[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ambroz,J"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 b6 7. Ne2 (7. Nh3 $5
Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O b5 10. Qg4 Qb6 11. Nf3 h6 12. Nf4 c4 13. h4 O-O-O 14.
h5 Qc6 15. Ne1 (15. b3 $5 $14 {Zapata}) 15... Rg8 $13 {Zapata-Short, Wijk aan
Zee 1987}) 7... Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Nf4 c4 (10... Be7 $5 11. Nf3
O-O 12. Re1 a5 13. Re3 a4 14. a3 f6 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Re1 Bd6 17. Nd3 Rf5 $10 {
Wollf-Lputian, Wijk aan Zee 1993}) 11. a4 (11. b3 b5 12. Qg4 g6 13. Nf3 Nb6 14.
h4 h5 15. Qg3 Nc8 $6 16. bxc4 bxc4 17. Rb1 $14 {Stein-Gorenstein, USSr 1967})
11... a6 12. b4 b5 13. a5 (13. Nf3 a5 $1 14. bxa5 (14. axb5 axb4 15. Rxa8 Qxa8
$17) 14... Rxa5 $15) 13... Qe7 14. Re1 (14. Nh5 g6 15. Nf6+ Nxf6 16. exf6 Qxf6
17. Nf3 h6 18. Ne5 O-O-O $5 19. f4 Bd6 20. Be3 Qg7 $17) (14. Nf3 h6 (14... h5
15. h4 $1) 15. Nh5 g6 16. Ng3 O-O-O 17. h3 Bg7 18. Nh2 $10 h5 19. Nf3 $1 {>< g5
}) 14... O-O-O 15. Qg4 h6 16. Nf3 (16. h4 g5 $1) 16... g5 17. Nh5 f5 18. exf6
Nxf6 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. h4 (20. Ne5 $142 Bd6 21. f4 (21. Re3 h5 22. Qe2 g4 $17)
21... Rdf8 22. Rf1 Rhg8 (22... Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qg6 24. Be3 $13 (24. Qe2 d4 $5 $44
)) 23. Qe2 $10) 20... Bd6 21. hxg5 (21. h5 Rhf8 22. Ra2 Qf5 $5 23. Qxf5 Rxf5 {
><h5} (23... exf5 24. Rae2 Rde8 $1 $15) 24. Nh2 $5 Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Kd7 $10 (
25... g4 26. Kg3 $14) 26. Rae2 Rdf8 27. f3 $1 {/\ Be3-f2-g3} R5f6 $15 {/\
Nc7-e8-d6-f5-g7}) 21... hxg5 {<-> h} 22. g3 (22. Bxg5 Qg7 23. Re3 Rdg8 24. Rae1
Rh6 $17 25. R1e2 Rf6 26. Re5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Rh6) (22. Nxg5 $143 Qg6 $5 23. Ra2
Rh5 $40) 22... Rdf8 23. Kg2 Rhg8 24. Ra2 Bf4 25. Ba3 (25. Rae2 $142) 25... Kb7
26. Rae2 Rg6 27. Bb2 Qf7 28. Bc1 Qf6 29. Ba3 $138 (29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Qg7
31. Qd4 Rh6 32. Qb6+ Kc8 $36) 29... Qf7 30. Bb2 Rf6 $1 31. Rf1 (31. gxf4 Rxf4
$19) 31... Rf5 $1 32. Ba3 (32. Rfe1 Bxg3) 32... Ne8 {Nf6, ><g4} 33. Rfe1 Bc7 (
33... Nf6 34. Qxf5) 34. Nxg5 (34. Re3 Nf6 $19) 34... Rxg5 (34... Rxg5 35. Qxg5
Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Rh8) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ambroz,J"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 b6 7. Ne2 $1 Ba6 8.
Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O b5 (9... Nc7 10. f4 f5 $1 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Ng3 Bd6 $10) 10.
Nf4 (10. Nf3 Nb6 11. h4 Qd7 12. h5 h6 $10 {Georgadze-Short, Hastings 1979/80;})
(10. a4 Qb6 (10... b4 11. c4 Nc7 (11... Be7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Nf4
$14) 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. h4 $5) 11. axb5 Qxb5 12. c4 dxc4 13. Ne4 Nc7
(13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxe5 15. Rxa6 Qxe4 16. Re1 Qb7 17. Nxe6) (13... Be7 14.
Bg5 $16) 14. N2c3 Qc6 15. Qf3 $16) 10... Be7 (10... Nb6 11. Qg4 Qd7 12. Nh5
O-O-O 13. Nf3 Kb7 $13) 11. Qg4 g6 12. h4 h5 (12... Qb6 13. h5 O-O-O) (12...
Bxh4 $2 13. Nxe6 $18) 13. Qe2 cxd4 (13... Qb6 14. a4 bxa4 (14... b4 15. c4) 15.
Rxa4 c4 16. b3 $16) (13... Nc7 14. a4 b4 15. c4 Nb6 (15... cxd4 16. cxd5) 16.
a5) (13... c4 14. a4 Nc7 15. axb5 Nxb5 16. b3 Nxc3 17. Qe3 Nb5 18. bxc4 dxc4
19. Nxc4 $14) 14. cxd4 Bxh4 (14... Nc7 15. g3 $22 {/^c}) 15. a4 Qb6 16. axb5 (
16. Qxb5 Qxb5 17. axb5 Nc7 18. Ra5 Be7 $10) 16... Nc7 17. Nf3 Bd8 $6 (17... Be7
) 18. Nh3 Nxb5 (18... Qxb5 $5 19. Qd1 (19. Qxb5 Nxb5 $15) 19... Nb6 20. b3 $5
Be7 21. Bg5 $146) 19. Rd1 Nb8 $5 20. Bg5 Nc6 21. Qd2 Bxg5 (21... Ne7 22. Bf6
Rg8 23. Nhg5 $36 Nf5 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Qb4 {P Jh7} Rh8 (25... Nbxd4 $2 26. Rxd4
Nxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxd4 28. Nxd4 Ra8 (28... Rd7 29. Nh7) 29. Rc1 $18) 26. Ra5 $16)
22. Qxg5 $1 Qd8 (22... Kd7 23. Qf4 {P Jhg5}) 23. Qf4 Ne7 (23... O-O $2 24. Qh6
{P Jhg5}) 24. Nhg5 Nf5 25. Nh4 $5 Qe7 (25... O-O 26. Nxf5 exf5 27. e6 $40) 26.
Nxf5 gxf5 27. Rdc1 Kd7 28. Rc5 a6 29. Rac1 h4 (29... Rac8 30. Rxd5+ exd5 31.
Qxf5+ Qe6 32. Nxe6 Rxc1+ 33. Kh2 fxe6 34. Qf7+ Kc6 35. Qxe6+ Kb7 (35... Kc7 36.
Qxa6 $18) 36. Qxd5+ Ka7 37. Qe6 $18 {P d5}) (29... Rhc8 30. Nh7 $5 (30. Rxd5+
exd5 31. Qxf5+ Kd8 32. Nxf7+ Ke8 33. Rxc8+ Rxc8 34. Qxc8+ Kxf7 35. Qf5+ Kg8 $13
) 30... Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Rc8 32. Nf6+ Kd8 33. b4 $16) 30. Rxd5+ $1 exd5 31. Qxf5+
Ke8 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Qxc8+ Qd8 34. Qxd8+ Kxd8 35. Nxf7+ Kd7 36. Nxh8 Nxd4 37.
Ng6 Nf5 38. Kf1 a5 39. Ke2 a4 40. Kd3 Kc6 $2 41. e6 (41. Nf4 $18 Kc5 (41... Nh6
42. Ne2 Ng4 43. f4 {P Jd4}) 42. Ne6+ Kb4 43. Nd4) 41... Kd6 42. e7 Nxe7 43.
Nxh4 Kc5 44. f4 Kb4 45. f5 Kb3 46. f6 Nc6 47. Ng6 Nd8 48. Ne7 Kxb2 49. Nxd5 a3
50. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2 49th"]
[Site "Sant Lluis"]
[Date "2005.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.08.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Postny} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 {This move has become quite popular of
late thanks to the efforts of Morozevich and Lputian, but we should not forget
that it was Romanishin who first employed it succesfully - in the seventies -
at master level. The idea is primarily reactive in nature: Black is waiting
for his opponent to show his hand (piece configuration) first.} 4. Ngf3 {
This is the little surprise I had prepared for my opponent. I had never played
this before, so it seemed like a reasonable choice.} ({Against the same
opponent, in the Spanish National Championship last year, I used the critical
yet (in my opinion) highly dubious} 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 {but the truth is that
after} Kf8 $1 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Qg3 f6 8. Ngf3 Nh6 9. Bd3 Nf7 10. exf6 gxf6 $1 {
Black had already reached an excellent position.}) (4. c3 {is an interesting
option, waiting for Black to reveal a little more about his plans. The problem
is that ...Be7 seems to be a bit more useful than c3. So, after} c5 5. exd5
exd5 {I believe Black is doing fine, even though the position remains
sufficiently complicated for those who are looking for a chess battle at the
board and not at home.}) 4... Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O g5 $1 {
This active move remains the most popular choice, and rightly so. The
alternatives are:} (8... Qb6 $6 {, popular in the 80s, until White found the
convincing} 9. dxc5 $1 Qc7 (9... Nxc5 {allows White to keep the stronghold on
e5.} 10. Bc2 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Re1 {, with advantage to White.}) 10. Nb3
Ncxe5 (10... Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. f4 Qf6 13. Be3 $14) 11. Bf4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3
e5 ({moving the queen back has only brought Black trouble:} 12... Qd8 13. Qg3
$1 O-O 14. Bc7 Qe8 15. Bb5 a6 16. Ba4 $16) 13. Bg3 {gives White a very
promising position.} Qc6 14. Rfe1 e4 15. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Qf6 17. c6 Ne5
18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. cxb7 Bxb7 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Nd4 Bd6 22. g3 O-O 23. Nc6 Qb5 24.
Nxb8 Qxb2 25. Rd1 Bxb8 26. Rd7 Qb5 27. Bc6 Qe5 28. Bd5 Qe8 29. Rb7 a5 30. Bxf7+
{1-0 Chandler-Henley, Surakarta 1982.}) (8... a5 {is still fairly popular. It
reached its all-time high in the late 90´s-beginning of 00´s thanks to the
efforts of some Armenian players, especially Lputian, but the following game
left the line in the repair shop:} 9. Re1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Nb1 $1 {
the knight is heading for the weakened b5 square.} Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Nc3
Qb6 ({A new idea is} 13... Bc5 14. Be3 ({radical, but interesting is} 14. Nb5
$5 Qxf2+ 15. Kh1 O-O 16. Bg5 $1 Bb4 17. Re3 g6 $13 {Vuckovic-Solak, Belgrade
2000.}) 14... Qh4 15. Bc2 $5 (15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Rc1 (16. Bb5+ Bd7 17. Nxd5 $1
O-O (17... exd5 18. Bxd7+ Nxd7 19. Qxd5 {, and 20.e6, with good attacking
chances.}) 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 $11) 16... Nxd3 17. Qxd3 O-O 18. Nb5 Bd7 19. Nd6 {
Nisipeanu-Crickmore, Castelldefels 2005 gave White compensation for the pawn,
but I doubt the Romanian player would be willing to go for this again}) 15...
b6 (15... O-O $5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Re3 f5) 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Ra7 (17...
Rb8 18. Bf5 Qe7 19. e6 Nf6 20. Qc6+ Kf8 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. exf7 Bd7 23. Qc7 Rc8
24. Rxe7 Rxc7 25. Rae1 {looks good for White.}) 18. e6 (18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Qc6+
Bd7 20. Qxb6 Ra6 21. Qxc5 Rc6) 18... O-O $2 (18... fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kd8 20. Bxc5
bxc5 21. Rad1 {with compensation for the sacrificed piece, but it is hard to
tell how much exactly.}) 19. exf7+ Kh8 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Re8 {1-0
Gormally-Quillan, Caleta 2005.}) 14. Qg4 (14. Be3 $5 {is an idea of Oratovsky
which deserves attention and might actually be more attrative to some than
Nedev´s recipe. In any case, Lalic did not adapt well to the novelty.} Qd8 $6 (
{according to Oratovsky,} 14... d4 {is necessary, and after} 15. Na4 Qa7 16.
Bd2 O-O 17. Rc1 {White has compensation for the pawn. The truth is, this looks
quite good for White.}) 15. Qg4 O-O 16. Bh6 g6 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 18. Bb5 $16 {
Oratovsky-Lalic, Salou 2004 Esto es como la partida de Nedev, pero con la dama
peor ubicada en d8.}) 14... O-O (14... Kf8 15. Nb5 Nc5 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Nd6 $5 {
Rublevsky-Lputian, Poikovsky 2003 is very dangerous.}) 15. Bh6 g6 16. Bxf8 Bxf8
17. Bb5 $1 Nc5 18. a4 $16 {Nedev-Bauer, Bled 2002 and Black does not have
enough for the exchange.}) ({The always creative Morozevich has also toyed with
} 8... h5 {Black wants to get ready to meet h3 after g5, while the move also
proves useful by protecting g4 even if White decides to ignore the advance of
the g-pawn. But then, there is a downside to this concept: time. White can now
protect his center.} 9. Re1 cxd4 (9... g5 10. dxc5 $1) 10. cxd4 g5 11. Nb3 g4
12. Nfd2 a5 13. a4 Nb6 14. Nb1 $1 {a strong yet highly thematic novelty from
Smirin: the knight is heading for b5 and d5.} Nc4 15. Nc3 Qb6 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17.
Nd2 Nb4 (17... Qxd4 18. Nb5 Qd8 19. Qe2 $16) 18. Nxc4 Qc6 19. b3 b6 20. Ne4 Ba6
21. Bg5 Bxc4 22. Rc1 Bxb3 23. Qxb3 Qd5 24. Qe3 Qd7 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Nf6+ Kf8
27. Rc4 Rd8 28. Rec1 Nd5 29. Qg5 {1-0 Smirin-Cheparinov, Calviá 2004.}) 9. dxc5
{Virtually the only move possible in view of ...g4.} Nxc5 {Herráiz decides to
avoid my preparation by chosing a secondary line. There is, however, something
that I do not like about his move: White gets the chance to keep his strong e5
pawn, although there is no easy way to take advantage of it.} ({Black has also
tried} 9... Ndxe5 {, but its results are not too brilliant.} 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11.
Nb3 (11. Bb5+ $5 Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. b4 b6 14. c4 $1 dxc4 15. Nxc4 bxc5 16.
Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Qb6 18. Qg3 {gave White a strong initiative in
Rublevsky-Morozevich, Togliatti 2003.}) 11... Bd7 (11... Nxd3 12. Qxd3 e5 13.
Qe2 f6 14. Qh5+ Kf8 15. h4 $16 {Degraeve-Pert, Montpellier 2003.}) 12. f4 $1
Nxd3 13. Qxd3 h6 14. Be3 {is better for White, Hracek-Stellwagen, Bundesliga
2004.}) (9... g4 10. Nd4 Ndxe5 11. Bb5 Bd7 (11... Bxc5 12. f4 $1 gxf3 13. N2xf3
{gives White a strong initiative for the pawn.}) 12. N2b3 {is the main line.})
10. Bb5 {A very natural move, but the choice of Tarrasch expert Degraeve is
also interesting:} (10. Bc2 g4 {Black must play this, since otherwise his
strategy is a complete fiasco.} 11. Nd4 Nxe5 12. f4 $1 gxf3 13. N2xf3 Ng6 14.
Qe2 f5 15. c4 $1 {with obvious compensation for the pawn in Degraeve-Touzane,
France 2004.}) 10... Qb6 {Probably the best option. If White takes, then the
merits of the queen move compared to 10...Bd7 or 10...a6 need no commentary.} (
10... a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. b4 $1 {it is important to keep c5 under control.}
Nd7 13. Nb3 g4 14. Nfd4 Nxe5 15. Bf4 Qc7 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxc6 Qf4 18. Nxe7
Kxe7 19. g3 Qg5 20. Qd4 $16 {Smirin-Poldauf, Groningen 1990}) (10... Bd7 11.
Qe2 (11. Bxc6 $6 bxc6 12. Nd4 Nd3 $1 $13) (11. Re1 g4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nd4 Nd3
14. Re3 Nxc1 15. Rxc1 c5) 11... a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. c4 {this is another way
to fight against c6-c5 which should be remembered.} (13. Nd4 Na4 $1 {followed
by ...c5.}) 13... Rb8 14. b3 Qa5 15. Qe3 Rg8 16. Nd4 g4 17. f4 gxf3 {there is
nothing else against 18.f5.} 18. N2xf3 Rg6 19. Bd2 Qb6 (19... Qc7 20. Rac1 $16)
20. b4 Ne4 21. c5 Qc7 22. Qf4 $16 {Rachels-Arencibia, Manila 1990.}) 11. Nd4 (
11. Qe2 a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 {looks Ok for Black.}) 11... a6 $6 {Black decides to
force things on the queenside, but leaving d7 free for the knight.} ({If my
analysis are correct, then the alternative} 11... Bd7 {should be considered.
White could now play as in the game, but then ...Bd7 will prove much more
useful than ...a6. The only "but" to the bishop move is} 12. Nxc6 ({maybe} 12.
Bxc6 bxc6 13. b4 Nd3 14. N2b3 $5 {is still possible.}) 12... Bxc6 (12... bxc6
13. Be2 {is good for White now. In the game Black would have ...Nd7, and there
is no way to protect the e5-pawn.}) 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. b3 {, which looks more
comfortable for White yet still complicated.} (14. Qe2 $5)) 12. Bxc6+ (12. Nxc6
bxc6 13. Be2 Nd7) 12... bxc6 13. b4 $1 Nd7 {'?!' Postny. After a long think,
my opponent decided to retreat his knight. It seems better to jump forward,
keeping the option the exchange the c1 bishop off if necessary, although this
is not easy for Black either.  Postny: 'This passive move is the source for
black's trouble.'} ({After} 13... Nd3 {an idea we did not pay too much
attention to is} 14. N2b3 $1 (14. Qh5 a5 15. N2f3 Nxc1 16. Rfxc1 h6 17. Rcb1
$14 {is quite possible as well, but less direct.}) (14. N2f3 Nxc1 15. Rxc1 a5
$13 {The evaluation of this position might be critical for the whole opening
variation.} (15... c5 $6 16. bxc5 Qxc5 17. c4 $36)) {believing that} 14... Nxe5
(14... Nxc1 15. Rxc1 {is clearly better for White. Black could still try to
break the queenside bind by sacrificing the a-pawn, but I doubt this will be
enough to level the chances.}) 15. Qh5 h6 {was not clear.} (15... Rg8 16. f4 $1
) {But it is here that White has a nice little combination which gives him the
advantage:} 16. Bxg5 $1 Bxg5 17. f4 Ng6 18. fxg5 {with excellent attacking
chances. The exchange of dark-squared bishops is clearly to White´s favour,
whose knights are waiting to land on c5.}) 14. Qh5 $1 Nxe5 15. N2f3 {White now
gets his pawn back in all variations, while keeping his attacking options.} Ng6
{'?!' Postny} (15... Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Bf6 {would not help Black much either:} 17.
Be3 Qb7 (17... Qc7 18. Bd4 {and after the exchange of dark-squared bishops the
dark holes in black's camp will become extremely vulnerable. Nevertheless,
this was a better choice for black.}) 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 $16 {and the weak
dark squares, together with the king´s exposed position, is more than the
black position can tolerate.}) 16. Bxg5 Bxg5 (16... f6 {fails to} 17. Nh4 $1)
17. Nxg5 $1 {All White needs to do now is ram forward with his f-pawn.} c5 $2 {
El error decisivo, aunque la posición ya es muy difícil.} (17... a5 18. a3 $16)
18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. f4 $1 Ra7 (19... Qxc3 20. Rad1 Ra7 21. Nxh7 $1 ({amazingly,} 
21. f5 exf5 22. Nxh7 Re7 23. Nf6+ Kf8 24. Qg5 Re5 {is not so clear. For
example,} 25. Nf3 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Qe3) 21... Re7 22. Nf6+ Kd8 23. Qg5 $18) ({
Another option that fails is} 19... h6 20. Ngxe6 Bxe6 21. f5 Bxf5 22. Rae1+ $1
{, with a decisive attack.}) 20. Ne4 $1 {This move ends the game. Once the
knight reaches f6 the king is going to feel a bit claustrophobic.} Qc7 ({
The problem with} 20... Qe7 {is} 21. Nc6 {, which attacks the a7-rook -thus
preventing ...Qh4-, which was not the case one move earlier.} Qc7 22. Nf6+ Kf8
23. Qh6#) 21. Nf6+ Ke7 $6 (21... Kd8 22. f5 Qxc3 23. Rad1 Ne7 24. Qxf7 $18) 22.
f5 Qxc3 23. Rad1 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Kxf6 25. fxe6+ $1 Nf4 (25... Kg7 26. Nf5+) (25...
Ke7 26. Nf5+) 26. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "BIH-chT 5th"]
[Site "Banja Vrucica"]
[Date "2006.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leventic, Ivan"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2006.06.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tuzla SK Tusanj"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 $5 {For many years I had a low opinion about this
move.However I wanted to give a try.} 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2
cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 $5 {I prefer this} ({to} 
11... O-O 12. Bf4 $14) 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bg6
Rxf3 17. Bxh5 $1 {This is all theory.} (17. gxf3 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Nf4 $1 19. Ng3
e5 $1 $44 20. Kxh2 $6 Qd6 $1 $40) 17... Rf8 18. Bg3 $14 {White is believed to
be better however the assesment can be changed by any move.} Bd7 19. Rac1 (19.
Rad1 Rf6 $132) 19... Bxg3 20. hxg3 Qb6 21. Qd2 (21. Qc5 Rf6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23.
a3 b5 $132) 21... Rf6 $6 ({I did not like} 21... Be8 22. Bxe8 Raxe8 23. Rcd1
$14 {because of its drawish nature.}) 22. Rc3 $1 a5 23. Rb3 Qa7 24. Rf3 Raf8 (
24... Rxf3 25. gxf3 a4 $14) 25. Rd1 $1 Kg8 26. Nf4 $1 {White increases the
pressure.} Qb8 (26... g5 $2 27. Ng6 Rxf3 28. gxf3 Rf6 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Rf5
31. Qc2 $18) 27. Ng6 Rxf3 (27... Be8 $2 28. Nxf8 Bxh5 29. Nd7 $18 ({or} 29.
Rxf6 $18)) 28. gxf3 Rf6 29. Nf4 $16 {White is clearly better with better
pieces and kingside attack prospects.} Qd6 30. Qe3 Rf5 $1 (30... Qb4 31. Rd2
Qc4 32. b3 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 $16) 31. Bg4 e5 $1 {I have gone for the only real
counterchance in the position.} 32. Bxf5 $6 ({I was more afraid of} 32. dxe5 $1
Rxe5 33. Qb3 Bxg4 (33... Ne7 $2 34. Qxb7 Bxg4 35. fxg4 Kh7 36. Qb5 Qc7 37. Qd3+
Kg8 38. Qb3 $18) 34. fxg4 Qb4 35. Qxb4 (35. Nxd5 $2 Qxb3 36. axb3 Re2 $15) (35.
Rxd5 $6 Qxb3 36. axb3 g5 37. Rxe5 Nxe5 38. Nd5 Nxg4 $11) 35... axb4 36. Rxd5 g5
$1 (36... Re1+ $2 37. Kg2 Ra1 38. Rb5 Rxa2 39. Nd3 $18) 37. Rxe5 Nxe5 38. Nd5
b3 39. axb3 Nxg4 $16) 32... exf4 33. Qd3 Nb4 34. Qb1 fxg3 35. Bxd7 gxf2+ 36.
Kg2 {He did not go for the draw and started to lick my chips.} (36. Kxf2 Qh2+
37. Ke3 (37. Kf1 Qh1+ $11 (37... Nc2 $2 38. Bf5 Ne3+ 39. Ke1 $18)) 37... Nc2+
38. Kd3 Nb4+ 39. Kc3 Qc7+ 40. Kd2 (40. Kb3 $4 Qc4+ $19) 40... Qh2+ $11) 36...
Qxd7 37. a3 Nc6 38. Kxf2 (38. Qg6 Ne7) 38... Qd6 $6 {I should not live f5
square unattended!} (38... Qf7 39. Qd3 Qf6 $44) 39. Kg2 $2 $138 (39. Qf5 Qh2+
40. Ke3 $16) 39... Qf6 40. Qd3 {Draw offer.} Ne7 $2 (40... Qg5+ 41. Kf1 Qh5 $11
) (40... Nd8 41. Re1 Ne6 42. Kf1 Nf4 43. Qc2 $13) 41. Re1 Ng6 42. Kf1 Nf4 (
42... h5 43. Re8+ Kf7 44. Rb8 $18) (42... Kh7 43. Re5 $1 $16) 43. Qc2 Ng6 {
All of a sudden I have found myself in a very difficult position.} (43... Qxd4
44. Qc8+ Kf7 45. Qxb7+ Kg6 46. Qc6+ Kh5 47. Qc3 $18) (43... Qf7 44. Re5 Qd7 45.
Qf5 Qb5+ 46. Kg1 Ne2+ 47. Kg2 Nxd4 48. Qg6 $18) 44. Qc8+ Kh7 45. Qg4 Nf4 $138 (
45... a4 46. Re6 Qf7) (45... Qf7 46. Re6) 46. Re5 Qa6+ (46... g5 47. Qf5+ Qxf5
48. Rxf5 Kg6 49. Re5 b5 50. Re8 $18) 47. Kg1 Ng6 48. Re6 $4 {He errs in mutual
time trouble.} (48. Qf5 Qc4 49. Re6 Qxd4+ 50. Kg2 $18) (48. Rxd5 Qc4 (48... Qd3
49. Qe4 Qd1+ 50. Kf2 Qd2+ 51. Kg3 $18) 49. Rc5 $18) 48... Qd3 $1 49. Rb6 {
Second draw offer.Once again what is wrong with these people?If I want I can
force a draw by perpetual checks.} Qe3+ $2 {I could have created him serious
difficulties.} ({I could not see} 49... Ne5 $1 {at once.} 50. dxe5 (50. Qf4
Nxf3+ 51. Kg2 Ng5 $1 (51... Nxd4 52. Rxh6+ $1 $11) 52. Rxb7 $11) 50... Qe3+ 51.
Kf1 Qxb6 52. Qd7 d4 53. e6 $11) 50. Kf1 Qd3+ 51. Kg1 Qd1+ {My luck has have
brought the same position again amd I missed it again.} (51... Ne5 $1 52. dxe5
Qe3+ 53. Kf1 Qxb6 54. Qd7 Qc6 55. e6 $11) 52. Kf2 Qd2+ 53. Kf1 Qd1+ 54. Kf2
Qc2+ 55. Kg1 Qc1+ 56. Kf2 Qd2+ 57. Kf1 {He claimed a draw on the basis of
threefold repetition.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skopje op 18th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2002.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
Rb8 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Bb1 b6 12. Rd1 Ba6 13. Qe3 Rc8 14. Ne1 Bg5 15.
f4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Be2 17. a3 Bxd1 18. axb4 Rxc1 19. Ne4 dxe4 20. Qxc1 Bh5 21.
Bxe4 O-O 22. Qe3 Qc7 23. Rc1 Qd8 24. Nd3 Bg6 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. b5 Nb8 27. Nf2
Qd5 28. Ne4 Qxb5 29. Ng5 $1 {Excellent sacrifice yielding White an
irresistible attack.} Qxb2 30. Rf1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge3h3,Gh3h7] Threatening
31.Qh3.} Rc8 31. Qf4 $1 Rc7 {[%tqu "En","How should White use the power of his
active pieces?","Strike in the centre and try to open up files there!",
"Utilise the energy of your central pawns.","d4d5","This impressive pawn
thrust crowns White's attack.",6]} 32. d5 $3 {[%csl Re6,Rf7][%cal Gd5e6,Gf1f8,
Gg5f7,Ge5e6]} ({After this impressive pawn move Black is defenseless.} 32. Nxf7
$2 {would be a big mistake, as after} Nc6 $1 33. Nh6+ $140 Kh7 $1 {Black is
winning.}) (32. Nxe6 $2 fxe6 33. Qf8+ Kh7 {is clearly insufficient for White.})
(32. Qh4 {is strongly met by} Rc1 $1) 32... f6 ({Black has no defense against
the threat 33.de6.} 32... exd5 {is refuted by} 33. e6 $1 f6 34. Qxc7) (32...
Rc2 {loses after} 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34. Qf8#) 33. exf6 (33. exf6 {, and Black
resigned in view of} Rc8 (33... gxf6 34. Qxc7 $18) 34. f7+ Kf8 35. Qd6#) 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2004.08.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. a3 Be8 14. Ng3 h6 15.
Be3 Ng4 16. Qe2 e5 17. dxe5 Ncxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bc2 Qh4 20. Rad1 Qc4 21.
Qxc4 Nxc4 22. Nf5 Nxe3 23. fxe3 $1 ({It is stronger than} 23. Nxe3 Be5 {
, with counterplay.}) 23... Rf6 24. Rxd5 Bf8 $6 (24... Bc7 {was to be
preferred.}) {[%tqu "En","How can White increase his advantage?","Open the
f-file for the operation of the f1-rook and exploit the shaky poition of the
f8-bishop.","Sacrifice your knight!","f5h6","This move allows White to win the
second pawn and yields him excellent winning chances.",5]} 25. Nxh6+ $1 {
[%csl Gc2,Gf1,Rf6,Rf8,Rg8,Gh6] Sokolov finds the most convincing way to
convert his advantage.} Rxh6 26. Bb3 $1 {[%csl Gb3,Gd5,Gf1,Rf8,Rg8] This
sacrifice allows White to regains the piece and yields him a large, probably,
decisive advantage.} Bf7 27. Rxf7 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Gb3,Gd5,Gf7,Rg8][%cal Gb3g8]}
Kxf7 28. Rd8+ Ke7 29. Rxa8 Rb6 {The most stubborn continuation.} 30. Bd5 Rxb2
31. h4 $1 {[%csl Ga8,Gd5,Re7,Rf8,Gh4][%cal Gh4h5] Threatening 32.h5, fully
paralyzing Black pieces.} g6 32. g4 Rd2 33. Be4 Kf7 34. Rxa7 Rb2 35. a4 Bc5 36.
Rxb7+ Rxb7 37. Bxb7 Bxe3+ 38. Kg2 Bd2 39. g5 Be1 40. Kh3 Bd2 41. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Elgoibar 07th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1997.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Matamoros Franco, Carlos S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1997.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qb6 {In this line of the French Defence
the e5-square is of great importance. Right now Black has good control over it,
but if White can manage to exchange the d6-bishop and the c6-knight, Black may
be left with a bad 'French' bishop.} 12. b3 {Another common move here is 12.
Nc3; then White usually places his dark-squared bishop on e3 or g5. The text
takes care of the b-pawn, which will not be hanging after an eventual Bc1-f4.}
O-O 13. Bf4 {[%csl Re5] This move is an important part of White's strategic
plan. Ideally, White wants to leave only a knight (and put it on e5!) vs.
Black's light squared bishop, all other minor pieces should be exchanged as
far as White is concerned.} Bxf4 ({Also popular is} 13... Nxd4 {Then, after}
14. Nfxd4 e5 15. Be3 exd4 16. Bxd4 {White has slightly better chances.} Qd8 (
16... Qc7 17. Ng3 Bg4 18. Qd2 Bf4 19. Be3 Be5 20. Rac1 Qf7 21. Rfe1 Kh8 22. f3
$14 {Slobodjan-Kindermann, BL 1997.}) 17. Ng3 Bd7 18. Rc1 Qe8 19. Qc2 Rc8 20.
Qb1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 b6 22. Re1 Qf7 23. f3 $14 {Wahls-Zhang Zhong, Beijing open
1993}) 14. Nxf4 Bd7 (14... Nxd4 $2 {proved to be unsound in the game
Wahls-Chen De, Beijing open 1993, which continued:} 15. Nxd4 e5 16. Nxd5 Qxd4
17. Bc4 Kh8 18. Qxd4 exd4 19. Nc7 Rb8 20. Rad1 Bd7 21. Rxd4 $18) 15. Re1 Rae8
16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Bc2 Qb4 ({The thematic move -} 17... Nxd4 {played in the game
Vallejo Pons-Farago,I Open, Saint Vincent 1998, left White with a pleasant
edge in the endgame after} 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 e5 20. Nfe6 Bxe6 21. Rxe5 Bd7
22. Rae1 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. f3) 18. Rad1 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Ne4
20. Bxe4 Rxf4 21. Bc2 Re7 22. Re3 Bc8 23. g3 Rf6 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 {
White has not achieved his main goal - to get a position with a knight on e5
vs. Black's light-squared bishop, but even here he has some advantage. His
bishop has certainly better prospects than Black's and has more space for
manoeuvring. However, Black may seize control over the c-file.} Rc7 26. Kg2 Kg8
27. h4 $5 Bd7 28. h5 Rf8 29. Bd1 Rfc8 30. Bg4 Kf7 31. Ree2 Rc6 32. Re3 R8c7 33.
Rf3+ Kg8 34. Rf4 b5 ({Black had to make use of the c-file by playing} 34... Rc2
35. Rd3 R7c3 $1 ({but not} 35... Rxa2 $2 36. Rdf3 {when White obtains
dangerous attack.})) 35. Rd3 Rc8 $2 ({Black needs to trade off a pair of rooks,
so he simply had to play} 35... Rc3 $1) 36. h6 gxh6 37. Rf6 Kg7 38. Rdf3 Be8
39. Rxe6 Rxe6 40. Bxe6 Rc2 41. a3 Rd2 42. Rf4 Ra2 43. Bxd5 Bg6 44. b4 Rxa3 45.
Bc6 a6 46. d5 Rd3 47. Kf1 Bh5 48. g4 Bg6 49. Ke2 Kg8 50. Bd7 Kh8 51. Be6 Kg7
52. f3 Kh8 53. Rf8+ Kg7 54. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Schlechter Memorial"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popovic, Petar"]
[Black "Weinzettl, Ernst"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Balinov,I"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O (11... Qb6) (11... Qc7) 12. Bf4 Bxf4
13. Nxf4 Qd6 $6 (13... Ne4 $5) (13... Ng4 14. Ne2 (14. g3 g5 15. Ng2 (15. Nh3
e5 $40) 15... Qf6 16. Be2 $8 Nh6 17. h4 g4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Qd2
Qg7 21. Rac1 Nf5 22. Nf4 Rf7 (22... Nd4 23. Nh5 $1 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 Qg6 25. Nf4
Rxf4 26. gxf4 $16) 23. Nh5 Qg6 24. Qg5 Nd4 25. Bxg4 e5 26. Qd8+ Rf8 27. Qxd5+
Be6 28. Bxe6+ Qxe6 29. Qxe6+ Nxe6 30. Rfe1 $16 {Wittmann-Dirr (9)}) 14... Qf6 (
14... Qd6 15. h3 Rxf3 16. hxg4 Rf8 17. f4 $14) 15. h3 Nh6 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxc6
Bxc6 18. Ne5 Bb5 19. a4 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Rfe8 21. Rfe1 Qe7 22. Ra3 Nf5 {1/2:1/2
Popovic-Kinderman (9).}) 14. g3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qb3 Qd6 18.
Rfe1 Kh8 19. Bf1 $1 Bd7 20. Bg2 Bc6 21. Rad1 d4 22. Bxc6 bxc6 $8 23. Ne6 Rfb8
24. Qc2 c5 25. Nxc5 Rc8 26. b4 a5 27. a3 axb4 28. axb4 Qd5 29. Qd3 Re8 30.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. h3 $1 h6 32. Kh2 Rd8 33. Re1 Rb8 34. Re7 Qg5 35. Ra7 (35. Ne6 $2
Ng4+ $19) 35... Nd5 36. Nd7 Rf8 $4 (36... Rd8 37. Qxd4 Nf6 38. Nxf6 $18 Rxd4
39. Ra8+) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rc1 Bd7 (13... Ng4 14.
Ng3 g6 $1 (14... h6 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. Bb1 Bd7 17. Qc2 g5 18. Qd3 Qg7 19. Rce1 $14
{Tseshkovsky,V-Chernin,A/USSR(ch)/1987/}) 15. Nd2 $1 (15. Nh4 e5 16. Be2 Nf6
17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. b4 Bf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. b5 Nd4 $1 {Smagin,S-Dolmatov,S/URS
(ch)/1986/}) 15... Nf6 16. Nb3 Bd7 17. Nc5 a6 18. Qd2 Rae8 19. b4 (19. Bb1 $5)
19... Bc8 20. b5 axb5 21. Bxb5 $14 {Tzermiadianos,And-Stamenkovic,Z/Sofia/1994/
}) (13... a6 14. Bh4 Nh5 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bg6 Nf4 18. Nxf4 Bxf4 19.
Rcd1 Qb6 $6 20. Qe2 Bd7 21. Bb1 Rac8 22. Bg3 $16 {Tiviakov,S-Metran/Paris/1991/
}) 14. Ng3 (14. Qc2 Be8 15. Bh4 h6 16. Bg3 Bh5 17. Ne5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nxd4 19.
Qe3 Qb6 $1 20. Nc6 Bxg3 21. Ne7+ Kf7 22. Qxg3 Kxe7 23. Rc7+ $13 {Kveinis,
A-Poldauf,D/Groningen(open)/1990/}) (14. Bh4 h6 15. Re1 $14 {Psakhis,L}) 14...
h6 (14... Bf4 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Re1 Rae8 17. Bb5 $1 Ne4 18. Qe2 Ng5 19. Nxg5
Qxg5 (19... Nxd4 $2 20. Qd3 $18) 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Qe3 $14 {Magometov,
M-Temirbaev,S/URS(cht)/1991/}) 15. Bd2 Qb6 (15... Ng4 16. Bb1 (16. h3 $2 Nxf2
$17) 16... e5 17. dxe5 Ngxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Qb3 $14) 16. Bc3 Bf4 (16... Rae8
17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 $16) (16... Bb4 $5 17. Ne5 (17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. Rc2 $14)
17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ne8 $14) 17. Rc2 Nb4 (17... Be8 18. Ne5 (18.
Re1 Bf7) 18... Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Re2 Nc5 $14) 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. Ne5 Bxe5 (
19... Be8 $5) 20. dxe5 Ng4 $2 (20... Nh7 21. Qe2 Rac8 22. Rfc1 $14) (20... Ne8
$6 21. Qc1 Bb5 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. f4 $16) 21. Re2 Qf4 22. Qc1 $1 $16 (22. h3 $2
Nxf2) 22... Rac8 (22... h5 23. Nxh5 Qxc1 24. Rxc1 $16) 23. Qxf4 Rxf4 24. f3 Rd4
25. Bg6 Nxh2 $6 (25... Bb5 26. fxg4 Bxe2 27. Nxe2 Rd2 28. Nf4 $16 Rxb2 $132)
26. Kxh2 Bb5 27. f4 $1 Bxe2 28. Nxe2 Rd2 29. Ng3 Rc7 30. f5 $18 exf5 31. e6 f4
(31... Rxb2 32. Rxf5 Rb5 33. Re5 Kf8 34. Nf5 $18) 32. Rxf4 Rxb2 33. Rf5 Rb6 34.
Rxd5 Kf8 35. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Moscow4"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Losev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 (11... O-O 12. Bf4) 12. g3 O-O 13. Bf4
Ng4 (13... Bd7 14. Rc1 Ng4 (14... Nh5 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Bb5 $14 {Psakhis/}) 15.
Qd2 Rf6 16. b4 a6 17. a4 $14 {Armas,I-Komarov,D/Bad Mergentheim op/1989/}) (
13... Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Qb6 $5 15. Qd2 Kh8 16. Qe3 Qxb2 $5 17. Rab1 Qa3 $13 {
Rozentalis,E-Ivanchuk,V/URS/1986/}) (13... Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Ng5 e5 16.
dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. Rfd1 $16 {Kotronias,V-Steingrimsson,H/
Reykjavik op/1994/1:0/54/}) 14. Bxd6 (14. Rc1 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Rxf4 16. gxf4 Qxf4
17. Be2 $1 Bd7 18. Qd2 Qd6 19. h3 Nh6 20. Bb5 $1 $16 {Rozentalis,E-Lputian,S/
Harkov/1985/}) 14... Qxd6 15. Nc3 e5 $5 (15... Bd7 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Ng5+ $16)
16. dxe5 Qh6 (16... Ngxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Be4 $1 (18. Nxd5 Bg4 19. Qb3 Nxd3
20. Nf4+ Kh8 21. Nxd3 Be2 $17) 18... d4 19. Nb5 $16) 17. h4 Ngxe5 18. Ng5 (18.
Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Be2 Be6 20. Nb5 $14) 18... Bg4 $5 (18... g6 19. Be2 d4 20. Nce4
Bh3 21. Re1 Rad8 $13) 19. Bxh7+ (19. Be2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Rae8 21. Qb5 d4 $13)
19... Kh8 (19... Qxh7 20. Nxh7 Bxd1 21. Nxf8 Bg4 22. f4 Nc4 23. Ng6 $16) 20.
Qxd5 Rad8 21. Qc5 g6 $44 22. Nce4 (22. f4 Nd3 23. Qe3 Qg7 $36) 22... Qg7 23. f4
Nd3 24. Qc3 Bf5 (24... Nxb2 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rab1 $16) 25. Qxg7+ (25. Nf2
Nxb2 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $15) 25... Kxg7 26. Rad1 Rh8 (26... Nxb2 $5) (26... Bxe4
27. Nxe4 Kxh7 28. Ng5+ Kg8 29. Ne6 Nxb2 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Nxd8 Nxd8 32. Rc1 $13
) 27. Nf2 Nxf2 28. Kxf2 Bg4 29. Rxd8 $8 Rxd8 30. Ke3 Re8+ 31. Kd2 Re2+ 32. Kc1
$6 (32. Kc3 Re3+ 33. Kd2 Rxg3 34. Re1 $15) 32... Nb4 $138 (32... Nb4 33. a3
Nd3+ 34. Kb1 (34. Kd1 Rf2+ $19) 34... Rxb2+ 35. Ka1 Rg2 $17) 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg zt"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Knaak} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4
8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O (11... Qc7 $1 {Knaak}) 12. Bf4
Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Qc1 (14. Nh5 g6 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qb6 17. Qa4 a6 $1
18. Rab1 Bd7 19. Be2 Ne5 20. Qd1 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Rac8 $10 {Rublevsky-Ulybin/St.
Peterburg zt/1993/}) (14. g3 Qf6 15. h4 h6 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 Rd8 18. Nxc6
bxc6 19. Qc2 {Sorokin-Ulybin/Borzhomi/1988/} g5 $1 $15) (14. Ne2 Rxf3 $1 15.
gxf3 Ng5 $44) 14... Ng5 (14... Qf6 15. Ne2 $14) 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Bxh7+ $5 $146
(16. Ne2 Qf6 (16... Qxc1 17. Raxc1 $14) 17. Qe3 Bd7 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Bb1 Be8
20. h3 Bf7 21. Nf4 Rfe8 22. b3 e5 $10 {Dvoirys,S-Ulybin/Chelyabinsk/1990/})
16... Kxh7 $8 17. Nxe6 Qf6 (17... Qxc1 18. Nxf8+ Kg8 19. Raxc1 Kxf8 (19... Bf5
20. g4 $18) 20. Rfe1 (20. f4 $16 {Knaak}) 20... Kf7 (20... Nxd4 21. Rcd1 Nc6
22. Rxd5 $18) 21. Rc3 Bf5 $14) 18. Nxf8+ Qxf8 19. Qg5 Qf5 20. Qh4+ (20. Qxf5+
$16 {Knaak}) 20... Kg8 21. Rae1 $14 Bd7 22. Re3 (22. h3 $5 Re8 (22... Qc2 23.
Qg5 Qf5 $8 24. Qxf5 Bxf5 25. Re3 $14) 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Re1 $14) 22... Re8 23.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. h3 (24. Re1 Bf7 25. h3) 24... Qd3 $6 (24... Qe6 $142 $14) 25.
Re1 Bf7 (25... Bd7 $2 26. Qh5 Qxd4 (26... Qf5 27. Re8+ $18) 27. Rd1 Qe4 28.
Qxd5+ Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Be6 30. Rb5 b6 31. a3 $16) 26. Qg4 $1 $16 Nxd4 (26... Kh7
$5 27. Qd7 Bg6 28. Qxb7 Nxd4 29. Qxa7 $16) 27. Re7 $1 Nf5 $8 28. Rxb7 d4 29.
Qf4 Bg6 30. Kh2 $1 (30. g4 $2 Nh4 31. Qc7 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Nh4+ $10) 30... Qe2 (
30... a5 $5) 31. Rd7 (31. Rxa7 $5 d3 (31... Qxb2 $5 32. g4 Nh6 33. Ra8+ Kh7 34.
Qf8 Be4 35. Qh8+ $18) 32. Rd7 $18) 31... d3 (31... Qxb2 32. g4 Nh4 33. Kg3 $1
$18) 32. Qc4+ Kh7 33. Rxd3 (33. Qxd3 Qxf2 34. Qd2 Qg3+ 35. Kh1 Ne3 $13) 33...
Qxf2 (33... Nh6 34. Rc3 Qxb2 35. Rf3 $16) 34. Qc1 $1 Nd4 (34... Nh4 35. Rg3 {
/\ Qg5+-} (35. Rg3 {Knaak} Be4 36. Qe3 (36. Qg5 $2 Qxg2+ $1 37. Rxg2 Nf3+ 38.
Kg3 Nxg5 $14) 36... Qxe3 37. Rxe3 Bxg2 38. Ra3 $18) (35. Qd2 $4 Nf3+ $1 36.
Rxf3 Qxd2 $19)) 35. Qe3 $18 Qxe3 36. Rxe3 Bb1 37. Ra3 Nc6 38. Ra4 a5 39. Rc4
Nb4 40. a3 Nd3 41. b4 axb4 42. axb4 Ne5 43. Rc7 Bd3 44. b5 Nc4 (44... Bxb5 45.
Rc5) 45. g4 Na5 46. b6 Be4 47. Kg3 Nb7 48. h4 Kh6 (48... Kg8 49. Kf4 Bd5 50. h5
{/\ g5,g6+-}) 49. g5+ Kg6 50. Kg4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rc1 {This is the most
common move in the position nowadays. It's also the move used regularly by
Tiviakov, who is one of the experts with White in the 3.Nd2 French lines. This
was my second encounter against Kotronias with the Black pieces. In all his
previous games in the database he had choosen 13.Bh4, so Rc1 came as a small
surprise to me. Our last game in Rilton Cup 2006/2007 went} (13. Bh4 Nh5 14.
Nc3 (14. Qc2 {does not give White much of an advantage. Recently in Calvia
Open 2007 my Black game against Godena went} h6 15. Bh7+ ({White can win an
exchange playing} 15. Bg6 Rxf3 16. gxf3 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 ({The alternative} 17.
Kg2 $5 {gives good compensation for Black after} Nf4+ 18. Nxf4 Bxf4 {Stronger
than} (18... Qxf4 19. Bg3 Bxg3 20. fxg3 {Black will get two pawns for the
exchange. However practice has shown that White has the better chances and
especially the pawn break f3-f4-f5 is very dengerous for Black.}) 19. Bg3 Bd7 {
followed by...Rf8. Black has a pawn for the given exchange and also a better
pawn structure.}) 17... Nf4 18. Ng3 {with a crazy-looking position. However
this is very well know and totally outanalysed. After the very strong reply} e5
$1 {Black is at least equal and it's already White who is fighting for
survivial.} {The game Can,E-Berg,E/Kusadasi 2006/CBM 111 ext went} 19. Bh7+ Kh8
20. Kxh2 g5 21. Bf5 gxh4 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. Nf5 Qd7 24. Rh1 Nxd4 {and White was
ready for resignition.}) 15... Kh8 16. Bg6 Rxf3 17. Bxh5 Rf8 (17... Bxh2+ 18.
Kh1 Rf8 19. f4) 18. Bg3 Bd7 19. Rac1 Rf6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5
Be8 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. f4 Kg8) 14... a6 15. Rc1 g6 16. Na4 {when I came up with
the strong novelty} Qa5 $1 {with a comfortable game for Black. The main idea is
} 17. a3 (17. Nc5 $2 {is bad in view of} Rxf3 $1 18. gxf3 Nxd4 {wuth excellent
compensation for the given material.}) ({Instead the game continued} 17. b3 Bd7
18. Bb1 Rae8 {and Black was doing fine in 1/2-1/2 Kotronias,V-Berg,E/Stockholm
2007/[Berg,Emanuel] (64)}) 17... Rxf3 18. gxf3 Qc7 19. Bg3 Nxg3 20. fxg3 Bxg3 {
after which White does best in accepting the draw with} 21. hxg3 Qxg3+ 22. Kh1
Qh3+ {and perpetual checks.}) 13... h6 {This is a rather odd move that has
grown in popularity the last few years- I have started to play it regularly
myself with very good results.} 14. Bh4 {The most challenging move. The
alternative} (14. Bd2 {doesn not give Black any real problems. Azarov,S-Berg,E/
Moskva 2006/[Berg,Emanuel] went} Bd7 15. Ng3 (15. b4 $5) 15... Rae8 16. Bc3 Qb8
17. Bg6 Re7 18. Re1 Be8 19. Bb1 Bf4 20. Bd2 Bd6 21. a3 a6 22. Qc2 Bxg3 $1 {
Black takes control over the white squares.} 23. hxg3 Ne4 24. Bf4 Qd8 (24...
Rxf4 $2 25. gxf4 Qxf4 26. Qe2 $16) 25. Qd3 g5 (25... Bg6 $2 {is bad in view of}
26. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 27. Ne5 Be8 28. Qxa6 {whith a clear advantage to White who is
totally dominating the position.}) 26. Be3 Qd6 27. b4 Bh5 28. Nd2 Nxd2 29. Qxd2
Rg7 30. Rc5 Bg6 31. Ba2 Be4 32. Rec1 {and a draw was agreed.}) 14... Nh5 15.
Bg3 Nxg3 16. Nxg3 (16. hxg3 {is a worthy alternative to cover the f4-square,
but here the knight on e2 becomes a bit more passive.}) 16... Qf7 17. Qe2 {
White is preparing Ne5.} (17. Bb1 {was played in Tiviakov,S-Berg,E/Mallorca
2004/CBM 104/[Tiviakov/Berg] (40) After} g5 18. Qd3 Bd7 19. a3 (19. Rce1 a6 $1
$13 (19... Rae8 20. Ne5 $14)) 19... Rae8 20. Rce1 $146 Re7 21. h3 (21. Ne5 $5
Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bc5 23. Re2 $13 (23. Qe2 Be8)) 21... Be8 22. Re3 Qg7 23. Rfe1 {
Black should have played simple with} Rf6 ({Instead the interesting exchange
sacrifice} 23... Rxf3 {was played, but Black didn't get enough compensatrion.})
24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rf4 (25... Rf8 26. b4 a6 27. Qd1 $14) 26. Ne2 Rh4 $1 $11
{and the game is in balance.}) 17... Bd7 18. Bb1 {Now White threatens Ne5.} ({
The immediate} 18. Ne5 {fails after} Nxd4 {and Black wins a pawn.}) 18... g5 $1
{A very risky move, but also necessary to be played. Black covers h7 with his
Queen and hinders White from playing Ne5.} (18... Rae8 $2 {would have been a
mistake due to} 19. Ne5 {and now} Nxd4 $4 {looses to} 20. Qd3 $18 {with
multiple threats.}) 19. Rcd1 {White protects his d4-pawn and once again
prepares to play Ne5.} Bf4 $1 {Strenghtens the position of the Bishop. Now
Black is prepared for Ne5 as the Bishop on f4 now blocks the planned pawn
advance f2-f4.} ({The natural looking} 19... Rae8 {would give Black a lot og
headaches after} 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bc5 22. Nh5 {with a clear advantage tp
White.}) 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Be8 $1 {Prevents White from playing Nh5 and
also preparing the pawn advance ...h5.} 22. Rde1 h5 23. f3 h4 {This is very
stright forward. A waiting move like ...a6 or ...Rc8 would have been
interesting as well.} 24. Nh1 {Threatening to trap Black's Bishop with g3.} g4
$1 {The idea behind Blacks last move. Blacj sacrifices a pawn for active
counterplay.} 25. g3 ({Grabbing the pawn with} 25. fxg4 {looks very risky for
White after} d4 {followed by ...Be3 and White is under heavy pressure.}) 25...
hxg3 26. hxg3 gxf3 (26... Qg7 $2 27. fxg4 {is good for White. Black doesn't
have enough compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 27. Rxf3 Qg7 28. Qh2 (28.
Qf2 {is well met by} Bh6 ({Not} 28... Bg5 $4 29. Bh7+ $1 {when White is
winning.}) 29. Rf6 Bf7 {followed by ...Bg5. White is quite active at the
moment, but he cannot do much about it as his Knight on h1 is totally
missplaced.}) 28... Bh6 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $1 {The King is heading for a safe
place on the queenside. This is the first step in the right direction.} 30. Qh3
{White forces Black to passivity and prepares the Knight manuvre N-f2-g4. The
drawback is that the Queen is rather poorly placed on h3.} Bf7 31. Rf1 ({
The immediate} 31. Nf2 {was also interesting. Then Black should play} Rc8 $1 {
with the idea of ...Rc1 to exchange the Rooks.}) 31... Be3+ 32. Nf2 ({After} 
32. Kg2 $2 {Black can simply take a pawn} Qxe5 {as after} 33. Bg6 Qxb2+ {
White is forced to block the f-file and unpin the Bishop on f7.}) ({in case of
} 32. Kh2 {Black has a draw with} Qxe5 33. Bg6 Qxb2+ 34. Qg2 Qh8+ 35. Qh3 Qb2+
{but 32...Ke8 looks even stronger.}) 32... Ke7 {According to the plan of
taking the King to the Queenside, but now it was stronger to play} (32... Bd4
$1 {and then simply grab the pawn on e5 with a clear advantage to Black.}) 33.
Qh4+ Kd7 34. Kg2 (34. Qa4+ {was worth trying as after} Kc7 35. Qa5+ {Black
must make some brave decisions if he likes to avoid a draw.} Bb6 (35... Kd7 36.
Qa4+ {is equal.}) 36. Qc3+ Kd7 37. Kg2 {The position is far from clear and
Black need to be careful, but the pair of Bishops should give him the
advantage.}) 34... Rg8 {Putting pressure along the g-file and also freeing the
way for the Black King.} 35. Ng4 Bg5 (35... Qxg4 $4 {looses to} 36. Rxf7+ Kc6
37. Qxg4 Rxg4 38. Kf3 {winning a piece.}) 36. Qh7 {Now Black gets a very nice
endgame.} ({The alternative} 36. Nf6+ Kc8 37. Qd4 Bxf6 38. Qc3+ Kb8 39. exf6
Qg5 {is also good for Black. White's passed pawns are blocked and cannot do
any harm and Black's King is in safety which is not the casefor the White
Monarch on g2.}) 36... Qxh7 37. Bxh7 Rg7 38. Bd3 Kc6 $1 {Black's King is
heading for d4 ti attack the e5-pawn.} 39. Nf6 $2 {White tries to do something
active in the timetrouble, but this backfires as it just weaken his position
and gives Black extra time.} (39. Rh1 {would have been clearly better. The
Rook is getting active along the h-file and also prevents ...Bh5. Black still
has some advantage, but is far from winning the game.}) 39... Kc5 {Threatens ..
.Kd4.} 40. Nh7 {White is playing for tricks, but the tricks doesn't work.} (40.
Nd7+ Kd4 (40... Kc6 41. Nf6 {repeat moves.}) 41. Rd1 {would have given better
chances.}) 40... Be3 41. Nf8 Kd4 42. Bg6 Bg8 $1 {A very strange-looking move.
Here the bishop is stalemated, but White cannot make use of it and his
position is about to fall apart. Moreover the light White pieces on f8 and g6
also looks rather funny and the bad placement of the g8-Bishop is just very
temporarly.} 43. Kf3 {White starts a KIng march to h5 to protect the Bishop on
g6, but Black is just in time.} Bg5 {Threatening ...Be7.} 44. Kg4 Be7 45. Kh5
Bxf8 46. Rxf8 {White is now threatening Kh6 winning a piece.} Bh7 {Finally the
Bishop gets out forcing a won Rook ending.} 47. Bxh7 Rxh7+ 48. Kg6 Rh2 $1 49.
Rb8 $1 {White goes away from the f-file and threatens to play Kf6.} (49. Kf6 {
is not possible because of} Rf2+ 50. Ke7 Rxf8 51. Kxf8 Kxe5 {winning.}) 49...
Kxe5 $1 {Black can easily give his queenside pawns now as his connected passed
pawns in the center soon will be decisive.} (49... Rxb2 $2 50. Kf6 {would have
been a big mistake.}) 50. Rxb7 d4 51. g4 (51. Rxa7 Rxb2 {would not have
changed much.}) 51... Kf4 {Activates the King and prepared the advance of the
e-pawn.} 52. g5 e5 53. Rf7+ Ke3 54. Rxa7 d3 55. Kf5 e4 56. g6 (56. Ra4 d2 (
56... Rf2+ 57. Ke5 Rf4 $19) 57. Rxe4+ Kd3 58. Re5 Rh4 $19) 56... Rxb2 57. g7
Rf2+ 58. Ke6 Rg2 59. Kf7 d2 60. Rd7 Ke2 61. a4 e3 62. a5 d1=Q 63. Rxd1 Kxd1 64.
a6 e2 65. a7 e1=Q 66. a8=Q Rf2+ {White resigned in view of} (66... Rf2+ 67. Kg6
Qe6+ 68. Kg5 Rf5+ 69. Kh4 Qh6+ 70. Kg3 Qg6+ 71. Kh2 Rh5#) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.31"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 g6 {
Playing like this might look a bit strange at first sight, but there is an
easy and logical plan behind it. The white setup is built up on an opening of
the center either by sacrificing the d4-pawn or to break with c3-c4 or dxc5.
In all cases the white e5 pawn will become vulnerable and if black in addition
has a bishop on g7 pointing at e5 it will be very difficult for white to carry
out his plan.} ({I have earlier played} 7... Qb6 {in a few games, but after} 8.
O-O {I have ended up in difficulties after both 8...cxd4 and 8...g6 In the
game Emms-Berg, Gausdal 1995 there followed} cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4
11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qa4 Qb4 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Bd2 Qa4 15. b3 Qg4 16. Bb5+ Bd7 17.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. b4 Qe4 19. Qd1 Nd3 20. Qa4+ {with a decisive attack for white. 
In Bundesliga 2002 against Joseph Gallagher I played 8...g6 instead and there
followed 9.dxc5 Dc7 10.Lb5 Lg7 11.b4 0-0 12.Db3 Sdxe5 13.Lb2 with an
interesting position that white later on went on to win. Comparing this
variation with the game, white has earned a whole tempo on black's queen
maneuver first to b6 and than back to c7. It's also not clear if c7 is a good
square for the queen and so 7...g6 seems to be a better option.}) 8. h4 {
White plays active and tries to make use of the weakening g6.} ({A few rounds
later in the tournament I met} 8. O-O {when playing black against Pontus
Carlsson in Sweden II. After} Bg7 {he surprised me with the interesting move}
9. Bb5 $5 O-O 10. Re1 Qb6 11. Qa4 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nb3 c4 14. Na5 {and got
a good position. Blacks bishop on c8 is totally closed inside, even worse than
the normal "French bishop".}) 8... h6 $1 {Ett naturligt och starkt drag som
märkligt nog inte anges i teoriböckerna. Visserligen har det inte spelats
särskilt många partier ännu, men första partiet spelades redan 1997. Nu kan
vits h5-stöt alltid besvaras med ...g5! Dessutom är svart beredd att bryta med
...g5 när vit rockerar kort.} 9. a3 {Vit är på gång med att spela b2-b4.
Skulle han hinna med det får svart stora problem.} Qb6 {Black now threatens
the d4 pawn and playing b2-b is no longer possible.} ({In the First Round of
the European T-ch between Timofeev-Dizdar black instead played} 9... a5 $2 {
This move stops the advance b2-b4, but it also weakens the b5-square seriously.
White was better after} 10. O-O g5 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. g4 $1 {Stop all blacks
counter play on the kingside.} Qb6 13. Qa4 {Vit har full kontroll över
ställningen och kan nu börja manövrera med sina pjäser och bearbeta
svagheterna i svarrts ställning.} Be7 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Nf1 {Now the g5 pawn is
threatened and in the same time the knight is about reaching a nice position
on h5. White is already clearly better and went on to win in an instructive
manner.}) 10. O-O {White now puts his king right in front of black's coming
attack. Perhaps it was better to play} (10. Qa4 {Even though the white queen
get a bit offside here is protects the d4 pawn at least. White's idea is to
continue with the knight maneuver Kd2-f1-e3. As black is a bit squeezed with
his pieces and its difficult to make any break through it seems that white
actually got time for this.}) 10... g5 $1 ({Better than} 10... cxd4 11. cxd4
Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Nf3 {as played in Boguszlavszkij,J-Simonsen,H ,
Budapest 2004. White get a dangerous initiative for the sacrificed pawn. There
followed} Qg4 14. Bd2 g5 15. Be2 gxh4 16. Ng5 Qd4 17. Nxe6 $1 {with a crushing
position for white.}) 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. Nxg5 cxd4 13. cxd4 ({The tempting
sacrifice} 13. Nxf7 {doesn't work because of} Kxf7 14. Qf3+ Ke8 $1 {and the
black king runs away.} ({Not} 14... Ke7 15. Nc4 $1 {winning, ie} Ncxe5 (15...
dxc4 16. Bg5+ Nf6 17. Qxf6+ Kd7 18. Qxh8 {wins as well.}) 16. Bg5+ Ke8 17. Bg6+
$1 Nxg6 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. cxd4 {White has queen and pawn for three minor
pieces and should win even though some practical problems still might occur.}))
13... Qxd4 {Taking with the queen is more logical than with the knight Now
black keeps the pressure against the e5 pawn and in the same time the queen is
heading for the kingside giving check mate.} ({After} 13... Nxd4 14. Ndf3 {
white keeps the e5 pawn and has a firm grip of the position.}) 14. Ndf3 Qg4 15.
Nxf7 {It is difficult to find anything better for white. The e5 pawn was
threatened in the same time as ...Qh5 with matethreat was about to come.} ({
If white tries to get active counterplay with} 15. Bb5 {there will follow} Qh5
16. Nh3 Ndxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Re1 Qf5 {with a healthy pawn to the good and
advantage for black.}) 15... Rg8 $1 {Black now threatens mate on g2 but also
to capture the knight on f7 as the knight jump to g5 now can be met with ...
Rxg5!} (15... Kxf7 $4 {looses the queen to} 16. Ng5+) 16. N7g5 (16. N3g5 {
is simply met with} Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Ndxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 {with a nice endgame for
black. If white plays} 19. Bh7 ({In case of} 19. Bb5+ Bd7 20. Nxe6 {is bad in
view of} Nf3+ {and the white king will soon get mated.}) 19... Rg7 20. Re1 Bd6
{the move} 21. Bf4 {doesn't work because of} Nf3+ $1 22. Nxf3 Bxf4 {with
advantage to black. Also 21.f4 is bad for white after 21...Ng4 22.Nxe6? Rxh7
23.Nc7+ Kd8 24.Nxa8 Bc5+ 25.Kf1 b6 and the knight on a8 will fall while black
in addition has a dangerous attack.}) 16... Ndxe5 (16... Be7 {with the threat
of ...Bxg5 will be met with} 17. Be2 $1 {and blacks queen is in trouble.}) 17.
Be2 {White chooses to avoid exchange of queens, which is not unfavorable for
black. The h-file is wide open and white's king is very exposed.} (17. Nxe5
Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Nxe5 {leads to earlier mentions variations. See comments to 16.
N7g5}) 17... Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qh4 19. g3 $4 {White was already in trouble, but
now he looses the whole game in just one move. Instead he should play} (19.
Bh5+ {followed by Qg4 to force queen exchange with drawing chances.}) ({
The spectacular} 19. Bxd5 {doesn't seem to work after} exd5 20. Qxd5 Rg7 21.
Re1+ Be7 {and white has insufficient compensation.}) 19... Rxg5 $1 20. Bxg5
Qxg5 21. b4 Bd7 22. Rc1 Bd6 23. Re1 ({If white tries to get counter play on
the h-file with} 23. Kg2 {black can answer} Ke7 $1 24. Rh1 Rg8 25. Rh7+ Kd8 {
and he has made an artificial castle. The black king is safe on d8, but
white's king is in serious trouble.}) 23... Kf7 {Black walks out of the pin
and prepared to bring his rook over to the kingside.} 24. Bg2 Rh8 25. Qb3 Qh5
26. Rcd1 ({White had the chance going to an endgame with} 26. Qf3+ Qxf3 27.
Bxf3 {but after} Nd4 {blacks position is superior.}) 26... Ne5 ({An
interesting possibility was} 26... Nxb4 $5 27. axb4 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Bb5+ 29. Rd3
Bxg3 $3 {winning for black. But it felt unnecessary to complicate the game and
instead I chose to play simple.} (29... Qh7 30. Ree3 Rc8 {gives black a pawn
up and a clear advantage.})) 27. a4 Ng4 {The knight is heading for f6 where it
can defend the king and support the coming ...e6-e5.} 28. Rd3 Kg7 29. Qc3+ Nf6
30. b5 Rh6 {An unnecessary precautionary measure.} ({The immediate} 30... e5 $1
{was better.}) 31. Qa5 {White takes a chance in the time trouble, but black is
well ahead in his attack.} e5 32. Qxa7 e4 33. Rc3 Bb4 {White is totally lost
and will soon get mated .} ({An nice finish could have been} 33... Bg4 34.
Qxb7+ Kg6 35. Rc6 Qh2+ 36. Kf1 Qh1+ $3 37. Bxh1 Rxh1+ 38. Kg2 Bf3#) 0-1

[Event "Gothenburg Manhem"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2011.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Richter, Michael"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 $5 2. e4 $5 {This move came as a very great surprisie. From what I
could read from the database, Richter is usually a d4-player, although he also
plays 1.e4 sometimes. I felt that he might have done some preparation
somewhere, so this would be a real challenge.} d5 3. Nd2 {Another surprise,
since my opponent was in the habit of playing 3.Nc3 when facing the French.}
Nf6 {I countinued as usual to see what my opponent would come up with.} 4. e5
Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. Nf4 {Now I definitely
smelled some preparation. This move leads to a sharp forced line where Black
has to give up an exchange. Richter also admitted after the game that this was
the reason for his opening choice. When preparing for a game using new modern
technology, it much easier if you can start from a very concrete position.
However theoretically this line should be fine for Black, but I was the one
who had to find all the moves over the board.} Nxd4 10. Qh5+ Ke7 11. exf6+ (11.
Ng6+ {is a slight inaccuracy in view of} hxg6 12. exf6+ Kxf6 $1 13. Qxh8 Kf7 {
which is supposed to give Black a better version according to book theory.})
11... Nxf6 12. Ng6+ hxg6 13. Qxh8 Kf7 {So far it was all well-known theory for
me too, since I had faced this variation a few times before, both in rapid and
standard games.} 14. O-O {Not the most common move, but still one of the two
main options.} (14. Qh4 {I have met a few times before, when a possible line is
} e5 15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Bg5 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 g6 {which
is supposed to give Black full compensation according to theory.}) 14... e5 15.
Nb3 (15. Nf3 {in another option when play usually continues} Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bf5
17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Bg5 {and here Black has three different options to develop
his B (e7, d6, c5) that all look very playable. Black's strong pawn centre
compensates for being an exchange down. In general Black is happy to exchange
queens in this position since then his somewhat exposed king will be a strong
and useful piece, supporting the central pawns.}) 15... Nxb3 {This is the most
direct and simple approach for Black, but there are also a few options that
might be equally strong.} ({One of them is} 15... Nf5 {that amongst others has
been played by the German GM Gerald Hertneck. Another name worth mentioning is
Simon Williams. Although the statistic speaks in Black's favour, my computer
engine gives White a slight edge after} 16. Bg5) 16. axb3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 {
This exchange gives Black a very nice-looking pawn structure, but White's aim
is to attack those pawns before Black manages to consolidate.} gxf5 18. Bg5 (
18. Qh3 {is another move that has been played and could have transposed to the
game after} g6 19. Bg5 {and now 19...Bc5 will be Richter-Berg,} {Instead the
game continued} d4 {1/2-1/2 Van den Brande,W (2228)-Groffen,H (2189)/Belgium
2009/EXT 2011 (41). ...and later on ended in a draw.}) 18... Bc5 19. Qh3 (19.
Qh4 {has also been played, but doesn't promise White anything, since there are
no concrete threats. Black can simply continue development with ....Qd6, but ..
.d4 is also an interesting option.}) 19... g6 {This move has superior
statistics for Black and perhaps there is also a reason for this.} ({However
the most common move} 19... Qd7 {is also fully playable.}) ({Black has also
tried the active} 19... Ke6 {but I don't think this is entirely safe with the
queens left on the board.}) ({Another move I would like to mention is} 19...
Kg6 $5 {which I have tried out myself in a rapid game. Although this move
might not be safe either it has multiple purposes in defending the f5-pawn and
attacking White's B on g5. Black is happy to exchange his N on f6 for the B on
g5. If White chooses not to exchange he will have to lose time. One key point
is that} 20. Qg3 $2 {will be met by} Ne4 $1 {when} 21. Bxd8+ Nxg3 22. hxg3 Rxd8
{leads to an excellent endgame for Black.}) 20. b4 $146 {My opponent was still
playing his moves in no time, which gave me a slightly unpleasant feeling at
the board. However I couldn't see anything wrong with my position, so there
was no reason to panic.} (20. Rac1 {has been played previously, but doesn't
promise White anything. In the following game it was rather Black who had the
chances to play n for the full point.} Bb6 21. Rc3 d4 22. Rc4 Qd7 23. Rfc1 Rg8
24. Bxf6 Kxf6 25. Qh4+ Ke6 26. Qg5 e4 27. h4 Qd8 28. Qf4 Qd6 29. Qh6 Qd7 30.
Kf1 d3 31. Rd1 Qg7 32. Qc1 Qe5 33. g3 Rd8 34. Qh6 Rg8 35. Qc1 {1/2-1/2
Istratescu,A (2610)-Bartel,M (2634)/Peristeri 2010/CBM 137 Extra}) 20... Bb6 ({
During the game I didn't even consider the move} 20... Bxb4 $2 {Black has to
stay coordinated to keep his position stable. Right here this move can be
refuted by} 21. Bxf6 (21. Qb3 {also gives White a clear advantage.}) 21... Qxf6
22. Rfc1 {when White soon enters the seventh rank with a huge initiative.}) 21.
Qb3 {All the way down to this position was preparation from my opponent and
this position was my first really critical moment at the board. Now Black has
to make a correct decision so as not to get into trouble.} Qd6 {After some
thought I concluded that this was the safest way to go.} (21... Kg7 $6 {
is already an error in view of} 22. Rad1 Bd4 {This move is absolutely
necessary, but White is doing well here too after} (22... d4 $2 {fails to} 23.
Qe6 $1 e4 24. f3 $1 {when White is about to open up the f-file with a crushing
attack.} e3 25. Bxe3 dxe3 26. Rxd8 e2+ 27. Rf2 Ne4 (27... Rxd8 28. Qxe2 $18)
28. Qe7+ Kh6 29. Qh4+ Kg7 30. Rd7+ Kg8 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qf7#) 23. Kh1 Qd6 24.
Bxf6+ Kxf6 25. f4 {with a slight advantage to White.}) (21... Qd7 {is similar
to the game, but here the pawn on e5 is unprotected, which in some lines might
be important.} 22. Rfd1 Rd8 23. Rd3) 22. Be3 {White makes use of the pinned
d5-pawn and forces an exchange of the bishops. This should favour White, since
it's difficult to play on two wings with a N for Black. However as long as
White cannot enter the black position with his rooks there is no reason to
worry. Black still has a very strong center and soon the passed d-pawn is
ready to be pushed forward.} Rd8 23. Bc5 ({My opponent wanted to avoid} 23.
Bxb6 axb6 {which is possible, but I intended to recapture with the Q like in
the game anyway.}) 23... Qe6 24. Bxb6 Qxb6 (24... axb6 {is still possible and
a solid option. White can continue} 25. Rfc1 {forcing} Rd7 {but then it is
hard to make any progress for White. Black has everything defended and is
ready to push his d-pawn. White's only counterplay is the 8th rank, but there
is not much to be done there. Black has a good defensive resource in his N on
f6.}) 25. Rfc1 ({Forcing an exchange of queens with} 25. Qe3 {was a serious
option. After} Qxe3 26. fxe3 {Black has no longer a passed d-pawn and White
has some slight pressure along the a-file. However Black is doing fine and has
enough compensation after} a6 $44 {[%cal Gf6g4,Gd5d4] in view of his central
pawn chain and White's vulnerable pawns.}) 25... a6 $6 {A slight inaccuracy
that would have given White a slight edge with correct play.} (25... Rd7 {
was better, although it gives away the 8th rank.} 26. Rc8 (26. Qe3 {will be
met by} Qxe3 27. fxe3 a6 {with compensation.}) 26... e4 $1 $44 {This move
eliminates the Qe3 option for White as now there is no pawn to be attacked on
e5.}) 26. b5 $6 {This came as a surprie. Although this move is thematic in the
position I saw no reason to play it immediately.} (26. Qe3 $1 {was better when}
Qd6 (26... Qxe3 {is well met by the intermediate} 27. Rc7+ Ke6 28. fxe3 Rd7 29.
Rxd7 Kxd7 30. Ra5 $14) 27. Qc5 (27. b5 $5 axb5 28. Qc5 {also puts Black under
pressure. Now after} Qe6 $6 ({searching for counterplay with the active} 28...
d4 {is to be recommended.}) 29. Ra7 Rd7 30. Qxb5 Qe7 31. Rc8 d4 $4 (31... e4 {
with the idea of ...e3 gives Black better chances.}) 32. Rb8 {Here White is
already winning since Black is too slow with his counterplay.}) 27... Ke6 28.
b5 $14) 26... axb5 27. Qc3 {White is about to enter the c-file. The main idea
is to exchange queens and then attack the doubled b-pawns.} Qe6 {Black defends
his e5-pawn and prepares to advance his d-pawn.} 28. Ra7 Rd7 29. Qc5 d4 30.
Qxb5 Qe7 {Now Black is ready to continue pushing his d-pawn and that must be
prevented by White.} 31. Rd1 {Stops ...d3 for the moment.} e4 32. Qc4+ Qe6 (
32... Kg7 $1) 33. Qb5 (33. Qb4 e3 $1 34. Rxb7 exf2+ 35. Kf1 (35. Kh1 Qe2 36.
Rxd7+ Nxd7 $19 37. Qb3+ Kf6 38. Qf3 Qe1+) 35... Qa6+ 36. Rb5 Rd5 $19 {[%csl
Rb5]}) 33... Qe7 34. Qc4+ Kg7 $1 {Black sacrifices his strong d-pawn in
exchange for a powerful initiative and mating threats along the first rank.}
35. Rxd4 $2 {There is no immediate refutation of this move, but taking a
deeper look shows that Black is actually winning.} Rc7 36. Qb3 $4 {This move
loses on the spot, but even the most stubborn defence would not be enough.} (
36. Qf1 Ng4 $1 (36... e3 37. Ra1 Rc2 $36 {was my first intention.}) 37. h3 (37.
Qd1 e3 38. Rxg4 e2 39. Qd4+ Kf7 40. Qd5+ Qe6 41. Qxe6+ Kxe6 42. Ra1 Rd7 $19)
37... e3 38. Ra1 exf2+ 39. Kh1 Rc2 $19 {[%cal Gg4e3] Houdini}) (36. Qe2 Qc5 37.
Rda4 (37. Raa4 b5 38. Rab4 Nd5 39. Rxd5 Qxd5 $19 {[%csl Rb4,Ge4,Rg1][%cal
Gc7c1]} 40. Qe1 e3 $1 $19) 37... Qc1+ 38. Qf1 e3 39. Ra1 exf2+ 40. Kh1 Qd2 $1 (
40... Qf4 $40 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gf6e4]}) 41. Rd1 Qf4 42. Ra3 Ng4 43. Rh3 Ne3 44.
Rf3 Nxf1 45. Rxf4 Ne3 46. Ra1 Rc2 47. h3 Re2 48. Kh2 Re1 $19) (36. Qa4 e3 37.
Rd1 exf2+ 38. Kf1 Ng4 39. Qd4+ Kf7 40. Qd5+ Qe6 41. Qxe6+ Kxe6 42. Ke2 Rc2+ 43.
Kd3 Rxb2 44. h3 Nh2 45. Raa1 f1=Q+ 46. Rxf1 Nxf1 47. Rxf1 Rxg2 $19) 36... Qb4
$3 {A nice double attack that decides the game. White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.10.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Dortmund Hansa"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {During my preparation I was concentrating on 3.Nc3,
so now I was relying on my old analyses.} Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7.
Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 {I have played this
position a fair amount of games as Black. Nevertheless my opponent managed to
surprise me already on his next move.} 12. Bd2 {The only experience I had from
the given position was with the inclusion of the moves} (12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rc1 h6
14. Bd2 {During the game I started thinking of what could be a disadvantage -
having my pawn left on h7.}) {I finally decided to continue with natural
development according to how I would handle variations with my pawn on h6.}
12... O-O 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Ng3 {White takes control over the square e4 to
prevent ...Ne4 and slowly prepares Re1 followed by Ne5 which is one of the
main ideas.} ({I was mainly worried about} 14. b4 a6 15. a4 {when White gets
some initiative. Anyway Black has completed development and has a perfectly
sound position. One possible continuation is} Qb8 16. Qb3 (16. b5 axb5 17. axb5
Na5 {[%cal Ga5c4] gives Black access to the c4-square and the pawn on b5 might
become weak.}) 16... b5 $5 ({The active move} 16... Ne4 {seems to be a slight
mistake in view of} 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ng5 {and White is better.}) 17. a5 (17.
axb5 axb5 {makes the R on a8 become active and ...Ra4 becomes a threat.}) 17...
Ng4 {A thematic idea with the purpose of exchanging knights on h2 after 18.h3.}
18. Ng3 {An interesting position with mutual chances. White has some concrete
tactics such as Rxc6 followed by Qc2 or Nf5 followed by Qxd5+ in some lines.
Black's ideas are to put pressure agianst the vulnerable pawns on d4 and b4
and on a good day the sacrifice ...Rxf3 might become reality.} ({After} 18. h3
Nh2 ({It is worth mentioning} 18... Rxf3 {but after} 19. gxf3 Nh2 20. Bxh7+ $1
Kxh7 21. Rfd1 {followed by f4 the knight on h2 will soon be lost and it's
doubtful if Black has enough compensation for the exchange}) 19. Nxh2 Bxh2+ 20.
Kh1 Bd6 {Black in controlling the important e5-square and has not much to
worry about.})) 14... Rae8 {This has always been my favourite move in thois
kind of French lines. The idea is to support the e6-pawn and when necessary
push the pawn forward to e5 creating counterplay on the f-and e-files.} (14...
Rac8 {is a solid the idea to challenge the white rook on c1.} 15. Bb1) 15. Re1
{Before playing this move my opponent to my big surprise used up no less than
40 minutes on his clock. Apparantly there were lots of concrete tactics that
had to be calculated. White has now created the positional threat of Ne5 which
more or less forced me to move my queen.} Qb6 {An active move that creates
tactical possibilities in connection with ...e5.} ({My original plan was to
continue} 15... Qb8 16. Bc3 {but here I couldn't find a good way forward.
Again White is ready for Ne5.} e5 ({The inclusion of} 16... Bf4 17. Rc2 {
is also favourable for White, e.g.} e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 ({Here} 19. Be2 {
is well met by} Qd6 {which is one important difference of having the bishop on
f4.}) 19... Bxe5 20. Bf5 $1 {with slight but long-lasting pressure for White.})
17. dxe5 (17. Qb3 $5 {as suggested by my computer engine might even be
stronger.}) 17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 {Although this position looks pretty level at
the moment, White can gradually put pressure against the weak d5-pawn and
Black needs to defend well to keep a draw.} Bxe5 19. Be2) 16. Bc3 e5 {An
interesting, but risky choice. At the postmortem Almasi dismissed this move,
but we were unable to find a clear refutation.} ({The alternative} 16... Bf4
17. Rc2 Nb4 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 {might well be objectively best, reaching a position
with mutual chances.}) 17. dxe5 {For this move Almasi used up another 20
minutes which made me quite optimistic about my prospects.} Ng4 {This is a
very critical position. It seems that with correct play White can achieve an
advantage. During the game when playing 15...Qb6 I had made an incorrect
evaluation of this position.} 18. exd6 $6 {This move spoils White's chances of
an advantage.} ({White had to play} 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 (18... Kxh7 $4 {fails to} 19.
Qc2+ {followed by exd6 with a winning position for White.}) 19. Qxd5 $1 {
A strong move, but also easy to overlook when not using any computer engines.
It looks like the white king is in some trouble, but he has enough defensive
resources and materially speaking White has a solid advantage.} ({Less clear} 
19. Re2 Bc5 {with counterplay for Black.} {Now} 20. Be1 $2 {is a mistake in
view of} Nd4 21. Nxd4 $2 Bxd4 {and Black will crash through.}) 19... Be6 $1 ({
The natural} 19... Nxf2 {is refuted by} 20. h3 $16 {when surprisinly Black
does not have any serious counterplay.}) 20. Qd2 (20. Qe4 {is another serious
option for White that opens up a wide range of inhuman variations to calculate.
} {The best reply seems to be} Bxe5 {with the possible continuation} 21. Nxe5
Qxf2+ 22. Kh1 Ncxe5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Re2 Ng4 25. Bg6 Rc8 26. Ra1 {when my
computer engine slightly prefers White.}) (20. Qxd6 {forces a funny perpetual
after} Qxf2+ 21. Kh1 Rxf3 22. Rf1 Rxg3 23. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 24. Kg1 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 $11
({Of course not} 25. Kf1 $4 Bc4+ 26. Ke1 Rxg2 {when Black wins, e.g.} 27. Bd3
Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Rg1+ 29. Kd2 Rd8 $19)) 20... Bc5 21. Ne4 Kxh7 22. h3 $14 {
Black now has to choose between giving back the piece for a pawn with some
active counterplay or to playing with a piece for three pawns in a passive
position. Both give White the better chances.} Nh6 (22... Nxf2 23. Nxf2 Kg8 {
gives Black some concrete counterplay, but two pawns are a bit too much and
White should be able to consolidate.}) 23. b4 $1 Be7 (23... Bxb4 $2 24. Rb1
Bxc3 25. Qc2 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge4f6,Yc2h7] wins.}) 24. Nd6 {With three pawns
for the piece and active piece play White should be better, although the
outcome is still far from obvious.}) 18... Nxf2 {Suddenly it all has changed
and White should now be happy to find a draw.} 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 (19... Kxh7 $2 20.
Qc2+ Ne4+ 21. Kh1 {gives White a clear advantage since White will simply swap
the knight on e4 next followed by Ng5.}) 20. Bd4 $6 ({Better was} 20. Qc2 Nh3+
21. Kh1 (21. Kf1 Qg1#) 21... Nf2+ $11 {when Black has to settle for a draw.})
20... Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Nh3+ $1 {This was the move Almasi had overlooked when
deciding for 18.exd6. The only good move, but also strong enough to give Black
an advantage.} (21... Nxd4 $2 22. Qxf2 {gives White a favourable endgame after}
Nxf3+ ({The tempting} 22... Rxf3 {simply doesn't work} 23. gxf3 Nxf3+ 24. Kf1
Bh3+ 25. Ke2 {and the king escapes.})) 22. gxh3 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Kg2
$146 {Actually this position has already been seen before in the database.} (
24. Kh1 Kxh7 25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 Rf6 27. Kg2 Rxd6 {gave Black a somewhat
better ending in 1/2-1/2 (51) Navara,D-Schneider,D Menorca 1996}) 24... Kxh7
25. Qe2 Qh4 $6 ({Here Black had the opportunity to play} 25... Bb5 {which
would have given good winning chances.} 26. Rd1 Qc5 27. Qd2 Qxd6 $15) 26. Kg1 (
{After} 26. Qh5+ Qxh5 27. Nxh5 Bc6 {Black will soon regain the d6-pawn, with a
favourable ending.} 28. Re1 Rf5 29. Ng3 (29. Re7 Rxh5 30. d7 d4+ $19) (29. d7
d4+ 30. Kg3 Bxd7 31. Re7 Bc6 $19) 29... Rf6 30. Rd1 Rxd6 31. Rd4 {Black is
slightly better thanks to his passed d-pawn, but White should be able to hold
the draw.}) 26... Qd4+ ({Trying to win by} 26... Bxh3 {brings a pretty unclear
position after} 27. Rd1) 27. Kg2 Qh4 ({Once again I had the chance to go for
the full point with} 27... Bb5 $1) 28. Kg1 Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NOR-ch"]
[Site "Kristiansund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fossan, Petter"]
[Black "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {Tarrasch-varianten i Fransk.} Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5
6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. O-O
Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Qc1 Ng5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Ne2 Qf6 17. Qe3 {Spillerne
fKlger en lang teorivariant. Svarts neste trekk er fKrste gang nevnt i
Informator 52. Det gamle trekket 17...Ld7 gir nok hvit en liten fordel.} e5 18.
dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nd4 Ng4 {Svart vil skape bondesvekkelser i hvits kongestilling.
19...Ld7 ser ut som et sikrere alternativ.} 20. Qd2 {Eneste trekket.} Qe5 {
SjKlsagt ikke 20...Dxd4?? 21.Lxh7+.} 21. g3 Qh5 22. f3 Ne5 23. f4 {Hvit har
spilt nKyaktig og stÅr nÅ best.} Nc4 {Ikke nKdvendigvis godt, men andre trekk
fristet heller ikke.} 24. Bxc4 {Sterkere er kanskje} (24. Qc3 Nd6 (24... Bh3
25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. Qxc4+ Kh8 27. Rfe1 {er nok bra for hvit sjKl om svart har
litt kompensasjon for bonden pga. hvits Åpne kongestilling.}) 25. Rfe1 {
og hvit ser ut til Е ha full kontroll.}) 24... dxc4 25. Rfe1 $1 Bh3 (25... Qf7
26. Re5 b6 {(Svart vil sette opp batteriet i den lange diagonalen.)} 27. Rae1
Bb7 28. Ne6 {og svart har problemer.}) 26. Re5 $1 Qg6 {[#] Hvit har spilt
kraftfullt og stÅr best, men sÅ kommer bukken:} 27. Qc3 $4 Rxf4 {Hvit sa etter
partiet at han ikke hadde sett at bonden stod i slag.} 28. Ne2 (28. Qxc4+ Kh8 {
ser farlig ut for hvit. 29...Taf8 kommer med full kraft.}) 28... Qb6+ {
Avvikler til et sluttspill med bonde over. Mer uklart er} (28... Re4 29. Rxe4
Qxe4 30. Nf4 $1 Bd7 31. Re1 {og hvit er i hKyeste grad levende.}) 29. Qe3 Qxe3+
30. Rxe3 Rf7 31. Nf4 Bf5 32. Rc1 Rc8 33. Re5 {FrigjKr feltet e3 til hesten.} g6
34. Rc3 $6 {I fortsettelsen klarer ikke hvit Е skape problemer for svart. 34.
Sd5 med en gang er bedre.} Kg7 35. Nd5 Rc5 $1 36. b4 Rc8 {Dermed er
c4-merbonden plutselig en fribonde.} 37. Ne3 (37. Ne7 $2 Bh3 {er grusomt for
hvit.}) 37... Bd3 {alternativet er 37...Lh3.} 38. Nd5 (38. Rc5 $2 Re8 39. Nxc4
Re1+ 40. Kg2 Bf1+ 41. Kg1 Bh3#) 38... b6 39. Nf4 Bf5 40. h4 Kf6 41. Rd5 Rd7 {
Dermed fÅr svart byttet vekk hvits aktive tÅrn. Resten er ikke sÅ vanskelig.}
42. Rxd7 Bxd7 43. Kf2 Ke5 44. Ke3 Bf5 45. Ne2 Bg4 46. Nd4 {46.Sf4 holder ut
litt lengre.} Kd5 47. Nc2 Bf5 48. Ne1 Be4 49. Kd2 {[#]} Rf8 $1 {Kommentarer
ved Rune Djurhuus.} (49... Kd4 $6 50. Nf3+ Bxf3 $2 51. Rxf3 {gir hvit motspill.
}) 0-1

[Event "Porz op 29th"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Black "Voigt, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Nc3 Kh8 14. Na4 Qc7 15.
h3 Bd7 16. Re1 Nb4 17. Nc3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Qb6 19. Ne5 Be8 20. Qd2 Rc8 21. a3 a5
22. Rac1 Qa6 23. f3 Nd7 24. Bf4 b5 25. Nd3 b4 26. axb4 Bxb4 27. Nxb4 axb4 28.
Ne2 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Bg6 30. Rc7 Qb5 31. Bd6 Re8 32. Nf4 Nf6 33. Be5 Bf5 {[#]} 34.
Rxg7 Kxg7 35. Nxd5 Kf7 (35... Qxd5 36. Qg5+ Bg6 37. Qxf6+ Kh6 38. Bf4+) (35...
Rf8 36. Qg5+ Bg6 37. Bxf6+ Kf7 38. Be7) 36. Qh6 (36. Qg5 $1) 36... Bg6 37. Qf4
Bf5 38. Qg5 Nh5 39. Qxh5+ Bg6 40. Qg5 Qb7 41. Qf6+ Kg8 42. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 52nd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Kaminski, Marcin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. h4 h6 11. Nf4 Nc7 12. Rh3 $5 b5 13. Qd3 c4 14. Qc2 Nf8 15.
Rg3 g6 16. h5 g5 17. Nh3 Qd7 18. Nh2 O-O-O 19. Ng4 Nh7 20. Nxh6 Qe8 21. Ng4 f5
22. exf6 Bd6 23. Ne5 g4 24. f7 Qf8 25. Rxg4 Nf6 26. Rh4 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Ne4 28.
Be3 Qxf7 29. Nf4 b4 30. f3 Ng3 31. Qg6 $2 Qf5 $2 (31... Qxg6 32. Nxg6 Nf5 $1
33. Nxh8 Rxh8 34. Rh2 Nxe3 35. Kf2 d4 (35... Nf5 36. g4 Ne7 37. Rg1 $18) 36.
cxd4 Ncd5) 32. Qxg3 bxc3 33. bxc3 Qxe5 34. Kf2 Qxc3 35. Rc1 Qb2+ 36. Ne2 Rhg8
37. Rg4 Rgf8 38. Bd4 Qd2 39. Rg7 Nb5 40. Qe5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 13th"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2012.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yildiz Kadioglu, Betul Cemre"]
[Black "Danielian, Elina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2012.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. Nf4 Nxd4 10. Qh5+ Ke7 11. exf6+ Nxf6 12. Ng6+ hxg6 13. Qxh8 Kf7 14. Qh4
e5 15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Bg5 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 g6 20. Qh8
Qa6+ 21. Kg2 Re8 22. Rac1 Be7 23. Qh6 Qd6 24. Rc2 Qd8 25. Bxf6 Kxf6 26. Rhc1
Rh8 27. Qd2 Rh4 28. Rc7 d4 29. Qa5 d3 30. Re1 Qd6 31. Qc3 Rd4 32. Rc4 Rxc4 33.
Qxc4 Bf8 34. Rd1 d2 35. f4 Bh6 36. fxe5+ Qxe5 37. Qc3 Qxc3 38. bxc3 Ke5 39. Kf3
Kd5 40. Ke2 Kc4 41. Rb1 b5 42. Rg1 Kxc3 43. Rxg6 Bf4 44. h4 a5 45. h5 b4 46. h6
a4 47. h7 Be5 48. Rc6+ $6 ({White missed the following quick and sure win:} 48.
f4 Bh8 49. Rg8 Bf6 50. h8=Q Bxh8 51. Rxh8 $18) 48... Kb2 {Betul is still
winning, but now comes the decisive mistake:} 49. Rc4 $2 ({Once again} 49. f4 {
wins.}) 49... b3 $1 50. axb3 a3 51. Ra4 $2 (51. Kxd2 a2 52. Rc1 Kxb3 ({Not} 
52... a1=Q 53. Rxa1 Kxa1 54. b4 $18) 53. Ke3 Kb2 54. Rd1 a1=Q 55. Rxa1 Kxa1 {
was an easy draw.}) 51... Kc2 $1 52. Rc4+ Kxb3 53. Rc8 a2 54. Ra8 d1=Q+ ({Or} 
54... a1=Q 55. Rxa1 Bxa1 56. Kxd2 Kc4 $19) 55. Kxd1 a1=Q+ 56. Rxa1 Bxa1 57. Kd2
Kc4 58. Ke3 Kd5 59. Kf4 Ke6 60. Kg5 {Black was completely lost, then
completely winning, and now gives away a half-point:} Bh8 $2 (60... Bf6+ $1 {
was the move to find. Black wins, for instance after} 61. Kg6 f4 62. f3 Ke5 63.
Kf7 Kf5 64. Kg8 Kg5 65. Kf7 Bb2 66. Ke6 Kh4 67. Kf5 Kg3 68. Ke4 Ba1 $19) 61. f4
Bg7 62. Kg6 Bf6 63. Kh5 Kf7 64. Kh6 Bg7+ 65. Kg5 Ke6 66. Kg6 Bc3 67. Kg5 Bh8
68. Kg6 Bf6 69. Kh5 Kf7 {and since Black can make no progress a draw was
agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Masters (Women) 1st"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2014.11.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melamed, Tatiana"]
[Black "Michna, Marta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 a5 $1 {
Diesen Ausrufezeichen gibt es nicht für die objektive Stärke des Zuges,
sondern für die starke Vorbereitung von Marta!} 8. O-O $1 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb6 10.
Nf3 Be7 11. Be3 (11. Nf4 {wird an dieser Stelle deutlich häufiger gespielt.})
11... Bd7 12. Rc1 Nb4 13. Bb1 Nc4 {Die Springer sehen bedrohlich aus und das
sind sie auch.} 14. a3 Na6 (14... Nc6 {war die Alternative und Marta war sogar
überzeugt, dass dieser Zug besser ist. Allerdings gibt es jetzt nicht mehr
die interessante Idee Lc6 gefolgt von Kd7.}) 15. Nd2 Nxb2 16. Qb3 Na4 17. Bf4 {
während der Partie dachte ich, dass dieser Zug ein Fehler ist. Aber der
Dameschwenk zum Königsflügel ist die einzige Möglichkeit Gegenspiel zu
suchen.} Qb6 18. Qg3 g5 19. Bxg5 $2 (19. Be3 {die letzte Möglichkeit um
Richtung Ausgleich abzubiegen, nach dem Schlagen auf g5 ist Marta auf der
Siegerstraße.}) 19... Rg8 20. h4 h6 21. Bh7 Rg7 22. Rb1 Qa7 23. Qd3 hxg5 24.
h5 g4 (24... N4c5 $1 {gewinnt sofort} 25. dxc5 Nxc5 26. h6 Nxd3 27. hxg7 O-O-O
$1 {Diesen Zug hatte Marta übersehen.}) 25. f4 $2 (25. h6 {letzte Chance} Rg5
26. Qe3 Bc6 27. Bc2 $15) 25... gxf3 26. Nxf3 N4c5 27. dxc5 Nxc5 28. Qe3 Rxh7
29. h6 Ne4 30. Ned4 Bf8 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9495"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Howell, James C"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 Bd7 $5 (12... O-O 13. Bg5 Bd7
14. Re1 {Main line}) 13. Bg5 $6 (13. a3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Nb5 Qe5 16. g3
Bb8 17. Bf4 Qh5 18. Qxh5+ Nxh5 19. Bxb8 Rxb8 20. Nxa7 Ke7 {Thiemonds,U-Vega,A/
NWL 8990/ 1990/ 1/2-1/2}) (13. Re1 $142 $1 O-O (13... Nxd4 $2 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15.
Nb5 $1 $18 Qb6 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Nc7+) 14. Bg5 {
Transposing to the main line}) 13... Nxd4 $5 {? as given in ECO C06, 90, did
not survey the new material.} 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Nb5 $5 (15. Bg6+ hxg6 16. Qxd4
Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Bf4+ {Moiseev;V-Arkhipov,S/ Nettetal 1991/ 1/2-1/2} (17... Be5+
18. Qh4 Rxh4+ 19. Bxh4 O-O-O $13 {Who is better? Shamkovich thinks, that Black
can play for a win.})) (15. Re1 {Recommended in ECO.} Qg4 $142 $5 (15... Bxh2+
$6 {This illogical move is the only one, which is given by ECO C06.} 16. Kxh2
Ng4+ 17. Kg3 Qxf2+ 18. Kh3 Nf6 (18... e5 19. Bb5 $18) 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qh5+
Kd8 21. Re2 $16 {Bondar-Bragsev/ corr 1978}) (15... O-O-O $142 $5)) 15... Qe5 (
15... Qb6 $2 16. Be3 $1 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rc1 $18) 16. f4 (16. Nxd6+ Qxd6
17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qh5+ Ke7 $17) (16. g3 $5 Bxb5 (16... Qxg5 17. Nxd6+ Ke7 18.
Nxb7 Rhb8 19. f4 Qh5 20. Be2 Qh3 21. Qb3 Kf7 22. Rac1 $14) (16... Bb8 17. Bf4
Qxb2 18. Bxb8 Rxb8 $13) 17. Bxb5+ Kf7 18. Bf4 Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qa3 $15) 16... Qe3+
17. Kh1 Qb6 (17... Bxb5 $5 18. Bxb5+ Kf7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. f5 $40 Qe5 $1 21.
fxe6+ Qxe6 22. Re1 Be5 $13) (17... Bb8 $6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qh5+ Ke7 20. Rf3
$13 {cf.} Qd2 21. Rg3 Bxb5 22. Rg7+ Kd6 23. Qf7 Kc5 24. b4+ Qxb4 25. Rb1 Qxf4
26. Rxb5+ Kd6 27. Rb1 Kc5 28. Rb5+ Kd6 29. Rb1 $10) 18. Bxf6 (18. a4 $5 {
! Luther} O-O $1 (18... Bxb5 $6 19. Bxb5+ Kf7 20. f5 $1 e5 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22.
Qxd5+ Kg7 23. a5 (23. Rf3 Rhg8 $10) 23... Qc7 24. Rac1 Qe7 $10) 19. a5 Qc5 20.
b4 (20. Rc1 Qb4) 20... Qxb4 21. Rb1 Qc5 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxb7 Bc6 $15) 18...
gxf6 19. a4 {/\a4-a5} Bxb5 20. Bxb5+ Ke7 {The black B is much more effective
on the dark squares than the white B on the light squares.} 21. Qh5 $5 $10 (21.
f5 $5 Be5 $5 (21... a6 $5 {Both programs, Fritz3 and Doctor?, prefer this
sharp continuation.} 22. Be2 Qxb2 23. Rb1 Qe5 24. Rxb7+ Kd8 25. g3 Qe4+ 26. Rf3
e5 $15) 22. fxe6 Qxe6 $15 23. Be2 {Luther: with very good compensation.} Rad8
24. Bg4 Qb6 25. a5 Qb4 $13) 21... a6 22. Bd3 Rae8 {Protecting e6.} (22... Qd4
$5) 23. Rae1 (23. Rac1 $5 {Preventing Kd8-c8-b8.} Qd4 $5) 23... Kd8 24. f5 (24.
Qf7 $142 $5 Rhf8 $5 25. Qxh7 $10) 24... e5 (24... Qd4 $2 25. Bb1 e5 26. Qf7 e4
27. Qxb7 $1 Qe5 28. g3 $14) (24... Be5 $2 25. fxe6 Rxe6 26. Bf5 $40 {White
finds very nice play on the white squares: Qf7, Rd1}) (24... Qb3 $5 {cf.} 25.
Bb1 e5 26. Qf7 Rhf8 $17) 25. Qf7 e4 26. Be2 (26. Qxf6+ Kc8 27. Rc1+ Kb8 28. a5
Qb4 $17) (26. Bb1 Kc8 27. Qxd5 e3 $15) 26... Kc8 $1 (26... Qxb2 $6 {/\ 27.Qxd5
Qe5!} 27. g3 $1 d4 $6 28. Qxf6+ Be7 29. Qe5 $1 $14 Ba3 30. Qd5+ Kc8 31. Bh5 $1)
27. Qxd5 Kb8 {Black hopes for the e-pawn and the Bd6, who is working on the
diagonal d6 -> h2.} 28. Rc1 Bc7 29. Rfd1 Re7 (29... Qxb2 $2 30. Rb1 $16) 30.
Qc4 $6 (30. Qd4 $142) (30. Qc5 $142) 30... Qf2 $15 31. Rc3 $2 {/\ R c3-b3} (31.
Rf1 Qh4 32. h3 Qg3 $19) (31. Qb4 Qh4 (31... Rg8 32. Bf1 Qh4 33. h3 Qg3 34. Rxc7
Qxc7 35. Bxa6 e3 $15) 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. g3 Qg5 34. Qxe4 Rc1 $17) (31. Qc5 $142
$1 Qh4 32. Qg1 $15) 31... Qxf5 $17 32. Rb3 Rd8 $5 (32... Qe5 33. g3 Ka8 $17)
33. Qxa6 (33. Rxb7+ Kxb7 34. Qxa6+ Kb8 35. Rxd8+ Bxd8 36. Qd6+ Kb7 37. Qxd8 Rd7
$19) (33. Rxd8+ $142 Bxd8 34. Qxa6 Qf2 $17) 33... Rxd1+ 34. Bxd1 Qd5 $19 {
Winning with the e-pawn. White's attacking idea with 31.Rc3, 32.Rb3 hasn't
worked good enough.} 35. Qf1 (35. Qe2 Rd7 $1 (35... Qe5 $1) 36. Bc2 Qd2 $19)
35... Rd7 36. Bc2 f5 37. Ra3 (37. Rc3 Qd2 38. g3 e3 39. Bd3 Rxd3 40. Qxd3 Qe1+
41. Kg2 e2 $19) 37... Qd2 38. Rc3 e3 39. Bd3 Rxd3 40. Rxd3 e2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1986.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. O-O Bd6 12. h3 $5 (12. g3 $5 O-O 13. Bf4 Bd7
14. Re1 Rae8 15. Qc2 Nb4 $1 16. Qxc7 Bxc7 17. Bb1 Rc8 $10 {Rozentalis,E-Dreev,
A/URS/1985/}) (12. Bg5 $5 O-O 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bg6 Rxf3 $5 16. gxf3 {
Akopian,V-Kontic,D/JUG/1991/} Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Nf4 18. Ng3 Nxg6 19. Qxg6 Bxg3 20.
Bxg3 Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rfd1 $14 {Akopian/}) 12... O-O 13. Be3 a6 14. Rc1 (
14. Nc3 $5 Bd7 15. Rc1 Rae8 16. Na4 Re7 17. Ne5 Qa5 $1 $132 {Malaniuk,
V-Gurevich,M/URS/1986/}) 14... Bd7 15. a3 Rae8 16. Qc2 Qb8 17. Rfe1 Re7 18. Nc3
Be8 (18... b5 $5) 19. Nb1 (19. Na4 $5 Bh5 20. Ng5 h6 21. Nh7 Nxh7 22. Bxh7+ Kh8
23. Bg6 Bxg6 24. Qxg6 e5 $13) 19... h6 (19... Rc7 $5) 20. Nbd2 Nh5 21. Bf1 g5
$6 (21... Nf4 $5 22. g3 Bg6 23. Qb3 Nh5 24. Nh4 $14) (21... Rc7 $5) 22. Qd1 Ng7
(22... Nf6 $5) (22... Rg7 $5) 23. Nb3 Nf5 24. Bd2 Rf6 $6 (24... Qa7 $5 25. Bc3
Qb6) 25. Bc3 Bg6 26. Na5 $1 Bf4 $6 (26... Rc7 $5) 27. Nxc6 bxc6 28. Bb4 Bxc1 (
28... Rc7 29. Rc3 $14) 29. Bxe7 Nxe7 30. Qxc1 Qb6 (30... Qa7 $5) 31. Qc3 a5 (
31... Be8 32. Ne5 Ng6 33. Ng4) (31... Nf5 $5) 32. Ne5 Qa7 33. Ng4 Rf4 34. Rxe6
h5 35. Ne5 Bf5 36. Qg3 $1 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Bf4 e5 $5 (13... Bxf4
14. Nxf4 e5 (14... Ne4 15. Qc1 Bd7 16. Qe3 Nb4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Bc6 19.
d5 Nxd5 20. Qxe6+ Rf7 21. Qxe8+ Rxe8 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Nd4 $16 {Rozentalis,
E-Hergott,D/Montreal/1995/1|0/34/}) 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Be2 Nf7 17. Re1 Qd8 18.
Qd4 $14 {Brodskij,M-Lipka,J/Karvina/1992/1|0/39/}) 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5
16. Qb3 $1 Bg4 (16... Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Qe5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bc4 Be6 (19... Rf5
20. Rad1 Be6 21. Rfe1 Qf4 22. f3 $16) 20. Rae1 Qd6 21. Rxe6 $18) 17. Rae1 Bxf4
18. Nxf4 Qd7 19. Re5 $16 Qd6 (19... Rad8 20. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Qxd5 22. Bc4
$18) (19... Kh8 20. h3 Qd6 21. Rfe1 Bd7 22. Nxd5 $16) 20. Nxd5 Kh8 21. Rfe1
Rad8 22. Nxf6 Qxf6 23. f3 Bc8 24. Qc2 h6 25. Qe2 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Qd4 27. Bb1 Qh4
28. Kg1 (28. Qc2 Bf5 $1) 28... Qd4+ 29. Qf2 Qb4 30. a3 Qb3 31. Qe2 (31. Qc2
Qxc2 32. Bxc2 Rd2 33. R1e2 Rxe2 34. Rxe2 Bf5 35. Kf2 $16) 31... Qb6+ 32. Qf2
Qb3 33. h4 Rd1 34. Kh2 Rfd8 35. Qg3 Qf7 36. Qg6 Qxg6 37. Bxg6 Kg8 38. b4 (38.
Re8+ $18) 38... R1d6 39. h5 (39. Re8+ $18) 39... Bd7 40. Re7 a6 41. R1e5 Rd2
42. Be4 Bc6 43. Bxc6 bxc6 44. Re8+ Rxe8 45. Rxe8+ Kf7 46. Ra8 $18 c5 (46... Rd5
47. Rxa6 Rxh5+ 48. Kg1 c5 49. Ra5 $18) 47. Ra7+ Kg8 48. bxc5 Rc2 (48... Rd5 49.
g4 Rxc5 50. Rxa6 $18) 49. Rxa6 Rxc5 50. g4 Kf7 51. Kg3 Rc4 52. a4 Rb4 53. Ra7+
Kg8 54. a5 Ra4 55. a6 Kh8 56. f4 Ra3+ 57. Kf2 Kh7 58. Ra8 Ra5 59. Kf3 Ra4 60.
Ke3 Ra2 61. Ke4 Ra5 62. Kd4 Ra4+ 63. Kc5 Rxf4 (63... Rxf4 64. Rd8 Ra4 65. Kb6
Rb4+ 66. Ka5 Rb1 67. a7 Ra1+ 68. Kb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-11a"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1979.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Black "Mednis, Edmar John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 b6 7. Nh3 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Qg4 (10. Re1) (10. Nf4) 10... Qc8 (10... c4 11. Nf3 Nb8)
11. Nf3 Qa6 (11... g6 12. Nf4 cxd4 13. cxd4 h5 $15) 12. Nf4 g6 13. Ng5 Be7 14.
h4 Nf8 15. h5 Qa4 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. b3 Qc6 18. Bd2 Rg8 19. h6 Rd8 20. Rfe1 Rd7
21. Nfh3 Na8 22. Qf4 Bd8 23. Re3 Nb6 24. Rf3 Qc7 25. Rd1 Qb7 26. Bc1 Nc8 27.
Ba3 Rc7 28. Qa4+ Qc6 29. Qxc6+ Rxc6 30. Rxf7 Rh8 31. Rg7 Nd7 32. Re1 Ra6 33.
Bc1 Rxa2 34. Nxe6 Ba5 35. Nhg5 Bxc3 36. Nc7+ 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch32 Final"]
[Site "Cottbus"]
[Date "1983.02.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1983.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 b6 7. Nh3 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Qg4 Qc8 11. Nf3 h6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. b4 g5 14. bxc5 Bxc5
15. Be3 Qa6 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Rac1 O-O-O 19. Qxc4 Qxc4 20. Rxc4 Nd3
21. g4 Rd5 22. Ra4 a5 {[#]} 23. Nd4 $2 (23. Kg2 Rhd8 $17) 23... Nb2 $19 0-1

[Event "YUG-ch34"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "1979.02.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Black "Marjanovic, Slavoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1979.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 (11... O-O 12. Bf4) 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bg5
O-O 14. Bh4 Bd7 15. Re1 Kh8 16. Rc1 Bf4 $5 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. Bxf4 $6 (18. Rc2)
18... Qxf4 (18... Nxf4 19. Bb1) 19. Bb1 Rf6 $2 {[/\ Raf8 ->]} (19... g5 $1) 20.
Na4 $1 $16 Raf8 (20... Nxd4 21. Nb6 $1 (21. Nxd4 $4 Qxf2+ 22. Kh1 Ng3+ 23. hxg3
Rh6+) (21. Qxd4 $2 Bxa4) 21... Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Qg5 (22... Qxf3 23. gxf3 Rd8 24.
Nxd7 $18) 23. Qh3 $1 $18 (23. Qe3 Nf4 24. Qg3 $4 Ne2+ $19)) 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Nd3
Qh6 $2 (22... Qb8) 23. Nde5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 $1 Qg5 (24... Rxf2 25. Rxc8 $1) 25.
f3 $1 $18 g6 (25... Nf4 26. g3 {/\ Rc7, Qc2}) 26. Rc7 Qh4 27. Qd2 Rf4 28. Rec1
Rxd4 29. Qh6 $138 1-0

[Event "British CF-68 Championship"]
[Site "Morecambe/ Lancashire"]
[Date "1981.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "King, Daniel J"]
[Black "Ravikumar, Vaidyanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1981.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qa4 a6 13. a3 h6 14. b4 Be7 15.
Be3 Qd8 16. Bd4 O-O 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Rad1 Nf8 19. Qb3 Bd7 20. a4 Rc8 21. Re2 b5
22. a5 Qc7 23. Qb2 Qb7 24. Nd2 Rc6 25. Qa3 Rc4 {[#]} 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Ne4 Ng6
28. Qg3 Bxb4 29. Bc5 Bxa5 30. h4 h5 31. Qg5 Bc6 32. Nf6+ gxf6 33. exf6 Bc3 34.
Bd4 Bb4 35. Qxh5 Bxg2 36. Qg5 Qf3 37. h5 Bh3 38. hxg6 Qg4+ 39. Qxg4 Bxg4 40.
Re4 $4 (40. f3 $1 Bxf3 41. Rh2 Be4 42. g7 Bh7 43. Kg2 $18) 40... Bxd1 41. g7
Bc2 42. Rh4 Bh7 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shaked, Tal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb6 12. Bc2 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ba4 Ne4
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qc2 c5 17. Ng3 cxd4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Bb7 20. Qxe6+ Qxe6
21. Rxe6 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rac8 23. Bd2 Rc2 24. Bb4 Rd8 25. Rae1 Rxb2 26. a3 d3 27.
Re8+ Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kf7 29. Re7+ Kf6 30. Rd7 Rb3 31. Kg2 Bh6 32. Rxa7 Ke6 33.
Re7+ Kd5 34. Rxh7 Kc6 35. Rxh6 Rxb4 36. Rxg6+ Kc7 37. Rg7+ Kc6 $4 38. Rg6+ $4 (
38. axb4 $1 d2 39. b5+ Kd6 40. Rg8 Kd7 41. b6 d1=Q 42. b7 $18) 38... Kc7 39.
Rg7+ Kc6 $4 40. Rg6+ $4 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine op Louis D. Statham Masters"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1979.04.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Janosevic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Watson, John L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1979.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Bc3 Bd7 14. Ng3 Rae8
15. Ne5 (15. Re1 Kh8 16. Re2 Ng4 17. Qc2 e5 18. Bf5 $1 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 Bb8 20.
dxe5 Ncxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Rae1 Qf6 {Fuchs,R-Liebert,H/DDR-ch/1956/}) 15...
Re7 16. Rc1 (16. Kh1 $5 Be8 17. f4 Kh8 18. Bc2 Rc7 19. a3 Ne7 20. Qd2 Rc8 21.
Rac1 a6 22. Bb1 Bb5 23. Rfe1 Qd8 $10) 16... Be8 17. Kh1 Kh8 18. Bb1 g6 19. f4
Rg7 20. Qd2 Ne7 21. Ba5 Qa6 22. Bb4 Nf5 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Bd3 Qb6 25. Bc5 Qd8
26. Qb4 Bxc5 27. dxc5 Rfg8 28. Qd4 Rxg2 29. Nf3 R8g7 30. Rce1 Bh5 31. Ng5 Rd2
32. Re3 Ng4 33. Rxe6 h6 34. Nf3 Rxh2+ 35. Nxh2 Qh4 36. Re2 Qh3 37. Rg2 Nf6 38.
Rxg7 Kxg7 39. Rf2 Kf7 40. Bf1 Qg3 41. Bg2 Ke6 42. Kg1 Ne4 43. Qe5+ Kd7 44.
Qxd5+ Kc7 45. Qe5+ Kc6 46. Rf1 Qe3+ 47. Kh1 Kb5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hakki, Imad"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Syria"]
[BlackTeam "German Dem Rep"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SYR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DDR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 (9. Nf4 Nxd4 10. Qh5+ Ke7 11. exf6+ Nxf6 12. Ng6+ hxg6 13. Qxh8 Kf7
$13) 9... Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O (11... Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bg5 O-O 14.
Bh4 Nh5 15. Re1 g6 16. Bg5 Qg7 $13) 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Qd6 (13... Ne4 14.
Nh5 (14. Ne2 Rxf3 15. gxf3 Ng5 16. Kh1 e5 17. dxe5 Nxf3 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Ng1
Ncd4 $13) 14... g6 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 $14 {Spasov-Ulybin, Tunja 1989}) 14.
Ne2 (14. g3 Qb4 $1 $132) 14... Bd7 15. Ng3 g6 16. a3 (16. Qd2 $142 Ng4 17. Rae1
$22 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Nxd4 19. Be2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Nf6 21. Qe5) 16... Ng4 17. Qd2 {
[#]} Rxf3 $5 18. gxf3 Nxd4 19. Be2 $8 (19. Kg2 Ne5 (19... Nxh2 20. Rh1 Nhxf3
21. Qh6 Qe7 22. Bxg6 $1) 20. Be2 (20. f4 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Qxf4) 20... Nxe2 21.
Qxe2 Rf8 $15) 19... Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Ne5 {P f8} 21. Rfe1 Nc6 $146 {<->f3} 22.
Rad1 Rf8 23. Ne4 (23. Qe3 $13) 23... Qe7 24. Nc3 (24. Ng3 Qh4 25. Qe3) 24...
Qh4 $1 $17 {P f5, e5} 25. Qd2 (25. Ne4 dxe4 $1 26. Rxd7 Ne5) (25. Qf1 Rf5 26.
Kh1 Ne5 27. Re3 Nxf3 28. Qg2 d4 29. Rxf3 Bc6) 25... Rf5 26. Re3 (26. Ne2 Ne5
27. Nd4 Rg5+ 28. Kf1 Bb5+ $1 29. Nxb5 Qh3+ 30. Ke2 Qxf3+ 31. Kf1 Qh3+ 32. Ke2
Qg4+ 33. Kf1 Nf3 $19) (26. f4 $142 Rxf4 27. Re3 $17) 26... Rh5 {P d4, h2} 27.
Ne4 (27. Ne2 Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Ng1 Rg5) (27. f4 Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 Qxf4) 27...
Ne5 (27... Ne5 28. Nc5 (28. Nc3 Qxh2+ 29. Kf1 Nc4 30. Qd4 Nxe3+ 31. Qxe3 Re5
$19) 28... Qxh2+ 29. Kf1 Bb5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-02"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.10.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1952.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nf4 O-O 13. Re1 Bxf4 $6 14. Bxf4
Bd7 (14... Qxb2 15. Bd6 Re8 16. Be5 (16. Rb1 Qc3 17. Rc1 Qa5 18. Ng5 {
Bernd-Schneider BRD 1979}) 16... Qa3 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nh4 $1 Re7 19. Re3 $16 {
Ciric-Smederevac Belgrade 1957}) 15. Bd6 Rfe8 16. Bc5 Qc7 17. Rc1 $16 Qf4 18.
Ne5 Rac8 19. Rc3 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rxc5 21. g3 Qb4 22. a3 Qb6 23. exf6 Kf7 24. fxg7
Rxc3 25. Qh5+ Kxg7 26. Qxh7+ Kf6 27. bxc3 Qd8 28. Bg6 Rf8 29. Bh5 d4 30. cxd4
Qa5 31. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates plof-4.pl Tal-Timman +1-1=4"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1985.11.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1985.11.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2
O-O 15. Rhe1 Ne4+ 16. Bxe4 Rxf4 17. Bd3 Nxd4 18. Ke3 Nxf3 19. Kxf4 Nxe1 20.
Rxe1 Bd7 21. Ke5 a6 22. Kd6 Bb5 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. Rxe6 {[#]} d4 (24... Rxa2 25.
Re2 $14) (24... Rc8 25. Kxd5 Rc2 26. b4 Rxa2 27. Re8+ Kf7 28. Rb8 Rxf2 29.
Rxb7+ Kf6 30. Rb6+ Ke7 31. Rxb5 Rxg2 32. h4 h5 $11) 25. Re2 (25. Kc5 d3 26. a3
Rf8 27. f3 Rc8+ 28. Kxb5 Rc2 29. b4 Rxg2 30. Rd6 d2 31. h3 Kf7 32. a4 Ke7 33.
Rd3 h5 34. Ka5 h4 35. f4 Rh2 36. Kb6 Rxh3 37. Rxd2 Ra3 38. a5 Rb3 $11) 25... d3
(25... Rc8) 26. Rd2 Rc8 $11 27. b4 Rc2 (27... Rc6+ 28. Kd5 Rc2 29. Rxd3 Rxf2
$11) 28. Rxd3 {[#]} Rxa2 $2 (28... Rxf2 29. h4 Rxa2 30. Rd5 Rxg2 31. Rxb5 Rd2+
32. Kc7 Kf7 33. Kxb7 Rd4 34. h5 g6 35. hxg6+ hxg6 36. Kc6 g5 $11) 29. Rf3 $1
$16 Rc2 30. Rf5 b6 31. h4 Rc4 32. Rxb5 Rxh4 33. g3 Rd4+ 34. Kc7 Kf7 35. Kxb6
Kf6 36. f4 h6 37. Ka5 Rd3 38. g4 Ra3+ 39. Kb6 Rf3 (39... Rg3) 40. Rf5+ $18 Ke6
41. b5 g6 42. Rc5 Rxf4 43. Rc6+ Kf7 44. Kc7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Ne2 Rxf3
15. gxf3 Ng5 16. Kh1 e5 $1 17. dxe5 Nxf3 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Ng1 Ncd4 $1 20. Nxf3
Bg4 21. Nxd4 $8 Bxd1 22. Raxd1 Kxh7 23. f4 (23. Rd3) 23... Qb6 24. f5 (24. Rd2
Qg6 25. f5 Qg4 26. Re1 Qf4 27. Rd3 Re8 28. e6 Kg8 $10 {Kveinis}) 24... Qxb2 $1
(24... Qh6 25. f6 gxf6 26. Nf5 Qh3 (26... Qh5 27. Rd4 $16) 27. Rf4 $16 {Kveinis
}) 25. Rd3 (25. f6 gxf6 26. Rd3 Rg8 $1 (26... fxe5 27. Rg1 $18) 27. Rh3+ Kg7 $8
28. Rg1+ $2 (28. Rg3+ $10) 28... Kf8 29. Ne6+ Kf7 30. Rh7+ Kxe6 31. Rxg8 Qb1+
$19 {Kveinis}) 25... Rc8 $8 26. f6 (26. Rh3+ $6 Kg8 27. f6 Qxd4 28. f7+ Kf8 29.
Rh8+ Ke7 30. f8=Q+ $15 {Kveinis}) 26... Rc1 27. Rh3+ Kg6 28. Rg3+ Kh5 (28...
Kh5 29. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 30. Rg1 Qe3 31. fxg7 Qe4+ 32. Rg2 Qe1+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1986.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 a6 13. h3 O-O 14. Be3 Bd7 15.
Rc1 Rae8 (15... Be8 16. Ng5 Qe7 17. f4 h6 18. Nf3 Nh5 19. Ne5 Ng3 20. Rf3 Nf5
21. Bxf5 Rxf5 22. Na4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 d4 $15 {Yudasin,L-Dolmatov,S USSR 1985})
16. Na4 Re7 17. Ne5 Qa5 18. b3 Ba3 19. Rc2 Nb4 20. Bd2 Bxa4 21. bxa4 Qb6 22.
Rc3 Nxd3 23. Rxa3 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Ne4 25. Rb3 Qa7 26. Be3 Qb8 27. f3 Ref7 28. Re1
Ng3 29. Rb6 Qc8 30. Bc1 Rc7 31. Ba3 Rff7 32. Bd6 Rc2 33. Kh2 Qc4 34. Rb3 Ne2
35. Kh1 h5 36. Qb1 Nf4 37. Rg1 Qe2 38. Re3 Qf2 39. Qe1 Nxh3 40. Qxf2 Nxf2+ 41.
Kh2 d4 42. Rb3 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-02"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.09.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1952.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Qg5 Qd8 (13... Bd7 $1
14. Qh4 Nb4 15. Bb1 Bb5 $10) 14. Ng3 h6 15. Qh4 Nh7 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Re1 Bd7
18. Bd2 Be7 19. Ne2 Nf8 20. Nf4 g5 21. Ng6 Nxg6 22. Bxg6 Kg7 23. Bh5 Bf6 24.
Bc3 b5 25. b3 a5 26. a3 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. Bb2 Ra5 29. Bg4 Kf7 30. Bh5+ Ke7
31. Bg6 Rda8 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Bb1 Ra8 34. h3 Na5 35. Re3 Nb7 36. Ne5 Nd6 37.
Kh2 Bxe5+ 38. Rxe5 Rf8 39. Re2 Nb5 40. Bd3 Nc3 41. Rc2 Rf4 42. Bxc3 bxc3 43.
Kg3 Rxd4 44. Rxc3 Kd6 45. Kf3 Rb4 46. Ke2 e5 47. Bc2 e4 48. Kd2 Bf5 49. Bd1 d4
50. Rc1 Be6 51. Ra1 Rb6 52. Bc2 Bd5 53. Ra4 Ke5 54. Ra5 Rf6 55. Ke1 d3 56. Bd1
Kd4 57. Ra7 Bc6 58. Ra5 e3 59. fxe3+ Kxe3 60. Ra2 Rd6 61. Rd2 Rd4 62. g3 Bd5
63. Rf2 Be4 64. Rf6 Rd8 65. Rxh6 Ra8 66. Re6 Ra2 67. b4 Rh2 68. Rxe4+ Kxe4 69.
g4 Ke3 0-1

[Event "URS-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1987.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rc1 Ng4 14. Ng3 h6 15.
Bd2 Qe7 (15... Qb6 16. Bc3 Bf4 17. Ra1 e5 18. dxe5 Ncxe5 19. Bd4 Qd6 20. Nxe5
Nxe5 {Gamble-Blechar corres USA 1988}) 16. Bb1 (16. Qc2 $14 {Kupreichik}) 16...
Bd7 (16... Nxd4 $6 17. Nxd4 Qh4 18. h3 Nxf2 19. Rxf2 Rxf2 20. Nh1 $3 $16 {
Kupreichik-Chernin Sverdlovsk 1984}) 17. Qc2 $14 {Kupreichik} g5 (17... Nf6 18.
Nh4) 18. Qd3 $1 (18. Rfe1 Qf7 19. h3 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Nf6 $13 {Chernin}) (18. h3
Nf6 19. h4 g4 20. Ne5 Nxd4 21. Qg6+ Qg7 $13 {Chernin}) (18. Rce1 $5) 18... Qg7
$3 (18... Qf7 19. h3 Nf6 (19... e5 20. hxg4 e4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 $16) 20.
h4 $1 g4 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Qe2 $16 {Chernin}) 19. Rce1 $1 (19. Nh5
Qf7 20. h3 (20. Rfe1 Qf5 $1 21. Qe2 (21. Qb3 Qf7) 21... Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxf2+ 23.
Qxf2 Rxf2 $13 {Chernin}) 20... e5 $1 21. dxe5 (21. hxg4 e4 22. Nxg5 hxg5 23.
Qh3 Nxd4 24. Bxg5 Qg6 $13) 21... Ncxe5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 $13 23. Nf6+ Kh8 {Chernin}
) 19... Bxg3 $8 (19... Nf6 20. Ne5 $16) (19... Rae8 20. Nh5 Qf7 21. h3 e5 22.
dxe5 Ncxe5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Rxe5 $1 $16 {Dzenis-Balobaev corres
USSR 1989}) 20. fxg3 (20. hxg3 Rf7 $13) 20... Rf7 21. h3 Nf6 22. Qe3 $14 {
Chernin} Raf8 23. g4 a6 24. Ne5 (24. b3 $5 {/\ Bc1-a3}) 24... Nxe5 25. Qxe5 Ne4
$1 (25... Ne8 26. Bb4 $1 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Qxe5 29. dxe5 $16 {
Chernin}) 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rxf7+ Kxf7 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Rxe4 {R 9/j} Bc6 (
29... Rc8 $1 30. Bc3 Bc6 31. Re2 Bd5 32. a3 Kg6 $10 {Chernin} (32... b6 $5 {
/\ a5=})) 30. Re2 Rd8 31. Bc3 Bd5 32. a3 Kg7 (32... Rc8 $142 {Chernin}) 33. Bb4
Rd7 34. Rf2 Rf7 (34... Bb3 $142) 35. Rc2 Bc6 36. Bd6 $14 {Chernin} Kg6 37. Be5
Rf8 38. b3 Rf7 39. a4 Rf8 40. Rc3 Rf7 41. a5 Rf8 42. b4 Rf7 43. Rc2 Rf8 44. Rb2
Rf7 45. Rc2 Kh7 46. Rc5 Kg8 47. Rc3 Kh7 48. Rc2 Kg6 49. Rc5 Rf8 50. g3 (50. b5
Bxb5 51. Rc7 Rf7 52. Rc8 Bc6 (52... Rf1+ 53. Kh2 Bc6 54. Rg8+ Kf7 55. Rg7+ Kf8
56. Rh7 $1 Rf2 57. h4 $16) 53. Rb8 Bb5 54. Rg8+ Kh7 55. Rd8 Bc6 56. Rd6 Bd5 57.
g3 Kg6 58. h4 h5 $1 59. Rd8 $1 gxh4 60. Rg8+ Kh7 61. Rh8+ Kg6 62. gxh5+ Kf5 $14
{Chernin}) 50... Rf7 51. b5 $1 Bxb5 52. Rc8 (52. h4 gxh4 53. gxh4 Be2 $1 54.
h5+ Kg5 $1 $10 {Chernin}) 52... Bf1 $1 53. h4 gxh4 54. gxh4 Be2 $8 55. Rg8+ Kh7
56. Rh8+ Kg6 57. g5 Rh7 (57... hxg5 58. Rg8+ Kh7 59. Rxg5 $14 {Chernin}) 58.
Rg8+ Kf7 59. Rb8 hxg5 60. Kf2 Bb5 61. hxg5 $14 {Chernin} Kg6 62. Rg8+ Kf7 63.
Rc8 Kg6 64. Bf4 Bc6 65. Kg3 (65. Rb8) 65... e5 $1 $10 66. dxe5 Rh3+ $1 67. Kxh3
(67. Kf2 $2 Rf3+) 67... Bd7+ 68. Kh4 Bxc8 69. Bd2 Be6 70. Bc3 Bd7 71. Bb2 Be6
72. Bd4 Bd7 73. Bb6 Kf5 $1 74. Kh5 Kxe5 75. g6 Bf5 $1 $8 76. Kh6 Ke6 $10
1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1938.11.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1938.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ (9... f6 $5) 10. Kf1 $5 Be7 (10... f6 $6 11. Nf4 $1) 11. a3
Nf8 $6 (11... O-O 12. h4 $1 $16 {(Euwe 76)}) (11... f5 $142 {(Panov)}) (11...
a5 $5 12. b3 Ndb8 13. h4 Bd7 14. Rh3 {Bojkovic-Fichtl Novi Sad 1975}) 12. b4
Bd7 13. Be3 Nd8 $6 (13... Rc8 $142 14. Rc1 (14. Nc3 $2 Nxb4 $17 {(Euwe 76)})
14... a5 15. b5 Na7 16. a4 Bb4 {(Panov)}) (13... f5 $5 {(Kotov)}) 14. Nc3 $16 {
(Euwe 76)} a5 (14... Ng6 15. h4 $1 O-O 16. h5 Nh8 17. Qc2 $16 {(Euwe 76)}) (
14... a6 15. Na4 Bxa4 16. Qxa4+ Nd7 17. Rc1 $16 {(Euwe 76)}) (14... Rc8 15. Na4
Qc7 16. Ke2 f6 17. Qb3 $16 {(Panov)}) 15. Na4 Qa7 (15... Bxa4 16. Qxa4+ Nc6 17.
Ke2 $1 Ng6 (17... Nd7 18. Rhb1 $16 {(Euwe 76)}) (17... Rc8 18. b5 Na7 19. Rhc1
Nd7 20. Rxc8+ Nxc8 21. Rc1 $16) 18. h4 O-O 19. b5 $1 Nd8 20. Qc2 $16 {(Panov)})
16. b5 b6 17. g3 f5 18. Kg2 Nf7 19. Qd2 $1 (19. Rc1 g5 $1 $132 {(Euwe 76)})
19... h6 20. h4 Nh7 21. h5 $1 Nfg5 (21... O-O $142 22. Nh4 Bxh4 23. Rxh4 Nfg5 {
(Panov)}) 22. Nh4 Ne4 23. Qb2 Kf7 $6 (23... Bxh4 $6 24. gxh4 O-O 25. f3 f4 26.
Bc1 Ng3 27. Qb1) (23... O-O $142 {(Kotov)}) 24. f3 Neg5 25. g4 fxg4 26. Bg6+ $1
Kg8 (26... Kf8 27. Rhf1 $1 gxf3+ (27... g3 28. f4 Ne4 29. f5 $1 Bxh4 30. fxe6+
$18 {(Panov)}) 28. Nxf3 Kg8 29. Nxg5 Nxg5 30. Bxg5 Bxg5 31. Nxb6 $3 Qxb6 32.
Qf2 $18 {(Euwe 76)}) 27. f4 Nf3 $2 (27... Nf7 28. Bd3 Bxh4 29. Rxh4 $16 {
(Panov)}) 28. Bxh7+ $1 Rxh7 (28... Kxh7 29. Qb1+ Kg8 30. Ng6 $18 {(Euwe 76)})
29. Ng6 Bd8 30. Rac1 Be8 31. Kg3 $1 Qf7 32. Kxg4 Nh4 (32... Ng5 33. fxg5 Qf5+
34. Kg3 Bxg5 35. Rcf1 $18 {(Panov)}) 33. Nxh4 Qxh5+ 34. Kg3 Qf7 35. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1985.02.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Ree, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1985.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Qb6 9. Nf3 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Re1 Kh8 15.
a3 Qd8 $6 (15... Be8 $1) 16. Bg5 Ne7 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Qf3 Qb6 19. Qh3 Neg8 20.
Ng4 $6 (20. Qxe6 $1 Bxe5 21. Qxb6 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 axb6 23. f3 $16 {(Ree 85)})
20... Nh5 21. Rxe6 Qxb2 22. Rd1 Qxc3 23. Rxd6 Qxd4 24. Be3 Qa4 25. Ra1 Qb3 26.
Bd4 Rf4 27. Rh6 Nxh6 28. Nxh6 Rxd4 29. Qe6 Bg6 0-1

[Event "Cannes"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Popovic, Petar"]
[Black "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1986.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 b6 7. Nh3 Ba6 8. Nf3 (
8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nf4 $14) 8... Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nc6 10. O-O c4 $6 (10...
Rc8 $32 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Nf4 $14) 11. Qc2 b5 12. Nfg5 g6 $8 (12... h6 $2 13.
Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qg6+ Ke7 15. Ng5 $1 $18) 13. f4 Be7 14. g4 Qb6 (14... h5 $2 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qxg6+ Kf8 17. f5 $18) 15. Kg2 (15. f5 Ndxe5 $5 (15... gxf5 16.
gxf5 Ncxe5 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qe2 $44) 16. fxe6 f6 $132) (15. Kh1 $5 h5 16. f5
hxg4 17. fxe6 gxh3 18. Nxf7 $16) 15... h5 (15... h6 $2 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qxg6+
Kd8 18. Qxe6 $16) 16. gxh5 Rxh5 17. Nxe6 Nb4 18. cxb4 Qxe6 19. f5 Rxf5 20. Rxf5
Qxf5 21. Qxf5 gxf5 22. Bd2 Nf8 23. Nf4 (23. Rf1 $6 Ne6 24. Bc3 Kd7 25. Rxf5
Rg8+ 26. Kf3 Rh8 27. Kg2 $10) 23... O-O-O 24. a4 bxa4 25. Rxa4 Kb7 26. Ra5 $6 (
26. Kf3 $5 Bg5 (26... Ne6 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. b5 $1 Rh8 29. Bf4 $14) 27. Be3 $14)
26... Bg5 27. h4 Bxf4 28. Bxf4 Ne6 29. Be3 Rg8+ 30. Kf3 Rg4 $10 31. Rxd5 Rxh4
32. Rd7+ Kc8 33. Rxf7 Nxd4+ 34. Bxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxa7 Re4 36. Re7 $10 Kd8 37. Re6
Kd7 38. Rd6+ Kc7 39. Rd5 Kc6 40. Rc5+ Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine op Louis D. Statham Masters"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1979.03.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1979.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nb4 $6 (8... f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 $14) 9. Bb1 b6 10. a3 Nc6 11.
Bd3 a5 12. Qa4 (12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Nf3 Be7 15. Qd3 Ra7 16. Bd2 O-O
17. Rfc1 Rc7 18. Rc3 $14) 12... Bb7 13. O-O Be7 14. f4 (14. Nf3 $5 O-O 15. Be3
$16) 14... g6 15. g4 $6 O-O 16. Nf3 f5 17. h3 Na7 18. Bd2 Bc6 19. Qd1 (19. Qb3
$6 a4 20. Qc2 Rc8) 19... Bb5 20. Bxb5 Nxb5 21. Qa4 Na7 22. Rac1 Rf7 (22... Rc8
$5 23. Kg2 $5 (23. b4 $2 b5 24. Qxa5 Qxa5 25. bxa5 Bxa3 $15) 23... Nb8 $10) 23.
Rc2 Qe8 24. Qb3 (24. Kg2 $5) (24. Rfc1 Nf6 $6 (24... Bd8 25. Be1 $14) 25. Qxe8+
(25. Qb3 Ne4 26. Qxb6 $16) 25... Nxe8 26. Kg2 $16) 24... Bd8 25. Nc3 Nf8 26.
Rfc1 Rb8 (26... b5 $6 27. Nd1 Bb6 28. Nf2 $16) 27. Na4 $6 (27. Kg2 $5 b5 $6 28.
Nd1 $16) 27... Rfb7 28. Kh2 Qb5 29. Qxb5 Nxb5 30. Be1 Kf7 31. Nc3 Na7 32. Nd1
Ke8 33. Ne3 $2 (33. Bh4 $5 Bxh4 34. Nxh4 Rf7 35. Kg3 $14) 33... Rf7 34. gxf5 $6
(34. Kg3 Kd7 35. h4 $14) 34... gxf5 35. h4 Rbb7 36. Ng5 Rfc7 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38.
Rxc7 Bxc7 39. h5 $10 Nc6 40. Nf3 b5 41. Nd1 Bb6 42. Bf2 h6 43. Nc3 Na7 44. Kg2
Nd7 45. Kf1 Nb8 46. a4 $5 (46. Ke2 Nbc6 47. Kd3 $10) 46... b4 47. Nb5 Nxb5 48.
axb5 a4 49. Ke2 Nd7 (49... a3 50. bxa3 bxa3 51. Nd2 $5 (51. Be1 a2 52. Bc3 Ba5
53. Bb2 Nd7 54. Kd3 Nb6 55. Kc2 Nc4 56. Kb3 Nd2+ 57. Nxd2 Bxd2 $15) 51... a2
52. Nb3 Ba5 53. Kd3 Nd7 54. Kc2 Nb6 55. Kb2 Nc4+ 56. Kxa2 Bd2 57. b6 Kd7 58.
Nc5+ $16) 50. Kd1 (50. Kd3 b3 51. Be1 $14) 50... b3 51. Ne1 (51. Be1 $14) 51...
Ba5 52. Nd3 Nb6 53. Be1 Bxe1 54. Nxe1 Nc4 55. Kc1 (55. Nd3 $2 Nxb2+ 56. Nxb2 a3
$19) 55... a3 56. bxa3 b2+ 57. Kb1 Nxa3+ 58. Kxb2 Nxb5 59. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.28"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Forster, Richard"]
[Black "Temirbayev, Serikbay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nb6 9. b3 Bd7 10. a3 a5 11. Bb2 Be7 12. h4 h6 13. Rh3 Kf8 14. h5 a4 15. b4
Na7 16. Rc1 Bb5 17. Bb1 Rc8 18. Rc5 $5 {Ein sehr interssantes positionelles
Qualitätsopfer. Ich denke, daß Weiß genug Kompensation und gute Aussichten für
Initiative am Königsflügel hat.} Bxc5 19. dxc5 {Außer der Bauernmehrheit am
Damenflügel (3 weiße gegen 2 schwarze Bauern) hat der Anziehenden auch das
wunderbare Feld d4 für eine Leichtfigur.} Nc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 $6 {>< Bc4} (20...
dxc4 $142 21. Nd4 $44 {/\ Qg4, Rg3 (>< g7)}) 21. Qd4 Nb5 22. Qg4 Nc7 23. Rg3
Ne8 24. Nd4 {[%csl Gd4] Jetzt ist der schwarze Läufer auf c4 zur Untätigkeit
verurteilt. Er kann nicht zur Verteidigung des eigenen Königs eingeschaltet
werden.} Qe7 (24... Qg5 25. Nxe6+ fxe6 26. Qf3+ $18) 25. f4 Rc7 26. Kf2 (26. f5
$2 exf5 27. Nxf5 Qe6) 26... Kg8 27. Kg1 Kf8 28. Qf3 Qd8 29. f5 $1 {Ohne diesen
Vorstoß kommt Weiß nicht voran.} exf5 30. Bxf5 Re7 {Wie kann Weiß seinen
Angriff am Königsflügel fortsetzen?} (30... Qh4 31. e6 $40) {[%tqu "De","Wie
kann Weiß seine Initiative am Königs Flügel fortsetzen?","","","d4e6","",10]}
31. Ne6+ $1 Rxe6 32. Bxe6 Qc7 33. Rg4 $16 (33. Bxd5 $142 $18) 33... Kg8 (33...
Be2 $1) 34. Bxd5 Bxd5 35. Qxd5 Qc6 36. Rd4 Nc7 37. Qxc6 bxc6 38. Rd6 Kh7 39.
Rxc6 Ne6 40. Rd6 Rb8 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Novgorodskij, Vladimir"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. O-O Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nc6 11. Ne1 O-O 12. Qh3 b5 13. f4 f5 14. g4 Qe8 15.
gxf5 Rxf5 16. Ng3 Qg6 17. Ng2 cxd4 (17... Rff8 18. f5 (18. a4 b4 19. f5 exf5
20. Nxf5 bxc3 21. bxc3 Bd8 22. Ba3 Qe6 23. Rab1 $14) 18... exf5 19. Nxf5 Rfd8
20. Qf3 $14) (17... Raf8 18. Nxf5 Rxf5 19. Be3 c4 20. Qg3 Qh6 21. Rad1 a5 $16)
18. Nxf5 exf5 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Be3 Ne6 (20... Nc2 21. Rac1 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 $18)
21. Qf3 Nb6 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Kh1 Rd8 24. Rad1 d4 25. Qb7 Qe8 26. a3 Nc5 27.
Qxb6 d3 28. b4 Rb8 29. Qxb8 (29. Qa7 Ra8 30. Qc7 Rc8 31. Qb6 Rb8 $11 {mit
Zugwiederholung, weil sich die Dame den Angriffen durch den schwarzen Turm
nicht entziehen kann.}) 29... Qxb8 30. bxc5 Bxc5 31. Rxd3 $14 {Die Stellung
ist leicht besser für Weiß, weil die Türme offene Linien haben und der
e5-Bauer sehr stark ist. Außerdem steht der weiße Monarch besser als sein
Kollege. Wenn der a- gegen den b- Bauern getauscht werden könnte, wären die
zwei Türme der Dame beim Spiel auf einem Flügel überlegen.} Kf7 32. Rb1 Qb7 33.
Rdb3 Qe4 34. Rxb5 Bxa3 35. Re1 $16 Qc6 36. e6+ Kf6 37. Rbe5 Be7 (37... Bd6 38.
e7 $1 (38. R5e2 Ke7 $14) 38... Bxe5 39. Rxe5 Qe8 40. Ne3 g6 41. Nd5+ $18) 38.
h4 Qf3 39. Kh2 h6 40. R1e3 Qd1 41. Rg3 g6 $18 42. Ne3 Qh5 43. Kg2 Qe2+ 44. Kh3
Qa6 45. Rf3 ({[%tqu "De","Mit welche kleine Kombination kann weiß die schwarze
Dame errobern?","","","e5f5","",3]} 45. Rxf5+ $3 gxf5 46. Nd5+ Kxe6 47. Nc7+ {
[%cal Yc7e6,Yc7a6]}) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Nh5 g6
15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qb6 {[%cal Yb6d4,Yb6b2]} 17. Qa4 a6 18. Rab1 Bd7 19. Be2
Ne5 (19... e5 $5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Qd1 (21. Qh4 Bf5 $1 $15) 21... Qd6 $1 $13 (
21... Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 d4 23. Qd2 Rad8 $11)) 20. Qd1 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 (21. Bxf3
Rac8 22. Qd2 Rc4 23. Rfd1 Rfc8 24. Rbc1 (24. Qf4 Rc2 25. Rd2 Qb4 26. Rxc2 Rxc2
27. Qb8+ $13) 24... Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Qxd4 27. Qc7 Bc6 28. Qe7 Qe5
29. Bg4 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Qxf2 31. Bxe6+ Kh8 $11) 21... Bb5 $146 {Es kommt nicht
selten vor, in der modernen Praxis auf eine Neuerung nach dem 20 Zug zu
treffen!} (21... Rac8 $11 {Rublevsky,S-Ulibin,M/St Petersburg zt 1993}) 22. f4
Rfc8 23. Re1 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 (24. Qxe2 $5 Rc4 (24... Rc6 25. Qe5 $14) 25. Rbd1 (
25. Qxe6+ Qxe6 26. Rxe6 Rxd4 27. Re7 b5 $11 {/\Rd2}) 25... Re8 26. Qe3 Qxb2 27.
f5 $1 Qxa2 (27... gxf5 28. Qg5+ Kh8 (28... Kf7 29. Qh5+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31.
Rb1 $18) 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Qxe6+ Kg7 $16) 28. fxe6 Re7 $13 29. Qg5
Rcc7 30. Ra1 Qb3 31. Rab1 Qa2 $11 (31... Qc4 $2 32. Rec1 $18)) 24... Rc4 25.
Rd2 Rac8 $15 26. b3 Rc3 27. Kg2 a5 28. Qg4 Rc2 29. Rbd1 R8c6 30. Qg5 Qc7 31.
Qf6 Qd7 (31... Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Qd6 $11) 32. a4 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 Qe8 34. Re2 Qf8 35.
Qg5 $1 ({Wenn die Damen getauscht werden, bekommt der Nachziehende großen
Vorteil.} 35. Qxf8+ Kxf8 $17 {nebst Ke7 und Rc3. nebst Ke7 und Rc3.}) 35... Kg7
36. Re5 Qf6 37. Qg4 Kf7 38. Qe2 Qe7 39. Re3 Qb4 40. Rd3 Rc3 41. Rd1 Qxb3 {
Es scheint, daß das schwarze Spiel am Damenflügel erfolgreich ist. Mit dem
nächsten weißen Bauerndurchbruch versucht der Anziehende zu beweisen, daß der
schwarze König schlecht steht.} 42. f5 $1 {Mit welchem Bauern würden Sie auf
f5 schlagen?} gxf5 (42... exf5 $4 {Nach diesem Zug bekommt Weiß auf der
offenen e-Linie sehr starke Initiative.} 43. Re1 Qb4 (43... Qxa4 44. Qe7+ Kg8
45. Qd8+ Kg7 46. Re7+ Kh6 47. Rf7 $1 $18) 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Qd7+ Kf6 46. Re6+
Kg5 47. Qxh7 {nebst Matt.}) 43. Re1 Qb6 44. Qh5+ Ke7 (44... Kg7 45. Qe8) 45.
Qxf5 Rc6 46. Qxh7+ Kf6 $2 $18 {Jetzt kann Weiß mittels 47.Re3 oder 47.Rh1
leicht gewinnen.} (46... Kd6 47. Qh8 $1 Kc7 48. Rh1 $16) (46... Kd8 47. Rb1 $16
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.05.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Atlas, Dimitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Re1 a5 {Die
andere Alternativen sind:} (13... Bd7 14. Ne5 Rae8 15. Bg5 Bc8 16. Rac1 $14) (
13... Ng4 14. h3 Rxf3 15. Qxf3 Nh2 16. Qh5 g6 17. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8
19. Bg5 $18 {1-0 Steinfl-Ricci/Madonna di Campiglio 1985 (22)}) 14. Be3 (14. a4
Nb4 15. Bb1 Bd7 16. Bg5 Rae8 17. Ne5 Bc8 18. Bh4 b6 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Bxh7+ {1-0 Wall,T-Smith,A/Bolton 1995}) 14... a4 15. Nbd2 Bd7 16. a3 Rae8
17. Rac1 Qa5 18. h3 Qa8 19. Bb5 Rf7 $6 $14 {Schwarz verpaßt die Möglichkeit
den typischen Durchbruch im Zentrum durchzuführen:} (19... e5 $142 20. Bxc6 (
20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5) (20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 Rxe5 $11)
20... bxc6 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Nf3 Ree8 $11) 20. Bxc6 bxc6 $6 (
20... Bxc6 $142 21. Bg5 Nd7 $14) 21. Ne5 $1 $16 {Die weiße Bauernstruktur ist
besser, weil Schwarz schwache Bauern a4,e6 und c6 hat, von denen der Bauer c6
auf der halboffenen c Linie unter Beschuss liegt. Er wird bald Beute der
besser plazierten weißen Figuren. Das schwarze Gegenspiel auf den b2 Bauer ist
zu langsam.} Rfe7 (21... Bxe5 22. dxe5 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Bd4 Rf4 25. Qc2
$16) 22. Bg5 Qb7 23. Ndf3 Qb5 24. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Yc1c6,Ye5c6] Weiß hat schon
klare Positionele Vorteil. Seine Figuren sind optimal plaziert und es ist zeit
eine von beide schwäche(c6 und e6) zu erobern.} Bb8 (24... Rc8 25. Nxd7 Rxd7
26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Rxe6 $18) 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qxc6 $16 {Der Rest
ist Technik.} Qxc6 28. Rxc6 Kf7 29. Rec1 Rd6 30. Kf1 Ke7 31. R1c2 Kd7 32. R6c5
Ra6 33. Ne1 $1 Bd6 34. Nd3 $1 {Hier steht der Springer sehr gut. Von einer
Seite deckt er den schwachen Bauer b2, von anderer kontrolliert die wichtigen
c5 und e5 Felder.} Ke7 35. Rb5 Rb8 36. Rxb8 Bxb8 37. Rc8 (37. Nb4 $5 Rb6 38.
Rc6 Rb7 39. Ra6 Bc7 40. Rxa4 Bb6 41. Nd3 $18) 37... Rb6 38. Rh8 $18 Kd6 39.
Rxh7 Bc7 40. Rf7 Rb3 41. Nc5 Rxb2 42. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Nancy-A 10th"]
[Site "Nancy"]
[Date "2012.02.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2012.02.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
a5 9. Re1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 {Black has some other moves here, including ...g5,
which also require precise analysis.} 11. Nb1 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Nc3 Qb6
14. Qg4 Kf8 $5 {An interesting move, not weakening the pawn structure.} (14...
O-O 15. Bh6 g6 16. Bxf8 Bxf8 {is another possibility, played by my opponent
himself couple of years before, but I believe White is simply better here.}) (
14... g6 {is also more popular than the text move.}) 15. Nb5 Nc5 16. Be3 Bd7
17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. exd6 Rc8 $1 $146 (18... Qxd6 $6 19. Qg3 $1 $40 {1-0 (26)
Rublevsky,S (2670)-Lputian,S (2638) Poikovsky 2003}) 19. Bd4 f6 {I had
forgotten to recheck all those lines before the game, and from here I just
could only remember general ideas.} 20. Qf3 (20. Qg3 {is a bit more natural.})
20... Kg8 {A natural move, but after the quite logical 20...Kf7 White would
have to decide to take a draw or to play some very aggressive stuff which may
simply not work.} (20... Kf7 21. Qh5+ (21. Qg3 {makes no sense since Black
simply wins one quite important tempo.}) 21... Kf8 {and here it seems no
sacrifice is really working and I'm not sure White can do something better
than making draw.} (21... g6 22. Qf3 Qd8 {should also be playable.})) 21. Qg3
Kf7 $6 {Quite an important blunder from the positional point of view. I played
too fast, but White's position doesn't seem so impressive even after that.
Actually I made a very common mistake for chess players: I was trying to
remember my analysis and could not remember ...Qd8 anywhere, so I decided to
go 21...Kf7 which I considered also good. But it seems like my analysis
mentioned only 20...Kf7.} (21... Qd8 {would be normal, while the game could
carry on with} 22. Bf5 e5 $1 23. f4 exd4 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. Re7 g6 {and it
seems Black is going to defend with ...d3 and ...Qb6 and the position is equal.
}) 22. Bf5 {A thematic idea.} (22. Rac1 {seems quite natural but after} Qb4 $8
(22... e5 $2 23. Qe3 $18) 23. Bc3 Qb6 24. Bc2 Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Rxe4 Rc5 {
it doesn't seem like White's advantage is really big.}) ({After} 22. Rad1 {
Black would simply go} Qc6 {threatening ...Nxd3 or ...Ne4, and I don't think
White has any advantage.}) 22... Qb4 $6 {Also a thematic idea, but once again
I should be more quiet and go to d8. For some reason I felt like this move was
too passive and should be forbidden!} ({After} 22... Qd8 $1 {Black is going to
play ...g6 next and should be quite fine.}) 23. Bc3 (23. Rad1 $1 Rce8 24. Bc3
Qb6 25. Bc2 {would transpose into the game, avoiding some possibilities for
Black on move 23.}) 23... Qb6 (23... Qc4 $5 {or}) (23... Qa4 $5 {with the idea
of taking on a2 when the a-rook is moved is probably best. But I had missed
that 23.Rad1 was so strong and just decided to repeat.}) 24. Bd4 Qb4 25. Bc3
Qb6 26. Rad1 Rce8 27. Bc2 Qc6 $1 {It is necessary for Black to play ...e5 as
fast as possible, even if the price is a pawn.} 28. Bxa5 e5 (28... b6 $5 {
was also possible, in order to avoid Bc7, and after} 29. Bc3 e5 30. f4 $5 {
Black would go} e4 31. b4 Nd3 32. Bxd3 exd3 33. Qxd3 Qxd6 {and probably draw
despite some slight suffering.}) 29. Bc7 Ne6 30. Rc1 (30. Bb3 $5 Nd4 31. Qd3 $1
{was probably best, while I should probably go} Nxb3 32. Qxb3 g5 $1 {and once
again suffer a bit and draw. Of course it is important that White is not able
to capture the d5-pawn without exchanging the queens.}) 30... Qb5 31. Bd3 $6 (
31. Qc3 {would have been better but after} Nf4 {the position is just unclear.})
31... Qa4 $6 (31... Qxb2 $1 {was necessary, with a very tricky position, but
definitely fine for Black. I overlooked that} 32. Rb1 $6 Qxa2 33. Rxb7 {
was met by} Nc5 $1 $15) 32. a3 (32. Bb1 Bc6 {is just unclear.}) 32... Qf4 ({
Starting with} 32... g6 $5 {might make even more sense.}) 33. Bb6 $6 $138 {
Definitely not the right way to enter the endgame. Furthermore, White should
simply not exchange queens!} ({After} 33. Qh3 g6 34. Bf1 {White would keep
some pressure.}) 33... Rc8 34. Qxf4 Nxf4 35. Bf1 Rxc1 $1 {The simplest and
probably best.} 36. Rxc1 Rc8 37. Rc7 Rxc7 38. dxc7 Ne6 39. g3 $6 (39. Ba5 {
was the normal move, but after} Bc8 {(threatening ...Ke7 followed by ...Kd6 or
...Kd7)} 40. Bb5 Nd4 $1 {definitely White is trying to make a draw.}) 39... Ke7
40. Bh3 Nxc7 $138 {After this move I went for a little rest (since we had
reached move 40) and thought my winning chances should be quite big, but I
later understood that probably the position was just a draw in spite of my
extra pawn, and I'm not even sure there is so much to say about it!} (40... Kd6
41. Bxe6 Bxe6 42. a4 d4 {seems like dangerous for White, but the pawn on c7 is
too strong and White will bring over the king and be able to make a draw
without real problems.}) 41. Bg2 $8 (41. Bxc7 Bxh3 {should be completely
losing for White.}) 41... Na8 42. Bc5+ Ke6 43. f4 Bc6 ({I lost some time
calculating} 43... Nc7 $2 {and noticed that White has} 44. f5+ {followed by
Bb6/d6 and capturing the d5-pawn with check!}) 44. Bh3+ f5 (44... Kf7 45. Bd6
Nb6 {was the second option I considered but after} 46. fxe5 Nc4 47. e6+ Ke8 48.
Bb4 Nxb2 49. Bf1 {I evaluated correctly that the position was a rather easy
draw for White.}) 45. Kf2 {The simplest.} Nc7 ({After} 45... e4 46. Ke3 {
I don't think I will ever be able to break through.}) 46. Bb6 Nb5 47. fxe5 (47.
Bf1 Nd6 48. fxe5 Kxe5 49. Ke3 {was even a better defence.}) 47... Kxe5 48. Bf1
Nd4 ({I was considering} 48... d4 {was objectively my only chance (probably I
would have entered that kind of positions in the event of 47.Bf1) but after
thinking for quite a long time I realised that the opposite coloured bishop
ending is just a draw, since the endgame f+d+b vs a+b was a draw. Let's try
some random moves:} 49. Bxb5 Bxb5 50. Kf3 Bc6+ 51. Ke2 g5 52. Bd8 h6 53. h4 f4
54. hxg5 hxg5 55. gxf4+ gxf4 56. Kd3 Bb5+ 57. Kd2 Ke4 58. Bc7 f3 59. Bg3 Kf5 (
59... Kd5 60. Bf2 $5 Kc4 61. Bg1 Bc6 62. Bf2 Be4 63. Bg1 d3 64. Bf2 Kb3 {
is always met by} 65. Bd4 {or 65.Kc1.}) 60. a4 Ba6 61. Bf2 d3 {and White
simply has a drawing setup:} 62. Ke3 Kg4 63. Be1 $1 {and Black cannot improve
the position anymore, while putting the black bishop somewhere else would
allow b4-b5-a5-a6 with a draw.}) 49. Bd3 Ne6 50. Ba7 g6 51. Bb8+ Kd4 52. Ke2
Ng5 53. Ba7+ Ke5 54. Ke3 Ne6 55. Bb8+ Kf6 56. Ba7 Ke5 57. Bb8+ Kf6 58. Ba7 Ke5
({Of course} 58... g5 {was possible, but I considered rightly that} 59. Bd4+ {
was an easy draw, while any other move would not give me real winning chances
either. With some seconds left on th clock, I decided not to take the risk of
seeing b4-b5-a4-a5 come!}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch U18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Endgame-CD"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bd3 f5 6. exf6 Nxf6 7. Ne2 c5
8. c3 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14.
Kxd2 O-O 15. Ne2 Bd7 16. Rac1 Rae8 17. Rhf1 Ne4+ 18. Ke3 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20.
Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Kd4 Rg5 22. f3 Nd6 23. g3 Nb5+ 24. Ke3 Re5+ 25. Kd2 Rfe8 26. Rfe1
Bc6 27. Bxb5 Bxb5 28. Nd4 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Rxe1 30. Kxe1 Bd7 31. Kd2 Kf7 32. Ke3
Kf6 33. f4 b6 34. b4 a6 35. Nf3 h6 36. Kd4 Ke6 37. Ne5 Bb5 38. g4 Be2 39. h4
Bd1 40. f5+ Kd6 41. a3 Bb3 42. f6 (42. g5 {Hecht} hxg5 43. hxg5 Bc2 44. f6 gxf6
45. gxf6 Bb3 46. f7 Ke7 47. Nd7 Kxf7 48. Nxb6 Ke6 $10) 42... gxf6 43. Nf7+ Ke6
44. Nxh6 Bc2 45. Nf5 (45. g5 {Hecht} fxg5 46. hxg5 a5 $14) 45... Bxf5 46. gxf5+
Kxf5 47. Kxd5 Kg4 48. Ke6 f5 49. h5 f4 50. h6 f3 51. h7 f2 52. h8=Q f1=Q 53.
Qd4+ Kh3 54. Qe3+ Kh2 55. Kd7 a5 56. Qxb6 Qh3+ 57. Kc6 Qxa3 58. Qxa5 $10 Qf3+ {
Zwei Stellungsmerkmale sprechen für remis: 1. Der Springerbauer verringert die
weißen Möglichkeiten 2. Der schwarze König ist weit weg vom weißen Bauern ,
wodurch sich die Gegenschachchancen für Weiß auf ein Minimum reduzieren.
Stünde der Bauer auf c4 oder d4, wäre die Stellung für Weiß gewonnen. This
position is a draw, because: 1. The night pawn reduces the chances of White. 2.
The black king is far away from the sqare b8, which reduces the possibility of
a chounter check to a minimum.  With a pawn on c4 or d4, White could win.} 59.
Qd5 Qc3+ 60. Qc5 Qf3+ 61. Kb6 Kh3 62. b5 Qf6+ 63. Kb7 Qf7+ 64. Kb8 {Ein
weiteres Schach auf der Grundreihe geht nun nicht wegen Dc8 mit Gegenschach.
Da der Bauer noch nicht weit vorgerückt ist, kann Schwarz aber einen Wartezug
mit der Dame machen. A further chess on the 8th rank is not possible because
of Qc8 with counter check. But Black has time for a waiting move.} Kh4 $4 {
Dieser Zug sieht sehr logisch aus, denn Schwarz folgt der Regel, daß der
Verteidiger zwischen den beiden Königen eine Reihe bzw. Diagonale Raum lassen
soll, um Gegenschachs zu verhindern. Konkret wird auch ein Damenschach auf der
Grundreihe vorbereitet. Allerdings funktioniert die Regel hier nicht, weil
Schwarz den Grundsatz verletzt, den eigenen König möglichst weit weg vom
Umwandlungsfeld des Bauern aufzustellen.This move seems to be logical,
according to the rule, that there should be one line space between the places
of the two kings to avoid counter checks. But this rule doesn't work here,
because Blach hurts the rule that his king should be far away from the square
b8, best on h3 or g2.} (64... Kg2 $10 {Einziger Königszug, der auch noch remis
hält. Vielleicht ist das Feld h3 das Idealfeld.}) (64... Kh2 $4 65. Qc7+ $18) (
64... Qb3 $10 {Ebenso zum Remis genügen 64...Qa2,g6,g7,f6,f4,f3,f1}) 65. b6
Qe8+ 66. Kc7 $1 {jeder Königszug gewinnt. every move with the king wins.} (66.
Qc8 $2 Qb5 67. b7 Qe5+ 68. Qc7 Qe8+ 69. Ka7 Qa4+ {Weiß kann ewigem Schach
nicht ausweichen. and white cannot avoid perpetual check.}) 66... Qf7+ 67. Kd6
$2 {Jeder andere Königszug gewinnt every move with the king wins, eccept this
one.} (67. Kc6 $18 Qe8+ 68. Kd5 Qg8+ 69. Kd4 Qg1+ 70. Kc4 Qf1+ 71. Kb4 Qe1+ 72.
Kb5 Qe8+ 73. Ka5 Qd8 74. Kb4 Qd2+ 75. Kc4 Qe2+ 76. Kd5 Qh5+ 77. Kd6 Qg6+ 78.
Kd7 {Es droht 78.De7 mit folgendem Doppelangriff auf Dame und König auf e8,e6
oder d6. The threat is Qe7 attacking king and queen on e8,e6 or d6.} Qg4+ 79.
Kc7 Qg7+ 80. Kc6 Qf6+ (80... Qg2+ 81. Qd5 Qc2+ 82. Kd6 Qg6+ 83. Kc5 {wonach
kein Schach mehr möglich ist (82...Dc2?? 83.Dc4) und Weiß Zeit hat, seinen
Bauern vorzuziehen. giving white time to move the pawn, because no check is
possible in the moment.}) 81. Kd7 Qb2 82. Ke6 Qb3+ 83. Ke7 Qb2 84. Kf7 Qa2+ 85.
Kf6 Qb2+ 86. Kf5 Qb1+ 87. Ke5 Qe1+ (87... Qb2+ 88. Qd4+) 88. Kf6 Qa1+ 89. Kg6
Qb1+ 90. Kh6 Qb2 91. Qe7+ Kh3 (91... Kg3 92. Qg7+) 92. b7 Qd2+ 93. Kg7 Qd4+ 94.
Kg8 Qd5+ 95. Kf8 Qf5+ 96. Ke8 Qh5+ 97. Kd8 Qa5+ 98. Kc8 Qc3+ 99. Kd7 Qd4+ 100.
Qd6 Qa4+ (100... Qg7+ 101. Kc6 Qc3+ 102. Kb5 Qb2+ 103. Qb4 Qe5+ 104. Ka4 Qe8+
105. Ka3 Qb8 106. Kb3 Kh2 107. Kb2 Qe5+ 108. Kb1 Qb8 109. Qh4+ Kg1 110. Qg4+
Kf2 111. Qc8 $18) 101. Qc6 Qd4+ 102. Kc8 Qh8+ 103. Kc7 Qe5+ 104. Qd6 Qa5+ 105.
Kc8 Qc3+ 106. Kd7 Qg7+ 107. Kc6 Qc3+ 108. Kb5 Qb2+ 109. Qb4 Qe5+ 110. Ka4 Qe8+
111. Ka3 Qb8 $18) (67. Kc6 $1 {Hecht}) 67... Qf8+ $2 (67... Kh3 $1 $10) (67...
Kh3 $3 {Hecht alles andere verliert}) 68. Kd5 Qg8+ 69. Kd4 {Nun steht der
angreifende König auf derselben Reihe wie der Verteidiger, was die
Möglichkeiten zum Gegenschach erhöht, und damit die Anzahl der Felder, von
denen die schwarze Dame Schachgebote geben kann, verringert. Stünde der
schwarze König auf h3 oder g2, müßte der weiße König sich noch weiter vom
eigenen Bauern entfernen, um dieses Ziel zu erreichen. Now the attacking and
the defending king are on the same line. This improves White's possibilities
to give a counter check and reduces for the black queen the number of squares
for a check.} Qg1+ 70. Kc4 Qf1+ 71. Kb4 Qe1+ 72. Qc3 (72. Ka4 $1 {Hecht etwas
stärker}) 72... Qe7+ (72... Qb1+ $1 {Hecht}) 73. Ka5 (73. Kb3 {ist schneller.})
(73. Kb3 $1 {Hecht 10 Züge stärker - der s K kommt nicht zurück!}) 73... Qd8
74. Qc4+ $2 (74. Qf3 $1 $18) (74. Kb5 $18 {Hecht}) (74. Qf3 $18 {Hecht}) (74.
Qc2 $18 {Hecht}) 74... Kh3 $1 $10 75. Qe6+ Kg3 76. Kb5 Qd3+ $1 77. Kc6 Qc3+ 78.
Kd7 Qg7+ 79. Kc8 Qf8+ 80. Kc7 Qc5+ 81. Kb8 Qd4 82. b7 Kh4 $2 $18 {Den
schwarzen König zieht es wieder nach h4 und wieder verliert dies. Again he
move to h4 and again this this looses.} (82... Qd8+ $10 83. Qc8 Qd5 $10 (83...
Qd6+ $4 84. Qc7 $18)) (82... Kh2 $10 {Hecht}) (82... Kg2 $10 {Hecht}) (82...
Qc3 $10 {Hecht}) (82... Qd8+ $10 {Hecht}) (82... Qc5 $10 {Hecht}) 83. Kc7 Qc5+
84. Kd8 Qa5+ 85. Ke8 (85. Kd7 $1 {Hecht}) 85... Qb5+ 86. Qd7 Qh5+ 87. Qf7 Qh8+
(87... Qb5+ 88. Kf8 Kg4 89. Qc7 Qf5+ 90. Kg8 Qd5+ 91. Kh8 Qh5+ 92. Qh7 $18) 88.
Kd7 Qd4+ 89. Kc6 Qc3+ 90. Kd6 Qb4+ 91. Ke6 Qb6+ 92. Kf5 Qc5+ 93. Kg6 Qh5+ 94.
Kg7 Qg4+ (94... Qg5+ 95. Kh7 Qe5 {ist hartnäckiger} 96. Qc4+ Kh5 97. Qc6 (97.
Qc8 $4 Qe7+ 98. Kg8 Qg5+ $10 {mit ewigem Schach.}) 97... Qe7+ 98. Kg8 (98. Kh8
$4 Qf8+ 99. Kh7 Qf7+ $10) 98... Qg5+ 99. Kf8 Qf4+ 100. Ke7 Qe5+ 101. Qe6 Qc7+
102. Kf6 {der schnellste Weg} Qd8+ (102... Qxb7 103. Qh3#) 103. Kg7 Qb8 104.
Qe4 Qc7+ (104... Kg5 {Hecht} 105. Kf7 $3 Qa7 106. Ke8 $1 Qb8+ 107. Kd7 Qa7 108.
Qb4 Qb8 (108... Kh5 109. Kc7 Kg5 110. Qb6 $18) 109. Qc5+ Kh4 110. Qc7 $18) 105.
Kf8 Qd6+ 106. Qe7 Qh6+ 107. Kg8 Qg6+ 108. Kh8 {und der Bauer zieht ein.}) 95.
Kf8 (95. Kf8 Qg3 96. Qh7+ Kg4 97. Qg7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hebert, Jean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nb6 {More principled is 8...f6} 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nf3 Nb4 {Black decides to solve
the problem of his light-squared bishop by exchanging it for White's knight.} (
10... Be7 11. Nf4 g6 {covering the h5 square.} 12. Nh3 $1 {[%csl Rf6,Rg5,Rg7,
Rh6][%cal Yc1h6] White is implementing a dark-squared strategy.} Nb4 13. Bb1
Bb5 14. Re1 a5 15. Bh6 a4 16. Nfg5 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. Nf4 Ke8
20. h4 $16 {1-0 Brynell,S (2588)-Bjork,C (2485)/Sweden 2002/EXT 2003 (53)}) 11.
Bb1 Bb5 12. Re1 {[%cal Ye2c3]} ({In general, it is not a good idea for the
player with the space advantage to trade pieces. The following game
illustrates this idea:} 12. Bg5 Be7 13. h4 h6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Re1 Bxe2 16.
Qxe2 O-O-O 17. a3 Nc6 18. Bd3 Kb8 19. Qd2 Rc8 20. Rac1 Rc7 21. Rc3 Rhc8 $11 {
0-1 Berend,F (2371)-Hebert,J (2416)/Arvier 2009/CBM 132 Extra (77)}) 12... Bxe2
13. Rxe2 {Black has got rid of his passive light-squared bishop, but White is
still better thanks to his pair of bishops and space advantage.} Be7 $146 {
Novelty, which does not seem to impact the evaluation of this variation.} ({
Black did not equalize after} 13... Rc8 {as well:} 14. h4 Qc7 15. Bf4 Nc4 16.
a3 Nc6 17. Bd3 b5 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Bb1 b4 20. axb4 Bxb4 21. Bd3 N4a5 22. Be3 h6
23. Qa4 O-O 24. Rec2 a6 25. h5 Rc7 26. g3 Rb8 27. Kg2 Qb7 28. b3 Qa8 29. g4 Rb6
30. Bd2 Bxd2 31. Nxd2 Ra7 32. Qxa5 {1-0 Fernandez Garcia,J (2400)-Hook,W (2210)
/Thessaloniki 1984/EXT 1997}) 14. a3 Nc6 15. Bd3 Qd7 {It is too dangerous to
castle short, so, Black prepares to castle queenside.} (15... O-O 16. Rc2 Rc8
17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Qd2 $16 {[%cal Yh2h4,Yh4h5] with a dangerous attack on the
kingside.}) 16. h4 h6 {Covering the g5-square.} 17. h5 {Fixing Black's
kingside pawns, which promises White a long-term advantage.} O-O-O 18. Rc2 Kb8
19. Bd2 Rc8 20. Rac1 $16 {There is no doubt that White has an obvious
advantage because of his superior pawn structure and his pair of bishops.} a6
21. Qe2 Na7 22. Ba5 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Na8 24. Qe3 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Kxc8 26. Qf4 {
Even though Black was able to exchange rooks, he still has weaknesses on the
kingside. White's plan is clear: advancing the f-pawn to create weaknesses.
Unfortunately for Black, he does not have any counterplay, so with precise
play White should be able to convert his advantage into victory.} Qe8 27. Qg4
Nc6 28. Bd2 Bf8 29. Ne1 {Preparing to attack Black's kingside with the advance
of the f-pawn and transferring the knight to c2, from where it will support
the central pawn.} Nc7 (29... Nb6 30. Nc2 Nc4 31. Bc3 $16) 30. Nc2 b6 31. f4 f5
32. Qe2 $1 {The new target for White's attack is the f5-pawn.} (32. exf6 {
is less convincing, since after} gxf6 {Black gets a chance to organize
counterplay by carrying out the e6-e5 breakthrough.}) 32... a5 33. g4 fxg4 34.
Qxg4 Ne7 {Trying to prevent f4-f5.} 35. Ne3 Kb7 36. Kf2 {Of course, Svidler
first improves the positions of his pieces.} Qa4 37. Bc3 Qe8 38. Kg3 Qf7 39.
Bd2 {The dark-squared bishop will be useful on the c1-h6 diagonal to put
pressure on Black's kingside pawns.} Nc6 40. f5 Be7 41. fxe6 Qxe6 42. Nf5 Bf8
43. Be2 Nd8 44. Bf3 $18 {[%csl Rd5,Rg7,Yh5,Rh6] One could notice how
consistently White has attacked Black's pawns on the kingside: the f7 and e6
bases were destroyed, which made the d5-pawn a brand new target.} Kc6 45. a4 {
Nice! White fixes black's queenside pawns on dark squares.} Nf7 46. b3 Nd8 47.
Bg2 {Transferring the bishop to the h3-c8 diagonal.} Qf7 48. Be3 Nde6 49. Bh3
Bb4 50. Kg2 Bf8 51. Qd1 Kd7 52. Qf3 Be7 ({Probably} 52... g6 {gave more
practical chances:} 53. hxg6 Qxg6+ 54. Qg4 Qxg4+ 55. Bxg4 Kc6 56. Kg3 {, but,
objectively speaking, White should be able to overcome Black's resistance
eventually.}) 53. Qg4 Bf8 54. Nh4 Kc6 55. Ng6 Bb4 56. Nf4 Ng5 57. Qf5 Qxf5 58.
Bxf5 Be7 59. Kg3 {[%cal Yg3g4,Yg4f5,Yf5g6]} b5 60. Kg4 bxa4 61. bxa4 Bb4 62.
Bc2 {Freeing the route to Black's kingside pawns for White's king.} Nge6 63.
Nxe6 Nxe6 64. Kf5 Kd7 65. Kg6 Ke7 66. Bf5 {Flawless endgame technique by
Svidler!} 1-0

[Event "London Classic"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
g5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 {There is no established doctrine for which of White's pawn is
more important to eliminate. After the e5-pawn is captured, it is often the
case that White can develop a dangerous initiative via the centre.} ({In a
recent game Black did not equalise after} 9... Ndxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Nb3 Qc7
12. f4 Bxc5+ 13. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 14. Rf2 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bd7 16. Be3 Qc4 17. Qxc4 dxc4
18. fxg5 e5 19. Bc5 Rg8 20. h4 $16 {1-0 Mamedov,R (2626)-Bartel,M (2609)/Novi
Sad 2009/CBM 133 (54)}) (9... g4 10. Nd4 Ndxe5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. N2b3 h5 13. Re1
Nxd4 $2 (13... Ng6 $142 $14) 14. Qxd4 Bxb5 15. Rxe5 Bf6 16. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 17.
Rxg5 $18 {1-0 Fedorchuk,S (2655)-Carron,J (2416)/Zuerich 2009/CBM 131 Extra 
(33)}) 10. Bb5 {Not giving up on the central pawn.} (10. Bc2 Nd7 (10... g4 11.
Nd4 Nxe5 12. f4 $1 gxf3 13. N2xf3 Ng6 14. Qe2 f5 15. c4 $1 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Qb6
17. Be3 $44 {0-1 Degraeve,J (2566)-Touzane,O (2347)/France 2004/EXT 2005 (38)})
11. Re1 g4 12. Nd4 Ndxe5 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Qxg4 h5 15. Qd1 (15. Qe2 $5) 15...
e5 16. c4 Bg4 17. f3 $6 (17. Nf3 $142) 17... Be6 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Bb3 Qc5+ 20.
Kh1 O-O-O $15 {1/2-1/2 Dzhumaev,M (2529)-Volkov,S (2627)/Tashkent 2009/CBM 129
Extra (76)}) 10... h6 $146 {I don't know if this move was prepared at home or
found during the game, but its idea is obvious - to strengthen the g5-pawn and
see what White is going to do. Now Black's queen is no longer tied to the
g5-pawn.} (10... Bd7 11. Bxc6 (11. Qe2 a6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 (12... bxc6 $5) 13. Nd4
Qd7 14. N2b3 Bb5 15. Nxb5 Qxb5 16. Qxb5+ axb5 17. Nxc5 (17. Nd4 b4 18. cxb4 Nd3
$15) 17... Bxc5 18. Bxg5 $16 {1-0 Parligras,M (2605)-Di Paolo,R (2336)/France
2009/CBM 129 Extra (40)}) (11. Re1 $6 g4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nd4 Nd3 14. Re3 Nxc1
15. Rxc1 c5 $15) 11... bxc6 12. Qe2 (12. Nd4 Nd3 $1 $13) 12... Qc7 13. c4 a5
14. b3 Qb6 15. Bb2 a4 16. Bd4 h6 $2 (16... g4 $5) 17. Rfb1 axb3 18. Nxb3 Rb8
19. Qe3 dxc4 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Nxc5 $18 {1-0 Rublevsky,S (2672)-Sergeev,V 
(2417)/chessassistantclub.com INT 2004/EXT 2006 (38)}) (10... a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6
12. Nd4 (12. b4 $1 {it is important to keep c5 under control.} Nd7 13. Nb3 g4
14. Nfd4 Nxe5 15. Bf4 Qc7 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxc6 Qf4 18. Nxe7 Kxe7 19. g3 Qg5
20. Qd4 $16 {Smirin-Poldauf, Groningen 1990}) 12... Qc7 13. c4 a5 14. Qh5 Ba6
15. N2b3 O-O-O 16. Bxg5 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 dxc4 19. Qf6 Rhg8 20. Rfd1
Rg6 21. Qf3 Bb7 22. Qe3 Qe7 23. Rxa5 {1/2-1/2 Iuldachev,S (2537)-Reefat,B 
(2473)/Dhaka 2005/CBM 105 ext}) (10... Qb6 {Probably the best option. If White
takes, then the merits of the queen move compared to 10...Bd7 or 10...a6 need
no commentary.} 11. Nd4 (11. Qe2 a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 {looks Ok for Black.}) 11...
a6 $6 {Black decides to force things on the queenside, but leaving d7 free for
the knight.} ({If my analysis is correct, then the alternative} 11... Bd7 {
should be considered. White could now play as in the game, but then ...Bd7
will prove much more useful than ...a6. The only "but" to the bishop move is}
12. Nxc6 ({maybe} 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. b4 Nd3 14. N2b3 $5 {is still possible.})
12... Bxc6 (12... bxc6 13. Be2 {is good for White now. In the game Black would
have ...Nd7, and there is no way to protect the e5-pawn.}) 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14.
b3 {, which looks more comfortable for White yet still complicated.} (14. Qe2
$5)) 12. Bxc6+ (12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Nd7) 12... bxc6 13. b4 $1 Nd7 {'?!'
Postny. After a long think, my opponent decided to retreat his knight. It
seems better to move forward, keeping the option to exchange the c1 bishop off
if necessary, although this is not easy for Black either.  Postny: 'This
passive move is the source for Black's trouble.'} ({After} 13... Nd3 {an idea
we did not pay too much attention to is} 14. N2b3 $1 (14. Qh5 a5 15. N2f3 Nxc1
16. Rfxc1 h6 17. Rcb1 $14 {is quite possible as well, but less direct.}) (14.
N2f3 Nxc1 15. Rxc1 a5 $13 {The evaluation of this position might be critical
for the whole opening variation.} (15... c5 $6 16. bxc5 Qxc5 17. c4 $36)) {
believing that} 14... Nxe5 (14... Nxc1 15. Rxc1 {is clearly better for White.
Black could still try to break the queenside bind by sacrificing the a-pawn,
but I doubt this will be enough to level the chances.}) 15. Qh5 h6 {was not
clear.} (15... Rg8 16. f4 $1) {But it is here that White has a nice little
combination which gives him the advantage:} 16. Bxg5 $1 Bxg5 17. f4 Ng6 18.
fxg5 {with excellent attacking chances. The exchange of dark-squared bishops
is clearly in White´s favour, whose knights are waiting to land on c5.}) 14.
Qh5 $1 Nxe5 15. N2f3 {White now gets his pawn back in all variations, while
keeping his attacking options.} Ng6 {'?!' Postny} (15... Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Bf6 {
would not help Black much either:} 17. Be3 Qb7 (17... Qc7 18. Bd4 {and after
the exchange of dark-squared bishops the dark holes in black's camp will
become extremely vulnerable. Nevertheless, this was a better choice for black.}
) 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 $16 {and the weak dark squares, together with the
king´s exposed position, is more than the black position can tolerate.}) 16.
Bxg5 Bxg5 (16... f6 {fails to} 17. Nh4 $1) 17. Nxg5 $1 {All White needs to do
now is ram forward with his f-pawn.} c5 $2 {The decisive error, but the
position is now very difficult.} (17... a5 18. a3 $16) 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. f4 $1
Ra7 (19... Qxc3 20. Rad1 Ra7 21. Nxh7 $1 ({amazingly,} 21. f5 exf5 22. Nxh7 Re7
23. Nf6+ Kf8 24. Qg5 Re5 {is not so clear. For example,} 25. Nf3 Qc5+ 26. Kh1
Qe3) 21... Re7 22. Nf6+ Kd8 23. Qg5 $18) ({Another option that fails is} 19...
h6 20. Ngxe6 Bxe6 21. f5 Bxf5 22. Rae1+ $1 {, with a decisive attack.}) 20. Ne4
$1 {This move ends the game. Once the knight reaches f6 the king is going to
feel a bit claustrophobic.} Qc7 ({The problem with} 20... Qe7 {is} 21. Nc6 {
, which attacks the a7-rook -thus preventing ...Qh4-, which was not the case
one move earlier.} Qc7 22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. Qh6#) 21. Nf6+ Ke7 $6 (21... Kd8 22. f5
Qxc3 23. Rad1 Ne7 24. Qxf7 $18) 22. f5 Qxc3 23. Rad1 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Kxf6 25.
fxe6+ $1 Nf4 (25... Kg7 26. Nf5+) (25... Ke7 26. Nf5+) 26. Qf5+ {1-0 Arizmendi
Martinez,J (2504)-Herraiz Hidalgo,H (2471)/Sant Lluis 2005/CBM 109/[Arizmendi]}
) 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. c4 {It makes sense to open up the game when the opponent's
king is still in the centre. However, it is not easy to evaluate this position:
White has not completed development yet, mostly because of awkward location of
the knight on d2.} (12. Nb3 {deserves attention as well.} Bd7 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14.
Be3 Be7 (14... Bxe3 $2 15. Qxe3 Nxe5 $4 16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxd7+) 15. Rfe1 $14)
12... Bd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nb3 Ne6 $1 {Of course, Black does not exchange one
of his most active pieces.} (14... g4 {is too risky and inconsistent with
Black's opening strategy implemented after 10...h6.} 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nfd4 Ne4
17. f3 $36) 15. Rd1 ({Natural} 15. Bd2 {comes into consideration. If} g4 $5 (
15... a6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nfd4 c5 18. Nxe6 (18. Nf5 Nf4) 18... Bxe6 19. Rac1
Qb6 $13) {, then} 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 $1 17. Nfd4 Qc4 18. Qe3 $1 (18. Qxg4 $6 h5 19.
Qe2 Nxd4 20. Qxc4 Nf3+ $3 21. gxf3 dxc4 $17 {[%cal Yd7h3]}) 18... Nxd4 19. Qxd4
Qxd4 20. Nxd4 $14) 15... a6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Be3 {[%csl Gc5,Gd4][%cal Ya1c1]}
({The alternative} 17. Nfd4 {seems good:} Nxd4 ({Now} 17... c5 {is bad, in
view of} 18. Nf5 Nf4 19. Qc2 $16) 18. Nxd4 c5 (18... O-O {makes the engine
feel happy, but not the human being.} 19. e6 $36) 19. e6 Bc8 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21.
Qf3+ $36) 17... g4 {It is the right time! Otherwise, White would simply take
control over the dark squares.} 18. Nfd4 Qxe5 19. Qxg4 h5 (19... Nxd4 {did not
promise equality:} 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Bxd4 {and White is slightly better thanks
to the domination over the dark squares.}) 20. Qg3 $5 {Giving up on ambitions
to win the game, whereas, after} (20. Qf3 $1 {I haven't found a clear way for
Black to equalise.} Bd6 (20... Rg8 21. Re1 $14) (20... Ng5 $2 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22.
Rac1 $16) 21. g3 O-O (21... h4 $2 22. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Yd1e1]} Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Qf6
24. Re1+ Kf8 25. Ne6+ $1 $18) 22. Re1 $14) 20... Qxg3 21. hxg3 h4 22. gxh4 Rxh4
$11 {The position which has arisen is simply equal: there are not enough
resources for either side to make any progress.} 23. Rac1 Rc8 24. Nf5 Ra4 25.
Nxe7 Kxe7 26. a3 Rb8 27. Nc5 Nxc5 28. Bxc5+ Kd8 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. Bxd4 Rb3 31.
Kf1 Ke7 32. Rc3 Rxc3 33. Bxc3 c5 34. b4 Kd6 35. bxc5+ Kxc5 36. Ke2 Kc4 37. Bb4
d4 38. Kd2 f5 39. f3 Bc8 40. Bd6 a5 41. Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.04.10"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
g5 9. dxc5 Ndxe5 $6 {It seems that this move is too risky, so Black has to
look for other directions to reach equality.} (9... Nxc5 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxc6+
bxc6 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. Qh5 Nd3 14. N2f3 c5 15. Ne2 Nxe5 16. Nxg5 $14 {Lie,
K-Bluvshtein,M/Gausdal 2003}) (9... g4 10. Nd4 Ndxe5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bxc6 bxc6
13. f4 Nd3 14. b4 a5 15. N2b3 Nxc1 16. Qxc1 $36 {Smirin,I-Akobian,V/
Philadelphia 2004}) 10. Nxe5 (10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Re1 Ng6 13. Nb3 g4
14. Nfd4 e5 $132 {Rublevsky,S-Volkov,S/Ohrid 2001}) 10... Nxe5 11. Nb3 {
White doesn't really mind to trade his light-squared bishop since he's got
enough "good" pieces.} (11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. b4 b6 14. c4 dxc4 15.
Nxc4 bxc5 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Qb6 18. Qg3 $36 {Rublevsky,S-Morozevich,A/
Togliatti 2003}) 11... Bd7 (11... Nxd3 12. Qxd3 e5 13. Qe2 f6 14. Qh5+ Kf8 15.
h4 Kg7 16. hxg5 fxg5 17. Re1 Bf6 18. Rxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxg5 Qe8 (19... Bf6 20. Bh6+
Kg8 21. Re1 $18) 20. Bh6+ Kf6 21. Qg5+ Kf7 22. Re1 $18 {Degraeve,J-Pert,N/
Montpellier 2003}) 12. f4 $1 {Opening up the f-file is an important part of
White's plan.} Nxd3 (12... gxf4 $5 13. Bxf4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 f6 (14... Bc6 $6 15.
Nd4 Bxc5 16. Be5 Rf8 17. Bg7 Qd6 18. Qxh7 O-O-O 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Kh1 $16) 15.
Rae1 O-O 16. c4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Kh8 $14) 13. Qxd3 h6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Bd4 {
[%csl Gd4]} Rf8 (15... O-O-O 16. Be5 Bxc5+ 17. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Bd4 Bb5 19. Qe3
Qc6 20. Bxh8 Bxf1 21. Bf6 Ba6 22. Bxd8 Kxd8 23. fxg5 {1-0 Ramesh,R-Bigg,A/Port
Erin 2004/CBM 102 ext (23)}) 16. fxg5 hxg5 17. Rae1 {[%csl Rf7] Black's main
problems are a weakness of the pawn on f7 and passive bishops.} O-O-O $6 (17...
g4 $6 18. Bg7 (18. Qh7 Bb5 19. Be5 (19. Rf2 $6 g3 20. hxg3 Qxg3 21. Bg7 Bd3 $1
$15) 19... Bxc5+ 20. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Bd4 Qd6 22. Rf6 g3 23. h3 O-O-O 24. Rxf7
Bd3 $13) 18... Rg8 19. Qh7 Bxc5+ 20. Kh1 O-O-O 21. Rxf7 $16 {[%cal Gg7e5,Gb3d4]
}) (17... f5 $5) 18. Qh7 $1 Be8 $6 ({It was necessary to activate at least one
of the bishops to keep the pressure:} 18... Bb5 19. Rxf7 (19. Rf2 $6 f6 20.
Rxe6 Rh8 21. Rxe7 Rxh7 22. Rxc7+ Kxc7 23. Bxf6 Re8 $13) 19... Bd3 20. Qg7 Rxf7
21. Qxf7 Bf5 22. Re3 g4 23. Be5 Qd7 $14) 19. Rf2 $16 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gd4g7]
All is set up for Bg7.} a5 20. Be5 Qd7 21. Bg7 a4 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. Qg8 $1 Be7
24. Nd4 Bxc5 $6 (24... Qc7 25. b4 axb3 26. Nxb3 e5 $16) 25. Qxg5 $18 Qc7 26. a3
$5 Bd6 27. g3 Qb6 28. Kg2 Kb8 29. h4 Rc8 30. h5 Bb5 31. Nxb5 Qxb5 32. h6 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Port Barcares"]
[Date "2005.05.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.05.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. O-O
a5 9. Re1 c4 10. Bc2 b5 11. b3 $5 {For some reason this logical plan wasn't
used before. Regardless of what happens next it's useful for white to open the
b-file.} (11. Nf1 Nb6 12. Ng3 (12. h4 Bd7 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Ne7 15. Ng3 h6
16. Bd2 $14 {Bronstein,L-Dolezal,C/Buenos Aires 2003}) (12. N3d2 h5 13. f4 b4
14. Qf3 g6 15. g3 a4 16. a3 bxa3 17. bxa3 Na5 $132 {Navara,D-Kortschnoj,V/
Mallorca 2004}) 12... h5 13. h3 (13. h4 Bxh4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Be3 Kd7 16. Qd2
Qd8 17. Bg5 Qf8 18. Re3 Ne7 19. Rf3 $44 {Smirin,I-Shabalov,A/Vilnius 1988}) (
13. Qd2 b4 14. Qf4 a4 15. a3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Ra5 17. Ne2 Rb5 18. Qg3 g6 19. Ng5
Rg8 20. Nh7 Kd7 21. Qf3 $14 {Bauer,C-Nielsen,P/Germany 2000}) 13... Kd7 14. b3
g6 15. bxc4 Nxc4 16. Nd2 Kc7 17. Rb1 Ba6 18. Qf3 Rh7 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Bd2 $14
{De la Paz,F-Pecorelli Garcia,H/Varadero 2000}) 11... Nb6 12. bxc4 bxc4 (12...
Nxc4 $5 13. Nxc4 bxc4 14. Rb1 Bd7 15. Be3 Rb8 16. Qd2 O-O 17. Ng5 $36) 13. a4
$5 {[%csl Rb6,Rc6] Taking care of the queenside before launching an attack on
the other flank.} Bd7 14. Nf1 Ra7 (14... Qc7) 15. Ng3 h5 16. h4 $5 {[%cal
Gf3g5,Gd1f3] Black can't allow the white knight on g5 so he takes the pawn on
h4.} Bxh4 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. Be3 Qd8 (18... Rb7 19. Rb1 Rb8 20. Qc1 Qd8 21. Bg5
Qc7 22. Bh4 $16 {[%cal Gc1g5,Ge1e3,Ge3f3]}) 19. Nxh5 Qh4 20. g4 $16 {It's
clear that black is in trouble because there is nothing he can do to oppose
White's play on the kingside.} Qh3 {[%csl Gf3]} 21. Rb1 $1 {[%csl Gb1]} (21.
Nxg7+ $5 Kd8 22. Nh5 Rg8 23. g5 Rh8 24. Ng3 Ne7 25. Qf3 $16) 21... Nc8 22. Bd2
$5 {[%cal Ge1e3]} g6 23. Re3 Qh4 24. Nf6+ Kd8 25. Qf3 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 N6e7 $6 ({
It was possible to put up some resistance after} 26... Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qxf3+ 28.
Rxf3 Be8 29. Bg5 N6e7 30. Nxe8 Kxe8 31. Bf6 Rh7 {but I doubt it would have an
influence on the outcome of the game.} 32. Rb5 $16) 27. Nxd7 Rxd7 28. Qxf7 $18
Kc7 29. Rf3 $1 Rdd8 (29... Rh3 30. Ke2 Rxf3 31. Qxf3 $18) 30. Qxe6 Rdf8 31. Rf6
Qh3+ 32. Ke2 Rxf6 33. exf6 Nf5 34. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4096]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7.
Bd3 Be7 8. O-O g5 9. dxc5 (9. b4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxb4 11. Bb1 Nb6 (11... g4 12.
Ne1 h5 13. Nb3 $44) 12. Ne1 Bd7 13. a3 Ba4 14. Qh5 $44 {Acs,P-Galyas,M/
Budapest 1994}) 9... g4 {This move is more accurate than 9...Nd:e5.} (9... Nxc5
10. Bb5 (10. Bc2 g4 11. Nd4 Nxe5 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. f4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qxg4
$13 {Mamedov,N-Markos,J/Chalkidiki 2000}) 10... a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nd4 Qc7
13. Qh5 Nd3 14. N2f3 c5 15. Nxg5 cxd4 $2 (15... Bxg5 16. Bxg5 cxd4 17. Bf6 Rf8
18. cxd4 $13) 16. Qxf7+ Kd8 17. cxd4 Qb6 18. Qf3 $18 {Zakic,S-Drasko,M/JUG-ch
Banja Vrucica 1991}) (9... Ndxe5 10. Nxe5 (10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Re1 Ng6
(12... Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 g4 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Ne5 Bxc5 16. Qxg4 $14) 13. Nb3 $13 {
0-1 Rublevsky,S-Volkov,S/Ohrid MKD 2001/The Week in Chess 344 (40)}) 10... Nxe5
11. Nb3 Bd7 12. f4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 h6 14. Be3 $14 {Hracek,Z-Stellwagen,D/2005})
10. Nd4 Ndxe5 11. Bb5 Bd7 (11... Bxc5 12. f4 Qb6 (12... gxf3 13. N2xf3 Bd7 14.
Bxc6 Nxc6 15. Ng5 $40 {[%csl Rf7] Gerigk,E-Martin,T/Germany 1993/GER-chT2}) 13.
fxe5 Bxd4+ 14. cxd4 Qxb5 15. Qxg4 Bd7 16. Qh4 $16 {Mortensen,E-Jorgensen,M/
Copenhagen 1997}) 12. N2b3 $5 {In his previous game aginst Akopjan Smirin
tried 12.B:c6, but didn't reach much out of the opening , so he switches back
to the main line to look for an improvement.} (12. f4 Nxd4 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 (
13... Qxd7 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. Qxg4 (15. Nb3 f5 16. Be3 (16. Re1 Kf7 17. Qd3 Bf6
18. Bd2 $14) 16... Kf7 17. Nc1 Bf6 18. Nd3 Nxd4 19. Ne5+ Bxe5 20. fxe5 Nc6 21.
Qxg4 h5 22. Qh4 Rag8 $15 {Deepan Chakkravarthy,J-Dinesh Kumar,G/Chennai 2004})
15... Bf6 16. Nf3 Nxd4 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Bd2 h5 19. Qd1 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Nf5 21. Rc1
Qc6 22. b4 d4 $132 {Smirin,I-Radjabov,T/Sarajevo 200}) 14. cxd4 f5 15. Qe2 Kf7
16. Re1 Nf8 17. b4 Qd7 18. Nb3 Bh4 19. g3 Be7 20. a4 $14 {Nouro,M-Masserey,Y/
Aalborg 1991}) (12. b4 h5 13. Re1 Nxd4 (13... Qc7 14. N2b3 a6 15. Bf4 f6 16.
Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qe2 Kf7 18. Na5 Bxc5 19. bxc5 Qxa5 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Qxe5 $16 {
Sebag,M-Langrock,H/playchess.com 2003}) 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Rxe5 Nc6 16. Re1 Bf6
17. b5 Ne5 18. Nb3 Qxb5 19. Nd4 Qxc5 20. Rb1 $44 {Timofeev,A-Bartel,M/
playchess.com INT 2004)}) (12. Qe2 $6 Bxc5 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Qxg4 Qf6 15. Nb3
Bd6 16. f4 O-O-O 17. Be3 Rhg8 18. Qf3 Rg6 19. Rf2 Rdg8 $15 {Murariu,A-Bartel,M/
Balatonlelle 2003}) (12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. f4 Nd3 14. b4 a5 15. N2b3 Nxc1 16. Qxc1
$36 {Smirin,I-Akobian,V/Philadelphia 2004}) 12... Rg8 (12... Nxd4 13. Bxd7+
Qxd7 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. Qxg4 Bf6 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. Bf4 Bxd4 18. Bd6 $16 {Saltaev,
M-Ghane Gardeh,S/Teheran 1998}) (12... h5 13. Re1 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxb5 15. Rxe5
Bd7 16. b4 Bf6 17. Re1 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Emms,J-Lalic,B/Southend 2001/CBM 083 (17)})
13. Re1 (13. Kh1 Nxd4 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. cxd4 Nc4 16. Qd3 O-O-O 17. Nd2 Bg5 18.
Nxc4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Qxd4 $15 {Ricca,R-Faraoni,E/Asti 1996}) 13... Nc4 $6 (13...
Nxd4 {deserved attention:} 14. Nxd4 Bxb5 15. Nxb5 (15. Rxe5 Bd7 16. b4 Bf6 17.
Rh5 Qc7 18. Rxh7 Qe5 $132 {[%cal Ge5e4]}) 15... Qd7 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. cxd6 f6
18. Bf4 Qxd6 19. Qd4 $14 {and Black should hold the endgame, even though White
keeps the better chances.}) 14. Bf4 Nxd4 (14... Nxb2 $2 15. Qc2 Nc4 16. Qxh7
Rf8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Bh6 $18) 15. Nxd4 Rc8 $2 {Taking the pawn on c5 is very
dangerous, but it was the better choice, comparing to the move which was
played in the game.} (15... Bxc5 16. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 17. Qxd5 Bxf2+ 18. Kh1 $1 (
18. Kxf2 $2 Qb6+ $17) 18... Kf7 19. Qh5+ Rg6 20. Rf1 (20. Qxh7+ Rg7 21. Qh5+
Kg8 22. Bxc4 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 Qf6 $132) 20... Qh4 21. Qxh4 Bxh4 22. Bxc4 Ke7 23.
Rad1 $36) 16. b3 $1 {Trapping the knight on a3 for quite a while.} (16. c6 $6
bxc6 17. Ba6 c5 18. Bxc8 Qxc8 19. Ne2 Rg6 20. b3 Nd6 $14) 16... Na3 (16... Na5
17. Bf1 Bxc5 18. b4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Nc6 20. Qxd5 $18) 17. Bd3 {[%csl Ra3]} Rxc5
18. Bxh7 Rg7 19. Bd3 Rxc3 20. Be5 $1 $40 Bf6 21. Qd2 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Qc7 23. Rh5
Rg8 24. Rh7 e5 (24... b5 25. Re1 b4 26. Nf5) 25. Nf5 $2 {This allows Black to
escape. Much better was} (25. Re1 $1 $16 {with very strong attack.}) 25... e4
$2 {Black refuses to take his chance.} (25... Bxf5 26. Bxf5 Nc2 $1 27. Rf1 (27.
Rc1 Nd4 28. Rxc3 Qxc3 $19) 27... Nd4 28. Bd3 Rc6 $15 {[%cal Ge8c8]}) 26. Qg5 $3
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Qb6 (6... Nc6) (6...
b5 $5) 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nc3 Nc6 {The arising position
usually comes up from variation which starts with 3.Nd2,but in the modern
chess it's quiet often occasion that after completly different move order or
even from completly different openings may arise similiar positions!} 11. Bd3
Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 {Till now both sides didn't have much choise:all the
moves are very logical without reasonable alternatives;but from now on almost
on each move both players have the the possibility to deviate from the main
line and sometimes these possibilities deserve serious attention.} a6 ({
Of course not} 13... e5 $6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 (15. Be3 $5 Qc7 16. Nxe5 Bxe5
17. h3 d4 $2 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. Bxd4 $16 {Lampe,J-Idessis,D/DLM 1994 (26)}) 15...
Bxe5 16. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 17. Qh5 Bxh2+ 18. Qxh2 $14 {and white is clearly better;
Rott,G-Busse,K/Dortmund op 1990 (29)}) (13... Kh8 $5 14. Be3 (14. Bc2 Bd7 15.
Re1 Rae8 16. Bg5 a6 17. Qd3 $14 {Beshukov,S-Akhundov,R/Voroshilovgrad op 1989 
(44)}) 14... a6 (14... Qd8 15. Rc1 (15. h3 a6 16. Rc1 Bc7 17. Bb1 Qd6 18. Qd3
g6 19. Rfe1 Nh5 $132 {Dabetic,R-Radonjanin,V/JUG-chT 1994 (45)}) 15... e5 16.
dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 Bf4 20. Rb1 Qd6 21. Bg3 $14 {
Zapata,A-Ostos,J/Merida op 1992 (47)}) 15. h3 (15. Rc1 Qc7 16. h3 Qf7 17. Ng5
Qe7 18. f4 Bd7 19. Na4 $5 $14 {Tseitlin,M-Schulz,M/Berlin Summer op 1992 (36)})
15... Bb8 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Rc1 e5 $2 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxd5 $1 $16 {Van Wely,
L-Tober,G/Vienna op 1991 (27)}) 14. Be3 (14. Bg5 {[%cal Gg5h4,Gh4g3]} Qc7 (
14... Kh8 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Rc1 Qf7 17. h3 Qh5 18. Be3 $14 {Sorsak,J-Hagara,E/
SVK-chJ U18 1994 (24)}) 15. Bh4 Nh5 16. Rc1 g6 17. Na4 Qg7 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Bxa6
$5 Nxd4 $1 20. Nxd4 bxa6 21. Nxc8 Rfxc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Re1 $1 $14 {
Stillger,B-Gross,R/NRW-I 1990 (34)}) 14... Qc7 (14... Bd7 $5 15. b4 Qc7 16. Qc2
h6 17. h3 Rac8 18. Rac1 Be8 19. Qb3 Qe7 $13 {Daillet,E-Roos,L/FRA-ch 1990 (38)}
) 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. h3 Be8 17. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Gf2f4]} ({Nothing promises} 17. Qc2
h6 18. Nb1 $6 Nh5 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Nh4 $5 Nf4 21. Ng6+ Bxg6 22. Bxg6 Qe7 $15 {
and black seized the initiative;Sellos,D-Roos,L/FRA-chT 1989 (51)}) 17... Qe7
18. f4 {That's the idea of Ng5.} (18. Qc2 $6 h6 19. Nh7 Nxh7 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21.
Rfe1 Qh4 $13) 18... h6 19. Nf3 Nh5 $1 {[%cal Gh5g3,Gg3f5] Very simple and
effective way to equalize.} 20. Ne5 Ng3 21. Re1 (21. Rf2 Nf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23.
Qd3 {[%cal Gc3d5]} Rf8 24. Rcf1 Rd8 $13) 21... Bxe5 22. fxe5 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. Nf4 Nxd4 10. Qh5+ Ke7 11. exf6+ Nxf6 12. Ng6+ hxg6 13. Qxh8 Kf7 14. Qh4
e5 15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Bg5 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 g6 20. Qh8 $5
{The great double edged line in French Defence is played quite often. For the
sacrificed exchange Black gets strong central pawns and promising compensation
in the form of good piece coordination. White's chances are tied to a
transition to the rook versus bishop ending and the exploitation of the open
c-file.} ({The immediate exchange on f6 simplifies the defender's task. With
the help of bishop support the d-pawn can hope to become quite strong.} 20.
Bxf6 Qa6+ 21. Kg2 Qxf6 22. Qa4 (22. Qxf6+ Kxf6 23. Rac1 Bd6 24. Rhd1 Ke6 25.
Rc3 g5 26. Rdc1 Kd7 27. Rb3 b6 28. Rd3 d4 $15 {0-1 Van der Wiel,J (2555)
-Timman,J (2645)/Brussels 1986 (55)}) 22... Qc6 23. Qb3 Bc5 {Black's bishop
can find a good spot on h6 as well, but on c5 it is fighting against White's
ambition to exploit the c-file.} (23... Bh6 24. Rhd1 (24. Rad1 Rd8 25. Rd3 Kf6
26. Rc3 Qd7 27. Qc2 d4 28. Rc7 Qd5 29. Rd1 (29. Rh7 Bg7 30. h4 Qg8 31. Qc7 Re8
32. Rc1 Qxh7 33. Qd6+ {1/2-1/2 Miroshnichenko,E (2528)-Firman,N (2485)/Alushta
2002 (36)}) 29... Bf4 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Qxc8 Kg7 32. Qc7+ Kh6 33. Qb8 Kg7 34.
Qxa7 d3 $11 {0-1 Ni Hua (2621)-Wang Hao (2622)/Singapore 2006 (43)}) 24... Rd8
25. Rd3 Kf6 (25... Rd6 26. Rad1 Ke6 27. Rc3 Qb6 28. Qa4 Rc6 29. Qh4 Rxc3 30.
bxc3 Bg7 31. Qg5 Kf7 32. Rxd5 {1-0 Yandemirov,V (2500)-Vysochin,S (2500)/Minsk
1997}) 26. Rc3 Qd7 27. Rc5 b6 28. Rb5 d4 29. a4 Bf8 30. a5 Bc5 31. axb6 axb6
32. Ra6 $14 {1-0 Belov,V (2458)-Kosyrev,V (2558)/St Petersburg 2001 (39)
White's advantage is marginal.}) 24. Rhc1 (24. Rac1 b6 25. Rhe1 Kf6 {1/2-1/2
Brodsky,M (2528)-Gleizerov,E (2587)/Port Erin 2001}) 24... b6 25. Qc2 Qd6 (
25... Qe6 $5 $15) 26. a3 a5 27. b4 Bd4 28. Qc7+ Qxc7 29. Rxc7+ Kf6 30. Rac1 Kg5
$2 (30... axb4 $1 31. h4 e4 32. f4 Bc3 33. axb4 d4 $14) 31. Rc8 Rxc8 32. Rxc8
$16 {1-0 Tissir,M (2463)-Ghane Gardeh,S (2408)/Al Ain 2008 (50)}) 20... Qa6+ {
With this check Black is saving a tempo for the mobilization of his forces.
Otherwise White can hope to force the desired endgame of rook against bishop.}
(20... Qd8 21. Rc1 Bd6 22. Qh4 (22. Qxf6+ Qxf6 23. Bxf6 Kxf6 24. Rd1 d4 25. f4
e4 26. Rxd4 Bxf4 27. Rc4 Be5 $11 {1-0 Muhren,B (2334)-Bitalzadeh,A (2390)/
Hengelo 2007 (47)}) 22... Qh8 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qh7+ Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rd1
d4 27. f4 e4 28. Rxd4 Bxf4 29. Rd7+ Kf6 30. Rxb7 $16 {1-0 Wang Hao (2619)
-Ganguly,S (2571)/Moscow 2007 (43) Black's survival chances are pretty dismal.}
) (20... Nd7 21. Rc1 (21. h4 Qa6+ 22. Kg2 Re8 23. Qh7+ Bg7 24. h5 Nf8 25. hxg6+
Qxg6 $11) 21... Re8 22. Qh7+ Bg7 23. Bh6 Rg8 24. Bxg7 Rxg7 25. Qh4 Nc5 26. b4
Qb5+ 27. Kg2 Ne6 28. Rhe1 d4 $11 {0-1 Schneider,V (2238)-Khantuev,A (2333)/
Budapest 2007 (44)}) (20... Qb6 21. Rc1 Re8 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qh7+ Qg7 24. Rc7+
Re7 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26. Qh4+ (26. Qxg7+ Bxg7 27. Rg1 Kf7 28. Ke2 $14) 26... g5
27. Qh5 Qh6 28. Qxh6 Bxh6 29. h4 Ke6 {1/2-1/2 Wang Hao (2624)-Berg,E (2581)/
Taby 2007 (38)} 30. h5 $5 $16 {would have put Black into a difficult position.}
) 21. Kg2 Re8 (21... Qd6 22. Rac1 Nh5 23. Rc2 Re8 24. Rhc1 e4 25. Rc7+ Ke6 26.
Qh7 Ke5 27. Rd7 exf3+ 28. Kxf3 Qb4 29. Rxd5+ Kxd5 30. Qd7+ Bd6 31. Rd1+ Kc4 32.
b3+ {1-0 Schneider,M (2115)-Kurmann,O (2331)/Lenzerheide 2006}) 22. Rac1 Be7
23. Qh6 Qd6 {Volkov has achieved a compact position with fine coordination of
his pieces and control of the c7-square. The challenge is not over as White
can double the rooks on the c-file.} 24. Rc2 (24. Rhd1 d4 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Qe3
Re7 27. Qb3+ Qe6 28. Rc4 Bg5 29. Qc2 Qd6 30. Rc5 Bf4 31. h3 Kg7 $11 {1-0
Yandemirov,V (2481)-Iljushin,A (2530)/Ishevsk 2005 (51)}) 24... Bf8 25. Qh4 Bg7
$2 {The real reason behind Black's loss is this natural move. The best
solution lay in the knight move to h5 with sufficient counterplay.} (25... Nh5
$5 26. Qa4 Be7 27. Bd2 e4 $11) 26. Rhc1 Re7 (26... Nh5 27. Rc7+ Kg8 28. Rxb7 e4
29. Qh3 Bf6 30. Bd2 $16) 27. Bxf6 (27. Qa4 d4 (27... a6 28. Qa5 Rd7 29. Rc7 Ne8
30. Rxd7+ Qxd7 31. Qb6 $16) 28. Rc8 Rd7 29. Qxa7 e4 30. Qa3 Qxa3 31. bxa3 Nd5
32. fxe4 fxe4 33. Rd8 Rxd8 34. Bxd8 Ke6 35. Ba5 $16) 27... Bxf6 (27... Qxf6 28.
Qxf6+ Bxf6 29. Rc7 $16) 28. Qh7+ Bg7 29. Rc8 $6 {The position is quite complex
and Rublevsky misses the chance to create serious problems with the advance of
his h-pawn.} (29. h4 $1 e4 30. h5 $16) 29... e4 30. Rg8 (30. h4 Kf6 31. h5 gxh5
32. Qxh5 Qf4 $14) 30... Qf6 $2 {[%mdl 256] The defender is trying to combine
protection with an attack, but the idea is doomed to fail. Much better was to
advance the king to f6 and save the full potential of the queen for
counterattack.} (30... exf3+ 31. Kxf3 Qf6 32. Rcc8 $16) (30... Kf6 $1 31. Qh4+
g5 32. Qg3 Qf4 $14) 31. Rcc8 $6 {Rublevsky is tragically attracted to the c8
-square, which makes him blind to the decisive pawn advance.} (31. f4 $1 Ke6
32. Rcc8 Qf7 (32... d4 33. Rce8 Rxe8 34. Rxe8+ Kd5 35. Rg8 $18) 33. Rcd8 Bxb2
34. Qh3 Bf6 35. Qe3 $18) 31... exf3+ $2 {The final mistake in the sequence
will be costly for Black, he could have rectified his mistake by relocating
queen and king.} (31... Qg5+ $1 32. Kf1 Kf6 $14) 32. Kxf3 Qd4 (32... Ke6 33.
Rce8 Rxe8 34. Rxe8+ Kd6 35. Qg8 Qd4 36. Re6+ Kc5 37. Qc8+ $18) 33. Rcf8+ Ke6
34. Qxg6+ Bf6 (34... Kd7 $2 35. Rd8+ Kc7 36. Rc8+ Kd7 37. Rgd8#) 35. h3 {
The white king will now hide away from Black's checks and the insecure
position of Volkov's king will decide.} Qe4+ 36. Kg3 Qe5+ 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Kh2
Qe5+ 39. Qg3 Qxb2 (39... f4 $2 40. Qg4+ Kd6 41. Rxf6+ Qxf6 42. Rg6 $18) (39...
Qxg3+ 40. fxg3 Bxb2 41. Re8 $18) 40. Rg6 Rf7 41. Re8+ $2 {Nearly certainly a
consequence of time trouble, as without stress both players would have
recognized the logical final touch of the game in the check on e3.} (41. Qe3+
$1 Qe5+ 42. Qxe5+ Kxe5 43. Rxf7 $18) 41... Kd7 (41... Re7 42. Rxe7+ Kxe7 43.
Qc7+ Ke6 44. Kg2 Qe5 45. Qxe5+ Kxe5 46. f4+ Ke6 47. h4 b5 48. h5 $18) 42. Qe3 (
42. Re3 $1 Qxa2 43. Rc3 $18) 42... Be7 {The defender has little chance of
survival in this sort of position. It was time to complicate White's task with
the exchange of queens.} (42... Qb6 $1 43. Qxb6 axb6 44. Re1 $16) 43. Ra8 Bd6+
(43... Rf6 44. Rxf6 Qxf6 45. Rxa7 $16) 44. Kg2 Re7 45. Qd3 Qe5 (45... Re5 46.
Rg7+ Be7 47. Rxa7 $18) 46. Qb5+ {White is now winning by force, the game is
over.} Kc7 47. Qa5+ b6 (47... Kd7 48. Rd8+ Kc6 49. Rc8+ Kd7 50. Qd8#) 48. Qxa7+
Kc6 49. Rc8+ Kb5 50. a4+ Kb4 51. Qxb6+ (51. Qxb6+ Ka3 52. Rg3+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 04th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2003.04.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3
Nc6 8. O-O a5 9. Re1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Nb1 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Nc3 Qb6
14. Qg4 Kf8 15. Nb5 Nc5 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Nd6 $146 {Rublevsky is investing the
second pawn in order to get a chance of penetrating on the weak dark squares.}
Bxd6 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Qg3 Qc6 $8 (19... Qxg3 20. Bxc5+ $18) (19... e5 20. Qxe5
$1 Qxe5 21. Bxc5+ $18) 20. Rac1 b6 21. Rc3 h5 $2 {Very illogical idea that
weakens the whole complex of kingside squares. Lputian was obviously somewhat
nervous about the modest location of his rook on h8.} (21... f6 22. Rec1 e5 23.
Bxc5+ bxc5 24. Rxc5 Qd6 $13) 22. h4 Rc8 (22... f6 23. Rec1 e5 24. Bxc5+ bxc5
25. Rxc5 Qd6 $13) 23. Bd4 f6 24. Bg6 Re8 (24... e5 25. Rxe5 $3 fxe5 26. Bxe5
Kg8 (26... Be6 27. Qg5 d4 28. Bxg7+ $18) (26... Qe6 27. Rf3+ Kg8 28. Bf7+ $18)
(26... Ke7 27. Qg5+ Ke6 28. Bf4 $18) 27. Bf7+ Kxf7 28. Qxg7+ Ke8 29. Qxh8+ Ke7
30. Qg7+ Kd8 31. Qg5+ Ke8 32. Qxh5+ Ke7 33. Qg5+ Ke8 34. Rf3 $18) 25. Rf3 (25.
Bxe8 $5 Bxe8 26. Rec1 Ne4 27. Rxc6 Nxg3 28. Rxe6 $18) 25... Ke7 (25... Ne4 $1
26. Qf4 (26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Rc3 Qd5 28. Bxb6 Kf7 $11) 26... e5 27. Bxe5 Re6 28.
Bd4 Qd6 $11) 26. Rxf6 $5 {The game was awarded a beauty prize, I have some
problems to comment on the last moves due to the dubious qualities of the 25.
Rf3 move as opposed to 25.Bxe8!? possibility.} (26. Bxe8 Rxe8 27. Qxg7+ Kd8 28.
Qxf6+ $18) (26. Rxf6 $5 gxf6 (26... Ref8 27. Rxf8 Rxf8 28. Bxg7 Rg8 29. Qg5+
Kd6 30. Be5#) 27. Bxf6+ Kf8 (27... Kxf6 28. Qg5+ Kg7 29. Bxh5+ Kf8 30. Qf6+ Kg8
31. Qf7#) 28. Bf7 $1 Kxf7 29. Qg7#) 1-0

[Event "POL-ch37"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sznapik, Aleksander"]
[Black "Przewoznik, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1980.02.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. O-O Be7 $6 (9... g6 $6 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Bg5 Qc8 12. Qd2 h6 13. Be3 Qb7
14. h4 $16 {-/+>> ECO} (14. Ne1 Nab8 15. f4 Nc6 16. b3 Ne7 17. Nd3 Rc8 18. Rf3
h5 19. Bf2 Nf5 $13 {Ragozin,V-Botvinnik,M/Leningrad m/1940/1/2-1/2/33/})) (9...
Nc7 $5 {Botvinnik} 10. f4 $6 (10. Ng3 Be7 11. Nf3 h5 12. Ne1 (12. Be3 $142 $14
{Botvinnik}) 12... g6 13. Nd3 Qc8 14. Be3 c4 15. Nf4 b5 16. Nh3 Qd8 $1 17. Qd2
a5 $13 {Tolush,A-Botvinnik,M/URS-ch Moscow/1952/1/2-1/2/40/}) 10... f5 $1 11.
exf6 Nxf6 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Ng3 O-O 14. Ne5 cxd4 $1 15. cxd4 Ne4 $1 $132 {
<->e4 /Kan,I-Botvinnik,M/Nikolina Gora/1952/0:1/40/}) (9... b5 $5 $14 {Short})
10. Nf4 (10. Ng3 O-O 11. Qg4 f5 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Nh5 Rg6 14. Qe2 Nc7 15. Nf3
Bd6 16. g3 $16 {Kotov,A-Keres,P/URS-ch Moscow/1948/1:0/41/}) (10. f4 f5 $1 (
10... O-O 11. f5 $1 $16 {~/=}) 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Be3 Nc7 14. Qd3
Qc8 15. Ng3 Qa6 16. Qd2 Rae8 17. a4 Qb7 18. b4 a5 19. b5 Be7 20. Qd3 Rf7 21.
Rae1 Ref8 22. Bd2 Bf6 23. f5 $36 {Botvinnik,M-Petrov,V/URS-ch Moscow/1:0/37/})
10... Rc8 $6 (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 g6 (11... Nb4 12. Qg4 g6 13. Nf3 b5 14. Bd2
$14) 12. Nf3 Nb4 13. a3 Nc6 $14) (10... O-O 11. Qg4 Nc7 12. Re1 cxd4 13. cxd4
Re8 14. Nf3 $14) (10... Nc7 11. Qg4 (11. Nf3 O-O 12. Re1 $14) (11. Re1 c4 $5 (
11... O-O 12. Nf1 $14)) 11... g6 12. Re1 Nb8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. c4 $14 {
Razuvaev,Y-Bagirov,V/URS-FL Tbilisi/1973/1:0/28/}) (10... b5 $5 $14 {Short})
11. Qh5 Rc6 12. Nf3 Nc7 13. Qg4 g6 14. h4 h5 15. Qg3 Kf8 16. Nh3 Ne8 17. Bg5
$16 {-/+>> ECO} Ng7 18. Qf4 Nf5 19. Rad1 c4 $6 (19... cxd4 $5 20. cxd4 Kg7 21.
Rc1 Nb8 $14 {|^<->d4}) 20. Ne1 Kg7 21. g3 b5 22. Ng2 a5 23. f3 Bxg5 24. Nxg5
Qe7 25. g4 hxg4 $6 (25... Nh6 $5 26. gxh5 gxh5 (26... Nf5 $5 27. hxg6 fxg6 $16)
27. Ne3 Nf8 $16) 26. fxg4 Nh6 27. Rde1 Nf8 28. Qg3 Nh7 29. Nxh7 Kxh7 30. Nf4 b4
31. Nh3 Rb8 32. Ng5+ Kg7 33. Rf6 bxc3 34. bxc3 Rcb6 35. h5 $18 {~/=} R8b7 36.
hxg6 fxg6 37. Ref1 Qe8 38. Qf4 Rb8 39. Nf7 Ng8 40. Qg5 Nxf6 41. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.02.09"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Dirr, Ulrich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[Annotator "Gallagher/Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Plauen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 h6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Ng3 O-O 13. Bc2 Rf7 $5 {Nearly
everbody plays Rd8 but the position seems quite good for White:} (13... Rd8 14.
Re1 Nf8 15. Ne5 $1 Qh4 {/Bd7} (15... Nxe5 $4 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nh5) (15... Bxe5
$6 16. dxe5 Qh4 17. Nh5 $1 Rd7 (17... Bd7 18. Re3 {mit Angriff;} {Plan} Be8 19.
Nxg7 $1) (17... Qd4 $5 18. Bd2 {oder 18.Qe2 jeweils mit Initiative}) 18. Re3 (
18. Nf4 $5) 18... Rf7 19. f4 Qd8 (19... Qe7 $5) 20. Rg3 Ne7 $4 (20... Kh8 21.
Be3 $16) 21. Nf6+ {- 1:0, Tiviakov - Hertneck, EU-chT 2001, Tiviakov/CBM -} {
21...} Kh8 22. Qh5) 16. f4 $14) 14. Be3 $6 {This is a rather passive, early
Sunday morning move.} ({After} 14. Re1 {the Ne5 plan is obviously no longer
possible as Pf2 will be en prise. Perhaps the key test of 13...Rf7 is}) (14.
Nh5 $5 {, z.B.:} Qe7 (14... Qd8 15. Bg6 Re7 16. Bf4 $14) 15. Re1 (15. Bg6 Rf8 (
15... Rxf3 $6 16. Qxf3 Nf8 17. Bd3 Nxd4 18. Qd1 e5 19. Ng3) 16. Re1 Nb6 {
unklar, Plan Bd7(-e8), z.B.} 17. Bc2 Qf7 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. a3 (19. Qd3 g5 {
mit den Ideen g4, Nb4}) 19... Rae8 20. Qd3 g5 $15) 15... Nf8 (15... Rxf3 16.
gxf3 Qh4 17. f4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxh5 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. Qg3 $14) 16. Ng3 Qf6 17. Be3
e5 $5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxd5 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 Be6 22. Be4 $14 {(}
Be5 23. Re2 g5 {- verhindert f4 -} 24. Rae1 $5 Bxa2 $6 25. Nf5 {)}) 14... Nf8 (
14... e5 $6 15. Bb3 $5 (15. dxe5)) 15. a3 ({I thought about} 15. Qd2 Bd7 16.
Nh5 Qe7 17. Bxh6 {(?) but decided I might not be able to get away with a
sacrifice on h6 every round. Both 17...gxh6 and 17...Rxf3 look good for Black.}
) 15... Bd7 16. Qd2 Be8 {To be honest I thought my opponent was going to play
e5 at some point and so it was only now that I realised his true intentions. I
don't play this line very often but was attracted during my preparation by the
nice looking position White gets after 13...Rd8.} (16... e5 $6 17. Nh5 Qe7 18.
dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 (19... Bxe5 20. Qxd5) 20. Ng3) (16... Re8 17. Rae1 $14)
17. Rac1 (17. Nh5 Qd8 18. Bf4 $14 {kam auch in Betracht:} Bxf4 19. Nxf4 g5 20.
Ne2) 17... Rc7 18. Ne1 {Solid plan to play f4. More enterprising was} (18. Ne5
$5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 Bd6 (20... Bxb2 21. Bh7+ Nxh7 22. Rxc7 b6 (22...
Bc6 $2 23. Ne2 $1 {- Plan Nd4 -} Nf8 $2 24. Rb1 Ba1 25. Nd4 $18) 23. Qb4 $5 Qd8
24. Rc2 Bf6 25. Bd4 $14) 21. Ne4 Qe7 (21... dxe4 22. Qxd6 Rd7 23. Qb4 $44) 22.
Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Bd4 {mit guter Kompensation für den Bauern}) 18... Rac8 19. f4
Ne7 20. Nf3 Bg6 21. Bb3 (21. Bxg6 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Qxg6 24. Ne5
Bxe5 25. dxe5 b6 26. Ne2 Qd3 27. Qd2 $11) (21. Ba4 $5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23.
Qxc1 Nf5 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Ne5 $14 (25. Qc8 $2 Be4 $1)) 21... Rxc1 (21... Nf5
22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Ne5 a6 25. Rc1 Qd8 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 $11) 22. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Nf5 24. Ne5 $5 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Be4 26. Qc8 {[#]} Qe7 $6 ({Dem
Ausgleich näher kam hingegen} 26... Bxe5 27. dxe5 Qg6 {, z.B.} 28. Bf2 $5 (28.
Kf2 Qh5 29. Bc2 (29. Bc5 $2 Qh1 30. Qxf8+ Kh7 31. Ba4 Qxg2+ 32. Ke1 Qxb2) 29...
Bxc2 30. Qxc2 a6 $14 {/=}) (28. Bc5 $4 Qxg3) 28... Qh5 29. Qc1 $5 (29. Qxb7 Qe2
30. Qxa7 (30. Qb4 Qxb2) 30... Bd3 {(Drohung 31...Qf1+ 32. Kh2 Be4-+)} 31. Kh2
Be4 (31... Qh5+ $11) 32. Kg1 Bd3 $11) 29... Qe2 $14 {/=}) 27. Ba4 $6 {
Completely overlooking his reply. I was hoping to get a slightly better
endgame with my bishop on e8 or c8.} (27. Bd1 Qc7 28. Qxc7 Bxc7 29. g4 Ng6 {
Plan Nxe5+/=/=}) 27... Bxa3 $1 ({Vergleichsweise schwach wäre dagegen} 27...
Qc7 $2 {, z.B.} 28. Bd7 Qxc8 (28... Bxe5 $4 29. Bxe6+ Kh7 30. Qxf8 Qc2 31. Bg8+
Kg6 32. Qe8+ Kf6 33. Qe6#) (28... Bf5 29. Qxc7 Bxc7 30. Be8 $14 {/Bc8+/=}) (
28... Kh7 29. Qxc7 Bxc7 30. Bc8 $14) 29. Bxc8 b6 30. g4 $14) 28. Nd7 $2 {[#]} (
{Die Annahme des Scheinopfers war erzwungen, und nach} 28. bxa3 Qxa3 29. Nd7
Qxe3+ 30. Kh2 {scheint Weiß bei den komplizierten Verwicklungen gerade noch
mit einem blauen Auge davonzukommen: [#] Analyse} Qa3 (30... Qf2 $2 31. Qxf8+
Kh7 32. Nf6+ $11 gxf6 (32... Kg6 $4) 33. Qf7+ {, Dauerschach}) 31. Qd8 $1 {
mit Kompensation:} (31. Nxf8 $2 Qxf8 32. Qxe6+ (32. Qxb7 Qf7 $17 (32... a5 $17)
) 32... Kh7 $1 (32... Qf7 $2 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Bd7 Qh5+ 35. Bh3 (35. Kg1 $2 Qd1+
36. Kh2 Qc2 $1 $19) 35... b5 {/b6} 36. Qb7 $15) 33. Bb3 Qd8 $1 34. Qf7 a6 35.
Qxb7 (35. f5 Qf6 $19) 35... Qa5 {Plan Qd2-+}) 31... Qb4 (31... Qd6 $4 32. Nf6+)
(31... Qxa4 $2 32. Qxf8+ (32. Nxf8 Qc2 33. Nd7+ Kh7 34. Nf8+ $11) 32... Kh7 33.
Qe8 Qc2 34. Nf8+ $11) 32. Bd1 $1 a6 (32... Bf5 33. Bh5 g6 34. Ne5 $1 (34. Qe8
$2 Qd6 35. Ne5 Qc7 $17) (34. Bf3 {Plan Ne5=}) 34... gxh5 35. Qe8 Bg6 36. Nxg6
Kg7 37. Ne5 $11) (32... Bg6 33. Bg4 Bf7 (33... Bf5 34. Bh5 {wie gehabt}) 34.
Ne5 a6 35. Qc7 Be8 36. Qd8 Qa4 37. Qe7 $11) 33. Bh5 g6 34. Be2 {Plan Ne5, Qf6=}
(34. Bg4 Bf5 35. Ne5 Bxg4 36. Qf6 $11)) 28... Qb4 $2 ({Schwarz verpaßt die
einmalige Chance zum Vorteil, nämlich} 28... Bxb2 $1 {[#] Analyse} 29. Nxf8 (
29. Qxb7 $2 Qa3 $1 $19) (29. Nc5 $2 b6 30. Nd7 (30. Nxe4 $2 Qa3 $1 $19) 30...
e5 31. dxe5 {/fxe5} (31. Nxe5 $2 Qa3 $1 $19) 31... Bf5 32. Qxf8+ Qxf8 33. Nxf8
Kxf8 $19) (29. Kh2 b6 30. Qb8 {/Qa8} Bc3 $17) 29... Qxf8 30. Qxe6+ Kh7 (30...
Qf7 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Bd7 g6 $1 {Plan Bf5-/+}) 31. Bb3 (31. Be8 $2 Qf6 $19)
31... Qd8 32. Qf7 Qd6 $17 33. Qxb7 (33. g4 Qc6 $1 (33... Qb4 $2 34. Bxd5) {Plan
} 34. f5 Bc1 $1 35. Qg6+ Kg8 36. Bxc1 Qxc1+ 37. Kh2 Qc7+ 38. Kg1 Qe7) 33... Qb6
(33... Qa3) 34. Qxb6 axb6) 29. bxa3 Qe1+ {Gibt dem Vorposten auf e4 die
Verstärkung (Druck auf Punkt g2) so, daß der Großmeister sich ins Remis durch
Dauerschach retten muß.} 30. Kh2 Qe2 {[#]} 31. Qxf8+ Kh7 32. Nf6+ gxf6 33. Qf7+
Kh8 34. Qf8+ Kh7 35. Qf7+ (35. Qe7+ Kh8 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Qc7+ Kh8 (37... Kg6
38. Be8+ Kf5 39. Qh7+ Kg4 40. Qg8+ Kf5 41. g4+) 38. Qb8+ Kh7 39. Qxb7+ Kh8 40.
Qa8+ Kh7 41. Qxa7+ Kh8 42. Qb8+ Kh7 43. Qc7+ Kh8 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Qe7+ Kh8 46.
Qxf6+ Kh7 $11) 35... Kh8 36. Qxf6+ Kh7 37. Qe7+ Kh8 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qd7+ Kh8
40. Qc8+ Kg7 41. Qd7+ (41. Qxb7+ Kf6) 41... Kh8 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qf7+ Kh8 44.
Qf8+ {- eine interessante Kampfpartie} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Daniliuk, Sergey"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Giese"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. O-O g6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Qa4 Qb7 12. c4 dxc4 13. Qxc4 b5 14. Qc3 Bg7 15.
Be3 Rc8 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Ng3 Nb6 18. dxc5 Nd5 19. Qd2 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Nxc5 21.
Rd4 Qe7 22. Rad1 Rc7 23. h4 Na4 24. Qe2 a6 25. Ne4 Nb6 26. Rd6 Nc4 $1 {[%csl
Re5]} 27. Rxa6 Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Qxb5 {[%csl Re5]} Bh2+ $1 {[%csl Rh4]}
30. Kxh2 (30. Kh1 Qxh4 {[%csl Re4]} 31. Qg5 $5 Qxe4 32. Kxh2 Qe2 $132) (30. Kf1
Qxh4 $132 {[%csl Re4]}) 30... Qxh4+ 31. Kg1 Qxe4 $132 32. Ra4 Qc2 33. Rad4 Rc5
34. Qb4 Rfc8 35. g3 e5 36. R4d2 Qf5 37. a4 Kg7 38. a5 Rc4 39. Qa3 Qe4 40. b3
Rc3 41. a6 h5 42. Rd8 Rxg3+ 43. fxg3 Qe3+ 44. Kh1 Qf3+ 45. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Black "Bruk, Ofer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 768]} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7.
Ngf3 {This opening line is developed by GM Mark Tseitlin, and it's very
popular in Israel as white against French Defense; White is ready to sacrifice
a pawn after 7...Qb6 8.0-0 getting long term compensation there;} Be7 8. O-O g5
{'!?' Knaak.} 9. dxc5 {Almost forced in view of g5-g4 threat;} (9. h3 h5 $13) (
9. Bb5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ndxe5 11. Qh5 $44 {Gipslis-Ulybin/URS/1988}) 9... Bxc5 {
9...g4 is very rare move;} (9... g4 $5 10. Nd4 Ncxe5 (10... Ndxe5 11. Bb5 Bd7
12. f4 (12. N2b3 $5) 12... Nxd4 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. cxd4 f5 15. Qe2 Kf7 16. Re1
Nf8 17. b4 Qd7 18. Nb3 $14 {1-0 Nouro,M-Masserey,Y/Aalborg 1991/EXT 2000 (35)})
11. Bb5 Bxc5 12. f4 Nc6 13. N2b3 Bb6 (13... Qb6 14. Bxc6 (14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15.
Bxc6 (15. Be3 Rg8 $13) 15... bxc6 16. Qxg4 Ba6 17. Re1 O-O-O $13) 14... bxc6
15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Qxg4 Ba6 17. Re1 O-O-O $13) 14. Kh1 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 a6 16. Ba4
$44 Qh4 {0-1 Vogt,L-Paehtz,T/Glauchau 1987/EXT 2003 (27)}) (9... Nxc5 10. Bb5 (
10. Bc2 g4 11. Nd4 Nxe5 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. b4 Ncd7 14. f4 Nc6 15. N2b3 h5 16. Be3
$44 {1-0 Degraeve,J-Renet,O/Montpellier 1993/EXT 97 (35)}) 10... Bd7 (10... a6
11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. b4 (12. Nd4 $5 Bb7 13. Qh5 {/\ b4, N2f3+/- Rachels}) 12...
Nd7 13. Nb3 g4 (13... Rg8 14. Nfd4 Nxe5 15. Qh5 Bf6 16. f4 gxf4 17. Bxf4 $44 {
1-0 Smagin,S-Jacimovic,D/Prilep 1992/EXT 2002 (45)}) 14. Nfd4 Nxe5 15. Bf4 $16
Qc7 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxc6 Qf4 {1-0 Smirin,I-Poldauf,D/Groningen 1990/CBM 22/
[Knaak] (28)}) 11. Qe2 a6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 (12... bxc6 13. c4 $14 Rb8 14. b3 Qa5
15. Qe3 Rg8 16. Nd4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Rachels,S-Arencibia,W/Manila 1990/CBM 19/
[Knaak] (58)}) 13. Nd4 Kd7 14. a4 Qc7 15. c4 $36 {1-0 Vogt,L-Feher,G/Eger 1987/
EXT 97 (24)}) (9... Ndxe5 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. b4 h5 12. Re1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Wendland,
J-Willke,H/Germany 1989/EXT 2003 (53)}) 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Re1 $5 (11. Bb5 $5 {
1-0 Pazos,P-Arcila,L/Merida 1991/EXT 2000 (23)} a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nfd4 $5 (
13. Re1 c5 $132) 13... Nxe5 14. f4 gxf4 15. Bxf4 Ng6 16. Nxc6 Qb6+ 17. Nbd4 Bc5
$13) 11... g4 12. Nfd4 Ncxe5 {Typical position for this opening line- white
has compensation for sacrificed pawn;} (12... Ndxe5 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Qxg4 $16)
13. Bh6 Bf8 14. Bf4 $5 {14...Bxf8 is simplier and white has strong initiative
for sacrificed pawn;} (14. Bxf8 $5 Kxf8 15. Bb5 Qh4 16. Qd2 $44) 14... Bg7 15.
Nc5 (15. Bb5 $5 {15.Bb5 is common idea in this opening variation;} O-O 16. Bxd7
Nxd7 17. Bd6 Re8 18. Nb5 $36) 15... Nxc5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Qf6 18. f4 $6 {
Risky move, but didn't face refutation in the game; This was necessary to draw
away the rook;} gxf3 $6 (18... Qxf4 $5 {Black should've accepted the sacrifice,
and white's initiative isn't obvious there;} 19. Bb5+ Kf8 (19... Bd7 20. Qe2
Ne4 21. Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. Rxe4 Qxe4 23. Qb5+ Kc8 24. Qc5+ Kd7 25. Qb5+ $11) 20.
Qe2 Ne4 21. Rh5 Qd2) 19. Nxf3 Bd7 20. Bc2 (20. Qe2 $5) 20... Bc6 21. Qe2 {
White has captured the initiative again; Ra1-f1 is coming next;} Rg8 22. Rf1
$36 Nd7 23. Re3 Qg7 24. Nd4 $5 (24. Ng5 Qxg5 25. Rg3 Qxg3 26. hxg3 Rxg3 $132)
24... O-O-O 25. b4 Nb6 26. Rg3 Qf8 27. Nxe6 Qe7 28. Nxd8 $2 {White takes risks
in time-trouble of black, and makes an error which could lead to the loss of
white even! Black has been defended well till this point, and white doesnt
have any better than to transfer the game to better ending by 28.Nd4;} (28. Nd4
Qxe2 29. Nxe2 Bb5 $132) 28... Qxe2 29. Rxg8 Bb5 {Black is already better here,
but in view of time-trouble, black offered a draw, which was accepted;} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 g6 8. h4 h6
(8... Be7 {-Navara,D-Gurevich,M Antalya 2004}) 9. O-O g5 $5 {TN} (9... Qb6 10.
c4 Nxd4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Nf3 Bg7 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Qd2 Kh7 16.
Rfe1 Nc5 17. Nxd4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bg4 $132 {0-1 Krupa,M-Socko,M/Warsaw POL 2004/
The Week in Chess 496 (38)}) 10. h5 (10. hxg5 hxg5 11. g4 (11. Re1 g4 12. Nh2
cxd4 $17) 11... Qb6 12. Re1 (12. Qa4 Be7 13. Re1 a6 $13) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4
Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Bxg5 Rg8 $132) 10... Qb6 (10... g4 $5 11.
Nh2 Rg8 12. Nxg4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qh4 14. Ne3 Nxd4 $132) 11. c4 $1 cxd4 12. cxd5
exd5 13. Nb3 (13. e6 fxe6 14. Bg6+ Kd8 15. Nb3 e5 $15) 13... Bg7 14. Nfxd4 Nxd4
(14... Ndxe5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Bc5 $40) 15. Be3 Bxe5 16. Re1 $1 O-O
17. Nxd4 Qf6 {[/\18...Nc5]} (17... Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qxa2 19. Nf5 $40) 18. Rc1 Rd8
$1 $15 {[/\Nd7-f8-e6]} 19. Qd2 Nf8 20. Nf3 Bf4 (20... Bxb2 21. Rc2 Ba1 22. Nd4
Bxd4 23. Bxd4 $40) 21. Bxf4 gxf4 22. Qb4 Bg4 $6 (22... Ne6 $5 {(/\23...
Ng5<=>>>)}) 23. Ne5 Bxh5 24. Qxb7 $36 f3 $5 (24... Ne6 25. Nc6 Re8 26. Re5 Bg6
27. Bxg6 $16) (24... Rab8 25. Qxa7 Rxb2 26. Nc6 Rd7 27. Qa3 $1 Kg7 28. Re5 $36)
25. Nc6 $1 fxg2 $1 26. Re3 (26. Nxd8 Qh4 $40) 26... Re8 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Qxd5
Bg4 $6 $138 (28... Ne6 29. Rc6 (29. Qxh5 Rxe7 30. Rc4 Rg8 {(/\31...Qxf2)} 31.
Rg4 Rg7 $13)) (28... Bg4 {Diagram}) 29. Rg3 $1 Rad8 $1 (29... h5 30. Qxh5+ Bxh5
31. Rg8#) 30. Rxg4 Rxe7 $1 31. Qxd8 Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Qxd8 $13 33. Bc4 (33. Re3 Ne6
34. Reg3 (34. Kxg2 Qd5+ 35. Be4 Qd2 $132)) (33. Bc4 {Diagram}) 33... Ng6 $1 34.
Bxf7 (34. Kxg2 Qf6 $132) 34... Ne5 $3 35. Rg8+ (35. Rxe5 Qd1+ 36. Kxg2 Qxg4+
$17) 35... Qxg8 36. Bxg8 Nf3+ 37. Kxg2 Nxe1+ 38. Kf1 Nd3 39. Bb3 $5 Kg7 $1 $11
(39... Nxb2 40. Ke2 h5 (40... a5 41. a3 a4 42. Ba2 h5 43. Kd2 h4 44. Kc2 h3 45.
Kxb2) 41. Kd2 h4 42. Kc3 $18) 40. Bc2 (40. Ke2 Nc1+ 41. Kf3 Nxb3 42. axb3 a5
$15) 40... Nxb2 41. Kg2 Kf6 42. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 g6 8. h4 (
8. O-O {-Nesipianu-Gurevich St.Vincent 2004}) 8... Be7 $5 9. O-O {TN} (9. Nf1
cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Qa4 Nf8 12. Qb5 {1/2-1/2 Pergel,L-Dobos,J/Hungary 1999/
EXT 2000 (12)}) 9... h6 $5 {[/\10...g5;10...Bxh4]} (9... Bxh4 10. Nxh4 Qxh4 11.
Nf3 Qg4 (11... Qe7 12. Bh6) 12. Be2 $44) 10. Re1 cxd4 (10... g5 $5 11. hxg5
hxg5 12. Nf1 g4 13. N3h2 cxd4 14. cxd4 (14. Nxg4 dxc3 15. bxc3 Nc5) 14... Qb6
$132) (10... c4 $5 11. Bc2 Bxh4 12. Nxh4 Qxh4 $13 {Navara}) 11. cxd4 Bxh4 12.
Nxh4 Qxh4 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. Be3 $5 $44 (14. g3 Nb6 15. Kg2 Bd7 16. Rh1 Qf8 $13 {
(/\17...0-0-0)}) 14... Nb6 $5 {[/\15...Bd7,16...0-0-0<=>>>]} 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. a3
$5 O-O-O (16... Nc4 $6 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Nd2 $36) 17. b4 Kb8 18. Bd2 $1 {
[/\19.b5]} (18. b5 Na5 19. Bd2 Nac4 20. Bb4 Qe8 $13) 18... a6 $5 {[/\19...Na7,
20...Bb5]} (18... Qe8 19. b5 Ne7 20. a4 $40 (20. Qb3 Nc4 21. a4 $16)) 19. b5
axb5 20. Bxb5 $40 Rc8 21. Qb3 Na7 {Diagrama} 22. Ba6 $6 (22. Bxd7 $5 Nxd7 23.
Rb1 b6 24. Bb4 Qd8 25. Bd6+ Ka8 26. Rec1 $40) 22... Qd8 $1 (22... bxa6 23.
Qxb6+ Ka8 24. Qxa6 Bb5 25. Qa5 Bc4 26. Rb1 $40) 23. Ba5 Ba4 $1 24. Qb4 (24. Qb2
$142) 24... bxa6 $6 (24... Nc6 $1 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Bd3 Qf8 27. Ra1 $13) 25.
Bxb6 Qd7 26. Rb1 (26. Rxc8+ $5 Rxc8 27. Rb1 $40 Bb5 28. a4 Rc4 29. Qd6+ $1 Qxd6
30. exd6 Rxa4 31. Bxa7+ Kxa7 32. Rxb5 axb5 33. d7 $18) 26... Ka8 $1 (26... Rc4
27. Bc7+ Kxc7 28. Qb6+ Kc8 29. Qb8#) 27. Bxa7 Rc4 $13 28. Qd6 Qxa7 29. Rb6 Bb5
30. Rb1 {[/\31.R1xb5,32.Ra6;} (30. a4 $1 Rxa4 31. Rc1 Qd7 (31... Rc4 32. Ra1
$18) 32. Rc7 $36) 30... Qc7 $1 31. a4 Ka7 $1 $17 32. R6xb5 axb5 33. axb5 Qb6 $2
(33... Qxd6 34. exd6 Rd8 35. Ne5 Rxd6 36. Nxf7 (36. Nxc4 dxc4 $19) 36... Rb6
37. Ne5 Rxd4 38. Nc6+ Rxc6 39. bxc6 Rc4 40. Rb7+ Ka6 41. Rg7 Rc1+ $1 42. Kh2 g5
43. c7 Kb7 44. Re7 Rxc7 45. Rxe6 Rc6 $17) 34. Qa3+ Kb7 35. Nd2 $1 Ra8 (35...
Rxd4 36. Nb3 Rf4 37. Na5+ Kb8 38. Nc6+ $11) 36. Qf3 $1 Rc7 (36... Rxd4 37.
Qxf7+ Qc7 38. Qxe6 Rxd2 39. b6 $11) 37. Nb3 $44 Ra3 $1 38. Nc5+ Qxc5 39. dxc5
Rxf3 40. c6+ Kb6 41. gxf3 Rc8 (41... Ra7 $1 {/\Ra7-a4-c4 Navara} 42. Kg2 Ra4
43. Kg3 g5 44. Rc1 Rc4 45. Rb1 h5 $17) 42. Kg2 Rd8 43. f4 d4 44. Kf1 d3 45. Ke1
d2+ 46. Kd1 $11 Rd3 $6 $138 (46... h5 47. Rb2 h4 48. Rb3 Rh8 49. Rh3 Kxb5 50.
c7 Rc8 51. Rxh4 Rxc7 52. Kxd2 $11) 47. Rb2 h5 48. Rc2 Rd8 49. Rxd2 Rh8 $6 (
49... Rxd2+ $4 50. Kxd2 Kc7 51. Kd3 Kb6 52. Kd4 Kc7 53. Kc5 $18) (49... Rd5 50.
Ke2 Rxb5 51. Rd7 Kxc6 52. Rxf7 Kd5 $11) 50. Rd7 Kxb5 51. c7 Rc8 52. Rxf7 Kc6
53. Re7 Rxc7 54. Rxe6+ Kd5 55. Rxg6 Ke4 $1 56. Rf6 h4 57. e6 h3 58. Rh6 Kf5 (
58... Kxf4 59. Rxh3 Re7 60. Re3 Kf5 61. Ke2 Rxe6 $11 {Navara}) 59. Ke2 h2 60.
Rxh2 Kxe6 $11 61. Kf3 Kf5 62. Rh5+ Kg6 63. Kg4 Rc2 64. f5+ Kf6 65. Rh6+ Kg7 66.
Rg6+ Kf7 67. f3 Rc1 68. Ra6 Rg1+ 69. Kf4 Rb1 70. Ra8 Kf6 71. Ra6+ Kf7 72. Rd6
Ra1 73. f6 Kg6 74. Rb6 Re1 75. f7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 b6 6. c3 Ba6 7. Bb1 c5 8. Ne2
Nc6 9. Nf3 Qc7 (9... Be7 10. O-O g5 11. Be3 h6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. h3 O-O-O $10 {
Sznapik,A-Short,N Dubai OL 1986}) (9... b5 10. O-O b4 11. Re1 Bxe2 12. Qxe2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Be3 Be7 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Rac1 Rc7 17. h4 $16 {Sznapik,
A-Hort,V Helsinki 1979}) 10. O-O Rc8 (10... h6 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Re1 Kb8 13. Nf4
Rc8 14. Qa4 Bc4 15. h5 $14 {Beshukov,S-Bykhovsky,AV Podolsk 1990}) 11. Re1 Be7
12. Bd2 Na5 13. Nf4 Nc4 14. Bc1 b5 $6 (14... cxd4 15. cxd4 (15. b3 Nb2 $1 16.
Bxb2 dxc3 $19) 15... Bb4 $132 16. Re2 (16. Rf1 Ncxe5) 16... Ncxe5) 15. Bd3 $16
{עe8} cxd4 16. cxd4 Qb6 17. h4 h6 18. b3 Na5 19. Be3 Nc6 20. Rc1 Kd8 21. Qe2
Ba3 22. Rc2 Nb4 23. Rxc8+ Kxc8 24. Bc1 $1 {><c5,g7} Bxc1 25. Rxc1+ Kb8 26. Nh5
Qa5 27. Qd2 Qa3 28. Bb1 Rg8 29. Kh2 (29. Rd1 $5 {/\Df4+-}) 29... Bb7 30. Rd1 $2
(30. Qf4 $18 {/\Dxf7}) 30... Nc6 31. Bh7 (31. Qf4 Qe7) 31... Rh8 32. Bd3 g6 $8
33. Nf6 Nxf6 34. exf6 Qd6+ 35. Kg1 a6 36. Qe3 Qd8 $1 37. Ne5 (37. Qf4+ Qc7)
37... Nxe5 38. Qxe5+ Qc7 39. Rc1 Qxe5 40. dxe5 $14 g5 (40... Rc8 $2 41. Rxc8+
Kxc8 42. Bxg6 $18) 41. h5 Rd8 42. f3 {/\Kg1-f2-e3-d4} d4 $8 {/\Td5} 43. Rc5 Bd5
44. Kf2 Kb7 45. g4 Kb6 46. Rc2 a5 47. Kg3 $6 (47. Bg6 $5 Rf8 (47... Rd7 $6 48.
Rc8)) 47... a4 48. bxa4 Bc4 $1 $132 49. Be4 (49. Bxc4 bxc4 50. Rxc4 d3 51. Rc1
d2 52. Rd1 Kc5 53. Kf2 Kc4 54. Ke2 Kc3 55. a5 Rd5 $19) (49. Bg6 $1 Rd7 (49...
fxg6 50. hxg6 Bd3 51. g7 Bg6 52. axb5 d3 53. Rc6+ Kxb5 54. Rd6 $16) 50. f4 $13)
49... d3 50. Rd2 Kc5 $17 51. Kf2 Kd4 52. a5 b4 53. Bb7 Rd7 54. a6 Bd5 55. Rb2 (
55. Bxd5 Rxd5 56. a7 Ra5 $19) 55... Kc3 {C. Hansen} 0-1

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1998.01.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. b3 O-O 13. Bf4 Bxf4 {I believe
this is not the most logical move though maybe playable. Why not:} (13... Nxd4
14. Nfxd4 e5 {After which white might get a small advantage but only if he
plays very accurate.}) 14. Nxf4 Ne4 15. Ne2 $14 {[%csl Re5,Re6] Now black has
the usual positional problems in this variation, and unfortunately the
exchange-sacrifice Rxf3 is not as strong as with the Q on d8.} Nd6 $6 {Brynell
has played the French for many years. Still in the following part of the game
he plays very strange. He does not care at all about the control over the
square e5. Normal would be:} (15... Bd7) 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Rad1 Nf5 $6 18. Bb1 a5
{[%cal Ya5a4] /\a5-a4} 19. Nc3 Nce7 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Rfe1 $16 Rc8 22. Ne2 {
[%csl Re6][%cal Ye2f4]} Nc6 {Why did he play a7-a5, if he does not want to
play a5-a4 when given the chance?} (22... a4 $5 23. b4 a3 $16) 23. Nxc6 Rxc6
24. Nf4 Bd7 25. g3 a4 26. bxa4 Rc4 27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. a5 Qc6 29. Rc1 {White has
a P more and clearly the strongest minor-piece.} Rf8 30. Nd3 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Re6]
[%cal Yd3c5]} Qd6 31. Nc5 Bc8 32. Qb2 h6 33. Re5 {White could maybe have won
extra material with Rxc4, but the structure is so fantastic good for him that
there is no reason to change it even a little bit.} Rxc1+ 34. Qxc1 b6 35. axb6
Qxb6 36. a4 Qb4 37. Qe3 Rf7 38. h4 Bd7 39. Nxd7 Rxd7 40. Rxe6 Qxa4 41. Re8+ Kh7
42. Qd3+ g6 43. Re6 Rg7 44. h5 1-0

[Event "DEN-ch playoff"]
[Site "Tonder"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rasmussen, Karsten"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 $5 (9... Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4
14. Ne2 Rxf3 $5 15. gxf3 Ng5) 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Bg5 $1 (11. O-O h6) 11... Qf7 12.
Bh4 e5 (12... O-O $2 13. Bxh7+) (12... h6 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Bg6 $18) 13. dxe5
Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qc2 g6 16. Qc5 $5 Qf8 17. Qxf8+ (17. Qxd5 $4 Qb4+ 18.
Kf1 Qxh4) 17... Kxf8 (17... Rxf8 $5) 18. O-O-O $1 Kg7 19. f4 $1 Bc7 (19... Bf6
20. Bxf6+ Kxf6 21. h3 $1 $14) 20. Be1 $6 (20. f5 $5 Nb4 $5) 20... Bg4 $1 21.
Bc3+ d4 22. Nxd4 $1 Bxf4+ 23. Kb1 Be5 $1 24. Be2 Bxe2 25. Nxe2 Rhd8 26. Bxe5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ptuj zt"]
[Site "Ptuj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sermek, Drazen"]
[Black "Zueger, Beat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "197"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Qc1 Ng5
15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Nxe6 Qxc1 18. Nxf8+ Kg8 19. Raxc1 Kxf8 20.
Rfe1 Bf5 21. f3 Rd8 22. Rcd1 Rd6 23. g4 Bh7 24. h4 Nb4 25. Re3 Rc6 26. a3 Nc2
27. Re5 Rf6 28. Rh5 Kg8 29. Rxd5 Rxf3 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. Rf1 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 {
R2P<->BN. Bauern auf beiden Flügeln. verlust alller wP.} Ke7 33. Rb8 Be4 34.
Ke2 Bd5 35. Kd3 Ne1+ 36. Kc3 Nf3 37. Rh8 Be6 38. g5 Bd5 39. g6 Kf6 40. h5 Ng5
41. Rf8+ Ke7 42. Rf5 Ne4+ 43. Kd3 Nf6 44. Ke3 Be6 45. Ra5 a6 46. b4 (46. Kf4
Bg4 {xh5}) 46... Bd5 47. b5 axb5 48. Rxb5 Ke6 49. a4 Nxh5 50. a5 Nf6 51. Kf4
Nd7 52. Kg5 Kd6 53. Kf5 Bc6 54. Rb2 Nf8 55. Rb6 Kd5 56. a6 bxa6 57. Rxa6 Bd7+
58. Kf4 Ne6+ 59. Ke3 Be8 60. Ra5+ Kd6 61. Ra6+ Bc6 62. Ra7 Nc7 63. Kf4 Bd7 64.
Ke4 Nb5 65. Ra6+ Bc6+ 66. d5 Nc3+ 67. Kf4 Nxd5+ 68. Kg5 Nc7 69. Ra7 Bd7 70. Ra1
Ne6+ 71. Kf5 Nc5+ 72. Kg5 Ne4+ 73. Kf4 Nf6 74. Ra6+ Bc6 75. Kf5 Nd5 76. Kg5 Ne7
77. Ra2 Be4 78. Ra7 Ke6 79. Ra6+ Nc6 80. Rb6 Kd6 81. Rb7 Ne7 82. Ra7 Bc6 83.
Ra2 Nd5 84. Rf2 Nc7 85. Rf7 Ne6+ 86. Kh5 Ke5 87. Rf1 Be4 88. Rf7 Bd3 89. Rf2
Nf4+ 90. Kg4 Bf5+ 91. Kg3 Nxg6 92. Ra2 {R<->BNP.} Nf4 (92... Nf8 $5) 93. Ra8
Nd5 (93... Ne6 $5 $17) (93... g5 $17) 94. Kh4 Ke6 (94... Nc7 95. Ra5+ Kf6 $17)
95. Kg5 Be4 96. Ra4 Bc2 97. Ra2 Bh7 98. Rh2 Bg8 $2 {Schwerer Fehler, der den P
einstellt.} (98... Be4 $142 99. Re2 Ke5 100. Ra2 Nc7 $17) 99. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asker 75th"]
[Site "Asker"]
[Date "1997.11.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rytshagov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Qb6 8. O-O
g6 9. dxc5 Qc7 10. Nb3 Bg7 11. Nfd4 Qxe5 12. f4 Qf6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Na5 Nb8 16. Bd4 Qd8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qa4 Qc7 19. Rae1 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Nxa6
21. Nxc6 Rfc8 22. Qxa6 Qxc6 23. Qxc6 Rxc6 24. b4 a5 25. a3 axb4 26. axb4 Ra3
27. Rb1 Kf6 28. Rf3 Ke7 29. c4 Rxf3 30. cxd5 exd5 31. gxf3 {[#] leichte
Entscheidung für die verbundenen Freibauern nach Aktivierung des weißen Königs.
Merke: Ohne König sind Endspiele nur schwer zu gewinnen!} Rf6 32. b5 Kd7 33.
Rb4 Kc7 34. Kf2 Kb7 35. Ra4 Re6 36. Rd4 Rf6 37. Ra4 Re6 38. Rd4 Rf6 39. Ke3 Rf5
40. Kd3 g5 41. Kc3 gxf4 42. Ra4 Rf6 43. Kd4 Rh6 44. c6+ Kb8 45. Kc5 Rxh2 46.
Kb6 Rh6 47. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Black "Strugatsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Qc2 h6 15.
Bg6 Rxf3 16. Bxh5 Rf8 17. Bg3 Bd7 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Qd2 Rf6 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3
Bxg3 22. hxg3 Be8 23. Bg4 Qg7 24. Nc3 Rd8 25. Rfe1 Bf7 26. Re3 h5 27. Be2 Bg6
28. Bb5 Rdf8 29. Re2 Bf5 30. Qe3 Ne7 31. Bd3 Rh6 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Qd3 h4 34.
g4 Rf4 35. Rde1 Kf7 36. Nb5 Rff6 37. Nd6+ Kg8 38. Ne8 Qf7 39. Nxf6+ Rxf6 40.
Qd2 Rf4 41. Rxe6 Nc6 42. b4 Rxg4 43. Qe2 Rf4 44. b5 Nxd4 45. Re8+ Kg7 46. Qe7
Kg6 47. Qxf7+ Rxf7 48. a4 h3 49. Rg8+ Kf6 50. Rd1 Ne2+ 51. Kf1 Nc3 52. Rd3
hxg2+ 53. Kxg2 Ne2 54. Kf3 Nf4 55. Rd1 Kf5 56. Rg1 Ne6 57. Ke3 b6 58. Kd2 Ke5
59. Re1+ Kf5 60. Re8 Nc5 61. R8e7 Rxe7 62. Rxe7 {[#] Taktik} Nxa4 63. Rxa7 Nc5
64. Ra6 Nd7 65. Ke3 Ke5 66. Ra7 Nc5 67. Re7+ Kd6 68. Rg7 Ne6 69. Rg6 Ke5 $2 (
69... Ke7 $142 70. Kf3 Kd6 71. Kg4 Ke5 72. Rg8 d4 $16) 70. Rxg5+ $1 {mit
Gewinn aufgrund des nach der Bauerngabel entstehenden entfernten g-Freibauern}
1-0

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Las Tunas"]
[Date "2001.04.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Abreu Delgado, Aryam"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2001.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nb6 9. f4 Bd7 10. O-O h5 11. a3 g6 12. Nf3 Ne7 13. b3 Nf5 14. a4 Rc8 15. Bxf5
exf5 16. Ng5 Be7 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Qe7 19. Ra1 Qb4 20. Rb1 Ke7 21. Qd3 Rc6
22. Rfc1 Rhc8 23. Kf2 Be6 24. Nf3 Nd7 25. Ne1 Kd8 26. h4 Nb8 27. Nc2 Qe7 28. g3
Na6 29. Ne3 Nb4 30. Qd2 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Rxc1 32. Nxc1 a5 33. Nd3 Nc6 34. Nc2 Qc7
35. Qc3 Ne7 36. Qd2 Nc6 37. Ke3 Bd7 38. Nc5 b6 39. Nd3 Bc8 40. b4 axb4 41.
Ncxb4 Na5 42. Qc1 Be6 43. Qxc7+ Kxc7 44. Nb2 Nb3 45. Nd1 Na5 46. Nc3 Nc4+ 47.
Kd3 Kb7 48. Ncxd5 Nb2+ 49. Kc2 Nxa4 50. Nc3 Nxc3 51. Kxc3 Kc7 52. d5 Bd7 53.
Kc4 Kb7 54. Nc2 Kc7 55. Nd4 Bc8 56. Kb5 Kb7 57. Kb4 Kb8 58. Nb5 Bb7 59. e6 Bxd5
60. e7 Bc6 61. Nd6 Kc7 62. e8=Q Bxe8 63. Nxe8+ Kd7 64. Nf6+ Ke6 65. Nh7 f6 66.
Nf8+ Ke7 67. Nxg6+ Kf7 68. Nh8+ Kg7 69. Kb5 Kxh8 70. Kxb6 {[%csl Yd6,Yd7,Yd8,
Yh6,Yh7,Yh8][%cal Yh8g8,Yh7g7,Yh6g6,Yd8c8,Yd7c7,Yd6c6] [#] Thema: zugeordnete
Felder oder (virtuelle) (Fern-)Opposition.} Kh7 (70... Kg8 71. Kc6 $1 Kg7 72.
Kc7 $1 Kg8 73. Kd6 $1 Kh7 74. Kd7 $1 {siehe Partie ab Zug 76}) (70... Kg7 71.
Kc7 $1 Kg6 72. Kd8 $1 Kh6 73. Ke8 $1 Kg6 74. Kf8 $18) 71. Kb5 {Unlogisch!} (71.
Kb7 $1 Kh8 72. Kc6 Kg7 73. Kc7 $1 $18) 71... Kh6 $2 (71... Kg7 72. Kc6 Kg6 73.
Kd7 Kh7 74. Ke7 Kg7 75. Kd6 Kh6 76. Kd5 Kh7 77. Kc6 Kg6 78. Kb7 Kh7 79. Kc8 Kg8
80. Kd8 Kh8 {So sollte Schwarz remis halten}) 72. Kc5 $2 (72. Kb6 $1 Kh7 73.
Kb7 $1 $18 {siehe oben}) 72... Kg6 $2 (72... Kh7 73. Kc6 Kg6 {erst jetzt, denn
dem Feld c6 ist das Feld g6 zugeordnet}) 73. Kc6 $1 $18 Kg7 74. Kc7 Kg8 75. Kd6
Kh7 76. Kd7 $1 Kh6 77. Ke8 Kg7 78. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1998.06.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Breyther, Ruediger"]
[Black "Hochgraefe, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Hochgraefe,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. a3 Be8 14. Qd2 Bh5 15.
Qe3 Qe8 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Ne4 18. Qe3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nd6 20. Kh1 Qf7 21. f4
Nf5 22. Qh3 h6 23. Rg1 Kh8 24. Rg5 Ncxd4 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. Rag1 Rg8 27. R1g4
Rac8 28. Rg6 Nf5 29. R4g5 Rc7 30. Qh5 Kh7 31. Rxe6 (31. Rxf5 $2 {Hochgraefe,M}
exf5 32. Bxf5 Kh8 33. Rxh6+ gxh6 34. Qxh6+ Qh7 $19) 31... Qxh5 32. Bxf5+ g6 33.
Rxh5 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 gxf5+ 35. Kf3 Rg6 36. Re7+ Rg7 37. Re6 Rg6 38. Re7+ Rg7 39.
Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 48th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2015.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,M"]
[PlyCount "236"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played just after the rest day and prior to it, Adams was on
50%, half a point off the lead, while Rapport was in last place.} 1. e4 e6 2.
d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 {This flexible waiting move is a trendy alternative to} (3...
Nf6 {and}) (3... c5) 4. Ngf3 {The other major options for White are} (4. e5 c5
5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 {[%csl Rd4,Rg7][%cal Yd1g4] , indirectly covering d4 by
preparing Qg4 as required, and the old main line}) (4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6.
Qe2) 4... Nf6 5. Bd3 (5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 {transposes to the game.})
5... c5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. c3 Nc6 (7... b6 {is an independent option, however I
believe White obtains slightly better chances with} 8. Qe2 a5 9. Bb5 $5 Ba6 10.
a4 $1 {[%csl Rb8,Rd7][%cal Ya4b5] when the queenside is stabilised by the
positional idea of recapturing on b5 with the pawn, while White can steadily
build up on the kingside where he has a space advantage.}) 8. O-O {It has to
be said that Rapport was quite brave to enter this variation, given that Adams
has a 100% score with it as White! True, this was mainly against much
lower-rated players.} h5 {This move is not totally ridiculous - Black wants to
play a later ...g5, but where White's options are momentarily restricted as if
he plays like he would against 8...g5 (with 9.dxc5 and so forth), the black
king is not as exposed. While it is the recommendation of the Hiarcs Book, I
don't entirely buy it.} (8... g5 {is a major line, but White has scored well
with} 9. dxc5 {, opening the position once Black's king lacks a good hideout.})
(8... a5 {is the main line, when play can proceed} 9. Re1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 {
, grabbing a pawn, but the theory shows that White obtains good compensation,
like a Korchnoi Gambit Accepted.} (10... g5 {is another approach altogether,
arguably more effective when White doesn't have dxc5 as a response, or the e1
square for his knight to retreat to in response to ...g4.})) 9. Qe2 $1 {
A pretty natural move, especially considering that Adams was surprised and in
such cases you doesn't want to go for totally irrational positions.} (9. Nb1 {
is getting a bit too sophisticated after} g5 10. Be2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb6 {
and with White losing so much time (first Nb1 then Be2), he can't be better
and actually I think Black is doing superbly after} 12. Nc3 g4 13. Na4 gxf3 $1
14. Nxb6 fxe2 15. Qxe2 Nxb6 $15 {as the three pieces are very stable, and the
queen doesn't have proper targets.}) (9. dxc5 {as discussed before is less
effective here than after 8...g5; if we compare} Ndxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Nb3
Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bd7 {, with a pawn on g5 White would have the f4 lever to open
the position, whereas now Black will be quite safe after} 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bf4
h4 $11 {, in fact with such a centre only he can be better.}) (9. Re1 {is also
a good move:} cxd4 ({or} 9... g5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nb3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bd7 13.
Nfd4 $14) 10. cxd4 g5 11. Nb3 {(with ...a5 instead of ...h5 played, ...a4
would be good now, but here White is solid)} g4 12. Nfd2 Nb4 13. Nb1 Nxd3 14.
Qxd3 a5 15. a4 b6 16. Nc3 Ba6 17. Nb5 $14 {and I like White's grip over the
position here, even without the light-squared bishop. Later White can play f3
to open the kingside in his favour while Black struggles to connect his rooks.}
) 9... a5 {Now it was Rapport's turn to start thinking!} (9... b6 {is rather
slow and in addition to normal development,} 10. b4 $5 cxb4 11. c4 $1 $44 {
is quite an appealing gambit approach.}) (9... g5 {once again loses some of
its sting after} 10. dxc5 Nxc5 ({or otherwise} 10... g4 11. Nd4 Ndxe5 12. Bb5
Bd7 13. f4 $1 {and I think Qe2 is more useful than ...h5 in such a position.})
11. Bc2 Nd7 12. Nd4 Ndxe5 13. N2b3 Nc4 14. f4 $1 gxf4 15. Bxf4 $36 {and while
the computer thinks Black is fine, I would say White is better as he has much
better piece coordination and Black has king safety issues.}) 10. dxc5 {
Adams doesn't wait around for ...cxd4 and ...g5 and changes the position on
his terms, which makes sense.} ({Even after} 10. a4 $5 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb6 12.
Bb5 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qe4 15. Be3 O-O 16. Bd3 Qb4 17. Rac1 $1 $44 {
I really like White's compensation - he has a serious lead in development and
with ...h5 played, Black's king will never feel comfortable.}) (10. Nb1 {
looks strange, but is a prophylaxis against the ...cxd4/...g5 plan as now the
c3-square would be available for the knight, and after the immediate} g5 {
, White can now harmonise his forces with} (10... c4 11. Bc2 b5 {is arguably a
concession as Black's queenside play is not as good as it looks.}) 11. Be3 g4
12. Ne1 Qb6 13. Qd2 $14 {, and with a3 for the knight, White's position makes
far more sense to me - where exactly is Black going to place his pieces?})
10... Qc7 ({Following} 10... Nxc5 11. Bc2 b6 12. Re1 Ba6 13. Qe3 O-O 14. Nd4
$14 {when we have a normal Tarrasch position, but for ...h5 which stops the
thematic ...f6 ever being a viable idea.}) 11. Bb5 {Somehow defending the pawn
with the bishop feels less natural than using a fresh piece to defend e5, and
indeed} (11. Re1 $1 Nxc5 12. Bc2 {deserved attention as} b6 13. Qe3 O-O 14. Nb3
$14 {is quite similar to the previous note.}) 11... a4 {This is a standard
continuation to fix White's queenside pawns...or does it?} (11... O-O 12. Re1
Nxc5 13. Nd4 {again leaves the h5-pawn on a bit of a limb, and while the
computer thinks it's fine after} Bd7 {, I don't wholly trust it.}) 12. b4 {
Adams plays to open the position, which seems a good choice as calmer
alternatives lead nowhere:} (12. Re1 Nxc5 13. Nb1 Bd7 14. c4 O-O {is OK for
Black, as is}) (12. Nb1 O-O (12... Nxc5 {should be avoided as it allows the
favourable exchange} 13. Bg5 $1 $14) 13. Re1 Nxc5 14. Bg5 Nxe5 $1 {(things
would be a bit grim without this trick)} 15. Bxe7 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qxe7 17. Qxh5
Bd7 18. Na3 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Ne4 $11) 12... axb3 13. Nxb3 Nxc5 {Black should play
this first as} (13... O-O 14. Re1 (14. c4 $143 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Ndxe5 16. Nxe5
Qxe5) 14... Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Bd3 b6 17. a4 {gives White good attacking
chances on the kingside.} (17. Nh4 $6 {is tempting, but backfires to the
sensational rook lift} Ra4 $1 18. g3 Rg4 $15)) 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. c4 {This
makes sense as after} (15. Be3 Ba3 {White probably doesn't have better than c4
in any case.} (15... Be7 16. c4 O-O 17. Rfd1 $14 {exerts some handy pressure
on Black's position.})) 15... O-O {Generally speaking, releasing the tension
right away only makes it easier for White to build up an attack:} (15... dxc4
$6 16. Qxc4 Be7 17. Bg5 $36) (15... d4 $2 {is an unsound sound pawn sacrifice:}
16. Rd1 O-O 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nxd4 Rd8 19. Be3 $16) 16. Bf4 {This move has a
very natural feel to it, supporting the e5-pawn so Ng5/Nh4 becomes an
attacking option later. Furthermore the engine's} (16. a4 Bd7 17. cxd5 ({or} 
17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Ne7 $11 {continuing trades to safeguard the king and
make White's space advantage a non-factor.}) 17... exd5 18. Bb2 Bf5 {makes it
far from easy to train the forces on Black's king when the centre is suddenly
a bit unstable.}) 16... dxc4 $6 {I think this was a bit impractical as now
White's light-squared bishop can rejoin the kingside attack, plus White can
try rook lifts along the fourth rank later in the game.} (16... Ne7 17. Rfd1 b6
{was a better choice, waiting for White to take on d5 (which I think he will
have to at some point, so the b5-bishop can reenter the game) and then Black's
knight comes to an ideal square.}) 17. Bxc4 $6 {The automatic recapture, but
not the best!} (17. Rac1 $142 {is stronger, opening up ideas of Rxc4 but also
simply waiting for Black to show his cards; if} b6 18. Ng5 $1 g6 19. Qxc4 Na7 (
{or} 19... Rd8 20. Ne4 Rd4 21. Qe2 $36) 20. Ba4 Bb7 21. Ne4 $14 {and Black's
dark squares are coming under fire (but taking on e4 would also be a
concession).}) 17... Be7 $6 {Rapport played this quickly, maybe too quickly as
now White regains control of the position.} (17... b6 $1 {fits better to
complete development; Black must have disliked} 18. Ng5 $6 {, but this is well
met by} (18. Rfd1 Bb7 $15 {would be normal, although even here I like Black's
prospects on the queenside and centre.}) 18... g6 19. Ne4 Nd4 $15) 18. Rac1 {
This isn't a case of the wrong rook as the other rook would be good on either
b1 or e1!} (18. Rfc1 g6 19. Rab1 {was also possible.}) 18... Ra3 $2 {Granted
Black's position wasn't so easy with his king always an issue, but this rook
doesn't do much here and Black would have been better off playing} (18... Rd8
19. Bb3 Bd7 20. Qe4 g6 21. Qe3 $14 {when White has definite play against
Black's kingside dark squares, but Black can hold with ...Be8 at some point as
the open centre and queenside prove a reasonable decoy.}) (18... g6 {does not
give reliable vibes and} 19. Bb3 b6 20. Qe4 Bc5 21. Bh6 Rd8 22. Bg5 Re8 23. Bf6
$16 {shows one disadvantage of playing ...g6 before it is required.}) 19. Rfe1
{Adams plays to consolidate his edge and Rapport's over-zealous play in this
tournament may have had something to do with this safe approach, but a
stronger move was} (19. Ng5 $1 g6 ({It would be agony to have to play} 19...
Bxg5 20. Bxg5 $16) 20. Ne4 Qa5 21. Nf6+ (21. Rfd1 $5 {is even better according
to the machine.}) 21... Bxf6 ({or} 21... Kh8 22. Nxh5 $1 $18) 22. exf6 $16 {
when Black must be careful not to get mated in such a situation, while his
other problems such as the passive c8-bishop are not going away.}) 19... Rd8 {
Once again allowing Ng5, though even the unnatural} (19... Ra5 $1 {(at least
discouraging Ng5)} 20. Bd2 Rc5 21. Qe4 $36 {is rough for Black.}) 20. Bb3 $1 (
20. Ng5 g6 21. Ne4 Qb8 22. Nd6 $16 {was again strong, but this time around
Adams' 'controlling' move is at least as good.}) 20... Ra5 (20... g6 {runs
into the usual problems after} 21. Nd2 ({or the route} 21. Ng5 {to e4.}) 21...
Qb8 22. Ne4) 21. Ng5 $1 g6 22. Qe3 {White could and perhaps should have played
directly with} (22. Ne4 $1 Qb6 (22... Rxe5 {is nothing but trouble after} 23.
Ba4 $1) 23. Nd6 ({or first} 23. Red1)) 22... Bb4 $6 (22... Rb5 $5 {was
supposedly a better defence, intending ...Qa5, but one is unlikely to find
this over the board.}) 23. Re2 $2 {This is a mistake as it gives Black a
reprieve to take control over the key d-file.} (23. Red1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 {
was the easiest way to maintain a big advantage:} Be7 25. Qg3 $16 {and White
is close to winning as after} Nxe5 $6 26. h4 {the pin will eventually cost
Black material.}) (23. Ne4 $2 Bxe1 24. Rxe1 {however would fail to} Rxe5 $1 25.
Nf6+ Kg7 26. Nxh5+ gxh5 27. Qxe5+ Qxe5 28. Bxe5+ Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Kg6 $11) 23...
Ba3 $6 {Black fails to take his chance with} (23... Qd7 $1 {when Black's
control over the d-file gives him the time for} 24. Ne4 Qd3 $14 {, and at
least with the queens off Black is not going to get mated.}) 24. Rc3 $2 {
Unfortunately for White, he fails to sense the critical moment to transform
his advantage.} (24. Ne4 $1 Bxc1 25. Qxc1 {is now very strong as the Rxe5
tactic we saw before no longer works. Black already has to return the material
to avoid a mating attack:} Qe7 (25... Rd4 26. Nf6+ Kf8 27. Be3 Rxe5 $2 28. Bxd4
Rxe2 29. Bc5+ Ne7 30. Qh6# {would be a cool finish!}) 26. Bg5 Qa3 27. Qxa3 Rxa3
28. Bxd8 Nxd8 29. Rc2 Nc6 30. f4 $16 {and with such passive pieces, Black is
in serious trouble.}) 24... Bb4 25. Rc1 (25. Ne4 {is now ineffective because of
} Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Rd4) 25... Ba3 (25... Qd7 $1 {was again possible.}) 26. Rc3 (
26. Ne4 $1) 26... Bb4 27. Rc4 $1 {Unfortunately 27.Rc1 would have allowed
Black to claim a threefold repetition.} Rad5 $5 {This is a pretty natural
continuation over-the-board, setting up ...Rd3 and ...Rd4 ideas.} (27... b6 {
is probably fine but it's normal that Black wanted to avoid tricky variations
such as the following:} 28. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 29. Qf3 ({or} 29. Bg5 Rdd5 30. Qf3+
Kg8 31. Qf6 Rac5 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Qxg6+ Qg7 34. Qe8+ Qf8 35. Qxh5 Rxe5 36.
Rxe5 Nxe5 37. Be3 Nf7 38. Qg4+ Qg7 39. Qxg7+ Kxg7 40. Bxb6 $11) 29... Rad5 30.
Bd2+ Ke8 31. Rxc6 Qxc6 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Bxb4 Rd1+ 34. Re1 Qxf3 35. gxf3 Rxe1+
36. Bxe1 Bb7 {with a draw.}) 28. h4 $1 {This is the best way to create an
airhole for his king as it also supports the knight.} b5 $6 {This is a bit too
loosening as the pin becomes a genuine issue now.} (28... Rd3 $142 {was
probably best, with the intention} 29. Qc1 Qa5 $1 30. Ree4 Ba3 31. Qf1 $14 {
with only a small edge for White.}) (28... Qa5 29. Nf3 Rc5 {is another logical
defence, however}) (28... Bd2 $2 29. Rxd2 $1 Rxd2 30. Ne4 $18 {devastates
Black on the dark squares.}) 29. Rc1 Rd3 $2 (29... Rd2 {is a better defence,
but still} 30. Nf3 (30. Ne4 $143 R2d3 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Qe4 Rc3 33. Rec2 Rd4 34.
Rxc3 Rxe4 35. Nxe4 Bxc3 36. Rxc3 Bb7 37. Nd6 Qd7 $11) 30... Rxe2 31. Qxe2 Ba3
32. Rc2 Qb7 33. Bg5 Rd7 34. Bf6 $1 $14 {preserves White's initiative.} (34.
Bxe6 $6 {doesn't work so well after} fxe6 35. Qe4 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Nxe5 37. Rxc8+
Qxc8 38. Nxe5 Qe8 $11)) 30. Qe4 {White may already be winning at this point.}
R3d4 (30... Rc3 31. Rxc3 Bxc3 32. Nxe6 $1 {is a very severe shot:} fxe6 $8 (
32... Bxe6 $2 33. Bxe6 fxe6 {is losing after} (33... Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Kh7 35. Qc2
$18) 34. Qxg6+ Qg7 35. Qxe6+ Qf7 36. Qxc6 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Qxf4+ 38. g3 Qg4 39. Re3
Bb4 40. e6 $18 {and the passed e-pawn is too strong, and Black's king too
exposed.}) 33. Qxg6+ Qg7 34. Qxh5 (34. Bxe6+ $2 Kh8 $1 35. Qxh5+ Qh7 36. Qxh7+
Kxh7 37. Bxc8 Rxc8 38. e6 Bf6 {is holdable for Black.}) 34... Qf7 35. Qg4+ Kf8
36. Re3 Bd4 37. Rf3 Ke8 38. Bc2 $1 $18 {and this is a winning attack for White.
}) 31. Qf3 Bb7 ({Clearly} 31... Rc4 {is desperate:} 32. Bxc4 Nd4 33. Qe3 bxc4
34. Rb2) 32. Qg3 $2 {White is still much better after this, but he could have
clinched the win with} (32. Rec2 $1 Rd3 (32... Na5 {loses to} 33. Rxc7 Bxf3 34.
Nxf7) 33. Rxc6 Bxc6 34. Qxc6 Qxc6 35. Rxc6 $18 {and White has a decisive
material advantage.}) 32... Ba3 $2 {Not the most tenacious defence, but even} (
32... Kg7 33. Ne4 ({Black's main hope would be to survive to some endgame like
after} 33. Bxe6 $2 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Rxc1 35. Bxc1 Nd4 36. Qf4 fxe6 37. Bd2 Bc5 38.
Qf6+ Kg8 39. Ba5 Rf8 40. Bxc7 Rxf6 41. exf6 Nxe2 42. f7+ Kf8 43. Nxe6+ Kxf7 44.
Nxc5 Bd5 $14) 33... Be7 34. Nf6 $16 {is quite bad for Black.} ({Also promising
is} 34. Nd6 R4xd6 35. exd6 Bxd6 36. Bxd6 Qxd6 37. Qxd6 Rxd6 38. Rd1 $16 {
which feels like a technical win for White.})) 33. Rc3 Bf8 ({or} 33... Bb4 34.
Nxe6 fxe6 35. Qxg6+ Qg7 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 37. Rg3 Qf8 38. Bh6 {and Black will lose
the queen and/or get mated.}) 34. Nxe6 fxe6 35. Qxg6+ Qg7 ({Equally hopeless is
} 35... Kh8 36. Bg5 Qh7 37. Qxe6 Be7 38. Bc2 Qg7 39. Bf6 Bxf6 40. exf6) 36.
Bxe6+ $2 {Giving unnecessary hope in mutual time pressure, where} (36. Qxe6+
Kh8 37. Rg3 $18 {intending a later check on g8 would force resignation.}) 36...
Kh8 37. Qxh5+ Qh7 38. Qxh7+ Kxh7 {Even this endgame is clearly better for
White with four healthy pawns for the piece, but his work is obviously much
tougher here than before.} 39. Bf5+ ({It was also possible to opt for} 39. Bg5
Re8 40. Bf5+ Kh8 41. Kh2 $16 {, consolidating the position before starting the
advance of the pawns.}) 39... Kh8 (39... Kg7 $143 40. Bg5 Re8 41. Bf6+ $16) 40.
Be4 $5 {A tricky move in the opponent's time pressure.} (40. Bg5 Be7 41. Kh2 {
was the alternative, playing to keep the position as it is for now.}) 40... b4
$2 {This only helps White improve his rook placement.} ({Black's chances of
survival are much higher if he plays actively with} 40... Rd1+ $1 41. Kh2 Nd4
42. Ree3 Ne6 43. Bxb7 Nxf4 44. Rc7 $14 {, although even here the
opposite-coloured bishops give White decent chances to attack the opponent's
king in the endgame, plus the connected passed pawns help to constrict Black's
bishop.} ({Less promising is the impatient} 44. e6 Bd6 45. g3 Nd5 46. Bxd5 Rxd5
$11)) 41. Rc1 Rd1+ $2 {Now it is too late for this in view of Adams' response.}
(41... Ne7 42. Bxb7 Rxf4 43. g3 Rfd4 44. Kg2 $16 {still leaves White the
favourite to win as Black is a bit passive, but it was the best chance.}) 42.
Re1 (42. Rxd1 $2 Rxd1+ 43. Kh2 Nd4 $11) 42... Rxc1 43. Rxc1 $1 {This is
probably best, but} (43. Bxc1 $5 {also deserved attention:} Re8 44. Bb2 $16 {
when Black has great trouble stopping the advance of the passed pawns,
supported by the bishops.}) 43... Nd4 44. Bxb7 Ne2+ 45. Kh2 Nxf4 46. g3 ({
White should avoid the reckless} 46. Rc4 $2 Ne2 47. Rc2 Nc3) 46... Ng6 $6 {
Now the knight gets stuck and we can be quite sure that White is winning.} (
46... Ne2 47. Rc2 Nc3 {was the last try, but even in this case} 48. f4 Kg7 49.
Kh3 Bc5 50. Kg4 $16 {should be winning for White, as the connected passers are
ready to continue advancing, while shielding the king from checks.}) 47. f4
Rd2+ (47... Bh6 {with the idea of sacrificing on f4 fails to} 48. Rc4 Rd2+ 49.
Kh3 Rxa2 50. Rxb4 $18 {and the four pawns will beat the piece.}) 48. Kh3 Rxa2
49. Rc8 $1 ({Once again avoiding} 49. Be4 $2 Nxf4+ 50. gxf4 Rf2 {and it's not
clear that White can win this due to the reduced pawns.}) 49... Rf2 (49... Ra3
50. Kg4 $18) 50. h5 Nxf4+ (50... Nxe5 51. Rxf8+ Kg7 52. Rd8 $18) 51. gxf4 Rxf4
52. Kg3 $18 Rf5 {This should be a very easy win, and while Adams missed some
faster ways to finish the game, as far as I can tell he never lost his
decisive advantage.} 53. Kg4 (53. h6 $1 Rxe5 54. Rxf8+ Kh7 55. Rf6 Re8 56. Kf4
{is game over. The 'wrong rook's pawn' rule doesn't apply with rooks on the
board.}) 53... Rxe5 {Otherwise, if the rook moves along the f-file, the white
bishop will cut it off.} 54. Rxf8+ Kg7 55. Rf3 (55. Rd8 $1) 55... Rc5 56. Ba6 (
56. Be4 {is more precise, though it doesn't really matter by this point.})
56... Rc6 57. Bb5 (57. Bd3 {is the better diagonal once again, as from here
the bishop can support an attack against the king or protect the pawn from g6
if necessary. The following tactics are quite nice:} Rb6 (57... b3 58. Bb5 $18)
58. Kg5 b3 59. Bc4 b2 60. h6+ $1 Rxh6 61. Rf7+ Kg8 62. Kxh6 b1=Q 63. Rf1+ Kh8
64. Rf8#) 57... Rc5 ({If} 57... Rd6 58. Rf4) 58. Ba6 Rc6 59. Bb5 Rc5 60. Be8 $6
{This makes things more complicated, though White is still winning.} (60. Bd7)
(60. Bd3) 60... Rc4+ 61. Kg5 (61. Kf5 {transposes to the game, with two less
moves played in this case.}) ({Obviously we can't go for} 61. Rf4 $4 Rxf4+ 62.
Kxf4 Kh8 $11) 61... Rc5+ 62. Kg4 Rc4+ 63. Kf5 Kh6 (63... Rc5+ 64. Ke4 Rc4+ 65.
Kd5 Rc7 {was the most tenacious defence, when White has to manoeuvre a bit
more than in the game to convert his advantage, though his winning plan will
be the same - get his king to the queenside to reach the c-file and block the
b4-pawn, then reorganise the rook and bishop to support the h-pawn.}) 64. Re3 (
64. Rd3 $1 Rc5+ 65. Kf6) 64... Rc5+ 65. Kf6 Rc8 66. Ke7 ({or} 66. Re6 b3 67.
Rb6 $1 {using the Kf7 discovered check very well!}) 66... Rb8 67. Rb3 {With
the pawn blockaded, the win is just a matter of time, although} (67. Re6+ Kg7
68. Rg6+ Kh7 69. Bc6 b3 70. Be4 Rb4 71. Re6+ Kg7 72. h6+ Kh8 73. Kd8 Rb8+ 74.
Kc7 Rf8 75. Rb6 {was technically faster.}) 67... Kg5 ({If} 67... Kg7 68. Bg6 {
and everything is covered.}) 68. Bg6 {Again playing it safe, though} (68. Rg3+
Kh6 69. Rg6+ Kh7 70. Bc6 {was a bit more efficient.}) 68... Kh6 ({I quickly
checked to make sure} 68... Rb6 69. Kd7 Kh6 70. Kc7 Rb5 {isn't some sort of
wacky fortress, but it isn't after} 71. Be8 ({or even} 71. Kc6 Rb8 72. Kc5 Rb7
73. Kd4 Rb8 74. Ke5) 71... Rc5+ 72. Kd6 Rc4 73. Bf7 $18) 69. Kd6 Rb6+ 70. Kc7
Rb5 71. Kc6 Rb8 72. Bf7 ({or} 72. Kd7) 72... Rf8 73. Bg6 Rb8 ({Nothing is
changed by} 73... Rc8+ 74. Kd6 Rd8+ 75. Ke5 Rb8 76. Kf4 Rf8+ 77. Bf5 Rb8 78.
Rd3) 74. Kc5 Rb7 75. Kd4 Rb8 76. Kd3 {White brings his king to block the pawn
as} (76. Ke5 Kg5 {holds White back for the time being.}) 76... Rd8+ 77. Kc2 Rb8
78. Kb2 Rb7 79. Re3 Kg7 80. Kb3 (80. Re6 $1 {is even better so White can play
Be4 and h6 and keep Black's king cut off, but it doesn't matter objectively.})
80... Kh6 81. Re5 Rb8 82. Be8 Rb7 83. Re6+ Kg7 84. Bg6 Rb8 85. Be4 Kh8 86. Re7
Rb5 87. Bg6 Rb6 88. Bd3 Rb8 89. Rd7 Rb6 90. Rd5 Kg7 91. Bb5 Kh6 92. Kxb4 Rb8
93. Kc3 Rb6 94. Kd4 Re6 95. Bd3 Re1 96. Ra5 Re7 97. Be4 Rg7 98. Bf3 Re7 99.
Ra6+ Kg7 100. Be4 Kh8 101. Ra5 Kg7 102. Ke3 Rf7 103. Bg6 Rf6 104. Ke4 Rf8 105.
Ra6 Rf6 106. Ra7+ Kh8 107. Bf5 Rf8 108. Kf4 Rb8 109. Kg5 Rg8+ 110. Bg6 Rg7 111.
Ra5 Rg8 112. Ra4 Rg7 113. Kf6 Rg8 114. Ra7 Rg7 115. Bf7 Kh7 116. Ra8 Kh6 117.
Rb8 Rh7 118. Bg6 Rg7 {Black resigned as mate is coming in two moves.} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2007.05.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Bradford, Joseph M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "Kaidanov,G"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. O-O
Qb6 $6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bc2 (10. Nb3 $1 $14) 10... Qc7 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Qe2 O-O
13. Nb3 $146 (13. Nf1 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Bg5 Bc5 16. Bh4 Qf4 17. Bg3 Qh6 18.
b4 Bb6 19. b5 Nd8 20. Rab1 Bc5 21. Ne5 Nf7 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 23. Ne3 Bd7 24. Be5
Raf8 25. f3 Nh5 26. Kh1 Nf4 27. Ng4 Qg5 28. Bxf4 Rxf4 29. Ne5 Rh4 30. g3 Qxg3
31. Rg1 Bxg1 32. Rxg1 Bxb5 33. c4 Bxc4 34. Nxc4 Qxf3+ 35. Qxf3 Rxf3 36. Ne5 {
0-1 Jelica,M (2210)-Glek,I (2535)/Recklinghausen 1999/EXT 2000}) 13... f6 14.
exf6 Nxf6 15. Nbd4 Nxd4 (15... e5 $5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Nxe5 Bd6 18. h3 a5 19.
Bd3 Re8 20. Bf4 g6 $13 {Black has some compensation for the pawn because of
unpleasant pin along the e-file.}) 16. Nxd4 e5 $2 (16... Bc5 $5 17. Nxe6 Bxe6
18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Be3 Rae8 20. Qh3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Qb6 $14) 17. Bf4 $1 $16 (17.
Qxe5 Bd6 18. Qg5 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 $14) 17... exf4 18. Qxe7 Qxe7 (18... Qb6 {
probably was relatively better.} 19. Bb3 Bg4 20. Qe5 f3 21. gxf3 Rae8 22. Qg5
$16) 19. Rxe7 Rf7 20. Re5 Bd7 21. Bb3 Bc6 22. Rae1 ({My original intention was
} 22. Rf5 Re8 23. Rxf4 {I didn't go into this line,because I didn't like the
fact that my rook is out of play.}) 22... a5 23. a3 h6 24. f3 a4 25. Ba2 Ra6
26. R1e2 Rb6 27. Rf5 Rf8 $1 28. Rfe5 ({I realized that} 28. Rxf4 Re8 {creates
unnecessary problems. Since Black had no counterplay and also expierenced lack
of time, White can come back and keep improving his position.}) 28... Rd8 29.
Kf2 Rd7 30. Bb1 Rd8 31. Re7 Bb5 32. Nxb5 Rxb5 33. Bg6 Kh8 34. Ke1 Rb6 35. h4 {
/\ h5} h5 36. R7e6 Rb5 (36... Rb3 37. R6e5) 37. Bd3 Rc5 38. Re7 b5 39. Rb7 $18
d4 40. Rxb5 Rcc8 41. c4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Dyachkov, Sergej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
g5 {A splendid example of what becomes possible when the central pawn
structure is locked. Black's plan is simple: to play ...g4, force the knight
out of the way, and then capture on d4. White must react violently, for there
is no sensible way of defending his pawn chain. 9 Nb3 fails to 9...c4, the
reason Black didn't capture on d4 first.   If Black does manage to win the
pawn on d4, his king ought to be safe as it lies behind the solid pawn chain
f7,e6,d5 - Black's chief asset in the French.} 9. c4 {This is a reasonable
attempt to cause some chaos - at least Black's pawn structure has been spoiled.
} g4 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne1 Nxd4 12. Nc2 Nxc2 13. Bxc2 Nb6 {Wisely declining
the e-pawn. Black's king would have been far too exposed.} 14. a4 Be6 15. f4 f5
{Attempting to keep the centre closed, though naturally White exchanges pawns
to keep play fluid.} 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. f5 Bf7 18. Qxg4 Rg8 19. Qe2+ Kd8 20. Nf3
Bd6 21. Qf2 Kc7 {Material is now level, but Black must have the better chances.
After a little 'walk-about', his king is reasonably well protected by the two
central pawns and minor pieces; and it is White's king that is a little
exposed on the open g-file...} 22. Be3 d4 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Rxg2+ (24...
Rxg2+ 25. Qxg2 (25. Kxg2 Bd5+ 26. Kh3 Qh6+ 27. Kg4 Rg8+) 25... Qxd4+ 26. Rf2 (
26. Kh1 Bd5) 26... Rg8) 0-1

[Event "Alushta"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars P"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
g5 9. b4 $5 cxb4 10. cxb4 Nxb4 (10... Bxb4 $2 11. Nb3 g4 $6 (11... h6) 12. Ng5
h6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bg6+ Ke7 15. Qxg4 Nb6 16. a3 Bc3 17. Nc5 Nxe5 18. dxe5
Bxe5 19. Bd2 $18 {Rasik,V-Borovikov,V/EU-chJ Sas van Gent/1992/}) 11. Be2 Nf8
12. Nb3 b6 (12... Ng6 13. Be3 Kf8 14. Qd2 h6 15. h4 gxh4 16. Bxh6+ Kg8 17. Be3
$44 {Gipslis,E-Ulibin,M/Moscow Alekhine op/1992/}) 13. Bd2 h6 14. h4 $1 gxh4 (
14... g4 $6 15. Nh2 h5 16. g3 {/\ f3+/-}) 15. Nh2 a5 16. Ng4 h5 17. Nh2 Ng6 18.
Bxh5 Kf8 19. Be2 Kg7 20. Ng4 Bd7 21. a3 Nc6 (21... Na6 {/\ Nc7-e8, f5}) 22. Be3
a4 23. Nd2 Na5 24. f4 Rc8 25. Bd3 Rc3 26. Nb1 Rc7 27. Ra2 Nc4 28. Bc1 f5 29.
exf6+ Bxf6 30. Ne5 (30. Bxg6 Kxg6 31. Ne5+ Nxe5 32. fxe5 Bg5 33. Qg4 Rf8 34.
Rxf8 Rxc1+ 35. Rf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Qc8 $13) 30... Ne7 31. Qg4+ Kf8 32. Re2 Nd6
33. Bd2 Ndf5 34. Bb4 Be8 35. Bxf5 Bh5 36. Qh3 Bxe2 37. Re1 Bh5 (37... exf5 38.
Qxf5 Rh6 39. Rxe2 Kg7 (39... Rc1+ 40. Kh2 Kg7 41. Bxe7 Qxe7 42. Qg4+ Kh7 43.
Nd3 $16) 40. Qg4+ Ng6 (40... Kh7 41. Nf7 $16) 41. f5 $16) 38. Bxe6 Kg7 39. Nc3
Rh6 40. Nb5 Rc2 41. f5 Nc6 42. Bd6 Nxd4 (42... Na7 $5) 43. Nxd4 Qxd6 44. Nxc2
Bxe5 45. Qe3 Bf6 46. Nb4 d4 47. Qe4 d3 (47... Qg3 48. Qb7+ Kh8 49. Qc8+ Kh7 50.
Rc1 Be5 51. Qb7+ Bg7 52. Qc8 Rf6 53. Nd5 $13) 48. Nxd3 $10 Qd4+ 49. Kh2 Rh8 50.
Nf4 Be8 51. Nd5 Bc6 52. Qxd4 Bxd4 53. Re4 Bc5 54. Rg4+ Kf8 55. f6 Be8 56. Kh3
Bf7 $1 (56... Bxa3 57. Nc7 $1 Bb2 (57... Bf7 58. Rg7 Bxe6+ 59. Nxe6+ Ke8 60.
f7+ Kd7 61. f8=Q+ $18) 58. Nxe8 Bxf6 (58... Kxe8 59. Rg8+ Rxg8 60. f7+ $18) 59.
Nxf6 Ke7 60. Ba2 Kxf6 61. Rxa4 $18) 57. Nc7 (57. Nc7 Rh6 58. Rxa4 Rxf6 59. Bxf7
Kxf7 (59... Rxf7 60. Ne6+ Ke7 61. Nxc5 bxc5 62. Ra7+ (62. Kxh4 $16) 62... Ke6
63. Rxf7 Kxf7 64. Kg4 Ke6 65. Kf4 Kd5 66. a4 Kc4 67. Ke4 Kb4 68. Kd5 $10) 60.
Kxh4 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York MCC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Ilya"]
[Black "Klovsky, Rafail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Ndf3 Nc6 7. Bd3
cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Ne2 Qc7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bg5 O-O 14.
Bh4 Nh5 15. Rc1 g6 16. Na4 Qg7 (16... b5 $5 17. Nc5 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxc5 19. Qc2
$1 Qf4 $1 20. Nf3 $1 Bb6 (20... Bb4 $5 21. a3 Ba5 22. Be7 Bb7 $1 (22... Re8 23.
Qc6 Bd7 24. Qxd7 Qf7 25. Ne5 Rxe7 (25... Qxe7 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Nc6 Bd8 28.
Nxe7+ Bxe7 $16) 26. Rc8+ Rxc8 27. Qxc8+ Qf8 28. Nc6 Re8 29. Qxa6 $16) (22...
Rf7 $2 23. Qc6 Qb8 24. Qe8+ Kg7 25. Ng5 $18) 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 $13) 21. Qc6 Qb8 22.
Be7 $18 {Matulovic}) (16... Bd7 17. Nc5 Rae8 $14) 17. Nb6 $1 (17. Bb1 $2 Rxf3
$44) 17... Rb8 18. Bxa6 $1 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 $1 bxa6 20. Nxc8 Rbxc8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8
22. Re1 (22. Nxe6 $2 Qe5) 22... Bb4 $5 (22... e5 $2 23. Nb5 $1) (22... Nf4 $5
23. Bg5 (23. Bg3 $2 Qxd4 $1 24. Qxd4 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Nxd4 26. Bxd6 Rc2 $15) 23...
Qd7 {/\} 24. Bxf4 Bxf4 25. Nxe6 Rc1 26. Qe2 Qb5 27. Kf1 Qxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Rc2+ $13
) (22... Rc4 $2 23. Nxe6 Qxb2 24. Qxd5 $18) 23. Qg4 $1 (23. Rxe6 $4 Qxd4 24.
Qxd4 Rc1+ $19) 23... Qf7 $6 (23... Nf4 24. Rd1 (24. Nxe6 $2 Qd7 25. Rd1 Bd6 $1
$17) 24... Rf8 (24... Bd6 25. g3 h5 26. Qf3 Nh3+ 27. Kg2 g5 28. Nxe6 $18) 25.
Bg5 $1 Bd6 26. g3 $18) (23... Qe5 $5 24. Rd1 $1 Bd2 $5 (24... Ng7 25. Bg3 $1 (
25. Nxe6 $2 Rc4 26. Nd4 Nf5 $19) 25... Qe4 (25... Qf6 26. Nxe6 Rc4 27. Nf4 Qxb2
28. Qf3 Rd4 29. Nxd5 $1 $16) 26. Qxe4 dxe4 27. Be5 Nf5 28. Nxe6 Re8 29. Rd8 $16
) 25. Qxe6+ Qxe6 26. Nxe6 Rc2 $13) 24. Rd1 Ng7 25. Nxe6 Rc4 26. Nd4 $1 Nf5 27.
b3 $1 (27. Nxf5 Qxf5 28. Qxf5 gxf5 29. Bg5 Kf7 $16) 27... Rxd4 (27... h5 28.
Nxf5 Rxg4 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. Nxf7 Kxf7 (30... Rxh4 31. Ng5) 31. Bg3 $18 {צg4})
28. Rxd4 Nxd4 29. Qxd4 Bf8 30. Bf6 Qe6 31. Qe5 Qc6 32. g3 Kf7 33. Bh8 h5 34.
Qf4+ Kg8 35. Bd4 Qe6 36. Bc3 Bg7 $2 (36... Bd6 {Hecht} 37. Qd4 $16 (37. Qf6 $5
Qxf6 38. Bxf6 Bc5 39. Kf1 Kf7 40. Bg5 Ke6 41. f3 Kf5 42. Bd2 {Gewinn?} (42. h4
$5 {Gewinn?}))) 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Maribor Pirc Memorial"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sermek, Drazen"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bg5 Bd7 14. Re1 Kh8
15. Bc2 Rac8 $5 $146 (15... Rae8 {Das ist der Platz für den Bd7 This is the
place for the Bd7} 16. a3 Re7 (16... a5 $2 17. Qd3 $16 Re7 $2 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19.
Nxd5 $1 {1-0/Blodstein,A-Danielian,O/Voroshilovgrad/1989/}) 17. b4 Be8 18. b5
Nd8 19. Ne5 Nf7 20. Bh4 Qc7 21. Bg3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qxc3 23. Re3 Qc5 24. exf6
gxf6 25. Rc1 Qb6 26. Qh5 $44 {Arnason,J-Haugli,P/Aabybro/1989/}) 16. a3 Ne7 17.
Rb1 Be8 18. Qe2 (18. Rxe6 $2 Bxh2+ $19) 18... Bh5 $1 (18... Bf7 19. Ne5 $16)
19. Qxe6 Bxf3 (19... Ne4 20. Bxe4 $5 Bxh2+ 21. Nxh2 Qxe6 22. Bxd5 Qf5 23. Bxe7
Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 $13) 20. gxf3 Ne4 $1 21. Qg4 (21. f4 $2 Nxg5 22. fxg5 Qxd4 23.
Qxd6 Qxf2+ (23... Rxf2 $4 24. Re4 $1 $18) 24. Kh1 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 Rf4 $1 $19)
21... Nxg5 22. Qxg5 Rf6 $44 (22... Qxd4 23. Rxe7 (23. Nb5 $6 Bxh2+ 24. Kg2 Qf4
25. Qxf4 Bxf4 26. Rxe7 Rxc2 $15) 23... Bxe7 24. Qxe7 Rxf3 25. Qe2 Rcf8 26. Rf1
$13) 23. Qg4 Rd8 {>< Pd5} 24. Re3 Ng8 25. Rbe1 Bf8 (25... Qxb2 $5 $13) 26. Re8
Rxe8 27. Rxe8 Qxb2 28. Nxd5 Rf7 29. Qh5 $6 (29. Be4 $5 Qxa3 30. Kg2 Nh6 (30...
g6 31. Qe6 Rg7 32. Nf6 $18) 31. Qc8 {/\ 32.Ne7+-}) 29... g6 $1 30. Bxg6 $2 (30.
Qe5+ Bg7 31. Qb8 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qg5+ $10) 30... Rg7 31. Qe5 (31. Rxf8 Qb1+ 32.
Kg2 Rxg6+ 33. Kh3 Qf1+ 34. Kh4 Qxf2+ 35. Kh3 Qg2+ 36. Kh4 Qxh2#) 31... Qxa3 $2
(31... Qb1+ $19) 32. Nf4 hxg6 $2 (32... Bd6 $19) 33. Ne6 $10 Qxf3 34. h3 Qxh3
35. f3 Qf5 (35... Qf5 36. Nxf8 Qxe5 37. dxe5 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rachels, Stuart"]
[Black "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 (7...
cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 $1 {CBM 18}) 8. O-O g5 $5 9. dxc5 (9. h3 h5 $13) (9. Bb5 cxd4
10. Nxd4 Ndxe5 11. Qh5 $44 {Gipslis-Ulybin/URS/1988/i46/(349)}) 9... Nxc5 (9...
g4 10. Nd4 Ncxe5 11. Bb5 Bxc5 12. f4 Nc6 13. N2b3 Qb6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nxc5
Nxc5 16. Qxg4 Ba6 17. Re1 O-O-O $13) 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Qe2 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13.
c4 $14 Rb8 14. b3 Qa5 15. Qe3 Rg8 16. Nd4 g4 17. f4 gxf3 18. N2xf3 Rg6 19. Bd2
Qb6 20. b4 Ne4 21. c5 Qc7 22. Qf4 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Kf8 24. Ne2 a5 25. a3 axb4 26.
axb4 Rg4 27. Nf4 Kg8 28. h3 Rg3 29. Nh5 Rxf3 30. Rxf3 Qxe5 31. Raf1 Qxh5 32.
Rxf7 Re8 33. Qf2 Qg5 34. h4 Qh6 35. Qg3+ Qg6 36. Qc7 Kh8 37. Qxd7 Rg8 38. R7f2
Bxh4 39. Re2 e5 40. Qf5 e4 41. b5 Be7 42. Qe5+ Qg7 43. Qxg7+ Kxg7 44. bxc6
Bxc5+ 45. Kh1 Rc8 46. Rf5 Rxc6 47. g4 Rd6 48. Kg2 Bb6 49. Rd2 Rg6 50. Rdxd5
Rxg4+ 51. Kh3 Rg6 52. Rd7+ Kh6 53. Kh4 Re6 54. Rh5+ Kg6 55. Rdxh7 Bd4 56. R7h6+
Kf7 57. Rxe6 Kxe6 58. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 {Das ist nach wie vor der Modezug.} 10. Nf3 h6 11. O-O Bd6 {
Die nächsten schwarzen Züge sind klar: 0-0, Rd8 und Nf8. Weiß kann dies bei
seinem Plan gut berücksichtigen.} 12. Bb1 O-O 13. Ng3 Rd8 14. Re1 Nf8 15. Ne5
$1 $14 {Die Besetzung dieses Feldes und das Befestigen desselben führen in der
Regel zu klarem Vorteil für Weiß. So auch hier. Schwarz ist in der Folge ohne
richtiges Spiel.} Qh4 (15... Bd7 16. f4 Rac8 17. Be3 Be8 18. Qd3 Bxe5 19. fxe5
Qe7 20. Qe2 Bg6 21. Bxg6 Nxg6 22. Qg4 Kh7 23. Rf1 Rf8 24. a3 a5 25. Rxf8 Nxf8
26. Qe2 {... 1-0 Rublevsky,S-Ivanov,S/RUS-ch m5-8 1997/CBM 59}) ({Der Zug 15.
Ne5 ist auch taktisch gerechtfertigt, denn:} 15... Nxe5 $2 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17.
Nh5 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qxf2 19. Qg4 $18) 16. Nf3 Qf6 17. Ne5 Qh4 18. f4 Bd7 (18...
Bxe5 19. dxe5 $14) 19. Be3 Be8 20. a3 Rac8 21. Qd2 b6 22. Ba2 Ne7 23. Rf1 Bg6
24. Bb3 Bxe5 $1 25. dxe5 (25. fxe5 $1 Nf5 26. Nxf5 Bxf5 27. Rf4 Qe7 {scheint
mir etwas besser für Weiß zu sein, wenngleich mir ein klarer Spielplan nicht
ersichtlich ist.}) 25... Nf5 {Ich glaube, Schwarz hat jetzt ausgeglichen.} (
25... Nd7 $2 26. Bf2 Nc5 27. Nf5 Nxb3 28. Bxh4 Nxd2 29. Nxe7+ Kh7 30. Nxc8 $16
{[%cal Rh4d8]}) 26. Ne2 {Die Fragen, ob überhaupt abzutauschen ist, und wenn
ja, welche Figuren, sind hier m.E. sehr wichtig. In der Partie tauscht Schwarz
nichts und wird glatt überspielt. Auch der später mögliche Tausch des Bg6
gegen den Ne2 hätte zu klarem Nachteil geführt, denn die Springer haben nicht
so tolle Felder, daß sie es mit den Läufern aufnehmen könnten. Hier und jetzt
bestand aber die Möglichkeit, einen Springer gegen einen Läufer zu tauschen.}
Bh5 $6 (26... Nxe3 $1 27. Qxe3 $11) 27. Bf2 $1 Qe7 28. h3 Bg6 29. Rac1 h5 30.
Bc2 $16 Qf7 31. Nc3 Ne7 32. Bb3 Qe8 33. Bh4 Rc5 $6 34. Ba4 $1 $18 Qf7 35. Nb5
Rxb5 36. Bxb5 Rc8 37. Rxc8 Nxc8 38. Rc1 Qb7 39. Qc3 Ne7 40. Qc7 Qxc7 41. Rxc7
Nf5 42. Bf2 d4 43. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Helsinki op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lyrberg, Patrik"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Nh5 $5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Ng3 (
14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Rad1 (15. Qe3 $5) 15... Rxf3 $1 16. gxf3 Rf8 17. Qe3 e5 18.
dxe5 Nxe5 $13 {Wolff-Moskalenko/Wijk-B/1992/CBM-28/VC}) 14... Nf4 15. Re1 Bd7
16. a3 a6 17. Rc1 Rae8 (17... Be8 $5) 18. Bf1 e5 $10 (18... h6 {/\ Rf7, Ref8})
19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Qd4 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Qf6 23. Rd1 Bc6 24. Qxf6 Rxf6
25. Ne2 Nxe2+ 26. Bxe2 Kf7 27. Bd3 h6 28. f3 Ke6 29. Kf2 g5 30. Ke3 Ke5 31. Bc2
Rf4 32. Rc1 Rf6 33. Rd1 Rf4 34. Rc1 Rf6 35. Rd1 Re6 36. Bd3 Bd7 37. Rc1 Rb6 38.
b4 Rc6 39. Re1 Rf6 40. g3 Bc6 41. Be2 Re6 42. Rd1 Kd6+ 43. Kf2 Re8 44. Rd4 Ke5
45. Ke3 Bb5 46. Bxb5 axb5 47. h4 Ra8 48. hxg5 hxg5 49. f4+ gxf4+ 50. gxf4+ Kd6
51. Rd3 Re8+ 52. Kf3 Re1 53. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars P"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
g5 9. b4 $6 $146 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxb4 11. Be2 Nf8 12. Nb3 Ng6 13. Be3 Kf8 (13...
Bd7 $5) 14. Qd2 h6 15. h4 gxh4 (15... g4 $2 16. Bxh6+ Kg8 17. Nh2 $16) 16.
Bxh6+ Kg8 17. Be3 b6 18. a3 Nc6 19. Bd3 $44 Rh5 $6 20. Nh2 a5 21. Nc1 a4 (21...
Ba6 $2 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. Qe2 $18) 22. Qe2 Rh8 23. Qg4 Kg7 24. Ne2 Ba6 25. Bxa6
Rxa6 26. f4 f5 27. exf6+ Bxf6 28. f5 exf5 29. Rxf5 Qe7 (29... Nce7 $6 30. Nf4
b5 31. Rf1 $16 {/\ Nh5}) 30. Bg5 Bxg5 31. Rxg5 Qe4 $10 32. Rf1 Qxg4 33. Nxg4
Nce7 34. Ne5 b5 35. Nf4 Rf8 36. Nexg6 Nxg6 37. Nxd5 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Rc6 39. Ne3
Rc3 40. Kf2 Rxa3 41. Rxb5 Rb3 42. Ra5 a3 43. Kf3 Ne7 44. Ra7 Kf8 45. Ra8+ Kf7
46. Ke4 Nc6 47. Nc4 h3 48. gxh3 Rxh3 49. Ne5+ Nxe5 50. Kxe5 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch29 Final"]
[Site "Plauen"]
[Date "1980.02.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1980.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 $1 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Qb6 8.
O-O Be7 (8... cxd4 {Die Annahme des Opfers kann nach} 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4
Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qa4 Qb4 13. Qc2 Qc5 {zum Remis führen.} 14. Qb1 $5 {
Tschiburdanidse}) 9. Qa4 $6 {Der Witz der Stellung liegt gerade darin, daß
Schwarz auf d4 schlägt, wenn es nötig ist.} (9. Re1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4
Qxd4 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. Qc2 h6 14. Qa4 Bf8 {und Weiß stand besser (Hort-Dobosz).
Schwarz kann jedoch nach 9.Te1 auch abwarten: 9...h6.}) (9. a3 a5 {Dies
analysierten wir nach der Partie. Auf} 10. Qa4 {kann dann} c4 11. Bb1 Qc7 {
nebst b5, b4 folgen.}) 9... a6 $1 10. Bb1 {Droht, auf c5 zu nehmen.} cxd4 11.
cxd4 Qa7 $1 {Das ist die Idee von 9...a6. Der d4 fällt nun, ohne daß die weiße
Dame auf das Idealfeld g4 gelangt.} 12. Qb3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qb6 15.
Qd3 h6 16. Qe2 Nb8 $5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bd3 Nc6 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. Bd2 Qb6 21. Be3
Qd8 22. h4 $2 {Nach 22.a3 oder 22.Ld2 hat es Schwarz schwerer.} Nb4 $1 23. Nd4
Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Bxh4 {Zwei Bauern mehr und der weißfeldrige Läufer fehlt beim
Gegner. Also totale Gewinnstellung?} 25. f4 g6 (25... Bg3 {hat auch seine
Ecken:} 26. Rf3 $1 Qh4 27. Rc7 Rc8 (27... Rb8 28. Bf2 Bxf2+ 29. Rxf2 $13) 28.
Rxb7 Qh2+ 29. Kf1 Qh1+ 30. Ke2 $1 Qxg2+ 31. Bf2) 26. g4 Be7 (26... h5 27. g5
Bg3 {Weiß gewinnt zumindest den h4 zurück, ungleichfarbige Läufer sind möglich.
}) 27. Rf2 $1 {Hier hatte er schon an der Aufgabe überlegt.} Rc8 $2 {Die zwei
Mehrbauern und das Läuferpaar verleiten zu dem Gedanken, daß es einfach ist,
aber man muß sehr genau spielen. Richtig war 27...h5:} (27... h5 28. Rh2 $8 Rc8
{und Weiß kann nicht gefahrlos den h-Bauern gewinnen.}) 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. Rc2
Qb8 $2 (29... Qd8 {war hier genauer, um die Möglichkeit Da5 zu haben.}) 30. Qc3
$1 g5 $2 {An diesem Zug rechnete ich sogar 18 Minuten, aber ich zog nur die
Möglichkeit 31.Dc7 in Betracht. Ein Gewinn ist aber schon sehr schwer:} (30...
h5 31. g5 $1 (31. Rh2 Qc8) 31... Qd8 $5 32. Qc7 (32. Qb3 Qa5 33. Bd2 Qa4 34.
Rc8+ Bd8 35. Qxa4 Bxa4 36. Ba5 (36. b3 Kd7 $13) 36... Kd7 37. Rb8 Bc6) 32... b6
33. Qb7 (33. Qxd8+ Bxd8 34. Nc6 Bc7 $1 35. Na7 Kd8 {/\Kc8 usw.}) 33... Bc5 34.
b4 Bxb4 35. Nc6 Bxc6 36. Qxc6+ Kf8 {, aber das alles ist nicht klar.}) 31. Nf5
$1 gxf4 $4 {Obwohl ich nochmals 18 Minuten nachdachte, dieser grobe Verlustzug.
Dabei sah ich} (31... exf5 32. e6 Rg8 33. exd7+ Kxd7 34. Qd3 $8 Qd6 35. Bc5
Qxc5+ $8 {, aber ich meinte, höchstens ein Remis erreichen zu können. Die
Fehleinschätzung beruht vor allem darauf, daß mein Textzug überhaupt keine
Chance bietet. In Wirklichkeit habe ich nach} 36. Rxc5 Bxc5+ 37. Kf1 Kc6 38.
Qxf5 Bd6 {das Remis so gut wie sicher. Noch stärker ist aber 34..Td8 (statt 34.
..Dd6):}) (31... exf5 32. e6 Rg8 33. exd7+ Kxd7 34. Qd3 Rd8 {Falls ich diesen
Zug während der Partie überhaupt berechnete, so verwarf ich ihn wohl wegen} 35.
Bb6 {, jedoch nach} Qxf4 {hat man in allen Varianten zumindest gute
Remischancen. Etwa} 36. Qxd5+ (36. Bxd8 Qxg4+ 37. Kf1 Qf4+ 38. Rf2 Qc1+ 39. Kg2
Kxd8 40. Rc2 Qf4 {usw.}) 36... Qd6 37. Qxf5+ Ke8 38. Bxd8 Bxd8 {und der weiße
König steht auch offen.}) 32. Bxf4 Bg5 (32... Rg8 33. Nd6+ Bxd6 34. exd6 Rxg4+
35. Kh1 {und ich stehe auf Matt.}) 33. Nd6+ Kf8 34. Bxg5 hxg5 35. Qf3 {Der Nd6
garantiert den Sieg.} f5 36. gxf5 exf5 37. Qxd5 Qa7+ 38. Rf2 Rh7 39. e6 Bxe6
40. Qxe6 f4 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Cheliabinsk"]
[Site "Cheliabinsk"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lhagvasuren, Cedendemberel"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Ne2 Rxf3
15. gxf3 Ng5 16. Kh1 e5 17. dxe5 Nxf3 18. Ng1 (18. Bxh7+ $1 $13 Kh8 19. Ng1
Ncd4 $1 {Kholmov-Ulibin/Soci-A/1989/CBM16/VC Timoshenko-Gleizerov/Cheliabinsk/
1990/i49/316}) 18... Nfxe5 $44 19. Be2 Bf5 20. Qd2 d4 21. Rfe1 Qd5+ 22. f3 d3
23. Bf1 Rd8 24. b3 Ng6 25. Rac1 Nce5 26. Rc3 Qd4 27. Rcc1 $4 Qxg1+ $1 0-1

[Event "Cheliabinsk"]
[Site "Cheliabinsk"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Masternak, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. h3 O-O 13. Be3 {Ein sehr sicherer
Aufbau.} Bd7 14. Rc1 Rae8 15. Re1 $14 Qb8 16. Nc3 a6 17. Na4 Re7 18. Nc5 Be8
19. a3 e5 $2 (19... Bh5 $2 20. Nxa6 bxa6 21. Rxc6) (19... Qa8 $5 {/\ 20...Bh5})
20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Be2 Bh5 22. Nxe5 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Bxe5 24. Nd3 Rfe8 25. Nxe5
Qxe5 26. Qb3 Ne4 27. Rd1 Rd7 28. Bd4 $16 {>< Pd5} Qh5 29. Rde1 Qf7 30. f3 Nd6
31. Rxe8+ Nxe8 32. Re5 Nf6 33. Qe3 h6 34. Kh2 Kh7 35. g4 Rc7 36. Kg3 Kg8 37.
Rf5 Rc6 38. h4 Qc7+ 39. Be5 Qe7 40. Qd2 Qc5 41. Qd4 Qxd4 42. Bxd4 Rd6 43. b4
Nd7 44. h5 b6 45. Kf2 Nf8 46. Ke3 Ne6 47. f4 Nf8 48. a4 Ne6 49. a5 b5 50. g5
hxg5 51. fxg5 g6 52. hxg6 Nxd4 53. Kxd4 Rc6 54. Kxd5 Rc4 55. Rf6 Rxb4 56. Rxa6
Rg4 57. Rb6 Rxg5+ 58. Kd4 b4 59. a6 1-0

[Event "Cheliabinsk"]
[Site "Cheliabinsk"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Masternak, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. f4 Qb6 12. Nf3 O-O (12... e5 $6 13. fxe5 Nxe5
$6 (13... Bxe5 $14) 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bb5+ $1 Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Nxd7 17. Qe1 $1 $16
) 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. Nc3 Ne7 15. Ne5 {>= 15.a3} Be8 16. g4 $2 Rd8 $1 {>< Pd4} 17.
a3 $6 Ne4 $1 18. Bxe4 (18. Ne2 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Nf2+ $19) (18. Kg2 Qxd4 19. Bxe4
Bxe5 20. fxe5 dxe4 $19) 18... dxe4 19. Qe2 Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Qe3 Bxe5 22.
dxe5 d4 0-1

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Grimm, Sascha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Re1 O-O 13. g3 Nh5 (13... Bd7 14.
Bf4 Rae8 15. Rc1 Qb8 (15... Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Qb6 17. Qd2 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Nxd5
Nxd5 20. Nf3 Rxf3 21. Be4 Rf6 22. Bxd5+ Kh8 23. Qe3 {Kveinys,A-Djurhuus,R/Oslo
(02) ;CBM 30 1992/1-0 (52)}) 16. Bb1 Re7 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nf4 Qb4 19. Rc3 Bc8
20. Nd3 Qb6 21. Nde5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 {Hunt,H-McDonald,N/BCF-ch (02) ;TD 93\10
1993/0-1 (57)}) (13... e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bf4 Bg4 17. Rc1 Qd6
18. Qb3 Nd7 19. Be4 Be6 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Nf4 dxe4 22. Nxe6 {Li,R-Pitem,E/
WchJW U16 Bratislava (10) ;TD 93\05 1993/1-0 (71)}) 14. Ng5 g6 15. f4 Qb6 16.
Kg2 e5 (16... Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxg6 Qxd1 19. Bxh7+ Kg7 20. Rxd1 $16) (
16... Ng7 17. Nf3 Nf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 {1/2-1/2 Kveinys,A-Gleizerov,E/Slupsk op ;
TD 92\11 1992}) 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nc3 Ng4 19. Qf3 Bd7 20. Nxd5 Qd4 21. Ne6 Bxe6
22. Rxe6 Ne5 23. Qe4 Qxd3 24. Rxe5 Qxe4+ 25. Rxe4 $16 Rac8 26. Kf3 Rf5 27. Ne7+
Bxe7 28. Rxe7 Rb5 29. b3 Rc2 30. Ba3 Nf6 31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Bxc1 Rc5 33. Bb2 Nd5
34. Rg7+ Kf8 35. Rxb7 Rc2 36. Bg7+ Kg8 37. Rxa7 Rxh2 38. Be5 Nb4 39. a4 Rd2 40.
Rg7+ Kf8 41. Rxh7 Rd3+ 42. Kg4 Rxb3 43. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Ostrava"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars P"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
g5 9. Bb5 $5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ndxe5 11. Qh5 Bf6 12. f4 gxf4 13. Rxf4 Bd7 14. N2f3
Nxf3+ 15. Rxf3 $146 (15. Qxf3 Ne5 16. Bxd7+ Nxd7 17. Be3 Rg8 18. Re1 Be5 $17
19. Rg4 (19. Rxf7 $2 Bxh2+ 20. Kf1 Ne5 $19) 19... Rg6 20. Bf2 Qf6 21. Rh4 $4
Bxd4 {0-1 Gipslis-Ulibin/URS-chT/1988}) 15... Nxd4 (15... Ne5 $5) 16. Bxd7+
Kxd7 (16... Qxd7 17. Rxf6 $44) 17. Qxf7+ Be7 18. cxd4 Rf8 19. Qh5 $1 (19. Qxh7
$6 Rxf3 20. gxf3 Qg8+ 21. Qxg8 Rxg8+ 22. Kh1 Rc8 $1 23. Be3 Rc2 24. Rb1 Bd6 $17
) 19... Rxf3 (19... Qb6 $6 20. Rb3 Qxd4+ $6 21. Be3 $16 {>< Kd7}) 20. Qxf3 Qb6
21. Qd3 Rf8 22. Be3 h5 23. b3 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Popovic, Petar"]
[Black "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be3 Bd7 14. a3 Rae8
15. Rc1 Re7 16. Ne5 ({RR} 16. b4 Be8 17. Na4 Qd8 18. Nc5 Qb8 19. Qc2 Bh5 20.
Ng5 h6 21. Nh7 Nxh7 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. b5 Na5 24. h3 Nc4 25. Bd3 Nxa3 26. Qb3
Nc4 27. Bxc4 dxc4 28. Qxc4 Qe8 29. f4 Qg6 30. Rce1 b6 31. Nd3 Qe8 32. Bd2 Bg6
33. Nb4 Qd7 34. Nc6 Ree8 35. Rf3 Rf5 36. g3 Rd5 37. Rfe3 Bf7 38. Bb4 Bxb4 39.
Qxb4 Rd6 {1-0 Andreev,E-Lundberg,B/Tallinn 1997/EXT 97 (39)}) 16... Be8 17. b4
Bh5 $6 18. g4 $16 Be8 19. Bb1 Qd8 20. f4 a5 21. b5 Na7 22. a4 Ba3 23. Rc2 Nd7
24. Rg2 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Qc7 26. Qd3 Bg6 27. f5 d4 28. Bxd4 Rd7 29. fxg6 Rxd4 30.
gxh7+ Kh8 31. Qxd4 1-0

[Event "Sochi-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. Re1 Ng4 15.
Bh4 Kh8 $6 {N; 15...Sh6 ist schon desöfteren gespielt worden. Zum Beispiel Van
der Wiel- Short, Biel 1985 - i40/348} 16. Bxh7 $1 Qxb2 (16... Nxh2 17. Ng5 Qxd4
18. Qh5 Qg4 {Von Van der Wiel angegeben in i40, aber ...} 19. Bg6+ Qxh5 20.
Bxh5 {und neben einigen Drohungen hat sich auch noch der Springer auf h2
verlaufen.}) 17. Rc1 Bf4 18. Rc2 Qa3 19. Bg6 {Fazit: Materiell hat sich nichts
verändert, aber die Gefahr eines weißen Überfalls am Königsflügel hat sich
erheblich vergrößert. Der folgende Zug sollte deshalb besser unterbleiben.} Nb4
$6 20. Be7 $1 Rfc8 21. Ne5 $1 $18 {Geller nimmt die Einladung natürlich an.
Der Angriff ist unwiderstehlich.} Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rxc3 23. Qh5+ Bh6 24. Bg5 Be8
25. Bxe8 Nxc2 26. Bxh6 Nxe1 (26... gxh6 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kg8
(29... Kh7 30. Bg6+ Kh6 31. Bf5+ Kh5 32. g4#) 30. Bf7+ Kh7 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32.
Qh6#) 27. Bc1+ {27.Lxg7+! hätte nach dem eben beschriebenen Verfahren direkt
zum Matt geführt.} Kg8 28. Bf7+ Kf8 29. Bxa3+ Rxa3 30. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Nf4 Be7 11. Nf3 (11. Qg4 $14 g6 (11... O-O 12. Nh5 g6 13.
Nf3 Kh8 14. Bh6 Rg8 15. Nf4 $14 {(Razuvaev)}) 12. Re1 Nb8 (12... Nf8 13. dxc5
bxc5 14. c4 Qd7 15. b3 h5 16. Qf3 g5 17. Nxh5 O-O-O 18. Nf6 Bxf6 19. Qxf6 $16 {
Mueller,Ka-Moskalenko/Budapest/1991}) (12... c4 $5) 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. c4 Nc6
15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Nf3 O-O 18. Bg5 $14 {(Razuvaev)}) 11... O-O $5
$146 12. Re1 a5 13. Re3 (13. a4 $5) 13... a4 14. a3 f6 $1 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Re1
(16. Nd3 $1) 16... Bd6 17. Nd3 Rf5 18. g3 c4 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Nxf4 Qf6 21. Re3
Rf8 22. Kg2 Rxf4 $5 (22... g5 23. Nh5 Qg6 24. g4 R5f7 25. Qxa4 Rxf3 26. Rxf3
Qe4 27. Qd1 Qxg4+ 28. Rg3 $18) 23. gxf4 Qxf4 $44 24. Qe2 Rf6 25. Rg1 Rh6 (25...
Nb5 $5 26. Kf1 (26. Qd1 $6 Nd6 27. Qxa4 $2 Nf5 $17) 26... Nf8 $44) 26. Kf1 Nf6
$6 (26... Kf8 $6 27. h3 Rxh3 28. Ne5 Rxe3 29. Nxd7+ Ke8 30. Qxe3 Qxe3 31. fxe3
Kxd7 32. Rxg7+ $18) (26... Rh3 $6 27. Rxe6 Rxf3 28. Re7 $18) (26... Nf8 27. Rg3
$14) 27. Rxe6 $1 Nxe6 28. Qxe6+ Kf8 29. Ne5 $4 (29. Ng5 Qc1+ (29... Ne4 30.
Qc8+ Ke7 31. Nxe4 Qxe4 32. Rxg7+ $18) (29... Qc7 30. h3 $16) 30. Ke2 Qxb2+ 31.
Kf3 Qxc3+ 32. Kg2 $18) 29... Qxf2+ $1 $19 30. Kxf2 Ne4+ 31. Kg2 Rxe6 32. Rf1+
Ke8 33. Re1 Kd8 34. Re2 Kc7 35. Re3 Rf6 36. Re2 b5 37. Kg1 Kd6 38. Rg2 g5 39.
Re2 h5 40. Kg2 g4 41. Kg1 Ng5 42. Rd2 Rf3 43. Rc2 Nh3+ 44. Kg2 Nf4+ 45. Kg1 Re3
46. Kf2 Rh3 47. Kg1 Ke6 48. Rf2 Kf5 49. Nf7 g3 50. hxg3 Rxg3+ 51. Kh2 Rh3+ 52.
Kg1 Re3 53. Kf1 h4 54. Nd6+ Kg4 55. Nf7 h3 56. Nh6+ Kg5 57. Nf7+ Kf5 58. Nh6+
Ke4 59. Nf7 Ng2 60. Ng5+ Kd3 61. Nxh3 Rg3 62. Rxg2 Rxh3 63. Kg1 Rf3 64. Rh2 b4
65. cxb4 Kxd4 66. Rd2+ Ke4 67. Rf2 Rb3 68. Kf1 d4 69. Ke1 c3 70. bxc3 Rb1+ 71.
Kd2 Rb2+ 72. Ke1 dxc3 0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Poldauf, Dirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. O-O
g5 9. dxc5 $1 Nxc5 (9... g4 $5 10. Nd4 Ncxe5 11. Bb5 Bxc5 12. f4 Nc6 13. N2b3
Qb6 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Bxc6 (15. Be3 Rg8 $13) 15... bxc6 16. Qxg4 Ba6 17. Re1
O-O-O $13) 10. Bb5 a6 (10... Bd7 11. Qe2 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. c4 Rb8 14. b3 Qa5
15. Qe3 Rg8 16. Nd4 $16 {Rachels-Arencibia,W/Manila izt/1990/i49/315}) 11.
Bxc6+ bxc6 12. b4 (12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Qh5 {/\ b4, N2f3+/- Rachels}) 12... Nd7 13.
Nb3 g4 14. Nfd4 Nxe5 15. Bf4 $16 Qc7 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxc6 Qf4 18. Nxe7 Kxe7
19. g3 Qg5 20. Qd4 f6 21. f4 gxf3 22. Rxf3 Bd7 23. Qc5+ Ke8 24. Re1 Rf8 25. Qd6
e5 26. Nc5 Bh3 27. Ne6 Qd2 28. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Poldauf, Dirk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Qc2 $6 {N}
Be8 $1 15. Bh4 $6 (15. Bxf6 gxf6 {/\ Qg7=/+}) (15. h3 $5 {/\ Be3}) 15... h6 16.
Bg3 Bh5 $17 17. Ne5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 (18. Bxe2 Nxd4 19. Qxc7 Nxe2+ 20. Kh1 Bxc7
21. Rxc7 Ne4 22. Re1 Rxf2 $19) 18... Nxd4 19. Qe3 Qb6 20. Nc6 Bxg3 21. Ne7+ Kf7
22. Qxg3 Kxe7 23. Rc7+ Kd8 24. Rfc1 (24. Qxg7 Qd6 {/\ 25...Nf3 26.gf3 Rg8, 25..
.Ne8}) 24... Ne4 $2 (24... Ne8 $1 $19) 25. Qxg7 Nf3+ 26. gxf3 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1
Qxf3+ 28. Kg1 Qe3+ 29. Kg2 (29. Kh1 $2 Nf2+ 30. Kg2 Qf3+ 31. Kg1 Nh3#) 29...
Rf2+ 30. Kh1 Qf3+ 31. Kg1 Rg2+ 32. Qxg2 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Nf2+ 34. Kg1 Ne4+ (34...
Nxd3+ 35. Kh1 Nxc1 $2 36. Rf7 $1 $16) 35. Kh1 Nf2+ 36. Kg1 Ne4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kecskemet Open"]
[Site "Kecskemet "]
[Date "1985.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Halasz, Tamas"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1985.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. O-O
a5 9. Re1 cxd4 10. cxd4 g5 11. h3 h5 12. Nf1 $1 g4 (12... Rg8 $5) 13. hxg4 hxg4
14. N3h2 Nxd4 (14... Qb6 15. Be3) (14... Bb4 $5 15. Re3 Qh4 $2 16. Rg3 f5 17.
exf6 Bd6 18. Rxg4 $3 $18) 15. Qxg4 Bc5 {/\ Qh4=} 16. Bg5 $1 Qb6 17. Qf4 (17.
Be3 $1 $16) 17... Nc6 18. Re2 $1 Qb4 (18... Ncxe5 19. Rxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Bxf2+
21. Kh1 Bd4 22. Qg3 $16) 19. Qg3 Rg8 20. Nf3 Nf8 21. N1h2 {/\ Ng4+-} Be7 22.
Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Ng5 $1 Nf5 $1 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. f4 (25. e6 $5) 25... Ne6 (25...
Be6 $142) 26. Rf2 Bd7 27. Rd1 Rc8 28. Qe3 Nxg5 29. fxg5 Qe4 30. Qd2 Be6 31. Nf3
$14 b6 32. Re1 Qg4 33. Qe3 Rc5 34. Qb3 Qb4 $8 35. Qxb4 axb4 36. b3 Ke7 $2 $138
(36... Kd7 $142) 37. Rd1 Ra8 38. Rd4 Rb5 39. Ne1 (39. Kh2 $1) 39... Rg8 40. Nd3
Rxg5 41. Nxb4 Rg4 42. Rff4 (42. Rxg4 $14) 42... Rg8 43. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 09th Group7"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1993.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Holmes, Donald A"]
[Black "Vavra, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1993.10.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paisley YMCA Renfrew"]
[BlackTeam "Prague Bohemians"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 g6 $5 8. h4
$1 (8. O-O Bg7 9. Re1 (9. b3 $6 O-O 10. Bb2 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 $15 12. c4 cxd4
13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bb5 Qd6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Ne5 $17 {
Vogt,L-Bareev,E/Budapest/1988/}) (9. Qe2 Qb6 10. Re1 O-O 11. dxc5 Qc7 $10 {
Bareev}) 9... O-O 10. Nf1 f6 $6 (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 f6 $1 $10) 11. exf6 Qxf6
12. Ne3 $1 cxd4 13. Ng4 Qe7 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxg6 Qg7 $2 17. Bh5
$16 {Kunze,M-Poldauf,D/FRG-ch/1991/}) 8... Bg7 (8... Qb6 9. O-O (9. h5 $1) 9...
Bg7 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nf3 Qg4 13. Be3 Be7 14. g3 O-O
15. Be2 $44 {Jankov,J-Stavrev,N/BLG-ch/1991/}) 10. h5 (10. Re1 O-O 11. h5 cxd4
12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qg4 15. Bd2 Qxh5 16. Bb4 Re8 17. Rc1 $44 {
Vavra,P-Matlak,M/Prag/1992/}) 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Nf3
Qg4 14. Be2 Qxh5 $13 {Nikolenko,O-Zlochevskij,A/Moscov/1989/}) 9. a3 $6 (9. h5
$13) 9... Qb6 (9... f6 $5) 10. b4 $4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 $19 12. Bb2 Nxe5 $1 13.
Nxe5 (13. Bxd4 Nxd3+ 14. Ke2 Bxd4 $19) 13... Bxe5 14. Kf1 Bd7 15. Rb1 Rc8 16.
Kg1 O-O 17. h5 Bg7 18. Qg4 f5 19. Qh4 Bf6 20. Qg3 g5 21. Nb3 h6 22. Nc5 Qc7 23.
Qe3 f4 24. Qd2 e5 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Rc1 b6 27. Nb3 Qd6 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Bb1
Qe5 30. Qd3 Bg7 31. Kh2 Rc3 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Nc1 Rh3+ $1 (33... Rh3+ 34. gxh3
f3+ 35. Kg1 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qxf2#) 0-1

[Event "Sochi-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Ne2 Rxf3
15. gxf3 Ng5 16. Kh1 e5 17. dxe5 Nxf3 $1 {N; Mit dieser Neuerung wird das von
mir in CBM 13/S.47 schon totgesagte Qualitätsopfer zu neuem Leben erweckt.} (
17... Nxe5 $2 {i47/336}) 18. Bxh7+ {Nimmt die Herausforderung an.} (18. Ng1
Nfxe5 $146) 18... Kh8 19. Ng1 Ncd4 $1 (19... Nxg1 $2 20. Qh5 $18) (19... Ncxe5
$2 20. Be4 $1 $18) (19... Nfxe5 20. Bc2 $16) 20. Re1 (20. Bd3 $2 Bg4 21. Be2
Nxe2 22. Qxe2 Qh4 23. Nxf3 Qh5 $19) (20. Nxf3 $5 Bg4 21. Nxd4 Bxd1 22. Raxd1
Kxh7 $15) 20... Bg4 21. Re3 Qf8 {/\ Df4} (21... Qh4 $1 {Kholmov} 22. Nxf3 Qxf2
23. Qxd4 $1 Bxf3+ 24. Rxf3 Qxd4 25. Rh3 g5 (25... Qxe5 26. Bg6+ Kg8 27. Rf1 $10
) 26. Rg1 Qxe5 27. Rh5 Qe2 28. Bg6+ $1 {Kholmov gibt stattdessen in i48/379 28.
Tgg5 Df1 29.Tg1 Df3-+ an.} Kg7 29. Rhxg5 Qf3+ 30. R1g2 $10) 22. Be4 $1 $8 dxe4
23. Rxe4 Bd7 $10 (23... Nxg1 $2 24. Qxg4 $1) 24. Rxd4 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 Bc6+ 26. f3
Bxf3+ 27. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 28. Kg1 Rf8 29. Qh4+ Kg8 30. Qc4+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 15th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rasik, Vitezslav"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1993.01.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Be7 (7...
b6 $5 8. Nf1 $1 $14 (8. O-O g5 $36)) 8. O-O b6 $5 $146 9. a3 $6 (9. Re1 cxd4
10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Bb1 $1 Ba6 12. Re3 $13) 9... a5 10. Re1 c4 $1 11. Bc2 $6 (11.
Be2 b5 12. b3 $13) 11... b5 12. b3 $2 cxb3 13. Nxb3 a4 14. Nbd2 Nb6 $17 15. Rb1
Na7 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Re3 Nc4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Bxh7 Nb5 $2 (20...
Kd8 $17) 21. h4 $1 $13 O-O-O $5 (21... g6 $2 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kd8 24.
Ng5 Bxg5 25. hxg5 $16) (21... Nxa3 $2 22. Bxa3 Bxa3 23. Ng5 $1 {/\ Nxf7!}) 22.
Qxa4 Rxh7 (22... Bc6 $5 23. Qa6+ Kd7 24. Rxb5 Rxh7 25. Rb1 Rb8 $1 $36) 23. Qa8+
Qb8 24. Qxb8+ Kxb8 25. a4 Rdh8 26. Re1 (26. g3 g5 27. axb5 gxh4 28. g4 $13)
26... Bxh4 27. g3 Be7 28. axb5 $4 Rh1+ 29. Kg2 R8h2+ $1 30. Nxh2 Rxe1 $19 31.
Nf3 Rd1 32. Ra1 Kb7 33. Nd2 (33. Bb2 Rxa1 34. Bxa1 Kb6 $19) 33... f6 34. Kf3
Be8 35. Ke2 Rh1 36. Bb2 Bh5+ 37. Nf3 $6 Rxa1 38. Bxa1 Ba3 39. Ke3 Bc1+ 40. Nd2
Bd1 41. g4 Kb6 42. f4 Bxg4 0-1

[Event "Pinsk"]
[Site "Pinsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ginsburg, Gennadij"]
[Black "Svistunov, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ng4 14. g3 (14.
Nh5 e5 15. dxe5 Ngxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Be2 Be6 18. Qd4 Qc7 19. Rfe1 Nc6 20.
Qh4 Qf7 $10 {Sorokin,M-Komarov,D/Borzhomi/1988/}) (14. Qd2 Qd6 (14... Qf6 15.
Nh5 Qh6 16. Qxh6 Nxh6 17. Ng3 a6 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. Rfe1 Nf7 $10 {Ernst,T-Crouch,
C/London/1991/}) 15. g3 e5 16. dxe5 Qh6 17. Be2 $2 (17. h4 $1 Ngxe5 18. Nxe5
Nxe5 19. Be2 Rd8 20. Rfd1 $16) 17... g5 18. h3 gxf4 19. hxg4 Bxg4 20. Qxd5+ Kh8
21. e6 Rae8 $17 {Veinger,I-Hertneck,G/Munich zt/1987/}) (14. Ne2 $5 e5 $6 (
14... Qf6 15. h3 Nh6 $10) 15. Nxe5 (15. dxe5 $2 Rxf3 16. gxf3 Ngxe5 $44 {
Kruszynski}) 15... Ncxe5 16. dxe5 Qb6 $6 (16... Nxe5 17. Nd4 $14 {Kruszynski})
17. Nd4 Rf4 18. Nf3 $16 {Kruszynski,R-Laptev,R/Krakow/1991/}) 14... g5 $1 (
14... e5 $2 15. dxe5 g5 16. Nxd5 Ncxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Be4 $18 {Fedorov,
VV-Seferian,N/Budapest/1989/}) 15. Ng2 Qf6 16. Be2 Nh6 17. Qd2 Nf5 18. Rad1 h6
$1 $146 (18... g4 19. Ne5 Ncxd4 (19... Nfxd4 20. Nxg4 Qg7 21. f4 Bd7 22. Ne5
Nxe5 23. Qxd4 Nc6 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $14 {Ginsburg,A-Nosenko,A/Simferopol/1991/})
20. Nxg4 Qg7 21. f4 $13 {Renet,O-Hertneck,G/Altensteig/1987/}) 19. Ne3 Bd7 20.
Nxf5 (20. Ng4 Qg7 21. Nfe5 $2 (21. Nge5 $2 Nfxd4 $17) (21. Bb5 $2 Nfxd4 22.
Nxd4 Nxd4 $17) 21... Ncxd4 22. Nxh6+ Nxh6 23. Qxd4 Nf5 24. Qc3 Rac8 $19) 20...
exf5 21. Bb5 f4 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Ne5 Bh3 24. Rfe1 Rae8 25. Rc1 $2 (25. b4 fxg3
26. fxg3 Re6 $15) 25... fxg3 26. fxg3 c5 $3 $19 27. Qc2 (27. b4 cxd4 28. Qxd4
Rxe5 $19) 27... cxd4 28. Nf3 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Kh8 0-1

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Podgorica"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 g6 8. h4
Qb6 9. Qa4 $6 {Gerade von Velimirovic hätte ich so einen kleinlichen
Deckungszug nicht erwartet.} (9. h5 $1 $36) (9. O-O Bg7 $10) 9... Be7 10. O-O {
Mit seinen letzten beiden Zügen hat Weiß die mit 8.h4 begonnene Strategie
einfach vergessen.} O-O (10... cxd4 $5 11. cxd4 Ndb8 $1 {bringt Weiß in
Schwierigkeiten; Verlust des Pd4 oder Endspiel heißen die unerfreulichen
Alternativen.}) 11. Re1 f6 $1 $15 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rxf3 $5
15. gxf3 Qxd4 (15... Nxd4 $5) 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 $17 {Normalerweise hat Schwarz mit
einem Mehrbauern und der klar besseren Bauernstruktur schon genug für die
Qualität. Hier gibt's den Ph4 noch extra.} 17. Nh2 Bxh4 {Die erste
Ungenauigkeit. Wenn Schwarz Nc5 spielen will - wie in der Partie - dann sollte
es sofort geschehen. Figurentausch macht die schwarze Stellung anfälliger für
taktische Witze und sollte erst nach Beendigung der Entwicklung erfolgen.} 18.
Be3 Nc5 19. Bxd4 Nxd3 20. Red1 Nb4 21. Ng4 Nc6 22. Rac1 Bd7 $4 (22... Bg5 23.
Be3 Be7 $17) 23. Bf6 $1 h5 (23... g5 24. f4 $16) 24. Bxh4 hxg4 25. fxg4 {
Weiß hat nicht nur einen Bauern gewonnen, sondern auch seine Struktur
verbessert.} Ne5 $2 {Ein Fehler kommt selten allein.} (25... Rf8 $14 {mit noch
spielbarer Stellung.}) 26. Kg2 Nxg4 27. Rc7 Bc6 28. Re1 Re8 29. Bg5 {/\ Kg3+-}
Rf8 30. Rxe6 d4+ 31. Kg3 Nxf2 32. Rxg6+ Kh8 33. Bf4 Nd3 34. Bh6 Rf3+ 35. Kh4
Be8 36. Rgg7 1-0

[Event "Stara Zagora zt-A"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ghinda, Mihail Viorel"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bh4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. Nxg3 Qb6 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. Rac1 {N} Rac8 20. Bf5
$5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 g6 23. Ne7+ Kg7 24. Nc8 $1 $14 {Ein
ungewöhnliches Feld für den Springer.} Qa6 25. Qd4 b6 26. Nd6 Qe2 27. Rc7+ Kg8
28. g3 (28. h3 $2 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qe6 30. Nb5 a6 $19) 28... Qe6 29. Nb5 a6 30. Nc3
b5 31. Rb7 $6 {Hier entgleitet der Vorteil.} Qc6 32. Rb6 Qc4 33. Qxc4 dxc4 $10
34. Rxa6 b4 35. Nd1 Ng4 36. h3 Rd8 37. hxg4 Rxd1+ 38. Kg2 Rd2 39. Rc6 b3 40. a4
Rxb2 41. Rxc4 Ra2 42. Rb4 b2 43. a5 Rxa5 44. Rxb2 h5 45. gxh5 Rxh5 46. Rb7 Ra5
47. Kh3 Ra4 48. f4 Ra3 49. Kh4 Rf3 50. Rb4 Kg7 51. g4 Kh6 52. g5+ Kg7 53. Rb7+
Kg8 54. Kg4 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rachels, Stuart"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 cxd4 (7...
Qb6 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 $1) 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. Nb3 $14 Be7 10. O-O a5 11. a4 Nb4 12.
Bb5 O-O 13. Re1 Qd8 14. Bf4 Nb8 15. Rc1 N8c6 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nd3 Bd7 18. Nxb4
Nxb4 19. Qe2 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Rc1 Qb7 22. Rc3 Na2 23. Rc2 Nb4 24. Rc3 Na2
25. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayamo"]
[Site "Bayamo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Antunes, Antonio"]
[Black "Borges Matos, Juan R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 f6 8. exf6 (
8. Nf4 $1 $14) 8... Nxf6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Qd6 13.
g3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Qe2 Bd7 (17... Bg4 $5 18. Qe7
Qb6 19. Ne6 Rf7 20. Qxc5 Qxb2) 18. Qe7 Qc6 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. Rxe6 Qe8 21. Rae1
Qxe7 22. Rxe7 Rf7 23. Bf5 Kf8 24. R7e5 Rd8 25. g4 g6 26. Be6 Re7 27. g5 Nd7 28.
Rxd5 Rde8 29. Re3 Nb6 30. Rd6 Kg7 31. Kg2 h6 32. h4 hxg5 33. hxg5 Rh8 34. Kg3
Rh5 35. Kg4 Rh2 36. Rf3 Re8 37. Rf7+ Kh8 38. Kg3 Rh1 39. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 {Akopian spielt diesen Zug
regelmäßig.} Qb6 {Damit ist der Übergang zur Variante mit 8...Db6 hergestellt.}
13. Nc3 Kh8 {Vielleicht besser als das schon öfter gespielte 13...Ld7.} 14. Na4
{Der Springer steht hier in einigen Varianten deplaciert.} (14. Bb5 Ne4 $13 {
ECO}) (14. Be3 Ng4 $5 {Tajmanov}) 14... Qc7 15. Rc1 Ng4 {N; Vorgänger war 15...
Df7 in Hossain-Wiedenkeller/London Lloyds/1987.} 16. h3 (16. g3 $6 Qf7 17. Be2
e5 $15) 16... Nh2 17. Ne5 $5 (17. Nxh2 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Bf4 (18... Bd6 $6 19. Qh5
g6 20. Bxg6 Qg7 21. Bb1 Rg8 $6 22. Bf6 $1 $18) 19. Qh5 g6 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21.
Bxg6 Qg7 22. Bb1 Bd7 23. Nc5 Be8 $1 (23... Rg8 $6 24. Qxh7+ $1 Qxh7 25. Bxh7
Kxh7 26. Nxd7 $18) 24. Qe2 Nxd4 25. Qe3 $13) 17... Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nxf1 19. Qh5
h6 (19... g6 $6 20. Bxg6 Qg7 21. Bb1 Nxe5 22. Bh6 Nf3+ 23. Kxf1 Qf7 24. Qxf3
Qxf3 25. gxf3 $18) 20. Bf6 (20. Qg6 Rf5 $8 21. g4 $13) 20... gxf6 21. Qxh6+ Kg8
22. exf6 Rxf6 {Die Notwendigkeit für diesen Zug war wohl noch nicht da, aber
es ist soundso absehbar, daß die Partie in irgendeinem Dauerschach endet.} 23.
Qxf6 Qh2+ 24. Kxf1 Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Qxc1 26. f4 Qg1 27. Bh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tatran Cup"]
[Site "Stary Smokovec"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Salai, Ladislav"]
[Black "Tibensky, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 $5 {selten gespielt} 10. Nf3 h6 {N} (10... Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12.
Bg5 Qf7 13. Bh4 e5 14. dxe5 Ndxe5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bc2 Qh5 18.
Bg3 Bg4 19. f3 Bc5+ 20. Nd4 Rxf3 $1 21. gxf3 Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Bxf3 23. Qd3 Be4
24. Qc3 Bxd4+ 25. Qxd4 Bxc2 26. Qh4 $15 {Mann-Hauke/FRG-chJ/1988}) 11. O-O Bd6
12. Be3 O-O 13. Rc1 Rf7 14. Ng3 (14. Bb5 $5) 14... Nf8 $10 15. a3 Bd7 16. b4 a6
17. Qd2 Be8 18. Rfe1 Rc7 19. Bb1 Bg6 20. Ba2 Nd7 21. Qb2 Kh8 22. Bd2 Re8 23.
Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISL-FRA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Nc3 Rae8 (
14... Qxb2 $2 15. Nb5 Bb8 16. a3 {/\ Re2+-}) (14... Kh8 {/\ Nd4}) 15. Ne5 $6
$146 (15. Rc1 Re7 16. Na4 Qd8 17. Nc5 $16 {Penrose-Schmid/Moscow ol/1956/})
15... Qxb2 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Qh5 $10 g6 (17... Qxf2+ 18. Kh1 h6 $6 19. Qg6 $1 (
19. Bxh6 $2 Nf6 $1 20. Qg5 Rf7 $17) (19. Rf1 $2 Qxd4 20. Qg6 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Nf8
22. Qf7+ (22. Qxe8 Qxd3 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. Bxh6 Qxc3 $17) 22... Kh8 23. Qxe8 Qxd3
24. Rf3 Qd4 25. Bc1 Kh7 $17) 19... Nf6 20. Bxf6 $1 (20. Rf1 Qxf1+ 21. Bxf1 (21.
Rxf1 Ne7 $1 22. Qxe8 Rxe8 (22... Nxe8 $2 23. Bh7+ $1) 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rxf6
$13) 21... hxg5 $13) 20... Qxf6 21. Qh7+ Kf7 22. Rf1 $1 (22. Bg6+ $5 Qxg6 (
22... Ke7 23. Nxd5+ $18) 23. Rf1+ Qf6 24. Rxf6+ Kxf6 25. Rf1+ Ke7 26. Qxg7+ Kd8
27. Rb1 $16) 22... Bf4 23. Bg6+ $1 Ke7 24. Bxe8 Kxe8 25. g3 $18) 18. Bxg6 Qxf2+
19. Kh1 hxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qg6+ Kh8 23. Ne4 dxe4 24. Qh6+ Kg8
25. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Salamanca"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 f6 $1 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. b3 $6 {b3 sollte für den N reserviert
bleiben, der nun auf d2 ein trauriges Dasein führt.} (11. Nb3 O-O 12. Bg5 $10)
11... O-O 12. Bb2 Qb6 13. a3 a5 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Re1 Rae8 16. Re2 Re7 17. Qc2 g6
18. Rce1 Nh5 19. g3 Ng7 20. Kg2 Ref7 21. Qb1 Be7 22. Qa1 $2 (22. Rf1 $17) 22...
e5 $1 23. dxe5 Bg4 24. Re3 d4 25. e6 Rf6 26. Nxd4 Rxf2+ 27. Kh1 Rxd2 28. Nxc6
Qxc6+ 29. Be4 Qxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Qb6 8. O-O
Be7 9. dxc5 $1 Qc7 10. Nb3 Ncxe5 (10... Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. f4 Qc7 13. Be3
$14) 11. Bf4 $1 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Qd8 $5 $146 (12... e5 13. Bg3 Qc6 14. Rfe1 $1 e4
15. Rxe4 $3 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Qf6 17. c6 $16 {Chandler-Henley/Surakarta/1982/i33/
398}) 13. Qg3 O-O 14. Bc7 Qe8 15. Bb5 $14 a6 16. Ba4 f6 17. Rae1 Qf7 18. Qe3
Nb8 (18... e5 19. f4) 19. Bb6 Bd8 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. f4 a5 22. Nd4 (22. Rf3 $5)
22... Na6 23. c6 Rd6 24. cxb7 Qxb7 25. Bc2 Bd7 (25... Qxb2 $2 26. Rb1 Qxa2 27.
Bb3 Qa3 28. Nb5 $18) 26. Qh3 f5 27. g4 $1 Nc5 $1 (27... g6 28. gxf5 gxf5 29.
Qh6 $18) 28. gxf5 exf5 29. Bxf5 (29. Re7 Rh6) 29... Rg6+ 30. Kh1 Bxf5 31. Qxf5
Ne4 (31... Rf8 32. Qc2 Ne4 $13) 32. Qe5 Qf7 33. f5 Rg4 34. Qe6 Re8 35. Qxf7+
Kxf7 36. Re2 $14 a4 37. a3 Kf6 38. Ne6 Rb8 39. Nf4 Rb5 40. c4 Rb3 41. Nxd5+ Kg5
42. Ne3 Rh4 43. Kg1 h5 44. Rg2+ Kf6 45. Nd5+ Kf7 46. Re1 Rd3 47. Rge2 Ng5 48.
Rc1 Nf3+ 49. Kh1 Rdd4 50. Nb6 Rh3 51. Kg2 Rg4+ 52. Kh1 Rgh4 53. Rcc2 Rg4 54.
Rc1 Rgh4 55. Rcc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 19th final A"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saltaev, Mihail"]
[Black "Nikolenko, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7.
Bd3 Qb6 (7... g6 8. h4 $1) 8. O-O g6 $5 {/\ Bg7 >< e5, d4} (8... cxd4 {
Kortschnoj} 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qa4 $146) 9. Qa4 $6 (9.
c4 $5 Bg7 $1 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 {/\ 12...Bg4 Sax/Haszai}) (9. a3 $1
Bg7 10. b4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Bb2 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 O-O 14. h4 $1 {-> Sax/
Haszai YB10}) (9. a3 Bg7 10. b4 cxd4 11. cxd4 a5 $1 12. b5 (12. Qa4 Nxd4 13.
bxa5 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Qxa5 $16) 12... Nxd4 13. Bb2 Nxb5 $17) (9. Re1 $5 {
Kortschnoj} Bg7 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nb3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Bf4 $14) 9... Bg7
$15 10. h4 (10. Re1 {Kortschnoj} O-O 11. Nf1) 10... O-O 11. h5 gxh5 12. Re1
cxd4 13. cxd4 f6 $1 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Nf1 Ng4 16. Be3 $8 {>< d4} Nxe3 17. Rxe3
Nxd4 18. Ng3 Nxf3+ 19. Rxf3 Rxf3 20. gxf3 Qd8 21. Nxh5 e5 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 $17 23.
Kh2 (23. Kf1 $5 $15 {Kortschnoj}) 23... Bd7 24. Qb4 (24. Rg1+ $2 Kh8 25. Qb4 a5
26. Qd6 Qh4+ 27. Kg2 Qh3#) 24... Kh8 25. Qd6 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Qg5+ 27. Kf1 Bc6 28.
Re1 Re8 29. Ke2 Qg7 30. b3 e4 31. fxe4 dxe4 32. Bc2 Qg4+ 33. Kd2 Qg5+ 34. Kc3
Rd8 35. Qe6 Qg7+ 36. Kb4 Qd4+ 37. Ka3 Re8 38. Qf7 b5 39. b4 a5 40. Bxe4 (40.
Rxe4 Qc3+ 41. Qb3 axb4+ 42. Rxb4 Ra8+) 40... Qxb4# 0-1

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Pichler, Juergen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. h3 O-O 14. Be3 {Ein
zuverlässiger Aufbau. Der unangenehme Ausfall Ng4 ist verhindert und Pd4 gut
gedeckt.} Bd7 15. Rc1 Rae8 $1 (15... Be8) 16. Re1 Qb8 17. a3 (17. Na4 $1 Re7
18. Nc5 Be8 19. a3 e5 $6 (19... h6 $6 20. Nh4 $1 Bh2+ 21. Kh1 Bf4 22. Ng6 Bxg6
23. Bxg6 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 e5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Bf5 $16) (19... Bh5 20. Nxa6 $6 (
20. Be2 $13) 20... bxa6 21. Rxc6 Ne4 22. Be2 Qxb2 $17) 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Be2 {
+/-/+/- Kholmov-Masternak/Cheliabinsk/1991}) 17... Re7 18. b4 Be8 19. Nb1 h6 $1
20. Nbd2 (20. Nh4 Bh2+ (20... e5 $2 21. Nf5) 21. Kh1 Bf4 $13) 20... g5 $1 21.
Nb3 Nh5 22. Bf1 Bf4 $15 23. Nc5 Qd6 24. Rc3 Ng7 25. g3 $2 Bxg3 $1 $19 26. Bg2 (
26. fxg3 Qxg3+ 27. Bg2 Rxf3 $1 28. Qxf3 Qxe1+ $19) 26... Bf4 27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28.
Nd3 Rf8 29. Nde5 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Bh5 31. Bf3 Bxf3 32. Rxf3 Rf5 33. h4 gxh4 34.
Kh1 Qd8 35. Rg1 Kh7 36. Rxf5 Nxf5 37. Qh5 Qe8 38. Rg6 Qf8 39. Ng4 Ng3+ $1 (
39... Rc7 40. Nf6+ Kh8 41. Rg8+ $18) (39... Rg7 40. Nf6+ Kh8 41. Rxh6+ $1 Nxh6
42. Qxh6+ $18) 40. fxg3 Qf3+ 41. Kh2 hxg3+ 42. Kh3 (42. Kg1 Qd1+ 43. Kg2 Qc2+
44. Kh3 Qxg6 $19) 42... Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "GER-ch"]
[Site "Bad Neuenahr"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kunze, Markus"]
[Black "Schaefer, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. O-O
g5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bb5 Qb6 $1 {N} (10... a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. b4 Nd7 13. Nb3
g4 14. Nfd4 Nxe5 15. Bf4 Qc7 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxc6 $16 {Smirin-Poldauf/
Gronongen op/1990/CBM22-VC}) (10... Bd7 11. Qe2 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. c4 Rb8 14.
b3 {+/=/+/- Rachels-Arencibia/Manila izt/1990/i49/315}) 11. Qe2 a6 12. Bxc6+
bxc6 {Schwarz plant nun a5 und Ba6. Qb6 war ein nutzvollerer Zug als Qe2.} 13.
c4 a5 14. Qe3 Nd7 $1 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 $17 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nb1 Kd7
19. Nc3 a4 20. Rb1 Rhc8 21. Rd1 Nc4 22. f4 gxf4 23. Bxf4 f6 24. Nf3 Bc5+ 25.
Kh1 Be3 26. Bg3 f5 27. Nb5 Ba6 28. Nbd4 Rab8 29. b4 Na3 30. Rb2 Rc1 31. Re1
Rbc8 32. b5 Rxe1+ 33. Bxe1 Bxd4 34. Nxd4 Nxb5 35. Nxb5 Rc1 36. Kg1 Rxe1+ 37.
Kf2 Rxe5 38. Nc3 a3 39. Rb3 d4 40. Na4 Ra5 41. Rxa3 Kc6 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanov, Igor Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Rb8 $5 8.
O-O b5 9. a3 {N} (9. Nf3 b4 10. Nf4 Be7 11. Re1 Qa5 $6 (11... bxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5
{Geller}) 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 cxd4 14. Bxe6 $1 {Geller-Bandza/URS/1983/i36/366
}) 9... a5 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Nf4 g6 12. Re1 c4 13. Bc2 Nb6 14. g3 b4 15. axb4
axb4 16. h4 Bd7 17. Nh3 Ra8 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 $11 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Nhxg5 h6 21. Nh3
b3 22. Bb1 Qa1 23. Qc1 Na4 24. Re2 Na7 25. Nf4 Nb5 $4 (25... Kd8) 26. Nxd5 $1 (
26. Nxg6 Naxc3 27. bxc3 Qxc3 {/\ fg6} 28. Qxc3 Nxc3 29. Re3 Nxb1 30. Nxh8 c3
$19) 26... Bc6 27. Nf6+ Ke7 28. d5 $1 exd5 29. e6 $3 Naxc3 30. bxc3 Qxc3 (30...
Nxc3 31. Re1 fxe6 32. Qf4 $40) 31. exf7+ Kxf7 32. Ne5+ Kg7 33. Qf4 Rf8 34. Neg4
Rxf6 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polak, Tomas"]
[Black "Gokhale, Jayant Suresh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4
8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. g3 O-O 13. Bf4 Ng4 14. Rc1
Bxf4 $146 (14... Bd7) 15. Nxf4 Rxf4 $5 16. gxf4 Qxf4 $44 17. Bb5 $1 (17. Be2 {
Ernst} Bd7 18. Qd2 Qd6 19. h3 Nh6 20. Bb5 Rf8 21. Rc3 Nf5 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Ne5
$16 {Rozentalis - Lputjan, Charkov 1985.}) 17... Bd7 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Rc3 (19.
h3 Rf8 20. Rc3 Bb5 21. Re1 Nxf2 $1 22. Kxf2 Qh2+ 23. Ke3 Qf4+ $10) 19... Rf8 (
19... Bb5 $5 20. Re1 Rf8 21. Qd2 (21. Qc1 $6 Nxf2 $1 22. Qxf4 Nh3+ 23. Kh1 Nxf4
$15) 21... Qxd2 22. Nxd2 Rxf2 23. Rc8+ Kf7 24. Rc7+ Kf6 25. Re4 $1 {FRITZ} Rxd2
26. Rxg4 $10) 20. Qc1 Qd6 21. Qg5 $1 Rf4 22. h3 h6 23. Qh5 Rxf3 24. Qxg4 Rf4
$10 25. Qg3 Qf8 26. Rd1 Qf6 27. Rcd3 Be8 28. Re3 Bh5 29. Rde1 Bf7 30. Rd3 Bg6
31. Rde3 Bf7 32. Rd1 Bh5 33. Rdd3 Bg6 34. Rb3 $6 Rxd4 35. Qe5 (35. Rxb7 Rd1+
36. Kg2 (36. Kh2 {Ernst} d4 37. Re2 d3 $17) 36... Be4+ 37. Rxe4 dxe4 {/\ Rd3-/+
}) 35... Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Be4+ 37. Rxe4 dxe4 38. Qxf6 (38. Qxe4 $17) 38... gxf6 39.
Rxb7 Rd2 40. Kg3 f5 41. a4 $2 (41. Kf4 $2 Rxf2+ 42. Ke5 e3 43. Kf6 Rg2 $19) (
41. Re7 $1 Rxb2 42. Rxe6 $15) 41... e5 $19 42. b4 f4+ 43. Kg2 (43. Kg4 Rxf2 44.
Kf5 e3 45. Kf6 Rg2 46. Rb8+ Kh7 47. Rb7+ Kh8 $19) 43... e3 44. Re7 Rxf2+ 45.
Kg1 f3 46. Rxe5 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "GER-ch"]
[Site "Bad Neuenahr"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kunze, Markus"]
[Black "Poldauf, Dirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 g6 $5 8.
O-O (8. h4 $1 Qb6 9. h5 (9. O-O Bg7 10. h5 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13.
Nf3 Qg4 $1 14. Be2 $1 Qxh5 15. g3 Qf5 16. Bf4 Nxe5 $17 {Nikolenko-Zlochevsky/
Moskva/1989/YB13}) 9... g5 10. Nxg5 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 (11... Qxd4 12. Ndf3
Qb4+ 13. Bd2 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qxa2 15. Bc3 $40) 12. f4 Nc5 13. Bb1 $1 {Sax/Haszai})
8... Bg7 9. Re1 (9. b3 $2 O-O 10. Bb2 f6 $15) 9... O-O $10 10. Nf1 f6 (10...
cxd4 $1 11. cxd4 f6) 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Ne3 $1 cxd4 13. Ng4 Qe7 14. cxd4 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxg6 Qg7 $4 (16... Bxf2+ 17. Nxf2 hxg6 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. Rxe7
Rf7 20. Re8+ Rf8) (16... Bg7 $13) 17. Bh5 Nc5 (17... Ne5 18. Bh6 Bxf2+ 19. Nxf2
Qxh6 20. Rxe5 $18) 18. Bh6 Bxf2+ 19. Kh1 Bxe1 20. Qxe1 Qe7 (20... Qxb2 21. Bxf8
Kxf8 22. Qf1+ Ke7 23. Qf7+ Kd6 24. Qf8+ Kc6 25. Be8+ Kb6 26. Qd6+ Ka5 27. Qxc5+
$18) 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. Qe5 Ne4 23. Bf7+ Kxf7 24. Rf1+ Ke7 25. Rxf8 Kxf8 26. Qc7
h5 27. Ne5 Ke8 28. g3 a5 29. Kg2 a4 30. h3 a3 31. b3 d4 32. Kf3 Nc3 33. g4
hxg4+ 34. hxg4 Nd5 35. Qf7+ Kd8 36. g5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Nc3 a6 14. Bh4 g6 15.
Rc1 Nh5 16. Na4 Bd7 (16... b5 17. Nc5 Nxd4 {Matulovic-Marinkovic/Vrnjacka
Banja/1991/CBM23-VC}) 17. Ne5 {N} (17. Nc5 Rae8 18. Nxd7 (18. b4 Bc8 19. Bb1
Qg7 20. Bg5 Nf4 $6 (20... Nxb4) 21. Nxa6 Nxd4 $6 22. Nxd4 bxa6 23. Nc6 Bb7 24.
a4 Rc8 25. b5 $16 {Iten-Summermatter/Zug/1987}) (18. Bb1 Bc8 19. Rc3 Qg7 20.
Re1 h6 21. Rce3 Bxc5 22. dxc5 d4 23. Rb3 e5 $15 {Kuijf-Brenninkmeijer/Wijk-B/
1987}) 18... Qxd7 19. Re1 Qg7 $6 20. Bxa6 $1 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Nxd4 22. Bxb7 $1 Rf8
23. Rc8 Nf5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Qxd5+ Qf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8 28. Bg3
$18 {Ziegler-Renman/SVE-ch/1989}) 17... Rf4 $5 18. Bg5 Rxd4 19. Nxd7 Bxh2+ 20.
Kh1 Bf4 21. Nf6+ $1 (21. Bxf4 Nxf4) 21... Nxf6 22. Bxf6 e5 $44 23. Rc3 Qf7 24.
Bh4 e4 25. Nb6 Rf8 26. Nxd5 exd3 (26... Qxd5 $2 27. Bc4 $1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 $16)
27. Nxf4 Qxf4 $17 28. Bg3 Qf5 (28... Qf7 $5 {/^ a2-g8}) 29. Qb3+ Rf7 30. Kg1
Rd5 31. Rd1 Nd4 $5 (31... Na5) 32. Rcxd3 Ne2+ $2 (32... Nxb3 33. Rxd5 Qc2 34.
axb3 Qxb2 $17) 33. Kh1 Rxd3 (33... Qh5+ 34. Bh2 Rxd3 35. Rxd3 $10) (33... Nxg3+
34. fxg3 Rxd3 35. Qxd3 Qh5+ 36. Kg1 Qc5+ 37. Kh2 Rf5 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Rd7+ Kh6
$2 40. g4 $1) 34. Rxd3 Kg7 35. Rd5 Qb1+ 36. Rd1 Qf5 37. Rd5 Qb1+ 38. Rd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4
8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Nh5 $5 (12... Kh8 {
Ernst} 13. Qd2 Nxd4 14. Nexd4 Ne4 15. Bxe4 Bxf4 16. Qd3 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Qf6 18.
Rae1 Rb8 19. b3 Re8 20. Ne5 $14 {A.Sokolov - Lautier, Clermont-Ferrand, 1989.})
13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qd2 (14. Ng3 Nf4 15. Re1 Bd7 {1/4:1/4 Weber-Koepf/BL 8687/
1987}) 14... Bd7 15. Rad1 (15. Qe3 $5 Rae8 16. g3 Nb4 (16... e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5
18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Qxa7 Bg4 20. Nd4 $16) 17. a3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 $14) 15... Rxf3 $5
16. gxf3 Rf8 17. Qe3 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. f4 (19. Nd4 $2 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Nf4 21.
Qc2 Bh3 22. Rfe1 Qf6 23. Kh1 Bg2+ 24. Kg1 Qg5 25. h4 Qxh4 $19) 19... Nxd3 (
19... Ng4 $5 20. Qh3 $1 g6 21. Qg2 (21. Bc4 Nxf2) (21. f5 Ngf6 $13) 21... Nxf4
22. Nxf4 Rxf4 $13) 20. Qxd3 Nxf4 (20... Be6 21. f3 $14) 21. Nxf4 Rxf4 22. f3
$13 (22. Qxd5+ $2 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Rg4+ 24. Kh1 Bc6 25. Rfd1 Rg5 $19) 22... Bc6
23. Rf2 Qf6 24. Qb3 (24. Re1 $1) 24... h6 25. Re1 Kh8 26. Qe3 d4 $2 (26... Qg5+
$1 27. Rg2 (27. Kh1 d4 {>< Pf3}) 27... Qf6 28. Rg3 d4 29. Qe7 Rxf3 $10) 27. Qe7
$16 Qg5+ (27... Rxf3 28. Qxf6 Rxf6 29. Rxf6 gxf6 30. Rd1 $18) 28. Qxg5 hxg5 29.
Kg2 Kh7 (29... g4 {Ernst} 30. Kg3 $1 Rxf3+ 31. Rxf3 gxf3 32. Rd1 $18) 30. Kg3
Kg6 31. Re5 Kf6 32. Rc5 a6 33. b4 g6 34. a3 Bb5 35. Rd2 d3 36. a4 Bxa4 37. Rxd3
Bc6 38. Rd6+ Ke7 39. Rxg6 Rxf3+ 40. Kg4 Rb3 41. Rc4 Rb2 42. Rh6 Rg2+ 43. Kf5
Kd8 44. Rh7 Kc8 45. h3 Kb8 46. Rg4 Rd2 47. Kxg5 a5 48. bxa5 Rd5+ 49. Kf6 Rxa5
50. h4 Rd5 51. h5 Rd6+ 52. Kg5 Rd5+ 53. Kh4 Bd7 54. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Black "Marinkovic, Slavisa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bh4 Nh5 15.
Rc1 g6 16. Na4 {Alternativen haben sich auch nicht bewährt.} b5 $1 17. Nc5 Nxd4
$1 18. Nxe6 $6 {N} (18. Nxd4 Bxc5 19. Qc2 Qf4 $1 (19... Rf4 $2 20. Nf3 e5 21.
Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5 e4 23. Be2 exf3 24. Bxf3 $16 {Sharif-Apicella/.../ED Franz.}
) 20. Qxc5 Qxh4 21. Qc6 Bd7 22. Qxd7 Qxd4 23. Qxe6+ Rf7 24. Rc8+ Rxc8 25. Qxc8+
Kg7 $17 {Womacka-Gruenberg,HU/DDR-ch/1985}) 18... Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 (19. Qxf3 Bxe6
20. Rxc7 Rxf3 21. Rc6 Rxd3 $19) 19... Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Qd7 $3 {/\ 21.Nf8 Qh3-+}
21. Re1 Bb8 $19 22. Qc2 Qd6 23. Nc7 Qf4 24. Bg3 Qxf3+ 25. Kh2 Nxg3 26. fxg3
Bxc7 27. Qxc7 Qf2+ 28. Kh1 Bg4 29. Be2 Bxe2 30. Rxe2 Qxe2 0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. O-O Bd6 12. g3 O-O 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Bd7 (
14... Qb6 $1) 15. Re1 Qd6 $2 {Die Q steht hier nicht gut. Von b6 würde sie d4
und b2 angreifen.} 16. Rc1 $16 Rae8 17. Ne5 g5 18. Nh5 Re7 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20.
Bb5 Be8 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rc5 h5 23. Qc1 Rg7 24. Nxc6 Qf8 25. Re2 Bxc6 26. Rxc6
Qf7 27. Rcxe6 1-0

[Event "Horgen SKA"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Zueger, Beat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Qc1 Ng5
15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Bxh7+ $5 Kxh7 17. Nxe6 Qf5 (17... Qxc1 $5 18. Nxf8+ Kg8 19.
Raxc1 Kxf8 20. Rfe1 $1 (20. Rfd1 Ke7 $1 21. Rc3 Bf5 22. Rg3 g6 23. Re3+ Kd6 24.
f3 Rh8 $15 {Breyther,R-Steckner,J/BL2-N 9394/0-1 (46)}) 20... Bf5 $13) 18.
Nxf8+ Qxf8 19. Qg5 Bf5 (19... Qf5 20. Qh4+ Kg8 21. Rae1 Bd7 $13 {Dvoirys,
S-Gleizerov,E/St.Petersburg zt/1993/1-0 (50)}) 20. Rfe1 Rd8 21. Re3 Rd6 22. Rf3
Rf6 23. Re1 Kg8 24. Rg3 Be6 25. Qd2 Bd7 26. Rg5 Rf5 27. h3 a5 28. Rxf5 Qxf5 29.
Qc3 (29. Qe3 $10) 29... Be6 30. Qe3 Bf7 31. Kh2 $2 Qc2 $17 32. Re2 Qc4 33. b3
Qxd4 34. Qxd4 Nxd4 35. Re7 b5 36. Rb7 Be8 37. Kg3 Ne2+ 38. Kf3 Nc3 39. a4 bxa4
40. bxa4 d4 41. Rb6 d3 42. Rd6 Nd5 43. Ra6 Bxa4 44. Rxa5 Nb6 45. Rxa4 Nxa4 46.
Ke3 Nc5 47. h4 Kf7 48. g4 Nd7 49. h5 Ne5 50. f3 d2 51. Kxd2 Nxf3+ 52. Ke3 Ng5
53. Kf4 Kf6 54. Kg3 Nf7 55. Kf4 Nd6 56. g5+ Ke6 57. Kg4 Ke5 58. g6 Nf5 59. Kg5
Nh6 60. Kh4 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Reims"]
[Site "Reims"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Komarov,D"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Ne2 Rxf3
15. gxf3 Ng5 16. f4 Nh3+ 17. Kh1 Qh4 18. Qd2 Nxf2+ 19. Kg2 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Bd7
21. h3 $5 (21. f5 $5) (21. Rf3 Be8 $1 22. Rh3 Bg6 $13) 21... Be8 $2 (21... Rf8
22. Kh2 Be8 23. Qe3 $14) 22. f5 $1 $16 e5 $1 (22... exf5 23. Qxf5 Bg6 24. Qxd5+
Kh8 25. Rf4 $1 Qe7 26. Ng3 $18) 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Qd4 (24. Qxd5+ $2 Nf7 {
/\Bc6 /}) 24... Qg5+ (24... Qf6 25. Rae1 $16) (24... Qe4+ 25. Qxe4 dxe4 26. Nd4
$16) 25. Ng3 Nc6 26. Qf4 (26. Qxd5+ Bf7 $132) 26... Qf6 27. Rae1 $1 Qxb2+ (
27... Bf7 $32) 28. Rf2 Qf6 29. Re6 Qf7 30. Rd6 Na5 $5 31. Qg5 Nc4 32. Re6 d4
33. f6 $1 h6 $8 34. Qxg7+ Qxg7 35. fxg7 Ne3+ (35... Kxg7 36. Nf5+ $18) 36. Kh2
Kxg7 37. Rd6 $18 Rc8 38. Rxd4 Rc2 39. Rxc2 Nxc2 40. Rc4 Na3 41. Rc7+ Kg6 42.
Rxb7 a5 43. Rb6+ Kg5 44. Re6 Bb5 45. Re5+ Kf6 46. Rh5 Kg6 47. Rc5 a4 48. Ne4
Bd7 49. Nc3 Nc2 50. Nxa4 $1 Bxa4 51. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-B 3rd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2001.05.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Schaefer, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2001.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bh4 a6 (13... Ng4 14.
Bg3 Bxg3 15. Nxg3 g6 16. Qd2 Qg7 17. h3 Nh6 18. Rad1 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Nxd4 20. Be4
Nc6 21. Bc2 Nf7 22. Bb3 Bd7 23. f4 Rf8 24. Kg2 Bc8 25. h4 Nd6 26. Rh1 Qf6 27.
h5 Ne7 $13 {Zapata,A-Agudelo,A/COL 1989/}) (13... Re8 14. Rc1 Nh5 15. Bb1 Qb6
16. b3 Qb4 17. Qd3 g6 18. Qe3 Nf4 19. Nc3 e5 20. Nxd5 exd4 21. Nxb4 dxe3 22.
Nxc6 bxc6 23. Rfe1 exf2+ 24. Bxf2 Bg4 25. Rxc6 $16 {Tobyas,M-Vrbata,Z/Prague
1990/}) 14. Bg3 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (14. Rc1 Nh5 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3
Qd6 18. a3 Bd7 19. Nf4 Rac8 20. Ng5 g6 21. Bxg6 Ne7 22. Bxh7+ Kg7 23. Qb1 e5
24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Rce1 Qxg5 26. Rxe7+ Kh6 27. Rfe1 $18 {Guyot,P-Aubert,L/
FRA-chB 1989/}) 14... Bd7 15. Rc1 Be8 16. Ne5 Nh5 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6
19. Re1 Rf6 20. Nc3 Nf4 21. Bf1 Ng6 22. g3 Raf8 23. f4 Ne7 24. Bh3 Rh6 25. Bg4
Bd7 26. Rc2 Rg6 27. Bh5 Rh6 28. Bf3 g5 $2 (28... Rhf6 $5 29. Bg2 $11) 29. fxg5
Rg6 30. Rf2 Rxg5 31. Ref1 Rgf5 32. Qd2 Ng6 33. a4 Qb4 34. Bg4 Rxf2 35. Rxf2
Rxf2 36. Qxf2 Qe7 37. Qe3 Kg7 38. h4 $6 (38. Nxd5 $142 $1 exd5 39. Qxe7+ Nxe7
40. Bxd7 $16) 38... Qf7 39. h5 Nf8 40. Qe5+ (40. Qg5+ $5) 40... Qf6 41. h6+ Kf7
42. Bh5+ Ng6 43. g4 Bc6 (43... Qxe5 44. dxe5 Be8 45. Kf2 Ke7 46. Bxg6 Bxg6 47.
Ne2 Bc2 48. a5 Kf7 49. Nf4 Be4 $11) 44. Qc7+ Kg8 45. Ne2 Nf8 46. Qf4 Qxf4 47.
Nxf4 Bxa4 48. g5 a5 49. Kf2 Bc6 50. Ke3 b5 51. Kd2 (51. Nd3 b4 52. b3 Nd7 $11)
51... b4 52. Kc2 Ba4+ 53. Kc1 Bb5 54. Kd2 a4 55. Kc1 a3 56. bxa3 bxa3 57. Kb1
Bc4 58. Ka1 Bb3 59. Be8 Bc4 60. Nh5 e5 61. Nf6+ Kh8 62. dxe5 Ne6 63. Bd7 (63.
g6 $2 hxg6 64. Bxg6 d4 $17) 63... Nd4 (63... d4 $5) 64. Ba4 Ne6 65. Ne8 d4 66.
Nd6 Bd5 67. Nf5 Nxg5 $2 (67... Nc5 $142 $5) 68. Nxd4 $11 Kg8 69. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2004.05.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Murdzia, Piotr"]
[Black "Jakubiec, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Ne2 (14.
Qc1 $5 Ng5 (14... Qf6 15. Ne2 Bd7 16. Qe3 Nd6 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Ng4 Qe7 19. Nf4
Bf7 20. Rfe1 $14) 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Ne2 (16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Nxe6 Qf5 18. Nxf8+
Qxf8 19. Qg5 Qf5 20. Qxf5+ Bxf5 21. Rfe1 Kg6 22. f3 Kf6 $13) 16... Qf6 17. Qe3
Bd7 (17... a6 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. Qh3 g6 20. Bb1 Rac8 21. Qe3 Na5 22. b3 Bb5 23.
Rfe1 $14) 18. Bb5 Nb8 (18... Rae8 19. f4 Re7 20. Rac1 Nd8 21. Bd3 $14) 19. Bxd7
Nxd7 20. Rac1 Nb6 21. b3 Rac8 22. Rfe1 $14) 14... Rxf3 $5 {[%mdl 64]} 15. gxf3
Ng5 16. Kh1 (16. f4 $5 Nh3+ (16... Nf3+ 17. Kg2 Qh4 (17... Nh4+ 18. Kh1 Nf3 19.
Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qd3 Nh4 21. Rg1 Qf6 22. Rg5 $18) 18. Kxf3 Qh3+ 19. Ng3 e5 20. Ke3
exf4+ 21. Kd2 fxg3 22. hxg3 Qh6+ 23. f4 $18) 17. Kh1 Qh4 18. Qd2 Nxf2+ (18...
Bd7 19. Qe3 {1/2-1/2, Rabar,B-Portisch,L/Moscow/1961/}) 19. Kg2 Nxd3 20. Qxd3
Bd7 21. h3 (21. Rf3 $5 Rf8 22. Rh3 Qg4+ 23. Kf2 $16) 21... Rf8 (21... Be8 22.
f5 exf5 23. Qxf5 Bg6 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Rf4 Qe7 26. Ng3 Rd8 27. Qc5 Qe8 28. Raf1
Qg8 29. Rf8 h6 30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31. Rf8 {1-0 Farago,S-Kahn/Budapest/1997/}) 22.
Kh2 Qf6 23. Rg1 Be8 24. Qe3 Bh5 25. Ng3 Bg6 26. Rad1 a6 27. Rge1 Rf7 28. Qxe6
Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Rxf4 30. Kg2 Nxd4 31. Re5 Bf7 32. Re7 b5 33. Rf1 Rxf1 34. Nxf1 g5
35. Ra7 Bg6 36. Rxa6 Kf7 37. Ne3 h5 38. Kf2 Be4 39. Rb6 h4 40. Ng4 Ke7 41. Nf6
Bf5 42. Nxd5+ Kd7 43. Nc3 Kc7 44. Rh6 Bxh3 45. Rh5 Ne6 46. Nxb5+ Kc6 47. Nc3
$18 {Gorge-Thirion,corr/2001/}) 16... e5 17. dxe5 Nxf3 18. Bxh7+ (18. Qa4 Bh3
19. Rg1 Nxg1 20. Rxg1 Nxe5 21. Qd4 Qf6 22. Rg3 Be6 23. Nf4 Bf7 24. Bc2 Nd7 25.
Qd3 Qxf4 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxa8 Qc1+ 29. Kg2 Qxc2 30. Re3+ Be6 31.
Qxa7 Qxb2 32. Rb3 Qe5 33. Re3 Qc7 34. Qd4 Kf7 35. Rc3 Qd6 36. f4 Bf5 37. Rg3
Be4+ 38. Kg1 Nf6 $19 {Bank-Jedynak,R/Aarhus/2003/}) 18... Kh8 19. Ng1 Ncd4 (
19... Bg4 20. Nxf3 Nxe5 21. Be4 Qf6 22. Qxd5 Nxf3 23. Rad1 Re8 24. Rd3 Ng5 25.
Bg2 Be2 26. Rg3 (26. Re1 $5 Qxf2 27. Rdd1 Ne4 28. Qd7 Nf6 29. Qh3+ Kg8 30. Rc1
$18) 26... Bxf1 27. Rxg5 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 g6 29. Rg3 $18 {Yokarev-Temirbaev/
Russia/1997/}) 20. Re1 (20. Nxf3 $5 Bg4 21. Nxd4 Bxd1 22. Raxd1 Kxh7 23. f4 (
23. Rg1 Qh4 $4 (23... Qb6 $1 24. Nf5 g5 25. Rxg5 Qxf2 26. Nd4 Qe3 27. Rdg1 Qe4+
28. R1g2 Qe1+ $11) (23... Qf8 24. Rd3 Re8 25. Rf3 Qb4 26. Nf5 Qe4 27. Rxg7+ Kh8
28. Rgg3 Qb1+ 29. Kg2 Rg8 30. Nd6 Rxg3+ 31. hxg3 d4 32. e6 Qe1 33. Rf8+ Kg7 34.
e7 $18 {Motylev-Kalezic/Niksic/2000/}) 24. Rxg7+ $1 Kh8 25. Rg3 Rg8 26. Nf3 Qe4
27. Kg2 Rxg3+ 28. hxg3 Kg7 29. b3 Kf8 30. Rd4 Qe2 31. Rxd5 Qxa2 32. Nd4 Qb1 33.
f3 Qc1 (33... a5 34. e6 b5 35. Kh3 Qg6 36. g4 {+-}) 34. e6 Qd2+ 35. Kh3 Qh6+
36. Kg4 Ke8 37. Rd7 Qg6+ 38. Kf4 Qh6+ 39. Ke5 Qe3+ 40. Kf5 a5 41. g4 b5 42. g5
a4 43. bxa4 bxa4 44. g6 Qh6 45. g7 Qh5+ 46. Ke4 Qg6+ 47. Ke5 Qg3+ 48. f4 $18 {
Murdzia,P-Jedynak,R/Legnica/2003/}) 23... Qb6 24. f5 Qxb2 25. f6 (25. Rd3 Rc8
26. f6 Rc1 27. Rh3+ Kg6 28. Rg3+ Kh5 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Ulybin, Moscow/1991/}
29. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 30. Rg1 Qe3 31. fxg7 Qe4+ 32. Rg2 Qe1+ $10) 25... gxf6 26. Rd3
Rg8 27. Rh3+ Kg7 28. Rg3+ Kh7 29. Rh3+ Kg7 30. Rg3+ Kh7 31. Rh3+ {1/2-1/2
Fernandez Gil-Camarena Gimenez/ Cullera/2003/}) (20. Bd3 Bg4 21. Qc1 Nxg1 22.
Qf4 $1 Be2 23. Kxg1 Rc8 (23... Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Ne6 25. Qg4 $18) 24. Rfe1 Bxd3 25.
Qxd4 Qg5+ 26. Kh1 Qf5 27. Qxd5 Bb5 28. Kg1 Rc4 29. Re3 Rg4+ 30. Rg3 Bc6 31.
Qd8+ Kh7 32. Rd1 Rxg3+ 33. hxg3 Qxe5 34. Qh4+ Kg6 35. Qf4 Qe2 36. Rd6+ Kh7 37.
Qf5+ {1-0 Szuk-Peter/Budapest/2000/}) 20... Bg4 21. Re3 Qh4 $1 (21... Qf8 22.
Be4 $1 dxe4 23. Rxe4 Bd7 (23... Nxg1 $2 24. Qxg4 $18) 24. Rxd4 Nxd4 25. Qxd4
Bc6+ 26. f3 Bxf3+ 27. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 28. Kg1 Rf8 29. Qh4+ Kg8 30. Qc4+ Kh7 {
1/2-1/2 Kholmov,R-Ulibin/USSR/1989/}) 22. Nxf3 Qxf2 23. Rc3 $2 (23. Qxd4 $1
Bxf3+ 24. Rxf3 Qxd4 25. Rh3 g5 (25... Qxe5 26. Bg6+ Kg8 27. Rf1 $11) 26. Rg1
Qxe5 27. Rh5 Qe2 28. Bg6+ $1 {Knaak} (28. Rgxg5 $2 Qf1+ 29. Rg1 Qf3+ $19 {
Kholmov}) 28... Kg7 29. Rhxg5 Qf3+ 30. R1g2 $11 {Knaak}) 23... Qxb2 24. Qc1
Qxc3 $1 25. Qxc3 Bxf3+ 26. Qxf3 (26. Kg1 Ne2+ $19) 26... Nxf3 27. Bc2 Nxe5 28.
Rd1 Rd8 29. Be4 d4 30. Bxb7 g5 31. Kg1 Kg7 32. Be4 Kf6 33. Kf2 Ng4+ 34. Kg3 Ne3
35. Rb1 d3 36. Bf3 d2 37. Bd1 (37. Bd1 Rc8 38. Kf3 Rc1 39. Rb2 Nc4 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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. e4 {Atlas,V} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2
Qb6 8. Nf3 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Rb1 O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 cxd4
14. cxd4 Ne4 15. Ne2 Bd7 16. Nc3 Nf6 17. Re1 Rae8 18. h3 Kh8 19. Bb5 Ne7 20.
Qa4 Bxb5 (20... Nc6 $5 $14) 21. Qxb5 Nc6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Re3 Re7 24. Rbe1
Rfe8 25. Na4 Nd7 (25... Ra8 26. b3 $14) 26. Nc3 Nf6 27. a3 Kg8 28. Na4 Nd7 29.
Rb3 Na5 30. Rb4 Nc4 31. Ra1 h6 32. Kf1 e5 (32... Rc8 33. b3 Nd6 34. Nxb6 $16)
33. dxe5 {'?!' Atlas,V.} ({Not the optimal choice. Stronger was} 33. b3 {
(Atlas,V) , retaining positional advantage.}) 33... Ndxe5 34. Nxb6 $2 (34. Rd1
$142 $5 $14) 34... Nd3 35. Nxd5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Nxc4 $142 Nxb4 36. Nd6
$15) ({A big mistake elegantly refuted by the Polish GM. After} 35. Rb5 {
(Atlas,V) White would retain counterchances.}) 35... Nd2+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 64]
Atlas,V: 'This terrific knight strike yields Black a decisive advantage.'} 36.
Kg1 ({Atlas,V: The knight is invulnerable:} 36. Nxd2 Re1+ 37. Rxe1 Rxe1#) 36...
Nxf3+ 37. gxf3 Re1+ {Atlas,V: 'Winning an exchange.'} 38. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 39. Kg2
Nxb4 40. Nxb4 Re2 (40... Re2 {Atlas,V: ', and White resigned, as after'} 41.
Nd3 Rd2 {he loses also his queenside pawns.}) 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2002.05.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Kalod, Radek"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2002.05.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 a5 (7...
Qb6 8. O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 {with good compensation for
the pawn.}) 8. a4 $5 (8. O-O a4 9. Re1 a3 10. b3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb4 12. Bb1 Nb8
13. Nf1 {- white's prospects on the kingside should not be underestimated.})
8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 10. Bb5 ({If} 10. Bb1 {then} b6 {followed by Ba6.}) ({
And after} 10. Be2 {black can force the endgame by 10...Qc7 and then Qc2.} Qc7)
10... Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nb1 Nb8 13. Re1 N8c6 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Bf4 Kh8 16. Qd2
f6 {The only way to undertake some activity, although rather risky.} 17. Rac1
$6 {After} (17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf1 $1 {and then Nb5 white would have a clear
advantage.}) 17... Rc8 18. Bf1 {Also at this moment taking on f6 would yield
better chances to white.} g5 $1 19. exf6 (19. Bg3 f5 $13) (19. Be3 g4 20. exf6
Bxf6 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Bh6 Bg7 (23... Rf5 $5) 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25.
Qd4+ Qf6 26. Qxg4+ Kh8 $11) 19... gxf4 20. fxe7 Qxe7 21. Kh1 {More subtle was}
(21. Bb5 Qg7 22. Kh1 $1 Rg8 23. Rg1 {still with some advantage to white.})
21... Be8 22. Bb5 Bh5 23. Ne5 (23. Bxc6 Bxf3 $15) 23... Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Bg6 25.
Rce1 f3 {From a strategical point of view it is not a strong move. Better was
immediate} (25... Rf6 26. Rxd5 {does not work, due to} (26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd5
Rc2 28. Qxa5 $2 (28. Rd7 Rxd2 29. Rxe7 Rxf2 $13) 28... b6 $1 29. Qxb6 (29. Qa6
$145 $1) 29... exd5 $19) 26... Rxc3 27. Rd7 Rc2 28. Qxc2 Nxc2) ({After} 25...
Rf6 {white had to continue} 26. Qe2 Qg7 27. Rxe6 Be4 28. Rxe4 dxe4 29. Qxe4 {
with a slight plus for white.}) 26. g3 Rf6 27. g4 $1 {Unexpected and strong.}
Qg7 28. g5 {But this move is too hasty. After 28.Rg1 white could gradually
surround the pawn f3.} (28. Rg1) 28... Bf5 $1 29. Rg1 (29. Bd7 $5 Rg8 30. Bxe6
{would lead quickly to a draw.}) 29... Rg6 30. Rg3 Rg8 31. Rxf3 Rxg5 32. Rg3
$15 Qh6 33. Ne2 $2 {This is a blunder.} ({After} 33. Re1 {black had to work
hard in order to prove his advantage.}) 33... Be4+ $1 $17 34. Rxe4 dxe4 35. Qe3
Qf6 36. Kg2 Qf5 37. Nc3 Nc2 38. Qxe4 Rxg3+ 39. hxg3 Qxe4+ 40. Nxe4 Nxd4 41. Bc4
Rc8 42. b3 b5 $1 $19 43. Bxb5 (43. axb5 a4 44. Nd6 a3 $19) 43... Nxb3 44. f4
Rc2+ 45. Kh3 Nd4 46. Bd7 Kg7 47. g4 Kf8 48. f5 exf5 49. gxf5 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 a5 $5 ({
Playing to win a pawn} 7... Qb6 8. O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3
Qb6 12. Qa4 {looks dangerous for black. Instead he tries to exploit rather
awkward location of the white knights, starting active play on the queen's
side.}) 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 c4 ({Another promising line would be} 9... a4 {
and then eventually} 10. Z0 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 {and so on,with the initiative
on the queen's side.}) 10. Bc2 b5 11. Nf1 Nb6 12. N3d2 (12. g4 {starting the
assault on the king's side looks more energetic. At that case the game would
have to take another course:} h5 13. h3 hxg4 14. hxg4 Kd7 15. N3h2 Kc7 16. f4
f6 $1 {with a double-edged position.}) 12... h5 13. f4 b4 14. Qf3 g6 15. g3 a4
16. a3 bxa3 17. bxa3 Na5 18. h3 Nb3 19. Ra2 Rb8 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Na8 22.
Nb1 (22. f5 {does not work out due to} gxf5 23. gxf5 Rg8+ 24. Kh1 ({Or} 24. Ng3
Bh4 25. Ndf1 Bxg3 26. Nxg3 Nxc1 27. Rxc1 Qg5 {winning.}) 24... Bxa3 $1 {
followed by Qh4+.}) 22... Nc7 23. Ng3 Nb5 24. Be3 ({Again} 24. f5 {is wrong
because of} gxf5 25. gxf5 Nxc1 26. Rxc1 Bh4 {with threats Rg8 and Qg5.}) 24...
Kd7 $2 {In fact, it is a blunder.} ({Black had to continue} 24... Bh4 $1 {
preventing f4-f5. After} 25. Re2 $1 Kd7 26. Rh2 {(threatening with Qh1!)} Bxg3
27. Qxg3 Kc6 {white would have had a slight edge.}) 25. f5 gxf5 26. gxf5 Bh4
27. f6 Rg8 $2 {Another bad move.} ({Black had to play} 27... Bxg3 28. Qxg3 Rg8
29. Bg5 {(by the way, this move I overlooked playing 24...Kd7)} Qa5 {Here
black had a threat Nxd4, and eventually Nxc3 Nxc3 Rxg5 Qxg5 Qxc3.} {after the
best} 30. Kf2 (30. Re3 Nc1 31. Ra1 (31. Rb2 $2 Nxd4 $1 $19) 31... Nb3) 30...
Kc7 {keeping all the options in hand.}) 28. Bf4 Kc6 {Here the black position
is already very difficult.} (28... Qa5 {would be met by the highly unpleasant}
29. Qh5 {But if black will not find a counter-play he will be simply
suffocated.}) 29. Kg2 Rh8 30. Rh1 Qg8 $2 {Perhaps, the decisive mistake.} ({
Much stronger was} 30... Bxg3 {in order to change a pair of rooks.}) 31. Rh3
Bd7 32. Be3 Kc7 33. Qf4 Bxg3 34. Rxg3 Qf8 35. Rg7 Kb6 36. Bd1 Ka6 37. Qg5 Be8
38. Bc2 Bc6 39. Bh7 Nc7 40. Qh5 Be8 41. Rb2 Nb5 42. Bh6 Nxa3 43. Rg5 Rxh7 44.
Bxf8 Rxh5 45. Rxh5 Nb5 46. Bd6 $2 {By excellent play white won an exchange.} ({
After} 46. Be7 {with the threat Rh8}) ({or} 46. Ra2 {white was easily winning.
But the move in the text gives to black some chances to survive.}) 46... Nxd6
47. exd6 Kb5 48. Rh8 Kc6 49. Ra2 Ra8 50. Na3 Kxd6 51. Kf3 Nc1 52. Rb2 Kc7 53.
Rg2 Rb8 54. Rgg8 Kd7 55. Rf8 Rd8 56. Ke3 $4 {Crucial loss of a tempo.} ({After
} 56. Nb5 Nd3 57. Nc7 $1 {white was still winning.}) 56... Nd3 57. Nb5 e5 $1 {
Now black makes a draw!} 58. Nd6 (58. Nc7 {was a bit stronger. But black was
already out of danger:} Kxc7 59. Rxe8 Rxe8 60. Rxe8 Kd6 61. Ra8 exd4+ 62. Kxd4
Nc5 $1) 58... exd4+ 59. Kxd4 Kxd6 60. Rxe8 Rxe8 61. Rxe8 Nf4 62. Re7 a3 63.
Rxf7 Ne6+ 64. Ke3 Ke5 65. Ra7 Kxf6 66. Rxa3 Ke5 67. Ra7 Ng5 68. Re7+ Ne6 69.
Rh7 Kd6 70. Rh5 Kc6 71. Rh1 Kd6 72. Re1 Ke5 73. Kf3+ Kf5 74. Rd1 Ke5 75. Re1+
Kf5 76. Rh1 d4 77. cxd4 Nxd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2001.09.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Bc2 $5
{This interesting move was for long time forgotten-people invariably played 8.
Ba6 or 8.Nf3.} cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Nf3 Rc8 11. Be3 {This is a new move.
Theoretical continuation is 11.a3,preventing Nb4,as well as Bb4+} Bb4+ $2 {
Black is on a wrong way. Presumably he has not expected the next move of white.
} ({Correct was} 11... Nb4 12. Bb1 Qc7 13. O-O Nc2 14. Bxc2 Qxc2 15. Rc1 Qxd1
16. Rxc8+ Bxc8 17. Rxd1 Ba6 18. Ng3 h6 19. Rc1 Kd8 {with about equal play.})
12. Kf1 $1 {Of course! Any exchange would help black to solve problems of his
cramped position.} Be7 {Black is not in a hurry to look for counterplay. It is
true, after} (12... f6 13. Kg1 $1 fxe5 14. dxe5 Be7 15. h4 {he would not
achieve too much.}) 13. Kg1 O-O 14. h4 $16 {White has already a clear
advantage - he has an active plan - an assault on the king side, whereas black
on the queen side can't create any threats.} Nb4 15. Bb1 Bxe2 ({Or} 15... Qc7
16. Nc3) 16. Qxe2 Qc7 17. Ne1 {After this move it becomes obvious that black
has get no initiative on the queen side. Meanwhile white's threats on the
contrary wing acquire real features. Black makes up his mind to prevent
enemy's attack by pushing the f-pawn.} f5 18. a3 Nc6 19. Nd3 Rf7 ({Not} 19...
f4 20. Nxf4 Nxd4 21. Qd3 {and black is losing.}) ({Or} 19... Na5 20. Nf4 Qc6
21. Bd3 Nb3 22. Rd1 {and the threat Bb5 is pretty unpleasant.}) 20. Nf4 Nf8 21.
Bd3 Qd8 {Now after 22.g3 black was going to continue Na5 getting some activity,
but white prefers to sacrifice a pawn.} ({Or} 21... Na5 22. Ba6 Rb8 23. Rc1)
22. b4 $5 Bxh4 23. b5 Na5 24. Qh5 g6 $8 {The only move.} (24... Bg5 {does not
work:} 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Qg6 {winning.}) 25. Qxh4 Qxh4 26. Rxh4
g5 27. Nxe6 $1 gxh4 {Certainly,white will retain the initiative in any case.} (
{Say} 27... Nxe6 $6 28. Rh6 Nb3 29. Rd1 Nbxd4 30. Bf1 Kg7 31. Rf6) 28. Ng5 Rg7
29. Bxf5 Re8 30. Nf3 $44 Ng6 31. Bg5 $1 Rc7 32. Re1 Nc4 33. a4 Nf8 {Black
changes his mind - the knight was on f8 a few moves before.} (33... Nb2 {
was more consequent.}) 34. Bxh4 Ne6 35. Bf6 Nb2 36. Re3 Nxa4 {It seems black
is short of time.} (36... Nd1 $5 {was worth a consideration. With an idea - if
white rook does not come back to e1 - then 37...Rc1! with a mess!}) 37. Bxe6+
Rxe6 38. Ng5 Re8 39. Rg3 Kf8 40. Rf3 Kg8 (40... Rc3 41. Rf4 {with continuing
attack}) 41. Rg3 Kf8 42. f4 h6 (42... Nc3 43. Nxh7+) 43. Nf3 Nc3 44. Rg6 Rh7 {
It is passive, but} (44... Ne2+ 45. Kh2 Nxf4 46. Rxh6 Ne6 47. g4 {also does
not look attractive, e.g.} Rc3 48. g5 Rxf3 49. g6 $18) 45. f5 Nxb5 46. e6 Rc8
47. Ne5 Rcc7 48. Ng4 $1 a5 49. Nxh6 Rhg7 50. Bxg7+ Rxg7 51. e7+ $1 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.02.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Likavsky,T"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 {White has won some space, but Black
can evolve counterplay - that's the French Defence.} 5. Nce2 {[%cal Gc2c3]
Intending to keep the pawn chain, though slowing down the development. This
move is having a revival it seems.} (5. f4 {is main line.}) 5... c5 6. c3 cxd4
{Black wants to start to undermine the opponent's centre with f6, but he can
not to do it immediately due Nf4.} ({The normal} 6... Nc6 {allows White to
build up the pawn chain on the kingside too; e.g.:} 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nf3 f6 9. g3
$5 Be7 10. Bh3 {[%cal Gh3e6]}) ({Therefore a more sophisticated try is} 6...
Qb6 {if we want to compare the example here above.} 7. f4 Be7 8. Nf3 f6 9. g3
$6 (9. f5 $5) 9... O-O {[%csl Rd4,Re5,Rf2,Rf3][%cal Gf6e5,Gc5d4] and} 10. Bh3 {
[%cal Gh3e6,Yb6e6] makes no sense.}) (6... f6 $2 7. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4e6,Gd1h5]})
7. cxd4 f6 8. exf6 {To give the centre back is safe and not bad at least at
this moment.} ({After} 8. Nf4 {can Black solve his problems with} Bb4+ 9. Bd2
Bxd2+ ({or} 9... Qb6) 10. Qxd2 Qe7) ({And after} 8. f4 {(in the spirit of the
White's plan, but it looks risky to me). The White Lady could find herself in
Black's preparation because she had already played 8.f4...} fxe5 (8... Be7) 9.
fxe5 Bb4+ (9... Qh4+ $5) 10. Kf2 O-O+ 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. a3 Ndxe5 (12... Qh4+ $1
13. Kg1 Rxf3 14. gxf3 Ndxe5 15. Ng3 Nxd4 16. axb4 Nexf3+ 17. Kg2 e5 $40 {
1/2 Nikel,B (2289)-Siewert,W (2278)/Chessfriend.com 2005/Corr 2008 (49)}) 13.
axb4 Qh4+ 14. Kg1 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Rxf3 16. Ng3 Nxd4 17. Bg2 Rf7 $44 {1-0 Polgar,
J (2658)-Hernandez,G (2560)/Merida 2000/CBM 078 (32)} (17... Ne2+ $5)) 8...
Nxf6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Nc3 {[%csl Re5] There is a hole on e5. However, Black
should be more or less ok, if this N moves up and then down...} Bd6 11. Bd3 O-O
12. O-O Qe8 {Of course, Black has many moves here... and the choice of Mr
Korchnoi would not surprise anybody from his fan club and never ever me. I
like his aggressive style. And the flank operation is logical with the closed
centre. (Black only can decide to open it with e6-e5, but will not want in the
chosen setup.)} ({Another setup - to rid of the weak e-pawn and move} 12... e5
$5 {is possible naturally, though it' just play for draw. And White is a bit
better.} 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Be2 $14 {[%csl Rd5]}) 13. Re1 Qh5 14. Be2 (14. h3 {
is more common.}) 14... Qg6 15. Ng5 $6 {This looks like a waste of time.} (15.
a3) 15... h6 $1 16. Bd3 Qe8 $6 ({Why not} 16... Qh5 $1 17. Qxh5 (17. Bh7+ Kh8
18. Qxh5 Nxh5 19. Bg6 hxg5 20. Bxh5 Nxd4 {is pretty ok for Black.}) 17... Nxh5
18. Nxe6 Re8 19. Bg6 Rxe6 20. Rxe6 Bxe6 21. Bxh5 Nxd4 $11) 17. Nf3 Qh5 18. h3 {
[%csl Rg6][%cal Gh6g5] Interesting, we have the same position as after 14.h3,
but with the pawn on h6. Anyway I hardly can extrapolate that this was the
idea of one of the players...} Bd7 19. a3 {White has the better pawn stucture,
so Black has to act...} g5 $5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg5g4] You can shout: "wow!",
but it is not so criminal (maybe just a little). Remember, the centre is
closed...} 20. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Gb5d6,Yb5d4] Ouch, Judit found an exact sequence
to solve her problems with chances to claim an advantage.} (20. Qc2 Kg7 21. Nb5
(21. Ne5 $2 Nxd4) {allows} 21... g4 $13) 20... Bb8 (20... g4 $143 21. Nxd6 gxf3
22. Bc2 {[%cal Gd1d3]} (22. Be3 $5 {[%cal Yd1h5,Rf3g2] and the white K is not
in real trouble yet.})) 21. Qc2 $1 {Avoiding Q exchange} Kg7 22. Ne5 $1 {
No more g5-g4.} Nxe5 23. dxe5 Ne4 24. Bxe4 Bxb5 25. Qb3 $6 (25. a4 $142 $1 $16
{[%cal Ya1a3]} Bd7 (25... Bc6 26. Bd3 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Yc2h7]}) (25... Ba6 26.
Bf3 $1 Rxf3 27. gxf3 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8,Rg7][%cal Ga1a3]}) 26. Bd3 {[%cal Yc2h7]} (
26. Bf3 $5 Rxf3 $5 27. gxf3 Qxh3 28. Ra3 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8,Rg7]})) 25... dxe4 $2 (
{Black coud play the very strong move} 25... a6 $142 $1 {[%cal Ga6b5,Yb8a7]}
26. a4 {[%csl Rb4]} Bc4 $1 27. Qxb7+ Qf7 {[%cal Gf7f2]} 28. Qxf7+ Rxf7 29. Bf3
Ba7 30. Be3 Rb8 $44) (25... Bc4 $143 26. Qxb7+ Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Rxf7 28. Bf3 a5
29. Bd2 $14) 26. Qxb5 Qf7 27. Be3 a6 28. Qb4 Bxe5 29. Qxe4 $16 {[%csl Re6,Rg7]}
Bf6 30. Rad1 Rad8 31. Bc5 $1 Rfe8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 (32... Bxd8 33. Bd4+ Bf6 34.
Bxf6+ Kxf6 35. Re3 {[%csl Rf6]}) 33. Qxe6 {Winning the e6P and making the
transition to an endgame.} Qxe6 34. Rxe6 $16 {White is a pawn up, however she
still has a long way to go before signing the score sheets. It would be good
to exchange the rooks for her. Black should try to exchange the pawns on the
queenside and possibly the bishops (under reasonable circumstances).} Rd5 (
34... Bxb2 $5 {[%csl Ra3,Ra8][%cal Ra3a8] with the drawish idea White K, Pa3,
B /Black B} 35. Re7+ Kg6 36. Rxb7 {[%cal Gb7b2,Gb7b6,Yb6a6,Yb6h6]} Rd1+ 37. Kh2
Be5+ $1 {tempo} 38. g3 Rd5 39. Rb6+ Kf5 40. Rc6 (40. Be3 Rd6) (40. Bf8 Rd2)
40... h5 {and Black has improved the material structure on the board. The
question is if his pawns are not too weak now...} 41. Kg2 g4 (41... a5 42. Be3
Bd6 (42... g4 $2 43. Rh6) 43. a4 g4 44. hxg4+ (44. Bb6 $5) 44... hxg4 45. Rc4
Rd3 46. Bb6 Rd5) 42. hxg4+ hxg4 43. a4 a5 (43... Bf6 $5 44. Be3 Ra5 45. Rc4 Bg5
46. Bc5) 44. Be3 Bf6 45. Rc4 Bg5 46. Bb6 Bh6 {White is again still very far
from the victory.}) 35. b4 $1 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 h5 37. g4 $1 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Yc5e3,
Ye3g5]} hxg4 38. hxg4 Rd3 39. a4 Kf7 40. Rb6 {It's always right to drag the
opponents piece to a passive positon.} Rd7 41. Kg2 Bd8 42. Rh6 Kg7 43. Re6 Kf7
44. Re5 Bf6 45. Re3 Bd8 46. a5 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7,Yc5] Black can not exchange
the queenside pawns and the white B has a strong outpost now.} Rd5 47. Kf3 $1
Bf6 48. Ke4 $1 {[%csl Ye4] K belongs in the centre!} Ke6 49. Rh3 Rd7 50. Rh1
Kf7 51. Rh7+ Bg7 52. Rh3 Ke6 53. Rd3 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd3d7,Yd3d6]} Rxd3 $8 (53...
Rc7 54. Rd6+ Kf7 55. Kf5) 54. Kxd3 Kd5 55. Be7 Bh6 56. f3 Ke6 57. Bc5 Bg7 58.
Be3 Bf6 59. Kc4 Kd6 60. f4 gxf4 61. Bxf4+ Ke6 62. g5 {Please imagine this
position without the b-pawns. Black could draw by taking on g5. Look the line
34...Bxb2.} Bd8 63. Be3 Bc7 64. g6 Kf6 65. Kd5 Bg3 66. Bc5 {[%cal Gg6g7,Gd5e6,
Ge6d7,Gd7c8]} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Lisenko"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Qc1 (14.
Nh5) (14. Ne2) (14. g3) 14... Ng5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Bxh7+ (16. Ne2 Qxc1 17.
Raxc1 Bd7 $5 18. Bb5 Rac8 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rxc6 Bxc6 21. Re1 $1 Bb5 22. Nc3
Bd7 23. Kf1 $2 (23. f3 Kf7 24. h4 $14) 23... Rf4 $13 {Wahls,M-Hertneck,G/BRD/
1993/0:1 (58)}) 16... Kxh7 17. Nxe6 Qf5 18. Nxf8+ Qxf8 19. Qg5 Qf5 (19... Bf5
20. Rfe1 Rd8 21. Re3 {Brodskij,M-Supatashvili,K/Pardubice(op)/1993/} Rd6 $5 22.
Rf3 Rf6 23. Rd1 $13 {Brodskij/}) 20. Qxf5+ $146 (20. Qh4+ $5 {Dvoirys,S-Ulibin,
M/URS/1994/}) 20... Bxf5 21. Rfe1 Kg6 (21... g5 22. b4 $1) 22. f3 (22. Rad1 Rh8
23. g3 Be4 24. Re3 Rf8 $13) 22... Kf6 (22... Nxd4 $2 23. Rad1 Nc2 24. Re2 {
/\ g4+/-}) 23. Rad1 g5 24. g4 Bd7 $1 (24... Be6 25. Rd2 {/\ Kf2-g3,f4} Ne7 $4
26. Rde2 $18) (24... Bg6 25. Kg2 Rh8 26. Kg3 Nd8 27. Rh1 Rh4 28. Rhf1 Ne6 29.
f4 $1 Be4 30. h3 Rh7 31. fxg5+ Kxg5 32. Rd2 a6 $5 $14) 25. Kf2 Rh8 26. Kg3 Ne7
$1 (26... Nd8 27. Re5 Be6 28. Rde1 Rh7 29. R1e2 $1 {/\ f4+/-}) 27. Re5 Ng6 $1
28. Rxd5 Be6 29. Rb5 $1 (29. Rd6 $2 Ke7 $19) 29... Nf4 30. d5 $1 (30. Rxb7 Rh3+
31. Kf2 Bd5 32. Rxa7 Rxh2+ $40) 30... Rh3+ 31. Kf2 Bxd5 $1 (31... Bxd5 32.
Rdxd5 Nxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxh2+ 34. Kg3 Rxb2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 04th"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zarubin, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Cherepovets Severstal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 $6 (9... Nxf6 $132) 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Bg5 $1 Qf7 12. O-O h6 $2 (
12... e5 $142 $5 13. dxe5 Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. f4 $5 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bf6 17.
Qc2 g6 18. Qc5 $1 Be7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qxd5 Be6 21. Qe4 $14 {Schmittdiel,
E-Hertneck,D/BL9293/}) 13. Qb1 $3 $16 {/\Bd3-g6} Nf8 $8 (13... O-O $4 14. Bg6
$18) 14. Bh4 Bd7 15. b4 $1 $40 {xe5} Bxb4 (15... a6 $142 $5 16. a4 Bxb4 $1 (
16... Nxb4 $2 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Qxb4 $16 {/\Qb4xb7}) 17. a5 $1 $16 (17. Ne5 $2
Nxe5 18. dxe5 a5 $1) 17... Bc8 $1 (17... Bxa5 $2 18. Rxa5 $1 Nxa5 19. Ne5 Qh5
20. Ng6 Rg8 21. Nef4 Qg4 22. h3 $18) (17... Rb8 $2 18. Bg3 Rc8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20.
Bxe5 Be7 21. Qxb7 $18 {xa6}) 18. Bg3 Be7 19. Nf4 g5 20. Ng6 Rg8 21. Nge5 (21.
Nxe7 Qxe7 22. Re1 $16) 21... Qg7 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Qb6 Bd7 24. Qb7 Rd8 25. Qxa6
$18 {o^a}) (15... Nxb4 $2 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Qxb4 $18) 16. Ne5 $1 (16. a3 $6 Bd6
17. Qxb7 $2 Rb8 18. Qa6 Rb6 19. Qa4 Ng6 $132) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 a5 18. a3 g5
$5 (18... Be7 19. Qxb7 Rd8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rfc1 $1 $18) 19. axb4 gxh4 20.
bxa5 Bc6 21. Nd4 $18 Rg8 22. a6 h3 $8 23. g3 Nd7 (23... Ng6 24. axb7 Rb8 25.
Ra8 $18 Rxa8 26. b8=Q+ $1) 24. axb7 Rb8 25. Nxc6 $1 Qf3 26. Bg6+ Kf8 (26...
Rxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Qxh3) 27. Qb4+ $1 (27. Qb4+ Kg7 28. Qe7+
Kxg6 29. Qxe6+ Kg5 (29... Kh7 30. Qxd7+ Rg7 31. Qxh3) 30. Qxh3 Rxb7 31. Ra4 $18
) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 $5 {I was attracted
by this old-fashioned variation because it avoids the mass of theory after 6...
Nc6. Still, I am not sure whether I have chosen it against the right opponents
so far: on both occasions when I played it, they were even "more experienced"
than me, which means that they knew how to meet my setup in the best way.} 7.
Nh3 $5 {The best, according to old and new theory.} (7. f4 Ba6 8. Bb1 {
introduced in GM practice by Ivanchuk,V (2535)-Moskalenko,V (2440)/Lvov 1988/
CBM 007 (1-0, 46) is not easy to neutralize.}) (7. Ne2 {is basically as good.
When preparing the line for the first time, I had a look at the following two
oldies, played by World Champions:} Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O Nc7 10. f4 (10. Nf4
{transposes to the main game.}) 10... f5 11. exf6 (11. Nf3 Be7 12. Be3 c4 13.
Kh1 b5 14. Rg1 Nb6 15. g4 fxg4 16. Rxg4 g6 17. h4 Kd7 18. Qc2 Qf8 19. Rag1 Ne8
20. R4g2 Ng7 {Bednarski,J (2395)-Petrosian,T (2645)/Lugano 1968/MCD (0-1, 30)})
11... Nxf6 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Ng3 O-O 14. Ne5 cxd4 15. cxd4 Ne4 $132 {Kan,
I-Botvinnik,M/Soviet Union 1952/EXT 2000 (0-1, 40)}) 7... Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9.
O-O Nc7 10. Nf4 c4 $5 {I saw no reason for delaying this planned move. First
we set the queenside structure and then we decide what to do with the king.} (
10... Be7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Nf3 c4 13. h4 h5 14. Qg3 b5 15. Nh3 {Berelovich,A 
(2541)-Jussupow,A (2622)/Germany 2002/CBM 093/[Mueller,Karsten] (1-0, 59) and
Rublevsky,S (2645)-Kosyrev,V (2540)/Kazan 2005/CBM 109/[Postny] (1-0, 47)}) 11.
a4 (11. Qg4 b5 12. Nf3 (12. a4 {allows Black to get an original form of
counterplay by apparently spoiling his structure:} bxa4 13. Rxa4 g6 14. Nf3 a5
15. Re1 Nb6 16. Ra1 Qd7 17. h4 h6 18. g3 a4 19. Ng2 Nb5 20. Qf4 a3 $132 {
Sowray,P (2383)-Socko,B (2646)/Tromsoe 2010/CBM 137 Extra (0-1, 36)}) 12... g6
13. h4 Nb6 $5 14. h5 Qd7 15. Bd2 (15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Bd2 {is more restrictive,
but Black should be doing fine anyway.}) 15... O-O-O 16. hxg6 fxg6 $1 $132 {
White will not be able to keep the kingside blocked too easily.} 17. Nh3 ({
The difference is that} 17. Ng5 {can be parried with} Re8) 17... Re8 18. Bg5 h6
19. Bf6 Rg8 20. b3 Kb7 (20... Ba3 $5) 21. Nf4 Qf7 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. a4 Ka8 24.
Rfb1 Nd7 25. Qh4 Rc8 26. Rb2 Qe8 27. Qg4 Qf7 28. Rab1 Nxf6 29. exf6 Qxf6 30.
Ne5 Bd6 31. Re1 ({When sacrificng the pawn and avoiding the draw by repetition,
White had probably put big hopes in} 31. Nc6 Bxf4 32. Rb7 {, missing the
spectacular} Nb5 $3 $19) 31... Qf5 $15 {Alsina Leal,D (2540)-Rombaldoni,A 
(2469)/Forni di Sopra 2012 (0-1, 62)}) 11... a6 12. b3 ({Blocking the
queenside offers Black a clear plan: castling long and starting kingside play.
} 12. b4 b5 13. a5 Qe7 14. Re1 O-O-O 15. Qg4 h6 16. Nf3 g5 17. Nh5 f5 18. exf6
Nxf6 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. h4 Bd6 $132 {Wolff,P (2585)-Kortschnoj,V (2625)/Biel
1993/CBM 037/[Ambroz] (0-1, 34)}) 12... b5 13. Re1 ({A few weeks later, I
faced more serious problems after:} 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Qg4 g6 15. h4 Nb6 16. h5
{White refrains from a4-a5 in order to avoid giving me the b5-square for the
knights.} Qd7 17. Qd1 a5 18. Nf3 O-O-O 19. Re1 Kb7 20. Re2 Ka6 21. Rea2 Rb8 22.
Qc2 Be7 $6 23. h6 $1 Nc8 24. Nh3 $14 {1/2 Itkis,B (2429)-Marin,M (2551)/
Constanta-Mamaia 2012} Bf8) (13. Nh5 g6 14. Nf6+ Nxf6 15. exf6 cxb3 16. Qxb3
Rb8 $13 {Efimenko,Z (2638)-Socko,B (2635)/Gibraltar 2008/CBM 122 Extra (1/2,
26)}) 13... g6 $146 {I had no idea that this is a novelty.} ({But I am sure
that I did not have the least intention to give up the queenside tension.} 
13... cxb3 14. Nxb3 bxa4 15. Rxa4 Nb6 16. Ra2 Nb5 17. Qd3 $32 {Kotronias,V 
(2510)-Reefschlaeger,H (2370)/Gausdal 1990/TD (1-0, 33)}) 14. Nf3 Nb6 15. a5
Nc8 16. b4 ({I was expecting} 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 {and was wondering (I
still am...) whether I could make use of the given time to play} O-O) 16... Kd7
$1 {As in Korchnoi's game above, the queenside becomes the safest residence
for the king.} 17. h4 Be7 18. g3 Na7 19. Be3 Nc6 20. Qd2 Qf8 21. Rab1 {Just to
make sure that nothing will explode on b4.} Qg7 22. Kg2 h6 ({Even in blocked
positions one has to be aware of tactics:} 22... Rag8 $2 23. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 24.
Bh6 $18) 23. Nh3 Rag8 24. Rh1 {White has prevented my kingside expansion, so I
found nothing better than transferring the knights to better squares.} Ne8 25.
Bf4 Bd8 26. Rbe1 Ne7 27. g4 {Equivalent to a draw offe, but according to the
rules we had to reach move 30 first.} h5 28. g5 Qf8 29. Ra1 Ng7 30. Nhg1 Ngf5
31. Ne2 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Seville op 37th"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "2012.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fernandez Romero, Ernesto"]
[Black "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. Nf4 Nxd4 10. Qh5+ Ke7 11. exf6+ Nxf6 12. Ng6+ hxg6 13. Qxh8 Kf7 14. O-O {
A completely different approach as for the to play} (14. Qh4 e5 15. Nf3 Nxf3+ (
15... Bb4+ 16. Kf1 e4 17. Nxd4 exd3 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Qg3 Qb6 20. Qxd3 Qxb2 21.
Rd1 Qxa2 22. h4 a5 23. Rc1 Ne4 24. Qe3 Ba3 25. Rc7+ Kg8 26. g3 Bd6 {Istratescu,
A-Sengupta,D/Hastings ENG 2012. And the black pawns are sufficient
compensation for the exchange.}) 16. gxf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Bg5 Qa5+ (18...
Be7 19. O-O d4 20. Rac1 Qd6 21. Qh3 g6 22. f4 e4 23. Qb3+ Qd5 24. Qa4 Bd8 25.
Bxf6 Kxf6 26. Qe8 {Cemhan,K-Zhukova,N/Mardin TUR 2011. With better chances
fort White.}) 19. Kf1 g6 20. Bxf6 (20. Qh8 Qa6+ 21. Kg2 Re8 22. Rac1 Be7 23.
Qh6 Qd6 24. Rc2 Qd8 25. Bxf6 Kxf6 26. Rhc1 Rh8 27. Qd2 Rh4 28. Rc7 d4 29. Qa5
$2 (29. h3 Rf4 30. Rxb7 Qd5 31. Rb3 {with advantage for White}) 29... d3 $2 (
29... Qh8 $1) 30. Re1 Qd6 {Yildiz,B-Danielian,E/Gaziantep TUR 2012. With an
unclear position.}) 20... Qa6+ 21. Kg2 Qxf6 22. Qa4 Qc6 23. Qb3 Bh6 24. Rad1
Rd8 25. Rd3 Kf6 $1 (25... Rd6 $2 26. Rhd1 Ke6 27. Rc3 Qb6 28. Qa4 Rc6 29. Qh4
$16) 26. Rc3 Qd7 27. Qc2 (27. Rc5 b6 28. Rb5 d4 29. a4 Bf8 30. a5 Bc5 $132)
27... d4 $146 28. Rc7 Qd5 29. Rh7 (29. Qb3 Qxb3 30. axb3 Rb8) 29... Bg7 30. h4
(30. Qc7 $2 Rd7 31. Qc8 e4 32. Rh3 g5 $19) 30... Qg8 (30... d3 $5 31. Qd2 f4
32. Re1 $13) 31. Qc7 $8 Re8 32. Rc1 $1 Qxh7 33. Qd6+ Re6 34. Qd8+ Re7 35. Qd6+
{1/2-1/2 Miroshnichenko,E-Firman,N/Alushta 85/255 2002}) 14... e5 ({The
variation is not so straightforward - here is an important alternative:} 14...
Nh5 $5 15. Nb3 (15. Re1 Nf4 $13) (15. Rd1 e5 16. Nb3 Bg4 $1 17. Re1 Nxb3 18.
axb3 e4 $11) 15... Nxb3 16. axb3 e5 17. Be3 (17. Re1 $5) 17... Be6 (17... a6)
18. f4 $2 ({The correct idea was to increase the pressure in the centre} 18.
Rfd1 $14) 18... e4 $1 19. f5 $2 (19. Bb5 Nf6 $1 $17) 19... Bc5 $3 20. fxe6+
Kxe6 21. Qh7 (21. Qxd8 $2 Bxe3+ 22. Kh1 Ng3+ $1 23. hxg3 Rxd8 24. Rf4 g5 $19)
21... Bxe3+ 22. Kh1 exd3 $2 $15 (22... Qg5 $1 $17) 23. Qxg6+ Nf6 $15 {Oliva,
K-Alonso,J/Matanzas 2009}) 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bf5 ({Another try looks more
correct:} 16... e4 17. Be2 Be6 18. Bf4 d4 19. Bc4 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Nh5 21. Be5 d3
22. g3 Qb6 23. g4 Nf6 24. Qh3 Qe6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. b3 Kg7 27. Qg2 Bb4 {
Kristinsson,B-Gupta,B/Budapest HUN 2011. Black has good play.}) 17. Bxf5 gxf5
18. Bg5 Bc5 19. Qh3 Ke6 ({I would prefer to keep the king in a safer place:} 
19... g6 20. Ra4 d4 21. Rc4 Bb6 22. Rfc1 Qd7 23. Qh6 Rg8 24. Bxf6 Kxf6 25. h4
Ke6 26. Qg5 Qe7 27. Qg3 Qd7 28. Qg5 Qe7 29. Qg3 Qd7 30. Qg5 e4 $11 {Ali,S-Berg,
E/Caleta ENG 2012}) 20. Rac1 ({A very good option was} 20. Rad1) 20... Qb6 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 ({Not a dream was} 21... Kxf6 22. Qh4+ Kf7 23. Qh7 Kf6 24. h4 Bd4 25.
h5) 22. Kh1 {Not a necessary move. The immediate activation of the rooks was
possible:} (22. Rc3) 22... Qb4 ({It was possible to support his own king} 22...
Be7) 23. Rc3 Bb6 24. Rg3 Rc8 25. Rg7 {White's major pieces come closer to the
opponent's king.} Qb5 26. g4 $1 {Now its clear that the king is in trouble.}
Kd6 27. gxf5 d4 28. Qg2 ({It was simpler to come back with the king} 28. Kg1)
28... Qe2 ({It was better to exchange queens and to start pushing the central
pawns:} 28... Qc6 29. Rxb7 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Rc2 31. h4 e4 32. Kg3 Ke5 33. Kg4 d3
34. Re7+ Kd5 35. h5) 29. Rg1 Rc6 ({It is very difficult to believe in the
king's escape.} 29... Qc2 30. Rd7+ Kc5 31. Qxb7 Kb4 32. Rd6) 30. Rf7 Kc5 31.
Rxb7 Rd6 ({The last chance was to try to evacuate the king with} 31... Kb5 32.
Qd5+ Rc5 33. Qd7+ Rc6) 32. Rc1+ Kb4 33. Rxb6+ $1 {A nice but simple decisive
attack.} Rxb6 34. Qd5 $1 Qa6 35. Kg1 $1 e4 36. Qxd4+ Kxb3 37. Qc3+ Ka2 38. b4
1-0

[Event "La Laguna op 4th"]
[Site "La Laguna"]
[Date "2010.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Cori Tello, Deysi Estella"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Minzer,C"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 {Diagrama #
Las blancas desarrollan su caballo por e2 dejando libre f3 para el otro
caballo, de esa manera el punto d4 podrá ser defendido. La semana pasada vimos
Ngf3 con un planteamiento de gambito.} cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6
11. Nf3 O-O ({La otra gran opción que tienen las negras pasa por} 11... Qc7 {
evitando el cambio de los alfiles negros con 12.Bf4} 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rc1 {
donde las blancas intentan el cambio de los mencionados alfiles vía Bh4-g3.})
12. Bf4 Nh5 $5 {Diagrama # Mucho menos jugado, las negras buscan el control de
la casilla f4 mientras despejan la columna f.} ({Cori se aparta de la
discusión teórica} 12... Bxf4 13. Nxf4) 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qd2 ({Los teóricos
señalan} 14. Ng3 {seguramente la idea es quitarle sentido al sacrificio de
calidad en f3, un tema latente en este tipo de posición} Nf4 15. Bb5 $1 {
gran parte de la idea de controlar la casilla e5 pasa por la previa
eliminación del caballo de c6} Bd7 (15... Ne7 16. Rc1 Neg6 17. Re1 Bd7 {
y ahora la recomendación de Andreas Tzermiadianos} 18. Bd3 $14) 16. Bxc6 Bxc6
17. Qb3 a5 18. Ne5 Qb4 19. Qe3 {sacrificio de peón con buenas posibilidades de
compensación, se "obligará" al cambio de caballos acentuando la pasividad del
alfil de casillas blancas} Qxb2 20. Rfb1 Qc2 21. Rc1 Qb2 22. a3 Qb6 23. Rab1
Qd8 24. Ne2 Nxe2+ 25. Qxe2 $44 {Nisipeanu,L-Visser,Y/Groningen 1997}) 14... Nf4
({Si} 14... Bd7 15. Qe3 {la dama queda bien ubicada en e3, defiende el peón d4
controla las debilidades contrarias de la columna e y, por sobre todo,
minimiza el tema del sacrificio de calidad en f3.}) ({Por tal motivo se podía
directamente} 14... Rxf3 $5 15. gxf3 Bd7 16. Bb5 Rf8 17. Qe3 $14) 15. Nxf4 Qxf4
{Korneev no tiene ningún reparo en seguir simplificando la posición pero que
las negras se queden con su pasivo alfil.} 16. Rad1 a6 {Pensando en el final
las debilidades de casillas negras del flanco dama son evidentes.} ({La
amenaza posicional es} 16... Z0 17. Bb5 $1 {seguido de la captura del caballo
y un completo dominio del punto e5.}) 17. Rfe1 g6 {Cori no tiene ningún reparo
en seguir dejando debilidades en las casillas negras. El avance del peón a g6
se debe a la constante amenaza que hay sobre el punto h7.} 18. Bb1 {Se
amenazaba la captura en d4.} Bd7 19. Qxf4 Rxf4 20. Ne5 $1 {Diagrama # El plan
de Korneev es muy claro siendo un modelo estratégico para los partidarios de
blancas para los jugadores de la Variante Tarrasch.} Nxe5 21. Rxe5 {Con la
elimnación del segundo caballo el dominio de las casillas negras es mayor.}
Raf8 22. f3 Rc8 {La torre solo tiene c4 para ser agresiva por la columna c.}
23. Kf2 {Korneev lleva su rey a e3, empieza a vislumbrarse otra diferencia
ventajosa para el primer jugador: Rey activo en el final.} Rc4 24. Ke3 Rf8 25.
Bd3 Rb4 26. Rd2 Rc8 27. b3 Rc1 28. Rc2 {La torre negra empieza a ser molesta,
Korneev encuentra la línea donde obliga a su cambio.} Re1+ ({Si} 28... Rh1 29.
Rc7 $16) 29. Kd2 Rxe5 30. dxe5 $16 {Diagrama # Las blancas renuncian a la
debilidad de la casilla e5 pero su dominio de casillas negras cada vez se hace
mayor. Tiene un mejor rey, ahora el peón en e5 comprime la posición impidiendo
que el rey contrario pueda participar. La diferencia en la coordinación de
piezas es evidente.} Kf7 ({No se podía evitar la entrada en séptima con} 30...
Bc6 $2 {por} 31. Bxa6 $1) 31. Rc7 Ke8 32. Kc3 Rh4 33. h3 Bc6 34. a4 Kd8 35. Rg7
Bd7 {Diagrama #} 36. Bf1 $1 $18 {La clave para quebrar la posición pasa por
aprovechar la extraña posición de la torre negra. Se amenaza g3 o g4 según el
caso.} d4+ ({O} 36... a5 {que podría ser respondido con} 37. g4 $1 {y la torre
negra esta en problemas.}) 37. Kd2 b5 38. g3 $1 {El peón que se pierde no
tiene mayor importancia, se recuperará el material en el momento oportuno.} Rh5
39. f4 bxa4 40. bxa4 Bxa4 41. h4 Rf5 ({En caso de} 41... Bb5 {se podrían
cambiar alfiles con un mejor final, pero es más fuerte} 42. Bh3 $1 Rh6 43. Bg4
$1 {la torre esta en su mínima expresión.}) 42. Rxh7 {La captura de los demás
peones puede seguir esperando.} Bd7 (42... a5 43. Ra7) 43. Bxa6 Rf8 44. Kd3 {
Diagrama # Cori prefiere abandonar, sigue la captura del peón de d4 y
posterior entrada del rey por c5-d6 mientras las negras no tienen ningún tipo
de contrajuego. Gran técnica de Korneev.} 1-0

[Event "La Laguna op 4th"]
[Site "La Laguna"]
[Date "2010.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Minzer,C"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 {Ante la Variante Tarrasch (3.Cd2) las negras
responden con una de las líneas principales. Las otras opciones más jugadas
son 3...c5 y 3...Ae7.} 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 {Diagrama #
ESTRATEGIA: Las blancas suelen jugar 7.Ce2 para llevar el otro caballo a f3 y,
de esa forma, defender el punto d4 (objetivo de las negras en toda estructura
francesa). Con 7.Cgf3 las blancas juegan de gambito entregando el peón
central a cambio de un mayor desarrollo y ventaja de espacio propiciada por el
peón e5.} g6 ({La idea de entregar el peón pasa por:} 7... Qb6 8. O-O cxd4 9.
cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qb6 {donde se suele seguir con} 12. Qa4 {
con intención de pasar al flanco rey} Qb4 13. Qc2 Qc5 14. Qe2 Be7 15. Be3 {
con un buen dominio de la columna c abierta. Las blancas tienen suficiente
compensación por el peón.}) 8. h4 $1 {Diagrama # APERTURA: La jugada más
agresiva que tienen las blancas, de esta forma el plan del segundo jugador con
...Ag7, ...0-0 y ...f6 no puede hacerse efectivo, el otro intento es 8.0-0
pero aquí las negras no sienten la misma presión.} h6 9. Qe2 {También 9.a3 con
idea de expandirse con b2-b4 o 9.Ac2 para Cb3. El movimiento de la dama es
útil debido a que puede sostener el centro con De2-e3.} cxd4 $146 {Novedad de
Gleizerov que ya tenía experiencia en esta posición.} ({Se había jugado} 9...
Bg7 10. Nf1 Qa5 (10... O-O 11. h5 g5 $2 (11... cxd4 $142) 12. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 13.
h6 Bh8 14. h7+ Kg7 15. Nxg5 $3 Qxg5 16. Rh5 Qxh5 (16... Qxg2 17. Ne3 Qg1+ 18.
Kd2 $18) 17. Qxh5 $16 Re8 18. Ne3 b6 19. Ng4 Kf8 20. Nh6 Nd8 21. Ng8 {1-0
Fluvia Poyatos,J-Mayo Martinez,M/Calella de Palafrugell 2004}) 11. Bd2 Qb6 12.
Be3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qb4+ 14. N1d2 (14. Qd2 $5) 14... Qxb2 15. O-O Qa3 16. Nb3 Qe7
17. Rac1 $44 {Una vez más las blancas tienen buena compensación por el peón.}
a6 18. Qd2 Nb4 19. Be2 Nc6 20. Rfe1 Nb6 21. Nc5 Qc7 22. Qc2 Bd7 23. Qb1 Rb8 24.
Nh2 Qd8 25. Ng4 Na5 26. Bf4 g5 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Bg3 Bc8 29. Nf6+ $1 $18 Bxf6
30. exf6 Ra8 31. Bg4 Nac4 32. Bxe6 Kf8 (32... Bxe6 33. Rxe6+ fxe6 34. Qg6+ Kf8
35. Nxe6#) 33. Qf5 Rh6 34. Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Re7 Rc6 36. Qxg5 Rcxf6 37. Rxb7 Rhg6
38. Qh4 Rh6 39. Qg5 Rhg6 40. Qh5 Rh6 41. Qe2 Rc6 42. Bf4 Rhg6 43. Qh5 Kg7 44.
Re1 Qf6 45. Re8 {1-0 Bauer,C-Gleizerov,E/Biel SUI 2009}) 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Nb1 {
Diagrama # El blanco entrega su mejor alfil a cambio de mejorar las piezas y,
por sobre todo, mantener la ventaja de espacio.} ({Es malo} 11. Bb1 $2 b6 {
seguido de ...Aa6.}) 11... Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Nb8 {Con idea de lograr un mejor
desarrollo del flanco dama.} 13. Nc3 b6 14. O-O Qd7 15. Nb5 a5 16. a4 Nc6 17.
Bd2 Nb4 $6 ({Mejor} 17... Ba6 18. Rfc1 $14) 18. Qc3 Kd8 {El juego de las
negras va perdiendo coordinación.} 19. Qe3 {Aquí la dama pasa al flanco rey en
dos tiempos sin mejorar el caballo de f3.} ({Mejor} 19. Nh2 $1 {con idea de
Cg4 además de dejar la casilla f3 libre para la dama.}) 19... Ba6 20. Qf4 {
Se amenaza Df6+ pero también el negro queda esclavizado en la defensa del peón
f7.} Rh7 {Defiende el peón pero dificilmente esta pieza pueda activarse.} 21.
h5 ({Más fuerte era} 21. Bxb4 Bxb4 22. h5 {la idea es que después de} g5 23.
Nxg5 $1 hxg5 24. Qxg5+ $18 {la última línea de las negras ha quedado
debilitada y el siguiente jaque Dg8 ganará la torre.}) 21... gxh5 $2 {
Diagrama # TÁCTICA: Con mayor descoordinación de piezas es mejor no abrir la
posición.} ({Mejor} 21... g5) 22. Qh4+ Be7 23. Qg3 $1 {La amenaza Dg8+ es muy
molesta.} Rh8 24. Qg7 ({Se tenía un fuerte dominio de las casillas negras
después de} 24. Bxb4 $1 Bxb4 25. Qg7 Rf8 26. Nd6 $3 Bxd6 27. exd6 Qxd6 28. Rfc1
$16 {seguido de Ce5.}) 24... Rf8 25. Bxh6 {El blanco recupera material pero lo
más importante es que sigue teniendo objetivos de ataque.} Bxb5 26. axb5 Qxb5
27. Ng5 {El peón f7 es el objetivo primordial.} ({Aunque parece mejor} 27. Bg5
$5 Qe8 28. Rac1 $44) 27... Kd7 $2 ({Había que aceptar la pasividad y jugar} 
27... Qe8 28. Qh7 Bxg5 29. Bxg5+ Kc7 30. Qxh5 f5 $1 $132) 28. Nh7 Qd3 {
Entregando calidad para no perder en f7.} 29. Nxf8+ Rxf8 30. Rfd1 Qf5 31. Ra3
$18 Qc2 32. Rc1 {Diagrama # La entrada de las torres por la columna c es
decisiva.} Qxb2 33. Rac3 {No hay defensa ante Tc7+ o Dh7.} 1-0

[Event "URS-ch16 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1948.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Ne2 (7. f4) (7.
Nh3 $5) 7... Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O Be7 10. Ng3 O-O $2 (10... Nc7 11. Qg4 (11.
Nf3 h5 12. Ne1 g6 13. Nd3 Qc8 14. Be3 c4 15. Nf4 $13 {Tolush,A-Botvinnik,M/URS
(ch)/1952/}) 11... g6 12. Nf3 h5 13. Qf4 c4 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Qxg5 16. Bxg5
$14 {Golovko,N-Gorenshtein,R/corr/1961/}) 11. Qg4 f5 $6 (11... Kh8) 12. exf6
Rxf6 13. Nh5 $1 (13. Nf3 $5 Rg6 14. Qh3) 13... Rg6 14. Qe2 $16 Nc7 15. Nf3 Bd6
16. g3 e5 $2 (16... Qe7 17. Bf4 Re8 18. Rae1 $16) 17. Nxe5 $6 (17. dxe5 Re6 18.
Nf4 Re8 19. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 20. Qc4 $18) 17... Bxe5 18. dxe5 Re6 19. Qg4 (19. f4
$2 g6) 19... g6 20. Nf6+ (20. Nf4 Rxe5 21. Nxg6 $2 Nf6 (21... hxg6 22. Qxg6+
Kh8 23. Bf4 $2 (23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qg6+ $10) 23... Qe7 $15) 22. Qf4 Re4 23. Qf5
hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Bg5 Nce8 $17) 20... Nxf6 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Bf4 $16 {><d5
} Ne8 (22... Re4 23. Qd1 Rxf4 24. gxf4 Qxf4 25. Qd3 $16) 23. Rad1 Qf7 24. Qf3 (
24. Rxd5 $4 Nf6 $19) 24... Nf6 25. c4 Rae8 26. cxd5 Re2 27. Qb3 $6 (27. d6 $1
Rxb2 (27... Nd7 28. Qc6 Rxb2 (28... Nb8 29. Qb5) 29. Rfe1 $18 {/\ 30 Re7}) 28.
Bc1 $1 Rxa2 29. d7 Rd8 30. Bg5 Kg7 (30... Rxd7 31. Bxf6 $18) 31. Rd6 $18) 27...
Nd7 28. Rd3 $2 (28. h4 $1) 28... g5 $1 29. Bc7 (29. Bxg5 $142 c4 30. Qxc4 Ne5
31. Qc3 Nxd3 32. Qxd3 R2e5 33. Bf4 Rxd5 $15) 29... Nf6 $2 (29... Rf8 $1 30. f4
Qh5 $19) 30. Rf3 $1 (30. d6 c4 $19) 30... Qxc7 31. Rxf6 c4 32. Qb5 Qe5 33. Rc6
Rxb2 $2 (33... Qxb2 34. Qxc4 Qxa2 $13) 34. Qxc4 Rd2 35. Rc8 $1 Rxc8 36. Qxc8+
Kf7 37. Rc1 $1 $18 Qxd5 38. Rc7+ Kg6 39. Qe8+ Kf5 40. Qf8+ Kg4 41. f3+ (41. f3+
Qxf3 42. Rc4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Seville op 38th"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "2013.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rzayev, Bahruz Iqbal Oglu"]
[Black "Fernandez Romero, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Montecatine,R"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2013.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Rb8 8. O-O
b5 9. f4 g6 10. Nf3 b4 11. g4 Qb6 12. Kg2 h5 13. h3 hxg4 14. hxg4 Ba6 15. Ng3 (
15. f5 $5 gxf5 16. gxf5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3) 15... Bxd3 (15... bxc3 $5 16. bxc3 cxd4
17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. cxd4 Rc8 $15) 16. Qxd3 bxc3 17. bxc3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nb4 19.
Qe2 Rc8 20. Rb1 Rc2 21. Bd2 (21. Qxc2 Nxc2 22. Rxb6 Nxb6 23. Bd2 Nc4 24. Rb1
$11) 21... Qc6 $6 (21... Rxa2 22. f5 gxf5 23. gxf5 Rg8 $14) 22. Rfc1 $14 Nxa2
$2 (22... Qc8 23. Qd1 Rc4 24. Qa4 $14) 23. Rxc2 Qxc2 24. Rb7 $18 Qc6 $6 (24...
Nb4 25. Bxb4 Qc8 (25... Qxe2+ 26. Nxe2 Bxb4 27. Rxb4) 26. Rxa7 Bxb4 27. Qb5 Be7
28. Qa4 $18) 25. Rxa7 $2 (25. Qb5 Qxb5 26. Rxb5 Nb6 27. Rb2 $18) 25... Nb4 26.
f5 $16 gxf5 27. gxf5 Qb6 $6 (27... Be7) 28. Ra8+ Nb8 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Ng5 $18
N4a6 31. Nh5 $6 (31. Qf3) 31... Kd7 32. Qf2 $6 (32. Nf6+ Kc8 33. Nf7 Rh4 34.
Be3 Kb7 35. Rxb8+ Nxb8 36. Qf2 Qc7 37. Ne8 Qc3 38. Nd8+ Kb6 39. Qxh4 Qxe3 40.
Nf6 $16) 32... Be7 $6 (32... Kc8) 33. Qf7 $16 Rxh5 34. Qxh5 Nc7 35. Ra4 Qb3 36.
Ra7 Qb6 37. Rxc7+ Qxc7 38. Qf7 Qb6 39. Nh7 Kd8 40. Nf6 Bxf6 41. exf6 Qb2 {
Diagrama [#]} 42. Qe7+ $2 (42. Qg8+ Kd7 (42... Kc7 43. Qg3+ Kd7 44. Qf4 Kc6 45.
f7 Nd7 46. Qe3 $18) 43. Qg5 $18) 42... Kc8 43. Qxe6+ Nd7 $11 44. Qc6+ Kd8 45.
Qa8+ Kc7 46. Qa5+ Kd6 47. Qa6+ Kc7 48. Qe2 Qxd4 49. Ba5+ Kd6 50. Qa6+ Ke5 51.
Bc7+ Kf5 52. Qc8 Qe4+ 53. Kf1 Qe6 54. Bd8 Nxf6 55. Qxe6+ Kxe6 56. Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.14"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Nf4 Be7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Nf3 c4 (12... h5 13. Qg3 c4 (13...
g5 14. Ne2 g4 15. Ne1 Nf8 16. f4 Qd7 17. f5 exf5 18. Qf4 Nfe6 19. Qxf5 O-O-O
$132 {0-1 Siklosi,Z-Moskalenko,V/St Ingbert 1990/EXT 97 (33)}) 14. a4 $6 {
das folgende Spiel am Damenflügel überzeugt nicht recht und spielt eher
Schwarz in die Karten.} (14. h4 $5) 14... Nb8 15. b3 cxb3 16. Nd2 Nc6 17. Nxb3
Rc8 18. Qh3 Kf8 19. g4 $6 Kg8 20. gxh5 Bg5 $15 {0-1 Ye Jiangchuan-Zhang Zhong/
Beijing 1996/CBM 54 ext (67)}) 13. h4 h5 14. Qg3 b5 15. Nh3 a5 (15... Nb6 16.
Nfg5 Qd7 17. Qf3 Bd8 18. b3 a5 19. Ba3 $6 b4 20. cxb4 Nb5 21. bxa5 Nxa3 22.
axb6 Bxb6 23. bxc4 Nxc4 24. Rfd1 O-O 25. Qe2 Ra4 $44 {0-1 Tzermiadianos,
A-Skalkotas,N/Liosia 1991/EXT 2003 (41). (41)}) 16. Nfg5 Rg8 17. Re1 Nf8 18.
Re3 Rg7 19. Rf3 Qd7 20. Bd2 Na6 21. Re1 Nb8 22. Ree3 Bxg5 $6 (22... Nc6 {
gefällt mir besser, weil die schwarzen Felder nach dem Abtausch des Le7 doch
recht schwach sind.}) 23. Qxg5 $14 Nc6 24. Qf6 Rg8 25. Re1 (25. Rf4 $4 Nh7 $19)
25... Rb8 26. Ng5 Rb7 27. Qf4 Rg7 28. Qf6 Rg8 29. Qf4 Rg7 30. Bc1 $5 {
Berelovich gruppiert in Ruhe um und wartet auf den richtigen Moment
zuzuschlagen.} Qe7 31. Qd2 Nd7 32. Qc2 Nd8 33. Nh3 Nb6 34. Bg5 Qc7 35. Qd2 (35.
Bf6 Rg8 36. Ng5 Nc6 $14) 35... Nd7 36. Bh6 Rh7 37. Bg5 Nc6 (37... Rg7 $5) 38.
Qc2 Ne7 $2 {lässt die folgende taktische Wendung zu.} (38... b4 {war besser.
Darauf könnte es mit} 39. Bf6 {oder mit} (39. Nf4 {weitergehen.})) 39. Bxe7 $1
Kxe7 40. Ng5 Rg7 {[%tqu "En","White to move and win","","","f3f7","",7,"De",
"Weiß zieht und gewinnt","","","f3f7","",7]} 41. Rxf7+ $3 {[%mdl 640]} Rxf7 42.
Qxg6 Rf8 43. Qh7+ Ke8 44. Qxh5+ Ke7 45. Qh7+ Ke8 46. Qg6+ Ke7 47. Qxe6+ Kd8 48.
Qxd5 Kc8 49. Ne6 Qb6 50. Nxf8 Nxf8 51. e6 Ng6 52. h5 Ne7 53. Qg5 Qd8 54. Re5
Nc6 55. Qf5 Ne7 (55... Nxe5 56. e7+ Qd7 57. e8=Q+ $18) 56. Rc5+ Rc7 57. Rxc7+
Qxc7 58. Qxb5 Kd8 59. h6 1-0

[Event "Montreal 3rd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2002.08.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Hebert, Jean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2002.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. O-O Nc7 10. c4 {[%cal Gd7c5,Gc7d5] mir gefällt dieser Zug nicht
besonders, da er den im Moment etwas perspektivlosen schwarzen Springern
schöne Felder in Aussicht stellt.} (10. f4 f5 (10... Be7 11. f5 exf5 12. Rxf5
f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Rf1 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Yandemirov,V-Skomorokhin,R/Kstovo op
1994/EXP 42 (44)}) 11. exf6 (11. Nf3 Be7 12. Be3 c4 (12... O-O $5) 13. h3 h5
14. Qe1 $11 {0-1 Kinnmark,O-Geller,U/Siegen olm 1970/MCD-ol (40)}) 11... Nxf6
12. Ng3 (12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Kh1 $6 O-O 14. Be3 Qe8 $15 {0-1 Guedez,A-Prasca Sosa,
R/Merida 2000/CBM 79 ext (64)}) 12... Bd6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Qe2 Qe7 (14... Qe8
15. Ne5 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Liang Jinrong-Zhang Zhong/HeiBei CHN 2001/The Week in
Chess 351 (15)}) 15. Bd2 Rae8 16. Rae1 Nd7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Qh4 $11 {
1-0 Seifert,M-Fichtl,J/CSR-ch Pardubice 1965/MCD-ch (44). (43)}) (10. Nf4 $5 c4
(10... g6 11. Qg4 (11. c4 Qe7 $6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Henao,
R-Davila,E/Los Angeles 1991/TD 91\09 (57)}) 11... Nb8 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. dxc5 bxc5
14. b3 Qd7 15. Nd3 d4 $2 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 cxd4 19. Bb2 $16
{1-0 Danov,K-Panov,V/Skopje 1967/MCD-r6 (57)}) (10... Be7 11. Qg4 (11. Nf3 O-O
$5 (11... b5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. Qg4 g6 15. Be3 $14 {1-0 Geller,
E-Mellado,J/Palma de Mallorca 1989/TD 89\13 (45)}) 12. Re1 (12. Qe2 Re8 {
1/2-1/2 Paraminski,A-Petek,M/CRO-chW Porec 1994/EXT 94ch2 (12)}) 12... a5 13.
Re3 a4 14. a3 f6 15. exf6 Rxf6 $11 {0-1 Wolff,P-Lputian,S/Wijk 1993/CBM 34/
[Knaak] (72)}) 11... g6 (11... O-O 12. Nh5 g6 13. Nf3 Kh8 14. Bh6 Rg8 15. Nf4
$14 {(Razuvaev)}) 12. Re1 Nb8 (12... Nf8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. c4 Qd7 15. b3 h5 16.
Qf3 g5 $2 17. Nxh5 O-O-O 18. Nf6 Bxf6 19. Qxf6 $16 {Mueller,Ka-Moskalenko/
Budapest/1991}) 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. c4 Nc6 15. b3 (15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5
17. Nf3 O-O 18. Bg5 $14 {(Razuvaev)}) 15... Qd7 16. Bb2 d4 17. Nd3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Dorfanis,I-Fambas,I/Athens GRE 2000/The Week in Chess 297 (35)}) 11.
Qg4 (11. a4 a6 12. b4 b5 13. a5 Qe7 14. Re1 O-O-O 15. Qg4 h6 16. Nf3 g5 17. Nh5
f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 $11 {0-1 Wolff,P-Kortschnoj,V/Biel 1993/CBM 37/
[Ambroz] (34)}) (11. b3 b5 12. Qg4 g6 13. Nf3 Nb6 14. h4 h5 15. Qg3 Nc8 $6 16.
bxc4 bxc4 17. Rb1 $14 {Stein-Gorenstein, USSR 1967}) 11... b5 12. Nf3 g6 (12...
a5 13. Qg3 g6 14. h4 Nb6 15. h5 Kd7 16. Nh3 Be7 17. Nfg5 Qg8 18. h6 Kc6 19. Qf3
Rf8 20. Bf4 Rd8 21. Be3 Rf8 22. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Fossan,E-Djurhuus,R/Gausdal 1993/
TD 93\09 (22)}) 13. h4 h6 (13... Be7 14. Bd2 Nb6 15. Nh3 Kd7 16. Bh6 Bf8 17.
Bg5 h5 18. Qf4 Qe8 19. Bf6 Rg8 20. Nhg5 Bh6 $13 {0-1 Marinkovic,S-Nikolic,Z/
Cetinje 1993/TD 93\08 (41)}) 14. Re1 Qe7 15. b3 Nb6 16. bxc4 Nxc4 17. h5 gxh5
18. Nxh5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gallagher,J-Pelletier,Y/Pontresina 2000/CBM 79 (51)}) (
10. Ng3 Be7 (10... f5 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Bg5 Qf7 15.
Rae1 Rae8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Limbos,P-Angos,A/Moscow olm 1956/MCD-ol (21)}) 11. Nf3
h5 12. Ne1 g6 13. Nd3 Qc8 14. Be3 c4 15. Nf4 b5 16. Nh3 Qd8 17. Qd2 a5 18. a3
Nb8 19. Bg5 Nc6 20. Rfe1 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Ne7 22. Qf4 Nf5 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Re3
Qe7 25. Rg3 Kd7 26. Nf3 Rh7 27. Rg5 Kc6 28. h4 Rb8 29. Nh2 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31.
Qc1 Rhh8 32. b3 bxc3 33. bxc4 dxc4 34. Qxc3 Qb4 35. Qf3+ Nd5 36. Nf1 Qc3 37.
Qd1 Qb3 38. Qe1 Qc3 39. Qd1 Qb3 40. Qe1 Qc3 {1/2-1/2 Tolush,A-Botvinnik,M/
Moscow 1952/URS-ch (40)}) 10... Be7 (10... cxd4 $5 {ist ebenfalls interessant,
z.B.} 11. Nf3 dxc4 12. Nexd4 Nd5 13. Bg5 Qc7) 11. Nf4 Bg5 $6 (11... cxd4 {
kam erneut stark in Betracht. Die Lage ist allerdings etwas unübersichtlich
und Eduardas Rozentalis hatte sicher etwas in petto, so dass man die Lage
genauer prüfen sollte, bevor man zu 11...cxd4 greift. Ich kann allerdings
keinen überzeugenden Weg für Weiß finden, z.B.} 12. cxd5 (12. Re1 $5) 12...
Nxe5 13. dxe6 (13. Qh5 Ng6 14. dxe6 Nxe6 15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. Qf3 Rf8) 13... Nxe6
14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Nb3 Bf6) 12. Nf3 (12. Qg4 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 O-O 14. dxc5 (14. Nf3
$6 dxc4 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qxc4 Qd3 $15) 14... Nxc5 15. Qg3 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Qd3
17. Qg4 $11) 12... Bxf4 13. Bxf4 dxc4 14. Bg5 Qc8 15. dxc5 Nd5 16. cxb6 axb6
17. Qd4 Qc5 18. Qg4 h5 (18... O-O $2 19. Bh6 $18) 19. Qh4 $6 (19. Qe4 $142)
19... Qb4 $15 20. Rfc1 Qxb2 21. Qxc4 O-O 22. Re1 Qb4 23. Qe2 ({Der Damentausch
} 23. Qxb4 Nxb4 24. Be7 Nc2 {spielt Schwarz in die Karten, z.B.} 25. Bxf8 Nxf8
26. Kf1 Ra5 27. Rad1 Nxe1 28. Kxe1 g5) 23... Rfc8 24. Rac1 $6 (24. h3 $142 $15)
24... Qa4 25. h3 $6 (25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Nc3 28. Qe1 Nxa2 29.
Bd2 Nc5 30. h3 $15 {/-/+}) 25... Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Qxa2 27. Bd2 Qc2 28. Rc1 Qf5 29.
Re1 Nc5 30. Qb5 Qd3 31. Qc6 Qa6 32. Rb1 Rc8 33. Qd6 $6 Qa4 34. Rc1 Qa8 35. Bg5
Rc6 ({The tricky Das trickreiche} 35... Kh7 $5 {uses the fact that White's
queen is almost imprisoned, e.g. kam stark in Betracht, da die weiße Dame
eingesperrt ist.} 36. Rd1 (36. Bd2 $4 Rd8 $19) 36... Kg6 37. Rxd5 Qxd5 38. Qxb6
Nd3 39. Qe3 Kh7 $19) 36. Qd8+ Qxd8 37. Bxd8 Rc8 38. Bg5 Ra8 39. Rb1 Ra3 40. Bd8
Nb3 41. Kh2 Kf8 42. Ne1 Nd2 43. Rc1 Ke8 44. Bc7 Kd7 45. Bd6 Ra2 46. Bf8 g6 47.
Nd3 Ne4 48. f3 Nd2 49. Kg1 (49. Kg3 $6 Ne3 50. Ne1 g5 51. Kh2 Ndc4 $19) 49...
Nb3 $6 ({After Nach} 49... b5 $5 {one sample line runs: geht eine mögliche
Variante:} 50. Nc5+ Ke8 51. Bh6 Nc4 52. Rb1 Na3 53. Rb3 b4 54. Nd3 Nc2 55. Rb2
Rxb2 56. Nxb2 Kd7 57. Kf2 Kc6 $19) 50. Rb1 Ra1 51. Rxa1 Nxa1 52. g4 Nc2 53. Kf2
Nd4 54. Kg3 Ne2+ 55. Kh4 Ke8 56. Bd6 Ng1 57. gxh5 gxh5 58. Ba3 Ne3 59. Bc1 Nf5+
60. Kxh5 Nxh3 61. Kg4 Ng1 62. Nf4 $6 Kd7 (62... Nd4 $5) 63. Bb2 Ne3+ 64. Kg3
Nd5 $2 (64... b5 $142 $17 65. Kf2 $2 (65. Bd4 $2 Nf5+ 66. Kf2 Nxd4 67. Kxg1
Nxf3+ $19) 65... Nd1+ 66. Kxg1 Nxb2 $19) 65. Nxd5 exd5 66. f4 Ke6 (66... d4 67.
Kf2 d3 68. Ke3 Ke6 69. Kxd3 Kf5 70. Bd4 $11) 67. Kg2 {[%mdl 4096] a curious
position: the knight has no escape from the perpetual attack. eine kuriose
Stellung: der Springer kann den ständigen Angriffen des Königs nicht entkommen.
} Kf5 (67... Ne2 68. Kf3 Ng1+ 69. Kg2 $11) 68. Kxg1 Kxf4 69. Kf2 Ke4 70. Ke2 d4
71. Kd2 b5 72. Ba1 b4 73. Bb2 (73. Bb2 b3 74. Ba1 Kxe5 75. Kd3 f5 76. Bxd4+ Kf4
77. Kc3 Ke4 78. Bb6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Rasik, Vitezslav"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trinec"]
[BlackTeam "Malmo Linhams"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O (
8. h4 $5) 8... Bg7 9. Re1 (9. b3 $2 O-O 10. Bb2 f6 $15) (9. Bb5 O-O 10. Re1 Qb6
11. Qa4 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nb3 c4 14. Na5 c5 15. b3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qb5 17. Qa3
Nb6 18. Bg5 Re8 19. bxc4 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 dxc4 21. Bf6 Bb7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rab1
Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Bareev,E/Moscow PCA 1994 (46)}) 9... O-O $11 10. b3 $6 {
viel zu zahm.} (10. Nf1 cxd4 (10... f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Ne3 $5 $11 {/+/= 1-0
Kunze,M-Poldauf,D/Bad Neuenahr 1991/CBM 24/[Knaak] (36)}) 11. cxd4 f6 (11...
Qb6 $5 {0-1 Balinas,R-Watson,J/San Francisco 1995/EXT 99 (42)}) 12. exf6 Qxf6
$5 (12... Nxf6 13. Bb5 Ne4 (13... Ne7 $6 14. Ng3 a6 15. Ba4 b5 16. Bb3 Nc6 17.
h3 $14 {1-0 Glek,I-Barsov,A/Utrecht op 1999 (20)}) 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ng3 c5 16.
Be3 {1-0 Van de Mortel,J-Visser,Y/Leeuwarden 2001/CBM 80 ext (41)} Nxg3 17.
hxg3 c4 $11) 13. Bg5 Qf7 14. Be3 e5 $11 {0-1 Dembo,Y-Galyas,M/Budapest 2001/
CBM 82 ext (56)}) (10. h4 cxd4 11. cxd4 f6 12. exf6 Qxf6 $5 13. Nb3 e5 14. dxe5
Ndxe5 15. Be2 d4 $5 16. Bg5 Qf7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Roiz,M-Psakhis,L/Ramat Aviv/
Modiin 2000/CBM 81/[Psakhis] (26)}) 10... f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Ba3 Rf7 (12...
e5 $5) 13. Qe2 $6 (13. Bb2 e5 14. c4 exd4 15. cxd5 Nce5 16. Be4 $13) (13. Bb5
cxd4 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. cxd4 g5 $132) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16.
Nf3 Qf4 $2 ({Das typische französische Qualitätsopfer} 16... Rxf3 $1 {hätte
Schwarz schönes Spiel gegeben, z.B.} 17. gxf3 Ne5 (17... Be5 $2 18. Bd6 Bxd6
19. Qxe6+ Kg7 20. Qxd6 Qxd3 21. Re7+ $18) 18. Rad1 Qf4 19. Kg2 Qg5+ (19... Bd7
$5) 20. Kh1 Qf6 21. Kg2 Nc6 $15) 17. Rad1 (17. Rac1 $5) 17... Nf8 (17... e5 18.
Bd6 Rf6 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Nxe5 $11) 18. h4 Bd7 $2 (18... Rc7 $2
19. g3 Qg4 20. Bd6 Rc6 21. Be5 $36) (18... a6 $142 $1 $11 {was called for. war
angesagt.}) 19. Ng5 Qxh4 (19... Rf6 $6 20. g3 Qc7 21. Bb2 $16) 20. Nxf7 Kxf7
21. Bb5 Qd8 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. Rd3 $2 (23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Qf3+ Kg8 25. Qe4 Kf7
26. Qf4+ Kg8 27. Qe5 Rd8 (27... Re8 28. Rxd5 $16) 28. Qxe6+ $16) 23... Bc8 $1 (
23... Bxb5 $2 24. Rf3+ Kg8 25. Qxb5 Qc7 26. Rxe6 $16) 24. Rc1 a6 25. Rf3+ Kg8
26. Rfc3 {[%cal Gc3c8,Ge2e6]} {[%tqu "En","Find Black's best defense!","","",
"g8h8","",8,"e6e5","",0,"De","Welches ist die beste schwarze Verteidigung?","",
"","g8h8","",8,"e6e5","",0]} Kh8 $2 (26... e5 $3 27. Qxe5 Bf5 28. Bd3 Bg7 $15 {
/-/+}) 27. Qe5+ $18 Bg7 (27... Kg8 28. Rxc8 $18) 28. Qc7 $1 Qg8 29. Qxc8 Rxc8 (
29... Bxc3 30. Qxc3+ $18) 30. Rxc8 Bf8 (30... axb5 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. Rc7 $18)
31. Bf1 b5 32. R1c7 e5 33. g3 e4 34. Bh3 (34. Bh3 d4 35. Be6 Qxe6 36. Rxf8+ Qg8
37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Re7 $18) 1-0

[Event "SUI-ch"]
[Site "Leukerbad"]
[Date "2002.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Zueger, Beat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 g6 8. h4
Qb6 9. h5 $5 Bg7 ({For} 9... g5 10. Nxg5 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Ndf3 Bc5 {
see 0-1 Alikhanov,F-Potkin,V/Krasnodar RUS 2002 in this CBM issue. siehe 0-1
Alikhanov,F-Potkin,V/Krasnodar RUS 2002 in dieser CBM Ausgabe.}) 10. Rh4 $1
gxh5 $5 (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 g5 $2 {seems to be refuted: scheint widerlegt zu
sein:} 12. Nxg5 Nxd4 13. h6 $1 Bxe5 (13... Nxe5 14. Nb3 $18) 14. Qh5 Nc5 (14...
Rf8 15. Nxh7 Rg8 16. Ng5 $16 {[%cal Gh6h8]}) 15. Bb1 Rf8 16. Nxh7 Qc7 17. Nxf8
Ncb3 18. Nxb3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Qxc1+ 20. Qd1 $18 {1-0 Zalkind,K-Sarkar,J/Witley
1999/CBM 71 ext (46)}) 11. Nf1 Nf8 $2 ({Black had to try Schwarz musste} 11...
cxd4 12. cxd4 f6 13. Ng3 fxe5 14. Nxh5 (14. Ng5 $5) 14... Bf8 15. dxe5 Bb4+ 16.
Kf1 Ndxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 {, but his position looks suspicious. versuchen.
Allerdings sieht seine Stellung verdächtig aus.}) 12. Ng3 $16 Ng6 (12... cxd4
13. cxd4 Ng6 14. Nxh5 Nxh4 15. Nxg7+ Kf8 16. Nxh4 Qb4+ 17. Kf1 Kxg7 18. Qg4+
Kf8 19. Bh6+ Ke7 20. Qg7 $40) 13. Nxh5 Rg8 (13... Nxh4 14. Nxg7+ Kf8 15. Nxh4
Kxg7 16. Qg4+ Kf8 17. Bh6+ Ke7 18. Qg7 Re8 (18... Qxb2 $2 19. Bg5+ Ke8 20.
Qxh8+ Kd7 21. Rc1 $18) 19. Nf5+ Kd8 (19... exf5 $4 20. Qf6+ Kd7 21. Qd6#) 20.
Bg5+ Kc7 21. Nd6 $16) (13... Bxe5 $6 14. dxe5 Nxh4 15. Nxh4 Nxe5 16. Nf6+ Ke7
17. Bg5 $40) 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Be3 Qf8 $6 (15... Qe7 $16) 16. Bxg6 $18 hxg6 (
16... fxg6 $6 17. Rf4 gxh5 (17... Qe7 $6 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. exf6 Qf7 20. Ng5 $18
) 18. Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Ng5 $18) 17. Nxg7+ Qxg7 18. Bh6 Qh8 19. Qe2 g5 20. Bxg5
Qg7 21. Bf6 Qg6 (21... Qxg2 $6 22. Kd2 Qg6 23. Rg1 $18) 22. O-O-O Bd7 {I guess
that the players were either in great time trouble from now on or the
following moves were not played at all and there is a mistake in the game
score. Ich denke, dass das Folgende entweder von hochgradiger Zeitnot
gekennzeichnet ist oder die Notation stimmt nicht.} 23. Rhh1 $6 (23. Ng5 $5) ({
I guess that the end of the game was as follows: Ich vermute, dass} 23. Rdh1
Rc8 24. a3 Qxg2 $2 25. Rh8 Ne7 26. Rxg8+ Nxg8 27. Rg1 {1-0 das Ende der Partie
war.}) 23... Rc8 24. a3 $6 (24. Nh4 $18) 24... Qxg2 $2 25. Rh8 $2 (25. Rhg1 $18
) 25... Ne7 $2 (25... Rxh8 26. Bxh8 Qg6 27. Rh1 Na5 28. Nd4 Ba4 29. Bf6 $14)
26. Rxg8+ $2 (26. Rg1 $18) 26... Nxg8 $2 (26... Qxg8 27. Rh1 Ng6 28. Nd4 $16)
27. Rg1 Qxg1+ 28. Nxg1 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Shaw, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cyprus"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CYP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. g3 g5 (
14... Qf6 $5) 15. Nh5 $5 e5 $2 {diese Öffnung der Stellung ist ein bekannter
Fehler. Schwarz sollte sich zunächst weiter entwickeln:} (15... Bd7 $1 {
is called for, e.g.} 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Qg4 (17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qg4 Kh8 $132 (18...
Bxh5 $6 19. Qxh5 Qf6 20. Rae1 $14)) 17... Kh8 (17... Nxd4 $5) (17... Nxe5 18.
dxe5 Nc5 19. Bc2 Bxh5 20. Qxh5 Qe7 21. Qg4 Kh8 22. Rae1 $132 {1-0
Tzermiadianos,A-Georgiou,A/Ankara 1995/CBM 49 ext (63)}) 18. Rad1 Nxe5 (18...
Qe7 $6 19. f3 Nd6 $6 20. Rde1 $16 {1-0 Shchekachev,A-Andrienko,A/Jurmala 1991/
CBM 24/[Knaak] (41)}) 19. dxe5 Nc5 20. Bb1 Bxh5 21. Qxh5 Qe7 22. Rd4 $132 {
0-1 Rublevsky,S-Ulibin,M/Krasnoyarsk RUS 2003/The Week in Chess 462 (60)}) 16.
Nxe5 Nxd4 (16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nxf2 18. Rxf2 Rxf2 19. Kxf2 Qb6+ 20. Kg2 Qxb2+
21. Kh1 Bh3 22. Bf1 Bf5 23. Qxd5+ Kf8 24. Qd6+ Kg8 25. Bc4+ {1-0 Kruszynski,
W-Morkisz,B/POL 1995/EXT 2001 (25)}) 17. Qa4 $5 Qb6 18. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 19. Rad1
Nf3+ (19... Ne2+ 20. Kg2 Qe6 21. Nd7 Bxd7 22. Qxd7 $16) 20. Nxf3 exf3 21. Qc4+
$2 (21. Rfe1 $1 Bf5 22. Qc4+ Rf7 23. Rd5 $1 Qc6 24. Qd4 Qb6 25. Qd2 Bg6 26. Rd6
Qc5 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Nd7 Qf5 29. Qd4+ Rg7 30. Nf6 Qc8 31. h3 Qf8 32. Re5 Bf7
33. Rd7 {1-0 Schoonhoven,J-Ibar,M/IECG Email 2002/MegaCorr3 (33).}) 21... Rf7
$2 (21... Qe6 $1 22. Rd5 h6 23. Rc1 Qf7 24. Rd6 Qxc4 25. Rxc4 Bh3 $132 {
was called for. war angesagt.}) 22. Rd5 h6 23. Re1 $6 (23. Qd3 $1 Bh3 (23...
Bg4 24. Rd6 Bxh5 25. Rxb6 axb6 26. Re1 $18) 24. Rd6 $18 {[%cal Gd3g6]}) 23...
Bh3 24. Qd3 $2 (24. g4 $1 Qa6 25. Qxa6 bxa6 26. Rd6 Rb8 27. b3 Bxg4 (27... Rb6
$2 28. Re8+ Rf8 (28... Kh7 29. Nf6+ Rxf6 30. Rd7+ Rf7 (30... Kg6 $2 31. Rg8#)
31. Rxf7+ $18) 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Rd7+ Kxf6 31. Rxf8+ $18) 28. Nf6+ $16 {[%cal
Gf6g8,Gf6g4]}) 24... Rc8 $2 (24... Qa6 $1 25. Qxa6 (25. Qb3 $2 Qg6 $1 (25...
Bg4 $2 26. Qb4 Bxh5 27. Rd6 $40)) 25... bxa6 26. Rd6 Rb8 $132) 25. Rd6 $1 Bf5
26. Nf6+ Rxf6 27. Qd5+ Kg7 $6 (27... Be6 {war zäher:} 28. Rxb6 Bxd5 29. Rxf6
Rc2 30. Rxh6 $18) 28. Rxb6 axb6 29. Qxb7+ 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 32nd"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2002.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2002.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
g5 $5 9. dxc5 (9. b4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxb4 11. Bb1 Nb6 (11... g4 12. Ne1 h5 13.
Nb3 $44) 12. Ne1 Bd7 13. a3 Ba4 14. Qh5 $44 {0-1 Acs,P-Galyas,M/Budapest 1994/
EXT 94 (50)}) 9... g4 (9... Nxc5 10. Bb5 (10. Bc2 g4 11. Nd4 Nxe5 12. Qe2 Bf6
13. f4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qxg4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Mamedov,N-Markos,J/Chalkidiki
2000/CBM 78 ext (42)}) 10... a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. Qh5 Nd3 14. N2f3
c5 15. Nxg5 cxd4 $2 (15... Bxg5 16. Bxg5 cxd4 17. Bf6 Rf8 18. cxd4 $13) 16.
Qxf7+ Kd8 17. cxd4 Qb6 18. Qf3 $18 {1/2-1/2 Zakic,S-Drasko,M/JUG-ch Banja
Vrucica 1991/EXT 91ch (47)}) (9... Ndxe5 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Re1 Ng6 (
12... Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 g4 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Ne5 Bxc5 16. Qxg4 $14) 13. Nb3 $13 {
0-1 Rublevsky,S-Volkov,S/Ohrid MKD 2001/The Week in Chess 344 (40)}) 10. Nd4
Ndxe5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. f4 (12. N2b3 h5 13. Re1 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxb5 15. Rxe5 Bd7
16. b4 Bf6 17. Re1 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Emms,J-Lalic,B/Southend 2001/CBM 83 (17).})
12... Nxd4 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. Qxg4 (15. Nb3 f5 (15... Bf6 $5) 16.
Re1 Kf7 17. Qd3 Bf6 18. Bd2 $14) 15... Bf6 16. Nf3 Nxd4 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Bd2 h5
19. Qd1 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Nf5 21. Rc1 Qc6 22. b4 (22. Bg5 $5) 22... d4 23. Qf3 $6 {
Warum will Weiß ins Endspiel abwickeln? Mit den Damen fühlen sich zwar beide
Könige unsicher, doch die weißen Chancen scheinen mir etwas besser zu sein, z.
B.} (23. Bg5 h4 24. Rf2 Rg8 25. Qh5) 23... a6 24. a4 $6 Rg8 25. Rf2 $6 Qxf3 26.
Rxf3 Kd7 27. Rb3 Kc6 28. Kf2 Kd5 $15 29. b5 (29. Bf4 {hilft nicht wirklich, z.
B.} Nh4 30. g3 $6 Ng6 31. Re1 Nxf4 32. gxf4 Rg4 33. Kf3 Rag8 34. Rh1 f6 35.
exf6 R8g6 $19) 29... Rgc8 30. bxa6 bxa6 31. Rb7 Rxc5 32. Rxc5+ Kxc5 33. Rxf7
Kd5 34. Rh7 h4 35. g4 hxg3+ 36. hxg3 Kxe5 37. Kf3 Kd5 38. Rd7+ Kc6 39. Rh7 Nd6
$2 (39... e5 $1 40. g4 (40. Ke4 Nd6+ 41. Kxe5 Nc4+ 42. Kxd4 Nxd2 $19) (40. Rh5
e4+ 41. Kf4 Nd6 42. Bb4 Rf8+ 43. Ke5 d3 44. Rh6 Rf5+ 45. Kd4 Rd5+ 46. Ke3 a5
47. Bxd6 Rxd6 48. Rh1 Kd5 $19) 40... Nd6 41. Bb4 Rf8+ 42. Ke2 Rf4 $19) 40. Bf4
Re8 $6 (40... Rf8 $5) 41. Bxd6 Kxd6 42. Ke4 Rg8 43. Kxd4 Rxg3 44. Kc4 Rg5 (
44... Rg4+ 45. Kb3 a5 46. Ra7 Rg5 47. Ra6+ Ke7 48. Kc4 Kf6 49. Kd3 $15) 45. Rh1
$2 (45. Ra7 $2 Rc5+ 46. Kb4 a5+ 47. Rxa5 $6 Rxa5 48. Kxa5 Kc5 49. Ka6 e5 50.
Kb7 e4 51. a5 e3 52. a6 e2 53. a7 e1=Q 54. a8=Q Qe7+ 55. Ka6 Qd6+ 56. Kb7 Qd7+
57. Kb8 (57. Ka6 Qb5+ 58. Ka7 Qb6#) 57... Kb6 58. Qe4 Qd8#) (45. Rh4 Rc5+ 46.
Kd3 $15) 45... Rc5+ $2 (45... Rg4+ $1 46. Kb3 a5 47. Rh8 Rb4+ 48. Ka3 Rc4 49.
Kb3 Rc5 50. Rd8+ Ke5 51. Rd1 Kf4 52. Rf1+ Kg4 53. Rg1+ Kf3 54. Rf1+ Kg2 55. Rf6
e5 56. Rf5 Kg3 $19) 46. Kd3 Kd5 47. Rh8 Ra5 48. Rh4 e5 49. Rg4 Rc5 50. Rg8 e4+
51. Kd2 a5 (51... Kd4 52. Rd8+ Rd5 53. Rxd5+ Kxd5 54. a5 $1 $11 {gemäß der
Bährschen Regel}) 52. Ke3 Rc3+ 53. Kd2 Rd3+ (53... Rc4 54. Rg5+ Kd4 55. Rxa5
e3+ 56. Ke2 Rc2+ 57. Ke1 Kd3 58. Rd5+ Ke4 59. Rd8 $11) 54. Ke2 Kc5 55. Rb8 Kc4
56. Re8 Kd4 57. Ra8 Ra3 58. Rxa5 Ra2+ 59. Kd1 Ke3 60. Ra8 Rd2+ 61. Ke1 Rh2 62.
Kf1 (62. Rf8 $2 Rh1+ 63. Rf1 Rxf1+ 64. Kxf1 Kd2 65. a5 e3 $19) 62... Rh1+ 63.
Kg2 Ra1 64. a5 Ra2+ 65. Kf1 Ra1+ (65... Kf3 66. Rf8+ Ke3 67. Ra8 $11) 66. Kg2
Ke2 67. a6 e3 68. a7 Ra3 69. Kg3 $2 (69. Rb8 Rxa7 70. Rb2+ Kd1 71. Rb1+ Kc2 72.
Rb8 Rf7 73. Re8 Kd2 74. Ra8 $8 $11) 69... Ke1 70. Kf3 e2+ 71. Kg2 (71. Kg4 Ra4+
72. Kg5 (72. Kg3 Ra6 73. Kh4 Rh6+ 74. Kg5 Rh7 75. Kg6 Rd7 $19) 72... Kf2 73.
Rf8+ Kg3 74. Re8 Ra5+ 75. Kh6 Kf3 76. Rf8+ Kg4 77. Rg8+ Kh4 78. Rg1 Ra6+ 79.
Kg7 Rxa7+ 80. Kf6 Ra3 81. Kf5 Rf3+ 82. Ke4 Rf1 $19) 71... Ra6 72. Kg3 Kf1 $2 {
[%mdl 4096] danach kann der weiße Turm aktiv mitwirken.} (72... Rg6+ {hätte
gewonnen:} 73. Kh4 (73. Kf3 Rf6+ 74. Ke3 Kf1 $19) 73... Rg7 74. Kh3 Rd7 75. Kg2
Kd2 76. Re8 Rxa7 77. Rd8+ Ke1 $19) 73. Rf8+ Kg1 74. Re8 Ra3+ 75. Kh4 (75. Kg4
$6 Kf2 76. Rf8+ Kg2 77. Re8 Ra4+ 78. Kh5 $1 $11 (78. Kg5 $2 Kf3 79. Rf8+ Kg3
80. Re8 Ra5+ 81. Kg6 Kf3 82. Rf8+ Kg4 83. Re8 Ra6+ 84. Kg7 Rxa7+ $19)) 75...
Kf2 {das Laskersche Gewinnmanöver ist hier nicht anwendbar, weil es sich um
einen e- und nicht um einen f-Bauern handelt.} 76. Rf8+ Ke3 77. Re8+ Kd2 78.
Rd8+ Kc2 79. Rc8+ Kd3 80. Rd8+ Ke4 81. Re8+ Kf3 82. Rf8+ Ke3 83. Re8+ Kf2 84.
Rf8+ Kg2 85. Rg8+ Kf3 86. Rf8+ Ke4 87. Re8+ Kd3 88. Rd8+ Kc2 89. Rc8+ Kd2 90.
Rd8+ Rd3 91. Rxd3+ (91. Re8 Re3 92. Rxe3 (92. a8=Q $4 e1=Q+ 93. Kh5 Rxe8 $19)
92... Kxe3 93. a8=Q e1=Q+ $11) 91... Kxd3 92. a8=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Cobb, Charles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Penne"]
[BlackTeam "Cardiff"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Qc2 h6 15.
Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bg6 Rxf3 17. Bxh5 Rf8 18. Bg3 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Rad1 Be6 21.
Nd4 Bg8 22. Nf3 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Bh7 24. Bg6 Bxg6 25. Qxg6 Rad8 26. Rfe1 Qf7 27.
Qc2 Rfe8 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Qb3 Rd8 30. g4 Kg8 31. g5 d4 32. Qd3 h5 33. a3 g6
34. b4 a6 35. Re1 Re8 36. Rxe8+ Qxe8 37. a4 Kh7 38. Qc4 Qg8 39. Qc5 Qe8 40. b5
axb5 41. axb5 Qe7 42. Qd5 Nd8 43. Qxd4 Nf7 44. Qd5 Kg7 45. g3 Kh7 46. b6 Kg7
47. Kg2 Kh7 48. Qc4 Kg7 49. Qc3+ Kg8 50. Qc8+ Kg7 51. Qc3+ Kg8 52. Qc4 Kg7 53.
Kf1 Kh7 54. Kg1 Kg7 55. Qc7 Qe4 56. Qc3+ Kg8 57. Qf6 Qb1+ 58. Kh2 Qe4 59. Nd2
Qd3 60. Qf4 Qd6 61. Qe3 Qe5 62. Ne4 Kg7 63. Kg2 Qd5 64. f3 Qa2+ 65. Qf2 Qxf2+
66. Kxf2 Ne5 67. Nd6 Nd7 68. Nc4 Kf7 69. Ke3 Ke6 70. Ke4 Nc5+ 71. Kd4 Nb3+ 72.
Kc3 Nc1 73. Kd2 Nb3+ 74. Ke3 Kd5 75. Nb2 Nc5 76. Nd3 Nd7 77. Nf4+ Ke5 78. Nxg6+
Kf5 79. Ne7+ Kxg5 80. Nd5 Kf5 81. Kd4 Ke6 82. f4 Kf5 83. Ne3+ Kf6 84. Nc4 Kf5
85. Kd5 (85. Ke3 $5 {musste versucht werden.}) 85... Kg4 86. Ne5+ {Auch nach} (
86. Kd6 Kxg3 87. Kxd7 Kxf4 88. Kc7 h4 $11 {rettet der h-Bauer Schwarz.}) 86...
Kxg3 87. Nxd7 h4 88. f5 h3 89. f6 h2 90. f7 h1=Q+ {und auf einmal muss Weiß
aufpassen, doch sein Prachtross sichert die Remisfestung:} 91. Ke6 Qc6+ 92. Ke7
Qe4+ 93. Kd8 Qh4+ 94. Ke8 Qe4+ 95. Kd8 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Malmo Masters 1st"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2003.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Qc2 h6 15.
Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bg6 Rxf3 17. Bxh5 (17. gxf3 Bxh2+ 18. Kg2 (18. Kh1 Nf4 $44 {
1-0 Pelikian,J-De Souza Haro,P/Brasilia 2000/CBM 74 ext (51)}) 18... Nf4+ 19.
Nxf4 Qxf4 20. Bg3 Bxg3 21. fxg3 Qf6 22. Rad1 Bd7 23. f4 Nxd4 24. Qc3 Qxg6 25.
Qxd4 Rc8 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Bc6 28. Re1 a6 29. Rc1 Qg4 30. Re1 {1/2-1/2
Wieder,H-Namyslo,H/Schwabisch Gmund 2002/EXT 2003 (30)}) 17... Rf8 18. Bg3 Bd7
(18... Bxg3 19. fxg3 Bd7 20. Nf4 Kg8 21. Bg6 Rf6 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Ng6+ Kxh7 24.
Rxf6 gxf6 25. Nf8+ Kg7 26. Qg6+ Kxf8 27. Qxf6+ Ke8 28. Rf1 Qd6 29. Qh8+ {
1/2-1/2 Grigoriants,S-Kosyrev,V/Elista 2000/CBM 79 (29)}) 19. Rac1 (19. Rfe1
Rac8 20. Qd2 Rf6 21. Rac1 Rcf8 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. f4 Ne7 24. g3 Qb6 {1/2-1/2
Zesch,L-Willsch,M/Germany 2001/CBM 82 ext (24)}) 19... Rf6 (19... Bxg3 20. hxg3
Qb6 21. Qd2 Be8 22. Bf3 Bf7 23. Rfd1 Rad8 24. b3 Rfe8 25. Nf4 $14 {1-0 Oral,
T-Chytilek,R/CZE 2001/EXT 2003 (37)}) (19... Rac8 20. Qd2 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Qb6 22.
Nf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sermek,D-Gleizerov,E/Saint Vincent 2001/CBM 80 ext (33)}) 20.
Bg6 (20. Bh4 $2 Rff8 $2 (20... Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 g5 $17) 21. Bg3 Rf6 22. Bh4 {
1/2-1/2 Goldenberg,D-Kosyrev,V/Montreal 2001/CBM 85 (22).}) (20. Bxd6 $5 Qxd6
21. f4 $11 {/+/=}) 20... Bxg3 21. hxg3 Raf8 (21... Qb6 $5) 22. Nf4 Rxf4 $5 23.
gxf4 Qxf4 24. Rfd1 $2 (24. Bd3 $1 Qxd4 (24... Nxd4 25. Qc7 $132) 25. Rcd1 Qf6
26. Qb3 $132 {[%cal Gd3b1,Gb3d3]}) 24... Qf6 $1 25. Bd3 Nxd4 26. Qd2 e5 27. Qe3
Bc6 28. Rd2 {[%cal Gd4e6,Ge6f4]} Ne6 $5 {[%mdl 32] eine typische
Angriffsstrategie: der Springer macht von f4 aus mehr Druck gegen den König
und den Weg für die mobilen Zentralbauern frei.} 29. f3 Nf4 30. Re1 (30. Qxa7
e4 31. fxe4 dxe4 32. Rxc6 (32. Bf1 Nh3+ 33. gxh3 Qg5+ $19) 32... bxc6 33. Bxe4
Nh3+ 34. gxh3 Qf1+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ $19 {[%cal Gf4h2,Gf4d2]}) 30... Qg5 31. Kh2 $6
Qh4+ 32. Kg1 Qg5 33. Kh2 $6 Re8 $6 (33... e4 34. fxe4 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 d4 $3 $19)
34. Bb1 $6 (34. Red1 $142 $17) 34... Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Qg3 36. Kh1 Qh4+ 37. Kg1 Qg5
38. Kh2 d4 39. Qf2 Qh5+ {Emanuel Berg will erst die Zeitkontrolle schaffen, um
die folgenden Verwicklungen nochmal genau prüfen zu können.} 40. Kg1 Qg5 41.
Kh2 {[%tqu "En","Black to move and win","","","c6f3","",6,"De","Schwarz zieht
und gewinnt","","","c6f3","",6]} Bxf3 42. Qg3 (42. gxf3 $2 Qh5+ 43. Kg1 (43.
Kg3 $2 Qh3#) 43... Nh3+ $19) (42. Qxf3 $2 Qh4+ 43. Kg1 Qxe1+ $19) 42... Qxg3+
43. Kxg3 Bc6 44. Be4 Bxe4 45. Rxe4 Nh5+ 46. Kf2 Nf6 47. Re1 Kh7 48. Rc2 $6 (48.
Ke2 {war zäher.}) 48... e4 49. Rc7 d3 50. Rf1 e3+ 51. Ke1 e2 52. Rg1 Nd5 53.
Rd7 Nb4 54. Kf2 Rf8+ 55. Ke1 Nc2+ 56. Kd2 Rf1 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Ostenstad, Berge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Asker"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
a5 9. Re1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb6 11. Nb1 a4 12. a3 Bd7 13. Nc3 Na5 14. Bc2 (14. Rb1
Bc6 $6 (14... Nac4 15. Bf4 h6 $11 {/+/=}) 15. Nd2 Qd7 16. Re3 g6 17. Rh3 Bf8
18. Nf3 h6 19. Bg5 Bg7 20. Bf6 Bxf6 21. exf6 Nac4 22. Qc1 h5 23. Qc2 Qc7 24.
Re1 $14 {1-0 Siefring,C-Lutzenberger,R/IECG Email 2001/MegaCorr3 (54)}) 14...
Nac4 15. Rb1 h6 16. Ne2 Qc7 17. Nf4 g6 (17... Rc8 18. Nh5 g6 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20.
exf6 Ne3 21. Bxe3 Qxc2 22. Qxc2 Rxc2 23. Ne5 Nc4 24. Rec1 $14) 18. h3 Rc8 19.
Bd3 Na5 20. Nd2 Nbc4 21. Nxc4 Nxc4 22. Bxg6 $5 fxg6 23. Nxg6 Rg8 24. Qh5 Kd8
25. Qxh6 Rxg6 (25... Be8 $5 26. Nf4 Qa5 27. Be3 Bd7 28. Nxe6+ Bxe6 29. Qxe6 Rf8
$13) 26. Qxg6 Qb6 27. Bg5 (27. Rd1 $5 Kc7 28. Qh7 {war eine Möglichkeit, dem
sofortigen Remis auszuweichen.}) 27... Qxd4 $11 28. Bxe7+ Kxe7 29. Qf6+ Ke8 30.
Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qf6+ Ke8 32. Rbd1 Qc5 33. Rd3 Qf8 34. Rg3 Qxf6 35. exf6 e5 36. Rg7
Rc6 37. Rg8+ Kf7 38. Rg7+ Ke8 39. Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch 4th"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2003.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qa5 8. Bd2
Qb6 9. Qc2 cxd4 (9... h6 10. h4 (10. Ne2 $2 c4 11. Bh7 Ne7 12. Nh4 Kd8 $17 {
[%cal Gg7g6]}) 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Nf3 Qg4 14. Be3 Qb4+
15. Bd2 Qg4 16. Be3 Qb4+ 17. Bd2 Qg4 {1/2-1/2 Holzke,F-Bunzmann,D/Germany 2002/
EXT 2003 (17)}) 10. cxd4 Nxd4 (10... Nb4 11. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Kf1 h6 13. Ne2 O-O
14. h4 Nb8 15. Ng5 Qc6 16. Qb3 Qb6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Qd3 Qa6 19. Qe3 Nc6 20. Bd3
{1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,L-Timman,J/Tilburg 1987/CBM 04 (20)}) 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nf3
Qc5 (12... Qb6 13. O-O h6 14. Rac1 Be7 15. Be3 Qb4 16. a3 Qa5 17. b4 Qd8 18.
Qd2 b6 19. Rc2 Bb7 20. Rfc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Rc2 Bb7 23. Qc1 Qb8 24. Bb5
Bd8 25. Bd4 a6 26. Bxd7+ Kxd7 27. a4 Bc7 28. h4 {1/2-1/2 Seiler,A-Falato,J/
CL2-1998.13 IECC 1998/MegaCorr2 (28).}) 13. Qa4 a6 $6 14. O-O b5 $6 15. Qg4 h6
$2 (15... Qc7 $142) 16. Rac1 Qa7 (16... Qb6 17. Be3 Qd8 18. Rc6 $40) 17. Be3
Qb8 18. Bg6 $3 {[%mdl 640] von diesem Hammerschlag wird sich Schwarz nicht
mehr erholen} Be7 (18... fxg6 $2 19. Qxe6+ Kd8 20. Ng5 hxg5 21. Bxg5+ Nf6 22.
Bxf6+ gxf6 23. Qxf6+ $18) 19. Qxe6 Nxe5 $2 (19... Rf8 20. Bh5 Qb7 (20... g6 $2
21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kd8 23. Bxh6 Re8 24. Bf4 $18) 21. Rfd1 $40) 20. Rxc8+
$1 $18 Qxc8 21. Qxe5 O-O (21... fxg6 $6 22. Qxg7 Rf8 23. Qxg6+ Kd7 $6 24. Ne5+
$18) 22. Qxd5 Qd8 23. Qb3 Qd6 24. Be4 Rad8 25. Bb1 Rc8 26. a4 Qb4 27. Qxb4 Bxb4
28. axb5 axb5 29. Nd4 Bc5 30. Nxb5 Bxe3 31. fxe3 Rb8 32. Bd3 Rfe8 33. Bc4 Rxe3
34. Rxf7 Kh8 35. b3 Rd8 36. Nc7 Rd2 37. Rf1 g5 38. Nd5 Re5 39. Nf6 Ra5 40. Ne4
Rd4 41. Nc3 Rd2 42. Ne2 Rb2 43. g4 Raa2 44. Kf2 Rd2 45. Ke3 Rd8 46. Rf6 Kg7 47.
Rf7+ Kg6 48. Re7 Kf6 49. Re6+ Kg7 50. Bd3 Rb2 51. Rg6+ Kf7 52. Rb6 Re8+ 53. Kf3
Rd8 54. Bc4+ Kg7 55. Ng3 Rxh2 56. Nh5+ Kf8 57. Rxh6 Rd4 58. Rh7 Rh3+ 59. Ke2
Re4+ 60. Kd2 Rd4+ 61. Kc2 Rf3 62. Ng7 Rxg4 (62... Rxc4+ 63. bxc4 Kg8 64. Rh5
Kxg7 65. Rxg5+ $18) 63. Ne6+ Kg8 (63... Ke8 64. Bb5#) 64. Nxg5+ Rxc4+ 65. bxc4
Rf5 66. Rh5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Zueger, Beat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Ne2 Rxf3
{eine viel diskutierte Hauptvariante des Tarrasch Franzossen. Schwarz hofft,
genügend Spiel gegen d4 und den geschwächten Königsflügel erzeugen zu können,
bevor Weiß sich soweit konsolidiert hat, dass seine Türme zur Geltung kommen
können.} 15. gxf3 Ng5 16. Kh1 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Ng1 Qf6 19. Be2 Bd7 20.
Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Rfd1 (21. Rad1 $6 Ngxf3 $1 22. Qd6 Bc6 23. Qxf6 gxf6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Khamrakulov,I-David,V/Condom 2002/CBM 89 ext (34)}) 21... Bc6 22. Qd6
Ne6 23. Rac1 {eine kritische Stellung des Qualitätsopfers ist entstanden. ich
denke, dass nur 23...Te8 oder 23...h6 Schwarz Aussichten auf volle
Kompensation gibt.} Nf7 $2 $146 (23... Re8 $1 24. Rc3 h6 25. a3 $5 (25. h3 $2
Qg5 $17 26. Qd2 Nf4 27. Bf1 Bb5 28. Qe1 Re6 29. Re3 Rg6 {0-1 Dudley,B-Galiano
Martinez,A/IECG Email 1999/MegaCorr3 (29)}) (25. Re3 $2 Ng4 $36 {1-0
Lhagvasuren,C-Maksimovic,B/Cheliabinsk 1990/EXT 2000 (45)}) 25... g5 (25... g6
$5) 26. h3 g4 $2 27. Re3 Nxf3 28. Nxf3 gxf3 29. Bd3 Qh4 30. Bf1 Rd8 31. Qe5+
Ng7 32. Rd6 Rxd6 33. Qxd6 Kg8 34. Re7 Qxf2 35. Rxg7+ {1-0 Fuhrwerk,K-Elburg,J/
ICCF Email 1998/MegaCorr3 (35).}) 24. Qb4 a5 (24... Nf4 25. Bf1 Ne5 26. Qd6 $16
) 25. Qc3 Ne5 26. Rd6 Qf5 27. Rcd1 $2 (27. Bf1 Nf4 (27... Ng5 $6 28. Qxa5 Qf8
29. Rdxc6 $18) 28. Qxa5 Re8 29. Re1 $16) 27... Ng4 28. Nh3 Ne5 $2 (28... Nf6
29. Qc4 Re8 30. Ng1 Nf4 31. Bf1 Ng4 $44) 29. Ng5 $2 (29. Rxe6 Qxe6 30. Ng5 Qf6
31. Qxe5 $18) 29... Qxg5 $17 30. Rxe6 Ng4 31. Qd4 Qh4 32. Rh6 {brillant, aber
leider nicht korrekt...} (32. Qxg4 Qxg4 33. Rxc6 Qa4 34. Rcd6 g6 $17) 32...
Qxf2 (32... Nxh6 $4 33. Qxh4 $18) (32... Qxh6 $2 33. Qxg4 Qf6 $15) 33. Qd8+ {
Ist das Ergebnis richtig? 0-1 macht mehr Sinn.} (33. Qd8+ Be8 34. Qxa8 (34. Qh4
gxh6 35. Qxg4 Qxe2 36. Qd4+ Kg8 37. Qd5+ Kf8 $19) 34... Qxe2 $19) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Zaja, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 {Dieser Versuch, den stark ausgetretenen Varianten nach 9...
Sxf6 auszuweichen, wird nach wie vor recht häufig angewandt.} 10. Nf3 h6 {
nimmt Weiß g5, gibt ihm aber g6, weshalb Schwarz später häufig zu Sf8 und Le8
greift.} 11. O-O Bd6 12. Ng3 O-O 13. Bc2 Rf7 $5 (13... Rd8 14. Re1 Nf8 15. Ne5
Qh4 16. f4 $14) 14. Nh5 $5 {dieser aktive Zug ist vermutlich der kritische
Test von ...Tf7} Qd8 (14... Qe7 15. Re1 Nf8 16. Ng3 $14) 15. Bg6 Re7 16. Bf4 {
eine der Idee von Sh5 besteht darin, diesen Läufer nicht passiv nach e3 zu
stellen, sondern direkt abzutauschen} Nf8 17. Bc2 (17. Bd3 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Qd6
19. Qd2 Rf7 20. Ne2 Bd7 21. Qe3 Be8 22. Ne5 $14 {0-1 Rizouk,A-Ulibin,M/Abu
Dhabi 2001/EXT 2002 (74)}) 17... Rf7 18. Bg3 $5 $14 (18. Qd2 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Qd6
20. Ne2 Bd7 21. Qe3 Be8 22. Rad1 Nb4 23. Bb1 Bb5 24. Rfe1 Bxe2 25. Rxe2 Rc7 $14
{1/2-1/2 Sermek,D-Dimitrov,V/Pardubice 1999/EXT 2000 (60)}) 18... g6 19. Bh4
Be7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Ng3 e5 $6 22. Nxe5 (22. Bb3 $5 {kam stark in Betracht, z.
B.} e4 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Be6 25. Bxd5 Rd8 26. Bxe6 Rxd1 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28.
Raxd1 $16) 22... Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Bb3 Be6 25. Qd2 Qf4 26. Qd3 Qf6 27.
Rae1 a5 28. f4 $5 {[%mdl 32] Weiß spielt auf Angriff am Königsflügel, denn
alle seine Figuren sind dafür gut aufgestellt und der schwarze
Bauernschutzwall ist etwas luftig.} a4 29. Bc2 Qxb2 $2 {diese Vernachlässigung
der Verteidigung kommt Schwarz teuer zu stehen.} (29... Rc8 {oder}) (29... Ra6
{waren besser.}) 30. f5 $1 $16 gxf5 31. Nxf5 Bxf5 32. Rxf5 Rxf5 33. Qxf5 Qd4+
34. Kh1 Rd8 $6 (34... Qg7 {war zäher.}) 35. Re7 Qa1+ (35... b5 36. Qf7+ Kh8 37.
h3 Qb2 38. Qf4 $18) (35... Qb2 36. Qf1 Rc8 37. h3 $18) 36. Bb1 Qc3 (36... Qb2
37. h4 Qd4 38. g3 $18) 37. Qg4+ Kh8 {[%tqu "En","White to move and win","","",
"g4f4","",7,"De","Weiß zieht und gewinnt","","","g4f4","",7]} 38. Qf4 $1 {
[%mdl 128] a bone crusher ein Hammer} Qa1 39. Qxh6+ Kg8 40. Qg5+ Kh8 (40... Kh8
41. Qf5 Kg8 42. Re3 Rd7 43. Rg3+ Rg7 44. Rf3 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Nc3 a6 15.
Rc1 g6 16. Na4 Bd7 17. Nc5 Rfe8 (17... Rae8 {is the main line. ist die
Hauptvariante.}) (17... Rxf3 $6 18. Qxf3 Nxd4 19. Qg4 $2 (19. Qe3 Bxc5 20. Be7
b6 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Qxd4 $14 {/+/-}) 19... Bxc5 20. Bxg6 $2 hxg6 21. Bg3 Qb6
22. Qxg6+ Ng7 23. Be5 Ndf5 $19 {0-1 Gruenfeld,Y-Shachar,E/Tel Aviv 1994/EXT 97
(52)}) 18. b4 Bc8 19. b5 (19. Qa4 Bd7 20. Qa3 Nf4 $132) (19. Re1 Nxb4 $13)
19... axb5 (19... Nxd4 20. Nxe6 (20. Nxd4 Bxc5 21. Nb3 b6 $11) 20... Qxc1 21.
Qxc1 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Bxe6 23. bxa6 bxa6 24. Bg3 $14) 20. Bxb5 Nf4 (20... Rxa2 $5
21. Qb3 Ra5 22. Bg5 $14) 21. Bg3 $6 (21. a4 $5) 21... Re7 $6 ({Was spricht
gegen} 21... Rxa2 $14 {?}) 22. Re1 $6 (22. Qd2 $5 Rf7 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. a4 $16)
22... Qa5 $2 (22... e5 $6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Ne6 $16) (22...
Rxa2 $5 {war der kritische Test, z.B.} 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rf7
26. Ra1 Qa7 {und Schwarz kann noch gut kämpfen.}) 23. Bxc6 $18 {gibt Weiß eine
positionelle Gewinnstellung} bxc6 24. a4 Rd7 $6 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 (26. Nxd7
Bxd7 27. Rxe5 {gewinnt natürlich auch.}) 26... Rf7 27. Qe1 Qxe1+ 28. Rexe1 Nh5
29. Bd6 Ra5 30. Be5 (30. Rb1 $5 $18) 30... Nf6 31. Bxf6 Rxf6 32. g3 (32. Rb1 $5
Ra8 33. Rb6 Rf4 34. Rb4 $18) 32... Rf7 33. Rb1 Raa7 34. Rb8 Rf8 35. Re3 (35.
Rb6 $5) 35... Bd7 36. Reb3 Rxb8 37. Rxb8+ Kf7 38. Rb6 (38. a5 $5) 38... Ke7 39.
f4 $18 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Flores, Diego"]
[Black "Claverie, Raul Ricardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Qb6 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 a5 (10... g5 11. Kh1 (11. h3 $2 h5 12. Re1 g4 13.
hxg4 hxg4 14. Nh2 g3 15. Ng4 Qxd4 16. Nb3 gxf2+ 17. Nxf2 Qh4 {0-1 Stehning,
M-Kipper,J/Binz 1994/Juniors (17)}) 11... g4 12. Ne1 Qxd4 13. f4 f5 14. exf6
Nxf6 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Nc2 Qb6 17. b4 {1/2-1/2 Gavela,D-Itkis,B/Bucharest 2000/
EXT 2001 (17).}) (10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Qc2 $44)
11. Re1 a4 12. Qc2 $2 (12. b4 g5 13. b5 Nxd4 14. Bb2 Nxb5 15. Qe2 Ra5 16. Rab1
$44) 12... g5 $1 {[%mdl 32]} (12... Nxd4 $2 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 $44) 13. h3
$6 {gibt Schwarz einen Aufrollpunkt. Allerdings war guter Rat ohnehin bereits
sehr teuer.} (13. Bxh7 $4 g4 $19) 13... h5 14. Nf1 g4 15. hxg4 (15. Ng5 Nxd4
16. Qd1 Nb3 $19) 15... hxg4 16. N3h2 Nxd4 17. Qd1 Nb3 18. Rb1 Nxc1 19. Qxc1 Qd4
20. Bb5 Kd8 $1 21. Qc2 Nxe5 22. Rbd1 Qf4 23. Re4 Qg5 (23... Qf5 $5 24. Ng3 Qh7
25. Nhf1 Nd7 $19) 24. Rc1 Bd6 25. Rxa4 Qh4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Rb8 26. Qc3
(26. Ng3 f5 $19) 26... Qh5 $19) 26. Rxa8 Nf3+ 27. gxf3 Bxh2+ 28. Nxh2 Qxh2+ 29.
Kf1 Qh1+ 30. Ke2 Qxf3+ 31. Ke1 (31. Ke1 Rh1+ 32. Bf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Qh1+ 34.
Ke2 Qf3+ 35. Ke1 Qh1+ 36. Kd2 Qh6+ 37. Ke2 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group1"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nevostrujev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Chigvintsev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Transsib"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nb6 9. O-O Bd7 10. a3 a5 11. Nf3 h6 $6 (11... a4 12. Qd2 (12. Nf4 Na5 13. Nh5
Nbc4 14. Rb1 h6 15. Be3 Qb6 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 O-O-O 18. Rbc1+ Kb8 19. Rc2
Bb5 20. Nf4 Be7 21. Qe2 Bc4 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 $132 {0-1 Michelsen,S-Whiteley,A/
Oslo Kringsja 1978/MCD-r7 (30)}) 12... Be7 13. Qf4 Na7 14. Nc3 Rc8 15. h4 Nc4
16. Qg4 g6 17. h5 Nb5 18. Ne2 Qb6 $132 {1-0 Adla,D-Fernandez,J/Mar del Plata
1994/EXT 94op (51)}) (11... Be7 12. Bd2 (12. Nc3 a4 13. Qc2 h6 14. Be3 Na5 15.
Nd2 Rc8 16. f4 Nac4 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Bf2 Qa5 19. Rac1 g6 20. g4 $13 {0-1
Romero,D-Vasquez,R/Linares CHI 2000/The Week in Chess 296 (32)}) 12... a4 13.
Rc1 Na5 14. Nf4 Nb3 15. Rc3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Rc8 17. Rfc1 Rxc3 18. Rxc3 Bc6 19.
Qc2 g6 20. Qe2 O-O $13 {0-1 Florian,J-Fichtl,J/CSR-ch Ostrava 1960/MCD-ch (31)}
) 12. Nf4 (12. Nc3 Na7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Nd2 Be7 15. Rc1 (15. Qg4 $5) 15... Na4
16. Qg4 $14 {1-0 Antonio,R-Nadera,B/Makati PHI 2002/The Week in Chess 392 (46)}
) 12... Be7 (12... a4 13. Bd2 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Qe2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Pokorna,
R-Medic,M/Rijeka CRO 2001/The Week in Chess 334 (31). (30)}) 13. Ne1 Qc7 (13...
Nxd4 $6 14. Ng6 (14. Qg4 $5) 14... Rg8 15. Nxe7 Kxe7 16. Be3 Nc6 17. Nf3 $36) (
13... O-O $2 14. Bc2 a4 15. Qd3 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Nf3 $16) 14. Qg4 g5 $6 (
14... g6 {macht einen besseren Eindruck.}) 15. Nh5 $1 $14 O-O-O 16. Nc2 f5 {
die Stellung ist für Schwarz schwer zu spielen, da Weiß am Königsflügel gute
Positionen besetzt.} (16... a4 17. f4 (17. Be3 Nc4 18. Rab1 Rdf8 $14) 17...
Rdg8 18. f5 exf5 19. Bxf5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxc2 21. Be3 $14) 17. exf6 Bd6 18. b4
Nc4 19. Rb1 (19. h4 $5) 19... Rhf8 (19... Bxh2+ $5 20. Kh1 Bd6 {verhindert den
Hebel h2-h4 auf radikale Weise.}) 20. h4 $5 {[%mdl 32] eine bemerkenswerte
Öffnung vor dem eigenen König. Doch es zeigt sich, dass die weißen Figuren gut
platziert sind, um die Lage unter Kontrolle zu halten.} (20. f4 $6 e5 (20...
gxf4 $2 21. Qh4 e5 22. dxe5 N6xe5 23. Nxf4 $16) 21. Bf5 exf4 $13) 20... e5 21.
Bf5 exd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd7+ Qxd7 24. Qxd4 Qf5 (24... axb4 $5 25. axb4 Be5
26. Qc5+ Kb8 $13) 25. Rb3 axb4 26. axb4 Be5 27. Qd3 $1 {wickelt in ein
besseres Endspiel ab.} Qxd3 (27... Qg4 28. Qh3 Qxh3 29. Rxh3 $14 {/+/-}) 28.
Rxd3 gxh4 (28... Bxf6 $2 29. Nxf6 Rxf6 30. hxg5 $18) 29. g4 hxg3 $2 {dieser
Fehler macht den weißen Bauern f6 sehr stark.} (29... Rg8 30. f3 b5 31. Kg2 $14
{/+/-}) 30. fxg3 Rf7 31. Rf5 (31. Bxh6 $2 Rh8 32. Rc1 Rxh6 (32... Bc7 $2 33.
Rxd5 Nb6 34. Bg7 Nxd5 35. Bxh8 $16) 33. Rxd5 Rxh5 34. Rxc4+ Kb8 35. Re4 Rg5 36.
Rexe5 Rxg3+ 37. Kf2 Rg6 $11) 31... d4 32. Bxh6 Kd7 33. g4 (33. g4 Ke6 34. Kf2 (
34. Rf2 $2 Rg8 35. g5 (35. Bg7 Ne3 36. Nf4+ Kd6 37. g5 Rgxg7 38. fxg7 Rxg7 $13)
(35. Ng7+ Kd5 36. g5 Ne3 $13) 35... Ne3 36. Nf4+ Kf5 37. Ng2+ Ke4 $13) 34...
Nb2 35. Rdf3 d3 36. Ng7+ Kd6 37. Bc1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
a5 9. Re1 cxd4 (9... a4 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bc2 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Nf1 O-O $132
{1/2-1/2 Ulibin,M-Shulman,Y/Calcutta 1999/[Shulman;Kapengut] (62)}) 10. cxd4
Nb6 11. Nf1 Bd7 12. Ng3 (12. a3 a4 13. Bd2 Na5 14. Bxa5 Rxa5 15. Qd2 Ra8 16.
Rac1 $14 {1-0 Jansa,V-Hausner,I/Hradec Kralove 1981/MCD-r8 (47)}) 12... h5 $5
13. Ne2 g5 $1 {[%mdl 32] Short setzt den mit 12...h5 begonnenen Plan
konsequent fort. Er erobert am Königsflügel Raum, drängt die weißen Springer
zurück und hofft, daß sein König im Zentrum vorerst sicher genug steht und
seine Türme auch so gut ins Spiel kommen.} 14. Nc3 (14. Be3 {kam in Betracht.})
14... g4 15. Nd2 Nxd4 $15 {/-/+ Shorts aggressives Spiel trägt erste Früchte.}
16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bc6 18. Nb5 Nd7 19. Bf4 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Kf8 21. Rc1 Nc5 22.
Be3 d4 23. Bxd4 Nxb3 24. Qxb3 Qxd4 25. Rc7 Rd8 26. Rxb7 Bc5 27. Kh1 h4 (27...
Qxf2 $4 28. Rf1 $18) 28. h3 Rh5 29. hxg4 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Qxe5 (30... Qd1+ $2 31.
Bf1 Qxf1+ 32. Kh2 Qxf2 ({auf} 32... Rd1 {geht ebenfalls} 33. Rxf7+) 33. Rxf7+
Qxf7 34. Rxc5 {und der schwarze Angriff schlägt nicht durch.}) 31. Qf3 Qe1+ 32.
Kh2 Bd6+ 33. g3 hxg3+ 34. fxg3 Be7 (34... Bxg3+ $6 35. Kh3 Bf4 36. Qxf4 Qh1+
37. Kg3 Qxb7 38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. Qg5+ Kh7 $11) 35. Bf1 Qd2+ 36. Be2 $6 Qc2 37. Rb5
Rd2 38. Re5 Kg7 (38... Qxb2 $5 39. Rxe6 a4 {und mir ist nicht klar, ob das
weiße Gegenspiel angesichts des weit vorgerückten a-Freibauern zum Remis
reicht.}) 39. b3 Bf6 40. Re4 Qc3 (40... Rd8 41. Rf4 Rh8+ 42. Kg1 (42. Kg2 $6
Qb1 43. Rxf6 (43. Bf1 Qh7 $40) 43... Qh1+ 44. Kf2 Rh2+ 45. Ke3 Qc1+ 46. Kd3
Qb1+ 47. Kc4 Qc2+ 48. Kb5 Qxe2+ 49. Qxe2 Rxe2 $15 {/-/+}) 42... Qb1+ 43. Bf1
Bd4+ 44. Kg2 {und Weiß kann sich halten.} (44. Rxd4 $2 Qb2 $19)) 41. Qxc3 Bxc3
42. Kh3 Bb4 43. Bc4 $15 Rc2 44. g5 Rc3 45. Rd4 Re3 46. Rd7 Be1 47. Kg4 Rxg3+
48. Kf4 Kg6 49. Bd3+ f5 50. gxf6+ Kxf6 51. Bc4 Rg1 52. Rh7 Bd2+ 53. Ke4 Re1+
54. Kd3 Bb4 55. Rh6+ Kf5 56. Rh5+ Kg4 57. Rh2 Kf3 58. Rh3+ Kf4 59. Rh4+ Kf5 60.
Rh5+ Kf6 61. Rh6+ Ke7 62. Rh7+ Kd6 63. Rh6 Bc5 64. Rg6 Ke7 65. Rh6 e5 66. Bd5
Kd7 67. Ra6 Bb4 68. Be6+ Ke7 69. Bd5 Kd7 70. Be6+ Kc7 71. Bd5 Rd1+ 72. Ke4 Bd6
73. Rxa5 Rd4+ 74. Kf5 $8 (74. Kf3 $2 Kb6 75. b4 Bxb4 76. Ra4 Kb5 $19) 74... Kb6
{[%tqu "De","Was ziehen Sie jetzt (eine schnelle Entscheidung ist gefragt) ?",
"","","b3b4","Diese beiden Punkte waren leicht zu bekommen.",2]} 75. b4 $8 Bxb4
(75... Rxb4 76. Ra1 Rh4 77. Rh1 $11) 76. Kxe5 Kxa5 77. Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.02.09"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Black "Paehtz, Thomas Sr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Erfurt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. cxd4 Qb6 10. Nb3 a5 11. a4 Nb4 12. Bb1 Qd8 13. Bf4 (13. Bd2 Nb6 14. Nc5
Nc6 15. Nd3 Nd7 16. Nf4 g6 17. Bd3 Nf8 18. g3 h5 19. h4 Bd7 20. Nh3 Qb6 21. Bc3
$14 {1/2-1/2 Schumi,M-Vavra,P/Prague 1991/TD (40)}) (13. Ne1 b6 14. f4 g6 15.
Rf3 Nf8 16. Bd2 Ba6 17. Bc3 Qc7 18. Nc2 Nxc2 19. Bxc2 Nd7 20. Rc1 Nb8 21. Be1
Qd7 22. Rh3 $14 {1-0 Blatny,P-Tibensky,R/Trinec 1988/EXT 97 (64)}) 13... b6 14.
Re1 Ba6 15. Nc1 Nf8 16. Be3 Ng6 17. Ne2 Nh4 $6 (17... Rc8 $5 18. Nc3 O-O $11)
18. Nxh4 Bxh4 19. Nf4 g6 20. g3 $6 {es scheint mir logischer, das Problem der
Koordination der weißen Türme mit} (20. Ra3 $5 {sofort anzugehen, z.B.} Rc8 21.
Rc3 Be7 22. Qf3 b5 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Rc1 $36) 20... Be7 21. h4 Qd7 22. Qf3 Rc8
23. Nh3 h6 24. Nf4 Rc6 (24... Nc2 25. Bxc2 Rxc2 {kam auch in Frage.}) 25. Bd2
Rc4 (25... Nc2 $2 {ist nun auch prinzipiell falsch, weil der Läufer b1 die
Koordination der weißen Türme behindert.} 26. Bxc2 Rxc2 27. Bc3 $16) 26. Bc3
Qc8 27. Qd1 $6 (27. h5 $5 g5 28. Ng2 O-O 29. Qd1 $14 {[%cal Gg2e3,Ge3g4]})
27... g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Ne2 (29. Nh5 $5 Rxc3 30. bxc3 Qxc3 {[%cal Gh8h5,
Gc3e1]} 31. Ng7+ Kf8 32. Nxe6+ fxe6 33. Bg6 Kg7 34. Rc1 Qxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Kxg6 36.
Rc7 $13) 29... Kd7 30. Kg2 Qf8 31. Rh1 Rc8 $6 (31... Rxh1 32. Qxh1 f5 33. exf6
Qxf6 34. Qd1 Rc8 $11) 32. Rxh8 Qxh8 33. Bxb4 Qh5 34. Bd3 Rh8 $2 (34... Bxd3 35.
Qxd3 Bxb4 36. Rc1 $14) 35. Bxa6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Bxe7 Bxd3 36. Qxd3 Kxe7
37. Rc1 g4 38. Qa3+ Ke8 39. Rc8+ $18) 35... Qh3+ 36. Kf3 (36. Kg1 $4 Qh1#)
36... Qf5+ 37. Kg2 Qh3+ 38. Kf3 Qf5+ (38... Qf5+ 39. Ke3 Qe4+ 40. Kd2 Bxb4+ 41.
Nc3 (41. Kc1 Rh1 42. Ng1 Qe1 $11) 41... Qxd4+ 42. Kc2 Bxc3 43. bxc3 Qxf2+ 44.
Qe2 Qxg3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT 0102 playoff"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2002.05.10"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Delemarre, Jop"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.05.09"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hilversum HSG"]
[BlackTeam "Ordina Breda"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 h6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Ng3 O-O 13. Bb1 Rd8 (13... Ne7 14.
Qd3 Nf5 15. Nh5 (15. Re1 Nb6 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Ne5 {kommt auch in Betracht.})
15... Qf7 16. Nf4 g5 17. Ne2 e5 $6 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 $14 {
1-0 Muller,A-Wolfangel,F/Mulhouse FRA 2001/The Week in Chess 336 (39)}) (13...
Rf7 14. Nh5 Qd8 15. Bg6 Re7 16. Bf4 Nf8 17. Bd3 (17. Bc2 Rf7 18. Qd2 Bxf4 19.
Nxf4 Qd6 20. Ne2 Bd7 21. Qe3 $11 {/+/= 1/2-1/2 Sermek,D-Dimitrov,V/Pardubice
CZE 1999 (60)}) 17... Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Qd6 19. Qd2 Rf7 20. Ne2 Bd7 21. Qe3 Be8 22.
Ne5 Rc7 23. a3 $14 {0-1 Rizouk,A-Ulibin,M/Abu Dhabi UAE 2001/The Week in Chess
356 (74)}) 14. Re1 $5 (14. Qd3 Nf8 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Nh5 $6 Qf7 17. g4 $2 Rac8 $1
18. a3 $6 e5 $1 $17 {0-1 Gurieli,N-Bagirov,V/Berlin 1996/Inf 67/[Bagirov,V] 
(35)}) 14... a6 $6 $146 {der folgende schwarze Plan wirkt nicht überzeugend,
denn er ist und bleibt am Königsflügel anfällig und Se5 liegt in der Luft.} (
14... Nf8 15. Ne5 {Knaak: 'Die Besetzung dieses Feldes und das Befestigen
desselben führen in der Regel zu klarem Vorteil für Weiß. So auch hier.
Schwarz ist in der Folge ohne richtiges Spiel.'} Qh4 (15... Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qh4
17. f4 Ne7 18. Rf1 Nf5 19. Ne2 Qh5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Nd4 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Bd7 23.
Be3 Rac8 24. Rac1 a6 25. g3 g6 26. Nb3 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Ne6 28. Bb6 Rc8 29. Rxc8+
Bxc8 {1/2-1/2 Nay Oo Kyaw Tun-Myo Naing/Yangon 1998/CBM 69_07 (29)}) ({Knaak:
'Der Zug 15.Ne5 ist auch taktisch gerechtfertigt, denn:'} 15... Nxe5 $2 16.
dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nh5 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qxf2 19. Qg4 $18) 16. Nf3 Qf6 17. Ne5 Qh4 18.
f4 Bd7 (18... Bxe5 19. dxe5 $14) 19. Be3 $14 {1-0 Asrian,K-Ulibin,M/Krasnodar
1997/CBM 59/[Knaak] (43)}) 15. a3 Bb8 16. b4 Nf8 (16... e5 17. Ba2 Nb6 18. Bb2
$14) 17. Nh5 Qf7 18. Ne5 $5 $14 {/+/-} Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ba7 20. Be3 d4 $2 {
lässt ein schönes Läuferopfer auf h6 zu. Die schwarze Stellung ist allerdings
ohnehin sehr schwer zu spielen.} ({Ich schlage} 20... Bd7 21. Qg4 Be8 {vor, um
den Springer h5 zu befragen.}) 21. Bxh6 $3 {[%mdl 640]} d3 (21... gxh6 22. Nf6+
Kh8 (22... Kg7 23. Re4 Nd7 (23... d3 24. Rg4+ Kh8 25. Rh4 Qg7 26. Qd2 $18) 24.
Rg4+ Kh8 (24... Kf8 25. Qd2 $18) 25. Qd2 $18) 23. Qd2 Qg7 24. Re4 Nh7 (24...
Ng6 25. Rg4 d3 26. Bxd3 $18) 25. Nxh7 d3 (25... Qxh7 26. Rh4 $18) 26. Nf6 Qg5
27. Ra2 Bb8 28. h4 Qxd2 29. Rxd2 $18) 22. Bf4 b5 (22... d2 23. Rf1 Bd4 24. Ra2
Bc3 25. Qg4 Kh8 26. Rd1 $18) 23. Ra2 Bb7 24. Rd2 Ng6 25. Bg3 Rd4 26. Rxd3 Rad8
27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Qc1 (28. Qe2 $5) 28... Nh4 29. Nf4 $2 (29. Qg5 Nxg2 30. Rc1
Bb6 31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. Bg6 Qc7 33. h3 $18) 29... Rc4 $2 ({Delemarre verpasst den
Schlag} 29... Nxg2 $3 {welcher ihm gute Siegchancen gegeben hätte:} 30. Bg6 (
30. Nxg2 Qf3 31. Be4 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Qxe4 33. Nf4 Rc4 34. Qd1 Bd4 $19) 30... Qd7
31. Nxg2 Qd5 32. Be4 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Qxe4 34. Qf1 Qf3 $17) 30. Qd2 Rd4 31. Qc2 g5
(31... Rxf4 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Qg8 34. Qxg8+ Kxg8 35. Bxf4 Nxg2 36. Rd1 Nxf4
37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. Rd7+ $18) 32. Bxh4 ({Fritz gibt} 32. Nxe6 {an, z.B.} Nxg2 33.
Nxd4 Nxe1 34. e6 $18) 32... gxh4 33. g3 $1 {[%mdl 256] dieser Zug sieht zwar
merkwürdig aus, weil er die Diagonale des Läufers b7 öffnet, ist aber richtig
und zwingend notwendig, um zu gewinnen.} (33. Nxe6 $2 Rg4 34. Nc5 Bxg2 35. Qf5
Bh3+ 36. Kh1 Bg2+ $11) 33... Rxf4 (33... hxg3 34. hxg3 Qg7 35. Nxe6 Rh4 36.
Qc8+ Bxc8 37. Nxg7 $18) 34. gxf4 Qxf4 35. Qg6+ Kf8 36. Qf6+ Qxf6 37. exf6 Bd5
38. Be4 Bc4 39. Bg6 $6 {macht es technisch etwas schwieriger als nötig, ändert
am Ergebnis aber nichts.} (39. Rd1 Bb6 40. Rd7 $18) 39... Bd4 40. f7 e5 (40...
Bd5 41. Rc1 Bc4 42. Rc2 h3 43. Rd2 e5 44. Bf5 Kxf7 45. Bxh3 $18) 41. Re4 (41.
Re4 Bxf7 42. Bxf7 Kxf7 43. Rxh4 Bb2 44. Rh3 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 a5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb6 10. Nf3 h6 11. h4 a4 12. Nf4 Bd7 13. Re1 Nb4 14. Bb1 Nc4 15.
h5 Qb6 16. a3 Nc6 17. Bc2 Qa7 18. Rb1 b5 19. b3 axb3 20. Rxb3 Bxa3 21. Bxa3
Nxa3 22. Bd3 Qa4 23. Bf1 Na5 24. Nd2 N3c4 25. Rg3 Qxd1 26. Rxd1 O-O 27. Nb3
Nxb3 28. Rxb3 Ra2 29. Nd3 Rfa8 30. Nb4 Ra1 31. Rbb1 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Ra4 33. Nd3
Nd2 34. Rb2 Nxf1 35. Nc5 Ra7 36. Kxf1 Be8 37. g4 Kf8 38. Ke2 Ke7 39. Rb3 Ra2+
40. Ke3 Ra7 41. Nd3 Kd8 42. Rc3 Bd7 43. Nb4 Ra4 44. Nd3 Ra1 45. Rb3 Kc7 46. Nc5
Bc6 47. Ke2 Ra2+ 48. Ke3 Kb6 49. Nd3 Ra4 50. Nb4 Bd7 51. Nd3 Be8 52. Nc1 Ra1
53. Nd3 Ka5 54. f3 Ra4 55. Nc5 Ra1 56. Nb7+ Kb6 57. Nc5 Bc6 58. Nd3 Ka5 59. Rc3
Kb6 60. Rb3 Bd7 61. Nc5 Be8 62. Nd3 Bc6 63. Nb4 Rc1 64. Nd3 Rc4 65. Nb2 Ka5 66.
Kd3 $2 (66. Ra3+ Kb6 (66... Kb4 67. Ra6 Rc3+ 68. Nd3+ Kb3 69. Kd2 $11) 67. Rb3
{und es ist nicht klar, ob Schwarz durchbrechen kann.}) 66... b4 $1 67. Kd2 (
67. Nxc4+ $2 dxc4+ 68. Kxc4 Bd5+ $19) 67... Ba4 (67... Rxd4+ 68. Ke3 Ba4 69.
Kxd4 Bxb3 {gewann ebenfalls.}) 68. Nxc4+ dxc4 69. Re3 Bc6 70. f4 c3+ 71. Kd3
Ka4 72. f5 (72. Kc2 Ka3 73. Re1 Ba4+ 74. Kd3 c2 75. Ra1+ Kb2 76. Rxa4 b3 $19)
72... Kb3 73. d5 exd5 74. f6 gxf6 75. exf6 c2 76. Re1 Bd7 77. Kd2 Kb2 78. g5
hxg5 79. h6 Bf5 80. Rc1 b3 81. Rf1 Bg6 82. Rg1 Ka2 83. Rg4 b2 84. Kc3 c1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.29"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Schulz, Klaus Juergen"]
[Black "Jacimovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eynatten"]
[BlackTeam "Skopje"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 h6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Bc3 a6 $6 {verliert
wertvolle Zeit.} (13... Rd8 {ist die Hauptvariante:} 14. Re1 (14. a3 Nf8 15.
Bc2 Bd7 16. Re1 Be8 17. Ng3 Bg6 $11 {1/2-1/2 McGowan,D-Nolan,G/Stirling 2002/
CBM 89 ext (45)}) (14. Ng3 Nf8 15. Re1 Bd7 {1-0 Lutz,D-Nies,P/Bad Homburg 2000/
EXT 2001 (74)} 16. Ne5 $14) (14. Rc1 Nf8 15. Bb1 $6 (15. Ng3 $5) 15... Bd7 16.
Ng3 Be8 17. Qe2 Bg6 $11 {0-1 Gomila Pons,A-Dimitrov,V/Foment 1995/EXT 97 (43)})
(14. Bc2 Nf8 15. Nc1 Bd7 16. Nd3 Be8 17. Nfe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 {1/2-1/2
Hermansen,R-Watson,J/USA 1996/EXT 2001 (18)}) (14. Qd2 Nf8 15. Rae1 Bd7 16. Qe3
Ng6 17. Bxg6 Qxg6 18. Nf4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Rac8 20. Re3 Qf6 21. Qg3 Be8 22. Rfe1
Bf7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Savon,V-Tibensky,R/Pila 1992/EXT 97 (92)}) 14... Nf8 15. Ng3
Bd7 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qh4 18. Qb3 b6 19. Rac1 Ne7 20. Bb4 Rac8 21. Bd6 $14
{1/2-1/2 Lalau,A-Lamb,H/Feignies 2000/EXT 2003 (69)}) (13... Qf7 14. Qd2 e5 15.
dxe5 Ndxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bc2 Be6 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nd4 Bg4 20. h3 Qf4 21.
Qxf4 Rxf4 22. hxg4 Rxd4 23. Bb3 Kh8 {1/2-1/2 Palacin Martin,R-Scavo,F/Vila de
Poblenou, Barcelona 2001/EXT 2002 (23)}) 14. Ng3 Rd8 15. Qe2 (15. Re1 $5 Rf8
16. Qe2 $14) 15... Nf8 $2 (15... e5 {war vonnöten, um eine Blockade im Zentrum
zu verhindern, z.B.} 16. dxe5 Ndxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Nh5 Qd6 20.
Rfe1 Re8 21. Qd2 Bg4 22. Ng3 $14) 16. Ne5 $1 $16 Qh4 17. f4 Bd7 18. a3 Be8 19.
Rae1 Rac8 20. Qe3 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Qg5 22. Qf3 (22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. Ne2 $16) 22...
Ng6 (22... Bg6 23. Bxg6 Qxg6 24. Ne2 Rd7 25. Nf4 Qe8 26. Qg4 Rdc7 27. Re3 $16 {
[%cal Ge3f3]}) 23. Ne2 Rd7 24. Qh3 Re7 25. Rf2 Qh4 26. Qe3 Rf7 27. g3 Qg5 (
27... Qg4 28. Ref1 Nge7 29. Rf4 Rxf4 30. Nxf4 $16) 28. Qxg5 $16 hxg5 29. Bd2
Rxf2 30. Kxf2 g4 31. Ke3 Nce7 32. Rc1 Rxc1 33. Nxc1 Bb5 $2 (33... Nf5+ 34. Bxf5
exf5 {war viel zäher und möglicherweise sogar remis.}) 34. Bc2 Bc4 $6 35. Bb4
Kf7 $6 (35... Nf5+ {was more tenacious. war besser.}) 36. b3 Bb5 (36... Bb5 37.
a4 Bf1 (37... Nc6 38. Bc5 Bf1 39. Bd1 Bh3 40. Nd3 Nge7 41. Nf2 Nf5+ 42. Kd3 Nh6
43. Be2 Nb8 44. Kc3 Nc6 45. b4 $18) (37... Bd7 38. Bd1 Nf5+ 39. Kd3 Nh6 40. Bd2
$18) 38. Kf2 Bh3 39. Bxg6+ Nxg6 40. a5 Nh8 41. Nd3 Kg6 42. Nc5 Kf5 43. Nxb7 $18
) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.15"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Holzke, Frank"]
[Black "Zumsande, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4
8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 h6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Bc2 Rf7 14. Qd2
Nf8 15. a3 Bd7 16. Ng5 $5 Re7 (16... hxg5 17. Bxg5 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4
Qxf4 20. Rad1 Rc8 21. Rfe1 $14) 17. f4 Be8 (17... hxg5 $2 18. fxg5 $18) 18. f5
$2 {diese Neuerung erweist sich als überscharf.} (18. Nf3 Bg6 19. Ba4 Rc7 20.
Ne5 Rac8 21. Nc3 Qd8 22. Nb5 Re7 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 $14 {1-0 Hamdouchi,H-Zhang
Pengxiang/Cap d'Agde 2000/CBM 80/[Bangiev] (57). (56)}) 18... hxg5 19. Bxg5 Qf7
20. f6 $6 (20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. fxe6 Nxe6 22. Qd3 Qh4 $17) 20... Rc7 21. fxg7 Qxg7
22. Bh6 Qg4 23. Rf3 Bg6 24. Bf4 $6 (24. h3 Qh5 25. g4 Qh4 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 28. Bxg6 Qxh3 29. Bh5 Rg7 $17) 24... Bxf4 $6 {macht den weißen
Angriff schneller, weil es den Springer nach f4 befördert.} (24... Ne5 $1 25.
Bxe5 (25. Rg3 Rxc2 $19) 25... Rxc2 26. Qe3 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Qe4 $19) 25. Nxf4 Ne5
$6 (25... Nxd4 $5 26. Qxd4 Rxc2 27. Qf6 e5 28. Rg3 Qxg3 29. hxg3 exf4 $17) 26.
Rg3 $2 (26. dxe5 Rxc2 27. Qe3 {mit sehr unklaren Verwicklungen scheint mir
besser zu sein, z.B.} d4 28. Qb3 d3 29. Raf1 d2 30. h3 Qg5 31. Nxe6 Nxe6 32.
Qxe6+ $13) 26... Rxc2 $19 27. Rxg4 Rxd2 28. dxe5 Kh7 29. Rc1 Rc2 30. Rf1 Bf5 $2
(30... Rxb2 31. Rh4+ Kg7 32. Rg4 Rc8 33. h4 Kh6 34. Nxg6 Nxg6 35. Rf6 Rg8 36.
Rxe6 Rb6 $19) 31. Rh4+ Kg8 $2 (31... Kg7 $1 32. Nh5+ Kg8 33. Nf6+ Kf7 34. Nxd5
exd5 35. Rxf5+ Ke6 $17) 32. Nxd5 $1 exd5 (32... Rd8 $5 33. Ne7+ Kf7 34. Nxf5
exf5 35. Rxf5+ Ke6 36. Rf1 Kxe5 37. Rh8 Ne6 $15 {/-/+}) 33. Rxf5 Rc7 (33...
Rxb2 $2 34. Rg4+ Kh8 35. Rh4+ $11) 34. e6 Nxe6 35. Rg4+ Rg7 (35... Ng7 $5 36.
Rxd5 Re8 $15 {/-/+}) 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Rxd5 Rf8 $6 (37... Kf6 38. Rd7 b5 {
bot bessere Gewinnchancen.}) 38. Rd7+ Rf7 39. Rxf7+ Kxf7 40. Kf2 Nc5 (40... Nf4
$1 {[%csl Rb2,Rg2][%cal Rf4d3] (Hecht) beinhaltet wegen des Angriffs auf g2
mehr Möglichkeiten. Ich stelle einige denkbare Angriffsvariationen vor, bei
denen allein der Springer auf Bauernjagd geht und die eigenen Bauern hinten
bleiben.} 41. b3 (41. b4 {Hecht} Nd3+ 42. Ke2 {[%csl Ge1]} Nb2 43. h4 Nc4 44.
a4 Nb6 45. a5 Nd5 46. b5 Nc3+) (41. Kf3 {Hecht} Nd3 42. b3 Ne1+ 43. Kf2 Nc2 44.
a4 Nd4 45. b4 Kf6) 41... Nd3+ 42. Ke3 Ne1 43. g4 Nc2+ 44. Ke4 Nxa3) 41. Ke3 Ke6
42. h4 Ke5 43. h5 Ne6 44. h6 Ng5 45. Kd3 {[%mdl 4096]} Kd5 {Schwarz kann nicht
gewinnen, weil der Springer den Damenflügel alleine nicht zusammenhalten kann,
z.B.} (45... Kf5 46. Kd4 Kg6 47. Kd5 Kxh6 48. Kd6 Ne4+ 49. Kc7 Nc5 50. Kb8 (50.
b4 $2 b6 51. Kb8 Na4 52. Kxa7 b5 53. Ka6 Nc3 54. Kb6 Kg5 55. Kc5 Kf4 56. Kd4
Nb1 57. a4 bxa4 58. Kd3 Na3 $19 (58... a3 $2 59. Kc2 Nd2 (59... a2 60. Kb2 Nc3
$11) 60. b5 Nc4 61. Kb3 Ke5 62. g4 $11)) 50... a5 51. b4 b6 52. Ka7 axb4 53.
axb4 Na4 54. Ka6 $11) 46. Ke3 Ke5 47. Kd3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. g3 g5 15.
Nh5 Bd7 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Rad1 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nc5 20. Bb1 Bxh5 21.
Qxh5 Qe7 22. Rd4 Nd7 23. Re1 Rf7 24. Rg4 Rg8 25. Re2 a6 26. Kg2 Rgg7 27. Qh6
Rg8 28. h4 gxh4 29. Rxh4 Nf8 30. Re3 Rgg7 31. Rc3 Qd8 32. Qh5 Kg8 33. Rg4 Qb6
34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Qe2 Ng6 36. Rc8 Rf8 37. Rc3 Rf7 38. Bxg6 hxg6 39. Rc8 Qb4
40. Re8 Re7 41. Rd8 Qa5 42. Rc8 Qa4 43. Qe3 Rf7 44. a3 Qd7 45. Rc2 Qd8 46. Rd2
Rf5 47. Rd1 Qg5 48. Qxg5 Rxg5 49. f4 Rf5 50. Rc1 g5 51. Kf3 gxf4 52. gxf4 Rf7
53. Ke3 Kg8 54. Rc8+ Rf8 55. Rc3 Kg7 56. Rb3 Rf7 57. Rb6 Re7 58. f5 exf5 59.
Kf4 Kf8 60. Kxf5 {Ist das Ergebnis 0-1 richtig?} 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Belozerov, Andrei"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Rb8 8. O-O
b5 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nf1 b4 11. c4 $5 {[%mdl 8] eine superscharfe Neuerung, mit
der Belozerov den weißen Entwicklungsvorsprung zur Geltung bringen und in
Druck im Zentrum und am Königsflügel umsetzen will.} (11. g4 $6 Qb6 12. Bc2 h5
13. h3 Ba6 14. Ng3 hxg4 15. hxg4 bxc3 16. bxc3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. Bb1 g6 $15
{0-1 Loew,G-Vaganian,R/Germany 1994/GER-chT (34). (34)}) (11. Ng3 $5 bxc3 12.
bxc3 Qa5 13. Bd2 c4 14. Bc2 O-O 15. Bg5 f6 (15... Qxc3 $2 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Qh5 Qd3 20. N3e4 $18) 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Ne5 $14 {
1-0 Rapp,J-Wroblewski,P/IECG Email 2001/MegaCorr3 (29)}) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4
cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ndxe5 (13... Ncxe5 $5 14. Bb5 (14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qb6 $13)
14... Bc5 15. Be3 (15. Rxe5 $2 {is met by wird mit} Rxb5 {beantwortet.}) 15...
Qb6 16. Bxd7+ Bxd7 17. Nf5 O-O $13) 14. Bf4 Nxc4 15. Nxc6 Qxd1 16. Rexd1 Rb6 (
16... Rb7 17. Rac1 Nb6 (17... Nxb2 $2 18. Na5 $16) 18. Nxe7 Kxe7 19. Bd6+ Kf6
20. Bxb4 Nd5 $11) 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Rac1 Ba6 $2 (18... Rc6 {was called for:
war vonnöten:} 19. b3 Nb2 (19... Na5 $2 20. Bd2 Rxc1 21. Bxb4+ Kf6 22. Rxc1 Nb7
23. Rc6 Rd8 24. Ne3 $16) 20. Rd4 e5 21. Re1 Be6 22. Bxe5 f6 23. Bg3 Rd8 24.
Rxb4 Rd7 $14) 19. b3 e5 20. Bg3 Nd6 $2 (20... Nb2 21. Rc7+ Ke6 22. Rdd7 f6 $14
{/+/-}) 21. Ne3 (21. Bxe5 $5) 21... Ke6 22. Nd5 $1 Bb7 (22... Rb7 23. Nc7+ Rxc7
24. Rxc7 $16) 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Rc7 Bd5 25. Re1 f6 $2 (25... Ne4 $16 {war
zäher.}) 26. Rxg7 Ra8 27. Rxh7 Rxa2 28. Rh4 e4 (28... Ne4 29. f3 Nxg3 30. hxg3
e4 31. Rhxe4+ $18) 29. f3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Holzke, Frank"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rc1 Ng4 14. Ng3 Bd7 15.
Nd2 $5 {[%cal Gd2b3,Gb3c5][%mdl 8] leitet einen sehr interessanten Plan ein,
der dazu dient, den wichtigen schwarzen Läufer d6 zu tauschen.} (15. Bd2 Nf6
16. Bc3 Bf4 17. Rc2 Qb6 18. Ne5 $14 {1-0 Myo Naing-Temirbaev,S/Kuala Lumpur
1993/EXT 98 (58). (57)}) (15. Bb1 Bf4 16. Qd3 g6 17. Rc3 Rae8 $11 {/+/= 0-1
Karlsson,B-Short,N/Vestmannaeyjum 1985/MCL (40)}) (15. Qc2 h6 16. Bd2 Qb6 17.
Bc3 Nb4 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. Qe2 Rac8 $11 {49-move. 1/2-1/2 Dervishi,E-Williams,S/
Menorca 1996/Juniors (28)}) 15... Nf6 (15... e5 {ist möglicherweise der
kritische Test, z.B.} 16. Qb3 Be6 17. h3 Nf6 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Nf3 $11 {/+/=})
16. Nb3 Rae8 (16... e5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Nc5 $14) 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Qd6 19.
Bc2 Nb4 (19... e5 $2 20. Bxf6 Nxd4 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 23. Bb3 Qxb3 24.
axb3 Rf4 25. Re1 $18) (19... b6 $6 20. Rc3 e5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23.
Bb3 Rd6 24. Re3 $36) 20. Bb1 e5 21. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Nc6 $2 (
23... Rf7 $142 $14) 24. Qg4+ Kh8 {[%tqu "De","Weiß zieht und gewinnt","","",
"f5h7","",7]} 25. Bxh7 $3 $18 {[%mdl 640] ein mächtiger Schlag ins Kontor!} Re7
26. Bg6 f5 (26... Nxd4 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Rc3 $18) 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Rc3 Rg7 (
28... f4 29. Rh3 Qf6 30. dxe5 Nxe5 31. Bh7+ Kg7 32. Be4 Rfe8 33. Bxd5 $18) 29.
Rg3 Rf6 (29... f4 $2 30. Bh7+ Kh8 31. Bf5+ Kg8 32. Qh7+ Kf7 33. Rxg7+ $18) 30.
dxe5 Qxe5 (30... Nxe5 31. Bxf5 Rxg3 32. hxg3 $18) 31. Re3 Qd6 32. Bxf5 Ne7 (
32... Nd4 33. Re8+ Rf8 34. Rfe1 Nxf5 35. Rxf8+ Qxf8 36. Re8 $18) 33. Qe8+ Rf8
34. Be6+ $1 Qxe6 35. Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. Rxe6 Nc6 37. Rd6 d4 38. Re1 Rg5 39. Rd7 b5
40. b3 a5 41. f4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nevostrujev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kosyrev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. Nf4 Nxd4 10. Qh5+ Ke7 11. exf6+ Nxf6 12. Ng6+ hxg6 13. Qxh8 Kf7 14. Qh4
e5 15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Bg5 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 d4 $5 $146 (
19... Rc8 20. Kg2 Rc4 $6 21. Qh3 Kg6 22. Bxf6 Kxf6 23. Rhc1 Qc5 24. Rxc4 Qxc4
25. Rg1 $14 {1-0 Yandemirov,V-Kislov,M/Warsaw 1993/TD 93\04 (42). (41)}) (19...
g6 20. Bxf6 (20. Rc1 Nh5 21. f4 e4 22. Qh3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sanz Alonso,F-Ulibin,M/
Ibercaja op 1992/TD 92\04 (45)}) 20... Qa6+ 21. Kg2 Qxf6 22. Qa4 $5 (22. Qxf6+
$6 Kxf6 23. Rac1 Bd6 24. Rhd1 Ke6 25. Rd3 g5 26. Rdc3 Kd7 27. Rd3 (27. Rb3 b6
28. Rd3 d4 29. h4 gxh4 30. f4 Rg8+ $17 {0-1 Van der Wiel,J-Timman,J/Brussels
1986/CBM 01 (55)}) 27... Ke6 28. Rdc3 Kd7 29. Rd3 d4 (29... Ke6 $5) 30. h4 Be7
$6 (30... gxh4 $5) 31. hxg5 Bxg5 32. Rh1 $132 {1-0 Yandemirov,V-Volkov,S/
RUS-sf Kazan 1995/EXP 49 (71)}) 22... Qc6 $5 (22... Qe6 $6 23. Rac1 (23. Rad1
b6 24. Rhe1 $36 {1-0 Miroshnichenko,E-Nosenko,A/Ordzhonikidze 2001/CBM 86 (30)}
) 23... Bd6 24. Qb5 $36 {1-0 Balabaev,F-Wiley,T/Olomouc CZE 2001/The Week in
Chess 354 (36)}) 23. Qb3 Bc5 $5 (23... Bh6 $6 24. Rhd1 Rd8 25. Rd3 Kf6 26. Rc3
Qd7 27. Rc5 b6 28. Rb5 Bf8 29. a4 Bc5 30. a5 d4 31. axb6 axb6 32. Ra6 Qc7 33.
Rbxb6+ (33. Qc4 $36 {1-0 Belov,V-Kosyrev,V/St Petersburg RUS 2001/The Week in
Chess (39)}) 33... Bxb6 34. Rxb6+ Rd6 35. Rb7 Qd8 {0-1 Belov,V-Smikovski,I/
Berlin 1998/CBM Extra 66 (64)} 36. Qf7+ Kg5 37. Qh7 $40) 24. Rhe1 (24. Rac1 b6
25. Rhe1 Kf6 {1/2-1/2 Brodsky,M-Gleizerov,E/Port Erin 2001/CBM 84 ext (25)})
24... Kf6 25. Rac1 b6 26. Qe3 Qd6 27. Qh6 a5 $13 {0-1 Ghane,S-Gleizerov,E/Abu
Dhabi UAE 2002/The Week in Chess 406 (50)}) (19... Be7 $5 20. Kg2 Rd8 (20...
Rc8 $6 21. Rac1 Rc6 22. Rhe1 (22. Rxc6 {1/2-1/2 Schlemmermeyer,W-Meyer,P/
BL8485 1985/BL 80 (22)}) 22... d4 23. Qh3 g6 $6 24. Qh8 Qd5 25. Bh6 Ke6 26. Qg7
Qd8 $2 27. Rxc6+ bxc6 28. Qxg6 Qg8 29. Qxg8+ Nxg8 30. Bf4 Bf6 31. Bxe5 $1 Bxe5
32. f4 {1-0 Blauert,J-Foerster,A/BL2-N 1988/BL2 (32)}) 21. Rhe1 d4 22. Rac1 d3
23. Qc4+ Qd5 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Kf1 {1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Kindermann,S/Baden-Baden
Hofmann Cup 1995/EXT 95 (25)}) 20. Rc1 (20. Bxf6 Qa6+ 21. Kg2 Qxf6 $44) 20...
Be7 21. Kg2 Rd8 22. b4 $5 Qb6 (22... Bxb4 $2 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rc7+ Ke6 25. Qh7
$40) (22... Qxb4 $6 23. Rb1 {[%cal Gb1b7] aktiviert den weißen Turm.}) 23. Rhd1
Bd6 $2 (23... Ke6 $142 $13) 24. f4 $1 e4 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qh3 Qb5 $2 (26...
Bxf4 27. Rc5 Qe6 (27... Qxb4 $2 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Rdc1 $16) 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29.
Qxf5 Qxf5 30. Rxf5 Be5 31. f4 exf3+ 32. Rxf3 $14 {/+/-}) 27. Qh5+ $6 (27. Rxd4
$5 Ke7 28. a4 Qd7 29. Rcd1 $18) 27... Kg7 $2 (27... Ke6 28. Rxd4 Rg8+ 29. Kh1
Bxf4 30. Rxe4+ Be5 31. Qh3 Qd5 32. Rce1 Rc8 33. Kg1 Rg8+ 34. Kf1 $16) 28. Kh1
$1 $18 {es folgt ein typischer Überfall auf der g-Linie} Bxf4 29. Rg1+ Bg5 (
29... Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Rg7+ Ke6 32. Qxd8 $18) 30. Rxg5+ (30. Rxg5+ fxg5 31.
Qxg5+ Kf7 32. Qxd8 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kosyrev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Qc2 h6 15.
Bg6 Rxf3 $5 {Dieses Qualitätsopfer wird zur Zeit heiß diskutiert. Es sieht so
aus, als würde Schwarz bei genauem Spiel genügend Kompensation erlangen.} 16.
gxf3 (16. Bxh5 Rf8 (16... Rf5 $5 17. Bg6 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Bd6 19. Bxf5 exf5 $13 {
0-1 Kharkovsky,D-Polovnikov,G/Novosibirsk RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 352 (52)})
17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Bd7 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. Qd2 $11 {/+/= 1/2-1/2 Bryzgalin,
K-Bagirov,R/Krasnodar RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 393 (63)}) 16... Bxh2+ 17. Kh1
Nf4 18. Ng3 (18. Kxh2 Nxg6+ 19. Bg3 Qf7 20. f4 Nge7 21. Rh1 Nf5 22. Rad1 Bd7
23. Kg2 Be8 24. Qd2 Qf6 25. f3 {1/2-1/2 Jankovskis,G-Szczepanski,O/Porz 1993/
EXT 93op (25)}) 18... Bxg3 $5 (18... Qb6 19. Rac1 (19. Nh5 $6 Nxh5 (19... Qxd4
$5 20. Rad1 Qb4 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Nxg7 $6 Nd3 $13 {1-0 Druzhinina,O-Ivkina,O/
Vladimir RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 384 (34)} (22... Nh5 $5)) (19... e5 $5) 20.
Bxh5 Qxd4 21. Qg6 Bd7 22. Qf7+ Kh8 23. Bg3 Bxg3 24. fxg3 Ne5 25. Qe7 Rc8 26.
Rae1 Rc2 27. f4 Qxb2 28. Qh4 Nc6 29. Rb1 Qc3 30. Bg6 Rb2 31. Rxb2 Qxb2 32. Rb1
Qa3 33. Rxb7 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Qd1+ {1/2-1/2 Iuldachev,S-Bagirov,R/Abu Dhabi UAE
2002/The Week in Chess 406 (34)}) (19. Rad1 Nxd4 20. Qa4 (20. Rxd4 $2 Qxd4 21.
Bh7+ Kh8 22. Kxh2 g5 23. Qc7 Qg7 {0-1 Aagaard,J-Gleizerov,E/Hoogeveen 2000/CBM
78 ext (23)}) 20... Nxg6 (20... Bd7 $5) 21. Qe8+ (21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxg3
23. Bxg3 Bd7 $44 {1/2-1/2 Suran,J-Chytilek,R/CZE 2001/The Week in Chess 357 
(30)}) 21... Kh7 $2 (21... Nf8 $142 22. Nh5 Be5 $13 (22... Nf5 $13)) 22. Nh5 $1
$18 Be5 (22... Nf5 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Qf7+ Ng7 25. Rg1 Qc7 26. Qxg6+ Kg8 27.
Bxf6 Bxg1 28. Rxg1 Qf7 29. Qxh6 $18) (22... Qc7 23. Rg1 Bxg1 24. Rxg1 Nf8 25.
Nf6+ gxf6 26. Qxf8 $18) 23. Rg1 Nf4 (23... Nf5 24. Qxg6+ Kg8 25. Rde1 Bxb2 26.
Bf6 Qxf2 27. Ref1 $18) 24. Nxf4 Nxf3 25. Ng6 Qc6 26. Qh8# {1-0 Iuldachev,
S-Gleizerov,E/Abu Dhabi UAE 2002/The Week in Chess 406 (26)}) 19... Bd7 20.
Kxh2 Nxd4 21. Qc7 Nxf3+ 22. Kh1 Nxg6 23. Qxd7 Ngxh4 (23... Nf8 $6 24. Qa4 Ng6 (
24... g5 25. Bxg5 Nxg5 26. Qh4 Qxb2 27. f4 $36) 25. Be7 Nxe7 26. Qa3 $14 {
[%cal Ga3e7,Ga3f3] /+/- 1/2-1/2 Morovic Fernandez,I-Strugatsky,V/Philadelphia
USA 2002/The Week in Chess 401 (54)}) 24. Rc7 $44 {1-0 Naiditsch,
A-Kalinitschew,S/Altenkirchen GER 2001/The Week in Chess 370 (46)}) (18... Nxg6
$6 19. Qxg6 Bxg3 20. Bxg3 Qe7 (20... Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rac1 $36 {1-0
Belozerov,A-Lependin,A/Novosibirsk 2001/CBM 82 ext (60)}) (20... Qb6 21. Rad1
Bd7 22. Rg1 Qd8 23. Be5 $40 {1-0 Panzalovic,S-Dittmar,P/BL2-S 1993/BL2 (52)})
21. Rg1 Nxd4 22. Bd6 Qh4+ 23. Bh2 Qe7 24. Be5 Qh4+ 25. Bh2 Qe7 26. Qh5 $40 Nf5
27. Be5 Bd7 28. Rxg7+ Nxg7 29. Rg1 Rf8 30. Bxg7 Qxg7 31. Qxh6 Qxg1+ 32. Kxg1
Rf5 33. Qe3 a6 34. f4 $16 {1-0 Oral,T-Hagara,E/Pardubice CZE 2000/The Week in
Chess 299 (47)}) (18... Qd6 19. Rad1 e5 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. dxe5 (21. Rfe1 $6 g5
22. dxe5 Qe7 23. e6 Qxh7 (23... Bxe6 $5 {e.g. z.B.} 24. Kxh2 Qxh7 25. Qxh7+
Kxh7 26. Ne2 Nxe2 27. Rxe2 Bf7 28. Bg3 d4) 24. e7 {1/2-1/2 Potkin,V-Iljushin,A/
Krasnodar RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 408 (24)} Be6 $1 (24... Qxc2 $2 25. e8=Q+
Kg7 26. Re7+ Nxe7 27. Qxe7+ Kg6 28. Qe8+ Kf6 29. Qf8+ Ke5 30. Re1+ Kd4 31. Qb4+
Qc4 32. Qe7 $11) 25. Qxh7+ (25. Qc3+ Kg8 26. Kxh2 gxh4 27. Nh5 Nxh5 28. Rxe6
Re8 $17) 25... Kxh7 26. Kxh2 gxh4 27. Ne2 Nxe2 28. Rxe2 Bf7 $17) 21... Nxe5 22.
Rfe1 Bh3 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Kxh2 g5 25. Bf5 {1-0 Oral,T-O'Connor,J/Panormo 2001/
CBM 84 ext (41)} Bxf5 26. Qxf5 $11) 19. fxg3 (19. Bxg3 Bd7 20. Qd2 Rf8 21. Rac1
Rf6 $44 {0-1 Altgelt,A-Stamenkovic,Z/Sofia 1994/TD 94\01 (40). (40)}) (19. Bh7+
Kh8 20. fxg3 Nh5 $2 (20... g5 21. gxf4 gxh4 22. Bd3 Qxf4 23. Qg2 Qg3 $13) (
20... Qf7 $5) 21. f4 $16 {1-0 Yemelin,V-Sambuev,B/St Petersburg 2001/CBM 82
ext (33)}) 19... Nxg6 20. Qxg6 Nxd4 21. Rac1 Nc6 22. b4 Qd7 23. Bf6 a6 24. a4
Kf8 $6 {danach erhält Weiß aufgrund seiner besseren Entwicklung und der
ungleichfarbigen Läufer einen sehr gefährlichen Angriff.} (24... Qf7 25. Qxf7+
Kxf7 26. Bc3 Bd7 $11 {/+/=}) 25. b5 Na5 26. Be5 Nc4 27. Rxc4 (27. f4 $5) 27...
dxc4 28. Qh7 (28. b6 $5 {sieht sehr verlockend aus, z.B.} Qf7 29. Qe4 Qh5+ 30.
Kg2 Qg5 31. Rd1 Ke8 32. Qd4 $36 {Wie soll Schwarz sich aus dieser Umklammerung
befreien?}) 28... Qf7 $1 29. Bd6+ $5 (29. Kg2 b6 30. Rd1 Bb7 31. Bd6+ Ke8 32.
Qh8+ Kd7 33. Bb4+ Kc7 34. Bd6+ Kd7 $11) (29. b6 $4 Qh5+ 30. Kg2 Qxe5 $19) 29...
Ke8 30. Qh8+ Kd7 31. Bb8 $1 {[%mdl 640] ein sehr hübscher Angriffszug!} Qh5+
32. Kg2 Rxb8 33. Rd1+ Ke7 34. Qd8+ Kf7 35. Qc7+ Kg6 36. Qxb8 Qf5 37. Qf4 $6 ({
Warum nicht} 37. Rd8 $5 {z.B.} Qc2+ 38. Kf1 Qc1+ 39. Ke2 Qb2+ 40. Rd2 c3 41.
Rxb2 cxb2 42. Qxc8 b1=Q 43. Qxe6+ $14 {/+/-}) 37... axb5 38. axb5 (38. Rd8 $2 {
is answered by wird mit} e5 {beantwortet.}) 38... Qxb5 (38... Qxf4 39. gxf4 e5
$11 (39... c3 $4 40. Rd8 $18)) 39. Qe4+ Kf7 40. Qf4+ ({Mit} 40. Rc1 {konnte
Weiß noch weiterspielen, da der gefährliche c-Bauer fällt.}) 40... Kg6 41. Qe4+
Kf7 42. Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.02.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Marciano, David"]
[Black "Nguyen, Chi Minh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Monaco"]
[BlackTeam "Noyon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 f6 8. Nf4
Qe7 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 fxe5 11. Nxe5 (11. Ng6 $6 hxg6 12. Bxg6+ Kd8 13. Bg5
Nf6 14. dxe5 Qb4+ 15. Kf1 Be7 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Be3 (17. Bd2 $6 Qg4 18. Bd3 Bd6
19. Be2 Qg8 20. Bc3 Ke7 21. Qb3 e5 $15 {0-1 Nightingale,C-Sutherland,M/corr
1950/MegaCorr2 (32)}) 17... Qg4 18. Bd3 Rg8 19. g3 Qh3+ 20. Kg1 Bd7 $13 {
1-0 Euwe,M-Kramer,H/Leeuwarden 1940/HCL (54)}) 11... Ncxe5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 $6 {
dieser Bauernraub wirkt angesichts des schwarzen Entwicklungsrückstandes sehr
riskant.} (12... g6 $5) 13. Qh5+ Nf7 14. O-O g6 (14... Bd7 15. Re1 O-O-O $6 16.
Nxd5 Qe8 17. Bf4 Bc6 $2 18. Rac1 {1-0 Metral,J-Lucas,B/Picardie-03ch p 1989/
MegaCorr2 (18)}) (14... g5 15. Nh3 h6 16. f4 gxf4 17. Rxf4 Rg8 18. Bg6 $36 {
1-0 Ruiz Beso-Andani Castro,J/corr 1987/MegaCorr2 (24)}) 15. Bb5+ (15. Qe2 $5
Bd7 (15... Bg7 $6 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Bd2 a6 $2 18. Nxd5 Qd8 (18... exd5 19. Bb4
$18) 19. Bb4+ Nd6 20. Rad1 $18 {1-0 Lastin,A-Borovikov,V/Marganets 1999/EXT
2001 (26)}) 16. Re1 O-O-O 17. Be3 Kb8 $6 18. Nxd5 $16 {1-0 Kauranen,R-Stransky,
E/corr ICCF 1984/MegaCorr2 (38)}) 15... Bd7 16. Qe2 (16. Bxd7+ $5 Qxd7 17. Qh3
e5 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Nxd5 Kc6 20. Nc3 Bc5 21. Be3 $14 {1-0 Wahls,M-Masserey,Y/
Biel 1994/CBM 43 (30). (29)}) 16... Bxb5 17. Qxb5+ Qd7 18. Nxe6 Qxb5 19. Nc7+
Kd7 20. Nxb5 $11 Bg7 21. Rd1 a6 22. Nd4 (22. Nc3 $6 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Kc6 24. Be3
Nd6 $15) 22... Nd6 23. Ne2 Rae8 24. Kf1 Kc6 25. Nd4+ Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Nf5 27. Rd3
Rhf8 $6 (27... Re4 $11) 28. g4 $1 $14 Nh4 29. Be3 Re4 30. Rc1+ Rc4 31. Rcd1 Nf3
32. h3 Rd8 33. Kg2 Ne5 34. R3d2 h5 $2 (34... Re4 35. Rc2+ Rc4 36. Re2 d4 37.
Bxd4 Rdxd4 38. Rxd4 Rxd4 39. Rxe5 Rd2 $132) 35. Bd4 Re8 $2 (35... Nd7 36. b3
Rb4 37. Re1 $16) 36. b3 $18 {[%cal Gd2e2,Ge2e8]} Rb4 37. Re2 hxg4 38. Bxe5
gxh3+ 39. Kxh3 d4 40. f4 g5 41. fxg5 Re6 42. Rd3 Kd5 43. a3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.24"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Watzka, Horst"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Graz Merkur"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Qc1 Ng5
15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Ne2 Qf6 $5 {Schwarz braucht die Dame für sein Gegenspiel.}
17. Qe3 Bd7 {Es handelt sich hierbei um eines der prinzipiellen Abspiele der
Tarraschvariante. Wie schwach ist der rückständige Bauer e6, der im Franzosen
so häufig entsteht? Es zeigt sich, dass Schwarz durch Druck gegen d4, die
Möglichkeit e6-e5 und Spiel auf der halboffenen f- sowie ggf der c-Linie
genügend Gegenspiel erhält, um die Lage mehr oder weniger im Gleichgewicht zu
halten (jedenfalls scheint das der aktuelle Stand der Theorie zu sein).} 18.
Bb5 (18. Rac1 Rac8 (18... Be8 19. Rfd1 Kh8 20. f3 a6 21. Bc2 Rd8 {1/2-1/2
Godena,M-Tatai,S/Chianciano 1989/EXT 89ch2 (21)}) 19. a3 a6 (19... Be8 20. Rfe1
Bh5 21. f3 a6 22. Rc5 Rfe8 23. Rec1 e5 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. Qf4 Qe7 26. Nd4 Rf8
27. Nxc6 bxc6 28. Qd2 Rg5 29. f4 Rg4 30. Rxc6 Rgxf4 31. Rc8 Qa7+ {1/2-1/2
Kozhevin,S-Gleizerov,E/Podolsk 1993/TD 93\07 (31)}) 20. b4 Na7 21. Nc3 h6 22.
Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,I-Zueger,B/London 1991/TD 91\08 (54)}) (18. Rad1
Rac8 (18... Nb4 19. Nc3 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 b5 21. Rc1 b4 22. Nb1 Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Kudrin,S-Zueger,B/Bern 1988/CBM 08 (46)}) 19. Bb1 Be8 20. g3 (20. h3 Bf7 21.
Nf4 Rfe8 22. b3 e5 $11 {0-1 Dvoirys,S-Ulibin,M/Cheliabinsk 1990/EXT 90 (53)})
20... Bh5 21. f3 Rfe8 22. Nf4 Bf7 23. b3 e5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dvoirys,S-Ulibin,M/
Simferopol 1988/CBM 11 (43)}) 18... Nb8 (18... Rac8 $6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rfc1
Rfc8 21. Rxc6 Rxc6 22. Nc3 Rc4 23. Rd1 h6 24. h3 a6 25. Rd2 b5 26. a3 $14 {
1-0 Dautov,R-Bagirov,R/Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess 314 (43). (42)}) 19.
Bd3 (19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Rac1 Nb6 21. b3 Rac8 (21... Rf7 22. g3 g5 23. Rc3 Re8 $6
24. f4 Nc8 25. Qc1 $14 {0-1 Marjanovic,S-Apicella,M/Bucharest 2000/CBM 77 (57).
(57)}) 22. Rfe1 Kh8 23. g3 g5 24. Kg2 Rf7 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8 26. Nc1 Nd6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Berelovich,A-Volkov,S/St Petersburg RUS 1999 (96)}) 19... Nc6 20. Bb5 (
20. Rad1 Rac8 21. Nc3 Be8 22. Rfe1 Bf7 23. Bb5 Nd8 $5 24. Rc1 a6 25. Bd7 Rc4
26. Red1 Qe7 27. Ba4 Qd6 28. Bb3 Rc7 $11 {/+/= 0-1 Godena,M-De la Villa Garcia,
J/Saint Vincent ITA 1999 (50)}) 20... Rae8 {Apicella möchte weiterspielen.} 21.
f4 (21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Nc3 (22. f4 Bb5 $11) 22... e5 23. dxe5 Rxe5 (23... Qxe5
$5) 24. Qxa7 (24. Qd4 Rg5 25. Ne2 $11) 24... Rg5 25. f3 d4 26. Ne4 Rxg2+ 27.
Kxg2 Bxe4 $11) 21... Nb8 $1 (21... a6 $6 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Rf2 $14) 22. Bd3 Re7
23. Rae1 Nc6 24. Qd2 a6 25. h3 h5 {Apicella tritt einer weißen Expansion am
Königsflügel frühzeitig entgegen und plant h5-h4.} (25... Be8 {kam auch in
Betracht.}) 26. Qe3 h4 27. Bb1 Ref7 (27... Be8 $5 28. Qd3 Qf5 $11) 28. Kh2 Qh6
29. Rf3 Ne7 30. Bd3 Rf6 31. Rc1 Nc6 32. Rg1 Nb4 33. g4 hxg3+ (33... Nxd3 $4 34.
g5 $18) 34. Rfxg3 Nxd3 35. Qxd3 $6 (35. Rxg7+ Qxg7 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qxd3 Bb5
38. Qe3 Bxe2 39. Qxe2 $11) 35... Bb5 $6 (35... R8f7 36. Rg6 Bb5 37. Rxh6 Bxd3
38. Rxf6 Rxf6 39. Nc1 Be4 $15) 36. Rxg7+ $1 Qxg7 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Qe3 Bxe2
39. Qxe2 Rxf4 40. Qxe6 R4f5 41. a4 R8f6 42. Qd7+ Rf7 43. Qe6 Rf2+ $6 (43...
R7f6 $11) 44. Kg3 R2f6 45. Qxd5 Kh7 $6 (45... Rg6+ 46. Kh2 (46. Kh4 Rh6+ 47.
Kg3 Rg6+ $11) 46... Rf2+ 47. Kh1 Rf1+ $11) 46. Qh5+ Kg7 47. Qd5 $6 (47. Qe5
$142) 47... Kh7 $6 $14 {/+/- Weiß hätte sicherlich noch weiterspielen können.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alikhanov, Felix"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 g6 ({
The immediate Das sofortige} 7... Qb6 {is an important alternative. ist eine
wichtige Alternative.}) 8. h4 Qb6 9. h5 $5 {der prinzipielle Zug, um den
weißen Angriff am Königsflügel voranzubringen.} (9. Qa4 $6 Be7 10. O-O cxd4 $5
(10... O-O {1-0 Velimirovic,D-Drasko,M/Podgorica 1996/CBM 53/[Knaak] (36). (35)
}) 11. cxd4 Ndb8 $1 {"bringt Weiß in Schwierigkeiten; Verlust des Pd4 oder
Endspiel heißen die unerfreulichen Alternativen." (Knaak in CBM 53)}) (9. O-O
cxd4 (9... Bg7 $5) 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nf3 Qg4 13. Be3 Be7 14. g3
O-O 15. Be2 Bc5 16. Bf4 Qf5 17. Bd3 Qg4 18. Rc1 f6 19. Be2 Qf5 20. Bd3 {
1/2-1/2 Jankov,J-Stavrev,N/BLG-ch 1991/TD 91\08 (20)}) 9... g5 (9... Bg7 $6 {
with the idea mit der Idee} 10. Rh4 $1 cxd4 ({For} 10... gxh5 {see
Gallagher-Zueger, SUI-ch Leukerbad 2002 in this CBM issue. siehe
Gallagher-Zueger, SUI-ch Leukerbad 2002 in dieser CBM Ausgabe.}) 11. cxd4 g5 $2
{seems to be refuted: scheint widerlegt zu sein:} 12. Nxg5 Nxd4 13. h6 $1 Bxe5
(13... Nxe5 14. Nb3 $18) 14. Qh5 Nc5 (14... Rf8 15. Nxh7 Rg8 16. Ng5 $16 {
[%cal Gh6h8]}) 15. Bb1 Rf8 16. Nxh7 Qc7 17. Nxf8 Ncb3 18. Nxb3 Nxb3 19. axb3
Qxc1+ 20. Qd1 $18 {1-0 Zalkind,K-Sarkar,J/Witley 1999/CBM 71 ext (46)}) 10.
Nxg5 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 (11... h6 $6 12. Ngf3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qg4
15. g3 $14 Be7 $6 16. Bf4 Nc5 17. Be2 Bd7 18. Rc1 $16 {1-0 Degraeve,J-Hacat,K/
Ontario CAN 2002/The Week in Chess 406 (36)}) 12. Ndf3 (12. Qa4 $6 Qb4 (12...
Nc6 $5) 13. Qxb4 Bxb4 14. f4 $6 (14. Rh4 Nc6 15. f4 $13) 14... h6 15. Nh3 Nc5
16. Bb1 Bd7 $15 {0-1 Sanchez Naranjo,J-Moreno,J/Collado Villalba ESP 2000/The
Week in Chess 304 (26)}) 12... Bc5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] eine wichtige, neue Idee,
um die Variante aus schwarzer Sicht wieder attraktiv zu machen. Allerdings
findet Weiß die kritische Fortsetzung nicht und gerät auf spektakuläre Weise
schnell ins Hintertreffen.} (12... Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Nc5 (13... h6 $6 14. O-O Qb4
15. Be3 Nc5 $6 (15... Qg4 $142) 16. Nd4 (16. Bd4 $5 $14) 16... Nxd3 17. Qxd3
$14 {1-0 Smirin,I-Gurevich,M/Dos Hermanas ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 338 (55).
(54)}) 14. Bc2 (14. O-O $5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 $14 h6 $2 16. Be3 $16 {1-0 Degraeve,
J-Brynell,S/Leon ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 367 (54)} Qxb2 $2 17. a3 Bd7 18.
Rfb1 $18) 14... Qb4+ (14... h6 $6 15. O-O Bd7 16. Re1 O-O-O 17. a3 Qa6 18. Nd4
$16 {1-0 Aarthie,R-Dhar,S/New Delhi IND 2001/The Week in Chess 344 (56)}) 15.
Kf1 (15. Qd2 Ne4 16. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 17. Ke2 b6 18. Nd4 $14) 15... Be7 16. Nd4 Bd7
17. a3 Qc4+ 18. Kg1 Ne4 19. Be3 Qc7 {0-1 Blees,A-Shaked,T/Wijk aan Zee 1998/
CBM 63 (38)} 20. f4 $14 {[%cal Gh1h3,Ga1c1]}) (12... h6 $6 {looks suspicious,
e.g. sieht sehr verdächtig aus, z.B.} 13. Nxd4 (13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Nxd4) 13...
hxg5 14. Bb5 Bc5 15. Be3) 13. Bxh7 $2 (13. O-O $5 {is critical: ist kritisch:}
Nc6 (13... h6 $6 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. b4 Qxb4 16. Rb1 $36 Qc3 $2 17. Bb2 $16) 14.
Qa4 h6 15. Nh3 $13) (13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. f4 h6 15. Nf3 Bxb2 16. Rb1 $13) 13...
Nxf3+ $15 14. Qxf3 Nxe5 15. Qf6 $2 {unterschätzt den folgenden Schlag.} (15.
Qe2 f6 16. Bc2 Qb4+ 17. Kf1 Bd7 $15) 15... Rxh7 $1 16. Nxh7 $2 (16. Qxe5 Bxf2+
17. Kd1 Bd4 18. Qe2 $17) 16... Bxf2+ 17. Kd1 $6 (17. Ke2 Qb5+ 18. Kxf2 Ng4+ 19.
Ke1 Nxf6 20. Nxf6+ Ke7 21. Rf1 Qb4+ 22. Ke2 b6 $19) 17... Qd4+ {Weiß wird nun
klassisch ausgekontert.} 18. Bd2 (18. Ke2 b6 $5 $19 (18... Qd3+ 19. Kxf2 Ng4+
$19)) (18. Kc2 $2 Qd3#) 18... Be3 19. Qh8+ Kd7 20. Nf6+ Kc6 (20... Ke7 $5 $19)
21. Rc1+ Nc4 22. Qe8+ Kb6 23. Qd8+ Ka6 24. Ne4 dxe4 $2 {An dieser Stelle
stimmt vermutlich etwas nicht. Lautet das Ergebnis wirklich 0-1 und nicht 1-0
? Oder war 24...e5 statt 24...dxe4 die Partiefortsetzung ?} (24... dxe4 $2 25.
Qxd4 Bxd4 26. Rxc4 $16) (24... e5 $1 25. Qf6+ b6 26. Rxc4 Bg4+ 27. Kc1 Qxc4+
28. Nc3 Bxd2+ 29. Kxd2 d4 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Karlsson, Agust Sindri"]
[Black "Lampen, Timo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Reykjavik Hellir"]
[BlackTeam "Joensuu"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Qb6 9. Nf3 f6 10. Nf4 $6 {ein selten gespielter Versuch, die Hauptvariante zu
umgehen (ohne die Einschaltung von 8...Db6 9.Sf3 wird Sf4 häufiger angewandt).}
fxe5 (10... Bb4+ $5 11. Kf1 Nd8 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Ne5 O-O 14. Nh5 Nc6 15. Nxf6+
Rxf6 16. Be3 Rf8 $2 (16... Bd6 $5) 17. Qh5 $1 $40 {0-1 Budde,U-Groenke,K/
Dortmund 1987/TD 87\03 (30)}) 11. Nxe6 $6 (11. dxe5 $1 Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Bb4+ 13.
Kf1 Nxe5 14. Qh5+ Nf7 15. Bxh7 {1-0 Vysochin,S-Socko,M/Barlinek POL 2002/The
Week in Chess 403 (33). (32)} (15. a3 $2 Bc5 16. g3 Bd7 17. Kg2 g6 18. Qe2 O-O
$15 {/-/+ 0-1 Borda,A-Martinez,M/Villa Giardino 2002/CBM 88 ext (41)}) 15... e5
16. Ng6 Bg4 17. Qxg4 Rxh7 $15) (11. Nxe5 $6 Ndxe5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qh5+ Nf7
14. Ng6 $4 hxg6 15. Qxh8 $2 Nxh8 {0-1 Kanonier,C-Schmid,M/Dornbirn op 1988/EXT
88op (15)}) 11... Nf6 $5 (11... e4 {wäre genauer zu untersuchen, z.B.} 12. Bf4
(12. Nfg5 exd3 13. Bf4 $13) 12... Nde5 $13 (12... exf3 $2 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. O-O
$13)) 12. dxe5 (12. Nxf8 e4 13. Nxh7 Nxh7 14. Qe2 O-O $17) 12... Ng4 13. Ned4
Bb4+ 14. Ke2 (14. Bd2 $2 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Qa4+ Kf7 17. Bxb4 Qxd3 $19)
14... Nxd4+ (14... Bc5 $5 15. Be3 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Nxd4+ 17. Nxd4 O-O $40) 15.
Nxd4 Nxf2 $2 (15... O-O 16. f3 (16. Be3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 (17. Kxe3 $2 Bc5 $19)
17... Bg4+ 18. Nf3 Rae8 $40) 16... Nxe5 17. Be3 Re8 18. Qb3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Bc5
20. Rhd1 Qxb2+ 21. Kf1 b6 $36) 16. Bb5+ $11 Qxb5+ 17. Nxb5 Nxd1 18. h3 Nf2 19.
Kxf2 O-O+ 20. Kg3 Bd7 $6 (20... Bf5 $142) 21. Nc7 Rac8 22. Nxd5 Bc5 23. Bf4 Bc6
24. Rhd1 Rcd8 25. Nc7 Bf2+ $5 {Schwarz hofft, in einem vereinfachten Endspiel
remis erreichen zu können.} 26. Kxf2 Rxf4+ 27. Kg3 Rfd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Ne6
$6 (29. e6 $142) 29... Rd2 30. Rf1 Rxg2+ 31. Kh4 h6 32. Rf8+ Kh7 33. Nd4 $6
Rxb2 $2 (33... Bd5 34. e6 Rd2 {hätte Schwarz Gewinnchancen gegeben.}) 34. e6
$11 Rb4 35. Rd8 $1 Kg6 36. Kg3 Kf6 37. Rf8+ Ke7 38. Rf7+ Kd6 39. Nxc6 bxc6 40.
Rxa7 Kxe6 41. Rxg7 c5 42. Rg6+ Kd5 43. Rxh6 c4 44. Kf3 Ra4 45. Ke3 Ra3+ 46. Kd2
Rxa2+ 47. Kc3 Ra3+ 48. Kc2 Rg3 49. Rh8 Kd4 50. Rd8+ Kc5 51. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bh4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. Nxg3 Qb6 18. Qb3 (18. Qd2 Bd7 (18... Ng4 19.
Rae1 Be6 20. h3 Nf6 21. Qe3 Qxe3 22. Rxe3 $14 {1-0 Renner,C-Martin,T/BL2-S
1994/BL2 (66)}) 19. Rfe1 $5 (19. Bf5 Rad8 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Rfe1 d4 $11 {
1-0 Del Rio Angelis,S-Alonso,R/Havana CUB 2002/The Week in Chess 393 (77)}) (
19. Rac1 Rad8 (19... Rac8 20. Bf5 $5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 g6 23. Ne7+
Kg7 24. Nc8 $1 $14 {Knaak. 1/2-1/2 Ghinda,M-Gdanski,J/Stara Zagora 1990/CBM 17/
[Knaak] (54) Ein ungewöhnliches Feld für den Springer.}) 20. h3 Kh8 21. Rfe1
$14 {1-0 Collinson,A-Mack,A/BCF-ch 1992/EXP 30 (46)}) (19. Rad1 Rad8 (19... Bb5
20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. Nf5 $14 {1-0 Joshi,G-Dhar,S/Calcutta 2000/CBM 74 ext (75)})
20. h3 Kh8 21. Rfe1 Bc6 22. Nf5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Radulov,I-Vaganian,R/Leningrad
1977/MCL 06 (24)}) 19... Rae8 20. h3 Bb5 (20... Rxe1+ $142 21. Rxe1 Re8 $11 {
(Gurevich)}) 21. Bc2 $5 Rxe1+ (21... Bc4 22. Nf5 $36) 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+
Bxe8 24. Bb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Gurevich,M/Haifa 1995/Inf 63/[Gurevich,M] 
(47)}) 18... Qxb3 19. axb3 $11 {/+/=} Bd7 20. f3 Ne8 (20... a6 21. Ne2 Rad8 22.
Nd4 Rfe8 23. Rac1 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. g4 g6 26. b4 Kf7 27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Kg3
Kd6 29. Kf4 Rf8 30. Kg5 $14 {1-0 Oral,T-Kristjansson,S/Reykjavik ISL 2000/The
Week in Chess 284 (69). (68)}) (20... a5 21. Rfc1 b6 22. Nf5 Rfe8 23. Rc7 Rac8
24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Kf2 Bd7 26. Rc1 g6 27. Nd4 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Bb5 Kf7 30.
Ke3 {1/2-1/2 Shmuter,L-Krays,A/Israel 1997/EXP 58 (30)}) 21. Ra5 Nf6 22. Rfa1
a6 23. Ne2 Rac8 $6 (23... Rae8 24. Nd4 Re3 25. Rd1 Rf7 $11 {/+/=}) 24. Nf4 Rc7
$6 25. b4 $1 (25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Be6 27. Rh5 g6 28. Re5 Bxb3 $11) 25... d4
26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd5 {die Stellung ist für Schwarz sehr unangenehm, z.B.} Bb5
$6 (27... Rf4 28. Be4 $5 (28. Re1 Kf7 29. Be4 Bc6 30. Rxd4 Bxe4 31. Rdxe4 Rxe4
32. Rxe4 Rc2 $11) (28. Rd1 Ba4 29. Rd2 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 Bc6 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Bxh7
Rc4 $14) 28... Bc6 29. Rc1 $14 {/+/-} (29. Rxd4 $6 Bxe4 30. fxe4 Rc2 31. Rf1
Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 b5 33. b3 Rb2 $11)) 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. Rxd4 $16 h6 30. Re1 Rfc8
31. h4 Kh7 32. Re5 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 R8c7 34. Rxb5 R1c2 35. h5 Rxb2 36. Re5 Rcc2 37.
Rg4 Rc7 38. Kh3 Rd2 39. Rf4 Rd8 40. Kg4 Rd2 41. g3 Rd8 42. Rfe4 Rd6 43. f4 Rd3
44. Re3 (44. Re7 $2 Rcc3 45. Rxb7 Rxg3+ 46. Kf5 Rh3 $14) 44... Rd4 45. R5e4
Rcc4 46. Re8 $2 (46. Rxd4 Rxd4 47. b5 $16) 46... Rxb4 47. Rf8 (47. Rb8 Re4 48.
Rxe4 Rxe4 49. Rxb7 Re3 50. f5 Kg8 $11) 47... Re4 48. Rd3 Red4 49. Re3 Re4 50.
Rd3 Red4 51. Re3 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.01.31"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Nguyen, Chi Minh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Noyon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. Nf4 b5 10. O-O c4 $6 {nimmt frühzeitig den Druck von d4, was Weiß
recht freie Hand am Königsflügel gibt.} (10... Nc7 11. Re1 (11. Qg4 $5) 11...
c4 12. b3 Nb6 13. a4 cxb3 14. axb5 Nxb5 15. Qxb3 Qd7 16. Ra5 a6 17. Nd3 Qc6 18.
Nb4 Qxc3 19. Qxc3 {1/2-1/2 Stoica,V-Miralles,G/Luzern 1985/MCD (19).}) (10...
Qb6 11. Nf3 (11. a4 cxd4 12. axb5 Nc7 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Qc5 $13 {0-1
Popadic,D-Jeremic,V/Herceg Novi 2001/CBM 82 ext (50)}) 11... Nc7 12. dxc5 Bxc5
13. b4 Be7 14. a4 bxa4 15. Be3 Qb7 16. Qxa4 Nb5 $11 {0-1 Berebora,F-Stajcic,N/
Budapest 1991/TD (72)}) 11. Qg4 Nc7 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 a5 14. h4 Nb6 15. Ra1
g6 16. h5 a4 17. Qh3 $1 {[%mdl 32] im Folgenden zeigt Michael Adams in
instruktiver Weise, wie Weiß gegen eine solche Königsflügelstruktur vorgehen
sollte.} g5 $6 (17... Rg8 $6 18. Nf3 Nd7 (18... g5 19. Qg3 $14) 19. hxg6 hxg6
20. Qh7 Rg7 21. Qh8 g5 22. Nh5 Rg6 23. Nxg5 Rxg5 $2 24. Nf6+ Nxf6 25. Bxg5 $18)
(17... gxh5 18. Nxh5 Nd7 19. Nf3 Rg8 20. Ng3 $14 {/+/-}) 18. Ne2 Qd7 19. Nf3 h6
20. Nh2 Be7 21. f4 Qb5 (21... O-O-O 22. fxg5 Bxg5 23. Ng4 $16 {[%cal Gf1f7,
Gg4f6,Gg4h6]}) 22. fxg5 hxg5 (22... Bxg5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. h6 $16) 23. h6 Qb3
24. Qh5 (24. Rxf7 $2 Qd1+ 25. Rf1 Qxe2 $19) 24... O-O-O (24... Rh7 $6 25. Bxg5
Bxg5 26. Qxg5 Qc2 27. Ng4 $18) 25. Bxg5 Bxg5 26. Qxg5 Qxb2 $6 (26... Qc2 {
ist geschickter, ändert am weißen Vorteil aber nichts, z.B.} 27. Nf4 Qxb2 28.
Rfc1 Rdg8 29. Qh4 Nd7 30. Nf3 a3 31. Ng5 Rf8 32. h7 Qd2 33. Qf2 $16) 27. Qe3
Qc2 28. Rxf7 (28. Ng4 $5) 28... Qd3 29. Qxd3 cxd3 30. Nf4 Rxh6 31. Nxd3 Rdh8
32. Nf1 Nb5 $2 (32... Kb7 $142 $16) 33. Rb1 $18 Rh1+ 34. Kf2 Nxc3 35. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.09.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. Re1 a6 14. Nc3 Kh8 15.
a3 Qc7 16. Bh4 $1 $146 (16. Rc1 $2 Ng4 17. g3 (17. h3 $2 Bh2+ 18. Kf1 (18. Kh1
$4 Nxf2#) 18... Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Qg3+ 20. Kf1 Nxd4 21. Be2 Nxf3 22. Bxf3 Qxg5 $19)
17... Qb6 (17... Qb8 $2 18. Bb1 $14 {1-0 Manik,M-Hrubant,I/Mlada Boleslav op
1995/EXT 95op (33). (32)}) 18. Na4 (18. Bc2 $2 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Nxd4 20. Be3 Rxf3+
21. Qxf3 Rf8 $17) (18. Be2 h6 19. Na4 Qa7 20. Be3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 e5 $36) 18...
Qa7 19. Be3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Be8 $36 {[%cal Ge8h5,Ge6e5]}) 16... Ng4 (16... Nh5 $5
) 17. h3 Nh6 18. Ng5 Rf4 $6 (18... Nxd4 $6 19. Nxh7 Rf5 20. Bg5 $14) (18... Qb6
$5 19. Nxe6 (19. Nxh7 Qxd4 20. Nxf8 Rxf8 $44) 19... Bxe6 20. Rxe6 Qxd4 (20...
Nxd4 $2 21. Nxd5 Qc6 22. Rxh6 gxh6 23. Qh5 $16) 21. Rxd6 Qxh4 22. Qd2 d4 23.
Ne4 Rae8 $132) 19. Bg3 Rxd4 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Ne2 $14 e5 $5 {das
Qualitätsopfer bietet wegen des imposanten Zentrums gute praktische Chancen,
dürfte allerdings objektiv nicht ganz zum Ausgleich führen.} 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23.
Rc1 (23. Bxh7 $6 Qf6 24. h4 Rf8 $44) 23... g6 24. f4 $5 {Weiß ergreift
energisch die Initiative gegen das gegnerische Zentrum, verrechnet sich
allerdings in den folgenden Komplikationen:} exf4 (24... e4 $2 25. Bxe4 Qb6 (
25... dxe4 26. Rxe4 Ndf5 27. Qxd6 Nxd6 28. Re7 $18) 26. Bxd5 Nf3+ 27. Kh1 Nxe1
28. Qxe1 Qxb2 29. Rc7 $18) 25. Bxg6 (25. Nf3 $5) 25... Qb6 $1 26. Kh2 f3 (26...
hxg6 $6 27. Re7 $40) 27. Bxh7 Rf8 28. gxf3 $2 (28. Rc3 $142 fxg2 29. Rg3 Rf2
30. Rxg2 $14) 28... Nf7 29. f4 $2 (29. Nxf7+ Rxf7 30. f4 $1 Qf6 $1 $17 (30...
Kxh7 $2 31. Qh5+ Kg7 32. Rc3 Nf5 33. Rg1+ Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Re1+ Be6 36. Qe5
$132) (30... Rxh7 $4 31. Rc8+ Bxc8 (31... Kg7 32. Re7+ Kf6 33. Rxh7 Qxb2+ 34.
Rc2 $18) 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Qg1+ Qg6 34. Qxd4+ $16)) 29... Nxg5 $19 30. fxg5 Nf3+
31. Kh1 Qd6 (31... Qf2 $19) 32. Qe2 Bb5 (32... Bb5 33. Qc2 (33. Qf2 Qd7 34. Qg3
Nxe1 35. Rxe1 Kxh7 $19) 33... Qg3 34. Qg2 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Nxe1+ 36. Rxe1 Kxh7
$19) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rc1 h6 14. Bd2 Bd7 $5 (
14... Ng4 15. Ng3 Qb6 16. Bc3 Bf4 17. Rc2 e5 18. dxe5 Ngxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20.
Bd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Moissl,R-Detmer,H/FRG-ch M1350 corr 1989/MegaCorr2 (35). (34)}
) 15. b4 a6 16. a4 Qb8 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Na5 19. Re1 Nc4 $1 20. Bxc4 dxc4
21. Nc3 Ng4 (21... Nd5 $5) 22. g3 (22. h3 $5 Nf6 23. Ne5 Qc7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25.
Qe2 $14) 22... Be8 (22... Qe8 $5) 23. Qe2 Kh8 24. Ne5 (24. Qxe6 Rxf3 25. Qxg4
Rd3 26. Rc2 Qc8 $44) 24... Rxf2 $2 (24... Nxe5 25. dxe5 Bc5 26. Be3 Qc8 $11)
25. Qxg4 $18 Rxd2 26. Nxc4 Rd3 27. Qe4 (27. Rxe6 $2 Bxg3 $11) 27... Rxc3 28.
Rxc3 Bb4 29. Rf3 $2 (29. Rf1 $1 Bg6 30. Qxg6 Bxc3 31. Qd3 Bb4 (31... Ba1 32.
Nb6 $18 {[%cal Gb6a8,Gb6d7]}) 32. Ne5 Kg8 33. Rf7 Bf8 34. Qe4 Qa7 35. Kg2 Qa2+
36. Kh3 $18) 29... Bh5 $1 30. Ref1 (30. Rfe3 Bxe1 31. Rxe1 Qd8 $14) 30... Bxf3
31. Rxf3 Ra1+ 32. Kg2 Ra2+ 33. Kh3 (33. Rf2 $5 Rxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Qc8 35. Ne5 {
kam wegen des gut zentralisierten Dame-Springer Duos auch stark in Betracht.})
33... Qe8 34. Ne5 Qh5+ 35. Qh4 Qxh4+ 36. gxh4 Rd2 37. Rf7 b6 38. Rd7 $2 (38.
Rb7 Rxd4 39. Rxb6 {war besser.}) 38... Bc3 39. Rd8+ (39. Ng6+ Kg8 40. h5 Rd3+
41. Kg2 Rxd4 42. Rb7 Rd2+ 43. Kf3 Rd3+ 44. Ke4 Rd4+ 45. Ke3 Rd8 $11) 39... Kh7
40. h5 Rxd4 41. Rc8 (41. Nd7 $6 {wird mit} e5 42. Nf8+ Kg8 43. Nd7+ Kf7 44.
Nxe5+ Ke6 {beantwortet.}) 41... Rd5 $1 42. Nf7 Rxh5+ 43. Kg4 Rc5 (43... Rf5 44.
Rxc3 Rxf7 45. Rc6 {sollte auch remis sein.}) 44. Rxc5 bxc5 45. b6 Ba5 46. b7
Bc7 47. Nd8 c4 48. Nxe6 Bb8 (48... Bxh2 $4 49. Nf4 $18) 49. h3 c3 50. Nd4 Kg6
51. Kf3 Kg5 52. Ke4 g6 53. Nf3+ Kf6 54. Kd3 Kf5 55. Nd4+ Kf4 56. Kxc3 h5 57.
Nc6 Bc7 58. Ne7 (58. b8=Q $6 Bxb8 59. Nxb8 Kg3 {bringt nur Weiß in
Schwierigkeiten.}) 58... Kg3 (58... g5 $4 59. Nd5+ Kg3 60. Nxc7 $18) 59. Nxg6
Kxh3 60. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.09.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
g5 $5 9. b3 $5 $146 (9. h3 $6 h5 10. g4 Qb6 11. Qb3 (11. c4 $2 hxg4 12. hxg4
cxd4 13. cxd5 Ncxe5 $19 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 e5 16. Kg2 Qh6 17. Rh1 Qxh1+ 18.
Qxh1 Rxh1 19. Kxh1 f6 {0-1 Lipecki,A-Dolmatov,S/Bern 1994/TD 94\02 (19)}) 11...
Qc7 12. Qd1 b6 $15 {0-1 Barlow,B-Williams,S/London 1999/CBM 70 ext (24). (24)})
(9. dxc5 g4 (9... Nxc5 10. Bb5 (10. Bc2 g4 11. Nd4 Nxe5 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. b4 Ncd7
14. f4 Nc6 15. N2b3 h5 16. Be3 $44 {1-0 Degraeve,J-Renet,O/Montpellier 1993/
EXT 93 (35)}) 10... Bd7 11. Qe2 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. c4 $11 {/+/= 1/2-1/2
Rachels,S-Arencibia,W/Manila 1990/CBM 19/[Knaak] (58)}) (9... Ndxe5 10. Bb5 Bd7
(10... Ng6 11. c4 O-O 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Nb3 g4 14. Qxd5 exd5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16.
Nfd4 Bd7 $11 {0-1 Zalkind,K-Williams,S/Witley ENG 1999 (121)}) 11. Re1 (11. Qe2
Qc7 12. b4 Bf6 $132 {0-1 Haase,W-Rechel,R/Kassel 1994/GER 08 (41)}) (11. b4 $5)
11... Bf6 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Nf3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qe7 16. Be3 $14 {
1-0 Pachow,J-Schneppensieper,T/BL2-O 1995/BL2 (28)}) 10. Nd4 Ndxe5 (10... Ncxe5
11. Bb5 Bxc5 12. Re1 Bd6 13. f4 gxf3 14. N2xf3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 16. Kf1 $44
{1-0 Hebden,M-Summerscale,A/Bradford ENG 2001/The Week in Chess 364 (38)}) 11.
Bb5 (11. N2b3 $5 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 e5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bh6 $36 {0-1 Gasanov,
E-Izoria,Z/Baku AZE 2002/The Week in Chess 403 (45)}) 11... Bd7 (11... Bxc5 $6
12. f4 $1 gxf3 (12... Qb6 $6 13. fxe5 Qxb5 14. Qxg4 Rf8 15. N2f3 Bd7 16. Bh6
$36) (12... Nd7 $5) 13. N2xf3 Bd7 14. Bxc6 Nxc6 15. Ng5 Qb6 16. Nxf7 Rg8 17.
Qh5 Bxd4+ 18. cxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Rf2 $40 Qg4 $6 20. Qxh7 Qd1+ 21. Rf1 Qd4+ 22. Kh1
Qg7 23. Bg5 $18 Ne7 (23... Qxh7 24. Nd6#) 24. Nd6+ Kd8 25. Bxe7+ Kc7 26. Qxg7
Rxg7 27. Bf6 Rh7 28. Be5 Rh5 29. Nf7+ {1-0 Gerigk,E-Martin,T/BL2-S 1994/BL2 
(29)}) 12. b4 (12. f4 Nxd4 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. cxd4 Nc6 $132 {0-1 Pachow,
J-Dietz,J/OLNN 1993/BIG 90 (36)}) 12... h5 13. N2b3 Ng6 14. f4 gxf3 15. Bxc6
bxc6 16. Qxf3 Rh7 17. c4 e5 18. cxd5 Bg4 19. Qf2 Qxd5 20. Nf5 Bxf5 {1/2-1/2
Ramaswamy,A-Buckley,S/Torquay ENG 2002/The Week in Chess 405 (20)}) (9. Bb5
cxd4 (9... Qb6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 {0-1 Krug,S-Rupp,M/2.BLO 9899 Würzburg-Bamberg
1999/BL2 (20)} 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Nd3 13. Nb3 Ba6 14. Bxg5 Nb2 15. Qc2 Bxf1
16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Qxb2 $44) (9... g4 $5) 10. Nxd4 Ndxe5 11. Qh5 $44 {
Gipslis-Ulybin/URS/1988/i46/(349)}) (9. b4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxb4 (10... Bxb4 $6
11. Nb3 g4 $6 (11... h6 $5) 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 14. Bg6+ Ke7 15. Qxg4
Nb6 16. a3 Bc3 17. Nc5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bd2 $40 {Rasik,V-Borovikov,V/
EU-chJ Sas van Gent/1992/}) 11. Be2 Nf8 (11... Nc6 12. Nb3 Nb6 13. h4 (13. Rb1
$5) 13... gxh4 14. Ne1 Bf8 15. Bh5 Rg8 16. Qd3 $13 {1-0 Schmidt,K-Lamoureux,C/
Paris 1990/EXT 90ch2 (28)}) 12. Nb3 b6 (12... Ng6 13. Be3 Kf8 14. Qd2 h6 15. h4
$44 {Gipslis,E-Ulibin,M/Moscow Alekhine op/1992/ (16)}) 13. Bd2 h6 14. h4 $5
gxh4 15. Nh2 a5 16. Ng4 h5 17. Nh2 Ng6 18. Bxh5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Gipslis,
A-Savchenko,S/Alushta 1993/CBM 36/[Knaak] (57)}) (9. Kh1 h5 (9... Qb6 $5) 10.
dxc5 g4 11. Nd4 Ndxe5 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. b4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Deev,A-Beckhuis,G/
Berlin 1994/EXT 94op (47)}) (9. a3 $6 {1-0 Eismont,O-Netolitzky,G/Biel 1994/TD
94\02 (26)} cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 $36) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Bb2 h5 (11... g4
$6 12. Ne1 Nxd4 $6 13. Qxg4 $36) 12. h3 $2 {die folgende Öffnung der h-Linie
spielt Schwarz in die Karten.} (12. a4 $5 $13 {e.g. z.B.} g4 (12... a5 13. Bb5
g4 14. Ne1 Nxd4 15. Nc4 dxc4 16. Bxd4 $36) 13. Ne1 Nxd4 $2 14. a5 Qc5 15. Rc1
Qb4 16. Bc3 $18) 12... g4 $17 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Nh2 g3 15. Nhf3 $2 (15. Ng4 $1
gxf2+ 16. Rxf2 (16. Nxf2 $6 Nxd4 17. Nf3 Bc5 18. Rc1 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Bd4 20.
Bxd4 Qxd4 21. Rc7 Qxe5 22. Rfc1 Ke7 $17) 16... Nxd4 17. g3 Bc5 18. Kg2 {
und Weiß hat mehr Gegenspiel als in der Partie.}) (15. fxg3 $2 Nxd4 16. Kh1
Nxe5 $19) {[%tqu "De","Wie soll Schwarz seine Entwicklung vollenden?","","",
"d7e5","",6]} 15... Ndxe5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 64] ein mächtiger taktischer Schlag,
der auf die Schwäche der Diagonale a7-g1 setzt, von dem sich Weiß nicht mehr
erholt, weil seine Königsstellung zu unsicher ist.} 16. Nxe5 (16. dxe5 Bc5 $19)
(16. Qe2 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 gxf2+ 18. Rxf2 e5 $19) 16... Nxe5 17. Be2 (17. dxe5 Bc5
18. Qf3 gxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 20. Kf1 (20. Qxf2 $2 Rh1+ 21. Kxh1 Qxf2 $19) 20...
Bc5 $19) 17... Nc6 18. Nf3 gxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Bd7 20. Rc1 f6 21. a3 O-O-O 22. b4
Kb8 23. Qd2 Bd6 24. b5 $6 Na5 25. Rb1 Qc7 26. Bc3 Nc4 27. Bxc4 dxc4 28. g4 (28.
d5 Bh2+ 29. Kf1 Bg3 30. Bxf6 Rh1+ 31. Ng1 (31. Ke2 Rxb1 32. Bxd8 Qc5 33. Rf1 c3
$19 {[%cal Gd7b5]}) 31... Bxf2 32. Qxf2 c3 33. Bxd8 Qc4+ 34. Ke1 (34. Qe2 Rxg1+
35. Kxg1 Qxe2 $19) 34... Qe4+ $19) 28... Rhg8 29. Rg2 e5 30. g5 e4 31. Ne1 Bh3
32. a4 (32. Rf2 Rxg5+ 33. Ng2 Rdg8 $19) 32... Bxg2 33. Nxg2 Rxg5 34. Rb2 Rdg8
0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2002.05.06"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Rasik, Vitezslav"]
[Black "Isonzo, Davide"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.05.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
a5 9. a4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Bb1 b6 12. Re1 Ba6 13. Nf1 Rc8 14. Ra3 $1 ({Nach
} 14. Ng3 $6 Qc7 {ist es schwierig, Sc2 mit Antausch des Springers zu
verhindern, z.B.} 15. Bd2 (15. Ra3 Nc2 16. Rc3 Nxe1 17. Rxc7 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3
Rxc7 $13) 15... Nc2 16. Bxc2 Qxc2 17. Qxc2 Rxc2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zatonskih,
A-Aginian,N/Warsaw 2001/CBM 82 ext (35)}) 14... Rc6 $6 {nun ist nicht leicht,
den schwarzen König in Sicherheit zu bringen.} ({Der folgende Plan sieht
interessant aus:} 14... Nb8 $5 15. Ng3 h5 16. h3 Kd7 17. Nh2 g6 18. Rc3 N8c6
19. Ne2 Kc7 20. Nf4 Kb7 21. Be3 Qd7 22. Qf3 Na7 23. Qd1 Nac6 $14 {1/2-1/2
Bojkovic,N-Zatonskih,A/Batumi GEO 1999 (35). (35)}) 15. Ne3 Qc7 16. Bd2 O-O (
16... Kd8 $5 {sieht zwar sehr gewagt aus, kam aber auch in Betracht, z.B.} 17.
Rc3 Rxc3 18. Bxc3 Qc6 19. Qb3 b5) 17. h4 Rc8 (17... f6 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Ng4
$14) 18. Ng5 $5 $14 Bxg5 (18... h6 $2 19. Qh5 Rf8 20. Ng4 Bxg5 21. hxg5 Nc2 22.
Bxc2 Rxc2 23. Rh3 Rxd2 24. Nxh6+ gxh6 25. Qxh6 $18) 19. hxg5 Nf8 20. g3 Qd8 21.
f4 R6c7 22. Kg2 Nc6 23. Bc3 {Nun sind Damenflügel und Zentrum geschlossen, so
dass sich Weiß auf den Königsangriff konzentrieren kann.} Ne7 24. Rh1 Neg6 25.
Qh5 Qe7 26. Kf2 ({Es war auch möglich, direkt mit} 26. f5 {fortzusetzen, z.B.}
exf5 27. Nxf5 Qd7 28. Nd6 Ra8 29. Bf5 {Es ist allerdings nicht klar, ob dieser
Angriff durchschlägt. Daher wartet Rasik zunächst ab.}) 26... Rxc3 $6 ({Nach} 
26... Qxa3 $6 {verfügt Weiß über} 27. bxa3 Rxc3 28. f5 exf5 29. Bxf5 Rd8 30. e6
fxe6 31. Bxg6 Nxg6 (31... hxg6 $6 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Rh7 Ke8 34. Rxg7 $18) 32.
Qxh7+ Kf7 33. Ng4 Rc2+ 34. Ke1 Rc1+ 35. Kd2 Rxh1 36. Qxh1 $16) ({Vielleicht
hätte sich Schwarz zeigen lassen sollen, wie Weiß nach} 26... Rd8 {fortgesetzt
hätte.} 27. Ng4 $2 {ist beispielsweise wegen} Rxc3 (27... Rc6 $2 28. Nf6+ gxf6
29. gxf6 Qxa3 30. Qh6 $18) 28. Rxc3 Qb4 29. Rd1 Qxb2+ 30. Rc2 Qb4 {nicht klar.}
) 27. Rxc3 Qb4 28. Qd1 $1 (28. Rxc8 $4 Qd2+ 29. Kg1 Qxe3+ $19) 28... Qxb2+ 29.
Rc2 Rxc2+ 30. Bxc2 Ne7 $6 31. Qd2 Nc6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Nach} 31... Qa3 {
ist eine mögliche Folge} 32. Rb1 Nc8 33. f5 exf5 34. Qc1 Qxc1 35. Rxc1 Ne7 36.
Nxf5 $18) 32. Bxh7+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 a5 (7... g5
8. O-O (8. dxc5 $6 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. O-O Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Ilic,V-Rasidovic,S/JUG-ch 1991/TD 91\07 (43). (42)}) (
8. h3 h5 9. Qe2 Rg8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Peart,A-Clarke,T/Bunratty IRL 2001/The Week
in Chess 329 (50). (50)}) 8... g4 9. Ne1 h5 10. Nc2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb6 12. Nb3
$14 {1-0 Buckley,S-Hanley,C/Torquay ENG 2002/The Week in Chess 405 (58)}) (7...
g6 8. h4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qb6 10. Nb3 h6 11. Be3 a5 12. a4 Ndb8 13. h5 g5 14. O-O
Nb4 15. Be2 N8c6 16. Nh2 Bd7 17. Ng4 O-O-O 18. f4 gxf4 19. Bxf4 Kb8 20. Qd2 Ne7
{1/2-1/2 Benjamin,J-Akobian,V/Seattle USA 2003/The Week in Chess 428 (20)}) 8.
O-O g5 $5 {[%mdl 8] ein radikaler Versuch, das weiße Zentrum zu unterminieren}
(8... g6 9. h4 (9. Re1 Bg7 10. Nf1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb6 12. Be2 (12. Bc2 O-O 13.
h4 f6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Minasian,A-Luther,T/Yerevan 2001/CBM 86 (65)}) 12... O-O 13.
Rb1 $6 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Ng3 $6 Ng4 $1 16. h3 $2 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 Bxd4+ 18. Kf1
e5 $40 {0-1 Valenti,G-Luther,T/Torino 1998/CBM 64 ext (25)}) (9. dxc5 $6 Ndxe5
10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Nf3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bxc5 13. Bh6 Bf8 $11 {/=/+ 0-1 Degraeve,
J-Hertneck,G/Leon 2001/CBM 86 (54)}) 9... Bg7 10. Re1 O-O (10... cxd4 11. cxd4
O-O 12. a4 $6 f6 $1 13. exf6 Qxf6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Sakelsek,T-Kurmann,O/
Balatonlelle 2002/CBM 88 ext (40). (40)}) 11. h5 $5 cxd4 12. cxd4 gxh5 13. Nb3
f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Bg5 $44 {1-0 Smirin,I-Luther,T/Moscow 2001/CBM 86 (30)}) (
8... cxd4 9. cxd4 a4 (9... Nb6 10. a3 (10. Re1 Bd7 11. Nf1 Nb4 12. Bb1 Be7 13.
Ng3 h5 14. Ne2 Bb5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Nedev,T-Brady,S/Leon 2001/CBM 86 (37)}) 10...
Bd7 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 Kf8 13. Ne1 h5 14. f4 $14 {(...). 1/2-1/2 Vogt,L-Huerta,
R/Cienfuegos 1985/MCL (25)}) (9... Qb6 10. Re1 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nf3 Qb6
13. Qa4 Qb4 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Rac1 Rc8 $44 {0-1 Gavela,
D-Cioara,A/Bucharest 2001/CBM 82 ext (89)}) 10. a3 Nb6 11. Re1 Bd7 (11... Be7
12. Nf1 Na5 13. g4 $6 h5 14. gxh5 Rxh5 15. Ng3 Rh8 16. Be3 Nac4 $15 {0-1
Hampton,P-Steckner,J/Edinburgh 1988/TD (29)}) 12. Nf1 Be7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Be3
Nbc4 15. Rb1 b5 16. Nd2 b4 $6 17. Qg4 g6 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4
dxc4 21. Bg5 Qc7 22. Ne4 $36 {1-0 Gasanov,E-Lysak,I/Evpatoria 2002/EXT 2003 
(34)}) (8... a4 9. Re1 (9. c4 dxc4 $6 (9... cxd4 $5) 10. Nxc4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4
cxd4 12. Qg4 Nc5 $6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Qxd4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Bc6 17. Qg3
Rg8 18. Rac1 Be7 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Rxd6 {1-0 Anagnostopoulos,D-Reefschlaeger,H/
Velden 1996/EXT 97 (20)}) (9. Bb5 cxd4 10. c4 Nb6 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. N4f3 Ra5 13.
Qe2 Be7 14. b3 axb3 15. Nxb3 Ra8 16. Be3 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 O-O {
1/2-1/2 Einarsson,H-Meyer,P/Muenster 1987/EXT 2001 (18)}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4
Nb4 11. Bb1 Nb6 12. Nf1 Be7 13. Ng3 h5 (13... g6 $6 14. Bh6 Bd7 15. Qc1 Bb5 16.
Bg7 Rg8 17. Qh6 $36 {1-0 Hausner,I-Dolezal,M/Prague 1990/EXT 97 (42)}) 14. Ne2
Nc4 15. a3 Nc6 16. h4 $5 $14 {1-0 Airapetian,A-Dgebuadze,A/Tbilisi 1996/EXT
2002 (41)}) 9. dxc5 $6 (9. Re1 $4 g4 $17) (9. Nb3 {ist genauer zu prüfen, z.B.}
g4 (9... c4 10. Nxg5 cxd3 11. Nxe6 Qb6 12. Nxf8 Nxf8 13. Qxd3 $13) 10. Ng5 c4
11. Bxh7 cxb3 12. Nxe6 Qb6 $13) (9. Kh1 $5 {[%cal Gf3g1,Gg1e2,Gf2f4]}) 9... g4
10. Nd4 Ndxe5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Re1 (12. f4 Nxd4 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. cxd4 Bg7 $15)
12... Qf6 13. f4 gxf3 14. N2xf3 Bxc5 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. Be3 Ne5 $6 (16... Ne7 $5
) 17. Kh1 Bd6 $6 (17... Ng4 18. Bg1 Bd6 (18... O-O $6 19. h3 (19. Nxe6 $2 Bxg1
20. Nxf8 Bb6 21. Qxd5 Bc6 $17) 19... e5 20. hxg4 Qh6+ 21. Nh2 exd4 22. Bxd4 $36
) 19. Qb3 O-O $132) 18. Bg5 $36 Qg6 19. Nxe5 Qxg5 20. Ndf3 Qf4 (20... Qe7 21.
Nxd7 Kxd7 22. Qa4+ Kc8 23. c4 $36) 21. c4 $1 {Weiß muss Linien öffnen, um
seinen Entwicklungsvorsprung zur Geltung bringen zu können.} Bc6 22. Nxc6 bxc6
23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Qxd5 O-O 25. Qh5 Rac8 26. Qxa5 Rc2 27. Qh5 (27. b3 $5 Rfc8 (
27... Bb4 28. Qa4 Rfc8 29. Rf1 (29. a3 $2 Rxg2 $40)) 28. Rf1 h6 29. Rad1 Qg4
30. Rd2 Bf4 31. Qa4 {und in beiden Fällen ist nicht ganz klar, ob Schwarz
genügend Kompensation hat.}) 27... Rxb2 28. Rad1 Bb4 29. Re5 (29. Rd4 Qf5 30.
Qxf5 exf5 31. Ra1 $14) 29... h6 30. g3 Qf6 31. Re4 Qf5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (31...
Kh7 $142 $11) 32. Rg4+ (32. Rg4+ Kh7 33. Ng5+ Kg7 34. Nxe6+ Kf6 35. Qxh6+ Ke5 (
35... Ke7 36. Qxf8+ Kxe6 37. Qe8+ Kf6 38. Rf4 $18) 36. Qe3+ Kf6 37. Qd4+ Kxe6
38. Re4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Pruess, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. g3 Qf6
15. h4 h6 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 Rd8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qc2 Ba6 (19... g5 $5 20.
Ng2 (20. Ne2 Qf3 21. Nc3 Ba6 22. Rfe1 Rxd4 $132 {1-0 Aagaard,J-Kaufman,R/
Hampstead 1998/EXT 99 (47)}) (20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Ne2 (21. Ng2 Ba6 22. Rfd1 Bd3
23. Qd2 $6 Rxd4 $36 {1-0 Nguyen Viet Chung-Wang Hao/Kuala Lumpur 2002/CBM 89
ext (87)}) 21... Qf3 22. Nc3 Ba6 23. Rfe1 Bd3 24. Qd2 Kf7 25. Re3 $13 {0-1
Sivokho,S-Apicella,M/Paris 1996/CBM 51 ext (54)}) 20... Ba6 21. Rfd1 Bd3 22.
Qc5 Rd5 23. Qxc6 Rf8 24. Rd2 Rf5 $2 (24... gxh4 25. Nxh4 $13) 25. Ne3 $16 {
1-0 Baron Rodriguez,J-Galiana Salom,J/Cala Galdana 1999/CBM 73 ext (35)}) (
19... Rb8 $5 20. Rad1 (20. Qxe4 Rxd4 21. Qxc6 Rxf4 22. gxf4 Bb7 23. Qc2 Qxh4
24. f3 Qxf4 $44) 20... g5 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Ne2 Ba6 23. Qxe4 $2 (23. Rd2 $11)
23... Rxb2 $17 {0-1 Kruszynski,W-Cech,P/Bayern 1996/EXT 99 (34)}) (19... e5 20.
dxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxc6 Bg4 22. Ng6 Qd4 {1/2-1/2 Sorokin,M-Ulibin,M/Borzhomi 1988/
EXT 97 (41)} 23. Rfe1 $14) 20. Rfe1 Bd3 $1 (20... g5 $2 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Rxe4
gxf4 23. Rxf4 $18 {1-0 Xu Jun-Apicella,M/Cap d'Agde 1994/CBM 43 ext (72). (71)}
) 21. Qxc6 Rac8 $2 (21... Rab8 22. Qxe6+ Qxe6 23. Nxe6 Rd6 24. Nc5 Rxb2 25.
Nxe4 Rxd4 $14) 22. Qxe6+ Qxe6 23. Nxe6 Rd6 24. Nc5 Rxd4 25. Rac1 Rb8 26. b3 Rb6
27. Rc3 Rbd6 28. a3 a5 29. Nb7 R6d5 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31. Ra8 Bc2 $6 (31... Bb5 $5
32. Kg2 (32. Rxa5 $2 Rd1 33. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 34. Kh2 Bc6 $132 {[%cal Ge4e3]}) 32...
Bc6 33. Ra7 Bxb7 34. Rxb7+ $14 {/+/-}) 32. Nxa5 Rd1 33. Rxd1 Bxd1 34. Nc4 Bf3
$2 (34... Bxb3 35. Ra7+ Kf6 36. Ra6+ Ke7 37. Ne3 Rd7 $16) 35. Kh2 g5 36. Ra5
Rxa5 (36... Rd1 37. Ne5+ Kf6 38. Nxf3 exf3 39. hxg5+ hxg5 40. g4 $18) 37. Nxa5
g4 38. Nc4 {droht ins Bauernendspiel abzuwickeln} Ke6 39. Nd2 Bd1 40. Nxe4 Ke5
(40... Bxb3 {runs into läuft in} 41. Nc5+ Kd5 42. Nxb3 $18) 41. Nc5 Kd5 42. b4
Kc4 43. Kg1 Be2 44. f4 gxf3 45. Kf2 h5 46. Ne6 (46. Ne6 Bd1 47. Nf4 Ba4 48.
Nxh5 Kb3 49. Nf6 Kxa3 50. h5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2002.05.10"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Priehoda, Vitezslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.05.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. f4 Ba6 8. Bb1
cxd4 ({Folgende Partie illustriert den weißen Plan mit g4:} 8... f5 9. Ndf3 Be7
10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Kh1 Kh8 13. Rg1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rc8 16.
Be3 Na5 17. g4 g6 18. Bd3 Nc4 19. Bf2 Rg8 20. Rg2 b5 21. Rag1 Qa5 22. b3 Na3
23. Bh4 Bxh4 24. Nxh4 Nb8 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Nxf5 exf5 27. Bxf5 {1-0 Aleksieva,
S-Gunter,D/Lisbon POR 2001/The Week in Chess 355 (27)}) (8... Nc6 9. Ndf3 Qc7
10. Be3 Be7 11. Nh3 f6 12. f5 cxd4 13. cxd4 fxe5 14. fxe6 Nf6 15. dxe5 Ng4 (
15... Nxe5 $5 16. Qa4+ Qc6 17. Qxc6+ (17. Qxa6 $6 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qxe6 19. Qa4+
Kf8 20. Qf4 Bc5) 17... Nxc6 $13) 16. Bf4 O-O-O 17. a3 h6 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3
g5 20. Bg3 Ncxe5 $2 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Qe3 $2 (22. Qf5 $18) 22... Nc4 23. Bxc7
Nxe3 24. Bxd8 Kxd8 25. Ke2 $16 {1/2-1/2 Ruston,M-Le Blancq,S/Guernsey 1988/TD
88\02 (25)}) 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Ndf3 Rc8 (10... Qc7 11. Ne2 Bxe2 12. Kxe2 Rc8 13.
Be3 Nb4 14. Qd2 Be7 15. a3 Nc6 (15... Nc2 $6 16. Rc1 (16. Bxc2 Qxc2 17. Rhc1
Qxd2+ 18. Bxd2 Kd8 $14) 16... Qc4+ 17. Kf2 Nxa1 18. Rxc4 dxc4 19. f5 $14) 16.
b4 a5 17. Rc1 axb4 18. axb4 Qb7 (18... Bxb4 $2 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21.
Ra8+ $18) 19. Qa2 Bxb4 $13 20. Bd3 Ba5 21. Qa4 O-O 22. Rab1 Ndb8 23. Kf2 Qa7
24. Qd1 Ne7 $2 (24... f5 $142) 25. Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 (25... Kxh7 26. Ng5+ Kg6 (26...
Kg8 27. Qh5 Rfe8 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Nxe6+ Kf7 32.
Qxg7+ Kxe6 33. Qf6+ Kd7 34. Qd6#) 27. Qg4 f5 28. exf6 Nf5 29. fxg7 Kxg7 30.
Nxe6+ $18) 26. Bd3 g6 27. g4 Kg7 28. f5 gxf5 29. gxf5 Nxf5 {1-0 Gelman,C-Carr,
M/Las Vegas 1997/EXP 58 (29)}) 11. Ne2 f5 $6 {die schwarze Stellung ist nun
aufgrund ihrer drohenden Passivität zumindest sehr schwierig zu spielen.} (
11... Bb4+ 12. Kf2 f6 {sollte genauer geprüft werden, z.B.} 13. f5 fxe5 14.
fxe6 Nf8 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. dxe5 Nxe6) 12. Ng5 $5 {Weiß möchte h6
provozieren, damit ein späteres g2-g4 mehr Schwächen offenlegt.} ({Auch
Ivanchuks folgender Sieg ist recht instruktiv:} 12. O-O Be7 13. Rf2 O-O 14. h3
Bh4 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. Be3 Na5 17. b3 Nb8 18. Bc2 Nbc6 19. Qd2 Rc7 20. Bd1 Rfc8
21. a3 Ne7 22. Rf3 Ng6 23. Bf2 Qe7 24. Be1 Qf8 25. Qe3 Nc6 26. Bd2 Bb5 27. Nc3
Ba6 28. Rf2 Nge7 29. Na2 Bb5 30. a4 Ba6 31. Bc3 Bb7 32. b4 a5 33. b5 Nb4 34.
Bxb4 axb4 35. Nxb4 Rc3 36. Qd2 Ng6 37. Nd3 Ra3 38. Rc1 Rxc1 39. Nxc1 Qc8 40.
Bb3 Ra1 41. Rf1 Ra3 42. Qb2 Qf8 43. Nd3 h5 44. Rf3 h4 45. Kh2 Kh7 46. Nc5 {
1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Moskalenko,V/Lvov 1988/CBM 07 (46).}) 12... Bb4+ 13. Kf2 Nf8 (
13... Bxe2 14. Kxe2 Nf8 15. Be3 Be7 16. Nf3 Na5 {kam in Betracht.}) 14. Be3 h6
$6 (14... Be7 $5) 15. Nf3 Ng6 16. h4 h5 $6 {gibt dem weißen Springer das
starke Feld g5. Guter Rat war allerdings ohnehin teuer.} 17. Ng5 Nf8 18. Ng3 g6
19. Qa4 Bb7 20. Rc1 Be7 21. Bd3 Rc7 22. Rc3 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Nd7 24. Rac1 Ndb8 25.
b4 $5 a6 26. b5 axb5 27. Bxb5 O-O 28. Ne2 $1 {[%mdl 32] Alexander Graf
verstärkt im Folgenden lehrreich die Aufstellung seiner Figuren. Der Springer
strebt auf das ideale Bolockadefeld f4 und später bereitet er mit T1c2
Le3-c1-a3 vor, um die passive schwarze Stellung maximal unter Druck zu setzen.}
Qc8 29. Nf4 Kg7 30. R1c2 Rff7 (30... Qd7 31. Bc1 Re8 32. Ba3 $18) 31. Qa3 $1
Nd8 $2 (31... Rf8 $5 32. Qa7 $1 Nxa7 33. Rxc7+ Kg8 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Rxc8+ Bxc8
36. Be8 $18) (31... Rfe7 32. Bxc6 Nxc6 33. Rxc6 Bxc6 34. Rxc6 Kf7 35. Nxg6 Kxg6
36. Qxe7 $18) 32. Be8 Rxc3 (32... Rfe7 33. Qxe7+ Rxe7 34. Rxc8 Bxc8 35. Rxc8
Rxe8 36. Rxb8 $18) 33. Rxc3 Rc7 34. Nxg6 (34. Nxg6 Rxc3 35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. Qh8#)
1-0

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2002.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsson, Pontus"]
[Black "Olsson, Anders"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2002.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 f6 9. Ng5 $2 {This sacrifice is not correct as Olsson shows. Dieses
Figurenopfer ist nicht korrekt, wie Olsson überzeugend nachweist. Denn Schwarz
verfügt bei Zeiten über die rettende Ressource Sdxe5. Allerdings darf er die
Figur nicht zu früh zurückgeben:} (9. exf6 {is the main line. ist die
Hauptvariante.}) 9... fxg5 $1 (9... Ndxe5 $2 10. dxe5 fxg5 11. Qh5+ Kd7 12. Nf3
(12. O-O {comes into consideration as well, e.g. kommt auch in Frage, z.B.}
Nxe5 13. Bb5+ Kc7 14. Nb3 g6 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. f4 gxf4 17. Bxf4 Nc6 18. Rac1 Bxf4
$6 19. Rxf4 Qd6 $2 20. Rf7+ $18 Kb8 $6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 {1-0 Pisarek,A-Raszka,J/
Biel 1991/EXT 91ch (47)} 22. Rxc6 $18) 12... Bb4+ (12... g6 13. Qg4 (13. Qxg5
Qxg5 (13... Bb4+ 14. Kf1 Qxg5 15. Bxg5 Be7 16. h4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tocco,
P-Pienabarca,N/Arco ITA 2000/The Week in Chess 314 (61)}) 14. Bxg5 Bg7 15. Bf4
$14 {1/2-1/2 Delgado,N-Del Rio Angelis,S/Santa Clara 2000/CBM 78 (29)}) 13...
Be7 14. Nxg5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Qa5+ 16. Bd2 Nxe5 17. Qd4 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Qa4 19. O-O
$36 {1-0 Zarnicki,P-Hebert,J/Erevan 1996/EXT 96ch2 (40)}) 13. Kd1 (13. Ke2 h6
14. Be3 (14. h4 $5) 14... b6 15. Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Van Wessel,R-Mencinger,V/
Groningen 1994/EXP 45 (71)}) (13. Kf1 $5) 13... h6 14. h4 Rf8 $2 (14... gxh4
15. Rxh4 Kc7 16. Be3 $14 {[%cal Ga1c1]}) 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Qb6 17. Qg6 $1
Be7 18. Qxg7 $18 {(Kundin/Alterman). Kundin,A-Hernando Rodrigo,J/Oropesa del
Mar 74/(293) 1998/Inf 74/[Kundin,A; Alterman,B]}) 10. Qh5+ g6 $1 (10... Ke7 $2
11. Nf3 h6 (11... Qb6 $2 12. Bxg5+ $16 Nf6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Qh4 Kf7 15. exf6 g6
16. Rac1 Bd6 17. Bh6 Rhg8 18. Ng5+ {1-0 Benjamin,J-Fairgrieve,R/Parsippany NJ
USA 1999 (18).}) 12. Nxg5 $6 (12. Bxg5+ $5 hxg5 13. Qxh8 Qa5+ $13) 12... Ndxe5
$1 13. dxe5 Nxe5 {0-1 Ori,M-Neves,B/Lisbon POR 2001/The Week in Chess 356 (39)
and Black should be better, but matters are not completely clear. und Schwarz
sollte besser stehen. Allerdings ist die Lage etwas unübersichtlich.}) 11.
Bxg6+ hxg6 12. Qxg6+ (12. Qxh8 $2 Nxd4 $19) 12... Ke7 13. Nf3 (13. Ne4 Ndxe5
$17) (13. Nc4 Ndxe5 14. Bxg5+ Kd7 15. Nxe5+ Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bb4+ 17. Ke2 Qg8 18.
Qxg8 Rxg8 19. h4 b6 20. f4 Ba6+ $17) 13... Ndxe5 $1 14. Nxe5 (14. Bxg5+ Kd7 15.
dxe5 Qe8 $17) 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Kd7 16. O-O $6 (16. Bxg5 Bb4+ 17. Kd1 Qg8 18.
Qxg8 Rxg8 19. f4 b6 20. h4 Bb7 $17) 16... Be7 $19 17. Be3 Qg8 18. Qc2 Ke8 19.
f4 Bd7 20. fxg5 Bxg5 21. Bc5 Rc8 22. Qf2 Bb5 23. Rfe1 Qh7 24. h3 Bh4 25. Qe3
Bxe1 26. Rxe1 Rg8 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-B 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Michiels, Bart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{It is a pleasure to play in Wijk aan Zee. The event has a long tradition,
dating back to 1938. The organisers really care about the players and the
tournament has a very nice and friendly atmosphere. Well, I am obviously not
speaking about the windy and rainy weather which dominated during the first
half of the event. On the other hand, such bad weather is good for the
spectators as well as for the local cafes and restaurants, because the
grandmasters are not tempted to walk in the dunes or along the beach.  This
was the sixth time I had played in Wijk aan Zee. I still wonder why I have
been invited so many times. If I wanted, I could enumerate many reasons why
the organisers should not invite me. It is enough to mention my arrival in
2007, when I forgot one suitcase at the airport and realised it only in Wijk
aan Zee. The poor driver had to go back to Amsterdam to fetch my luggage.
Fortunately I created problems only on the board this time. My performance was
far from perfect, but decent enough.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 {Bart
Michiels plays this line regularly. I also used to play it from time to time
with Black.} 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6
10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 {One of the tabiyas of this line has been reached.
White has various options.} 12. h3 $5 {I spent several hours looking for a
promising setup for White. In the end I ran across this continuation.} ({
Two rounds previously Sam Shankland overcame Bart Michiels with} 12. Bd2 O-O
13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Re1 {, which drew my attention to the whole line.} ({I was
surprised to find out that I played} 14. Bc3 {back in 1996!})) ({I had mostly
played} 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bh4 {before, but the whole line has been analysed very
deeply and it is hard to come up with something new there.}) 12... O-O 13. Be3
{White has prevented the sortie Nf6-g4 and now takes measures against the
e6-e5 advance. After the mass exchanges White would claim a slight advantage
due to his safer king and more active pieces.} Bd7 14. Re1 $1 {White's setup
looks fairly silly. First he loses time on a move like h2-h3, then puts his
bishop on e3 and subsequently a rook goes on e1. Does this make any sense? It
indeed does. Things look completely different when we consider Black's
possible plans. White first avoided the knight sortie to g4 and then prepared
for e6-e5, which would bring Black a structurally inferior position. Next, he
takes measures against the manoeuvre Bd7-e8-h5, which is Black's most
important idea in the position.} (14. Rc1 {looks more natural, but after} Be8
15. Ng5 Qe7 16. f4 (16. Nf4 $2 {is bad in view of} Bxf4 17. Bxf4 Ne4 $1 {
, as White cannot avoid material losses.}) 16... Bh5 17. g4 Be8 $13 {Black has
h7-h5 at his disposal.}) 14... Be8 {Black has many options, but it is not easy
to equalise,} ({After} 14... Nb4 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. Qd2 $1 b6 17. Bf4 $1 $14 {
White remains structurally better.}) ({The same goes for} 14... Qb6 15. Nc3 $1
{, as} Qxb2 $4 {is not to be recommended:} 16. Na4 (16. Nb5 {is also good})
16... Qa3 17. Bc1 $1 Qb4 18. Bd2 Qa3 19. Re3 Be7 20. Bxh7+ {, winning.}) ({
If Black plays a normal move like} 14... Rae8 {, White just continues
improving his position, e.g.} 15. Rc1 a6 16. Nc3 (16. a3 $14 {is also good})
16... Qb8 17. Na4 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Nc5 Bc8 (20... Bc6 21.
Nxa6) 21. Qd2 Kh8 22. Bb1 $14 {.}) 15. Ng5 Bf7 ({After} 15... Qe7 16. Nf4 {
the presence of White's rook on e1 makes itself felt, as} Bxf4 17. Bxf4 Ne4 {
can now be met with} 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qg4 Nxd4 20. Rxe4 {with an edge for
White.}) 16. Rc1 {There is no need to hurry with the exchange on f7.} Kh8 ({
My preparation ended with} 16... h6 17. Nxf7 Qxf7 18. a3 Rac8 19. Bb1 $14 {
. Black is reasonably trying to avoid the weakening move h7-h6. Instead, he
wants to retreat his bishop to g8 and only then drive away White's knight.})
17. a3 {I have a feeling that I could have played better around this moment,
but it is hard to suggest a significant improvement.} ({Another option was} 17.
g3 $5 $14 {(Michiels), taking control of the f4-square.}) (17. Nxf7+ Qxf7 18.
Bb1 {might still be slightly preferable for White, but Black should not have
many problems, there.}) 17... Bg8 18. b4 {This move weakens Black's kingside,
but on the other hand Ne2-c3 no longer comes with a threat of Nc3-b5xd6.} a6
19. g3 {Playing this move, I was not sure whether to follow up with f2-f4,
Ne2-f4 or even Be3-f4, but Black has to take all these options into account.} (
19. Qd2 Nh5 {did not appeal to me.}) 19... h6 $6 {It is psychologically
understandable that Black wanted to chase away the intrusive steed, but this
move weakens his kingside.} ({Black should have tried} 19... Qd7 $1 20. Nf4 e5
(20... Rac8 $5) 21. dxe5 Nxe5 {with decent play. White might aspire to a
slight edge after} 22. Bf1 {, but Black has little to worry about.}) 20. Nf4
Bxf4 (20... hxg5 $4 {loses to} 21. Ng6+) 21. Bxf4 Qd7 22. Nf3 Bh7 23. b5 $6 {
Here it was my turn to commit an inaccuracy.} ({Bart Michiels correctly
preferred} 23. Bxh7 Kxh7 ({My suggestion} 23... Nxh7 $6 {is not good in view of
} 24. Qe2 $1 Rae8 25. a4 $5 $16) 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Rac8 {and here he
demonstrated an interesting idea:} 26. Rxc8 ({I mostly focussed on} 26. Qd3+
Kg8 $14 {and found my edge too slight. Still, it was better than the game
continuation.}) 26... Qxc8 (26... Rxc8 $6 {leads to a difficult endgame after}
27. Qd3+ Kg8 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qg6+ Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rxe6 $16 {, as
Black fails to exchange all the queenside pawns.}) 27. Qb1+ $5 (27. Re2 $5 Qc3
28. Re3 $14) 27... Kg8 ({During the post-mortem we looked at the following
line:} 27... Ne4 $2 28. Rc1 Qe8 29. Rc7 Rf7 30. f3 $1 Rxc7 31. Bxc7 Qf7 32. Bf4
$1 g5 33. fxe4 gxf4 34. exd5+ Kg7 35. Qe1 $1 $16 {and White remains a pawn up
with excellent winning chances.}) {Now White should probably play} 28. Qg6 $5
$14 {with a pleasant edge.} (28. Rc1 $6 {might be weaker in view of} Qe8 29.
Bxf6 (29. Rc7 Rf7) 29... Qf7 $1 $11)) (23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 $6 Ng8 {did not
appeal to me. Once Black activates his pieces, he might get a decent position.}
) 23... axb5 24. Bxb5 Qe7 ({I prefer} 24... Rxa3 $1 {, but the real mistake
came later.} 25. Ne5 Qe7 (25... Nxe5 $2 26. Bxd7 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Nxe1+ 28. Qxe1
Be4+ 29. Kh2 Nxd7 30. Bd6 $18) (25... Qe8 $2 26. Nxc6 bxc6 27. Bd6) 26. Bxc6
bxc6 27. Nxc6 (27. Rxc6 $5 Ne4 $1 28. f3 Rxf4 $1 29. gxf4 Bf5 $1 {is also
equal according to Houdini. Intuitively it looks right, as White's king is
fairly weak and threats like 30...Qh4 are very unpleasant. Concrete variations
too hard to understand for a mere 2700-rated mortal like me.}) {The computer's
suggestion} 27... Qb7 $1 {is not the most obvious move, but good enough to
equalise. The f2-pawn might become a target in many variations.} ({I only
considered} 27... Qd7 $6 28. Ne5 $14 {.}) 28. Rxe6 (28. Bd6 Rd3 29. Qxd3 Bxd3
30. Bxf8 {is also equal, but Black has to display some accuracy in attacking
h3 and f2.}) 28... Ne4 29. Re7 Qb2 30. Rc2 Qa1 $44) 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 Ne4
27. Re3 $5 Ra7 $2 {This might well be the decisive mistake.} ({The correct
move was} 27... Rxa3 $1 {I believed that} 28. Bd6 $6 {would win an exchange.} (
{After} 28. Rc7 $1 Qb4 29. Be5 Nf6 {White maintains a slight advantage, but
Black's position appears tenable.} {Most of the world champions would have
enjoyed White's position after} 30. Rxa3 Qxa3 31. Qe2 Be4 32. Ne1 $14 {
followed by f2-f3, but I somehow lack their patience and technique.}) {However,
Black can escape with} 28... Qxd6 $1 29. Rxd6 Rxe3 30. fxe3 Nxd6 $11 {and set
up a fortress.}) ({Other continuations like} 27... Rac8 $2 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29.
Rb3 $16 Nxf2 $2 30. Kxf2 Bc2 31. Qc1) ({or} 27... Rxf4 $2 28. gxf4 Qf6 29. Ne5
$16 {do not look particularly inspiring for Black.}) 28. Rb3 $16 {Now White
enjoys both material and positional advantage. I am fairly strong in such
positions.} Qf6 (28... Rxa3 $2 29. Rc7 $18) ({Black's position is already very
difficult. The fact that the computer suggests} 28... Kg8 {speaks for itself.})
29. Qc1 $1 {This was a nice multi-purpose move. White prepares 30.Rc8 as well
as 31.Be5 and eventually Qc1xh6.} Qf5 30. Rc8 Ra8 ({After} 30... Rxc8 31. Qxc8+
Bg8 32. Rb8 Nf6 33. Be5 {Black's counterplay comes too late.}) 31. Rc7 Qxh3 $6
{To be honest, I had not seriously considered this move, as the g7-pawn looked
far too weak. I found the winning combination quite quickly but spent two more
minutes checking the lines, as it is far too easy to spoil a winning position.}
({The computer gives} 31... Nf6 {as the best choice, but Black's position was
already beyond saving.}) 32. Rbb7 ({There were many ways to Rome, e.g.} 32.
Rxg7 Kxg7 33. Rb7+ $1 Rf7 34. Be5+ $1 Kg8 35. Rxf7 Kxf7 36. Qc7+ {, winning a
lot of material.}) 32... Ng5 $1 {The only chance. It looks as if Black gets
some counterplay, but that is not the case.} 33. Nxg5 ({I did not seriously
calculate} 33. Bxg5 {, as I found a pretty way to victory.} {The computer shows
} Rxf3 ({I was more afraid of} 33... Be4 {, not having seen} 34. Rxg7 $1 Rxf3
35. Rh7+ $3 Bxh7 36. Qc7 $18 {.}) 34. Rc8+ Rxc8 35. Qxc8+ Bg8 36. Rb8 Rxg3+ 37.
fxg3 Qxg3+ 38. Kf1 $18 {. My choice was nevertheless better.}) 33... hxg5 34.
Rxg7 gxf4 ({The other important line was} 34... Be4 35. Rh7+ $1 Qxh7 (35...
Bxh7 36. Be5+ Kg8 37. Qxg5+) 36. Be5+ Kg8 37. Qxg5+ Bg6 (37... Qg6 38. Rg7+)
38. Rxh7 Kxh7 {Here the computer shows a mate in 5, whereas I only saw the
mundane line} 39. Qh4+ Kg8 40. Qh8+ Kf7 41. Qf6+ {, collecting everything
including the point.}) 35. Qc7 $1 Be4 36. Rg8+ $1 {This sacrifice makes a nice
echo to 34...Be4 35.Rh7+.} Rxg8 (36... Kxg8 37. Qg7# {looked even more
aesthetic to me, but I am not naive enough to expect everything to go my own
way.}) 37. Qe5+ Rg7 38. Qxg7# {I am thankful to my opponent for letting me
demonstrate the final combination, as I rarely get an opportunity to finish a
game in style.  In the end I scored 10/13, which was a decent result. Still,
Wei Yi scored 10.5/13 and deservedly took the first place. He impressively won
all his White games, convincingly beating very solid GMs like Vladimir Potkin
and Erwin l'Ami along the way. He is still very young and improving and it
will be interesting to watch him playing in the Masters Group next year!} 1-0

[Event "Salou op 06th"]
[Site "Salou"]
[Date "2004.06.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oratovsky, Michael"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.06.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 1036]} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7.
c3 Nc6 8. O-O {First critical position in this line. Black can try to create
counterplay on the queenside with a5 and Qb6 using some discoordination
between white knights or after g5 or even h5!? (Morozevich) to attack the
white centre.} a5 (8... g5 9. dxc5 (9. a3 $5 $146 h5 10. b4 g4 11. b5 $1 Nxd4
12. cxd4 gxf3 13. Nxf3 c4 14. Bc2 a6 15. Rb1 axb5 16. Rxb5 Bxa3 17. Ng5 $40 {
1-0 Nisipeanu,L-Volkov,S/Saint Vincent 2003/CBM 92 ext (44). (43)}) 9... g4 (
9... Ndxe5 10. Nxe5 (10. Bb5 Bd7 11. c4 $5) 10... Nxe5 11. Bb5+ (11. Nb3 $5)
11... Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. b4 b6 14. c4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 bxc5 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17.
Qxd6 Qb6 18. Qg3 $44 {1-0 Rublevsky,S-Morozevich,A/Togliatti 2003/CBM 94 ext 
(32). (31)}) 10. Nd4 Ndxe5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. b4 (12. Bxc6 $5) 12... h5 13. Re1
Qc7 14. N2b3 a6 15. Bf4 (15. Be2 $16 {[%cal Gc1e3]}) 15... f6 (15... axb5 16.
Nxc6 Nf3+ 17. gxf3 (17. Qxf3 gxf3 18. Bxc7 bxc6 19. g3 f6 $13 {[%cal Ge6e5]})
17... Qxf4 18. Nxe7 Kxe7 $13) 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qe2 $18 {1-0 Sebag,M-Langrock,
H/playchess.com 2003/EXT 2004 (34). (33)}) (8... h5 $5 9. dxc5 (9. Re1 cxd4 10.
cxd4 g5) 9... Ndxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Nb3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 h4 13. Re1 h3 14. g3 a5
$132 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z-Morozevich,A/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98 no vc (63). (63)}) 9.
Re1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 (10... g5 11. h3 h5 12. Nf1 g4 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. N3h2 Bb4
15. Re3 Qh4 16. Rg3 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bf4 $13 {0-1 Fernandez Garcia,
J-Arizmendi Martinez,J/Burgos 2003/EXT 2004 (40). (39)}) 11. Nb1 {[%csl Gb5]
[%cal Gb1c3,Gc3b5]} Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. Be3 $5 $146 {First time
played on GM level.} (14. Qg4 {the main line} O-O 15. Bh6 g6 16. Bxf8 Bxf8 17.
Bb5 $1 Nc5 (17... d4 18. Bxd7 dxc3 19. Be8 $1 cxb2 20. Rab1 $16 {[%csl Rb2,Rf7]
[%cal Gg4f4]}) 18. a4 Be7 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. h4 h5 21. Qf4 $14 {1-0 Nedev,
T-Bauer,C/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (71). (70)}) 14... Qd8 $6 {Bogdan was surprised
with my novelty and didn't react the best way. Now the game transposes to the
main line with only one difference - the black Queen is misplaced.} (14... d4 {
was nessecary} 15. Na4 Qa7 16. Bd2 (16. Bf4 $5 O-O 17. Re4 $5 $44 {[%cal Ge4d4]
}) 16... O-O 17. Rc1 $44) 15. Qg4 O-O ({too dangerous for black was} 15... Nxe5
$6 16. Qxg7 Bf6 17. Bb5+ Bd7 18. Qg3 $40 {[%cal Ga1d1]}) (15... g6 16. Bb5 O-O
17. Bh6 Re8 18. Rac1 $36) 16. Bh6 g6 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 18. Bb5 {Now the white
pieces will occupate all important central squares. Black is just an exchange
down.} Bg7 (18... Qb6 19. Bxd7 Bxd7 20. Nxd5 $18 {[%cal Gg4d7]}) 19. Qd4 f6 {
Allows white to finsh the game in style!} (19... Qb6 20. Qxb6 Nxb6 21. Na4 Nxa4
22. Bxa4 b6 23. Bb5 $16) {[%tqu "En","","","","c3d5","",10]} 20. Nxd5 $1 fxe5 (
20... Nxe5 21. Qb6 Qxd5 22. Rad1 Nf3+ $8 (22... Nc4 23. Qd8+) (22... Qxa2 23.
Rd8+ Kf7 24. Be8+ Kg8 25. Qd6 $18 {[%cal Ge8g6]}) 23. gxf3 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 $18) (
20... exd5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22. e6 $18) 21. Qc4 exd5 22. Qxd5+ Kh8 (22... Kf8 23.
Rad1 Ke7 24. Qd6+ Ke8 25. Rxe5+ Bxe5 26. Qxe5+ Qe7 27. Qh8+ Qf8 28. Qxh7 $18)
23. Rad1 $18 {From now the rest of the game is a matter of technique.} Qb6 24.
Bxd7 Bxd7 25. Qxd7 Qxb2 26. Rb1 Qxa2 27. Rxb7 Qg8 (27... Rg8 28. Ra7) 28. Ra7
h5 29. Rxa8 Qxa8 30. Rc1 Kh7 31. Rc7 Qf8 32. Qf7 Kh6 33. Qxf8 $138 ({Probably
more accurate was} 33. h4) (33. Ra7) 33... Bxf8 34. Ra7 Bb4 35. h4 $22 {
[%csl Rh6][%cal Gg1f1,Gf1e2,Ge2d3,Gd3e4,Yf2f3,Yg2g4,Yg4g5]} e4 36. Kf1 e3 37.
f4 Bd2 38. Ke2 Bc1 39. Rxa5 Kg7 40. Ra6 Bd2 41. Rd6 Kf7 42. Rc6 Kg7 43. Re6 Kf7
44. Rxe3 Bxe3 45. Kxe3 Kf6 (45... Ke6 46. Ke4 Kf6 47. f5 gxf5+ 48. Kf4 Ke6 (
48... Kg6 49. Ke5 f4 50. Kxf4 Kf6 51. g3 $18) 49. Kg5 Ke5 50. Kxh5 Kf4 51. Kg6
Kg3 52. Kxf5 Kxh4 53. g4 $18) 46. Ke4 Ke6 47. f5+ gxf5+ 48. Kf4 Kf6 49. g3 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-B 2nd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2000.04.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.04.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Nh3 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. O-O b5 10. Nf3 (10. Qg4 {gilt als der gefährlichere Zug; es ist auch
die Idee von 7.Nh3.}) 10... Nb6 (10... c4 {wurde schon gespielt.}) 11. a4 $5
bxa4 $6 {Erlaubt ein Qualitätsopfer, dessen Folgen ich unterschätzt hatte.} (
11... b4 {war zweiffellos sicherer.}) 12. Rxa4 Nb8 13. dxc5 $1 (13. Ra1 c4 {
stellt Schwarz vor keinerlei Probleme.}) 13... Nxa4 14. Qxa4+ Qd7 15. Qg4 {
[%csl Yc5,Re8,Rg7][%cal Rf8g7] Weiss besitzt einen Bauern für die geopferte
Qualität und hat den gegnerischen Königsflügel gelähmt. Wenn er nun zu b4 käme,
wäre sein Vorteil unumstritten. Ich verstand, dass meine Chancen, den
Königsflügel zu befreien, zu null tendieren und versuchte, die Pläne meines
Gegners durchzukreuzen.} a5 $1 (15... Nc6 16. b4 $16) 16. c4 $6 {Romuald
Mainka dachte hier so lange nach, dass er anfing, an seine Idee zu zweiffeln.
Daher diese Fehlentscheidung.} ({In} 16. b4 $2 axb4 17. cxb4 Ra4 $1 {[%csl Rb4,
Rc5][%cal Ga4g4] bestand die Absicht von 15...a5.}) ({Weiss sollte mittels} 16.
Be3 Nc6 17. Nf4 g6 18. Nd3 {nach positioneller Kompensation anstreben.}) 16...
h5 (16... Qa4 17. Nfg5 $1 {könnte gefährlich werden.}) 17. Qg3 dxc4 ({Sicherer
war} 17... d4 18. Nhg5 Bxc5 19. Ne4 Na6 20. Qxg7 O-O-O $15) 18. Be3 $2 ({
Besser war} 18. Nfg5 {, und obwohl es nach} Bxc5 19. Ne4 Bf8 {nicht
ersichtlich ist, wie Weiss den Angriff fortsetzen kann, sieht die schwarze
Entwicklung schlecht aus.} (19... Na6 20. Be3 $5)) 18... Nc6 $6 {Dieser
natürliche Entwicklungszug ist nicht der beste.} ({Ich dachte zuerst an} 18...
Na6 $2 {nach, aber} 19. Nd2 $1 {ist unangenehm. Das Feld d6 nahm Weiss in
Visier, als er 16.c4 spielte.}) ({Zu grossem Vorteil führte hier das originelle
} 18... c3 $1 {[%cal Ga5a1]} 19. bxc3 a4 20. Nfg5 a3 21. Qf3 Ra6 22. Rd1 $140
a2 $1 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 $1 24. Qxf7+ Kd8 $19) 19. Nhg5 $6 (19. Nd2 {wollte ich mit
19...h4? bekämpfen, aber 20.Qf4 wäre Weiss dann vorteilhaft. Richtig wäre aber}
Nd4 ({aber nicht} 19... Qd5 20. Nf4 $1 Qxe5 21. Qf3 Rc8 22. Nxc4 Qf5 23. Nb6
Rc7 $140 24. Nfd5) 20. Nf4 (20. Kh1 Nf5) 20... Rc8 21. Nxc4 Nf5 {(xd6)} 22. Qf3
Bxc5 $17) 19... c3 $1 {Nun aber doch die richtige Idee!} 20. bxc3 a4 21. Nd2 ({
Eine hübsche Variante entsteht nach} 21. Ne4 {, und wieder spielt der a-Bauer
die Hauptrolle.} a3 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. Qxg7 (23. cxd6 O-O) 23... Bf8 $1 24. Qxh8
a2 25. Bh6 O-O-O $1 26. Bxf8 a1=Q $1 27. Rxa1 Qd1+) ({Relativ besser war} 21.
Qf4 a3 22. Ra1 a2 23. h4 Ra7 $17) 21... a3 22. Qf3 a2 23. Nb3 $6 (23. Ra1 Ra6 (
23... Ra7 24. Nxf7 $1) 24. Qe2 Ra7 25. Nc4 Qd5 $17) 23... Ra3 24. Na1 (24. Nxf7
Rxb3 25. Nxh8 Rb1 $19) 24... Nxe5 $19 25. Qe2 Ra8 26. Rd1 $138 Qc6 27. Bf4 Ng6
28. Bd6 Bxd6 29. cxd6 Nf4 30. Qf1 (30. d7+ Ke7) 30... O-O 31. Nf3 Rfd8 32. Ne5
Qc5 33. Qe1 (33. Nc4 Ra4 34. Rd4 e5) 33... Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Qxd6 35. g3 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Schlechter Memorial"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Penz, Harald"]
[Black "Meszaros, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Penz,H"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. Nf4 $5 (9. exf6) 9... Nxd4 10. Qh5+ Ke7 11. Ng6+ hxg6 12. exf6+ Nxf6 13.
Qxh8 Kf7 14. f4 Bd7 (14... Qb6 15. O-O Nb3+ 16. Kh1 Nxa1 17. Nf3 $40 Ne4 18.
Ne5+ Ke8 19. Qg8 Nf2+ 20. Rxf2 Qxf2 21. Qf7+ Kd8 22. Qxf8+ Kc7 23. Qe7+ Kb6 24.
Qd6+ Ka5 25. Bd2+ Qxd2 26. Qc5+ Ka4 27. Qb5#) (14... Nc6 $5 15. Qh4 e5 16. Rf1
e4 $36) 15. O-O Rc8 $146 (15... Nc2 16. Bxc2 $4 (16. Kh1 Nxa1 17. Nf3 $40)
16... Bc5+ $19) 16. Kh1 Qa5 17. Nf3 Nxf3 18. Rxf3 Ne4 19. Be3 Ba3 20. Qh7 Bxb2
21. Raf1 Bb5 $6 {[#]} (21... Qxa2) 22. f5 $3 gxf5 $142 (22... Bxd3 $2 23. Qxg6+
Ke7 24. Qxe6+ Kd8 25. Rh3 $1 g5 26. Rh7 $1) 23. Rxf5+ Nf6 $2 (23... exf5 $2 24.
Qxf5+ Ke7 (24... Bf6 25. Qxd5+ Kf8 26. Bxe4 $18) 25. Qxd5 Nd6 (25... Nf6 26.
Bc5+ Rxc5 (26... Ke8 $2 27. Bg6#) 27. Qxc5+ Kf7 28. Bxb5 $18) 26. Bf4 Rc6 27.
Bxd6+ Rxd6 28. Rf7+ Ke8 29. Qxd6 Kxf7 30. Bg6+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ $18) (23... Ke7 $8
24. Rf7+ Kd6 25. Bf4+ Kc6 26. Qh3 Nc5 27. Bxb5+ Qxb5 (27... Kxb5 28. Bd6 $16)
28. Re1 $16) 24. Rxf6+ Bxf6 25. Rxf6+ Kxf6 26. Bg5+ Ke5 (26... Kxg5 27. Qg6+
Kh4 (27... Kf4 28. Qg3#) 28. g3+ Kh3 29. Qh5#) 27. Qxg7+ Kd6 28. Qe7+ Kc6 (
28... Ke5 29. Bf6+ Kf4 30. Qd6+ Ke3 31. Qg3+ Kd2 32. Bg5+ Kc3 33. Be2+ Kb2 34.
Qb3+ Ka1 35. Bf6+ $18) 29. Qxe6+ Kc7 (29... Kc5 30. Be3+ Kb4 31. Qxc8 $18) 30.
Bf4+ Kd8 31. Qf6+ Ke8 32. Bg6+ Kd7 33. Qd6# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kornev, Alexei"]
[Black "Williams, Simon Kim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. Nf4 $5 {This sharp line is a rare guest on top level nowadays. The
arising positions are very irrational and a better prepared player has great
chances to succeed.} ({The main and solid line is} 9. exf6 {followed by 0-0
and Nd2-f3.}) 9... Nxd4 10. Qh5+ Ke7 11. exf6+ Nxf6 12. Ng6+ hxg6 13. Qxh8 e5 (
{The main continuation is} 13... Kf7 $1 {and only after} 14. O-O {black plays}
e5 {. After the immediate 13...e5 white has additional possibility which was
perfectly realised in current game...}) 14. Nf3 (14. Bxg6 e4 15. O-O Ne2+ 16.
Kh1 Nf4 17. Bh7 Nd3 18. b3 Qd6 19. a4 Nxc1 20. Raxc1 Qf4 $13 {1-0 Janjgava,
L-Dreev,A/Lvov 1987 (37)}) 14... Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Bg5 (17.
O-O d4 18. Bg5 Kf7 19. Rfe1 Bd6 20. Qh3 Qd7 21. Kh1 f4 22. Qh4 Qc6 23. Kg2 Rg8
24. Rad1 Qd5 $132 {0-1 Filipek,J-Dgebuadze,A/Eupen 2003 (62)}) 17... Qe8 $2
$146 {Such slow moves are definitely not in the spirit of this opening
variation.} (17... Ke6 18. O-O-O Qb6 19. Rd2 Rd8 20. Kb1 Kf7 21. Qh3 Qe6 22.
Rc1 Rd7 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Rc8 d4 25. f4 exf4 26. Qb3+ Kg6 27. Rxf8 {1-0 Pirrot,
D-Maier,C/Bundesliga 1995}) (17... Kf7 18. Qh4 d4 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6+ Kxf6
21. Rc1 Bd6 22. Ke2 Rh8 23. h4 $14 {1-0 Zapata,A-Juarez,C/Granma 1987 (42)}) (
17... Qa5+ 18. Kf1 e4 19. Qh3 Ke6 20. Kg2 Be7 21. Rhe1 Bb4 22. fxe4 Bxe1 23.
Qxf5+ Kf7 24. e5 $40 {1-0 Kholmov,R-Jurek,J/Decin 1996 (29)}) 18. O-O-O $1 $18
{White's king is safe on the queenside, while his counterpart is "wandering"
in the centre.} f4 19. Bxf6+ Kxf6 20. Rhg1 d4 21. Qh4+ Ke6 22. Kb1 Kd5 23. Qh7
$1 {White's queen will join the hunt after the black king via the diagonal
b1-h7.} Kc5 24. Rc1+ Kb5 25. Rg5 Ka6 26. Qd3+ b5 27. Rg6+ Ka5 28. a3 {[%csl
Ra5][%cal Rb2b4]} 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 ({Another common theoretical line is:} 
11... O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4) 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bh4 {White wants to play
Bh4-g3 in order to exchange black's good dark-squared bishop. Therefore,
black's next move is logical.} ({A solid alternative is:} 13. Rc1) 13... Nh5 (
13... e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bg3 {gives white a slight, but long
lasting advantage.}) 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bg6 Rxf3 {A standard and
theoretical exchange sacrifice.} 17. Bxh5 ({White can also accept the
sacrifice, for instanse:} 17. gxf3 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Nf4 19. Ng3 Bxg3 (19... Qd6
$140 $5 20. Kxh2 $2 Nxd4 21. Qc3 e5 $40) 20. fxg3 Nxg6 21. Qxg6 Nxd4 22. Rac1
Qd7 23. Rf2 $36 {1-0 Volzhin,A (2556)-Johannessen,L (2422)/Bergen 2000/CBM 077
ext (37)}) 17... Bxh2+ $2 {In such a sharp line both sides are obliged to play
precisely. The move in the text is the decisive mistake. Black simply won't be
able to save both rook and dark-squared bishop. The Ph2 is of no significance
at all in this position.} (17... Rf8 18. Bg3 Bd7 19. Rad1 (19. Rac1 Rac8 20.
Qd2 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Qb6 22. Nf4 Kg8 23. Ng6 Rf7 24. Rfd1 Rd8 25. Rc3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Sermek,D (2515)-Gleizerov,E (2586)/Saint Vincent 2001/CBM 080 ext (33)}
) 19... Bxg3 20. hxg3 Rf6 21. Nf4 Rc8 22. Bg4 Rxf4 23. gxf4 Qxf4 24. Bh3 Nxd4
25. Qd2 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Nc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Godena,M (2527)-Berescu,A (2439)/Warsaw
2005/CBM 108 (38)}) 18. Kh1 Rf5 (18... Rf8 19. f4 $1 (19. g3 $2 g5 $13) 19...
Bxf4 20. Nxf4 Rxf4 21. Bg3 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Qd8 23. Rf7 Nxd4 24. Qf2 $2 (24. Qg6
$1 Nf5 25. Rxg7 $1 Nxg7 26. Qxh6+ Kg8 27. Bg6 {with a mate coming soon.}) 24...
Nf5 25. Bg6 Nxg3+ 26. Qxg3 e5 27. Qxe5 Qg8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Delgado,N (2557)
-Rodriguez,A (2556)/Sao Paulo 2004/CBM 100 ext (53)}) 19. Bg6 Bd6 {Black is
forced to sacrifice the exchange to save his dark-squared bishop.} 20. Bxf5
exf5 21. Rae1 $146 (21. f4 $6 Qf7 22. Rf3 Bd7 23. Bf2 Re8 24. Nc3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Pan Qian (2196)-Zhukova,N (2479)/Xiapu 2005/CBM 106 ext (56)}) 21... Bd7 (21...
g5 $2 22. Bg3 f4 23. Qg6 $1 fxg3 (23... Bf8 24. Nxf4 $1 gxf4 25. Re8 $18) 24.
fxg3 {[%cal Gf1f7]} Qg7 25. Qxd6 $18) 22. Nc3 Qb6 23. Qd2 f4 {Trying to trap
white's dark-squared bishop. The alternatives are not better.} (23... Qxd4 24.
Qxd4 Nxd4 25. Be7 $18) (23... g5 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Qxg5 {with a decisive
attack.}) 24. Nxd5 Qb5 25. Nxf4 Bb4 26. Qd1 Bxe1 27. Rxe1 {Black has managed
to win the exchange back, but now there is no real compensation for white's
extra pawn. Actually, white's advantage has transformed and even increased.}
Qf5 (27... g5 $2 28. Qh5 $18) (27... Qxb2 28. d5 Nd4 29. Re7 (29. Ng6+ Kg8 30.
Ne7+ Kh8 31. Qd3 Bb5 32. Qe4 Qd2 {looks also very promising for white, but
probably black still holds on somehow...}) 29... Bf5 30. Qe1 ({Does not work} 
30. Bf6 $4 gxf6 31. Qh5 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qxf4+) 30... Qb1 (30... Nc2 31. Qd2 $18)
31. Qxb1 Bxb1 32. d6 g5 33. d7 $18) 28. Bg3 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. d5 Ne5 31.
f3 Ng6 32. Ne6 {Obviously, white avoids the knight exchange. Black's only
drawing chance would be opposite coloured bishops.} Bf7 33. Qd4 $5 {Navara
chooses the most solid way. It's a pity for white to exchange his strong
passed "d" pawn for black's side pawn. However, in case that Navara was short
of time, his decision is the best from practical point of view.} (33. Nc7 Qg5
34. Kh2 h5 35. d6 h4 36. Be1 Nf4 37. Qd2 Qe5 38. Bxh4 $18) 33... Bxe6 34. dxe6
Qxe6 35. Qxa7 Qd5 36. Qa4 Kh7 37. Qe4 Qxa2 38. Qxb7 h5 39. Qb4 $1 {Preventing
h5-h4 and restricting black's knight completely.} Qd5 40. Kh2 Qg5 41. Qd4 Ne7
42. Bh4 $1 {Transposing into a completely won endgame.} Nf5 43. Bxg5 Nxd4 44.
Kg3 Kg6 45. Be3 Nb3 {Trying to block white's passed pawn, but eventually,
because of zugzwang black will have to give way.} 46. Kf4 Kf6 47. Bb6 g6 48.
Be3 Ke6 49. Kg5 Kf7 50. f4 Na5 (50... Kg7 51. f5 gxf5 52. Kxf5 $18) 51. f5 gxf5
52. Kxf5 Nc4 53. Bd4 Nd6+ 54. Kg5 h4 55. Bc3 Nc4 56. Kxh4 Ne3 57. g4 Kg6 58. b4
Nd5 59. b5 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 {In this
line White is often ready to ruin his pawn chain for an initiative.} (7. Ne2 {
is more popular and positionally sound line.}) 7... g6 $5 {This is a
relatively rare line. The main continuation is 7...Qb6 attacking the Pd4.} 8.
h4 {The move 7...g6 gave White a target and he reacts accordingly. Both
players have experience in this line.} Qb6 (8... h6 9. Bc2 b5 10. O-O a5 11.
Re1 cxd4 12. cxd4 g5 13. Nf1 g4 14. N3h2 h5 15. g3 Qb6 16. Be3 Bb4 17. Re2 Ba6
18. Rc1 O-O-O 19. f3 gxf3 20. Nxf3 $14 {1-0 Adams,M (2729)-Berg,E (2593)/Crete
2007/CBM 121 (48)}) (8... Be7 9. O-O h6 (9... Bxh4 10. Nxh4 Qxh4 11. Nf3 Qg4
12. Be2 $44 {Gurevich,M}) 10. Re1 cxd4 (10... c4 $5 11. Bc2 Bxh4 12. Nxh4 Qxh4
$13 {Navara}) 11. cxd4 Bxh4 12. Nxh4 Qxh4 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. Be3 Nb6 15. Rc1 Bd7
16. a3 O-O-O 17. b4 Kb8 18. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Gb4b5]} a6 19. b5 axb5 20. Bxb5 $36 {
1/2-1/2 Navara,D (2602)-Gurevich,M (2672)/Antalya 2004/CBM 101/[Gurevich,M] 
(75)}) 9. dxc5 $6 {In my opinion, this move is not in the spirit of the
position. 9.h5 is more consistent.} (9. h5 g5 $1 {Black must not open the
h-file.} 10. Nxg5 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd4 (11... Nxd4 12. Ndf3 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 h6 14.
O-O Qb4 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Nd4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bd7 18. b3 Bg7 19. f4 $14 {1-0
Smirin,I (2691)-Gurevich,M (2688)/Dos Hermanas 2001/CBM 083 (55)}) 12. Ndf3
Qb4+ 13. Bd2 Qxb2 14. Bxh7 Ndxe5 15. Rb1 Qxa2 (15... Qa3 $5 {might be an
improvement.}) 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bc3 Bg7 18. O-O Qc4 19. h6 Bf6 20. Bxe5 Bxe5
21. Qh5 Rxh7 22. Nxh7 Bf4 23. Nf6+ Ke7 24. h7 {1-0 Babaev,R (2468)-Medghoul,S 
(2231)/Cappelle La Grande FRA 2008/The Week in Chess 694}) 9... Qc7 $1 {
Correct. The Pe5 is more important to capture.} (9... Bxc5 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nb3
Bb6 12. Bf4 f6 13. O-O-O Ndxe5 14. Kb1 {[%cal Gh1e1] with a strong initiative
for the pawn.}) 10. Nb3 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 (11. h5 Bg7 (11... Nxf3+ $6 12. Qxf3 Ne5
13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ {and Black has to recapture with the king to avoid the
worst.}) 12. Bc2 O-O 13. Qe2 b6 {Black is okay in this case as well. White is
not able to increase pressure along the h-file.}) 11... Nxe5 12. O-O Nxd3 (
12... Bxc5 $6 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Be3 {is not recommended for Black. The weak
dark squares in his camp are worth more than a pawn.}) 13. Qxd3 Bg7 14. h5 O-O
{Black should be satisfied with the results of the opening. He has pair of
bishops and potentially strong pawns in the centre. Meanwhile, White's
benefits are not so clear.} 15. Bg5 b6 {Opening space for the light-squared
bishop.} 16. h6 $1 {This annoying pawn gives White some attacking chances in
the long run.} Bh8 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Rfe1 Bb7 {Protecting Pd5 in order to be
able to push forward the e-pawn.} 19. Nd4 e5 20. Nb5 Qc6 21. a4 f6 (21... d4
22. f3 e4 23. Qxe4 (23. fxe4 $6 Qc5 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gd4c3]}) 23... Qxe4 24.
fxe4 dxc3 25. Nxc3 Rfe8 $11) 22. Bd2 f5 23. f4 $1 {White's only play is all
around the dark squares.} d4 24. Qf1 dxc3 $6 {This helps White to activate his
bishop.} (24... exf4 25. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 26. cxd4 g5 $15 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gc6h6]})
25. Bxc3 exf4 26. Bxh8 Kxh8 {[%csl Gh6,Rh8]} 27. Rac1 {After the exchange of
dark-squared bishops Black's monarch is in danger.} Qf6 28. Qxf4 Qxb2 29. Qe5+
$1 {Eliminating the key defender.} (29. Re2 Qf6 30. Rc7 Bd5 {and White has no
real threats.}) 29... Qxe5 30. Rxe5 {Objectively, Black's position is still
okay. However, it was obviously difficult for Navara to handle this position
in time trouble. Black has to watch out for both the 8th and 7th ranks.} Rxa4
$2 (30... Rfd8 $1 {preventing the knight moves.} 31. Re7 Bd5 32. Rcc7 Bg8 $11)
31. Nd6 Rd4 (31... Ba8 $1 32. Rc7 Rh4 33. Rf7 Rg8 {Now, White can achieve
either an extra piece, or an exchange, but both endgames should be drawn:} 34.
Ne8 (34. Rg7 Rxh6 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Re8+ Kg7 37. Rxa8) 34... Bd5 35. Rfe7 Bc4
36. Nf6 Rxh6 37. Nxg8 Bxg8 38. Rb7 g5 39. Rxf5 Rg6) 32. Rc7 (32. Nxb7 $2 Rd7 {
trapping the knight.}) 32... Bd5 (32... Rxd6 $2 33. Ree7 {mating.}) 33. Rd7 Kg8
$2 {The final mistake.} ({It was necessary to sacrifice an exchange:} 33... Bc6
34. Nf7+ Kg8 35. Rxd4 Kxf7 36. Rd6 Rc8 {still keeping reasonable chances for a
draw.}) 34. Re8 (34. Ne8 $1 {was even more devastating, as the mating threat
35.Rg7+ followed by 36.Nf6 Rxf6 37.Re8 mate, is unanswerable.}) 34... Rxe8 35.
Nxe8 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Bb3 (36... Kf8 37. Nf6 $18) 37. Nf6+ {Ideal coordination
between White's forces.} Kf8 38. Nxh7+ Ke8 39. Nf6+ Kf8 40. h7 {Impressive
play by Mickey Adams!} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Kosyrev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 b6 {This rare move has
a sound positional idea: black is intending to perform the favourable exchange
of light-squared bishops by 7...Ba6. However, this plan is somewhat slow and
gives white several additional tempi for development.} 7. Ne2 ({Another option
is} 7. Nh3 {which usually leads to the same position, since the knight is
heading to f4 anyway.}) 7... Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Nf4 {White has to
play aggressively in order to make use of his temporary development advantage.}
Be7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Nf3 c4 {A somewhat committing decision. However, Black has
to play this move sooner or later, since his pieces are not able to press
white's Pd4. Therefore, Black grabs space on the queenside, hoping to make use
of it in the long term.} (12... h5 13. Qg3 c4 (13... g5 14. Ne2 g4 15. Ne1 Nf8
16. f4 Qd7 17. f5 exf5 18. Qf4 Nfe6 19. Qxf5 O-O-O $132 {0-1 Siklosi,
Z-Moskalenko,V/St Ingbert 1990/EXT 97 (33)}) 14. a4 $6 (14. h4 $5 {Mueller,
Karsten}) 14... Nb8 15. b3 cxb3 16. Nd2 Nc6 17. Nxb3 Rc8 18. Qh3 Kf8 19. g4 $6
Kg8 20. gxh5 Bg5 $15 {0-1 Ye Jiangchuan-Zhang Zhong/Beijing 1996/CBM 54 ext 
(67)}) 13. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5] Black can not allow his opponent to play h4-h5, so
his next move is obligatory.} h5 14. Qg3 b5 15. Nh3 Nf8 $146 {The knight is
going to h7 in order to reduce white's attacking potential.} (15... a5 16. Nfg5
Rg8 17. Re1 Nf8 18. Re3 Rg7 19. Rf3 Qd7 20. Bd2 {--> 1-0 Berelovich,A-Jussupow,
A/Germany 2002/CBM 093/[Mueller,Karsten] (59)}) (15... Nb6 16. Nfg5 Qd7 17. Qf3
Bd8 18. b3 a5 19. Ba3 b4 20. cxb4 Nb5 21. bxa5 Nxa3 22. axb6 Bxb6 23. bxc4 Nxc4
24. Rfd1 O-O 25. Qe2 Ra4 $44 {0-1 Tzermiadianos,A-Skalkotas,N/Liosia 1991/EXT
2003 (41). (41)}) 16. a4 bxa4 $6 {I don't like this move. Black opens the
b-file for his rooks, but, in my opinion the drawbacks of this exchange are
quite obvious.} (16... b4 {was called for, with chances for both sides.}) 17.
Rxa4 $14 a6 18. Nfg5 Nh7 19. Qf3 {[%csl Rf7]} Nxg5 20. Bxg5 {After the
exchange of the dark-squared bishops the dark holes in Black's camp will
become an important factor to determine White's advantage.} Rb8 21. Ra2 Bxg5
22. Nxg5 Qe7 23. Re1 O-O {Black wishes to move his king to the other side of
the board, but he must protect the Pf7.} 24. Re3 $1 {The rook will be very
useful on the 3rd rank. After the following g2-g4 thrust Black's king will be
in danger.} Ne8 {Transfering the knight to the defense.} (24... Rb7 25. g4 hxg4
26. Qxg4 f5 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Nf3 $16) 25. g4 $1 {Starting an assault against
the black king.} hxg4 26. Qxg4 Ng7 27. Rxa6 Rxb2 28. Rf3 Rb1+ ({Bad is} 28...
Nf5 $2 {in view of} 29. h5 {Black must keep his knight on g7.}) 29. Kh2 Qb7 30.
Rd6 Rb6 {Black is trying to reduce White's attacking potential, but this move
actually allows White to carry out the desired breakthrough.} (30... Ra1 {
[%cal Gb7b1]} 31. Qg2 $1 {White is intending to play 32.Rf6 and only then the
breakthrow h4-h5. Black is in serious trouble.} (31. h5 Nxh5 (31... gxh5 $2 32.
Qg2 $1 $40 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg5h3,Gh3f4,Gf4h5,Gf3f6,Gf3g3]}) (31... Qb1 $2 32.
Qg2 Nxh5 33. Rd7 $18 {[%csl Rf7]}) 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Qxe6 Qe7 34. Qxg6+ Rg7 35.
Qe6+ Rf7 (35... Qxe6 $4 36. Rd8+ Qe8 37. Rxe8#) 36. Qxf7+ (36. Qg6+ $11) 36...
Qxf7 37. Nxf7 Kxf7 38. Rxd5 {This endgame should end in a draw.})) (30... Rc1
$2 {[%tqu "En","Find the winning strike.","","","f3f7","",7]} 31. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7
32. Rd8+ Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Qf4+ $18 {[%cal Gf4c1,Gf4f8]}) 31. Rxb6 Qxb6
32. h5 $1 {[%mdl 128]} Qb1 $2 {Black is cracking under pressure.} (32... gxh5
$2 33. Qf4 $18 {[%csl Rf7,Rg8][%cal Gf4f6,Gf6h6,Gh6h7]}) ({The least of the
evils for black would have been} 32... Nxh5 33. Nxf7 Kg7 $8 34. Ng5 Rf5 35.
Rxf5 exf5 36. Qf3 Qc6 $16) 33. h6 Nf5 {[%tqu "En","Continue the attack.","","",
"g5e6","",5]} 34. Nxe6 $1 Ra8 (34... fxe6 $2 35. Qxg6+ Kh8 36. Rxf5 Rg8 37.
Qf6+ Kh7 38. Rg5 $18) 35. h7+ $2 {A serious inaccuracy.} ({The quickest way
for a win was} 35. Qg5 {[%cal Gg5f6]} Kh7 36. Qf6 fxe6 37. Rxf5 Ra7 38. Rf3 Qd1
39. Kg2 $18) 35... Kh8 (35... Kxh7 $2 36. Qh3+ Kg8 37. Ng5 $18) 36. Ng5 Ra1 37.
Qg2 (37. Nxf7+ Kxh7 38. Qg2 $18) 37... Qc1 $6 ({More stubborn was} 37... Ra7)
38. Nxf7+ Kxh7 39. Ng5+ ({A quicker win would have been after} 39. e6 $1 {
[%cal Gf7e5]}) 39... Kg7 40. Ne6+ Kf7 41. Rh3 $1 {[%mdl 2048] White's attack
is decisive, while black is not able to create any counterthreats. The game
shows very nice harmony between White's pieces.} Nh6 (41... Kxe6 42. Qxg6+ {
with forced mate.}) 42. Ng5+ Kg7 43. Rg3 Nf5 (43... Qf1 44. Ne6+ Kf7 45. Qf3+
Nf5 46. Rxg6 $1 Kxg6 47. Qg4+ Kf7 48. Qxf5+ Ke7 49. Qf6+ Kd7 50. Qf7+ Kc6 51.
Nd8+ Kb6 52. Qb7+ Ka5 53. Nc6+ Ka4 54. Qb4#) 44. Ne6+ Kf7 45. Rxg6 Ne7 46. Rf6+
({A bit nicer was} 46. Qf3+ Kxg6 47. Qf6+ Kh5 48. Ng7+ Kg4 49. f3#) 46... Ke8
47. Nc7+ 1-0

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2005.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 a5 {
This line is somewhat provocative. At a price of delaying the development,
black is pushing his "a" pawn trying to create a counterplay on the queenside
as soon as possible.} ({The main alternatives are:} 7... Be7) ({and} 7... Qb6)
8. O-O a4 (8... Be7 9. Re1 c4 10. Bc2 b5 11. Nf1 Nb6 12. N3d2 h5 13. f4 b4 14.
Qf3 g6 15. g3 a4 16. a3 bxa3 17. bxa3 Na5 18. h3 Nb3 19. Ra2 Rb8 20. g4 hxg4
21. hxg4 Na8 22. Nb1 Nc7 23. Ng3 Nb5 24. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Navara,D (2620)
-Kortschnoj,V (2601)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 no vc (77)}) (8... g6 9. Re1 Bg7 10.
Nf1 Qb6 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Bf4 Nxc5 13. Bc2 $14 {1-0 Nisipeanu,L (2592)-Welling,
G (2400)/Saint Vincent 2003/CBM 092 ext (22)}) 9. Re1 (9. c4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nxd4
11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Qg4 Nc5 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Qxd4 $40 {[%csl Re8] 1-0
Anagnostopoulos,D (2515)-Reefschlaeger,H (2335)/Velden 1996/EXT 97 (20)}) 9...
a3 {Ivanchuk is consequent, but the whole idea of pushing the "a" pawn till
the end is rather risky, since black is lagging in development.} 10. c4 $1 $146
{Blowing up the centre is very logical. Black has to be very careful, white's
development advantage might become very apparent.} (10. bxa3 c4 11. Bc2 Bxa3
12. Bxa3 Rxa3 13. Nb1 Ra8 14. a4 b5 15. Na3 b4 16. cxb4 Nxb4 17. Nb5 O-O 18.
Bb1 $13 {1-0 Konguvel,P (2377)-Bunzmann,D (2484)/Biel 2000/CBM 077 ext (51)})
10... Be7 (10... dxc4 11. Nxc4 cxd4 12. bxa3 $14) 11. bxa3 $1 (11. cxd5 $2 exd5
12. b3 (12. e6 $2 fxe6 {gives white nothing.}) 12... O-O 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. Ng3
f6 $15) 11... cxd4 $6 {A risky continuation.} (11... dxc4 12. Nxc4 cxd4 13. Be4
$14) 12. cxd5 Nc5 (12... exd5 13. Nb3 $14 {[%cal Gb3d4,Gf3d4]}) 13. Nc4 $2 {
This is too active.} (13. dxc6 Nxd3 14. Re4 {[%csl Rd4]} Qc7 (14... Nxc1 15.
Rxc1 bxc6 16. Nxd4 $16) 15. Qc2 Nc5 (15... Nxc1 16. cxb7 Qxb7 (16... Qxc2 17.
bxa8=Q O-O 18. Re1 $18) 17. Rxc1 d3 18. Qxd3 Rxa3 19. Qc2 O-O 20. Rc4 Bd7 21.
Rc7 Qb5 22. Nc4 $18) 16. Rxd4 Qxc6 17. Nc4 $16) 13... exd5 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15.
exd6+ Be6 {Now black is safe.} 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Bb5 $6 {Allowing black's knight
to jump to the centre.} ({Does not work:} 17. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19.
Qh5 Bf5 $19) ({More the point would have been} 17. Rc1 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Qf6 19.
Bg3 $11) 17... Ne4 $15 (17... Rxa3 $2 18. Nxd4 $14) 18. a4 Qf6 19. Bg3 Bg4 $6 (
19... Nxg3 20. hxg3 Bd7 $15 {[%csl Rd6]}) 20. Rc1 $6 (20. Bxc6 bxc6 (20... Bxf3
21. gxf3 $1 Nc3 22. Qd3 bxc6 23. Be5 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Ne4 25. Bxd4 $16) 21. Qxd4
Bxf3 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. gxf3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Rfd8 25. Rab1 Rxd6 26. Re7 $11) 20...
Nxg3 21. hxg3 Qxd6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Qxd4 Bxf3 24. gxf3 {Black has two
connected passed pawns, but it's not very hard to get them forward. White has
reasonable chances for a draw.} Ra6 $17 25. Re3 h6 26. Rec3 Rfa8 27. a5 Qd7 28.
Kg2 Rxa5 {Otherwise, black is not able to achieve any progress.} 29. Rxc6 Rxa2
30. Rc7 Qe6 31. R1c6 Qe2 32. Rc3 $6 (32. Rg6 $5 Qxf2+ 33. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 34. Kxf2
fxg6 35. Rd7 Ra5 36. f4 {and this may not be winning for black, due to doubled
pawns and problems to activize both pieces.}) (32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Rxc8+ Kh7 34.
Rc7 Rd2 35. Re7 Qxe7 36. Qxd2 Qe5 {with good winning chances.}) 32... Rd2 33.
Qe3 (33. Qf4 Qxf2+ 34. Kh3 Rf8 35. Rc8 Qf1+ 36. Kg4 h5+ 37. Kg5 f6+ 38. Kg6
Qb1+ {without this check black could resign!} 39. Qf5 Qxf5+ 40. Kxf5 Rxc8 41.
Rxc8+ Kh7 $19) 33... Qxe3 $2 (33... Raa2 $1 34. Qxe2 Rxe2 35. Kh3 Rxf2 36. Kg4
(36. Rd7 $2 f5 37. g4 f4 38. g5 Rg2 {and white's king is in the mating net.})
36... Rae2 37. Rd7 g6 38. Kh3 (38. Rxd5 $2 f5+ 39. Kf4 {[%tqu "En","Can you
spot mate in one?","","","e2e4","",1]} Re4#) 38... h5 39. Kh4 Kg7 $19) 34. Rxe3
Raa2 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Rxf7 Rxf2+ 37. Kh3 Kg6 38. Ree7 $2 ({The only move was} 
38. Rff8 {and the endgame is very close to be drawn.}) 38... Rh2+ 39. Kg4 h5+
$4 {Both players were obviously in time-scramble.} (39... Ra4+ $1 40. f4 (40.
Rf4 h5#) 40... h5+ 41. Kf3 Ra3+ 42. Re3 Rxe3+ 43. Kxe3 Kxf7 {with a rook up.})
40. Kf4 $11 {Now, white's king escapes.} Ra4+ 41. Ke3 Ra3+ 42. Kd4 Rd2+ 43. Kc5
Kh6 44. Rxg7 Rxf3 45. Rh7+ Kg6 46. Reg7+ Kf6 47. Rf7+ Kg6 48. Rhg7+ Kh6 49.
Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 16th"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "2005.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 {This line
is more committing (for both sides!), compared to the solid 7.Ne2.} Be7 8. O-O
g5 {A theoretical and a typical "French" push directed to destroy white's
pawns chain in the centre.} 9. dxc5 Ndxe5 ({The alternatives are:} 9... g4 {
followed by 10...Ndxe5}) ({and} 9... Nxc5) 10. Nxe5 (10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Qe2 Qc7
12. Re1 Ng6 13. Nb3 g4 14. Nfd4 e5 15. Nc2 a6 16. Ba4 h5 17. Rd1 O-O-O 18. Rxd5
Nd4 19. Bxd7+ Rxd7 20. cxd4 Rxd5 21. Nb4 Rdd8 22. d5 a5 23. d6 Bxd6 24. cxd6
Qxd6 25. Bg5 axb4 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 $17 {0-1 Rublevsky,S-Volkov,S/Ohrid 2001 (40)})
10... Nxe5 11. Nb3 {White does not mind to give his light-squared bishop and
plays for a quick development.} (11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. b4 b6 14. c4
dxc4 15. Nxc4 bxc5 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Qb6 18. Qg3 cxb4 19. Qxg5 Qc5 20. Qg3
$36 {[%csl Re8] 1-0 Rublevsky,S-Morozevich,A/Togliatti 2003 (32)}) 11... Nxd3 (
11... Bd7 12. f4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 h6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Bd4 O-O-O (15... Rf8 {
- Hracek,Z-Stellwagen,D/Bundesliga 2005/CBM 107 [Finkel,A]}) 16. Be5 Bxc5+ 17.
Nxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Bd4 Bb5 19. Qe3 Qc6 20. Bxh8 Bxf1 21. Bf6 $18 {1-0 Ramesh,
R-Bigg,A/Port Erin 2004 (23)}) 12. Qxd3 e5 13. Qe2 Qc7 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This
is an improvement, since the other way to defend Pe5 was convincigly refuted
in the following game:} (13... f6 14. Qh5+ Kf8 15. h4 Kg7 16. hxg5 fxg5 17. Re1
Bf6 18. Rxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxg5 Qe8 20. Bh6+ Kf6 21. Qg5+ Kf7 22. Re1 Rg8 23. Qh5+
Kf6 24. Qh4+ Kg6 25. Bf4 Bxf4 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Qxf4 $18 {1-0 Degraeve,J-Pert,
N/Montpellier 2003 (37)}) 14. Re1 (14. Qh5 $6 h6) 14... e4 (14... f6 $6 15.
Qh5+ {and black loses his right to castle.}) 15. c4 ({Another attempt of
breaking throw deserves further investigation as well:} 15. f3 Bf5 16. Nd4 Bxc5
17. Be3 Bg6 18. Qb5+ Kf8 19. Rad1 $44) 15... Be6 16. Nd4 Bxc5 17. cxd5 (17.
Nxe6 $5 fxe6 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Bxg5 O-O 20. Be3 $14) 17... Bxd5 18. Qb5+ Kf8
19. Be3 (19. Bxg5 Qb6 {forcing the exchange of queens, after which black is
okay.}) 19... a6 20. Qa4 $6 {White's play should be more tempting in this case.
} (20. Ne6+ fxe6 $1 (20... Bxe6 21. Bxc5+ Kg8 22. Qb4 $36 {[%csl Rg8,Rh8]}) 21.
Bxc5+ Kf7 22. Qb4 $14 {Black's extra pawn has no real significance, while his
king is unsafe.}) 20... b5 21. Qd1 Qd7 $1 22. Bxg5 Rg8 23. Bh6+ Ke8 {White
gained back the pawn, but black has now a counterplay on the "g" file which
compensates the apparent drawbacks of his position.} 24. Be3 Rd8 25. Qh5 Bxd4
26. Bxd4 Qg4 27. Qxg4 Rxg4 $11 28. Bf6 Rd6 29. f3 Rg6 30. fxe4 Bb7 31. Bc3 Rde6
{Black wins the pawn back. The position is drawish.} 32. g3 Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.10.23"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Lemmers, Oscar"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 (4. exd5 {is another main line.}) 4... Nf6
5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 g6 {This move is a playable way to avoid the main
French stuff.} ({The main alternatives are:} 7... Qb6) ({and} 7... Be7) 8. h4 (
{Another main reply is the immediate castling:} 8. O-O) 8... h6 (8... Be7 9.
O-O h6 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bxh4 12. Nxh4 Qxh4 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. Be3 Nb6 15. Rc1
Bd7 16. a3 O-O-O 17. b4 Kb8 18. Bd2 $44 {1/2-1/2 Navara,D-Gurevich,M/Antalya
2004 (75)}) (8... Qb6 {This is the most popular continuation, which leads to
an extremely complicated stuff. For example:} 9. h5 g5 10. Nxg5 cxd4 11. cxd4
Nxd4 12. Ndf3 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 h6 14. O-O Qb4 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Nd4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3
Bd7 18. b3 Bg7 19. f4 $14 {1-0 Smirin,I-Gurevich,M/Dos Hermanas 2001 (55)}) 9.
O-O (9. a3 {This move covers the b4 square, but this also might turn out as a
loss of tempo...} Qb6 (9... a5 10. O-O g5 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. g4 Qb6 13. Qa4 Be7
14. Re1 Qc7 15. Nf1 Rg8 16. Ng3 c4 17. Bh7 Rg7 18. Bb1 Nf8 19. Nh5 Rg8 20. Be3
Bd7 21. Qd1 O-O-O 22. Qd2 $16 {[%csl Rg5] 1-0 Timofeev,A-Dizdar,G/Gothenburg
2005 (65)}) 10. O-O g5 $1 {This push is very typical for "French", but in this
concrete case didn't appear before. It looks like this game will force white
to find a better ways of fighting for an opening advantage...} 11. hxg5 $6 {
White should not open the "h" file.} (11. dxc5 $6 Nxc5 12. Bc2 Bg7 {[%csl Re5]
and black looks fine.}) ({Comes to consideration} 11. b4 cxd4 12. cxd4 g4 13.
Nh2 Qxd4 14. Nb3 Qxe5 15. Nxg4 $44) 11... hxg5 12. Nxg5 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd4 $1 {
This capture is better than 13...Nxd4. Black's queen should be transfered to
the kingside.} 14. Ndf3 Qg4 $1 15. Nxf7 $1 Rg8 (15... Kxf7 $4 16. Ng5+ $18 {
[%csl Rg4]}) 16. N7g5 $6 ({Objectively better would have been} 16. N3g5 Qxd1
17. Rxd1 Ndxe5 18. Bh7 Rg7 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Re1 Bd6 $15) 16... Ndxe5 17. Be2
Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qh4 $17 {0-1 Perunovic,M (2559)-Berg,E (2539)/Gothenburg 2005/
CBM 109_01/[Postny,E] (33)}) 9... Qb6 $6 {This move seems to be the source of
black's troubles.} (9... g5 $5 10. h5 Qb6 11. c4 cxd4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nb3 Bg7
14. Nfxd4 Nxd4 15. Be3 Bxe5 16. Re1 O-O 17. Nxd4 Qf6 18. Rc1 $44 {1/2-1/2
Zhang Pengxiang-Gurevich,M/Hoogeveen 2004 (42)}) 10. dxc5 $1 {White's play
must be tempting in this opening line.} Qc7 $146 (10... Nxc5 11. Nb3 Nxd3 12.
Qxd3 Bg7 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Bc5 $16 {1-0 Tseitlin,M (2496)-Jurek,J 
(2336)/Biel 1999/EXT 2000 (33)}) 11. Nb3 Ndxe5 12. Bf4 {Black destroyed
white's central pawns, but his troubles actually only begin, due to a serious
lag in development and the unsafe position of his king.} Bg7 13. Re1 Nxf3+ (
13... g5 14. Bh2 $1 g4 15. Nfd4 Qe7 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Qxg4 $16) 14. Qxf3 e5 15.
Bg3 (15. Qxd5 $4 Be6 {[%csl Rd5,Rf4]}) 15... O-O {Black is not able to keep
his centre anyway.} (15... Be6 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. Bxe5 $1 (17. Nxc6 $2 e4 $1 $132)
17... Bxe5 (17... Nxe5 18. Rxe5 $18 {[%cal Cg7e5,Gd3b5]}) 18. Nxc6 Bxc3 19.
bxc3 Qxc6 20. Bxg6 O-O-O (20... fxg6 $2 21. Qf6 Kd7 22. Qg7+ $18) 21. Bxf7 Bxf7
22. Qxf7 Qxc5 23. Rab1 $18) 16. h5 $2 {White decided to shake black's king
residence before capturing the Pd5. However, black could now use the moment
and keep his vital central pawns...} (16. Qxd5 Be6 17. Qf3 Rad8 18. h5 {
and white is nearly winning.}) 16... gxh5 $2 (16... Be6 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. Nxc6 e4
$1 {and black is fine. Both players probably missed this intermediate move.})
17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Qf3 $16 h4 $1 {Distracting white's bishop from the diagonal
h2-b8 is black's best chance.} 19. Bxh4 f5 20. Qe2 {Black's compensation for
the pawn is not sufficient. His central pawns are not really mobile, since
every advance of it will give white's pieces additional outposts.} Qf7 21. Nd2
Kh8 (21... e4 $2 22. f3 {[%cal Of3e4,Ce4d3,Ge2e6]}) 22. Bc4 (22. Nc4 $6 e4 23.
Nd6 Qg6 24. Bc2 Ne5 $132) 22... Rae8 23. Rad1 $6 ({It was stronger to bring
the knight to d6 at the first place:} 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Nc4) 23... Rg8 24. Bxe6
(24. Bg3 $5) 24... Rxe6 25. Nc4 {The knight is heading to a great d6
stronghold.} Bf8 26. Nd6 Qg6 27. Qf3 e4 28. Qg3 Qh7 $2 ({It was necessary to
bring the knight into the battle as soon as possible:} 28... Ne5 29. Qxg6 Rexg6
30. Nxf5 Nf3+ 31. Kf1 Nxe1 32. Rxe1 Bxc5 33. Rxe4 Rxg2 34. Nxh6 Rg1+ 35. Ke2
Rf8 $132) 29. Qh3 $18 {[%csl Rf5]} Ne5 30. Bg3 Ng4 31. Rd5 Bxd6 32. cxd6 Qf7
33. Qh4 $2 (33. Bf4 $18) 33... f4 34. Bxf4 $4 {I suppose, that both players
were in severe time-trouble.} (34. d7 fxg3 35. Qxg3 e3 36. fxe3 Rxe3 37. Rxe3
Qxd5 38. Rd3 Qc5+ 39. Rd4 Kh7 40. Qxg4 Rxg4 41. d8=Q {and white should win.})
34... Qxf4 35. d7 e3 $4 {The finish of this game is rather dramatic.} (35...
Rd6 36. Rdd1 Rd2 $1 $19) 36. f3 {Now white is on top again.} Rd6 37. Rxd6 Qxd6
38. fxg4 Kh7 39. Rxe3 Rg5 40. Qe1 $1 Rg7 41. Qb1+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch49"]
[Site "Chambery"]
[Date "1974.08.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Goldenberg, Richard"]
[Black "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1974.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Pour cette dernière ronde, la partie était à enjeu car il y avait
une place sur le podium} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ne2 f6 {Nimzovitch préconisait d'attaquer la chaine à la base et cd4 est
la variante principale mais depuis Nimzovitch la théorie a évolué} (7...
cxd4) (7... Qb6) 8. Nf4 (8. exf6 Nxf6 9. O-O (9. Nf3)) 8... Qe7 9. Nf3 (9. exf6
Qxf6 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. O-O Nde5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15.
Re1 Re8 16. cxd4 Nc6 17. Be3 Bd6 18. Ne2 Re7 19. Rc1 Ke8 20. Qd2 h6 21. Red1
Kf7 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Nxf4 Rc8 24. Rc3 Kg8 25. h4 Rf7 26. g3 g5 27. hxg5 hxg5
28. Nh3 Rg7 29. Kg2 Rf8 30. Re3 Qf5 31. Rde1 Rf6 32. f3 g4 33. Nf4 gxf3+ 34.
Rxf3 Rh6 35. Qd3 Qg4 36. Rg1 Rgh7 37. Kf2 Rh2+ 38. Rg2 Rxg2+ {Keres,P-Czerniak,
M Helsinki 1952 1/2-1/2 (90)}) 9... fxe5 10. Ng6 $5 {Une idée de Tukmakov}
hxg6 11. Bxg6+ Kd8 12. Bg5 Nf6 13. dxe5 Kc7 14. O-O (14. exf6 $2 gxf6 15. Be3
f5 16. Bg5 Qg7 $17 {[%csl Rg6]}) 14... Qd8 $146 (14... Bd7 15. b4 c4 16. b5 Na5
17. Re1 Qd8 18. Qd4 Be7 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Bf4+ Kc8 21. Bf7 e5 22. Nxe5 fxe5 23.
Qxe5 Bc5 24. Qxd5 Qb6 25. Rad1 {1-0 (25) Tukmakov,V-Zilberman,N Kiev 1966}) 15.
Re1 Be7 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bf4+ e5 $1 $17 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] Le centre Noir est
trés fort et il n'est pas facile d'attaquer le K Noir} 18. Nxe5 $1 (18. Bg3
Qg8 {[%cal Gg8g6,Gg8d5]}) 18... fxe5 19. Rxe5 $1 Nxe5 20. Bxe5+ {Même si
intrinsèquement l'attaque Blanche est insuffisante, devant l'échiquier c'est
une autre histoire et les Noirs doivent jouer précisémment tant qu'il n'ont
pas le temps de jouer Be6} Kc6 (20... Bd6 {Semblait plus simple mais les
Blancs ont des ressources tactiques} 21. Qxd5 $1 (21. Bxd6+ Qxd6 {[%cal Gd6g6,
Gd6h2]}) (21. Bxh8 Qxh8 22. h3 Bxh3 $1 {[%cal Ga8g8]}) 21... Qe7 (21... Bxe5
22. Qxc5+ Kb8 23. Qxe5+ Qc7 {[%cal Gc7h2]} 24. Qxh8) 22. Qxc5+ $1 Kb8 (22...
Kd7) 23. Bxd6+) 21. c4 dxc4 22. Qa4+ Kb6 {[%csl Ra1,Gc4,Gc5] Sans la Ra1 en
attaque, il est difficile de mater car paradoxalement les P isolés sur la
colonne "c" controlent des cases importantes} (22... b5 $2 23. Be4+) 23. b4 $1
{Richard GOLDENBERG était un des meilleurs joueurs français à l'époque et
il comprend bien la position} a6 (23... cxb4 24. Rb1 a5 25. a3 b3 26. Rxb3+
cxb3 27. Qxb3+ Kc6 28. Qc4+ Bc5 $19) 24. bxc5+ Ka7 $1 {[%csl Ga7]} 25. Rd1 Qg8
$1 $19 {[%cal Gg8c4,Gg8g6,Gc8h3,Gg8g2]} 26. Be4 Bxc5 27. Qa5 Bb6 28. Qc3 Rh3 $3
{Il n'est pas facile après une longue défense des Noirs de trouver ce genre
de parade} 29. Qb4 Qg4 $1 {[%cal Gg4d1,Gg4e4]} 30. Rb1 Rb3 $3 {Non seulement
la défense est spectaculaire mais elle est esthétique.  Au surplus, les
coups "longs" sont toujours difficiles à trouver} 31. axb3 Qxe4 {[%cal Ge4e5]}
32. bxc4 Ba5 $1 {[%csl Rb1]} 33. Qc5+ $1 b6 34. Qe7+ Bb7 35. Rd1 $4 $138 Qxg2#
{Quelle partie! Cette victoire permet à Jean-Luc SERET de terminer second du
Championnat et battu seulement par LETZELTER au départage.} 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bedouin, Xavier"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:01:47]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:15]}
Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 8. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Qxf6
{[%emt 0:00:06]} (9... Nxf6 {La grande ligne} 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O (11...
Qc7) 12. Bf4 {Nikolenko,O (2475)-Gleizerov,E (2520) POL-chT Lubniewice 1994 (8)
1/2}) 10. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bd6
{[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 13. Bc2 {
[%emt 0:01:53]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 14. Nh5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:
22]} 15. Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 16. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Nf8
{[%emt 0:00:08]} 17. Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 18. Qd2 {
[%emt 0:01:26]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 19. Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:
00:15] Le GMI a joué l'ouverture а tempo et il disposait а ce moment de 07
minutes de plus qu'au début de la partie!} 20. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Bd7 {
[%emt 0:02:20]} 21. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:41]} ({RR} 21. Rfe1 Rc8 22. Rac1 Be8 23.
Ba4 Ng6 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Qxe5 27. Nd4 Qf4 28. Qxf4 Rxf4 29.
Nxe6 Rb4 30. b3 Re8 31. f3 a5 32. Kf2 a4 33. Nc5 axb3 34. Rxe8+ Bxe8 35. Nxb3
d4 {Korneev,O (2584)-Lugovskoy,M (2376)/Belorechensk 2012/Mega2012 Update 25/1/
2-1/2 (58)}) 21... Be8 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 22. Qe3 {[%emt 0:05:44] Probablement
le 01er coup hors préparation du français qui était également trés bien
préparé!} Rc7 $146 {[%emt 0:03:42][%cal Ga8c8,Gc7e7]} (22... Nb4 23. Bb1 Bb5
24. Rfe1 Bxe2 25. Rxe2 Rc7 26. Ne5 Nc6 27. Nd3 Nb4 28. Nf4 Rac8 29. g3 Nc6 30.
Qd2 Nd8 31. h4 Qb6 32. Kg2 Rc4 33. Qe3 Qc7 34. Ree1 Qf7 35. Bd3 R4c7 36. Re2
Qf6 37. Nh5 {Sermek,D (2545)-Dimitrov,V (2464)/Pardubice 1999/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2
(60)}) 23. Nc3 {[%emt 0:33:48]} a6 {[%emt 0:04:49]} 24. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:01:43]}
Rac8 {[%emt 0:10:28]} (24... Re7 $5 25. Ne5 $14 {[%csl Gc2,Re8]}) 25. Bb1 {
[%emt 0:07:17]} Bh5 $11 {[%emt 0:11:15] Le mauvais B s'est activé et la
faiblesse "e6" est facile а protéger} 26. Rd2 {[%emt 0:05:20]} b5 {[%emt 0:07:
54]} 27. h3 $6 {[%emt 0:06:41] Trop lent et le GMI va prendre l'initiative} (
27. Ne5 $142 Na5 28. f4 Nc4 29. Nxc4 Rxc4 30. Bd3 R4c7 31. Rf2 b4 32. Na4 {
[%cal Ga4c5]} Re8 33. Nc5 $16 {[%csl Gc5,Re6]}) 27... Na5 $1 {[%emt 0:03:56]
[%csl Gc4]} 28. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Nc4 $1 {[%emt 0:04:47]} 29. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:
00:16]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Bd3 {[%emt 0:07:24]} R4c6 {[%emt 0:00:53]}
31. a4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} b4 {[%emt 0:04:41]} 32. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bf7 {
[%emt 0:04:51]} 33. Rdd1 {[%emt 0:05:19]} b3 $5 {[%emt 0:09:17][%csl Rd4][%cal
Gd6b4,Gb4a4]} 34. Nc3 {[%emt 0:07:42]} Bg6 $1 {[%emt 0:04:57][%csl Gb3,Rc2]
Echange non seulement le mauvais B mais les Blancs auront maintenant du mal а
contrôler la case "c2"} 35. g3 {[%emt 0:02:58]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 36. Qe2 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 37. Rxd3 $138 {[%emt 0:00:02] Joué а
tempo mais Qd3 était une autre option valable pour éviter le clouage au coup
suivant} (37. Qxd3 $5) 37... Qc4 $1 $15 {[%emt 0:05:34]} 38. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:
41][%csl Rd2,Rd3] Les pièces Noires commecent а être un peu plus actives} Ng6
$5 {[%emt 0:01:46][%csl Rd4][%cal Gg6e7,Ge7f5]} 39. Qd1 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Ne7 {
[%emt 0:03:33]} (39... Re8 40. Rde3) 40. Rde3 $1 $132 {[%emt 0:00:00][%csl Re6]
} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Rxe6 {[%emt 0:06:04]} 42. Rxe6
{[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 43. Re5 {[%emt 0:05:55][%csl Rd5]} Rd8 {
[%emt 0:08:15]} 44. Qh5 $6 {[%emt 0:05:07]} (44. Kg2 $5 {[%csl Rf3,Rf7,Rg8]
[%cal Gd1h5,Ge5e7] Libère la Q Blanche de la surveillance de la case "f3" en
évitant un échec intermédiaire} Nc2 45. Nxd5 (45. Qh5 d4 46. Nd5 Rxd5 $1 47.
Rxd5 Qc6 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gc2b4]}) 45... Ne1+ $1 46. Qxe1 Rxd5 47. Re4 {
Malgré le P de plus, les chances de gain des Blancs sont assez minces}) 44...
Qd3 {[%emt 0:07:13]} 45. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:14:42]} (45. Re7 $5 {[%cal Gh5f7]} Qf3
46. Qe5 $36 {[%cal Ge5g7]}) 45... Nf3+ $1 {[%emt 0:04:53]} 46. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 47. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:40]}
48. h4 $6 {[%emt 0:02:48]} (48. Rd2 $11 {[%cal Gd2e2,Ge2d2,Gg1h2] Si les
Blancs veulent annuler c'est peut-être une meilleure contruction de forteresse
en évitant d'affaiblir la case "g4". Les blancs se contentent ensuite de
répéter les coups par Rd2de2d2 ou Kh2g1 et les Noirs ont des difficultés а
progresser. Au surplus, répéter les coups sans prendre de prise de risques
permet aussi de gagner du temps avec l'incrément.} Qf5 49. Kh2 g5 50. Kg2)
48... Qf5 {[%emt 0:05:43]} 49. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 50.
Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} (50. Kh2) 50... Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 51. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:
22]} Qc6+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 52. Kg1 $11 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:09]}
53. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 54. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} g5 {
[%emt 0:01:27]} 55. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 56. Rd5+ {
[%emt 0:00:40]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 57. Rd2 {[%emt 0:03:09]} Kh5 $1 {[%emt 0:
00:18][%csl Gg4] Illustrant le problème d'avoir poussé h4 auparavant} 58. Re2 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} Kg4 $15 {[%emt 0:02:02] Les Noirs ont un peu progressé et il
est difficile de parer Kf3} 59. Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Kf3 {[%emt 0:04:08][%csl
Rh2][%cal Gc6h6]} 60. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 61. Re2 $4 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} (61. Kh2 $2 Qf1) (61. Rd5 $1 {[%cal Gd5d2]}) 61... Qxc3 {
[%emt 0:01:05]} 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Oleksienko, Mikhailo"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. c3 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 8. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 9. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxf6
{[%emt 0:00:15]} 10. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:45]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} 13.
Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} (13... Rd8 {La grande ligne} 14. Re1
Nf8 15. Ne5 Bd7 (15... Qh4 16. f4) 16. f4 $14 {Vokarev,S (2485)-Gleizerov,E 
(2545) RUS-Cup Krasnodar 1998 (8) 1-0}) 14. Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} ({RR} 14... Qe7 15. Re1 Nf8 16. Ng3) 15. Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Re7 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} (15... Rf8 16. Re1 Nf6 17. Ne5 (17. Nf4 $5) 17... Qc7 $132 {
Burnoiu,N (2435)-Badev,K (2314) Bucharest U20 2008 (4) 0-1}) 16. Bf4 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:13][%csl Rc8]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:07][%cal Gf8g6,Gf8e6]} 17. Bc2 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} ({RR} 17. Bd3 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Qd6 19. Qd2 Rf7 20. Ne2 Bd7 21. Qe3
Be8 22. Ne5) 17... Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 18. Bg3 $5 {[%emt 0:00:37] Les deux
adversaires ont blitzé l'ouverture et ils avaient а ce moment 05 minutes de
plus qu'au début de la partie} (18. Qd2 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Qd6 20. Ne2 Bd7 21. Qe3
Be8 22. Rad1 Nb4 23. Bb1 Bb5 24. Rfe1 Bxe2 25. Rxe2 Rc7) (18. Bxd6 Qxd6 {
la partie va donner une position quasi similaire mais avec la Qe7 au lieu de
la case "d6" qui est peu plus active} 19. Re1 Bd7 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Rc8 22.
Qd2 Be8 $11 {Petenyi,T (2347)-Smolen,J (2377) SVK-chT2A 1112 2011 (6.1) 1/2})
18... g6 {[%emt 0:19:08] La position reste théorique mais les Noirs se sont
lancés dans une longue réflexion.} 19. Bh4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Be7 {[%emt 0:06:07]
} (19... g5 $6 20. Bg3 $16) 20. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 21.
Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd7 $146 {[%emt 0:03:56]} ({RR} 21... e5 22. Nxe5 ({RR} 
22. Bb3 e4 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Be6 25. Bxd5 Rd8 26. Bxe6 Rxd1 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7
28. Raxd1) 22... Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Bb3 Be6 25. Qd2 Qf4 26. Qd3 Qf6 27.
Rae1 a5 28. f4 a4 29. Bc2 Qxb2 ({RR} 29... Rc8) ({RR} 29... Ra6) 30. f5 gxf5
31. Nxf5 Bxf5 32. Rxf5 Rxf5 33. Qxf5 Qd4+ 34. Kh1 Rd8 ({RR} 34... Qg7) 35. Re7
Qa1+ ({RR} 35... b5 36. Qf7+ Kh8 37. h3 Qb2 38. Qf4) ({RR} 35... Qb2 36. Qf1
Rc8 37. h3) 36. Bb1 {Timofeev,A (2577)-Zaja,I (2417)/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096/
[Mueller,Karsten]/1-0 (40)} {RR} Qb2 37. h4 Qd4 38. g3) 22. Qd2 {[%emt 0:09:18]
Fin de la préparation des Blancs!} Kg7 {[%emt 0:13:13]} 23. Qe3 {[%emt 0:03:41]
} (23. Rae1) 23... Qf6 {[%emt 0:11:17]} 24. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Be8 {[%emt 0:
04:47][%csl Re8] Les Noirs n'ont pas résolu le problème du mauvais B et la
poussée g6 empêche de le recycler en h5 mais la position Noire est solide} 25.
Rac1 {[%emt 0:07:53]} a6 {[%emt 0:05:46]} 26. Bb1 $14 {[%emt 0:07:49][%csl Rg6]
[%cal Ge3d3,Gf3h4]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:05:38]} 27. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:02:53]} (27. Qd3)
27... g5 {[%emt 0:14:14][%csl Rh7]} 28. Ne5 $1 {[%emt 0:21:01] Transposant
dans une finale favorable} (28. Ng3 $5 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7][%cal Gg3h5]}) 28...
Ndxe5 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 29. dxe5 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:05:19]} 30.
Qxe5+ {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:11][%csl Re5,
Re6]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} (31... Nc6 $142 32. Rxe6 Rf6 33. Nf5+ Kf7 34. Rd6
Rxd6 35. Nxd6+ Kf6 36. Nxb7 Rb8 37. Nd6 Bd7 38. b3 a5 {[%cal Ga5a4]} 39. Kf1 a4
) 32. Rxe6 $16 {[%emt 0:03:38]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:04:06]} 33. Re7+ {[%emt 0:10:10]}
Rf7 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 34. Re6 {[%emt 0:04:24]} (34. Rcc7 $142 Rxe7 35. Rxe7+ Kf6
36. Rxb7 Rc8 {[%csl Rg1]}) 34... Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. Nf5+ {[%emt 0:01:23]}
Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 36. Rxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 37. Nxh6
$16 {[%emt 0:00:10][%csl Rd5,Rg5]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} (37... Rd8) 38. Nf5 {
[%emt 0:01:07]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 39. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:
15]} 40. Nxd4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (40... Bxb1 41. Ne6+)
41. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Bxb1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 42. a3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} g4 {
[%emt 0:04:03]} 43. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 44. f3 {[%emt 0:
00:16][%csl Gg2,Gh2] Les Blancs ont des bonnes chances de gain avec la
majorité éloignée} gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 45. Rxf3 $36 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be4 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 46. Rf2 {[%emt 0:01:35]} (46. Re3) 46... Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:10]}
47. h3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} (47... Kf7 $143 48. Rf4 Kg6 49.
Kf2 Kg5 50. g3 $40 {[%cal Gh3h4]}) 48. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} (48. g4) 48... Nd5
$6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} (48... a5 $142 49. g4 b5 50. Kg3 b4 51. axb4 axb4 52. h4)
49. g4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 50. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} b5 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 51. h4 $40 {[%emt 0:00:09][%csl Gg4,Gh4] Le K Noir est coupé
et les pièces mineures sont assez passives} b4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 52. axb4 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 53. h5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} b3 {[%emt 0:00:
35]} 54. g5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 55. g6 {[%emt 0:07:01]
Prématuré} (55. Rf7) (55. Re2 $142 $1 {[%csl Re4,Re5][%cal Ge2e5,Gg5g6]} Kf5
56. g6 Nxg6 57. Rxe4) 55... Nxg6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 56. hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:11]}
Bxg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 57. Rf3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 58. Rc3 $1
{[%emt 0:00:08] Le K Noir est coupé de l'aile-dame} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 59.
Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Bd1 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 60. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bc2 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 61. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 62. Ke3 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 63. Rc5+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 64.
Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 65. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bg4 {
[%emt 0:01:12]} (65... Bc2 66. Kb4 Bd1 67. Rc4 {[%cal Gc4d4]} Bc2) 66. Kb4 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 67. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:03][%cal Gc3b3]} 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv/Modiin"]
[Date "2000.12.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O (
8. h4 Qb6 9. h5 g5 10. Nxg5 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Ndf3 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Nc5 14.
Bc2 Qb4+ 15. Kf1 Be7 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. a3 Qc4+ 18. Kg1 Ne4 {0-1 Blees,A-Shaked,T/
Wijk aan Zee-B 1998 (38)}) 8... Bg7 9. Re1 (9. Bb5 O-O 10. Re1 Qb6 11. Qa4 a6
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nb3 c4 (13... cxd4 14. cxd4 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5
17. Qh4 Rb8 18. b3) 14. Na5 c5 15. b3 cxd4 (15... Qb5 16. Qa3) 16. cxd4 Qb5 17.
Qa3 Nb6 (17... Re8 18. bxc4 dxc4 19. Nd2 Bf8 (19... Nb6) 20. Qf3 Qxa5 21. Qxa8
Qc3 (21... Bb4 22. Nxc4 Qc7 23. Bd2 (23. Nd6) 23... Nb6 24. h4) 22. Rb1) (17...
Rd8 18. bxc4 dxc4 19. Bd2 Bf8 20. Qc3) 18. Bg5 (18. Bd2 Re8 19. Rab1 Bf8) 18...
Re8 19. bxc4 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 dxc4 21. Bf6 Bb7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rab1 Qd7 {
1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Bareev,E/Moscow PCA 1994 (46)}) 9... O-O 10. h4 (10. Nf1 cxd4
11. cxd4 Qb6 (11... f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Bb5 Ne7 14. Ng3 a6 15. Ba4 b5 16. Bb3
Nc6 17. h3 Ne8 18. Bg5 Qb6 19. Rc1 Bd7 20. Ne2 {1-0 Glek,I-Barsov,A/Utrecht op
1999 (20)}) 12. Bc2 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ba4 (14. Rb1 Bd7 15. h3 Nb4 16. Bb3
Bb5 17. Ne5 Ne4 18. Be3 Nxf2 $1 19. Bxf2 Rxf2 20. Kxf2 Bxe5 21. Kg1 Bxd4+ 22.
Kh2 Nd3 23. Re2 Bg1+ $19 {0-1 Benjamin,J-Gurevich,M/Cap d'Agde playoffs 2000/
The Week in Chess 315 (50)}) 14... Ne4 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ng3 e5 17. Be3 (17.
Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nxe5 (18. Rxe4 Bf5) 18... Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qxf2+ 20. Kh1 Be6 21. Bh6
Rfd8 22. Qc1 Bd5) 17... exd4 $1 (17... Nxg3 18. hxg3 exd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20.
Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 Bd7 22. Rac1 Rfe8 23. Red1 $14 {1-0 Svidler,P-Brynell,S/
Torshavn 1997 (56)}) 18. Bxd4 (18. Nxd4 Nxg3 19. hxg3 c5) 18... Bxd4 19. Qxd4
Ng5 20. Qc3 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Nh3+ 22. Kg2 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Nf4 24. Re8+ Kf7 25. Re7+
Kxe7) 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 f6 12. exf6 Qxf6 $1 $146 (12... Nxf6 13. Nb3 b6 14.
Ng5 Qd6 15. Qe2 h6 16. Nf3 Ng4 17. Bxg6 Nxd4 18. Nbxd4 Bxd4 19. Bxh6 Rxf3 20.
Qxf3 Qh2+ 21. Kf1 Ba6+ 22. Bd3 Ne5 23. Rxe5 Bxd3+ 24. Qxd3 Bxe5 {1-0 Pergel,
L-Kaukal,T/Zalakaros op 1995 (30)}) 13. Nb3 e5 14. dxe5 Ndxe5 15. Be2 d4 $5 (
15... Bg4 16. Bg5 $1 (16. Qxd5+ Kh8 17. Bg5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Qxf3
20. Qxf3 Rxf3 $15) 16... Qd6 $13 (16... Qf7 17. Nxe5 Qxf2+ 18. Kh1 Bxe5 19.
Bxg4 Qg3 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Rxe5 Nxe5 22. Qd6 $18) (16... Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Qf7 18.
fxg4 Qxf2+ 19. Kh1 h6 (19... Be5 20. Qxd5+ Kg7 21. Qg2 $18) 20. Rf1 Qg3 21.
Qxd5+ Kh7 22. Bd2)) 16. Bg5 Qf7 17. Nbxd4 $5 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxf2+ 19. Kh1 Nf7 (
19... h6 20. Rf1 Qg3 21. Rxf8+ Bxf8 (21... Kxf8 22. Qf1+ Kg8 23. Qf4) 22. Bf6
Bg7 23. Be7 (23. Qf1 Bd7)) (19... Bd7 20. Rf1 Qg3 21. Qb3+ Qxb3 22. axb3 Ng4
$15) 20. Bc4 $3 (20. Nf3 Nxg5 21. Rf1 Qg3 22. hxg5 Be6 $17) 20... Qxd4 (20...
h6 $5 21. Re2 (21. Rf1 Qxd4 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 23. Bxh6 Bg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rae1
Bd7 26. Re7 Be8 27. Rxb7 a5) 21... Qxd4 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 23. Bxh6 Bg7 24. Bxg7
Kxg7 25. Re7 Bf5 26. Rf1 {[%cal Gg2g4]}) 21. Qb3 Bf5 (21... b5 22. Bxf7+ (22.
Bd5 $5) 22... Rxf7 23. Re8+ Bf8 24. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) (21... Be5 22. Rad1
Qxb2 23. Bxf7+ Rxf7 24. Rd8+ Kg7 25. Bh6+ (25. Qe3 $5) 25... Kxh6 26. Qxf7 Qb4
27. Qf8+ Qxf8 28. Rxf8) 22. Re7 Kh8 23. Rd1 Qc5 $11 (23... Qg4 $2 24. Be2 $1)
24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Bxf7 Be4 26. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
g5 9. b4 (9. dxc5 Nxc5 (9... g4 10. Nd4 Ndxe5 (10... Ncxe5 11. Bb5)) 10. Bb5
Nd7 11. Re1 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nb3 c5 14. c4 Bb7 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Be3 g4 17.
Nfd2 c4 18. Nc1 h5 19. Bd4 Nc5 20. Nf1 Bc6 21. b3 Nd3 22. Nxd3 Qxd4 23. Rc1 c3
24. Qc2 Be4 25. Re3 Bg5 26. Qxc3 Bxe3 27. Nxe3 Qxd3 28. Qb4 a5 29. Qa3 Rd8 30.
Rc7 Qd1+ 31. Nf1 Qd7 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Ne3 f5 34. exf6 Bg6 35. Qxa5 Kf7 36. h3
gxh3 37. g3 Be4 38. Kh2 Rc8 {Yudin,S (2546)-Nakamura,H (2775) Dubai 2014 1-0 
(111)}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxb4 11. Be2 Nf8 12. Nb3 Ng6 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Qd2 h6
15. a3 $146 (15. h3 a5 16. a4 Bb4 17. Qd1 Nce7 18. g4 Bd7 19. Ne1 Nf4 20. Ng2
Neg6 21. Kh2 Qe7 22. Nc1 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 f5 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Nd3 Bd6 26. Kg1 O-O
27. Qd2 Bc6 28. Rab1 Rae8 {0-1 (30) Daianu,C (2233)-Balog,I (2534) Mamaia 2013}
) 15... f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bb5 Qd6 18. Rfc1 $32 O-O 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qc2 Ne7
21. h4 $1 gxh4 22. Bxh6 Rf7 23. Qd2 Ng6 24. Na5 (24. Nc5) 24... Bd7 25. Nb7 Qc7
26. Nc5 e5 27. dxe5 Nxe5 28. Ng5 $2 Re7 (28... Ng4 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gc7h2]} 29.
Nf3 Bxa1 30. Rxa1 Re8 {Et les compensations des Blancs sont très légères})
29. Qf4 Bh8 30. Rab1 Qd6 31. Nxd7 Qxd7 32. Qxh4 Rae8 $13 {La position est
trés complexe. Les pièces Noires sont actives mais le K de l'allemand est à
découvert} 33. Nh3 Qg4 $1 {L'échange des Q va soulager la défense des Noirs}
34. Qg5+ Kf7 $132 35. Qxg4 Nxg4 36. Bf4 Bd4 37. Kf1 Rc8 38. Rc2 Kg6 $6 (38...
c5 $5 $11 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5]}) 39. Rd1 Bf6 40. Rxd5 $1 cxd5 41. Rxc8 Ne5 42. Rd8
Nd3 43. Bd2 d4 44. Rd6 $36 Kf7 45. g4 Rb7 46. Ng5+ (46. g5 Be5 47. Rc6) 46...
Kg7 47. Ne6+ Kf7 48. Nxd4 Ne5 49. g5 Be7 50. Ra6 Rd7 51. Bf4 Ng6 52. Be3 Bxg5
53. Bxg5 Rxd4 54. Rxa7+ Ke6 55. a4 Ne5 56. Ra6+ Kd5 57. Bf6 Rd1+ 58. Ke2 Ra1
59. Ra5+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Dortmund Hansa"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Ng3 Rae8
15. Re1 Qb6 16. Bc3 Bf4 17. Rc2 Nb4 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. Ne2 Bd6 20. Nc3 Re7 21.
Ne5 Kh8 22. Bf1 Be8 23. h3 Nd7 24. a3 Qb6 25. Na4 Qd8 26. Nxd7 Bxd7 27. Nc5
Bxc5 28. Rxc5 Ref7 29. Re2 b6 30. Rc3 Bb5 31. Rd2 Bxf1 32. Qxf1 h6 33. Qe1 Qh4
34. Re3 Rf4 35. Rxe6 Qg5 36. Qe3 Qf5 37. Re5 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qf1 39. Rxd5 Rxf2 40.
Rxf2 Qxf2 41. Qe5 Qf7 42. Rd6 Kg8 43. d5 Qc7 44. Re6 Qxe5+ 45. Rxe5 Rf2 46. d6
Rd2 47. Re7 Rxd6 48. Rxa7 Rd2 49. b4 b5 50. h4 Rd3 51. h5 Rd5 52. g4 Rd3 53.
Kg2 Kf8 54. Kf2 Rc3 55. Ra5 Ke7 56. Ke2 Rg3 57. Kf2 Rc3 58. Ke2 Rg3 59. Rxb5
Rxa3 60. Re5+ Kd6 61. Re3 Ra2+ 62. Kf3 Rb2 63. Re4 Kd5 64. Kf4 Rf2+ 65. Kg3 Rb2
66. Re7 Rxb4 67. Rxg7 Rb6 68. g5 Ke5 $2 (68... hxg5 $11) 69. g6 $18 Rb3+ 70.
Kg2 Rb2+ 71. Kf3 Rb3+ 72. Ke2 Rb2+ 73. Kd3 Rh2 74. Re7+ Kf6 75. Rf7+ Ke6 76.
Rf8 Rg2 77. Rh8 Kf6 78. Rxh6 Kg7 79. Rh7+ Kg8 80. Ke4 Rg5 81. Kf4 Ra5 82. Kg4
Ra4+ 83. Kg5 Ra5+ 84. Kh6 Ra8 85. Rg7+ Kh8 86. Re7 Kg8 87. Kg5 Ra5+ 88. Kf6
Ra6+ 89. Re6 Ra8 90. h6 Kh8 91. h7 Rb8 92. Kg5 Kg7 93. Re7+ Kh8 94. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Richter, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Koenig Tegel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 a5 8. O-O
Be7 9. a4 Qb6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qe2 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Bc2 O-O 14. Nb3 e5 $2
(14... Bd6 15. Be3 Qd8 $11) 15. Qb5 $18 Nd7 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Bb3 Rxf3 $6 (
17... Qxb5 18. axb5 Ne7 $16) 18. gxf3 $18 Qf8 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Qf7 Qxf7 21.
Bxf7 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Warakomski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Matlak, Marek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wroclaw"]
[BlackTeam "Dankowice"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. Rc1 Rae8 (
14... Be8 15. Re1 Bh5 16. Na4 Qc7 17. Rxe6 Bxh2+ 18. Kf1 Qf7 19. Nc5 Nxd4 20.
Re3 Nxf3 21. gxf3 Ng4 22. Re7 Qxf3 23. Qxf3 Rxf3 24. Bh4 b6 25. Kg2 Rf7 26.
Rxf7 Bxf7 27. Na6 Bf4 28. Rd1 g5 29. Bg3 Bxg3 30. Kxg3 Ne5 31. Bf5 Rd8 32. Nc7
Kg7 33. f4 gxf4+ 34. Kxf4 Ng6+ 35. Ke3 d4+ 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37. Kxd4 Bxa2 38. b4
Kf6 39. Be4 h5 40. Nb5 a5 41. Nc3 Bb3 42. bxa5 bxa5 43. Ne2 h4 44. Bg2 {
Larino Nieto,D (2427)-Moreno Ruiz,J (2469) Mostoles 2008 1/2-1/2 (105)}) 15.
Bh4 Qxb2 16. Nb5 Bf4 17. Rb1 Qxa2 18. Ra1 {Forçant la nulle} Qb2 19. Rb1 Qa2
20. Ra1 Qb2 21. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vovk, Andrey"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "203"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 (3. Nc3) 3... c5 4. Ngf3 (4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6.
Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qe2 $32
{[%csl Re8]}) 4... Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 (8... Qb6 9.
O-O Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qa4 $44 {[%csl Re8]}) 9. exf6 Qxf6 {
La reprise du N est plus courante} (9... Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2
Bd7 13. a3 a5 14. Ne5 Be8 15. Qe2 Bh5 16. Qe3 Qe7 17. Qh3 Rac8 18. f4 Bb8 19.
Kh1 g6 20. Rae1 Ba7 21. Ndf3 Bxf3 22. Nxf3 Rce8 23. f5 gxf5 24. Bxf5 Nd8 25.
Bc1 Qd6 26. Bd3 Ne4 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Bh6 Rf6 29. Ne5 Rxh6 30. Qxh6 Rf8 31.
Qg5+ Kh8 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Qxd8 {1-0 (33) Dzhumaev,M (2502)-Volkov,S (2614)
Tashkent 2015}) 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bxh7+ $1 {La raison pour laquelle
les Noirs préfèrent jouer 9. Nf6 mais le russe avait déjà joué cette
variante} Kxh7 13. Rxe6 {[%cal Gf3g5]} Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Qf5 15. Re3 $146 {
Tentative d'amélioration sur une partie jouée par le russe quelques mois
plus tôt} (15. Nf1 Kg8 16. Re2 Nf6 17. Kg1 Ne4 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Qh5 20.
Bf4 Bg4 21. Qd3 g5 22. Be5 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rxf3 24. Re3 Raf8 25. Bd6 R8f6 26.
Rxf3 Rxf3 27. Qd2 Qg6 28. Bc7 Rd3 29. Qg2 Nxd4 30. Qxd5+ Ne6 31. Qxb7 Nxc7 32.
Qxc7 Qb6+ 33. Qxb6 axb6 {1-0 (33) Navara,D (2700)-Ulibin,M (2491) Riga 2014})
15... Nf6 16. Kg1 Kg8 17. b4 Ng4 18. Re2 Qd3 (18... Bd7 19. b5 $13) 19. Rb1
Rxf3 $5 20. Rb3 Qxe2 $3 21. Qxe2 Rxf2 22. Qe8+ Rf8 23. Qh5 Rf5 24. Qh4 {
[%cal Gh4d8]} Nxd4 $13 25. Qd8+ $1 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8] Si les Noirs ont le temps
de développer le Bc8, la sortie de la Ra8 risque de leur donner un excellent
jeu} Kf7 (25... Rf8 26. Qxd5+) 26. Rf3 (26. Nf3 Nxb3) 26... Nxf3+ 27. Nxf3 Nf6
28. Bb2 d4 29. Bxd4 Rd5 30. Qc7+ $1 {[%csl Rb7,Rc8] Continue de bloquer le
développement du Bc8} Kg8 (30... Rd7 31. Ne5+) 31. Qg3 (31. a4) (31. Bxf6 gxf6
32. Kh2) 31... Ng4 32. Qc7 Nf6 33. Bb2 Be6 $1 34. Qxb7 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Bd5 {
[%csl Gd5]} 36. Qc7 Bxf3 (36... Rf8 37. Qxa7 Bxf3 38. Bxf6 (38. gxf3 Rd2+ 39.
Kh3 Rxb2) 38... Rxf6 39. gxf3 Rd2+ 40. Kg3 Rg6+ 41. Kf4 Re2 {[%cal Gg6f6]} (
41... Rf6+ 42. Ke3)) 37. Bxf6 gxf6 38. gxf3 Rd5 39. Kg3 Rg5+ 40. Kf4 {[%csl
Gf4,Rg8]} Rg7 41. Qc4+ Kh8 42. Kf5 Rf8 43. f4 Rgf7 {Les R sont liées mais ...
mal placées!} 44. a4 Kg7 45. Qc5 Rh8 46. Qg1+ Kf8 47. Qd1 Kg7 48. b5 {[%csl
Ga4,Gb5]} Rc8 49. Qd4 Rh8 50. Qd1 Rc8 51. Qd5 Rh8 52. Qg2+ Kf8 53. Ke6 $1 {
[%csl Ge6,Rf8] Un modèle de K actif!} Rh6 54. f5 $14 {[%csl Rf6,Gg6] Les
Blancs ont progressé et la Q continue de dominer les R qui manquent
d'activité} Rh4 55. Qc2 Rh1 56. a5 Re1+ 57. Kd6 Re5 58. b6 $36 axb6 59. axb6
Ree7 60. Kc6 {[%csl Gc6]} Kg7 61. Qg2+ Kh7 62. Qg3 Rd7 63. Qh2+ Kg7 64. Qb8 (
64. Kb5 {[%cal Gb5a6,Gb6b7,Gh2g2]}) 64... Rde7 65. Qc8 $11 {C'est probablement
déjà nulle car les Blancs ne peuvent pas pousser le P tant que les R restent
sur la 07ème rangée} Kh6 66. Kd6 Kg7 67. Qc4 Rd7+ 68. Kc6 Rde7 69. Qg4+ Kh7
70. Qg6+ Kh8 71. Qg2 Kh7 72. Kb5 Rd7 73. Ka6 Rde7 74. Qh3+ Kg7 75. Qg3+ Kh7 76.
Kb5 Rd7 77. Kc6 Rde7 78. Qb8 Kg7 79. Qd8 Kh7 80. Kd6 Rb7 81. Ke6 Kg7 82. Qd6
Kg8 83. Qc5 Kg7 84. Qg1+ Kf8 85. Kd6 Rb8 86. Kc6 Rc8+ 87. Kb5 Re8 88. Qg2 Re1
89. b7 Rb1+ 90. Ka6 Ra1+ 91. Kb6 Rb1+ 92. Ka7 Re7 93. Qc6 Kg7 94. Qg2+ Kf8 95.
Kb8 Re8+ 96. Kc7 Re7+ 97. Kc8 Re8+ 98. Kd7 Re7+ 99. Kc8 Re8+ 100. Kc7 Re7+ 101.
Kb8 Re8+ 102. Ka7 {[%mdl 4096] Les Blancs auront tout tenter pour gagner la
finale et la partie était trés intéressante} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cajacanarias"]
[BlackTeam "Colegio Marcote EIKM"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ng4 14. Nh5 e5
15. dxe5 Ngxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Be2 d4 18. f4 Nc6 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. f5 Qe7 21.
Ng3 a5 22. Rae1 a4 23. Qb6 a3 24. Bc4 Qb4 25. Qxb4 Nxb4 26. bxa3 Nc2 27. Re7
Ne3 28. f6 g6 29. Ne4 h6 $2 (29... Nxc4 30. Ng5 h6 $11) 30. Rc1 $2 (30. Nd6 $1)
30... Bf5 31. Bb3 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Rxf6 33. Rxd4 Raf8 34. h3 Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vandoeuvre op 11th"]
[Site "Vandoeuvre"]
[Date "2014.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Black "Flom, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {01h30} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Qg4 $5 {
89 La préparation des Blancs mais cette ligne n'a jamais été jouée à haut
niveau} (7. Ne2) 7... Qc7 8. a3 h5 $1 {La réaction thématique face à Qg4} 9.
Qf4 {80} g5 $5 10. Qe3 (10. Qxg5 $2 cxd4 (10... Bh6 11. Qg3 (11. Qh4) 11...
cxd4 (11... h4 12. Qg4) 12. cxd4 Nxd4) 11. cxd4 Nxd4 $40) 10... Bh6 11. Ne2 g4
12. f4 c4 $6 {La pression sur "d4" empêchait les Blancs d'attaquer à
l'aile-roi} 13. Bc2 f5 14. exf6 $8 {62} Nxf6 15. b3 $1 cxb3 16. Nxb3 Ne7 17.
Qe5 Qxe5 $6 18. fxe5 $14 {Les Blancs ont un bon avantage d'espace} Nfg8 19. h3
$1 gxh3 20. Rxh3 Bd7 21. Nf4 $1 Bxf4 22. Bxf4 $16 O-O-O 23. O-O-O Rf8 24. Bd2 (
24. g3 Nf5) 24... b6 25. g4 $36 Be8 26. Rdh1 Nh6 27. Bg5 Kd7 28. Bd1 Bg6 29.
Nd2 Rf2 30. gxh5 Bf5 31. Rg3 Rg8 32. Rhg1 Nf7 33. Ba4+ Nc6 34. Bf6 {[%csl Rf7]
[%cal Gg3g7]} Rf8 35. Rg8 $1 Rxg8 36. Rxg8 a6 37. Rg7 $40 b5 38. Rxf7+ Ke8 39.
Rc7 bxa4 40. Rxc6 Rh2 41. c4 Rh1+ {Après le passage du contrôle de temps,
les Noirs pouvaient s'abstenir de continuer.} 42. Kb2 Rd1 43. cxd5 Kd7 44. Rd6+
Kc8 45. Nc4 Rxd4 46. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Qc1 Ng5
15. Nxg5 Qxg5 {[%tqu "En","White has an interesting possibility to liquidate
into an about even endgame here. Do you see how?","If the knight f4 would take
on e6, Black couldn't recapture immediately but would have to change on c1
first, as his queen is on g5 is hanging. Think of a scenario in which a knight
on e6 could then take something with CHECK (e.g. the black rook).","Lure the
black king to h7!","f4e2","",10,"d3h7","Although this doesn't lead to an
advantage for White, you should always have such transitions into endgames on
your mind.",15,"De","Weiß hat hier eine interessante Möglichkeit, in ein etwa
gleich stehendes Endspiel abzuwickeln. Sehen Sie welche?","Fall der Springer
f4 auf e6 schlüge, könnte Schwarz ihn nicht sofort nehmen, da seine Dame auf
g5 hängt. Er müsste also zunächst auf c1 die Damen zwischentauschen. Überlegen
Sie sich ein Szenario, in dem ein weißer Springer auf e6 dann etwas mit SCHACH
schlagen könnte (z.B. den schwarzen Turm).","Locken Sie den schwarzen König
nach h7!","f4e2","",10,"d3h7","Obwohl dies zu keinem Vorteil führt, sollte man
solche möglichen Übergänge ins Endspiel immer auf der Rechnung haben.",15]} 16.
Ne2 (16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Nxe6 Qxc1 ({or oder} 17... Qf5 18. Nxf8+ Qxf8) 18.
Nxf8+ Kg8 19. Raxc1 Kxf8 {, and this endgame is about equal. und dieses
Endspiel ist etwa ausgeglichen.}) 16... Qf6 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Bb5 Nb8 {With a
central constellation like this (Pd4 versus d5 and e6) the knight is normally
more useful than the bishop, so Black avoids the trade. Bei einer derartigen
Zentrumskonstellation (Pd4 gegen d5 und e6) ist der Springer meist nützlicher
als der Läufer, daher vermeidet Schwarz den Abtausch.} 19. a4 $146 Bxb5 20.
axb5 {The pawn on b5 keeps the the black knight away from its ideal square c6
where it's attacking the pawn d4. So Black starts to direct it to another good
post - f5. Der Bauer auf b5 verwehrt dem schwarzen Springer das Idealfeld c6,
von wo aus er den Bd4 angreift. Daher beginnt der Nachziehende, diese Figur
auf einen ebenfalls guten Posten zu führen - f5.} Nd7 21. g3 Nb6 22. Nf4 Nc4
23. Qe2 Rfe8 24. Rfd1 Nd6 25. Ra3 Re7 26. h4 Nf5 {Arrived! Angekommen!} 27. Qe5
b6 $4 {A terrible blunder, since White wasn't really threatening anything. Ein
schrecklicher Fehler, zumal Weiß eigentlich gar nichts drohte.} ({Possible was,
for example, Möglich war zum Beispiel} 27... Rf8 {(threatening ...Nxh4!) and
only then ...b6. (drohend ...Sxh4!) und erst dann ...b6.}) {[%tqu "En","Black
had completely equalized the game, yet his last move was a terrible blunder.
Why?","With his last move Black has opened the diagonal d5-a8, so a queen
check on d5 would skewer the rook on a8.","Sacrifice your knight.","f4d5",
"Winning on the spot - maybe Black simply overlooked that after 28...Qxe5
White could first take on e7 with check!",15,"De","Schwarz hatte komplett
ausgeglichen, doch sein letzter Zug war ein  schrecklicher Fehler, nach dem
sofort die Lichter ausgehen. Wieso?","Mit seinem letzten Zug hat Schwarz die
Diagonale d5-a8 geöffnet, ein Damenschach auf d5 würde also den Turm auf a8
aufspießen.","Opfern Sie Ihren Springer.","f4d5","Gewinnt auf der Stelle -
vielleicht hatte Schwarz einfach übersehen, dass nach 28...Dxe5 erstmal auf e7
mit Schach nehmen kann!",15]} 28. Nxd5 $1 {Black resigned, since both after 28.
..exd5 29. Qxd5+ followed by 30.Qxa8+ and 28...Qxe5 29.Nxe7+! he loses an
exchange. Schwarz gab auf, denn sowohl nach 28...exd5 29. Dxd5+ nebst 30.Dxa8+
als auch 28...Dxe5 29.Sxe7+! verliert er eine Qualität.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 9th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2008.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Vavrak, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
a5 9. Re1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Nb1 Nxd4 {Capturing such a pawn against an
attacker of Sutovsky's calibre is certainly not for the faint-hearted.  Sich
gegen einen Angreifer von Sutovskys Kaliber einen solchen Bauern
einzuverleiben, ist sicher nichts für schwache Nerven.} 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Nc3
Bc5 14. Nb5 Qxf2+ 15. Kh1 O-O 16. Bg5 {Threatening 17.Re2 winning the queen.
Droht 17.Re2 mit Damengewinn.} Bb4 17. Rf1 Qxb2 18. a3 Bc5 19. Bf4 Nxe5 {
[%tqu "En","How would you continue?","There is no time for quiet moves.","",
"d3h7","Classical!  The white queen will get to h5 with tempo, and after that
the knight on e5 will fall... but I hope you haven't forgotten that White's
own knight on b5 will be hanging then!",20,"a1b1","Not the best (see variation)
",0,"De","Wie würden Sie fortsetzen?","Für ruhige Züge ist keine Zeit.","",
"d3h7","Klassisch!  Die weiße Dame kommt mit Tempo nach h5, wonach der
Springer e5 fällt... aber ich hoffe, Sie haben nicht vergessen, dass danach
auch der weiße Springer auf b5 hängen wird!",20,"a1b1","Not the best (see
variation)",0]} 20. Bxh7+ $1 {The classical strike - but with some fresh
motifs. Der klassische Einschlag - aber mit ein paar frischen Motiven.} ({
Weak would have been Schwach gewesen wäre} 20. Rb1 Nxd3 21. Rxb2 $2 (21. Qxd3)
21... Nxb2 {with too much wood for the queen. mit zuviel Holz für die Dame.})
20... Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Bxe5 Qxb5 $2 {Only this loses. Erst das verliert.}
({After Nach} 22... Qc2 $1 23. Rfc1 (23. Rac1 $2 Qg6 24. Qxg6 fxg6) (23. Nc7 f6
24. Nxa8 fxe5 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Qe8 $2 Qc6 $1) (23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rf3 Bf2)
23... Qh7 24. Qxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rxc5 {the outcome of the game would still be
unclear. wäre der Ausgang der Partie noch immer ungewiss.}) ({Also losing was
Ebenfalls verloren hätte dagegen} 22... Qd2 {[%tqu "En","How would you play
with White?","One idea immediately catches the eye - but it still requires
some preparation!","","b5c7","Very good!   This preparatory move on the
queenside... wins on the kingside!  Do you see what happens now if Black goes
away with the attacked rook?",15,"e5g7","This only leads to a draw!",0,"De",
"Wie würden Sie mit Weiß spielen?","Eine Idee springt sofort ins Auge - aber
sie bedarf noch gewisser Vorbereitung!","","b5c7","Sehr gut!  Dieser
Vorbereitungszug am Damenflügel... gewinnt am Königsflügel!  Sehen Sie, was
passiert, wenn Schwarz nun den angegriffenen Turm wegzieht?",15,"e5g7","Dies
führt nur zum Remis!",0]} 23. Nc7 $1 (23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Rf3 $2 (
25. Qh5+ $11) 25... Be3) 23... Rb8 (23... f6 24. Nxa8 fxe5 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26.
Qe8 $18) 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[%tqu "En","How would you continue?","It's mate in
three!","","c7e8","The knight, which a moment ago was still hanging on b5,
delivers the coup-de-grâce!",10,"De","Wie würden Sie fortsetzen?","Es ist Matt
in drei!","","c7e8","Der Springer, der eben noch auf b5 hing, versetzt Schwarz
den Gnadenstoß!",10]} 25. Ne8+ $1 {The knight, which a moment ago was still
hanging on b5, delivers the coup-de-grâce! Der Springer, der eben noch auf b5
hing, versetzt Schwarz den Gnadenstoß!} Rxe8 (25... Kg8 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Qh7#)
26. Rxf7+ Kg8 27. Qh7#) {[%tqu "En","What now?","The motifs are: Demolition,
Decoy, Double attack, Mate threat.","","e5g7","Completing the demolition of
Black's king position. This second bishop can't be taken.",15,"De","Was nun?",
"Beachten Sie die Motive: Demolition , Decoy , Double attack , Mate threat.",
"","e5g7","Vollendet die Demolierung der schwarzen Königsstellung. Dieser
zweite Läufer ist nicht zu nehmen.",15]} 23. Bxg7 $1 {Completing the
demolition of Black's king position. This second bishop can't be taken.
Vollendet die Demolierung der schwarzen Königsstellung. Dieser zweite Läufer
ist nicht zu nehmen.} f5 (23... Kxg7 24. Qg4+ {followed by 25.Rf3 and
annihilation. nebst 25.Rf3 und Vernichtung.}) 24. Be5 Rd8 25. Rf3 Kf8 26. Rg3
1-0

[Event "Leon op"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Damaso, Rui"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Romero Holmes"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Esta partida nos recordó los tiempos del romanticismo. El portugués Rui
Dámaso nos deleitó con un ajedrez original lleno de truculentas maniobras,
pero sobre todo, muy muy frontal ( los golpes iban a la mandíbula ). ¡Quién
sabe si Damaso refutó el esquema negro con su original juego!} 1. d4 e6 2. e4
d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 $5 g6 $5 {Parece un poco
antinatural pero es creíble. Dado que las blancas no pueden reforzar más el
punto e5 las negras fianchetan primero para romper con f6 después y darle una
vida lujuriosa al alfil de g7. Bonito, verdad?} 8. h4 Qb6 (8... cxd4 9. cxd4
Qb6 10. Nb3) 9. h5 Bg7 (9... Rg8 {es una interesante alternativa. Las blancas
deben hacer algo y muy pronto.} 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Qa4) 10. Rh4 $5 {Provocativo,
sin duda. Era posible cerrar el grifo sobre d4 con} (10. h6 Bf8 11. Qa4) 10...
g5 $2 {Las negras no se quedan atrás e inician sus operaciones en el centro.
Un peón lateral por dos centrales, debieron pensar. Vaya chollo! Sin embargo
el ataque blanco parece demoledor después de esta jugada.} (10... gxh5 11. Ng5
(11. Qa4 cxd4 12. cxd4 f6)) 11. Nxg5 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. h6 $1 Bxe5 14. Qh5
Nc5 {Diagrama} 15. Nxf7 $6 {Una jugada supernatural pero un atropello. Para
qué entregar el alfil si las negras no pueden defender f7? Era mejor la
sencilla 15.Bb1! y las amenazas blancas sobre el rey blanco son imparables. Si
15...Qc7 16. Nf7+-} Nxd3+ 16. Kf1 Bf6 17. Nxh8+ Kd8 {Las blancas tienen
calidad de más pero el flanco de dama está congelado.} 18. Rg4 Nf5 19. Rg8+ Kc7
20. Qf3 {Cuando todo parecía controlado surge una jugada "a lo Anderssen". Sin
duda, una partida vibrante y que quedará para el recuerdo. Es un toma y daca
constante} Bd7 $1 21. Rxa8 Bb5 22. Kg1 Nxf2 $1 23. Kh2 (23. Qf4+ Kd7 24. Qxf2
Bd4) 23... Be5+ 24. g3 Bxg3+ 25. Kg2 Nh4+ 26. Kxg3 Nxf3 27. Nxf3 Ne4+ 28. Kg4 (
28. Kf4 e5+) 28... e5 $1 {La dama persigue incansablemente al rey} 29. Bg5 Bd7+
30. Kh5 Qe6 31. Bd8+ Kd6 32. Rg1 Qh3+ 33. Nh4 Be8+ 34. N8g6 hxg6+ 35. Rxg6+
Bxg6+ 36. Kxg6 Qg4+ 37. Kf7 Qe6+ 38. Kg7 Qd7+ 39. Kg6 Qe8+ 40. Kg7 Qd7+ 41. Kg6
Qg4+ 42. Kf7 Kd7 43. Ng6 Nd6+ 44. Kg7 Ne8+ {Si 45.Kh7, Qf5 con idea de Qf7+-.
[#]} 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.12.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Rozentalis,E"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[BlackTeam "Koenig Plauen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Qb6 9. Nf3 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Re1 Rae8 (
14... Qxb2 15. Nb5 {trapping the queen.}) 15. Ne5 Re7 ({Again taking the pawn
leads to strong initiative after} 15... Qxb2 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Nb5 Bf4 18. Rb1
Qxa2 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. Bxh7+) 16. a3 $1 $146 {White starts its play on the
queen side. It is better, than an exchage of central knight to passive bishop.}
Be8 17. b4 Qd8 18. f4 a6 19. Na4 Na7 20. Nc5 Bb5 21. Bc2 b6 22. a4 $1 Bc4 (
22... bxc5 23. axb5 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Nxb5 25. Nc6) 23. Nxc4 dxc4 24. Nxa6 {
White won a pawn. The only problem is knight a6, which will be long time out
of the game. But this is not sufficient compensation and white is much better.}
Nc6 ({Black couldn't win back a pawn:} 24... Nd5 25. g3 Nxb4 26. Nxb4 Bxb4 27.
Bxh7+) 25. Qb1 $6 {Nice move, but it gives the chance for counterplay.} ({
Normal} 25. b5 Nb4 26. Nxb4 Bxb4 27. Rf1 Nd5 (27... Bc3 28. Rc1 (28. Ra3 Bb2
29. Ra2) 28... Nd5 29. Bf2 Rxf4 30. g3 Rf8 31. Be4 $16) 28. Qf3 $16 {would let
white protect the position and save all the advantages.}) 25... g6 $2 {Now
white is again comfortable. Black could gain a lot of counterplay:} (25... g5
$1 26. b5 (26. fxg5 Ng4 $132) 26... gxf4 27. Bf2 Na5 28. Qd1 $14) 26. b5 Na5
27. g3 $16 Nd5 28. Qd1 Ree8 29. Bf2 Qf6 30. Qf3 Re7 31. Re2 Qf7 32. Rae1 Rc8
33. Be4 Nf6 34. Bb1 Nd5 35. Ba2 Qf5 36. Rc1 {in order to attack the c4 pawn.
In time pressure black looses second pawn.} g5 $2 $138 37. Bb1 Qf7 38. Qg4 Nf6
39. Qxg5+ Kh8 40. Rce1 Rg8 41. Qh4 Nb3 42. f5 Rg4 43. Qh3 Nxd4 44. Bxd4 Rxd4
45. fxe6 Qg7 46. Rf1 c3 47. Qf5 Ng4 48. Re4 Be5 (48... Nxh2 49. Qf8+ Qxf8 50.
Rxf8+ Kg7 51. Rxd4) {Even without two pawns black managed to find some chances,
due to aside position of white knight, so it really time to come back to the
game.} 49. Nb4 $1 Rxe4 (49... Nxh2 50. Rxd4 Qxg3+ 51. Kh1 Bxd4 52. Qf8+) 50.
Qxe4 Bd4+ 51. Kh1 Nf2+ 52. Rxf2 Bxf2 53. Nd5 Bc5 {Black has to give back the
exchange,as} (53... Re8 54. Nf6 $1 $18) {looses at once. Now white is simply
winning with two pawns up.} 54. Nxe7 $18 Qxe7 55. Kg2 Kg8 56. Qf5 Qg7 57. a5
Bd4 58. a6 1-0

[Event "Fort Myers Gulf Coast op 2nd"]
[Site "Fort Myers"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Going into the last round, Yaro, myself, and Julio Becerra were tied for
first place so there was no knowing how things would work out. But I remember
thinking before this round to simply focus on my game and be prepared to fight
till the end!} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7.
c3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O {I decided to play a lesser-known but solid line to avoid
any preparation which he may have had done against the more common lines:} (
8... g5) (8... a5) 9. Re1 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nf1 cxd4 12. cxd4 (12. Nxd4 {
is an interesting alternative} e5 $6 {is tempting but flawed} ({but the simple
} 12... Nxd4 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Ng3 (14. Be3 Bd7) (14. b3 Bd7 15. Bb2 Rac8) 14...
Bd7 {achieves equality.}) 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rxe5 Ng4 15. Re2 Bc5 16. Be3) 12...
Qb6 {This is my aim - to reach standard positions of the mainline of the
Tarrasch 3...Nf6. The only difference here is that my bishop is on e7 instead
of d6, and White's knight is on f1 instead of the ideal e2.} 13. Re2 $5 {
Played after a long think. My understanding of this move is that it
over-protects f2 and b2 which allows for a smooth development later in the
game.} Kh8 {Making a threat on d4, this forcing his bishop to take a more
passive position.} ({Of course quick development is also good:} 13... Bd7 14.
Ng3 (14. a3 Bd6 (14... a5 15. Ng3 Bd6 $11) 15. b4 Rae8 $6 (15... Ne7 $1 16. Ne5
Bxe5 17. Rxe5 (17. dxe5 Ng4 18. Qe1 Qd4 $36) 17... Ba4 $1 {this active
possibility is the point of retreating the knight to e7 early} 18. Qd2 Rac8 19.
Bb2 Ng6 $11) 16. b5 Na5 17. a4 $14) 14... Bd6 $11 15. b3 g6 (15... Ng4 16. Bb2
g6 {transposes}) 16. Bb2 Ng4 17. Bb1 $6 (17. h3 $2 Nxf2 $1) (17. Rc1 Bf4 $1 {
is awkward for White}) (17. a3 a5 $1 $11) 17... Rf7 {with the idea of doubling
up on the f-file while White cannot find it easy to improve his position.} 18.
Ng5 {disturbing Black's plan seems to be the best way to continue} Rf4 $1 19.
Nf3 (19. Nh3 $6 Rxd4 $1 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 $17) 19... Raf8 $15) 14. Bb1 {This
retreat seemed odd to me during the game, as it makes the development of his
rook difficult; but it's important not to overestimate my position here as
this is a temporary factor.} Bd7 15. Ng3 Bd6 16. b3 Rae8 {A normal move that
highlights my better piece harmony/development.} ({I also considered} 16... Ng4
{as it sets up tricks on f2 after h3, but I realised he doesn't have to play
it and could continue with} 17. Bb2 {and I wasn't sure I would have gained
anything special.}) 17. Bb2 Re7 {Proceeding in a normal way, with the idea of
Be8 or doubling up on the f-file later.} ({Once again I didn't see the benefit
of playing} 17... Ng4 {and I think the consequences of 18.h3 Nxf2 weren't
clear to me; but concretely Black should at get at least enough compensation,
though I'm just not sure if there's more...} 18. Qd3 (18. h3 Nxf2 $1 19. Kxf2
e5 {looks like strong compensation!}) 18... g6 19. h3 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Ne5 $5 21.
Rxe5 Bxe5 22. Ne2 Bd6 23. Qe3 (23. Kg1 e5) 23... Bb5 {and it seems easier to
play this as Black} 24. Bd3 $2 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 e5 $19) 18. Ne5 $1 {This came as
a surprise. It looked like Black could obtain a better position by force, but
things are not so easy if one checks things concretely.} Be8 {after much
deliberation, I settled for a quiet and controlled move.} (18... Bxe5 $6 {
this attractive and energetic move is only good on the surface!} 19. dxe5 Ng4
20. Qe1 (20. Qc2 g6 21. h3 Nd4 $1 {looked promising for the whole line with ...
Bxe5 at first :-)}) (20. Nh1 $5 Ref7 21. Qd3 g6 22. Qd2 $14) 20... Ref7 (20...
Nd4 21. Rd2 {leads nowhere}) 21. Nh1 $1 {and after studying and checking this
position 2 times, I didn't like my position as White plans to push back my
g4-knight with h3 then play Ng3 and I don't have compensation for his bishop
pair and bad pieces.} Nh6 22. Ba3 Rc8 23. Ng3 {seems more pleasant for White
to play due to his long-term advantages.} (23. h3 Nd4)) 19. Qd3 (19. f4 Nd7 $1
{is unpleasant to meet} (19... Bxe5 $5 20. fxe5 Ng4 {looked fine as well}) 20.
Nxc6 (20. Rf2 Ndxe5 21. fxe5 Rxf2 22. Kxf2 Bxe5 $19) 20... bxc6 21. f5 e5 $1)
19... Rc7 {Keeping the tension for longer.} ({I also considered playing solid
with} 19... g6 {but it's an overreaction as it only weakens my kingside and
makes my bishop on e8 sad.}) 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 {Using a small tactic. After this,
he started thinking for a while again.} 21. Qd2 {And again... during which
time I tried to work out some lines. I was also feeling tired and a little
sleepy here, so honestly I was also looking at move repetition possibilities
here. I felt I was slightly better here and should definitely play on, but my
mind was switching back and forth between fighting on (from our "expect to
win" talk) and settling for a draw in this last game.} (21. Rxe6 Bg6 $1 ({
Here, I first saw the forcing} 21... Bxg3 22. Rxc6 (22. Rxf6 $1 $18 Bxf2+ (
22... Bxh2+ 23. Kh1) 23. Rxf2) 22... Bxf2+ {which can only be better for me,
but after checking things White has a nice refutation - move 22}) 22. Qd2 Bxb1
23. Rxb1 Bxg3 24. Rxc6 Bxf2+ {and Black will be at least equal.}) 21... Nh5 $5
{"Keeping him busy" while he's yet to complete development.} ({Another good
plan is to play a useful waiting move} 21... Bf7 $5 22. Qe3 (22. Bd3 Nh5 $1 {
timing!} (22... Rfc8) 23. Nxh5 Bxh5 24. f3 Bf4 25. Qd1 e5) 22... Qc7 (22...
Rfc8) 23. Bd3 Bf4 $15) 22. Nxh5 Bxh5 {Black's position is certainly easier to
play, but I sense that both of our energies were wearing out at this stage of
the game. Therefore, I mustered the last of my energies to play on and find
ways to give my opponent more chances to go wrong.} 23. Qd3 (23. f3 $6 Qc7 (
23... e5 24. Qg5 $132) 24. h3 Bh2+ {and I felt that there's got to be
something there!}) 23... Bg6 $5 {"The test" that I prepared on the 22nd move.}
({According to the "best player" in the world, the best way to continue to the
wierd-looking} 23... g6 $1 {which I also checked, but I was bothered by my
trapped-looking bishop on h5 after} 24. f3 {but the "best player" proves that
Black is better with} (24. Rc2 Qc7 25. g3 e5 $1 $36) (24. Re3 Bf4 25. Re1 Qc7
26. g3 (26. h3 Bh2+ 27. Kf1 Rxf2+ $1) 26... Bh6 {and the black bishops are not
only safe but strong!!}) 24... Qc7 25. g4 {looks risky... for who??} Bxg4 $3
26. fxg4 Rc1+ {is crushing!} 27. Kg2 (27. Bxc1 Qxc1+ 28. Kg2 Qf1#) 27... Qf7
$19) 24. Qh3 $2 {Failing to pass "the test".} (24. Qd1 $1 {is what I thought
objectively best way} Bxb1 25. Rxb1 Qc7 26. h3) (24. Qd2 Bf4 $1 (24... Bh5 25.
Qd3 Bg6 $11) 25. Qd1 Bh5 26. f3 (26. Qd3 g6 $5) 26... Qc7 $17) 24... Bxb1 25.
Rxb1 Qa6 $1 {This double attack is what I spotted around move 22.} 26. Rbe1 $6
{"Mistakes don't come singly" as they say, but Black was already clearly
better in any case. It was played to obtain counterplay for the lost pawn, but
after checking things, it only makes things worse for himself!} Bb4 {After a
few minutes, he realised he will have no compensation for more material loss
and resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-B 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2014.03.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:59:26"]
[BlackClock "0:56:56"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:03] The Tarrasch Variation is considered to be one
of the most critical variations against French Defense. Ari Ziegler who made a
DVD on the French for Black said he just doesn't know how to break the white
pawn chain in this opening.'} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (3... c5 {Gives Black more
chances to equalise, but less chances to win.}) 4. e5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Nfd7 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. c3 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Ngf3 $5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} (7. Ne2 {Is by far the
main line. The idea is to bring the d2 knight to f3.}) 7... Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:10]
} (7... f6 {is another option, but a very famous game between Tal-Bronstein
continued with} 8. Ng5 $5 {A typical Tal bluff.} fxg5 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Bxg6+ hxg6
11. Qxh8 cxd4 {with clear advantage to Black. Bronstein did not play this. He
fell for the bluff and met Ng5 with Nde5 after which White was better.}) 8. O-O
{[%emt 0:00:14]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 10. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]
White gives up a pawn in order to increase his lead in development. He has
open c-file and the black king is in the center. White has decent compensation.
The credit of popularizing this line must go to Viktor Korchnoi for his very
famous game against Udovcic in 1967.'} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 12. Qa4 {[%emt 0:
00:53] This pins the knight, and White is ready to swing his queen over to the
kingside with Qg4.'} Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:06] Sagar Shah: 'Preventing the swing.'}
13. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} (13... h6 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Rac1
Be7 16. Qa4 Qd8 17. Rc2 Kf8 18. Rfc1 Nb6 19. Qg4 Bd7 20. Ba5 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8
22. Bb4 g6 23. Qh4 g5 24. Nxg5 Ke8 25. Bb5+ Bd7 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qh5+ Kf8 28.
Rc3 Rh7 29. Qg6 Rg7 30. Qxh6 Bxb4 31. Rg3 {1-0 (31) Kortschnoj,V-Udovcic,M
Leningrad 1967}) (13... Qc5 {is another option, pursuing the white queen.} 14.
Qe2 Be7 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Rfc1 $44) 14. Bd2 {[%emt 0:04:57] Gaining more time
and connecting the rooks.'} Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 15. b3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qd7 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 16. Rac1 {[%emt 0:05:30]} (16. Nd4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 b6 18. a4 Bc5
19. b4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Bb7 21. Ra3 Rc8 22. Rg3 Rc4 23. Qd3 Qc7 24. Re1 Re4 25.
Rxe4 dxe4 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. exd6 e3 28. Bxe3 Rg8 29. Bd4 Kd7 30. Bxg7 a5 31. b5
Be4 32. h3 Bc2 33. Rc3 Rc8 34. Rf3 f5 35. Be5 Rc5 36. Re3 Bxa4 37. f4 Bxb5 38.
Rg3 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Rd1 40. Rg7+ Kc6 41. Rxh7 Rxd6 42. Bxd6 Kxd6 43. h4 Be8 44. h5
Bxh5 45. Rxh5 a4 {Istratescu,A (2636)-Berg,E (2587) Achaea 2012 1-0}) (16. Be2
{Preserving the bishop has been played more often, but Mamedov wants to
further build up his lead in development and capture the c-file with his rooks.
}) 16... b6 {[%emt 0:07:48]} (16... Nxd3 17. Qxd3 b6 $1 18. Rc2 a5 19. Rfc1 Ba6
20. Qd4 Bc5 21. Qg4 O-O {Black should be better because after the following
variation} 22. Bh6 f5 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Bg5 Rff8 {White lacks compensation.})
17. Nd4 {[%emt 0:18:09]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:08:20]} (17... Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bc5 {
should also be fine for black.}) 18. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nxa6 {[%emt 0:00:07]
} 19. Qd3 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 20. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a5
$146 {[%emt 0:07:52] stopping white from playing b4 and disodging the knight.'}
(20... Be7 21. b4 Ne4 22. Nb5 O-O 23. Rc7 Qe8 24. Nd4 b5 25. Rfc1 Bd8 26. R7c6
Bb6 27. Be3 Qb8 28. f3 Qxe5 29. Rxb6 axb6 30. fxe4 Qxe4 31. Nc6 Rxa2 32. Qf3
Qxf3 33. gxf3 Kh8 34. Ne5 f6 35. Nd7 Re8 36. Nxb6 Rb2 37. Bc5 h5 38. Re1 d4 39.
f4 d3 40. Rd1 Rd8 41. Be7 Rd4 42. Bc5 Rxf4 43. Rxd3 Re4 44. Kf1 Rxh2 45. Rd8+
Kh7 46. Nd7 Kg6 47. Nf8+ Kf5 48. Rd3 Rc4 49. Kg1 Rb2 50. Rd1 {Pachow,J (2235)
-Tischbierek,R (2380) Fuerstenwalde 1981 0-1}) 21. Be3 {[%emt 0:05:07]} Be7 {
[%emt 0:09:47]} 22. Qg4 $1 {[%emt 0:04:06]} g6 {[%emt 0:08:34]} (22... O-O {
is impossible due to} 23. Bh6 $1 $14) 23. Bh6 $1 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:
05:24]} 24. Bxf8 {[%emt 0:07:28]} Kxf8 {[%emt 0:00:36] This type of
compensation is what White is looking for. For a pawn the black king is pretty
weak.} 25. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 26. Rc3 {[%emt 0:06:00]}
Qe7 {[%emt 0:07:28]} 27. Nc6 {[%emt 0:11:10]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:18:53]} 28. Nd4 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:08:49]} 29. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:03:
52] Wang Hao is not satisfied with the half point and presses on for a win.'}
30. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. f4 {[%emt 0:09:42]} Qf5 {
[%emt 0:02:45]} 32. Qd1 {[%emt 0:07:32]} h4 {[%emt 0:07:52]} 33. Nd4 {[%emt 0:
02:00]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 34. Qc2 {[%emt 0:04:11]} Kg7 $15 {[%emt 0:00:13]
Blacks play has been wonderful. He has connected his rooks and remained a pawn
up'} 35. Rcf3 {[%emt 0:09:00]} Rhf8 {[%emt 0:05:49]} 36. Rc3 {[%emt 0:06:06]}
Rfc8 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 37. a3 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 38. Rff3 {
[%emt 0:04:19]} Re7 {[%emt 0:04:41]} 39. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:55]} h3 $2 {[%emt 0:
01:15] On the penultimate move before the time control Black goes wrong. He
should have just kept playing his rooks and waited for the extra time, but he
decided to sharpen the play and is now left with a bad position.'} 40. f5 $5 {
[%emt 0:00:00] Mamedov too plays the most complex move in the position.'} (40.
Qe1 $3 {was the refutation of Black's idea.} hxg2 41. Rh3 Qg4 42. Rh4 {traps
the black queen.}) 40... Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (40... exf5 {Sagar Shah} 41.
Nxf5+ gxf5 42. Rg3+ $18) 41. f6 {[%emt 0:02:29]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:09:47]} 42. Rf4 {
[%emt 0:14:23]} Qxe2 {[%emt 0:08:53]} 43. Nxe2 {[%emt 0:00:07] Though the
queens have been exchanged, White still harbors the ambition of mating the
black king down the h-file.'} g5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} (43... hxg2 {Sagar Shah} 44.
Rh4 {followed by Rch3 is curtains.}) 44. Rg4 {[%emt 0:10:07]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:
22]} 45. Rxh3 {[%emt 0:04:15] Material balance has been established, it's a
race now. Black is going to occupy the c-file while White will try to break
through on the kingside.'} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 46. Rf3 {[%emt 0:05:19]} Kh7 {
[%emt 0:04:06]} 47. h4 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Kg6 $6 {[%emt 0:04:49]} (47... Rc2 $132
48. Ng3 Nd2 49. Rf2 Rg8 {Black is holding on.}) 48. Ng3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Rc1+ {
[%emt 0:03:11]} 49. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Re1 {[%emt 0:00:42]} (49... Rh8 50.
Nxe4 dxe4 51. Rxg5+ $16) 50. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 51.
Rxg5+ {[%emt 0:01:22] Suddenly the roles have been reversed. Black is now a
pawn down and in deep trouble.'} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 52. Rc3 {[%emt 0:07:30]}
Rd8 {[%emt 0:04:39]} 53. Rgg3 {[%emt 0:02:14]} (53. Rg7 $1) 53... b5 {[%emt 0:
09:24]} 54. b4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} a4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 55. Rg4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} e3
{[%emt 0:01:12]} 56. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} e2 {[%emt 0:04:53]} 57. Kf2 {[%emt 0:
00:31]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 58. Kxe2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rb2+ {[%emt 0:01:16]}
59. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 60. Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} axb3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 62. Rxb3 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} Rxg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 63. Rc3 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:
29]} 64. Rc5 {[%emt 0:06:59]} Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 65. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:40]}
Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 66. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:03:58]} 67. Rc5 {
[%emt 0:01:55]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 68. Kc2 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:01:
20]} 69. Rc7 {[%emt 0:05:47]} Kxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 70. Rxf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 71. b5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Rxh4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 72. Kc3 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 73. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:02:
26]} 74. b6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 75. Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:16]
Fighting chess by both the players, this shows that chess is quite a practical
game. Though the opening was clearly better for Black, White kept up the
pressure, and near the 40th move Black went wrong and White was able to
convert his advantage.'} 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.03.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Libiszewski, Fabien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2015.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Gawain Jones is quite a theoretical expert when it comes to the openings. But
in his last round game against Fabien Libiszewski he was completely clueless
and Black chalked up a nearly effortless win.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4.
e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 {The Korchnoi Gambit is becoming an
increasingly popular weapon in the Tarrasch French. The main line in such
positions is 7.Ne2. The important point is that the f3-square is kept open for
the knight on d2. In that way the d4-point is over protected. However, with
Ngf3 White is ready to sacrifice his d-pawn for an initiative and lead in
development.} (7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 {is the main line with
thousands of games in it.}) 7... f6 $5 {In terms of popularity this move ranks
at number five, being played after Qb6, cxd4, Be7 and g6. But I think it is
very interesting and leads to similar positions to those in the main line of
the French Tarrasch.} (7... Qb6 8. O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3
Qb6 12. Qa4 $1 {The queen is going to transfer to the g4-square which will
greatly impede Black's development. The most famous game from this position
was definitely:} Qb4 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Rac1 Be7 16. Qa4 Qd8 17. Rc2
Kf8 18. Rfc1 Nb6 19. Qg4 Bd7 20. Ba5 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Bb4 g6 23. Qh4 g5
24. Nxg5 Ke8 25. Bb5+ Bd7 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qh5+ Kf8 28. Rc3 Rh7 29. Qg6 Rg7
30. Qxh6 Bxb4 31. Rg3 {1-0 (31) Kortschnoj,V-Udovcic,M Leningrad 1967}) (7...
cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 {This gives White an extra option of defending the d4-pawn
with} 9. Nb3) 8. exf6 (8. O-O {is possible. But Black need not fear and can
bravely take the e5 pawn.} fxe5 9. Nxe5 Ndxe5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qh5+ Nf7 12.
Re1 (12. Bxh7 $2 g6 $1 13. Qxg6 Qh4 $19 {0-1 (31) Venkatesh,M (2470)-Mari Arul,
S (2223) New Delhi 2009}) 12... Bd6 $15) 8... Nxf6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 {
As compared to the normal lines of 7.Ne2 in the Tarrasch, this position has
two key differences.  1. White has an extra tempo. 2. The N on d2 is sort of
misplaced and it would have been much better positioned on e2. The first point
is in White's favour but the second, in my opinion, is advantageous to Black.
All in all the position is interesting and definitely worth trying out in
practice.} (10. Nxd4 {was worth considering as was tried by Svidler against
Ponomariov.} e5 11. Re1 Bd6 12. Nf5 (12. Nb5 Bc5 $15) 12... O-O (12... Bxf5 $6
13. Bxf5 O-O 14. Nf3 Kh8 15. Ng5 Qe7 16. Ne6 Rfe8 $11 {also looks pretty fine.}
) 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Be6 $11 {Black looks pretty fine.}) 10...
Bd6 11. b3 (11. Re1 {was Carlsen's choice against Ponomariov. White makes
space for his knight on d2 to go to f1.} O-O 12. Nf1 Qb6 13. Rb1 $6 (13. Ng3
Kh8 $1 14. Bb1 Ng4 $1 15. h3 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Nxd4 $19) 13... Nb4 $1 {White is
forced to give up his key bishop after which he is much worse.} 14. a3 (14. Be2
Nxa2 $17) 14... Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bd7 $15 {1-0 (23) Carlsen,M (2802)-Ponomariov,R 
(2744) Moscow 2010. Black is excellently co-ordinated and holds the advantage.}
) (11. Nb3 {with the idea of rerouting the bishop to g3 via g5-h4 is
interesting but too slow.} O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Be2 (15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 $11) 15... Kh8 16. Bg3 (16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxd5 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qf4 $1
$19) 16... Nc6 17. Nbd4 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Ne4 $11 {Black has an isolated pawn but
he is so active that he should have absolutely no problems in this position.})
(11. a3 O-O 12. b4 {gains space but once again is too slow.} e5 $1 $11) 11...
O-O 12. Bb2 {White has stopped the e5 break but in that process, the bishop on
b2 is quite passive. Black continues to develop normally.} Bd7 13. a3 {
stopping ...Nb4 ideas and looking to gain space with b4-b5.} (13. Ne5 {looks
ideal but is met with the common relocating move} Be8 $1 14. Ndf3 Bh5 $11 {
when Black has activated his worst piece and no longer stands worse.}) (13. Re1
Ng4 $5 {The knight on f6 was not so well placed. It can be better used on
squares like f5 or f7. Also White's Ne5 later on can be captured and there
will be no pawn fork on e5.} 14. h3 Nh6 $1 15. Qe2 (15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bc5
$11) 15... Nf5 $11 {Black has absolutely no problems.}) 13... a5 14. Re1 Qb6 {
Putting pressure on the d4-pawn in such a way that Ne5 becomes impossible. The
knight on d2 lacks good squares to go to.} 15. Rc1 Rae8 16. Nb1 {Gawain
understands the problem related to his d2-knight but such undeveloping moves
cannot be any good.} Kh8 $6 {Black's idea is to prevent Nc3 as then the
d4-pawn would fall. But he missed a very strong opportunity to seize the
initiative.} (16... e5 $1 {This move is something that you have to be always
aware of. The Q on b6, R on f8 and the N on f6 which can come to g4 anytime
are all exerting latent pressure on the f2-square.} 17. dxe5 (17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18.
dxe5 Ng4 $19) 17... Ng4 18. exd6 (18. Qd2 Rxf3 $1 19. gxf3 Ncxe5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5
$17) 18... Qxf2+ 19. Kh1 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Rxf3 $1 21. Qxf2 Nxf2+ 22. Kg1 Rxd3 23.
Kxf2 Rxb3 $19) 17. Qe2 $6 {Gawain gives up the b3-pawn without any real
compensation.} (17. Nc3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 $17 {There is no Bxh7+}) (17. h3 $1
{would have been very prudent because it prevents ...Ng4 in the future but the
question remains, what should White do about the N on b1. It cannot be
developed on c3 and will have to be returned to d2 when White has wasted two
tempi.}) 17... Qxb3 $5 (17... e5 $1 {was once again very strong.} 18. dxe5 (18.
Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ng4 $19) 18... Ng4 $17) 18. Ba1 {If this move has to be
made after giving up a pawn then this position is definitely bad for White.}
Qb6 {Black queen returns with the extra material.} 19. Rc2 e5 $1 {Black gets
in this very important break and gets a nearly winning position.} 20. dxe5 Ng4
21. Rb2 Qa7 22. exd6 Rxe2 23. Rbxe2 Qc5 $17 {Black has a clear advantage and
went on to win the game. This win helped Libiszewski to get the third place.}
24. h3 Nf6 25. Rb2 Bc8 26. d7 Nxd7 27. Ng5 Nf6 28. Rc2 Qd6 29. Rce2 h6 30. Ne6
Re8 31. Nd4 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Nxd4 33. Bxd4 Bd7 34. Be5 Qf8 35. Bc3 Qc5 36. Bb2 Bc6
37. Rc2 Qe7 38. Nd2 Qe1+ 39. Nf1 Ne4 40. Re2 Qd1 41. Re3 Kg8 42. Kh2 Nxf2 43.
Be2 Qc2 44. Bd4 Ne4 45. Bd3 Qa4 46. Be5 Qd1 47. Ng3 Nxg3 48. Rxg3 g5 49. Rf3
Qe1 50. Bc3 Qe7 51. Bd4 Be8 52. Re3 Qd6+ 53. Kh1 Bg6 54. Bb5 Qf4 55. Bb6 Be4
56. a4 g4 57. hxg4 Qxg4 58. Re2 h5 59. Bc7 h4 60. Kh2 Qf5 61. Rd2 Kh7 62. Re2
d4 63. Bxa5 d3 64. Rd2 Qf4+ 65. Kg1 h3 66. gxh3 Qg3+ 67. Kf1 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2009.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Bradford, Joseph M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "Shabalov,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
a5 9. a4 ({An alternative} 9. Re1 {allows} g5 {among others.}) 9... cxd4 10.
cxd4 Nb4 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Nb1 Nb6 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. b3 Rc8 15. Bd2 Rc7 16. Qe2 Qa8
17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. h4 Bxb5 19. axb5 Nd7 20. g3 h6 {It is hard to tell why this
position attracts Michael so much,but he scores here consistently.} (20... Qa7
21. Kg2 Nf8 22. Qf1 Nd7 23. Na4 b6 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. Kh2 Qc8 27.
Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Nc3 Qc8 29. Qe2 Qc7 30. Ne1 Nf8 31. Kg2 Nd7 32. Kf1 Nf8 33. Na4
Nd7 34. Bc3 Kf8 35. Ng2 Ke8 36. Nf4 g6 37. Ke1 Kd8 38. Kd1 Kc8 39. Nh3 h6 40.
h5 g5 41. Ng1 Kb7 42. Nf3 Qc8 43. g4 Ka7 44. Ne1 Kb7 45. f3 Nf8 46. Nd3 Nxd3
47. Qxd3 f5 48. exf6 Bxf6 49. Be1 Qc7 50. Nc3 Be7 51. Ne2 Bd6 52. Bd2 Qf7 53.
Ke1 Nd7 54. Kf2 Nf6 55. Kg2 Bc7 56. Be1 Kc8 57. b4 axb4 58. Bxb4 Qd7 59. Bf8
Qd8 60. Bxh6 Qd6 61. Kf1 e5 62. Qf5+ Nd7 63. Bg7 e4 64. fxe4 dxe4 65. h6 Qe7
66. Qg6 Nf8 67. Bxf8 Qxf8+ 68. Qf5+ {1-0 Adams,M (2703)-Caruana, F (2649)/
Zafra ESP 1-0 Adams,M (2703)-Caruana, F (2649)/Zafra ESP}) 21. Kh2 b6 22. Ne1
Nf8 23. Na4 Nd7 24. Bc3 Qb8 {Black is safely better here. Somehow in the
process of regrouping he loses control over the c-file.} 25. Ng2 Nf8 26. Ne3
Kh8 27. Qd2 Qb7 28. Re1 Rb8 29. Rac1 Qc8 30. Qe2 Qd7 31. Bd2 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 {
According to engines,the main feature of the position still is the weak pawn
on b5. Therefore black is slightly better. However he overreacts to his
temporary lack of space and prospects of white kingside storm and lets his
time expire(?)} Qd8 33. Kg2 Nd7 34. Bxb4 Bxb4 35. Rc6 Kg8 36. f4 1-0

[Event "Goodricke op 10th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1999.02.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Shulman/Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1999.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
a5 9. Re1 a4 {Black is trying still to hide his plans, but after 10.Nf1, he
has no to wide choice, because 10...cd looks natural. So, perhaps usual 9...cd
more exact, because black could avoid the line, that happened in the game.} (
9... c4) 10. dxc5 {[%mdl 4] This is intersting idea in the Nimzovitch's style.
White changes strong central pawns with idea to occupy main central squares d4
and e5 with their pieces.} Nxc5 11. Bc2 f6 12. exf6 (12. Nf1 f5 $6 (12... O-O
$5) 13. Nd4 O-O 14. Be3 Bd7 $2 15. Nxf5 $1 $18 Rxf5 16. Bxf5 Qb6 17. Re2 Qc7
18. Kh1 Rf8 19. Ng3 g6 20. Bc2 Nxe5 21. Bd4 Ng4 22. h3 Nh6 23. Be5 Qd8 24. b4
axb3 25. axb3 Nf7 26. Bd4 $18 {Wells,P-Paehtz,T/Bad Woerishofen op 1995}) 12...
Bxf6 13. Nf1 O-O (13... a3 14. b4 Ne4 (14... Bxc3 15. Bg5) 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rxe4 Bxc3 18. Bg5+ $16) 14. Ne3 (14. Be3 $1 {[%csl Ra4] looks
better, but anyway black has enough counterplay:} Ne4 $5 (14... b6 15. Bxc5
bxc5 16. Bxa4 Qb6 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. Ne3 Bd7 19. Ng4 Nd4 20. cxd4 $16) (14... Qd6
15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Bxa4 e5 17. Ne3 {[%csl Rd5]} Be6 18. b4 Qxc3 19. Nxd5 Bxd5
20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Rac1 Qxb4 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 Rfd8 $44) 15. a3 (15. Bxa4
$140 $2 Bxc3 $1) (15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd4 Ne5 $132) 15... Qa5 16. Nd4 (16. Ng3
Nxg3 17. hxg3 e5 $132) 16... Nxd4 (16... e5 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Ng3
$16 {[%csl Ra4,Rc6,Re4,Re5]}) (16... Nd6 17. Qh5 g6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qxg6+ Bg7
20. Nxe6 $40) 17. Bxd4 {[%cal Gb1h7,Gd4g7]} e5 (17... Bxd4 18. cxd4 Nxf2 19.
Qh5) 18. Bb6 $5 {[%csl Rd5]} Qb5 19. c4 $5 dxc4 20. Rxe4 Qxb6 21. Ne3 $44)
14... a3 $132 {[%csl Ra2,Rb2,Rc3]} ({Also after} 14... d4 {black has
interesting chances, but it is unnecessary to crush his own center} 15. cxd4
Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 $132 {[%csl Ra4,Re6,Rf2]}) 15. Ng4 axb2 16. Bxb2 Bd7 17. Re2
{[%csl Ra2,Rf2][%cal Gb1h7]} Kh8 ({I could easily decide problems with "b1-h7"
diagonal by the} 17... g6 $5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. a4 b6 20. Qb1 Qf4 $132 {
[%csl Ra4,Rf2]}) 18. a4 b6 19. Nd4 {[%cal Ge2e3,Ge3h3,Gh3h7,Gc2h7]} Na5 20. Re3
$6 ({White overestimated his position, after} 20. Ba3 {he could still keep
equal chances, for instance:} Qe7 21. Nf5 (21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Qd3 g6 23. Nxf6
Qxf6 $1 24. Nf3 Nc4 $36 {[%csl Ra4,Rc3,Rf2]}) 21... Qf7 22. Nd6 Qe7 (22... Qh5
$6 23. Re3 $40 {[%cal Ge3h3]}) 23. Nf5 $11) 20... Nc4 21. Rh3 {[%mdl 64]} Ne4
$6 (21... Nxb2 $1 {was winning, but I miscalculated white's 25.Nc6!, connected
with 28.Rh4, in the game, and I thought that black's position also winning
after 21.Ne4} 22. Qc1 (22. Rxh7+ Kg8 23. Nh6+ (23. Qf3 Rxa4 $1 {[%csl Ra1,Rh7]}
) 23... gxh6 24. Qg4+ (24. Qh5 Be8 25. Qxh6 Nbd3 $19) 24... Bg5 25. Rxh6 Rf7
$19) 22... Nbd3 23. Bxd3 Nxd3 (23... e5 $140 $2 24. Rxh7+ Kg8 25. Qh6 $3 Nxd3
$140 26. Qh5 $1 $18) 24. Rxd3 e5 25. Nxf6 Qxf6 26. Nf3 e4 27. Rxd5 Bc6 $19) 22.
Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qe2 e5 (23... Nxb2 {gave only draw:} 24. Qxe4 g6 25. Qxg6 Qe7 26.
Nxf6 Rxf6 27. Rxh7+ Qxh7 28. Qxf6+ Qg7 29. Qh4+ $44 Kg8 (29... Qh7 $11) 30. h3
Rxa4 (30... Nxa4 31. Re1 Nxc3 $140 $2 32. Re3 $18) 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qh4+ Kg8
$11 (32... Kg6 $6 33. Re1 $40)) 24. Qxe4 Bh4 $5 (24... h6 {hasn't left any
chances for fighting:} 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Qxc4 Rxa4 27. Rxa4 Qd1+ 28. Qf1 Bxa4 (
28... Qxa4 29. c4 $5) 29. Qxd1 Bxd1 30. Nxf6 Rxf6 31. Rd3 $11) 25. Nc6 $1 Qg5 (
25... Bxc6 26. Qxc4 Rxa4 27. Rxa4 b5 $1 28. Qe2 bxa4 $36) 26. Ncxe5 Nxe5 $6 (
26... Bxg4 27. Nf7+ Rxf7 28. Rxh4 $1 (28. Qxa8+ $140 Qd8) 28... Qf5 $3 {
[%csl Rf2] (this fantastic move I didn't see during the game, it's pity that
it's give just equal position.)} 29. Qxa8+ Rf8 30. Qxf8+ Qxf8 31. Rxg4 Nxb2 32.
Rd4 $1 {[%csl Rb2]} g6 33. a5 $11 (33. Ra2 $2 Qh6 {[%cal Gh6c1]})) 27. Nxe5
Bxf2+ 28. Kh1 Qf5 29. Ng6+ $1 Qxg6 30. Qxg6 Bxh3 31. Qg5 Be6 $16 32. c4 Ra7 33.
Rd1 $6 {Finally, after all complications White got winning position, but time
trouble spoilt all them efforts} (33. h4 $1 {[%cal Gh4h5,Gh5h6,Gb2g7]} Bc5 34.
a5 $16) 33... Bxc4 34. Rd8 Rxd8 35. Qxd8+ Bg8 36. Qe8 Bc5 37. h3 $138 Re7 38.
Qb8 Re6 $138 (38... Re1+ {gave easy draw, but mutual time trouble "make job"
for both sides.} 39. Kh2 Bg1+ 40. Kg3 Re3+ 41. Kg4 Re2 $11 {[%csl Rb2,Rg2]} (
41... Re4+ 42. Kf5 Rxa4 $140 $2 43. Bxg7+ $1 {[%csl Ra4]} Kxg7 44. Qe5+ Kf8 45.
Qd6+ $1 $18)) 39. Bc3 Re7 40. h4 Rd7 41. g3 h6 {Nevertheless position
equalised after time trouble, but it looks better for white on first sight} 42.
Qe5 (42. Qf4 {[%cal Gf4h6]} Rd1+ (42... Bd5+ 43. Kh2 Rf7 44. Qxh6+ Kg8 $132 {
[%csl Rh2]}) 43. Kh2 Bg1+ 44. Kg2 Bd5+ 45. Kh3 Be6+ 46. g4 Rd3+ 47. Kg2 Rxc3
48. Kxg1 Rc4 $11 {[%csl Ra4,Rg4]}) 42... Re7 43. Qh5 Kh7 $11 44. Qf5+ Kh8 45.
Qh5 Kh7 46. Qf5+ Kh8 47. a5 Be6 48. Qe5 (48. Qf8+ Kh7) 48... Bc4 49. Qh5 Kg8
50. axb6 Bxb6 51. Bxg7 Re1+ (51... Rxg7 $2 {[%csl Rc4]} 52. Qe8+ Kh7 53. Qe4+)
52. Kh2 Re2+ 53. Qxe2 {White sucrifice the queen, escaping any troubles in
"zeitnot", but after 53.Kh1 black has nothing more then perpetual: 53...Re1}
Bxe2 54. Bxh6 Kh7 55. Bf4 Kg6 56. Kg2 Kf5 57. Bg5 Bg4 58. Bf4 Ke4 59. Bg5 Kd3
60. Bf4 Ke2 61. Be5 Bd8 62. Bf4 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 12th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2002.08.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 {A fundamental decision. White
can postpone it for one move with} (5. c3 {but after} c5 {he has to choose
between the text continuation and the sharper} 6. f4 {In this case White
strives to increase his () on the >> and thus further his attacking chances
even at the cost of lagging behind in development. He often has to give up
castling rights as well, e.g. in the line} Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. g3 cxd4 9. cxd4
Bb4+ 10. Kf2 $13 {On the other hand Black usually seeks [+]<=> and often even
blows up White's centre with a N sacrifice.}) 5... c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 {
White goes for harmonious development, leaving the f3-square free for the
other N.} ({After} 7. Ngf3 Qb6 {White must be prepared to sacrifice a P with} (
{A playable alternative is} 7... Be7 8. O-O g5 $5 $13 {Here we can look a bit
back: in the line 3...Be7!? White usually fights for an advantage with 4.Bd3,
as 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 Nc6 transposes into the abovementioned
position.}) 8. O-O $5 {as he can't defend d4 properly anymore.}) 7... cxd4 8.
cxd4 f6 ({The older line} 8... Qb6 9. Nf3 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. b3
$5 O-O 13. Bf4 $14 {has gradually disappeared from the scene, White has
pleasant and permanent edge.}) 9. exf6 ({Currently Black doesn't have to worry
abou the sharp alternative} 9. Nf4 Nxd4 10. Qh5+ Ke7 11. exf6+ Nxf6 12. Ng6+
hxg6 13. Qxh8 Kf7 14. Qh4 e5 15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Bg5
Qa5+ 19. Kf1 g6 $1 20. Bxf6 Qa6+ 21. Kg2 Qxf6 22. Qa4 Qc6 23. Qb3 Bc5 $1 24.
Rhe1 Kf6 25. Rac1 b6 26. Qe3 Qd6 27. Qh6 a5 $5 (27... d4 28. Rg1 Qf8 29. Qd2 a5
30. Kh1 Qg7 31. a3 a4 32. Rg2 Rg8 33. Rcg1 Qb7 34. Qg5+ Kf7 35. Rg3 Qd5 36. h4
Be7 $11 {Arzumanian,G-Alavkin,A/RUSCup Samara/2002/}) 28. Rg1 Qf8 (28... Rg8
29. Kh1 d4 30. Rg3 f4 31. Rgg1 d3 32. Qh4+ Kf7 33. Rgd1 Qd5 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Rc3
d2 36. Rc2 Rd8 $44 {Ghane,S-Gleizerov,E/Abu Dhabi op/2002/}) 29. Qh4+ g5 30.
Qa4 Qe8 31. Qd1 Rd8 32. Kh1 e4 33. Qd2 e3 $13 {Kurnosov,I-Iljushin,A/RUS Cup
Samara/2002/ Black's strong [+]P cover his wandering K and offer him at the
very least sufficient compensation for the minimal material investment.}) 9...
Nxf6 (9... Qxf6 {is in a crisis because of} 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 h6 12. Ng3 O-O
13. Bc2 $1 Rd8 14. Re1 Nf8 15. Ne5 $1 Bd7 ({The N is tabu because of} 15...
Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qh4 17. Nh5 $1 $40 Rd7 18. Re3 Rf7 19. f4 Qd8 20. Rg3 Ne7 21.
Nf6+ {1-0, Tiviakov,S-Hertneck,G/EU-chT Leon/2001/}) 16. f4 Be8 17. Be3 $14 {
White has protected his outpost on e5 and now will gradually proceed to
transfer his forces to the >>. His attacking potential is well illustrated in
the following example:} Qh4 18. Rf1 Ne7 19. f5 $5 Bxe5 $6 20. dxe5 exf5 21. Rf4
Qg5 22. Qf3 Neg6 23. Rxf5 Qe7 24. Rf1 Ne6 25. Rh5 Ng5 26. Rxg5 $1 hxg5 27. Nf5
Qc7 28. Bb1 Bb5 29. Qh5 Nf8 30. Bxg5 Re8 31. Bf6 $1 Qb6+ 32. Kh1 Bxf1 33. Nh6+
gxh6 34. Bh7+ $1 {1-0, Motylev,A-Iljushin,A/RUS-ch/Samara 2000/}) 10. Nf3 Bd6
11. O-O Qc7 (11... O-O 12. Bf4 {allows White to immediately achieve the
strategically advantageous exchange of dark-squared B. Current practice has
lately been showing that Black's tactical chances are insufficient to maintain
equality:} Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. g3 Qf6 (14... Ng5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rxf4
17. gxf4 Nh3+ 18. Kh1 Nxf4 19. Rg1 Bd7 20. Rg4 $16) 15. h4 h6 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17.
Ne5 $1 $14) 12. Bg5 {Some 20 years ago the whole line had a bad reputation,
White's static advantages (better P structure) were thought to outweigh
Black's possibilities of active piece play. But then came the following game:}
(12. Nc3 a6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bh4 Nh5 $1 15. Re1 g6 16. Rc1 Qg7 $1 17. Bb1 Bd7
18. Bg3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 g5 20. Qd3 Rf7 21. Rcd1 Raf8 22. Rd2 Kh8 23. Nd1 Bc7 24.
Qe3 $2 Rxf3 $1 25. gxf3 Bf4 $1 {0-1, Kudrin,S-Kortschnoj,V/Beersheba/1984/ The
original way, with which Kortschnoj breathed life into Black's position,
attracted attention and the 11...Qc7 line experienced a revival.}) 12... O-O
13. Bh4 {The most consistent and most often played move, although certainly
not the only one.} ({An interesting alternative is} 13. Rc1 Bd7 (13... Ng4 14.
Ng3 g6 15. Nd2 $1 Nf6 16. Nb3 Qb6 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Qxb2 20.
Rb5 Qxa2 21. Rxb7 Bc8 22. Rc7 Nb4 23. Bh6 Rf7 24. Qc1 $1 $36 {Brynell,S-Hedman,
E/Stockholm Rilton/2001/}) (13... Nh5 14. Ng3 Nf4 15. Bb1 Bd7 16. Re1 Rf7 17.
Qc2 g6 18. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qb6 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Nh5 $1 Rf7 22. Nf6+ $16 {
Emms,J-Williams,S/BCF-ch Scarborough/2001/}) 14. a3 (14. Ng3 $142 $5) 14...
Rae8 15. b4 a6 16. Ng3 Bf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. b5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Qd6 20. a4 Na5
21. Ne5 Bxb5 22. axb5 Nd7 {1/2, Rozentalis,E-Kosyrev,V/Montreal/2001/}) 13...
Nh5 {[%cal Yg7g6,Yc7g7] /\g6,Qg7} 14. Qc2 ({The older} 14. Nc3 a6 {-12.Nc3
leads to the postion from Kortschnoj's game above. The text counters Black's
plan to fianchetto his Q and has become White's main continuation.}) 14... h6
$8 {Black must weaken his light squares.} (14... g6 $2 {fails tactically to}
15. Bxg6 $1 Rxf3 (15... hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Ng7 17. Ng5 $18) 16. Bxh5 Rf5 17. Bg4
$16) 15. Bg6 $5 {Other moves allow Black to develop his K|^ with g5 and Qg7.
The B-sortie is the only way to prevent this, the question is-which position
of Black's K is to White's advantage?} ({White can first play} 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16.
Bg6 Rxf3 $1 (16... Nf4 17. Nxf4 Bxf4 18. Bg3 $14 {/+/- is too passive}) {
So White has to be modest and play} 17. Bxh5 ({Here compared with the game
accepting the exchange sacrifice is questionable:} 17. gxf3 $6 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 (
18. Kg2 Nf4+ 19. Nxf4 Qxf4 20. Bg3 Bxg3 21. fxg3 Qxd4 $15 ({or} 21... Qf6 $5 {
gives Black 2 P for the exchange and a pleasant position.})) 18... Nf4 19. Ng3
(19. Kxh2 $6 Nxg6+ 20. Bg3 Qf7 $36) 19... Qd6 $142 $1 (19... Qb6 20. Rad1 ({
Compared with the game} 20. Kxh2 $2 Nxd4 21. Qa4 Nxg6 22. Qe8+ Kh7 23. Nh5
Nxf3+ 24. Kh1 Nfxh4 $19 {doesn't work}) 20... Nxd4 21. Qa4 (21. Rxd4 $2 Qxd4
22. Rd1 Qb6 {and the Bh2 still remains tabu-} 23. Kxh2 (23. Bf7 Bd7 $5 24. Kxh2
Rf8 25. Bh5 g5 $17 {/-+}) 23... Nxg6 24. Qxg6 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Qxf3+ 26. Kh2 Qxd1
27. Bf6 gxf6 28. Qe8+ Kg7 $1 29. Nh5+ Qxh5+ 30. Qxh5 e5 $17 {/-+}) 21... Bd7 $1
(21... Nxg6 $2 22. Qe8+ Kh7 23. Nh5 $1 {-see game}) 22. Qxd7 (22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23.
Rxd4 Bxg3 {/\Ng6=/+}) 22... Nxg6 23. Bf6 $142 $1 (23. Nh5 Nf5 24. Nxg7 (24. Bf6
Be5 25. Qf7 gxf6 26. Qxg6 Rg8 27. Qf7 Qb4 $1 $19 {->}) 24... Ngxh4 25. Nxf5
Nxf5 26. Kxh2 Qb4 $19 {Even from b6 Black's Q may join the >>->.}) 23... gxf6
24. Qf7 (24. Nh5 $143 $6 Nf5 $1 25. Nxf6 Nge7 26. Kxh2 Rd8 27. Qa4 Qxb2 $17)
24... Bxg3 25. Qxg6 (25. Qxf6+ Kh7 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Qxg6 (27. Qf6+ $11) 27...
Nf5 (27... e5 $5 28. Qxb6 axb6 29. fxg3 Rxa2 30. Rf2 $11) 28. Qf6+ $11) 25...
Nf5 26. Qxf6+ (26. fxg3 $2 Rg8 27. Qxf6+ Kh7 $17) 26... Kh7 27. Qf7+ $11) 20.
Rad1 e5 {Here the position of the K on h8 works in Black's favour-White
doesn't have the check on h7 and is trouble after} 21. Bf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 {
Emms,J-Williams,S/BCF-chT/1999/} Nxd4 $1 23. Rxd4 exd4 24. Kxh2 Rf8 25. Qg4 h5
$1 26. Nxh5 (26. Qg5 $2 Qe6 $19) (26. Nf5 Qe5 27. Qxg7+ Qxg7 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 $17
{/-+}) 26... Nxh5+ $17) 17... Rf8 18. Bg3 Bd7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Qd2 Bxg3 21.
hxg3 Qb6 22. Nf4 Kg8 23. Ng6 Rf7 24. Rfd1 Rd8 25. Rc3 Be8 26. Bg4 Rf6 27. Nf4
Bf7 28. Re3 Re8 $132 {Sermek,D-Gleizerov,E/Saint Vincent op/2001/ Here Black's
pressure against d4 enables him to maintain the balance.}) 15... Rxf3 $1 (15...
Nf4 16. Nxf4 Bxf4 17. Bg3 ({or} 17. Rfe1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge1e8,Rh7b1] leads
to a type of position we have already mentioned above. White controls e5 and
the <->e, and can also switch his attention to the /^b1-h7, Black is confined
to passive defence.})) 16. gxf3 {[%mdl 96] The sacrifice on f3 shows a
typically modern link between tactics a strategy. If White declines it with} (
16. Bxh5 Rf8 {we get a position from Sermek-Gleizerov with Black's K on g8.
This difference is not relevant, but the difference from the 15...Nf4 is
crucial-White's N is passively placed on e2 instead of f3, White doesn't
control the e<->and the e5-square. All this gives Black good <=>. Therefore
Iuldachev goes for the complications.}) 16... Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 (17. Kg2 Nf4+ {
-see above}) 17... Nf4 18. Ng3 Qb6 $5 {An invention of Gleizerov himself. The
older tries were dangerous for Black:} (18... Nxg6 19. Qxg6 Bxg3 20. Bxg3 (20.
fxg3 $5) 20... Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rac1 $14) (18... Bxg3 19. fxg3 $5 (19.
Bh7+ Kh8 20. fxg3 g5 $5 21. gxf4 gxh4 $13) ({or} 19. Bxg3 Bd7 {[%cal Ya8f8] /
\Rf8~~ are unconvincing}) 19... Nxg6 20. Qxg6 Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. g4 Nxd4
23. Rac1 Nc6 24. b4 a6 25. a4 $36 {Navara,D-Vallejo Pons,F/WCh U18 Oropesa del
Mar/2000/ and Black finds it difficult to finish his development.}) ({But
there is a third alternative:} 18... Qd6 $5 19. Rad1 (19. Rac1 e5 $40) 19... e5
{and despite the intermediate check} 20. Bh7+ {after} Kh8 21. Kxh2 (21. Rfe1 g5
22. dxe5 Qe7 23. e6 Qxh7 24. e7 {1/2, Potkin,V-Iljushin,A/RUS-ch Krasnodar/
2002/} Bd7 $15) (21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Rfe1 Bh3 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Kxh2 g5 $15 {
Oral,T-O'Connor,J/ECC Panormo/2001/}) 21... g5 $44 {|^ and White's extra R (!)
is not felt at all. Possibly this is even better than the text move.}) 19. Rad1
{Just one day earlier Iuldachev had the same position and continued} (19. Nh5
Nxh5 (19... Qxd4 20. Rad1 Qb4 21. a3 Qd6 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Nxg7 $1 $36) 20. Bxh5
Qxd4 21. Qg6 Bd7 $1 (21... Ne5 $2 22. Qe8+ Kh7 23. Bf6 $1 gxf6 24. Qe7+ $18)
22. Qf7+ (22. Bg4 $142 $5 $132) 22... Kh8 23. Bg3 Bxg3 24. fxg3 Ne5 25. Qe7 Rc8
$15 {Iuldachev,S-Bagirov,R/Abu Dhabi op/2002/}) ({But possibly a better try to
fight for the advantage is} 19. Rac1 $5 {The most logical is} Bd7 $142 (19...
Nxd4 $4 20. Qxc8+ $18) ({Dubious is also} 19... Qxd4 20. Rfd1 Nd3 (20... Qb6
21. Kxh2 Nxg6 22. Qxg6 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Qxf3+ 24. Kg1 $18) 21. Ne4 $1 dxe4 (21...
Ndb4 22. Rxd4 Nxc2 23. Rdd1 N2d4 24. Kxh2 Nxf3+ 25. Kh3 $1 Nfe5 (25... e5+ 26.
Kg3 $18) 26. Rg1 $1 Nxg6 (26... dxe4 27. Bxe4 $16) 27. Rxg6 e5+ 28. Kh2 Bf5 (
28... dxe4 29. Rcg1 $40) 29. Rgxc6 bxc6 30. Nd6 $14 {/+/- leads to a position,
where the piece is worth more, than the 3 P.}) 22. Bxe4 $5 ({less convincing is
} 22. fxe4 Ndb4 23. Rxd4 Nxc2 24. Rdd1 N2d4 25. Kxh2 e5 $14 {/<=>}) 22... Nce5
(22... Ncb4 23. Qxc8+ (23. Qc4 $5 $36) 23... Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Kf7 25. Kxh2 $40)
23. Qc3 $1 Qxc3 24. Rxc3 $14 {/+/- gives White an advantageous version of the
_|_ with an extra exchange.}) 20. Kxh2 Nxd4 21. Qc7 Nxf3+ 22. Kh1 {If Black
keeps the Q on the board, White gets attacking chances after e.g.} {Critical
is probably} Qxc7 (22... Nxg6 23. Qxd7 Nf8 (23... Ngxh4 24. Rc7 $40) 24. Qa4 g5
25. Bxg5 Nxg5 26. Qh4 $16) 23. Rxc7 Nxh4 24. Rxd7 Nhxg6 25. Rc1 $5 $44 {
Materially speaking Black is doing fine, but White's forces are very active.})
(19. Kxh2 $2 Nxd4 $17) 19... Nxd4 20. Qa4 (20. Rxd4 $143 $2 Qxd4 21. Bh7+ Kh8
22. Kxh2 g5 $17) 20... Nxg6 $6 {This natural move (Black captures a piece and
attacks another one) is in fact very risky.} ({More circumspect is} 20... Bd7 {
finishing development. Now the forcing line} 21. Qxd7 (21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4
Bxg3 $15) (21. Bf7+ Kxf7 22. Qxd7+ Kg8 23. Rxd4 Qxd4 24. Kxh2 g5 25. Ne4 Qg7 $1
$17 {Miroshnichenko,E-Borovikov,V/Alushta op/2001/}) 21... Nxg6 22. Bf6 $1 (22.
Nh5 $2 Nf5 {and it's late for} 23. Bf6 Be5 $1 24. Rg1 Qxf2 $19) 22... gxf6 23.
Nh5 Qc7 (23... Nf5 $2 24. Rg1 $1 Bxg1 25. Rxg1 Qxf2 26. Rxg6+ Kf8 27. Rxf6+ Kg8
28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Rxh6+ $1 Nxh6 30. Qg7#) 24. Nxf6+ Kh8 25. Rxd4 Rf8 $1 (25...
Qxd7 26. Nxd7 Bd6 27. Rg4 Nf4 28. Nf6 Be5 29. Rfg1 Bxf6 $8 30. Rxf4 $14) 26.
Qxe6 Qe5 27. Qh3 Bf4 28. Rxf4 Qxf4 29. Nxd5 Qxf3+ $11 {leads to an equal _|_.})
21. Qe8+ $1 $146 ({We have already seen the modest} 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxg3
23. Bxg3 Bd7 $15 {Suran,J-Chytilek,R/CZE-chT/2001/ and only Black can play for
a win.}) 21... Kh7 $2 (21... Nf8 $8 {is still playable and far from clear:} 22.
Bf6 $142 $1 {[%cal Rf6d4,Rg3h5] /\Bd4,Nh5} (22. Be7 Bxg3 23. Qxf8+ Kh7 24. Bc5
Qc7 25. fxg3 (25. Bxd4 Bd6 26. Qe8 e5 $17) (25. Rxd4 Be5 26. f4 Bf6 $1 $17)
25... Nf5 $15 {/-/+}) (22. Nh5 Be5 (22... Nf5 $2 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Rg1+ Bg3 25.
Bxg3 Ng7 26. Bh4 $1 $18) 23. Be7 (23. f4 Qc6 $5 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. fxe5 Nf3 {
/\Ba6-/+}) 23... Nf5 24. Qxf8+ Kh7 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Bxf6 e5 $1 27. Bxe5 (27.
Bxg7 $2 Nxg7 28. Rg1 Bg4 $1 $19) 27... Qg6 $36 {[%csl Rh1] and White's K is
more exposed, than Black's.}) 22... e5 $142 $5 (22... gxf6 $2 23. Rg1 $1 Bxg1
24. Rxg1 Nxf3 25. Nh5+ $1 Nxg1 26. Qe7 $18) (22... Nc6 23. Nh5 {[%cal Rf1g1] /
\Rg1} g5 (23... Qb4 24. Bxg7 Qe7 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Kxh2 $16) 24. Kxh2 (24. Bg7
Qd8 25. Qxd8 Nxd8 26. Kxh2 Nf7 27. f4 $36) 24... Qc7+ 25. f4 Qf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7
27. fxg5 $16 {/\} hxg5 28. Bxg5 Kg6 $2 29. Rg1 $1 Kxh5 30. Be3 $18 {[%cal
Rg1g8,Rd1h1,Rh2g3] /\Rg8,Rh1,Kg3 etc. and Black's K is in a mating net.}) (
22... Bxg3 23. Bxd4 Qc7 24. fxg3 Qxg3 25. Rd2 $32 {and Black has problems with
developing his << pieces.}) 23. Bxg7 (23. Bxe5 Nxf3 (23... Qc6 $5 24. Qe7 Nde6
25. Kxh2 Ng6 26. Qd6 Ng5 $44) 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Nh5+ Kg8 26. Qe7 Be5 27. Rg1+
Bg4 (27... Ng5 28. Qxe5 Qg6 29. Nf6+ Kf7 30. Qe8+ Kxf6 31. Qxf8+ Ke6) 28. Rxg4+
Ng6 29. Rdg1 Ng5 30. Rxg5 hxg5 31. Rxg5 Kh8 32. Rxg6 Qxg6 33. Qxe5+ Kh7 $15)
23... Bh3 (23... Kxg7 $2 24. Nh5+ $18) 24. Qxa8 Kxg7 25. Kxh2 Bxf1 26. Rxf1
Nxf3+ $15 ({or} 26... Ng6 $5 $44)) 22. Nh5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 128] ->,/\Nf6 White's
decisive attack is like a bolt out of the blue.} Be5 (22... Nxh4 23. Nf6+ gxf6
24. Rg1 $1 $18) (22... Nf5 23. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 24. Qf7+ Ng7 25. Rg1 Qc7 26. Qxg6+
Kg8 27. Bxf6 $18) (22... Qc7 23. Rg1 Bxg1 24. Rxg1 Nf8 25. Be7 $18) 23. Rg1 Nf4
(23... Nxh4 24. Rxg7+ $1 Bxg7 25. Qf7 $18 {[%cal Rf7g7,Rh5f6] /\Qg7,Nf6}) (
23... Nf5 24. Qxg6+ Kg8 25. Bf6 Qxf2 26. Bxe5 Qxf3+ 27. Rg2 $1 Qxd1+ 28. Kh2
$18 {and g7 falls with terminal consequences.}) 24. Nxf4 Nxf3 (24... Bxf4 25.
Qg6+ $18) (24... Qc6 25. Qg6+ Kg8 26. Nd3 $18) 25. Ng6 Qc6 (25... Ng5 26. Ne7
$18 {only postpones mate.}) 26. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Repka, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Sutovsky,E"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{For this edition of CBM I decided to comment on two games that has something
in common - they both look like smooth convincing victories, but in fact they
were not! Elsewhere you will find annotated my game with GM Haba, but we will
start with the present encounter that seemed like sailing in a flat calm...} 1.
e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {From time to time I use this move as an alternative to
3.Nc3 - I am not sure if I can regard it as a surprisie weapon, but on the
other hand I know quite a bit about this line - and even if my opponent had
been preparing for it, I'd be able to fight for the opening advantage.} Nf6 {
THis used to be the main line for Black throughout three quarters of the 20th
century, but after Korchnoi successfully employed 3...c5 in a dozen games
versus Karpov (without losing a single one!), the trend was reversed. Still, 3.
..Nf6 is rather popular, and I'd say it is a bit more in the spirit of the
opening - to provoke e4-e5 and then to attack the centre. One may argue though,
that opening preferences in the modern chess are not about spirit and taste,
but rather objective evaluation. Hard to disagree, and in this regards 3...c5
is doing a bit better.} 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 {When twenty
kilos ago Mark Tseitlin taught me to play this system - it was hardly a system,
but rather a cunning little line. For years White played 7.Ne2, but then the
alternative knight sortie became more and more popular - and today I'd regard
it as the main move in the position.} g5 {A very ambitious try. Black has
several options here - none of them is too bad, but i'm not sure if any of
them guarantees an equal game.} 8. h3 h5 {Insisting. But I was ready for the
line and knew how to deal with this seemingly dangerous pawn avalanche.} 9. Be2
$1 {A very typical manoeuvre for this entire system. White often needs to play
Nd2-b3, and prepares it by removing the bishop from the possible fork. Why not
place the bishop on e2 at once then? Well, it is possible, but Black has other
options besides g5-h5, and in many cases the bishop would have been better
placed on d3. Hence we are not worried about losing a tempo, if Black used
this tempo for playing g7-g5 and h7-h5.} Rg8 10. Nb3 $1 (10. g4 {looks natural
here, but after} Rh8 {it is not that clear. The move in the text is much more
principled.}) 10... Be7 $2 {Played after long consideration.} ({Of course} 
10... g4 {is the only critical move in this position and Black had to play it,
even if Christopher knew I had something prepared here. And I had. I'm not
sure I'll ever get a chance to play it, but maybe my future students will.
Stay tuned!}) 11. Nh2 $1 {Killing Black's counterplay completely, and getting
ready for an assault on the kingside.} h4 12. Ng4 b6 13. O-O c4 {What else?
White was ready to play f2-f4 and to finish the game within a few moves.} 14.
Nd2 Qc7 {White is already winning. I could go for the g-pawn (15.Nf3), or
explode the queenside (15.b3), but after calculating the lines I opted for the
most direct way. Some things never change, you know.} 15. f4 gxf4 16. Nh6 {
The simple 16.Rxf4 was good enough, but I followed the line calculated till
the winning position.} Rg6 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Bh5 Ncxe5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 {This
came as a little surprise. I thought White was winning easily after this
capture,} ({considering} 19... Qxe5 {as the main move, and here} 20. Nxc4 $1
dxc4 21. Bxf4 {with decisive threats was prepared. And after he took on e5
with the knight I was in this over-relaxed mood...}) 20. Nf3 $2 {NEVER - you
hear me? NEVER let your brain believe the game is over before it is over. I
know you heard this advice 100500 times. But gosh, it is SO important. Of
course, White is clearly winning, why bother calculating? The natural move in
the game is a huge mistake.} ({White is easily winning with the same} 20. Nxc4
$1 dxc4 21. Bxf4 Kg7 22. Qe2 $1 Rg5 23. Rae1 {and it is over. Not too
difficult a line, and I would have found it, if only I had been looking for
the best way to play. But I "knew" the game was over and allowed Black to
recover.}) (20. Nb3 {also wins easily, but I wouldn't blame myself for not
playing this one!}) 20... Nd3 {Natural but losing.} ({Instead he could get
back into the game with} 20... Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 {taking with the rook doesn't
change much} e5 $1 {and I can't grab two rooks at one go. The position is
complicated, and engines give it as 0.00 - but it is beyond our scope to
analyse it. Let's rather try to understand why Christopher didn't find this
not very complex line? All the same. He also "knew" the game was over, and
couldn't really calculate the lines properly. Yes, I know, chess is cruel -
you can't relax when you are winning. And you shouldn't stop fighting when you
are losing. And even if you know it, you can't implement these principles in
most cases. But at least give it a try!}) 21. Nxh4 Bxh4 22. Qg4 Qc5+ {And here
I felt it was time for one final deep think. It took some time to calculate
and triple-check everything properly, but I managed the task.} 23. Kh2 $1 e5 (
23... Bg3+ 24. Qxg3 {is a cute double-pin!}) 24. Bxg6+ $1 {The only clear way!}
Kf6 25. Qxh4+ Kxg6 26. g3 $1 {It is much better to have this position with the
king on h2. Now the g-file opens up and Black gets mated.} 1-0

[Event "Solsona op 1st"]
[Site "Solsona"]
[Date "2003.08.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Almeida Quintana, Omar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[This game from the last round of the tournament in Solsona, is my best one.
During the whole tournament I didn't play convincingly, making too many draws.
I had to win that game in order to get a prize.]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6
4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. Nf3 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6
11. O-O Bd6 12. b3 {[I play this variation often, having won several games
with it.]} O-O 13. Bb2 Ng4 $5 {[This move came as a complete surprise for me.
The main line goes 13...Bd7 14.Nc3, although Black has several other playable
options. White plan is quite simple: Nc3, Rc1, Re1, Na4, Nc5, Ne5.]} 14. Ng3
Qd8 {[Very interesting. Black is trying to prevent 15.h3? which is bad because
of 15...Nf2 16.Kf2 Qh4. At the same time he wants to transer the queen to f6
and, possible, to h6.]} 15. Re1 $1 {[Since 15.h3 is impossible, White has to
re-group the pieces diferently, he has to rid of the unpleasant knght on g4.]}
Bd7 16. Nf1 Bf4 $2 {[A serious mistake. 16...Qf6 was necessary, when after 17.
h3 Nh6 White is only slightly better, since the knight on h6 can later be
transferred to f7.]} 17. h3 Nf6 18. Ne5 {[White has realised its strategic aim,
having taken control over the square e5. He is better.]} Nxe5 {[After 18...Be5
19.de White has the advantage due to the pair of bishops.]} 19. dxe5 Ne4 $2 {
[Black decides to look for a counter-play sacrificing a pawn, although White
without much difficulties can neutralize the initiative. Passive 19...Ne8 was
necessary.]} 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rxe4 Qe8 $6 {[Black has more chances to survive
in the ending after 21...Bc6. He can hope for the ending with the opposite
coloured bishops.]} 22. Bc1 $1 {[White is just in time to exchange the pair of
bishops.]} Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Bc6 24. Rg4 $1 {[It is important to protect the "g"
line from the possible attack to the White king.]} Rd8 25. Qe1 Rd5 26. Ne3 {
[Using a small trick, White wins a tempo. Now 26...Re5 27.Qc3 loses.]} Rd3 27.
Rc3 {[Eliminating the pair of rooks, White also has no more problems with his
king, forever. Meanwhile the black king on g8 becomes much weaker.]} Qd7 28.
Rxd3 Qxd3 29. Rc4 $1 {[At the moment the rook on g4 has nothing to do. White
re-group his pieces to get rid of the unpleasant queen on d3.]} Rd8 30. Qa5
Qb1+ {[After 30...a6 31.Qc7 White wins as well. Black has nothing better than
exchange the queens by 31...Qd7 with a lost ending.]} 31. Kh2 Rf8 32. Qd2 {
[Having sucessfully taken control of the open line "d" White prepares the
decisive invasion.]} Qa1 33. Qd6 Re8 34. Rg4 {[The pawn g7 and the weak Black
king become a target.]} Kh8 {[34...Qa2 loses after 35.Rg4 g6 36.Rf4.]} 35. Rf4
Kg8 (35... h6 {was better.}) 36. Ng4 Qf1 (36... h5 {loses after} 37. Nf6+ gxf6
38. exf6) 37. f3 Qc1 38. Nf6+ Kh8 39. Rc4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.09"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 $5 10. Nf3 h6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Ng3 O-O 13. Bc2 Rd8 14. Re1 Nf8
15. Ne5 Bxe5 $6 (15... Qh4 $142 16. f4 Bxe5 17. dxe5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Asrian,
K-Zhang Pengxiang/Yerevan 1999/CBM 72 ext (90)}) 16. dxe5 Qh4 (16... Nxe5 $4
17. Nh5 $18) 17. Nh5 $1 $146 (17. f4 $14 {- 15...Qh4 16.f4 Be5 17.de}) 17...
Rd7 (17... Bd7 18. Re3 $40 Be8 $140 19. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 20. Rh3 Qxh3 (20... Qd4
21. Bxh6+ Kg8 (21... Kf7 22. Qf3+ $18) 22. Rg3+ $18) 21. gxh3 $18) (17... Qd4
$5 18. Bd2 $36 (18. Qe2 $36)) 18. Re3 (18. Nf4 $5 $36 {/\g3, h2-h4-h5}) 18...
Rf7 19. f4 Qd8 (19... Ne7 $4 {(/\Nf5)} 20. Rh3 $18) (19... Bd7 $5 20. Nf6+ $140
gxf6 21. Rh3 Qxh3 22. gxh3 f5 $1 $14 (22... fxe5 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Bxh6 $16)) (
19... Qe7 $5) 20. Rg3 Ne7 $4 (20... Kh8 21. Be3 $16 {^^ ->>>}) 21. Nf6+ (21.
Nf6+ Kh8 22. Qh5 $1 {(צf7)} Qb6+ (22... g6 23. Qxh6+ Nh7 24. Rh3) 23. Be3 (23.
Kh1 $18) 23... Qxb2 24. Qxf7 Qxa1+ 25. Kf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Pfalz op 01st"]
[Site "Neustadt an der Weinstrasse"]
[Date "2008.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.02.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Nc3 (14.
Ng3) 14... Nb4 $5 $146 15. Bb1 Be8 (15... Bb5 $6 16. Re1 Rae8 17. a3 Nc6 18.
Bc2 Kh8 19. Nxb5 Qxb5 20. Ng5 Ne4 $2 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Rxe4 Qf5 23. Qe2 Qf6 24.
Re1 Qh6 25. g3 e5 26. Rh4 Qf6 27. Bxh7 Nxd4 28. Bxd4 exd4 29. Be4+ {1-0
Tiviakov,S-Garcia Santos,E/Malaga 2003 (29)}) 16. Ne5 (16. Qe2 Kh8 {/\Bh5})
16... Bh5 17. Qd2 Rac8 (17... Nc6 $11) 18. h3 (18. Re1 $5) 18... a5 $6 {(׫)} (
18... Nc6 $142 $11) 19. Re1 (19. Qe3 $142 $5 $14) 19... Nc6 20. Nxc6 (20. Na4
$5 Qa7 (20... Qd8 21. Nc5 $14) 21. a3 $13) 20... Rxc6 21. Bd3 Bb4 $5 (21... Qc7
22. Nb5 (22. Bb5 $2 Bf4 $19) 22... Bh2+ 23. Kh1 (23. Kf1 Bf4 $15) 23... Bf4 24.
Qd1 Qf7 25. Qb1 $13) 22. a3 (22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. a3 Bf8 24. Nb5 Be8 $11) 22...
Bxc3 $6 (22... Bd6 $1 23. Na4 $5 (23. Nb5 $140 $2 Ne4 24. Bxe4 Bf4 $17) 23...
Qxb3 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. dxc5 $44 Bg6 (25... Ne4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Rxe4 Rxc5 28.
Qd4 Rc7 29. Rae1 $14 {|^}) 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Bd4 Ne4 28. Qxa5 Qc4 29. Rad1 Nxc5
$11) 23. Bxc3 Qxb3 (23... Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Rxe4 Qxb3 26. Re3 $16) 24. Bxa5
$16 {^^} Ne4 25. Rxe4 $5 (25. Qe3 $142 Bg6 26. Bb4 Rfc8 27. Rab1 Qa4 28. f3 $16
) (25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Qe3 $14 (26. Rab1 Qd5 $14)) 25... dxe4 26. Bxe4 Rc4 $1 (
26... Rcc8 27. d5 (27. Bb4 $14) 27... b6 28. Bb4 Rfd8 29. d6 $14) 27. Rb1 Qa4
28. Bb4 $5 (28. Rxb7 Qxa3 29. Bb4 Qc1+ 30. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Kh2 Rd8 $11) 28...
Rd8 29. Qg5 Rcxd4 30. Re1 (30. Bxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qxh5+ Kg8 $15) 30... Bf7 $2 $138
(30... Rd1 31. Kh2 Qe8 $11) (30... Qe8 $11) 31. Bc3 h6 $2 (31... Qxa3 32. Bxd4
Rxd4 33. Bxb7 (33. Qf4 Bg6 34. Qb8+ Qf8 35. Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. Bxg6 hxg6 37. Rxe6
$14) 33... Qd6 $14) 32. Qe5 $1 $18 b6 33. Re3 Kf8 34. Rf3 R8d7 35. Bg6 Rd1+ 36.
Kh2 Ke8 37. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 05th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.01.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wang, Pin"]
[Black "Matamoros Franco, Carlos S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.01.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be3 Bd7 14. a3 Be8 15.
Ne5 $5 {[The modern theory considers this variation to be not dangerous for
Black. Even the latest 3rd edition of the ECO doesn't mention it at all. But
White gets an enormous compensation for the pawn due to his pair of bishops
and the exposed position of the Black king.]} Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxb2 17. exf6 Qxc3
18. fxg7 Qxg7 19. Qd2 {[Creating a direct threat to win the exchange after 20.
Bh6.} (19. f4 {is an alternative to the text.}) 19... Rf7 {[This move seems to
be very passive. I would prefer} (19... Ne5 20. Be2 (20. f4 $2 {is worse,
since it allows Black to consolidate his position, exchanging the white bishop
and bringing the bishop e8 to the square e4. After} Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Bg6 22. Qd2
Be4 23. Bd4 Qg6 $17 {Black is better in Wang Pin-Pert,N/2nd Caledonian Masters,
Edinburgh (Scotland) 1997}) 20... Nf3+ $5 (20... Bb5 $2 {simply loses the
exchange. White won the game after} 21. Bh6 Qg6 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. f4 Nc4 24.
Qd4 Nxa3 25. Rxa3 Bxe2 26. Rg3 {1-0 Oral,Tomas-Kolcak,Marek/Slovakia 1995}) (
20... Qg6 $6 {allows White to create a strong attack after} 21. f4 Nc4 22. Bxc4
dxc4 23. Rf3 Qe4 24. Re1 Qd5 25. Qf2 Bg6 26. Bd4 Rad8 27. Be5 {Black is not
able to do anything to save the position.} b6 28. Qh4 Rd7 29. Rg3 Rf5 30. Qh6
Qd2 31. Bc3 Qxf4 32. Rxg6+ hxg6 33. Qxg6+ Kf8 34. Bb4+ Rd6 35. h3 a5 36. Bxd6+
Qxd6 {1-0 Marholev,Dimitar-Dochev,Dimitar/Bulgaria 1995}) 21. Bxf3 Rxf3 {
with unclear position.}) 20. f4 $146 (20. Bh6 $5 Qd4 21. Rad1 Kh8 22. Rfe1 e5
23. Be3 Qh4 24. Bb5 d4 25. Bg5 Qg4 26. h3 Qf5 27. Bd3 Qe6 28. Re4 Rg7 29. Rh4
$44 {with compensation for the pawn took place in the game O'Shaughnessy,
Conor-Ryan,Joseph/Ireland 1994. The text is more straight-forward, preparing
the transfer the rook to g3 via f3.}) 20... d4 21. Bf2 $16 {[White attack is
very dangerous and his chances should have been preferred.]} Qf6 22. f5 e5 (
22... exf5 23. Bc4 $16 {loses the exchange. But after the text, White creates
the quick direct assault to the Black king, using the pawn f5.}) 23. Qe1 Kh8
24. Bh4 Qd6 25. Rf3 Bd7 26. Bg5 Rg8 27. Qh4 Ne7 28. Raf1 Nd5 29. f6 Nc3 30. Bh6
{[And because of the following 31.Bg7, Black resigned.]} 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 10th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2001.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rc1 Ng4 14. Ng3 h6 $6 (
14... g6 15. Nd2 $14) 15. Bd2 Qe7 (15... Qb6 16. Bc3 {(/\Bb1, Qd3, |^/^b1-h7)}
Bf4 17. Rc2 (17. Ra1 e5 18. dxe5 Ncxe5 19. Bd4 Qd6 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bb1 Nc6
22. Bc3 d4 23. Bd2 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Be6 25. Qc2 d3 26. Qc3 Rad8 27. a4 Bf5 28. Ra3
Nd4 29. Qc4+ Rf7 30. Kh1 Qg6 31. f3 Ne2 {0-1 Gamble-Blechar/corr ch4-USA 1988 
(31)}) 17... Bd7 (17... e5 18. dxe5 Ncxe5 19. Bd4 Qa5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rc5
Qxa2 22. Bb1 Qa6 23. Bxe5 {1-0 Ledger,A-Johannessen,L/Bergen NOR 2000/The Week
in Chess 299 (23)}) 18. a3 Rae8 19. Re2 e5 20. Bg6 Re7 21. dxe5 d4 22. e6 dxc3
23. exd7 Nce5 24. Bf5 Nf6 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Bxe5 27. Qe2 Bxg3 28. hxg3
cxb2 29. Rb1 Qc7 30. Rxb2 Nxd7 31. Rc2 {1-0 Shperling,E-Serafimov/Dimitrovgrad
1988 (31)}) (15... e5 16. dxe5 Ngxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bb1 (18. b4 Qd6 19. b5
Ne7 20. Qh5 Bf4 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Rce1 Nf5 23. Qg6 Bd7 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Qxg7+
Kxg7 26. Nh5+ Kg8 27. Nxf4 Bd7 28. Re7 Bxb5 29. Rb1 Bc6 30. g3 Rf7 31. Re6 Kg7
32. Rbe1 Rd8 33. Rg6+ Kh8 34. Rxh6+ Rh7 35. Rxh7+ Kxh7 36. Re7+ Kh6 37. h4 Rf8
38. Kf1 d4 39. Re6+ Kg7 40. Rxc6 bxc6 41. Ne6+ Kf7 42. Nxf8 Kxf8 43. Ke2 Ke7
44. h5 Kf6 45. g4 c5 46. Kd3 a6 47. h6 Kg6 48. g5 a5 49. f4 a4 50. f5+ Kh7 51.
f6 Kg6 52. Ke4 a3 53. Kd3 {1-0 Escobar,T-Goldschmidt,B (53)}) 18... Qf7 19. Qc2
g5 20. f4 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 g4 22. f5 h5 23. f6 Be5 24. Bh6 Nb4 25. Qd2 {1-0
Korneev,O-Supriyanto,T/Jakarta 1997/EXT 2000 (25)}) 16. Bb1 (16. Qc2 $14 {
Kupreichik, 38/391}) (16. h3 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 Qh4 18. Kg1 Qxg3 19. Be1 Qf4 20. Bd2
Qg3 21. Be1 Qf4 22. Bd2 Qg3 {1/2-1/2 Varga,S-Peters,C/Budapest 1991/EXT 97 (22)
}) 16... Bd7 (16... Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qh4 18. h3 Nxf2 19. Rxf2 Rxf2 (19... Qxd4 20.
Be1 Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Bxg3 22. Rxf8+ $18 {38/391}) 20. Nh1 $3 $16 (20. Nge2 e5 21.
Be1 Rxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qxh3+ 23. Kg1 exd4 24. Qxd4 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Bh3# {0-1 Calangi,
Z-Omolo,K/Istanbul 2000/The Week in Chess 314 (25)}) 20... Rf6 (20... Rxd2 21.
Qxd2 Bf4 22. Qe1 Qf6 23. Rd1 $16 {38/391}) (20... Rf7 $5 {Gleizerov}) 21. Nf3
Qh5 22. Qc2 Rxf3 (22... Qf5 23. Qxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Rf8 25. Bxf5 Rxc8 26.
Bxe6+ $18 {38/391}) (22... Bd7 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Ng5+ $16 {38/391}) 23. Qh7+ Kf7
24. gxf3 Qxh3 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. f4 $1 Qh4 27. Bc3 (27. Rc7 Qf6 28. Qxf6+ gxf6
29. Rh7 $16 {38/391}) 27... Qe7 28. Ng3 Bc5+ 29. Kg2 d4 30. Bd2 Bd7 31. Qh7 Rc8
32. Bg6 Qh4 (32... Qf6 33. Nh5 $18 {38/391}) 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qxg7+ {1-0
Kupreichik,V-Chernin,A/Sverdlovsk 38/391 1984}) 17. Bc3 $1 $16 {N} (17. Qc2 $14
g5 (17... Nf6 18. Nh4 {43/343}) 18. Qd3 $1 (18. Rfe1 Qf7 19. h3 Bxg3 20. fxg3
Nf6 $13 {43/343}) (18. h3 Nf6 (18... Nxf2 19. Qg6+ $16 {43/343}) 19. h4 g4 20.
Ne5 Nxd4 21. Qg6+ Qg7 $13 {43/343}) (18. Rce1 $5 {43/343}) 18... Qg7 $3 (18...
Qf7 19. h3 Nf6 (19... e5 20. hxg4 e4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 $16 {43/343}) 20.
h4 $1 g4 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Qe2 $16 {43/343}) 19. Rce1 $1 (19. Nh5
Qf7 20. h3 (20. Rfe1 Qf5 $1 21. Qe2 (21. Qb3 Qf7) 21... Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxf2+ 23.
Qxf2 Rxf2 $13 {Chernin}) 20... e5 $1 21. dxe5 (21. hxg4 e4 22. Nxg5 hxg5 23.
Qh3 Nxd4 24. Bxg5 Qg6 $13) 21... Ncxe5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 $13 23. Nf6+ Kh8 {Chernin}
) 19... Bxg3 $8 (19... Nf6 20. Ne5 $16 {43/343}) (19... Rae8 20. Nh5 Qf7 21. h3
e5 22. dxe5 Ncxe5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Rxe5 $1 $16 {Dzenis-Balobaev,
corr. USSR 1989}) 20. fxg3 (20. hxg3 Rf7 $13 {43/343}) 20... Rf7 21. h3 Nf6 22.
Qe3 $14 Raf8 23. g4 a6 24. Ne5 (24. b3 $5 {/\Bc1-a3, 43/343}) 24... Nxe5 25.
Qxe5 Ne4 $1 (25... Ne8 26. Bb4 $1 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Qxe5 29. dxe5
$16 {43/343}) 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rxf7+ Kxf7 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Rxe4 Rc8 $1 (
29... Bc6 30. Re2 Rd8 31. Bc3 Bd5 32. a3 Kg7 (32... Rc8 $142 {43/343}) 33. Bb4
Rd7 34. Rf2 Rf7 (34... Bb3 $142 {43/343}) 35. Rc2 Bc6 36. Bd6 $14 Kg6 37. Be5
Rf8 38. b3 Rf7 39. a4 Rf8 40. Rc3 Rf7 41. a5 Rf8 42. b4 Rf7 43. Rc2 Rf8 44. Rb2
Rf7 45. Rc2 Kh7 46. Rc5 Kg8 47. Rc3 Kh7 48. Rc2 Kg6 49. Rc5 Rf8 50. b5 (50. g3
Rf7 51. b5 $1 Bxb5 52. Rc8 (52. h4 gxh4 53. gxh4 Be2 $1 54. h5+ Kg5 $1 $10 {
Chernin}) 52... Bf1 $1 53. h4 gxh4 54. gxh4 Be2 $8 55. Rg8+ Kh7 56. Rh8+ Kg6
57. g5 Rh7 (57... hxg5 58. Rg8+ Kh7 59. Rxg5 $14 {43/343}) 58. Rg8+ Kf7 59. Rb8
hxg5 60. Kf2 Bb5 61. hxg5 $14 Kg6 62. Rg8+ Kf7 63. Rc8 Kg6 64. Bf4 Bc6 65. Rb8
{43/343} (65. Kg3 e5 $1 $11 66. dxe5 Rh3+ $1 67. Kxh3 Bd7+ 68. Kh4 Bxc8 69. Bd2
Be6 70. Bc3 Bd7 71. Bb2 Be6 72. Bd4 Bd7 73. Bb6 Kf5 $1 74. Kh5 Kxe5 75. g6 Bf5
$8 76. Kh6 {1/2-1/2 Cseshkovsky,V-Chernin,A/USSR (ch) 43/343 (Chernin,A) 1987})
) 50... Bxb5 51. Rc7 Rf7 52. Rc8 Bc6 (52... Rf1+ 53. Kh2 Bc6 54. Rg8+ Kf7 55.
Rg7+ Kf8 56. Rh7 $1 Rf2 57. h4 $16 {43/343}) 53. Rb8 Bb5 54. Rg8+ Kh7 55. Rd8
Bc6 56. Rd6 Bd5 57. g3 Kg6 58. h4 h5 $1 59. Rd8 $1 gxh4 60. Rg8+ Kh7 61. Rh8+
Kg6 62. gxh5+ Kf5 $14 {43/343}) 30. Bc3 Bc6 31. Re2 Bd5 32. a3 Kg6 $11 {43/343}
(32... b6 $5 $11 {/\a5, 43/343})) 17... Be8 (17... Bf4 18. Qd3 $16 Bxc1 $140 $4
19. Qh7+ Kf7 20. Bg6+ Kf6 21. Nh5#) (17... Bxg3 18. fxg3 $16 (18. hxg3 $16)
18... Ne3 $140 $2 19. Qd3 Nxf1 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21. Bg6+ Kf6 22. Rxf1 $18) (17...
g5 $5) 18. Qd3 g5 $6 {[>< >>]} (18... g6 $142 19. Rce1 $16) (18... Nf6 19. Rce1
$16 (19. Ne5 $5)) 19. Rce1 {[/\Re6+-]} Bxg3 (19... Nd8 20. h3 Bxg3 21. fxg3 Nf6
22. Ne5 $16 (22. h4 $16) (22. Qe3 $16 {/\Ne5})) 20. fxg3 $1 (20. hxg3 Rf6 $14 {
/\Bg6}) 20... Nf6 $8 21. Qe3 (21. h4 $5 Ne4 $140 22. Rxe4 dxe4 23. Qxe4 $16 {
~/= ->}) 21... Bd7 22. h4 $5 Ng4 (22... Nh5 23. hxg5 (23. g4 $5) 23... Nxg3 24.
Rf2 $16) 23. Qd3 Rf7 $6 (23... gxh4 $142 24. Nxh4 Qg7 25. Ng6 (25. Rf3 $5)
25... Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 $16) 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Bd2 $1 Rg7 (25... e5 $5 26. Nxg5 $5
(26. Bxg5 e4 27. Bxe7 exd3 $16 {/\Bf5}) (26. dxe5 $16) 26... Rxf1+ (26... Rg7
27. Qb3 $18 {><d5, ה}) 27. Rxf1 e4 (27... Nxd4 28. Qg6+ Qg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30.
Rf7+ $18) 28. Qb3 Be6 29. Bxe4 Nxd4 30. Qd3 dxe4 31. Qxd4 $18) 26. Bxg5 Qe8 $6
(26... Qb4 $142 27. Qd2 $16 (27. b3) (27. Qc3)) 27. Bh4 Qh5 28. Qd1 $1 $18 {
[/\Nh2]} Rf8 (28... Qh6 29. Nh2 Nxh2 30. Rf6 $1 Qh8 31. Kxh2 $18) (28... Nh6 $5
) 29. Nh2 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 e5 31. Qf3 $1 (31. Qb3 exd4 32. Qxb7 (32. Qf3 Rf7) (
32. Nxg4 Bxg4) 32... Ne3 33. Qa8+ Qe8 34. Qxe8+ Bxe8 35. Re1 $16) 31... e4 $8 (
31... Qe8 32. dxe5 Ngxe5 33. Qxd5+ $18) (31... Rf7 32. Qxd5 Nxd4 33. Nxg4 $18)
(31... Qf7 32. Nxg4 Bxg4 33. Bh7+ $1 $18) 32. Qf8+ Kh7 33. Nxg4 Bxg4 (33...
Qxg4 34. Bf6 $18) 34. Bf6 Rg8 35. Qd6 Qf7 (35... Rc8 36. Bc2 $5 $18 {/\Bb3})
36. Be5 Bf5 (36... Qe6 37. Qc7+ Kg6 38. Rf6+ Qxf6 39. Bxf6 Kxf6 40. Qxb7 $18)
37. Rf4 Rg4 (37... Qe6 38. Qc7+ (38. Rh4+ $6 Kg6 39. g4 $6 Qxd6 40. gxf5+ $4
Kg5 $1 41. Bxd6 Kxh4 42. f6 Nd8 $8 $17) 38... Kg6 39. g4 Bxg4 40. Rf6+ Qxf6 41.
Bxf6 Kxf6 42. Qxb7 $18) 38. Bc2 $5 Rxf4 (38... Nxe5 39. Qxe5 (39. dxe5 $18)
39... Rxf4 40. gxf4 $18) 39. gxf4 Ne7 (39... e3 40. Qc7 $1 Qxc7 41. Bxf5+ Kg8
42. Bxc7 $18) (39... Qe6 $5) 40. Bd1 e3 $6 41. Qa3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov/Berg"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rc1 h6 $5 14. Bh4 (14.
Bd2 $146 Bd7 (14... Nh5 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 g5 17. Bb1 Qg7 18. Be3 Bd7 19.
Nh2 Rf7 20. Qh5 e5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Ng4 Bxg4 23. Qxg4 Bxb2 24. Rc5 Ne7 25. Rd1
Be5 26. a4 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Yakovlev,V-Tsin,I/Volgograd 1986 (26)}) 15. b4 $5 (15.
Bb1 Be8 16. Ng3 Qb6 17. Bc3 Bf4 18. Rc2 Bg6 19. Re2 Bxb1 20. Qxb1 Rae8 21. Qd3
Bxg3 22. hxg3 Ne4 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 e5 25. Rfe1 {1/2-1/2 Lakos,N-Rudolf,A/
Szombathely HUN 2004/The Week in Chess 495 (25)}) (15. Re1 Rac8 16. Nc3 a6 17.
Na4 Rce8 18. Ne5 Qb8 19. Bc3 b5 20. Nc5 Nxe5 21. Nxa6 Nf3+ 22. gxf3 Qd8 23. Bb4
Bxb4 24. Nxb4 Nh5 25. Kh1 Nf4 26. Rg1 Nh3 27. Rg2 Qh4 28. Rc7 Re7 29. Qe1 Rxf3
30. Rxd7 Nxf2+ 31. Rxf2 {1-0 Gildred,T-Wilgenhof,O/Chessfriend.com 2003/
Telechess CBM 99 (31)}) 15... a6 16. a4 Qb8 (16... Qb6 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Nb4
19. Bxb4 Bxb4 20. Ne5 Bxb5 21. Rb1 Ba4 (21... Ba6 22. Nf4 $36 {88/246}) 22. Qe1
Bxe1 23. Rxb6 Ba5 24. Rxb7 $14 {88/246}) 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Na5 19. Re1 (19.
Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Nf4 Qd6 22. Ng6 Rfe8 23. Qe1 Nc4 (23... Ng4 24. g3
e5 25. Bb4 Qf6 26. Rc7 e4 27. Rxd7 Qxg6 28. Be2 Nf6 29. Rc7 b6 30. Qc3 $44 {
88/246}) 24. Bb4 Qb6 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Ng6+ Kg8 $11 {88/246}) 19... Nc4 20. Bxc4
dxc4 21. Nc3 Ng4 $1 (21... Nd5 $2 22. Ne5 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Bxb5 24. Bxh6 $1 $40 {
88/246}) 22. g3 Be8 23. Qe2 Kh8 (23... Bh5 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Ne4 Rxf3 26. Qd5
$1 g5 (26... Bf7 27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Nxd6 Bd5 29. Re2 $14 {88/246}) 27. Nxd6 Qf8
$44 {88/246}) 24. Ne5 (24. Qxe6 Bh5 {- 23...Bh5 24.Qe6 Kh8} (24... Nxh2 $6 25.
Nxh2 Bxg3 26. f4 $1 Bxe1 27. Rxe1 $14 {88/246})) 24... Nxe5 $142 (24... Rxf2 $2
25. Qxg4 Rxd2 26. Nxc4 Rd3 27. Qe4 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Bb4 {(Rublevsky,S-Ulibin,M/
Moscow 2003/CBM 94/Inf 88/246)} 29. Rf1 $5 Bg6 (29... Bxb5 30. Rc2 Ra6 31. Rb1
$16 {88/246}) 30. Qxg6 Bxc3 31. Qd3 Bb4 32. Ne5 $16 Qa7 $140 33. Nf7+ Kg8 34.
Nxh6+ gxh6 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Qxh6+ Kg8 37. Qg5+ Kh8 38. Rf4 $18 {88/246}) 25.
dxe5 Bc5 26. Be3 Qc8 (26... Qxe5 27. Qxc4 {Tiviakov}) 27. Bxc5 Qxc5 28. Qe3 Rc8
$11 {88/246}) 14... Nh5 (14... Ne4 15. Nc3 (15. Qc2 g5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3
Qg7 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. Bb1 Ne7 20. Nc3 Nf5 21. Rfe1 Rae8 22. Ne5 Bb4 23. Qd3 Bc8
24. Qb5 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qf6 26. Qd3 Qg7 27. Re2 h5 28. Rce1 Rf6 29. g4 hxg4 30.
Nxg4 Rff8 31. Qh3 Nh4 32. Re5 Re7 33. Qe3 {1-0 Harding-Trueman/corr GB grand
open 1988 (33)}) (15. Bg3 Nxg3 {- 14...Nh5 15.Bg3 Ng3}) 15... Bf4 16. Rc2 (16.
Rb1 Ng5 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. g3 g4 19. Nh4 Bh6 20. Qxg4 Qf7 21. Qg6 Qxg6 22. Nxg6
Rf3 23. Be2 Rf6 24. Ne5 Nxd4 25. f4 Rf8 26. h4 b5 27. Bg4 b4 28. Na4 Rd8 29.
Rfd1 Nf5 30. Bxf5 exf5 31. Rd4 Be6 32. Nc5 Bf7 33. Rbd1 Rac8 34. Nxf7 Kxf7 35.
Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 g6 37. Nb3 Bg7 38. Rd7+ Kf8 39. Rd2 a5 40. Nxa5 Ra8 41. Nc6
Rxa2 42. Nxb4 Rxb2 43. Rxb2 Bxb2 44. Kf2 {1/2-1/2 Watanabe,R-Adla,D/Adelaide
1988/TD (44)}) 16... Ng5 17. Bxg5 (17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. Bg3 Qf7 19. Bb5 Bd7 20.
Qe2 Qf6 21. Re1 Rae8 22. Na4 b6 23. Nc3 a6 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Qd3 b5 26. b4 Bd7
27. Nb1 Re7 28. Nd2 Be8 29. Nb3 Bh5 30. f3 g4 31. fxg4 Bxg4 32. Rf2 Qh6 33.
Bxf4 Rxf4 34. Rxf4 Qxf4 35. Qe3 Qd6 36. Nc5 Bf5 37. Qe5 Qxe5 38. Rxe5 Ra7 39.
Nxe6 Bxe6 40. Rxe6 a5 41. bxa5 Rxa5 42. Rb6 Kf7 43. h3 Ra4 44. Rxb5 Rxd4 45.
Rb2 Ke6 46. Kf2 Rd3 47. Ke2 Rg3 48. Kf2 Ra3 49. Ke1 d4 50. Rb7 g5 51. Rb5 g4
52. hxg4 Rxa2 53. g5 {1/2-1/2 Puljek Salai,Z-Voiska,M/Jajce 1986/EXT 97 (53)})
17... hxg5 18. g3 (18. h3 $5 $14) 18... g4 19. Nh4 Bh6 20. Qxg4 (20. a3 Qf7 21.
Nb5 a6 22. Nd6 Qf6 23. Ng6 Rd8 24. Nxc8 Raxc8 25. Qxg4 Nxd4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27.
Ne7+ Qxe7 28. Qxd4 Rc6 29. Re1 Bg5 30. Qe5 Qd8 31. h4 Bf6 32. Qh5 e5 33. Bf5
Kf8 34. Rd1 Rd6 35. g4 e4 36. b4 Qb6 37. g5 Bd4 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Kg2 Rd8 40.
Qh7 Rf8 41. Rd2 Qd6 42. Bxe4 Be5 43. Bxd5 {1-0 Teodoro,E-Vujic,B/Toronto CAN
2000/The Week in Chess 304 (43)}) 20... Qf7 {[/\e5, Zapata,A-Vaganian,R/
Thessaloniki 1984/EXT 97-B/Inf 38/392]} 21. Bg6 $142 $1 Qf6 22. Rd1 e5 23. Qh5
Nxd4 24. Nxd5 Qg5 25. Rc7 Bg4 26. Bf7+ Kh7 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Rd3 (28. Qxg5 Bxg5
29. Ng6+ Kh7 30. Nxf8+ Rxf8 31. Ra1 $18) 28... Rxf7 29. Qxf7 Bh5 30. Qe7 Rd8
31. Qc5 b6 32. Qc4 Be2 33. Ne7 e4 34. Rxd4 Bxc4 35. Rxd8+ Kh7 36. Rxc4 Qxe7 37.
Rh8+ {1-0 Popovic,P-Stamenkovic,Z/Ulcinj 1998/EXT 99 (37)}) (14... Qb6 15. Qd2
(15. Nc3 Qxb2 16. Nb5 Bf4 17. Rb1 Qxa2 18. Ra1 Qb2 19. Rb1 Qa2 20. Ra1 {
1/2-1/2 Lau,R-Bischoff,K/Germany 1985/GER-chT (20)}) 15... e5 16. Rxc6 bxc6 17.
dxe5 Ne4 18. Qc2 Bc7 19. Rc1 Bg4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qxb2 23.
f4 Bd8 24. Bg3 Qxa2 25. Rxc6 Rb8 26. Nc3 Qa1+ 27. Kg2 Rb6 28. Rc8 Qa6 29. Qd5+
Kh7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qxd8 Qb7+ 32. Qd5 g6 33. Kf3 Kg7 34. Bh4 Qxd5+ 35. Nxd5
Rb3+ 36. Ke4 Kf7 37. f5 gxf5+ 38. Kxf5 Rf3+ 39. Nf4 a5 40. e6+ Ke8 41. Ke5 Rc3
42. Nd5 {1-0 Buljubasic,S-Krenek,M/Vienna 2003/CBM 95 ext (42)}) (14... Bd7 15.
Bg3 (15. Re1 Be8 16. Bg3 Qe7 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Ng3 Bf7 19. Bb1 Qb4 20. Rc3 Rac8
21. Rb3 Qe7 22. Ne5 Be8 23. Nf5 Qc7 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Rxe6 Ba4 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27.
Nxc8 Bxb3 28. axb3 Rxc8 29. Re1 Qb6 30. g3 Qb4 31. Re6 Rc6 32. Re5 Rb6 33. Qc2
Kg8 34. Qc8+ Qf8 35. Bh7+ Nxh7 36. Re8 Qxe8 37. Qxe8+ Nf8 38. Qd8 Rb5 39. f4
Kf7 40. g4 a6 41. f5 Nh7 42. h4 {1-0 Frolov,A-Brodsky,M/Jurmala 1989/CBM 13 
(42)}) 15... Bxg3 16. Nxg3 Qf4 17. a3 g5 18. Bb1 Rf7 19. Qd3 Rg7 20. Ne2 Qd6
21. Rfe1 Rf8 22. Ng3 Qf4 23. Ne2 Qg4 24. h3 Qh5 25. Ne5 Qe8 26. Ng3 Nxe5 27.
dxe5 Nh5 28. Nxh5 Qxh5 29. Rc7 g4 30. Qe2 Rff7 31. Rxb7 Rg5 32. Rb8+ Kg7 33.
Qd3 Rg6 34. Qxg6+ Qxg6 35. Bxg6 Kxg6 36. hxg4 {1-0 Lunkmoss,G-Kuntzig,W/
Germany 1989/EXT 97-B (36)}) 15. Bg3 (15. Bb1 $5 g5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. Nxg3 Qg7 (
17... Qf7 $5) 18. h3 (18. Qd3 Nb4 19. Qe2 Nc6 20. Qd3 Nb4 21. Qe2 Nc6 {1/2-1/2
Sarakauskas,G-Rogovskoy,A/Karvina CZE 2001/The Week in Chess 351 (21)}) 18...
Bd7 19. Qd3 Rxf3 20. Qxf3 Nxd4 21. Qd1 Rf8 22. Rc3 Bc6 23. Rd3 Nf5 24. Nxf5
Rxf5 25. Re3 Rf6 26. a3 Qf7 27. b4 a6 28. Bd3 Bd7 29. Be2 e5 30. Bh5 Qe7 31.
Qxd5+ Be6 {1-0 Dezan,P-Brugerie,S/Chanac 1989/TD (31)}) (15. Bg6 Rxf3 $1 (15...
Nf4 16. Nxf4 Bxf4 17. Bg3 (17. Rc3 Qd6 (17... Bd7 18. Re1 b5 19. Be7 Rfc8 20.
Bc5 Qd8 21. g3 Bc7 22. a3 Qf6 23. Nh4 Ne7 24. Rf3 Nf5 25. Qb3 Nxd4 26. Bxd4
Qxd4 27. Bf7+ {1-0 Laubsch,B-Jostes,M/Germany 1997/EXT 2003 (27)}) 18. Bb1 (18.
Bc2 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bg3 Bxg3 22. Rxg3 Rf6 23. Rf3 Rxf3 24.
Qxf3 Be6 25. Qd3 Kf8 26. Re1 Bf7 27. h3 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Qf5+ Ke7 30. Qg4
g5 31. Qd4 b6 32. g3 Bf7 33. Bf5 Qf6 34. Qb4+ Qd6 35. Qd4 a5 36. Qe3+ Kf6 37.
Bd3 d4 38. Qe4 Kg7 39. Qh7+ Kf8 40. a3 Qf6 41. Qe4 Qd6 42. h4 Qc5 43. Qh7 Qd6
44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Qf5 Qc5 46. Qf6 Ke8 47. Be4 b5 48. Qc6+ Qxc6 49. Bxc6+ Ke7
50. Bxb5 Ke6 51. b4 axb4 52. axb4 Bg6 53. f3 Kd5 54. Kf2 Bc2 55. Ke2 Bg6 56.
Bd3 Bh5 57. Kf2 Ke5 58. b5 Kd5 59. f4 gxf4 60. gxf4 Bg4 61. f5 Kc5 62. f6 Kd6
63. Kg3 {1-0 Gallagher,J-Barua,D/Torquay 2002/CBM 91 (63)}) 18... e5 19. dxe5
Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bg3 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Bf5 23. Bd3 Kh8 24. g4 Bxd3 25. Rxd3
Rad8 26. g5 hxg5 27. Rh3+ Kg8 28. Qh5 Qh6 29. Qg4 Rf4 30. Rxh6 Rxg4 31. Re6 Re4
32. Rxe4 dxe4 33. Re1 Rd2 34. Rxe4 Rxb2 35. Re7 a6 36. g3 b5 37. a4 bxa4 38.
Re6 a3 39. Rxa6 a2 40. Kg2 g4 41. Ra7 Kf8 {0-1 Karahaliou,E-Spirakopoulos,I/
Ambelokipi 2002/CBM 86 ext (41)}) 17... Qb6 (17... Qd6 18. Bb1 $16) 18. Rc3
Bxg3 19. fxg3 Bd7 20. Bb1 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 e5 22. Rb3 Qxd4+ 23. Qxd4 exd4 24. Rxb7
Bg4 25. Bd3 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Rf8+ 27. Ke1 Rf7 28. Rb8+ Rf8 29. Rb4 Bf5 30. Rxd4
Bxd3 31. Rxd3 Rd8 32. Rf3 Rd7 33. Kd2 g6 34. Kd3 Kg7 35. Rf2 h5 36. Kd4 Rd8 37.
b4 Rb8 38. Kc5 d4 39. a4 d3 40. Rd2 Rc8+ 41. Kd4 Kf6 42. Kxd3 Ke5 43. Rc2 Rf8
44. Kc4 Rc8+ 45. Kb3 Rf8 46. b5 Kd5 47. Kb4 {1-0 Tzermiadianos,A-Schaefer,M/
Sofia 1994/TD (47)}) 16. Bxh5 (16. gxf3 Bxh2+ 17. Kg2 Nf4+ 18. Nxf4 Qxf4 19.
Bg3 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Qf6 $44) 16... Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Rf8 18. g3 g5 19. Bxg5 hxg5 $11)
(15. Kh1 g5 16. Bg6 Nf4 17. Nxf4 Bxf4 18. Bg3 Qg7 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. Qc2 Bd7 21.
Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rc8 23. Qd3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qxe5 25. Qd2 Qf6 26. Bc2 Rxf2 27.
Qd3 Qf5 28. Qd1 Qf4 29. Kg1 Qd2 {0-1 Sazonov,A-Rogovskoy,A/Volgograd 1987 (29)}
) (15. Nc3 a6 16. Bb1 Nf4 17. Bg3 g5 18. Re1 Qf7 19. Na4 Bd7 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21.
dxc5 Rae8 22. Ne5 Qg7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Qd2 e5 25. b4 Nd4 26. Rc3 Qg7 27. a4
Kh8 28. f3 h5 29. Rce3 h4 30. Bf2 h3 31. g3 Ng2 32. Qd3 Nxe1 33. Bxe1 e4 34.
fxe4 dxe4 35. Qd1 Qf6 36. Qh5+ Kg7 37. Qxh3 Nf3+ 38. Rxf3 Qxf3 39. Qd7+ Kg6 40.
Qd6+ Rf6 {0-1 Van Delft,M-Koster,R/Amsterdam NED 2004/The Week in Chess 507 
(40)}) 15... Nxg3 16. Nxg3 Qf7 $1 (16... g5 17. Bb5 $5 (17. a3 Qg7 18. Rc3 Bd7
19. Bb1 Bxg3 20. hxg3 g4 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bb5 23. Re1 Rf7 24. Qd4 Qg5 25.
a4 Ba6 26. Ba2 Raf8 27. Rc2 b6 28. b4 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Qc3 Bd7 31. Bb1
Be8 32. b5 Re7 33. Qb4 Kg7 34. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Sharkanas,G-Tsin,I/Izhevsk 1987 
(34)}) (17. Bb1 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qg7 19. Qd3 Bd7 20. Rfe1 Rac8 21. Rcd1 Rc7 22.
Ne5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Rfc8 24. Qd2 a6 {1/2-1/2 Schoenberger,P-Feibert,F/Bad
Wiessee 2001/EXT 2003 (24)})) 17. Bb1 g5 18. Qd3 (18. Re1 Bd7 19. Kh1 Rac8 20.
a3 Rc7 21. Rc2 Ne7 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Ba4 24. Rxc7 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Qe8 26. f3
Nc6 27. Rh7 Nxe5 28. Rxh6 Rf7 29. Rc1 g4 30. f4 Qf8 31. Rxe6 Nc6 32. f5 Re7 33.
Rg6+ Rg7 34. Re6 Re7 35. Rg6+ Kh8 36. Rxg4 Qh6 37. Rf1 Ne5 38. Rgf4 Nf7 39. f6
Re5 40. Rg4 Re6 41. Rg6 Qd2 42. Rg4 Re1 43. Rgf4 Qxf4 44. Rxe1 Qxf6 45. Re8+
Kg7 46. Nh5+ {1-0 Berczes,C-Rudolf,A/Budapest 2003/CBM 96 ext (46)}) 18... Bd7
19. a3 (19. Rce1 a6 $1 $13 (19... Rae8 20. Ne5 $14)) 19... Rae8 20. Rce1 $146 (
20. Rcd1 Re7 21. Rd2 Be8 22. Re1 Qg7 23. Rde2 g4 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Bc5 26.
Rc1 Bb6 27. Rc8 Qg5 28. Nf1 h5 29. h3 Rg7 30. Qg3 Rgf7 31. hxg4 Rxf2 32. Rxf2
Bxf2+ 33. Qxf2 Rxf2 34. Kxf2 Kf7 35. gxh5 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Bb5 37. Bg6+ Kg7 38.
Rc7+ Kh6 39. Rf7 Qxe5 40. Rf3 Be2 41. Rf2 d4 42. Nh2 Qe3 {0-1 Brady,S-Ulibin,M/
Port Erin 2002/CBM 90 ext (42)}) 20... Re7 21. h3 (21. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bc5
23. Re2 $13 (23. Qe2 Be8)) 21... Be8 22. Re3 Qg7 (22... Bf4 23. Re2 Qg7 (23...
h5 $5) 24. Rfe1 Rf6 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Rf8 27. Nf1 a6 28. Qd4 g4 29. hxg4
Qxg4 30. g3 $13) 23. Rfe1 Rxf3 (23... Rf6 $142 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rf4 (25...
Rf8 26. b4 a6 27. Qd1 $14) 26. Ne2 Rh4 $11) 24. gxf3 Nxd4 25. Rd1 e5 (25... Bc5
26. Rc1 Rc7 (26... Bb6 27. Rc8 $14) 27. b4 Bb6 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Kg2 $14) (
25... Nc6 $2 26. Nf5 $18) (25... Be5 $2 26. Rxe5 $18) 26. Ba2 Bf7 $8 27. Ne2 (
27. Nf5 Nxf5 28. Qxf5 d4 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7 30. Qc8+ Qf8 31. Qxf8+ Kxf8 $11 {_|_})
27... Bc5 (27... Nxe2+ 28. Rxe2 d4 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7 30. Kg2 $14) 28. Nxd4 (28.
Nc3 Rd7 29. b4 Bb6 30. Na4 Bd8 31. Nc5 Re7 32. Rde1 $13) 28... Bxd4 29. Qxd4
exd4 30. Rxe7 Qf6 31. Rxb7 Qxf3 32. Rxd4 Qxh3 33. Rxa7 Qf5 (33... Qc8 $5) 34.
Rb7 $138 (34. Raa4 $5 h5 $140 35. Rd2 {/\Rad4, ><d5}) 34... h5 35. Ra4 $6 (35.
Rb3 Qc2 (35... h4 36. Rbd3 $16) 36. Rbd3 Qxb2 37. Bxd5 $14) 35... h4 36. Ra8+
Kg7 37. Raa7 Qg4+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kg1 Qg4+ 40. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Tu, Hoang Thong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada"]
[BlackTeam "Vietnam"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "VIE"]

1. e4 e6 {'Already asurprise! The main opening choice of GM Tu against 1.e4 is
Ruy Lopez, but Tu prepared something for this game!'} 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5
Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. O-O {'That's the line I usually play
against French Defense. I knew my opponent prepared it, but I didn't really
care this time'} cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 {'Vietnamese player prepared the line which
gives black an extra pawn, but it also gives white nice compensation!'} 10.
Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qa4 Qb4 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Bd2 Qa4 15. b3 Qd7 16. Be2 {
'My coach, GM Mark Tseitlin, interpretted this position different way:'} (16.
Bb4 b6 (16... Nxd3 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Qxd3 $16 {[%csl Rc8] Bc8 is dead forever!}
) 17. Nd4 $1 Nxd3 18. Bxf8 Ba6 19. Bxg7 Rg8 20. Bf6 Rg4 (20... Rc8 21. Qd2 $16)
21. f4 Qc8 (21... Nxf4 22. Qxh7 Rxg2+ 23. Kh1 $18) 22. Qd2 {1-0 Tseitlin,
M-Holzke,F/Groningen 1997/CBM 62 ext (38). (37) to make a write evaluation
here simply compare kings!}) 16... d4 $2 {'?' 'I knew that Vietnamese players
are very tricky and was considereing more opponent's replies than usual, so d4
didn't really suprise me. This is very dubious move of course- it opens the
game while black isn't developed yet.'} (16... b6 17. Be3 Be7 18. b4 Qa4 $1 19.
Qb2 Ne4 20. a3 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Qxa6 22. Nd4 O-O 23. Rac1 Rfc8 24. Nc6 Bf8 $15 {
0-1 Vajda,L-Czebe,A/Budapest HUN 2004/The Week in Chess 493 (44). (44)}) (16...
Be7 17. Rac1 O-O 18. Nd4 {Black king is castled but the pieces can hardly move.
}) 17. Ne1 {'Missing a chance to punish black on a spot- I just overlooked 18.
Bxd3 blow in following line:'} (17. Rfd1 $1 d3 18. Bxd3 $1 b6 (18... Qxd3 19.
Bg5 $18 {[%csl Yd8] Reminds me games of Paul Morphy versus consultants from
19th century :-)}) (18... Nxd3 19. Bg5 $18) 19. Be3 Bb7 20. Bc4 Qc6 21. Qe2 a6
22. Rac1 $18) 17... b6 18. Rd1 Ba6 19. Be3 {'White has won the opening fight-
white wins back a pawn and keeps the advantage in developement.'} Rc8 20. Rxd4
Qb7 21. Bxa6 Nxa6 22. Qe2 Nc7 23. Nf3 {[%cal Ye2h5] 'The drawback of this move
is that it blocks e2-h5 diagonal of white queen.'} (23. Nd3 $1 Nd5 24. Rc1
Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Be7 26. Qg4 g6 27. Bh6 $16) 23... Nd5 24. Ng5 h6 $2 {'?' 'That
was the right time for black to complete the development. But it seems like
chess logic of western players are bit different from the one of players from
the Far East....'} (24... Be7 25. Qh5 (25. Ne4 O-O) 25... Bxg5 26. Bxg5 (26.
Qxg5 O-O 27. Rg4 f6 28. exf6 $14)) (24... Bc5 25. Rh4 h6 26. Bxc5 Nc3 $1 27.
Qd3 Rxc5 28. Rd4 Rc8 29. Nxf7 $1 {Not easy to find those moves without a help
of Fritz and bro's.} Qxf7 30. Rc4 Rxc4 31. Qxc4 {[%cal Gc4c8,Gc4c3]} O-O 32.
Qxc3 $18) 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Qg4 $16 {'+/-' 'Black fails to castle in this game!'}
Kf8 {[%csl Rf8]} (26... O-O 27. Bxh6) 27. Qf3 {[%csl Rf8,Rh8] 'The task is
completed- black can't develop Rh8 and the black king is always a target!'} Qb8
28. Bf4 Qb7 29. Rfd1 Kg8 30. Bg3 Kf8 31. h4 {'Time to advance on a kingside.'}
h5 $6 {[%csl Rg5] '?!' 'This gives up g5 outpost which white going to use for
the attack.'} (31... Kg8 32. h5 {[%cal Re4d6,Rg3h4] first of all blocking
black kingside pawns, and also creating hidden threat Bh4! (BxB Nd6, attacking
Bh4 and Rc8).}) 32. Bf4 Qb8 33. Bh2 Qa8 34. Bg3 {'No reason to hurry up, black
can't do much, also every move adds 30 seconds to my clock!'} b5 35. Bf4 Qb8
36. Bg3 Qb6 37. Bf4 Qb8 {'Pawn moves on move 34, so the position didn't repeat
3 times (I was checking it accurately :-))!'} 38. Qg3 {'Time to win it! Bg5 is
the idea and pawn e5 is protected now.'} Qb6 39. Bg5 f6 $2 {'?' 'Black doesn't
stand a pressure!'} (39... Bxg5 40. hxg5 {[%cal Gg5g6] with the idea g5-g6} g6
41. Nf6 Nxf6 42. gxf6 {[%cal Gd4d7] and Rd7 then.}) (39... Bc5 40. R4d3 $16)
40. Qf3 f5 {'Allows white to finish the game by tactical blow!'} (40... Kf7 41.
exf6 gxf6 42. Bxf6 Nxf6 (42... Bxf6 43. Nxf6 Nxf6 44. Rd7+ Kg6 45. Qd3+ {
[%cal Rd3d2,Rd2g5] with mate in 3.}) 43. Rd7 {[%cal Rf3f6,Re4f6,Re4d6] and
White threatens Nxf6 or Qxf6 also Nd6 check- black is defendless agaisnt all
those threats.}) {[%tqu "En","find the decisive blow!","","","d4d5","",10]} 41.
Rxd5 $1 exd5 42. Qxf5+ {[%cal Rf5c8] and Qxc8 then.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.03.12"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bc2 {
This move makes Nb3 move possible later. Fritz introduced the same idea in his
game vs Topalov- see 8.0-0 line. Other moves of white, like 8.0-0, which is
the most popular continuation, and 8.a3 lead to an obvious advantage as well.}
(8. O-O g5 (8... Be7 9. Re1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Nb3 a5 12. a4 Qd8 13. Bb5 Nb4
14. Nc5 b6 15. Nd3 O-O 16. Nxb4 Bxb4 17. Bg5 $16 {1-0 Korneev,O-Giaccio,A/
Orense 2000/EXT 2001 (41)}) (8... b5 9. Re1 Qb6 10. a4 Rb8 (10... bxa4 $5) 11.
axb5 axb5 12. Ng5 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be7 (13... Qxd4 14. Ndf3 Qb4 15. Nxh7 Be7 $13)
14. Ndf3 Nxd4 $2 (14... h6 $142) 15. Nxd4 Bxg5 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Bxg5 $18 {
1-0 Oll,L-Sakaev,K/Cap d'Agde 1994/EXT 97 (41)}) 9. Bb1 $146 {the same idea as
8.Bc2 move- to play Nb3 later on.} (9. dxc5 g4 (9... Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nxd3 11. Bxg5
$13) 10. Nd4 Ndxe5 11. N2b3 Bd7 12. Be2 Rg8 13. f4 gxf3 14. Nxf3 $36 {1-0
Adams,M-Legky,N/France 2001/EXT 2002 (38)}) 9... g4 10. Ne1 h5 11. Nb3 a5 12.
Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nd3 Ba7 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Qf4 $16 {1-0 Comp
Fritz-Topalov,V/Bilbao 2004/CBM 102 ext (47)}) (8. a3 Qb6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4
Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. Qa4 Qc6 14. Qg4 Qc7 (14... Nc5 $5 15. Bc2
Nd7 $1) 15. Bf4 Nb8 16. Rfc1 Nc6 17. b4 $16 {[%cal Ga1b1,Ga3a4,Gb4b5] 1-0
Rozentalis,E-Legky,N/Cappelle la Grande 2002/CBM 086 ext (32)}) 8... cxd4 $6 {
After this move white doesn't need to play Nb3 anymore, and can move his Nd2
to better place, as happend in this game.} (8... Qb6 9. Nb3 cxd4 10. cxd4 a5
11. a4 $14) 9. cxd4 a5 10. O-O Be7 11. Nb1 $1 {[%cal Gb1c3] Typical monouevre.
Actually, this move refutes 8...cxd4 move- white knight must not go to b3
anymore, but can be transferred to c3-natural place for this knight.} b5 12.
Nc3 Ba6 (12... b4 13. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2f4,Yf4h5,Ge2g3,Yg3h5]} (13. Nb5 Ba6 14. Bd3
Qb6 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Bg5 {[%csl Gd6]}) (13. Ba4 $5)) 13. Re1 h5 $2 {Hard to
explain this move, which only creates weaknesses in black's position.} 14. a4
b4 15. Nb5 Bxb5 $2 {This move only opens white files on the queenside.} (15...
Nb6 16. Bd3 $16) 16. axb5 Na7 17. Bd3 $16 {White is better on both wings, as
well as black king will be never safe. From here, this is one way game.} Qb6
18. Qa4 Bd8 (18... Nc8 19. Be3 O-O 20. Qd1 {with the same scenario as in the
game.}) 19. Be3 Qb8 (19... Rb8 20. Nd2 Nxb5 21. Nb3 O-O 22. Nxa5 $18) 20. Nd2
O-O $2 {This move is equal to suicide- white gets crushing attack on a
kingside. Although, black's position is not any fun in all cases.} (20... Nb6
21. Qb3 $16) 21. Qd1 $1 $18 {[%mdl 128] Unfortunately for black, h5-h7 move is
illegal.} g6 22. Bh6 Re8 23. Re3 {White rook is joing the party. This is so
easy to attack having five attacking pieces against only few defenders.} Nf8
24. Rg3 {[%cal Gd1h5]} h4 25. Rg4 Nxb5 26. Qa4 {The main idea of this move is
to force the retreat of black knight, and to take off the pressure from Pd4.
The queen will join back white's attack very soon. However, white has better
way to do that.} (26. Qe2 $142 $1 Nc7 27. Qf3 $18 {[%cal Gh6f8] and black's
defense falls on a kingside.}) 26... Nc7 27. Nf3 Qc8 (27... b3 $1 {[%cal Gb8b4]
cutting off white's queen from the kingside.} 28. Nxh4 Qb4 29. Qc6 a4 30. Qc1
$1) 28. Qc2 Qd7 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 {[%tqu "En","Continue the attack!","","","d3g6",
"",5]} 30. Bxg6 {Such sacrifices do not require any calculations.} Na6 (30...
fxg6 31. Qxg6 Qf7 32. Qh6+ Ke7 33. Rg7 $18) 31. Rf4 Re7 32. Ng5 Rc8 33. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Pardubice op"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Black "Supatashvili, Khvicha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Vaisman,V"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Qc1 Ng5
15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Nxe6 Qf5 $1 $146 (17... Qxc1 $2 {
Dvoirys-Gleizerov/St.Petersburg zt/1993/}) 18. Nxf8+ Qxf8 19. Qg5 Bf5 20. Rfe1
Rd8 21. Re3 Kg8 (21... Rd6 $5 22. Rf3 Rf6 23. Rd1 $13) 22. Rd1 (22. Rae1 $142
Nxd4 $6 23. Re7 Nc6 24. Rxb7 d4 25. Rc7 d3 $6 26. Rxc6 d2 27. Rd1 Qe8 28. h4 $1
$18) 22... Be4 23. f3 Bf5 24. Qh5 $2 (24. a3 $142 a5 25. h4 $14) 24... Qf6 $1
$10 25. Re8+ Rxe8 26. Qxe8+ Kh7 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Qe3 $2 Bg6 30. a3
a5 31. b3 Qd6 $17 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUT-ch"]
[Site "Voitsberg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wittmann, Walter"]
[Black "Weinzettl, Ernst"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Weinzettl,E"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Qd6 (13... Ne4)
14. g3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qb3 Kh8 $6 {[#]} (17... Qd6 $142) 18.
Rfe1 Qd6 19. Rac1 g5 20. Ng2 Ng4 21. f4 (21. Qc3+ d4 22. Qc7 Qxc7 23. Rxc7 Nxf2
$13) 21... gxf4 22. Nxf4 Rxf4 23. gxf4 Bd7 24. Qc3+ d4 25. Qc7 Qh6 26. Re2 Rg8
27. Rg2 (27. Bc4 Bb5 28. Rg2 Bxc4 29. Qxc4 Qxf4 $44) 27... Qh3 28. Be2 Qe3+ 29.
Kh1 Nf2+ $8 30. Rxf2 Bc6+ (30... Qxf2 31. Qe5+ Rg7 32. Qb8+ $10) 31. Rxc6 Qe4+
32. Rf3 Qxe2 33. Qe5+ Qxe5 34. fxe5 bxc6 35. Rd3 Rg4 36. b4 Kg7 37. h3 Re4 38.
Kg2 {[#]} Rxe5 (38... Kg6 39. Kf3 Kf5 40. e6 $15) 39. Rxd4 Re2+ 40. Kg3 Rxa2
41. Rd7+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2004.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Ne2 $5 ({
I have tended to invest most time in either} 14. g3) ({or} 14. Qc1 {but there
is no denying Black's counterchances in those cases too. Allowing the exchange
sacrifice can be ugly, but the introduction of analysis engines does not seem
to have dented the willingness of players to fight for the initiative in this
way.}) 14... Rxf3 15. gxf3 Ng5 16. Kh1 $1 {Both prophylactic, and a hint that
White will try to use the g-file as an asset too.} ({There is a less explored
alternative in} 16. f4 {but I think there are good reasons to prefer the text.
Black may even have a choice of acceptable lines in that case:} Nh3+ $5 (16...
Nf3+ 17. Kg2 Qh4 {is fun, but more risky. I'm not sure I entirely trust
Black's attack after} 18. Kxf3 Qh3+ 19. Ng3 e5 20. Ke3 (20. f5 $5 e4+ 21. Bxe4
dxe4+ 22. Kxe4 {is not obviously implausible either}) 20... exf4+ 21. Kd2 fxg3
22. hxg3 Qh6+ 23. f4 Qf6 $13 {Psakhis - although I think I still lightly
prefer White after} 24. Qh5 g6 25. Qxd5+ Be6 26. Qc5 {despite the risks
involved.}) 17. Kh1 (17. Kg2 Nxf4+ 18. Nxf4 Qg5+) 17... Qh4 18. Qd2 (18. Qe1
Nxf4 19. Nxf4 Qxf4 20. Qe3 Qxd4 {should be full compensation.}) 18... Nxf2+ 19.
Kg2 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Bd7 21. h3 (21. Rf3 $5) 21... Rf8 22. Kh2 Be8 23. Qe3 Qf6 $44
{[%csl Ge8] This looks about comparable with the compensation which Black can
land in some of the 14 g3 lines too (14...Ng5 for example). It is to some
degree a matter of taste, but I suspect Black is doing OK.}) 16... e5 17. dxe5
Nxf3 {This may be the theoretically the soundest move, but at least White's
position retains a certain aesthetic appeal in this line.} ({The older move} 
17... Nxe5 $5 {may be the way to send White into passivity with} 18. Ng1 (18.
f4 $2 Bg4 $1 $17) (18. Nd4 Qf6 19. Qb3 $5 (19. Bc2 Bd7)) (18. Nc3 $5 {is
untested, but Fritz wants to give it a try and at least in the case of} d4 19.
f4 $1 {I can't see a fully convincing refutation.}) 18... Qf6 19. Be2 Bd7 20.
Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Rad1 Ngxf3 $1 22. Qd6 Bc6 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Nxf3 Nxf3 25. Rd6
Nd4+ 26. Rxc6 Nxc6 $11 {Khamrakulov,I-David,V/Condom (op) 2002.}) 18. Bxh7+ Kh8
19. Ng1 Ncd4 20. Nxf3 $5 (20. Bd3 Bg4 21. Qc1 Nxg1 $6 (21... Qf8 $1 {Psakhis.}
22. Qe3 Re8 $132) 22. Qf4 Be2 23. Kxg1 $16) 20... Bg4 21. Nxd4 $8 Bxd1 22.
Raxd1 Kxh7 23. Rg1 $1 $14 {[%csl Ge5,Rh7][%cal Gg1g7,Gd1d3] None of this is
new, but early evidence is that quite aside from the psychological
difficulties for Black of suddenly switching from enjoyment of the iniative to
defence, there are some quite concrete difficulties for Black in defending his
king. White has virtual material equality, a passed e-pawn and reasonable
activity.} (23. f4 Qb6 $1 24. f5 Qxb2 25. Rd3 (25. f6 gxf6 26. Rd3 Rg8 $1)
25... Rc8 26. f6 Rc1 $1 {was Kramnik,V-Ulibin,M/USSR(ch)1991 where Black
arrived in the nick of time to hold the balance.}) 23... Qf8 (23... Qb6 $5 {
May be better (Psakhis prefers it).} 24. Nf5 g5 $1 {A crucial resource. The
rook is lured from the back rank before his colleague can effect his dangerous
swing.} (24... Qe6 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26. Rg5 {[%cal Yd1d4,Yd4h4]}) (24... g6 25.
Rd4 Re8 26. Rh4+ Kg8 27. Rh6 $18) 25. Rxg5 (25. f4 $5 Qxb2 $5 26. Rd3 g4 $1 $13
) 25... Qxf2 26. Nd4 Qf4 27. Rg7+ Kh8 28. Rg3 Qe4+ 29. Nf3 Rg8 $1 {and Black
defended successfully in Vokarev,S-Gleizerov,E/Koszalin 1999.}) 24. Rg3 $6 $146
{A strangely unconvincing novelty, this looks at first like a case of 'right
rank,wrong rook', but soon it becomes clear that White appreciates that of
course the d rook should be the swinger, but it is via the 4th rank that he
wishes to swing. We shall have to wait to see why the previously successful} (
24. Rd3 $5 {was rejected. I cannot find a good reason at present.} Qxf2 (24...
Re8 25. Rf3 Qb4 26. Nf5 Qe4 27. Rxg7+ Kh8 28. Rgg3 {was much better for White
in Motylev,A-Kalezic,B/Niksic 2000.}) 25. Ne6 g6 26. Rh3+ Kg8 27. Rxg6+ Kf7 28.
Rf6+ Qxf6 29. exf6 Kxe6 30. Rf3 $16 {Is rather unpleasant to defend since
Black must at all costs avoid a pawn ending and is therefore probably obliged
to kick off with the undesirable 30...Kf7.}) 24... Re8 25. Nf3 Qc5 26. Rd4 Kg8
27. Rdg4 Qxf2 (27... Re7 $5 {The withdrawal of White's knight surely eases the
defence - Black should be OK here.}) 28. Rxg7+ Kf8 29. Rc7 Rxe5 $1 {A sensible
defensive combination resulting in perpetual check.} 30. Nxe5 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qe2+
32. Kg1 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 {[#]} Ng4 {
Ett intressant drag som Stellan själv har spelat en gång i tiden.} ({Som
vanligt föredrar er bulletinredaktör centrumspel med:} 13... Ne4 14. Ne2 (14.
Qc1 Qf6 15. Ne2 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 {Med lika spel.})
(14. Nh5 g6 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qb6 17. Qa4 a6 18. Rab1 Bd7 19. Be2 {Med
lika spel som i Rublevskij-Ulibin, 1998}) (14. g3 Qf6 15. h4 h6 16. Bxe4 dxe4
17. Ne5 Rd8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 {Med lika spel.}) 14... Rxf3 15. gxf3 Ng5 16. f4 Nh3+
17. Kh1 Qh4 18. Qd2 Nxf2+ 19. Kg2 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Bd7 {med dynamisk kompensation
för kvalitéten.}) 14. Qd2 Qd6 15. g3 Bd7 ({Centrumspel med e5 är intressant
efter} 15... e5 16. dxe5 Ngxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 (17... Qxe5 18. Rfe1) 18. Be4 d4 {
Med tvéeggat spel. Om svart lyckas gardera bonden på ett tillfredställande
sätt står han bra eftersom bonden stör vits koordination.}) 16. Rfe1 Rae8 17.
Bf1 (17. Rad1 e5 18. dxe5 Ncxe5 19. Be4 {Michael Göransson hittade det
spännande:} dxe4 $5 (19... Kh8 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 {Ger vit
en fördel.}) 20. Qxd6 Nxf3+ 21. Kg2 Nxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bc6 {Svart hotar bland
annat g5. Vit har ett minimalt materiellt plus men svarts olika hot kommer med
stor sannolikhet garantera minst lika spel.}) 17... Nf6 18. Bd3 Ng4 19. Bf1 Nf6
20. Bd3 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsson, Pontus"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 {De två musketörerna i den här varianten är stormästarna
Gleizerov och Ulibin. The two musketeers in this line is the grandmasters
Gleizerov and Ulibin.} 10. Nf3 h6 11. O-O (11. Qc2 $5) 11... Bd6 12. Bb1 (12.
Be3 {Direkt är nog lite bättre. Is probably better.}) 12... g5 {Emanuel
introducerar ett nytt drag. Emanuel introduces a new move.} (12... O-O {
Är vanligt med mycket teori. Is common, with loads of games.}) 13. Be3 {
Vit stabiliserar i centrum. White is holding on to the centre.} Nf8 {Berg is
an active player and allways seeks for better squares for his pieces.} 14. Ne1
{[#]Pontus bestämmer sig för att öpnna upp f-linjen. White decides to open the
f-linje. It was playable but maybe not advisable.} (14. Re1 {Tornen skall stå
på halvöppna linjer. The rook belongs to the e-file:} Ng6 15. Nc3 {Är ett sätt
att diskutera huruvida ...g5 är bra eller inte. Was a way to diskuss wheteher .
..g5 was good or not.}) 14... Ng6 15. f4 Nge7 (15... Nxf4 16. g3 (16. Nxf4 Bxf4
17. Bxf4 gxf4 18. Nf3 {Är inget att oroa sig för som svart. Is nothing to
worry about as black.}) 16... Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Qg7 18. Qh5+ Ke7 19. Bg6 {Med
kompensation för bonden. With compensation for the pawn.}) 16. Nf3 $2 (16. Rf2
{Behåller balansen. keeps the balance.}) 16... gxf4 17. Ne5 $2 (17. Ne1) 17...
Nxd4 18. Nxf4 {Vit har spelat för optimistiskt och är redan förlorad. White is
allready lost. Many of Bergs games were like this. The real fight was over
before 20 moves. He sure has prospects.} Bxe5 19. Qh5+ Kd8 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21.
Rxf6 Bxf6 {Vit har ingen kompensation för sin materiella underlägsenhet.
Pontus provar lite: White lacks compensation. He is testing a little:} 22. Bf2
Nf4 23. Qf7 Be7 24. Bd3 Rf8 {[#]} 25. Qg7 Nde2+ 26. Bxe2 Nxe2+ 27. Kf1 Nf4 28.
Kg1 Ke8 29. Be3 Bd7 30. Rd1 Rc8 31. Qxh6 Bc5 32. Bxc5 Rxc5 33. Qg7 $2 (33. h3 {
Är enda draget som håller uppe kampen. would prolong the fight.}) 33... Rd5 0-1

