[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd2 $5 {Dieser Zug ist mit Sicherheit
nicht der beste in der Stellung, erfüllt aber den Zweck, das System mit 4...
Bd6, 5...f5 auf eine neue Art und Weise zu bekämpfen. P.Tregubov spielt gerne
und mit Erfolg dieses System, und auch die Ideen mit g2-g4 kamen in seinen
Partien schon vor, nicht aber in der Textzugreihenfolge.} ({Häufig wird} 5. Bd3
f5 6. g4 Nf6 {gespielt, z.B,} 7. gxf5 exf5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Qb3 Nc6 $13 {
Dreev-Sherbakov/Elista/1996}) 5... f5 (5... Nf6 $1 {wäre eine gute Reaktion
auf 5.Bd2.}) 6. g4 $1 fxg4 $2 {Dies sieht sehr fragwürdig aus, Weiß kommt
mühelos zu einem gefährlichen Angriff. Aber die Alternativen überließen Weiß
jedenfalls viele aussichtsreiche Möglichkeiten. Es ist sogar nicht
auszuschließen, daß 5...f5 mit einem Fragezeichen versehen werden sollte.} (
6... Nh6 7. h3 Nd7 (7... O-O 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. O-O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 Bb7
12. Nf3 Nd7 13. e4 b4 14. Na4 fxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf7 $13 {Kempinski,R-Markowski,T/
Polanica Zdroj 1999}) 8. Qe2 Qe7 9. O-O-O Rb8 10. Kb1 a5 11. Rc1 Bb4 12. a3 Bd6
13. Bg2 b6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. f3 Ra8 16. e4 $36 {Volkov,S-Yashtylov,A/Moscow
1998}) (6... Nf6 $2 {ist hier im Gegensatz zu der Variante 5.Bd3 f5 6.g4 nicht
spielbar:} 7. gxf5 exf5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Qb3 $16 {, und nach dem folgenden
Bf1-g2 wird Schwarz einen Bauern abgeben müssen.}) 7. Qxg4 Qe7 8. O-O-O Nf6 9.
Qg2 {Ein äußerst effektives Damenfianchetto!} O-O 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Rg1 Kh8 12.
Bd3 dxc4 (12... e5 $2 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nh4 $1 {/\Nf5} Nb6 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16.
Bxh7 $1 $18) 13. Bxc4 e5 (13... b5 $2 14. Bxe6) 14. Bd3 $16 {Weiß droht erneut
Nf3-h4, aber nicht nur das...} Re8 15. Ng5 $1 (15. Nh4 Nf8 $14) 15... Nf8 16.
Bc4 $1 $18 {Der Läufer kehrt mit entscheidendem Erfolg zurück, und Schwarz
wird buchstäblich auseinandergenommen.} g6 17. Nf7+ Kg7 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. e4 $1
{/\Bh6} Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Be6 21. Nd6 Red8 22. Qg5 Rd7 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 (23... Nxe6 $2
24. Nf5+ Kf7 25. Qxf6+ Qxf6 26. Rxd7+ $18) 24. Nf5+ Kf7 25. Nh6+ Ke8 (25... Kg7
26. Ng4 $18) 26. Qxf6 Qxa2 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Qh8+ Nf8 29. Qe5+ Ne6 30. Rd1 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 axb5 (5... e6 {is nowadays more
popular.}) 6. e4 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 b4 8. Na3 d6 9. Nc4 Qd8 $5 {This move aims to
avoid the unpleasant} (9... Qc7 10. a3 e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Bf4 $1 $36) 10. Bd3
$1 {Continuing his development is White's best.} ({The attempt to break up
Black's << pawn-chain doesn't promise any advantage due to a central
counterattack:} 10. a3 e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Qa4+ (15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. f4 Nxb4 18. Qa4 Bd5 19. Ngf3 f6 20. O-O
fxe5 21. fxe5 Be7 22. Ng5+ Kg8 $19 {Winants,H-Delaunay,S/Avoine/2000/}) 15...
Nd7 16. Ne2 Be7 17. bxc5 O-O 18. Nd4 Nxc5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qc2 Bg5 21. Be2
Bxd2+ 22. Qxd2 Qh4+ 23. g3 Qh3 24. Qd4 Nb3 25. Qe5 Qg2 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Rf1
Nb4 28. Nd6 Nd3+ $11 {Gretarsson,H-Bellon Lopez,J/Stockholm/1999/}) 10... e6
11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Ne2 d5 (12... Nc6 13. Nf4 Be7 14. O-O (14. a4 $5 $14) 14...
O-O 15. Qe1 Nd7 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. f4 Kh8 18. Qg3 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Qh3 Nf6
21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Ne4 $132 {Gurevich,M-De Vreugt,D/Antwerp op/1996/}) (
12... Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. a4 $5 Nc6 15. Nf4 Bc8 $6 16. Ne3 Nd7 17. Bb5 Nd4 18.
Bxd7 Bxd7 19. Bxb4 Qe8 20. Nfd5 Bd8 21. Bc3 Bxa4 22. Qe1 Bc6 23. Rd1 f5 24.
Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rxd4 fxe4 26. Rxe4 $16 {Avrukh,B-Bologan,V/Biel op/1995/}) 13.
exd5 Nxd5 14. O-O $32 (14. Nf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Be7 (15... Nd7 $5 16. O-O Qf6 17.
Qd2 Be7 18. Be4 Bxc4 19. Bxa8 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 O-O 21. Be4 Nb6 22. b3 Rd8 23. Qe3
Nd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Re1 Bf8 26. Be5 Qe6 27. Qe2 h6 28. Bf4 {1/2,Olafsson,
H-Wang Zili/Moscow olm/1994/}) 16. O-O O-O 17. Qc2 Nc6 $5 $13 {/\Nd4} 18. Rae1
$2 Rxa2 19. Kh1 Bf6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Bxe5 b3 23. Qb1 Qd2 24. Rd1
Qh6 $19 {0-1 Van Egmond,R-Van Beers,E/NLD-chT9596 1995/EXT 99 (49)}) 14... Be7
15. Qc2 Nc6 (15... Nd7 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Nb6 18. Nxb6 $6 (18. Rfd1 $142 $36
) 18... Qxb6 19. Be4 c4+ 20. Kh1 Ra5 21. Qf2 Qxf2 22. Rxf2 O-O $17 {Pedersen,
B-Holst,A/Copenhagen/1994/}) (15... h6 16. Bf5 (16. Ne5 O-O 17. Rad1 Qc7 18.
Ng4 c4 $6 19. Qxc4 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Nc3 21. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 22. Qh4 Nxd1 23. Bxh6 f6
24. Rxd1 $40 Rf7 {Adler,B-Von Bahr,O/Stockholm/1995/} 25. Qe4 $16) 16... Ra6
17. Ng3 O-O 18. Rfe1 Nc6 19. Bxe6 Nd4 20. Bxf7+ Rxf7 21. Qd3 Bh4 22. Ne5 Rfa7
23. a3 bxa3 24. Rxa3 Rxa3 25. bxa3 $14 {Browne,W-Waitzkin,J/San Francisco/1995/
}) 16. Be4 $1 $36 (16. Rfe1 h6 17. Bf5 Bxf5 (17... Nc7 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Qe4
Ra6 20. Rad1 Qc8 21. Nf4 O-O {Vera,R-Nedobora,M/Aceimar/1995/} 22. Nxe6 $16)
18. Qxf5 O-O 19. Rad1 Nd4 $5 (19... Bf6 20. Bxh6 Nce7 21. Qg4 Qc8 $11) 20. Nxd4
cxd4 21. Ne5 Qc8 22. Qe4 $6 Nf6 23. Qb1 Bd6 24. Rc1 Qb7 25. Nc4 Be7 26. Kh1
Rfd8 27. Re5 Bf8 $11 {[%csl Gd4] /=/+o^d,Genova,R-Vuckovic,B/Agios Kyrikos/
2000/}) 16... Rc8 (16... Ra7 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Bxc6+ Kf8 19. Bxf4 Qd4+ 20. Be3
Qxc4 21. Qxc4 Bxc4 22. Rfc1 Rxa2 23. Rxa2 Bxa2 24. Ra1 $1 b3 25. Rc1 $14 {
[%csl Ra2,Rb3] _|_,><b3,Ba2}) 17. Rfd1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Qa4+ Bd7 20. Qb3
Be6 21. Qa4+ Bd7 22. Qa6 Nc7 (22... Be6 $142 23. Qb5+ Kf8 24. Bxd5 (24. Ne5 Qd6
25. Nd3 Rb8 26. Qa4 Qb6 27. Rdc1 Nc3 $1 $17 {Ledger,D-Mannion,S/Newcastle op/
1995/}) 24... Rc5 $5 (24... Qxd5 25. Qxd5 Bxd5 26. Nb6 Rd8 27. Bf4 Be6 28. Bc7
$1 Re8 29. Rxd4 {/\Bd6+/-}) 25. Qxb4 Bxd5 $14) (22... Ra8 23. Qb7 (23. Nd6+ Kf8
24. Qd3 $36 (24. Nxf7 Rxa6 25. Nxd8 Nf6 $17)) 23... Be6 24. Ne5 $16) 23. Nd6+
$1 Kf8 (23... Bxd6 $2 24. Qxd6 $18 {[%csl Re8] עe8}) 24. Qb6 Rb8 $8 25. Nb7 (
25. Qxd4 $5 Ba4 26. b3 (26. Be3 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 $44) 26... Bf6 27. Qc4 $1 Qxd6
28. Be3 Qa6 (28... Bb5 29. Bc5 Bxc4 30. Bxd6+ Kg8 31. bxc4 $18) 29. Rac1 $5 $16
) 25... Ne6 (25... f5 26. Qxd4 Ne6 27. Qf2 Qe8 28. Bd5 $16 {/\} Nc7 29. Bf4 $1
Nxd5 30. Bxb8 Qxb8 31. Nc5 Bc6 32. Rxd5 $18) (25... Bc8 26. Bf4 $18) 26. Qa6 $1
$40 {With Black's K on f8 and his Rh8 out of play White naturally doesn't
exchange the Q.} Ra8 $6 {Here the R is tactically vulnerable} (26... Qe8 $142
27. Rac1 Ba4 28. Re1 $14) 27. Qc4 (27. Nxd8 Rxa6 28. Nxe6+ Bxe6 $11) 27... Qb6
(27... Qc8 28. Qd5 Ra6 29. Rac1 $16) 28. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 (28... Rd8 $142 29. Nxd7+
Rxd7 30. Kh1 $16 {[%cal Ya2a4] /\a4|^}) 29. Bxa8 Ke7 (29... Bb5 30. Qb3 d3+ 31.
Kh1 Nd4 32. Qd5 Nc2 33. Rac1 $40 Ke7 34. Re1+ $1 Nxe1 35. Rxe1+ Kf8 36. Rc1 $18
) 30. Be4 Bb5 31. Qb3 Be2 (31... d3+ 32. Kh1 Nd4 33. Qd5 Rd8 34. Qg5+ $18) 32.
Rdc1 d3+ 33. Kh1 Rd8 34. a3 $18 bxa3 (34... Nd4 35. Qc4 $18) 35. Rxa3 (35. Qxb6
Bxb6 36. Rxa3 $18) 35... Qd6 36. Ra5 {[%cal Ra5c5] /\Rac5!} Rb8 (36... Rc8 37.
Qd5 Qb6 38. b4 $18) 37. Rb5 Nd4 (37... Rxb5 38. Qxb5 g6 39. b4 $18) 38. Rb7+
Rxb7 $8 39. Qxb7+ Kf6 40. b4 Bb6 41. Bd5 $1 (41. Rc6 Nxc6 42. Qxb6 $18 {
wins a piece, but the game is over anyway.}) 41... Ne6 42. Bxe6 fxe6 43. Rc6
1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 3rd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2001.05.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. Bd3
b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. O-O Qc8 12. h3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qb7 14. Rfc1 h6 15. Qc2
Rfc8 16. Rab1 axb4 17. axb4 Ra7 18. Na4 b5 19. Nc3 Rca8 20. Nd2 Bd8 21. Nb3 Bc7
22. Bxc7 Qxc7 23. f4 Ne4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Nf6 26. Qe5 Nd5 27. Qxc7 Rxc7
28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Nxe3 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Nc1 Rd7 32. Nb3 Nc2 33. g3 Nxb4 34.
Kf2 g5 35. Kf3 Kg6 36. Rg8+ Kf5 37. g4+ Kf6 38. fxg5+ hxg5 39. Ke4 Ra7 40. Nd2
Ra3 0-1

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 3rd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2001.05.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nxd2 Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bg2 e5 8.
d5 Nb4 9. Qb1 c6 10. a3 Na6 11. Ne2 cxd5 12. cxd5 d6 13. Nc3 Bg4 14. O-O Rc8
15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Qd3 Qe7 17. e4 Bd7 18. Qe3 Ra8 19. h3 h6 20. b4 Nh7 21. Nc4
Rfc8 22. Na5 Rcb8 23. Qd3 Nc7 24. Rc2 h5 25. Rac1 h4 26. Ne2 Ne8 27. Kh2 hxg3+
28. fxg3 Qg5 29. Ng1 Qh6 30. Qd2 g5 31. Nc4 f5 32. exf5 Bxf5 33. Rc3 Nef6 34.
Ne3 Bxh3 35. Nxh3 g4 36. Qe2 gxh3 37. Nf5 Qg5 38. Bxh3 Kh8 39. Nxd6 Rf8 40. Rc8
Raxc8 41. Rxc8 Ng4+ 42. Qxg4 Qd2+ 43. Bg2 Qh6+ 44. Qh4 Qxd6 45. Be4 1-0

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Rd8 13. a4 Bd7 14. Nf1 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nc6 16. Ne3 Nb4 17. Bb3 bxa4 18. Bxa4 Nxe4 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. dxe5 Rac8 21.
Qb3 d5 22. Rd1 Rb8 23. Bd2 d4 24. e6 Qxe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Bxb4 Rxb4 27. Nc2
Rxb2 28. Rxd4 Nc5 29. Ne3 Rxd4 30. Nxd4 Bf6 31. Rd1 a5 32. Ng4 Bg5 33. g3 a4
34. h4 Rd2 35. Rxd2 Bxd2 36. Nc2 Bc1 37. Ne5 a3 38. Nb4 Bb2 39. Nc4 Nd3 40. Nc2
a2 41. Nxb2 Nxb2 42. Kf1 Kf7 43. Ke2 Kf6 44. Ke3 Kf5 45. f3 Nc4+ 46. Kd3 Ne5+
47. Ke3 Nc6 48. Kd2 Ke5 49. Na1 Nd4 50. Ke3 Nf5+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 ({Dreev avoids from} 
6. e4 {-the mainline.}) 6... Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bf6
11. Re1 Bd7 ({Here can be recommended} 11... Nxd4 $1 $132 {-see detailed
commented game 1/2-1/2 Comp Fritz 6-Golod,V/Ramat Aviv 2000/CBM 77[Golod,V] 
(71)}) (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. h4 $1 Bb7 (13... Bxh4 $6 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15.
Re3 $40 {1-0 Vaisser,A-Meduna,E/Sochi 1983/MCL (26)}) (13... Re8 14. Qc2 h6 15.
Qe2 Qd5 16. Be4 Qd7 17. Bc2 Bb7 18. Qd3 Ne7 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Re3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3
Ng8 22. a4 $18 {[%cal Gc1a3] 1-0 Milos,G-Asfora,M/Brasilia 1985/EXT 2000 (58)})
14. Ng5 $1 (14. Qc2 $6 h6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Jensen,V-Rosenlund,T/Copenhagen 1981/
EXT 2000 (36)}) 14... g6 15. Qg4 h5 (15... e5 16. h5 $16 {[%csl Rh7][%cal
Gg5h7,Gh5g6]}) 16. Qg3 Ne7 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Rac1 Qd7 (18... Nf5 19. Nxe6 $1 $16
Bxh4 (19... fxe6 20. Qxg6+ $18 {1-0 Shabtai,R-Kataev,S/Tel Aviv 1995/EXT 97 
(24)}) 20. Nxd8 Bxg3 21. Bxg3 Rfxd8 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Re7 Be4 24. Bf4 (24. f3
$16) 24... a6 25. f3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Makarichev,S-Meduna,E/Sochi 1983/MCL (35)})
19. Nf3 (19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 $14) 19... Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nd5 21. Ba6 (21. Bh6
Bg7 22. Bd2 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,C-Ribli,Z/Plovdiv 1983/EU-chT (42)}) 21...
Rcd8 22. Bh6 Bg7 23. Bg5 $14) 12. Ne4 $5 {[%cal Ge4f6] In this type os
position - with isolated P - White must avoid pieces exchange.} ({Interesting
was also} 12. Ne5 $5 Be8 $140 13. Qg4 $14) ({After} 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Qb3 {
[%csl Rb7,Rd4,Rd5] position is equal:} Bg4 (13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Bxh7+
Kxh7 16. Qd3+ Bf5 17. Qxd4 Re8 $11) 14. Ne5 Nxd4 15. Qxb7 Be6 $11) 12... Bxd4 (
12... h6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Ne5 $14) 13. Neg5 (13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Nc5 Bc6 15.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qxd4 $11) 13... h6 14. Nxd4 ({Worth of attention also} 14. Bh7+
Kh8 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 hxg5 17. Bb1 Qf6 (17... f5 18. Re5 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5]
[%cal Gb1f5]} Qb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Bxg5 Nc4 21. Re2 $16) 18. Qg4 Kg8 19. Be4
Bc6 20. Bxg5 Qxb2 21. Rab1 $40 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg4h4]}) 14... hxg5 (14... Nxd4
15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qxd4 {-see previous variation.}) 15. Nf3 $6 $132 (15. Nb3 $142
$5 $14 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gb3c5,Gd1h5]}) 15... f6 16. h4 $6 $15 (16. Be4 $142
Nce7 17. Qb3 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 $15) (16. Bc2 Qe8 17. Bb3 {[%csl Rd5][%cal
Gb3d5]} (17. Qd3 Qh5 18. Bb3 $44) 17... Nce7 18. Nd4 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gd4e6,
Ge1e6]} e5 19. Bd2 $13) 16... g4 17. Nh2 g3 $5 ({Right wa also} 17... f5 {
[%csl Re5,Rf4,Rg5] but Black doesn't want to weaken black squares in his camp.}
18. Bc4 Qxh4 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5+ Rf7 21. Bf4 Rd8 $15) 18. fxg3 Ne5 19. Rxe5
$2 $19 {This exchange sacrifice gives to Black decisive advantage, but White
wants to complicate position.} (19. Be4 $142 Bc6 $15) 19... fxe5 20. Nf3 Bb5 $1
{[%csl Rd3][%cal Gb5d3] unexpected strong impact. Black wants to exchang very
strong and dangerous piece- Bd3.} 21. Bg5 (21. Bxb5 $144 Qb6+ 22. Kh2 Qxb5 23.
Nxe5 Rf5 $19) 21... Qb6+ 22. Kh2 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Qxb2 24. Re1 Qc3 (24... Rac8 $19
) 25. Qxc3 Nxc3 26. Rxe5 Rae8 {White's position is lost. It is possible resign
here. However, Dreev doesn't think so!} 27. g4 Rf7 28. Be3 Nd5 29. Bd4 (29.
Bxa7 b6 $19) (29. Ng5 Nxe3 30. Rxe3 Rf6 $19) 29... b6 30. Rg5 Nf6 (30... Rc8
$19) 31. Rg6 Rd8 32. h5 Rd5 33. Kh3 Nd7 34. h6 (34. Rxe6 Rxf3+ 35. gxf3 Rxd4
$19) 34... e5 35. Bb2 Nf8 36. Rc6 gxh6 37. Nxe5 Re7 38. Nf3 Re6 39. Rc8 Kf7 40.
Nh4 Rd3+ 41. g3 Rd2 42. Bc3 Rd3 43. Nf5 Rd1 ({Wins} 43... Rg6 44. Rc7+ Rd7 $19)
44. Kg2 a5 $2 $17 {Gives to White serious chances for resistance.} ({Strong
and simple is} 44... Rg6 45. Rc7+ Rd7 $19) 45. Bd4 {Threatening Rc8-c7+} Ng6 (
45... b5 $2 46. Rc7+ Kg8 (46... Ke8 47. Rc8+ Kf7 48. Rc7+ $11) 47. Rg7+ $11)
46. Nxh6+ Ke7 47. Nf5+ Kd7 48. Rb8 Kc7 49. Rg8 Rd3 50. Rg7+ Kb8 51. g5 Rxa3 52.
Bf6 {Position became sharp and complicated. It is not easy to stop pass Pg5.}
Re2+ 53. Kh3 Nf4+ 54. Kg4 Nd5 55. Nd6 $5 ({Maybe more stubborn is} 55. Rf7 Re4+
$1 (55... a4 $2 56. g6 Re8 57. g7 $18 {and White wins}) (55... Re6 $2 $44 56.
Ne7 Nxe7 57. Bxe7 Rae3 58. Bf6 a4 (58... b5 $2 59. g6 Re8 60. g7 Rg8 61. Be7
$18 {Here White wins too!}) 59. g6 Re8 60. g7 Rg8 61. Be7 Rxe7 62. Rxe7 a3 63.
Rf7 Rxg7+ 64. Rxg7 a2 65. Rg8+ Kb7 66. Rg7+ Kb8 67. Rg8+ $11) 56. Kh5 Rf3 57.
g4 Rh3+ 58. Kg6 Nf4+ 59. Kg7 Ne6+ 60. Kg6 Rxg4 61. Ne7 Rc4 $17) 55... Rd3 56.
Nf7 ({Or} 56. Rb7+ Ka8 57. Rf7 Ree3 $1 ({Not} 57... Nxf6+ $2 58. Rxf6 Ree3 59.
Nf5 Re4+ (59... Re8 60. Rxb6 Ka7 61. Rb1 a4 62. g6 a3 63. g7 Rg8 64. Kg5 $44)
60. Kh5 Re5 61. g6 Rxg3 62. Kh6 Rg2 63. g7 a4 64. Rg6 Rxg6+ 65. Kxg6 Re8 66.
Nd4 Kb7 67. Kh7 a3 68. g8=Q Rxg8 69. Kxg8 b5 70. Kf7 Kb6 71. Nb3 b4 72. Ke6 Kb5
73. Kd5 a2 74. Kd4 Ka4 75. Kc4 Ka3 76. Nd4 Kb2 77. Nb3 Ka3 78. Nd4 $11) 58. Rd7
Rxg3+ 59. Kf5 Rgf3+ 60. Ke6 Nf4+ 61. Kf7 a4 62. Rd8+ Ka7 63. Nb5+ Kb7 64. Rxd3
Rxd3 65. g6 Rd7+ 66. Ke8 Kc6 67. g7 Nh5 68. Nd4+ Rxd4 69. Bxd4 Nxg7+ 70. Bxg7
b5 $19) 56... Re4+ 57. Kf5 Re8 58. Be5+ Ka8 59. g6 ({Or} 59. Nd6 Rf3+ 60. Ke4 (
60. Bf4 Rf8+ 61. Ke6 (61. Ke5 Nxf4 62. gxf4 R3xf4 63. Nc8 $1 Rb4 64. Ne7 Re8
65. Kf5 {Threatening Nc6} Rc4 66. Nd5 Rc5 67. Rd7 Rg8 68. g6 a4 $19) 61...
Nxf4+ 62. gxf4 R3xf4 63. Nb5 Rf1 64. g6 a4 $19) 60... Re3+ 61. Kxd5 R3xe5+ 62.
Kd4 R8e6 63. Nc4 Re1 64. g6 Rd1+ 65. Kc3 Rc6 66. Rg8+ Kb7 67. g7 Rg6 $19) 59...
a4 $4 $44 ({Right was only} 59... Re3 $1 60. Bf4 R3e7 61. Rh7 b5 62. Nd6 Rf8+
63. Kg5 b4 64. Rxe7 Nxe7 65. g7 Rd8 66. Nc4 b3 $1 (66... a4 $2 67. Bd6 Rxd6 (
67... Ng8 68. Bxb4 Rd4 69. Nb6+ Kb7 70. Bc3 Rd3 71. Nxa4 $11) 68. Nxd6 a3 69.
Nf5 Ng8 70. Nd4 Kb7 71. Kg6 a2 72. Nb3 Kc6 73. Kf7 Nh6+ 74. Kf8 Kd5 75. g4 Kc4
76. g5 Ng8 77. Kxg8 Kxb3 78. Kh7 a1=Q 79. g8=Q+ $11)) 60. Rh7 $4 $19 {Terrible
mistake that makes White's defence hopeless.} ({Draw by force is after} 60. Nd6
$1 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Gg6g8]} Ne3+ (60... Rf8+ 61. Rf7 Rg8 62. g7 $18) 61. Kf4
Nd5+ 62. Kf5 Ne3+ $11) 60... a3 61. g7 ({Too late is} 61. Nd6 Ne7+ 62. Ke4 Rxd6
$1 63. Bxd6 Nxg6+ 64. Kf5 a2 65. Rh1 Ne7+ 66. Bxe7 Rxe7 67. Ra1 Re2 68. g4 b5
69. g5 b4 70. g6 b3 $19) 61... Rf3+ 62. Ke4 Rxf7 63. g8=Q (63. Kxd5 Rf5 $19)
63... Nf6+ 64. Kf4 Nd5+ 65. Ke4 Nf6+ 66. Kf4 Nxg8+ ({Or} 66... Nh5+ 67. Ke4
Rxg8 68. Rxf7 Nxg3+ $19) 67. Rxf7 Ne7 68. Bg7 (68. Bd4 Nd5+ 69. Kf3 a2 $19)
68... Nd5+ 69. Kg5 b5 70. Rd7 Rg8 71. Kh6 Rxg7 72. Rd8+ Kb7 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2
Nd5 8. Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. a3 b5 10. Qxb5 Nc2+ 11. Kd2 Nxa1 12. Qxc6+ Bd7 13. Qxc4 c5
14. Qa2 Qa5+ 15. Nc3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Rd8 17. Rxa1 e5 18. b4 Qb6 19. Nc2 Qxf2 {
Ftacnik: 'The rating average of the players that have found the courage to
test this system is breathtaking. Even a glance at a position will reveal,
that the line is not meant for fainthearted.'} 20. Bd5 O-O 21. Qc4 Be6 22. Ne3
Qxh2 23. Qh4 Qxh4 24. gxh4 f5 25. Kc2 (25. Ke1 {is given by Kasparov as the
best.}) 25... Kf7 (25... Bxd5 26. Nexd5 Kf7 27. b5 Ke6 28. Nb4 $36) 26. Rg1 $1
$14 ({So far we've been following Kasparov-Adams, Corus 2001, which finished
with} 26. Rd1 f4 27. Nc4 {drawn. This, however, was caused by tournament
situation, and a superficial look at this line made me ready to go for it.})
26... Rd7 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The innocently looking move will cause
first problems. '} (26... Bxd5 27. Nexd5 Rd7 28. b5 Rc8 29. Nb4 $14) (26... f4
{Ftacnik} 27. Bxe6+ Kxe6 28. Nc4 g6 29. Nd2 $14) (26... g6 $5 $13 {Ftacnik})
27. Bxe6+ (27. Rxg7+ $2 Kxg7 28. Bxe6 Rd4 $1 29. Nxf5+ Kf6 30. Nxd4 exd4 $11)
27... Kxe6 28. Na4 {white's main idea in this position is to harass black's
king} Kf6 (28... Rc8+ 29. Nc5+ Kf6 30. h5 Rd4 31. Rf1 f4 32. Kc3 g6 33. hxg6
hxg6 34. Nc4 $14 g5 $2 35. Rh1 $1 g4 36. Nxe5 $1 $18) 29. Nc5 Rd4 $2 (29... Rc8
$14 {was the move, after which things are unclear, though I still prefer white.
} 30. h5 Rd4 31. Kc3) 30. Nxf5 $1 $18 {Ftacnik: 'Kasimdzhanov's tactics makes
a great impression, white is able to stear the game towards the winning pawn
endgame.'} Kxf5 31. e4+ $1 Kf6 (31... Rxe4 32. Rg5+ Kf4 33. Ne6+ $18) 32. Rf1+
Ke7 33. Rxf8 Kxf8 34. Ne6+ Kf7 35. Nxd4 exd4 36. Kd3 h5 37. Kxd4 g5 38. hxg5
Kg6 39. b5 Kxg5 40. a4 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the last round, and in first 8 I lost 3 and drew 5.
Of course I felt myself obliged to try to win this game} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3.
Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bc4 Qa5+ 9. c3 Be7
10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 h6 $6 $146 (11... cxd4 $142 12. Qxd4 h6 {and it is very
difficult to avoid exchanges} 13. Bh4 Rd8) (11... Rd8 12. Re5 $36 {was played
in Morozevich-Korchnoi, 2001, and black couldn't be very happy with the
openning results}) 12. Bh4 Rd8 13. Qe2 (13. Re5 $5) 13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15.
Rad1 Kh8 (15... Rac8 $5 16. Bb3 (16. Nxe6 $6 Bxe6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kh7
19. Rxd8 (19. Qxe7 $2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Qa4 $1 $17) 19... Rxd8 20. Qxe7 Re8 21.
Bxf6 Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Qf5 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Rg6+ $11) 16... Qc5 $14) 16. Rd3 (16.
b4 Qc7 17. Bg3 (17. Nf5 $6 exf5 18. Qxe7 Ng4) 17... Qb6 18. Be5 Ba4 19. Rd3
Rac8 20. Rg3 $36) 16... Ng8 (16... Qc5 17. Rf3 Rac8 18. Bd3 $14) 17. Bg3 Rac8
18. Rf3 Bf6 19. Bd3 Qd5 $2 {a decisive mistake. During the game I thought that
black's position was already beyond repair, but Fritz7 found a chance to hang
on} (19... Ne7 20. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 21. Bh4 Kg7 22. Qf3 Ng8 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Re3 e5
25. Qe4 $18) (19... Bxd4 $1 20. cxd4 f6 $1 {Fritz7} 21. Qe4 f5 22. Qe2 Bc6 23.
Re3 Qd5 24. f3 Qxd4 25. Be5 Qb6 26. Bc4 $44) 20. Be4 Qxa2 21. Bb1 $1 Qd5 22.
Qd3 g6 23. Rxf6 $1 Nxf6 24. Be5 Kg7 25. Qg3 Qc5 26. Re3 Bc6 $1 {the only move.
I had forseen this position when playing 20.Be4 and wasn't sure how to proceed,
but still went for it feeling that there should besomething} 27. Bxg6 $1 (27.
Nxe6+ $2 Kh7 28. Re1 Qe7 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 $13) 27... fxg6 (27... Qe7 28. Bc2+ Kf8
29. Qf4 Nd5 30. Qxh6+ Ke8 31. Rg3 $18 {and black is completely helpless} Kd7
32. Nxe6 $1 Qxe6 33. Bf5 $1 Qxf5 34. Qd6+ Ke8 35. Rg8#) 28. Bxf6+ Kh7 (28...
Kxf6 29. Rxe6+ Kf7 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Rf6+) 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxe6 Qg5 31. Qxg5
hxg5 32. Re7+ Kh6 33. h3 Bd5 34. Nc2 $1 $18 {Here the ruler of the black
pieces said "You won" and stood up from the table. A second later I heard, not
for the first time in my life, the ominous words "But still he can't play
chess". And for all I know, he might be right.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-C"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kasimdzhanov. Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6.
Be2 e5 7. Be3 h6 {'?!' Kasimdzhanov. Kasimdzhanov: 'a dubious line, chosen due
to tournament situation'} 8. O-O Ng4 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Ne1 f5 12. Bxg4
fxg4 13. Be3 g5 {This variation has bad reputation. Therefore readiness of
Kasimdzanov to play that is surprise, unless he knows something. Most of
opening results of the games played this variation was in White's favour, see
below.} 14. c5 (14. f3 gxf3 15. Rxf3 Rxf3 16. Qxf3 b6 (16... Ng6 17. g3 Nf8 18.
Ng2 $14 {1-0 Stojanovic,M-Poluljahov,A/Tivat 1995/EXT 2000 (102)}) 17. a4 Ng6
18. g3 Bd7 19. Ng2 Qc8 20. Bd2 Bg4 21. Qd3 Bh3 22. Nd1 a5 23. Nge3 Qe8 24. Nf2
Bd7 25. b3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Stojanovic,M-Szuk,B/Zagan 1995/EXT 97 (65)}) 14... Ng6
{Plans of sides are clear: White develops activity on the queenside, Black
prepares an Attack on the kingside.} (14... dxc5 {after this move White had to
sacrifice an exchange.} 15. Bxc5 b6 16. Ba3 Ba6 17. Qxg4 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Rf7 19.
Nc2 c5 20. Rd1 Ng6 21. g3 Qf6 22. Rd2 Bf8 23. Ne3 $14 {1-0 Gross,S-Salai,L/
Brno 1990/EXT 97 (40)}) 15. Rc1 ({White has a lot of strong moves herel:} 15.
a4 a6 16. b4 Qe7 17. Nd3 Nf4 18. Nb2 h5 19. Nc4 Bd7 20. Rc1 Rf7 21. cxd6 cxd6
22. Nb6 Raf8 23. Nb1 $14 {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Dzindzichashvili,R/New York 1994/CBM
41 ext (55)}) ({Or} 15. b4 Nh4 (15... Rf7 16. a4 Bf8 17. a5 a6 18. Nc2 Bd7 19.
Na3 Nf4 20. Nc4 $14 {1-0 Shchekachev,A-Hernandez,G/Linares 1996/CBM 51 ext (40)
}) 16. a4 Rf4 17. Rc1 Qe8 18. cxd6 Qh5 19. dxc7 Nf3+ 20. Nxf3 gxf3 21. Bxf4
exf4 22. d6 $18 {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Link,M/Reykjavik 1994/CBM 39 ext (29)}) ({Or} 
15. g3 Nf4 16. gxf4 gxf4 17. Bd2 f3 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Rc1 Bd7 20. a4 a6 21. Nb1
b5 22. Bb4 Rf4 23. Nd2 Bf8 24. Nd3 Rf7 25. b3 Qh4 26. Kh1 a5 27. Ba3 b4 28. Bb2
Be7 29. Nc4 Rg7 30. Rg1 $18 (30. Qe1 $4 Rg5 $19 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gg5h5] 0-1
Eriksson,A-Petersen,S/Copenhagen 1997/EXT 2000 (33)})) (15. cxd6 cxd6 16. a4
Rf7 17. Nb5 a6 18. Na3 Rb8 19. Nc4 $14 (19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Be3 Rb8 21. Ba7 {
1/2-1/2 Gustafsson,J-Nunn,J/Hamburg GER 2002/The Week in Chess 419 (21)}))
15... Rf7 (15... Qe8 16. a4 a6 17. Nc2 Nf4 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Na3 Qg6 20. Nc4 {
This N route is standard in this type of position.} Rb8 (20... Bd7 21. Nb6 Rad8
22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Qxg4 $18 {1-0 Akesson,R-Meessen,R/Leuven 1998/EXT 99 (42)})
21. Nb6 h5 22. a5 $16) 16. cxd6 {'N' Kasimdzhanov. Ftacnik: 'Very interesting
system, since white courageously exchanged the knight on g4. His chances on
the queenside have thus been improved, but on the other flank black's
counterplay is quite dangerous.'} (16. Nb5 $1 Nf4 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Qc2 Bf8 19.
Bxf4 gxf4 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. Ne6 Qe8 22. Nxf8 Qxf8 23. g3 $16 {Santos,L-Kopilov,I,
corr Wch-13, 1994}) (16. b4 Bf8 17. a4 a5 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. b5 b6 20. Ne2 Rb8
21. Ng3 Nf4 22. Nd3 h5 23. Nb2 h4 24. Nf5 Rxf5 (24... Bxf5 25. exf5 Rxf5 (25...
Qf6 26. Qxg4 Qxf5 27. Qxf5 Rxf5 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. Rfd1 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6]
[%cal Gc1c6]}) 26. Qxg4 Qf6 27. Rfd1 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6][%cal Gc1c6]}) 25. exf5
Bxf5 26. Rc6 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6] 1-0 Giorgadze,G-Martinez Martin,D/Mondariz
Balneario 1999/EXT 2000 (38)}) (16. Qb3 Nf4 17. Qc4 b6 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Rc2
Rc7 20. Qb3 Ba6 21. Nb5 Rxc2 22. Nxc2 Qd7 23. a4 Rf8 24. Re1 Bf6 25. Bd2 Be7
26. Ne3 Rc8 27. Nf5 $16 {1-0 Parker,J-Forster,R/Singapore 1990/EXT 97 (44)}) (
16. f3 $6 {Not the best move...} gxf3 17. Nxf3 Bf8 18. cxd6 Bxd6 19. Nd2 Nf4
20. g3 Bh3 21. Rf2 Qd7 22. Nf3 (22. Qb3 b6 23. Nb5 Qg4 24. Re1 Raf8 {[%csl Rg1]
[%cal Gh6h5] with dangerous Attack.}) 22... Ng6 23. Nd2 Nf4 24. Nf3 Ng6 25. Nd2
{1/2-1/2 Adamski,J-Buenermann,V/Giessen 1993/GER (25)}) (16. a4 Bf8 17. cxd6 (
17. b4 $14 {Kasimdzhanov}) 17... Bxd6 18. g3 a6 19. Nd3 Qe7 20. a5 Rg7 21. Na4
Nf4 22. Nac5 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Qe8 24. Rc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Stojanovic,M-Shaplyko,A/
Zagan 1995/EXT 97 (51)}) 16... cxd6 17. a4 Bf8 18. Nb5 Bd7 19. b3 $5 {'!'
Kasimdzhanov. Not in the spirit of the position.} (19. Qb3 $142 Nf4 {[%cal
Gf4e2]} 20. Kh1 Qa5 21. Nc3 Rb8 22. Nc2 $14 {[%cal Gc2a3,Ga3c4]}) (19. Nxa7 {
Ftacnik} Qa5 20. Nb5 Qxa4 21. Qxa4 Rxa4 22. Nc3 Ra8 $11 (22... Rc4 $11 {
Kasimdzhanov})) (19. Nc7 {Kasimdzhanov} Bxa4 20. Qxa4 Rxc7 21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22.
Nd3 Nf4 $8 23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. Rc1 Qg7 $13) 19... Nf4 (19... a6 {Ftacnik} 20. Nc7
Rc8 21. Ne6 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Qc8 23. Qxc8 Bxc8 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 25. Nd3 $14) 20. Nd3
$6 {'?' Kasimdzhanov. Kasimdzhanov: 'this makes things rather unclear. White
could have obtained an advantage by'} ({Strong was} 20. Nxa7 $1 Qa5 21. Nb5
Bxb5 22. axb5 Qxb5 {[%cal Gf4e2]} (22... h5 {Kasimdzhanov} 23. f3 $1 (23. b6 {
Kasimdzhanov} Qb5 24. Rc4 Ra3 $13) 23... Qxb5 24. Bxf4 gxf4 25. fxg4 $16) 23.
Rc4 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gd1g4]} (23. Bxf4 {Ftacnik} Rxf4 (23... exf4 {Ftacnik} 24.
Qxg4 Qxb3 25. h4 $16) 24. Rc4 Ra3 (24... Rf7 {Ftacnik} 25. Nd3 Ra3 26. Rc3 $16)
25. Nd3 Rxb3 26. Nxf4 Qxc4 27. Nh5 $16) 23... Qd7 24. Ra4 $14) 20... Bxb5 {
'!' Kasimdzhanov.} 21. axb5 Qd7 22. Nb2 $2 $17 {Bad P sacrifice.} ({Why not} 
22. b6 axb6 23. Rc3 Ra2 (23... b5 {Kasimdzhanov} 24. Qc2 $44) 24. Rc2 Ra6 25.
Qd2 Qb5 26. Rc3 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Ra2 28. Qxa2 Qxd3 $132) 22... Qxb5 23. Nc4 h5 24.
Ra1 a6 {Kasimdzhanov: 'in fact, white has a very reasonable compensation for a
pawn'} 25. f3 {'?' Ftacnik. '?!' Kasimdzhanov. Kasimdzhanov: 'but this gives
black objects of counetrplay' Ftacnik: 'Strategically faulty solution,
Sasikiran is opening up the f file for black pieces. White had to concentrate
on the occupation of the open c file.'} (25. Ra5 {Ftacnik} Qe8 (25... Qd7 {
Kasimdzhanov} 26. Nb6 Qc7 27. Ra2 Re8 28. Rc2 Qe7 29. Qd2 Qf6 $13) 26. Nb6 Rd8
27. Qc2 $14) 25... gxf3 26. Rxf3 g4 27. Rf1 (27. Rf2 Be7 $17) 27... Be7 28. Ra5
{'?' Kasimdzhanov. Kasimdzhanov: 'a blunder. Correct was'} (28. Ra2 $5 {Ftacnik
} Raf8 29. Raf2 $11) (28. Bxf4 {(Kasimdzhanov) though black should be better
after} Rxf4 $1 (28... exf4 {Kasimdzhanov} 29. e5 dxe5 30. Nxe5 Rf5 31. Nxg4
Rxd5 32. Qe1 Bc5+ 33. Kh1 Rd6 34. Rxf4 $1 $40) (28... Raf8 {Kasimdzhanov} 29.
Ne3 Rxf4 30. Nf5 Qxf1+ (30... R8xf5 {Kasimdzhanov} 31. exf5 Rxf1+ 32. Qxf1 Qxd5
33. Kh1 Kg7 $13) 31. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 $44) 29. Rxf4 exf4 30. Kh1 (30. e5 {
Kasimdzhanov} dxe5 31. Qb1 Bc5+ 32. Kh1 Qe8 33. Qe4 Rd8 34. Rd1 Bd4 $17) 30...
Rf8 31. Qd3 $15 f3 32. e5 Qe8 33. Nxd6 Bxd6 34. exd6) 28... Qd7 {'?'
Kasimdzhanov.} (28... Qxb3 $1 $19 {(Kasimdzhanov) was faster}) 29. Nb6 (29. Ra2
Raf8 30. Kh1 (30. Bxf4 Rxf4 31. Rxf4 exf4 $17) 30... Bg5 (30... Bd8 $17 {
Kasimdzhanov}) 31. Raf2 b5 32. Nb6 Qb7 $17 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gf4h3]}) 29... Qc7
30. Ra1 Raf8 31. Rc1 $2 $19 {Decisive mistake.} ({More stubborn was} 31. Qd2
$142 Bg5 32. Nc4 b5 33. Nb2 Qc3 $1 $17) 31... Bg5 $1 {'!!' Kasimdzhanov.
Kasimdzhanov: 'a very nice move to make. Now all the black's pieces start to
cooperate, and it spells the end'} ({Avoiding interesting trap:} 31... Nh3+ $4
32. gxh3 Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 $18 {[%csl Rc7] and black Q can't run
away.}) 32. Qd2 (32. Rxc7 Ne2+ 33. Qxe2 Bxe3+ $19) 32... Qe7 {'-+'
Kasimdzhanov.} (32... Qxb6 33. Bxb6 Nh3+ 34. gxh3 Bxd2 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Rc2
Bb4 $17) 33. Rfe1 Qf6 34. Rc8 $6 {Kasimdzhanov: 'this shortens the agony.
White's position was beyond salvation.'} (34. Nc4 h4 $19 {[%cal Gh4h3]}) (34.
Kh1 {Kasimdzhanov} Qg6 35. Rc4 h4 $19) 34... Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup final"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Re8 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Be3 Bg6 13. c5 Bc7 14. Ne2 (14. b4 $5
Nb8 15. b5 Nd7 $11) 14... Nb8 15. Bf4 Nd7 {Black has fully solved his
development problems but White's space advantage on the Q- side still provides
him with some chances to get an edge.} (15... Bh5 $5 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. Ne5 Bxe2
18. Bxe2 Nd7 $11) 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. Nh4 Nef6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 $14 {/=} 19. b4 Re7
20. Qc1 (20. b5 Rae8 21. Rfe1 Nh5 22. Qc3 Ndf6 $132) 20... Rae8 21. Ra2 (21.
Qf4 Qxf4 22. Nxf4 g5 $15) 21... Nf8 22. a4 Ne4 23. b5 $36 {[%cal Ga4a6] <<} Qa5
24. f3 $6 {[%csl Re3]} Nf6 25. Qd2 Qc7 (25... Qxd2 26. Rxd2 $14) 26. a5 cxb5
27. Bxb5 N8d7 28. Qf4 $1 Rc8 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. Kf2 $6 (30. a6 $1 bxa6 (30... b6
31. Bxd7 Nxd7 (31... Rexd7 32. cxb6 axb6 33. Rb1 $18) 32. Nf4 $16) 31. Rxa6 $16
{[%csl Gc5]}) 30... Nb8 $1 31. Rb1 (31. a6 $5) 31... Nc6 32. Ra4 g5 33. Nc3 Nd8
34. Rab4 Nc6 35. Ra4 Nd8 36. Ra3 Nc6 37. Rd1 Re6 38. a6 Nb4 39. Ra4 $6 (39. Rb1
$1 Nxa6 (39... bxa6 40. Rxb4 axb5 41. Nxb5 Rce7 42. Rb2 $16) 40. Bxa6 bxa6 41.
Rb8+ Kh7 42. Rd8 Rb7 43. Ra2 $16) 39... Nxa6 40. Bxa6 bxa6 41. Rb1 Rce7 42. Rb2
$2 (42. Rb8+ Kh7 43. Rd8 $1 Ng4+ 44. Kg3 Ne3 45. Nxd5 $16) {[%tqu "En","Find
how Black can improve position of their knight by nice tactical blow.","","",
"f6g4","",10]} 42... Ng4+ $1 43. Kg3 (43. fxg4 $2 Rf6+ 44. Kg3 (44. Kg1 Re1#)
44... Re3#) 43... Ne3 $132 44. h3 f5 $1 45. Kf2 f4 46. Rab4 Kf7 47. Rb8 a5 48.
R8b7 a4 49. Rxe7+ Rxe7 50. Ra2 Rb7 51. Ke2 $2 (51. Rxa4 Rb2+ 52. Ne2 Rb1 53.
Rxa7+ Kg6 54. Ra6+ Kh7 55. Nc3 Rb2+ 56. Ne2 $11) 51... Rb3 52. Nxa4 Nf5 $17 53.
Kf2 $2 (53. Kd2 Nxd4 54. Nc3 Rb7 $17) 53... Nxd4 54. Rd2 Rb4 $19 55. Nc3 (55.
Nb2 Kf6 56. Ke1 a5 57. Nd3 Rb1+ 58. Kf2 Nc6 $19) 55... Ke6 56. Ne2 (56. Ra2 Rc4
57. Ra6+ Ke5 58. Na4 Rc2+ 59. Kg1 Nf5 $1 $19) 56... Nb3 57. Rc2 (57. Ra2 Nxc5 (
57... a5 58. Nc3 Ke5 $19) 58. Rxa7 d4 59. Rxg7 Rb2 60. Ke1 d3 61. Nc3 Rxg2 $17)
57... Rc4 $1 58. Ra2 a5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup final"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 d5 16. Bg5 dxe4 17. Nxe5 h6 18. Nxd7 hxg5 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Bxe4 c6 21. b4
a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Bc8 25. Bc2 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 g4 27. hxg4
Bxg4 28. Qe3 Be6 29. Be4 Bc4 30. Bf3 Be7 31. Ne4 Qf5 32. g3 Bd5 33. Kg2 Kg7 34.
Kg1 Kf8 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Qe2 Bc4 37. Qe1 Bd5 38. Qe3 Kf8 39. Kg1 Kg7 40. Bg2 Qg4
41. Nd2 Bg5 42. f4 Qd1+ 43. Nf1 Bf6 44. Bxd5 cxd5 {[#] Schlechter "guter"
Läufer, der nichts angreifen und nichts verteidigen kann. Weißes
Baukastenspiel gegen d5 unter gleichzeitiger Königssicherung} 45. Kf2 Qc2+ 46.
Qd2 Qb1 (46... Qxd2+ 47. Nxd2 $18 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gd2b1,Gb1a3]}) 47. Ne3 Qh1 (
47... Qb3 48. Qc2 $18) (47... Qe4 48. Qe2 $18) 48. Qd1 Qh2+ 49. Ng2 Qh3 50. Qf3
Qc8 51. Ne3 $1 $18 {[%csl Gc3,Rd5][%cal Re3f5]} g5 52. Nxd5 g4 53. Qe2 Bd8 54.
Qd3 f5 55. Ne3 Qa8 56. Nxf5+ Kf8 57. Qe2 Qh1 58. Ne3 Qc1 59. Qxg4 Qxc3 60. Qf5+
1-0

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2002.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.12.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Bd7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2
c5 {The main position of the Smyslov variation. White's most popular choice
here is 15.b3} 15. d5 ({After} 15. b3 Nc6 16. d5 (16. Be3 $6 exd4 17. cxd4 cxd4
18. Nxd4 d5 19. exd5 Nb4 $11) 16... Ne7 17. Be3 Ng6 18. Qd2 Nh7 19. a4 (19. Nf5
Bxf5 20. exf5 Nh4 21. Nxh4 Qxh4 22. a4 Be7 $13) (19. Nf1 {Wedberg} Be7 20. b4
cxb4 21. cxb4 Bg5 22. Nxg5 Nxg5 23. Ng3 Nh4 24. Bd1 Qf6 25. Rc1 Rac8 26. Be2
Qg6 27. Bxg5 hxg5 28. Bg4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Sokolov,I/Halkidiki 2002/CBM
92_01 (44)}) 19... Be7 {Black, in my opinion, doesn't have any major problems.}
) 15... g6 (15... Nc4 {allowed white to get a very dangerous attack with} 16.
Nh2 g6 $6 17. b3 Nb6 18. f4 {in Rechlis-Azarov, 2001. However, 16... Nb6 is
stronger, when 17.b3 ( 17. f4 ?! ef4 18. Bf4 Nc4! ) 17... c4 18. f4 cb3 19.
ab3 Qc7 leads to an unclear position.}) (15... Nc4 {(Wedberg) trying to
improve the prospects for the N is also playable.}) 16. b3 {Wedberg: 'From now
on Na5 is a permanent headache for Black. This N is restricted to the
lacklustre tour a5-b7-d8-f7.'} Bg7 17. Be3 Nh7 18. Qd2 h5 19. Ng5 Nb7 20. Rf1 {
A novelty. Wedberg: 'The first new move in the game, but this is not so much
about individual moves. Plans are more important at this stage. White can try
to make Blacks life difficult by adopting a two front strategy.'} (20. Nxh7
Kxh7 21. Rf1 {might be stronger, giving white good attacking prospects.} (21.
Bg5 {Wedberg} Bf6 22. f4 h4 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. fxe5 Rxe5 25. Nf1 Qg5 $13 {
Janosevic-Matanovic/Titovo Uzice/1966/0-1 (69)})) 20... Nxg5 21. Bxg5 Qa5 {
prevents f4 and forces white to look for his play elsewhere. However, due to
blacks misplaced pieces ( Nb7 and Qa5) white has chances on the queenside as
well. Wedberg: 'A slightly odd place for the Q.'} (21... Bf6 22. h4 $1 Bxg5 $6
(22... Rf8 $142 $14) 23. hxg5 f6 24. f4 h4 25. fxe5 $1 fxe5 26. Nf5 $1 gxf5 27.
exf5 $16) (21... Qc7 {Wedberg}) 22. Kh1 (22. Bd1 $1 f6 (22... Qc7 23. Bxh5 gxh5
24. Nxh5 $40) 23. Be3 $14) 22... Rf8 23. Bd1 f6 24. Be3 $14 {White enjoys a
better position here. He has a variety of potential targets, but Black's
defensive resources are not to be underestimated.} Rae8 (24... h4 $6 25. Ne2 f5
26. Bg5 f4 (26... fxe4 27. Bc2 $16) 27. Ng1 $1 (27. Bxh4 f3 28. Ng3 fxg2+ 29.
Kxg2 Rf4 $1 30. Bg5 Raf8 31. h4 Bf6 $5 $44) 27... Bf6 28. Bxf6 Rxf6 29. Nf3 Kg7
30. Be2 $16) 25. Bc2 Nd8 $6 {'?' Wedberg. This weakens queenside considerably.
Wedberg: 'Black is massing his pieces towards the K-side. Perhaps hoping to
find a chance to expand later with f5 and so on. But now the Q-side is left
without defenders.'} ({More flexible would be} 25... Qc7 {and after} 26. a4
bxa4 27. b4 (27. bxa4 Na5 $1) 27... h4 28. Ne2 f5 {with counterplay}) (25... f5
{Wedberg} 26. exf5 h4 (26... gxf5 {Wedberg} 27. Bh6 $16) 27. f6 Bxf6 28. Ne4
$16) (25... h4 {Wedberg} 26. Ne2 f5 27. Bg5 $16) (25... Qc7 $142 {Wedberg}) 26.
a4 {'|^!' Wedberg. Wedberg: 'White hits first. His waiting strategy has worked
miracles.'} b4 $8 (26... bxa4 27. b4 $1 $16 cxb4 28. cxb4 Qc7 29. Bxa4 Bxa4 30.
Rxa4 $16) (26... Qc7 {Wedberg} 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ra6 $16) 27. cxb4 cxb4 28.
Rac1 Nf7 ({may be better is} 28... Nb7 29. f4 {but black's position is very
unpleasant already.}) (28... f5 $2 29. exf5 h4 30. Ne4 $18) 29. Bd3 {'+/-'
Wedberg. Wedberg: 'Black has been outplayed or rather he has outplayed himself
with a much too optimistic strategy. Almost all his pieces are badly placed.'}
Rc8 30. Rc4 Rxc4 31. Bxc4 h4 {In time-trouble Ivan looks for counterplay, but
only speeds up the disaster. After the more stubborn} (31... Kh7 32. Ne2 Bh6
33. f4 {black's position remains difficult.} (33. Bxh6 Nxh6 34. f4)) 32. Ne2 f5
{Wedberg: 'Black has managed to organize the f5-move, but it doesn´t lead to
anything in this position.'} 33. f3 Bf6 34. Nc1 $1 {White's pieces are ready
to collect Black's weaknesses. The game can no longer be saved.} Bd8 (34... Rb8
35. Nd3 Rb7 36. Qf2 Bb5 $5 37. Rc1 $1 $18) 35. Nd3 Bb6 36. Bxb6 Qxb6 37. Nxb4
Rc8 38. Nc6 Kg7 39. a5 Qc7 (39... Qb7 40. Qd3 $18 Bxc6 41. Bxa6) 40. Bxa6 Ra8
41. Bc4 Bxc6 42. dxc6 Rxa5 43. b4 Ra4 44. Bb3 Ra3 45. Bd5 f4 46. b5 Qb6 47. Rc1
Ra7 48. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 33rd"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2003.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2003.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. e4 e5 14. Be3 Qa5 (
14... Qe7 15. Re1 (15. d5 $5) 15... exd4 16. Bxd4 Ne5 17. Qe2 c5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5
$11 {1-0 Cmilyte,V-Matras,A/Warsaw 1999/EXT 2000 (42). (41)}) 15. Na2 Bd6 16.
Nc3 exd4 (16... Bb4 $11) 17. Bxd4 Ne5 18. Qe2 Rfe8 {Es ist nicht nötig, den
weißfeldrigen Läufer des Gegners am Leben zu lassen. Mir scheint die Stellung
des Nachziehenden nach} (18... Nxc4 19. Bxf6 (19. Qxc4 Be5) 19... gxf6 20. Qxc4
Rcd8 {vollkommen gesund zu sein. Der Textzug ist aber sicher auch gut spielbar.
}) 19. Ba2 Bc5 20. f4 Rcd8 21. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Kh2 Ng6 23. g3 Nd5 $2 {Ich halte
es für wesentlich, daß Schwarz in dieser Art von Stellung ein Turmpaar tauscht.
Nach} (23... h5 24. Rxd8 (24. e5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 h4 {sieht nicht gut für Weiß
aus.}) 24... Rxd8 25. e5 Nd5 26. Nxd5 cxd5 27. Rg1 {entsteht eine schwer
einzuschätzende Stellung, doch vermute ich daß Schwarz ausreichendes
Gegenspiel besitzt.}) 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. e5 Ne7 26. Rac1 Qb4 27. Qb5 Qe4 {
Das Endspiel, das nach} (27... Qxb5 28. axb5 Rd7 29. Rd4 {entsteht, scheint
mir so gut wie hoffnungslos für Schwarz zu sein.}) 28. Bb1 Qe3 29. Kg2 a6 $2 {
Jetzt entsteht in etwas anderer Form das oben skizzierte Endspiel. Schwarz
sollte unbedingt versuchen, mit} (29... d4 {im Trüben zu fischen.}) 30. Qd3
Qxd3 ({Die Fortsetzung} 30... Nf5 31. Re1 Qxd3 32. Bxd3 {ist nicht attraktiver
für Schwarz.}) 31. Bxd3 Rc8 32. b4 g6 33. b5 a5 {Vielleicht macht es keinen
wesentlichen Unterschied, doch lohnt es sich in schlechten Endspielen immer -
ceteris paribus - die Anzahl der Bauern zu reduzieren. Ich hätte} (33... axb5 {
gespielt.}) 34. b6 Kf8 35. Bb5 Red8 36. Kf3 Nf5 $2 37. Kf2 $2 (37. Rxd5 $18)
37... Ke7 38. g4 Ng7 39. Ke3 $2 (39. Rxc8 Rxc8 40. Rxd5 $18) 39... d4+ 40. Ke4
Ne6 41. Rxc8 Rxc8 42. Rf1 f6 $2 {Schwarz ist schon so weit, daß er gute
Rettungsaussichten hätte erlangen können:} (42... Rd8 43. Rc1 f5+ 44. exf6+
Kxf6 45. h4 d3 46. g5+ Ke7 47. Bxd3 Rd4+ 48. Ke3 Rxf4 {usw.}) 43. exf6+ Kxf6
44. f5 gxf5+ $2 {Wesentlich zäher war} (44... Ng5+ 45. Kxd4 Nxh3) 45. Rxf5+ Ke7
46. Rh5 $18 Rd8 47. Rxh7+ Kf6 48. Rh6+ Ke7 49. Rh5 Rd6 50. Bc4 d3 51. Bxe6
Rxe6+ 52. Kxd3 Rxb6 53. Rxa5 Rb3+ 54. Ke4 Rxh3 55. Rb5 Kf6 56. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Samba Cup 1st"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2003.10.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4 Re8 12. Ba3 c4 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. Qe1 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Qd7 16. Kh1 Qh3 17. Qd1 Nh5 18. Rg1 g6 19. Rb1 b6 20. Rb5 Rad8 21. Rg5
Nf6 22. Bf5 Qh4 23. Qg1 Kh8 24. Bc2 Re6 25. Bc1 Ne7 26. Qg3 Qxg3 27. Rxg3 Ne8
28. Ba3 f5 29. Rg1 Nd6 30. Rbb1 Nc6 31. h4 Rf6 32. h5 Kg7 33. Rg2 Kf7 34. Rbg1
Na5 35. Rh2 Kg7 36. Rg3 Nb3 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Rgh3 Rf7 39. Rh7+ Kf6 40. Bxd6
Rxd6 41. Rxf7+ Kxf7 42. Rh7+ Kf8 43. Rxa7 Nc1 44. a5 bxa5 45. Rxa5 Ne2 46. Ra3
Rb6 47. Kg2 Ke7 48. Bd1 Nc1 49. Ra1 Nd3 50. Bc2 Rb2 51. Bxd3 cxd3 52. Rd1 d2
53. f4 Rc2 54. Kf3 Rxc3 55. Rxd2 Rc1 56. Kg2 Rc8 57. Ra2 Rd8 58. Kf3 Rh8 59.
Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.24"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. a3
Bxd2 9. Bxd2 cxd4 10. Bb4 Re8 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qd6 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Nxb4 14. Qxb4
Qc7 15. Rac1 d5 16. Nd4 a6 17. b3 Red8 18. Qe1 dxc4 19. Rxc4 Qe7 20. Rxc8 Rxc8
21. Rc1 Qxa3 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Qc3 Bd7 24. Bc6 Qc5 25. Qxc5 bxc5 26. Bxd7 cxd4
27. Bc6 a5 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rd2 Bc6 13. Rad1 b6 14. f3
Ne7 15. Nf4 Ng6 16. Nh5 Ne5 17. b3 c4 18. Nd5 a5 19. a4 Kb7 20. Kf2 cxb3 21.
cxb3 Nd7 22. g4 Nc5 23. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 24. Kg2 Bf8 25. h4 Re5 26. Rd3 Rg8 27. Ng3
Bc5 28. h5 Rf8 29. Nf4 Be8 30. Nf5 g6 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Ng3 Bf7 33. Rh1 Re7 34.
Rh6 Rg8 35. Rh1 c6 36. Rhd1 Kc7 37. Nh3 Rf8 38. Nf4 Rb8 39. Nh3 b5 40. g5 fxg5
41. Nxg5 Bg8 42. f4 bxa4 43. bxa4 Rb3 44. Rd8 Rb2+ 45. Kf3 Bb3 46. R1d3 Bc2 47.
Ne6+ Rxe6 48. R3d7+ Kb6 49. Rb8+ Ka6 50. Ra8+ Kb6 51. Rb8+ Ka6 52. Rxb2 Bxa4
53. e5 Bb5 54. Rd8 Bb6 55. Ra8+ Kb7 56. Rf8 Bc4 57. Kg4 Bd5 58. Ne2 a4 59. Nc3
Bb3 60. Ne4 Ka6 61. Nd6 Ka5 62. Ra8+ Kb4 63. Rb8 Kc5 64. Ne4+ Kd5 65. Nf6+ Kc5
66. Nd7+ Kd4 67. Rxb6 Re7 68. Nf6 Kc3 69. Rb1 Rc7 70. Rc1+ Bc2 71. Ne4+ Kd3 72.
Nc5+ Kd2 73. Rxc2+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.29"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Qc8 12. Bc4 Re8 13. b3 Bf8 14. Bb2 h6 15. h3
Rb8 16. Nf1 g6 17. Ne3 Bg7 18. Nd2 Bxc4 19. dxc4 Nd4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 c5
22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Ra4 Qc5 26. Nf3 d5 27. cxd5 Qxd5
28. Rxb4 Qxa5 29. Ra4 Qc3 30. Rxa6 Rc8 31. Ra2 d3 32. cxd3 Rb8 33. Qc2 Qxc2 34.
Rxc2 Rxb3 35. Rd2 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Bf8 37. d4 Bb4 38. Rc2 Rb3 39. Rc1 Kg7 40. Kg1
Bd6 41. Kf1 Rb2 42. Rc6 Bb8 43. g3 Rb4 44. h4 Ba7 45. Rd6 Kf8 46. Rd5 Ke7 47.
Re5+ Kd6 48. Re4 f6 49. Rf4 Ke7 50. Re4+ Kd6 51. Re8 Bxd4 52. Rd8+ Kc5 53. Rh8
Kd5 54. Nxd4 Rxd4 55. Rxh6 g5 56. hxg5 fxg5 57. Rh5 Rg4 58. f3 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.29"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Nge2 Nf6 8. h3
O-O 9. g4 Re8 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Qc2 a5 13. Bd3 Na6 14. a3 g6 15.
Nce2 Rac8 16. Qd2 Ra8 17. Rc1 Nc7 18. f3 Re7 19. Kf2 Rae8 20. Qxa5 Bc8 21. Nf1
Ne6 22. Qb4 Qd8 23. Kg2 Ng7 24. Qd2 Qd6 25. Rc3 h5 26. Qe1 Qd8 27. Qf2 Qd6 28.
b4 Qd8 29. Bb1 Qd6 30. Nf4 b6 31. Nd3 Nd7 32. Qg3 Qf6 33. g5 Qf5 34. Bc2 h4 35.
Qxh4 Qe6 36. Nf4 Qd6 37. Qg3 c5 38. bxc5 bxc5 39. dxc5 Nxc5 40. Nh5 Qxg3+ 41.
Nhxg3 Nce6 42. Ba4 Rd8 43. h4 Bb7 44. Kf2 d4 45. exd4 Rxd4 46. Bc2 Nf4 47. Ne4
Bxe4 48. fxe4 Ngh5 49. Kf3 Ne6 50. Rh2 Red7 51. Rf2 R4d6 52. Kg4 Kg7 53. Bb3
Nd4 54. Bd5 f5+ 55. Kh3 Ne2 56. Re3 Nef4+ 57. Kh2 Nxd5 58. exd5 Rxd5 59. Rff3
Rd4 60. Kh3 Nf4+ 61. Kg3 Nh5+ 62. Kh3 Nf4+ 63. Kh2 Nd5 64. Rd3 Rxh4+ 65. Kg1
Nb6 66. Rb3 Nc4 67. Rfc3 Rg4+ 68. Kf2 Nd6 69. Nd2 Rd4 70. Ke2 Rg4 71. Nf3 Ne4
72. Rc4 Ng3+ 73. Kf2 Nh1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.07.05"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d5 Bb4 8. O-O
Na6 9. Nd4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nc5 (10... exd5 11. Nf5 Re8 12. cxd5 Ne4 13. Bxe4 Rxe4
14. f3 Re5 15. e4 Qf6 16. g4 Nc5 17. Qd4 d6 18. Bf4 Rae8 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qe3
Ba6 {0-1 Summerscale,A-Motwani,P/Edinburgh 2003/ (39)}) 11. Nb3 {Topalov
insists on improving his pawn structure, black can not consent since he lacks
bishop pair.} (11. Ba3 Rb8 (11... exd5 12. Nb3 dxc4 13. Bxb7 Nxb7 14. Nd2 Re8
15. Nxc4 d5 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Qd3 Qh3 18. f3 Qe6 19. Bc1 Nd6 20. Re1 a5 {0-1
Grunberg,S-Itkis,B/Predeal 1997/ (30)}) 12. Nb5 a6 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. Na3 Re8
15. Re1 exd5 16. cxd5 d6 17. Nc4 Nd7 18. e4 Nb6 19. Na5 Qf6 20. Qc2 Qg6 21. Bf1
Bxd5 22. Bd3 c4 {0-1 Marusak,P-Chernyshov,K/Martin 1996/ (29)}) 11... Nce4 12.
f3 (12. Qd3 exd5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. c4 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 bxc5 $15)
12... Nxc3 (12... Nd6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Ba3 Qb8 15. e4 e5 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Qd3
$11) 13. Qc2 (13. Qd2 Na4 14. Qb4 b5 15. Qxb5 Nb6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. c5 Bc6 18.
Qa5 $14) 13... Na4 14. e4 d6 15. Nd4 (15. Na5 $5 Nc5 16. Nxb7 Nxb7 17. f4 $44)
15... Nc5 16. Bb2 Qd7 (16... Re8 17. Rae1 a6 18. f4 Rb8 $15) 17. Bh3 Rfe8 18.
a4 (18. Nb3 Qa4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qc3 Kg7 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Rab1 Ba6 $15) 18...
a5 19. Rfe1 Qe7 (19... Re7 20. Nb5 Rae8 21. Rad1 Qc8 22. e5 $44) 20. e5 $1 {
White is right in opening the position for his far reaching bishops, but
Kasimdzhanov is well prepared.} dxe5 21. Rxe5 Ncd7 (21... Qd6 22. Nb5 Qd7 23.
Ba3 $11) 22. Re3 Qc5 23. Rae1 e5 24. Nb3 (24. Ba3 Qxd4 25. Bb2 Qc5 26. Ba3 $11)
24... Qd6 25. Bxd7 (25. Qd2 c6 26. f4 exf4 $17) 25... Nxd7 (25... Qxd7 $2 26.
Bxe5 Qxa4 27. Qc3 Ba6 28. Nd2 $14) 26. f4 f6 27. Nd2 Qf8 (27... Rad8 28. Ne4
Qe7 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Ba3 Qf7 31. Ng5 $13) 28. fxe5 Nxe5 (28... fxe5 $5 29.
Bxe5 (29. Nf3 c6 30. Ng5 g6 31. Ne6 Qd6 32. Ba3 c5 33. Bb2 Rxe6 34. dxe6 Qxe6
$15) 29... c6 30. Bd4 (30. Qb3 Nxe5 31. Rxe5 Qc5+ 32. Kg2 Rxe5 33. Rxe5 cxd5
34. cxd5 Rd8 $19) 30... Rxe3 31. Rxe3 cxd5 32. Qb2 $15) 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Rxe5
fxe5 31. Rxe5 Qc5+ (31... c6 32. Ne4 Qa3 33. Qc3 Qxa4 34. Re7 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+
36. Kg1 Qd1+ $11) 32. Kg2 Rf8 33. Nf3 {Bulgarian grandmaster was probably
unhappy about his limited success in this position and next phase he plays
beyond his capabilities.} (33. Ne4 $1 Qa3 34. Ng5 g6 35. Re6 Qa1 36. Qe2 $14)
33... h6 34. Qd3 (34. Nh4 c6 35. Nf5 cxd5 36. Ne7+ Kh8 37. Ng6+ Kg8 38. Ne7+ (
38. Nxf8 $2 dxc4+ 39. Kf1 Qxe5 $19) 38... Kh8 $11) 34... Ba6 35. Re4 (35. Rf5
$5 Rxf5 (35... Qxc4 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Qf5+ $11) 36. Qxf5 Qxc4 37. Qe6+ $11)
35... Qb4 36. Ne5 (36. Qc2 Bc8 37. Nd4 Bd7 $15) 36... Qxa4 37. h4 $2 {
Important tempo as black will now fully take over the initiative.} (37. Nc6 $1
Kh8 38. Ne5 Rf6 $15) 37... Qa2+ 38. Re2 Qa1 39. Kh2 (39. Re4 Qb2+ 40. Re2 Qc1
$17) 39... Qf1 40. Qe3 Bc8 41. g4 (41. Ng6 $2 Qh3+ 42. Kg1 Rf1#) 41... Re8 42.
Kg3 (42. Re1 Qf6 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 Qd6 45. Qf4 $17) 42... h5 43. Re1 (43.
gxh5 Qh3+ 44. Kf2 Qxh4+ 45. Qg3 Qxh5 $19) 43... Qf6 44. gxh5 (44. g5 Qf5 45.
Kg2 a4 $19) 44... Qf5 45. Kh2 Qxh5 46. Qg3 a4 $1 {Excellent move, that
underlines the pain of the missing vital a pawn, Topalov is completely lost.}
47. Ng4 (47. Qg5 Qxg5 48. hxg5 a3 $19) 47... Bxg4 (47... Rxe1 $4 48. Nf6+ $18)
48. Rxe8+ Qxe8 49. Qxg4 Qe5+ 50. Kg2 a3 51. Qc8+ (51. d6 Qxd6 52. Qe2 Qg6+ $19)
51... Kh7 52. Qa6 Qb2+ 53. Kf3 a2 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.07.05"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. Be3 {Black
should have no special problems with equalizing after such modest white's play.
} (7. c3 Ne7 8. O-O Nbc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nd2 Bxd4 11. cxd4 Nb4 12. Qe2 d5 13. e5
Nxd3 14. Qxd3 a5 15. Rfc1 Ba6 {0-1 Pedzich,D-Landa,K/Ubeda 1999/ (64)}) (7. Bb2
Qf6 8. c3 Qg6 (8... Nc6 9. Bc2 e5 10. Nf3 g5 11. b4 g4 12. bxc5 gxf3 13. Qxf3
Qxf3 14. gxf3 bxc5 15. Bd3 Nge7 16. Nd2 {1-0 Fuller,M-Watson,J/London 1979/ 
(79)}) 9. Qf3 Nf6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. O-O Qg5 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. b4 Bd6
15. g3 e5 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Ba6 b5 18. Bxb5 Bxb5 19. Qxb5 Qh5 20. f3 {
Hamdouchi,H-Small,V/Manila olm/1992/}) 7... Qf6 (7... Nf6 8. Nd2 O-O (8... e5
9. Nf5 O-O 10. Bxc5 bxc5 11. Nd6 $14) 9. Qf3 Qc7 $11) 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bc2 (9. Nb5
$6 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Ke7 11. Nd2 a6 12. Nd4 Ne5 $15) 9... Nxd4 10. cxd4 (10. Bxd4
Bxd4 11. cxd4 Qg6 12. Qf3 d5 $15) 10... Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Rc8 12. a3 Be7 13. h4 e5 (
13... Bf8 14. h5 d6 15. Nd2 $14) 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Bd4 Qc7 (15... Qb5+ 16. Kg1
(16. Bd3 $2 Rc1 $1 17. Qxc1 Qxd3+ 18. Ke1 Qxd4 $19) 16... Bf6 17. Ra2 d6 $11)
16. Nc3 {Topalov was hoping to stirr some problems for white with original
play in the opening. The results are not very encouraging, white has some
advantage.} (16. Bxg7 Qxc2 17. Nc3 Rxc3 18. Qxc2 Rxc2 19. Bxh8 Bc5 $19) 16...
Nf6 (16... Bf6 17. Rh3 Qc6 18. Rg3 $14) 17. Rh3 O-O (17... Qf4 18. Qd3 Bc5 19.
Rd1 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 $14) 18. e5 Nd5 (18... Ne8 19. Kg1 f6 20. Qh5 h6 21. Rg3 $14)
19. Qg4 g6 20. h5 f5 (20... Qc6 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Bxg6 Qxg2+ 24.
Qxg2 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 hxg6 26. b4 $16) 21. Bxf5 $1 {[%mdl 128] Kasimdzhanov
attacks with great energy, black is in deep trouble.} Nf4 (21... Rxf5 22. hxg6
Rf4 (22... Rg5 23. gxh7+ Kf7 24. Rf3+ Kg7 25. e6+ Kxh7 26. Rf7+ $18) 23. gxh7+
Kh8 24. Qxf4 $1 Qxc3 (24... Nxf4 25. e6+ $18) 25. e6+ $18) 22. Rg3 Rxf5 (22...
Bxg2+ 23. Rxg2 Nxg2 24. Nd5 Qd8 25. hxg6 h6 26. Bxd7 $18) 23. hxg6 (23. Qxf5
Rf8 24. Qg4 Bc5 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Re1 $18) 23... h5 (23... Rg5
24. gxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qxf4 Rxg3 26. Qxg3 $18) 24. Qxf5 Rf8 25. Qc2 Ba6+ (25... Bh4
26. g7 Rf7 $140 27. Qh7+ $1 $18) 26. Ke1 (26. Kg1 Ne2+ 27. Qxe2 Bxe2 28. Nxe2
$16) 26... h4 27. g7 (27. Rg4 Qc6 28. g7 Nd3+ 29. Kd1 Rf7 30. b4 $18) 27... Rc8
(27... hxg3 28. gxf8=Q+ Bxf8 29. fxg3 Nd3+ 30. Kd1 $18) 28. Qe4 (28. Rf3 Nxg2+
29. Kd1 Qc6 30. Qf5 $18) 28... hxg3 29. Qxf4 Qc6 (29... gxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Bc5 31.
Nd5 Qc6 32. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 33. Ne3 $18) 30. Qxg3 Qh6 31. Qh3 {White has skillfully
managed to survive with a king on e1, solid material plus gives him easy win
in most endgames.} Qg6 (31... Qxh3 32. gxh3 Bc5 33. Bxc5 Rxc5 34. Kd2 Rxe5 35.
Rg1 $18) 32. Qxd7 Rxc3 (32... Qxg2 33. Qe6+ Kh7 34. g8=Q+ Rxg8 35. Qxe7+ $18)
33. Qd5+ $1 Kxg7 34. Bxc3 Qc2 (34... Qg4 35. Ra2 $18) 35. Qd2 {The game is
over as white has tons of spare material.} (35. Qf3 Kg8 36. e6 $18) 35... Qh7
36. e6+ Kg8 37. Qe3 Qh1+ (37... Bc8 38. Qg3+ Kf8 39. Qf4+ $18) 38. Kd2 Qh4 39.
Qg3+ Bg5+ 40. Kd1 Qh5+ (40... Qxg3 41. fxg3 Bc8 42. Kc2 Bxe6 43. Re1 $18) 41.
f3 Qg6 42. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.07.07"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. a3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6 15.
Nd2 Na5 (15... f5 16. Re1 (16. a4 Na5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Rb1 Bg8 19. Re1 c5 $132
{0-1 Livshits,G-Smirnov,I/Alushta 2002/(34)}) 16... Bf6 (16... Bg8 17. Rb1 Rb8
18. Bf3 Bf6 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Nf1 Ne7 21. Ne3 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,
M-Iordachescu,V/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (21)}) 17. a4 (17. Bf3 Bg8 18. cxd5 (18. Rb1
Rb8 (18... b6) 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. a4 Qd6 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Rb5 Qd7 23. Ba3 $36 {
1-0 Wozniak,Z-Endean,A/IECC 2003/Telechess CBM 97 (65)}) 18... Bxd5 19. Nb3 b6
20. Bf4 Rc8 (20... Ne7 21. Be5 c6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Nc1 Ng6 24. Nd3 h6 25. Ne5
Nh4 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. f3 c5 28. dxc5 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 2000/
CBM 78 (28)}) (20... Re8 21. Be5 Qd7 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nc1 Re6 24. Rxe6 Qxe6
25. Nd3 Re8 26. h3 {1/2-1/2 Galkin,A-Motylev,A/Dubai UAE 2001/(26)}) 21. Be5
Qd7 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Nc1 Re6 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Galkin,A-Motylev,A/Dubai 2001/
CBM 83/[Huzman] (26)}) 17... Bg8 (17... Re8 18. Ba3 Qd7 19. Nb3 b6 20. c5 Nd8
21. Bb5 c6 22. Bd3 $14 {1-0 Hermansson,E-Moen,A/Oslo NOR 2003/(48)}) (17... Qd7
18. c5 Na5 19. Bb5 c6 20. Bd3 Rae8 21. Rb1 Bf7 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Qc2 Bg6 24.
Nf1 Nc4 25. Qb3 b6 26. cxb6 Nxb6 27. a5 Nc8 28. Qb7 $16 {1-0 Rocius,M-Lamarche
Rodriguez,L/ICCF Email 2001/ICCF Telechess CBM 100 (37)}) 18. c5 $5 Re8 19. Nf3
h6 (19... Re4 $5 20. Bd3 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qd7 $14) 20. Rb1 Rb8 21. Bd3 $1 $16 {
1-0 Leko,P-Grischuk,A/Wijk aan Zee-A 2002/(47)}) 16. cxd5 Bxd5 (16... Qxd5 $6
17. Re1 (17. Bb2 Qd7 (17... Qf5 18. c4 b6 19. Re1 Bd6 20. Bc3 Rae8 21. Bh5 g6
22. Bf3 Nxc4 23. Rxe6 Qxe6 24. d5 Ne3 25. dxe6 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxe6 27. Nc4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Krüger,H-Bergmann,M/Chessfriend.com 2003/Telechess CBM 93 (31)}) 18. c4
Bf5 19. Re1 Rae8 20. Bc3 Nc6 21. Nf3 Bd6 22. Nh4 b6 23. Nxf5 Qxf5 24. g3 Nd8
25. Qa4 Nf7 26. Bf1 (26. Qxe8 $1 Rxe8 27. Bg4 Qe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Bf3 $16)
26... Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Ng5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kupsys,A-Plaumann,R/ICCF Email 2002/ICCF
Telechess CBM 100 (50)}) 17... Rfe8 18. Bb2 {[%cal Gc3c4]} Qc6 19. Bd3 Bf7 20.
Qc2 $1 h6 21. c4 $16 {1-0 Fedorov,A-Sorokin,M/Moscow Aeroflot op 2003/CBM 94/
[Huzman] (38)}) 17. c4 (17. Bd3 Bg8 $5 18. Re1 c5 19. Bb2 $6 (19. Qg4 $1 Nc6
20. Nf3 $36) 19... Nc6 20. Qg4 $2 Ne5 $1 $17 {0-1 Rosito,J-Pierrot,J/Pinamar
2002/CBM 88/[Huzman] (38)}) 17... Bf7 18. Bb2 f5 $6 {[%csl Re5] This move
weakens the square e5. I think it was not necessary.} (18... c5 19. d5 Bg6 20.
f4 $36) (18... Bd6 $5 19. Bc3 c5 20. d5 Qc7 $14) 19. Bc3 c5 20. d5 Bf6 21. Qc2
b6 22. Bd3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Nb7 24. Nf3 $16 {[%cal Gf3e5] White has a clear
advantage due to his full control over file "e" and the weakness of square e5.}
Nd6 25. Ne5 f4 26. Rfe1 Bg8 27. Nc6 Qg5 28. Qe5 Qxe5 (28... Qh6 29. h4 $5 Rae8
30. Qg5 $16) 29. Nxe5 Rfe8 (29... b5 30. cxb5 Bxd5 31. Nd7 $16) (29... Rae8 30.
a4 g5 31. a5 $16) 30. a4 g6 31. g3 $1 fxg3 32. hxg3 Kg7 33. f4 Re7 34. a5 {
[%csl Rb6]} b5 35. cxb5 Bxd5 36. Bf1 Nf5 37. Ra3 (37. Kf2 $5) 37... Nd4 (37...
Rc8 38. Rc3 Kf6 39. Rec1 $16) 38. Rd1 (38. Rc3 $1 Rc8 39. Rec1 c4 $1 40. b6 (
40. Bxc4 Bxc4 41. Rxc4 Rxc4 42. Rxc4 Nxb5 $14) 40... axb6 41. axb6 Rb7 42. Nxc4
Rc6 43. Ne3 Rxc3 44. Rxc3 Bf7 45. Nc4 $16) 38... Rd8 (38... Rc8 39. Rc3 Be6 40.
Rdc1 Nb3 41. Nc6 Rec7 42. Re1 $16) 39. Rc3 Be6 40. Kf2 $2 {From this move the
minuses of the FIDE time control became obvious. The quantity of mistakes of
later moves was too high.} (40. Rdc1 $1 $16) 40... Rc8 $2 (40... Nxb5 41. Rxd8
Nxc3 $15) 41. Rb1 $16 g5 42. b6 (42. Bg2 $5 gxf4 43. gxf4 Rf8 44. b6 Rxf4+ 45.
Ke3 Rf8 46. Rxc5 $16) 42... axb6 43. axb6 gxf4 44. gxf4 Bd5 45. Bd3 $6 (45. Bh3
$1 Rf8 (45... Ne6 46. Rd1 $16) 46. Ke3 Rxf4 47. Rxc5 Re4+ 48. Kd3 Bb7 49. Bc8
$1 R4xe5 (49... Nf3 50. Nxf3 Re3+ 51. Kc4 Bxf3 $16) 50. Rxe5 Rxe5 51. Kxd4 (51.
Bxb7 Ne6 52. Bc6 Nd8 $16) 51... Re4+ 52. Kd3 Re7 53. Bxb7 Rxb7 54. Kc4 Kg6 55.
Kc5 h5 56. Kc6 Rb8 57. Rb5 h4 58. Kc7 Rh8 59. b7 Rh7+ (59... h3 60. b8=Q Rxb8
61. Kxb8 h2 62. Rb1 Kg5 63. Rh1 $18) 60. Kb6 Rh8 61. Ka7 Rh7 62. Ka8 Rh8+ 63.
b8=Q Rxb8+ 64. Kxb8) 45... Rf8 $2 (45... Ne6 46. Kg3 (46. Bf5 Kf6 47. Bh3 Rf8
48. Re1 Rb7 $14) 46... Rg8 $132) 46. Ke3 $6 (46. Rxc5 $1 Rxe5 (46... Ne6 47.
Rxd5 Nxf4 48. Rd7 Nxd3+ 49. Ke3 $18) (46... Rxf4+ 47. Ke3 Kf6 48. Rxd5 Rxe5+
49. Kxf4 Ne6+ (49... Rxd5 50. b7 Nc6 51. Rb6 $18) 50. Kg3 Rxd5 51. Bc4 $1 Rd8
52. b7 Rb8 53. Rb6 $18) 47. Rc7+ Kf6 48. fxe5+ Kxe5+ 49. Ke3 $18) 46... Nc6 $2
(46... Ne6 47. Rg1+ Kh8 48. f5 Ng7 49. Rxc5 Nxf5+ 50. Bxf5 Rxe5+ 51. Kd4 Rexf5
52. Rxd5 $14) 47. Rxc5 $18 Nxe5 48. fxe5 Bb7 (48... Rxe5+ 49. Kd4 $18) (48...
Rf3+ 49. Kd4 Bb7 50. Rc7 $18) 49. Be4 Rff7 50. Bxb7 Rxb7 51. Ke4 Rfd7 52. Rc6
Kf8 53. e6 Rd2 54. Rf1+ Ke8 (54... Kg7 55. Rc7+ Rxc7 56. bxc7 Rc2 57. e7 $18)
55. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.07.10"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Be3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bd6 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Rfb1 f5 {[%mdl 4096] The
position is not drawish, since white has better bishop and some chances for
play on the queenside.} (12... c5 13. Kf1 a5 (13... Ng6 14. Nc4 f6 15. Ke2 Be7
16. Rg1 Kf7 17. a4 b6 18. Rg3 Nf8 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Ne6 21. Be3 b5 22. Na5 {
1-0 Zhang Zhong-Iuldachev,S/Jodhpur 2003/ (51)}) 14. a4 Nc6 15. c3 f6 16. Ke2
b6 17. Rg1 Kf7 18. Nc4 Rad8 19. Rg2 h4 20. Rag1 g5 21. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 De la
Villa Garcia,J-Delchev,A/La Roda 2004/ (30)}) (12... Kd7 13. b4 Ng6 14. Kf1 Nf8
15. c3 Ne6 16. Ke2 Rhf8 17. d4 f5 18. d5 cxd5 19. exd5 Nd8 20. Rg1 Rf7 21. Nc4
b5 22. Na5 {1-0 Kobalija,M-Kazhgaleyev,M/playchess.com INT 2004/ (41)}) (12...
Ng6 13. b4 f6 14. a4 (14. Kf1 Nf8 15. Nc4 Ne6 16. a4 Ke7 17. Na5 Nd8 18. c3 b6
19. Nc4 Ne6 20. d4 Rhd8 21. Ke2 Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E-Relange,E/Belfort
1997/ (80)}) 14... Kf7 15. Kf1 Nf8 16. Ke2 Ne6 17. c3 Rhd8 18. Nc4 b6 19. Kd2
Be7 20. Kc2 Rd7 21. Rd1 Rad8 {0-1 Shirov,A-Topalov,V/Madrid 1997/ (82)}) 13. b4
a5 14. a3 (14. bxa5 $2 f4) 14... O-O (14... axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Kf7 17.
Nc4 $36) 15. Nc4 axb4 16. axb4 b5 17. Na5 (17. Nxd6 $5 cxd6 18. Ra5 f4 (18...
Rab8 19. Bg5 Kf7 20. f4 $14) 19. Bb6 Kf7 20. Rba1 Rac8 $11) 17... Ra6 18. c4
Ng6 19. Kf1 Rfa8 (19... f4 20. Bd2 Rd8 21. Nb7 Rda8 22. Ra5 Be7 23. Rc1 $14)
20. Bd2 fxe4 $6 {Adams doesn't feel the danger of simply keeping the balance.
The exchange of "f" pawns significantly improves white's structure.} (20... Be7
21. Rc1 Nh4 22. Ke2 bxc4 23. Rxc4 Kf7 24. Bc3 c5 25. b5 R6a7 26. Rca4 $13) 21.
fxe4 Be7 22. c5 Bf6 23. Rd1 Kf7 24. Ke2 Ke8 (24... Ke6 25. Be3 $14) 25. Ra3 Nf8
26. d4 $5 (26. Be3 Ne6 27. Kf3 g5 $11) 26... Ne6 (26... exd4 $5 27. f4 g6 28.
Rg1 Kf7 29. Rd3 Ne6 30. Rdg3 Nf8 $11) 27. dxe5 Bxe5 28. Be3 Bb2 (28... g5 29.
Rad3 Nf4+ 30. Bxf4 Bxf4 31. Kf3 $14) 29. Rad3 Be5 30. Rg1 Rxa5 $6 {Black is
losing patience, he have probably missed 32.f4! by white. The inferior
position had to be defended passively.} (30... Ke7 31. Ra3 Kf7 $14) 31. bxa5
Rxa5 32. f4 $1 Bxf4 (32... Nxf4+ 33. Bxf4 Bxf4 34. Rxg7 b4 35. Rdd7 Ra2+ 36.
Kf3 Bh2 37. e5 $18) 33. Rg6 Kf7 (33... Bxe3 34. Rxe6+ Kf7 35. Rxc6 Bf4 36. Rf3
g5 37. Rxc7+ $18) 34. Rxe6 Kxe6 35. Bxf4 Ra4 36. Kf3 Rc4 37. Be3 b4 38. Rd4
Rxd4 (38... Rxc5 39. Rxb4 Rc2 40. h4 $18) 39. Bxd4 g5 40. Ke3 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.07.13"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 {
The Sicilian has quickly transposed into a position of the Ruy Lopez type.} Rc8
{I don't like this move, Black is not developed enough to spend a tempo just
for nothing} ({After the more common move} 8... e5 {White may play prophylactic
} 9. h3 g6 10. d4 Bg7 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Nc3 b4 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bb5 18. Rb1 Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Xu
Jun/Shanghai Tan Chin Nam Cup 2001/ (49)}) (8... Bg4 {is also playable with
possible continuation} 9. d3 e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nf1 Nd7 13. Ng3 Bg6
14. d4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 O-O 17. Nf5 Rc8 18. Bd3 exf5 19. exf5 Bg5
20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 {1-0 Akopian,V-Moiseenko,A/Wch KO Tripoli 2004/ 
(66)}) 9. a4 {A logical play - White is trying to break before Black completes
his development. Yet, Black's position is quite solid.} g6 (9... e5 {was still
possible.}) 10. axb5 axb5 11. d4 cxd4 ({In the event of} 11... Bg4 12. dxc5
dxc5 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Na3 c4 15. h3 $14) 12. cxd4 Bg4 $6 {One more delay with
development.} ({Better was} 12... Bg7) 13. Nc3 b4 (13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 b4 15.
Ba4 bxc3 16. d5 $36) 14. Ne2 $5 {A very interesting move.The knight goes
towards c6 and it's not easy to parry this positional threat!} ({But apart
from this move, Adams had another interesting continuation:} 14. Nd5 Bg7 (14...
Nxd5 15. exd5 Nb8 16. Ba4+ Bd7 (16... Nd7 17. h3 {[%csl Re8]}) 17. Qb3 $36 {
[%csl Rb4]}) 15. Ba4 (15. Bg5 $5) 15... O-O 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Qa4 $14) 14...
Bg7 ({To} 14... d5 {White has the highly unpleasant} 15. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 16. dxe5
Nxe4 17. f3 Rxc2 18. Qxc2 Qb6+ 19. Nd4 Qxd4+ 20. Be3 Qc4 21. Ra8+ $18) 15. d5
Bxf3 ({After} 15... Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Ba4+ Bd7 18. Qd3 O-O 19. Bd2 $16 {
[%csl Rb4,Rg7]}) 16. gxf3 Ne5 17. Ba4+ {White plays very aggressively, hoping,
that this is the precisest way to punish black for his opening strategy.} Nfd7
18. Nd4 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gf3f4]} O-O $5 19. f4 Nc4 20. Nc6 Rxc6 $1 {Best
chance!} (20... Qe8 {is too passive}) 21. dxc6 (21. Bxc6 Nxb2 22. Qe2 Nd3 $5)
21... Nc5 22. Qe2 ({Stronger was} 22. Qc2 {keeping control over the b3 square})
(22. e5 $5) 22... Nb6 23. Bb5 Nb3 24. Ra6 $6 (24. Ra7 {looks promising and
after} Nd4 25. Qd3 Qc8 26. Rb7 {the active rook together with the passed pawn
promise clear advantage for White.} Qg4+ $140 27. Qg3 $18) 24... Nd4 25. Qd3
Na8 $5 {[%cal Ga8c7]} (25... Qb8 26. Bd2) 26. Ra4 $6 {Facing such stubborn
defense, Adams loses his rate of attack.} (26. Ra7 $142 Nc7 27. Ba4 {[%csl Ga7,
Gc6]}) 26... Nc7 27. Rxb4 $6 {White is ready to give back the exchange.} ({
Perhaps after} 27. Bc4 $142 Nxc6 28. Rd1 $16 {[%csl Gd4]}) 27... Qb8 $5 ({
In case of} 27... Ncxb5 28. Rxb5 Nxb5 29. Qxb5 Qc7 30. Re2 $1 {[%csl Gb2,Gc6]
[%cal Ge2c2]} Rb8 31. Qc4 Qc8 32. f5 {White get advantage}) 28. Rxd4 Bxd4 29.
Qxd4 Qxb5 30. f5 (30. Qc3 Rc8 31. b4 Na6 32. Bb2 f6 $13) 30... Rc8 31. Bh6 {
It seems this plan doesn't promise much.} ({Worth considering} 31. f6 $5 exf6 (
31... Ne6 32. Qd5) 32. Qxf6 Qxc6 33. Bh6 Ne6 $14) 31... Ne8 32. e5 (32. Ra1
Qxc6 33. Ra7 $13) 32... Rxc6 33. exd6 Rxd6 $11 34. Qe5 Qxe5 35. Rxe5 Rd7 {
[%mdl 4096] The ending is absolutely equal but Kasimdzhanov had a significant
advantage on the clock.} 36. Rc5 (36. Rb5 $142 {[%csl Gb2]}) 36... f6 37. fxg6
hxg6 38. Be3 Rb7 39. Bd4 Kf7 $15 40. Kg2 Nd6 41. Bc3 e5 {[%csl Rb2,Ge5,Gf6,Gg6]
} 42. Ra5 {It seems that this natural move is innacurate.} (42. Rc6 $5) 42...
Nc4 43. Ra1 Rb6 (43... Nxb2 $2 44. Rb1) 44. b4 Nd6 45. Rb1 {There was no
necessity to put the rook in a passive position.} (45. Kf3 $5) 45... Ke6 46.
Bd2 f5 47. Be3 Rb7 48. Bc5 {the arisen endgame is not safe for White.} ({
Better is} 48. f3) 48... Ne4 49. Rd1 Rc7 50. Bb6 Rc6 51. Ba7 $6 {Another
unnacuracy in time troubles} (51. Ba5 $142 Rc2 52. Bb6 {and nothing forced is
seen yet.} Rb2 53. Bc5 g5 $36) 51... Ra6 52. Be3 ({After} 52. Bc5 Nxc5 53. bxc5
Rc6 54. Rc1 Kd5 $17 {White keeps some chances for the draw in the rook endgame.
}) 52... f4 $1 53. Bc1 $6 ({Maybe} 53. Bc5 $5 {was already lesser evil.}) 53...
Ra4 54. Re1 Kf5 55. Bb2 Rxb4 $19 56. Bxe5 $2 (56. Re2 Rb5) 56... f3+ $1 57.
Kxf3 Kxe5 58. Kg4 Kf6 59. f4 Nf2+ 60. Kg3 Nd3 {A glorious finish of the knight
march!} (60... Nd3 61. Rf1 Kf5 $19 {[%csl Rf4]}) 0-1

[Event "Pune"]
[Site "Pune"]
[Date "2004.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. Qc2 Bc6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Rc8 8. d4
$5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 g6 $146 ({The main move is} 9... e6 {but lately Black has
experienced problems in this line -} 10. O-O Be7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. f4 O-O 13.
Nf3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Be3 $14 {Khamrakulov,I-Cheparinov,I/Malaga op 2004/ 1-0 
(34)}) 10. O-O Bg7 11. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 (11... Rxc6 $5 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Rd1 $14) 12.
Nb3 (12. Nf3 $5) 12... O-O 13. Be3 {In my opinion White has some advantage
here - maybe small, but lasting.} c5 (13... a5 $5 14. f4 a4 15. Nd2 $14) 14.
Rad1 Qc7 15. f4 $36 Qc6 (15... Rb8 $5) 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Bf3 {[%cal Re4e5]} Qa6
18. b3 Ne8 {[%cal Ge8c7,Gc7b5]} (18... Nb6 19. c4 $5 {[%cal Ge4e5,Gd2b1,Gb1c3]}
) 19. Nc4 (19. e5 $5 dxe5 20. f5 $1 Nd6 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Ne4 $44) 19... Nb6 (
19... Nc7 $6 20. e5 $1 Nb6 21. Nxb6 (21. exd6 Nxc4 22. dxc7 Nxe3 23. cxb8=Q
Rxb8 24. Qd3 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 Nxf1 26. Kxf1 $11) (21. Be2 $5) 21... Rxb6 22. b4
$36) 20. Be2 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 {[%csl Gc4] The bishops pair advantage promises
better chances to White.} Qa5 {A mistake after which Black will find himself
in a big trouble.} ({Better was} 21... Qc6 $5 22. Rfe1 {[%csl Gc4]} (22. e5 $5
dxe5 23. f5)) 22. e5 $1 {Refuting his opponent's strategy in the most
energetic way.} dxe5 23. f5 Nd6 ({If} 23... gxf5 24. Qxf5 (24. Rxf5 Nd6 25. Rh5
e4 $8 26. Rxc5 Qb6 27. Re1 $16) 24... Qxc3 (24... e6 $6 {, then} 25. Bxe6 $1
fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8 28. Qxe5+ {and 29.Qxb8.}) 25. Bxc5 (25. Rd3
$5) (25. Bxf7+ Kh8 26. Qh3 Nd6 27. Bg6 $16)) 24. fxg6 (24. Rxd6 $1 exd6 25.
fxg6 hxg6 26. Qxg6 Qxc3 27. Bh6 $40) 24... hxg6 (24... Nxc4 25. gxf7+ (25.
gxh7+ Kh8 26. bxc4 {is good enough}) 25... Rxf7 26. bxc4 $16 (26. Rxf7 Nxe3))
25. Rxd6 $1 {After this move there is no doubt of White's overwhelming
advantage.} exd6 26. Qxg6 {[%cal Ca5c3,Re3h6]} Qxc3 $8 27. Bh6 Qd4+ (27... e4
28. Bxf7+ Rxf7 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Qh5) 28. Kh1 e4 $8 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7 30. Qxf7+
Kh8 (30... Kh7 31. Bxg7 Qxg7 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33. Qd5+ Kh8 34. Qxd6 $18) 31. Qh5 ({
Not} 31. Bxg7+ $6 Qxg7 32. Qh5+ Qh7 $1) 31... Bxh6 (31... Kg8 32. Bxg7 Qxg7 {
leads to the same as 30...Kh8.} 33. Qd5+ {, winning a pawn.}) 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33.
h3 $1 Qg7 ({Or} 33... e3 34. Rf5) (33... Qe5 34. Qg6+ Qg7 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Rf5)
34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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 "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Be3 a6 13. Nc3 Nc5 14. Bc2 a5
15. Qd2 b6 16. a3 Ba6 17. b3 Rc8 18. Rab1 g6 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 a4 21. b4 Nd7
22. b5 Bb7 23. Rb4 Qc7 24. Nxa4 Ra8 25. Bh6 Rfe8 26. Qf2 Bf6 27. Nxb6 Qxb6 28.
Qxb6 Nxb6 29. Rxf6 Rxa3 30. Rxd6 Ra1+ 31. Rb1 Rxb1+ 32. Bxb1 Nxc4 33. Rd7 Ba8
34. Ba2 Nb6 35. Rd6 Nc8 36. Rf6 Rd8 37. b6 Nd6 38. Rf1 Bb7 39. Bf4 Nb5 40. Rc1
Rd7 41. Rc5 Nd6 42. Bb3 Ne8 43. Ba4 Rd8 44. Bc6 Rc8 45. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Be2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4
Be7 9. dxc5 O-O 10. Nd4 Bxc5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nd2 e5 13. Nb3 Ba7 14. c4 Ne7
15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Be3 Kf8 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Ke8 19. Bxa7 Rxa7 20. Nc5 Nf5
21. Bg4 Ke7 22. Re1 Kd6 23. Ne4+ Kc7 24. c5 f6 25. f4 Nd4 26. Bxc8 Kxc8 27.
fxe5 fxe5 28. Nd6+ Kd7 29. Rxe5 Ra8 30. Re4 Ne6 31. Nc4 Ke7 32. b4 Rd8 33. Ne5
Rc8 34. Kf2 a5 35. Nd3 Kf6 36. bxa5 Ra8 37. Ra4 Nc7 38. Ke3 Ke6 39. a6 Nb5 40.
Re4+ Kd5 41. a4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nbc6 13. Nd5 e6 14. fxe6 fxe6
15. Ne3 O-O 16. Be2 (16. c3 d5 17. Be2 Ng6 18. O-O Nf4 19. Bg4 Qe7 20. Re1 Ne5
21. Be2 Rad8 22. Ng4 Nc6 {0-1 Cheparinov,I-Sakaev,K/Dos Hermanas 2003/ (42)})
16... Qe7 (16... d5 17. O-O Ng6 18. c4 Nd4 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Bg4 Nf4 21. Bxf4
Rxf4 22. Qd3 Qd6 23. Rad1 {1-0 Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/Monte Carlo 2000/ (40)}) 17.
O-O Rad8 18. Bh5 $5 $146 {Kasimdzhanov has done his homework and is well
informed about the nuicances of the position. His new move strives to prevent
relocation of the black knight to f4 square.} (18. c4 Ng6 19. Qd2 Nf4 20. Rab1
Qf7 {1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,S-Sakaev,K/Moscow 2003/}) 18... Kh8 19. Re1 d5 20. a4 Nc4
$6 {This hasty move fails to solve the problems of the position. Much better
results could have been achieved with the fine manouver of the knight 20...
Nd7!?} (20... Nd7 $5 21. Ng4 (21. c3 Be5 $1) (21. Nxd5 Qc5 22. Ne3 Nf6 23. Qe2
Nd4 $19) 21... Nc5 (21... Bxb2 22. Rb1 Bc3 23. Rxb7 Bxe1 24. Qxe1 e5 25. Nxh6
$14) 22. c3 e5 $13) 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. Qg4 Qb4 (22... Nd4 23. c3 Nc2 24. Rxe6
Qxe6 25. Qxe6 Nxa1 26. Be5 Bxe5 27. Qxe5+ $18) 23. Qxe6 Rd2 (23... Nd4 24. Qe4
Qxb2 25. Be5 Bxe5 26. Qxe5+ Kg8 27. Rab1 Qxc2 28. Rxb7 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 $18) (
23... Qxb2 24. Qxc4 Qc3 25. Qe6 $16) 24. Rad1 (24. c3 Qxb2 25. Be8 Rdxf2 26.
Bxf2 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 $16) 24... Nd4 (24... Rxc2 25. Bf3 Rd2 26. Bd6 $16) 25. Qe4
(25. Bd6 Qb6 26. Qd7 Rdxf2 (26... Nf3+ 27. Bxf3 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1
Rxf3 30. Bc5 Rxh3+ 31. Qxh3 Qxc5 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Qe6 $18) 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28.
Kh1 $16) 25... Nf5 26. Be5 $1 {Anand suffers due to the vulnerability of his
king, the exchange of the bishops will expose him wide open.} Rxf2 27. Bf3 (27.
Kxf2 Qc5+ 28. Ke2 Bxe5 29. Rd5 Ng3+ 30. Kd1 Nxe4 31. Rxc5 Rd8+ 32. Kc1 Bf4+ 33.
Kb1 Nxc5 $19) 27... Rd2 (27... Qb6 28. a5 Qa7 29. Kh1 $16) 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 (
28... Nxg7 29. Rxd2 Qxd2 30. Rd1 Qa5 31. Qxc4 $16) 29. Qe5+ (29. Rxd2 Qxd2 30.
Qe5+ Rf6 31. Bxb7 $16) 29... Rf6 30. a5 $6 $138 (30. Rxd2 Qxd2 31. Bxb7 $16)
30... Nh4 $2 {[%mdl 64] Both mistakes are closely related to the time trouble,
white will somehow manage to find a fine refutation.} (30... b5 31. axb6 Qxb6+
32. Kh1 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 $16) 31. Qc7+ Rf7 32. Qe5+ Rf6 33. Bh5 $1 Ng6 {Modest
and necessary, since otherwise black king would suffer indignity of beeing
mated.} (33... Rxg2+ 34. Kh1 Rd2 35. Rxd2 Qxd2 36. Qc7+ Kg8 37. Re8+ Rf8 38.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Qf7#) 34. Bxg6 Rxd1 (34... Kxg6 35. Qe8+ Rf7 36. Qg8+ Kf6 37.
Qh8+ $18) 35. Rxd1 Kxg6 36. Qe4+ Kg7 (36... Kf7 37. Rd7+ Kf8 38. Qe5 $18) 37.
Rd7+ Kg8 (37... Rf7 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39. Rd8+ Rf8 40. Qe6+ Kg7 41. Rd7+ $18) 38.
Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. a4 Be7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Bd7 11. Nb3 b6 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. g4 Bc8 14. g5 Nd7 15. Bg2
Re8 16. Rf3 Bf8 {White is aiming for the direct kingside attack. It is not
possible to win with pressure along the h file, but Kasimdzhanov can bring the
reserves and try to open the f file.} (16... Na5 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. Rh3 g6 19. Qg4
Rac8 20. Rf1 Nc4 21. Nxc4 Qxc4 22. Rd1 Nf8 23. Qh4 d5 24. Bd4 Bc5 25. Qf2 dxe4
{1/2-1/2 Alekseev,E-Golod,V/Biel 2005/}) 17. Rh3 g6 18. Qe1 (18. Qg4 Bb7 19.
Rf1 Nc5 20. Qh4 h6 21. f5 Nxb3 22. cxb3 Ne5 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Bd4 Bg7 25. gxh6
Nf3+ 26. Rhxf3 Bxd4+ 27. Kh1 Re7 {1/2-1/2 Jankovskis,G-Roeder,M/Mittelrhein
1994/EXT 2002 (30)}) 18... Nb4 (18... Bg7 19. Qh4 Nf8 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Bb7
22. Rf1 Ne7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Ne4 Nf5 25. Rxf5 exf5 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. gxf6 h5 {
0-1 Popovych,O-Kirov,N/Hamburg 1977/ (43)}) (18... Bb7 19. Qf2 Bg7 20. Rf1 Nb4
21. f5 exf5 22. exf5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nf8 (23... Qc4 24. Rh4 Qc6+ 25. Kg1 Nxc2 26.
fxg6 f5 27. Qxf5 Qg2+ 28. Kxg2 Nxe3+ 29. Kg1 Nxf5 30. gxh7+ Kh8 31. Rxf5 {
1-0 Popovic,P-Damjanovic,V/Niksic 1996/ (61)}) 24. f6 Bh8 25. Kg1 h5 26. Rh4 a5
27. Bxb6 Qb8 28. Nxa5 Rxa5 29. Bxa5 {1-0 Damjanovic,V-Cabrilo,G/Niksic 1996/ 
(37)}) 19. Qf2 (19. Qh4 h5 20. gxh6 Nxc2 21. h7+ Kh8 22. Rc1 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Bb7
$11) 19... Rb8 (19... Bb7 20. Rf1 Nc5 21. f5 $36) 20. Rf1 f5 {Polgar was
getting scared of the white's advance 21.f5!, so she tries to prevent it with
a well known strategical motive of the advance of her own.} (20... Bg7 21. f5
$1 exf5 22. exf5 Nf8 23. f6 Bxh3 24. fxg7 Bxg2 25. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 26. Kxg2 $16)
21. exf5 $1 (21. gxf6 Nxf6 $13) 21... gxf5 (21... exf5 22. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 23.
Bxd5+ Kg7 24. Rxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qh4+ Kg7 26. Qh6#) 22. Bd4 Re7 $1 {The defender
was facing an unusual problem of the defense against the advance 23.g6 when
black pieces are ill prepared for the opening of the kingside.} (22... Bb7 23.
g6 hxg6 (23... h6 24. g7 $1 Bxg7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qd4+ $18) 24. Qh4 (24. Rh8+
Kf7 25. Qh4 e5 $1) 24... Re7 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qh7+ Ke8 28. Qxg6+
Kd8 29. Rh8 Re8 30. Re1 Qc4 31. Bf2 $16) 23. Re1 e5 (23... Bb7 24. Bf6 Bxg2 25.
Qxg2 Ree8 26. Nd4 $16) 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 26. Bc3 $1 Bb7 (26... Rg7 27.
fxe5 dxe5 28. Qxf5 $16) 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 128] White is playing
with great flare and all white pieces will now participate in the crushing
attack.} Rf7 (28... exd4 29. Rxe7 Bxe7 30. Qxd4+ Bf6 31. gxf6 Rg8+ 32. Rg3
Rxg3+ 33. hxg3 $18) 29. Qh4 b5 (29... exd4 30. Bxd4+ Kg8 31. g6 $18) 30. Nxf5
$1 d5 31. g6 $6 $138 (31. Qh5 $1 Qb6+ 32. Kg2 Kg8 33. g6 Qxg6+ 34. Rg3 $18)
31... Qb6+ 32. Kh1 Qxg6 33. Rxe5 $6 {The time trouble is no friend of the
exact solutions, white is complicating his task by chosing second rate
solutions.} (33. fxe5 $1 Rxf5 34. e6+ Nf6 35. Rg1 $18) 33... Nxe5 34. Bxe5+ Bg7
(34... Kg8 35. Rg3 Rxf5 36. Rxg6+ hxg6 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Qh7+ Ke8 39. Qxg6+ Rf7
40. Bxb8 $18) 35. Bxg7+ Rxg7 36. Nxg7 Qxg7 $2 (36... Qe4+ 37. Kg1 Qd4+ 38. Kf1
Qc4+ 39. Rd3 Qxc2 40. Rg3 bxa4 41. Nh5 (41. Qf6 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Qxb2+ 43. Qxb2
Rxb2+ 44. Kh3 Rb3 45. Ne6 Rxg3+ 46. Kxg3 a3 47. Nd4 a2 48. Nc2 $16) 41... Qd1+
42. Kg2 Rxb2+ 43. Kh3 Qf1+ 44. Kg4 Qe2+ 45. Rf3 Qe6+ 46. f5 Qg8+ 47. Qg5 Rg2+
48. Ng3 $16) 37. axb5 axb5 38. c3 Qg6 $2 {Judit had no easy task of chosing
the most promissing defense, unfortunatelly the text loses two vital tempies.}
(38... Re8 $16) 39. f5 $1 Qg7 40. Re3 Ra8 41. Qe1 Qf7 42. Qd1 Qg7 (42... Qxf5
43. Qd4+ Kg8 44. Rg3+ Kf7 45. Qg7+ Ke6 46. Re3+ $18) 43. b4 h6 44. Qe1 Ra7 45.
f6 $1 {With time to spare again white is finding the fine tactical solution.}
Qxf6 (45... Qg6 46. Re8+ Kh7 47. Re7+ Rxe7 48. fxe7 Qe8 49. Qe6 $18) 46. Re8+
Kh7 (46... Kg7 47. Qg1+ $18) 47. Qb1+ (47. Qb1+ Qg6 48. Rh8+ Kxh8 49. Qxg6 $18)
1-0

[Event "Ilyumzhinov Cup"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2006.05.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2006.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 a6 8. Be3 Qb6
9. Qb3 Qxb3 10. axb3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Ne7 13. Bb5+ Nc6 14. Bxc6+
bxc6 15. b4 Be7 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Ra4 Bc2 18. Ra2 f6 19. f4 fxe5 20. fxe5 Rxf1+
21. Kxf1 Bd3+ 22. Kf2 Rf8+ 23. Ke3 Bb5 24. Nf3 Rf5 25. g4 Rf7 26. Bc5 Bd8 27.
b3 h5 28. h3 Bf1 29. gxh5 Bxh3 30. Rxa6 Bg4 31. Nd4 Bg5+ 32. Kd3 Rf2 33. c4
Rd2+ 34. Kc3 Rd1 35. Rxc6 Bf4 36. b5 Bxe5 37. b6 Kh7 38. b7 dxc4 39. bxc4 Bf3
40. Rb6 Bxb7 41. Rxb7 Kh6 42. Rb6 Kxh5 43. Rxe6 Bf6 44. Re4 g5 45. Kc2 Rf1 46.
Ne2 Rf3 47. Bd4 Bxd4 48. Nxd4 Rf2+ 49. Kc3 g4 50. Ne6 Kh4 51. Ng7 Rf3+ 52. Kb4
Kg3 53. c5 Rf7 54. c6 Rxg7 55. c7 Rxc7 56. Rd4 Rc8 57. Rd5 Kh3 58. Rd6 g3 59.
Rd7 g2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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 "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 {The Zaitsev's variation went
on to a serious test in the World championship matches Kasparov-Karpov and
remains highly topical nowadays as well.} 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5
16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 {White's rook heading to the kingside.} f5 (17... c4 {
has been seen twice in KK World championship match in 1986. Both games ended
victoriously for White.}) 18. g4 $5 {A very interesting move, which appeared
only twice beforehand. This game will probably give a new push to this line.} (
{In the fifth KK match in 1990 Kasparov played once} 18. Rae3) ({and twice} 18.
exf5 {. It seems that recent analysis showed good defensive resources for
Black in both cases.}) ({Therefore, White switched to} 18. Nh2 {which is
considered to be the mail line nowadays.}) 18... fxg4 $6 {A novelty and
probably not the best one. In such a sharp line one inaccuracy might be enough
to lose the whole game.} (18... f4 $5 {An attempt to block white's initiative
on the kingside might be an improvement for Black.} 19. Nb3 c4 (19... g5 20.
axb5 axb5 21. Bd2 Ne5 22. Bxb4 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 cxb4 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. Qd1 Bg7
26. Qd2 $14 {De Firmian,N-Ivanov,A/Philadelphia 1993}) 20. Nbd4 Nc5 $132 21.
Bxf4 Qf6 22. Bh2 Nbd3 $44 {Hellers,F-Almasi,Z/Malmo 1994}) (18... fxe4 $6 {
This is rather risky, but deserves investigation as well. For example:} 19.
Nxe4 Bxd5 (19... Nxd5 20. g5 N7b6 21. Qc2 $40) (19... c4 20. g5 Nd3 21. Bxd3
cxd3 22. Rxd3 Nc5 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. gxh6 $16) 20. g5 Ne5 (20... bxa4 21. Bd2
Bb3 22. Rxb3 axb3 23. Bxb4 cxb4 24. Qxb3+ Kh8 25. Nh4 Ne5 26. f4 $40) 21. Nxe5
Rxe5 22. gxh6 Qh4 23. hxg7 Bxg7 24. Rg3 Rf8 (24... Bxe4 25. Qxd6 Rae8 26. Bh6
R5e6 27. Rxg7+ Kh8 28. Qxc5 Qxh6 29. Rg4 $18) 25. Bg5 Rxg5 26. Nxg5 Bd4 (26...
Qxg3+ 27. fxg3 Bd4+ 28. Qxd4 (28. Kh2 $4 Rf2+ 29. Kg1 Rd2+ $19) 28... cxd4 29.
axb5 axb5 30. Rd1 $16) 27. Ne4+ Kh8 28. Qg4 Qxg4 29. Rxg4 bxa4 30. Rh4+ Kg7 31.
Rg4+ Kh8 $11) 19. hxg4 Ne5 ({After} 19... Be7 20. Nf1 Bf6 21. Ne3 Ne5 22. Nxe5
Bxe5 23. Nf5 {White has pleasant attacking prospects.}) ({Deserved attention:} 
19... g6 $5 {covering the f5 square..}) 20. g5 $1 Bc8 (20... hxg5 $2 21. Nxe5
dxe5 22. Qh5 $40) 21. Nxe5 Qxg5+ 22. Rg3 Qxe5 23. Nf3 {[%csl Gb1,Gc1,Gd1,Ge1,
Gf3,Gg3] White is a pawn down, but his pieces are ready for a strike.} Qh5 (
23... Qf6 24. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Bb7 (24... Nxd5 25. e5 $1 dxe5 26. Qe4 Bb7
27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. Bg6+ Ke7 29. Bxh6 $18) 25. e5 $1 dxe5 26. Qe4 $18) 24. Kg2 Bg4
25. Rh1 Bxf3+ (25... Qg6 26. Bd2 {and after the following e4-e5 White will get
a crushing attack.}) 26. Rxf3 Qg4+ 27. Kf1 Rxe4 $1 {The only way to stay in
the game.} 28. Bxh6 $1 (28. Bxe4 $2 Qxe4 {and Black is fine.}) 28... Ra7 (28...
gxh6 $2 29. Rg3 $18) (28... Rd4 $2 29. Qe2 Nxd5 30. Bf5 $18 {[%cal Gf5g4,Gf5e6]
}) (28... Rae8 29. Be3 $16 (29. Bxe4 $6 Qxe4 30. Bd2 Nxd5 $13)) 29. Bd2 {
The "h" file is now a real problem for Black.} Rf7 (29... Nxd5 $2 30. Rh8+ $1
Kxh8 31. Rxf8+ Kh7 32. Qxg4 $18 {[%cal Gb1h7]}) 30. Bxe4 Qxe4 31. Rfh3 Rf5 32.
Bxb4 Qxb4 33. Qe2 {Black is forced to exchange queens not to be mated.} Qc4 34.
Qxc4 bxc4 35. Rh5 Rxh5 $2 {This decision is hard to understand. The exchange
of rooks leads to a totally hopeless ending for Black.} ({It was necessary to
keep the rooks on the board:} 35... g5 $1 36. Rg1 (36. Rh8+ Kf7 37. R1h7+ Bg7
38. Rd8 Kg6 39. Rxg7+ Kxg7 40. Rxd6 a5 {and Black should make a draw.}) 36...
Be7 37. Rh4 Rxd5 (37... Bf6 $2 38. Rxc4 Bxb2 39. f4 Rxd5 40. Rxg5+ Rxg5 41.
fxg5 Kf7 42. Rf4+ Kg6 43. Rf8 a5 44. Rg8+ Kf7 45. Ra8 Bc3 46. Ra6 $1 $18) 38.
Rxc4 Rd2 {with good survival chances.}) 36. Rxh5 Be7 37. Rh3 $1 {Kasim plays
it precisely.} Bf6 38. b3 c3 39. Ke2 {Black's passed pawn is not dangerous at
all.} Kf7 40. Kd3 Kg6 41. Rh8 {The rook is coming to capture black's "a" pawn.
The rest is easy.} Kf5 42. Ra8 Ke5 43. Rxa6 Kxd5 44. a5 g6 45. Ra7 Kc6 46. Rf7
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[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 "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. a4 Nh5 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Qc2 Qf6 16. Kh1 b4 17. h3 Be6 18. Bh2 bxc3 19. bxc3 Rb7 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. exd5
Ne7 22. Ne4 Qf5 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. Nxe5 Nf4 25. Bxf4 gxf4 26. Ng4 Rb6 27. Rfe1
Nxd5 28. Re5 Qd7 29. Rae1 Kg7 30. Qa2 Rd8 31. Qc4 Rg6 32. Qxc5 f3 33. gxf3 Nf4
34. Re7 Qd5 35. Qxd5 Nxd5 36. R7e5 Nxc3 37. Rc5 Nd5 38. Rc4 Re6 39. Rxe6 fxe6
40. Kg2 h5 41. Ne3 Kf6 42. f4 Nxe3+ 43. fxe3 Rxd3 44. Kf3 Rd7 45. Rc5 h4 46.
Kg4 Ke7 47. Rc3 Kf6 48. e4 Ke7 49. Kg5 e5 50. f5 Kd8 51. f6 c5 52. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.14"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 7. cxb5 c6 8.
Qd3 $1 $146 {This novelty might well put 6...b5 out of use. White seems to
have a decent positional plus after both 8...d5 and 8...cxb5 Durch diese
Neuerung könnte 6...b5 durchaus aus dem Verkehr gezogen werden. Sowohl nach 8..
.d5 als auch nach 8...cxb5 scheint Weiß über ein ordentliches positionelles
Plus zu verfügen.} (8. Bg5 cxb5 9. e3 Bb7 10. Nf3 a6) 8... d5 (8... cxb5 9. e4
$14 {with two bishops and a solid centre. mit dem Läuferpaar und einem soliden
Zentrum.}) 9. Bg5 cxb5 10. Nf3 a5 11. e3 (11. Ne5 {is attractive, but might
not be enough after ist verlockend, reicht aber vielleicht nicht aus nach} Qb6
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qg3+ Kh8 14. Nf3 b4 15. e3 bxa3 16. Qh4 axb2 17. Qxf6+ Kg8
$11) 11... Ba6 12. b4 {Now the main strategical point of the position becomes
clear: White tries to lock in the black bishop in this amusing cage, created
by his own pawns on b5, d5, e6. Black has to hurry up with his counterplay.
Nun wird der strategische Hauptpunkt der Stellung klar: Weiß versucht, den
Läufer von Schwarz in diesem amüsanten Käfig einzusperren, der aus seinen
eigenen Bauern auf b5, d5 und e6 besteht. Der Nachziehende muss sich mit
seinem Gegenspiel beeilen.} axb4 13. axb4 Nc6 $6 (13... Qd6 $5 {was perhaps
the lesser evil: war vielleicht das geringere Übel.} 14. Bxf6 (14. Rb1 Ne4 15.
Bf4 Qe7 16. Nd2 Nc6 $13) 14... Qxb4+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 gxf6 17. Bxb5 Bb7
18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Rc1 Bb7 20. Ne1 $5 (20. Rc7 Ba6 21. Bxa6 (21. Ba4 Bc4 22. Rb7
Na6 23. Kc3 Rc8 24. Bd7 Rc7 25. Rxc7 Nxc7 26. Kb4 Kf8 $11) 21... Nxa6 22. Rb7
Rb8 23. Rxb8+ Nxb8 24. Kc3 Nc6 $11) 20... Rc8 (20... Ba6 21. Ba4) 21. Rxc8+
Bxc8 22. Kc3 Kf8 23. Kb4 Ke7 24. Kc5 Ba6 25. Bd3 (25. Bxa6 Nxa6+ 26. Kb6 Nb4) (
25. g4 Bxb5 26. Kxb5 Kd6 27. Nd3 Nc6) 25... Bxd3 26. Nxd3 $14) 14. Rb1 Qd6 (
14... Nxb4 $2 {looks dangerous, but does not suffice: sieht gefährlich aus,
reicht aber nicht:} 15. Rxb4 Qa5 16. Qb1 $1 Ne4 17. Bd3 $1 ({but not} 17. Be7
Rfc8 18. Bd3 Ra7 $1 19. Bc5 Rxc5 20. dxc5 Nc3 21. Qb2 Na2 22. O-O Nxb4 $13)
17... Nc3 18. Qb2 Na2 19. Be7 $18) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qd2 Rfb8 (16... e5 17. Be2
Kh8 18. O-O Rg8 19. Rfc1 $16) 17. Bd3 (17. Be2 Bc8 18. Bd1 e5 19. O-O Bf5 20.
Rb2 Be4 $132) 17... Bc8 18. O-O (18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Kg7 20. O-O Bb7 21. Rb3
Ne7 $13) 18... Ra4 {White has failed by one move to achieve full positional
control (after Rfc1-c5 Black's position would be resignable), and now has to
change the character of the game drastically in order to keep the initiative. 
Weiß hat es um einen Zug nicht geschafft, die vollständige positionelle
Kontrolle zu erringen (nach Rfc1-c5 wäre die schwarze Stellung aufgabereif)
und muss nun den Charakter der Partie drastisch ändern, um die Initiative zu
bewahren.} 19. e4 $1 (19. Rfc1 Rxb4 20. Rxb4 Nxb4 21. Bxb5 Rxb5 22. Rxc8+ Kg7
$11) 19... dxe4 20. Bxe4 Ne7 21. Rfc1 $16 {The structure and the bishop on c8
are no longer so much of a problem for Black; but his king's vulnerabilty
gives White a steady plus. Die Struktur und der Läufer auf c8 stellen für
Schwarz kein so großes Problem mehr dar, doch die Anfälligkeit seines Königs
gibt Weiß ein beständiges Plus.} Kg7 (21... Bb7 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Qh6 Rxb4 24.
Rxb4 Qxb4 25. Qxf6 Qb2 26. Qg5+ Ng6 27. h4 $16) 22. Rc5 Nd5 (22... Ng6 23. Rh5
$16) (22... f5 $5 23. Qg5+ (23. Bd3 Bd7 24. Ne5 Be8) 23... Ng6 24. Bc6 Bd7 25.
Bxd7 (25. d5 Rxb4) 25... Qxd7 26. d5 $36) 23. Bxd5 (23. Ne5 $2 fxe5 24. Qg5+
Kf8 (24... Kh8 $2 25. Qh6 f5 26. Bxd5 $18) 25. dxe5 Qe7 26. Qh6+ Ke8 27. Qxh7
Rxb4 28. Rbc1 Bd7) 23... exd5 24. Nh4 $1 Bd7 25. Rc3 $6 {In approaching
time-trouble I am losing the thread. Bei herannahender Zeitnot verliere ich
den Faden.} (25. Qd3 $142 Rba8 (25... Kh8 26. Nf5 Bxf5 (26... Qe6 27. Ne3 Qe4
28. Qxe4 dxe4 $16) 27. Qxf5 Qe6 28. Qf4 $16) 26. Qg3+ Qxg3 27. fxg3 $16) 25...
Kh8 26. Rg3 (26. Qh6 Rg8 27. h3 Rg5 28. Rf3 Ra6 29. Re1 Qxb4 30. Rfe3 Qd6 31.
Nf5 Qb8 32. Rg3 Rg8 33. Rxg8+ Qxg8 34. Ne7 Qg7 35. Qf4 Ra8 $14) 26... Rg8 27.
Qh6 Ra6 $6 (27... Rxg3 $142 28. hxg3 Kg8 29. Qd2 $14 (29. Kh2 Ra2 30. f3 Ra8))
28. Rxg8+ Kxg8 29. h3 $16 {White is better in this position, not only because
the black king is still open, but mainly because the exchange of major pieces
would bring about a winning ending with knight against a bad bishop. Black's
blunder puts a sudden end to this interesting game: In dieser Position steht
Weiß besser, nicht nur, weil der schwarze König nach wie vor entblößt ist,
sondern auch, weil der Abtausch von Schwerfiguren ein gewonnenes Endspiel mit
Springer gegen den schlechen Läufer herbeiführen würde. Der schwarze Bock
bereitet dieser interessanten Partie ein jähes Ende:} Qe7 $2 30. Rb3 $18 1-0

[Event "Aiaccio Masters op"]
[Site "Ajaccio"]
[Date "2006.10.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Bg5 a6 8. e3
Be7 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rac1 h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Rfd1 b6 14. Qe2 Bb7 15.
Bb1 Rfe8 16. b3 Rad8 17. Nd4 Qb8 18. Bg3 Qa8 19. e4 Nc5 20. Re1 Bf8 21. Bh4 Be7
22. Bg3 Bf8 23. Rcd1 d5 24. cxd5 exd5 25. e5 Nfe4 26. Qc2 Rc8 27. f3 Nxb3 28.
axb3 Rxc3 29. Qb2 Bb4 30. fxe4 dxe4 31. Rf1 Bd5 32. Kh1 e3 33. Qe2 Bc5 34. Kg1
Bxg2 35. Qxg2 e2 36. Qxe2 Rd8 37. Bf2 g6 38. e6 Rd5 39. exf7+ Kh7 40. h4 Qb8
41. Bxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Chess960"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnnbrkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNNBRKBR w HEhe - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nb3 f6 4. Bh5 g6 5. Bg4 Be6 6. Bxe6 dxe6 7. f3 b6 8. Be3
h5 9. Qd1 Be7 10. Qe2 Nd6 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4
Qc6 15. Rhd1 Kb8 16. Qa6 Nc8 17. Nb5 Qb7 18. Qa4 c5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rxd8 Bxd8
21. Nc3 Qe7 22. Qc6 Bc7 23. f4 Nd6 24. b3 Qe8 25. Qxe8+ Nxe8 26. Kd2 Kb7 27.
Kd3 Kc6 28. Ne2 f5 29. e5 Bd8 30. Ng1 Nc7 31. c4 a5 32. Nf3 Na6 33. a3 Kd7 34.
Bf2 Ke8 35. Kc3 Nb8 36. b4 cxb4+ 37. axb4 Nc6 38. b5 Nb8 39. Nd4 Kf7 40. c5
bxc5 41. Nc6 Nxc6 42. bxc6 Ke8 43. Bxc5 Bc7 44. Kc4 Kd8 45. Kb5 Kc8 46. Be3 Bd8
47. Bd2 Bh4 48. g3 Be7 49. h4 Ba3 50. Bxa5 Bc1 51. Kc5 Be3+ 52. Kd6 Bf2 53.
Kxe6 Bxg3 54. Kf7 Bxh4 55. Kxg6 Bg3 56. Kxf5 h4 57. Kg4 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Chelyabinsk South Ural"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Rxd4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. f3 h6 13. Bd2 Be6 14. g4
Nd7 15. f4 f5 16. Bg2 fxg4 17. Rf1 Rc8 18. f5 Bf7 19. Rxg4 Nf6 20. Rd4 Qe7 21.
Bf3 Kh8 22. Rg1 Bg8 23. Qa4 Bh7 24. Qb4 Qe5 25. Kb2 Qxf5 26. Ka1 Rf7 27. c4 Qe5
28. cxd5 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 a5 30. Qb2 Rc2 31. Bxf7 Rxb2 32. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1"]
[Site "Lugo"]
[Date "2007.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2007.06.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Qe6 7. b3 c5 8.
Bb2 Bd6 9. Nc4 f6 10. Nh4 Ne7 11. f4 exf4 12. Qh5+ Qf7 13. Qxf7+ Kxf7 14. e5
fxe5 15. Nxe5+ Ke8 16. Nc4 Rg8 17. Rae1 b5 18. Nxd6+ cxd6 19. Rxf4 Ra7 20. Nf3
h6 21. d4 Rf8 22. Rfe4 Bf5 23. R4e3 Kf7 24. dxc5 dxc5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rxe7+
Rf7 27. R7e5 Rac7 28. c3 a5 29. R5e3 Bc8 30. Ne5 Rfe7 31. Kf2 Re6 32. Rg3+ Kh7
33. Rd3 Rf6+ 34. Rf3 Rd6 35. Re2 Re7 36. h3 a4 37. Rfe3 axb3 38. axb3 Bb7 39.
Nd3 Rf7+ 40. Kg1 Rd5 41. c4 bxc4 42. bxc4 Rdf5 43. Re6 Rg7 44. Kh2 Rfg5 45. Nf4
Rf5 46. g3 Bf3 47. Rd2 Ra7 48. Kg1 Rff7 49. Kf2 Bb7 50. Rdd6 h5 51. Rh6+ Kg8
52. Rdg6+ Kf8 53. Rh8+ Ke7 54. Rxh5 Ra2+ 55. Ke3 Kd7 56. Re5 Ra3+ 57. Kd2 Kc7
58. Rxc5+ Kb8 59. Re5 Ba6 60. Re3 Ra4 61. c5 Ra2+ 62. Kc3 Ra3+ 63. Kd2 Ra2+ 64.
Ke1 Ka7 65. Rge6 Ra1+ 66. Kf2 Rf1+ 67. Kg2 Rc1 68. Ra3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
O-O-O b5 9. c5 Bc7 10. Bd3 b4 11. Ne2 a5 12. Kb1 Ba6 13. Nc1 Qb8 14. Bxa6 Rxa6
15. Nd3 Qb5 16. Be1 Rb8 17. Rc1 Ra7 18. h3 Ne4 19. Nd2 a4 20. Nxb4 Nxf2 21. Rf1
Qxb4 22. Rxf2 Qb5 23. Ka1 Qa6 24. Nb1 f5 25. g4 fxg4 26. hxg4 Nf6 27. Qd1 Ne4
28. Re2 Rf8 29. Nc3 Rf1 30. Kb1 Nxc3+ 31. Rxc3 Ba5 32. Rc1 a3 33. bxa3 Rb7+ 34.
Ka1 h6 35. Qc2 Bc3+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.12.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Zehlendorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{This theoretically important game is annotated by the winner in the ChessBase
Magazine 122 in Fritztrainer video format, so I will just briefly mention the
critical moments.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5
Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13.
Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2 Ng6 {A line advocated by Predojevic.} (14... Nc5 {is the
main move}) 15. O-O fxg3 ({Two months later after the present game the Bosnian
GM played differently, but found himself in troubles anyway:} 15... Kb8 16.
Rfc1 a5 17. b4 $5 axb4 (17... Bxb4 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. Nbd4 $44) 18. Nb5 Qe5 19.
Nbd4 Bc5 20. Nb3 fxg3 21. hxg3 h5 22. Rab1 Ba7 23. e3 h4 24. Nbd4 Bxd4 (24...
Rc8 25. Rxb4 $16) (24... hxg3 25. Nxc6+ bxc6 26. Qxc6 $18) 25. Nxd4 c5 (25...
Qd6 26. Rxb4 $1 Qxb4 27. Nxc6+ bxc6 28. Qxc6 $18) 26. Rxb4 $1 cxb4 27. Nc6+ $18
{1-0 Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son-Predojevic,B/Moscow 2008 (31)}) 16. hxg3 h5 17.
Rfc1 Kb8 18. b4 ({After} 18. Nb5 Qb6 {the knight sacrifice} 19. a5 Qxb5 20. Nd4
{doesn't work very well in view of} Qc5 21. Qa4 Qd6 {and if} 22. a6 {then} Nc5)
18... h4 19. Nb5 $1 $146 {Kasimdzhanov: "This novelty probably puts 14...Ng6
out of use".} (19. b5 cxb5 20. Nxb5 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 hxg3 22. Nxg3 Nf4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P-Predojevic,B/Kemer 2007 (31)}) 19... Qc8 ({The point of
Kasimdzhanov's novelty is that after} 19... Qb6 {White wins by force thanks to}
20. a5 Qxb5 (20... Qa6 21. Nbd6 Bxd6 22. Nxd6 $18 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gb4b5]}) 21.
Nd4 {E.g.} Qh5 (21... Qa6 22. b5 cxb5 23. Qc7+ $18) 22. Nxc6+ bxc6 23. Qxc6 $18
) 20. Qb3 $1 {[%csl Ra7,Rf7][%cal Gb3e3]} (20. Nbd6 Bxd6 21. Nxd6 Qc7 22. Nxf7
hxg3 $132) 20... h3 21. Qe3 c5 22. Be4 Nf6 23. bxc5 Ng4 24. c6 $1 $18 {A very
nice queen sacrifice. White's attack is decisive.} Rd1+ (24... Nxe3 25. c7+ Ka8
26. cxd8=Q Qxd8 27. Nc7+ Kb8 28. Rab1 $18) 25. Rxd1 Nxe3 26. Nxe3 bxc6 (26...
Be7 27. c7+ Ka8 28. Bf5 $18) 27. Rab1 cxb5 28. Rxb5+ Kc7 29. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.02.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 h5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qc1 Rg8 14. Rd1 Bb4 15.
Qe3 Qe7 16. h3 h4 17. Be5 a6 18. a4 Nd7 19. Bh2 Nf6 20. Kh1 Rg6 21. Rac1 Rd8
22. Be5 Ba5 23. Bf3 Bb6 24. Qe2 Nd7 25. Bh2 e5 26. axb5 cxb5 27. d5 Nc5 28. Bg4
Nb3 29. Rb1 Nd4 30. Qd2 Bc5 31. Ne2 Nb3 32. Qc3 Bd6 33. g3 Bc8 34. gxh4 Bxg4
35. hxg4 gxh4 36. f3 Rc8 37. Rf1 Bb4 38. Qxe5 Qxe5 39. Bxe5 Nd2 40. Rbd1 Nxf1
41. Rxf1 Bd2 42. Rd1 Be3 43. Nc3 Kd7 44. Kg2 Re8 45. Bh2 Rf6 46. Bg1 Bxg1 47.
Rxg1 Kd6 48. Rh1 Kc5 49. Ra1 b4 50. Ne2 h3+ 51. Kg3 h2 52. Rh1 c3 53. bxc3 b3
54. Nc1 Kc4 55. Rxh2 a5 56. g5 Rb6 57. Nxb3 Kxb3 0-1

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz"]
[Date "2007.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 {A rare move. Usually, White starts with 10.Nf3.
But, Kasimdzhanov has his own approach to this line. The move in the text
keeps a possibility for White to develop the knight to e2.} ({One of the main
lines is} 10. Nf3 Bf5 (10... Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxc5 {is not enough for equality.})
11. b4 d4 12. g4 Bg6 {This has appeared at the top level as well.}) 10... Qa5+
(10... Bf5 11. Bd3 Ne5 (11... Qg5 12. f3 Qh4+ 13. Kf1 Ng3+ 14. hxg3 Bxd3+ 15.
Qxd3 Qxh1 16. b4 O-O 17. Bb2 Rfe8 18. Kf2 Qh6 19. Ne2 $44 {1/2-1/2
Kasimdzhanov,R (2683)-Aronian,L (2750)/Mainz 2007/CBM 120 (35)}) 12. Nf3 Nxd3+
13. Qxd3 Ng3 14. e4 $1 Nxe4 (14... Bxe4 $4 15. Qb5+ $18) 15. O-O O-O 16. Qd4
Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Nd4 Bg6 19. Bf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2682)
-Asrian,K (2634)/France 2007/CBM 116 ext (44)}) 11. b4 $5 (11. Bd2 Nxd2 12.
Qxd2 {Compared to the variation 10.Nf3, here White can't recapture with the
knight.} Qxc5 {Black has no problems. White needs a lot of time to complete
his kingside development.}) 11... Nxb4 12. axb4 Qxa1 13. Bb5+ Kf8 (13... Bd7 $6
14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Ne2 {Black's king is very unsafe.}) 14. Ne2 a5 $2 {This
pawn needs to move, but actually this is a serious mistake. Opening the a-file
does not prevent a smooth development of White's initiative.} ({Just a few
days later the same opponents met in the World blitz championship, but this
time Karpov came up with an improvement:} 14... a6 $1 15. Bd3 Bd7 {[%cal Gd7a4]
} 16. f3 Ba4 {White's queen is trapped for an exchange. Therefore, the whole
line is not promising for White.} 17. Qb2 Qxb2 18. Bxb2 Ng5 {White's
compensation for an exchange might be sufficient for equality at best.} 19. Kd2
Rc8 20. Ra1 Bd7 21. Nf4 Bc6 22. Bf5 Re8 23. Ne2 Ne6 24. h4 h5 25. Be5 Rh6 26.
Bd6+ Kg8 27. Bd3 Rd8 28. Be7 Re8 29. Bd6 Rd8 30. Be7 Re8 31. Bd6 {1/2-1/2
Kasimdzhanov,R (2690)-Karpov,A (2670)/Moscow 2007/EXT 2008}) 15. f3 Nf6 (15...
Ng5 16. O-O (16. e4 $6 Ne6 17. exd5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 $13) 16... Qf6 17. Nf4 {
with an overwhelming initiative.}) 16. O-O Qe5 (16... axb4 17. Bb2 Qa7 18. Ra1
Qb8 {looks very awkward, but was the least of the evils for Black.} (18...
Qxa1+ 19. Bxa1 Rxa1+ 20. Kf2 $16)) 17. e4 $1 {Opening the diagonal for the
dark-squared bishop.} dxe4 18. Bf4 Qf5 19. g4 $1 Qg6 20. Qd2 Be6 (20... Bxg4
21. Bd6+ Kg8 22. Nf4 {does not save Black. White's pieces are excellently
coordinated.}) {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for White.","","","f4b8","A
nice touch.",10]} 21. Bb8 $1 {[%cal Gd2d6] A nice touch.} Nd5 {This move loses
by force, though the alternatives are not much better.} (21... Bd7 22. Nf4 Qh6
23. Qd6+ Kg8 24. Bc4 $18) (21... Bd5 22. Nf4 Qh6 23. Be5 (23. Bd6+ $2 Kg8 24.
Nxd5 Qxd2 25. Ne7+ Kf8 26. Ng6+ {is only a perpetual check.}) 23... Bc6 24. Bc4
$1 {with a strong attack.}) 22. Nf4 Qh6 23. Nxe6+ Qxe6 (23... fxe6 24. fxe4+
$18 {Check!}) 24. Bd6+ Kg8 25. Bc4 $18 exf3 26. Bxd5 Qxg4+ 27. Kh1 axb4 {
After losing the knight, Black is still materially ahead, but all his extra
pawns are of no significance. White's bishops are so powerful, that the final
assault against the black monarch is as fast as it is easy.} 28. Bxf3 Qc4 29.
Qg2 h5 30. Bd5 Qg4 31. Bxf7+ Kh7 32. Qc2+ g6 33. Bxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 128] Well
played by Kasimdzhanov!} (33. Bxg6+ Qxg6 34. Rf7+ Kh6 35. Bf4+ {mating.}) 1-0

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz"]
[Date "2007.11.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 Bh6 13. e3 bxc4 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15.
bxc4 Qa5 16. Ba1 Bd7 17. Rb3 Bg7 18. a3 Ng4 19. Bf3 Ne5 20. Be2 Bh3 21. Re1 Nd7
22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Ne4 Bf5 24. Bxg7 Bxe4 25. Bh6 Ne5 26. Rf1 Qxa3 27. f3 Bd3 28.
Bxd3 Qxd3 29. Qxd3 Nxd3 30. Ra1 Rb6 31. e4 Ne5 32. Kf2 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Elista FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Nxg4 8. Rg1
f5 9. h3 Ngf6 10. Rxg7 Ne4 11. Bd2 Qf6 12. Rg2 Nf8 13. Qb3 Ng6 14. O-O-O b6 15.
Kb1 Bb7 16. Qa4 Nxd2+ 17. Rxd2 O-O 18. Qd1 Rae8 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Bd3 Re7 21.
h4 Kh8 22. Qh1 Rg7 23. Rd1 Rfg8 24. Rg5 Bc8 25. Ne2 f4 26. e4 dxe4 27. Bxe4 c5
28. Nc3 cxd4 29. Nxd4 Ne7 30. Bc2 Qh6 31. Ne4 Bb7 32. Qe1 Bb8 33. Rxg7 Rxg7 34.
Ng5 Bd5 35. Nde6 1-0

[Event "Elista FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.12.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 Nb8 13. b3 g6 14. a4 Nbd7 15. Ba3
c6 16. Nf1 Qc7 17. Ng3 Rad8 18. Qd2 Bg7 19. Rad1 c5 20. d5 bxa4 21. bxa4 a5 22.
Qe3 Ba6 23. Nd2 Rb8 24. Ngf1 Nb6 25. Bb3 Nh5 26. c4 Rb7 27. Qc3 Nd7 28. Ne3
Nhf6 29. Rc1 Bh6 30. Qc2 Reb8 31. Ba2 Nb6 32. Bb3 Bf4 33. g3 Bh6 34. Kg2 Qd7
35. Rb1 Ra7 36. Qc3 Bc8 37. Rh1 Rbb7 38. Ra1 Qe8 39. Ng4 Bxg4 40. hxg4 Nbxd5
41. cxd5 Bxd2 42. Qd3 Bg5 43. f3 h5 44. gxh5 Nxh5 45. Bc4 Qxa4 46. Bxc5 Rb2+
47. Bf2 Qd7 48. Ra2 Rab7 49. Qa3 Rxa2 50. Qxa2 Qc7 51. Rd1 Qb8 52. Qxa5 Rb2 53.
Qe1 Kg7 54. Kg1 Qc8 55. Bf1 Qc2 56. Bd3 Qa4 57. Ra1 Qb3 58. Rb1 Bd8 59. Rxb2
Qxb2 60. Qe2 Qc1+ 61. Qe1 Qb2 62. Qe2 Qb4 63. Qe3 Nxg3 64. f4 exf4 65. Qxf4 Nh5
66. Qe3 Kg8 67. Kg2 Qb2 68. Be2 Qxe2 69. Qxe2 Nf4+ 70. Kf3 Nxe2 71. Kxe2 Bf6
72. Kf3 Be5 73. Kg4 f6 74. Be3 Kf7 75. Kf3 Ke7 76. Ke2 Kd7 77. Kd3 Kc7 78. Kc4
Kb7 79. Kb5 g5 80. Bg1 g4 81. Bf2 g3 82. Be3 g2 83. Bg1 Bb2 84. Ka4 Ka6 85. Kb4
Be5 86. Kc4 Ka5 0-1

[Event "Elista FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. d5 Nd7 12. O-O f5 13. exf5 Nc5 {In previous
grandmaster praxis the move 13...Nxf5 was preferred, but Cheparinov has his
own solutions in quite a few openings.} (13... Nxf5 14. Nd2 Nd4 (14... Nf6 15.
Nde4 Nxe4 (15... h6) 16. Nxe4 Nd4 (16... h6 17. h3 Kh8 18. Bg4 Bd7 19. b4 Qe7
20. Re1 Rad8 21. Rc1 $14 {0-1 Rossmann,H-Uhlmann,W/Stralsund 1975/ (46)}) 17.
Bg4 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. f3 Qd7 20. Bf2 Raf8 $11 {1-0 Drasko,M (2510)
-Riemersma,L (2380)/Belgrade 1988 (57)}) 15. Nde4 Nxe2+ (15... h6 16. Bg4 Nf6
17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. f3 $14) 16. Qxe2 h6 17. b4 (17. f3 Nf6 18. Bf2 b6 $1 19. b4
a5 20. a3 Nh5 $13) 17... Nf6 18. h3 (18. f3 Nh5 19. Bf2 Nf4 20. Qd2 Bf5 $13)
18... Bf5 19. Rfe1 Qd7 {0-1 David,A (2573)-Bologan,V (2683)/Moscow 2005 (32)})
14. Qd2 (14. h4 gxh4 15. Bxh4 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. b4 e4 18. Nd4 Nxf5 19. Ndb5
Nh4 20. bxc5 Qg6 21. g3 Rf3 {0-1 Simeonidis,I (2283)-Tzermiadianos,A (2418)/
Kallithea 2003 (29)}) 14... g4 $1 $146 {This is the face of the novelty
prepared by Black; the white pieces should be robbed of harmony.} (14... Nf7
15. b4 Na6 16. Ne4 h6 17. Bd3 Bxf5 18. Rab1 Nh8 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Rf7 21. b5
Nb8 22. c5 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Nd7 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Nd4 $16 {1-0 Kovalyov,A (2510)
-Henry,L (2118)/Ottawa 2007 (45)}) 15. Nh4 (15. Bh4 $2 Qe8 16. f6 gxf3 17. fxg7
Rf4 $1 18. Bxf3 (18. Bg5 Qg6 $17) (18. Bg3 fxe2 19. Rfe1 Rf6 $17) 18... Rxh4
19. b4 Na6 20. Ne4 Qg6 $17) 15... a5 16. f3 (16. f6 Qxf6 17. f3 e4 18. fxe4
Qd4+ 19. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 20. Bf2 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nxe4 22. Bd4 Bd7 $11) 16... gxf3 17.
Rxf3 (17. Bxf3 Nxf5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Rae1 $11) 17... Ng4 $6 {Unfortunately
even Black's homework is not always perfect. Analysis of the critical position
hints that there were at least two sensible moves, that would deserve
preference to the knight move.} (17... Nxf5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Raf1 Qd7 20. Nb5
$14) (17... e4 $5 18. Rf2 Qe7 19. Qe3 Bxf5 20. h3 Bd7 $11) 18. h3 (18. Bd1 $1
e4 (18... Re8 19. Qe2 e4 20. Rf4 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Nf6 22. Qd2 $16) 19. Rf4 e3 20.
Qe2 h5 21. h3 Be5 22. Ng6 Bxf4 23. Bxf4 Nf2 24. Qxh5 $18) 18... Bh6 19. Qe1 e4
{The transposition to te middlegame is reminiscent of a walk in a minefiled.
Both players are avoiding variations, that they deem favourable for the
opponent.} (19... Ne3 20. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 21. Qg3+ Kh8 (21... Kf7 22. f6 $18) (
21... Qg5 22. Rxe3 Kf7 23. Rf3 $16) 22. Qxe5+ Bg7 $1 (22... Qf6 23. Rxe3 Bxe3+
24. Qxe3 Qxh4 25. Qxc5 $16) 23. f6 $1 Bh6 (23... Bxf6 24. Qxe3 $16) 24. Rxe3
Nd7 25. Qg3 Bxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Qxf6 27. Nf3 $16) (19... Be3+ 20. Kh1 e4 21. hxg4
exf3 22. gxf3 Qf6 23. Bf1 $16) 20. Rf1 (20. hxg4 exf3 21. Nxf3 $1 Be3+ 22. Bf2
Qe7 23. Nd4 $16) 20... Ne5 (20... Ne3 21. Bf4 Bg5 22. Qg3 $1 Nxf1 23. Rxf1 h6
24. Be3 $1 Qf6 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Ng6 Rf7 27. h4 Bd2 28. Nb5 $16) 21. Bxe5 (21.
Bf4 $5 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Qg5 23. Qd2 Ng6 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. h4 Qh6 26. Raf1 Bxf5 27.
Nb5 $14) 21... dxe5 22. g4 $6 {The former world champion has solved the
problems with the clear intention of advancing his kingside pawn mass.
Unfortunately it leaves his dark squares critically vulnerable.} (22. Bg4 $1
Qf6 23. g3 $16) 22... Be3+ 23. Kh1 Ra6 24. Ng2 Bd4 (24... Rh6 25. Qg3 (25. Nxe3
Rxh3+ 26. Kg2 Rxe3 27. Qf2 Qg5 28. Nd1 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Nd3 $13) 25... Bd4 26. Nb5
Qg5 $13) 25. Qg3 Qg5 (25... Bd7 26. Rab1 Rf7 $13) 26. Rad1 (26. Nb5 Rh6 27. h4
$1 (27. Nxc7 Rxf5 $1 $13) 27... Bxb2 28. Rab1 Qd2 29. Qe1 $16) 26... Bxf5 $2 {
[%mdl 2048] The more you have, the more you want... and the temperamental
young man is overreaching himself. Nearly any other sensible move was less
exposing, now White will be fully in the driving seat again.} (26... h5 $5 27.
Nb5 (27. h4 Qg7 28. g5 (28. Ne3 hxg4 29. Bxg4 Rh6 $11) 28... Bxf5 29. Ne3 Bg6
$11) 27... hxg4 28. Nxd4 exd4 29. Qxc7 Rh6 30. Qxc5 Rxh3+ 31. Kg1 d3 $11) (
26... Bd7 27. h4 Rh6 28. Qh2 $14) (26... Rh6 27. Kh2 $1 $14) 27. Nb5 $1 Qg7 (
27... Rf7 28. Nxd4 exd4 29. Rxd4 $16) (27... Rh6 28. Nxd4 exd4 29. Rxd4 $16)
28. Kh2 {Kasimdzhanov might have tried to win the piece with the strange move
28.Qa3!?, but the complications with Black's counterplay were too dangerous.
White is able to get an advantage with the help of peaceful means.} (28. Qa3 $5
Rh6 29. gxf5 e3 30. Rf3 Rxf5 31. Rdf1 (31. Nxd4 exd4 32. Nf4 Ne4 33. Rg1 Rg5
34. Rxg5 Nxg5 35. Rg3 Qe5 36. Rg4 Kf7 $16) 31... Rxf3 32. Rxf3 e4 33. Rxe3 Bxe3
34. Qxe3 $16) 28... Bg6 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $6 {One more unnatural move which
exposes the king and only makes an already critical position worse.} (29...
Qxf8 30. Nxd4 (30. g5 $5 Bxb2 31. Nxc7 Rb6 32. Nb5 $14) (30. Nxc7 $6 Rf6 $1 $15
) 30... exd4 31. Rxd4 Rf6 32. Kg1 $16) 30. Nxc7 $1 Rf6 (30... Qxc7 31. Rxd4 Rb6
32. Rd2 Nd3 33. b3 $16) 31. Nb5 Bxb2 (31... Kg8 32. Nxd4 exd4 33. Rxd4 Nd3 34.
Qe3 Rf2 35. d6 Rxe2 36. d7 Qe5+ 37. Kg1 Rxe3 38. d8=Q+ Kg7 39. Rd7+ Bf7 40.
Nxe3 Qg3+ 41. Ng2 $18) 32. g5 $1 {A tiny, but very important move. Black is
losing the chance to use the square f6 and White gains a tempo and a lovely
g4-square for his pieces.} Rf5 (32... Rf7 33. Rb1 Na4 34. Ne3 $1 (34. Rxb2 Nxb2
35. Qa3+ Kg8 36. Qxb2 Rf2 37. Nc3 Bh5 38. Kg1 Qf8 39. Qb6 $16) 34... Kg8 35.
Ng4 $18) 33. Bg4 Rf7 34. Rb1 $1 Nd3 35. Rxb2 $1 Nxb2 36. Qa3+ Kg8 (36... Ke8
37. Nd6+ $18) 37. Qxb2 {Kasimdzhanov has finally gained the decisive
positional and material advantage.} Rf1 (37... e3 38. Be6 $18) 38. Nd6 Qe7 39.
Be6+ Kf8 (39... Kh8 40. Qxe5+ $18) 40. Qxe5 Qg7 41. Qxg7+ Kxg7 42. Nxb7 Rf2 {
White's pawns have open files for their advance to the promotion squares, so
Cheparinov is trying the last desperate counterplay motive.} (42... Rc1 43. d6
$18) (42... Rb1 43. Nxa5 Bf7 44. Bxf7 Kxf7 45. c5 $18) 43. c5 Rd2 (43... e3 44.
Kg1 Rxa2 45. Nxe3 $18) 44. c6 e3 45. Kg3 e2 46. c7 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Ng5 e6 8.
f3 Bh5 9. e4 e5 10. Be3 Nb6 11. Qd3 Nfd7 12. d5 Bb4 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. h4 h6 15.
Nh3 f6 16. Nf2 Bf7 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. Nd3 Nc4 19. Bf2 Ba5 20. O-O-O Bb6 21. Re1
O-O 22. g3 Rfd8 23. Rh2 Rab8 24. f4 Nf8 25. Na4 Bd4 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. fxe5 Qxe5
28. Bc4 Bxc4 29. Qxc4+ Kh8 30. Qc2 Ne6 31. Rf1 Rb4 32. Be1 Qb5 33. Rf5 Qxa4 34.
Bxb4 Qxb4 35. Rf1 Bxb2+ 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Rb1 b6 9. Nf3 c6 10. a4 Bg7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Be2 a6 13. Nxc4 Nd7 14. Nd2 b5 15.
c4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. O-O Qc7 20. Ne5 Nd7 21.
Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Qc2 Rab8 23. Qc4 a5 24. Qc5 Qc7 25. Rb5 Ra8 26. Qc3 Rfc8 27. Rc5
e6 28. Rc1 Ra6 29. h4 h5 30. Rb1 Raa8 31. g3 Ra6 32. Kg2 Qa7 33. Rbb5 Kh7 34.
Rxa5 Rxa5 35. Rxa5 Qb7 36. Rc5 Qb1 37. Qc2 Qxc2 38. Rxc2 Ra8 39. Ra2 Kg7 40. a5
Ra6 41. Kf3 Kf6 42. Kf4 Ke7 43. Kg5 e5 44. dxe5 c5 45. Kf4 c4 46. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. a3
Na5 9. Qa2 O-O 10. Nf3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Be5 Be6 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc6
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be2 Qe7 17. O-O Rac8 18. Rac1 Kh8 19. Rfd1 Nd7 20. Rd2 Nde5
21. Qb3 Qf7 22. Bf1 d4 23. Na2 Ng4 24. Rdc2 dxe3 25. fxe3 Na5 0-1

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. g3 e6 10. Bg2 Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. e3 h6 13. Qe2 Bh7 14. Rd1 Qe7 15.
e4 Rfd8 16. Nd3 Rxd4 17. Be3 e5 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Na2 Bd6 20. Re1 Nfd7 21. e5
Bc7 22. Nac1 Re8 23. Be4 g6 24. Nb3 c5 25. e6 fxe6 26. Nxa5 Nf6 27. Bxb7 c4 28.
Ne5 d3 29. Qd2 Qc5 30. Naxc4 1-0

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. a3 a6 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Be7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Rd1 Qc7 15.
Bb2 Rac8 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. h3 Nb6 18. Ba1 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Qb1 h6 21. Rd1
Rc8 22. Nd2 Qa8 23. Bf1 Rc7 24. Bb2 Qc8 25. Rc1 Bd6 26. Ne2 Na4 27. Ba1 Qd8 28.
Bd4 Rd7 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Nd4 f5 31. g3 Bxg3 32. Bg2 Rxd4 33. exd4 Bxf2+ 34.
Kxf2 Qxd4+ 35. Ke2 Bxg2 36. Qd3 Qxd3+ 37. Kxd3 Bxh3 38. Rc6 Bg2 39. Rxa6 h5 40.
Ke3 h4 41. Nf3 h3 42. Kf2 Nc3 43. a4 Nxa4 44. Kg3 Bxf3 45. Kxf3 Nc3 46. Kg3 Nd5
47. Ra5 Nxb4 48. Rxb5 Nd5 49. Kxh3 Kg7 50. Kg3 Kf6 51. Kf3 Ne7 52. Rb6 Ng6 53.
Ra6 Kg5 54. Ra1 f4 55. Ra7 f5 56. Rg7 e5 57. Rg8 e4+ 58. Kf2 Kf6 59. Ke2 f3+
60. Ke3 f4+ 61. Kf2 Ne5 62. Rf8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 a6 12. b4 a5 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Qe7 15. e4
e5 16. Ne2 Bxb4 17. Ng3 g6 18. dxe5 Ng4 19. e6 fxe6 20. Bg5 Qc5 21. Qb3 Nde5
22. Qxe6+ Rf7 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Be2 Qd6 25. Qb3 Bc5 26. Rbd1 Ra3 27. Qc2 Bd4
28. Be3 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Bxe3+ 30. Kh1 Qe7 31. Rxf7 Nxf7 32. Qb3 Bb6 33. Bg4 Kh8
34. Rd7 Qc5 35. Qb1 Ne5 36. Rxb7 Nxg4 37. h3 Nf6 38. e5 Qxe5 39. Rxb6 Qxg3 40.
Qa1 Qf4 41. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Nc5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 c6 9. Nbd2 Ne6 10. Nb3 c5 11. Re1 b6 12. c4 Bb7 13. Bd3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nc6
15. Qb1 Qd7 16. Qf5 Rad8 17. a3 Qc8 18. Rad1 Ng5 19. Qxc8 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Bxc8
21. f4 Be6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rc1 h6 25. Nd2 Nd4 26. Kg2 Nf5 27.
Kf3 g5 28. Ne4 gxf4 29. Bxf4 Rd3+ 30. Ke2 Rb3 31. Rb1 c4 32. Nd2 Rd3 33. Be3
Nxe3 34. fxe3 b5 35. b3 Bg5 36. Rg1 Rxe3+ 37. Kf2 Rh3 38. Nf3 c3 39. Nxg5 hxg5
40. Rxg5+ Kf7 41. Ke2 c2 42. Kd2 Rxb3 43. Kxc2 Rxa3 44. h4 a5 45. Rg4 Ra4 46.
Rxa4 bxa4 47. Kb2 Kg6 48. Ka3 Kh5 49. Kxa4 Kxh4 50. Kxa5 Kg5 51. Kb4 Kf4 52.
Kc3 Kxe5 53. Kd3 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb7 14. Bd3 g6 15.
Qh4 c5 16. Ng5 h5 17. g4 Nf6 18. gxh5 Nxh5 19. Be2 Kg7 20. dxc5 Be5 21. f4 Bf6
22. Bd2 Qxc5 23. Rac1 Qd5 24. Qh3 Rh8 25. Bc3 Qxa2 26. Rd7 Bxc3 27. Qxe6 Qxe6
28. Nxe6+ Kh6 29. Rxc3 Bc8 30. Rxc8 Rhxc8 31. Rxf7 Re8 32. Ng5 Ng7 33. Kf2 Rf8
34. Rd7 Rf6 35. Bd3 b4 36. h4 a5 37. h5 a4 38. hxg6 a3 39. Nf7+ Kh5 40. Ne5
Rxg6 41. Bxg6+ Kh6 42. bxa3 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao"]
[Date "2010.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 h6 8. Nbd2
Nh7 9. Nf1 Ng5 10. Nxg5 Bxg5 11. a5 a6 12. c3 Bxc1 13. Qxc1 Be6 14. Ne3 Qd7 15.
Qc2 Ne7 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. b4 Ng6 18. Rad1 Kh8 19. f3 Qe7 20. Qf2 Rf7 21. Kh1
Raf8 22. d4 exd4 23. g3 Nf4 24. Qe2 Nh5 1-0

[Event "Asia-chT 16th"]
[Site "Guangzhou"]
[Date "2010.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2010.11.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vietnam"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "VIE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e5
9. dxe5 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bb4 bxc4 13. Qg4 c5 14. f3 Nc6 15.
fxe4 Nxb4 16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. exd5 Qh4+ 18. Ke2 Nxd5 19. Qg4 Qh6 20. Qf3 Rd8 21.
Rc1 c3 22. g3 Rg8 23. Kf2 Rg5 24. Bc4 Rxe5 25. Rhe1 Rd6 26. Kg1 Qxh3 27. Bf1
Qh6 28. e4 Rf6 29. Qg4 Ne7 30. Qe2 Qd2 31. Rc2 Qd4+ 32. Kg2 Nd5 33. Qd3 Nb4 34.
Qxc3 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.02.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rd1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nxc5 16. O-O a5 17. Rfe1 Nb7 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Bb5 Nce4 20. Qd3 Nc5 21. Qc2
Nce4 22. Bc6 Nd6 23. Bf4 Qb6 24. Qe2 Nf5 25. Ne5 Nh5 26. Bc1 Nd4 27. Qe3 Bxe5
28. Qxe5 Nxc6 29. dxc6 Rxc6 30. Qxe7 Rc2 31. Re2 Rxe2 32. Qxe2 Nf6 33. h3 Re8
34. Qc4 Re4 35. Qd3 Re8 36. Be3 Qe6 37. a3 h5 38. axb4 axb4 39. Qd4 b3 40. Bd2
Qe5 41. Qxe5 Rxe5 42. Bc3 Rd5 43. Ra1 Rd6 44. h4 Rb6 45. Ra8+ Kh7 46. f3 Ng8
47. Kf2 Rb7 48. Ke3 f6 49. Kd3 g5 50. hxg5 fxg5 51. Ra5 Kg6 52. Bd2 g4 53. Rg5+
Kf7 54. fxg4 hxg4 55. Bc3 Ne7 56. Rxg4 Ke6 57. Kc4 Rb8 58. Re4+ 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2011.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.06.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Isek Aquamatch"]
[BlackTeam "Adana Truva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b3 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Nc6 11. Nd5 Rf7 12. Ng5 Rd7 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bb2 h6 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bd5+ Kg7 17. Nf3 e4 18. Bxf6+ Kxf6 19. Nh4 Re7 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21.
Qh5 Kg7 22. Nxf5+ Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Qf6 24. Qxf6+ Kxf6 25. Rad1 a5 26. Rfe1 a4 27.
b4 a3 28. Rd4 Ra4 29. c5 Kf5 30. f3 e3 31. Kf1 b6 32. cxb6 cxb6 33. Ke2 Rc7 34.
Kd3 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2011.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.06.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Isek Aquamatch"]
[BlackTeam "Deniz Genclik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 8. Bg5
d6 9. Qd3 Be4 10. Qe3 Bb7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Qd2 d5 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. Qf4 a4 17. a3 Ra5 18. Qd2 Re8 19. e3 Nf8 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5
Rxe5 22. e4 Re8 23. exd5 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Qd7 25. Rd4 Ng6 26. Qd1 b5 27. Qe2 Ne7
28. Re4 Kf8 29. Re3 Nc8 30. Qd3 Kg8 31. Qe4 Nd6 32. Qe7 Qc8 33. Bf1 Ra8 34.
Bxb5 Bxd5 35. Nxd5 Nxb5 36. Qe4 Qa6 37. Qc4 Rd8 38. Re1 Qa5 39. Re7 Kf8 40. Re5
Kg8 41. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2011.07.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2011.06.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yapi Kredi"]
[BlackTeam "Isek Aquamatch"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Nf3 Ne4 6. Bh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
e3 b5 9. Nd2 a6 10. a4 c6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. f4 Nd7 14. f5 Nf6 15. e4
gxf5 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. Qe1 Re8 18. Qh4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 f5 20. Ng3 Qe7 21. Qxe7
Rxe7 22. Bf3 b4 23. Bxc6 Rb8 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 bxc3 26. Rc1 Bxd4+ 27. Kf1
c2 28. Rf4 Rb1 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Rb1 b6 (11... Bd5 {and}) (11... cxd4 {
- see two games Gelfand-Kamsky in CBM 143}) (11... Nd7 {was seen in
Nielsen-Howell (see CBM 138)}) 12. Qc2 (12. dxc5 {is harmless due to} Nd7 $1 {
, e.g.} 13. cxb6 (13. Nd4 Nxc5 14. Nxe6 Nxe6 15. Bxc4 Bf6 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. Qa4
Qe7 $11 {1/2 Bu Xiangzhi (2662)-Zhou Jianchao (2636)/Danzhou 2011/CBM 143 (31)}
) (13. c6 Nf6 14. Nd4 Bd5 15. Bf3 Rc8 $11 16. Bg3 $6 Ne4 17. Nb5 Nxg3 18. hxg3
Bxf3 19. Qxf3 a6 20. c7 Qe8 21. Nd4 e5 22. Nc2 e4 23. Qf4 b5 $15 {1-0 Delchev,
A (2625)-Le Roux,J (2512)/France 2010/CBM 135 Extra (55)}) 13... Nxb6 14. Nd4
Bd5 15. f3 Qc7 16. e4 Bc6 17. Bf2 Rfd8 18. Qc1 Ba4 19. Be3 Rac8 20. Rb2 Be8 $11
{0-1 Maletin,P (2636)-Smirnov,P (2518)/Belgorod 2010/CBM 139 (40)}) (12. Qa4
Qd7 13. Qxd7 Nxd7 14. Bxe7 Rfe8 15. Bh4 Rac8 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Bg3 cxd4 18. Nxd4
Nc5 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Rec1 Red8 21. Rb4 Rd2 22. Bxc4 a5 23. Bxe6 Rxc3 $1 24.
Rc4 fxe6 $11 {1/2 Vitiugov,N (2709)-Svidler,P (2731)/Khanty Mansiysk 2010/CBM
139 (33)}) 12... Nc6 (12... cxd4 13. cxd4 (13. Nxd4 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Nc6 15. Nxc6
Qxc6 16. Bf3 Qc5 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 $44) 13... Nd7 14. Ng5 Bd5 15. e4 Bb7 16. Bxc4
h6 17. Nf3 Rc8 18. Qe2 Rxc4 $1 19. Qxc4 Bxe4 20. Rbe1 Nf6 21. Re3 Qa8 $44 {
1/2 Gupta,A (2590)-Areshchenko,A (2671)/New Delhi 2011/CBM 140 Extra (38)}) 13.
Rfd1 (13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ng5 Bf5 15. e4 Bd7 16. Bxc4 Ne5 17. Bd5 Bc6 18. Rfd1
Qc8 19. f4 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Nc4 21. Qf2 Nb6 22. Rxc5 Qd7 $44 {[%csl Rc3] 1-0
Kazhgaleyev,M (2637)-De Jong,J (2437)/Wijk aan Zee 2011/CBM 141 (61)}) 13...
cxd4 14. cxd4 Bf5 $5 15. e4 Bg4 16. d5 Na5 17. d6 Bf6 18. Bxf6 exf6 {It turns
out that Black has kept an extra pawn without full compensation for White.} 19.
Nd4 Bd7 20. Nb5 Rc8 21. Nc7 $6 (21. Nxa7 $142 Rc5 22. a4 f5 $132) 21... Nb7 22.
Rd4 Nxd6 23. Na6 Qe7 24. Rbd1 Bb5 25. Nb4 Ne8 26. Nd5 Qa3 27. Bxc4 Kg7 {
, and after overcoming all technical problems Black finally brings home his
advantage:} 28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. Bxd3 Nc7 30. Nxc7 Bxd3 31. Rd7 (31. R1xd3 Rxc7 $17
) 31... Be2 32. Re1 Bg4 33. Re7 Rfd8 34. h3 Kf8 35. Nd5 Bd7 36. g4 b5 37. Kg2
Rc2 38. a3 a5 39. Kg3 Rc5 40. Re3 b4 41. axb4 axb4 42. Rxd7 Rxd7 43. Nxb4 f5
44. gxf5 gxf5 45. f3 Rd4 46. Nd5 $2 Rcxd5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.10.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 axb4 14. axb4 c6 15. Kh1
$1 {GM Beliavsky invented this move. There is also another possible try to
solve the problem of the diagonal:} (15. Rf2 Nf6 16. Nf1 cxd5 17. cxd5 f4 18.
Bd2 g5 19. Be1 Rg8 20. Ra1 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 g4 22. Qa5 $14) 15... Nf6 16. Nb3 ({
It is worse to try} 16. Bb2 $5 {/\ c5}) 16... cxd5 ({It is much weaker is to
close the centre immediately:} 16... f4 17. dxc6 $1 bxc6 18. b5 d5 19. Nc5 $1
Rb8 20. Ba3 d4 21. N3a4 Ne8 22. Na6 $1 Ra8 $2 (22... Bxa6 23. bxa6 $16) 23.
Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Nb6 {1-0 Beliavsky,A (2667)-Enders,P (2478)/Deutschland 2004})
17. cxd5 f4 ({Black did not achieve equality with a typical knight manoevre:} 
17... Neg8 18. Na5 $5 (18. Be3 Bh6 19. Bxh6 {was better.} (19. Qd2 Bxe3 20.
Qxe3 Nh5 21. Na5 Nf4 22. Ra1) 19... Nxh6 20. Qd2 Nf7 21. Ra1 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 fxe4
23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Qh4 {1-0 Beliavsky,A (2656)-Rudolf,H (2353)/Ohrid 2009.
With black counterplay.}) 18... Nh5 19. Be3 Bh6 20. Bf2 $14) 18. Na5 ({With
direct ideas Beliavsky obtained a serious advantage in two games:} 18. Nb5 g5
19. Qc2 Ne8 20. Bd2 Bd7 21. Ra1 Rc8 $146 (21... Rb8) (21... Ra6) 22. Qb1 $5 (
22. Qa2 $14) 22... h5 23. Na7 $1 Ra8 24. b5 g4 (24... Qb6 25. Ba5 $1 Qxa7 26.
Bc7 $18) 25. Ba5 b6 26. Be1 g3 27. hxg3 Ng6 28. Nc6 Rxa1 29. Qxa1 Qg5 30. Qc1
$1 $16 {[ /\ Nb8 +-]} Nf6 31. gxf4 exf4 (31... Nxf4 32. g3 $18) 32. Nbd4 (32.
Qa3 $5) 32... h4 33. Ne6 (33. Qa3 $5) 33... Bxe6 34. dxe6 Nh5 (34... d5 35. Bd3
$16) 35. Rf2 $1 {Beliavsky,A (2667)-Radjabov,T (2650)/Plovdiv 2003}) (18. Bd2
g5 19. Na5 (19. Be1) 19... Nh5 (19... h5 20. Nc4 g4 21. Ra1 $36) 20. Be1 Rf6
21. Nc4 Bd7 22. Bf2 Nc8 23. Ra1 Rxa1 $6 ({The only chance to complicate the
game was} 23... Rb8 $1 $132) 24. Qxa1 Qe8 25. Kg1 $1 Rh6 26. Qa8 {1-0
Beliavsky,A (2667)-Vajda,L (2482)/Magyarorszag 2004. And the white threats are
more serious than the black ones.}) 18... Nh5 19. Qe1 ({The king retreat} 19.
Kg1 {is possible, but not very logical:} Bf6 20. Bd2 Bh4 21. Be1 Ng3 22. Rf2
Nxe2+ 23. Rxe2 Bxe1 24. Qxe1 g5 25. h3 Ng6 26. Nd1 h5 27. Nf2 Nh4 28. Rc2 g4
29. hxg4 hxg4 30. fxg4 Qg5 31. Rb3 $2 (31. Qd1 {still kept the advantage})
31... Bxg4 32. Nxg4 Qxg4 {0-1 Lputian,S (2640)-Nataf,I (2559)/Warsaw 2005. The
white king is in danger.}) 19... Bf6 20. Nc4 Nf5 $6 {A piece sacrifice - a big
novelty, but a very, very dubious one. In his career Nisipeanu has come up
with many fantastic ideas, but here we have the impression that it is one big
bluff.} 21. exf5 Bh4 (21... Bxf5 22. Ne4 Bh4 23. Qd2 $1) 22. Qd1 Ng3+ 23. Kg1
$1 ({Of course, to capture is deadly dangerous:} 23. hxg3 Bxg3) 23... Bxf5 24.
Bd3 (24. Ne4 {would be too complicated:} b5 25. Nxg3 Bxb1 26. Na3 fxg3 27. Nxb1
) 24... Rc8 25. Rb3 {A typical move in this variation - to protect the third
rank.} ({Kasimdzhanov had to calculate the tempting} 25. Rf2 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Nf5
27. Rc2 Nd4 28. Rbb2 b5 29. Na3 Nxc2 30. Rxc2) 25... Rxc4 $5 (25... Bxd3 {
would be equivalent to resignation:} 26. Qxd3 Nxf1 27. Kxf1 Qc7 28. Nd2) 26.
Bxc4 Qb6+ 27. Rf2 Rc8 {Pity, but there were no dangerous knight moves.} 28. Na4
$1 Qa7 29. Nc5 $1 {This move decides the game.} Nh5 30. Rd2 (30. Re2 {is more
exact. The next white moves are not the only ones, though they are sufficient
to win the game.}) 30... b5 31. Ra3 Qb8 32. Bd3 dxc5 33. Bxf5 gxf5 34. bxc5 b4
35. Ra1 Rxc5 36. Bb2 Bd8 37. Ra6 Kg8 38. Qa4 Rb5 39. Ra8 Qb6+ 40. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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 "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O {For this line - see the survey by GM E.Postny in CBM 146 and annotations
to Giri - Aronian in CBM 147.} c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 Bd7 $146 {This novelty
didn't work well in the present game.} ({GM Veselin Topalov did better in two
later games, in which he played} 10... Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 b6 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Rac1 (
13. Be2 a6 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 b5 16. Rd4 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 Rc8 $11
{1/2 Grachev,B (2672)-Harikrishna,P (2688)/Muelheim GER 2012/The Week in Chess
937 (24)}) 13... a6 14. b4 Nce4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. a3 a5 (16... Rfc8 17. f3 Bd5
18. Be2 Bb7 19. e4 h6 20. Be3 a5 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. bxa5 bxa5 23. Rb1 Ba8 24.
a4 Bb4 25. Kf1 e5 26. Nb3 Nd7 27. Rd1 Bc6 28. Rc1 Kf8 29. Ba6 Rc7 30. Bb7 Bb5+
31. axb5 Rxb7 $11 {1/2 Gelfand,B (2738)-Topalov,V (2752)/London ENG 2012/The
Week in Chess 933 (36)}) 17. f3 Bd5 18. e4 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 axb4 20. axb4 Rfc8 21.
Rdc1 Rxc4 22. Rxc4 h6 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Nc6 b5 25. Rd4 Ra6 26. Nxe7 Kxe7 $11 {
0-1 Giri,A (2730)-Topalov,V (2752)/London ENG 2012/The Week in Chess 935 (52)})
(10... a6 {continues to be an important topic. White apparently keeps some
pressure. Here are some of this year's games:} 11. Ne5 (11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bc7
Re8 13. b4 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bd3 Nc3 16. a3 Nd5 17. Rac1 Nxc7 18. Rxc7 Bd6
19. Rc3 Rd8 20. Rd1 Kf8 21. Bc2 Ke7 $11 {1/2 Rajlich,I (2412)-Pokorna,R (2353)/
Istanbul TUR 2012/The Week in Chess 930 (52)}) 11... Ncd7 (11... Qxd1 12. Rfxd1
Rd8 13. Be2 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Bc7 Rdc8 17. Be5 f6 18. Bd4 Ne4
19. h3 Bh5 20. g4 Bf7 21. Ne1 Rc6 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Bd3 h5 25.
Bb1 hxg4 26. hxg4 Nd6 27. a3 Nb5 $11 {1/2 Mista,A (2538)-Grabarczyk,M (2445)/
Warsaw POL 2012/The Week in Chess 913 (54)}) 12. Be2 Nxe5 13. Qxd8 (13. Bxe5
Qa5 14. Bg3 Bd7 15. Bf3 Rad8 16. Qb3 b5 17. Rfc1 Rc8 18. Ne2 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Rc8
$11 {1/2 Fressinet,L (2693)-Matlakov,M (2632)/Plovdiv 2012/CBM 148 (60)}) 13...
Rxd8 14. Bxe5 Nd5 (14... b5 $5 15. Bf3 Ra7) 15. Bf3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 a5 17. Rfd1
f6 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Rd1 Bc7 20. h4 Kf8 21. h5 $14 {1-0 Wojtaszek,R (2706)
-Mista,A (2587)/Warsaw POL 2012/The Week in Chess 902 (46)}) 11. Ne5 Be8 12.
Be2 {[%cal Ye2f3][%mdl 32]} Rc8 (12... Nfe4 $5 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qc2 Nd6 15.
Rfd1 Qb6) 13. Rc1 h6 $6 ({Here, too, Black should have tried to release
pressure by means of} 13... Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 {as} 15. Rxc8 Qxc8 16. Qd4 f5
17. Qxa7 $2 {doesn't work due to} g5 18. Bg3 Bc5 19. Rc1 f4) 14. h3 Qxd1 {
In the endgame Black quickly gets out of moves but it is hard to give him good
advice.} ({in the event of} 14... Nce4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Qd4 {
is already strong for White.}) 15. Rfxd1 g5 16. Bg3 Kg7 17. Bf3 b6 ({Maybe
something like} 17... h5 {but after} 18. Ne2 (18. b4 {is not deadly yet due to}
Na4 19. Nxa4 Bxa4 20. Bxb7 $2 Rb8) 18... h4 19. Bh2 Bb5 20. Nd4 a6 21. b3 {
Black's position is quite poor.}) 18. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Ye2d4,Rb2b4]} Rd8 (18...
Bb5 {now allows an invasion of c6:} 19. Nd4 a6 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Nc6) (18... h5
{was equally hopeless due to} 19. b4 (19. Nd4 g4 20. hxg4 hxg4 21. Bxg4 Nxg4
22. Nxg4 a5 23. Ne5) 19... Ba4 20. bxc5 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Rxc5 22. Nd4) 19. Nd4 a5
20. Nc4 $1 {[%csl Rb6,Gc4,Gd4]} Nfe4 21. Be5+ Bf6 (21... Kg8 22. Bc7) 22. Bxe4
Nxe4 23. Nxe6+ {A classic positional game by Rustam Kasimdzhanov!} 1-0

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. Qxc4 a6 6. Bg2 b5 7. Qc6 Rb8 8.
Qc2 Bb7 9. O-O Ngf6 10. d3 Be7 11. a4 O-O 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nc3 b4 14. Na4 c5
15. b3 Nd5 16. Bb2 N5b6 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Ra8 19. Nxb6 Nxb6 20. Nf3 Qc7 21.
Rfc1 Qb7 22. d4 Rfc8 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Qd3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nd5 26. Rc4 Rc8 27.
Qe4 h6 28. h4 Qa6 29. Ne5 Bf6 30. Nd3 Bxb2 31. Nxb2 Rxc4 32. Qxc4 Qa2 33. Na4
Qd2 34. Nc5 g6 35. Nd7 Qc3 36. Qa6 Kh7 37. Qa8 h5 38. Qe8 Qg7 39. e4 Nf6 40.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 41. Qf8 e5 42. Qxb4 g5 43. hxg5 Qxg5 44. Qc3 h4 45. Qf3 hxg3 46.
Qxf7+ Kh8 47. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 {More than 10 years ago, this variation was
popularised by Kasparov, whose games dictated the trend in the Scotch Opening
for a long time. Fashion is a cruel lady and we will see that players are
starting to deviate from the initial ideas of such a great player.} Bb4 {
This is precisely how Kasparov's opponents reacted.} ({In the meanwhile} 10...
g6 {has become an important alternative, which has not been refuted yet, as
proven by the following recent game:} 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. f4 O-O 13. O-O d6 14.
Qxc6 dxe5 15. Qxc7 f5 16. c5 Rf7 17. Qd8+ Rf8 18. Qc7 Rf7 19. Qd8+ Rf8 20. Qc7
Rf7 21. Qd8+ Rf8 22. Qc7 {1/2 Kovalev,V (2477)-Beliavsky,A (2630)/Plovdiv 2012/
CBM 148}) 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. b3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qf3 $5 {Relatively
unexplored, but not new at all, as we will see.} ({Kasparov preferred} 14. Qh4
dxc4 15. Be2 Nd5 16. Bxc4 (16. Bd4 {Kasparov,G (2812)-Adams,M (2716)/Sarajevo
1999/CBM 071/[Mikhalevski,V] (1-0, 31) was a brilliant win by Kasparov, but
then the strong novelty} Qf5 $1 {played in a blitz game on the Internet (!)
changed the evaluation of the position, Morozevich,A (2748)-Piket,J (2633)/
Internet 2000/CBM 076/[Mikhalevski,V] (0-1, 67)}) 16... g5 17. Qd4 (17. Bxd5
Qxd5 18. Qxg5 {Sutovsky,E (2697)-Karjakin,S (2576)/Pamplona 2004/CBM 105/
[Erenburg] (0-1, 53)}) 17... Bxc4 18. Qxc4 O-O-O $5 (18... Nf4 {Kasparov,G 
(2851)-Timman,J (2655)/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 075/[Mikhalevski,V] (1-0, 36)})
19. O-O Nf4 {Mamedov,R (2517)-Karjakin,S (2576)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104/[Postny]
(0-1, 34)}) 14... dxc4 15. Rc1 $6 $146 ({This new move offers Black additional
possibilities with respect to the known} 15. Be2 {, without getting anything
in exchange.} O-O ({Here, castling long is less favourable than in the game,
but not really impossible:} 15... O-O-O 16. O-O Kb7 17. Rfb1 Rhe8 18. Qe4 {
[%cal Ge2g4]} cxb3 $5 19. Bxa6+ Kxa6 20. axb3+ {The rook is useful on a1 as we
can see, which speaks against 15.Rc1?!} Kb7 21. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2a6]} Kb8 {
[%cal Gb6c8,Gd8d5] There is no immediate danger for the black king, while the
control over the light squares offers Black counterplay.}) 16. O-O Rad8 17.
Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Rac1 (18. Bf1 {Ponomariov,R (2580)-Spassky,B (2535)/Cannes 1998/
CBM 065/[Mikhalevski,V] (1/2, 58)}) 18... c5 {An important move, clearing the
6th rank and preparing to unpin the c4-pawn.} 19. Bf1 Nd5 20. bxc4 (20. Bxc4
Bxc4 21. bxc4 Nb4 $15) 20... Nb4 $6 {This only apparently improves Black's
structure. In fact, it offers White a target.} (20... Nxc3 21. Rxc3 Rd4 $132)
21. Bxb4 $1 cxb4 22. Qe3 {1/2 Ljubojevic,L (2590)-Spassky,B (2640)/Montreal
1979/MCL/[ChessBase]} Rc8 23. f4 (23. Qxa7 c5 $1 $19 {[%cal Ge8e7]}) 23... Qb6
(23... c5 24. a3 $5) 24. c5 (24. a3 $1) 24... Qc6 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 26. Qb3 Rcd8
27. Qxb4 Qxa2 28. Qe4 {1/2 Zagorovsky,V-Omelchenko,L/Alekhine mem-A corr9196
1991/Corr Nr. 1}) 15... O-O-O $1 {The former World Champion immediately spots
the small drawback of White's novelty. After the rook's departure from the
a-file, the plan based on ...Kb7 and ...cxb3 wins time with respect to a
similar line above.} ({I failed to understand the secret idea behind the
novelty, since after} 15... O-O {White seems to have nothing better than
transposing to the known paths:} 16. Be2 (16. a4 {loses too much time with the
king in the centre.} c5 17. a5 Nd7) 16... Rad8) 16. Be2 Kb7 17. O-O cxb3 18.
Bxa6+ Kxa6 19. axb3 Kb7 {Black has emerged out of the opening with a pawn up
and his stability on the light squares insures him against any danger. In fact,
the king is a strong piece taking an active part in the defence of its own
residence.} 20. Ra1 {This practically admits that he has lost time.} ({There
is, however, no obvious way to build up effective pressure along the c-file:} 
20. Ba1 Rd5 21. Rc2 Rhd8 22. Rfc1 Qf5 $1 {Speculating with the back rank
weakness.} 23. Qe2 Qd3 $17 {After the queen exchange, Black will simply be a
pawn up.}) 20... Rd5 {A very strong "human" move. Very soon, Black's pieces
will be grouped very harmoniosuly.} ({The engines do not see any danger after} 
20... Qxb3 {either:} 21. Rfc1 Rhe8 22. h3 Qd5 23. Qe2 Qc4 24. Qb2 Rd3 25. Be1
Qe6 {Still, over the board the position may feel a bit shaky.}) 21. Qe2 Rb5 $1
{In the similar line above (with 15.Be2 instead of 15.Rc1), Black did not have
the time to defend the f1-a6 diagonal in this way.} 22. b4 Ra8 23. Rfc1 a6 {
Black has a rock solid queenside position and soon he will activate his knight,
winning another pawn.} 24. h3 Nd5 25. Bd2 Nxb4 26. Rc4 (26. Bxb4 Rxb4 {[%cal
Ga6a5]} 27. Rc5 Rb5 $17) 26... a5 $17 27. f4 Qd5 28. Rac1 Rd8 29. Be3 Nd3 {
Aiming for full domination.} (29... Qd3 30. Qf2 Na2 31. Qxa2 Qxe3+ 32. Qf2
Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Rb6 34. Ke3 {may offer White some chances to save the game.})
30. R1c2 c5 (30... g5 {seems to be very strong, but only with an engine by
your side. Over the board, the consequences of this rupture may not be that
obvious.} 31. Rxc6 (31. Rd4 Nxf4 $1 {leaves White with problems finding a
proper square for the queen. It is important to defend the c2-rook, in order
to avoid the intermediate ...Qb3.} 32. Qd2 Rb1+ 33. Kh2 Qxe5 34. Rxd8 Ne6+ 35.
g3 Nxd8 $19) (31. fxg5 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Qxe5+ 33. Bf4 Qxe2 34. Rxe2 Rb4 35. Ree4 c5
$19) 31... Rd7 32. Rf6 a4 $19 {The rook seems to be active on f6, but in fact
it fails to fight against the main danger - the a-pawn.}) 31. Ra4 $6 ({Missing
thr chance to muddy the waters:} 31. Rxc5 $1 Rxc5 32. Bxc5 a4 (32... Nxc5 33.
Qb5+ Kc8 34. Rxc5 $11) 33. Kh2 $5) 31... Kb6 (31... g5 $1) 32. Rca2 $6 {
Almost self-trapping the rook.} Nb2 $1 33. Qxb2 {Desperation.} (33. R4a3 Qd1+
34. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kf2 Nc4 36. Rc3 Rb4 37. Rac2 Kb5 {White is helpless against
the advance of the black queenside army.}) 33... Qd1+ $5 (33... Rxb2 34. Rxb2+
Ka6 35. Bd2 Qxd2 36. Rxd2 Rxd2 $19) 34. Kh2 Qxa4 $1 35. Bxc5+ Kb7 36. Qf2 Qb3
37. Ra3 Qc4 38. Be3 g6 39. Qe1 Rd3 40. Qe2 Rbd5 0-1

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 a5 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. O-O
Na6 9. e5 {I don't believe that White can expect to get an opening advantage
after the modest 9.exd5. For example} (9. exd5 exd5 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nb3 Nxc5
12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Be3 a4 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 (15... axb3 $2 16. Bxe7 Rxa2
17. Rac1 Ra4 18. Qe5 Re4 19. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 20. Nxe1 Rxe5 21. Bxe5 f6 22. Bc3 (22.
Bd4 $16) 22... d4 $14 {Naiditsch,A-De la Riva Aguado,O Pamplona 2004 0-1 (62)})
16. Nxc5 Qc6 17. Qd3 Qxc5 $11) 9... Nd7 10. c3 {In my view White has more
chances to play for an opening advantage if he plays 10.c4 or 10.Nd4.} (10. c4
Naxc5 11. Bc2 b6 12. b3 (12. Nd4 $5 Qc7 (12... Bb7 13. f4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nxe5
15. fxe5 Qxd4+ 16. Be3 Qd8 17. Qg4 $44) 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Nb5 Qc6 15. Nd4 Qc7 16.
Nb5 Qc6 17. Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Godena,M-Dvirnyy,D Ch-ITA Torino 2012}) 12... Bb7 13.
Bb2 Qc7 14. Rfe1 Rfd8 15. Nd4 Nf8 16. Qg4 Ng6 17. N2f3 dxc4 18. bxc4 Rac8 19.
Re3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Nd7 21. Bb3 Nc5 $11 {Efimenko,Z-Vovk,Y Ch-UKR Kiev 2012 1/
2-1/2 (46)}) (10. Nd4 {This move has great statistics} Ndxc5 11. f4 Nb4 (11...
Qb6 12. N2f3 Bd7 13. Kh1 Rac8 14. a3 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Nc5 16. Be3 Bb5 17. Rad1
Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Nxd3 19. Nf5 $5 (19. Qxd3 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qxa3 21. Qxa3 Bxa3 $17)
19... Bc5 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Ng5 Bxe3 22. Qxd3 g6 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Nxf7+ Kg7 $17
{Shanava,K-Jorczik,J Pardubice CZE 2012 1-0 (38)}) 12. N2f3 Nbxd3 13. cxd3 Qb6
(13... Qd7 $5 14. Be3 b6 15. Rad1 Ba6 16. Ne1 f6 $11) 14. Be3 Qa6 15. Rad1 Bd7
16. g4 Rac8 17. Kh1 f6 18. f5 exf5 $6 19. gxf5 fxe5 20. Nxe5 $40 {Baklan,
V-Cvek,R Bundesliga Germany 2007 1-0 (27)}) 10... Naxc5 11. Bc2 {it is hard to
take seriously another bishop retreat by White.} (11. Bb5 f6 12. Nb3 Nxe5 13.
Nxe5 fxe5 14. Qxe5 Ne4 15. a4 Bd6 16. Qh5 e5 $15 17. Qe2 Qh4 (17... Be6 $5 18.
Be3 Qc7 $15) 18. f3 Nf6 19. Qf2 Qh5 20. Qg3 Be6 $6 (20... Bd7 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22.
Be3 Rf6) 21. Be3 Bc7 $6 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. Nd3 Rf7 24. Qg5 Qxg5 25. Bxg5 Bf5 {
1/2-1/2 Pogonina,N-Hoang Thanh Trang EU-Ch (Women) 10-th St Petersburg 2009})
11... b5 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. Re1 {White can try 13.f4 but it seems to me that
Black's chances aren't worse here.} (13. f4 b4 14. c4 Bb7 15. b3 a4 16. Bb2 Qb6
17. Rab1 (17. cxd5 $5 Bxd5 $1 (17... exd5 18. Nf5 $1 (18. Qf2 $6 a3 19. Bc1 Ba6
20. Re1 Bd3 $17) 18... Ne6+ (18... Rfe8 19. Bd4) 19. Kh1 Qd8 20. Rad1 $14) 18.
Nc4 Qa6 19. f5 Bxc4 $5 (19... Bg5 $6 20. f6 $1 Bxc4 21. bxc4 g6 22. Nb5 $16)
20. bxc4 a3 $1 21. Bc1 Nxe5 $1 22. fxe6 (22. Qxe5 Bf6 23. Qxc5 (23. Qe3 Qxc4
24. Nb3 Qxc2 $19) 23... Rfc8 $17) 22... f6 23. Bf4 Qxc4 24. Qxc4 Nxc4 25. Rab1
$13) 17... axb3 18. axb3 Ra2 19. Kh1 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 $17 {Kuramann,O -
Kindermann,S Trans-Europa-Schach-Express 2012 (SUI-AUT)}) 13... b4 (13... Ba6
14. Qe3 Rfb8 {A slightly artificial attempt} 15. f4 (15. Qh3 Nf8 16. N2f3 b4
$15) 15... g6 16. N2f3 Rb6 17. g4 (17. Bd2 $5 b4 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. cxb4 axb4 20.
a3 b3 (20... bxa3 $2 21. b4) 21. Bd1 $14) 17... Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Bb7
$44 {Forcen Esteban,D-Garza Marco,S Utebo ESP 2012 1/2-1/2 (60)}) 14. Qe3 (14.
cxb4 $6 axb4 15. Qe3 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. h3 Bd7 18. N2b3 Nce4 19. Bxe4 (19. f3
e5 $1 20. fxe4 exd4 21. Nxd4 Bc5 22. e5 Rae8 23. Bb3 Kh8 $19) 19... Nxe4 20. f3
Ng5 21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Nf7 23. Re1 e5 $17 {0-1 Sjugirov,S-Najer,E TCh-RUS
Premier (Ugra - ShSM-64) Olginka 2011 0-1 (46)}) (14. c4 Ba6 15. b3 Rfc8 (15...
dxc4 $5 16. Nxc4 Nb6 17. Qg4 Nxc4 18. Bh6 (18. bxc4 Rfd8 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. Bh6 g6
$15) 18... g6 19. Bxf8 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Bxf8 $44) 16. Bb2 Nb6 (16... a4 $5 17.
N4f3 h6 18. Bd4 Nb6 $15) 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Nca4 19. Rac1 Nc3 20. Qe3 Nd7 $6
(20... a4 $1 21. bxa4 Qb7 22. Qd3 g6 23. Bb3 Nbxa4 $17) 21. a4 $13 {Pap,
M-Markidis,K Paleochora GRE 2012 1-0 (37)}) 14... bxc3 $1 $146 (14... f5 15.
exf6 Nxf6 16. c4 $6 (16. h3 Bd7 17. c4 $13) 16... Bd6 $1 (16... Ng4 $2 17. Qh3
Nh6 $2 (17... Nf6 $8 18. b3 Bd8 (18... e5 $6 19. Qg3 $16) 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. Bb2
e5 21. Qg3 $14) 18. Qh5 $6 (18. N2f3 $1 Rf6 (18... e5 19. Qg3 Nf7 20. Nxe5 Bd6
21. Nb5 $18) 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Qh5 Bb7 21. Bg5 Rf7 22. Bxh6 $18) 18... dxc4 19.
Nxc4 Nf5 20. Nxf5 exf5 21. Nb6 Qxb6 22. Rxe7 $16 {Jansa,V-Sorensen,B 22nd
World Seniors Open Kamena Vourla GRE 2012 1-0 (31)}) 17. h3 Ba6 18. Nb5 (18.
Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Ba4 dxc4 $15) 18... Bxb5 19. cxb5 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Bf4
21. Qe2 Rac8 $15) 15. bxc3 Ba6 16. Ba3 {It is hard to underestimate Black's
achievements on the queenside. He had to find the best setup of his pieces in
order to prevent a possible white attack. In the game, Kamsky put his rooks on
c8 and e8 and pushed f6. In my opinion, the plan is risky. Let's examine other
black options.} Rfe8 (16... Rfc8 $5 17. h4 (17. f4 g6 18. Qh3 Nb6 19. f5 exf5
20. Nxf5 Bf8 (20... gxf5 $4 21. Bxf5 Kf8 22. Qxh7 Bg5 23. Nf3 Bf4 24. Bxc8 Rxc8
25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qh4+ $18) 21. Nh6+ Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Bd3 $15) 17... Rab8 18. h5 h6
19. f4 Nb6 (19... Rb6 $5 20. Qh3 Bf8 21. Re3 Nd3 22. Bxd3 (22. Bxf8 $2 Qxc3 23.
N2b3 Rxb3 24. Nxb3 Qxc2 25. Bd6 a4 $19) 22... Bxa3 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. f5 Bc5 $13
) 20. Qh3 Nc4 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. f5 Ne4 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Qxe6+
Qxe6 26. Nxe6 Nxc3 $11) (16... Rab8 17. h4 h6 18. h5 Rfc8 (18... Rfe8 $5 $13))
17. h4 Rac8 18. Rab1 h6 19. h5 f6 $6 (19... Nxe5 $1 {I would recommend this
move.} 20. Qxe5 Bd6 21. Nxe6 $8 fxe6 22. Qe3 Bh2+ 23. Kh1 Bf4 24. Qd4 Bd3 (
24... Rf8 25. Nb3 Qe7 26. g3 Bd6 27. Bg6 Nxb3 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. axb3 Qc6 $11)
25. Bxd3 Bxd2 26. Bg6 Bxe1 27. Bxe8 Ne4 28. Rxe1 Rxe8 29. c4 Qf7 30. Kg1 Qxh5
31. cxd5 exd5 32. Bb2 $44) (19... Ne4 20. Bxe7 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Rxe7 22. Qf4 f6 (
22... Qxc3 $6 23. Rec1 Qa3 24. Rb3 Qc5 25. Bh7+ Kxh7 26. Rxc5 Nxc5 27. Rb6) 23.
exf6 $3 Qxf4 24. fxe7 {Black is in danger. Let's consider the following lines.}
e5 $1 (24... Ne5 25. g3 Qf6 26. Rb6 Bc4 27. Kg2 Kf7 (27... Ng4 28. Rbxe6 Qxf2+
29. Kh3 Nf6 30. e8=Q+ Nxe8 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Rxe8+ Kf7 33. Bg6+ Kf6 34. Rf8+
$18) 28. f4 Nd3 29. Rexe6 Ne1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxb6 31. Bg6+ Kf6 32. g4 Qa6 33. e8=Q
Bf1+ 34. Kf2 Rxe8 35. Rxe8 $18) (24... Nf6 25. Rxe6 Bc4 26. Bg6 Ne8 27. Re3 Qd6
28. Rbe1 Kh8 29. Rf3 Nc7 30. e8=Q+ Nxe8 31. Bxe8 Bxa2 32. Bg6 a4 33. Rfe3 Rf8
34. Re8 $18) (24... Re8 25. Rxe6 Bc8 26. Bg6 Nf6 27. g3 Qg5 28. Rxf6 Qxf6 29.
Bxe8 Qxe7 30. Bg6 $14) 25. Bf5 Nf6 26. Be6+ (26. Bxc8 Bxc8 27. Rb8 Qg4 28. f3
Qd7 29. Rxe5 Ne8 30. Rb5 Qc7 31. Rbxd5 Qxc3 32. Rd8 Kf7 $15) 26... Kh7 27. Bf5+
Kg8 28. Be6+ $11) 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Qh3 $1 Nf8 $8 {There is no chance for
Black to play ...e5.} (21... Qf4 $2 22. N2f3 e5 $4 23. g3 $18) (21... e5 $2 22.
Qf5 exd4 $4 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Bg6#) (21... Be5 $2 22. Bg6 $18) 22.
Rbc1 $6 (22. Rbd1 $1 Kh8 (22... e5 $6 23. Nf5 Bb7 24. c4 d4 25. Qg3 Kh8 26. Nb3
$16) (22... Qf7 23. Re3 Kh8 24. N2f3 e5 25. Nf5 Qd7 26. Qg3 $16) 23. N2b3 Nxb3
24. Bxb3 Qxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxc3 26. Bxf8 Bxd4 27. Bd6 Rxb3 28. axb3 Bc3 29. Re3 d4
30. Re5 $14) 22... Bg5 23. N4f3 (23. Rcd1 $5 {Probably he should have put the
rook on d1 even without a tempo.} e5 24. Nf5 Nfe6 25. Nf3 e4 (25... Nf4 26. Qg3
Nxh5 27. Qh2 Nf6 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Qxe5 Qxe5 30. Nxe5 Rc7 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32.
Ne7+ Kf8 33. N7g6+ Ke8 34. f4 $18) 26. Nxg5 Nxg5 27. Qg4 Bc4 28. Bc1 Nce6 29.
Ba4 Red8 30. f4 exf3 $8 31. gxf3 $40) 23... Bf6 24. Nd4 Bg5 25. N4f3 Bf4 $5 {
Kamsky wants to continue the game. Black's chances seem to be not worse.} (
25... Bf6 $11) 26. g3 (26. Qg4 Nd3 27. Bxd3 Bxd3 28. Bxf8 Bf5 29. Qxg7+ Qxg7
30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. g3 Bd6 $44) (26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Qg4 Qc7 28. g3 Bd6 29. Nd4 Qd7
(29... Ba3 30. Rcd1 Qxc3 $2 31. Nb1 Qb2 32. Nxa3 Qxa3 33. Nxe6 Qe7 34. Bb3 $1
$16) 30. Re3 $13) 26... Bd6 27. Qg4 Ncd7 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Qa4 e5 $1 30. Qxa5
e4 31. Nd4 Ne5 $2 {A blunder. Black has several promising opportunities} (31...
Nc5 $5 32. c4 (32. Nf5 Qe5 33. Nb3 Nfe6 34. Nbd4 Bc4 $17) 32... Re5 33. Qc3
Rxh5 $15) (31... Re5 $5 32. f4 exf3 (32... Rxh5 $2 33. Nxe4 $18) 33. N2xf3
Rxe1+ 34. Nxe1 Rc5 $1 (34... Qxg3+ 35. Ng2 Bc4 36. Nf5 Qg5 37. Re1 $13) 35. Nf5
(35. Qb4 Qxg3+ 36. Ng2 Bd3 37. Bxd3 Qxd3 $17) 35... Qxg3+ 36. Nxg3 Rxa5 37. Bb3
Ne6 $15) 32. Bb3 $2 {White could win immediately} (32. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 (32... Rc5
33. Qa3 Nfd7 34. Bf5 $18) 33. Nxe4 Qd7 34. Qxa6 $18) 32... Bc4 $6 (32... Kh8
33. Nf5 (33. Bxd5 $6 Rc5 34. Qa4 Bb5 35. Nxb5 Qxd5 36. Nc7 Qxd2 37. Qxe8 Nf3+
38. Kg2 Nxe1+ 39. Rxe1 Rf5 40. Rf1 Qd3 41. Kg1 Qf3 42. Ne6 $8 e3 43. Nf4 $8
Rxf4 44. gxf4 Qg4+ $11) 33... Qe6 34. Qxd5 Qxd5 35. Bxd5 Rcd8 36. c4 Nd3 37.
Nb3 $14) 33. Bxc4 Nxc4 34. Nxc4 Rxc4 35. Nf5 $1 Qc6 (35... Qc5 $5 36. Qxc5 Rxc5
37. Rb1 $1 Kh7 38. Rb7 Ne6 39. Rd7 $16) 36. Rcd1 Rc5 37. Qa7 Nd7 38. Rb1 Qe6 $2
(38... Kh8 $1 {The most stubborn move. White has a winning position, but he
would have to overcome some technical problems.} 39. Rb7 Ra5 $1 40. Qxa5 Qxb7
41. c4 Nf6 (41... dxc4 42. Nd6 Qa8 43. Qf5 Re7 44. Rxe4 Rxe4 45. Qxe4 Qxe4 46.
Nxe4 $18 {White should win the endgame}) 42. Nd6 Qa8 43. Qxa8 Rxa8 44. c5 Ra6 (
44... Rxa2 45. Rc1 Ra8 46. c6 Ne8 47. Nf5 Nc7 48. Rb1 $18) 45. Rc1 Rc6 46. Nf5
Nd7 47. a4 Rxc5 48. Rxc5 Nxc5 49. a5 $18 {Due to the miserable black king
position White should win the endgame.}) 39. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 40. Rb7 Re7 41. Rxd7
Rxd7 42. Qxc5 $18 Qf6 43. Rd1 Qg5 44. Qd4+ Kg8 45. c4 Qxh5 46. Re1 Qf7 47. cxd5
Rxd5 48. Qxe4 Rd2 49. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3 Nh5
9. O-O e5 10. Re1 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nd7 14. Nf3 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Nf6 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. Re5 f5 18. Rae1 Qd6 19. Bc2 Bd7 20. Qd1 a6 21. Ba4 b5
22. Bb3 Rae8 23. cxb5 axb5 24. c4 b4 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Qa1 Nf6
28. Qe5 Qxe5 29. Nxe5 Nd7 30. Nd3 Kf8 31. Nxf4 Ke7 32. Nd3 Kd6 33. f4 Nf6 34.
Kf2 Bd7 35. Ke3 Bc8 36. Ne5 Ke7 37. Bc2 Ne8 38. g4 Nd6 39. g5 Bd7 40. Kd2 Nc8
41. Kc1 Nb6 42. Kb2 Na4+ 43. Bxa4 Bxa4 44. a3 bxa3+ 45. Kxa3 Bc2 46. Kb2 Ba4
47. Nd3 Kd6 48. Nf2 Ke7 49. Kc3 Kd6 50. h4 Ke7 51. Nd3 Kd6 52. Nb2 Be8 53. Nd1
Ba4 54. Ne3 Bd7 55. Nf1 Ba4 56. h5 Bd7 57. Ng3 Be8 58. Kd2 Ke7 59. Kc3 Kd6 60.
Kd3 Ke7 61. Ke2 Ba4 62. Nf1 Bd7 63. Kf2 Ba4 64. Kg3 Bd1 65. h6 Ba4 66. Ne3 Kf7
67. d6 Bc6 68. d7 Bxd7 69. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d3
h6 9. Nd5 d6 10. c3 Rb8 11. h3 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qd7 15.
Qd3 Bb7 16. Bc2 Ng6 17. Nf5 Rfe8 18. b3 Re5 19. c4 Qd8 20. Bd2 Bc8 21. Ng3 Qh4
22. Kh2 Bd7 23. f4 bxc4 24. bxc4 Re7 25. Rae1 Rxe1 26. Bxe1 Bb6 27. Qc3 Re8 28.
Bf5 Re3 29. Qb2 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Bxf5 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Nxf5+ Kf6 33. Nxh4 Nxh4
34. Kg3 Nf5+ 35. Kf3 Nh4+ 36. Kg3 h5 37. Rb1 Nf5+ 38. Kf3 Nh4+ 39. Kg3 Nf5+ 40.
Kf3 h4 41. Re1 a5 42. Re8 Kg7 43. Ke2 Ng3+ 44. Kf3 Nf5 45. Ke2 Ng3+ 46. Kf3 f5
47. Re7+ Kg6 48. Re6+ Kg7 49. Re7+ Kg6 50. Re6+ Kh7 51. Re7+ Kh6 52. Re6+ Kh7
53. Re7+ Kh6 54. Re6+ Kh5 55. Rf6 Bc5 56. Rf7 Kg6 57. Rxc7 Ne4 58. Rc8 a4 59.
g4 hxg3 60. h4 a3 61. Rg8+ Kf7 62. Rc8 Nc3 63. Rc7+ Kg6 64. Rxc5 dxc5 65. d6 g2
66. Kxg2 Ne2 67. Kf3 Nd4+ 68. Kf2 Kh5 69. d7 Ne6 70. Kg3 Kg6 71. Kf2 Kf6 72. h5
Ke7 73. Ke3 Kxd7 74. h6 Nf8 75. Kd2 Ke6 76. Kc3 Kf6 77. Kb3 Ne6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 c6 {Actually this is a rare move.} (10... a5) (10... Nf4)
({and} 10... f5 {are much more common.}) 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. b5 {A logical
decision. White is fighting for the d5-square.} Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Qd2 $146
{A novely by Kasimdzhanov.} (14. Rc1 Bg4 15. e5 (15. Qd2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Be5 {
and Black looks OK.}) 15... dxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxd1 (16... Bxe5 $6 17. Bxg4 Qxd1 18.
Bxd1 $14 {and White had a comfortable position, Evdokimov-Amonatov, Sochi 2005.
}) 17. Bxd1 Bxd1 18. Rcxd1 Rfe8 $11 {with a balanced endgame.}) 14... a6 (14...
Bg4 $5 {was an interesting option,} 15. Nd4 (15. Rac1 {transposes to 14.Rc1.})
15... Bxe2 16. Ndxe2 cxb5 17. cxb5 Rc8 $13 {with a balanced position.}) 15.
Rac1 axb5 16. cxb5 Qa5 17. Red1 {A very good move. The R wasn't useful on e1,
now the d6 P is under pressure.} Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxa2 20. Bf1 d5 (
20... cxb5 $2 {does not work, because of} 21. Rc7 $1 {the N can't play} Re8 22.
Bxb5 $18 {and White is winning.}) 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Rc7 $1 Nf5 23. Rxd5 {
White has a virtual P up, but still Black has some counterplay, especially in
a practical game.} Be6 (23... Ra1 24. Rdc5 $14 {followed by Rc1.}) 24. Rd1 Rb2
25. Rcc1 {White prepares for Rb1.} Rb8 26. Ng5 ({The immediate} 26. Rb1 Rxb1
27. Rxb1 f6 {is still not easy for White.}) 26... Bb3 (26... Ba2 $5 {was
interesting to avoid Rb1,} 27. Ne4 Kg7 28. Nc5 Rc8 {and White is slightly
better, but still Black tries to hold on.}) 27. Rb1 $1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Nd4 29. f3
h6 30. Ne4 Rc8 31. Nd6 (31. b6 Rb8) 31... Rb8 32. Ne4 Rc8 33. Nd6 Rb8 34. Rb2
$5 {After a repetition, Kasimdzhanov continues the game with another move,
with which he sets a trap.} Kf8 35. Ne4 Rc8 $2 {On the 32th move this was good,
but now thanks to a tactical trick, it does not work.} (35... Ke7 {was tougher}
36. Nc5 Be6 37. Rb4 Rc8 {and Black is still fighting.}) 36. b6 $1 Bd5 ({
The natural} 36... Rb8 $2 {does not work because of} 37. Nc5 $1 $18 {and Black
loses. This was the point of White's trick.}) 37. b7 Rb8 38. Nc5 Bc6 39. Rb4
Nf5 (39... Ne6 40. Rb6 $1 Nxc5 41. Rxc6 Nxb7 42. Rb6 $18 {followed by Ba6.})
40. Rb6 Ne7 41. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 (10. h4 $5 {is an aggressive way to fight for the
initiative.}) 10... Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Qc2 (14. Bd3
c5 15. Qc2 {is just another order of moves.} (15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. dxc5
Nxe4 18. Qxe4 bxc5 19. Qc2 Bb7 20. Nd2 Rfd8 $11 {0-1 Topalov,V (2805)-Anand,V 
(2787)/Sofia 2010/CBM 136/[Giri,A] (56)})) 14... Bb7 15. Bd3 {The Bb7 may
become very strong, so White should exchange it.} c5 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 cxd4
$1 {An important improvement over Ivanchuk's previous game in this line.} (
17... Bxe4 {is less accurate and allows White to fix a small advantage:} 18.
Qxe4 Rac8 (18... Nf6 19. Qc2 Rfc8 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Rc4 a5 22. Ne5 Kg8 23. dxc5
Rxc5 24. Rxc5 bxc5 25. b3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2803)-Nakamura,H (2733)/
Khanty-Mansiysk 2010/CBM 139 (53)}) 19. Rfc1 Rc7 20. Qc2 Rfc8 21. h3 Nf6 22.
Rc4 Ne8 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Qb3 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Qxc4 Nd6 27. Qc6 Kg8 28.
Ne5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2766)-Carlsen,M (2835)/Wijk aan Zee 2012/CBM 147/
[Krasenkow,M] (57)}) 18. Nxd4 (18. Bxb7 dxc3 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Qxc3 {doesn't
pose Black serious problems:} Qc5 21. Qxc5 Nxc5 22. Rc1 Kg8 23. Ne5 f6 24. Nc6
a5 $11) 18... Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nc5 20. Qc2 a5 $1 {Securing the Nc5 looks like a
convincing way to neutralise White's slight pressure.} 21. Rc1 $146 {This
novelty hardly changes the evaluation of this position. Black needs some
accuracy, but the position is equal.} (21. a3 a4 22. Rc4 Rfc8 23. Nb5 Qd7 24.
Nc3 Qd3 25. Qxd3 Nxd3 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Nxa4 b5 28. Nc3 Rc5 29. Ne4 Re5 30.
Nc3 Rc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 L'Ami,E (2651)-Can,E (2513)/Iasi ROU 2014 (33)}) (21. Nb3
Nxb3 22. Qxb3 Qb7 23. h3 Rac8 24. Rfc1 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Arutinian,D (2553)-Miroshnichenko,E (2624)/Dubai 2012/CBM 148 Extra (30)})
21... Qb7 22. Qe2 {The queen is heading to b5, but it is not a big deal.} (22.
h3 Rfd8 23. a3 e5 24. Nf5 Qd7 $11) (22. a3 a4 23. Rc4 Rfd8 $11) (22. Nb3 Nxb3
23. Qxb3 Rac8 24. h3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Rd8 $11) 22... Rfd8 23. h3 Kg8 24. Qb5 Qd7
$11 {The Pb6 isuntouchable in view of 25...Na4, so Black can liqudate into an
equal endgame.} 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Kf1 Kf8 ({There was nothing wrong with a
more active approach:} 26... e5 27. Nb3 Nd3 28. Rd1 Rad8 $11) 27. Ke2 Ke7 {
A slight inaccuracy.} ({It was the right moment for some prophylaxis:} 27...
Rad8 28. R1c2 Rd6 29. a3 (29. Nb3 Nxb3 30. Rxb3 Ke7 $11) 29... e5 (29... a4 30.
Rc4 $14) 30. Nf3 Rd5 31. Nd2 Ke7 32. Rc4 R8d6 $11) 28. R1c2 ({Missing a good
opportunity of getting some pressure in the rook endgame:} 28. Nb3 $1 Rad8 (
28... Nxb3 29. Rxb3 Rb8 (29... Rd6 30. Rc7+ Kf6 31. Rb5 Rad8 32. Kf3 $14) 30.
e4 $14) 29. Nxc5 Rd2+ 30. Kf3 bxc5 31. R1c2 $14 {Still, Black should be able
to hold it with precise play.}) 28... Rd6 29. a3 ({Now} 29. Nb3 {gives nothing:
} Nxb3 30. Rxb3 Rad8 31. a4 Kd7 $11) 29... a4 30. Rc4 {Black's queenside pawns
are somewhat weak now, so Rustam had to be careful.} Ra5 $1 {A nice
prophylactic move. Now Black is ready to meet 31.Rb4 with Na6.} (30... g5 31.
Rb4 Kf6 32. Nb5 Rd7 33. Rcc4 $14) 31. f4 (31. Rb4 Na6 32. Rb5 Rxb5 33. Nxb5 Rd5
34. Nc3 Rc5 35. Kd3 b5 $11) 31... g5 32. g3 Kd7 {I don't like this passive
move - the king is becoming vulnerable there.} ({Black's task would be simpler
after} 32... gxf4 33. gxf4 (33. exf4 h5 34. Nf3 Rb5 $11) 33... Ra8 $1 {
activating the rook} 34. Kf3 Rg8 35. Rg2 Rxg2 36. Kxg2 Nd3 $11) 33. e4 $1 {
Admitting the drawback of Kasmdzhanov's last move.} Nxe4 $6 {Accepting the
challenge is risky.} ({The cool-blooded} 33... f6 $1 {should be enough for
equality:} 34. Kf3 gxf4 35. gxf4 h5 36. Ke3 e5 37. fxe5 fxe5 38. Nf3 Ke6 $11)
34. Nc6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A dramatic blunder by Vasily.} ({Of course, he had to
take the material:} 34. Rc7+ Ke8 35. Rc8+ Ke7 36. Nc6+ Rxc6 37. R2xc6 Nxg3+ (
37... Rb5 38. R6c7+ Kd6 39. Rxf7 Rxb2+ 40. Kf3 Nc5 41. fxg5 hxg5 42. Kg4 Rb3
43. Rf3 $16) 38. Kf3 {In this unbalanced endgame Whte's chances are better:}
gxf4 39. Rxb6 Rh5 40. Kxf4 Nf5 41. Rc3 Rh4+ 42. Kf3 Rxh3+ 43. Kg2 $14 {[%csl
Ra4]}) 34... Rc5 $1 {I guess, being short on time, Ivanchuk missed this simple
move. Now Black is just a pawn up.} (34... Nxg3+ 35. Kf2 Ne4+ 36. Ke3 Rxc6 37.
Rxc6 Nf6 $132) 35. Ne5+ Ke7 $17 36. fxg5 $4 {Obviously, this move is a result
of psychological shock.} ({It was possible to fight for a draw:} 36. Rxc5 bxc5
(36... Nxc5 37. Nc4 Rc6 38. Ne5 Rc7 39. Ke3 $17) 37. Kf3 f5 $17) 36... Rxe5 {
A painful loss for Vassily.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 {Korchnoi has once remarked,
that 4...Nbd7 move is played partly with an idea to take the sting from the
Bf4 move. Kasimdzhanov plays it anyway as it has become quite popular in
recent years.} dxc4 6. e3 {White sensibly decides, that 6.e4 exposes him too
much and that Black will find a way to prove it. The modest move from the game
introduces a moment of critical decision for Black, since the defender can
choose between a plethora of ideas.} (6. e4 Bb4 7. Qc2 (7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 Bxc3
9. bxc3 b5) (7. Bxc4 Nxe4 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bd6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bd2 O-O 12.
Qe2 c5 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nf6 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Qh5 Bd7 17. Rdb1 Bc6 $11 {
1/2 (50) Vescovi,G (2465)-Krasenkow,M (2575) Malmo 1995}) 7... b5 (7... Nb6 $5
8. Be2 (8. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxc4 10. Qa4+ c6 11. Qxc4 Nxe4 $17)) 8. e5 (8. a4
$6 Bb7 9. e5 Bxf3) (8. Nd2 c6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Bd6 Bc7 11. Bxc7 Qxc7 12. b3 e5 13.
d5 cxd5 14. Nxb5 Qc6 15. a4 a6 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qxc4 Bb7 18. Qxc6 Bxc6 19.
Nd6+ Ke7 20. Nf5+ Kf6 21. Rc1 Nb4 $11 {1-0 (46) Boruchovsky,A (2472)-Brkic,A 
(2580) Warsaw 2013}) 8... Nd5 9. Bg5 f6 10. exf6 N7xf6 (10... gxf6 11. Bh6 Bb7
12. Be2 (12. Bg7 Rg8 13. Qxh7 Rxg7 $1 14. Qxg7 Nxc3 $17) 12... Qe7 13. O-O Bxc3
14. bxc3 $15) 11. a4 Bb7 $1 12. Be2 (12. axb5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qxd4
$17) 12... a6 13. O-O c6 14. Ne5 O-O 15. Bg4 $5 {xe6} Qd6 16. Bh3 Bxc3 17. bxc3
c5 $1 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nf3 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Nf4 (20... cxd4 21. Nxd4 $132) 21.
Bxf4 Qxf4 $15 {0-1 (32) Van Wely,L (2560)-Sokolov,I (2625) Tilburg 1994}) 6...
Bd6 {The theory of the whole line is still in flux and comparison between
different ideas is complicated enough. Kramnik shows respect for his opponent
in the form of a solid, well referenced choice of move.} (6... Nd5 7. Bxc4 Nxf4
(7... Bb4 8. O-O Nxf4 9. exf4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. Ne5 b6 13. Rfe1
g6 14. Re3 Bb7 15. Rae1 Kg7 16. Rh3 c5 17. Qd2 Bd5 18. Ba6 Qc7 19. c4 Bb7 20.
Bxb7 Qxb7 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Rb3 $14 {0-1 (68) Aronian,L (2803)-Dominguez Perez,
L (2754) Beijing 2013}) 8. exf4 Bd6 (8... Nb6 9. Bb3 Bd6 10. g3 Bd7 11. O-O (
11. Qd3 Bc6 12. O-O-O $5 Bxf3 (12... O-O 13. Ng5 g6 14. d5) 13. Qxf3 c6 14. Kb1
(14. f5 Qg5+) 14... g6 (14... O-O 15. f5 exf5 16. Qxf5 $14) 15. f5 $1 exf5 16.
Rhe1+ Kf8 17. g4 $40) 11... O-O 12. Qd3 Bc6 13. Rad1 Qf6 14. Ng5 g6 15. Nge4
Qf5 (15... Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Qe7 17. Rfe1 (17. d5 e5 18. f5 (18. Rfe1 exf4 19. Qc3
Nd7 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Re6 Qc5 $11) 18... Nd7 $14) 17... c6 18. h4 a5 19. a3 a4
20. Ba2 Nd5 21. h5 $11) 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5
20. Rxd5 $14 {1-0 (77) Gelfand,B (2739)-Adams,M (2727) Paris/St Petersburg 2013
}) 9. Qd2 (9. g3 O-O 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qe2 b6 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Rac1 Qe7 14. a3
Rfd8 15. Ne5 c5 16. Nb5 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qd6 19. Bb3 Qxe5 20. fxe5
$11 {1-0 (25) Botvinnik,M-Menchik,V/Hastings 1934/HCL}) (9. Ne5 O-O 10. O-O Nb6
11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Qg4 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Bc6 14. f5 exf5 15. Qxf5 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Rad8
17. Rad1 g6 18. Qf4 Kg7 $11 {Ibragimov,I-Smagin,S/Saint Petersburg 1998})) (
6... a6 7. a4 (7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 (8. Bb3 $1) 8... Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. a4 b4 11.
Nb1 Rc8 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. a5 Nbd5 15. Bg3 Bd6 $11 {Saemisch,
F-Sprecher,L/Berlin 1920}) 7... Bd6 (7... Nb6 $6 8. a5 Nbd5 9. Bxc4 Nxf4 10.
exf4 Be7 (10... Bd6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qf3 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Nxe5 15. fxe5
Bb4 16. Re3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 $16 {Alekhine,A-Lancel,E/France 1923}) 11. O-O O-O
12. Ne5 Qd6 (12... c6 13. f5 $1 exf5 14. Qb3 Qxd4 (14... Qe8 15. Rfe1 $14) 15.
Nxf7 Qh4 16. g3 Qh5 17. Rae1 $16) 13. Re1 c6 (13... g6 $1 14. Re3 $5 Rd8 15.
Rd3 c6 16. Qf3 $14) 14. f5 $1 exf5 (14... Nd5 15. Qb3 Qb4 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Ne4
$36 {/\Nd3}) 15. Nxf7 $1 (15. Qb3 Be6 16. Qxb7 Ng4 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qxc6 Nxe5
19. Qxd6 Bxd6 20. dxe5 Bb4 $14) 15... Rxf7 16. Qb3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bxd5
Qf6 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. Rc7 $5 (20. Bxf7+ Qxf7 21. Qxb7 Rd8 22. Qxa6 $16) 20...
Rd8 21. Rxb7 Kf8 22. Rb6 Qxd4 23. Bxf7 Bc5 24. Rd1 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Be8 $1 (25...
Bxb6 26. axb6 $18) 26. Bd5 $1 {1-0 (40) Gelfand,B (2703)-Graf,A (2646) Plovdiv
2003}) (7... c5 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nbd5 11. Be5 $1 Be7 (11... Bb4
12. Qd3 $14) 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 $2 13. Bxg7 Rg8 14. Be5 Rxg2 15. Bg3 $16) 8. Bg3 (8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c5 (9... b6 10. Bxc4 (10. e4 Be7 11. Bxc4 Bb7 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nxe4
Bxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. O-O O-O 16. Re1 Bb7 17. Bd3 Rfd8 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4
c5 20. Qe2 cxd4 21. Rxd4 {1/2 (21) Adhiban,B (2610)-Roiz,M (2572) Biel 2014})
10... Bb7 11. O-O Qe7 12. d5 e5 13. Qe2 g5 14. Bg3 Nf8 15. Nd2 Ng6 16. f3 h5
17. Nde4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Bc8 19. Be1 g4 20. Qd3 Qg5 {1/2 (32) Ding,L (2695)
-Ipatov,A (2577) Athens 2012}) 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 Qc7 13. Bb3
b6 14. Rc1 Qb8 (14... Bf4 15. Rc2 Qd6 $5 (15... Qb8 16. d5) 16. Ne2 (16. d5 Nc5
17. Bxf6 Nxb3 18. Bh4 Bb7 19. g3 exd5 20. gxf4 d4 $132) 16... Bb7 17. Nxf4 Qxf4
18. Bg3 Qf5 19. Rc7 Be4 $11) 15. d5 $1 e5 16. Nd2 $1 e4 $2 (16... Bb7 17. Nde4
Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Kh8 (18... Nc5 19. Rxc5 $1 bxc5 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. Qd3 e4 (21... g6
22. Qe3 Kg7 23. Ng4 $18) 22. Qxe4 g6 23. Bg3 $16) 19. Rc6 $1 Bxc6 20. dxc6 Nc5
21. Nxd6 Nxb3 22. Be7 Nd4 23. f4 $1 Qc7 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. fxe5 Nxc6 $14) 17.
Ncxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Qf4 20. Be7 $1 Qxe4 21. Re1 Qf4 22. Rc4 $1
Qxf2 23. Kxh2 Bb7 24. Bc2 $1 {1-0 (97) Gelfand,B (2764)-Dominguez Perez,L 
(2757) Elancourt 2013}) 8... b6 (8... Bxg3 9. hxg3 c5 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 cxd4
12. exd4 Bd7 (12... Qd6 13. a5 Nbd5 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qh5 g6 17.
Qf3 Qe7 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. O-O $14) 13. a5 Nbd5 14. Bxd5 (14. Ne5 Bc6 15. g4
Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxg2 17. Rh2 Bc6) 14... Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qe2+ Be6 {1/2 (86)
Grischuk,A (2785)-Ponomariov,R (2756) Elancourt 2013} (16... Qe7 17. Rh5 Qxe2+
18. Kxe2 Be6 19. Kd2 $14)) 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. Bh4 (10. O-O Bxg3 11. hxg3 c5 12. d5
exd5 13. Nxd5 O-O 14. Nf4 Qe7 15. Qc2 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Rfd1 Bc6 18. Qe2 g5
19. Nd3 Qe4 20. Ne1 $11 {1/2 (84) Fressinet,L (2710)-L'Ami,E (2645) Germany
2013}) 10... O-O 11. O-O Qb8 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Ne5 15. Rc1
Bxd5 16. Qxd5 c6 17. Qe4 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Be5 20. Rxc6 b5 21. axb5
Qxb5 {1/2 (58) Carlsen,M (2786)-Ivanchuk,V (2786) Cap d'Agde 2008}) (6... Nb6
7. Bxc4 Nxc4 (7... Nfd5 8. O-O Nxf4 9. exf4 Bd6 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. fxe5 Bd7 12.
Bb3 Bc6 13. Qg4 g6 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Rac1 h5 16. Qh3 Rd8 17. Qe3 Bd5 18. Nb5 Rd7
19. Qc3 O-O {0-1 (50) Giri,A (2734)-Dominguez Perez,L (2754) Beijing 2013}) 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 (8... c6 9. Qxc4 Nd5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bg3 Qb6 12. O-O Qxb2 13. Ne4 Nb6
14. Qd3 Qb5 15. Qc2 Qa4 16. Qd3 Qb5 17. Qc2 Qa4 18. Qd3 Qb5 {1/2 (18) Potkin,V
(2626)-Zvjaginsev,V (2656) Irkutsk 2010}) 9. Qxc4 Bd6 10. Bg5 (10. O-O Bc6 11.
Ne5 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 Nd7 (12... O-O 13. Bxf6 (13. Rac1 a6 14. Rfd1 Nd5 $5 15. Nxd5
exd5 16. Qe2 f6 17. Bg3 Re8 18. Rc3 Re7 19. Rdc1 Qe8 $11 {1/2 Schandorff,L 
(2563)-Koneru,H (2496)/Esbjerg 2003/ (58)}) 13... Qxf6 14. e4 Rac8 $14) 13. Bg3
Nb6 $6 (13... O-O 14. e4 Nb6 15. Qc5 $14) 14. Qc5 Nd7 $2 15. Qa5 $1 b6 16. Qa3
$16 {1-0 (34) Bacrot,E (2653)-Jussupow,A (2633) Germany 2001}) (10. Bxd6 cxd6
11. d5 e5 12. Qb4 Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Ke2 Ke7 15. Nd2 Rhc8 16. Rhc1 Rc5 17.
e4 g6 18. f3 Nh5 19. Ke3 f5 {1/2 Nikolic,P (2635)-Andersson,U (2605)/Debrecen
1992/EU-chT}) (10. Bg3 Bc6 11. O-O Bxf3 12. gxf3 O-O 13. Nb5 Qd7 14. Rfc1 Rfc8
$11 {1/2 Gurevich,M (2625)-Andersson,U (2605)/Madrid 1988/EXT 1997 (80)})) (
6... b5 7. Nxb5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 (8. Bg3 Bb4+ 9. Nd2 N7b6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Be2 Ba6
12. Nc3 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. a3 Rc8 15. Nde4 Be7 16. Be5 f5 17. Nd2 Bf6 18.
Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rc1 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. Rxc3 $11 {1-0 (43) Lenic,L (2634)
-Stern,R (2513) Germany 2014}) 8... Bb4+ 9. Kf1 Nxf4 10. exf4 O-O 11. g3 a6 12.
Nc3 Bb7 13. Be2 Qe7 14. Kg2 c5 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nf6 18. Re1
Rfc8 19. Kg1 Ne4 $11 {1-0 (41) L'Ami,E (2645)-Rabiega,R (2507) Germany 2013})
7. Bxd6 (7. Bg5 a6 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Qc2 c5 12. Bxf6 gxf6
13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rc8 16. Qe2 f5 17. Ng3 O-O 18. a4 bxa4 19.
Rxa4 Nc5 20. Rc4 a5 21. Rfc1 $14 {1/2 (49) Schandorff,L (2519)-Berkes,F (2619)
Gothenburg 2005}) 7... cxd6 8. Bxc4 a6 9. a4 d5 {A move like this deserves
some explanation. Black is concerned about White's ability to expand in the
centre with his pawns. In order to prevent it the defender is ready to live
with a second-rate bishop on b7.} (9... Qa5 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 b6 12. Rab1 Qb4
13. Be2 Bb7 14. Ne1 Qa5 $11 {1/2 (14) Ruck,R (2540)-Portisch,L (2533)
Szekesfehervar 2006}) 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qb3 Qe7 {In this battle
between two former world champions Kramnik would like to play close to
perfection. With his timely control of the a3-f8 diagonal he is avoiding
annoying moves like Qb4.} (12... Bb7 13. Qb4 Rc8 14. Rfc1 h6 15. Rc2 Rc6 16.
Rac1 Qb8 17. Na2 Rxc2 18. Rxc2 Rc8 19. Qb3 Rxc2 20. Qxc2 Qc8 21. Qxc8+ Bxc8 22.
Nb4 Nb8 {1/2 (27) Bluebaum,M (2519)-Mirzoev,A (2550) Lueneburg 2014}) 13. Rac1
Bb7 14. Rc2 Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Qd6 16. Ne5 $5 $146 {Kasimdzhanov surprises his
adversary with a novelty which might hurt a bit. The current world champion
had to face a challenge of more modest proportions in 16.Na2 move.} (16. Na2
Rxc2 17. Rxc2 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Qc3 Bb7 20. b4 Ne4 21. Qc1 h6 22. h3 Kf8
23. b5 a5 24. Nc3 Qc7 25. Qa3+ Qd6 26. Qc1 Qc7 27. Qa3+ {1/2 (55) Gelfand,B 
(2755)-Carlsen,M (2864) Moscow 2013}) 16... Nxe5 {It might have been
attractive to avoid complications, but the natural move 16...Rc7 is fraught
with some dangers.} (16... Rc7 17. Nxd7 (17. f4 Rac8 $11) 17... Rxd7 (17...
Nxd7 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Nb5 axb5 20. Rxc7 Nc5 21. R7xc5 bxc5 22. dxc5 Qb8
23. axb5 $14) 18. Na2 $14) 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxb6 Rcb8 {The choice of
continuation was suddenly quite difficult, as many lines would simply fail to
pass muster. The Russian star tries to minimise the danger.} (18... Ng4 $2 19.
Qxb7 Qxh2+ 20. Kf1 Qh1+ 21. Ke2 Qxg2 22. Nd1 $18) (18... Rab8 19. Ne4 $5 (19.
f4 Qh5 (19... Nd7 20. Qd4 (20. Qa7 Qd6 21. Qd4 f6 $11) 20... Qf6 21. b4 e5 22.
fxe5 Qe6 23. Qf4 g6 24. b5 Nxe5 $11) 20. h3 $14) 19... Rxc2 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21.
Rxc2 d4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. exd4 Rd8 24. Rc7 Rxd4 25. Rxb7 Rxd3 26. g3 $14) (
18... Qb8 $2 19. Nxd5 Rxc2 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Rxc2 $16) 19. Ne2 Nd7 (19... Ng4
$2 20. Qxb7 $1 Qxh2+ 21. Kf1 Qh1+ 22. Ng1 g6 23. Qc7 Nh2+ 24. Ke2 Qxg2 25. Qg3
$16) (19... d4 20. Qxd4 Qg5 21. Ng3 Rd8 22. Qb4 Rab8 (22... Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rxd3
24. Rc5 Qg4 25. Rc8+ Rd8 26. Qb7 Raxc8 27. Rxc8 Rf8 28. Qxa6 $16) 23. Be2 Nd5
24. Qa5 f5 25. Rd2 $14) (19... Ne8 20. b4 Bc8 21. Qd8 Bb7 22. Qe7 Qd6 23. Qxd6
Nxd6 24. Nd4 $14) 20. Qd4 {In the era before computers it might have been
quite difficult to find out, that the 20.Qb4!? retreat was probably more exact.
Black could not have claimed full equality in that case.} (20. Qb4 $5 Bc8 21.
Qa3 Nf8 22. Nd4 $14) 20... Qd6 (20... Qxd4 21. Nxd4 Rc8 22. Rc7 Rab8 23. Nf3
Nb6 24. a5 Na8 25. R7c3 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Rc8 27. Rb3 Rc7 28. Nd4 h6 29. f4 $14)
21. f4 (21. Rc7 e5 22. Qh4 e4 23. Bb1 Nf6 24. Qg3 Qb4 25. Qe5 a5 $11) 21... e5
{Those players who have not been world champions might have been scared to
show activity for Black, when his pieces are so passive in the corner of the
queenside. Kramnik knows better and it seems as if the equilibrium was not yet
truly broken.} (21... Rc8 $1 22. b4 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 g6 $11) (21... f6 22. Rc7 $1
g6 (22... e5 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Ng3 Bc8 25. Be4 Be6 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. Bxd5+ Kh8
28. Bxa8 $18) 23. a5 e5 24. Qa4 $16) 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Qf4 Qe7 $2 {It is
painful to admit, but tactics decide too many games even on the highest level.
One weaker moment can send any decent position into a tailspin and turn it
into a difficult one. Black should have found the 24...g6! defence in the
critical line with the promise of full equality.} (23... Rc8 $1 24. Qf5 g6 $1 (
24... Nxd3 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qxc8+ Qf8 28. Qxa6 Nxb2 29. Qb5
Nc4 30. Qxd5 Qc8 (30... Nxe3 31. Qe4 Nd1 32. Qd4 $18) 31. Kf2 $16) 25. Rxc8+
Bxc8 26. Rxc8+ Kg7 27. Ng3 Rxc8 28. Qxc8 Nxd3 29. Qc3+ Ne5 30. Qd4 f6 31. e4
Kf7 32. exd5 Nc6 $11) 24. Rc7 $1 Qe8 (24... Nxd3 25. Rxe7 Nxf4 26. Nxf4 $18) (
24... Qe6 25. Bf5 Qf6 26. Nd4 h6 (26... g6 27. Be6 $18) 27. b3 $16) 25. Bf5 Nc4
{[%mdl 2048] The defender is unable to untangle his bundle of paasive pieces
on the a- and b-files. It has to be admitted that White is playing with five
pieces against Black's two.} (25... g6 26. Nd4 gxf5 27. Nxf5 Rc8 28. Qg5+ Ng6
29. Qf6 Qf8 30. Rxf7 $3 Rxc1+ 31. Kf2 Rc2+ 32. Kf1 Rc1+ 33. Ke2 Nf4+ 34. exf4
Re8+ 35. Kf2 Rc2+ 36. Kg3 Rxg2+ 37. Kxg2 d4+ 38. Kf2 $18) (25... Bc6 26. R1xc6
Nxc6 27. Bd7 Qe5 28. Bxc6 Qxf4 29. Nxf4 Rc8 30. Bxa8 Rxc7 31. b4 $18) (25...
Ng6 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Rf1 f6 28. Nd4 $18) 26. Bd7 $1 Qf8 {The tragedy is
complete since grabbing the e3-pawn leaves Black in a completely hopeless
position.} (26... Qxe3+ 27. Qxe3 Nxe3 28. Nd4 h5 (28... a5 29. b3 h5 30. h3 f5
31. Be6+ Kh7 32. Kf2 f4 33. g3 $18) 29. b3 g6 30. Re1 Ng4 31. Bxg4 hxg4 32.
Ree7 Bc8 33. Rxf7 $18) 27. b3 Nb6 (27... Nd6 28. Nd4 $18) 28. Bf5 d4 (28... Bc8
29. Rxf7 $1 (29. a5 Bxf5 30. axb6 Bd3 31. Nc3 Rxb6 32. Qd4 Rxb3 33. Qxd3 $18)
29... Kxf7 30. Bxh7+ Ke7 31. Qb4+ Ke8 32. Bg6+ $18) 29. Rxf7 $1 {The final
combination is a fine example of using huge superiority in numbers for a very
swift and efficient attack. Please note, that four black pieces are very close
to the edge of the board far away from their own king.} Kxf7 (29... Qxf7 30.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 (30... Kf8 31. Qd6+ Ke8 32. Bg6 $18) 31. Qxf7 Bd5 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33.
a5 Rf8 34. Qe5 $18) 30. Bxh7+ (30. Bxh7+ Ke8 (30... Ke6 31. Nxd4+ Kd5 32. Be4#)
(30... Ke7 31. Qe5+ Kd7 32. Bf5+ Kd8 (32... Qxf5 33. Rc7+ Kd8 34. Qe7#) 33.
Qc7+ Ke8 34. Bg6+ $18) 31. Bg6+ Kd7 32. Qc7+ Ke6 33. Qxb6+ Qd6 34. Nf4+ Ke7 35.
Rc7+ Qxc7 36. Qxc7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a5 8. Re1
c6 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 Re8 11. d5 {A rare plan. White doesn't want to keep the
tension in the centre.} (11. Ba2 {was tried} Qc7 12. Nh4 Nf8 13. Qf3 exd4 14.
Bxd4 Ne6 15. Bxe6 Bxe6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Nd7 {and Black equalised, S.
Zhigalko-Yudin, Dubai rapid 2014.}) (11. Qd2 {is also more popular.}) 11... Nf8
$6 $146 {The first new move by Andreikin. A logical idea, Black would like to
transfer his N to the kingside. Unfortunately this wasn't a good plan, because
Black's queenside becomes very weak.} (11... Nb6 12. Bb3 (12. Nd2 $5) 12...
cxd5 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qd3 Rac8 $11 {should be
equalising, Tseitlin-Shirazi, Bagneux 1994.}) 12. Nd2 $1 {Kasimdzhanov
immediately starts a great plan. He prepares for Bf1 followed by Nc4.} Ng6 13.
Bf1 $1 {A good prophylactic move. White frees the c4-square for his knight.}
Rb8 $6 (13... cxd5 {was tougher} 14. exd5 Nh4 15. Bb5 Rf8 16. Nc4 $36 {and
White has a wonderful initiative on the queenside.}) 14. Ba7 ({We will see} 14.
Nc4 $1 {after a repetition.}) 14... Ra8 15. Be3 Rb8 16. Nc4 $1 $16 {After
repetition of moves Kasimdzhanov continues his main plan. Black's situation is
very difficult.} c5 {A sad decision, but it was forced, otherwise White could
play Bb6.} 17. Bd2 Rf8 (17... Nh7 18. Ra3 b6 (18... Bg5 {does not work,
because of} 19. Bxg5 Nxg5 20. Nb5 $18 {and the d6 P is lost.}) ({or} 18... Ng5
19. Rb3 $18 {and Black has no hope.}) 19. Rb3 Bd7 20. Nb5 $16 {and White is
better.}) 18. Ra3 $1 {Another strong reply. The R will be very unpleasant from
b3.} b6 19. Nb5 Ne8 20. Rb3 Rb7 21. Nba3 $1 {Black can't avoid White's
decisive threat: Nxb6 then Bxa5! Black tries to create counterplay on the
kingside, but he is too slow there.} Bh4 (21... f5 22. Nxb6 $1 Rxb6 23. Bxa5
$18) 22. Nxb6 Rxb6 23. Bxa5 $18 {White is completely winning, he just has to
avoid Black's practical chances on the kingside.} f5 24. Bxb6 Qg5 25. Nc4 fxe4
26. g3 Nf4 27. Nd2 Nf6 28. Nxe4 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 Bxh3 30. Rxf4 $1 {A nice
simplification.} exf4 31. Bxh3 fxg3 32. f3 g2 33. Qe2 Rf4 34. Ba5 Rxa4 35. Be6+
Kh7 36. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1415"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.11.08"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 b6 11. a4 Bb4 12. Na2 Be7 13. a5 c5 14. Nc3 Bb7
15. Rd1 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5+ Kc8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Nb5 h6
21. Bf4 g5 22. Bh2 Ng7 23. Rd1 Be4 24. c3 Ne6 25. f3 Bg6 26. Na3 Kb7 27. Nc4
Ra8 28. Ne3 b5 29. g3 c4 30. f4 Bd3 31. f5 Nc5 32. g4 Ra2 33. Re1 Rxb2 34. e6
fxe6 35. fxe6 Nxe6 36. Nd5 Be2 37. Ne3 Nc5 38. Nf5 Nd3 39. Ra1 Bf3 40. Bg3 b4
41. cxb4 c3 42. Be1 Rg2+ 43. Kf1 Rh2 44. Ng3 c2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1415"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd3
f5 9. h3 c6 10. Qa4 Bf6 11. Ne2 Nexc5 12. dxc5 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. O-O-O Qe7
15. Qc2 a5 16. Nd4 g6 17. Kb1 a4 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. g4 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qe4 21. Qxe4
fxe4 22. Bd6 Rf7 23. Rh2 Bh4 24. Rc2 h5 25. Rg2 Kh7 26. Rd2 Bf6 27. Ne2 hxg4
28. hxg4 g5 29. Rd1 Kg6 30. Nd4 Rh8 31. Kc2 Bd8 32. Ne2 Rh4 33. Rdg1 Ba5 34. a3
Rh3 35. Nc3 Rhf3 36. Bg3 Bxg4 37. Rh2 d4 38. exd4 Bf5 39. Rgh1 e3+ 40. Kd1 Bg4
41. Rh6+ Kf5 42. Ke1 exf2+ 43. Bxf2 Bxc3+ 44. bxc3 Rxc3 45. Rh7 Rxh7 46. Rxh7
Rxa3 47. d5 Rd3 48. Kf1 a3 49. dxc6 a2 50. Rf7+ Kg6 51. cxb7 a1=Q+ 52. Kg2 Bh3+
53. Kh2 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1415"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.11.07"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Qc2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. d5 Nb6 14. dxe6 Nxc4 15.
Nd5 Qxe6 16. Qxc4 b6 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. b4 cxb4 20. Qxb4 Kh8 21.
Nf4 Qe8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Qa3 Qb8 24. Qe7 Bc6 25. e5 Kg8 26. Nd4 Bb7 27. Nd3
Re8 28. Qd7 Rd8 29. Qg4 Qc8 30. Qxc8 Rxc8 31. Nb5 Rd8 32. Nd6 Ba6 33. Nb4 Bxe5
34. Nxf7 Kxf7 35. Nxa6 Rd4 36. Kf1 Bd6 37. Rc1 Ra4 38. Nc7 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. h3 {A plan that
might be more becoming of Jobava; this idea of quick expansion on the kingside
will leave White's king without a place to castle.} Nbd7 8. g4 Bg6 9. Rg1 Bc5
10. Qc2 Qe7 11. a3 a5 12. e3 e5 13. Nh4 Bh7 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. gxf5 d4 16. e4 Nh5
{White obtained an open g-file and he has the pair of bishops, though they are
currently rather useless. The position is still about level. Black will have a
strong knight on f4, but it will not be so easy to reinforce.} 17. Qd1 Ndf6 18.
Be2 Nf4 19. Rxg7 O-O-O 20. Bf1 {White is up a pawn, compensated by the
domination in the dark squares for Black. Here Kasimdzhanov starts a great
plan to bring his pieces into action.} Nh7 $1 21. Rg3 (21. b4 $5 {
Counterattackin on the queenside makes sense - White would give up a pawn
simply to open lines for his rook and queen. The reason that this makes sense
is that, after all, White is already up a pawn- but he can't do anything with
it!} axb4 22. Qb3 $1 $13) 21... Ng5 22. Nf3 Nh5 23. Rg4 Nf6 24. Rg1 Ngxe4 $5 {
What a move! The compensation from the pieces will stem from the ability of
Black to push his central pawns and expose the uncastled king on e1. Perhaps
there is a defense to contain this aggression, but it is hard to find over the
board; Black has very concrete threats.} (24... Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 {gives Black
compensation, but it doens't seem as if he has made much progress on the past
few moves.}) 25. dxe4 Nxe4 26. Qe2 (26. Nd2 Nxf2 $5 27. f6 $3 (27. Kxf2 d3+ 28.
Kg2 Rhg8+) 27... Qe6 $1 (27... Qxf6 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. Nxf3 $16 {here the piece
is more valuable than the pawns.}) 28. Qf3 $13 {just gives you an idae of how
messy this position is.}) 26... Nc3 27. Bxc3 dxc3 {The pawns are not connected
any more, but a3 is hanging and White's development is seriously suffering.}
28. Rg4 Bxa3 29. Bg2 Bb4 30. Kf1 Rhe8 31. Re4 $1 {Mamedyarov shows great
creativity with his development. The rook has made it to the center, even if
it is in the most unusual way! Black still has comepnsation, especially since
he can now try to take on f5, but White has his own chances.} Qf6 32. Rc1 Qxf5
33. Nxe5 $6 {This is too optimistic, however!} Rd2 $1 34. Qe3 Red8 (34... c2 $1
{was also good, threatening Rd1+. For example:} 35. Nxc6 Rd1+ 36. Ke2 Qh5+ $1
37. Bf3 Rd2+ $1 38. Ke1 (38. Qxd2 Rxe4+ $19) 38... Rxe4 39. Qxe4 Rd4+ 40. Nxb4
Rxe4+ $19) 35. Qf3 Qxf3 36. Bxf3 (36. Nxf3 Rd1+ 37. Re1 c2 38. Rxc2 Bxe1 39.
Nxe1 Re8 $1 40. Re2 Rxe2 41. Kxe2 Rb1 {is a very gloomy, if not completely
lost, endgame.}) 36... c2 {White is up a piece, true, but he has no way of
stopping the c-pawn from advancing. He has to give up a full rook and Black
will be up a serious amount of material.} 37. Kg2 Rg8+ 38. Kf1 Rgd8 39. Kg2 Ba3
40. Ree1 Re8 {White cannot hold his position together anymore.} 0-1

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. e3 Bg7 7. f4 {An
interesting and recent approach to battling the Grunfeld. White prevents e5 at
all costs, but he is of course still vulnerable to c5.} O-O 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. h3
Bxf3 10. Qxf3 N8d7 11. O-O-O $5 {An intersting decision. This allows White to
play a quick h4-h5 to attack the kingside if he wants, so it pushes Black to
activate his pieces immediately.} e6 12. Kb1 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. e4 Qe7 15.
Be2 Rad8 16. Rhe1 Rd4 17. e5 f6 $1 {Of course Black has to keep creating
threats.} 18. Nb5 Rd5 19. Bb4 fxe5 20. Qa3 $1 {A nice sacrifice. White has
multiple threats, especially on the a3-f8 diagonal, and Black has to be
careful of opening the center too quickly as well as the a7 pawn.} Nbd7 21. Bg4
Rxf4 $6 (21... Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 h5 23. Bf3 exf4 24. Nd6 $13) 22. Rxd5 exd5 23.
Nc3 {Black's center cannot be held. The threat is Bxd7.} (23. Bxd7 {doesn't
work yet} Qxd7 24. Bxc5 Qxb5 {this is why Kasimdzhanov moved his knight.})
23... Rf7 $2 {This, though, is a serious mistake.} (23... Rc4 $1 24. Nxd5 Qf7 {
now the knight on c5 is defended} 25. Ne3 Rxb4 26. Qxb4 Nd3 27. Qxb7 Nxe1 28.
Bxd7 $14) 24. Nxd5 Qd6 25. Rd1 b6 26. Qxa7 {Now Black is very tied down and he
cannot hold all of his pieces together.} e4 27. Bxd7 e3 {desperation} (27...
Rxd7 28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. Qxd7 Qxd7 30. Nf6+ $18) 28. Nxe3 $1 Qe5 (28... Rxd7 29.
Rxd6 Rxa7 30. Nc4 {was also hopeless.}) 29. Qa8+ (29. Qa8+ Rf8 30. Qd5+ {
forces the trade of queens and White remains up a piece.}) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.04.09"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nbd2 Nd6 9. c3 Bf5 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Re1 O-O 13. Ne5 Re8 14. Ndf3
Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. Bf4 Re6 17. Nd3 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 h6 19. Qd1 Ne7 20. Ne5 Ng6
21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. Qg4 Kh7 23. Qe6 Bf6 24. Qf7 Rc8 25. Re6 g5 26. Be5 Bxe5 27.
Rxe5 Qf6 28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. Rxd5 Kg6 30. Kf1 h5 31. Rd7 Kf5 32. Re7 b5 33. Ke2
a5 34. Kd3 a4 35. d5 Rd8 36. c4 c6 37. Kc3 cxd5 38. c5 d4+ 39. Kd3 Rc8 40. Kxd4
Rd8+ 41. Kc3 Rd5 42. Kb4 Rd2 43. c6 Rxb2+ 44. Kc3 Rxa2 45. c7 b4+ 46. Kxb4 Rc2
47. Kxa4 h4 48. Kb5 Kf4 49. Kb6 f5 50. Re8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.11.20"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Gajewski, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne5 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. h4 Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Qe3 b5
15. f3 e6 16. a3 Qb6 17. Bf2 Qb7 18. Nb3 Be7 19. Qe1 Qc7 20. Rh6 Kf8 21. Qd2
Be8 22. Bd4 Nfd7 23. Be2 Nb6 24. Rdh1 Nbc4 25. Qd1 a5 26. Na2 b4 27. axb4 axb4
28. Nxb4 Ra8 29. Bc3 Na3+ 30. Kc1 Nb5 31. Bxb5 Bxb5 32. Qd4 Ra4 33. Kb1 Ke8 34.
Rh8 Rxh8 35. Rxh8+ Kd7 36. Qd1 Bf6 37. Rh6 Ke7 38. Nd4 Qa7 39. b3 Qc5 40. Nxb5
Rxb4 41. Bxb4 Qxb4 42. Qxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2017.02.18"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Trier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
a6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h4 Qa5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rd8 14. Kb1 Qc7
15. Bd3 b5 16. g4 b4 17. Ne2 a5 18. Ng3 Ba6 19. f5 b3 20. Bxa6 bxc2+ 21. Qxc2
Nxa6 22. Qd2 Rdc8 23. Rc1 Qd8 24. f6 Bb4 25. Qe3 g6 26. h5 Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 Qc7
28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Ne2 Rc8 30. f7+ Kh8 31. Qf1 Qc2+ 32. Ka1 Be7 33. Nf4 Nb4 34.
Nxe6 Qd2 35. Qf4 Qg2 36. Rf1 Nc2+ 37. Kb1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,65,19,31,34,11,21,3,3,-11,-11,10,-8,-8,32,25,44,4,9,-5,-18,-39,-14,1,
10,10,-14,28,22,8,26,32,43,62,56,4,11,14,44,63,72,65,48,71,66,43,49,56,61,55,
55,52,54,88,97,97,114,114,137,136,136,96,71,123,123,140,29993,29994]} {The
first round of the World Cup is always a nervous affair. I hadn't played a
tournament game in more than 3 months, and tried to overcome my certain
rustiness by solving a lot of exercises and preparing Bareev's main openings.} 
1. e4 e5 $1 {I wasn't ready for this. Only looking at Caro-Cann and the French,
I only briefly thought about what I'do after 1...e5, but didn't decide. Now I
had to make this decision at the board, with my clock ticking relentlessly...}
2. Bc4 $5 (2. Nf3 Nf6 {I thought this might be what Bareev had in mind. Only
much later did I see, that 2 days before the World Cup Bareev played in a
rapid tournament, where, among other openings, he also played the Petroff...})
2... Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. a4 (6. Nc3 {I remember being happy
here with White many years ago, but then I remembered Kasparov-Bareev from
1993!! After that I definitely knew my opening was a mixed blessing...} Bb4 7.
a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 a4 $1 (8... Nbd7 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. c4
Ne7 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 a4 15. Ba2 c5 16. Nd6 Rf8 17. c3 Ng6 18. Bb1 Nf6 19.
Nxc8 Qxc8 20. Qf3 Re8 21. Bc2 Nh4 22. Qg3 g5 23. d4 Nf5 24. Qh3 e4 25. f3 exf3
26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Bxg5 hxg5 28. Qxf5 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 fxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qe2+ 31. Kg1
Ng4 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Rf1 f6 34. Bg6 {1-0 (34) Kasparov,G (2805)-Bareev,E (2670)
Linares 1993 CBM 034 [Kortschnoj]}) 9. Ba2 dxe4 10. Nxe5 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 {
is just nothing.}) 6... Bd6 {Still played instantly. I was burning a lot of
time, trying to undesrtand the position.} (6... Bb4+ 7. c3 Bd6 {seems like a
very decent line too}) 7. exd5 (7. Nc3 {might be a decent move order too:} O-O
$5 (7... d4 8. Ne2 $14) (7... Be6 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Ng5 $1) 8. exd5 Nxd5 {
I wasn't sure about anything in these lines...}) 7... cxd5 (7... Nxd5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 {is a maybe just some pressure yet, at least Black still needs to
be precise, with his pawn always shaky on e5.}) 8. Nc3 (8. Bg5 $5 {seems like
a more accurate move though} Be6 9. Nc3 {leads to the game.}) 8... Be6 (8... h6
$5 {this really didn't occur to me} 9. Bxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 {
Black bishops give Black plenty of compensation}) 9. Bg5 d4 10. Bxf6 {
difficult choice} (10. Bxe6 {was my first intention} dxc3 11. Bc4 e4 (11...
cxb2 12. Rb1 Bb4+ 13. Nd2 (13. Bd2 $5 e4 14. Ng5) 13... O-O 14. Rxb2 Nbd7 15.
O-O Rc8 {seems unclear actually}) 12. dxe4 cxb2 13. Rb1 Bb4+ {felt messy, and
I was already beginning to feel some pressure of time, having already spent
some 45 minutes or so...}) 10... gxf6 (10... Qxf6 $5 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Bxe6 Qxe6
13. Nfg5 {felt very dangerous for Black, but after} Qg6 14. f4 $5 O-O (14...
exf4 15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. Qe2+ $14) 15. O-O exf4 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Qg4 Nc6 18.
Rxf4 Qg6 {Black seems fine.}) 11. Nb5 {So many tempting alternatives...} (11.
Ne4 Bxb3 12. cxb3 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 f5 $1 14. Ng3 f4 {I correctly felt I couldn't
keep a grip on his light squares}) (11. Bxe6 dxc3 12. Bh3 cxb2 13. Rb1 Bb4+ 14.
Nd2 Qd4 15. O-O Nd7 16. Nc4 Bc3 {I was a bit worried, not necessarily in this
position, about how hard it would be to win that b2 pawn...}) 11... Bxb3 12.
cxb3 Bb4+ 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. f4 $5 {I only had about 20 minutes left after making
this move.} (14. O-O {was my original thought, but after} f5 15. f4 e4 16. dxe4
Bxd2 17. Qxd2 fxe4 {I didn't think highly of my position, and seems rightly so!
}) 14... Qe7 $6 (14... e4 {I only saw this, suggested by an engine, after the
game} 15. dxe4 d3 $1 16. Qh5 (16. O-O Nd4) 16... Qe7 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Kb1
Kb8 {and the d3 passer most certainly gives Black the compensation.}) (14... f5
$1 {I think I saw a glimpse of this, but luckily my opponent played before I
could get very worried.} 15. fxe5 (15. O-O e4 {as already seen}) 15... Qg5 $1)
15. O-O {Finally safe.} Bxd2 16. Qxd2 {White is better now.} O-O-O (16... O-O
$5 {didn't occur to me, and still very tough for Black.}) 17. Rae1 $5 (17. fxe5
fxe5 18. Qh6 {was my first instinct:} Kb8 (18... Rhf8 19. Rf6 $1) 19. Rf5 $1
Rhf8 20. Raf1 f6 21. Rxf6 Rxf6 22. Rxf6 e4 {I was worried something like this
might get messy...}) 17... Kb8 18. Na3 $5 {I thought the knight no longer had
much to do on b5.} Qb4 19. Qd1 $1 {I don't want the endgame, my king is safer!}
Rhe8 20. fxe5 Rxe5 $2 (20... fxe5 $1 {would have been very unpleasant for me:}
21. Nc4 (21. Rxf7 e4 $1) 21... e4 $1 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. dxe4 d3 {with at least
enough play for the pawn ( does anybody even feel White is up a pawn here? Not
me!).}) 21. Nc4 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 $16 Ka7 23. h3 $1 {Need to take care of my king
first.} Rd7 24. Rf1 Re7 25. Kh2 $1 Re6 26. Rf5 Ne5 27. Na3 $1 {I was very
happy about this knight dance.} Kb6 28. Nb5 Nc6 29. Qc2 $6 {I felt it might be
imprecise, but I was down to like 4 minutes and blitzing.} (29. Qg4 $1 {
[%cal Gg4f4] same idea, but much faster:} Qxb3 $2 30. Nxd4) (29. Qc1 Re3) 29...
Qe7 $2 (29... Re3 $1 30. Qf2 (30. Rxf6 Qe7 $1 $132) 30... Rxd3 31. Qf4 Rxb3 32.
Qc7+ Ka6 33. Rxf6 Qc5 {with a huge mess.}) 30. Qf2 $1 {Now I felt in control,
and no longer had less time. Black's position is untenable in real-lfe
conditions, mainly due to the chronically weak king.} Re3 31. Qf4 $1 Rxd3 32.
Rxf6 Rxb3 {Allowing a checkmate of rare beauty} (32... Ka6 $1 {is the only way
to fight on, but} 33. Rxf7 Qe5 34. Qxe5 Nxe5 35. Rxh7 {should be winning in
the long run.}) 33. Qxd4+ {Despite some inaccuracies, I was extremely happy
with the quality of my moves and the things I saw. That was a good day :)} (33.
Qxd4+ Qc5 (33... Ka6 34. Qa7#) 34. Qd8+ $1 Ka6 35. Qa8+ Kb6 36. Qa7# $1) 1-0

