[Event "Montreal 2nd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2001.08.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Barbeau, Sylvain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. d3 Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. Nd2 c6 7. Ba4 d6 8.
Nf3 Bb6 9. h3 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 Ng6 12. d4 h6 13. Re1 Qf6 14. Bb3 Nf4 15.
Bxf4 Qxf4 16. a4 a5 17. Bc4 Qf6 18. Re3 Re8 19. Qb3 Ba7 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. Red3
Rf8 22. Re1 Rb8 23. Qd1 Bb6 24. Qd2 Bc7 25. b4 Kh8 26. b5 Bb6 27. bxc6 bxc6 28.
dxe5 dxe5 29. Rd6 Kh7 30. Rxc6 Rd8 31. Bd5 Bd7 32. Rc4 f6 33. Qc2 g5 34. Nh2
Bc5 35. Qe2 Kg6 {[%tqu "En","Suggest how White can continue his attack.","Find
a way to bring your queen into attack.","Try to deflect the enemy queen.",
"c4c5","Excellent! Then you already anticipate your next spectacular move,
don't you?",7]} 36. Rxc5 $1 {This unexpected sacrifice allows White to bring
his queen into play.} Qxc5 {[%tqu "En","How would you justify the exchange
sacrifice?","Keep in mind the enemy king.","Bring your queen into play!",
"e2h5","What a terrific blow!",6]} 37. Qh5+ $3 {[%cal Gd5f7,Gh2f3]} Kh7 ({
Black cannot take the queen in view of} 37... Kxh5 38. Bf7+ Kh4 39. Nf3#) 38.
Qf7+ Kh8 39. Qxf6+ Kh7 40. Nf3 $1 Rf8 (40... Qxc3 {is refuted by} 41. Qf7+ Kh8
42. Qg6) 41. Qxe5 {Threatening 42.Bg8+.} Rbc8 42. Rb1 $1 {Now all White's
pieces are mobilized.} Rfe8 43. Qf6 Rf8 44. Qa6 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gb1b6,Ga6h6]
Threatening 45.Rb6.} Qxc3 45. Qd6 Qc7 (45... Qg7 {loses after} 46. Rb7) 46.
Qe7+ Kh8 47. Ne5 $1 1-0

[Event "Seville op"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Montecatine Rios, Ricardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O (4. c3) 4... Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6
7. d4 c6 8. Ba4 d6 9. Na3 exd4 10. cxd4 Ne7 11. d5 $1 (11. Bg5 f6 12. Bf4 O-O
13. Nc4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bd6 Re8 16. Bc2 g6 17. Re1 Be6 $10 {Tal,M-Lutikov/
URSS/1976/}) 11... O-O 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 d5 $5 (14... Bc5 $5) (
14... Ba6 15. Re1 {Velickovic-Osterman/Yugoslavia/1988/} d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17.
Qg4 $16) 15. Re1 (15. exd5 $5 cxd5 16. Re1) 15... Be6 16. Bb3 Qd7 17. exd5 Nxd5
18. Nc4 Rfd8 (18... Nxf4 $2 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Nxb6+) 19. Bg3 Bc7 $6 (19... Kh8
$13 {/\ Bg8}) 20. Qd4 $1 Bxg3 (20... Bb6 $5 21. Qd2 Kh8 $14) 21. hxg3 Bf7 22.
Rad1 $14 {><c6} Qc7 23. Qc5 Rab8 24. Rd2 (24. Ba4 $2 Nb6) 24... Rb5 25. Qd4 c5
$6 $16 (25... Rbb8) 26. Qe4 Rbb8 27. Red1 Nb6 28. Nd6 $1 (28. Qf4 Qe7 29. Qe3
Qxe3 30. Rxd8+ Qe8) 28... Bxb3 29. axb3 Rd7 30. Qe6+ Kf8 31. g4 Re7 $8 (31...
Rbd8 32. g5 $18) 32. Qf5 Kg8 33. Qf3 Re5 (33... Rf8 $5) 34. g3 Qe7 35. Nf5 Qe8
$6 (35... Qc7) 36. Rd6 Re1+ (36... Rc8 37. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 38. Qxf6+ Kg8 39. Rd8
Re1+ 40. Kg2 Rxd1 41. Qe6+ Kg7 42. Rxe8 $18) 37. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 38. Kg2 Re8 $2 $138
(38... Qe5 39. Rd2 $16) 39. Qb7 $18 Qe4+ 40. Qxe4 Rxe4 41. Rd8+ (41. Rd8+ Kf7
42. Nd6+ Ke7 43. Re8+ Kxd6 44. Rxe4) 1-0

[Event "Linares 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 Bb6 6. Nxe5 $5 (6. O-O O-O 7.
Re1 d6 $6 {ECO (2.Aufl., S.302) C 65/13 +/-} (7... exd4 $5 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4
10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Rxe4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bxd4 $10 {
Unzicker,W-Fischer,R/Leipzig ol/1960/})) (6. Qe2 {(!) ECO-Hauptvariante} exd4
7. e5 O-O 8. cxd4 Re8 9. Be3 Nd5 10. Nc3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 d5 12. O-O Bg4 13. Qf2
Bh5 14. Ba4 $16 {Tal-Van Geet/Wijk/1968/ -> Inf.5/249}) (6. dxe5 {N; nicht in
der ECO (2.Aufl.,S.299) 64/8, Anm.41 aufgeführt.} Nxe4 7. Qe2 {-> Ivanchuk,
V-Gulko,B/Linares/1989/ Da Schwarz nicht gut auf f2 nehmen kann, gewinnt Weiss
einen Bauern.}) 6... Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qg4 Bxf2+ 9. Ke2 $6 (9. Kd1 $5 Qh4
10. Qxg7 Rf8 11. b4 {/\ Bh6} (11. Bh6 $6 Bc5 12. Rf1 Nf2+ 13. Rxf2 Qxf2 14. Nd2
Qf5 $1 $17) 11... Qh5+ (11... f6 $2 12. e6 $1 Qh5+ 13. Kc2 $16) 12. Kc2 Qg6 (
12... Bh4 $5 13. Bh6 Be7 14. Rf1 b6 $1 15. e6 Nd6 $13 {Ree-Zuidema/NLD/1962/})
13. Qxg6 fxg6 $14 {Euwe}) 9... Qh4 10. Qxg7 Rf8 11. Nd2 $1 (11. Bh6 $6 Bc5 12.
Rf1 c6 13. Rf4 Qh5+ 14. Ke1 cxb5 15. Rxe4 b6 $17 {Florian-Forintos/Budapest/
1961/}) (11. b4 $2 f6 $1 $17) 11... Bc5 $6 (11... Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Bc5 13. Rhf1
Qe4+ $10 {13...c6 Short,N-Gulko,B/Linares/1989/remis/ ->} 14. Kd1 Qg6 $10) 12.
Nf3 Qf2+ (12... Qh5 13. Re1 {Rd1(!)} b6 14. Kf1 Bb7 15. e6 {15.Qh6 (!)} O-O-O
16. exd7+ Kb8 17. Qe5 Qg6 18. Nh4 Qg4 19. Qf4 f5 $17 20. Nf3 Bd6 21. Qh6 a6 22.
Bd3 Rxd7 23. Re2 Rf6 24. Qe3 Bc5 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Rxd4 27. h3 Qh4 28. Re1
Rxd3 {0-1 Gilezetdinov-Tolush/corr/1970/}) 13. Kd1 Be7 14. Re1 Qb6 $1 15. Rxe4
$6 {15.Bc4! /+/=} Qxb5 16. c4 $6 Qc6 $1 17. Qxh7 d5 $1 18. exd6 Qxd6+ 19. Rd4
Qb6 20. Qe4 Rg8 $1 21. Be3 $6 (21. Bg5 $5 Qg6 22. Qxg6 Rxg6 $146) 21... Qxb2
22. Rb1 Qxg2 23. Rb5 Bg4 $1 24. Rf5 Qf1+ 25. Kc2 (25. Kd2 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Rg2+)
25... Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Linares 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 Bb6 6. dxe5 {Kleine
Theorieübersicht -> Beliavsky,A-Ivanchuk,V/Linares/1989/} Nxe4 7. Qe2 d5 (7...
Bxf2+ 8. Kf1 $18) (7... Nxf2 8. Rf1 Ng4 9. h3 Nh6 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Nbd2 $16)
8. exd6 O-O 9. dxc7 Bxc7 10. O-O Re8 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Qf6 14.
Be2 Rad8 {+/= / ~/=} 15. Qc2 Rd5 16. Qa4 Qg6 17. Ne5 Rdxe5 18. Qxg4 Qc2 19. Bf3
Bb6 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Qc4 Qxb2 22. Rab1 Qc2 23. Rxb6 Na5 24. Qb4 (24. Qb4 Re1
25. Rd6 $1 (25. g3 $2 Qd3 26. Bg2 Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1 Re1 $19) 25... Qc1 26. Rd1
Rxd1 27. Bxd1 $1 $10 (27. Rxd1 $4 Re1+ $19)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-01 Paulsen blindfold sim +3-1=0"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1857.10.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1857.10.10"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Lawson: Paul Morphy. Game 36, p.359.   2)Staunton published the game
in "Illustrated London News" of February 1, 1862: In the faculty of imparting
vitality to a position Mr. Morphy is hardly second to La Bourdonnais. It is
very rare, indeed, to find a game of his which is not in some part enlivened
by a stroke of vigor or flash of inspiration.   3)Fiske: The First American
Chess Congress New York 1857. p.267. This game was played during the evening
of October 10th, Mr. Paulsen conducting three other games at the same time.
Both the combatants played without seeing the board.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5
4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Ba4 Qf6 9. O-O Ne7 10. Be3
Bxe3 11. fxe3 Qh6 12. Qd3 Ng6 13. Rae1 Ne5 14. Qe2 O-O 15. h3 Kh8 16. Nd1 g5 $1
{Staunton: The advance of the Pawn here operates a change in the aspect of
affairs which is almost magical,} (16... Qg6 $17) 17. Nf2 Rg8 18. Nd3 g4 19.
Nxe5 dxe5 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Qf2 Rg6 22. Qxf7 Be6 23. Qxc7 Rxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qh3+
25. Kf2 Qh2+ 26. Kf3 Rf8+ 27. Qf7 Rxf7# 0-1

[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1857.11.02"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1857.10.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Daniel Fiske: The First American Chess Congress New York 1857, p. 246.
} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 $11 7. Nxc6 (7. Nb3
) 7... bxc6 (7... Bxc6 $11) 8. Ba4 (8. Bd3 Bd4 $11 9. O-O Nf6 $11) 8... Qh4 $5
(8... Qf6 9. O-O) 9. O-O Nf6 10. Qf3 Ng4 11. Bf4 Ne5 (11... O-O) 12. Qg3 (12.
Bxe5 dxe5 13. Rad1 $14 Bg4 $2 14. Bxc6+ Kf8 15. Qd3 Rb8 16. Qc4 $16) 12... Qf6
$5 (12... Qxg3 $11) 13. Rad1 h6 (13... h5 $11) 14. Kh1 g5 (14... Ng6 15. Bd2
Qh4 16. Qxh4 Nxh4 $11) 15. Bxe5 {[#]} dxe5 $2 (15... Qxe5 $11) 16. b4 $6 (16.
Rxd7 Kxd7 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. b4 Bd4 (18... Bb6 19. Rd1 $18) 19. c3 Kd8 20. Bxc6
Qxc6 21. cxd4 exd4 22. Qd3 $16 {f.e.} Qd6 23. Qxd4 Re8 24. Rd1 Kc8 25. Rc1 f5
26. h3 $16 Rxe4 27. Qg7 Kd8 28. Qg8+ Re8 29. Qf7 Re5 30. Nxc7 Rc8 31. Ne6+ Rxe6
32. Qg8+ Re8 33. Rxc8+ Kxc8 34. Qxe8+ Kc7 35. Qa4 $16) 16... Bd6 17. Rd3 (17.
Qd3 $14) 17... h5 (17... Rb8 $11) 18. Rfd1 (18. b5 $14 h4 19. Qe3 cxb5 20. Bxb5
Bxb5 21. Nxb5 O-O) 18... a6 19. Ne2 Rd8 (19... a5) 20. a3 g4 (20... a5) 21. c4
Qh6 (21... h4 22. Qe3 h3 23. Ng3 Qh6 24. Qxh6 Rxh6 25. Kg1 Be7 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. exf5 $14) 22. c5 (22. h4) 22... h4 23. Qe3 Be7 24. f4 exf4 25.
Qxf4 Qxf4 26. Nxf4 Rh6 27. Ne2 f5 $2 (27... a5) 28. e5 $16 {[#]} Re6 $2 (28...
Bg5 29. Kg1 $16) (28... Bc8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Nd4 $16) 29. Nf4 $1 $18 Rxe5 30.
Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 31. Bxc6 $18 Bd6 32. cxd6 cxd6 33. Kg1 Kd8 34. Bxd7 {Time 11 hours
} 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 18th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2020.01.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Krysa, Leandro Sergio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. c3 Nge7 6. O-O $1 (6. d4 exd4 7.
cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 d5 {is what Black wants.}) 6... Ng6 $6 {Probably a dubious
line.} (6... Ba7 {is surely critical.} 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 {
should be a critical position, although it looks quite dubious for Black.}) 7.
d4 Ba7 8. Bg5 $5 (8. Bb3 {led to another efficient victory by GM Frolyanov:}
O-O 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Be3 d6 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. h3 Bd7 13. Re1 Qd8 14. Nf1 Kh8 15.
Ng3 Nh4 $2 16. Ng5 f6 $2 17. Nxh7 $1 $18 {1-0 (27) Frolyanov,D (2555)-Petukhov,
D (2332) Tolyatti 2012}) 8... f6 9. Be3 O-O 10. d5 $5 $146 (10. Re1 {should
bring White some advantage, but nothing too terrible:} d6 11. Nbd2 Kh8 12. h3
exd4 13. Nxd4 (13. cxd4 d5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rc1 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Be6 17. Nc3 Qd6
18. Qa4 Bb6 19. Nd2 f5 20. Nf3 f4 21. Bd2 a5 $132 {½-½ (64) Henderson de La
Fuente,L (2494)-Nabaty,T (2658) Douglas 2019}) 13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 f5 (14...
Bxd4 $1 15. cxd4 f5) 15. Bxa7 Rxa7 16. Nf3 fxe4 17. Rxe4 Bf5 18. Re3 b5 19. Bb3
$14 {1-0 (60) Dominguez Perez,L (2760)-Nabaty,T (2678) Netanya 2019}) 10... Nb8
11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. d6 $1 b5 13. Bb3+ Kh8 14. c4 Bb7 (14... cxd6 {was probably
better, but after} 15. Qxd6 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Qc7 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. b3 Bb7 19. Nc3
{Black's position remains very unpleasant.}) 15. Re1 c5 16. Nc3 b4 17. Nd5 Nc6
18. h4 $1 Rf7 19. h5 Nf8 20. Nh4 Nd4 21. Ne7 {The knights danse!} Ra8 22. Nef5
Nfe6 (22... a5 {was surely a better move, though after} 23. Ba4 {Black remains
paralyzed.}) 23. Ng6+ $1 {And it continues!} Kg8 24. Nfe7+ Rxe7 25. Nxe7+ Kh8
26. Ba4 a5 27. Qg4 (27. Bb5 $5 {to stop ...Ra6 was perhaps a killer.}) 27...
Ra6 28. h6 Rxd6 $2 (28... g6 $1 {and Black was still in the game.}) 29. Nf5 $5
Nxf5 30. exf5 Rd4 31. Qg3 Ng5 32. hxg7+ Kxg7 33. Rad1 Kh8 34. Rxd4 cxd4 35. f4
$1 Ne4 (35... exf4 36. Qxf4 Qg8 37. Qg4 $18) 36. Qh4 $1 Nc5 (36... exf4 37. Bc2
Nc5 38. Qh5 $18) 37. fxe5 Nxa4 38. exf6 Qg8 39. Re2 d3 40. Qd4 1-0

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates sf1"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. Qa4 (10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qc2 Ba6 12. Re1 c5 $132) 10...
Bxd2 11. Nxd2 Bd7 12. f3 a6 13. Bxc6 (13. fxe4 axb5 14. Qxb5 Nxd4 $17) 13...
Bxc6 14. Qa3 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Bb5 16. Rfe1 Qh4 (16... Qd7 17. f4 Qf5 18. Qf3 Qd3
19. Qf2 Bd7 $10) 17. Qe3 Rac8 18. Rac1 b6 $6 19. e6 $1 fxe6 $2 (19... Qe7 $1
$10) (19... Rfe8 20. e7 a5 $1 {/\ Bd7-e6} 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. Bxf4 c6 23. Bd6 f6
$10) 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Qxd5 Rfd8 22. Qe4 Qxe4 (22... Rxd4 23. Qxh4 (23. Rxc7
Qxe1+ $1 24. Bxe1 Rxe4 25. Rxc8+ Re8 $10) 23... Rxh4 24. Re7 Rd4 25. Bc3 Rd7
26. Rce1 $14 (26. Bxg7+ Kg8 27. Rce1 $16)) 23. Rxe4 Rd7 24. Bf4 Kg8 25. Rc3 c5
$6 (25... a5 $142 $16) 26. dxc5 Rxc5 (26... bxc5 27. Kf2 $16) 27. Rxc5 bxc5 28.
Kf2 Kf7 29. Be3 Rd5 (29... Rc7 30. Re5 c4 31. Bd4 $16) 30. h4 h5 $2 {xg5} (
30... h6 31. g4 $16) 31. Bg5 Rd4 (31... Rd7 32. Re5 Rc7 33. Be3 c4 34. Rxh5 $16
) 32. Re7+ Kg8 33. Kg3 Rd7 (33... Rb4 $5 34. b3 c4 35. Bd2 (35. Re4 cxb3 $1 36.
Rxb4 $140 $2 bxa2) 35... cxb3 36. Bxb4 (36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Bxb4 bxa2 38. Bc3+
Kg6 39. Kf4 $16) 36... b2 37. Re1 (37. Rxg7+ Kh8 38. Bc3 b1=Q 39. a4 Qc2 40.
Rc7+ Kg8 41. axb5 axb5 $17) 37... Bd3) 34. Re5 c4 35. Bf4 g6 36. Re6 Kf7 37.
Rb6 Rd5 (37... Re7 38. Bg5 Re6 39. Rb7+ $16) 38. Bg5 $1 Rd7 39. Bf6 Rc7 40. Bc3
Rc6 41. Rb7+ Ke6 42. Kf4 Ba4 43. Ra7 $6 (43. Kg5 $1 Bc2 44. Rg7 Rc5+ 45. Kh6
$18) 43... Bc2 44. g4 hxg4 45. fxg4 Bd1 46. Kg5 Bc2 (46... Rc5+ 47. Kxg6 Bxg4
48. Rxa6+ $18) 47. Rg7 Kd5 48. Bf6 $1 Ke6 49. Rxg6 $1 Rc5+ 50. Kh6 c3 51. bxc3
$1 (51. Bxc3+ Bxg6 52. Kxg6 Rc4 53. Kh5 Kf7) 51... Bxg6 52. Kxg6 Ra5 (52... Rc4
53. Bd4 $18) 53. h5 Rxa2 54. h6 Rh2 55. g5 $1 (55. g5 $1 a5 56. h7 a4 57. h8=Q
Rxh8 58. Bxh8 a3 59. c4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen Open-02 (Politiken Cup-01)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1980.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Poulsen, Allan"]
[Black "Angantysson, Haukur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1980.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Nd5 (6... Ne4 7. Qe2
d5 8. exd6 O-O 9. dxc7 $13) 7. O-O O-O 8. cxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 (9. Qb3 Nb6 10. d5
Nb8) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 d6 11. exd6 cxd6 (11... Qxd6) 12. Re1 Bg4 $2 13. h3 Bh5
$2 (13... Bxf3) (13... Bd7 $1) 14. g4 Bg6 15. Qe2 $1 Qa5 $2 (15... Re8 16. d5
a6 17. dxc6 axb5 18. cxb7 $16) (15... Bh4 16. Bf4 $14) 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qxe7
f5 18. Bd2 fxg4 19. Qe6+ Kh8 20. Nh4 Bh5 21. hxg4 Rf6 22. Qe2 g5 23. c4 Bxg4
24. Qe7 1-0

[Event "British CF-70 Championship"]
[Site "Southport/ Merseyside"]
[Date "1983.08.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Griffiths"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1983.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 c6 8.
Ba4 d6 9. Na3 Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. d5 Bd7 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. dxc6 bxc6
15. Qd3 O-O 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Rd2 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Bg4 19. f3 Bd7 20. Kh1 Be8 21.
Qe3 Ra8 22. Qe2 h5 23. b4 g6 24. Bb3 Rab8 25. Rd3 Rd7 26. a4 a5 27. b5 cxb5 28.
axb5 Rxb5 29. Ba4 Rd8 30. Bxb5 Bxb5 31. Rd5 Bc6 32. Ne3 $1 Qe6 33. R5d2 Bb6 34.
Nd5 Bc5 35. Qa6 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Rb8 37. Qxa5 h4 38. Qc7 Ra8 39. h3 Qf6 40. Qc6
Ra2 41. Rxc5 Qg5 42. Rg1 dxc5 43. Qxc5 Qg3 44. c4 Kg7 45. Qd6 Rf2 46. Qd1 Qg5
47. Qc1 Qg3 48. c5 $1 f5 (48... Rxf3 49. c6 Rc3 50. c7 $1) 49. c6 fxe4 50. fxe4
Rf8 51. c7 Rc8 52. Qc6 Qd3 53. Qe6 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Black "Neiman, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {King,D} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Bb6 7. Na3
Nge7 8. Nc4 (8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Nc4 Ng6 12. a4 Qe6
13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. exd5 Bc5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 f6 17. e4 Ne7 18. Ne3 a5 19. b4
Kd7 20. b5 Kd6 21. b6 c6 22. c4 Kc5 {McDonald,N-Kosten,A/Hastings op9495 1995/
EXT 95op/0-1 (52)}) 8... O-O 9. Bg5 (9. a4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. Bxc6 (11. Nxb6
axb6 12. Be3 (12. Ra3 d5 13. Re1 dxe4 14. Rxe4 Bf5 15. Re1 Ng6 16. Rc3 Qd6 17.
h3 Nb4 18. Ne5 Be6 19. b3 Na2 20. Rce3 Nxc1 21. Qxc1 Nh4 22. Bc4 Bd5 23. Bxd5
Qxd5 24. Re4 Nxg2 25. Rg4 Nxe1 26. Rxg7+ Kh8 27. Qh6 Qe4 28. Rg4 Qg6 29. Rxg6
Nf3+ 30. Nxf3 {1-0 Polgar,I-Sax,G/HUN-ch 1970/MCD-ch}) 12... d5 13. h3 Bh5 14.
e5 Nf5 15. g4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bg6 17. Bd3 Nb4 18. Bf5 c5 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. h4 h5
21. Ng5 hxg4 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Qg2 cxd4 24. exd4 g3 25. Qxg3 Rf5 26. Rxf5 gxf5
27. Rc1 Qe8 28. e6 Nc6 29. Qc7 Qh5 30. Qf7+ Qxf7 31. exf7+ Kf8 32. b4 Nxd4 {
1-0 Smirin,I-Garcia,G/Oviedo rapid 1993/EXP 38}) (11. d5 Ne5 12. a5 Bxf3 13.
gxf3 Bc5 14. f4 a6 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Bc4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ng6 18. Bg3 Qe7 19. Qc2
h5 20. h4 Nxh4 21. e5 Qg5 22. Qc3 Nf5 23. Kh1 Qg4 24. Rg1 Bd4 25. Qd3 Be3 26.
Qf1 Qe4+ 27. f3 Bxg1 28. fxe4 Nxg3+ 29. Kxg1 Nxf1 30. Rxf1 Rae8 31. Rf5 g6 32.
Rg5 Kg7 33. e6 fxe6 34. dxe6 Rf4 35. Rd5 Re7 36. Rd4 Kf6 37. b4 c6 38. Kg2 g5
39. Kg3 h4+ 40. Kh3 Rh7 41. Kg2 h3+ {0-1 Burovic,I-Potocnik,P/Ljubljana op
1992/TD 92\04}) 11... Nxc6 12. d5 Ne5 13. Ncxe5 dxe5 14. h3 Bh5 15. Ra3 Qe7 16.
Re1 Rfd8 17. Be3 c6 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Qb3 cxd5 20. exd5 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Ra5 22.
Qe3 Raxd5 23. Qxb6 R8d6 {1/2-1/2 Garcia,G-Armas,J/Capablanca mem-B 1993/EXP 35}
) 9... h6 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. a4 a6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nxb6 cxb6 14. Re1 b5 15.
axb5 Bxb5 16. b3 Rfd8 17. c4 Bd7 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qd5 {(Piece versus pawns)
Realising he is about to lose a pawn for not very much, Black decides to
complicate the situation by giving up his bishop for two pawns.} Ba4 20. Qa5
Bxb3 21. Qc3 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Rac8 23. Qb3 Rc5 24. h3 Rdc8 25. Qb2 a5 26. Reb1 Kh7
27. Rd1 f6 28. Rd5 Rc2 29. Qb5 R8c5 30. Rxc5 Qxc5 31. Qxc5 Rxc5 32. Kf1 b6 33.
Ke1 {The secret of playing such positions with the extra piece is to remain
rock solid. White must inch his way forward, ensuring that he creates no
weaknesses in his own camp. White's technique is up to it.} Rc4 34. Nd2 Rb4 35.
Rb1 Rxb1+ 36. Nxb1 {[#] In principle, we have a pawn ending, since the knight
is occupied with watching over Black's passed pawns. On the other hand, White
can make as many tempo moves as he likes with his piece, which makes a White
win likely. If White succeeds in blocking the king's wing, he will win by
penetrating with his king to the queenside. For this creatively conducted
endgame with its study-like conclusion, we give an Endgame Medal! [#] Im
Prinzip liegt ein Bauernendspiel vor, weil der Springer mit der Bewachung der
schwarzen Freibauern beschäftigt ist. Allerdings kann Weiß mit seiner Figur
beliebig viele Tempozüge machen, was einen weißen Gewinn wahrscheinlich macht.
Wenn es Weiß gelingt, den Königsflügel dicht zu machen, gewinnt er durch
Einsatz seines Königs am Damenflügel. Für das kreativ geführte Endspiel mit
seinem studienartigen Schluß gibt es eine Endspielmedaille!} b5 37. Nc3 b4 38.
Na4 Kg6 39. Ke2 Kg5 (39... Kf7 40. Kd3 Ke6 41. Kc4 f5 42. Nc5+ $1 (42. Kb5 fxe4
43. Kxa5 Kd5 44. Kxb4 Kd4 {with very poor White king position. Only Black can
win. mit sehr schlechter weißer Königsposition. Gewinnen kann nur Schwarz.})
42... Kf6 (42... Kd6 43. exf5 $18) 43. Kb5 fxe4 44. Kxa5 Kf5 45. Kxb4 Kf4 46.
Ne6+ $18) 40. Kf3 Kh4 41. Nc5 h5 42. Ke3 Kg5 {Black retreats, but he was going
to have to in the end anyway:} (42... g5 {King,D} 43. Kf3 g4+ 44. hxg4 hxg4+
45. Ke3 g3 (45... Kg5 46. g3 f5 47. exf5 (47. Kd3 $1 Kf6 48. Kc4) 47... Kxf5
48. Kd3 {Zugzwang}) 46. f4 Kg4 47. f5 Kg5 48. Kf3 Kh4 49. Na4 {Zugzwang}) 43.
g3 g6 (43... Kg6 44. h4 Kf7 45. Kd3 g5 46. Kc4 gxh4 47. gxh4 f5 48. f3 fxe4 49.
fxe4 Ke7 50. Kb5 Kd6 51. Nb3 $18) 44. f4+ exf4+ (44... Kh6 45. fxe5 fxe5 46.
Nd3 b3 47. Kd2 a4 48. Kc3 Kg5 (48... h4 {[#]} 49. g4 $1 (49. gxh4 $2 Kh5 50.
Nxe5 Kxh4 51. Nxg6+ Kg5 52. Ne5 Kf4 53. Kd4 (53. h4 Kxe5 54. h5 Kf6 $19) 53...
b2 54. Nd3+ Kg5 55. Nxb2 a3 56. Kc3 a2 $1 $19) 49... Kg5 50. Nxe5 Kf4 51. Nxg6+
$18) 49. Nxe5 Kf6 50. Nf3 g5 51. Nd2 Ke5 52. Kd3 b2 53. Nb1 h4 54. gxh4 gxh4
55. Ke3 Ke6 56. Kd4 Kd6 57. e5+ Ke6 58. Ke4 Ke7 59. Kd5 Kd7 60. e6+ Ke7 61. Ke5
Ke8 62. Kd6 Kd8 63. e7+ Ke8 64. Na3 $18) 45. gxf4+ {[#]} Kh6 (45... Kh4 46. e5
fxe5 47. fxe5 Kg5 48. Ke4 Kh6 49. e6 Kg7 50. Ke5 g5 51. e7 Kf7 52. Kd6 Ke8 53.
Ke6 b3 54. Nd7 $18) 46. h4 g5 47. hxg5+ fxg5 48. f5 h4 49. Kf3 h3 50. Kg3 g4
51. e5 Kg5 52. f6 Kg6 53. Ne4 b3 54. e6 b2 55. e7 {This last phase just
requires a little calculation.} Kf7 (55... b1=Q {King,D} 56. e8=Q+ Kf5 57. f7
Qe1+ 58. Nf2 Qg1+ 59. Kh4 Qxf2+ 60. Kh5) 56. Nd6+ Kxf6 57. e8=Q b1=Q {[#] Now
comes the study-like conclusion with echoes of a Kubbel-study. [#] Es gibt nun
einen studienartigen Schluß mit Anklängen an Kubbel-Studien zu sehen.} 58. Ne4+
Kf5 (58... Kg7 59. Qe7+ Kh8 (59... Kg6 {King,D} 60. Qf6+ Kh7 61. Ng5+ Kg8 62.
Qf7+ Kh8 63. Qf8#) 60. Nf6 Qg1+ (60... Qb3+ 61. Kh4) 61. Kh4 Qf2+ 62. Kh5 Qf5+
63. Kh6 Qf4+ 64. Kg6 {and Black has no more checks. und Schwarz hat kein
Schach mehr.}) 59. Qf7+ Ke5 (59... Kxe4 60. Qg6+) 60. Qf6+ (60. Qf6+ Kd5 (60...
Kxe4 {King,D} 61. Qg6+) 61. Nc3+) 1-0

[Event "IBM-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pribyl, Josef"]
[Black "Tatai, Stefano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1976.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O (4. c3 Qf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Qg6 7. cxd4
Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Nge7 (8... Qxg2 $2 9. Rg1 Qh3 10. Rxg7 $16) 9. O-O d5 10. Qb3 (10.
exd6 Qxd6 11. d5 Bxc3 12. dxc6 bxc6) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Ba3 Rd8 13.
Bxe7 $1 Nxe7 $14 {Sokolov,A-Kharitonov/Lvov URS-ch/1984/1:0/37/}) 4... Qf6 5.
c3 (5. Nc3 Nge7 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 Nd4 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. c3 Bb6 10. d4 O-O 11.
dxe5 Qxe5 12. Re1 Qf6 $10) (5. d3 h6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Nbd2 (7. c4 $5) 7... Nge7 8.
c3 O-O 9. Nc4 d6 10. h3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Qg6 $10 {Lanka,Z-Kharitonov,A/Jurmala/
1983/1/2-1/2/31/}) 5... Nge7 6. d3 (6. b4 Bb6 7. Na3 $5 g5 $2 (7... a6 $5 8.
Ba4 d6 9. Nc4 Ba7 $13) 8. d4 g4 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. Qxg4 $16 {
Karpov,An-Mariotti,S/JUG/1975/1:0/22/}) 6... h6 (6... O-O $2 7. Bg5) 7. b4 (7.
Be3 Bb6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 d6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. d4 Ng6 $10 {Matanovic,A-Lein,A/
Vrsac/1979/0:1/41/}) 7... Bb6 8. a4 (8. Nbd2 a6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. Nc4 Ba7 11. Bb3
d6 $10) 8... a5 (8... a6 9. Bc4 d6 10. a5 Ba7 11. Be3 $14) 9. Bb2 $6 (9. Qb3 $5
d6 (9... axb4 $5 10. cxb4 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Bb2 $14) 10. Be3 $14) 9... O-O
10. Nbd2 d6 11. Qb3 $6 (11. Nc4 axb4 (11... Bg4 $5) 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13. cxb4 Nxb4
14. Ba3 $44) 11... Bg4 12. Bc4 Ng6 $17 13. h3 Bd7 14. b5 Nce7 15. d4 Nf4 16.
Kh2 g5 $1 17. Rae1 $2 (17. Ng1 exd4 18. cxd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 $17) 17... Neg6
18. Re3 $2 (18. Qd1 $5) 18... h5 $1 19. Rd1 (19. Qd1 g4 20. Ng1 exd4 21. cxd4
Bxd4 $17) (19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Ree1 g4 $19) 19... g4 20. hxg4 $2 (20. Ne1 $142
exd4 21. cxd4 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Qxd4 $17) 20... hxg4 $19 21. Ne1 Kg7 $1 22. Kg1 Rh8
23. Nf1 Qh4 (23... Qh4 24. Ng3 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Qh1+ 26. Nxh1 Rxh1#) 0-1

[Event "Daugavpils Trade Unions-ch"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kapengut, Albert Z"]
[Black "Arseniev, Vladimir V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Kholmov,R"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1983.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 c6 8.
Ba4 exd4 (8... d6) 9. cxd4 d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Be3 (11. Nc3 Qxd4 12. Qf3 Ne7
13. Re1 Bg4 14. Qg3 Qd7 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bf4 Kf7 17. Bd6 Rhe8 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 20. h3 Bh5 21. Qxg7+ Kd8 22. Qxf6+ Qe7 23. Qf5 Qf7 24. Qg5+ Kc7 25.
Qe5+ Kc8 26. Ne4 Bc7 27. Nd6+ Bxd6 28. Qxd6 Qd7 29. Qe5 b5 30. Bxb5 cxb5 31.
Qxh5 Rb8 32. Rc1+ Kb7 33. Qf3+ Kb6 34. Qe3+ Ka6 35. Qa3+ Kb6 36. Qc5+ Ka6 37.
Qc6+ Qxc6 38. Rxc6+ Kb7 39. Rh6 Rd8 {1-0 Klovans,J-Zhuravliov,V/Riga 1962 (53)}
) (11. Nc3 Qxd4 12. Re1+ Be6 13. Qf3 {:Kholmov,R}) 11... Ne7 12. Nc3 Qd8 13. d5
$1 Bxe3 $2 (13... O-O) 14. dxc6 $1 Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 bxc6 {(?)} 17.
Nd5 $1 Nxd5 18. Bxc6+ Bd7 19. Bxa8 Nb6 20. Bd5 O-O 21. Bb3 g6 22. Rf6 Kg7 23.
Rxb6 $1 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-B"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Black "Martin Del Campo C, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 $1 f5 (4... Nf6 5. O-O (5.
d4 $1 {Offers better chances for White to keep pressing in the opening.}) 5...
O-O 6. d4 Bb6 {This is a very solid line for Black.}) 5. d4 fxe4 (5... exd4 6.
e5 dxc3 7. Nxc3 Nge7 8. O-O d5 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Qa4 $16) 6. Bxc6 dxc6 (6...
exf3 7. Bxf3 exd4 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1+ Be7 10. Bg5 $1 $16 {Torre-Tatai/Haifa ol/
1976/}) 7. Nxe5 (7. Nfd2 {Wedberg} Qg5 8. dxc5 Nf6 $13) (7. Nfd2 $14 {Ernst})
7... Bd6 $6 {A popular choice that should be regarded as inferior to 7...Qd5
after which White is of course better but no clear way to a decisive advantage
have been found.} 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qe2 {For complete details on the next
variations see the excellent Wedberg Opening Disk C60-C67, I will only mention
the most important lines briefly.} Qh4 {In most cases a queen on h4 supports a
strong attack, this time however, it offers a nice theme for White.} (9... Bf5
10. Bf4 Nf6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. f3 $14 {Mestel-Plaskett/Brighton/1984/}
) (9... Nf6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Nd2 Bf5 12. g4 $16 {Smyslov-Vidmar/Groningen/1946/}
) 10. Nd2 Bf5 (10... Nf6 $6 11. h3 O-O 12. g3 $1 $16) (10... Bxe5 11. dxe5 Bf5
12. h3 {Wedberg} O-O-O 13. g4 e3 14. Qxe3 Be6 15. Qxa7 Bxg4 16. Qa8+ Kd7 17.
Qa4 Nf6 18. Qf4 $1 $18 (18. Qf4 {Ernst} g5 19. Qxf6 Rhf8 20. Ne4 $18)) 11. g4
Be6 (11... Bxe5 12. gxf5 Bf6 13. fxg6 (13. Qxe4+ {Wedberg +/-/Davies-Speelman/
Hastings/1987}) 13... hxg6 14. Qxe4+ $16) 12. Nxe4 Bxe5 13. h3 $3 {The key
move that destroys the complete variation, White threatens to trap the black
queen by 14.Bg5 so Black is forced to go for an unpleasant ending.} Bxg4 $8 (
13... Bf6 14. Nc5 $18) (13... Bxd4 14. Bg5 $1 (14. cxd4 Qe7 15. Bg5 Qb4+ 16.
Nc3 {Davies}) 14... Bxg4 (14... Bxf2+ 15. Kd2 $1 $18 Rd8+ 16. Kc2 Bxg4 17. hxg4
) 15. Qd2 $1 Bxf2+ (15... Qh5 16. Qxd4 $18 (16. Ng3 $18)) 16. Nxf2 Qg3 17. hxg4
$18) 14. Qxg4 Qxg4 $8 15. hxg4 $16 Bd6 $6 (15... Bg7 $142 $16 {I feel Black
can defend himself better this way.}) 16. Bg5 $1 Kf7 17. O-O-O (17. Kd2 $5)
17... h6 18. Rh3 Kg7 19. Rdh1 Rf8 20. Nxd6 $5 (20. Kd2 $5) 20... cxd6 21. Be3
d5 (21... g5 22. Bxg5 Rxf2 23. Be3 Rf6 24. g5 Rg6 25. Kd2 $18) 22. R1h2 (22.
Kd2 g5 $1) 22... Rh7 23. Kd2 Rf7 24. Ke2 Re7 25. Kf1 Re4 26. Bd2 $1 Re7 (26...
Rxg4 $4 27. f3 $18) 27. f3 a6 28. Kf2 Rf7 29. Kg2 Re7 30. Kg3 $1 (30. Bf4 Re1)
30... Rf7 31. Bf4 $1 Re7 32. Be5+ Kf7 33. f4 $1 Nf6 $2 (33... Ke6 $16) 34. Rxh6
$18 Ne4+ (34... Nh5+ 35. R2xh5 $1) 35. Kg2 Rxh6 36. Rxh6 Nd2 37. Rh7+ Ke6 38.
f5+ gxf5 39. gxf5+ Kd7 40. Rh8 Nc4 41. Rb8 $1 b5 (41... Nxe5 $2 42. Rxb7+) (
41... Ne3+ 42. Kf3 Nxf5 43. Rxb7+ Ke6 44. Rb6) 42. f6 Rf7 43. Kf3 $1 Nxb2 44.
Kg4 Nd1 45. Kf5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Four Masters"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1896.01.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1895.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tournaments"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Qf6 {This somewhat dubious looking move
has in fact a healthy idea - Black develops the knight to e7 and tries to
prevent White's advance d2-d4. The queen on f6 is a bit unstable, but it will
go to g6 when being attacked or Black will simply play h6 to defend against
Bg5.  For the first time move 4. ... Qf6 was used by Daniel Harrwitz in 1852.
Steinitz never played it before present game. Later on he scored very well
using 4. ... Qf6 in the end of his career.} 5. O-O (5. d4 $1 {The latter
practice has proved that in spite of Black's better control over square d4,
this advance is still possible and nowardays the theory considers it the most
precise move. Of course if White can play quick d2-d4 anyway, then there is
not so much sense in playing 4. ... Qf6.} exd4 6. e5 Qg6 (6... Nxe5 $2 7. Qe2)
7. cxd4 Bb4+ (7... Bb6 8. O-O $16) 8. Nc3 $16) 5... Nge7 {This is the
difference. Now the e-file is closed and White cannot play d4 and e5 without
trading one of his bishops.} 6. d4 (6. d3 h6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. b4 Bb6 9. Nc4 d6
10. a4 a6 11. Nxb6 cxb6 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Be3 d5 14. Bb3 d4 $132 {1/2-1/2
Walbrodt,C-Steinitz,W/Nuremberg 1896 (45)}) 6... exd4 7. Bxc6 ({The first game
in this line continued:} 7. Bg5 Qg6 8. Bxe7 Nxe7 9. cxd4 Bb6 $11 {Alekhine} 10.
Nc3 c6 11. Bd3 Qh6 12. e5 d5 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. h3 h6 16. Ng3 Be6
$17 {0-1 Williams,E-Harrwitz,D/London 1852/HCL (46)}) (7. e5 $2 {simply
doesn't work - Black takes the pawn.} Nxe5 8. Nxe5 Qxe5 9. Re1 Qd6 $17 {/-+.})
7... Nxc6 8. e5 Qg6 9. cxd4 Be7 10. d5 (10. Nc3 $5 O-O 11. Nd5 Bd8 12. Nf4 Qf5
13. h3 $14 {0-1 Schiffers,E-Steinitz,W/Rostov on Don 1896 (42)}) 10... Nb4 11.
Nc3 O-O {This position looks good for White, but in fact Black is very okay.
His queen on g6 is active and it controls squares c2 and d3, which together
with the knight on b4 exerts some pressure in White's camp. Also after Black
will play d6 his light-squared bishop will be ready to create new threats (Bg4,
Bh3).} 12. a3 $2 {It only helps Black. Probably Lasker had the idea of 13.d6
in mind and didn't evaluate correctly the consequences of it.} (12. Bf4 $5 Nd3
(12... d6 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Qd2 $11 {/+/=.}) 13. Bg3 Nxb2 14. Qe2
Nd3 15. Rfd1 Nc5 16. d6 cxd6 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. Bh4 $1 Bxh4 19. Nxh4 $44) 12...
Nd3 13. d6 {Although this move continues White's active strategy, Lasker will
end up with an unpleasant position. The problem is that due to the previous
mistake it is difficult now to defend against the threat d6 followed by Bh3.} (
13. b4 $2 d6 14. exd6 Bh3 $19) (13. Nb5 $2 d6 $1) (13. Ne2 $1 d6 14. Nf4 Nxf4
15. Bxf4 {and the position is probably equal.}) 13... cxd6 14. Nd5 Bd8 15. exd6
b6 $1 {Suddenly it becomes clear that Black has a harmonious position and all
his pieces (exept rooks) are ready soon to become very active.} (15... Nxc1 16.
Rxc1 Qxd6 17. Qb3 $44 {[%cal Rf1d1]}) 16. Nf4 (16. Ne7+ Bxe7 17. dxe7 Re8 $17)
(16. Qb3 Nc5 $17) 16... Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Bb7 $17 {Black is better thanks to the
bishop's pair and especially to his strong light-squared bishop on b7. White
must create something quick, otherwise he risks to be under strong pressure.}
18. Bg3 {Sooner or later White is forced to play it, covering pawn on g2.} (18.
Rc1 Bf6 19. Rc7 Bc6 20. Bg3 Bxb2 (20... Bd8 $2 21. Ne5 $16) 21. Nd4 {-game.}) (
18. Be5 Re8 19. Re1 Rc8 20. Bg3 Bf6 $17) 18... Bf6 (18... Rc8 $2 19. Ne5 Qf5
20. Qa4 $132) 19. Rc1 {The best practical chance. Defending b2 would be a
mistake: White has to play actively before Black could get the initiative.} (
19. Qb3 $2 h5 $17 (19... Bxf3 20. Qxf3 (20. gxf3 $2 h5 $19) 20... Bxb2 21. Rae1
Bf6 22. Rc1 $44)) 19... Bxb2 $1 {Time to take material.} (19... Rac8 20. Rc7
$11) (19... Bc6 20. Nd4 $11) (19... h5 20. Rc7 Be4 (20... Bc6 21. Nd4 h4 22.
Nxc6 dxc6 23. Bf4 h3 24. Qf3 hxg2 25. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Bxb2 27. Rxc6 Bxa3
28. d7 $44) 21. h4 Bxb2 22. Qb3 Bf6 23. Rxd7 $11) 20. Rc7 {If White will take
the pawn on d7 than he will have compensation in all cases, thanks to the
strong passed pawn on d6.} Bc6 (20... Be4 21. Qb3 (21. Rxd7 Bxa3 $17) 21...
Bxf3 22. Qxf3 $44) 21. Nd4 Bxd4 $1 {The right decision. With the
opposite-coloured bishops Black keeps the bishop on c6 and neutralize rook's
activity on the 7th rank. Now the most important thing will be to get the
initiative and create threats. Black didn't succeed it in the game.} (21...
Bxa3 22. Nxc6 dxc6 23. Rxc6 $44) 22. Qxd4 Qc2 23. h4 Rfe8 24. f3 (24. h5 Re4
$36) 24... h5 (24... Re2 {Here and later Steinitz for strange reasons didn't
play this most natural move.} 25. Rf2 (25. Bf2 $6 Qg6 26. Kh2 Ra2 27. Re1 Rxa3
28. Re5 h6 (28... Rd3 $2 29. Rxa7) 29. h5 Qd3 30. Qf4 Ra2 $17 {/-+.}) 25...
Rxf2 26. Bxf2 Qc1+ 27. Kh2 Qxa3 28. Qe5 (28. h5 Qa5 $17) 28... Qa2 (28... Qb3
$2 29. Rxa7) 29. Bd4 f6 $17) 25. Kh2 Qa4 $6 (25... Re2 $1 26. Rf2 Rxf2 27. Bxf2
Re8 $1 28. Rxa7 Re2 29. Kg1 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Qf1 $19) 26. Qc3 {Without queens
White can forget about any activity.} (26. Qxa4 Bxa4 27. Re1 $17) 26... f6 (
26... Re2 27. Rf2 $17) 27. Rf2 Qb5 28. Rb2 Qd5 29. Rd2 Qb5 (29... Qe6 {Of
course Black could have played on, although Lasker managed to consolidate his
position.}) 30. Rb2 Qd5 31. Rd2 Qb5 32. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Plaskett, H James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Rowson,J"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2000.04.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4096]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Bb6 7.
dxe5 dxe5 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Nxe5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxe4 11. Re1 f5 12. Nd2 Nf6 13.
Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 O-O 16. Rd1 Rfe8 17. Nf3 Nd6 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.
Kf1 Kf7 20. Re1 Ne4 21. Re2 Rd8 22. Ke1 Kf6 23. g3 a5 24. Nd2 Nc5 25. Kd1 Ne4
26. Kc2 Rxd2+ 27. Rxd2 Nxd2 28. Kxd2 {Such endings are a nightmare to analyse
but clearly Black has whatever chances there are, as result of having a bit
more space and the more active king.} Kg5 29. h3 f4 30. Kd3 Kf5 31. a4 Ke5 32.
b4 f3 33. g4 Kd5 34. h4 axb4 35. cxb4 c5 36. bxc5 Kxc5 37. Kc3 b6 38. h5 h6 39.
Kb3 Kd4 40. Kb4 Kd3 41. Kb5 Ke2 42. Kxb6 Kxf2 43. a5 Kg3 44. a6 f2 45. a7 f1=Q
46. a8=Q Qf6+ 47. Kc5 Kxg4 48. Qe8 Kf5 49. Kd5 Kg4 50. Kc5 Qf5+ 51. Kd4 Kh4 52.
Ke3 Qxh5 53. Qf8 Qe5+ 54. Kd3 Kg4 55. Qb4+ Kg3 56. Qb6 Kg4 57. Qg6+ Kf4 58. Qg1
Kf5 59. Qg2 g5 60. Qf3+ Kg6 61. Qc6+ Qf6 62. Qe8+ Qf7 63. Qc6+ Kh7 64. Ke2 h5
65. Qc2+ Kh6 66. Qc6+ Qg6 67. Qc8 Qf6 68. Qd7 Kg6 69. Qe8+ Kh6 70. Qd7 h4 71.
Ke1 Kg6 72. Qd3+ Qf5 73. Qa6+ Kf7 74. Qb7+ Kf6 75. Qa8 Kg6 76. Qe8+ Qf7 77.
Qe4+ Kh6 78. Qg4 Qf4 79. Qe6+ Kh5 80. Qe2+ Kg6 81. Qe6+ Qf6 82. Qd7 Qe5+ 83.
Kd2 Kh5 84. Kd3 Qg3+ 85. Kd2 Qf4+ 86. Ke1 Qe3+ 87. Kf1 h3 $4 88. Qh7+ Kg4 89.
Qf5+ Kh4 90. Qh7+ Kg3 91. Qxh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Rowson,J"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.04.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4100]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6
7. d4 c6 8. Ba4 d6 9. Na3 Nf6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. dxe5 {The relatively safe option.
} (11. Re1) (11. Bc2) (11. f4 $5 {looks critical.}) 11... dxe5 12. Qf3 h6 13.
Rad1 Qe7 ({During the game I was slightly concerned about a queen sacrifice to
try to exploit the awkward positioning of my pieces:} 13... hxg5 $5 14. Rxd8
Rxd8 15. Qe2 $1 $14 {J.Levitt. White seems to be in control here because Black
cannot force entry to d2 and keep his bishop on b6 e.g:} Bg4 16. Qc2 Rd7 17.
Nc4 Rad8 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. f3 Rd2 20. Qc1 Be6 21. Rd1) 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6
gxf6 16. Bb3 Bg4 17. Rd3 Kh7 18. Nc4 $1 (18. Rg3 Bh5 $1 (18... Be6 19. Bxe6
fxe6 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. Rgd3 Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Kf1 $14 {
I had thought such an ending would just be drawn but Mickey was doing his best
to avoid it. He made the telling remark that even if Black was absolutely OK,
most of the world's top players would stear clear of such a position because
Black is totally passive and, especially with the Fischer clock, White can
play on indefinitely at no risk.})) 18... Rad8 $1 (18... Be2 19. Rd7 Bxf1 20.
Kxf1 Rad8 $1 (20... Rab8 21. Ke2 $1 $14 {White has full positional
compensation.}) 21. Rxb7 Rb8 22. Re7 Rbe8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Nxb6 (24. Ke2 $5
$13) 24... axb6 25. Bxf7 $14) 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. f4 (21. Bxf7 Be2
$1 22. Re1 Rd2 23. b4 b5 24. Bb3 Bc4 25. Rd1 Rb2 $1 $11 (25... Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1
Bxa2 27. Bg4 $14)) 21... Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. g3 $11 {If White
could gain the d-file and centralize the king there would be some winning
chances, but Mickey's active rook discourages any winning plans.} Kg6 25. Kg2
Rd3 26. Rf3 Rd1 27. Rf2 b5 $1 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gc6c4]} 28. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-B 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game is especially interesting because in the recently concluded World
Junior Championships in October 2014, Erwin was the head of the Dutch delegate
that had Robin Van Kampen. So it is safe to assume that Erwin would have known
the style of Robin pretty well.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 f5 $5 {
A very sharp line and one that is not played so much recently because it seems
to give White a clear edge. Erwin wants to bank on the surprise value of the
opening variation.} 5. d4 fxe4 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Bd6 (7... Qd5 8. Qh5+ g6 9.
Qe2 Bd6 10. Nd2 $14) 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bg5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Nd7 12. Rd4
h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nc5 15. b4 Ne6 16. Rxe4 b6 {Though black is a pawn down,
he has a wonderful blockader on e6.} 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. Re3 O-O-O 19. Ne4 c5 20.
bxc5 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Nxc5 22. Rd4 Ne6 23. Rdd1 Kb7 24. f3 Kc6 25. Kf2 Kc5 26. Ke3
Kc4 27. Be1 Rd5 28. Rxd5 Kxd5 29. c4+ Kxc4 30. Rc1+ Kd5 31. Rd1+ Kc6 32. g3 Rf8
33. Bf2 Nc5 34. h3 a5 35. Be1 Ne6 36. Bf2 Nc5 37. Be1 Ne6 38. a3 Rf7 39. Bf2
Nc5 40. Be1 Rd7 41. Rd4 Rxd4 42. Kxd4 {An interesting endgame has arisen.
Thanks to pawn majorities on different flanks , white should have an edge as
his bishop is superior than knight.} Kd7 43. Kc4 Ne6 44. Bf2 Ng7 45. g4 Ne6 46.
Be3 Kc6 47. a4 Kd7 48. Kb5 Kc8 49. Kc6 {White seems to have made a lot of
progress but breakting through is not an easy task.} Kd8 50. Kd5 (50. Bf2 Ke7
51. h4 $36) 50... Ke7 51. Ke4 Kf7 52. Kd5 Ke7 53. Ke4 Kf7 54. Bf2 b5 {A bold
decision but L' Ami has it all covered.} 55. axb5 a4 56. Kd3 Nf4+ 57. Kc4 Ke6 (
57... Nxh3 58. Ba7 $11) 58. h4 Ng6 59. hxg5 Nxe5+ 60. Kb4 hxg5 61. Bg3 Nxf3 62.
Bxc7 Kd7 {Inspite of mass exchanges the position is still a draw.} 63. Bg3 Nd2
64. Kxa4 Kc8 65. Kb4 Ne4 66. Be1 Kb7 67. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2017.04.30"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 (4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nxe5 Qd4 6. Nd3 Qxe4+ $15
) 4... f5 $5 {Erwin plays a mixture of Schliemann and 3...Bc5. This is quite a
dangerous system, but it was maybe not the best idea to try it against Anand,
who is always so very well prepared.} (4... Nf6 {is the main move. The game
could continue something like this.} 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. O-O Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Bxd2 11. Qxd2 $14 {1-0 (50) Anand,V (2779)-Vallejo
Pons,F (2711) Doha 2016}) 5. d4 fxe4 (5... exd4 6. cxd4 (6. exf5 Qe7+ 7. Be2 d5
8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 $14) 6... Bb4+ 7. Bd2 fxe4 8. Bxc6 Bxd2+ 9. Nfxd2 dxc6 10.
Qh5+ Kf8 11. Nxe4 $14) 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Bd6 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qe2 (9. Nxg6 Nf6
10. Qh4 Rg8 $1 {is already a fine position for Black.} 11. Ne5 Rxg2 $11) 9...
Bf5 (9... Qh4 {is also possible.} 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. h3 O-O 12. g3 Qh6 13. Nxe4
$14) 10. h3 {A new move by Anand. Just taking the g4-square under control.
Also g2-g4 could be played at any point.} (10. Nd2 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Qd3 12. Qxd3
exd3 13. Nf3 Be4 $11) (10. g4 Be6 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qe2 O-O $44) 10... Qe7 11.
Bf4 Nf6 12. Nd2 O-O-O 13. O-O (13. g4 Be6 14. Nxe4 $2 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bd5 $19)
13... Rhg8 14. Bh2 h5 15. Ndc4 Nd5 16. f3 $5 {The e4-pawn was a source of
weakness in Black's position, but at the same time it was a strength. Instead
of trying to attack and win it, Anand just brings about its elimination.} exf3
17. Qxf3 {This position logically should be better for Black because of his
bishop pair. However, the knight on e5 is very strong. I would say that it is
evenly balanced or slightly easier for White to play.} Bxe5 $6 (17... Rgf8 18.
Nxd6+ cxd6 19. Nc4 Rf6 20. Rae1 $14) 18. Nxe5 Qh7 19. c4 Ne7 20. Rad1 {The
best thing about Anand's play is the simplicity of his moves.} Kb8 21. g4 $1 {
An extremely bold move. White moves the pawns in front of his king, but
clearly understands that Black cannot make use of the weaknesses created by it.
This is world class play.} hxg4 22. hxg4 Be6 (22... Rh8 23. Rf2 $16) 23. Qf6
Bc8 (23... Rh8 24. Rf2 $16) 24. Nf7 $1 {A brilliant move. The knight will be
well placed on g5. It will control the h3-square. The bishop will conrol the
h2-square. So there wont be any squares that Black will be able to
breakthrough on.} Rd7 (24... Bxg4 25. Rde1 Rde8 26. Rxe7 $18) (24... Rde8 25.
Bxc7+ $1 Kxc7 26. Qd6+ Kb6 27. c5+ Ka6 28. Qg3 $18) 25. Ng5 Qh4 26. Qf4 Rh8 27.
Bg3 {Anand is in top notch form. The check on h1 is nothing. White has
complete control.} Qh6 (27... Qh1+ 28. Kf2 $18) 28. Kg2 $1 b6 29. Qe5 {Another
powerful move.} Re8 30. Rh1 Qf8 31. Ne6 {The c7-pawn falls and the game ends.
What a game by Anand! He was like a machine, one good move after another! Ther
is a lot we can learn from the great master!} 1-0

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1997.01.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moberg, Karl Johan"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Even when Hector agrees a short draw, he does it in a way that does not
disappoint the public or the organisers.  Wedberg: In this game Jonny Hector
sacrifices his queen for two bishops to reach a draw at an early stage.} 1. e4
{Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Bb6 5. d4 (5. O-O {Wedberg} Nf6 6. d4
Nxe4 $5 7. Re1 f5 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Rxe4 Qg6 12. Bd3 d5
13. Rxe5 Qh5 14. Rxd5 Be6 15. Rb5 a6 16. Rxb6 cxb6 17. Be3 h6 18. Ne5 $14 {
0-1 Olivier,J-Hector,J/Geneve op 1994 (34)}) 5... exd4 6. cxd4 Nce7 {I had
never seen this before, but a little data search turned up a tiny handful of
games - mostly by Hector.} 7. d5 c6 (7... Nf6 {was Hector's previous try in
this position, and a very obscure position resulted.}) (7... Nf6 {Wedberg} 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Ba5 10. Bd3 d6 11. h3 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 Ng6 14. Ne2 Ne5
15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Ng3 Bb6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Be6 $11 {0-1 Kristiansen,J-Hector,
J/Copenhagen op 1991 (44)}) 8. Ba4 d6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Ng4 11. dxc6 (11. O-O
$14 {Wedberg}) 11... Bxf2+ 12. Ke2 (12. Kd2 $1 {Wedberg Wedberg: This avoids
the check on a6.} b5 (12... bxc6 13. Bxc6+ Bd7 (13... Nxc6 14. Bxd8 $18) 14.
Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Nd5+ Kf8 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17. h3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Qf3 $16) 13.
Nxb5 O-O 14. c7 Qd7 15. h3 Ne5 16. Rc1 $18) 12... bxc6 {White threatens h3, so
black must play violently.} 13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14. Bxd8 Ba6+ 15. Kd2 Be3+ 16. Ke1 (
16. Kc2 {Wedberg} Rxd8 17. Nd5 Rc8 $13) 16... Bf2+ (16... Rxd8 $2 {Wedberg} 17.
Qa4 Bf2+ 18. Kd1 Bb7 19. h3 Nge5 20. Rf1 Bb6 21. Nd5 $18) 17. Kd2 Be3+ 18. Ke1
(18. Kc2 $5 {is the only attempt to play for a win. Hector was hoping for this
during the game, but afterwards no one was sure what should happen here. Black
can have two bishops for the queen, and has annoying attacking possibilities
against all of the major white pieces. With Hector's reputation preceding him,
white sues for peace.} Rxd8 {Fritz} 19. Nd5 (19. Qe1 Nb4+ 20. Kb3 Nd3 21. Qg3
Rb8+ 22. Ka4 (22. Ka3 Bc5+ 23. b4 (23. Ka4 Rb4+ 24. Ka3 Nxb2 $19) 23... Bxb4+
24. Kb3 Nc5+ 25. Kc2 Ne3+ 26. Kd2 Nxe4+ 27. Kxe3 Nxg3 $19) 22... Nxb2+ 23. Ka5
Bd3 $19) 19... Rc8 20. Kb3 Nf2 21. Qe1 Bd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4+ 23. Ka4 Nxh1 24. Qh4
f6 25. Rxh1 Bb5+ $11) 18... Bf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "All Russian Masters (Qualification)"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.01.28"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "Varnusz,E"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1914.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1) Shakhmaty Vestnik 1915. 2)Schach-Echo 1942, S.41-42. [Alechin].} e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nge7 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2
a6 9. Ba4 d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Qe6+ 12. Kf1 $1 Qc4+ 13. Kg1 O-O 14. d5 Rd8
$2 (14... Na7 $1 15. Re1 Nf5 16. h3 Nb5 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Bb3 Qc5 19. Rc1 Qd6
20. Qc3 Bd7 21. g4 Ng3 22. fxg3 Qxg3+ 23. Kf1 f5 24. g5 f4 25. d6+ Kh8 26. dxc7
Rae8 27. Bd5 Bxh3+ 28. Rxh3 Qxh3+ 29. Kf2 {1/2-1/2 Tal,M-Fischer,R/Curacao ct
1962}) 15. Qe1 $1 Bg4 (15... Nxd5 $4 16. Bb3 Qc5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5
19. Qe8#) 16. Bb3 $1 Qf4 17. dxc6 Bxf3 18. Qxe7 Bxc6 19. h4 $6 (19. Ne2 $1 Qg4
20. Ng3 $16) 19... Rd2 20. Rf1 $2 Re8 21. Qg5 $2 (21. Qc5 $142) 21... Rxf2 $1
$17 22. Bxf7+ $6 (22. Rd1 Rxg2+ (22... Qxg5 23. hxg5 Rxg2+ 24. Kf1 Rxg5 25. Bd5
$17) 23. Qxg2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 $17) (22. Qxf4 $4 Rxg2#) 22... Kh8 $1 $19 23. Rd1
Qxf7 24. Rd2 h6 $1 25. Rxf2 Re1+ 26. Kh2 Qxf2 27. Qg4 Bxg2 {Shakhmaty Vestnik}
(27... Bd7 $1 {Schach-Echo by Alekhine.} 28. Qxd7 Qf4+ 29. g3 Qf2+ 30. Kh3
Rxh1+ 31. Kg4 h5+ 32. Kxh5 Qxg3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1999.01.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barkhagen, Jonas"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 f5 5. O-O {Unusual and maybe not as
testing as the main line.} (5. d4 fxe4 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 {is the main line})
5... fxe4 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 (6... Nf6 7. d4 exd3 8. Nxd3 Be7 9. Bg5 O-O $11 {
0-1 Neckar,L-Banas,J/Cihak 1969/EXT 99 (57)}) 7. Qh5+ Nf7 {This position is
given as = in ECO by Paul Keres and Fridrik Olafsson, but White gets the pair
of bishops in a fairly open position, so that judgement might be a bit too
optimistic.} (7... Ng6 $5 {The N is more active on g6 than on f7, especially
if Black wants to create some play against Whites K-side.}) 8. Qxc5 Nf6 (8...
c6 9. Ba4 d5 10. d3 Nf6 11. Nd2 Qd6 12. Qxd6 Nxd6 13. dxe4 Nfxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
$14 {1/2-1/2 Sanz Alonso,F-Medeiros,H/Sao Paulo 1991/EXT 97 (40)}) 9. d3 c6 10.
Ba4 b6 $6 {This loses a P without real compensation.} (10... d6 11. Qe3 Qb6 12.
dxe4 Qxe3 13. Bxe3 Nxe4 $14 {1-0 Pinski,J-Persson,C/Guarapuava 1995/Juniors 
(35)}) 11. Qe3 Ba6 12. Re1 O-O ({when I see this game I get the feeling that
Hector somehow missed} 12... Bxd3 $2 13. Qxd3 $18) 13. dxe4 Qc7 14. Qg3 d6 15.
Bb3 Rae8 16. Bh6 $5 Nh5 17. Qg4 d5 $5 (17... Kh8 18. Qxh5 Nxh6 19. Nd2 $16) 18.
Qxh5 gxh6 19. Nd2 Qf4 20. Nf3 dxe4 21. Nd4 Kh8 22. Qf5 $1 {This move breaks
Black's attack on the f-file and gives White a very nice ending.} (22. Ne6 $6
Rxe6 23. Bxe6 Ne5 $1 $40 {Excellent chances for Black.}) 22... Qxf5 (22... Ne5
$5) 23. Nxf5 Re5 24. Nd4 Bb7 25. Rad1 Nd8 26. Nc2 c5 27. Rd6 b5 28. Red1 Ree8
29. Ne3 $16 {White has a clear advantage: d-file, better P-formation and a
strong blockading N on e3.} c4 30. Bc2 Ne6 31. a4 Nc5 (31... a6 32. axb5 axb5
33. Rb6 $18) 32. axb5 Nd3 33. Bxd3 exd3 34. Rd7 Bc8 35. Rxa7 $18 Be6 36. Rc7
Rc8 37. Rxc8 Rxc8 38. Ra1 Rb8 39. Ra5 Bf7 40. Kf1 Be8 41. Nxc4 Bxb5 42. Nd2 Bc6
43. b4 Re8 44. Ra6 Bb7 45. Rd6 Ra8 46. f3 Ra3 47. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This is a short but interesting game. Rogers choice of opening is
enterprising. Akopian decides to avoid the main line. Then Rogers answers by
choosing the seldomly seen 6. - Dh4.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 f5
5. Bxc6 (5. d4 fxe4 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 {is main line and considered to give
White a small but clear advantage. It would have been nice to see what Rogers
had in store here. Blacks best line might well be} Qd5 (7... Bd6 8. Qh5+ g6 9.
Qe2 $14) 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. c4 Qe6 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qe2 Qf5 $1 12. Bg3 c5 13. Nf3 Nf6
14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. dxc5 O-O 16. Nfd2 {1/2-1/2 Pinter,J-Tompa,J/HUN-ch 1976/
MCD-ch}) 5... dxc6 6. Nxe5 Qh4 $5 (6... Bd6 {is the standard move here, but
there are some drawbacks to it, after} 7. d4 Bxe5 $5 (7... fxe4 8. Qh5+ g6 9.
Qe2 $1 {White has lured Black back into the main line but by this move order
the line with Qd5 is excluded.} (9. Nxg6 $2 Nf6 10. Qh4 Rg8 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12.
dxe5 Qd3 13. exf6 Bg4 {0-1 Norgaard,J-Unni,V/Lloyds Bank op 1984/MCL 06})) 8.
dxe5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 fxe4 10. Bg5 Ne7 11. Nd2 Ng6 12. Nxe4 Nxe5 13. Re1 O-O 14.
Kc2 Bf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Michel,P-Kohler,A/GER-ch 1938/HCL 31 (21)}) 7. O-O (7. d4
Qxe4+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Bd6 10. Nc4 Be7 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Nbd2 O-O-O $11 {
Hunt,H-Hector,J/Isle of Man op 1996/EXT 96op2/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 7... fxe4 8. d4
exd3 9. g3 $146 (9. Qxd3 Ne7 10. Nf3 Qg4 11. Nbd2 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L-Rantanen,
Y/Tbilisi 1987/EXT 87}) 9... Qh3 10. Nxd3 Bg4 $6 (10... Bd6 $11) 11. Qe1+ (11.
Qb3 $5 {is more testing, the main point being that} Bf3 {always can be met by}
(11... Bd6 12. Qxb7 Bf3 13. Qxa8+ Kf7 {isn't mate because of} 14. Ne1 $1 $18)
12. Nf4 Qg4 13. Qxb7 $18) 11... Ne7 12. Nd2 (12. Bg5 Bf3 13. Nf4 Qg4 14. Nd2
$14) 12... Bd6 $11 13. f3 Bf5 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. fxe4 Ng6 16. Bf4 (16. Be3 $142)
16... O-O 17. Bxd6 cxd6 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai op 6th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2004.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Belkhodja, Slim"]
[Black "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Qf6 {An oldie played by among others
Daniel Harrwitz and William Steinitz more than hundred years ago. The move at
first might look a bit amateurish. Sending the Q out early in the opening is
usually not to be recommended. Here the obvious idea is to make the d4 push
harder to accomplish. Later the Q can be used to pressure the White K-side
from g6 or even h6. The g8-N will go to e7, so the Q-move does not interfere
with Blacks development. The crucial question is if White can force d4 and
then get an advantage with his strong centre. Practise is not 100% clear on
this point.} 5. c3 Nge7 6. Bxc6 {Giving up the pair of B:s just like that in
an open game cannot offer White anything in particular. Still this move has
been played quite a lot.} (6. d3 {is to slow here. Black has no problems at
all after:} h6 $1 7. Be3 Bb6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 d6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. d4 Ng6 $11
{0-1 Matanovic,A-Lein,A/Vrsac 1979/EXT 2002 (41)}) (6. d4 {might be premature}
exd4 7. Bg5 (7. e5 $5 {is an interesting gambit that is seldom seen} Nxe5 8.
Nxe5 Qxe5 9. Re1 Qf6 10. Qh5 {and White has chances - but are they worth two P:
s? At least they were in Blackburne,J-Green,V/London 1862/ 1-0 (44)}) 7... Qg6
8. Bxe7 (8. cxd4 $2 Nxd4 $1) 8... Nxe7 9. cxd4 Bb6 {White has a nice centre,
but Black has the pair of B:s and no weaknesses. Black has faired well from
this position, e.g.:} 10. Nc3 O-O 11. a4 a5 12. Kh1 d6 13. h3 Qh5 14. Qd3 c6
15. Bc4 Ng6 16. Qe3 Re8 17. Ng5 d5 18. Be2 Qh6 19. Bd3 Bc7 20. e5 f6 $132 {
0-1 Michalek,J-Gretarsson,H/Czechia 1999/EXT 2001 (30)}) (6. Re1 $1 {The solid
(and probably best) approach, d4 and then e5 is coming.} a6 (6... h6 7. d4 Bb6
8. Na3 O-O 9. Nc4 d6 10. Bxc6 $1 Nxc6 11. d5 Ne7 12. a4 a6 13. Nxb6 cxb6 14.
Be3 $14 {1-0 Giaccio,A-Soppe,G/Buenos Aires 1998/CBM 65 (41)}) 7. d4 $1 (7. Ba4
h6 8. d4 Ba7 9. Be3 O-O {is OK for Black, e.g.:} 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5
12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gunnarsson,
A-Gretarsson,H/Reykjavik 2001/EXT 2002 (29)}) 7... exd4 (7... Ba7 8. Bg5 Qg6 9.
Bxe7 axb5 10. Bh4 {is not very comfortable for Black since} d6 $2 {allows} 11.
dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 $16) 8. e5 Qg6 9. Bd3 Qh5 10. Re4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,
P-Gretarsson,H/Gausdal 1996/CBM 54 ext (37)}) 6... dxc6 $5 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Bg5 Qg6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] The best square for the Q in this line. The
exchange on e7 does not scare Black. In previous games Black has chosen to put
the Q on d6 or e6, but this is much better.} 10. Bxe7 {The logical
continuation.} (10. Nc3 f6 11. Be3 Bg4 {Black has a good game with pressure on
d4.}) 10... Kxe7 11. Ne5 $2 {After this it quickly goes downhill for White.
The right plan is as usual in the opening to develop. But I see no real
problems in this position for Black whatever White plays.} (11. Qd3 Rd8 12. Nc3
Qf6 13. d5 Bg4 14. Nd2 $13) 11... Qf6 12. Nc3 Rd8 {[%csl Rd4]} 13. Nf3 Kf8 14.
h3 Bxd4 $17 {A P is a P.} 15. Nxd4 Rxd4 16. Qh5 Kg8 17. f4 Be6 18. Rf2 g6 19.
Qc5 Rc4 20. Qe3 Qd4 21. Qg3 f5 22. Re1 Rf8 23. Kh2 Qd7 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Qh4
Rf7 26. Qh6 Re7 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Re2 Qf8 29. Qg5 Rd4 30. Qg3 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Lepelletier, Benoit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{A nice attacking game by Bauer. The zugzwang in the middle of operations is
nice.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4
c6 8. Ba4 d6 9. Na3 Ne7 (9... Bc7 {Considered best in some books} 10. Qh5 (10.
f4 Qh4 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. Qe1 Qxe1 13. Raxe1 O-O $13 {Parma-Zuidema/Bewerwijk/1964
}) 10... Qf6 11. d5 Bd7 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Nc4 Qg6 14. Qxg6 hxg6 15. Rd1 Ke7 $11
{1/2-1/2 De la Villa Garcia,J-D'Amore,C/Andorra zt 1987/CBM 04 (46)}) (9...
exd4 10. cxd4 Ne7 11. d5 O-O 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 d5 15. Qc2 Bb7
16. Rfe1 Ng6 17. Be3 d4 18. Bd2 c5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sulskis,S-Sepp,O/Riga zt 1995/
CBM 47 (74)}) 10. dxe5 (10. Nc4 exd4 (10... Bc7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8
13. Rd1+ $16) 11. Nxb6 Qxb6 12. cxd4 d5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 $36 {
Ravinsky-Cherenkov/RUS/1957}) 10... dxe5 11. Qh5 Bc7 (11... Ng6 12. Bb3 Qe7 13.
Nc4 Bc7 14. Bg5 f6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Verduga,D-Pereira,A/Almada 1988/EXT 88 (26)})
12. Rd1 Bd7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Rd3 Qe8 15. Bb3 Ng6 16. Rad1 $14 {Clearly Black is
under some pressure here. But since the Black position is without structural
weaknesses, it's up to White to do something or Black might slowly consolidate.
} Be6 17. g3 Bxb3 18. axb3 Qe6 19. Rd7 Rac8 20. Nc4 h6 $6 {Risky, suddenly
there is something to attack.} (20... b5 21. Ne3 f6 22. Nf5 Rf7 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 (
23... Qxf7 $2 24. Bh6 $1 $18) 24. Be3 $14) (20... f6 $142 21. Be3 (21. Bc1 b5
$132) 21... b5 22. Qf5 $1 Qxf5 (22... Qe8 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. R1xd6 $16) 23. exf5
bxc4 24. fxg6 cxb3 25. gxh7+ Kxh7 26. Bxa7 Rfd8 $14) 21. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 22. Ne3
Ne7 (22... Rfd8 23. Rxc7 $1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Rxc7 25. Qd8+ Kh7 26. Qxc7 Qxb3 27.
Nf5 $40) 23. Ng4 Rfe8 24. Nxh6+ Kf8 25. Nf5 Qg6 26. Qh8+ Ng8 27. Kg2 Qf6 28.
Qh7 Rcd8 29. R1d3 $1 Bb8 $2 {Leads to immediate disaster, but Black is in some
kind of zugzwang here.} (29... Ne7 30. Rxe7 $1 Rxe7 31. Rf3 $1 $40) 30. Rxd8 (
30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qg7+ Qxg7 32. Rxd8#) 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 11th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.05.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 f5 {An old favourite of Hector's.} 5. d4
fxe4 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 (7. Nfd2 Qg5 8. dxc5 Nf6 $1 $13 {this line is still
not resolved.} 9. Qe2 {is best} (9. O-O $2 {was recommended by Keres, but is
in fact close to losing for White.} Bh3 10. g3 O-O-O $1 {Keres only considered
taking on f1.} 11. Re1 Qf5 12. Na3 Bg4 (12... h5 $1 $40) 13. Qa4 Rxd2 14. Bxd2
Rd8 15. f4 Rxd2 16. Nc4 Rxh2 $40 {1/2-1/2 Ernst,T-Hector,J/Linkoping 1984/MCD 
(33)}) (9. Rg1 Qh4 10. Nf1 Bg4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Lobron,E-Wedberg,T/Dortmund 1983/
MCD (57)}) 9... Qxg2 10. Qf1 Qg4 11. Nc4 Qh5 12. Be3 Be6 (12... b5 $5) 13. Nbd2
O-O-O $14 {1-0 De Firmian,N-Rogers,I/Philadelphia 1986/EXT 98 (33). (32)}) 7...
Qd5 $5 {This move is Black´s hope at present. Black wants to guard e4 and
develop quickly with Nf6 and 0-0. The B will drop back to d6 and the Q to e6
if necessary.} (7... Bd6 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qe2 {is good for White, e.g.:} Qh4 10.
Nd2 Bf5 11. g4 Be6 12. Nxe4 Bxe5 13. h3 $1 {threatening to trap the black Q}
Bxg4 14. Qxg4 Qxg4 15. hxg4 Bd6 $14) 8. Qh5+ {A good check that weakens
Black´s K-side. Alternatives don´t yield much.} (8. Bf4 Bd6 9. O-O (9. c4 Qe6
10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qe2 Qf5 12. Bg3 c5 13. Nf3 Nf6 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. dxc5 O-O 16.
Nfd2 {1/2-1/2 Pinter,J-Tompa,J/Budapest 1976/MCD (16)}) 9... c5 10. Qa4+ c6 11.
Rd1 b5 12. c4 Qe6 13. cxb5 Ne7 14. bxc6 O-O 15. Bg3 Nf5 16. Qb3 cxd4 17. Nd7
Qxb3 18. axb3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bxd7 20. Rxd4 Bc5 21. Rxd7 Rxf2 22. Kh2 Rf6 23. g4
Rh6+ 24. Kg3 Rf8 25. Nc3 Bf2# {0-1 Nieminen,K-Tommiska,M/FIN 2001/EXT 2002 (25)
}) (8. O-O Nf6 9. Bf4 (9. Be3 Bd6 10. c4 Qe6 11. Nc3 O-O {is a typical line
that looks perfectly OK for Black.}) 9... Bd6 10. Nd2 (10. c4 Qe6 11. c5 O-O
12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Bg3 dxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 $13 {1-0 Hjartarson,J-Pirttimaki,T/
Oslo 1983/MCD (29)}) 10... O-O 11. Bg3 Bf5 12. Ndc4 {1/2-1/2 Baumann,
F-Feichtner,E/Sailauf 1992/EXT 98 (12)}) (8. Bg5 $5) 8... g6 9. Qe2 (9. Qh4 Be7
10. Bg5 c5 $132) 9... Bd6 10. Bf4 {New move but not a new idea.} (10. O-O Bf5 (
10... Nf6 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Nxd6 cxd6 $11 {1-0 Rodriguez Cespedes,A-Alonso
Seisdedos,C/Mondariz Balneario 2002/CBM 90 ext (59). (58)}) 11. Nc4 O-O-O $13 {
1-0 Huebner,R-Hess,R/Lugano 1989/TD (27)}) (10. Nc4 Be6 (10... Nf6 11. Bh6 Ng4
12. Nxd6+ cxd6 13. Be3 O-O $11 {1-0 Herrera,I-Perez,R/Holguin 1991/EXT 99 (56)}
) 11. Nxd6+ cxd6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. b3 Nf6 14. c4 Qh5 15. Qe3 Rhf8 $11 {1-0 Van
den Doel,E-Potocnik,P/Pula 1998/EXT 2000 (45)}) 10... Nf6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O
c5 $1 {Black starts his counterplay against the white centre. I think Black
should be quite happy with the opening phase. The pieces are coming out nicely
and White has to think about defending his positions in the centre.} 13. Ndc4
cxd4 14. cxd4 Be6 (14... Qxd4 $5 {Fritz wants to take the P, but humans
prefers to wait. d4 is weak so why take it now, we reason.} 15. Rfd1 Qc5 16.
Nxd6 cxd6 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Nc4 Qb5 $13) 15. Rac1 b5 $6 {I don´t like this move.
Black weakens the c-file and creates a mess without any special reason.} (15...
Ng4 $5 16. Bg3 (16. Nxg4 Bxf4) 16... Nh6 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Yh6f5]}) 16. Nxd6
cxd6 17. Nc6 $1 $14 {[%cal Yc6e7] White´s N has a dominating post.} Rf7 18. Qd2
a5 19. Nxa5 (19. a3 $14) 19... Qxa2 20. Nc6 Bc4 21. Rfe1 Nd5 22. Bh6 {Black´s
K is a long term problem now.} (22. Bxd6 $5 Qa6 23. Ne5 Qxd6 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25.
Rxe4 $36 {[%cal Ye4h4,Yd2h6,Yc1e1]}) 22... Qa6 23. Nb4 Qb7 24. Nxd5 Qxd5 25.
Rc3 Rfa7 26. h3 Ra1 27. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 28. Kh2 Ra8 29. b3 $1 Bxb3 30. Rc7 $40 {
[%csl Rg8]} Qf5 31. Qb4 Bf7 (31... Qd5 32. Rg7+ Kh8 33. Rd7 $16) 32. Qxd6 b4
33. Rb7 Re8 34. Rb8 {[%cal Yd6f8]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 c6 8.
Bc4 (8. Ba4 d6 9. Na3 {is main line.}) 8... d6 9. Qb3 Qe7 (9... Qc7 {
Considered to be best. Keeping the B well protected on b6 prevents tricks with
Be3 and dxe5.} 10. dxe5 (10. Be3 Nf6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bxb6 axb6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Breyther,R-Werner,C/BL8687 1987/GER-chT (26)}) 10... dxe5 11. h3 (11. a4 Nf6
12. a5 Bc5 13. Qc2 O-O 14. b4 Be7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hort,V-Spassky,B/Reykjavik 1977/
Candidates (25)}) 11... Nf6 12. Nd2 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Lima,D/Biel
1993/CBM 37/[Wedberg] (60)}) (9... Qf6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 Qg6 12. Nd2 Nh6
13. Bxb6 Bh3 14. g3 axb6 $13 {1-0 Averbakh,Y-Bonch Osmolovsky,M/Moscow 1949/
MCD (46)}) 10. dxe5 (10. Be3 $1 {is the critical move} exd4 (10... Nf6 11. dxe5
dxe5 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. Qxb6 Nxe4 14. Re1 Nd6 15. Bb3 O-O 16. Qc5 Re8 17. Na3
Nb5 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. Nc4 $16 {1-0 Reeh,O-Bezold,M/BL8990 1990/GER-chT (39)})
11. Bxd4 Nf6 (11... Bxd4 12. cxd4 Nf6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Rae1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Stummer,A-Druckenthaner,A/AUT BL 1989/TD (59)}) 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. Qxb6 Nxe4 14.
Re1 d5 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Nxe4 dxc4 17. a3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Varavin,V-Meister,Y/
Cheliabinsk 1990/EXT 99 (49)}) 10... dxe5 11. a4 Nf6 12. a5 Bc5 13. Qc2 {
If White manages to drive the B off the a7-f2 diagonal with b4 then he has
some slight advantage.} Be6 14. Nd2 Rd8 15. Be2 (15. b4 $2 Rxd2 $1 16. Bxd2
Bxc4 $17) 15... a6 $11 16. Nc4 $6 {Now Black gets a very comfortable game.} (
16. Nf3 $142) 16... Ng4 $1 {/\Qh4} 17. Bxg4 $8 (17. h3 $2 Nxf2 18. Rxf2 Bxf2+
19. Kxf2 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qc5+ $19) 17... Bxc4 18. Rd1 $6 (18. Be2 $142) 18... O-O
$17 {White is in trouble. Especially the pressure against f2 is hard to meet.}
19. b3 (19. h3 Qh4 $17) 19... Qh4 $1 20. bxc4 Qxg4 21. Be3 (21. Bb2 f5 $40)
21... Bxe3 22. fxe3 Qg5 {White´s ruptured P-formation gives him few chances of
survival.} 23. Qe2 Qe7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 g6 26. Rb1 Rd7 27. h3 h5 28. Kh2
Qa3 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Qxa5 $19 31. Qb3 b6 32. Qb1 Kg7 33. Qd3 Qc5 {...} 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-A"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Black "Armas, Jorge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. O-O d5 8. exd6
O-O 9. dxc7 Qxc7 (9... Qf6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Nc3 Rfe8
14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bg5 {+/-/Stein-Spassky/Moscow/1961}) 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4
Qb6 12. Be3 (12. Bd3 Nxf2 13. Rxf2 Bxd4 14. Qc2 Rd8 15. Bf1 Rd5 16. Nc3 Rf5 17.
Nd1 Bd7 18. Bd3 Re8 19. Kf1 Rfe5 $44 {Erdeljan-Beyen/corrr/1966/}) 12... Rd8
13. Bd3 Bxd4 14. Bxe4 Bxe3 15. Qc2 Bd4 16. Nc3 (16. Bxh7+ $2 Kh8 17. Nc3 g6 $19
) 16... Bxc3 (16... g6 17. Nd5 Qc5 18. Rac1 $14) 17. bxc3 g6 18. Rfd1 Be6 $5
19. Rdb1 Qa5 20. Rxb7 Rac8 $132 21. h4 (21. h3 $5) 21... Rxc3 22. Rxa7 Qe5 23.
Qb2 Rdc8 24. Bb7 (24. Bf3 Qc5 25. Ra8 Rc2 $40) 24... R8c4 25. Bf3 Rxh4 26. Ra8+
Kg7 27. Qb8 $1 $10 Qxb8 28. Rxb8 Bxa2 29. g3 Rd4 30. Rxa2 Rxf3 31. Kg2 Rf5 32.
Rb3 Rfd5 33. Ra7 h5 34. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1999.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1999.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8]} 1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. Nxe5 {Unusual.} Nxe5 {
Not the move preferred by theory, but it seems to be quite playable.} (4... Qg5
5. Ng4 (5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d4 Qxg2 7. Qf3 Qxf3 8. Nxf3 Be7 9. Bf4 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nf6
$11 {1-0 Zita,F-Foltys,J/Prague 1943/EXT 98 (57)}) 5... Bb6 (5... Qg6 6. O-O d6
7. Ne3 Bxe3 8. fxe3 Nf6 9. d3 $16 {1-0 Magem Badals,J-Carretero Ortiz,F/
ESP-chT 1993/TD (31)}) 6. Be2 h5 7. d3 Qg6 8. Ne3 Bxe3 9. Bxe3 Qxg2 10. Bf3 Qh3
11. Nc3 Ne5 12. Be2 d6 13. Nd5 $14 {1-0 Romero Holmes,A-Fernandez Garcia,J/
Linares 1991/EXT 2000 (34)}) (4... Nd4 $5 5. Be2 (5. Bc4 Qg5 6. Ng4 d5 7. Bxd5
Bxg4 8. f3 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Qh4+ 10. Ke2 Qf2+ 11. Kd3 Bxf3 12. Qf1 Qd4# {0-1
Britton,R-McMahon,D/Sheffield 1996/EXT 98 (12)}) 5... Qg5 6. Ng4 d5 (6... Nxe2
7. Qxe2 h5 8. Ne3 Nf6 9. Nc3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. d3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Foraboschi,
R-Hellmann,E/Trieste 1923/EXT 2000 (57)}) 7. exd5 f5 8. c3 fxg4 9. cxd4 Bd6 10.
Bb5+ c6 11. Qe2+ $13 {1-0 Crabbendam,H-Ree,H/Amsterdam 1963/MCD (32)}) (4...
Qe7 5. Nf3 Qxe4+ 6. Be2 Nd4 7. Nxd4 Qxd4 8. O-O Nf6 9. c3 Qh4 10. d4 $14 {
1-0 De la Villa Garcia,J-Fernandez,J/Palma de Mallorca 1992/TD (100)}) 5. d4 c6
6. Be2 Bd6 $146 {Timman plays the normal move in the position which happens to
be a novelty. Black should of course not give up the pair of B:s in an open
position.} (6... Bb4+ 7. c3 Bxc3+ $2 (7... Bd6 $142) 8. Nxc3 $14 {1-0
Schreiner,M-Mueller,B/Stetten 1988/EXT 97 (43)}) 7. dxe5 Bxe5 8. Nd2 (8. f4 Bc7
9. Nc3 {is more ambitious.}) 8... Bc7 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 (11. c4 d5
$11) 11... f6 12. Bh4 d5 $11 {Black has solved his opening problems.} 13. exd5
Qxd5 14. Bg3 (14. Qxd5+ Nxd5 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Nd4 Bf7 17. Nf5 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Kf8
$11) 14... Bxg3 15. hxg3 Be6 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Bd3 Ng6 19. Be4
Kf7 20. Bxd5+ Rxd5 21. Rad1 Rfd8 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 {Hecht: '[#] Verirrter weißer
Turm.'} 23. Kf1 h5 24. Re3 Ne7 25. Rb3 b6 26. Ke2 c5 27. Rd3 Ke6 28. Re3+ (28.
Rxd5 {Hecht} Kxd5 $15) (28. c4 {Hecht} Rxd3 29. Kxd3 Nc6 $15) 28... Kd7 29. c3
Nf5 30. Re4 b5 31. g4 Nd6 32. Rf4 hxg4 33. Rxg4 g5 {'!' Hecht. Hecht: 'Zu den
kleineren Raumproblemen kommt nun ein lahmender Turm.'} 34. b3 (34. Nd2 {Hecht}
Ke6 (34... f5 35. Rg3 Rxd2+ 36. Kxd2 Ne4+ 37. Kd3 Nxg3 38. fxg3 g4 39. c4 b4
40. a3 a5 41. a4 Ke6 42. b3 Kf6 43. Ke2 $11) 35. Ne4 Re5 36. Kf3 $15) 34... Ke6
$15 {Black has a space advantage.} 35. c4 $6 {Losening.} (35. Nd2 $142 Kf5 36.
f3) 35... bxc4 36. bxc4 Rf5 37. Nd2 Re5+ 38. Kd3 Re1 39. Nb3 Kf5 40. f3 Nf7 $17
41. Re4 (41. Nxc5 {Hecht} Ne5+ 42. Kd2 Ra1 $17) 41... Ne5+ 42. Kc3 Rxe4 43.
fxe4+ Kxe4 44. Nxc5+ Ke3 $19 45. Kb4 (45. Ne6 {Hecht} g4 (45... Nc6 $5 46. c5
g4) 46. c5 f5 47. Nd4 f4 48. c6 Nxc6 49. Nxc6 f3 50. gxf3 g3 $19) 45... g4 46.
Kb5 f5 47. Ne6 f4 48. Ng7 f3 49. gxf3 gxf3 50. Nh5 f2 51. Ng3 Kf3 52. Nf1 Kg2
53. Ne3+ Kg1 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 (5. b4 $5 Bxb4 6. Nxd4 exd4
7. Bb2 Ne7 (7... Qg5 8. Bd3 Bc5 9. c3 d5 10. cxd4 dxe4 11. Bb5+ c6 12. dxc5 Bh3
13. g3 cxb5 14. Re1 Nf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Nxe4 $16 {Ghinda-Hector/
Budapest 1986}) 8. Bxd4 O-O 9. c3 Ba5 10. Qg4 Ng6 11. Qh5 $14) 5... Bxd4 6. c3
Bb6 7. d4 c6 8. Bc4 $10 (8. Ba4 $1 d6 9. Na3 exd4 (9... Ne7 10. Nc4 exd4 (10...
Bc7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Rd1+ $14) 11. Nxb6 Qxb6 12. cxd4 d5 13.
Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 Be6 15. Re1 O-O 16. Bd6 Rfe8 17. e5 $14 {Ravinsky-Chernenkov/
URS 1956}) (9... Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. d5 Bd7 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. dxc6
bxc6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Ne3 g6 18. Rd2 Be8 19. Rfd1 h5 20. Bxc6 Bxc6
21. Qc4 $16 {Villavicencio-Lima/Las Palmas 1989}) 10. cxd4 Ne7 11. d5 $1 O-O
12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 Ba6 15. Re1 d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Qg4 $16) 8...
d6 9. Qb3 Qc7 $1 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 (11. a4 Nf6 12. a5 Bc5 13. Qc2 O-O 14. b4
Be7 15. Nd2 c5 16. b5 h6 $10 {Hort-Spassky/Reykjavik 1977}) 11... Nf6 12. Nd2
O-O 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. b3 Rfe8 15. Be2 Be6 16. a4 Rad8 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nh5
19. Kh2 Rd6 20. g3 Red8 21. Qe2 Nf6 22. Ra2 h6 23. Kg2 R6d7 24. Qf3 Ne8 25. Re1
a5 26. Ba3 Nf6 27. Rc2 Qb8 28. Bc1 Ne8 29. h4 Qc7 30. Ree2 Nd6 31. Bd3 Bc5 32.
Rcd2 Nc8 33. Bc2 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Rxd2 35. Bxd2 Qd7 36. Bc1 Nd6 37. Qh5 Qe6 38.
Qe2 Nc8 39. Qd3 Qd6 40. Qxd6 Nxd6 41. f4 f6 42. h5 Kf7 43. Kf3 Ke6 44. Bd2 Ba7
45. Bd3 Bb6 46. Bf1 Bc5 47. Be1 Bg1 48. Bh3+ Ke7 49. fxe5 fxe5 50. Bf5 Bc5 51.
g4 Nf7 52. Bc8 b6 53. Bf5 Ng5+ 54. Ke2 Bg1 55. b4 axb4 56. cxb4 b5 57. axb5 (
57. a5 Kd8 58. Bf2 Bxf2 59. Kxf2 Kc7 $10) 57... cxb5 58. Bc3 Kd6 59. Bg6 Bd4
60. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 14th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2004.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Velikhanli, Firuza"]
[Black "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2004.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Qf6 {A very old move that still attracts
interest.} 5. c3 Nge7 6. d3 (6. Re1 {see my annotations to the game Belkhodja
- Iuldachev, Dubai Open 2004 for more on this critical move.}) 6... h6 7. Be3
Bb6 8. Nbd2 d6 9. a4 (9. Nc4 Bg4 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. d4 O-O 12. Be2 Ng6 13. h3
Bc8 14. Qd2 Re8 15. d5 Nce7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z-Rogers,I/Pribram 1997/EXT
2001 (43)}) (9. h3 O-O 10. Nh2 Qg6 11. Kh1 f5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez Cespedes,
A-Granados Gomez,M/Terrassa 1999/EXT 2001 (22)}) (9. d4 O-O 10. Nc4 Bg4 11. d5
Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 a6 15. Ba4 b5 16. dxc6 {1/2-1/2
Fedorowicz,J-Baczynskyj,B/Philadelphia 1996/EXT 2001 (16)}) 9... O-O 10. b4 (
10. h3 Qg6 11. Nh4 Qf6 12. Nhf3 Qg6 13. Nh4 Qf6 14. Qh5 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Qg5 16.
Qxg5 hxg5 17. Nf5 g6 18. Nxe7+ Nxe7 19. Bc4 Kg7 $11 {1-0 Herrera,I-Granados
Gomez,M/Benasque 1999/EXT 2001 (55)}) 10... a6 (10... a5 11. Bxb6 cxb6 12. Nc4
axb4 13. Nxb6 Rb8 14. cxb4 Nxb4 15. Qd2 $14 {0-1 Bessenay,M-Makropoulos,G/
Groningen 1972/EXT 2001 (54)}) (10... g5 11. a5 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Qg6 13. Bc4 Be6
14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qb3 Rf6 16. b5 Nb8 17. Qc4 $14 {1-0 Sion Castro,M-Arino,F/
Sevilla 1993/TD (27)}) 11. Bxb6 cxb6 {What about this P-formation? Is it OK
for Black?} 12. Bc4 (12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nc4 Rb8 $11 {0-1 Smart,L-Rogers,I/
London 1991/TD (25)}) 12... Ng6 13. g3 Kh8 (13... Bh3 14. Re1 Kh8 15. Kh1 Qe7
16. Ng1 Be6 17. Qe2 f5 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qe3 fxe4 20. dxe4 Qf6 21. Kg2 b5 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Ngf3 Rab8 24. Qd3 $16 {1-0 Hawellek,J-Stridde,P/Bad Zwesten 1997/
EXT 2002 (39)}) 14. Kg2 Qe7 {Black must play f5 to achieve some play or he
might slowly get problems with the weak b6-P.} 15. Ng1 f5 16. f3 Qg5 17. exf5
$6 {Giving away the central control cannot be right.} (17. Kh1 $5 {[%cal Yd1e2]
}) 17... Bxf5 18. Ne4 Qd8 19. Qb3 Nce7 20. Bd5 Qd7 21. Nf2 Rac8 (21... Nxd5 22.
Qxd5 Ne7 23. Qb3 Be6 24. Qc2 Rac8 {was an alternative.}) 22. Be4 d5 23. Bxf5
Nxf5 $17 {Black has solved all his opening problems - White's position is
difficult to play.} 24. Rfe1 d4 $1 {[%cal Yf5e3]} 25. c4 Ne3+ 26. Kh1 Rxf3 $5 {
[%mdl 512] A bold and beautiful strike, but its not clear that it wins.} (26...
Ne7 $17) 27. Nxf3 Qf5 28. Rxe3 (28. Ng1 Qxf2 29. Re2 Qf6 30. b5 e4 $44) 28...
dxe3 29. Kg2 exf2 30. Kxf2 Rf8 31. Qd1 e4 32. dxe4 Qxe4 33. Ra3 Ne5 34. h3 Nxc4
(34... Qxc4) 35. Rc3 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Qd3 Qe7 38. Rb3 Ne5 39. Qe4 Qf7 40.
Re3 Qa2+ 41. Kg1 Qa1+ 42. Kf2 Nxf3 43. Rxf3 Qb2+ 44. Kg1 Rxf3 45. Qxf3 Qxb4 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Bb6 (4... f5 {The true Cordel variation
is not in vougue right now. White has too many ways to achieve an advantage
without taking any risk.} 5. d4 fxe4 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Bd6 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qe2
Qh4 10. Nd2 Bf5 11. g4 Be6 12. Nxe4 Bxe5 13. h3 $1 {is one of them.}) 5. d4
exd4 6. cxd4 Nce7 {One of Hectors pet lines. Maybe he will reconsider that
affection after this game.} 7. d5 Nf6 (7... c6 8. Ba4 d6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Bg5 $16
{1/2-1/2 Moberg,K-Hector,J/Gothenborg 1997/CBM 57/[Tisdall] (18)}) 8. Nc3 a6 (
8... O-O 9. O-O Ba5 10. Bd3 (10. d6 $1) 10... d6 11. h3 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13.
Qc2 Ng6 $13 {0-1 Kristiansen,J-Hector,J/Copenhagen 1991/TD (44)}) 9. Ba4 O-O
10. d6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 12] A well-known theme from several 1.e4 e5 openings. The
double d-P makes Black´s game unattractive and difficult.} (10. O-O d6 11. Nd4
Ng6 12. f3 Nh5 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Bb3 c5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ernst,T-Hector,J/Oerebro
1990/EXT 2001 (59). (59)}) 10... cxd6 11. Bg5 Ng4 12. O-O f6 13. Bf4 Ne5 14.
Rc1 $5 {White is not going to take the d6-P right now since it prevents
Black´s development.} ({Still} 14. Qxd6 {also looks pretty good.}) 14... Bc7
15. Nd5 N7c6 (15... Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Nxd5 17. Bb3 Kh8 18. Bxd5 $18) (15... Nxd5
16. Bb3 $16) 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Nd4 {Black´s game already looks to be beyond
repair. Weaknesses that cant be covered and a lack of development makes this a
nightmare to play.} g6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Bb3+ Nf7 (19... Kh8 $142) 20. Nf5 $1 {
Nijboer goes for the kill.} Re6 (20... gxf5 21. exf5 Kh8 22. Qh5 Qd8 23. Qxf7
Rg8 24. Rxc6 dxc6 25. Re1 $18 {[%cal Ye1e7]}) 21. Bf4 (21. Qg4 $18) 21... gxf5
22. exf5 Kf8 (22... Re7 23. Qh5 $40 {[%cal Yc1c3,Yc3g3,Yg3h3]}) 23. fxe6 dxe6
24. Qh5 Nfe5 25. Rfd1 d5 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. Rc3 Ke7 28. Bxd5 $1 (28. Bxd5 exd5
29. Qxh7+ Kd6 (29... Kd8 30. Rxd5+ Bd7 31. Qg8+ Ke7 32. Qxa8 $18) 30. Rxd5+ $18
) 1-0

