[Event "SRB-chT"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2015.08.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Miljkovic, Miroslav D"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2015.08.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kragujevac Radnicki"]
[BlackTeam "Kraljevo Sloga Turist"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 ({Even} 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c5 {is possible.}) 2... c5 $5 {A
surprising decision for the first round.} 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 (4. e3 $5 {
is a serious alternative to the established theoretical lines.}) 4... cxd4 5.
Qxd4 {A solid move including an immediate queen exchange.} (5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Nxd4
Nf6 7. g3 e5 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Bg2 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O $14 {is my game
on the White side of the board against GM Ulibin from Paracin 2013.}) 5... Qxd4
(5... Nf6 6. Nc3 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 {is the main line but I wanted to improve if
it is possible.}) 6. Nxd4 a6 7. g3 {Now the game takes an interesting turn.} (
7. Nc3 Nf6 (7... e5 8. Nd5 Ra7 {looks very artificial.}) 8. g3 e5 9. Nb3 Bd7
10. Bg2 Bc6 11. O-O Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nc6 $14 {goes back to the main
line.}) 7... e5 8. Nb3 $146 (8. Nf3 f6 $5) 8... Bd7 9. Bg2 Bc6 10. O-O Bxg2 11.
Kxg2 Nc6 12. Be3 Nf6 13. N1d2 $5 {White has a small but rather nasty
positional pull after this move which made me to regret my opening choice.} Nd5
14. Bc5 Bxc5 15. Nxc5 O-O-O $5 (15... b6 16. Nb7 $5 (16. Nce4 Ke7 $11 {is a
serious alternative to the text.}) (16. Na4 O-O-O) 16... Ke7 17. Rac1 Rhb8 18.
Rxc6 Rxb7 $14) 16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. Rac1 {An important tempo wasted during the
attack.} (17. Nc4 Kc7 18. Rdc1 $1 $40) 17... Kc7 18. a3 $6 ({Why not} 18. Nc4 {
at once?}) 18... Rd5 19. Nde4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Rd8 22. Rxd8 $6 (22.
Rc1 Rd4 23. Kf3) 22... Nxd8 {After this only Black could be better because of
the black king breaking towards the center or to the queenside before his
counterpart.} 23. Kf3 Kc6 24. Ke3 ({It is very difficult to appreciate} 24. Nc3
Kc5 $1 25. Ke4 Kc4 26. Kxe5 Kb3 {but it contains risks especially for White.})
24... f5 25. Nd2 Kd5 26. Kd3 e4+ 27. Kc3 Nc6 28. Nc4 b5 29. Ne3+ Ke5 30. Nc2 g5
31. b3 {I have based my hopes into this knights ending but White's position is
much more resilient than it seems.} h5 (31... f4 32. a4 $1 {is similar to the
game.}) 32. a4 $1 ({Certainly not} 32. Nb4 $2 Nd4 33. Nxa6 Nxe2+ 34. Kb4 (34.
Kd2 Nd4) 34... f4 $19) ({but} 32. e3 f4 33. Nb4 $11 {is another way to handle
this position.}) 32... f4 33. axb5 $6 $138 {A small inexactitude due to
shortage of time.} ({Simplest is} 33. e3 $1 bxa4 (33... f3 34. Nb4) (33... fxg3
34. fxg3 g4 35. Nb4 Ne7 $11) 34. bxa4 fxg3 35. fxg3 Kf5 36. Nd4+ Nxd4 37. Kxd4
Kg4 38. Kxe4 Kh3 39. Kf5 Kxh2 40. e4 Kxg3 41. e5 h4 $11) 33... axb5 34. gxf4+
Kxf4 $1 {At least I could have broken to one flank.} (34... gxf4 35. b4) 35.
Ne3 Ke5 (35... h4 36. b4 h3 37. Nd5+ Ke5 38. Ne3 {looks also tough to crack.})
36. Kd2 g4 $2 {These type of moves always lock the position unnecessarily.} (
36... Nd4 37. b4 Nc6 38. Nc2 Kf4 (38... Kd5 39. Kc3) 39. Ke1 (39. Na3 e3+ 40.
fxe3+ Kg4 41. Nxb5 Kh3 42. Nd4 Nxb4 43. Ne6 g4 44. Nf4+ $11) 39... Kg4 40. Kf1
Kh3 41. Kg1 g4 (41... h4 42. f3 $1 $11) 42. Kh1 h4 43. Kg1 g3 44. hxg3 hxg3 45.
fxg3 Kxg3 46. Kf1 $11 {proves that even passivity works in this position.}) 37.
Nc2 $1 b4 (37... Nd4 38. Nxd4 Kxd4 39. e3+ Kc5 40. Kc3 b4+ 41. Kd2 h4 42. Ke1
Kd5 43. Kf1 Ke5 44. Kg2 Kf5 45. Kg1 $11 {It is a position where the space
advantage does not really works since White allows no breaks.}) 38. Ke1 Kf4 39.
Ne3 h4 40. Kf1 $11 h3 41. Nc2 Ke5 42. Ke1 Nd4 43. Nxb4 (43. Nxd4 $4 Kxd4 44.
Kd2 e3+ $19 {is just for wishful thinkers.}) 43... Nxb3 44. Nc2 Kf5 45. Ne3+
Kf4 46. Nd5+ Ke5 47. Ne3 Kf4 48. Nd5+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SRB Central-ch op-A 6th"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2013.07.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2013.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {I had to win this game in order to catch the leaders and become equal
first in the tournament.} d5 2. c4 c5 $5 {O'Kelly liked this a lot.} 3. cxd5 {
The normal capture.} (3. dxc5 d4 4. a3 a5 5. e3 e5 6. exd4 exd4 7. Nf3 Bxc5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Nge7 $13) 3... Qxd5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nc3 (5. Qxd4 $5 Nf6 6. Nc3
Qxd4 7. Nxd4 $14) 5... Qa5 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. g3 e5 8. Nb3 Qc7 {A historical
position. This opening has been picked up by Mamedyarov and Ulibin+Gleizerov
recently.} 9. Bg2 Bb4 10. O-O (10. Qd3 O-O 11. O-O (11. Bg5 Rd8 12. Qf3 $5)
11... Rd8 12. Qb5 $5 {are also interesting ideas I was pondering about in the
game.}) (10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qc1 {I find White's position good and
solid but also a little bit confined.}) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Bg5 $1 {
I already started to brew the sacrifice on h6 in my mind albeit it may not be
the soundest variation I had at my disposal.} (12. Be3 $5 Rd8 13. Qb1 $5 $13)
12... Nbd7 13. c4 $1 h6 (13... Qxc4 14. Rc1 Qg4 (14... Qa4 15. Qc2) (14... Qa6
15. Qd2) 15. Be3 Nb6 16. Nc5 Nc4 17. Bd4 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 exd4 19. Rxc4 $44) 14.
Be3 Nb6 $1 15. c5 (15. Bxb6 $2 axb6 $15) (15. Rc1 Rd8 16. Qc2 $1 (16. Qe1 a5)
16... a5 17. Nd2 $14) (15. Na5 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Qxc4 17. Qd2) 15... Nc4 16. Qc1
Be6 17. Bxh6 $1 {This is the natural follow-up in my plan, so no matter what
happens I had to commit myself to it.} (17. Rd1 $6 Rfd8 18. Qc3 Nd5 19. Bxd5
Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21. Nd2 $15) 17... gxh6 18. Qxh6 Nh7 $1 (18... Ng4 $2 19.
Qg5+ Kh7 (19... Kh8 20. h3 $18) 20. Be4+ f5 21. Qxg4 $18) 19. f4 $2 {This is a
terrible move!} (19. Be4 f6 20. Rac1 $5 (20. Rab1 Rab8 21. Rfd1 Qg7 22. Qxg7+
Kxg7 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Ng5 25. Rc1 b5 26. cxb6 Nxb6 27. Ra5 Rf7)) (19. Rac1
$5 {should be squeezed into any plan since Black's Nc4 is shaky.}) 19... Ne3
20. Be4 Bf5 (20... Nf5 $4 21. Qh5) 21. Bxf5 Nxf5 22. Qh5 Nd4 $1 (22... Ng7 $6
23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. fxe5 Rae8 25. Rad1 Re7 26. Rd5 $15) 23. Qxe5 (23. fxe5 Nxb3
24. axb3 Qxc5+ 25. Kg2 Qc6+ 26. Rf3 Qg6 $17) (23. Rac1 Rae8 24. e3 Nxb3 25.
axb3 exf4 26. exf4 Qc6 $17) 23... Qxe5 24. fxe5 Nc6 $1 $19 {It is clear that
Black is practically winning after this good move.} (24... Nxe2+ 25. Kg2 Ng5
26. Na5 b6 27. cxb6 axb6 28. Nc4 $132) 25. Rab1 Rad8 26. Nc1 Rd7 27. Nd3 Re8
28. Rf5 $6 (28. Rf4 Nxe5 29. Re4 f6 30. h4 Kf7 $17) 28... Nd4 29. Rf2 Ng5 30.
Kg2 Ne4 $138 31. Rf4 Nc3 32. c6 $1 {The only move to mess things up in his
time trouble.} Nxc6 33. Nc5 Rde7 (33... Rd5 34. Rxb7 Rxc5 35. Rfxf7 Nd8 36.
Rg7+ Kf8 37. Rxa7 Rexe5 38. Rh7 Rxe2+ 39. Kh3 Rg5 $19 {is more difficult to
convert considering the usual impotence of a pair of knights.}) 34. Rb3 (34.
Rg4+ Kf8 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. Nxb7 Nxe5 37. Rh4 Ng6 38. Rc4 Nd1 $1 $19) 34... Nxe2
35. Rg4+ Kf8 36. e6 $1 fxe6 37. Rb2 Ncd4 (37... Ned4 $142 38. Nxb7 Nf5 $19) 38.
Re4 Rc8 39. Nd3 (39. Nxe6+ Rxe6 40. Rxe6 Nxe6 41. Rxe2 Nd4 42. Re4 Rc2+ 43. Kh3
Rd2 $19) 39... Rec7 $1 40. Ne1 {This is how I won back an exchange but his
position was still winning with the remaining material due to the queenside
majority.} b6 41. Rexe2 Nxe2 42. Rxe2 Rc3 43. h4 ({An exchange of rooks should
be avoided at any cost:} 43. Rxe6 Re8 $2) 43... Ke7 44. Kh3 Rg8 $1 45. Rg2 b5
$19 46. h5 {I decided not to move the knight.} (46. Nc2 a5 47. Nd4 b4 48. Nb5
Rc4 $19) 46... b4 47. Kh4 a5 48. g4 a4 49. h6 b3 50. axb3 axb3 51. g5 Re3 $1 {
This great move conceivably terminates the game.} 52. Rg1 (52. g6 Rxe1 53. g7
Kf6 $19) (52. h7 Rh8 53. g6 Kf6 $19 (53... Rxe1 $5 54. Kg5 Rh1 55. Rb2 (55. g7
R1xh7 56. gxh8=Q Rxh8 57. Rb2 Rb8 $19) 55... Rb8 $19)) (52. Rb2 Rxe1 53. Rxb3
Rh1+) 52... b2 53. Ng2 Re4+ 54. Kh5 Re5 55. h7 Rgxg5+ 56. Kh6 Rh5+ 57. Kg7
Reg5+ 58. Kh8 Rxg2 {This result secured Ulibin's first place and kicked me
down to 10th.} 0-1

[Event "Bodensee op"]
[Site "Bregenz"]
[Date "2016.05.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. g3 e5 8.
Nb3 Qc7 9. Bg2 Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O {Diagramm [#]} Nc6 ({Oder} 11... Rd8 12.
Rc1 Nc6 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Bg5 Rac8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. e3 Kg7 17. Rfd1 Na5 18. Nxa5
Bxa5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Qe2 a6 21. a3 b5 22. b4 Bb6 23. Qb2 Qd7 24. h4 Qe7 25.
Ne4 Bc4 26. Nd2 Be6 27. Rc6 Qa7 28. Ne4 Rd3 29. Qe2 Rxa3 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Qg4+
Kf8 32. Qxe6 Bd8 33. Nc5 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Qe7 35. Qg4 Qf7 36. Qc8 Rd1 37. Be4 Rd2
38. Kg2 Qa2 39. Qf5 Qf7 40. h5 Bb6 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. h6+ Kxh6 43. Qxa6 Qa2 44.
Qxb6 Rxf2+ 45. Kg1 Qe2 {0-1 (45) Wang,Y (2718)-Mamedyarov,S (2747) Huaian 2016}
) 12. Rc1 Bf5 13. Qe1 Bxc3 {Gegen e2-e4 gerichtet.} 14. Bxc3 Be4 15. Bh3 Bd5
16. Nd2 Rfe8 17. b3 Rad8 18. e4 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Qe2 h6 21. Nf3 Qb6 22.
Rfe1 a6 23. Kg2 Qb5 24. Qxb5 axb5 25. Re2 Ra8 26. Be1 {Diagramm [#] Bis
hierhin war die Partie vor sich hin geplätschert, auch wenn Schwarz mit der
Öffnung der a-Linie (auf Kosten der Struktur) etwas Aktivität an den Tag
gelegt hatte. Jetzt führt der Nachziehende eine weitere Veränderung der
Struktur herbei, die leicht nachteilig für ihn ist.} Nd4 $6 27. Nxd4 exd4 28.
Rd1 (28. f3 $1 {kam in Frage.}) 28... Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Nxe4 30. Rxd4 Nc5 {
Diagramm [#]} 31. h4 $2 (31. Bb4 $1 b6 32. Rd5 $14) 31... Ne6 $6 (31... Rxa2 $1
32. Rd5 Nxb3 33. Rxb5 Nc1 34. Rxb7 $11) 32. Rd5 Rxa2 33. Rxb5 Ra7 34. Bd2 Nc7
35. Rb6 Nd5 36. Rd6 {Schwarz hat sich zuletzt noch ein paar passive Züge
geleistet - plötzlich ist der weiße Vorteil einen Bauern wert!} Nf6 37. Bxh6
Ra3 38. Bg5 Ne4 39. Rb6 Nxg5 40. hxg5 Ra7 41. f4 Kf8 42. Kf3 Ke7 43. Ke4 Kd7 {
Diagramm [#]} 44. g6 $1 {Schafft die berühmte "zweite Schwäche".} f6 45. Rb4
1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Bronznik,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 {The so-called Austrian Defence, to which the Russian GM
Aleksei Bezgodov recently devoted a highly recommended book "The Double
Queen's Gambit". Die sogenannte Österreichische Verteidigung, der der
russische GM Aleksej Bezgodov vor kurzem ein sehr empfehlenswertes Buch "The
Double Queen's Gambit" gewidmet hat.} (2... dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5
6. Nc3) 3. cxd5 ({After Nach} 3. Nf3 {(in practice this position frequently
arises via the move order 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 or 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c5 3.c4) (in
der Praxis entsteht diese Position öfters über die Zugfolge 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5
3.c4 bzw. 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c5 3.c4)} cxd4 ({With mittels} 3... dxc4 {Black can
transpose into the Queen's Gambit Accepted, specifically the 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4
3.Nf3 c5 variation. kann Schwarz das Spiel ins Angenommene Damengambit
überleiten, und zwar in die Variante 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 c5}) 4. cxd5 Qxd5
{we end up by transposition of moves in our main game landen wir durch
Zugumstellung in unserer Hauptpartie} ({whereas während} 4... Nf6 5. Qxd4 Qxd5
6. Nc3 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 {leads to the 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Qxd4 6.Nd4
a6 7.Nc3 Nf6 line analysed in further notes. in das in den weiteren
Anmerkungen analysierte Abspiel 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Qxd4 6.Nd4 a6 7.
Nc3 Nf6 führt})) 3... Qxd5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nc3 {The most natural continuation.
Die natürlichste Fortsetzung.} ({An alternative possibility is Eine
alternative Möglichkeit ist} 5. Qxd4 Qxd4 (5... Nf6 6. Nc3 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 {
- s. 5...Qxd4 6.Nxd4 a6 7.Nc3 Nf6 - s. 5...Qxd4 6.Nxd4 a6 7.Nc3 Nf6}) 6. Nxd4 {
with the main line mit der Hauptlinie} a6 7. Nc3 Nf6 {(this position had
previously occurred in Tomashevsky's practice with the white pieces) (diese
Stellung kam in der früheren "weißen" Praxis von Tomashevsky bereits vor)} 8.
g3 e5 {, e.g. , z.B.:} 9. Nb3 (9. Nc2 Nc6 $5 ({In several games in mehreren
Partien wurde} 9... Bd7 10. Bg2 Bc6 11. O-O Bxg2 12. Kxg2 {was played, after
which White appears to have a slight advantage thanks to the ideas of Bc1-g5
or Nc2-e3-d5. gespielt, wonach Weiß dank den Ideen Bc1-g5 bzw. Nc2-e3-d5
einen minimalen Vorteil zu haben scheint}) 10. Bg2 Be6 11. Bg5 (11. O-O Rc8 12.
Be3 Be7 13. Rfc1 O-O 14. Na4 Nd5 $11 {Levenfish,G - Lasker,E/Moscow 1936})
11... O-O-O 12. O-O Be7 13. Ne3 Ng8 (13... Rd4 $5 14. Rac1 Rhd8) (13... Kb8 $5)
14. Bxe7 Ngxe7 15. Ne4 Kb8 $11 {Kosic,D (2482) - Englert,F (2305)/Budapest 2015
}) 9... Bd7 10. Bg2 Bc6 11. O-O Bb4 (11... Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Nd7 (13...
O-O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 {(Moreto Quintana,A (2123) - Chueca Foren,A (2352)/La Roda
2012)} 15. e4 $14) 14. Nd5 Bd6 15. Nd2 $36 {Tomashevsky,E (2758) - Durarbayli,
V (2618), Skopje 2015}) 12. Bg5 (12. Bd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nc6 14. Rac1 O-O-O 15.
a3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Rd5 17. Na5 Nxa5 18. Bxa5+ Kd7 19. b4 Ke6 20. Bb6 Rd6 21. Be3
Rhd8 $11 {Krasenkow,M (2616) - Landa,K (2624) /Vlissingen 2015}) (12. Rd1 Bxc3
13. bxc3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 O-O 15. Na5 b6 ({Bezgodov thinks that Bezgodov meint,
das} 15... b5 {is stronger and suggests the variation stärker ist, und bringt
weiter die Variante} 16. Bb2 Rc8 17. c4 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. cxb5 axb5 20.
Bxe5 Re6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rd2 Rea6 {- this endgame can easily be held by
Black despite being a pawn down. - dieses Endspiel kann Schwarz trotz seines
Minusbauern leicht halten}) 16. Nc4 Nbd7 {(Brener,I (2394) - Ivanov,M (2483)/
Guben 2008)} 17. Nd6 {(According to Bezgodov Black has serious problems here,
but this evaluation appears exaggerated to me.) (laut Bezgodov hat Schwarz
hier große Probleme, aber mir scheint diese Einschätzung übertrieben zu
sein)} Nc5 18. Ba3 Na4 19. c4 Rfd8 {, and in my opinion White has nothing
tangible here. , und m. E. verfügt Weiß hier über nichts Greifbares.}) 12...
Bxc3 {(if Black wants to swap off his two bishops, then this is the correct
move order to do so) (wenn Schwarz seine beiden Läüfer abtauschen will, ist
es die richtige Zugfolge dafür)} (12... Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nbd7 (13... Bxc3 $6 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rac1 $1 Nc6 16. Rxc3 $14 {|^, Seirawan,Y (2605) - Zaltsman,V 
(2410)/Reykjavik 1986}) 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Rac1 O-O {(Bezgodov's suggestion) 
(der Vorschlag von Bezgodov)} (15... Ke7 $6 16. Na4 Rac8 17. Nb6 Rxc1 18. Rxc1
Rb8 19. f4 $1 exf4 20. gxf4 {(Bischoff,K (2495) - Dragomarezkij,E (2455)/
Krumbach 1991; with an initative for White. mit weißer Initiative.}) 16. Na4 (
{After auch nach} 16. a3 Be7 17. Na5 Rab8 18. Nc4 Rfe8 19. Rfd1 b5 20. Nxe5
Bxa3 21. Nd3 Bf8 22. e3 a5 {(Bezgodov) too, Black is okay ist Schwarz okay})
16... b5 17. Nac5 (17. Nb6 Rab8 18. Rc6 Rfd8 19. Rfc1 h6 $11) 17... Rfd8 18.
Rfd1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Kf8 20. a3 Bxc5 21. Nxc5 Ke7 22. f4 exf4 23. gxf4 Rc8 24. b4
Rc7 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf6d7]}) 13. Bxf6 gxf6 (13... Bxb2 $6 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Rab1
Rxg7 16. Rxb2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd7 18. Rc1 $36 {O'Kelly de Galway,A - Karaklajic,
N/Belgrade 1952}) 14. bxc3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 {(Vitiugov,N (2734) - Mamedyarov,S 
(2753)/Khanty-Mansiysk, FIDE World Blitz 2013; Markowski,T (2566) - Heberla,B 
(2544)/Warsaw 2014)} {, and here what I prefer is Bezgodov's suggestion , und
hier gefällt mir am besten die Empfehlung von Bezgodov} Ke7 $1 16. Na5 b5 17.
Rfb1 Rc8 18. a4 bxa4 19. c4 Nc6 20. Rb7+ Kf8 21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Rxa4 Kg7 {
with equality. mit Ausgleich.}) 5... Qa5 ({As several games have shown, the
retreat Wie mehrere Partien gezeigt haben, ist der Rückzug} 5... Qd8 $2 {
cannot be recommended on account of nicht zu empfehlen wegen} 6. Qxd4 {, e.g. ,
z.B.} Bd7 (6... Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Ndb5 Na6 9. g3 Bd7 10. Bg2 Bc6 11. O-O e6
12. a3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Be7 14. Be3 b6 15. b4 O-O 16. Rac1 $16 {[%csl Ra6]}) (6...
Nc6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 (7... Nxd8 $2 8. Nb5 Ne6 9. Ng5 Nxg5 10. Bxg5 Kd8 {(Vera
Pons,F (2162) - Zlygostev,A/Internet blitz 2004)} 11. Rd1+ Bd7 12. Nd6 f6 (
12... Nh6 13. e4 f6 14. Nxb7+ Ke8 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Nc5 $18) 13. Nf7+ Ke8 14.
Nxh8 fxg5 15. Nf7 $18) 8. Bf4 $16 {Karsa,L (2340) - Groszpeter,A (2480)/
Budapest 1980} f6 9. O-O-O+ Bd7) 7. Qf4 $5 (7. Ne5 Nf6 8. Nxd7 Nbxd7 9. g3 e6
10. Bg2 {Dittmar,P (2344) - Lucchi,L (2112)/Cesenatico 2013; with better
chances thanks to the bishop pair. mit besseren Chancen dank des Läuferpaares.
}) 7... Nc6 (7... Nf6 8. e4 e6 9. Bc4 $16 {[%cal Re4e5]}) 8. e4 Qb8 9. Bc4 e6
10. O-O Qxf4 11. Bxf4 $16) 6. Nxd4 (6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd5 Qc7 8. Nb5 Qb8 $1 (8...
Qb6 $6 9. Be3 $36 {(Videki,S (2430) - Penz,H (2307)/Österreich 2003}) 9. Qc4 {
[%cal Rc1f4]} a6 $1 (9... Nf6 $2 10. Ng5 $18) (9... Be6 10. Qf4 $18) 10. Nbd4
Bd7 (10... Nd8 $5 {[%cal Re7e5]}) 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 {, and according to Bezgodov 
(in his book he analyses this position even further) Black is okay here. , und
laut Bezgodov (in seinem Buch analysiert er diese Stellung auch weiter) ist
der Nachziehende hier in Ordnung.}) 6... Nf6 (6... e5 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. Nb5 $1 (8.
Nd5 Qd6 9. g3 Nc6 10. Bg2 Be6 $13 {(/\11...0-0-0; /\11...Rd8) Goganov,A (2597)
- Rothen,A (2297)/Stockholm 2015}) (8. g3 Nf6 {leads to the main game by
transposition of moves. führt durch Zugumstellung zur Hauptpartie}) 8... Qb6 {
(Bezgodov evaluates this position as unclear and does not investigate it any
further, but I believe that this is too optimistic an evaluation for Black) 
(Bezgodov schätzt diese Stellung als unklar ein und untersucht sie nicht
weiter, aber ich glaube, dass es eine für Schwarz zu optimistische Bewertung
ist)} 9. e4 a6 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Be3 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. O-O-O $36) 7. g3 (7.
Bd2 e5 8. Ndb5 Qb6 (8... Na6 $6 9. Rc1 Be7 10. e4 O-O 11. Bc4 Qd8 12. Be3 $36 {
Capelle-la-Grande 2014 Capelle-la-Grande 2014}) 9. Be3 (9. e4 $5) 9... Bc5 10.
Bxc5 Qxc5 11. g3 a6 12. Nd6+ Ke7 13. Nxc8+ Rxc8 14. Bg2 Nc6 15. O-O Kf8 $11 {
Malin,D (2065) - Rashitov,D (2240)/email 2014}) 7... e5 (7... Ne4 8. Bd2 (8.
Nb3 $5) 8... Nxd2 9. Qxd2 e6 (9... g6 $6 {(Donchenko,A (2382) - Gavrilov,A 
(2440)/Voronezh 1999)} 10. Bg2 Bg7 11. Rd1 $1 e6 (11... O-O $2 12. Nd5 $1 Qxd2+
13. Rxd2 $18 {[%cal Rd5c7,Rd5e7]}) 12. Ncb5 Qxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Na6 14. O-O O-O 15.
a3 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7,Gg2][%cal Rb2b4,Rf1c1]}) (9... e5 10. Nb3 Qd8 11. Qxd8+
Kxd8 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O $36) 10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 Qb6 13. Qe3 Nd7
14. Nd5 $1 (14. Rd2 Nf6 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Qf3 Rab8 17. e4 Be8 18. e5 Nd7 $13 {
Bezgodov}) 14... exd5 15. Qxe7 Nf6 (15... Qxb2 $2 16. Bxd5 Qb6 17. Rab1 Qf6 18.
Qxf6 Nxf6 19. Bxb7 $16) 16. Qa3 $14) 8. Nb3 (8. Ndb5 Bd7 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. Qxd6
Nc6 (10... Bc6 $2 11. b4 Qd8 12. Qxe5+ Qe7 13. Qxe7+ Kxe7 14. f3 $16) 11. Bg2
O-O-O $13) 8... Qc7 9. Bg2 ({In volume 1 of his acclaimed and high quality
book "1.d4", Avrukh recommends at this point Im Band 1 seines berühmten und
hochqualitativen "1.d4"-Werks empfiehlt Avrukh an dieser Stelle} 9. Bg5 $5 {
After the strongest reply Nach der stärksten Antwort} Bb4 $1 {the following
variations can, e.g., arise: können z. B. folgende Varianten entstehen:} 10.
Rc1 {(this was the idea of Avrukh - White keeps his queenside pawn structure
intact) (darin bestand die Idee von Avrukh - Weiß behält seine
Bauernstruktur am Damenflügel intakt)} (10. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 gxf6 (11...
Qxc3+ $4 12. Nd2 $18 gxf6 $140 13. Rc1) 12. Qd3 Qc6 13. e4 (13. Rd1 O-O 14. Rg1
Na6 15. g4 Be6 $13 {Postny,E (2611) - Degraeve,J (2561)/Guingamp 2010}) 13...
b6 (13... Be6 $5) 14. Qe3 O-O 15. Be2 Be6 16. O-O Nd7 $11 {Gelfand,B (2755) -
Mamedyarov,S (2753)/Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz 2013}) 10... Ne4 11. Bd2 Nxd2
(11... Bxc3 {(this continuation is not considered in Avrukh's book) (diese
Fortsetzung wird in Avrukhs Buch nicht betrachtet)} 12. Bg2 $1 (12. Bxc3 Qb6
13. Bd4 Qb4+ 14. Nd2 (14. Qd2 Nxd2 15. Rxc8+ Ke7 16. Bc5+ Qxc5 17. Rxc5 Nxb3
18. axb3 Nd7 19. Rc7 Rhc8 20. Rxb7 Rab8 21. Rxa7 Rxb3 22. Bg2 Rxb2 $11) 14...
Nc6 $1 15. Be3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 17. Bxd2 Be6 18. a3 O-O-O {or oder} 19. Ba5
Rd7 20. Bg2 Kb8 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. f3 Rd5 23. Bc3 f6 $11 {Bezgodov}) 12... Bxd2+
13. Nxd2 Nc5 14. Nb3 Nba6 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. b4 Qe7 {(with equality according
to Bezgodov, but perhaps it is a little bit early for this evaluation) (mit
Ausgleich laut Bezgodov, aber vielleicht ist es für diese Einschätzung noch
zu früh)} 17. bxc5 $5 O-O 18. O-O Rd8 19. Qb3 e4 20. Rb1 {, and White retains
some pressure. , und Weiß behält etwas Druck.}) 12. Nxd2 Nc6 13. Bg2 Be6 14.
a3 ({A weaker move is schwächer ist} 14. O-O Rd8 15. a3 Be7 {, and White no
longer has the resource Nc3-d5 , und Weiß verfügt über die Ressource Nc3-d5
nicht mehr}) 14... Bxc3 $5 ({Avrukh analyses only Avrukh analysiert nur} 14...
Be7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 O-O 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qc2 $14) 15. Rxc3
f5 $5 16. O-O (16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. Qc2 Bd5 $13) 16... O-O (16... e4 $5) 17. Qc2
(17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qc2 Bd5 $13) 17... e4 $5 18. g4 $5 g6 $13) 9... Bb4 10. Bd2
(10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O (11... Qxc3 $4 12. Ba3 $18) 12. Ba3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Be6
14. c4 ({or oder} 14. Rfd1 Nc6 15. Nc5 Bd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 {Barbosa,O (2573) -
Gleizerov,E (2566)/New Dehli 2012; , and the second player is at least no
worse. , und der Nachziehende steht mindestens nicht schlechter.}) 14... Nc6 (
14... Bd5 $5) 15. Rac1 Rac8 {[%csl Rc4] (Yilmaz,M (2582) - Mamedyarov,S (2735)/
Kocaeli 2015; - Black's better pawn structure and White's bishop pair mutually
cancel each other out. - die bessere Bauernstruktur des Schwarzen und das
weiße Läuferpaar wiegen sich gegenseitig auf.}) ({It is worth considering
Beachtenswert ist} 10. Qd3 $5 {, e.g.: , z. B.:} h6 (10... O-O 11. Bg5 Rd8 12.
Qf3 Bxc3+ (12... e4 $5) 13. Qxc3 Nc6 14. O-O Be6 15. Rac1 $36 {Fressinet,L 
(2697) - Degraeve,J (2569)/Belfort 2010}) (10... Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 $1 Qxc3+ 12.
bxc3 O-O 13. Na5 e4 14. Nc4 Rd8 15. Bg5 $36) 11. Qb5+ (11. O-O Nc6 12. Nb5 Qb8
13. Be3 O-O 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. a3 Rd8 16. Qc2 a6 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Rd1 Qc8 19.
axb4 axb5 20. Nc5 Bc4 21. b3 Bd5 $1 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Nxb4 24. Qd1 Nxd5
25. Qxd5 Ra1+ 26. Kg2 Qc6 27. Qxc6 bxc6 $11 {Sirobaba,F (2424) - Anokhin,Y 
(2311) /email 2011}) 11... Nc6 12. Bxc6+ Qxc6 13. Qxe5+ Kf8 14. f3 Bh3 15. Qd4
a5 16. Qd3 {, and in the correspondence game Khan,Y (2155) - Carroll,P (2041)/
email 2014 Black's compensation for the pawn he sacrificed did not turn out to
be enough. , und in der Fernpartie Khan,Y (2155) - Carroll,P (2041)/email 2014
erwies sich die schwarze Kompensation für den geopferten Bauern als nicht
ausreichend.}) 10... O-O 11. O-O (11. Rc1 Nc6 12. O-O Rd8 {leads by
transposition of moves to the main game. führt durch Zugumstellung zur
Hauptpartie.}) 11... Rd8 (11... Nc6 12. Qc1 $5 {[%cal Yd2g5]} (12. Rc1 Rd8 {
- see main game - s. Hauptpartie}) (12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 $13) (12. a3 Bxc3
(12... Be7 $5) 13. Bxc3 Bf5 14. Rc1 Be4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Qd3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3
Rfd8 $11 {Maze,S (2543) - Degraeve,J (2567)/Haguenau 2013}) 12... h6 13. Ne4
Be7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Na5 Bd7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 (17... Qxc6 18. Qxc6
bxc6 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6]}) 18. Qc2 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6]}) 12. Rc1 {As we shall
soon see, this continuation does not present his opponent with any
difficulties. Wie wir gleich sehen werden, bereitet diese Fortsetzung dem
Gegner keine Schwierigkeiten.} ({Perhaps at this point the idea Vielleicht war
an dieser Stelle die Idee} 12. Qc1 $5 {[%cal Rc3e4] was the only option to
keep on fighting for an opening advantage, e.g. die einzige Möglichkeit, um
die Eröffnungsvorteil weiterhin zu kämpfen, z.B.:} Be6 (12... Qe7 13. a3 Bxc3
14. Bxc3 Nc6 15. Na5 Nd4 16. Bxd4 Rxd4 17. Qe3 $14) (12... Nc6 13. Bg5 Be7 (
13... Be6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Qh6 {(Notkin)} Qe7 18.
Bxc6 $5 bxc6 19. Rfc1 Bd5 20. Na5 Rac8 21. b3 $14) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qd6
16. Rd1 $36) 13. Ne4 $1 {(the recommendation of IM M.Notkin) (die Empfehlung
von IM M.Notkin)} (13. Bg5 Nbd7 (13... Bxc3 $6 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 Nbd7 16.
Bxb7 Rab8 17. Na5 {Flear,G (2510) - Degraeve,J (2569)/Saint Affrique 2010; -
Black does not have sufficient compensation for the missing pawn. - für den
fehlenden Bauern hat Schwarz keine ausreichende Kompensation.}) 14. Qe3 h6 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Rac1 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Qb8 18. Rc2 Bd5 $11) 13... Qxc1 14. Raxc1 Bxd2
15. Nexd2 $14 {(Notkin)}) 12... Nc6 13. Qc2 (13. a3 $6 Be7 14. Qc2 Be6 {
[%csl Rb3] Nemeth,I (2415) - Blum,G (2235)/ Bern 1993; with comfortable play.
mit bequemem Spiel.}) 13... Be6 14. Bg5 Rac8 $11 {Here at the latest it
becomes clear that White has not obtained any advantage from the opening.
Spätestens hier wird es klar, dass Weiß aus der Eröffnung keinen Vorteil
herausgeholt hat.} (14... Nd4 $5 15. Nxd4 Rxd4 {(1/2:1/2 Bezgodov,A (2499) -
Solovjev,N (2311)/Russia 2015)} 16. Qb1 Rc4 $1 17. Bxf6 Bxc3 $1 (17... gxf6 18.
Bd5 $18) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. bxc3 Rd8 20. Qxb7 Rd2 $44 {Bezgodov}) 15. e3 $146 {
[%cal Ge3d4]} (15. Bxf6 gxf6 {[%cal Rf6f5,Re5e4] Friess,N (2246) - Moussard,J 
(2372)/Belfort 2010; with a comfortable game for Black. mit bequemem Spiel
für Schwarz.}) 15... Na5 (15... Be7 $11) 16. Bxf6 (16. Nxa5 Bxa5 17. Qa4 Bxc3
18. Rxc3 Qb6 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bxf6 gxf6 $11) 16... gxf6 17. Nxa5 Bxa5 18. Qa4
(18. Qe4 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Qd7 $11) 18... Kg7 19. a3 $6 (19. Qh4 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Qb8
21. Rcc1 $11) 19... Rd2 20. Ne2 $6 (20. Qh4 Bxc3 (20... Rxb2 21. Ne4 Qxc1 22.
Qxf6+ Kg8 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. Qxe5 $1 Be1 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qf6+ Kd7 27. Qd4+ {
with perpetual check - Notkin mit Dauerschach - Notkin}) 21. Rxc3 Qd7 22. Rxc8
Qxc8 23. Qb4 Qc2 24. Qxb7 Qxb2 25. Qxb2 Rxb2 {-Black is more active but there
is no doubt that the first player can hold this position. - Schwarz steht
aktiver, aber es gibt keine Zweifel, dass der Anziehende diese Stellung halten
kann.}) 20... Qd8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. b4 Bb6 {This position is already very
unpleasant for White, but in the further course of the game Mamedyarov did not
manage to convert his advantage into the full point.  Diese Stellung ist für
Weiß bereits sehr unangenehm, aber im weiteren Verlauf ist es Mamedyarov
nicht gelungen, seinen Vorteil in einen vollen Punkt umzuwandeln.} 23. Nc3 f5
$6 (23... Qd3 $1 {[%cal Rc8d7,Rd3c3]} 24. Nd5 $8 Be6 25. Nxb6 axb6 26. b5 Bc4
27. Qb4 Qe2 $1 (27... Bxb5 $6 28. Qg4+ Qg6 29. Qb4 Bxf1 30. Qxd2 Bxg2 31. Kxg2
$11) 28. Qb1 Bxb5 {with an extra pawn and a positional advantage, though the
exposed position of the black king allows the first player to have hopes of a
perpetual check. mit einem Mehrbauern und positionellem Vorteil, obwohl die
offene Stellung des schwarzen Königs den Anziehenden auf Dauerschach hoffen
lässt.}) 24. Qb5 Qd6 (24... e4 25. Qe5+ Kg8 26. Na4 Bc7 27. Qc3 Rd6 28. Rc1
Rc6 29. Qe1 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 $11) 25. Nd5 $6 (25. Rc1 Bd7 26. Qf1 Bc6 27. Bxc6
Qxc6 28. Nb1 Rc2 29. Rxc2 Qxc2 30. Qe1 {[%cal Yb1c3,Yb1d2] looks like a draw.
sieht nach Remis aus.}) 25... Bd8 ({The position after Die Stellung nach} 25...
Bd7 26. Qc4 Be6 27. Nxb6 Bxc4 28. Nxc4 Qd8 29. Nxd2 Qxd2 30. Bxb7 Qb2 {(=/+
Notkin)} 31. Bg2 Qxa3 32. b5 Qb3 (32... e4 33. Rb1) 33. Ra1 Qxb5 34. Rxa7 {
cannot be won by Black without powerful help from his opponent. kann Schwarz
ohne kräftige gegnerische Hilfe nicht gewinnen.}) 26. Rc1 (26. Qc4 $1 Be6 27.
Qc1 $1 Rd3 (27... Rxd5 $4 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Rd1 $18) 28. Qc2 {(with equality
according to Notkin) (mit Ausgleich laut Notkin)} Qa6 29. Nc7 Bxc7 30. Qxc7 e4
31. Qe5+ f6 32. Qc5 $11) 26... Be6 27. Nc3 e4 28. Bf1 ({It was worth
considering Beachtung verdiente} 28. Qxb7 $5 {, e.g. , z.B.} Bb6 29. Nb5 Qd3
30. Bf1 Qb3 31. Re1 Qa2 32. Qe7 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Re7g5]} Bd8 (32... Rxf2 33.
Nd4 Bxd4 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qd8+ $11) 33. Qxa7 Rxf2 34. Nc7 Bxc7 35. Qxc7 Rxh2
36. Qf4 Rh6 37. Re2 Qxa3 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39. Qb8+ $11) 28... Bf6 $1 29. Qc5 (29.
Qxb7 {(The quality of this move depends on how the endgame which is the result
of this variation is to be evaluated) (die Qualität dieses Zuges hängt davon
ab, wie das am Ende der Variante entstehende Endspiel einzuschätzen ist)} Bxc3
$1 30. Rxc3 Rd1 31. Kg2 (31. Qb5 f4 $1 32. h4 Bh3 33. Kh2 Bxf1 34. Qg5+ Qg6 35.
Qe5+ Qf6 36. gxf4 Bb5 $19) 31... Rxf1 32. Kxf1 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 f4 34. exf4 (34.
gxf4 $2 Qf3+ 35. Kg1 Bh3 $19) 34... Bd5 35. Qxd5 $1 (35. Qe7 e3+ 36. Kh3 Qh5+
37. Qh4 Be6+ 38. g4 Bxg4+ 39. Kg3 Qxh4+ 40. Kxh4 exf2 41. Rc1 Be2 $19 {Notkin})
35... Qxd5 36. Re3 {- of course the computer evaluates this variation as won
for Black, but I tend to be of the opinion that White's fortress is
impregnable. - natürlich bewertet der Computer diese Stellung als gewonnen
für Schwarz, aber ich neige zur Meinung, dass die weiße Festung
unzugänglich ist.}) 29... Qxc5 30. bxc5 Be5 31. a4 Bb3 $2 (31... Bd7 $1 32.
Bb5 (32. a5 a6 $36 {Notkin}) 32... Bc6 33. Bxc6 bxc6 {with considerable
chances of a win. mit beträchtlichen Gewinnchancen.}) 32. a5 {[%cal Ra5a6]} a6
33. c6 $1 {White suddenly gets strong counterplay and is now in no way worse.
Plötzlich bekommt Weiß starkes Gegenspiel und steht jetzt keinesfalls
schlechter.} bxc6 (33... bxc6 34. Bxa6 c5 (34... Bc7 35. Bc8 Bxa5 36. Bxf5 {
[%csl Re4]}) 35. Bc8 Kf6 36. g4 Rd3 37. a6 Bxc3 38. Bb7 Bb4 39. a7 Rd8 40. a8=Q
Rxa8 41. Bxa8 fxg4 42. Bxe4 h5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.30"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 $5 3. c4 e6 (3... Bxb1 4. Rxb1 c6 {wird auch gelegentlich
gespielt.}) 4. Nc3 Nf6 ({Beliebter ist hier} 4... c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qxb3 (
6... Qc7 7. Bf4 Qc8 8. Nh4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. e4 {gibt Weiß einigen Vorteil,
wie in Kramnik,V (2790)-Gelfand,B (2675) Wijk aan Zee 1998, 1-0 (40)}) 7. axb3
Nd7 8. b4 a6 9. b5 cxb5 10. Nxb5 Rc8 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. e3 Be7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (53) Van Wely,L (2679)-Morozevich,A (2741) Monte Carlo 2005}) ({Auch} 
4... Nc6 {wurde schon probiert:} 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bh4 Qd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 Nge7
9. Rc1 a6 10. Bg3 {mit einer Struktur, die an die Tschigorin-Variante erinnert,
in Bu Xiangzhi (2588)-Short,N (2701) Beijing 2003, 1-0 (44)}) 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3
h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. Ne5 Qb4 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 Qb6 12. Qa4 {
Macht den b-Bauern beweglich und droht zweimal auf d5 zu nehmen.} (12. c5 Qc7
13. O-O Nd7 $11) 12... dxc4 (12... Nd7 13. cxd5 exd5 $11) 13. Qxc4 Nd7 14. O-O
Be7 15. b4 O-O 16. Rab1 Rac8 {Verhindert den Vormarsch des b-Bauern.} 17. Rfc1
Qc7 18. a4 $14 {Mit seinem Raumvorteil sollte Weiß hier einen kleinen Vorteil
haben.} Rfd8 19. h3 Qb8 20. Ne4 (20. f4 {würde den den Vorstoß e5
unterbinden, ist aber verpflichtend.} Nf6 21. Qb3 Nd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 (22... cxd5
$5 $11) 23. b5 $14) 20... e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Nc5 b6 24. Nd3 Qf5
25. Ne1 b5 $5 ({Naheliegend war} 25... c5 {Nach} 26. bxc5 Rxc5 27. Qb3 Rdc8 28.
Nd3 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Nxc1 {hat Schwarz eine Damenflügelmerhheit und
den Läufer.}) 26. Qa2 ({Nach} 26. axb5 cxb5 27. Qb3 {folgt} Rc4 28. Rxc4 bxc4
{kann Weiß nicht auf c4 nehmen, weil der Tb1 hängt.}) 26... a5 $5 27. bxa5 ({
Gefährlich ist} 27. axb5 Bxb4 28. Rxc6 {mit Verwicklungen:} ({Im Falle von} 
28. bxc6 $2 {wäre} Rd2 {entscheidend.}) 28... Rd2 29. Rxc8+ Kh7 $1 (29... Qxc8
$2 30. Qb3 Qf5 31. Nf3 $14) 30. Qc4 Qxb1 31. Kh2 Rxf2 (31... Qxe1 $2 32. Qe4+
g6 33. Qe5 {und Matt.}) 32. Nd3 Bd6+ 33. Nf4 Qf5 34. Kg1 Rb2 35. Rc6 Rb1+ 36.
Kf2 Bxf4 37. exf4 Rxb5 $17) 27... b4 28. a6 ({Einfacher war vielleicht} 28. Qc4
c5 29. Rd1 Ra8 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Rc1 $11) 28... c5 29. Qc4 Ra8 30. Kf1 $2 ({
Besser scheint} 30. Rd1 {Nach} Qg6 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Rc1 Ra8 33. Nd3 Qxa6 34.
Qxa6 Rxa6 35. Nxc5 Ra5 36. Nd3 Rxa4 37. Kf1 $11 {reicht der schwarze Freibauer
nicht zum Vorteil.}) 30... Qg6 31. Nf3 (31. Ra1 Qxa6 32. Qxa6 Rxa6 33. Ke2 Bf6
34. Rab1 Bc3 $17) 31... Qxa6 32. Qxa6 ({Zäher war} 32. Ne5 Qxc4+ 33. Rxc4 $17)
32... Rxa6 33. Ne5 f6 34. Nc4 Rxa4 {Weiß hat nun seine beiden vereinzelten
a-Bauern verloren. Die Stellung nun gegen das schwarze Freibauernpaar zu
halten, ist sehr schwer, falls überhaupt möglich.} 35. Ra1 Rda8 36. Rxa4 Rxa4
37. Ke2 Ra2+ 38. Nd2 Kf7 39. Kd3 Ke6 40. Rc2 (40. e4 $5 {Houdini}) 40... Rxc2
41. Kxc2 Kd5 42. Kd3 f5 43. f3 Bf6 44. e4+ Ke6 45. Kc4 (45. Nb3 $5 Be7 46. Nd2
$17) 45... Bd4 $19 46. g3 (46. Nb3 fxe4 47. fxe4 Ke5 $19) 46... g6 47. exf5+
Kxf5 48. Ne4 g5 49. Nd6+ Ke6 50. Ne4 Kf5 51. Nd6+ Ke6 52. Ne4 Ke5 53. Nd2 h5 (
53... h5 54. Ne4 h4 55. gxh4 gxh4 56. Kd3 b3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Riga zt"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 (3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 (4. Qb3 Nc6 5. c5 Rb8 6.
Bf4 f6 $1 7. e3 g5 8. Bg3 Nge7 $15 {Bareev,E-Speelman,J/Hastings/9293/}) 4...
Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 $14 {Stangl,M-Dautov,R/Altensteig/1994/1:0/
79/}) 3... Bxb1 4. Qa4+ c6 5. dxc6 Nxc6 6. Rxb1 Qxd4 (6... e5 7. Bd2 Qxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nxd4 (8... exd4 $5 9. g3 Bc5 10. Bg2 Nge7 11. Nh3 a5 12. Nf4 $14 {Kaunas,
K-Rausis,I/Riga(zt)/1995/}) 9. Nf3 (9. e3 $5 Nc6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12.
Nf3 Ne7 13. e4 $14 {Shirov/}) 9... Nc6 10. e4 Nf6 $1 $13 {Kuzmin,A-Shirov,A/
Moscow/1991/0,5/20/}) 7. Qxd4 Nxd4 8. e3 (8. Nf3 Nc2+ $1 9. Kd1 Nb4 10. Bd2 e6
11. e3 a6 $10) 8... Nc6 9. b4 $5 (9. Bb5 Rc8 $1 (9... e6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Nf3
$14) 10. Nf3 e6 {/\Bd6,Ne7= Shirov/}) 9... e6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Nf3 Nf6 12. Bb2
Ke7 13. g3 $1 Rac8 14. Bg2 Rhd8 15. Ke2 $14 g6 16. Rbc1 Nd5 17. Rhd1 f6 $6 (
17... Nb6 $5 {/\a5!/}) 18. Rd2 a6 (18... Nb6 $5) 19. Rdc2 f5 (19... a5 $5 20.
b5 (20. bxa5 Ra8) 20... Na7 21. a4 Rxc2+ 22. Rxc2 Rc8) 20. h3 (20. Ng5 $1 h6
21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Nf3) 20... Na7 (20... a5 21. b5 Na7) 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nf3 (22.
Bxd5 exd5 23. Nf3 $14) 22... Rxc2+ 23. Rxc2 Rc8 $6 (23... Nc6 $5) 24. Rxc8 Nxc8
25. Ne5 Bxe5 (25... g5 26. e4 fxe4 27. Bxe4 $16) 26. Bxe5 $14 Nd6 27. Kd3 h5
28. h4 Kd7 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Bxd6 Kxd6 {Hecht: 6P<->6P. w Raumvorteil, s
Bauernschwächen s Felderschwächen.} 31. Kd4 b6 32. a4 Ke6 33. f3 Kd6 34. Kc3 (
34. a5 $1) 34... Ke5 35. Kd3 Ke6 36. Kc3 Ke5 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. Kd4 Kd6 39. a5 $1
$18 bxa5 40. bxa5 Kc6 41. Ke5 Kb5 (41... Kc5 42. Kf6 Kb5 43. Kxg6 Kxa5 44. Kxh5
Kb5 45. Kg6 a5 46. h5 $18) 42. Kxd5 Kxa5 43. Kc5 (43. Kc5 Ka4 44. e4 fxe4 45.
fxe4 a5 46. e5 Kb3 47. e6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Match Rubinstein-Mieses +5-3=2"]
[Site "Berlin/ Hannover/ Frankfurt"]
[Date "1909.05.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1909.05.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Frankfurt. Hängepartie, die am 27.Mai beendet wurde.} d5 2. Nf3 c5 3.
c4 cxd4 4. cxd5 Qa5+ 5. Qd2 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Nxd4 g6 8. g3 Bd7 9. Bg2 Nc6 10.
Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Bg5 Rc8 16.
Rac1 Qe5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. b3 O-O 19. Rd3 Qh5 20. Rcd1 Bg7 21. e4 Qc5 22. Qc1
Qb4 23. Qe3 Qa5 24. R1d2 Rcd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Kg2 Bd4 28. Qd3
e5 29. Ne2 c5 30. Qa6 Qd7 31. f4 Qe7 32. Qc6 Kg7 33. Qd5 f6 34. fxe5 fxe5 35.
Ng1 Kh6 (35... Bxg1 36. Kxg1 $14) 36. Nf3 $14 Qf6 37. Qb7 Qd6 $4 (37... Qg7 38.
Qb8 $14) 38. g4 $18 g5 39. Qf7 Be3 40. h4 Bf4 41. hxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Nf6 (3... Qxd5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nc3 $14) 4. dxc5 Qxd5
5. Qxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb4 7. Na3 e5 8. Be3 a6 $2 {>=} (8... Be6) 9. Nf3 f6 10. Nd2
Be6 11. Bc4 $1 Bxc4 12. Ndxc4 Bxc5 (12... Nd3+ 13. Ke2 Nxc5 14. Nb6 Ra7 15.
Rac1) (12... Nd7 {>=}) 13. Bxc5 Nd3+ 14. Ke2 Nxc5 15. Nb6 Ra7 16. Rac1 $1 (16.
Rac1 $1 Nbd7 17. Nxd7) 1-0

[Event "Christmas Congress 1950-51-26 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1950.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1950.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Nf6 4. Nf3 (4. dxc5 Qxd5 5. Qxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb4 7.
Na3 e6 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Bb5 a6 10. c6 axb5 11. cxd7+ Bxd7 12. Ke2 Bc6 $15 {
Kloss-Haberditz/Vienna/1943/0-1/}) 4... cxd4 5. Qxd4 (5. Nxd4 $5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb4
(6... Nc7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Ndb5 $14) 7. Qa4+ N4c6 8. Nxc6 Nxc6 9. Be3 $14) 5...
Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8. g3 (8. Bg5 $1 Nbd7 (8... e5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nc2
$14) (8... e6 9. g3 $1 $14) 9. g3 h6 10. Be3 e5 11. Nb3 b6 12. Bg2 $14) 8...
Bd7 9. Bg2 e5 10. Nb3 (10. Nc2 Bc6 11. e4 Nbd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Rd1 Be7 $10 {
Najdorf,M-Euwe,M/New York/1948-9/}) 10... Bc6 11. O-O Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2
Nc6 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 O-O-O $1 (15... Ke7 $6 {Stahberg,G-O'Kelly,A/
Amsterdam/1950/}) 16. Rac1 Kb8 17. Rfd1 Ne4 18. Be1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. c5 (5. Qxb7 Nb4 6. Qb5+ c6 7. Qa4
Nc2+ 8. Kd1 Qc7 $17) (5. Bd2 $5 Rb8 (5... dxc4 6. Qxb7 $14) 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3
Nf6 8. Bg5 $14) 5... Rb8 6. Bf4 (6. Nc3 $5) 6... h6 (6... Nf6 7. Nc3 a6 8. e3
Nh5 $5 9. Qa4 $6 f6 10. Bxa6 Ra8 $17 {Lev-Pyshkin/corr/1992/0-1/}) (6... f6 $1
7. e3 g5 {Bareev,E-Speelman,J/Hastings/1992/1-0/} 8. Bg3 Nge7 $15 {Bareev,
E-Speelman,J/Hastings9293/1-0/}) 7. e3 g5 8. Bg3 Bg7 9. Nc3 a6 $2 {Larsen} (
9... Nge7 $1) 10. h4 $1 g4 11. Ne5 Nge7 (11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne7 (12... c6 13.
Qb4 Qc7 14. Qd4 $16) 13. O-O-O $16) 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Be2 O-O 14. Qd1 $1 (14.
O-O-O b6 $13) 14... e5 (14... h5 15. f3 e5 16. dxe5 d4 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. fxg4
$1 $16) 15. dxe5 d4 16. exd4 Nxd4 (16... Qxd4 $5 17. Qxd4 Nxd4 18. O-O-O $14)
17. O-O $16 Qd7 18. Bc4 Bc2 19. Qc1 Rbd8 20. Re1 Bh7 21. Bd5 (21. Nd5 $16 Rfe8
22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. exf6 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Nf5 25. Kh2) 21... Qe7 22. Be4 Qxc5 23.
Bxh7+ (23. Qf4 $5) 23... Kxh7 24. Qf4 Qb6 25. Rad1 Qxb2 26. Rxd4 Qxc3 27. Rde4
Kh8 28. Qxg4 Rd4 (28... Qc2 $5) 29. Rxd4 Qxe1+ 30. Kh2 Qa1 (30... Bxe5 31. f4
Qxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Bxd4 33. Qd7 $16) 31. Rd7 Qxa2 32. Rxc7 b5 $6 (32... Qd5 $5 33.
Rd7 Qb5 34. f4 a5) 33. f4 Qd5 34. Rd7 Qe4 35. Qh5 Kg8 (35... b4 36. f5 b3 37.
f6 b2 38. e6 $1 b1=Q 39. fxg7+ Kxg7 40. Be5+ Kg8 41. Qxf7+ Rxf7 42. exf7+ Kf8
43. Bd6+ Qe7 44. Rxe7 $18) 36. Re7 $1 $18 Qb4 (36... b4 37. f5 b3 38. e6 $18) (
36... Qd5 37. f5 Qc5 38. Qg4 $1 $18) 37. Ra7 Qc5 38. Rxa6 b4 39. Qf3 Qb5 40.
Ra7 Rb8 41. f5 (41. Qb3 Qe8 $13 {/\Qe6}) 41... Bxe5 42. f6 Kh8 (42... h5 43.
Kh3 $18) 43. Rxf7 (43. Qe3 Bxg3+ 44. Qxg3 Rg8 45. Ra8 $18) 43... Re8 (43... Rg8
44. Qe4 $18) 44. Qg4 $1 Bxg3+ 45. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Muenster op"]
[Site "Muenster"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lagunow, Alexander"]
[Black "Hohelj, Stanislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Hohelj,S.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Rxb1 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nd7
7. a3 Ngf6 8. e3 $2 {8.Dc2! /\e3,Lc4} Qf5 $1 9. Ra1 $8 e5 $11 10. Be2 (10. dxe5
Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 $13 {/\...Ld6}) 10... e4 11. Nd2 Nb6 12. Qc2 Qg6 $8 (12...
Bd6 $2 13. Bf3 $18) 13. g4 $8 (13. O-O Bd6 $15) 13... O-O-O $1 (13... Bd6 $2
14. g5 {/\Sxe4}) 14. h4 $1 (14. g5 Qxg5 15. Nxe4 Qg2 16. Ng3 Bd6 $17) 14...
Nxg4 15. h5 Qf5 16. Nxe4 Kb8 {/\...Sxf2} 17. Rh4 Nh6 18. Bd2 Be7 19. Rh1 Ng4
20. Bd3 Qf3 21. Rg1 $4 (21. Rf1 f5 $40) 21... Bh4 22. Rxg4 $8 Qxg4 23. Qd1 Qg1+
24. Ke2 Qg4+ 25. Kf1 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 {26.Ke2 f5-+} Rd5 $1 {/\...Txh5; Lxf2-+} 27.
Be2 f5 $1 28. Nc3 f4 $8 (28... Rd6 29. Qf1 $17) 29. Nxd5 Bg3 $8 30. fxg3 fxg3
31. Qe1 Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-B"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.02.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Sermier, Guillaume"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Besancon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Rxb1 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. b4 {
Eine plausible Verteidigung gegen die schwarz Drohung 7...Nb6. Der andere
logische Zug ist 7.a3.} (7. e3 Nb6 8. Qc2 (8. Qb3 Qxb3 9. axb3 Nf6 $11) 8...
Qxa2 $13) 7... Ngf6 {Schwarz setzt vorerst auf eine schnelle Entwicklung, aber
die taktischen Komplikationen lassen nicht lange auf sich warten.} (7... e5 $5)
(7... e6 $5 8. e3 $140 a5) 8. e3 e6 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. Bd3 Qh5 11. h3 {Weiß möchte
in Ruhe rochieren und ergreift Maßnahmen gegen den möglichen gegnerischen
Angriff mit g7-g5. Vergebens, denn in den Genuß einer Rochade kommen die
beiden Könige in dieser Partie nicht!} (11. e4 e5 12. b5 Rc8 13. bxc6 Rxc6 14.
Qe2 O-O 15. Bd2 b6 16. d5 Rc7 17. O-O Nc5 $11 {Ionov,S-Vlassow,V/St Petersburg
2001}) (11. O-O g5 $5) 11... g5 $2 ({Besser war} 11... O-O 12. O-O e5 $11) 12.
e4 g4 13. Nd2 e5 14. d5 $1 {Eine kreative, menschliche Entscheidung. Flear
opfert zwei Bauern für Aktivität.} ({FRITZ findet sofort eine andere
Möglichkeit, die zentralisierte Position des schwarzen Monarchen auszunutzen:} 
14. Ba6 $1 bxa6 15. Qxc6 Ke7 16. Nc4 $16) 14... cxd5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 $1
Bxb4+ 17. Kf1 $36 {Angesichts mehrerer Drohungen - Ng3, Qb3- hat es Schwarz
nicht leicht, einen richtigen Zug zu finden.} Kd8 $2 (17... O-O $2 18. Ng3 $18)
(17... N7b6 18. Bb5+ Kf8 19. Rxb4 Rc8 20. Qd2 Nxb4 21. Qxb4+ Kg7 22. Bg5 $16)
18. Bg5+ $2 ({Einfacher war} 18. Qb3 $1 N7b6 19. Bc4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 $18) 18...
f6 19. Bxf6+ N7xf6 20. Nxf6 Nxf6 21. Rxb4 Qf7 $2 (21... Rc8 $142 $13) 22. Bf5
$1 g3 23. Ke2 $16 {Nun stürzen sich alle weißen Figuren auf den schwarzen
König.} gxf2 24. Rd1+ Ke8 25. Qc5 $18 Qxa2+ (25... f1=Q+ 26. Kxf1 Nd7 27. Rxd7
Qxf5+ 28. Kg1 Qxd7 29. Qxe5+ $18) 26. Kf1 Qa6+ 27. Kxf2 Qe6 28. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. c5 (5. Bd2 Rb8 (5... dxc4
6. Qxb7 Nge7 7. Qb5 Rb8 8. Qa4 Rxb2 9. Na3 Qd7 (9... Rxd2 $5) 10. Nxc4 Rb8 11.
e3 Nb4 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Bxb4 Rxb4 14. Nce5+ Ke8 15. Bd3 $14 {Botvinnik,
M-Smyslov,V Moskva(m/8) 1954}) 6. cxd5 $5 (6. e3 Nf6 7. c5 a6 8. Qa4 Qd7 9. b4
Ne5 $5 10. Qxd7+ Nexd7 $10) 6... exd5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be6 (8... Bb4 $5) 9. e3
Be7 10. Bb5 $1 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 Qd6 13. O-O $14 {Dorfman-Knezevic
Polanica Zdroj 1978}) 5... Rb8 (5... a5 6. Bf4 (6. a3 $5) 6... Nb4 7. Na3 Ne7
8. g4 Be4 9. h4 Nec6 $13 {Conquest,S-Bjornsson,BF Hafnarfirdi 1992}) 6. Nc3 Be7
$1 (6... e5 7. e4 $1 exd4 8. exf5 dxc3 9. Bb5 Bxc5 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qxc3 Qd6 12.
Bf4 $14 {Portisch,L-Keres,P Wijk aan Zee 1969}) (6... Nf6 7. Bf4 a6 8. e3 Be7
9. Be2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. O-O g5 (11... O-O 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 $14) 12.
Bg3 h5 13. Nd2 h4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Be5 f6 16. Qxe6 Qd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. Bg4+
Kd8 19. Bxc7+ Kxc7 20. d5 Ne5 21. d6+ Kc6 22. Bf5 Bf8 23. Rac1 Kd5 24. Rfd1+
Nd3 25. Bxe4+ Kxe4 26. Rc4+ Ke5 27. Rxd3 $14 {Olafsson,H}) 7. h3 (7. Bf4 g5 8.
Bg3 g4 9. Ne5 Nxd4 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxc6+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14.
O-O-O Nf6 15. Be5 Kc6 $13) (7. e3 a6 8. Qa4 Bf6 $10) 7... Nf6 (7... Bf6 $5 8.
e3 h6 9. Bb5 Nge7 $132) 8. Bf4 a6 9. e3 Ne4 10. Be2 (10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Be2 g5 (
11... O-O {Ftacnik} 12. O-O Bf6 13. Rac1 $10) 12. Bg3 h5 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. b4 $13
) 10... g5 11. Bh2 h5 12. Nxe4 $6 (12. Ne5 $142 $1 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. Bh2 Kf7
15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. f3 Bg6 17. O-O $14) 12... Bxe4 $36 13. O-O-O $2 (13. Bd3 $5
$10) (13. O-O {Ftacnik} g4 14. hxg4 hxg4 15. Nd2 Bf5 16. f3 $13) 13... b6 $40
14. Nd2 (14. Qa4 Qd7 15. Bxa6 (15. cxb6 $142 Rxb6 16. Bd3) (15. Qxa6 {Ftacnik}
Bxf3 16. gxf3 bxc5 (16... Nb4 17. Qa7 Rc8 18. a3 Nc6 19. Qa4 $16) 17. dxc5 Nd8
18. Be5 $14) 15... Ra8 $17) 14... Bg6 (14... Bxg2 {Ftacnik} 15. Rhg1 Bxh3 16.
Qa4 Qd7 $13) 15. Bxa6 (15. Qa4 {Ftacnik} Qd7 16. Bxa6 $13) 15... bxc5 16. Qa4
O-O $1 17. dxc5 (17. Qxc6 Rb6 18. Qa4 Qa8 19. Bb5 (19. Qd7 Qxa6 20. Qxe7 Qxa2
$19) 19... Qb7 20. Be2 Ra8 (20... Rxb2 {Ftacnik} 21. dxc5 Rc2+ 22. Qxc2 Bxc2
23. Kxc2 Ra8 24. Rb1 Rxa2+ 25. Kd1 $17) 21. Qd7 Rxb2 $19 (21... Rxb2 22. e4
Raxa2 23. Qxe7 Rb1+ 24. Nxb1 Qb2#)) 17... Qd7 (17... Nb4 $1 {Ftacnik} 18. Nb3
Bc2 19. Be2 (19. Rd2 Bxb3 20. axb3 Nxa6 21. Qxa6 Ra8 $19) 19... Bxc5 $19) 18.
Nb3 (18. Bb5 Rxb5 19. Qxb5 Nd4 $1 20. Qf1 (20. Qa6 Qa4 $1 21. Qxa4 Ne2#) 20...
Qa4 21. Nb3 Qxb3 $19 (21... Qxb3 {Ftacnik} 22. axb3 Nxb3#)) 18... Rb4 19. Qa3
Ra8 $19 20. Rd2 Ra7 {/\Qe8-a8} (20... Rb6 {Ftacnik} 21. cxb6 Bxa3 22. Bb7 Rb8
23. bxa3 Rxb7 $19) 21. Kd1 Qe8 22. Nd4 Bxc5 23. Qa4 (23. f4 {Ftacnik} Rxd4 24.
Qxc5 Rxd2+ 25. Kxd2 Rxa6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Julian Borowski-B 3rd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2001.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Seul, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2001.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nc6 {Diese Variante ist für Schwarz nicht
zu empfehlen. Die schlechte Position des Springer macht sich schnell bemerkbar.
} ({Eine häufig gewählte Alternative zum Textzug ist} 4... c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5
Qc7 7. Bf4 Qc8 $14) (4... Nf6 $5) 5. Bg5 ({Aussichtsreicher für Weiß ist die
Fortsetzung} 5. Bf4 $1 Nf6 6. e3 Be7 7. cxd5 $1 Nxd5 (7... exd5 8. Bb5 $16) 8.
Bg3 O-O (8... Ncb4 9. Rc1 $14) 9. Be2 Bb4 10. Qc1 Bd6 11. O-O Bxg3 12. hxg3 Qd6
(12... Bg4 13. Rd1 Nce7) 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. Bf3 Nce7 15. Rd1 c6 16. Nc4 $14 {
Kramnik,V-Short,N/Horgen 1995}) 5... Be7 6. Bxe7 ({Zu leichtem weißen Vorteil 
(der unharmonisch stehende Nc6!) führt} 6. cxd5 $5 exd5 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7 8. e3 a6
9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Qd6 11. Rc1 Rad8 12. Na4 Bc8 13. a3 Kh8 14. Qc2 Qh6 15. Nc5
Rd6 16. b4 $14 {Vaganian,R-Short,N/Novgorod 1995}) 6... Ngxe7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nh4
(8. Rc1 $5) 8... Be4 $1 9. Be2 h6 10. O-O (10. Nxe4 $6 dxe4 11. g3 Qd6 12. O-O
e5 {wäre Schwarz sehr genehm, da der weiße Springer im Abseits ist.}) 10... Bh7
11. Nf3 Qd6 {Trotz der Bescheidenheit der weißen Entwicklung hat Schwarz noch
nicht ausgeglichen. Seine Springer stehen schlecht, und die Verbesserung ihrer
Positionen ist mit positionellen Zugeständnissen verbunden.} 12. a3 dxc4 (12...
a6 13. Rc1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Rad8 15. Ba2 e5 16. d5 Nb8 17. Nd2 $14) 13. Bxc4 Nd5
14. Rc1 Rad8 (14... Nxc3 15. Rxc3 e5 $2 (15... Rad8 $5) 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxd6
Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 cxd6 19. Bd5 $16) 15. Na4 $1 b6 16. Bb5 Nce7 17. Re1 Nf6 18. b4
c6 19. Bf1 $14 {Aus dem Regen in die Traufe - auf c6 entstand nun ein
schwacher Bauer!} Nd7 20. Nb2 Qb8 21. Nd3 {/\Ne5} Bxd3 22. Bxd3 e5 23. Bb1 exd4
24. exd4 Qd6 25. Qa4 Rfe8 26. Ne5 $5 (26. Be4 $5 $14) 26... Qxd4 {In der
Hoffnung, dem Druck zu entkommen, gibt Schwarz seine Dame her.} 27. Rcd1 Qc3
28. Re3 $1 (28. Nxd7 $2 Rxd7 $11) 28... Qxe3 $2 ({Ein zäherer Widerstand war
mit} 28... Qxe5 $1 29. Rxe5 Nxe5 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. h3 Rd7 $14 {möglich.}) 29.
fxe3 Nxe5 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qxa7 $16 {Die weiße Dame erweist sich als sehr
mobil. Der Rest der Partie ist leicht zu verstehen.} Nd5 32. Be4 Nf6 33. Bf3 b5
34. Qc7 Nxf3+ 35. gxf3 Rd1+ 36. Kf2 Rc1 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Qc8+ Kh7
40. Qf5+ Kg8 41. e4 Nh7 42. Qc8+ Nf8 43. f4 g6 44. f5 gxf5 45. exf5 Rc4 46. Ke3
h5 47. Qd8 h4 48. Kd3 Rg4 49. Qc7 h3 50. Qxc6 Nh7 51. Qxb5 Ng5 52. a4 Rg2 53.
a5 Nf3 54. a6 1-0

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stangl, Markus"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. Bxf6 (6. Qb3 Qb6 (6... Na6
7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. e3 $14) 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 Nd7 $10 {
->D35}) 6... Qxf6 7. Qb3 Qe7 (7... b6 $6 8. Rc1 Bd6 (8... Nd7 9. Qa4 $16) (8...
dxc4 9. Qxc4 $14) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 11. Qxd5 Bb4+ 12. Kd1 O-O 13.
Qxa8 $16) 8. e3 Qc7 $5 (8... Qb4 9. Qxb4 Bxb4 10. a3 Be7 $10) 9. Be2 Be7 10.
O-O O-O (10... Qb6 $5 11. c5 $1 Qc7 (11... Qxb3 12. axb3 a6 13. b4 Nd7 14. b5
$16) 12. Qa4 O-O 13. b4 Nd7 14. b5 e5 $10) 11. a3 Nd7 12. Rfc1 Qb8 (12... Qb6
13. Qd1 Qxb2 $4 14. Na4) (12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bg4 $10) 13. Qd1 a6 14. Bd3 Bxd3
(14... Bg4 {>=} 15. h3 Bh5 {/\} 16. e4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Be2 c5 19. d5 Nb6
20. dxe6 fxe6 $15) 15. Qxd3 f5 $5 16. Ne2 Bd6 17. b4 Qd8 18. Rab1 g5 $6 (18...
Qe7 19. Qb3 (19. c5 Bc7 20. a4 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. g3 Qe4 $10)
19... dxc4 20. Qxc4 Kh8 $10 {/\e5}) 19. a4 g4 20. Nd2 Nf6 21. Nf4 $1 (21. b5
axb5 22. axb5 Ne4 $132 {/\Bxh2}) 21... Bxf4 22. exf4 Ne4 23. c5 $14 Rf6 (23...
Nxd2 {>=} 24. Qxd2 Rf6 25. Rb3 Rh6 26. f3 Qh4 27. g3 $14) 24. Nf1 Qe7 25. Qe3
Qg7 26. Rc2 h5 $2 (26... Kh8 27. b5 (27. Kh1 Rg6 $14) 27... axb5 28. axb5 cxb5
29. Rxb5 Ra1 30. Rcb2 Rf7 31. Rb1 Ra4 32. R5b4 Ra2 $132) 27. Kh1 {/\f3} Rg6 28.
f3 gxf3 29. gxf3 Nf6 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Ng3 $18 Rg8 32. Qe3 (32. Qxf5 h4 33. Qh3
Nh7 34. Ne2 Rg2 $132) 32... Qd7 33. Rg1 h4 34. Ne2 Qg7 35. Qf2 Nh5 $138 (35...
Rxg1+ 36. Nxg1 Nh5 37. Nh3 Qf6 38. Re2 $18) 36. Rcc1 Qf6 37. Rxg6 Rxg6 38. Rg1
Rxg1+ 39. Kxg1 Kg7 (39... Ng7 40. Kg2 Ne6 41. Kh3 $18) 40. Qe3 Qg6+ 41. Kf2 h3
42. Qe7+ Kg8 43. Ng3 (43. b5 $1 axb5 44. axb5 cxb5 (44... Qg2+ 45. Ke3 Qxh2 46.
Qe8+ $18) 45. Qxb7 Qg2+ 46. Ke3 Qxh2 47. c6 $18) 43... Nxg3 44. hxg3 h2 45.
Qd8+ Kg7 46. Qh4 Kg8 47. Qxh2 Qg7 48. Ke3 b5 $1 49. a5 (49. cxb6 Qe7+ 50. Kd3
Qxb4) 49... Qe7+ 50. Kd2 Qf6 51. Kd3 Qe6 52. Qe2 Qg6 53. Qe1 Kf8 54. Ke3 Qh5
55. Qg1 Qh3 56. Kf2 Kf7 57. Qg2 Qh8 58. Ke3 Qe8+ 59. Kd2 Qh8 60. Kd3 Qh6 61.
Qg1 Qh3 62. Ke3 Kf6 63. Kf2 Kf7 64. g4 fxg4 65. Qxg4 (65. fxg4 $2 Qd3 66. Kg2
Qe4+ 67. Kg3 Qd3+) 65... Qh2+ 66. Ke3 Qh1 67. f5 Qc1+ 68. Kf2 Qd1 (68... Qd2+
69. Kg3 Qe1+ 70. Kf4 Qd2+ 71. Ke5 Qh2+ 72. f4 Qh8+ 73. Kd6 Qf6+ 74. Kd7 $18)
69. Qf4 Kf6 70. Qe5+ Kf7 71. f6 Kg6 72. Qe8+ (72. f4 $1 Qd2+ 73. Kg3 Qd3+ 74.
Kh4 $18) 72... Kf5 73. Qd7+ $2 Kg6 $2 $138 (73... Kg5 $1 74. Qg7+ (74. f7 Qd2+
75. Kg3 Qe1+ $10) (74. f4+ Kxf4 75. Qd6+ Kf5 76. Qe5+ Kg6 77. Qe8+ Kh6 $1)
74... Kf5 75. f7 Qd2+ 76. Kg3 Qf4+ 77. Kg2 Qd2+ 78. Kh3 (78. Kg1 Qc1+ $10)
78... Qh6+ $3 $10) 74. Qg7+ Kf5 75. Qd7+ $2 Kg6 $2 76. Qe8+ $1 Kf5 77. f7 $2 (
77. Qe5+ $1 Kg6 78. f4 $18) 77... Qd2+ $4 (77... Qxd4+ 78. Kg2 Qg7+ 79. Kf1
Qa1+ 80. Kf2 Qd4+ 81. Qe3 Qf6 $10) 78. Kf1 Qd1+ 79. Qe1 1-0

[Event "Bern Ambassador op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1997.12.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barbero, Gerardo F"]
[Black "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1997.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Rxb1 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. a3 Qe4 {
[%cal Ye4b1,Ye4a4] Greift den Turm an und fesselt gleichzeitig den Bauern d4,
um ...e7-e5 durchzuführen.} 8. Ra1 e5 9. Qb3 exd4 10. Qxf7+ (10. Qxb7 Rb8 11.
Qxa7 (11. Qc7 Ngf6 (11... Bc5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Qg3 Qc2 14. Bd2 Qg6 15. Bf4 Qxg3
16. hxg3 $14) 12. Qxa7 Bc5 $14) 11... Bc5 (11... c5 12. e3 Be7 13. Bc4 dxe3 14.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qxd7 $16) 12. Qa6 Ngf6 13. b4 Bb6 $16) 10... Kxf7 11. Ng5+ Kg6
12. Nxe4 {Mit dem Eröffnungsergebnis kann Schwarz zufrieden sein. Er hat
Entwicklungvorsprung und kann im Zentrum und auf der halboffenen e-Linie gutes
Spiel bekommen. Es ist wichtig, das Spiel nicht zu öffnen, weil dann das weiße
Läuferpaar eine sehr starke Waffe werden könnte.} Ngf6 ({Leider bin ich in
diesem wichtigen Moment nicht tief genug in die Stellung eingedrungen und habe
daher den logischen Entwicklungszug gespielt. Der Argentinische Großmeister
hat diese Ungenauigkeit sofort ausgenutzt und mit präzisem Spiel dauerhaften
Vorteil erlangt. Die klar bessere Fortsetzung, die den schwarzen Vorteil
gehalten hätte, wäre gewesen:} 12... Re8 $142 $1 {Jetzt führt jeder
Springerabzug zu Entwicklungsschwierigkeiten für Weiß.} 13. Ng3 {[%csl Rf1]} (
13. e3 Rxe4 14. Bd3 Nc5 $1 $17) (13. Nd2 Nc5 14. Kd1 Nf6 $17) 13... Ngf6 14. b4
(14. Bd2 Bc5 $15 (14... h5 15. e3 dxe3 16. Bxe3 Bc5 $11)) (14. e3 dxe3 (14...
Bc5) (14... Ne5 15. e4 $14) 15. Bd3+ Kf7 16. Bxe3 Bc5 $15) 14... Ne5 $15) 13.
Nxf6 $1 Nxf6 14. e4 $1 dxe3 (14... Re8 15. Bd3 Kf7 16. f3 $16 {/\0-0 , Ld2 ,
Tae1 und das weiße f/e-Bauernpaar wird sehr gefährlich.}) 15. Bxe3 Nd5 {
[%cal Yd5e3]} 16. Bd3+ Kf7 17. Bc4 Be7 {In diesem Moment ist etwas
unglaubliches passiert. Mein Gegner hat 5 Minuten nachgedacht und 18.0-0-0
gemacht!!?? Natürlich ist dieser Zug auf der einen Seite sehr stark, weil er
den König in Sicherheit bringt und den Damenturm auf der d-Linie einschaltet.
Für mich war die Fesselung in der d-Linie unangenehm und ich habe ganz
vergessen, daß mein Gegner in der Eröffnung schon mit dem Damenturm zweimal (5.
Tb1 und 8.Ta1) gezogen hatte. Das bedeutet die lange Rochade war unmöglich!!!
Leider habe ich diese Kleinigkeit erst nach der Partie erfahren, weil mein
Gegner zu mir gekommen ist, um sich zu entschuldigen. Er sagte, daß das
Ausführen der langen Rochade ohne Absicht war, er hatte es auch vergessen. Das
tragische an dieser Partie war, daß ich mit 4,5 aus 5 beim Ambasador Open
führte und gegen GM Barbero ( 4 aus 5) an Brett 1 spielen mußte. Wenn ich
gewußt hätte, daß die lange Rochade nicht möglich war, hätte mein Gegner einen
anderen Zug mit dem König ziehen müssen; dies wäre auf alle Fälle günstiger
für Schwarz gewesen.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch U18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sotnikov, Igor"]
[Black "Shinkevich, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 {This game is a KEY GAME for D06} 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5.
cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Bb5+ $1 {Mit diesem aktiven Zug versucht Weiß, die
Initiative zu erobern.} Bd7 {Der aggressive Läuferzug wurde erstmals vom
ehemaligen Weltmeister Alekhine erfolgreich angewendet:} (7... Nfd7 $6 8. O-O
a6 9. Ba4 g6 10. e5 $1 e6 (10... Bg7 $2 11. e6 $18) 11. f4 $14 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7
13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Be3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Rc8 16. Be4 Nc5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Ne4 Be7 19.
Qd2 Qd5 20. Qe3 Nc5 21. Rac1 {1-0 Alekhine,A-Rellstab,L/Bad Nauheim (03) 1936})
8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 (8... Qxd7 9. e5 (9. Nc3 e5 10. Ndb5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Na6 $10)
9... Nd5 (9... Ne4 10. e6 fxe6 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qe5 Nf6 13. Nxe6 $14) 10. e6
fxe6 11. O-O $44) 9. Nc3 e5 10. Ndb5 Nc5 (10... Qa5 11. O-O $1 Nxe4 $6 (11...
Rc8 12. Be3 $14) 12. Qd5 Nec5 13. b4 $1 $18) 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Bg5 $1 a6 (
12... Nd3+ 13. Ke2 Nxb2 14. Rhb1 Nc4 15. Nc7+ Kd7 16. Rxb7 $16) (12... Be7 13.
Bxf6 Bxf6 (13... gxf6 $6 {Zerstört die schwarze Bauernstruktur.} 14. Ke2 $14 (
14. Nxa7 Nd3+ 15. Ke2 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Bc5+ 17. Ke2 Bxa7 $14)) 14. Nxa7 Nd3+ 15.
Ke2 Nxb2 16. Rhb1 Nc4 17. Rxb7 Rd2+ 18. Ke1 $16) 13. Nc7+ Kd7 (13... Ke7 $2 14.
N3d5+ Kd6 15. Nxf6 Kxc7 16. Nd5+ $18) 14. N7d5 $14 Ke6 $2 (14... Nxd5 $5 15.
Rd1 (15. Bxd8 $2 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Kxd8 $17) (15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Rxd5+ Ke6 17. f3
Na4 $15) 15... f6 16. Rxd5+ Kc7 (16... Kc8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Be3 Nd3+ 19. Ke2
Nxb2 20. Rb1 $14) 17. Be3 Rxd5 18. Nxd5+ Kc6 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Ke2 $14 {
Der Springer ist stärker als der Läufer.}) 15. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 16. Rd1 $16 {
Starke Felder(d5,f5), bessere Bauernstruktur, starker Springer(d5) gegen
schwachen Läufer(f8).} Bd6 (16... Bh6 $5) 17. Ke2 Rhg8 18. g3 (18. Ne3 $1 $16 {
Mit der Idee, die Türme auf der d-Linie zu verdoppeln. Weiß hat sehr großen
positionellen Vorteil, ohne Gegenspiel des Nachziehenden zuzulassen. Wenn die
Türme getauscht werden, ist das Endspiel für Weiß gewonnen.} b5 19. b4 Nd7 20.
Ncd5 $16) 18... Nd7 {Der Springer geht Richtung Vorposten d4.} 19. Rd3 Nb8 20.
f4 $1 exf4 (20... Nc6 $2 21. f5+ Kd7 22. Nxf6+ $18) 21. gxf4 (21. Rf1 Nc6 22.
gxf4 $14) 21... Nc6 {Zu spät - das starke Feld d4 gibt es nicht mehr.} (21...
Rg2+ 22. Kf3 Rxb2 23. f5+ Kd7 (23... Ke5 $2 24. Ne3 $18) 24. Nxf6+ $14) 22.
Rhd1 (22. Rg3 $5) 22... Rg2+ 23. Kf3 Rxh2 {Schwarz hat Gegenspiel bekommen.}
24. Na4 (24. Ne3 $5) 24... b5 $2 (24... Rh3+ $142 {nebst Turmabtausch war
Pflicht.}) 25. Nab6 $2 {Hier konnte Weiß sofort gewinnen:} (25. f5+ Kd7 (25...
Ke5 26. Nf4 $1 $18) 26. Nab6+ Ke8 27. Nxf6+ Ke7 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Nc8+ $18)
25... Rh3+ 26. Kg4 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Bc5 $2 (27... Rg8+ $142) 28. Nc7+ Ke7 29.
Nbd5+ Kd6 30. Nxa6 Nd4 31. Nxf6 $16 Bb6 32. Nb4 Kc5 33. Nbd5 Kc6 34. Nxb6 $18
Kxb6 35. Nd5+ Rxd5 36. exd5 h5+ 37. Kg5 Kc5 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ulko, Jaroslav"]
[Black "Reprintsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Qb3 e5 {Das ist eine besondere Art von Albins
Gegengambit. Der Unterschied besteht hier nur in den eingeschalteten Zügen Qb3
und Bf5. In dieser Variante bekommen wir sehr scharfe taktische Stellungen,
die die Kombinationsfähigkeiten der Spieler herausfordern. Die Theorie hat
noch nicht das letzte Wort über diese Variante gesprochen.} 4. cxd5 exd4 5. e3
(5. Nf3 Bc5 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. dxc6 b5 9. Qxb5 Ne7 10. e3 Rb8 11. Qe2
Bf6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bc4 Nxc6 14. O-O Bxb2 15. Bxb2 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 Rxb2 17. Nb3
Ne5 18. Rfc1 Bc2 19. Nd4 Bd3 20. Bb3 Ng4 21. Bc2 c5 22. Bxd3 cxd4 23. exd4 Nxf2
24. Bf5 Re8 25. d5 g6 26. Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Rausis,I/Viernheim 1992/CBM
33 ext (26)}) 5... Nd7 ({Interessant ist auch:} 5... Nf6 6. Qxb7 Qxd5 7. Bb5+ (
7. Qxd5 Nxd5 8. exd4 Bb4+ (8... Nb4 9. Na3 Nd3+ 10. Bxd3 Bxd3 $13) (8... Nc6 9.
Bb5 Ndb4 $44 {/\0-0-0}) 9. Bd2 O-O) 7... Bd7 8. Bxd7+ (8. Qc8+ Ke7 9. Bxd7
Nbxd7 $19) 8... Nbxd7 9. Qxd5 Nxd5 10. exd4 Nb4 $44) 6. exd4 Qe7+ (6... Nb6 7.
Bb5+ Bd7 8. Nc3 {Für den geopferten Bauern hat Schwarz nicht genügend
Kompensation.}) 7. Ne2 (7. Be2 Nb6 {nebst 0-0-0} (7... Bxb1 8. Rxb1 Qb4+ 9.
Qxb4 Bxb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Nb6 12. Bf3 O-O-O $15 {nebst Nd5})) (7. Be3
Bxb1 8. Rxb1 Qb4+ 9. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 10. Kd1 Ngf6 11. Bc4 Nb6 (11... O-O) 12. Bb5+
Ke7 $11 {nebst Nd5}) 7... Bxb1 8. Rxb1 Qb4+ 9. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 10. Nc3 Ngf6 11. a3
$1 {Nur auf diese Weise kann Weiß Vorteil bekommen.} (11. Bc4 $6 O-O-O (11...
O-O) 12. d6 Bxd6 13. Bxf7 Rhf8 14. Bb3 Ng4 15. f3 (15. Ne4) 15... Rde8+ 16. Kf1
(16. Ne2 Nxh2 17. Bg5 Rxf3 $15) 16... Nxh2+) 11... Ba5 $6 {Führt zu einer
schwierigeren Stellung für Schwarz.} (11... Bxc3+ $2 12. bxc3 Nb6 (12... Nxd5
13. Rxb7 O-O-O) 13. c4 $16) (11... Bd6 $142 $5 {Nur mit diesem Zug kann
Schwarz um Ausgleich kämpfen.} 12. Nb5 (12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O Nb6 14. Ba2 Rfe8 (
14... Rfd8 15. Bg5 Be7 {[%cal Yd8d5]} 16. Rfe1 Kf8 17. Rbc1 $16) 15. Bg5 Ne4
16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Rfd1 Rae8 $44) 12... Nxd5 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. Bc4 N7b6 15. Ba2
O-O 16. O-O Rfe8 $11) 12. b4 Bb6 {Das Hauptproblem des Nachziehenden ist, dass
das Feld b6 jetzt für den Nd7 blockiert ist.} 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. d6 (14. Bc4
Rhe8 15. O-O Ng4 16. Rbe1 f5 $14) 14... Rde8 (14... cxd6 15. Rc1 Kb8 16. Bc4)
15. Be2 (15. dxc7 $2 Bxd4) 15... cxd6 16. O-O Ne4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Bf3 Re6 19.
a4 Kb8 20. a5 Bc7 21. Rfc1 Re7 22. Bf4 Rg8 23. h4 ({Gewinnt auch:} 23. Rxc7 $1
Kxc7 24. Rc1+ Kd8 25. Bxd6 (25. Bxb7 Nb8 26. Rc8+ Kd7 27. Rc1) 25... Re6 26.
Bc7+ Ke7 27. d5 (27. Bxb7) 27... Rg6 28. Re1+ Kf6 29. h4 $18) 23... h6 24. Rxc7
Kxc7 25. Rc1+ Kd8 26. Bxd6 Re6 27. Bc7+ Ke7 28. Bxb7 (28. d5 $18) 28... g5 29.
d5 Re2 30. Kf1 Rb2 31. Re1+ Kf6 32. Bc6 Rc2 33. Bd6 Nb8 34. hxg5+ hxg5 35. Bb5
(35. b5 a6 36. b6 Nxc6 37. dxc6 Rxc6 38. Be5+ Kf5 39. b7 $18 {nebst b8Q}) 35...
Rd2 36. Be7+ Kg6 37. Re5 f6 38. Re6 Kh5 (38... Rxd5 39. Rxf6+ Kg7 40. Bc4 Rd1+
{Zuerst muss der Kf1 auf die e-Linie gezwungen werden.} 41. Ke2 Rd7 $1 42. Bxg8
Rxe7+ 43. Re6 $8 Rb7 44. Re8 Rxb4 $16 45. Bd5) 39. Rxf6 Rc8 40. Bc5 Rd1+ 41.
Ke2 Rxd5 42. Kf3 Rh8 43. Be2 Kh4 44. Bd6 g4+ 45. Kf4 Rd4+ 46. Ke3 Rd5 47. Re6
Nd7 48. Bc4 Rd1 49. Be2 Rd5 50. Bd3 Nf8 51. Bg3+ Kh5 52. Re8 Kg5 53. Be5 Rh1
54. Bf4+ Kf6 55. Rxf8+ Ke7 56. Ra8 Re1+ 57. Kd2 Re4 58. Rxa7+ Ke8 59. Be3 Rxb4
60. Kc3 Ra4 61. Bg6+ Kd8 62. Bf7 Rd6 63. Kb3 Re4 64. Bb6+ Kc8 65. Bc4 Rd1 66.
Ba6+ Kb8 67. Rb7+ Ka8 68. Rg7 Re8 69. Bb7+ Kb8 70. Ba7+ 1-0

[Event "KasparovChess GP g/60"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2000.02.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nc6 ({Ich denke, dass der Nachziehende in
der folgende Variante nach Ausgleich suchen muss:} 4... c6 $142 5. Qb3 Qb6) 5.
Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Be7 7. a3 O-O 8. Rc1 a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 $14 {[%mdl 16] Mit
Zugumstellung haben wir eine Stellung erreicht, die typisch für die
Abtauschvariante des Damengambits ist. Man kann dazu bemerken, dass die weißen
Figuren harmonisch entwickelt sind und der schwarze Springer auf c6 unbequem
steht.} (10. Be2 Re8 11. O-O h6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Be6 14. Na4 c6 15. b4 Bd6
16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nc5 Qc7 18. a4 Nd7 19. b5 Nxc5 20. Rxc5 axb5 21. axb5 Ra5 22.
Qb3 Bd7 23. b6 Ra3 24. Qxa3 Qxb6 25. Bd3 {1-0 Boonman,P-Vereschildt,S/Nijmegen
1992/EXT 99 (25)}) 10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nh5 $6 (11... h6 $5 12. O-O Bd6) 12. Bg3
Nxg3 13. hxg3 g6 14. Ke2 Bf6 15. g4 Bg7 16. g5 $1 {[%mdl 128] Eine
ausgezeichnete Idee. Mit den letzten beiden Bauernzügen hat der Anziehende die
Angriffsmarke auf h7 fixiert. Jetzt muss nur noch die logische
Turmverdoppelung auf der halboffenen h-Linie erfolgen, um den Druck gegen den
schwarzen Monarchen zu verstärken.} f5 $6 ({Schwarz sollte hier} 16... f6 $142
{versuchen.}) 17. Rh4 Rf7 18. Rch1 Bh8 19. Kf1 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Yc3e2,Ye2f4]
Der König räumt das Feld e2, um dem Damenspringer zu erlauben, schnell zum
starken Punkt f4 zu wandern.} Qd6 20. Ne2 Ne7 21. Nf4 {Jetzt stehen die weißen
Steine optimal. Bald wird die schwarze Lage kritisch.} c5 {Schwarz versucht
Gegenspiel zu bekommen...} 22. g3 Qb6 23. Kg2 Rc8 24. Rh6 Rc6 $2 {Nach diesem
Fehler bricht die schwarze Stellung zusammen.} ({Schwarz sollte mit folgende
Variante versuchen sich zu retten:} 24... cxd4 $142 25. exd4 Qxb2 26. Rb1 Qc3
27. Rxb7 Qc6 28. Qb3 Qc4 $14) 25. Ne5 $1 $18 {[%cal Ye5f7,Ye5c6]} Bxe5 {
Erzwungen. Jetzt bekommt der Anziehende einen starken Freibauern und die
Schwäche des d5-Bauern wird noch spürbarer.} 26. dxe5 Qxb2 (26... Qd8 27. Rd1
Kh8 28. Nxd5 Ng8 29. e6 $1 Rxe6 (29... Nxh6 30. Qc3+ Kg8 31. Nf6+ $18) (29...
Rg7 30. Rxh7+ $3 Kxh7 31. Rh1+ Nh6 32. Rxh6+ Kg8 33. Nf6+ {[%cal Yd3d8]} Qxf6
34. gxf6 $18) 30. Qc3+ Rg7 31. Rxh7+ Kxh7 32. Nf6+ $18) 27. e6 Rg7 28. Nxd5
Rxe6 29. Nc7 $1 {[%cal Yd3d8,Yc7e6] Ein ausgezeichnete Angriffspartie des
holländischen Großmeisters!} 1-0

[Event "Jakarta"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Situru, Nathanael"]
[Black "Handoko, Edhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Bd2 Rb8 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 Na5 9. Qa4+ c6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. e3 b5 12. Qd1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. e4
dxe4 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. O-O $4 (16. Nh4 Bg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Nxe4 $14) 16... exf3
17. Qxc4 Qd7 18. d5 Rc8 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4+ Be7 21. d6 Qxd6 22. Rfe1 f5 23.
Qe3 Kf8 24. Qxf3 Qf6 25. Rad1 Bd6 26. Re3 Kg7 27. g4 Rhd8 28. g5 Qxg5+ 29. Kh1
Kh8 30. Qh3 Qg4 0-1

[Event "EtVas Vantaa GM"]
[Site "Myyrmanni"]
[Date "1999.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yrjola, Jouni"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 {Es ist kein Zufall, dass diese seltene Variante im
Damengambit nicht auf höchstem Niveau gespielt wird. Laut der neuesten Theorie
ist diese Variante nur als Überraschung verwendbar, weil bei genauem Spiel der
Anziehende Vorteil bekommt.} 3. cxd5 Nf6 (3... Qxd5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nc3 Qa5 6.
Nxd4 $32) 4. e4 ({Der einfachste weg um Vorteil zu erreichen wäre:} 4. dxc5
$142 $1 Qxd5 5. Bd2 $14 {/\Nc3,Nf3,Rc1} (5. Qxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb4 7. Na3 e5 8.
Nf3 (8. Be3 a6 $2 {>=} 9. Nf3 f6 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Bc4 $1 Bxc4 12. Ndxc4 Bxc5 13.
Bxc5 Nd3+ 14. Ke2 Nxc5 15. Nb6 Ra7 16. Rac1 $1 {1-0 Szabo,L-O'Kelly de Galway,
A/Groningen 1946/MCL/}) 8... f6 9. Be3 $14)) 4... Nxe4 5. dxc5 Nxc5 {Jetzt
haben wir eine besondere Isolani-Art. Der weisse Bauer ist schon auf d5
vorgezogen und vermeidet die Entwicklung des schwarzen Damenspringers auf c6.}
6. Nc3 e5 {Schwarz beeilt sich und möchte sich von seinem rückständigen
e-Bauern befreien. So wird der Weg des Königsläufer frei und der Punkt d4
kontrolliert.} (6... e6 7. Bb5+ (7. b4) 7... Bd7 8. Bc4 Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O
exd5 11. Nxd5 Nc6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Re1 Be6 15. Qd6 b6 16. Bb5 Rc8
17. Ne5 Nb7 18. Qa3 {[#]. 1-0 Milov,V-Krukowski,M/Brussels 1995/EXT 97 (18)})
7. Nf3 Bd6 {Blockiert den Freibauern d5} 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Bf5 10. Be2 Ne4 {
[%cal Ye4c3]} 11. Bd2 {Natürlich will Weiß nicht nach dem Abtausch des
Springers auf c3 mit dem Bauer zurücknehmen, weil dadurch auf der c-Linie ein
schwacher Bauer gebildet wird.} Bc5 {[%cal Yc5f2,Ye4f2]} 12. O-O Nd7 {Beide
Seiten haben die Entwicklung erfolgreich beendet. Die Stellung befindet sich
in einem dynamischen Gleichgewicht.} 13. Rc1 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Bg6 15. d6 (15. Rfd1
$5) 15... Nb6 {Der weisse Freibauer braucht Hilfe. Jetzt droht Schwarz einen
Verteidiger des Freibauern abzutauschen - nebst Qd6.} 16. Nb5 (16. Nxb6 Qxb6
17. d7 Bd4 $1 $15 (17... Rad8 18. Na4 Qd6 19. Qxd6 Bxd6 20. Rfd1 $16)) 16...
Nxc4 17. Rxc4 Qb6 {Die Lage des Anziehenden wird langsam kritisch. Jetzt folgt
eine taktische Operation, die schließlich zum Remis führt.} 18. b4 Bxf2+ {
Für Schwarz führt kein Weg daran vorbei das Material zurückzugeben} 19. Rxf2
Qxb5 20. Rc5 {[%cal Yc5b5,Yc5e5]} Qe8 (20... Qb6 21. Rxe5 $14) 21. Bb5 Qe6 22.
Bc4 Qg4 {[%cal Yg4c4]} 23. Be2 $11 {Wegen dem Bauernnachteil muß Weiss sich
mittels Damenverfolgung mit Zugwiederholung zufrieden geben.} Qe6 24. Bc4 Qg4
25. Be2 Qe6 26. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bf4 (5. Bg5 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bxe7
Ngxe7 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc8 10. O-O a6 11. b4 Bg4 12. Qb3 N6e7 13. a4 c6 14. b5
axb5 15. axb5 Nd6 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Ne5 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Qc7 19. Nf4 Ne4 {
Vaganian,R-Short,N/Novgorod (09) ;CBM 48 1995/1/2-1/2 (54)}) 5... Nf6 6. e3 Be7
7. cxd5 (7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 c6 11. Bg5 Nbd5 12. Qb3 Ne4
$10 {1-0 Huebner,R-Vaganian,R/GER-CupT sf Muenster ;CBM 46 1995 (62)} (12...
Qb6 $10 {Huebner,R})) 7... Nxd5 8. Bg3 O-O 9. Be2 Bb4 10. Qc1 Bd6 11. O-O Bxg3
12. hxg3 Qd6 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. Bf3 Nce7 15. Rd1 c6 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. e4 Nb6 18. Ne5
Rac8 19. Qe3 Rfd8 20. Rac1 Qb8 21. Be2 Nd7 22. f4 b5 23. b4 a5 24. a3 axb4 25.
axb4 f6 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. d5 exd5 28. exd5 Nf5 29. Qf2 c5 30. Nxb5 Nd6 31. bxc5
Nxb5 32. c6 Nd6 33. cxd7 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Rxd7 35. Bd3 Kf7 36. Rc6 Qb3 37. Qf3 Qb7
38. Qe3 Re7 39. Qb6 Qxb6+ 40. Rxb6 Rd7 41. Kf2 Nc8 42. Rb8 Nd6 43. Rb6 Nc8 44.
Rc6 Ne7 45. Bc4 Kf8 46. Rc5 Rd8 47. Ra5 Nf5 48. Bd3 Ne7 49. Be4 Kf7 50. Ke3 Rd7
51. Rc5 Nf5+ 52. Kf2 Ra7 53. g4 Nd6 54. Bc2 f5 55. Rc6 Ke7 56. gxf5 gxf5 57.
Ke3 Ra3+ 58. Bd3 Kd7 59. Kd4 Ra1 60. Bc2 Rf1 61. Ra6 Rf2 62. Ra7+ Ke8 63. Ba4+
Kf8 64. g3 Rf3 65. Rd7 Nf7 66. Rc7 Rxg3 (66... g5 67. Bd1 Rxg3 68. Bh5 Nd6 69.
Ke5 $18) 67. Rc8+ (67. Rc8+ Ke7 68. Re8+ Kd6 69. Re6+ Kc7 70. Re7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanov, Victor L"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Belov} d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Rxb1 Qxd5 6. f3 (6. e3 {
Belov}) (6. Nf3 {Belov}) 6... Nd7 $146 (6... Nf6 7. e4 Nxe4 8. fxe4 $2 (8. Bc4
$1 Qf5 9. fxe4 Qxe4+ 10. Ne2 b5 (10... Qxb1 11. Qb3 $1 b5 (11... Qf5 12. Qxb7 {
Belov} Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Qc8+ {Kishnev,S-Pronold,H/Munchen/1992/1:0 (14)/})
12. Bd3 Qa1 13. O-O $16 {/\Be3,/\Qf7}) 11. Qb3 bxc4 12. Qb7 e6 13. O-O $16 Qxe2
$6 (13... Be7 14. Qxa8 O-O 15. Qxa7 $18 (15. Qxa7 Qxb1 16. Qxe7 Qxa2 17. Bf4 {
Lorscheid,G-Stromer,A/BRD/1992/1:0 (17)/})) 14. Qxf7+ Kd8 15. Qb7 $18) 8...
Qxe4+ 9. Kd2 Qf4+ (9... Qxb1 10. Bd3 Qa1 11. Nf3 e6 12. Rf1 $44 Be7 13. Kc2 {
/\Bd2 +/-} b5 14. Qa5 Bd8 15. Qa3 Be7 16. Qa5 Bd8 17. Qa3 $10) 10. Ke1 Qe4+ 11.
Kd2 Qf4+ 12. Ke1 $10) (6... e5 $5 {Belov} 7. dxe5 Na6 {/\Bb4/} 8. a3 Nc5 9. Qc2
O-O-O $13) 7. e4 Qd6 (7... Nb6 $5 8. exd5 Nxa4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. d5 Kd7 $5 (
10... e6 11. dxc6 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 O-O-O+ $44) 11. dxc6+ Kxc6 $13)
8. Ne2 (8. Be3 {Belov} e5 9. Ne2) 8... e5 (8... e6 9. Bf4 Qb4+ 10. Qxb4 Bxb4+
11. Nc3 Ngf6 $14) 9. Be3 Qb4+ (9... Ngf6 {Belov} 10. Rd1 Qb4+ (10... Qc7 $5)
11. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Kf2 O-O-O 13. g3 $1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Bh3+ $16 {Kishnev,
S-Rausis,I/Moscow/1987/1:0 (37)/}) 10. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Kf2 (11. Nc3 Ngf6 12. Bc4
O-O 13. Ke2 $14 {/\Rhd1}) 11... Ne7 12. dxe5 (12. Rd1 {Belov} f5 13. Nc3 O-O
14. Bc4+ Kh8 $132) 12... Nxe5 13. Nd4 O-O (13... O-O-O $5) 14. g4 (14. Be2 {
Belov} f5 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Nxf5 Rxf5 17. h3 $14) 14... Rfd8 15. Be2 Bc5 16.
Rhd1 Rd7 $10 (16... g5 $5 {Belov} 17. b4 Bb6 18. Nf5 N7g6 $13) 17. b4 (17. Nf5
Bxe3+ 18. Kxe3 Nxf5+ 19. gxf5 Rad8 20. Rxd7 Nxd7 $10) 17... Bb6 18. Nf5 Nxf5 (
18... N7g6 {Belov} 19. Rxd7 Nxd7 20. Rd1 Ndf8 21. a4 $16) 19. gxf5 Rad8 20.
Rxd7 Rxd7 $2 (20... Nxd7 $142 21. Rd1 Bxe3+ (21... Kf8 {Belov} 22. f4 Ke7 $14)
22. Kxe3 Kf8 $10 {/\Ke7}) 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. f4 (22. f4 {Belov} Nd3+ 23. Ke3)
1-0

[Event "Antwerp"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Nf6 4. dxc5 (4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Qd7 6. Qxd4 Qxd5 7.
Nc3 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. g3 e5 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. Bg2 Be6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Be3 Nd5
14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Rfc1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rd5 17. Nd2 Bd6 18. Nc4 Bc7 19. Bb6 Bb8
20. e4 Rd3 21. Kf1 f6 22. Ke2 Rd7 23. Na5 Rd6 24. Nxc6 $14 {Vokac,M-Biolek,R/
CSR-ch (11)/1992/0.5 (70)}) (4. e4 Nxe4 5. dxc5 (5. Bc4 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7.
Nxd2 b5 8. Be2 Nd7 9. Ngf3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 Qd8 13. Bb5 O-O
14. Bc6 Rb8 15. Rxa7 cxd4 16. Nc4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Rxe7 Qxb2 19. h3 {
Barczay,L-Barcza,G/Hungary/1969/1-0 (19)}) 5... Nxc5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nc3 exd5 8.
Qxd5 Qe7+ 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. O-O Ne6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Bxb5 14.
Nxb5 a6 15. Rad1 Rd8 16. Bb6 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 f6 18. Qf5 g6 19. Nc7+ Kf7 {
Portisch,L-Bronstein,D/Monte Carlo/1969/1-0 (20)}) 4... Qxd5 5. Qxd5 Nxd5 6. e4
Nb4 7. Na3 e5 8. Nf3 (8. Be3 N8a6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 $13) 8... f6 9.
Bd2 N8c6 (9... Bxc5 $6 10. Rc1 b6 11. Nb5 $36) 10. Bb5 (10. Rc1 Nxa2 11. Rc4
Be6 12. Ra4 $6 Bb3 $1) 10... Bxc5 11. Ke2 (11. Rc1 Bd6) 11... Ke7 12. Rhc1 b6
$1 (12... Bd6 13. Nc4) 13. Nc4 Ba6 14. Bxa6 (14. Bxb4 Bxb5 15. Bxc5+ bxc5 16.
Ke3 Rhd8 $13) 14... Nxa6 15. Ne3 (15. a3 Rhc8 16. b4 Nd4+ $132) 15... Bxe3 (
15... Rhc8 16. Nd5+) 16. Kxe3 (16. Rxc6 Bxd2 17. Nxd2 Rhc8 18. Rac1 Rxc6 19.
Rxc6 Kd7 $10) (16. Bxe3 Rhc8 17. Rc3 Ncb4 18. a3 $6 Rxc3 19. axb4 Rc2+ 20. Kd1
Nxb4 $17) 16... Rhc8 17. Rc4 Nd8 18. Rac1 Rxc4 19. Rxc4 Ne6 20. b4 Nac7 21. g3
(21. a4 b5 22. axb5 Nxb5 $10) 21... Nb5 22. Nh4 g6 23. f4 Nd6 24. Rc1 b5 $1 25.
f5 $6 (25. fxe5 Nc4+ 26. Ke2 fxe5 $36) 25... Nc4+ $1 (25... gxf5 26. Nxf5+
Nxf5+ 27. exf5 Nd4 28. Rc7+ Kd6 29. Rxh7 $16) (25... Nf8 26. Kf3 $14) 26. Rxc4
(26. Ke2 Nd4+ 27. Kd1 g5 28. Ng2 Rd8 $19) 26... bxc4 27. fxe6 Rd8 28. Ng2 (28.
Nf3 Rd3+ 29. Ke2 Ra3 $17) 28... Rd3+ 29. Ke2 Ra3 30. Ne3 Rxa2 (30... c3 $2 31.
Bxc3 $1) 31. Nxc4 a6 (31... Kxe6 32. b5 $15) 32. h4 Kxe6 33. Kd3 Ra1 34. Be3
Rb1 35. Bc5 Rb3+ 36. Kc2 Rxg3 37. Na5 Rg4 38. Nc6 Rxe4 39. Nb8 a5 $1 40. Kd3 (
40. bxa5 Rc4+ $19) 40... Rxb4 41. Bxb4 axb4 42. Na6 b3 43. Nc5+ Kf5 44. Kc3 (
44. Nxb3 Kg4 45. Ke4 Kxh4 $19) 44... Kg4 45. Nd7 Kxh4 46. Nxf6 h5 (46... h5 47.
Kxb3 Kg5 48. Ne4+ Kf4 49. Nc5 h4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Wereldschaaktoernooi"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1950.11.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1950.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 a6
8. g3 Bd7 9. Bg2 e5 10. Nb3 Bc6 11. O-O Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nc6 14. a3
Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Ke7 16. Rfd1 Rhd8 (16... Ne4 $142) 17. Nc5 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 b6 19.
Nd3 Rd8 20. Rc1 Rd5 21. f4 Nd7 22. fxe5 Ndxe5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. e4 Nd3 25. Bb4+
(25. exd5 Nxc1 26. Bxg7 Kd6 27. Kf3 Kxd5 28. Kf4 Nd3+ 29. Kg5 Nf2 30. Kf6 Ng4+
31. Kxf7 Nxh2 32. Bh6 Kc4) 25... Ke8 (25... Kd7 $2 26. Rf1) 26. exd5 Nxc1 27.
Kf3 f6 28. Ke4 Nb3 29. Kd3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qxd4 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7
8. g3 (8. Bf4 a6 9. g3 Nc6 10. Nc2 e5 11. Bg5 Nb4 $1 12. Nxb4 Bxb4 13. Bg2 Rc8
14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bc6 $10 {Petursson,M-Dlugy,M/Nordic-USA/1986/}) 8... Nc6
9. Nc2 e5 10. Bg2 Nd4 $1 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 (14.
Kf1 Bc6 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 $10) 14... Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 O-O-O 16. Rac1+ Kb8 17. Rc4
Bb5 18. Rxd4 Rxd5 $1 19. Rxd5 Bc6 20. e4 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rd8 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balatonbereny GM"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Schlindwein, Rolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Rxb1 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. e3 Nb6 (
7... e6 8. Bd2 (8. b4 Ngf6 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Rac8 12. Rd1 Rfd8 13.
Rb3 Bb8 14. Bb2 Qd6 15. e4 Qe7 16. Ba3 e5 17. b5 Qe8 18. bxc6 Rxc6 {Fominyh,
A-Frolov,D/Moscow4 (06)/1995/1-0 (29)}) 8... Nb6 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. b4
a6 12. O-O h6 13. e4 Qd8 14. Rfe1 Nbd7 15. Bf4 g5 16. Bg3 O-O 17. Qe2 {
Gruettemeier,U-Wacker,P/NRW-II 9495/1995/0-1 (60)}) 8. Qb3 (8. Qc2 Qxa2 9. Bd3
Nf6 (9... e6 10. O-O Qd5 11. e4 Qd8 12. b4 a6 13. Be3 Nf6 14. h3 Be7 15. g4 h6
16. Ne5 Nfd7 17. f4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Bc4 {Onischuk,A-Sakovich,I/EUCup Gr3
Lubniewice (03)/ 1994/1/2-1/2 (62)}) 10. O-O Qd5 11. e4 Qd8 12. e5 Nfd5 13. e6
Qd6 14. exf7+ Kd8 15. Bg5 Nb4 16. Qd2 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nd5 {Szabo,Zs-Abel,L/
HUN-chT 9394/1994/1-0 (40)}) 8... Qxb3 9. axb3 e6 (9... Nf6 10. Bd3 e6 (10...
Nbd5 11. O-O e6 12. Ra1 Nb4 13. Bb1 c5 14. e4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bc5 16. Ne2 $10 (
16. Nc2 Nc6 $1 17. Re1 O-O-O $15) (16. Be3 $2 Ng4 $17)) 11. e4 Bb4+ 12. Ke2
Nfd7 13. Be3 f6 $10) 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nf3 Ngf6 12. g3 Bd6 13. Bg2 Ke7 14. Ke2
Rhd8 15. Rd1 Rac8 16. Ra1 a6 17. Nd2 e5 $5 18. Nc4 Bc7 (18... Bb8 19. Na5 Rc7
20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxd8 Kxd8 22. e4 $14) 19. Na5 Bxa5 20. Rxa5 exd4 21. Rxd4 (
21. exd4 Re8 $10) 21... Nb8 (21... Nf8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bd2 Ne6 $14) 22. Re5+
Kf8 23. Bd2 b6 (23... Rxd4 24. exd4 Nbd7 25. Bb4+ Kg8 26. Re7 Re8 27. Rxe8+
Nxe8 28. d5 $14) 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rf5 a5 26. b4 $1 axb4 (26... a4 27. b5 Rc8
28. Bc3 $16) 27. Bxb4+ c5 28. Bc3 Ne8 (28... Nbd7 29. Rf4 (29. e4 Ke7 30. Rf3
$14) 29... Ke7 30. Ra4 $14) 29. Rf4 Nc7 $6 (29... b5 30. Rf5 b4 31. Bd2 Nd7 32.
e4 $14) 30. Ra4 b5 (30... Nd7 31. Bc6 $16) 31. Ra7 Ne6 32. Rb7 b4 33. Be5 (33.
Be5 Nd7 (33... Na6 34. Rb6 Nac7 35. Bd6+ Kg8 36. Rc6 $18) 34. Bd6+ Ke8 35. Bc6
$18) 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bakhrakh, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Rxb1 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. a3 Ngf6
8. e3 e6 (8... Qf5 9. Ra1 e5 10. Be2 e4 11. Nd2 Nb6 12. Qc2 Qg6 13. g4 O-O-O
14. h4 Nxg4 15. h5 Qf5 16. Nxe4 Kb8 17. Rh4 Nh6 18. Bd2 Be7 19. Rh1 Ng4 20. Bd3
Qf3 21. Rg1 Bh4 {0-1 Lagunov,A-Hohelj,S/Muenster op (08)/1993/ (32)}) (8... Qe4
9. Ra1 e5 10. Be2 (10. Qc4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Nf5 g6 14. b4
gxf5 15. bxc5 Nxc5 16. Bb2 Ke7 17. a4 Rhd8 18. Ba3 Nfd7 19. Bd3 Kf6 20. Bc2 {
1-0 Blees,A-Rausis,I/Gausdal TM (08)/1993/ (54)}) (10. Bd2 Nc5 11. Qd1 exd4 12.
Nxd4 O-O-O 13. f3 Qe5 14. Qe2 Na4 15. b4 c5 16. Rc1 Kb8 17. Nb3 cxb4 18. axb4
Qb2 19. Qc4 Bd6 20. Qc2 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 Rc8 {0-1 Stempin,P-Rausis,I/Lyngby op 
(03)/1989/ (34)}) 10... Nc5 11. Qd1 exd4 12. Qxd4 (12. exd4 Ne6 13. O-O Bd6 14.
Re1 Qd5 15. Ng5 O-O 16. Bf3 Qc4 17. Be2 Qd5 18. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 Lagunov,A-Bagirov,
V/Berliner Sommer/1993/}) 12... Nb3 13. Qxe4+ Nxe4 14. Rb1 Be7 15. Bc4 Nxc1 16.
Rxc1 Bf6 17. Rc2 Ke7 18. Bd3 Nd6 19. e4 Ke6 20. O-O Rhe8 21. Re2 Bd8 22. e5 Nf5
23. g4 Nh6 24. h3 {Mitkov,M-Rausis,I/Lyon op (07)/1993/1/2-1/2 (87)}) 9. Qc2 (
9. Be2 a5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nd2 Bc7 12. Bf3 Qd6 13. g3 O-O 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15. Nc4
Qe7 16. e4 b5 17. Ne3 Bb6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Qxc6 Bxd4 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Qxb5 Nxe5
22. Bxd5 Rab8 23. Qxa5 Qd7 24. Bg2 Nd3 {1/2-1/2 Remlinger,L-Soltis,A/Chicago
opI (05)/1992/ (39)}) 9... Be7 (9... Bd6 10. Bd3 (10. Bc4 Qh5 11. Be2 Qg6 12.
Qxg6 hxg6 13. h3 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. b4 Nce4 16. Bb2 g5 {1/2-1/2 Osieka,
U-Schuh,H/BL2-S 9293/1993/}) 10... Qh5 11. Bd2 (11. O-O g5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13.
dxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 gxf4 15. exf4 Ng4 16. h3 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Qh4 18. Be2 Nf2+ 19. Kh2
Rg8 20. Qb3 O-O-O 21. Qf3 e5 22. Be3 Ng4+ 23. Qxg4+ Rxg4 24. Bxg4+ Kb8 {
0-1 Topalov,V-Chatalbashev,B/BLG-ch (07)/1991/ (36)}) 11... O-O 12. h3 c5 13.
O-O g5 14. e4 g4 15. hxg4 Nxg4 16. e5 Be7 17. Bb5 Rad8 18. Bf4 Kh8 19. Bxd7
Rxd7 20. dxc5 f6 21. Rfe1 fxe5 22. Bg3 Bf6 23. Re4 Rg7 {1-0 Hebden,M-Rahman,
Zil/Dhaka (01)/1995/ (54)}) 10. Bd3 O-O 11. e4 Qh5 (11... Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13.
e5 Nd5 14. Bxh7+ $16) 12. Bf4 c5 13. h3 (13. O-O cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rac8 15. Qd1 $10
) 13... cxd4 14. e5 Rac8 (14... Ng4 15. Bxh7+ (15. hxg4 Qxh1+ 16. Ke2 Qxg2 17.
Rg1 Qh3 18. Rg3 Qh1 19. Rg1 $10) 15... Kh8 16. Be4 Rac8 (16... Ngxe5 $2 17.
Nxe5 Nxe5 18. g4 d3 19. Qc7 $18) 17. Qe2 Nc5 $14) 15. Qd1 Nc5 $6 (15... Ng4 16.
Nh2 (16. O-O Nh6 17. Nxd4 $14) 16... Ngxe5 17. Qxh5 Nxd3+ 18. Kf1 Nxf4 19. Qf3
$14) 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. O-O e5 $2 (17... Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Rfd8 19. Rfe1 $16) 18.
Nxe5 $1 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 g5 20. Ng4 (20. Bg3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Salamanca"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vargas, Orestes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 (4... c6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3) 5. Qb3 Qc8 6.
Nc3 c6 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Rc1 Qb8 (8... Be7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g3 (11.
cxd5 exd5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bc4 O-O) 11... O-O 12. Bg2 $14) 9. Nh4 Bg6 (9... Bg4
10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bg2) 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. e4
Bd6 $5 (12... dxe4 13. Bc4 {x f7}) 13. exd5 (13. e5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5+ 15. Ne2
$8 (15. Be3 d4) (15. Be2 Nc5 16. Qc2 d4 17. Nb1 d3) (15. Kd1 Ng4) 15... O-O-O
16. Bf4 Qe6 $40) 13... c5 $5 (13... cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 $16) 14. dxc5
Nxc5 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Qc2 Qd8 (16... Bxh2 $6 17. Be3 $36) 17. Be2 Qe7 18. Nb5
$6 (18. Be3 {/\ Rd1}) 18... Re8 19. Be3 Nce4 20. Rd1 $2 (20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Bc5
(21. f3 Qb4+ 22. Kd1 Nxd5) 21... Nxc5 22. Qxc5 Qxc5 23. Rxc5 b6 24. Rc2 Nxd5)
20... Bb4+ 21. Nc3 (21. Kf1 Ng3+ 22. fxg3 Qxe3 $40) 21... Qe5 22. Bd4 (22. f4
Bxc3+ 23. bxc3 Qxc3+ 24. Qxc3 Nxc3 25. Rd3 Nfxd5) 22... Rxh2 $1 23. Rg1 (23.
Bxe5 Rxh1+ 24. Bf1 Rxe5 $19) 23... Qf5 24. Qb3 (24. f3 Nxc3 25. Qxf5 Nxe2+ $19)
24... Nxd5 25. Rd3 (25. a3 Ndxc3 26. bxc3 Bxc3+) 25... Nexc3 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Candidates (Women) final"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Qd7 6. Qxd4 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qxd4
8. Nxd4 Bd7 (8... a6) 9. Ndb5 Kd8 10. Be3 Nc6 11. h3 $1 (11. O-O-O Ng4 $1)
11... a6 12. Bb6+ Kc8 13. Na3 (13. Nc7 Rb8 $10) 13... e5 14. Nc4 Be6 15. e4 Bb4
16. O-O-O Bxc3 (16... Nd7 17. Nd5 $16) 17. Nd6+ Kb8 18. bxc3 Nd7 19. Be3 Kc7
20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. Nxc4 f6 22. Rd2 b5 23. Nd6 Nb6 24. Bxb6+ Kxb6 25. Nf5 $1 Rhd8
$1 (25... g6 26. Ne3 Rhf8 27. Rd7 $16) 26. Rhd1 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Ra7 28. h4 $1 Rf7
(28... Rc7 $5 $132) 29. h5 Kc7 30. h6 g6 31. Ng7 Re7 32. Rd3 Nb8 $1 (32... Nd8
$2 33. Rf3 Rf7 34. Rxf6 Rxf6 35. Ne8+ $18) 33. c4 bxc4 34. Rc3 Kd6 35. Rxc4 Nc6
36. Kd2 Rf7 37. Ke3 Rf8 38. g3 Rb8 $6 (38... Ne7 $1 39. Rb4 Kc6 40. Rc4+ Kd6
41. Rb4 $10) 39. f4 Ne7 40. Ra4 Ra8 41. f5 g5 $2 (41... gxf5 42. Nxf5+ Ke6 $1
$10) 42. Rb4 Kc6 43. Ne6 Rc8 44. Rc4+ Kd6 45. Ra4 Rc6 (45... Ra8 46. Rb4 Kc6
47. Rc4+ Kd6 48. Rc7 $16) 46. Nf8 Ng8 47. Nxh7 Kc5 48. Nxg5 $1 Nxh6 (48... fxg5
49. h7 $18) 49. Ne6+ Kb5 50. Ra3 Rc2 $2 (50... Ng4+ 51. Kf3 Nh2+ 52. Kg2 Ng4
$16) 51. Kd3 $1 (51. Rb3+ Kc4) 51... Rg2 52. Nc7+ $1 Kc6 53. Rc3+ Kb7 54. Nd5
Ng4 (54... Rxg3+ 55. Kc4 Rxc3+ 56. Kxc3 Ng4 57. Kb4 Kc6 58. Ka5 Kb7 59. a3 $1
Ka7 60. Kb4 Kb7 61. Kc5 $18) 55. Rc7+ Kb8 56. Rf7 Rxg3+ 57. Kc4 Ra3 58. Nxf6
Nf2 59. Kd5 Rxa2 60. Kxe5 a5 61. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Vinkovci"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Klaric, Zlatko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1989.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Rxb1 Qxd5 6. Nf3 (6. e3 Nd7 7.
Ne2 Nb6 8. Qc2 e5 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. Be2 f5 12. O-O Nf6 13. b4 Bd6
14. f4 Qe6 15. Bd3 g6 16. e4 $16 {Lerner,K-Klaric,Z/Palma GMA-op/1989/0-1/32/
-> TD 1989/12}) 6... Nd7 7. Bd2 Nb6 (7... e6 8. e3 Nb6 9. Qc2 Qxa2 10. Bd3 Qd5
11. Bxh7 Nf6 12. Bd3 $13 {Dautov,R-Malaniuk,V/Sverdlovsk/1989/1-0/41/}) 8. Qc2
(8. Qa5 Nc4 9. Qxd5 cxd5 10. e3 Nxd2 11. Bb5+ Kd8 12. Kxd2 e6 13. Ne5 Bb4+ 14.
Ke2 Ke7 $10 {Farago,I-Klaric,Z/Genova/1989/1-0/56/}) 8... Nf6 9. a3 Ne4 10. Rd1
g5 $5 11. e3 g4 12. Ne5 Bg7 13. Nxg4 h5 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 O-O-O $36 {
Ftacnik} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qa5 $6 (6... Qxd4
7. Nxd4) 7. b4 $5 Qh5 8. Ne5 $1 (8. Qe5 Qxe5 9. Nxe5 Nbd7 10. Nb5 Nxe5 11. Nc7+
Kd8 12. Nxa8 $13) 8... Nc6 (8... Nbd7 9. f4 $1 $16) (8... Bd7 9. b5 $1 $16) (
8... Nfd7 $5 9. Nxd7 (9. Qc4 Na6 $13) 9... Bxd7 10. b5 $36) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e4
e5 11. Qc4 Bd7 12. Be3 Qg4 $6 (12... a5 $1 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Be2 Qg6 15. O-O
Ba3 $1 $14 (15... Be7 16. Bb6 Ra8 17. Bc5)) 13. a3 Be7 $6 (13... a5 14. f3 Qe6
15. Qxe6+ Bxe6 16. b5 $14) 14. f3 Qh4+ (14... Qe6 15. Qxe6 Bxe6 16. Ba6 $16)
15. g3 Qh5 16. Be2 (16. g4 $142 $1 Qg6 (16... Qh4+ 17. Bf2 Qg5 18. h4 Qf4 19.
Rh3 $16) 17. h4 h6 18. h5 $16) 16... Qh3 (16... O-O 17. O-O (17. g4 Qg6 18. h4
h5 $1 19. g5 Ne8 $132) 17... a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 $14) 17. Bc5 $1 Qe6 (17... Be6
18. Qa6 $16) (17... Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qe6 19. Bc4 Qe7 20. Na4 $16) 18. Na4 $1 Qxc4
19. Bxc4 Bxc5 20. Nxc5 a5 21. Kf2 Ke7 $6 (21... axb4 22. axb4 O-O $16) 22. Nd3
Rhb8 23. Nxe5 axb4 24. axb4 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Rxb4 26. Bxf7 Rb2+ (26... Rb5 27.
Nxd7 $18) 27. Kg1 (27. Ke3 Rxh2 $14) 27... Bh3 28. Ra2 Rb1+ 29. Kf2 g5 (29...
Nxe4+ 30. fxe4 Kf6 31. Nf3 Kxf7 32. Ng5+ $18) 30. Bc4 c5 31. Ra7+ Bd7 32. Nd3
1-0

[Event "Moscow5"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuzmin, Alexey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Qa4+ c6 5. dxc6 $5 {N} (5. Rxb1) 5... Nxc6
6. Rxb1 e5 (6... Qxd4 7. Qxd4 Nxd4 8. Nf3 (8. e3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Rc8 10. Nf3 e6 $10)
8... Nc2+ $5 9. Kd1 Nb4 10. Bd2 e6 $10) 7. Bd2 Qxd4 (7... exd4 8. g3 $14) 8.
Qxd4 Nxd4 9. Nf3 (9. e3 Nc6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nf3 $14) 9... Nc6
10. e4 Nf6 $1 (10... Bd6 11. b4 $1 Nf6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bd3 $16) 11. Bb5 Nxe4 12.
Bxc6+ $1 (12. Nxe5 O-O-O $1 13. Bxc6 Nxd2 14. Bd7+ Rxd7 15. Rc1+ Rc7 16. Rxc7+
Kxc7 17. Nxf7 Rg8 18. Kxd2 Bb4+ 19. Ke2 Re8+ $10) 12... bxc6 13. Nxe5 Bc5 14.
Be3 (14. Nd3 $2 O-O-O 15. Nxc5 Nxd2 $19) (14. f3 Nf2 15. Rf1 O-O-O $1 $40)
14... Bxe3 15. fxe3 c5 16. Ke2 f5 17. Rbc1 O-O-O $1 (17... Ke7 18. Rc4 $14) 18.
Nd3 Rd5 19. Nxc5 (19. b4 Rhd8 20. Rhd1 Kc7 21. bxc5 g5 $1 $15) 19... Nxc5 20.
b4 {Ftacnik,L} (20. b4 Kc7 21. Rc2 Rb8 $1 22. bxc5 Rb5 23. Rhc1 Kc6 $10)
1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-sf Ukraine-ch"]
[Site "Kherson"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Qa4+ c6 5. dxc6 Nxc6 6. Rxb1 e5 7. Bd2 exd4
(7... Qxd4 8. Qxd4 exd4 9. g3 Bc5 10. Bg2 Bb6 11. Nh3 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfc1
Rac8 $10 {Novikov,I-Malaniuk,V/Budapest Perenyi-B/1989/ - /23/}) 8. g3 Bc5 9.
Bg2 Nge7 10. Nh3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nf4 Bb6 13. Rbc1 Rc8 14. Rc2 Ng6 15. Rfc1
Nxf4 16. Bxf4 h6 17. Rd1 Qf6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Rxc6 bxc6 20. Qc4 d3 $1 $10 {
Ftacnik} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.11.02"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Westerberg, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

{[%evp 0,69,36,19,19,-11,42,54,49,54,59,57,46,54,47,8,2,2,138,144,144,165,171,
173,185,88,131,155,225,225,225,200,227,227,200,208,192,209,235,3,192,61,64,157,
118,154,206,261,311,139,206,467,456,541,620,564,733,967,967,1095,1145,1206,
1231,1302,1432,1432,1432,1499,1968,2282,29989,29990]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5
Qxd5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Bd2 {Black does not shy away from
playing some strange form of the Scandinavian defence. In the modern era, we
are used to patterns that were quite shocking in the past. Early adventures of
the queen are not the worst transgressions anymore.} (7. Nb3 Qc7 8. g3 (8. e4
Nc6 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O a6 (10... Bb4 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. a3 Be7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Be3
Rd8 15. Qc2 e5 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Rd1 Qe8 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 {
0-1 (56) Le,Q (2712)-Mamedyarov,S (2753) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013} Rd8 $11) 11. Be3
Bd6 12. f4 e5 13. f5 O-O 14. Rc1 Qd8 15. g4 h6 16. h4 Nh7 17. Kg2 Be7 18. Qxd8
Rxd8 19. Bb6 Bxh4 20. Bxd8 Bxd8 {1/2-1/2 (53) Ding,L (2766)-Mamedyarov,S (2747)
Huaian 2016} 21. Nd5 $16) 8... e5 9. Bg2 Bb4 10. Bd2 (10. Qd3 O-O 11. Bg5 Rd8
12. Qe3 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 Nc6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rd1 Be6 17. Nc5
Bxa2 18. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Rc8 20. Kd2 Bc4 21. Ra1 $16 {1-0 (41) Wang,Y 
(2718)-Wang,H (2717) Huaian 2016}) (10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Ba3 Rd8 13.
Qc2 Be6 14. c4 Nc6 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qb2 b6 17. Rfe1 e4 18. Qc3 Qe5 19. Bb2
Qxc3 20. Bxc3 $11 {0-1 (32) Yilmaz,M (2582)-Mamedyarov,S (2735) Kocaeli 2015})
(10. Bg5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 O-O 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qd3 h6 14. Be3 Nb6 15. Rfd1 Be6
16. Bc5 Rfd8 17. Bd6 Qc8 18. Qb5 e4 19. Na5 Nc4 20. Be7 Rd5 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22.
Qxc4 Nxe7 23. Qxc8+ Rxc8 24. Nxb7 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (29) Ragger,M (2695)-Mista,A
(2589) Germany 2016}) 10... O-O 11. Rc1 (11. O-O Rd8 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Qc2 Be6
14. Bg5 Rac8 15. Qb1 (15. e3 Na5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxa5 Bxa5 18. Qa4 Kg7 19. a3
Rd2 20. Ne2 Qd8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. b4 Bb6 $17 {1/2-1/2 (33) Tomashevsky,E (2728)
-Mamedyarov,S (2747) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) (15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. e3 Kg7 17. Rfd1 Na5
18. Nxa5 Bxa5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Qe2 a6 21. a3 b5 22. b4 Bb6 $11 {0-1 (45) Wang,
Y (2718)-Mamedyarov,S (2747) Huaian 2016}) 15... Qb6 16. Na4 Qb5 17. Nac5 Bxb3
18. Nxb3 Qxe2 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qf5 Ne7 21. Qxf6 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 $14 {1-0 (44)
So,W (2778)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Paris 2018}) (11. Nb5 Qc4 12. Na3 Bxa3 13. bxa3
Nc6 14. Qc1 Be6 15. Qxc4 Bxc4 16. Rc1 Bd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. e4 Nde7 19. Ke2 f6
20. Be3 Kf7 21. Rc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 (31) Gajewski,G (2634)-Piorun,K (2638)
Chartres 2017}) 11... Rd8 12. Nd5 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Qd6 14. Nc7 Nc6 15. Nxa8 Be6
16. O-O Qb4 17. a3 Qxb2 18. Rc2 Qxa3 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Nc7 $16 {1-0 (28)
Aronian,L (2765)-Mamedyarov,S (2817) Kolkata 2018}) 7... e5 8. Ndb5 (8. Nb3 Qb6
9. Be3 Qe6 $11) 8... Bb4 $2 {In the times of modern computers, opening theory
is supplemented by the might of chess engines. The one respected in 2019 is
suggesting 8...Qb6 as Black's best option. Westerberg is confused and falls
for a very difficult line, bordering on a losing disadvantage.} (8... Qb6 9.
Be3 (9. e4 a6 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. Nd5 Bxd1 14. Rxc5 O-O
15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Nc7 Nd7 17. Rc1 $18 {1-0 (17) Rodshtein,M (2698)-Stephan,V 
(2365) Chartres 2017}) (9. Rc1 Nc6 10. Be3 Qd8 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. h3 Be6 13. g4
Nd7 14. Bg2 a6 15. Na3 Bb4 16. O-O Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Ke7 18. b3 h5 19. g5 Nb4 20.
Rc7 Rhc8 21. Bc5+ $18 {1-0 (21) Osieka,U (2269)-Sailer,D (2040) Luxemburg 2016}
) 9... Bc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. e3 (11. Nd6+ Ke7 12. Nxc8+ Rxc8 13. e3 $11) 11...
Ke7 $11) (8... a6 $2 9. Nd5 $18) (8... Qd8 9. Be3 $1 Bd7 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6
Nc6 12. g3 $14) (8... Na6 9. e4 (9. Rc1 Be7 10. e4 O-O 11. Bc4 Qd8 12. Be3 Bc5
13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Bd2 Be6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. O-O h6 17. Be3 Rfc8 18. Rfd1 $14 {
1-0 (54) Kharitonov,A (2554)-Ulybin,M (2491) Cappelle-la-Grande 2014}) (9. a3
Be7 10. b4 Qd8 11. e4 O-O 12. Be3 Bd7 13. f3 Qb8 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qb3 Be6 16.
Qa4 Nd7 17. Qd1 Nc7 18. Be2 Ne8 19. Nd5 Bh4+ 20. g3 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 Bxd5 22. exd5
$11 {1/2-1/2 (46) Jarmula,L (2457)-Ulybin,M (2518) Suwalki 2017}) 9... Bc5 10.
Be2 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. a3 Qd8 13. b4 Bb6 14. Na4 Nxe4 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Be3 Bd7
17. Rc1 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Nd6 19. Be2 $14 {1-0 (41) Akopian,V (2685)-Ulybin,M 
(2587) Moscow 2012}) 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nd6+ $1 {In case Black missed this
intermediate move, it is not only a pity but a serious step towards
catastrophy.} Ke7 (10... Kf8 11. Bxc3 Qc7 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bxe5 $16) 11. Bxc3
Qd5 12. Bb4 (12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxc8+ Rxc8 14. Bxe5 f6 15. Bg3 Nd7 16. e3 $16)
12... Nc6 (12... Be6 13. Nxb7+ (13. Qc2 $5 $18) 13... Kd7 14. e3 $18) (12...
Kd7 13. Qa4+ $18) (12... Ke6 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. e4 $18) 13. Nxc8+ Ke6 {The king
march towards e6 in the opening with many pieces on the board forces one to
think about terminally ill patients. White's knight on c8 has some problems to
come back home, but it is only one of the problems.} (13... Kd7 14. Qxd5+ Nxd5
15. Rd1 Nd4 (15... Ke6 16. e4 (16. Nd6 Ncxb4 17. axb4 Kxd6 18. e4 $18) 16...
Ncxb4 (16... Ndxb4 17. Rd6#) 17. axb4 $18) 16. e3 Nc2+ 17. Ke2 Ncxb4 18. axb4
Ke6 19. Nd6 $18) 14. g3 $1 {[%mdl 64] Shirov is clearly feeling perfectly fine
in his waters, the chance to use his exceptional phantasy must have been very
enjoyable. Hopefully the game will serve as a clear example of a marriage
between the purpose and chess asthetics!} (14. Nd6 $2 Nxb4 $11) 14... Qxh1 {
The only sensible, radical way to stop the devastating check on h3 is
mislocating the black queen and leaving the stage open for the white one.} (
14... g5 15. Bh3+ (15. Qxd5+ Kxd5 (15... Nxd5 16. Bh3+ f5 17. e4 Ndxb4 18.
Bxf5+ Kf6 19. axb4 Rhxc8 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. O-O $18) 16. Ne7+ $18) 15... g4 16.
Qxd5+ Kxd5 (16... Nxd5 17. Bxg4+ f5 18. e4 $18) 17. Bg2+ Ke6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19.
Nd6 $18) 15. Qd6+ Kf5 16. Qd3+ $1 e4 (16... Ke6 17. O-O-O Qxh2 18. Qb3+ (18. e4
Nd4 19. Qc4+ $18) 18... Kf5 19. Nd6+ $18) (16... Kg5 17. Bd2+ $18) 17. Nd6+ {
The hopelessly trapped knight on c8 is back in business and more active than
ever.} (17. Qb5+ Kg6 18. Nd6 $18) 17... Kg6 (17... Ke6 18. Qc4+ Nd5 19. O-O-O
Ncxb4 20. axb4 $18) 18. Qb5 Ne7 {Unfortunately, White was threatening a check
on f5 with two independent follow-ups of Nf7 and Bd2. Black has no other
option than to prevent the terminal move of the white queen.} (18... Nd4 19.
Qc5 $18) (18... Nxb4 19. Qf5+ Kh6 20. Nxf7#) 19. Nc4 $5 {We all need to get
used to the fact than even super grandmasters are not computers and they
rarely play game with all tactical lines worked out to perfection. The engine
prefers 19.Qxb7, but Shirov is creative and finds the move with dual threat of
Ne5+ and Bxe7.} (19. Qxb7 $1 Nfd5 20. Nc4 Nxb4 21. Ne5+ Kf6 22. axb4 $18) 19...
Nc6 (19... Rhe8 20. Ne5+ Kh6 21. Bd2+ $18) (19... Nfd5 20. Qxb7 $18) (19...
Ned5 20. Ne5+ Kf5 21. Nxf7 (21. O-O-O Rhc8+ 22. Kb1 a6 (22... Kxe5 23. f4+ exf3
24. e4 $18) 23. Qxb7 Kxe5 24. f4+ exf3 25. e4 $16) 21... Kg6 22. Ne5+ Kf5 23.
O-O-O $18) 20. Qxb7 Nxb4 (20... Rac8 21. Nd6 $18) 21. Ne5+ $1 Kf5 (21... Kh6
22. Nxf7+ Kg6 23. Nxh8+ Rxh8 24. axb4 $18) 22. axb4 {A very instructive
position with unbalanced material. On paper, Black should be doing fine with
his extra exchange, in reality his king is in grave danger and his pieces are
lacking elementary coordination.} a5 (22... Kxe5 23. Ra5+ Kd6 (23... Ke6 24.
Qc6+ Ke7 25. Re5+ $18) 24. Ra6+ Ke5 25. f4+ $1 exf3 (25... Kd4 26. Qb5 $18) 26.
Qc7+ Kf5 27. Ra5+ Kg6 28. Qc2+ Kh6 29. Qd2+ Kg6 30. Qg5#) (22... Rhb8 23. g4+
Nxg4 (23... Kg5 24. Qxf7 $18) (23... Kxe5 24. Ra5+ Kd6 25. Ra6+ Ke5 26. Qc7+
Kd4 27. Qc5#) 24. Qd7+ $18) 23. Nxf7 (23. Rc1 $5 $18) 23... Rhf8 (23... Rhb8
24. Nd6+ Ke6 25. Qxg7 $18) 24. Rc1 $1 {White has no problems to remember the
well-known principle of striking at the enemy when he is ill-prepared to cope
with an attack.} h6 (24... Kg6 25. Ne5+ Kh6 26. Qb6 axb4 27. Qe3+ g5 28. h4 $18
) 25. Nd6+ Kg6 (25... Ke5 26. Qe7+ $18) 26. Rc7 Nh5 (26... Rg8 27. Qb5 Kh7 28.
Qf5+ Kh8 29. Nf7#) 27. f3 $1 {A moment of disparity between humans and
computers. The engine is pleading for the brutal 27.g4, Shirov prefers the
human and much more charming way of interrupting the Black's queen defence of
the e4 pawn.} (27. g4 Rxf2 28. gxh5+ Kxh5 29. Kxf2 $18) 27... Kh7 (27... Rae8
28. Nxe8 Rxe8 29. g4 $18) (27... exf3 28. Qe4+ Kg5 29. h4+ Kf6 30. Qf5#) 28.
Qxe4+ Kg8 (28... Kh8 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nxh6+ Kh8 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Ng5 Nf6 33.
Qg6 $18) 29. Qd5+ Kh7 30. Qxh5 Rf6 {The medals are never given for resigning
even in hopeless positions, so Black is marching on despite the terrible odds.}
(30... axb4 31. Qe5 (31. Qg4 Ra1+ 32. Kd2 Rg8) 31... Ra1+ 32. Kd2 Rd1+ 33. Kxd1
Qxf1+ 34. Kd2 $18) 31. Ne4 Rg6 32. Qf5 Raa6 33. h4 1-0

[Event "GER CupT sf"]
[Site "Muenster"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 (4. Qb3 Nc6 5. c5 $5) 4... Nc6 5. Bf4 (5.
Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Ngxe7 7. e3 O-O $10) 5... Nf6 (5... dxc4 6. e4 Bg4 7. d5 exd5
8. exd5 Qe7+ 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Ne5 11. Qa4+ $16) 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 (7. a3 $5)
7... dxc4 (7... Nh5 8. Be5 f6 (8... Nxe5 9. dxe5 {/\ 10.Nd4+/-}) 9. Bxc7 Qxc7
10. Nd2 g6 11. g4 $16) (7... O-O 8. Nh4 $6 (8. O-O {- game}) (8. a3 $5) 8...
Be4 9. f3 (9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Nf3 Bb4+) 9... Nh5 $17) 8. Bxc4 Nb4 9. O-O (9. Rc1
c6 10. O-O {- game}) 9... O-O 10. Rc1 (10. Qe2 Nbd5 11. Bg5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ne4
13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rfc1 c5 $10) (10. Bg5 Nbd5 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. Be2 Ne4 $10) 10...
c6 (10... Nbd5 $2 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Bxc7 $18) (10... c5 $6 11. a3
Nc6 (11... Nbd5 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 $16) 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb5 $16) 11. Bg5
Nbd5 12. Qb3 Ne4 $10 (12... Nb6 13. Be2 h6 $10) (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 14.
Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Be2 c5 $10) (12... Qb6 $10) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Nd2
Bg6 16. Rfd1 (16. Be2 $5) 16... Rfd8 (16... Bh5 17. Re1 (17. f3 Qg5 $13) 17...
Rfd8 18. Ne4 {/\ 19.Nc5+/=}) 17. Be2 {/\ 18.Nc4} a5 (17... Qb4 18. a3 Qxb3 19.
Nxb3 $14) 18. a3 a4 19. Qc4 (19. Qa2 $5 e5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Nf3 Qe7 $10) 19...
e5 20. Nf3 exd4 $2 (20... e4 21. Ne5 (21. Nd2 Qg5) 21... f6 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23.
Qc5 Qc7 24. Bc4 Ra5 $10) 21. Rxd4 Kf8 $6 (21... Re8 $142) 22. Rcd1 $2 (22. Nh4
$142 $16 {(><a4)}) 22... Re8 23. Qc1 {(><e3)} Nf6 $6 (23... h6 $5) 24. Nh4 Be4
(24... Kg8 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. Qc2 $16) 25. Bd3 $4 (25. f3 Bd5 (25... g5 26. Rxe4
Nxe4 27. Nf5 Qe5 28. fxe4 Qxe4 29. Bd3 $16) (25... c5 26. Rxe4 Nxe4 27. Nf5 Qe5
28. fxe4 $16) 26. Nf5 Qe5 27. e4 $16 {(><d6)}) 25... c5 26. Rc4 Rad8 $6 (26...
b5 $5 27. Rxc5 $8 (27. Rc3 c4 $19) (27. Rc2 c4 28. Bxe4 Nxe4 29. Nf3 Nc5 $17)
27... Bxd3 28. Rxd3 Ne4 29. Rh5 $8 Rac8 (29... g6 30. Rxh7 Kg8 (30... Qf6 31.
Nf3 Rac8 32. Qb1) 31. Nxg6 Qf6 32. Rh8+ Kg7 33. Rxe8 (33. f3 Rxh8 (33... Rac8
34. Qb1 (34. Qxc8 Rxc8 35. Rxc8 Qxb2 $17) 34... Rxh8 35. Nxh8 Nc5 36. Rc3 Kxh8
37. Qc2 Qd6 $13) 34. Nxh8 Ng5 35. Nxf7 $16) 33... Qxf2+ 34. Kh1 Rxe8 35. Nf4
Rh8 36. h3 (36. Nh3 $2 Rxh3 37. gxh3 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Ng5 $19) 36... Ng3+ 37. Kh2
Nf1+ $10) 30. Qb1 (30. Qe1 Qf6 {(><b2)}) 30... Qf6 31. Nf5 g5 32. h3 h6 $17 {
(><h5); /\ 33...Qg6 34.g4 Nf6}) 27. Be2 Nd7 $2 (27... Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 (28. Qxd1
b5 29. Rc1 c4 30. Nf3 Bxf3 31. Bxf3 Rd8 $10) 28... Bc6 (28... b5 29. Rxc5 Nd7
30. Rc7 $16) (28... Nd7 29. Bxa4 $16) 29. Bxa4 Bxa4 (29... b5 30. Rxc5 Ne4 31.
Rxc6 Qxh4 32. Bxb5 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1) 30. Rxa4 b5 31. Ra6 Ne4 32. Nf5 Qd7 33. Ng3
$13) (27... b6 $5 $13) 28. f3 $8 (28. Nf3 b5 29. Rc3 c4 30. Nd4 Qc5 $17) 28...
Qxh4 (28... Bc6 29. Nf5 Qe5 30. e4 $16) 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. fxe4 b6 (30... Qxe4
$5 31. Bb5 Ke7 (31... Qe7 32. Qd2 Ke8 33. Bxa4 $18) (31... Qe6 32. Qd2) 32.
Bxd7 (32. Qd2 Qe5 {/\ 33...Qc7}) 32... Rxd7 33. Qxc5+ Kd8 $8 (33... Ke6 34. Qc8
$18) 34. Qf8+ Kc7 35. Rxd7+ Kxd7 36. Qxf7+ Kc6 37. Qxg7 Qxe3+ 38. Kf1 $16) 31.
Qd2 (31. Bb5 $2 Ne5 $10) 31... Qxe4 (31... Qe7 32. Bb5 Ke8 33. Bxa4 $18) 32.
Bb5 Qe5 33. Bxa4 $138 (33. Bxd7 $5 Ke7 34. Qd3 c4 (34... Qc7 35. Qe4+ Kf8 36.
Bxa4 $18) (34... Qxb2 35. Qe4+ Kf8 36. Bxa4 $18) (34... g6 35. Qb5) 35. Qxc4
Rxd7 (35... Qxe3+ $2 36. Kf1 $18) 36. Rxd7+ Kxd7 37. Qxa4+ (37. Qxf7+ $2 Kd8
$10) 37... Kd6 (37... Kc7 38. Qf4) (37... Ke7 38. Qb4+) 38. Qb3 $16) 33... Ke7
34. Bxd7 Qc7 $8 (34... g6 35. Qd3 $18) 35. Qc3 Rxd7 36. Rxd7+ Qxd7 37. Qxg7
Qd1+ (37... Qd2 $2 38. Qe5+ Kd7 39. h3) 38. Kf2 Qd2+ 39. Kf3 Qd1+ 40. Ke4 (40.
Kf4 $5 Qf1+ (40... Qd2 41. Qe5+ Kf8 42. Kg3 $16) 41. Ke5 (41. Ke4 Ke6) 41...
Qd3 (41... Qf2 42. Kd5) 42. Qf6+ Kf8 43. Qxb6) 40... Qa4+ (40... Qc2+ 41. Kd5
Qb3+ (41... Qd3+ 42. Kc6 Qd6+ 43. Kb5 $18) 42. Kc6 Qe6+ 43. Kc7 (43. Kb5 Kd7
$13) 43... h6 44. Qg3 $18) 41. Kd5 (41. Ke5 Qc6) 41... Qd7+ (41... Qa8+ 42. Kc4
Qe4+ (42... Qa4+ {- game}) 43. Kb5 $16) 42. Kc4 Qa4+ 43. Kc3 Qe4 (43... Qa5+
44. Kc2 Qa4+ 45. Kd2) 44. Qg3 Ke6 (44... Kd7 45. Qf4 Qxg2 46. Qxf7+ Kc6 47.
Qxh7 $18) (44... h5 45. Qf4 Qxg2 46. Qc7+ Kf8 47. Qxb6 $16) 45. h3 (45. Qf3
Qe5+ 46. Kb3 Qxh2 47. Qc6+ Qd6 48. Qxd6+ Kxd6 49. Kc4 Kc6 50. a4 f5 $10) 45...
h5 (45... f5 46. Qg8+ Kf6 47. Qd8+ $18) (45... Qb1 46. Qg4+ $16) 46. Qf3 Qe5+
47. Kc2 h4 (47... f6 $5 48. Qc6+ (48. g4 h4 $13) (48. Qf4 Qd5 $13) 48... Kf7
49. Qxb6 Qe4+ 50. Kb3 Qxg2 (50... Qxe3+ 51. Ka4) (50... Qd5+ 51. Ka4) (50...
Qxe3+ 51. Ka2) 51. Qxc5 (51. Qc7+ Kg6 52. Qd7 Qe2 53. Qe8+ Kg5 $13) 51... Qxh3
52. a4 $16) 48. Qg4+ f5 $8 (48... Qf5+ 49. Qxf5+ Kxf5 50. Kd3 {/\ 51.Kc4} b5
51. b3 Ke5 52. Kc3 Kd5 53. a4 Kc6 54. e4 $18) (48... Kd6 49. Qxh4 Qxe3 50. Qf6+
$18) 49. Qc4+ (49. Qxh4 Qxe3 $13) 49... Kd7 50. Qa4+ Kd6 $8 (50... Kc7 51. Qf4)
(50... Kc8 51. Qc6+) (50... Ke7 51. Qxh4+) 51. Qf4 (51. Qxh4 Qxe3 52. Qf6+ Kc7
53. Qxf5 Qe2+ 54. Kb1 Qxg2 55. Qe6 $16) 51... Qxf4 $2 (51... Kd5 52. Qxh4 (52.
Qxe5+ $2 $10 Kxe5 53. Kd3 b5 54. b3 Kd5 (54... Kd6 55. e4 fxe4+ 56. Kxe4 Ke6 (
56... Kc6 $2 57. a4 Kb6 58. axb5 Kxb5 59. Kd5 $18) (56... Kc7 57. a4 (57. Kd5
Kb6 58. a4 c4 59. a5+ Kxa5 60. bxc4 b4) 57... c4 58. axb5 cxb3 59. Kd3 Kb6 60.
Kc3 Kc5 61. Kxb3 Kxb5 $10) 57. a4 c4 58. a5 (58. axb5 cxb3 59. Kd3 Kd5 $10)
58... cxb3 59. Kd3 Kd5 60. Kc3 Kc6 61. Kxb3 Kb7 62. Kc3 Ka7 $10) 55. a4 Kc6 56.
axb5+ (56. a5 Kb7 57. e4 fxe4+ 58. Kxe4 Ka6 59. Kd5 c4 60. bxc4 b4 61. Kd4 (61.
c5 $2 b3 62. c6 b2 63. c7 Kb7 $19) 61... Kxa5 62. Kd3 Kb6 63. Kc2 Kc6 $10) (56.
e4 c4+ 57. bxc4 fxe4+) 56... Kxb5 57. e4 (57. Kc3 Kb6 58. Kc4 Kc6 59. b4 cxb4
60. Kxb4 Kd5 61. Kc3 Ke4 62. Kd2 f4 63. exf4 Kxf4 64. Ke2 Kg3 65. Kf1 Kf4 66.
Kf2 Ke4 $10) 57... fxe4+ 58. Kxe4 Kb4 59. Kd5 Kb5 60. Ke5 Ka5 (60... Kb4 $2 61.
Kd6 Kb5 62. Kc7 $18) 61. Kd6 Kb6 $10) 52... Qxe3 53. Qd8+ Kc6 54. Qd3 $16) 52.
exf4 $18 Kd5 (52... c4 53. Kd2 (53. Kc3 Kd5 (53... Kc5 54. a4 b5 55. axb5 Kxb5
56. Kd4 (56. b3 cxb3 57. Kxb3 Kc5 58. Kc3 Kd5 59. Kd3 Kc5 60. Ke3 Kd5 61. g3
hxg3 62. Kf3 (62. h4 $2 Ke6) 62... Ke6 63. Kxg3 Kf6 64. Kf3 Kg6 65. Ke3 Kh5 66.
Kd4 Kh4 67. Ke5 $18) 56... Kb4 57. Kd5 Kb5 58. Ke5 Kb4 59. Kd4 Kb5 60. Kd5 Kb4
61. Kc6 $18) 54. Kb4 (54. a4 Kc5 55. b4+ cxb3 56. Kxb3 Kd5 (56... b5 $2 57. a5)
57. Kb4 Kc6 58. Kc4 Kd6 59. Kd4 (59. Kb5 Kc7) 59... Ke6 60. Ke3 Kf6 $10) 54...
Ke4 55. Kb5 Kxf4 56. Kxb6 Kg3 57. a4 Kxg2 58. a5 f4 59. a6 f3 60. a7 f2 61.
a8=Q+ Kg1 62. Qg8+ Kh2 63. Qxc4 Kg2 64. b4 f1=Q 65. Qxh4 (65. Qxf1+ $2 Kxf1 66.
b5 Kg2 67. Kc5 Kxh3 68. b6 Kg2 69. b7 h3 70. b8=Q h2 $10) 65... Qd3 66. Qg4+
Kh2 67. Qe6 $18) 53... b5 54. Ke3 Kd5 (54... Ke6 55. Kd4 Kd6 56. a4 $18) 55.
Kf3 (55. g4 $2 hxg3 56. Kf3 (56. h4 Ke6 $10) 56... g2 57. Kxg2 Ke4 58. Kg3 Kd3)
55... Ke6 (55... Kd4 56. g4 hxg3 57. h4 $18) 56. g4 hxg3 57. Kxg3 Kf6 58. Kf3
Kg6 59. Ke3 Kh5 60. Kd4 Kh4 61. Ke5 $18) 53. Kd3 b5 54. Ke3 (54. b3 $2 Kc6 55.
Kc3 Kb6 56. a4 Ka5 $10) 54... Kc4 (54... Ke6 55. g3 hxg3 56. Kf3 Kf6 57. Kxg3
Kg6 58. Kf3 Kh5 59. Ke3 Kh4 60. b3 Kxh3 61. a4 c4 62. axb5 cxb3 63. Kd2 $18)
55. g4 (55. g3 Kb3 (55... hxg3 {- game}) 56. gxh4 Kxb2 57. h5 c4 58. h6 c3 59.
h7 c2 60. h8=Q+ Kb1 61. Qc3 c1=Q+ 62. Qxc1+ Kxc1 63. h4 $18) 55... hxg3 56. h4
Kd5 57. Kf3 Ke6 58. Kxg3 Kf6 59. Kf3 Kg6 60. Ke3 Kh5 (60... c4 61. Kd4 Kh5 62.
Ke5 Kg4 63. h5 $18) 61. b3 Kg4 62. a4 {(62...c4 63.ab5 cb3 64.Kd2)} 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 {This position usually
arises from another move order: 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nxd4
Nxd5.} 6. e4 Nf6 (6... Nb4 {is the main alternative here.}) 7. Bb5+ (7. Nc3 {
is played more often.}) 7... Bd7 (7... Nfd7 $6 8. O-O a6 9. Ba4 g6 10. e5 $1 e6
(10... Bg7 $2 11. e6 $18) 11. f4 $14 {1-0 (21) Alekhine,A-Rellstab,L/Bad
Nauheim (03) 1936}) 8. Qe2 {A rare, hardly promising continuation.} (8. e5 {
is not dangerous:} Bxb5 9. Nxb5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nd5 11. N1c3 Nc6 $1 12. Nxd5
O-O-O 13. Nbc3 e6 14. Bd2 exd5 $11 {1-0 (37) Szalanczy,E (2335)-Szuhai,B
Budapest 1982}) (8. Nc3 e5 {leads to a position usually arising after 7.Nc3 e5
8.Bb5+ Bd7}) (8. Bxd7+ {is probably the most appropriate:} Nbxd7 (8... Qxd7 9.
e5) 9. Nc3 e5 10. Nf5 (10. Ndb5 Nc5 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Bg5 a6 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14.
N7d5 Nxd5 $5 15. Rd1 Rc8 16. Nxd5 Ke6 $11) 10... Nc5 11. Qxd8+ (11. Qf3 Qd3 12.
Qxd3 Nxd3+ 13. Ke2 {1-0 (34) Alekhine,A-Blum,M Bern 1922} Nc5 $14) 11... Rxd8
12. Bg5 Nd3+ 13. Ke2 Nf4+ 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Rhd1 g6 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Nd7
18. Nd6 $14 {1/2 (40) Yrjola,J (2413)-Salmensuu,O (2428) Finland 2002}) 8... e5
(8... a6 $143 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. O-O e6 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Bg5 Bd6 13. Rac1 Bxh2+
14. Kh1 Be5 15. f4 Bxd4 16. Nb5 $40 {1-0 (47) Udovcic,M-Karaklajic,N Sarajevo
1951}) 9. Nf3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nbxd2 Qb6 {Black has simplified the game
to his favour but now his queen comes under attack.} (11... Qe7 {looks more
solid and close to equality.}) 12. a4 a6 (12... Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ $5 Nc6 14. Nc4)
13. Nc4 Qc5 14. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfd1 Rac8 (16... Rad8 $142 {
, and Black holds on, e.g.} 17. Rd2 (17. Rac1 Qb4 {[%cal Yd7c5]}) 17... Qb4 18.
Rad1 Rc8 19. Nd6 Rc7) 17. Nd6 Rc6 18. Qd2 $1 Qb6 19. b4 Qc7 20. Rac1 $16 Nb6
21. Rxc6 Qxc6 (21... bxc6 22. a5 Nbd5 (22... Nbd7 23. Ng5 $18 {[%csl Rf7]}) 23.
exd5 Qxd6 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Nxe5 $16) 22. Nxe5 Qxa4 23. Rc1 Qb3 24. Qd4 Qe6 25.
Nxb7 $18 {White has won a pawn while keeping an excellent position.} Re8 26. f4
Nbd7 27. Nd6 Rf8 28. Nc6 Nb8 29. Na5 Nbd7 30. Nc6 Nb8 31. Na5 Nbd7 32. Rd1 Nh5
33. e5 (33. f5 Qe5 34. Nc6 $18 {is simpler}) 33... Qg4 34. Rf1 g5 {Desperation.
.. and White fails to find a refutation!} 35. h3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Nc6 $1
Nxf4 36. Ne7+ Kh8 (36... Kg7 37. e6+ f6 38. Nef5+ Kg6 39. Rxf4 Qxf4 40. exd7
Qc1+ 41. Kf2 $18) 37. e6+ f6 38. Rxf4 gxf4 (38... Qxe6 39. Re4 $18) 39. Nf7+ (
39. exd7 Qe6 40. Kf1 Qxe7 41. Nb7 {is quite enough, too}) 39... Kg7 (39... Rxf7
40. exd7) 40. Qxd7 Rxf7 (40... f3 41. Nf5+ Kg6 42. Ne5+ fxe5 43. Qg7+ Kxf5 44.
Qxf8+ $18) 41. h3 $1 Qg5 42. Nf5+ Qxf5 43. Qxf7+ Kh6 44. e7 $18) 35... Nxf4 $1
36. hxg4 Ne2+ 37. Kf2 (37. Kh2 $142) 37... Nxd4 38. Rd1 (38. Ke3 $142 Nc2+ 39.
Ke4 Nxb4 40. Rf3 $44) 38... f6 $1 {A move certainly overlooked by Anish Giri.}
(38... Ne6 39. Ndc4 Nb8 40. Rd6 $16) 39. e6 (39. Nf5 $142 fxe5 40. Ke1 $1 {
with a probable draw.}) ({After} 39. e6 Nxe6 {White must fight for survival a
pawn down but Peter Svidler was happy with a miraculous rescue.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 44th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2016.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Bb4 {More common continuations:}
(5... c6) (5... Bd6) 6. Qa4+ (6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Bg5 Qd6
10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. e3 Rfd8 12. Be2 a6 13. a3 Bf8 14. b4 Qh6 15. O-O Bd6 16. g3
Ne7 $132 {1/2 (52) Cherniaev,A (2484)-Bauer,C (2681) Flims 2012}) 6... Nc6 7.
Ne5 O-O 8. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 bxc6 10. Qxc6 Qb8 {[%cal Rb8b2] White has won a
pawn but Black obtains a development advantage and tries to exploit it.} 11.
Qb5 (11. Bc1 {looks ugly but deserves attention. After} Qb6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13.
f3 {[%cal Ye1f2]} Ra4 14. cxd5 exd5 15. e3 Rfa8 16. a3 {Black's compensation
is not convincing.}) 11... dxc4 12. Qxb8 Rfxb8 13. Bxc7 $6 {Not a good time
for consumption.} (13. f3 $142 Rb1+ (13... Bb1 14. e4 $1) 14. Rxb1 Bxb1 15. e4
Bxa2 16. Bxc7 a5 $132 {[%csl Ga5]}) 13... Rb2 14. f3 Bb1 $6 {[%mdl 2048]} ({
It was better to play} 14... Nd5 $1 {first:} 15. Bd6 Bb1 (15... Nxc3 $143 16.
e4) 16. Ba3 $1 Rxa2 17. Rxa2 Bxa2 18. Kd2 Rb8 19. e4 Nxc3 20. Kxc3 Rb3+ 21.
Kxc4 Rxa3+ 22. Kb4 Rb3+ 23. Kc5 Rb1 24. g4 $15) 15. Kd1 {The best way for
White to complete his development.} (15. e4 Bd3 $5) 15... Nd5 {A bit too late.}
16. Kc1 Rxa2 17. Rxb1 Nxc7 18. e4 Ra4 19. Be2 $14 {White has developed his
kingside; Black's c4-pawn is a real weakness, and his a-pawn is a potential
one.} f5 (19... a6 {[%cal Rc7b5]} 20. Kc2 $1 Ra2+ (20... Nb5 21. Ra1) 21. Rb2
Ra4 22. Rhb1 Nb5 23. Kd2 $14 {[%cal Yb2b4]}) (19... Ra2 20. Bxc4 Rxg2 21. Rb2
$14) 20. Rf1 $6 {The right plan was to bring White's king to the centre:} (20.
g3 $1 Rf8 21. Kd2 $16) ({but, of course, not} 20. Kd2 Ra2+ 21. Ke3 f4+) 20...
Rf8 21. Rb7 Na8 22. Kb2 $6 (22. Bd1 $142 Ra2 23. Bc2 fxe4 24. Kb1 $14 {[%cal
Yc2e4]}) 22... Nb6 23. Bd1 Ra5 24. Bc2 Rf7 {Trading his passive rook for
White's active one, Black solves his problems.} 25. Rb8+ Rf8 26. Rb7 (26. Rxf8+
Kxf8 {is now quite comfortable for Black. The second rook exchange is not
dangerous for him:} 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Kxa1 g6 29. Kb2 Ke7 30. Ka3 a5 $11) 26...
Rf7 27. Rb8+ Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1909.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "Lasker,Em/Kmoch/Slutsky/Glatman"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1) Lasker:The international congress St.Petersburg 1909.Translation by
R.Teichmann. (2) Lasker: Der internationale Schachkongreß zu St.Petersburg.
1909. Berlin.1909. (Nachdruck Olms.1989.)3)Kmoch: Rubinstein gewinnt! S.40; 4)
Shereshevsky/ Slutsky: Mastering the Endgame. vol.2, p.127} d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4
Nf6 $6 {[>= 3.... e6; 3.... dc]} 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 (6... Nb4
7. Bb5+ $14) ({Lasker,Em: 'Here interesting is} 6... Nc7 7. Bf4 Nd7 8. Bc4 (8.
Qa4) 8... e5 9. Qb3 Qf6 10. Bg3 {eads to a complicated game.}) 7. Nc3 e5 $2 ({
Lasker:The right move here is} 7... e6 $142) ({Lasker: If} 7... a6 8. e5 Nd5 9.
e6 {and Black stands worse.}) 8. Bb5+ $1 {Lasker} Bd7 9. Nf5 Nc6 $6 {Lasker} (
9... Bxb5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nxb5 $16) 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Qe7 12. Qxe7+
Nxe7 {[%mdl 4096]} (12... Kxe7 13. Bg5 Be6 14. f4 $16) 13. Be3 a6 14. Bxd7+
Nxd7 15. Ke2 $16 Rc8 16. Rhd1 Nc5 17. Bxc5 $5 {Slutsky: Such "sharp turns" are
very typical of Rubinsteins endgame technique. White unexpectedly exchanges
his strong bishop, after taking into account the concrete features of the
position. Lasker,Em: 'Better was to keep the bishop; e.g., 17.Rac1 Ne6 18.Nd5,
etc.'} (17. Rac1 $16) 17... Rxc5 18. Rac1 Nc6 {Lasker,Em: 'A mistake. Black
should play 18...Rc7 followed by ...O-O.'} (18... Rc7 19. Na4 Nc6 20. Ke3 O-O
21. Nc5 Nd4 22. Nd3 $16 {Lasker}) (18... O-O $2 19. Nd5 $18) 19. Rd5 $1 {
[%mdl 4096] Lasker} Rxd5 $8 (19... Rc4 20. b3 Rd4 21. Ke3 f6 22. Na4 Ke7 23.
Nc5 Rxd5 24. exd5 Nb4 25. d6+ Kxd6 26. Nxb7+ $16 {Lasker}) 20. exd5 Nd4+ 21.
Kd3 Ke7 22. f4 $1 {Lasker,Em: '!'} f6 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Ke4 Kd6 25. Rf1 Rc8 $1
26. Rf7 Rc4 27. Kd3 Rb4 28. Rxg7 ({Lasker:Also strong was} 28. b3 $5 {and
White will win at least a pawn; for example} Nb5 29. Nxb5+ Rxb5 30. Rxg7 h5 31.
Rh7 Rxd5+ 32. Ke3) 28... Rxb2 29. Rxh7 Rxg2 30. Rh6+ Kd7 31. Rh7+ Kd6 32. Rh6+
Kd7 33. Ne4 $1 $18 {Lasker} Rxa2 34. Rh7+ Kd8 35. d6 {Lasker: /\ 36.Nf6, 37.
Rh8×} Nb5 36. Kc4 Ra5 $1 37. Rxb7 {[/\ 38.Kd5]} (37. Kd5 Nc7+ (37... Nd4+ $2
38. Nc5 b6 39. Rh8#)) 37... Na3+ 38. Kb4 $1 {Lasker} Rb5+ 39. Rxb5 Nxb5 40. Kc5
Kd7 41. Kd5 a5 42. Nc5+ Ke8 43. Kxe5 Kf7 44. Nb7 {/\ 45.d7; 45.Na5 Kmoch: Ein
prächtiges Beispiel für die Kraft der Zentralisierung, dank welcher Weiß
noch im Endspiel unwiderstehlichen Angriff erlangte. Lasker: Rubinstein
conducted the endgame of this game with monumental mastery.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.28"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Lempert,I"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Qa4+ c6 5. dxc6 Nxc6 6. Rxb1 Qxd4 7. Qxd4
Nxd4 8. e3 Nc6 9. Nf3 (9. b4 $5 e6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Nf3 Nf6 12. Bb2 Ke7 13. g3 $1
Rac8 14. Bg2 Rhd8 15. Ke2 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Rausis,I/Riga/1995/1:0/38/}) 9... e6 (
9... Rc8 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. Bd3 e6 12. a3 Bd6 13. Ke2 $14 {Gausel,E-Nadsen,J/Alta/
1996/}) 10. Bb5 Rc8 11. Ne5 Nge7 12. Bd2 a6 13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14. Rc1 Bd6 (14...
Na7 15. Ke2 $14) 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Rxc6 bxc6 17. Ke2 Kd7 18. Bc3 e5 (18... f6
$5) 19. f4 $1 exf4 20. exf4 Bxf4 (20... f6 21. Rd1 Ke7 22. Kf3 $14) 21. Kf3 (
21. Bxg7 $1 Rg8 22. Bc3 $14 Rxg2+ $2 23. Kf3 Rxh2 24. Rd1+ $18) 21... Bh6 22.
Rd1+ Ke6 23. Re1+ Kd7 24. Rd1+ Ke6 25. Bb4 $1 Rb8 26. Ba3 Rc8 27. Rd6+ Ke5 28.
Rd7 f5 (28... Ke6 29. Re7+ Kf6 30. Ra7 $16) 29. Re7+ Kd5 30. Rf7 Ke5 31. Re7+
Kd5 32. Rf7 Ke5 33. Bb4 $1 (33. Ra7 Rd8) 33... Ke6 34. Ra7 Bc1 35. Bc3 g5 36.
Rxh7 (36. Rxa6 g4+ 37. Kf2 $14) 36... g4+ 37. Ke2 Bf4 38. h3 $6 (38. g3 Bg5 $1
(38... Bd6 39. Rh6+ $16) 39. Ra7 Bf6 40. Bxf6 Kxf6 41. Rxa6 (41. Kf2 $5) 41...
Rh8 42. Rxc6+ Ke5 $14) 38... gxh3 39. Rxh3 Rg8 40. Kf3 Rg4 41. Rh8 Bd6 $10 42.
Ra8 Ra4 43. a3 Kd5 44. Rd8 Rf4+ 45. Ke2 Re4+ 46. Kf3 Rf4+ 47. Ke2 Re4+ 48. Kf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 46th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 $5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 {Having been considered a sideline
for entire decades, this variation bears Keres' name. The Estonian grandmaster
played it, indeed, on five occasions between 1948 and 1972, always from the 2.
Nf3 move order (and not 2.c4 Bf5). Recently, it has popped up in several top
level blitz and rapid games, more rarely in classical ones.} 5. Nh4 {A typical
4.e3 Slav plan.} ({The old critical line is} 5. Qb3 {but apparently Black is
doing fine:} Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 (7. a3 Na5 8. Qa2 Nc4 9. Bg5 c6 10. e3 Nd6
11. Be2 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 {Grigoriants,S (2564)-Morozevich,A (2683) Moscow 
(blitz) 2016 (0-1, 29)}) 7... Na5 8. Qa4+ c6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. e3 Qb6 11. O-O-O
O-O-O 12. Bd3 Bg6 13. Qc2 Nc4 $13 {Wojtaszek,R (2744)-Grischuk,A (2810)
Beijing (blitz) 2014 (½-½ 28)}) 5... Bb4 ({Deviating from two of his own
games in which Nepomniachtchi played} 5... Bg6 6. g3 (6. e3 {may transpose to
the Slav, even though Black could think of something different, as ...c7-c6 is
not forced yet.}) 6... c6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Qd3 (8. Bg2 dxc4 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b3
Qa5 11. Bd2 Bb4 12. Rc1 Nb6 $13 {(½-½, 106) Dubov,D (2701)-Nepomniachtchi,I 
(2751) Moscow (rapid) 2018}) 8... Nbd7 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Qa5 12.
b3 (12. e4 $5) 12... Rfd8 13. Qc2 Qa6 14. Rb1 dxc4 15. bxc4 Qxc4 16. Rxb7 Bb4
17. Rd3 Nd5 {Gelfand,B (2695)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Moscow (blitz) 2018 (0-1,
46)}) 6. cxd5 (6. Nxf5 exf5 7. e3 {Huzman,A (2557)-Svidler,P (2748) Caleta
2017 CBM 177 [Navara,D] (0-1, 56)}) 6... Qxd5 {Black has given up the centre
for the sake of rapid piece development and control over the light squares.} 7.
e3 O-O (7... c5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O {Gelfand,B (2724)-Mamedyarov,S (2772)
Moscow 2017 CBM 179 [Quintiliano,R] (½-½, 22)}) 8. Be2 Ne4 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10.
bxc3 $146 ({The way the game went, this wins a tempo over a previous Nepo game:
} 10. Bxc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be4 12. O-O (12. f3 Qg5 13. g3 Bc6 $132 {is similar
to the game, but the queen is on d1 instead of d2.}) 12... Qa5 13. Qb3 Nd7 14.
Nf3 c5 $11 {(½-½, 23) Gelfand,B (2703)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2757) Jerusalem 
(rapid) 2018}) 10... Nxd2 {Accepting to play with a tempo down.} ({The
alternative was} 10... Nd7 11. f3 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Bg6 13. e4 Qd6 14. O-O c5 {
when it would not be clear whether White's space advantage could yield
anything concrete:} 15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. Qxd4 $5 (16. cxd4 Rac8 {looks normal for
Black.}) 16... Qc5 $5 ({In the absence of queens the same structure as above
could be more promising as White could centralise his king while Black could
not:} 16... Qxd4+ 17. cxd4 Rac8 18. Rdc1 Nb6 19. Kf2 Na4 20. Ke3 $14) 17. Rab1
b6 18. Nxg6 $5 (18. Kf1 Rfd8 19. Nxg6 Qg5 $5 $11) 18... hxg6 19. Kf1 Rfd8 20.
Bb5 e5 (20... Qxd4 21. cxd4 $14) 21. Qd5 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Nc5 23. Rxe5 Rd2 {
with certain counterplay for the pawn.}) 11. Qxd2 Be4 12. f3 Qg5 13. g3 Bc6 14.
e4 Qe7 ({A strange decision. There is this rule according to which the player
having less space should exchange pieces and I would say this applies to the
queens to the greatest extent.} 14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 {looks more
comfortable for Black than the game continuation.}) 15. O-O Nd7 {White has a
clear space advantage but the question about how to advance his pawns remains
open.} 16. c4 {In my view this unnecessarily weakens the d4-square.} ({I would
consider} 16. Rae1 Rad8 17. Bd3 $14 {[%cal Gf3f4,Gh4f3]}) 16... Rfd8 $6 {
Black loses an important tempo in what should be his main plan.} (16... b6 $5
17. Qe3 Bb7 {would keep White's initiative under control, as} 18. f4 $6 {allows
} c5 {when} 19. d5 $6 exd5 20. cxd5 {loses a pawn to} Nf6 21. Bf3 Nxd5 $15) 17.
Qe3 b6 {A bit too late.} (17... e5 18. Nf5 Qf8 19. d5 Ba4 20. Bd1 $14) 18. f4
Bb7 19. Bf3 $1 Nf8 (19... c5 {does not work anymore:} 20. d5 exd5 21. cxd5 Bxd5
22. Nf5 Qe6 (22... Qf6 23. g4 $18) 23. Qc3 Nf6 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. exd5 $16) 20.
Qc3 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Re3g5] Probably not the best, as White wastes a tempo and
weakens the kingside pressure.} (20. Rad1 $5 $14 Qb4 21. Rc1 {[%cal Ga2a3]})
20... Rd7 21. Rad1 Rad8 {White is hanging a bit already.} 22. Rf2 $1 {A very
accurate move, preparing to double rooks and defending on the way the g1-a7
diagonal.. White still retains a slight advantage.} (22. Rfe1 g5 $5 23. Nf5 (
23. fxg5 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Qc5 25. Red1 e5 $132) 23... exf5 24. exf5 Qf6 25. fxg5
Qxf5 26. Bxb7 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Qc5 28. Bd5 (28. Ree4 Ne6) 28... Rxd5 $11 29. Ree4
$8 Ne6 30. cxd5 $8 Qxc3 31. dxe6 $11) 22... Ng6 23. Ng2 f5 $14 {The only way
in which Black can use the slight drawback of Rf2 with respect to Rfe1.} 24. e5
(24. exf5 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 exf5 26. Rfd3 Qf7 27. d5 Re8 {and White's position is
only marginally better.}) 24... Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Qf7 26. Rfd3 Ne7 (26... c6 27.
Ne3 Ne7 {would have been a more restrictive move order.}) 27. Ne3 ({Missing
the chance with} 27. d5 $1 exd5 28. cxd5 Rxd5 (28... Nxd5 29. Qc6 $18) 29. Qxc7
Rxd3 30. Qxd8+ Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ Qf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Kf2 $14 {and the knight
ending could prove dangerous for Black.}) 27... c6 {White's position looks
more active but since d4-d5 is improbable Black is out of danger. Soon he will
completely equalise by starting kingside counterplay.} 28. a4 h6 29. Qb3 Kh7
30. R1d2 g5 $11 31. Qd1 gxf4 32. gxf4 Rg8+ 33. Kh1 Rg7 34. Qf3 Rd8 35. Rg2 Rxg2
36. Kxg2 Ng6 37. Kf1 Qd7 38. Rd1 Qe8 39. Ng2 Qd7 40. Ne3 Qe8 41. Ng2 Qd7 42.
Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 44th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2016.07.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5!? - ein paar Pros und Kontras anhand zweier Partien vom
Dortmunder Großmeisterturnier.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 $5 {Der provokante
Läuferzug war wohl als Überraschung gedacht, jedenfalls hat der russsische
Großmeister (lt. meiner Datenbanken) bislang auschließlich 2...Nf6, 2... c6
und 2...g6 gespielt. Inspiriert von dieser Partie probierte Deutschlands
Spitzenmann in der 7. und letzten Runde des Turniers (als Nachziehender gegen
Rainer Buhmann) dieselbe Eröffnung (siehe nachstehend).} 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 (
4... c6 {wird zwar häufiger praktiziert, aber nach} 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 7.
Bf4 Qc8 8. Nh4 {haben sich die weißen Chancen als besser erwiesen.}) 5. Bg5 ({
Interessante Alternativen, z.B.: I Nun könnte Schwarz auf} 5. Qb3 {aktiv mit}
Nc6 $1 {(nebst den Möglichkeiten ...Nb4 und ...Na5) reagieren:} 6. cxd5 (6.
Qxb7 $2 Nb4) (6. e3 $2 Nb4) (6. Bg5 Na5 $1 7. Qa4+ c6 8. c5 Be7) 6... exd5 7.
Bg5 (7. Qxb7 $2 Nb4 $1) (7. e4 Nxe4 $5 (7... dxe4 $6 8. Ne5 $5 (8. Qxb7 $6 Rb8
9. Qxc6+ Bd7 10. Qa6 exf3) 8... Be6 9. Qxb7 Nxd4 10. Bb5+ Nxb5 11. Qxb5+ Bd7 (
11... Nd7 12. Nc6 $14) 12. Qc4 Qe7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bg5 $14) 8. Qxb7 Bd7 9.
Nxd5 (9. Qb3 Rb8 10. Qxd5 Nf6 $13 {/=}) 9... Bd6 $13 {/=}) 7... Na5 $1 8. Qa4+
c6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. e3 Qb6 $1 11. O-O-O (11. Nxd5 $2 Qxb2) 11... O-O-O 12. Bd3
Bg6 13. Qc2 Nc4 14. b3 $6 (14. Nh4 $13 {/=}) 14... Na3 $15 {- remis/28,
Wojtaszek,R (2744)-Grischuk,A (2810), Beijing (Blitz) 2014}) ({II} 5. Nh4 $1 {
zwecks Eliminierung des feindlichen Läufers scheint mir sehr beachtlich zu
sein. Ein voller Ausgleich für Schwarz ist hiernach schwer zu entdecken.} Bb4
$5 {Neu und kaum erprobt; jedenfalls habe ich dazu nur eine Fernschachpartie
gefunden.} ({Bekannt ist} 5... Bg6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 $14) ({oder} 5... Be4 6.
f3 $1 Bg6 7. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 8. cxd5 $1 exd5 9. e4 $1 $14) 6. Nxf5 exf5 {Zu
dieser brisanten Position ein paar Anregungen:} 7. cxd5 (7. Bg5 Nbd7 $5 (7...
c5 $5 8. cxd5 Qa5 $132) 8. cxd5 O-O 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. e3 h6 11. Bf4 c6 12. dxc6
bxc6 13. O-O-O $13 Rfd8 (13... Bxc3 $5 14. Qxc3 Nd5) 14. Bc7 Rdc8 15. Bg3 a5
16. Bd3 c5 17. Bxf5 a4 18. Nxa4 c4 19. Qc2 Ra5 20. a3 c3 21. bxc3 Bxc3 22. Nxc3
g6 23. Nb1 Rxc2+ 24. Bxc2 Ne4 25. Rhe1 h5 26. Re2 h4 27. Be5 Nxe5 28. Bxe4 Nc4
29. Bd3 Nxa3 30. Ra2 Qc7+ 31. Kb2 Qb7+ {- remis, Zidu,J (2533)-Krause,P (2472),
Remote email 2014}) (7. Qb3 c5 $5 {Dieser ultrascharfe Gegenstoß verdient
eine nähere Untersuchung. Ein paar Denkanstöße:} (7... Nc6 8. e3 O-O (8...
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qd7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. b4 $14) 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5
Nxd5 11. Bd2 Nb6 12. Rc1 (12. g3 Rfe8 13. Be2 Rad8 14. Rc1 Ne7 15. a3 Bd6 16.
h4 $14) 12... f4 13. Bb5 $14) 8. dxc5 (8. cxd5 O-O 9. dxc5 (9. Bg5 Nbd7) 9...
Ba5 $5 10. Bd2 Na6 $13) 8... Na6 9. cxd5 Qxd5 (9... Qa5 10. a3 Nxd5 11. Bd2 Rd8
12. Rc1 Nxc5) 10. Qxb4 (10. Qa4+ Ke7 $5 11. Bd2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nxc5 13. Qa3 Rhd8
14. e3 b6 $13) 10... Nxb4 11. Nxd5 Nfxd5 12. Rb1 Rc8 $13 {/=}) (7. e3 O-O 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Re8 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. c4 Qc6 12. Qf3 $5 $14 (12. f3 $6 f4 13. e4
Nxe4 $5 14. fxe4 Qxe4+ 15. Kf2 Nc6 $44)) 7... Qxd5 8. e3 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10.
bxc3 $14 {Mit den Fortsetzungen 7.e3 und 7.cxd5 scheint Weiß ein solides Plus
zu erzielen.}) ({III} 5. Bf4 Bb4 ({Extravagant, für besser halte ich
beispielsweise} 5... dxc4 $142 $5 6. e3 Nd5 $13) 6. Qa4+ $1 Nc6 7. Ne5 O-O 8.
Nxc6 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 bxc6 $5 (9... Qd7) 10. Qxc6 Qb8 $5 11. Qb5 dxc4 12. Qxb8 (
12. a4 Nd5 13. Bd2 c5 14. dxc5 Qe5 15. Qxc4 Rfd8 $44) 12... Rfxb8 13. Bxc7 (13.
f3 Rb1+ 14. Rxb1 Bxb1) 13... Rb2 $44 14. f3 Bb1 $2 (14... Nd5 $13) 15. Kd1 Nd5
16. Kc1 Rxa2 17. Rxb1 Nxc7 18. e4 Ra4 19. Be2 $16 f5 (19... Ra2 20. Re1 a6 21.
Bxc4 Rxg2 22. Re2) 20. Rf1 (20. Rd1) 20... Rf8 21. Rb7 $2 (21. Kd2 Ra2+ 22. Ke3
) 21... Na8 $1 $14 {Das lief gerade noch einmal glimpflich für Schwarz ab.}
22. Kb2 (22. Rb4 $5 Rxb4 23. cxb4 Rd8 24. Rd1 Nb6) 22... Nb6 23. Bd1 Ra5 24.
Bc2 Rf7 25. Rb8+ Rf8 26. Rb7 Rf7 27. Rb8+ {- remis in Buhmann,R (2653) -
Nisipeanu, LD (2674), Dortmund (7) 2016}) 5... c6 6. Bxf6 ({Zu ganz anderen
Themen gehen die folgenden Alternativen über: I} 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 (7. Qxb6
axb6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 b5 (10... Nd7)) 7... Qc7 (7... Qxb3 8.
axb3 Ne4 (8... Na6)) 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Qc8 10. h3 Be7 11. Be2) ({II} 6. e3 {
ist der meistgewählte Zug, indes verfügt Schwarz darauf über diverse
brauchbare Entgegnungen, z.B.:} h6 {(6...Be7, 6....Nbd7, 6...Qb6)} 7. Bxf6 (7.
Bh4 Nbd7) 7... Qxf6 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. Ne5 f6 $5) 6... Qxf6 ({Kaum anzutreffen ist
das weniger solide erscheinende, aber wohl spielbare} 6... gxf6 {, z.B.} 7.
cxd5 (7. e3 Qb6 $5) 7... cxd5 8. e3 Nc6 {, und mit seinem Läuferpaar mag
Schwarz ausreichend Kompensation für die geschwächte Bauernstruktur haben.})
7. Qb3 b6 $5 ({Eine zweischneidige Lockerung des Damenflügels, während} 7...
Qe7 {mit der Idee} 8. e3 Qb4 {möglichst risikolos Ausgleich anstrebt} (8...
Qc7)) 8. g3 $1 {Das Läuferfianchetto, um beizeiten den Vorstoß e4 zu
unterstützen, ist eine gute und nachhaltige Wahl.} ({I Nach} 8. Rc1 Bd6 9. e3
(9. cxd5 exd5 {hat Schwarz keine Probleme:} (9... Qh6 $6 10. Nd2 $1 exd5 11.
Nxd5 $1 O-O (11... Be6 12. Qe3 $14) 12. Qf3 Qg6 13. Nc3 (13. Nf4) 13... Bg4 14.
Qe3 $6 $13 {- 0:1/32, Lukanov,T (2557)-Kokorin,V (2213), ICCF email 1999} (14.
Qe4 $142 Bf5 15. Qh4)) 10. g3 (10. Nxd5 $6 {Verlockend, indes verfügt Schwarz
über erstaunliche Ressourcen:} cxd5 11. Qxd5 Qe6 $1 (11... Bb4+ $143 12. Kd1
O-O 13. Qxa8 $16 Rd8 14. e3 Qe7 15. a3 Be4 16. Qxe4 Qxe4 17. axb4 $13 {/=}) 12.
Qxa8 Qxa2 13. e4 Qxb2 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Be2 Qc3+ 16. Kf1 Nc6 17. Qxf8+ Kxf8 18.
exf5 Nb4 $15) (10. e3 Nd7 $13) 10... Qh6 11. Qd1 Nd7 $13) 9... O-O $13) ({II} 
8. e3 Bd6 $13) 8... Bd6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nh4 {Nun soll mittels cxd5
nebst e4 die schwarze Zentrumsformation unterminiert werden.} ({Auch in
Betracht kam} 11. Rfe1 {, z.B.} Bg4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qd1 Bb4 (13... Qh6 14. e4
dxe4 15. Nxe4 Be7 16. Nc3 Bf6 17. Qa4 $14) 14. e4 {. Weiter könnte folgen:}
Rfe8 15. h3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 dxe4 18. Rxe4 Rxe4 19. Bxe4 Rc8 20. Qa4
Rc7 21. Bg2 g6 22. Re1 Kg7 $14 {/= mit nahezu ausgeglichener Stellung.}) 11...
Bg4 12. cxd5 exd5 ({Eine schwere Entscheidung, indes mag} 12... cxd5 $5 {
- nicht zuletzt aus strukturellen Erwägungen - etwas genauer sein. Man prüfe:
} 13. Qa4 (13. h3 g5 14. Nf3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qxd4 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Rad1 Qf6 18.
Qxd5 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Ne5 $13 {/=}) 13... Qe7 14. h3 Bh5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 {
, und Weiß steht auch hier etwas besser, wenngleich sich der Vorteil bei
starker Verteidigung verflüchtigt:} Rac8 (16... Rad8 17. Qxa7 Nf6 18. Qxb6 (
18. Qxe7 Bxe7 19. Nc3 Rxd4 $11) 18... Nxe4 19. Bxe4 f5 20. Bd3 g5 21. Ng2 f4
$13 {/=}) 17. Qxa7 Rc4 18. d5 $5 Rc7 19. Qa4 Nc5 20. Qc2 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qf6 22.
Rae1 g5 23. Nf3 Bg6 24. Qe3 exd5 25. Rd1 Rc2 $13 {/=}) 13. e4 $1 $36 {+/=} dxe4
{In unbehaglicher Lage muß Schwarz einmal mehr eine knifflige Entscheidung
treffen.} ({Nicht schlechter erscheint} 13... Qxd4 {, man prüfe:} 14. exd5 Nc5
(14... cxd5 15. Rad1 $5 (15. h3 $143 Nc5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Nxd5 Be6 18. Rad1
Rad8 $11) 15... Bxd1 16. Rxd1 Qe5 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxg3 19. hxg3 $14) 15.
Qc2 cxd5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 $14) 14. Nxe4 Qh6 15. Qe3 $5 ({Ebenso zu
erwägen war} 15. h3 $5 Be6 16. Qf3 {und nun z.B.:} Be7 (16... Bd5 $2 17. Nf5
$1) 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Rad8 19. Rfe1 $36 {und Weiß steht zweifellos
angenehmer:} (19. Nc3 Bf6 $5) 19... Qg6 (19... c5 20. Nxc5 $1 (20. d5 $143 Bf6)
20... g6 21. Qf3 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Rad1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Qg5 25. b4 Ne6 26.
Rd7 $14) 20. Qf4 $14 c5 21. d5 Bf6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Qa4 Qxb2 24. Qxa7 {
/\Rab1+/=}) 15... Qxe3 $5 {Sehr schwer einzuschätzen, ob dies die gebotene
Abwicklung ist.} ({Andere Möglichkeiten: I} 15... Be7 $5 16. Qxh6 gxh6 17. f4
$1 Rad8 (17... Bxh4 $143 18. gxh4 Be6 19. Rac1 Bd5 20. Ng3 $1 $16) 18. h3 Bxh4
19. hxg4 Bf6 20. Rfd1 Bg7 (20... Be7 21. Nc3 $14) 21. Nd6 c5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23.
Rab1 Ne6 $5 (23... Na4 $143 24. Nf5) 24. Nf5 Nd4 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Kf2 $14) ({
II} 15... Qe6 $4 {geht baden:} 16. h3 Bh5 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Nf5 Qe6 19. Ne7+
Kh8 20. Rfe1 Rae8 21. Nxc6 $18) 16. fxe3 Be7 17. Nf2 $1 Be6 $6 ({Nach dem
zäheren} 17... Nf6 $142 $5 18. Bxc6 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Bb4 $5 {hätte der
Anziehende angesichts seiner drei Bauerninseln und etwas ungeordneten Kräfte
größere Probleme, seinen Mehrbauern zu verwerten.} 20. Nxg4 (20. Rc2 Rfe8 21.
a3 Bd2 $1 22. Nxg4 (22. Rxd2 $143 Rxc6 23. Re1 Ne4 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. Kg2 Be6)
22... Nxg4 23. Nf5 Nxe3 24. Rxd2 Rxc6 25. d5 $14) 20... Nxg4 21. Bd7 Rxc1+ 22.
Rxc1 Nxe3 23. Rc7 $14) 18. Bxc6 $16 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Nf6 20. e4 $2 ({Mit dieser
bedauerlichen Unachtsamkeit verdirbt Nisipeanu die bislang tadellos geführte
Partie. Stattdessen hätte} 20. Bb7 $1 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 $16 {den mühsam
errungenen Vorteil festgehalten -} Bxa2 22. Ra1 Rb8 23. Bf3 Bb3 24. Rxa7) 20...
Bc5 $1 {Eine tückische Linienverstellung, die Weiß offenbar übersehen hatte.
} 21. dxc5 $6 ({Aus dem Konzept gebracht verpasst Deutschlands Nr. 1 die
letzte Gelegenheit, mit} 21. Bb7 $142 {noch Druck auf seinen russischen
Kontrahenten auszuüben.} {Darauf wäre das Qualitätsopfer} Bxd4 $1 {
vonnöten gewesen:} (21... Rb8 $2 22. dxc5 Rxb7 23. c6) 22. Bxc8 Bxc8 23. Rc4 {
und weiter} Bxb2 (23... Bc5 24. Kg2 (24. b4 Be6 25. Rxc5 bxc5 26. bxc5 Rc8 27.
Rc1 Bxa2 28. Nf5 Kf8 $14) 24... Re8 25. Nf3 a5 26. Rac1 $5 $14) 24. Rd1 Be6 25.
Rc7 a5 26. Nf5 $14) 21... Rxc6 22. cxb6 Rxb6 23. b3 a5 $1 {Der Russe, der mit
einem blauen Auge davongekommen ist, steuert nun zielstrebig den Remishafen an.
} 24. Nf3 a4 25. Nd4 h5 (25... axb3 26. axb3 h6 (26... Bxb3 $4) 27. Nxe6 (27.
Rc3 Rfb8 28. Ra3 Rd6) 27... Rxe6 $14 {/=}) 26. bxa4 Rb4 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. a5
Nxe4 29. Nxe4 Rxe4 30. Re1 ({Auch nach dem etwas besseren} 30. a4 Ra8 31. Rc5
g6 32. Ra2 (32. h4 Re2) 32... h4 33. Kf2 hxg3+ 34. hxg3 Kf7 $14 {/= sollte
Schwarz sich locker behaupten können.}) 30... Ra4 31. Rxe6 Rxa5 32. a4 Rb8 $11
33. Re4 Rb2 34. Rf1 Ra2 35. Rff4 Kh7 36. Rb4 Kg6 37. h4 Kh7 38. Rb5 R2xa4 39.
Rxh5+ Rxh5 40. Rxa4 Rb5 41. Kg2 g5 42. h5 g4 43. Rxg4 Rxh5 44. Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game is far too complex for me to analyse within a short time. I would
gladly leave the task to the author himself.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4.
Nc3 Nf6 5. Nh4 Bb4 6. Nxf5 exf5 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O Nc6
11. a3 Ba5 12. dxc5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Qc2 Qxc5 15. Bd3 g6 16. c4 Ne5 17.
Bb2 Nxd3 18. Bxf6 Qc6 19. Bd4 Nc5 20. Rab1 b6 21. Ba1 f6 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. Rbc1
Rc7 {The position is approximately balanced. White's weakness on c4 is being
compensated for by the potential vulnerability of Black's king.} 24. Rd5 $2 (
24. h3 {would maintain the equilibrium.}) 24... Nb3 $1 {White must have missed
this nice trick. Now he loses a pawn.} 25. Rcd1 (25. Qxb3 $2 Qxd5 $19) 25...
Qxc4 $17 {Black's technical task is far from easy. He should exchange as many
pieces as he can, create a passed pawn and promote it or give it up for
White's kingside pawns, but that is easier said than done.} 26. Qb2 Qc2 27.
R5d3 Qxb2 28. Bxb2 Nc5 29. Rd4 Kf7 30. h3 h5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 fxg4 33. Rxg4
Rd7 34. Rxd7+ Nxd7 35. Ra4 a5 36. Rd4 Ke6 37. Rg4 g5 38. Re4+ Ne5 $1 39. Kg2
Rc8 $1 40. Bxe5 f5 $1 {Black keeps his kingside pawns intact, thus depriving
White's rook of targets and good squares.} 41. Rd4 Kxe5 {Black has a spare
pawn and his pieces are more active than White's. The conversion still
requires good technique, which GM Svidler readily demonstrated.} 42. a4 Rc2 {
The rook heads for b4.} 43. Rd8 Rc4 44. Re8+ Kd6 45. Rd8+ Ke5 46. Re8+ Kd5 47.
Rd8+ Kc5 48. Rf8 f4 49. Rf5+ Kc6 50. Rxg5 fxe3 51. fxe3 Rxa4 52. Kf3 Rc4 53. e4
a4 54. Rg7 b5 55. Ra7 Kc5 56. e5 Kd5 {This was an instructive game which
certainly deserves a more detailed analysis.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 {The Baltic Defence, which is a very rare choice at top
level tournaments. Black tries to solve the eternal problem of the bad bishop
very early by putting it outside of the pawn chain, but I'm not convinced
about the correctness of this plan, as White can put pressure in queenside in
the bishop's absence.} 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 ({If White tries explore Black's idea
too quickly with} 4. Qb3 {then} Nc6 $1 {[%cal Yc6b4] shows how useful that
f5-bishop can be.}) 4... Nf6 {This is a bit provocative, typical of
Mamedyarov's style.} (4... c6 {is the more solid option for Black, and is
unavoidable to remember the most memorable game in this line, which followed}
5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 (6... Qxb3 7. axb3 {[%cal Yb3b4,Yb4b5]} Na6 8. Ra4 $1 {
is good for White}) 7. Bf4 $1 Qc8 8. e3 (8. Nh4 {chasing the bishop, is the
most played and probably the most challenging for Black}) 8... Nf6 9. Qa4 {
[%cal Yb2b4,Yb4b5];Kramnik,V (2710)-Shirov,A (2705) Linares 12th 1994 (12) 0-1
White got a comfortable position with a clear plan- to advance the pawns on
the queenside like a minority attack, but later Black won one of the most
spectacular games that I've ever seen -}) 5. Nh4 {Gelfand makes a practical
decision, avoiding the most played lines, but his move is logical, similar to
some Slav variations.} (5. Bg5 {is the most tried, but don't seems to give any
advantage for White:} c6 (5... Be7 $6 {I'm surprised to realise this is the
most played. It doesn't makes sense, after} 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qb3 {
[%csl Gb7,Gd5] and White is winning a pawn, even if Black tries to complicate
things with} Nc6 9. Qxd5 Qxd5 (9... Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd4 12. Nxc7+
Ke7 13. e4 $1 Bxb2 14. Rd1 Bc3+ 15. Ke2 {[%csl Ga8,Gf5]}) 10. Nxd5 Bxd4 11.
Nxc7+ Ke7 12. e4 $1 Bxb2 13. Rd1 Bxe4 14. Nxa8 Bc3+ 15. Ke2 Rxa8 16. Ke3 $1 Bf5
17. Bd3 $14) 6. e3 {is the main move but I can't see any advantage for White
after} (6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qc7 (7... Qxb3 $6 8. axb3 Na6 9. Ra4 $5 Nc7 {Netusil,
M (2267)-Reznicek,T (2272) CZE-chT1W 0910 2009 (7.7) 1-0} 10. Bf4 $1 $146 Nb5
11. Nxb5 cxb5 12. Ra5 a6 13. e4 $1 {[%cal Yf1b5]}) 8. Bf4 Qc8 9. h3 h6 10. e3
Nbd7 11. Qa4 {[%cal Yb2b4] is similar to Kramnik-Shirov}) 6... Nbd7 7. Be2 Be7
8. O-O O-O $11) (5. Qb3 {still would face} Nc6 {but White has an interesting
idea} 6. Bg5 Na5 (6... Nb4 $2 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Qxc4 $16 {[%cal Ye2e4]}) 7. Qa4+
c6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 {White has the better pawn structure, but
the bishop pair provides dynamic counterplay for Black, which makes the
position level.}) 5... Bb4 $6 {Although this has been played recently by
Svidler (and now Mamedyarov), it doesn't seems like a promising option.} 6.
cxd5 ({The previous game saw} 6. Nxf5 exf5 7. e3 (7. Bg5 {looks interesting})
7... O-O {Huzman,A (2557)-Svidler,P (2748) Gibraltar Masters 15th 2017 (10) 0-1
} 8. a3 {seems good} Bxc3+ (8... Be7 $2 9. Qb3) 9. bxc3 {[%csl Yc1,Yf1] the
bishop pair promises an easier position to White} c5 10. cxd5 cxd4 (10... Qxd5
11. c4 {[%cal Yd4d5,Yc1b2]}) 11. cxd4 Qxd5 12. Rb1 $14 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Yb1b5]}
) 6... Qxd5 (6... Nxd5 $6 {[%cal Gd8h4,Gd5c3] would be risky} 7. Nxf5 Nxc3 $6 (
7... exf5 8. Qb3 O-O 9. Bd2 c6 10. e3 $14) 8. Nxg7+ Kf8 9. Nxe6+ $1 fxe6 10.
bxc3 Bxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxd4 (11... Bxa1 12. Qxa1 $44 {[%csl Gd2,Gf1,Rf8]}) 12. Rc1
Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 c6 15. e4 $14 {White has an easier endgame, with
the better pawns advancing on the kingside, the better minor piece and a more
active king.}) 7. e3 c5 $6 {Black is trying to play actively, but in some
moves his position will be unpleasant.} (7... O-O {would be safer, but White
keeps an advantage after} 8. Nxf5 exf5 9. a3 $1 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Re8 11. c4 Qc6
12. f3 (12. Be2 Qxg2 $5 13. Bf3 Qh3 14. Bxb7 Nbd7 15. Bxa8 Rxa8 16. Qe2 f4 $44)
12... Qd6 13. Be2 c5 14. O-O $14) 8. Bb5+ $1 Nc6 9. O-O {Now Black's lack of
development starts to tell.} Qd7 $6 (9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxd4 (10... O-O 11. Ba3
$16) 11. c4 Qd6 12. exd4 {[%cal Yd4d5]} O-O 13. d5 $1 {with a dangerous
initiative for White, for example} Rfd8 (13... Ne7 14. Qb3 {[%cal Yc1a3]}) 14.
Nxf5 exf5 15. Bg5 $14) 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Ya2a3] A good manoeuvre
to increase the pressure, and also creating the threat of a3.} (11. d5 $5 {
was a more aggressive way to play, and also was advantageous for White} Bxc3 $8
12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Bd3 Be5 15. f4 $1 Bd6 16. Bxf5+ Kc7 17. Bd2
$14) 11... cxd4 (11... a6 12. Qa4 $1 O-O-O 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Qxc6+ bxc6 15. a3
Ba5 16. dxc5 $16) 12. Nxd4 Bc5 {Black is struggling to exchange pieces and
relieve the pressure, but White simplifies into a clearly better endgame now.}
13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Rd1+ Kc7 16. Bc4 $14 {[%csl Yc1,Yc4] The
bishop pair and better pawn structure provide an advantageous endgame for
White and a very unpleasant defence ahead for Black.} (16. Ba4 {[%csl Rc6] was
good also.}) 16... Rhd8 (16... Ne4 $5 {[%cal Ye4d6]} 17. Bxf7 (17. Bd2 a5 $1
18. Bxf7 f4 $1 $132) 17... Rad8 18. Bb3 f4 $1 19. Kf1 fxe3 20. Bxe3 Bxe3 21.
fxe3 Rd2 $5 22. Rxd2 Nxd2+ 23. Ke2 Nxb3 24. axb3 Kb6 {and Black can put his
hopes in this rook endgame, even after} 25. Ra4 $1 {White maintains good
chances to win.}) 17. Bd2 Nd5 18. Ba5+ (18. Rac1 {would be very natural, just
developing the last piece to increase the pressure} Kb7 (18... a5 19. Bd3 Ne7
20. Bc3 Nd5 $1 21. Be5+ Kb6 22. a3 g6 23. Bc2 $16 {[%cal Yc2a4]}) 19. Be1 Bb6
20. Rd3 {[%cal Yc1d1]} Rd7 21. b4 $1 Rad8 22. Rcd1 a6 23. a4 $16) 18... Bb6 19.
Bxd5 $2 {But this was just a strange decision by Gelfand, as White is giving
up the bishop pair and relieving the pressure for nothing apparent.} (19. Rac1
$1 {and}) (19. Be1 {would had kept the advantage and excellent chances to play
for a win.}) 19... Rxd5 20. Rxd5 cxd5 $11 {White advantage is gone.} 21. Bc3 g5
22. Rd1 {An interesting game in a sideline with an excellent peformance by
Gelfand, but the sudden turn of events in the last moves saved Black from a
very difficult endgame in which he would have suffered.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Matlak, Marek"]
[Black "Heberla, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dankowice"]
[BlackTeam "Katowice Szopienice"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qxd4 (5. Nxd4 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb4 7.
Qa4+ N8c6 8. Nxc6 Nxc6 9. Nc3) 5... Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8. g3 (8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. g3 e5 10. Nc2 (10. Nf3) 10... Bc5 11. Bg2 h6 12. Be3 Rb8 13. O-O b6
$132 {Tratar,M (2502)-Sommerbauer,N (2474) AUT-chT2M 0708 2007 (4.1) 1-0}) 8...
Bd7 (8... e5 9. Nb3) 9. Bg2 e5 10. Nb3 (10. Nc2 {[%csl Gb4]}) 10... Bc6 11. O-O
(11. Bxc6+ Nxc6 12. Bg5 Bb4 13. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 gxf6 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Kb2
Ke7 17. Rd3 Rhd8 18. Rhd1 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Nb8 20. g4 Rg8 21. Rg3 Nd7 22. Kc2 Ke6
23. f3 Rc8 24. Rh3 Nb6 25. Nd2 Nd5 26. Ne4 Nf4 27. Rxh7 Nxe2 28. Rh6 Ke7 29. h4
Nd4+ 30. Kd3 Nxf3 31. Nxf6 Rc5 32. g5 b5 33. Ne4 Rc4 34. Ke3 Ne1 35. Nd6 Rf4
36. Nc8+ Kd8 37. Rh8+ Kc7 38. h5 Ng2+ 39. Ke2 Rf5 40. Ne7 Rxg5 {Vitiugov,N 
(2736)-Landa,K (2634) Sochi 2015 1/2-1/2}) 11... Bb4 12. Bd2 (12. Bg5 Bxg2 13.
Kxg2 Nbd7 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Rac1 Ke7 $1) 12... Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nc6 14. a3 (14.
Rac1 O-O-O 15. Bg5 (15. a3)) 14... Bxc3 15. Bxc3 O-O-O (15... Nd5) (15... Ne4)
(15... Ke7) 16. Rac1 Kb8 17. Rfd1 Ne4 18. Rxd8+ $146 (18. Be1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 {
1/2-1/2 (19) Unzicker,W-O'Kelly de Galway,A Hastings 1950}) 18... Rxd8 19. f3 (
19. Be1) 19... Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Rd5 21. Kf2 {[%cal Gf2e1,Ge2e4]} Ka7 22. Ke1 Rb5
$1 {[%csl Rb2]} 23. Kd1 Kb6 24. Kc1 Rd5 25. e3 Rd6 26. Nd2 (26. Kc2) 26... Kc7
27. Nc4 Re6 28. Na5 Kb6 29. Nxc6 Rxc6 30. Kd2 Rh6 31. h4 Rg6 32. g4 e4 $1 33.
Ke2 exf3+ 34. Kxf3 Rc6 35. Rd3 Kc7 36. g5 Rd6 37. Rc3+ Rc6 38. Rd3 Rd6 39. Rc3+
Rc6 40. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sautron op 16th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2016.10.22"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Stephan, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:21:53"]
[BlackClock "0:16:16"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:03:12]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c5 {[%emt 0:
00:00] Une monographie a été publiée récemment par le GMI BEZGODOV sur
cette variante rare} 3. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nf3 {
[%emt 0:00:58]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:
12]} 6. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 7. g3 {[%emt 0:05:24]} (7.
Nb3 Qc7 8. e4 Nc6 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O a6 11. Be3 Bd6 12. f4 e5 13. f5 O-O 14. Rc1
Qd8 15. g4 h6 16. h4 Nh7 17. Kg2 Be7 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Bb6 Bxh4 20. Bxd8 Bxd8
21. Bc4 Nf6 22. Kf3 Bb6 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Nd4+ 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Bb3 Kf8
27. d6 Bd7 28. Rc7 Rd8 29. Rfc1 Bc6+ 30. Ke2 e4 31. Rxf7+ Ke8 32. Re7+ Kf8 33.
Rf7+ Ke8 34. Rd1 Bb5+ 35. Ke1 Bf6 36. Kf2 Bd3 {Ding,L (2766)-Mamedyarov,S 
(2747) Huaian 2016 1/2-1/2}) 7... e5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 8. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:35]}
Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 9. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 10. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:03:52]} (10. Qd3 $5 O-O 11. Bg5 Rd8 12. Qf3 {Fressinet,L (2697)
-Degraeve,J (2569) FRA-chA 85th 2010 (5) 1-0}) 10... O-O {[%emt 0:03:54]} 11.
Rc1 {[%emt 0:03:35]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 12. a3 $146 {[%emt 0:05:32] Une
nouveauté trouvée devant l'échiquier car Andréi a commencé à réfléchir}
(12. O-O Rd8 13. Qc2 h6 14. Ne4 Nd5 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Bxh6 Be7 17. Bd2 Bg4 18.
Ng5 Nf6 19. Qc4 Bh5 20. Bf3 Bg6 21. Be3 Qb4 22. Qxb4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nxb4 24.
Bxb7 Rb8 25. Na5 Nxa2 26. Bxa7 Re8 27. Nc6 Bf8 28. f3 Nb4 29. Nxb4 Bxb4 30. e4
Bf8 31. Bc6 Rc8 32. Rc1 Be7 33. Be3 Rb8 34. Rc2 Kf8 35. Kf2 Ng8 36. h4 Bb4 37.
g4 f6 38. Ne6+ Kf7 39. Bd5 Ne7 40. Bc4 Rc8 41. h5 Bh7 {Wojtaszek,R (2710)
-Ulybin,M (2521) Jurmala 2013 1-0}) 12... Bxc3 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 13. Rxc3 {
[%emt 0:01:02]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:08:11]} 14. Nc5 $14 {[%emt 0:00:48][%csl Rb7,Rc6,
Rc7][%cal Gc5b7,Gc3c7]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:01:39]} (14... Rfd8 $2 15. Nxb7) 15. Bg5
$1 {[%emt 0:10:28] La paire de B est forte} Nd7 {[%emt 0:06:57]} 16. e4 {
[%emt 0:18:25]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:03:24]} 17. exf5 $1 $36 {[%emt 0:00:36][%csl Gf5]
[%cal Gf5f6] Le P"f" empêche le repli Ne6} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 18. f6 {
[%emt 0:03:10]} g6 {[%emt 0:15:03]} 19. h4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:
02:35]} 20. h5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 21. Qg4 {[%emt 0:04:56]} (
21. Qe2 Nd4 $13) 21... Rd4 {[%emt 0:06:53]} 22. Qh3 $40 {[%emt 0:02:04] Le
plan des Blancs est impressionnant} Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 23. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:04:
08]} Rxe4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 24. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 25.
Rf3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} (25. Kg2 Re2 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Rd1) 25... Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:
53]} 26. Rc3 {[%emt 0:03:45]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 27. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rd4
{[%emt 0:06:58]} 28. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 29. Be3 {
[%emt 0:02:05]} Re6 {[%emt 0:11:47]} 30. hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 31. Qxe6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qxd4 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 {
Karjakin has shown in this World Cup that he is not afraid of going into
symmetrical positions in must-win situations. He holds a slight advantage in
this position due to his superior development.} Bd7 (7... a6 {is certainly
considered the main line.}) 8. Ndb5 Kd8 {The king does not feel comfortable
here, but this seems to be part of Svidler's idea considering how much time he
used on the clock.} 9. Be3 Nc6 {There's only a handful of games in this
positions, surprsingly two of three o them from this year. None of them
continued with f3, though.} 10. f3 (10. h3 a6 11. Bb6+ Kc8 12. Nc7 {
Heimann-Ulibin, 2015. White eventually won this game.}) 10... h5 {I assume
this move is to prevent g4, but it seems rather drastic and it weakens g5.} (
10... e5 11. O-O-O Kc8 12. g4 h6 $14) 11. O-O-O Kc8 12. Bg5 g6 13. Nd6+ $1 exd6
14. Bxf6 {Now Black is saddled with a permanent weakness on d6, and also on d5.
Karjakin can be very happy with this position. After only 14 moves he has a
clear positional advantage.} Rg8 15. e4 Be6 16. Kb1 Kd7 17. Nd5 Bg7 18. Bxg7
Rxg7 19. Bb5 {Black isn't losing anything right now, but his awkward rook on
g7, problems with d6 and lack of a plan make his position very unpleasant.} Kd8
20. Rd2 {Meanwhile, White's play is rather obvious.} Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Kc7 22. Rc1
Re8 23. Rd4 {I'm not sure I understand moving the rook back.} (23. Ba4 {
immediately with the idea of b4 looks more active.}) 23... Re5 24. Ba4 b5 $1
25. Bb3 Rc5 $1 {Getting some activity while he can, Svidler tries to push back
White's pieces and force some trades.} 26. Rd5 Rxc1+ 27. Kxc1 a6 28. Rd3 g5 {
it is intuitive to keep the pawns on black squares, but here it was more
important to liberate the rook.} (28... f5 $1 {I think would have solved most
of Black's problems. The pawn structure after} 29. exf5 (29. Kd2 fxe4 30. fxe4
Re7 $11 {Black will have a superb knight on e5.}) 29... gxf5 {looks ugly, but
Black's activity is strong:} 30. g3 h4 $1 31. gxh4 Rh7 {with equality.}) 29.
Kd2 h4 30. Rc3 Kb6 31. Rd3 Kc7 32. Ke3 f6 33. Rc3 Kb6 34. Rd3 Kc7 35. Rc3 Kb6
36. Bd5 Ne7 37. Kd4 {Now White can continue pressing. Black's rook is still
quite bad, and it was not too late to play f5, trying to get some activity.}
Rh7 38. Be6 Rh8 39. a3 Rd8 40. Rc2 Rh8 41. Rf2 Ng6 42. Kd5 Rd8 43. Bf5 Nf4+ 44.
Kd4 {Black is in trouble. He is quite passive and g3 is coming, but he still
has resources.} Re8 (44... d5 $1 45. e5 $1 (45. g3 dxe4+ 46. Ke3 (46. Kxe4 Re8+
47. Kd4 Ne2+ {picks up g3.}) 46... Nd5+ 47. Kxe4 Rd6 {close to equal.}) 45...
fxe5+ 46. Kxe5 d4 47. Rd2 Kc5 {White is still better, no doubt, but there
isn't anything clear yet.}) 45. g3 Ne6+ 46. Bxe6 Rxe6 47. Kd5 $18 {Black loses
a pawn and because of the difference in activity the endgame is simply
hopeless.} Re5+ 48. Kxd6 hxg3 49. hxg3 g4 (49... a5 50. g4 {White eventually
swings the rook to attack f6 and wins.}) 50. fxg4 Rxe4 51. Rf4 $1 {The last
detail to win the game.} (51. Rxf6 Rxg4 {should be winning but it's not as
clear.}) 51... Re3 52. Rxf6 Rxg3 53. Ke5+ Kb7 (53... Kc5 54. b4+ Kc4 55. Rc6+
Kb3 56. Kf4 Rg2 57. Rxa6 {is equally bad.}) 54. Kf5 {The pawn supported by the
rook and the king easily advances.} Rb3 55. g5 Rxb2 56. g6 {Black won't create
any kind of activity, the passed pawn is unstoppable.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen op 22nd"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Pandian"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Safarli,E"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 {I didn't prepare a lot for this
particular game, but I decided to play some rare and playable line, even if I
will be slightly worse out of the opening} ({The main line is} 4... Nf6 {
played many times by Nepomniachtchi} 5. Nh4 Bb4 6. Nxf5 exf5 {with an
interesting position}) 5. Qb3 (5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Ne7) (5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5
Nge7 $1) 5... Nc6 $1 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 (7. bxc3 {was another possibility but
after} Na5 8. Qa4+ c6 9. cxd5 exd5 {I think Black is okay}) {Played a bit
creatively. I think this setup is quite interesting} 7... Nge7 $5 (7... Nf6 {
of course would be more natural but I didn't like it because after} 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 {White has very solid position
with very small chances to lose.}) 8. b3 {I think it is waste of time} ({
More natural was} 8. e3 {but anyways after} O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Qxc4 (10. Bxc4
Nd5 11. Qd2 Be4) 10... Nc8 $5 11. O-O Nd6 12. Qa4 Be4 {Black has some play})
8... O-O 9. e3 Bg4 $1 {[%cal Gg4f3] getting the counterplay. I was very proud
of my position when I seen this idea. Position for White is not simple at all}
10. Nd2 (10. Be2 Nf5 {[%cal Gf5h4]} 11. O-O (11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nh4 $1) 11...
Nh4 $1 $40) 10... e5 $1 $36 {the key idea! Black is sacrifing a pawn for very
strong initiative!} 11. dxe5 d4 12. exd4 Nxd4 (12... Qxd4 $6 13. Bb2 $14) 13.
Bb2 {here I wasn't sure how to defend my knight. Of course more natural is
what I played, but the other option was also very tempting} c5 (13... Nec6 $5
14. f3 (14. h3 Qh4 15. g3 Qh6 16. Bg2 Bf5) 14... Bf5 15. O-O-O Qg5) 14. f3 (14.
h3 Bf5 15. O-O-O Nec6) 14... Bf5 15. g4 (15. Bd3 Bxd3 (15... Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3
Qxd3) (15... Qc7 $5) 16. Qxd3 Ng6 17. Bxd4 Nxe5 18. Qe4 Nc6) 15... Bc2 $1 {
[%csl Rc2][%cal Ge7d5,Gd8h4]} 16. h4 (16. Rc1 $4 Nd5 $3 17. cxd5 Qh4#) 16... f5
$5 (16... Qb6 $5 $15) 17. Rc1 fxg4 18. Rxc2 {Very strange position. White has
more material but his king is still on the centre and I think that there is no
doubt that Black has fantastic compensation. It was not so easy here to make
decision for me, and I played the most normal move} gxf3 (18... Nef5 {It was
the best practical move. I calculated it and actually didn't find any concrete
defense for White, but was afraid that after} 19. fxg4 $2 (19. Kd1 $1 Ng3 (
19... gxf3) 20. Rg1 Qxh4 21. Qe3 Ngf5 22. Qe4 Nxc2 23. Kxc2 Qf2 24. Rxg4 Ne3+
25. Kb1 Nxg4 26. Bd3 Qxd2 27. Qxh7+ Kf7 28. Qg6+ Kg8 29. Qh7+ Kf7 $11) 19...
Ne3 $1 20. Rc1 Nxf1 21. Nxf1 Qd7 $1 {may be I am not winning - and if I am not
winning then it means that I am losing, because Black is down piece and pawn.
But actually, after the game I checked and seen that, yes, Black is winning
here} 22. Ne3 Rad8 $19) (18... Qd7 $5 {was another very interesting option})
19. Qd3 Nec6 {Black is not taking an offered exchange, he keeps tention with
his very strong knight on d4} (19... Nxc2+ 20. Qxc2 $13) 20. Kd1 Rf4 $5 {
Very nice practical idea! During the game I was very proud of myself with this
move, because I thought that I am taking control over many very important
squares for example e4, and my next moves will be Qf8, Re8 after which I will
probably win. But engines actually thinking that I am losing here.} 21. Qe3 $6
(21. Bxd4 $1 Nxd4 22. Qe3 Qf8 23. Bd3 $18) 21... Qf8 $1 $40 22. Rc3 (22. Bxd4
$2 {now this is loosing because of} cxd4 $1 $19 {[%csl Ra3,Re3,Re5][%cal Gf8a3]
}) (22. Bh3 {it was the only move for White with very unclear position} Re8 23.
e6 Qf6 $13) 22... Re8 $1 $19 23. Qf2 Rxe5 $2 {[%cal Ge5e2] We both were in
time trouble and it was not so easy to make right decisions in such a mess
position} (23... Nxe5 $1 {[%cal Ge5g4] Was winning by force. Of course I seen
this move but in time trouble I wasn't sure what I will do after} 24. Bh3 {
because now it seems that White controls the g4 square and he is okay. But no..
after fantastic idea} Qd6 $3 (24... Ng4 25. Bxg4 Rxg4 26. Rxf3 $3 Nxf3 27. Qxf3
Qxf3+ 28. Nxf3 {I calculated till here and thought that it is gonna be around
equal. I was right with evaluation here, but of course missed 24...Qd6!!}) 25.
Rg1 Qh6 $1 {White has no moves and the evaluation is -+}) 24. Re3 $8 Qe7 25.
Rxe5 Nxe5 26. Qe3 $1 Qf6 27. Bd3 f2 28. Rf1 h6 29. Be4 $2 (29. Bb1 $5 Kf8 $3
30. Ne4 Ng4 $13) (29. Ne4 Qf5 30. Nxc5 Nxd3 31. Bxd4 Nxc5 32. Bxc5 Qb1+ 33. Ke2
Qc2+ 34. Qd2 Qe4+ 35. Be3 Qf3+ 36. Kd3 Qe4+ 37. Kc3 Rf3 38. Rxf2 Rxe3+ 39. Kb2
$11 {with only draw}) 29... Ng4 $1 30. Bd5+ Kf8 $1 {this what my opponent has
missed} 31. Qg3 $2 (31. Qd3 {was the only move} b6 $5 $40) 31... Qe5 $1 $19 32.
Bxd4 Qxd4 $6 (32... cxd4 $1 $19 {was the easiest. White cannot stop Ne3 check})
33. Kc1 Ne3 $4 {Unbelievable that so many mistakes in one game} (33... Qe3 $1
34. Qxe3 Nxe3 $19) 34. Rxf2 Nxd5 35. Re2 $4 (35. Rf3 $1 Rxf3 36. Qxf3+ Nf6 37.
Qxb7 $11 {with a draw}) ({or} 35. Rxf4+ Nxf4 36. Qf3 $11) 35... Nf6 $19 36. Rg2
Ng4 37. Re2 Kg8 38. h5 Nf6 39. Re7 Rg4 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. Qxb7 Qa1+ 42. Kc2 Rg3 {
very nice and spectacular game} 0-1

[Event "Stockholm Four Masters"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1919.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "Spielmann,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1919.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{TfS 1920,S.6} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 Nf6 {Dieser Zug ist als
Ausgleichsfortsetzung in letzter in Mode gekommen.} 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 (5.
Nxd4 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb4 7. Qa4+ N4c6 8. Be3 $14) 5... Qxd5 6. Nc3 {Weiß gewinnt
hiermit ein Tempo, das aber später, nach e7-e5, wieder verloren geht.} Qxd4 7.
Nxd4 {GJ: Rubinsten liebt diese damenlosen Endspiele mit vollem Brett.} a6 (
7... Bd7) 8. g3 (8. e4 e5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Be3 Be6 11. Nc5 Nd4 $11) ({Auf} 8. Bf4
{um e7-e5 zu verhindern, folgt} Nbd7 9. Bc7 b5 {gefolgt von} 10. Z0 Bb7 {und}
11. Z0 Rc8) 8... e5 9. Nc2 (9. Nb3 $5 Bd7 10. Bg2 Bc6 11. O-O Bb4 12. Bg5 Bxg2
13. Kxg2 Nbd7 (13... Bxc3 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rac1 Nc6 16. Rxc3 $16) 14. Bxf6
Nxf6 15. Rac1 Ke7 16. Na4 Rac8 17. Nb6 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bd6 19. Na5 Rb8 20. Rc8
$16) 9... Bd7 10. Bg2 Bc6 11. O-O Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nbd7 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. Ne3 Bc5
15. Nf5 g6 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Ke7 18. Rd1 Ke6 19. Bg5 Rc4 {Schwarz
verhindert die Verdoppelung der weißen Türme in der d-Linie.} 20. Rd2 Rd4 21.
Rad1 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Rc8 23. Kf3 Ne8 24. e4 f6 $2 {Treibt den weißen Läufer nur
auf ein besseres Feld.} ({Es sollte sofort} 24... Nd6 $142 {geschehen, wonach
Scharz ein wenig besser steht.}) 25. Be3 Nd6 26. Nd5 $1 {Sonst folgt Nd6-c4xb2}
Rc4 27. b3 Rc6 (27... Rxe4 28. Ke2 (28. Nc7+ Ke7 29. Nd5+ Ke6 $11) 28... Nf5
29. f3 Nd4+ 30. Kf2 {mit Qualitätsgewinn.}) 28. g4 f5 29. gxf5+ gxf5 30. exf5+
Nxf5 31. Nb4 Rc3 32. Nd5 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skei"]
[Site "Skei"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Qa4+ c6 5. dxc6 Nxc6 6. Rxb1 e5 7. Bd2 Qxd4
8. Qxd4 exd4 9. g3 $1 a5 10. Bg2 Bb4 11. Nh3 $1 Nge7 12. Nf4 O-O 13. a3 $1
Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 $16 {>< d4,d3,b7,c5,d5,a4.} a4 15. Rhc1 Ra5 16. Rc4 $1 (16. b4
$6 axb3 17. Rxb3 Ra7 {/\ Rfa8, <=>.}) 16... Rfa8 17. Rbc1 Rb5 18. R1c2 {/\ Rc5.
} Na5 19. Rb4 Nb3+ 20. Kd3 Raa5 21. Rxb5 $6 (21. Rc7 Kf8 22. Bxb7 $1) 21...
Rxb5 22. Rc7 Kf8 23. Kc4 Rb6 $2 (23... Re5 24. Bxb7 g5 25. Nd5 Rxe2 26. Rxe7
Rxe7 27. Nxe7 Kxe7 28. Be4 {/\ Bc2 +-.}) 24. Rxe7 $18 g5 25. Nd5 Rc6+ 26. Kd3
Rc1 27. Bf3 f5 28. Bh5 Rd1+ 29. Kc4 Rc1+ 30. Kb4 1-0

