[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.11"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 c5 7. h3 Nc6 8. Nc3
Bd7 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Be3 Qc8 11. Kh2 Rd8 12. Qc1 Nd4 13. Rd1 (13. Nxd4 cxd4 14.
Bxd4 Ng4+ (14... Qxc4 15. e3) 15. hxg4 Bxd4 16. Nd5 Re8 17. g5) 13... Bc6 14.
Ne1 b6 15. Bg5 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Qe6 17. Ne3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 $15 19. Nd5 Qxe2 20.
Qe3 Qxe3 21. Bxe3 e6 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Ne7+ Kf8 24. Nc6 Rd6 25. Nxd4 Rxd4 26.
Rxd4 cxd4 27. Rd1 e5 28. Kg2 Ke7 $17 29. f4 f6 30. Kf3 Ke6 31. Rc1 Rd8 32. fxe5
fxe5 33. Ke4 Rc8 34. a3 a5 35. b3 Rf8 36. c5 Rc8 37. b4 bxc5 38. Rc4 Kd6 39. b5
Rb8 40. a4 Rf8 41. Rc1 Rf2 42. Rb1 c4 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-11a"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1979.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1979.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 d6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Qd2 (11. Qc1 Qa5 12. Re1 (12. Kh1 Be6 13. Ng1
Bxc4 14. Bxb7 Rab8 15. Bg2 Rfc8 16. Bh3 e6 $13 {Djuric-Polgar,S New York 1987})
12... Be6 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. b3 Qd7 15. Bh6 Rad8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ng5 Bf5 18. Rd1
Bc2 $6 (18... Qc8 $5) 19. Rd2 Qf5 20. Nge4 Bxb3 21. Nd5 $1 $14 {Lehman-Juferov
Plovdiv 1985}) 11... Bg4 12. Rad1 Bxf3 13. exf3 e6 (13... Qd7) 14. Ne4 b6 15.
b4 Qc7 16. bxc5 Rfd8 $6 (16... bxc5 $5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxd4 Qxc4 19. Bxg7
Nxg7) 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Qb4 Rxa2 19. Kh1 h6 20. Rb1 f5 21. Nc3 Rc2 22. Rfd1 f4
23. gxf4 Nxf4 24. Nb5 Nxb5 25. Qxb5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxc4 27. Bf1 Qb7 28. Rd8+
Kh7 29. h3 Qxf3+ 30. Kg1 Rc7 31. Qe8 h5 32. Qg8+ Kh6 33. Qxe6 Rc5 34. h4 Re5
35. Qc8 Rxe3 $2 (35... Kh7) 36. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Baden"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 (6... d5 $5) 7.
c4 O-O 8. Nc3 a6 $6 (8... Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Bh3 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 12. f3
Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Rc8 14. Qd3 Qb7 15. Rb1 $14 {Vukic,M-Nemet,I/Vinkovci/1977/->})
9. b3 e6 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Rd1 Rd8 $6 (11... Nbd7 12. Ba3 Nc5 $14) 12. Ba3 Nbd7
13. Na4 Ne8 (13... Nc5 $2 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Nb5 $16) 14. Rac1 Bf8 $16 15. Bb4
Ra7 16. Ba5 b6 17. Nxb6 Nxb6 18. Nc6 Rd7 $8 19. Nxa7 Qxa7 20. Bc6 Na8 21. c5 d5
22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. c6 Qa7 24. a4 Nac7 25. Qe3 $5 (25. b4 e5 26. Rb1 Bf5 27. b5
axb5 28. axb5 Bxb1 29. Rxb1 $16) 25... Qxe3 26. fxe3 Bh6 27. Kf2 e5 28. b4 d4
29. exd4 Bxc1 30. Rxc1 exd4 31. Bxc7 Nxc7 32. Rc5 Kf8 $18 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5
Na8 35. Rd5 Ke7 36. Rxd4 Nb6 37. Ke3 $18 Be6 38. Kd3 f5 39. Rh4 h5 40. Kd4 Kd6
41. e4 fxe4 42. Rxe4 Bc4 43. Re5 Bf7 44. Re2 Be6 45. h4 Bf5 46. Re8 Nc8 47. Rf8
Nb6 48. Rf7 Nd5 49. Rb7 (49. Rd7+ $1 Bxd7 50. cxd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares-03"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1981.01.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1981.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Bf4 Nd4 $6 (9... Nh5 10. Be3 (10. Bd2 b6 $5 (10... Rb8 11. Qc1 Nd4 12.
Bh6 Bg4 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. Ne5 $1 Bxe2 15. Re1 f6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Nxe2 $16 {
Lysenko,A-Dolmatov,S/URS/1974/1:0 (23)/}) 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bh6 Qc8 (12... e6 $5)
13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rd1 Nf6 15. Nd5 Nb4 16. Qc3 {Kharitonov,A-Chiburdanidze,M/
URS/1980/0,5 (53)/}) 10... Qa5 11. Qc1 Nd4 12. Re1 Be6 13. Bd2 Qd8 $13) 10. Be5
$1 Nc6 (10... Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 $16) 11. Bf4 Nd4 12. Be5 Nc6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bc7
$1 Rf8 (14... Rd7 $142 15. Bf4 Rd8 (15... Nd4 16. Rfd1 Nh5 17. Bd2 Rd8 18. Nxd4
cxd4 19. Nd5 $16) 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Ne8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rfd1 Be6 20. Bxb7
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rb8 22. Bc6 Bxc4 $14 {Larsen,B-Evans,L/Dallas/1957/0,5 (50)/})
15. Ne5 $1 $16 Nd4 (15... Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Ne8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Na4 $18) (15...
Ne8 16. Nxc6 Nxc7 17. Nxe7+ $18) 16. Nd3 $1 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Re8 (17... Ne6 18. Ba5
Rb8 19. Nd5 Re8 20. Nc7 $1 Nxc7 21. Bxc7 Ra8 22. Rac1 $16) 18. Rac1 a6 19. e3
Ne6 20. Nd5 $1 (20. Ba5 $6 Rb8 21. Nd5 b6 22. Bc3 Bb7 $14) 20... Ra7 (20... b5
$2 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Bd6 $18) 21. Bb6 $1 Nxb6 (21... Ra8 22. b3 $16) 22. Nxb6
a5 23. b3 $22 $18 h5 (23... Ra6 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxb7) 24. h4 Bf6 25. Kf1 Bg7
26. Ke2 a4 (26... Bf6 27. Bd5 $18) 27. bxa4 Nf8 28. Nxc5 Bf5 (28... Ra5 29. Nb3
Ra7 30. a5 $18) 29. Rd2 Be5 30. Nb3 Nh7 (30... Bc7 31. a5) 31. a5 Nf6 32. Rcd1
Kf8 33. Rd8 Bc7 34. Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. c5 Ne4 36. Rd4 Nf6 (36... Nc3+ 37. Kd2 Nxa2
38. Ra4 $18) 37. Ra4 e5 38. Nd5 Nxd5 39. Bxd5 Ke7 (39... Bd7 40. Rb4 Bc8 41.
Rb5 $18) 40. Rb4 Bc8 41. Rb5 f6 42. Kd3 g5 43. Kc3 gxh4 44. gxh4 f5 45. Kb4 e4
46. a4 Kf6 47. Nd4 f4 48. Bxe4 fxe3 49. fxe3 Bg3 50. Rb6+ (50. Nf3 $5) 50...
Ke5 51. Bg2 Be1+ 52. Kb3 Bf2 (52... Bxa5 53. Rh6 Bg4 54. c6 $18) 53. c6 Bxe3
54. Rb5+ $1 Kf6 (54... Kxd4 55. Rd5#) 55. cxb7 Bxb7 56. Bxb7 Bxd4 57. a6 Kg6
58. Rg5+ Kh6 59. Rg2 (59. Rg2 Bf6 60. Rh2 Kg6 61. Kc4 Kf5 62. Rf2+ Ke5 63. Rxf6
Kxf6 64. Kb5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Polgar,Zsu"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
O-O d6 (8... Ng4 $5) (8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 $14) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6
Rb8 (10... Bh3 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 12. f3 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Rc8 14. Qd3 Qb7 15. Rb1 $16 {
Vukic-Nenet,Vinkovci 1977-23/642.}) 11. Bg2 Qa5 12. Nb5 (12. Qc2 Be6 13. b3 d5
$10) 12... Bb7 (12... a6 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Nc3 $16 {Pfleger-Pribyl,1973-15/589.})
13. Bd2 {N} (13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Qd3 d5 15. Nc3 dxc4 16. Qxc4 h5 17. Rd1 Rb4 18.
Qc6 h4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 $146 {Savon-Yermolinsky 1985
-41/(653)}) 13... Qa6 (13... Qb6 $2 14. Be3 $18) 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 (14... Qxb7 15.
b3 Ne4 16. Rb1 $16) 15. Bc3 Rc8 (15... d5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxd5 Bxb2 18. Rab1
Bf6 19. a3 Rfb8 20. Rb4 Qa5 21. Rfb1 a6 22. Nc3 $16) 16. a4 (16. b3 d5 17. Bxf6
Bxf6 18. Qxd5 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 $146) 16... Rxc4 17. b3 Rc8 (17... Rc6 18. Rc1) 18.
Rc1 Nd7 (18... Rd7 $5 19. Bd4 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 e5 21. Bxa7 $1 Rxa7 22. Nxa7 Qxa7
23. Qc6 d5 24. b4 $16) 19. Bxg7 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Kxg7 21. Qc3+ f6 $6 (21... Nf6
22. Nc7 Qxe2 (22... Qb6 23. Ne8+ Kg8 24. Nxf6+ exf6 25. Qxf6 Qxb3 26. Rc1 Rb8
27. Qxd6 $16) 23. Ne8+ Kh6 24. Nxf6 exf6 25. Re1 $16) 22. Qc8 Qb6 (22... Nc5 $2
23. b4 $1 Nxa4 24. Nc7 Qb6 25. Ne6+ Kh6 26. Qf8+ Kh5 27. h3 f5 28. Qg7 h6 29.
Nf4+ $18) 23. Rc1 Nc5 24. Qe8 $1 (24. b4 $2 Rb8 $1) 24... a6 (24... Nxb3 $2 25.
Rc8 Kh6 26. Qf7 Nd4 27. Rh8 $18) 25. Nd4 f5 (25... e5 $2 26. Rxc5 $1 dxc5 27.
Ne6+ Kh6 28. Qf8+ Kh5 29. Qxf6 $18) (25... Qb4 $2 26. Rxc5 $1 Qxd4 (26... dxc5
27. Ne6+ Kh6 28. Qf8+ Kh5 29. Nf4+ Kg5 30. h4+ Kg4 31. Qc8+ f5 32. Kg2 $18) 27.
Rc8 $18) 26. Rc4 a5 $2 $138 (26... e5 $1 27. b4 exd4 28. bxc5 dxc5 29. Qe5+ Kf7
30. Rxc5 Qb1+ 31. Kg2 Qe4+ 32. f3 Qxe5 33. Rxe5 $14) 27. Nb5 $2 (27. e3 $1 $18)
27... d5 $1 28. Rc2 Ne4 $1 29. e3 Nf6 (29... Nc5 $2 30. h4 $18) 30. Qc8 Rb8 31.
Qc7 Qxc7 (31... Kf7 32. Qe5 $1) 32. Rxc7 Kf7 33. Ra7 (33. f3 g5) 33... Ne4 34.
Rxa5 Nc5 $6 (34... Rc8 $5) 35. Nd4 (35. Nc7 Nxb3 36. Rxd5 Rc8 37. Nb5 Ra8)
35... Nxb3 36. Nxb3 (36. Rxd5) 36... Rxb3 37. Rxd5 {R6/f} Ke6 38. Ra5 g5 (38...
Kf6 39. Ra8 Ra3 40. a5 e5 41. a6 Kg7 42. a7 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 e4 44. f4 $1 $18) 39.
h3 (39. g4 $1 f4 40. exf4 gxf4 41. Rf5 $18) 39... Kf6 40. g4 e6 41. gxf5 (41.
Kg2 f4 42. Kf3 fxe3 43. fxe3 Rb1 44. Ra7 h6 45. a5 Rh1 46. Kg2 Re1 47. Kf2 Rh1
48. a6 Rxh3 49. Ra8 Rh2+ 50. Kf3 Ra2 51. a7 Kg7 $10) 41... exf5 42. Ra6+ (42.
Ra8 h5 (42... Rb4 43. a5 Ra4 44. a6 Kg7 (44... Kg6 $1 45. a7 Kh5 46. Rf8 Rxa7
47. Rxf5 $16) 45. a7 h5 46. h4 $1 $18) 43. h4 $1 gxh4 44. a5 Ra3 45. a6 Kg7 46.
a7 $18) 42... Kg7 43. Kg2 $2 (43. a5 $1 Ra3 44. Ra7+ Kg6 45. a6 Ra4 46. Ra8 Kh5
$1 $16) 43... Rb4 $1 44. a5 Ra4 45. Ra7+ Kg6 46. a6 h5 47. Ra8 Kg7 $10 48. a7 (
48. h4 Rxh4 49. f4 gxf4 50. a7 f3+ $1 51. Kxf3 Ra4 $10) 48... h4 $1 (48... Kh7
$2 49. h4 $1 gxh4 50. f4 $18) 49. Kf3 (49. f4 g4 50. hxg4 fxg4 51. f5 Ra2+ 52.
Kf1 Ra1+ 53. Ke2 Ra2+ $10 54. Kd3 $2 h3 55. f6+ Kxf6 56. Rf8+ Ke7 57. a8=Q Rxa8
58. Rxa8 h2 59. Rh8 g3 $19) 49... Ra5 50. Kg2 Ra4 51. Kf1 Ra1+ 52. Kg2 Ra2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Wegner, Hannu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1991.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Knaak} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. O-O
O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. Nxc6 (9. Nc2 $5) 9... bxc6 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. Bg2 Qa5 12. Nb5
Bb7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Bd2 (14. Qd3 {Knaak} d5 15. Nc3 dxc4 16. Qxc4 h5 17. Rd1
Rb4 18. Qc6 h4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 $44 {Savon-Ermolinski/
URS/1985}) 14... Qa6 15. Bc3 Rc8 16. a4 $5 (16. Na3 d5 $1 {Krogius,N-Kholmov,R
(ch-USSR 1965)}) 16... Rxc4 17. b3 Rc8 18. Rc1 Bh6 {N} (18... Nd7 19. Bxg7 Rxc1
20. Qxc1 Kxg7 21. Qc3+ {-Polgar,Zso-Wahls,M (Munich 1991)}) 19. e3 (19. Rc2 Qc6
$10) 19... Ne4 20. Bb2 $6 (20. Bd4 $5) (20. Ba1) 20... Rxc1 21. Qxc1 Nc5 $2 (
21... Rb8 $142 22. Qc7 Qb7 $10) 22. Qc3 $16 e5 23. Ba3 $1 Rxb5 (23... Qc6 24.
Rc1 (24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. Bxc5 $16) 24... Bf8 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qd2 $16) 24. axb5
Qxa3 25. Ra1 Qxb3 26. Qxb3 Nxb3 27. Rxa7 Nc5 28. b6 Bf8 (28... d5 $5 {Knaak})
29. b7 (29. g4 $142 $1) 29... Nxb7 30. Rxb7 h5 31. e4 Kg7 32. Kf1 (32. Rb8 $5
Be7 $140 33. Re8) 32... Kf6 33. Ke2 Ke6 34. Kd3 Bh6 35. Rc7 Bg5 36. Rc8 {
If Black defends passivly, White's plan is simple: the king goes to c6, and
after Re8 Black would be in zugzwang.} f5 37. f3 f4 $1 38. gxf4 (38. Rh8 $5) (
38. g4 $5) 38... Bxf4 39. h3 $6 (39. Rc2 $142 $5) 39... Bg3 40. Rc2 Be1 41. Rg2
(41. Kc4 Kf6 42. Kd5 Kg5 {And as a result of white's unaccuracy Black has a
contrplay.}) 41... Kf6 42. Kc4 Ba5 43. Kd5 Bb4 44. Kc6 Bc5 45. Kd7 Bb4 46. Ke8
Bc5 47. Kd8 {With an idea to win some time.} Bb4 48. Kc7 Bc5 49. Kc6 Bb4 50.
Kd5 Bc5 51. Rc2 Bb4 (51... Kg5 $4 52. Rxc5 dxc5 53. Kxe5 c4 54. f4+ $18 Kh4 55.
Kd4) 52. Rb2 Bc5 53. Rb5 {It's a bluff.Now and later Black could make a draw
by moving his bishop to f4.} (53. f4 $2 Be3 $1 $10) 53... Ba3 (53... Be3 54.
Kxd6 Bf4 55. Rb8 Kg5 56. Rg8 Kh4 57. Rxg6 Kxh3 58. Ke6 h4 59. Kf5 Kh2 60. Kg4
h3 61. Rg8 Kg2 62. Kh4+ Kh2 $10) 54. Ra5 Bb4 55. Ra4 Bc5 56. Rc4 Ba3 57. Rc3
Bb4 58. Rb3 Bc5 $2 (58... Bd2 $1 59. Rb6 Kg5 60. Rxd6 Bf4 61. Re6 Kh4 62. Rxg6
Kxh3 63. Ke6 h4 64. Rg4 Bg3 65. Kf5 Kg2 66. Rxh4 $10) 59. f4 $1 exf4 60. e5+
dxe5 61. Kxc5 g5 62. Kd5 g4 63. h4 $1 $18 {Yusupov} (63. h4 Kf5 (63... f3 64.
Ke4 $18) (63... g3 64. Ke4 $18) 64. Rb8 g3 65. Rg8 (65. Rf8+ Kg4 66. Kxe5 g2 (
66... Kxh4 67. Kxf4 Kh3 68. Rg8 h4 69. Kf3 Kh2 70. Rg4 Kg1 71. Rxh4 g2 72. Rg4
Kh1 73. Kf2 $18) 67. Rg8+ Kf3 68. Kf5 $18) 65... f3 66. Rxg3 e4 (66... Kf4 67.
Rg8 e4 68. Kd4 f2 69. Rf8+ Kg3 70. Kxe4 Kg2 71. Rxf2+ Kxf2 72. Kf4 $18) 67. Kd4
f2 68. Rg8 $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Bf4 Bd7 $5 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qc8 12. Qb3 (12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxg7 Ne3
14. Qb3 $1 Kxg7 (14... Nxf1 $5 15. Bxf8 Nd2 16. Qc3 Qxf8 17. Qxd2 Qc8 $14) (
14... Nxg2 $6 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Rfd1 Bh3 {xNg2}) 15. Bxb7 Qc7 16. fxe3 Rab8 17.
Qc3+) 12... Bc6 13. Nd5 (13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Nd5 Rae8 $10) 13... Nxd5 14. Bxg7 (
14. cxd5 Bxe5 15. dxc6 bxc6 $10) 14... Nf4 $1 $8 15. Bxf8 {Agreed drawn in
Gorelov-Muratov Moscow 1988!} Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 Nd4 17. Qe3 Bxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ 19.
f3 Rxf8 $44 20. Rf2 Nf5 (20... e6 21. b4 $5) (20... b6 21. b4 $5 (21. Qxe7 Re8
22. Qg5 Nxf3 23. Qd5 Qxd5 24. cxd5 Nd4) 21... Nf5 22. Qe4 Qf6 $1) 21. Qa3 (21.
Qd3 $5) 21... Rd8 22. Re1 e6 23. Qxa7 (23. g4 $2 Nd4 24. Qxa7 $2 Nxf3 $1) 23...
b6 24. Qa3 (24. g4 $5 Ra8 25. Qxa8+ Qxa8 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. b3 Qd8 $10) 24...
Ra8 25. Qc3 Rxa2 26. Qf6 (26. b3 $1 $14 Ra7 27. Ra1 Ne3+ $2 (27... Rxa1 28.
Qxa1 Nd4 $14) 28. Kg1 Qd6 $2 29. Rfa2 $1) 26... Qd6 $6 (26... Qd7 $1 27. b3 Ra7
28. Ra1 $2 (28. g4 Qd4 {= the game.}) 28... Ne3+ 29. Kg1 (29. Kh3 $4 e5+) 29...
Qd3) 27. b3 Ra7 28. g4 (28. Ra1 $1 Ne3+ 29. Kh3 (29. Kg1 $4 e5 $1) 29... Rxa1
30. Qxa1 Qf8 $6 (30... Qd3 $5 31. Qa8+ Kg7 32. Qe4 $14 {x Kg7}) 31. Qf6 $8 (31.
g4 $2 Qh6+ 32. Kg3 g5)) 28... Qd4 29. Qxd4 (29. Qg5 h6 30. Qc1 Nh4+ 31. Kg3 g5)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O Na6 7. Nc3 d6 8. b3
Bg4 9. Bb2 Qd7 10. Re1 Rab8 11. Qd2 Bxf3 12. exf3 Rfe8 13. f4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc5
15. Rad1 b6 16. Nd5 Ne6 17. Qd2 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Nc5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. b4 Na4 21.
Qd4+ Kg8 22. Rc1 a5 23. a3 axb4 24. axb4 b5 25. Rc6 Rb7 26. f5 Qxf5 27. Rxd6
Reb8 28. Rc6 Rd8 29. h4 Qd7 30. h5 Qe8 31. Bh3 Qf8 32. Kg2 Qg7 33. Re5 e6 34.
Qe3 Nb2 35. h6 Qf6 36. dxe6 Nd1 37. exf7+ Qxf7 38. Qe2 Kf8 39. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Metz op 11th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Pigusov,E"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Bf4 Be6 10. Ne5 Na5 11. Qa4 Nd7 12. Nxd7 (12. Rad1 $4 Bxe5 $1 13. Bxe5
Nxc4 14. Bf4 Nxb2 $19) 12... Bxd7 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. e4 $1 $14 (14. Qc1 Qc8 15.
Nd5 Nc6 16. Bh6 Bh3 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qc3+ Kg8 19. a3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qg4 21. e3
b5 $10 {Kiselev-Istratescu/1993/}) 14... Bd7 15. Nd5 Nc6 16. Qd2 Qc8 $6 (16...
e6 $5 17. Nc3 e5 18. Be3 Nd4 19. f4 $36) 17. Be3 b6 18. f4 Rd8 19. f5 e6 $2 (
19... gxf5 $6 20. Bh6 $1 f6 21. exf5 (21. e5 Be6 $13) 21... Bxf5 (21... Bxh6
22. Qxh6 Bxf5 23. Rae1 $18) 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qf2 $1 {/\ Ne7} e6 24. Ne3 {/\ g4
} Rf8 25. Qf3 $16) (19... f6 $5 $8) 20. fxg6 $1 exd5 (20... hxg6 21. Nf6+ $16)
21. gxf7+ Kh8 (21... Kf8 22. exd5 Ne5 23. Bh6 Ng6 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Kf8 (
25... Kh6 26. Qf6 $18 {/\ Rf1-f4}) 26. Be4 $18) 22. exd5 $18 Ne7 23. Bh6 Bd4+ (
23... Nf5 24. Bxg7+ Nxg7 25. Be4 Bf5 26. Bxf5 Nxf5 27. Rxf5 $1 Qxf5 28. Qc3+)
24. Kh1 Nf5 25. Be4 Nd6 26. Bc2 b5 $2 (26... Rf8 27. Bxf8 Qxf8 28. Qd3 Qg7 29.
f8=Q+ $18) 27. f8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Schwartzman,G"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Bf4 (9. Be3 {55/(571)}) 9... Be6 (9... Bd7 {52/589}) 10. Ne5 Na5 11.
Qa4 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. Rad1 Nd4 15. Qd2 (15. Qc1 $5) 15... Bc6
16. Bh6 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd7 $6 (17... Bxh6 $142 18. Qxh6 Qd7) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19.
e3 $1 Qc6+ 20. f3 $1 Nf5 21. Kf2 $1 $14 {/\e4,פf5} Nd6 22. Nd5 Rfe8 (22... e6
$2 23. Ne7 $18) 23. Qc3+ (23. Nxe7 $2 Ne4+ 24. fxe4 Rxe7 $15) 23... f6 24. e4
Nf7 $6 (24... e5 $142) 25. Kg1 $1 {/\f3-f4} e5 26. f4 $16 {עg7} Re6 $8 (26...
exf4 27. Rxf4 Re6 28. Rxf6 Rxf6 29. Rf1 $18) 27. fxe5 $1 (27. f5 $6 Rd6 $1)
27... fxe5 (27... Nxe5 $2 28. Rxf6 $1 Rxf6 29. Qxe5 Qe6 (29... Raf8 30. Rf1 $18
) 30. Qc3 $1 Raf8 (30... Kf7 31. Nxf6 Qxf6 32. Rf1) 31. Rf1 $18) 28. Qe3 Nd6
29. b3 Ne8 $6 30. Qf3 Nd6 $8 (30... Nf6 31. Nxf6 Rxf6 32. Qxf6+ Qxf6 33. Rd7+
$18) 31. Rf2 {בf} Rh8 32. Rdf1 Qc8 (32... h6 33. Qf7+ Nxf7 34. Rxf7+ Kg8 35.
Rf8+ Kg7 36. R1f7#) 33. Qg4 h5 $6 $138 (33... Ree8 34. Qg5 Rhf8 35. Rxf8 Rxf8
36. Qxe5+) 34. Qg5 $1 $18 {[#]} Qd8 (34... Nxe4 35. Rf7+ Kg8 36. Qxg6+ Rxg6 37.
Ne7#) 35. Rf6 Rxf6 36. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Drasko, Milan"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 O-O 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Qd2 (11. Qc1) 11... Bg4 12. Rfd1 (12. Rad1 Bxf3
13. exf3 e6 $5 (13... e5) 14. Ne4 b6 15. b4 Qc7 16. bxc5 Rfd8 17. cxb6 axb6 18.
Qb4 Rxa2 $14 {Larsen-Ribli/Riga izt/1979}) 12... Bxf3 13. exf3 $1 $146 (13.
Bxf3 Nxf3+ 14. exf3 b6 15. Qe2 (15. Qd7 Bd4 $10) 15... Qc7 16. Rd3 Bxc3 17.
Rxc3 Rfd8 $10 {Arkell-Hebden/England/1989}) 13... e5 14. Nd5 f5 15. b4 b6 (
15... cxb4 16. Qxb4 Rf7 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. f4 $14 {פh5}) 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Rab1
$14 Rf7 (17... Rb8 18. Bg5 $1 (18. Rxb8 Qxb8 19. Qa5 Qb2 20. Qxc5 (20. Qxa7 Qc2
21. Rf1 Qxc4 $10) 20... Qxa2 21. f4 Qb3 $132) 18... Nf6 (18... Qd7 19. Qa5) 19.
Rxb8 Qxb8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qa5 Ne6 22. Qa6 Kf7 23. Rd3 $40) (17... f4 18. Bxd4
cxd4 19. Rb7 $14) 18. Re1 Qd6 (18... Rd7 19. Bg5 Qf8 20. Qa5 f4 {/\h6} 21. Qa4
(21. g4 Nf6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qxc5 Re8 $14) 21... Rf7 22. g4 Nf6
23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Rxe5 $14) (18... f4 19. Bxd4 cxd4 (19... exd4
20. Bh3 fxg3 21. hxg3 Kh8 22. f4 $14) 20. Rb5 $14) 19. Bxd4 $1 (19. Qa5 Nf6 20.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 $10) 19... cxd4 (19... exd4 20. f4 Rd8 21. Qa5 $14) 20. f4 e4 (20...
Rc8 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Qb4 $14 {/\} Nf6 $2 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Qa5 Rc5 25. Rb5
Rxb5 26. Qxb5 $18) 21. f3 e3 (21... exf3 22. Bxf3 $16) 22. Nxe3 Qc5 23. Nd1 (
23. Ng4 $5 fxg4 (23... Nxg3 24. hxg3 fxg4 25. fxg4 d3+ 26. Kh2 Rd8 27. Bd5 $18)
(23... Qxc4 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. fxe5 $16) 24. fxg4 Rd8 25. gxh5 d3+ 26. Kh1 Qxc4
27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Rbc1 $16) 23... Qxc4 24. Bf1 Qc8 (24... Qd5 25. Rc1 $16) 25.
Nf2 Rc7 26. Qa5 $16 {><e5} Rc5 (26... Nf6 27. Nd3 h6 28. Ne5 Kh7 29. Ba6 Qd8
30. Bb7 Rb8 31. Nc6 Rcxb7 32. Rxb7 $18) 27. Qa4 Qc6 28. Qb3+ Kh8 29. Nd3 Ra5
30. Qb7 $1 (30. Ne5 Bxe5 31. fxe5 f4 32. g4 Ng7 33. e6 $16) 30... Qxb7 31. Rxb7
Bf6 (31... Rxa2 32. Ree7 $18 {/\g4}) 32. g4 fxg4 33. fxg4 Bh4 34. Rc1 Nf6 35.
g5 $2 (35. Rcc7 $1 g5 36. Ne5 Rf8 (36... gxf4 37. Rxh7+ $1 Nxh7 38. Ng6+ Kg8
39. Bc4+) 37. Bc4 $18) 35... Nd5 $132 36. Rc6 Rxa2 37. Rd6 Ne3 $10 38. Rdd7 Ra1
39. Rxh7+ Kg8 40. Rbg7+ Kf8 41. Rf7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kovalev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. Nf3 d6 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Bf4 (9. Nd4) 9... Nh5 (9... Nd4) (9... Bd7) 10. Be3 Qa5 (10... Nd4 11.
Qd2 Bg4 12. Rfd1 Bxf3 13. exf3 e5 14. Nd5 f5 15. b4 b6 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Rab1
$14 {Drasko,M-Velimirovic,D/Belgrade/1994/}) 11. Nd2 $5 (11. Bd2 Qb4 $1 12. Qb3
Be6 13. Nd5 Qxb3 14. axb3 Rad8 15. Be3 $10 {Portisch,L-Tal,M/Bled/1961/}) (11.
Qc1 Nd4 12. Re1 (12. Bd2 Qxc3 $1 $17) 12... Be6 13. Bd2 Qa6 14. b3 Rad8 (14...
Rfd8 $5) 15. Bh6 $14 {Ivkov,B-Tal,M/Habana/1963/}) 11... Rd8 (11... Bxc3 $5 12.
bxc3 (12. Nb3 Qc7 13. bxc3 b6 $17) 12... Qxc3 13. Ne4 (13. Bxc5 $5 Rd8 14. Be3
$13) 13... Qxc4 14. Nxc5 $44) 12. Nd5 (12. Qc1 Nd4 13. Re1 Be6 $5 14. Bxb7 Rab8
15. Bd5 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Rxb2 $146 {Anokhin,V-Morozevich,A/Moscow/1991/}) 12...
Bxb2 $5 {N/} (12... e6 $2 13. Nb3 Qa6 (13... Qa4 14. Ne7+ Kf8 15. Bxc6 Rxd1 16.
Bxa4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Kxe7 18. Bxc5+ $18) 14. Nxc5 Qxc4 (14... Qa5 15. Nb3 Qa6 16.
Nc7 $1 Qxc4 17. Rc1 $16) 15. b3 Qg4 (15... Qb5 16. Ne7+ Kf8 17. Bxc6 $18) 16.
h3 Qf5 17. Ne7+ $18) (12... Be6 $32 13. Nb3 Qa4 14. Qc1 (14. Nxc5 Qxc4 15. b3
Qg4 16. h3 Qf5 17. g4 Qe5 $19) 14... b6 15. Nc3 $6 (15. Bxc5 $5 bxc5 16. Nxc5
Qa5 17. Nb7 $14) 15... Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Rac8 $10 {Blagojevic,D-Jakubovic,N/Turla/
1991/}) 13. Nb3 Qa6 (13... Qa3 $2 14. Bxc5) (13... Qa4 14. Nxe7+ Kf8 15. Bxc6
Rxd1 16. Bxa4 $16) 14. Nxe7+ Kg7 $2 {[#]} (14... Nxe7 $2 15. Qxd8+) (14... Kf8
$32 15. Qb1 Bxa1 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qxa1 $44) 15. Qb1 (15. Nd5 $6 Qxc4) 15...
Bxa1 (15... Bd4 $5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Nxc5 $16) 16. Qxa1+ $1 (16. Nxc6 bxc6 17.
Qxa1+ Kg8 $132) 16... Nd4 (16... Kf8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qh8+ Ke7 19. Bxc5+ $18)
(16... f6 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. g4 $16) 17. Nd5 $1 (17. Nxc5 Qf6 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19.
Nxb7 Qxa1 20. Rxa1 Rd7 21. Nc5 Rxe7 22. Bxa8 Rc7 $16) 17... f6 (17... Qxc4 18.
Rc1 Qxe2 19. Nxc5 $18) (17... Qd6 18. Nxc5 $18) 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Nc7 Qxc4 20.
Nxa8 Bg4 21. h3 Bxe2 22. Rc1 $18 Qb4 23. Nc7 Bc4 24. Nxd4 Rd7 25. a3 Qa4 26.
Nce6+ Bxe6 27. Nxe6+ Kf7 28. Nc5 Qb5 29. Nxd7 1-0

[Event "Yerevan op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Bagaturov, Giorgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5
(8. d5 $5) 8... dxc5 9. Bf4 Be6 10. Ne5 Na5 (10... Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qxd1 12. Raxd1
Bxc4 13. Bxb7 Rad8 14. b3 $14) 11. Qc2 $5 (11. Qa4 Nd7 $1 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Qc2
Bf5 14. Qc1 (14. Qa4 Bd7 $10) 14... Qc8 15. Nd5 Nc6 16. Bh6 Bh3 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. Qc3+ Kg8 19. a3 $14 {Kiselev,S-Istratescu,A/Bucharest/1993/0,5/30/}) (11.
Nd3 Nh5 12. Nxc5 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Bxc4 14. Rc1 Qc7 15. Nxb7 Qxf4 16. e3 Qe5 17.
Nxa5 Qxa5 18. Bxa8 Bxf1 19. Qd5 Qxd5 20. Nxd5 Rxa8 21. Kxf1 Bxb2 22. Nxe7+ Kf8
23. Rc8+ $10 {Tal,M-Kasparov,G/Moscow/1987/0,5/37/}) 11... Nh5 12. Rad1 Qc8 $6
{N/} (12... Qe8 $5 13. Nd5 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Rc8 15. Rd2 f6 16. Nf3 Nc6 17. Rfd1
Kh8 18. Kh1 b6 19. b3 Bg4 $10 {Tukmakov,V-Spraggett,K/Bern/1995/0,5/22/}) 13.
Nd5 Bxd5 (13... Re8 $5) 14. cxd5 Nxf4 (14... g5 15. Bd2 Bxe5 16. Bxa5 $16) 15.
gxf4 b6 16. d6 exd6 17. Rxd6 (17. Bxa8 dxe5 18. Bg2 exf4 $44) 17... Bxe5 (17...
Rb8 18. Nd7 Rd8 19. Rfd1 $16) 18. fxe5 Qg4 19. h3 Qc4 20. Qd2 Rae8 21. b3 Qh4
22. f4 $16 Re7 23. Kh2 Nb7 $6 (23... Rc8 $5 24. Bd5 (24. Rc1 $5) 24... c4 25.
b4 c3 $132) 24. Rd5 Na5 25. e3 Nc6 26. Rd6 Na5 27. Bd5 Nb7 28. Rf6 Nd8 29. Rg1
Kh8 30. Rg4 Qh6 31. Qf2 Rfe8 32. h4 Ne6 33. f5 $1 Nd8 34. e6 $18 fxe6 35. fxg6
Qg7 (35... exd5 36. g7+ Rxg7 (36... Kg8 37. Rf8+ $18) 37. Rf8+ $18) 36. Be4 Rd7
37. Kh3 Rg8 38. Rg5 h6 39. Rh5 e5 40. Qf5 Rd1 41. Rxh6+ (41. Rxh6+ Qxh6 42. g7+
Kxg7 43. Rxh6 Kxh6 44. Qh7#) 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Bf4 Be6 10. Ne5 Na5 11. Qa4 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Qc2 Bf5 (13... Nc6
14. Rad1 Nd4 15. Qd2 Bc6 16. Bh6 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. e3 Qc6+
20. f3 Nf5 21. Kf2 $1 Nd6 22. Nd5 Rfe8 23. Qc3+ f6 24. e4 Nf7 $6 (24... e5 $14)
25. Kg1 $1 e5 26. f4 $16 {Schwartzman,G-Sutovskij,E/Groningen 1994}) (13...
Nxc4 $6 14. Bxb7 e5 15. Bxa8 $1 Qxa8 16. Bg5 Bh3 17. e4 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 $16) 14.
Qc1 (14. e4 $5 Bd7 15. Nd5 Nc6 16. Qd2 Qc8 $6 (16... e6 $5 17. Nc3 e5 18. Be3
Nd4 19. f4 $36 {Pigusov}) 17. Be3 b6 18. f4 Rd8 19. f5 e6 $2 (19... gxf5 20.
Bh6 $1 $40) (19... f6 $8) 20. fxg6 $1 exd5 21. gxf7+ Kh8 22. exd5 $18 {Pigusov,
E-Istratescu,A/Metz op 1993}) 14... Qc8 15. Nd5 Nc6 16. Bh6 Bh3 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. Qc3+ Kg8 19. Qe3 $5 {N} (19. a3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qg4 {Kiselev,S-Istratescu,A/
Bucuresti 1993} 21. b4 $1 Qe4+ 22. Kg1 Nd4 23. Rae1 $16) 19... Bxg2 20. Kxg2
Qf5 $5 (20... e6 21. Nf6+ Kg7 22. Ng4 f5 23. Ne5 $14) (20... b6 $2 21. Qxe7 $1
$16) 21. Nxe7+ (21. Qxc5 Qe4+ (21... e6 $2 22. Qxc6 $1 Qe4+ 23. Kg1 $16) 22.
Kg1 Qxe2 23. Rae1 (23. b4 e6 24. Nf6+ Kg7 $10) (23. Rfe1 Qxb2 24. Rab1 Qd2 25.
Nxe7+ Nxe7 26. Rxe7 b6 $10) 23... Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qxa2 25. Rxb7 Rac8 26. Rxe7 Qa6
27. Rd7 $14 {><f6}) 21... Nxe7 22. Qxe7 Rae8 23. Qxb7 Rxe2 $44 24. Rae1 (24. b3
$1 h5 (24... a5 25. Qa7) (24... Rd8 25. Qxa7 h5 (25... Rdd2 26. Qa8+ Kg7 27.
Qf3 $16) 26. Qb7 h4 $44) 25. Qf3 (25. Qxa7 h4 26. Qb7 h3+ 27. Kg1 Rd8 28. a3
Kg7 $1 (28... Rdd2 29. Qb8+ Kg7 30. Qf4 $16) 29. Rae1 Rb2 30. Qe7 Rdd2 $14)
25... Qxf3+ 26. Kxf3 Rb2 27. Rfb1 Rc2 28. Rc1 Rb2 $14) 24... Rfe8 25. Rxe2 Rxe2
26. a4 h5 27. h4 a5 $10 28. Qa8+ Kh7 29. Qxa5 Qe4+ 30. Kg1 Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch53"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Rb8 (10... Bh3 $143 $6 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 12. f3 Bxf1
13. Kxf1 Qc8 14. Qd3 Qh3+ 15. Kg1 Nd7 16. Nd5 Re8 17. Nf4 Qf5 18. Qxf5 gxf5 19.
Rb1 Rb8 20. b3 Ne5 21. Bb2 Nxc4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rc1 Nb6 24. Rc7 e5 25. Nd3
Nc8 26. Kf2 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rd6,Rf5,Rf7] _|_ק,Moustafa,T-Abdel Bary,K/Cairo op/
1998/}) 11. Qa4 $5 ({Somewhat risky, but perhaps playable is} 11. Nb5 Be6 12.
b3 Ng4 13. Rb1 Qb6 14. Bg2 a6 15. Na3 Qa5 16. h3 Nf6 17. Bb2 Rfd8 18. Qc1 Qh5
19. g4 Qh4 20. f4 h5 21. g5 Bxh3 22. gxf6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qg4+ 24. Kf2 Qh4+ 25.
Ke3 $14 {Hulak,K-Mohr,G/Bled/Rogaska Slatina/1991/}) ({White hasn't been able
to prove any advantage after the heavily played} 11. Bg2 Qa5 12. Nb5 (12. Qc2
$5 Be6 $6 13. Bd2 $1 Bxc4 14. Nd5 Qb5 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Nc6 Bxe2 17. Nxb8 Bxf1
18. Rxf1 Rxb8 19. b3 d5 20. Qc7 a6 21. Qxf7 d4 22. Rc1 Rf8 23. Qc4 Qf5 24. Qxd4
Ng4 25. Qc5 Qd3 26. Bc3 {1-0,Stohl,I-Enders,P/BL 9798/1997/}) 12... Bb7 13.
Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Bd2 Qa6 15. Bc3 Rc8 16. a4 Rxc4 17. b3 Rc6 18. Rc1 Rd7 19. Bd4
Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Ne4 21. Bxa7 Nc3 22. Nxc3 Rc7 23. Qe3 Rxc3 24. Qxe7 Be5 25. f4
Bf6 26. Qe8+ Kg7 27. Bf2 Rxb3 28. Rc1 Qb7 29. a5 Ra3 30. Bb6 Qd5 $44 {Vaulin,
A-Sergeev,V/Pardubice op/1993/}) 11... Bb7 (11... Bh3 12. Rd1 $1 (12. Bg2 Bxg2
13. Kxg2 Qc7 $5 (13... Qd7 14. Rb1 Qxa4 15. Nxa4 Rfc8 16. c5 dxc5 17. Be3 Rb4
$5 (17... c4 18. Bxa7 Rb4 19. Nc3 e6 20. Bd4 Nd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rfc1 Nxc3
23. Rxc3 Rcb8 24. Rc2 g5 25. a3 Rb3 26. Rxc4 Rxb2 27. Rxb2 Rxb2 28. e3 Ra2 29.
Ra4 $14 {Kramnik,V-Topalov,V/Monaco act/1997/}) 18. b3 c4 19. Rbc1 Nd5 20. Bxa7
Ra8 21. Bc5 cxb3 22. Bxb4 bxa2 23. Bd2 {1/2,Loeffler,S-Reeh,O/BL/1995/} h5 $1
$11) 14. Rb1 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qb7 16. f3 e6 17. Ne3 d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Rd1 Rfe8
20. Kf2 Nb6 21. Qh4 Qa6 22. a4 Rbd8 $36 {Ernst,S-Van der Weide,K/Rotterdam
NLD-ch/1998/}) 12... Qb6 (12... Qc7 13. b3 Rfc8 14. Bf3 d5 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. Bf4
Rb6 17. Rac1 Qe8 18. Qxa7 Rbc6 19. Qe3 dxc4 20. Na7 Re6 21. Qd2 c3 22. Rxc3
Rxc3 23. Qxc3 h6 24. Qc7 {1-0,Strating,S-Blees,A/Amsterdam Donner op/1995/})
13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Qb4 15. Qxb4 Rxb4 16. a3 Rb6 17. Ra2 a5 18. a4 Rfb8 19.
Bb5 Rxb5 20. axb5 Rxb5 21. f3 e6 22. Kf2 $16 {Andresen,S-Wesseln,K/BL/1993/}) (
11... Qc7 $5 12. c5 dxc5 13. Bg2 Rb4 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Bd2 Rfb8 16. b3 Rc8 17.
Na4 Rb5 18. Nc3 Rb4 19. Na4 Rb5 20. Nc3 Rb4 21. Na4 $11 {1/2,Supatashvili,
K-Ubilava,E/Protvino zt/1993/}) 12. Bxb7 Rxb7 13. Rb1 Qb8 $6 $146 (13... Qc8
$142 $1 14. Bd2 Qh3 15. f3 Nh5 16. Rf2 Qe6 17. Kg2 Rc8 18. b3 (18. Nd5 $5)
18... Bd4 $1 19. e3 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Qxe3 21. Qa5 Ng7 22. Re1 Qc5 23. Rd2 Qxa5 24.
Bxa5 f6 25. Rd5 Kf7 26. Bd2 a6 27. Ra5 Rc6 28. Be3 Ne6 29. Rd1 Rbc7 30. h4 Nd8
$11 {Karpov,A-Topalov,V/Monaco act/1997/}) (13... Ng4 14. Bd2 Qb8 15. b3 h5 16.
Nd5 h4 17. c5 Nf6 18. c6 Nxd5 19. cxb7 hxg3 20. Qc6 $18 {Nikoladze,S-Pachmann,
A/Praha Mladi-B/1994/}) 14. b3 Nd7 15. Bd2 $16 {Now by patient defense White
should manage to extricate his Q and finally consolidate his position, holding
on to the extra pawn in the process.} Rc8 16. Rbc1 (16. Qa3 $2 Bxc3 17. Bxc3
Rxc4 $1 $11) 16... Nc5 17. Qa3 Rc6 18. Rc2 $1 (18. Rfd1 Ra6 19. Qb2 Ne4 $5 $14)
18... Qc8 (18... Ra6 19. Qc1 $16) 19. Kg2 a5 20. Be3 (20. Na4 $5 $16) (20. Qc1
$6 a4 21. Nxa4 Nxa4 22. bxa4 Rbc7 $14) 20... Na6 21. Rcc1 $5 (21. Qc1 e6 $5 {
[%cal Rd6d5] /\d5<=>}) 21... Nb4 22. Rfd1 Bxc3 $6 {A desperate attempt to gain
counterplay hastens the end.} (22... h5 $142 $5 {/\} 23. Bd4 Bh6 $132) 23. Rxc3
a4 24. Qb2 (24. Qxa4 $4 Ra6 $19) (24. bxa4 Rxc4 25. Rdc1 $36) 24... a3 25. Qd2
$16 (25. Qxa3 $2 Ra6 $13) 25... d5 26. Rcc1 $1 {[%cal Rc4d5] /\cd5} (26. c5 e5
$44) 26... dxc4 27. Rxc4 Rxc4 28. bxc4 h5 {The simple, but effective tactics
work for White after} (28... Qxc4 29. Bh6 $1 Qc6+ (29... Rb8 30. Qd8+ $18) 30.
f3 Qe8 (30... Rb8 31. Qxb4 $1 $18) 31. Qc3 f6 (31... e5 $2 32. Qxe5 $18) 32.
Qc4+ Kh8 33. Rb1 Qb8 34. Qf7 Qg8 35. Qxg8+ Kxg8 36. Bd2 $18) 29. c5 $18 {
[%csl Gc5,Rf6,Rg7,Rh6] o^c,׻} Kh7 30. Qc3 Qa8 (30... Nxa2 31. Qc4 $18) (30...
Qe6 $142 $5 31. Qxa3 Nc2 32. Qd3 Nxe3+ 33. Qxe3 Qxe3 34. fxe3 Rb2 35. Kf3 (35.
a4 $5 $18) 35... Rxa2 36. Rd7 Rc2 37. Rxe7 Rxc5 38. Rxf7+ $18 {_|_R}) (30...
Qc6+ 31. Kg1 Nd5 32. Qxa3 $18) 31. Kg1 Qa4 $6 32. Rd8 f6 33. Qc4 e6 34. Qf4 (
34. Qf4 g5 $8 35. Qe4+ $18 (35. Qxf6 $18)) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Prokopchuk, Evgeny"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Bf4 Be6 10. Qa4 Nh5 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Qd1 e6 14. Nge4 Qb6 15.
g4 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bh6 Qxb2 18. Bxf8 Qxc3 19. Bxc5 {[%tqu "En","How
would you justify Black's exchange sacrifice?","Exploit the main diagonal!",
"Use your queen for a powerful strike!","c3a1","This nice move yields Black a
large advantage.",4]} Qxa1 $1 {[%csl Re2][%cal Gd4e2,Gf6a1]} 20. Qd2 $4 ({
A terrible mistake, losing on the spot - White obviously overlooked Black's
repsonse 20...Qc3. After} 20. Qxa1 Nxe2+ 21. Kh1 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Bc6 23. Bxc6
bxc6 24. Rd1 Nc3 {Black retains good winning chances, although he needs to
overcome still some technical difficulties.}) 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup final 6th"]
[Site "Nefteyugansk"]
[Date "2002.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kornev, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Bf4 Qa5 10. Nd2 Rd8 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nd4 13. e3 Nb5 14. Nb3 Qb6
15. Qc2 e5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Nxc5 Rac8 18. b4 a5 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Nc3 21.
Qf3 Bd5 22. Qg4 Qc6 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. a3 axb4 25. axb4 Nxb4 26. Rb1 Qxc5 27.
Bd6 Qc6 28. Qxb4 b5 29. Qf4 Qd5 30. e4 Qd3 31. Re1 Bc3 32. Rc1 Rc4 33. Be7 Be5
34. Qh6 Bg7 35. Qf4 Rxc1+ 36. Qxc1 h5 37. Qc6 b4 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qxf7 Qb1+ 40.
Kg2 Qxe4+ 41. Kg1 Qb7 42. Qe6 b3 43. Ba3 b2 44. Bxb2 Bxb2 {[#] Schwarz hat das
große technische Problem des "falschen" Läufers bezogen auf das
Umwandlungsfeld seines h-Bauern.} 45. Qc4 Qf3 46. h4 Qf6 47. Kg2 Bd4 48. Qc7+
Kh6 49. Qc1+ Kg7 50. Qc2 Qe5 51. Qc6 Bc5 52. Qd7+ Kf6 53. Qd8+ Qe7 54. Qd3 Qb7+
55. Kg1 (55. Qf3+ Qxf3+ 56. Kxf3 Kf5 57. Kg2 Ke4 58. f3+ Ke3 59. g4 hxg4 60.
fxg4 Kf4 61. g5 (61. h5 g5 62. Kh3 Kf3 63. h6 Bd4 $19) 61... Kg4 $19 {zeigt,
dass der Damentausch von Weiß nur ausnahmsweise anzustreben ist, sonst aber
ein strategisches Ziel von Schwarz sein muss.}) 55... Qc7 (55... Qb6 $142 56.
Qf3+ Kg7 57. Qc3+ Bd4 58. Qf3 Qb1+ 59. Kg2 Qf5 60. Qe2 Kf6 {und Marsch des
schwarzen Königs sagen wir Richtung d2, ohne dass klar ist, ob Schwarz
gewinnen kann.}) 56. Qf3+ Kg7 57. Qc3+ Kf7 58. Qf3+ {Vermutlich hat hier
einmal mehr der Sekundärfaktor Zeit über das Schach triumphiert.} 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.07"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 (10. Qa4 Be6 (10... Bd7 $5 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Qxc6
Rc8 $44) 11. Bxc6 Rc8 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Bb5 Bxd5 16. cxd5
f5 17. Rac1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Ng4 19. Bxa7 Bxb2 20. Rc2 Bg7 21. Bd7 Ne5 22. Be6+
Kh8 23. Rc8 Qxc8 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Bd4 {1-0,Leski,M-Klipper,R/FRA-chT/2003/})
10... Rb8 11. Bg2 (11. Qa4 Qc7 (11... Bh3 12. Rd1 $5 $14 (12. Bg2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2
Qd7 14. Rb1 Qxa4 15. Nxa4 Rfc8 16. c5 dxc5 17. Be3 Rb4 18. b3 c4 19. Rbc1 Nd5
20. Bxa7 Ra8 21. Bc5 cxb3 22. Bxb4 bxa2 23. Bd2 {1/2,Loeffler,S-Reeh,O/BL 9495/
1995/} f5 $11)) (11... Bd7 $5 12. Rb1 $5 (12. Rd1 Bxc6 13. Qxc6 Qc8 (13... Qa5
14. Qf3 Rfc8 15. b3 {Karpov,A-Cozic,E/Gonfreville sim/1999/} Rxb3 16. axb3 Qxa1
17. Bg5 $14) 14. Qxc8 Rfxc8 15. b3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxa1 17. Bg5 f6 18. Rxa1 (18.
Be3 Bb2 $15) 18... fxg5 19. Nxg5 a5 $11) (12. Bxd7 Qxd7 $44 {is very similar
to Loeffler-Reeh, the only difference is White's K is on g1 instead of g2})
12... Bxc6 13. Qxc6 $14) 12. Nd5 $5 (12. c5 dxc5 13. Bg2 Rb4 14. Qc2 Be6 15.
Bd2 Rfb8 16. b3 Rc8 17. Na4 Rb5 18. Nc3 Rb4 19. Na4 Rb5 20. Nc3 Rb4 21. Na4 $11
{1/2,Supatashvili,K-Ubilava,E/Protvino zt/1993/}) 12... Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bh3 {
/\Bb2=}) 11... Qa5 12. Nb5 (12. Qc2 Bb7 $5 (12... Be6 $143 13. Bd2 $1 Bxc4 14.
Nd5 Qb5 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Nc6 Bxe2 17. Nxb8 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Rxb8 19. b3 $16 {
Stohl,I-Enders,P/BL 9798/1997/}) 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Bd2 Rc8 15. Rac1 (15. b3 d5
$44) 15... Rxc4 16. Qd3 Rc8 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Qa6 Rcb8 19. Ba5 Qd7 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6
21. b4 {Stryjecki,M-Cobb,C/EUCup Halkidiki/2002/} Rc8 $11) 12... Bb7 13. Bxb7 (
13. Bd2 Qa6 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 {-13.Bb7} (14... Qxb7 15. b3 Ne4 16. Rb1 $14)) 13...
Rxb7 14. Bd2 (14. Qd3 d5 15. Nc3 dxc4 16. Qxc4 h5 17. Rd1 Rb4 18. Qc6 h4 19.
Nd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Rd3 Rc8 23. Rb1 Rc2 $11 {Savon,
V-Yermolinsky,A/Tashkent/1985/}) 14... Qa6 15. Bc3 Rc8 16. b3 {Currently White
tries to fight for the advantage with the help of the following exchange
sacrifice. The older tries were insufficient:} (16. a4 Rxc4 17. b3 Rc8 18. Rc1
Ne4 19. Bxg7 (19. Bb4 Nc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Qd3 Qe6 22. Qf3 Qb6 23. b4 c4 $15 {
Busch,K-Wegner,H/BL 9293/1993/}) 19... Rxc1 {1/2,Jussupow,A-Wahls,M/
Baden-Baden/1992/} 20. Qxc1 Kxg7 $11) (16. Na3 d5 17. Qc2 dxc4 18. Rfd1 Qe6 19.
Rac1 Bh6 20. Bd2 Bg7 21. Bc3 h5 22. Bd4 Qh3 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nxc4 Bxb2 25. Rb1
Rb4 26. Rxb2 Rbxc4 $11 {Dizdar,G-Sermek,D/YUG Cup Pula/1991/}) 16... d5 17.
Bxf6 (17. a4 dxc4 18. bxc4 Rd7 19. Qb3 Ng4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1
Qf6 23. Qf3 Rxc4 24. Qxf6+ Kxf6 25. Nxa7 Rxa4 $11 {Kholmov,R-Haag,E/Pecs/1964/}
) 17... Bxf6 18. Qxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxa1 19. Rxa1 $11 {/+/= White has 2P for
the exchange and a compact position, thus he hardly risks losing. (unless he
overpresses) Although Black should be able to hold the balance, his situation
is not too pleasant-any mistake might give White real winning chances.} Qc6 (
19... Rbb8 $143 20. Qe5 $1 (20. Qd4 Rb7 21. Nc3 $2 Rxb3 22. axb3 Qxa1+ 23. Kg2
Rb8 24. b4 Rxb4 25. Qd8+ Kg7 26. Nd5 Rxc4 27. Nxe7 Qd4 28. Qg8+ Kf6 {0-1,
Vilkov,V-Vaulin,A/Smolensk/1997/}) 20... Qa5 21. Qxe7 Re8 22. Qd6 a6 23. Nd4
Qd2 24. e3 Qb2 25. Rd1 Qxa2 {Velickovic,Z-Sermek,D/Bled op/1991/} 26. c5 $5 $36
) 20. Qxc6 (20. Rd1 $5 Qxd5 21. Rxd5 Kf8 22. Kf1 Ke8 23. Nc3 Rd8 24. Ra5 Kd7
25. e4 Kc6 26. Nd5 e6 27. Nf6 $14 {/<=>,Lada,I-Turner,M/Werfen op/1995/}) 20...
Rxc6 21. Rd1 Rc8 $146 (21... Kg7 22. Kf1 Kf6 23. e3 e6 24. Ke2 Ke7 25. Rd2 h5
26. h4 a6 27. Nc3 Rd7 28. Rc2 Kd6 29. Na4 Rb7 30. Nb2 f6 31. Nd3 e5 32. e4 g5
33. b4 gxh4 34. gxh4 Rc8 35. a4 Rbc7 36. c5+ Kc6 37. Ke3 Rb7 38. Rc1 Rbb8 39.
Rc3 Rg8 $132 {Makarov,M-Volzhin,A/St Petersburg/1995/}) 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Ke1 Ke8
24. Rd3 Rc5 (24... a6 25. Nc3 (25. Nd4 Rd7 26. Kd2 $11 {/+/=}) 25... Rd7 $11 {
/+/= deserved attention, in analogy to Volzhin-Makarov.}) 25. Kd2 g5 {[%csl
Rh2][%cal Rg5g4,Rc5h5] /\g4,Rh5,><h2} (25... a6 $142 26. Nd4 Rd7 $14) 26. g4 $1
{[%cal Rd3h3] /\Rh3 White is alert and stops Black's idea.} Rd7 27. Nd4 h5 28.
h3 (28. gxh5 g4 $11 {<=>}) 28... hxg4 29. hxg4 Ra5 30. a4 $14 Re5 $2 {After
this oversight Black loses the crucial Pa7 and the _|_ with 3 connected o^ is
relatively easily won for White.} (30... Rc5 31. Kc3 a5 32. b4 axb4+ 33. Kxb4
$16) (30... a6 $5 31. Kc3 Rc7 $14 {was still playable.}) 31. Nc6 Re6 (31... Re4
32. f3 Re6 33. Rxd7 Kxd7 34. Nxa7 $18) (31... Rxd3+ 32. Kxd3 (32. exd3 Re6 33.
Nxa7 Rf6 34. Ke3 Re6+ {is less convincing.}) 32... Re6 33. Nxa7 $18) 32. Rxd7
Kxd7 33. Nxa7 $18 Kd6 (33... Rd6+ 34. Ke1 $5 (34. Kc3 Re6 35. e3 Rf6 $132)
34... Rh6 35. Nb5 $18) 34. Nb5+ (34. b4 $142 $5 Re4 35. Kd3 Rxg4 36. a5 $18) (
34. f3 $5) 34... Kc5 35. Nc3 Re5 (35... Kb4 36. Kc2 Ka3 $1 (36... Re5 37. Nd5+
Ka3 38. Kc3 $1 (38. a5 $2 e6 $14) 38... Rxe2 (38... e6 39. Nc7 Rxe2 40. Nb5+
$18) 39. a5 Rb2 40. b4 $18) 37. f3 $5 (37. e3 Rb6 38. a5 Ra6 $1 $14 {/+/-} (
38... Rxb3 39. Nb5+ {[%cal Ra5a6] /\a6+-})) 37... Rb6 38. Nb5+ Kb4 39. Kb2 {
[%cal Rb5c3,Rc3a2] /\Nc3-a2,Kc3+-}) 36. e3 (36. f3 $5 Kb4 37. Kc2 $18) 36...
Kb4 37. Kc2 f5 38. Nd5+ Kc5 (38... Ka3 39. Kc3 (39. f4 gxf4 (39... fxg4 40.
fxe5 g3 41. Nc3 $18) 40. exf4 Re2+ 41. Kd3 Re1 $16 42. gxf5 Kxb3 43. a5 $16 {
/+-}) 39... fxg4 40. Nb4 Rf5 41. Nd3 $18 {[%csl Ga4,Gb3,Gc4] o^,/\c5,a5,b4})
39. Kd3 $1 fxg4 40. b4+ Kd6 (40... Kc6 41. Kd4 Re6 42. b5+ $18 {[%cal Ra4a5,
Rc4c5] /\c5,a5}) 41. e4 {Now the pawns advance fast and unobstructed,
therefore Black after the time control gave up.} (41. e4 Re6 (41... Kd7 42. b5
$18 {/\} e6 43. Kd4 $1) 42. c5+ Kc6 43. Kd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Na6 {
A relatively rare move. Objectively it's somewhat weaker than} (7... Nc6 8. d5
(8. dxc5 dxc5 {-E65}) 8... Na5 {-E66 transposing to the Yugoslav variation, in
which Black nowadays doesn't experience opening problems. However Minasian
probably feared Ivanchuk's encyclopaedic theoretical prowess.}) (7... cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc6 $5 {-A39/E65}) 8. Re1 {White wants to maintain the central tension
and also chooses a seldom played move.} (8. d5 Nc7 9. a4 $14 {-E64 but a
fianchetto Benoni may not be everyone's favourite.}) ({More often White plays
the immediate} 8. b3 Bg4 9. Bb2 Qd7 10. Re1 Rab8 11. Qd2 Bxf3 12. exf3 $5 Rfe8
13. f4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc5 15. Rad1 b6 16. Nd5 Ne6 17. Qd2 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Nc5 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 20. b4 Na4 21. Qd4+ Kg8 22. Rc1 a5 23. a3 axb4 24. axb4 b5 25. Rc6
$36 {Kasparov,G-Cebalo,M/Manila olm/1992/}) ({Another popular move is} 8. h3
Rb8 (8... Bd7 $142 9. b3 Bc6 $5 $132) 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Be3 a6 12.
Rc1 Ne8 $6 13. b4 {()} Nd7 14. Qe2 Ne5 15. a3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 e6 17. f4 Nc6 18.
Nxc6 Bxc6 19. c5 Qc7 20. b5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Qa5 22. Nxd6 Qxa3 23. e5 $16 {
/+-,Nisipeanu,L-Vajda,L/Bucharest/1998/}) (8. e4 Bg4 9. Be3 Nd7 $5 $132) 8...
Bd7 (8... Rb8 9. Rb1 Be6 10. b3 (10. d5 {()[+]}) 10... Nc7 $6 11. dxc5 dxc5 12.
Bf4 $36 Rc8 13. Ng5 Nfe8 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rbd1 Qc8 17. Bh3 b5 18.
Nd5 $18 {Mosca,L-Tomba,I/Venice/1997/}) (8... Nc7 9. e4 (9. Bg5 cxd4 (9... Rb8
$2 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Bf4 Bd7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bh3 e6 15. Qb3 e5
16. Be3 b6 17. Rad1 f5 18. Qa4 Rf7 19. Bg2 e4 20. f3 $16 {Heinkelmann,J-Panzer,
B/RL 9495 Bayern/1994/}) 10. Nxd4 Ne6 $132) 9... Nd7 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Qd2 b6 12.
Bh6 e5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Rad1 Qf6 16. Nd5 $36 {Gibbons,
M-Hemphill,J/Winnipeg/1999/}) (8... Bg4 9. d5 (9. h3 $142 $14) 9... Nc7 10. Nd2
Qc8 11. Qc2 Bh3 12. Bh1 Ng4 13. Nde4 h6 14. f3 Ne5 15. Nf2 Bd7 16. b3 b5 17.
cxb5 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. Bb2 Qf5 20. Ne4 a5 $11 {Ernst,S-Van der Marel,B/
Groningen/1999/}) 9. b3 Qc8 (9... Rb8 10. Bb2 Nb4 {Ibach,F-Fantin,A/FRA-chT/
1999/} 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Ne5 $14) 10. Bg5 $5 ({A more natural continuation is} 
10. Bb2 Bh3 11. Bh1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Qd2 $11 {/+/=}) 10... Re8 (10... Bh3
$6 11. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Bxg2 13. Nxf6+ exf6 14. Kxg2 $14) 11. Rc1 (11. Qd2
$142 {[%cal Ya1d1] /\Rad1 prevents h6 and was a better chance to fight for an
advantage out of the opening.}) 11... Bh3 12. Bh1 h6 13. Bd2 e5 $5 (13... cxd4
14. Nxd4 Ng4 $13) (13... Qg4 $5 $132) 14. Nb5 (14. dxe5 dxe5 15. e4 (15. Nb5
Qe6 $5 (15... Ne4 {transposes into the game}) 16. e4 Red8 $11) 15... Nb4 16.
Qe2 Nc6 17. Nd5 Qd8 $11) 14... Ne4 {Black sacrifices an exchange, but there
was no need to do so.} (14... Qd7 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bc3 Ne4 17. Qxd7 Bxd7 18.
Bb2 $14) (14... Qe6 $5 $132) 15. dxe5 $6 {Ivanchuk declines the offer, but
fails to get any advantage.} (15. Nxe5 $6 dxe5 16. Bxe4 exd4 17. Nd6 Qe6 18.
Bf4 Red8 $1 (18... Re7 19. Bd5 Qf6 20. e4 $1 $36) 19. Bxb7 g5 $1 20. Bd5 Qe7
$17) (15. Nh4 $5 exd4 16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17. Nxd6 Qe6 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. f3 {[%cal
Yh4g2] /\Ng2+/= gives White chances for a successful defence.}) 15... dxe5 16.
Be3 (16. Nh4 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Rd8 $36) 16... Rd8 17. Qc2 Bf5 ({A solid
alternative was} 17... Nd6 $11 {and Black has no problems.}) 18. Qb2 Nb4 (18...
Nxf2 $142 $5 19. Bxf2 e4 20. Qa3 (20. Nfd4 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 22. Nxd4 Qc5 23.
Rcd1 Nb4 $11 {/=/+}) 20... exf3 21. Bxf3 Bg4 $13) 19. a3 (19. Nh4 a6 20. Nxf5
gxf5 21. a3 $1 {[]} (21. Nc3 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 e4 $17) 21... axb5 (21... Nc6 22.
Bxe4 fxe4 23. Nc3 $16) 22. axb4 cxb4 23. Bxe4 $5 (23. cxb5 Nc3 $36) 23... fxe4
24. cxb5 $13) 19... Nxf2 $5 {[%mdl 64] Black feels the tide is turning and
goes for immense tactical complications. Ivanchuk initially keeps his calm.} (
19... Nc6 20. Nh4 $14) 20. Bxf2 (20. Kxf2 {exposes White's K, after} e4 21. Ne5
Na6 $5 $44 {the pin is practically unbreakable, e.g.,} (21... Nc6 $2 22. Nxc6
$1 $18) 22. g4 Bxg4 23. Bxe4 Qb8 24. Bf4 Re8 $13) (20. axb4 $6 e4 21. Ne5 Nxh1
$40) 20... e4 21. Ne5 Qb8 $5 (21... Nc6 $2 22. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 (22... Bxb2 23.
Ne7+ $18) 23. Nc3 $18) (21... Na6 {is different from the line above, after} 22.
g4 Bxg4 23. Rcd1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb5d6,Rf2g3] White is clearly on top. /\Nd6,Bg3}
(23. Bxe4 $143 Qb8 24. Bg3 Re8 25. Nxg4 Bxb2 26. Bxb8 Rxe4 27. Nf2 Bxc1 28.
Rxc1 Rxe2 29. Bxa7 Rd8 $14)) 22. axb4 $6 {This wins a piece, but subjects
White to a dangerous attack.} ({Safer seems} 22. Red1 $142 $1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1
Bxe5 (23... e3 24. Bxe3 Bxe5 25. Qd2 Bxg3 26. Nd6 $1 $36) 24. Qd2 $14) 22...
Bxe5 23. Qa3 e3 $6 (23... cxb4 24. Qxb4 e3 25. Bxe3 Bxg3 $44) (23... a6 $1 24.
Nc3 e3 25. Nd5 $5 (25. Bxe3 Bxg3 $40) 25... exf2+ 26. Kxf2 $132) 24. bxc5 exf2+
(24... a6 $5 25. Nd6 $1 (25. Nc3 $2 Bd4 $17) 25... exf2+ (25... Bd4 26. Red1 $1
exf2+ 27. Kf1 Bh3+ 28. Bg2 $36) 26. Kxf2 Bd4+ $1 (26... Bxd6 27. cxd6 Rxd6 28.
Bxb7 $1 $16) 27. e3 Bxc5 28. Qxc5 Rxd6 29. Red1 $14 {[%cal Gd1d8] <->d}) 25.
Kxf2 Rd2 $2 {Now Black's play gradually peters out.} (25... a6 26. Nd6 {
-24...a6!?}) 26. Rcd1 $16 Qd8 (26... Bb2 27. Qa5 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 $16) 27. Rxd2 (
27. Bd5 $5 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Qf6 29. Kg1 $16) 27... Qxd2 28. Qc1 $1 {A natural
impulse to bring the Q closer to the defence. Therefore Ivanchuk spurns} (28.
Bxb7 Bb2 {[%cal Ya8e8] /\Re8<=>}) 28... Qb4 29. Qe3 Bf6 30. Bxb7 Rf8 31. c6 (
31. Nd6 $5 {/\Bd5->}) 31... a6 (31... Be7 32. Qc3 (32. Qxh6 $143 Bc5+ 33. e3
Bd3 $1 $44) 32... Qc5+ 33. e3 (33. Qd4 $2 a6 $1 $132) 33... Be4 34. Nd4 $16) (
31... Bg5 32. Qc3 $5 Qxc3 (32... Qc5+ 33. Qd4 $18) 33. Nxc3 Bd2 34. Nd5 Bxe1+
35. Kxe1 $18) 32. Nc7 (32. Bxa6 $16 {/+- was also possible, this phase of the
game was probably influenced by time-trouble.}) 32... Bg5 33. Qd4 Qxb3 34. Ra1
(34. Nd5 $5 {/\} a5 35. h4 Bd8 36. Ba6 {[%cal Rc6c7] /\c7+-}) 34... Bc8 35.
Bxc8 Rxc8 36. Rxa6 Qb1 (36... Rxc7 $4 37. Ra8+ $18) 37. Ra8 (37. Qd7 $1 Rd8 38.
Ra8 Qb6+ (38... Rxa8 39. Nxa8 Qh1 40. Qd5 $1 Qxh2+ 41. Qg2 $18) 39. c5 $5 (39.
Kg2 Rxa8 40. Nxa8 Qe3 41. Qg4 Qe8 42. Nb6 Qxc6+ 43. Nd5 $16 {is similar to the
game.}) 39... Qxc5+ 40. Kg2 Rxa8 41. Nxa8 Qe3 42. Qg4 Qe8 43. c7 $1 Qxa8+ (
43... Qc6+ 44. Kh3 f5 45. Qd4 $18) 44. Kh3 f5 45. Qc4+ $18 {This is the point
of the pawn sacrifice on move 39.}) (37. Nd5 Qh1 $132) (37. Kg2 Qc2 38. Qe5 Bf6
$5 (38... Qxc4 39. Ne8 $1 $18) 39. Qxf6 Qxe2+ 40. Qf2 Qxc4 $5 (40... Qxf2+ 41.
Kxf2 Rxc7 42. Ke3 $18) 41. Qb2 Qe4+ 42. Kf2 Qh1 43. Qe5 $16) 37... Qf5+ 38. Kg2
Rxa8 39. Nxa8 Qc8 40. Nb6 (40. c7 Qxa8+ 41. e4 Qc6 $1 $11) 40... Qxc6+ 41. e4
$16 {/+- Despite losing his advanced o^c6 White has very good winning chances
with his extra P and strong N.} Bf6 (41... Be7 42. Nd5 Bc5 43. Qe5 $18) (41...
f5 $2 42. Qd5+ Qxd5 43. exd5 $18) (41... Qe6 42. Nd5 $16 {/+-}) 42. Nd5 $1 {
Forces further simplification.} Bxd4 43. Ne7+ Kf8 44. Nxc6 Bc5 45. Kf3 Ke8 (
45... f6 46. g4 $142 $5 (46. e5 f5 $5 (46... Kf7 47. Ke4 $18) 47. e6 Bd6 48.
Ke3 Bc5+ 49. Kd3 Ke8 $14) 46... Ke8 47. Na5 {and White should gradually win.})
(45... h5 46. e5 Ke8 47. Ke4 $18) 46. Ne5 Bd4 47. Nd3 f6 (47... Ke7 48. e5 {
[%cal Rf3e4] /\Ke4+-}) 48. g4 $1 Ke7 (48... g5 49. e5 fxe5 50. Ke4 $18) 49. h4
{[%csl Rh6][%cal Rh4h5] /\h5,><h6} g5 (49... Kd6 50. h5 gxh5 51. gxh5 Ke6 52.
Nf4+ Kd6 53. Nd5 $18) 50. h5 $18 Kd6 51. Ke2 Kc6 52. Nb4+ Kd6 (52... Kc5 53.
Kd3 $1 $18) 53. Nd5 Ke5 54. Kf3 {/\Ne3-f5} Bc5 55. Ne3 Bf8 56. Nf5 Ke6 $8 57.
Ke2 $1 Ke5 58. Ke3 Bc5+ 59. Kd3 Bf8 $8 60. c5 Bxc5 61. Nxh6 Ke6 (61... Kf4 62.
Nf5 Kxg4 63. h6 $18) 62. Nf5 Kf7 63. Kc4 Ba3 64. Kd5 Bf8 65. Nd6+ (65. Nd6+ Ke7
(65... Kg8 66. Ke6 $18) 66. h6 $1 Bxh6 67. Nf5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "POL-ch"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cyborowski, Lukasz"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. e3 {A passive
move, which can't give White chances to fight for an advantage.} ({The only
principled continuation is} 7. d4 $142 d6 (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 {-A39}) 8. d5 (8.
dxc5 dxc5 {-E65}) 8... Na5 {-E66 leading to a well-known theoretical position;
the starting point of the Yugoslav Variation.}) 7... d6 8. d4 $6 {This is
already too ambitious and gives Black a very comfortable position. (For
example, nobody plays 7.d4 d6 and then 8.e3?!)} (8. b3 d5 $1 $36) (8. d3 $142
$11) 8... Bg4 $1 ({Suprisingly enough this position occurred in Botvinnik's
practice. However, Najdorf played the less incisive} 8... Bf5 $6 9. b3 Qc8 10.
Bb2 Ne4 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. d5 Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Nd8 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16.
Kxg2 f5 17. f4 e6 18. e4 exd5 19. cxd5 Nf7 20. Re1 Re8 21. Rce3 Qd7 22. Qf3
Rad8 23. a4 b6 24. exf5 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Qxf5 26. g4 $16 {()-> Botvinnik,
M-Najdorf,M/Amsterdam olm/ 1954/}) 9. h3 (9. b3 $5 Qc8 (9... Nd7 10. Ne2 cxd4
11. exd4 Qa5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Rad8 14. Bb2 e5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. dxe5 Nxe5
17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. Bc3 Qc7 19. Rad1 $11 {Dvorak,J-Petrik,T/Hlohovec op/1997/})
10. Bb2 Rb8 11. Rc1 Rd8 {Wundahl,J-Schoder,V/Dortmund op-B/1999/} 12. Qd2 $5
$11) (9. d5 Ne5 $36) (9. dxc5 dxc5 $32 {=/+}) 9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. Bxc6 {
After giving up such an important B Black can already claim an edge.} ({
Quite risky, but definitely more consistent was} 11. d5 Na5 $1 (11... Nce5 $6
12. Be2 Nb6 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Kg2 $14 {[+],^^}) 12. Qa4 a6 $5 (12... Bxc3 13.
bxc3 f5 14. Be2 b6 15. Bd2 Qe8 16. f4 Rd8 17. e4 e6 18. exf5 exf5 19. Rae1 Nf6
20. Qc2 Qd7 $11 {1/2,Moisieev,O-Vasiukov,E/Yerevan/1955/}) 13. Be2 Ne5 14. f4 {
׻} (14. Kg2 $142 $13) 14... Nexc4 $1 15. Bxc4 b5 16. Nxb5 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 axb5
18. Qxb5 Qc8 19. Kh2 Qf5 20. Qc4 Rfb8 21. e4 Qh5 22. Rf2 Bd4 23. Rg2 f5 24. Qd3
Rb4 25. exf5 gxf5 26. g4 fxg4 27. Rxg4+ Kh8 $40 {Pedersen,H-Larsen,K/Roskilde/
1998/}) (11. dxc5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxc5 $15) (11. Ne2 Qb6 {and just as in the
game White can't retain his Pd4 without concessions.} 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. b3 Qb7
14. Rb1 Rad8 15. Bb2 Rfe8 16. d5 cxd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. cxd5 Rb8
20. Nc3 Rb4 21. Rfc1 Reb8 22. Kf1 Rc8 23. Ne2 Nf6 24. Rd1 a5 $15 {Dambrauskas,
V-Sziva,E/Budapest/1993/}) 11... bxc6 12. b3 Nb6 {[%cal Ya7a4] Macieja plans
an advance of the a-pawn. The most direct method to resolve the central
tension and achieve a good position is} (12... Qa5 13. Bb2 cxd4 14. exd4 d5 $1
(14... Qf5 15. Kg2 d5 16. g4 Qf6 17. cxd5 Nb6 18. dxc6 Qxc6+ 19. d5 Qb7 20. Qf3
Rac8 21. Rac1 Rc7 22. Rfd1 Rfc8 23. Na4 Bxb2 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Nxb2 Rc2 26. Nc4
Nxc4 27. bxc4 Rxc4 28. d6 $11 {Ilivitzki,G-Taimanov,M/URS-ch Moscow/1955/}) 15.
cxd5 (15. Ne2 Nb6 16. Qc2 Qa6 17. c5 Nd7 18. b4 Rab8 19. Bc3 Qc4 20. Qd2 e5 21.
Rfc1 Nf6 22. Qe3 exd4 23. Nxd4 Ne4 $17 {Baierlein,M-Pirisi,G/Bad Woerishofen
op/1988/}) 15... cxd5 16. Na4 e6 17. Bc3 Qb5 18. Qf3 Rfc8 19. Qe3 Rc6 20. Rac1
Rac8 21. Bd2 h5 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Qc6 $15 {Karner,H-Kiik,K/
Tallinn/2001/}) (12... cxd4 13. exd4 c5 $6 (13... Qa5 $142 $5) 14. Be3 e6 (
14... Qc7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Bg5 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. dxc5 dxc5
20. Qxd8 Raxd8 21. Rad1 $16 {Kuzevanova,E-Tyukhtina,A/St Petersburg/2002/}) 15.
Rc1 Qa5 $6 (15... Qe7 $142 $14 {/<=>}) 16. Ne4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bh6 18. Rc2 Qf5
19. Nxd6 Qxh3 20. Qf3 $16 {Angles Auriac,B-Casa,A/Leipzig olm/1960/}) 13. Bb2
cxd4 14. exd4 Rb8 {[%cal Rb6c4] /\Nc4} 15. Qd2 (15. Rb1 d5 $5 (15... a5 16. d5
$1 $132) 16. c5 (16. cxd5 cxd5 $15) 16... Nd7 $13 {/=/+}) 15... a5 16. Rad1 (
16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 (17. Nxd5 $2 Nxc4 $1 $17) 17... Qd7 18. Kg2 Rfc8 $36 {
[%csl Rd5] ><d5}) (16. Rab1 $142 a4 17. Ba1) 16... a4 17. Rfe1 $2 (17. Nxa4
Nxa4 18. bxa4 Qd7 19. Kg2 Qa7 20. a5 c5 $15 (20... Qa6 $5)) (17. c5 dxc5 18.
dxc5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Nd5 21. Be5 Rb4 $15) 17... axb3 18. axb3 Nc8
$1 $17 {[%csl Rb3,Ge7] ><b3 Suddenly White can't protect his weakP by normal
means.} 19. d5 (19. Qc2 Qb6 $17) 19... Rxb3 (19... c5 $2 20. Nb5 $14) 20. dxc6
(20. Qc2 Rb4 $17) 20... Qb6 21. Ba1 Bxc3 $1 {Played without prejudice. Macieja
exchanges White's potentially most active minor piece, which could have caused
him problems from d5. He aims for more, than a major piece ending with an
extra [+]P, which would be difficult to convert after} (21... Qxc6 $6 22. Nd5
Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Qxc4 (23... Rb7 24. Qd4 $44) 24. Nxe7+ (24. Rac1 $5 $15) 24...
Nxe7 25. Rxe7 $15) 22. Bxc3 Qxc6 23. Ba1 (23. Rc1 $142 Qf3 $17) 23... Qxc4 24.
Rc1 Qb4 25. Qh6 e5 $19 {White's <=> is over and Black is 2P up in a technical
position. The rest is relatively simple.} 26. Red1 Ne7 27. Qg5 f6 28. Qg4 Qxg4
29. hxg4 Rb6 30. Rc7 Kf7 31. f4 ({White can't get his B anywhere without
allowing exchanges:} 31. Bc3 Rc8 $19) 31... g5 (31... Rfb8 $5 {[%cal Rb6b1] /
\Rb1-+}) 32. fxe5 fxe5 33. Rf1+ Ke8 34. Rd1 Rf3 35. Kg2 Ra3 {[%cal Rb6b3] /
\Rbb3} 36. Bc3 Rc6 (36... Rc6 37. Rxc6 Nxc6 38. Bd2 Rd3 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yrjola, Jouni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Helsinki"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 d6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Be3 Be6 (9... Qa5 10. Qb3 $5 $14) 10. Qa4 (10. Bxc5 Qa5 11. Ba3 Bxc4
12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Rac8 14. Qf4 Nh5 15. Qe3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Rc7
$11) 10... Nd4 {The most usual and natural move.} (10... Qb6 11. Qb5 $36) ({
The symmetric} 10... Qa5 {is already insufficient for equality:} 11. Qxa5 (11.
Nd2 Qb4 $5) 11... Nxa5 12. Bxc5 Nxc4 (12... Bxc4 13. Ne5 $36) (12... Nd7 13.
Bd4 Bxc4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. b3 Be6 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. b4 Nc6 19.
Bxc6 bxc6 20. Nxe6+ fxe6 21. Ne4 $16 {Mandel,A-Wagner,A/BL2-S 9900/2000/}) 13.
b3 $14 (13. Ng5 $5)) 11. Rac1 (11. Rad1 Bd7 12. Qa3 Nc2 13. Qxc5 b6 14. Qg5 h6
$44) 11... Nd7 (11... Ng4 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. b3 Rac8 (13... Nxf3+ $143 14. Bxf3
Ne5 15. Bg2 Rac8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 $14 Qb4 $2 18. Qxa7 c4 19. Qe3 Ng4 20.
Qf3 cxb3 21. Qxb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 Ne5 23. Rfd1 Rfd8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. d6 exd6 26.
Rxd6 Nc6 27. Rd7 Nd4 28. Bxb7 {1-0,Baburin,A-Gormally,D/Port Erin/2001/}) 14.
Ng5 (14. Nxd4 $5 cxd4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 $14) 14... Bf5 15. e3 e5 16. h3 Nh6
17. exd4 exf4 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. gxf4 Rcd8 20. Nd5 Bd7 21. Qb4 Qxb4 22. Nxb4 Nf5
23. Bxb7 Nd4 $44 {Fancsy,I-Mester,G/Budapest/1993/}) (11... Qb6 $2 {runs into}
12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. c5 $1 {The Rc1 has also active potential!} Qxc5 (13... Qxb2
14. Bxd4 Bd7 15. Qd1 $18 {[%csl Rb2,Rb7] ףb2,b7}) 14. Nd5 Qd6 15. Bf4 Qd8 16.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxb7 Bh3 18. Bc7 Qe8 19. Bc6 Qc8 20. Rfd1 Qf5 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22.
Qc6 Rc8 23. Rc5 Be5 24. Qb7 f6 25. Qd5+ Kf8 26. Rdc1 Qg5 27. f4 Bxf4 28. Bxf4 {
1-0,Borges Mateos,J-Sorin,A/Havana/1988/}) 12. b3 (12. Rfd1 Nb6 13. Qa3 Nxc4
14. Qxc5 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Qb6 $11 (16... Qb8 $5 $44)) 12... Qc8 {
'?!'} (12... a6 13. Ng5 Qc8 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Nxe6 Nb6 {Fancsy,I-Loskutov,O/
Budapest/1996/} 16. Qa5 Qxe6 17. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Rb7] ><b7}) (12... Nb6 13. Qa5
Rc8 14. Rfd1 Bg4 15. Qxa7 Ra8 16. Qxb7 Bc8 17. Qe4 Bf5 18. Qh4 Bf6 19. Bg5 $18
{Spassov,L-Rieda/Berga/1993/}) (12... Nf5 $142 $5 13. Bf4 h6 14. h4 (14. Rfd1
$142 $14) 14... Nd4 $1 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Nd5 Bg4 17. Rfe1 (17. f3 Nb6 $1 $132)
17... e5 18. Bd2 Re8 $13 19. c5 $2 e4 $1 20. Bf4 Ne5 $36 {Szmetan,J-Filgueira,
H/Buenos Aires/1992/}) 13. Rfd1 Nxf3+ (13... Nb6 14. Qa3 Rd8 15. Nxd4 $1 {/\}
cxd4 16. Nd5 $16 {shows another reason, why the R is useful on c1.}) (13... Nf5
14. Bf4 $14) 14. exf3 (14. Bxf3 Ne5 {gives Black tempi and <=>.}) 14... a6 (
14... Ne5 15. Nd5 (15. Qb5 $1 $36 {either wins the Pc5, or forces the N back
to d7.}) 15... Re8 16. Qa3 b6 17. b4 cxb4 18. Qxb4 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 (19. cxd5 $142
$5) 19... Qe6 (19... e6 20. Rd2 Rd8 $132) 20. Bf4 Rac8 21. Qb5 Nc6 22. Be3 Ne5
23. h3 a6 24. Qxb6 Qxb6 25. Bxb6 Nxc4 26. Ba7 Rc7 $11 {Szekely,P-Szuk,B/
HUN-chT/1997/}) 15. f4 Rb8 16. Nd5 Re8 (16... Bxd5 17. cxd5 $14 {|^} (17. Bxd5
Nb6 18. Qa3 Nxd5 19. cxd5 b6 $13)) 17. b4 {'!'} Bxd5 (17... Bf5 18. Rd2 $14 (
18. bxc5 $5 Bb2 19. Qb4 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 $44)) (17... cxb4 18. Qxb4 $16) 18. Bxd5
cxb4 (18... Nb6 $6 19. Qb3 $16) (18... e6 19. Bf3 $14 (19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Qxd7
cxb4 $13)) (18... b5 $2 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Qc2 c4 21. Ba7 $16) 19. c5 Nf6 20.
Bf3 Ng4 21. c6 Nxe3 (21... bxc6 $142 22. Bxc6 (22. Ba7) 22... Nxe3 (22... Rd8
23. Bd7 $18) 23. Bxe8 Qxe8 (23... Nxd1 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qxd1
$16 {/+-}) 24. Qxe8+ Rxe8 25. fxe3 Bc3 $16 {/+/= causes White more technical
problems, although he should be able to convert the extra exchange.}) 22. cxb7
{'+/-' The powerful o^b7 gives White a large and stable advantage.} Qe6 (22...
Qf5 23. fxe3 Qe6 24. Qxb4 Qxe3+ 25. Kg2 $16) 23. Re1 Bc3 (23... Bd4 24. Qxb4
$16) 24. Rxe3 Qb6 (24... Qf6 25. a3 $16 {/\} Bd2 $2 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rc8 $18)
25. Qc6 (25. Rd1 $16) 25... Qxc6 (25... Qa5 $142 $16) 26. Bxc6 Bd2 {'?'} (26...
Red8 27. Rxe7 $18 {/\} Rd2 28. Rce1) (26... Kf8 $1 {[]} 27. Bxe8 (27. Rcxc3
bxc3 28. Rxc3 Red8 29. Ra3 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Rb1 31. Rxa6 R8xb7 $16) 27... Kxe8 28.
Rb1 $16) 27. Bxe8 Bxc1 (27... Bxe3 $2 28. fxe3 Rxe8 29. Rc8 $18) 28. Rxe7 {'+-'
} Bb2 (28... Kf8 29. Rc7 Rxb7 30. Rxb7 Kxe8 31. Rxb4 $18) 29. Bxf7+ Kg7 (29...
Kf8 30. Re8+ $1 Rxe8 31. Bxe8 $18) 30. Bd5+ Kh6 31. Rc7 Bd4 32. g4 g5 33. Be4
$1 gxf4 34. h4 $18 1-0

[Event "Athens Acropolis op"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "2004.11.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Khetsuriani, Besarion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 {The Georgian started to screw pieces even after the very first move.}
2. g3 $5 {I have decided to go for a change!} g6 (2... e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+
Kxd8 5. Nc3 $1 $14 {followed by f4 gives white the upperhand.}) 3. Bg2 Bg7 4.
Nf3 c5 5. O-O {I have allowed the exchange on d4.} (5. c4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 {
is the same} Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Qc5 $6 8. Ndb5 $40) (5. d5 b5 $13) 5... cxd4 6. Nxd4
Nf6 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 Qa5 ({I was trying to remember} 8... Nc6 $6 9. Nxc6 bxc6
10. Bxc6 Rb8 (10... Bh3 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 12. f3 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Rc8 14. Qd3 Qb7 (
14... Qc6 15. b3 d5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Qc2 18. Qxc2 Rxc2 19. Rb1 Rxa2 20.
Bg5 $16) 15. Rb1 Qa6 16. b3 d5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxa2 19. Qd3 $16) 11. Bg2
$5 Qa5 12. Nb5 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Bd2 Qa6 15. Bc3 Rc8 16. b3 $1 d5 17. Bxf6
Bxf6 18. Qxd5 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Qc6 20. Qxc6 Rxc6 21. Rd1 $16 {Once I have won
such an endgame with late Lembit.}) 9. Qd2 $5 (9. e3 $5 {was Smejkal's choice.}
) 9... Qh5 $6 (9... Qc5 10. b3 Nc6 11. e3) (9... Nc6 $1 {is the real test of
the variation.} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. Bg2 Be6 13. b3 Rxb3 14. axb3
Qxa1 15. Nb5 (15. Bb2 Qa5 16. Ra1 Qb4 17. Qc2 $14) 15... a6 16. Na7 (16. Bb2 $6
Ne4 17. Rxa1 Nxd2 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd4 Rb8 $36) 16... Qb1 17. Bb2 Ne4 18. Rxb1
Nxd2 19. Bxg7 Nxb1 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Nc6 Nd2 22. Na5 $16) 10. Qg5 (10. Rd1 $5 {
is of course an option but I just wanted to play the ending because of my
advantage in space.}) 10... Nbd7 {Another strange move.} (10... Qxg5 11. Bxg5
h6 12. Bd2 $16 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rfd1 Bxd4 14. Rxd4 Nc6 15. Rd2 Be6 16. b3 $14
)) 11. Qxh5 Nxh5 12. Rd1 Nhf6 13. Rb1 $1 $16 {I have to push my pawns up and
b4 has the priority.} a6 14. b3 {To push b4 I felt like I have to wait for his
Rb8 .} (14. b4 $6 a5 15. a3 (15. bxa5 Nc5 16. Bd2 (16. Nb3 Bf5) 16... Rxa5 17.
Nd5 Rxa2 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21. Rxb7 Rxc4 22. Bf4 $14)
15... axb4 16. axb4 Ne5 17. c5 dxc5 18. bxc5 Ra5 $1 $132) 14... Rb8 15. b4 $1 {
After a possible c5 the possibility of Bf4 will be annoying.} (15. a4 a5 16.
Bd2 $32) 15... Re8 16. h3 $1 {This will help white to play Be3.} (16. a4 Ne5
17. c5 dxc5 (17... Nc4 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bd5) 18. bxc5 Nfd7 19. Nb3
Nf8) 16... Bf8 17. Nb3 $6 {This was stupid! Nd4 is my best placed piece in the
game and I retreat it.} (17. Be3 e6 (17... Ne5 18. c5 Nc4 19. Bg5 $1) 18. b5 $1
$40) 17... b6 18. Bf4 Bb7 19. Nd5 {Now I have closed his bishop in but on the
other hand he finished his development.} (19. c5 $2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rbc8 $17)
19... Rec8 20. Rbc1 (20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. c5 $2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 e5 $17 (22... bxc5
$2 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. Bxb8 Rxb8 25. bxc5 Rc8 26. Rdc1 $13)) 20... Nxd5 21. cxd5
Bg7 22. h4 Kf8 $1 {A good defensive move.} (22... Bb2 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Bh3
Rc7 25. Bxd7 $1 (25. Be3 $2 f5 26. g4 Nf6 27. gxf5 Nxd5) 25... Rxd7 26. Be3 Ba3
27. Bxb6 Bxb4 28. f3 f5 $14) 23. e4 Bc3 $1 {The dude started to play good
moves unexpectedly.} (23... Bb2 24. Rb1 Rc2 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Bxd2 Bg7 27. Rc1
Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $14) 24. Bh3 $6 {Here I have lost my last dim of advantage.}
(24. Nd4 Bxd4 (24... Bxb4 25. Bh3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Ne5 27. Rc7 $44) 25. Rxd4 Rxc1+
26. Bxc1 Rc8 27. Rd1 Rc2 28. Bh6+ Ke8 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 $14) 24... Ke8 25.
Bd2 $2 (25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Rc8 28. Be3 Rc2 29. Rd2 Rc4 30.
Rd4 $11) (25. a3 $2 {was another bad move I was considering for a long time.}
Bb2 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Bc1 Rc2 28. Bxb2 Rxb2 29. Nd4 a5 30. Rc1 axb4 31. axb4
Rxb4 32. Rc7 Nc5 33. Nc6 Rxe4 $19) 25... Bxd2 $2 {Finally he started to show
his true colors for Christ's sake!} ({After} 25... Bb2 $1 {white has to be
very careful.} 26. Rb1 (26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Bc1 Bg7) 26... Rc2 27. Bxd7+ (27.
Na1 $2 Bxa1 28. Rxa1 Ne5 29. Bf4 (29. Be3 Rc4 (29... Nc4 30. Bf4) 30. f4 Rxe4
31. Bxb6 Nd7 32. Ba7 Rc8 33. a3 Rc3 34. Bf2 Nf6 35. Bf1 Nxd5 36. Bg2 f5 37.
Bxe4 fxe4) 29... Rc4 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. f3 Bc8 (31... Rxb4 $2 32. Rac1 Kd8 33.
d6 exd6 34. Rxd6+ $40) 32. Bf1 (32. Bxc8 Rbxc8 33. a3 Rc2 $17) 32... Rxb4 33.
Rac1 Rb2 $17) (27. Be3 Ne5 28. Na1 Bxa1 29. Rxa1 Rc4 30. a3 Bc8 (30... Rxe4 31.
Bg2 Rg4 32. Bxb6 Bxd5 33. Bc7 Rc8 34. Bxd6 Bxg2 35. Bxe5 Bb7 $11) 31. Bg2 Bg4
32. Rdc1 Rbc8 33. Bf1 Nf3+ 34. Kh1 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Rxc1 36. Bxc1 b5 $15) 27...
Kxd7 28. Be3 $132) 26. Nxd2 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rc8 $4 {Yes a 'A candidatemaster is
always a Candidatemaster' says Wojt and it seems that he is damn right!} (27...
Kd8 28. Bxd7 Kxd7 29. Nc4 Ba8 30. f3 $14) 28. Nc4 $1 $18 {Only now he has
realised that if he tries to make use of the pin I simply queen.} Rb8 {A sad
necessity but now his position collapses like a deck of cartes.} (28... f5 29.
exf5 b5 (29... Ne5 30. fxg6 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Nxc4 32. gxh7 $18) 30. fxg6 $18) 29.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 30. Nxb6+ Kd8 31. a4 ({He is all tied up after his horrible blunder
on the 27th move.} 31. a4 a5 (31... Bc8 32. Rxc8+ Rxc8 33. Nxc8 Kxc8 34. a5 $18
) 32. bxa5 Ba6 33. f4 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Papin, Vasily"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qa6 {The symmetrical variation with the exchange on c5
is not a very ambitious line for White, but he is ahead by one tempo. Black
has ways to equalise, but as he is the clear favourite in the game he would
love to play for a win.} 11. Nb5 (11. b3 Bf5 12. Nh4 Bd7 13. Qc1 Nd4 14. Bh6
Bc6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nf3 Rad8 17. Qb2 Kg8 18. Rfe1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 20.
exf3 Rd7 21. Rad1 Rfd8 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Re5 {1/2 (25) Szekely,P (2420)
-Chiburdanidze,M (2520) Moscow 1989}) 11... Qb6 12. Bf4 Rd8 (12... Ne8 13. Qc1
Na5 14. Be5 f6 15. Bf4 Be6 16. b3 Nc6 17. Nc3 Qa5 18. Na4 Nd6 19. Bd2 Qc7 20.
Nxc5 $14 {1-0 (41) Flores Alvarez,R-Humerez Estrada,C Mar del Plata 1962}) 13.
Qc1 Ne8 {Jobava was willing to play the knight to a passive square, as now
White lacks any way to advance his slight initiative.} 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Nc3 (15.
Rb1 Rac8 16. Re1 Rd7 $15) (15. Re1 Na5 16. Nc3 Nd6 17. b3 Nc6 $15) 15... Nd6
16. Rb1 {Papin must have been tempted to take advantage of his golden chance
of moving with the knight to the d5-square. Black would have to play very
forcefully in order to prove, that his growing initiative can be used to get
better chances.} (16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. Nd5 Bxb2 $1 (17... Qd8 18. Ne4 Bxd5 19.
cxd5 Rxd5 20. Nxc5 Nd4 21. Nxb7 Nxe2+ 22. Kh1 Qb6 23. Qc2 Nd4 24. Qc4 $11) 18.
Nxb6 Bxc1 19. Nxa8 Bxd2 20. Rab1 Bxc4 21. Rxb7 Bxe2 22. Ra1 c4 $15) (16. b3 $2
Qa5 $17) 16... Nxc4 17. Nxc4 (17. Nde4 Qa5 $17) 17... Bxc4 18. b3 Ba6 {Black
must have been tempted by both retreats of the bishop, but the a6-square
leaves him to fire along the vulnerable a6-f1 diagonal.} (18... Be6 19. Na4 (
19. Bh6 Bh8 20. Re1 Qa6 21. Na4 Nd4 22. Qxc5 Bf6 $17) 19... Qb5 20. Bxc6 Qxc6
21. Qxc5 Qe4 22. Qe3 Qc2 $17) 19. Na4 Qb5 20. Qxc5 (20. Re1 Nd4 $17) (20. Nxc5
Nd4 21. Qc4 Nxe2+ 22. Kh1 Qxc4 23. bxc4 Bxc4 24. Bxb7 Nxf4 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26.
gxf4 Bxf1 $17) 20... Qxe2 {The queen is not always happy to serve as the
forward fighting unit. In this case its mobility clearly helps to maximise the
damage.} 21. Rfe1 (21. Nc3 Qg4 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rfe1 Bd3 $17) 21... Qxa2 22.
Nc3 Qc2 {The best players nurture a healthy aversion to the antipositional
exchanges of bishops for knights. It goes so far that they sometimes hesitate
to admit that the position offers a perfect case of an exception to the rule.}
(22... Bxc3 $1 23. Qxc3 Nd4 24. Qb2 Qxb2 25. Rxb2 Rac8 26. Rxe7 Ne6 27. h4 Kf8
28. Rxe6 fxe6 $17) 23. Na4 (23. Rec1 Bd4 $17) 23... Bd3 (23... Qa2 24. Nc3 Bxc3
$17) 24. Qxc2 Bxc2 25. Rbc1 {[%mdl 2048] White has suffered unpleasant
material losses, but for the first time in the middlegame his pieces have
become ideally coordinated.} Nd4 (25... Bxb3 26. Nc5 Nd4 27. Nxb7 $15) 26. Bxb7
Bxb3 27. Nc5 $1 (27. Bxa8 Rxa8 28. Nc5 Nf3+ $17) 27... Bd5 {Jobava must have
been quite annoyed by the fact, that there is no obvious way to get a distinct
advantage.} (27... e5 28. Bg5 f6 29. Nxb3 Nxb3 30. Rc3 Nd4 31. Bxa8 Rxa8 32.
Bd2 $11) (27... Bc2 28. Kg2 Rac8 29. Bxc8 Rxc8 $15) 28. Bxa8 (28. Rxe7 $2 Bf8
29. Rc7 Ne2+ 30. Kf1 Nxc1 31. Bxa8 Bc4+ 32. Kg2 Rxa8 33. Nd7 Bb5 34. Nxf8 Nd3
35. Bh6 a5 $17) 28... Nf3+ 29. Kf1 Nxh2+ 30. Kg1 {Papin is still demonstrating
remarkable mental discipline. The king stays in the corner as its
centralisation would only offer additional chances for the aggressor.} (30. Ke2
$6 Bxa8 31. Nd3 Be4 32. Ne5 g5 33. Red1 Re8 $17) 30... Nf3+ 31. Kf1 Rxa8 32.
Rxe7 a5 33. Na4 {Chances are in dynamic balance as the white pieces could
become quite active.} (33. Nd7 Be6 34. Kg2 Nd4 35. Nb6 Rf8 36. Bd6 $11) 33...
Bf6 34. Rec7 (34. Nb6 Bxe7 35. Nxa8 g5 36. Be3 $11) 34... Be6 35. Rb7 $2 {
The difficult defence is taking its toll on White's nerves. The approaching
time trouble is complicating his task of finding sound counterplay.} (35. Kg2
$1 Nd4 36. Nb6 Rd8 37. Ra7 h5 $11) 35... Bh3+ 36. Ke2 Nd4+ 37. Kd2 (37. Kd3
Bf5+ 38. Kc4 Ne2 $17) 37... Rd8 38. Bc7 $6 {White was certainly not hoping for
this centralised king position under the fire of all the black pieces. It is
no wonder that he fails to solve the problem to his satisfaction.} (38. Ke1
Re8+ 39. Be3 (39. Kd2 Bf5 40. Be3 Rd8 41. Ke1 Nc2+ 42. Ke2 Nxe3 43. fxe3 Be5
$17) 39... Nf5 40. Kd2 Nxe3 41. fxe3 Be5 42. Nb6 (42. Rg1 Rd8+ 43. Kc1 Rd3 $17)
42... Bxg3 $17) 38... Nb3+ $1 39. Kc2 (39. Ke1 Re8+ 40. Kd1 Nxc1 $19) 39...
Rd2+ 40. Kxb3 (40. Kb1 Bf5+ $19) 40... Be6+ {The temporary sacrifice of the
rook was very short lived. White will have to return the bounty in order to
continue the desperate resistance.} 41. Rc4 (41. Ka3 $2 Ra2#) 41... Rd3+ 42.
Kc2 Bxc4 43. Bxa5 Rf3 44. Be1 h5 45. Nb2 (45. Rb4 Bd3+ 46. Kd1 Bf5 47. Nc5 Be7
48. Rb5 Bg4 49. Kc2 g5 $17) 45... Be6 {Black's bishop pair is a scary factor
for the poorly coordinated white forces.} 46. Kd2 g5 (46... Ra3 47. Nd1 g5 $19)
47. Ke2 Ra3 48. Bd2 (48. Nd3 Bc4 49. Rd7 h4 50. gxh4 gxh4 51. f3 h3 52. Bg3 h2
53. Bxh2 Ra2+ 54. Ke3 Rxh2 $19) 48... Bg4+ $1 49. Kf1 Ra1+ 50. Kg2 Rb1 51. Rb6
Rxb2 (51... Rxb2 52. Rxf6 Rxd2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Bf4 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Na4 Qa5 12. c5 Rd8 13. Rc1 Nd5 14. Bd2 Qa6
15. b4 b5 16. Nb2 Be6 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Nd1 Nf6 19. Bg5 Bf5 20. Qd2 h5 21. Re1
Ne4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Bxe7 Re8 24. Bd6 Bb7 25. f3 Qc6 26. Bf4 Re6 27. Nf2 Rce8
28. h4 Re3 29. Nh3 Ra3 30. Ng5 f6 31. Nh3 Qe6 32. Nf2 Rxa2 33. Qxd4 g5 34. c6
Bxc6 35. Qd6 Bd5 36. Qxe6+ Rxe6 37. e4 gxf4 38. exd5 Rxe1+ 39. Rxe1 f5 40. Rd1
fxg3 41. Nh3 Bc3 42. d6 Bxb4 43. Rd5 Ba5 44. d7 Bb6+ 45. Kf1 g2+ 46. Ke1 Bd8
47. Rxf5 Ba5+ 48. Kd1 Rd2+ 49. Kc1 Rxd7 50. Rxb5 Bb6 51. Rxh5 Rg7 52. Kd2 Rg3
53. Rg5+ Rxg5 54. hxg5 Kg7 55. Kd3 g1=Q 56. Nxg1 Bxg1 57. f4 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qa4 Nd7 11. Rfd1 Qc8 12. Nd5 Re8 13. Qa3 Nb6 14. Rac1 Ne5
15. b3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Nd7 17. Bg2 Be5 18. Rc2 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 e6 20. Rd1 Qc7 21.
Rcd2 Red8 22. Qa4 Nf6 23. Qb5 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rb8 25. Qxc5 Qxc5 26. Bxc5 b6 27.
Bb4 a5 28. Be7 Re8 29. Rd8 Rxd8 30. Bxd8 Nd7 31. c5 bxc5 32. Bxa5 Kf8 33. e3
Ke7 34. Kf1 Nb8 35. Ke2 Na6 36. a3 Kd6 37. Kd3 Bb2 38. Bb7 Nb8 39. a4 Nd7 40.
f4 Bc1 41. Bc3 Kc7 42. Ba6 Nb6 43. e4 f5 44. Be5+ Kd8 45. a5 Nd7 46. Bc3 g5 47.
fxg5 Bxg5 48. Bc4 Nf6 49. exf5 exf5 50. a6 Kc7 51. Ba5+ Kb8 52. Bb6 Nd7 53. a7+
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 d6 $5 {Kovalov seems to believe that the line with a pawn sacrifice offers
better chances for equality than the other famous ideas in this critical
position.} (8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3) (8... Ng4 9. e3) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10.
Bxc6 Rb8 {Black will exert a lot of pressure against White's queenside, as his
opponent had to lose some time accepting the pawn sacrifice.} (10... Bh3) 11.
Bg2 Qa5 12. Qd2 {Meier seems to believe, that this clever move offers the best
chances in the fight for the advantage. It is definitely not the only idea
tried at this decisive junction.} (12. Qc2 Be6 (12... Bf5 13. e4 Be6 14. Bd2 (
14. b3 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 (15. Bxe4 Qxc3 16. Rb1 Qxc2 17. Bxc2 a5 18. Bg5 Rb7 19.
Be4 Rc7 20. Bd2 a4 21. Rfc1 axb3 22. axb3 Rb8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (49) Gagunashvili,M
(2539)-Melkumyan,H (2632) Reykjavik 2015}) 15... Bxa1 16. Bg5 Bf5 17. Bxe7 Rfe8
18. Bxd6 Rbd8 19. Rxa1 (19. b4 Qa3 20. Bc7 Rc8 21. Rxa1 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Qxb4 23.
Rb1 Qe7 24. Bc6 Rf8 25. Ba5 Rxc6 26. Bb4 $16 {1-0 (82) Donchenko,A (2577)
-Melkumyan,H (2622) Douglas 2015}) 19... Rxd6 20. Qc3 Qxc3 21. Nxc3 Rde6 22.
Bd5 Re1+ 23. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Kg2 Rc1 $11 {1/2-1/2 (47) Grachev,B (2680)
-Khalifman,A (2651) Tyumen 2012}) 14... Bxc4 15. Nd5 Qa6 16. Nc7 Qc6 17. e5
Qxc7 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. b3 Rfc8 20. bxc4 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Qxc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23.
Bf3 Rb2 $11 {1/2-1/2 (100) Melkumyan,H (2622)-Navara,D (2728) Germany 2016})
13. b3 (13. Bd2 Bxc4 14. Nd5 Qb5 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Nc6 Bxe2 17. Nxb8 Bxf1 18.
Rxf1 Rxb8 19. b3 d5 20. Qc7 a6 21. Qxf7 d4 22. Rc1 $18 {1-0 (26) Stohl,I (2565)
-Enders,P (2535) Germany 1997}) 13... Bf5 14. e4 (14. Qd2) 14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4
Bxa1 16. Bd2 Qe5) (12. Qd3 Bf5 (12... Be6 13. b3 Rxb3 14. axb3 Qxa1 15. Bd2 (
15. Nb5 Qa2 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. h3 Rb8 18. Bd2 Qa6 19. b4 d5 20. Rc1 dxc4 21. Qxc4
Qd6 22. Qc7 Ne8 23. Qxd6 Nxd6 24. Rc7 $14 {1/2-1/2 (48) Novkovic,M (2410)
-Dizdar,G (2530) Austria 1999}) 15... Qa6 16. Nb5 Rc8 17. Bc3 d5 18. Ra1 dxc4
19. bxc4 Qb6 20. Bd4 Bxc4 21. Bxb6 Bxd3 22. Nxa7 Rb8 23. exd3 {1/2-1/2 (23)
Ribli,Z (2595)-Brunner,L (2460) Germany 1991}) 13. e4 Be6 14. Rb1 Nd7 15. Bd2
Ne5 16. Qc2 Nxc4 17. Be1 Rfc8 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Bc3 Bxd5 20. exd5 Na3 21. bxa3
Rxc3 22. Qa4 Rc7 $15 {0-1 (35) Pavlov,S (2454)-Melkumyan,H (2654) Minsk 2015})
(12. Qa4 Qxa4 13. Nxa4 Ng4 (13... Bd7 14. Nc3 Ng4 15. Nd5 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bxc1 17.
Rfxc1 Kg7 18. Bh3 h5 19. Rb3 Rxb3 20. axb3 Rb8 21. Rc3 Kf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (34)
Aronian,L (2581)-Timofeev,A (2558) Goa 2002}) 14. Nc3 Ne5 15. c5 dxc5 16. Bg5
Rxb2 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. Nd5 Rxe2 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Re6 $15 {1/2-1/2 (42)
Nepomniachtchi,I (2714)-Jakovenko,D (2747) Yaroslavl 2014}) (12. Nb5 Bb7 13.
Bd2 (13. Qe1 Qa6 14. e4 Bc6 15. a4 Qb7 16. Nc3 Nd7 17. Rb1 Qb3 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19.
cxd5 Nc5 20. Be3 Rfc8 21. Qa5 Qxa4 22. Qxa4 Nxa4 23. Bxa7 Rb7 24. Be3 Bxb2 $11
{1/2-1/2 (76) Baburin,A (2487)-Ragger,M (2697) Baku 2016}) 13... Qa6 14. Bxb7
Rxb7 15. Bc3 Rc8 16. b3 (16. a4 Rxc4 17. b3 Rc8 18. Rc1 Ne4 19. Bxg7 Rxc1 {
1/2-1/2 (19) Jussupow,A (2640)-Wahls,M (2540) Baden-Baden 1992}) 16... d5 17.
Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxd5 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Rbb8 20. Qe5 Qa5 21. Qxe7 Re8 22. Qf6 Rxe2 23.
Nd6 (23. Nc3 Re6 24. Qd4 Qf5 25. Kg2 $14 {1/2-1/2 (67) Zhigalko,A (2585)
-Melkumyan,H (2647) Warsaw 2014}) 23... Rf8 24. b4 Qb6 25. c5 Qxb4 26. Nf5 Re1+
27. Kg2 Qe4+ 28. Kh3 Qxf5+ 29. Qxf5 Rxa1 30. Qc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 (137) Erdos,V 
(2621)-Navara,D (2718) Bol 2014}) 12... Be6 (12... Qa6 13. b3 Rxb3 14. axb3
Qxa1 15. Nb5 a6 16. Bb2 Ne4 17. Rxa1 Nxd2 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd4 e5 20. Rd1 Nxc4
21. Nc6 Na3 22. Rxd6 Nb5 23. Rd2 $11 {1/2-1/2 (23) Horvath,C (2522)-Fier,A 
(2609) Forni di Sopra 2016}) 13. b3 Rxb3 14. axb3 Qxa1 15. Nb5 (15. Bb2 Qa5 16.
Ra1 Qb4 17. Qc2 Rb8 18. Nb5 Ng4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nd4 Bd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (25)
Ioseliani,N (2470)-Zueger,B (2435) Switzerland 1989}) 15... a6 (15... Qb1 16.
Bb2 Ne4 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Rb8 21. Ra1 Rb7 22.
f3 Bd7 $11 {1-0 (50) Barlov,D (2455)-Arsovic,Z (2425) Mataruska Banja 1997})
16. Na7 $5 {[%mdl 4] Apart from the theoretical battle between two
knowledgable experts we are witnessing clever ideas in the fight for the
advantage. The knight goes to c6 in order to attack the main weakness on e7.} (
16. Bb2 Ne4 17. Rxa1 (17. Bxe4 Qxb2 18. Qxb2 Bxb2 19. Nc7 $11) 17... Nxd2 18.
Bxg7 Kxg7 (18... Nxb3 $2 19. Bxf8 Nxa1 20. Bxe7 axb5 21. cxb5 $18) 19. Nd4 Rb8
$11) 16... Qb1 (16... Bd7 17. b4 $5 (17. c5 dxc5 18. Qc2 (18. Bb2 Qa2 19. Ra1
Qxb3) 18... Ng4 19. Qxc5 Bd4 20. Qxe7 Nxf2 21. Qxd7 Nh3+ $11) 17... Qa4 18. c5
a5 19. bxa5 dxc5 20. Bb2 Ne4 21. Bxe4 Bxb2 22. Bb7 Be5 23. a6 $14) (16... Nd7
17. Nc6 Re8 18. Qb4 Qc3 19. Qxc3 Bxc3 20. Bg5 Kf8 21. Rc1 $14 {1-0 (60)
Efimenko,Z (2655)-Melkumyan,H (2640) Warsaw 2016}) 17. Qb4 (17. Nc6 Qxb3 18.
Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Qxd6 Qxc4 $11) 17... Qa2 {The first moment when Kovalev weakens
and does not use his best card. The greatest challenge to White's dreams of
some plus would be presented by the active move 17...a5!} (17... a5 $1 18. Qb7
a4 19. bxa4 Qxb7 20. Bxb7 Rb8 (20... Bxc4 $2 21. Nc6 Nd5 22. a5 $16) 21. Bf3
Rb4 22. a5 Rxc4 23. Nc6 Ne4 24. Nxe7+ Kf8 25. Nc6 d5 $11) 18. Nc6 Re8 (18...
Qxe2 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Qxd6 Ne4 21. Qb4 $16) 19. e4 Nd7 (19... Ng4 20. Bg5 Bf8
21. h3 Ne5 22. Nd4 $14) 20. Bg5 Nc5 $2 {Black was always struggling between
the decision to defend passively or to strike back in active fashion in order
to balance the position in the counterplay. His brave knight move will be
questioned with a surprising response. Somewhat illogically the best idea was
to sit tight with 20...Bf8! supporting both the e7- and d6-pawns.} (20... Bf6
$2 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Qc3 $1 Qa3 23. Ra1 Qc5 24. Rxa6 Ng4 25. Qd4 $16) (20...
Kf8 $2 21. Bxe7+ $1 Rxe7 22. Qxd6 Bf6 23. e5 $18) (20... Bf8 $1 21. Be3 Bg7 $11
) 21. e5 $1 (21. Bxe7 Nxb3 (21... Qxb3 22. Bxd6 Qxb4 23. Nxb4 Nb7 24. e5 $1
Nxd6 25. exd6 a5 26. Nd5 $16) 22. Bxd6 Nd2 23. Rc1 Nxc4 $11) (21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22.
Be3 (22. Qb6 Qxb3 23. Qxd6 Qxc4) 22... Nxb3 23. Nd5 a5 24. Qxd6 Nd2 $11) 21...
Nd3 {Black reacts to the surprise with a panicky move, that does not solve the
main problem. It has to be admitted, that a good solution was already out of
reach.} (21... f6 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. exf6 $16) (21... Bf8 22. Nxe7+ $1 Bxe7 23.
Bxe7 a5 24. Qb6 Qxb3 25. Qxa5 Qxc4 26. exd6 $16) (21... Qxb3 22. Qxb3 Nxb3 23.
Nxe7+ Kf8 24. exd6 Bxc4 (24... f6 25. Be3 Bxc4 26. Rd1 Be2 27. Re1 Bg4 28. Bd5
$18) 25. Rd1 $1 (25. d7 Bxf1 (25... Rb8 26. Nc8) (25... Rd8 26. Nxg6+ hxg6 27.
Bxd8 Bxf1 28. Bg5 $18) 26. Bxf1 (26. dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 27. Bxf1 Nd4 $1 (27... f6 28.
Nf5 $1 gxf5 29. Be3 $16) 28. Kg2 h6 $11) 26... h6 (26... f6 27. Nxg6+ hxg6 28.
dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 29. Be3 $16) (26... Nd4 27. Kg2 h6 28. Nxg6+ fxg6 29. dxe8=Q+ Kxe8
30. Bd2 $16) 27. Nxg6+ fxg6 28. dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 29. Be3 a5 $14) 25... Be2 (25...
Bb5 26. d7 Rd8 (26... Bxd7 27. Rxd7 f6 28. Bf4 Rxe7 29. Rd8+ Re8 30. Bd6+)) (
25... f6 26. d7 Rd8 27. Nc6 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 fxg5) 26. Rd5 Bc4 (26... f6 27. d7
fxg5 28. dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 29. Nc6 $16) 27. d7 Rd8 (27... Bxd5 28. dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 29.
Nxd5) 28. Nxg6+ hxg6 29. Bxd8 Bxd5 30. Bg5 $18) (21... Nxb3 22. Nxe7+ Kh8 (
22... Kf8 23. Qxd6 $18) 23. exd6 $16) 22. Nxe7+ Kh8 (22... Rxe7 $4 23. Qb8+ $18
) (22... Kf8 23. Qxd6 Qxb3 24. Bc6 Rb8 25. Nc8+ Kg8 26. Qd8+ Bf8 27. Ne7+ Kg7
28. Bf6+ Kh6 29. Qd4 Qxc4 30. Ng8+ Kh5 31. Bf3+ $18) 23. Qxd6 Qxb3 24. Bf6 {
Only the computer has the confidence to start the attack with the cool move 24.
Bc6 proving once again that the defender is suffering from poor coordination.}
(24. Bc6 Rb8 25. Be4 Nxe5 26. Rb1 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Bh3+ 28. Kxh3 Nxg5+ 29. Kg2 Bb2
30. Bd5 $18) 24... Nb2 {Kovalev was afraid of the idea Bc6 with the helpless
rook on the 8th rank without any suitable retreats. His unfortunate knight
move enables the transfer of the white queen to h6 with an immediate decision.}
(24... Qxc4 25. Bc6 $1 $18) (24... Bxc4 25. Be4 $1 (25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qf6+ Kf8
27. Bc6 Rb8 28. Qd6 $18) 25... Nb2 (25... a5 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qf6+ Kf8 28.
Bxg6) 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qf6+ Kf8 28. Bxg6 $1 $18) 25. Qd2 $1 (25. Qd2 Nxc4 26.
Qh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 51st"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2018.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[Annotator "Mamedyarov,S"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The tournament situation obliged Carlsen to play for the full point. As fror
me conversely, I was hoping that this situation would give me additional
prospects and thus early on the hope of winning the tournament and I waited
for my chance...   Die Turniersituation verpflichtete Carlsen, auf den vollen
Punkt zu spielen. Ich meinerseits hoffte im Umkehrschluss darauf, dass diese
Lage mir zusätzliche Aussichten geben wird, diese Partie und somit vorzeitig
auch das Turnier zu gewinnen, und wartete auf meine Chance...} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5
10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Ne5 Qd6 12. Nc4 $1 {With this move White maintains the
tension (both on the board and also psychologically) .  Mit diesem Zug hält
Weiß die Spannung (sowohl auf dem Brett, als auch die psychologische)
aufrecht.} Qc7 13. d5 Rd8 ({The move Der Zug} 13... Ne5 {is quieter and safer 
(after the game Carlsen expressed the same opinion), but Black had to take
something of a risk. ist ruhiger und sicherer (nach der Partie äußerte
Carlsen die gleiche Meinung), aber Schwarz musste etwas riskieren.} 14. Qc2 Bd7
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bd2) 14. Bd2 $1 Nb4 $6 ({The correct move is Richtig ist} 
14... Ne5 {and after und nach} 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bc3 {the position is more or
less level. ist die Stellung etwa ausgeglichen.}) 15. Bxb4 ({During the game I
invested a lot of time in In der Partie investierte ich sehr viel Zeit in} 15.
e4 $1 {I felt that it should lead to an advantage for White, but in the long
run I did not manage to evaluate the position which arose after it - Ich
fühlte, dass es zum weißen Vorteil führen soll, aber letztendlich ist es
mir nicht gelungen, die daraus resultierende Stellung einzuschätzen -} b5 16.
Bf4 $1 e5 (16... Qb7 17. Ne5 g5 (17... f6 18. Nd3 $16) (17... c4 18. a3 Bxe5
19. Bxe5 Nd3 20. Bc3 $16) 18. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 19. Bxg5 Qb6 (19... c4 20. e5 Bf5
21. Qf3 $1 Kg6 22. g4 Bd3 23. e6 Rf8 24. Qh3 h6 25. Rad1 $1 Kxg5 26. Qh5+ Kf4
27. Rde1 Nc2 28. g5 Nxe1 29. Rxe1 Qb6 30. Qh4+ Kf5 31. Qh5 Kf4 32. Bf3 $1 (32.
h3 Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Bd4+ 34. Re3 Bxe3+ 35. Ke1 Ke5)) 20. a3 Na6 21. e5) 17. d6
$16 {- this is precisely the move I missed when calculating. Pity! - gerade
dieser Zug ist mir bei dem Berechnen entgangen. Schade!}) 15... cxb4 16. Rc1 a5
(16... Bd7 17. Qd2 a5 18. e4 {and White had no problems. und Weiß hat keine
Probleme.}) 17. a3 bxa3 18. bxa3 a4 $1 {A very strong reply! Black prevents
a3-a4. Sehr starke Erwiderung! Schwarz unterbindet a3-a4.} 19. Qd3 ({Playing
Zu Spielvereinfachung und Ausgleich hätte} 19. Qd2 $1 Qc5 20. Qa2 Bd7 21. Ne5
Qd6 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Rfd1 {would have sufficed to simplify the game and
equalise. But I found a more interesting idea which also better suited my
style. gereicht. Aber ich fand eine interessantere Idee, die auch meinem Stil
besser entspricht.}) 19... Bf5 {After this move White gets more active play.
After the game Carlsen explained that he had overlooked 21.Qe3. Nach diesem
Zug bekommt Weiß aktiveres Spiel. Nach der Partie erklärte Carlsen, dass er
21.Qe3 übersah.} ({There was the very strong Sehr stark war} 19... Rb8 $1 {
and after und nach} 20. f4 Bd7 21. Ne5 Qd6 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. e4 {the position
is close to equality. ist die Stellung dem Ausgleich nahe.}) 20. e4 Bd7 21. Qe3
Ra6 22. e5 $1 {Now Black has to be very prcise so as not to fall into a bad
position. Jetzt muss Schwarz sehr genau agieren, um nicht in eine schlechte
Lage zu geraten.} b5 $1 23. d6 Qb8 $1 (23... exd6 24. Nxd6 Qa7 25. Qg5 Rf8 26.
Bd5 {with a powerful attack. mit gewaltigem Angriff.}) 24. dxe7 Re8 25. Rfd1 $1
Rxe7 26. Qc5 $1 {Magnus obviously missed this move. At this moment he began to
feel ill at ease, because his position appeared unpleasant to him.  What do
you think: which reply would now allow Black to hold his position? Dieser Zug
ist Magnus offensichtlich entgangen. In diesem Moment fing er an, sich unwohl
zu fühlen, weil ihm seine Stellung unangenehm schien.  Was meinen Sie: welche
Antwort würde dem Schwarzen jetzt erlauben, seine Stellung zu halten?} Qf8 (
26... Qd8 $2 27. Qxb5 $1) (26... Qe8 27. Nd6) (26... Bf8 $1 {The only move
which preserves Black from a bad position. Der einzige Zug, der den
Nachziehenden vor einer schlechten Position bewahrt.} 27. Nd6 Re8 $1 28. Bd5
Bxd6 29. exd6 Rc8 (29... Rxd6 $4 30. Bxf7+ $18 (30. Qxd6 $2 Re1+ $1) 30... Kxf7
31. Rxd6 $18) 30. Bxf7+ (30. Qc7 Rxc7 31. dxc7 Qf8 $1 (31... Qc8 32. Bb7) 32.
Bxf7+ Qxf7 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. c8=Q+ Qxc8 35. Rxc8+ Kg7 36. Rb8 Rd6 37. Rxb5 Rd3)
30... Kxf7 31. Qd5+ Kf8 32. Qe5 Rxc1 (32... Kg8 33. Rc7) 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Qxh7+
Kf8 35. Qh8+ $11 {Of course it is anything but simple to find all this over
the board. Selbstverständlich ist es alles andere als leicht, das alles am
Brett zu finden.}) 27. Ne3 $1 {Magnus had also overlooked this continuation.
Auch diese Fortsetzung hat Magnus übersehen.} (27. Nb6 Bg4 28. Re1 Rea7) 27...
Be6 (27... Bxe5 $2 28. Rxd7) 28. Qxb5 Raa7 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Reb7 31. Qd3
Rb8 32. h4 Qe8 33. Qd4 (33. Bh3 $1 {This option, which I did not notice during
the game, gives White a clear advantage. Diese Option, die ich während der
Partie nicht bemerkte, gibt dem Weißen klaren Vorteil.} Bxe5 (33... Qe7 34. h5
$16) 34. Re1 Re7 (34... f6 35. f4 Bd4+ 36. Kf1) 35. Bd7 Bb2 36. Bxe8 Rxe1+ 37.
Kg2 Rexe8 38. h5 $16) 33... Qe7 34. f4 $6 {I felt a strong desire to win this
game and decided to play sharply, but by doing so reduced White's advantage.
Ich verspürte den starken Wunsch, diese Partie zu gewinnen, und habe mich
entschlossen, scharf zu spielen, aber dabei reduziert sich der weiße Vorteil.}
({The correct way was the simple continuation Richtig war die einfache
Fortsetzung} 34. Rc4 Bf8 35. Kh2 {and White is clearly superior. und der
Anziehende steht klar überlegen.}) 34... Bf8 35. Kh2 Rab7 ({The best defence
consisted of Die beste Verteidung bestand in} 35... Rc7 $1 {but it was not so
easy to find in time trouble: , die aber in Zeitnot nicht so leicht zu finden
war:} 36. Rxc7 Qxc7 37. Rd7 Qc2 38. Qd5 Qf5 $1 {(the point behind Black's idea
- the rook is brought to the second rank) (die Pointe der schwarzen Idee - der
Turm wird auf die zweite Reihe gebracht)} 39. Rc7 Rb2 40. Qc4 Bxa3 41. Qxa4 Bb4
{with good drawing chances, e.g. mit guten Remisaussichten, z. B.} 42. Qa8+ Kg7
43. Qa1 Rd2 44. e6+ Kh6 45. exf7 (45. Rxf7 Rxg2+ $1 46. Kxg2 Qe4+ $11) 45...
Qd5 46. Qf1 Bf8 47. Kh1 Qd6 48. Rc6 Rd1 49. Rxd6 Rxf1+ 50. Bxf1 Bxd6 $11 {
- to calculate all this to the end you need to have a brain like a computer :)
- um das alles bis zum Ende auszurechnen, muss man funktionieren wie ein
Computer :)}) 36. Qxa4 {I was already short of time here and did not want to
take any risks, so I simply cashed in on the a4-pawn - it is not easy for
Black to hold this position. But objectively speaking my decision was wrong.
Hier hatte ich bereits wenig Zeit und wollte kein Risiko eingehen, somit
kassierte ich einfach den Bauern a4 - es ist für Schwarz nicht einfach, diese
Position zu halten. Aber objektiv gesehen war meine Entscheidung falsch.} ({
But there was the very strong Sehr stark war aber} 36. Rd6 $1 Rb2 (36... Rc7
37. Rxc7 Qxc7 38. Rc6 $1 Qd8 39. Bd5 Bxa3 40. e6 $18) 37. Kh3 $1 $18 {
(unfortunately I did not discover this move when calcualting the variations) 
(diesen Zug habe ich bei dem Variantenberechnen leider nicht entdeckt)} R8b3
38. Rc8 Re2 39. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 40. e6 f6 41. Rd8+ Kg7 42. Rd7 $18) 36... Qxa3
37. Qxa3 Bxa3 38. Rcd1 Be7 39. Kh3 (39. h5 gxh5) 39... Rc7 40. h5 $1 {The
strongest continuation which gives my opponent the maximum of defensive
difficulties to overcome. Die stärkste Fortsetzung, die dem Gegner maximale
Verteidigungsschwierigkeiten bereitet.} gxh5 $1 41. f5 f6 42. e6 $1 (42. Rd7
Rxd7 43. Rxd7 Kf8 44. e6 {- here Black hangs on easily. - hier behauptet sich
Schwarz leicht.}) 42... Rb3 $1 {Carlsen chooses the best defence. Carlsen
verteidigt sich optimal.} 43. Rd7 Rbc3 44. Ra1 Kg7 45. Ra8 Kh6 {Black can hold
by playing only moves. In my calculations I thought that this position is won
for White, but in reality that does not seem to be the case.  Schwarz hält
sich mit einzigen Zügen. Bei meiner Vorausberechnung dachte ich, dass diese
Stellung für Weiß gewonnen ist, aber in Wirklichkeit scheint es nicht der
Fall zu sein.} 46. Re8 (46. Be4 Re3 47. Rxc7 Bd6 48. Rd7) 46... Bb4 47. Rb8 Be7
48. Be4 {By this point I had already understood that the position, objectively
speaking, is drawn; nevertheless I kept on looking for chances to win the game.
Zu diesem Zeitpunkt hatte ich bereits verstanden, dass die Position objektiv
gesehen Remis ist, nichtsdestotrotz suchte ich weiterhin nach Chancen, die
Partie zu gewinnen.} R3c4 {This does not yet throw away the draw. Das wirft
das Unentschieden noch nicht weg.} (48... Re3 $3 49. Rxc7 Bd6 50. e7 Rxg3+ $11
51. Kh4 Rg4+ 52. Kh3 Rg3+ $11) 49. Bd5 R4c5 50. Rb7 Rxd7 51. Rxd7 Ra5 (51...
Bf8 $1 52. Kg2 (52. Rf7 Bd6 53. Ba8 Re5) 52... Rb5 $1 (52... Ra5 53. Be4 Ba3
54. Rf7 $16) 53. Kf3 (53. Be4 Ba3) 53... Ba3 $1 54. Ke4 Rb4+ 55. Kd3 Rg4 $11
56. e7 Rxg3+ 57. Kc2 Bxe7 58. Rxe7 h4 $11) 52. Bc6 $2 (52. Bc4 $1 $18 Rc5 53.
Bd3 Rc3 54. Rxe7 $3 Rxd3 55. Re8 {- it is hard to believe but this position is
a win - - kaum zu glauben, aber diese Position ist gewonnen -} Re3 (55... Kg7
56. Rc8 Re3 57. Kh4 Re5 58. Ra8 Re1 59. Kxh5) 56. Rg8 Re2 57. g4 hxg4+ 58. Kg3
Kh5 59. Rxg4 Re1 60. Kf3 Rb1 61. Rg7) 52... Ba3 53. Rf7 Re5 (53... Rxf5 $1 {
Magnus suggested this reply after the game. He was probably correct - the
position which arises in this case appears rather to be drawn. Diese Antwort
schlug Magnus nach der Partie vor. Wahrscheinlich hatte er recht - die in
diesem Fall entstehende Position scheint eher Remis zu sein.} 54. e7 Bxe7 55.
Rxe7 Rc5 56. Be4 f5 57. Bd3 Rd5 58. Re3 Kg6 59. Rf3 Kg5 60. Bc2 Ra5 61. Rf1 Rd5
) 54. Kh4 $1 {Carlsen did not consider this possibility. Diese Möglichkeit
hat Carlsen nicht in Betracht gezogen.} Bc1 $4 (54... Bb4 $1 55. Rxf6+ Kg7 56.
Rf7+ Kh6 $1 {- it is hard to believe but this position is probably a draw -  -
schwer zu glauben, aber diese Stellung ist wahrscheinlich Remis -} 57. Bd7 Re3
58. f6 Kg6 {and White can make no further progress. und Weiß kommt nicht
weiter.}) 55. e7 {1-0 (55) Mamedyarov,S (2801)-Carlsen,M (2802) Biel 2018 EXT
2019 [Mamedyarov,S]} 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 25th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Karthikeyan,M"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 b6 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Bh6 Rd8 14. Nd5 $6 (14.
Rxd8+ {is an interesting option.} Qxd8 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 $132 {Black must be fine.}
) (14. Bxg7 Rxd1+ $1 (14... Nxg7 $2 15. Nd5 $14 {As the f6 square is
unprotected, Black can't play e6.}) (14... Kxg7 15. Qe3 $14) 15. Qxd1 Kxg7 $11)
14... Bh8 {Playing this move looked very scary as you can see the position of
Kg8! but White cannot use this.} (14... e6 {is also fine} 15. Bxg7 exd5 (15...
Kxg7 16. Qc3+ Kg8 (16... f6 17. Bh3 $16 {this looks very annoying}) 17. Ne3 $14
{White has potential edge.} (17. Nf6+ Nxf6 18. Qxf6 Rd7 $11)) 16. Bh6 d4 $11 {
this might be equal but not easy to play after giving the bishop for no reason.
}) 15. Bg5 (15. Qe3 e6 16. Nc3 (16. Bh3 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Bh8 $17 {Surprisingly
White has nothing.}) 16... Nd4 $11) 15... Re8 (15... Rd7 {is an interesting
option.} 16. Qe3 (16. Bh3 e6 17. g4 exd5 18. gxh5 Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 $15 {
and Black has no problems.}) 16... e6 (16... Bxb2 17. Rab1 Bg7 18. Bxe7 Qe8 19.
Bh4 $11) 17. Nc3 Bd4 18. Qc1 f6 $15) 16. Qd2 $6 (16. Qe3 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Bh8 $17)
(16. Rb1 $5 {White should just play for a3-b4 plans now.} Nf6 17. Qf4 (17. a3
Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxf6+ exf6 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 $11) 17... Nxd5
18. cxd5 e5 $132 {and black is fine}) 16... e6 17. Nc3 (17. Bh3 f5 18. Nc3 Nf6
$15) 17... Nd4 $6 (17... Bxc3 $1 {Is a very nice move which is easy to ignore.}
18. bxc3 (18. Qxc3 e5 {[%cal Gc6d4]} 19. e4 (19. h3 Nd4 $15) (19. e3 f6 $17 {
[%csl Yg5]}) 19... f6 20. Bh6 Ng7 $15 {[%cal Gg7e6,Ge6d4] Here, Black has d4
square so it's good to give that bishop for the knight.}) 18... e5 $15 {
As there are no targets for White on the kingside, Black is clearly better due
to the weakness of doubled pawns.}) 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Ne4 $6 (19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20.
Nb5 f6 21. Bh6 Red8 $11) 19... Qd7 20. Qb4 {Actually Nd6 is not a threat.} (20.
g4 f5 21. gxh5 fxe4 $15) 20... Reb8 $6 (20... e5 {could be played.} 21. Nc5 (
21. Nd6 Bxg2 22. Nxe8 Bc6 23. Nd6 Bg7 $19) 21... bxc5 22. Qxb7 Qxb7 23. Bxb7
Rab8 24. Bc6 Rec8 25. Bb5 Nf6 $15) (20... Bg7 21. Nd6 Bxg2 22. Nxe8 $16 {
[%csl Yg7]}) (20... Rab8 21. Qd6 Qc8 22. Qa3 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Qxc4 24. Qf3 $44)
21. Qb5 $6 (21. Qd6 Qxd6 22. Nxd6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Bg7 $11) 21... Qc7 22. Rac1 a6
$6 (22... f5 23. Nd2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Bg7 $15 {= now Black will get the same but
White wont have c5.} (24... a6 25. Qb3 {transposes to game})) 23. Qb3 f5 24.
Nd2 (24. c5 Bxe4 $17) 24... Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Bg7 26. Nf3 $6 (26. c5 {is directly
equal.} Qc6+ (26... bxc5 27. Qxe6+ $14) 27. Qf3 Qxf3+ 28. Nxf3 bxc5 29. Rxc5
Rxb2 30. Nxd4 Rxa2 (30... h6 31. Bc1 $14) 31. Nxe6 Rxe2 32. Nxg7 Nxg7 $11)
26... h6 27. Bd2 $6 (27. c5 bxc5 (27... hxg5 28. cxb6 Qd7 (28... Qxb6 29. Rc8+
$18 {the point!}) 29. Nxg5 $14) 28. Qxe6+ Kh7 29. b3 $11) 27... Qc6 {Already
White has to search for plans now.} 28. Be1 $2 (28. Kg1 Kh7 29. Ne1 e5 30. e3
$132) 28... Kh7 (28... e5 29. c5+ $14) 29. a4 (29. c5 bxc5 30. Qc4 Rxb2 $17)
29... e5 30. Kg1 Rd8 31. c5 (31. Nd2 e4 $17) (31. a5 $5 bxa5 32. Bxa5 Rab8 $17)
31... bxc5 32. Qf7 (32. Qc4 Rd5 $17) 32... Qd5 $6 {This looks like a human
move but Rd5 is stronger.} (32... Rd5 33. Nd2 (33. b4 Rf8 {this should be over
here} 34. b5 (34. Qe7 c4 $19) 34... axb5 35. axb5 Rxf7 36. bxc6 Rc7 $19 {
and black is two pawns up}) 33... Nf6 $17) 33. Qxd5 (33. Qe7 Rac8 $19) 33...
Rxd5 34. Nd2 Rb8 35. Nc4 Nf6 36. Ba5 (36. a5 Rb5 $19) 36... e4 (36... Nd7 $4
37. Ne3 {oops} Rd6 38. Bc7 $16) 37. f3 Rb3 38. Kf2 Rd7 39. Ne5 Rd5 {When you
have a chance for repeating, its better to repeat so that you can get some
more time!} 40. Nc4 h5 41. h3 Bh6 42. Rc2 Nd7 (42... f4 43. g4 Bg5 {should
also win easily.}) 43. Kg2 Ne5 (43... exf3+ 44. exf3 Ne5 45. Nb6) 44. fxe4 (44.
Nb6 d3 $19) 44... Nxc4 45. Rxc4 (45. exd5 Ne3+ 46. Kh2 Nxc2 47. d6 Rb7 $19)
45... fxe4 46. Rb1 Be3 47. Be1 Bg5 48. h4 Bf6 49. Bf2 Kg7 50. Kf1 Be5 51. Kg2
Kf6 (51... g5 52. Rbc1 (52. hxg5 Bxg3 53. Rxc5 (53. Bxg3 Rxg5 $19) 53... Rxc5
54. Bxd4+ Re5 $19) 52... Bd6 $19 {is also possible.}) 52. Rc2 Ke6 53. Rc4 Kf5
54. a5 Kg4 55. e3 Kf5 56. Bg1 Ke6 (56... d3 57. Rf1+ Ke6 58. Rxe4 Rxb2+ 59. Kh3
d2 60. Rd1 Rc2 {also wins.}) 57. Kh3 Kd6 58. Kg2 d3 59. Rxe4 Rxb2+ 0-1

