[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1 49th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2005.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.08.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 {Been one of the most active and faithful Ruy Lopez players for
Black Ivan has various possibilities pf playinng it. One of them is Breyer
Variation.} 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 c5 {Black is trying to clarify
the situation in the center as soon is possible which in my opinion favours
white aswell.} 13. d5 {We get into Chigorin type of positions with the bad
bishop on b7.} Qc7 $5 {Technicaly a novelty. Recently was played} (13... g6 {
with three different results} 14. Nf1 Nh5 (14... Qc7 15. Bh6 (15. Ng3 c4 16.
Bh6 Rfb8 17. Qd2 Bf8 18. Be3 a5 19. Nh2 b4 20. f4 Ba6 21. Rf1 bxc3 22. bxc3 Rb2
{Cheparinov I 2634 - Sokolov I 2691 , 22. 7.2005 ACT Open}) 15... Rfb8 16. g4
Bf8 17. Qd2 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qd8 19. Ng3 Qf8 20. Qe3 c4 21. Nd2 Nc5 22. b4 cxb3
23. axb3 a5 24. b4 axb4 25. cxb4 Na4 26. Bd3 Bc8 27. Nb3 $14 {Kosteniuk A 2516
- Sokolov I 2691 , 13. 8.2005 Ordix Open}) 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qd2 Bf8 17. Bg5 f6
18. Be3 Ng7 19. Bh6 Nh5 20. Be3 Ng7 21. Bh6 {1/2-1/2, Schoorl R 2239 - Timman
T 2335 , 20. 7.2005 ACT Open}) 14. Nf1 Rfb8 (14... c4 15. Ng3 Rfb8) 15. Ng3 Bc8
{Black undercovers his plan - he doesn't want to play g6 and to weaken his
kingside. Instead would prfere to use this square for the knight meanwhile
trying to create a counterplay on the queenside.} 16. Be3 Nf8 17. a4 $1 {
On the first look black is stronger on the queenside, but without knights all
the plays will be favorable to white.} Bd7 (17... bxa4 18. Ra2 a3 19. b3) 18.
Qd2 b4 {Preventing the eventual b4 from my side. If} (18... Ng6 {I would go for
} 19. b4 c4 20. Ra2 a5 (20... Qd8 21. Rea1) 21. axb5 axb4 22. b6 Qc8 23. Rxa8
Rxa8 24. cxb4 c3 25. Qd3 $16) 19. Bd3 {After this white is taking under
control the white squares which means that black's plan failed.} Bd8 (19... c4
20. Bf1 b3 (20... a5 21. Qe2 bxc3 22. bxc3 Ng6 23. Qxc4 $16) 21. Qe2 Rc8 22.
Nd2) 20. Bc4 Qc8 21. Nh4 $1 {To achive more then a pleasunt position one have
to use both strategical and tactical thinking. Now due to weakened d6 square
this tempting maneuvre becomes possible. Beside the control on f5 white is
also ready to push the f pown.} Ng4 $5 {Trying to simplify the position even
at cost of loosing one bishop.} (21... Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxh4 23. Nxd6 Qc7 24. Nxf7
) (21... Ng6 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. f4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Bc7 25. e5 dxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxe5
27. Rxe5 $16) 22. hxg4 Bxh4 23. Nf5 {The other choice I liked less:} (23. g5
Bxg3 24. fxg3 $14) 23... Bxf5 24. gxf5 (24. exf5 h6 25. g3 Be7 26. f4 Nd7)
24... h6 25. g3 Bf6 26. Kg2 Nh7 27. Rh1 $16 {White is better on both sides. On
the queenside he can always open by a5 and Ra4, on the king side the open h
file provokes for a different sacrifices and even in center black have to be
careful.} Bg5 (27... Ng5 28. f3 $16) 28. f4 exf4 $2 {Decissive mistake. After
this white gets the possibility to blow the position with e5. The solid} (28...
Bf6 29. a5 (29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Bxh6 bxc3 31. bxc3 gxh6 32. Qxh6 Bxc3 33. Qxh7+
Kf8 $13) 29... bxc3 30. bxc3 Nf8 31. Kf3 $16 {would continue the game with
still very good chances for white}) 29. gxf4 Bf6 30. Kf3 Qc7 31. a5 Ra7 32. Qd3
Nf8 33. Rag1 Kh8 34. e5 $1 {The time had come.} dxe5 35. fxe5 Qxe5 (35... Nd7
36. exf6 Ne5+ 37. Ke2 Nxd3 38. fxg7+ Kg8 39. Rxh6 $18) 36. Bf4 Qe8 37. Bxh6 {
Even not cosidering the exchange.} Kg8 (37... gxh6 38. Qd2) 38. Bf4 {I spent a
good part of the resting time for the tempting} (38. Bxg7 {but I was not
satisfied with the subsequences} Bxg7 39. f6 Ng6 40. Qf5 (40. Rxg6 fxg6 41. d6+
Kf8 42. Qd5 Rf7) (40. fxg7 Qe5) 40... Qe5 41. Qxe5 Nxe5+ 42. Kf2 Ng6 43. d6 Kf8
) 38... bxc3 39. bxc3 Rb2 40. Kg4 Re7 $6 {Suspicious but the game is already
difficult to save.} (40... Qd7 41. Rh5 g6 (41... Ng6 42. Rgh1) 42. Kf3 Bg7 43.
fxg6) (40... Rf2 41. Bg3 Rb2 42. Rh5 Be5 (42... g6 43. fxg6 Nxg6 44. d6 Qd7+
45. Rf5 Kg7 46. Qe3 Ra8 47. Rh1 $18) 43. Re1 Rg2 (43... g6 44. Rg5) 44. Kh3 $18
) 41. d6 Re4 42. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 43. Qd5+ Re6 44. Rh8 g5 45. d7 Qe7 46. d8=N+
Qxd8 47. fxe6+ Kg7 48. Qxd8 1-0

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 Be4 8. Qd1
O-O 9. O-O Bxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. b3 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Qc3 c5 14. Rfd1 a5 15.
Rd2 Rfc8 16. Rc1 a4 17. Qe3 axb3 18. axb3 h6 19. Bh3 d5 20. Ne5 cxd4 21. Bxd4
Nxe5 22. Bxe5 b5 23. f3 Bg6 24. c5 Rc6 25. b4 Rca6 26. Bc3 Kh7 27. Qe5 Qf8 28.
Qf4 Ng8 29. e4 Ne7 30. Bf1 Qe8 31. Re1 Qc6 32. Be5 Qb7 33. Red1 Ra4 34. Bc3 Ra3
35. Qe3 f6 36. Rd3 R8a7 37. Be1 Rxd3 38. Qxd3 dxe4 39. Qxb5 Qa8 40. Qc4 Nd5 41.
Bf2 e3 42. Be1 Ra2 43. Bd3 Bxd3 44. Qxd3+ f5 45. b5 Nc3 46. Qxe3 Nxd1 47. Qxe6
Ra1 48. Qxf5+ Kh8 49. Qe5 Nb2 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 10th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2009.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2009.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4
a5 9. h3 Nb6 {I took this idea from my former teammate Jens-Uwe Maiwald.} ({
in the first round I tried} 9... exd4 {which didn't finish well for me} 10.
Nxd4 Nc5 11. Bf4 Ne8 12. Be3 Nxe4 $2 (12... Nf6 13. Qf3 Nfd7 14. Ba2 Ne5 15.
Qg3 Bh4 16. Qh2 Qb6 $13) 13. Nxe4 d5 14. Ng3 $3 {Before making my 12th move I
was checking what am I missing... and it was my opponent who showed me that}
dxc4 15. Ndf5 $1 {The key point for White's threats is that the bishop can not
leave the e7-square and at the same time it cannot withstand the pressure
coming from the white pieces Gashimov,V 2730 - Bologan,V 2690 , Poikovsky RUS
3.6.2009 10th Karpov}) 10. Bf1 (10. Ba2 Nfd7 11. Be3 Qc7 (11... exd4 12. Bxd4
Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Qe2 Qd6 15. Rad1 Qh6 16. Qd2 (16. e5 Bf5 (16... Be6 17.
Bxe6 Qxe6 18. b3 Rad8 19. Ne4 {[%eval 3904,0] Korneev Oleg (RUS) 2601 -
Paunovic Dragan (SCG) 2514, Elgoibar (Spain)} c4 20. bxc4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Nxc4
$13) 17. e6 Bxe6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 (18... fxe6 19. Rd3 Rad8 20. Re3 Rd6 21. Ne5 Re8
22. Nc4) 19. Qf1 Qf6 20. Re5 Bd8 21. Qe2 Qf4 22. Re4 Qf5 {=}) 16... Qxd2 17.
Nxd2 Rd8 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Bd7 20. Rd3 Be8 21. e5 Rd4 $11 {Parligras
Mircea - Bologan Victor Viorel, Moscow 14.2.2008 Aeroflot Open}) 12. Qd2 exd4
13. Bxd4 Ne5 14. Qe2 Bf6 15. Rad1 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Be6 18. Qg3 Rad8
19. Red1 Nc8 $11 {Luther T 2532 - Bezold M 2513 , 8.11.2008 TCh-AUT 1st
Bundesliga 2008-9}) (10. Bd3 Nfd7 11. Ne2 exd4 12. Nexd4 Nc5 13. b3 d5 14. e5
Ne4 15. Bb2 f5 $1 $15 {Nataf Igor-Alexandre 2589 - Bologan Viktor 2658 ,
France 29.4.2007 Ch France (team)2007}) 10... exd4 $1 $146 (10... Nfd7 11. Be3
(11. b3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Bf4 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nxf5 Rxf5 16. Qg4 Rf7
17. Ne4 d5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. g3 Bd6 $11 {Korneev O 2587 - Pelletier Y 2559 ,
23.5.2009 Porto Mannu Open}) 11... exd4 12. Qxd4 Nc5 13. Rad1 Re8 14. b3 Nbd7
15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nf6 17. f3 Be6 18. g4 h6 19. Bg2 Rad8 20. Bf2 Bc8 21. f4
$14 {Caruana F 2646 - Bezold M 2509 , 21.3.2009 TCh-AUT 1st Bundesliga 2008-9})
11. Nxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Nce2 g6 14. Bh6 Ng7 15. Ng3 Bg5 (15... Re8 {!?} 16.
Qd2 Ne6 17. c3 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qxg5 Nxg5 20. Bd3 Ne6 {=}) 16. Bxg5 Qxg5
17. Nf3 Qf4 $6 ({on} 17... Qh6 {I was afraid of} 18. c4 {but Black can hold
after} Be6 19. Qb3 (19. cxd5 Bxd5) 19... Nxc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Qxb7 Bd5 22.
Ne4 Rab8 23. Qc7 Nh5 $13) (17... Qe7 18. Qd2 {Xh6} Nf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Qh6
$14) 18. Ne2 Qh6 19. Ned4 Be6 20. c3 Nd7 21. b4 $1 {White has excellent
control on the black squares and I have to be very careful to equalise} Rfe8
22. Qb3 axb4 23. cxb4 Nf5 24. a5 Qf4 $1 {I need to distract the white forces
from the attack on the queenside.} 25. Qc3 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 Qh6 {I considered
that the white pieces were now badly placed; so why should I exchange them?}
27. Bd3 Rec8 {preparing c5} 28. a6 $5 (28. Rec1 c5 29. bxc5 Rxa5 $15) 28... b6
$6 {Too optimistic. I decided to play for a win before equalising.} (28... bxa6
29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30. Bxa6 Rb8 31. Bd3 Qf8 32. Rb1 c5 $11) 29. Qe3 (29. Qb2 c5 30.
Bb5 Rc7 31. Red1 Qf4 32. Qc1 $1 $14) 29... Qxe3 30. Rxe3 c5 31. b5 (31. Bb5 {!?
} Ra7 $13) 31... h6 32. Ree1 Ra7 33. Bc2 Nf8 $1 {A very unpleasant move
especially when the opponent is in time trouble. Now the threats are coming:
Bd7, Ne6-c7.} 34. Red1 Re8 $1 {With a small trap.} 35. Nd2 $2 {Zahar falls
into the trap.} (35. Rab1 g5) 35... Bd7 36. Ba4 Ne6 37. Nb1 (37. Nf3 Nc7 38.
Rdb1 Rea8 39. Ra3 c4 40. Kf1 Nxa6 $1 41. bxa6 Rxa6 42. Bxd7 Rxa3 $17) 37... Nf4
(37... Nc7 38. f4 Rb8 39. Nc3 d4 40. Kf2 Kf8 $17) 38. Nc3 (38. Re1 f6) 38... d4
{?!} (38... Rxe5 39. g3 Nxh3+ 40. Kf1 d4 $19) 39. Ne4 Rxe5 40. Nd6 (40. Nf6+
Kg7 41. Nxd7 Rxd7 42. Bb3 Ra7 43. Re1 Kf6 44. Bc4 $17) 40... Re6 41. Nc4 Ne2+
42. Kf1 Nc3 $19 43. Rdb1 Nxb1 44. Rxb1 Kf8 45. f4 (45. Re1 Rxe1+ 46. Kxe1 Be6 (
46... Bc8) 47. Nxb6 c4 48. Bd1 Ke7 $19) 45... Ke7 46. Kf2 Kd8 47. Ne5 f6 48.
Nc4 Kc7 49. Bd1 Re4 50. Bc2 Rxf4+ 51. Ke2 Be6 52. Na5 Bd5 53. Bxg6 Bxg2 54. Nc4
Bxh3 55. Rh1 Be6 56. Bd3 Bxc4 57. Bxc4 Kd6 58. Rxh6 Re7+ 59. Kd1 d3 60. Bxd3 c4
61. Bg6 Kc5 62. Rh5+ Kb4 63. Rd5 Rf1+ 64. Kd2 c3+ 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 10th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2009.06.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "218"]
[EventDate "2009.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nc5 8.
Bf1 Nc6 9. Nc3 d4 10. Nb5 Ne6 11. c3 dxc3 12. Nxc3 Ned4 13. Be3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3
Nxe5 15. Qe4 Ng4 16. Rad1 Bd6 17. Bf4 Qh4 18. Qd4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 g5 20. Qg3 Qxg3
21. hxg3 Be6 22. Ne4 Rfd8 23. Rc1 c6 24. f3 Nh6 25. a3 g4 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. Re7
b6 28. Ne4 Nf5 29. Rc7 Nd4 30. fxg4 Kg7 31. b4 Bd7 32. Nd6 Be6 33. Nf5+ Bxf5
34. gxf5 b5 35. g4 a5 36. bxa5 Rxa5 37. Rc3 h6 38. Re3 Kf6 39. Kh2 Raa8 40.
Ree7 Rxa3 41. Rxf7+ Ke5 42. Rfe7+ Kd6 43. f6 Raa8 44. Rh7 Ne6 45. Rb7 Rh8 46.
Be2 Ng5 47. Rhe7 Rhf8 48. f7 Ra2 49. Rbd7+ Kc5 50. Bd3 Rd2 51. Kg3 Rxf7 52.
Rxf7 Nxf7 53. Kf4 Rf2+ 54. Ke4 Ng5+ 55. Ke3 Rxg2 56. Bf5 Rh2 57. Rc7 Kb6 58.
Rc8 Rh3+ 59. Kd4 Rh1 60. Rb8+ Ka5 61. Rc8 Rc1 62. Ke3 Kb6 63. Kd2 Rc4 64. Rh8
Rd4+ 65. Kc3 Rd6 66. Rb8+ Kc5 67. Re8 Nf3 68. Be4 b4+ 69. Kb2 Nd2 70. Bf5 Nc4+
71. Kc1 Kd4 72. Kc2 Ne3+ 73. Kb3 Nxf5 74. gxf5 c5 75. Rf8 Ke5 76. Kc4 Rf6 77.
Re8+ Kd6 78. Rd8+ Ke7 79. Rh8 Rxf5 80. Rxh6 Kd7 81. Rh7+ Ke6 82. Rh6+ Ke7 83.
Rc6 Re5 84. Rh6 Re6 85. Rh5 Rc6 86. Rd5 Rc8 87. Rd3 Rd8 88. Rh3 Rc8 89. Rd3 Ke6
90. Rd1 Ke5 91. Rd2 Ke4 92. Re2+ Kf3 93. Re5 Kf2 94. Re4 Rb8 95. Kb3 Rf8 96.
Kc4 Rf5 97. Re8 Kf3 98. Re1 Rg5 99. Re8 Kf4 100. Re1 Rh5 101. Re2 Re5 102. Rf2+
Ke3 103. Rh2 Rf5 104. Rb2 Rh5 105. Rc2 Rg5 106. Rb2 Rf5 107. Rc2 Rf2 108. Rc1
Kd2 109. Ra1 Rf4+ 0-1

[Event "SRB-chT 1st League"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2009.09.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "2009.09.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bc4 Nd7 7. Nd3 g6 8. Nd2
Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O N7b6 11. Bb3 a5 12. a4 Bf5 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Bg5 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 e6 16. c3 Nd7 17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. g3 Qb6 19. Qc2 Qa6 20. h4 h6 21. Bd2 Rad8
22. Qc1 h5 23. Bg5 Rc8 24. Ne5 Nf8 25. Nd3 b6 26. Qd2 Qb7 27. Qe2 Nh7 28. Bc1
Rcd8 29. Qf3 Qc7 30. Ne5 c5 31. Qe2 cxd4 32. Rxd4 Nf8 33. Rdd1 Nf6 34. Bf4 Qb7
35. Qb5 Nd5 36. Qc6 Qc8 37. Bxd5 Rxd5 38. Qxb6 Bxe5 39. Rxd5 exd5 40. Rxe5 Rxe5
41. Bxe5 Nd7 42. Qd6 Nxe5 43. Qxe5 Qd8 44. Qe2 Kg7 45. Qb5 g5 46. Qc5 gxh4 47.
Qd4+ f6 48. Qxh4 Qb6 49. Qf4 Qxb2 50. Qc7+ Kg6 51. Qxa5 h4 52. Qxd5 hxg3 53.
Qd3+ Kh6 54. Qe3+ Kh7 55. Qe4+ Kg7 56. Qg4+ Kf7 57. Qc4+ Kg6 58. fxg3 f5 59.
Qe6+ Kg5 60. Qe7+ Kg6 61. Qd6+ Kg5 62. Qd4 Kg6 63. g4 fxg4 64. Qxg4+ Kf6 65.
Qd4+ Ke6 66. Kf1 Qc1+ 67. Kf2 Qc2+ 68. Kg3 Qa2 69. Kf3 Qa1 70. Ke2 Ke7 71. Kd2
Qa2+ 72. Kd3 Ke8 73. Qe4+ Kd7 74. Qb4 Qa1 75. Qd4+ Kc6 76. Qc4+ Kb6 77. Kc2 Ka7
78. Qc5+ Ka8 79. Qa5+ Kb8 80. Qb5+ Ka8 81. a5 Qa2+ 82. Kd3 Qa1 83. Qd5+ Ka7 84.
Kc2 Qa4+ 85. Kd2 Qf4+ 86. Ke2 Ka6 87. Qa8+ Kb5 88. Qd5+ Ka6 89. Qd8 Qe4+ 90.
Kd2 Qf4+ 91. Kd3 Qf5+ 92. Kc4 Qg4+ 93. Qd4 Qc8+ 94. Kb3 Qe6+ 95. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "CRO-chT1A 18th"]
[Site "Sibenik"]
[Date "2009.09.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.09.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Rg8 12. g3 e6 13. f4 Be7 14. f5
O-O-O 15. Ne2 Rge8 16. Bb3 Kb8 17. Rhe1 Bc8 18. Nf4 Qe5 19. Qd2 Bf8 20. Ba4 Re7
21. fxe6 Bxe6 22. Bb3 Bg4 23. Nd5 Bxd1 24. Nxe7 Bxc2 25. Kxc2 Bxe7 26. Bxf7 f5
27. Bd5 Bf6 28. Kb1 fxe4 29. Rxe4 Qf5 30. a3 Rc8 31. Ka2 a6 32. g4 Qg5 33. Qd3
Rc5 34. Re8+ Ka7 35. Ra8+ Kb6 36. Bxb7 Kc7 37. Qxa6 Qc1 38. Rc8+ Kd7 39. Qa4+
Ke6 40. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "CRO-chT1A 18th"]
[Site "Sibenik"]
[Date "2009.09.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.09.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8.
Qb3 Nc6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Qb5 Qxb5 12. cxb5 Nc4 13. Bc1 d5 14. Nd2
Nxd2 15. Bxd2 e6 16. a4 Rd8 17. Rfc1 Bd7 18. e4 d4 19. Na2 e5 20. Nb4 Ne8 21.
Nd3 Nd6 22. f4 f6 23. Rc7 Bg4 24. Bb4 b6 25. h3 Be2 26. Nc1 Bd1 27. Kf2 Ne8 28.
Rc6 d3 29. Ke3 Bc2 30. Ra3 Rd4 31. Bc3 Bf8 32. b4 Rad8 33. Nb3 Bxb3 34. Bxd4 d2
35. Ra1 Rxd4 36. Bf3 0-1

[Event "CRO-chT1A 18th"]
[Site "Sibenik"]
[Date "2009.09.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2009.09.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nh2 Nbd7 15.
Ndf1 Nc5 16. Bc2 c6 17. Ng4 cxd5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. exd5 e4 20. Ng3 Re5 21.
Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Rxd5 23. Qf1 Re5 24. Rd4 Rae8 25. Be3 Be4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27.
Rdd1 Qe6 28. Qd3 Qc4 29. Qd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 f6 31. b4 Rc8 32. Bd2 Re5 33. Rd3 a5
34. f4 Re4 35. Rd5 Rb8 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Kf3 Rc4 38. f5 Ke8 39. Ke3 Kd7 40. Kd3
Kc6 41. Rxb5 Rxb5 42. Kxc4 Rxf5 43. a4 Rf2 44. b5+ Kb7 45. Be3 Rxg2 46. Re1 Rg3
47. Kd5 Rxh3 48. Bd4 Rh5+ 49. Ke6 d5 50. Kd7 Rh4 51. Re6 Re4 52. Rb6+ Ka8 53.
Ra6+ Kb7 54. Ra7+ Kb8 55. Rxa5 h5 56. b6 h4 57. Kc6 g5 58. Rxd5 Re6+ 59. Kb5
Bd6 60. Bc5 Bxc5 61. Rd8+ Kb7 62. Rd7+ Kc8 63. Rc7+ Kb8 64. Kxc5 Re8 65. a5 Rh8
66. a6 h3 67. a7+ Ka8 68. b7+ Kxa7 69. Rc8 Kxb7 70. Rxh8 g4 71. Kd4 1-0

[Event "CRO-chT1A 19th"]
[Site "Sibenik"]
[Date "2010.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "250"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. a5 h6 13. Be3 Rfc8 14. h3 b5 15.
axb6 Nxb6 16. Na5 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Qxc4 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Re2 Rab8 20. b3 Qb4 21. Qd3
Qb5 22. Nb2 Nf6 23. Rd2 Bd7 24. Nc4 Be6 25. Nb2 Rc6 26. Ra2 Bd8 27. Qxb5 Rxb5
28. Nd3 Bc7 29. Ra4 a5 30. Nc1 Rb8 31. c4 Ra6 32. Ra3 a4 33. bxa4 Rb4 34. Nd3
Rxc4 35. Nb2 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Rcc6 37. Rdd3 d5 38. exd5 e4+ 39. g3 Bxd5 40. Rxd5
Nxd5 41. Bxe4 Rc3 42. Rxc3 Nxc3 43. Bb7 Re6 44. Bc8 Re8 45. Bd7 Rb8 46. Nc4 Rb4
47. Na3 Nxa4 48. Nc2 Rc4 49. Na3 Re4 50. Bc6 Rb4 51. Nc2 Rc4 52. Bb5 Rxc2 53.
Bxa4 Rb2 54. Kg2 g5 55. Bd7 Bb6 56. Bxb6 Rxb6 57. Bf5 Kg7 58. Be4 Rb3 59. Bc2
Rc3 60. Bb1 Kf6 61. Ba2 Ra3 62. Bc4 h5 63. Be2 h4 64. gxh4 gxh4 65. Bf3 Ke5 66.
Bb7 Kd4 67. Bc6 Ra6 68. Be8 Rf6 69. Kf1 Kd3 70. Bb5+ Kd2 71. Bc4 Rf5 72. Bb3 f6
73. Be6 Rf3 74. Bd7 Rf4 75. Be6 Re4 76. Bd7 Re7 77. Bc8 Rg7 78. Be6 Kd3 79.
Bf5+ Kd4 80. Bc2 Ke5 81. Ba4 Rc7 82. Be8 Ke4 83. Bg6+ f5 84. Be8 Rc8 85. Bh5
Rf8 86. Ke2 Kf4 87. Kf1 Rg8 88. Bf7 Rd8 89. Bh5 Ke4 90. Kg2 Rg8+ 91. Kf1 Rh8
92. Bd1 Rc8 93. Kg2 Rg8+ 94. Kf1 Rg7 95. Bc2+ Kf4 96. Bd1 Rc7 97. Kg2 Rc3 98.
Bh5 Ke4 99. Bg6 Rc7 100. Kf1 Rg7 101. Be8 Kd3 102. Bc6 Kd2 103. Bd5 Rc7 104.
Be6 f4 105. Bg4 Rc3 106. Kg2 Ke1 107. Bh5 Ra3 108. Bg4 Ra2 109. Kf3 Rxf2+ 110.
Ke4 Rf1 111. Bf3 Kf2 112. Kxf4 Rb1 113. Bc6 Rb4+ 114. Ke5 Kg3 115. Bd7 Rc4 116.
Be6 Rc1 117. Bg4 Ra1 118. Bc8 Rc1 119. Bg4 Rc7 120. Kd4 Rg7 121. Be6 Kg2 122.
Kd3 Re7 123. Bg4 Kf2 124. Kd4 Re3 125. Kd5 Kg2 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Chess Fed"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 {One of the most popular variations for
Black in the Chigorin.} 12. Nbd2 {When making a short survey of this line I
saw that White has some interesting play after} (12. b3 $5 exd4 (12... cxd4 13.
cxd4 Nc6 14. Nc3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Nd5 Bb7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bb2 $14) 13.
cxd4 Nc6 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Nc3 Nb4 16. Bb1 Bf6 17. d5 a5 18. a3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5
20. Qc1 Na6 21. Nxb5 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 $16 {Alekseev Evgeny 2662 - Eljanov P 2683 ,
16.10.2011 Governor's Cup}) ({and} 12. d5 Nb6 13. Nbd2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Ne4 Kh8 (16... Qd7 17. b3 Raf8 {Saric Iv 2648 - Grandelius N
2543 , 7.11.2011 18th European Teams} 18. Nfg5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Nb7 20. Qd2 Qf7
21. Rad1 h6 22. Be3 $14) 17. b3 Qg8 18. c4 bxc4 19. Bd2 Nb7 20. bxc4 Nxc4 21.
Bg5 Qf7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Rb1 Nca5 24. Qe2 $16) 12... exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 $5 {
Conceptual novelty. The main idea is to avoid tons of theory.} ({Before Black
defended the position after} 13... Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15. Nxe5 (15. a4 Bb7 16.
Nxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Ng6 (17... Nd7 18. Nf3 Re8 19. Bd2 Bf6 20. Rb1 b4 21. Bd3 g6
22. Qc2 Bg7 23. b3 a5 24. Rbd1 $14 {Saric Iv 2648 - Mchedlishvili M 2636 , 9.
11.2011 18th European Teams}) 18. Nf3 Re8 19. g3 Bf6 20. Ra3 Qd7 21. Kg2 Rad8
22. axb5 axb5 23. h4 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 25. h5 Nf8 26. h6 g6 27. b4 $1 {
Istratescu A 2627 - Flear G 2472 , 4.1.2012 Hastings Masters 2011-12}) 15...
Nxe5 16. a4 Rb8 17. f4 (17. axb5 axb5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nf3 Bh4 20. Rf1 Bg3 21. f5
Ne5 22. Ng5 Bh4 23. f6 g6 24. Qd2 $18 {Akopian R 2053 - Kavutskiy K 2303 , 9.
12.2011 14th Metropolitan IM}) 17... Ng6 18. Nf3 Bh4 19. Rf1 Bg3 20. f5 Ne5 21.
Ng5 Nd7 (21... h6 22. f6 g6 23. Nf3 Qxf6 24. Bxh6 Re8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nxe5
Qxe5 27. Ra3 Bh2+ 28. Kh1 $14) 22. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 23. f6 $1 g6 24. Qd2 Nxf6 25.
Qh6+ Kg8 26. Bg5 Be5 27. Ra3 $40 {Berg E 2575 - Forsberg V 2227 , 13.1.2012
TCh-SWE 2011-12}) 14. Nf1 Bb7 15. Ne3 {Novelty.} ({Beforehand} 15. d5 {was
played, after which Black's typical black knight on a5 managed to escape via
the c4-square} Nc4 16. b3 Bf6 17. Rb1 Nce5 18. N3h2 (18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bb2 $13)
18... c4 19. f4 Nd3 $1 20. Bxd3 cxd3 $15 {Baron Ta 2497 - Efimenko Z 2695 , 24.
3.2012 13th EICC; strategically speaking White is doing fine, but from the
tactical point of view he simply can not hold the pawn centre.}) 15... cxd4 {
Otherwise White would simply play d5 and the knight on a5 would be stuck.} 16.
Nxd4 Bf8 17. Ng4 {Maybe I should try immediately to play} (17. Bd2 {instead,
but I didn't want to give up a pawn at the start and also to exchange too many
pieces.} Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Bc3 Nc4 20. Qf3 Re8 21. Nd5 Rc8 22. Rxe8 Qxe8
23. Re1 Nce5 24. Qd1 f6 25. f4 Qf7 26. Nf5 $44) (17. b3 $5 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4
19. Bb2 Rc8 20. Qf3 Re8 21. Nd5 Ne5 22. Qg3 Nac6 23. Nf5 Kh8 24. Rad1 {with
compensation.}) 17... Rc8 (17... h5 18. Nh2 g6 19. Nhf3 Rc8 20. Bg5 Qc7 21. Rc1
Nc4 22. b3 Nce5 23. Bb1 Qb6 $11 {Preparing ...d5.}) 18. Bd2 Nc4 19. Bc3 Nde5
$11 20. a4 b4 (20... Qb6) 21. Bxb4 Nxb2 22. Qb1 Nbc4 23. a5 $2 {Too slow, but
even more important I shouldn't allow Black to spoil my pawn structure on g4.}
(23. Qa2 Nxg4 24. hxg4 a5 25. Bc3 Ne5 $15) (23. Nxe5 {perhaps was the best
solution for me. After that already Black has to guess right how to equalise}
dxe5 {wrong. A better move is} (23... Nxe5 $1 $11) 24. Bxf8 exd4 (24... Qxd4
25. Qxb7 Rxf8 26. Qxa6 $14) 25. Bxg7 Ba8 26. Bh6 Re6 27. Bf4 d3 28. Bxd3 Rb6
29. Qd1 Nb2 30. Qf3 Nxd3 31. Red1 Rc3 32. Be5 $18) 23... Nxg4 24. hxg4 g6 $5 {
A logical and good move but a bit slow, now I have time to arrange my pieces.}
(24... Qg5 25. Qd1 g6 26. Rb1 Ba8 27. Bd3 Bg7 $15) 25. Qa2 Bg7 26. Rad1 Qg5 (
26... Qh4 $1 27. Bb3 Rxe4 $5 28. Bxc4 (28. Rxe4 Bxe4 29. Bxc4 Bxg2 {the small
but extremly important difference with the line with the queen on g5 is, that
now mate on h1 is threatening}) 28... Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Bxd4 30. Bxd6 Qxg4 31.
Bxf7+ Kg7 32. Bd5 Re8 $1 33. Rxe8 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qh5+ {=}) 27. Bb3 d5 (27... Rxe4
28. Rxe4 Bxe4 29. Bxc4 Bxg2 30. Bxf7+ Kh8 31. Be6 $18) 28. exd5 Rxe1+ (28...
Qxg4 29. Bxc4 Bxd4 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 32. Bxe1 $13) 29. Bxe1 Bxd5 (
29... Qxd5 30. Nf3 Qe4 31. Bxc4 Qxc4 32. Qxc4 Rxc4 33. Rd7 Bxf3 34. Rd8+ Bf8
35. gxf3 Rc1 36. Kf1 Kg7 37. Ke2 {=}) 30. Qe2 $1 $14 {The first moment in the
game where I can say that I am better. Now the knight on c4 is pinned twice
and another problem is the unstable bishop on d5 - the threat Nf5 is very
serious.} h5 (30... Bf8 31. Nf3 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Qf4 33. Qe4 Qxe4 34. fxe4 $14)
31. Nf5 $1 gxf5 32. Rxd5 Qxg4 $1 33. f3 Qf4 34. g3 Qe3+ 35. Qxe3 Nxe3 36. Rd7
Nc4 37. f4 Re8 (37... Rc6 {was much more resilient} 38. Kg2 (38. Bd1 h4 39.
gxh4 Bh6 40. Bh5 Bxf4 41. Bxf7+ Kh8 42. Bd5 Rc5) 38... Bf6 39. Ra7 Ne3+ 40. Kf3
Nc4 41. Bxc4 Rxc4 42. Rxa6 Bc3 43. Bf2 $14) 38. Bf2 Rc8 39. Rd5 Bc3 40. Rxf5
Rc7 {The last move in time trouble.} 41. Rg5+ $1 Kh7 (41... Kf8 42. Rc5 $18)
42. Rxh5+ Kg6 43. Rg5+ Kf6 44. Kg2 Nd2 (44... Bb4 $16) 45. Bb6 Re7 46. Ba2 Re2+
47. Kh3 $18 Ke7 48. Rc5 Ne4 49. Rc7+ Kd6 50. Bc4 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 Bg6 8. a3 cxd4
9. cxd4 Nge7 10. b4 Nc8 11. Nbd2 Nb6 12. Bb2 Be7 13. Ne1 f6 14. h4 fxe5 15. h5
Be4 16. dxe5 O-O 17. Qb3 Nc4 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Kh8 20. Rd1 Qb6 21. Bxe6
Rad8 22. h6 Nd4 23. hxg7+ Kxg7 24. Qe3 Nxe6 25. Qxe4 Rf4 26. Qe2 Rdf8 27. Rd7
R4f7 28. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.08.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 $6 {Dieser Zug ist natürlich spielbar, doch es gibt zumindest zwei Gründe,
warum man ihn besser nicht machen sollte. Erstens, Schwarz hat gutes Spiel in
vielen anderen Varianten in dieser Stellung. Zweitens, der Zug 8...h5 sieht
nicht gut aus, weil er den schwarzen Königsflügel schwächt und die Rochade
erschwert.} ({Eins von den vielen guten Abspielen für Schwarz ist zum Beispiel
} 8... Nbd7 9. Qd2 Be7 10. g4 O-O 11. O-O-O b5 12. g5 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5
Bf5 $132) 9. Qd2 Nbd7 (9... Be7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O
O-O 14. Na5 Qc7 15. c4 $14 {Wiederum sieht der Zug ...h5 sehr unnötig aus.})
10. Nd5 $1 {Ich finde diesen Zug richtig. Weiß hat einfach eine etwas
angenehmere Stellung und Schwarz hat nun wirklich kaum Gegenspiel.} (10. O-O-O
Be7 11. Kb1 b5 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Na5 Rc8 16. Bd3 (16.
Nc6 Nxd5 17. Nxe7 Nxe7 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Nc6 20. Be2 Ke7 $11) 16... Rc5
$132 {Ivanchuk - Gelfand (Astana, 2012)}) 10... Bxd5 (10... Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5
12. Be2 {-> 9...Be7.}) 11. exd5 Qc7 12. c4 b6 {Eine mögliche Alternative ist
12...a5. Dieser Zug ändert allerdings nicht so viel.} (12... a5 13. a4 b6 14.
Bd3 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Nc1 Nc5 17. Bc2 Nfd7 18. Na2 $14 {Voss,M (2667)
-Soberano,J (2617)/ICCF email 2008/Corr 2011 (39). Und Weiß hat angefangen,
die Schwäche des Feldes b5 auszunutzen.}) 13. Rc1 g6 14. Be2 Bg7 15. O-O O-O {
So weit haben beide Seiten ihre Entwicklungen vollendet. Nun ist die Zeit für
beide Spieler gekommen, einen Plan zu finden.} 16. Na1 $1 {Ein sehr starker
Zug! Weiß hat gleich zwei Ideen im Sinn - er will b4-Nb3 spielen, oder, falls
Schwarz das mittels ...a5 verhindert, Nc2-Na3-Nb5.} a5 (16... Nh7 17. b4 f5 18.
Nb3 $16 {Schwarz kann nichts machen, im nächsten Zug kommt c5.}) 17. Nc2 Nc5
18. Na3 {Der Springer geht nach b5, von wo er den Bauern d6 angreifen wird.}
Qe7 19. Nb5 Nfd7 {Nun bereitet Schwarz seinen Hauptplan vor - ...f5 und weiter
im Zentrum zu spielen. Jedoch aktiver sieht das Spiel mit h4 aus.} (19... h4 $5
20. Rce1 (20. Bg5 h3 21. gxh3 Qd7 22. Kg2 Nh5 $44) 20... Nh5 21. Bd1 Qd7 22.
Bc2 h3 $132) 20. Rce1 {Der Plan von Weiß ist es, b3-a3-b4 zu spielen. Um ihn
durchzuführen, bringt er zuerst seinen Läufer auf c2, um den Bauern b3 zu
verteidigen.} (20. b3 f5 21. Qc2 e4 22. f4 Nf6 23. h3 h4 $132) 20... Rfc8 {
Der andere Turm muss das Feld a7 kontrollieren.} (20... Rac8 21. Na7 Rc7 22.
Nc6 $16) 21. b3 f5 22. Bd1 Nf6 23. Bc2 Kh7 {Schwarz hat keinen guten Plan in
dieser Stellung - Weiß kontrolliert alle wichtigen Felder und seine Figuren
stehen einfach viel besser.} 24. h3 $1 {Ein starker prophylaktischer Zug. Nun
kann Schwarz nicht mehr ...Ng8 mit der Idee ...Bh6 spielen.} Rf8 (24... Ng8 25.
g4 $1 Rf8 (25... hxg4 26. hxg4 $18) (25... f4 26. Bxf4 $18) 26. gxf5 gxf5 27.
Kh2 $1 Bh6 28. Rg1 Bxe3 29. Qxe3 Nh6 30. Rg5 $18) 25. a3 Rac8 26. b4 axb4 27.
axb4 Ncd7 28. Bb3 $16 {Man kann leicht sehen, dass Weiß ruhig seinen Plan
durchführt, während Schwarz einfach zuschaut. Jetzt, wenn der Läufer die
Diagonale b1-h7 verlassen hat, braucht Schwarz keine Angst vor g4 haben und
kann endlich ...Ng8 spielen. Allerdings ist es schon ziemlich spät dafür.} (28.
Na7 $2 Rxc4 29. Bb3 Rc7 30. Nc6 Qf7 31. Ra1 $44 {Weiß hat Kompensation, aber
auch nicht mehr.}) 28... Ng8 (28... Ra8 29. Bg5 $1 $16 {Nun kann sich Schwarz
kaum bewegen.}) 29. f4 {Interessant war 29.Qf2:} (29. Qf2 Bh6 (29... Rb8 30.
Bc1 Bh6 31. Nd4 $16) 30. Bxb6 Nxb6 31. Qxb6 Rb8 32. Qf2 Nf6 33. Ra1 Rb7 $14 {
Obwohl Weiß sicherlich bessere Chancen hat, besitzt Schwarz eine gewisse
Kompensation dank der ungleichfarbigen Läufer.}) 29... Ngf6 {Schwarz darf die
Stellung nicht mittels ...e4 schließen.} (29... e4 30. Nd4 $16) 30. Na7 Ra8 31.
Nc6 Qe8 32. Bc2 {Weiß spielt sehr vorsichtig, um Schwarz kein Gegenspiel zu
geben.} (32. Ra1 $2 Rxa1 33. Rxa1 Ne4 34. Qe1 exf4 $17) 32... Ra2 33. Qd1 Qa8
34. fxe5 dxe5 35. Ne7 $1 {Wieder ein starker Zug. Zum einen will Weiß c5-c6
spielen, zum anderen ist auch der schwarze König nun im Gefahr.} e4 (35... Qa7
{...um c5 zu verhindern, aber dann...} 36. Bxf5 $3 gxf5 37. Rxf5 {Schwarz ist
hilflos gegen Rxh5.} Bh6 38. Rxh5 Nxh5 39. Qxh5 Rf6 40. Bxh6 Rxh6 41. Qf7+ Kh8
42. Qg8#) 36. c5 bxc5 37. bxc5 {Nun laufen die weißen Bauern.} Qa3 (37... Re8
38. d6 Bf8 39. Bb3 Ra3 40. Nd5 $16) 38. Bb1 Rb2 39. Qc1 (39. Bc1 $4 Qxc5+ $19)
39... Rfb8 40. Re2 $2 {Im letzten Zug vor der Zeitkontrolle macht Weiß einen
Fehler.} (40. Rf2 Ne8 41. Rxb2 Bxb2 42. Qc4 $16) 40... Ne5 $2 {Schwarz konnte
nun mittels 40...Ne8 die Initiative übernehmen. Stattdessen verliert er die
Partie forciert.} (40... Ne8 $1 41. Rxb2 Bxb2 (41... Rxb2 42. d6 $14) 42. Qd2 {
Hier geht 42.Qc4 nun nicht, weil der Läufer e3 hängt.} Rb3 43. Bf2 e3 44. Bxe3
Rxe3 45. Nxf5 gxf5 46. Bxf5+ Kg7 47. Bxd7 Nf6 $17) 41. Rxb2 Rxb2 (41... Qxb2
42. Qxb2 Rxb2 43. d6 $18) 42. Bd4 Qg3 {Der letzte Versuch, aber auch hier hat
Schwarz keine Chance.} 43. Bxb2 (43. Qxb2 $2 Nfg4 $1 44. hxg4 Nf3+ 45. Rxf3
exf3 46. Kf1 Bxd4 47. Nxf5 $8 (47. Qd2 Qh2 $19) 47... gxf5 48. Bxf5+ Kg8 49.
Qd2 Qxg2+ 50. Qxg2 fxg2+ 51. Kxg2 Bxc5 $11) 43... Nf3+ 44. Rxf3 exf3 45. Qd2 $1
(45. Qf1 fxg2 46. Qxg2 Qe1+ 47. Kh2 Qxe7 48. d6 Qe3 $11) 45... Nxd5 (45... Ne4
46. Bxe4 fxe4 47. Qf2 $1 Qxf2+ 48. Kxf2 Bxb2 49. c6 Bd4+ 50. Kf1 $18) (45...
Bh6 46. Nxf5 $1 gxf5 47. Bxf5+ Kg7 48. Bxf6+ Kf7 49. Be6+ Ke8 50. d6 $3 $18)
46. Nxf5 f2+ (46... gxf5 47. Bxf5+ Kh8 48. Qh6+ Kg8 49. Be6+ Kf8 50. Qxg7+ Qxg7
51. Bxg7+ Kxg7 52. Bxd5 $18) 47. Kf1 Qh2 48. Kxf2 Bxb2 49. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 13th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2012.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2012.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 d6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nc3 Nb6 11. Ne1 Bxa6 12. Nc2 Ne8 13. Ne3 Nc7 14. Bd2 Nb5
15. Rc1 Nd4 16. b3 Qd7 17. Re1 Rfb8 18. h4 Bb7 19. Nc4 Qd8 20. g4 Ba6 21. Na5
Bc8 22. Nc6 Nxc6 23. dxc6 Bxg4 24. a4 Qc8 25. Nb5 Bh3 26. Bf3 Bg4 27. Bg2 Bh3
28. Bf3 Bg4 29. c7 Rb7 30. Bg5 Bf8 31. e4 Bd7 32. e5 Bxb5 33. Bxe7 d5 34. Bxf8
Qxf8 35. Bxd5 Nxd5 36. Qxd5 Rxc7 37. axb5 Rb8 38. Qc4 Rcb7 39. e6 Qe7 40. Rcd1
Kg7 41. Rd5 Rc7 42. Ree5 Rbb7 43. exf7 Qf6 44. f8=Q+ Kxf8 45. Rxc5 Rf7 46. Qd4
Rbd7 47. Rcd5 Rc7 48. Rd8+ Kg7 49. Red5 Rc1+ 50. Kg2 Qxd4 51. Rxd4 Rb1 52. Rd3
Kh6 53. b6 Rb2 54. Kg3 Rb7 55. R8d6 Ra2 56. R3d4 Ra5 57. Rb4 Rf5 58. Rc6 Rff7
59. f3 Rb8 60. h5 Rbf8 61. f4 Rb8 62. hxg6 hxg6 63. Kg4 Rbb7 64. Rb5 Kh7 65.
Rbc5 Rg7 66. Kg5 Rb8 67. Rd5 Kh8 68. Rdd6 Ra8 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 13th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2012.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 Nd5 10. Bxd5 e6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O f6 13. Qe3 Qd5 14. b3
Be7 15. Qh6 Kf7 16. Bb2 Bb7 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Re2 Bf8 19. Qf4 Bd6 20. Qh6 Qh5
21. Qe3 Rhe8 22. h3 c5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Qc3 Be7 25. Rae1 Rd6 26. Nd2 Red8 27.
Qe3 Ra6 28. Ne4 Qf5 29. Qh6 g5 30. Qh5+ Qg6 31. Qf3 Rd7 32. Qc3 Qf5 33. a4 Rb6
34. a5 Rc6 35. Qe3 Qxa5 36. h4 h6 37. Ra1 Qf5 38. Rxa7 Rcc7 39. Ra4 Rd1+ 40.
Kh2 Rcd7 41. f3 R7d3 42. Qa7 Bxe4 43. Raxe4 Rd7 44. Qa4 Bd6+ 45. g3 Bc5 0-1

