rg7 29. Bf1 Rc8 30. Rf2 ({
oder} 30. Rc1 Rc3 {in Verbindung mit 31. ... Ld5 oder Tc3-a3 und Weiß kann
gar nicht alle seine Bauern verteidigen.)})) 28... Rg7 ({Natürlich nicht} 
28... Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Rxd4 {wegen} 30. Re8+ {und Te8-e7 und gewinnt.}) 29. Be4
Rxd4 30. Bxb7 Rxb7 31. Re6 {Gewinnt wieder einen Bauern, aber nur
vorübergehend.} Kg7 32. Rxa6 Rc4 ({Noch exakter war} 32... Ra4 $1 {, obwohl
auch der Textzug sich als genügend erweist.}) 33. Rf3 {Es ist klar, dass
Schwarz auf Txf2, Tb7-c7 spielen wird, und der c-Bauer wäre doch nicht zu
verteidigen.} Rxc2 34. h3 Kf7 {Rettet sich vor Tg3+und Tg3-g6.} 35. Rg3 Rf2 36.
Rg6 Rxf5 37. Rxh6 Kg7 38. Rh4 b4 {Nach diesem Zuge, der die Bauern des
Damenflügels zu liquidieren droht, werden die Gewinnchancen des Weißen
minimal.} 39. Rg4+ Kf7 40. Rg3 Rfb5 41. Rb3 Kg6 42. Kh2 Rc5 43. Ra4 Rcb5 44. h4
R5b6 45. Kh3 Rb8 46. g3 f5 47. Ra5 Rc8 48. Rf3 Rf6 49. Kg2 Rc3 50. Ra8 Rxf3 51.
Kxf3 Rc6 52. Rg8+ Kf6 53. Rf8+ Kg6 54. Rb8 Rc4 55. Rb6+ Kg7 56. h5 Rd4 57. Rc6
Re4 58. Rg6+ Kf7 59. g4 {Der letzte Versuch.} Rxg4 $1 {Erzwingt das Remis.} 60.
Rxg4 fxg4+ 61. Kxg4 Kg7 (61... Kg7 {Der schwarze König hält den Bauern
rechtzeitig auf, z.B.} 62. Kf5 Kh6 63. Ke4 Kxh5 64. Kd4 Kg5 65. Kc4 Kf5 66.
Kxb4 Ke6 67. Kb5 Kd7 68. Kb6 Kc8) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
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{Wesley had been dominating the event so far with 3.5/4.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {In the first round, I had played 6.Re1
against Carlsen, but I hoped to try a specific idea today.} b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
Nc3 d6 9. a3 Nb8 {Wesley had employed this against Caruana in Wijk aan Zee
earlier this year and drew comfortably.} 10. Ng5 $5 {And this is it.} (10. a4
b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 c6 13. Bb3 Nd7 14. d4 a5) 10... Nc6 {What we thought
was the hardest to find over the board! Black simply heads for the d4-square
which is now unguarded.} (10... h6 11. f4 $1 {Gajewski's idea which prompted
us to go for the line.} exf4 (11... hxg5 12. fxg5 {and now a sample line could
go:} Ng4 $1 (12... Bg4 13. Qe1 Nfd7 14. Qh4 Be6 15. Rf3 {wins}) 13. g6 (13. h3
{is also playable}) 13... d5 $1 14. Kh1 Bc5 15. Qe1 Qd6 16. Bxd5 Qxg6 17. Bxa8
Nxh2 18. Kxh2 Qh5+ 19. Kg3 g5 (19... Qg4+ 20. Kh2 Qh5+ $11) 20. Rh1 $1 Qg4+ 21.
Kh2 Qh5+ $11) 12. Nf3 g5 {like a King's Gambit and White reacts in similar
fashion} 13. g3 fxg3 (13... Bh3 14. gxf4 Bxf1 15. Qxf1) 14. h4 $1 {White has
good compensation.}) 11. Ba2 {Stepping out of the way.} (11. Be3 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7
13. f4 Ng4) (11. f4 $6 Nd4 12. Ba2 Bg4 13. Qd2 h6) 11... Nd4 (11... h6 12. Nf3
$5 {in effect, ...h6 Ba2 have been inserted instead of ...Nb8, which should be
helpful for White.}) 12. Ne2 Nxe2+ (12... c5 13. Nxd4 exd4 (13... cxd4 14. f4)
14. f4) 13. Qxe2 h6 $1 14. f4 $5 {Continuing with the same idea, though I did
spend a lot of time here.} hxg5 {I had concentrated on this.} (14... exf4 $1 {
a better version for Black, but White continues as before} 15. Nf3 g5 {- Qe2
turns out to be misplaced.} 16. g3 (16. h4 Nh5 $1) 16... fxg3 17. h4 (17. hxg3
d5 $15) (17. Nd4 d5 $1) 17... Bh3 (17... Nh7 18. Nd4) 18. hxg5 Ng4 $132) 15.
fxg5 Ng4 (15... Bg4 $5 16. Qf2 Nh7 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18. Qh4 (18. Qg3 Rxf7 19. Rxf7
Be6) 18... Rxf7 (18... Bd7 19. Bg6 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Qg8 21. Qh5 Rf8+ 22. Kg1 $16)
19. Rxf7 Be6 {is about equal.}) 16. g6 Bg5 $6 (16... Nh6 $1 {just holds} 17.
Bxh6 (17. h3 Be6 (17... Bg5 18. Qh5 Bxc1 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. Raxc1 {and Black
cant stop g4-g5}) 18. gxf7+ (18. Qh5 Bxa2 19. Bxh6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1
Bf6) (18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qh5 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Qf8+ 21. Ke2 Qf6 22. g3 Rf8 23. Be3
d5 $19)) (17. Rxf7 Rxf7 18. Bxf7+ Nxf7 19. Qh5 Be6 {wins}) 17... gxh6 18. Rxf7
Rxf7 19. Rf1 Kg7 (19... Bf6 20. Qe3 Kg7 21. gxf7 $1) 20. Rxf7+ (20. gxf7 Bf8
$13) 20... Kxg6 {surprisingly no more than a perpetual} 21. Qf3 h5 22. Rf5 Bxf5
23. Qxf5+ Kg7 24. Bf7 Qf8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Qxh5+ Kg7 $11) (16... d5 {also holds
} 17. Bxd5 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Qh4 19. g3 {and now:} Qh5 $1 {Not the easiest line to
spot} (19... Qh3 20. gxf7+ Kh8 21. Bxa8 Nxh2 (21... Be6 22. Bb7 Rxf7 23. Rxf7
Bxf7 24. Bc8 $1) 22. Qxh2 $18) 20. Bxa8 Be6 21. Bd5 (21. Bc6 fxg6 $1 22. Rxf8+
Kxf8 $19) 21... Bxd5 22. exd5 Bf2 $1 23. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Qd1+ 25. Qg1 Qf3+
$11) 17. h3 $1 (17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 $1 (17... Kh8 18. h3 Nh6 19. Qh5 {and White
gets a much better version than in the game}) 18. Rxf7 (18. gxf7+ Kf8 19. h3
Bxc1 20. Raxc1 Nf6 {seems fine for Black}) 18... Be6) 17... Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Nh6
19. Qh5 (19. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 20. gxf7+ Kf8 21. Qh5 {followed by Rf1 and Qg6.})
19... Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. g4 c6 $6 (21... Qe7 22. g5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Rf8 24.
gxh6 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qf8+ 26. Ke2 gxh6 27. Qg4 Qf6 28. h4 $16) (21... Rf4 $1 22.
g5 Qf8 23. Kg2 Re8 {may be difficult to break it e.g.} 24. Rxf4 exf4 25. Rg1 e5
26. Kf3 Re7) 22. Rxf8+ $2 {Since the queen ending isn't as good for White as I
thought during the game, it follows that this is a mistake} (22. g5 $1 Qb6+ (
22... Rf4 23. gxh6 Rh4 24. h7+ Kh8 25. Rf8+ Qxf8 26. Qxh4 $18) 23. Kg2 Rxf1 (
23... Qe3 24. Rce1 $1 $18 {Black can't stay on the c1-h6 diagonal} Qd2+ 25. Re2
) 24. Rxf1 Qe3 25. gxh6 Qxh6 26. Qxh6 (26. Qg4 {even this is nice for White})
26... gxh6 27. Rf7 Rf8 28. Rc7) 22... Qxf8 23. Rf1 Qe7 24. g5 Rf8 25. gxh6
Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Qf8+ 27. Ke2 gxh6 28. Qg4 (28. b4 Qf4 {is what White should
avoid}) (28. Kd2 Qf4+ 29. Kc3 Kg7) 28... Qf6 29. h4 (29. b4 Kg7) 29... d5 $2 {
I originally thought that Black's final mistake came earlier, but in fact this
is the real blunder. After this move, Black loses the resource Qf6-f4.} (29...
a5 {After this move, the win is no longer evident.} 30. h5 a4 $1 {taking away
the b3-square, now White's king can't run away} (30... c5 31. Qf3 Qf4 32. Qh3
$1 Qf6 (32... Kg7 33. Qxe6 Qh2+ 34. Ke1 $1 (34. Kd1 $2 Qxh5+) 34... Qh4+ 35.
Kd2 Qf2+ 36. Kc3 {and here the king escapes the check via b3.}) 33. Kd1 a4 34.
Kc1 Kg7 35. Kb1 Kg8 36. Ka2 Kg7 37. c4 $18) 31. b4 {White waits one more move}
(31. b3 b4 $1) (31. Qf3 Qf4 32. b4 {A good try, but now Black can even swap
queens} (32. Qh3 Kg7 33. b3 (33. Qxe6 Qh2+ {the difference is Kc3-b3 isn't
available for White}) 33... Qc1 $1 $11) (32. Qxf4 exf4 33. b4 (33. d4 e5 34. d5
cxd5 35. exd5 {and now White can't play...} e4 36. b3 b4 $1) 33... e5) 32...
Qxf3+ (32... Qh2+ $2 33. Ke3 $1 (33. Kd1 Qf4 {would simply repeat}) 33... Qg1+
34. Kd2 Qg5+ 35. Kc3 Qf4 36. Qh3 $1 $18 Qf6 37. Qe3 {and White breaks through})
33. Kxf3 Kg7 34. c4 (34. Ke3 Kf6 (34... c5 35. bxc5 dxc5 36. Kd2 $1 b4 37. axb4
cxb4 38. c4 {wins}) 35. c4 (35. d4 exd4+ 36. Kxd4 e5+ 37. Ke3 d5 (37... Ke7 38.
Kf3 d5 $1 {still draws. Black just has to meet Kg4 with ...Kf6, provoke c3 and
then meet Kf5 with ...d4} (38... Ke6 39. Kg4 (39. c3 c5 40. bxc5 dxc5 41. Ke2
b4) 39... c5 (39... Kf6 {only this loses} 40. c4 $3 bxc4 41. Kf3 {and the king
walks back to c3} d5 42. exd5 cxd5 43. b5 {and White's pawns can't be stopped})
40. c3 cxb4 41. cxb4 Kf6 $11)) 38. Kf3 Ke7 39. Kg3 Ke6 40. Kg4 Kf6 41. c3 Ke6
42. g7 Kf7 43. Kf5 d4 44. cxd4 exd4 45. Kf4 Kxg7 46. e5 Kf7 (46... c5 47. bxc5
b4 48. c6 (48. axb4 a3 49. c6 a2 50. c7 a1=Q 51. c8=Q Qf1+ 52. Ke4 Qh1+ $1 {
stopping Kd5} 53. Kxd4 Qd1+ {and White can't make progress}) 48... bxa3 49. c7
a2 50. c8=Q a1=Q) 47. Ke4 c5 48. bxc5 b4 49. Kxd4 b3 50. Kc3 Ke6 51. c6 Ke7)
35... Kg7 36. Kd2 (36. cxb5 cxb5 37. d4 Kf6 38. d5 exd5 39. exd5 Ke7 40. Kf3
Kf8 41. Ke4 Kg7 42. Kf5 Kf8 $11 {and White can't make progress} 43. Ke6 e4 44.
Kxd6 e3 {and Black even wins}) 36... Kf6 37. Kc3 Kg7 38. d4 {here White
threatens d5 winning} exd4+ 39. Kxd4 e5+ 40. Kd3 Kf6 41. Ke2 Ke7 42. cxb5 cxb5
{here Black waits on e6 and e7 and meets Kg4 with ...Kf6} 43. Kf3 Ke6 44. Kg3
Ke7 45. Kg4 Kf6 $1 (45... Ke6 $2 46. g7 Kf7 47. Kf5 $18)) 34... Kf6 35. Ke3 Kg7
) (31. c4 bxc4 (31... Kg7 $2 32. cxb5 cxb5 33. Qg1 $1 $18) 32. dxc4 c5 {
however, White's king is now exposed} 33. Qh3 (33. Qf3 Qf4 $1 34. Qxf4 exf4 {
and now White's king is tied down to the f-pawn and can't help with b2-b3}) (
33. b3 axb3 34. Qh3 b2 35. Qb3 Kf8 $1 36. Qxb2 Qf4 $1 37. Qb8+ Ke7 38. Qc7+ Ke8
{and White can't make progress}) 33... Kg7) (31. Qg1 Qh4 32. Qa7 Qxh5+ 33. Kd2
Qxg6 34. Qb8+ Kf7 35. Qxd6 Qg3 $1) 31... c5 (31... Kg7 32. Qg1 $1 {was the
point}) 32. c3 Kg7 (32... cxb4 $2 {premature} 33. cxb4 Kg7 34. Qg1 $1) 33. Qg3
cxb4 34. Qe3 Qf4 $1 35. Qa7+ Kf8 {and White can't improve} 36. cxb4 Qg4+ 37.
Kd2 Qg5+ 38. Kc2 Qg2+ 39. Kc3 Qf1 $1 40. Qb8+ Ke7 {and a draw.}) 30. h5 (30.
exd5 $1 cxd5 31. h5 $18 {is faster.}) 30... d4 {Here I took stock, White is
simply winning and just has to be careful.} 31. b4 $1 {Pinning down the
queenside.} Kg7 32. Qf3 Qe7 (32... Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Kf6 34. Ke2 Kg7 35. Kd2 Kf6
36. c3 $1 {and now both} dxc3+ ({and} 36... Kg7 37. cxd4 exd4 38. e5 {win}) 37.
Kxc3 Kg7 38. d4 {wins.}) 33. Kd1 Kg8 34. Qf2 Kg7 35. c3 dxc3 36. Kc2 Qc7 37.
Qc5 Kg8 38. Qe3 a5 39. Qh3 (39. Qxh6 axb4 40. axb4 Qa7) 39... axb4 40. Qxe6+
Kf8 41. axb4 Qa7 42. Kxc3 Qa3+ 43. Kc2 Qa4+ 44. Qb3 Qa7 45. d4 (45. d4 Kg7 (
45... exd4 46. Kd3 Kg7 47. Qf7+ Qxf7 48. gxf7 Kxf7 49. Kxd4 $18) 46. Qf7+ Qxf7
47. gxf7 Kxf7 48. dxe5 Ke6 49. Kd3 Kxe5 50. Ke3) 1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. d4 $5 (10. Nf1) 10... Re8 11. a3 Bh6 $5 {N} (11... h6) 12.
Bc2 a5 $1 {/\ a4} 13. Rb1 Bg7 (13... a4 $2 14. Bxa4 Nxd4 15. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 16.
Nxf3 $18) 14. b4 (14. Nf1 $2 a4 $15) 14... axb4 15. axb4 exd4 16. cxd4 Nh5 $1
17. d5 Na7 18. Nc4 $1 Nb5 19. Qd3 b6 (19... Bg4 20. Na5) (19... c6 20. dxc6
Bxc6 21. Na5 {/\ Bb3}) 20. h3 (20. Bd2 Qf6 $132 21. Bg5 $6 Qc3) 20... Nf6 (
20... Qf6 21. Bb2 $16) 21. Bg5 (21. Bd2 $2 Nxe4 $17) 21... h6 22. Bh4 $6 Qc8
23. g4 $2 {><e5} Nxe4 $8 (23... h5 24. e5 dxe5 25. Nfxe5 $1 (25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26.
Nfxe5 hxg4 27. Nxf7 $1 Bf5 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Nxf5+ Qxf5) 25... hxg4 26. Nxg6
fxg6 27. Qxg6 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qf8 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Ne5 Be8 32.
Nxg4 $40) 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Nc3 26. Qd3 $8 Nxb1 27. Bxb1 Ra1 $2 (27... h5
$1 $17 28. gxh5 Bf5 29. Qd1 Bxb1 30. Qxb1 Ra1) 28. Ncd2 h5 29. gxh5 Bf5 30. Ne4
$1 (30. Qf1 Bxb1 31. Nxb1 Qf5 32. Nfd2 Bh6 $19) (30. Qb3 Bxb1 31. Nxb1 Qf5 32.
Nfd2 Qf4 $19) 30... c6 $1 (30... Bxe4 31. Qxe4 Qf5 (31... Qxh3 32. hxg6) 32.
Qe8+ (32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Nd2 Bc3 $1 $19) 32... Bf8 33. Be7 Qxb1+ (33... Rxb1+
34. Kg2 $16) 34. Kg2 Qh1+ 35. Kg3 Rg1+ 36. Nxg1 (36. Kf4 g5+ $1 37. Ke3 Re1+
$19) (36. Kh4 Qxf3 $19) 36... Qxg1+ 37. Kf3 Qd1+ 38. Kg3 $11) 31. Nfd2 cxd5 32.
Qxd5 Qe6 (32... Bxe4 $2 33. Qxe4 Qc1+ 34. Kg2 Qxd2 35. hxg6 $16) 33. Qxe6 $8 (
33. Qc6 Rxb1+ $19) (33. Qb5 Rxb1+ $19) 33... fxe6 34. Kh2 $1 (34. Kg2 Rxb1 $19)
34... Rxb1 35. Nxb1 Bxe4 36. Nd2 Bd5 (36... Bd3 $17) 37. hxg6 Bc3 38. Nf1 Be4 (
38... Bxb4 $2 39. Bf6 Be4 40. g7 $132) 39. b5 Bxg6 $17 40. Ne3 Bd4 41. Nc4 d5
42. Nd6 Kf8 43. Kg2 Bc5 44. Nb7 (44. Nc8 d4 $19) 44... Be7 45. Bg3 Ke8 46. Bc7
d4 $1 $19 47. Kf3 d3 {/\ Be4} 48. Ke3 (48. Nd6+ Kd7) (48. Bf4 Kd7 (48... Bb4 $2
49. Nd6+)) 48... Bb4 $1 49. f3 d2 50. Ke2 Bc2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Aronian,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
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1. e4 {For five years I have been meeting Leinier in tournaments with
classical time controls. When I examined his games it occurred to me that
recently he has been playing the fashionable 6.d3 variation in the Ruy Lopez.
Seit fünf Jahren treffe ich in Turnieren mit klassischer Bedenkzeit auf
Leinier. Als ich seine Partien untersuchte, fiel mir auf, dass er in letzter
Zeit die modische Variante 6.d3 im Spanier spielte.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 {6...d6 is also an interesting move, but this time
I wanted to follow the analyses of Gabriel S.  6...d6 ist auch ein
interessanter Zug, aber diesmal wollte ich den Analysen von Gabriel S. folgen.}
7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3 {At the elite level, the plan with Nb1-c3 and a2-a3 was
first played in 2013 by Anand against Adams. White's idea is rather simple. He
would like to combine two plans: transfer the knight to g3 or exchange it on
d5 and follow up with d3-d4. Auf Elite-Niveau wurde der Plan mit Nb1-c3 und
a2-a3 erstmals 2013 von Anand gegen Adams gespielt. Die Idee von Weiß ist
ziemlich einfach. Er möchte zwei Ideen miteinander verbinden: den Springer
nach g3 überführen oder ihn auf d5 abtauschen und d3-d4 folgen lassen.} d6 9.
a3 ({Since time immemorial it has been known that after Seit anno dunnemals
ist bekannt, dass nach} 9. Nd5 Na5 {the exchnage of the b3-bishop leads to
equality. der Abtausch des Läufers b3 zum Ausgleich führt.}) 9... Na5 10. Ba2
Be6 {The first time this idea was employed was by the talented player and
theoretician Rustam Kasimdshanov in 2013 against Topalov.  Diese Idee wandte
erstmals der talentierte Spieler und Theoretiker Rustam Kasimdshanov 2013
gegen Topalov an.} 11. Bg5 {Since Black's play is more or less linked with the
advance c7-c5, White prepares for the battle over the light squares. Da das
Spiel von Schwarz so oder so mit dem Vorstoß c7-c5 verknüpft ist, bereitet
Weiß sich auf den Kampf um die weißen Felder vor.} c5 {Anyone who plays 11...
Nc6 in this position should strip naked and undergo a full-body scan. Since
this illogical move is considered by the computers to be the strongest...! 
Wer in dieser Stellung 11...Nc6 spielt, sollte sich nackt ausziehen und einer
Leibesvisitation unterziehen müssen. Denn dieser unlogische Zug wird von den
Computern für am stärksten gehalten...!} 12. b4 Nc6 13. Nd5 {At first sight
White has managed to control the play. But one thing requires to be taken into
account: the position of the pawn on b4 demolishes White's main idea of
occupying the d5-square and then opening the a-file and invading there,
because the b4-pawn would always be left hanging and the exchange on c5 would
be good for Black because he would then be able to get rid of his only
weakness, d6. Auf den ersten Blick hat Weiß es geschafft, das Spiel zu
kontrollieren. Aber man muss eines berücksichtigen: die Stellung des Bauern
auf b4 macht die Hauptidee des Anziehenden zunichte, den Punkt d5 zu besetzen
und dann die a-Linie zu öffnen und dort einzusteigen, denn hier würde immer
der Bauer b4 hängen und der Tausch auf c5 wäre gut für Schwarz, weil er sich
seiner einzigen Schwäche d6 entledigen könnte.} Bxd5 {I found this idea 25
minutes before the game and put my trust in it. Diese Idee fand ich 25 Minuten
vor der Partie und ich vertraute ihr.} ({After Nach} 13... Rc8) ({or oder} 
13... h6 {the black position might well be solid, but it would also be
slightly passive. wäre die schwarze Position zwar fest, aber auch ein bisschen
passiv.}) 14. exd5 Nd4 15. bxc5 Nxf3+ ({The position after Die Stellung nach} 
15... dxc5 16. Nxe5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 {seemed unpleasant to me during my home
analysis. erschien mir in der häuslichen Analyse unangenehm.}) 16. Qxf3 dxc5 {
I had been aiming for this position. If one looks at it with human eyes,
Black's subsequent play appears logical. But what White should do is even
harder to understand.  Auf diese Stellung hatte ich mich orientiert. Wenn man
mit menschlichen Augen draufschaut, erscheint das folgende Spiel von Schwarz
logisch. Aber was Weiß tun soll, ist schon schwieriger zu verstehen.} 17. Rfe1
{This move appears logical and I was also counting on it. Dieser Zug sieht
logisch aus und ich rechnete auch mit ihm.} ({Here I considered that Ich hielt
hier} 17. a4 {was the most important move for my opponent and I intended to
follow up with für den wichtigsten Zug für meinen Gegner, worauf ich} Qd6 {
and then Be7-d8. From d8 the bishop can go to c7 or be exchanged by means of
Nf6-d7. For the exchange of the dark-squared bishops would leave White with a
weak bishop on a2 compared to the strong black knight. nebst Be7-d8 folgen
lassen wollte. Der Läufer kann von d8 aus nach c7 gehen oder mittels Nf6-d7
abgetauscht werden. Denn der Tausch der schwarzfeldrigen Läufer beließe Weiß
einen schwachen Läufer auf a2 gegenüber einem starken schwarzen Springer.})
17... Nd7 {With this move Black begins to regroup.  Damit leitet Schwarz seine
Umgruppierung ein.} 18. Bd2 Bd6 {This prepares f7-f5.  Bereitet f7-f5 vor.} 19.
a4 ({In my opinion the strongest move here was the prophylactic Am stärksten
war hier meiner Meinung nach das prophylaktische} 19. Qf5 {By forcing g7-g6
White insures against a possible future rook lift with the f8-rook via the
sixth rank. Indem er g7-g6 erzwingt, versichert sich Weiß gegen einen späteren
etwaigen Schwenk des Tumes f8 über die sechste Reihe.}) 19... f5 20. Bb3 {
A mistake, which concedes the initiative to Black. Ein Fehler, der Schwarz die
Initiative überlässt.} ({White had to play Weiß musste} 20. Qh3 {, after which
te position would have remained balanced, even if Black's position might have
purely optically looked more promising in view of the plan with Kg8-h8
followed by f5-f4 and Rf8-f6. spielen, wonach die Position im Gleichgewicht
geblieben wäre. Auch wenn die Stellung von Schwarz im Hinblick auf den Plan
mit Kg8-h8 gefolgt von f5-f4 und Rf8-f6 rein visuell aussichtsreicherer
ausgesehen hätte.}) 20... e4 {Of course! The b3-bishop looks like a bird which
has been let free and then immediately put back into its cage.  Natürlich! Der
Läufer b3 wirkt jetzt wie ein Vogel, den man für eine Sekunde in die Freiheit
entlassen und dann gleich wieder in den Käfig gesteckt hat.} 21. dxe4 ({
Leinier had probably planned Leinier hatte wahrscheinlich} 21. Qh3 {and then
noticed that after it Black has at his disposal the good reply geplant und
dann bemerkt, das Schwarz darauf über die gute Antwort} Ne5 {, after which
White would have to accept going into the difficult position after verfügt,
wonach Weiß sich wohl auf die gefährliche Stellung nach} 22. dxe4 c4 23. Ba2 f4
{. einlassen müsste.}) 21... c4 22. Ba2 Qh4 {Now White's situation is very
unpleasant.  Jetzt ist die Lage von Weiß sehr unangenehm.} 23. e5 {The only
move. Der einzige Zug.} ({After Nach} 23. g3 Ne5 {the only way for White to
escape Black's attack would be very costly, könnte sich der Anziehende vom
schwarzen Angriff nur um einen hohen Preis freikaufen,}) ({whereas während} 23.
Qh3 Qxh3 24. gxh3 {is very ugly. Black would have the advantage after any
half-way logical move. sehr hässlich ist. Schwarz hätte danach bei jedem
halbwegs logischen Zug Vorteil.}) 23... Bxe5 {Since I was a point and a half
ahead of my opponent and since this game was being played in the last but one
round I chose the most reliable continuation. Da ich anderthalb Vorsprung auf
meinen Gegner hatte und diese Partie in der vorletzten Runde gespielt wurde,
wählte ich die zuverlässigste Fortsetzung.} ({After the strong Nach dem starken
} 23... Nxe5 24. Qg3 Qf6 25. Bc3 f4 26. Qh3 Rae8 {Black has a clear
superiority. hat Schwarz klares Übergewicht.}) 24. g3 Qg4 25. Qxg4 fxg4 26. c3
{In time trouble Leinier makes a major mistake. He had possibly overlooked my
reply. In Zeitnot unterläuft Leinier ein großer Fehler. Wahrscheinlich hatte
er meinen Antwortzug übersehen.} ({After Nach} 26. Rad1 {at the board schien
mir am Brett} Rf3 {appeared to me to be very strong, but after sehr stark zu
sein, aber nach} 27. Bb1 {White is not at all so badly placed. steht Weiß
nicht gar so schlecht.}) ({Probably I should have been satisfied with the
slight pressure after Wahrscheinlich hätte ich mich mit dem geringen Druck nach
} 26. Rad1 Rf6 {. zufriedengeben müssen.}) 26... Bf6 {This combines the
threats of Nd7-c5 and Nd7-e5 and secures a decisive advantage for Black. Das
verbindet die Drohungen Nd7-c5 sowie Nd7-e5 und sichert Schwarz entscheidenden
Vorteil.} ({Nicht ganz so einfach wäre} 26... Rf3 {would not be quite so
simple, since after , da Weiß nach} 27. Bb1 b4 28. d6 bxc3 29. Be3 c2 30. Bxc2
Bxa1 31. Rxa1 {White, in spite of his material concessions, would have good
chances of a draw on account of his active bishops. trotz der materiellen
Einbuße im Hinblick auf seine aktiven Läufer ausgezeichnete Remischancen hätte.
}) 27. Bb1 b4 ({Another possible move was Möglich war auch} 27... Ne5 28. Be4
Nf3+ 29. Bxf3 gxf3 {and White's weaknesses would no longer be able to be
defended. The plan I chose is not any worse, but is more complicated. und die
weißen Schwächen wären nicht mehr zu verteidigen. Der von mir gewählte Plan
ist nicht schlechter, aber komplizierter.}) 28. Re3 Rad8 {I liked this idea so
much in conjunction with my next move that I did not particularly investigate
even stronger moves.  Diese Idee gefiel mir in Verbindung mit meinem nächsten
Zug so gut, dass ich mich mit möglicherweise noch stärkeren Zügen nicht
besonders beschäftigte.} 29. Bf5 h5 30. Rd1 ({The only chance to prolong his
resistance consisted of Die einzige Chance, den Widerstand zu verlängern,
bestand in} 30. Rb1 Nc5 ({nicht gut ist} 30... b3 {is not good on account of
wegen} 31. Re4) 31. cxb4 Rxd5 32. bxc5 Rxf5 33. Bc3 {with a transition to a
rook ending in which Black would still have had to play accurately to win. mit
Übergang ins Turmendspiel, in dem Schwarz noch genau hätte spielen müssen, um
zu gewinnen.}) 30... b3 {The d5- and a4-pawns will soon fall and for that
reason White's situation is absolutely hopeless.  Die Bauern d5 und a4 werden
bald fallen, und aus diesem Grund ist die Lage von Weiß absolut hoffnungslos.}
31. Bc1 Bg5 32. Be6+ Kh8 33. Re2 ({After Auf} 33. Re4 {the simplest win would
have been hätte am einfachsten} Nc5 {. gewonnen.}) 33... Bxc1 34. Rxc1 Nc5 {
The remainder is elementary. Black closes in with the king and gobbles up the
d6-pawn.  Alles Weitere ist elementar. Schwarz nähert sich mit dem König an
und verspeist den Bauern d6.} 35. a5 Rfe8 36. Kf1 g6 37. Rce1 Kg7 38. d6 Rxe6
39. Rxe6 Nxe6 40. Rxe6 Rd7 41. Re8 Rxd6 42. Ke2 Rd3 0-1

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2008.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tuncer, Ufuk"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2008.06.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 $5 {In good hands this may
become a good weapon. Morozevich and Akopian are the practioners of this
Steinitzian line.} b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 d6 {I always do have a
preference for this} ({over} 8... d5 9. O-O $11) 9. Nf1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Ng3
Nc6 12. O-O Be6 (12... h6 13. h3 Be6 {is a better and more logical move order.}
) 13. h3 h6 14. d4 {The idea behind d3 is to play d4 at an appropriate moment.}
cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Rc8 {Now we are back to the game
Renner,Ch-Atalik,S, Augsburg 2004-5.} 18. Bb1 $146 (18. Bb3 d5 19. e5 Nd7 20.
Re1 (20. Bf4 g5 21. Be3 Nxe5 {and I do not see the point of refraining from
capturing a pawn.}) 20... Bc5 21. Qd3 (21. Qf4 $2 f6) 21... Qh4 $1 $17 {
and Black is controlling the game as I have analysed for the notes of my game
with Renner.}) (18. Bd3 {might have brought similar ideas without shutting in
the Ra1.} Nd7 $1 (18... d5 $6 19. e5 Nd7 20. Nf5 $40) (18... Re8 19. a4 Bc4 20.
axb5 axb5 $14) 19. Nh5 (19. Bf4 Bf6) 19... Bf6 (19... Nf6 20. Nf4 d5 21. exd5
Bc5 22. Qe5 Bd6 $11) 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Qxd6 Ne5 22. Be2 Rc6 23. Qa3 Bc4 $1 $44
) 18... Re8 (18... d5 $2 19. e5 Nd7 20. Qd3 $40) 19. Be3 Bf8 {Black is getting
prepared for the fianchetto.} 20. a4 {Maybe this one is not bad either but I
am not for such moves.} (20. Qd2 $142 Nd7 $1 (20... d5 $6 21. e5 Ne4 22. Nxe4
dxe4 23. Bxe4 Bc4 24. Rfd1 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Rxe5 26. Bb7 Rce8 27. Bxa6 $16 {
is obviously to White's advantage.}) 21. Bc2 (21. f4 Be7 $1) 21... Qh4 $132)
20... Bc4 21. Re1 $6 (21. Rd1 $2 bxa4) (21. Rc1 $142 $1 {has its points.} d5
22. e5 Nd7 23. b3 Bc5 24. Qb2 d4 25. Bxd4 Bxb3 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 Nxc5 28.
axb5 axb5 $13) 21... bxa4 $1 {Black takes over the initiative.} 22. Rxa4 Bb5
23. Ra1 d5 24. exd5 {After this I sank into deep thought.} (24. e5 $2 Rc4 25.
Qb6 Qxb6 26. Bxb6 Nd7 $19 {wins a pawn.}) 24... Rc4 (24... Nxd5 25. Bd2 Rxe1+
26. Bxe1 Bc5 27. Qe4 Nf6 28. Qf3 Bd4 $17 {may be better than the game
continuation.}) 25. Qd1 Bb4 26. Re2 (26. Bd3 $2 Bxe1 27. Bxc4 Rxe3 $1 28. fxe3
Bxg3 {is basically what I calculated during the game .} 29. Qd4 (29. b3 Qe8 $17
) 29... Qe8 30. Bxb5 axb5 31. d6 Be5 32. Qc5 Bxb2 33. Rd1 b4 34. Qxb4 Qxe3+ 35.
Kh1 Be5 $19) ({After} 26. b3 $5 {saw} Rf4 $1 $17 {But I was not sure.}) (26.
Bd2 $5 {This looks absolutely unplayable but White can try to sac the queen
which did not cross my mind during the game.} Qxd5 $1 (26... Rd4 27. Bxb4 Rxd1
28. Rxd1 Nxd5 29. Be4 Nxb4 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 $15) 27. Bxb4 Qxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxb4 29.
Rd6 Rxb2 30. Bd3 h5 $5 $17) 26... Nxd5 27. Bd3 $6 {This gave me a slight and
pleasant surprise.} (27. Ba2 $142 $1 Nxe3 28. Rxe3 Qxd1+ (28... Rc7 29. Rxe8+
Qxe8 30. Qg4 a5 $15) (28... Rd4 29. Qh5) 29. Rxd1 Rcc8 $15 (29... Rc2 30. Rxe8+
Bxe8 31. Rd8 Kf8 32. Bb3 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Ke7 34. Ra8 Bd6 35. Rxa6 Rb1 $44)) 27...
Nxe3 28. fxe3 (28. Rxe3 $6 Rd4 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Qb3 a5 $17) 28... Rc5 29.
Bxb5 Qxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rxb5 $1 $17 {Black takes control of the game. Now b2 is
weaker than ever.} 31. Rd7 g6 32. Nf1 Re7 33. Rd3 {Draw offer. Well there is a
lot to say about this. The guy who has lost all his games so far in the league,
who has almost 300 points less in the rating scale and on the top of
everything who is in a very bad position offers a draw. What does he expect?
The flea market mentality will never die!} Rc7 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Rd1 Be7 $19 {
And the b2 pawn is doomed.} 36. Ra1 Rc6 $5 (36... a5 37. Ng3 Bf6 38. Ra2 (38.
Ne4 Bxb2 39. Nd6 Bxa1 40. Nxb5 Rc4 41. Ra2 Be5 42. Rxa5 Rc5 $19 {is one of
many possible lines.}) 38... Rc4 $19 {dominates!} (38... Rcb7 39. Ne4 {annoyed
me. That is why I chose the move in the game, in order to avoid the fork on d6.
})) 37. Ng3 Bf6 38. Rb1 (38. Ra2 Rcb6) 38... Rcb6 39. Ne4 Bxb2 $5 {I relied
too much on the rook endgame which turned out to be correct but I might have
kept the bishop.} (39... Be5 $19) (39... Rxb2 40. Rexb2 Rxb2 41. Rd1 Be7 42.
Rd7 Bb4 43. Ra7 a5 $19) 40. Nd6 $1 Rxd6 41. Rbxb2 Rxb2 42. Rxb2 a5 {I thought
that the rook behind the pawn would have led to an easy win like in the 34th
game of Alekhine-Capablanca World Championship Match, Buenos Aires,1927.} 43.
Ra2 Ra6 44. Ra4 {Now starts the second phase, kings up.} Kf6 45. Kf2 Ke5 46.
Ke2 Kd5 47. Kd3 Kc5 48. Kc3 Kb5 49. Rf4 $8 {The only move to stay in the game.}
(49. Kb3 $2 Re6 50. e4 f5 $19 {loses on the spot.}) 49... a4 $1 {First the
pawn should walk as far as possible.} 50. Kb2 (50. Rxf7 $2 a3 51. Rf1 a2 52.
Ra1 (52. Kb2 $2 a1=Q+ 53. Rxa1 Rxa1 54. Kxa1 Kc4 $19) 52... Kc5 53. e4 Kd6 54.
Kd4 Ra4+ $19) 50... a3+ 51. Ka2 f5 {No pawn exchanges are possible after this
move.} 52. Rd4 (52. e4 Ra4 $19) (52. g4 Ra4 53. Rf3 fxg4 54. hxg4 Rxg4 $19 {
in both cases Black easily wins the game.}) 52... Kc5 53. Rd8 (53. g4 fxg4 54.
Rxg4 (54. hxg4 Re6 55. Rd3 Re4 $19) 54... Kd5 55. Rd4+ Ke5 56. h4 g5 $19 {
and the second passer decides the game.}) 53... Kb4 $6 {Not the most accurate.}
(53... Re6 $1 54. Rd3 (54. Kxa3 Rxe3+ 55. Ka4 Re2 $19) 54... Rd6 $19 {with a
trivial win.}) 54. Rd3 $2 {He had a better move to confuse the issue.} (54. e4
$1 fxe4 (54... f4 55. e5 g5 (55... Kc5 56. h4 Re6 57. Rf8 g5 58. Rf5 Rg6 59.
hxg5 hxg5 60. Kxa3 Kd5 61. Kb3 Ke6 62. Rf8 Kxe5 63. Kc3 Ra6 $19) 56. Rd6 Ra5
57. Rb6+ Rb5 58. Re6 Rd5 59. Rb6+ Kc3 60. Rc6+ Kd4 61. e6 Re5 62. Kxa3 Kd5 63.
Rc2 Rxe6 $19 {should be winning as well.}) 55. Rd4+ Kc3 56. Rxe4 Kd3 57. Re8 h5
$19) 54... Kc4 55. Rd4+ Kc3 56. g4 fxg4 57. hxg4 g5 $1 $19 {Now it is all gone.
} 58. Rd8 Re6 (58... Ra4 59. Rd6 Rxg4 60. Rxh6 Kd3 61. Rh3 Rg2+ 62. Kxa3 g4 $19
{leads to Lucena.}) 59. Rc8+ Kd2 60. Kxa3 Rxe3+ (60... Kxe3 $19 {is also
winning of course.}) 61. Kb2 Re4 62. Rc2+ Ke3 63. Rc6 (63. Rh2 Rxg4 64. Rxh6
Rc4 $19) 63... Rxg4 64. Rxh6 Rc4 65. Kb3 Rc8 66. Re6+ Kf3 67. Rf6+ Kg3 68. Rd6
g4 69. Rd3+ Kh2 70. Rd2+ Kh3 71. Rd3+ g3 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2011.06.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Amanov, Zhanibek"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {Zhanibek goes for a combination of Gioco
Piano and Ruy Lopez.} d6 {I like this more than} ({the alternative} 4... Bc5 $5
5. Bxc6 (5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 c6 8. Ba4 d6 9. c3 Bb6 10. Nc4 Bc7 11.
Ne3 O-O 12. Qf3 g6 13. Bb3 Kg7 14. h3 Qe7 $13) (5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a6
(7... Ne7 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 $13) 8. Ba4 (8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4
Bb6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Re1 Bd7 13. b3 c5 $11) 8... Ba7 (8... Ne7 9. d4 exd4 10.
cxd4 Ba7) 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 c6 12. Ng3 d5 13. Bb3 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. dxe4 h6 $11) 5... dxc6 6. Nbd2 (6. h3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. O-O Re8) 6...
O-O (6... Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd7 9. Nc4 Qe7 10. Bd2 $14) 7. Nc4 Nd7 8. Be3
Bd6 $14) 5. c3 ({is regarded a better move.} 5. O-O $142 Be7 (5... g6 6. d4 $1
Bd7 7. d5 Ne7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Re1 Bg7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 $14) 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1
(7. Nbd2 Bd7) 7... Bd7 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Nf1 Bf8 10. Ng3 h6 11. h3 Ne7 12. Bxd7
Qxd7 13. d4 Ng6 $132) 5... g6 $1 {Now the fianchetto is possible.} 6. O-O Bg7
7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 a6 {I have decided to transpose it to Morphy's Defence
lines.} 9. Ba4 (9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. d4 {is always a possibility.} Nd7 $13 (10...
exd4 11. cxd4 Re8 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. b3 c5 14. Bb2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 $14)) 9... b5 (
9... Nd7 $5 10. Nf1 Nc5 11. Bc2 Ne6 12. Ng3 Qf6 13. Be3 Nf4 14. h3 h5 $132) 10.
Bc2 Bb7 (10... Re8 {is the other move.} 11. Nf1 d5 12. Bg5 d4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Bb3 Be6 $1 {is the idea to keep the bishop for the other
diagonal.}) 11. a4 {To push a4 and then b4 with the idea also to include Nb3
is another line.} (11. Nf1 Nb8 $5 {a la Breyer is possible here as well.} 12.
Ng3 Nbd7 $13) 11... Qd7 (11... Re8 12. b4 (12. Nf1 d5 13. Qe2 b4) 12... Qd7 13.
Nb3 Bf8 {is what Kamsky has tried against Nepomniachy. Position looks better
for White but where is the improvement?}) (11... b4 12. Nc4) (11... Qc8 12. b4
Rd8 13. Nb3 Bf8 14. Bd2) 12. Nf1 ({I like} 12. b4 {more} Nh5 (12... Kh8 13. Nb3
Ng8 14. d4 $1) 13. Nb3 f5 (13... Rfe8 $6 14. Bd2 Bf8 15. d4 exd4 (15... bxa4 $2
16. Rxa4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Qxa4 18. Nc5 Qc6 19. Ba4 Qb6 20. Nd7 Qa7 21. g4 $1 $18 {
is difficult to see at once.}) 16. cxd4 d5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 (18. bxc5 dxe4
19. Bxe4 Nf6 $132 20. Ne5 $140 $2 Rxe5 21. dxe5 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Qd5 $17) 18...
dxe4 19. Rxe4 (19. Bxe4 Nf6 20. Bc2 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 $132) 19... Nf6 20. Rxe8+
Rxe8) 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Nxe5 $140 $2 Nxe5 16. Qxh5 Qc6 17. Qh3 Qxc3 $19) 12...
b4 $146 {An interesting sign of activity.} (12... d5 13. Qe2 Rfe8) 13. a5 $1
bxc3 14. bxc3 Na7 15. Ng3 Rfe8 16. Bd2 Rab8 17. Qc1 c5 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. h3 Bc6
20. d4 $5 {Simply bold!} (20. Qd2 Rb2) (20. c4 Qc7 21. Nf5 Bd7 22. Ne3 Nc6 $132
) 20... cxd4 21. cxd4 exd4 (21... Nb5 $5 22. d5 Bb7 23. Qd2 $14) 22. Nxd4 Bxe4
$1 {By this I have won a pawn but the outcome is very unclear.} (22... Nxe4 $4
23. Nxc6) 23. Ba4 (23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxd4 25. Qd1 Be5 $1 {holds.}) 23...
Nb5 24. Qd2 Ba8 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. Bxb5 axb5 {Now Black has to be worried
about the a passer.} 27. Re1 Bg7 $2 {Push pawns, not drugs!} (27... b4 28. Ngf5
(28. Ndf5 Bc3) 28... Be5 29. Qg5 Kh8 30. f4 f6 31. Qg4 b3 $1 $17) 28. Bxg7 Nxg7
29. Qg5 Ne6 30. Qg4 $6 (30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Nh5 Qf7 (31... Qd8 $1 32. Nf6+ Kf7
33. Nxh7 Qxg5 34. Nxg5+ Kf6 $17) 32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. Rd1) (30. Nh5 Nxg5 31. Nf6+
Kg7 32. Nxd7 Rd8 33. Nb6 $14) 30... Qb7 31. f3 Qa7 $6 (31... Nxd4 32. Qxd4 Qa6
$17) 32. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 33. Qxe6+ Qf7 34. Qxd6 $138 {In mutual time trouble,
White has achieved some real compensation. The main problem is that I have a
blind bishop after all.} Re8 35. Kh2 (35. Nxb5 Bxf3 36. gxf3 Qxf3 37. h4 $1 $11
{draws.} (37. Nf1 Re2 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qd4+ $11)) 35... Rc8 36. Qb6 (36. Nxb5
Bxf3 37. gxf3 Rc2+ 38. Kg1 Qxf3 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Qd4+ Kf7 41. Qd7+ $11 {
results in perpetual.}) 36... Qd7 37. a6 Qd5 38. Ne4 $4 {With all the chances
on earth he blunders.} (38. a7 $1 $14) (38. Nxb5 $1 Rc2 $2 (38... Qc6 $14) 39.
Qb8+ Kg7 40. Ne4 $18) 38... Qe5+ 39. Kg1 Bxe4 40. fxe4 Qxe4 41. a7 $2 (41. Qd6
$8 b4 42. a7 $132 {is not simple at all.}) 41... Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Marmaris"]
[Date "2006.04.20"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2006.04.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 $5 {Closed variation became
very popular these days even Gadir has picked it up.} d6 $5 {I like it closed
too.Some people combine b5 with Bc5 some go for early d5.} 6. c4 {Duras liked
this way of play.} Be7 {I prefer this to fianchetto the bishop but it is
debatable.} 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3 Nb8 $1 {Just like Breyer.Black prepares c6 and b5.
} 9. b4 (9. O-O c6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Bb3 Nbd7 $15) 9... c6 (9... a5 10. b5 Nbd7
11. Nc3 Nc5 12. O-O $13) (9... b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Bxb5 d5 12. O-O $13) 10.
O-O b5 11. Bc2 Nbd7 (11... a5 12. cxb5 axb4 13. bxc6 Nxc6 14. Nbd2 $11 {
looked too equal to me.}) 12. cxb5 axb5 13. d4 d5 14. Nbd2 $1 {Tension in the
center raises.} (14. dxe5 Nxe4 15. Qd4 f6 (15... f5 $5) 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4
Nxe5 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19. Qxc6 Ra6 20. Qxb5 Rg6 $44) 14... exd4 15. Nxd4 Bb7 16.
a3 {Draw offer.} dxe4 $6 {A risky move.In order to bring a playable position
for both sides I had to take risks.} (16... c5 $11 {leads practically to a
draw.}) 17. Nxe4 g6 (17... Re8 $6 18. Nf5 $40) (17... c5 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 (18...
Nxf6 $2 19. Nf5 cxb4 20. Qxd8 Bxd8 21. Bc5 $16) 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Qh5 Ne4 $13)
(17... Nd5 18. Nf5) 18. Nb3 $1 (18. Qf3 $5 $14) 18... Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bf6 20. Ra2
$2 {White loses his advantage with this.} (20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 (21. Qxd4 c5)
21... Qb6 22. Nb3 $16) 20... Qe7 21. Na5 $6 {I did not like this idea of
giving the pair of bishops however the resulting positions may be drawish.} (
21. f3 $5 $14 {would have still kept some edge.}) (21. Qc2 Rfe8 22. Bd3 Ne5 23.
Be2 Nc4 (23... Bc8 24. Nd4 Bd7) 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Nc5 c3 $13) 21... Qxe4 22.
Qxd7 (22. Nxb7 $2 Ne5 $17) 22... Bc8 23. Qxc6 Qxc6 24. Nxc6 Be6 25. Rd2 Rxa3
26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Rc3 $15 {In the coming endgame we will see the
difference between bishop and knight.} 28. Na5 Rfc8 29. Re1 Rc1 30. Rxc1 Rxc1+
31. Kh2 {This is a tough position.White has the better piece but Rd4 and Na5
are placed rock solid.Black has to create a second weakness in the kingside to
prevail.} Kg7 32. Rd6 Rb1 33. Nc6 Bc4 34. h4 h5 35. Kg3 Bf1 36. Rd4 Rb3+ 37.
Kh2 Rc3 38. Ne5 (38. Na5 Kf6 {makes the king approach.}) 38... Kf6 39. Nd7+ Ke7
40. Rd1 Rc4 $2 {Typical for people of my caliber in chess.I thought that I
have played a great move but things shaped up differently.Yermo would have
never gone for this.He would have looked for a grinder.} (40... Bd3 $1 $17 {
would have tighten the screws.}) 41. g3 $4 {This is the losing move.
Interesting is that out of the other 3 alternatives I have missed lines in two
of them.} (41. Nb6 $2 Rxh4+ 42. Kg1 Bc4 43. g3 Re4 $19) (41. Ne5 $5 Rxh4+ 42.
Kg3 Rh1 43. Nc6+ {I have missed this and} (43. f3 h4+ 44. Kf2 Bxg2 45. Nc6+ $1
$11 (45. Rd7+ $2 Ke6 46. Kxg2 Rb1 $19)) 43... Ke6 44. f3 h4+ 45. Kf2 Bxg2 46.
Nd8+ Ke5 47. Nxf7+ Kf6 48. Rxh1 Bxh1 49. Nd6 Ke5 50. Nxb5 $11) (41. Nc5 Rxh4+
42. Kg1 Bxg2 (42... Bc4 $2 43. g3 Rg4 44. Re1+ Kf8 (44... Kd6 45. Ne4+ Kd5 46.
f3 $18) 45. Ne4 $16 {I have missed this one too.}) 43. Kxg2 Rxb4 $11 {shoul be
a draw.}) 41... Be2 42. Rd2 Rxb4 43. Ne5 Re4 $1 44. f4 Bg4 $5 {A strange move.}
(44... Bc4 45. Rd7+ Ke6 46. Rc7 (46. Rb7 f6) 46... Bd5 47. Kg1 b4 $19) 45. Nc6+
(45. Rd5 b4 46. Rb5 Kf6 47. Rb6+ (47. Nd3 Re2+ 48. Kg1 Re3 $19) (47. Nc6 Bd7
$19) 47... Kg7 48. Nxg4 hxg4 49. Kg2 Re2+ 50. Kg1 Re3 51. Kf2 Rf3+ 52. Kg2 b3
53. Rb7 Rc3 $19) 45... Kf6 46. Nd4 b4 47. Kg2 (47. Kg1 Be6 (47... Re1+ 48. Kf2
Rd1 49. Rxd1 Bxd1 50. Ke1)) 47... Be6 $19 {Now the b pawn is ready to walk.}
48. Kf3 Bd5 49. Kf2 Bc4 {Overcautious.} (49... b3 $19) 50. Kf3 Re8 51. Rb2 b3
52. Rb1 Bd5+ 53. Kf2 Rb8 54. Ne2 (54. Rb2 Ra8 $1 55. Ke3 Ra2 $19) 54... Be6 55.
Rb2 (55. Nc3 Kf5 (55... b2 56. Nd1 Rd8 57. Ke1 Rd3 58. Rxb2 Rxg3 $19) (55...
Bf5 56. Rb2 Bc2 57. Ne2 Rb4 58. Ke3 Kf5 $19)) 55... Ra8 56. Ke3 (56. Nc3 Ra2 $1
$19) 56... Ra2 57. Rb1 b2 58. Nd4 Bf5 59. Nxf5 Kxf5 60. Kf2 Ke4 61. Ke2 {
The king will eventually give way to his counterpart.} 0-1

[Event "SRB Central-ch op-A 6th"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2013.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tosic, Miroslav"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2013.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. b4 $5
{Outstandingly irregular!} O-O $6 ({I did not want to give him a draw with} 
8... b5 9. Bc2 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. Bd2 (11. a4) 11... O-O 12. a4 $11) 9. Bb3
$1 $14 a5 10. b5 Nb8 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Be3 b6 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Qc2 Qe7 (14... d5
15. Rfe1) 15. Rfe1 h6 16. h3 Nc5 $6 {I really did not expect neither had I
fully evaluated the consequences of a minor piece exchange on c5.} (16... d5 $2
17. exd5 Nxd5 18. d4 $16) (16... Rae8 $1 {followed by Qd8 is a standard plan
in such positions.}) 17. Bxc5 $1 $16 bxc5 (17... dxc5 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 exd4
20. e5 Nd5 21. Nxd4 Nf4 22. N2f3 $16) 18. d4 Nd7 19. Rad1 Rfc8 (19... cxd4 20.
cxd4 Nb6 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Rc1 $14 Rfc8 23. Re3 c6 24. Rc3 cxb5 25. Rc7 Nd7 26.
Qb1 $16) 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 (21... Qxe5 22. Re3 $16) 22. Nf3 Re8 23.
Bd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 $1 (24. Rxd5 $6 Qf6 25. c4 Kg7 $14) 24... Qf6 25. Re3 Bf4 26.
Re4 Rxe4 27. Qxe4 h5 28. Re1 $16 {Here comes the critical position.} Kf8 $2 {
After all this work on calculation I did not have the balls to play against a
passer.} ({I had seen the tactical move} 28... h4 $3 29. Qe7 Qxc3 (29... Qxe7
$2 30. Rxe7 Rc8 31. Re4 g5 32. Nxh4 $16) 30. Qxc7 Qb4 31. b6 c4 32. b7 Rf8 33.
Kf1 (33. Qc8 Kg7 34. Rf1 c3 35. b8=Q Qxb8 36. Qxc3+ Be5 37. Nxe5 dxe5 38. Qxa5
Rd8 39. Rd1 Qb3 $132) 33... c3 34. Qc8 c2 (34... g5 $4 35. Re8 $18) 35. Qxc2
Qxb7 36. Qe4 Bh6 37. Qxh4 Bg7 38. Ng5 Rc8 $132) (28... Bh6) 29. g3 Bh6 30. Kg2
Rc8 31. h4 Kg8 32. c4 Kg7 33. Qc2 $5 ({Sooner or later he had to switch to} 33.
g4 hxg4 34. Qxg4 Rg8 $16) 33... Kf8 $2 {Another tactical oversight.} (33... Kg8
) 34. Qb3 $2 (34. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 35. hxg5 Qxg5 36. Qc3 Kg8 37. Qxa5 Qf6 38. Qd2
$18) 34... Rb8 35. Qc2 Ra8 36. Qe4 Rb8 37. Ng1 Bg7 38. Re3 Qe5 39. Qf3 {
He started to move fast and in a tricky way but he missed the punch.} (39. Qxe5
$6 Bxe5 $14 (39... dxe5 $5 {was my intention.} 40. Nf3 f6 (40... Re8 41. Re2 $1
e4 (41... Bf6 42. Nd2) 42. Ng5) 41. Re2 Bh6 42. Ne1 Kf7 43. Nd3 Bf8 44. f4 exf4
45. Nxf4 Bd6 46. Ne6 Rg8 $16 {is passive but solid.})) 39... Qf6 ({I had
exaggerated the power of the lateral attack with Re6 in the following line:} 
39... Qd4 $5 40. Nh3 Bf6 41. Re4 Qb2 42. Ng5 Bxg5 43. hxg5 Qc2 $8 44. Re6 Re8
45. Rf6 Re7 46. b6 cxb6 47. Rxd6 Qxc4 48. Rxb6 (48. Rxg6 $2 Re3 $3) 48... Re1
49. Rb8+ Re8) 40. Qe2 Qb2 41. Qf3 Bf6 (41... Bd4 42. Re2 (42. Re6 Qxf2+) 42...
Qc3 $14) (41... Qf6 42. Qxf6 Bxf6 $14) 42. Nh3 Kg7 (42... Re8 43. Rb3 Qa1 44.
b6 cxb6 45. Rxb6 Re1 46. Rxd6 $140 Rh1 $1 47. Qxf6 Qf1+ 48. Kf3 Qd1+ 49. Kg2
$11) 43. Ng5 Rf8 (43... Bxg5 $2 44. hxg5 Kf8 45. Qe4 $18) 44. Rb3 (44. Ne4 Be5)
44... Qd4 $6 $138 {Playing passively is the worst thing one can do in such
positions.} (44... Qa2 $1 45. b6 cxb6 46. Rxb6 Bxg5 47. hxg5 Qxc4 48. Rxd6 Qxa4
49. Qf6+ Kg8 50. Rd8 Qe4+ 51. Kf1 Qd4 52. Rxf8+ Kxf8 53. Qd8+ Kg7 54. d6 Qd1+
55. Kg2 Qd5+ 56. Kh2 Qd2 $11) 45. Ne4 Be5 (45... Bd8 $2 46. b6 cxb6 47. Nxd6
$18) 46. Qe2 Re8 $2 (46... Qa1 47. b6 cxb6 48. Rxb6 Qxa4 49. Nxd6 Bxd6 50. Rxd6
Re8 51. Qb2+ Kg8 $14 {is not clear to me at all.}) 47. Re3 (47. b6 cxb6 48.
Nxd6 Re7 49. Nc8 $18) 47... Qb2 $4 {The final blunder in a difficult position.}
({After elimination of weaker alternatives the best was} 47... Bf6 $8 48. Nxf6
Rxe3 49. Nxh5+ gxh5 50. Qxe3 Qxc4 51. Qg5+ Kf8 52. Qxh5 Qxa4 53. Qh8+ Ke7 54.
Qc8 Qe4+ 55. Kh2 Qc2 56. Qxc7+ Ke8 57. Qc8+ Ke7 58. Kh3 Qxf2 59. Qc7+ Ke8 60.
Qxd6 Qf5+ 61. Kg2 Qc2+ 62. Kf3 Qd3+ 63. Kf4 Qxb5 64. Qe5+ Kd7 65. Qf5+ Ke7 66.
d6+ Kxd6 67. Qf6+ Kc7 68. Qxf7+ Qd7 $11) (47... Qa1 48. b6 Rc8 49. b7 Rb8 50.
Rb3 $16) (47... Bxg3 $2 48. Nxg3 Rxe3 49. Qxe3 Qxc4 50. Qg5 Kh7 51. Qe7 Qxd5+
52. Kh2 g5 53. Ne4 $1 $18 (53. Nxh5 $6 Kg6 {offers some chances.})) 48. Qxb2 {
Not the only move. Anything wins!} (48. Nf6 $18) (48. Nxd6 $18) 48... Bxb2 49.
Nxd6 Rxe3 50. fxe3 Kf8 51. Nb7 1-0

[Event "Augsburg"]
[Site "Augsburg"]
[Date "2005.01.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Renner, Christoph"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 {A timid move totally coherent
with this guy's chess understanding.} d6 6. c3 Be7 $5 {I believe this is not
worst than the fianchetto.} 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nf1 (8. O-O {is a nasty alternative.
In many of systems possible after this black has to count tempi in comparison
with the regular line after d3-d4.} b5 9. Bc2 Re8 (9... d5 $5) 10. Re1 Bb7 (
10... Bf8 11. Nf1 g6 12. Ng3 Bg7 {is also possible.}) 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Bf8
13. d4 g6 $11) 8... b5 9. Bb3 (9. Bc2 $6 {is not that effective now because of
the weakness in c4 square!} d5 10. Qe2 Be6 $1 (10... dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. Ne3
Ng4 $11) 11. Ne3 (11. exd5 Nxd5) 11... d4 12. cxd4 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Nxd4 $17) 9...
Na5 10. Bc2 c5 {Now white has a choice to poste his knight between two squares.
} 11. Ng3 (11. Ne3 Nc6 12. O-O Be6 $1 {This move which was even played by
Capablanca in a analogue position is the best according to Ivan. Actually in
these systems with d3 in Italian or Spanish games white is looking for to push
d4 rather than slow ideas with h3, Nh2-g4, Qf3.} 13. Ng5 (13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4
exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Rc8 17. Bb3 Re8 18. Rd1 Bf8 $132) 13... Bd7 $13)
11... Nc6 12. O-O h6 (12... d5 $5 13. exd5 Qxd5 $132) (12... Be6 $6 13. Ng5 Bg4
14. f3 Bd7 15. f4 $14) 13. h3 Be6 $1 {Like I have mentioned above I have a
preference for this one over other systems because it directly interfers with
whites main idea namely d3-d4.} 14. d4 $6 (14. Re1 Rc8 15. Nh2 Nh7 16. Ng4 Bg5
$132) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Rc8 18. Bb3 d5 19. e5 Nd7
{The first critical position in the game.} 20. Bf4 $5 {Is this a blunder? Hard
to say so.} (20. Re1 Bc5 21. Qd3 Qh4 22. Bc2 g6) (20. Rd1 $2 Bc5 21. Qf4 f6 $17
) (20. Be3 $6 Bc5 21. Qd2 d4 $1 (21... Nxe5 $6 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Qd4 Nd7 24. f4
Qf6 25. Qf2 $44) 22. Bxd4 Nxe5 23. Bxe6 fxe6 $17) 20... g5 $1 {This is very
effective since there is nothing to worry about kingside weakness.} (20... Bc5
$6 21. Qd2 g5 22. Be3 d4 23. Bxd4 Nxe5 24. Rfd1 $11 {is more or less equal.})
21. Be3 (21. Nh5 $2 gxf4 $1 (21... Bc5 $2 22. Qd3 gxf4 23. Bc2 f5 24. exf6 $40)
22. Qxf4 Bh4 $1 23. Qxh6 Qg5 $19) 21... Nxe5 22. Nh5 $2 {He had to get the
pawn back!} (22. Bxg5 $1 Nc6 $1 (22... Bxg5 23. Qxe5 $44) (22... Nf3+ 23. gxf3
hxg5 24. Nh5 f6 25. Rfe1 $44) 23. Bxe7 Nxd4 24. Bxd8 Rfxd8 25. Rfc1 {Despite
of the looks this ain't no clear if black has the means to convert his
advantage.} Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Nxb3 27. axb3 d4 $15) 22... f6 23. Rad1 {He offered
a draw. He was way behind in the clock as well as being a pawn down. Probably
this offer sounded funny for him.} Nc4 24. Bc1 Qe8 25. Rfe1 Rc6 26. Ng3 Qf7 27.
Bc2 Bb4 28. Rf1 Rfc8 $2 {Not only I was not really ticked off about his draw
offer I was taking some normal amount of time before every move, but 29.Bf5
simply did not cross to my mind. In my mind this square was only accessible to
white's knight.} ({The only thing I had to do in order to convert my advantage
was to push} 28... f5 $1 29. b3 Bc5 30. Qc3 b4 31. Qe1 f4 $19) (28... Bc5 29.
Qd3 f5 $1 (29... Ne5 30. Qe2 Rfc8 31. Nf5 $44) 30. Ne2 f4 31. Nd4 Ne5 32. Qe2
Bxd4 33. Rxd4 Qc7 34. Bb3 f3 $19) 29. Bf5 $1 $15 {After this I have lost my
mental composure.} Rd8 {I had to start from the scratch!} (29... Bc5 30. Bxe6
Qxe6 31. Qxd5 Qxd5 32. Rxd5 $11) 30. b3 Bc5 31. Qa1 $1 Nd6 32. Bd3 Rcc8 $2 {
But this was a real mistake!} (32... f5 33. Qe5 Qg6 $1 34. Rfe1 Nf7 35. Qe2 $15
) 33. Kh1 h5 34. Bb2 Rf8 (34... g4 $2 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Bxf6 Rf8 37. Bd4 $14 {
There is nothing to worry on the h line for white.}) 35. f4 g4 36. f5 Bd7 37.
h4 $1 Rce8 38. Bd4 Bxd4 39. Qxd4 Re5 40. Qb6 Qe7 {The time trouble was over.}
41. Nxh5 $2 {This capture has caught me surprised.} (41. Qxa6 $142 Be8 $13 {
is very messy.} (41... Re3 $2 42. Nxh5 Qh7 43. Qxd6 Qxh5 44. g3 $16)) 41...
Bxf5 (41... Qh7 $6 42. Qxd6 Qxh5 43. g3 $14) (41... Nxf5 42. Bxf5 Bxf5 $15 {
is not the type of exchange I was heading for.}) 42. Nf4 Ne4 $2 {With NvsB
type of positions after my continuation he comes close to have a draw!} (42...
g3 $1 43. Bxf5 (43. Rf3 Re1+ 44. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 45. Rf1 Qe5 46. Bxf5 Nxf5 47. Qe6+
Qxe6 48. Nxe6 Rc8 $19) 43... Nxf5 44. Ng6 Qh7 45. Rxf5 Rxf5 46. Qe6+ Kg7 47.
Qxf5 Qxg6 48. Rxd5 Re8 $19) (42... Bxd3 $5 43. Rxd3 Re1 44. Qf2 Rxf1+ 45. Qxf1
Ne4 $17) 43. Bxe4 Bxe4 44. Qf2 Qg7 45. Qg3 Rfe8 (45... Rc8 46. Rc1 Rxc1 47.
Rxc1 $44) 46. Rd2 Rc8 $1 {With a small trick I have gained the control over c
line but is this enough to win the game I won't say so.} 47. Rfd1 Qd7 48. Kh2 {
With this move he was threatening Nd5 which I have missed.} (48. Nxd5 $4 {
is not working yet.} Rxd5 49. Rxd5 Bxd5 50. Rxd5 Rc1+) (48. Nd3 Bxd3 49. Rxd3
Qe6 $17) 48... Qf5 $2 {Simply overlooking his threat!} (48... Kh7 49. Rd4 Qf5
50. R1d2 $44 {and the game continues.}) 49. Nxd5 $1 $11 {This had an effect of
cold shower on me.} Bxd5 50. Rxd5 Rxd5 51. Rxd5 Qxd5 52. Qxg4+ Kf7 53. Qxc8
Qd6+ $1 $11 {I have found it after the cold shower!} 54. g3 (54. Kh3 Qd3+ 55.
Kg4 Qe2+ $11) 54... Qd2+ 55. Kh3 Qxa2 {Now it is obvious that there is a
balance in the material department as well as in the appreciation of the
position.} 56. Qd7+ Kf8 57. Qe6 (57. Qd6+ Kf7 58. Qd3 Qa1 $11) 57... Qa1 58.
Kg4 Qd1+ 59. Kh3 (59. Kf4 Qf1+ 60. Ke4 Qe2+ 61. Kd5 Qxe6+ 62. Kxe6 a5 63. Kd5
f5 64. Kc5 a4 65. bxa4 bxa4 66. Kb4 Kg7 67. Kxa4 Kg6 68. Kb5 Kh5 69. Kc5 Kg4
70. Kd5 f4 (70... Kxg3 71. h5 f4 $11) 71. gxf4 Kxf4 $11) 59... Qf3 {As he did
not give the perpetual I have also felt like not going for it. All this looks
like a fight between two children in their backyard they really cannot step
back from proving their ego to each other.} 60. Qxa6 Qh1+ 61. Kg4 Qe4+ 62. Kh3
$11 {Now it is finally a draw!} (62. Kh5 Qh7+ 63. Kg4 Qe4+ $11) 62... Qh1+ 63.
Kg4 Qe4+ 64. Kh3 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2006.08.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Last round games or in other words money games have their own rules.One has
to play sharp and keep cool.In this second encounter with GM Ulibin after 10
years I have noticed that I was more up to the needs of the situation.} 1. e4
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 $5 {Misha does not want to allow an
Open Spanish.} d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bxc6 $5 {Going into Steinitz
Deferred with a tempo down but having his pawn already on c4 has its pros and
cons.} bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. O-O h6 $5 {Aiming for Nh7,Bf6.} 12. Qf3
$1 {Threatening e5 in case of the above mentioned maneuver.} Re8 13. Be3 Bf8
14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 Qd7 16. Rad1 Be7 $1 {Black is consistent with his idea.}
17. g4 $6 {An unnecessary move.} (17. Bd4 Nh7 18. Ne4 Ng5 19. Nxg5 Bxg5 20. c5
(20. Qc3 $2 Qxf5) 20... d5 $13) 17... Nh7 18. Ne4 Bh4 (18... Bf6 $5 19. Nxf6+
Nxf6 20. Bd4 Ne4 $36) 19. Bd4 Re7 {I have played the most sensible one.} (19...
c5 $5 20. Bc3 (20. Bxc5 Qe7) 20... Qa4 21. b3 Qxa2 22. Nd2 Bf6 23. Ra1 Qc2 24.
Rfc1 Bxc3 25. Rxc2 Bxa1 $44) (19... Bf6 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 $11) 20.
Rfe1 Rae8 21. Kf1 $2 $138 {My opponent who was looking very nervous since the
very beginning of the game was already in his usual time trouble.GM Ulibin was
a star of Russian chess in 90's alas he always had bad time management.} (21.
Re3 Ng5 (21... Bg5 22. Re2) (21... c5 $6 22. Bxc5 Qa4 23. Nc3 Qxc4 24. Rxe7
Bxe7 25. Bd4 $14) 22. Nxg5 Bxg5 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 $1 $40) 21... d5 $5 {I was in
between two promising alternatives.} (21... c5 $5 22. Bxc5 (22. Bc3 Qa4 23. Nd2
Ng5 24. Qd3 Re2 25. Qxe2 Rxe2 26. Kxe2 Nh3 $19) 22... Qa4 23. b3 Qa5 24. Ba7 $5
(24. Bd4 Ng5 $19)) 22. Nc5 Qd6 $1 (22... Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Kxe1 Qd6 $17)
(22... Ng5 23. Qf4 (23. Qc3 Qd6) 23... Qd6 $2 24. Rxe7 $3 Qxf4 25. Rxe8+ Kh7
26. Nd7 h5 27. Nf8+ Kh6 28. Ne6 $18) 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Be3 Bg5 25. Bd4 Bf6 $1 (
25... Qxh2 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Qxd5 Nf6 28. Qf3 $11) 26. Be3 Ng5 {After the
effective bishop maneuver black charges .} 27. Qg3 (27. Bxg5 Bxg5 $17 (27...
Qxc5 $2 28. Bxf6 Qxc4+ 29. Qd3 Qxd3+ 30. Rxd3 gxf6 31. Ra3 $16)) 27... Be5 $1 {
finally I have brought him into what I wanted.} 28. f4 Bxb2 29. fxg5 (29. Nd3
Ne4) 29... Qxg3 30. hxg3 Rxe3 31. cxd5 (31. gxh6 dxc4) 31... Ba3 (31... cxd5
32. Rxd5 (32. gxh6 c6) 32... hxg5 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Rd7 Rxg3 35. Rxf7 Rxg4 36.
Nxa6 c6 37. Nc5 $11) 32. Nxa6 Bd6 33. dxc6 $2 (33. gxh6 cxd5 (33... gxh6 $2 34.
dxc6 Rxg3 35. Rd4 Ra3 36. Nb4 $11) 34. hxg7 Rxg3 35. Rxd5 Rxg4 36. Nc5 Kxg7 37.
Nd7 Ra4 38. Rd2 f6 $17) 33... hxg5 $19 34. Rd5 Ra3 $1 {Sending the knight into
an awkward position.} (34... Rf3+ 35. Ke2 Ra3 36. Rxd6 cxd6 37. c7 Rc3 38. Kd2
Rc4 39. a4 Kf8 40. Kd3 d5 41. Nb4 Rxc7 42. Nxd5 $44) 35. Nb8 Rxa2 36. Nd7 (36.
Rd4 f6) 36... f6 37. Rb5 (37. Rd4 Rc2 38. Nb8 Kf7) 37... Rc2 (37... Ra4 38. Nc5
Rxg4 39. Ne6 Rxg3 $19 {was even quicker.}) 38. Nb8 Bxg3 (38... Rc4 39. Kg2 Rc3
40. Kf2) 39. Rd5 Bd6 (39... Rc4 40. Ke2) 40. Rd4 Kf7 41. Re4 g6 $1 {Black is
systematically improving his position.} 42. fxg6+ Kxg6 43. Re6 (43. Ke1 Kf7 44.
Kd1 Rg2 45. Ke1 Bf4 $19) 43... Kf7 {I did not want to give him any slight
chance.} (43... Rc4 44. Nd7 Rf4+ 45. Ke2 Kf7 46. Rxd6 cxd6 47. Nb6 Re4+ 48. Kd3
Re7 49. Nd5 Re5 50. Kd4 Ke6 51. Nc7+ Ke7 52. Nd5+ Kd8 $19) 44. Re4 Be5 $1 (
44... f5 $2 45. gxf5 Kf6 46. Re2 Rxe2 47. Kxe2 Kxf5 48. Kf3 g4+ 49. Kg2 Ke4 50.
Nd7 g3 51. Nb8 $1 $11 {It is fantastic that the knight can eternally hold c6
in this line.}) 45. Kg1 Ke6 46. Kf1 Kd5 (46... Rb2 47. Na6 Kd5) 47. Rb4 Bd4 48.
Rb5+ Ke6 (48... Ke4 49. Rf5 Rc1+ 50. Kg2 Rg1+ 51. Kh3 Be5 $19) 49. Rf5 Rc3 (
49... Rc1+ 50. Ke2 Rg1 51. Kf3 Be5 $19) 50. Kg2 Be5 51. Kf2 Kf7 $1 {
Triangulation.} (51... Bd6 52. Nd7 Rxc6 53. Nxf6 Rc5 54. Rf3 Rc2+ 55. Kf1 Rc4
$19) 52. Ke2 (52. Nd7 Bd4+ 53. Ke2 Rxc6 $19) 52... Ke7 $1 53. Kf2 (53. Nd7 Rxc6
54. Nxe5 Re6 $19) 53... Bd4+ 54. Kg2 Ke6 $1 (54... Ba7 55. Na6 Rxc6 56. Nb4 Rc4
57. Nd5+ Ke6 58. Nxf6 Rxg4+ 59. Nxg4 Kxf5 $19 {might have been considered.})
55. Rf3 Rc2+ 56. Kf1 (56. Kh3 Be5) 56... Be5 $19 {Now the deadly threat is Rc4.
} 57. Rf2 Rc4 58. Rg2 Kd5 {Once white's rook is forced into a passive post
kingdom marches.} 59. Ke2 (59. Rd2+ Ke4 60. Kg2 Ke3 $19) 59... Rb4 (59... Ke4 {
was a serious alternative.}) 60. Nd7 Rb2+ (60... Kxc6 61. Nxe5+ fxe5 $19) 61.
Kf3 Rxg2 62. Kxg2 Kxc6 {This win enabled me to share the 4th place.} 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch 73rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2004.08.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shkuran, Danylo"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bc5 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 d6 8. Rd1
Bd7 9. Bc2 Ba7 10. h3 h6 11. d4 Re8 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Bf4 Re6 15.
Nd2 Qe7 16. Kh2 Bb5 17. Qf3 Bc6 18. Bb3 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Bc2 $2 ({
Correct was} 20. Rd2 {, although Black retains a large advantage anyway.})
20... Re2 21. Qxb7 $2 ({More stubborn was} 21. Bd3 Rxb2 (21... Rxf2 22. Qxb7
Ng4+ 23. Kh1 {The text move allows Black to conclude the game in style.})) {
[%tqu "En","How should Black continue his attack?","Try to expose the enemy
king.","Sacrfice your knight to bring the queen into attack!","f6g4","This
nice sacrifice breaks White's defence and wins the game in style.",5]} 21...
Ng4+ $1 {[%cal Ge7h4] After this knight sacrifice the white king is doomed.}
22. Kg1 ({Black's knight is invulnerable:} 22. hxg4 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Bxf2+ 24. Kf1
Rae8 25. g3 Bxg3 {, and White is defenseless.}) 22... Re8 $1 23. Bd3 (23. Qxa7
{fails to} Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxe1#) 23... Re1+ 24. Bf1 (24. Rxe1 {
is refuted by} Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Bf1 Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 Rxf1#) 24... Qe2 $1 {
The concluding blow, forcing mate in two.} (24... Qe2 25. Rxe1 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1
Qg1#) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 (5... b5) 6. c3 Bd7 (6...
Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Rd1 Qe8 $5 9. Bc2 Bd8 10. d3 Ne7 $10 {Tiviakov,S-Zaitsev,I/
Podolsk/1992/1:0/29/}) 7. d4 Qe7 (7... Be7 $5 8. Bxc6 (8. O-O $14) 8... Bxc6 9.
dxe5 Nxe4 $10) 8. d5 (8. Nbd2) 8... Nb8 9. Bc2 (9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. c4 $14) 9...
g6 10. c4 Bg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O a5 13. a3 Na6 14. Rb1 Nh5 $132 15. b4 (15. g3
$6 Bg4 16. Qe3 (16. Kg2 Qd7 17. Re1 f5 $15)) 15... axb4 16. axb4 Nf4 17. Qe3 (
17. Bxf4 $6 exf4 18. Nb5 f5 $17) 17... Bh6 (17... f5 18. Re1 $5) 18. Kh1 Qf6 {
/\ Ng2} 19. Ng1 $1 {/\ g3} Bg5 20. Qe1 Nh5 21. Be3 $5 Qe7 (21... Bxe3 22. fxe3
$5) 22. b5 Bxe3 $1 (22... Nc5 23. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 24. b6 $16) 23. bxa6 (23. fxe3
Nc5 $15) 23... Bb6 24. axb7 Rab8 25. Nf3 Rxb7 26. c5 $1 (26. Ba4 Ra7 27. Bxd7
Qxd7 $15) 26... dxc5 27. Nd2 Ra7 28. Nc4 Ba5 $10 29. Qe3 Rfa8 30. Nxa5 Rxa5 31.
Bd1 Nf6 32. f4 $5 Ra3 {/\ Ne4!} 33. Rc1 Ra1 34. Rxa1 Rxa1 35. Qf2 $1 Kg7 36.
Qb2 $14 Ra5 37. Ne2 (37. h3 $6 exf4 38. Rxf4 Qe5 $15) 37... Rb5 $1 (37... Ng4
38. Qc3 $1 Rb5 39. h3 $16) 38. Qa1 Ng4 $1 $10 39. Nc3 Rb6 40. Bxg4 Bxg4 41. h3
Bd7 42. d6 $1 (42. Nd1 $6 f6 43. fxe5 Qxe5 44. Qxe5 fxe5 45. Ne3 Rb4 $17) 42...
Qxd6 $8 (42... Rxd6 43. Nd5 Qe6 44. fxe5 $16) 43. Rd1 Ra6 $1 (43... Qe6 44. Nd5
Ra6 45. Nxc7 $16) 44. Qb2 Qe6 45. Nd5 Ra4 $10 46. Nxc7 Qe7 47. Nd5 Qe8 48. Nc7
Qe7 49. Nd5 Qe8 50. Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-chT 1415 Elite"]
[Site "Sweden"]
[Date "2014.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Tukhaev, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2014.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Stockholm Viking"]
[BlackTeam "Orgryte"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ {This is not considered the
most critical continuation but it's quite a simple way ofplaying for White.
I've also been successful with this move in earlier encounters.} ({The main
line follows} 5. c3 {with lots of theory}) ({while} 5. O-O {is another very
popular option.}) 5... bxc6 {White has now a slightly better pawn structure
while Black in return has the pair of bishops.} 6. d4 {Aiming for control in
the centre.} exd4 (6... f6 {is more popular when Black keeps control in the
centre although he remains a bit passive. Black has a very solid setup and
it's pretty hard for White to find an active long term plan.} {However one
interesting idea is to play} 7. c4 $5 {as was once played by Adams. The
intention is to break with c5 later on in the game to make use of White's
favourable pawn structure: 1-0 (34) Adams,M (2685)-Conquest,S (2585) Hastings
1996.}) 7. Qxd4 {This move stops the development of Black's bishop on f8 while
preparing for a timely e5-break.} Nf6 {This seemingly natural move actually
invites e5 now or in the next few moves. This is likely the reason why this
move is not the most popular continuation. Now the question remains if White
really can achieve anything from the e5-break.} ({In my two earlier games I
had only faced} 7... c5 {which is Black's most popular continuation. This
gives some open air for Black's bishop on c8 but it also weakens the light
squares, particulary d5.} {There might follow} 8. Qd3 Ne7 (8... Bb7 {was seen
in 1-0 (33) Berg,E (2550)-Fedorchuk,S (2634) Germany 2012 CBM 147 [Berg,E]}) ({
Another alternative is} 8... Be7 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Nd5 Bb7 11. O-O Bxd5 12. exd5
Ne7 13. Ng5 $14 {when White was somewhat better in 1-0 (42) Berg,E (2608)
-Skrondal,I (2237) Oslo 2011 [Berg,Emanuel]. Black has lost his trump, the
bishop pair while his pawn weaknesses remain.}) 9. Nc3 Ng6 10. h4 $1 h5 11. Bg5
Be7 12. O-O-O {with promising play for White in 1-0 (39) Lopez Martinez,J 
(2518)-Yagiz,Y (2209) Kusadasi 2006.}) 8. Nc3 ({The immediate} 8. e5 $5 {
needs to be checked. White threatens the knight on f6 causing some direct
concern as an exchange on e5 would give White a superior pawn structure. There
might follow} c5 $1 {This is the most concrete and best solution. By playing
this move Black opens up the light squares for his bishop on c8 which means
that he will not lose a pawn in the following line.} (8... Nd5 $6 {favours
White after} 9. O-O Be6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Re1 $14 {1-0 (35) Handke,F (2474)
-Rodriguez Hernandez,J Dos Hermanas 2006; when Black suffers from being behind
in development.}) 9. Qd3 dxe5 ({The alternative} 9... Qe7 $5 $146 {has not yet
been tested. This keeps the pawn structure intact for Black but on the other
hand leaves him far behind in development.} {White should proceed with} 10. Bf4
{when Black probably has to take on e5 anyway. A possible continuation is} dxe5
(10... Nh5 11. Bd2 dxe5 12. O-O {favours White due to the tactic} f6 13. Nxe5
$1 fxe5 14. Qf3 $14 {when White wins back the pawn while Black's pawns are
left in ruins.}) 11. Nxe5 Qe6 $1 (11... Nd7 {is well met by} 12. Qe4 $1 {
intending} Rb8 13. Nc3 Bb7 (13... Nxe5 $2 14. Nd5 $1) 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 f6
16. Qxd7+ Qxd7 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. O-O-O+ $14 {White's better pawn structure
secures a slight edge in the endgame.}) 12. Nc3 Bd6 13. O-O-O Bb7 $1 {This
move intending ...0-0-0 looks surprisingly strong. It gives Black rapid
development while it appears his king is actually safe enough on the queenside.
} ({After} 13... O-O 14. Rhe1 Nh5 15. Bd2 $1 Bxe5 16. Qf3 Rb8 17. Qxh5 {
White can claim an advantage, e.g.} f6 (17... Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Qxa2 19. b3 $1 $16
{leaves the Black king in great danger whle White's counterpart is relatively
safe..}) 18. f4 Qb6 (18... Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Qxa2 $4 {now loses due to} 20. Re7 $1
$18 {with a crushing attack!}) 19. b3 Bd6 20. Nd5 Qc6 21. Bc3 $16 {White has a
great position with active pieces and attacking potential against Black's king.
In addition he also has a favourable pawn structure.}) {There might follow} 14.
Rhe1 O-O-O 15. Qh3 $1 {Other moves seem to be in Black's favour.} Qxh3 16. gxh3
$11 {Finally we have reached an unbalanced but approximately equal position.})
10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nxe5 {Now it becomes clear why the inclusion of ...c5 helps
Black.} Be6 $11 {The position is level although it also offers mutual chances
due to the lack of symmetry. 1/2-1/2 (75) Formanek,E (2350)-Winants,L (2480)
Antwerp 1995. I conclude that the early 8.e5!? is an interesting practical try
for White but that Black is theoretically fine.}) 8... Be7 9. e5 $5 {This move
has an excellent score for White but looks completely fine for Black from a
theoretical perspective.} Ng4 $5 $146 {An interesting novelty which worked out
well n the game.} ({However} 9... c5 $11 {is perhaps objectively stronger as
played in: 1/2-1/2 (64) Benjamin,J (2576)-Goldin,A (2598) San Diego 2006}) 10.
h3 $6 {A misjudgement of the resulting position. White now achieves an
attractive, favourable pawn structure. However as the game shows Black's
active counterplay with the bishop pair is more than sufficient.} ({Instead} 
10. Bf4 $1 {was the way to go keeping the tension. There might follow} O-O 11.
O-O-O c5 12. Qd2 $36 {when White maintains a slight initiative.}) 10... Nxe5
11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qxe5 O-O 13. O-O Bd6 14. Qh5 Qf6 $6 {Not a very ambitious
move, leading to immediate equality.} ({A stronger try was} 14... Qe8 $1 $15 {
which takes control over the open e-file and prevents White's main idea Ne4.
White is now under some pressure and needs to switch to defensive mode.}) ({
During the game I expected} 14... Rb8 {to make use of the half-open b-file and
to prevent the development of White's c1-bishop. However there is no rush for
White so he can simply continue} 15. Re1 $1 {with Ne4 to come when he is well
in control.}) 15. Ne4 Qg6 $6 {A slightly surprising move to me. This forces
exchanges but gives White a tiny edge.} ({I expected} 15... Qf5 {when after}
16. Qxf5 Bxf5 17. Nxd6 cxd6 $11 {Black is a bit more active than in the game.})
({Even stronger is probably} 15... Qe5 $1 16. Qxe5 Bxe5 {forcing White to
neutralise Black's initiative with} 17. c3 Bf5 18. f4 $1 $11) 16. Qxg6 hxg6 17.
Nxd6 cxd6 18. Bf4 d5 19. Rfe1 (19. g4 {stops ...Bf5 but instead Black gets
active with} Re8) 19... Bf5 20. Re7 (20. f3 Rfe8 21. c3 {was another way to
continue but White's slight pressue is just symbolic.}) 20... Rfe8 $1 21. Rae1
Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Bxc2 23. Rc7 d4 24. Rxc6 d3 {We were now approaching slight time
trouble and Black's passed pawn started to become a bit annoying. Objectively
there is nothing for Black but even the slightest slip by White can now be
decisive.} 25. Rd6 {The most secure option covering d2 with the maximum number
of pieces.} ({My original idea was} 25. Kf1 {intending to bring the king to d2.
However after} Re8 $5 {things looks slightly shaky for White.} 26. Bd2 $1 {
Setting up a counter-trap.} (26. Be3 $4 {would be disastrous due to} Rxe3 $1
27. fxe3 d2 $19 {and Black wins.}) 26... f6 (26... Bb1 27. Rxa6 Re2 28. Bc3 $16
) ({Not} 26... Re2 $4 27. Rxc2 $18) 27. h4 Rb8 28. b3 Re8 $11 {with equality.
Neither side can make progress.}) 25... a5 26. Kf1 {Now White brings the king
over to d2 in order to free the rook and bishop from holding back the d3-pawn.}
a4 27. Ke1 Bb1 $6 {Black complicates matters somewhat.} (27... a3 {would
liquidate to a draw after} 28. Rb6 axb2 29. Rxb2 $11) 28. a3 Re8+ 29. Be3 f5
30. Rd4 Re4 {This loses a pawn and gives White some practical winning chances
in the resulting opposite coloured bishop ending.} 31. Rxe4 fxe4 32. Kd2 Bc2 (
32... Kf7 33. Kc3 Ke6 34. Kd4 Ba2 35. Kxe4 Bd5+ 36. Kxd3 Bxg2 {looks more
simple when Black should hold the draw comfortably.}) 33. Kc3 Kf7 34. Kd4 Ke6
35. g3 $1 {Preventing ideas with ...Bb3 for Black.} (35. Bd2 Bb3 $1 36. Kxe4
Bd5+ 37. Kxd3 Bxg2 38. h4 Bd5 {gives White an extra pawn but no real winning
chances.}) 35... Kf5 36. Bd2 Bd1 37. g4+ Ke6 38. Kxe4 Be2 39. f3 Bf1 40. h4 Bg2
41. Bc3 {Suddenly White is given some chances to play for the win and Black
needs to defend accurately.} Kd6 42. Ke3 Kd5 43. f4 (43. h5 gxh5 44. gxh5 Kc4
45. Bxg7 (45. f4 Bc6 46. Bxg7 Be8 47. h6 Bg6 48. Bc3 Bf5 49. Bd2 Bg6 50. Kf2
Bf5 51. Kg3 Kb3 (51... Kd5 52. Kh4 Ke6 53. Kg5 Be4 $11) 52. Kh4) 45... d2 46.
Kxd2 Bxf3 47. h6 Be4 48. Ke3 Kd5 49. Kf4 Bc2 50. Kg5 Ke6 51. b4 axb3 52. a4 (
52. Bb2 Kd5 $11) 52... Kd7 53. a5 Kc6 $11) (43. g5 Kc4 44. Bxg7 d2 45. Kxd2
Bxf3 $11) 43... Bh3 44. Kxd3 Bxg4 45. Bxg7 {White is two full pawns up but
still unable to win due to the fact of opposite coloured bishops. Moreover
Black is able to take advantage of the fact that White cannot win with a
passed a-pawn even if he wins Black's bishop (as the game will show).} Bd1 46.
b4 {The only way to create a passer.} axb3 47. Kd2 Bc2 48. a4 Kc6 49. Kc3 Kb7
50. Kb4 Ka8 {Black has many ways to draw now but decides to demonstrate that
even giving away his bishop is enough for a draw.} 51. Bc3 Kb7 52. Bb2 Ka8 53.
Bc1 Kb7 54. Bb2 Ka8 55. Kc4 Kb7 56. a5 Ka8 57. Kd4 Kb7 58. Bc3 Ka8 59. Ke5 Kb7
60. Kf6 Ka8 61. Kg5 Kb7 62. f5 Bxf5 63. h5 gxh5 64. Kxf5 h4 65. Kg4 h3 66. Kxh3
b2 67. a6+ Ka8 68. Bxb2 Ka7 69. Bd4+ Ka8 70. a7 Kb7 71. a8=N Kxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao"]
[Date "2010.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Be3 Bd6 8.
h3 Nd7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Nc4 c5 12. Nfd2 Nf8 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. f4
exf4 15. Bxf4 Ng6 16. Bg3 Be6 17. Nc4 Qg5 18. Qf3 d5 19. Nd6 dxe4 20. dxe4 Re7
21. Nf5 Rd7 22. h4 Qd8 23. h5 Ne7 $2 {#} 24. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 25. Qf6+ Kf8 (25...
Kg8 26. Be5 $1 (26. h6 $2 Qf8 27. Be5 Ng6 {and Black makes it.} 28. Rf3 Qxh6
29. Raf1 (29. Rg3 Kf8 $1) 29... Re8 30. Rg3 Kf8 $17)) 26. Qxe6 Nc6 {#} 27. Rad1
$1 Nd4 (27... Rxd1 28. Qxf7#) 28. Bd6+ ({If} 28. Bd6+ Kg8 29. Qg4+ Kh8 30. Be5+
) 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 7th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3
d6 9. a3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 (11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nc6 13. Bd2 d5 14. Re1
Qd6 15. Na2 $5 {Was Caruana's original, and successful, attempt against
Aronian in the Sinquefield Cup. Anand must have his own ideas, and Aronian
surely had an improvement ready.}) 11... Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. a4 Ne7 17. Ne3 Rb8 {Black in these kinds of positions is
not fighting for any kind of advantage. He is happy having a solid position
and simplifying into a draw. Aronian does this masterfully in this game.} 18.
axb5 axb5 19. c3 Qe6 20. Qb1 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Re1 Bf6 24.
Rae2 c5 25. Nxe5 (25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Qa8 27. bxc5 Qa3 {is not really that
dangerous. White is far from advancing his pawns and Black's counterplay is
good.}) 25... cxb4 26. Qxb4 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Qxd3 {White has a symbolic advantage.
The game is basically over.} 28. h3 h6 29. R1e3 Qd1+ 30. Re1 Qa4 31. Rb1 Qxb4
32. Rxb4 Rfc8 33. Rbxb5 Rxb5 34. Rxb5 Rxc3 {Aronian makes a very solid draw,
though one has to wonder if maybe Anand is saving his best prep for his W orld
Championship match.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "7200+1690"]
[WhiteClock "0:59:23"]
[BlackClock "1:03:03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3
d6 9. a3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. d4 {weicht von ihrer Begenung in St. Louis 2014
ab, wo Caruana beginnend mit 15.Sa2 eine sensationelle Partie ablieferte.} (11.
Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nc6 13. Bd2 d5 14. Re1 Qd6 15. Na2 Nd7 16. Qe2 d4 17. Reb1 Nb6
18. Nc1 Na4 19. Nb3 Rf7 20. Rc1 Rd8 21. Ng5 Rf6 22. Qh5 h6 23. Nf3 Rdf8 24. Rf1
R8f7 25. Rae1 Bf8 26. h3 g6 27. Qh4 Qe7 28. Qg3 Bg7 29. Na5 Nxa5 30. Nxe5 Nb7
31. Nxg6 Qd8 32. e5 Rf5 33. f4 c5 34. Nh4 Rh5 35. Nf3 Kh7 36. Qg4 Rhf5 37. Nh4
Kh8 38. Nxf5 Rxf5 39. Qg6 Qe7 40. g4 Rf8 41. f5 Qe8 42. Qxe8 Rxe8 43. f6 Bf8
44. f7 Re7 45. Rf6 Nb6 46. Bxh6 Nd7 47. Ref1 cxb4 48. axb4 Bxh6 49. Rxh6+ Kg7
50. Rh5 {1-0 (50) Caruana,F (2801)-Aronian,L (2805) Saint Louis 2014 CBM 162 
[Havasi,G]}) 11... Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Be3 Qc8 15. Qe2 Nbd7 16.
Rd1 Qb7 17. Raa1 Rfc8 18. h3 Rab8 {Schwarz hat letztlich nur den Hebel ...c6
als Plan, dies würde seine weißen Felder jedoch sehr schwächen.} 19. Nh2 h5 {
verhindert Sg4 radikal, schwächt jedoch das Feld g5 unwiderruflich.} (19... c6
20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. Ng4 h6 {sieht ok aus}) 20. Nf3 (20. Bg5 $5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxg5
22. Qxh5 Bd8 {sieht vielversprechen für Weiß aus}) 20... Nb6 21. Bg5 g6 22. Na2
c6 23. dxc6 Rxc6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nb4 Rc4 26. Nd5 Be7 27. Nxb6 Qxb6 {eine
typische Situation, die man aus der Najdorf Variante kennt. Weiß muss unter
allen Umständen an einer Umgruppierung des Springers nach d5 gehindert werden,
Schwarz steht aktiv genug um dies erreichen.} 28. c3 a5 29. Rd5 Rc5 30. Rad1 b4
31. Rxc5 Qxc5 32. Rd5 Qa7 33. axb4 axb4 34. c4 Rc8 35. b3 Rc5 36. Rxc5 Qxc5 37.
g3 Bd8 38. Qd2 Bb6 39. Kg2 Kg7 40. Ne1 Qc7 41. Nc2 Bc5 42. Ne3 Bxe3 43. Qxe3
Qc6 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Qc8 46. Kg3 Qc5 47. Qxc5 dxc5 48. g5 Kf8 49. f4 Ke7
50. f5 Kd6 51. f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters (Women) 1st"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2014.11.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Osmanodja, Filiz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 {auch wenn
es nicht die Hauptfortsetzung ist, wurde dieser Zug noch etliche Male gespielt.
} Bb7 8. Nc3 b4 9. Ne2 (9. Nd5 Na5 {scheint nichts Spezielles für Weiß zu
bringen.}) 9... d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a5 {verhindert Sa5 und a6-a5, außerdem
kann früher oder später der Bauer auf b4 schwach werden.} O-O 12. O-O Qd6 13.
Ng3 f5 14. c4 bxc3 15. bxc3 Kh8 16. Ba3 Qe6 (16... Qd7 {ist die letzte
Vorgängerpartie, die ebenfalls gut für Weiß ausging.} 17. Bxe7 Ndxe7 18. Ng5
Nd5 19. Qh5 h6 20. d4 exd4 21. Rfe1 Nd8 22. Qh4 Nxc3 23. Nh5 c5 24. Nf4 Rf6 25.
Qh5 {1-0 (25) Mrva,M (2410)-Malivanek,J (2180) Pardubice 1996}) 17. Bxe7 Ncxe7
18. Re1 Ng6 19. Nxe5 $1 {Elisabeth spielt konsequent auf den Bauer e5 und hat
ihr Ziel erreicht diesen zu eliminieren.} Nxe5 20. d4 Qc6 21. Rxe5 Nxc3 22. Qf1
(22. d5 {Elisabeth stellte nach der Partie fest (vermutlich auch schon
während der Partie, dass dies die korrekte Fortsetzung der Partie gewesen
wäre.}) 22... f4 23. Nf5 Rab8 (23... f3 24. g4 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Qf6 {nicht
einfach zu finden, doch hätte diese Zugfolge Schwarz einen leichten Vorteil
eingebracht.}) 24. Nh4 {"Das war mein letzter Fehler der Partie" verriet
Elisabeth beim heutigen Frühstück, das bedeutet auch, dass das die letzte
Chance war für Filiz die Initiative zu ergreifen.} Qh6 (24... Qf6 25. Qd3 Qxh4
26. Qxc3 f3 27. Qe3 {Zugumstellung zur Partie.}) 25. Qd3 Qxh4 26. Qxc3 f3 27.
Qe3 h6 28. Be6 fxg2 29. d5 Bc8 30. Re1 Rb2 (30... Rb3 $1 {eine der letzten
Chancen das Remis zu sichern.}) 31. Re2 (31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. Re4 Qh5 33. Re8+
Rxe8 34. Qxe8+ Qxe8 35. Rxe8+ {mit einem leicht besseren Endspiel für Weiß})
31... Qc4 32. Kxg2 Bxe6 33. dxe6 Qg4+ 34. Kf1 Rxe2 $6 {ab hier wird es quasi
unmöglich für Filiz das Remis bei kaum vorhandener Zeit zu halten.} (34...
Rb1+ 35. Re1 Rxe1+ 36. Qxe1 Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Qg4+ $11) 35. Qxe2 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Rf6
37. Kh1 Rg6 38. f3 Qh4 39. e7 1-0

[Event "POL-HUN m"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.05.03"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]
[TimeControl "6000+1025"]
[WhiteClock "0:18:56"]
[BlackClock "0:02:09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Nc3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Be3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 c5 13. Ng3 Nc6 14. O-O Qd7 15.
a4 d5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. exd5 exd5 19. Re1 Rf8 20. Bd2 Bd6 21. c4
bxc4 22. dxc4 dxc4 23. Qa4 Nd4 24. Qxc4+ Kh8 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Qxc5 $2 (26.
Rxe5 Nf3+ 27. gxf3 Qxd2 28. b3 $16) 26... Rd8 27. Ba5 (27. Qxe5 Nc6 {[%cal
Gd7d2]}) 27... Ra8 28. Rxe5 Nc6 {und plötzlich ist Material weg} 29. Be1 $2 (
29. b4 $142 Nxe5 30. Qxe5 Qd1+ 31. Nf1 Re8 32. Qb5 {und Weiß kann noch kämpfen}
) 29... Nxe5 30. Qxe5 Re8 31. Qc3 Qd1 32. Kf1 Ng4 33. f3 Ne3+ 34. Kf2 Qb1 35.
Qb4 Nc2 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bb7 13. b4 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb7
15. c3 Qc7 16. Re1 f5 17. Bg5 Rae8 18. a4 cxb4 19. cxb4 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Nd8 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Qd2 $6 {commented: "Usually when you make sophisticated moves
like this it means you've lost track somewhere" (the blunt 22.Rc1 may be
better). After that Adams equalised with energetic play in the centre, where
he pushed his e-pawn...} h6 23. Nf3 Qf7 24. Qa2 Qf6 25. Nd2 Nf7 26. Qa6 e4 27.
dxe4 fxe4 28. Qxb5 e3 29. fxe3 Rxe3 $1 {Nice geometric move.} 30. Qb6 (30. Rxe3
Qxa1+ 31. Qf1 Qa7 32. Qe2 $11) 30... Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Qc3 32. Qe3 Qxb4 33. Nf3
Qc5 34. Qxc5 dxc5 35. Re7 ({After} 35. Rc1 Rc8 36. Nd4 Nd6 37. Nc6 {Black has
the only move} Ra8 {to equalise, as} 38. Rxc5 Ra1+ $1 39. Kf2 Ne4+ {loses a
rook.}) 35... Rd8 36. Ne5 Nxe5 37. Rxe5 Kf7 38. d6 c4 39. Re7+ ({Adams:} 39.
Rc5 {immediately was no good because we have to wait to move 40 to offer a
draw!}) 39... Kf6 40. Rc7 Rxd6 41. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Re1 dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. b4 Nb6 14. a4 Nxa4 15.
Bxa4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Qc8 17. Bb2 f6 18. Rea1 Nb8 19. b5 Qb7 20. Bc1 Nd7 21. Rxa6
Rxa6 22. Rxa6 Nc5 23. Ba3 Bf7 24. Rc6 Qa7 25. Bb4 Rb8 26. c4 $2 {Actaually it
would have been better to pass than play this move; Dominguez forgets that the
reason that Black cannot go Be8 is thanks to Qc4+.} (26. Nh4 $1 g6 27. h3 $16 {
provoking the weakness on f6 is important as Bxc5 becomes a threat in several
lines.}) 26... Be8 $1 {White's rook is in some problems since White doesn't
have Qc4+ any more.} 27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28. Ra6 Qb7 29. Nb3 {Now Black's pair of
bishops give him very real chances to hold on.} Bb4 30. Ne1 c6 31. Nd3 cxb5 $1
{Nice. The calculation for this is simple and it forces the draw.} 32. Nxb4
bxc4 33. Qxc4+ Bf7 {White's up a piece, but obviously that will not be true
for long.} 34. Nd5 (34. Nd5 Bxd5 35. Qxd5+ Qxd5 36. exd5 Rxb3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia Classical 15th"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2006.12.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Black "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2006.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Darmen Sadvakasov (KAZ) caused great distress in Doha when he put 2-0 on the
scoreboard in the Kazakhstan-Qatar match by beating Mohammed Al Medaihki in a
well-played game. Much earlier, Mohammed Al Sayed (QAT) had gone down in a
mere 19 moves with black from a Queen's Indian against rapid chess gold
medalist Murtas Kazhgeleyev (KAZ).} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
d3 {Al Mediahki choses a sideline to avoid a theorical discussion in more
thipical variations of the Ruy Lopez opening.} d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nf1
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 b5 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. Ne3 Nb8 {Black wants to redeploy the
knight to d7 where it does not block the bishop's diagonal.} 13. g4 {This
aggre sive move is probably new in this position. In a 1981 game between
philippine granmasters Balinas and Torre, white played 13.Qe2 followed by 14.
O-O-O, which is safer though while lost that game too.} Nbd7 14. g5 $6 {
Too optimistic.} hxg5 15. Nxg5 $2 {Al Medihaki wants to bring his pieces
closer to the black king, but he should have paid more attention to the center
of the board. Preferable was 15.Bg5 with approximately equal chances.} d5 {
With this counter thrust Sadvakasov takes over the initiative, He does not
have to be afraid of 16.exd5 as the king on f6 is no longer pinned.} 16. Qe2 c5
17. Rg1 $2 {It is understandable that white is reluctant to open the position
with his king still in the center, but even so he should have played} (17. exd5
Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rg1 {followed by castling queenside. In the game he
will never get the chance to castel.}) 17... d4 18. Ng4 dxc3 19. bxc3 Qa5 20.
Kf1 $6 {White positin is already very bad. Nevertheless he should have tried
to organise a defence with 20.Nxf6+ Nxf6 21.Qd2 Rad8 22.c4 Qa3 23. Rb1.} Nxg4
21. Qxg4 Nf6 22. Qf3 Qxc3 23. Rc1 Nh5 {White attaking plan has failed
miserably. His aggression has only caused weaknesses in his position. The
Black knight aims for f4 to unleash a counter attack on the white king.} 24.
Kg2 Nf4+ 25. Kh1 c4 26. Bg3 {Diagram #} f6 27. Nh7 $5 f5 {Though there is
nothing wrong with 27...Kxh7, Sadvakasov ignores the offered knight and
continues with hos plan.} 28. Bb1 Qa3 29. Bxf4 Bxe4 $1 {Wins the queen because
the d pawn is pinned.} 30. Qxe4 fxe4 31. Nxf8 Qxf8 32. Be3 Qf3+ 33. Rg2 exd3 {
White resignes.} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 16th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2015.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Klein, David"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 {Varianten mit d3 sind zur
Vermeidung der Marshall-Variante derzeit sehr populär.} d6 6. c3 g6 {
Statistisch ist dies die beste Variante nach dem zahmen weißen Aufbau.} 7.
Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nf1 {Das Standardmanöver im Spanier.} ({Nach erst} 8. O-O O-O {
gibt es viele Zugumstellung, die in die gleiche Stellung münden.} 9. Re1 b5
10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Nf1 Nb8 12. Ng3 Nbd7 13. d4 Re8 14. a4 c5 15. d5 c4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (47) Vujosevic,V (2375)-Todorovic,G (2465) Belgrade 1998}) 8... b5 $5 (
{Meist geschieht erst} 8... O-O {mit der Folge} 9. Ng3 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 (10... d5
) 11. O-O Nb8 12. d4 Nbd7 13. Re1 c5 14. d5 c4 15. h3 Qc7 {1-0 (46) Hou,Y 
(2578) -Feller,S (2526) Cap d'Agde 2008}) 9. Bc2 Nb8 {Nach Art der
Breyervariante. An dieser Stelle ist der Zug sogar eine Neuerung.} 10. Ng3 $6 {
Weiß lässt sich austricksen.} ({Genauer war} 10. d4 {. Wegen des Angriffs
auf e5 muss Schwarz nun reagieren und erreicht nicht den aktiven Aufbau wie in
der Partie.}) 10... c5 11. d4 {Da der c-Bauer durch die schwarze Zugumstellung
schon auf c5 steht, kann Schwarz nun das typische d4-d5 mit Schließung des
Zentrums vermeiden und kommt in der Folge zu aktivem Figurenspiel.} exd4 12.
cxd4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. O-O Re8 15. a4 b4 16. Bf4 Ng4 17. h3 Ne5 18. Bb3 Bb7
19. Qd2 ({Weiß sollte den Springer e5 möglichst schnell vertreiben:} 19. Be3
$5 Z0 {gefolgt von} 20. f4) 19... Nbd7 20. Bg5 (20. Be3 Nc5 $15) 20... Qb6 21.
Be3 (21. a5 Qxd4 $5 (21... Qa7) 22. Qxd4 Nf3+ 23. gxf3 Bxd4 24. Rad1 Ne5 $11)
21... Nc5 {Die beiden Springer stehen stark und schauen sich einige schwache
weiße Felder im weißen Lager an, besonders d3.} 22. a5 Qd8 $1 {Feld h4 ruft.}
23. Qxb4 $2 {Schafft zusätzliche Probleme wegen der Öffnung der b-Linie.} (
23. Bh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Qf6 $15 {ist allerdings auch nicht toll.}) 23... Rb8 24.
Ba2 (24. Bc2 Bxe4 25. Qc3 Bd5 $17) 24... Qh4 25. Qa3 ({Nach} 25. Qd2 Nxe4 26.
Nxe4 Qxe4 (26... Bxe4 27. Rad1 $11) 27. f3 {hat Schwarz die Kombi} Qxe3+ $1 28.
Qxe3 Nxf3+ 29. Qxf3 Bxd4+ 30. Qf2 Bxf2+ 31. Rxf2 d5 $15 {mit Bauerngewinn.}) (
25. Qc3 Rec8 $15) 25... Nxe4 26. Nh1 $2 {Springer in die Ecke kann nicht gut
sein.} ({Die Folgen von} 26. Nxe4 {sind allerdings auch nicht erfreulich:} Qxe4
27. f3 Qd3 $5 {mit anhaltendem Druck. Weiß kann nicht auf d3 nehmen, weil
dann der Sd4 entwurzelt wird:} (27... Qxe3+ 28. Qxe3 Nxf3+ 29. Qxf3 Bxd4+ $15 {
ist die gleiche Abwicklung wie nach 25.Dd2.}) 28. Qxd3 Nxd3 29. Nc2 Rxe3 30.
Nxe3 Bd4 $19) 26... Ng5 {Eine Falle...} 27. f4 $2 {sieht aus wie ein
Figurengewinn, aber...} (27. Bxg5 Qxg5 28. Ng3) 27... Nxh3+ 28. gxh3 Qxh3 29.
fxe5 {Weiß wählt ein Ende mit mit Stil und lässt sich Matt setzten.} (29.
Rf2 Qxh1#) (29. Kf2 Ng4+ 30. Ke1 Nxe3 $19) 29... Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Match Euwe-Flohr +1-0=1"]
[Site "Semmering"]
[Date "1937.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1937.09.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Wiener Neueste Nachrichten, 19.9.37 2)WSZ 1937, S.226-7 Spielmann], 3)
De Jong:Max Euwe. Deel 2B. S.607.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6
dxc6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. d3 Nd7 9. Be3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. a3 Bd6 12. Ne2
Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nc5 14. Ng3 g6 15. Be3 Ne6 16. Nf1 f5 17. c3 f4 18. Bc1 Bc5 19.
b4 Ba7 20. h4 O-O-O 21. Bb2 Qd7 22. Ke2 g5 23. h5 g4 24. Nh2 gxf3+ 25. Nxf3
Rhg8 26. Nxe5 f3+ 27. Ke1 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Rg2+ 29. Ke3 Qg7 30. d4 Qg5+ 31. Kd3
Qxe5 32. Qxf3 Rg3 33. Kc2 Qg7 34. Qf5 Rg2+ 35. Kb3 Qg8 $138 {Weiß
überschritt die Zeit.} (35... Qg8 36. d5 {Um Rf8 zu vermeiden} (36. Raf1 Rf8
$17) 36... cxd5 37. exd5 Rxd5 38. Qxd5 Nc5+ 39. Kc4 Rg4+ 40. Kxc5 b6+ 41. Kc6
Qe8+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3
Nd7 9. O-O Nb6 (9... b5 10. Bb3 Bf6 11. Re1 Nb6 12. Nf1 Be6 {
Boleslavsky-Botvinnik (7)}) 10. Bc2 Bf6 11. Nb3 a5 $6 {(.)} (11... d5 $5 12.
Be3 dxe4 13. dxe4 (13. Bxb6 exf3 $1) 13... Nc4) 12. Be3 d5 (12... a4 13. Nbd2
a3 14. b4 $14) 13. Bxb6 cxb6 14. a4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qc7 $6 (15... Qxd1 $8) 16.
Nbd2 Ne7 17. Bb3 Ng6 18. Nc4 Rd8 19. Qc2 Nf4 20. Ne3 Be7 {(.)} (20... Bd7 {
P b6-b5}) 21. h4 {[P g2-g3]} Bc5 22. Rad1 Re8 $6 {(.)} (22... Be6 {or 22... f8}
) (22... Bxe3 $2 23. fxe3 $16) 23. Ng5 Rf8 24. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 $8 (24... Qc6 25.
Nxf4 exf4 26. e5 Qg6 (26... g6 27. Bd5 $1) 27. Qxg6 hxg6 28. Nxf7 Rxf7 29. Rd8+
Bf8 30. Rfd1 $1 $18 (30. e6 $2 Bxe6 $1)) 25. exd5 g6 26. Qe2 (26. d6 $6 Bxd6
27. Bxf7+ Rxf7 28. Qb3 Bf8 $13) 26... h5 $2 (26... Bd6 $8) 27. d6 $1 Qc6 (27...
Bxd6 28. Qd3 $18 {[P 29. xg6+, 29. xd6}) 28. Qxe5 Bf5 29. Qf6 Qd7 30. Rfe1 1-0

[Event "World-ch14 Alekhine-Bogoljubow +8-3=15"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1934.05.13"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1934.04.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nc3 (6. d3 $142 Bc5 (
6... Bd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 (7... c5 8. b3 Nd7 (8... Be6 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Nc4 f6 11. Nh4
g6 12. g3 Qe7 13. Qd2 O-O-O 14. Ng2 Rhe8 15. O-O-O Nb8 $1 16. Nce3 Nc6 17. f4
Nd4 18. Rhf1 b5 19. c3 Nc6 20. f5 $1 (20. c4 b4) 20... Bg8 21. fxg6 hxg6 22.
Rf3 c4 $1 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Nxc4 Bxc4 25. dxc4 $44) 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nc4 Qe7 11.
a4 b6 12. Ne3 Nb8 13. Nd5 Qe8 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. O-O Be6 16. Rfe1 f6 $10 {Azar,
P-Hohm,K/corr/1991}) 8. d4 $5 $146 (8. Qe2 Nd7 9. Nb3 f6 10. Na5 Qc8 11. Bd2 c5
12. Nc4 Be7 13. Ne3 $14 {Magomedov-Kruppa, Minsk 1990}) (8. b3 Nd7 9. Nc4 Bb4+
10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Bxc4 12. bxc4 Nc5 13. Qe3 Qe7 14. O-O O-O $14 {
Korchnoi-Bronstein, 32 USSR ch.} (14... O-O-O $5 $13)) 8... Nd7 9. c3 $6 (9.
Qe2 $5 {/\ Nc4+/= Umansky,V; Pinski,J}) 9... O-O (9... Qe7 $5 {/\ 0-0-0}) 10.
O-O Re8 11. Qc2 Qf6 12. b3 Qg6 13. Kh1 $1 (13. dxe5 $6 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15.
f4 Bh3 16. Nf3 Bxc3 $1 {Romanishin,O}) 13... Bg4 14. Re1 (14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Rxe5 16. f4 Rh5 17. Nf3 $13) 14... Qh5 15. dxe5 $1 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17.
Nf1 Rad8 18. Be3 (18. f3 $2 Bxf3 $1 $19) 18... Bd6 19. f3 Bc8 {+/= Pinski,
J-Romanishin,O/Katowice/1995} (19... Bc8 20. f4 $5 {/\ e5, Ng3})) (6... Nd7 7.
Nbd2 Be7 8. Nc4 Bf6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Bc3 Re8 11. O-O b6 12. b4 {1/2-1/2
Velimirovic,D-Ivanovic,B/JUG-ch Tivat (07) ;CBM 43 1994}) 7. Be3 $5 $146 (7.
Nbd2) (7. O-O) (7. Nbd2 Qe7 8. Nc4 Ng4 9. O-O f6 10. h3 h5 11. Nh4 Qf7 12. Qe2
g5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 O-O-O 15. g3 h4 16. Kg2 Nxf2 17. g4 Qd5+ 18. Kh2 e4
19. Rxf2 exd3 20. cxd3 Rhe8 21. Qf3 Bxf2 22. Qxf2 Qxd3 23. Ne3 Rd4 24. a4 Rc4
25. Qd2 Rxe3 {0-1 Volkevich-Zaitsev,I/USSR 5/269 1968}) 7... Qe7 (7... Bxe3 8.
fxe3 $14) 8. Nbd2 Ng4 (8... Bg4 $5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 O-O-O 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nc4
Nd7 13. O-O-O $14) 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. O-O Qe7 (10... Be6 11. b4 $1) (10... f6 $5)
11. Nc4 f6 12. Nh4 $1 g6 (12... O-O $5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nh6 15. Qf3 $14)
13. Qd2 {+/= Umansky,V-Nurkiewicz,M/Warszawa/1995} (13. Qd2 g5 $5 14. Nf3 Be6
15. Na5 O-O-O 16. b4 $1 $14 {Umansky,V; Pinski,J})) 6... Bd6 7. d3 c5 8. h3 Be6
9. Be3 h6 (9... b5 $5 {Bogoljubow}) 10. a4 c4 $6 (10... Nd7 {[%cal Yd7b8,Yb8c6]
/\Nb8-c6}) (10... Qd7 $5) 11. d4 exd4 (11... Bb4 12. d5 $16) 12. Bxd4 Bb4 $10
13. O-O c6 $2 (13... O-O 14. e5 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Nd5 16. Qd2) (13... Bxc3 14. Bxc3
Nxe4 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Re1 Ng5 $10 {Bogoljubow}) 14. e5 Nd5 (14... Bxc3 15. exf6
$1 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxf6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qh5+ {[%cal Yh5c5] /\Qc5 +/- Alekhine})
15. Ne4 Nf4 (15... O-O $5) 16. Bc5 $1 Bxc5 17. Qxd8+ Rxd8 18. Nxc5 b6 $1 {
! Bogoljubow,?Alekhine} (18... Rb8 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. a5 {[%cal Ya1a4,Yf3d2] /
\Ra4, Nd2+/- Alekhine}) (18... Bc8 $5 {Mieses}) 19. Nb7 (19. Nxa6 $1 Bc8 $1 20.
Nc7+ (20. Nb4 Bb7 {[%cal Yc6c5,Yb7f3] /\c5, Bxf3~/= Bogoljubow}) 20... Kd7 21.
Na8 $1 Nd5 22. a5 $1 bxa5 23. Rxa5 Bb7 24. Ra7 Rb8 25. Re1 $1 c5 26. e6+ $18 {
Alekhine}) 19... Rd7 20. Nd6+ Ke7 21. Nd4 Bd5 22. g3 $1 (22. f3 {!+/-Bogoljubow
} g6 $1 $13 {Alekhine}) (22. N4f5+ Ke6 23. Ne3 $16 {Mieses}) 22... Nxh3+ 23.
Kh2 Ng5 24. f4 Ne4 25. N6f5+ Kd8 (25... Kf8 26. Ne3 Kg8 27. f5 Kh7 28. e6 $44 {
Alekhine, -/+ Bogoljubow}) 26. Nxg7 f6 27. Rad1 Kc8 (27... Rxg7 $2 28. Ne6+ $18
) (27... Nxg3 28. Nde6+ Ke7 29. Kxg3 Bxe6 30. Nxe6 Rg8+ 31. Kf3 Kxe6 32. f5+
Ke7 33. exf6+ Kd8 34. Rxd7+ Kxd7 35. Re1 $1 $18 {Bogoljubow}) 28. Ndf5 fxe5 (
28... Rg8 29. Nh5 fxe5 30. fxe5 Re8 31. Nf6 Nxf6 32. exf6 Re2+ 33. Kh3 $16 Bg2+
(33... Be6 34. g4) 34. Kg4 Bxf1 35. Rxd7 Kxd7 36. f7 Re8 37. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 38.
c3 {[%cal Yf5h6] /\Nh6 Alekhine}) 29. fxe5 Rg8 (29... Ng5 30. Rxd5 $1 {[%cal
Re5e6] /\e6} Rxd5 $1 31. Ne7+ Kd7 32. Nxd5 cxd5 33. Rf6 Rb8 $16 {/+-}) 30. e6
$3 Rdxg7 31. Nxg7 Rxg7 32. Rxd5 $1 cxd5 33. Rf8+ Kc7 34. Rf7+ Kd6 35. Rxg7 Kxe6
36. Rg6+ Ke5 37. Kg2 b5 38. a5 $1 d4 39. Rxa6 b4 40. Kf3 c3 41. bxc3 bxc3 42.
Re6+ Kxe6 43. Kxe4 1-0

[Event "London International Masters"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1883.06.07"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "1883.04.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 b5 8. Bc2 Bb7
9. d5 Ne7 10. a4 bxa4 11. Bxa4+ Nd7 12. h4 h6 13. h5 g5 14. g4 Nc8 15. Be3 Be7
16. Nbd2 O-O 17. Bc2 c6 18. c4 Ncb6 19. Ng1 (19. Nh2 {/\ Nh2-f1-g3}) 19... Qc7
{[#]} 20. b3 $14 (20. Ne2 {Ne2-g3-f5}) 20... Rfc8 21. dxc6 (21. Rc1 cxd5 22.
exd5 $14) (21. Bd3) 21... Qxc6 22. Ne2 $14 a5 23. Nc3 (23. O-O a4 24. b4 Nxc4
25. Bxa4 $14) 23... a4 $11 24. Nxa4 Nxa4 25. bxa4 Bd8 26. O-O Ba5 27. Qe2 Bxd2
(27... Nf8 {/\ Nf8-e6-d4/f4}) 28. Qxd2 Qxc4 29. Bd3 $11 Qe6 30. f3 Nc5 31. Bxc5
(31. Bc2) 31... dxc5 32. Rfb1 c4 33. Bc2 $11 (33. Rxb7 $11) (33. Bxc4 Rxc4 34.
Rxb7 $11) 33... c3 34. Qe3 Ba6 (34... Qd7) 35. Rb6 Rc6 36. a5 Rac8 37. Kf2 Qc4
38. Bb3 Qd4 39. Bd5 Rxb6 40. axb6 c2 41. Qxd4 exd4 42. Rc1 d3 43. Ke3 Rb8 44.
b7 Kg7 45. Kd2 Bxb7 {[#]} 46. Bxb7 $2 (46. Kxd3 $11) 46... Rxb7 $15 47. Kxd3
Rb3+ 48. Kxc2 (48. Ke2 $142 Rc3 $15 49. e5 f6 (49... Kf8 50. Kd2 Rxf3 51. Rxc2
Rf4 52. Ke3 Rxg4 53. Rc6 $11) 50. e6 Kf8 51. f4 gxf4 52. Kd2 Rg3 53. Rxc2 Ke7
54. Rc7+ Kxe6 55. Rg7 $11) 48... Rxf3 $19 49. Rg1 Re3 50. Kd2 Rxe4 51. Kd3 Rf4
52. Ke3 Kf6 53. Rg2 Ke5 54. Rg1 f5 55. Ra1 fxg4 56. Ra5+ Kf6 57. Ra6+ Kg7 58.
Ra7+ Rf7 59. Ra4 g3 60. Rg4 Rf4 61. Rxg3 Rh4 62. Kf2 Rxh5 63. Ra3 Rh1 64. Ra6
Rb1 65. Kg3 Rb4 66. Rc6 Re4 67. Ra6 h5 68. Rb6 h4+ 69. Kh3 Rf4 70. Ra6 Rf6 71.
Ra8 Kg6 72. Rg8+ Kh5 73. Rh8+ Rh6 74. Rg8 Rh7 75. Ra8 g4+ 76. Kg2 Rf7 77. Rh8+
Kg5 78. Rg8+ Kf4 79. Rh8 h3+ 80. Kh2 Kf3 81. Rg8 Rf5 82. Rg7 Kf4 83. Rg8 Rf7
84. Rg6 Ra7 85. Rf6+ Kg5 86. Rf2 Kh4 87. Rf1 Ra4 88. Rb1 g3+ 89. Kh1 h2 0-1

[Event "Match Eliskases-Spielmann +3-2=5"]
[Site "Linz"]
[Date "1932.09.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1932.09.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)WSZ 1932,S.307.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3
Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. d3 d6 11. Bg5 Bb4 12. O-O Bxc3 13.
bxc3 h6 14. Bh4 Qe7 15. Nd2 g5 16. Bg3 b4 17. cxb4 Nd4 18. Qd1 Nxb3 19. Nxb3
Rxb4 20. h4 c5 21. Na5 Bd7 22. c3 Rb5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Nc4 Bg4 25. f3 Be6 26.
Ra6 Rd8 27. Bf2 Nh5 28. g3 Ng7 29. Qa4 Bxc4 30. Qxc4 Rdb8 31. Qd5 R5b6 32. Rxb6
Rxb6 33. d4 cxd4 34. cxd4 Rb2 35. Qa8+ Qe8 36. Qa3 Qb8 37. dxe5 dxe5 38. Qe7
Ne6 39. Rd1 Rb1 40. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 41. Kg2 g4 42. Qh4 gxf3+ 43. Kxf3 Qf1 {[#]} 44.
Ke3 $1 {Abgabezug.} (44. Qg4+ $2 Kf8 45. Ke3 Nd4 $19 46. Qc8+ Kg7 47. Qg4+ Kf6
48. Qh4+ Ke6 49. Qg4+ Kd6 50. Qh5 Qc1+ 51. Kd3 Qc2+ 52. Ke3 Qc3#) 44... Qd1 $1
45. Qf6 Qd4+ 46. Kf3 Qd3+ 47. Kg2 Qxe4+ 48. Kg1 Qe2 49. Kg2 e4 50. Qe5 Qg4 $1 {
/\Ne6-g5} 51. Bd4 Qf3+ 52. Kh2 Nxd4 53. Qxd4 {[#]} e3 $2 (53... Qd3 54. Qf6 Qd5
55. Kg1 e3 56. Qf4 Qd1+ 57. Kg2 Qd2+ 58. Kg1 $11) (53... Qf5 $1 $17 54. Kg1 Kh7
55. Kh2 Qe6 56. Kg2 Kg6 57. Qd1 Qe5 58. Qg4+ Kf6 59. Qh4+ Ke6 60. Qg4+ Kd6 61.
Qc8 Qb2+ 62. Kh3 Qb5 $17) 54. Qd8+ $11 Kg7 55. Qd4+ Kg6 56. Qd3+ f5 57. Qd6+
Kh5 {[#]} 58. Qf6 $2 (58. Qe7 $11) (58. Qe6 $11) 58... Qd5 $2 (58... Qe4 $19)
59. Qe7 $11 Qd3 60. Kh3 Qf1+ 61. Kh2 Qc1 62. Kg2 Qc6+ 63. Kh2 Qh6 64. Qh4+ Kg6
65. Qxh6+ Kxh6 66. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nf1
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Qe2 Be6 11. h3 h6 12. Ng3 Qd7 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 b4 15. Ba2
Rad8 16. O-O Rfe8 17. Re1 Bf8 18. Bd2 Rb8 19. Be3 Rb7 20. Rad1 bxc3 21. bxc3
Ba3 22. Bc1 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Qd6 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Qd2 Rd8 26. d4 exd4 27. cxd4
Rb6 28. Ne4 Qa3 29. Bc4 Qxa4 30. Nc5 Qb4 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Rxe6 Nxd4 $2 (32...
Qxd2 33. Nxd2 Nxd4 $15) 33. Qxd4 $1 $18 c5 (33... Rxe6 34. Bxd5 Qxd4 35. Bxe6+
Kf8 36. Nxd4 Rxd4 37. Rxc7 $18) 34. Qe4 Qb2 35. Re1 (35. Re8+ $1 Rxe8 36. Qxe8+
Kh7 37. Rd1 $18) 35... Rbb8 36. Re8+ $138 (36. Bxd5 $1) 36... Rxe8 {As White
played 37.Qxd5+ (+-), his flag felt.} 0-1

[Event "Match Steinitz-Blackburne +7-0=0"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1876.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1876.02.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1) Harding: Joseph Henry Blackburne.Mac Farland.2015- p.115-120 "Second
Steinitz match, 1876.".} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7
7. h3 O-O 8. Qe2 Ne8 9. g4 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Nf1 Nd8 13. Ne3 Ne6
14. Nf5 g6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Be3 N8g7 17. O-O-O c5 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 c4 20.
d5 Nc7 21. Qd2 a5 22. Bd4 f6 23. Qh6 b4 24. g5 f5 25. Bf6 Qf7 26. exf5 gxf5 27.
g6 Qxg6 28. Bxg7 Qxh6+ 29. Bxh6 Rf6 30. Rhg1+ Rg6 31. Bxf5 Kf7 32. Bxg6+ hxg6
33. Ng5+ Kg8 34. Rge1 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1909.03.11"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1) Lasker:The international congress St.Petersburg 1909.Translation by
R.Teichmann (2) Lasker: Der internationale Schachkongreß zu St.Petersburg.
1909. Berlin.1909. (Nachdruck Olms.1989.)} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. d3 d6 6. h3 Be7 7. c4 {The Duras System.} O-O 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Nc3 f5 10. exf5
Rxf5 11. O-O Nf8 {According to the old and good rule, Black plays strongly for
development.} 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Ne6 15. Be3 Bf6 {Up to this
point Black played the game in the very best style, but here he unnecessarily
endangers the position of his Rook, by hampering its mobility.} ({Had he
played,} 15... Bg5 {the Knight at e6, which commands the important squares c5,
d4, and f4, would have attained far greater effect by getting rid of White's
Be3, which counteracts his movements.}) 16. Bc2 Re5 (16... Ra5 17. Nd5 Bxb2 18.
Bxh7+ {the Rook would remain in a miserable plight.}) 17. Nd5 g6 18. f4 Rxe3
19. Nxe3 Bd4 20. Qe1 Qf6 21. Kh1 Bxb2 22. Nd5 Qg7 23. Rb1 Nf8 24. Qe7 Bd4 25.
Rfd1 Be6 26. Qxg7+ Bxg7 27. Nxc7 Rc8 28. Nxe6 Nxe6 29. Rxd6 Nxf4 30. Rxb7 Re8
31. Rdd7 Bf8 32. c5 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Bxc5 34. Bb3+ Ne6 35. Rb8+ Bf8 36. Rdd8 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Jaen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. O-O g6 8. Nbd2
Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 b5 11. Bc2 h6 12. Ne3 Re8 13. a4 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15.
h3 Be6 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Bc8 18. Nf1 Nb4 19. Bb1 c5 20. Bd2 Nc6 21. dxc5
dxc5 22. Qc1 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. e5 Nh7 (24... Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Qxe5 26. Bf4 $18
) 25. Be3 Qc4 26. f4 Qxc1 27. Rxc1 c4 28. Ba7 Rb7 29. Be4 Rbe7 30. Bc5 Re6 31.
Bd5 Ra6 32. Rxa6 Bxa6 33. Ra1 Bxe5 34. Rxa6 Bxb2 35. Rxg6+ Kh8 36. Bxf7 Rc8 37.
Be6 Ra8 38. Ne3 Bg7 39. Nf5 Nf8 40. Bxf8 Bxf8 41. Nxh6 Ra6 42. Nf7+ Kh7 43. Rg3
Bg7 44. Ng5+ Kh8 45. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Muminova, Nafisa"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} d6 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 6. c4 {
[%emt 0:01:15]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 7. h3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:48]
} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} (9. O-O
c6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Bb3 bxc4 12. dxc4 c5 13. Ba4 Bb7 14. Qc2 Bc6 15. Rfd1 Nfd7
16. a3 Bxa4 17. Qxa4 Nb6 18. Qc2 Qc8 19. b4 N8d7 20. b5 a5 21. a4 Kh8 22. Qd3
Qb7 23. Nd2 g6 24. Bh6 Rfd8 25. Nf1 Nf6 26. Ra2 Ng8 27. Bc1 f5 28. Ne3 f4 29.
Ned5 Nf6 30. Nxb6 Qxb6 31. Nd5 Qb7 32. Nxf6 Bxf6 33. Rad2 Be7 34. Bb2 Kg8 35.
Bc3 Kf7 36. Rb2 h5 37. b6 Ra6 38. Rb5 Rb8 {Yu,Y (2677)-Timman,J (2607) Wijk
aan Zee 2014 1-0 (61)}) 9... c6 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 10. Bc2 {[%emt 0:04:39]} b5 {
[%emt 0:02:04]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:05:11]} Nbd7 $146 {[%emt 0:03:25]} (11... Bb7
12. d4 Nbd7 13. Qe2 b4 14. Na4 c5 15. d5 g6 16. b3 Nh5 17. Kh2 a5 18. Nb2 Kh8
19. g4 Ng7 20. Rg1 Bc8 21. Bh6 Nf6 22. Nd1 Ng8 23. Bd2 f5 24. gxf5 gxf5 25.
exf5 Bxf5 26. Ne3 Bxc2 27. Nxc2 Qe8 28. Ng5 Qh5 29. Qxh5 Nxh5 30. Raf1 Bxg5 31.
Rxg5 Nhf6 32. Rg2 a4 33. f4 axb3 34. axb3 Ne4 35. Bc1 exf4 36. Bb2+ Nc3 37. Rf3
Rae8 38. Na3 Nf6 39. Nb5 Nfe4 40. Nxd6 {1-0 (40) Naiditsch,A (2708)-Timman,J 
(2566) Wijk aan Zee 2013}) 12. a3 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:07:06]} 13. Bc1
{[%emt 0:14:00]} Re8 {[%emt 0:09:43]} 14. b4 {[%emt 0:04:55]} d5 {[%emt 0:04:
37]} 15. c5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:05:37]} 16. Bb2 {[%emt 0:07:51]} Rad8
{[%emt 0:01:41]} 17. Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:03:43]} 18. Ne2 {
[%emt 0:08:53]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 19. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:06:
36]} 20. Bb3 {[%emt 0:04:14]} a5 {[%emt 0:06:15]} 21. Qc2 {[%emt 0:05:22]} Be6
{[%emt 0:07:46]} 22. Ng5 {[%emt 0:03:26]} a4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 23. Ba2 {[%emt 0:
07:38]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 24. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:04:13]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
25. Rae1 {[%emt 0:01:06] White's Spanish gave her a permanent and solid
advantage that she carried throughout the game. In a beautiful example of
conversion of advantages Muminova first obtained a space edge, then the pair
of bishops, then the better pawn structure, and finally she won a pawn and
converted the queen endgame. A clear message that Muminova can play good chess
and is dangerous to anyone.} Kh8 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 26. exd5 {[%emt 0:02:42]}
exd5 {[%emt 0:05:38]} 27. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 28. Bb1 {
[%emt 0:05:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 29. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:40]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:02:
41]} 30. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 31. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:52]}
Nxh4 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 32. Qxh4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d4 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 33. f4 {
[%emt 0:01:54]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 34. Qxf4 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Rxe1 {[%emt 0:
02:43]} 35. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 36. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:23]}
h6 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 37. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Ng8 {[%emt 0:04:03]} 38. Ba2 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 39. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 40. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:06:53]}
Bf6 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 42. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:07:52]} 43. Bxf6 {
[%emt 0:02:44]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 44. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:
09]} 45. d4 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:03:42]} 46. Re5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rf8
{[%emt 0:01:40]} 47. Qe3 {[%emt 0:03:19]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 48. d5 {[%emt 0:
03:49]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 49. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:02:58]}
50. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 51. Qd4 {[%emt 0:04:38]} Qg6 {
[%emt 0:05:05]} 52. Rd8 {[%emt 0:04:21]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 53. Qxd8+ {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 54. Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:
27]} 55. c6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qc1+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 56. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:15]}
Qxa3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 57. Qc5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Drancy"]
[Date "2016.05.30"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Bachmann, Axel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.05.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs"]
[BlackTeam "Bois Colombes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6. d3 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]}
8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} b5 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 9. Bc2 {[%emt 0:02:30]} d5 {
[%emt 0:01:30]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:30]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 11. Nf1 {[%emt 0:
05:30]} (11. h3 Nd7 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Bd5 dxc3 14. bxc3 Bd6 15. Nb3 Nb6 16. c4
Na4 17. Bd2 Qe7 18. Qc2 bxc4 19. dxc4 Bb4 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Bxb4 Qxb4 22. Nxe5
Qd6 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Nd4 Qc5 25. Nb3 Qe5 26. Rad1 Rfe8 27. Re3 Rab8 28. Rd5
Qb2 29. Qxb2 Nxb2 30. c5 Nc4 31. Re2 a5 32. Rd4 a4 33. Rxc4 axb3 34. axb3 Rxb3
35. Rd2 Kf8 36. f3 Rb5 {1-0 (36) Karjakin,S (2762)-Mamedyarov,S (2736) Baku
2015}) 11... Nd7 {[%emt 0:08:30]} 12. a4 {[%emt 0:07:30]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:07:30]}
13. axb5 {[%emt 0:04:30]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. Bb3 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Bf6
$146 {[%emt 0:17:30]} (14... Nb6 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Ng3 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3
Ne5 19. Qe2 c5 20. Bf4 Bf6 21. Nh5 c4 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. dxc4
bxc4 25. Bxc4 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Rxb2 27. Red1 Qxe4 28. Qxd4 Qxd4 29. Rxd4 g6 30.
Rad1 Kg7 31. R4d2 {1/2-1/2 (31) Sevian,S (2589)-Postny,E (2673) Stockholm 2016}
) 15. cxd4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} exd4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 16. Bf4 {[%emt 0:07:30]} Nc5
{[%emt 0:13:30]} 17. Rc1 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 18. Bd5 {
[%emt 0:08:30]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 19. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rb6 $1 {[%emt 0:
00:30] In spite of the many minor pieces still on the board, Black has seen
ahead and prepares a rook lift to the kingside.} 20. Qd2 {[%emt 0:13:30]} Nbxd3
{[%emt 0:07:30]} 21. b4 {[%emt 0:13:30]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 22. bxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} Bg5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:30] Once more the Paraguayan grandmaster
shows his tactical acumem as he plays this timely zwischenzug threatening to
win the queen.} 23. Qc2 {[%emt 0:03:30]} ({Playing} 23. cxb6 {would not be
losing in any way, at least not objectively, but the chaotic imbalance might
not be to Fressinet's taste as he really wants to dampen Black's ambitions.}
Nh3+ 24. gxh3 Bxd2 25. Nxd2 Qg5+ 26. Kh1 Qxd2 27. Rcd1 Qxf2 28. Rf1 Qb2 29. b7
Bxh3 30. Rg1 c5 {and good luck trying to evaluate this.}) 23... Rg6 {[%emt 0:
00:30]} 24. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:15:08]} 25. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:
30]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 26. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:05:23]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 27.
Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 28. Ng3 {[%emt 0:05:08]} h5 {[%emt 0:
00:50]} 29. Qe4 {[%emt 0:03:36]} h4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 30. c6 {[%emt 0:03:10]}
Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 31. Ngf5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rg5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:43] Black
has been outplaying White ever so slightly and now has an edge thanks to his
bishop pair and pressure against the king.} 32. Ne7+ $2 {[%emt 0:01:38] The
common wisdom is to simplify when trying to ease pressure, and avoid exchanges
when on the offensive. Naturally this needs to be examined on a case-by-case
basis, and here this only makes things worse.} Bxe7 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 33. Qxe7 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 34. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:
02:08]} 35. Rd3 {[%emt 0:02:15] [#]} Ra8 $1 {[%emt 0:05:45] Another strong
zwischenzug. The back rank threats take precedence needless to say.} 36. Rde3
$2 {[%emt 0:00:46] White finally cracks under the pressure.} (36. Kf1 {was the
ugly, but necessary choice.} Bxg2+ 37. Ke2 Rc8 {and the game is not over yet.})
36... Rxg2+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} 37. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Ra1+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 38.
Re1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxe1+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 39. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rg4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 40. Re8+ {[%emt 0:01:18]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 41. Rd8 {
[%emt 0:30:17]} Bg2+ {[%emt 0:30:26]} 42. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bd5+ $1 {
cutting off the white rook from his knight, with ...Rxd4 to follow} 0-1

[Event "All Russian Masters (Qualification)"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.01.30"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Alapin, Simon"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1914.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 2] 1) Alekhine in Shakhmaty Vestnik 1915, p.194-197. 2)DWS 1914,
S.58-59. From this tournament, it was planned to find one qualifier to the
great grandmaster tournament in St.Petersburg March/April. In the end there
were two qualifiers Alekhine and Nimzowitsch. The tournament was played atthe
very fine headquarters of the St.PetersburgChess Society, Liteyny 10. The
first time control was after move 30.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
Qe2 Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. Be3 $6 (9. dxe5) (9. Nbd2) 9... Na5 $1
10. Nbd2 (10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxb3 12. axb3 Nxe4 13. Nc6 Qe8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
$15) (10. Bc2 Nd7) 10... Nxb3 11. axb3 Bb7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Bg5
Qe6 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Rfe1 Rd7 {Der schwarze Druck gegen den Bauern e4 ist
unangenehm.} 17. Ra1 (17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nf1 Rad8 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. Ne3 Qe6 $15)
(17. Nh4 h6 $15) 17... Rad8 18. b4 h6 19. Bxf6 (19. Bh4 Nh5 $1) 19... Bxf6 20.
Nf1 g6 21. Qc2 Bg7 22. N3d2 f5 23. Nb3 Bf8 24. exf5 gxf5 25. f3 Rg7 26. Kh1 f4
$2 27. Nfd2 Kh8 28. Re2 Bd5 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. bxc5 Rdg8 31. b4 Qc6 32. c4 $1
bxc4 33. Qc3 $1 Qg6 34. Nxc4 $2 (34. Qxe5 $145 $5 $16) 34... e4 $1 35. Nd2 e3
36. Qd4 c6 37. Ne4 Bxe4 38. Qxe4 Qf6 $6 39. Rg1 $2 (39. Rxa6 $142) 39... Rd7
40. Qc2 Rgd8 41. g3 $1 fxg3 42. Rxe3 Rd2 43. Re8+ Rxe8 44. Qxd2 Qxf3+ {[#]} 45.
Qg2 $2 (45. Rg2 Qf1+ 46. Rg1 Qf3+ 47. Rg2 $11) 45... Re2 $1 (45... Re2 46. h4
Qe4 47. h5 (47. Qxe4 Rh2#) 47... Qh4+ 48. Qh3 Qxh3#) 0-1

[Event "URS-ch01 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1920.10.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1920.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Les deux joueurs faisaient partie du comité d'organisation mais
ALEKHINE devait probablement s'en méfier car son adversaire était un
bolchévique pur et dur. Lui même avait été arrêté l'année précédente et il
avait échappé de peu а une exécution probablement sauvé par une intervention
de dernière minute de BOHATYRCHUK mais les versions diffèrent.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 (5. O-O {la grande ligne}) 5... d6 (5... b5 6. Bb3
Be7 7. O-O) 6. c3 g6 {le thème du match ROSENTHAL-ZUKERTORT} (6... Be7) 7. O-O
(7. h3 $143 {Rosenthal,S-Zukertort,J London m 1880 (12) 0-1}) (7. d4 $5 {
[%cal Gf6e4];Steinitz,W-Zukertort,J London 1883 (20) 0-1}) 7... Bg7 8. Re1 O-O
9. Bg5 {Nbd2 suivant le plan classique de l'espagnole Nf1g3 est plus souple} (
9. Nbd2 $142 {[%cal Gd2f1,Gf1g3]} b5 10. Bb3 (10. Bc2) 10... Bb7 {Schlechter,
C-Tarrasch,S DSB-18.Kongress 1912 (6) 1/2}) 9... h6 10. Bh4 Bd7 (10... Qe8) 11.
Nbd2 Qe8 $5 {[%cal Gd7a4]} 12. Nf1 (12. Bb3 {Evite Nd4}) (12. Bc2) 12... Nd4 $5
(12... Nh5 $5 {[%cal Gf7f5,Gh5f4]}) 13. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Nxd7 $11 15. Ne3 {
[%csl Gd5]} c6 16. Rad1 Qe6 17. g4 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Ge3f5,Gg4f5,Ge4f5]} Bf6 $1
{Force l'échange du mauvais B} 18. Bxf6 (18. Bg3 {[%csl Rg3]} Bg5 (18... Qxa2
19. Nc4 {[%csl Ra2,Rd6]} b5 20. Nb6 $44 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gf3f6]})) 18... Qxf6
19. Qg3 Nc5 $11 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Gc5e6,Ge6f4]} 20. Ng2 {[%cal Gf2f4,Gg2f4]} Ne6
{[%csl Gf4]} 21. Rf1 $36 (21. h4 $142 Nf4 22. d4 {[%csl Rf4]}) 21... Nf4 22.
Nxf4 $6 exf4 23. Qf3 Kg7 24. Kg2 h5 {[%cal Gf8h8]} 25. h3 Qg5 $36 {[%cal Gg5g2]
} 26. Rh1 (26. Rg1 Rh8 27. Kf1 Rae8 $15 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Ge8e2]}) 26... f5 $1 (
26... Rh8 $5) (26... Rae8 27. Kf1 h4 {[%csl Rh1]} (27... Rh8 $142) 28. Ke2 d5
29. Kd2 dxe4 30. dxe4 Qa5 31. a3 Rd8+ 32. Kc1 $11 {Le K blancs a réussi а
trouver une place assez sure а l'aile-dame.}) 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Rdg1 $1 {
[%cal Gg1g7]} fxg4 29. hxg4 h4 $2 (29... hxg4 $142 30. Kf1 {[%csl Rg5][%cal
Gg1g7]} gxf3 31. Rxg5+ Kf6 32. Rgh5 Rae8 33. Rh6+ {Ilyin Zhenevsky}) 30. Kh3 $1
Rae8 31. Re1 Kg6 32. Re2 Rxe2 33. Qxe2 Qe5 34. Re1 Re8 {[#]} 35. Qe4+ Qxe4 36.
Rxe4 Rxe4 37. dxe4 Kg5 38. f3 {La partie a été ajournée а ce moment de la
partie (La cadence était très lente avec 36 coups а jouer en 2h15, puis
ajournement). A la reprise, ALEKHINE a livré а son adversaire un cahier avec
ses analyses qui démontraient que la position est nulle} a5 $8 {Restant précis
et la finale est célèbre а cause de ce coup joué par ALEKHINE qui sauve une
position compromise.} 39. c4 b5 40. cxb5 cxb5 {Une nulle difficile pour
ALEKHINE} 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco TNM Jay Whitehead op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Whitehead, Paul A"]
[Black "Ganbold, Odondoo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Donaldson,J"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2014.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Nd7 7. Nbd2 c5 8.
Nc4 f6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nh4 O-O 11. f4 exf4 12. Nf5 Ne5 13. Ncxd6 cxd6 14. Bxf4
Be6 15. Ne3 b5 16. d4 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. Rf3 (18. Re1) 18... Re8 19. Re3 Bf7
20. dxc5 dxc5 21. Qg4 (21. e5 Qd4 $1) 21... h5 22. Qf5 $6 (22. Qg3 $11) 22...
g6 23. Qxc5 Rc8 24. Qa7 Rxc2 25. Kh1 g5 26. Bxg5 fxg5 27. Rf1 {Diagram #} Rf2
$1 28. Rfe1 Qf6 29. Kg1 Bc4 0-1

[Event "London Classic 11th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 $5 {An
interesting alternative to the usual 13...Ng4 or 13...Nd7.} 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Nd5 a5 $1 ({After} 15... Bd8 {Black seems to have more problems to equalize:}
16. a4 $5 (16. c4 Nd4 17. Ne3 (17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Rc2 c6 19. Nf4 Bg5 20. Ne2 Bf6
{is quite solid for Black.}) 17... Nxf3+ (17... a5 $5 {should equalize.}) 18.
Qxf3 Bg5 19. Nd5 Rfb8 20. Qg3 Qd8 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Rc2 Rc8 23. Rc6 $1 Rxa3 24.
Qg4 $1 Rxd3 25. g3 Ra8 26. h4 Rxd5 27. exd5 $16 {½-½ (71) Motylev,A (2668)
-Tomashevsky,E (2706) Izhevsk 2019}) (16. Qa1 $5 $146 Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Bxe7 18. a4
Rac8 19. axb5 axb5 20. c4 {may also give White a symbolical advantage.}) 16...
Ne7 17. Ne3 Rb8 18. axb5 (18. c3 $5 c6 19. axb5 axb5 20. d4 {would be a small
plus for White, I believe.}) 18... axb5 19. c3 Qe6 20. Qb1 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22.
Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Re1 Bf6 24. Rae2 c5 25. Nxe5 cxb4 26. Qxb4 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Qxd3 $11
{½-½ (34) Anand,V (2785)-Aronian,L (2804) Spain 2014}) 16. c4 {Several other
moves have been tried, none of them very convincing.} (16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Rb2
axb4 18. axb4 f5 19. Nh4 f4 20. Nf5 Kh8 21. d4 {This has been the critical
position for some time.} f6 (21... Rg8 22. Rb3 Rg5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 {1-0 (40)
Bacrot,E (2722)-Gretarsson,H (2565) Internet 2018} 24. Qd5 $5 $146 Rag8 25. g3
$14) 22. Qd3 (22. f3 Ne7 $11 {½-½ (34) Bakhmatsky,V (2446)-Kravtsiv,M (2645)
Rivne 2016}) 22... Ne7 (22... Nxd4 $5) (22... d5 $5) 23. Nxe7 Qxe7 24. Qxb5
exd4 25. Qd3 Qe5 26. b5 Rfe8 27. b6 cxb6 28. Rxb6 Rac8 29. Rb4 Rc3 30. Qxd4
Rxc2 31. Qd1 Rc3 32. f3 Qc5+ 33. Qd4 Rc2 (33... Rc8 $11) 34. Kh1 Qg5 35. Rg1
Rg8 36. Rb2 $14 {1/2-1/2 (100) Dominguez,L (2751)-Tomashevsky,E (2701) AZE 2014
}) (16. Ra1 $5 Bd8 (16... axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Ne7 {should be close to
equal as well}) 17. c3 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Bxe7 19. Qb3 Rfb8 $11 {0-1 (41) Daulyte,D
(2391)-Kravtsiv,M (2636) Cappelle la Grande 2016}) (16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Nh4 $6
axb4 18. Nf5 Kh8 {just doesn't work for White.}) 16... Ne7 17. Qb3 $6 {
Definitely Maxime was unprepared in that line, and starts playing dubious
moves.} ({He surely knew that Magnus Carlsen had a brilliant victory against
Ding after} 17. Rc2 {- but there was no doubt that the Chinese player had
found an improvement on that game.} Nxd5 ({And that improvement may already
have been shown:} 17... axb4 $5 18. axb4 bxc4 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. dxc4 Ng6 21.
c5 Rab8 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Rc4 Rb5 24. Ne1 d5 25. Nc2 Rd8 $11 {½-½ (26)
Hovhannisyan,R (2601)-Kravtsiv,M (2685) Batumi 2018.}) 18. cxd5 axb4 19. axb4
Ra4 20. Qd2 Rfa8 21. Rfc1 Bd8 22. h3 Ra1 23. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 24. Rc1 Ra4 25. d4 exd4
26. Nxd4 Bf6 27. Nc6 Qc8 $2 28. e5 $1 dxe5 29. d6 Ra8 30. Ne7+ Bxe7 31. dxe7 {
1-0 Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding Liren (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) 17... bxc4 (17...
Rfb8 $5) 18. Nxe7+ (18. dxc4 Nxd5 19. cxd5 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa2 21. Qxa2 Qb5 $11)
18... Bxe7 19. dxc4 axb4 20. axb4 Qc6 $1 21. Re1 Rxa2 22. Qxa2 Ra8 {Ding is
definitely taking the upper hand here.} 23. Qb3 g6 24. b5 (24. c5 Rb8 $15)
24... Qc5 25. Qc2 c6 $1 26. bxc6 Bd8 $1 {Again, what an instructive plan and
manoeuvre by the Chinese.} 27. Nd2 (27. g3 Bb6 28. Kg2 Qxc6 $15) 27... Bb6 28.
Nb3 Qxc6 29. Ra1 Rc8 30. Rc1 h5 31. h4 $6 {This proved to be a very weakening
move in the game.} (31. Kf1 h4 32. h3 $15) 31... Ra8 32. Ra1 Rxa1+ 33. Nxa1 Qd7
34. g3 g5 $1 {Brilliant from Ding, again!} 35. Qd2 $2 (35. hxg5 $1 {would have
hold the game with extremely precise play:} Qg4 (35... Qh3 36. Qb3 Bc5 37. Qf3
h4 38. Nb3 Ba7 39. c5 $1 hxg3 40. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 41. fxg3 dxc5 42. Kf1 $11) 36. Qd3
h4 37. Kg2 $1 h3+ 38. Kh2 $1 Bxf2 39. Nb3 $11) 35... gxh4 36. c5 (36. Qg5+ Kf8
37. Qxh5 Qa4 $1 {Perhaps what Maxime had missed when he played 35.Qd2?} 38.
Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qxh4+ Ke8 40. Qh8+ Kd7 41. Qh3+ Kc7 42. Qf1 $6 (42. Qh5 {would
keep some drawing chances for White, as he will win the f7-pawn.}) 42... Bd4
$19) 36... Bxc5 37. Qg5+ Kf8 38. Qxh4 Ke8 (38... Qa4 $2 39. Qd8+ $11) 39. Nb3
Qa4 $6 (39... Qb7 $1 $17) 40. Nxc5 $2 ({Missing} 40. Qh3 $1 {with the idea}
Qxb3 $2 41. Qc8+ {and the black king can't escape from checks!}) 40... dxc5 41.
Qxh5 Qxe4 42. Qh8+ Ke7 43. Qc8 Qd4 {The queen endgame is absolutely lost, but
Maxime never surrendered and found amazing ressources.} 44. g4 $1 c4 45. g5 c3
46. Kg2 Kd6 (46... Qe4+ $5 47. f3 Qe2+ 48. Kg3 c2 {seems to be a forced win:}
49. Qc5+ Kd7 50. Qd5+ Ke8 51. Qc6+ Kf8 52. Qh6+ Kg8 53. g6 $8 fxg6 54. Qxg6+
Kf8 55. Qf6+ Ke8 56. Qe6+ Kd8 57. Qd6+ Kc8 58. Qc6+ Kb8 59. Qb6+ Ka8 60. Qc6+
Ka7 {and the black king escapes.}) 47. f3 Qd2+ 48. Kh3 Kd5 49. Qf5 Kc6 50. Qc8+
Kd6 51. Qf8+ Kc6 52. Qc8+ Kb5 53. Qb7+ Kc5 54. Qa7+ Kd6 (54... Kb4 55. Qe7+ $1
{preventing ...Ka3. After} Kb3 56. Qxf7+ Kb2 57. g6 c2 58. Qb7+ $1 {White is
able to draw the game.} ({And not} 58. g7 $4 Qh6+ 59. Kg4 c1=Q $19)) 55. Qb8+
Kd5 56. Qb7+ {Black has a critical choice here, as he must give either his e5
or f7 pawn with check. Both continuations are actually winning, but both
require high precision!} Kd4 (56... Kc4 $5 57. Qxf7+ Kd4 58. g6 $6 c2 59. g7
c1=Q 60. Qd7+ Ke3 61. Qxd2+ Kxd2 62. g8=Q Qh1+ $19) 57. Qe4+ Kc5 58. Qxe5+ Kc4
59. Qe4+ Kb3 60. Qb1+ Ka3 61. Qa1+ Kb4 62. Qb1+ Kc5 63. Qf5+ Qd5 64. Qc8+ Kd4
65. Qg4+ Kd3 (65... Ke3 $5) 66. g6 c2 $4 (66... fxg6 {was necessary, with a
probable winning position.}) 67. gxf7 c1=Q 68. f8=Q {And unbelievably enough,
there's no mate!} Qh1+ 69. Kg3 Qe5+ 70. Qgf4 Qg1+ 71. Kh4 Qh1+ 72. Kg3 Qee1+
73. Kg4 Qhh4+ 74. Kf5 Qh5+ 75. Kf6 Qa1+ 76. Ke6 Qa2+ 77. Kf6 Qb2+ 78. Ke6 Qb3+
79. Kf6 Qb2+ 80. Ke6 Qb3+ 81. Kf6 Qc3+ 82. Ke6 Qg6+ {Ding continues trying,
but there's only hope for a huge blunder by Black.} 83. Q4f6 $1 (83. Q8f6 $4
Qe8+ 84. Kf5 Qh5+ 85. Q4g5 Qc8+ 86. Ke5 Qh2+ 87. Qgf4 Qb2+ {and mate to follow.
}) 83... Qc6+ 84. Ke7 Qc5+ 85. Ke6 Qc6+ 86. Ke7 Qc7+ 87. Ke6 Qb6+ 88. Ke7 Qc5+
89. Ke6 Qcf5+ 90. Ke7 Qc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1 49th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2005.08.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lacasa Diaz, Jose Antonio"]
[Black "Perez Candelario, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.08.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 {avoiding open variation, thus,
transforming the game Steinitz attack.} d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nbd2 {
Another possibility is} (8. Re1 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 {1/2-1/2 Iordachescu,
V-Krasenkow,M/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108_01/[Finkel,A] (39)}) 8... O-O 9. Re1 (9. Bxc6
bxc6 10. d4 {0-1 Sadvakasov,D-Onischuk,A/Poikovsky 2005/CBM 106/[Ftacnik] (41)}
) 9... b5 {Black is driving away white's light-squared bishop from a4-e8
diagonal} (9... Qe7 10. Nf1 Nd8 11. Bc2 {1-0 Sargissian,G-Grabarczyk,M/Warsaw
2005/CBM 108_01/[Finkel,A] (82)}) (9... Nh5 10. Nf1 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Ng5
Kh8 13. Bb3 d5 14. g4 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nxh7 Kxh7 17. gxf5 Rxf5 $15 {
1-0 Morozevich,A-Shirov,A/Monaco 2004/CBM 099 ext (29)}) (9... Re8 10. Nf1 Bd7
11. Ng3 b5 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nc6 17.
Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bd2 Nd7 $11 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Adams,M/
chessassistantclub.com INT 2004/The Week in Chess 530 (46)}) (9... Nd7 $5 10.
Nf1 Nc5 {Good achievement of IM Cao Sang.. 1-0 Cao Sang-Golod,V/Ohrid 2001/CBM
084/[Golod,V] (40)}) 10. Bc2 {The retreat of the bishop to c2 seems more
logical, than to b3, as it helps black to develop counterplay on the queenside:
} (10. Bb3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. Nf1 Qb6
16. Nf3 Nc4 17. Rb1 Bg4 18. Ne3 Ne5 19. Nxg4 Nfxg4 20. Be3 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 Nc4
$15 {0-1 Rasik,V-Adams,M/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 098 (34)}) 10... Re8 11. a4 {
creating a tension on the queenside. Other possibilities are:} (11. d4 exd4 12.
cxd4 Nb4 13. Bb1 c5 14. a3 Nc6 15. d5 Nb8 16. a4 Bb7 17. Qb3 Nbd7 18. axb5 axb5
19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Qxb5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S-Kaidanov,G/Calvia ESP 2004/The
Week in Chess 521 (33)}) (11. Nf1 d5 12. Qe2 Be6 13. h3 h6 14. Ng3 Qd7 15. Rd1
Rad8 16. a4 Qc8 17. Be3 dxe4 18. dxe4 Bc4 19. Qe1 Rxd1 20. Bxd1 Bd3 21. Nd2 Rd8
$13 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Sokolov,I/Prague 2002/CBM 089 (44)}) 11... Bb7 12. b4 {
fixing black's b5 pawn, and, occupying some space on the queenside.} ({White
got an advantage after} 12. h3 Nb8 13. b4 Nbd7 14. Nb3 Rb8 15. Be3 d5 16. Qb1
Bf8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra5 $14 {1-0 Georgiev,K-Flear,G/Saint Affrique FRA 2005/
The Week in Chess 560 (31)}) 12... Nd7 13. Nf1 Nf8 $146 {The idea of this
novelty is to bring the knight to e6, from where it presses white's centre.} (
13... Nb6 {loses too much time:} 14. a5 Nd7 15. Ne3 Nf6 16. Bb3 Qd7 17. Qc2 Nd8
18. Bb2 Rc8 19. c4 $14 {1-0 Fuderer,A-Donner,J/Hastings 1954/MCL (34)}) 14. Bb2
$6 {I think, white should not have hurried with defining the position of
dark-squared bishop. Usually white needs the dark-squared bishop on c1-h6
diagonal. I would start from} (14. Bb3 Ne6 15. Ne3 Ne7 (15... Qd7 16. Nd5 $14)
16. Ng4 $36 {[%cal Yg4h6,Yf3g5]}) 14... Ne6 15. Bb3 Qd7 16. Ng3 {White has
transfered the knight to g3 in order to carry out the d3-d4 breakthrough.} (16.
Ne3 {is an interesting alternative.} Ne7 $1 17. c4 $13) 16... Ne7 $1 {
preparing the c7-c5 advance. It should be noted, that black prepares the
typical d6-d5 reaction on white's aggression in the centre.} 17. d4 {There is
no other plan of improving white's position.} exd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. Ne5 {
Responsible decision. After this move, white will get an isolated pawn "d"
with a passive dark-squared bishop. But, he can compensate it by activity of
his pieces.} (19. e5 {doesn't promise white anything special.} Nc6 20. Bc3 Bf8
21. Qd2 a5 22. axb5 (22. bxa5 b4) 22... Nxb4 23. Ba4 c6 24. bxc6 Bxc6 $11)
19... Qd6 {attacking white's b4 pawn.} 20. Bc3 $6 {After this move white is
already worse...} ({More to the point seems} 20. Qf3 Rf8 (20... Bxe5 $6 {
is too risky:} 21. dxe5 Qxb4 22. Ba3 $44) (20... Ng5 21. Qf4 $1 Qxb4 22. Re3 $1
Bxe5 (22... h6 23. h4) 23. dxe5 Ne6 24. Qf6 $16) 21. Qc3 $13 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4
23. Rxe4 Nd5 $11) 20... Rad8 {strengthening the d5 spot.} ({Worth
consideration:} 20... dxe4 $5 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Nd5 $15 23. Nxf7 (23. Qf3
$4 Ng5 $19) 23... Kxf7 24. Qf3+ Bf6 {[%cal Yc7c6]} 25. Rxe6 Kxe6 26. Bxd5+ Qxd5
27. Re1+ Kd6 28. Qxf6+ Re6 29. Qf4+ Kc6 30. Rc1 Kb7 $17) 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qe2
{attacking the b5 pawn.} ({In case of} 22. Qf3 {black parries white's activity
by} Rf8 $1 (22... Ng5 23. Qf4 f6 24. Nd3 $16) 23. h3 Qb6 $15) 22... Qb6 23.
Rad1 {protecting an isolated pawn.} dxe4 24. Nxe4 (24. Bxe6 {doesn't equalize
as well:} Qxe6 (24... fxe6 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Nd5 27. Bd2 $11) 25. Qxb5 Qd5
$17 {[%cal Yf7f6,Yf6f5]}) 24... Bd5 $1 $15 {Black has succeeded to neutralize
white's initiative. Now white's light-squared bishop is not dangerous anymore.
Black has the d5 stronghold, while white remained with an isolated "d" pawn
and passive dark-squared bishop.} {plays in black's hands.} 25. Bxd5 $6 {
increasing black's positional advantage.} (25. Nc5 Bxb3 26. Nxb3 Nd5 $17) ({
Better was} 25. Qc2 Bxb3 26. Qxb3 Nd5 27. Nc5 $15) 25... Nxd5 26. Qf3 $2 {
losing a light piece.} ({More resistant was} 26. Bb2 Nxb4 27. Qf3 f5 28. Qb3
Nd5 $17) {[%tqu "En","Please find the best move for black.","","","f7f6","",10]
} 26... f6 $1 $19 {driving away the knight from active position.} 27. Nd3 (27.
Ng4 f5 $19) {[%tqu "En","Can black get a material advantage?","","","f6f5","",
10]} 27... f5 $1 {winning a light piece.} 28. Nec5 Nxc3 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 30. Rxe6
Qxe6 31. Nf4 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {The main idea of
this move is to save time on h2-h3. In some variations, that move is
unnecessary. Instead, White could use that tempo to create some initiative on
the queenside or in the centre.} d6 7. c3 {Now White is preparing to withdraw
his bishop to c2. It could gain him a tempo in comparison to the main lines of
Ruy Lopez defence where White starts with 6.Re1.} O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. Nbd2 {
A typical manoeuvre: White's knight is sent to the kingside via f1. Normally,
White is trying to bring the knight to g3, after which he can take control
over the centre with the d3-d4 advance. Black, on the other hand, has a
variety of plans: he can bring his dark squared bishop to g7, transfer his
knight to g6 via e7, and carry out the d6-d5 breakthrough in the centre.} Bf8
10. Nf1 h6 {This move could serve at least two of Black's plans: by preventing
the pin along the h4-d8 diagonal, Black makes it feasible to bring the knight
to g6 or to advance his d-pawn.} 11. Ng3 b5 {Black felt the necessity to bring
his knight to g6 asap, so he decided to get rid of unpleasant pin. In fact,
driving away White's bishop could fit into the plan with th d6-d5 advance in
the centre as well.} 12. Bc2 Ne7 {Black has tried the following options as
well:} (12... g6 13. a4 Rb8 14. d4 Bg7 15. axb5 ({An interesting alternative
was to keep the tension in the centre with} 15. h3 $5 Bd7 16. Be3 (16. axb5
axb5 {-the game.})) 15... axb5 16. h3 Bd7 17. Be3 Ra8 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. b3 {
[%cal Yd4d5,Yc3c4]} Qb8 20. d5 Ne7 21. c4 bxc4 22. bxc4 c5 23. Ne2 Nc8 24. Nc3
Nb6 25. Bd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R (2727)-Tomashevsky,E (2736)/Sochi 2012/
CB15_2012 (38)}) (12... Bb7 {The disadvantage of this move is that it allows
White to occupy the f5-outpost.} 13. Nf5 d5 14. Qe2 Na5 15. b4 $6 (15. h3 {
[%cal Yf3h2,Ge2f3,Yh2g4] seems to be more promising.}) 15... dxe4 16. dxe4 Nc4
17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxh6 Nd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Negi,P 
(2661)-Berczes,D (2530)/Andorra op 30th 2012 (41)}) (12... d5 $5 13. d4 (13.
exd5 Nxd5 14. Bb3 (14. d4 {gives nothing to White:} exd4 15. Rxe8 Qxe8) 14...
Be6 $11) (13. Bd2 $5) 13... dxe4 $1 (13... Bg4 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Bb3 Qd6 16. h3
Bxf3 17. Qxf3 exd4 18. Bf4 $14) 14. Nxe4 Bf5 $1 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5
17. dxe5 Rxe5 18. Rxe5 Qxe5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Carlsen,M (2775)-Onischuk,A (2670)/
Biel 2008/CBM 126 (36)}) 13. d4 Ng6 14. b3 {This move can serve multiple
purposes. It prepares White's expansion on the queenside, which would be
carried out by the pawn advances d4-d5, c3-c4. Also, potentially, White's
dark-squared bishop could be developed to b2 or to a3 after White plays a2-a4.}
c6 $146 {Black's idea is to prevent white's d4-d5 and prepare the c7 spot for
the queen.} ({In the preceding game Black tried} 14... c5 15. d5 Bd7 16. a4 Qc7
17. h3 Reb8 18. Be3 Qd8 (18... Be7 $5 {[%cal Ye7d8,Yd8b6]}) 19. Qd2 bxa4 20.
bxa4 Rb2 21. Reb1 Rab8 22. Rxb2 Rxb2 23. Qc1 Rb8 24. Bd3 Qa5 25. Nd2 $14 {
1-0 Karjakin,S (2779)-Tkachiev,V (2644)/Astana 2012/CB27_2012 (54)}) 15. Be3
Qc7 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Qc2 {The flexibility of White's pawn structure allows him
to carry out several interesting plans: White can attack Black's pawns on the
queenside with a2-a4, c2-c4 and open up the centre with c2-c4-c5 and/or dxe5
at convenient time. Black, on the other hand, has no active plan.} Rac8 18. h3
Nf4 19. Bf1 ({It would be wrong to go for} 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Nf5 c5 $132) 19...
Ng6 20. Bd3 Nf4 21. Bf1 Ng6 22. a4 {No real threats are created, but White has
created some tension on the queenside.} Qb8 ({Unfortunately for Black,} 22...
d5 {does not equalise the game:} 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. f4 Qc7 26. e5
Nd7 27. Bd3 $14) 23. Bd3 Nf4 24. Bxf4 {Now that Black can not simply play
c6-c5, White can go ahead and change the pawn structure.} exf4 25. Nf5 {
Now if Black does nothing, his chances for counterplay could be killed by
White's b2-b4 advance.} bxa4 {Thus, Black was left with this move or} (25... g6
{, which, apparently, does not promise Black equal chances:} 26. Nxd6 $1 Bxd6
27. e5 c5 $1 28. exf6 Bxf3 29. gxf3 (29. Bxg6 Bc6 30. Qf5 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Re8
32. Bxf7+ Kxf7 33. Qh5+ Kxf6 34. Qxh6+ $11) 29... Rxe1+ (29... cxd4 30. Bxg6)
30. Rxe1 Kh8 $14) 26. bxa4 ({It seems that} 26. Rxa4 $5 {would promise White
the long term advantage due to a superior pawn structure:} c5 27. d5 g6 28.
N5h4 Rc7 $14) 26... c5 $1 27. e5 dxe5 28. dxe5 Nd7 $2 {Black can't afford to
leave so many white pieces directed at his king!} ({It was better to drive
away White's bishop from its active position:} 28... c4 $1 29. Bf1 $1 (29. exf6
cxd3 30. Qxd3 gxf6 31. Nh2 h5 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Qd1 Qc7 34. Qxh5 Qxc3 35. Qg4+
Kh7 36. Qd1 Re5 $13) 29... Nd7 30. Rab1 Qa8 31. N5d4 Bd5 32. Qf5 Nc5 33. Qxf4
Nd3 34. Bxd3 cxd3 35. Qd2 $14) 29. Rab1 Qa8 $6 ({By playing} 29... Qc7 {
, Black would have forced White to exchange one of his active knights:} 30. Nd6
Bxd6 31. exd6 Rxe1+ 32. Nxe1 Qc6 33. Qe2 $16 {[%cal Ye2e7]}) 30. N5h4 $1 $40 {
[%cal Ge5e6,Yd3h7] The problem is that Black does not have any good defenders
around his monarch. Moreover, Black has no time to take on f3, since the
threat of Be4 will be created immediately. Therefore, White's attack should
bring him a well deserved victory.} Rc6 {All other moves lose right away:} (
30... Rcd8 31. e6 fxe6 32. Bh7+ Kh8 33. Ng6+ Kxh7 34. Nxf8+ Kg8 35. Nxe6 $18) (
30... Bd5 31. c4 Be6 32. Be4 $18) (30... Bxf3 31. Nxf3 Rb8 32. Rbd1 $18 {
[%cal Gd3c4,Ye5e6]}) 31. Be4 (31. Bh7+ Kh8 32. Bf5 $18 {[%cal Ye5e6] was
possible as well.}) 31... Rb6 32. Bh7+ Kh8 33. Rxb6 $2 {White just missed a
way to finish the game with} (33. Bf5 $1 Bxf3 (33... Rxb1 34. Qxb1 {[%cal
Ye5e6]} Rb8 35. Bxd7 Bxf3 36. Qf5 $18) 34. Bxd7 Rxb1 35. Qxb1 Re7 36. Nxf3 Rxd7
37. e6 $18 {[%cal Yf3e5]}) 33... Nxb6 34. e6 Bxf3 $2 {This does not solve
Black's problems.} ({It was neccessary to try to cover the light squares with} 
34... Bd5 $1 35. exf7 (35. Ne5 Bxe6 36. Neg6+ fxg6 37. Nxg6+ Kxh7 38. Rxe6 f3
$1 (38... Kg8 39. Qb3) 39. Rxb6 Re1+ 40. Kh2 fxg2 $11) (35. Bf5 $1 Nc4 36. Re2
$16 g5 37. exf7 Bxf7 38. Ng6+ Kg7 39. Nxf8 Kxf8 $14) 35... Rxe1+ 36. Nxe1 Bxf7
37. Bg6 $14) 35. Nxf3 g6 (35... Rxe6 36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. Ne5 Qe8 38. Bg6 Qxa4 39.
Qb1 Nd7 40. Be8 $18) (35... Qc8 36. Ne5 Qxe6 37. Ng6+ fxg6 38. Rxe6 Rxe6 39.
Bxg6 $18) 36. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 37. Qxg6 $18 {[%cal Yf3e5] Now it's over: White's
attack is unstoppable.} Qc8 (37... Bg7 38. Ne5 Kg8 39. Ng4 $18) (37... Nc4 38.
e7 Bg7 39. Nh4 {[%cal Yh4f5]} Ne5 40. Rxe5 Bxe5 41. Qxh6+ Kg8 42. Qe6+ $18) 38.
Ne5 Bg7 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Nxh6+ (40. Nxh6+ Kh8 41. Nf7+ Kg8 42. Nd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
b5 9. Bc2 d5 {Taking advantage of the fact that White's rook is not yet on e1,
Black is trying to solve all his opening problems by exchanging a couple of
central pawns and preparing the c5-spot for the dark-squared bishop.} 10. Re1
dxe4 {The simplest move. Black has also tried} (10... d4 $5 11. cxd4 exd4 12.
a3 Nd7 13. Nf1 (13. Nb3 Nde5 14. Nbxd4 $140 Nxd4 15. Nxe5 Bf6 $132) 13... Nde5
14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Ng6 16. Ng3 c5 17. Nf5 $6 (17. Qh5 $142 $5) 17... Bxf5 18.
exf5 Nh4 19. Qg4 Qd7 20. Bd2 Bf6 21. Bb3 Nxf5 $15 {0-1 Efimenko,Z (2682)
-Onischuk,A (2684)/Poikovsky 2009/CBM 131 (35)}) (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2
d4 13. g4 Bg6 14. cxd4 Nxd4 (14... exd4 15. a3 $5 {[%cal Yc2b3]} (15. Bb3 Na5)
(15. Nh4 Nd7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. f4 g5 18. Nf3 gxf4 19. Bxf4 Nc5 $13) 15... h6
16. Bb3 $14) 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. f4 {Now that the black bishop is out of the
game, it becomes clear why 10...Bg4 does not have a good reputation.} h6 17.
Nf3 $14 {1-0 Alvarez Pedraza,A (2526)-Vijayalakshmi,S (2387)/San Cristobal
2012/CB39_2012 (22)}) (10... Bb7 {The disadvantage of this move is that Black
defines the position of his light-squared bishop too early. It may very well
be the case that it's needed on e6 to cover the f5-square and the diagonal
a2-g8.} 11. Qe2 dxe4 12. dxe4 Qd6 (12... Bc5 13. Nf1 {[%cal Yf1g3,Yg3f5,Gc1g5]}
) 13. a4 Nh5 14. Nf1 b4 15. Rd1 Qf6 16. Ng3 (16. g3 $5 {[%cal Yf1e3,Ye3d5]})
16... Nxg3 (16... Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 (17... Qxf4 18. Nf5) 18. Nf5 $14) 17. hxg3
a5 18. Bb3 $14 {1-0 Nguyen Anh Dung (2539)-Tirto (2418)/Kuala Lumpur 2006/CBM
114 ext (61)}) 11. dxe4 Be6 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Yh7h6,Rh6g5] Black has just
occupied a very important diagonal and is about to secure control over it by
playing h7-h6.} (11... Bc5 12. Nb3 ({Deserves attention:} 12. a4 $5 b4 13. Qe2
{[%cal Yd2c4]}) 12... Bb6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. a4 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 {1/2-1/2 Predojevic,
B (2641)-Stevic,H (2571)/Neum 2008/CBM 124 Extra}) 12. a4 {White is putting
some pressure on Black's b5-pawn to gain control over the c4-square.} b4 {
Giving up on the c4 outpost, perhaps too easily.} ({Earlier this year,
Matlakov tried to play differently against Movsesian:} 12... Qc8 13. Qe2 Qb7
14. b4 (14. Bd3 Rab8 15. Nf1 Rfd8 $11) 14... Rfd8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8
17. Bd3 Rb8 18. Nb1 Bd6 (18... Nd7 19. Na3 Na7 20. Ng5 Bb3 21. Qb2 Ba4 22. Qa2
$13) 19. Na3 Na7 20. Be3 c6 21. Ng5 Bg4 22. f3 Bd7 23. Qa2 Rf8 $2 (23... Be8
$142) 24. Nc4 $1 $16 {1-0 Movsesian,S (2699)-Matlakov,M (2665)/St Petersburg
2012/CB40_2012 (32)}) 13. Qe2 Qc8 (13... Qd6 14. Nc4 (14. Bd3 Rfd8) 14... Bxc4
15. Qxc4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Na5 17. Qe2 $14) (13... Bc5 14. Nc4 $14) 14. Nc4 Nd7 15.
a5 $146 {The idea of Movsesian's novelty is to limit the activity of Black's
minor pieces.} ({In the preceding game, Kamsky chose} 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 {
, but Black got a good position after} Nb6 17. Nd2 bxc3 18. bxc3 Na5 19. Be3
Qd7 20. f4 f6 21. f5 Bf7 22. g4 Qc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kamsky,G (2741)-Ivanchuk,V 
(2768)/Ningbo 2011/CBM 144 (67)}) 15... f6 $6 {Although Black did strengthen
his central pawn, he grabbed the f6-square for his knight, which results in
the transfer of White's knight to d5.} ({Probably} 15... Qb7 {was better:} 16.
Ne3 (16. Ba4 f6 {[%cal Yd7c5]}) 16... b3 17. Bb1 h6 $13) (15... h6 16. Ba4) 16.
Ne3 $1 b3 17. Bb1 Bd6 {Preparing the e7-square for the knight.} 18. Nd5 Bxd5 {
That is a very responsible decision to give up on the light squares. I bet
Black would not do it he saw White's 22nd move.} ({The logical alternative was
} 18... Ne7 {, but after} 19. Qc4 $1 {, White gets an edge:} Nc5 20. Be3 c6 21.
Nxe7+ Bxe7 22. Qe2 Kh8 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Bd3 $14) 19. exd5 Ne7 20. Bd3 Qb7 21.
Bc4 Nxd5 $2 ({Black should have played} 21... Kh8 22. Rd1 $14 {and tried to
defend his passive, but solid position.}) 22. Nd4 $1 exd4 (22... Kh8 {is not
the solution to Black's problems, in view of} 23. Qe4 c6 24. Nxc6 Nc7 (24...
Ne7 25. Nxe7 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 Bxe7 27. g3 Rfc8 28. Bd5 Rab8) 25. Re3 $1 Nc5 (25...
f5 26. Ne7 $1 $18) 26. Qg6 $40) 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Bxd5 c6 25. Qxd6 (25. Bf3 {
is not as good as the move in the game, because of} Qc7 $1) 25... cxd5 26. cxd4
$16 {White has an obvious advantage thanks to Black's passive pieces and
multiple weaknesses in his camp.} Rfe8 $6 {The open lines will be taken by
White's rooks anyway.} ({Black had to organise stubborn defence by playing} 
26... Qb5 $1 27. Bd2 Rfd8 $1 28. Qe7 $16 {[%cal Ya1c1]}) 27. Bf4 Qb5 28. h3
Rac8 $6 ({Probably, the last chance was to bring the king closer to the centre:
} 28... Kg8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rc1 Nf8 31. Qb6 $16 {/+-}) (28... h5 29. Rac1
$18) 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rc1 $18 {White is completely dominating the board!
Material losses for the black side are inevitable and he has no counterplay
whatsoever, so the rest is a matter of simple technique.} Nf8 31. Qb6 $1 Qd3 ({
The endgame is lost for Black:} 31... Kg8 32. Qxb5 axb5 33. a6 Ne6 34. Bd6 Ra8
35. Rc6 Nxd4 36. Rb6 Kf7 37. Bb8 $18 {[%cal Ya6a7]}) 32. Qc6 Qe4 (32... Rd8 {
does not change much:} 33. Re1 $1 Qc2 34. Qb6 Ra8 35. Qb7 Rd8 36. Qf7 $18) 33.
Be3 Ng6 (33... Qe6 34. Qb7 Re7 35. Qxb3 $18) 34. Qxa6 Nh4 35. Qf1 {Black's
attack is easily parried.} h6 (35... Ra8 36. Rc3 h6 37. f3 Qe8 38. Bd2 $1 $18)
36. Rc3 Ra8 37. f3 Qe6 38. Bf2 Ng6 39. Qb5 Nf4 40. Be3 {Black is hopeless
against White's well coordinated pieces.} Qf5 41. Kh2 Ng6 42. Rxb3 Nh4 43. Bf2
Qg5 44. Bg3 Nf5 45. f4 Qg6 46. Qxd5 Re8 47. a6 h5 48. a7 h4 49. Bf2 1-0

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2048]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 {transforming
to the Anti-Berlin variation with the moves a6 Ba4 already played . Black is
threatening to eliminate White's light-squared bishop by b7-b5 with the
following Na5.} (5... b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 d5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1
dxe4 11. dxe4 Bc5 12. h3 (12. Qe2 Ng4 13. Rf1 Nf6 14. Bc2 Qd7 15. b4 Bb6 16. a4
$14 {1-0 Novik,M-Zavlin,K/St Petersburg 1992/ (44)}) 12... Nh5 $6 {Bacrot has
been carried away by optimism, that his position already allows active
operations. It was better to finish the development with balanced chances.} (
12... Qe7 13. Qe2 b4 14. Bc2 a5 15. Qb5 Rfb8 16. Nb3 Bd6 17. Bg5 a4 18. Nbd2 a3
19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. bxa3 bxc3 21. Nb3 Bxa3 22. Nc5 Ra5 {0-1 Nielsen,P-Rorvik,J/
Copenhagen 2003/ (22)}) 13. Bd5 Qf6 (13... Nf6 14. Bxc6 (14. Nb3 Bd6 15. Bg5 h6
16. Bh4 Qe7 $14) 14... Bxc6 15. Nxe5 Bxe4 (15... Bb7 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Nef3 $14)
16. Nxe4 Qxd1 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Rxd1 fxe5 19. Rd5 Bd6 20. Be3 Rad8 21. Rad1
$14) 14. a4 $1 Nf4 (14... Bb6 15. Nb3 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qd3
$14) 15. Nb3 Bb6 (15... Nxd5 $2 16. Nxc5 $18) 16. Bxf4 $14 {1-0 Morozevich,
A-Bacrot,E/Biel 2004/CBM 102/[Ftacnik] (30)}) 6. c3 {preparing the square c2
for the light-squared bishop, as well as adding the option d3-d4.} Bd7 (6... g6
{A normal plan for Black in the Ruy Lopez is Be7-Re8-Bf8-g6-Bg7, so Akopian
decides to do it right away.} 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 b5 (9... Nd7 {
is another common plan, trying to force the bishop to commit itself, without
weakening the queenside pawn structure.} 10. Nf1 Nc5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d4 $14 {
was the continuation in many games, and White has an edge.}) 10. Bc2 d5 11. a4
{hitting the queenside pawn structure, a very common theme in the Ruy Lopez.
Despite the fact that at a first glance Black controls more space and has a
freer game, the truth is that it is White who is fighting for the advantage.
White has easier play on the queenside, and his pieces are coordinated better.}
Rb8 12. b4 {Clinching more space on the queenside. White has a nice edge here.}
dxe4 (12... Be6 {was perhaps more natural though.} 13. Nb3 {[%csl Rc5][%cal
Gb3c5]} d4 14. axb5 axb5 15. Bb2 $14) 13. dxe4 Nh5 {Black's trying to create
some type of counterplay on the other wing, but it seems quite unsuccessful.
On the other hand it is not quite clear what he can do about his weaknesses on
the queenside. At least now he is trying to open the a1-h8 diagonal for his
bishop, by trying to force White to exchange on f4.} 14. Nb3 {Logical, the N
is screaming to get to c5.} Nf4 15. Be3 {White decides that it is not
important to exchange the knight for now, and leaves it alone.} Qf6 16. Bxf4 $1
{A very nice switch. Black would prefer to take back with the e-pawn, but this
basically leads him to a strategically lost game right now.} exf4 $6 (16...
Qxf4 {This was forced and Black is still not much worse.} 17. Nc5 Rd8 18. Qe2
Bf8 19. Nd3 $14 {and White still has some initiative.}) 17. e5 $1 {the "weak"
e-pawn will take care of shutting the bishop out of play.} Qe7 18. Nbd4 Nxd4
19. Nxd4 {White will keep his e-pawn alive by pure tactical means, but it
proves to be sufficient!} Bb7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra7 $1 {The rook is very
strong here, Morozevich must have foreseen the following sequence.} Rfe8 22.
Bb3 $1 {Very energetic! White is willing to sacrifice an exchange to open up
the opponents king, and cut off his coordination.} Bxe5 $6 {This basically
loses by force, but the alternative was also rather gloomy.} (22... Qg5 $2 23.
Rxb7 $1 Rxb7 24. e6 {And it transpires that Black has no defence! An
incredible position.} f5 (24... fxe6 25. Nxe6 {Is quite obviously lost for
black.}) (24... Kh8 25. exf7 Rf8 26. Ne6 {Is of course winning.}) 25. e7+ Kh8
26. Nc6 $1 $18 {Domination. Black has no adequate defense against all of
whites threats (Qd8, Qd7, Bf7, Nd8 just to name a few)}) (22... Kh8 {Oh such a
sad move, but what else was there?} 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 $16 {With a clear
white advantage.}) 23. Rxb7 $1 Rxb7 24. Nc6 Qd6 25. Qd5 $1 $18 {1-0 Morozevich,
A-Akopian,V/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104/[Ramirez Alvarez] (42) The key move, Black
has no way to save his bishop on e5, and is forced into a lost endgame.}) 7.
Nbd2 {looks more flexible, than an immediate castle. White will bring the
queenside knight to g3 via f1 with following castle. The point is that White
can save the Re1 tempo.} (7. O-O g6 8. Re1 Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Bg5
h6 12. Bh4 Qc8 13. Ne3 Nd8 14. Bc2 Ne6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. d4 Qd8 18.
dxe5 dxe5 19. Qd2 c6 20. Ne3 Nf4 21. Rad1 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Asrian,K-Beliavsky,
A/Warsaw POL 2005/The Week in Chess 556 (41)}) 7... g6 8. Nf1 Bg7 {continuing
with normal development.} (8... Nh5 $5 {[%cal Yf7f5,Yh5f4] An interesting idea
championed by Mihai Marin. Black starts actions on the K-side in the early
opening phase. The motivation is that it's the last chance to play Nh5 before
White gets to play Ng3. Long term Black wants to attack with f5.} 9. Bg5 (9.
Ng3 Nf4 10. O-O (10. Bxf4 $6 {Taking takes White nowhere.} exf4 11. Ne2 Bh6 (
11... g5 12. d4 b5 13. Bc2 g4 14. Nd2 Bh6 15. Bd3 Qf6 $36 {0-1 Maka,M-Liwak,P/
Rowy 1998/EXT 2000 (49)}) 12. d4 Qe7 13. Bc2 O-O 14. O-O Kh8 15. Re1 g5 $40 {
0-1 Saltaev,M-Volzhin,A/Volgograd 1994/CBM 41 (35)}) 10... Bg7 11. d4 (11. Ne2
Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Qd2 f5 $15 {0-1 Stoma,P-Pinski,J/Kazimierz
Dolny 2001/CBM 81 ext (46)}) (11. Be3 O-O 12. d4 (12. Qd2 Qf6 13. d4 Rad8 14.
Ne1 h5 15. Nd3 Bh6 $15 {0-1 Stefanov,P-Marin,M/Predeal 1988/EXT 97 (47)}) 12...
b5 13. Bc2 h5 14. d5 Na5 15. b3 Qf6 16. Ne1 c5 $15 {0-1 Reyes,J-Marin,M/
Thessaloniki 1988/TD (27)}) 11... b5 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Be3 Qf6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qd2 $13 {1-0 Lopez Martinez,J-Marin,M/Andorra 2001/CBM 83 ext 
(29)}) (9. d4 Bg7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ne3 Nf4 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd5 Ne6 14. b4 f5
15. Bb3 Kh8 16. Qe2 f4 $40 {0-1 Simon,E-Marin,M/Manresa 1993/EXT 97 (31)}) 9...
f6 10. Be3 Nf4 11. Bxf4 {White gets the centre, but I think Black's P's on the
K-side are more valuable.} exf4 12. g3 $6 {A strategical mistake softening
White where he should be defending.} (12. d4 $142 {[%cal Yf3d4,Gd4d5] if
allowed White can proceed with d5 and Nd4.} b5 13. Bc2 $13) 12... Bh6 $1 {
[%csl Rf3]} (12... fxg3 $6 13. hxg3 $14 {[%cal Yf1e3]}) 13. gxf4 (13. Qd2 Ne5
$1 $17) (13. d4 $142) 13... Bxf4 14. Nd4 O-O 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qf3 Bh6 17. Ne3
f5 $36 {0-1 Gallagher,J-Sasikiran,K/Hastings 2002/CBM 087/[Wedberg] (39) White
is already defending.}) 9. Ng3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 {strengthening the
centre, thus, preparing to carry out d3-d4.} ({The development of dark-squared
bishop to e3 is one of the options, but it robs White the possibility to play
d3-d4.} 11. h3 h6 12. Be3 d5 13. b4 Na7 14. Bb3 Bc6 15. Qc2 Nb5 16. Rad1 Nd6
17. c4 d4 18. Bc1 Bd7 19. a4 c5 20. bxc5 Nc8 21. c6 Bxc6 22. c5 Bd7 23. Nd2 Qc7
24. Ba3 Be6 25. Rb1 $14 {0-1 Hort,V-Torre,E/La Valetta 1980/EXT 2000 (49)})
11... Qe7 12. h3 {covering the square g4, preventing a pin along the h5-d1
diagonal.} Qf8 $146 {The idea of this move is to change the dark-squared
bishops with Bg7-h6, as well as it liberates the e7 square for the queenside
knight, in case of white's d4-d5. It should be noted, that Black's queen has
liberated the e-file for the rook, thus, making the pressure on White's pawn
on e4 more effective.} ({In the preceding game Black continued} 12... Na5 13.
d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bxa4 15. Qxa4 Nc6 16. Bd2 Nd7 17. Qc4 Nb6 18. Qd3 Qf8 19. d5 (
19. Rac1 $14) 19... Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Rac1 $14 {1-0 Cherniaev,A-Flear,G/
Port Erin 2001/CBM 084 ext (47)}) 13. d4 Rad8 {centralizing all the pieces.} (
13... Bh6 14. d5 Ne7 15. c4 $14) 14. Bd2 {preparing to add the queen's rook to
the game from the square c1.} Kh8 {A prophylactic move. One of Black's
possible plans in this position should be carrying out the breakthrough f7-f5.
That's why Black liberates the square g8 for the king's knight.} (14... Bh6 $5
15. Rc1 (15. d5 Nb8 {[%cal Yb8d7]} 16. Rc1 Bxd2 17. Nxd2 Qh6) 15... Bxd2 16.
Qxd2 $14 Nxd4 $141 $2 17. cxd4 Bxa4 18. Rxc7 Rd7 19. Rcc1 $16 {[%cal Rd2a5,
Gb2b3,Ya2a4]}) 15. Rc1 $14 {White is slightly better, thanks to space
advantage. His plan should be connected with advance of queenside pawns.} b5 $6
{This move weakens black's queenside too much.} (15... Ng8 16. d5 Nb8 17. c4 f5
18. exf5 gxf5 19. Bxd7 (19. Ng5 c6 20. Bc2 $14) 19... Nxd7 20. Ng5 $16) ({
I would recommend} 15... Bh6 $14 {trading the dark-squared bishops.}) 16. Bc2 {
transfering the bishop to d3.} Na5 17. Bd3 {covering the spot c4.} Nb7 (17...
c5 {is met by} 18. b4 c4 19. bxa5 cxd3 20. Bg5 $16) 18. b4 $1 $16 {White's
advantage is obvious here, due to Black's passive knight on b7.} a5 {Levon
decides to open the a-file for the rooks.} (18... c6 19. a4 $16) 19. c4 $1 {
attacking Black's pawns on the queenside, thus, winning a pawn.} bxc4 (19...
axb4 20. cxb5 Rc8 21. Bxb4 $18) 20. Rxc4 c6 (20... Bb5 {doesn't change the
evaluation of the position.} 21. Rxc7 Bxd3 22. Rxb7 $16) 21. bxa5 Ra8 (21...
exd4 22. Rxd4 Ra8 23. Bc4 $1 Be6 (23... Nxa5 24. Bxa5 Rxa5 25. Rxd6 $18) 24.
Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Qc2 Nxa5 26. Ra4 $16) 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Ye1b1]
liberating the first rank for the other rook.} Nxa5 24. Bb4 $1 {forcing
Black's queen to move to very passive position.} Qg8 (24... c5 25. Bxc5 (25.
Rxc5 Nc6 26. Bd2 Rxa2 27. Qxa2 Qxc5 28. Ng5 $16) 25... Qg8 26. Rc3 $16) 25. Rc5
{attacking the knight and Black's central pawn e5 at the same time.} Nb7 26.
Rxe5 c5 27. Bc3 ({Maybe} 27. Rxe8 {was simplier:} Qxe8 28. Bd2 $16 {/+-}) 27...
Be6 28. Bb5 Rec8 $6 ({The best chance was} 28... Red8 29. a4 Nd7 30. Rxe6 (30.
Bxd7 Rxd7 $13) 30... fxe6 31. e5 $16 {[%cal Yg3e4]}) 29. a4 $18 {White is a
pawn up and his pieces are located much better. Therefore, Black's position is
lost.} Nd6 (29... Nd7 30. Rxe6 $18) 30. Bf1 Nfe8 31. Rxc5 Nb7 (31... Rxc5 {
leads to a lost position as well:} 32. Bxg7+ Kxg7 (32... Qxg7 33. Qxc5 Rxa4 34.
e5 Nf5 35. Qc6 $18) 33. Qxc5 Rxa4 34. Ng5 $18) 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Re3 {Now
White has already two extra pawns.} (33. e5 $18 {wins as well.}) 33... Ned6 34.
Qb2 Na5 35. Ng5 Ndb7 (35... Nac4 {doesn't change anything:} 36. Bxg7+ Qxg7 37.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. Rd3 $18) 36. Nxe6 fxe6 37. e5 {getiing the square e4 for the
knight.} Qd8 38. Ne4 Qd1 39. Nd6 Rc7 (39... Rb8 40. Bxa5 $18) (39... Rf8 40.
Rd3 (40. Nxb7 Nc4) 40... Qxa4 41. Nxb7 $18) 40. Bxa5 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Nd7 9. Bc2 Nb6 10. a4 a5 11. d4 $5 (11. Nc4) 11... exd4 12. Nxd4 $1 (12. cxd4
Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. d5 Nb4 15. Bb1 c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 $10) 12... Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bf6
$2 (13... d5 $142 14. e5 f5 15. f4 $14) 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Ra3 Re8 (15... d5 $16
16. h3 Be6 (16... Bh5 17. e5 Be7 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Ng5+ Bxg5 20. Qxh5+ Bh6
21. Rg3 Rg8 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Rxg8+ Qxg8 25. Qxc7 $16) (16...
Bxf3 17. Rxf3 dxe4 18. Bxe4 c6 19. Qc2 g6 20. Rb3 Re8 21. Be3 $16 {><b7, Nb6})
17. e5 Be7 18. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 19. Qh5 g6 (19... h6 20. f4 $16 {->}) 20. Qxg5 Qxg5
21. Bxg5 $16) 16. h3 Bh5 17. Re1 d5 $2 (17... h6 $142) 18. e5 Be7 19. Bxh7+ $1
Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Bxg5 21. Qxh5+ Bh6 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Rg3 Rg8 25.
Rxg8+ Qxg8 26. Qxc7 $16 Nc4 27. e6 Qg7 28. e7 Rg8 29. g3 Nd2 30. Re6 Nf3+ 31.
Kg2 Ng5 32. Re3 Ne4 33. Qd7 Nf6 34. Qxb7 Re8 35. Qc7 Ng8 36. Qc6 Rxe7 37. Qxd5
Rxe3 38. fxe3 Qc7 39. Kf3 $2 (39. Qe5+ $1 Qxe5 40. dxe5 Ne7 41. Kf3 Kg7 42. Ke4
Kf7 43. Kd4 Nf5+ 44. Kc5 Nxg3 45. Kb5 Nf1 46. Kxa5 Nxe3 47. Kb5 Ke6 48. a5 $18)
39... Nf6 40. Qe6 Kg7 $10 41. b3 Qc2 42. Qc4 Qe4+ 43. Kf2 Qf5+ 44. Ke2 Qxh3 45.
Qc7+ Kg6 46. Qxa5 Qxg3 47. Qa8 Qh2+ 48. Kf1 Ng4 49. Qg2 Qxg2+ 50. Kxg2 Nxe3+
51. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Bb3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:03:54]
Black should play this sooner or later. The alternative is essentially ...d5,
which is double-edged in the Italian and probably borderline suicidal now
Black has played ...b5.} 8. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:04:28]} 9. Bh4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} g5 {[%emt 0:18:01]} 10. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:00] We will not be
getting a repeat of the various 'draw lines' Anand has played which involve
sacrifices on g5 against a castled king, and then perpetual check...} Ba7 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} (10... Bb6 {may keep marginally more options open, including
contesting the a-file 'properly'.} 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Qe2 Ne7 {and now} 13. d4
Ng6 $5 $132 {Alekseev,E-Predke,A Kaliningrad 2015, was an interesting and
ultimately successful pawn sacrifice.}) 11. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Na5 {[%emt 0:
04:55]} 12. Bc2 {[%emt 0:07:08]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:55] We are now in new
territory, and Black is playing extremely inventively. However, Anand is not
to be outdone.} 13. a4 $5 {[%emt 0:02:53] Highlighting a problem with ...Ba7,
but at the same time committing to playing the sacrifice that follows. White
is playing maximalist chess.} (13. b4 {DF} Nc6 14. a4 $132 {might have been a
more normal way to play.}) 13... b4 {[%emt 0:04:12]} 14. cxb4 {[%emt 0:06:43]}
Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 15. b5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 16. Nc4 {
[%emt 0:03:49]} (16. O-O $6 {may be possible, but is a bit wet and White does
not have the fun after} Nxg3 17. hxg3 h5 $44) 16... Nxg3 {[%emt 0:08:39]} 17.
hxg3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} g4 {[%emt 0:11:04] Black commits!} (17... axb5 18. axb5
Bxf2+ $2 {does not work immediately as Black's knight lacks proper access to
d4.} 19. Kxf2 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Nxc2 21. Qa4 $1 $16) (17... Bc5 $44 {was still
possible, looking for compensation - I am reasonably sure it is sufficient.})
18. Nh4 {[%emt 0:09:07]} axb5 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 19. axb5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Bxf2+
{[%emt 0:01:56]} 20. Kxf2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxa1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 21. Qxa1 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxc2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 22. Qa4 {[%emt 0:03:23] White had
presumably envisaged this position up to ten moves in advance and liked his
practical chances. White's knights hop around in pleasing ways near the black
king, while White's kingside construction with the h4-knight and (soon to be)
h2-king is watertight.} Qf6+ {[%emt 0:04:00]} (22... Nd4 23. b6+ Kf8 24. bxc7
Qxc7 $11 {was also interesting, but the d6-pawn is weak.}) 23. Kg1 {[%emt 0:08:
04]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 24. b6+ {[%emt 0:02:43]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:10:24]} 25. Qd1
{[%emt 0:00:30]} cxb6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 26. Kh2 {[%emt 0:02:56] Reaching a
position which is only ever going to be hard for Black to play.} O-O {[%emt 0:
02:11]} (26... b5 27. Rf1 Qe7 28. Ne3 {gives White either the d5-square or
g4-pawn}) 27. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qg5 $6 {[%emt 0:04:21] A minor inaccuracy,
giving up the wrong pawn, and White's moves just keep playing themselves.} (
27... Qe7 28. Ne3 Qg5 $1 {was the right time to place the queen here. Now} 29.
Nhf5 Bxf5 30. Nxf5 Qh5+ 31. Kg1 Nxf5 32. Rxf5 Qg6 $11 {could follow, when
White's position is still easier but his king has lost its bomb shelter.}) 28.
Nxd6 $14 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 29. Nhf5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Nxf5
$6 {[%emt 0:05:07]} (29... Rd8 30. Nxd4 Rxd6 31. Nxe6 Rxe6 32. Rf5 Qg6 33. Qb3
$14 {is similar to the last note but with White having better co-ordination.
Still, this was an interesting try, not least because Black can now try and do
'nothing' e.g. ...Re8 and ...Qe6, and try to complete the fortress with ...
Kh7-g6 and ...h5.}) 30. exf5 {[%emt 0:06:17]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. Qe2 $1 {
[%emt 0:01:34]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:05:45]} (31... f6 32. d4 {is a slightly
non-obvious point until you reach the position itself, whereupon it becomes
clear that White's rook needs to be on f4, and simultaneously one sees how to
accomplish this.}) 32. Qxg4+ {[%emt 0:02:12]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 33. Ne4 {
[%emt 0:00:54]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 34. dxe4 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:
03:07]} 35. Rc1 $16 {[%emt 0:11:40] This is now a truly thankless position as
the fortress tries will never quite work and the rook ending is lost. White
just plays with ideas for a few moves until he works out what he wants to do.}
Rd4 {[%emt 0:04:08]} 36. Rc7 {[%emt 0:08:10]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 37. Qe2 {
[%emt 0:01:05]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 38. Rc8 {[%emt 0:07:37]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:
55]} 39. Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 40. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb4
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. Rc6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44.
Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:00] Now White's
rook is the centralised one!} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Kh7
{[%emt 0:02:50]} 47. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 48. Kf2 {
[%emt 0:04:54]} Rd4 $2 {[%emt 0:12:00] Understandable in view of the various
rook-trap motifs White has, but the last try was to wait for Qc3 before doing
this, so that the recapture would come with tempo and then Black might get a
good square like e3 or e5 for his queen.} (48... Qe7 {DF} 49. Kf3 Qf6 50. Qc3
Rd4 51. Rxd4 exd4 52. Qd3 Qd6 $16 {is for instance not that much better for
White.}) 49. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 50. Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:
22]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 51. Qd5 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 52. g4
{[%emt 0:04:30]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 53. Kf3 {[%emt 0:03:32] Black had no
desire to play out the queen ending, especially since e5 will win a further
pawn.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 Qe7 (9... b5) (9... Nd7) 10. Nf1 Nd8 (10... Be6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bc2
Rad8 13. Bg5 $6 (13. d4) 13... h6 14. Bd2 d5 15. Qc1 dxe4 16. dxe4 Kh7 17. h3
Nd7 18. Nf1 Nc5 $15 {Globus,S-Freiman,S/Vilnius 1909}) 11. Bc2 Nh5 (11... Ne6
12. d4 Nh5 13. Ng3 Nef4 14. Be3 Bg4 15. h3 Be6 16. Nxh5 Nxh5 17. Qd2 $14 {
Domsgen Hoelzlein,C-Boettcher,I/Stralsund 1975}) (11... Re8 12. d4 Kh8 13. a4
a5 14. b3 Ng8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Ne3 f6 17. Bd3 Be6 $11 {Salazar,J-Franco,W/
Medellin 2000}) 12. d4 Bg4 $6 (12... Ne6) 13. Ne3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Ne6 15. Nf5 (
15. Nd5 Qd8 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Be3 Bg7 18. Rad1 $14) 15... Qf6 16. d5 Ng5 $6 (
16... Nc5 17. b4 Nd7 18. a4 a5 19. Bd2 $14) 17. Qg4 $16 gxf5 (17... Nf4 18.
Bxf4 exf4 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. h4 $18) 18. Qxh5 Nxe4 19. f3 Nc5 20. Bxf5 h6 21.
Be3 c6 22. Rad1 cxd5 23. Rxd5 Rad8 24. Red1 (24. f4 $5 Ne6 25. Rf1 Kh8 26. fxe5
dxe5 27. Rxd8 Nxd8 28. Be4 Qe6 29. g4 $16) 24... Ne6 25. Qg4 (25. Rxd6 $4 Nf4
$1 $17 26. Rxf6 $140 Rxd1+ 27. Kf2 Nxh5 $19) 25... Nc7 26. R5d2 d5 27. f4 $1
$18 Ne6 (27... e4 $2 28. Bd4 $18) 28. fxe5 Qxe5 29. Bxh6 Rd6 30. Rf1 Rb6 31.
Re2 Qc7 32. Be3 $6 (32. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 33. Bxe6+ Kh7 34. Rxf8 $18) 32... Rc6 33.
Ref2 Re8 34. Bb1 Nf8 35. Bd4 Ng6 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Qd4+ Kg8 38. Qxd5 Re7 39.
Rd2 Kg7 40. Qd8 (40. Bxg6 $5) 40... Qxd8 41. Rxd8 Ne5 42. Be4 Rb6 43. b3 Ng4
44. Bf3 Ne5 45. Rd2 Rf6 46. Bd1 Rc6 47. c4 b5 48. cxb5 axb5 49. Be2 (49. a4 $5)
49... b4 50. Rf4 Rb6 51. Re4 f5 52. Red4 Kf6 53. Kf2 Rb8 54. Rd6+ Re6 55. h3
Ra8 56. R6d4 Rb8 57. Rc2 Re7 58. Rc5 Ra8 59. Rc2 Rb8 60. Bf3 Rb6 61. Re2 Ra6
62. Red2 Rb6 63. Rd6+ Re6 64. Rxb6 Rxb6 65. Ke3 Re6 66. Kf2 Ra6 67. Bd5 f4 68.
g3 Kf5 69. Bb7 fxg3+ 70. Kxg3 Rg6+ 71. Kf2 Rg7 72. Bf3 Rh7 (72... Rc7 $5 {
[%cal Gc7c3]}) 73. Bg2 Re7 74. Rd4 Ra7 75. Be4+ Ke6 76. Rd2 Rc7 77. Bd5+ Kf5
78. Ke3 Rc1 (78... Rc3+ 79. Kd4 Rxh3 80. Rf2+ $18) 79. Kd4 Nd7 80. Bc4 Kf6 81.
Kd5 Rc3 82. Kd6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Qe8 (10... Bd7 11. Nbd2 Qe8 12. Nf1 Nh5 (12... Nd4 13.
Bxd7 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Nxd7 15. Ne3 c6 $11 {Ilyin Zhenevsky,A-Alekhine,A/Moscow
1920}) (12... Rc8 13. Ne3 Kh8 14. Bc2 Ng8 15. d4 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. dxe5 dxe5
$15 {Movsziszian,K-Marin,M/Benasque 2005}) 13. Bc2 Bg4 (13... f5 14. exf5 gxf5
15. d4 e4 16. d5 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Ne3 Qg6 $13 {Hernandez,G-Pinter,J/Port
Barcares 2005}) 14. Ne3 Qd7 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nf4 17. Rad1 Rae8 18. d4 $14 {
Del Rio Angelis,S-Korneev,O/Dos Hermanas 2004}) (10... g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 (11...
Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nbd2 Nd7 14. Qb1 Nc5 15. Bd1 Bg6 16. b4 Ne6 17. Bb3 Kh7 $13
{Matulovic,M-Karaklajic,N/Skopje 1956}) 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Qxh5
Qxd3 15. Na3 Qd2 16. Nc4 Qf4 17. Bd1 $14 {Movsziszian,K-Korneev,O/La Roda 2005}
) (10... b5 11. Bc2 Re8 (11... Qd7 12. Nbd2 Nh5 13. Nf1 Bb7 14. Ne3 Rae8 15. a4
Nf4 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bg3 Ne6 18. Nh4 Ne7 19. Ra7 Ra8 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 $11 {
Asrian,K-Khmelniker,I/Warsaw 2005}) 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. a3 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Qd2
dxe4 16. dxe4 $14 {Smyslov,V-Jenni,F/Zuerich 1998}) 11. Nbd2 (11. d4 b5 12. Bc2
exd4 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. Nd2 Qe5 15. N2f3 Qh5 16. Bg3 Rae8 $132 {Cabrilo,
G-Sokolov,I/Niksic 1991}) 11... Nd7 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 12. Bg3 (12. Bxc6 bxc6 13.
d4 c5 $5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bg3 Qe6 17. Nf3 Bb7 $13) 12... f5 $5
13. exf5 gxf5 14. d4 e4 (14... Qg6 $6 15. Nh4 Qf6 16. Bb3+ Kh8 (16... Kh7 $2
17. Nxf5 $1) 17. Qh5 Kh7 18. f4 e4 19. Rxe4 $1 $18) (14... f4 15. Bh4 $14 {
[%cal Gd2e4,Ga4c2,Gd1d3]}) 15. Nh4 Nb6 16. Bb3+ Kh8 (16... d5 $2 17. Bxc7 $18)
17. f3 f4 $1 {[%csl Rh4]} (17... e3 18. f4 $16 {[%csl Re3]}) 18. Rxe4 Qh5 19.
Bf2 d5 20. Re2 {[%cal Gd1e1]} Bf6 21. Qe1 Bd7 22. Bc2 $6 (22. g4 $1 fxg3 23.
Bxg3 Rg8 24. Ng2 $14) 22... Rg8 23. Kh1 Rg7 24. g4 (24. b3 Rag8 25. g4 fxg3 26.
hxg3 Bxh4 27. gxh4 Bh3 $36) 24... fxg3 25. Bxg3 Nc4 $6 (25... Rag8 $36) 26. Ng2
$1 (26. Qf2 Nxd2 27. Rxd2 Bg5 28. f4 Bxh4 29. Bxh4 Bg4 30. Rf1 Rf8 $44) 26...
Nxd2 27. Rxd2 Rag8 28. Kg1 Ne7 29. Nf4 (29. Bxc7 $5 Nf5 (29... Qh3 $6 30. Bg3
h5 31. Nf4 Rxg3+ 32. hxg3 Rxg3+ 33. Rg2 Rxg2+ 34. Nxg2 $18) 30. Bxf5 Qxf3 (
30... Qxf5 31. Bg3) 31. Bg3 Qxf5 32. Rf2 $16) 29... Qxf3 30. Qf2 Qxf2+ $11 (
30... Qg4) 31. Rxf2 Bh4 32. Ne2 Bxg3 33. Nxg3 Be8 34. Re1 Bg6 35. Bxg6 Nxg6 36.
Rf6 Kh7 37. Kf2 Rf8 38. Rxf8 Nxf8 39. Re8 Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch49"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1994.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 $5 Bb7 8.
d3 (8. axb5 axb5 9. Rxa8 Qxa8 10. Qxb5 Nxe4 11. Bxf7+ Ke7 $1 $40) 8... h6 9.
axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. Na3 $6 (11. Nc3 b4 12. Nd5 $14) 11... Qb8 $1 12.
Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 $5 O-O 14. O-O Qb6 15. Nb1 (15. Nh4 Na5 16. Ba2 b4 17. Nc4
Nxc4 18. Bxc4 $10) 15... Re8 16. Nh4 (16. Nc3) 16... Na5 17. Ba2 b4 $6 (17...
d5 $1) 18. Nd2 d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Nf5 Kh7 (21... Ne7 $5) 22.
Qf3 $1 Rd8 (22... Qe6 23. Ne4 Nb7 $1) 23. Kh1 $6 (23. Qe4 $1 g6 24. Ne7 $1 $18)
23... Qe6 24. Ne4 Nc6 25. g4 $1 (25. Nc5 Qg6 26. Nh4 $5) 25... f6 (25... g6 $2
26. Qh3 $1 $18 gxf5 27. Ng5+) 26. Qh3 Nce7 (26... Kg8 27. Nxh6+ gxh6 28. Qxh6
$40) 27. Nxh6 $5 (27. g5 Nxf5 28. Rxf5 Nxe3 29. Nxf6+ $1 Kh8 $17) 27... gxh6
28. Rxf6 Qxf6 (28... Nxf6 29. Ng5+ $18) 29. Nxf6+ Nxf6 30. g5 Nfg8 31. Qe6 hxg5
32. Qxe5 Kh6 $1 33. Qxc7 Rf8 $6 (33... Rc8 34. Qd6+ Ng6 35. Qxb4 Rxc2 $13) 34.
Kg1 $6 (34. Qd6+ Ng6 35. Qxb4 Rf2 36. Qc4) 34... Ng6 35. Qd6 Rc8 36. Qxb4 Rxc2
37. Qb3 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Nf6 39. Qe6 Rc2+ 40. Ke1 Nh5 $1 41. b4 Rxh2 42. b5 Rb2 43.
b6 g4 44. Qxg4 (44. Qxg4 Rxb6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. Nf1 b5 11. Bc2 Bb7 {Black has no reason to complain about
the results of the opening. In manu lines of Ruy Lopez he has to work hard to
get his dark squared bishop to g7.} (11... Nh7 12. a4 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. d4
Qe8 15. Bb3 Kh8 16. Ng3 Bg4 17. d5 Ne7 18. Ra7 Qd7 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 f5 {
1/2-1/2 Breznik,K-Jug,S/Slovenia 1993/ (20)}) 12. a4 b4 (12... d5 13. Bd2 b4
14. Qc1 bxc3 15. bxc3 Kh7 16. Rb1 $14) 13. a5 Rb8 (13... d5 $5 14. Ng3 bxc3 15.
bxc3 Rb8 $11) 14. Bd2 Ba8 (14... bxc3 15. bxc3 d5 $11) 15. Ne3 (15. d4 bxc3 16.
bxc3 exd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. Ng3 c5 19. Bc3 $14) 15... bxc3 16. bxc3 d5 17. exd5
(17. Qc1 dxe4 18. dxe4 Re8 19. Nc4 Kh7 20. Rd1 $14) 17... Nxd5 18. Ng4 e4 $2 {
Avrukh has probably got excited about the possibility to win white's important
pawn on c3, but his opponent will find tactical refuatation.} (18... Kh7 $2 19.
Ngxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 $16) (18... Re8 $1 19. Nxh6+ Bxh6 20. Bxh6 Nxc3 21. Qd2 Nb5
22. Ba4 f6 23. Qa2+ Kh7 24. Be3 Kg7 $13) 19. dxe4 Nxc3 20. Nxh6+ $1 Kh8 (20...
Bxh6 21. Bxc3 Bg7 22. e5 $18) (20... Kh7 21. Qc1 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Ra3 Nxe4
24. Bxe4 Bb2 25. Bxg6+ $1 fxg6 (25... Kxg6 26. Rg3+ $18) 26. Rae3 $3 Bxc1 27.
Re7+ Kh8 28. Bc3+ $18) 21. Qc1 Nb4 (21... Nd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Ra3 Qc5 24. Ng4
Kg8 25. Bh6 $18) 22. Bxc3 (22. Ng5 Bxh6 $1 (22... Qf6 23. Ra3 Nca2 24. Nhxf7+
Rxf7 25. Nxf7+ Qxf7 26. Rh3+ Kg8 27. Qb1 $18) 23. Bxc3+ Kg8 24. Bxb4 Rxb4 25.
Nxf7 Bxc1 26. Nxd8 Bd2 27. Ne6 Bxe1 28. Nxf8 Bc3 29. Ra3 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31.
f3 Rc4 $14) 22... Bxc3 23. Nf5 $3 {[%mdl 128] Asrian has found a brilliant
idea of getting approach to the black's king. Nearly all white pieces are
under attack, but the main factor of the position is the vulnerability of
Avrukh's monarch.} Bg7 (23... Kg8 24. Qh6 Re8 25. Ng5 Qf6 (25... Qxg5 26. Qxg5
Nxc2 27. Ne7+ Kg7 28. Rac1 Bxe1 29. Nf5+ Kg8 30. f3 $18) 26. Bb3 Nd5 27. Bxd5
Bxd5 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh3 $1 Kg8 30. Nh6+ Kg7 31. Ng4 $18) (23... gxf5 24. Qh6+
Kg8 25. Ng5 $18) 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 (24... Nxc2 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Nh5 gxh5 27. Ng5
$18) 25. Bb1 (25. Bb3 Re8 26. Qc3+ Qf6 27. e5 Qf4 28. e6+ $18) 25... Qe7 26.
Ra3 c5 (26... Rb5 27. Nd4 Rh5 28. Rg3 Qe5 29. Qc3 Kh7 30. f4 Qc5 31. Rc1 $18)
27. e5 Rbd8 (27... Rh8 28. e6 (28. Be4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Nc6 30. e6 Rb5 31. Rae3 f5
32. Ra4) 28... fxe6 29. Rae3 Bd5 30. Be4 Rhe8 31. Ne5 $18) 28. e6 $1 {White is
consequently playing to break the black's pawn structure in order to enhance
his attacking potential.} Bxf3 (28... fxe6 29. Ne5 Qf6 30. Qxc5 Rc8 31. Qa7+
Kg8 32. Rg3 Rc7 33. Qd4 $18) 29. Rxf3 f5 (29... fxe6 30. Rh3 Rh8 31. Rg3 Rh6
32. Qxh6+ $1 Kxh6 33. Rxg6+ $18) 30. Rh3 Rh8 31. Rxh8 Rxh8 (31... Kxh8 32. Qh6+
Qh7 33. Qe3 Qe7 34. g4 $18) 32. Qc3+ Kg8 (32... Qf6 33. Qxc5 $18) 33. Qg3 Kh7
34. h4 Rf8 (34... Qf6 35. Qc7+ Kh6 36. Qxc5 Qxh4 37. g3 Qg4 38. Kg2 $18) 35. h5
$1 {The final idea of disturbing black's pawn structure, the defender has no
way to cover all weaknesses.} gxh5 36. Re5 Nc6 37. Bxf5+ Kh8 38. Rd5 Nd4 (38...
Rd8 39. Qc3+ Kg8 40. Rxc5 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 Qd6+ 42. g3 $18) 39. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {White readily
admits that it is not so easy to get any advantage against the Closed Ruy
Lopez. The main goal of this move order is to avoid several annoying lines and
get a playable position.} d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. d4 {The line has become
quite fashionable in recent months with dozens of games at a high level. With
9.d4 the winner of the tournament strives to obtain more than in the standard
line with 9.Re1.} (9. Re1 Bf8 10. d4 (10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bc2 Ne7 (12...
g6 13. a4 Rb8 14. d4 Bg7 15. axb5 axb5 16. h3 Bd7 17. Be3 Ra8 18. Qd2 Kh7 19.
b3 Qb8 20. d5 Ne7 21. c4 $14 {1/2 (38) Ponomariov,R (2727)-Tomashevsky,E (2736)
Sochi 2012}) (12... d5 13. d4 (13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bb3 Nf6 15. Be3 Na5 16. Bc2 c5
17. a3 Nd5 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 Qc7 21. Ne4 Be6 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23.
bxc5 Bg4 $11 {1-0 (41) Hracek,Z (2628)-Almasi,Z (2695) Legnica 2013}) 13...
dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rxe5 18. Rxe5 Qxe5 19.
Be3 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Rd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 $11 {1/2 (36) Carlsen,M (2775)
-Onischuk,A (2670) Biel 2008}) 13. d4 Ng6 14. b3 c6 (14... c5 15. d5 Bd7 16. a4
Qc7 17. h3 Reb8 18. Be3 Qd8 19. Qd2 bxa4 20. bxa4 Rb2 21. Reb1 Rab8 22. Rxb2
Rxb2 $11 {1-0 (54) Karjakin,S (2779)-Tkachiev,V (2644) Astana 2012}) 15. Be3
Qc7 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. h3 Nf4 19. Bf1 Ng6 20. Bd3 $14 {1-0 (40)
Grischuk,A (2763)-Almasi,Z (2713) Istanbul 2012}) (10. h3 b5 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. d4
(12. a3 Nb8 13. b4 Nbd7 14. Nb3 Rc8 15. c4 c5 16. Bd2 Ba8 17. Na5 Nb6 18. Qe2
bxc4 19. dxc4 cxb4 20. axb4 $14 {0-1 (45) Areshchenko,A (2720)-Amin,B (2641)
Reykjavik 2013}) 12... g6 13. d5 Ne7 14. Nf1 Bg7 15. b3 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 17.
Bc2 Nxd5 18. b4 Nxc3 19. Bb3+ d5 20. Qc2 Ne4 21. Rxe4 fxe4 22. Ng5 a5 $11 {
1-0 (50) Carlsen,M (2786)-Navara,D (2633) Dresden 2008}) 10... b5 11. Bc2 exd4
12. cxd4 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. a3 h5 16. g5 Nh7 17. Nf1 Qd7 18. Kg2 d5
19. e5 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 g6 21. Be3 Nd8 $11 {1-0 (46) Grischuk,A (2754)-Mamedyarov,
S (2729) London 2012}) 9... exd4 {Morozevich has made his name as a very
original player with outstanding positional feeling in unknown positions.
Unfortunately his results in recent years have been influenced by health
problems.} (9... b5 10. Bb3 h6 11. a4 Bd7 12. Qe2 Bf8 13. d5 Na5 14. Bc2 c6 15.
b4 Nb7 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Bd3 bxa4 18. c4 {0-1 (41) Saduakassova,D (2297)
-Aleksandrov,A (2607) Pavlodar 2012} Qb6 $15) 10. cxd4 Bf8 11. d5 {Black was
probably hoping, that the opponent will try for the greater flexibility in the
centre with 11.Re1, what would leave him chances for the typical counterplay.}
(11. Re1 b5 12. Bc2 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nb3 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. Bd2 Nc6 $11)
11... b5 12. dxc6 (12. Bc2 Ne5 13. b3 Bd7 14. Bb2 Rc8 $11) 12... bxa4 13. Qxa4
{Dominguez was most likely aware of the fact that his opponent, with the
bishop pair, will not have to fear much after the opening of the centre. In
current praxis on the highest level great value is given to positions which
are playable, simply full of life.} (13. Re1 a3 $5 14. bxa3 Rb8 $11) 13... d5
14. e5 {White is not able to prevent opening of the centre, but he can
certainly try to regulate the process to his benefit.} (14. Re1 dxe4 15. Nxe4
Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Rxe4 17. Qxe4 Qd1+ 18. Qe1 Qd5 $11) 14... Ng4 (14... Nh5 $6 15.
g4 f6 16. gxh5 fxe5 17. Qh4 Qf6 18. Re1 $16) 15. Qd4 Rb8 16. a3 {We could
hardly praise the limitation of the enemy counterplay with the help of this
modest move, if it were not so effective.} (16. b3 Rb6 17. h3 Nh6 18. Rd1 Rxc6
19. Nc4 Nf5 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Rxd5 Be6 $11) 16... Rb6 (16... Qe7 17. Re1 Qc5
18. b4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Rxe5 20. Bb2 f6 $11) 17. h3 Nh6 18. Qc3 f6 $5 {Morozevich
is an excellent player with a deep understanding of positional subtleties. It
began to dawn on him that equalising might not be such a simple task. This
inspired him to choose an active continuation with a pawn sacrifice.} (18...
Re6 19. Nd4 Rxe5 20. N2f3 Re4 (20... Rh5 21. Re1 Bd6 22. Be3 $16) 21. Bxh6 gxh6
22. b4 $14) 19. e6 {In the heat of battle, even the games of supergrandmasters
are sometimes akin to flying blind. Often only analyses after the game can
contribute to the more objective assesment of particular decisions. White is
trying to blunt his opponent's initiative, even though it was probably
objectively stronger to take on f6.} (19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Rd1 (21.
Nd4 Nf5 22. N2f3 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Bc5 $11) 21... Rxc6 22. Nf1 Bb7 (22... Be6 23.
Nd4 Rb6 24. Nxe6 Rbxe6 25. Bxh6 Bxh6 26. Rxd5 $16) 23. Nd4 Rb6 24. b4 Nf7 25.
Be3 $14) 19... Rxe6 (19... Nf5 $5 20. Nb3 Bxe6 21. Nbd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Bd6 23.
Be3 Bf7 24. b4 Rb8 $11) 20. Nd4 Re8 21. N2b3 Nf7 $6 {The defender was clearly
uncomfortable and repeatedly failed to discover the best idea with the knight
move to f5.} (21... Nf5 22. Bf4 Re4 23. Bh2 Bd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Rfe1 Be6 $11)
22. Bf4 Ne5 (22... g5 23. Bh2 f5 24. Rae1 Re4 25. Nd2 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 f4 27. b4
Qf6 28. N2f3 $14) (22... Bd6 23. Bxd6 Nxd6 24. Rfe1 Ne4 25. Qc2 $14) 23. Rfe1
Be6 $2 {A very dubious sacrifice of a pawn in the hope to break free from the
pressure of the white pieces. Morozevich was finding little pleasure in
defensive prospects after the better move 23...Bd6, but without material his
position will quickly fall apart.} (23... Bd6 24. Na5 Re7 25. b4 Qe8 26. Bh2
$14) 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Rxe5 Bf7 26. Rxe8 Qxe8 (26... Bxe8 27. Re1 Bf7 $16) 27.
Re1 Qd8 (27... Qb8 28. Re2 g6 29. Na5 Qd8 30. b4 $16) 28. Nc5 $1 {Dominguez
was in the form of his life in Thessaloniki, so it is not surprising, that he
had little problem in finding the efficient way to activate his pieces at the
cost of a mere pawn.} Bxc5 29. Qxc5 Rxb2 30. Qe7 {The position has changed for
White into an example of "fun chess". The only real problem was to choose
between the text and the tempting move 30.Nf5!?} (30. Nf5 $5 Qf6 31. Qe7 Qxe7
32. Rxe7 Bg6 33. Nd4 Rd2 34. Nf3 Rc2 35. Rxc7 Be8 36. Nd4 Rc4 37. Nf5 $16)
30... Qb8 $2 (30... Rb8 31. f4 Qxe7 32. Rxe7 Rc8 33. f5 Kf8 34. Rd7 $16) 31.
Qe5 (31. Re3 Rd2 32. Ne6 Qe8 33. Ng5 $18) 31... Qb6 (31... Ra2 32. Qf4 Qb2 33.
Re7 Bh5 34. Ne6 $18) 32. Re3 $1 {[%mdl 128] Attacks on the king can be judged
by the critical factor of number of attackers as opposed by number of
defenders. The ratio of 3:1 in favour of the aggressor is simply unbearable
for the defender.} g6 (32... Rb1+ 33. Kh2 Qb2 34. Rg3 g6 35. Qf6 $18) 33. Ne6
Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Qb2 35. Rc3 {The desire to get a clearly winning position has
prevented White from considering the even more devastating move 35.Qf4.} (35.
Qf4 Qc1 36. Ng5 $18) 35... Qxc3 36. Qxc3 Bxe6 37. Qe5 {The passed pawn on the
c-file will quickly become unstoppable, since the black bishop is unable to
find a stronghold on the c8-h3 diagonal.} Kf7 (37... Bf5 38. Qxc7 Rc1 39. g4
Be6 40. Qb8+ Kg7 41. Qe5+ Kf7 42. Qf4+ $18) 38. Qxc7+ Kf6 39. Qf4+ Ke7 (39...
Kg7 40. Qe5+ Kf7 41. c7 $18) 40. Qc7+ Kf6 41. Qd6 g5 (41... Kf7 42. c7 $18) 42.
f4 $1 {A small combination which will significantly speed up the end of the
game. Naturally White could have tried to win without elegant solutions.} (42.
c7 Rc1 43. Qf8+ Ke5 44. Qb8 $18) 42... gxf4 (42... Kf7 43. Qc7+ Kf8 44. Qe5 Bf7
45. c7 Rc1 46. fxg5 $18) 43. c7 {The Cuban grandmaster must have been
satisfied with the convincing win against his famed adversary.} (43. c7 Rc1 44.
Qxf4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 06th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2005.03.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. d4 exd4 {The opening of the center is natural, since
black enjoys the bishop's pair and pressure against the opponent's pawns.} (
10... Nd7 11. Nc4 exd4 12. cxd4 c5 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. e5 cxd4 15. exd6 Qe6 16. Rc1
c5 17. Be7 Re8 18. b4 cxb4 19. Qa4 Bb7 20. Rfe1 Qf5 21. Qxb4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qxf3
{1/2-1/2 Gagunashvili,M-Mchedlishvili,M/Vlissingen 2004/}) 11. cxd4 Re8 12. Re1
(12. Qc2 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Re1 Rxe4 15. Rxe4 d5 16. Ne5 dxe4 $11) 12... Bg4
13. Qc2 (13. b3 c5 14. Bb2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 c5 16. Bc3 d5 17. exd5 Qxd5 $11) (13.
h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Re6 15. Qd3 Qe7 $11) 13... c5 $5 14. dxc5 (14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Nxf3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 c5 17. Nf3 d5 $11) 14... d5 {Very instructive solution to
the problems of the weak c6 pawn. Onischuk has sacrificed his weak pawn and
opens up the center in the moment, when white is still far from completing the
piece development.} 15. e5 (15. exd5 Rxe1+ 16. Nxe1 Qxd5 $11) 15... Nd7 16. b4
(16. Qc3 Qe7 17. Qb4 Bf5 (17... Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bf4 Rab8
$11) 18. Nd4 Qxc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21. Nf3 Nd3 $15) 16... Nxe5 17.
Nxe5 (17. Bb2 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Qf4 $17) 17... Bxe5 18.
Bb2 d4 {Black is not eager to exchange one of his bishops, what is more the
passed "d" pawn could become dangerous.} 19. Qd3 (19. Nb3 d3 20. Qd2 Bxb2 21.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qxb2 Qe2 23. Nd2 $11) (19. h3 Be2 20. Nc4 $11) 19... Bf5 20. Qc4
(20. Qa3 Qd5 $11) 20... Be6 21. Qd3 (21. Qf1 Bd5 $15) 21... Bf5 22. Qc4 Be6 23.
Qd3 Bg7 24. Nf3 Qd5 25. Rad1 $6 {[%mdl 2048] Sadvakasov had to seriously
address the balancing of the chances, it was possible to take d4 pawn with
both light pieces. The continuiation of the fight favours black, since his
pieces are more active.} (25. Nxd4 Rad8 26. Red1 (26. Rad1 Qxa2 $11) 26... Bg4
27. f3 Bc8 28. Qc2 Qe5 $13) (25. Bxd4 Red8 26. Rad1 Bg4 27. Qc3 Bxf3 28. gxf3
Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Qxd4 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxd4 Rad8 $11) 25... Bf5 26. Rxe8+ (26.
Qa3 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 Qc4 $17) 26... Rxe8 27. Qxa6 Be4 28. Qa4 (28. Ne1 Ra8 29.
Qb5 Qxa2 30. Qe2 Qd5 $15) 28... Rb8 (28... Ra8 29. Qb3 Qxb3 30. axb3 Bxf3 31.
gxf3 Rb8 32. Ba3 f5 $17) 29. Qa3 (29. Nxd4 Bxg2 30. Qb3 Qxb3 31. axb3 Bd5 32.
b5 Bxb3 33. Re1 Kf8 34. Nxb3 Bxb2 35. Rb1 Ba3 $15) 29... Bxf3 30. gxf3 (30.
Qxf3 Qxf3 31. gxf3 Rxb4 $17) 30... Qc4 31. Bc1 (31. Rd2 h5 $17) 31... Qxb4 32.
Qxb4 Rxb4 {The transfer to the endgame went completely in Onischuk's favour.
Five isolated white pawns can not hold a candle to the compact black's
structure.} 33. Bf4 (33. Ba3 Rc4 34. Rd2 f5 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Ke2 Ke6 $19) 33...
c6 (33... Rc4 34. Rc1 Rxc1+ 35. Bxc1 d3 36. Bd2 c6 37. Kf1 $13) 34. Re1 (34.
Bd6 Rb2 35. a4 Ra2 36. Rb1 h6 37. Kf1 Rxa4 $19) 34... f5 (34... h5 35. Re8+ Kh7
36. Rc8 d3 37. Be3 Rd4 38. Bd2 Rc4 39. Rd8 Rxc5 40. Rxd3 Rc2 41. a4 Ra2 $17)
35. Re8+ (35. Re6 d3 36. Bg5 h6 37. Be3 f4 38. Bd2 Rb2 39. Bxf4 g5 40. Be3 d2
$19) 35... Kf7 36. Rd8 (36. Rc8 d3 $19) 36... Bf6 37. Rd7+ (37. Rd6 g5 38. Bd2
Rb2 39. Ba5 Rxa2 40. Bd8 Be5 41. Rxc6 d3 $19) 37... Ke8 38. Rd6 Be7 39. Rxc6 d3
{The black "d" pawn can not be stopped any more, the fight is over.} 40. Rc8+ (
40. Be3 f4 41. Bd2 Rb2 42. Bxf4 d2 43. Bxd2 Rxd2 $19) 40... Kd7 41. Rc7+ Kd8
0-1

[Event "ARG-World"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spangenberg, Hugo"]
[Black "Lombardy, William James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. d4 (6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. d4
d6 8. Nxc6 Qxe4+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Bb7 $17) 6... Nxe4 7. dxe5 d5 8. O-O Bc5
9. Nd4 O-O 10. Be3 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 c5 12. Qa4 d4 13. Bf4 Qh4 14. g3 Qh5 15. Qa3
Bh3 16. Re1 c4 (16... Rab8 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 Rxb2 $17) 17. f3 c3 18. g4
Bxg4 19. fxe4 Bh3 20. Nxc3 Qf3 21. Re2 Qxf4 $6 (21... dxc3 22. Rf2 cxb2 23.
Qxb2 Qxe4 $17) 22. Nd5 Qg4+ 23. Kf2 Qg2+ 24. Ke1 Qg1+ 25. Kd2 Qg5+ (25... Qxa1
26. Re1 $13) 26. Kd3 Qxe5 27. Qc5 f6 28. Rg1 Rf7 29. Rf2 Kh8 30. Qxd4 c6 $4 31.
Qxe5 fxe5 32. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 {A quiet line - Morozevich
doesn't like (or doesn't want) to remember too many things.} d6 (5... b5 6. Bb3
Bc5 (6... Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 d5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bc5 12. h3
Nh5 13. Bd5 Qf6 14. a4 $36 {1-0 Morozevich,A (2743)-Bacrot,E (2712)/Biel SUI
2004 (31)}) 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. Nc3 d6 10. Bg5 Bg4 11. Nd5 Nd4 12. c3
Nxb3 13. Qxb3 c6 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Bh4 Rg8 16. Qc2 Ra8 17. Kd2 Bh5 18. d4 $13
{1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A (2743)-Grischuk,A (2705)/Mainz 2004/CBM 101 ext (29)}) 6.
c3 g6 {An interesting reaction - Black has time so he develops the bishop to a
better place.} 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 (8. Nbd2 $5 O-O 9. Re1 Nh5 10. Nf1 f5 11. exf5
Bxf5 12. Ng5 Kh8 13. Bb3 d5 14. g4 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nxh7 Kxh7 17. gxf5
Rxf5 18. d4 $13 {1-0 Morozevich,A (2732)-Shirov,A (2736)/Monaco 2004/CBM 099
ext (29)}) 8... O-O 9. Bg5 b5 (9... h6 10. Bh4 b5 (10... Qe8 11. Nbd2 Nh5 12.
Nf1 Bd7 13. Bb3 Kh8 14. Ne3 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Nd5 Rc8 17. d4 e4 18. Nd2 Qg6
19. f3 Be6 20. g3 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Bf6 22. Bxf6+ Rxf6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Efimenko,Z 
(2643)-Mikhalevski,V (2572)/Montreal CAN 2005/The Week in Chess 561 (36)}) 11.
Bc2 Qd7 12. Nbd2 Nh5 13. Nf1 Bb7 14. Ne3 Rae8 15. a4 Nf4 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bg3
Ne6 $14 {1-0 Asrian,K (2611)-Khmelniker,I (2458)/Warsaw POL 2005/The Week in
Chess 555 (46)}) 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Nb8 $1 $146 {A logical novelty - the
knight walks a path similar to the Breyer variation with the same ideas.} (
11... Qd7 12. Nf1 Rfe8 13. Ne3 Nd8 14. Nd2 Ne6 15. Bh4 h6 16. a4 c6 17. Nb3 {
1/2-1/2 Palac,M (2610)-Rogic,D (2505)/Pula 2000/CBM 075}) 12. a4 Nbd7 13. b4 c5
{As usual, chess players prefer to play on a flank nearer to the clock.} 14.
Nb3 {A great manouevre: the knight is heading to a5, from which it will
control some crucial squares on the queenside.} Qc7 15. Na5 Bc8 16. axb5 axb5
17. Bb3 $6 {A debatable decision - Black was propably going to play Nb6 and c4
anyway, so why force him to do so? How can one know he wanted to do that? What
else can Black do?} (17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 cxb4 $1 (18... cxd4 $2 19. Nxd4 $16)
(18... c4 $6 19. Qd2 $16) 19. Nb3 Rxa1 20. Nxa1 Bb7 21. Nb3 Nb6 $13) (17. h3 {
Seems to be the most useful, intending to transfer the knight to g4 via h2.})
17... Nb6 18. h3 {A healthy prophylactic move.} c4 19. dxc4 bxc4 20. Bc2 Be6
$11 21. Nd2 $5 {Where is it going?} Nfd7 22. Nb1 $5 {WOW! The Knight is going
to b5 and there is no need to prove how good it will stand there.} Bf6 {
In order to kick Bg5 out, making d8 accessible to black rooks.} 23. Be3 d5 {
It seems like Black has stolen the initiative, but Morozevich is not really
worried and continues to play as if nothing happened.} 24. Na3 Rac8 (24... Rfd8
$143 25. Nb5 Qc8 26. Qf3 Bg7 27. Rad1 $16) 25. Qf3 Bg7 26. Rad1 f5 $1 {Both
players don't intend to regret - Black also doesn't care about White's
activities and purposefully plays in the center.} 27. Nb5 $2 {This is just a
blunder, throwing away all the imaginative play of last moves'.} (27. exf5 $142
{after which White's previous play would have proven to be good.} e4 (27...
Bxf5 $6 28. Bxf5 Rxf5 29. Qe2 {and Black's pawns are weak.}) 28. Nb5 $1 (28.
Qe2 $6 Bxf5 29. Nb5 Qb8 30. Bd4 Bxd4 31. Nxd4 Ne5 $15) 28... Qb8 (28... exf3 $6
29. Nxc7 Bxf5 30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. Nb5 $14) 29. Bf4 Be5 (29... exf3 30. Bxb8 Bxf5
31. Bxf5 Rxf5 32. Bg3 $14) 30. Bxe5 Nxe5 31. Qg3 Bxf5 32. Nd4 Bd7 $14) 27...
Qb8 $6 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Bxf5 Rxf5 30. Qe2 d4 $3 {Now Black is clearly better,
perhaps even winning.} 31. cxd4 (31. Bd2 Na4) 31... Nd5 32. Nxc4 {The best
chance!} (32. Na3 Qxb4 $1 33. N5xc4 Nc3 34. Qd2 exd4 35. Bxd4 Bxd4 36. Qxd4
Nxd1 37. Rxd1 Nf6 $19) 32... Qxb5 33. Nd6 Qxe2 34. Rxe2 Nc3 35. Nxc8 Rf8 $2 {
After this Black is going to have huge technical problems to win.} (35... Nxe2+
36. Kf1 Nc3 37. Rd3 (37. Ne7+ $2 Kf7 38. Nxf5 Nxd1 39. Nxg7 Nxe3+ 40. fxe3 e4
$1 $19) 37... Nd5 38. dxe5 Nxe3+ 39. Rxe3 Rxe5 {which is even better then in
the game.}) 36. dxe5 $6 (36. Ne7+ $142 Kf7 37. Red2 Nxd1 38. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 39.
dxe5 $1 Nxe5 (39... Nxe3 40. Rxd7+ Kg8 41. fxe3 $11) 40. Rxd1 {And only White
has chances here. Not too many, but still nice..}) 36... Nxd1 (36... Nxe2+ 37.
Kf1 Ng3+ 38. Ke1 Rxc8 39. Rxd7 {As in the game.}) 37. Ne7+ Kf7 38. Nc6 Nxe5 39.
Nxe5+ Bxe5 40. Bc5 $1 {Ensuring the draw.} Re8 41. Kf1 Nb2 42. f4 $1 Bc3 43.
Rxe8 Kxe8 {Now all White needs is to keep the Bishop on c5.} 44. Ke2 Kd7 45.
Ke3 Na4 46. Ke4 Nxc5+ 47. bxc5 Kc6 48. h4 ({Simplier is} 48. g4 Kxc5 49. g5 Kd6
50. f5 Be1 (50... gxf5+ 51. Kxf5 $11) 51. fxg6 hxg6 52. Kf4 $11) 48... Kxc5 (
48... Be1 49. h5 gxh5 50. g3 Kxc5 51. f5 Kc6 52. f6 Bb4 53. f7 Bf8 54. Kf5 Kd5
55. Kg5 $11) 49. f5 Kd6 50. fxg6 hxg6 51. h5 gxh5 52. g4 hxg4 53. Kf4 g3 54.
Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1998.11.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Liss, Eran"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.11.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This is the second game of quarterfinal of Israel Championship and Liss had
to win to stay in the match.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 $5
d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O ({Another line is:} 7. Nbd2 $5 {[%cal Gd2f1,Gf1g3]}) 7...
Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Nd7 $5 {Is the main line,other alternatives are:} (9...
Nh5) (9... b5 $5) (9... Re8 $5) ({and:} 9... Bd7 $5) 10. Nf1 $5 {Is the main
line.Also possible:} (10. h3 $5) ({and} 10. Bc2 $5) ({Slightly worse is:} 10.
b4) 10... Nc5 $5 (10... Nb6 $143 11. Bc2 (11. Bb3 $5 Be6 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Bxb6
cxb6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Kortschnoj,V/Moscow 1994/EXP
40 (57)}) 11... d5 12. Qe2 d4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Bb3 Qd6 16. Be3
Be6 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. Nd2 Bxb3 19. Nxb3 $14 {1-0 Boleslavsky,I-Trifunovic,P/
Moscow 1947/MCL 05 (41)}) 11. Bxc6 $5 ({Another line is:} 11. Bc2 $5) 11...
bxc6 12. d4 Nd7 $5 (12... exd4 $143 13. cxd4 Nd7 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Qc2 Nb6 16.
Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ugrinovic,D-Karaklajic,N/Belgrade 1959/MCD-r5 (22)}) 13. Ng3
({Worse is:} 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Be3 Rb8 16. Qd2 Bg7 17. Bd4 f6 18.
c4 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Vujosevic,V-Djuric,S/Cetinje 1991/EXT 97 (18)}) ({Possibly:
} 13. Bg5 Qe8 (13... f6 $142) 14. Qd2 c5 15. Bh6 Bb7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. dxe5
Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tondivar,B-Mikhalevski,A/Leeuwarden 1994/EXT
94op (30)}) 13... c5 $5 (13... Re8 $5 14. Be3 Bb7 15. Qd2 Qe7 16. Rad1 a5 17.
dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Vujosevic,V-Todorovic,G/Banja Vrucica
1991/EXT 91ch (26)}) 14. Bg5 $5 Qe8 15. dxe5 $5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd2 $5
$146 ({In the previous game} 17. f4 $5 {was checked} Qe8 18. f5 Qe5 19. Qg4 Re8
20. Rf1 Rb8 21. Rf2 d5 $6 (21... h6 $5 22. Bf4 Qe7 $13) 22. Bf4 Qe7 23. exd5 h5
24. Qd1 $2 (24. Qf3 $142 h4 25. Re2 $16) 24... h4 $13 {0-1 Liss,E-Mikhalevski,
A/Invitational, Rishon LeZion ISR 1997 (45)}) 17... Re8 $6 ({Better is:} 17...
f6 $5 18. Bf4 (18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Rb8 $11 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gb8b2]}) 18...
Qe7 {+/=/=}) 18. f4 Qe6 19. f5 Qe5 ({Dubious:} 19... Qc4 {because of:} 20. f6
$5 Bh8 (20... Bf8 $143 21. Bh6 {[%csl Rg8]} Qe6 22. Rf1 $40) 21. e5 $1 $14) 20.
Rf1 $1 {[%csl Yf1][%cal Gf5f6]} Rb8 $5 $13 {[%csl Rb2]} (20... Bb7 $6 21. f6
Bh8 (21... Bf8 $2 22. Bh6 {[%csl Rg8]} Kh8 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Qh6 Rg8 25. Rf4 {
[%cal Gf4h4]} g5 $8 26. Rf5 Rg6 27. Qh5 $5 $40 (27. Qxg6 $2 fxg6 $1 28. Rxe5
dxe5 29. Rd1 Bc6 $13)) 22. Rae1 $14) 21. f6 Bh8 $6 (21... Bf8 $5 22. Bh6 $6 (
22. Rae1 $5) 22... Rxb2 $1 23. Qxb2 (23. Qe3 $2 Kh8 $17) 23... Bxh6 24. Qb8 $1
$13) 22. Rae1 c4 $5 {[%csl Ra2,Rb2][%cal Ge5a5] /\Qb5;Qa5(><a2;b2)} (22... Bb7
$5) (22... Rxb2 $2 23. Qxb2 Qxg5 24. e5 $1 dxe5 (24... Rxe5 $4 25. Qb8 Qg4 $8
26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. Nf5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc8]}) 25. Ne4 $16) 23. Be3 $1 {[%cal
Ge3d4]} Qa5 $5 {[%cal Ga5a2]} ({Right away loses:} 23... Bxf6 $4 {in view of:}
24. Qf2 $1 {[%csl Rf7,Rg8][%cal Ge3d4]} (24. Bd4 $2 Bg5 {[%cal Gg5d2]} 25. Qf2
Qe6 $17) 24... Bg7 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Bd4 $18) 24. Bd4 $5 Qxa2 25. Re2 $5 {
[%csl Yd2,Ye2]} (25. Qh6 $2 Rxb2 26. Rf4 Rxg2+ 27. Kh1 (27. Kf1 Rxh2 $19) 27...
Qd2 $1 $19 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gd2h6]}) 25... c5 $6 (25... Bg4 $5 26. Ref2 $44)
26. Be3 Re6 $2 {My last two mistakes can be explained by a strong excitement
during the game.} (26... Bg4 $1 27. Ref2 Rb6 {[%cal Yb6d6]} 28. Nf5 $5 $13) 27.
e5 $1 {[%mdl 128]} (27. Bxc5 $143 Qa5 28. Bd4 $13 (28. Bxd6 $4 Qb6+ {[%csl Rd6,
Rg1]})) 27... Qa5 $6 (27... Bb7 $5 28. exd6 Bc6 $14) 28. Nf5 $1 $16 {Liss
begins a strong attack.} dxe5 (28... gxf5 $2 29. Bh6 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Gd2g5]}) 29. Ne7+ Kf8 (29... Rxe7 $2 30. fxe7 Be6 31. Qd6 {[%csl Rb8,Rc5][%cal
Gd6b8]} Re8 (31... Rc8 $143 32. Rd2 $18) 32. Bxc5 {+/-/+-}) 30. Bh6+ Ke8 31.
Rd1 $1 {[%csl Re8,Rh8][%cal Gh6g7,Ge7c8]} (31. Bg7 $2 Rxe7 $8 32. Bxh8 (32.
fxe7 $4 Bxg7 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Qd8 Qa1+ 35. Kf2 Qa4 $19) 32... Re6 33. Qh6 $14)
31... Bxf6 (31... Qc7 $2 32. Bg7 $1 $18 (32. Nd5 $5 {/\Bg7}) 32... Rxe7 $140
33. fxe7 {[%csl Re8,Rh8][%cal Gd2d8,Gg7h8]} Bxg7 34. Qd8+ Qxd8 35. exd8=Q#) 32.
Nxc8 $18 {[%cal Gd2d7]} Qc7 33. Nd6+ Ke7 34. Ne4 $1 (34. Nxc4 $143 e4) 34...
Bh8 35. Ng5 Reb6 (35... Rd6 $143 36. Qxd6+ Qxd6 37. Rxd6 Kxd6 38. Nxf7+) 36.
Qd5 Ke8 37. Rf1 $5 {[%csl Rf7]} ({Slightly better is:} 37. Nxf7 $1 Qxf7 38.
Rxe5+ Bxe5 39. Qxe5+ Qe7 (39... Re6 $2 40. Qxb8+ Ke7 41. Qd8#) (39... Qe6 40.
Qh8+ Ke7 $8 (40... Kf7 $2 41. Qg7+ Ke8 42. Qf8#) 41. Bg5+ Kf7 42. Rf1+ {
[%csl Rf7]} Qf5 43. Rxf5+ gxf5 44. Qxh7+ $18) 40. Qh8+ Kf7 41. Qxh7+ Ke6 (41...
Ke8 42. Qg8+ {[%csl Re8]}) (41... Kf6 42. Bg5+ {[%csl Re7]}) 42. Re1+ $18)
37... Qb7 38. Qxf7+ Qxf7 39. Nxf7 Bf6 40. Nxe5 {After this game two
active-chess games were played.They also finished 1-1 and only a win 1.5-0.5
has opened to Eran a way to the title.} (40. Nxe5 Re6 41. Rxf6 Rxf6 42. Nc6+ {
[%csl Rb8]}) 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2004.01.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bitensky, Igor"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2004.01.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d3 {
Novelty,from the point of view of my games.Before with me played:} (8. O-O O-O
9. d3 h6 {[%csl Yh6][%cal Yh6g5]} 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nbd2
Re8 $11 {Zoler,D-Golod,V/Tel-Aviv,2001(1/2-1/2)(24)}) 8... h6 {[%csl Yh6][%cal
Yh6g5] This move is directed against "Bg5".} (8... O-O $6 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nbd2
Qe7 $2 (10... h6 $142 {Wedberg,T}) 11. Bd5 $1 $16 {You can see annotations to
game: Tiviakov,S-Almasi,Z/Wijk aan Zee,1995/CBM 46(1-0)(Wedberg,T)(28)}) 9. Be3
{/^a7-g1} ({Also repeatedly were checked up in previous games:} 9. h3 $5) (9.
O-O $5) ({and} 9. Nbd2 $5 {[%csl Yd2][%cal Yd2f1,Yf1g3] (it's main move in
this position)}) 9... Bxe3 {It's the most logical reaction to the previous
move of White.} ({Once:} 9... Qe7 $6) ({and only twice were checked up in
previous games:} 9... O-O $5) 10. Qxe3 ({I do not think that it was much
better:} 10. fxe3 O-O (10... Na5 $5) 11. O-O Be6 12. Nbd2 Bxb3 13. axb3 d5 14.
exd5 Nxd5 $11 {Te Llalemand,R-Sekulovska,V/Istanbul,2000(1-0)(51)}) 10... Na5 {
[%csl Ya5,Gb3][%cal Ya5b3] I can not any more suffer here this bishop.} 11. Bc2
c5 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. h3 Re8 {It became already clear,that Black have decided
all opening problems.} 14. O-O ({Pretty dubiously:} 14. g4 {in view of:} Nh7 $1
{[%csl Rf4][%cal Yh7f8,Yf8g6,Yg6f4,Yf8e6,Ye6f4]}) 14... Be6 $5 $146 ({The game,
which have reached this position were continued as follows:} 14... Qc7 15. Rac1
{[%csl Gc1,Rc7]} Nc6 16. Rfe1 a5 17. Nf1 b4 18. Ng3 $11 {Ritscher,G-Frantz,F/
Darmstadt,1996(1-0)(54)}) 15. Nh2 $6 {After this inaccurate move White will
have to fight for equality.} (15. d4 $142 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rc8 {[%csl Rc2]} 17.
Bd3 Bc4 $5 $11) 15... Nh5 $1 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gh5f4]} 16. Rfe1 Rc8 {[%csl Rc2]}
17. Nhf3 Nf4 18. Rad1 $2 {It's an absolutely not correct sacrifice of the pawn.
} (18. a3 $5 Qf6 19. Kh2 Qg6 20. Rg1 Qh5 $36 {[%csl Rh2]}) 18... Bxa2 19. b3 {
[%tqu "En","Find the best continuation for Black?","","","d6d5","I use a
unsuccessful location of the White's queen.My contender has yawned this a
little bit not obvious move.",10,"c5c4","",0]} d5 $1 {[%csl Rc2,Gd5,Re3][%cal
Gd5d4] I use a unsuccessful location of the White's queen.My contender has
yawned this a little bit not obvious move.} ({Also leads to favourable
complications for me:} 19... c4 $5 20. dxc4 bxc4 21. b4 Nb3 $15) 20. Nxe5 $140
Qg5 21. Ng4 $8 ({Immediately loses a game the following move:} 21. g3 $2 Nxh3+
22. Kg2 Qxe5 $19 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gd5d4]}) 21... d4 $1 $17 {[%csl Rc2] This
resource I saw beforehand,when I played 19...d5} 22. Qg3 {[%csl Rf4,Yg5][%cal
Gd2f3,Yg5f4]} (22. Qf3 $143 dxc3 (22... h5 $5) 23. h4 $140 Qxh4 24. Qxf4 cxd2 {
[%csl Rb3]} 25. Qxd2 Nxb3 26. Bxb3 Bxb3 27. Rb1 Be6 $19) 22... Nh5 {White can
not simultaneously protect all weaknesses.} 23. Qd6 dxc3 24. Nf3 Qg6 $1 {
I had a rather uneasy choice between it and three other continuations.In a
result has made a winning move.} (24... Qe7 $2 25. Nxh6+ $5 (25. Qxa6 Bxb3 26.
Qxb5 Bxc2 27. Rc1 $11 {[%csl Ra5,Rc2]}) 25... gxh6 (25... Kf8 26. Nf5 Qxd6 27.
Nxd6 $13 {[%csl Rc8,Yd6,Re8]}) 26. Qxh6 Ng7 27. Ng5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh6h7,
Gh7h8]} Qe5 28. d4 $1 cxd4 $140 29. f4 $132 {[%csl Gg5,Rg8,Gh6][%cal Ge1f1]}) (
24... Qd8 $2 25. Nxh6+ (25. Qxa6 $143 Bxb3 $17) 25... gxh6 26. Qxh6 Ng7 27. Ng5
Nxb3 (27... Qd4 $2 28. e5 {[%csl Rg7,Rg8][%cal Gh6h7,Gh7h8]}) 28. Bb1 $1 (28.
Qh7+ $2 Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qxg7 Nd4 $17 {[%csl Ya2,Rc2,Gc3,Gd4][%cal Ya2f7]})
28... Bxb1 29. Rxb1 Nd2 30. Rbc1 $132 {[%csl Rg7,Rg8]}) (24... Qf4 $2 25. Qxa6
Bxb3 26. Ne3 $11 {[%csl Ra5,Rb5]}) 25. Qxg6 ({Senselessly:} 25. e5 {in view of:
} Bxb3 $19) 25... fxg6 {[%csl Rb3]} 26. Ra1 Bxb3 27. Rec1 Nf4 $1 {[%csl Rc1]
[%cal Gf4e2] I made this move in the most suitable moment.} 28. Kf1 Bxc2 29.
Rxc2 Nb3 30. Rb1 (30. Rxa6 $2 Ra8 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Ga8a1,Gb3d2]}
32. Kg1 (32. Rxc3 Ra1+ 33. Ne1 Nd2+) 32... Na1 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc2,Gc3,Rg1][%cal
Yf4e2,Ye2c3,Ye2c1]}) 30... Nd4 31. Rxc3 b4 32. Rc4 Nxf3 33. gxf3 Nxd3 $19 {
I have a absolutely winning position,but for realization of material advantage
is required the certain time.} 34. Ra1 Re6 35. Ke2 Nf4+ 36. Kd2 ({Hardly it
was better:} 36. Ke3 g5 {[%csl Re3]}) 36... Rd6+ 37. Ke3 (37. Kc2 $143 Ne6 {
[%csl Rc2,Ye6][%cal Gc8d8]}) 37... g5 38. e5 Re6 (38... Rb6 $5 {[%csl Ga6,Gb4,
Yb6,Gc5][%cal Gb4b3]}) 39. Ke4 Ng6 $6 ({Immediately wins a game the following
move:} 39... h5 $5 40. Ne3 Ng6 (40... Nxh3 $5 {[%cal Gh3f2]}) 41. Kf5 Kf7 {
[%csl Re5,Yf7]} (41... Rxe5+ $2 42. Kxg6 Rc6+ 43. Kxh5 Rh6+ 44. Kg4 Rh4+ 45.
Kg3 Rxe3 46. Rxc5 $17) 42. Re4 Nh4+ 43. Kxg5 Nxf3+ 44. Kxh5 (44. Kf4 $2 Nd2 {
[%csl Re4]}) 44... Rh8+ 45. Kg4 Nxe5+ 46. Kg3 b3 $19) 40. Kd5 Kf7 {[%csl Re5]
[%cal Gh6h5]} 41. Rxc5 Rxc5+ {After exchange of this pieces,I receive a easily
won rooks endgame:} 42. Kxc5 Nxe5 43. Nxe5+ Rxe5+ 44. Kxb4 Re2 $6 (44... Rf5
$142 45. Ra3 Rf6 {[%csl Yf6,Rh3][%cal Gf7g6,Gg6h5,Gh5h4,Yf6a6]}) 45. Rf1 $1 {
I didn't see this protective resource and only hoped on:} (45. Rxa6 $2 Rxf2 46.
Ra3 Kf6 47. Kc4 Kf5 48. Kd4 Kf4 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gf2f3]}) 45... Kf6 46. Kc4 Kf5
47. Kd3 Ra2 $6 {[%csl Ya2][%cal Ya2a6,Ga2f2] Again not the correct decision.} (
47... Re6 $142 {[%csl Rd3,Ye6,Rf3][%cal Gf5f4,Ye6a6,Ye6e1]} 48. Rg1 Kf4 49. Rg3
a5 $19) 48. Ke3 Ra3+ 49. Ke2 Kf4 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Ga3a2]} 50. Rc1 Ra2+ 51. Kf1
Kxf3 52. Rc3+ Ke4 53. Rc7 Rb2 $1 $17 {[%cal Yb2b6,Yb6a6,Yb6h6]} ({Leads to
benefit of the contender:} 53... g6 $2 54. Rc6 {[%csl Rg6]} Kf5 $140 55. Rc5+
Ke6 56. Rc6+ Kf7 57. Rc7+ Kf6 58. Rc6+ Kf5 59. Rc5+ Kf4 60. Rc6 {[%csl Rg6]
with good chances to drawn game.}) 54. Rxg7 Rb6 {[%csl Yb6][%cal Yb6a6,Yb6h6]}
55. Kg2 $2 ({It was necessary:} 55. Rd7 $5 {[%csl Yd7][%cal Yd7d1] with some
chances to drawn game.}) 55... Kd5 {Now my king,without a big problems,
approaches to Pa6 and it decides a game to my benefit.} 56. Kg3 Kc4 57. Ra7 Kb4
{[%csl Ga6,Yb4][%cal Ga6a5,Ga5a4,Ga4a3]} 58. h4 a5 $19 59. Kg4 ({Nothing
changes,after:} 59. hxg5 hxg5 60. Kg4 Rb5 $19 {[%csl Ga5,Yb5][%cal Yb5g5,Ga5a4,
Ga4a3]}) 59... gxh4 $1 60. Kxh4 a4 61. Kh5 a3 {The further resistance is
senseless.} 62. f4 Kb3 63. Rg7 (63. f5 $143 a2 {[%csl Ga2,Yb6][%cal Yb6h6,
Yb3b2]}) 63... a2 64. Rg3+ (64. Rg1 $144 Kb2 65. Rg2+ Ka3 {[%cal Yb6b1,Ga2a1]}
66. Rg3+ Ka4 67. Rg1 (67. Rg8 Rb5+ {[%csl Yb5,Rh5][%cal Yb5a5,Ga2a1]}) 67...
Rb1 68. Rg8 Rh1+ {[%csl Ga2,Rg8,Rh5][%cal Gh1g1]}) 64... Ka4 65. Rg7 Rb5+ {
[%cal Yb5a5,Ga2a1]} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cao, Sang"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Nd7 $5 {It's main line,other alternatives are: 9...Nh5; 9..b5; 9...
Re8 and 9...Bd7.} 10. Nf1 Nc5 11. Bxc6 $5 ({In my opinion,worse is:} 11. Bc2)
11... bxc6 12. d4 Nd7 (12... exd4 $143 13. cxd4 Nd7 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Qc2 Nb6 16.
Rac1 $14 {Ugrinovic,D-Karaklajic,N/Belgrade,1959(1/2-1/2)(22)}) 13. dxe5 ({
Was checked in the previous games:} 13. Ng3 $5 {See comments to Liss,E-Golod,V/
Tel-Aviv,1998/CBM68 (1-0)(Golod,V)(40)}) ({and} 13. Bg5 $6 f6 (13... Qe8 $5 14.
Qd2 Rb8 $5 (14... c5 $143 15. Bh6 Bb7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5
$11 {Tondivar,B-Mikhalevski,A/Leeuwarden,1994(1/2-1/2)(30)}) 15. h3 f6 16. Be3
exd4 17. Nxd4 Ne5 18. b3 c5 19. Ne2 c4 $36 {El Taher,F-Aleksandrov,A/New Delhi,
2000 (1/2-1/2)(51)}) 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Ng3 Qf7 17. h3 Re8 18. Nh2 Nf8
19. f4 $6 exd4 20. cxd4 f5 $1 $15 {Hernandez,Y-Castillo Gallego,S/Mancha Real,
2001(0-1)(46)}) 13... Nxe5 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 13...
dxe5 $5) 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bh6 $5 $146 {White's plan is: Qd2(/^c1-h6;גh6-f8)
Ng3,f4 and so on.} (15. Be3 $143 Rb8 16. Qd2 Bg7 17. Bd4 f6 18. c4 c5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Vujosevic,V-Djuric,S/Cetinje,1991(18)}) 15... Re8 16. Qd2 Bd7 $6 {
I would like to have a point "b8" for the queen in cases 17.Bg5.} ({Can be
recommended:} 16... Rb8 $5) ({or} 16... a5 $5) 17. Ng3 (17. f4 $5) 17... Rb8 ({
Probably,was necessary to decide on:} 17... Bxg3 18. hxg3 f6 {[%cal Gd8e7,
Ge7f7] +/=/=}) 18. f4 $14 Bh8 19. Re3 Rb5 20. Rf1 Qb8 {I play according to the
plan.} ({A little dubious:} 20... Qh4 {because of:} 21. Bg5 Rxg5 $5 (21... Qg4
22. h3 Qe6 23. b3 $36 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 22. fxg5 Qxg5 23. Rxf7 $5 Kxf7 24. Rf3+
Qf6 25. Rxf6+ Bxf6 26. Qd3 {+/=/+/-}) 21. b3 a5 22. f5 $40 {[%mdl 128]} a4 23.
Ref3 $1 {All figures of white direct in attack.} axb3 24. axb3 $1 ({Very badly:
} 24. fxg6 $2 hxg6 25. axb3 (25. Rxf7 $4 Be6 $1 $19 (25... b2 $4 26. Rxd7 b1=Q
27. Qf2 $1 $18)) 25... Be6 $15) 24... f6 $2 {Apparently,decisive mistake.} ({
It was necessary:} 24... Rxb3 $1 25. fxg6 hxg6 (25... fxg6 $4 26. Qf4 {[%csl
Rf7,Rf8][%cal Gf4f8,Gf4f7]} Be6 27. Qf8+ Rxf8 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Rxf8#) 26.
Rxf7 Be6 $13 27. Qf4 Rb1 28. Rf6 Rxf1+ 29. Nxf1 Kh7 30. Qh4 $36) 25. fxg6 (25.
b4 $143 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd2a2]} g5 26. Qa2+ d5 $13) 25... hxg6 26. Rxf6 $1
Bxf6 27. Rxf6 Re6 $8 ({Loses:} 27... Qa7+ 28. Be3 Qa1+ 29. Rf1 Qa5 30. Bd4 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd2h6]} Rf8 31. Qh6 Rxf1+ 32. Nxf1 Re5 33. Qxg6+ Kf8 34. Qf6+
Ke8 35. b4 $18) 28. Qf4 $1 {Whether really my contender saw all up to the end?}
(28. Qf2 $143 Rf5 29. Rxf5 gxf5 30. Nxf5 Be8 31. Qg3+ Bg6 32. Nd4 Qa7 33. h4
$16) (28. Rf8+ $2 Qxf8 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 $14) 28... Qa7+ ({Impossibly:} 28... Rf5
$4 {in view of:} 29. Rxf5 $1 gxf5 30. Qg5+ Kf7 31. Qg7+ Ke8 32. Qf8#) 29. Kh1
Qa1+ 30. Nf1 Qxc3 31. Rf8+ Kh7 32. Bg5 $1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gf4h4]} ({Leads
only to a drawn game:} 32. Rf7+ $2 Kg8 33. Rxd7 Rf6 {[%csl Rf1]} 34. Rd8+ Kh7
35. Rd7+ $11) 32... Rxg5 $8 (32... Rxe4 $2 33. Qf7+ Qg7 34. Bf6 $1 Qxf7 $140
35. Rh8#) 33. Qxg5 Kg7 ({Also loses:} 33... Qe1 34. Qd8 Be8 35. Qxc7+ Kh6 36.
Rh8+ Kg5 37. Qd8+ $18) 34. Qd8 Qe5 $8 (34... Qa1 $143 35. Rg8+ Kh7 36. Qxd7+ (
36. Rh8+ $5) 36... Kxg8 37. Qxe6+) (34... Rxe4 $143 35. Rf3 $18 {[%csl Rc3,Rd7]
[%cal Gd8d7,Gf3c3]}) 35. Rg8+ Kh7 $140 $8 (35... Kh6 36. Qh4+ Qh5 37. Rh8+ (37.
Qf4+ $5 Kh7 38. Qf7+ Kh6 39. Qf8+ Kg5 40. Qf5+ Kh6 (40... Kh4 41. g3#) 41. Rh8+
Kg7 42. Qf8#)) 36. Rh8+ $3 {[%mdl 64] This graceful tactical impact finishes
struggle} Qxh8 37. Qxd7+ Kh6 38. Qxe6 Qa1 39. Qh3+ Kg7 40. Kg1 {Good
achievement of IM Cao Sang.} 1-0

[Event "Dov Porath Memorial"]
[Site "Givataim"]
[Date "2004.10.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ribshtein, Nati"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game has not come in Mega 2005 and "TWIC" Database,she is published for
the first time.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. h3 {
White have selected the most irresolute continuation.Besides,you can see
annotations to three another alternatives:} (6. c3 {(It's main line.)
Schneider,D-Golod,V/New York,2003/CBM 93(0-1)(Golod,V)(41)}) (6. O-O $6 {
Kozakov,M-Golod,V/Lvov,2001/CBM 87(0-1)(Golod,V)(61)}) ({and} 6. c4 {
(Mikhalevsky,V: "Favourite move of Duras.About 15(!) of his games can be found
in Mega Database 2004 in which many strong players of the beginning of this
century were outplayed by him".) Psakhis,L-Mikhalevski,V/London,1999/EXT 2000
(1/2-1/2)(Mikhalevski,V)(64)}) 6... g6 ({Also repeatedly were checked up in
previous games:} 6... b5) ({and} 6... Be7) 7. c4 {It stops "b7-b5",strengthens
white's control over point "d5" and,more important,gains space.All the same,it
was more logical to play so,on the previous move.} ({Is a possible
continuations of the play:} 7. Nc3 {7.Bg5; 7.Be3; 7.c3 and 7.0-0}) 7... Bg7 8.
Nc3 ({On:} 8. Be3 {I have found two old games in my database.}) 8... Bd7 {
I am not in a hurry with castle,and I want,first of all,to protect Nc6,because
in case of exchange on "c6" to take by the bishop.} (8... O-O $5 {You can see
comments to game: Yudasin,L-Huebner,R/Munchen,1991/Inf 51/318(0-1)(Huebner,R)
(60)}) 9. Be3 ({On:} 9. Bg5 {you can find two games in Mega DataBase 2004.})
9... O-O ({I do not think that it was much better:} 9... Qe7 10. Qd2 O-O 11.
Bxc6 bxc6 12. Bg5 Qe6 $13 {Kuzelka,J-Schubert,F/Plzen,1911(0-1)(36)}) 10. Qd2
Nh5 $1 $146 {My ideas: Nf4; f5 or Nd4} ({Was checked in the preceding game:} 
10... Re8 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Bh6 Bh8 13. Nh2 d5 $132 {Duras,O-Johner,P/Vienna,
1908(1-0)(66)}) 11. g4 $5 {The most basic decision,though White have lost the
opportunities to make castle in the short party.} Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. O-O-O
$6 (13. d4 $5 {An interesting idea,which was mentioned by my opponent after
the game.} Qe8 $1 14. O-O-O (14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. O-O-O Bxe4 $140 16. Rhe1 $13 {
[%csl Re8]}) 14... Nxd4 15. Bxd7 Nxf3 16. Bxe8 Nxd2 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Kxd2 f3
$11) ({It was very dubious:} 13. Qxf4 $6 {in view of:} Nb4 $1 14. Qd2 Nxd3+ 15.
Qxd3 Bxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Bxa4 {=/=/+}) 13... b5 $1 {Black develop the attack on the
white's king,all their pieces are located ideally for it.} 14. Bb3 (14. cxb5 $6
Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 $36) 14... Na5 15. Bc2 $1 {Absolutely justified sacrifice of
the pawn.White had no other worthy alternative.} bxc4 $140 16. d4 c6 $2 {
/\Rb8,Qb6(קb2) I had a uneasy choice,and could not find the best plan:} (16...
Rb8 $5 {/\Qc8-b7(קb2) |^}) 17. Qxf4 {[%csl Rd6]} Rb8 $6 {I continue a wrong
line.Still it was possible to change the previous dubious decision:} (17... Be6
$5 $13) 18. Qxd6 Qb6 {[%csl Rb2]} 19. Na4 $1 ({Leads to very hard position:} 
19. Qxd7 $2 Qxb2+ 20. Kd2 Rfd8 21. Qa7 (21. Qc7 $2 Bxd4) 21... Nb3+ $1 22. axb3
Rxb3 $17 23. Nb1 $140 $2 Rd3+) (19. Qa3 $143 Nb7 {/\Rfd8,Bf8 (/^a3-f8)} 20. Ne5
$14) 19... Qb7 $140 20. Qc5 {+/=/+/-} (20. Qa3 $5 {/\Nc5 +/=/+/-}) 20... Qc7
21. e5 {Nati Ribshtein open a /^ b1-h7 for his bishop and simultaneously
blocks a /^a1-h8 for my bishop.} Rb5 22. Qd6 $5 (22. Qa3 $6 Rfb8 {/\Bf8}) (22.
Qe7 $143 Re8 23. Qh4 c5 $1 $132) 22... Qxd6 {I had no other alternative.} (
22... Qc8 $2 23. Nc3 Rb8 24. Qc5 Nb7 25. Qxc4 Be6 26. d5 $16) 23. exd6 Rd5 24.
Nc5 {White have decided to get rid from contender's pawn "a6" on the queen
side.} Bc8 $140 25. d7 (25. Rhe1 $5 Rxd6 26. Re7 {+/=/+/-}) 25... Bxd7 26. Nxa6
{I lose of this pawn,but get rid of weakness.} Nb7 27. Nc5 $2 {Now Black has,
as a minimum,an equal chances in the subsequent tactical complications.} (27.
Nb4 $5 Rb5 28. a3 $14) ({After:} 27. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Be6 29. Nb4 $16 {
White keeps a big advantage in the endgame.}) 27... Nxc5 28. dxc5 Rb8 $6 (28...
Be6 $142 29. Be4 Rxc5 30. Nd4 c3 31. b3 Ra5 32. Bb1 $13) 29. b3 $2 {White
obviously have lost a "string of game". It's already decisive mistake.In a
result White even have managed to lose this position.} (29. Be4 $1 Bxb2+ (29...
Be6 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 cxd5 32. Rd1 Bxb2+ 33. Kc2 Bf6 34. Rxd5 Rb2+ 35. Kd1
$14 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gc5c6]}) 30. Kc2 Ba3 (30... Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Be6 32. Nd4 $14)
31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. Rb1 Rxb1 33. Rxb1 Bxc5 34. Rb8+ Kg7 35. Rb7 Be8 36. Kc3 Bxf2
37. g5 $14) 29... Be6 $1 {I want to improve a location of the my bishop and
only then to take on "b3".} (29... cxb3 $143 30. Bxb3 Rxc5+ 31. Kd2 (31. Kb1 $2
Be6 32. Nd2 (32. Rd3 h5 $1 $17) 32... Bh6 33. Kb2 Rcb5 $17) 31... h5 $1 $15)
30. Be4 $2 {White could render more stubborn resistance:} (30. bxc4 Rxc5 $17) (
{or} 30. Nd2 Bh6 31. bxc4 Rd4 $17) {[%tqu "En","Find the killer move!","","",
"c4b3","I made this move in the most suitable moment.",10]} 30... cxb3 $1 {
I made this move in the most suitable moment.} (30... Rxc5 $143 31. b4 Bh6+ 32.
Kc2 Rxb4 33. Rd8+ Kg7 $17) 31. Bxd5 (31. axb3 Rxc5+ 32. Kd2 $140 f5 $1 33. gxf5
gxf5 34. Bd3 Bd5 $19 35. Be2 $140 (35. Ke3 $2 f4+) 35... Rc3 {with big
material advantage.}) 31... Bxd5 $19 32. Rxd5 $140 $2 bxa2 $1 {[%csl Ga2,Rd5,
Yg7][%cal Ga2a1,Gc6d5] The important intermediate move,which immediately wins
a game.} 0-1

[Event "Hamburg HSK"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1996.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 $5 (
6... Be7) 7. c3 (7. a4 Bb7 8. d3 h6 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 {van der Wiel,
J-van der Sterren,P/Amsterdam/1994/}) 7... O-O 8. O-O d5 $5 {An interesting
idea, resembling the Marshall Gambit.} 9. exd5 $6 (9. d3 d4 (9... dxe4 10. dxe4
Qe7 11. h3 Be6 12. Re1 Rfd8 $10 {Velickovic,S-Karaklajic,N/Banja Vrucica/1991/}
) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bd5 dxc3 13. bxc3 Bd7 14. Nbd2 Rad8 {Ljubojevic,
L-Sokolov,I/Linares/1995/}) (9. d3 {Wedberg}) 9... e4 (9... Nxd5 {Wedberg} 10.
Qe4 Nde7 (10... Be6 $2 11. d4 exd4 12. Ng5 $1 $40 {1-0 Schilhart,N-Ehrke,M/RLN
1981 (17)}) 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 Bd6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. d4 $13 {0-1 Vidarsson,
J-Karlsson,A/Reykjavik op 1993 (30)}) 10. d4 (10. dxc6 exf3 $1 (10... Bg4 11.
d4 $5 $13) 11. Qxf3 Bg4 12. Qg3 Be2 13. Re1 Qd3 $1 $17 {/\ Ne4;Rae8}) (10. Ng5
{Wedberg} Bg4 11. Qe1 Ne5 $36) 10... exf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 $1 12. cxd4 Bxd4 $15
13. Nc3 (13. h3 $5) 13... Bg4 14. Qf4 Bc5 15. Be3 Bd6 16. Qd4 Re8 17. Rfe1 Be5
18. Qd3 Qd6 19. h3 Bh5 20. Qd2 Rad8 21. f4 $6 (21. Rac1 $15) 21... Bxc3 22.
bxc3 Bg6 $1 $17 {>< d5} (22... Nxd5 $2 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. g4 $16)
23. Rad1 Be4 24. Bd4 Nd7 $1 (24... Nxd5 $2 {Wedberg} 25. Be5) 25. c4 bxc4 26.
Bxc4 Bxd5 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Bf1 (28. Bxd5 $1 {Wedberg} Qxd5 29. Bxg7 Qxd2 30.
Rxd2 Kxg7 31. Rxd7 $11) 28... c6 29. Bf2 (29. Bxa6 Ra8 $17) 29... Nf6 30. Bxa6
$1 Qa3 $1 (30... Ra8 $2 31. Bc4) 31. Bd3 Qxa2 32. Qxa2 Bxa2 33. Bd4 Bd5 34. Kf2
(34. g4 $5) 34... Ra8 35. Rd2 Ra4 36. Be3 h5 $1 37. g3 Ra3 38. Ke2 $2 {The
decisive mistake. Now White is forced to further weaken his position (square
g4) by h3-h4.} (38. Bd4) 38... Bg2 $1 39. Bb1 Ra8 (39... Bxh3 $4 40. Rd8+) 40.
h4 $8 (40. Bf5 g6 41. Kf2 Be4 $1 $19) 40... Re8 41. Ra2 Be4 $19 42. Bxe4 Nxe4
43. Kf3 Nxg3 $1 44. Ra5 g6 45. Bd4 Nf5 46. Bf6 Kf8 47. Ra4 Rb8 48. Rc4 Rc8 49.
Rc1 c5 50. Ke4 Rc6 51. Be5 Nxh4 52. Rxc5 Rxc5 53. Bd6+ Kg7 54. Bxc5 f6 55. Bd4
Kf7 56. Ke3 Ke6 (56... Ke6 57. Ke4 Nf5 58. Bc5 Nd6+ 59. Kd4 Nb7 $1 {/\ Kf5-+})
0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.08.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3
d6 9. a3 {Caruana chose this line mainly because of the fact that Aronian
plays the Marshall.} Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Bxe6 ({In Wijk aan Zee, Dominguez
Perez played} 11. Bg5 {against Aronian, but after} c5 12. b4 Nc6 13. Nd5 Bxd5
14. exd5 Nd4 15. bxc5 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 dxc5 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Bd2 Bd6 19. a4 f5
$13 {Black got enough play in the game Dominguez Perez-Aronian, Wijk aan Zee
2014.}) 11... fxe6 12. b4 Nc6 13. Bd2 d5 (13... Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Ne2 c5
16. h3 Qd7 17. Qb1 e5 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. a4 Qc6 20. Ng3 c4 21. Nf5 Bc5 22. axb5
$142 (22. f4 $6 Nxe4 23. dxe4 Qxe4 24. Ng3 Qxc2 25. Ne4 d3+ 26. Kh1 Bd4 $15 {
Topalov-Kasimdzhanov, Thessaloniki 2013}) 22... axb5 $13) 14. Re1 Qd6 15. Na2
$146 {A very interesting novelty by Caruana. The N was a bit out of play on c3,
so he decides to put in on b3 after Nc1.} (15. h3 Nd7 16. Ne2 {was unclear in
the game Dominguez Perez-Karjakin, Beijiing 2013.}) 15... Nd7 ({After} 15... a5
{White gets a promising position after some forced moves:} 16. Nc3 $1 Rfb8 (
16... axb4 17. Nxb5 Qd7 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Nc3 dxe4 21. Nxe4 $14)
17. exd5 exd5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Bxe5 axb4 21. axb4 Ng4 22. Rb1 Nxe5
23. Rxe5 c6 24. Re1 $14) (15... Rad8 16. Qe2 dxe4 17. dxe4 {- 15...dxe4}) (
15... dxe4 16. dxe4 Nd4 (16... Rad8 17. Qe2 $14) 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Bc3 Qd6 19.
h3 Rf7 20. Qe2 $14) (15... d4 16. Qe2 Nh5 $5 {is a more active possibility} (
16... a5 17. bxa5 (17. Reb1 a4) 17... Nxa5 18. Reb1 Nc6 19. Nb4 Nd7 20. c3 Nxb4
21. axb4 $14) (16... Nd7 {- 15...Nd7}) 17. Reb1 Nf4 18. Qd1 Rf6 19. Nc1 Raf8
20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Nb3 Qd8 $1 $13 {followed by Qe8.}) 16. Qe2 d4 (16... Bf6 {
would be interesting, keeping the pressure in the centre. After a sample line}
17. h3 Rfb8 18. Rab1 a5 19. bxa5 Nxa5 20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxb8+ Nxb8 22. exd5 exd5
23. Nxe5 Nbc6 $11 {Black equalises.}) 17. Reb1 $1 {White prepares against ...
a5.} (17. Nc1 {allows} a5 $1) 17... Nb6 (17... a5 18. bxa5 Nxa5 19. Rxb5 Qxa3
20. Qd1 Nc6 21. Rbb1 Qc5 22. Nc1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 h6 24. Nb3 $14 {The queenside
is hopelessly weakened and White will play Ba5 and Nfd2-c4.}) (17... Rfb8 {
threatens to play a5, so White has to defend it with} 18. Qe1 $1 {/\ Nc1-b3})
18. Nc1 $1 Na4 19. Nb3 Rf7 20. Rc1 $1 {Having improved the N, White wants to
start some active operations. So he plays Rc1, because he wants to play Ng5;
but it doesn't work immediately, because of Bxg5 and Nc3.} Rd8 {Black is
operating against c3.} (20... Raf8 $5 21. c4 dxc3 22. Bxc3 Rxf3 $1 23. gxf3 Bg5
24. Rc2 Bf4 25. Bd2 Nd4 26. Nxd4 exd4 $44 {gives Black sufficient compensation.
}) 21. Ng5 Rf6 $6 (21... Bxg5 $1 {was better, because Rf6 allows Qh5! This
move gives up the B, because it seems less valuable than the N.} 22. Bxg5 Rdf8
23. Rf1 Nc3 {with reasonable counterchances.}) 22. Qh5 $1 h6 $6 {After this
move White's position is better, because the kingside Ps are weak.} (22... Rh6
$142 {was the best move in order to avoid weakening the kingside.}) 23. Nf3
Rdf8 24. Rf1 {White starts regrouping his pieces.} R8f7 25. Rae1 Bf8 $6 {
After this move, the Rs will be vulnerable, after h3 followed Nh2-g4.} (25...
Rf8 $142 $14) 26. h3 $1 (26. h4 {was also possible with the idea of Qg4, h5
and Nh4-g6.}) 26... g6 27. Qh4 Qe7 28. Qg3 Bg7 (28... Rxf3 29. gxf3 Qf6 30. Rc1
Kh7 31. c3 $16) 29. Na5 $1 {The most exact! There were other moves like Nh2 or
h4, but this immediately starts destroying Black's position.} Nxa5 (29... Rxf3
30. Nxc6 Qd6 31. gxf3 Qxc6 32. Rc1 $16) 30. Nxe5 $1 (30. bxa5 Rxf3 $1 31. gxf3
Kh7 32. Kh2 Rf6 33. Rg1 Qf7 {would lead to unnecessary complications.}) 30...
Nb7 31. Nxg6 $1 (31. Nxf7 $6 Qxf7 $13 {would be inaccurate.}) 31... Qd8 32. e5
Rf5 33. f4 $1 c5 34. Nh4 Rh5 35. Nf3 Kh7 $2 (35... Re7 {was better, but it is
also much better for White after} 36. bxc5 Nbxc5 37. Qg6 Qe8 38. Qxe8+ Rxe8 39.
Nxd4 $16) 36. Qg4 $1 $18 Rhf5 37. Nh4 Kh8 38. Nxf5 Rxf5 39. Qg6 Qe7 40. g4 Rf8
41. f5 Qe8 42. Qxe8 Rxe8 43. f6 Bf8 44. f7 Re7 45. Rf6 Nb6 46. Bxh6 Nd7 47.
Ref1 cxb4 48. axb4 Bxh6 49. Rxh6+ Kg7 50. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 {This is a less
popular system in comparison to 6...b5, but a very interesting one.} 7. c3 O-O
8. Nbd2 (8. Re1 {is the other possible move, Svidler also had a game with it
against Nakamura in the first round of the same tournament} Re8 {Black applies
the same plan.} 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 {and here Black decides to
occupy the centre with} b5 12. Bc2 {and} d5 $13 {Nakamura-Svidler, Baku 2014})
8... Re8 {This is a less committal move, Black wants to countinue manoeuvring.}
({The immediate} 8... b5 {is the most popular line} 9. Bc2 d5 {Black tries to
gain some space in the centre, White usually plays 10.Re1 or Qe2, after which
White wants to make use of Black's weakened P structure, while Black wants to
hold his strong P centre.}) 9. d4 {White immediately decides to push the
d-pawn.} (9. Re1 {would transpose to 8.Re1.}) 9... b5 (9... exd4 {was played
by Morozevich} 10. cxd4 Bf8 (10... b5 11. Bc2 {transposes to 9...b5}) 11. d5 b5
12. dxc6 bxa4 13. Qxa4 d5 $1 14. e5 Ng4 15. Qd4 Rb8 16. a3 Rb6 $132 {and Black
had no problem in the game Dominguez Perez-Morozevich , Thessaloniki 2013 CBM
155, but later White won.}) 10. Bc2 exd4 $146 {This is already a novelty.
Black wants to put pressure on White's centre.} (10... Bf8 {was played in the
previous games, but White managed to prove a nice superiority after} 11. h3
exd4 12. cxd4 h6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. b3 Nb4 15. Bb1 $14 {Akopian-Kharlov, Moscow
2005}) 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 (13. Nb3 {is the suggestion of the
computer, White wants to stabilise the position with a3, Re1 etc., but Black
is just in time with the counterplay after} Bf8 14. Re1 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 $132)
13... Bg6 14. Re1 ({If White plays} 14. a3 {to prevent ...Nb4, Black can play}
Qc8 $5 $11 {or Qd7 with the plan of Nxg4. If Black doesn't want to draw, he
can play 14...Nd7 or 14...h5} (14... Nd7 $13) (14... h5 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxg6
fxg6 17. dxe5 Nd5 $13)) 14... h5 $5 {Black immediately wants to attack the
weakened structure.} (14... Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 $132 {is the other typical
counterplay plan, which gives Black a nice position}) (14... Nd7 {is also
typical, followed by ...Bf6.}) 15. e5 $1 {White plays the most logical move,
he wants to create counterplay, otherwise he is worse.} (15. g5 Nh7 16. h4 d5
$1 $36) 15... Bxc2 16. Qxc2 Nb4 17. Qf5 $2 (17. Qb3 $1 {was the right move}
dxe5 18. dxe5 (18. g5 Nfd5 19. Nxe5 Bd6 $132) 18... Nfd5 19. e6 fxe6 20. a3 Nc6
21. gxh5 Na5 22. Qc2 Nf4 $132 {and Black has nice counterplay which is hard to
defend in a practical game, but this isn't losing.}) 17... dxe5 18. dxe5 g6 19.
Qb1 Bc5 $6 {This move immediately loses all of the advantage.} (19... Qd5 $3 {
was a very strong move, but impossible to find for a human} 20. exf6 Bc5 {
and Black wins in all of the lines:} 21. Ne4 (21. gxh5 Nd3 $19) 21... hxg4 22.
Nfg5 (22. hxg4 Nd3 23. Rd1 Qxe4 $19) 22... g3 $1 23. Be3 gxf2+ 24. Bxf2 Bxf2+
25. Kxf2 Nd3+ 26. Kg1 Nxe1 27. Qxe1 Rxe4 $1 28. Nxe4 Re8 29. Rd1 Rxe4 $1 $17) (
19... Nd3 $5 {was also good, and this can also be found by a human player:} 20.
Re3 (20. exf6 Nxe1 21. Nxe1 Bxf6 $17) 20... Nxf2 $1 21. Kxf2 hxg4 $40) 20. Ne4
$1 (20. exf6 Bxf2+ $19) 20... Nxe4 21. Qxe4 hxg4 (21... Qd3 {was also possible
immediately.}) 22. hxg4 Qd3 23. b3 $2 {This is mistake.} (23. Bg5 $1 {was a
very good move to prevent ...Rad8 and White isn't worse.}) 23... Qxe4 $6 {
Logical, but in case of accurate defence, Black won't have enough advantage to
win.} (23... Rad8 $1 {was very strong to maintain the tension and it prepares
a hidden threat:} 24. Bg5 Rd4 $1 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 $17 {and White has no good
defence against ...Qg3, ...Bxa1.}) 24. Rxe4 Nd3 25. Be3 f5 {This move gives
Black a pawn advantage, but White should have chances to hold.} (25... Rad8 $5
$15 {might be better, as Black keeps the tension and wants to take advanatage
of the weakened structure.}) 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Rh4 Nxe5 (27... Bxe3 28. fxe3
Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Rxe5 30. Kf2 $11 {and despite being a pawn down, White has a
draw because of his strong rooks. White will simply keep Black under pressure.}
) 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 29. Bxc5 (29. Rc1 $1 {was a very strong move, trying to get
the same structure as in the 27...Bxe3 line:} Bxe3 (29... Bd6 30. Kg2 $44 {
followed by Rc6 and Kf3}) 30. fxe3 c5 31. Kf2 $11 {and White has enough
counterplay.}) 29... Rxc5 30. Rd1 (30. Re1 $1 {was still a draw} Kf7 31. Rh6
$11 {and White has enough counterplay thanks to the strong rooks, he wants to
follow up with Ree6.}) 30... Kf7 31. Rh7+ {A very logical plan is to occupy
the 7th rank, but it was more important to keep the a6-pawn under pressure by
playing} (31. Rh6 $1 $11) 31... Kf6 32. Rdd7 Rg8+ 33. Kf1 Rc1+ 34. Ke2 Re8+ (
34... Ra1 {was also possible.}) 35. Kf3 (35. Kd2 $1 {was better:} Ra1 (35...
Rf1 36. Rh2 c5 (36... Ra1 37. Rh6+ $1) 37. Rd6+) 36. Rh6+ Kg5 37. Rxa6 Rf1 38.
Rxc7 Rxf2+ 39. Kc3 $11 {with an approximately equal position.}) 35... Rc3+ 36.
Kg2 c6 $6 (36... Rg8+ $1 37. Kf1 c6 {was better, as there is no f4.}) 37. Ra7
$2 {White misses the chance.} (37. f4 $1 {would have been an immediate draw}
Ke6 38. Rd2 Rg8+ 39. Kh2 Rg4 40. Rh6+ Ke7 41. Rh7+ $11) 37... Rg8+ 38. Kf1 Rc1+
39. Ke2 Rc2+ 40. Kf3 Rxa2 41. Rhc7 Rc2 42. Rxa6 Rc3+ 43. Ke2 Re8+ (43... Rxb3
44. Raxc6+ Kg5 $15 {was also possible, but Svidler decides to go for the
f2-pawn.}) 44. Kd2 Rf3 45. Raxc6+ Kg5 46. Rg7+ Kf4 47. Rh6 (47. Rc5 Rxf2+ $15)
47... Rxf2+ 48. Kc3 Rf3+ (48... Re4 $1 $17 {was a nice move, which immediately
gives Black a huge advantage.}) 49. Kb4 Ree3 (49... Re5 {was also good, as
Black will simply advance by playing ...Ke4 and ...f4.}) 50. Kxb5 Rxb3+ 51. Kc4
Rh3 52. Ra6 Rhc3+ (52... Ra3 {was better, preparing Kf3 after the rook goes
away.}) 53. Kd5 Rb5+ 54. Kd4 Rbb3 (54... Rc1 {was better to give check on d1.})
55. Rf7 $1 Rd3+ (55... Rf3 {was better according to the computer, as Black
will be able to overprotect the f5-pawn by leaving the f-file with the king.})
56. Kc4 Rbc3+ 57. Kb4 Rb3+ 58. Kc4 Rdc3+ 59. Kd4 Re3 60. Ra1 $1 Red3+ 61. Kc4
Ra3 62. Rh1 Rh3 63. Rd1 Rhe3 64. Rf1+ Rf3 65. Rd1 Ra4+ 66. Kb5 (66. Kd5 Ke3 $15
) 66... Re4 (66... Ra8 {was also possible.}) 67. Rf8 $2 (67. Kc5 {was more
resistant.}) 67... Kg3 68. Rd5 {After the last two inaccurate moves, White's
king can't get closer to the kingside.} Rb3+ 69. Kc5 f4 70. Rg5+ Kf2 71. Rgf5
f3 72. R5f7 Rg4 73. Rf6 Re3 74. R6f7 Kg2 75. Rf6 Rg3 76. Kd4 Re2 77. Kd3 Ra2
0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2850"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3
d6 9. a3 Rb8 $5 10. Be3 (10. h3 {was played in Leko's earlier game against
Tomashevsky} h6 11. Ba2 Re8 12. Nh2 Nd4 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. Nf3 Nxf3+
16. Qxf3 Bxa2 17. Rxa2 Qd7 18. Raa1 Qe6 19. Kh1 Rbc8 20. Bg3 Nd7 21. a4 c6 22.
Ne2 Ne5 23. Qf2 Bf8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra7 $16 {1-0 (67) Leko,P (2737)
-Tomashevsky,E (2709) Kiev UKR 2013. I annotated that game in my article about
the a3-line.}) 10... Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nd5 (12. b4 Nc6 13. Nd5 {is also
possible.}) 12... c4 (12... Nc6 13. b4 {would transpose to 12.b4.}) (12... Nxd5
13. Bxd5 {is slightly better for White.}) 13. Nxe7+ (13. b4 cxb3 14. cxb3 Nxd5
15. exd5 Nb7 16. b4 {is the suggestiom of the computer, but I can agree with
Leko, because Black might be dangerous after f5-f4.}) 13... Qxe7 14. Qd2 Nc6
15. h3 Be6 16. b4 Rfc8 17. c3 cxd3 18. Qxd3 Bxa2 19. Rxa2 d5 $11 {Black has
equalised.} 20. Nd2 Qe6 21. Raa1 Ne7 $1 {Preparing Rd8, Qc6 and Ng6.} (21...
Rd8 22. Bg5 {was a problem} dxe4 23. Qe2 Ne7 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Nxe4 $11) 22.
Bc5 Ng6 23. Rad1 Rd8 (23... Nf4 {is also good} 24. Qf3 Rd8 $15) 24. Qf3 h6 25.
Rfe1 Rd7 26. Qf5 Qc6 27. exd5 Rxd5 28. Nf3 $6 (28. Qf3 $1 Rbd8 29. Ne4 Rxd1 30.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 31. Rxd1 {is a chance for White to equalise.}) 28... Rbd8 29. Qc2 $6
{Overlooking the ...Ne4-move.} (29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Qc2 $15 {is very good for
Black, but not winning.}) 29... Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Ne4 $17 {Black is
practically winning.} 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Qb6 Qxb6 34. Bxb6 Nxc3 35. Nd2 Nf4 36.
h4 Kg6 37. f3 Kf5 38. Kf2 Nd3+ 39. Kf1 h5 40. Be3 Ke6 41. g3 Kd5 {A very nice
game for Carlsen, but White also had some chances to maintain equality.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 h6 (9... Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 {is an important
question in this line, because Black has had good results in it.}) 10. h3 {
The inclusion of h3 and h6 is favourable for White, because ...Bg4 is not an
option anymore.} Re8 (10... Be6 11. Nd5 Na5 12. Ba2 c6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxe6
fxe6 15. b4 Nb7 16. c4 $13 {1-0 (53) Bartel,M (2619)-Schachinger,M (2443)
Legnica 2013}) 11. Bd2 $146 (11. Nd5 Be6 12. Bd2 Bf8 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Nb4 Nxb4
15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. axb4 d5 17. Bc3 d4 18. Bd2 c5 19. bxc5 b4 20. Bc1 Bxc5 $11 {
1/2 (66) Bruzon Batista,L (2707)-Espinosa Veloz,E (2461) Havana CUB 2013})
11... Bf8 12. a4 (12. Nd5 {is also good.}) 12... Rb8 (12... b4 13. Nd5 Rb8 (
13... Na5 14. Ba2) 14. a5 {seems to be better for White.}) 13. axb5 axb5 {
White has opened the a-file, which is very important.} 14. Re1 Be6 15. Nd5 Nd7
(15... Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. c4 $14) 16. c3 Ne7 (16... Nc5 17. Bc2 $14 {
followed by d4.}) 17. Ne3 $1 {Keeping the pieces with some space advantage.}
Bxb3 18. Qxb3 Ng6 (18... d5 19. exd5 Nc5 20. Qc2 Nxd5 21. Ng4 $36) 19. g3 $1 (
19. Qc2 {to prepare for d4 is also good.}) 19... Nc5 $6 {Black forces White to
move his queen to c2, but this is a really useful move.} (19... c6 {seems to
be better:} 20. Qc2 Nf6 $11) 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. b4 $1 Ne6 22. d4 $1 (22. Ra7 $14)
22... exd4 23. cxd4 c5 24. d5 Nd4 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Nf5 Ne5 (26... Rbc8 27. Qb3
Rc4 28. Kg2 $14 {The d4 P is vulnerable.}) 27. Kg2 Rbc8 28. Qb3 d3 29. Ra2 $1 {
Preparing for f4.} Ra8 $6 (29... g6 $142 30. Nxh6+ Bxh6 31. Bxh6 f5 {and
suddenly Black gets counterplay.}) 30. Rea1 Rxa2 31. Rxa2 Qc8 {A very tricky
move, planning Qc4.} 32. Ne3 $1 {Avoiding Qc4.} g6 33. Bc3 h5 34. Bxe5 Rxe5 35.
Qxd3 Qe8 36. Re2 Bg7 (36... Rxe4 $2 37. Ng4 $1) 37. Nc2 f5 38. f3 fxe4 39. fxe4
$16 Re7 40. Nd4 Bxd4 41. Qxd4 Re5 42. Qd3 Kh7 43. Qc2 Qe7 44. h4 Kg7 45. Qd3
Kh7 46. Kh2 Kg7 47. Qd4 Kh7 48. Re3 g5 $6 {Why change the structure?} (48...
Qc7 {was better and it is not so easy to find a winning plan for White.}) 49.
hxg5 Qxg5 50. Rf3 Re7 51. Rf4 $16 Qg6 52. Rf6 Qg5 53. Qf2 Kg7 54. Rxd6 (54. Rf5
$142 $1 Qg4 55. e5 $1 {wins immediately} dxe5 56. d6 Rd7 57. Rxe5) 54... h4 55.
Kh3 (55. gxh4 $142 Qe5+ 56. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 57. Kxg3 Rxe4 58. h5 Rxb4 59. Kf3 $16)
55... hxg3 56. Qf5 Qxf5+ 57. exf5 Re4 58. Rg6+ $6 (58. Kxg3 Rxb4 59. Kf3 $14)
58... Kf7 59. Rxg3 Rxb4 (59... Kf6 $1 $11) 60. Rd3 Rc4 61. d6 Rc8 $2 (61... Ke8
$1 $11 62. Kg3 Kd7 63. f6 b4 64. f7 Rc8) 62. Kg4 Kf6 63. Kf4 b4 64. Ke4 $18 Rb8
65. Kd5 $2 (65. Rb3 $18) 65... b3 66. d7 b2 67. Rb3 Rxb3 68. d8=Q+ Kxf5 69.
Qd7+ Kg5 70. Qe7+ Kg4 71. Qe4+ Kg3 72. Qg6+ Kh4 $2 (72... Kf4 $11) 73. Qb1 Kg5
74. Kc4 Rb8 75. Qg1+ Kf5 76. Qc5+ Kg4 77. Qd4+ Kf3 78. Qf6+ Ke4 79. Qe6+ Kf3
80. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Endspiel-CD} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 d6 7.
d4 b5 8. Bc2 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 10. Nf5 O-O 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Nd2 Bf8 13. O-O-O h6
14. Be3 Ne7 15. Ng3 Qc8 16. f4 Ng6 17. h4 Ng4 18. h5 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Ne7 20. Qd3
Rd8 21. e5 g6 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Qe2 Qe6 24. Nge4 Bg7 25. g4 Rf8 26. Rhf1 Rad8
27. exd6 cxd6 28. Rde1 b4 29. Bb3 Bd5 30. c4 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Kh8 32. c5 Qc8 33.
Kb1 dxc5 34. Ng5 Nc6 35. Nf7+ Kh7 36. f5 gxf5 37. Nxd8 Qxd8 38. gxf5 Qf6 39.
Rf2 Nd4 40. Qe7 Nxb3 41. Qxf6 Bxf6 42. axb3 Bh4 43. Ref1 Bxf2 44. Rxf2 {
T-T Motive: je 1 Freibauer bei aktivem sK. Warum nicht sT hinter den
h-Freibauern mit 48...Th8? Dafür Brückenbau! Finale: K+T vs K+g-Bauer} h5 45.
Kc2 Kg7 46. Kd3 h4 47. Kc4 Kf6 48. Kxc5 Kg5 $1 (48... Rh8 $5 49. Kd4 $2 (49.
Kxb4 $1 h3 50. Rh2 Kxf5 51. Ka5 Rh6 (51... Kg4 52. b4 Rb8 53. Kxa6 Rxb4 54. Ka5
Rb3 55. Ka4 Rb8 56. b4 Kg3 57. Rh1 h2 58. b5 Kg2 59. Rxh2+ Kxh2 60. Kb4 Kg3 61.
Kc5 Kf4 62. b6 Ke5 63. Kc6 $10) 52. b4 Kg4 53. b5 axb5 54. Kxb5 Kg3 55. Rh1 Kg2
56. Ra1 h2 57. b4 h1=Q 58. Rxh1 Rxh1 59. Kc6 Rc1+ 60. Kd6 Rb1 61. Kc5 Kf3 62.
b5 Ke4 63. b6 Ke5 64. Kc6 $10) 49... h3 50. Rh2 Kxf5 51. Ke3 Kg4 52. Kf2 Kf4
$19) 49. Rg2+ Kf4 50. Rg6 Rxf5+ 51. Kxb4 a5+ 52. Ka4 h3 53. Rh6 Kg3 54. Rg6+ (
54. b4 axb4 55. Kxb4 Rf4+ 56. Kc5 Rh4 57. Rd6 h2 58. Rd1 h1=Q 59. Rxh1 Rxh1 60.
b4 Rc1+ 61. Kd6 Rb1 62. Kc5 Kf4 63. b5 Ke5 64. Kc6 Ke6 65. b6 Ke7 66. Kc7 Rc1+
67. Kb8 Kd7 68. b7 Kc6 69. Ka8 Ra1+ 70. Kb8 Kb6 71. Kc8 Rc1+ 72. Kb8 Rh1 73.
Ka8 Ra1+ 74. Kb8 Ra7 $19) 54... Kh4 55. Rh6+ Kg3 56. Rg6+ Kh4 57. Rg1 h2 58.
Rc1 Kg3 59. b4 axb4 60. Kxb4 Kg2 61. b3 Rf1 62. Rc2+ Rf2 63. Rc1 Rf1 64. Rc2+
Kg3 65. Rxh2 Kxh2 66. Kc5 Rc1+ $1 (66... Rb1 $2 {Endspiel-CD} 67. b4 Kg3 68. b5
Kf4 69. b6 Ke5 (69... Rc1+ 70. Kd5 $10) 70. Kc6 Ke6 71. b7 $10) (66... Kg3 $1
$19 {Endspiel-CD} 67. b4 Kf4 68. b5 Ke5 $8 69. b6 Rc1+ $8 70. Kb5 Kd6) 67. Kd5
Rb1 68. Kc4 Kg3 69. b4 Kf4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 Rb8 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nbd2 d6 10. c3 b4 11. a5 bxc3 12. bxc3 Be6 13. Bc2 d5 14. Ba4 dxe4 15.
dxe4 Nxa5 16. Nxe5 c5 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Nec4 Rfd8 19. Bc2 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Ra8 21.
g3 Qc6 22. Ra5 Nd7 23. Bf4 Bf6 24. Ra3 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 Ne5 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Rfa1
Qe6 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. f4 Bc7 30. Bb3 Rd6 31. f5 Kf7 32. Bxe6+ Kf6 33. Bd5 Ra7
34. Kg2 Ke5 35. Rf1 Rb6 36. g4 Kf6 37. h4 Rb2+ 38. Rf2 Rxf2+ 39. Kxf2 {[#]
Weiß gewinnt aufgrund des weit vorgerückten f-Bauern, der Aktiviwerung seines
Königs sowie des guten Zusammenspiels von Turm und Läufer. Schwarze
Bauernschwächen. Taktik.} a5 40. g5+ Ke5 41. Ke3 a4 42. Kd3 Bd6 43. Kc4 Ra5 44.
Bc6 Be7 45. Bxa4 Bd8 46. Ra1 Bc7 (46... Kxe4 47. f6 $1 gxf6 48. gxf6 $18 {
[%cal Rf6f7]}) 47. Ra2 Bd8 48. Kb3 Kxe4 49. Rd2 $1 (49. f6 gxf6 50. gxf6 Ke5 (
50... Ra6 51. f7 Rf6 52. Re2+ Kf3 53. Re8 $18) 51. f7 Be7 {und die schwarzen
Verteidiger stehen besser}) 49... Bc7 50. f6 gxf6 51. gxf6 Ra6 52. f7 Rf6 53.
Rd7 Bg3 54. Bc6+ Kf5 55. Bd5 Bf4 (55... Bxh4 56. Rd6 $1 $18) 56. Kc4 Bh6 57.
Rd8 Kg4 58. Rh8 Kxh4 59. Rxh7 Kg5 60. Rh8 Bg7 61. Rg8 Kh6 62. Kxc5 {Der
c-Bauer gewinnt.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Nd7 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8.
Nc4 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 c5 11. h3 Nf8 12. Bd2 Ng6 13. a3 b5 14. Na5 f6 15.
Be3 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Ng5 Qe7 18. Nb7 Rf8 19. Ne4 c4 20. Ng3 Bc8 21. Na5
cxd3 22. Qxd3 Qf7 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Nc6 Bh4 25. a4 Be6 26. axb5 Bc4 27. Qc3 Bd5
28. Ng3 axb5 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Nxe5 Nxe5 31. Qxe5 Re8 32. Qd4 Bxg3 33. fxg3 Qf5
34. g4 Qe4 35. Qxe4 Bxe4 36. Bf4 Bc6 37. Rxe8+ Bxe8 38. Bxc7 {[#] Beispiel für
die immense Remisbreite bei ungleichfarbigen Läufers trotz zweier weißer
Mehrbauern, die aufgrund der ungünstigen weißen Bauernstruktur gehemmt oder
blockiert werden.} Bg6 39. c3 Be4 40. Kf2 Kf7 41. g3 Ke6 42. Ke3 Bg2 43. h4 Bh3
44. Kf4 Bf1 45. Ke3 Kd5 46. h5 Bc4 47. Bb6 Bb3 48. Bd4 g6 49. Kf4 {In der
Folge operiert der schwarze Läufer auf der Diagonalen b1-h7 mit indirekter
Deckung des Bh7. Der schwarze König macht längs der Diagonalen a2-g8 alle
Bewegungen des weißen Königs mit.} Bc2 50. Kg5 Ke6 51. Kh6 Kf7 52. Be3 Kg8 53.
Bd2 Kf7 54. b3 Bxb3 55. Kxh7 Bc2 56. Kh6 (56. Kh6 Kg8 {und Schwarz schaut
ebenso genüsslich der Entstehung eines Tripelbauern nach hxg6 zu wie der
Installierung eines wertlosen Freibauern nach Kg5 und h6.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 $5 {This move takes an
immediate step off the Ruy Lopez main road. The conventional wisdom is that
the knight should go to d2, and then after 0-0, Re1 and Nd2-f1, it is within
reach of the kingside meadows. If such a move was played by a beginner in the
90s, a stronger opponent would probably have pointed out that it is a mistake 
(although it clearly is not). Still, Spassky used to play this way and in the
last decade, Dominguez Perez has kept it among his big guns.} Bc5 {Black faces
an important choice already here. Should b5 be played or not? Should the
bishop go to c5 or not? 5.Nc3 is obviously not a slower move than the usual 5.
0-0, so Black doesn't have time for extravagant alternatives. When you start
playing chess you clearly prefer c5 to e7, if you are to plonk down the bishop
somewhere, but then later you become aware that the bishop could be vulnerable
to c3/d4 and Nxe5/d4-tricks, so you turn a bit more philosophical about which
"the right square" is for the bishop, and might even swing over to the e7-side.
I sometimes get the feeling that really strong GMs have had the pendulum swing
back to where c5 is the "right square".} ({The other main line goes} 5... b5 6.
Bb3 Be7 (6... Bc5 {Ah, anyway! Clearly the better move order if you prefer to
avoid the exchange on c6.} 7. d3 h6 8. Nd5 Rb8 (8... O-O) 9. c3 d6 10. O-O O-O
{and we come to a position where White has a wide choice. When Carlsen and
Anand played each other in Sinquefield Cup 2017, with opposite colours, their
game reached this position and continued:} 11. Re1 Ba7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3
Re8 14. a4 b4 15. a5 bxc3 16. bxc3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Nd5 Ne7 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6
20. d4 Ng6 21. g3 Qc8 22. Re3 Rb5 23. Nd2 h5 $1 24. h4 Qh3 25. Qf1 Qg4 26. Qe2
Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Re6 {with a balanced game.}) 7. d3 d6 {Black is threatening to
pick up the bishop pair with Na5 next, so White must do something about it.
The usual way is...} 8. a3 O-O (8... Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. b4 Nc6 11. Nd5 O-O 12.
Be3 cxb4 13. axb4 Bb7 14. O-O Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qd7 16. Qb1 {and although White is
not significantly better, this seems like the kind of position White is
striving for, Rapport,R (2715)-Kollars,D (2530) GRENKE Chess Open 2018.}) 9.
Nd5 Na5 10. Ba2 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 c6 12. Ba2 {This position is hard to avoid for
White in the 5.Nc3-line, so if you intend to play it you should have a look at
it. I'm not entirely clear about what went on in the following game:} Bf6 13.
O-O Re8 14. b4 Nb7 15. c4 Be6 16. Bb2 c5 17. Bc3 Qd7 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Bxe6
Qxe6 20. a4 Qd7 21. axb5 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Qxb5 23. Qb1 Rb8 {1/2-1/2 (23) Rapport,
R (2690)-Aronian,L (2785) Sharjah Grand Prix 2017}) ({A third option is to play
} 5... Bb4 {, in analogy to the four knights opening.} 6. O-O (6. Nd5 $5) 6...
O-O 7. d3 {...a6 is not, generally speaking, a move that Black would play in
the four knights, since White would take on c6, but it is not clear to me that
Black has anything to be unhappy about here.} Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 (9. Bg5 {
is standard in this position, but then it is usual for Black to play Bd7 in
order to prepare for a6, so one might argue that a6 actually is a slight gain
for Black here.} Qe7 10. Re1 (10. Nd2 $5) 10... Nd8 {and suddenly we are in
two-knights-land, by a long detour:} 11. Bb3 Ne6 12. Bh4 Nf4 13. Nd2 b5 14. Nf1
Ng6 15. Bg3 c5 16. Ne3 Qc7 17. h4 Be6 18. h5 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
Bxd5 Rae8 22. h6 Re5 $5 23. hxg7 Kxg7 24. Qd2 Rfe8 {and Black eventually won
this rather unclear position, in Artemiev,V (2705)-Andreikin,D (2715) World
Rapid 2018.}) 9... Re8 10. c4 Bd7 11. f4 Nd4 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. c3 Ne6 14. f5
Nc5 15. Nb3 b5 {and Black had managed to land himself in a situation where a6
actually makes sense, in Adhiban,B (2680) -Stevic,H (2585) Tournament of Peace
2018.}) 6. Bxc6 {How very Magnus.} ({After} 6. O-O b5 (6... O-O 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8.
d4 Bd6 9. f4 Neg4 10. h3 Bb4 11. e5 d6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Qf3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 b5
15. Bb3 Bb7 16. f5 Re8 17. Bg5 Re2 18. d5 {and instead of taking the pawn, as
in Vishnu,P (2535)-Grandelius,N (2640) CellaVision Cup 2017, Black could have
played} c5 $1 19. Qd3 Qe7 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rae1 Re5 {with a balanced game.
I'm prone to put some thought into this move order as (my compatriot) Nils
usually knows what he is doing.}) 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nd5 $5 {is a spectacular way
to try to make more sense of the 0-0 move order...} ({After} 8. d3 {we soon
end up in a position that we looked at after 5...b5 6.Bb3 Bc5.}) 8... Nxe4 (
8... h6 9. c3 $1 {and White's d-pawn doesn't have to 'refuel' on d3.}) 9. d3
Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Re1 $44 {Anand,V (2785)-Kramnik,V (2805)
Norway 2017}) 6... dxc6 7. d3 {This position is very similar to one of the
main lines of the Berlin Defence (of the Ruy Lopez); the only difference is
that the pawn is on a6. Usually strong GMs have prefered to play h3, Qe2, or
Nbd2, rather than Nc3, in this position, but Magnus has played a blitz game
earlier where he had exactly the same position (minus a6):} Qd6 {I presume
Vishy was aiming to apply a similar set-up to the one Jakovenko used to win
against Motylev (see comment after 9.0-0).} (7... O-O 8. Be3 (8. Qe2 Re8 9. h3
Nd7 10. Nd1 {can hardly be the hidden meaning behind Nc3...} Nf8 11. Ne3 {
Rapport,R (2675)-Ding Liren (2770) FIDE World Cup 2017}) 8... Bd6 9. Bg5 Re8 (
9... h6 10. Bd2) 10. h3 c5 11. Nd5 Be7 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. O-O h6 14. Be3 Nd7
15. Nd2 Nb8 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 Nc6 18. Qh5 b6 19. Raf1 Rf8 20. Nf3 Be6 21.
Rh4 f6 22. Qg6 Qf7 23. Qg3 Nb4 24. Bxh6 Nxc2 25. Ne5 fxe5 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Qg6
Bxa2 28. Bg5 Rff8 29. Rh7 Rf7 30. Bf6 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2835)-Karjakin,S (2760)
World Blitz 2017 (with pawn on a7 instead of a6).}) 8. h3 Be6 9. Be3 $1 {
Like I mentioned before; Black's bishop is on the "best square" and White's
bishop has nowhere to go. It's simple maths that White wants them exchanged. 
(Magnus thought about the move for more than 10 minutes, so I guess my logic
is somewhat over simplified...)} (9. O-O O-O-O 10. Ng5 Nd7 11. Kh1 f6 12. Nxe6
Qxe6 13. Ne2 Rhf8 (13... g6 $5) 14. Qe1 g6 15. b4 Bd6 16. Be3 f5 17. f3 f4 18.
Bg1 g5 19. Qf2 b6 20. Rfb1 h5 21. a4 g4 {and Black went on to win, in Motylev,
A (2686)-Jakovenko,D (2747) Yaroslavl 2014 (again with a pawn on a7, rather
than on a6).}) 9... Nd7 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qd2 {This position seems like
nothing special for White and if Black gets to play Nd7 and c5, then White has
nothing. So the next two moves seem like the only ambitious alternative.} ({
After} 11. O-O O-O-O {White regrets having played h3 when Black launches the
g-pawn.}) 11... Nd7 12. d4 $5 ({I don't see a good way for White to change the
pawn structure after} 12. O-O-O c5 {One can try a plan with Nf3-somewhere,
followed by f4, but it will only give Black a good square for the knight on e5.
}) 12... exd4 13. Nxd4 c5 {Slightly surprising and the kind of move one
regrets after losing. It could be taken as a statement, that: "I will take the
d5-square from your knight and then you have nothing." (Although Anand most
certainly would not put it like that.)} 14. Nxe6 fxe6 {Ergo, no d5-square for
White's knight.} 15. O-O-O Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 $1 {The king belongs on e3 where it
is centrally placed and can support White's extra kingside pawn.} (16. Rxd2 {
is not completely bonkers either, since} Ke7 (16... O-O-O $1 {looks sensible,
intending} 17. Rhd1 g5 18. b3 Rhg8 19. Ne2 Rg7 {, followed by Rd8-f8. With
both pairs of rooks still on the board, White's extra kingside pawn doesn't
mean as much.}) 17. Rhd1 Rhd8 18. f4 {, forces Black to play a less than
comfortable endgame.}) 16... Ne5 17. f4 $1 {Only by unsettling this knight,
before it becomes a permanent feature on e5, can Black be challenged.} (17. b3
g5 $1 18. f3 Ke7 19. h4 h6 {is comfortable for Black. White cannot get a
passed pawn without giving Black a ton of activity.}) 17... Nc4+ 18. Kc1 {
King is back where it came from, but the knight is floating without a strong
point.} Ke7 19. b3 Nd6 $1 20. e5 Nf5 21. Ne4 ({There is something to be said
for} 21. g4 $1 {, since it forces Black's hand:} Nd4 (21... Nh4 $2 {fails to
tactics:} 22. f5 $1 exf5 23. Nd5+ Kf7 24. e6+ $1 $18 Kg6 25. Nxc7) 22. Rhf1 (
22. Ne4 Ne2+ 23. Kb2 Nxf4 24. Nxc5 b6 25. Rd7+ Ke8 26. Rd4 Rf8 27. Nd7 Rf7 28.
Nf6+ gxf6 29. Rxf4 Ke7 {is a position that Black can hold, if I haven't missed
something.}) 22... Rhf8 23. Rf2 b6 24. Rdf1 $36 {This looks promising for
White, but I feel that it could be one of those positions that habitual
Berlin-defenders could have all figured out (no, no, that's the position when
the knight is on h4!). Still, Anand avoided something very similar on the
second next move...}) 21... b6 22. g4 Nh4 $1 {The advantage of hanging out on
h4, is that there are no pieces that can push it away. The downside is, you
know, knight on the rim...} (22... Nd4 23. Rhf1 {is similar to the line above,
which means that 21.g4 probably was stronger than 21.Ne4, at least from
Anand's point of view. Perhaps Magnus didn't bother to stop the knight from
going to h4.}) 23. Rhf1 {From now on, life will be hard for Black.} Rad8 $6 ({
Instead,} 23... Rhf8 {holds the balance without too much difficulty:} 24. Rf2 (
24. Rd2 h6 25. Kd1 Rad8) 24... h6 {and I wonder how White will continue?} 25.
Rfd2 (25. Ng3 Rad8 26. Nh5 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 g5) 25... Rad8 $1 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
Rxd8 Kxd8 28. Kd2 Ng2 29. f5 exf5 30. gxf5 Nh4 31. Ng3 Nf3+ 32. Ke3 Nxe5 33.
Kf4 Nc6 34. Nh5 Ke7 35. Nxg7 Nb4 {and White should force a draw before things
get out of hand.}) 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. f5 $1 {It seems that White got to play e5,
f4, g4 and f5 a bit too easily. Considering what happens later, I wonder if
Black felt the same thing here?} exf5 26. gxf5 Rf8 (26... Rd5 $5 27. Rf4 Ng2
28. f6+ gxf6 29. exf6+ Kf8 $1 (29... Kf7 30. Rg4 Re5 31. Rg7+ Ke8 32. Ng5 $18)
30. Rg4 Rd4 31. Rxg2 Rxe4 32. Rg7 c4 33. Rxc7 cxb3 34. axb3 Rh4 35. Rc6 b5 36.
Rxa6 Rxh3 {and although Black is struggling, it seems that he has good chances
to hold.}) 27. f6+ gxf6 28. exf6+ Kf7 $6 {This looks natural and Ng5+ can be
met with Kg6. There is only one (well, actually two) problem(s) .} (28... Kd7
29. Rg1 h6 30. Rg7+ Kc6 31. Rh7 Kd5 32. Nc3+ Kd4 33. Na4 Rxf6 34. Rxc7) 29. Rf4
$5 {Forcing Black to block the king's road to the kingside.} (29. Rg1 $5 {
looks even better. The point is that} Rg8 (29... Nf5 30. Ng5+ Ke8 31. Re1+ Kd7
32. Nxh7 Rf7 33. Rf1 Ng3 34. Rf2 Ne4 35. Rf4 Ng3 36. Kd1 Nh5 37. Rf5 Ng3 38.
Rg5 $18) (29... Ng6 30. Ng5+ Ke8 31. Nxh7 Rf7 32. Rxg6 Rxh7 33. Rg8+ Kf7 34.
Rg7+ Rxg7 35. fxg7 Kxg7 36. Kd2 $18) 30. Ng5+ Kxf6 31. Nxh7+ Kf7 32. Rxg8 Kxg8
33. Nf6+ Kf7 34. Nd5 {should win for White.}) 29... Ng6 30. Ng5+ Ke8 31. Rf1 h6
32. Ne6 Rf7 33. Rd1 $1 Rxf6 34. Nxc7+ Kf8 35. Nxa6 Nf4 36. h4 Ng6 37. Rh1 Rf7
38. h5 $2 {I cannot see how this helps White. The knight becomes more active
on f4, so why force it to go there?} (38. a4 $1 {One way to make sense of h5
is that Magnus was worried about} Ra7 (38... h5 39. Kb2 Kg7 40. Rd1 Nxh4 41.
Rh1 Nf5 42. Rxh5 {and White has a hard defence ahead.}) 39. Nb8 Rb7 40. Nc6 Rc7
{, but after} 41. Rf1+ Rf7 42. Re1 Nxh4 43. Rh1 {there is no good way to hold
on to the pawn:} Nf5 (43... Rf4 44. Ne5 Kg7 45. Nc4 $18) 44. Ne5 Rg7 45. Nc4 $1
Rg6 $2 46. Rf1 $18) 38... Nf4 39. a4 Ke7 40. Nc7 Kf6 41. Nb5 Kg5 {Black has
almost managed to equalize, or, wait, is it only a mirage? Has the king been
deviously lured away from the queenside, so that White can continue with his
insidious ways? No, not really, but it is still more difficult to play Black.
White's knight is a bit more jumpy for the time being.} 42. Nd6 Re7 43. Kb2 Re6
(43... Nxh5 $1 44. Rg1+ Kf6 45. Rh1 Kg6 46. Rg1+ Kf6 {is very equal indeed.})
44. Nf7+ Kf5 45. Rd1 $1 {To help the knights return to the queenside.} Kg4 46.
Kc3 Kxh5 47. Rh1+ Kg6 48. Nxh6 {So, White is a pawn up again, but the knight
is misplaced. Black needs to find a way to make a net that will keep it from
getting out.} Re4 $1 {This stops the king from advancing further and keeps an
eye on g4, from where Nh6 will try to stage its reentry into the game.} 49. Kb2
(49. Rh2 Nd5+ 50. Kb2 c4 $11) 49... Re2 $1 50. Ng4 Nd3+ $6 {Another slight
mistake puts Black under pressure again.} (50... Kf5 $1 {was the way to keep
the knight in the cage:} 51. Nh6+ Kg6 52. Kb1 Nd5 53. Ng4 Kg5 54. Rg1 Kf4 {
and there is not way for White to gain coordination.}) 51. Kc3 Nb4 $6 {And
with this the pressure becomes quite hard to bear, again.} (51... Ne1 $1 52.
Rh2 Re4 53. Nf2 Re2 54. Kc4 Rxc2+ 55. Kb5 c4 56. bxc4 Rb2+ 57. Kc6 Nf3 58. Rg2+
Kf7 59. Kb7 Ne5 $11) 52. Rh2 $1 Rxh2 53. Nxh2 Kf5 54. Nf3 Ke4 55. Ne1 Kd5 56.
Nd3 Nc6 (56... Na2+ 57. Kb2 Nb4 58. c4+ $1 (58. Nxb4+ $2 cxb4 59. c3 bxc3+ 60.
Kxc3 Kc5 $11) 58... Ke4 59. Nxb4 cxb4 60. Kc2 Kd4 61. Kd2 Ke4 62. Ke2 Kd4 63.
Kf3 Kc3 64. a5 $1 bxa5 65. c5 Kxb3 66. c6 {and White wins.}) 57. Nf4+ $1 Kd6 (
57... Ke5 $2 {loses to} 58. Kc4 $1 Kxf4 (58... Na7 59. Nd5) 59. Kb5 Nb4 60.
Kxb6 Nxc2 61. a5 Nb4 62. Kxc5 {and the knight is unable to stop both pawns.})
58. Kc4 Na7 59. Nd5 Kc6 60. Ne7+ Kd6 61. Nf5+ Kc6 62. Kd3 Kc7 (62... b5 $1 {
is a good start, exchanging one of the pawns.}) 63. Ke4 Nc6 64. Ne3 Kd6 65.
Nc4+ Kc7 66. c3 Ne7 67. Ke5 Ng6+ 68. Kf5 Ne7+ 69. Ke6 Ng6 {On one hand,
Black's position is awful, but on the other; there is no way for White to go
forward.} 70. a5 b5 $4 {A terrible blunder in a drawn position.} (70... bxa5 $1
71. Kd5 (71. Nxa5 Nf4+ 72. Ke5 Ne2 73. c4 Kb6 $11 74. b4) 71... Nf4+ 72. Kxc5
Ne2 73. Na3 Nc1 74. Kc4 Kb6 75. Nc2 Ne2 76. Nd4 (76. Ne3 Nc1) 76... Nf4 77. Nf5
Ne6 {and there is no way for White to make progress.}) 71. Ne3 Nf4+ 72. Ke5 Ne2
73. Nd5+ Kc6 74. b4 Nxc3 75. Nxc3 cxb4 76. Ne2 {a rather tragic end to an
exciting game.} 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {As far as I can see, this is the first time
Kramnik has entered the Ruy Lopez from the white side in a very long time.} (3.
Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c5
{Why give this line? Explanation follows after 8.c3 in the game.}) 3... a6 $1 {
Harikrishna also has the Berlin Defence in his repertoire, but to play it
against Kramnik? I don't think so.} 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 (6. Re1 {
is still the main move, but after} b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 (8. a4 {is the most
challenging move for those who prefer to avoid the gambit.}) 8... d5 {no-one
above 2600 has lost with the black pieces in the last half year.}) 6... b5 7.
Bb3 d6 (7... O-O {is played far less. Perhaps since} 8. a4 {is an option again.
} (8. Nc3 d6 9. a3)) 8. a3 {White must save the light-squared bishop. And
since the other options have been found to set Black few(er) problems, this
seemingly meek move has become the latest fashion.} (8. Nc3 $6 Na5 $1) (8. a4
Bd7 $1 {is a neat point behind 7...d6. After} 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qb8
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. axb5 axb5 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Qd5 Qc8 17. b4 Be6 18.
Qxc5 Qxc5 19. bxc5 Kd7 $1 {Morozevich,A (2680)-Vitiugov,N (2715) 32nd ECC Open
2016, Black was doing very well and went on to win.}) (8. c3 O-O 9. Re1 Na5 10.
Bc2 c5 {is a position that can also arise in the Prussian Defence (3.Bc4 Nf6).}
) 8... O-O (8... Be6 {is an idea that is usually better when White has already
played h3. Then after} 9. Bxe6 fxe6 {Black can aim for Nf6-h5-f4 later on.
When White's pawn is still on h2, White can just stop this with g2-g3; not
worrying about any weaknesses around the king.} {I assume White ought to be a
bit better here, although it is far from clear (to me) how.} 10. c3 O-O 11.
Nbd2 Qd7 12. Re1 Rae8 (12... Nd8 $5) (12... Nh5) 13. a4 $14 {Pavlidis,A (2530)
-Schwarz,D (2290) European Rapid 2016}) 9. Nc3 {There are few positions in
chess where there are more than 4-5 decent moves, but in this position there
are no less than 7 perfectly reasonable moves for Black! It is also notable
that this position was reached 4 times in the last WCh match between Karjakin
and Carlsen, with Magnus, as Black, scoring three draws and one win.} Nb8 $5 {
The start of the Breyer-plan. Black is aiming for a harmonious setup with Nbd7
and Bb7, before continuing - usually - with Re8, Bf8, g6 and Bg7. For someone
who has played the Pirc/Modern for many years, it gives rise to a kind of
déjà vu; haven't I seen something similar somewhere?} (9... Be6 10. Be3 d5
11. Bg5 $1 {has scored well for White.}) (9... Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 {was played by
Carlsen in two of the WCh games.} ({Playing Chigorin-style with} 10... c5 {
, makes more sense when White has spent time on moves like c3 and h3. Here
White is ready to fight for the d5-square immediately:} 11. b4 Nc6 12. Nd5 $36
{This is possibly the reason why Carlsen played Nb8, c5, Nc6 in an earlier
game. Here it actually helps White to have the bishop kicked back to a2.}) 11.
b4 (11. d4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Re8 13. Ra1 Nc4 14. Re1 Rc8 15. h3 h6 16. b3 Nb6 17.
Bb2 Bf8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. a4 c6 20. Qxd8 Rcxd8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ne2 Bb4 23.
Bc3 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Nbd7 25. Ra6 Rc8 26. b4 Re6 27. Rb1 c5 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Nxb5
cxb4 30. Rxb4 Rxc2 31. Nd6 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc2 33. Kg1 {1/2-1/2 (33) Karjakin,S 
(2770)-Carlsen,M (2850) WCh 2016}) 11... Nc6 12. Nd5 Nd4 13. Ng5 Bxd5 14. exd5
Nd7 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nd2 f4 17. c3 Nf5 18. Ne4 Qe8 19. Bb3 Qg6 20. f3 Bh4 21. a4
Nf6 22. Qe2 a5 23. axb5 axb4 24. Bd2 bxc3 25. Bxc3 Ne3 26. Rfc1 Rxa1 27. Rxa1
Qe8 28. Bc4 Kh8 29. Nxf6 Bxf6 30. Ra3 e4 31. dxe4 Bxc3 32. Rxc3 Qe5 33. Rc1 Ra8
34. h3 h6 35. Kh2 Qd4 36. Qe1 Qb2 37. Bf1 Ra2 38. Rxc7 Ra1 {0-1 (38) Karjakin,
S (2770)-Carlsen,M (2850) WCh Rapid TB 2016}) 10. Ne2 {The start of the most
famous manoeuvre known to chess. The terminus is g3, where the knight is
bolstering e4, stopping ...Nh5, and making sure that a future ...Bg4 will be
truly kicked away with h3; all this while not being in the way of any other
pieces.} Nbd7 {Harikrishna is going for a more traditional interpretation of
the Breyer setup.} ({Carlsen preferred} 10... c5 11. Ng3 Nc6 12. c3 Rb8 13. h3
a5 14. a4 b4 15. Re1 Be6 16. Bc4 h6 17. Be3 Qc8 18. Qe2 Rd8 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20.
d4 bxc3 21. bxc3 cxd4 22. cxd4 exd4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Rb4 25. Rec1 Qd7 26.
Bc3 Rxa4 27. Bxa5 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Ra8 29. Bc3 Rxa1+ 30. Bxa1 Qc6 31. Kh2 Kf7 32.
Bb2 Qc5 33. f4 Bd8 34. e5 dxe5 35. Bxe5 Bb6 36. Qd1 Qd5 37. Qxd5 Nxd5 {1/2-1/2
(37) Karjakin,S (2770)-Carlsen,M (2850) WCh Rapid TB 2016}) 11. c3 ({If Black
is worried about the Nb6/c5-plan that Kovalev used against Kobalia (see next
comment), it makes sense to play} 11. Ng3 {first.} Nb6 (11... Nc5 12. Ba2 Be6 {
is probably the reason why Kramnik choose the move order with c3 first.}) 12.
Bd2 c5 13. Ba5 $5) 11... Bb7 {This quite logical move seems new. If we compare
the position with the classical Breyer System, then White has played d3
instead of d4, has added a3, avoided h3 and can play the knight to g3 without
going Re1 first. Black should be ahead on tempi, but not having played d4 is
something of an advantage for White, who is more flexible and doesn't have to
worry about tactical operations revolving around a weak e4-pawn.} (11... Nb6
12. Ng3 c5 13. d4 Qc7 14. Re1 a5 15. h3 Bd7 16. Bd2 a4 17. Bc2 Nc4 18. Bc1 Rfc8
{Kobalia,M (2646)-Kovalev,V (2562) Gjakova 2016, led to a very complex fight.})
12. Ng3 c5 13. Re1 Rc8 {Black would love to get a chance to force the exchange
of the c-pawn for White's d-pawn.} 14. Nf5 $5 {This move changes the flow of
the game and takes it into unclear waters.} ({I would only consider} 14. Ba2 {
or}) (14. Bc2 {Both look quite reasonable.}) 14... c4 $1 15. dxc4 ({If} 15. Bc2
cxd3 16. Bxd3 Re8 17. Bc2 {, then} Nc5 18. Bg5 Bf8 {and Black's pieces are too
harmonious for White even dream of an advantage.} 19. Nd2 g6 20. Ne3 Be7 21.
Bxf6 Bxf6 22. a4 Bg5 $11) 15... Bxe4 ({Black can also consider} 15... bxc4 16.
Bc2 Nc5 {, but after} 17. Bg5 Rc7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxd6 {Black doesn't have
enough compensation for the pawn.}) 16. Nxe7+ (16. Nxd6 $2 Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Nc5 {
leads to a total collapse on the light squares.}) 16... Qxe7 17. cxb5 axb5 18.
Bg5 $1 {This must be played before Black gets to shut it out of the game with
h6.} Nc5 19. Ba2 {Ambitious.} (19. Bc2 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Ne6 {looks about balanced.
}) 19... h6 20. Bh4 $5 {I might be overly pessimistic here, but to me this
seems like burning bridges. The bishop will be terribly passive on g3, so the
natural thing to do would be to go} (20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Re3 {Still, Black has
no complaints here, so I guess Kramnik's choice was in harmony with the bishop
retreat to a2. He is aiming for complications.}) 20... g5 $1 21. Bg3 Bh7 ({
Usually the bishop is better off at g6, from where it supports h5 and leaves
the h7-square for other pieces:} 21... Bg6 {After} 22. Bb1 Nfe4 23. Nd2 d5 24.
Nf3 f6 25. Qxd5+ Kg7 {Black has a nice initiative for the pawn.}) 22. Qe2 (22.
Bb1 $5) 22... Kg7 $1 {Black's plan is to evacuate the knight from f6, play f6
in order to bury the bishop on g3, and then occupy the light squares. White
needs to come up with an antidote to this scenario.} 23. Rad1 {If Kramnik
played this seeing what is coming next, then this is one of the greatest moves
I have ever seen.} (23. Qxb5 $2 Nd3 {and the b-pawn falls.}) (23. Nd4 $5 Qd7
24. Nb3 Nce4 25. Nd2 Nc5 26. Bb1 {is another way to get some grip on the light
squares. If Black is unable to move the central pawns forward, they could turn
out to be weak in the end.}) 23... Nfe4 $1 24. Rd5 {!!!??!?} ({White doesn't
have the time to play} 24. Qxb5 {, since} f5 $1 {leaves Bg3 in mortal danger,
and} 25. h3 Rb8 26. Qe2 f4 27. Bh2 Na4 28. Rb1 Nec5 {is game over-ish.}) ({
To play something like} 24. h3 {, is paramount to resignation:} f5 25. Bh2 f4
26. Bb1 Qb7 27. Nd2 Nf6 {and Black has the most terrible domination.}) 24... f5
{This looks so natural and so strong. How to stop oneself from playing such a
move?} ({I would have played} 24... f6 $1 {, just to realise that I don't have
much choice after} {, so:} 25. Bb1 f5 {and we get a position similar to the
one in the game. How is the sacrifice here? I would not be able to make a
precise evaluation over the board.}) (24... Rfe8 {might be the most flexible
move, planning on f5 while opening a slot for the king on f8. It seems to me 
(and the engine) that Black is just clearly better here.}) 25. Rxe5 $3 {
Daring and genius in one move. I presume Kramnik realised he was sliding into
a bad situation and decided to change the course of the game, whatever the
price.} ({This is much more tricky than} 25. Rxd6 $6 Nxd6 26. Qxe5+ Qxe5 27.
Bxe5+ Rf6 $1 {when there is no obvious way for White to get full compensation.
With no queens on the board, this would be far easier for a human to handle.})
25... dxe5 26. Bxe5+ Nf6 $6 {Not a big, but a step in the wrong direction.
Black should find a way to exchange one of the bishops, as fast as possible,
with no delay. The best way to do that is:} (26... Kg6 $1 {avoids the pins and
prepares for ...Bg8...} 27. Bd4 $1 Bg8 $1 {Now the price to avoid the exchange
is too high:} 28. Bxg8 (28. Bb1 Kh7 29. Qxb5 Nb3) 28... Rxg8 29. g4 $5 (29.
Qxb5 g4 30. Ne5+ Kh7 $19) 29... Rge8 30. gxf5+ Kh7 31. Qc2 Qb7 (31... Qd7 $5)
32. f6 Qd7 $17 {Even here there are still traps to watch out for, so from a
practical point of view Kramnik's move was brilliant.}) 27. Qxb5 $1 {Picking
up a pawn, so as to make the queenside mobile.} Nce4 28. Bd4 Rfd8 {What to do
now?} 29. h3 $1 {What a cool move. It is still not clear what Black should do,
so creating breathing space for the king cannot be wrong.} Rb8 30. Qe2 {
There seem to be so many good moves for Black, but which one wins?} Bg8 $6 (
30... Re8 {is what Karpov would have played. Over protecting the knight on e4,
gives more freedom to the rest of the pieces.} 31. b4 Bg6 32. Qb2 Kh7 33. c4
Rbd8 {...Botvinnik would have liked this one.} 34. c5 {and finally, Black is
ready for} g4 $1) 31. Bb1 Qb7 (31... Rb3 32. Ba2 $1) 32. b4 Re8 33. c4 {
A few moves ago Black only had one problem; how to get out of the pin and get
his pieces active. Now there is a second issue. The pawns are starting to look
menacing.} Qc6 $2 {This move allows White to get fully coordinated. Last
chance for an advantage was} (33... Qa6 $1 {, but things are still not as
clear as the engine would like you to think:} 34. b5 $5 (34. Qb2 Bxc4 35. Rc1
Bd5 36. Rc7+ Kg8 37. Bxe4 fxe4 38. Nh2 Nh5 39. Ng4 Rb7 $17) 34... Qd6 (34...
Qxa3 $6 35. Bxe4 Rxe4 36. Qd2 Rbe8 37. Ra1 $44) 35. Qb2 Bxc4 36. a4 Ra8 {
(There might be something better here)} 37. Bxe4 Rxe4 38. Rxe4 fxe4 39. Ne5 Be6
(39... Rd8 40. Nc6) 40. b6 Rxa4 41. Nc6 Rxd4 42. Nxd4 Kf7 43. b7 Nd7 44. Nxe6
Kxe6 45. Qg7 {and White will probably get a draw.}) 34. Qb2 {Now White's
initiative is terrific. Black would like retreat the knight from e4, but it is
oh so hard.} {With this move Black's position goes from hard-to-handle to just
worse.} Rbd8 $6 (34... Kh7 $1 {is a good chance for Black, but after} 35. c5 {
, Black still needs to find a few exact moves:} (35. Be5 Rbd8 36. Nd4 Qxc4 37.
Nxf5 Rd2 38. Nd6 Rxb2 39. Bxb2 Qb3 40. Bxf6 Qxb1 41. Rxb1 Nxd6 42. a4 $132)
35... Bf7 $1 (35... Nd7 $6 36. Nd2 Bd5 37. Nf1 $36 {[%cal Gf1e3]}) 36. Ne5 Qd5
37. Nxf7 Qxf7 38. f3 Ng3 39. Be5 Nfh5 40. Kh2 Qd5 41. Qc3 Nf1+ 42. Kg1 Nfg3 43.
Bxb8 Qd4+ $1 44. Qxd4 Rxe1+ 45. Kf2 Re2+ 46. Kg1 Re1+ $11) 35. c5 (35. b5 Qd6
36. Rc1 Rc8 37. Bxe4 Rxe4 38. c5 Qe7 39. c6 {is even better. Black is
balancing on the edge of the abyss.}) 35... Qe6 36. b5 $5 (36. Rc1 $1 g4 37.
hxg4 fxg4 38. Bxe4 Rxd4 39. Qxd4 Qxe4 40. Qxe4 Rxe4 41. Nd2 Re2 42. Nf1 $14)
36... Kf8 $2 ({Black's last chance was} 36... Qb3 $1 37. Qa1 Kg6 $1 38. Bxf6 (
38. b6 Nd7 39. Rc1 Rc8 40. c6 Nxb6 41. Bxe4 fxe4 42. Bh8 Qf7 43. Ne5+ Rxe5 44.
Qxe5 Qe6 $11) 38... Nxf6 39. Rxe8 Rxe8 40. Bxf5+ Kg7 41. Nd4 {and this
unbalanced position, to my surprise, seems to be in balance.}) 37. c6 g4 $2 {
This accelerates the ending, but White's pawns were too advanced for a remedy
to be found.} 38. hxg4 fxg4 39. Bxe4 $1 gxf3 ({Or} 39... Nxe4 40. Rxe4 Qxe4 41.
Bg7+ Ke7 42. Qf6#) 40. Bxf6 Rd6 41. Bg7+ Kf7 42. Be5 {and Harikrishna resigned.
A marvelous swindle by Kramnik!} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.20"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Ipatov,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

{In this tournament we faced both Icelandic teams. This is the game against
the main Icelandic team.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 ({A few
rounds earlier I had opted for} 4... Nge7 {against Johann Hjartarson from the
team Iceland Legends.}) 5. d3 {White wants to avoid the mainstream theory
which arises after 5.0-0.} d6 {I hadn't expected 5.d3 from my opponent, that
is why I went for the solid setup.} (5... b5 {is another way to proceed with
Black} 6. Bb3 Bc5 (6... Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Bd2 Be6 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. Nd5
Rab8 12. a4 Bd8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bg5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nh4
$14 {Bartel,M (2623)-Sargissian,G (2679) Baku 2015}) 7. O-O d6 8. a4 Rb8 9.
axb5 axb5 10. h3 h6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nd5 Be6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. c3 Bxb3 15. Qxb3
Qe6 16. Qxe6 fxe6 $11 {Yu,Y (2734)-Wei,Y (2737) Taizhou 2015, and Black
equalised comfortably.}) 6. c3 (6. O-O {gives Black an extra option to
exchange the light squared bishop.} b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Bd2 Nxb3 9. axb3 Be7 10.
c4 Bg4 11. Nc3 c6 $11 {Piorun,K (2528)-Naiditsch,A (2711) Deizisau 2015}) 6...
Bd7 ({An immediate} 6... g6 {is more flexible.} 7. O-O (7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O
9. O-O Qe7 10. Re1 Nd8 $5 11. Nf1 Ne6 12. Bh4 Nf4 $11 {Morozevich,A (2739)
-Tomashevsky,E (2706) Tromsoe 2013}) 7... Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 $5 {à la
Breyer manoeuvre.} 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Bc2 c6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nbd2 b5 14. b4 a5 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Nb3 axb4 18. cxb4 Be6 $11 {Zhao,J (2613)-Ding,L 
(2757) Xinghua 2015}) 7. O-O g6 8. Re1 Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 h6 (10... Re8
11. Bb3 Be6 12. h3 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Qd7 14. Bg5 Nh5 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bc1 Nf6 17.
Ng3 Na5 18. Qc2 c5 19. d4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rac8 $11 {Anand,V (2783)-Carlsen,M 
(2868) Stavanger 2013}) 11. Ng3 Qe8 $5 {A strange-looking move, but maybe it
is not so bad. Black prepares Nc6-d8 or Nc6-d4 with the idea to simplify the
position.} 12. h3 (12. d4 $2 Nxd4 $1) 12... Nd8 ({Unfortunately} 12... Nd4 $2 {
doesn't work} 13. cxd4 Bxa4 14. b3 Bc6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Ba3 $16 {and Black
loses an exchange.}) 13. Bb3 c5 14. d4 b5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qd6 c4 17. Bc2 {
All previous moves were quite natural by both sides. Black tried to expand on
the queenside, White opened up the d-file and invaded with his queen to d6
looking for some weak pawns.} Nh7 18. b3 Nb7 19. Qb6 Qc8 {Black's knights look
quite ugly in these positons, but I don't see how White can take advantage of
it.} 20. bxc4 Re8 $1 $44 {Preparing Bg7-f8.} (20... bxc4 $6 {would have given
White time to seize the initiative} 21. Rb1 Bc6 22. Nf1 $5 Re8 23. Ne3 $14 {
and White is pressing.}) 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Bb3 ({Over the board I considered} 
22. Qe3 {as the best move for White, but even then Black seems to have enough
compensation for the pawn} Nf8 (22... Na5 $5 $44 {I had been planning to play
this move after 22.Qe3}) 23. Rd1 Ne6 24. Qe1 Na5 25. Ba3 Nc4 26. Bb4 Nf4 $44)
22... Nc5 23. Be3 (23. Qxg6 $140 $2 Nxb3 $19) (23. Bd5 $140 Ra6 $19) 23... Nxb3
24. axb3 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Qxc3 $11 {Black wins the pawn back. In this position I
even thought that White should be slightly careful not to end up in a worse
position because of my bishop pair.} 26. Ra7 Nf8 27. Qd6 $1 Be6 28. b4 Bc4 29.
Qd2 $6 (29. Bc5 $5 $11) 29... Qxd2 30. Nxd2 Rc8 $6 ({I didn't realise that I
could be better after} 30... Bd3 31. Ra3 Rd8 32. Bb6 Rd7 $15 {and now White
would have had to think how to neutralise the black bishop pair.}) 31. Nxc4
Rxc4 32. Bd2 Rc2 33. Nf1 Ne6 34. Rb7 Nd4 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. Be3 Rb2 37. Bxd4 exd4
38. Rxb5 d3 39. Rd5 Rxb4 40. Rxd3 Rxe4 {More or less an equal game which
deservedly ended up in a draw!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20 56th"]
[Site "Tarvisio"]
[Date "2017.11.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Karthikeyan,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 $1 7. Nc3 d6 8. a3
(8. O-O Na5 $11) 8... O-O (8... Bg4 9. Be3 (9. Ne2 d5 $11) 9... Nd4 10. Bxd4
exd4 11. Nd5 c5 12. a4 $14) 9. Nd5 (9. h3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 Be6 $11)
9... Nxd5 (9... Na5 $5 10. Ba2 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 c6 12. Ba2 Nb7 $11 {Black should
equalise in this line.}) 10. Bxd5 Bd7 (10... Qe8 {should be the correct move
order:} 11. h4 (11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 Be6 $11) 11... Be6 $11) 11. h4 $5 {
This didn't give any advantage but at least forces Black to play accurately.} (
11. O-O Rb8 {is just a slow game.}) 11... Rb8 (11... Qe8 12. Be3 $14 (12. Ng5
h6 13. Qh5 Nd4 14. Kd1 c6 15. Ba2 c5 $11)) (11... h6 12. g4 Qe8 13. Rg1 $40)
12. Ng5 Bxg5 $2 (12... Qe8 $5 13. Qh5 h6 14. Be3 {Black has no suitable plans
but has to drive away the d5-bishop} (14. Qg6 Bxg5 15. hxg5 Ne7 16. Qh5 Nxd5
17. exd5 Kh7 18. gxh6 g6 $11) 14... Bd8 {[%cal Gc6e7]} 15. Qg6 Bxg5 16. hxg5
Ne7 17. Qh5 Nxd5 18. exd5 f5 19. gxh6 Qxh5 20. Rxh5 g6 21. Rh1 f4 22. Bd2 Kh7
$132) (12... h6 13. Qh5 Be8 14. Rh3 $16) 13. hxg5 g6 14. f4 (14. c3 $5 Ne7 15.
Bb3 Be6 16. Bc2 $14) 14... exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne5 $6 (15... Ne7 $5 16. Bb3 Be6 17.
Qd2 Bxb3 18. cxb3 $14) 16. d4 Nc4 $2 (16... Ng4 17. Qf3 Kh8 18. O-O-O (18. e5
dxe5 19. dxe5 Qe7 20. O-O-O $16 {should also work}) 18... f6 19. Bd2 $16 {
is at least an attempt to create counterplay.}) 17. Qf3 $2 (17. Kf2 $1 {
The game is over on the spot} Qc8 (17... Nxb2 18. Qc1 Nc4 19. Rxh7 $18) (17...
Be6 18. Rxh7 {is the point} Kxh7 19. Qh1+ Kg8 20. Qh6 $18) 18. Rh6 $18 {
and Qh1 or Qf3 and Rah1 to follow.} (18. Rxh7 $4 Kxh7 19. Qh1+ Bh3 $17 {
is the point of ...Qc8.})) 17... Be6 (17... Nxb2 18. Kf2 $16) 18. O-O-O Qd7 (
18... Bxd5 19. exd5 {[%cal Gf3h3]} Qd7 (19... f6 20. Rxh7 Kxh7 21. Qh3+ Kg7 (
21... Kg8 22. Rh1 $18) 22. Qh6+ $18) 20. b3 Nb6 21. Rxh7 Kxh7 22. Rh1+ Kg8 23.
Be5 f5 24. Rh8+ Kf7 25. Rh7+ Ke8 26. Bf6 $1 (26. Rxd7 Kxd7 $11) 26... Rxf6 (
26... Qxh7 27. Qe3+ {and mate to follow}) 27. Rxd7 Kxd7 28. gxf6 $18) 19. Rxh7
Kxh7 20. Rh1+ $2 {After playing a creative game, White makes an error in the
move order.} (20. Be5 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 (21... gxf5 22. Qh5+ {and mate}) (21...
Bxd5 22. Rh1+ Kg8 23. Qxd5+ {and mate}) 22. Qh3+ {White doesn't get this check
in first Rh1.} Kg8 23. Rh1 Kf7 24. Qh7+ Ke8 25. Qxg6+ Qf7 26. Qxe6+ Qxe6 27.
Bxe6 Rxe5 28. dxe5 $18) 20... Kg8 21. Be5 f5 22. Rh8+ (22. exf5 $5 dxe5 23.
fxe6 Qe7 24. Qh3 Qxg5+ 25. Kb1 Rf1+ 26. Rxf1 Nd2+ 27. Ka2 exd4 $5 $13 {but
this variation is tough for Black to play over the board.}) 22... Kf7 23. Rh7+
Ke8 24. Rxd7 Nxe5 $4 (24... Bxd5 25. Rxc7 (25. exd5 Kxd7 $11) 25... fxe4 26.
Qe2 dxe5 27. b3 Nb6 $11 {/+/=}) 25. dxe5 Kxd7 26. Qc3 c5 (26... Rbc8 27. Bb7
$18) 27. Qa5 $1 {And it's all over now.} dxe5 (27... fxe4 28. Qxa6 Rf1+ 29. Kd2
e3+ 30. Ke2 $18 (30. Kxe3 Re1+ 31. Kf2 Rxe5 {might offer some resistance})) 28.
Qxa6 Bxd5 29. exd5 Rfe8 30. Qc6+ {Due to the poor position of the rooks, the
queen collects all the pawns with checks!} Kd8 31. Qd6+ Kc8 32. Qxc5+ Kd8 33.
Qd6+ Kc8 34. Qxg6 Kb7 35. Qc6+ Ka7 36. d6 Rec8 37. Qd5 Rb7 38. Qxe5 Rd7 39. g6
Kb6 40. b4 Ka6 41. a4 Rb8 42. g7 Rdd8 43. axb5+ Rxb5 44. Qe2 Rg8 45. d7 1-0

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Qin, Kanying"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. d4
Bg4 (8... exd4 9. e5 Nd7 10. cxd4 Nb6 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Be3 Qd7 13. h3 Bh5 14.
O-O O-O 15. Qd3 Bg6 16. Qd1 Bh5 17. Qd3 Bg6 18. Qd1 Bh5 {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez,
A-Borges Mateos,J/CUB-ch 1997/EXP 57}) 9. exd5 Qxd5 (9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxd5
11. Qxd5 Nxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Bisguier,
A-Matanovic,A/Zagreb 1955/MCD-r5}) 10. Bb3 Qd8 11. dxe5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nd7 13.
f4 f6 {Who knows what Black had in mind in this opening. Anyway, it was just
this next move which appealed to me:} 14. Rg1 Nc5 (14... g6 15. Bd5 Na7 16.
Bxa8 Qxa8 17. e6 Nc5 18. Be3 {Flicking in Rg1 forcing g6 just means that
Black's king will not find safety on the kingside as f5 would be the end.
Moreover, in this variation the rook is not en prise in the corner.}) 15. Rxg7
Nxb3 16. Qh5+ Kd7 17. Qf5+ Ke8 18. e6 Qd6 19. axb3 Kd8 20. Nd2 Kc8 21. Ne4 Qd3
22. Rg3 Qd8 23. Be3 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,79,19,29,30,23,17,17,17,-20,0,3,26,-4,20,28,24,-2,13,18,18,30,19,-3,1,
8,9,17,15,15,23,19,26,-17,-17,3,11,-10,-14,7,-1,-2,-15,-10,-15,-8,-17,-20,-18,
-14,-8,-2,7,14,93,82,41,41,52,66,96,102,108,90,221,193,169,155,158,158,158,171,
149,97,148,186,194,201,199,196,211,211]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 {A popular plan. White keeps his
bishop on the a2-g8 diagonal, and his knight can go directly to c3 instead of
d2-f1-g3 etc.} O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 {Black gets rid of White's active
bishop.} 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 {White fights for the d5 square for
his knight. This line was recently examined in CBM 194, annotations to
Vachier-Lagrave - Ding Liren by GM Romain Edouard.} Qd7 (13... Ng4 $5 {and}) (
13... Nd7 {are played here, too.}) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 a5 {This is actually
a prophylactical move against a3-a4. Black even agrees to double his kingside
pawns to prevent that.} ({After} 15... Bd8 16. a4 $1 {White keeps initiative
on the queenside.} (16. c4 Nd4 {leads to a position similar to the game but
more solid for Black due to his a6 pawn, e.g.} 17. Ne3 (17. Nxd4 $5 exd4 18.
Rc2 c6 19. Nf4 Bg5 20. Ne2 Bf6 {(R.Edouard)} 21. Nc1 $5 {[%cal Yc1b3]}) 17...
Nxf3+ (17... a5 $5 $11 {R.Edouard}) 18. Qxf3 Bg5 19. Nd5 Rfb8 20. Qg3 Qd8 21.
cxb5 axb5 22. Rc2 {1/2 (71) Motylev,A (2668)-Tomashevsky,E (2706) Izhevsk 2019}
Rb7 $13 {A.Motylev}) 16... Ne7 17. Ne3 (17. Qd2 Nxd5 18. exd5 Rb8 19. axb5 axb5
20. Qc3 Re8 $13 {1/2 (28) Lamard,G (2365)-Gozzoli,Y (2587) Salon-de-Provence
2017}) 17... Rb8 (17... c6 {1-0 (36) Ni,H (2670)-Xu,M (2302) China 2018} 18.
axb5 cxb5 19. Qa1 Qb7 20. c3 $14) 18. axb5 axb5 19. c3 Qe6 20. Ra6 (20. Qb1 d5
21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Re1 Bf6 24. Rae2 c5 $1 25. Nxe5 cxb4 26. Qxb4
Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Qxd3 $11 {1/2 (34) Anand,V (2785)-Aronian,L (2804) Bilbao 2014
CBM 163 [CB]}) 20... c6 {1/2 (57) Nakar,E (2478)-Viswanadha,K (2372) Forth
Worth 2017} 21. d4 $14) 16. Rb2 {A new idea. White avoids exchanges and
prepares c2-c4.} (16. Nxf6+ {is principled, of course:} gxf6 17. Rb2 (17. Nh4
$6 axb4 18. Nf5 Kh8) 17... axb4 18. axb4 f5 19. Nh4 $1 f4 20. Nf5 Kh8 21. d4 {
leads to a critical position, which happened in a number of games:} f6 (21...
Rg8 22. Rb3 Rg5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 {1-0 (40) Bacrot,E (2722)-Gretarsson,H (2565)
Internet 2018} 24. Qd5 $5 Rag8 25. g3 $14 {R.Edouard}) 22. Qd3 (22. f3 Ne7 $11
{1/2 (34) Bakhmatsky,V (2446)-Kravtsiv,M (2645) Rivne 2016}) 22... Ne7 (22...
d5 $5 {may be enough for equality}) 23. Nxe7 Qxe7 24. Qxb5 exd4 25. Qd3 Qe5 26.
b5 Rfe8 27. b6 cxb6 28. Rxb6 Rac8 29. Rb4 Rc3 30. Qxd4 Rxc2 31. Qd1 $14 {
1/2 (100) Dominguez Perez,L (2751)-Tomashevsky,E (2701) Baku 2014}) ({Other
options:} 16. Ra1 Bd8 17. c3 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Bxe7 19. Qb3 Rfb8 $11 {0-1 (41)
Cornette,D (2391)-Kravtsiv,M (2636) Cappelle-la-Grande 2016}) (16. c4 Ne7 $1
17. Rc2 (17. Qb3 $6 bxc4 18. Nxe7+ Bxe7 19. dxc4 axb4 20. axb4 Qc6 $1 21. Re1
Rxa2 22. Qxa2 Ra8 $15 {1/2 (90) Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Ding Liren (2801)
London 2019}) 17... axb4 $5 (17... Nxd5 18. cxd5 axb4 19. axb4 Ra4 20. Qd2 Rfa8
21. Rfc1 Bd8 22. h3 $14 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding Liren (2774) Saint Louis
2017}) 18. axb4 bxc4 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. dxc4 Ng6 21. c5 Rab8 22. cxd6 cxd6 23.
Rc4 Rb5 24. Ne1 d5 25. Nc2 Rd8 26. exd5 {½-½ (26) Hovhannisyan,R (2601)
-Kravtsiv,M (2685) Batumi 2018}) 16... axb4 (16... Bd8 $6 17. c4 $1) 17. axb4
Bd8 18. c4 Nd4 (18... Ne7 $5 {, avoiding doubling pawns, deserves serious
attention.}) 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qc2 Re8 {Black doesn't rush to play ...c7-c6.} (
{In case of} 20... c6 21. Nf4 {[%cal Rc4b5]} Qb7 $5 (21... Rb8 $143 22. Ra1 {
[%cal Ga1a8]}) 22. Ne2 Bf6 23. Rc1 {White keeps some pressure.}) 21. g3 {
A useful luft.} bxc4 {A risky operation. White activates his queen now.} ({
An active waiting move like} 21... Ra3 {was more to the point. If} 22. cxb5
Qxb5 23. Nxc7 {then} Bxc7 24. Qxc7 Rxd3 25. Qxd6 Rxe4 $11) 22. Qxc4 c6 23. Nf4
Bg5 24. Ne2 d5 {That was Black's idea but White obtains a dangerous passed
pawn.} 25. exd5 cxd5 26. Qb3 $14 h5 {Black must create kingside counterplay.}
27. b5 {[%mdl 32] White advances this pawn, with a possible idea to trade it
for Black's 2 d-pawns. In that case, btw., ...h7-h5 can become a weakening
move.} (27. h4 $2 Bxh4 $1 28. gxh4 Rxe2 $1 29. Rxe2 Qg4+) 27... h4 $6 (27...
Rab8 28. b6 Rb7 {was more solid.}) 28. b6 h3 $6 (28... Rab8) 29. Kh1 $1 {
Exactly! White parries Black's threats by setting up his knight on g1, if
necessary. Black's h3 pawn becomes a weakness, instead of strength; moreover,
it will be the classical "second weakness", in addition to White's passed
b-pawn.} Reb8 30. Rfb1 $6 (30. Qb5 {is more energetic:} Qf5 31. Ng1 (31. Nxd4
Qg4 {is less clear}) 31... Rb7 32. Re1 {[%cal Re1e8]} Kh7 33. f4 Bf6 34. Qc6
Rab8 35. Rb3 {, and Black is in trouble.}) 30... Bd8 31. Qb5 {Of course, the
exchange of queens would be deadly for Black.} Qg4 $2 (31... Qf5 $142 $1 32.
Nxd4 Qg4 $1 33. b7 (33. Qxd5 $143 Bf6 $1 34. Rb4 Bxd4 35. Rxd4 Rxb6 $3 36.
Qxa8+ Kh7) 33... Ra7 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qxf7 Bf6 $1 (35... Qxd4 $2 36. Qh5+ Kg8
37. Re2 $18) 36. Rb4 Bxd4 37. Qxd5 Ra5 $1 38. Rxd4 Rxb7 $3 39. Qxb7 Qxd4 40.
Qe4+ Qxe4+ 41. dxe4 Ra2 $1 42. Kg1 Re2 43. Kf1 Rxe4 {, and Black miraculously
survives in this endgame, e.g.} 44. Re1 Ra4 45. f3 Kg6 46. Kf2 Kh5 $1 47. Re5+
(47. g4+ Kh4 48. Re5 Ra2+) 47... g5 48. f4 Ra2+ 49. Kf3 Ra3+ 50. Ke4 Rxg3 $3
$11 51. hxg3 $140 h2 52. Rxg5+ Kh6 {[%cal Yh2h1] Finding this over the board
is out of human abilities, of course.}) 32. Qxd5 $2 {White gives his opponent
a second chance.} (32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qxf7 {was absolutely winning, e.g.} Rxb6 (
33... Bf6 34. Ng1 $18 {[%csl Gb6]}) 34. Rxb6 Bxb6 35. f3 Qg5 36. Nf4 $18 {
[%cal Rf4h3,Rf4d5]} Ra7 37. Ne6 $1) 32... Ra5 $1 33. Qc6 $2 {Consequent but it
was better to turn away:} (33. f3 Rxd5 34. fxg4 $16) 33... Rc5 $2 {Another
miss.} (33... Rxb6 $1 34. Rxb6 Qxe2 $1 {, and White has nothing better than}
35. Rb8 {but after} Re5 $3 36. Rxd8+ Kh7 {[%cal Re2e1,Re2f2] he must play} 37.
Rh8+ (37. Rg1 Qxf2 {[%cal Re5e2,Re5e1] can be even dangerous for him}) 37...
Kxh8 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qxh3+ Kg6 {[%cal Re2d3]} 40. Qf1 Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Re2 $11)
34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Ng1 {White has consolidated his position keeping his passed
pawn.} Rxb6 {A desperate piece sacrifice.} 36. Qxd8 {Perhaps it was
technically better to decline it:} (36. Rxb6 Bxb6 37. Qxf7 $18 {[%cal Yf2f3]} (
{but not} 37. Rxb6 $2 Rc1 38. Qe4+ Qxe4+ 39. dxe4 d3 40. Rd6 Rd1 {, and White
can't untie his pieces})) 36... Rxb2 37. Rxb2 Rc1 38. Qh4+ $8 Qxh4 39. gxh4 Rd1
40. f3 {Black resigned a bit too early.} ({After} 40. f3 f6 ({or} 40... Kh6)
41. Rb4 Rxd3 42. Nxh3 Rxf3 43. Kg2 Rd3 {White still had a lot of work to do to
convert his extra knight.}) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1909.02.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Lasker,Em/Gelfand"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {(1)Kmoch: Rubinstein gewinnt! S.48. (2) Lasker: Der internationale
Schachkongreß zu St.Petersburg. 1909. Berlin.1909. (Nachdruck Olms.1989.) S.79.
} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c4 {Das Duras System. Lasker:
Dieser Modus der Entwicklung ist wenig mehr als ein Tempoverlust. Schwarz
bringt dabei seine Figuren schneller ins Spiel als Weiß. Kmoch: Die
Lieblingsvariante des tschechischen Meisters. Er hat mit ihr viele Erfolge
errungen.} (6. c3) 6... g6 7. d4 (7. Nc3 $11) 7... exd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nxc6 (9.
Bxc6 bxc6 $11) 9... Bxc6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. f3 {Lasker: ein erneuter
Tempoverlust,} ({den er mit} 12. Bxc6 $6 {hätte vermeiden können. Er wäre dann
auch in der lage gewesen, nach} bxc6 $15 {Gelfand} 13. Bg5 {Lasker} h6 14. Be3
{das wichtige Tempo zu Qd2 oder Be3-d4 zu gewinnen.}) 12... Nd7 13. Be3 Ne5 {
[13... Re8!? (/\14.Bd4 Ra4 15.Na4 Ne5,b5,c5)=/+]} 14. Bb3 (14. c5 $2 Nc4 15.
Qe2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Bxa4 17. Nxa4 dxc5 $17 18. Qxc5 Bd4+) (14. Qe2 $2 Bxa4 15.
Nxa4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 b5 $17) (14. Bd4 Bxa4 15. Nxa4 b5 (15... Nxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. Qd4+ Qf6 18. Qxc4 b5 19. Qxc7 bxa4 $11 {(Razuvaev)}) 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Nc3
b4 18. Nd5 c6 19. Nxb4 c5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Nd3 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 c4 23. Nb4 Bxb2
$15 {(Razuvaev)}) 14... b6 {Lasker: Damit ncht durch c4-c5 der Läufer sich
befreie.} 15. f4 $6 {><e4 Schwächt den Bauern e4 Razuvaev.} (15. Bd4 $142 Re8
16. Nd5 $11 {Razuvaev}) 15... Nd7 16. Bd4 Nc5 17. Bxg7 $6 (17. Bc2 a5 $11)
17... Kxg7 18. Bc2 a5 {Lasker: Er macht den Springer c5 schwer angreifbar. Auf
19.a3 kommt natürlich a5-a4. Weiß mußte daher, um den Springer zu vertreiben,
die drei Züge b2-b3, a1-a3, b3-b4 daran geben. Die Stellung von Schwarz ist
sowohl sicher wie stark.} (18... Re8 $5 {(Razuvaev)}) 19. Qg4 $6 {Lasker: Weiß
steht nicht gut genug, um auf den Flügeln operieren zu können.} ({Weit besser
war} 19. Qd4+ {Entweder muß Schwarz} Qf6 {antworten, worauf} 20. Qxf6+ Kxf6 21.
Rae1 $15 {folgen konnte, und die Partie auf Remis zu spielen war oder die
weiße Dame hätte eine dominierende Stellung inne, während die schwarze sich
hätte bescheiden müssen..} (21. Nd5+ $5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 $11)) 19... Nxe4 {
Kmoch: Damit wird ein feindlicher Königsangriff im Keim erstickt. Lasker:
Damit kommt Schwarz zu dem sehsüchtig erwünschten Vorstoß des f-Bauern.} 20.
Nxe4 f5 21. Qf3 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 {[#]} Qf6 $1 {(<->e)} 24. Rf2 $6 {
Kmoch: Danach besetzt Schwarz auch noch anstandslos die e-Linie und erlangt
ein klar überlegenes Spiel.} (24. Qc6 $5 {Jussupow} Qd4+ 25. Kh1 Qc5 $1 26.
Qxc5 bxc5 27. Rae1 Rae8 28. g3 g5 $5 29. fxg5 (29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Kg2 $11 {GJ})
29... Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Re2 $17 {Razuvaev}) ({Kmoch: Nach} 24. Qb7 $1 {hätte sich
der schwarze Aufmarsch nicht so glatt durchführen lassen.} Qd4+ {GJ} 25. Kh1
Qc5 26. Rae1 Rae8 27. Re4 Rxe4 28. Qxe4 Qe5 $1 29. Qc6 (29. Qxe5+ dxe5 30. g3
g5 $15) 29... Rf7 30. b3 Qe2 31. Qf3 Qxa2 $17) 24... Rae8 25. Qd5 Qf5 26. Rd1
Re4 27. g3 Rfe8 $15 28. Kg2 {[#]} h5 $1 {Lasker: eine famose Idee. Er droht
gelegentlich h5-h4 nebst Rh3.} 29. b3 Re3 30. Rd4 $6 (30. Rdd2 {/\Rf3} h4 31.
Qxf5 gxf5 32. gxh4 Kf6 33. Rf3 $15 {Razuvaev}) 30... Kf6 $1 $17 31. h3 $2 {
Lasker: Dies erleichtert die Aufgabe des Schwarzen. Aber die Partie war auf
jeden Fall verloren.} (31. Rdd2 h4 32. Qxf5+ gxf5 33. Rf3 hxg3 34. hxg3 Re2+
35. Rf2 Rxd2 36. Rxd2 Re3 {/\a5-a4 Lasker: Schwarz wird nun a5-a4 ziehen. Läßt
Weiß den Bauern bis a3 vorgehen, so spielt Schwarz seinen Turm nach b2.
Schwarz kann auch gewinnen. indem er, nach a5-a4, seinen Turm nach c3 stellt
und Weiß, der lauter Schwächen zu verteidigen hat, aushungert.}) 31... h4 $1
$19 {Kmoch: Nun ist dieser Vorstoß noch stärker. Vielleicht hat Duras
übersehen, daß er nicht 32.g4 ziehen darf.} 32. Qxf5+ (32. g4 Rg3+ 33. Kh2 Qxd5
$1 (33... Qb1 {Kmoch} 34. Rd1 Qe4 35. Qxe4 (35. Qg5+ $1 {GJ} Kg7 36. f5 Qe3 37.
Qxg6+ $11) 35... Rxe4 36. Rg1 Ree3 $19) 34. cxd5 Ree3 $19 {(Razuvaev)}) 32...
gxf5 33. gxh4 Rg8+ 34. Kf1 Rxh3 35. Ke2 Re8+ 36. Kd2 Rxh4 {Kmoch: Nun hat
Schwarz bei überlegener Stellung einen Bauern vor. Der Rest ist Sache der
unerbittlichen Technik Rubinsteins.} 37. Rg2 Reh8 $1 38. Kc3 Rh3+ 39. Rd3 Rxd3+
40. Kxd3 Rh3+ 41. Kd4 Rf3 42. Kd5 Rxf4 43. Kc6 Rg4 44. Rf2 Rg7 45. Kd5 Re7 46.
Rf1 Kg5 47. Rg1+ Kf4 48. a3 Kf3 49. Rf1+ Kg4 50. Rg1+ Kh3 51. Rf1 Re5+ 52. Kc6
Kg2 53. Rf4 Kg3 54. Rf1 Rc5+ 55. Kb7 f4 56. Rc1 d5 $1 57. Rg1+ Kf2 58. Rb1 d4
59. Rc1 d3 60. b4 axb4 61. axb4 d2 62. Rc2 Ke3 63. bxc5 d1=Q 64. Rc3+ Kd4 65.
cxb6 Kxc3 0-1

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Lenderman,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Hello Everyone! This is GM Aleksandr Lenderman with Moscow Grand Prix round 8
game of the day. I decided to choose the draw between Svidler and Mamedyarov
because I thought it was a good complex battle between the leaders of the
tournament.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 {
According to my database this is the first time Mamedyarov has played this
line in the Ruy Lopez. In general though Mamedyarov plays many different
options even on move 1.} 7. Nc3 {When Mamedyarov chose 6...Bc5, he was
probably basing his preparation on Svidler's recent game against Ding Liren,
in which he replied with 7.c3, and Black got a good position in that game.} (7.
c3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ba7 12. Nbd2 Na5 13. Bc2 Nh5 14.
Kh1 Nc6 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Bc2 Nc6 17. Bb3 Na5 18. Bc2 Nc6 {1/2 (18) Svidler, P 
(2741) -Ding Liren (2759) Shenzhen CHN 2017}) 7... d6 (7... O-O {Ding chose
this against Adams.}) 8. Nd5 h6 9. c3 O-O 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bd5 Bd7 (11... Bb7
$6 12. g4 $36) 12. Rg1 Ne7 $5 {Up to here it has all been played before but
this interesting exchange sacrifice is a novelty according to my database.
Before that a few other moves were tried.} (12... Qd8 13. g4 Kh8 14. g5 $40 {
was very dangerous in Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Giri,A (2782) Paris FRA 2016 
(drawn in 36 moves)}) (12... Rae8 13. g4 $36 {is also very good for White.}) (
12... h5 $5 {is the engine suggestion but of course this move might be very
dangerous and I'm not sure if this move will have many followers. I guess it
remains to be seen whether 12. h5!? withstands deep home analysis.}) 13. Bxa8
Rxa8 14. g4 Qe6 {Black is just down an exchange but he has positional
compensation in the two bishops, soon control of the centre, and also very
importantly Black has been able to neutralise White's attack.} 15. Nh4 {
A possible move but I am not sure if it's the best move.} (15. Be3 $5 {Perhaps
it was worth considering just exchanging Black's strong bishop and trading off
some pieces.} Bxe3 16. fxe3 d5 17. Nd2 $16 {and neither I nor my engine see
enough compensation here for Black.}) 15... d5 16. Nf5 Bc6 17. Qe2 (17. Nxe7+
Bxe7 18. Qe2 {was also a try for an advantage, not allowing the black knight
to be strong on g6 and controlling the f4-square.}) 17... dxe4 18. dxe4 Ng6 19.
Kf1 $6 {This is probably already an inaccuracy.} (19. Rg2 $3 {This brilliant,
albeit clumsy looking move is simply prophylaxis against ...Nf4, to be able to
prepare the move f3, unpinning the f-pawn, currently protecting the rook on g1
from ...Bc5} Nf4 (19... b4 20. c4 $16) 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. f3 $16) 19... Nf4 (
19... b4 $5 {was also possible.}) 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Re1 {It was also worth
considering giving up material here, but Black also seems to have sufficient
play then.} (21. f3 $5 Bxg1 22. Kxg1 Rd8 $11) (21. Nd4 $5 Bxd4 22. cxd4 f3 $1
23. Qxf3 Bxe4 24. Qe2 Re8 25. f3 Qf6 $36) 21... Re8 (21... b4 $5 {is probably
even a bit stronger.} 22. Kg2 Rd8 $1 {Prophylaxis against ...Nd4.} 23. Kh1 g6
24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Rxd4 26. f3 Bb5 $44) 22. b4 Bb6 23. f3 $1 {Otherwise
Black has a very strong initiative. Possibly Black underestimated this reply.}
Bxg1 24. Kxg1 Bd7 25. Rd1 Qb6+ 26. Qf2 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 a5 {
Now the game will end peacefully from here.} 29. a3 axb4 30. axb4 Ra8 31. Rd7
c6 32. Rc7 Ra2+ 33. Kg1 Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Ra2+ 35. Kg1 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 Ra2+ 37. Kh3 h5
38. Rxc6 f6 39. c4 {After bxc4 Rxc4 Rb2, White can't make any further progress
with his king stuck on h3 and never being able to get into the game. Therefore
draw agreed. A short but very interesting and instructive battle on the top
board at the Moscow Grand Prix.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Andorra op 27th"]
[Site "Arinsal"]
[Date "2009.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2009.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 {This probably was a
psychologically wrong opening choice. I had already lost one game to
"Super-Lopez" in this variation and it would have been wiser to avoid bad
memories by playing something different.} 6. c3 g6 ({In the past I had been
quite successful with} 6... Bd7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. Nf1 Nh5 $5 {, but the following
game made me give it up.} 9. Ng3 Nf4 10. O-O Bg7 11. d4 b5 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Be3
Qf6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qd2 Bh6 17. Rad1 $14 {Lopez Martinez,J 
(2445)-Marin,M (2601)/Andorra 2001/CBM 083 ext (1-0, 29). Black has lost his
stability on dark squares and stands badly. This is just correct, because he
has spent too many tempi on moving with his king's knight.}) 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Nbd2
h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Nf1 Ne7 $5 {[%cal Gc7c6,Gd8c7,Gd6d5] I discovered this move
during my short preparation. I noticed that one of my idols, Gligoric, had
played it twice and decided to give it a try, too. Unfortunately, I did not
grasp all its subtleties...} 11. Bb3 {There was nothing to be done on the
a4-e8 diagonal already. White retreats the bishop on to another important
diagonal.} (11. Ne3 c6 12. Bc2 {puts Black under less pressure.} (12. O-O Qc7 {
Macieja,B (2553)-Mikhalevski,V (2528)/Belgrade 1999/CBM 069/[Mikhalevski,V] (1/
2, 22)}) 12... Qc7 13. d4 Nh5 14. O-O (14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nd2 Nf4 16. g3 Ne6 17.
Bxe7 Qxe7 18. h4 h5 19. Qe2 b5 20. a3 a5 21. O-O a4 $15 {Smyslov,V-Gligoric,S/
Kiev 1959/MCL (1/2, 29)}) 14... Nf4 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nc4 Nxg3 18.
hxg3 Rd8 19. Qe2 Be6 20. Bb3 a5 $11 {Mohrlok,D-Gligoric,S/Buesum 1969/EXT 98 
(1/2, 57)}) 11... c6 12. Ne3 Qc7 $6 {This careless move puts Black in some
danger.} (12... Kh8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. h4 d5 15. Qe2 Bg7 16. O-O-O d4 17. Nc4
Bg4 {Pedersen,K (2370)-Hamann,S (2490)/Hjorring 1971/MCD (1/2, 80)}) ({The
correct move is} 12... Nh5 $1 {and White has problems deciding on which side
to castle.} 13. Qc2 b5 (13... d5 14. O-O-O Be6 15. d4 $1) 14. O-O-O $6 a5 $36)
13. Bxf6 $1 (13. h3 b5 (13... Nh5 $1) 14. g4 Bb7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. g5 hxg5 17.
Ng4 $40 {Morozevich,A (2707)-Khalifman,A (2653)/Moscow 2005/CBM 111 (1-0, 54)})
13... Bxf6 14. h4 $36 {[%cal Gh4h5] White's simple plan of conquering the
light squares is not easy to counter.} Rd8 $146 {After a long period of
thought, I decided to restrict the b3-bishop by occupying the centre.} (14...
h5 15. Ng5 {/\g4}) (14... Be6 {Stean,M (2320)-Young,N/Glasgow 1973/EXT 1999 (1/
2, 41)} 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. h5 g5 17. Qb3 $14) 15. h5 g5 16. Nh2 d5 17. Qf3 Bg7
18. O-O ({I was not too worried about} 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 g4
21. Qe4 Kh8 $44 {White's pieces are uncoordinated, while Black's mobile centre
may become dangerous.}) 18... Be6 $2 {Only this natural developing move really
puts Black in trouble.} ({He could retain a playable position with the
paradoxical} 18... Qd7 $1 19. c4 (19. Nhg4 f5 $11) 19... d4 20. Neg4 c5 21. Bd1
Rf8 22. Re1 Qd6 23. Nf1 b5 24. Bb3 Bd7 25. Ng3 Qe6 26. Nh2 Qd6 $13 27. Nf5 $2
Nxf5 28. exf5 Qf6 $15) 19. Nhg4 Rd6 {[%cal Ga8f8,Gf7f5] By this moment I
thought Black was OK, but surprises were still to come.} 20. c4 $1 {Continuing
the fight for the light squares.} (20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Qxf6 d4 22. Qxh6 dxe3 23.
fxe3 Bxb3 24. Qxg5+ Kh8 25. axb3 f5 $1 26. exf5 Rg8 27. Qh4 Nd5 $13 {[%cal
Gc7g7,Gd6h6,Gd5f6]}) (20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 f6 $11 {Black's position looks a
bit cramped, but his compact centre is likely to keep troubles away.}) 20...
Rf8 (20... dxe4 21. dxe4 $14 {[%cal Gc4c5]}) 21. c5 $1 (21. cxd5 cxd5 22. exd5
Bxg4 23. Nxg4 f5 24. Rac1 Qd7 25. Ne3 b5 $44) 21... Rd7 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Qxf6
Kh7 {[%cal Ge7g8]} 24. d4 $1 $16 {The last of a series of strong moves. The
weakness of Black's king is quite annoying.} Ng8 (24... exd4 25. Bc2 $1 $18)
25. Qf3 $6 {This move wins a pawn, but allows Black to get coordinated.} ({
I was quite worried about} 25. Qxe5 $1 Qxe5 26. dxe5 dxe4 27. Rfd1 Rfd8 28.
Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Rd1 $16 {White has a huge advantage in space and a
more active knight. I doubt that Black can save this ending.}) 25... dxe4 26.
Qxe4+ f5 27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. dxe5 Bxb3 29. axb3 f4 $14 {Finally, Black gets some
space.} 30. Nc4 Rd5 31. Rad1 Rfd8 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. b4 Kg7 34. Re1 Ne7 (34...
Kf7 $5 35. Nd6+ Ke6) 35. Re4 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Kf7 37. e6+ (37. Nd6+ Ke6 38. Nxb7
Rd2 $132) 37... Kf6 {Black has activated his pieces and is entitled to hope
that he can save the game. However, White still has a lot of tactical ideas.}
38. Re2 Rd4 39. Ne5 Rxb4 40. Ng4+ Kg7 41. Rd2 Nd5 42. f3 $1 {><e4} Rb3 $1 (
42... a5 $2 43. Nxh6 $1 Kxh6 44. Rxd5 $1 $18) 43. e7 $1 (43. Kh3 a5 $1 44. e7
Nxe7 $1 45. Rd7 Kf8 46. Nxh6 Rxb2 $13 47. Rd8+ Kg7 48. Ng4 Re2 49. Rd7 (49. h6+
Kg6) 49... a4 50. Rxb7 a3 51. Ra7 a2 $13) 43... Kf7 (43... Nxe7 $2 44. Rd7 Kf8
45. Nxh6 Rxb2 46. Rd8+ Kg7 47. Ng4 Re2 (47... a5 48. h6+ Kh7 49. Rf8 $18) 48.
Rd7 a5 49. Rxb7 a4 50. Ra7 $16) 44. Re2 Ne3 45. Nxh6+ Kxe7 46. Nf5+ (46. Ng4 $5
) 46... Kf6 47. Nxe3 fxe3 48. g4 a5 49. Kg3 a4 50. Rh2 (50. f4 gxf4+ 51. Kxf4
Rb4+ 52. Kf3 Kg5 53. Rh2 e2 $1 54. Rxe2 Rf4+ 55. Ke3 Rxg4 56. Rh2 Kh6 $11)
50... Kg7 51. Rc2 Kf6 52. Re2 Rd3 53. f4 Rd4 (53... gxf4+ 54. Kxf4 Rd4+ 55. Kf3
Kg5 56. Rh2 $18) 54. f5 Re4 55. h6 Kf7 56. Kf3 Rf4+ 57. Kxe3 Rxg4 58. Rh2 Kg8
59. f6 Rf4 60. h7+ (60. Rf2 Rh4 61. f7+ Kf8 62. Rf6 Rb4 $11) 60... Kh8 61. Rh6
Rb4 62. Kf3 (62. Rg6 Rf4 63. Rxg5 Rxf6 64. Rg4 (64. Rh5 Rg6) 64... Rf5 65. Rc4
Kxh7 66. Kd3 Kg6 67. Kc3 Kf7 68. Kb4 Ke6 69. Ka5 Kd5 70. Rc2 Kd4 $15) 62...
Rf4+ 63. Ke2 Rb4 64. Ke3 Rf4 65. Kd3 Rb4 66. Rh5 Rf4 67. Rxg5 Rxf6 68. Rh5 Rf3+
69. Kc2 Rb3 (69... a3 70. b4 $1 $14) 70. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.04.01"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Bd2 Qd7 11. a4 $146 (11. Ne2 Nd8 12. Ng3 Ne6 13. Nf5 c5 14.
N3h4 Bd8 15. Qf3 d5 {Mickiewicz,P (2271)-Malaniuk,V (2522)/Koszalin 2007/CBM
119 ext (0-1, 43)}) 11... Nd8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Ne2 Ne6 15. Ng3
c5 16. Nf5 Bd8 17. c4 $5 {This way of fighting for the light squares justifies
(at least partly) the loss of a tempo with a3-a4.} bxc4 18. Bxc4 Bc7 19. Re1
Re8 20. Qc1 Nh5 21. g3 g6 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Ng5 Nxg5 24. Bxg5 d5 25. exd5 Bxd5
26. Ng4 Bf3 27. Bf6+ Kg8 28. Nh6+ Kf8 29. Qe3 Bb7 30. Bh4 Qh3 31. f3 $2 (31.
Bd5 $1 {This is not that difficult to spot, but evaluating the consequences
requires some effort.} Bxd5 32. Qxc5+ Kg7 33. Qxd5 Kxh6 34. Qxf7 Ba5 35. Qxe8
Bxe1 36. Qxe5 {Threatening mate with Bg5#} Bxf2+ $1 (36... Bd2 37. Qe2 Bc1 38.
Be7 {allows White to maintain the initiative in conditions of material
equality.}) 37. Kxf2 Qxh2+ {with a probable draw. If White interposes his
queen to one of the checks, Black can exchange and win the bishop with ...g5.})
31... Nf4 $36 32. gxf4 Qxh4 33. Nxf7 Bxf3 34. Qf2 Qg4+ 35. Qg3 exf4 36. Rxe8+
Kxe8 37. Qxg4 Bxg4 38. Ng5 h6 39. Nf7 h5 40. Nh6 Bd1 41. Kf2 f3 42. h3 Bf4 43.
Nf7 g5 44. Ke1 g4 45. hxg4 hxg4 46. Kxd1 g3 47. Ke1 g2 48. Kf2 Bh2 0-1

[Event "Candidates sf"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.06.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 {Adams did not get much out of
the opening in the 3rd game of the match, where the main line 5.0-0 was played.
Besides, with a favourable score he apparently did not consider it necessary
to take any risky steps.} b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 {Hardly surprising. Shirov has the
Neo-Archangel as one of his main weapons against 1.e4, meaning that he likes
developing his bishop on c5.} 7. d3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Bg5 Qe7 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bh4
{Black has a normal development, but has to remove the unpleasant pin along
the h4-d8 diagonal somehow. This is an eternal problem of the systems based on
...Bc5.} Nd8 $5 {In this specific position, this is a very rare move. However,
the method of unpinning the f6-knight by this regroupment has been known for
more than 100 years and is defining for the so-called Metger variation of the
4 Knights Defence.} (11... g5 $6 {is too risky because after} 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13.
Bxg5 {Black would not have obvious ways of getting rid of the pin.}) ({The
more common answer is} 11... Be6 {, although there are not many really
relevant games with it either. Black's idea is to make the e6-square available
for the queen, which would enable the further expansion based on ...g5 without
fearing the sacrifice.} 12. Bd5 {is more critical.} (12. g4 $5 {might be
dangerous if Black accepts the sacrifice, but if he declines it, White risks
being left with serious kingside weaknesses.} Bxb3 13. axb3 (13. Nxb3 Bb6 14.
g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Qe6 {is also quite comfortable for Black.}) 13... Qe6 14. g5
Nh7 15. gxh6 Qxh6 16. O-O-O a5 {Suddenly, it appears that Black's threats are
more concrete.} 17. Kc2 a4 18. Ra1 axb3+ 19. Nxb3 Bb6 20. Bg3 Qe6 21. h4 Rxa1
22. Rxa1 f5 $15 {Sitnikov,D (2430)-Belozerov,A (2518)/Tomsk 2006 (0-1, 38).
Black has more space in the centre and the better pawn structure.}) 12... Bd7 (
12... Bxd5 $2 13. exd5 Nb8 14. d4 $36) 13. Nf1 g5 14. Bxc6 (14. Nxg5 Nxd5 15.
Nf3 Qe6 16. exd5 Qxd5 {Yudovich}) 14... Bxc6 15. Bg3 (15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5
Qe6 $17) (15. Ng3 gxh4 16. Nxh4 Qe6 17. Nhf5 Kh7 {and White cannot create
strong threats too easily, meaning that his compensation is questionable.})
15... Kh7 16. N3d2 $6 (16. Ne3 $1 {, as suggested by Yudovich, is the critical
continuation and might be a good reason not to play 11...Be6.}) 16... Qe6 17.
h4 g4 18. h5 d5 $15 {Gurgenidze,B-Spassky,B/Soviet Union 1967/MCD (1/2-1/2, 57)
. Black's kingside is well defended and he has an active position in the
centre.}) 12. d4 {A logical reaction. Black has released his pressure in the
centre and White immediately occupies this area of the board. However, the
tempo lost by White (d2-d3-d4) offers Black good chances of maintaining the
balance even.} Bb6 13. dxe5 {It seems that White cannot maintain the tension
in the centre for too long, which reduces the merits of his previous move.} ({
In case of} 13. O-O Ne6 {White has problems maintaining his advantage in space,
too:} 14. dxe5 $6 ({After} 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 {the pair of bishops offers Black
good play, despite the slightly unnatural placement of his queen.}) (14. Qe3
Bb7 {leaves White pinned and hanging.}) 14... Nf4 15. Qe1 dxe5 $15) (13. Bg3 {
allows Black obtain strong counterplay against the central pair of pawns with}
exd4 14. cxd4 Bb7 $132) 13... dxe5 14. Bg3 {Again, the only way to prevent
Black's optimal regroupment with ...Ne6. At least for a while...} Nd7 $146 {
Probably the most consistent move. Black only needs two preparatory moves to
enable ...Ne6.} ({The immediate} 14... Ne6 {, implying a pawn sacrifice, is
quite interesting. After} 15. Nxe5 Bb7 16. O-O Rad8 17. Rad1 c5 {Black's
development is more harmonious, but not everybody is ready to give up a pawn
for such abstract compensation. In the only game where this experiment was
tried, Black was doing quite fine:} 18. Kh1 c4 19. Bc2 Bc7 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21.
Qxg4 Bxg3 22. Qxg3 Nc5 23. b3 Nd3 24. Qe3 Qe5 25. bxc4 Qxc3 26. Bb3 b4 $44 {
Galdunts,S (2450)-Mainka,R (2530)/Recklinghausen 1995/EXT 97 (1/2-1/2, 44).
and Black's compensation has taken quite concrete forms.}) (14... Nc6 {is
somewhat unnatural: Black has simply lost two tempi with his knight. However,
one of the tempi is compensated for by the slow way in which White has
occupied the centre, while the voluntary bishop retreat to g3 can also be
considered as some sort of concession.} 15. O-O ({In fact, the critical line is
} 15. Bd5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nxe5 Bb7 {when, optically speaking, Black has
adequate compensation for the pawn, but concretely this might be not 100%
clear.}) 15... Nh5 16. Bd5 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bd7 18. a4 Rab8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rfd1
Qf6 21. Nf1 Rfd8 22. Ne3 Ne7 23. Rd2 c6 24. Bb3 Be6 $11 {Voigt,R (2380)
-Sebastian,D (2360)/Germany 2004/CBM 100 ext (1/2-1/2, 37). Black has
regrouped in an optimal way, covering all the important squares and has very
little to fear.}) 15. O-O Qf6 {It is obvious now that White cannot prevent ...
Ne6 for too long.} 16. a4 Rb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rfd1 Ne6 19. Nf1 Nf4 20. Bxf4
Qxf4 {Black has carried out a strategically favourable exchange, but still
needs to complete his development before claiming complete equality.
Fortunately for him, White's position is not active enough to generate
concrete threats.} 21. g3 {The only way to prepare the next move, but the
weakness of the f3-square will soon make itself felt.} (21. Ng3 $6 Nc5 22. Bd5
Bg4 {/\Bxf3.}) 21... Qf6 22. Ne3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Nc5 $1 {By means of this simple
trick, Black solves his problems of development.} 24. Bc2 ({In the event of} 
24. Qxc5 $2 Qxf3 {, the only reasonable way to parry ...Bh3 followed by mate
is the far from appealing} 25. Qe3 $8 $15) 24... Bg4 25. Kg2 b4 $11 {Black has
eliminated his last remaining problem: the relative weakness of the b-pawn.
Since White cannot take advantage of the apparently hanging situation of
Black's minor pieces, the position is just equal.} 26. Rd5 Nd7 27. h3 Be6 28.
Rda5 Rfc8 29. Bd3 bxc3 30. bxc3 Rb2 31. Rb1 Rxb1 32. Bxb1 Rb8 33. Ba2 Bxa2 34.
Rxa2 Qc6 35. Ra5 Rb5 36. Rxb5 Qxb5 37. Qd2 Qc6 38. Qd3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 ({Even though White was succesful with} 11.
Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 {in Caruana,F (2801)-Aronian,L (2805) Saint Louis 2014 CBM
162 [Havasi,G] (1-0, 50), Dominguez is not willing to concede the control of
the d5-square so easily.}) 11... Bxa2 ({Black decides to release the tension
himself, since after} 11... Nc6 12. Nd5 {the central knight would be a bit
annoying.}) 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 ({Here, too, the knight move} 13. Nd5 {
deserves to be considered.}) 13... Qd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 a5 $146 {Black
does not consider it necessary to prevent the exchange on f6, evaluating that
the doubled pawns would not be easy to block. His higher priority is the fight
for the a-file.} ({After} 15... Bd8 16. a4 {White was the first one to set up
pressure along the rook file in Anand,V (2785)-Aronian,L (2804) Bilbao 2014 (1/
2-1/2, 34)}) 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Rb2 axb4 18. axb4 f5 {The first of the doubled
pawns has broken the blockade, but for the second one this will be impossible.}
19. Nh4 $1 f4 20. Nf5 Kh8 21. d4 {White retains the slighly more pleasant
position due to his better structure and advantage in the centre.} f6 22. Qd3
Ne7 23. Nxe7 Qxe7 24. Qxb5 exd4 25. Qd3 Qe5 26. b5 Rfe8 27. b6 cxb6 28. Rxb6
Rac8 29. Rb4 Rc3 30. Qxd4 Rxc2 31. Qd1 Rc3 32. f3 Qc5+ 33. Qd4 Rc2 34. Kh1 Qg5
35. Rg1 Rg8 36. Rb2 Rxb2 37. Qxb2 Qe5 38. Qc1 f5 39. exf5 Qxf5 40. Rd1 Qf6 41.
h3 Qg5 42. Qd2 Rg6 43. Ra1 Kg7 44. Ra5 Qh4 45. Ra4 Rf6 46. Qe2 Qh5 47. Qe7+ Qf7
48. Qd8 Qg6 49. Re4 Kh6 50. Re8 Qg5 51. Re7 Qf5 52. Rb7 Qg6 53. Qe7 Rf5 54.
Qh4+ Qh5 55. Qd8 Qg6 56. Qe7 Rf6 57. Kg1 Rf5 58. Qh4+ Qh5 59. Qd8 Qg6 60. Qh4+
Qh5 61. Qd8 Qg6 62. Qe7 Rf6 63. Rb4 Qg7 64. Qe1 Qg5 65. Kh1 Rg6 66. Qd2 Rf6 67.
Rd4 Kg7 68. Rd5 Qg6 69. Rb5 Qf7 70. Rg5+ Rg6 71. Ra5 Rf6 72. Qd4 Qg6 73. h4 Kh6
74. Rg5 Qf7 75. Rg4 Qf8 76. Kh2 Rf5 77. Kh3 Qf6 78. Qd2 Qe6 79. Qc3 Qf6 80. Qc1
Kh5 81. Qc8 Kh6 82. Qg8 Rc5 83. Qa8 Rc1 84. Kh2 Rc5 85. Qa4 Rf5 86. Kh3 Kh5 87.
Qe4 Kh6 88. Qd3 Rh5 89. g3 Rf5 90. Rg8 Rh5 91. Qe4 d5 92. Qe8 Re5 93. Qb8 fxg3
94. Kxg3 Re1 95. Qf4+ Qxf4+ 96. Kxf4 Kh5 97. Rg5+ Kxh4 98. Rxd5 Re8 99. Rd7
Rf8+ 100. Ke4 Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bc2 d5 {Only this way can Black take
advantage of the bishop's retreat directly to c2.} ({If he keeps regrouping,
White could get the usual Ruy Lopez structure with advantage in the centre.} 
12... g6 13. a4 Rb8 14. d4 Bg7 15. axb5 axb5 16. h3 Bd7 17. Be3 $14 {The
bishop on c2 is very useful now, it is keeping the e4-pawn safely defended,
Ponomariov,R (2727)-Tomashevsky,E (2736) Sochi 2012 (1/2-1/2, 38)}) 13. Qe2 Be6
14. h3 d4 15. cxd4 $146 {White decides to delay the natural exchange of the
already passive bishop with Bc2-b3, but this will not offer him anything
special.} (15. Bb3 Qd7 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Be3 Qd7
20. Rac1 Rd8 $13 {Horvath,A (2530)-Almasi,Z (2707) Bastia 2013 (1/2-1/2, 126)})
15... Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Qf3 Nd7 18. Ne2 Qc5 19. Nc3 Rad8 20. a3 g6 21. Be3
Qe7 22. b4 c5 23. Reb1 Rc8 24. Bd2 Red8 25. Bb3 Bxb3 26. Rxb3 Qe6 27. Rbb1 Kg7
28. Nd5 Nb6 29. Nxb6 Qxb6 30. Be3 Qe6 31. bxc5 Bxc5 32. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 {The so-called "Worrall
Attack" is basically a positional line. However, thanks to Tiviakov's efforts,
White has found ways to display some aggresivity as well.} Be7 ({The main
alternative is} 5... b5 {, forcing the bishop to retreat to b3, where it will
be slightly exposed. The drawback of this move is that after} 6. Bb3 Be7 {
White can start undermining the black queenside with} 7. a4 {although after} b4
{the position is about equal anyway.}) 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 $5 {Hoping to take
advantage of the move order chosen by Black. The bishop is less active, but
also safer on c2.} d6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 $5 {White plays for piece activity
mainly.} ({The strategically more consistent} 9. cxd4 {offers Black
counterplay in the centre after} Bg4 {[%csl Gd4] for instance>} 10. Be3 (10.
Qe3 $5 $13 {Tiviakov}) 10... d5 11. e5 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Ne4 13. a3 Ba5 14. Bd3 f5
15. Qc2 Qd7 16. h3 Bh5 17. Nbd2 O-O $15 {Levitina,I (2280)-Akhmilovskaya,E 
(2295)/Moscow 1979/MCD (0-1, 29)}) 9... Bb7 10. Nf5 {White is playing for
attack.} ({The apparently more modest} 10. O-O {deserves attention.} O-O 11. a4
Re8 12. Nf5 (12. axb5 Nxd4 13. cxd4 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 $132 {[%csl Ye4]}) 12...
Bf8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. axb5 Qxf5 16. bxc6 Bxc6 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Nd2
$14 {White-s more compact pawn structure offers him some long term but minimal
advantage. However, Black should be able to hold his own because of his pair
of bishops, Socko,B (2485)-Dubiel,J (2360)/Lubniewice 1995/EXT 97 (1-0, 26)})
10... O-O 11. Bg5 {White has displayed his pieces actively, but is slightly
behind in development. This is probably a crucial moment for the assessment of
the whole variation.} Nd7 $5 $146 {Being slightly ahead in development, Black
is interested in exchanging White's active pieces.} (11... Re8 12. Nd2 Bf8 {
is rather slow and allows White to get castled and obtain attacking chances.}
13. O-O-O h6 (13... Ne5 14. g4 c5 15. f4 Ned7 16. Rhg1 Qa5 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. g5
Nd7 19. Nh6+ $1 $40 {Tiviakov,S (2590)-Iuldachev,S (2525)/Jakarta 1997/CBM 058
ext (1-0, 25)}) 14. Be3 Ne7 15. Ng3 Qc8 16. f4 Ng6 17. h4 Ng4 18. h5 Nxe3 19.
Qxe3 $16 {Tiviakov,S (2655)-Yemelin,V (2500)/Elista 1995/CBM 050/[Hecht] (0-1,
69)}) 12. h4 {A very ambitious move, which neglects the development of the
queenside, however.} (12. Nxe7+ Nxe7 13. Nd2 {would be a more simplistic
approach, but Black would have good counterplay after} Qe8 14. O-O-O f5 15.
Rhe1 f4 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ye7g6]}) 12... Bf6 $1 ({Black has no reasons to
complicate his life with} 12... Bxg5 13. hxg5 Qxg5 14. Nd2 $44 {[%csl Yh7]
[%cal Re1c1]}) 13. Nd2 b4 {After activating his bishop, Black puts the enemy
queenside under pressure, inhibiting White's long castle.} 14. Rh3 Kh8 15. f4 {
With his king in the centre and his rooks not connected, White's attack is
less afficient.} bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne7 17. Rb1 Bc6 $11 {Black has a solid position
with chances for counterplay in the centre.} 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. e5
Nfd5 21. Rh1 Nxf4 22. Qe4 Neg6 23. h5 dxe5 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Qxc6
Qg5 27. Be4 Rad8 28. Rb2 Rd6 29. Qxc7 Rfd8 30. Nf1 Ne6 31. Qb8 Rd1+ 32. Kf2
Qf4+ 33. Bf3 Rxb8 34. Rxb8+ Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Nxd8 36. Ng3 h6 37. Ne4 Ne6 38. Re1
Kh7 39. g3 Qf8 40. Re2 Qc8 41. Bg4 Qc4 42. Bxe6 Qxe6 43. Ke3 a5 44. Rd2 a4 45.
Nd6 Qh3 46. Ne4 Qf1 47. Re2 g5 48. c4 Qc1+ 49. Kd3 Qd1+ 50. Nd2 Qg1 51. Re3 Qa1
52. Re2 Qxa2 53. Rxe5 Qa3+ 54. Kc2 Qxg3 55. Re6 Qf2 56. Re5 g4 57. c5 Qd4 58.
Rf5 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.07.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 (9... Bb7 {was played in the crucial Carlsen,M (2872)-Svidler,P
(2747)/London 2013 (0-1, 48)}) 10. Nd5 Nd4 (10... Na5 {Leko,P (2744)
-Kasimdzhanov,R (2709)/Zug 2013/CBM 154 (1/2, 51)}) 11. Nxd4 (11. Nxe7+ Qxe7
12. Nxd4 exd4 {Ivanchuk,V (2755)-Svidler,P (2769)/Thessaloniki 2013 (0-1, 41)})
11... exd4 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qg4 $146 (14. a4 {Anand,V (2783)
-Svidler,P (2747)/Paris/St Petersburg 2013/CBM 154 (1/2, 35)}) 14... Qc8 15. f4
e5 16. f5 c5 17. Bg5 Kh8 18. Rf3 {The structure certainly looks interesting,
but Black's counterplay seems to be just enough for a draw.} c4 19. Rh3 Bxg5
20. Qxg5 Rf6 21. g4 cxd3 22. cxd3 Qc2 23. Rc1 Qe2 24. Rc7 Qe1+ 25. Kg2 Qe2+ 26.
Kg1 Qe1+ 27. Kg2 Qe2+ 28. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. d3 {
Usually, White connects the early development of the queen to e2 (known as the
Worrall attack) with a4 or c3 and d4 followed by Rd1. If he intends to play
with a restrained centre, then more flexible is 5.d3, refraining from defining
the queen's position too soon.} Re8 {This move is aimed to prepare the
thematical opening of the centre with ...d5.} ({The immediate} 8... d5 {
is possible, but Black might have feared} 9. Bg5 {, when Black has to release
the tension in the centre already. However, Black managed to hold his own in
Tiviakov,S (2590)-Adams,M (2680)/Groningen 1997/CBM 063/[Wedberg] (1/2-1/2, 38)
}) ({The solid continuation} 8... d6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 {, in the spirit
of the Chigorin Ruy Lopez is also playable.} 11. Nf1 Re8 12. h3 Nc6 13. g4 d5
14. Ng3 dxe4 15. dxe4 Be6 16. Nf5 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Ciocaltea,V (2450)-Nikolic,Z 
(2460)/Nis 1981/MCD}) 9. Bg5 $6 {This is peecisely What Black was counting on.
The bishop has nothing to do on the h4-d8 diagonal if Black has not played ...
d5 yet.} (9. Nbd2 {fails to bother Black. He can safely play} d5 {now, without
fearing Bg5.} 10. h3 Bf8 11. g4 Bb7 12. Nf1 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. Ng3 {. White
has managed to put the enemy kingside under some pressure, but Black's action
in the centre is more rapid and has a more concrete form.} c4 15. O-O cxd3 16.
Bxd3 Nc4 $15 {Sumaneev,D (2435)-Notkin,M (2515)/Orel 1997/EXT 99 (1/2-1/2, 26)}
) ({The critical test for Black's last move is the natural} 9. Ng5 $1 d5 $2 (
9... Rf8 {is safer, but leaves White with some initiative after} 10. f4 {
anyway.}) 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxf7 $1 {Given his opponent's high rating,
Nepomniachtchi probably did not take such radical means into account too
seriously. This sacrifice is typical for certain lines of the Two Knights Game.
} Kxf7 12. Qh5+ $2 (12. Qf3+ $1 Ke6 13. c4 bxc4 14. dxc4 Bb4+ {. A necessary
check, in order to clear the e7-square for the knight.} 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Nxd2
Nde7 17. O-O-O $16) 12... Kf8 13. Qf3+ $2 Nf4 14. Qxc6 Qxd3 $19 {Pina,S (2303)
-Pilgaard,K (2437)/Padron 2002/CBM 089 ext (0-1, 21)}) 9... d6 ({Actually,} 
9... h6 {would be a more restrictive move order.} 10. Bxf6 $6 ({This is rather
pointless. White gets nothing by giving up the pair of bishops so easily.} 10.
Bh4 d6 11. Nbd2 Na5 {would transpose to the game.}) 10... Bxf6 11. Bd5 Rb8 12.
Nbd2 Ne7 13. Bb3 d5 14. O-O c5 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. a4 d4 $6 (16... Qc7 $15) 17.
cxd4 exd4 18. Ne1 Nc6 19. Qh5 c4 20. axb5 (20. dxc4 Na5) 20... Re5 $6 (20...
axb5 21. dxc4 Na5 22. Rxa5 Qxa5 23. cxb5 Re7 24. Nd3 $44) 21. Qe2 Na5 22. Bxc4
axb5 23. f4 Re7 24. Ba2 $16 {Kharitonov,A (2235)-Allen,K (2210)/IECC Email
1999/Corr 2002 (1-0, 41)}) 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bh4 ({Now, White could consider} 11.
Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bd5 {more seriously, because Black needs one extra-tempo in
order to get out of the pin. However, this hardly offers White an advantage.}
Bd7 13. O-O Rb8 $11) 11... Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nf1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yf1e3]} Nh5
{This move is typical for the Old Indian defence. Here, it serves Black even
better, because his centre is not under pressure.} 14. Bg3 (14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Ne3 Nf4 $15) 14... Be6 15. Ne3 {The white queen's knight has completed its
regroupment. With his next few moves, Black will take the f5- and d5-squares
under control, casting some doubt above White's whole concept.} Bf6 16. O-O g6
17. a3 Nc6 18. Qd1 Ne7 19. d4 $6 {White should not start playing on dark
squares, since the exchange on g3 is inevitable and he will miss his bishop
badly.} (19. Bb3 {[%csl Yd5] might be better, although I prefer Black after}
Nxg3 20. hxg3 d5) 19... Nxg3 20. hxg3 exd4 21. cxd4 Bg7 (21... Qb6 22. e5 dxe5
23. dxe5 Rad8 24. Qe2 Bg7 $15 {/\...Nc6, ><d4, Pe5.}) 22. Qd2 d5 23. Rad1 Rc8
24. e5 Nc6 25. Rfe1 Qc7 (25... cxd4 $1 26. Nxd4 (26. Nf1 Bg4 $17 {[%csl Ge5]})
26... Nxd4 27. Qxd4 Qg5 $17 {[%csl Gc2,Ge5]} 28. f4 $140 Qxg3) 26. dxc5 d4 $132
27. Nf1 Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Qxc5 29. Rc1 Bxe5 30. Bxg6 Qd6 31. Rxc8 Bxc8 32. Bd3 Bd7
33. Re4 Bg7 34. Rf4 Bc6 35. Nh2 Qe6 36. Qc2 Qe1+ 37. Nf1 Bd5 38. Qc5 Qe6 39.
Rf5 Bc4 40. Rf3 Bxd3 41. Rxd3 Qc4 42. Qf5 Re1 43. f4 Qc2 44. g4 Re2 45. Rg3
Qxf5 46. gxf5 Kf8 47. Rd3 Rxb2 48. Nd2 Ke7 49. g4 Kd6 50. Kf2 Kd5 51. g5 hxg5
52. fxg5 f6 53. g6 Ke5 54. Ke2 Kxf5 55. Kd1 Ra2 56. Kc1 b4 57. axb4 Kxg6 58.
Nf3 f5 59. Kb1 Rf2 60. Kc1 f4 61. Kd1 Kf5 62. Ra3 Kg4 63. Ne1 f3 64. Nd3 Rf1+
65. Kd2 Bh6+ 66. Kc2 f2 67. Rxa6 Rc1+ 68. Nxc1 Bxc1 69. Ra1 f1=Q 70. Rxc1 Qc4+
71. Kd2 Qxb4+ 72. Kd3 Qa3+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "215"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Be3 {It's funny how unexplored chess is after all. With
seemingly natural moves, we already arrive at a position that has never been
played before.} Qd7 11. Nd5 Bd8 12. Bg5 Bxd5 (12... Ne8 {was the alternative,
keeping the B pair} 13. Bd2 $5 {wanting to play a4 next (now Black doesn't
have b4).}) 13. exd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 {A rare structure is starting to come
about. In any case, White is the only looking for the advantage.} 15. a4 (15.
Qf3 $6 Ne4 $1 16. Bxd8 Nd2 $11 {and Black should be cool after taking on b3
and d8.}) 15... Qf5 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. h3 h5 (18... Nxd5 $2 19. g4
Qe5 20. Re1 Ne3 21. Qf3 $18) 19. Ra7 h4 {Apparently wanting to take on d5.} 20.
Qf3 $5 (20. Re1 $5 {keeping the tension was also possible. Because:} Nxd5 21.
Qg4 Ne7 22. Re4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 {and it feels White could get a better position
out of this, there is a lot of compensation, and the d4-P is soon to be lost,
after a move like Ra6.} d5 24. Re1 {Bb4 threatened} c5 25. Rd7 c4 26. Ba2 $44 {
Bb1 if needed and Bb4 next. Not easy for Black.}) 20... Qxf3 21. gxf3 {A
difficult position to evaluate. White has a lot of space, potential weaknesses
to attack, but also a couple of double isolated pawns of his own. I think this
is one of the things that separates super elite players from others - they are
ready to play and most of the time evaluate with precision any
non-conventional position, where we, normal humans, would take much much
longer to start understanding what is going on.} Re8 {Wanting Re5 at some
point.} (21... g6 {is one of the bizarre computer suggestions. Black wants to
play Kg7-Rh8-Rh5!?, trying to hit on d5. Meanwhile, White would probably get
nice counterplay on the a-file. In any case, even if d5 falls, as shown in the
20th move analysis, White will have strong play, for his b3-B comes into life
again} 22. Rfa1 Kg7 23. Kg2 Rh8 $5 24. R1a5 Rh5 25. Ra8 Rxa8 26. Rxa8 Be7 {
and Black is defending himfself.}) 22. f4 Nd7 23. Bb4 Nb6 24. Kg2 Na4 25. Ba3 (
25. Bxa4 $6 {there's no point giving this chance to Black} bxa4 26. Rxa4 Rb5 $1
$132) 25... Nb6 26. Bb4 Na4 27. Rb1 {Ok, now things kind of settled. White is
controlling any sort of invasions with Re2, and also all the N moves (...Nc5
normally loses to Bxc5! dxc5 d6!). We are planning to go with Kf3, and
possibly even c4!? for example:} Re7 $5 {Avoiding the c4 trick forever, and
gently threatening c5! - yes, we won't be able to exchange on e7, and then
take en passant - even though it seems the natural thing to do :)} (27... g6
28. Kf3 Kg7 29. c4 {taking advantage of the hanging a4-N (and the e8-R for
that matter, Bxa4, Bxe8)} dxc3 (29... Nb6 30. c5 $1 $16 {Black's nightmare is
the opening up of the position, since the Bs would be just winning easily}) 30.
bxc3 $16 {one of the ideas is to play Ba5 now, and have Bc2 available (not
possible before c4).} (30. Bxa4 $5 bxa4 31. bxc3 Rb5 $1 {trying not to lose
the P for free} 32. c4 Rb8 {the pin in somewhat annoying I think, and the
quick exchange gives Black drawing chances:} 33. Bc3+ Bf6 34. Bxf6+ Kxf6 35.
Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Rxa4 {A funny moment, Black has to decide between Kf5 with Rc8,
waiting passively, or Rb1-Rh1-Rd1, looking for counterplay. Sample lines
follow:} Rb3 37. Ke3 Rb1 38. Ra7 Rh1 39. Rxc7 Rxh3+ 40. f3 Rh1 41. Rd7 Re1+ $1
42. Kf2 (42. Kd2 $4 h3 $1 $19) 42... Rd1 43. Rxd6+ Ke7 44. c5 (44. Ra6 Rxd3 $11
{doesn't chance much, White can't advance the c-P anymore}) 44... Rxd3 $11 {
and White can't move his R from d6 anymore, making this a draw})) 28. Ra6 Re8
29. Kf3 Rb7 30. Ra8 (30. c4 {maybe doesn't work quite well now:} dxc3 31. bxc3
Bf6 $1 {probably one of Caruana's ideas when playing 29...Rb7 and exploiting
the fact that the white R has left a7} 32. d4 Nb6 $1 $13 {and after Reb8,
Black is quite solid, also looking to harass d5, Nc4 at some point.}) 30... Kf8
31. Ra1 Nc5 32. R1a7 (32. Bxc5 $5 {totally changing the position's character;
the opposite-coloured Bs are very dangerous for Black now} dxc5 33. d6 cxd6 34.
Bd5 Rc7 $8 {other moves are clearly losing} (34... Rb6 $2 35. Rc8 $18 {Raa8
next}) 35. Rb8 Bf6 36. Raa8 Rxb8 37. Rxb8+ Ke7 38. Rxb5 $16 {Also a difficult
endgame for Black. The R has to remain passive, meanwhile White could improve
his K, eventually bring the R to the 8th rank. I don't know about winning
chances here, it would be curious to know how Dominguez evaluated this endgame
compared to the game. In any case, with 32.R1a7 he maintains a solid and
lasting advantage.}) 32... Rxa7 33. Rxa7 Nxb3 34. cxb3 Ke7 35. Rb7 Kd7 36. Rxb5
{Grabbing the first soldier - a long fight begins now!} Rh8 37. Bd2 Rh5 38. Ra5
g6 39. Ke4 Rh8 40. Ra8 f5+ 41. Kf3 Bf6 42. Ra1 Rb8 43. b4 Re8 44. Ra7 Rb8 45.
Ke2 Kc8 46. Kd1 Rb5 47. Ra5 Rb8 48. Kc2 Kd7 49. Ra1 Rb5 50. Ra5 Rb8 51. b5 Kc8
52. Kb3 Kb7 53. Ra1 Re8 54. Re1 Rxe1 55. Bxe1 {A curious endgame, White is a P
up, but 6 of his pawns are doubled and isolated! Nevertheless, the d4-P is a
major weakness, not to mention the potential c7-d6-h4 targets. At a first
glance, I was sure this should be winning. But with long analysis, it turns
out that matters are not that easy:} Kb6 56. Kc4 Be7 57. f3 Bf6 58. Kb4 Bd8 59.
Bf2 Bf6 60. b3 Kb7 $2 {Evaluating correctly was very hard, but I believe this
is the losing move. Now White will be able to create a passed P on the Q-side
as the game shows:} (60... Bg7 $1 {was the alternative, giving the P away, but
stopping the Ka5-b6 plan, that creates the passed b-P for White} 61. Bxh4 Bh8 {
Now we can not force the black K to go to b7. The only way would be to grab
yet another P, the d4 one.} 62. Kc4 Bg7 63. Bf2 Bf6 $1 (63... Bh6 {would be
similar to the game. White takes on d4, plays b6, and uses the same plan to win
} 64. Bxd4+ Kb7 65. b6 cxb6 66. Kb5 Bxf4 67. Bxb6 $18 {kind of transposes to
the 74th move}) 64. b4 Bg7 {And I'm convinced with extensive analysis that the
P endgame is drawn. Meaning I can't find anything else for White in the
endgame. Apparently 60...Bg7 is securing a very difficult, bizarre, but
realistic draw} 65. Bxd4+ Bxd4 66. Kxd4 Kxb5 67. Kc3 Ka6 {and White can not
make any progress, even being 2 Ps up} 68. Kb3 (68. Kd2 Kb5 {running to the
K-side is a major failure} 69. Ke3 $4 Kxb4 70. Kf2 Kc5 71. Kg3 Kxd5 72. Kh4 Ke6
73. Kg5 Kf7 $19) 68... Kb5 69. Ka3 Ka6 $1 {very important detail} 70. Ka4 Kb6 {
with the K on b6, now White is forced to play d4 in order to advance b5 -
otherwise Kc5 and Black is fine. We'll see that this tempo is essential for
the draw} 71. d4 Ka6 72. b5+ Kb6 73. Kb4 Kb7 $1 74. Ka5 Ka7 75. b6+ cxb6+ 76.
Kb5 Kb7 77. h4 Kc7 78. Ka6 b5 $1 79. Kxb5 Kb7 $11 {without invading the 6th
rank, White can't do anything.}) 61. Ka5 Bd8 62. Kb4 Bf6 63. Ka5 Bd8 64. b6 $1
{The key. Now White wins, but not without hard work:} cxb6+ 65. Kb5 Bf6 66. b4
Be7 (66... Bg7 {is simply suicide} 67. Bxh4 Bh6 68. Bg5 $1 Bf8 {stopping Be7}
69. h4 $18 {now Ka6/Kc6 or Be7 has to be allowed.}) 67. Bxd4 Bd8 68. Bc3 Be7
69. Bg7 Bd8 70. Bd4 Be7 71. Bxb6 Bf6 72. Bf2 Bc3 73. Bxh4 Bd2 74. Bf2 Bxf4 75.
Ka4 Ka6 76. b5+ {And gradually White brings the K over to the K-side to
deliver the final blow:} Kb7 77. Kb3 Kc7 78. Kc2 Kb7 79. Bd4 Bg3 80. Be3 Be5
81. Kb3 Kc7 82. Ka4 Kb7 83. Kb4 Bg3 84. Kc4 Be5 85. Kb3 Bg3 86. Kc2 Be5 87. Kd2
Bg3 88. Ke2 Bh4 89. Kf1 Bg3 90. Kg2 Bh4 91. Bf2 Bf6 92. Be3 Bh4 93. Bf2 Bf6 94.
h4 $1 {Opening space on the K-side for the decisive invasion.} Kc7 95. Kh3 Kb7
96. h5 $1 {The finishing touch. Now after Bh4-Be7 and Kh4, White finally wins.}
gxh5 97. Bh4 Bd4 98. Be7 $1 (98. Bd8 {would allow} Bf2 $1) 98... Be5 99. Bd8
Kc8 100. Bg5 {Black rushes to take on b5, but naturally, there's no time.} Kb7
101. Kh4 Kb6 102. Be3+ Kxb5 103. f4 Bb2 104. Kxh5 Kb4 105. Kg5 Kc3 106. Kxf5
Kxd3 107. Bg1 Bc1 108. Bh2 {Followed by Ke6 and f5. A highly exotic and tough
B endgame, that shows us how resourceful chess is, there's always a chance to
escape if you try hard!} 1-0

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Philippe, Christophe"]
[Black "Klek, Hanna Marie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 $5 {Assez populaire depuis
quelques années} (5. O-O) 5... b5 (5... d6 6. c3 g6) 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 h6 8.
Nd5 d6 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O Ba7 11. Be3 (11. a4 Bb7 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bd5 Nd8 14.
Be3 c6 15. Bb3 Ne6 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. axb5 cxb5 18. g3 Nc5 19. Bc2 d5 20. d4
exd4 21. e5 Qe7 22. Qxd4 Raa8 23. Rae1 Rfd8 24. Nh4 Bc8 25. b4 Ne4 26. Rxe4
dxe4 27. Qxe4 Qb7 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Be4 Qb8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qxg7 Bh3 32. Ng6+
Kd7 33. Qxf7+ Kc8 34. Ne7+ {1-0 (34) Dominguez Perez,L (2754)-Ponomariov,R 
(2731) Beijing 2013}) 11... Na5 $146 (11... Be6 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. a4 $14 {
Hirneise,T (2431)-Papp,P (2230) Budapest FS04 IM 2011 (8) 1-0}) 12. Bc2 c5 13.
b4 cxb4 14. cxb4 Nc6 15. Bb3 Be6 16. Rc1 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Ne7 (18...
Nxb4 19. a3) 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Rfe1 Qb7 21. Bxa7 Rxa7 22. d4 Nxd5 23. dxe5 dxe5
24. Rxe5 Nf6 25. h3 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. Nd4 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2012.07.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Munguntuul, Batkhuyag"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2012.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 O-O 8. O-O
d5 {The ideas behind the Marshall Gambit have become very popular in the
Spanish Opening!} 9. exd5 ({After the timid} 9. d3 {Black has two serious and
good options} d4 (9... dxe4 10. dxe4 Qe7 (10... Bd6 11. Rd1 Qe8 12. h3 Ne7 13.
Nh4 Qc6 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Re1 a5 16. a4 b4 17. Bc4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Ba6 19. Bxa6
Rxa6 20. Nf1 Rb6 21. Bg5 Bc5 22. Ng3 h6 23. Bc1 Rfb8 {1/2 Safarli,E (2488)
-Ruijgrok,D (2330)/Hoogeveen NED 2007; with good counterplay.}) 11. h3 Be6 12.
Re1 Rfd8 $10 {Velickovic,S-Karaklajic,N/Banja Vrucica/1991/}) 10. Bg5 h6 11.
Bxf6 (11. Bh4 Qd6 12. Nbd2 Nh5 13. cxd4 Nf4 14. Qd1 Bxd4 15. Qb1 Nb4 16. Nxd4
Qxd4 17. Nf3 Qd6 18. d4 Bb7 19. d5 c5 20. a3 Nbd3 21. Bc2 c4 22. b3 Ne2+ 23.
Kh1 Nc3 {trapping the queen in Leenhouts,K (2395)-Negi,P (2480)/Vlissingen NED
2006.}) 11... Qxf6 12. Bd5 dxc3 13. bxc3 Bd7 14. Nbd2 Rad8 {Ljubojevic,
L-Sokolov,I/Linares/1995/}) 9... e4 (9... Nxd5 10. Qe4 Nde7 (10... Be6 $2 11.
d4 exd4 12. Ng5 $1 $40 {1-0 Schilhart,N-Ehrke,M/RLN 1981 (17)}) 11. Nxe5 Nxe5
12. Qxe5 (12. d4 {is better:} Bf5 13. Qxe5 Bd6 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Be3
c6 17. Nd2 Nd5 18. h3 Bc7 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Rfe1 {with better play.}) 12... Bd6
13. Qe2 Bb7 14. d4 $13 {0-1 Vidarsson,J-Karlsson,A/Reykjavik op 1993 (30)}) 10.
dxc6 {Natural and logical, other moves are weaker:} (10. d4 exf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4
$1 (11... Bg4 12. Qd3 Bxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Qg3 Be2 15. Re1 Bc4 16. Bg5 (16.
Re5 $5) 16... Bxb3 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxb3 Qxd4 19. Rd1 Qc4 $11 {1/2 McShane,L 
(2400)-Emms,J (2535)/Germany 1997/GER-chT}) 12. cxd4 Bxd4 $15 13. Nc3 (13. h3
$5) 13... Bg4 14. Qf4 Bc5 15. Be3 Bd6 16. Qd4 Re8 17. Rfe1 Be5 18. Qd3 Qd6 19.
h3 Bh5 20. Qd2 Rad8 21. f4 $6 (21. Rac1 $15) 21... Bxc3 22. bxc3 Bg6 $1 $17 {
>< d5} (22... Nxd5 $2 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. g4 $16)) (10. Ng5 Bg4 11.
Qe1 Na5 12. Nxe4 Nxb3 13. axb3 Re8 14. d3 Qxd5 {with very good compensation.})
10... exf3 (10... Bg4 {does not promise any compensation:} 11. d4 Bd6 12. Nbd2
exf3 13. Nxf3 Re8 14. Be3 Nh5 15. Bd1 Nf4 16. Qd2) 11. Qxf3 Bg4 12. Qg3 {
This is necessary to avoid a blockade.} Be2 (12... Bd6 13. f4 Be2 14. d4 Bxf1
15. Kxf1 Re8 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. Bd2 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. g3 Rab8 20. Be1 Rb6 21.
Bd5 Nf6 22. Bf3 {1-0 Sarana Hungeling,O (2342)-Pokorna,R (2198)/Nove Zamky
1999; with sufficient compensation for the exchange.}) 13. d4 Bd6 14. Qh3 ({
Another retreat is debatable} 14. Qh4 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Re8 16. Be3 Re4 17. Qh3 Ng4
18. Nd2 Nxe3+ 19. fxe3 Rh4 20. Qf3 Rxh2 21. Bxf7+ Kh8 22. Ke2 Qg5 23. Ne4 {
1-0 Safarli,E (2603)-Geske,J (2348)/Pardubice 2010 with very sharp and unclear
play.}) 14... Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Re8 ({It is not easy to attack the c6-pawn:} 15...
Qe8 16. Qf3 a5 17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 Bxb4 19. Nc3) 16. Be3 ({Clearly better was} 
16. Qf3 Qe7 17. Be3 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Nd2 Nxd2+ 20. Bxd2 {with chances to
realise the material advantage.}) 16... Qc8 $1 17. Qxc8 {It is not possible to
avoid the queen exchange.} Raxc8 18. h3 Ne4 19. Ke2 ({The logical move was met
with tactics:} 19. Nd2 Ng3+ $1 20. Kg1 Nf5 21. Nf1 Nxe3 22. Nxe3 g6) 19... Kf8
20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Kxd2 f5 22. g3 Rb8 23. h4 Ke7 24. Bg5+ {It was a strange
decision to allow Koneru to escape with a draw!} ({White retains good chances
to realise the advantage after} 24. Bc2 g6 25. Bg5+ Kf8 26. h5) 24... Kf8 25.
Be3 Ke7 26. Bg5+ Kf8 27. Be3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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 "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd5
$5 {A slightly unusual try in the most theoretical line. Generally, just top
players are allowed to break the main rule- don't move the same piece twice in
the opening.} Rb8 {Trying to get away from different pins on the diagonal.
Other moves have to be checked} (8... Bg4 9. c3 Rb8 (9... Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Qd7 11.
h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. Qg4 Qe8 14. d4 h5 15. Qg3 exd4 16. Bh6 Qe5 17. f4
dxc3+ 18. Kh1 h4 19. Qg4 Qf6 20. Bg5 Qg6 21. f5 $18 {Chadaev,N (2568)-Krylov,M
(2499)/Moscow RUS 2011}) 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 h6 12. d4 Ba7 13. Be3 exd4 14. cxd4
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bxd4 $2 (15... Nxd4) 16. e5 $1 dxe5 17. Rac1 Bxe3 18. Rxc6 Bd4
19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Rxf6 Rf8 21. Bxf7+ Ke7 22. Re6+ Kd7 23. Qc6+ Kc8 24. Qxa6+
Rb7 25. R6xe5 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Rxf7+ 27. Kg1 Rf6 28. Qa8+ Rb8 29. Qe4 Rf8 30.
Qg4+ {1-0 Chadaev,N (2535)-Huschenbeth,N (2414)/Neustadt 2008}) (8... h6 9. c3
O-O 10. a4 Ba7 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bd5 Bd7 13. d4 Bb6 14. Be3 Rab8 15. axb5 axb5
16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Qh5 c6 20. Ba2 Rbe8 21. Rfd1 Be6
22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. g3 Rd8 24. Kg2 Ree8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Rd1 Qe7 27. Qf5 g6 28.
Qd7 Qxd7 29. Rxd7 b4 {1/2 Smirin,I (2676)-Ganguly,S (2627)/Ningbo 2011; and
Black will defend a slightly worse endgame.}) ({Of course, it is a bit strange
that nobody has tried to win a pawn by playing} 8... Nxe4 9. Qe2 Bf5 (9... Nf6
{is very risky:} 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 (10... Qxf6 11. Bd5 Bd7 12. Qe4) 11. Bd5 Bd7
12. d4 $1) 10. d3 Nf6 11. Bg5 Be6 12. c3 Ba7 13. d4 O-O 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Bh6
{with serious compensation for the pawn.}) 9. c3 Nxd5 ({Possible was the
typical Arkhangelsk move} 9... h6) 10. Bxd5 Ne7 11. Bb3 ({It was possible to
start with the central break} 11. d4) 11... O-O 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb6 14. h3
h6 15. Re1 ({A typical Spanish flank strategy was not so successfull here:} 15.
a4 c5 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Bf4 Rb7 18. Qe2 c4) 15... c5 16. Be3 Bb7 $6 {It is not
clear to which diagonal the bishop belongs, so a more cautious strategy was
possible:} (16... c4 17. Bc2 Re8 18. d5 Ng6) 17. Rc1 $6 ({White could create
some unpleasant threats after} 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Ne5) 17... Rc8 ({It was
possible to return to the previous plan} 17... c4 18. Bc2 Ng6) 18. dxc5 Bxc5 ({
Sadly, it is not possible to capture with the pawn:} 18... dxc5 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8
20. Ne5 Rf8 21. Nd7 Ba5 22. Rf1) 19. Nh4 $5 ({Slightly better here was the
central move with the bishop, but Grischuk wants to develop his initiative on
the kingside.} 19. Bd4) 19... Qb6 $2 ({It was much better was to start some
simplifications:} 19... Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 d5 22. Rd3 Qd6 23. Nf3 a5
24. Qd2 a4 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Rc8 {with next ...Rc5, returning back the
pawn.}) 20. Rc3 $1 Rcd8 ({It would be better to deflect the dangerous bishop
b3:} 20... a5) 21. Qh5 ({It was not bad to exchange this unfortunate knight:} 
21. Nf5 Nxf5 22. exf5 Be4 23. f6) 21... Bxe3 22. Rcxe3 ({A very tempting
option was to try to bring both white rooks to the kingside:} 22. Rexe3) 22...
d5 {A natural central counterstrike.} 23. Rg3 Kh8 ({After} 23... Ng6 {White
had few good options as} 24. e5 (24. Nf5)) 24. exd5 $6 (24. Rd1 {would be very
strong.}) 24... Nxd5 25. Nf5 (25. Qf5 {would not be dangerous because of} Qd4)
25... Nf4 ({Black was suffering after} 25... Qf6 26. Nxg7 Nf4 27. Qf5 Qxf5 28.
Nxf5 Rd2 29. Kf1 Rxb2 30. Nxh6) 26. Qg4 Ng6 ({Another defence led to an
endgame with a pawn down:} 26... g5 27. h4 Rfe8 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Re3 Rxe3 30.
fxe3 Bc8 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Qxg5 Bxf5 33. Qxf4) 27. Nh4 ({Even stronger was} 27.
Ne7 Rd6 28. Re2 $1 {preparing Bxf7 and protecting the f2/pawn for this reason!}
) 27... Rd6 ({An unpleasant endgame followed} 27... Bc8 28. Nxg6+ fxg6 29. Qxg6
Qxf2+ 30. Kh2 Qf6 31. Qxf6 Rxf6 32. Re7 g5 33. Rc3 {and both white rooks will
control the 7th rank.}) 28. Bxf7 $1 {Grischuk made this move with 1 second
left on his clock!!} Rxf7 29. Nxg6+ Kh7 30. Nf8+ ({Black could continue the
fight with a pawn down after} 30. Nf4 Rdf6 31. Re6 Qd4 32. Rxf6 Qxf6 33. Nd3
Re7) 30... Kg8 31. Re8 $1 {Now White's attack will be too strong.} Qxf2+ 32.
Kh2 g5 33. Ne6+ Kh7 34. Nxg5+ ({Everything is winning, but the best was} 34.
Qh5) 34... hxg5 35. Qh5+ Rh6 36. Qxg5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warszawa Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 ({
Immediate} 8. Bxf6 {doesn't promise much:} Qxf6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11.
Qa5 Ra7 12. Nbd2 Bg7 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 O-O 15. O-O Rb8 $132 {1/2-1/2
Akopian,V-Timman,J/Erevan 1996/EXT 97 (41)}) 8... Bg7 (8... Bd7 {It' not
necessary to spend time for this move. 8...Bg7/\0-0,Ne7 and c6 or b5 and Bb7
looks more logical.} 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Bb3 c6 12. Ne3 Qc7 13. Qc2 O-O
14. d4 Rfe8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 17. h4 $1 {The point of the
previous move.} Nc8 18. h5 g5 19. Rd1 Nb6 20. Nh2 Rad8 21. Qe2 Kg7 22. Qf3 Bc8
23. O-O Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Nhg4 {+/- 1-0 Bronstein,D-Dely,P/
Moscow 1962/MCD (33)}) 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ne3 (11. Bxf6 {This time
White is not ready for a quick attack on the king side.Black meets 12.h4 with
12...h5 braking White's initiative.} Bxf6 12. h4 h5 $1 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Bb3 Qd7
15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 Kg7 18. g4 hxg4 19. Qxg4 Qxg4 20. Nxg4 Rh8
21. Rxh8 Rxh8 22. Ke2 Ng8 23. Rg1 f6 24. gxf6+ Nxf6 25. Nxf6 Kxf6 {1/2-1/2
Nenashev,A-Kuzmin,A/Tashkent 1987/EXT 97 (25)}) 11... c6 12. O-O {N This
natural move is a novelty.In the preceding games White tried to refrain from
castling.It looks more flexible as an option of attack is still in the White's
hands.} (12. Bc2 Qc7 13. d4 Nh5 14. O-O Nf4 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nc4
Nxg3 18. hxg3 Rd8 {= 1/2-1/2 Mohrlok,D-Gligoric,S/Buesum 1969/EXT 98 (57)}) (
12. Bb3 $5 Kh7 {I think Black's king is situated better on h8(see main line)}
13. Qd2 Ng4 14. O-O-O Nxe3 $142 (14... g5 15. Bg3 f5 (15... Nxe3 $5) 16. Nxf5
Nxf5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. h4 g4 20. Ng5+ $1 hxg5 21. hxg5+ Kg6 22.
gxf6 Bxf6 23. f3 $40 {1-0 Davies,N-Lukacs,P/Vrnjacka Banja 1988/EXT 97 (36)})
15. fxe3 (15. Qxe3 f5 $1 {Using White's queen.} 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Bxd8 Nxe3 18.
fxe3 Rxd8 {=}) 15... f5) 12... Qc7 {taking the queen away from an unpleasant
pin.} (12... g5 $5 13. Bg3 Nh5 {was another trend,but I tried to play more
careful taking in consideration that draw is a normal result in team
competitions when you play as black.}) 13. Bb3 Kh8 $1 {preparing f7-f5} 14. Re1
Ng4 {Simplifing the position and cleaning a way for the f-pawn.} 15. d4 $1 {
Just in time.Otherwise Black would play f5 first taking initiative.} Nxe3 $5 ({
After} 15... f5 {White can obtain a slight advantage by exact moves order.} 16.
dxe5 $1 (16. Nxg4 fxg4 17. dxe5 $1 dxe5 (17... gxf3 $4 18. exd6 {+-}) 18. Nd2
g5 19. Bg3 h5 $132) 16... Nxe5 (16... dxe5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 (17... Nxe3 $2 18. Qd6
$1 {+-}) 18. exf5 gxf5 $5 (18... Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Bxf5 (19... gxf5 $2 20. Nxe5 $1
Bxe5 21. Qh5 $1 Qg5 (21... Qf6 22. Rxe5) (21... Rf6 22. Rae1 {+-}) 22. Qxg5
Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 hxg5 24. Re7 {-+}) 20. Qe2 Rae8 21. Re1 e4 22. Nd2 Qh4 23. Bc2
Bg4 24. Qf1 Be5 25. g3 {+/-}) 19. Nxg4 (19. Qe2 $5 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 e4 21. Rad1
Qf6 22. Nd4 {+=}) 19... fxg4 20. Nd2 {+=}) (16... Nxe3 $2 17. Qxd6 $1) 17. Nxe5
$1 (17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 (19... Bxe5 $2 20. f4 $1 {+-})
20. Qe2 {+=} (20. Nxf5 $5 gxf5 21. Qh5)) 17... dxe5 (17... Bxe5 $2 18. Bxe7
Qxe7 19. exf5 gxf5 (19... Bxf5 $2 20. f4 $1 {+-}) (19... Qf6 20. g3 $1) 20. Nc4
{+/-}) 18. exf5 $1 Nxf5 (18... gxf5 19. Qh5 $1) 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 (19... gxf5 20.
Qh5 $1) 20. Qe2 {+=}) 16. Rxe3 Bg4 $1 ({After} 16... f5 17. dxe5 dxe5 {White
has two options to obtain an advantage:} 18. Bxe7 (18. Qe2 $5 fxe4 (18... g5 $2
19. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 20. Nxg5 Bh6 21. Qh5 Kg7 (21... Rf6 22. Nf7+ Kg7 (22... Rxf7
23. Qxh6+) 23. Rg3+ Kf8 24. Nxh6 {+-}) (21... Qd6 22. Rh3 Kg7 23. Ne6+ Bxe6 24.
Qxh6+ Kf7 25. Rd1 $1 {+-}) 22. Rg3 {+-}) (18... f4 $6 19. Rd3 Bg4 20. h3 $1 {
Only this way.} (20. Rad1 g5 $1 {and it's difficult to find something decisive.
} 21. h3 $1 (21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. h3 (22. Nxg5 $4 Bxe2 23. Rh3+ Bh6 {-+}) 22...
Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Bf6 $1 24. Rd7 Qc8 $1 25. Qh5+ Kg7 26. R1d6 $140 Qe8 $1) 21...
Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Bf6 $3 {This important move saves Black.} 23. Rd7 Qc8 $1 {
Black has to control the e8-square after} 24. Qh5 (24. R1d6 Qe8 $1 25. Bg3 Nc8
$1) 24... Kg7 25. R1d6 Qe8 $1 (25... gxh4 $4 26. Rxe7+ Bxe7 27. Qxh6#)) 20...
Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Rad8 22. Rad1 {+= /+/- and White is better thanks to the strong
bishop on b3.})) 18... Qxe7 19. exf5 {+= see 15...f5}) 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 f5
19. dxe5 (19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. exf5 (20. dxe5 Bxe5 {leads into the game.}) 20...
gxf5 {=} (20... e4 $5)) 19... Bxe5 (19... dxe5 20. Rd3 $1 (20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21.
exf5 gxf5 {=}) 20... Rad8 21. exf5 $1 Rxd3 (21... gxf5 $2 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qh5
$1 {+/-}) 22. Qxd3 Nxf5 23. Bg3 {+=} (23. Qe4 $5) 23... Rd8 (23... Qb6 24. Kh2
(24. Bh2 $5)) 24. Qe4 $1 {+= White is still better ought to his strong bishop
on b3 and weakened position of the Black's king.}) 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. exf5 gxf5
$1 {This is better than 21...R:f5 as rook on f8 is much more mobile than its
colleage.} 22. Qd3 (22. Qd3 {After} f4 {White is slightly better,but Black's
position is very solid and draw is most likely result.} (22... Qg5 $143 {?} 23.
Bc2)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1998.11.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Liss, Eran"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.11.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the first game of the final of The Israel Championship and I had
prepared an interesting exchange sacrifice.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nd7 {[%cal Gd7c5,Gc5e6]
} 10. Nf1 Nc5 {[%cal Gc5e6]} 11. Bxc6 ({Another option is} 11. Bc2 Ne6) 11...
bxc6 12. d4 {First important decision has to be made.} Nd7 {More quiet move.
Black keep the centre and prepare c6-c5.} (12... exd4 {It's difficult to say
which move is better,but this time I decided to go for a close position.} 13.
cxd4 Ne6 (13... Nd7 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Qc2 Nb6 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. e5 Qb8 18. Ne3 Re8
19. Qb3 Nd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. exd6 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 cxd6 {1/2-1/2 Ugrinovic,
D-Karaklajic,N/Belgrade 1959/MCD (22)}) 14. b3 c5 15. Bb2 Bb7 16. Qd2 cxd4 17.
Nxd4 Nc5 18. Ng3 Re8 19. f3 c6 $1 {[%cal Gd8b6]} 20. Rac1 Qb6 21. Kh1 a5 $11 {
0-1 Kosashvili,Y-Comp Junior/Kfar Saba 1996/EXT 99 (44)}) 13. Ng3 (13. dxe5
Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Be3 Rb8 16. Qd2 Bg7 17. Bd4 f6 18. c4 c5 {1/2-1/2
Vujosevic,V-Djuric,S/Cetinje 1991/EXT 98 (18)}) (13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Qd2 c5 15. Bh6
Bb7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. f3 Rfe8 20. Ne3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Tondivar,B-Mikhalevski,A/Leeuwarden 1994/EXT 97 (30)}) 13... c5 $1 (13... Re8
$5 14. Be3 Bb7 15. Qd2 Qe7 16. Rad1 a5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 $5 (
19. Bd4 $6 Bxg3 20. hxg3 c5 21. Be3 Qxe4 22. f3 Qc6 23. c4 f6 24. g4 g5 25.
Bxg5 fxg5 26. Qxg5+ Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Vujosevic,V-Todorovic,G/Banja Vrucica 1991/
EXT 97 (26)})) 14. Bg5 f6 $3 $146 {[%mdl 520]} ({Several days before this game
my friend V.Golod had played} 14... Qe8 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 {waiting
for 17.f4,but Eran prepared an improvement and won.This time was my turn  to
show an improvement and I succeeded to find 14...f6!!} 17. Qd2 $5 $146 (17. f4
Qe8 18. f5 Qe5 19. Qg4 Re8 20. Rf1 Rb8 21. Rf2 d5 22. Bf4 Qe7 23. exd5 h5 24.
Qd1 h4 25. d6 cxd6 26. Re2 Qd8 27. Qxd6 Rxb2 28. Rd1 Qxd6 29. Rxe8+ Qf8 30.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Ne4 Bxf5 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Ne8+ Kh8 34. Rd8 Be7 35. Ra8 Be4 36.
Rc8 Kh7 37. Be5 g5 38. Nf6+ Bxf6 39. Bxf6 Kg6 40. Be5 Rxg2+ 41. Kf1 Rxa2 42.
Rxc5 g4 43. Bf4 f6 44. Rc8 g3 45. hxg3 h3 {0-1 Liss,E-Mikhalevski,A/Rishon Le
Zion 1997/CBM 62 ext (45)}) 17... Re8 18. f4 Qe6 19. f5 Qe5 20. Rf1 Rb8 21. f6
Bh8 22. Rae1 c4 23. Be3 Qa5 24. Bd4 Qxa2 25. Re2 c5 26. Be3 Re6 27. e5 Qa5 28.
Nf5 dxe5 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Bh6+ Ke8 31. Rd1 Bxf6 32. Nxc8 Qc7 33. Nd6+ Ke7 34.
Ne4 Bh8 35. Ng5 Reb6 36. Qd5 Ke8 37. Rf1 Qb7 38. Qxf7+ Qxf7 39. Nxf7 Bf6 40.
Nxe5 {1-0 Liss,E-Golod,V/Ramat Aviv ISR 1998 (40)}) 15. Be3 {Liss doesn't take
chances.} (15. dxe5 {after} fxg5 16. Qd5+ Kh8 17. Qxa8 g4 18. Nd2 Nxe5 $44 {
[%cal Ge5d3,Gh7h5] leads to an interesting position with positional 
compensation for a sacrificed exchange.}) 15... Qe7 $1 ({After} 15... cxd4 $6
16. cxd4 {[%cal Ga1c1] the c7-pawn has become very weak.}) 16. Qd2 {[%cal
Ga1d1,Ge3h6]} ({In case of} 16. dxc5 $5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 {[%cal Gc8e6] black
looks OK.}) 16... a5 $1 {preparing Nb6.} ({Immediate} 16... Nb6 $6 {is met with
} 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. b4 $1 Nc4 $140 19. Bxc5 $1) 17. Bh6 Nb6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 {
[%cal Gc8g4]} 19. h3 Be6 20. b3 cxd4 $1 21. cxd4 c5 $1 {The point of a
previous move.White has very unpleasant choice:1)to take on c5 that will let
to attack queen side pawns by a5-a4(maybe it was the best choice) or 2)to
close centre making f6-f5 blow very strong.} 22. d5 (22. dxc5 dxc5 $15 {
[%cal Ga5a4]}) 22... Bg8 $5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf6f5]} (22... Bd7 {was possible,
but I decided to go for maximum.}) 23. Nh2 {[%cal Gh2g4] What else?} f5 24.
exf5 gxf5 25. Nh5+ Kh8 $1 (25... Kg6 26. Nf4+ Kg7 27. Nh5+ {wasn't my idea as
I knew that I'm better.}) 26. Qh6 {The d5-pawn is lost and white tries to
create counterplay.} (26. f4 Qh4 $1 27. Qb2 (27. fxe5 Qxh5 28. e6 Qg6 {and
compensation is probably not enough.}) 27... Qxh5 28. Rxe5 Qg6 $1 {and black
wins.}) 26... Bxd5 (26... Nxd5 $5 27. Rad1 Rad8 (27... Nf6 $5 28. Rxd6 $140 $2
Nxh5)) 27. Rad1 Rg8 $4 {[%mdl 8192] This is the move that probably cost me the
title of Israel Champion.I saw white's idea,but couldn't believe it.} (27...
Rad8 $1 $17 {with an idea} 28. Nf4 Qf7 $1 {gives a clear advantage for black.}
29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Nf3 Qf6 $1 31. Qxf6+ Nxf6 32. Ng5 Rd7 $17) 28. Nf4 Bxg2 $2 (
28... Be4 $142 $13 {I should recognize that my previous move was a mistake,but
I couldn't stop.}) 29. Rxd6 $1 {[%cal Gf4g6] Only now I realised that this
idea is much stronger I have expected.Unfortunately it's too late.} ({
Certainly not} 29. Nxg2 $2 Rg6 {[%cal Ga8g8] and black wins.}) 29... Be4+ {
The only chance to continue.} (29... Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Rxg7 31. Nxg2 Rag8 32. Rxb6
Rxg2+ 33. Kh1 Rxf2 34. Rxe5 $18 Rxa2 $140 35. Rxf5) (29... Bxh3+ 30. Ng6+ Rxg6+
31. Rxg6 Nd5 32. Nf3 $1 $18 (32. Rg3 $5)) 30. Ng6+ Rxg6+ 31. Rxg6 Nd5 32. f3
Nf4 $1 33. Rg3 (33. Rg5 $4 Qxg5+) (33. fxe4 $5 Nxg6 34. exf5 Nh4 $1 (34... Rg8
35. Ng4 Qh4 36. Re3 $1) (34... Qh4 35. Qe3 $1 Nf4 36. Qxe5+ Kg8 37. Kh1 $1 $18
{[%cal Ge1g1]}) 35. f6 Rg8+ 36. Ng4 Nf3+ 37. Kf2 Qb7 38. Re3 $16) 33... Bd3 (
33... Bd5 {was more stubborn,but of course couldn't save.} 34. Nf1 $1 {[%cal
Gf1e3]}) 34. Kh1 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge1g1]} Ra6 35. Reg1 (35. Rxe5 $5 $18) 35... Qf7
$8 36. Qh4 $1 {[%cal Gh4d8]} Ne6 (36... h6 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Rg8) (36... Rg6 37.
Rxg6 Nxg6 38. Qd8+ {[%cal Gd8d3]}) 37. Qf6+ $1 {Very upseting game.A good play
at the opening was crossed out by one inaccurate move.Nevertheless a revenge
didn't cram to waite,but that is an another story.} 1-0

[Event "Montreal 6th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2005.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After winning the first game I had to play against the Elo-favourite.} 1. e4
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 {I considered this move as the first
good sign since Efimenko decided to avoid the open variation of the Ruy Lopez.}
d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Bg5 {Zahar has chosen a rare, but rather
poisonous line. I've understood that a choice of the line wasn't spontaneous.}
h6 10. Bh4 Qe8 {Unpinning the f6-knight in order to jump to h5, while the
other knight can be unpinned by means of Bd7.} 11. Nbd2 Nh5 {[%cal Gf7f5]
Preparing f5.} 12. Nf1 Bd7 {[%cal Gc6d4] Having in mind an exchange operation
by means of Nd4.} 13. Bb3 $5 $146 {White moves the bishop from a possible
exchange and prevents f5.} ({Earlier White played} 13. Ne3 {Here is a
classical example:} Nf4 (13... Nd4 $5 {was also tested.}) 14. Bg3 b5 15. Bb3
Ne7 16. d4 g5 17. Nf5 $1 Nxf5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf4 gxf4 20. dxe5 dxe5 21.
Nxe5 $1 {1-0 Smyslov,V-Ingbrandt,J/Stockholm 1996. and White obtained a
decisive advantage in the following game.}) ({and} 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. Ne3 Qd7 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nf4 17. Rad1 Rae8 18. d4 exd4 19. Qxf4 dxe3 20. Qxe3 $14 {
1-0 Del Rio Angelis,S-Korneev,O/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 099 ext (89)}) 13... Kh8
{[%cal Gf7f5] Renewing the idea of f5.} 14. Ne3 f5 {I have no choice but to
follow Kh8 with f5.} 15. exf5 gxf5 (15... g5 {weakens the light squares.} 16.
Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Rxf5 19. d4 $14 ({or} 19. Bd5 $5 {with a
pleasant for White position in both cases.})) 16. Nd5 Rc8 17. d4 $1 {[%csl Re8]
[%cal Ge1e8] White is trying to exploit the pin along the e-file.} ({During
the game I was considering} 17. Nd4 {but Black can answer it with} Qg6 $1 {
[%csl Rg2] and after} 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Ne7 $4 {is impossible in view of} Qxg2#
) 17... e4 $6 ({Fritz 8 recommends} 17... Be6 {maintaining the tension in the
centre.} 18. Ne3 Bd7 {which was probably the best defense, however I was
attracted by 19...Be6! Unfortunately it turned out that my calculations had a
hole.}) 18. Nd2 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gf2f3] White prepares f3.} Qg6 19. f3 $1 Be6
$5 {[%csl Rd5,Rg2][%cal Ge6d5,Gh5f4] Black creates the concrete threat of Bxd5
Bxd5 Nf4 with a double attack on d5 and g2.} (19... exf3 20. Qxf3 $16 {is
better for White thanks to weakness of the f5-pawn and passiveness of other
pieces.}) 20. g3 $2 {Fortunately White also missed 21.Qb1! and I succeeded to
obtain counterplay.} (20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Qb1 $1 {[%csl Re4] We both missed this
strong move, after which White wins a pawn.} ({My initial idea can be seen
after} 21. Nxe4 $2 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Nf4 $19 {[%csl Rd5,Rg2]}) 21... Bf5 22. Bc2 $1
$16 ({Worse is} 22. Nxe4 Rce8 23. Bc2 Qf7 $1 24. Ne3 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Qf4 {
[%csl Re3,Re4]})) 20... Bxd5 $1 21. Bxd5 Bf6 $1 {[%csl Rg1,Rg3] Exchanging
White's dark-squared bishop Black develops initiative on the kingside.} 22.
Bxf6+ Rxf6 {[%cal Gh5g3] Preparing piece sacrifice on g3.} 23. Nf1 {Efimenko
decides to avoid complications and protects the g3-pawn.} (23. Qb3 $6 {doesn't
reach the goal in view of} Nxg3 $1 24. hxg3 (24. Qxb7 {is too dangerous:} Ne7
25. Kf2 Nh5 26. Rg1 Qe8 $19 {and White is in trouble in view of the threats
Rb8 and Nf4.}) 24... Qxg3+ 25. Kf1 Qh2 $1 26. Re2 $1 Qh1+ 27. Kf2 Qh4+ {
leads to a draw.}) (23. Kh1 $5 e3 24. Nc4 (24. Rxe3 f4 25. Re2 (25. Be4 $2 {
loses to} Nxg3+ $1 26. hxg3 Qh5+ 27. Kg2 fxe3) 25... fxg3 $5 $11 ({In case of} 
25... Nxg3+ 26. hxg3 Qh5+ 27. Rh2 Qxd5 28. g4 $14 {Black remains with a weak
pawn on h6.})) 24... f4 $1 {would lead to a complicated position with mutual
chances.}) 23... Ne7 {A risky, but interesting continuation. This way Black
sacrifices a pawn, but frees the g8-square for the rook.} ({After the game
Zahar offered} 23... Rcf8 $5 {[%cal Gc6e7,Gd6d5] with the idea of Ne7.}) 24.
Bxb7 Rg8 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gd6d5] Black prepares a positional attack by means
of d5 followed by f4.} 25. d5 {I also considered this move as the best as it
disconnects my pawns. Though it also has a drawback-White's light-squared
bishop is out of the game for the moment.} (25. fxe4 f4 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gf4g3]
} 26. e5 fxg3 $1 27. exf6 gxh2+ 28. Kf2 ({Of course not} 28. Kxh2 $4 Qg1+ 29.
Kh3 Nf4+ 30. Kh4 Nf5#) 28... Qf5+ 29. Ke3 c6 $1 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gh2h1]} 30.
fxe7 (30. Nxh2 Nd5+ 31. Kd2 Rg2+ 32. Qe2 $13) 30... h1=Q $13 {[%csl Re3] and
the position can hardly be evaluated by human beings.}) 25... exf3 $1 {[%cal
Gf5f4] I believe this sacrifice of a piece is strong. White shouldn't
underestimate the concentration of the black pieces on the kingside.} 26. Qxf3
{Once again White avoids complications which could arise after 26.Rxe7.} (26.
Rxe7 $5 f4 $1 {Black opens the g-file and gets to the king.} 27. Qb1 $1 {
White has to trade the queens to avoid mate.} fxg3 28. Nxg3 $1 {Before
exchanging the queens White has to eliminate the g-pawn.} (28. Qxg6 $2 {
is bad in view of} gxh2+ $1 (28... f2+ $2 29. Kg2 Nf4+ 30. Kh1 Rfxg6 31. hxg3
Rxg3 32. Nxg3 Rxg3 {[%cal Gg3h3]} 33. Bc8 Rg5 {[%cal Gg5h5]} 34. Re3 (34. Kh2
Rg2+ 35. Kh1 Rg5) 34... Rh5+ 35. Bh3) 29. Kxh2 Rfxg6 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gg6g2]
and white king is in the mating net. The best White can do here is to enter a
dangerous endgame after} 30. Ne3 Rg2+ $1 31. Nxg2 Rxg2+ 32. Kh3 (32. Kh1 Ng3#)
32... Nf4+ 33. Kh4 Ng6+ 34. Kh3 Nxe7 $17 {[%csl Gf3] and with an extra pawn on
f3 Black is a clear favourite here.}) 28... Nxg3 (28... f2+ 29. Kf1) 29. Qxg6
Ne2+ 30. Kf2 Rgxg6 31. Bxa6 Rg2+ 32. Ke3 Rxh2 $13 {and again a position with
mutual chances arises.}) 26... f4 $1 {[%cal Gf4g3] Black sacrifices the knight
once again.} 27. g4 $1 {White has to give up a pawn to keep the f-file closed.}
({This time accepting the sacrifice loses on the spot.} 27. Rxe7 $2 fxg3 $19 {
[%csl Rg1] with decisive threats.}) 27... Qxg4+ 28. Qxg4 Rxg4+ 29. Kf2 Ng6 {
[%csl Rf2][%cal Gg6h4,Gg4g2] Preparing Nh4. An attack is also possible in the
endgame.} 30. Re8+ $1 Kg7 31. Bc8 $1 {White finds a way to bring the bishop
into play.} (31. Bxa6 Nh4 32. Ke1 Rg2 $132 {looks dangerous for White.}) 31...
Rg5 32. Be6 {[%cal Ge8g8] White has in mind to meet Nh4 with Rg8.} Ne5 (32...
f3 $1 {was my chance to maintain pressure. F.e.} 33. Ne3 (33. Ng3 $2 {is worse.
} Nxg3 34. hxg3 Rh5 35. Kg1 f2+ 36. Kg2 Rg5 37. Rd1 f1=Q+ 38. Rxf1 Nh4+ 39. Kh2
Rxf1 40. gxh4 Rf2+ 41. Kh3 Re5 $17) 33... Nhf4 {[%cal Gf4d3]} 34. Rd1 Nxe6 35.
Rxe6 (35. dxe6 Nf4 36. e7 Nh3+ 37. Ke1 Re6 38. Kd2 Rge5 $19) 35... Rf7 {
[%csl Rf2][%cal Gg6f4,Gf4h3] Preparing Nf4-h3 and Black's initiative shouldn't
be underestimated.}) (32... Nh4 $2 {is wrong.} 33. Rg8+ Kh7 34. Rxg5 hxg5 35.
Nd2) 33. Rd1 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Gd1d4] White protects the d3-square and brings
the rook into play.} (33. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2f3]} f3 $1 {Otherwise White's knight
blocks the pawn.} (33... Rfg6 34. Rg8+ Kh7 35. Rxg6 Kxg6 36. Nf3) 34. Rg8+ Kh7
35. Rxg5 hxg5 36. Ne4 Rf8 37. Nxg5+ Kh6 38. h4 Nf4 $132 {[%cal Gf4d3] with
counterchances.}) 33... Kh7 {[%cal Gf6g6] Moving the king away from the g-file
Black renews the threat of Rfg6.} (33... f3 {[%cal Gh5f4,Gf4d3] was
interesting.} 34. Ne3 Nf4 35. Re7+ Kf8 36. Rxc7 Ned3+ 37. Kf1 Nxb2 38. Rd2 Nxe6
39. dxe6 Rxe6 40. Kf2 $13 {and Black is at least not worse here.}) ({I didn't
want to allow the exchange of a rook as the a6-pawn becomes weak.} 33... Rfg6
34. Rg8+ Kf6 35. Rxg6+ Rxg6 36. Rd4 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gd4a4,Gf1d2] preparing
Ra4 and Nd2.}) 34. Re7+ Kh8 35. Re8+ (35. Rxc7 {would allow counterplay.} Rfg6
36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Bh3 Nf6 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gf6g4]} 38. Rd4 Nfg4+ $36) 35... Kh7
36. Re7+ Kh8 {Neither side can avoid the repetition of moves and so a draw was
agreed. An interesting fighting draw!} (36... Rg7 37. Re8 Rg5 38. Re7+ $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT 08"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2008.01.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kovalev, Andrei"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2007.12.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod II"]
[BlackTeam "Rishon Le Zion Feldklein"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 {A possible way to avoid the
Open Variation of the Ruy Lopez, which I usually play.} d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7
8. Nf1 O-O 9. Ng3 d5 {I introduced this move in my game against Arakhamia in
the middle of 2007. See below.} (9... b5 {1/2-1/2 Nykopp,M-Holaszek,H/Haifa
1970/EXT 2001 (41). is the main line.}) (9... Nd7 10. O-O Nc5 11. Bc2 $6 (11.
Bxc6 {is better.}) 11... Ne6 {0-1 Mashian,Y (2275)-Liss,E (2505)/Ramat Aviv
1998/CBM 068/[Wedberg] (36)}) 10. Qe2 ({An attempt to win a pawn by means of} 
10. Bxc6 $6 {is clearly wrong.} bxc6 11. Nxe5 $2 Nxe4 $1 12. Nxf7 (12. dxe4
Bxe5 $15 {is also in Black's favour.}) 12... Nxc3 $1 13. Nxd8 Nxd1 14. Kxd1 ({
or} 14. Nxc6 Nxb2 $1 15. Bxb2 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bc3+ 17. Ke2 Re8+ 18. Kd1 Re6 $17)
14... Rxd8 $15 {and Black is clearly better thanks to the advantage of the
bishop pair.}) 10... Re8 11. O-O b5 (11... h6 $5 {[%csl Rg5] covering the
g5-square also makes sense.}) 12. Bc2 a5 $5 $146 {I prepared this move after
analysing my game against Arakhamia. Its main point is to meet 13. a4 with 13..
.b4 not allowing Arakhamia's 15.a5.} ({Earlier I played} 12... h6 {but after}
13. a4 Be6 14. Rd1 b4 15. a5 $1 {[%cal Gc2a4] 1/2-1/2 Arakhamia Grant,K (2435)
-Mikhalevski,V (2590)/Philadelphia 2007/CBM 119 ext (56). White set some
unpleasant problems, though even here Black should be ok.}) ({It is curious
that an 85 year old game transposed to this position.} 12... Bb7 13. Bg5 d4 14.
Rad1 Qd6 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Bb3 $1 {1/2-1/2 Treybal,K-Gruenfeld,E/
Teplitz Schoenau 1922/HCL (39). with an approximate equality.}) 13. Bg5 {
[%cal Gc2b3] It looks logical to exploit the hanging position of the d5-pawn.}
d4 $1 {The simplest way to solve a problem with the d5-pawn and to avoid
opening of the position.} ({In the event of} 13... a4 {I didn't like} 14. exd5
({The immediate} 14. d4 {leads to some mess after} exd4 15. Qxb5 Qd7 16. Bxa4
dxe4 17. Qxc6 Rxa4 18. Qxd7 Bxd7 19. Nxd4 Nd5 $44 {with compensation for the
pawn.}) 14... Qxd5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. d4 $1 $36 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gc2e4]}) 14.
Bb3 {[%cal Gb3d5] White has been preparing to open the c-file after a
preliminary 15.Bd5. So} dxc3 $1 15. bxc3 a4 {Preventing White's a4 and
offering him the choice between the passive 16.Bc2 and 16.Bd5. The former
occurred in the game, while the latter is connected with an exchange of one of
the bishops.} (15... Qd6 $5) 16. Bc2 ({Nevertheless} 16. Bd5 {was better. Now
after} Qd6 (16... Qd7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. d4 $11) 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 {Black is by no
means worse, but White is also ok.} (17... Bxf6 18. d4 Rb8 19. Rfd1 exd4 20.
Bxc6 Qxc6 21. cxd4 $13)) 16... Qd6 $1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf6d7,Gd7f8,Gf8e6,Gb5b4]
My priority is to stop d4. So I have been preparing a transfer of the knight
to e6. An additional idea is b4.} 17. Rac1 {In anticipation of b4 White brings
the rook to the c-file.} Nd7 18. Rfd1 Nf8 19. Be3 $6 {Probably Kovalev missed
my 24th move.} ({The only chance to create counterplay was the immediate} 19.
d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Be3 Ne6 23. e5 Qb6 24. Ne4 Rd8 $13 {
with a double-edged position.}) 19... Ne6 $15 {Finally the knight has reached
the desired square and secured Black's advantage.} 20. d4 $6 (20. Rb1 $15 {
was a better practical chance, which however would mean that White's plan was
wrong.}) 20... exd4 21. cxd4 Ncxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Qxb5 (24.
Qd3 {deserved attention.} Rd8 25. Ne2 Be5 26. Qxb5 Bd7 27. Qb7 Qe7 $17 (27...
Bc6 {allows a reduction in the number of pawns, which is not necessary.} 28.
Rxd6 Bxb7 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Bxa4 Bxe4)) 24... Bg4 $1 25. Ne2 c5 {Most human
players would make this obvious move. However it turns out that Black had a
hidden tactical resource.} (25... Reb8 $5 26. Qd3 Bb2 27. Rb1 Qxd3 28. Bxd3 Be6
29. Nc1 a3 $17) 26. Re1 Reb8 $1 27. Qd3 Bxe2 28. Rxe2 Rb2 {Thanks to a strong
bishop on d4 and a rook on b2 Black has a clear advantage.} 29. Qc4 (29. a3 {
would be strongly met by} Rb3 $1 30. e5 Qd5 $1 $17 (30... Bxf2+ {gives White
chances to escape.} 31. Kxf2 Qxd3 32. Bxd3 Rxd3 33. Re3 $44)) 29... Qe6 30. Bd3
a3 $1 31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. Kf1 Rf8 $1 {Provoking f3.} 33. f3 (33. Rcc2 $5) 33...
Rfb8 (33... g5 $5) 34. g3 $2 {White misses the fact that after 34...Rxe2 he
can't recapture the rook with the king.} (34. Bc4 $142 Kf7 $17) 34... Rxe2 35.
Bxe2 (35. Kxe2 $2 {loses to} Rb2+ 36. Rc2 $140 c4 $1 $19) 35... Rb2 $19 36. Bc4
Rxh2 $1 (36... Kf7 $5 37. Rd1 Rxh2 38. Be2 Bf2 39. g4 Kf6 40. f4 Bh4 $1 {
is also sufficient for a win, but the move in the text is simpler.}) 37. Bxe6+
Kg7 38. Rc4 Rxa2 {Not resisting the temptation to obtain a strong passed pawn
and thus allowing some counterplay.} (38... Rf2+ $142 39. Ke1 Rxf3 40. g4 Re3+
41. Kd2 Rxe4 42. Bd7 Rf4 $19 {with a clear win.}) 39. f4 (39. Ke1 $5) 39...
Rf2+ 40. Ke1 Rf3 41. Ra4 Rxg3 42. Ra7+ Kf8 $6 $138 ({Initially I planned} 42...
Kh6 $1 {but then found} 43. e5 $2 {[%cal Ge6g8] not noticing the simple} c4 $19
) 43. e5 {[%cal Ge6d5,Ga7f7,Ge5e6,Gd5c6] Now Black has to be careful since
White has a threat.} g5 $1 {Disconnecting the white pawns.} 44. Bd5 ({After} 
44. fxg5 {Black would still have to solve some technical problems.} Bxe5 $17 (
44... Rxg5 $5 $17)) 44... gxf4 45. e6 Re3+ {Stopping the e-pawn.} 46. Kf1 f3 $1
{Threatening f2.} 47. Rf7+ (47. Rxh7 a2 $1 48. Bxa2 Rc3 $1 49. Rf7+ Ke8 50. Ke1
c4 51. Kd2 Rd3+ 52. Kc2 f2 $19 {[%cal Gd3g3,Gg3g1] and Black wins.}) 47... Ke8
48. Bc4 ({or} 48. Bc6+ Kd8 49. Rd7+ Kc8 50. e7 f2 (50... a2 $5) 51. Rd8+ Kc7
52. e8=Q Rxe8 53. Rxe8 Kxc6 54. Ra8 Bb2 55. Kxf2 h5 $19) 48... h5 (48... a2 $1
{wins on the spot.} 49. Bxa2 Ra3 50. Bb1 Rc3 $19) 49. Bb5+ Kd8 50. Rd7+ Kc8 51.
Ba6+ (51. e7 {loses to} f2 52. Rd8+ Kb7 53. e8=Q Rxe8 54. Bxe8 a2 $19) 51...
Kb8 52. Bc4 f2 (52... Rc3 $19 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gc3c1]}) 53. e7 (53. Kxf2 Rxe6+
54. Kf3 Ra6 $1 $19) 53... a2 $1 {Finally breaking through White's defences.}
54. Rd8+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "London MSO Masters"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1999.08.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1999.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c4 {Favourite move of
Duras.About 15(!) of his games can be found in MEGA99 in which many strong
players of the beginning of this century were outplayed by him.} g6 (6... Be7 {
is another possible reaction.}) 7. d4 $5 {A la Duras.} (7. Nc3 {is more common
move.}) (7. h3) 7... exd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 (9... Bxc6 10. O-O Bg7 11.
Nc3 O-O 12. f3 Nd7 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Bb3 b6 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bd4 Nc5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. Bc2 a5 19. Qg4 $2 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 f5 21. Qf3 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qf6
24. Rf2 Rae8 $15 {0-1 Duras,O-Rubinstein,A/St.Petersburg 1909/HCL (65)}) 10.
O-O Bg7 11. c5 (11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Qe8 14. Re1 Qe6 15. Rc1 Rab8 16.
b3 Qg4 17. Bxf6 Qxd1 18. Rcxd1 Bxf6 19. e5 Bg7 20. c5 Rfe8 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. f4
d5 23. Nxd5 Bg4 24. Bxc6 Bxd1 25. Bxe8 Bxb3 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. axb3 Rxb3 28.
e6+ Ke8 29. Nc7+ Ke7 30. Rd1 Kf6 31. Rd7 Kf5 32. e7 Rb1+ 33. Kf2 Rb2+ 34. Ke3
Rb3+ 35. Rd3 {1-0 Ranniku,M-Piarnpuu,L/Tallinn 1996/EXT 98 (35)}) 11... O-O 12.
Nc3 (12. f3 d5 13. e5 Ne8 14. Re1 Qe7 15. Qd4 a5 16. Nd2 Bh8 17. Nb3 Ng7 18.
Bd2 Ne6 19. Qf2 Rfb8 $13 {0-1 Mrva,M-Timoshchenko,G/Stary Smokovec 1996/EXT 98
(39)}) 12... d5 (12... Qe7 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. f3 d5 15. Re1 d4 16. Ne2 c5 17.
Nf4 Be6 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Nd3 Bd7 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Ba3 Rac8 22. Rc1 $14 {
[%csl Gc4,Rc5] 1-0 Duras,O-Cohn,E/Karlsbad 1911/HCL (48)}) 13. Bg5 h6 (13... d4
$2 14. e5 (14. Qxd4 Nxe4 $1 $13)) (13... Re8 $2 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16.
Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 $16) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. exd5 cxd5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Only
this move is a novelty.Despite White wins a pawn I think it's beter than 15...
B:c3 as Black has enough resources to save the game while after 15...B:c3 he
has strategically bad position.} (15... Bxc3 $6 16. bxc3 $1 (16. dxc6 Bxc6 $1 (
16... Bxb2 17. cxd7 $1 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 $16) 17. Bxc6 Bxb2 18. Bxa8 Bxa1 19. Bb7
Bd4 $11) 16... cxd5 17. c6 Be6 18. Qd4 $14 {[%csl Rd5] /+/- Duras,O-Leonhardt,
P/Karlsbad 1911}) 16. Nxd5 $1 {The only chance to fight for opening advantage.}
(16. Bxd7 Bxc3 17. Qxd5 Bxb2 $11) (16. Qxd5 $6 Bxa4 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Nxa4 Rd2
$5 (18... Rd4 19. Nc3 Rb8 20. Rab1) 19. Rab1 Re8) 16... Bxa4 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.
Qxa4 Qxb2 19. Qf4 $1 {[%cal Gf4c7,Gf4h6] ><c7,h6} Qa3 $5 (19... Rfe8 $5 {
was also interesting in order to compensate a pawn by activity of pieces.} 20.
Qxh6 (20. Qxc7 Rac8 21. Qb6 (21. Qd7 Red8 22. Qe7) (21. Qd6 Re2 $1 22. Rfb1 (
22. Qxa6 Rxc5 {- 21.Qb6}) 22... Qa3 23. Rc1 (23. Rb8 $6 Rxb8 24. Qxb8+ Kg7 {
[%cal Ga3c5,Ga3a2] /\Q:c5;Q:a2}) 23... Rxa2 $11 (23... Qb2 $5)) 21... Re2 $1 (
21... Qxb6 22. cxb6 Rb8 23. Rab1 Re6 24. b7 Re7 25. Rb6 Rbxb7 26. Rxa6 Re2 $14)
22. Qxa6 (22. Qxb2 Rxb2 23. Rfc1 Rb5 24. c6 Rb6 25. c7 Rb7 26. Rc6 $140 $6
Rbxc7 27. Rxa6 $4 Rc1+) 22... Rxc5 23. Rae1 (23. Rfb1 Qe5 $1 $44 {[%csl Rf2]
[%cal Gc5c2] /\Rcc2}) 23... Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Rc2 $11) 20... Qd4 $1 21. c6 (21. Qg5
Re5 22. Qf6 Qxc5) (21. Rac1 Re2 22. a3 Rae8 $44) 21... Re2 $1 $44) 20. Rfc1 (
20. Qxc7 Rac8 21. Qf4 h5 $1 $11) ({Even after best} 20. c6 $1 {Black keeps
equality:} Qd6 $1 21. Qxd6 (21. Qxh6 Qxc6 22. Rac1 Qb6 23. Rc4 Rfe8 24. Rh4 Qb2
$1) 21... cxd6 22. Rfd1 Rfc8 $1 23. Rxd6 Rab8 $1 (23... Rc7 24. Rb1 Rac8 25.
Rb6 Kf8 26. Rxa6 Ke7 $16) 24. Rc1 Rc7 25. h4 $1 Kf8 $1 (25... h5 $2 26. Rd7 $1
Rbc8 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. f3 $1 Kf8 29. g4 $1 Ke7 30. gxh5 gxh5 31. Kf2 Kd6 32.
Kg3 (32. Ke3 Re7+ 33. Kf4 Kc7 $16) 32... Rxc6 (32... Ke5 $142 33. a3 $1 (33. a4
f6 34. a5 Rg7+ 35. Kf2 Rc7 36. Ke3 Kd5 37. Kf4 Rxc6 38. Rxc6 Kxc6 39. Kf5 Kb5
40. Kg6 Kxa5 41. Kxh5 Kb4 42. Kg6 a5 43. h5 a4 44. h6 a3 45. h7 a2 46. h8=Q
a1=Q 47. Qxf6 $16) 33... f6 34. a4 $1 Rg7+ 35. Kf2 Rc7 36. Ke3 Kd5 37. Kf4 Rxc6
38. Rxc6 Kxc6 39. Kf5 Kc5 40. Kxf6 Kb4 41. f4 Kxa4 42. f5 $18) 33. Rxc6+ Kxc6
34. Kf4 Kd5 35. Kg5 Ke5 36. Kxh5 Kf4 37. Kh6 Kxf3 38. Kg5 Ke4 39. h5 $18) 26.
h5 Ke7 27. Rcd1 $1 gxh5 $1 (27... Rb1 28. Rd7+ $1 Rxd7 29. Rxb1 Rc7 30. Rb6 a5
$14 {/+/-}) 28. Rxh6 Rb2 $1 29. a4 Rb4 $1 30. Re1+ Kf8 31. Rc1 Rxa4 32. Rxh5
Rb4 $1 33. Kf1 Rb6 $11 {[%cal Ga6a5,Ga5a4,Ga4a3,Ga3a2,Ga2a1] exchanging queen
side pawn Black reachs simple theoretical draw.}) 20... c6 $1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal
Ga8d8,Gd8d5][%mdl 32] Now the c5-pawn will be a target for black pieces.} 21.
Qxh6 Rad8 $1 {An extra pawn is not very essential so far.From d5 rook can stop
possible advance of the h-pawn and attack the c5-pawn simultaneously.} 22. Rc2
Qd3 23. Qc1 ({Certainly not} 23. Rac1 $4 Qd1+) 23... Rfe8 $1 24. h3 $1 Re2 $1 {
Rook on c2 is important defender and must be exchanged.} 25. Rxe2 Qxe2 {
[%cal Gd8d2] /\Rd2} 26. Qf4 (26. Rb1 Rd2 27. Qf1 (27. Rb8+ Kh7) (27. Qe1 Qxe1+
28. Rxe1 Rxa2 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Rc8 a5 31. Rxc6 a4 32. Kf1 a3 33. Ra6 Rc2 34.
Rxa3 Rxc5 $11) 27... Rxa2 (27... Qe5 $5) 28. Qxe2 Rxe2 29. Rb6 Rc2 30. Rxc6 a5
$11) 26... Rd5 $1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gd5f5,Gd5c5]} 27. Rc1 $1 {[%mdl 32]
Decenralizing black queen and bringing his rook into play via the e-file.} (27.
Qb8+ Kg7 28. Qb4 (28. Qb6 Rf5 29. Rf1 Qxa2 30. Qxc6 Qc4 $11) 28... Qc2 29. Qa3
Qxc5 30. Qxa6 Rd2 31. Rf1 (31. Qf1 Qd4 $1 {/\R:f2} 32. Rc1 Qf6 $1 33. a4 Ra2
$11) 31... Qc3 $1 $44) (27. Rb1 Qxa2 (27... Rxc5 $5) 28. Re1 {-27.Rc1} (28. Rb7
Qa1+ 29. Kh2 Rf5 $11 {/\Qe5}) (28. Rb8+ Kg7 29. Kh2 $1 Qe2 $1 (29... Qa1 $5)
30. Rb7 (30. Rb6 g5 $1) 30... Rf5 31. Qd4+ Qe5+ 32. Qxe5+ Rxe5 $15)) 27... Qxa2
28. Re1 $1 Kg7 $1 {Prophylaxis.} 29. Re8 Qb2 $5 (29... Qa1+ $5 {-29...Qb2 30.
Kh2}) 30. Kh2 $1 Qd4 $138 {I saw that 30...Qc3 is stronger,but being short of
time I have decided to play safer as rook ending is a theoretical draw.} (30...
Qc3 $5 31. Qh4 (31. Ra8 Rxc5 (31... a5 32. Qb8) 32. Rxa6 $11) 31... Rh5 32. Qd8
Qxc5 (32... Rxc5 33. g4 $1 g5 $1 34. Rg8+ Kh7 35. Rxg5 Rxg5 36. Qxg5 Qf3 37.
Qh5+ Kg7 38. Qg5+ $11) 33. Rg8+ (33. f4 Qb4 $1 34. Rg8+ Kh7 35. Rh8+ Kg7 36.
Rg8+ $11) 33... Kh7 34. Rh8+ Kg7 35. Rg8+ $11) (30... Rxc5 $5 {leads to
immediate draw by perpetual check.} 31. Qd6 Qxf2 (31... Rf5 32. f3 $1 Qf6 (
32... Rxf3 $2 33. Rb8 $1) 33. Qf8+ Kh7 34. Qg8+ Kh6 35. Qf8+ Kh7 $11 (35... Qg7
36. Qd6 Qf6 37. Qf8+ $11)) 32. Qf8+ Kf6 33. Qe7+ (33. Qh8+ $4 Kf5 $19) 33...
Kg7 $11) 31. Qxd4+ Rxd4 32. Rc8 Rc4 33. Rxc6 a5 34. g4 g5 35. Kg3 Rc3+ 36. f3
a4 37. Ra6 Rxc5 $11 38. Rxa4 Rc1 (38... f5 $142 {is the most simple way to
make a draw.}) 39. h4 gxh4+ 40. Kxh4 Rc5 41. Ra6 f6 42. f4 Rc1 43. Ra7+ Kh6 44.
Ra3 {[%cal Gh4g3]} ({Interesting stalemate position could arise in case of} 44.
f5 Rh1+ 45. Kg3 Rg1+ 46. Kf3 Rxg4 $1 47. Kxg4) 44... Rg1 $5 {[%csl Gg3]} 45.
Kh3 Kg6 46. Ra6 Kf7 47. f5 Kg7 48. Rb6 Ra1 49. Rd6 Rg1 50. Re6 Kf7 51. Ra6 Kg7
52. Rd6 Rh1+ (52... Kf7 {is also possible.} 53. Rd7+ Kg8 54. Kh4 Rh1+ 55. Kg3
Ra1 $11) 53. Kg2 Ra1 54. Kf3 Rf1+ {At this moment I decided to force a draw.} (
54... Ra4) 55. Ke4 Rg1 56. Rd7+ Kf8 57. Kd5 Rxg4 58. Ke6 Ra4 $1 59. Rf7+ ({Or} 
59. Kxf6 Ra6+ {reaching Philidor position.}) 59... Kg8 60. Rd7 {Last trap.} Kf8
$1 ({worse is} 60... Ra6+ 61. Rd6 {and draw is not as simple as in the game.})
61. Rf7+ Kg8 62. Rxf6 Ra6+ 63. Ke5 Ra5+ 64. Kf4 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Nd5
h6 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. Ne3 $6 {[%cal Gd3d4] A not very fortunate novelty.
White has to connect his hopes to obtain an advantage with the advance d4.} ({
So the previous games saw} 11. Re1 $5 {preparing d4.} Re8 (11... Bg4 12. h3
Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Ne7 15. Bb3 $14 {and White is slightly better
thanks to a pair of bishops.1-0 Vallejo Pons,F-Georgiev,V/Mallorca 2004/CBM
104 no vc (70)}) 12. d4 $1 (12. h3 a5 13. a4 (13. d4 $5 Ba7 14. Be3 $1) 13...
b4 14. Bc4 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Ne7 16. Bc4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Ng6 18. d4 Bb6 19. Bb5 Bd7
20. Bxd7 Qxd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T-Ganguly,S/Moscow RUS 2005/The Week in
Chess 537 (22)}) 12... Ba7 13. Be3 $1 {I believe this is the way to fight for
advantage in this line.} Ng4 $1 14. Qd3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 (15. Nxe3 $5 $14) 15...
Na5 16. Bc2 Bb7 {[%cal Gc7c6] 1-0 Akopian,V-Ganguly,S/Gibraltar ENG 2006 (32)
and with a pir of bishops and a misplaced knight on d5 Black looks ok.}) ({
and the immediate} 11. d4 Ba7 12. Be3 $1 exd4 ({In case of} 12... Nxe4 {
White plays} 13. Re1 $1 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gd4e5] and suddenly black pieces
start to hang. F.e.} Bg4 14. dxe5 Nc5 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. h3 Bh5 (16... Bxf3 17.
Qxf3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 $14 {[%cal Ge3f5,Ga1d1]}) 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bf4
Qd7 19. Ne7+ Nxe7 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. Rxe7 $16) (12... Ng4 $5) 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 $14 {1-0 Asrian,K-Yegiazarian,A/Yerevan ARM 2005/The Week
in Chess 548 (51)}) 11... Bb6 $1 {Black moves the bishop away from a possible
attack by means of d4.} 12. Qe2 {[%cal Gf1d1] White prepares Rd1.} ({Now} 12.
d4 {would be met by} exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 $15 {[%csl Re4] and White can't protect
his central pawn.} (13... Nxe4 $4 14. Bd5 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Re4]})) 12... Ne7 {
[%cal Ge7g6,Gg6f4] Noticing that f4 would be a nice square for the knight
Black transfers it there via e7 and g6.} 13. Rd1 Ng6 14. Nf5 ({It was better
to move the queen away from e2.} 14. Qc2 {with the idea to meet} Nf4 {with} 15.
Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 {[%cal Gd3d4]} Qd7 17. Bxf4 (17. d4 e4 $1 18. Bxf4 exf3 19.
gxf3 Rfe8 $44) 17... exf4 18. d4 $11 {with almost a symmetric position.}) 14...
d5 $1 {Exploiting a hanging position of the knight on f5.} 15. h3 Re8 $1 {
[%csl Re4][%cal Gc7c5] A useful prophylactic move. Black prepares advance of
the c-pawn to c5 taking space on the queenside and in the centre.} 16. g4 $2 {
This move can't be good. White weakens the dark squares getting nothing in
exchange.} (16. Ng3 {agreeing with a slightly worse position would be a more
realistic approach.}) 16... c5 $1 17. c4 bxc4 18. dxc4 d4 $15 {First
achievement-Black obtained a defended passed pawn in the centre.} 19. Ba4 Re6
$1 {Magnus doesn't want to allow a manoeuvre of the light-squared bishop via
c6 to d5. Moreover the rook will be useful o the e-file after exchange on f4.}
(19... Rf8 20. Bc6) 20. Ne1 {[%cal Ge1d3] It would be nice to block the d-pawn
by means of Nd3, but...} Nf4 $1 21. Bxf4 ({In case of} 21. Qf3 {Black can play
similar to the game.} g6 $1 (21... Ba5 $5) 22. Nxh6+ Kg7 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. e5
$1 (24. Nd3 Nxe4 25. Nxf4 Ng5 $1 26. Nxe6+ Bxe6 $17 {[%csl Rh6]}) 24... Nh7 $1
25. Qxf4 Ng5 $1 {[%csl Rf4,Rg1][%cal Gg5h3]} 26. Kf1 Bc7 $1 {[%csl Re5]} 27.
Nd3 f6 $1 28. h4 Rxe5 $1 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 $17 {[%csl Rf1,Rh6] with an obvious
advantage for Black.}) 21... exf4 {[%csl Re4]} 22. f3 g6 $1 $17 {[%csl Rf5]
Suddenly the knight on f5 gets in a trouble.} 23. Nxh6+ Kg7 {[%csl Rh6] Where
is a way out?} 24. g5 ({Probably} 24. Nd3 {would be a better practical chance,
but after} Kxh6 25. Nxf4 Nh7 $1 {[%cal Gd8h4]} 26. Nxe6 Bxe6 $17 {[%csl Rf4,
Rg3][%cal Gb6c7,Gd8h4] and with two pieces for a rook plus weak dark squares
around White's king Black can look forward with a smile.}) (24. Qh2 Bc7 25. h4
Nxe4 $1 ({or} 25... Nh7 $5 {and White's position collapses.})) 24... Nh7 {
The simplest. Black prepares a sacrifice of the knight on g5, which will
provide him with a number of extra pawns and a vulnerable white king.} ({
Also the computer's} 24... Nxe4 $5 {was strong.} 25. Nxf7 (25. fxe4 Qxg5+ 26.
Ng4 f5 27. Nf3 Qh5 28. Qg2 fxe4 $1) 25... Kxf7 26. fxe4 Qxg5+ 27. Ng2 Bc7 $1
$19 {[%cal Ge6f6,Gg5g3]}) 25. h4 (25. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 26. h4 {[%cal Ge1d3] trying
to build a fortress was the very last practical chance.}) 25... Nxg5 26. hxg5 (
{Doesn't help} 26. Qg2 Nxe4 $1 27. Nxf7 Qxh4 $1 28. fxe4 Kxf7 29. Nf3 Qh5 30.
Ng5+ Kg7 31. Nxe6+ Bxe6 $19 {with a decisive attack.}) 26... Qxg5+ 27. Qg2 Qxh6
{[%cal Ge6e5,Ge5g5] Black is already a pawn up while his attack is only
getting stronger.} 28. Nd3 g5 $1 $19 {[%cal Ge6g6,Gg5g4] Sacrifices never
stoped the young Norwegian. The idea to open up the g-file with g4 leaves
White no choice.} 29. Nxf4 Bc7 $1 {Now White starts to feel his weak dark
squares- a consequence of her careless play in the opening.} 30. Nd3 (30. Nxe6+
{would only prolong the game, but after} Bxe6 $19 {[%cal Gc7f4,Gf4e3] Black
fully dominates.}) 30... g4 $1 {[%csl Rg1,Rg2] Black shouldn't be asked twice
before making this move. Opening of the g-file concludes the game.} 31. fxg4
Rg6 {[%csl Rg4]} (31... Rg6 32. Nf2 Rxb2 $19 {[%cal Gg6g4] is completely
hopeless and so White resigned. Another brilliant win of Carlsen in Wijk aan
Zee.}) 0-1

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In this technical battle in one of the few 2800+ encounters... one can see
many rich positional ideas. It is one of those few draws which I do not feel
unhappy about commenting on!} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
Be7 {A Marshall?} 6. d3 {No! Carlsen has never been a fond of theoretical
battles in the Ruy Lopez.} d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Re1 dxe4 11.
dxe4 {This position is familiar to Carlsen, as he faced it against Ivanchuk
not long ago!} Be6 12. h3 {A very rare choice, which is not so surprising from
Carlsen's point of view.} (12. Bb3 Bxb3 13. axb3 Qd3 14. b4 Rfd8 15. Qb3 Qd7
16. Qc2 Qe6 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Qc2 Qe6 19. h3 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Rxa5 Nxa5 22.
b4 Nb7 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. Nxb3 Nd7 25. Be3 Nd6 26. Nfd2 Ra8 27. Kf1 f6 28. Ke2
Kf7 29. Kd3 Ke6 30. f3 Ra2 31. Ra1 Rxa1 32. Nxa1 Nb7 33. Nab3 {1/2-1/2 (33)
Ivanchuk,V (2776)-Carlsen,M (2815) Medias 2011}) 12... Nd7 (12... h6 {Well Mr.
Aronian, a very old game has been followed so far... Botvinnik played it!} 13.
Nh2 Nh7 14. Ng4 Bg5 15. Qe2 Qd6 16. Ne3 Rfd8 17. Nf3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qe7 {
0-1 (60) Smyslov,V-Botvinnik,M Leningrad/Moscow 1941. White has a slight edge
even though Smyslov threw the game away.}) 13. Nf1 Nc5 (13... Nb6 {covering
the d5-square is an alternative.} 14. Qe2 Qc8 15. Ne3 Rd8 16. Nh2 Bf8 17. Nf5 {
is what I would personally not like to face in a practical game. Aronian's
choice is ok, though it does have an obvious drawback: Black loses control
over the d5-square.}) 14. Ne3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 f6 16. Nd5 {There we are. As
always, Carlsen has managed to get a slight but riskless edge.} Bd6 17. Be3 Nb7
18. b4 $5 {Fixing the target on b5 and creating a target!} Ne7 (18... a5 $6 {
is premature as a result of} 19. a4 axb4 20. axb5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1
Ne7 23. cxb4 Bxb4 24. Bb3 Bd6 25. g4 $1 {after which White has a slight but
long-lasting advantage is out of the question.}) 19. a4 c6 $6 {This is a
serious inaccuracy which hands the initiative to White.} (19... Nxd5 20. exd5
Bf7 $1 {keeping the pawn on d5 under attack, gives Black adequate play.} 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Bd3 Bxd5 23. Bxb5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 c5 {is very close to a draw.})
20. Nb6 {Carlsen grabs the initiative.} Rab8 21. Nd2 (21. Nh4 $5 g6 (21... Rfd8
22. Nf5 Nxf5 23. exf5 Bf7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra7 {is clearly better for White.})
22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra7 Rfd8 24. Nf3 Kf8 {and White keeps the pressure.}) (21.
axb5 axb5 22. Ra7 Rfd8 23. Ne1 {is another alternative, though I cannot say
how either side would improve its position.}) 21... c5 22. axb5 axb5 23. c4 $5
{Carlsen tries to complicate things.} cxb4 $6 (23... Nc8 24. Nd5 cxb4 25. cxb5
Bxd5 26. exd5 {does not solve Black's problem.}) 24. cxb5 Bc5 25. Bb3 Bxb3 26.
Nxb3 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Na5 28. Rxa5 Rxb6 29. Rd7 Nc8 30. Nc5 h5 {This move will
become valuable in the more or less forced resulting rook ending.} 31. Rd3 Re8
32. Na4 Rb8 33. Rb3 {Carlsen wins a pawn but Dr. Tarrasch believes that all
rook endings are drawn!} Nb6 34. Rxb4 Rec8 35. Nxb6 Rxb6 36. Ra6 Rc1+ 37. Kf2
Rc2+ 38. Kg3 Rxa6 39. bxa6 Ra2 $1 {The rooks have to be behind the pawns,
whether ours or our enemy's!} 40. Rb6 Kf7 41. Rb7+ Kg6 42. a7 {Now we are in
Dr. Müller's territory. White needs to bring his king to the queenside.
Black's rook is well placed and thanks to White's weakened pawn chain he can
create some counterplay on the kingside which may enable his king to become
active.} Kh6 43. Kh2 g6 $1 (43... h4 $2 44. Kg1 g6 45. Kf1 f5 46. Ke1 Kg5 47.
Rf7 (47. Kd1 f4 $11 {gives Black enough play to make a draw.}) 47... fxe4 48.
Kd1 Kh5 49. Kc1 g5 50. Kb1 {is winning for White. Therefore Black has to be on
time with his king and to activate it in the least amount of time.}) 44. Kg1
Kg5 $1 {Aronian uses the h4-square for his king.} 45. Rh7 (45. Rf7 f5 46. Kf1
fxe4 47. g3 h4 48. g4 Kh6 49. Ke1 g5 50. Kd1 Kg6 {just in time!} 51. Rb7 Kf6
52. Kc1 Ke6 53. Kb1 Ra5 54. Kb2 Kd6 55. Kb3 (55. Kc3 Kc6 56. Re7 Ra1 57. Rxe5
Rxa7 58. Rxg5 Rd7 {Is a draw}) 55... Kc6 56. Re7 (56. Kb4 Ra2 57. Rg7 Ra1 (
57... Ra6 {is also possible!} 58. Rg6+ Kd5 59. Rxa6) 58. Rxg5 Rxa7 59. Rxe5 Ra2
60. Rh5 Re2 61. Kc4 Rxe3 62. Rh6+ Kd7 63. Rxh4 Ra3 {and Black manages to make
a draw thanks to White's badly placed rook on h4.}) 56... Kb6 57. Kc3 Kc6 58.
Rxe5 Rxa7 59. Rxg5 Rd7 {transposes. Obviously there are still a lot moves to
analyse in this position but I hardly believe that White has many ways to
improve his position.}) 45... f5 46. g3 {Equivalent to a draw offer.} (46. Rf7
fxe4 47. Kh2 h4 48. Kg1 Kh6 49. Kf1 g5 50. Ke1 Kg6 51. Rc7 Kf6 52. Kd1 Ke6 53.
Kc1 Kd6 54. Rg7 Kc6 55. Kb1 Ra5 56. Kb2 Kb6 57. Kb3 Rb5+ 58. Kc2 Rc5+ 59. Kd2
Ra5 60. Ke2 Ra2+ 61. Kf1 Ra1+ 62. Kf2 Ra2+ 63. Kg1 Ra1+ 64. Kh2 Kc5 65. Rxg5
Kc4 $1 {Thanks to his active king Black is in the safe zone.}) 46... Kf6 47.
Kf1 fxe4 48. Ke1 Ke6 49. Rg7 Kd5 50. g4 hxg4 51. hxg4 Kc4 52. Rd7 g5 53. Kd1
Kc3 54. Ke1 Kc4 55. Kd1 Kc3 56. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nf1
O-O 9. Ng3 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. h4 h5 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. O-O Nd8 14. d4 exd4 15.
cxd4 Ne6 16. Bd2 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. b4 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4
Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Ra8 23. Rxa8+ Bxa8 24. Ne2 Qe7 25. Nc1 Bc6 26. Bb3 Qd8 27. Nd3
Be8 28. Qa2 c6 {Black's bishop is obviously bad but thankfully it takes care
of the most annoying job in Black's position: defending the weak c6-pawn!
Black's position is rock solid and hard to break.} 29. g3 Qb8 30. Bd1 Bf8 31.
Qa1 Bh6 32. Be2 Bd7 33. Nfe1 Nc7 34. Nc5 Bc8 35. Qa5 Bf8 36. Bd3 Be7 37. Nc2
Bd8 38. Qa1 Qa8 39. Qb2 Kg7 40. Ne3 Be7 41. Kh2 Ne6 42. f4 f5 43. Nc2 Bxc5 $1 {
A good decision! The knight on e6 is extremely strong and there is no
breakthrough on the kingside. Black is untouchable!} 44. bxc5 Bd7 45. Kg2 Kf7
46. Kf2 Ke7 47. Ke3 Nc7 48. Nb4 Be6 49. Bb1 Kd7 50. Qa2 {} Qxa2 51. Bxa2 Ne8 {
Andreikin has 50 moves to make any progress or he has to shake his opponent's
hand for a half a point apiece!} 52. Kd3 Kc7 53. Kc3 Kb7 54. Bb1 Nc7 55. Bd3
Ne8 56. Nc2 Nc7 57. Na1 Na6 58. Nb3 Kc7 59. Nd2 Kb7 60. Nf1 Nc7 61. Ne3 Ne8 62.
Kb4 {} Ng7 63. Be2 {} Ka6 {} 64. Bf3 Bf7 65. Bg2 {} Be6 66. Nc2 Bd7 67. Kc3
Be6 {} 68. Bf1 Kb7 69. Ne1 {} Bd7 70. Nf3 {} Ne6 {} 71. Ng5 Nxg5 {} 72.
fxg5 {Andreikin has made the exchange but Black has an impenetrable fortress.
The result is already sealed.} Be6 73. Bd3 Kc7 74. Kb4 {} Bf7 75. Ka5 {} Kb7
{} 76. Be2 {} Be6 {} 77. Kb4 {} Kc7 {} 78. Kc3 {} Kb7 79. Bd3 {} Kc7 {}
80. Kd2 Kd7 81. Ke3 {} Bf7 {} 82. Kf4 {} Ke6 {} 83. Kf3 {} Be8 {} 84. Ke3
{} Bf7 {} 85. Kd2 {} Kd7 {} 86. Bc2 {} Be8 {} 87. Kc3 {} Bf7 {} 88. Kb4
{} Kc7 89. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Aalborg"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Mortensen,E"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Bg5 {This
prevents d6-d5 for some time.} Bg7 8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. Nf1 {Playing the knight to
its ideal square e3 before castling may save the tempo Tfe1 later. Also white
sometimes can consider castling long.} h6 10. Bh4 Ne7 11. Bc2 ({More active is
Lb3 as in the following beautiful game:} 11. Bb3 c6 12. Ne3 Qc7 13. Qc2 O-O 14.
d4 Rfe8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. h4 Nc8 (17... h5 18. O-O-O $5 {with
the plan g2-g4}) 18. h5 g5 19. Rd1 Nb6 20. Nh2 Rad8 21. Qe2 Kg7 22. Qf3 Bc8 23.
O-O Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Nhg4 a5 27. a4 Qd6 28. g3 Bxg4 29. Qxg4
Qd7 30. Qf3 Bd8 31. Nf5+ Kh7 32. Nd6 Kg7 33. Nxf7 {1-0 Bronstein,D-Dely,P/
Moscow 1962/MCD (33)}) 11... Nh5 12. Ne3 O-O 13. d4 Qe8 14. O-O Kh8 15. Re1 (
15. dxe5 $14) 15... f6 $5 {Now dxe5 is not on, as this would give black a half
open f-file.} 16. Bg3 ({Better was} 16. Qd2 Rd8 17. Rad1 $14) 16... Nxg3 $6 {
There was no reason to hurry with this, as white gets some dynamic
possibilities connected with advancing the f-pawn.} 17. hxg3 h5 (17... f5 18.
exf5 gxf5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Nxe5 $1 Bxe5 21. Nd5 Nc6 22. f4 $16) 18. Nh4 Kh7 (
18... Bh6 19. f4 $1 exf4 $2 20. Nd5 $18) 19. f4 Bh6 20. Nd5 Bg4 21. Qd3 Rc8 22.
Bd1 {It is logical to exchange these bishops, as white plans f4-f5 playing on
the white squares.} Bd7 (22... Nxd5 23. Bxg4 Nb4 24. cxb4 hxg4 25. f5 $16) 23.
Nxe7 Qxe7 24. f5 gxf5 25. exf5 ({I did not want to allove the exchange
sacrifice} 25. Bxh5 f4 {but white is much better after} 26. Ng6 Qg7 27. gxf4
Bxf4 28. Nxf4 exf4 29. e5+ Kh6 30. e6 $16) 25... Be8 26. Bb3 c6 27. Be6 {
From here the bishop seriously disturbs the koordination of the black peaces.}
Rd8 (27... Rc7 28. dxe5 dxe5 29. Rxe5 $16) 28. d5 c5 29. Re4 Bg5 (29... b5 30.
g4 Qa7 31. Qh3 $16) 30. Nf3 Kg7 31. a4 $1 {It is not clear that white can
break through on the kingside so I prepare to open the b-file to take
advantage of the greater mobility of the white forces. Before playing b2-b4
though it is useful create a weakness on b7. In time trouble my opponent does
not succeed to adjust to the changed situation and drifts into a hopeless
position.} Rh8 $6 ({Relatively best was} 31... b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Nxg5 fxg5
34. Qe3 Kh8 35. b4 $16) 32. a5 Rh6 33. b4 $18 Qc7 34. Nxg5 fxg5 35. Qe3 Kf6 36.
bxc5 Qxc5 37. Qxc5 (37. Rxe5 Qxe3+ 38. Rxe3 Rh7 39. c4 Rc7 $16) 37... dxc5 38.
Rb1 Bd7 (38... Rh7 39. Rb6 $18) 39. Rb6 Bxe6 40. Rxe6+ Kg7 (40... Kxf5 $2 41.
R4xe5+) 41. R6xe5 (41. R4xe5 $1 Rf6 (41... Rxe6 $2 42. fxe6 Kf6 43. e7 $18) 42.
c4 Rd7 43. Re7+ Rf7 44. f6+ Kxf6 45. R7e6+ $18) 41... b5 42. axb6 Rxb6 43. c4
Rf6 (43... Rdb8 $5) 44. g4 hxg4 45. Rxg4 Rf7 46. Rge4 (46. Rxg5+ $4 Kf6 $19) (
46. Rg3 $1 a5 47. Ra3) 46... a5 47. Re6 Ra8 (47... Rxf5 48. Ra6 $18) 48. Rg6+
Kf8 49. Rxg5 a4 50. Rh5 Ra5 (50... Kg7 51. Re6 Rf6 52. Rg5+ Kf7 (52... Kh6 53.
Rg8 $1) 53. Re2 $18) 51. Re2 a3 52. Ra2 Ra4 53. Kh2 Kg7 54. d6 Kf6 (54... Rd7
55. Rh3 Rxc4 56. Raxa3 Rf4 (56... Rxd6 57. Rag3+ Kf7 58. Rh7+ Kf6 59. Rg6+ Ke5
60. Re7+ Kd5 61. Kh3 $18) 57. Rh5 Kf6 58. Ra5 Rc4 59. Kh3 Ke5 60. Ra1 $18) 55.
Rh3 (55. Re2 $1 Kg7 56. Re6 Rf6 57. d7 Ra8 58. Re8 $18) 55... Rfa7 56. Rd3 Rd7
57. Raxa3 Rxc4 58. Rd5 Rc2 (58... Rf4 59. Ra5 Rxf5 60. Rxf5+ Kxf5 61. Rxc5+ Ke6
62. Rc6 $18) 59. Rh3 c4 60. Rg3 c3 61. Rg6+ Kf7 62. Rc5 Rd2 63. Rxc3 R2xd6 64.
Rc6 $1 {Preventing the black king from reaching g5.} Rd5 65. Rcf6+ Ke7 66. Kh3
Rc7 67. g4 Rc1 68. Kh4 Rd4 69. Kg5 Rg1 70. Rg7+ Ke8 71. Re6+ Kd8 72. Kf6 Rgxg4
73. Rxg4 Rxg4 74. Kf7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Motylev,A"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 {This system is considered Black's main weapon
against the a3-Nc3 line.} 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 (13... Ng4 $5
14. Bd2 Nf6 {is a main line, I believe.}) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bd8 ({In 2014
vs Lenier Dominguez Evgeny played} 15... a5 $5 {and made a draw in a long game}
16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Rb2 axb4 18. axb4 f5 19. Nh4 f4 20. Nf5 Kh8 21. d4 f6 22.
Qd3 Ne7 23. Nxe7 Qxe7 24. Qxb5 exd4 25. Qd3 Qe5 26. b5 Rfe8 27. b6 cxb6 28.
Rxb6 Rac8 29. Rb4 Rc3 30. Qxd4 Rxc2 31. Qd1 Rc3 32. f3 Qc5+ 33. Qd4 Rc2 34. Kh1
Qg5 35. Rg1 Rg8 36. Rb2 Rxb2 37. Qxb2 Qe5 38. Qc1 f5 39. exf5 Qxf5 40. Rd1 Qf6
41. h3 Qg5 42. Qd2 Rg6 43. Ra1 Kg7 44. Ra5 Qh4 45. Ra4 Rf6 46. Qe2 Qh5 47. Qe7+
Qf7 48. Qd8 Qg6 49. Re4 Kh6 50. Re8 Qg5 51. Re7 Qf5 52. Rb7 Qg6 53. Qe7 Rf5 54.
Qh4+ Qh5 55. Qd8 Qg6 56. Qe7 Rf6 57. Kg1 Rf5 58. Qh4+ Qh5 59. Qd8 Qg6 60. Qh4+
Qh5 61. Qd8 Qg6 62. Qe7 Rf6 63. Rb4 Qg7 64. Qe1 Qg5 65. Kh1 Rg6 66. Qd2 Rf6 67.
Rd4 Kg7 68. Rd5 Qg6 69. Rb5 Qf7 70. Rg5+ Rg6 71. Ra5 Rf6 72. Qd4 Qg6 73. h4 Kh6
74. Rg5 Qf7 75. Rg4 Qf8 76. Kh2 Rf5 77. Kh3 Qf6 78. Qd2 Qe6 79. Qc3 Qf6 80. Qc1
Kh5 81. Qc8 Kh6 82. Qg8 Rc5 83. Qa8 Rc1 84. Kh2 Rc5 85. Qa4 Rf5 86. Kh3 Kh5 87.
Qe4 Kh6 88. Qd3 Rh5 89. g3 Rf5 90. Rg8 Rh5 91. Qe4 d5 92. Qe8 Re5 93. Qb8 fxg3
94. Kxg3 Re1 95. Qf4+ Qxf4+ 96. Kxf4 Kh5 97. Rg5+ Kxh4 98. Rxd5 Re8 99. Rd7
Rf8+ 100. Ke4 Re8+ {1/2 (100) Dominguez Perez,L (2751)-Tomashevsky,E (2701)
Baku 2014}) 16. c4 Nd4 17. Ne3 {Quite a modest continuation.} (17. Nxd4 exd4
18. Rc2 {was more challenging}) 17... Nxf3+ ({My engine recommends} 17... a5 $1
18. bxa5 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Bg5 $1 $11 (19... Rxa5 20. cxb5 Qxb5 21. Nc4 {could be
slightly better for White.})) 18. Qxf3 Bg5 19. Nd5 $5 ({In case of} 19. Rc2 $5
{the simplest is} Bxe3 20. Qxe3 c5 $1 $11) 19... Rfb8 $1 ({If} 19... Bd8 {
then White could have tried} 20. a4 $5 (20. Qf5 Qe8) 20... c6 21. Ne3 Bb6 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. cxb5 cxb5 25. Nd5 Bd4 26. Qe2 {and strangely
enough White could be better here.}) 20. Qg3 Qd8 ({Here} 20... Bd8 {looked
quite good. After} 21. Rc2 (21. f4 $6 c6 22. Ne3 Bb6 $15) 21... c6 22. Ne3 a5 {
the postion is about equal.}) 21. cxb5 {I thought for more than half an hour
here and found a strong resource - 25.g3. Then I went for this line with pawn
sacrifices.} ({Nothing promises to White} 21. f4 exf4 22. Nxf4 a5 ({or} 22...
Bf6)) 21... axb5 22. Rc2 Rc8 {Now White can execute the two pawn sacrifice for
a blockade on the white squares.} ({Perhaps better was} 22... Rb7 23. d4 $5 (
23. Qg4 Rxa3 24. g3 Rba7 25. h4 Bh6 $13) 23... exd4 24. f4 $13) 23. Rc6 $1 Rxa3
24. Qg4 $1 Rxd3 ({In case of} 24... g6 {White has an interesting line:} 25. f4
$5 exf4 26. h4 $1 Bxh4 27. Qxf4 Kh8 28. g3 $5 Bg5 29. Qxf7 {with initiative})
25. g3 $1 {The point of White's play.} Ra8 $1 {Other moves were worse.} (25...
Kh8 26. Qf5 $1 $16) (25... g6 26. h4 $1 Rxd5 27. exd5 $16) (25... h5 26. Qxh5
g6 27. Qe2 $16) 26. h4 $1 (26. Nxc7 {was tempting but gives nothing to White:}
Rc8 $1 27. Ne6 Qd7 $1 28. Rxc8+ (28. Qxg5 Qxe6) 28... Qxc8 29. Qxg5 fxe6 $11)
26... Rxd5 $2 {This leads Black into a difficult positon.} ({Stronger was} 
26... Bd2 $1 {postponing the exchange sacrifice:} 27. Rb1 $1 {Defending the
important b4-pawn.} (27. Nxc7 h5 $1 28. Qxh5 Qd7 29. Nd5 Rxd5 30. exd5 Bxb4 31.
Qe2 Bc5 32. Qxb5 Qf5 $44) (27. Rd1 h5 $1 28. Qxh5 Rxd5 29. exd5 Bxb4 30. Qe2
Bc5 31. Qxb5 Ra2 $11) (27. Rxc7 $6 Rxd5 28. Rd7 Qc8 29. Qf5 Qe8 $1 30. exd5 g6
$132) (27. Kg2 $5 {was also possible and after} g6 (27... h5 28. Qxh5 Rxd5 29.
exd5 Bxb4 30. Qe2 $14) 28. Rb1 {the game transposes to the line 27.Rb1 g6 28.
Kg2}) 27... g6 28. Kg2 {Black has a choice:} ({A nice line arises after} 28.
Rb2 Bh6 {-} 29. Rbc2 f5 $1 30. Qe2 $1 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 Rdd1 $1 32. Rxc7 Rg1+ 33.
Kf3 Ra3+ $1 34. R7c3 Rxc3+ 35. Rxc3 fxe4+ 36. Kxe4 $1 Kh8 $1 37. Qg4 {White is
still pressing but Black should hold the draw.}) 28... h5 (28... Raa3 29. Rxc7
f5 $1 30. Qd1 Rxd5 $1 31. Rbc1 $1 Rc5 32. bxc5 Qxc7 33. Qxd2 dxc5 34. Qd5+ Qf7
35. Qxc5 Ra8 36. exf5 Rf8 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Kg1 Qf5 $14) 29. Qe2 Raa3 30. Ra1
Bxb4 31. Rxa3 Rxd5 32. Ra7 Rc5 33. Raxc7 Rxc6 34. Rxc6 Qb8 35. Qa2 Bc5 36. Qa6
Kg7 37. Rc8 Qa7 38. Qxa7 Bxa7 39. Rc7 Bc5 {and Black should hold the resulting
endgame.}) 27. exd5 {Somewhere around here both players had come into time
trouble.} Bd2 ({After} 27... Bh6 28. Qe2 Qb8 29. Qb2 $1 $16 {White wins the
fight for the very important a-file line, because} Qa7 $2 {is losing the
c7-pawn after} 30. Qc2) 28. Rd1 $2 {A tempting move, but a mistake.} ({Much
better was the cold-blooded} 28. Rb1 $1 Bh6 (28... Ra4 {doesn't work -} 29. Qe2
$1 Rxb4 30. Ra1 $1 Bh6 31. Rxc7 {and White wins.}) 29. Qe2 Qb8 30. Qd1 g6 31.
Ra1 {with the advantage being close to decisive.}) 28... h5 $1 ({After} 28...
f5 $5 29. Qxf5 Bxb4 30. Rb1 Ba5 31. Qe6+ $1 ({but not} 31. Rxb5 Qf6 $1) 31...
Kh8 32. Rxb5 {White is winning.}) 29. Qe4 Bh6 30. Qe2 g6 ({Perhaps even better
was} 30... Qd7 $1 31. Qxh5 (31. Qxb5 $2 Qg4 32. Qd3 Be3 $1 $11) 31... Ra4 $16 {
with some counterplay}) 31. Qxb5 e4 $1 32. Qe2 e3 33. f4 $1 Qe7 ({Another
possibility was} 33... Ra3 $5 34. Rdc1 Qf6 35. Rxc7 Qd4 {and even here Black
has some counterplay.}) 34. Rc3 Re8 35. Rdd3 Bg7 36. Rc4 Bf6 {It looks as if
White's postion is completely winning, but it is still not so easy to make
progress.} 37. Kg2 {White chooses the direct way and loses almost all the
advange in the next few moves.} (37. Kh2 $1 Kg7 38. Ra3 $1 Kg8 (38... c5 39.
dxc6 d5 40. Rc1 $18) (38... Kh7 39. Ra7) 39. Ra7 Qd7 40. Raxc7 Qb5 41. Rc8 $18)
37... Kg7 {Now the most practical decision for White would be just to make 3
waiting moves to pass the time control and then think how to convert the
advantage.} 38. Kf3 $2 {There was no need to hurry at all.} (38. Kh2 $1) 38...
Qd7 $1 39. Rxe3 (39. Kg2 Qb5 $1) 39... Ra8 40. Kg2 Qb5 $1 {The time control is
over, but a significant part of the advantage has also disappeared.} 41. Rc2 $6
({Perhaps better was} 41. Qd3 Ra2+ 42. Re2 Rxe2+ 43. Qxe2 Qxd5+ 44. Kh2 Qb5 45.
Rc2 Qxb4 46. Rxc7 $16) ({Attention deserved} 41. Rxc7 Qxb4 $5 (41... Qxd5+ 42.
Kh2 Ra1 43. Qg2 Qf5 $16) 42. Rc1 Ra4 $16) 41... Qxb4 42. Qc4 Qb1 $1 43. Rb3 Qa1
({Black could have played} 43... Qe1 $5 44. Rf3 Ra5 $1 45. Rf1 Qe3 46. Re2 Qb6
47. f5 Be5 $1 48. fxg6 f6 $1 $11) 44. Rf3 Ra4 45. Qf1 Ra2 $6 (45... Qd4 $142
46. Rd3 Qb6 $14) 46. Rff2 ({Stronger was} 46. Qd3 $1 Ra7 47. Rf1 $16) 46...
Qxf1+ 47. Kxf1 Ra1+ 48. Kg2 Bd4 49. Rf1 Ra7 {Here we both went into the second
zeitnot.} 50. Rd2 $2 ({White could have fought for the advantage after} 50. Rc4
$1 Bc5 (50... Be3 51. Re4 Ra3 52. Rf3 Ra2+ 53. Kf1 Bb6 54. f5 $1 $16) 51. f5
Ra2+ 52. Kh3 f6 53. fxg6 Rd2 54. g4 $1 Kxg6 55. gxh5+ Kxh5 56. Rxf6 Rd3+ 57.
Kg2 Rxd5 58. Rf3 $16) 50... Ra4 $6 ({Much stronger was} 50... Bb6 $1 {with a
nice idea:} 51. f5 g5 $3 52. hxg5 Be3 {and Black is not worse}) 51. f5 $2 ({
A better try was} 51. Rc2 $1 Bc5 52. f5 {but still it looks like a dead draw
after} f6 53. fxg6 Kxg6 54. Kh3 Ra3) 51... Be5 $1 $11 52. Rf3 Rc4 53. Ra2 f6
54. fxg6 Kxg6 55. Kh3 Rc5 56. Rd3 Rc4 {In mutual time trouble Black misses
White's next move, but still nothing serious has happened.} (56... c6 $11) (
56... Kf5 $5) 57. Ra6 $5 Kf5 ({Stockfish is saying that even the fantastic} 
57... c5 $1 {is possible, and after} 58. dxc6 Rc2 {White cannot improve his
position.}) (57... Rb4 $5 58. Rc6 Rb7 {is totally ok for Black too.}) 58. Rc6
Rc5 ({Black is ok also after taking on c6 -} 58... Rxc6 $5 59. dxc6 Ke4 60. Ra3
d5 61. Kg2 d4 $11) 59. Rxc5 ({The best try was} 59. Rd1 $1 {but here Black has}
Rb5 $1 ({or} 59... Ra5) 60. Rxc7 Rb3 61. Rg7 Ke4 $11) 59... dxc5 60. Re3 c4 61.
Kg2 c3 62. Re2 Bd4 63. Kf3 Be5 64. Re1 Bd6 $1 {The last finesse.} ({A mistake
would be} 64... Bd4 $2 {in view of} 65. Re6 $1 Be5 66. Rc6 $22) 65. Re3 Be5 66.
Re2 Bd6 67. Re3 Be5 68. Re1 Bd6 69. Re2 Be5 70. Ra2 (70. Rg2 Bd4 $1) 70... Bd4
71. Re2 ({After} 71. Ra4 Ke5 72. Rc4 Kxd5 73. Rxc7 {the simplest is} Be5 74.
Rc8 f5 $11) 71... Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 13th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2005.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxc6+
bxc6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. O-O Nh7 12. Rf2 Qe7 13. Qd2 g6 14. Ne2 a5 15.
Ng3 h5 16. h3 c5 17. a4 Rb8 18. b3 Rb4 19. Raf1 c6 20. Kh2 d5 21. Qc3 h4 22.
Ne2 Re8 23. Nd2 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Nf3 e4 26. dxe4 Rxe4 27. Qxa5 d4 28. Nc1
dxe3 29. Re2 Nf6 30. Nd3 c4 31. bxc4 Rxc4 32. Kg1 Qd6 33. Qe1 Ree4 34. Ng5 Re7
35. Nf3 Nd5 36. Nxh4 Qf6 37. Nf3 f4 38. Qh4 Qxh4 39. Nxh4 Rg7 40. Ne5 Re4 41.
Nd3 Bxh3 42. c4 Rxc4 43. Ra2 Bc8 44. Rb2 Ba6 45. Ra1 Rb7 46. Rxb7 Bxb7 47. Ne5
Re4 48. Nhf3 Nc3 49. a5 Ba6 50. Kh2 e2 51. Nxc6 Nd1 52. Ne1 Bb7 53. Rc1 Kg7 54.
Rc5 Kf6 55. Kg1 Ra4 56. Rc1 Ba8 57. Nf3 $2 {Nach} (57. a6 {hat Weiß sehr gute
Remischancen, weil auf} Rxa6 $6 58. Nd4 Ra2 59. Nxe2 {folgen kann.}) 57... Rxa5
$1 58. Ncd4 (58. Nxa5 $2 Bxf3 $19 {[%cal Ge2e1]}) 58... Bxf3 59. Nxf3 Ra2 $2 {
Danach hat der schwarze Monarch Probleme, den Schachs zu entkommen.} (59... Re5
60. Ne1 Kf5 {war viel genauer.}) 60. Rc6+ Kf5 61. Rc5+ Kf6 62. Rc4 Kf5 63. Rc5+
Ke4 64. Re5+ Kd3 65. Rd5+ Kc3 66. Rc5+ Kb3 67. Rc8 Ra4 68. Ne1 $2 (68. Re8 {
legt den Finger auf die Wunde, z.B.} Nc3 69. Kf2 Kc2 70. Ng1 Kd3 71. Nxe2 Ra2
72. Rd8+ $11) 68... Re4 69. Rc7 Re3 70. Rf7 Kc3 71. Rd7 Rg3 72. Rd8 Re3 73. Rd7
Kb2 74. Rc7 Nc3 75. Kf2 Ne4+ 76. Kg1 Rc3 77. Re7 Rc4 78. Kh2 Kc3 79. Rd7 Rd4
80. Rc7+ Kd2 81. Nf3+ Ke3 82. Nxd4 Kxd4 (82... e1=Q $4 83. Nc2+ $18) 83. Rc1
Ke3 84. Kh3 Nf2+ 85. Kh4 Nd1 86. Rc8 Kd3 (86... e1=Q+ {ging auch sofort.}) 87.
Rd8+ Kc4 88. Re8 Ne3 89. Rc8+ Kd5 90. Rc1 Nd1 0-1

[Event "Zalakaros op 35th"]
[Site "Zalakaros"]
[Date "2016.06.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Puranik, Abhimanyu Sameer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Narayanan,Srinath"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 d6 $6 (
7... O-O {this move order would just avoid this problem} 8. d3 (8. Nd5 Nxe4 (
8... h6 $6 9. c3 {would save White a tempo}) 9. d3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7) 8... h6 9.
Nd5 d6 10. c3 {is a typical position in such lines.}) 8. Nd5 {A tricky
situation for Black. Even very strong players like Caruana were unable to
equalise.} O-O $2 {Walking right into it....} (8... Na5 {A rare move. Black
would like to remove the b3 B, but he allows White's next move.} 9. d4 $1 {
An important principle. When your opponent's piece goes to the edge of the
board, you should attack in the centre!} Nxb3 (9... exd4 $5 {was the
alternative} 10. Bg5 c6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Bh4 Rg8 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 c5 {
followed by c4. This is the point, why Black doesn't take on b3.}) 10. axb3
Nxd5 $146 {The new move in the game.} (10... exd4 $6 {was dubious, as} 11. Bg5
c6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Bh4 Rg8 {(Satyapragyan-Deshmukh, Tirupati 2012)} 14. Nxd4
Rg4 15. Bg3 Rxe4 16. Nxb5 $1 {and Black's position is hopeless, for example:}
cxb5 17. Qd5 $18) 11. exd5 exd4 12. Re1+ Kf8 13. Nxd4 {White has gained some
space. His position looks comfortable, because the black K didn't castle,
that's why it is not so easy to finish the development for Black.} Bd7 {
Otherwise Nc6.} 14. Be3 Qf6 15. Qd2 {0-1 (15) Topalov,V (2793)-Caruana,F (2774)
Thessaloniki 2013 CBM 155 [Szabo,Kr]}) ({In the event of} 8... Rb8 9. c3 Nxd5
10. Bxd5 Ne7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb6 14. h3 h6 15. Re1 c5 16. Be3
Bb7 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nh4 Qb6 20. Rc3 $14 {White was slightly
better, Grischuk-Lenic, Porto Carras 2011.}) (8... Nxe4 9. d3 Nf6 10. Bg5 $44)
9. d4 exd4 10. Bg5 Na5 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Nxb3 14. axb3 {
Black's position is just bad. So bad that even IM Puranik, who has shown a
tendency to extricate himself from all kinds of terrible positions couldn't
escape.} c6 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Bh6 Kh8 17. b4 Bb6 18. Qg4 Rg8 19. Qh4 {[%cal
Ga1a3,Ga3h3]} Rg5 20. Bxg5 fxg5 21. Qe4 d5 22. Qe5+ Kg8 23. f6 h6 24. Rfe1 Qd7
25. h4 g4 26. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Narayanan,Srinath"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Bd7 7. c3 g6 8. Nbd2
Bg7 9. d4 O-O 10. h3 Nh5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Re1 Qc8 13. Nf1 Rd8 14. Qe2 h6 15.
N1h2 b5 16. Bc2 Be6 17. Bb3 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Na5 21.
Nd4 Bxb3 22. Nxb3 Nc4 23. Qc2 Ne5 24. Nd4 c5 25. Ndf3 Nc6 26. Qd2 Qc7 27. e5
Re8 28. Ng4 g5 $2 {Ivanchuk has played quite well upto this point. However, in
the 28-40 move phase, I suspect time would have played a crucial factor as
well. The biggest drawback of g5 in this position is that h5 is no longer a
factor in most positions, thereby giving White a free hand to build his
position.} (28... h5 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. exf6 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 (31. Nxe1 Qe5 32.
Nd3 Qf5 $1 $11) 31... Qd8) 29. Qd5 $1 {with accurate play, White begins to
press home the point.} Rd8 30. Qe4 Re8 31. Rd1 Re6 {It's instructive how
Black's pawn kingside - which weakens light squares considerably is exploited.
This is typical.} 32. h4 h5 33. Ngh2 g4 34. Ng5 Rh6 35. e6 fxe6 36. Nxe6 Qe7
37. Re1 Be5 38. Ng5 Kg7 39. Nf1 Bd6 40. Ne6+ Kf7 41. Qf5+ Kg8 42. Qd5 Ne5 43.
Nxf4+ Qf7 44. Rxe5 Qxd5 45. Rxd5 Bxf4 46. Rxc5 Re6 47. c4 b4 48. g3 Be5 49. b3
Kf7 50. Rd5 Kf6 51. Kg2 1-0

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Karjakin +2-2=10"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2857"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {The last time Sergey played with White against Magnus was at the
tournament in Bilbao this year. I was in Bilbao and commented on the game live.
Sergey played 1.d4 and Magnus chose a Ragozin, which led to a very short draw.
I also expected 1.d4 by Sergey in this game - after all, he has Shakriyar
Mamedyarov and Vladimir Potkin as seconds and both are 1.d4 players. So, I
thought they might have found one or two or even more improvements on the line
Sergey and Magnus tried in Bilbao. But no, Sergey decided to play 1.e4 - in
his childhood this was his main weapon. We might see Sergey switching to
closed openings in the next games - which would indicate how much they worked
before the match to be ready for 1. e4 and 1.d4.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 $5 {
No Berlin this time. The mind games have started....} 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6.
d3 {The main idea of this line is to avoid lots of theory in the Classical Ruy
Lopez. After 6.d3 you don't need to study the Marshall, the Breyer, Zaitzev,
Chigorin etc. However, most people thought that Carlsen and not Karjakin would
try to avoid the main lines.} ({Normally Sergey plays} 6. Re1 {in this
position. After e.g.} b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 (8... d6 9. c3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3
11. Qxb3 {also leads to an exchange of bishops but in contrast to the game
White has a pawn and not a knight on c3.}) 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12.
Nbd2 Bc8 {we reach a position that is similar to the position we had in the
game though there are differences: if you compare this line with the game
continuation you will see that Black here spent more time to exchange the
white-squared bishops.}) 6... b5 7. Bb3 d6 {Black has a number of options. If
you want to study this variation more deeply I would recommend you to use the
Reference button of your ChessBase program to see how the strongest players
have handled this position.} 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. d4 Bxa2 12.
Rxa2 Re8 {If one compares this position with the lines I mentioned in the
comment to the 6th move, Black here is several tempi up and his position has
no weaknesses. With pawns on d4 and e4 White has a strong pawn centre which
gives him some space advantage but with each piece exchanged this factor is
less and less significant.} ({Earlier this year Magnus played} 12... Nc6 13. d5
Nb8 {However, 12...Re8 is also the move many engines want to play. So, I don't
know whether Carlsen's small refinement was really a surprise for Karjakin.})
13. Ra1 Nc4 14. Re1 Rc8 {The idea behind this move which puts the rook behind
the pawn on c7 remains a little bit of a mystery to me. Probably Carlsen
wanted to be ready meet d5 by White with ...c6.} ({Probably Black didn't want
to play} 14... Bf8 {immediately, because after} 15. b3 Nb6 {White can pin the
knight on f6 with} 16. Bg5) ({But there is nothing wrong with playing} 14... h6
{first, e.g.} 15. b3 Nb6 16. Bb2 Bf8 17. d5 Qc8 18. a4 c6 19. dxc6 Qxc6 {
with counterplay.}) 15. h3 h6 16. b3 Nb6 17. Bb2 Bf8 18. dxe5 {To me, this
looks like a silent draw offer. Modern chess is becoming more and more
pragmatic.} ({I think if White wanted to retain chances for a fight he had to
keep the tension in the centre.} 18. Qd3 c6 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Ne2 d5 21. Ng3
exd4 (21... dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 exd4 24. Qxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxe8 $13) 22. e5
Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 c5 {I think this position is still equal but the
pawn structure is asymmetrical and both players have chances for active play -
White on the kingside, Black on the queenside.}) 18... dxe5 19. a4 c6 20. Qxd8
Rcxd8 {As in game one we do see an early exchange of queens.} 21. axb5 axb5 22.
Ne2 Bb4 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Nbd7 25. Ra6 Rc8 26. b4 Re6 ({With} 26... c5 {
Carlsen could have posed more practical problems, e.g.} 27. Nxb5 cxb4 28. Nd6 {
and now the tactical trick} (28. Ra4 Rxc2 29. Rxb4 Rb8) 28... Re6 29. Nxc8 Rxa6
{gives White something to think about. But after White's 18th move Carlsen was
probably also happy with a draw.}) 27. Rb1 c5 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Nxb5 cxb4 30.
Rxb4 Rxc2 31. Nd6 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc2 33. Kg1 {Well, as it turned out game two
was even less exciting than game one. But Carlsen's choice of opening was
smart.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nf1
O-O 9. Bg5 d5 $1 {It's strange that this move hasn't appeaed at the top level
so far. Objectively speaking, Black doesn't have have problems in this line
anyway, but the move in the text seems to give Black some chances for evne
more than equality.} (9... h6 10. Bh4 Ne7 (10... b5 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13.
Ne3 Be6 14. O-O Qd7 15. a3 Ng4 16. Nxg4 Bxg4 17. h3 Be6 $11 {1-0 Tiviakov,S 
(2648)-Eljanov,P (2701)/Montreal 2007/CBM 119 (39)}) 11. Ne3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13.
Bb3 b5 14. a4 Bb7 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Ra1 Bb7 $11 {
0-1 Papp,G (2509)-Almasi,Z (2668)/Nyiregyhaza 2008/CBM 126 (40)}) 10. Qe2 Qd6
11. Bxf6 {I don't see any reason to give up the bishop.} (11. Ng3 $11 {
Objectively, the knight is out of place on g3. Still, this is the way to
complete the development without any concession.}) 11... Bxf6 12. Ne3 ({
White can't win a pawn like this:} 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Ne3 Qd6 14. Nc4 Qe6 15.
Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Ncxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxg2 $15) 12... Ne7 {Black is already
slightly better.} 13. Bb3 c6 14. h4 $6 {White doesn't have any grounds for
this kind of attack.} (14. O-O {is clearly safer.}) 14... Be6 15. Ng5 (15. h5 {
is just a punch in the air. Black can start the queenside offensive by} a5 $15)
15... Bd7 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. Qf3 $5 {Magnus is consequent. Objectively, this
idea leads to a worse position for White, but at least Black has to find some
precise moves here.} (17. Nf3 $15 {would clearly indicate that all White's
previous play was false.}) 17... h6 18. Nc4 $1 {This is the point.} dxc4 19.
dxc4 Nd5 $8 20. Nh3 h5 $1 {[%cal Gd7g4] Caruana finds the best way to parry
white's attacking attempts.} (20... Bxh4 $6 21. cxd5 Kg7 22. Nf4 $5 exf4 23.
Rxh4 g5 24. Rh1 f5 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. dxc6 Rfe8+ 27. Kf1 Qxc6 28. Qxc6 Rxd1+ 29.
Bxd1 bxc6 {is also slightly better for Black, but is quite messy on the way.})
21. Qg3 Bg4 22. Rd2 (22. f3 $4 Qe7 $1 $19 {[%cal Gf6h4]}) {[%tqu "En","How
should Black continue?","","","f6h4","Nice counterblow, simplifying to a
better ending.",10,"d6e7","",0]} 22... Bxh4 $1 {Nice counterblow, simplifying
to a better ending.} (22... Qe7 $2 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Bxd5 Bxh4 25. Qe3 $13) 23.
Qxh4 Qf6 24. Qxf6 Nxf6 25. Ng5 c5 {[%csl Yb3] Black is clearly better, as he
is practically a pawn up.} 26. f3 Bc8 27. Ba4 Kg7 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. b4 $2 {
Looks like a nervous slip of the finger.} ({For example:} 29. g3 $17 {was the
normal way to continue.}) 29... Rd3 $19 {Now White just loses a pawn without
any compensation.} 30. bxc5 {Funny tripled pawns, which are going to be eaten
one by one.} Rxc3 31. Kd2 Rxc4 32. Bb3 Rxc5 33. Nxf7 a5 34. Rc1 (34. Nd6 {
is an suggestion by the chess engine, but with precise play Black should win
this.}) 34... Rxc1 35. Kxc1 a4 36. Bc4 b5 37. Nd6 bxc4 38. Nxc8 h4 39. Nb6 Nh5
40. Nxc4 Kf6 $2 {It wasn't an easy choice for Caruana, especially in time
trouble. The difference between the two lines is rather subtle, but important!}
(40... Nf4 $1 41. Nxe5 Nxg2 42. Ng4 (42. Kd2 Kf6 43. Ng4+ {would be just a
transposition.}) 42... Ne1 43. Nh2 Kf6 44. Kd2 Ng2 45. Ng4+ Kg5 {Here the
white knight must guard the h-pawn, and doesn't have time to go for the a-pawn.
} 46. Ke2 h3 47. Kf2 Kh4 $1 48. Nh2 (48. e5 Nf4 $19) 48... Nf4 49. Ke3 g5 50.
Nf1 Ng6 $1 51. Kf2 Ne5 52. Ke3 Nc6 53. a3 Ne5 $19 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Ge5c4]}) 41.
Kd2 Nf4 42. Ke3 (42. Ne3 $2 {falls to a typical tactical trick:} Kg5 43. Ke1
Nxg2+ $1 44. Nxg2 h3 45. Kf2 h2 $19) 42... Nxg2+ 43. Kf2 Nf4 44. Nb2 {The
exchange of a-pawns is in favour of the defending side.} a3 45. Nc4 Nd3+ 46.
Kg2 Kg5 (46... Nb4 47. Nxa3 Nxa2 48. Nb5 Nb4 49. Kh3 g5 50. Nd6 Nd3 51. Nc4 {
Black can torture his opponent for a long time, but I don't really see a
constructive winning plan.}) 47. Nxa3 Kf4 48. Nc2 {Now it's a clear draw,
since the a-pawn gives White counterplay.} Nb2 49. Nb4 h3+ 50. Kxh3 Kxf3 51.
Kh4 Kf4 52. Nd5+ Kxe4 53. Ne7 Kf3 54. Nxg6 e4 55. Ne5+ Kf4 56. Ng4 Na4 {
A somewhat lucky escape for the World number one, which yielded him another
victory in an elite tournament!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 {This line is considered as
pretty harmless for Black and appears very rarely at the top level.} dxc6 6. d3
Bd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Nd7 10. Bb2 b5 ({To my mind the plan with} 
10... c5 11. Nc4 f6 {is more sound for Black. Later on he can perform the
manoeuvre Nd7-b8-c6. The position is approximately equal.}) 11. d4 f6 12. h3 c5
$6 {This decision is also hard to approve. White is eager to push his pawn to
d5 to seize space, and Black is assisting this.} (12... Qe8 {is a logical move,
setting free the d8-square for the rook. Black gets sufficient compensation
for the structural defects. For instance:} 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 fxe5 15. Qe2
Qg6 $132) 13. d5 {Now White has a small, but stable advantage.} Bf7 14. a4 (14.
c4 {is also good.}) 14... Nb6 15. c4 c6 $1 {Black must play this, the only
real chance for any counterplay.} 16. Nh4 {Going for a kingside attack.} ({
White could adopt a more positional plan as well:} 16. Qc2 cxd5 (16... Qc7 17.
Rfc1 $14 {[%cal Gd2f1,Gf1e3]}) 17. cxd5 Qc7 18. Rfc1 $14 {[%cal Gf3e1,Ge1d3]})
16... Re8 {I don't think Black should let the knight be established on f5 so
easily.} (16... g6 17. Qg4 cxd5 $1 18. cxd5 Qd7 19. Nf5 Bxd5 (19... h5 20. Nh6+
Kg7 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Rfc1 $14) 20. a5 Be6 21. axb6 Kh8 22. Qf3
gxf5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Rfd1 Qe6 {and Black survives.}) 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Qg4 (18.
Ne3 $14 {with the idea to forward the knight to d5.}) 18... Kh8 19. f4 ({
An attempt to use the a-file doesn't yield White much:} 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8
Qxa8 21. Ra1 Qb7 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Ra7 Bg6 24. Nh4 bxc4 25. bxc4 Nc8 26. Nxg6+
hxg6 {Black is just in time to save the Pg6 and he will be only slightly worse.
}) 19... exf4 20. Qxf4 $6 {This gives Carlsen a chance to come back into the
game.} (20. Rxf4 $1 {White's initiative is very dangerous. Here one sample
spectacular line:} bxc4 21. bxc4 cxd5 22. cxd5 (22. exd5 Bg6 {followed by the
manoeuvre Nb6-d7-e5 with mutual chances.}) 22... Rb8 23. Bc3 (23. Nh6 $2 Bg6
24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. Nf7+ Kg8 26. Nxd8 Rexd8 $11) 23... Qd7 $1 {The only chance
for counterplay.} 24. a5 Na4 25. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 26. Qh4 Bg6 27. Qxf6+ Kg8 28. Rg4
c4 $1 29. Nxc4 Rxe4 $1 30. Rxg6+ $1 hxg6 31. Qxg6+ Kh8 32. Ncd6 Bxd6 33. Nxd6
Re7 34. Rf1 Rg7 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Nf5 Rxg2+ $1 37. Kxg2 Qxd5+ 38. Rf3 Rb2+ 39.
Kg3 Qe5+ 40. Kh4 Rb4+ 41. Kg5 Nc5 42. Qg6+ Kf8 43. Qd6+ Qxd6 44. Nxd6+ Ke7 45.
Nf5+ Kf7 {and Black should survive the endgame with a pawn down, thanks to the
very reduced amount of material. Long variations like this normally have
improvements along the way, but, undoubtedly, White should have recaptured
with the rook.}) 20... bxc4 21. bxc4 cxd5 22. cxd5 Qb8 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Rf4] This
is the main drawback of 20.Qxf4.} 23. Qh4 $5 (23. Bc3 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 {is
already very little for White, so Nakamura is looking for more.}) 23... Nxd5
24. Rab1 Qb4 $1 (24... Nb4 25. Nh6 (25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Rb3 Bg6 28.
Rg3 Ra7 29. Rxg6+ hxg6 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Nc4 Nd3 32. Ncd6 Bxd6 33. Nxd6 Rf8 34.
Qh6+ Kg8 35. Qg5+ Kh8 36. Qh6+ Kg8 {White has no more than a perpetual check.})
25... Ba2 26. Rxf6 Ra7 (26... Qd8 27. Qg5 gxf6 28. Bxf6+ Qxf6 29. Qxf6+ Bg7 30.
Qh4 Bxb1 31. Nxb1 {with mutual chances, but a queen + knight is well-known as
a dangerous duo, so Black has to be very careful.}) 27. Nf5 Kg8 28. Qg5 Bxb1
29. Nh6+ Kh8 30. Rf7 Rxf7 31. Nxf7+ Kg8 32. Nh6+ {with perpetual check.}) 25.
Bc1 (25. Bxf6 $2 Qxd2 26. Rbd1 Qe2 27. Nxg7 Nxf6 28. Nxe8 Nxe8 29. Rd7 Nd6 30.
Rxd6 Qe3+ 31. Kh1 Bg8 $17) 25... Qxa4 26. exd5 Qxh4 27. Nxh4 Bxd5 {The
resulting position is approximately balanced. In an endgame like position
normally three pawns overcome a knight, but here Black's pawns are not
connected and he has to be careful not to lose all of them. On the other hand,
White's knights don't have good outposts. With correct play this position
should end in a draw.} 28. Ba3 Re3 29. Ra1 Rd3 30. Rfd1 {A somewhat strange
move, the immediate 30.Nhf3 was called for.} a5 31. Nhf3 a4 32. Rdc1 Kg8 $6 (
32... g6 $1 {[%cal Gf8h6] was a nice idea. Black is at least not worse.}) 33.
Kf2 (33. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 34. Rxc5 a3 35. Kf2 Bf7 {with sufficient compensation for
the piece. A similar position arose in the game later.}) 33... c4 (33... Rc8 $2
34. Ke2 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd3]}) 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. Nxc4 Rb3 {Black has lost a pawn,
but the position remains playable for him with strong tendencies for a
peaceful result. White really can't get rid of the annoying a-pawn.} 36. Nfd2
Rb4 37. Ra3 Rc8 38. Rac3 Be6 39. Na3 Rd8 40. Nf3 Rb3 $1 {This exchange will
take the passed pawn closer to the promotion square.} 41. Rxb3 axb3 $11 42. Rc6
Bd5 43. Rb6 Rc8 {White's pieces lack harmony, he can't win this.} 44. Nb5 Rc2+
45. Kg3 h5 $1 46. Nbd4 Ra2 47. Ne6+ Kf7 48. Nf4 Be4 49. Rb4 (49. Rxb3 g5 50.
Nxh5 (50. Nd3 h4+ 51. Nxh4 gxh4+ 52. Kxh4 $11) 50... Kg6 {trapping the knight
with an inevitable draw.}) 49... h4+ 50. Kg4 b2 51. Nd2 Ba8 52. Nc4 (52. Nd3 $4
b1=Q 53. Nxb1 Rxg2+ 54. Kf4 (54. Kxh4 $2 Bf3 $1 $19 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Rg7g5]})
54... Rg3 55. Rd4 g5+ 56. Kf5 Rf3+ 57. Kg4 Kg6 58. Nf4+ gxf4 {and suddenly
Black is winning.}) 52... g5 53. Rxb2 {White has to give up the extra piece;
the draw is inevitable.} (53. Nd3 $4 Ra4 $1 $19) 53... Rxb2 54. Nxb2 gxf4 55.
Kxf4 Bxg2 56. Kg4 f5+ 57. Kxf5 Bxh3+ 58. Kg5 Be6 59. Kxh4 {A great fighting
game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch13 Semifinal"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1944.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Panov, Vasily N"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1944.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {The date of the game I got from the gamescore, which was publihed at an
auction in Internet 2017. Di Felice gives for the tournament 1944, III, (2.-26.
).} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bd7 (6... g6) 7. Nbd2 (7.
O-O) 7... g6 8. Nf1 Bg7 (8... Nh5) 9. Ng3 $146 (9. Ne3 {Burn,A-Englisch,B
DSB-05.Kongress 1887 (2) 0-1}) 9... O-O 10. O-O h6 11. h3 b5 12. Bc2 d5 $6 {
L'ouverture du centre ne se fait pas dans des bonnes conditions} 13. Be3 (13.
d4) 13... Be6 14. d4 $1 dxe4 15. Nxe5 (15. Nxe4 exd4 16. Nxd4) 15... Qd5 (15...
Bd5) 16. Bf4 Na5 $6 (16... g5 {[%cal Gc6e5]} 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Be5 $16) 17. Re1
Bf5 18. f3 $1 exf3 19. Bxf5 $40 gxf5 20. Nxf5 Rfe8 21. Bxh6 $18 f2+ 22. Kxf2
Ne4+ 23. Kg1 Bxe5 24. Qg4+ Kh7 25. Bg7 f6 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nf1
O-O 9. Ng3 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. O-O Nb8 12. d4 Nbd7 13. a4 c5 14. Qe2 exd4 15.
cxd4 Re8 16. Bg5 Qb6 17. Rfd1 cxd4 18. axb5 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 d5 20. Nxd4 $1 Nc5
21. Be3 Nxe4 22. bxa6 Bxa6 23. Qc2 Rec8 24. Qb1 Qb4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Qxe4 Bb7
27. Rxa8 Bxa8 28. Qg4 Rd8 29. Qe2 h5 30. h3 Kh7 31. Qd2 Qb7 32. f3 Rb8 33. Ra1
Qb4 34. Qxb4 Rxb4 35. Rxa8 Bxd4 36. Bxd4 Rxd4 37. Ra1 Rb4 38. Ra2 Rd4 39. Ra1
Rb4 40. Rb1 Kh6 41. b3 Kg5 42. Kf2 Kf4 43. Rb2 g5 44. Ke2 Ke5 45. Kd3 Kd5 46.
Kc3 Rf4 47. Ra2 Kc6 48. Ra4 Rf5 49. Rc4+ Kb5 50. Kd3 f6 51. b4 Rd5+ 52. Rd4 Re5
53. Re4 Rd5+ 54. Ke3 Rd1 55. Rd4 Rb1 $2 (55... Re1+ 56. Kf2 Re8 $16) 56. Ke4
$18 Rb2 57. g4 Rh2 58. Rd6 Rxh3 59. Rxf6 Kxb4 60. Rf5 hxg4 61. fxg4 Rg3 62.
Rxg5 Rg1 63. Kf3 Kc4 64. Ra5 Kd4 65. g5 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 {An Archangel seems to be
a breath of fresh air after multiple Berlins and Marshalls.} 6. Nc3 $5 {
Something Vishy must have cooked up beforehand. A specialty of Dominguez, it
is very rare compared to 6.c3} b5 (6... O-O 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 Re8 {recovers
the pawn, which makes castling a viable alternative to the move in the game})
7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nd5 (8. d3 h6 9. Nd5 {is much more common, seen in many of
Dominguez's games. Anand has his own idea, involving a pawn sacrifice.}) 8...
Nxe4 {Kramnik isn't one to refuse a challenge. Also, any other move lacks
justification} (8... h6 9. c3 {with the idea of a quick d4, looks dangerous}) (
8... Bb7 9. c3 {again might be an issue.}) 9. d3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7
12. Re1 {After a more or less forced sequence we arrive at this position.
White clearly has compensation for the pawn: two bishops, pressure on e5 and
better development. Black must play accurately, but his position is still
solid and it is hard to crack any weakness. Sometimes, recovering e5 will not
be sufficient for an advantage.} h6 13. Bh4 (13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bd5 Bb7 15. Nxe5
Nxe5 16. Bxb7 Rae8 {is completely fine for Black, even perhaps better for him
due to the superior piece placement!}) 13... Bb7 14. c3 Rfe8 15. d4 (15. Nxe5
Nxe5 16. d4 Nf3+ 17. gxf3 Qd6 {gives Black an edge. The crippled pawns on the
kingside are worth more than the, for now, uncoordinated bishops.}) 15... e4
16. Nd2 Na5 17. Bc2 g5 18. Bg3 Nc4 {Releasing some of the pressure against e4
seems natural, though Black now has to suffer from the activation of some
important pieces.} (18... d5 19. h4 {gives White obvious counterplay. The
position is still terribly murky.}) 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. b3 Bd5 21. Be5 $6 {
Despite recovering the pawn, this move isn't precise.} (21. h4 $1 Qe6 22. hxg5
hxg5 23. Qd2 {puts real pressure on g5.}) (21. Bxc7 $5 {is also worth
considering, as the bishop will hide on a5 without problems.}) 21... d6 22.
Bxf6 Qxf6 23. bxc4 Bxc4 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Bxe4 Re8 {Material is even, but
Black retains a nagging edge now that his rook controls the only open file and
his pieces are slightly better placed.} 26. Bd3 Qe6 27. Bxc4 Qxc4 28. Qb3 Qd3
29. h3 Kg7 30. Rd1 Qe2 31. Rf1 Re6 32. Qd5 Qd2 {The situation hasn't changed.
Anand has played very well to get to this position and continues holding on.}
33. Qc4 a5 34. Qxc7 $2 {But this is a mistake. Giving Black the outside passed
pawn proves catastrophic.} (34. a4 Re1 {looks dangerous, but after} 35. Rxe1
Qxe1+ 36. Kh2 Qxf2 37. Qxc7 {there isn't anything but a perpetual.}) 34... Qxa2
35. c4 Qd2 36. Qb6 a4 37. Qa7 Qb4 38. f4 Re1 $1 {The transition to the queen
endgame is perfectly timed. The black king is not easily caught in a perpetual
check.} 39. fxg5 Rxf1+ 40. Kxf1 hxg5 41. Kg1 Qxc4 (41... a3 {immediately was
winning.} 42. Kh2 Qb2 43. Qe7 Qd2 $1 {and White can't prevent the pawn from
advancing.}) 42. Kh2 Qb4 43. Qe7 Qd2 44. Qa7 Qf4+ 45. Kh1 Qc1+ 46. Kh2 a3 47.
Qa5 Qf4+ 48. Kh1 Qc1+ 49. Kh2 Qe3 50. Kh1 f6 $2 (50... Kg6 {made Kramnik's
life slightly easier. The point is that White is almost zugzwanged, as the
queen has to keep an eye on the kingside and the a-pawn. This is easy for
computers to see, but for humans it's a huge headache to calculate queen
endgames.} 51. Qa8 Qb3 52. Qg8+ Kf5 53. Qh7+ Ke6 {and the king escapes
successfully.}) 51. Qa4 (51. Qc7+ Kg6 52. Qc4 $1 {would have made Black's task
much, much harder.}) 51... Qc1+ 52. Kh2 Qf4+ 53. Kh1 Qe3 54. Kh2 Kf7 55. Kh1 (
55. Qa7+ Kg6 56. Qa8 Qb3 $1 {is winning. Black places the king on g7, the
queen on f7 and finally pushes a2.}) 55... Kg6 56. Qa8 (56. Qc4 $1 {is still
winning for Black, but much, much harder.}) 56... Kg7 57. Qb7+ Kg6 58. Qa8 (58.
Qd5 $1) 58... Qb3 {Now the pawn advances without problems.} 59. Qe4+ Kg7 60.
Qe7+ Qf7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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 "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 {Nowadays it is not so uncommon
to see this type of setups in the Ruy Lopez. White avoids the Open Spanish,
the Closed Spanish, and all that theory that has accumulated in the Marshall.}
d6 6. c3 g6 {A normal plan for black in the Spanish is Be7-Re8-Bf8-g6-Bg7, so
Akopian decides to do it right away.} 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 b5 (9...
Nd7 {Is another common plan, trying to force the bishop to commit itself,
without weakening the queenside pawn structure.} 10. Nf1 Nc5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12.
d4 $14 {Was the continuation of many games, and white has an edge.}) 10. Bc2 d5
11. a4 {Hitting the queenside pawn structure, a very common theme in the
Spanish. Despite the fact that at first glance black controls more space and
has a freer game, truth is that it is white who is fighting for the advantage.
White has easier play on the queenside, and his pieces coordinate better.} Rb8
12. b4 {Clinching more space on the queenside. White has a nice edge here.}
dxe4 (12... Be6 {Was perhaps more natural though.} 13. Nb3 {[%csl Rc5][%cal
Gb3c5]} d4 14. axb5 axb5 15. Bb2 $14) 13. dxe4 Nh5 {Black's trying to creat
some type of counterplay on the other wing, but it seems quite unsuccesful. On
the other hand it is not quite clear what he can do about his weaknesses on
the queenside. At least now he is trying to open the a1-h8 diagonal for his
bishop, by trying to force white into exchanging on f4.} 14. Nb3 {Logical, the
N is screaming to get into c5.} Nf4 15. Be3 {White decides that it is not
important to exchange the knight for now, and leaves it alone.} Qf6 16. Bxf4 $1
{A very nice switch. Black would prefer to take back with the e-pawn, but this
basically leads him to a strategically lost game right now.} exf4 $6 (16...
Qxf4 {Was forced, when black still is not much worse.} 17. Nc5 Rd8 18. Qe2 Bf8
19. Nd3 $14 {Even if white still has some initiative.}) 17. e5 $1 {the "weak"
e pawn will take care of shutting the bishop out of play.} Qe7 18. Nbd4 Nxd4
19. Nxd4 {White will keep his e-pawn alive by pure tactical means, but it
proves sufficient!} Bb7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra7 $1 {The rook is very strong here,
Morozevich must have forseen the following sequence.} Rfe8 22. Bb3 $1 {Very
energetic! White is willing to sacrifice an exchange to open up the opponents
king, and cut off his coordination.} Bxe5 $6 {This basically loses by force,
but the alternative was also rather gloomy.} (22... Qg5 $2 23. Rxb7 $1 Rxb7 24.
e6 {And it transpires that black has no defence! An incredible position.} f5 (
24... fxe6 25. Nxe6 {Is quite obviously lost for black.}) (24... Kh8 25. exf7
Rf8 26. Ne6 {Is of course winning.}) 25. e7+ Kh8 26. Nc6 $1 $18 {Domination.
Black has no adequate defense against all of whites threats (Qd8, Qd7, Bf7,
Nd8 just to name a few)}) (22... Kh8 {Oh such a sad move, but what else was
there?} 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 $16 {With a clear white advantage.}) 23. Rxb7 $1
Rxb7 24. Nc6 Qd6 25. Qd5 $1 {The key move, black has no way to save his bishop
on e5, and is forced into a lost endgame.} Qxd5 26. Bxd5 Kg7 27. Kf1 Rb6 28.
Nxe5 Ra6 29. Nc6 {Forcing the rooks off. Whites minor pieces are way too much
for the rook, because of blacks pawn weaknesses, and his inability to create
an usefull passed pawn on the king side.} Rxe1+ 30. Kxe1 Ra1+ 31. Ke2 Rc1 32.
Nd4 Rxc3 33. Kd2 Ra3 34. Nxb5 Ra4 35. Kc3 Ra1 36. Kb2 Rf1 37. Nxc7 {No one
will stop the b pawn, the rest requires no comment.} Rxf2+ 38. Kb3 Rf1 39. b5
g5 40. Kc2 g4 41. b6 f3 42. b7 f2 43. Bc4 {Just the most precise, a very nice
game by Morozevich.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 b5 10. Bc2 Re8 11. a4 Bb7 12. b4 Qe7 13. Nb3 Rad8 14. Qe2 Qd7 15.
Bd2 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. c4 Ne7 18. cxb5 Qxb5 19. Na5 Qd7 20. Ba4 c6 21. Rac1
Rec8 22. d4 exd4 23. Nxd4 Ne8 24. Qd3 Ba8 25. h3 Rb6 26. Nf3 Nc7 27. Nc4 Ra6
28. Bb3 Rd8 29. Bf4 Ne6 30. Bg3 d5 31. Nce5 Qb7 32. Qe2 Rb6 {Failing to
address White's threat. Lässt die weiße Drohung unbeachtet.} ({Possible
defences were Mögliche Verteidigungen waren} 32... Qb5 $5) ({or oder auch} 
32... Re8) 33. Nxf7 $1 {Uprooting the Ne6, but this is only the first step.
Entwurzelt den Ne6, aber das ist nur der erste Schritt.} Kxf7 34. exd5 cxd5 {
[%tqu "En","How would you continue White's attack?","Black's major pieces b6/
b7 cover the knights e6/e7. Disturb this coordination!","","c1c7","",10,"De",
"Wie würden Sie den weißen Angriff fortsetzen?","Die schwarzen Schwerfiguren
b6/b7 decken die Springer e6/e7. Stören Sie diese Koordination!","","c1c7","",
10]} 35. Rc7 $1 {Exploiting the fact that the Ne6 can't give up the e-file.
Nutzt die Tatsache, dass der Ne6 die e-Linie nicht preisgeben darf.} ({Instead,
} 35. Ng5+ $2 Nxg5 36. Rc7 {would be a flash in the pan: wäre dagegen ein
Schlag ins Wasser:} Re6 $1 $19) 35... Rd7 ({Desperation, but after
Verzweiflung, aber nach} 35... Qa6 {(35...Nxc7 36.Qxe7+ Kg8 37.Qxd8+)} 36. Ng5+
$1 {Black's position collapses as well. bricht die schwarze Stellung ebenfalls
zusammen.}) 36. Rxb7 Bxb7 37. Ba4 Ba6 38. Ne5+ Bxe5 39. Qxe5 Ra7 40. Qh8 Nf8
41. Bh4 g5 42. Bxg5 Rg6 43. Qd4 Rb7 44. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. Nbd2
Bb6 9. Nf1 Ng4 10. d4 exd4 11. h3 (11. cxd4 {was perhaps the right way to go.})
11... Nge5 12. Nxd4 {Najer thought that this entire idea of h3 forcing ...Ne5
and then taking on d4 with the knight was not the best one.} O-O 13. Ng3 Nxd4
14. cxd4 Ba5+ 15. Kf1 (15. Bd2 Nd3+ $17) 15... Nc4 16. Kg1 c5 17. d5 f5 $1 {
This move gives Black a dangerous initiative.} 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 Rxf5 20.
Bc2 Rf7 21. Qe2 {White has the bishop pair, but Black has better co-ordination.
} Qf8 22. Be4 Re8 23. f3 Qe7 24. Rb1 Qe5 25. b3 Nb6 26. Qd3 Bc3 (26... c4 $1)
27. Be3 c4 28. Qd1 $2 (28. bxc4 bxc4 29. Qc2 Nxd5 30. Bxd5 Qxe3+ 31. Qf2 Qe5
$15) 28... Nd7 $1 29. bxc4 Nf6 30. h4 Nxe4 31. fxe4 Qxe4 32. Rh3 bxc4 33. Rc1
Be5 34. Qa4 Rc8 35. Qxa6 Rff8 36. Qa4 Qxd5 37. Qc2 c3 38. Rd1 Qc4 39. h5 Ra8
40. Ra1 Rab8 41. Bc1 Qf1# {Not a good feeling to get mated, but the position
was anyway lost.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.21"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 {Instead of the knight, this
time MVL takes with the rook.} Nc6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Qb1 d5 16. Bg5
dxe4 17. dxe4 Qd6 18. Qb3 $6 (18. Rd1 Nd4 $15) 18... Nd4 $1 19. Nxd4 exd4 20.
Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ne2 (21. Nd5 Bd8 $15) 21... Rfe8 22. Ng3 c5 {Black once again
has an excellent position.} 23. bxc5 Qxc5 24. a4 h5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rxa8 Rxa8
27. Rb1 Rc8 (27... h4 $5) 28. Qxb5 Qxb5 29. Rxb5 h4 30. Nf1 Rxc2 {Black has a
slight initiative, but it is not enough.} 31. Rd5 Re2 32. h3 Rxe4 33. g4 Re8
34. Kg2 Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Bxd8 36. Kf3 g6 37. Ke4 Kg7 38. Nd2 Bb6 39. f4 Bc7 40.
Nf3 d3 41. Kxd3 {A well played game by Aronian, who held the edge but couldn't
convert.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[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"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3
d6 9. a3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 (11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 {was played by the same
players in Sinquefield Cup 2014.}) 11... Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 {Until now
we are following the game Anand-Aronian and Dominguez-Tomashevsky but now
Aronian deviates.} Nd7 14. Be3 Nf6 15. Qb1 {Angling for a4.} d5 16. Bg5 d4 17.
Bxf6 dxc3 $5 {This was an interesting pawn sacrifice. Caruana didn't think too
highly of this move at first but later realised that it was tricky. He
commended his opponent for his play after the game.} (17... Bxf6 18. Nd5 a5 {
was a normal way to continue.}) 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qd6 20. Ng4 $5 (20. Nf3
$5 a5 21. Ra1 $14) (20. f4 {was what Aronian thought was the most natural move.
} Bf6 21. Kh1 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Rf5 Qd6 24. Ra1 {Black has regained the
pawn but White has much better structure and stands better.}) 20... a5 21. Ne3
c6 22. a4 $5 (22. Nf5 Qe6 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. Ra1 {Would not be sufficient
compensation for Black for the pawn as after} axb4 25. Qxb4 $1 $16 {There is
no way to regain the pawn.}) 22... axb4 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Nd5 Rfb8 25. Nxe7+ $2
{A pretty poor move which reduces all of White's advantage. It was better to
keep the knight on d5 as it is not possible to dislodge it from there.} (25.
Rxa8 Rxa8 26. d4) 25... Qxe7 26. Qb3 h5 (26... Ra3 27. Rxa3 bxa3 28. Ra1 b4 29.
Rxa3 bxa3 30. Qxb8+ Qf8 31. Qb7 g6 $11) 27. Rfa1 Rxa2 28. Qxa2 Qc5 29. Rb1 Rd8
30. h3 g6 31. Qb3 Rd4 {The position is round about equal.} 32. Re1 Qa7 33. Kf1
{This plan of centralizing the king looks pretty dubious. Maybe it was better
to just stay put. The position is equal.} Kg7 34. Ke2 h4 35. Rd1 Qa5 36. Rb1
Qa6 37. Kf1 Qd6 38. Ra1 $2 {A careless move by Caruana. Aronian had a winning
move here, which could have been of the most brilliant combinations of the
entire tournament!} (38. Re1 $11) 38... Qc5 $2 (38... Rxd3 $3 {Unbelievable as
it may seem, this rook sacrifice is made not for an immediate finish but to
clear the path for the queenside pawns which just cannot be stopped!} 39. cxd3
Qxd3+ 40. Ke1 (40. Kg1 $2 Qc4 $3 $19 {And the pawns are just cruising with
b3-c2 etc.}) 40... Qxe4+ 41. Kf1 (41. Kd1 c2+ $1 42. Qxc2 Qd4+ $19) 41... Qd3+
42. Ke1 Qd2+ 43. Kf1 c2 44. Qb2+ Kh7 {The king is safe here and now the next
threat is b3, b4 followed by Qc3!} 45. Kg1 b3 46. Rf1 (46. Kh2 Qf4+ 47. Kg1 b4
$19) (46. Qxb3 c1=Q+) 46... Qf4 $19 (46... b4 $2 47. Qxb3 c1=Q 48. Qxf7+ $11))
39. Rb1 Qa7 40. Ke2 g5 $6 {This move weakens the kingside a bit and it was
quite a drastic decision to make especially on the 40th move.} 41. Rg1 Qd7 42.
Ra1 Qe7 43. Ra6 Qc7 44. Ra8 Qf4 45. Ra1 g4 (45... Rxd3 {is similar to the
previous Rxd3 variation. The only difference is that the pawn is on g5 and
this is the thing which allows White to hold.} 46. cxd3 Qd2+ 47. Kf1 Qxd3+ 48.
Kg1 Qc4 49. Qd1 c2 50. Qc1 $1 {Attacking the g5 pawn. This is the crucial
tempo.} (50. Qh5 c1=Q+) 50... Kh6 (50... f6 51. e5 $1) (50... Kg6 51. Ra6+ Kh5
52. g4+ hxg3 53. fxg3 Qe2 54. Qb2 (54. g4+ Kh4 55. Rh6+ Kg3 $19) 54... Qe1+ 55.
Kg2 Qe2+ $11) 51. Qb2 $11) 46. hxg4 Qxg4+ 47. Ke3 (47. Kf1 h3 48. gxh3 Qxh3+
49. Ke2 Qg4+ 50. Ke3 Rd6 51. Qxb4 Rf6 $2 (51... Qh3+ $11) 52. Kd4 $1 $18) 47...
Rd6 48. Qxb4 Qg5+ 49. Ke2 Rf6 $1 (49... Qd2+ 50. Kf1 Rf6 51. Qc5 $11) 50. Qxc3
Qxg2 51. Qd4 h3 (51... Qf3+ 52. Ke1 (52. Kd2 h3) 52... h3 {forces White to be
extremely accurate.} 53. e5 Re6 54. Qe4 Qxe4+ 55. dxe4 Rxe5 56. Kf1 Rxe4 57.
Kg1 {With a probable draw.}) 52. Qe3 Qg4+ 53. Kd2 (53. f3 Qg2+ 54. Qf2 Rg6 55.
Qxg2 Rxg2+ 56. Kf1 Rxc2 57. Kg1 $11) 53... Qg2 54. Ke2 Qg4+ 55. Kd2 h2 56. Rh1
Qg2 57. Qg3+ Qxg3 58. fxg3 Rf2+ 59. Kc3 {This is a complicated endgame.
Although the evaluation is equal, White is the one who has to be careful. He
must create counterplay before the Black king reaches to g3.} Kf6 60. d4 Kg5 (
60... Rg2 61. Kb4 Rxc2 62. Kxb5 $11) 61. d5 Kf6 (61... Kg4 62. d6 Kxg3 63. d7
$18) 62. g4 Ke5 63. g5 b4+ 64. Kxb4 Rxc2 65. Kb5 Kd6 66. Kb4 Ke5 67. Kb5 {
No improvement can be made and the game ends in a draw. A very interesting
battle.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Congres International"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1878.07.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Schallopp,E"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1878.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 ({Wir ziehen} 5... Bc5 {
vor.}) 6. O-O ({Gewöhnlich geschieht hier} 6. Nd5 Bc5 7. d3) {Die Abweichung
hiervon, um d4 ziehen zu können, fällt nicht günstig aus.} 6... O-O 7. Nd5
Bc5 8. d4 Nxd4 ({Nicht} 8... exd4 {wegen} 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Bxc6
dxc6 12. e5) 9. Nxd4 Nxd5 {An diesem feinen Zug scheitert die Kombination.} 10.
Nf5 ({Zieht Weiß} 10. Nb3 {, so folgt} Nb6 11. Nxc5 d6 {und Schwarz behauptet
den Bauer.}) 10... Ne7 ({Vielleicht ist} 10... Nb6 {noch stärker, weil auf
den Rückzug des Läufers} 11. Bb3 {sofort} d5 {folgen kann.}) (10... Nb6 11.
Qg4 Qf6 12. Bh6 Nxa4 13. Bxg7 Qg6 14. Bxe5 f6 {ist ungefährlich für Schwarz.}
) 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bb3+ Kh8 13. Be3 d6 14. g4 {Stellt den König bedenklich
bloß.} ({Weiß sollte mit} 14. Bxc5 Nxf5 15. exf5 dxc5 16. Qf3 {fortfahren.
Die Stellung wäre dann nicht schlecht für ihn.}) 14... Bd7 15. Qf3 Qe8 16.
Rad1 Nxf5 17. gxf5 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 {Schwarz hat nun eine gute Angriffsposition
und nutzt dieselbe trefflich aus.} g6 19. fxg6 Qxg6+ 20. Kh1 Bc6 21. f3 ({Falls
} 21. Bd5 {, so} Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rg8 23. Qf3 Raf8 {mit gutem Angriff.}) 21... Qg5
22. Qe2 f5 23. Rg1 Qh6 {Schwarz scheint ein wenig nachzulassen.} ({Stärker
war wol sofort} 23... Qf4) 24. Rg3 fxe4 25. fxe4 Qf4 ({Nun sollte sich sofort
der Läufer auf den Weg nach} 25... Be8 {und} 26. Z0 Bg6 ({respektive} 26...
Bh5 {machen.})) 26. Re1 $2 ({Mit} 26. Rg4 {könnte Weiß den schwarzen Zug im
Text zu einem verlorenen stempeln.}) 26... Be8 27. Qc4 Bg6 28. Qb4 c6 29. Rge3
d5 30. c3 Bxe4+ 31. Rxe4 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Congres International playoff-1"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1878.07.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Black "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Schallopp,E"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1878.07.27"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Entscheidungskampf um den ersten und zweiten Preis . 116 Spanische Partie .} 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. O-O ({Wegen} 6. Nxe5 {
vergleiche Partie 075 und 095.}) 6... b5 7. Bb3 d6 (7... Bb7 {dürfte den
Vorzug verdienen.}) 8. a4 Rb8 (8... b4 {, wie es in der dritten Partie
geschieht, halten wir, obgleich die Partie ungünstiger endet, dennoch für
besser.}) 9. axb5 axb5 10. Qe2 b4 11. Nd5 O-O 12. d3 (12. h3 {wäre
vorsichtiger.}) 12... Bg4 13. Be3 Nd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Ra2 {Hier steht der
Turm in der Folge nich günstig.} Nh5 16. Kh1 ({Nicht} 16. h3 {wegen} Ng3 $1)
16... c6 17. Ne3 Nf4 18. Qd2 ({Natürlich ginge die Dame weit besser nach} 18.
Qd1) {Der Springer hat nun auf f4 und h3 gefährliche Posten.} 18... Bxf3 19.
gxf3 Qh4 ({Falls} 19... Nh3 {, so dürfte} 20. Nf5 {den Angriff schwächen.})
20. Rg1 Nh3 {[#]} 21. Rg3 ({Falsch wäre} 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nf5+ Kh8 23. Nxh4
{wegen} Rg8 24. Ra1 ({oder} 24. Ng2 {, das auf g1 drohende Matt muss gedeckt
werden,}) 24... Nxf2+) 21... Qh6 22. Kg2 Nf4+ 23. Kh1 Nh3 24. Kg2 Nf4+ 25. Kh1
Nh5 26. Rg4 ({Der Turm ginge besser nach} 26. Rg1 {Schwarz könnte nun recht
gut mit} Kh8 {nebst} 27. Z0 f5 {fortfahren.}) 26... Ra8 27. c3 Rxa2 28. Bxa2
bxc3 29. bxc3 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Nf6 31. Rg3 ({Auch jetzt noch ginge der Turm
besser nach} 31. Rg1) 31... d5 32. exd5 cxd5 33. f4 exf4 34. exf4 Re8 35. Bb3
d4 {Sehr elegant.} ({Ob aber} 35... Qh4 36. Rg1 Nh5 37. Bxd5 Nxf4 38. Bf3 Nh3 {
nicht doch stärker wäre, ist zu erwägen.}) 36. cxd4 Qh5 37. h3 $1 {Weiß
hat keine besseren Züge, als diesen und die nächsten, um dem Angriff zu
entgehen.} Re2 38. Qc1 Qh4 39. Re3 Rxe3 40. Qxe3 h6 41. Kg2 ({Nicht} 41. d5 {
wegen} Ng4 $1) 41... Nh5 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qe4+ g6 44. Bxf7 Qg3+ 45. Kf1 Qxh3+
46. Ke1 Qg3+ ({Mehr Chancen hätte} 46... Qh4+ {geboten.}) {Das feine
Opferangebot des Anziehenden im 48. Zuge wurde anscheinend übersehen.} 47. Kd1
Nxf4 48. Bg8+ Kg7 49. Qe5+ {Remis durch ewig Schach} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Congres International playoff-1"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1878.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Black "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Schallopp,E"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1878.07.27"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Entscheidungskampf um den ersten und zweiten Preis . 118 Spanische Partie .} 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
b4 9. Ne2 Bg4 10. d3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. f4 {[#]} ({Weiß
opfert den Bauer wol kaum mit Recht, da sich mittels} 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Bxc3
15. Bxf7+ {eine sehr gute Fortsetzung bietet.}) 13... exf4 14. Bxf4 Bxb2 15.
Rb1 Bd4 16. Qf3 O-O 17. Kh1 Nd7 18. Qg2 Nc5 19. Bd5 Rb8 20. Bg5 Qd7 21. Rg1 Ne6
({Auf} 21... Kh8 {folgt} 22. Be3 {und Weiß rettet den Pa4.}) 22. Bb3 Kh8 23.
Bd2 a5 24. Rbf1 g6 ({Hier dürfte sich} 24... Nc5 {empfehlen, um den Angriff
auf den Bauer wieder aufzunehmen.}) 25. Bh6 Bg7 26. Be3 f5 $2 {Beim Stande des
Springers auf e6 erweist sich das Vorgehen des f-Bauern als mangelhaft.} ({
Schwarz sollte die Dame nach} 26... Qe7 {ziehen, um dann im gegebenen Falle
den Läufer wieder auf} 27. Z0 Bd4 {zu spielen.}) 27. Qh3 $1 Qe8 28. Rg2 f4 29.
Ba7 f3 $4 (29... Rb7 {müsste sofort geschehen.}) {Dann blieben
verschiedenfarbige Läufer übrig, und Remis wäre sicher.} 30. Rg4 Rb7 31. Be3
Rf6 32. Rfg1 c5 33. Rh4 {[#]} h5 {Dies stellt den König zu sehr bloß.} ({
Die richtige Deckung ist} 33... Bf8) ({Aber nicht} 33... Nf8 {wegen} 34. Bg5)
34. Bc1 Re7 ({Auf} 34... Nd4 {kann} 35. Rxg6 Nxb3 36. Rxh5+ Kg8 37. Rh8+ Kf7
38. Rxf6+ {die Folge sein.}) 35. Bxe6 Rexe6 $4 {Ganz unbegreiflicher Fehler!} (
{Natürlich musste der andere Turm} 35... Rfxe6 {schlagen.}) 36. Bb2 Rf7 {
Dies gestattet schnellste Entscheidung.} ({Die einzige Chance bot hier das
Aufgeben der Qualität mittels} 36... Re5) ({Gegen die Fortsetzung} 36... Rf8 {
entscheidet} 37. Rxh5+ gxh5 38. Bxg7+ Kh7 (38... Kg8 39. Bf6+) 39. Bxf8 {
zu Gunsten von Weiß.}) 37. Rxg6 Rxg6 38. Rxh5+ Kg8 39. Rh8+ Bxh8 40. Qxh8# 1-0

[Event "Leipzig Anderssen Masters"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1877.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Schallopp,E"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1877.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{036 Vierspringerspiel .} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Ba4 ({
Dies scheint mindestens ebenso stark als die in den anderen Partien dieser Art
meist gewählte Fortsetzung} 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5) 5... Bc5 6. O-O ({Hier
verdiente} 6. Nxe5 {den Vorzug. Schwarz konnte dem vorbeugen, indem er
zuvorderst den Läufer weiter zurücktrieb, doch fesselte dann Weiß sofort
den Damenbauern durch Bd5.}) 6... b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d3 Bg4 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bxd4
Bxd4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c6 13. Nd1 O-O 14. c3 Bb6 15. Ne3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 {
Nicht gut! Ein Angriff auf Grund der offenen f-Linie steht nicht mehr in
Aussicht, und der Doppelbauer ist für das Endspiel von Nachteil.} ({Nach} 16.
Qxe3 {erlangte Schwarz durch} Nh5 17. g3 Kh8 18. f4 f5 {einen kleinen Angriff,
der sich aber leicht pariren ließ.}) 16... Ra7 17. Rf2 Re7 18. Rd1 Nd7 19.
Rdf1 Nc5 20. Bc2 Re6 {Das Spiel von Schwarz ist konsequent darauf gerichtet,
seine Steine in Tätigkeit zu bringen, ohne den weißen Doppelbauern
aufzulösen.} 21. d4 Rf6 22. Qd1 ({Weiß hätte vielleicht, da auf dem
Königsflügel doch nichts auszurichten ist, schon von hier an besser getan,
durch} 22. Qe2 Z0 {nebst} 23. a4 Z0 {und} 24. d5 {den schwarzen Damenflügel
anzugreifen.}) 22... Rxf2 23. Rxf2 Nd7 24. Qg4 Qe7 25. Qf3 Nf6 26. Qf5 Re8 27.
g4 h6 ({Es ist ersichtlich, dass Schwarz nach} 27... exd4 28. exd4 {den Pe4
nicht schlagen darf} Nxe4) 28. g5 {Ein Fehler. Schwarz gewinnt jetzt einen
Bauern.} ({Es musste} 28. Re2 {zur Deckung des Pe4 geschehen.}) ({Nicht so gut
war} 28. h4 {wegen} Qe6 29. Qxe6 Rxe6 30. Bb3 ({oder} 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Ng4
32. Rf3 Rg6 33. Bb3 Nf6 $1) 30... Re7) 28... hxg5 29. Qxg5 exd4 30. cxd4 Nxe4
31. Qxe7 Rxe7 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. Rc2 c5 $1 {Hierdurch gewinnt Schwarz ein Tempo
und behauptet seinen Bauern.} ({Bei} 33... Rxe3 {wäre dieser durch} 34. Rxc6
Rxh3 35. Rxa6 Rh6 36. Rb6 {wider verloren gegangen.}) 34. dxc5 dxc5 35. Rxc5
Rxe3 36. Rc6 Rxh3 37. Rxa6 Rd3 38. b3 Rd2 39. a4 bxa4 40. Ra8+ Kh7 41. Rxa4 g5
42. Rg4 Kg6 43. Rg3 f5 44. Kf1 f4 45. Rc3 g4 46. Ke1 Rb2 47. Kf1 g3 48. Rc8 Kf5
0-1

[Event "Match Rubinstein-Schlechter +2-1=3"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1918.01.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Schlechter,C"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1918.01.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)DSZ 1918, S.31 [Schlechter] Gespielt am 23., 24. und 26.Januar 1918.}
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5
9. d3 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 {
Damit scheint eine trostlose Remisstellung entstanden zu sein, das Spiel wird
jedoch noch recht lebhaft.} 15. Nc3 {Besser als c2-c3, wonach der Springer
nicht so leicht ins Spiel käme.} g6 $2 {GJ: Der Plan, am Königsflügel
anzugreifen, ist zu optimistisch. (zu aktiv).} ({Der Weltmeister (RR Em.Lasker)
empfiehlt hier} 15... Bxc3 $142 16. bxc3 Ra8 {Rubinstein vermeidet diese
Fortsetzung, vielleicht weil er die "ungleichen" Läufer nicht aufgeben möchte.}
(16... Nd7)) 16. Nd1 Nh5 17. c3 Bc5 18. Ne3 b4 19. Bc4 bxc3 20. bxc3 Qg5 21.
Rfd1 $1 {Schwarz schenkt dem damit eingeleiteten Angriff in der Mitte viel zu
wenig Beachtung.} Nf4 $2 ({Er sollte mit} 21... Qf4 $142 {auf Remis spielen.}
22. Qxf4 Nxf4 23. d4 $14) (21... Rb2 $142 {Kagan} 22. d4 $16) 22. d4 $1 exd4 $4
{Ein Fehler, der eine Figur kostet.} (22... Bb6 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Rd7 $14 (24.
h4 Qxh4 25. g3 Qg5 26. Ng4 Ne6 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Nd7 $16)) 23. cxd4 Bb6 (23...
d5 24. dxc5 dxc4 25. h4 $16) 24. h4 $1 {Allerdings ein Zug, den man leicht
übersehen kann.} Qxh4 (24... Qf6 25. Ng4 $18) 25. g3 Qf6 {Noch am besten.
Schwarz erhält zwei Bauern für die Figur, muß allerdings die Dame abtauschen.}
(25... Nh3+ 26. Kg2 Qh6 27. Ng4 $16) 26. Qxf4 Bxd4 27. Qxf6 Bxf6 28. Ra7 Bd8
29. Rda1 Rb4 30. Bd5 Rb2 31. Rc1 h5 32. Rc2 Rb1+ 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Ba2 {Weiß
wählt eine sehr scharfe, knapp berechnete Spielweise.} ({Klarer und sicherer
war} 34. Nc4 Z0 35. Na5 Z0 36. Nc6) 34... Re1 35. Nd5 Rxe4 36. Nxc7 Re7 37. Rc6
Rh8 38. Nb5 Rxa7 39. Nxa7 h4 40. Rxd6 ({Bei} 40. g4 {um weiteren Bauerntausch
zu vermeiden, wäre} h3+ 41. Kh1 Bg5 {gefährlich für Weiß.}) 40... hxg3 41. fxg3
Re8 42. Bc4 f5 43. Nc6 Bf6 44. Nd4 Re4 45. Ne6+ Kh6 46. Nf4 Kg7 (46... Rxc4 47.
Rxf6 $18) 47. Rc6 Re1 48. Rc7+ (48. Be2 $142 Z0 49. Bh5) 48... Kh6 49. Bg8 Rb1
{Schwarz kämpft für eine verlorene Sache.} 50. Rc6 ({Die Fortsezung} 50. Rh7+
Kg5 51. Nh3+ Kg4 52. Bd5 {hätte keinen Wert. Es folgt} Rb2+ {und Schwarz
befreit seinen König aus dem Mattnetz.}) 50... Kg7 51. Bd5 ({Hier konnte schon
} 51. Bh7 {geschehen.}) 51... Rd1 52. Re6 $1 {Nun ist Weiß auf dem richtigen
Weg: Läufer nach e8 mit Angriff auf g6.} Rd4 53. Bc6 $1 Rd2+ 54. Kh3 Rd1 55.
Be8 $1 Rh1+ 56. Kg2 Rh6 57. Rb6 {Zugzwang} Be5 58. Nxg6 Bf6 59. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Tatran Cup"]
[Site "Stary Smokovec"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gross, Stefan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 Nxe4 $5 (5... exd4 6. O-O Be7 {
(C 84)} 7. e5 (7. Re1 b5 8. e5 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 bxa4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12.
Qf3 O-O 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. Qxc6 Re8 15. Nc3 Qd7 $10) 7... Ne4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Nf5
d5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Re1 Re8 13. f3 Nd6 $10) 6. Qe2 b5 7. Qxe4
d5 8. Qe3 bxa4 9. Nxe5 $14 Nxe5 10. Qxe5+ (10. O-O Be6 11. dxe5 Qd7 12. Nc3 Bb4
13. Qg3 O-O 14. Bh6 f6 15. Bf4 $14 {Holmov-Hasin, Soviet (ch) 1961.}) 10... Be6
11. Nc3 Qd7 12. O-O Bd6 13. Qg5 h6 $1 14. Qe3 (14. Qxg7 Ke7 15. Bxh6 Rag8 16.
Bg5+ Ke8 $19) 14... O-O 15. b3 Bf5 $10 16. Nxa4 Bxc2 17. Bd2 Rae8 18. Qc3 Qf5
19. Nc5 Re2 20. Nb7 Rfe8 21. Rac1 Bd3 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Rce1 Rc8 24. Qa5 Qg4
25. h3 Qxd4 26. Rxe2 Bxe2 27. Re1 Qe4 28. Be3 Rc2 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Qxd6 f6 31.
a3 Qd3 32. b4 Qc3 33. Rb1 Qe5 34. Qb6 Ra2 35. Re1 Bc4 36. Bd2 Qb2 37. Bc1 Qc2
38. Qd4 Qf5 39. Rd1 Re2 40. Be3 Qe5 41. Qa7 Kg6 42. Bd4 Qf5 43. Bc5 Kh7 44. Bf8
Qg6 45. Qd4 h5 46. Qc3 Qe8 47. Bc5 Qe4 48. Rc1 Ra2 49. Bd4 Qg6 50. Rd1 Be2 51.
Ra1 Rc2 52. Qe3 Bd3 53. Kh2 Re2 54. Qg3 Qe4 55. Bc5 h4 56. Qd6 Bb1 57. a4 Re1
58. Ra3 Bd3 59. Qc7 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c4 {It`s not surprising
that this move has gained in popularity. It stops b7-b5, strengthens White`s
control over d5 and, more important, gains space. As White plans a later
advance with the c- and d-pawns one day he has to play c4.} g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qd2 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Qf6
15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. d4 e4 17. Nd2 f4 $1 18. f3 (18. Ndxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Re8 20.
f3 d5 $19) 18... e3 $15 19. Nde4 Bf5 20. Ke2 Rae8 21. Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. g3 fxg3
23. Rag1 Rg6 24. Rg2 Kf7 25. h4 Kf6 26. Rhg1 Rh6 27. Rh1 Rg6 28. Nd1 Be6 29. b3
Kf5 30. h5 Rgg8 31. h6 d5 32. c5 a5 33. Nxe3+ Kf4 34. Kd2 Bc8 35. Re2 Ba6 36.
Ng2+ Kxf3 37. Rf1+ Kg4 38. Rf4+ Kg5 39. Re3 Rxe3 40. Kxe3 Re8+ 41. Kf3 Re2 42.
Rg4+ Kxh6 43. Rxg3 Rxa2 44. Ne3 Bd3 45. Ng4+ Kg7 46. Ne5+ Bg6 47. Nxc6 Kf6 48.
Kf4 Be8 49. Ne5 Re2 50. Rg8 Re4+ 51. Kg3 Bb5 52. Ng4+ Ke6 53. Rh8 Rxd4 54. Rxh7
c6 55. Rh6+ Kf5 56. Rh5+ Ke4 57. Kf2 Rd2+ 58. Ke1 Re2+ 59. Kd1 Rg2 60. Nf6+ Kd4
0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirazi, Kamran"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nd5 h6
9. d4 Nxe4 10. Qe2 f5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 O-O 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. c5 Kh8 15. h4
Rc8 16. Bc2 Qe8 17. g4 Be6 18. Ng5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Nf6 20. gxf5 Nxd5 21. fxg6 Nd4
22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Qg4 Rxf2 24. Nf7+ Kg8 25. Bf5 Qe3+ {26.Kb1 Qd2} 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Shamkovich,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 d6 {This quiet
system has a drawish reputation.} 7. Nc3 (7. Be3 Bxe3 8. fxe3 O-O 9. Nc3 b5 10.
Bb3 Na5 11. Qe1 c5 12. Bd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 f5 14. a3 Bd7 15. Kh1 Nb7 {Black is
no worse, Illescas Cordoba,M-Malaniuk,V/32nd Chess Olympiad Yerevan ARM 1996})
(7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Bc2 Bb6 10. h3 Ne7 11. Re1 Ng6 12. Nf1 h6 13. a4 {
White is slightly better, Hartman,C-Martinovsky,E/It, Wrexham WAL 1996}) 7...
b5 8. Bb3 Na5 9. Kh1 c6 10. h3 Ra7 11. Nh2 O-O 12. f4 {The only chance to
break through} Nxb3 13. axb3 Re8 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Qe1 Nd7 16. Nf3 Nf8 17. Be3
Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Rd7 19. Rf2 f6 20. Nh4 Ne6 21. Nf5 Nd4 {The chances are equal}
22. Qg3 Nxf5 23. Rxf5 c5 24. Rf2 Bb7 25. Raf1 Rf7 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Qxd5
28. Rxf6 Rxf6 29. Rxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Karjakin +2-2=10"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2016.11.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After wining Round 10 both players are tied now 5-5 but I have a sneaking
suspicion that Magnus is gaining in control. If he achieves two more draws and
they end tied, it's clear he won't be unhappy with rapid playoffs. Sergey just
hasn't played as much Rapid and Blitz recently ... but then again ... this is
the powerful Sergey Karjakin ... so we could be very surprised. Okay two games
left to go and this is Number 11.} 1. e4 {This first move is expected, as
Sergey sticks to the type of positions that he knows the best - 1.e4 gives him
the best results based on his previous games. At least here he achieves
playable and fighting positions, which are not easy to get against a
well-prepared Magnus. A good idea I'm sure, as Sergey tried serving with 1.d4
back in Round 7, but was worse as early as move 11.} e5 {Did you expect
something else? Magnus replies with this almost 90% of the time lately, so
obviously he feels at home with it. Garry Kasparov once advised that in
important games it's best to stick to the opening in which you have the most
experience.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {The Ruy Lopez may be the most classical
opening in chess history, with references to it going all the way back to the
year 1490.} a6 {Magnus' preference.} (3... Nf6 {was Sergey's choice in Rounds
3 and 10.}) 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 {The main line. Black wants to keep the
tension. Magnus has already played like this in Rounds 2, 4, and 6 of the
match, so I guess this is what I expected him to play today. Naturally he is
hoping to outplay White again like he did in Round 4 and in general his
results with Black here are very good. (Which is why I was surprised he went
for 5...b5 in Round 9.)} (5... Nxe4 {leads to very forcing variations, where
prepration and memory play a huge part. However, the problem is that Black has
to play very exact moves, and chances to win are almost non existent.}) (5...
b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 {was played in Round 9. But why is there a need for this when 5..
.Be7 is serving him well?}) 6. d3 {Aiming for a closed setup, White hopes for
a long game and plenty of maneuvering and the reason White aims for the Closed
Ruy Lopez these days, is because it has become increasingly difficult to gain
anything in the Marshall Attack.} (6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5
10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 {is the starting position of the Marshall Attack.
Black goes ...Bd6 and ...Qh4 next, gaining compensation for the sacrificed
pawn based on the fact that White's queenside pieces are still undeveloped.})
6... b5 7. Bb3 d6 ({I always thought that} 7... O-O {is slightly more accurate
to keep open options of playing d7-d5 in one move, but still after} 8. Nc3 d6
9. a3 {it just transposes to the game anyway.}) 8. a3 {Reserving the a2-square
for the bishop and controlling the b4-square.} (8. a4 {is an active
alternative here and it leads to a slightly unusual position. I think the main
difference is b4 is not controlled and Black may consider gaining space with}
b4) 8... O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 {Clever Magnus! He never plays the exact same line
twice in a row. Just when Sergey is ready to face 9...Na5 again, as in Round 2,
Black chooses a different move.} 10. Nd5 (10. Bxe6 fxe6 {is an interesting
possibility. Black has firm control of the center, but at the same time he has
permanent doubled-pawns. Now I like the regrouping} 11. Ne2 {with the idea of
preventing any kingside attacks by posting a knight on g3. Not sure if going
for quiet positions like this is enough to beat the World Champion though.})
10... Nd4 {This move is well-known as Black's best here. It was first played
by Peter Svidler of Russia back in 2013. I myself remember spending many, many
hours of analysis work on this move back in 2014 (how fast time flies) however,
not ever really being able to use it. After that, I decided not to waste so
much time on lines that have a low chance of appearing in my games. I
sometimes think perhaps that's what Magnus does as well. He knows how to be
time-efficient. In this regard Anatoly Karpov is a good example, as he is
well-known for being the most practical of the World Champions. He didn't
really spend hundreds of hours researching the openings, but instead focused
on the skill of selecting and absorbing new ideas. Anyway let's go back to the
game.} (10... Bxd5 {is not recommended as in general you shouldn't give up
your bishop pair at an early stage of the game. After} 11. exd5 Nd4 12. Nxd4
exd4 13. Bd2 {White is slightly better.}) ({If} 10... Na5 {White does not
retreat his bishop, but instead goes} 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 {when the
doubled e-pawns give him a head start.} 13. b4 Nc6 14. c3 $14 {White is much
better.}) 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nxf6+ {I was a little surprised to see this move,
which is thought to be harmless, appear in this game.} ({In my notes I had} 12.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bg5 {as the most critical and the only way to trouble Black.
For example:} Bxb3 (13... c5 14. f4) 14. cxb3 h6 (14... Rac8 15. b4 c5 16. f4)
15. Bh4 {The pin is highly unpleasant and after} Qe6 16. f4 {White has chances
for an attack on the kingside.} c5 (16... Nd7 17. f5 Qe5 18. b4 $14) 17. b4
Rfe8 (17... Rac8 18. Rc1) 18. f5 $5 (18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Re1 c4 $13) 18... Qe5 19.
Bg3 Qe7 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. e5 Nd5 22. f6 Qe6 23. fxg7 Ne3 24. Qd2 Nxf1 25. Rxf1
$13 {with a really complicated position. It's very possible though that my
notes are outdated. However it seems to me that Black still has to play
extremely accurately to equalize.}) 12... Bxf6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. f4 {Sergey
makes a natural move, while keeping all of his options open. Options such as
Qg4, g4-g5, or Rf3-h3. White is basically up a pawn on the kingside right now 
(3 vs 2), so it is clear he should focus his attention there. But I thought
that Black showed the way to equalize after two top level games played in 2013,
when everyone was still using the chess engine 'Houdini' and computers and the
Internet were significantly slower. In those two games, Black made easy draws.}
(14. a4 c5 15. Qg4 Qd7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bd2 c4 18. Bb4 Ra4 $1 {The best way
to force exchanges.} 19. Rxa4 bxa4 20. dxc4 Rc8 21. Qg3 (21. Qe2 Qc6 $11) 21...
Rxc4 22. Bxd6 Rxc2 $11 {Anand-Svidler, Alekhine Memorial 2013, and the game
soon ended in a draw.}) (14. Qg4 Qc8 15. f4 e5 16. f5 c5 {Black has a 'pawn
diamond' in the center and quick counterplay along the c-file. His king's
position is quite shaky but White does not have enough time to exploit this.}
17. Bg5 (17. Rf3 c4 18. Rh3 Qe8 $13 {prevents Qh5, and prepares Rc8-c2.}) 17...
Kh8 (17... c4 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 $11 {might be easier.}) 18. Rf3 c4 19. Rh3 (19.
Raf1 {might be a possible improvement to allow defence of the 2nd rank later
in some cases with R1f2.}) 19... Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Rf6 21. g4 cxd3 22. cxd3 Qc2 23.
Rc1 Qe2 $1 24. Rc7 Qe1+ 25. Kg2 Qe2+ 26. Kg1 Qe1+ 27. Kg2 Qe2+ 28. Kg1 {
1/2-1/2 Leko -Caruana, Dortmund 2013.}) 14... c5 {Preparing queenside
counterplay later with c5-c4.} (14... e5 {is an alternative, but perhaps
Magnus didn't want to close the center right away. After} 15. f5 c5 16. Rf3 c4
17. Rh3 {looks quite scary for Black, and if} Qe8 18. g4 $5 {with some
attacking chances.}) (14... Qd7 15. Qg4 c5 {just transposes to the game.}) 15.
Qg4 (15. Rf3 c4 16. Rh3 {can simply be met by} Rf7 {to meet} ({Or} 16... Qd7)
17. Qh5 {with} g6) 15... Qd7 (15... Qc8 $5 {- Leko-Caruana, was a good option.
Later after the opening of the c-file, a quick ...Qc2 is in the agenda. After}
16. Bd2 (16. f5 exf5 17. exf5 Be5 18. Qf3 Ra7 $13) 16... e5 17. f5 c4 {Black
has sufficient counterplay.}) 16. f5 {Releasing the tension and allowing
trades. I feel that Sergey no longer believes that White has much going on and
decides to loosen up the position. After all, in the event of an endgame Black
still has his doubled d-pawns to worry about (though it's hard for White to
make use of his better pawn structure).} ({If White wants to keep fighting
chances then perhaps he should go for 16.Bd2 or 16.Rf3. So here I can
recommend for White} 16. Bd2 c4 {And now} 17. b3 (17. Rf3 c3 $1 18. bxc3 dxc3
19. Be3 d5 20. e5 Be7 21. Rh3 Rf7) 17... Rac8 18. h3 cxb3 19. cxb3 Rc2 20. Bb4
Be7 21. a4 {with a small advantage.}) (16. Rf3 c4) ({Or} 16. b3 c4 {and the
overall position of the picture does not change.}) 16... Rae8 {Already, Black
has more than one way to equality.} (16... exf5 {is just fine, to clarify the
situation right away.} 17. exf5 (17. Rxf5 Rf7 18. Bd2 g6 $11) 17... Rae8 (17...
Rf7 18. Bd2 Re8 (18... c4) 19. Rae1 Be5 20. Rf2 c4 $11) 18. Bd2 {and now} g6 {
to eliminate White's spearhead.} 19. h3 (19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Rxf5 21. Rxf5
gxf5 22. Qg3 Qxg7 $11) 19... Be5 20. fxg6 Qxg4 21. gxh7+ Kxh7 22. hxg4 Bg3 $1 {
and with control over the open file, Black should be able to play ...Re2 in
the near future. Control of the 2nd rank should give him enough compensation
for the pawn.}) ({Even} 16... e5 {although it's no longer necessary to go for
a complicated middlegame.}) 17. Bd2 c4 18. h3 {Protecting the queen on g4 so
he can take on f5 later with the rook. It also puts a pawn on a light-square
to ensure that should they go into some deep endgame, Black cannot capture
this h-pawn with his bishop.} (18. fxe6 Qxe6 19. Qxe6+ Rxe6 20. Bb4 Rd8 {
followed by posting a bishop on e5, hence guarding his doubled-pawns. The
endgame is level.}) (18. b3 exf5 19. exf5 Be5 (19... cxb3 20. cxb3 Re5 $11) 20.
Rf2 cxb3 21. cxb3 Rc8 $11 {in general, Black's play is quite easy and he has
many options to choose from in each move.}) 18... c3 $5 {The most unbalanced
continuation. Black disrupts the coordination of White's queenside before he
has the time to consolidate with b3 and a4.} ({Many paths lead to equality. A
normal continuation would be} 18... Be5 19. fxe6 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Qxe6 $11) (
18... exf5 19. Rxf5 {and now Black just has to avoid} g6 $2 20. Rxf6 {when the
white queen is protected.}) (18... e5 $13 {also gives an unclear position, but
as I said, there is no more point to keeping the center closed, when Black has
easier alternatives.}) 19. bxc3 d5 $5 {Perhaps trying to confuse White, but as
usual, Sergey keeps his nerve.} (19... dxc3 20. Be3 d5 21. Bc5 Rf7 $11) 20. Bg5
{What follows now is another series of exchanges, where each side takes away
material from the board consecutively.} ({The most obvious continuation is} 20.
fxe6 {but after} Qxe6 21. Qxe6+ Rxe6 22. exd5 Re2 {White has some tricky
problems to solve.} 23. Rf2 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Bg5+ (24... dxc3 25. Be1 Rd8 $11 {
is perhaps just equal too.}) 25. Ke2 Bxd2 26. Kxd2 Rf2+ 27. Ke1 Rxc2 {White's
position looks scary, but according to the computer, White holds the balance
with:} 28. c4 $1 (28. cxd4 $2 Rxg2 29. Kf1 Rh2 30. d6 Kf7 $19 {looks like a
typical Carlsen grind.}) (28. d6 Kf7 {and the difference in the activity of
the kings will be crucial.})) (20. c4 $5 {is fine, since the pawn on c3 was
lost anyway. White now gets some stability in the center and after} dxc4 (20...
dxe4 21. Bb4) 21. Bb4 Rf7 22. fxe6 Qxe6 23. Qxe6 Rxe6 24. Rf5 $11 {the ending
is just equal.}) ({Though not} 20. exd5 exf5 21. Qf3 dxc3 22. Be3 {when White
is slightly worse, as now it is he who has the doubled-pawns.} Re5 $15) 20...
Bxg5 (20... dxc3 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. exd5 exd5 23. a4 $11) 21. Qxg5 dxe4 22. fxe6
Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Qxe6 24. cxd4 e3 $5 {Perhaps trying to put psychological stress
on the opponent. There is always pressure when you have to make a draw from a
defensive point of view. Now instead of making natural moves, White has to
remain alert so that the passed e-pawn does not become unstoppable.} ({Instead
of 24...e3, Black has at least three ways to make a relatively easy draw.} 
24... exd3 25. cxd3 Qe3+ (25... h6 26. Qc5 Qe3+ 27. Kh2 Qxd3 $11 {is another
way.}) 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 27. Rd1 Re2 $1 {And because of the control of the 2nd
rank and counterplay on the a3-pawn, Black makes a draw by straightforward
moves.} 28. Rc1 (28. d5 Kf7 29. Rc1 Ra2 $11) 28... Ra2 29. Rc3 Kf7 $11) ({Or} 
24... Qd6 25. Qc5 (25. Qe3 Qxa3) 25... Rd8 26. Qxd6 Rxd6 27. dxe4 Rxd4 28. e5
Re4 29. Rf5 Re3 $11 {as they say, all rook endings are drawn.}) 25. Re1 (25.
Qg4 Qe7 26. Qf3 $11) (25. d5 $6 {is an example of how things can go wrong for
White.} Qb6 26. Re1 e2+ 27. Kh1 Qf2 28. Qd2 Re3 29. d6 Kf7 {and there are some
problems with the white king immobile in the corner.}) 25... h6 (25... e2 26.
Qd2 g6 27. Qf4 (27. d5 $11) 27... Qe7 28. Qd2 $11) 26. Qh5 e2 27. Qf3 a5 $5 {
Pushing the a-pawn one step closer to promotion, just in case a pawn race
happens down the line. Is Magnus still trying to win? Surely he's hoping for
Sergey to make a small mistake or better, a major blunder, but really that
doesn't happen often. Also, Black's problem is that his king lacks a fortress,
meaning it is going to be hard to escape from queen checks later on.} ({
Almost all moves lead to a draw now.} 27... Qd6 28. Rxe2 Qxd4+ 29. Kh1 Rxe2 30.
Qxe2 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Qxa3 $11) 28. c3 (28. d5 Qe5 (28... Qe7 29. d6 Qxd6 30. Rxe2
$11) 29. d6 $11) 28... Qa2 {Protecting the e2-pawn while at the same time
threatening to take the guy on a3, or play ...Qd2, attacking the rook on e1.}
29. Qc6 $1 {But Black's queen escapade has left his rook and king a little
vulnerable too.} Re6 (29... Re7 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ {Hoping for perpetual
check.} g6 32. Qf8 $11 {There is no way for Black to make progress, as he
cannot attack and defend at the same time.}) 30. Qc8+ ({Now is not the time to
grab pawns:} 30. Qxb5 $2 Qd2 31. Qb1 Qxc3 $17 32. d5 Qd4+ 33. Kh2 Qxd5 $17 {
and White's greed has got him nothing but trouble.}) 30... Kh7 31. c4 Qd2 32.
Qxe6 Qxe1+ 33. Kh2 Qf2 34. Qe4+ {Draw. A quiet but well-played game by two
experienced players. Today they decided to go for the Closed Ruy Lopez with 6.
d3. Sergey played the same moves as in Round 2, but Magnus decided to deviate
with 9...Be6 just in case his opponent had prepared something vicious against
his pet line with 9...Na5. What followed after 9...Be6 was a series of
liquidations, with each player trading three minor pieces each, though Black
had to accept doubled d-pawns. Moves 14-16 were critical to see if White could
prove an advantage, but in the end Sergey decided to release the tension with
16.f5. What followed was a series of exchanges and with Magnus even trying to
spice up the game a bit with 18...c3!? and 19...d5!? Sergey held fast,
exchanged a few more pieces, and in the end the game never really left the
boundaries of equality. Tomorrow is the last round and let's see if Magnus'
sister's prediction that he will win his last two White games comes true.
Maybe this game is just the deep breath before the explosion.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 4th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.12.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2848"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 {Carlsen is definitely a fan of d3 lines against
the Ruy Lopez. They allow him to avoid a heated theoretical struggle in
forcing lines, while retaining enough strategic tension to fight for an
advantage in the ensuing middlegame.} ({Even after} 3... Nf6 {he has lately
avoided the Berlin Wall with} 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 (5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. Nxb6
axb6 8. c3 Bd7 9. Ba4 Ne7 10. Bc2 Ng6 11. h3 O-O 12. O-O h6 13. Re1 Re8 14. d4
Bc6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Rexd8 17. g3 Nd7 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Nd2 Nf8 20. f3 Nfe6
21. h4 Bb5 22. a3 Rd7 23. b4 {Carlsen,M-Anand,V/London/2012/} Bd3 $5 24. bxc5
Bxc2 $11) 5... dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 Nd7 9. Nc4 Bxc4 10. bxc4 O-O
11. Rb1 b6 12. g3 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Be3 Ne6 16. Nd2 Qf6 17. Qg4
Rf8 18. Ne4 Qf7 19. a4 h5 20. Qe2 Be7 21. a5 Qg6 22. axb6 axb6 23. Kh1 Rf3 24.
Rbe1 Bb4 25. Ra1 Qg4 26. Qd1 Qh3 $132 27. Bf4 $4 (27. Qe2 Be7 $11) 27... Bc3 $4
(27... R8xf4 $1 28. gxf4 Nxf4 29. Ra8+ Bf8 30. Rg1 Qxh2+ 31. Kxh2 Rh3#) 28.
Qxf3 Bxa1 29. Qg2 Qf5 $11 {Carlsen,M (2843)-Aronian,L (2816)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao/
2012/}) 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 ({While Aronian definitely must have anticipated
White's general strategy, Magnus far more often played} 5. O-O Be7 {and only
now} 6. Re1 (6. d3 {, when Black has committed his Bf8. After} b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
a4 {Black faces a wider choice:} {Lately Aronian has started to favour the
less committal} Bd7 {, Black retains the tension and doesn't give away the
a-file:} (8... b4 9. Nbd2 (9. a5 O-O 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. Nc4 h6 12. h3 Be6 13. Be3
Qc8 14. Nfd2 Rd8 15. Qe2 Qb7 16. Ba4 Nd7 17. c3 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2656)
-Melkumyan,H (2582)/EU-ch Rijeka 2010/} Na7 $5 $13) 9... Na5 10. Ba2 O-O 11. c3
c5 12. cxb4 (12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qc7 $132) 12... cxb4 13. h3 $5 (13. Nc4 Rb8
14. Re1 Nc6 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nc4 Nd7 18. Ncd2 Nc5 19. Nb3 Nxb3 20.
Qxb3 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Nd4 22. Qd1 Qf8 23. Kg2 Qf6 $44 {Carlsen,M (2733)-Aronian,L
(2739)/Wijk aan Zee/2008/}) 13... Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nb3 Nc6 16. Be3 Qd7 17.
Rc1 Rfc8 18. Qd2 Bd8 19. Rc4 $14 {Efimenko,Z (2654)-Stern,R (2501)/Bundesliga/
2009/}) (8... Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 (11. c3 Nd7 (11... Bd7 $5 {
will probably only transpose after the natural} 12. Re1) 12. Re1 Bf6 13. Nf1
Nc5 14. Ba2 (14. Bc2 $5) 14... Bg4 $2 (14... b4 $142 $132) 15. b4 Ne6 16. Ne3
Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Bg5 18. Bd5 $1 $16 Qd7 (18... Ne7 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qg4 {[%csl
Re6,Rg5]}) 19. Nf5 Ne7 20. Nxg7 $1 $40 {Carlsen,M (2714)-Fressinet,L (2654)/
ECC Kemer/2007/}) 11... Bd7 12. c3 Ra8 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. d4 h6 (14... Qb7 $5
15. Nf1 b4 $132) 15. Nf1 Re8 16. Ng3 Qc8 17. Nh4 Bf8 $6 (17... Na5 $142 18. Ba2
Nc4 $13) 18. Ng6 $1 Na5 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. Bc2 Re8 21. f4 Bg4 $2 {[%csl Rg4]} (
21... Qa6 $14) 22. Qd3 exf4 23. Bxf4 $16 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4,Rg8] ->>>, Carlsen,M 
(2826)-Topalov,V (2803)/Nanjing/2010/ White scored an impressive win in this
game, for more details see the notes by Moradiabadi in CBM 139.}) 9. c3 O-O 10.
Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nf1 (13. d4 exd4 (13... cxd4 $5 14. cxd4
Nc6 15. Bb3 h6 $132 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nf1 Bg4 18. h3 Qxd1 19. Bxd1 Bxf3 20.
Bxf3 Nd4 21. Bd1 Bb4 22. Bd2 Bxd2 23. Nxd2 Rac8 24. axb5 axb5 $15 {Werner,C 
(2315)-Tseshkovsky,V (2519)/Davos/2008/}) (13... Qc7 $1 {is indicated by
Caruana as the simplest equaliser - Black has a good version of the Chigorin.})
14. cxd4 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. d5 Qc8 17. Nf1 Bd8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Ng3 b4 20. Nh4 b3
21. Bb1 {Caruana,F (2773)-Aronian,L (2816)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao/2012/} c4 $5 $13 {
[%cal Yc4c3]}) 13... Nc6 14. Ne3 b4 15. Bb3 (15. h3 Rb8 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Bb3 h6
18. Be3 bxc3 19. bxc3 d5 $1 20. exd5 Nxd5 $15 {McShane,L (2713)-Aronian,L 
(2815)/London/2012/}) 15... Na5 16. Ba2 Rb8 17. d4 $6 (17. Nd2 $11) 17... exd4
18. cxd4 Nxe4 19. Nd5 {Kamsky,G (2729)-Leko,P (2747)/Dresden olm/2008/} Bf8 $13
{/=/+}) 6... b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. a4 {was actually the move-order from
Caruana-Aronian above.}) 5... b5 {In 2010 I wrote a 2 part article about the
C77 5.d3 Ruy Lopez, which was published in CBM 136-137. Part 1 featured mainly
the text move.} ({Part 2 in CBM 137 concentrated on the more restrained, but
quite reliable} 5... d6 6. c3 g6 {Carlsen hasn't been able to get anything
tangible here after} 7. O-O (7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nf1 O-O 9. Bg5 d5 10. Qe2 Qd6 11.
Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne3 Ne7 13. Bb3 c6 14. h4 Be6 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. Qf3 h6
18. Nc4 dxc4 19. dxc4 Nd5 20. Nh3 h5 21. Qg3 Bg4 22. Rd2 Bxh4 23. Qxh4 Qf6 24.
Qxf6 Nxf6 25. Ng5 c5 $15 {Carlsen,M (2810)-Caruana,F (2675)/Wijk aan Zee/2010/
See the notes to this game by Postny in CBM 135.}) 7... Bg7 8. Re1 (8. h3 Bd7
9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qe8 11. Nf1 Nh5 12. Bb3 Kh8 13. d4 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 e4 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxh5 Rf6 20. Qxe8+ Rxe8 21.
Bf4 Ne5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Rad1 {1-0 Alekseev,E (2683)-Efimenko,Z (2689)/
Germany 2012/CB42_2012 (61)} Bc6 $132) 8... O-O 9. Nbd2 Kh8 (9... b5 $5 {
is the more usual choice - Black was doing fine after} 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5
12. Nf1 h6 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. a4 Be6 15. Ne3 Qd7 16. Bb3 Rfb8 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. h3
c4 19. Qe2 Na5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rad1 Rc8 $132 {Areshchenko,A (2694)-Efimenko,
Z (2701)/UKR-ch Kiev/2011/}) 10. Nf1 Ng8 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 Qe8 13. d4 Bd7 14.
d5 Nd8 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. N3d2 Nf7 17. f3 f5 18. c4 a5 19. Bf2 Nf6 20. c5 fxe4
21. Nxe4 dxc5 22. Nxc5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. Rad1 c6 25. Ne3 Rfd8 $11 {
Carlsen,M (2814)-L'Ami,E (2628)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) 6. Bb3 Bc5 {Aronian opts
for the more active developing move.} ({Earlier he preferred} 6... Be7 7. a4 b4
8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 ({More flexible is} 9. O-O {The resulting positions are
similar to those, mentioned above in the note to White's 5th move.}) 9... d6
10. h3 Be6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Be3 Bf6 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Rb8 15. Rb1 d5 16. Ncd2
Nb6 17. Re1 Re8 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Bc5 Na5 20. Ba2 Qxa4 21. Qxa4 Nxa4 22. exd5
Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Nxc5 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 $44 {Ivanchuk,V (2786)
-Aronian,L (2757)/Dresden olm/2008/}) ({After} 6... Bb7 7. O-O Bc5 {Carlsen
already used} 8. Nc3 $5 {with great effect:} d6 9. a4 Na5 10. Ba2 b4 11. Ne2
Bc8 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Bb6 14. Ng3 Be6 15. d4 Bxa2 16. Rxa2 O-O 17. Bg5 exd4
18. Nh5 dxc3 19. Nh4 Kh8 20. Nf5 {1-0, Carlsen,M (2625)-Beliavsky,A (2626)/
Wijk aan Zee-B/2006/ For more details see the notes to this game by
Mikhalevski in CBM 111.}) 7. Nc3 $5 {One of the less usual reactions, but
actually I recommended it in CBM 136.} ({More regular is} 7. c3 d6 {, now} 8.
Bg5 {led to complex play after} ({The article in CBM 136 concentrated mainly on
} 8. O-O h6 $5) 8... h6 9. Bh4 Bb6 ({Black postpones castling, after} 9... O-O
10. O-O g5 {he has to reckon even with the sacrificial} 11. Nxg5 $5 $44 {
Note how later on Aronian postpones g5 only after White has castled, but his K
is still on e8.}) 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. Qe2 a5 12. a4 b4 13. O-O g5 14. Bg3 (14.
Nxg5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg8 $17) 14... O-O 15. Nc4 Ba7 16. Nfd2 h5 17. h3 h4 18. Bh2
Kg7 19. Kh1 Rh8 20. d4 $6 (20. Ne3 $1 Nh5 $13) 20... bxc3 21. bxc3 exd4 22. e5
dxc3 23. exf6+ Qxf6 {Kramnik,V (2801)-Aronian,L (2820)/Zuerich m rpd/2012/} 24.
Ne4 Qe7 25. Ba2 d5 (25... Re8 26. Qh5 Qxe4 27. Nxd6 cxd6 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Qh5+
$11) 26. Nxa5 Nd4 (26... Nxa5 27. Bxd5 $13) 27. Qd3 dxe4 28. Qxc3 $132) (7. O-O
d6 {[%cal Yc6a5] is only a transposition after} 8. c3) 7... O-O {A young
Magnus had to face this position with Black.} ({He opted for} 7... d6 8. Nd5 h6
9. c3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 (10... Bb7 11. a4 (11. Bd2 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Rb8 13. Qc2 Bb6
14. a4 Ne7 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. d4 Ng6 17. Rfd1 Qf6 18. Qd3 Rbb8 19. Be3 Rfd8 20.
Qe2 Qe7 21. a5 Ba7 22. dxe5 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Nxe5 24. Nd4 Re8 $132 {Vallejo Pons,
F (2678)-Naumann,A (2538)/Bundesliga/2004/}) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Rb8 13. axb5
axb5 14. Qb3 b4 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 bxc3 17. bxc3 Qe7 18. Qc2 Nd8 19. Rfb1 c6
20. Bc4 Ra8 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Qa2 Ne6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. h3 c5 25. Rb6 $14 {
Asrian,K (2602)-Fontaine,R (2537)/Moscow/2005/}) 11. Ne3 $6 (11. Re1 $5 {
[%cal Yd3d4] promises White better chances to fight for an opening advantage.})
11... Bb6 $1 12. Qe2 Ne7 13. Rd1 Ng6 14. Nf5 d5 15. h3 Re8 16. g4 $2 c5 17. c4
bxc4 18. dxc4 d4 19. Ba4 Re6 20. Ne1 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. f3 g6 23. Nxh6+ Kg7
24. g5 Nh7 25. h4 Nxg5 $19 {Lahno,K (2500)-Carlsen,M (2625)/Wijk aan Zee-B/
2006/ For more details about this game see the notes by Mikhalevski in CBM 111.
}) (7... h6 8. Nd5 (8. a4 b4 9. Nd5 Na5 $5 10. Ba2 d6 $11) 8... O-O 9. O-O {
and Black hardly has anything better than} d6 {, transposing to 7...d6.}) 8.
Nd5 Nxd5 {A rare alternative.} (8... h6 9. O-O d6 {still transposes to 7...d6})
9. Bxd5 Rb8 $146 {[%mdl 520] This novelty, connected with a pawn-sacrifice, is
the best reaction.} (9... Qf6 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 Be7 12. d4 $16 {Michelle,C 
(2052)-Janani,J (1808)/Chennai/2011/}) (9... Bb7 10. O-O (10. Nxe5 $5 Qh4 11.
g3 Qh3 12. Qg4 (12. Bxc6 dxc6 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Nf3 c5 $44 {|^}) 12... Qg2 13.
Qf3 Bxf2+ 14. Kd1 Qxf3+ 15. Nxf3 $14) 10... d6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Na5 13.
Bxb7 Nxb7 14. b4 a5 15. c3 d5 $11 {Koski,C (1252)-Yehuda,B (1100)/corr/2009/})
10. O-O Ne7 $5 (10... Qf6 11. c3 $14 {[%csl Rf6]} (11. Be3 Nd4 $5)) (10... Nb4
11. Bb3 $14 (11. Nxe5 {- 11...Ne7!?})) 11. Nxe5 {White accepts the challenge.}
(11. Bb3 d6 12. Be3 Ng6 $5 $11 {seems too soft.}) 11... Nxd5 12. exd5 Re8 ({
Carlsen didn't like this move and preferred} 12... Bb7 $1 13. c4 Bd6 $5 (13...
Re8 14. d4 Ba7 (14... bxc4 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. dxc5 $14) (14... Bf8 15. b3 {
transposes back to the game.}) 15. b3 bxc4 16. bxc4 d6 17. Nf3 (17. Nc6 Bxc6
18. dxc6 Qh4 19. Be3 Qe4 $11) 17... Bc8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 Bg4 20. Rb1 $5 $14)
(13... d6 14. Nf3 c6 15. d4 Ba7 16. c5 $5 dxc5 17. Bf4 Rc8 (17... c4 $5 18.
Bxb8 Bxb8 $14 {/~~}) 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. d6 $36 {[%csl Gd6]}) 14. Re1 Re8 15. Nf3
c6 $44) (12... Qf6 $5 13. d4 Bb6 $132 {[%cal Yf6d6,Yc8b7]}) 13. d4 Bf8 14. b3
Bb7 (14... b4 15. a3 a5 16. axb4 axb4 17. Qf3 f6 18. Nd3 $36 {[%csl Rb4][%cal
Ya1a8]}) 15. c4 (15. Qf3 Qe7 16. Be3 (16. c4 d6 17. Nc6 (17. Nd3 $5) 17... Bxc6
18. dxc6 bxc4 19. bxc4 Qe6 20. d5 Qe4 $11) 16... f6 17. Nd3 Qf7 18. c4 bxc4 19.
bxc4 a5 $14 {/<=>}) 15... d6 16. Nf3 (16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. dxc6 bxc4 18. bxc4 d5
19. c5 Qf6 $11 20. Qa4 $6 Bxc5) (16. Nd3 g6 $44 (16... bxc4 17. bxc4 c6 $5 18.
dxc6 Bxc6 $44 {[%csl Gc6,Gf8][%cal Gb8b1,Ge8e1]})) 16... Qf6 17. Be3 Bc8 18.
Qd2 (18. Rc1 bxc4 19. bxc4 Bg4 $11) 18... Qg6 {White has consolidated his
position, but it's difficult for him to make any progress.} 19. Kh1 h6 20. Rac1
Be7 21. Ng1 {This seems rather artificial.} (21. cxb5 axb5 22. Rxc7 Bb7 $44 {
[%csl Rd5]}) ({White's doubled extra pawn doesn't count for much, but perhaps
he is slightly better after} 21. Qa5 $14) ({A useful move, suggested by
Carlsen, is} 21. Rfe1 $5 $14) 21... Bg5 (21... Bf6 {seems more natural, but
Aronian has an interesting idea - exchanging the defensive Be3 activates
Black's forces.}) 22. Bxg5 (22. Rfe1 Bf5 $5 $14 {/~~} (22... Bxe3 $6 23. Rxe3
$36 {is a better version of the B swap.})) (22. cxb5 $5 Bd8 23. bxa6 Bxa6 24.
Rfe1 Qf5 25. Ne2 Qxd5 26. Nc3 Qf5 27. d5 $14) 22... Qxg5 23. Rfd1 (23. Qxg5
hxg5 24. f3 (24. cxb5 Rxb5 25. Rxc7 Rxd5 26. Rd1 g4 $5 $44) 24... Bf5 (24...
bxc4 25. Rxc4 $14) 25. Rf2 $14 {/= is maybe a better way to retain a small
plus.}) 23... bxc4 (23... Qxd2 24. Rxd2 bxc4) 24. bxc4 $6 {Only this natural
recapture is inaccurate.} (24. Qxg5 $142 hxg5 25. Rxc4 $14 {/= and once again
White risks little by playing on.}) 24... Qxd2 25. Rxd2 a5 {[%csl Ra2,Rc4,Gc8,
Rd4,Rg1][%cal Ge8e1,Gb8b1][%mdl 4096] In this endgame Black is definitely OK -
he controls the open files and has the better minor piece. White's pawns are
vulnerable and Carlsen also thought he wass the one who should be playing with
care to maintain equality.} 26. h3 Rb4 27. Nf3 Bf5 28. c5 Kf8 ({Aronian is
unwilling to play the weakening} 28... Be4 29. Re2 f5 30. Kh2 $11) 29. Nh2 Reb8
({However, here} 29... Be4 $1 {was definitely simpler:} 30. Nf1 Bxd5 31. Ne3
Be4 32. cxd6 cxd6 33. d5 Reb8 $11 {/=/+ White is in no position to win here,
although he shouldn't lose either.}) 30. Ng4 Rb1 31. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 32. Kh2 a4 (
32... Bxg4 33. hxg4 Rb5 34. Rc2 Rb4 35. cxd6 cxd6 36. Rd2 Rb5 37. Kg3 Rxd5 38.
a4 f5 $11 {is enough for a draw. However, as Aronian admitted after the game,
he erroneously thought he had a sizeable plus.}) 33. Ne3 Bg6 34. Kg3 Rb4 (34...
a3 35. Kf3 (35. f3 $5) 35... Rb2 36. Nc4 Bc2 37. Nxa3 Be4+ 38. Ke3 Rxd2 39.
Kxd2 Bxd5 $11) 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Ke2 Kd7 37. f3 Rb5 38. Nd1 Rb4 (38... dxc5 39.
Nc3 Rb4 (39... Ra5 40. dxc5 Rxc5 41. Nxa4 Rc4 42. Nb2 Rc3 $11) 40. dxc5 c6 41.
Ke3 Rc4 $11 {should hold the endgame rather easily. Aronian optimistically
continues to overestimate his position and gradually gets into trouble.}) 39.
c6+ Kc8 (39... Ke7 40. Nc3 (40. Rb2 $5 Rxd4 41. Ne3 Bd3+ 42. Ke1 f5 43. Rb7 f4
44. Rxc7+ Kd8 45. Rd7+ Kc8 46. Nd1 Rxd5 47. Nc3 Rc5 48. Kd2 $14) 40... a3 41.
Ke3 $14 {is similar to the game.}) 40. Nc3 f6 41. Ke3 Rc4 (41... a3 $142) (
41... h5 $5) 42. Ne2 a3 43. h4 Rb4 $6 (43... Bf7 44. Nf4 (44. Ke4 Bg6+ 45. Ke3
Bf7) 44... g5 45. Kd3 Rc1 46. hxg5 fxg5 47. Ne2 (47. Ne6 $2 Bg6+ 48. Ke3 Rc3+
49. Ke2 Rc2 $1 $36 {[%csl Ra2]}) 47... Bg6+ 48. Ke3 Rb1 49. Nc3 Rc1 (49... Rb2
{should be tenable as well}) 50. Nb5 Bf7 51. Re2 Kd8 (51... Bxd5 $2 52. Kd2 {
[%csl Rc1,Re8]} Rxc6 53. Na7+ $18) 52. Nxc7 $5 (52. Ke4 Bg6+ 53. Ke3 Bf7 $11)
52... Kxc7 53. Kd2 Ra1 54. Re7+ Kc8 55. Rxf7 Rxa2+ 56. Kd3 Rxg2 $11) 44. g4 $1
{Black has shuffled around rather aimlessly, so White improves his position by
expanding on the kingside.} Rb1 $2 (44... Rb2 45. h5 Bc2 46. Nc3 {is already
better for White, but Carlsen was unsure how he should make progress if Black
passes with} Kd8 $14) 45. h5 Bh7 46. f4 $1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Yf4f5,Ye2f4,Yf4e6]}
f5 (46... Bg8 47. f5 $1 (47. Nc3 Rg1 48. Kf3 Rf1+ 49. Kg3 Rg1+ $11) 47... Re1 (
47... Bxd5 $2 48. Nc3) 48. Kf2 Rb1 49. Nf4 Rb5 50. Ne6 Rxd5 51. Nxg7 Rb5 52.
Ne6 Rb2 53. Ke3 $16 {/+-}) 47. g5 $36 {With the B cut off, Black is on the
brink of defeat.} Rh1 (47... Rb2 48. Kd3 Bg8 49. Nc3 $16 {/+-}) (47... Kd8 $5
48. Nc3 (48. Rd3 Rh1 49. Kd2 Bg8 50. Rxa3 Bxd5 51. Ra8+ Ke7 52. Ng3 Rh2+ 53.
Ke1 Bxc6 54. Nxf5+ $16) 48... Rg1 49. g6 Bg8 $16 {and White must still find a
way to break through.}) 48. Ng3 Rh3 49. Kf3 hxg5 ({More resilient, but still
insufficient was} 49... Kd8 50. g6 Bg8 51. Kg2 Rh4 52. Nxf5 Rxf4 (52... Bxd5+
53. Kg3 Rxh5 54. Nxg7 Rh1 55. f5 Ra1 (55... Ke7 56. Re2+ Kf6 57. Ne8+ Kxf5 58.
Nxc7 Bxc6 59. d5 $18 {[%cal Rg6g7]}) 56. Ne6+ Ke7 57. Nf4 {/\} Bxa2 58. Re2+
Kf6 59. Rxa2 Rxa2 60. Nh5+ Kxf5 61. g7 Ra1 62. Kf2 Rg1 63. Kxg1 a2 64. Ng3+ $1
Kf4 65. Kf2 a1=Q 66. Ne2+ Ke4 67. g8=Q $18) 53. Ne3 $1 (53. Nxg7 Bxd5+ 54. Kg3
Rf3+ 55. Kg4 Rf1 $132) 53... Rh4 54. Rf2 Ke8 55. Nf5 Bxd5+ 56. Kg3 Rh1 57.
Nxg7+ Ke7 (57... Kd8 58. Rf8+ Ke7 59. Rc8 Rg1+ 60. Kf2 Rg2+ 61. Ke3 Bxc6 62.
Rxc7+ Bd7 63. Ra7 $18) 58. Nf5+ Kd8 59. Ne3 Rg1+ (59... Bxc6 60. d5 $18) 60.
Kf4 Bxc6 61. Ng4 $18) (49... Bg8 $2 50. Kg2 $18 {/\} Rh4 51. Nxf5 Rxf4 52. Ne7+
) 50. fxg5 g6 (50... Kd8 51. Rf2 $5 (51. Re2 Bg8 52. Kf4 Bxd5 53. Nxf5 Rxh5 54.
Nxg7 Rh4+ 55. Kf5 Bxc6 56. Ne6+ $16) (51. g6 Bg8 52. Kf4 Bxd5 53. Nxf5 Rxh5 54.
Nxg7 $16) 51... Rh4 (51... Bg8 52. Kg2 Rh4 53. Rxf5 $18) 52. Ne2 $1 Rh3+ 53.
Kg2 Rxh5 54. Nf4 Rxg5+ 55. Kf3 Rg1 (55... Ke7 56. Re2+ Kf7 57. Ne6 $18) 56. Rh2
Bg6 57. Nxg6 Rxg6 58. Rh8+ Ke7 59. Rc8 $18) 51. Re2 Kd8 $8 52. hxg6 Bxg6 53.
Re6 Bf7 (53... Bh5+ 54. Kf4 $5 Rh4+ 55. Kxf5 Bg4+ 56. Kf6 Bxe6 57. dxe6 $18)
54. g6 $1 $18 Bg8 (54... Bxe6 55. dxe6 {[%cal Rg6g7]} Rh6 56. g7 Rg6 57. Nxf5
Ke8 58. d5 Kd8 59. Kf4 Ke8 (59... Rg2 60. Ng3) 60. Nxd6+ $18) 55. g7 {[%cal
Re6f6,Rf6f8]} f4 (55... Bf7 56. Kg2 Rh4 57. Nxf5 Rh5 58. Rf6 $18) 56. Kxf4 Rh2
57. Nf5 Rxa2 58. Rf6 Re2 59. Rf8+ (59. Rf8+ {After} Re8 60. Nxd6 $1 cxd6 61.
c7+ Kxc7 62. Rxe8 a2 63. Re1 Bxd5 (63... Kb6 64. Ke3 Kb5 65. Kd3 Kb4 66. Kc2
Ka3 67. Re3+ $18) 64. Ke3 $18 {[%cal Ye3b2] White frees his R and converts his
passed pawn.}) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.15"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{An excellent fighting game in a very important match.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O ({For} 5. d3 {see an article in CBM 136 and 137. Here
Black in general has a wider choice, he can and often does fianchetto his
dark-squared bishop.}) 5... Be7 6. d3 {Grischuk opts for another version of
the nowadays popular d3 Ruy Lopez.} ({Another popular way to avoid the
Marshall is} 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 {This line was the topic of a survey
in CBM 157, after} b4 {White has a choice between} 9. d3 ({and} 9. d4)) 6... b5
({A less played, but viable continuation is} 6... d6 7. c3 O-O {Aronian had
essayed it recently with success:} (7... b5 8. Bc2 O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Re1 Bf8
11. Nf1 (11. h3 g6 12. Nf1 Bg7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Nb8 15. d4 Nbd7 16. Ne3 Bb7
17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Ng4 g5 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 Re6 21. Bb3 Rd6 22. Qf3 Qf8 23.
Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Rad1 Bg7 25. Rxd6 cxd6 26. Qf5 Qe7 27. Re3 Nc5 28. Rg3 Kf8 29.
Bd5 $44 {Cheparinov,I (2678)-Onischuk,A (2667)/Poikovsky/2013/}) (11. d4 $5 {
is perhaps more ambitious.}) 11... h6 (11... Ne7 12. a4 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14.
d4 Ng6 15. d5 Bd7 16. b4 Ra8 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. g3 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Qa8
21. N3d2 Qb7 22. Nb3 Ne7 23. Na5 {1/2,Motylev,A (2663)-Onischuk,A (2667)/
Poikovsky/2013/} Qb6 $11) 12. Ng3 (12. d4 g6 13. h3 Bg7 14. Ng3 Bb7 15. Be3
exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Bb1 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qb3 c5 21. a3
cxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Nc6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Ne5 {Morozevich,A 
(2741)-Anand,V (2786)/Monte Carlo rpd/2005/}) 12... Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. b3 c6
15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. h3 Nf4 19. Bf1 Ng6 20. Bd3 Nf4 21. Bf1
Ng6 22. a4 Qb8 23. Bd3 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Nf5 $36 {Grischuk,A (2763)-Almasi,
Z (2713)/Istanbul olm/2012/ For more details about this game see the notes by
Erenburg in CBM 151.}) 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 d4 11. h3 (11. a4 Rb8 12.
axb5 axb5 13. h3 Nd7 14. Nb3 dxc3 15. bxc3 b4 16. c4 Nc5 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Qc1
Bb7 19. c5 Bf6 20. Qb2 Qe7 21. Rec1 Rfd8 22. Na5 Nxa5 23. Rxa5 {Karjakin,S 
(2772)-Najer,E (2626)/Moscow blitz/2013/} Bc6 $5 24. Nxe5 b3 25. Bb1 Bb5 $44)
11... Nd7 12. Nb3 a5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nbd2 Nc5 15. Nc4 f6 16. Bxa4 Nxa4 17. Rxa4
dxc3 18. bxc3 Ba6 19. Qb3 Kh8 20. Rd1 Qb8 21. Qc2 Bb5 22. Ra2 {Adams,M (2753)
-Aronian,L (2795)/Bilbao/2013/} Bxc4 $6 (22... a4 $5 23. Na3 Rd8 $132) 23. dxc4
Nd8 24. Be3 Ra6 {Adams,M (2753)-Aronian,L (2795)/Bilbao/2013/} 25. Rd7 Re8 26.
Rd5 $36 {is Gormally's recomendation - see his notes in CBM 157.}) 7. Bb3 O-O (
{Levon's practice has more often then not featured} 7... d6 {, which is more
usual than the Marshall-like text move.} {After} 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 Na5 $5 10. Bc2
c5 11. d4 Qb8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Qd5 Nb7 16. axb5 Be6
17. Qc6+ Bd7 18. Qd5 Be6 19. Qd1 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Na3 {Navara,D (2703)
-Caruana,F (2779)/ECC Rhodos/2013/} {Black's safest continuation is} b4 22. Nb5
Qd8 $11 {For more details about this game see the notes in CBM 157, they deal
also with the whole complex of lines after 7...d6.}) 8. Nc3 {An unusual way to
develop the knight in the Closed Ruy Lopez, but subsequently it will end up on
its regular g3-square anyway.} (8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 (9. h3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2
c5 12. c3 Nc6 13. Nc4 h6 14. Ne3 Rb8 15. Nd5 Be6 16. Bd2 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18.
exd5 Na5 19. Re1 f5 20. Nh2 bxc3 21. Bxc3 Nb3 22. Ra3 Qb6 23. Nf1 Qb7 $17 {
Naiditsch,A (2710)-Karjakin,S (2782)/Kiev rpd/2013/}) 9... Bc5 $5 {shows one
of the reasons for postponing d6 - due to White's slow build-up Black can
deploy his bishop more actively, as in the Arkhangelsk variation:} (9... d6 10.
Nc4 Be6 11. h3 h6 12. Be3 Qc8 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qe2 Qb7 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. d4 exd4
17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 a5 19. Rd3 Qc6 20. Ne3 Qxe4 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qf1 Qf5 23.
g4 Qg5 24. f4 Qh4 25. Bxd5 $44 {|^,Harikrishna,P (2688)-Efimenko,Z (2689)/
Bundesliga/2013/}) 10. Nc4 (10. h3 d6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Re1 (12. Nc4 bxc3 13. bxc3
h6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Rb1 Qd7 18. Qc2 Na5 19. Rfc1 Qc6
20. Rb4 Rb6 21. Rxb6 cxb6 22. Qa2 Re8 $11 {[%cal Ya5b7,Yb7c5] Kamsky,G (2762)
-Kasimdzhanov,R (2696)/Tashkent/2012/}) 12... Re8 (12... a5 13. Nf1 Ba7 14. Bg5
h6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Ne7 17. Bc2 c5 18. d4 bxc3 19. bxc3 exd4 20. cxd4 cxd4
21. Nxd4 Bb7 22. f3 $14 {Figlio,G (2000)-Gomes,D/corr/1998/}) 13. a5 Ba7 14.
Nf1 Ne7 15. Ng3 Ng6 16. d4 h6 17. Bc2 c5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Bd3 Be6 20. Bxa6 c4
21. Ra4 Qc7 22. cxb4 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qa7+ 24. Be3 Qxa6 25. Kg1 Red8 26. Qc1 Rd3
27. Rd1 Rb3 $44 {|^,Karjakin,S (2769)-Aronian,L (2805)/Wijk aan Zee/2012/})
10... d6 11. Be3 (11. h3 h6 (11... Be6 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Rb8 14. Ba2 Ba7 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Nxg5 $5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 $44 Kg7 19. Qf3 Kg6 20. h4 Bg4 21.
Qg3 Qd7 22. Ne3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Nh5 24. f3 Be6 25. Bh6 Qe7 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Bxe6
fxe6 28. Qg5+ Qxg5 29. hxg5 {Popov,I (2644)-Ragger,M (2680)/WCup Tromso/2013/}
Nf4 $15) 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. c3 Rb8 16. Nh2 bxc3 17.
bxc3 Qd7 18. Nhg4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Na5 20. d4 {Swiercz,D (2585)-Efimenko,Z (2689)/
Lublin rpd/2012/} exd4 21. cxd4 Rb4 $132) 11... Bxe3 12. fxe3 (12. Nxe3 Na5 13.
Nd2 (13. Ba2 Be6 $11) 13... Nxb3 14. Nxb3 Be6 15. Nd2 c6 16. b3 d5 17. Qf3 Re8
18. h3 Qd6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Ndf1 Qc5 21. Ng3 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qc3
24. Rac1 f6 $11 {/=/+,Jakovenko,D (2734)-Karjakin,S (2786)/RUS-chT Loo/2013/})
12... Be6 (12... h6 13. Qe1 Be6 14. Kh1 Rb8 15. Nh4 g6 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qf2 Kh7
18. h3 Ng7 19. Nd2 Bxb3 20. Nxb3 Ne7 21. Qg3 Nh5 22. Qg4 Qc8 23. Kh2 Qxg4 24.
hxg4 Ng7 $11 {Karjakin,S (2775)-Leko,P (2732)/Beijing blitz/2012/}) 13. Qe1 a5
14. h3 Ne7 15. Nh4 Kh8 16. Rf3 Nd7 17. Nd2 Bxb3 18. Nxb3 g6 19. Qf2 f6 20. Rf1
c6 21. Nd2 d5 22. g4 Ng8 23. Qg3 Qe7 24. R3f2 Kg7 25. Nhf3 Rae8 $11 {
Areshchenko,A (2709)-Beliavsky,A (2628)/EU-ch Legnica/2013/}) (8. Re1 {leads
to an Anti-Marshall with 8.d3, White is currently looking for effective ways
to postpone, or even omit the rook move altogether.}) 8... d6 {[%cal Yc6a5]} (
8... Bc5 $6 9. Bg5 ({or} 9. Nd5 $5 {is now hardly ideal.})) 9. a3 {To fight
for an edge, White must retain his light-squared bishop.} (9. Nd5 {is not
energetic enough:} Na5 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd2 Bd7 14.
f3 Nxb3 15. axb3 a5 16. Qe2 a4 17. bxa4 bxa4 18. b3 axb3 19. Nxb3 Ba4 20. Ra3
Bxb3 21. Rxb3 Rfb8 22. Rxb8+ Rxb8 23. Qd2 Qg5 24. f4 exf4 25. Qxf4 Qxf4 26.
Rxf4 $11 {1/2,Spassky,B (2630)-Beliavsky,A (2615)/Tilburg/1981/}) (9. a4 b4 10.
Nd5 Na5 11. Nxe7+ (11. Nxb4 Rb8 12. Bd2 c5 13. Nd5 Nxb3 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. cxb3
Be6 16. Ra3 Qb6 $36 {Kalygin,S (2482)-Potapov,A (2500)/Alushta/2003/}) 11...
Qxe7 12. Ba2 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. d4 Nc6 15. Re1 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4
a5 18. f3 e5 19. Qd3 h6 20. Be3 Qe6 $11 {Pessoa,F (2512)-Mraz,M (2501)/corr/
2009/}) 9... Be6 {An important crossroads; here Black has tried many other
moves:} (9... Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6
15. Nf4 Rc8 (15... g6 16. g3 (16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Ne2 Bf6 18. f4 Bg7 19. Qf3 Rb8
20. e5 dxe5 21. Qxc6 f5 22. a4 Rb6 23. Qd5 Qc7 24. axb5 Rxb5 25. Qc4 Qxc4 26.
dxc4 Rb6 $15 {Ramirez,A (2588)-Tomashevsky,E (2706)/WCup Tromso/2013/}) 16...
Bf6 17. h4 Ne5 18. Qe2 Kg7 19. a4 Qd7 20. Kg2 h5 21. f3 Qb7 22. Qf2 Qb6 23. Rh1
Rh8 24. Ra2 Rac8 25. axb5 axb5 {Fressinet,L (2708)-Tomashevsky,E (2703)/Paris/
2013/} 26. Rha1 $14) 16. g3 Bg5 17. Ne2 d5 $5 18. exd5 c5 19. d6 (19. Rfe1 $142
$5) 19... Nb6 20. c3 c4 21. Bc2 dxc3 22. Nxc3 Qxd6 23. Rad1 Qc6 24. Qf5 Bf6 $11
{Grischuk,A (2785)-Kamsky,G (2721)/WChT Antalya/2013/}) (9... Na5 10. Ba2 Be6
11. Bxe6 (11. Nd5 $5) 11... fxe6 12. b4 Nc6 13. Bd2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Ne2
c5 16. h3 Qd7 17. Qb1 e5 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. a4 Qc6 20. Ng3 c4 21. Nf5 Bc5 $13
22. f4 $6 Nxe4 $1 23. dxe4 Qxe4 24. Ng3 Qxc2 $15 {Topalov,V (2793)
-Kasimdzhanov,R (2699)/Thessaloniki/2013/}) (9... Bb7 10. Bd2 {White tries to
avoid all the usual Ruy Lopez moves such as h3 and Re1.} (10. Re1 Qd7 11. Ne2
Nd8 (11... Rae8 12. Ng3 Bd8 13. a4 $5 Ne7 14. axb5 axb5 15. Bg5 Nc8 16. Qd2 Kh8
17. Ba2 c5 18. b4 Nb6 19. Be3 Qc6 20. Nf5 Nbd7 21. bxc5 dxc5 22. Ng5 Kg8 23.
Reb1 $16 {Svidler,P (2752)-Brunello,S (2615)/EU-chT Warsaw/2013/}) 12. Ng3 Ne6
13. c3 c5 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 c4 16. Bc2 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4
Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qd5 21. Qc2 Rfd8 22. h4 f5 23. exf6 Bxf6 $44 {Shirov,A (2740)
-Tomashevsky,E (2658)/RUS-chT Dagomys/2008/}) 10... Qd7 11. a4 (11. Ba2 $5 Nd8
12. b4 Ne6 13. Re1 Rfe8 (13... c5 $5 14. Nd5 Bd8) 14. Ne2 Bf8 15. c4 c5 16. Nc3
bxc4 17. Bxc4 h6 18. Qb3 Rac8 19. Rab1 cxb4 20. axb4 Rb8 21. Ra1 Nc7 22. Ra5
$14 {Mamedov,N (2602)-Swiercz,D (2633)/TUR-chT Denizli/2013/}) 11... Nd8 (11...
Nd4 $5 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 c5 $13) 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Ne2 Ne6
15. Ng3 c5 16. Nf5 Bd8 17. c4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Bc7 19. Re1 Re8 20. Qc1 Nh5 21. g3
{Carlsen,M (2872)-Svidler,P (2747)/London Candidates/2013/} Rb8 $11 {Svidler})
10. Bg5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Just one day later Anand played the same bishop sortie
in the Ruy Lopez aganst Carlsen, and also on move 10! Here the similarity ends,
as Grischuk's move doesn't pin the Nf6.} ({Until now White has mostly played} 
10. Nd5 Nd4 (10... Na5 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. b4 Nc6 14. c3 Qd7 15.
a4 Ne7 16. Be3 Ng6 17. g3 Be7 18. h4 h6 19. Kg2 Rae8 20. Nh2 Bd8 21. axb5 axb5
22. Ra6 Kh7 23. Qh5 Ne7 24. Rfa1 Ng8 25. Qe2 Rf7 26. Ra8 $36 {[%cal Ga1a8]
Leko,P (2744)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2709)/Zug/2013/}) 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6
13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. a4 c5 15. Qg4 Qd7 16. b3 (16. axb5 axb5 17. Bd2 c4 18. Bb4
Ra4 19. Rxa4 bxa4 20. dxc4 Rc8 21. Qg3 Rxc4 22. Bxd6 Rxc2 23. e5 Be7 24. Qd3
Rxb2 25. Qxd4 a3 $11 {Anand,V (2783)-Svidler,P (2747)/Paris/St Petersburg/2013/
}) 16... Qf7 (16... c4 $5 $132) 17. Bd2 c4 18. Bb4 Be7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8
Rxa8 21. f4 Ra2 22. e5 h5 23. Qh3 d5 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Qxh5 Rxc2 26. Ra1 Qb7
27. Qe8+ Kh7 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. f5 $1 $40 {Dominguez Perez,L (2723)-Svidler,P 
(2769)/Thessaloniki/2013/}) (10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. d4 $6 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13.
Qxd4 Nd7 14. Be3 Bf6 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. b3 Ng4 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qh4 19. h3
Ne5 20. Qe3 $2 (20. Ne2 Rf3 $36) 20... Rf3 $1 21. Qe1 Rxh3 $19 {Gullaksen,E 
(2382)-Olsen,H (2325)/Klaksvik/2005/}) 10... Kh8 {The beginning of a complex
manoeuvring fight. However, Black had more direct options:} (10... Bxb3 11.
cxb3 Nd7 (11... b4 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 $36) 12. Be3 (12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. d4
exd4 14. Nxd4 Nf6 $132) 12... Bf6 13. Nd5 (13. Qc2 Ne7 14. b4 Qc8 $132) 13...
Ne7 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. b4 $13 {/+/=}) (10... h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Na5 (
12... Rb8 13. Nb4 $5 Nxb4 14. Bxe6 (14. axb4 Bxb3 15. cxb3 Rb6 $13 {[%csl Ra6,
Rb2,Rb3,Rb4][%cal Yc7c5]}) 14... Nxc2 15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Qxc2 c5 17. a4 $13)
13. Ba2 c6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 (15... fxe6 16. b4 Nb7 17. a4 $14) 16.
b4 Nb7 17. a4 (17. d4 $5) 17... c5 $132) 11. h3 (11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Rb8 $11
{[%cal Ye6d5]} (12... Nb8 $5 {[%cal Yb8d7,Yc7c6]})) 11... Ng8 12. Be3 $5 {
[%csl Ge3,Re7] White invests a tempo to retain his better bishop.} (12. Bxe7
Ngxe7 13. Nd5 Ng6 14. c3 Nce7 $11 (14... f5 $5)) 12... Qd7 13. Bxe6 (13. Nd5 {
[%cal Yc2c4] /\c4+/= seems more enterprising.}) 13... fxe6 14. Ne2 Nf6 15. Ng3
a5 16. a4 b4 17. c3 $11 {/+/= White has a better pawn structure, but Black's
solid setup makes it difficult to open the game and create weaknesses, which
can be effectively targeted.} d5 $5 {Loosens the centre, but occupies more
space.} ({An alternative was marking time with e.g.} 17... Rab8 18. Qc2 Rb7)
18. Qc2 Bd6 (18... Rab8 $142 $5) 19. Rac1 (19. c4 $5 d4 20. Bg5 Be7 21. c5 $14)
19... Rab8 20. Rfd1 (20. c4 d4 21. Bg5 b3 $5 $13 {<=>}) 20... Qe8 21. Qe2 h6
22. Re1 (22. c4 d4 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. e5 Nd7 26. exd6 cxd6 $132)
22... Kg8 (22... Nd7 $5 {takes the sting out of the following operation. White
can modify his plan with} 23. exd5 exd5 24. c4 {, but Black has} e4 $5 25. dxe4
dxe4 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 c5 (27... Bxg3 28. fxg3 c5 29. Be3 $14) 28. Be3 (28.
Nxe4 Bf4 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rcd1 $44) 28... Ne5 $1 $132 {/\} 29. Nxe4 Qg6 {
[%cal Re5f3,Rg6e4]}) 23. c4 $5 d4 24. Bxd4 {Grischuk naturally doesn't allow
Black to close the position.} (24. Bd2 Nd7 $15 (24... b3 $5)) 24... Nxd4 25.
Nxd4 Nd7 $1 {An excellent positional sacrifice holds the balance.} (25... exd4
26. e5 Nd7 (26... Rd8 27. exd6 Rxd6 28. c5 $16) 27. exd6 cxd6 28. Qxe6+ Qxe6
29. Rxe6 Nc5 30. Rxd6 Nxd3 31. Rc2 $14) 26. Nf3 (26. Nc6 Rb6 27. Nxa5 Nc5 $36 {
[%csl Ra5]}) 26... Nc5 27. Ra1 Nb3 28. Ra2 Bc5 $44 {[%csl Gc5] The poor bishop,
which White left alive on move 12, becomes a powerful piece.} 29. Rf1 (29. Nf1
Rd8 30. Rd1 Qh5 $44) (29. Qd1 Nd4 30. Nxd4 Bxd4 31. b3 Qg6 $44) 29... Qg6 (
29... Qd7 $142 $1 {[%cal Yb8d8]} 30. Nxe5 (30. Kh2 Rxf3 31. Qxf3 (31. gxf3 Nd4
32. Qd1 Rf8 $40) 31... Nd2 32. Qe2 Nxf1+ 33. Nxf1 Rd8 $36) (30. Qd1 Rxf3 31.
Qxf3 (31. gxf3 Nd4 $36 (31... Rf8 $5)) 31... Nd2 32. Qe2 Nxf1 33. Nxf1 Rd8 $15)
30... Qd6 31. Qh5 $8 Rxf2 $1 32. Rxf2 Rf8 33. Nh1 Bxf2+ 34. Nxf2 Qc5 35. d4
Nxd4 36. b3 Nc6 $15) 30. Kh2 {[%csl Re5]} Bd4 (30... Nd4 31. Nxd4 Bxd4 32. b3
Rbd8 $44) (30... h5 $5 31. Qd1 (31. Nxe5 Qg5 32. Nd7 (32. Nf3 Rxf3 33. Qxf3 h4
34. Nh1 Nd2 35. Qe2 Nxf1+ 36. Qxf1 b3 37. Ra1 Qe5+ 38. Kg1 Qxb2 $19 {[%csl Gb3,
Gc5]}) 32... Rxf2 33. Rxf2 Bxf2 34. Qxf2 Rd8 35. Qc2 h4 36. Ne2 Rxd7 37. Qxb3
Rf7 38. c5 Rf2 39. Qxe6+ Kh7 40. Qg4 Qxg4 41. hxg4 Rxe2 $36 {White temporarily
has 2 extra pawns, but Black with his active rook is the one playing for a win.
}) 31... Rxf3 32. gxf3 (32. Qxf3 h4 $36 {[%csl Rg3]}) 32... Nd4 $44) 31. Qd1 (
31. Nxd4 Nxd4 32. Qd1 {[%cal Yb2b3]} b3 33. Ra1 Nc2 34. Rb1 Rfd8 35. Qd2 Rb4
36. f4 $13) 31... Rxf3 $1 {[]} (31... Nc5 32. Nxd4 exd4 33. f4 $16) 32. Qxf3 {
White doesn't insist on retaining the extra exchange.} (32. gxf3 Nc5 $44) 32...
Nd2 33. Qe2 Nxf1+ $2 {Prematurely releases the tension.} (33... Qg5 $1 34. Rd1
b3 35. Ra3 (35. Raa1 $2 Bxb2) 35... Bxb2 36. Rxb3 Rxb3 (36... Nxb3 37. Qxb2 Rb4
$11 {[%cal Yb3c5]}) 37. Rxd2 Bd4 $44) 34. Nxf1 b3 35. Ra3 Qf6 36. Kg1 Qg5 (
36... Bc5 37. Ra1 Rf8 38. Ne3 $14) 37. Ra1 Qe7 38. Nh2 $1 Bc5 39. Nf3 Qd6 40.
Qd2 ({White has safeguarded his position and he doesn't have to hurry the
attack on Black's loose pawns.} 40. g3 $142 $14 {[%cal Yg1g2,Yh3h5] /+/- would
gradually improve his setup and give him very good winning chances.}) 40... Bb4
41. Qd1 Bc5 42. Qd2 Bb4 43. c5 $6 (43. Qe2 Bc5 44. g3 $1 {-40.g3}) 43... Qxc5
44. Qd1 (44. Rc1 Qd6 45. Qd1 Bc5 46. Rc4 Qb6 $132) 44... Rb6 ({Probably
objectively better was} 44... Qc2 45. Qxc2 bxc2 46. Rc1 Bd6 47. Rxc2 Rb4 48.
Kf1 Rxa4 49. Ke2 $14 {[%csl Rc7,Rd6,Re5,Re6,Gf3] , but the resulting endgame
is still unpleasant for Black - White has the better minor piece and pawn
structure.}) 45. Rc1 Qd6 46. Rc4 $1 Ba3 $5 {The piece sacrifice is already
Black's best practical chance.} (46... Bc5 $2 47. Qc1 $18) (46... c5 47. Qxb3
$16) 47. bxa3 ({Declining the offer also deserved attention:} 47. Qb1 $5 {/\}
Bb4 48. g3 Rb8 49. Kg2 Bc5 50. Qc1 Bb6 51. Rc3 $36) 47... b2 48. Qb1 Rb3 $8 (
48... Qxa3 $6 49. Nd2 c6 50. Kf1 $16 {and Black has no way to increase the
pressure, while White can gradually improve his position.}) 49. Rc2 (49. Nd2
Rxd3 50. Qxb2 (50. Nf1 Rd1 51. Qxb2 Rxf1+ 52. Kh2 Qf8 53. Qxe5 Qxf2 54. Qxe6+
Kh7 55. Qf5+ Qxf5 56. exf5 Rxf5 57. Rxc7 Rf4 $11) 50... Rxd2 51. Qc3 Qd3 $5 $11
) 49... Qxd3 {[%cal Rd3c2]} 50. Nd2 $8 Rb6 $8 {Forced, the rook must go to a
protected square.} 51. Kh2 (51. Rxb2 Qxd2 52. Rxb6 (52. Rxd2 Rxb1+ 53. Kh2 Rc1
$11 {[%cal Yc1c4]} (53... Rb3 $11)) 52... cxb6 53. Qxb6 Kh7 54. Kh2 Qf4+ 55. g3
Qf3 $14 {/\} 56. Qe3 Qxe3 57. fxe3 Kg6 58. Kg2 Kf7 $11) 51... Kh7 {Black has
ho way to increase his pressure and can only wait.} (51... Qxa3 52. Rxc7 {
[%cal Yb1c2,Yd2b1]} Qxa4 53. Qd3 $16 {/+-}) (51... c5 $2 52. Rxb2 $18 {[%csl
Rb6]}) 52. Rxb2 (52. f4 Kh8 $5 (52... exf4 53. e5 {/\} Kh8 54. Rxc7) 53. fxe5
Kh7 $44 {and White still has no obvious way to untangle.}) 52... Qxd2 53. Rxd2
$5 {[%mdl 4096] The resulting rook endgame with Black's numerous isolated
pawns gives White more winning chances than the queen endgame.} (53. Rxb6 cxb6
54. Qxb6 {- 51.Rxb6}) 53... Rxb1 54. Rc2 Kg6 $5 {Black will lose material, so
he tries to save at least one of his central pawns.} (54... Rb3 55. Rxc7 Rxa3 (
55... Kg6 56. Rc5 Kf6 57. Rxa5 Rxa3 58. Ra8 $18 {[%cal Ya4a7,Yh2g1,Yg1e1,Ye1c5]
should be winning for White - he will advance his passed pawn to a7, activate
his king and attack Black's vulnerable e-pawns.}) 56. Rc5 (56. Re7 Rxa4 57. f3
Rc4 58. Rxe6 Rc5 $14) 56... Rxa4 57. Rxe5 Kg6 58. Rxe6+ Kf7 59. Re5 $16 Kf6 60.
Rf5+ Ke6 61. f3) 55. Rxc7 Rd1 $5 (55... Rb3 56. Rc5 {- see the previous note
with 54...Rb3.}) 56. Rc5 Rd4 57. Rxe5 (57. f3 $2 Rxa4 58. Rxe5 Kf6 $11) (57.
Rxa5 Rxe4 $14) 57... Kf6 58. Rxa5 Rxe4 59. Ra8 {The rook remains in front of
its own passed pawn.} ({The attempt to protect it from the side also doesn't
guarantee a win:} 59. Rc5 Rxa4 60. Rc3 Rd4 $5 {[%cal Yd4d2,Yd2a2]} 61. Rc2 Ra4
62. Ra2 $6 e5 $14 {/<=>}) (59. Kg3 Rc4 (59... Re2 60. Rb5 Rc2 61. a5 Rc3+ 62.
Kf4 Rxa3 63. Ke4 Ra2 64. Kd4 Rxf2 65. Kc5 $16 {[%csl Ga5] /+-}) 60. Kf3 (60.
Rb5 Rc3+ $14 (60... Rxa4 61. Rb3 Rd4 $14 {[%cal Yd4d2,Yd2a2]})) 60... Rc3+ 61.
Ke4 Rxa3 62. Ra8 Kf7 {transposes to the game position.}) 59... Kf7 60. Kg3 Rc4
61. Kf3 Rc3+ 62. Ke4 Rxa3 63. a5 Ra2 64. a6 $6 {White will have to sacrifice
kingside pawns to achieve progress, but the text move is premature.} (64. Ke3
$142 $1 $16 {/\} Ra3+ 65. Kd4 Ra2 66. a6 Rxf2 67. Rb8 Ra2 68. Rb7+ Kf6 69. a7
e5+ 70. Kd5 $16 {/+- and in comparison with the game continuation, White's
active king considerably increases his winning chances.}) 64... Rxf2 65. Rc8 (
65. a7 Ra2 $11 {[%cal Yf7g6,Yg6h7] is a well-known draw even without the
e6-pawn - White's rook is immobile and his king can't hide next to the passed
pawn.}) 65... Ra2 66. Rc7+ Kf6 67. a7 Ra4+ 68. Kd3 e5 $132 {[%mdl 256] Aronian
has managed to push back White's king. Black's passed pawn now gives him
sufficient counterplay and his tenacious defence earns him a draw.} 69. Kc3 e4
70. Kb3 Ra1 71. Kc4 e3 {[%csl Ge3]} 72. Kd3 $8 Ra3+ 73. Ke2 h5 74. h4 g6 (74...
g5 75. hxg5+ Kxg5 76. Re7 h4 $11) 75. Kf3 Ke6 76. Rg7 Kf6 77. Rb7 Ke6 78. Rg7 (
78. Rg7 Kf6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 {Black immediately
develops his B to the long diagonal. In the normal Ruy Lopez it takes two more
tempi via Re8, Bf8, g6, Bg7.} 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11.
Nbd2 Re8 {With the double fianchetto Black is well-prepared against the
central push d3-d4.} 12. a4 ({Five years ago Ivanchuk tried this line with
Black too.} 12. d4 Nb8 {Black wants to build up a Breyer type of position.} (
12... d5 {is the typical central breakthrough in the Spanish.} 13. dxe5 Nxe5
14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Nf3 Re8 16. e5 Ne4 (16... Nd7)) 13. Rb1 Nbd7 14. d5 c6 15. c4
Qc7 16. b3 Bh6 17. Nf1 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 bxc4 19. bxc4 Nc5 $13 {
Morozevich-Ivanchuk, Nice blind 2008.}) 12... Nb8 (12... h6 13. axb5 axb5 14.
Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Ba2 c5 17. Nf1 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qe2
Nc6 $11 {Vysochin-Kobalia, Internet blitz 2003.}) 13. b4 {A flexible move on
the queenside.} c5 $146 (13... Nbd7 14. Nb3 Rb8 15. Be3 d5 16. Qb1 Bf8 17. axb5
axb5 18. Ra5 c5 (18... Nb6 $6 19. Rxb5 $1 dxe4 20. dxe4 Nc4 21. Bc1 c6 {
Black wins the exchange, but it doesn't help him.} 22. Rc5 $1 Bxc5 23. Nxc5 Bc8
24. Bb3 $16 {Kr.Georgiev-Flear, Saint Affrique 2005}) 19. bxc5 dxe4 20. dxe4
Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Bxc5 22. Rxb5 Bb6 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Nxe5 Qc7 25. Nf3 Qxc3 {
and Black has some drawing chances.}) 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Rb1 Bc6 16. Bb2 Nh5 ({
The natural} 16... Nbd7 {can be met by} 17. d4 $1 exd4 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. Nxd4
$14 {and White is slightly better.}) 17. g3 {Otherwise Nf4.} Bd7 (17... Nd7 {
was also possible, but Nakamura wanted to put his N on c6.}) 18. h4 Nc6 19. Bb3
(19. Nf1 {was also logical.}) 19... h6 {Black wants to avoid Ng5.} 20. Bd5 Rb8
21. Nb3 (21. axb5 axb5 22. Qb3 Qe7 23. Ra1 Nf6 24. Ra6 Rec8 25. Rea1 {with a
double-edged fight.}) 21... Qb6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ba3 b4 24. Bb2 (24. cxb4 $6 {
is dubious, as} cxb4 25. Bb2 Nxg3) ({The engine suggests} 24. Nbd2 Ne7 (24...
Qa6 25. Bb2 bxc3 26. Bxc3 Qxd3 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Re3 Qb5 29. Qa1 $44 {and
White has some compensation for the P.}) 25. Nc4 Qa7 26. cxb4 Nxd5 27. exd5 Bg4
{ect. typical moves by Mr. Houdini.}) 24... Bg4 (24... Nf6 {was an interesting
alternative. Black would like to remove the strong d5 B.} 25. Bc4 Bg4 26. Qe2 {
followed by Qe3 and still the position is unclear.}) 25. Nbd2 Ne7 26. Bc4 Nc6
27. Ra1 (27. Bd5 {is a repetition of moves, but Ivanchuk still wanted to
continue the fight.}) 27... Qc7 28. Qc2 Nf6 29. Rec1 bxc3 ({Maybe} 29... Rb6 {
was more accurate to keep the tension.}) 30. Bxc3 Nd4 ({In the event of} 30...
Nd7 31. Ra6 Nb6 32. Bb5 {and White has a comfortable position.}) 31. Nxd4 cxd4
32. Ba5 Qe7 33. Rcb1 Be6 34. Qa2 Bxc4 35. Nxc4 $14 {This position is slightly
better for White, because his B is much better than Black's one, and the black
central Ps are fixed on the dark squares. On the other hand it isn't so easy
to improve the position with White.} Ra8 36. Rb5 Nd7 37. Rab1 Reb8 38. Rd5
Rxb1+ 39. Qxb1 Rb8 40. Qa2 Qe6 (40... Nf8 41. Kg2 h5 {and Black tries to hold.}
) 41. Kg2 Qc6 42. Bd2 ({The computer immediately suggests the strong} 42. Rd6
$1 Qb7 43. Bb4 $1 Qb5 (43... Qxb4 44. Rxd7 $16) 44. Rd5 Qb7 45. Bd6 $16 {
and Black is in trouble.}) 42... Ra8 43. Qb1 h5 44. Rd6 Qa4 45. Qb7 Ra7 46. Qd5
Kh7 $1 {A very nice cool-blooded move.} 47. Qxf7 Nf6 48. Nb6 Qa3 49. Bc1 Rxf7
50. Bxa3 Ng4 51. f4 exf4 52. gxf4 Rxf4 53. Rd7 Rf2+ 54. Kg3 Kg8 55. Nc4 {
The position is completely drawn, probably White lost on time.} 0-1

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.06.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 {This is
not so popular as 7.c3 or 7.a4, but a logical positional move, White wants to
occupy the d5-square immediately.} d6 (7... O-O {is the other line.}) 8. Nd5
Na5 {A rare move. Black would like to remove the b3 B, but he allows White's
next move.} ({In the event of} 8... Rb8 9. c3 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Ne7 11. Bb3 O-O 12.
d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb6 14. h3 h6 15. Re1 c5 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. dxc5 Bxc5
19. Nh4 Qb6 20. Rc3 $14 {White was slightly better, Grischuk-Lenic, Porto
Carras 2011.}) 9. d4 $1 {An important principle. When your opponent's piece
goes to the edge of the board, you should attack in the centre!} Nxb3 (9...
exd4 $5 {was the alternative} 10. Bg5 c6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Bh4 Rg8 13. Nxd4
Bxd4 14. Qxd4 c5 {followed by c4. This is the point, why Black doesn't take on
b3.}) 10. axb3 Nxd5 $146 {The new move in the game.} (10... exd4 $6 {was
dubious, as} 11. Bg5 c6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Bh4 Rg8 {(Satyapragyan-Deshmukh,
Tirupati 2012)} 14. Nxd4 Rg4 15. Bg3 Rxe4 16. Nxb5 $1 {and Black's position is
hopeless, for example:} cxb5 17. Qd5 $18) 11. exd5 exd4 12. Re1+ Kf8 13. Nxd4 {
White has gained some space. His position looks comfortable, because the black
K didn't castle, that's why it is not so easy to finish the development for
Black.} Bd7 {Otherwise Nc6.} 14. Be3 Qf6 15. Qd2 h5 {A logical move. Black
wants to find some counterplay with h4-h3, and sometimes he can bring his R
from h5.} 16. b4 Bb6 17. Ra3 ({The engine suggests} 17. Nf3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 {
, but I like Topalov's move too.}) 17... h4 18. Ne6+ $1 {A very pretty
tactical move, but still Black's position doesn't collapse.} Kg8 $1 {This is
forced.} (18... fxe6 $6 {is bad, as} 19. Bxb6 {followed by Rf3.}) 19. Bxb6 cxb6
20. Ng5 (20. Rf3 $5 {was an interesting alternative} Qh6 (20... Qg6 21. Nf4)
21. Ng5 {is also dangerous for Black!}) 20... Rc8 $6 {A dubious move, but
Caruana wants to activate his R.} (20... Qxb2 $6 21. Rc3 $36 {and White is
very active.}) ({Maybe} 20... Rh5 {was the best} 21. f4 Qxb2 22. Rc3 Rf8 23.
Rc7 Bf5 {and it is also difficult to continue with White.}) 21. Rf3 $6 (21.
Rxa6 $1 {The computer is very happy and immediately takes the material. By
human measures, in a practical game it is too risky, probably that's why
Topalov didn't take it.} Rh5 22. f4 Qxb2 23. Ra7 $1 Bf5 24. Rc7 $1 $18 {
and Black's back rank is weak.}) 21... Qg6 22. Rd3 {A good solid move.} (22.
Rxf7 $2 {doesn't work, as} Rh5 $1 23. Rxd7 Rxg5 {and suddenly Black becomes
very active.}) ({or} 22. Nxf7 $6 {is also weak, because of} Rh5 $1 {the f7 N
is in a trouble and the c2 P is also hanging.}) 22... Rh5 23. f4 f6 24. Ne4 Rc7
25. Nxd6 $6 {A very dangerous move. After this, the N can't come back.} ({
The solid} 25. c3 {was easier, for example:} Bf5 26. Rde3 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Qf5 28.
Qe3 $14 {and Black's position has some weaknesses.}) 25... f5 $1 {Black
deprives the N of the e4-square.} 26. Qe2 (26. Ne8 $5 {is a typical engine line
} Bxe8 27. Re6 Qf7 28. Rde3 Bd7 29. Re7 Qf6 30. d6 Ra7 31. Qd5+ Kh7 32. Rf7
Qxb2 33. Qe5 Qxe5 34. fxe5 Kg6 35. e6 Rh8 {and finally Black should level the
endgame.}) 26... Rh6 27. Ne8 Rc8 28. Re3 Kf8 29. Nxg7 $6 (29. c3 {was
interesting} Rxe8 30. Re7 $44 {with some compensations.}) 29... Qxg7 30. c3 Qg4
31. Qd2 Rh7 32. Qd4 Rg7 $15 {Caruana protects his position, Black is already
slightly better.} 33. R1e2 Qg6 34. b3 a5 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. h3 a4 37. Qb4+ Kg8
38. bxa4 bxa4 39. c4 Qf6 40. c5 Qf8 41. d6 (41. Rc2 $142 {was more precise,
but White's position was already difficult.}) 41... Rb8 42. Qd4 Bc6 43. Re7 a3
44. Qc4+ Kh8 45. Qc3 Ra8 $6 (45... Kh7 {was the correct move} 46. Qxa3 Be4 $1
$19 {and Black should be winning.}) 46. Qa1 $6 (46. d7 $1 {was the only chance}
Be4 (46... a2 47. Qa1 {transposes to the game.}) 47. R7xe4 $1 fxe4 48. Qe5 $1 {
Black can't avoid the perpetual check.}) 46... Be4 $1 47. Qe5 Bc6 $2 (47... a2
$19 {was an easy win.}) 48. Qa1 $6 {Another inaccuracy.} (48. Kh2 $1 {is the
exact} a2 49. Qa1 {with transposes to the game.}) 48... a2 $2 (48... Be4 $1 {
Black should return to the game.}) 49. Kh2 (49. d7 $1 Be4 50. Rxg7 Qxg7 51.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 52. Rxa2 Rd8 53. Ra7 Kf7 54. Rc7 Ke7 55. c6 $11 {with a drawish
endgame.}) 49... Be4 50. Rc7 Qg8 51. Re7 $2 (51. Rd2 $1 {was a very difficult
computer move.} Kh7 52. Qf6 $1 Rxc7 53. Qxh4+ Kg7 54. dxc7 a1=Q 55. Qg5+ Kh7
56. Qh4+ {with a nice perpetual check.}) 51... Kh7 52. Qf6 Rxe7 53. Qxh4+ Kg7
54. Qxe7+ Kh8 $2 {Another mistake.} (54... Qf7 {was the only winning move:} 55.
Qg5+ Qg6 56. Qe7+ Kg8 $19 {and Black wins.}) 55. Rxe4 $2 (55. Rxa2 $1 {have
been saved the game} Rxa2 (55... Qxa2 56. Qf6+ Kg8 57. Qg5+ $11) 56. Qh4+ Kg7
57. Qg5+ $11) 55... a1=Q $19 56. Re5 Qb2 57. Re2 Qbg7 58. Qh4+ Q8h7 59. Qe1
Qhg6 60. d7 Qxd7 {This was a fantastic huge, struggle!} 0-1

[Event "Den Haag DD Opgaven Toernooi-A"]
[Site "Gravenhage"]
[Date "1922.12.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1922.12.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Tarrasch/Arias: Het Opgaven-Tournooi te 's-Gravenhage ter gelegenheid
van het 70jarig bestaan "Discendo discimus"} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. d4 exd4 12.
cxd4 Bb6 13. Nc3 Ndb4 14. Bb1 Be6 15. a3 Nd5 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Rd1
Bd5 19. Ne5 {initial thematic position, from Morphy-Andersen, Paris (m/4) 1858,
0-1 in 51 moves} Nxd4 $2 {An unlucky idea.} 20. Bxd4 c5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 (21...
Nxd5 22. Qc2 $18) 22. Ba2 Qxd4 23. Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg International Preliminary"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tarrasch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 ({Die} 5. O-O {scheint mir
nicht recht geheuer. Nach} Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 {Schwarz steht recht gut,
ja sogar besser.}) 5... Be7 ({Für den besten Zug halte ich den Normalzug} 5...
Bc5) {Auch nach diesem Zug kann Weiß zunächst nichts erreichen, ...} 6. d3 {
Weiß bescheidet sich mit diesem Zug, ohne Angriff und ohne Angriffschancen
einfach sein Spiel zu entwickeln.} ({Für alle, die die konkrete Variante mit
dem Verlust des Ba4 noch nicht entdeckt haben.} 6. d4 $2 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 {Die Dame wird ins Zentrum gelockt und dient als Hilfsziel: sie
ermöglicht Schwarzden Zug} b5 9. Bb3 c5 {c7-c5 mit Angriff auf die Dame und so
mit Tempogewinn auszuführen.} 10. Qe3 {Die Dame musste vor dem Bauern fliehen.}
c4 {Der Bb3hat kein Fluchtfeld mehr.}) ({Da die} 6. O-O {wegen} b5 7. Bb3 d6 {
gefolgt von Bg4 auch nicht günstig war, blieb nur der Textzug.}) ({... denn er
kann ja nicht einmal den kraftvollen Entwicklungs- und Angriffszug} 6. d4 {
machen, da Schwarz zwei mal auf d4 schlägt} exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 {und dann durch
Vorgehen des b-und c-Bauern den Ba4 einsperrt und erobert.} 8. Z0 (8. Qxd4)
8... b5 9. Bb3 c5) {Gerade wegen dieser Möglichkeit, auf die Schwarz schon
mit a7-a6 hinzielt, ist diese Verteidigung so stark. Sie ist eben mit einer
ständigen Drohung verbunden.} 6... d6 ({Es scheint, dass zuvor} 6... b5 {
besser ist, um das Vorgehen des d-Bauern zu verhindern.}) 7. d4 {Zwei Wege hat
Weiss nach d7-d6, auf denen er jetzt noch auf die Eroberung des Zentrums
hinarbeiten kann. Erstens Abtausch auf c6 nebst d3-d4. Aber das ist schlecht,
denn Schwarz ist dann nicht zum Schlagen gezwungen, sondern kann mit Nd7 das
Zentrum behaupten. Der zweite Weg ist, noch nachträglich d3-d4 zu spielen,
ohne intellektuelles Erröte darrüber, dass man durch das Vorgehen in zwei
Tempi eins verloren habe. Weiss hat nämlich gar kein Tempo verloren, da er den
Zug d2-d4 nicht machen konnte, ohnein Nachteil zu geraten. Der Zug d3-d4 ist
an dieser Stelle der beste, der einzige, mit dem Weiss der Partie ein Gesciht
geben kann. Es entstehen jetzt Stellungen, wie sie häufig in
dieserVerteidigung mit Be7 und d7-d6 herauskommen, nur hat Weiss jetzt ein
Tempo weniger als gewöhnlich. Da diese Stellungen aber für Weiss günstig sind,
so hat er auch mit einem Tempo weniger noch Vorteil genug. Aus diesem Grunde
hätte Schwarz besser getan, vor d7-d6 erst b7-b5 zu spielen.} Bd7 {Schwarz
gibt mit Recht das Zentrum erst dann auf, wenn er dazu gezwungen ist. In
Betracht kommt auch b7-b5, worauf Weiss natürlich auf e5 schlagen muss.} (7...
b5 8. dxe5 (8. Bb3 $2 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qe3 c4) {Nach der
weiteren Folge} 8... dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Bxd8 10. Bb3 O-O {steht Weissetwas besser,
weshalb dies für Schwarz nicht zu empfehlen ist.}) 8. Bxc6 {In Verbindung mit
dem folgenden Zuge die konsequente Fortsetzung, die zur Eroberung des Zentrums
führt.} Bxc6 9. Qd3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 {Schwarz könnte auch den <->äufer auf
c6schlagen lassen, was Schlechter in einer Partie seines Wettkampfes mit
Tarrasch anbot; natürlich ist der Rückzug sicherer. Danach ist Weiss um ein
Tempo in der Entwicklung vorausund hat das freiere Spiel.} 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1
Re8 {Es ist sehrschwierig für Weiss, seine bessere Stellung auszunutzen, ohne
sich eine Blösse zu geben. Stark ist f2-f4; ob aber auch gut, ist eine andere
Frage. Die Entwicklung Bd2, Rae1 und f2-f4 ist vielleicht am besten. Aberauch
der geschehene Zug ist gut und sicher.} 13. h3 {Schwarz will den Läufer nach
f8 zurückziehen, wie Steinitz in solchen Stellungen zu spielen pflegte.} h6 {
Um Bg5 zu verhindern, was auf Bf8 käme.} 14. Qg3 Kh8 15. Bd2 Bf8 16. Qd3 {
Schwer verständlich, aber notwenig zur Deckung des Pe4,der nach c7-c5 Nf3 Bc6
verloren wäre. Ginge der Springer aber nach b3 anstatt nach f3, so stände er
schlecht.} c6 {Die hierdurch entstandene Schwächung des d-Bauern kann Weiss
nicht ausnutzen; bald geht der Bauer vor und gleioht das Spiel aus.} 17. Rad1
Qe7 18. Nf3 Be6 19. Bf4 Rad8 {Schwarz hat seine Entwicklung vollendet und
droht jetzt das Vorgehen des Damenbauern.} 20. Qe3 ({Besser war der Rückzug
der Dame nach} 20. Qf1 {wonach das Vorgehen des d-Bauern zu seiner
Isolierungführen würde. So weit TarraschsKommentar. Hier die dazugehörige
Variante.} d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 (21... Bxd5 $4 22. Rxe7) 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5
cxd5 24. Nd4) 20... d5 {Schwarz hat sehr konsequent gespielt und gleicht jetzt
die Spiele aus.} 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxe7 ({Dem Damentausch kann
Weiss nicht entgehen.} 23. Qc3 Qc5 {[%csl Ra3,Ra5,Rb3,Rb4,Rc4,Rd4,Re3,Re5,Rf6]
Und auch hier bricht Tarrasch seine Ausführungen ab und erwartet wohl, dass
jeder sieht, was er meint. Für alle, die das nicht erkennen folgt hier die
Variante. Die weiise Dame hat nur zwei Felder, auf denen sie nicht geschlagen
wird: d2 und d3.} 24. Qd3 (24. Qd2 $2 Bxf3 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 (25... Rxd2 26. Rxd2
Bd5 {und Schwarz hat grosse Probleme mit der Verteidigung des Bf8.}) 26. gxf3
Qf5 {mit einer ernsthaften Schwächung der weissen Rochadestellung.} 27. Kg2 (
27. Qd7 Re6 28. Bg3 Qxc2) 27... Be7 28. Bg3 Qg6 29. Qe3 (29. Qd7 $2 Rd8 30.
Qxe7 Rxd1) 29... f5)) 23... Bxe7 {Das Spiel steht gleich, nur hat Schwarz den
Vorteil der beiden Läufer.} 24. Rxe7 $2 {Eine fehlerhafte Kombination.} Rxe7
25. c4 {Weiss glaubt hierdurch den Läufer zugewinnen, hat jedoch den
Gegenangriff übersehen.} Re4 $1 26. Be3 Rxc4 27. Ne5 {Die Freude war von
kurzer Dauer; durch die Doppeldrohung auf c4 und f7 gewinnt Weiss die Qualität
zurück undkommt so mit einem blauen Auge davon, nämlichdem Verlust eines
Bauern, worüber ihn ein Blick auf die ungleichfarbigen Läufer trösten kann.}
Rb8 {Um nach Nxc4 Bxc4 Rd7 alles gedeckt zu haben.} 28. Nxc4 Bxc4 29. a3 ({
Stärker war} 29. Rd7 {um nach} Bxa2 30. Ba7 Re8 31. Rxb7 {den Pb7 zu gewinnen.}
) 29... Bd5 30. Re1 {Weiss will Re8 mit Bd2 beantworten.} Rd8 31. Bb6 Rd7 32.
Re8+ Kh7 33. Kh2 Bc4 34. Rd8 {Natürlich strebt Weiss den Turmtausch an, wonach
das Remis ziemlich ausgesprochen wäre.} Re7 35. Rd4 ({Vorsichtiger war es, mit
} 35. Be3 {die e-Linie zu sperren, vorläufig wenigstens, da der Läufer durch
Vorgehen des g- und f- Bauern vertrieben werden konnte. Aber Weiss glaubte mit
Recht, das Spiel immer leicht remis machen zu können.}) 35... Bd5 36. a4 {
Der a-Bauer soll nach a5 gehen und der b-Bauer nach b4, dann sind die
schwarzen Bauern völlig paralysiert.} Re2 37. b4 a5 $1 {Durch diesen
ausgezeichneten Zug macht Schwarz seinen Mehrbauern frei. Capablanca hat sich
auf feine Weise einige Gewinnchancen verschafft.} ({Der f-Bauer darf natürlich
nicht mit} 37... Rxf2 {geschlagen werden, wegen} 38. Rxd5 cxd5 39. Bxf2) 38.
bxa5 (38. Bxa5 Rxf2 {Da der weisse Läuferdie Kontrolle über f2 aufgegeben hat,
ist dies nun möglich und jetzt ist der Pg2 massiv unter Druck. Damit das nicht
geschieht, schlägt Weiss mit dem b-Bauern auf a5.}) 38... Rc2 {Um nach Wegzug
desBd5 den Freibauern vorzubringen.} 39. Rb4 {Allzu grosse Sorglosigkeit, die
das Spiel des Weissen ernstlich gefährdet. Er übersieht, dass der Gegenzug
demPf2 die Deckung nimmt. Jetzt wird der weisse Turm in eine ungünstige
Stellung gedrängt.} (39. Kg1 {war erforderlich.}) 39... c5 $1 40. Rf4 Be6 $1
41. Rf3 c4 42. Bd4 Ra2 43. Kg1 {Um jetzt die Deckung des Pf2 zu übernehmen.
Auf der dritten Reihe würde der König dem Ansturm der Bauern ausgesetzt sein.}
Rxa4 44. Bc3 Ra2 {Eine zwangvolle Stellung der weissen Figuren. Der Läufer
muss den Freibauern stoppen und der Turm den Läufer decken, während der
König nicht eingreifen kann. Wenn aber der Turm durch die Bauern von der
dritten Reihe verdrängt wird, was dann?} 45. Rg3 g5 46. Re3 Rc2 47. Bd4 Rc1+
48. Kh2 Kg6 49. Kg3 {Der König will sich irgendwie bemerkbar machen, wobei
aber die Schachgefahr auf d3 zu fürchten ist, falls der weisse Turm die dritte
Reihe verlassen muss.} Rd1 50. Bc3 Bd5 51. f3 $1 {Jetzt droht Re1, da das
Vordringen des schwarzen Königs verhindert ist.} ({Verführerisch wäre} 51. Re1
$2 {weil der Rd1 dem Abtausch nicht entgehen kann, aber gerade danach würde
Weiss verlieren.} Rd3+ $1 52. Re3 Rxe3+ 53. fxe3 Kf5 {Der schwarze König
unterstützt den Freibauern.} 54. Kf2 Ke4 55. g3 (55. Ke2 f5 56. Bg7 h5 57. Bc3
h4 58. Be1) 55... Kd3 56. Bd4 c3 57. Ke1 c2 58. Bb2 Kxe3 {und Schwarz mussmit
zwei Freibauern auf verschiedenen Flügeln gewinnen.}) 51... Rc1 52. Bd4 Rc2 {
Sonst geht derKönig nach f2. Jetzt aber droht das Vorgehen des f-Bauern sehr
stark.} 53. Ra3 $1 {Damit bringt Weiss seinen Turm unerwartet zum Gegenangriff.
} f5 54. a6 f4+ 55. Kh2 bxa6 56. Rxa6+ Kf7 {Der Köng muss zurück. Jetzt droht
Schwarz mit dem Schlagen des Pf3.} (56... Kf5 57. Rf6#) (56... Kh5 57. Bg7 g4
58. hxg4+ Kg5 59. Kh3 Be6 60. Rxe6 Rxg2 61. Bxh6#) 57. Kg1 {Weiss hat nun
gutesSpiel erlangt und nichts mehr zu fürchten.} h5 {Ein Fehlzug, auf den
Weiss einen Bauern erobert und einige Gewinnchancen erlangt.} (57... c3 58.
Ra7+ Ke6 59. Rc7 Rc1+ 60. Kf2 c2 61. Bb2 Rb1 62. Rxc2) 58. Rf6+ Ke7 59. Rf5 {
Auf Vorschlag von Schwarz als Remis abgebrochen. Weiss steht jetzt sogar etwas
besser. Aber der Führer der Weissen war durch den siebenstündigen Kampf schon
so ziemlich ausgepumpt.} (59. Rf5 Ke6 60. Re5+ Kd6 61. Rxg5 c3 62. Be5+ Kc5 63.
Bxf4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Voronezh op-A 22nd"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{My opponent in this game is a very talented player from Uzbekistan Marat
Dzhumaev. He is incredibly dangerous in sharp positions where he has the
initiative and an attack. Several months before this game in Chennai (India) I
lost a quick game to him withntye black pieces. Now I was eager to take my
revenge.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 ({Nowadays mostly I
play the Ruy Lopez instead of the Italian and here I can choose between the
text and} 5. d3) 5... b5 {Marat doesn't play b7-b5 often in the Ruy Lopez,
because of that I decided to challenge him by playing a2-a4, attacking the
pawn on b5 (similar to my game against I. Sokolov from the Dutch championship
2018).} 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 {Besides this move I can make any other reasonable
move for White in this position: 7.c3, 7.0-0, 7.d4 etc.} Bb7 8. c3 O-O 9. O-O
d5 {The most principled continuation for Black - he fights for the centre!} 10.
d4 {The biggest advantage of playing rare variations is that even in the most
rare lines you have much better experience and understanding of the positions
than any other player in the world!} Nxe4 (10... Na5 11. Bc2 dxe4 12. Nxe5 b4
13. Nd2 c5 14. Nxe4 b3 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rc8
19. Be3 Re8 20. Rac1 Nc4 21. Qb7 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qxb3 Qb8
25. Qxb8 Rxb8 26. Rc1 Bxb2 27. Rc6 Bd4 28. h3 Bxe3 29. fxe3 h5 30. Kf2 a5 31.
Rc5 g6 32. Rxa5 Rb4 33. Kf3 Kg7 34. Ra8 f5 35. a5 Ra4 36. a6 h4 37. a7 Kh7 38.
Ke2 Ra3 39. Kd2 Kg7 40. Kc2 Ra1 41. Kc3 Ra2 42. Kd3 Ra4 43. Kc2 Ra3 44. Kb2 Ra4
45. Kb3 Ra1 46. Kc4 Ra2 47. Kc5 Ra1 48. Kd5 Ra4 49. Ke5 Re4+ 50. Kd6 Ra4 51.
Kd5 Ra5+ 52. Kc6 Ra1 53. Kc5 Ra2 54. Kd4 Ra4+ 55. Kd3 Kh7 56. Ke2 Kg7 57. Kf3
Kh7 58. g3 hxg3 59. Kxg3 Kg7 60. Kf3 Kh7 61. Ke2 Kg7 62. Kd3 Kh7 63. Kc3 Kg7
64. Kb3 Ra1 65. Kc4 Ra2 66. Kd5 Ra5+ 67. Ke6 Ra3 68. Kd6 Ra4 69. h4 Ra3 70. Kc5
Ra1 71. Kd5 Ra5+ 72. Kd4 {½-½ Tiviakov,S-Adams,M/Wijk aan Zee 2006 (72)}) 11.
dxe5 Nc5 12. Bc2 bxa4 {Until this moment my opponent was playing quickly and
correctly.} (12... Nxa4 $1 {is the best answer for Black since White more or
less forced to exchange his good Spanish bishop on c2 when Black has most
chances to reach equality.} 13. Qd3 (13. Nbd2 g6 14. Nb3 $44 {is the computer
choice. He thinks that White has full compensation for the pawn.}) 13... g6 14.
Bxa4 bxa4 15. Bh6 (15. Qd1 Qd7 16. Qxa4 Qf5 17. Bf4 $11) 15... Re8 16. Rxa4 (
16. Re1 Qd7 17. Nbd2 $11) 16... Qd7 17. Rf4 (17. Ra1 Nd8 $15) 17... Nd8 $15 18.
Nd4 {½-½ Baklan,V-Azarov,S/Eforie Nord 2008/CBM 126 Extra (18)}) (12... b4
$11 {is another good alternative to the text. My game against Borisek has been
previously annotated for ChessBase Magazine and can also be found in the Mega
Database.} 13. Rd1 f5 (13... Ne6 14. a5 bxc3 15. bxc3 Na7 16. Na3 c5 17. Nc4
Qc7 18. Nb6 Rad8 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Qe4 g6 22. Qxd5 Nc6 23. h4 Rd8
24. Qe4 Nxa5 25. h5 c4 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Be3 Nb3 28. Rxa6 Nbc5 29. Bxc5 Nxc5
30. Rxg6+ fxg6 31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32. Qh6+ Ke8 33. Bg6+ Kd7 34. Bf5+ Ke8 35. Qh5+
Kf8 36. Qh8+ {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Borisek,J/Trieste 2007 (36)}) 14. Nbd2 Qd7 15. a5
Qe6 16. Nb3 Ne4 17. Nbd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 f4 19. Bb3 Qf5 20. Ne1 c5 21. dxc5 Nxc5
22. Ba2 Ne4 23. Nd3 f3 24. Qxf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Rxf3 26. Be3 Raf8 27. Ne1 Rxe3
28. fxe3 Bg5 29. Ng2 Nf2 30. h4 Nxd1 31. Rxd1 Bd8 32. Bb3 Bxa5 33. Bxd5+ Bxd5
34. Rxd5 Bc7 35. Nf4 Re8 36. Nd3 a5 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Kf3 a4 39. Rd7+ Re7 40. Rd4
Bxe5 41. Rxb4 Bf6 42. Rxa4 Rb7 {½-½ Cherniaev,A-Hawkins,J/England 2014/EXT
2015 (42)}) 13. Be3 {Now White gets reasonable chances for an advantage since
his bishop on c2 remains alive!} (13. Rd1 a5 (13... Nb3 14. Rxa4 Nxc1 15. Rxc1
$14) 14. Nd4 Qd7 15. Nf5 g6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $11 {leads to an equal position.})
13... f6 $6 {The move that I don't like for Black. Weakening of the king is
always dangerous. And my chess beliefs and principles tell me that unless it
is necessary it is better not to weaken the position of your own king.} (13...
a5 14. Bxc5 Bxc5 15. Qd3 (15. Rd1 Re8 $11) 15... g6 16. Bxa4 $11 {is equal
according to a computer. I can agree with this.}) 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Nbd2 ({
Besides the text move White could also have played} 15. Re1 $5 $14) ({or} 15.
Rd1 $5 $14 {with a small advantage, but I preferred to finish the development
of the knight b1.}) 15... Qd7 $6 {This moves gives White tactical ideas and
tricks to use. Of course, this move is not a losing one, but is a 2nd step in
the wrong direction.} (15... a5 16. Qd1 Ba6 {was better, bringing the bishop
on b7 into play.} 17. Re1 Rb8 18. Qb1 h6 $14 {and White is only slightly
better.}) 16. Bxc5 $5 ({Here again White had a choice between} 16. Rfd1 $5 $14)
({and} 16. Rad1 $5 {but I already had lot of attacking ideas in my mind.})
16... Bxc5 17. Qd3 {1-2 mistakes in chess are never fatal. But every mistake
forces the defending side to play more and more accurately with every move.
And there always comes a moment when you have to make only moves to stay in
the game.} Rh6 $6 {This natural move is a serious inaccuracy.} (17... g6 {
was necessary, being ready to sacrifice the exchange after} 18. Ne4 (18. Bxa4
$14) 18... Rxf3 19. gxf3 Be7 {although even then White keeps the advantage.}
20. Nd2 $14 (20. Ng3 Ne5 21. Qe2 Bd6 22. f4 Nc4 23. f5 $14 (23. Bxa4 Qf7 $44)))
(17... Rg6 {is bad for Black because of} 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Neg5 {with a strong
attack} Bxg5 20. Nxg5 $16 {->} Rxg5 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 (21... Kf7 22. f4 $18) 22. f4
$18) 18. Ne4 Bb6 $6 {Moving away the pieces far from your king is always
dangerous. If you look now at the position of the black pieces, you can notice
that 5 of them are standing on the queenside. And only one rook on h6 is
defending the king.} (18... Nd4 $1 {was necessary. After} 19. Nf6+ (19. Nxc5
Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qd6 21. h3 Qxc5 22. Rxa4 $14) 19... gxf6 20. cxd4 Bd6 21. Bxa4
$16 {White is much better but still there is plenty of play is ahead!}) (18...
Be7 19. Ng3 Rf8 20. Rxa4 $16 {was also better than 18...Bb6} (20. Bxa4 $16))
19. Neg5 {Now White launches a direct attack on the black king. It is
questionable whether Black can save himself since all his pieces are far away
from the king.} Qd6 (19... a3 $8 {was the only move to continue fighting. E.g.}
20. b4 (20. bxa3 a5 21. Rfe1 $16) 20... g6 21. Rfe1 $16 {with a very strong
attack by White.}) (19... a5 20. Rfe1 Ba6 21. Qd2 $18) 20. Rfe1 $1 $18 {
Now White wins in all lines.} (20. Rae1 $18 {could win as well, but the text
is more precise.} Rf8 21. Re6 Rxf3 22. Rxh6 Rxd3 23. Rxd6 cxd6 24. Bxd3 $18)
20... Qc5 ({Or} 20... Ne7 21. Re6 Rxe6 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8+ Ng8 24. Bh7 $18)
({or} 20... g6 21. Re6 Qd7 22. Bxa4 $18) 21. Re6 (21. Qf5 {could win in a very
beautiful way. E.g.} Rf8 22. Re8 Nd8 23. Qxh7+ Rxh7 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Ne5 Qxf2+
26. Kh1 g6 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Nxg6+ Kg7 29. Nxf8 $18 {But the text is much
simplier. And I was always choose simplicity instead of beauty in chess.})
21... Qc4 (21... Rh5 22. g4 $18 (22. Kh1)) (21... g6 22. Nxh7 $18) 22. Qf5 {
If 22...Rf8, then 23.Re8+-. That's why Black resigned. I am very happy with
this game. It is not every day you manage to create such a nice short
attacking game!} 1-0

[Event "Montreal 8th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2007.07.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 5th round of the Montreal tournament. In the 4th
round I lost Kamsky and the next day I was extremely motivated to restore my
leading position in the tournament.} 1. e4 e5 {This game came as a big
surprise to me. The main answer of Pavel to 1.e4 is 1...c5 and most of the day
before the game I spent preparing against it.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. d3 {Here I spent a lot of time... My main answers in this position are
connected with the move Qd1-e2 immediately now or after 5.0-0 Be7, 6.Qe2. I
have already played the line with 6.Qe2 in my 3rd round game against Nigel
Short and have managed to win a very nice game. But in the present game
against Pavel Eljanov I have finally (after a long thought) decided to choose
another approach in order to avoid all possible preparation of my opponent and
play 5.d3. Nevertheless the move 5.d3 is not entirely new in my repertoire, I
have tried it once, one month ago at the Dutch championship 2007 against R.
Janssen and have won a good game. But, of course, objectively speaking, it is
not possible to get an advantage after 5.d3 if Black plays correctly. But I
like the closed character of the position where the fate of the game is
decided by the fact who plays better chess but not who knows more of the
theory.} d6 {This move is the strongest if connected with g7-g6 and the
development of the bishop to g7. If Black plays b7-b5 early then in most cases
White can create initiative attacking the pawn b5 by a2-a4.} 6. c3 g6 7. Bg5 {
White has many different plans and ideas here. And it is not so easy to choose
one. Studying the variation with 5.d3 before my game against Janssen I liked
this plan a lot...} Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 {The knight goes to e3 where it
will block all Black activity in the center connected with the move d6-d5.} h6
10. Bh4 b5 11. Bb3 ({It is quite difficult in this type of the position to
select a square for the bishop. If White plays} 11. Bc2 {immediately then the
knight remains on c6 but Black can play} d5 $5 {, for example.}) 11... Na5 12.
Bc2 c5 {But now Black gets a strong pawns' structure in the centre and on the
queen's side.} 13. Ne3 Be6 14. O-O Qd7 $146 {Only this move is new. And I
think it is better than the other moves tried here before. The idea of Black
is to play Nf6-g4, exchanging the pair of knights. Well, we can conclude that
up to this moment Black has played well, making natural good moves, equalising
the position.} (14... Qc7 15. a3 c4 16. d4 Nh5 17. Qd2 Nf4 18. Bg3 g5 19. Nf5
Bxf5 20. exf5 e4 21. Bxf4 exf3 22. Bg3 fxg2 23. Kxg2 Nb3 24. Bxb3 cxb3 25. h4
gxh4 26. Bxh4 Qc6+ 27. f3 f6 28. Rg1 Qd5 29. Qf4 {1/2-1/2 Rohit G (IND)
-Sethuraman S P (IND)/Delhi (India) 2006 (29)}) (14... Rb8 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4
Nc4 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. d5 Bg4 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Rxb2 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qc3
Qb6 23. Bb3 Qd4 24. Qxc4 Qxc4 25. Bxc4 a5 26. Rab1 Rfb8 27. Rxb2 Rxb2 28. Re1
a4 29. Re2 Rb1+ 30. Kh2 Bd8 31. Rc2 Bb6 32. Bd3 Rd1 33. Bb5 a3 34. Kg3 Bc5 35.
Kf3 Kg7 36. Ke2 Rg1 37. g3 Rh1 38. Bd3 Rxh3 39. f4 Rxg3 40. fxe5 Rg2+ 41. Kf3
Rxc2 42. Bxc2 dxe5 43. Ke2 h5 44. Kd3 Kf6 45. Kc4 Bf8 46. Kb5 Kg5 47. Kc6 h4
48. Bd3 Kf4 49. d6 h3 50. Bf1 Kg3 {0-1 Al-Modiahki Mohamad (QAT)-Kobalia
Mikhail (RUS)/Gibraltar (England) 2006 (50)}) 15. a3 $6 {Played too
optimistically. It was better to make a much more useful move such as} (15. Re1
$5 {, preparing the advance d3-d4.}) ({After} 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Ng4 $11 {
Black gets equal chances, the bishop g7 also becomes very strong.}) 15... Ng4
16. Nxg4 ({After} 16. h3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 $11 {the position remains equal.}) 16...
Bxg4 17. h3 Be6 ({Of course, it is better not to exchange the bishop for the
knight by} 17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3 $14 {when White gets a plus.}) 18. Re1 ({After} 
18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Bc4 21. Re1 Nc6 {Black makes White to
exchange the knights, thus making the position equal:} 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Rb1
$11) 18... f5 ({There is nothing wrong with this move. But I was hoping that
in this game exactly such things will happen. Eljanov is an active attacking
player and whenever he has an opportunity he tries to seize the initiative.
But sometimes he takes too much risk... And exactly such things are happening
in this game. I would have played solid} 18... Nc6 $5 {, preventing d3-d4 and
only later playing f7-f5.}) 19. d4 $6 ({Objectively this move is not the
strongest in the position.} 19. exf5 $142 gxf5 20. b4 Nc6 $13 {with unclear
position should have been played. But during the game I saw a very nice
positional piece sacrifice and liked it very much! So I decided to take a risk
and go for it, although during the game I saw that with the correct play I
could have landed into trouble.}) 19... f4 $6 ({And immediately Black commits
a mistake, being attracted by the possibility to win a piece. Like a mouse who
sees the chees, wants to get it and falls into trap. :-) But the idea to win a
piece was correct, only the practical realisation is wrong. It was necessary
to include the exchange on d4 first} 19... cxd4 20. cxd4 {and only afterwards
to play} ({or} 20. exf5 gxf5 21. cxd4 e4 $17 {with advantage for Black}) 20...
f4 21. dxe5 g5 {. The difference is that after} 22. exd6 {Black has
intermediate} Bxb2 $1 {at his disposal, winning a very important pawn. After} (
22... gxh4 23. e5 $44 {|^}) 23. Rb1 Nc4 $17 {Black is better. But, of course,
during the game it is not so easy to calculate everything precisely. And
obviously Black wanted to keep the pawns on c5 and c3, since the pawn c5
controls the very important square d4.}) (19... exd4 20. cxd4 $13 {leads to an
unclear position and if} f4 $140 {then in a similar way as in the game White
seizes the initiative after} 21. e5 $1 dxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 $16 {
with advantage.}) 20. dxe5 g5 ({After} 20... dxe5 21. Qxd7 Bxd7 22. Be7 Rfc8
23. Bd6 $16 {White wins a pawn since} Nc4 $140 {can be met by} 24. Bb3) 21.
exd6 gxh4 $2 ({Probably, a decisive mistake. But at this point it was still
possible to save a game. After the correct} 21... Nc4 22. e5 Nxb2 (22... gxh4
23. b3 $16 {is bad for Black}) 23. Qe2 Nc4 (23... gxh4 24. Be4 Nc4 25. Bxa8
Rxa8 $13 {is unclear}) 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Qe4 Bf5 26. Qd5+ Be6 ({after} 26...
Qe6 27. Be4 $16 {despite being a piece down White is better} (27. Qxe6+ Bxe6
28. Nxg5 Bd7 $13)) 27. Qe4 $11 {White has nothing better than to repeat the
moves with a draw.}) 22. e5 Nc6 ({Or} 22... Nc4 23. b3 $16 {with advantage for
White.}) 23. b4 $1 $16 {This strong move was missed by my opponent. White now
secures the control over the very important square d4, also getting the
possibilty to open the 'a' line.} c4 (23... cxb4 {is answered by} 24. axb4 $16
{, followed by Be4, Nd4. And the central passed pawns should eventually decide
the fate of the game into White favour.} (24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. cxd4 f3 $13)) 24. a4
$1 bxa4 $6 (24... Rae8 25. axb5 axb5 $16 {could have offered more resistance.
But, obviously, my opponent has been demoralised at this moment. And he
collapses...}) 25. Bxa4 Qb7 ({After} 25... Rac8 26. Nd4 $18 {White wins.}) 26.
Bxc6 $1 ({Another important move, exchanging the bishop but getting the
control over the d4 square, with a complete domination.} 26. Qc2 $5 {was a
worthy alternative to the text.}) 26... Qxc6 27. Nd4 Qd7 28. Qf3 $18 {Now
White should win easily.} Kh8 29. Ra5 Qf7 30. Rc5 {Threatening with Rc5-c7.}
Ra7 ({After} 30... Rac8 {White has several ways to win. One of them is} 31.
Nxe6 $5 Qxe6 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Qg4 (33. Qxf4 $18) 33... Qxg4 34. hxg4 $18) 31.
Qe4 (31. Ra1 $18 {immediately was possible, but I was in no way in a hurry and
played very safe, avoiding all possible tricks.}) 31... Re8 32. Kf1 Rd7 33. Re2
Kg8 34. Ra2 Qh5 35. f3 {The complete triumph of the White strategy - full
domination of the White pieces. Black is almost in zugzwang.} Qg5 36. Rxa6 Bxh3
{The last try to confuse the matters.} 37. gxh3 Bxe5 38. Nf5 Qf6 39. Raa5 {
Winning the bishop e5. Here Black resigned. I am very glad with my win in this
game aganst a strong young opponent from Ukraine.} 1-0

[Event "Nakhchivan op"]
[Site "Nakhchivan"]
[Date "2017.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{That game was played in the 7th round of the very strong open tournament in
Nakhichevan (Azerbaijan). A win in it allowed me to take the clear 1st place
before the last two rounds of the tournament and eventually secure the shared
1st place.} 1. e4 e5 {My opponent in this game is a young talented Turkish
player, nowadays only playing 1...e5 against 1.e4.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Due to
the recent surge of the popularlity of the Italian Game I am trying to avoid
it now, going for the Ruy Lopez instead.} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 ({5.Qe2 is my
pet line, which I have played from early childhood. Although} 5. d3 {is a line
I have chosen quite often as well.}) 5... b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 {Only developing the
bishop to c5, Black can equalise. If the black bishop is developed to e7,
White always has chances for an advantage.} 7. c3 O-O (7... d6 8. d3 h6 {
is a more accurate order of moves, not allowing White to start the attack on
the black king. Played by Piket, Onischuk, Ponomariov, Shirov against me 
(among the others).}) 8. d3 {Now Black has no useful moves, since White is
threatening to play Bg5 (possible after both 8...d5 and 8...d6).} h6 9. h3 $5 {
Played without hesitation! After Black has played the weakening h7-h6, White
has got a target for attack on the kingside.} d5 10. g4 $5 {Played in the
style of my ChessBase DVD "Attacking with the Italian Game and the Ruy Lopez".
Although this plan of attack is extremely risky in the current position, could
I have played something else?! The answer is: "NO"! If you are interested in
similar and other attacking plans, I strongly recommend yoy to acquire this
DVD. You will not regret buying it! https://shop.chessbase.com/en/products/
tiviakov_attacking_with_italian_and_ruy_lopez} ({After} 10. O-O {the position
is equal, similar to C86.} Bb7 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bf8 13. a3 Na5 14. Ba2 c5
15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 Nc6 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Ne4 Re6 19. Bb3 Qd7 20. c4 Ndxb4 21.
cxb5 axb5 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Nc3 Bb7 25. d4 Qb3 26. Qb2 Qc4 27.
dxe5 Bc8 28. Be3 Be6 29. Nd2 Qh4 30. Nxb5 Nd3 31. Qc2 Ncxe5 32. Nd4 Bd5 33. Nf5
Qh5 34. Ng3 Qg6 35. Qc8 Be6 36. Qd8 f5 37. Nf3 Nxf3+ 38. gxf3 Ne5 39. f4 Nc6
40. Qa8 Ne7 41. Rd8 Qf7 42. Bc5 Bd5 $18 43. Qb8 Ng6 44. Qd6 Bb7 45. Rb8 Kh7 46.
Rxf8 Qb3 47. Be3 Nxf8 48. Qxf8 Qd1+ 49. Kh2 Qf3 50. Qxf5+ Kh8 51. Qf8+ Kh7 52.
Qf5+ Kh8 53. Qf8+ {½-½ Tiviakov,S-Bauer,C/Mondariz Balneario 2000 (53)})
10... Be6 {It is not easy to give an accurate evaluation of the resulting
positions, which are extremely dynamic, sharp and compicated. All analysis
engines tend to evaluate the positions as being much better for Black, but
after long and deep analysis change such evaluations into equal and favorable
for White. I can say that such positions are very risky for both sides. When
even a single mistake can be fatal!} (10... dxe4 11. dxe4 Bb7 (11... Nh7 12.
Rg1 Be6 13. g5 Bxb3 14. axb3 h5 15. g6 fxg6 16. Rxg6 Rf6 17. Rxf6 Qxf6 18. b4
Bb6 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Ng5 21. Nbd2 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Qg6 23. Ke2 Rf8 24. Qh1
Kh7 25. Rg1 Qe6 26. Rf1 Rf6 27. Qg2 Rxf1 28. Qxf1 Ne7 29. Qf8 Qf6 30. Qe8 Ng6
31. Nf3 Kh6 32. h4 Nxh4 33. Qh8+ Kg6 34. Qe8+ {½-½ Langheinrich,F-Jenni,F/
Germany 2003/Inforbase 2011 (34)}) 12. Rg1 {- 10...Bb7} (12. Bc2 Qd6 13. Nh4
Ne7 14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Nh7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nf5 Qg5 18. Nd2 g6 19. O-O-O Qf4
20. Ne3 Nf6 21. Rhg1 Rad8 22. Rg3 Nxe4 23. Rf3 Qh4 24. Ng2 Qg5 25. Qxe4 Qxg2
26. h4 Qh2 27. Rg3 Qxf2 28. Rxg6+ fxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qg6+ Kh8
{½-½ Mikhaletz,L-Jedryczka,K/Swidnica 1999/Inforbase 2011 (31)})) (10... Bb7
11. Rg1 (11. g5 $2 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Na5 14. Qe2 Nxb3 15. axb3 Qd5
16. gxh6 (16. Nbd2 e4 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 e3 19. Nf3 Qxf3 20. Qxf3 Bxf3 $17)
16... Qxf3 17. Qxf3 Bxf3 $17) 11... dxe4 12. dxe4 Ne7 13. Bc2 Qd6 (13... Nd7
14. Nh4 $13) 14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Nh5 16. Nh4 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nd2 Qh6 19.
Nhf3 $13) ({At this moment I think that only} 10... a5 $5 {can create serious
problems for White who has now to prove that his attacking strategy works. The
following lines demonstrate dangers of the white position... All other moves
instead of 10...a5 lead to complicated positions where White is at least not
worse.} 11. a4 (11. g5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 dxe4 13. dxe4 a4 14. Bd5 Qd6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6
16. Nbd2 Ba6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nxe5 Qd6 $17) 11... bxa4 12. Bxa4 (12. Rxa4 Ba6
$19) 12... dxe4 13. Bxc6 exf3 14. Bxf3 (14. Qxf3 e4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Bb7
17. O-O Re8 18. Nd2 a4 $17) 14... Ba6 15. c4 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 e4 17. dxe4 Nd7 $15)
(10... Qd6 11. g5 (11. Rg1 dxe4 12. dxe4 a5 $13) 11... dxe4 12. dxe4 hxg5 13.
Bxg5 Na5 14. Nbd2 (14. Bc2 Nc4 $13) 14... Nxb3 15. axb3 $13) 11. g5 dxe4 12.
dxe4 Bxb3 $146 ({Only this natural move is a new one.} 12... Nh5 $2 13. gxh6 g6
14. Bxe6 $1 (14. Bg5 $2 Be7 (14... Qd7 $11) 15. Bxe6 fxe6 (15... Bxg5 $15) 16.
Be3 Kh7 17. Nbd2 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. O-O-O Bd6 20. h4 Qf6 21. Qe3 Bf8 22.
Ng5+ Kh8 23. h7 Bh6 24. Qc5 Nd8 25. Qxc7 Rxf2 26. Rhf1 Rf4 27. Kc2 Bxg5 28.
hxg5 Qxg5 29. Rg1 Qf6 30. Nb3 Nf7 31. Nc5 Kxh7 32. Nd3 Rf3 33. Rg2 Rd8 34. Nxe5
Rxd1 35. Nxf7 Qxf7 36. Qh2+ Kg7 37. Kxd1 Qf4 38. Qxf4 Rxf4 39. Rd2 g5 40. Rd6
Kf6 41. Ke2 Rxe4+ 42. Kf3 Ra4 43. a3 a5 44. Rb6 Rf4+ 45. Kg3 b4 46. axb4 axb4
47. cxb4 Rc4 48. b5 Rb4 49. Rb8 Kf5 50. Rf8+ Ke4 51. Rb8 Kd5 52. b6 Kc6 53. Re8
Kd7 54. Rg8 Rxb6 55. Rxg5 Rxb2 56. Kf3 Kd6 57. Ke3 Rh2 58. Ra5 Rh3+ 59. Ke4
Rh4+ 60. Ke3 e5 61. Rb5 Ke6 62. Rb8 Rh3+ 63. Ke4 Rh4+ 64. Ke3 Kf5 65. Rf8+ Kg6
66. Re8 Kf6 67. Rf8+ Ke6 68. Ra8 Kf5 69. Rf8+ Ke6 70. Re8+ Kf5 {½-½ Paehtz,
E-Sasikiran,K/playchess.com INT 2004/Inforbase 2011 (70)}) 14... fxe6 15. Bg5
$16 {is bad for Black. By the way, it was me who taught Elisabeth Paehtz to
attack like this in the Italian Game and Ruy Lopez.}) 13. axb3 hxg5 14. Bxg5 {
Now we have a typical situation with this plan of attack. For the moment White
keeps his king in the centre, improving the position of his pieces, finishing
the development. And only when everything is ready for the direct attack does
White castle to the queenside, bringing the rook on a1 into play. Whose king
is safer, Black or White? Difficult to say...} Qd6 ({After} 14... Be7 15. Nbd2
Nh5 16. Be3 Bf6 $13 {the position is unclear.}) 15. Nbd2 ({Played very quickly,
although} 15. Nh4 Qe6 16. Rg1 Nh7 17. Nf5 g6 $13 {with complicated play,
deserved serious attention as well.} (17... Nxg5 18. Rxg5 g6 19. h4 Kh7 20. b4
Be7 21. Nxe7 $14)) 15... Nh7 16. Rg1 ({Or} 16. h4 $13) 16... Nxg5 17. Rxg5 {
Now White needs only 2 moves: 0-0-0, Rg1 to launch a decisive attack on the
black king.} Nd8 {Frankly speaking, I was not expecting this move, since
sacrificing a pawn is a very responsible decision. Although, I have to admit,
it looks tempting - White has a very weak square on f4.} (17... Qe6 $6 {
is not good for Black. E.g.} 18. O-O-O Be7 19. Rg3 Rad8 20. Rdg1 Bf6 21. Ng5
Bxg5 22. Rxg5 g6 23. h4 $16 {->}) ({but} 17... Qh6 18. O-O-O Be7 19. Rg3 Rfd8
20. Rdg1 Bf8 21. Kc2 $13) ({and} 17... Rfd8 18. b4 Bb6 19. Nh4 Qf6 20. Ndf3 g6
21. Kf1 $11 {were both good alternatives, with unclear play in both lines.})
18. b4 {Including the moves 18.b4 Bb6 has both advantages and drawbacks. The
bishop from b6 cannot join the defence, moving to e7. But with the pawn on b4,
Black can immediately open the position on the queenside playing ...a5 or ...
c5. Taking the pawn on e5 was also possible... The following variations
demonstrate how complex and difficult the resulting position is!} (18. Rxe5 Ne6
19. Rf5 (19. b4 Bb6 {- 18.b4 Bb6 19.Re5 Ne6}) 19... g6 (19... Nf4 20. e5 Qh6
21. Qe4 Nxh3 22. Nd4 $14) 20. Rf6 Qb6 (20... Qd8 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. O-O-O $14)
21. Ng5 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Nxg5 23. h4 (23. O-O-O Rae8 $11) 23... Ne6 24. O-O-O $13
{and the position is unclear.}) 18... Bb6 {The bishop on a7 is standing
clearly worse than on b6.} ({For example,} 18... Ba7 19. Rxe5 Ne6 20. Rf5 f6 (
20... Nf4 {is bad for Black after} 21. e5 Qh6 22. Qe4 Nxh3 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24.
cxd4 Ng5 25. Qg4 Qh1+ (25... Nh7 26. Ke2 $16) 26. Ke2 Qxa1 27. Rxg5 g6 28. Qh4
$18) 21. Nh4 Nf4 22. Rxf4 Qxf4 23. Ng6 Qh2 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 25. Nf1 (25. f3 Qxh3
26. O-O-O $14) 25... Qxh3 (25... Qf4 26. Rd1 Re8 27. Ng3 f5 $11) 26. O-O-O $16
{with advantage for White.}) 19. O-O-O ({Here again the capture on e5 was
possible. After} 19. Rxe5 Ne6 20. Rf5 c5 ({or} 20... f6 21. e5 fxe5 22. Ne4 Qe7
23. Rxe5 Qf7 24. O-O-O Rae8 $11 {with an equal position}) 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22.
O-O-O Rad8 23. Nd4 Rfe8 (23... b4 24. Rg1 $14) 24. Rg1 $13 {the position is
unclear.}) 19... Ne6 {Not the only move for Black.} (19... Qh6 20. Rxe5 Ne6 21.
Nh2 Qxh3 22. Rh5 Nf4 23. Rxh3 Nxe2+ 24. Kc2 f5 $11 {with equal chances was
possible as well.}) 20. Nc4 (20. Nb3 Nf4 $15 {is not good for White.}) 20...
Qe7 $2 {Until this moment both sides were playing more or less OK, not
committing any mistake. But the text move is a mistake, missing a very nice
exchange sacrifice.} ({After the correct} 20... Nf4 $1 21. Qc2 Qh6 22. Ncxe5 (
22. Nxb6 cxb6 23. Kb1 a5 24. bxa5 Rxa5 25. Rxe5 Qc6 $11 {is equal as well} (
25... b4 $11)) 22... f6 23. Ng4 Qxh3 24. Ng1 Qh4 25. Nf3 Qh3 26. Ng1 Qh4 $11 {
the game would have finished in a draw!}) 21. Nxb6 Nxg5 $2 {Basically, the
losing move.} ({After the correct} 21... cxb6 22. Rxe5 Qc7 23. Qe3 $14 {
White keeps an extra pawn with better chances, but the fate of the game would
be far from clear.} (23. Kc2 $14)) 22. Nd5 $1 {Played completely in the style
of my ChessBase DVD "The Art of the Positional Exchange Sacrifice". If you
want to learn more about this and other similar sacrifices, I strongly
recommend to buy my DVD. https://shop.chessbase.com/en/products/
tiviakov_the_art_of_the_positional_exchange_sacrifice} (22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Nxg5
(23. Qe3 Nxf3 24. Qxf3 a5 $11) 23... Qxg5+ 24. Kc2 $11 {leads to an equal
position.}) 22... Qd8 23. Nxe5 $3 (23. Nb6 Qf6 24. Nxa8 $11 {is only enough
for a draw.}) 23... Ne6 $6 {Now we have a position where after the exchange
sacrifice White has full compensation because of the powerful knights in the
centre. And despite that for the moment White has no direct attack on the
black king, Black can do little to defend successfully.} (23... Nh7 $142 24. f4
Qd6 25. Qg2 Rae8 26. Rg1 g6 27. Qg3 $16 {was a much more stubborn defence than
the text, although during the game it is very difficult to make such a passive
move as Nh7.}) (23... Nxh3 24. f4 Nxf4 25. Nxf4 Qg5 26. Ned3 $18) 24. f4 $18 ({
Played quickly, although the computer engines show a direct win after} 24. Rg1
$1 {White has 4 attacking pieces against 3 (max.) defenders. So White wins!
For example,} Qh4 (24... a5 25. Qh5 axb4 26. Nc6 $18) 25. Qe3 Kh7 (25... f6 26.
Rg4 Qh5 27. Ne7+ Kh7 28. N5g6 Rae8 29. Qf3 Qh6+ 30. Kc2 $18) 26. Rg4 Qh6 27. f4
$18) 24... Qh4 ({Sacrificing the knight makes little sense:} 24... Nxf4 25.
Nxf4 Qg5 26. Ned3 a5 27. bxa5 Rxa5 28. Kc2 $18 {and White wins.}) 25. Qg4 Qh6 (
{Going into an ending is hopeless for Black. The white pieces are so powerful,
that even in the ending without an exchange he can play for an attack and win!
} 25... Qxg4 26. Ne7+ Kh7 27. hxg4 g6 28. f5 gxf5 (28... f6 29. fxg6+ $18 (29.
N5xg6 $18)) 29. gxf5 Nf4 30. Nd7 $18) 26. Qf5 (26. Kc2 $1 $18 {immediately was
more accurate.}) 26... Qh4 ({Black cannot save himself after other moves as
well.} 26... Rae8 27. Rg1 f6 (27... c6 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Nxe8 Qxf4+ 30. Qxf4
Nxf4 31. Rg4 $18) 28. Ng6 Rf7 29. h4 $18) (26... Kh8 27. Kc2 $18 (27. Nxf7+
Rxf7 28. Qxf7 Rf8 29. Qe7 c6 30. Kc2 cxd5 31. exd5 $18)) 27. Qg4 Qh6 28. Kc2 {
Now White is back on the correct track to win! As the course of the game and
the variations illustrate Black cannot save the game.} Rad8 (28... Rae8 29. Nd7
Qg6 30. f5 Qxg4 31. hxg4 Ng5 32. e5 $18) (28... Kh8 29. Qf5 Qh7 30. Nxf7+ Rxf7
31. Qxe6 Raf8 32. f5 $18) 29. f5 Ng5 (29... Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Nf4 31. Rd4 Nxh3 (
31... Nh5 32. Nd3 Nf6 33. Qf4 $18) 32. Nd7 Rc8 33. e5 Ng5 34. Rd2 Nh7 35. Rg2
Rd8 36. Nc5 $18) 30. h4 Rfe8 (30... Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Nh7 32. Nd7 Nf6 33. Nxf6+
Qxf6 34. e5 $18) 31. Qxg5 {Going into an easily won ending.} ({The computer
prefers to give mate after} 31. hxg5 $142 Qh2+ 32. Kb3 Qxe5 33. Nf6+ Kf8 34.
Nd7+ Rxd7 35. Rxd7 Qxe4 36. Qh5 Qc4+ 37. Ka3 Kg8 38. g6 $18) 31... Qxg5 32.
hxg5 Rd6 ({or} 32... Rxe5 33. Nf6+ gxf6 34. Rxd8+ Kg7 (34... Kh7 35. gxf6 Rxe4
36. Rd7 $18 (36. Rf8 $18)) 35. gxf6+ Kxf6 36. Kd3 $18 {with a won rook ending.}
) 33. Nxc7 {I am very happy with this game, one of the best games I have
played recently.} 1-0

[Event "Trieste op 09th"]
[Site "Trieste"]
[Date "2007.09.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Borisek, Jure"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This nice game was played in the Triest (Italy) open tournament in September
2007, the tournament I managed to win jointly with V. Baklan from Ukraine with
7 points out 9.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 {My main
answer against the Ruy Lopez. Although I sometimes play other moves here (like
5.d3, 5.0-0 Be7 6.Qe2) this move is played by me most frequently.} b5 6. Bb3
Be7 7. a4 $5 {During my long chess career I have chosen all possible moves
here. The text move leads to the most complex positions among the various
moves.} Bb7 8. c3 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. d4 ({Stronger than the passive} 10. d3 {
which gives Black the control over the center.}) 10... Nxe4 $5 $146 ({This
move is new and was suggested by me annotating the game against Adams from the
Wijk aan Zee tournament. The position is so complex that both sides have
plenty of possibilities to choose from, and it is not easy even after long
analysis to understand which moves are better here. After} 10... dxe4 11. Nxe5
Bd6 12. Bf4 Qe8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 {the draw was agreed in the game
Tiviakov,S-Bareev,E/Madrid (Spain) 1994. Later I found that after} 15. Nxf7 $1
Rxf7 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Bxf7+ Qxf7 18. Qxb5 $14 {White gets an advantage.}) (
10... Na5 11. Bc2 dxe4 {took place in my game against Adams. There I also got
an advantage, but failed to convert it into a full point.} 12. Nxe5 b4 (12...
Qd5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bg5 c5 15. Rd1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb3 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Qe3
Na1 19. Nc3 Qe6 20. Bb1 Qb3 21. Rf1 Qxb2 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Bxe4 Nc2 24. Bxc2
Qxc2 25. Nxb5 {1-0 Walther,E-Christoffel,M/Zuerich 1961/MCD (64)}) 13. Nd2 c5
14. Nxe4 b3 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rc8 19. Be3 Re8
20. Rac1 Nc4 21. Qb7 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qxb3 Qb8 25. Qxb8
Rxb8 26. Rc1 Bxb2 27. Rc6 Bd4 28. h3 Bxe3 29. fxe3 h5 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,
S-Adams,M/Wijk aan Zee 2006 - Inf 96/(250)}) 11. dxe5 Nc5 12. Bc2 b4 {The
structure of the position here is similar to the lines arising after 5.0-0 Ne4
6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.de Be6, only the difference is that the bishop is on b7.}
13. Rd1 ({White had several other possibilities here, all leading to complex
unclear positions.} 13. Be3 $5) (13. Nbd2 a5 $13 (13... d4 $5)) (13. a5 $5)
13... Ne6 $6 ({Here my opponent starts to commit several inaccuracies bringing
himself into trouble. After the correct} 13... a5 $5 14. c4 (14. Nd4 Nxd4 15.
cxd4 Ne6 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Nd2 Ba6 19. Qe3 c5 $13) 14... d4 15. Be3
Ne6 $13 {the position is unclear.}) ({Also} 13... Qd7 $5 {was possible. For
example,} 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Ne6 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bh6 $13 {, followed by Nd2
with unclear play.}) 14. a5 $1 ({Very important move, quite typical in the Ruy
Lopez. White 'breaks' Black pawns' structure on the queen's side, also
vacating the square a4 for the bishop. And if Black plays Qd8-d7 then the
knight c6 will be pinned. After} 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 $13 16. Bb3 $140 Na5 $1
{White has nothing.}) ({But} 14. Be3 $5 {deserved attention as well.}) 14...
bxc3 ({both} 14... Re8 $14) ({and} 14... Qd7 $5 {were both worth considering.})
15. bxc3 Na7 ({Here again the same moves deserved serious attention.} 15... Re8
$14) (15... Qd7 $5) 16. Na3 $5 ({Playing this move I had an idea to prevent
the possible development of the black knight to b5 (although it was not a
threat). Nevertheless White could have won a pawn here by} 16. c4 $1 {
(threatening to play Nb1-c3)} d4 17. Qd3 g6 18. Nxd4 $16 {with a large
advantage.}) 16... c5 ({Weakening the square b6. The only way to continue the
fight was} 16... f5 $16) 17. Nc4 (17. Qd3 g6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Ba4 $16 {with
advantage was possible as well. But playing 17.Nc4 I already had a nice
combination in mind.}) 17... Qc7 (17... Nc8 $16 {was the alternative to the
text although that passive move was very difficult to make.}) 18. Nb6 Rad8 19.
Nxd5 $3 ({The point of the White idea. With the help of the small sacrifice
White gets a large advantage. The simple} 19. Qd3 g6 20. Bh6 $16 {was also
possible.}) 19... Bxd5 (19... Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21. Qd3 g6 22. Qxd5 {leads us
to the same position as 19...Bd5.}) 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Qe4 g6 ({After} 21...
Rfd8 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8# {Black gets mated.}) 22. Qxd5 Nc6 23. h4 $1 $40 {
Strangely enough White is not able to keep his extra pawn here. But thanks to
the pair of bishops and the pawn majority on the king's side White creates a
decisive attack.} Rd8 24. Qe4 Nxa5 25. h5 {Threatening to exchange on g6 and
play Qe4-g4. The targets are the weak squares e6 and g6.} c4 (25... Ng7 {
loses after} 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Bg5 $18 {with attack.} ({or} 27. Qg4 $5 {
followed by e5-e6.})) 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Be3 $1 ({Here I spent a lot of time
calculating the tempting sacrifices after} 27. Qg4 Nb3 28. Rxa6 (28. Bxg6 $2
Nxa1 $17) 28... Nxc1 29. Bxg6 (29. Rxe6 Nd3 $11) 29... Ne2+ 30. Kf1 (30. Kh2
Ng7 $13) 30... N2f4 $13 {but failed to find the win. Finally I chose the text
move, simple and strong.}) 27... Nb3 (27... Nc5 {loses after} 28. Bxc5 (28. Qg4
$40) 28... Qxc5 (28... Bxc5 29. e6 $18 (29. Qh4 $40) (29. Qg4 $40)) 29. e6 f5
30. Qf4 $18 {with a decisive attack.}) 28. Rxa6 $1 {Although it was not so
difficult to calculate the lines arising after the rook sacrifice still it is
very nice to finish the game elegantly!} Nbc5 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. Rxg6+ $1 (30.
Rc6 $18 {was also winning}) 30... fxg6 ({Black gets mated after} 30... Kf8 31.
Rg8+ Kxg8 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8#) 31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32. Qh6+ Ke8 ({Or} 32... Kf7 33.
e6+ Nxe6 34. Bg6+ Kf6 35. Bh5+ Kf5 36. Qg6+ Kf4 37. g3# {mate}) 33. Bg6+ Kd7
34. Bf5+ Ke8 35. Qh5+ (35. Qh8+ Bf8 36. Qh5+ Qf7 (36... Ke7 37. Qh7+ $18) 37.
Bg6 $18) 35... Kf8 36. Qh8+ {After 36...Kf7 37.Ng5 Bg5 38.Qh7+- White wins the
queen, so Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Groningen op-A 48th"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2011.12.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2011.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7
$5 9. Nbd2 g5 $146 (9... O-O 10. Nf1 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 $11 12. Ne3 c5 13. Qd2
Kg7 14. O-O-O b5 15. Bb3 a5 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qc7+ 18. Kb1 Nf6 19. Bc2 Ra6
20. d5 Nd7 21. g4 Ng8 22. Rdg1 Nc5 23. Rg3 Nf6 24. Rh3 Rh8 25. Nf5+ gxf5 26.
exf5 Nce4 27. Qe2 Qc4 28. Bd3 Qxd5 29. Rg1 Nc5 30. Bc2 Nfe4 31. Rh4 f6 32. g5
Bxf5 33. gxf6+ Kf8 34. Ne1 Be6 35. Kc1 Rc6 36. Qxb5 Rc8 37. Qb6 Qxa2 38. Kd1
Qd5+ 39. Kc1 Nb3+ 40. Kb1 Qd1+ {0-1 Markidis,K-Maiorov,N/Rethymnon 2010/CBM
137 Extra (40)}) (9... Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. d4 $14) (9... b5
10. Bb3 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O O-O $14) 10. Bg3 g4 11. Ng1 (11. Nh4 Nxe4 12.
Nxe4 Bxh4 $15) 11... h5 12. Bh4 (12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bh4 $11) 12... Nd7 (12...
b5 $11) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 (13... Nxe7 14. d4 b5 15. Bb3 $14 (15. Bc2)) 14. Ne2 (14.
Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne2 $14) 14... Nb6 $6 (14... b5 15. Bc2 h4 $13) 15. Bxc6+ bxc6
16. c4 (16. O-O $5) 16... c5 (16... h4 17. Nc3 (17. c5 $5)) 17. Nc3 Bd7 $6 (
17... f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Qe2 $13 (19. Nf1 Qh7)) 18. Nf1 Qg5 $6 (18... f5 19.
exf5 Bxf5 20. Ne3 $11) 19. Ne3 Rb8 (19... h4 20. Qd2) 20. Qd2 h4 21. O-O-O (21.
O-O $5) 21... Na4 22. Nxa4 (22. Ned5 Qxd2+ 23. Rxd2 Nxc3 24. Nxc3 $11) 22...
Bxa4 23. Rdf1 (23. Nd5 Qxd2+ 24. Rxd2 Kd8 25. Rf1 $14 {_|_}) 23... Bd7 24. f4
gxf3 (24... exf4 25. Nd5 (25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 Kd7 27. Rxf4 $11) (25. Nd1 $5)
25... c6 26. Qxf4 (26. Nxf4 $14) 26... Qxf4+ 27. Nxf4 $14) 25. Rxf3 f5 $2 (
25... Be6 $14) 26. exf5 Bc6 27. Rh3 $1 (27. Rf2 h3 $132) 27... Kd7 28. Rg1 (28.
Rf1 $16) 28... Rbg8 29. g3 (29. g4 $5) 29... Bf3 30. Rf1 Bc6 31. gxh4 (31. g4
$5) 31... Qh6 $1 (31... Qf6 32. h5 $16) 32. Rg3 (32. f6 Bg2 33. Nxg2 Qxd2+ 34.
Kxd2 Rxg2+ 35. Kc3 $16) 32... Qxh4 33. Rxg8 (33. Rfg1 Rxg3 34. hxg3 Qg5 35. g4
$16) 33... Rxg8 34. f6 $2 (34. Qf2 $16) 34... Rf8 35. f7 (35. Qf2 Qxf2 36. Rxf2
Ke6 37. Ng4 Be8 38. Kd2 Bh5 39. h3 Bxg4 40. hxg4 Rxf6 $11 41. Rxf6+ $140 $2
Kxf6 42. Ke3 Kg5 43. Kf3 Kh4 $19) 35... Qh7 $1 (35... Qh5 36. Qf2 Qg6 37. Kd2
Ke6 $16) 36. Ng4 Qh3 37. Qe2 Ke6 38. Kd2 (38. Rf6+ Ke7 39. Rh6 Qf3 $11) 38...
Rxf7 39. Rxf7 Kxf7 40. Qf2+ Qf3 (40... Ke7 41. Qf6+ Kd7 42. Qf5+ Ke7 $11) (
40... Ke8 $11) 41. Qxf3+ Bxf3 42. Ne3 $14 Ke6 (42... Kf6) (42... c6 43. Nf5 Ke6
44. Ng3 d5) 43. h4 c6 44. Nf1 Bh5 (44... d5 $5) (44... e4 45. Ke3 Bg2 46. Ng3
exd3 47. Kxd3 d5 $14) 45. Ng3 Bg6 46. Ne4 Bh5 (46... Bxe4 $4 47. dxe4 $18) 47.
a3 Bg6 (47... a5 48. a4 $5 {><a5}) 48. Ke3 Ke7 49. b4 cxb4 50. axb4 Ke6 51. Ng3
(51. c5 d5 52. Nd6 d4+ $11) 51... Bh7 (51... d5 52. cxd5+ cxd5 53. d4 e4 54.
Kf4 Kf6 $14) 52. h5 (52. d4 $14) 52... Kf6 $4 (52... d5 53. cxd5+ cxd5 54. d4
$14) 53. Ne4+ Bxe4 (53... Ke7 54. Ng5 Bf5 55. h6 Kf6 56. Ne4+ (56. h7 Kg7 57.
Nf7 Bxh7 58. Nxd6 $18) 56... Ke7 57. c5 dxc5 58. Nxc5 Kf6 59. Nxa6 $18) 54.
Kxe4 Kg5 $6 (54... Ke6 55. Kf3 $3 (55. h6 d5+ 56. Kf3 Kf6 57. Kg4 Kg6 58. c5 (
58. h7 Kxh7 59. cxd5 cxd5 60. Kf5 e4 61. dxe4 d4 62. Kf4 Kg6 $11) 58... Kxh6
59. Kf5 e4 60. dxe4 d4 61. Kf4 Kg6 62. e5 d3 63. Ke3 Kf5 64. Kxd3 Kxe5 $11)
55... Kf5 (55... d5 56. Kg4 Kf6 57. c5 $18) 56. h6 Kg6 57. Ke4 Kxh6 58. Kf5 $18
) 55. h6 Kxh6 56. Kf5 Kg7 (56... Kh5 57. Ke6 Kg4 (57... c5 58. bxc5 dxc5 59.
Kd5 Kg5 60. Kxc5 Kf4 61. Kb6 Ke3 62. c5 Kxd3 63. c6 e4 64. c7 e3 65. c8=Q e2
66. Qc1 $18) 58. Kxd6 Kf4 59. c5 Ke3 60. Kxe5 Kxd3 61. Kd6 Kc4 62. Kxc6 Kxb4
63. Kb6 a5 64. c6 a4 65. c7 a3 66. c8=Q a2 67. Qc1 $18) 57. Ke6 c5 58. bxc5
dxc5 59. Kd5 Kf6 60. Kxc5 Ke6 61. Kb6 Kd7 62. c5 1-0

[Event "Jugando en Concreto"]
[Site "Villahermosa"]
[Date "2016.11.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2016.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 8th round of the traditional open chess
tournament in Villahermosa (Mexico). Before that round there were 4 players
with the same number of points sharing the 1st place. So this was the most
important game of the tournament, the win allowed me to take the clear 1st
place. Please, note that most of the tournaments played in Central and South
America have a very tough schedule - with double rounds every day. So the
tournament in Villahermosa had this same schedule - 9 rounds in 5 days. All
rounds starting from the 2nd one are very-very tough and in order to play well
in such tournaments you need to have lot of energy and resistance to withstand
up to 8 hours of play each day.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
Qe2 {Since my opponent, a very experienced player from Cuba/USA, nowadays
plays only 1...e5 against 1.e4, I had decided to rely on my good old weapon -
5.Qe2 variation which has brought me lot of very important victories. 5.Qe2 is
especially strong if Black doesn't develop his bishop to c5, which my opponent
never does.} b5 6. Bb3 Be7 {It is only by playing 5...Bc5 or 6...Bc5 that
Black can equalise.} 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. Nbd2 ({The variation with 9.Nbd2 is
my main weapon in this line; I have excellent results with it. The point of
this move is to prevent Black from playing 9...Bg4, possibly after 9.0-0.} 9.
O-O Re8 (9... Bg4 $1 $11) 10. a4 Bd7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Ng5 Re7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14.
f4 Ng6 15. Ndf3 Be8 16. e5 c5 17. Qc2 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nd5 19. Qe4 Bc6 20. e6 c4
21. Bc2 Nb4 22. exf7+ Rxf7 23. Qe6 Bd5 24. Qh3 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Qxg5 26. Bxg5 Nxc2
27. Rad1 Be4 28. Qe6 Bf5 29. Qd5 Rc8 30. Ne5 Nxe5 31. Rxf5 Rcf8 32. Rxf7 {
1-0 Tiviakov,S-Svidler,P/Pinsk (Belarus) 1989 (32)}) 9... Bd7 ({It looks
strange, but the move 9...Bd7 has never been played against me here. This move
is not bad, at least, it is not worse than 9...Bb7 played against me by Leko,
since the Bb7 is doing little there, while the bishop on d7 controls the
f5-square.} 9... Bb7 10. O-O Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Rd1 Bd6 14. Nf1
Na5 15. Bc2 Nc4 16. Ng3 g6 17. a4 Nb6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Qxb5 Ba6
21. Qa5 Qb7 22. Qa2 $16 Bc4 23. b3 Bb5 24. Nf3 Nbd7 25. b4 Ra8 26. Qb2 Nb6 27.
Bg5 Nc4 28. Qc1 Nd7 29. Bh6 Be7 30. Bb3 c5 31. h3 cxb4 32. cxb4 Rc8 33. Qa1
Ndb6 34. Nd2 Rd8 35. Nxc4 Rxd1+ 36. Bxd1 Nxc4 37. Bb3 Qa6 38. Qd1 Qd6 39. Qg4
Nb6 40. Nf5 Qxb4 41. Qg3 Nd7 42. Nxe7+ Qxe7 43. Bg5 Qb4 44. Bd5 Kg7 45. Qe3 h5
46. Bh6+ Kg8 47. Qf3 Qe7 48. Qb3 Ba6 49. Qa2 Bd3 50. Qa7 Kh7 51. Bd2 Bb5 52.
Qa5 Bd3 53. Qc7 Bb5 54. Qb7 Ba4 55. Qa6 Bd1 56. Qa7 Qd6 57. Bc3 Kg7 58. Kh2 h4
59. Bd2 Bb3 60. Bxb3 Qxd2 61. Bd5 Qf4+ 62. Kg1 Nf8 63. Qc7 Nh7 64. Qc3 Nf6 65.
Qc2 g5 66. Qd3 g4 67. g3 hxg3 68. fxg3 Qc1+ 69. Kh2 Qb2+ 70. Kh1 Qf2 {0-1
Tiviakov,S-Leko,P/Cacak (Yugoslavia) 1996 (70)}) (9... exd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11.
Qe3 d5 {.} (11... Na5 12. Bc2 Bh5 13. b3 c5 14. Bb2 Nc6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3
cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Rc8 19. Bd3 d5 20. e5 Bb4+ 21. Ke2 Ne4 22. Bxe4
dxe4 23. Qxe4 f5 24. Qd3 Qd5 25. Rac1 Qxg2 26. Rhg1 Qd5 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. e6+
Kg6 29. Rg1+ Kh5 30. Rg5+ Kxg5 31. Be3+ Kf6 32. Qxd5 Bc3 33. h4 Rce8 34. Qd6
Rg8 35. Bg5+ Kg6 36. Kf3 b4 37. Qd7 Rgf8 38. Kf4 Bf6 39. h5+ {1-0 Tiviakov,
S-Gavrilov,A/Eforie Nord 2011 (39)}) {.} 12. e5 Ne4 13. O-O Bf5 14. Rd1 (14.
Bc2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Be4 16. Rd1 Qd7 17. Qe2 f5 18. Ne1 {½-½ Tiviakov,
S-Beliavsky,A/Cacak (Yugoslavia) 1996 (18)}) 14... Qd7 (14... Kh8 15. Bc2 Ng3
16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nb4 18. Qb1 Ne2+ 19. Kf1 Nf4 20. Nb3 Ne6 21. Bd2 a5 22.
a3 Nc6 23. Qd3 Qb8 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. dxc5 d4 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Ra4 28. Rab1
Rd8 29. Re1 Qb7 30. Re4 Qa6 31. Rh4 g6 32. Ng5 Nxg5 33. Bxg5 Nxe5 34. Qh3 h5
35. Bxd8 Ra3 36. Rxh5+ gxh5 37. Qxh5+ Kg8 38. Qxe5 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Van De
Oudeweetering,A/Amstelveen (Netherlands) 1999 (38)}) 15. Nf1 Na5 16. Bc2 Nc4
17. Qe2 f6 18. Ne3 Bg6 19. Nh4 f5 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Nxc4 bxc4 22. f3 Ng5 23. b3
cxb3 24. Bxb3 Ne6 25. Qc2 Rfc8 26. Be3 c6 27. Ba4 Rab8 28. Rab1 Nd8 29. Rdc1
Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Qc7 31. g4 fxg4 32. fxg4 Kh7 33. Qd3 Qd7 34. h3 a5 35. Bc2 Qe8
36. Kg2 Ne6 37. h4 c5 38. h5 cxd4 39. Qxg6+ Qxg6 40. hxg6+ Kg8 41. Bf5 Rc6 42.
Rb8+ Bf8 43. Bc1 d3 44. Ba3 Nf4+ 45. Kf2 Nxg6 46. e6 d2 47. Bxg6 {1-0 Tiviakov,
S-Ibragimov,I/Elista (Russia) 1997 (47)}) (9... Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. d5 Na5 12.
Bc2 c5 13. Nf1 Qc7 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ng3 c4 16. h4 h5 17. Nh2 Rfc8 18. gxh5 Bh7
19. Nf3 Rab8 20. Ng5 b4 21. Nxh7 Kxh7 22. Bd2 b3 23. Bd1 bxa2 24. Rxa2 Nb3 25.
Be3 a5 26. Nf5 Bf8 27. Rg1 Nc5 28. Bc2 Nd3+ 29. Bxd3 cxd3 30. Qxd3 Qc4 31. Qxc4
Rxc4 32. f3 Nxh5 33. Kd2 g6 34. Ng3 Nxg3 35. Rxg3 Rc7 36. Kd3 Bh6 37. Bg5 Rb5
38. Bd8 Rcb7 39. Rg2 a4 40. Rxa4 Rxb2 41. Rxb2 Rxb2 42. Ra7 Kg8 43. Be7 Rf2 44.
Bxd6 Rxf3+ 45. Kc4 Rf4 46. Ra8+ Kh7 47. Bxe5 Rxe4+ 48. Bd4 Bg7 49. d6 Rxh4 50.
d7 Bf6 51. Kd5 Rxd4+ 52. cxd4 g5 53. Ke4 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Kacakovski,D/Struga 
(Macedonia) 1998 (53)}) (9... Re8 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nf1 Na5 13. Bc2
Nc4 14. Ng3 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. b3 Nd6 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Nd5 19. exd5 Bxg5
20. O-O g6 21. c4 bxc4 22. bxc4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Qg5 24. Qf2 c5 25. Rf1 Qe5 26.
Bd3 Rac8 27. Rf6 Kg7 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. R1xf4 Bf5 30. Nxf5+ Nxf5 31. Rxa6 Nd4 32.
Ra7 Rce8 33. Rc7 Re1+ 34. Rf1 Rxf1+ 35. Bxf1 Ra8 36. Rxc5 Rxa2 37. Rc8 Nf5 38.
Bd3 Nh4 39. d6 Rxg2+ 40. Kf1 Rd2 41. d7 Nf3 42. Be4 Nxh2+ 43. Kg1 Rxd7 44. Kxh2
Rd2+ 45. Kg3 f5 46. Bd5 Kf6 47. Kf4 Rd4+ 48. Ke3 Rd1 49. Bf3 Ra1 50. c5 Ra3+
51. Ke2 Ke5 52. c6 Kf4 53. Bd5 g5 54. Rd8 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Nikolic,P/Leiden
2011 (54)}) (9... h6 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe3 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. d5 Ne7
15. Re1 Bg6 16. Nh2 Nd7 17. Qe2 Nc5 18. Bd1 c6 19. dxc6 Qb6 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Nhf1 Qxc6 23. Bc2 Rb8 24. Nb3 Ne6 25. Rd1 Kh8 26. Ng3 Ng8 27. f3
Nf6 28. Qf2 b4 29. Bd2 Qc7 30. Be1 bxc3 31. bxc3 d5 32. exd5 Rxb3 33. Bxb3 Bc5
34. dxe6 Bxf2+ 35. Bxf2 fxe6 36. Bxe6 Qxc3 37. Re1 Qc7 38. Bf5 Bxf5 39. Nxf5
Nd5 40. Bg3 Qc5+ 41. Kh2 Nf4 42. Re4 Qc2 43. Bxf4 exf4 44. Nd4 Qd2 45. Ne2 g5
46. g3 fxg3+ 47. Kxg3 Kg7 48. Kf2 Qd3 49. Ng3 Qc2+ 50. Ne2 Kf6 51. Rd4 Qc5 52.
Kg2 Qc6 53. Re4 Qb7 54. Ng3 Qd5 55. h4 gxh4 56. Rxh4 Qd2+ 57. Kh3 Kg6 58. Rh5
Qd7+ 59. Kg2 Qe6 60. Rf5 Qa2+ 61. Kg1 Qc2 62. Rh5 Qd1+ 63. Kg2 Qd2+ 64. Kg1
Qc1+ 65. Kg2 Qb1 66. Kf2 Qb2+ 67. Kg1 Qa2 68. Kf1 {½-½ Tiviakov,S-Postny,E/
Kavala 2015 (68)}) 10. O-O (10. h3 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Ngf3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14.
Ngf3 {½-½ Brzeski,M-Rutkowski,M/Kowalewo Pomorskie 2009/CBM 131 Extra (14)})
10... Re8 ({The move 10...Re8 allows White to conduct a typical exchange on e5
after playing Ng5. It is a common exchange in the centre, used to fix the
central pawn structure. For the 1st time in my life I used this method of play
in 1989 in my game against P. Svidler (see above). It is much easier for White
to play for an attack on the kingside when the centre is fixed! Later this
typical exchange was repeated by me in several other games, like against Leko,
for example.} 10... h6 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. d5 Na5 14. Bc2 Nb7 15. Ng3
g6 16. h3 Qe7 17. Be3 c5 18. Nd2 Bg7 19. Rf1 Bc8 20. f3 Nd7 21. a4 b4 22. Nc4
a5 23. cxb4 cxb4 24. Rac1 Nbc5 25. Qd2 Kh7 26. f4 Ba6 27. Bd1 exf4 28. Rxf4
Bxc4 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. Rxc4 Be5 31. Rf3 Bxg3 32. Rxg3 Nxe4 33. Rxe4 Qxe4 34.
Kh2 Rac8 35. Qf2 Qxd5 36. Bb3 Qf5 37. Qxf5 gxf5 38. Bxf7 Rf8 39. Be6 Rc2 40. b3
Rc3 41. Bd5 Rxg3 42. Kxg3 Kg6 43. Kf4 Re8 44. h4 Re5 45. Bc6 Rc5 46. Bf3 Rc3
47. h5+ Kf6 48. Bd5 Rd3 49. Bc4 Rd4+ 50. Ke3 Rxc4 51. bxc4 Kg5 52. Kd4 Kxh5 {
0-1 Zafra Bustos,K-Ramirez,J/Pan American 1998/EXT 2002 (52)}) (10... Qe8 11.
Rd1 Bd8 12. h3 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. Nf1 Kh8 15. b3 Nc6 16. d5 Ne7 17. a4 Ba5 18.
Bd2 Ng6 19. Ra2 bxa4 20. bxa4 Nh5 21. Ne3 Ngf4 22. Qf1 f6 23. Nc4 Bc7 24. Kh2
f5 25. Re1 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Rb8 27. Ng1 g5 28. g3 g4 29. gxf4 Nxf4 30. Bxf4 Rxf4
31. Rb2 Rxb2 32. Nxb2 Qh5 33. Qe2 c4 34. Nxc4 {1-0 Matikozian,A-Abramovic,B/
Las Vegas 2007/CBM 118 ext (34)}) 11. Ng5 $1 Rf8 12. dxe5 $146 ({Only this
move is new.} 12. f4 $5 {is interesting, but it is still too early to conduct
a direct attack on the black king. White doesn't have enough attacking
resources, since he has not finished his development yet. After} h6 (12... exd4
$2 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxf7 (14. fxe5 Bc5 15. Kh1 $16) 14... Rxf7 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7
16. fxe5 $16) (12... exf4 13. Rxf4 Qe8 $14) 13. Nxf7 (13. Ngf3 exf4 $15) 13...
Rxf7 {the position is highly unclear. E.g.} 14. Bxf7+ (14. Nf3 $13) 14... Kxf7
15. fxe5 dxe5 16. dxe5 $6 (16. d5 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 Ne7 $15) (16. Nf3 $142 $13)
16... Bc5+ $15 (16... Nxe5 $15) 17. Kh1 Nxe5 18. Qh5+ Ke6 19. Qe2 (19. Qh3+ Kd6
(19... Kf7 $11) 20. Qg3 Nh5 21. Qe1 Kc6 $17) 19... Ke7 (19... Bd6 $17) 20. Nf3
Bg4 $15 21. Qe1 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qd3 23. Bf4 Ng6 24. Rd1 Nxf4 25. Rxd3 Nxd3 26.
Qg3 Bb6 27. f4 Rd8 28. Qxg7+ {1-0 Urbina Perez,J-Rios Gonzalez,J/Caleta 2013/
CBM 153 (28)}) 12... dxe5 ({After} 12... Nxe5 13. f4 $40 {is possible with a
direct attack on the black king.}) 13. Rd1 {Now the pawn structure in the
centre is stable, so White can continue with his plan to transfer the knight
to f1-g3-f5. And it is not so easy for Black to get rid off the knight on g5,
without weakening the position.} Bd6 ({Black achieves nothing by playing} 13...
Ng4 {After} 14. Nf1 (14. h3 $5 Bxg5 (14... Nxf2 15. Nxf7 Nxh3+ 16. gxh3 Rxf7
17. Rf1 Be8 18. a4 $16) 15. hxg4 Qe7 16. Nf1 $14) 14... Bxg5 (14... Bd6 15. h3
Nf6 16. Ng3 $16) (14... Bc5 15. Ne3 Qxg5 (15... Bxe3 16. Bxe3 h6 17. Nf3 $14)
16. Rxd7 Bxe3 17. Bxe3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 $16) 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Rxd7
$14 {White is standing better.}) 14. Nf1 h6 ({After} 14... a5 $5 15. a4 b4 $14
{White can start playing on the queenside as well, taking advantage of the
weakness of the c4-square.}) 15. Nf3 Ne7 ({Or} 15... Nh5 16. Ne3 Nf4 17. Qc2
$14 {and the white Ne3 is still going to f5.}) 16. Ng3 Qc8 ({After} 16... Ng6
17. Nf5 $14 {White is better.}) 17. Nh4 $14 {I was very happy at that moment
of the game since White stood better and could play for a win without much
risk.} Bg4 ({The natural move} 17... Re8 $2 {is losing after} 18. Bxh6 $3 $18 {
I was hoping for that!}) (17... Be6 18. Bc2 $14 {could lead the game to a
similar position to that the text.}) 18. f3 Be6 19. Bc2 ({The computer engine
likes the move} 19. Be3 $142 $14 {, but during the game I was afraid to
sacrifice the pawn after} g5 20. Nhf5 Nxf5 21. exf5 Bxf5 $14 {White doesn't
need to sacrifice material in a slightly better position.}) 19... Re8 $6 ({
It was necessary for Black to simplify the position, forcing the exchanges
after} 19... Bc5+ $1 {This is a common method of defence in the worse position
- reducing the pressure by exchanges! E.g.} 20. Be3 (20. Kh1 Rd8 $11) 20...
Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 c5 22. Nhf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Ned5 $11 {with equal chances.}) 20.
Nhf5 (20. Be3 $14 {followed by Nhf5 was also possible.}) 20... Nxf5 ({Now the
check doesn't have the desired effect. After} 20... Bc5+ 21. Kh1 $14 {the rook
is not optimally placed on e8.} (21. Be3 Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 $14)) 21. exf5 {
Now it is possible to talk about a stable advantage for White. The pawn on f5
is very annoying and gives White a space advantage and attacking possibilities
on the kingside. My opponent, probably, underestimated the dangers of such
structures for Black since within several moves his position began to
deteriorate quickly.} Bd7 ({Other moves don't change the evaluation of the
position. E.g.} 21... Bc4 22. Qf2 $14) ({or} 21... Bd5 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 (
23. fxe4 $14) 23... Nxe4 24. fxe4 $14) 22. Be4 $5 (22. Be3 $14 {avoiding the
exchanges, could have been played as well. But I wanted to set up the blockade
on the e4-square, avoiding possible tricks and sacrifices connected with the
move e5-e4.}) 22... Bc5+ ({After} 22... Nxe4 23. fxe4 $16 {White has rich
attacking possibilities on the kingside.}) (22... Rb8 23. Be3 b4 24. c4 $14)
23. Be3 (23. Kh1 $14 {could have been played, but I wanted to play simple
chess.}) 23... Bxe3+ (23... Nxe4 24. fxe4 Bxe3+ 25. Qxe3 f6 26. Qc5 $14 {
is similar to the game.}) 24. Qxe3 Rb8 ({The problem for Black is that after} 
24... Nxe4 25. Qxe4 $16 {he cannot prevent the move f5-f6 with a strong attack.
} (25. fxe4 $14)) 25. Qc5 (25. Rd2 $14 {, followed by Rad1, could have been
played as well, but I liked the text move, paralysing Black as I thought.})
25... Rb6 26. Rd3 ({It took a lot of time for me to make that move. It was not
so easy to decide where to put the rook. The idea of the text move was to have
the additional idea to play for an attack by Rd3-g3.} 26. Rd2 $14) 26... Nxe4 (
{Frankly speaking, at that moment of the game, I didn't think that the game
would last long. But I was strongly overestimating my chances. After the
passive} 26... a5 $5 27. Rad1 Kh7 $14 {it is not so easy for White to improve
his position. White is only slightly better.}) 27. fxe4 $16 {Now White's hands
are free to develop the attack on the black king.} Bc6 28. Rad1 ({It looked
tempting to play} 28. f6 $6 {but after} g6 $11 {I couldn't find the way to
continue the attack. Correct! Also confirmed by the computer engine.} 29. Nf5
$4 gxf5 $19 {simply loses, there is no mate.}) 28... Kh7 29. Qe3 (29. b4 $5 {
could have been played as well. But I wanted to start the direct attack on the
black king, very often the most successful approach in the game. It is always
much more difficult to defend than attack!}) 29... Rg8 (29... f6 30. Nh5 Rg8 {
leads to the same position as 29...Rg8.}) 30. Nh5 f6 ({Black needs to prevent
the move f5-f6.} 30... Qf8 31. Rd8 Be8 (31... Qxd8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Qg3 Rg8
34. Qxe5 $18 {loses.}) 32. f6 $16 {is bad for Black.}) 31. Qg3 {At that moment
of the game I thought that I was winning here, believing that the text move
would be the only possibility to defend against the mate.} Qe8 $2 ({But both
of us missed the possible defence by Black by} 31... Qf8 $142 {And White
cannot win. For example,} 32. Rd8 (32. Qg6+ Kh8 33. Qg4) 32... Be8 $14 33. R1d7
Rd6 $8 34. Rxe8 Qxe8 35. Rxd6 cxd6 36. Qxg7+ Rxg7 37. Nxf6+ Kh8 38. Nxe8 Rg8
39. Nxd6 Kg7 $11 {with an equal and complicated ending.}) 32. Rd8 $3 {Now
White wins an exchange and gets a technically winning ending.} Qxh5 $8 (32...
Qf7 33. Qg6+ $18 {loses immediately.}) 33. Qg6+ Qxg6 34. fxg6+ Kxg6 ({After} 
34... Kh8 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Rd8+ Be8 37. Rxe8# {Black is elegantly mated
along the last rank.}) 35. Rxg8 $16 {Despite having an extra exchange it is
not that easy to win. The position is closed in character and White has a
weakness on e4. So in order to win White has to prepare the march of the
g2-pawn to g5 to open the position and create weaknesses in the black camp.} b4
(35... Bxe4 36. Rd7 $16 {is not so good for Black, so Black prefers to keep
the position closed.}) 36. c4 b3 37. a3 Kf7 38. Rc8 Rb7 39. Kf2 $6 ({By that
moment of the game both players had started to experience time problems and
started playing mostly on 30-seconds increment. I kindly ask you not to be too
critical to the play of the author of these lines. It is not so easy to make
the best moves on 30-seconds and always see the best plans! Also the huge
tiredness started to play its role. After so many hours behind the board, the
brain starts to work less efficiently!} 39. Ra8 $142 Bxe4 (39... Ke7 40. Re1
Rb6 41. Rg8 Kf7 42. Rc8 Rb7 43. Ra8 $18) 40. Rd7+ Ke6 (40... Kg6 41. Rg8 $18)
41. Rxg7 $18 {would be the easiest plan for White to win. In the game I
decided to play normally, bringing the king to the centre.}) 39... a5 40. Ke3 (
40. Ra8 a4 41. Ke3 Ke7 42. g4 $18) 40... Ra7 41. g4 a4 42. h3 (42. h4 $18 {
I understood that the only plan would be to play g4-g5 etc, but still wanted
to gain several minutes to think by moving here and there.}) 42... Ke7 (42...
g5 $5 $18 {was possible, but then White would have the target on f6 to attack!}
) 43. Rg8 Kf7 44. Rb8 Ke7 45. Rg8 Kf7 46. Rh8 Ra5 47. Rc8 Ra7 48. h4 Ke7 49.
Rg8 Kf7 50. Rh8 ({I had failed to find the plan of doubling the rooks on the
8th rank and afterwards cutting off the black king along the f-file which
would be the easiest win for White!} 50. Rdd8 $142 Ra5 51. Rdf8+ Ke7 52. g5
hxg5 53. hxg5 fxg5 54. Rf1 $18) 50... Ra5 51. Rc8 Ra7 52. Rd2 Ke7 53. Rg8 Kf7
54. Rb8 (54. Rdd8 $142 Ra5 55. Rdf8+ Ke7 56. g5 hxg5 57. hxg5 fxg5 58. Rf1 $18)
54... Ke7 55. g5 (55. Rdd8 $142 $18) 55... hxg5 56. hxg5 fxg5 57. Rf2 ({
Here again I could have played more precisely!} 57. Rg2 $142 Ra5 58. Rxg5 Kf6
59. Rf5+ Ke6 60. Rf1 $18 {with an easier win than in the game.}) 57... Be8 58.
Rf5 Ra5 59. Rxg5 g6 60. Rg2 Rc5 61. Kd3 Rc6 {Now the black rook (previously
out of play) enters the game, complicating matters.} 62. Rb5 (62. Kc3 Rf6 63.
Rc8 Kd7 64. Ra8 Ke7 65. Ra7 $18 {was better. Later I found this plan
activating the king and bringing it to c5.}) 62... Re6 63. Ra5 Kf6 64. Ke3 Re7
65. Rd5 $6 (65. Ra6+ $142 Kg7 66. Rf2 $22 $18 {was necessary with a position
of zugzwang and a win!}) 65... Rh7 66. Rf2+ $6 (66. Rc5 $18 {was better.})
66... Ke6 67. Rd8 Ke7 68. Rdd2 Rh3+ (68... Bf7 $16 {was stronger.}) 69. Rf3 Rh4
70. Kd3 $2 ({A serious mistake.} 70. Rd5 Ke6 71. Rc5 Kd6 72. Ra5 Ke6 73. Rg3
Rh2 74. Rg5 Rxb2 75. Rgxe5+ Kf7 76. Rec5 $18 {would still be winning!}) 70...
Bc6 $2 {Missing the only real chance to hold the difficult lost position.} (
70... c5 $1 $14 {and Black has good drawing chances!}) 71. Re2 {Now White is
back on the winning track with a plan to activate his king.} Rg4 (71... Kd6 72.
Rf6+ Kc5 73. Re6 $18 {loses as well.}) 72. Kc3 Ke6 73. Rfe3 {With the idea
Kb4-c5.} Rg1 74. Kb4 Rc1 75. Kc5 Be8 (75... Bb7 76. Kb5 $18 {loses the a4-pawn.
}) 76. Rh3 Rf1 77. Rh8 {Now the black pieces become overloaded, Black cannot
defend all his weak pawns.} Ke7 (77... Bf7 78. Ra8 $18 {loses the a4-pawn.})
78. Kd5 Bf7+ 79. Kxe5 Bxc4 80. Rd2 Bf7 {Now thanks to the active king on e5
White can create mating threats against the black king. The activity of the
king is very important in endings.} 81. Rh3 (81. Rh7 $18 {was winning as well.}
) 81... c5 ({or} 81... Rc1 82. Rf2 $18) 82. Rh8 {After ...c5 is played White
can resume his attack on the black king from the 7th rank. You need to attack
the king from the angle where it is not protected by the pawns or pieces!} c4
83. Rc8 (83. Rhd8 Be8 (83... Be6 84. Ra8 $18) 84. Rc8 $18 {would win as well.})
83... Rf3 84. Ra8 {White's position is easily winning now. He has a lot of
different ways to win. So at that moment of the game the most important thing
for me was not to blunder anything!} (84. Rd6 c3 85. Rb6 $1 $18 (85. Rdc6 $1
$18)) 84... g5 {The black g-pawn can become dangerous as well. Luckily for
White Black doesn't have enough time to push it far enough.} 85. Rd6 (85. Rxa4
g4 86. Ra7+ Kf8 87. Rc7 g3 88. Rg2 $18 {wins as well.}) 85... c3 86. Rb6 {
White stops the black pawns by using mating threats!} Be8 (86... Rd3 87. bxc3
g4 88. Kf4 g3 89. Ra7+ Rd7 90. Rxd7+ Kxd7 91. Kxg3 $18 {loses as well.}) 87.
bxc3 Bd7 88. c4 g4 {The rest of the game is rather easy.} 89. Rg6 (89. Ra7 g3 (
89... Rd3 90. c5 g3 91. c6 $18) 90. Rd6 $18 {would mate in 13 moves according
to a computer engine.}) 89... Kf7 90. Rag8 Ke7 91. Rb8 {Ganing some time to
improve the position of the rook moving it to b8.} Kf7 (91... Rf8 92. Rb7 Kd8
93. Rg7 Bc8 94. Rb8 $18) 92. Rd6 {Now the bishop d7 is lost.} Be8 93. Re6 Bd7
94. Rb7 b2 (94... Rd3 95. Rd6 Rxd6 96. Kxd6 $18) 95. Rxd7+ Kf8 96. Rb6 {
A quick last round draw with White against E. Cordova allowed me to win the
tournament in Villhermosa outright. So de facto the current game was the last
decisive game for the outcome of the tournament!} 1-0

[Event "Leiden LCT op-A 5th"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2011.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game from the 5th Leiden chess tournament was played in the last round.
Before it I was trailing half a point behind the leader and needed only to win
in this game in order to win the tournament as well. Luckily for me I was
paired with White (both of us played White in the 8th round) and was feeling
optimistic going into the final round since 1 day before I had convincingly
won with White against another strong player in the tournament - David Howell.
For me it was clear that I was in good form going into the last round, not
tired, but playing good quality chess...} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. Qe2 {Despite playing other lines and openings: Italian Game and and 5.
d3 in the Ruy Lopez, the system with 5.Qe2 remains one of my main weapons
against 1...e5. I like to play it, especially against the players who don't
develop the bishop to c5. I believe that with the bishop on e7 White has more
chances to get an opening advantage.} b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 O-O (7... d5 {
is an option, but then Black must be ready to play without the pawn similar to
the Marshall Attack.}) 8. d4 {My favourite line, I have had the position on
the board took place in 9 of my games, 7 of which were won by the author, the
other 2 were draws. So I was rather happy that I was able to get this position
in the decisive game of the tournament.} d6 ({After} 8... exd4 9. e5 {Black is
put under lot of pressure as my tournament practice demonstrates.}) 9. Nbd2 Re8
({An interesting move.} 9... exd4) (9... Bg4) (9... Bb7 {were played against
me as well. Recently I won a nice game against Gavrilov (Eforie Nord 2011)
with the help of the double rook sacrifice.}) 10. Ng5 $5 ({The principal move,
although not necessarily the strongest one. Other possible moves are:} 10. dxe5
) (10. a4) (10. O-O {. The idea of the move 10.Ng5 lies in the fact that the
f7-pawn has been weakened. And if the rook returns to f8 then White can
exchange the pawns on e5 relieving the pressure in the centre. When the centre
is stable it is easier for White to play on the kingside. I used the same
method in the games against Leko - Cacak 1996 (I had got a completely winning
position) and Svidler - Pinsk 1989 (I won that game easily).}) 10... Rf8 ({
It took a lot of time for me to make the move 10.Ng5 since I had to calculate
the consequences of the complications arising after} 10... d5 $5 11. exd5 {
Or it is Black who sacrifices the pawn with compensation or White who
sacrifices the knight for attack.} Na5 ({after} 11... Nxd5 {White is forced to
sacrifice the knight} 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Qf3+ Ke6 14. O-O $44 {with an attack.}
(14. Qh3+ Kf7 15. Qf3+ Ke6 $11 {is a draw.})) 12. dxe5 (12. d6 Nxb3 13. dxe7
Rxe7 $17) 12... Nxb3 13. Nxb3 Nxd5 14. Nf3 Bd6 15. O-O Bg4 $44 {with an
unclear position} (15... f6 16. Rd1 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Qf3 $14)) 11. dxe5
$146 ({A new move.} 11. Ngf3 {was played here before.}) 11... dxe5 ({Black has
to take with the pawn since} 11... Nxe5 12. f4 $36 {gives White a strong
initiative.}) 12. Nf1 ({I like to keep the king in the centrw in both the
Italian Game and the Ruy Lopez for as long as possible, but here} 12. O-O $5 {
followed by Rd1, Nf1-e3 or Nf1-g3, deserved serious attention. After the text
move Black gets the possibility to exploit the weakness of the f2-pawn.}) 12...
Na5 13. Bc2 Nc4 ({During the game both Nikolic and I missed an interesting move
} 13... Ng4 $5 {almost forcing White to play} 14. Nh3 (14. Nf3 Bc5 15. Ne3 Nxe3
16. Bxe3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nc4 18. Qc1 Bg4 19. Nd2 Nd6 $11 {is very equal, playing
for a win for White is completely excluded here.}) 14... Nf6 {(with a threat
to take on h3 by Bh3)} 15. Ne3 Qd6 (15... Bxh3 16. gxh3 $36) 16. Ng5 {with
complex play.} ({or} 16. Qf3)) 14. Ng3 ({Here} 14. Nf3 $5 {followed by Ng3,
deserved attention, making it impossible for Black to force the complications
arising after 14.Ng3 Bg4.}) 14... Bg4 $5 15. f3 (15. Nf3 Nh5 $11 {promises
nothing for White.}) 15... Bd7 16. b3 Nd6 ({It is better to put the knight
closer to the centre although Fritz advocates putting the knight on a3.} 16...
Na3 17. Bd3 h6 18. Nh3 {פa3}) (16... Nb6 17. f4 $36) 17. f4 $1 {White has to
play energetic chess otherwise he can end in a worse position.} exf4 ({White
is better after other black answers as well. If he plays f4-f5 at some point
then it will be easier for him to develop the attack on the kingside. For
example,} 17... Ng4 18. Nf3 Bf6 19. f5 $36) (17... Bg4 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. O-O (19.
f5)) 18. Bxf4 Nd5 ({Eliminating the material but not solving his problems.} 
18... Bg4 19. Nf3 $14 {could be even worse!}) 19. exd5 Bxg5 20. O-O $14 {
Now we can say that the opening phase of the game is over. White is slightly
better due to the central pawn d5 which can be supported by the advance
c3-c4-c5. The knight on d6 looks strong, controlling key squares e4 and f5,
but it is vulnerable. Black has to be extremely careful in order not to find
himself in a difficult position. One wrong move and Black can lose. This is
what happened to my opponent - several moves later he was already in trouble
without making any visible mistake.} g6 ({This move is not as bad as I thought
during and immediately after the game. After} 20... Bxf4 21. Rxf4 Qg5 (21...
Re8 22. Qd3 g6 23. c4 $14) 22. Qf3 $14 {White keeps the upper hand.} (22. Qd3
$14 {followed by Raf1, c4, is possible as well.})) ({notice that} 20... Re8 $4
21. Qh5 h6 22. Bxd6 $18 {loses immediately.}) 21. c4 ({White is continuing to
play energetically creating immediate threats.} 21. Qd2 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 $14 {
followed by c4 was possible as well.}) 21... bxc4 22. bxc4 Bxf4 $6 ({But this
text move is a serious mistake.} 22... Rb8 23. c5 Bb5 24. Qg4 Bxf4 25. Rxf4 $16
{was not solving Black's problems either.}) ({But} 22... f5 $1 {gaining the
space on the kingside and taking the key square e4 under the control was
strictly necessary. As the following variations indicate White is only
slightly better.} 23. c5 (23. Bd3 Bxf4 24. Rxf4 Re8 25. Qf2 (25. Qd2 g5 26. Rf2
f4 27. Ne2 $13) 25... g5 26. Rd4 f4 27. Nf1 Qf6 $13) (23. Rab1 $5) 23... Bb5
24. Bd3 Re8 25. Qc2 Bxf4 26. Rxf4 Qg5 27. Raf1 $14) 23. Rxf4 Qg5 24. Qf2 c5 ({
Moving the either rook to b8 can only temporarily stop the advance c4-c5.} 
24... Rab8 25. Bb3 $16 (25. c5 Rb2 $132)) (24... Rfb8 25. Bb3 $16) 25. Rf1 Qe5
{Tactically defending the c5-pawn.} 26. Bd3 (26. Bb3 Rac8 27. Rf6 Kg7 28. Qf4
Qxf4 29. R1xf4 $16 {is a similar continuation to the game with the difference
that the bishop is on b3 instead of d3. During the game I wanted to have my
bishop controlling the f5-square.}) (26. Qxc5 Rac8 27. Qa7 Bb5 (27... Rxc4 28.
Rxc4 Nxc4 29. Qxd7 Ne3 30. Rf2 $18) 28. cxb5 Rxc2 29. bxa6 Qxd5 $14 {gives
Black good counter-chances.}) 26... Rac8 27. Rf6 {Planning to exchange the
queens by Qf4 besides threatening to win the piece by Rf1-e1.} Kg7 (27... Ba4
28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. R1xf4 Rfd8 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. Bxe4 $18) 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. R1xf4 {
Now White wins at least a pawn.} Bf5 ({Or} 29... Nf5 30. Ne4 $18 (30. Bxf5 Bxf5
31. Rxa6 $18)) 30. Nxf5+ Nxf5 ({After} 30... Kxf6 31. Nxd6+ Ke5 32. Nxc8 Kxf4
33. Na7 $18 {two white pieces are stronger than the rook and should decide the
outcome of the game in his favour.} ({or} 33. Nb6 $18)) 31. Rxa6 Nd4 32. Ra7 $1
{A very important move preventing the activation of the black rooks.} Rce8 (
32... Ra8 $2 33. Rfxf7+ $18 {loses immediately.}) 33. Rc7 ({Putting the king
on the f-file is wrong after} 33. Kf2 $2 Ra8 $14) 33... Re1+ 34. Rf1 (34. Kf2
Rd1) 34... Rxf1+ (34... Re3 {loses due to} 35. Bb1 $18) 35. Bxf1 Ra8 36. Rxc5
Rxa2 {During the game I thought that this ending is an easy win for that but
it turns out that White has serious technical problems here. The main problem
is that he cannot allow the exchange of his passed pawns c4 and d5 for the
knight. The resulting ending is a draw!} 37. Rc8 ({It is not so easy to make
progress after} 37. d6 Ne6 38. Rd5 Kf8 $16) 37... Nf5 38. Bd3 ({It took me a
lot of time to evaluate the consequences of the direct} 38. c5 {but during the
game I failed to find a forced win which I still cannot find now.} Rd2 39. d6 (
39. Rd8 Rc2 {should be a draw. E.g.} 40. c6 Ne3 41. d6 Rxc6 42. d7 Rd6 43. Re8
Nxf1 (43... Rxd7 44. Rxe3 $14) 44. d8=Q Rxd8 45. Rxd8 Ne3 $14) 39... Ne3 (39...
Nxd6 {loses after} 40. Rd8 ({not} 40. cxd6 Rxd6 $14 {with a draw}) 40... Ne4
41. Rxd2 Nxd2 42. c6 Ne4 43. c7 Nd6 44. Ba6 f5 45. c8=Q Nxc8 46. Bxc8 Kf6 47.
Kf2 Ke5 $18) 40. Re8 Nf5 41. Bb5 Nxd6 42. Rd8 Rb2 43. Bd3 Nb7 (43... Nf5 44. c6
Ne7 45. c7 $18) 44. c6 Nc5 $16 {and using tactical tricks Black is, probably,
surviving.}) 38... Nh4 $8 ({The only move. Nikolic defends a difficult
position very well.} 38... Ne3 {loses after} 39. Re8 $1 Nxg2 40. d6 Rd2 41. d7
Rxd3 42. d8=Q Rxd8 43. Rxd8 $18 {and the passed pawn c4 is not stoppable.}) 39.
d6 ({During the course of the game and immediately after I thought that my
text move was not accurate and that} 39. Be4 {would win easily but now I am
not sure... After} f5 40. Bf3 Rd2 $16 {Black can still hold for a long time.})
39... Rxg2+ 40. Kf1 Rd2 41. d7 Nf3 $1 ({An incredible defending resource
missed by me on playing 38.Bd3. White cannot queen his pawn because of the
perpetual check.} 41... Rxd3 42. d8=Q Rxd8 43. Rxd8 $18 {loses without a fight.
}) 42. Be4 (42. Rg8+ Kh6 {doesn't help. So I have to give up the passed pawn
d7.}) (42. d8=Q Nxh2+ $11) 42... Nxh2+ 43. Kg1 Rxd7 44. Kxh2 {The ending which
has arisen should be winning for White, he has a very strong passed pawn on c4.
But Black can get counter-chances quickly pushing his kingside pawns. Luckily
for me, Nikolic was already exhausted by difficult defence at the present game
and two long-lasting games in the 7th and 8th rounds, so he was not able to
put up good resistance here and I won without too many problems.} Rd2+ ({
During the game I worried much about} 44... f5 {although White wins after} 45.
Bg2 (45. Bd5 g5 $16) 45... f4 46. c5 g5 47. c6 Rd2 48. Kg1 Rd1+ 49. Kf2 Rd2+
50. Kf1 g4 51. Rb8 Rc2 52. Rb4 Rc1+ 53. Kf2 Rc2+ 54. Kg1 Rc1+ 55. Kh2 $18) 45.
Kg3 ({It turns out that} 45. Bg2 f5 46. Rc7+ Kh6 47. c5 f4 48. Kg1 g5 49. Be4
g4 50. c6 $18 {wins by force.}) 45... f5 46. Bd5 {I wanted to centralise my
bishop on d5 and try to move my king towards the pawn to try to advance it.}
Kf6 $6 ({A waste of time. As was correctly said a long-time ago the passed
pawns should move.} 46... g5 {immediately, was necessary.}) 47. Kf4 Rd4+ $6 ({
Another loss of time. Here again} 47... g5+ 48. Ke3 Rh2 $16 {was better than
the text.}) 48. Ke3 Rd1 49. Bf3 Ra1 50. c5 {White has won several tempi as a
result of Black's mistakes on the previous moves.} Ra3+ 51. Ke2 Ke5 $6 (51...
Ra2+ 52. Kd1 Ke5 53. c6 Ra7 54. Rd8 Ke6 55. Bd5+ Ke7 $16 {was more stubborn.})
52. c6 $6 ({In my turn I miss the opportunity to finish the game immediately by
} 52. Re8+ $142 Kf4 53. Bb7 $18 {and the pawn is unstoppable after c6, Re7, c7.
}) 52... Kf4 $6 (52... Ra2+ 53. Kd1 Ra7 54. Rd8 Ke6 55. Bd5+ Ke7 $16 {was the
last chance to defend.}) 53. Bd5 g5 54. Rd8 {Now Black cannot prevent Rd7, c7,
Bb7 with an easy win for White. Black's king on f4 stopped the advance of its
own pawns.} 1-0

[Event "Congres International"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1878.07.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Von Gottschall,H"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1878.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{(Source: Adolf Anderssen, Altmeister Deutscher Schachspielkunst; Leipzig 1912,
pp. 498-500.)  (Quelle: Adolf Anderssen, Altmeister Deutscher Schachspielkunst;
Leipzig 1912, S. 498-500.)} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6
6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Nc3 c5 8. h3 h6 9. g4 g5 10. Ne2 ({The immediate Besser wäre
zunächst} 10. b3 {would have been better to prevent his opponent's next move.
gewesen, um den nächsten Zug des Gegners zu verhindern.}) 10... c4 $1 {Subtle
play.  Fein gespielt.} 11. dxc4 Bb7 $1 (11... Nxe4 {may of course not be
played on account of darf natürlich wegen} 12. Qd5 {nicht geschehen.}) 12. Nh2
{The only thing wrong with this move is that the knight is a bit out of the
struggle here. Dieser Zug hat nur den Fehler, daß der Springer etwas außer
Gefecht gesetzt wird.} ({Here it was worth considering In Frage kam hier} 12.
Nd2 {after which Black would not have taken the e4-pawn, but rather played ,
worauf allerdings Schwarz nicht den Bauern e4 geschlagen, sondern} h5 {gezogen
haben würde.}) 12... Nxe4 13. f3 Nc5 $2 ({Viel besser war} 13... Nf6 {was much
better, followed by Qd7 and 0-0-0. Now White can recover. mit nachfolgendem
Qd7 und 0-0-0. Jetzt kann sich Weiß wieder erholen.}) 14. Ng3 Ne6 15. Qd3 Qd7
16. Be3 O-O-O 17. O-O-O Qa4 18. a3 Rd7 19. Ne4 {Black's last moves could hardl
be called good. He should simply have developed his pieces. His queen
especially is unfavourably posted. Die letzten Züge von Schwarz waren
schwerlich gut zu heißen. Der Nachziehende hätte sich einfach entwickeln
sollen. besonders die schwarze Dame hat einen ungünstigen Posten bezogen.} Bxe4
20. Qxe4 c6 21. Rd3 Be7 22. Rhd1 Rhd8 23. Nf1 {This knight is now threatening
to go via g3 to either f5 or e2 and thus strengthen White's position. So Black
decides on the inventive but risky pawn sacrifice which gives a lot of
interest to the game. Interest and chances. Dieser Springer droht jetzt über
g3 nach f5 oder e2 zu wandern und die weiße Stellung noch mehr zu verstärken.
Schwarz entschließt sich deshalb zu einem geistreichen, aber immerhin
riskanten Bauernopfer, das die Partie sehr interessant gestaltet.} d5 {
Interessant und nicht ohne Chancen.} 24. cxd5 Qxe4 25. fxe4 cxd5 26. exd5 Nf4
27. Bxf4 gxf4 28. c4 h5 {Black intends to free the f7-pawn too.  Schwarz
beabsichtigt auch den Bauern f7 frei zu bekommen.} 29. Nd2 {Anderssen wants to
give up the g-pawn and play to win the exchange. Anderssen will den g-Bauern
preisgeben und auf Qualitätsgewinn spielen.} ({But Stärker war aber vielleicht
} 29. Re1 {was perhaps stronger.}) 29... hxg4 30. hxg4 Rg8 31. Ne4 Rxg4 32. d6
Bd8 ({TL/Fritz5:} 32... Bh4 $5 33. Nc5 f5 (33... Ra7 34. d7+ Kd8 35. Rb3 Ra8
36. Nb7+ Kc7 37. Na5 Ra7 38. c5) 34. Nxd7 Kxd7 35. c5 e4 36. Rc3 (36. Rd5 $2 e3
37. Re5 f3 38. c6+ Kxc6 39. d7 e2 40. d8=Q Bxd8 41. Rxd8 f2 $19) (36. Rb3 $6 e3
37. Rb7+ Kc6 (37... Ke6 $2 38. d7 e2 39. d8=Q Bxd8 40. Rd6+ Ke5 41. Kd2 f3 (
41... Bh4 42. Kxe2 $18) 42. Rxd8 Rg1 43. Re8+ Kd5 44. Rf7 Rd1+ 45. Kc2 e1=Q 46.
Rxe1 Rxe1 47. Rxf5+ Ke4 48. Rf8 Re2+ 49. Kc3 Re3+ (49... Ke3 $2 50. c6 $18) 50.
Kc4 $16) 38. Rc7+ Kb5 39. Rh1 (39. d7 e2 $17) 39... f3 $17) 36... Kc6 37. d7
Bd8 38. Rh3 (38. Rd6+ Kc7 39. b4 (39. Rxa6 $2 f3 (39... Kxd7 $2 40. c6+ Kc7 41.
Ra7+ $18) 40. Ra7+ Kb8 41. c6 Kxa7 42. c7 f2 43. cxd8=Q f1=Q+ 44. Kc2 Rg2+ 45.
Kb3 Qb5+ 46. Ka2 Qxb2#) 39... f3 40. Rd1 (40. a4 f2 $19) 40... f4 (40... f2 41.
Kd2 Rg1 42. Rcc1 f1=Q 43. Rxf1 Bg5+ 44. Ke2 (44. Kc3 Rg3+ 45. Kc4 Bxc1 46. Rxc1
Kxd7) 44... Rg2+ 45. Kd1 Bxc1 46. Kxc1 Kxd7 47. Rxf5 $16) 41. a4 e3 42. b5 e2
43. b6+ Kb7 44. Rxf3 exd1=Q+ 45. Kxd1 $19) 38... f3 $13) (32... Bg5 33. c5 (33.
Nc5 f3+ 34. Kb1 e4 35. Rb3 f2 36. Nxa6 Rxd6 $19) 33... f5 (33... Kb7 34. Rb3+)
34. Nxg5 Rxg5 35. c6 $18) 33. Nc5 f5 {Still the best. Noch das Beste.} ({Auf} 
33... Ra7 {could be followed by: könnte folgen:} 34. d7+ Kb8 35. Re1 Rg5 36.
Rd5 f6 37. Ne6 Rg8 38. c5 Rb7 39. c6 Rb6 40. Rc5 Bc7 41. Rd1 {etc. usw.}) 34.
Nxd7 Kxd7 35. Rd5 Bf6 36. Rc5 f3 37. Rc7+ Ke6 38. d7 Bd8 ({Better than Besser
als} 38... Bg5+ {, which could be followed by:} 39. Kc2 f2 40. Rc6+ Kf7 41. Rf1
Rg2 ({Fritz5:} 41... Ke7 42. Rxf2 Kxd7 43. Rxa6 Rxc4+ 44. Kb3 Rf4 $18) 42. Rd6
Bd8 43. Rd2 {etc. usw.}) 39. Rc6+ Ke7 40. Rc5 f2 {Very risky play. Sehr
hazardierend gespielt.} ({The natural move was Der natürliche Zug war} 40...
Re4 {though after it , worauf allerdings nach} 41. Rf1 Re3 ({Fritz5:} 41... Bb6
42. Rd5 Rxc4+ 43. Kd2 e4) 42. Kd2 Re2+ ({If Falls} 42... f4 {, then , so} 43.
Re1 f2 44. Rf1 {etc. usw.}) 43. Kd1 {would probably have forced the victory
for White. wahrscheinlich für Weiß den Sieg erzwungen hätte.} {[TL/Fritz5:} e4
44. Rh1 (44. b4 $2 Ra2 (44... Kxd7 45. Rxf5 Ra2 46. Re1 f2 47. Rxe4 Ra1+ 48.
Ke2 Re1+ 49. Kd3 f1=Q+ 50. Rxf1 Rxf1 $17) 45. Re1 (45. Rxf5 Ra1+ $19) 45... Ke6
(45... Kxd7 46. Rxf5 f2 47. Rxe4 Ra1+ 48. Ke2 Re1+ 49. Kd3 f1=Q+ 50. Rxf1 Rxf1
$17) 46. Rd5 f2 $19) (44. Rxf5 Rxb2 45. Kc1 (45. Re1 Ke6 (45... Kxd7 46. Rxe4
Rb3 (46... f2 47. Ref4) 47. Rd5+ Kc7 48. Red4 Rb1+ 49. Kc2 f2 50. Rd7+ Kc6 51.
Rd1 f1=Q 52. Rxf1 Rxf1 53. Rxd8 $11) 46. Rd5 (46. Rh5 Rb1+ 47. Kd2 Rxe1 48.
Kxe1 e3 $17) (46. Rf4 Rb1+ 47. Kd2 Ba5+ $19) 46... Rb1+ 47. Kd2 Rxe1 48. Kxe1
e3 49. Rh5 (49. Kd1 e2+ 50. Kd2 Bh4 $19) 49... Kxd7 $17) 45... Ra2 46. Rd1 f2
47. c5 (47. Kb1 Re2 48. Rh5 (48. c5 e3 49. c6 Re1 50. Kc2 e2 51. Re5+ Kf7 52.
Rxe2 Rxe2+ 53. Kd3 Re1 $19) 48... Re1 49. Rh1 Rxd1+ 50. Rxd1 e3 $19) 47... e3
48. Re5+ Kf6 49. Rxe3 Ra1+ 50. Kc2 f1=Q 51. Rxf1+ Rxf1 52. Re8 Rf5 53. Rxd8
Rxc5+ 54. Kd3 Ke7 55. Ra8 Kxd7 56. Rxa6 $11) (44. Kc1 Kxd7 45. Rxf5 (45. Rd1+
Ke6 46. Rc6+ Ke5 47. Rc5+ Kf4 $19) 45... Ke6 46. Rd5 (46. Rc5 f2 47. Kd1 Rxb2
$19) 46... Bc7 47. Rh1 (47. Rfd1 Bf4+ 48. Kb1 f2 $19) 47... Bf4+ 48. Kb1 f2 49.
Rdd1 e3 $19) 44... Rxb2 45. Rh7+ Kf6 (45... Ke6) 46. Rh5 e3 47. Rhxf5+ Kg7 48.
Rxf3 e2+ 49. Ke1 Bh4+ 50. Rf2 Rb1+ 51. Kxe2 Rb2+ 52. Ke3 Bxf2+ 53. Ke4 Bh4 54.
Rc7 Kg6 55. c5 $16 {]}) 41. Rxe5+ Kf6 42. Re2 Rxc4+ 43. Kb1 Rd4 $1 {You have
to admit that Black defends inventively and cleverly.  man muß anerkennen, daß
sich Schwarz geistreich und geschickt verteidigt.} 44. Rf1 Rxd7 45. Rexf2 Rd5
46. Kc2 Bc7 47. Rd2 Rc5+ 48. Kb1 Be5 49. Rc2 Rb5 50. Rc6+ Kg5 51. b4 Rb7 {
Black sacrifices the pawn to avoid the exchange threatenin after 52.Rc5. But
the game could no longer be saved. Schwarz opfert den Bauern, um dem durch 52.
Rc5 drohenden Turmtausch zu entgehen. Die Partie war aber jetzt nicht mehr zu
halten.} 52. Rxa6 f4 53. Ra5 Kf5 54. Re1 Re7 55. Raxe5+ $4 {Anderssen rushes
the exchange too much and by doing so deprives himself of the well-earned
success of his hitherto good play. Anderssen überstürzt diesen Abtausch und
bringt sich damit um den wohlverdienten Erfolg seines bisherigen guten Spiels.}
({After Nach} 55. Kc2 {Black could resign, since after konnte Schwarz aufgeben,
da auf} Rc7+ ({and after und auf} 55... f3 56. Raxe5+ Rxe5 57. Rxe5+ Kxe5 58.
Kd2) 56. Rc5 {there would come gefolgt wäre.}) 55... Rxe5 56. Rxe5+ Kxe5 57.
Kc2 Ke4 58. Kd1 $2 ({Here a much better move was: Viel besser war hier} 58. Kd2
{Perhaps White could still have won then. Vielleicht hätte Weiß dann immer
noch gewinnen können.}) 58... Kf3 59. b5 Kg2 60. b6 f3 61. b7 f2 62. b8=Q f1=Q+
{If on move 58 the white king had not gone to d1 but to d2, White would now
have at his disposal 63.Qg8+ and there was a distant possibility that White
could approach the opposing king with his queen by a series of checks. But
whether a win could be forced is still doubtful. Wäre der weiße König im 58.
Zuge nicht auf d1 sondern nach d2 gezogen, hätte Weiß jetzt 63.Qg8+ zur
Verfügung gehabt und es bestand eine entfernte Möglichkeit, daß sich Weiß
unter günstigen Schachgeboten dem feindlichen König mit seiner Dame nähern
konnte. Ob der Gewinn jedoch zu erzwingen war, ist auch dann noch fraglich.}
63. Kc2 Qc4+ 64. Kb1 Kf3 65. Qb4 Qd3+ 66. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Black "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game has everything. White starts off with an early f7 assault, gaining
a clear advantage. But Black fights back with an incorrect Bxh2+ sacrifice,
winning nicely after White had missed the refutation.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. a4 (7. c3 Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 Na5
10. Bc2 c5 11. Ng3 (11. h3 Re8 12. g4 d5 13. g5 Nd7 14. Ng3 Bb7 15. Qe2 c4 $17
{0-1 Ruxton,K-Hebden,M/BCF-ch 1989/CBM 15 (37)}) 11... Re8 12. O-O h6 13. d4
cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 $13 {Bronstein,D-Hebden,M/London NWYM 1989/EXT 89/
0-1 (31)}) 7... Na5 (7... Bg4 8. c3 Be7 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Qb3 $14 {
Von Scheve,T-Perlis,J/Ostende-B 1907/HCL 10/0-1 (34)}) 8. Ba2 b4 9. c3 bxc3 10.
Ng5 $5 d5 $2 (10... cxb2 11. Bxb2 d5 12. O-O $13) 11. Nxc3 $36 Bb7 (11... h6
12. Nf3 $16) 12. O-O h6 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 O-O 16. d4 e4 17.
Ne5 Rb8 18. Qc2 $16 Rb4 $5 {Black goes for tactics in a clearly worse position.
His biggest problem is the N on a5.} (18... Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nxd5 20. Qxe4 Nb3 21.
Bxb3 Rxb3 22. Qc4 $16) 19. Bd2 $1 (19. Be3 $16) 19... Rxd4 20. Bxa5 Bxe5 21.
Bc3 Bxh2+ $2 {This standard sacrifice is not correct here.} (21... Qd6 $142)
22. Kxh2 Ng4+ 23. Kg1 Qh4 24. Rfe1 e3 (24... Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Rd3 26. Rxe4 Qh1+ 27.
Ke2 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Qxa1 29. Rxg4 $18) (24... Rxa4 25. Be5 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Nxe5 27.
Qxe4 $18) 25. Rxe3 $4 (25. Bxd4 $1 {Eat and prosper} Qh2+ (25... e2 {Looks
devastating, but White has a resource.} 26. Qxc7 $1 $18) 26. Kf1 Qh1+ 27. Ke2
Qxg2 28. Bxe3 Re8 29. Kd3 $18) 25... Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Rf4 27. Rae1 (27. Ree1 Qh1+
28. Ke2 Rxf2+ 29. Kd3 Qxg2 30. Qc1 Rd8 $40) 27... Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxg2 29. Qb1
Nxe3 30. Kxe3 Re8+ 31. Kd3 Qg6+ 32. Kd2 Rxf2+ 33. Kd1 Qg4+ 34. Kc1 Qf4+ 35. Kd1
Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{A slow start followed by an exiting finish. Both players show their
resourcefulness.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7
7. c3 d5 8. d3 (8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Qxe5 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. d4 Bd6
13. Qg5 Re8 14. Na3 h6 15. Qg6 Be6 16. Qd3 Bxa3 17. bxa3 c5 18. Qd1 cxd4 19.
cxd4 Bc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 $44 {Rodriguez,A-Sorin,A/Salta Clarin op 1995/EXT 95op2/
1/2-1/2 (58)}) 8... O-O 9. Bg5 dxe4 10. dxe4 Nd7 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13.
Bc1 Bb7 14. Nbd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 c5 16. O-O Qc7 17. b3 Rfd8 18. a4 Bc6 19. Rfd1
h6 20. Be3 Qb7 21. Nd2 Nf6 22. f3 Rd7 23. c4 bxa4 $6 {This is not without risk,
since White is better placed to attack on the Q-side. Also the black Q becomes
a target.} (23... b4 24. Nf1 (24. Qf2 Rad8 25. Qg3 Nh5 26. Qxe5 $2 Bf6 $17)
24... Qc7 25. Ng3 $11 {Some attacking chances for White, but Black should be
OK.}) 24. Rdb1 $1 {A nice idea. White gives a P to create play against Blacks
Q-side.} (24. bxa4 Qb2 (24... Rad8) 25. Nb3 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Qxe2 27. Bxe2 Nd7
28. Na5 Rc8 29. Nxc6 Rxc6 30. a5 $14) 24... axb3 (24... Rad8 25. bxa4 Qc7 26.
a5 $14) 25. Nxb3 $14 Qc7 26. Nxc5 Rdd8 27. Nxa6 Qc8 28. Bc5 $2 {This is met
with a strong Q sacrifice.} (28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. Bxc5 Bxe4 30. Bb6 Rxa1 31. Rxa1
Bxc2 32. Qxc2 $14) 28... Qxa6 $1 29. Bxe7 (29. Rxa6 $2 Bxc5+ 30. Kh1 Rxa6 $17)
29... Qxa1 30. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 31. Kf2 Rd7 32. Bb4 (32. Bxf6 $2 gxf6 33. Kg3 Ra2 34.
f4 h5 $1 $17) 32... Ra2 33. Ke3 Rd4 34. Bc5 Ng4+ {This is just a draw.} (34...
Bxe4 $5 {is a try to win} 35. fxe4 (35. Bxd4 $2 exd4+ 36. Kxd4 Rxc2 37. Qe1 Bg6
$17) 35... Rxe4+ 36. Bxe4 Rxe2+ 37. Kxe2 Nxe4 38. Bb4 f5 39. c5 Kf7 40. c6 Ke8
41. Kd3 $13 {The c6-P is strong.}) 35. fxg4 Rxe4+ 36. Bxe4 Rxe2+ 37. Kxe2 Bxe4
38. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group7"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Slovineanu, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.09.15"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chisinau Rezina-Gaz"]
[BlackTeam "Smederevska Palanka Gosa"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

{This game can put a lot of ideas in your head. Like playing Qe2, 0-0-0 and g4
against the Spanish.} 1. e4 {Konikowski,J Petursson} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 (5... Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 (7. Bb3 d6 (7... O-O 8. d3 Bb7 9.
Nbd2 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nf1 Re8 12. h3 Bf8 13. g4 d5 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bd2 Qc7 16.
O-O-O d4 17. Rhg1 Rab8 18. h4 dxc3 19. Bxc3 b4 $17 {0-1 Daubenfeld,G-Rivar,M/
WchJM-U10 1995/JUN 95 (37)}) 8. d3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Nf1 O-O 12.
h3 h6 13. g4 Nh7 14. Ne3 g6 15. Nd5 Kg7 16. Rg1 Bg5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Ne7
19. O-O-O $14 {1-0 Lamoureux,S-Collange,P/Paris op 1993/EXT 93op (44)}) 7... d6
8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 10. Nf5 O-O 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Nd2 Bf8 13. O-O-O Ne5 (13...
h6 14. Be3 Ne7 15. Ng3 Qc8 16. f4 Ng6 17. h4 Ng4 18. h5 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Ne7 20.
Qd3 Rd8 21. e5 g6 $13 {0-1 Tiviakov,S-Yemelin,V/RUS-ch 1995/CBM 50/[Hecht] (69)
}) 14. g4 c5 15. f4 Ned7 16. Rhg1 Qa5 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. g5 Nd7 19. Nh6+ $40 {
1-0 Tiviakov,S-Iuldachev,S/World Cities 1997/EXP 58 (24)}) (5... Qe7 6. c3 g6
7. d3 Bg7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Nf1 Nd8 11. Ne3 c6 12. Bh4 Ne6 13. g3 h6
14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Bc2 Qd8 16. O-O-O d5 17. Kb1 d4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 exd4
20. Ng2 a5 21. g4 a4 22. f4 b5 23. h4 b4 $13 {Ciocaltea,V-Shvidler,E/Beer
Sheva 1982/MCD-r8/1-0 (52)}) 6. Bb3 Bb7 (6... Bc5 7. c3 O-O 8. d3 Bb7 (8... d6
9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Be6 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. Bd5 Bd7 13. g4 $2 g5 $1 14. Nxg5 Nxd5
15. exd5 hxg5 16. Bg3 Na7 $17 {1/2-1/2 Fogarasi,T-Pribyl,M/Budapest FS11 GM
1996/EXT 97 (27)}) 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. g4 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14.
g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Qb6 16. O-O-O d5 17. Rdg1 $13 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Sokolov,I/
Wijk op 1995/CBM 46 (28)}) (6... Na5 {Konikowski,J} 7. Nxe5 Nxb3 8. axb3 Qe7 9.
d4 d6 10. Nc6 Qxe4 11. Qxe4+ Nxe4 12. O-O Bf5 13. c4 bxc4 14. bxc4 Kd7 15. d5
Be7 16. b4 Bf6 17. Ra3 h5 18. Be3 Rhe8 19. f3 Nc3 20. Nxc3 Rxe3 21. Rc1 Rae8
$15 {Psakhis,L-Mikhalevski,A/Beersheba 1993/}) 7. c3 Bd6 $146 (7... Bc5 8. O-O
(8. d3 {Konikowski,J} Bb6 (8... d6 9. O-O O-O (9... h6 $142) 10. Bg5 Kh8 11.
Nbd2 Qd7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nh4 Rg8 14. Qh5 Nd8 15. Qh6 Qg4 16. Qxf6+ Rg7 17.
Ndf3 Ne6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. h3 Qh5 20. Kh2 d5 21. g4 Qe8 22. Rae1 Qg8 23. Nxe5
$18 {Mason,J-Roberts,A/USA-04.Congress 1876/}) 9. Nbd2 h6 10. h3 d6 11. Nf1 Nh5
12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxh5 Qf6 14. Qe2 Qxf2+ 15. Qxf2 Nxd3+ 16. Ke2 Nxf2 17. Rh2
Nxe4 $19 {Jeitz,C-Fortin,M/WchJM-U10 1995/JUN 95}) 8... d6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. d3
O-O (10... h6 $142 $5) 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Rae8 13. Nbd2 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 $13 {
1-0 Spiegel,S-Kruskic,M/Mainz op 1995/EXT 97 (36)} (14... Nh5 15. Bd5 Nxg3 16.
hxg3 Qf6 17. Nf1 Kg7 18. g4 h5 19. Ng3 Rh8 20. gxh5 Qf4 21. Nf5+ Kf6 22. Nh2 g4
23. g3 $18 {Spiegel,S-Kruskic,M/Mainz op 1995/})) 8. d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 (9. Bg5 $5
{Konikowski,J}) 9... h6 10. Nf1 Re8 11. g4 $5 Na5 (11... Nxg4 12. Rg1 (12. Ng5
{Konikowski,J} hxg5 13. Qxg4 Be7 14. h4 $1 $40) 12... h5 13. h3 Nf6 14. Ng5 Rf8
15. Ng3 $40) 12. Bc2 c5 (12... Nxg4 $5 13. Rg1 h5 14. h3 (14. Ng3 {Konikowski,J
} g6 15. Nxh5 gxh5 16. h3 $40) 14... Nf6 15. Ng3 g6 16. Bg5 Kh8 17. O-O-O $13)
13. Ng3 Bf8 (13... Nxg4 $2 {Konikowski,J} 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Rg1 $18) (13... Qc7 {
Konikowski,J} 14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Nh7 16. Be3 Bf8 $14) 14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5
Qb6 16. Rg1 d5 17. Nh4 (17. Nf5 $5 {Konikowski,J}) 17... dxe4 (17... c4 18.
Nhf5 cxd3 19. Bxd3 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 $14) 18. dxe4 Nh7
19. Ngf5 Re6 (19... Nxg5 20. Rxg5 Rad8 21. Qh5 $40 (21. Qh5 {Konikowski,J} Re6
22. Nxg7 $5 Bxg7 23. Qg4 (23. Nf5 $5) 23... Rg6 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Rxg6 $40))
20. O-O-O Nxg5 21. Rxg5 g6 22. Rdg1 b4 23. Nxg6 $1 fxg6 (23... Rxg6 {Petursson}
24. Qh5 $1 $18) 24. Qh5 Kf7 25. Rxg6 (25. Qh7+ {Petursson} Ke8 26. Ba4+ Bc6 27.
Rxg6 Bxa4 28. Ng7+ $1 Bxg7 29. Qg8+) 25... Rxg6 26. Qh7+ Ke8 (26... Bg7 27.
Nh6+ Ke8 (27... Rxh6 {Petursson} 28. Rxg7+ Ke8 29. Rg8#) (27... Ke7 {
Konikowski,J} 28. Rxg6 $18) 28. Rxg6 $18) 27. Rxg6 Qb5 28. Rg8 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Argentina"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gomez Baillo, Jorge H"]
[Black "Sorin, Ariel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {King} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8
8. axb5 axb5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nxb5 $6 (10. O-O b4 11. Nd5 d6 (11... Nd4 12. Nxd4
Bxd4 13. Ra4 Nxd5 14. exd5 d6 15. d3 Bd7 16. Ra1 f5 $17 {Suechting,H-Maroczy,G/
Wien/1908}) (11... Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. c3 Bb6 15. cxb4 c6 16.
Bc4 Bd4 17. b5 $13 {Varga,Zo-Morris,P/Cannes op/1993}) 12. h3 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Ne7
14. Bc4 Ng6 15. d3 Qf6 16. Nh2 Nf4 17. Qf3 g5 18. Be3 h5 $17 {Thomas,
G-Rubinstein,A/Karlsbad/1923}) (10. Nd5 Nxd5 (10... d6 11. d3 Bg4 12. Bg5 Nd4
13. Bxf6 Ra8 14. Qd1 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Nxb3 16. cxb3 gxf6 $15 {Alapin,S-Leonhardt,
P/Bad Pistyan/1912}) 11. Bxd5 Nd4 (11... Ne7 12. Bb3 d6 (12... d5 13. d3 Qd6
14. O-O f6 15. Be3 Kh8 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. exd5 Bb7 $10 {Alapin,S-Duras,O/Bad
Pistyan/1912}) 13. d3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Be3 Bb6 16. O-O Ng6 17. g3 Qf6 18.
Bxb6 Rxb6 19. Kg2 $10 {Alapin,S-Spielmann,R/Bad Pistyan/1912}) 12. Nxd4 Bxd4
13. c3 (13. O-O c6 14. Bb3 d6 15. d3 Qh4 $10 {Alapin,S-Yates,F/Bad Pistyan/1912
}) 13... Bb6 14. d3 c6 15. Bb3 d6 16. O-O Be6 $10 {Spielmann,R-Gruenfeld,E/
Wien/1923}) (10. d3 d6 (10... Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nd1 d5 13. e5 Ng4 14. O-O
Re8 15. f4 f6 16. h3 Nh6 17. Qf3 c6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Nf2 $14 {Rabinovich,
A-Leonhardt,P/Karlsbad/1911}) 11. h3 (11. Bg5 Bb4 (11... h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13.
Nd5 Qd8 14. O-O b4 15. h3 Kh8 16. Ba4 Ne7 17. Rad1 Ba6 18. Bb3 c6 19. Nxe7 Qxe7
$10 {Bogoljubow,E-Eliskases,E/Nuernberg/1939}) 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. Bh4
Qe7 15. Nd2 g5 16. Bg3 b4 17. cxb4 Nd4 18. Qd1 Nxb3 19. Nxb3 Rxb4 $10 {
Spielmann,R-Eliskases,E/Linz/1932}) 11... Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Bg5
Ng6 15. Nd2 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. h4 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Kd2 Bb6
$10 {Treybal,K-Teichmann,R/Teplitz-Schoenau/1922}) 10... d5 $1 11. Nc3 {N} (11.
exd5 e4 12. Ng5 Ne5 (12... Rxb5 13. Qxb5 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Ng4+ 15. Ke1 Qxg5 16.
Qxc6 Ne5 17. Qxc7 Qxg2 18. Qxe5 Qxh1+ $10 {Suechting,H-Johner,P/Wien/1908}) (
12... Nb4 $44 {ECO Hort,V}) 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. d4 Rxb5 15. dxc5 Rxb3 16. cxb3
Qxd5 $17 {Strikovic,A-Miranovic,R/Cetinje/1992}) 11... Bg4 $1 (11... Nd4 $6 12.
Nxd4 exd4 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 $16) 12. Bxd5 (12. Nxd5 $2 Nd4 13. Qd3 Rxb3
14. cxb3 Nxd5 15. exd5 e4 $19) 12... Nd4 13. Qd3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 $17 15. Ne2
Qh4 16. b4 Nf4 $5 (16... Nxe2 17. bxc5 (17. Qxe2 Nf4 18. Qf1 Bxb4 $17) 17...
Nd4 $40 {[%csl Yc2,Yf2,Yf3,Yf4]}) 17. Nxf4 Nxc2+ 18. Kd1 (18. Qxc2 $2 Qxf2+ 19.
Kd1 Qxf3+ $19) 18... Nxb4 19. Qc4 Qxf4 20. Ke2 Bd4 (20... Bd6 $5) 21. Ra4 Qh4
22. Rf1 c5 23. Ba3 Qxh2 $2 (23... Nxd5 $17) 24. Bxb4 Rxb4 25. Rxb4 cxb4 26.
Qxb4 g6 27. Qe7 Kg7 {King: Black is tied down to defending f7, White to
defending f2, so the position is almost symmetrical, apart from Black's passed
h-pawn. However, White neutralises the threat to push the pawn with his next
move, and equalises easily.} 28. Qg5 $10 Rb8 (28... h5 {King} 29. Qg3 $10) 29.
Qg3 Qh6 30. Rd1 Rb2 31. Qg4 Rb6 32. Bxf7 Kxf7 33. Qd7+ Kg8 34. Qd5+ Kh8 35.
Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 0102 77th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2002.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. Nf1
Nh5 $5 {[%cal Yf7f5,Yh5f4] An interesting idea championed by Mihai Marin.
Black starts actions on the K-side in the early opening phase. The motivation
is that it's the last chance to play Nh5 before White gets to play Ng3. Long
term Black wants to attack with f5.} 9. Bg5 (9. Ng3 Nf4 10. O-O (10. Bxf4 $6 {
Taking takes White nowhere.} exf4 11. Ne2 Bh6 (11... g5 12. d4 b5 13. Bc2 g4
14. Nd2 Bh6 15. Bd3 Qf6 $36 {0-1 Maka,M-Liwak,P/Rowy 1998/EXT 2000 (49)}) 12.
d4 Qe7 13. Bc2 O-O 14. O-O Kh8 15. Re1 g5 $40 {0-1 Saltaev,M-Volzhin,A/
Volgograd 1994/CBM 41 (35)}) 10... Bg7 11. d4 (11. Ne2 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 O-O 13.
Bg5 Qe8 14. Qd2 f5 $15 {0-1 Stoma,P-Pinski,J/Kazimierz Dolny 2001/CBM 81 ext 
(46)}) (11. Be3 O-O 12. d4 (12. Qd2 Qf6 13. d4 Rad8 14. Ne1 h5 15. Nd3 Bh6 $15
{0-1 Stefanov,P-Marin,M/Predeal 1988/EXT 97 (47)}) 12... b5 13. Bc2 h5 14. d5
Na5 15. b3 Qf6 16. Ne1 c5 $15 {0-1 Reyes,J-Marin,M/Thessaloniki 1988/TD (27)})
11... b5 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Be3 Qf6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qd2 $13 {
1-0 Lopez Martinez,J-Marin,M/Andorra 2001/CBM 83 ext (29)}) (9. d4 Bg7 10. dxe5
dxe5 11. Ne3 Nf4 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd5 Ne6 14. b4 f5 15. Bb3 Kh8 16. Qe2 f4 $40 {
0-1 Simon,E-Marin,M/Manresa 1993/EXT 97 (31)}) 9... f6 10. Be3 Nf4 11. Bxf4 {
White gets the centre, but I think Black's P's on the K-side are more valuable.
} exf4 12. g3 $6 {[%mdl 16384] A strategical mistake softening White where he
should be defending.} (12. d4 $142 {[%cal Yf3d4,Gd4d5] if allowed White can
proceed with d5 and Nd4.} b5 13. Bc2 $13) 12... Bh6 $1 {[%csl Rf3][%mdl 2048]}
(12... fxg3 $6 13. hxg3 $14 {[%cal Yf1e3]}) 13. gxf4 (13. Qd2 Ne5 $1 $17) (13.
d4 $142) 13... Bxf4 14. Nd4 O-O 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qf3 Bh6 17. Ne3 f5 $36 {
White is already on the defensive.} 18. exf5 Bxe3 19. Bb3+ d5 20. fxe3 Rxf5 21.
Qg3 Rg5 22. Qf4 Rg4 23. Qf2 Qg5 24. h4 Qh6 25. O-O-O Rf8 26. Qd2 Rxh4 27. Rxh4
Qxh4 $19 28. e4 Be6 29. Kb1 Qf4 30. Qg2 Bg4 31. Rg1 Bf3 32. Qh3 Kg7 33. Qd7+
Rf7 34. Qxc6 Qe3 35. Rc1 Qxd3+ 36. Bc2 Qb5 37. Qe6 Bxe4 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39. a4
Qxa4 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Sokolov,I King Kortschnoj} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7
(5... Bc5 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 O-O 8. O-O Qe7 9. Nd3 Bd4 $1 10. c3 Bb6 11. Nf4
Re8 12. d4 Qxe4 13. Qxe4 Rxe4 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bd2 c5 $1 $36 {Tiviakov-Sokolov,
I (Linares 1995)}) 6. c3 O-O $5 {N TN} 7. d4 (7. Bxc6 dxc6 (7... bxc6 {
Kortschnoj} 8. Nxe5 Bd6 (8... Re8 $44) 9. d4 Re8 10. f4 c5 $44) 8. Nxe5 Re8 9.
d4 c5 $44) (7. O-O b5 8. Bb3 d5) 7... exd4 8. e5 (8. cxd4 {Kortschnoj} d5 9. e5
Ne4 $10) 8... Re8 {[%cal Ye8e1] This game is a lesson in fundamental geometry.}
(8... Nd5 $2 9. Bc2 {/\ 10.Qe4}) 9. O-O (9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nbxd2 (
11. Qxd2 d6 12. O-O Nd5 13. Nc3 Be6 $10) 11... d6 12. O-O b5 (12... Bg4 $5 {
Sokolov,I}) 13. Bb3 Be6 (13... dxe5 $6 14. dxe5 Be6 15. Rac1 Nd4 $2 16. Nxd4
Qxd4 17. Nf3 Qb6 $2 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Ng5 Ree8 20. Qf3 h6 21. Rc6 $18) 14. Rac1
Nb4 $10) 9... dxc3 10. exf6 $2 (10. Nxc3 $44 Bd6 (10... Bb4 $1 {Sokolov,I} 11.
Bxc6 (11. Bg5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 d6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Rad1 Bg4 $17) 11... dxc6 12.
Bg5 (12. Qc2 Nd5 13. Ng5 g6 $17) 12... Bxc3 $1 (12... Bg4 $2 13. Ne4 $1 Rxe5
14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Qxe5) 13. Rad1 (13. bxc3 Bg4 14. Rad1 Qc8 $17) 13... Bd7 14.
bxc3 Qc8 15. Bxf6 (15. Qd2 Nd5 16. c4 Nb6 $17) 15... gxf6 16. Qd2 Bg4 17. exf6
Qf5 $17)) (10. Bxc6 $1 {Sokolov,I} dxc6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Qb3 Be6
14. Qc2 (14. Qa3 $2 Bc4) 14... Bf5 $10) 10... Bxf6 {[%cal Yf6b2]} 11. Qc2 Nb4 (
11... b5 $1 {Sokolov,I} 12. Bb3 Nb4 13. Bxf7+ (13. Qf5 $2 d5) 13... Kxf7 14.
Qb3+ d5 15. Qxb4 c5 16. Qb3 (16. Qa3 b4 17. Qb3 Be6 $1 18. bxc3 bxc3 $19) 16...
c4 17. Qb4 (17. Qc2 cxb2 18. Bxb2 d4 19. Qxh7 Bg4 $1 (19... Qd5 20. Bxd4 $1
Bxd4 21. Rd1 $132) 20. Rd1 Qd5 21. Bxd4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Bxd4 23. Nc3 Qg5+ $19)
17... a5 $1 18. Qxb5 Ba6 $1 19. Qc6 cxb2 $19) 12. Qb3 Nd3 $1 13. Nxc3 Nxc1 14.
Raxc1 b5 15. Bxb5 (15. Nxb5 axb5 16. Bxb5 Rb8 17. Qa4 c6 $17) 15... axb5 16.
Nxb5 Rb8 17. Qa4 Bb7 (17... Bxb2 18. Rxc7 Rxb5 19. Qxb5 Qxc7 20. Qxb2 Bb7 $13)
18. Nxc7 Re4 19. Qd1 Bxb2 20. Rc2 (20. Rb1 $5 {Sokolov,I}) 20... Bc6 $36 21.
Na6 Rb6 22. Nc5 Re8 23. Rd2 Qa8 $1 {[%cal Ya8h1]} 24. Nxd7 Rb4 25. Nc5 (25. Re1
$2 Ba4 $1 26. Rxe8+ (26. Nb6 {Sokolov,I} Rxb6 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Rd8 Rb8 $19) (
26. Qb1 {Sokolov,I} Bc3 $19) 26... Qxe8 $19) (25. Re1 $1 $44) 25... Rg4 $40 {
[%cal Yg4g1]} 26. Kh1 (26. Ne1 Bxg2 (26... Rg6 $5 $40) 27. Qxg4 Bxf1 28. Ned3
Bxd3 29. Nxd3 Bf6 $17) (26. Re1 {Sokolov,I} Rc8 $1 (26... Rxe1+ $4 27. Nxe1) (
26... Bxf3 $4 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Rd8 Rxg2+ 29. Kf1) 27. Re3 Bf6 $1 28. Nd7 Bg5
$1 29. Nb6 Bxe3 30. Nxa8 Bxd2 $19) 26... Bc3 27. Rc2 {[#]} (27. Rd3 Bb4 28. Qc2
(28. Nb3 Bb5 $17) 28... Bb5 $17 {[%cal Yb5f1]}) 27... Rd4 $1 28. Rxc3 $2 (28.
Nxd4 Bxg2+ 29. Kg1 Bxf1 30. Qxf1 (30. Nf3 Rd8 $17 (30... Rd8 $1 {Sokolov,I} 31.
Qxf1 Qxf3 $19)) 30... Bxd4 $17 (30... Re1 $2 31. Rxc3 $16)) (28. Nd3 Bxf3 29.
gxf3 Qc6 30. Rg1 Qc4 31. Re2 Rc8 (31... Red8 32. Ne5) 32. Re3 Qxa2 $15) 28...
Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Qxa2 $19 30. Kg1 h6 31. h3 Re2 32. Nd3 (32. Rf1 {Sokolov,I} Rxf2
$1 33. Rxf2 Qa1+ $19) 32... Bxf3 33. gxf3 Qd5 34. Re1 (34. Kg2 Re6 $19) 34...
Qxf3 35. Rxe2 Qxe2 {King: If the knight were posted on e3 or g3, then White
would have had reasonable drawing chances, but on d3, it is just a liability,
and by combining attacks on the king, the loose h-pawn, and the rook, Black
forces a win. Too many targets.} 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. f3 Qg6+ 38. Kf2 Qh5 39. Nf4 (
39. Kg2 {Sokolov,I} Qg5+ 40. Kf1 Qe3 $1 41. Rc8+ Kh7 42. Ne1 Qe6 $19) 39...
Qh4+ 40. Ke3 g5 41. Nd5 Kg7 42. Rc6 Qe1+ 43. Kd4 Qd1+ 44. Ke5 Qxf3 45. Rc3 Qf1
46. Rb3 h5 47. Rg3 f6+ 48. Ke4 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.11.25"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Paehtz, Thomas Sr"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Erfurt SK"]
[BlackTeam "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4 d6 8. c3
Bg4 9. d5 (9. Be3 d5 $1 {solves all Blacks problems} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. h3 (11.
dxe5 Nxe5 12. O-O Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Be6 $15) 11... exd4 $1 12. cxd4 Bh5 13. O-O
O-O $15 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Almasi,Z/Groningen 1995/CBM 51/[Wedberg] (44)})
9... Na5 10. Bc2 c6 {[%mdl 8]} (10... O-O 11. Nbd2 Qc8 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nb3 Nc4
14. Nfd2 c6 $132 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Hector,J/Leon 2001/CBM 86 no vc (40)}) 11. b4
$2 (11. dxc6 $142) 11... cxd5 $1 {[%mdl 4] With a typical tactical stroke
Black destroys White´s centre.} 12. bxa5 (12. exd5 Nc4 $17 {[%csl Rd5]}) 12...
dxe4 13. Bxe4 d5 14. h3 (14. Bc2 e4 $17) 14... dxe4 15. hxg4 exf3 16. Qxf3 (16.
gxf3 $5) 16... e4 17. Qe2 Qd5 18. Be3 b4 19. O-O (19. Bd4 $5) 19... O-O 20. g5
Ne8 21. cxb4 Bxb4 22. Nd2 Nd6 23. Nb3 Nb5 $17 24. Qg4 Nc3 25. Bd4 Rac8 26. Rae1
(26. Bxc3 Bxc3 27. Rad1 Qe5 $17) 26... Nxa2 27. Re3 {White's attempt at an
attack is easy to stop.} Bc3 $1 $19 28. Qxe4 (28. Bxc3 Nxc3 29. Nc1 Qxa5 $19)
28... Qxb3 29. Rh3 g6 30. Qh4 h5 31. gxh6 Kh7 32. Rxc3 Nxc3 33. Qf6 Ne2+ 34.
Kh1 Rg8 35. Ba7 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hansen,LB} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4
(7. O-O {Hansen,LB is the main line, and probably better.}) 7... d6 (7... d5 8.
dxe5 Nxe4 9. O-O Na5 10. Rd1 Be6 11. Nd4 O-O $10 {Davies,N-Varavin,V/Gausdal/
1993}) 8. c3 (8. dxe5 dxe5 9. a4 Bg4 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13.
O-O Nh5 $36 {De Jong,T-Hellers,F/Wijk-B/1990}) 8... Bg4 {Exploiting the move
order.} (8... exd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. Be3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 $14 {Asztalos,
L-Steiner,L/Kecskemet/1927}) 9. Be3 (9. Bd5 $6 Nxd5 10. exd5 Na5 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Qxe5 O-O $15 {Jaffe,C-Kupchik,A/Havana/1913}) (9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. h3 Nxf3+
11. gxf3 Bh5 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Qe3 Nc5 15. O-O-O $13 {Ivanov,
AV-Kotliar,M/St Martin/1992}) 9... d5 $1 {N The fight for the center is the
basis of all openings!} (9... Na5 10. dxe5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 dxe5 12. O-O Nxb3 13.
axb3 O-O $10 {Tischbierek,R-Romanishin,O/Bad Endbach/1995}) 10. exd5 Nxd5 11.
h3 (11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. O-O Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Be6 $15) 11... exd4 $1 12. cxd4 (12.
hxg4 $6 dxe3 13. fxe3 Qd6 $1 $15 (13... O-O $2 14. Qc2 $1 h6 (14... Nf6 15. g5
$18) 15. Qe4 $18)) 12... Bh5 (12... Be6 $5 {Hansen,LB}) 13. O-O O-O 14. Nbd2 $6
(14. Nc3 $142) 14... Re8 15. Rac1 Na5 16. Bc2 Bb4 $1 17. Ne4 Nc4 $17 18. a3 Bf8
19. Bb1 Bg6 20. Rxc4 $5 {The only chance! After quiet continuations Black
would be clearly better.} bxc4 21. Ne5 Nf6 (21... c3 22. bxc3 Bxa3 $17 (22...
Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Nxc3 24. Bxh7+ $10)) 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Ba2 Bd6 (23... c5 24.
Nxg6 Qxg6 25. Qxc4 cxd4 26. Qxd4 $15) 24. Nxc4 Qxd4 25. Rd1 Qf6 26. Nxd6 cxd6
27. Bd5 $1 $15 {^^} Rac8 28. Qxa6 Qxb2 29. Qxd6 Bh5 30. Rd4 Qc3 31. Kh2 Rcd8
32. Qb6 Rb8 33. Qd6 Bg6 34. a4 Qa5 35. Bc6 Red8 36. Qf4 Rxd4 37. Bxd4 Rc8 38.
Bb5 Qe1 39. Bd7 Ra8 40. Bc6 Rc8 41. Bd7 Ra8 42. Bb6 h6 43. a5 $10 Rxa5 44. Bxa5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.01.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d3
O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 (9... h6 10. Bh4 Be6 11. Bd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb8 13. Bxf6 (13.
Nbd2 $142 Nbd7 (13... g5 $6 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Nbd7 16. Ne4 Kg7 17. Qf3 $40
) 14. Ne4 Bb6 $13) 13... Qxf6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Nbd2 Bb6 $15 {Tiviakov,S-Wedberg,
T/Haninge/1992}) 10. Nbd2 Qe7 $2 (10... h6 $142) 11. Bd5 $1 $16 Bxd5 12. exd5
Nb8 13. Ne4 Nbd7 14. Nh4 $40 h6 15. Nf5 Qd8 16. Bh4 Kh7 17. Qf3 Rh8 18. g4 $1
Kg8 19. Nxg7 $1 $18 Kxg7 20. Rg1 {/\g5+-} Nxe4 21. Bxd8 Bxf2+ 22. Ke2 Bxg1 23.
dxe4 Bxh2 24. Bxc7 Bf4 25. Bxd6 f6 26. a4 Nb6 27. b3 bxa4 28. Bc7 1-0

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Wolff,P"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Na5 $5 {Normal is 6..
.Be7 or 6...Bc5(!)} 7. Nxe5 Nxb3 8. axb3 Qe7 9. d4 d6 (9... Qb4+ $6 10. Nc3
Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qc5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 $16) 10. Nc6 Qxe4 11. Qxe4+ Nxe4 12. O-O
Bf5 (12... Kd7 13. Na5 (13. d5 $2 Bb7 $17 {><d5}) 13... c6 (13... d5 14. f3 Nd6
15. Bf4 Nf5 16. Rd1 $14 {Given as "+/-" by ECO from Lukin-Kaminsky, USSR 1968,
but Black played very badly.}) 14. Re1 Nf6 15. c4 Kc7 $14 {
Guregenidze-Nikolaevsky, USSR (ch) 1967}) 13. c4 bxc4 14. bxc4 Kd7 15. d5 $146
(15. Rxa6 Rxa6 16. Nb8+ Kc8 17. Nxa6 d5 (17... c5 $5 {/\ 18...Kb7-+} 18. b4 (
18. g4 Bxg4 19. f3 Bh3 20. Re1 (20. fxe4 $4 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Kb7 $19) 20... Nf6
21. b4 Kb7 (21... cxb4 22. Nxb4 $16) (21... d5 22. dxc5 dxc4 23. b5 $16) 22. b5
$13) 18... Kb7 19. b5 cxd4 $13 (19... Nf6 20. Be3 $16)) 18. f3 {"+/=" -- ECO,
Novicky-Kamenecky, corr. 1968} (18. cxd5 $2 Kb7 19. g4 (19. f3 Nf6 $19 {פb1})
(19. Nc5+ Nxc5 $19 {פb1}) 19... Bxg4 20. f3 Bh3 21. Re1 Nf6 22. Nc5+ Bxc5 23.
dxc5 Nxd5 $17) (18. g4 $2 Bxg4 19. f3 Bh3 20. Re1 Nf6 $17) (18. c5 $2 Kb7 19.
Nb4 Nxc5 $17) 18... Nd6 $132 {Black is OK!!}) 15... Be7 16. b4 (16. Nxe7 Kxe7
17. Be3 h5 $1 (17... Rhb8 18. Bd4 f6 19. g4 $1 Bg6 20. f4 $14) 18. Re1 Kd7 $10)
16... Bf6 17. Ra3 h5 18. Be3 Rhe8 19. f3 Nc3 $1 20. Nxc3 Rxe3 21. Rc1 Rae8 $15
{^^} 22. c5 dxc5 23. bxc5 Rd3 24. f4 Be4 25. Ne5+ Bxe5 26. c6+ Kd8 27. fxe5
Bxd5 28. Rxa6 Rxe5 29. Ra8+ Ke7 30. Nxd5+ Rdxd5 31. Rc8 Kd6 32. Rd8+ Ke6 33.
Rc8 Kd6 34. Rd8+ Ke7 35. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sharjah FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2017.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 {
Here we are, in Karjakin's preparation for the World Championship match.
Carlsen was never in trouble, but it served a practical purpose of extending
the match to the tie-breaks.} O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 {Following the
main line.} ({White can also change the pawn structure with} 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12.
b4 Nc6 13. Bd2 d5 14. Re1 Qd6 {There are a couple of intersting games form
high-profile players here. Caruana won a nice game against Aronian on his way
to an incredible 7-0 run at the 2nd Sinquefiled Cup, 2014 by trying a crafty}
15. Na2 ({the routine} 15. h3 Nd7 16. Ne2 a5 {worked out very well for Black
in Dominguez-Karjakin, 2013}) 15... Nd7 16. Qe2 {White's idea is to slow down
a6-a5 on account of} a5 17. bxa5 Nxa5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Rab1 $1 {with a double
threat against e5- and b5-pawns.}) (11. d4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Re8 13. Ra1 Nc4 14.
Re1 {was seen in Game 2 of the New York match. I guess, White's prospects are
not so exciting once light-squared bishops leave the board in a typical
Spanish structure.}) 11... Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Nd7 (13... Ng4 {was
played twice against Bacrot, first by Inarkiev, then by Fressinet. Neither one
exprienced any particular problem equalising. I guess, the absence of bishops
makes Black's task easier.}) 14. Be3 Nf6 15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Qb1 d5 18.
exd5 {After teasing the audience with a prospect of short draw by repetition,
MVL shows his intention to fight by introducing a new move. Objectively
speaking it is not so good.} Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. c4 $5 {This is the idea
behind the centre-surrendering trade on d5. MVL pns his hopes on active play
on the queenside.} bxc4 21. dxc4 Qe6 {Mamedyarov correctly decides to keep the
queenside action to a minimum, planning his counterplay in the centre and,
possibly, kingside.} (21... Qxc4 {is not so good, because White easily gets
his pawn back with interest:} 22. Rc2 Qe6 23. Qc1 Na7 24. Rxc7 Nb5 25. Rc6) 22.
Qe4 ({The right way to hold the balance (yes, Virginia, it is time for White
to do so) was to be found in} 22. Rd2 $1 Rad8 23. Qc2 f5 24. Rd5 $1 {White's
activity is just enough.} Rxd5 (24... e4 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd5 (26... c6
27. Re5 Qf7 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Bc5 Qe6 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Rd1 {Old Capablanca's
advice - when in trouble trade rooks!}) 27. cxd5 Qxd5 28. Qxc7 Qxd4 29. Qxe7
$11) 25. cxd5 Qxd5 26. Rc1 Rd8 {and now both} 27. Qxf5 ({and} 27. h3 {are good
enough.})) 22... Rad8 $1 ({White could only dream of} 22... f5 23. Qd5) 23. g4
{This is not an attacking move, but rather a last-ditch attempt to stop
Black's e- and f- pawns from advancing on White's minor pieces.} (23. Rd2 f5
24. Qc2 Rxd2 25. Nxd2 (25. Bxd2 e4) 25... f4) 23... h5 {Mamedyarov had other
interesting choices.} (23... g6 24. g5 a5 25. b5 Nd4 {was one of them, but
here after} 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Ne5 Bxg5 29. Rd1 {White would
easily hold a light-square blockade.}) ({I'm surprised he didn't go for} 23...
f5 24. gxf5 Rxf5 25. Kh1 Rdf8 26. Nd2 Bg5 {Such aggressive play would be right
up Shakh's alley.}) 24. g5 Qg4+ 25. Qxg4 hxg4 26. Nh4 $1 {The knight looks
ugly there, but the fight is on for the f5-square, and White needs all hands
on deck.} (26. Nd2 Rd3 27. Kg2 f5 28. gxf6 gxf6 {followed by f6-f5 is a free
ride for Black.}) 26... g6 {A solid way of handling the position. Black aims
to keep Nh4 out of play.} ({In the event of} 26... Nd4 27. Kg2 Ne6 {White
would have} 28. Re1 {at least temporarily maintaining the balance.}) 27. Kh1 e4
({I looked at} 27... Nd4 28. Rg1 Nf5 29. Rxg4 Nxe3 30. fxe3 Rd3 {but there
White survives:} 31. Re4 Bxg5 32. Nf3 Bxe3 33. Nxe5 Rb3 $1 (33... f5 34. Nxd3
fxe4 35. Ne5 {after trading a pair of rooks White no longer has to worry about
getting mated, and the king will help to neutralise the e4-pawn.}) 34. Nc6 f5
35. Re7 f4 36. Ra1 Rf7 37. Re6 Kh7 38. Rd1 Rxa3 39. Ne5 {At the cost of the
useless pawn on the queenside White has consolidated his forces and is now
ready to create some chances against the black king, while keeping the f-pawn
under control.}) 28. Rg1 Ne5 29. Bf4 Nxc4 30. Rxg4 {It's understandable Maxime
wanted to resolve the situation on the K-side.} ({Probably} 30. Bxc7 {was
stronger, but Black would have kept the pressure on after} Rd3 31. Rxg4 Rc8 32.
Bg3 Nd2) 30... c5 $1 {A timely strike to break up White's stronghold on the
queenside while his pieces are all tangled up elsewhere.} 31. bxc5 Bxc5 32. Rc2
Rd4 33. Rg3 (33. h3 {was the only way to get the knight back into play. Of
course, after} Bxa3 34. Ng2 Re8 35. Ne3 Nd2 {Black stays up a pawn with good
winning chances.}) 33... Re8 34. Kg2 {A sad admission that the Nh4 won't be
returning to play any time soon.} Bf8 35. Rgc3 {A good practical choice.} ({
It's very hard for White to avoid losing the a-pawn anyway:} 35. a4 Ne5) 35...
Nxa3 36. Ra2 Rd3 37. Rc6 a5 {To all intents and purposes White is busted.
Knowing that full well, Maxime plays out his last chance.} 38. Nxg6 $5 fxg6 39.
Rxg6+ {Such twists in the plot are designed to leave the opponent confused and
disoriented.} Kh7 $6 {The very first move is somewhat inaccurate. Why invite
the future g5-g6 with check when White's rook is not well placed on g6 anyway?}
({The sample line,} 39... Kh8 40. h4 ({Let's try the game move order,} 40. Rc6
Bb4 41. h4 Nb5 42. h5 Nc3 43. Rc2 Nd5 {The difference is visible now: White
didn't have time to push the g-pawn forward and create a safe square on g5 for
the much-needed bishop. He's left with only one option,} 44. Bc1 a4 45. g6 a3
46. h6 Rg8 47. Rc8 Bc3 {which should come short of saving the game.}) 40... Rf3
41. Bc7 Bb4 42. h5 Nc4 43. Re2 Rf5 44. Rh6+ Kg7 45. Rg6+ Kf7 {proves the point.
}) 40. Rc6 Bb4 41. h4 Nb5 42. h5 Nc3 $2 {Shakh swings wildly and totally
misses the mark.} ({The knight was badly needed on the kingside to help
dealing with White's advancing pawns:} 42... Nd4 43. Rc7+ (43. Ra6 Ne6 44. g6+
Kg8) 43... Kg8 44. h6 Nf5 {would be referred to as "job well done".}) 43. Rc2
Nd5 44. g6+ Kg8 45. Bg5 Rf3 46. h6 {Now White's setup looked very threatening,
and Shakh felt he had no choice but to allow a draw.} Nf4+ 47. Bxf4 Rxf4 48.
Rc8 Rxc8 49. Rxc8+ Rf8 50. Rc7 Rf6 51. Rc8+ {A somewhat lucky escape from MVL,
who at the end of the day was able to protect his leading position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Bd2 Nf6 15.
Re1 {MVL must be analysing his own games very deeply. He likes to repeat them,
and can always be counted on for new ideas.} ({Their previous encounter in
this line, World Cup (game 8), saw Maxime embarking on a somewhat artificial
queen manoeuvre} 15. Qb1 {Levon reacted quickly,} d5 16. Bg5 dxe4 17. dxe4 Qd6
18. Qb3 {and took the initiative after} Nd4 {although the game was eventually
drawn.}) 15... Qd7 ({I wonder if} 15... d5 {was possible here.}) 16. Nd5 $5 {
A radical way of stopping Black's ambitions in the centre.} Nxd5 17. exd5 Nd8
$2 {An unexpected retreat.} ({It's hard to tell what Levon didn't like about
the natural} 17... Nd4 {Black puts his bishop on f6 and prepares c7-c6. Say,
White can try} 18. c4 {but then} Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 bxc4 20. dxc4 f5 {seems
playable.}) 18. a4 $1 {The bad position of the d8-knight makes White's
queenside offensive much more dangerous.} Rb8 19. c4 bxc4 20. dxc4 f5 21. b5 {
There was no rush to do this.} Ra8 22. Bc3 Nb7 23. Qc2 Bf6 24. Nd2 axb5 $6 {
I sensed some nervousness in Aronian's play around these parts.} ({If White
goes for a better pawn structure with} 24... Nc5 25. Bb4 e4 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27.
Nb3 {Black will pick up some counterplay after} Qd6 28. Na5 axb5 29. axb5 Be5
30. g3 Qf6 31. Nc6 Rxa2 32. Qxa2 f4 {Importantly, White has no passed pawns,
which wasn't the case in the game continuation.}) 25. cxb5 Qf7 26. Qxf5 Qxd5
27. Qc2 Nc5 28. Ne4 $1 {Maxime executes a simple plan of taking the game into
the endgame where his a-pawn will become a major factor.} Bh4 29. g3 Nxe4 30.
Rxe4 Bd8 31. Bb4 Rf3 32. Ra3 $1 {The more trades the better.} Rf7 $5 33. Qc4
Qxc4 34. Rxc4 d5 $5 {Levon seeks counterplay} ({rather than defend passively:} 
34... Kf8 35. a5 Ke7 36. a6 Kd7) 35. Rc2 d4 36. Rc5 $6 {I don't understand the
rationale behind MVL's desire to trade bishops.} (36. a5 Rd7 37. Bd2 Kf7 38.
Rc6 {looked like a good, solid plan of further campaigning.}) 36... Be7 37. Rc4
Bxb4 ({Engines call our attention to the risky-looking} 37... c5 $5 38. bxc6 (
38. Bd2 Bd6 {is actually quite good for Black, because White cannot advance
his pawns:} 39. a5 Rb7 40. Rb3 {while the black king is marching toward the
commanding post on d5.} Kf7) 38... Bxb4 39. Rxb4 Rc7 40. Rb5 ({Also, in the
line} 40. Rc4 Kf7 41. Rb3 Ke6 42. Rb7 Rac8 {the black king's presence in the
centre of the action makes White's pawn advantage short-lived.}) 40... Rxc6 41.
Rxe5 Rd6 {Black is hoping to achieve a trade of passed pawns, but he may not
be able to force it yet after} 42. Kf1 $1 d3 43. Ke1 d2+ 44. Kd1 Rc8 45. Ra1
$16) 38. Rxb4 Rd7 39. Kg2 $2 ({Just as in the previous note, the white king
has to blockade the d-pawn for White to have any winning chances, e.g.} 39. Kf1
Kf7 40. Ke2 Ke6 41. a5 Kd5 42. b6 cxb6 43. Rxb6 e4 44. a6 $14) 39... d3 40. Ra1
d2 41. Rd1 Rd4 42. Rxd4 exd4 43. Rxd2 Rxa4 {It is funny to see the engines
still cheering White on, while any 2000+ human player knows it's a dead draw.}
44. Rc2 Ra5 45. Rxc7 Rxb5 {Maxime didn't even bother trying to win the d4-pawn.
} 46. Rc8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

