[Event "Asian Continental op 15th"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2016.06.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 $5 {The Evergreen Evans!} Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5
6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nbd2 (8. dxe5 Bb6 {looks totally fine for Black.}) 8...
Bb6 9. O-O Na5 10. Qc2 Ne7 11. dxe5 O-O 12. Ba3 Ng6 13. exd6 cxd6 {[%cal Gg6f4,
Gd7g4] Black has a very clear plan of kingside intiative.} 14. Nd4 {Finally I
deviate from Short-Fressinet 2015.} Bc5 $6 (14... Rd8 $1 $132) 15. Bb4 (15.
Bxc5 dxc5 16. Nf5 {didn't look too inspiring but was possibly a stronger
option than the game continuation!}) 15... Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxb4 17. cxb4 d5 18.
exd5 {Here I offered draw.} Qxd5 {Later on in an old article I read a comment
by Le which said,"I love to play chess and hence I like to fight in every
position rather than make premature draws!" Sorry Le for offering a draw :), I
give you my word that I won't make premature draws!} 19. Rfd1 {Looks
completely normal but actually allows Black to seize the intiative.} (19. Rad1
$1 {Black has to show some accuracy to achieve equality.} Bg4 20. f3 Rac8 21.
Ne3 Qg5 22. Qf2 Bd7 23. f4 {One of the reasons why Rad1 was preferable.} Qh4
24. Qxh4 Nxh4 25. f5 Rfe8 26. Rd3 Rcd8 $1 $11) 19... Bg4 $1 {A nice trick to
keep the pressure on White.} 20. f3 Rac8 21. Rac1 {It wasn't necessary to come
under pressure on the c-file.} (21. Ne3 Qg5 22. Qf2 Bd7 $15) 21... Be6 $1 (
21... Ne5 22. Ne3 $1) 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 {The position does seem innocently equal,
but Black is more comfortable I felt.} 23. Qe4 $5 {Offering to weaken the
structure to reduce the pressure.} Qa6 $1 (23... Qxe4 24. fxe4 {is totally
fine for White.}) 24. a3 $6 {A pretty useless waste of time.} (24. Na5 $5 b6
25. Rxc8 (25. Qb7 $2 Qe2 $5 26. Qxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ Nf8) 25... Rxc8 26. Qb7
Qxb7 27. Nxb7 {with an equal endgame.}) 24... h6 $1 25. Na5 b6 26. Nc4 (26.
Rxc8 $5 Rxc8 27. Nc6 $1 Qxa3 28. h4 $1 $44 {with active piece play for the
pawn.}) 26... Rc7 $1 {Here I really started to feel the pressure since the pin
on c-file wasn't easy to parry and felt Black's advantage was increasing by
each move.} 27. Rc2 Rfc8 28. Rdc1 Qa4 29. Kf2 $5 {Preparing Ne3 and hence keep
some protection over that square.} Re8 30. Qf5 Re6 $1 {A nice idea preventing
any Nd6 jumps and Qd7-e7 is a serious threat. I felt that my position was
hanging by a thread!} 31. g3 {I decided to make this provocative move to
control the knight and mainly prepare against Qd7-e7-h4 that I didn't see his
other main threat.} (31. Rd2 $1 {was the best defence.}) 31... b5 $6 (31... Qd7
$1 $17) 32. Ne3 Rxc2+ 33. Qxc2 (33. Nxc2 {I still don't know why I rejected
this.} Rc6 (33... Qb3 34. Rd1 $1) 34. Qd3 {holding on.} Ne5 35. Qe4) 33... Qxa3
34. Qc3 Qxc3 35. Rxc3 {Pawn is lost but white has decent chances of saving the
game.} Ne7 36. f4 Kf8 37. Ng4 $5 {Preparing Rc7.} Nc6 38. f5 Rd6 39. f6 g6 (
39... Kg8 $1 {was winning on the spot.}) 40. Kg2 $1 Re6 (40... Ke8 41. Nxh6) (
40... h5 41. Ne5 {was the trick.}) 41. Nxh6 Rxf6 42. g4 {Hoping to create some
interesting disturbances on the kingside.} Rd6 43. g5 Ke8 44. Rf3 Rd2+ (44...
Nxb4 45. Rxf7 Nc6 $19 {was the easiest way.}) 45. Kg1 Rd7 46. Rf4 Nd4 47. Rf6 {
Tactically preventing ...Ne6.} Ne2+ 48. Kg2 Nc3 49. Rc6 Nd5 50. Rc5 a6 51. Ng4
Ke7 52. Ne5 Rd6 53. Kf3 Nxb4 54. Rc7+ Ke6 55. Nxf7 Rd2 (55... Nd5 $1 {Gaining
a crucial tempo attacking the rook and bringing back the knight to the defence.
} 56. Ra7 Rb6 $1 $19 (56... Rd7 57. Rxd7 Kxd7 58. Ne5+ Ke6 59. Nxg6 (59. Ke4
Ne7) 59... Kf5 {should be winning.} 60. Nf8 $1 Kxg5 61. Ke4 $1 Nc7 62. Nd7 $11
{White is just in time to hold the pawns.})) (55... Rd7 56. Rxd7 Kxd7 57. Ne5+
Ke6 58. Ke4 $1 {Here White has much better chances to save than in 55...Nd5.})
56. h4 Nd5 57. Nd8+ Ke5 58. Nf7+ $6 (58. Rc6 $5 {was the best try I felt
during the game, though after} b4 (58... Rd3+ 59. Kf2 Nf4 60. Nf7+) 59. Rxg6 b3
{It is not easy to stop the pawn.}) ({Comp's recommendation is} 58. Ra7 $1 {
keeping the c6-square free for the knight.}) 58... Kd4 {Now it is quite
difficult for white since the black king is too advanced and also the pawns
become the Unstoppable force :)!} 59. Rc6 b4 60. Rxg6 b3 61. Rg8 b2 62. Rb8 Kc5
(62... a5 {looked like the simplest.}) 63. Rc8+ Nc7 $1 {The cleanest.} 64.
Rxc7+ Kb6 65. Rc8 Kb7 66. Rd8 {What else?} Rxd8 67. Nxd8+ Kc8 68. Ne6 b1=Q 69.
Nf4 Kd7 70. h5 Qf5 71. g6 Qg5 72. Ke4 Kd6 {Le played exhibited strong
middlegame skills grinding out a equal position in the Style of World Champion
Magnus Carlsen, the endgame was full of adventures with inaccuracies on both
sides. This defeat showed that I still have a lot to learn :) before I can
face off against the best in the next year's Tata Steel Masters!} 0-1

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Falun"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Lindberg, Bengt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2012.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 {This came as a surprise to me and it was also the first time my
opponent had played this move. I spontanously decided to go for a counter
surprise, avoiding both the Spanish and the Scotch.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4.
b4 {Although I barely knew any theory at all on this move I thought it would
be a good chance to get my opponent out into unknown waters at an early stage.
Then Evans is a dangerous surprise weapon, but to my knowledge Black should
equalise with correct defence.} Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 {Somewhere around
here my theoretical knowledge came to an end. Having a look at the database, 7.
Qb3 seems to be the most fashionable move nowadays. Instead I went for the old
mainline.} 7. O-O {I can't find any recent top level games with this move.} ({
After} 7. Qb3 {Black must defend by either 7...Qe7 or 7...Qf6, but both of
them seems to do theoretically fine.}) 7... Nge7 {This is the move that has
been played by everyone in recent years. Black simply prepares to play ...d5
to get counterplay in the centre.} (7... d6 {was played a few years back, but
White seems to get a good game after} 8. Qb3 Qe7 (8... Qf6 9. cxd4 $14) 9. e5
$1 {with a strong initiative. After} dxe5 {the only move played so far is 10.
Ba3. However one of the novelties} 10. cxd4 {or} (10. Re1 {might be even
stronger as suggested by my computer.})) 8. cxd4 {Not knowing the theory I
decided to go for the most simple solution, grabbing the centre.} ({Instead} 8.
Ng5 {forces the game into wild complications.} d5 (8... Ne5 $2 9. Nxf7 (9. Bb3
$5 {is also interesting, but after correct defence Black is doing fine.} d5 $1
(9... O-O $2 10. cxd4 N5g6 $4 ({After} 10... h6 11. dxe5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 d6 {
Black could still fight on, although White's advantage is obvious.}) 11. Qh5 h6
12. Nxf7 Rxf7 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Qxa5 $18 {Verkasalo-Tahvanainen, FIN-chJ 1998}
) (9... f6 $2 10. cxd4 fxg5 11. dxe5 $16 {left Black in a difficult position
in 1-0 (37) Jaros,M-Hubner,P Svetla nad Sazavou 1999}) 10. cxd4 (10. exd5 {
- 8. ..d5}) 10... N5g6 (10... Nc4 $6 {gives White the common tactical
possibility} 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Qh5+ {when White has the better
chances in view of Black's vulnerable king combined with the appearance of
opposite coloured bishops.}) (10... Ng4 $5 11. h3 Nh6 12. Qd3 $1 {preparing
Nc3 gives White a nice initiative and full compensation for the sacrificed
pawn. Black is struggling both with the safety of his own king and the
missplaced knight on h6.}) 11. Qh5 c6 12. f4 {Now after} f5 $146 {Black
remains solid, but White has got compensation for the sacificed material.} ({
Instead the game 1-0 (23) Della Morte,G (2341)-Ricciardi,G Villa Ballester
2010 continued} 12... Ng8 $2 {when after} 13. f5 Nf6 14. Qe2 Ne7 15. e5 {
White had a crushing initiative and went on to win the game rather quickly.}))
(9. Qh5 $2 {fails to} g6 $17) 9... Nxf7 10. Bxf7+ $16 Kxf7 11. Qh5+ Ng6 (11...
g6 12. Qxa5 {1-0 (41) Sax,G (2400)-Honfi,K (2435) Budapest 1971; is better for
White in view of Blacks vulnerable king.}) 12. Qd5+ {forcing the K to retreat
to a worse square.} Kf8 13. Qxa5 d3 (13... d5 $6 {is a light-hearted attempt
to finish development quickly.} 14. exd5 Kf7 15. cxd4 Re8 16. Nc3 $14 {
defending Pd5.} (16. Nd2 $6 {allows Black to get back the d5-pawn without a
fight.} b6 (16... Nf4 17. Nf3 Nxd5 {Now the N has an excellent blockading
square on d5.} 18. Bg5 Qd6 19. Ne5+ Kg8 20. Rae1 b6 21. Qb5 Bb7 $13 {
Sertic-Stepic, CRO-chT U20 Medulin 1997}) 17. Qc3 Bb7 $15 {and White's pawn
structure remains worse.})) 14. Rd1 d6 15. Rxd3 Qe7 $11) (8... O-O $4 {loses to
} 9. Qh5 h6 10. Nxf7) 9. exd5 (9. Nxf7 Kxf7 10. exd5 Ne5 11. Bb3 {1-0 (31)
Hughey,M-South,F Alberta 2000; is an interesting piece sacrifice that is worth
investigating further.}) 9... Ne5 (9... Nxd5 $4 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. Qf3+ $1 $146
Qf6 12. Bxd5+ $18 {is simply winning for White.}) 10. Bb3 {Here White has also
tried a few other moves, but keeping the bishop is the clearly favoured move
in top level games.} O-O {This is the critical starting position of the 8.Ng5
variation. So far White has failed to provide anything convincing. One
possible line is} (10... dxc3 {looks rather risky and gives White an
initiative after} 11. Qe2 f6 {and here} 12. Rd1 {is an improvement for White
as suggested by Lukacs.} (12. Ba3 $6 {0-1 (42) Ovetchkin,R (2519)-Lastin,A 
(2634) Krasnoyarsk 2003 CBM 098 [Lukacs]})) 11. Nxh7 Kxh7 12. Qh5+ Kg8 13. Qxe5
Nf5 {when Black is at least equal.}) 8... d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 {Black is ready to
castle. This has to be avoided if White wants to hope for an advantage.} 10.
Ba3 ({The main continuation is} 10. Qb3 Be6 11. Ba3 {when Black is under some
pressure. Now} (11. Qxb7 $6 Ndb4 {runs into trouble for White who is about to
get his queen trapped after ...Rb8 in the next move.}) 11... Qd7 {looks like
the best way forward for Black making long castling possible. It's not easy
for White to find a way to put further pressure on Black and he therfore risks
remaining a solid pawn down. The database statistics show a very good score
for Black, but objectively speaking I believe the position is rather balanced.
The most straightforward try for White is} 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Qxb7 $146 {This
spectacular move brings a pretty equal position. My computer gives the line} (
13. dxe5 {was seen in 1-0 (44) Mitlasovszki,I (2051)-Jamalieh,F Budapest 1999
but here Black is doing more than fine objectively. After the game continuation
} O-O-O {Black was just a solid pawn up.}) 13... Qc8 ({Also possible is} 13...
Rd8 14. dxe5 c6 15. Qb3 {but I suppose Black is more comfortable without
queens, at least in a practical battle over the board.}) 14. Bxd5 Qxb7 15. Bxb7
Rb8 16. Be4 {with equal chances.}) 10... Be6 11. Nbd2 (11. Bb5 {looks tempting
for White, but after} Bb4 $1 {Black is very solid.} 12. Bxc6+ {After} (12. Ne5
Bxa3 (12... O-O) 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxc6+ Ke7 15. Nxa3 Rb8 16. Nc4 Nc3 17. Qh5
Qxd4 18. Rad1 Nxd1 19. Rxd1 g6 20. Qg5+ f6 21. Qc1 Qxc4 {0-1 (21) Yeo,M (2110)
-Ledger,D (2260) Liverpool 2008}) 12... bxc6 13. Bxb4 Nxb4 14. Qa4 Qd6 15. Nc3
{1/2-1/2 (63) Vainio,V-Heino,J (2132) Finland 2000; the position is pretty
balanced.}) (11. Qb3 {transposes to 10.Qb3.}) 11... Bb4 $1 {An important
resource that limits White's counterplay to a minimum.} 12. Bxb4 Ncxb4 13. Ne4
$146 {At this stage I had already given up the idea of keeping Black's king in
the centre. Instead White hopes that his active piece play should bring
counterplay.} ({The game 1/2-1/2 (97) Muzychuk,A (2469)-Kosteniuk,A (2515)
Heraklio 2007 saw} 13. Qa4+ Nc6 ({Black could also equalise by tactical means
after} 13... c6 14. a3 O-O $1 15. axb4 b5 16. Bxb5 cxb5 17. Qxb5 Qb6 $11 {
with a balanced game.}) 14. Bb5 (14. Ba6 $5 Qc8 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Nxc6 bxa6 {
would have given White some initiative, although objectively Black is doing
fine.}) 14... Nde7 (14... O-O 15. Bxc6 bxc6 $11) 15. Rab1 O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 $15
{1/2-1/2 (97) Muzychuk,A (2469)-Kosteniuk,A (2515) Heraklio 2007; when Black
had the somewhat better chances.}) 13... O-O 14. Nc5 Bg4 $1 {A good decision,
playing for counterplay rather than defending b7.} 15. a3 ({A better try was} 
15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nb6 17. Bb3 Qxd4 18. Rac1 {when White has full
compensation for the sacrificed material. The strong bishop on b3 could bring
long term pressure to bear on Black's position.}) 15... Nb6 {A nice counter
attack but even stronger was} (15... b5 $1 16. Bxb5 Nc3 17. Qb3 Nxb5 18. axb4
Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nxd4 {when Black is sloghtly better but White has enough
counterplay to hold the draw.}) 16. Nxb7 Qf6 17. axb4 Nxc4 18. Rc1 Nb6 19. h3
Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxd4 {Black tries to play for material, but White has enough
active counterplay.} (20... Qxf3 $11) 21. b5 Qa4 $6 {A slight inaccuracy that
give White some initiative.} ({It would have been better to force an endgame
after} 21... Qd5 22. Rxc7 (22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Rfd1 Rab8 24. Rxd5 Rxb7 25. Rdc5
Rc8 26. g4 {is also enough for a draw. Black is too passive to make any use of
his extra pawn.}) 22... Qxf3 23. gxf3 {with an equal game.}) 22. Qf5 {Black
decides to give back his extra pawn and play for a draw.} (22. Rxc7 Qxb5 23.
Nd6 Qd5 24. Qf4 {[%cal Gd6f5] would have been an interesting possibility to
put further pressure on Black, but after} Qe6 25. Nf5 Nd5 26. Qg4 Qf6 27. Rc6
h5 $8 28. Rxf6 hxg4 29. Rd6 $11 {the position is liquidated into a drawn
endgame.}) 22... a6 23. bxa6 Qxa6 24. Rxc7 Ra7 $2 {This move gives the
advantage over to Black.} 25. Nc5 $2 {This move gives the advantage over to
Black.} (25. Qf3 {would have maintained some practical chances to play for a
win.}) 25... Qa5 {In timetrouble Bengt missed the opportunity} (25... Qxf1+ $1
26. Kxf1 Rxc7 {with a small plus for Black. However after} 27. g4 {White
should still be able to hold the draw.}) 26. Rxa7 Qxa7 27. Rd1 Qe7 28. Ne4 h6
29. Rd6 Nc4 (29... Rd8 $1 $11) 30. Rd7 Qe5 31. Qf3 Qe6 32. Rd1 Ne5 33. Qf4 Ng6
34. Qf3 Re8 35. Ng3 Ne5 36. Qf4 Ng6 37. Qa4 Rf8 38. Qb4 Qe7 39. Qa5 Qe5 40. Rd5
Qf4 41. Qa1 Rc8 42. Rd1 Rc2 43. Rf1 Qe5 44. Qa4 Rd2 {Here my opponent offered
me a draw. He is certainly not worse, but true to my fighting spirit I decided
to play on. The rest of the game is not too exciting, but at least I managed
to keep it going for a while (To the great disappointment of the arbiter and
the commentator I guess).} 45. Qg4 Rd4 46. Qc8+ Kh7 47. Rb1 Qd5 48. Rb8 {
Suddenly a mating threat has been created, but it's rather White, if anyone,
who is taking the risks here.} Nh4 ({Black missed the beautiful drawing
combination} 48... Rd1+ 49. Kh2 Qxg2+ $1 50. Kxg2 Nh4+ 51. Kh2 Nf3+ $11 {
with perpetual checks.}) 49. Qg8+ Kg6 50. Rb6+ f6 51. Qxd5 Rxd5 52. Rb7 Kh7 ({
My very last hope to win the game was the blunder} 52... Rd1+ 53. Kh2 Rd2 $2 {
which actually drops a piece after} 54. Rb4 {when Black however still should
be able to hold with} Nf3+ 55. gxf3 Rxf2+ 56. Kg1 Rxf3 {and the slight
material advantage for White is insufficient to win the game.} 57. Kg2 $14) 53.
Ne4 Kg8 54. Rb4 Ng6 55. Rb8+ Kf7 56. Rb7+ Kf8 57. g3 h5 58. h4 Ne5 59. Kg2 Ng4
60. Rc7 Kg8 61. Kf3 Ne5+ 62. Ke3 Ng4+ 63. Kf4 Nh6 64. Kf3 Ng4 65. Kf4 Nh6 66.
f3 Nf7 67. Rc6 Rd3 68. Rc8+ Kh7 69. Rc7 Kg6 70. Nc5 Rc3 71. Ne6 Rxc7 72. Nxc7
Ne5 73. Nd5 Kf7 74. Ke4 Nc4 75. Nf4 g6 76. Nd3 Nd6+ 77. Kf4 Nf5 78. Nc5 Nd4 79.
Ne4 Ne6+ 80. Ke3 Ke7 81. Kd3 g5 82. hxg5 fxg5 83. Ke3 Kf7 84. Nf2 Kf6 85. Ke4
Ng7 86. Kd5 Nf5 87. Ne4+ Kg6 88. Ke5 g4 89. fxg4 hxg4 90. Kf4 Nxg3 91. Nxg3 Kf6
92. Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. dxe5
Bb6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Qb4 Nxc4 (10... Ne7 11. exd6 Nec6 12. Qa4 O-O 13. Ba3 cxd6
14. O-O Bc5 15. Rad1 a6 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Qc2 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Qc7 19. Ne3 f6 20.
Nd5 Qf7 21. h3 Be6 22. Rd2 h6 23. Rfd1 f5 24. e5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Nd4 26. R5xd4
cxd4 27. Nxd4 Rad8 28. e6 Qe7 29. Re1 Rd5 30. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Maeder,K-Zuidema,C/
Amsterdam IBM-B 1969/MCD-r6}) 11. Nxc4 Bc5 12. Qb3 Ne7 13. O-O O-O 14. exd6
cxd6 15. Ba3 Qc7 16. Nd4 Bxa3 17. Nxa3 Nc6 18. Rfe1 Qe7 19. Rab1 Ne5 20. c4 a6
21. Nac2 Be6 22. Ne3 b5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 $2 (23... Qa7 24. Nf5 (24. Red1 bxc4 (
24... Nxc4 25. a4 Bxd5 26. exd5 Qc5 27. axb5 Qxd5 $15) 25. Qb7 Qxb7 26. Rxb7
Bxd5 $15) 24... Bxf5 25. exf5 bxc4 26. Qg3 Rab8 $15) 24. cxd5 Qf6 25. Nc6 $14
Rfe8 26. Rbc1 g6 27. h3 h5 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 (28... Qxe5 $142 $14 {Huebner}) 29.
Rc6 Qe7 30. f3 g5 31. Qb4 Rd8 32. Rxa6 f5 33. Qa5 fxe4 34. Ra7 Rd7 35. Rxd7
Qxd7 36. fxe4 g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Qc3 Qa7+ 39. Qe3 Qxe3+ 40. Rxe3 Kf7 41. Kf2
Kf6 42. Re2 Re8 43. Ke3 g3 44. Kf4 Ra8 45. Rb2 Ra5 46. a3 Rxa3 47. Rxb5 Ra2 48.
Rb6 Rxg2 49. Rxd6+ Kf7 50. Kf3 Rg1 51. Re6 1-0

[Event "Match Morphy-Anderssen +7-2=2"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1858.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1858.12.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O Nf6 8. e5
(8. Ba3) 8... d5 9. Bb5 (9. exf6 dxc4 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. Re1+ Be6 12. Ng5 Qf6 13.
Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qh5+ Kd7 $17) 9... Ne4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Bb6 13.
Qxc6 Bg4 14. Bb2 $2 (14. Be3) 14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ng5 16. Nd2 Re8 17. Kh1 Nh3 {
Morphy in Chess Monthly 1959, p.49: "The defense could not be more admirably
managed; Black uniformly delays the right move at the right time."} 18. f4 Qh4
(18... Nxf4 $1) 19. Qxd5 Nxf2+ 20. Kg1 Nd3 21. Bc3 Nxf4 (21... c5) 22. Qf3 Nh3+
(22... Ne6) 23. Kh1 Ng5 24. Qg2 Rad8 (24... Qh3) 25. Rg1 (25. Nf3 Nxf3 26. Qxf3
Rd7) 25... h6 26. Raf1 Qh3 $1 {Morphy: "This and the next move ar cleverly
played; White, of course, cannot afford to exchange Queens,"} 27. Qc6 $2 (27.
Qxh3 $142 Nxh3 28. Rg4 Re7 29. a4 a6 30. Nc4 $15) 27... Qd7 $1 $17 (27... Re7)
28. Qg2 (28. Qxd7 Rxd7 29. Nb3 Rd5 $17) 28... Bxd4 29. Bxd4 Qxd4 $19 30. Nf3
Qd5 31. h4 Ne6 32. Qg4 Qc6 33. Rg2 Rd3 34. Qf5 Red8 35. Qf6 {Threathens Rxg7} (
35. Qxf7+ Kxf7 36. Nd4+ Rf3 $1 $19 {Maroczy}) 35... Qd5 36. Qf5 Rd1 37. Rxd1
Qxd1+ 38. Kh2 Rd3 39. Rf2 Re3 40. Nd2 Re2 41. Qxf7+ Kh8 42. Ne4 Rxf2+ 43. Nxf2
Qd5 44. Ng4 Qxa2+ 45. Kg3 Qb3+ 46. Kh2 Qc2+ 47. Kg3 Qc3+ 48. Kh2 Qc6 49. h5 a5
50. Nf6 gxf6 51. Qxf6+ Kg8 52. Qg6+ Kf8 53. Qxh6+ Ke8 54. Qg6+ Kd7 55. h6 Qd5
56. h7 Qxe5+ 57. Kg1 Ng5 58. h8=Q Qxh8 59. Qxg5 Qd4+ 60. Kf1 a4 61. Qf5+ Kc6
62. Qc8 Kb5 63. Ke1 c5 64. Qb7+ Kc4 65. Qf7+ Kc3 66. Qf3+ Qd3 67. Qf6+ Kb3 68.
Qb6+ Kc2 69. Qa7 Qc3+ 70. Ke2 a3 71. Qa4+ Kb2 72. Qb5+ Qb3 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Cordoba"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Roa Alonso, Santiago"]
[Black "Alvarez Ibarra, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qa4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Nge7 9. Bg5 Bb6 10. Bxe7 Kxe7 11. Nxc6+ bxc6 12. Qxc6 Bd7 13. Qd5 Be6 14.
Qd3 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Re8 16. O-O Kf8 17. Nd2 Qg5 $2 (17... Qf6 $17) 18. Nf3 Qf6 (
18... Qf4 19. Rae1 Re6 20. Nd4 Rxe4 21. Ne6+) (18... Qg6 $1 19. Rfe1 Re6) 19.
Rae1 Rad8 (19... Rab8 20. Re2 (20. Nd4 Bc5 21. Nb3 Bb6 22. Nd4) 20... Bc5 21.
e5 $1) 20. Nd4 Kg8 21. Nc6 Ra8 22. a4 a5 23. Qd3 Re6 24. c4 Rae8 25. Re2 Qf4
26. g3 Qg4 27. Rfe1 Qh3 28. Kh1 f5 29. Qd5 Kh8 30. Nd8 c6 31. Qxe6 Rxe6 32.
Nxe6 fxe4 33. Ng5 Qf5 34. Rxe4 g6 {[#]} 35. Re7 Qxg5 36. Rd7 {Romero} 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Fischer"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 $5 Bxb4 (4... Bb6) 5. c3 Ba5 (5... Be7 {
Fischer,R-Celle,O Davis sim 1964}) 6. d4 exd4 (6... d6 7. O-O (7. Qb3 $142)
7... Bb6 {Lasker,Em}) 7. O-O dxc3 (7... Bb6 8. cxd4 d6) (7... d6 8. Qb3 Qd7 9.
cxd4 Bb6 10. Bb5 Kf8 $1 11. d5 Na5 {Fischer,R-Osbun,E Davis sim 1964}) 8. Qb3
Qe7 (8... Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Nxc3 Nge7 11. Ne2 $13 {Chigorin,M} (11. Ba3 $13 {
Chigorin,M})) 9. Nxc3 Nf6 $2 (9... Bxc3 10. Qxc3 f6 (10... Nf6 11. Ba3 d6 12.
e5 Ne4 13. Qb2 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Rfe1 $1 $18) 11. Ba3 d6 12. Bd5 $1 Bd7
13. Rab1 O-O-O 14. Nd4 $18) (9... Qb4 $1 10. Bxf7+ Kd8 11. Bg5+ (11. Bxg8 $2
Qxb3 $1) 11... Nge7 12. Nd5 Qxb3 13. axb3 Bb6 (13... Bb4 $1 {>=}) 14. Rfc1 h6
15. Rxc6 hxg5 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. Rxb6 {Freeborough,n+Rankin,n 1893}) 10. Nd5 $1
Nxd5 (10... Qxe4 $8 11. Ng5 $40) 11. exd5 Ne5 (11... Nd8 12. Ba3 d6 13. Qb5+
$18) 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bb2 Qg5 14. h4 $1 Qxh4 (14... Qh6 15. Qa3 $18 {/\ Rfe1+}
) (14... Qg4 15. Rfe1+ Bxe1 (15... Kd8 16. Qe3 Bb4 17. Qh6 $3 gxh6 18. Bf6+ Be7
19. Bxe7+ Ke8 20. Bg5+ $1 Kf8 21. Bxh6+ Qg7 22. Re8+ $3 Kxe8 23. Bxg7 $18) 16.
Rxe1+ Kd8 17. Qe3 Qxh4 18. g3 $1) 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Rfe1+ Kd8 (16... Bxe1 17.
Rxe1+) 17. Qg3 $1 (17. Qg3 $1 Qxg3 18. Bf6#) 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 3rd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2001.05.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. Qb3 $6 (6. d4 $142 {
is the popular main line since centuries!}) 6... Qe7 (6... Qf6 $5 {/\ Nge7
deserves attention as well.}) 7. d4 (7. Ba3 {is met by} Qf6 $1) 7... exd4 (7...
Nxd4 $6 {is not so good:} 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. O-O (9. Ba3 Qxe4+ 10. Kf1 $1 $44)
9... Bb6 10. e5 $1 {White has to open up lines against the K in the middle.} d6
(10... Qxe5 {helps only for White's plans.} 11. Bxf7+ Kf8 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Ba3+
d6 14. Nf3 Qe7 15. Bc4 $44 {Wills-Jones, cr 1969}) 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Bd2 Be6 {
(Wills-Bramwell, Essex ch 1971)} 13. Re1 $44) (7... Bb6 8. Nxe5 (8. Bg5 $6 f6
$1 9. Bxg8 Na5 $15) (8. dxe5 $2 {is met by the standard} Na5 {exhanging
White's excellent B.} 9. Qb5 a6 10. Qa4 (10. Qd5 c6 11. Qd3 Qc5 $17) 10... Qc5
$17) 8... Nxe5 9. dxe5 d6 $1 {Development first!} 10. O-O {Other tries are
inferior:} (10. Ba3 Qxe5 11. Bxf7+ Kf8 $17) (10. exd6 $2 Qxe4+ 11. Kd1 Bg4+ $19
) 10... dxe5 11. Ba3 Qf6 12. Nd2 Ne7 $142 {/\ 0-0} (12... Bd7 {This looks
rather useless, the development of the >> has the priority.} 13. Bd5 Ne7 (13...
Bc6 14. Nc4 $16) 14. c4 Bd4 15. Qxb7 Rc8 16. Rab1 O-O 17. Nf3 Rfe8 18. Nxd4
exd4 19. f4 Nxd5 20. e5 Qg6 (20... Bc6 21. Qxc8 $1 $16) 21. cxd5 Bf5 22. Rb2
Be4 23. Qxa7 Bxd5 24. Qxd4 $14 {Wills-Hopewell, corr 1969-70}) 13. Nf3 O-O {
This is the safest option.} (13... Bg4 $5 14. Bxf7+ (14. Bxe7 Kxe7) 14... Kf8
$1 15. Bc4 (15. Bxe7+ Kxe7) 15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 g6 (16... Qxf3 17. Be6 $1) 17.
Rad1 $44) (13... Nc6 14. Rad1 Bg4 15. Rd3 $44) 14. Qb5 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 $11)
8. O-O (8. Ba3 d6 9. O-O Bb6 {- 8.0-0 Bb6}) 8... Bb6 {We have reached a
critical position.} 9. cxd4 (9. Ba3 {is the other main continuation.} d6 (9...
Na5 $6 {is premature:} 10. Qa4 Qd8 (10... Qf6 11. e5 Qf4 12. Nbd2 Nxc4 13. Nxc4
Qh6 14. Nxb6 $16 {and only the black Q has developed yet, Sveshnikov-Orel,
Bled op 1997.}) 11. Ne5 $5 (11. cxd4 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 d6) 11... Nxc4 (11... Nh6
12. cxd4 $44) 12. Nxc4 $1 $44) (9... Qf6 $5) 10. cxd4 {is the logical plan.} (
10. e5 $6 {is too aggressive.} Na5 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Bb5 Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Qd7 $17)
(10. Bb5 $6 {loses the pace of the ->.} Nf6 $5 (10... Be6 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. cxd4
a6 13. Nc3 $44 {Cafferty-Corbyn, Birmingham 1963}) 11. cxd4 (11. Nxd4 Bd7)
11... O-O 12. Bxc6 (12. e5 $2 Nxd4 $1 13. exf6 (13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. exf6 Qxf6 $19
) 13... Qxf6 14. Bb2 Nxb3 $19) 12... bxc6 13. e5 Nd5 $15) 10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4
Bxd4 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. Rad1 {bringing the last undeveloped piece into action is
more to the point.} (13. Bxf7+ $6 {wins back one P, but helps for Black to
finish his development} Qxf7 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qxd4 O-O 16. f4 Bc6 {White has
no real compensation for the sacrificed P, as the following lines show:} 17.
Rf3 (17. Rab1 Rfd8 (17... Rfe8 18. e5 Qg6 19. Rb2 dxe5 20. fxe5 Rad8 21. Qc4+
Nd5 $17) 18. Bb2 Rd7 19. Rbe1 a6 20. Qf2 Qg6 21. e5 {(Albano-Bonnick, cr 1987)}
dxe5 22. fxe5 Ng4 $17) (17. Rae1 Rfe8 18. Re3 (18. e5 Qg6 19. g3 Ng4) 18...
Rad8 19. Bb2 Qh5 20. f5 a6 21. Rf4 Re5 22. Rh3 Qf7 23. g4 (23. Rfh4 Rde8 24.
Qd3 Bxe4 $19 {Harding-Oren, cr 1988-89}) 23... Rde8 24. Re3 d5 $17) 17... Rae8
18. Re1 a5 19. Bc1 b5 20. a3 Qc4 21. Qxc4+ bxc4 22. Rfe3 Nd7 $17 {
Lobigas-Balinas, Manila 1968}) 13... Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qe5 $1 {stops White's ->
for a moment.} (14... O-O 15. Rfe1 Ng4 16. Qg3 $1 Ne5 17. Bd5 $44 {^^}) (14...
Nxe4 {allows the devastating} 15. Qxg7 Qf6 16. Bxf7+ Ke7 17. Qxf6+ (17. Bb2
Qxg7 18. Bxg7 Rd8 19. Bd5 Nc5 20. Rfe1+ $44) 17... Nxf6 18. Bc4 $44) 15. Qc1 (
15. Qb3 O-O) (15. Qxe5+ {The _|_ can only be better for Black.} dxe5 16. Bb2 (
16. f4 Be6 $1) 16... Be6 $1 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe5 O-O 19. Bxc7 Nxe4 $15) 15...
O-O 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. e5 Ne8 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. exd6 Nxd6 20. Qc3 Qf6 21. Qc1 Qe7
22. Qc3 Qf6 {1/2:1/2 Plachetka-Rolletschek, AUT-chT Austria 1994}) (9. Bg5 {
is certainly answered by} Nf6 $1 $15) 9... Na5 $6 {Now White's strong P [+]
remains intact.} (9... Bxd4 $6 {gives up the ^^ in an open position.} 10. Nxd4
Nxd4 11. Qd3 $1 Ne6 12. Ba3 $44) (9... Nxd4 $142 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Ba3 (11. Nc3
Nf6 (11... c6 $2 {is certainly too slow in an open gambit position.} 12. Rd1 $1
Be5 (12... Bc5 13. Na4 d6 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Bxf7+ $1 {This is the decisive
blow!} Qxf7 16. Rd8+ Ke7 17. Bg5+ Nf6 18. Rxh8 $18 {Pfleger-Mendes, Lourenco
Marques 1973}) 13. Ba3 d6 14. f4 $1 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qf6 16. e5 {opening up the
lines and the diagonals against the enemy K.} dxe5 17. fxe5 Qg5 18. Rf1 Nh6 19.
Bc1 Qg6 20. Bxh6 Qxh6 21. Bxf7+ $18 {Fiorito-Gysi, cr 1992-94}) 12. Rd1 (12.
Ba3 d6 {- 8.Ba3}) 12... Bxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O (13... d6 $2 {runs into the typical
blow} 14. e5 $1 dxe5 15. Ba3 c5 16. Bxc5 $1 $18) 14. e5 {other tries are
clearly worse:} (14. Ba3 d6 $17) (14. f3 d6 15. Bb2 Be6 $17) 14... Ne4 15. Qd4
Nc5 16. Ba3 b6 $15) 11... d6 (11... Qf6 $5 12. e5 $1 {White has to open the e
<->.} Bxe5 13. Nc3 Bxc3 14. Rae1+ Bxe1 15. Rxe1+ Kd8 {White has sacrificed
already a R and 3 pawns!} 16. Bb2 Qh6 17. Qf3 Ne7 18. Qxf7 Re8 19. Bxg7 Qg6 20.
Bf6 Qxf7 21. Bxf7 h6 22. Bxe8 Kxe8 23. Rxe7+ Kf8 24. Rh7 b6 25. Be5 c5 26. h4
d5 27. Rxh6 Ke7 28. h5 $11 {Seger-Andersson, Sweden corr 1983}) 12. Nc3 Nf6 {
- 9.Ba3} (12... Bxc3 $6 13. Qxc3 Qe5 14. Qb3 Nh6 15. Bb2 Qg5 16. f4 Qc5+ 17.
Kh1 $44 {Eilmes-Harding, cr 1988})) 10. Qa4 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 d6 12. a4 $5 ({
The natural} 12. Nc3 {was also worthy of attention:} Nf6 (12... c6 13. d5 $44)
13. Bg5 (13. e5 dxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Nd5 Be6 16. Qa4+ Qd7) 13... Be6 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. exd5 O-O 16. Rfe1 Qd8 17. Re3 h6 18. Bh4 Rc8 (18... g5 $2 19. Nxg5
hxg5 20. Bxg5) 19. Rae1 $44 {and the pin on the h4-d8 /^ is rather annoying.})
12... c6 (12... a5 {was the other defence against a4-a5.} 13. e5 (13. Nc3 $5
Nf6 (13... Be6 14. Nd5 Qd7) 14. e5 (14. Bg5 Be6 15. Qb5+ Bd7 16. Qb3 Bc6) 14...
dxe5 15. dxe5 (15. Nxe5 Be6 16. Qb5+ Nd7 17. d5 Bf5 18. Ba3 $44) 15... Ng4 16.
Ba3 (16. Nd5 Be6) 16... Be6 17. Qe4 $44) 13... dxe5 14. Re1 {(Raudive-Kislov,
MK Cafe-B 1999)} Nf6 $1 (14... e4 15. Ba3 $40) 15. Nxe5 O-O $1 {Black
sacrifices the exchange in order to liquidate to a promising _|_.} (15... Be6
16. Qb5+ Kd8 17. Ba3 $44) 16. Ba3 Qe6 17. Bxf8 Qxc4 18. Nxc4 Bxd4 19. Ra2 Kxf8
20. Rd2 c5 21. Nb6 Rb8 $11) 13. Nc3 (13. a5 $5 {gains even more space.} Bc7 14.
d5 c5 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Qb5+ $44) 13... Qd8 $5 (13... Nf6 14. a5 Bc7 15. d5 $44 {
and it is no doubt, that White has a good positional compensation for the P.})
14. a5 $1 {[%mdl 128] This is the beginning of a manoeuvre hindering Black's
castle.} (14. Ng5 Nh6) 14... Bxa5 15. Bg5 f6 (15... Nf6 $5 16. Bxf6 (16. e5
dxe5 17. dxe5 Be6 $1 $17) 16... gxf6 {is a rather cramped P structure, too.}) (
15... Ne7 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 {Here the K is simply awful.} 17. Ng5 Rf8 18. Nxh7 $14)
16. Bd2 {weakening the a2-g8 /^.} Ne7 17. Rfe1 b5 (17... Bg4 $5 {S.Kindermann})
18. Qb3 Bb6 (18... Bg4 $5 {was again interesting.}) 19. e5 $1 {This is the
thematic breakthrough in the [+].} d5 (19... fxe5 20. Bg5 $44 (20. dxe5 d5))
20. exf6 gxf6 {[#]} 21. Nxb5 $1 {opening up the /^ e1-a5 for the B.} O-O (21...
cxb5 $2 22. Bb4 $18) (21... Kf7 $5 {is a cold-blooded answer with the
following complications:} 22. Ng5+ $1 (22. Nc3 $6 Rg8 $17) (22. Bb4 $2 Nf5 $1
$17) 22... Kg8 $1 {This is the best defence.} (22... fxg5 23. Bxg5 Re8 $1 (
23... cxb5 24. Qf3+ Nf5 25. Qh5+ Kg7 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. g4 $18) 24. Qf3+ (24.
Qd3 Bf5 25. Rxe7+ Rxe7 26. Qxf5+ Kg8 $11) 24... Bf5 $1 (24... Kg8 25. Qg3) 25.
Re5 $1 (25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Qxf5+ Kg8) 25... Kg8 26. Rae1 cxb5 (26... Qd7 27.
Bxe7 Bg6 28. Nd6 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Qxd6 30. R1e6 $1) 27. Bxe7 Qd7 (27... Rxe7 28.
Rxe7 Bg6 29. R1e6 $1 $18) 28. Rxf5 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. Qxd5+ Kg7 31. Rg5+
Kh6 32. Re5 $18) (22... Kg7 23. Qg3 $1 Ng6 (23... Nf5 $4 24. Ne6+ $18) 24. Nd6
$1 (24. Nf7 Kxf7 25. Nd6+ Kg7 26. Bh6+ Kxh6 27. Nf7+ Kg7 28. Nxd8 Rxd8 $17)
24... Bc7 (24... fxg5 25. Bxg5 Qf8 26. Re7+ Qxe7 27. Bxe7 Bxd4 28. Re1 $16) 25.
Ngf7 Bxd6 26. Nxd6 $14) 23. Ne4 $1 {Other tries are inadequate.} (23. Bb4 Nf5)
(23. Qg3 Nf5 $1 $19) (23. Nc3 Nf5 (23... Bxd4 24. Nf3 Bb6 25. Ne4 $44) 24. Qa4
Nxd4 25. Be3 fxg5 26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Kf7) 23... Ng6 $142 (23... cxb5 $6 24.
Nxf6+ Kf7 (24... Kg7 $2 25. Nh5+ Kf7 26. Bg5 $18) 25. Qf3 $1 (25. Rxe7+ Qxe7 (
25... Kxf6 26. Bg5+ $18) 26. Qxd5+ Qe6 $1 $17) 25... Bf5 (25... Nf5 26. Nxd5
Bd7 27. Qh5+ Kg7 28. Re7+ $18) 26. Bg5 Nc6 27. Qxf5 Nxd4 28. Qf4 $16) (23...
Nf5 $6 24. Ned6 $1 Kg7 (24... Nxd6 $2 25. Qg3+ $18) 25. Qd3 cxb5 26. Nxf5+ Bxf5
27. Qxf5 Re8 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Re1 $16) 24. Ned6 (24. Bh6 $44) 24... Bd7 (24...
Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Qxd6 26. Bb4 Qd7 (26... c5 27. Ra5 $1 (27. Re8+ Kf7 28. Nb5 Qc6)
27... c4 28. Qc3 $44) 27. Qf3 $1 Kg7 28. Ne6+ Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Bxe6 30. Bc3 Rhf8
31. Ra6 $16) 25. Bh6 $1 Rb8 (25... a6 $2 26. Nc3 Bxd4 27. Nxd5 $18) 26. Qf3 $44
) 22. Bb4 Nf5 $2 {Black sacrifices the exchange in order to minimize White's
activity, but in vain.} (22... Rf7 {was more natural.} 23. Nd6 Rg7 $13) 23.
Bxf8 Qxf8 (23... Kxf8 24. Qb4+ Kg7 25. Nc3 $16) 24. Nc3 ({or} 24. Rac1 Bd7 25.
Nc3 $16) 24... Kh8 (24... Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Nxd5 $1 Bxa1 27. Re8 $1 $18 {
is the blow from the blue!}) (24... Bxd4 {is again met by the standard} 25.
Nxd5 $1 Bxa1 26. Re8 $1 $18) 25. Qa4 Bb7 26. Re6 (26. Ne2 $1 {was the precise
move order.} Qg7 27. g3 $16) 26... Ng7 $2 ({missing} 26... Qg7 $1 {trying to
activate his pieces on the g <->.} 27. Qd1 (27. Rae1 Rg8 28. g3 Qg4 29. Qd1 Ba5
$13) 27... Rg8 28. g3 $14) 27. Re2 $18 {Now again everything is in order.} c5
28. Rae1 Rc8 (28... cxd4 29. Nxd4 $16) 29. dxc5 Qxc5 30. Qd7 Qc7 31. Qxc7 Rxc7
{The _|_ is winning, but some technique is required.} 32. Nb5 Rc5 33. Nd6 Ba6
34. Ra2 {White has to eliminate the ^^.} Bd3 35. Rd2 Bg6 36. Red1 Bh5 (36...
Bc2 37. Rc1 Bb3 38. Rxc5 Bxc5 39. Rb2 $18) 37. Rxd5 ({or} 37. g4 $5 Bg6 (37...
Bxg4 $4 38. Nf7+ Kg8 39. Nh6+ $18) 38. Rxd5 $18) 37... Rxd5 38. Rxd5 Bxf3 39.
gxf3 Ne6 40. Nc4 Bc5 41. f4 f5 42. Re5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7.
O-O Nge7 8. Ng5 d5 9. exd5 Ne5 10. Bb3 O-O 11. cxd4 {This is the old line here,
which was regarded as satisfactory for Black. What was Morozevich's
improvement?} (11. Nxh7 {- Short-Adams, Bosna Super GM Sarajevo 2000 CBM 77})
11... Ng4 12. Qf3 (12. Ba3 Nxd5 $1 {This is the typical method for a strong
counterattack. Suddenly Black's pieces come out of passivity very quickly, and
it is White, who has to defend himself.} 13. Bxf8 Qxg5 14. Bc5 (14. Bxd5 Qxd5
15. Ba3 Bd7 {Black has more than enough compensation for the exchange because
of his lead of development, ^^, and the weak pawns in White's camp.} 16. Nd2
Re8 (16... Qxd4 17. Nf3 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Bc6 $15) 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Rc1 Re6 19. Rc3
Bb5 20. Re1 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 $15 {Anderssen-Mieses, Breslau m 1867}) 14...
Nf4 $1 $44 {with attacking chances on the >>.}) 12... Nf6 $5 (12... Qd6 {
deserves also attention.} 13. Bf4 (13. Qg3 Qxg3 14. hxg3 Bb6) 13... Qf6 14. Nc3
{(Bronstein-Ivanov, Maidstone Menchik op 1994)} {missing the brilliant} Nxh2 $1
15. Qh5 (15. Kxh2 Bxc3 $17) (15. Bxh2 Qxg5 16. d6 Bg4 $17) 15... Bf5 $17) 13.
Ba3 h6 14. Ne4 (14. Qe2 Nfxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxf8 Qxg5 $15) 14... Nxe4 15.
Qxe4 Re8 {White has still problems with the development of his N.} 16. Bb2 Nf5
17. Qf4 Bb4 {/\ Bd6 blockading the weak pawns and attacking on the >>.} 18. Na3
Bd6 {Black has a very comfortable position, the duel in the opening is clearly
to his favour.} 19. Qd2 Qh4 20. g3 Qh3 21. Nc4 b5 $1 (21... Nh4 22. f4 Bg4 23.
Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Nf3+ 25. Rxf3 Bxf3 26. e6 $44) 22. Ne5 $2 {White wants more
than he can afford in the position.} (22. Nxd6 cxd6 {leaves Black with a
virtual P majority, but White has chances for a persistant defence because of
his ^^.} 23. Rac1 Bb7 24. Rc7 Re7 25. Rfc1 Rae8 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Re1 (27. Qa5
$2 Re2 28. Qxb5 Nh4 $1 29. gxh4 Qg4+ 30. Kf1 Qf3 $1 $19) 27... a6 28. Rxe7 Nxe7
29. Qe2 Qd7 $15) 22... Bb7 23. Rae1 a5 $1 24. a3 b4 $1 25. axb4 $2 {This loses
outright, already it is difficult to give a good advice.} (25. a4 Ne7 $19)
25... Bxb4 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 {[#]} Nh4 $1 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.11.12"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. O-O
(8. dxe5 Bb6 9. Nbd2 Na5 (9... Nh6 $6 {This variation has got a bad reputation,
and not without reason. In many variations the N on h6 is out of play.} 10. O-O
(10. exd6 {transposes to the game after} Qxd6 11. O-O O-O {- 10.0-0}) 10... O-O
11. exd6 (11. Ba3 $5 {comes into consideration as well:} Na5 12. Qb5 $1 (12.
Qb2 {is rather passive.} Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Qc6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. exd6 (15. Nd4 $6 {
causes only trouble for White.} Qxe4 (15... Qa4 16. Nc2 Qxe4 17. exd6 cxd6 18.
Bxd6 Rd8 $15) 16. exd6 (16. Rfe1 Qg6 $36) 16... c5 $1 {killing the B on a3.}
17. Rfe1 Qg6 18. Nb5 Bd7 $1 19. c4 (19. Nc7 Bc6 $17) 19... Nf5 $17 {/\ Bc6 ->
^-}) 15... Qa4 $1 {The B is in trouble again.} 16. d7 Qxa3 17. Qxa3 Rxa3 18.
Rfd1 (18. dxc8=Q Rxc8 $15 {and White's P structure is corrupted on the <<.})
18... Bxd7 19. Rxd7 Rxc3 $15 {and Black is a healthy P up.}) (12. Qc2 Nxc4 13.
Nxc4 Qc6 $13) 12... Nxc4 (12... Re8 $5 13. exd6 (13. Qxd7 Bxd7 14. exd6 Nxc4
15. Nxc4 Rxe4 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. Rxe4 Rxe4 19. Nd4 Nf5 $11 {
successfully blockading the d o^, ^-.}) 13... cxd6 (13... Nxc4 14. Qxc4 cxd6
15. Qd5 $14 {- 12....Nxc4} (15. Qd5 Qd8 16. Qxd6 $14 (16. Bxd6 $143 Be6 17. Qd3
Rc8 $44))) 14. Qd5 $1 $14 (14. Qxd7 Bxd7 15. Bd5 Rac8 16. Bxd6 (16. c4 Bc5 $132
) 16... Rxc3 $132)) 13. Qxc4 (13. Qxd7 $6 Bxd7 14. Nxc4 Bb5 15. Nfd2 (15. Nxb6
axb6) 15... Rfc8 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Nxd6 Bxf1 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Kxf1 Rxc3 $15 {
with << P majority, and active pieces for Black.}) 13... Rd8 14. exd6 (14. Rad1
$6 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Qe8 $17 {finishing development, after which White remains
with his shattered P formation versus a strong ^^.}) 14... cxd6 15. Rad1 (15.
Qd5 Qc7) 15... d5 $5 {Black wants to get rid of his weakness on d6.} (15... Ng4
16. h3 Nf6 17. Rfe1) 16. Qb3 (16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Be7 Qxc4 18. Nxc4 Rxd1 19. Rxd1
Bg4 $11 {and Black has fully equalized.}) 16... dxe4 17. Nxe4 (17. Nc4 $2 Qe8
18. Nxb6 (18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qf6) 18... Be6 $17) 17... Qc7 18. Rxd8+ {
White cannot make profit from the weakness of d6:} (18. Bd6 Qc6) (18. Nd6 Be6)
18... Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Bd6 Qc6 21. Neg5 Bf5 $11) 11... Qxd6 {
Sveshnikov-Meister, Samara 2000 CBM 78}) 10. Qc2 (10. Qb4 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 Bc5 12.
Qb3 Ne7 13. O-O O-O 14. exd6 cxd6 $13 {Short-Huebner, Dortmund, 1997}) 10...
Nxc4 (10... Nh6 $6 {This is not so good here.} 11. O-O (11. Bd3 Ng4 $1) 11...
O-O (11... Ng4 12. exd6 $36) 12. exd6 $142 $1 {was the precise move order.} (
12. Bd3 {is certainly met by} Ng4 13. exd6 cxd6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16.
h3 Nf6 17. Bd3 Qc7) (12. h3 {against Ng4.} Nxc4 $1 (12... Re8 {Kurnosov-Lastin,
Krasnoyarsk 2003}) 13. Nxc4 Qe6 {looked better again.} 14. Nxb6 (14. Qe2 dxe5
15. Rd1 (15. Ncxe5 f5 $5 (15... f6 16. Nc4 Nf7) 16. exf5 Nxf5 $13) 15... f5
$132) 14... axb6 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. e5 (16. Rd1 Qg6 17. Ne5 Qe6 18. Bf4 f5 $132)
16... Qe6 (16... Qg6 17. Qxg6 $14) 17. Nd4 Qxe5 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Rfe1 Qf6 20.
Re3 Kh8 21. Rae1 Bd7 $13) 12... cxd6 (12... Qxd6 13. e5 Qg6 14. Bd3 Bf5 15. Ne4
$16) 13. h3 $14 {avoiding Ng4 the N remains passive on the edge of the board.}
(13. Bd5 $5)) (10... Ne7 $2 11. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 12. e6+ $1 Kxe6 13. Ng5+ Kf6 14.
e5+ $1 dxe5 (14... Kxg5 15. Nf3+ Kh5 16. h3 $1 {1-0 Ebeling-Rantanen, corr 1980
}) 15. Nde4+ Kg6 16. Nf3 Nac6 17. Nc5+ $18 {Barker-Marshall, London Wch-Jun
1951}) 11. Nxc4 d5 $1 {It seems that this move may solve Black's problems in
the [+].} (11... Bc5 $6 12. exd6 $142 (12. O-O Qe6 (12... d5 {is not so strong
anymore.} 13. exd5 (13. Rd1 $5 Qb5 14. Ne3 dxe4 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 {and the
central pawns are rather dangerous.}) (13. Be3 $6 {is not so effective in view
of} Qb5 $1 14. Ncd2 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Ne7 $13) 13... Qxd5 14. Ne3 Qe6 15. Rd1 Ne7
16. Ng5 Qg6 17. Qa4+ $14) 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. Nd4 Bxd4 $1 {Black has to eliminate
the strong N in order to get time for his development.} (14... Qg6 $6 15. exd6
cxd6 16. e5 $1 O-O 17. Nxd6 (17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 {- 17.Nxd6}) 17...
Bxd6 (17... Be6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Be3 $18 {Ernst-Olsson, SWE-ch Karlskrona 1983
}) 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Ba3 Qf6 20. Rfe1 $16 {with a big lead of development for
White.}) 15. cxd4 d5 $1 {Black is playing for a blockade on the light squares.}
(15... dxe5 16. Nxe5 c6 (16... O-O 17. Qxe6 Bxe6 18. d5 $14) 17. Ba3 $14) 16.
exd5 Qxd5 $1 (16... Nxd5 17. Ba3) 17. Ba3 (17. Qc3 Nf5) 17... Be6 18. Bxe7 Qxc4
19. Qxc4 Bxc4 20. Rfc1 b5 $11 {^-}) 12... Bxd6 $142 (12... cxd6 $6 {This
allows White to put a strong pressure on >< d6, Sveshnikov-Sharma, Dubai 2001
CBM 83}) 13. O-O Be7 {Black wants to keep his ^^.} (13... Qe6 $6 14. Nxd6+ Qxd6
15. Rd1 Qa6 16. Bf4 c5 17. Rd6 b6 18. Qd2 {Now Black can hardly finish his
development in this game.} Be6 (18... Bg4 $2 19. Ne5 Qc8 20. Rc6 Qb7 21. Qd5
Bc8 22. Rxc8+ $18 {1-0 Sokolov-Kneller, corr SU 1977}) 19. Rd1 Qc8 20. Ng5 $16)
14. Ne3 (14. Nce5 Qe6 15. Bf4 $14) 14... Nf6 15. Rd1 (15. Nf5 O-O 16. Bg5 $14)
15... Qc6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qd6 18. Qe4 O-O 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. Nd4 {White has
centralized his pieces in a most effective way.} a6 $14 {Novoselski-Zlaticanin,
corr YUG 1979}) 12. exd5 (12. Ne3 $5 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Ne7 14. Ba3 $1 Qc6 {If
Black can finish development, his ^^ and the weakened white pawns on the <<
secure him a comfortable game.} 15. Qb4 Ng6 16. O-O (16. Nd4 Qe4 $1) 16... Bd7
{/\ 0-0-0} 17. Nd4 (17. e6 $2 Qxe6 18. Nd4 {founders on the "zwischenzug"} c5
$1 $19) (17. Rfe1 O-O-O 18. c4 Nf4 $1 19. Rad1 Qa4 20. c5 Ba5 $1 $17) 17... Qa4
18. Qxa4 Bxa4 19. Nc4 {White has to eliminate the strong ^^.} O-O-O 20. Nxb6+ {
(1/2-1/2 Bagirov-Ernst, Osterkars 1995)} axb6 21. e6 $5 (21. f4 Bd7 22. Rae1
Rhe8 23. Bc1 c5 24. Nf3 Bb5 25. Rf2 Bd3 {with a total control over the light
squares.} 26. Rb2 Kc7 $13) 21... c5 $132) (12. Bg5 $5 h6 $1 {is the
cold-blooded answer.} (12... Qg4 $6 13. O-O-O $1 (13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Qd3 h6 {
(Wieringen-Schlosser, corr 1989)} 15. Bh4 g5 16. exd5 Bf5 {White has no real
threats for the piece.} 17. Qb5+ Bd7 18. Qd3 gxh4 19. O-O h3 20. g3 Bf5 $19 {
Cafferty}) 13... h6 (13... f6 $2 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Ne3 Qxe4 16. Qb3 $1 fxg5 17.
Nxd5 {This is a typical -> against the K in the middle.} Kf8 18. Rhe1 Qg6 19.
Ne7 Qf7 20. Rd8+ Kg7 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Nxc8 Kf6 23. Ree8 $18 {Limayo-Lins
Rosas, corr 1998}) (13... Qxg2 $2 14. Qd3 f6 15. Rhg1 Qxf2 16. exf6 gxf6 17.
Qxd5 {The black K is again exposed!} Qxf3 18. Rg3 Qxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Be6 20. Bh4
Ne7 21. Qa4+ Nc6 22. Bxf6 Rf8 23. e5 $18 {Malmstrom-Barkwell, corr 1997}) 14.
e6 $1 Bxe6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. exd5 {White has to open up the central lines
against the K in the middle.} hxg5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Qg6+ Kf8 19. Rd7 Qf4+ 20.
Kb2 Qf6 21. Qxg5 $16 {Cafferty}) (12... dxc4 $2 {is losing in view of} 13. Rd1
$18) 13. Bh4 g5 $1 {is the consistant reply.} (13... Qg4 14. Nxb6 $5 (14. O-O-O
g5 $5 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Bg3 Qxe4 17. Qxe4 dxe4 18. Nd4 {White has a strong
lead of development, which can be annoying even without queens.} c5 19. Nb5 Ke7
20. Rd2 Be6 21. Kb1 $13 {Harding}) 14... axb6 15. exd5 Qxg2 16. Ke2 $13 {
Palkovi}) 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Bg3 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qe7 $15 {Rohde} (16... Qf5)) (12.
Nxb6 axb6 13. O-O dxe4 14. Qxe4 Qg4 {Black has a good game, if he can maintain
the pressure on the light squares because of the ^-.} 15. Bf4 $5 (15. Qxg4 Bxg4
16. Nd4 Ne7 17. f4 Be6 18. Nb5 Kd7 19. Rf2 Rhd8 20. Ba3 Nf5 21. g4 Ne3 22. f5
Bc4 23. e6+ fxe6 24. fxe6+ Kc8 $19 {Feinstein-Norman, corr 1991}) (15. Qe3 Ne7
16. Nd4 O-O 17. h3 Qg6 18. f4 c5 19. Nb5 Rd8 20. Nd6 Nf5 21. Nxc8 Raxc8 {
and Black has the strong blockading N versus the bad B.} 22. Qf3 h5 23. g4 (23.
Qxb7 $2 Rc6 24. Qa6 c4 25. Qa4 Rd3 26. Rb1 Rxh3 $19 {Estrin-Palciauskas, corr
World ch 1978-84}) 23... hxg4 24. hxg4 Nh6 25. f5 Qxg4+ 26. Qxg4 Nxg4 27. e6
Rd3 $19) 15... Ne7 16. h3 (16. Rfe1 Ng6 17. Bg3 Qxe4 18. Rxe4 Be6 19. Ng5 O-O
20. Nxe6 fxe6 {White's B is again awkward, and Black has good chances to
exploit the weaknesses of the <<.} 21. h4 Ra5 22. Rd1 h5 $15 {Harding-Tiemann,
cr 1988}) 16... Qg6 $1 17. Qxg6 Nxg6 18. Bg3 Be6 19. a3 O-O $11 {Van
Wieringen-Van der Wijk, NLD-ch corr 1988}) 12... Qxd5 13. Qa4+ (13. Ne3 Qc5 14.
O-O Be6 {^^}) 13... Bd7 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. Qb4 (15. Qd4 Bc6 (15... Qxd4 16. Nxd4
(16. cxd4 Ne7 17. O-O O-O 18. Re1 Nd5 {This excellent blockading N secures
Black the edge.} 19. Bd2 Rfc8 $15 {Comp Comet-Comp Virtaal Chess Paderborn
WHCCC-13 1995}) 16... Rc8 17. Bd2 (17. Kd2 Ne7 18. Ba3 Nd5 19. Rhc1 Rc4 $15 {
with a total blockade on the light squares, Cafferty-Rutherford, England 1996.}
) 17... Ne7 {and only Black can be better.}) (15... Ne7 16. Ba3 Rc8 $1 (16...
Be6 17. O-O Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Nd5 19. Nb5 $16 {>< d6, I.Carlsson-Abrahamsson, corr
1991.}) 17. Rd1 Qxd4 18. cxd4 Nd5 {This _|_ is again favourable for Black
despite of the ^-.} 19. O-O Rc3 20. Bb2 Rc4 21. Rc1 Rb4 22. Rc2 Bf5 23. Rd2 Ra4
24. a3 Ke7 $15 {Tronhjem-Mooij, corr Lewkowitz mem 1999}) 16. O-O O-O-O $11)
15... Bb5 (15... Ne7 16. O-O Be6 $1 $11 (16... Nc6 17. Qh4 Bf5 18. Ba3 Qe4 19.
Qg5 Qg4 20. Qd2 {White has to keep the queens on the board.} Be4 21. h3 Qd7 $14
{Norri-Rantanen, FIN-chT 1996})) 16. Bg5 (16. Nd4 Qxe5+ 17. Be3 (17. Kd1 $2
O-O-O $17) 17... Bd7 18. O-O Qc5 19. Rfe1 $1 (19. Qb1 $2 Ne7 20. Re1 Qd6 21.
Qe4 Qd5 22. Qh4 Ng6 23. Bc1+ Be6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Qg4 (25. Qa4+ $2 b5 26. Qa3
Kf7 {The K has reached a safe place.} 27. Be3 Rhd8 $17 {Pedro Rodriguez-Valdes,
Cuba 1990}) 25... O-O 26. Qxe6+ Qxe6 27. Rxe6 Rac8 $11 {and the weaknesses of
the << begin to tell.}) 19... O-O-O $44) 16... h6 17. Be3 (17. Nd4 Bd7 (17...
Ba6 $5 18. Be3 Ne7 {looks also playable for Black.}) 18. Be3 Ne7 19. O-O Qc5
20. Rfe1 (20. Qb3 Qxe5 21. Rae1 Qf6 22. Nb5 O-O $15 {Kurnosov-Sargissian,
Warsaw 2005}) 20... Rc8 21. Rad1 Qxb4 22. cxb4 Nd5 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24. Rxd5 Bc4
$11) 17... Rd8 {<-> d} (17... Ne7 {allows} 18. Rd1) 18. Nd4 Bc6 19. Qa3 Ne7 {
If Black can castle >>, he cannot be worse at all.}) 8... Bb6 9. Bb5 $5 (9.
dxe5 Na5 10. Qb4 (10. Qb5 Nxc4 (10... c6 11. Qa4 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5
) 11. Qxc4 {- 10.Qb4}) 10... Nxc4 (10... Nc6 11. Qb3 $11 {is only a repetition
of moves.} (11. Qb5 $2 a6) (11. Bb5 $2 Nxb4 12. Bxd7+ Bxd7 13. cxb4 dxe5 $17) (
11. Qa4 $2 Nxe5)) 11. Qxc4 dxe5 (11... Qe6 $11) 12. Nxe5 (12. Ba3 f6 {with a
healthy extra P for Black.}) (12. a4 a5 13. Nxe5 Qe6 14. Qb5+ Bd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7
16. Qe5+ Ne7 17. Ba3 f6 18. Qh5+ Ng6 19. Rd1 (19. Qd5 {allows Black to bring
his K into safety.} O-O-O 20. c4 Qxa4 21. Bb2 Qc2 22. Qf5+ Kb8 23. Bc3 Rd1 $17
{Binder-Schmedtmann, corr 1986})) 12... Qe6 $1 13. Qa4+ (13. Bf4 Ne7 (13... Nf6
14. a4 O-O 15. a5 Qxc4 16. Nxc4 Bc5 17. Nbd2 Be6 $11 {Lorincz-Bottlik,
Budapest 1976}) 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Qxe6 Bxe6 $15 {White's P structure is demaged,
the ^^ is strong.}) 13... c6 14. Nc4 (14. Nf3 Ne7 $1 {/\ 0-0} (14... Nf6 15.
Ba3 Nxe4 16. Nbd2 (16. Qc2 Qg6 17. Re1 f5 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Be6) 16... Nxc3
{looks a bit too greedy.} 17. Qc2) 15. Nbd2 O-O 16. Ba3 Re8 17. e5 Qg4 18. Qxg4
Bxg4 $36 {Litvinov-Golenishev, SU 1963}) (14. Bf4 Nf6) 14... Bc5 {fighting for
the vital /^ a3-f8.} (14... Bc7 15. Qb4 Nf6 16. Ba3) 15. Nbd2 (15. Ncd2 Ne7 16.
Ba3 Bxa3 17. Nxa3 O-O {and White has not enough activity for the structural
weaknesses.} 18. Nc2 c5 19. Ne3 b6 20. Rfe1 Bb7 21. c4 Ng6 22. Nd5 Qd6 23. Nf1
Rfe8 $11 {Kalashnikov-Lunev, St.Petersburg 2000}) 15... b5 16. Qa5 Be7 17. Ne3
Bd8 (17... Nh6 18. Nf5 Nxf5 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Re1 Be6 21. Ba3 Bxa3 22. Qxa3 c5
23. Rab1 O-O 24. Rxb5 Qd3 25. Rb2 Rab8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Nf1 $11 {Seidman-Cruz,
Hollywood 1945}) 18. Qb4 (18. Qa3 Be7 19. Qb3 (19. Qb2 Nf6) 19... Nf6) 18...
Be7 $11 {with repetition of moves.}) 9... a6 10. Bxc6 (10. Ba4 $6 {White
pushes it too hard.} Ba7 11. Na3 $5 (11. d5 b5 12. dxc6 Qxc6 $17) (11. Qd1 b5
12. Bb3 Nf6 13. a4 Bb7 14. axb5 axb5 15. Ba3 Bb6 {and White has no real
compensation for the P.} 16. Nbd2 Qg4 17. h3 Qh5 18. Qc2 exd4 19. e5 d3 $1 20.
Qxd3 dxe5 21. Rfe1 b4 $1 22. cxb4 O-O 23. b5 Rfd8 24. Qf1 Nd4 $17 {
Spielmann-Salwe, Vienna 1908}) 11... b5 12. Nxb5 axb5 13. Bxb5 Rb8 (13... Nge7
14. d5 O-O 15. dxc6 Qg4 16. Re1 Ng6 17. h3 Qh5 18. Qd1 h6 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3
Nf4 21. Bf1 f5 22. exf5 Qxf5 23. Kh1 Be6 24. c4 {(Lee-Vlahos, England club ch
final 1989)} Ra6 $5) 14. a4 Nge7 15. Qa2 O-O 16. d5 Qg4 17. dxc6 Qxe4 {and
again only Black can be better.} 18. Ba3 (18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Rae1 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2
Qg4 21. Bf1 Be6 $17) 18... Ng6 19. Rae1 Qg4 20. Nd2 Nf4 21. g3 Nh3+ 22. Kg2
Nxf2 23. Rxf2 Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 26. Kf3 h5 $44 {Boulier-Ollier,
corr France 1987}) 10... Qxc6 11. Nbd2 $5 (11. dxe5 Be6 $1 12. Qc2 O-O-O {
Black gave back the P in order to finish his development, his ^^ is excellent.}
13. exd6 (13. Bg5 f6 14. exf6 {(Pohl-Grott, corr 1989)} Nxf6 $36) (13. Bf4 d5
14. exd5 Rxd5 15. Nbd2 Ne7 16. h3 Ng6 17. Bg3 Rhd8 18. Rfd1 Rd3 19. Rac1 Bf5
20. Qb2 Rxd2 21. Nxd2 Rd3 22. Kh2 Bxf2 23. Bxf2 Nf4 24. Rg1 Bxh3 25. Bh4 Bxg2
26. Rge1 Rh3+ $19 {Bademian-Sorin, Pan-American chT Junin 1988}) 13... Qxd6 14.
Nbd2 Qd3 {It is not clear who is playing a gambit, White's pieces are pathetic.
} (14... Ne7 {is the other valuable option.} 15. a4 Ng6 16. Ng5 Nf4 17. Nxe6
Qxe6 18. Nf3 Nxg2 $1 19. Ng5 (19. Kxg2 Qg4+) 19... Qg6 20. Qe2 h6 21. Qg4+ Kb8
22. Qxg2 hxg5 23. a5 Bc5 24. Bxg5 Rde8 25. Rae1 Rh5 26. Bf4 (26. Bd2 $6 Qd6 27.
Re2 Re6 28. Kh1 Rg6 $19) 26... Qf6 27. Qg3 Bd6 28. Bxd6 $1 Rg5 29. Bxc7+ Kc8
30. Bb6 Re7 31. Rd1 Rd7 32. Kg2 Qf4 $1 33. Rfe1 Rd2 $1 $17 {
Churilov-Arzumanian, corr 1991-93}) 15. Qb2 Nf6 16. Ng5 Rhe8 17. h3 h6 18. Nxe6
Rxe6 19. a4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. a5 Rg6 22. g4 Rd3 $19 {Guillemoot-Le Bideau,
Paris op 1989}) 11... Nf6 $1 {Black is striving for a quick development, he
gives back the P for an active piece play.} (11... Ne7 12. dxe5 Be6 $13) (11...
exd4 12. cxd4 Nf6 13. d5 Qb5 14. Qc2 O-O 15. Bb2 Nh5 16. Nc4 $44) 12. dxe5 Be6
13. Qc2 (13. c4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Qxe4 15. exd6 O-O 16. Bb2 Qxc4 $17) 13... Ng4 14.
exd6 Qxd6 (14... cxd6 $5 {was also tempting, it is White who has to finish the
development.}) 15. h3 (15. Qa4+ $142 $1 Bd7 16. Qb3 Be6 $11 {playing for the
repetition of moves was better, but White wants to win.}) 15... Ne5 16. Nxe5 (
16. Nd4 O-O $15) 16... Qxe5 17. Nf3 Qh5 18. Ng5 (18. Nd4 O-O) 18... Bc4 19. Re1
$2 {this allows the forceful} (19. Rd1 {fighting against 0-0-0 was better.} O-O
$15) 19... O-O-O $1 {and suddenly all of the black pieces are very active.} 20.
Bf4 (20. Nf3 Rhe8 21. Nd4 g5 $1 {/\ g4 with an -> on the >>.} 22. Rb1 Qg6 $17)
20... Rd3 $1 21. Rad1 Rhd8 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Kh2 {[#]} (23. e5 h6 24. Ne4 Qh4
$17) 23... h6 (23... f6 $1 {was the precise move in retrospect, because now
the e8 square is protected!} 24. Nf3 (24. Ne6 g5 25. Bc1 Rxh3+ $1 26. gxh3 Bxe6
$19) 24... Rxf3 $1 {By this positional exchange sacrifice Black ruins White's
defensive shelter on the >>.} 25. gxf3 Be6 26. Be3 (26. Qa4 {has no threat of
Qe8.}) 26... Bxh3 27. Kg3 c5 $1 $19) 24. Nf3 Rxf3 $1 {This is still a nice
exchange sacrifice, but...} 25. gxf3 Be6 26. Qa4 $1 $15 {Here is the
difference, White gets a vital tempo for his survival.} Kb8 27. Be3 Qxf3 28.
Bxb6 cxb6 29. Qd4 Qxh3+ 30. Kg1 Qg4+ 31. Kf1 (31. Kh2 Qh5+) 31... Bxa2 32. c4
Qe6 33. Rc1 Bb3 34. Rc3 Ba4 35. Qxg7 Qxe4 36. Qxh6 Ka7 $11 {Black has
certainly enough compensation for the exchange, but unfortunately not more
than that.} 37. Qf6 Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Qd1+ 39. Ke3 Qe1+ 40. Kd3 Qd1+ 41. Ke3 Qe1+
42. Kd3 Bc6 43. Qf4 a5 44. f3 b5 45. cxb5 Bxb5+ 46. Kc2 Qe2+ 47. Kc1 Qe1+ 48.
Kb2 Qe2+ 49. Rc2 Qe7 50. Qd4+ Ka6 51. f4 Qe6 52. Rc5 Qe2+ 53. Rc2 Qe6 54. Ka3
Qe7+ 55. Ka2 Qe6+ 56. Ka3 Qe7+ 57. Qc5 Qxc5+ 58. Rxc5 b6 59. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Kortschnoj-A"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. Qb3 Qf6 $5 {
This reply was already heavily used in the XIX-th century!} (7... Qe7 $142) 8.
O-O Bb6 (8... Nh6 $6 {The N is usually misplaced here.} 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. e5 Qg6
11. Bd3 $44) (8... Nge7 9. cxd4 $1 O-O (9... d6 $2 {is a typical error now.}
10. Bg5 {All coming blows are forced.} Qg6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Bxe7
Kxe7 14. Qa3+ Kd8 15. d6 $1 ({better than} 15. Qxa5 Bh3) 15... Bb6 16. dxc7+
Kxc7 17. Nc3 $16 {Harding-Day, corr England 1974}) (9... Bb6 $2 {allows White
the advance of his central pawns.} 10. e5 Qg6 11. Bd3 $1 Qh5 12. d5 Nd8 13. Ba3
$16) (9... Nxd4 $2 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxf7+ Kf8 (11... Kd8 12. Bb2 $16) 12. Bh5
$1 d5 13. exd5 $1 Qxd5 14. Rd1 $1 $18) 10. Bb2 (10. e5 $5 {deserved serious
attention.}) 10... d6 11. d5 $5 (11. Nc3 Nxd4 12. Nd5 (12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Rad1
$1 Qb6) 12... Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Qxb2 14. Nxe7+ Kh8 15. Rab1 Qd4 $17) (11. Rd1 {
keeping the mighty P [+] intact.} Bg4 12. Rd3 Bb6 13. Nbd2 Na5 14. Qc2 $44)
11... Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. f4 Bb6+ (13... Qb6+) 14. Kh1 Qg6 $13 {
Anderssen-Kolisch, Paris 1886}) (8... b5 $142 $5 {Black gives back a P, but
gets some tempi for it.} 9. Bd5 (9. Bxb5 Rb8 10. Qa4 Nge7 11. e5 Nxe5 $1 {
This is the beginning of Black's counterattack, for example:} (11... Qg6 12.
Ba3 $1 (12. cxd4 Bb7) 12... Bb7 (12... Bxc3 $5 13. Nxc3 dxc3 $13) 13. Bxe7 a6 (
13... Nxe5 $5 14. Nh4 $1 Nf3+ 15. Nxf3 Bxf3 {(Steel-Blackburne, London 1881)}
16. g3 $1 Kxe7 17. Qxa5 $16) 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Qxa5 Bxf3 16. g3 Kxe7 17. cxd4
$13) 12. Qxa5 (12. Nxd4 Bb6 $19) 12... Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Qg6+ 14. Kh1 Qf5 $19)
9... h6 $1 {10...Nge7 will come with a tempo.} 10. cxd4 (10. e5 Qg6 11. Nxd4
Nge7) 10... Nge7 11. e5 (11. Qxb5 Rb8 12. Qd3 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 $17) 11... Qf5
12. Nbd2 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 O-O 14. Ba3 b4 $1 15. Bb2 Bb6 16. Qb3 (16. Nc4 Bb7 $17)
(16. Qe4 Qxe4 17. Nxe4 Bb7 $17) 16... a5 $17 {Breyer-Schlechter, Baden-Baden
1914}) 9. e5 Qg6 10. cxd4 (10. Ba3 $5 {is also met by Black's main threat} Na5
$1 11. Qb4 $1 {/\ Qf8#} (11. Qa4 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 d3 $1 (12... Qe6 13. Qd3 Ne7 14.
cxd4 Nd5 $13) (12... Ne7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. cxd4 $44)) 11... c5 (11... d6 12.
exd6 Nxc4 13. d7+ Kxd7 14. Qxc4 Qe6 15. Qb4 $44 {and the black K is exposed in
the [+].}) 12. Qa4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Qe6 14. Nbd2 $5 (14. Qxe6+ dxe6 15. cxd4 Bd7 (
15... cxd4 16. Nbd2 Ne7 17. Nc4) 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Bc6 $11) 14... Ne7 (
14... Qxc4 15. Nxc4 dxc3 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Rac1 {Black is doomed to ethernal
passivity because of the mighty N on d6.} Nh6 18. Rxc3 $44 {Boor-Rajlich,
Oberlin op 1999}) (14... dxc3 15. Qxc3 Ne7 16. Ne4 O-O) 15. cxd4 cxd4 16. Ng5
Qxc4 17. Nxc4 Bc7 18. Rfe1 $44) 10... Na5 (10... Bxd4 $6 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qd1
Nc6 13. Nc3 {White's lead of development is annoying.} Nge7 14. Nb5 O-O 15.
Nxc7 Nxe5 16. Ba3 d6 17. Qxd6 Nxc4 18. Qxg6 Nxg6 19. Bxf8 $16 {
Mnatsakanian-Vaisman, Moscow-ch Trades Union 1964}) (10... Nxd4 $6 11. Nxd4
Bxd4 12. Nc3 Nh6 (12... Ne7 13. Ba3 $40) 13. Ba3 $1 $44 {and Black cannot
castle >>.} ({but not} 13. Be3 $2 Bxe5 14. Bxh6 Qxh6 15. g3 O-O $19 {
Bird-Chigorin, Hastings 1895})) 11. Qa4 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 Ne7 13. Ba3 $6 (13. a4
$142 d5 (13... c6 14. Ba3 $44 {H.Pedersen-B.Georgiev, Copenhagen Obro op 1989})
14. exd6 cxd6 15. a5 $44) 13... Qe6 {[#]} 14. d5 $1 {White is fishing in
troubled waters.} (14. Rc1 d5 $1 (14... Nd5 15. Ng5 Qc6 16. Qb3 Qg6 17. Qxd5
Qxg5 18. Nc3 $44) (14... Qxc4 15. Rxc4 d5 16. exd6 Be6 17. Rc1 cxd6 18. Bxd6
Rd8 $15 {with a ^^, weak d P, and << P majority.}) 15. exd6 cxd6 $15) 14...
Qxd5 (14... Nxd5 {allows White to win more tempi and open up the position
against the K in the middle.} 15. Ng5 $1 (15. Nbd2 $143 Ne7 16. Qh4 Ng6 $17) (
15. Nd4 $143 Qg4 16. Qxd5 Qxd4 17. Qb3 d6 18. exd6 (18. Bb2 Qg4 19. exd6 O-O)
18... O-O 19. d7 Bxd7 20. Bxf8 Be6 $17) 15... Qxe5 $5 (15... Qc6 16. Qe4 Qg6 (
16... h6 17. Rc1) 17. Qxd5 $44 {- 15...Qg6}) (15... Qg6 16. Qxd5 Qxg5 17. Nc3
$44 {and White has an enormous lead of development.}) 16. Nf3 (16. Nc3 Qxg5 $1)
16... Qxa1 17. Re1+ Kd8 18. Ne5 Qxe5 {This is the only defence.} 19. Rxe5 c6
20. Qg4 $44) 15. Qe2 Ng6 (15... Qe6 16. Nc3 $44) 16. Nc3 Nf4 $5 (16... Qe6 17.
Qe4 $44) 17. Qb2 (17. Nxd5 $5 Nxe2+ 18. Kh1 c6 (18... Ba5 19. Rae1 $1 c6 {
- 18...c6}) 19. Rae1 (19. Rfe1 cxd5 20. Rxe2 Ba5 21. Nd4 b6 22. Nf5 $44) 19...
cxd5 20. Rxe2 Bd8 (20... Ba5 21. Nd4 (21. Rd1 b6 22. Nd4 Ba6 23. Rc2) 21... b6
22. Rc2 (22. Nf5 $2 Ba6 $1) 22... Ba6 23. Rfc1 $44 (23. Rd1 {- 21.Rd1})) 21.
Nd4 (21. Rc1 b6 $1) 21... Be7 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Nf5+ Kf8 24. Rd2 b6 (24... d6
25. Nxd6 Be6 26. f4 $14) 25. Rxd5 Ba6 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Rd3 g6 29.
Nd6 Ke7 30. Rc3 Ba6 31. Ra3 Be2 32. Rxa7 f6 $11 {blowing up White's [+] just
in time.}) 17... Qd3 18. Rae1 (18. Qb4 $1 {was the correct continuation of the
-> provoking weakening moves.} Nh3+ $1 (18... Ng6 19. Rad1 $44) (18... c5 19.
Qxf4 Qxc3 20. Qa4 $44) 19. gxh3 (19. Kh1 c5 20. Qb2 Nf4 21. Nb5 O-O) 19... c5
$1 20. Qb3 Qxf3 21. Nb5 $1 {White's |^ remains dangerous even without queens.}
(21. Nd5 $143 {allows Black to come out of passivity.} Qxb3 22. axb3 d6 23. Bb2
Bd8 24. exd6 Be6 $1 $17) 21... Qxb3 22. Nd6+ $1 {This is the point!} (22. axb3
d5 $1) 22... Ke7 23. axb3 f6 24. Rad1 fxe5 25. Rfe1 $44 {and the B on c8
remains pathetic.}) 18... Qg6 19. Nh4 $1 (19. g3 Nd3 20. Qb3 Nxe1 21. Rxe1 Kd8
22. Nd5 Re8 $19) 19... Qg4 20. g3 Nd3 21. Qc2 Nxe1 22. Rxe1 Kd8 23. Nd5 {
White has still a phantastic compensation for the sacrificed material.} Re8 24.
Re4 $2 {This is the decisive error.} (24. Bc5 $1 {gave White good chances to
continue the ->, for example:} Re6 (24... Ba5 25. Bb4 $1 Bb6 26. Bc5 Re6 {
- 24...Re6}) (24... Bxc5 $2 25. Qxc5 c6 26. Qa5+ b6 27. Nxb6 axb6 28. Qxb6+ Ke7
29. Qc5+ $11) (24... c6 $2 25. Nxb6 $18) 25. Bxb6 cxb6 (25... axb6 26. Qxc7+
Ke8 27. Qc2 Kf8 28. Nf5 $44 (28. Qxh7 Rh6)) 26. Nf5 Rc6 27. Qd3 $44) 24... Qe6
$19 {Now Black will play d6 and the white P will shelter the black K.} 25. Nf4
Qc6 26. Rc4 (26. Qd3 g5) 26... Qb5 27. Nf3 d5 $1 {The B finally comes out of
passivity.} 28. exd6 Bf5 29. dxc7+ Kc8 {The K is safe here!} 30. Qc1 Qb1 $1 31.
Ng5 $2 {This loses outright, but other tries were no better:} (31. Bc5 Ba5 $19)
(31. Nd5 Qxc1+ 32. Rxc1 Be4 $19) 31... Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2001.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sharma, Dinesh Kumar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. dxe5
Bb6 {Lasker's defence against the Evans Gambit is still popular.} 9. Nbd2 $142
Na5 10. Qc2 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 {This is the critical position. Now Black is on a
crossroad.} Bc5 $6 (11... d5 $1 {It seems that this move may solve Black's
problems in the [+].} 12. Bg5 $5 (12. Ne3 $5 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Ne7 14. Ba3 $1 Qc6 {
If Black can finish development, his ^^ and the weakened white pawns on the <<
secure him a comfortable game.} 15. Qb4 Ng6 16. O-O (16. Nd4 Qe4 $1) 16... Bd7
{/\ 0-0-0} 17. Nd4 (17. e6 $2 Qxe6 18. Nd4 {founders on the "zwischenzug"} c5
$1 $19) (17. Rfe1 O-O-O 18. c4 Nf4 $1 19. Rad1 Qa4 20. c5 Ba5 $1 $17) 17... Qa4
18. Qxa4 Bxa4 19. Nc4 {White has to eliminate the strong ^^.} O-O-O 20. Nxb6+ {
(1/2-1/2 Bagirov-Ernst, Osterkars 1995)} axb6 21. e6 $5 (21. f4 Bd7 22. Rae1
Rhe8 23. Bc1 c5 24. Nf3 Bb5 25. Rf2 Bd3 {with a total control over the light
squares.} 26. Rb2 Kc7 $13) 21... c5 $132) (12. Nxb6 axb6 13. O-O dxe4 14. Qxe4
Qg4 {Black has a good game, if he can maintain the pressure on the light
squares because of the ^-.} 15. Bf4 $5 (15. Qxg4 Bxg4 16. Nd4 Ne7 17. f4 Be6
18. Nb5 Kd7 19. Rf2 Rhd8 20. Ba3 Nf5 21. g4 Ne3 22. f5 Bc4 23. e6+ fxe6 24.
fxe6+ Kc8 $19 {Feinstein-Norman, corr England 1991}) (15. Qe3 Ne7 16. Nd4 O-O
17. h3 Qg6 18. f4 c5 19. Nb5 Rd8 20. Nd6 Nf5 21. Nxc8 Raxc8 {and Black has the
strong blockading N versus the bad B.} 22. Qf3 h5 23. g4 (23. Qxb7 $2 Rc6 24.
Qa6 c4 25. Qa4 Rd3 26. Rb1 Rxh3 $19 {Estrin-Palciauskas, corr World ch 1978-84}
) 23... hxg4 24. hxg4 Nh6 25. f5 Qxg4+ 26. Qxg4 Nxg4 27. e6 Rd3 $19) 15... Ne7
16. h3 (16. Rfe1 Ng6 17. Bg3 Qxe4 18. Rxe4 Be6 19. Ng5 O-O 20. Nxe6 fxe6 {
White's B is again awkward, and Black has good chances to exploit the
weaknesses of the <<.} 21. h4 Ra5 22. Rd1 h5 $15 {Harding-Tiemann, cr 1988})
16... Qg6 $1 17. Qxg6 Nxg6 18. Bg3 Be6 19. a3 O-O $11 {Van Wieringen-Van der
Wijk, NLD-ch corr 1988}) (12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Qa4+ (13. Ne3 Qc5 14. O-O Be6 {^^})
13... Bd7 14. Nxb6 $1 cxb6 15. Qb4 $5 (15. Qd4 Bc6 (15... Qxd4 16. Nxd4 (16.
cxd4 Ne7 17. O-O O-O 18. Re1 Nd5 {This excellent blockading N secures Black
the edge.} 19. Bd2 Rfc8 $15 {Comp Comet-Comp Virtaal Chess Paderborn WHCCC-13
1995}) 16... Rc8 17. Bd2 (17. Kd2 Ne7 18. Ba3 Nd5 19. Rhc1 Rc4 $15 {with a
total blockade on the light squares, Cafferty-Rutherford, England 1996.}) 17...
Ne7 {and only Black can be better.}) (15... Ne7 16. Ba3 Rc8 $1 (16... Be6 17.
O-O Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Nd5 19. Nb5 $16 {>< d6, I.Carlsson-Abrahamsson, corr 1991.})
17. Rd1 Qxd4 18. cxd4 Nd5 {This _|_ is again favourable for Black despite of
the ^-.} 19. O-O Rc3 20. Bb2 Rc4 21. Rc1 Rb4 22. Rc2 Bf5 23. Rd2 Ra4 24. a3 Ke7
$15 {Tronhjem-Mooij, corr Lewkowitz mem 1999}) 16. O-O O-O-O $11) 15... Ne7 (
15... Bb5 $5 16. Nd4 Qxe5+ 17. Be3 (17. Kd1 $2 O-O-O $17) 17... Bd7 18. O-O Qc5
19. Rfe1 $1 (19. Qb1 $2 Ne7 20. Re1 Qd6 21. Qe4 Qd5 22. Qh4 Ng6 23. Bc1+ Be6
24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Qg4 (25. Qa4+ $2 b5 26. Qa3 Kf7 {The K has reached a safe
place.} 27. Be3 Rhd8 $17 {Pedro Rodriguez-Valdes, Cuba 1990}) 25... O-O 26.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 27. Rxe6 Rac8 $11 {and the weaknesses of the << begin to tell.})
19... O-O-O $44) 16. O-O Be6 $1 $11 (16... Nc6 17. Qh4 Bf5 18. Ba3 Qe4 19. Qg5
Qg4 20. Qd2 {White has to keep the queens on the board.} Be4 21. h3 Qd7 $14 {
Norri-Rantanen, FIN-chT 1996})) 12... h6 $1 {is the cold-blooded answer.} (
12... Qg4 $6 13. O-O-O $1 (13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Qd3 h6 {(Wieringen-Schlosser,
corr 1989)} 15. Bh4 g5 16. exd5 Bf5 {White has no real threats for the piece.}
17. Qb5+ Bd7 18. Qd3 gxh4 19. O-O h3 20. g3 Bf5 $19 {Cafferty}) 13... h6 (13...
f6 $2 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Ne3 Qxe4 16. Qb3 $1 fxg5 17. Nxd5 {This is a typical
-> against the K in the middle.} Kf8 18. Rhe1 Qg6 19. Ne7 Qf7 20. Rd8+ Kg7 21.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Nxc8 Kf6 23. Ree8 $18 {Limayo-Lins Rosas, corr 1998}) (13...
Qxg2 $2 14. Qd3 f6 15. Rhg1 Qxf2 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Qxd5 {The black K is again
exposed!} Qxf3 18. Rg3 Qxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Be6 20. Bh4 Ne7 21. Qa4+ Nc6 22. Bxf6 Rf8
23. e5 $18 {Malmstrom-Barkwell, corr 1997}) 14. e6 $1 Bxe6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16.
exd5 {White has to open up the central lines against the K in the middle.} hxg5
17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Qg6+ Kf8 19. Rd7 Qf4+ 20. Kb2 Qf6 21. Qxg5 $16 {Cafferty}) (
12... dxc4 $2 {is losing in view of} 13. Rd1 $18) 13. Bh4 g5 $1 {is the
consistant reply.} (13... Qg4 14. Nxb6 $5 (14. O-O-O g5 $5 15. Nxb6 axb6 16.
Bg3 Qxe4 17. Qxe4 dxe4 18. Nd4 {White has a strong lead of development, which
can be annoying even without queens.} c5 19. Nb5 Ke7 20. Rd2 Be6 21. Kb1 $13 {
Harding}) 14... axb6 15. exd5 Qxg2 16. Ke2 $13 {Palkovi}) 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Bg3
dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qe7 $15 {Rohde} (16... Qf5)) 12. exd6 $142 (12. O-O Qe6 (12... d5
{is not so strong anymore.} 13. exd5 (13. Rd1 $5 Qb5 14. Ne3 dxe4 15. Nd4 Bxd4
16. cxd4 {and the central pawns are rather dangerous.}) (13. Be3 $6 {is not so
effective in view of} Qb5 $1 14. Ncd2 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Ne7 $13) 13... Qxd5 14. Ne3
Qe6 15. Rd1 Ne7 16. Ng5 Qg6 17. Qa4+ $14) 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. Nd4 Bxd4 $1 {Black
has to eliminate the strong N in order to get time for his development.} (14...
Qg6 $6 15. exd6 cxd6 16. e5 $1 O-O 17. Nxd6 (17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 {
- 17.Nxd6}) 17... Bxd6 (17... Be6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Be3 $18 {Ernst-Olsson,
SWE-ch Karlskrona 1983}) 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Ba3 Qf6 20. Rfe1 $16 {with a big
lead of development for White.}) 15. cxd4 d5 $1 {Black is playing for a
blockade on the light squares.} (15... dxe5 16. Nxe5 c6 (16... O-O 17. Qxe6
Bxe6 18. d5 $14) 17. Ba3 $14) 16. exd5 Qxd5 $1 (16... Nxd5 17. Ba3) 17. Ba3 (
17. Qc3 Nf5) 17... Be6 18. Bxe7 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 Bxc4 20. Rfc1 b5 $11 {^-}) 12...
cxd6 $6 {This allows White to put a strong pressure on >< d6.} (12... Bxd6 $142
13. O-O Be7 {Black wants to keep his ^^.} (13... Qe6 $6 14. Nxd6+ Qxd6 15. Rd1
Qa6 16. Bf4 c5 17. Rd6 b6 18. Qd2 {Now Black can hardly finish his development
in this game.} Be6 (18... Bg4 $2 19. Ne5 Qc8 20. Rc6 Qb7 21. Qd5 Bc8 22. Rxc8+
$18 {1:0 Sokolov-Kneller, corr SU 1977}) 19. Rd1 Qc8 20. Ng5 $16) 14. Ne3 (14.
Nce5 Qe6 15. Bf4 $14) 14... Nf6 15. Rd1 (15. Nf5 O-O 16. Bg5 $14) 15... Qc6 16.
Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qd6 18. Qe4 O-O 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. Nd4 {White has centralized
his pieces in a most effective way.} a6 $14 {Novoselski-Zlaticanin, corr YUG
1979}) 13. O-O $6 (13. Bf4 $142 {attacking the weakness on d6 was more to the
point.} b5 {Otherwise >< d6 may fall soon.} (13... Nf6 14. Bxd6 $1 Bxd6 15. Rd1
$16) (13... Qe6 14. Qd3 $1 Nf6 15. Ng5 Qg4 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Qxg2 18.
O-O-O $18) 14. Ne3 Ne7 15. Rd1 O-O {Lazovic-K.Knezevic, CRO-chT 1998} (15...
Bb7 16. Bxd6 $1) 16. Bxd6 $1 Bxd6 17. e5 $16) (13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Ne7 15.
O-O O-O 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Rd2 Be6 18. Ng5 Ng6 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 (19... Rac8 20. Rxd6
Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Rxc3 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxe6 Nf4 24. Re7 Nd3 25. f3 $18 {
Sveshnikov-Gazarek, Ljubljana op 1998}) 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qb3 Nf4 (21... Nf8
22. Nc4 $16) 22. g3 $16) 13... b5 ({Black had now time to finish his
development by} 13... Nf6 $142 $1 14. Bf4 (14. e5 dxe5 15. Ncxe5 Qb5 $1 (15...
Qf5 16. Qa4+) 16. Nd3 $1 (16. Nd4 Bxd4 17. cxd4 O-O $11 {blockading >< d5.}) (
16. Rb1 Qa6 $11) 16... Bf5 $1 (16... Be7 17. Re1 $14) (16... O-O $4 {loses to}
17. a4 $1 Qa5 18. Nxc5 $18) 17. Re1+ Kf8 {The strong ^^ compensates the K's
position.} 18. Nfe5 (18. c4 Qa5) 18... Re8 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. axb3 Bxd3 21. Nxd3
Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Ke7 $11) 14... d5 $1 (14... Qe6 15. Nxd6+ $1 Bxd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6
17. e5 $16) 15. Nce5 $142 (15. exd5 O-O $1 (15... Qxd5 16. Rfe1+ Be6 17. Nfe5
$14) (15... Nxd5 $6 16. Rfe1+ Kf8 17. Rad1 $16)) 15... Qe7 16. exd5 Nxd5 17.
Qa4+ Kf8 18. Rfe1 $14 {with better centralized pieces, and the K is also bad
on f8.}) 14. Na5 (14. Ne3 Nf6) 14... Qc7 $6 {This loses precious time.} (14...
Bb6 15. Nb3 Bb7 $13) 15. Nb3 Be6 $6 ({It was time for finishing the
development of the >> by} 15... Nf6 $5 16. Nfd4 (16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18.
Qxa4+ Bd7 $11) (16. Bg5 Ng4 17. a4 bxa4 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Qxa4+ Bd7 20. Qc4 O-O
$11) 16... Bd7 17. Bg5 Ng4 18. Bf4 (18. h3 Ne5) 18... Ne5 19. Qe2 a6 $13) 16.
Nfd4 Bc4 17. Rd1 Ne7 (17... Nf6 {is already met by} 18. Nf5) 18. a4 Bxb3 19.
Nxb3 bxa4 (19... Bb4 20. axb5 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Bxc3 22. Ra6 $16) 20. Nxc5 dxc5 (
20... Qxc5 21. Bf4 $18) 21. Qxa4+ Qc6 22. Be3 $18 O-O 23. Qxc6 Nxc6 24. Bxc5 {
White has won a P, and Black's remote o^ is not a worry because of the strong
B.} Rfd8 25. Rd5 (25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Kf1 a5 27. Ke2 $16) 25... a5 26. f4 a4 {
The P cannot move further.} 27. Kf2 (27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Ba3 Ne6 29. g3 $16)
27... Rdb8 28. Ke3 f6 29. Ra2 Rb3 30. Kd3 Ra5 31. Kc4 Rb1 32. Ba3 (32. Rd7 $1 {
was the clear-cut solution, for example:} Re1 33. Rc7 Rxe4+ (33... Nd8 34. Rc8
$18) 34. Kd5 $18) 32... Ra8 33. Kc5 {This K manoeuvre has some esthetic values
as well!} Rc8 34. Kd6 Rb6 35. Kd7 {What a K!} Na7 36. Rb2 (36. Ra5 Rb7+ 37. Ke6
Rb6+ 38. Kd5 Nb5 39. Bb4 a3) 36... Ra6 37. Rb7 $6 (37. Rc5 $6 Rxc5 38. Bxc5 a3
39. Rb8+ Kf7 40. f5 g5 $11) ({missing the winning simplification after} 37. Rd6
$1 Rxd6+ 38. Bxd6 Rxc3 39. e5 $18 {and the o^ on the e <-> will march ahead.})
37... Rxc3 38. Bb4 (38. Bc5 Nc6 39. Rc7 Na5 $11) 38... Rc4 39. e5 fxe5 40. fxe5
Nc6 {Now the N is back again.} 41. Ba3 Re4 42. e6 Rxe6 $1 $11 43. Kxe6 Nd8+ 44.
Kd7 Nxb7 45. Rd4 Rg6 46. g3 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Samba Cup 1st"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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. e4 {McShane} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 {McShane: 'The Evans Gambit
occurred frequently in the romantic attacking games of the 19th century.
Kasparov's experimentation with this pawn thrust has brought the opening back
under the microscope.'} Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. Qb3 {is not recommended
by the theoreticians these days. McShane: 'The open lines allow White to
develop very smoothly, creating threats against Black's temporarily
discoordinated army. Infact though, 7.0-0 is more common.'} (7. O-O $142 {
is the main line.}) 7... Qe7 {This reply was already heavily used in the
XIX-th century!} (7... Qf6 $142 {looks critical these days.} 8. O-O b5 $142 $5
{Black gives back a P, but gets some tempi for it.} (8... Bb6 9. e5 Qg6 {
- Short-Piket, Zuerich 2001 CBM 83}) (8... d3 $5 {- Conquest-Narciso Dublan,
Pamplona 2001 CBM 87}) 9. Bd5 (9. Bxb5 Rb8 10. Qa4 Nge7 11. e5 Nxe5 $1 {
This is the beginning of Black's counterattack, for example:} (11... Qg6 12.
Ba3 $1 (12. cxd4 Bb7) 12... Bb7 (12... Bxc3 $5 13. Nxc3 dxc3 $13) 13. Bxe7 a6 (
13... Nxe5 $5 14. Nh4 $1 Nf3+ 15. Nxf3 Bxf3 {(Steel-Blackburne, London 1881)}
16. g3 $1 Kxe7 17. Qxa5 $16) 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Qxa5 Bxf3 16. g3 Kxe7 17. cxd4
$13) 12. Qxa5 (12. Nxd4 Bb6 $19) 12... Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Qg6+ 14. Kh1 Qf5 $19)
9... h6 $1 {10...Nge7 will come with a tempo.} 10. cxd4 (10. e5 Qg6 11. Nxd4
Nge7) 10... Nge7 11. e5 (11. Qxb5 Rb8 12. Qd3 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 $17) 11... Qf5
12. Nbd2 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 O-O 14. Ba3 b4 $1 15. Bb2 Bb6 16. Qb3 (16. Nc4 Bb7 $17)
(16. Qe4 Qxe4 17. Nxe4 Bb7 $17) 16... a5 $17 {Breyer-Schlechter, Baden-Baden
1914}) 8. O-O {This is the most natural continuation.} (8. Ba3 $6 d6 (8...
Qxe4+ 9. Kd1 Kd8 10. Bd5 (10. Bxf7 Nh6) (10. Re1 Qf5 11. Bxf7 Nh6) 10... Qd3+
11. Kc1 Nh6 12. Rd1 (12. cxd4 Qxb3 13. axb3 Re8) 12... Qf5) 9. O-O Bb6 {
- 8.0-0 Bb6}) (8. Bg5 Nf6 $5 (8... Qxe4+ $5 9. Kd1 Kf8 10. Bxf7 (10. Re1 Qf5)
10... dxc3 11. Nxc3 Bxc3 12. Bxg8 Qd3+ 13. Bd2 Rxg8 14. Re1 (14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15.
Bxc3 d6) 14... d5 15. Rb1 Bg4 16. Kc1 Bxd2+ 17. Nxd2 Qxb3 18. Rxb3 b6 19. h3
Bh5 20. g4 Bg6 21. Rc3 Re8 $19 {Edwards-Krystosek, corr 1986}) 9. O-O Bb6 {
- 8.0-0 Bb6 9.Bg5 Nf6} (9... O-O 10. cxd4 Qxe4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nc3)) 8... Bb6
9. cxd4 (9. Ba3 $6 d6 $1 10. cxd4 (10. Bb5 $6 {White has no time for that.} Bd7
(10... Nf6 11. cxd4 (11. Nxd4 Bd7) 11... O-O 12. Bxc6 (12. e5 $2 Nxd4 $1 13.
exf6 (13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. exf6 Qxf6 $19) 13... Qxf6 14. Bb2 Nxb3 $19) 12... bxc6
13. e5 Nd5 $15 {and Black's ^^ has a bright future not mentioning his extra P.}
) 11. cxd4 (11. e5 Nxe5 12. Bxd7+ (12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. Qxf7+ Ne7)
12... Qxd7 13. cxd4 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Ne7 15. Qxb7 O-O $19) (11. Re1 Na5 12. Qb2 (
12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. Bb2 Ne5 (14... dxc3 15. Nxc3 (15. Qxc3 Nf6)
15... Nge7 $17) 15. Nxd4 Nf6 $17) 12... Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Qd7 $17) 11... Nxd4 12.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxb7 Rd8 15. Bb2 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Nf6 17. e5 dxe5 18.
Qxe5+ Qe7 19. Qb5+ Nd7 $1 (19... Rd7 20. Qb8+ Rd8 21. Qxa7 (21. Qb5+ Rd7 $11)
21... O-O $13) 20. Nc3 O-O $15 {and Black still keeps his extra P.}) (10. e5 $6
{The breakthrough in the [+] is parried by} Na5 $1 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Bb5 Bxb5
13. Qxb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. cxd4 Nc4 16. exd6 cxd6 $17 {and the _|_ is
not rosy for White.}) 10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 {- 9.cxd4}) (9. Bg5 Nf6 $1 10.
e5 (10. Bd5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. e5 Qg6 13. Nbd2 dxc3 14. Qxc3 (14. Ne4 O-O 15.
Qxc3 Ne7) 14... O-O $19) 10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Bxf7+ Kf8 13. Bh4 (13.
Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bh5 d6 $17) 13... Ne4 14. Re1 Qf4 15. Bh5 (15. Bd5 Qxh4 16. Rxe4
Qf6 $17) 15... g6 16. Bf3 Qxh4 (16... Nc5 17. Be7+ Kg7 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Qc4 d6
20. Re7+ Kh6 $17) 17. Rxe4 Qf6 $17 {and the black K is more or less safe. In
this gambit White has problems with the development of his <<, see the N on b1!
}) 9... Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Nc3 (11. Ba3 d6 12. Nc3 (12. Bb2 {is useless
because of} Bxb2 13. Qxb2 Nf6) 12... Nf6 13. Rad1 (13. Bxf7+ $6 {loses the |^
and Black still holds his extra P.} Qxf7 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qxd4 O-O 16. f4 (16.
e5 dxe5 17. Qxe5 Rfe8 18. Qxc7 Rac8 19. Qa5 b6) 16... Bc6 $1 17. e5 {is again
met by the typical counterattack} (17. Rf3 Rae8 18. Re1 a5 19. Bc1 b5 20. a3
Qc4 21. Qxc4+ bxc4 22. Rfe3 Nd7 $17 {Lobigas-Balinas, Manila 1968}) (17. Rae1
Rfe8 18. Re3 (18. e5 Qg6 19. g3 Ng4) 18... Rad8 19. Bb2 Qh5 20. f5 a6 21. Rf4
Re5 22. Rh3 Qf7 23. g4 (23. Rfh4 Rde8 24. Qd3 Bxe4 $19 {Harding-Oren, corr
1988-89}) 23... Rde8 24. Re3 d5 $17) (17. Rab1 Qg6 $17 {with nasty threats on
the long /^ attacking >< e4.} (17... Rfe8 18. e5 Qg6 19. Rb2 dxe5 20. fxe5 Ng4
(20... Rad8 21. Qc4+ Nd5) 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5+ Kh8 23. Qxb7 Qh6) (17... Rfd8
18. Bb2 Rd7 19. Rbe1 a6 20. Qf2 Qg6 21. e5 {Albano-Bonnick corr 1987} dxe5 22.
fxe5 Ng4 $17)) 17... Qg6 (17... dxe5 18. fxe5 Qg6 19. Qf2 Nd7 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21.
Qg3 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Nxe5 $15) 18. Qd2 (18. Qf2 Nh5) 18... Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20.
Rad1 Rad8 $17 {Despite of the ^- Black has good chancing because of his
attacking B on the long /^.}) 13... Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qe5 $1 {This is the easy way
to equalization for Black.} (14... O-O 15. Rfe1 Ng4 16. Qg3 Ne5 17. Bd5 Qf6 18.
f4 Ng6 19. Rf1 (19. e5 Qxf4) 19... Re8 20. Rd2 (20. Bb4 Qh4 21. Qb3 Be6) 20...
Ne7 (20... Qh4 $6 21. Qb3 Qe7 22. e5) 21. Bb3 (21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Qb6+) (21.
Bb2 Qg6 22. Qc3 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Qf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Rc1 c6 26. Rxd6 Rxe4 $17)
21... Qg6 22. Qd3 Nc6 23. Re2 Bg4 24. Re3 Rad8 $15) 15. Qc1 (15. Qxe5+ dxe5 {
Now White has to fight for a draw in the _|_.} 16. Bb2 (16. f4 Be6 17. Bxe6
fxe6 18. fxe5 Nd7 19. Rc1 (19. Rd2 O-O-O 20. Be7 Rde8 21. Rf7 Nxe5 22. Rxg7
Rhg8) 19... Rc8 20. Bd6 Kd8 21. Ba3 Ke8 22. Bd6 Kd8 23. Ba3 Ke8 24. Bd6 {
with a funny repetition of moves, 1/2-1/2 Kovalevskaya-Stefanova, Antalya 2002.
}) 16... Be6 (16... Nd7 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxg7 (18. Rxf4 f6) 18... Rg8 19. Bd4
Nb6) 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe5 c5 $15 (18... O-O 19. f3 (19. Bxc7 Nxe4 $15) 19...
Rac8)) (15. Qb3 O-O $15) 15... O-O 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. e5 Ne8 (17... dxe5 18. Ba3
Qe8 19. Bb3 (19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Rfe1 e4 21. Qe3 c6 {and Black has three pawns
for the exchange.}) 19... c6 $15) 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. exd6 cxd6 $5 {Black has
enough material to give back.} (19... Nxd6 20. Qc3 Qf6 21. Qc1 Qe7 22. Qc3 Qf6
{1/2:1/2 Plachetka-Rolletschek, Austria Staatsliga 1994/95})) 11... Nf6 12. Nb5
$1 {This is Short's important novelty! McShane: 'Of course, if Black is ever
given time to castle he will just be a healthy couple of pawns to the good.'} (
12. Rd1 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O (13... d6 $2 14. e5 dxe5 15. Ba3 c5 16. Bxc5 $18) 14.
e5 (14. Ba3 d6 $17) (14. f3 d6 15. Bb2 Be6 $17) 14... Ne4 15. Qd4 Nc5 16. Ba3
b6 $15) (12. Ba3 d6 {- 11.Ba3}) 12... d5 {'!' McShane.} (12... Be5 13. Ba3 $1 {
gives White good attacking chances.} (13. f4 {is too romantic:} Bxa1 14. Nxc7+
Kf8 15. Nxa8 (15. Ba3 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 d6 17. e5 Qxc7 18. Bxd6+ Qxd6 19. exd6 Bc5
20. Bxf7 Bxd6 21. Rd1 Be7 $19) 15... Bd4+ 16. Be3 (16. Kh1 Nxe4 17. Nc7 Nf2+)
16... Qc5 17. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Nxe4 19. Qc2 d6 20. Nc7 Bf5 $17) 13... c5 (
13... d6 14. Rac1 c6 15. f4 $36 a6 16. fxe5 axb5 17. Bxd6 bxc4 18. Qb4 c5 19.
Qxc4 Be6 20. Qd3 $36) 14. Rac1 Nxe4 (14... a6 15. Bxc5 d6 16. Bxd6 $1 Bxd6 17.
Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. e5 $18 {opening the lines against the K in the middle.}) 15.
Rce1 $1 (15. Rfe1 f5 16. f3 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Qh4+ $11) 15... f5 (15... d5 16.
Bxd5 Nd2 17. Bxf7+ $18) (15... O-O 16. Rxe4 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Qxe4 18. Nd6 $36)
16. f3 Nd2 17. Bf7+ Kf8 18. Qd5 d6 19. Nxd6 $40) ({The feeble} 12... Bb6 $2 {
McShane} 13. Ba3 d6 14. e5 $1 {is disastrous for Black.}) 13. exd5 $1 {Now
things are pretty forced for a while.} (13. Nxd4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nxe4 15. Ba3
Qxa3 16. Nb5 Be6 17. Qxe4 Qe7 18. Qxb7 O-O $11) 13... Bxa1 14. Ba3 Qe5 {
McShane: 'The a3 bishop prevents castling, and the deceased a1 rook has bought
some more time to attack.'} 15. f4 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Qe3 17. Nxd4 {McShane:
'Excellent! White's initiative is enduring even without queens. Instead'} (17.
Nxc7+ Kd8 18. Nxa8 {McShane} Qxb3 19. Bxb3 {leaves the knight stranded and
Black with all the chances.}) 17... Qxb3 (17... Qxd4 $2 18. Qb4 $18) 18. Re1+
$1 {This is an important zwischenzug, after which White still has good
attacking chances against the K in the middle even without queens.} Kd8 (18...
Kd7 $2 {loses to} 19. Bxb3 Re8 20. Ba4+ c6 21. dxc6+ Kc7 22. Rc1 $1 $18) 19.
Be7+ Kd7 20. Nxb3 {McShane: 'With a decisive threat of Nb3-c5+. Since 20...b6
21.Bb5+ also wins, Black's reply is forced.'} (20. Bxb3 c6 21. d6 Nd5 22. Bxd5
cxd5 23. Rc1 b6 {parrying all the threats.}) 20... c6 21. d6 $1 (21. Nc5+ Kc7
22. d6+ Kb6 {allows the black K to escape from the trap.} 23. Re5 Nd5 24. Bxd5
cxd5 25. d7 Bxd7 26. Nxd7+ Kc6 27. Nc5 Rhe8 $15) 21... b6 22. Bxf7 {White's ^^
is a mighty force!} c5 $2 {Now Black is in a real trouble.} (22... Nd5 $5 {
was required, although after} 23. Nd4 (23. Be6+ Ke8) 23... Nxf4 24. Nf3 Ba6 25.
Ne5+ Kc8 26. Nxc6 $44 {White has a real compensation. The ^^ kill the rooks!})
23. Nd2 Kc6 24. Nc4 Bf5 (24... b5 25. Ne5+ Kb6 26. Rd1) 25. Ne5+ Kb7 (25... Kb5
26. Re3 $1 $18) 26. a4 $2 {McShane: 'This is not a sign that White has run out
of ideas - in fact it sets up the pretty finale which follows.'} ({missing the
unbelievable} 26. Re3 $3 $18 {/\ Rg3xg7 and Black is helpless against White's
threats. However humans are looking for mate in a position like that!}) 26...
h5 {McShane: 'Neither side is forced to accept the repetition which follows,
but attempts to improve are fraught with danger.'} (26... Rac8 {McShane} 27.
Bc4 {intending Bc4-b5 and d6-d6, provides good compensation since Black's
extra exchange is hard to use.}) 27. Bxf6 (27. Re3 {is already late in view of}
h4 $1) 27... gxf6 28. Bd5+ Ka6 {McShane: 'Taking on a8 is also unwise, as
Black can easily deal with the weak d-pawn now.'} 29. Bc4+ Kb7 (29... b5 $2 {
(McShane) is far too risky, e.g.} 30. Bxb5+ Ka5 31. Nc6+ Kb6 32. Ne7 {with
numerous threats.}) (29... Ka5 $4 {(McShane) reveals the point behind 26.a4!}
30. Nc6+ Kxa4 31. Ra1# {is mate!}) 30. Bd5+ {and White has to be satisfied
with the perpetual check. It was a phantastic game indeed!} Ka6 31. Bc4+ Kb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. dxe5
Bb6 9. Nbd2 Na5 (9... Nh6 $6 {This variation has got a bad reputation, and not
without reason. In many variations the N on h6 is out of play.} 10. O-O (10.
exd6 {transposes to the game after} Qxd6 11. O-O O-O {- 10.0-0}) 10... O-O 11.
exd6 (11. Ba3 $5 {comes into consideration as well:} Na5 12. Qb5 $1 (12. Qb2 {
is rather passive.} Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Qc6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. exd6 (15. Nd4 $6 {
causes only trouble for White.} Qxe4 (15... Qa4 16. Nc2 Qxe4 17. exd6 cxd6 18.
Bxd6 Rd8 $15) 16. exd6 (16. Rfe1 Qg6 $36) 16... c5 $1 {killing the B on a3.}
17. Rfe1 Qg6 18. Nb5 Bd7 $1 19. c4 (19. Nc7 Bc6 $17) 19... Nf5 $17 {/\ Bc6 ->
^-}) 15... Qa4 $1 {The B is in trouble again.} 16. d7 Qxa3 17. Qxa3 Rxa3 18.
Rfd1 (18. dxc8=Q Rxc8 $15 {and White's P structure is corrupted on the <<.})
18... Bxd7 19. Rxd7 Rxc3 $15 {and Black is a healthy P up.}) (12. Qc2 Nxc4 13.
Nxc4 Qc6 $13) 12... Nxc4 (12... Re8 $5 13. exd6 (13. Qxd7 Bxd7 14. exd6 Nxc4
15. Nxc4 Rxe4 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. Rxe4 Rxe4 19. Nd4 Nf5 $11 {
successfully blockading the d o^, ^-.}) 13... cxd6 (13... Nxc4 14. Qxc4 cxd6
15. Qd5 $14 {- 12....Nxc4} (15. Qd5 Qd8 16. Qxd6 $14 (16. Bxd6 $143 Be6 17. Qd3
Rc8 $44))) 14. Qd5 $1 $14 (14. Qxd7 Bxd7 15. Bd5 Rac8 16. Bxd6 (16. c4 Bc5 $132
) 16... Rxc3 $132)) 13. Qxc4 (13. Qxd7 $6 Bxd7 14. Nxc4 Bb5 15. Nfd2 (15. Nxb6
axb6) 15... Rfc8 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Nxd6 Bxf1 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Kxf1 Rxc3 $15 {
with << P majority, and active pieces for Black.}) 13... Rd8 14. exd6 (14. Rad1
$6 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Qe8 $17 {finishing development, after which White remains
with his shattered P formation versus a strong ^^.}) 14... cxd6 15. Rad1 (15.
Qd5 Qc7) 15... d5 $5 {Black wants to get rid of his weakness on d6.} (15... Ng4
16. h3 Nf6 17. Rfe1) 16. Qb3 (16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Be7 Qxc4 18. Nxc4 Rxd1 19. Rxd1
Bg4 $11 {and Black has fully equalized.}) 16... dxe4 17. Nxe4 (17. Nc4 $2 Qe8
18. Nxb6 (18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qf6) 18... Be6 $17) 17... Qc7 18. Rxd8+ {
White cannot make profit from the weakness of d6:} (18. Bd6 Qc6) (18. Nd6 Be6)
18... Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Bd6 Qc6 21. Neg5 Bf5 $11) 11... Qxd6 {
Sveshnikov-Meister, Samara 2000 CBM 78}) 10. Qc2 (10. Qb4 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 Bc5 12.
Qb3 Ne7 13. O-O O-O 14. exd6 cxd6 $13 {Short-Huebner, Dortmund, 1997}) (10. Qa3
Nxc4 11. Nxc4 Bc5 12. Qb3 Ne7 {- 10.Qb4}) 10... Nh6 $6 {This is not so good
here.} (10... Ne7 $2 11. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 12. e6+ $1 Kxe6 13. Ng5+ Kf6 14. e5+ $1
dxe5 (14... Kxg5 15. Nf3+ Kh5 16. h3 $1 {1:0 Ebeling-Rantanen, cr 1980}) 15.
Nde4+ Kg6 16. Nf3 Nac6 17. Nc5+ $18 {Barker-Marshall, London Wch-Jun 1951}) (
10... Nxc4 $142 11. Nxc4 {This is the critical position. Now Black is on a
crossroad.} d5 $1 {It seems that this move may solve Black's problems in the 
[+].} (11... Bc5 $6 12. exd6 $142 (12. O-O Qe6 (12... d5 {is not so strong
anymore.} 13. exd5 (13. Rd1 $5 Qb5 14. Ne3 dxe4 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 {and the
central pawns are rather dangerous.}) (13. Be3 $6 {is not so effective in view
of} Qb5 $1 14. Ncd2 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Ne7 $13) 13... Qxd5 14. Ne3 Qe6 15. Rd1 Ne7
16. Ng5 Qg6 17. Qa4+ $14) 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. Nd4 Bxd4 $1 {Black has to eliminate
the strong N in order to get time for his development.} (14... Qg6 $6 15. exd6
cxd6 16. e5 $1 O-O 17. Nxd6 (17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 {- 17.Nxd6}) 17...
Bxd6 (17... Be6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Be3 $18 {Ernst-Olsson, SWE-ch Karlskrona 1983
}) 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Ba3 Qf6 20. Rfe1 $16 {with a big lead of development for
White.}) 15. cxd4 d5 $1 {Black is playing for a blockade on the light squares.}
(15... dxe5 16. Nxe5 c6 (16... O-O 17. Qxe6 Bxe6 18. d5 $14) 17. Ba3 $14) 16.
exd5 Qxd5 $1 (16... Nxd5 17. Ba3) 17. Ba3 (17. Qc3 Nf5) 17... Be6 18. Bxe7 Qxc4
19. Qxc4 Bxc4 20. Rfc1 b5 $11 {^-}) 12... Bxd6 $142 (12... cxd6 $6 {This
allows White to put a strong pressure on >< d6, Sveshnikov-Sharma, Dubai 2001
CBM 83}) 13. O-O Be7 {Black wants to keep his ^^.} (13... Qe6 $6 14. Nxd6+ Qxd6
15. Rd1 Qa6 16. Bf4 c5 17. Rd6 b6 18. Qd2 {Now Black can hardly finish his
development in this game.} Be6 (18... Bg4 $2 19. Ne5 Qc8 20. Rc6 Qb7 21. Qd5
Bc8 22. Rxc8+ $18 {1-0 Sokolov-Kneller, corr SU 1977}) 19. Rd1 Qc8 20. Ng5 $16)
14. Ne3 (14. Nce5 Qe6 15. Bf4 $14) 14... Nf6 15. Rd1 (15. Nf5 O-O 16. Bg5 $14)
15... Qc6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qd6 18. Qe4 O-O 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. Nd4 {White has
centralized his pieces in a most effective way.} a6 $14 {Novoselski-Zlaticanin,
corr YUG 1979}) 12. Ne3 $5 (12. Bg5 $5 h6 $1 {is the cold-blooded answer.} (
12... Qg4 $6 13. O-O-O $1 (13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Qd3 h6 {(Wieringen-Schlosser,
corr 1989)} 15. Bh4 g5 16. exd5 Bf5 {White has no real threats for the piece.}
17. Qb5+ Bd7 18. Qd3 gxh4 19. O-O h3 20. g3 Bf5 $19 {Cafferty}) 13... h6 (13...
f6 $2 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Ne3 Qxe4 16. Qb3 $1 fxg5 17. Nxd5 {This is a typical
-> against the K in the middle.} Kf8 18. Rhe1 Qg6 19. Ne7 Qf7 20. Rd8+ Kg7 21.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Nxc8 Kf6 23. Ree8 $18 {Limayo-Lins Rosas, corr 1998}) (13...
Qxg2 $2 14. Qd3 f6 15. Rhg1 Qxf2 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Qxd5 {The black K is again
exposed!} Qxf3 18. Rg3 Qxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Be6 20. Bh4 Ne7 21. Qa4+ Nc6 22. Bxf6 Rf8
23. e5 $18 {Malmstrom-Barkwell, corr 1997}) 14. e6 $1 Bxe6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16.
exd5 {White has to open up the central lines against the K in the middle.} hxg5
17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Qg6+ Kf8 19. Rd7 Qf4+ 20. Kb2 Qf6 21. Qxg5 $16 {Cafferty}) (
12... dxc4 $2 {is losing in view of} 13. Rd1 $18) 13. Bh4 g5 $1 {is the
consistant reply.} (13... Qg4 14. Nxb6 $5 (14. O-O-O g5 $5 15. Nxb6 axb6 16.
Bg3 Qxe4 17. Qxe4 dxe4 18. Nd4 {White has a strong lead of development, which
can be annoying even without queens.} c5 19. Nb5 Ke7 20. Rd2 Be6 21. Kb1 $13 {
Harding}) 14... axb6 15. exd5 Qxg2 16. Ke2 $13 {Palkovi}) 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Bg3
dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qe7 $15 {Rohde} (16... Qf5)) (12. Nxb6 axb6 13. O-O dxe4 14. Qxe4
Qg4 {Black has a good game, if he can maintain the pressure on the light
squares because of the ^-.} 15. Bf4 $5 (15. Qxg4 Bxg4 16. Nd4 Ne7 17. f4 Be6
18. Nb5 Kd7 19. Rf2 Rhd8 20. Ba3 Nf5 21. g4 Ne3 22. f5 Bc4 23. e6+ fxe6 24.
fxe6+ Kc8 $19 {Feinstein-Norman, corr England 1991}) (15. Qe3 Ne7 16. Nd4 O-O
17. h3 Qg6 18. f4 c5 19. Nb5 Rd8 20. Nd6 Nf5 21. Nxc8 Raxc8 {and Black has the
strong blockading N versus the bad B.} 22. Qf3 h5 23. g4 (23. Qxb7 $2 Rc6 24.
Qa6 c4 25. Qa4 Rd3 26. Rb1 Rxh3 $19 {Estrin-Palciauskas, corr World ch 1978-84}
) 23... hxg4 24. hxg4 Nh6 25. f5 Qxg4+ 26. Qxg4 Nxg4 27. e6 Rd3 $19) 15... Ne7
16. h3 (16. Rfe1 Ng6 17. Bg3 Qxe4 18. Rxe4 Be6 19. Ng5 O-O 20. Nxe6 fxe6 {
White's B is again awkward, and Black has good chances to exploit the
weaknesses of the <<.} 21. h4 Ra5 22. Rd1 h5 $15 {Harding-Tiemann, cr 1988})
16... Qg6 $1 17. Qxg6 Nxg6 18. Bg3 Be6 19. a3 O-O $11 {Van Wieringen-Van der
Wijk, NLD-ch corr 1988}) (12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Qa4+ (13. Ne3 Qc5 14. O-O Be6 {^^})
13... Bd7 14. Nxb6 $1 cxb6 15. Qb4 $5 (15. Qd4 Bc6 (15... Qxd4 16. Nxd4 (16.
cxd4 Ne7 17. O-O O-O 18. Re1 Nd5 {This excellent blockading N secures Black
the edge.} 19. Bd2 Rfc8 $15 {Comp Comet-Comp Virtaal Chess Paderborn WHCCC-13
1995}) 16... Rc8 17. Bd2 (17. Kd2 Ne7 18. Ba3 Nd5 19. Rhc1 Rc4 $15 {with a
total blockade on the light squares, Cafferty-Rutherford, England 1996.}) 17...
Ne7 {and only Black can be better.}) (15... Ne7 16. Ba3 Rc8 $1 (16... Be6 17.
O-O Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Nd5 19. Nb5 $16 {>< d6, I.Carlsson-Abrahamsson, corr 1991.})
17. Rd1 Qxd4 18. cxd4 Nd5 {This _|_ is again favourable for Black despite of
the ^-.} 19. O-O Rc3 20. Bb2 Rc4 21. Rc1 Rb4 22. Rc2 Bf5 23. Rd2 Ra4 24. a3 Ke7
$15 {Tronhjem-Mooij, corr Lewkowitz mem 1999}) 16. O-O O-O-O $11) 15... Ne7 (
15... Bb5 $5 16. Nd4 Qxe5+ 17. Be3 (17. Kd1 $2 O-O-O $17) 17... Bd7 18. O-O Qc5
19. Rfe1 $1 (19. Qb1 $2 Ne7 20. Re1 Qd6 21. Qe4 Qd5 22. Qh4 Ng6 23. Bc1+ Be6
24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Qg4 (25. Qa4+ $2 b5 26. Qa3 Kf7 {The K has reached a safe
place.} 27. Be3 Rhd8 $17 {Pedro Rodriguez-Valdes, Cuba 1990}) 25... O-O 26.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 27. Rxe6 Rac8 $11 {and the weaknesses of the << begin to tell.})
19... O-O-O $44) 16. O-O Be6 $1 $11 (16... Nc6 17. Qh4 Bf5 18. Ba3 Qe4 19. Qg5
Qg4 20. Qd2 {White has to keep the queens on the board.} Be4 21. h3 Qd7 $14 {
Norri-Rantanen, FIN-chT 1996})) 12... dxe4 13. Qxe4 Ne7 14. Ba3 $1 Qc6 {
If Black can finish development, his ^^ and the weakened white pawns on the <<
secure him a comfortable game.} 15. Qb4 Ng6 16. O-O (16. Nd4 Qe4 $1) 16... Bd7
{/\ 0-0-0} 17. Nd4 (17. e6 $2 Qxe6 18. Nd4 {founders on the "zwischenzug"} c5
$1 $19) (17. Rfe1 O-O-O 18. c4 Nf4 $1 19. Rad1 Qa4 20. c5 Ba5 $1 $17) 17... Qa4
18. Qxa4 Bxa4 19. Nc4 {White has to eliminate the strong ^^.} O-O-O 20. Nxb6+ {
(1/2-1/2 Bagirov-Ernst, Osterkars 1995)} axb6 21. e6 $5 (21. f4 Bd7 22. Rae1
Rhe8 23. Bc1 c5 24. Nf3 Bb5 25. Rf2 Bd3 {with a total control over the light
squares.} 26. Rb2 Kc7 $13) 21... c5 $132) 11. O-O (11. Bd3 Ng4 $1) 11... O-O (
11... Ng4 12. exd6 $36) 12. h3 {against Ng4.} (12. Bd3 {is certainly met by}
Ng4 13. exd6 cxd6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Bd3 Qc7) (12. exd6
$142 $1 {was the precise move order.} cxd6 (12... Qxd6 13. e5 Qg6 14. Bd3 Bf5
15. Ne4 $16) 13. h3 $14 {avoiding Ng4 the N remains passive on the edge of the
board.} (13. Bd5 $5)) 12... Re8 (12... Nxc4 $1 13. Nxc4 Qe6 {looked better
again.} 14. Nxb6 (14. Qe2 dxe5 15. Rd1 (15. Ncxe5 f5 $5 (15... f6 16. Nc4 Nf7)
16. exf5 Nxf5 $13) 15... f5 $132) 14... axb6 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. e5 (16. Rd1 Qg6
17. Ne5 Qe6 18. Bf4 f5 $132) 16... Qe6 (16... Qg6 17. Qxg6 $14) 17. Nd4 Qxe5
18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Rfe1 Qf6 20. Re3 Kh8 21. Rae1 Bd7 $13) 13. Rd1 ({It was the
last chance for} 13. exd6 $1 Qxd6 14. e5 Qg6 15. Bd3 Bf5 16. Ne4 $14) 13...
dxe5 14. Nxe5 $1 Rxe5 15. Nf3 {[#]} Nxc4 $1 {[%mdl 256] Black sacrifices the Q
for active pieces.} (15... Qe7 16. Nxe5 $16) 16. Rxd7 Bxd7 $11 17. Qd3 Be6 18.
Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qg3 Nhg4 $1 {Black sacrifices another piece in order to reach an
impregnable position.} (19... Ng6 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. h4 h5 $13) 20. hxg4 Nxg4
21. Be3 (21. Qf3 Bxf2+ 22. Kh1 Bb6 $11) 21... Nxe3 22. fxe3 Rd8 $44 {and
Black's stronghold in unbreakable.} 23. Qe1 h5 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Bxa2 26.
Qxh5 Bxe3+ 27. Kh1 Be6 28. Qb5 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ovetchkin, Roman"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Ng5 (8. cxd4 d5 {- Sulskis-Svidler, Moscow 2001 CBM 86}) 8... d5 (8... Ne5 {
is a serious alternative as well.} 9. Bb3 (9. Nxf7 Nxf7 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Qh5+
Ng6 12. Qd5+ {forcing the K to retreat to a worse square.} Kf8 13. Qxa5 d3 (
13... d5 $6 {is a light-hearted attempt to finish development quickly.} 14.
exd5 Kf7 15. cxd4 Re8 16. Nc3 $14 {defending >< d5.} (16. Nd2 $6 {allows Black
to get back the d5 P without a fight.} b6 (16... Nf4 17. Nf3 Nxd5 {Now the N
has an excellent blockading square on d5.} 18. Bg5 Qd6 19. Ne5+ Kg8 20. Rae1 b6
21. Qb5 Bb7 $13 {Sertic-Stepic, CRO-chT U20 Medulin 1997}) 17. Qc3 Bb7 $15 {
and White's P structure remains worse.})) 14. Rd1 d6 15. Rxd3 Qe7 $11) (9. Qh5
$2 {fails to} g6 $19) 9... d5 $1 (9... O-O $2 {falls prey to a quick assault.}
10. cxd4 N5g6 11. Qh5 h6 12. Nxf7 Rxf7 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Qxa5 $18 {
Verkasalo-Tahvanainen, FIN-chJ 1998}) (9... f6 $6 {is rather ugly.} 10. cxd4
fxg5 11. dxe5 g6 $2 (11... Nc6 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qxg5 Qxg5 14. Bxg5 $14) 12. Bxg5
h5 13. Bf6 Rf8 14. Bg7 Nc6 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Qf3+ Kg7 17. Nc3 Nxe5 18. Qe3 Qf6
19. Nd5 $18 {Jaros-P.Hubner, Svetla nad Sazavoa op-B 1999}) 10. cxd4 (10. exd5
{- 8...d5}) 10... Ng4 $13) (8... O-O $2 {is again bad because of} 9. Qh5 h6 10.
Nxf7 Rxf7 11. Bxf7+ Kf8 (11... Kh7 12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Bb2 Nxd4 14. Nd2 d6 15. Nf3
$16) 12. f4 dxc3 13. f5 Bb6+ 14. Kh1 Bd4 15. f6 $1 $18 {Sveshnikov-Fuchs,
Finkenstein op 1994}) 9. exd5 (9. Bxd5 $2 {is out of question.} Nxd5 10. Qh5 g6
11. Qh6 Be6 $19 {Estrin-Kondali, corr 1971}) 9... Ne5 10. Bb3 (10. Qxd4 $6 N7g6
(10... Nxc4 $2 11. Qxg7 $1 Rf8 12. Nxh7 $18) (10... f6 $5 11. Bb5+ {Other
tries fail to impress:} (11. Bb3 Bb6) (11. Re1 Bb6 12. Qe4 Bf5 13. Qf4 Qd7 14.
Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Qc6 16. Rxe5 $5 (16. Na3 O-O-O) 16... Ng6 $1 {This is a
nasty intermediate move with a double ->.} (16... fxe5 17. Qf7+ Kd8 18. Bg5 Qe8
19. Qxg7 $44 {and the black K is vulnerable in the middle.}) 17. Bb5 Nxf4 18.
Bxc6+ bxc6 19. Re4 {(Novosak-Sosna, CZE-chT 1995)} Nd3 $1 $15) 11... c6 12.
dxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 $1 Bf5 $11) 11. Bf4 O-O (11... Nxc4 $5 12. Re1+ (12. Qxc4 O-O
) 12... Kf8 13. Qxc4 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Qxd5 $15) 12. Bxe5 Qxg5 $15 {Benares
Ricardo-Persson Christoffer, Guarapuava 1995}) 10... dxc3 $6 (10... h6 $143 {
is inferior} 11. cxd4 $142 {This looks simple, but} (11. Qxd4 {works also well,
for example:} hxg5 $5 (11... N7g6 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Nxf7 Bxa4 14. Nxd8 Bxb3 15.
axb3 Bxc3 16. Nxc3 Kxd8 {(Verkasalo-Hermlin, Haapajarvi op 1999)} 17. Rd1 $1 a6
18. d6 $16) 12. Qxe5 f6 13. Qg3 $1 (13. Qe4 Qd6) 13... Qd7 14. Re1 $14) 11...
N5g6 (11... hxg5 12. dxe5 $16) 12. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 13. d6+ $16) (10... O-O 11.
cxd4 {This is the old line here, which was regarded as satisfactory for Black.
What was Morozevich's improvement?} (11. Nxh7 Kxh7 12. Qh5+ Kg8 13. Qxe5 Nf5
$13 {Short-Adams, Sarajevo 2000 CBM 77} (13... dxc3 {develops only White's N.}
14. Nxc3 (14. Ba3 Ng6 15. Qh5 Nf4 $1 16. Qf3 Qf6 17. Bxf8 Nh3+ 18. Kh1 Qxf3 19.
gxf3 Kxf8 20. Na3 Bb6 $17 {with more than enough compensation for the exchange
according to Chandler.}) 14... Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Bb2 f6 18.
Qxc7 $14)) 11... Ng4 12. Qf3 (12. Ba3 Nxd5 $1 {This is the typical method for
a strong counterattack. Suddenly Black's pieces come out of passivity very
quickly, and it is White, who has to defend himself.} 13. Bxf8 Qxg5 14. Bc5 (
14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Ba3 Bd7 {Black has more than enough compensation for the
exchange because of his lead of development, ^^, and the weak pawns in White's
camp.} 16. Nd2 Re8 (16... Qxd4 17. Nf3 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Bc6 $15 {with two pawns
and an active ^^ for the exchange.}) 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Rc1 Re6 19. Rc3 Bb5 20.
Re1 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 $15 {Anderssen-Mieses, Breslau m 1867}) 14... Nf4 $1 $44
{with attacking chances on the >>.}) 12... Nf6 $5 (12... Qd6 {deserves also
attention.} 13. Bf4 (13. Qg3 Qxg3 14. hxg3 Bb6) 13... Qf6 14. Nc3 {and draw
was agreed in Bronstein-Ivanov, Maidstone Menchik op 1994} {missing the
brilliant} Nxh2 $1 15. Qh5 (15. Kxh2 Bxc3 $17) (15. Bxh2 Qxg5 16. d6 Bg4 $17)
15... Bf5 $17) 13. Ba3 h6 14. Ne4 (14. Qe2 Nfxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxf8 Qxg5
$15) 14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Re8 {White has still problems with the development of
his N, Morozevich-Adams, Wijk aan Zee 2001 CBM 81}) 11. Qe2 (11. Qd4 $5 f6 12.
Qa4+ c6 13. dxc6 N7xc6 14. Rd1 $36 {is also worthy of attention.}) 11... f6 12.
Ba3 $6 {In this extremely difficult position it is easy to go astray.} (12. Ne6
$2 {is out of question because of} Bxe6 13. dxe6 Qd3 $17) (12. Ne4 $5 {
deserves attention.} Nxd5 (12... Bg4 13. f3 Bb6+ 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. Nbxc3 $14) 13.
Ba3 Nf4 (13... Bf5 $5 14. Rd1 Bxe4 (14... Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17.
Nbxc3 $16) 15. Qxe4 c6 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Rxd5 Qc7 18. Rc5 Qd7 19. Nxc3 Bxc3 20.
Rxc3 $44 {and the black K is still in the middle.}) (13... c6 14. Nd6+ Kd7 15.
Bxd5 (15. f4 Ng6 16. Bxd5 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 cxd5 {and it is not easy for White to
show something for the sacrificed material, Bronstein-Comp Heuristic Alpha,
The Hagua AEGON 1992.}) 15... c2 16. Qxc2 cxd5 17. Rd1 $16) 14. Qb5+ c6 15. Qc5
Nfd3 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Qe3 Bb4 (17... c5 18. f4 $1 $16) 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. Nxc8
Rxc8 20. Rd1 Qb6 $13) (12. Rd1 $1 {/\ Ne6 looks rather promising.} Bg4 $1 (
12... c2 13. Bxc2 Nxd5 14. Bb2 $16) 13. f3 (13. Qb5+ $2 Qd7 14. Qxa5 Bxd1 15.
Bxd1 fxg5 $19) 13... Bf5 (13... N7g6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Qc8 16. Qb5+ Nc6 17.
Rd7 Nge5 18. Rxg7 a6 19. Qd5 $40) 14. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Qc8 16. Ba3 $44 {
and White's strong ^^ and o^ on e6 give him good compensation for the pawns.})
12... Bg4 13. f3 (13. Qb5+ c6) 13... Bf5 14. Ne4 Bxe4 (14... Nxd5 $2 {runs
into the pin after} 15. Rd1 Bb6+ 16. Kh1 c2 17. Rxd5 cxb1=Q+ 18. Rxb1 $18) 15.
Qxe4 {[#]} Qd7 $2 {Now White gets the advantage by energetic play.} (15... c2
$1 {was the best reply with the following lines:} 16. Qxc2 Nxd5 17. Rd1 c6 18.
f4 Qb6+ 19. Bc5 Ne3 $1 20. Bxb6 (20. Qc1 Nxd1 21. fxe5 Qxc5+ 22. Qxc5 Bb6 23.
Qxb6 axb6 24. exf6 O-O-O $17) 20... Nxc2 21. Bxa5 Nxa1 $15) 16. f4 $1 N5g6 17.
d6 $1 {The undefended R on a8 is the target!} cxd6 18. Ba4 b5 19. Qxa8+ Kf7 20.
Qf3 bxa4 21. Nxc3 $16 Rc8 22. Ne4 Kg8 23. Rad1 $2 (23. Nxd6 {was simple and
good.} Rc3 24. Qa8+ Nf8 (24... Qd8 25. Qe4 $18) 25. Nb5 Bb6+ 26. Kh1 Rc8 27.
Qf3 $16) 23... d5 {and Black is back again!} 24. Ng3 (24. Nc5 Bb6 $15) 24...
Rc2 25. Bxe7 Nxe7 26. a3 h6 27. Kh1 Bb6 {Black has a nice compensation for the
exchange.} 28. Rc1 Rb2 29. Rb1 Ra2 30. Qd3 Qd6 31. Rb4 $2 {The R is only
vulnerable here.} (31. Nf5 Nxf5 32. Qxf5 Rxa3 (32... d4 33. Rfc1) 33. Rfc1 Re3
34. Rc8+ Bd8 35. Rbc1 a3 $13) (31. Rf3 $13) 31... Qc6 $1 32. h3 d4 33. Rg1 $6 {
White is probably in time trouble.} (33. Rf3 Qc1+ (33... Nd5 34. Rc4) 34. Nf1
Qc2 $17) 33... Nd5 34. Rc4 Qd7 $2 ({missing the simple} 34... Nxf4 $19) 35. Nf5
Kh8 (35... Nxf4 $1 {was again required!} 36. Nxh6+ gxh6 37. Qg3+ Kh7 38. Qxf4
Rxa3 39. Rgc1 Rc3 40. R1xc3 dxc3 41. Qc1 f5 42. Rxc3 $11) 36. Rcc1 $2 {White
completely ignores >< f4 in this game.} (36. Rf1 $1 {was best, for example:}
Rxa3 37. Qxa3 Qxf5 38. Qf8+ Kh7 39. Rc8 $16) 36... Nxf4 $19 {and finally Black
takes the P, after which White's position collapses.} 37. Rc8+ (37. Qe4 Ne2 $19
) 37... Kh7 38. Qc4 Qd5 39. Qxd5 Nxd5 40. Rd1 Ne3 41. Nxe3 dxe3 42. Re8 Rxa3
0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 (6... d6 7. Qb3
Qd7 {- Sveshnikov-Sharma, Dubai op 2001 CBM 83}) 7. O-O (7. Qb3 Qf6 {-
Short-Piket,Zuerich 2001 CBM 83}) 7... Nge7 8. cxd4 (8. Ng5 {-
Morozevich-Adams, Corus Wijk aan Zee 2001 CBM 81}) 8... d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3
(10. Ba3 {White wants to prevent Black from castling.} Be6 11. Bb5 (11. Qb3 {
- 10.Qb3}) 11... Bb4 {The a3 B is too strong to let him live.} 12. Qa4 (12.
Bxb4 Ndxb4 13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14. Nc3 Ne7 15. Ng5 O-O 16. Qb1 $11 {Levenfish}) (12.
Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bxb4 Nxb4 14. Qa4 Rb8 15. a3 Nd5 16. Qxa7 O-O {White has got
back the P, but lost the |^, and Black's pieces are better developed.} 17. Qc5
Nf4 18. Qc2 Bd5 $15 {Freidank-Fritsch, corr 1990}) 12... Qd6 (12... Rb8 $5) 13.
Nbd2 (13. Ne5 $2 O-O $1 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxc6 Rab8 $15 {and again Black has
the better development, Muravlev-Tanin, corr 1967-68.}) 13... O-O (13... Bxa3
14. Nc4) 14. Nc4 Qe7 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nfe5 Bxa3 17. Nxa3 (17. Nxc6 Qe8) 17...
Nb4 $11) 10... Be6 $1 {Development first!} (10... Nce7 {is too passive, and
the black K remains in the middle.} 11. Ba3 c6 12. Bxe7 $1 Kxe7 {Sad, but true.
Other moves lose immediately.} 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Qa3+ Kf6 (14... Kd8 15. Rc1
Bc7 (15... b6 {wants to prevent Rc5, but} 16. Rc5 $1 {is very strong!} bxc5 17.
Qxa5+ Ke8 18. Nc3 Qd8 19. Qxc5 Be6 20. d5 $1 Bxd5 21. Re1+ Be6 22. Nd4 Qd7 23.
Nf5 Rg8 24. Rd1 $18 {Erlandsson-Demidenko, corr 1980}) 16. Nc3 Bd6 17. Qb2 Qa5
(17... Qf5 18. d5 $1) 18. Qb3 Ke7 19. Re1+ Kf8 20. Re3 Qc7 $5 {Konikowski} (
20... Rb8 $2 21. Rae1 Be6 22. Rxe6 $1 $16 {Krantz-Eilmes, cr 1978})) 15. Nc3
Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Be6 $5 {Konikowski} (16... Re8 17. Rfe1 Bf5 (17... Be6 $5 {
Konikowski}) 18. Qb4 $1 Be4 $6 19. Re3 {White has a nice compensation for the
P mostly because of the delicate position of the K.} b6 20. Rae1 Re6 21. Ne5
Bf5 22. g4 $18 {Krantz-Marcussi, cr 1975})) 11. Qxb7 {This hunting for the P
is not in the spirit of the Evans Gambit.} (11. Ba3 Bb4 {is again the most
logical continuation.} (11... Bb6 $6 {leaves the strong a3 B unattended.} 12.
Nc3 $1 Nxc3 (12... Na5 13. Qa4+) 13. Rfe1 $1 {This is a wonderful zwischenzug!}
(13. Bxe6 {immediately is not that effective:} fxe6 14. Qxe6+ Ne7 15. Rfe1 Ncd5
{and the N comes back to defend the K.} 16. Ng5 (16. Re5 Qd7 $1) 16... Rf8 $1 (
16... Qd7 $2 {founders on the effective} 17. Qf7+ Kd8 18. Ne6+ Kc8 19. Nf8 $1
$18 {Chekhov-Kaushansky, Riga ch 1977}) 17. Nxh7 Rf7 $1 (17... Rf4 18. Re5) 18.
Ng5 Rf6 $13) 13... Na5 (13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Bxe6 Kd8 16. Bxf7 Qxf2+
17. Kh1 $18 {and the black K is helpless against the threats on the opened
central lines.}) 14. Bxe6 $1 Nxb3 15. Bf5+ $1 $18 {is a nice romantic finish!})
(11... Qd7 $5 {/\ 0-0-0 securing the K's position.} 12. Rc1 (12. Qxb7 $4 {
is out of question:} Rb8 13. Qa6 Rb6 $19) (12. Nbd2 Bxd2 13. Nxd2 Na5 14. Qb2
Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Nf4 16. Ne3 Bd5 17. Rab1 O-O-O {and the K has escaped from the
middle.} 18. Rfd1 Rhe8 19. Rd2 Re6 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. f3 Rde8 22. Qb3 Rb6 23.
Qd1 Rxb1 24. Qxb1 Qe6 $19 {Markosian-V.L.Ivanov, Moscow open 1995}) (12. Rd1
O-O-O $1) (12. Bb5 Nde7 $1 {/\ 0-0} 13. d5 Bxd5 14. Qa4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 O-O 16.
Bxc6 Nxc6 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 $1 $15 {Szilagyi-Harding, cr 1988}) (12. Ne5 $5 Nxe5
13. Qxb7 Qc8 14. Qxc8+ Rxc8 15. dxe5 {It is not rare that White has a better
development except the bad N on b1, but this ruins his hopes.} Rb8 16. Rc1 Kd7
17. Rd1 Kc6 18. Bxd5+ Bxd5 19. Nc3 Bxc3 (19... Be6 {keeping the ^^ in an open
position looks interesting.} 20. Ne4 Rhd8 21. Rdc1+ Kb7 22. Nc5+ Ka8 {
Kolenbrander-Sogaard, cr 1991}) 20. Rac1 Rb5 $1 21. Rxc3+ Kb7 $11) 12... Nb6
13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Qb5 a6 15. Qg5 Qg6 16. Qh4 {The K cannot castle anywhere.} f6
17. Qh3 Qf7 18. Nc3 Qd7 19. Qxd7+ Kxd7 20. d5 Nb4 21. Rab1 Nd3 22. Rd1 Nxf2 23.
Kxf2 Bxc3 24. d6 $1 Nc4 25. Rxb7 Ba5 {1/2:1/2 Krantz-Harding, cr 1988}) 12.
Bxb4 Ncxb4 13. Nc3 (13. a3 Nc6 14. Qxb7 Na5 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Qa6 Nb3 17. Ra2
Nb6 $19 {Ilczuk-Ostowski, POLchT 1999}) 13... O-O 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxb7 {
White wins back the material, but that's it.} Qd6 16. Qb3 Rab8 17. Qc2 h6 $11 {
Trapl-Sosna, Czech Extra League 2000-01}) 11... Ndb4 12. d5 $2 {This Q
sacrifice cannot be correct.} (12. Bb5 {was the best try.} Bd5 $1 (12... Bd7 $2
{allows White} 13. Re1+ Kf8 {and the K causes a lot of headache for Black.} 14.
Ne5 (14. Ba3 Rb8 15. Qa6 Kg8 $1 {is the best defence.} (15... Rb6 $2 {founders
on the brilliant} 16. Qxa5 $1 Nxa5 17. Bxb4+ Kg8 18. Bxd7 $1 Rxb4 (18... Qxd7
19. Bxa5 $16) 19. Re8+ Qxe8 20. Bxe8 $18 {Davis-Peters, USA 1983})) 14... Nxe5
15. Rxe5 Rb8 (15... c6 16. Bc4 Rb8 (16... Bb6 $5 17. Rf5 $1 Rb8 18. Bf4 $1 $16
{is a brilliant line by Nunn.}) 17. Qxa7 Bb6 18. Qa3 Bxd4 19. Bb2 Be6 20. Re4
$1 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Bxc4 22. Nd2 $40 {Chandler}) 16. Qxa7 $14) (12... O-O 13. Bxc6
Rb8 14. Qxa7 Nxc6 15. Qc5 Bd5 {White has now an extra P, but Black has the
better developed pieces.} 16. Nbd2 (16. Ba3 Re8 17. Nbd2 Bb6 $1 {Chandler} (
17... Re2 $143 18. Rfd1 Qd7 19. Nf1 {Anderssen-Mieses, Breslau 1867})) 16...
Re8 17. Nb3 Bb4 18. Qc2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qd5 20. Bf4 Qxf3 21. Bg3 Bc3 22. Qd1 Re2
23. Rc1 Rbe8 24. Rc2 h5 25. d5 h4 26. Bxh4 Nb4 27. Rxe2 Qxe2 28. Bg3 Qc4 29. d6
cxd6 30. Qxd6 Nxa2 $11 {Sveshnikov-Nenashev, Kemerovo 1995}) 13. Ne5 $1 (13.
Re1+ Kf8 14. Ba3 Kg8 {and the Q is in the trap.} 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16. Qxa8 Qxa8
17. Re8+ Qxe8 18. Bxe8 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nc2 $19) 13... Rb8 (13... O-O 14. Nxc6
Nxc6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qxc6 Qxd4 17. Bd2 Bxd2 {and White has saved his skin, 1/
2:1/2 Roy Chowdhury-Venkataramanan, Calcutta op 1994.}) 14. Bxc6+ (14. Nxc6
Rxb7 15. Nxd8+ Rxb5 16. Nc3 $1 Nc2 17. Nxb5 Nxa1 18. Bf4 Kxd8 19. Rxa1 a6 20.
Na3 Re8 $15 {and the ^^ is a super power.}) 14... Nxc6 15. Qa6 Rb6 16. Qd3 O-O
17. Bf4 Rb4 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qg3 Qxd4 20. Be5 Qg4 $17 {Schroeder-Harding, cr
1988}) 12... Rb8 13. Qxb8 Qxb8 14. dxe6 fxe6 {White has no adequate
compensation for the Q.} ({but not} 14... Nc2 $2 15. exf7+ Kf8 16. Nbd2 Nxa1
17. Re1 Ne7 18. Ba3) 15. Nc3 (15. Bxe6 Nc2 $19) 15... O-O 16. Rb1 (16. Ng5 Nd4
17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 $19) 16... Qe8 17. Ng5 (17. Re1 Nd8) 17... Nd4 18.
Ba3 Qc6 $6 {Black unnecessarily complicates matters.} (18... c5 $1 {was simpler
} 19. Rfe1 $17) 19. Bxb4 Bxb4 20. Rxb4 Qc5 21. Bxe6+ $2 ({missing the only
chance after} 21. Rd1 $1 Qxb4 22. Rxd4 Kh8 $1 (22... Qxc3 $2 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24.
Nf7+ Kg8 25. Ne5+ Kh8 26. Ng6+ $18) 23. Nge4 c5 $1 24. a3 Qxa3 25. Rd7 $15 {
and White's pieces are at least active.}) 21... Nxe6 $19 {Now Black liquidates
to a winning _|_.} 22. Rb5 Qxc3 23. Nxe6 Qc4 24. Re5 Re8 25. Rfe1 Qxa2 26. f4
h6 27. f5 Rb8 28. R5e2 Rb2 29. Kf2 a5 30. g4 a4 31. Kf3 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Qd5+ 33.
Kf2 a3 34. Nf4 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Pamplona 0102"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2001.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Narciso Dublan, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. Qb3 Qf6 8.
O-O d3 $5 {Is this the revival of the old romantic era of the XIX-th century?!}
(8... Bb6 {is the modern way, see Short-Piket, Zuerich SUI 2001 CBM 83.}) 9. e5
(9. Bg5 Qg6 10. Bxd3 {allows Black to finish his development quickly.} Nh6 {
is also possible.} (10... Nf6 11. Rd1 (11. Nbd2 O-O $17 {with a healthy P up.})
11... Ng4 $17 {and White has not much to show for the sacrificed P.}) 11. Nbd2
O-O 12. Rad1 Bb6 13. Bxh6 Qxh6 14. e5 d6 $142 {is the simple way to finish the
development.} (14... d5 15. Qxd5 (15. exd6 $6 cxd6 16. Ne4 Bg4 17. Qd5 Rad8 {
Black is a P up, and he has a strong ^^ as well.} 18. Neg5 g6 19. Bc4 Qg7 $17 {
Zukertort-Steinitz, London 1872}) 15... Be6 16. Qe4 Rad8 $15)) (9. Re1 Nge7 10.
Bg5 Qg6 11. Bxe7 Kxe7 {If this can also be played without punishment then
something is wrong with White's idea!} (11... Nxe7 12. Ne5 Qf6 13. Bxf7+ Kf8
14. Bh5 g6 15. Nc4 gxh5 16. Nxa5 Kg7 $15) 12. e5 Re8 $1 {/\ Kf8 is the best
defence, and after} (12... Kf8 $2 {Now the development of the h8 R is
problematic.} 13. Nbd2 Bb6 14. Ne4 Na5 (14... Nd8 $2 {allows the bright finish:
} 15. Qa3+ Ke8 $2 16. Nf6+ $1 {1:0 Anderssen-Rosental, Vienna 1873}) 15. Qa3+
d6 16. exd6 Bh3 $1 $13 {and Black is still not dead!} (16... Nxc4 $2 17. d7+
Nxa3 18. d8=Q#)) 13. Nbd2 Kf8 $17 {and the black K escapes.}) 9... Qg6 10. Nbd2
(10. Ng5 $6 Nh6 11. Rd1 Bb6 12. Bxd3 Qh5 $17) (10. Bf4 $5 Bb6 11. Qd1 Nge7 12.
Bxd3 Qg4 13. Qd2 Ng6 14. Bg3 O-O 15. Na3 d6 $1 {giving back the material, but
finishing the development in time.} 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Nc4 Bc5 (17... d5 18.
Nxb6 axb6 19. Rfb1) 18. Nxd6 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Rd8 $13 {Hartoch-Beliavsky,
Netherlands-SU 1978}) (10. Rd1 Nge7 11. Bxd3 Qh5 12. Ba3 (12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Re1
(13. Nc4 Bb6) 13... d5 {solving all the problems in the opening.} 14. Nf1 (14.
exd6 cxd6) 14... Bb6 $17 {Adler-Sonkin, Dnepropropetrovsk 1966}) 12... O-O 13.
Nbd2 Re8 {Black has now time for quiet moves like that attacking >< e5.} (13...
d5 {This is a bit premature now.} 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Bxd6 Rd8 16. Nc4 $14 (16.
Ne4 {is less precise:} Be6 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Bb6 19. Ng3 Qg6 20. Bc5 Bxc5
21. Qxc5 {and White's pawns on the << are weak.} Rd3 $11 {Am.Rodriguez-Ortega
Izquierdo, Gran Canaria 1989})) 14. Nc4 Bb6 15. Qc2 Ng6 $15) (10. Re1 $1 {
is still the best here since 1852!} Nge7 11. Ba3 $1 {Yes, we are on the right
track for the "evergreen" game!} (11. Nbd2 {- 10.Nbd2}) 11... b5 $6 (11... O-O
$142 {was certainly better, but then we would miss one of the chess
masterpieces!}) 12. Qxb5 Rb8 13. Qa4 Bb6 14. Nbd2 Bb7 15. Ne4 Qf5 (15... Nd4
16. cxd4 Bxe4 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Rxe4 $16) 16. Bxd3 Qh5 17. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 18.
exf6 Rg8 $1 19. Rad1 $1 Qxf3 $2 (19... Rxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Ne5 21. Qxd7+ $1 $18) 20.
Rxe7+ $1 Nxe7 {[#]} (20... Kd8 21. Rxd7+ $1) 21. Qxd7+ $3 $18 {
Anderssen-Dufresne, Berlin 1852}) 10... Nge7 {Now White has no real
compensation for the sacrificed pawns.} 11. Re1 O-O {This is the simplest,
although} (11... b5 $5 {now deserves already attention, for example:} 12. Bxb5
(12. Qxb5 Rb8 13. Qc5 Bb6 $17) 12... Rb8 13. Qa4 Bxc3 14. Rb1 a6 15. Bxd3 $5 (
15. Bxc6 $2 Qxc6 16. Qxc6 Nxc6 {leads to a hopeless _|_ for White.} 17. Rxb8
Nxb8 18. Re3 Nc6 19. Rxd3 Bb4 20. Bb2 a5 $17 {Zukertort-Steinitz, London 1872})
15... Qxd3 16. Rxb8 Nxb8 17. Re3 Qf5 18. Rxc3 Nbc6 19. Ba3 $44) 12. Ne4 (12.
Re3 Qh5 13. Bxd3 Bb6 $17) 12... d5 (12... d2 $5 {is worthy of consideration as
well.} 13. Bxd2 d5 14. exd6 (14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Bg4 $17) 14... cxd6 15. Bd3
(15. Bg5 d5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Be6 $15) 15... Bg4 $15 (15... Qe6 16. Qc2
$44 {Losev-Kadimova, Moscow 1991})) 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Bxd3 d5 (14... Bg4 $5)
15. Nc5 Qh5 (15... Qf6 $5 16. Na4 (16. Bg5 $2 Qxc3 $19) (16. Bb2 b6 $17) 16...
h6 17. Ba3 b6 $17) 16. Bg5 Ng6 17. Bd2 (17. Nxb7 Rb8 $17) 17... Bb6 (17... Bc7
$17 {and Black is a P up with very active pieces!}) 18. Qb5 Bg4 19. Ng5 h6 (
19... Nce5 20. Bxg6 Nxg6 21. h3 Bc8 {was also perfect.}) 20. h3 hxg5 21. hxg4
Qxg4 22. Be2 (22. Nxb7 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Re2 Rae8 $17 {was also clearly
better for Black, but he now has only an advantage of a doubled P.}) 22... Qf5
23. Bd3 Qf6 24. Be3 Nge5 $19 {and White's dreams of -> cannot be realized, he
is lost. However the game is not yet over...} 25. Be2 Rfe8 26. Rad1 Rad8 27.
Qb3 Na5 28. Qb5 Qc6 29. Bd4 Nec4 30. Qb4 Nd6 31. Nb3 Nac4 32. Bxb6 axb6 (32...
Nxb6 $19 {was the simplest win.}) 33. Bf3 Ne4 $2 {This allows White to
penetrate and weaken Black's P structure.} (33... Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Re8 $19 {
and Black is still two pawns up in the _|_, although he has some technical
peoblems because of the doubled pawns.}) 34. Bxe4 dxe4 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Qe7
Ra8 (36... Rd3 37. Rxe4 Rd1+ (37... Rxc3 38. Rd4 $1) 38. Re1 Qd5 $15 {was
still a bit better, but not winning anymore.}) 37. Rxe4 Rxa2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]
This is a serious blunder!} (37... b5 $15) 38. Qd8+ $18 Kh7 39. Qd3 $1 {
with double threats winning a piece.} Qg6 40. Qh3+ Qh6 41. Qxh6+ gxh6 42. Rxc4
Rc2 43. Nd4 Rc1+ 44. Kh2 h5 45. Rc7 Kg6 46. Nb5 Rc2 47. f3 f5 48. Rxb7 g4 49.
Rxb6+ Kg5 50. Nd4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. Qb3 Qe7 (6... Qf6 $5 {
/\ Nge7 deserves attention as well.}) 7. d4 (7. Ba3 {is met by} Qf6 $1) 7...
Nf6 $1 {[%mdl 8] This brave developing move allows Bxf7!} (7... Nxd4 $6 {
is not so good:} 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. O-O (9. Ba3 Qxe4+ 10. Kf1 $1 $44) 9... Bb6 10.
e5 $1 {White has to open up lines against the K in the middle.} d6 (10... Qxe5
{helps only for White's plans.} 11. Bxf7+ Kf8 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Ba3+ d6 14. Nf3
Qe7 15. Bc4 $44 {Wills-Jones, corr 1969}) 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Bd2 Be6 {
(Wills-Bramwell, Essex ch 1971)} 13. Re1 $44) (7... exd4 8. O-O (8. Ba3 d6 9.
O-O Bb6 {- 8.0-0 Bb6}) 8... Bb6 {We have reached a critical position.} 9. cxd4
(9. Bg5 {is certainly answered by} Nf6 $1 $15) (9. Ba3 {is the other main
continuation.} d6 (9... Na5 $6 {is premature:} 10. Qa4 Qd8 (10... Qf6 11. e5
Qf4 12. Nbd2 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Qh6 14. Nxb6 $16 {and only the black Q has
developed yet, Sveshnikov-Orel, Bled op 1997.}) 11. Ne5 $5 (11. cxd4 Nxc4 12.
Qxc4 d6) 11... Nxc4 (11... Nh6 12. cxd4 $44) 12. Nxc4 $1 $44) (9... Qf6 $5) 10.
cxd4 {is the logical plan.} (10. e5 $6 {is too aggressive.} Na5 11. Qa4+ Bd7
12. Bb5 Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Qd7 $17) (10. Bb5 $6 {loses the pace of the ->.} Nf6 $5
(10... Be6 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. cxd4 a6 13. Nc3 $44 {Cafferty-Corbyn, Birmingham
1963}) 11. cxd4 (11. Nxd4 Bd7) 11... O-O 12. Bxc6 (12. e5 $2 Nxd4 $1 13. exf6 (
13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. exf6 Qxf6 $19) 13... Qxf6 14. Bb2 Nxb3 $19) 12... bxc6 13. e5
Nd5 $15) 10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Nc3 Nf6 (12... Bxc3 $6 13. Qxc3 Qe5 14.
Qb3 Nh6 15. Bb2 Qg5 16. f4 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 $44 {Eilmes-Harding, cr 1988}) 13. Rad1
{bringing the last undeveloped piece into action is more to the point.} (13.
Bxf7+ $6 {wins back one P, but helps for Black to finish his development} Qxf7
14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qxd4 O-O 16. f4 Bc6 {White has no real compensation for the
sacrificed P, as the following lines show:} 17. Rf3 (17. Rab1 Rfd8 (17... Rfe8
18. e5 Qg6 19. Rb2 dxe5 20. fxe5 Rad8 21. Qc4+ Nd5 $17) 18. Bb2 Rd7 19. Rbe1 a6
20. Qf2 Qg6 21. e5 {(Albano-Bonnick, corr 1987)} dxe5 22. fxe5 Ng4 $17) (17.
Rae1 Rfe8 18. Re3 (18. e5 Qg6 19. g3 Ng4) 18... Rad8 19. Bb2 Qh5 20. f5 a6 21.
Rf4 Re5 22. Rh3 Qf7 23. g4 (23. Rfh4 Rde8 24. Qd3 Bxe4 $19 {Harding-Oren, corr
1988-89}) 23... Rde8 24. Re3 d5 $17) 17... Rae8 18. Re1 a5 19. Bc1 b5 20. a3
Qc4 21. Qxc4+ bxc4 22. Rfe3 Nd7 $17 {Lobigas-Balinas, Manila 1968}) 13... Bxc3
14. Qxc3 Qe5 $1 {stops White's -> for a moment.} (14... O-O 15. Rfe1 Ng4 16.
Qg3 $1 Ne5 17. Bd5 $44 {^^}) (14... Nxe4 {allows the devastating} 15. Qxg7 Qf6
16. Bxf7+ Ke7 17. Qxf6+ (17. Bb2 Qxg7 18. Bxg7 Rd8 19. Bd5 Nc5 20. Rfe1+ $44)
17... Nxf6 18. Bc4 $44) 15. Qc1 (15. Qb3 O-O) (15. Qxe5+ {The _|_ can only be
better for Black.} dxe5 16. Bb2 (16. f4 Be6 $1) 16... Be6 $1 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18.
Bxe5 O-O 19. Bxc7 Nxe4 $15) 15... O-O 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. e5 Ne8 18. Rfe1 Be6 19.
exd6 Nxd6 20. Qc3 Qf6 21. Qc1 Qe7 22. Qc3 Qf6 {1/2:1/2 Plachetka-Rolletschek,
AUT-chT Austria 1994}) 9... Nxd4 $142 (9... Bxd4 $6 {gives up the ^^ in an
open position.} 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qd3 $1 Ne6 12. Ba3 $44) (9... Na5 $6 {
Now White's strong P [+] remains intact.} 10. Qa4 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 d6 12. a4 $5 ({
The natural} 12. Nc3 {was also worthy of attention:} Nf6 (12... c6 13. d5 $44)
13. Bg5 (13. e5 dxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Nd5 Be6 16. Qa4+ Qd7) 13... Be6 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. exd5 O-O 16. Rfe1 Qd8 17. Re3 h6 18. Bh4 Rc8 (18... g5 $2 19. Nxg5
hxg5 20. Bxg5) 19. Rae1 $44 {and the pin on the h4-d8 /^ is rather annoying.})
12... c6 (12... a5 {was the other defence against a4-a5.} 13. e5 (13. Nc3 $5
Nf6 (13... Be6 14. Nd5 Qd7) 14. e5 (14. Bg5 Be6 15. Qb5+ Bd7 16. Qb3 Bc6) 14...
dxe5 15. dxe5 (15. Nxe5 Be6 16. Qb5+ Nd7 17. d5 Bf5 18. Ba3 $44) 15... Ng4 16.
Ba3 (16. Nd5 Be6) 16... Be6 17. Qe4 $44) 13... dxe5 14. Re1 {(Raudive-Kislov,
MK Cafe-B 1999)} Nf6 $1 (14... e4 15. Ba3 $40) 15. Nxe5 O-O $1 {Black
sacrifices the exchange in order to liquidate to a promising _|_.} (15... Be6
16. Qb5+ Kd8 17. Ba3 $44) 16. Ba3 Qe6 17. Bxf8 Qxc4 18. Nxc4 Bxd4 19. Ra2 Kxf8
20. Rd2 c5 21. Nb6 Rb8 $11) 13. Nc3 (13. a5 $5 {gains even more space.} Bc7 14.
d5 c5 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Qb5+ $44) 13... Qd8 $5 (13... Nf6 14. a5 Bc7 15. d5 $44 {
and it is no doubt, that White has a good positional compensation for the P.})
14. a5 $1 {This is the beginning of a manoeuvre hindering Black's castle.} (14.
Ng5 Nh6) 14... Bxa5 15. Bg5 $44 {Sutovsky-Smagin, Essen 2001 CBM 83}) 10. Nxd4
Bxd4 11. Nc3 (11. Ba3 Qf6 $5 12. e5 $1 {White has to open the e <->.} Bxe5 13.
Nc3 Bxc3 14. Rae1+ Bxe1 15. Rxe1+ Kd8 {White has sacrificed already a R and 3
pawns!} 16. Bb2 Qh6 17. Qf3 Ne7 18. Qxf7 Re8 19. Bxg7 Qg6 20. Bf6 Qxf7 21. Bxf7
h6 22. Bxe8 Kxe8 23. Rxe7+ Kf8 24. Rh7 b6 25. Be5 c5 26. h4 d5 27. Rxh6 Ke7 28.
h5 $11 {Seger-Andersson, Sweden corr 1983}) 11... Nf6 (11... c6 $2 {is
certainly too slow in an open gambit position.} 12. Rd1 $1 Be5 (12... Bc5 13.
Na4 d6 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Bxf7+ $1 {This is the decisive blow!} Qxf7 16. Rd8+
Ke7 17. Bg5+ Nf6 18. Rxh8 $18 {Pfleger-Mendes, Lourenco Marques 1973}) 13. Ba3
d6 14. f4 $1 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qf6 16. e5 {opening up the lines and the diagonals
against the enemy K.} dxe5 17. fxe5 Qg5 18. Rf1 Nh6 19. Bc1 Qg6 20. Bxh6 Qxh6
21. Bxf7+ $18 {Fiorito-Gysi, corr 1992-94}) 12. Rd1 (12. Ba3 d6 {- 8.Ba3})
12... Bxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O (13... d6 $2 {runs into the typical blow} 14. e5 $1
dxe5 15. Ba3 c5 16. Bxc5 $1 $18) 14. e5 {other tries are clearly worse:} (14.
Ba3 d6 $17) (14. f3 d6 15. Bb2 Be6 $17) 14... Ne4 15. Qd4 Nc5 16. Ba3 b6 $15) (
7... Bb6 8. Nxe5 (8. Bg5 $6 f6 $1 9. Bxg8 Na5 $15) (8. dxe5 $2 {is met by the
standard} Na5 {exhanging White's excellent B.} 9. Qb5 a6 10. Qa4 (10. Qd5 c6
11. Qd3 Qc5 $17) 10... Qc5 $17) 8... Nxe5 9. dxe5 d6 $1 {Development first!}
10. O-O {Other tries are inferior:} (10. Ba3 Qxe5 11. Bxf7+ Kf8 $17) (10. exd6
$2 Qxe4+ 11. Kd1 Bg4+ $19) 10... dxe5 11. Ba3 Qf6 12. Nd2 Ne7 $142 {/\ 0-0} (
12... Bd7 {This looks rather useless, the development of the >> has the
priority.} 13. Bd5 Ne7 (13... Bc6 14. Nc4 $16) 14. c4 Bd4 15. Qxb7 Rc8 16. Rab1
O-O 17. Nf3 Rfe8 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. f4 Nxd5 20. e5 Qg6 (20... Bc6 21. Qxc8 $1
$16) 21. cxd5 Bf5 22. Rb2 Be4 23. Qxa7 Bxd5 24. Qxd4 $14 {Wills-Hopewell, corr
1969-70}) 13. Nf3 O-O {This is the safest option.} (13... Bg4 $5 14. Bxf7+ (14.
Bxe7 Kxe7) 14... Kf8 $1 15. Bc4 (15. Bxe7+ Kxe7) 15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 g6 (16...
Qxf3 17. Be6 $1) 17. Rad1 $44) (13... Nc6 14. Rad1 Bg4 15. Rd3 $44) 14. Qb5 Be6
15. Bxe6 fxe6 $11) 8. dxe5 (8. Ba3 d6 9. d5 (9. O-O O-O $17) (9. dxe5 Nxe5 10.
Nxe5 Qxe5 11. Bxf7+ Ke7 12. O-O Rf8 $17) 9... Nd4 $1 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qb5+ Kf8
12. Qxa5 Qxe4+ 13. Kf1 (13. Kd1 Bf5 $19) 13... Bh3 $19) 8... Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Qxe5
10. Bxf7+ Ke7 $1 {/\ Rf8} (10... Kf8 {ruins Black's development.} 11. O-O (11.
f3 Bb6) 11... Nxe4 (11... Qxe4 12. Nd2 $44) 12. Be3 (12. Bd5 Nf6 13. c4 d6 14.
Bb2 Qf4) 12... Bb6 13. Nd2 $44) 11. O-O Rf8 12. Bd5 $5 (12. f4 $143 Qxe4 13.
Bc4 (13. Bd2 Bb6+ 14. Kh1 Ng4) 13... Re8 {/\ Kf8 and the black K reaches
safety.} 14. Qa3+ d6 $17) (12. Bc4 $143 Ng4 $1 {Black's counterattack is
successful.} 13. f4 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Nf2+ 15. Rxf2 Qxf2 16. Qd1 Re8 $17) 12... Bb6
13. h3 $2 (13. Nd2 $2 {loses to} Ng4 $1 $19) (13. Kh1 Nxd5 14. exd5 Rxf2 $15 {
was also not rosy, but still preferable than the game continuation.}) 13... d6
$1 {/\ Bh3 and suddenly Black's -> becomes very dangerous despite of his K in
the middle!} 14. Na3 (14. Nd2 Bxh3 $1 $19) (14. Kh1 c6 15. Bc4 Nxe4 $19) (14.
a4 Bxh3 15. a5 Qg3 $19) 14... Bxh3 $1 $19 {White's K is in clear and present
danger.} 15. c4 (15. Bxb7 Ng4 $19) (15. gxh3 Qg3+ 16. Kh1 Qxh3+ 17. Kg1 Ng4 $19
) 15... Bd7 (15... Ng4 16. Qxh3 Rxf2 $19 {was also enough for a win.}) 16. c5 (
16. Bb2 Qh5 {/\ Ng4}) 16... Bxc5 $1 (16... Ng4 17. Qh3 Bxc5 $44) 17. Nc4 Qh5
$19 {and White has no -> at all.} 18. Qg3 Qg4 19. Qd3 c6 20. e5 Nxd5 21. exd6+
Kd8 {The K is safe, White is a clear piece down.} 22. Qb3 b5 23. Ne5 Qh4 24.
Qc2 Bxd6 25. g3 Qa4 26. Qb2 Qb4 27. Nxc6+ Bxc6 28. Qxg7 Qe4 29. Bg5+ Ne7 30. f3
Rxf3 31. Bxe7+ Qxe7 0-1

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 Bb6 $6 {Black cannot
give back the P without any resistance.} (6... d6 7. Qb3 {- Vallejo Pons-Acs,
Germany 2005 CBM 110}) (6... exd4 7. O-O (7. Qb3 {- 7.Qb3}) 7... Nge7 8. Ng5 {
- Ovetchkin-Lastin, Krasnoyarsk 2003} (8. cxd4 d5 {- Sulskis-Svidler, Moscow
2001 CBM 86})) 7. dxe5 (7. Nxe5 {was also promising.} Nxe5 8. dxe5 Ne7 (8...
Qe7 9. Qd5 $1) 9. Ba3 $1 (9. Bf4 O-O 10. O-O Ng6 11. Bg3 Qe7 $13) 9... O-O 10.
O-O $14) 7... Nge7 8. Ba3 $142 {The B is usually best in the Evans Gambit on
this /^.} (8. Bf4 $5 O-O 9. O-O Ng6 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. Qd5 Rd8 $1 {/\ Bc5,d6} (
11... Re8 12. Nbd2 a6 (12... a5 $6 13. a4 Bc5 14. Rab1 d6 15. exd6 cxd6 16. Qh5
$16) (12... Ncxe5 $2 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxf7+ Kh8 16. Nf3 Qe7 17.
Ng5 g6 18. Qf4 Rf8 19. Qh4 $16 {Muir-Peeples, cr 1982}) 13. a4 $44) 12. Nbd2
Bc5 13. Nb3 d6 {and finally Black has finished his development.} 14. exd6 Bxd6
$13) (8. O-O O-O 9. Ba3 {- 8.Ba3}) 8... O-O 9. O-O h6 (9... Re8 $2 {founders on
} 10. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 11. Ng5+ Kg6 12. Qg4 Nxe5 13. Qg3 $16) (9... Ng6 $2 {
is not correct.} 10. Bxf8 Qxf8 11. Qd5 Qe7 12. Nbd2 Ngxe5 13. Nd4 $16) (9...
Na5 10. Nbd2 d6 (10... Re8 11. Bxf7+ $1) 11. exd6 cxd6 $14) 10. Qd2 $5 (10.
Nbd2 {was the natural way of development.} Re8 11. Qb3 $1 (11. Nb3 Ng6 12. e6 (
12. Bxf7+ $6 {is not correct this time.} Kxf7 13. Qd5+ Re6 {So easy...} 14.
Nfd4 Nf4 15. Nxe6 dxe6 16. Qxd8 (16. Qc4 Qd3) 16... Nxd8 17. Nd4 Nc6 $19 {
Blanco Estera-Capablanca, Havana 1913}) 12... fxe6) 11... Na5 $1 (11... Rf8 {
is simply a loss of two tempi.} 12. Rad1) 12. Qa4 (12. Bxf7+ $6 Kf8 13. Qd5 c6
$1 (13... d6 14. exd6 Nxd5 15. dxc7+ Qe7 16. Bxe7+ Nxe7 17. Bxe8 Kxe8 18. Nd4
Bxc7 19. f4 Bd7 $13) 14. Qd3 Kxf7 15. Bd6 (15. Nc4 d5 16. Nd6+ Kg8 17. exd5
Nxd5) 15... Ng6 16. Nb3 Kg8 $15 {White has no full compensation for the piece,
Black will finish the development of his <<.}) 12... Ng6 (12... Nxc4 $2 13.
Nxc4) 13. Bd5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Nf3 $44 {with a big lead of development.})
10... Na5 11. Bd5 Re8 {Now White has to give up his active ^^.} 12. Qf4 Nxd5
13. exd5 d6 14. exd6 cxd6 ({missing the forceful zwischenzug} 14... g5 $1 15.
Qb4 (15. Qa4 Bd7) 15... Qxd6 16. Qxd6 cxd6 17. Nbd2 (17. Bxd6 Nc4) 17... Bf5
$13) 15. Nbd2 g5 16. Qxd6 (16. Qg3 f5 17. Bxd6) 16... Qxd6 17. Bxd6 Rd8 18. Be5
Rxd5 {Now White has to hold the draw by perpetual.} (18... g4 19. Nd4 Rxd5 $13)
19. Ne4 Rd8 (19... Rd3 20. Nf6+ Kf8) 20. Nf6+ (20. Bf6 Re8) 20... Kf8 21. Nh7+
Kg8 22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. Nh7+ Kg8 24. Nf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Meister, Jakob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. dxe5
Bb6 9. Nbd2 Nh6 $6 {This variation has got a bad reputation, and not without
reason. In many variations the N on h6 is out of play.} (9... Na5 {
Short-Huebner, Dortmund 1997 CBM60}) 10. O-O (10. exd6 {transposes to the game
after} Qxd6 11. O-O O-O {- 10.0-0}) 10... O-O 11. exd6 (11. Ba3 $5 {comes into
consideration as well:} Na5 12. Qb5 $1 (12. Qb2 {is rather passive.} Nxc4 13.
Nxc4 Qc6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. exd6 (15. Nd4 $6 {causes only trouble for White.}
Qxe4 (15... Qa4 16. Nc2 Qxe4 17. exd6 cxd6 18. Bxd6 Rd8 $15) 16. exd6 (16. Rfe1
Qg6 $36) 16... c5 $1 {killing the B on a3.} 17. Rfe1 Qg6 18. Nb5 Bd7 $1 19. c4
(19. Nc7 Bc6 $17) 19... Nf5 $17 {/\ Bc6 -> ^-}) 15... Qa4 $1 {The B is in
trouble again.} 16. d7 Qxa3 17. Qxa3 Rxa3 18. Rfd1 (18. dxc8=Q Rxc8 $15 {
and White's P structure is corrupted on the <<.}) 18... Bxd7 19. Rxd7 Rxc3 $15
{and Black is a healthy P up.}) 12... Nxc4 (12... Re8 $5 13. exd6 (13. Qxd7
Bxd7 14. exd6 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Rxe4 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. Rxe4 Rxe4 19.
Nd4 Nf5 $11 {successfully blockading the d o^, ^-.}) 13... cxd6 (13... Nxc4 14.
Qxc4 cxd6 15. Qd5 $14 {- 12....Nxc4}) 14. Qd5 $1 $14 (14. Qxd7 Bxd7 15. Bd5
Rac8 16. Bxd6 (16. c4 Bc5 $132) 16... Rxc3 $132)) 13. Qxc4 (13. Qxd7 $6 Bxd7
14. Nxc4 Bb5 15. Nfd2 (15. Nxb6 axb6) 15... Rfc8 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Nxd6 Bxf1
18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Kxf1 Rxc3 $15 {with << P majority, and active pieces for
Black.}) 13... Rd8 (13... Re8 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Qd5 Qd8 16. Qxd6 $14 (16. Bxd6
$143 Be6 17. Qd3 Rc8 $44)) 14. exd6 (14. Rad1 $6 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Qe8 $17 {
finishing development, after which White remains with his shattered P
formation versus a strong ^^.}) 14... cxd6 15. Rad1 (15. Qd5 Qc7) 15... d5 $5 {
Black wants to get rid of his weakness on d6.} (15... Ng4 16. h3 Nf6 17. Rfe1)
16. Qb3 (16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Be7 Qxc4 18. Nxc4 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Bg4 $11 {and Black
has fully equalized.}) 16... dxe4 17. Nxe4 (17. Nc4 $2 Qe8 18. Nxb6 (18. Rxd8
Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qf6) 18... Be6 $17) 17... Qc7 18. Rxd8+ {White cannot make profit
from the weakness of d6:} (18. Bd6 Qc6) (18. Nd6 Be6) 18... Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qc7
20. Bd6 Qc6 21. Neg5 Bf5 $11) 11... Qxd6 12. Bd5 (12. Ba3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14.
Rab1 (14. Rad1 Re8 $11) (14. Bd5 {is answered by} Ne7) 14... Ng4 15. Bd5 Nge5
$11) 12... Qg6 (12... Na5 13. Qb4 Qg6 14. Ne5 Qh5 15. Ndf3 c6 {Now White's
centralized pieces have to leave.} 16. Bb3 (16. Ba3 $2 Re8 17. Bb3 c5 18. Qb5
Rxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Bd5 {(Alexander-Tylor, Hastings 1935)} Ng4 $1 21. f4 (
21. g3 Be6) 21... Qe7 22. Rae1 Bd7 23. Qb2 Qh4 $19) 16... Re8 (16... Nxb3 17.
axb3 Ng4 $13) 17. Bxh6 (17. Nd3 Bg4 18. Nf4 Qc5 $15) 17... Nxb3 18. axb3 Qxh6
$15 {and Black has a strong ^^ in an open position.}) 13. Nc4 Bh3 14. Ng5 (14.
Ne1 Be6) (14. Nh4 Qh5) 14... Bd7 15. a4 ({Eliminating the ^^ doesn't lead to
an advantage for White.} 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Rd1 Na5 17. Qc2 c6 18. Bb3 Rfd8 19.
Bf4 Qf6 $5 (19... Nxb3 20. axb3 $1 {improving his corrupted P structure.} (20.
Qxb3 b5 {blockades the weaknesses on the <<.} 21. Rd6 Be6 22. Qd1 (22. Rxe6 $2
{founders on} fxe6 23. Nxe6 Qf7 $1) 22... Rxd6 23. Qxd6 Bc4 $11) 20... Rxa1 21.
Rxa1 f6 22. Qd2 $5 (22. Nf3 Bg4 23. Ne1 b5 $11) 22... fxg5 23. Bxg5 Rf8 24.
Bxh6 Be6 $11) 20. g3 b5 $13) 15... Rab8 (15... Na5 $5 16. Nxa5 Bxa5 17. Rd1 Bg4
18. f3 Bc8 (18... c6 19. Bc4 Bb6+ 20. Kh1 $36) 19. Be3 Bb6 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. f4
Bg4 22. Rf1 (22. Re1 c6 23. Bc4 Qd6 24. e5 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 $14) 22... c6 (22...
Be2 23. Rfe1 $14) 23. Bc4 Kh8 24. Rfe1 (24. Qxb6 $2 f6 25. Ne6 Qxe4) 24... Rae8
25. g3 f6 26. Ne6 Bxe6 27. Bxe6 $14 {and the N on h6 is still completely out
of play.}) 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. f4 (17. Rd1 Rbd8 $11) 17... Ne7 18. Bc4 (18. f5 $5
{seems to be consequent and aggressive.} Qf6 (18... Qh5 19. Bf4 Nxd5 20. Qxd5
Bc6 21. Qd1 Qxd1 22. Rfxd1 $14 {and the black N is off-side.}) (18... Qd6 19.
Ba3 Qf6 20. Ne6 $1 $16) 19. Bc4 (19. Bf4 $6 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Bc6 21. Qe5 Qxe5 22.
Bxe5 f6 23. Bxc7 fxg5 24. Bxb8 Rxb8 25. e5 Rf8 $17) 19... Nc6 (19... Bc6 20.
Bf4 $16) 20. Ne6 $1 {This is the main tactical motif here.} (20. h3 $2 Na5)
20... Na5 (20... fxe6 $2 21. fxe6 Qg6 22. e7+ Rf7 (22... Nf7 23. exf8=Q+ Rxf8
24. Bxf7+ $18) 23. Bxh6 $18) 21. Qb4 Rfc8 $1 (21... Nc6 $6 22. Qb2 $1 $18) (
21... Nxc4 $2 22. Nxf8 $18) 22. Bd5 Nc6 23. Qb2 $16 {and the N on e6 is still
untouchable.}) 18... Nc6 19. Qc2 (19. f5 $5 Qf6 20. Ne6 {- 18.f5 Qf6 19.Bc4
Nc6 20. Ne6}) 19... Rbd8 20. Ba3 $6 ({missing again the space-gaining} 20. f5
$1 Qf6 (20... Qh5 $2 21. Be2 $18) (20... Qd6 $2 21. Ba3 $18) 21. Ne6 $1 {
Now this is better than ever!} fxe6 (21... Bxe6 22. fxe6 Qg6 23. Bxh6 $18) 22.
fxe6 Qxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Bxe6 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Rd1 $16 {and Black has no real
compensation for the Q.}) 20... Rfe8 21. Rad1 Na5 22. Bd5 Kh8 (22... Bc6 23. c4
$16) (22... Bg4 23. Rd3 $16) 23. Bc1 $1 {White has realized his previous
mistake and the B goes back to the vital c1-h6 /^.} (23. Qa2 Kg8) 23... b5 $6 (
23... f6 24. Ne6 (24. f5 Qh5 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26. Bxe6 Ng4 27. Bf4 $14) 24... Bxe6
25. Bxe6 $14 {^^ and both knights are on the edge of the board.}) 24. axb5 Qb6+
(24... Bxb5 25. c4 Bc6 26. Qc3 $16) 25. Kh1 f6 (25... Bxb5 $2 26. c4 Nxc4 27.
e5 $1 Qg6 28. Nxf7+ $1 {creating a dangerous e o^.} Nxf7 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. Bxf7
Rf8 31. e6 $16) 26. Nf7+ Nxf7 27. Bxf7 Rf8 (27... Re7 28. Bd5 Bxb5 29. c4 Bc6
30. Bb2 Red7 31. Rd3 {with a mighty [+] for White.}) 28. Bd5 Bxb5 29. c4 $16
Rxd5 $5 {Black sacrifices the exchange in order to change the course of the
game.} (29... Bc6 30. Rfe1 $16 {was simply much better for White.}) 30. exd5
Bxc4 (30... Nxc4 31. Rfe1 $18) 31. Ba3 Ra8 32. Rfe1 Bb3 33. Qe4 {with
back-rank threats.} h6 34. Rc1 Nc4 35. Be7 Nd6 36. Qb1 (36. Qg6 $1 {would have
finished the game outright.} Bxd5 37. Bxf6 $18) 36... Nc8 37. Bc5 $18 Qb5 38.
Qg6 Nd6 39. Re7 Rg8 40. Bd4 Ne8 (40... Bxd5 41. Bxf6 $18) 41. Rce1 Qxd5 {[#]}
42. Ba1 $2 ({missing the obvious} 42. Rxg7 $3 {[%mdl 128] Mate in 5} Rxg7 43.
Rxe8+ $18) 42... Ba4 $1 $13 {Now Black is back in the game again!} 43. h3 (43.
R7e3 Bc6 (43... c5 44. Rh3 Rf8) 44. Rh3 (44. Rd3 Qc4 45. Rd4 Qa2) 44... Rf8 $13
{and there is no continuation of the ->.}) 43... c5 44. Kh2 Qd2 45. R1e3 Bc6
46. Bc3 Qd6 (46... Qf2 $1) 47. Qf5 Nc7 $2 {This is probably the final mistake!}
(47... b5 $1 {gave reasonable chances for survival because of the strong
connected passed pawns on the <<.} 48. R3e6 Qd5 49. Qg6 b4 50. Ba1 c4 51. Rxe8
Bxe8 52. Rxe8 c3 $11) 48. Rf7 $1 Nd5 49. Re6 $1 Qxf4+ 50. Qxf4 Nxf4 {[#]} 51.
Rexf6 $1 $18 {liquidating to a winning _|_.} gxf6 52. Bxf6+ Rg7 53. Rxg7 Nh5
54. Rxb7+ Nxf6 55. Rb6 Be4 56. Rxf6 Kg7 57. Re6 Bd3 58. Rc6 c4 59. Kg3 Kh7 60.
Kh4 Be2 61. g4 Bf1 62. Kh5 Bxh3 63. Rc7+ Kg8 64. Kxh6 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2000.05.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Ng5 {This hyper-aggressive move is not so dangerous as it looks like at first
sight.} (8. cxd4) 8... d5 (8... Ne5 {is a serious alternative as well.} 9. Bb3
(9. Nxf7 Nxf7 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Qh5+ Ng6 12. Qd5+ {forcing the K to retreat
to a worse square.} Kf8 13. Qxa5 d3 (13... d5 $6 {is a light-hearted attempt
to finish development quickly.} 14. exd5 Kf7 15. cxd4 Re8 16. Nc3 $14 {
defending >< d5.} (16. Nd2 $6 {allows Black to get back the d5 P without a
fight.} b6 (16... Nf4 17. Nf3 Nxd5 {Now the N has an excellent blockading
square on d5.} 18. Bg5 Qd6 19. Ne5+ Kg8 20. Rae1 b6 21. Qb5 Bb7 $13 {
Sertic-Stepic, CRO-chT U20 Medulin 1997}) 17. Qc3 Bb7 $15 {and White's P
structure remains worse.})) 14. Rd1 d6 15. Rxd3 Qe7 $11) (9. Qh5 $2 {fails to}
g6 $19) 9... d5 $1 (9... O-O $2 {falls prey to a quick assault.} 10. cxd4 N5g6
11. Qh5 h6 12. Nxf7 Rxf7 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Qxa5 $18 {Verkasalo-Tahvanainen,
FIN-chJ 1998}) (9... f6 $6 {is rather ugly.} 10. cxd4 fxg5 11. dxe5 g6 $2 (
11... Nc6 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qxg5 Qxg5 14. Bxg5 $14) 12. Bxg5 h5 13. Bf6 Rf8 14.
Bg7 Nc6 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Qf3+ Kg7 17. Nc3 Nxe5 18. Qe3 Qf6 19. Nd5 $18 {
Jaros-P.Hubner, Svetla nad Sazavoa op-B 1999}) 10. cxd4 (10. exd5 {- 8...d5})
10... Ng4 $13) (8... O-O $2 {is again bad because of} 9. Qh5 h6 10. Nxf7 Rxf7
11. Bxf7+ Kf8 (11... Kh7 12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Bb2 Nxd4 14. Nd2 d6 15. Nf3 $16) 12.
f4 dxc3 13. f5 Bb6+ 14. Kh1 Bd4 15. f6 $1 $18 {Sveshnikov-Fuchs, Finkenstein
op 1994}) 9. exd5 (9. Bxd5 $2 {is out of question.} Nxd5 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qh6 Be6
$19 {Estrin-Kondali, corr 1971}) 9... Ne5 10. Bb3 (10. Qxd4 $6 N7g6 (10... Nxc4
$2 11. Qxg7 $1 Rf8 12. Nxh7 $18) (10... f6 $5 11. Bb5+ {Other tries fail to
impress:} (11. Bb3 Bb6) (11. Re1 Bb6 12. Qe4 Bf5 13. Qf4 Qd7 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15.
dxe6 Qc6 16. Rxe5 $5 (16. Na3 O-O-O) 16... Ng6 $1 {This is a nasty
intermediate move with a double ->.} (16... fxe5 17. Qf7+ Kd8 18. Bg5 Qe8 19.
Qxg7 $44 {and the black K is vulnerable in the middle.}) 17. Bb5 Nxf4 18. Bxc6+
bxc6 19. Re4 {(Novosak-Sosna, CZE-chT 1995)} Nd3 $1 $15) 11... c6 12. dxc6 bxc6
13. Be2 $1 Bf5 $11) 11. Bf4 O-O (11... Nxc4 $5 12. Re1+ (12. Qxc4 O-O) 12...
Kf8 13. Qxc4 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Qxd5 $15) 12. Bxe5 Qxg5 $15 {Benares
Ricardo-Persson Christoffer, Guarapuava 1995}) 10... O-O (10... h6 $143 {
is inferior} 11. cxd4 $142 {This looks simple, but} (11. Qxd4 {works also well,
for example:} hxg5 $5 (11... N7g6 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Nxf7 Bxa4 14. Nxd8 Bxb3 15.
axb3 Bxc3 16. Nxc3 Kxd8 {(Verkasalo-Hermlin, Haapajarvi op 1999)} 17. Rd1 $1 a6
18. d6 $16) 12. Qxe5 f6 13. Qg3 $1 (13. Qe4 Qd6) 13... Qd7 14. Re1 $14) 11...
N5g6 (11... hxg5 12. dxe5 $16) 12. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 13. d6+ $16) (10... dxc3 $5 {
is also interesting not only grabbing the P but hindering White's development.}
11. Qe2 (11. Qd4 f6 12. Nxc3 c5 $1 $19) 11... f6 12. Ne4 (12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. dxe6
Qd3 $17) 12... Nxd5 13. Ba3 c6 (13... Bf5 $5) 14. Nd6+ Kd7 15. f4 Ng6 16. Bxd5
Qb6+ 17. Kh1 cxd5 {and it is not easy for White to show something for the
sacrificed material, Bronstein-Comp Heuristic Alpha, The Hagua AEGON 1992.})
11. Nxh7 (11. cxd4 $6 Ng4 12. Ba3 (12. Qf3 $6 Qd6 $1 13. Bf4 (13. Qg3 {
exchanging Q cannot be bad for Black after} Qxg3 14. hxg3 Bb6) 13... Qf6 14.
Nc3 {(and draw was agreed in Bronstein-Ivanov, Maidstone Menchik op 1994)} {
missing the unexpected} Nxh2 $1 {[%mdl 64]} 15. Qh5 (15. Bxh2 Qxg5 16. d6 Bg4
$17) (15. Kxh2 Bxc3 $17) 15... Bf5 $17) 12... Nxd5 $1 {This positional
exchange sacrifice solves Black's problems.} 13. Bxf8 Qxg5 14. Bc5 (14. Bxd5
Qxd5 15. Ba3 Bd7 16. Nd2 Re8 (16... Qxd4 17. Nf3 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Bc6 $15 {
with two pawns and an active ^^ for the exchange.}) 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Rc1 Re6 19.
Rc3 Bb5 20. Re1 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 $15 {Anderssen-Mieses, Breslau m 1867})
14... Nf4 $1 $44) 11... Kxh7 12. Qh5+ Kg8 13. Qxe5 Nf5 (13... dxc3 {develops
only White's N.} 14. Nxc3 (14. Ba3 Ng6 15. Qh5 Nf4 $1 16. Qf3 Qf6 17. Bxf8 Nh3+
18. Kh1 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Kxf8 20. Na3 Bb6 $17 {with more than enough compensation
for the exchange according to Chandler.}) 14... Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Nxd5 16. Bxd5
Qxd5 17. Bb2 f6 18. Qxc7 $14) 14. Bd2 (14. cxd4 Re8 15. Qf4 Bb4 {and White (!)
has problems with his development.}) 14... c5 (14... Re8 15. Qf4 Bb6 16. cxd4
Bxd4 17. Bc3 {and at least White can accomplish his development.}) 15. dxc6
bxc6 16. Re1 Bc7 17. Qe4 Qf6 (17... Qd6 18. g3) 18. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 43rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 {In the comments section to the ChessBase
report of round six, a user by the name of Omoplata wrote, "The decisive last
game Nisipeanu-Caruana hopefully won't be a bitter disappointment like
Topalov-Anand in Norway." I am sure you remember the 15 odd move theoretical
draw where neither player tried hard. Nisipeanu was going to have nothing of
that. By playing the Evans Gambit he had made his intentions clear. It was a
do or die game for him. Winning it would mean a clear first in Dortmund. A
good enough inspiration!} Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 (6... exd4 7. O-O {leads to
exciting positions where White is ready to sacrifice as many as three pawns.
Robert Fischer- Rueben Fine is one of the classics in this line.} dxc3 8. Qb3
Qe7 9. Nxc3 Nf6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bb2 Qg5 14. h4 Qxh4
15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Rfe1+ Kd8 17. Qg3 {1-0 (17) Fischer,R-Fine,R New York 1963})
7. Qb3 (7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Nxd8 9. Nxe5 Be6 $11 {gives Black a very
comfortable position.}) 7... Qd7 (7... Qe7 {might seem more natural as it
doesn't block the c8-bishop but after} 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 (9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qxa5
Nc2+ $13) 9... exd4 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qxa5 Qxe4+ 12. Kd1 $13 {The position is
interesting and White is not worse.}) 8. dxe5 (8. O-O {is another way to play.
A sample line could possibly go something like this:} Bb6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Ba4 Ba7
11. d5 $2 (11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qe6 $15 {is also better for
Black.}) 11... b5 12. dxc6 Qxc6 $19) 8... Bb6 $1 (8... dxe5 9. O-O Bb6 (9...
Nf6 $2 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Ba3 $18) 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Ba3 Qf6 $13) 9. a4 (9. exd6 $6
Na5 $1 10. Qb4 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 Qxd6 $15) 9... Na5 10. Qa2 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 Ne7 12.
Ba3 $2 {At this point it would a good question to ask whether Nisipeanu knew
about the top level battle between Nakamura and Anand which occured in
December 2014. In a way that game showed that White has nothing at all in this
line. Yet Nisipeanu repeats it in this all important game. The fact that he
thought for 8 minutes and 53 seconds for this move clearly shows that he
hadn't prepared anything special here.} (12. exd6 cxd6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qd3 Ng6
15. a5 Bc5 16. Be3 Re8 17. Nbd2 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 d5 19. Rfe1 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Qe7 21.
Nd6 Qxe3 22. fxe3 Rd8 23. Red1 Rb8 24. Rd4 Be6 25. c4 b6 26. axb6 axb6 27. Ra7
h6 28. h3 Ra8 29. Rb7 Rdb8 30. Rc7 Ra5 31. Kh2 Rc5 32. Ra7 Kf8 33. g4 Ra5 34.
Rc7 {1/2-1/2 (36) Nakamura,H (2775)-Anand,V (2793) London 2014} Rc5 35. Ra7 Ra5
36. Rc7 {1/2-1/2 (36) Nakamura,H (2775)-Anand,V (2793) London 2014}) 12... O-O
{A very practical choice by Fabiano.} (12... d5 {was also pretty good.} 13.
exd5 Qxd5 {When White is struggling with his broken pawn structure.} 14. Qe2
Ng6 $17 {[%cal Gg6f4]}) 13. O-O Re8 ({Much more accurate could have been} 13...
Ng6 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Rd1 Qg4 $1 {Ne5 is a huge threat now.} 16. h3 (16. Rxd6
$2 Nf4 17. Qf1 Nh3+ 18. Kh1 Nxf2+ $19) 16... Ne5 $1 17. hxg4 Nxc4 $15 {with a
clearly better position for Black.}) 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Rd1 Qc6 16. Nbd2 Be6 17.
Qxc6 Nxc6 18. Bxd6 {So White has won a pawn. But look at the Black pieces.
They are perfectly positioned. White pawns are isolated and weak. Add to the
fact that he has the bishop pair, I would say that Caruana has excellent
compensation.} Rad8 19. Bb4 (19. e5 f6 $1 $15 {would have been difficult to
counter.} 20. Ne4 fxe5 21. Nxe5 $2 (21. Ba3 $15) 21... Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxd1+ 23.
Rxd1 Bb3 $19) 19... Rd3 20. a5 Bc7 21. Nf1 Rxd1 (21... Red8 {looks natural but
allows White to equalise after} 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Ne3 $11 {when it's not clear
what Black's next plan should be.}) 22. Rxd1 Nxa5 $15 {The pawn has been won
back and all the advantages have been retained.} 23. Nd4 Nc4 $1 {One of
Caruana's and also an excellent quality of the top players is that they know
exactly when to trade one advantage for another. They are not attached to one
particular advantage. For example here, the bishop pair was Black's big asset,
but Fabiano is ready to give up his e6 bishop. He realises that it is much
more important to get the knight to c4 who then helps him to get his a-pawn
rolling down the board.} 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Rd7 Rc6 (25... Bb6 26. Rxb7 h5 $15 {
would also have given Black the advantage in spite of being a pawn down.}) 26.
Ng3 {White has the plan to play Ne2 or f5-d4.} g6 27. Ne2 a5 $1 {No time to
waste!} 28. Nd4 {This was White's idea with getting his knight from f1-g3-e2.
But Caruana had seen a move further here.} (28. Be7 Nb6 29. Rd1 Re6 30. Bd8
Bxd8 31. Rxd8+ Kg7 $17) 28... axb4 $1 29. Nxc6 b3 $1 (29... bxc6 30. Rxc7 $18)
30. Rxc7 (30. Nb4 b2 31. Rd1 Nd2 $19) (30. Na7 $5 {was relatively best but
after} b2 31. Rd1 {Black has to find} Bf4 $1 ({The natural} 31... Nd2 $2 {
is a mistake because of} 32. Nb5 $1 $11) 32. Rb1 Bc1 $19 {with Nd2 to follow.})
(30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Rxc7 Nd6 $19 {is similar to the game.}) 30... Nd6 $1 {
Ortueta Esteban,M-Sanz Aguado,J Madrid game 1934 0-1 A very nice finish to the
game. White is a rook up but can do absolutely nothing to stop the b-pawn from
queening. It is quite possible that we could criticize Nisipeanu for choosing
the Evans Gambit. But I think the problem here was not with the opening choice
but with the fact that Nisipeanu could not come up with an improvement to the
game Nakamura-Anand. As for Caruana, he played a fine game making absolutely
no mistakes and winning the tournament. And guess what, with 11 Elo points
gained, he is back to 2808! After the game Caruana tweeted, "That was my
Ortueta-Sanz." Here's the game for you to play over and enjoy the similarity.}
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