[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Johnson,M Schulz,A Rogers} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6
6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. h4 h5
13. Bh6 (13. Kb1 {Johnson,M}) (13. Bg5 {Johnson,M}) 13... Nc4 {Weniger
verpflichtend als 13...Bh6 und 14...Rxc3} (13... Bxh6 $5 {Johnson,M} 14. Qxh6
Rxc3 $13) 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Kb1 $1 {Die Vielzahl der and dieser
Stelle gespielten Züge deutet schon darauf hin, daß der Stein der Weisen für
Weiß noch nicht gefunden wurde. [This move,first introduced in 1987,has not
become popular and has the objection of being rather slow. More usual is 16.g4]
} (16. Nd5 {Schulz,A}) (16. g4 {Schulz,A}) (16. Rhe1 {Schulz,A}) (16. Nde2 {
Schulz,A}) (16. f4 {Schulz,A}) 16... Qa5 (16... Qc7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 $16)
17. Nb3 Qe5 $5 $146 {Rogers Inf. 44/261} (17... Qc7 18. g4 $36 {Schulz,A} (18.
Ne2 Rc8 19. c3 b5 20. Qe3 a5 21. Nf4 a4 22. Nd2 e5 23. Nd3 Rc6 24. Nb4 {
1/2-1/2 Marjanovic,S-Tatai,S/Roma ;CBM 07 1988}) 18... hxg4 19. h5 gxf3 20.
Rdg1 Rg8 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Nd4 e6 24. Nf4 Kf7 25. Nxf3 Nxe4 26.
Rh7+ Ke8 27. Qd3 Nc3+ 28. bxc3 Qb6+ 29. Kc1 Rxf4 30. Rxg6 Rgf8 31. Rgg7 Rxf3
32. Re7+ Kd8 33. Rxd7+ Kc8 34. Qc4+ Kb8 35. Qb4 Ka8 36. Rxb7 Rf1+ 37. Kb2 Rb8
38. Qxb6 {1-0 Short,N-Fleck,J/BL 8687 (1986) ;BL 80 1987 U.A. wegen dieser
Partie hatte das Abspiel mit 13...Nc4 lange Zeit einen sehr schlechten Ruf.})
18. Rhe1 $6 (18. f4 $1 Qe6 19. Rhe1 (19. Nd4 Qg4 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Ne4 22.
Nxe4 Qxe4 23. b3 $14) (19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Rhe1 Qd6 $10) 19... Nxe4
20. Qd3 (20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Nd4 Rxe1 (21... Qd5 {Johnson,M} 22. Rxe4 Qxe4 23.
Re1 Qd5 24. Rxe7 $14) 22. Nxe6+ Rxe6 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. Qxa7 Bc6 $44) 20... Rxc3
$1 21. bxc3 f5 $44) (18. g4 $2 {Schulz,A} hxg4 19. h5 Nxh5 $19) 18... Qg3 $1
$10 19. Qe3 (19. Qg5 $5 Qxg5 (19... Qe5 $5 {Schulz,A}) 20. hxg5 Ne8 21. Nd5 e6
22. Nf6 Nxf6 23. gxf6+ Kxf6 24. e5+ $14) (19. f4 {Johnson,M} Bg4 20. Rc1 Rfc8
$15) 19... Rfc8 $1 (19... Qxg2 $5) 20. e5 $6 (20. Qxa7 Qxg2 21. Qe3 Qh2 $132)
20... dxe5 21. Qxe5 (21. Ne2 Qxg2 22. Rg1 Qh3 $19) (21. Qg5 Qxh4) 21... Qxe5
22. Rxe5 Rxh4 (22... Kf8 23. g3 $10) 23. Rxe7 Rh2 $1 $15 24. Ne4 $6 (24. Re2
Re8 $15) (24. Rexd7 $2 {Schulz,A} Nxd7 25. Rxd7 Rxg2 {/\h5-h4}) 24... Bf5 (
24... Nxe4 $4 {Johnson,M} 25. Rdxd7 Nc5 26. Rxf7+ Kh8 (26... Kh6 27. Rh7+ $1
Kg5 28. Rd2 $16) 27. Rh7+ Kg8 28. Rdg7+ Kf8 29. c3 $1 (29. Rxg6 $4 Rh1+ 30. Nc1
Nd3 $3 $19) 29... Nxb3 30. axb3 Rxg2 31. Rxb7 Kg8 32. Rbg7+ Kf8 33. Rxa7 Kg8
34. b4 {+-}) 25. Nd4 Bxe4 $1 26. fxe4 Re8 $17 (26... Rxg2 27. Rxb7 h4 28. e5 $1
Nd5 29. e6 Rc7 30. Rxc7 Nxc7 31. exf7 Kxf7 32. Nf3 $1 {with strong counterplay}
) 27. Rxb7 Rxg2 28. a4 h4 29. Rh1 Rxe4 30. c3 a5 31. Ra7 (31. Rb5 {Johnson,M})
31... Rg5 32. Nb5 {[%cal Rb5d6]} Rd5 $19 (32... Rh5 $2 {Johnson,M} 33. Nd6 $1
$132) 33. Rxa5 g5 34. Ra6 g4 $1 35. Rf1 (35. Rxh4 g3 36. Rh1 g2 (36... Rde5 {
Johnson,M} 37. Kc2 Re1 38. Rh3 Rg5 $19) 37. Rg1 Rd1+ (37... Rg5 $17 {Schulz,A})
38. Rxd1 Rf4 $19) 35... Re6 36. Ra7 Rd2 (36... h3 37. Nc7 Rde5 38. Nxe6+ Rxe6
39. Ra5 Ne4 $19) 37. Nd4 Rxd4 38. cxd4 h3 39. Ra5 Ne4 40. Rg1 (40. Rf4 g3 $19)
40... g3 41. Rh5 Rh6 42. Rxh3 Rxh3 43. Kc2 Rh2+ 44. Kd3 f5 45. b4 Ra2 46. a5
Ra3+ 47. Kc2 f4 48. Kb2 f3 49. Kxa3 f2 0-1

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.10.09"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1995.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {The Dragon again. My
performance against it in this match hadn't been stellar, to put it mildly,
but I was hoping to get some measure of revenge in this game.} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Bb3 Ne5 13. Bg5 {The
main line or the line with the most amount of theory at any rate. It had taken
me and my team a few days to find our way through the maze here, but I was
finally ready.} Rc5 14. Kb1 Re8 {Black wants to transpose into
Beliavsky-Georgiev which did a lot to curtail further investigation of 14.Rhe1.
} 15. Rhe1 Qa5 16. a3 $1 {This is mentioned in the notes to the aforementioned
game, but apparently nobody took it very seriously. The move is not silly at
all. White challenges Black to find a useful move.} b5 $2 {Not this one,
though.} 17. Bxf6 $1 exf6 (17... Bxf6 18. Nd5 {Now that Rc5 doesn't protect
Qa5.} Qxd2 19. Nxf6+ exf6 20. Rxd2 $16 {_|_}) 18. Nde2 $1 (18. Nd5 Qxd2 19.
Rxd2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 (20. Rdd1 f5) 20... bxc4 {/\ f5<=>}) 18... Rc6 (18... b4 19.
axb4 Qxb4 20. Qxd6 {I don't see Black's ~/=.}) 19. Nd5 (19. Qf4 $5 {Speelman
told me this after the game.} Rb8 (19... f5 $5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Nd4 Rxc3 22.
bxc3 Qxc3 23. Nxf5 Nc4 $1 24. Rxe8+ Kh7) 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Nd4 Rcc8 22. g4 $40)
19... Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Red1 $1 f5 23. exf5 (23. Nb4 Rc7 24.
Rxd6 fxe4 $1 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 exf3 27. gxf3 Rxe2 28. Rxa7 Rh2 $1) 23...
Bxf5 24. Nd4 {Very simple. White is now ready to exploit Black's weaknesses.}
Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Re2 26. R4d2 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Kf8 28. Kc1 $2 {Here I missed a very
good chance. I saw 27.Nb4 c3 28.Rd5 Rc4 but failed to see g2-g3. It seemed
that Black's pieces would get too active. Therefore, i decided to keep all the
advantages of my position and bring my king closer to c3. Unfortunately, Black
can probably hold after that.} (28. Nb4 $1 c3 (28... Rb6 29. Rd5 $1 {/\ Ra5,
Kc1-d2-c3}) (28... Rc5 29. Rxd6 Re5 30. Kc1 $1 Re2 31. Rd2 Re1+ 32. Rd1 Re2 33.
Rg1 a5 34. Kd1 Re6 (34... Rf2 35. Ke1 $18) 35. Na2 $16) 29. Rd5 Rc4 30. g3 $1
cxb2 31. Kxb2 $14 {/\ c3,Ra5/Rd6}) 28... Be6 29. Rd4 (29. Nc3 Ke7 30. Rd4 Rb6)
29... Bxd5 $1 (29... Rc5 30. Nc3 {/\ Kd2,Ne2,Kc3}) 30. Rxd5 Ke7 31. Rb5 $1 {
White's only chance.} (31. Ra5 a6) 31... Ke6 32. Rb7 Rc5 $2 (32... a6 $1 {
White is better, but nothing serious. Now I get a second chance.}) 33. Rxa7 g5
34. Ra8 gxh4 35. Re8+ $1 {I played all this instantly - Kasparov later
admitted that he had missed Re8+.} (35. Kd2 c3+ $1 36. bxc3 Rg5 $132) 35... Kd7
36. Re4 c3 37. Rxh4 $4 {Throwing it all away and there will be no more chances
in this game.} (37. bxc3 h3 $1 38. gxh3 Rxc3) (37. b4 $1 Rg5 38. Rxh4 Rxg2 39.
Kb1 $16 {White gets his king to b3 and starts pushing his queenside pawns.
Black is not lost yet, but faces a horribly unpleasant endgame.}) 37... cxb2+
38. Kxb2 Rg5 39. a4 f5 (39... Rxg2 $2 40. Rxh5 Rg8 $16 (40... Rg3 41. Rf5 Ke6
42. Rf4)) 40. a5 (40. Rh2 {According to Kasparov, White still retained some
chances with Rh2. OK, it's not the most aggressive move, but his point was to
find time to bring the K to d3.}) (40. f4 Rxg2 (40... Rg4 41. g3 $1 (41. Rxg4
fxg4 42. a5 h4 43. a6 Kc7 44. f5 h3 45. gxh3 gxh3 46. a7 Kb7 47. f6 h2 48. f7
h1=Q 49. a8=Q+ Kxa8 50. f8=Q+ Ka7 51. Qxd6 $10)) 41. Rxh5 Rg4 $1 42. Rxf5 Ke6
43. Rb5 Rxf4 44. Kb3 Kd7 $10) 40... f4 41. a6 Kc7 42. Rxf4 Rxg2 43. Rf7+ Kb8
44. Kc3 h4 (44... Rg8 45. Kd3 Rh8 46. Ke4 h4 47. Rb7+ Ka8 48. Rb1 h3 $2 49. f4
h2 50. Rh1 Ka7 51. f5 Kxa6 52. f6 $16) 45. Kd3 Rf2 46. c4 $2 (46. a7+ $1 {
The best try, of course. White pushes the BK away and then continues as before.
} Ka8 47. c4 $1 Ra2 48. Ke4 {And here Ra7 fails} Rxa7 49. Rxa7+ Kxa7 50. f4 Kb6
51. Kf3 Kc6 52. f5 $18) 46... Ra2 $1 47. Ke4 (47. Rh7 Rxa6 48. Rxh4 Kc7 $10) (
47. a7+ Rxa7 48. Rxa7 Kxa7 49. Ke3 Kb6 50. f4 d5 $1 {And the extra tempo makes
all the difference.}) 47... Rxa6 48. Rh7 Ra5 49. f4 Kc8 50. f5 Kd8 51. Kf4 Rc5
52. Kg5 Rxc4 {We could agree a draw here, but I felt like playing till there
were only kings left on the board.} 53. Kg6 Rg4+ 54. Kf7 d5 55. f6 Kd7 56. Kf8+
Ke6 57. f7 Rf4 58. Kg8 d4 59. f8=Q Rxf8+ 60. Kxf8 Ke5 61. Rxh4 d3 62. Rh3 Ke4
63. Rxd3 {And Kasparov clinched the right to play the reunification match!}
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 09th final"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1993.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1993.12.10"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lyon-Oyonnax Echecs"]
[BlackTeam "Budapest Honved"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. O-O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4
14. h5 Nxh5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Kb1 {!? Boensch sehr selten} (16. Nf5 {Boensch}) (
16. Rdg1 {Boensch}) (16. Qh2 {Boensch}) (16. e5 {Boensch}) (16. b3 {Boensch}) (
16. Nb3 {Boensch}) (16. Nd5 {Boensch}) (16. Nde2 {Boensch}) (16. Bh6 {Boensch})
16... Bxg4 $5 {?! Boensch} (16... Re8 {Boensch} 17. Nd5 e6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.
c3 $2 (19. Qh2 h6 20. b3 Rc3 21. Bxh6 $10) 19... Rxd4 $1 20. Bxd4 e5 21. g5
Qxf3 22. Qe3 Bg4 23. Rdf1 exd4 $19 {Westerinen,H-Ernst,T Gausdal Arnold-Cup (8)
1990 0-1 45}) (16... Qc7 {Boensch} 17. Nde2 Rc8 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. e5 dxe5 20. g5
Be6 21. gxf6 exf6 $15 {Pyda,Z-Ballmann,M Antwerpen-Wch stud (5) 1992 0-1 53})
17. fxg4 Nxg4 18. Qe2 $1 (18. Bg1 h5 $13) 18... Nxe3 {? Boensch} (18... h5 $16
{Boensch}) 19. Qxe3 e6 {?! Boensch} (19... Qb6 $2 20. Nd5 Bxd4 21. Nxe7+ Kh8
22. Rxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rh1+ Kg7 24. Qh6+ Kf6 25. Nd5+) (19... Qa5 $2 20. Nd5 $1 (
20. Nf5 gxf5 (20... Bxc3 21. Qh6 Re8 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8+ Bxh8 24. Rxh8#) 21.
Qh3 $1 (21. Rdg1 Qe5 $1 22. Rxg7+ $1 (22. Qh3 Rfc8 23. Qxh7+ Kf8) 22... Qxg7
23. Rg1 $16) 21... h6 (21... Rfc8 22. Nd5 $1 Rxe4 (22... Rxc2 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24.
Qxg7+ $1 $18) 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Rhg1 Rg4 25. Qxf5 $1 {>< Rc8}) (21... Rd8 22.
Qxh7+ (22. Nd5 Rxe4) 22... Kf8 23. Rhg1 $1 Qe5 $8 24. Rd5 $1 Qf6 25. Rxf5 Qh6 (
25... Qd4 26. Rfg5 $1 {/\ Qh8!}) 26. Qxh6 $1 Bxh6 27. Rh5 Bg7 28. Rhg5 $1 $18)
22. Rdg1 $18) 20... Re8 21. Nf5 $1 gxf5 22. Rhg1 $1 (22. Rdg1 Rxe4 23. Qg5 (23.
Rxg7+ Kf8 24. Qg3 $1 (24. Rhg1 Qe1+ $3) 24... Rg4 25. Rxg4 fxg4 26. Qe3 $1 f6
27. Rxh7 $1 $18 Kg8 28. Rh5) 23... Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxd5 25. Rhg1 Qd4 26. c3 h6
27. Qxf5 $1 $18) 22... Rxe4 (22... Kh8 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Rg1 $18)
23. Qg5 Rg4 24. Rxg4 fxg4 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. Qxa5 $18) (19... h5 {Boensch} 20.
Rxh5 $2 gxh5 $2 (20... Rxd4 $17) 21. Rg1 $18) (19... Qd7 $2 {Boensch} 20. Nf5
$18) 20. Ndb5 $1 (20. e5 $2 Qb6 $1 (20... d5 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qh3 h5 23. Qxe6+
Kh7 $13) 21. Ne4 (21. Qh3 h5 22. Nxe6 Bxe5 23. Nxf8 Rxc3 24. Nd7 Rxh3 25. Nxb6
Rxh1 26. Rxh1 axb6 $19) 21... dxe5 $1 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Qh6 Rd8 24. Rdf1 Rcxd4
$1 $19) 20... Qa5 (20... Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Nxd6 Rc6 23. Ncb5 {/\ b3,a4,Nc4
+/-}) 21. Nxd6 Rxc3 $2 (21... Rc6 $1 22. Ndb5 (22. Nxb7 $2 Qb4) 22... a6 23.
Nd4 $14) (21... Rb4 $6 22. Rd3 h5 23. Rhd1 $1 (23. a3 $2 Qxa3 24. Nc4 Qa6)
23... a6 $2 24. a3 Qxa3 25. Nc4 $1 $18) 22. bxc3 Bxc3 23. Rd3 $1 $18 {[]} Qb4+
24. Kc1 Qb2+ (24... Bg7 25. a3 $1 Qb2+ 26. Kd2) 25. Kd1 Qxa2 $2 (25... Be5 26.
Qh6 Qb1+ 27. Ke2 (27. Kd2 $2 Bf4+) 27... Qxc2+ 28. Rd2 $18) (25... Bg7 $18) (
25... Qb1+ {Boensch} 26. Qc1 $18) 26. Qh6 (26. Qh6 $1 Qb1+ 27. Ke2 Qxc2+ 28.
Ke3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before the 5th round, Ivanchuk and Lautier were leading on +2 and Shirov and
I followed closely on +1.} 1. e4 {Ftacnik Schulz,A} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {Georgiev has also been playing the Accelerated Dragon, but
after his loss to Ivanchuk in the 1st round, I guessed that he would return to
the Dragon.} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Na5 {A
surprise to me. Why play Na5 when Ne5 accomplishes the same result (Nc4) ? As
it turns out, Kiril had another idea in mind.} (10... Ne5 {Schulz,A} 11. Bb3
Rc8) 11. Be2 {I reasoned that Bb3 would give him two choices - Nxb3 and Nc4 -
so opted for this one instead. Schulz: Diese Neuereung spielte Anand nach kaum
zwei Minuten Nachdenken. Es ist fraglich, ob Schwarz jetzt etwas Besseres hat
als mit Nc4 in die üblichen Abspiele einzulenken.} (11. Bb3 {Schulz,A} Nxb3+ {
Schulz: war das von Georgiev vorbereitete Abspiel.} (11... Nxb3+ {Ftacnik} 12.
cxb3 Qa5 (12... Qb8 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 b5 15. h4 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5
Qb7 18. h5 Qxd5 19. hxg6 Rac8+ 20. Kb1 Bf5+ 21. Ka1 Bxg6 22. g4 f5 23. Nxf5
Rxf5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 {1/2-1/2 Zontakh,A-Velimirovic,D/Arandjelovac 1993 (27)})
13. Kb1 Rfc8 (13... b5 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. h4 Nxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. Bh6 f6 18. h5 g5
19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. f4 h6 21. Rde1 Rf7 22. Qd3 Kh8 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. Rxe6 {
1-0 Dietrich,F-Mueller,M/DLM 1996 (43)}) 14. g4 b5 15. h4 b4 16. Nce2 Qe5 17.
Bf4 Qc5 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. h5 a5 20. Nf5 Re8 21. Be3 Qc6 22. Ned4 Qb7 23. hxg6
fxg6 24. g5 Nh5 25. Nh6+ Kf8 26. Rxh5 gxh5 27. Qh2 {1-0 Wahls,M-Kunze,M/Munich
op9192 1992 (28)}) (11... Rb8 12. Bh6 b5 13. h4 e5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nde2 b4
16. Nd5 Nxb3+ 17. cxb3 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Bb5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Kb1 Qf6 21. Nc1 Rfd8
22. Qe3 {1-0 Sax,G-Bilek,I/HUN-ch 1975 (39)})) 11... Rc8 12. Kb1 a6 $2 {
Of course 12...Nc4 13.Bc4 Rc4 would transpose to studied paths. Still, I was
and am unconvinced by a6 - White gets all the time he wants on the kingside.
In about 3 moves, Black is in dire straits. Schulz: Macht man im Drachen
eigentlich nie. Schwarz möchte aber durch den Vorstoß b5-b4 beweisen, daß der
B auf e2 schlecht steht, weil er dem Nc3 ein Rückzugsfeld nimmt.} ({Schulz: Mit
} 12... Nc4 {Schulz,A} 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 {bekäme man die "normalen"
Stellungsbilder. Schwarz versucht jetzt und in der Folge, ohne den
thematischen Zug Sa5-c4 auszukommen.} (13... Rxc4 {Ftacnik} 14. h4)) 13. g4 b5
14. h4 e6 (14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. h5 $16) (14... b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5
$16 (16. exd5 {Ftacnik} e5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. h5 $16)) 15. a3 $1 $16 {Cutting
out any b4 stuff.} (15. h5 $2 {Ftacnik} b4) 15... h5 {Once White plays h4-h5
his attack will play itself, so desperate measures are called for.} (15... Nc4
16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Nb3 $1 {><d6}) (15... e5 16. Nb3 (16. Nf5 {Schulz,A} gxf5 17.
gxf5 Z0 18. Bg5 $140 (18. Rhg1) 18... Z0 19. Nd5 $40) 16... Nxb3 (16... Nc4 17.
Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nc1 Rc6 19. N1a2 $1 a5 20. h5 $16) 17. cxb3 Be6 18. Ka2 $16 (18.
Qxd6 Bxb3 (18... Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Bxb3 20. Rxa6 $16) {Schulz: und nun ist} 19.
Qxa6 $1 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Qe7 21. g5 Nh5 22. Nd5 Qe8 23. Qxc8 Qxc8 24. Ne7+ $18 {
denkbar.})) 16. Bg5 $1 {Schulz: Im Vergleich zu ähnlichen Stellungsbildern in
der Hauptvariante steht der N auf a5 hier bestimmt schlechter als auf e5. Der
Aufmarsch des schwarzen b-Bauern ist ohne Wirkung.} (16. gxh5 {Ftacnik} Nxh5
17. f4 Ng3 18. Rhg1 Nxe2 19. Qxe2 Nc4 20. h5 Nxa3+ $132) 16... hxg4 (16... Qb6
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. gxh5 Nc4 (18... b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Nd5 $1 Qxd2 21. Nxf6+
Kg7 22. Rxd2 $16) 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Nb3 $16) (16... e5 {Ftacnik} 17. Nd5 Nc4 (
17... exd4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qxa5 $16) 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Ne2
hxg4 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Qxd6 Bxg5 22. hxg5 gxf3 23. Qxe5 $18) 17. h5 {The
attack on the kingside is very efficient thanks to the support of the g5
bishop. Der Angriff am Königsflügel ist aufgrund der Unterstützung durch den
Bg5 besonders effektiv.} (17. fxg4 {Ftacnik} e5 18. Nf3 Bxg4 19. Nxe5 Bxe2 20.
Qxe2 Qe8 $15) 17... gxh5 (17... Qb6 18. h6 Bh8 19. h7+ Nxh7 20. Rxh7 (20. Be3
$16) 20... Qxd4 (20... Kxh7 21. Rh1+ Kg8 22. Rxh8+ Kxh8 23. Bf6+ Kh7 24. Qg5
Rc5 25. Nd5 $1 $18) (20... Bxd4 21. Rdh1 b4 22. Bf6 $1 Bxf6 23. Qh6 Qd4 24.
Rh8+ Bxh8 25. Qh7#) 21. Rdh1 $1 Bg7 (21... Be5 22. f4 $1 Qxd2 $2 (22... Bg7 23.
Qxd4 Bxd4 24. e5 $18) 23. fxe5 $1 Qe1+ 24. Rxe1 Kxh7 25. Rh1+ $18) 22. e5 $1
Bxe5 (22... Qxd2 23. Rxg7+) (22... Qxe5 23. f4 Qd4 24. Qxd4 Bxd4 25. Ne4 $18)
23. f4 $1 Qxd2 (23... Bg7 24. Qxd4 Bxd4 25. Ne4 $1 f5 26. Bf6 $1 $18) 24. fxe5
$18) (17... gxf3 {Ftacnik} 18. Nxf3 Rxc3 19. Bxf6 (19. Qxc3 Nxe4 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7
21. Bxd8 Rxd8 $13) 19... Bxf6 $1 20. bxc3 $16) 18. Rxh5 (18. fxg4 {Ftacnik}
hxg4 19. Bxg4 Nc4 20. Qh2 Re8 $13) 18... Rc5 (18... g3 19. Rh3 $1 $18) (18...
e5 {Ftacnik} 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Re8 21. Qh6 Bg7 22. Rg5 $18) (18... gxf3 {
Ftacnik} 19. Bxf3 (19. Nxf3 Rxc3 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 $14)
19... Nc4 (19... Qe7 20. Qg2 $16) 20. Qg2 Nxa3+ 21. bxa3 Rxc3 22. Rh6 $1 $18)
19. fxg4 $1 {Not a difficult move to find, but besides making possible ideas
like Nf5, it stops moves like g4-g3 which can be really annoying.} (19. b4 {
Schulz,A} Nc4) 19... Rxc3 {There is nothing else} 20. Bxf6 (20. Qxc3 {Schulz,A}
Nxe4 21. Qe3 Nxg5 22. Rxg5 Re8 (22... Qf6 $16 {Ftacnik}) 23. Rh1 Qf6 (23... Kf8
$2 24. Rxg7 Kxg7 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qh8#) 24. Rf1 $18 {Schulz: mit mehr
technischen Schwierigkeiten als in der Partie.}) 20... Qxf6 (20... Rxc2 21.
Qxc2 Qxf6 22. e5 Qg6 23. Bd3 Qxg4 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Rhh1 $18) (20... Bxf6 {
Ftacnik} 21. Qh6 Re8 22. bxc3 Qe7 23. Rdh1 $18) 21. Qxc3 Nc4 {Black suffers
because he lacks the means to sterngthen the counterplay. Schwarz findet keine
Mittel, um sein Gegenspiel zu verstärken.} (21... Nc6 {Ftacnik} 22. Nxc6 Bxc6
23. e5 Qf2 24. Qd3 f5 25. exd6 $18) 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Qxc4 {White doesn't have
much of an attack left, but the material cost has been too high for Black.} Rc8
(23... Qg6 {Ftacnik} 24. Qxa6 Qxg4 25. Qe2 (25. Rhh1 Qxe4 26. Qxd6 $18) 25...
e5 26. Rdh1 (26. Qxg4 Bxg4 27. Rg5 Bxd1 28. Nf5 Bf3 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30. Rg3 Bxe4
31. Nxd6 $18) 26... exd4 27. Qh2 f5 28. Rg1 fxe4 29. Rxg4 Rf1+ 30. Ka2 Be6+ 31.
b3 Bxg4 32. Rg5 $18) 24. Qxa6 $1 Qe7 (24... Qf2 25. Qxd6 $1 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxc2+
27. Ka1 $18) (24... Qf4 25. Qb7 Rd8 26. Qc7 $18) 25. Rh3 Bf6 26. Rb3 (26. Rc3 {
Ftacnik} Rxc3 27. bxc3 Be5 28. Qa8+ $18) 26... Be5 27. Nf3 Bf4 28. Rb4 d5 (
28... e5 {Ftacnik} 29. Rb7 Qe8 30. Qxd6 $18) 29. exd5 Qc5 30. c3 (30. Rxf4 $2 {
Ftacnik} Qxc2+ 31. Ka2 Qxd1) (30. c3 {Ftacnik} e5 31. Qf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Nguyen, Anh Dung"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Na5 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. O-O-O Nxb3+ 12. cxb3 Qa5 13. Kb1 Rfc8 14. g4 h5
15. gxh5 Qxh5 16. Nce2 e5 17. Ng3 Qh3 18. Nde2 d5 19. Ng1 Qe6 20. exd5 Qe8 21.
Bg5 a5 22. a3 Ra6 23. N1e2 e4 24. Rhe1 exf3 25. Nd4 Qf8 26. Nxf3 Qc5 27. Ne5
Bh3 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Ne4 Bf5 30. Ka2 Bxe4 31. Rxe4 Bxe5 32. Rxe5 Rf6 (32... a4
{, trying to disclose the white king, was more stubborn.}) 33. Re3 Rd8 34. Rh3
$1 {[%cal Gh3h8,Gd2h6] Creating a deadly threat 35.Qh6.} Qf8 35. Qxa5 Rc8 {
[%tqu "En","White is very close to victory. How can he achieve it?","Try to
bring your queen into action.","Target the enemy king!","d5d6","This pawn
thrust deprives Black of a last hope.",5]} 36. d6 $1 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Ga5e5,
Gh3h8,Ge5h8,Gd6d7] Now the game is over.} Rf5 ({The pawn is invulnerable:} 
36... Rxd6 37. Qe5 Rxd1 38. Qh8#) 37. Qb6 Rd8 38. Qxb7 Rf2 39. Qe7 Ra8 40. Qh4
Rxa3+ 41. Kxa3 Qa8+ 42. Qa4 1-0

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Benjamin/King"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1995.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {This appears to be the
first time that Garry has played the Dragon in a serious tournament game. The
Champion tried the Accelerated Dragon (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6)
against Fritz in an exhibition game , and dabbled with the Dragon in simuls,
but the text must have come as a bit of a shock to Anand. Dies ist offenbar
das erste Mal, dass Garry den Drachen in einer ernsthaften Turnierpartie
anwendet. Bei einer Schaupartie gegen Fritz versuchte der Champion das
beschleunigte Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Sf3 Sc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Sxd4 g6) und riskierte
den Drachen auch bei Simultanveranstaltungen, für Anand aber muss der Textzug
ein kleiner Schock gewesen sein.} 6. Be3 {Vishy chooses the most testing
continuation after some reflection. Nach einigem Nachdenken wählt Vishy die
kritischste Fortsetzung.} Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 {Garry preferred 9.
O-O-O, when Bulgarian GM Veselin Topalov essayed the Dragon against him at the
Euwe Memorial this past Spring. In seiner Weißpartie gegen den Bulgarian GM
Veselin Topalov beim Euwe Memorial im vergangenen Frühling bevorzugte Garry 9.
0-0-0.} Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. h4 h5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15.
Nde2 b5 16. Bh6 Qa5 {This is not a theoretical novelty - it was previously
played in Suetin-Szabo, Leningrad 1967, but it is very rare. Most attention
has been focused on 16...b4, with the most important game involving one of
Anand's seconds: Wolff-Kir. Georgiev, Biel (Izt) 1993 Keine theoretische
Neuerung - der Zug wurde bereits Suetin-Szabo, Leningrad 1967 gespielt -
dennoch äußerst selten. Die meiste Aufmerksamkeit wurde bislang 16...b4
gewidmet, und bei der wichtigsten Partie mit dieser Variante war einer von
Anands Sekundanten beteiligt: Wolff-Kir. Georgiev, Biel (Izt) 1993.} (16... b4
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qa5 20. b3 Rc5 21. g4 $1 $40 {
Wolff-Georgiev, Biel 1993. Wolff-Georgiev, Biel 1993.}) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf4
Rfc8 19. Ncd5 {White opts to simplify as he has no real attacking chances.
Garry mentioned more than once after the game that, "White has no real chances
for an advantage in the Dragon if he doesn't play g2-g4 ." Weiß strebt
Vereinfachungen an, da er keine wirklichken Angriffschancen besitzt. Garry
wies nach der Partie mehrfach darauf hin, dass "Weiß im Drachen keine echten
Chancen auf Vorteil hat wenn er nicht White g2-g4 zieht."} Qxd2 {Kasparov
offered a draw after making his move.  Nach diesem Zug bot Kasparov remis an.}
20. Rxd2 {Anand thought for four minutes before declining the draw, the first
time in the match that an offer has been refused. During the press conference
Garry compared this game with number 47 of his epic first match with Anatoly
Karpov. That game saw Karpov decline a draw in a dead equal endgame and go on
to lose. Something similiar happens here. Anand überlegte vier Minuten, bevor
er ablehnte. Zum ersten Mal im Match wurde ein Remisangebot ausgeschlagen.
Während der Pressekonferenz verglich Garry diese Partie mit der 47. Begegnung
seines epischen ersten Matches gegen Anatoly Karpov. Damals lehnte Karpov in
einem totremisen Endspiel die Punkteteilung ab und verlor dann noch. Etwas
Ähnliches geschieht hier.} Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Kf8 22. Re1 Rb8 {A mysterious Rook
move. More direct was 22...Be6. Ein mysteriöser Turmzug. Direkter war 22...Le6.
} 23. b3 Rc5 24. Nf4 Rbc8 25. Kb2 a5 26. a3 Kg7 27. Nd5 Be6 28. b4 $2 {Losing
the thread. And what about 28. Nxe7? Garry rattled-> off the following
variation in the post-game press conference. Verliert den Faden. Und was ist
mit 28. Sxe7? In der anschließenden Pressekonferenz rasselte Garry die
folgende Varaitne herunter:} (28. Nxe7 Re8 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4
Rc4 32. Rxd5 Rec8 (32... Rxb4+ $142 33. Kc1 f5 34. Rxd6 fxe4 35. Kd2 $10) 33.
Re2 (33. c3 $142 Rxc3 34. Re2 $16) 33... Rxb4+ 34. Kc1 Rc6 35. Red2 Ra6 $1 36.
Kd1 Rb1+ 37. Ke2 Rb2 $10) 28... axb4 29. axb4 Rc4 30. Nb6 $4 {A horrible
hallucination. Here White had to try 30.Nxe7, though 30...Rxb4+ 31.Kc1 Ba2 32.
Rxd6 Rb1+ 33.Kd2 Rxc2+ 34.Kxc2 Rxe1 leaves Black with winning chances. Eine
schreckliche Halluzination.} ({Weiß mußte hier} 30. Nxe7 {versuchen,
wenngleich Schwarz nach} Rxb4+ 31. Kc1 Ba2 32. Rxd6 Rb1+ 33. Kd2 Rxc2+ 34. Kxc2
Rxe1 {Gewinnchancen hat.}) (30. c3 $145 $1 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxc3 32. Re2 $13)
30... Rxb4+ 31. Ka3 Rxc2 {A terrible heartbreak for the Challenger who will
have little time to recover. Ein schreckliches Fiasko für den Herausforderer,
dem nur wenig Zeit bleibt, sich davon zu erholen.} 0-1

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Van Haastert, Edwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 ({It is more common starting with} 10. O-O-O {but then
Black has the extra opportunity of playing the interesting} Rb8 {which is not
of much use if White hasn't castled.}) 10... Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Kb1 Re8 {
Protecting e7 and preparing for ...Qa5.} ({After} 12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14.
g4 {White has a nice advantage.}) 13. Bh6 $5 {Interesting but quite risky for
White. Probably it's better to start with} (13. h4 h5 {and first now} 14. Bh6 {
as after} Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Rxc3 16. bxc3 {Black doesn't have time for} a5 {
because of} 17. f4 {and the g6-pawn will go lost.}) 13... Nc4 $2 {A clear
mistake, after this White obtains a solid advantage. Instead Black should
search for counterplay sacrificing and exchange with} (13... Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Rxc3
15. bxc3 a5 {and after} 16. a4 Qb6 {with good counterplay for Black.}) 14. Bxc4
Rxc4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. g4 $1 {A strong move that puts up some real problems
for Black. h4-h5 is comming quickly and Black does not have enough time to
create counterplay on the queenside. Therefore he is now forced to weaken
himself in the center.} e5 {Not nice-looking but necessary.} ({After} 16... Qa5
{there is} 17. Nb3 Qb4 18. e5 {and White is winning as} dxe5 19. g5 {looses a
piece and returning with the knight loses at least a pawn without any
compensation.}) 17. Nde2 Rc6 18. h4 h5 19. g5 Nh7 20. f4 $6 {The idea is right,
but stronger was} (20. Nb5 Re6 {and now} 21. f4 {with a clear advantage to
White. Now the rook on e6 is very badly placed blocking the diagonal for the
bishop.}) 20... Qa5 21. fxe5 $1 {It's important to take this pawn now to force
Black taking back with one of his pieces giving nice squares on f4 and d4 for
the white knight.} Rxe5 22. Nd4 Ra6 $2 {An emty threat. Here the rook doesn't
have a good future which the game will show. Actually the rook got stuck here
for the rest of the game!} ({Better is} 22... Rc8 {playing defensive and Black
has reasonable chances to survive.}) 23. Nb3 Qd8 24. Qf4 f6 {A
terrible-looking move, but Black is already in big trouble.} 25. gxf6+ Qxf6 26.
Qg3 Be6 27. Rhf1 Qe7 28. Nd4 {Now Nf5+ is comming opening up the Black's king
even more and there is no way to stop it.} Nf6 29. Nf5+ Bxf5 30. exf5 Ng4 31.
Nd5 Qf7 32. fxg6 Qxg6 33. Qf4 Re8 $4 ({After} 33... Kh8 $1 {Black might still
hold on a few moves, but with such a bad king it would probably not last for
that long anyway.}) 34. Nc7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 17th"]
[Site "Mamaia"]
[Date "2016.06.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Gaponenko, Inna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h5 {Diagramm [#]} Nxh5 13. O-O-O Nc4
(13... Ng3 {war ein Option, die Schwarz nicht hätte auslassen sollen.}) 14.
Bxc4 Rxc4 15. g4 Nf6 16. Nde2 Qa5 (16... Re8 $1) 17. Bh6 Rfc8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19.
Qh6+ Kg8 20. Rd5 ({Diesen berühmten Vorläufer dürfte Pähtz gekannt haben,
auch wenn sie hier einen anderen Zug wählte (der noch stärker als Karpovs
Zug sein dürfte):} 20. Rd3 R4c5 21. g5 Rxg5 22. Rd5 Rxd5 23. Nxd5 Re8 24. Nef4
Bc6 25. e5 Bxd5 26. exf6 exf6 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ {1-0 (27) Karpov,A (2700)
-Kortschnoj,V (2670) Moscow 1974}) 20... Qc7 {Diagramm [#] Weiß verfügt
über eine starke Initiative, durch die der geopferte Bauer mehr als nur
kompensiert wird.} 21. Rd3 Qa5 $2 (21... Qd8 $1 {Für Schwarz wäre es an der
Zeit gewesen, in den Verteidigungsmodus zu wechseln - psychologisch extrem
schwierig.}) 22. Kb1 Be6 23. a3 $1 {Notwendig - psychologisch gesehen hat der
Zug den hübschen Nebeneffekt, die Schwarze, die sich immer noch in der
Vorwärtsbewegung wähnt, auch noch zu b7-b5 einzuladen.} Qc5 $2 {Das ist ganz
schlecht, weil es den Druck auf c3 vermindert, auch wenn es optisch nicht so
aussieht.} 24. Ng3 $1 Qf2 25. Nge2 $2 {Eine kleine Ungenauigkeit, die
letztlich keinen Schaden anrichtet.} (25. g5 Qxg3 26. gxf6 exf6 27. f4 $18)
25... b5 $2 ({Nach} 25... Rxc3 $1 26. Nxc3 a5 {wäre die Qualität weg gewesen,
aber Schwarz hätte dafür einen Bauern gehabt, während Weiß den Einschlag
auf h7 vorerst nicht mehr hinbekommen hätte.}) 26. g5 $1 {Diagramm [#] Jetzt
läuft alles wie am Schnürchen.} Nh5 27. Nf4 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Qc5 29. Rxh5 $1
gxh5 30. Nxh5 Qe5 31. f4 Qh8 32. Nf6+ exf6 33. gxf6 {Diagramm [#]} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Bc4
O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. Bg5 (12. h4 {--> Nunn-Khalifman,
Wijk 1991; Gallagher-Tolnai,Kecskemet 1990: xxCBM_VC}) 12... Nc4 (12... b5 13.
Ndxb5 {1/4:1/4 Sion_Castro-Bass, 1990}) 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nde2 (15.
Ndb5 a6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxd7 Qb6 18. Nd5 Qxb5 19. Nxe7+ Bxe7 20. Qxe7 Qc6 {
Mikhalchishin-Basin,Minsk 1985}) (15. Nb3 Rc7 16. Nb5 Bf5 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. g4
(18. Kb1 Rc8 19. Ka1 b6 20. c3 a5 21. Nc1 a4 22. a3 {Shirov-Petrenko,USSR 1984}
) 18... Be6 19. Rhe1 Rc8 {Byrne-Tarjan, USA 1975}) 15... Rc7 16. Bxf6 exf6 17.
Nb5 Bf5 18. Nxc7 Qxc7 19. Nc3 Rc8 (19... Be6 20. Nd5 Qc4 21. Kb1 f5 22. Qd3 Qc5
23. Qc3 Qf2 24. Rd2 Qh4 25. Qb4 Qg5 26. Nc7 Bc8 27. Rhd1 e4 28. Nd5 Be6 29.
Ne7+ Kh8 30. Rd8 exf3 31. gxf3 Qg2 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 33. Qc3+ {1:0 Jadoul-Kool,
Brussels 1987}) 20. Kb1 Be6 21. Ne4 Qc4 22. b3 Qc6 23. c4 f5 24. Ng5 Bxc4 25.
Rc1 Qb5 26. Rhd1 e4 27. Rxc4 Rxc4 28. Qd8+ Bf8 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Rd7+ Kg8 31.
Qe8 Rc1+ 32. Kxc1 Qc5+ 33. Kb2 Qf2+ 34. Kc3 Qe3+ 35. Kc2 Qc5+ 36. Kb2 Qf2+ 37.
Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stara Zagora zt-B"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sznapik, Aleksander"]
[Black "Schneider, Attila"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. O-O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4
14. h5 Nxh5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Bh6 Nxe4 17. Qe3 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nf6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
Rh2 Rg8 21. Ne2 Kh8 (21... Bc6 22. Ng3 Kf8 $13 {Nunn,J - Ljubojevic,L
Amsterdam 1988 - CBM 9}) 22. Ng3 Be6 (22... Rg7 23. Qxa7 Bc6 24. g5 Ne8 25. f4
$13 {Jansa - Osnos Zinnowitz 1971}) 23. g5 Nd7 24. Qd4+ Rg7 25. Rdh1 Nf8 (25...
Kg8 $4 26. Qxg7+ $18) 26. Qxa7 Qc7 27. Qd4 Qa5 28. Ne4 Bxa2 29. Kd2 Qf5 30. Ke2
d5 $17 31. Nd2 Qxc2 32. Ke3 Qf5 33. f4 f6 34. Nf3 Bc4 35. Nh4 Qe6+ 36. Kd2 Kg8
37. Re1 Qa6 38. Rc1 Ne6 39. Qe3 fxg5 40. fxg5 Qd6 41. Nf3 Nc5 42. Rb1 Rf7 43.
Rg2 b5 44. Rg4 Ne4+ 45. Kc2 Qa3 46. Rb4 d4 $1 $19 47. Qxd4 Qa2+ 48. Kc1 Rxf3
0-1

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Bh6 (13. Kb1 Nc4 14.
Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nde2 b5 16. Bd4 e5 17. Be3 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Rc6 20. c4 a5
$10 {Anand,V-Tiviakov,S (1) Tilburg3.08 1992 1/2 63 -CBM 32}) 13... Nc4 14.
Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. g4 hxg4 17. h5 Rh8 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. f4 e5 20. fxe5
dxe5 21. Nde2 Rh3 $1 $146 (21... Qe7 22. Rxh8 Kxh8 23. Rh1+ Kg8 24. Nd5 Nxd5
25. Qxd5+ Qe6 (25... Be6 26. Qxe5 Rxc2+ 27. Kd1 $1 $18) 26. Qxb7 $16 {
(Olafsson,H) - Schneider/Sapi 'Die Drachenvariante 3' S.12 Schachverlag
Reinhold Dreier 1991}) (21... Rc8 22. Qg5 Qe7 23. Ng3 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Rh8 25. Rd1
Bc8 {1/2 Yudasin,L-Smirin,I Norilsk 1987 -Inf.44/260}) 22. Qg5 (22. Rhf1 Rf3
23. Rh1 (23. Rxf3 gxf3 24. Ng1 Qe7 25. Nxf3 Bg4 $15 {(Georgiev,Ki) -Inf.55/236}
) 23... Rh3 $10 {(Georgiev,Ki) -Inf.55/236}) 22... Qe8 23. Rxh3 gxh3 24. Ng3
Nh7 25. Qe3 Bg4 26. Rf1 Qd8 27. Nd5 Qg5 $1 $19 28. Kb1 Rd4 29. Qc3 Rd1+ 30.
Rxd1 Bxd1 31. Ne3 Bf3 32. Nef1 Qf4 33. a4 Ng5 34. Qc7+ Nf7 35. Qd7 Bg2 36. Qd3
Qf2 37. Ka2 Qf3 38. Nh2 Qxd3 39. cxd3 Kf6 40. Kb3 Kg5 {/\ Kh4; g5-g4-g3} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. O-O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4
14. h5 Nxh5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Nb3 Re8 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. Bg5 Qc8 (18... Bc6 $1 {
Schneider/Sapi} 19. Qe2 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Qc7 $13 {Schneider/Sapi; Die
Drachenvariante 1, S.48 Schachverlag Reinhold Dreier 1988}) 19. Qh2 (19. Rh4 $1
Rxc3 20. bxc3 Be6 21. Rdh1 Bg7 22. e5 dxe5 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Rxh7 Qc4 25. Kb1
Qf4 26. Qg2 Bg7 27. Qh3 f5 28. Nc5 Bc8 29. gxf5 Bxf5 30. Ne6 $18 {Short,
N-Khalifman,A BL 1991}) 19... Be6 20. Rd3 h5 $1 21. gxh5 (21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22.
gxh5 g5 $13) 21... Nxh5 22. Qg2 Bxc3 $1 23. bxc3 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Qxc3 25. Rxh5
Bxb3 $10 26. axb3 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Rc8 28. Rh2 Qd4+ 29. Kc1 (29. Ke1 Qa1+ 30. Ke2
Rxc2+ 31. Bd2 Qb2 $19) 29... Qa1+ 30. Kd2 Qd4+ 31. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stara Zagora zt-A"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. O-O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4
14. h5 Nxh5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Bh6 Nxe4 17. Qe3 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nf6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
Rh2 Qc7 {20...Tg8; 20...Th8; 20...Da5} 21. Ne2 Qc4 22. Rd4 $6 (22. Rdh1 Rh8 23.
Qxa7 Bc6 24. g5 Nd5 $13 {Pinkas - Tolnai Woronesch 1987}) 22... Qxa2 23. Qxe7
Re8 24. Qxd6 Ba4 $1 $17 25. Rxa4 $8 Qxa4 26. g5 Qa1+ (26... Nh5 27. Qd4+ Qxd4
28. cxd4 $15) 27. Kd2 Nh5 28. Qd7 Kf8 29. Qd6+ Kg8 30. Qd7 Rf8 31. Rh4 Qa5 32.
Qe7 Ng7 33. Re4 Qd5+ 34. Nd4 Re8 35. Qc7 Rxe4 36. fxe4 Qxe4 37. Qb8+ Ne8 38.
Qxa7 h5 $1 $19 39. gxh6 Kh7 40. Qb6 Kxh6 41. Nb5 Kh7 42. c4 g5 43. Qc5 Kg6 44.
Qb6+ f6 45. Qd8 g4 46. Nc3 0-1

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. O-O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4
14. h5 Nxh5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Bh6 Nxe4 17. Qe3 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nf6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
Rh2 Qc7 (20... Rh8 21. Nb3 Bc6 22. g5 Nh5 23. f4 Re8 24. f5 Qb6 25. Nd4 Qc5 26.
Re1 Bd7 27. Qf3 $14 {Kasparov - Piket, Tilburg 1989 - Inf.48/299}) (20... Rg8
21. Ne2 Kh8 22. Ng3 Be6 23. g5 Nd7 24. Qd4+ Rg7 25. Rdh1 Nf8 26. Qxa7 Qc7 27.
Qd4 Qa5 28. Ne4 Bxa2 29. Kd2 Qf5 $17 {Sznapik - Schneider, Stara Zagora (zt)
1990 - Inf.49/250}) (20... Qa5) 21. Qxe7 {N} (21. Ne2 Qc4 22. Rd4 Qxa2 23. Qxe7
Re8 24. Qxd6 Ba4 25. Rxa4 Qxa4 $17 {Georgiev.Kiril - Tolnai, Stara Zagora (zt)
1990}) 21... Qxc3 22. Qxd6 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qxa2 24. Qe5 $1 {/\ Rh7; g5} (24. g5 $2
Qa5+) 24... Qd5 25. Rxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qxf6 Bxg4 $8 (26... Qa5+ $2 27. c3 Qa2+ 28.
Nc2 $18) 27. fxg4 Kg8 $13 28. Kc1 Rd8 29. Rd3 Qh1+ 30. Kb2 Re8 31. Ne6 Qh8 $8
32. Qxh8+ Kxh8 33. Rd8 Rg8 $1 34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 35. Nd8 b6 36. Nc6 Kg7 37. Nxa7
Kf6 38. Nc8 Kg5 39. Nd6 Kxg4 40. Nxf7 Kf4 41. Kc3 g5 42. Kd4 g4 43. Ne5 g3 44.
Nd3+ Kf3 45. c4 Ke2 46. Nf4+ Kd2 47. Kd5 Ke3 48. Ke5 Kf3 49. Nd3 Ke3 50. Nf4
Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.13"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Estonia"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Ne5 11. Bb3 h5 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Bg5 Rc5 14.
g4 hxg4 15. f4 Nc4 (15... Nc6 $5 16. e5 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bc6 18. Rhe1 Bf3 19. Rd2
Nh7 20. Qxc5 dxc5 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bxe7 Rc8 23. Bd5 $14 {Yudasin,L-Ljubojevic,
L Moskow olm (05) ISR-YUG 1994 1-0 72 -CBM 45}) 16. Qe2 Qc8 $5 (16... Na5 $5
17. e5 Nxb3+ 18. Nxb3 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Bc6 (19... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 20. h5 $1 $18 {
Mohr,G-Baric,D/Bled op/1992/1-0 (22)}) 20. Rhf1 Ne4 21. Qc4 d5 22. Qxe4 dxe4
23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxe7 Rd7 $15 {Smirin,I-Ivanchuk,V Paris PCA Intel-GP 1994 1/
2 33}) (16... b5 17. f5 Qa5 (17... Qb6 18. h5 Nxh5 19. Qxg4 Nxb2 20. Kxb2 Rxc3
21. Kxc3 Qc5+ 22. Kb2 Bxd4+ 23. Kb1 Bg7 24. Bh6 Qc3 25. Bxg7 Qxg7 26. Rdg1 {
1-0 Topalov,V-Romero,A Leon (8) 1993}) (17... gxf5 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Bxc4 (19.
exf5 Bh6+ 20. Kb1 Ne3 21. Rdg1 Rxf5 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Nd5 Re8 24. Nxe3 Rxe3 25.
Qxb5 Re5 $132 {Fernandez Auado,E-Martin,A Catalunya-ch (08) 1992}) 19... fxe4
$6 20. Bxb5 f5 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Rhf1 Rb8 $2 23. Qe3 Re8 24. Qf4 Ree5 25. h5
$16 {Tseitlin,MD-Alterman,B Beesheba 1991}) (17... gxf5 {Ftacnik}) 18. Bxf6 (
18. fxg6 Nxb2 19. gxf7+ Rxf7 20. Kxb2 Qxc3+ 21. Kb1 d5 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Rd3
Qa5 24. exd5 $14 {Gofshtein,L-Mestel,A Hastings Challenger 1991 1-0 32}) 18...
Bxf6 19. Qxg4 Kg7 20. Rh3 Qb6 21. Nd5 Rxd5 22. exd5 Rh8 23. c3 Bxd4 24. Qxd4+
Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Bxf5 26. Rg3 Ne5 {Morovic Fernandez,I-Georgiev,Ki Las Palmas (4)
1993 1/2 41}) 17. f5 $6 (17. h5 $5) (17. Bxf6 {Ftacnik} Bxf6 18. Nd5 Be6 19.
Nxf6+ exf6 20. f5 Bd7 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. h5 g5 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 $13 {
Patterson,R-Spinath,P/corr/1987/0.5 (39)}) 17... Nxb2 $1 $146 (17... e5 18.
Ndb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Rxb5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bxc4 Rb4 22. Bd5 gxf5 23. Rdf1 f4 24.
Rhg1 Re8 25. Rxg4+ Kf8 $15 {Yudasin,L-Tiviakov,S Groningen PCA (04) 1993}) (
17... gxf5 {Ftacnik} 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. exf5 Ne5 20. Ne4 Ra5 21. Nxf6+ exf6 22.
Qd2 Rc5 23. Qh6 a5 24. Qxf6 $18 {Fahner,D-Spinath,P/corr/1987/1-0 (26)}) 18.
Bxf6 $2 (18. Kxb2 Rxc3 19. fxg6 (19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. fxg6 Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 $17)
19... Rxb3+ (19... Be6 {Ftacnik} 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. e5 Nd5 (21... dxe5 22. h5 $1
$40) 22. Kc1 Bxe5 23. Qxg4 Rxb3 (23... Rf2 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Rg3 26. Qh5
Nf6 27. Qh6 $13) 24. axb3 Qc3 25. Qxe6+ Kg7 26. Bh6+ Kxh6 27. g7+ Rf6 28. Qxe5
$1 (28. g8=N+ Kg7 29. Rdg1+ Kf8 30. Nxf6 Qb2+ 31. Kd1 Qd4+ 32. Kc1 Bf4+ $18)
28... Qxe5 29. g8=Q Qa1+ 30. Kd2 Qc3+ 31. Kc1 $10) 20. axb3 fxg6 $15) 18...
Nxd1 $17 (18... Bxf6 {Ftacnik} 19. Qxg4 $1 Kh8 (19... Nxd1 $4 20. Qxg6+ Bg7 21.
Rg1 $18) 20. Kxb2 Rxc3 21. Qf4 $40) 19. Qxg4 (19. Bxg7 Nxc3 20. Qxg4 Kxg7 21.
h5 Bxf5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Nxf5+ Qxf5 $19) 19... exf6 (19... Nxc3 $2 20. Qxg6
exf6 (20... Ne2+ {Ftacnik} 21. Nxe2 Rxc2+ 22. Kb1 exf6 23. Rg1 $18) 21. Rg1
Ne2+ 22. Nxe2 Rxc2+ 23. Kb1 $18) 20. Rg1 (20. Qxg6 Rc4 $19 (20... d5 $1 {
Ftacnik} 21. Qg2 (21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Nxd5 fxg6 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Nxc8 Nf2 $19)
21... Ne3 22. Qg3 Rxc3 23. Rg1 Nxf5 $19)) (20. Nxd1 $5 Rc4 $1 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 $19
) 20... Rc4 $1 (20... Rxc3 $4 21. Qxg6 $18) 21. Nxd1 (21. Nd5 Bh6+ 22. Kxd1 (
22. Kb1 Rxd4 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Nxc8 (24. Nxg6+ Kh7 25. Nxf8+ Qxf8 $19) 24...
Nc3+ 25. Kb2 Rxc8 26. Bxf7 Bxf5 $19) 22... Rxd4+ 23. Ke1 Kg7 $19) 21... d5 $1
22. h5 (22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. exd5 Qxa2 $19 {/\ Bh6}) 22... Rxd4 $19 23. hxg6 fxg6
24. Qxg6 Rf7 25. Nf2 (25. Ne3 Qc3 $19) (25. Bxd5 {Ftacnik} Rxd5 26. exd5 Bxf5
$19) (25. Rh1 {Ftacnik} Kf8 $19) 25... Qc3 26. Kb1 Qe3 27. Rg2 (27. exd5 Ba4 $1
$19 (27... Qxf2 $6 28. d6 Qxg1+ 29. Qxg1 $17)) 27... Kf8 28. exd5 (28. Bxd5 {
Ftacnik} Rxd5 29. exd5 Qe1+ 30. Kb2 Qe5+ 31. Kb1 Bxf5 $19) 28... Qe1+ 29. Kb2
Qe5 30. Kb1 Qxf5 (30... Qxf5 {Ftacnik} 31. Qg3 Qe5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. g4 $5 {Die
Hauptvariante 12.h4 gehört zu den am weitesten ausanalysierten Varianten. Mit
12.g4 setzt Weiß nicht auf bedingungslosen Angriff, vorrangig möchte er den
Nf6 vertreiben.} (12. h4 {Ftacnik}) 12... b5 $1 {Ein ausgezeichnetes
Bauernopfer! Die Kompensation bezieht Schwarz aus den halboffenenen Linien b
und c, außerdem übernimmt der Nachziehende die Initiative, so daß Weiß alle
eigenen Angriffsträume vergessen kann.} (12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h4 Qa5 15.
Nb3 Qa6 16. h5 Rfc8 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Kb1 b5 19. Bh6 Bh8 20. e5 dxe5 21. g5 $16
{Rigo,J-Braga,F Rome 1988 1-0 33}) 13. g5 (13. a3 a5 14. h4 b4 15. axb4 axb4
16. Na2 (16. Nb1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. b3 Rc7 19. h5 Qc8 20. Rh2 e5 21. Nf5
Bxf5 22. exf5 Qa8 23. g5 Nxh5 24. f6 Rfc8 $132 {Lopez,H-Martin,AD Candas op 
(06) 1992 0-1 45}) 16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. b3 Rc5 19. Nxb4 Bxg4 20. fxg4
Qa5 21. Kb2 Nxe4 22. Qd3 Qxb4 23. Qxe4 Qc3+ 24. Kb1 Ra5 {0-1 Lornje-Pavlovic,M/
Lvov-Belgrade (1/[06]) 1993}) (13. Ncxb5 $2 {Ftacnik} Nxf3 14. Nxf3 Bxb5 $17) (
13. h4 $6 {Ftacnik} b4 14. Nb1 a5 15. a4 bxa3 16. Nxa3 Qb6 17. Ba2 Qb7 18. Qg2
Rb8 19. c3 Rfc8 20. h5 Nxf3 $1 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Nxf3 Nxe4 23. Bd5 Qb4 24. Bxe4
Rxc3+ $40 {Mortensen,E-Karlsson,L/Esbjerg/1984/}) 13... Nh5 (13... b4 $2 14.
Nce2 Nh5 15. Qxb4 $16) 14. Ncxb5 Nc4 (14... Bxb5 $2 15. Nxb5 Nxf3 16. Qe2 Ne5
17. Nxa7 $16) (14... Nxf3 $2 15. Nxf3 Bxb5 16. Bxa7 $16) 15. Bxc4 (15. Qe2 $5
Nxe3 16. Qxe3 e5 17. Nf5 gxf5 (17... Bxb5 18. Nxd6 Qa5 $13) 18. Nxd6 f4 19.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Qb3 Qe7 21. Qxf7+ Qxf7 22. Nxf7 $16) 15... Rxc4 16. Qd3 (16. b3
$5 {/\ c4}) 16... Rb4 $1 {Schwarz möchte c3 oder a3 provozieren. Dies nimmt
den weißen N Felder weg und schaft Angriffsmarken.} 17. Nc3 (17. c3 Ra4 18. Na3
Qc7 $40 {Schwarz droht mit 19...Nf4 20.Bf4 Bd4 seinen schlechten Rand-N gegen
den guten weißen Zentral-N zu tauschen.}) (17. a3 {Ftacnik} Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Bxb2+
19. Kd2 Ra4 20. Qb3 Qa5+ $17) 17... Qb8 18. Nb3 Be6 19. Qa6 $6 (19. Nd5 Bxd5
20. Qxd5 (20. exd5 Rc8 $40 {/\ a4-a4}) 20... Rc8 $44) 19... Bxc3 20. bxc3 (20.
Bxa7 $2 {Ftacnik} Qa8 21. bxc3 Rb7 $19) 20... Rb7 {Die schlechte weiße
K-Stellung garantiert eine dauerhafte Initiative.} 21. Rd4 Rc8 22. Kd2 Qc7 23.
Qd3 (23. Qa5 Qc6 $1 $17 {Es droht Rb5.}) 23... d5 $1 (23... Bc4 $2 {Ftacnik}
24. Rxc4 Qxc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Na5 Rcc7 27. Nxb7 Rxb7 $14) 24. Kc1 (24. exd5
$2 Bf5 $19 (24... Bf5 {Ftacnik} 25. Re4 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Nf4 $17)) 24... dxe4 25.
fxe4 Bc4 26. Qd2 (26. Rxc4 {Ftacnik} Qxc4 27. Qxc4 Rxc4 28. Na5 Rxe4 29. Nxb7
Rxe3 $17) 26... e5 27. Rd6 Nf4 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. Rd1 (29. Qxf4 $2 Bxb3 30. cxb3
Qxc3+ 31. Kb1 Rxb3+ $1 32. axb3 Qxb3+ 33. Ka1 Qa3+ 34. Kb1 Rb8+ 35. Kc2 Rb2+
36. Kd1 Qa1+ 37. Qc1 Qa4+ $1 38. Ke1 Qxe4+ 39. Kf1 Qxh1#) 29... f3 30. Qf4 (30.
Rd8+ $2 Rxd8 31. Qxd8+ Qxd8 32. Rxd8+ Kg7 33. Rd2 (33. Rd1 {Ftacnik} f2 34. Nd2
Be2 35. Rh1 Rd7 36. c4 Rxd2 37. Kxd2 f1=Q $19) 33... Be2 $19) 30... Qe7 31. h4
(31. Qxf3 Qxg5+ $15) 31... Be2 32. R1d5 Rbc7 $1 (32... Rxc3 $2 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34.
e5 Qa3+ 35. Kb1 (35. Kd2 Rxc2+ 36. Kxc2 (36. Ke3 Rxb3+ 37. axb3 Qc1+ 38. Ke4
Qxf4+ 39. Kxf4 f2 $19) 36... Qxa2+ 37. Kc1 Rc7+ 38. Nc5 Qa1+ 39. Kd2 Qd1+ 40.
Kc3 (40. Ke3 Qc1+ 41. Rd2 Qxc5+ 42. R8d4 Rc6 $44) 40... Qa1+ $10) 35... Rcxb3+
36. axb3 Rxb3+ 37. cxb3 Qxb3+ $10) 33. Nd4 $2 (33. Qf6 $2 Qxf6 34. gxf6 h6 35.
Rd8+ Kh7 $1 (35... Rxd8 $2 36. Rxd8+ Kh7 37. Kd2 Ba6 38. Ke1 Rxc3 39. Nd4 $10)
36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Kd2 Bc4 $19) (33. Kd2 $1 Rxc3 34. Nd4 $13) 33... Bc4 $19 34.
Qxf3 (34. Re5 $2 Qxd6 35. Re8+ Rxe8 36. Qxd6 f2 $19) (34. Ra5 {Ftacnik} f2 $19)
34... Bxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxc3 36. Qf6 Qc7 37. Qf2 Qc4 38. Kb2 Qb4+ 39. Ka1 (39. Nb3
{Ftacnik} Rxc2+) 39... Rh3 40. Qf1 Re3 (40... Re3 {Ftacnik} 41. Ne2 Rb8 $19)
0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1977.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barczay, Laszlo"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1977.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Bg5 Rc5 (13... Nh7) 14.
Kb1 b5 15. Rhe1 a5 (15... Nc4) 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. e5 Qb6 19. exf6 Rb8
(19... exf6 $1) 20. Ndb5 exf6 21. a4 (21. Qxd6 Bxb5 22. Qxb6 Rxb6 23. Rd5 Rxd5
24. Nxd5 Rd6) 21... Bxb5 22. Nxb5 (22. axb5 fxg5 23. fxg5 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Rxb5)
22... fxg5 23. fxg5 Bxb2 24. Qxd6 Rxb5 25. axb5 Qxb5 26. Qd7 0-1

[Event "Oberliga Bayern 9495"]
[Site "Bayern"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Bocksberger, Stefan"]
[Black "Mandl, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1994.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muenchen Siemens"]
[BlackTeam "Regensburg Fortuna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Bc4
O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Bb3 Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. h4 h5 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Rxc3
15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. g4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. gxh5 Qxc3 20. Rd3 Qa5 (
20... Qb4+ 21. Nb3 Nxh5 22. Rd5 Qc3 23. Rxh5 Qxc2+ 24. Ka1 Qc3+ {
Gallagher-Mestel 1/2, Swansea 1987}) 21. Nb3 Qxh5 22. Qe3 b6 23. Rc3 Be6 24.
Rxc4 Bxc4 25. Qc3 Qb5 26. Rg1 a5 27. Ka1 a4 28. Nd2 Be6 29. f4 Kh7 (29... Nxe4
30. Nxe4 Qd5 31. Kb1 Qxe4 $10) 30. Rb1 Qa6 31. Qd3 Qb7 32. Nf3 Bg4 33. Ng5+ Kg8
34. Qb5 Qc7 35. Qxb6 Qxc2 36. Qb2 Qc5 37. Rc1 Qe3 38. e5 dxe5 39. fxe5 Nd5 40.
a3 Kg7 41. Rf1 Bf5 42. Rd1 Nc3 43. e6 f6 44. Qb4 Nd5 45. Rxd5 Qc1+ 46. Ka2 Qc2+
47. Ka1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lugano Open-10"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "1985.03.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1985.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 (10... Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. O-O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14.
h5) 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Bg5 $5 Rc5 14. g4 hxg4 15. f4 $5 Nc4 16. Qd3
b5 17. h5 Nxh5 18. Nd5 $1 Re8 19. f5 Rxd5 $5 (19... Ne5 $2 20. Qe3) 20. exd5
Bxd4 21. fxg6 $1 (21. Qxd4 Bxf5) 21... Bxb2+ 22. Kb1 f5 (22... Ne5 $2 23. gxf7+
) 23. Rxh5 Qa5 $5 (23... Be5 24. Rdh1) (23... Bg7 24. Rdh1) 24. Bd2 $3 Nxd2+ $8
(24... Qa3 25. Bc3 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Ne5 27. Qe3 $1 {/\ Rh8+!!}) 25. Kxb2 Nc4+ (
25... Ne4 $2 26. Qe3) 26. Kb1 $1 (26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Qxc4 (27. Qe3 Qb6+) 27...
Rb8+ 28. Ka1 Rc8) (26. Ka1 Rc8 $1 27. Rdh1 Ne5) 26... Na3+ $1 (26... Rc8 27.
Qd4 Ne5 28. Qe3) 27. Kc1 Qb4 $1 28. Rf1 $1 (28. Rdh1 Qf4+ 29. Kb2 Nc4+) (28.
Rxf5 $2 Nc4 $3 (28... Bxf5 29. Qxf5 Rf8 30. Qe6+ Kg7 31. Qxe7+ Kxg6 32. Qxf8)
29. Bxc4 bxc4) (28. Qg3 Qe4 29. Re1 Qd4) (28. Qe3 f4 $1 29. Qxa7 Qc3 $3 30.
Qxa3 Qa1+ 31. Kd2 Qd4+ $10) 28... Qe4 $1 (28... Rf8 $2 29. Qe3 f4 30. Qxe7 $18)
(28... f4 $2 29. g7 $1) 29. Qxe4 fxe4 30. Rf7 $1 b4 $1 (30... Rf8 $4 31. Rh8+
$3 Kxh8 32. g7+ $3) (30... a5 31. c3 $1) 31. Kd2 a5 32. Ke3 $1 (32. c3 $2 a4 $1
33. Bc2 (33. Bd1 Nb1+) 33... e3+ $1) 32... a4 33. Kf4 axb3 34. cxb3 (34. Kg5
bxc2 35. Rfh7 c1=Q+) 34... Nb5 35. Kxe4 (35. Kg5 Nd4 36. Rfh7 Nf3+ 37. Kh6 Ne5)
35... Nc3+ $1 36. Kd4 (36. Kf4 $2 Nxd5+ $1 37. Rxd5 Be6) 36... g3 37. Rhh7 (37.
Ke3 Nxd5+ 38. Rxd5 Be6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 2nd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2009.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 $5 {Tras la partida
Karjakin nos conto que le sorprendio mucho la eleccion de apertura de Shirov.
Esta claro que la preparacion de hoy de Shirov fue mas o menos perfecta.} 6.
Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 {Hasta aqui nada
nuevo bajo el sol. Ahora Shirov se desvia de los caminos principales.} Nxd4 $5
(11... Ne5 12. Kb1 Re8 $1 {Es el estado actual de la teoria en el Dragon, pero
no la eleccion de hoy de Karjakin y Shirov.}) 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 $1 {La mejor
manera de jugar esta posicion, el blanco consigue una pequena ventaja basada
en su superioridad espacial.} Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5 {El alfil blanco
apoya el efecto atenazador del peon blanco de "d5". Ahora "e7" es un punto
debil, el rey negro se siente inseguro y el blanco disfruta de ventaja
espacial.} a5 16. a3 Kg8 $1 {Una mejora sobre la entrega mecanica de peon.
Shirov ha llegado a la conclusion de que el negro no debe apresurarse en
entregar el peon, en vez de eso, el negro realiza jugadas utiles antes de
realizar la entrega.} (16... b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Qxb4 {Es la linea mas jugada,
pero ahora el blanco ha desarrollado varios metodos defensivos para jugar
contra la iniciativa negra. Por ejemplo, comparado con la partida el flanco de
rey es mas seguro para el rey blanco.}) 17. Rhe1 {Parece una jugada normal,
manteniendo a la dama atada a la defensa del peon negro de "e7".} Rc5 {Otra
jugada flexible antes de entregar el peon.} 18. g4 b4 $1 19. axb4 axb4 20. Qxb4
Qa8 21. Kd2 Rb8 {Comparado con la linea mas jugada, el negro ha mejorado mucho.
} 22. Ra1 Rxd5+ (22... Qxd5+ $5 {Karjakin y Shirov han comentado que esta es
la unica manera de jugar a ganar con negras, pero parece muy arriesgado.} 23.
Bxd5 Rxb4 {Looks unclear.}) 23. Ke3 Re5+ 24. Kd2 (24. Kf2 $2 Qxf3+ 25. Kxf3
Rxb4) 24... Rd5+ 25. Ke3 Re5+ 26. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Kb1 $6 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. Nde2 (15. Nb3) 15... b5 16. Bd4 $6 $146 (16. Bh6 b4 (16... Qa5 {Suetin,
A-Szabo,L/Leningrad/1967/}) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qa5 {
Grunchacz-Miles,A/USA/1980/}) (16. e5 dxe5 17. Bg5 Rc7 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. g4 Qe8
20. gxh5 Be6 $15 {Liberzon-Miles,A/Haifa ol/1976/}) 16... e5 $1 (16... b4 17.
Bxf6 (17. Nd5 e5 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Be3) 17... Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bg7 19. Nxb4) 17.
Be3 (17. Bxa7 Qa5 $17) 17... b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Rc6 (19... Be6 20. Qxd6
Qa5 21. Nc1 Rfc8 22. Nb3 Qb5 $36) 20. c4 Qc7 21. b3 (21. c5 Be6 22. cxd6 Qb7
23. Qd3 Bc4 $5 24. Qd2 Rd8 $17) 21... a5 22. Rd2 (22. c5 Qa7 23. Qd2 a4 24.
cxd6 Qa5 $40) 22... a4 23. Rc1 Be6 24. Qd3 Rc8 25. Rcc2 $6 (25. Rb2 $1) 25...
Qa5 26. Nc1 Ra8 (26... Bf8 $5 {/\ Ra8}) 27. bxa4 Qxa4 28. Qb3 (28. Nb3 Bf8 29.
Bf2 Qa6 $19) 28... Qa6 (28... Qa5 29. Nd3 Rac8 30. Nb2 $15) 29. Qxb4 Bxc4 (
29... Bh6 $5 30. Qb3 $8 (30. Bxh6 Rb6 $19) 30... Bxe3 (30... Bxc4 31. Rxc4 Rxc4
32. Bxh6 $16) 31. Qxe3 Bxc4 $17) 30. Rb2 Bf8 (30... d5 $1 31. Rdc2 $1 (31. exd5
Bf8 32. Qb7 (32. dxc6 Bxb4 33. Rxb4 Be6 $19) 32... Bxa2+ 33. Nxa2 Qf1+ $19)
31... d4 32. Bd2 $17) 31. Rdc2 d5 32. Qb7 Qxb7 (32... d4 33. Qxa6 Raxa6 34. Bd2
Ba3 35. Rb8+ Kg7 $17) (32... Bxa2+ 33. Nxa2 Qxb7 34. Rxb7 Rxc2 35. Kxc2 Rxa2+
36. Rb2 $17) 33. Rxb7 d4 (33... dxe4 $5 34. fxe4 $17) 34. Bd2 Rac8 (34... f5)
35. Kb2 Bf1 (35... f5 $17) 36. Rxc6 Rxc6 37. g3 d3 (37... Bg2 38. Nd3 f6 39.
Ne1) 38. Kb1 $1 (38. Bc3 Ba3+ 39. Kxa3 Rxc3+ 40. Nb3 d2 41. Rd7 Bd3 $19) (38.
Nb3 Bg2 $19) 38... Bg2 39. Nxd3 Bxf3 40. Nf2 $1 (40. Nxe5 Bxe4+ 41. Ka1 Rc5 $1
42. Rb8 Rxe5 43. Bb4 Rb5 $3 44. Rxf8+ Kg7 45. a3 Rxb4 46. axb4 Kxf8 $19) 40...
Rc4 (40... Bc5 41. Rb3 $1 Rb6 42. Rxb6 Bxb6 43. Be1 f5 $17) 41. Rb3 Bxe4+ 42.
Nxe4 Rxe4 43. Re3 $1 Rg4 (43... Rxe3 44. Bxe3 $132) 44. Rxe5 Rxg3 45. a4 Bb4 (
45... Rg4 46. a5 Rxh4 $2 47. a6 Ra4 48. Ba5 $18) 46. Bc1 (46. Bxb4 Rb3+ 47. Kc2
Rxb4 48. a5 Rxh4 $19) (46. Bg5 $5 f6 47. Bxf6 Bc3 48. Rg5 $1) 46... f6 47. Rb5
Rg4 48. a5 Bxa5 49. Rxa5 Rxh4 50. Ra8+ Kf7 51. Ra7+ Ke6 52. Ra6+ Kf5 53. Ra5+
Kg4 54. Ra6 Kg3 $2 (54... Kh3 55. Rxf6 Rg4 $17) 55. Rxf6 Rg4 56. Bd2 h4 57.
Be1+ Kh3 58. Kc2 g5 59. Kd3 Rg2 (59... Kg2 60. Rf2+ Kg1 61. Rf3 Rg2 62. Ke3 g4
63. Bxh4 gxf3 64. Kxf3 $10) 60. Bf2 Kh2 61. Ke2 h3 62. Kf1 Kh1 63. Rf3 g4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayamo"]
[Site "Bayamo"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Black "Hernandez Onna, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1984.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. h4 h5 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. g4 hxg4
15. f4 Nc4 16. Qd3 b5 17. h5 Nxh5 18. f5 $6 Bxd4 $1 (18... a6 19. Nd5 Re8 20.
fxg6 fxg6 21. e5 Rxd5 22. Qxg6 dxe5 23. Rxh5 Bf5 24. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 25. Rh1+ Kg8
26. Nxf5 {1-0/Pirisi-Sapi/HUN/1983/}) 19. Qxd4 e5 $1 $19 20. Bxd8 $8 exd4 21.
Be7 dxc3 (21... Re8 22. Bxd6 $1 Nxd6 23. Rxd4 $132) 22. Bxd6 (22. Bxf8 Kxf8 $19
) 22... cxb2+ 23. Kb1 Nxd6 24. Rxd6 Kg7 $1 (24... Bc6 $4 25. Rxg6+ Ng7 26. f6
$18) 25. Rxd7 Nf6 26. Rxa7 (26. Re7 gxf5 27. e5 Nd5 $19) 26... Nxe4 27. fxg6
Nd2+ 28. Kxb2 Nxb3 29. axb3 Kxg6 0-1

[Event "URS-ch FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1988.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qb8 11. h4 b5 12. Bd5 Rc8 13. Kb1 (13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14.
Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Rc4 17. h5 Qf8 $1 {Gufeld 1982: /\ Rc8}) 13...
b4 14. Nce2 Nxd5 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. exd5 Ra6 17. Bd4 Qb5 18. Bxg7 Rc8 $1 19. b3
$1 Kxg7 (19... Rxc2 $6 20. Qxc2 Bf5 21. Qxf5 gxf5 22. Nd4 Qa5 23. Rd2 Kxg7 24.
Nxf5+ Kf6 25. g4 $16) 20. g4 h5 $2 {20...h6!} 21. Nc1 Kg8 22. Rhg1 Rc3 23. Qf4
Kf8 24. gxh5 Bf5 25. Qxf5 $1 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen IM (Politiken Cup-05)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1983.10.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Iskov, Gert"]
[Black "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1983.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 (9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Re8 $5
14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Rxd5 Be6 17. Rd6 Bxa2 $13) 9... Bd7 10. O-O-O
Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 $5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. Nde2 b5 (14... Be6) 15. Bh6
Bxh6 $146 (15... b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. exd5 Qa5 19. g4 Rfc8 20. Nd4
$1 Qxd5 21. Nf5+ Bxf5 22. Qxd5 Bxc2+ 23. Ka1 Bxd1 24. Qxd1) 16. Qxh6 b4 17. Nd5
Nxd5 18. exd5 Qb6 (18... Qa5 19. b3 $2 Rxc2 20. Kxc2 Qxa2+) 19. b3 $2 Qf2 $6 (
19... Rc5 20. Rd4 Bf5 21. Rc1 Rfc8 22. Rh4 g5 23. Qxg5+ Bg6 24. Nd4 f6 25. Qg4
$16) (19... Bf5 $5) 20. Rd2 $2 (20. bxc4 Qxe2 21. Rhe1 (21. Qd2 Qxc4 22. Rhe1
a5 (22... Bf5 $2 23. g4) 23. Rxe7 Ba4 $36) (21. g4) 21... Qxc4 22. Rxe7 Bf5 23.
Rd2 b3 $1) 20... Rh4 21. Ng3 Rxh6 22. Rxf2 Rh4 23. Re2 Re8 24. Ne4 Rh5 25. Rd2
$2 (25. c4 bxc3 26. Nxc3) 25... Re5 $1 26. Rd4 f5 27. Ng3 a5 28. Rhd1 Rc8 29.
Kb2 Bb5 30. R1d2 Re3 $17 31. a3 bxa3+ 32. Kxa3 a4 33. Rb4 Rc5 34. Kb2 (34. c4
$2 Bxc4) 34... axb3 35. cxb3 Re1 36. Rbd4 Kf7 37. f4 Kf6 38. b4 $4 Rcc1 39. Rc2
Rb1+ 40. Ka2 Ba4 (40... Ba4 41. Re2 (41. Rc6 Ra1+ 42. Kb2 Reb1+ 43. Kc3 Ra3+
44. Kd2 Rd1+ {/\ Rxd4}) 41... Ra1+ 42. Kb2 Reb1+ 43. Kc3 Ra3+ 44. Kd2 Rd1#) 0-1

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1989.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1989.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. O-O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h5 Nxh5
15. g4 Nf6 16. Bh6 $5 {16.e5!?, 16.Nb3, 16.Nd5} Nxe4 $1 17. Qe3 $1 (17. Nxe4
Rxd4 18. Qh2 Be5) (17. Qh2 Rxd4 18. Bxg7 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Kxg7 20. Qh6+ Kf6 21.
Qf4+ Kg7 22. Qh6+ $10) 17... Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nf6 (18... Bxh6 $2 19. Qxh6 Nf6 20.
g5 Nh5 21. Rxh5 gxh5 22. Rh1 Qa5 23. Rxh5 Bf5 24. g6 $1 $18) 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
Rh2 $1 {Rh4!?} (20. Qh6+ $2 Kh8 $1 21. g5 Nh5 22. Rxh5 gxh5 23. Rh1 Rg8 $1 24.
Rxh5 Rg7) 20... Rh8 {/\ 21...Bxg4 22.fxg4 Nxg4} 21. Nb3 $1 Bc6 (21... b6 22.
Re1 e5 23. Rd2 $16) 22. g5 Nh5 23. f4 Re8 24. f5 Qb6 25. Nd4 Qc5 $1 26. Re1 Bd7
27. Qf3 Bc6 28. Qe3 Bd7 29. Qf3 Bc6 30. Qf2 $6 (30. Nxc6 Qxc6 (30... bxc6 31.
f6+ $36) 31. Qxc6 bxc6 32. Rhe2 Kf8 33. f6 e5 34. Rd2 $14) 30... Kg8 $2 (30...
Qxc3 $1 31. f6+ (31. Rxe7 $1 Rxe7 32. f6+ Kf8 33. fxe7+ Ke8 $1 {Timman} (33...
Kxe7 34. Nxc6+ Qxc6 35. Qxa7 $16) 34. Nxc6 bxc6 35. Rh4 Ng3 $1 36. Qxa7 Qe1+
37. Kb2 Ne4 $1 38. Rh3 Nc5 $1 $10) 31... exf6 32. Rxe8 Bxe8 33. Rxh5 gxh5 34.
gxf6+ Kg6 35. Qf5+ Kh6 $10) 31. Re3 $1 Bd5 32. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 33. Qh4 Qc4 (33...
Kh8 34. Qxh5 Rg8 35. Rh3 Rg7 36. f6 exf6 37. gxf6 Rg1+ 38. Kb2 Be4 39. Qxf7 $18
) 34. Qxh5 Qf1+ 35. Kb2 e5 36. Qh6 $1 Kh8 37. g6 fxg6 38. fxg6 Re7 39. Rf3 Qc4
40. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 h5 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bg5 Nh7 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15.
Qxh6 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 (16... Qa5 17. Ne2 $14 {Tal,M-Mishta/Dubna/1973/}) 17.
Kb1 Nc4 (17... Qxc3 18. Ne2 (18. g4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. gxh5) 18... Qc5 19.
g4 Nf6 20. gxh5 Nxh5 21. Rd5 Qf2 22. Rxe5 dxe5 23. Qxg6+ Ng7 24. Rg1 $18) 18.
g4 hxg4 (18... Nf6 19. Nf5 $18) 19. f4 Rc8 20. Rd3 (20. h5 $2 Na3+ 21. Kc1 Qxc3
22. Bxf7+ Kh8 $1 $19) 20... Qa5 21. h5 g5 22. e5 $1 dxe5 (22... gxf4 23. e6
Bxe6 (23... fxe6 24. Rg1 (24. Nxe6 Qe5 25. Nxf4 Qg5 $13) 24... Nf6 25. Qg6+ Kh8
26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. h6) 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Qxe6+ $18) 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 (23... exd4
24. Bxf7+ $18) 24. Nb3 Qc7 25. fxg5 (25. Rhd1 $2 Rc6 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 $17) 25...
Bf5 (25... Qc6 26. g6 Qxh1+ 27. Kb2 $16) 26. g6 Nf6 $2 (26... Nf8 $8 27. Rd2
Rxc3 28. gxf7+ Kxf7 29. Qg5 Rf3 30. h6 $16) 27. Rd2 Rxc3 28. Rhd1 $18 Bxc2+ 29.
Rxc2 Rxc2 30. gxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qg6+ Ke6 32. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 33. Kxc2 Nxh5 34. Kd2 Kf5
35. Ke3 g3 36. Nd2 Kg4 37. Nf3 g2 38. Kf2 Nf4 39. Nxe5+ Kh3 40. Rd8 Kh2 41.
Nf3+ Kh3 42. Ng1+ Kg4 43. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Goodricke op 07th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Black "Konguvel, Ponnuswamy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qb8 $6 (10... Rc8) 11. h4 b5 (11... Rc8 12. Nd5 Nxd5
13. Bxd5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qc7 16. Rd2 $16) 12. Bd5 (12. Ndxb5 Ne5
13. Be2 Qb7 14. Nd4 $14) (12. Bxb5 $2 Nxd4 13. Bxd7 Nxf3 14. gxf3 Nxd7 $15)
12... Rc8 (12... Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qb7 14. h5 $40) 13. Kb1 b4 14. Nce2 Nxd5 15.
Nxc6 (15. exd5 Ne5 16. b3 Qb7) 15... Nc3+ (15... Bxc6 16. exd5 Ba4 17. b3 Bd7
18. Bd4 Bf5 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. g4 $16) 16. Nxc3 Bxc6 (16... bxc3 $2
17. Nxb8 cxd2 (17... Raxb8 $2 18. Qd3 Rxb2+ 19. Ka1 $18) 18. Nxd7 Rc7 19. Nc5
dxc5 20. Rxd2 $18) 17. Nd5 Bxd5 (17... Qb7 18. h5 $5 (18. Nxb4 Rab8 19. c3 Bxc3
$1 20. bxc3 a5 $132)) 18. exd5 a5 19. h5 a4 20. hxg6 fxg6 (20... hxg6 21. Bd4
$16) 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Qc7 23. Rc1 (23. Qh4 $2 Qxc2+ 24. Ka1 h5 $17) (23.
Qe4 b3 $1 24. cxb3 axb3 25. axb3 (25. a3 $2 Qc2+ 26. Ka1 Rxa3+ $19) 25... Qa7)
23... Qc4 24. Qd2 $2 (24. Rh4 $5 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Rab8 26. Re1 $16) 24... Rf8 25.
Rhe1 Rf4 26. Rxe7 a3 27. b3 Qd4 28. Qxd4 Rxd4 29. Rh1 Rxd5 (29... h5 30. Re6
Kf7 31. Rxd6 Re8 $44) 30. Rexh7 Raa5 31. Kc1 Re5 32. f4 Re4 33. g3 Rc5 34. Rh8+
Kf7 35. R1h7+ Ke6 36. Re8+ Kd5 37. Rxe4 Kxe4 38. Rh6 Kf5 39. Kd2 Rd5+ 40. Ke3
Rc5 (40... Rd1 41. g4+ Kxg4 42. Rxg6+ Kf5 43. Rg5+ Kf6 44. Rb5 Ra1 45. Rxb4
Rxa2 46. Kd2 $18) 41. g4+ Kf6 42. Rh2 Rc3+ 43. Ke4 g5 44. f5 Rg3 45. Rh6+ Ke7
46. Re6+ Kd7 47. Kd5 (47. Rg6 Rxg4+ 48. Kd5 Rg2 49. Rg7+ Ke8 50. Ke6 Re2+ 51.
Kf6 Rxc2 52. Re7+ Kd8 53. Re1 Rxa2 54. Kg7 Rb2) 47... Rc3 48. Re2 $2 (48. Rxd6+
Kc7 (48... Ke7 49. Rc6 $18) 49. f6 Rxc2 50. f7 Rf2 51. Ra6 Kb7 52. Ra4 $18)
48... Rc5+ 49. Kd4 Rc3 50. Rf2 Rg3 51. f6 Rxg4+ 52. Kd5 Ke8 53. Ke6 Rf4 (53...
Re4+ 54. Kf5 $18) 54. Rh2 Rh4 55. Rd2 Re4+ 56. Kf5 Rf4+ 57. Kg6 g4 58. Re2+ (
58. Kg7 g3 59. Re2+ Kd7 60. f7 Rg4+ 61. Kh6 Rf4 62. Kg6 d5) 58... Kf8 59. Rh2
Kg8 60. Re2 Kf8 61. Rh2 Kg8 62. Rg2 g3 63. Rxg3 Rf2 64. Rg4 Rxc2 65. Rxb4 Rg2+
66. Kf5 Rxa2 67. Rb8+ Kh7 $2 (67... Kf7 68. Rb7+ Kf8 69. Ke6 Re2+ 70. Kxd6 a2
71. Ra7 Rb2 72. Ke6 Re2+ 73. Kd5 Rb2 74. Kc4 Rf2) 68. f7 Rf2+ 69. Ke6 a2 70.
Ra8 Kg7 71. Rg8+ Kh7 72. Rg1 $18 d5 73. Ke7 Re2+ 74. Kf8 Rf2 (74... d4 75. Rh1+
Kg6 76. Kg8) 75. b4 d4 76. b5 d3 77. b6 Rb2 78. Rh1+ Kg6 79. Kg8 Rb1 80. f8=Q
a1=Q 81. Qf7+ (81. Qf7+ Kg5 82. Rh5+ Kg4 83. Qf5+ Kg3 84. Rh3+ Kg2 85. Qf3+)
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Berndt, Stephan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Efimenko/Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 {Rogozenko} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7.
f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Rc5
14. Kb1 Re8 (14... b5 {Rogozenko: 'was considered obligatory few years ago.
These days 14...Re8 is more fashionable, but this is rather a temporary trend.'
} 15. g4 a5 (15... hxg4 16. h5 Nxh5 17. Rxh5 gxh5 18. Nd5 Re8 19. Qh2 Rxd5 20.
Bxd5 Qc8 21. Qxh5 $16 e6 22. Bb3 Qc5 23. f4 Nc4 24. Qxg4 Kf8 25. e5 dxe5 26. f5
Nxb2 27. f6 Na4 28. Qh4 Nc3+ 29. Ka1 Kg8 30. fxg7 f6 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. g8=Q+
Rxg8 33. Qxf6+ Ke8 34. Qd8+ Kf7 35. Qxd7+ Kg6 36. Qxe6+ Kxg5 37. Qxg8+ {
1:0, Vouldis-Tiviakov, Plovdiv 2003}) 16. gxh5 a4 (16... Nxh5 17. Nd5 $36) 17.
h6 Bh8 18. h7+ Nxh7 19. Bd5 b4 20. Nce2 Nxg5 21. hxg5 e6 22. Rxh8+ Kxh8 23. Nf4
Kg7 24. Bxe6 Nxf3 25. Nxf3 fxe6 26. Qxd6 Qc7 27. Qd4+ e5 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 29. Nd3
Rfe8 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. Qxd7+ Qxd7 32. Rxd7+ Kf8 33. b3 Rxe4 34. bxa4 Re5 35.
Kb2 Rxg5 36. Kb3 Rc5 37. Rd2 Ke7 38. Kxb4 Rc8 39. a5 g5 40. a6 Rb8+ 41. Ka5 {
1:0, Efimenko-Bromberger, EU-chT U18, Balatonlelle 2000}) 15. Bh6 {Rogozenko:
'The critical position. One must accept that it is pretty dubious for Black.'}
Nc4 {Rogozenko: 'White lost time with Bg5-h6, Black will lose a tempo with
Rc5xc4. On the other hand I think that with the rook on c5 Black must look for
something more reasonable than ...Nc4.'} ({Andere Möglichkeiten: I} 15... Qa5 {
'!?' Rogozenko.} 16. Bxg7 (16. g4 $5 {Rogozenko} hxg4 17. h5 $40) 16... Kxg7
17. Rhe1 Rec8 (17... b5 18. f4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Qd4 Rb8 22.
Ka1 Rb6 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Ng8 25. Na4 Qxa4 26. Qxc5 $16 {Enders-Adla,
Cappelle la Grande 1997, 1:0/50}) 18. f4 Neg4 19. Nf3 Bc6 20. Ng5 Be8 21. Qd4
$36 {R.Ponomariov-S.Tiviakov, FIDE-Wch k.o., Moskau 2001, 1:0/50}) ({II} 15...
Bh8 {Man sollte meinen, daß dies auch eine der Ideen von ...Re8 ist.} 16. g4
hxg4 $5 (16... Qa5 $6 17. g5 Nh7 18. f4 Nc4 19. Qd3 Na3+ 20. Kc1 e6 21. Nce2 d5
22. exd5 exd5 23. f5 $18 {1:0, Almasi-Golubev, Bundesliga 2003, 1:0/39}) 17. h5
Nxh5 18. Rxh5 (18. f4 Nc4 19. Qd3 b5 20. e5 Qc8 $1) 18... Nc4 {'!' Rogozenko.}
19. Bxc4 Rxh5 {'~~' Rogozenko.} (19... gxh5 20. Bb3) 20. fxg4 Bxg4 21. Rf1 $6 (
21. Qf4 $1 $16) 21... e6 22. Be3 Be5 23. Qf2 Rf8 {und remis in D.Isonzo - A.
Brkic, Leipzig 2002;}) 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 {Rogozenko: 'leads to the position from
the game'} 17. Bxg7 (17. Nb3 {gab Schwarz nach} Qc7 18. g4 {die Gelegenheit zu}
Rxc3 $1 {mit der Folge} 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. bxc3 hxg4 21. h5 gxf3 22. hxg6 fxg6
23. Rdf1 Bg4 24. Nd4 Rc8 25. Kb2 {remis, J.Nunn-S.Berndt, Bundesliga 2000})
17... Kxg7 18. Nd5 {'+/=' Rogozenko. Rogozenko: 'A good move. White secures a
slight, but long lasting advantage. 18.Nd5 scored extremely well in the
practice.'} (18. Rhe1 {Rogozenko} Qa5 19. Nb3 Qc7 {is approximately equal.}) (
18. g4 {(Rogozenko) is the main alternative to 18.Nd5.}) 18... Nxd5 $6 {
'?' Rogozenko. Rogozenko: 'This is just bad. It was proved that allowing White
to change the structure by taking on d5 with the pawn must be made only if
Black has very clear plan of counterplay. Here there is no counterplay at all
on the queenside for Black, while White quickly develop a kingside attack. He
can also combine it with the play on the e-file.'} ({Danach gerät Schwarz mehr
und mehr unter Druck. Zu prüfen sind noch: I} 18... e6 $2 19. Ne3 Rc8 20. Nb3
$16 {Rogozenko: '1-0 Ricardi,P-Cabrera,A/Cali 2001 (34)' , xd6}) ({II} 18... e5
{'>=' Rogozenko. scheint relativ am besten zu sein:} 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. Nb3 Re6
21. Rdf1 $5 (21. Qa5 Ra4 {Rogozenko: '1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Tiviakov,S/Moscow
2001 (36)'} 22. Qc3 (22. Qc7 $1 $14 {Rogozenko}) 22... Qd8 23. Rd2 Qb6 24. Nc1
Bb5 25. b3 Ra6 26. Rhd1 Qd8 27. g3 Rc6 28. Qe3 Qb6 29. Qxb6 Rxb6 30. Ka1 f5 31.
Ne2 fxe4 32. fxe4 Bxe2 33. Rxe2 Rf6 34. Kb2 Rc6 35. Rd3 Kf7 36. Rg2 {remis, R.
Ponomariov-S.Tiviakov, Moskau 2001}) (21. Qd3 {Rogozenko} b5 22. g3 Rc8 23. Rh2
Rb8 24. Rhd2 Qd8 25. Qe2 Qc7 26. f4 $36 {1-0 Novak,K-Schoene,M/Chalkidiki 2003
(59)}) 21... Qf4 22. Qxf4 exf4 23. Rd1 $14 {Rogozenko}) 19. exd5 {'+/-'
Rogozenko.} Rc5 {'?!' Rogozenko.} ({Alternativen, z.B.: I} 19... b5 20. g4 $5
hxg4 21. h5 $36) ({II} 19... Qc8 {Rogozenko: '1-0 Wendel,S-Reschke,S/Bad
Zwesten 2003 (59)'} 20. g4 $1 $40 {'+/-' Rogozenko.} (20. Rhe1 $6 Bf5 21. Re2
Rc5 22. Nxf5+ Qxf5 $13 {/=, S.Wendel-S.Reschke, Bad Zwesten 2003, 1:0/59})
20... Rh8 (20... hxg4 21. h5) 21. Rhe1 hxg4 22. Rxe7 Re8 23. Rxe8 Qxe8 (23...
Bxe8 24. h5) 24. Qf4 $1 Kg8 (24... Qe5 $2 25. Ne6+) 25. b3 Rc3 26. Kb2 Re3 27.
fxg4 Qe5 28. Rf1 $16) ({III} 19... e5 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21. Rhe1 {'+/-' Rogozenko.
Rogozenko: '1-0 Prie,E-Derieux,C/Cap d'Agde 2002 (31)'} Bd7 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23.
Qf4 d5 24. Qg5 Be6 25. Re1 Qd7 26. Qe5+ Kh7 27. Qf6 Bf5 28. Re7 Qxe7 29. Qxe7
Rxd4 30. Qxf7+ Kh6 31. Kc1 Rxh4 32. Qf8+ {1:0, E.Prie-C.Derieux, Cap d'Agde
2002}) (19... Qb6 $5 {Rogozenko} 20. g4 $140 hxg4 21. h5 Rxd4 {but the endgame
is worse for Black anyway.}) 20. Nb3 Rc4 {Rogozenko: 'Of course this does not
impress, but it is extremely difficult with Black to find anything. Such
positions represent probably the worst thing that can happen to a Dragon
player.'} 21. g4 $1 hxg4 $2 {Rogozenko: 'This is equivalent to resignation.'} (
{Erforderlich war freilich} 21... Rh8 {'>=' Rogozenko. , wenngleich Weiß nach
22.Qe2 oder 22.Nd4 auch angenehmer steht.} 22. Rde1 $5 $16 {[%csl Re7]
Rogozenko} hxg4 $140 23. h5 $40) 22. h5 {Der Angriff gegen den exponierten
König rollt nun fast wie von selbst.} g5 ({Oder z.B.: I} 22... Rh8 23. hxg6
fxg6 (23... Bf5 24. Nd4 Bxg6 25. fxg4 Qc8 26. Nf5+ $18) (23... gxf3 24. gxf7
Kxf7 25. Qd3 Rf4 (25... Rch4 26. Qxf3+ Ke8 27. Rxh4 Rxh4 28. Qg3 Rg4 29. Qh2
$18) 26. Rh7+ $18) 24. Na5 $1 Rc8 25. Qd4+ Kf7 26. fxg4 {'+-' Rogozenko.} Rxh1
27. Rxh1 Qg8 28. Qf4+ Kg7 29. Nxb7 $18) ({II} 22... gxf3 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qh6+
Kf6 (24... Kf7 25. Nd2 $40) 25. Nd4 $40) 23. Qxg5+ Kh7 24. Qe3 $18 {am
einfachsten} Qc8 25. Nd4 e5 (25... Qc5 {Rogozenko} 26. b3 Rb4 27. a3 (27. c3
Rb6 28. Qg5 Qxc3 29. h6 (29. fxg4 Rg8 30. Qxe7 Bxg4 31. Rhf1 Rg7 32. Rxf7 Bf5+
$3 33. Nxf5 Rxb3+ $11) 29... Rg8 30. Qxe7 Bf5+ 31. Nxf5 Rxb3+ $11) 27... Rb6
28. Qg5 $18 {[%csl Rb6,Re7][%cal Gh5h6]}) 26. dxe6 Bxe6 27. Qd3+ Kh8 28. Rhg1
Rg8 29. Qe3 Rg7 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qf6 Kh7 32. fxg4 Rc5 33. g5 Re5 34. g6+ fxg6
35. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Ashdod op"]
[Site "Ashdod"]
[Date "2004.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 {Another theoretical possibility is} (9. O-O-O) 9... Bd7 10. O-O-O
Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. Kb1 {White prefered more positional variation to more
aggressive one:} (12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 Re8 15. Bh6 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd5 $14 {1-0 Efimenko,Z-Berndt,S/Germany 2004/CBM 100/
[Efimenko/Meyer,CD] (35)}) 12... Nc4 {Main line. Black has some other
continuations, one of them is} (12... Re8 13. Bh6 $6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Rxc3 $1 15.
bxc3 a5 $1 $146 16. a4 $6 Qc7 17. h4 b5 $1 18. axb5 a4 19. Ba2 Rb8 20. Qd2 {
1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Hakki,I/Taiz 2004/CBM 101/[Tiviakov] (20)}) 13. Bxc4 Rxc4
14. g4 Qc7 {Black has the following alternatives:} (14... b5 {1-0 Motylev,
A-Solovjov,S/Moscow 1999/CBM 070/[Rogozenko] (23)}) (14... Qb8 {1/2-1/2
Ganguly,S-Abu Sufian,S/Doha 2003/CBM 094/[Rogozenko] (43)}) (14... Qa5 {
1-0 Svidler,P-Golubev,M/Baden Baden 2002/CBM 088/[Rogozenko] (33)}) (14... Be6
$6 {1-0 Polzin,R-Watson,W/Germany 2001/CBM 087/[Rogozenko] (38)}) 15. g5 Nh5
16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Ne2 $1 {White's main idea is to change the knights on g3, thus,
forcing black to open the "h" file for attack. Another white's possibility is
to change black's fianchetted bishop with Be3-d4.} Be6 {Black cannot suffer
white's knight on d5 for a long time, therefore, he changes it.} 18. b3 {
driving away the black rook from the active position. White tried also:} (18.
Ng3 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee 1999/CBM 069/[Rogozenko] (29)})
18... Rc8 19. Bd4 $146 {White prefers to change the dark-squared bishop to
other possibilities:} (19. Ng3 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bc3 21. Qe2 Qa5 22. Nxh5 gxh5 23.
Bd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Timmermans,I-Schneider,A/Budapest 2002/EXT 2003 (75)}) (19.
Bxa7 $2 Bxd5 20. exd5 b6 21. Qe3 $2 Qc7 22. Nd4 Qxa7 23. Nc6 Qxa2+ {0-1
Eckersley Waites,T-Bareham,D/West Bromwich 2004/CBM 103 ext (23)}) (19. Ndf4
Nxf4 20. Bxf4 a5 21. h4 a4 $36 {0-1 Sdunzik,J-Beltz,C/Winterberg 2002/CBM 088
ext (32)}) 19... Bxd5 20. exd5 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 {Now white's main plan is putting
pressure along the "e" file on the black's e7 pawn. In opposite, black has to
develop the counterplay on the queenside.} Rc5 22. c4 a6 {preparing b7-b5.} 23.
Rhe1 {White continues to consolidate his forces. The next stage of his plan is
adding the rooks along the "e" file.} Qd7 24. a4 $14 {White's chances are
slightly better, thanks to more active pieces. White's plan is simple and
clear- the pressure on the e7 pawn, while, black has some difficulties to open
up the game on the queenside.} b5 {Black had to start counterplay immediately.}
25. axb5 axb5 26. Nxb5 Rb8 27. Kb2 $1 {liberating the 1-st rank for the rooks
and protecting the b3 pawn.} Ng7 {[%tqu "En","Please enter the strongest
continuation for white.","","","b5d4","",10]} 28. Nd4 $1 {transfering the
knight to c6, thus, forcing black to sacrifice an exchange.} Rxc4 (28... Nf5
29. Nc6 $14) 29. Nc6 Rxc6 30. dxc6 Qxc6 31. Rxe7 $16 {White is an exchange up,
his pieces are more active, but black still keeps some chances, due to
vulnerable location of white's monarch.} Qxf3 32. Re3 Qb7 33. Qd5 Qa7 34. Re4 {
White succeeded to centralize his forces, that make them more active.} Nf5 35.
Rde1 {threatening with the invasion to e8.} Kf8 ({In case of} 35... Kg7 {
white replies} 36. h4 $1 $16 {with following h4-h5.}) 36. Qc6 $1 $18 Qa8 {
The only way to avoid bigger material loses.} (36... Kg7 {loses, in view of}
37. Qc3+ $18) (36... Qa5 37. Re8+ Rxe8 38. Rxe8+ Kg7 39. Qc3+ $18) 37. Qxa8
Rxa8 38. b4 $6 (38. Ra4 {won immediately:} Rc8 (38... Rb8 39. Kc3 $18) 39. b4
$18 Rc4 40. Ra8+ Kg7 41. Ree8 $18) 38... Rb8 39. Rd1 f6 40. h4 Kf7 41. Kb3 {
Black lost on time in technically winning position for white.} 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Farago, Sandor"]
[Black "Szalanczy, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O (10. h4 $1) 10... Rc8 (10... Qb8 $5) 11. Bb3 Ne5 12.
h4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h5 (14. g4 Qc7 $1 $14) 14... Nxh5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Rh4
$6 (16. Rh2 Qc7 $1 17. Nd5 (17. Rdh1 Rxc3 $1 (17... Rc8 $2 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19.
exd5 h6 20. b3 $1 $18 (20. Rxh6 $2 Bxh6 21. Rxh6 Qc5 $1 $19) (20. Kb1 Qc5 21.
Nf5 Qb5 $1 $17)) 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Rc8 $44) (17. g5 Nh5 18. Nd5 Qd8 19.
Nf5 $1 (19. Rxh5 gxh5 20. Qh2 f6 21. Qxh5 (21. gxf6 Bxf6 22. Qxh5 Qe8 23. Nxf6+
Rxf6 24. Qd5+ Qf7 25. Qxb7 e5 $1 26. Nb3 Ba4 27. Qa8+ Qf8 28. Qxa7 Rxf3 $17)
21... Qe8 22. Qh4 fxg5 23. Qxg5 Rf7 $17) 19... gxf5 $1 (19... Bxf5 20. exf5 $40
) 20. Rxh5 fxe4 21. Qh2 Bf5 22. Rh1 exf3 23. c3 Be5 $3 24. Bf4 $1 (24. Nf4 Qa5
$17) 24... Bxf4+ 25. Nxf4 Qa5 $1 $10) 17... Nxd5 18. exd5 e5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20.
Rdh1 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 (21. Rxh7 Rxc2+ 22. Qxc2 Bxe3+ 23. Kb1 Qxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Rf7
$17) 21... Rf7 $15) 16... e5 $1 (16... Qc7 $5) 17. Nb3 Rxc3 $1 (17... Nxe4 18.
Qh2 $13) 18. bxc3 Nxe4 19. Qh2 Ng5 20. Nd2 (20. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 21. Kb1 h6 22. Rxd6
Bc6 $17) 20... Bc6 21. Rf1 (21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. Rxh7 Bxf3 $17) 21... f5 (21... h6
$2 22. Rxh6 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Ne6 24. Rh1 $18) 22. gxf5 Rxf5 23. Rg1 (23. Bxg5 Qxg5
24. Rxh7 Bxf3 $17) 23... Qf6 24. f4 (24. Bxg5 Rxg5 25. Rxg5 Qxg5 26. Rxh7 Bxf3
$17) 24... Ne6 $1 25. fxe5 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 dxe5 $19 27. Ne4 Nf4 28. Ng3 Rf8 29.
Bxa7 Ra8 30. Bc5 Rxa2 31. Kb1 Ra4 32. Kb2 h5 33. Rh2 Rc4 34. Bd6 Kf7 35. Nf1
Bf6 36. Nd2 Ra4 37. Kb3 Ra6 38. Bc5 g5 39. Be3 h4 40. Bc5 Ke6 41. Kb2 Bd5 42.
c4 Bc6 43. Nb3 Kf5 44. Bf2 Ra4 45. Nd2 Ra8 46. Nf1 Ke6 47. Ne3 Ne2 48. Rd1 e4+
49. Kb3 Nd4+ 50. Kb4 b6 51. Rhh1 Ra4+ 52. Kc3 b5 53. cxb5 (53. Rxd4 b4+ $19)
53... Bxb5 54. Kb2 Nxc2+ 55. Kxc2 Ra2+ 56. Kb3 Rxf2 57. Ng4 Rf3+ 58. Kb4 Be2
59. Rc1 Be7+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 09th final"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1993.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Boudre, Jean Pierre"]
[Black "Koch, Jean Rene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1993.12.10"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "La Dame Blanche Auxerre"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. Nb3 (15. Nde2) 15... Qc7 16. Bd4 Bc6 (16... Be6 17. g4 $5 {
Tukmakov-Sosonko/Amsterdam/1974/} hxg4 18. h5 Rc8 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Qg5 (20.
fxg4 Bxg4 21. Nd5 (21. Rdg1 $1 e5 $1 22. Rxg4 Nxg4 23. Nd5 Qf7 24. Qg5 $13)
21... Qd7 $17) 20... Bf7 21. Nd5 Qd8 $1 22. Bxf6 exf6 23. Qxg4 f5 $17) 17. Rhe1
(17. Qe2) 17... b5 (17... e5 18. Be3 Rd8 19. Qd3 (19. Bg5 $5) 19... b5 20. Nd2
d5 21. Nxc4 bxc4 $44 {Bucciardini-Poli,G/Italy-41ch/1991-92/}) 18. e5 (18. Nd5
Bxd5 19. exd5 {Lupo,A-Pecis,G/ITA Master-ch/1985/} Rc8 $1 20. c3 a5 $132) 18...
dxe5 19. Bxe5 Qb6 {Black is just able to keep the balance.} 20. Bd4 Qc7 21. Be5
Qb6 22. Bd4 Qc7 23. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Odorheiu Secuiesc zt"]
[Site "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ninov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Dumitrache, Dragos Nicolae"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 h5 13. Bh6 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[#]} 16. Nd5 {[#]} (16. g4) (16. Kb1 e5 (16... Qa5 17. Nb3 Qc7 (
17... Qe5 $5 {Winslow,E}) 18. g4 hxg4 19. h5 gxf3 20. Rdg1 $40 {Short,N-Fleck/
BRD/1986}) (16... a6 17. g4 $5 (17. Nde2 {Rogers,S-Kudrin,I/London/1987})) 17.
Nde2 (17. Ndb5 $2 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qb6 $1 19. Nc3 Rfc8 20. Qxd6 $4 (20. Ka1 $15)
20... R8c6 21. Qe7 Rxc3 22. Rd8 Qc5 $19) (17. Nb3)) (16. Rhe1) 16... Nxd5 $146
(16... e5 $142 17. Ne2 (17. Nb3 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qc7 19. Qd2 Rc8 20. c3 Rc6 21. g4
Rh8 $1 22. Rdg1 Qd8 $1 23. g5 Be6 24. Kb1 Qb6 $15 {Vehi Bach,V-Komljenovic,D/
San Sebastian/1993}) 17... Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qxd6 Qa5 20. Nc3 Rxc3 21. bxc3
Qxc3 22. Qd3 Qa5 23. a3 Rc8 24. Kb2 Qb6+ 25. Ka1 Qa5 26. Kb2 Qb6+ {1/4/Yurtaev,
L-Nadyrhanov,S/Bishek zt/1993}) 17. exd5 a5 18. g4 hxg4 19. h5 {[#]} g5 20. b3
$6 {><c3} (20. Qxg5+ Kh7 (20... Kh8 $2 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. fxg4 $18) 21. Nf5 Bxf5
22. Qxf5+ Kh8 23. fxg4 Qc8 24. Rde1 $16) 20... Rc5 21. Qxg5+ Kh7 (21... Kh8 $2
22. fxg4 {/\ 23.Qh6,24.g5,25.g6}) 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5+ Kh8 24. fxg4 a4 $44 {
[#]} 25. Qe4 axb3 26. axb3 Qa5 27. Qd4+ f6 28. b4 Qa3+ 29. Kd2 Qa4 30. c3 Qa2+
31. Ke3 Rc4 32. Ra1 Qb3 33. Ra3 Rxd4 34. Rxb3 Rxg4 {[#]} 35. Kf3 Rg5 36. c4
Rfg8 37. Re3 Rg3+ 38. Ke2 Rg2+ 39. Kd3 Ra8 $10 40. Rc1 (40. Rxe7 $4 Ra3+ 41.
Kd4 Rd2+ $19) 40... Raa2 41. c5 $1 {/\ 42.c6, passed pawn} (41. Rxe7 $4 Ra3+
$19) 41... Rad2+ 42. Ke4 f5+ $1 (42... Rg4+ $2 43. Kf3 $1 (43. Kf5 $2 Rxb4 $1)
43... Rxb4 44. c6 $16) 43. Kxf5 Rxd5+ 44. Ke6 Rxh5 45. Kxe7 dxc5 46. Rxc5 Rxc5
47. bxc5 Rb2 48. Re6 Rb5 49. Kf7 Kh7 50. Re5 Kh6 51. Rd5 Ra5 52. Kf6 Rb5 53.
Kf7 Ra5 54. Rf5 Rb5 55. Re5 Ra5 56. Ke6 Kg6 57. Kd6 Kf6 58. Re6+ Kf5 59. Re5+
Kf6 60. Re1 Rb5 61. Rf1+ Kg7 62. Rf3 Kg6 63. Rf8 Kg7 64. Rc8 Kf6 65. Rc7 Kf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Santo Roman, Marc"]
[Black "Koch, Jean Rene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 b5 15.
Rhe1 a5 (15... Re8 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. e5 b4 19. Ncb5 Nd5 20. Nxd6
Nc3+ 21. Ka1 Qa5 $17 {Mandl - Fleck, Bundesliga 1986/87.}) 16. f4 Nc4 (16...
Neg4 17. a3 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. exd5 f6 22. Nc6
Bxc6 23. dxc6 fxg5 24. hxg5 Qc7 25. Qxb4 Qxc6 26. Rxe7 d5 $15 {Santo Roman -
Koch, Frankreich (ch) 1990.}) 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. e5 b4 (18... Bg4 $2 19. Bxf6
exf6 20. e6 $18 {Beljavsky - Hübner, Tilburg 1986.}) 19. Qd3 $6 (19. exf6 exf6
20. Qd3 Rc5 21. Ne4 Rc7 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Re3 $14) 19... Rxc3 $1 {Ein
bekanntes Qualitätsopfer, das schon 1989 in New in chess yearbook ver-
öffentlicht wurde.} 20. bxc3 Nd5 21. Nb5 Nxc3+ 22. Nxc3 bxc3 23. Ka1 Bf5 24.
Qa6 f6 25. exf6 exf6 26. Rxd6 Qc8 27. Qa7 fxg5 28. Re7 Bh8 (28... Bh6 29. hxg5
Qc4 30. Rd1 Be6 31. Rxe6 Qxe6 32. gxh6 $16) 29. Qb6 $1 {Mit Mattdrohung.} Bg7
$8 (29... Qc4 $4 30. Rxg6+ $1 $18) 30. Qa7 (30. Rxg6 Rf7 $1 $13) 30... Bh8 31.
Qb6 Bg7 32. Qa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {VonGleich} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7.
f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 h5 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Kb1 Nc4
14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nde2 b5 $6 (15... Be6 $142) 16. Bh6 $1 b4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 (
17... bxc3 $4 18. Qh6 $18) 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qb6 $146 (19... Qa5 20. b3 $1
(20. Rhe1 Bf5 21. Nd4 Qxd5 22. Rxe7 Rfc8 23. Rxa7 Qc5 24. Nxf5+ Qxf5 25. Rc1
Qc5 $44 {Gruchaz,R-Miles,A/USA/1980 0-1()/ Inf 30/422}) (20. g4 Rh8 21. b3 Rc7
22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. Qe4 Qc5 24. Nd4 Kg7 25. Rh2 Bc8 26. Nc6 a5 27. Qd4+ Qxd4 28.
Rxd4 e5 29. Rc4 Ba6 30. Re4 Bb7 $15 {Rachels,S-Kudrin,S/Dayton/1991 0-1 (53)})
20... Rc5 (20... Rc7 $5) 21. g4 $1 Rfc8 (21... Rh8 $5) 22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. Rd2 $16
{Wolff,P-Georgiev,Ki/Biel izt/1993/1/2-1/2/48/}) 20. b3 Rc7 21. g4 Rfc8 (21...
Rh8 22. gxh5 Rxh5 23. Ng3 $16) 22. Nd4 Rc5 23. gxh5 $1 $16 Rxd5 24. hxg6 e5 25.
gxf7 (25. Nf5+ {Von Gleich} Bxf5 26. Qxd5 Bxc2+ (26... fxg6) 27. Ka1 fxg6 28.
Qxd6 Bxd1 29. Qxe5+ Qf6 30. Qxf6+ Kxf6 31. Rxd1 Rc3) 25... Rxd4 (25... exd4 26.
Rhg1+ Kh7 27. Qf4 Rf5 28. Qg3 $18) 26. Rdg1+ Kxf7 27. Qh6 Rf8 (27... Ke7 {
Von Gleich} 28. Rg7+ Kd8 29. Qf6+ Kc7 30. h5 Qc6) 28. Rg7+ Ke8 29. Rxd7 Kxd7
30. Qxf8 Rf4 31. Qg7+ Kc6 32. h5 Qe3 33. Qg8 Qxf3 34. Qa8+ Kd7 $2 (34... Kb6
35. Qb8+ Kc6 36. Rc1 Qxh5 37. Qxa7 (37. c3 $2 Qf5+ 38. Ka1 Rf1 $1) 37... Rd4
$16) 35. Qxa7+ $18 Ke6 36. Qg1 Rg4 37. Qc1 Rg2 38. h6 Rg8 39. h7 Rh8 40. Rh6+
Kf7 41. Rxd6 Qf5 42. Qg1 1-0

[Event "Budapest Honved"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Farago, Sandor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Rc5 (
13... Nc4 14. Qe2 Na5 15. Kb1 a6 {Mit der Drohung, den Springer d4 zu fangen.}
16. g4 e5 17. gxh5 $1 exd4 18. Nd5 Nxb3 19. h6 $1 Bb5 20. Qh2 d3 21. cxb3 $18 {
Nunn - Mestel, London 1986.}) 14. Kb1 b5 15. g4 a5 (15... hxg4 16. h5 Rxc3 17.
bxc3 Nxf3 $1 18. Nxf3 Nxe4 19. Qh2 Nxc3+ 20. Kc1 Qa5 21. hxg6 Nxa2+ 22. Bxa2
Qa3+ 23. Kd2 Qc3+ 24. Kc1 Qa3+ $10 {Lanka - Smirin, URS 1989.}) 16. Bxf6 (16.
gxh5 a4 (16... Nxh5 {Boensch} 17. Nd5 Re8 18. a3 Nc4 19. Qd3 Be6 20. c3 Bxd5
21. exd5 Qc8 22. Nc6 Nxa3+ $17 {Short,N-Georgiev,Kir Novi Sad (ol) 1990}) 17.
h6 Bh8 18. Bd5 Kh7 $1 $15 {Ulibin - Savchenko, Simferopol 1988. Weiss kommt
mit seinem Angriff nicht weiter.}) 16... Bxf6 17. gxh5 a4 18. Bd5 e6 19. hxg6
exd5 20. h5 Bg5 (20... Rxc3 {Boensch} 21. bxc3 Bg5 $13) 21. f4 $1 {Eine
Empfehlung von Nunn in "Beating the Sicilian 2".} (21. Qg2 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Nc4
23. Rdg1 Qa5 $1 24. Qxg5 Qxc3 25. gxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qxd5+ Ke8 27. Qa8+ $10 {
Wiech - Nizynski, Polen 1987.}) 21... Bh6 22. Nxd5 Nc4 23. Qg2 Rxd5 24. gxf7+
Kh8 25. Qg6 Rxf7 (25... Bxf4 26. exd5 (26. Rdg1 $18 {Boensch}) 26... Qe7 27.
Ne6 $18) 26. Qxf7 Rc5 27. Rdg1 Qe8 28. Qf6+ Kh7 29. Qg6+ Qxg6 30. hxg6+ Kg7 31.
Rxh6 Kxh6 32. g7 Rc8 33. g8=Q Rxg8 34. Rxg8 $18 Nd2+ 35. Kc1 Nxe4 36. f5 Kh7
37. Rd8 Nf6 38. Ne6 Be8 39. Rxd6 Ne4 40. Rd4 Nf6 41. Nc7 Bd7 42. Rd6 Kg7 43.
Nd5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Reeh} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Ne5 11. Bb3 h5 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1
b5 15. g4 a5 16. gxh5 Nxh5 17. Nd5 Re8 18. Nf4 {This extremely sharp version
of the Dragon variation in the Sicilian Defence remains an enigma even for the
greatest experts. In complicated variations players are only gradually
uncovering the objective truth.} a4 (18... Nxf4 {The exchange of the knights
on f4 is luring the white queen closer to the sector, where her army is trying
to attack the black king. Praxis and analyses have proven that the first
player has the better chances.} 19. Qxf4 Nc4 (19... a4 20. Bd5 Qc8 21. h5 gxh5
22. Bh6 Rxd5 23. Bxg7 Rxd4 24. Bxe5 $18 {Rodriguez Lopez,R-Raineri,P/Vendrell
op 1996}) 20. Qg3 (20. h5 f6 21. Bxf6 $5 {The sacrifice of the bishop opens
the kingside dangerously.} (21. hxg6 Rxg5 22. Qh4 Kf8 (22... a4 $1) 23. f4 Rg4
24. Qh5 Qa8 $1 $19 {0-1 Kulaots,K (2415)-Rogozenco,D (2490)/Chemnitz 1997 (30)}
) (21. Bh6 $2 g5 $19) 21... exf6 (21... Bxf6 $2 22. hxg6 $18) 22. hxg6 (22.
Qxd6 Qe7 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. hxg6 a4 25. Bxc4+ bxc4 26. Rh4 c3 27. bxc3 Re8 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Lanin,B-Miller,J/IECG Email 2000/ (35)}) 22... Qe7 23. Rh7 f5 $15 {
Black seems to be keeping somewhat better prospects.}) (20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. c3 f6
22. Qg3 fxg5 23. hxg5 Qb6 24. f4 Rb8 {0-1 Kulaots,K (2405)-Macieja,B (2460)/
Lyngby 1996 (30)}) 20... a4 (20... Qb6 21. h5 $1 (21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. c3 e5 23.
Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 d5 25. Be3 $2 (25. h5 Rb5 26. Rh2 d4 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Qh4
Rb8 29. Bc1 Qf6 $14) 25... d4 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. cxd4 c3 28. Rh2 exd4 $19 {
1-0 Rodriguez Lopez,R (2435)-Marin,M (2515)/Barcelona 1993 (34)}) 21... a4 22.
Bxc4 bxc4 23. hxg6 Rxg5 (23... fxg6 24. Bc1 $1 $16) 24. Qxg5 Rb8 25. b3 (25.
gxf7+ Kxf7 26. b3 cxb3 27. cxb3 (27. axb3 axb3 28. Nxb3 $16) 27... axb3 28.
Nxb3 Qf2 29. Qd2 Qc5 {0-1 Kiss,G-Farago,S/Budapest FS04 IM 1997/ (33)} 30. Rdg1
$16) 25... axb3 26. cxb3 cxb3 27. a4 $18) 21. Bxc4 bxc4 (21... Rxc4 22. Qg1 $5)
22. h5 (22. c3 $2 a3 $17 {1/2-1/2 Erdogdu,M (2440)-Cifka,S (2439)/Pardubice
2008 (41)} 23. Bc1 Qa5 24. Rh2 Ra8 25. f4 axb2 26. Rxb2 Rc7 27. Rdd2 Bxd4 28.
Rxd4 Rb7 $19 {1/2-1/2 Erdogdu,M (2440)-Cifka,S (2439)/Pardubice 2008 (41)})
22... Qa5 23. Bd2 $1 $146 (23. Rhg1 Rb8 24. hxg6 f6 25. Bc1 c3 26. b3 $2 (26.
Rd3 Rh5 27. Qe1 cxb2 28. Bd2 $11) 26... axb3 27. cxb3 c2+ 28. Nxc2 Rxc2 29.
Kxc2 Qxa2+ {0-1 Dragicevic,D (2302)-Polzin,R (2520)/Pardubice 2008/ (37)})
23... c3 $8 (23... Qb6 24. hxg6 $18) 24. Bxc3 Rxc3 $8 25. hxg6 Qe5 (25... Rc5
26. e5 $1 (26. Rh7 $2 Rg5 $19) (26. gxf7+ Kxf7 27. e5 Rg8) 26... Rxc2 (26... f5
27. Rh7 Rxe5 28. Qh4 Qd5 (28... Rb8 29. Rh8+ Bxh8 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qf7#) 29.
Rg1 $1 (29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qh7+ Kf6 31. Qh4+ Kg7 $11) 29... Rb8 (29... Re3 30.
Rh8+ Bxh8 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. g7+ $18) 30. Rh8+ Bxh8 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qxh8+ Qg8
33. g7+ Kf7 34. Qh5+ Kf6 35. Qg6#) (26... Rxe5 27. gxf7+ Kxf7 28. f4 Rf5 (28...
Rh5 29. Rdg1 Rg8 30. Qg6+ $18) (28... Rd5 29. Rdg1 Rg8 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. Rh8 $1
$18) 29. Rh7 ({After} 29. Rdg1 Rg8 30. Rh7 (30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. Rh8 Rf7 $1) 30...
Rf6 31. Rxg7+ Rxg7 32. Qxg7+ Ke8 33. Rh1 $16) 29... Rg8 30. Rg1 Rf6 31. Rxg7+
Rxg7 32. Qxg7+ Ke8 33. Qg8+ (33. Rh1 Rf8 34. a3 $16) 33... Rf8 34. Qg6+ Kd8 35.
Qe4 $16) 27. gxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qf4+ Kg8 29. Nxc2 Qxe5 30. Qxe5 Bxe5 31. Rh5 $16) (
25... f5 $2 26. Rh7 $1 {The ideas connected with the sacrifice of the rook on
the h8-square will decide the game in favour of White's attack.} Rb8 (26... Qe5
27. Qh4 Qf6 (27... Re3 28. Rh8+ $18) 28. Qxf6 exf6 29. bxc3 fxe4 30. fxe4 Rxe4
31. Rdh1 $18) (26... fxe4 27. Qh2 Qd5 (27... Qe5 28. Rh8+) 28. Rh1 $18) 27. Qh4
Rxb2+ (27... Qe5 28. Rh8+ Bxh8 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qf7#) 28. Kxb2 Qb4+ 29. Ka1
Bxd4 30. Rh8+ $1 Kg7 31. Rg8+ {1-0 Motylev,A (2710)-Feller,S (2570)/Ohrid 2009/
}) 26. Qxe5 dxe5 27. bxc3 exd4 28. gxf7+ Kxf7 29. cxd4 a3 (29... Rb8+ 30. Kc1
a3 31. c3 Be6 32. Rd2 Rc8 33. Rc2 Bd7 34. Kd2 $16) (29... Rc8 $5) 30. Rd3 Rc8
31. Rh5 $14 {White should be better with his massive pawn centre, but the two
bishops still have lot of life in them.}) (18... Nc4 $6 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Nxh5
Rxd4 21. Qg2 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qc7 (22... Bf8 23. Nf4 Bg7 24. Nd5 $16) 23. Nxg7
Kxg7 24. h5 $16 {1-0 Smirnov,P (2609)-Konguvel,P (2366)/Chennai 2004 (32)}) 19.
Bd5 {White is most probably forced to play towards the centre, otherwise his
opponent can eliminate the bishop on b3.} (19. Nxh5 axb3 (19... gxh5 20. Bd5
Rxd5 (20... Kh7 21. Rhg1 $16) 21. exd5 Nc4 22. Qe2 (22. Qe1 Qb6 23. Rg1 Kh8 24.
Be3 $16) 22... Qa5 23. Rhg1 Kh8 (23... a3 $2 24. Bh6 $18) 24. Bc1 a3 25. Nb3 (
25. Rxg7 axb2 26. Bxb2 Ra8 27. a3 Nxa3+ 28. Kc1 Nc4 29. Nb3 Qa2 30. Bd4 Qa3+
31. Kb1 Qa2+ $11) 25... axb2 26. Bxb2 (26. Nxa5 $4 Na3#) 26... Na3+ (26... Bxb2
$4 27. Nxa5) 27. Kc1 (27. Bxa3 Qxa3 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Rg1+ Kf8 30. Qd2 e5 31.
Qh6+ Ke7 32. Rg7 $16) 27... Bxb2+ 28. Kxb2 Qb4 (28... Nc4+ 29. Qxc4 $18) 29.
Qe1 Nc4+ 30. Ka1 Qa3 31. Qc3+ f6 32. Rd3 Ra8 (32... Bf5 33. Nd4 (33. Rdd1 $2
Ra8 $19) 33... Bxd3 34. Qxa3 Nxa3 35. cxd3 $16) 33. Nc1 Qc5 (33... Bf5 $1 34.
Qxa3 Nxa3 35. Rc3 Nxc2+ 36. Kb2 Nb4 37. Rd1 $16) 34. Re1 $18 {1-0 McShane,L 
(2455)-Dunnington,A (2420)/London 1997/ (37)}) 20. Nxg7 (20. Nxb3 Nc4 21. Qg2
Bxb2 $1 (21... Rxg5 22. hxg5 gxh5 23. Rdg1 $11) 22. Nxc5 dxc5 $17) 20... Nxf3 (
20... bxa2+ 21. Ka1 Kxg7 22. h5 $40) 21. Qf2 (21. Nxf3 bxc2+ 22. Ka1 cxd1=Q+
23. Qxd1 (23. Rxd1 Kxg7 $19) 23... Kxg7 24. h5 Bg4 25. hxg6 Rh8 $19) 21...
bxa2+ 22. Ka1 Nxd4 (22... Kxg7 23. Qxf3 $18) 23. Qxd4 (23. Nxe8 $4 Nxc2+ $19)
23... Rc4 $14 {White is slightly better, but the position remains a fighting
one.}) 19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 {Recapturing with the pawn is opening the
b-file for the counter attack against white king. There are truly chances
opening up.} (20... Rxc4 $6 21. Nf5 $1 Nxf4 (21... Bxf5 22. Nxh5 gxh5 23. exf5
Qc8 24. Rdg1 Kh7 (24... Kh8 25. f6 $18) 25. Qd3 Kh8 26. Be3 Bf6 27. Rg5 $16)
22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Bxf4 $16) 21. Nxh5 c3 (21... gxh5 22. Rdg1 Kh7 23. Be3 a3 24.
Qc3 (24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qg5+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29.
Rg1+ Bg4 30. Qg5+ Kf8 31. fxg4 Qd4 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qg5+ $11) 24... Bf6 25.
Qxa3 Qa5 26. Qxa5 Rxa5 27. c3 $14) 22. Qe3 $2 {Areshchenko is trusting his own
initiative and underestimates the activity of his opponent.} (22. bxc3 gxh5 23.
Rhg1 Kh7 24. Be3 Rg8 $14) 22... Qb6 23. b3 gxh5 {Black is finding it hard to
make decisions as the position is too complicated. A possible improvement
might be exchanging pawns on b3.} (23... axb3 $5 24. cxb3 (24. Nxb3 Ra8 25. Rd3
gxh5 26. Rg1 Qa6 27. Kc1 Qxa2 28. Kd1 Ba4 $17) 24... gxh5 25. Bh6 Bf6 26. Rdg1+
Kh7 27. Rg2 Qa5 $15) 24. Bh6 Bf6 25. Bg5 Bg7 (25... axb3 26. Nxb3 Bxg5 27. Rdg1
Rb8 28. Rxg5+ Kf8 29. Rxc5 Qxc5 $11) 26. Bh6 Bf6 {Reeh: It may well be that
the move repetion is best here, but what White player would seriously consider
that in this position? Reeh: Es kann durchaus sein, dass die Zugwiederholung
hier das beste ist, aber welcher Weißspieler würde in dieser Stellung
ernsthaft daran denken?} 27. Rhg1+ Kh7 28. Qf4 axb3 29. axb3 Qa6 $2 {In highly
charged positions chess is often a tragedy of a single tempo. The queen on a6
is not controlling the square g1 and this will become Corrales' undoing.  Reeh:
'One single slip - and it's all over.' Reeh: 'Ein einziger Fehlgriff - und
alles ist vorbei.'} ({Before thinking about his own attack, Black should have
blocked the g-file: Bevor er an seinen eigenen Angriff denkt, hätte Schwarz
die g-Linie plombieren müssen:} 29... Bg4 $3 {Reeh} 30. fxg4 Ra8 {, and now it
is the white king who will be hunted down: , und nun ist es der weiße König,
dem es an den Kragen geht:} 31. Bf8 Rg5 $3 (31... Rxf8 $2 32. Nf5 {and White
wins. und Weiß siegt.}) 32. hxg5 Qa7 33. Qf5+ Kg8 $19) 30. Bg7 $1 Bxg7 (30...
Bg5 {(Reeh) doesn't help on account of hilft nicht wegen} 31. Qxf7 $1 ({
but not nicht aber} 31. Rxg5 $4 Ra8)) 31. Rxg7+ ({Not Nicht} 31. Qxf7 {Reeh}
Rg8 32. Nf5 Rxf5 33. exf5 Be8 {and Black holds. und Schwarz hält sich.}) 31...
Kxg7 32. Rg1+ Bg4 33. Ne6+ $1 {[%mdl 128] Reeh: 'The coup-de-grace.' Reeh:
'Der Gnadenstoß.'} ({Instead, victory would have been spoilt by Den Sieg
verschenkt hätte dagegen} 33. fxg4 $2 {(Reeh)} e6 {and the black king escapes
via f8. und der schwarze König entkommt über f8.}) 33... Kg6 (33... fxe6 {Reeh}
34. fxg4 {and there is no defence against 35.gxh5+ followed by mate. und es
gibt keine Verteidigung gegen 35.gxh5+ nebst Matt.}) 34. fxg4 f6 35. Nxc5 dxc5
36. g5 Qa3 37. gxf6+ Kf7 38. fxe7+ 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Bg5 (13. Bh6 Bxh6 14.
Qxh6 Rxc3 $132) (13. g4 hxg4 14. h5) 13... Rc5 {Sosonko} 14. Rhe1 (14. f4 Nc4
15. Qd3 b5 16. e5 Ng4 17. Ne4 Rd5 18. Nxd6 Ncxe5 $1 $17 {Ljubojevic-Miles/Riga
izt/1979}) 14... b5 (14... Qa5 $5 15. Kb1 Re8 $1 (15... Rfc8 $6 16. Nd5 Qxd2
17. Rxd2 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rxe7 $16) 16. f4 (16. a3 $5) (16.
Nde2 {/\ Nf4} Be6 $1 17. Nf4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. b3 $2 Bxb3 $19) (16. Nd5
Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nc4 $1 $15) 16... Nc4 $1 (16... Nc6 17. e5 $1 dxe5
18. Bxf7+ $3 Kxf7 19. Nb3 Qb4 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Bxf6 $18) (16... Neg4 17. e5 $1
$18) 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Bxf6 $1 (18. Nb3 Qa6 19. e5 Ng4 (19... Nh7 $5) 20. exd6
(20. Nd5 dxe5 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Bxe7 Bf5 23. Rc1 exf4 $19) 20... Bxc3 21. bxc3
e6 $1 22. Be7 Rec8 $17) (18. e5 Nd5 $1) 18... Bxf6 19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Nxf6+ exf6
21. Rxd2 f5 22. b3 Rc3 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. cxd3 fxe4 25. dxe4 Bf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 {
Beliavsky,A-Georgiev,Ki/Wijk/1985/}) 15. f4 (15. g4 hxg4 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4
bxc4 18. e5 Qb6 19. Bxf6 Rb8 20. Qg2 exf6 21. e6 fxe6 22. Qxg4 e5 23. Qxd7
Qxb2+ 24. Kd2 exd4 25. Ne4 c3+ 26. Kd3 Qb5+ 27. Qxb5 $14 {Gruenfeld,Y-Partos,C/
Biel/1981/}) 15... Nc4 (15... b4 $6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. fxe5 $1 $16) (15... Neg4
16. e5 dxe5 (16... b4) (16... a5 17. e6 $1 {Gazik,I-Ferreiera/Groningen/
1979-80/}) 17. fxe5 b4 (17... Rxe5 18. Nc6 $1 $16 {Dubenko-Bobylev/corr/1987/})
(17... Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Rxe5 19. Nf3 Rc5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ne4 Rc7 22. Nxf6+ exf6
23. Qh6 Qe7 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Qh6+ $10 {
Scheidt-Ehrler/Ufr M I/1987/}) 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Bc8 20. Qxb4 Qc7 21. Bxe7
$1 $16 {Kveynis-Rand/Volgograd/1985/}) 16. Bxc4 (16. Qd3 Qb6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18.
Nd5 Rxd5 19. exd5 Bg4 {Levy-Findlay/Chicago/1983/}) 16... bxc4 (16... Rxc4 $5
17. e5 (17. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 18. e5 Bg7 19. Ncxb5 Qb8 $17 {Nunn,J-Miles,A/London/
1980/}) 17... b4 (17... Ng4 $2 18. Nd5 $16) (17... Bg4 $6 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. e6
$1 Qa5 (19... b4 $1 $13 20. e7 (20. Ncb5 Qa5 21. e7 Re8 22. Nxd6 Qxa2 23. Qd3
Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Rxe7 25. Qc4 (25. Qxb4 $2 Bf8 $1) 25... Qxc4 $1 (25... Rxe1 26.
Rxe1 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qxb2 28. Qxf7+ Kh7 29. Nb5 {/\ 30.Re7 f5 31.Re6 +-}) 26. Nxc4
Rc7 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Nd6 Bh6 29. g3 g5 $13) 20... bxc3 21. Qd3 Qc8 22. exf8=Q+
Bxf8 23. f5 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Qb7 25. Nb3 Qe4 26. Nd4 Bh6+ 27. Kb1 Qxd3 28. Rxd3
cxb2 29. Kxb2 Bf4 $17 {Popovych-Kudrin/New York/1981/}) 20. Nb3 $16) 18. exf6 (
18. Qd3 Rxd4 (18... Rxc3 $13 {Schmidt,A}) 19. Qxd4 bxc3 20. Bxf6 $6 Qb8 (20...
exf6 21. Qxd6 Qa5 22. Qxd7 Qxa2 23. bxc3 fxe5 $17 24. Rxe5 (24. fxe5 $2 Bh6+
$19) (24. Rd3 exf4 $17) (24. Re4 Qa3+ 25. Kd2 Qa5 26. Ke2 Qxc3 27. Qd3 {
Valeriani,D-Poli,G/corr/1989/}) 24... Bxe5 25. fxe5 Qa1+ 26. Kd2 Qa5 27. Qe7 $2
Rc8 28. Qb4 Rd8+ $1 {0-1/Fejgelson-Chernov/URS/1984/} 29. Ke2 Qxe5+) 21. bxc3
exf6 22. exf6 (22. Qxd6 $2 Be6 23. Qxb8 Rxb8 24. Kd2 fxe5 25. fxe5 Bh6+ {
0-1/Thoeng-Vanheirzele/Luik/1980/}) 22... Bh6 $17) 18... bxc3 (18... exf6 19.
Qd3 Rxd4 20. Qxd4 bxc3 21. Qxd6 fxg5 22. Qxd7 Qa5 (22... Qb6 $6 23. b3 $13) (
22... cxb2+ 23. Kb1 Qxd7 24. Rxd7 gxf4 25. a4 $13) (22... Qb8 23. b3 $14) 23.
Re8 $1 (23. Qd5 Qb4 24. Qb3 Qxf4+ 25. Kb1 Rb8 $19) 23... Qxa2 (23... Qb4 24.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. bxc3 Qxc3 $5 (25... Qxf4+ $13) 26. Qd4 $1 $14 Qa3+ 27. Kb1 $1
gxf4 28. Qxf4 (28. Rd3 Qe7 29. Qxf4 Qb7+ (29... Qe1+ 30. Qc1 Qxh4) (29... Bg7
$5) 30. Rb3 Qxg2 31. Rb8 $16) 28... Bg7 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. Qb3 $14 {
Lukov-Savcenko,S/Katowice op/1990/}) 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. bxc3 gxf4 26. Qe8 Qa3+
27. Kb1 Qxc3 28. Rd8 Qb4+ 29. Kc1 Qa3+ 30. Kb1 (30. Kd2 $5) 30... Qb4+ 31. Kc1
Qa3+ 32. Kb1 Qb4+ $10 {Rowley-Kudrin,S/Palo Alto/1981/}) 19. Qe2 (19. Qd3 Rxd4
(19... Qb6 $6 20. bxc3 Rxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 exf6 23. Rxd6 Be6 24. f5)
20. Qxd4 (20. fxe7 $2 Qb6)) 19... Rxd4 (19... Qb6 20. bxc3 Rxd4 21. fxg7 Rxd1+
22. Qxd1 Re8 23. Bxe7 Qf2 24. Qd2 Qg3 25. Re2 Bg4 26. Re1 d5 27. Re5 d4 28. Bf6
Rb8 29. Qxd4 Qxg2 30. Re1 Bf5 31. Qa4 Kh7 32. Qb3 Rg8 33. Kb2 Qd2 34. Re7 Bxc2
35. Qb4 Bf5+ 36. Ka3 {Popovych-Fedorowicz,J/New York/1982/} Be6 $1 $19) (19...
cxb2+ 20. Kb1 exf6 21. Qxc4 fxg5 22. hxg5 Bg4 23. Rd3 d5 24. Qa4 Qc7 25. Qb5
Qxf4 26. Qxd5 Qf2 27. Rde3 $17 {Kanbegawa,M-Le Blancq,S/Dubai olm/1986/}) 20.
fxe7 Qa5 (20... Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qb6 22. exf8=Q+ Bxf8 23. b3 d5 $13) (20... Qb6
21. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 22. Qe7+ Kg8 23. bxc3 Rc4 24. Rxd6 Qa5 25. Rxd7 $18 {
Canda-Vanheirzele/Luik/1980/}) 21. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 $13 (21... Kxf8 $44 22. Qe7+
Kg8 23. Rxd4 $1 {/\ 23.- Qa2 24.Qc3!} (23. Qd8+ Qxd8 24. Bxd8 cxb2+ 25. Kb1
Rxf4 26. Rxd6 Be6 27. Be7 Rf2 28. Rg1 Re2 29. Bg5 Be5 30. Rgd1 Rxg2 31. Rxe6
fxe6 32. Rd8+ $10 {Prikhoda-Todortsev/corr/1986/}) 23... Bxd4 24. Qd8+ $16))
17. Bxf6 $1 {After 45 minutes} (17. e5 Qb6 18. exf6 (18. Bxf6 Rb8 19. b3 exf6
20. e6 fxe6 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Na4 cxb3 $1 23. Nxb6 bxa2 24. Kb2 Rxb6+ 25. Ka3
Ra6+ 26. Kb4 Rc4+ 27. Kb5 {Zuidema,C-Sosonko,G/NLD/1976/}) 18... Rb8 19. Ncb5
exf6 $40 {-+/Barczay-Sosonko/Hoogovens/1977}) 17... Bxf6 (17... exf6 18. Nf3
Rc6 19. e5 $16) (17... exf6 $5) 18. e5 Bg7 (18... Bxh4 19. Rh1 Bg3 (19... dxe5
20. Nf3 $18) 20. Ne4 $18) (18... dxe5 19. fxe5 (19. Nf3 $16 {Karpov} exf4 20.
Qxd7 Qa5 21. Rxe7 $16) 19... Rxe5 (19... Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Rxe5 21. Nf3 $16) 20.
Nf3 (20. Rxe5 $6 Bxe5 21. Nf3 Bd6 22. Qh6 Bf5 $17) 20... Rxe1 21. Nxe1 Qb6 22.
Qxd7 Rb8 23. Na4 Bxb2+ 24. Nxb2 Qxb2+ 25. Kd2 Qxa2 26. Qxe7 $18) 19. e6 $1 Bc8
(19... Bxd4 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21. Qxd4 Qf8 22. g3 $16 {><Black pawns}) 20. exf7+
Rxf7 21. Ne6 Bxe6 22. Rxe6 Qa5 23. Qe3 $1 (23. Rxg6 Kh7 24. Rg3 (24. Rxg7+ $5 {
With complications}) (24. Rg5 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qxc3 26. bxc3 $10) 24... Rff5 $36 (
24... Bh6)) 23... Bxc3 (23... Kh7 24. Qe4) (23... Bf6 $5) 24. bxc3 Qxa2 25.
Rxg6+ Kf8 (25... Kh7 26. Qe6 $18) 26. Qe4 $1 (26. Qxc5 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qxd1+ 28.
Kxd1 dxc5 29. g3 Rg7 $1 $10) 26... Qa6 27. Rd5 Rf6 (27... Qc6 $2 28. Rxc5 $1
$18) 28. Rxc5 Rxg6 (28... dxc5 29. Qa8+ Qc8 30. Qxc8+ Kf7 31. Qg8#) 29. Rxh5 d5
30. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fogarasi, Tibor"]
[Black "Palkovi, Jozsef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. g4 hxg4 15.
f4 Nc4 (15... Nc6 $5 16. e5 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bc6 18. Rhe1 Bf3 19. Rd2 Nh7 20. Qxc5
dxc5 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bxe7 Rc8 23. Bd5 $14 {Yudasin,L-Ljubojevic,L Moskow olm
(05) ISR-YUG 1994 1-0 72 -CBM 45}) 16. Qe2 Qc8 (16... Na5 $5 17. e5 Nxb3+ 18.
Nxb3 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Bc6 20. Rhf1 Ne4 21. Qc4 d5 22. Qxe4 dxe4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24.
Bxe7 Rd7 $15 {Smirin,I-Ivanchuk,V Paris PCA Intel-GP 1994 1/2 33}) 17. f5 (17.
Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 $6 Rxd5 $1 (18... Be6 19. Nxf6+ exf6 20. f5 Bd7 21. fxg6 fxg6
22. h5 g5 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 $13 {Patterson,R-Spinath,P/corr/1987/0.5 (39)})
19. exd5 b5 20. h5 g5 21. fxg5 Bxg5+ 22. Kb1 f5 23. Rd3 f4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 {
[#] 0-1 Ivanchuk,V-Topalov,V/Invest '95 1995}) (17. h5 $5) 17... Nxb2 $1 (17...
e5 18. Bxf6 (18. fxe6 fxe6 $15 {/\} 19. Rhg1 Kh7 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Rxg4 e5) (
18. Ndb5 Bxb5 (18... Rxb5 $6 19. Bxc4 {/\ Bb3+/-}) (18... Nxe4 19. Nxe4 $16)
19. Nxb5 Rxb5 20. Bxc4 Rb4 $1 $132 21. b3 $5) 18... Bxf6 19. Ndb5 Bxb5 20. Nxb5
Rxb5 21. Bxc4 Rb4 22. Bd5 gxf5 23. Rdf1 f4 24. Rhg1 Re8 25. Rxg4+ Kf8 26. h5
Ke7 27. h6 Rh8 28. Rh1 Rd4 29. h7 Rxd5 $1 30. exd5 Qf5 31. Rgg1 f3 {~/=
Istratescu,A-Marin,M/Romania (ch) 1994}) (17... a5 $6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 {1-0 Dos
Santos,R-Bakhtadze,G/Matinhos 1994} 19. Nd5 $1) (17... gxf5 $2 18. Bxf6 Bxf6
19. exf5 Ne5 20. Ne4 Ra5 21. Nxf6+ exf6 22. Qd2 Rc5 23. Qh6 a5 24. Qxf6 $18 {
Fahner,D-Spinath,P/corr/1987/1-0 (26)}) 18. Kxb2 (18. Bxf6 $2 Bxf6 (18... Nxd1
$1 $17) 19. Qxg4 Kg7 20. Rhg1 (20. Rdg1 Rxc3 21. Bxf7 Nd3+ {/\ Ne5 -+ Oll,
L-Topalov,V/Moscow (ol) 1994}) 20... Rh8 21. Qg2 (21. Bxf7 Kxf7 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 {
Mohr-Ubilava [Linares 1996] 0-1}) 21... Rh6) 18... Rxc3 19. fxg6 Rxb3+ $1 20.
axb3 fxg6 $44 {Topalov} 21. Rhe1 (21. h5 Nxh5 22. Bxe7 Ng3 23. Qh2 Nxh1 24.
Bxf8 Qxf8 25. Qxh1 Qf2 $19) 21... Qc5 $5 22. Qc4+ $6 {In Topalov's apinion in
this posision black has "enough compensation".I think black has much more!Now
white trying to repel black's threats by exchanging queens,but the ending is
not good for white.} (22. c3 $5 d5 $1 23. Bxf6 (23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Qc4 (24. Rd3
Nxc3 25. Qxe7 Na4+ $1 26. Kb1 Bf5 $1 27. Nxf5 Qxf5 28. Qd7 Qf2 $1 29. Bd2 (29.
Qe6+ Kh7 30. Re2 Qf1+ 31. Kc2 Nc5 $19) 29... Qf6 30. Qe6+ Qxe6 31. Rxe6 Nc5 $19
) 24... Rf2+ 25. Bd2 Qxc4 26. bxc4 Nb6 $19) (23. e5 Ne4 24. Qc2 Bxe5 {With
strong attack and material adventage!}) 23... exf6 (23... Bxf6 24. e5 (24. exd5
Qxd5 25. Nc2 Qc6 26. Nd4 Qc7 27. Qd3 Kg7 $17) 24... Bxh4 25. Rf1 Bf5 26. Rh1
Rc8 27. Rd3 $1 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 g5 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Rc1 $1 $18) 24. Qd3 dxe4 25.
Qxe4 Rc8 26. Kb1 Bf5 27. Nxf5 Qxf5 28. Qxf5 gxf5 29. Rd7 f4 $15) 22... Qxc4 $17
23. bxc4 Rc8 $6 {Gives counterchances. Instead of this temperamental move
black should just defense the "e7"-pawn.} (23... Rf7 $5 24. e5 dxe5 25. Rxe5 g3
26. c3 g2 27. Ree1 Ng4 $1 $17 {With idea Ne5}) 24. e5 $8 dxe5 $6 25. Rxe5 Rxc4
$6 (25... Kf7 $1 26. Rde1 e6 $17) 26. Rxe7 Nd5 $2 {If till now black's moves
were not exects,now it is a loosing mistake!It seems like black didn't realy
look next white's move.One mistake wait for others and by 4 moves black make
much better position be loosing!Now we can see that even today knowing
openings isn't enough!!!} (26... Rc7 $1 {And black is not worst!}) 27. Rxd7 $18
Bxd4+ 28. Kc1 Be3+ (28... Nc3 29. Re1 Ne4 (29... Na2+ 30. Kd1 Nc3+ 31. Kd2 Bg7
32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Ree7 Ne4+ 34. Kc1 $18)) 29. Bxe3 Nxe3 30. Re1 Rxc2+ 31. Kb1
Rc3 32. Kb2 Rc2+ 33. Kb3 Rh2 34. Rxe3 Kf8 35. Rc3 Ke8 36. Rxb7 Kd8 37. Rcc7
Rxh4 38. Rg7 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kozirev, Alexander"]
[Black "Varavin, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schulz,A} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. O-O-O a5 {Schulz: Sieht
man zurecht selten.} 13. h5 (13. Bh6 $5 b5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. h5 $1 a4 $2 16.
hxg6 axb3 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. Nd5 fxg6 19. Nxf6+ Kf7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Qxh7+ Ke8
22. Nxb3 $18 {1-0 Winterstein,W-Kettner,U/Wiesbaden op 1988 (32)}) (13. Bg5 $6
h5 $6 14. Nde2 b5 15. f4 Nc4 $6 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. e5 Ne8 18. exd6 Nxd6 19. Qxd6
exd6 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd6 b4 22. Nd5 Re4 23. Re1 Re6 $1 $132 {O'Neill,
P-Christodoulou,M/EU-chT Haifa 1989/1-0 (58)}) (13. a4 $6 {Schulz: ! und
Schwarz hat ein Loch auf b5: b7-b5 ist nie mehr möglich und Weiß kann einen
lästigen N nach b5 stellen, der auch irgendwelche Qualitätsopfer auf c3
entschärft.} h5 $5 (13... Nc4 14. Qe2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Rc5 $5 (15... Qb6 $6 16. g4
Qc5 17. Qd2 Bc6 18. h5 Rfd8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Rh3 Nd7 21. Qf4 Nf6 22. Ne6 fxe6
23. Bxe6+ Kf8 24. Rdh1 g5 25. Qh2 Nh5 26. Rxh5 Qe5 27. Qxe5 Bxe5 28. Bxc8 Be8
29. Be6 {1-0 Holaszek,H-Sawadkuhi,M/Skopje ol 1972}) 16. g4 Qc7 17. h5 Rc8 18.
hxg6 hxg6 19. Rd2 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. bxc3 Rxc3 22. e5 Ne8 $44 {0-1 Ostojic,
P-Velimirovic,D/Vrnjacka Banja 1973 (48)}) (13... Qc7 $6 14. Ndb5 Bxb5 15. Nxb5
Qd7 16. Qxa5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. b3 Rc6 19. Bd4 Rfc8 20. c4 Qe6 21. Kb2 Bh6
22. h5 Nd7 23. hxg6 Qxg6 24. g4 Bf4 25. Na7 Ra6 26. Nxc8 {1-0 Chura,J-Valent,I/
CSR-chJ 1990})) (13. g4 $6 b5 $1 (13... a4 14. Nxa4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Nc3
Qa8 17. h5 Rfc8 18. Qd3 b5 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Rh2 b4 21. Nb1 Qxa2 22. Rdh1 Bxg4
23. fxg4 Nxg4 24. Bg1 Nxh2 25. Rxh2 Be5 26. Rg2 b3 27. Qxb3 Bf4+ 28. Rd2 Qxb3
29. Nxb3 Rxc2+ 30. Kd1 Bxd2 31. N1xd2 Rxb2 32. Bd4 Ra2 33. Ke2 Kf7 34. Be3 e5 {
0-1 Nicolau,A-Nowarra,W/Romania 1968}) 14. h5 (14. Ncxb5 $2 Nxf3 $17) (14. a4)
14... a4 15. Bd5 b4 16. Nce2 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nc4 18. Qd3 b3 $1 19. axb3 axb3 20.
hxg6 hxg6 21. Rde1 Qb6 $1 22. Bh6 Qa5 $1 23. c3 Nxb2 $1 24. Qe3 (24. Kxb2 Qa2+
25. Kc1 b2+ {P b1}) 24... Nc4 {0-1 Majsterovic,L-Ozsvath,A/corr 7ol f 1975})
13... Rxc3 $6 {Usually,in Dragon variation,taking on c3 is exchange,not
sacrifice,but this time i really can't understand this,specially when black
has such a good move as a5-a4.} (13... a4 $1 14. Nxa4 Bxa4 15. Bxa4 Nc4 16. Qd3
Qa5 17. Bb3 d5 18. hxg6 (18. exd5 Nxd5 $1 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Qxc4 Nxe3 $17 {
Boleslawski}) 18... hxg6 19. exd5 (19. g4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Nxg4 (20... Nxe3 $1 21.
Qxe3 Nxg4 $13) 21. Bg1 Qg5+ 22. Kb1 Nge5 23. Qh3 $1 Rfd8 24. Bf2 Nd2+ 25. Rxd2
$1 Qxd2 26. Be3 Qa5 27. Ne6 $1 fxe6 28. Qxe6+ {1-0 Fatalibekova-Ahsarumova/
Moskau-chW 1975}) 19... Nxd5 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Qxc4 Nxe3 22. Qc3 Qg5 23. Rd3
Nxc2+ 24. f4 Qxg2 25. Rhd1 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Qg4 27. a4 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Qf5 29. Rd3
Rc8+ 30. Rc3 Rxc3+ 31. bxc3 f6 32. Kb2 Kf7 33. c4 g5 34. fxg5 fxg5 35. c5 g4
36. Qc4+ Qe6 37. Qd3 Qe5+ 38. Kb3 Kg7 39. Kc4 g3 40. Qf3 Qg5 41. Qg2 Qe3 42.
Qb2+ {0-1 Amos,B-Day,L/Toronto CAN ch 1972}) (13... Nxh5 14. g4 Rxc3 15. bxc3
Nf6 16. a4 (16. Bh6 a4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Bxa4 Bxa4 19. Nf5+ {1-0 Draskovic,
M-Lazic/corr 1974}) 16... Qc7 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Rxh6 Rc8 19. Rdh1 Qxc3 20. Qxc3
Rxc3 {1/2-1/2 Marjanovic,S-Velimirovic,D/Vrnjacka Banja 1973}) 14. Qxc3 a4 15.
Bc4 (15. Bd5 $5) 15... Qc8 16. Bd3 Qxc3 {Schulz: Nun erreicht Schwarz also
doch noch den Doppelbauern auf der c-Linie.} 17. bxc3 Nxh5 {Schulz: Einen
Bauern für die Qualität ist normalerweise völlig in Ordnung für Schwarz.} 18.
Kd2 {Schulz: Es zeigt sich, daß der Bauer auf a5 dumm steht, weil ein Angriff
gegen b7 nicht mehr einfach mit b7-b6 beantwortet werden kann.} (18. g4 $6 Nf6
(18... Nxd3+ 19. cxd3 Ng3 20. Rh3 Nh5 21. Rh2 Nf6 22. Kd2 $16) (18... Ng3 19.
Rhg1 Nxd3+ 20. Rxd3 Bxd4 21. Rxg3 Bxe3+ 22. Rxe3 $16) 19. g5 Nh5 $13) 18... Rc8
19. Rb1 b5 $1 (19... Ng3 20. Rhd1 Rc7 21. Rb4 h5 22. Rdb1 Nxd3 23. cxd3 b5 $16)
(19... Rc7 {Schulz,A} 20. Rb4) 20. Bxb5 $2 {I think that by this move white
wanted to make a draw and win some Elopoints.Black didn't have more,but this
tactik make him to loose his had,so he tried to violate the position.As always,
it lost and white got even more Elopoints.To my regret,I'll say!!!} (20. a3 {
It is not realy importent what move should white play,but not the drow in
better position.For now a3-is OK:wait and see what black wants.}) (20. Nxb5 {
Schulz,A} Nxd3 21. Kxd3 Bxb5+ 22. Rxb5 Rxc3+ 23. Kd2 $16 {[%csl Ra4][%cal
Rb5b8]}) 20... Bxb5 21. Nxb5 Nc4+ 22. Kd3 (22. Ke2 $2 Ng3+ $17) 22... Ne5+ 23.
Kd2 Nc4+ 24. Kd3 Nxe3 $2 {Schulz: Schwarz spielt auf Gewinn, er hätte besser
remis gemacht.} (24... Ne5+ $11) (24... Ne5+ $142 $11 {Schulz,A}) 25. Kxe3 Bxc3
26. Nxc3 Rxc3+ 27. Kd2 Ra3 $2 {This is loosing after excellent white's idea,
but others moves couldn't change the result.} (27... Rc7 $8 $16) (27... Rc5 {
Schulz,A} 28. Rb7 $16) 28. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 29. Rb2 $18 {Schulz: Womit der R auf
a3 gefangen ist.} e6 30. c3 {The rook will stay on a3 and king will take it
from b4.} d5 (30... Z0 {Schulz,A} 31. Rc2 $140 Z0 32. Kc1 Z0 33. Kb2 $18) 31.
exd5 exd5 32. Kd3 Kf8 33. Re2 f6 34. Kd4 Kf7 35. Rc2 Ke6 36. Kc5 d4 37. Kxd4
1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 14th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. Kb1 $5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 b5
15. b3 $5 Rc8 16. Ndxb5 Qa5 17. a4 a6 18. Nd5 $1 Qxd2 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Rxd2
Rce8 21. Nf5 gxf5 22. Nxd6 fxg4 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Bd4 Bc6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Rd6
Re6 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. fxg4 Bc3 29. Rd1 Bxe4 30. b4 $1 (30. Rd6 $2 e5 31. Rxa6
Bf3 $17) 30... Kg7 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Kf6 33. Rd7 Be5 34. h4 h6 35. b6 Bc6
36. Rh7 Bf4 37. Kb2 Be4 38. Rd7 Bc6 39. Ra7 Bf3 40. Kb3 Be3 41. Ra4 Ke5 42. Rb4
Bb7 43. Rb5+ Kd6 44. g5 hxg5 45. hxg5 e5 46. g6 Bh6 47. c4 Bg7 48. Ra5 e4 49.
Kc2 e3 50. Kd3 Be4+ 51. Ke2 Kc6 52. Ra7 Bd4 53. Re7 Bxg6 54. Re6+ Kb7 55. Rxg6
Bxb6 56. Kd3 Kc7 57. Re6 Bc5 58. Ke4 Kd7 59. Kd5 Bd4 60. Re4 Bb6 61. c5 Bc7 62.
Rxe3 Bf4 63. Rh3 Kc8 64. Kc6 Kb8 65. Rh8+ Ka7 66. Rh7+ Kb8 67. Kb6 Kc8 68. Rh8+
1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2000.12.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Golubev,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2000.12.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bucharest RGA"]
[BlackTeam "Victoria Techirghiol"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 {Rogozenko} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7.
f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 ({Interestingly, the variation} 9... Qa5 10. O-O-O
Bd7 11. Bb3 Rfc8 12. Kb1 Ne5 13. Bg5 $5 Rc5 14. Rhe1 Re8 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4
Rxc4 17. Nb3 Qa6 18. e5 $36 {is similar to the game, but absence of 'h2-h4'
and 'h7-h5' is to White's favour here.}) 10. Bb3 (10. O-O-O $1) 10... Rc8 (
10... Nxd4 $5 11. Bxd4 b5) 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Kb1 $1 (12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 (13. Kb1
Re8 $6 {- game}) 13... Rc5 14. Kb1 (14. Rhe1 Qa5 $5 15. Kb1 Re8 $1 {- game})
14... Re8 $5 {- game}) 12... Re8 $5 (12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 $1 Qc7 (
14... b5 $6 15. b3 $1 Rc8 16. Ndxb5 $1 Qa5 17. a4 a6 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Nxe7+ Kh8
20. Rxd2 $16 {Topalov-Tiviakov, Polanica Zdroj 1995}) 15. g5 (15. h4 $5 Rc8
$140 16. h5 b5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. g5 Nh5 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. b3 R4c5 21. Nf5 $1 {
Rhodes-Matthew Paul, corr. 2000}) 15... Nh5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Ne2 Be6 18. Bxa7 $1
{Bologan-Chatalbashev, Bourbon-Lancy 1998}) 13. h4 (13. g4 b5 $132) (13. Bg5
Nc4 $5) (13. Bh6 {Rogozenko} Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. h4 h5 17. Nde2
Qa5 18. Nf4 Rec8 {Rogozenko: 'and we have the above-mentioned game Aseev,
K-Nemtsev,I/Nizhnij Novgorod 1998.'} 19. Ncd5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Kf8
$11 {/+/=.  1/2-1/2 Aseev,K-Nemtsev,I/Nizhnij Novgorod 1998/ (44)}) 13... h5 (
13... Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 {Rogozenko: 'and we reached a position from the line
12.h4 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.Kb1 Re8, where the last moves from either side are
considered not the best.'} 15. h5 $5 (15. g4 $36) (15. g4 {Rogozenko} h5 $13)
15... Nxh5 16. g4 Nf6 {'~~' Rogozenko.} 17. e5 {'?' Rogozenko.} Nxg4 (17...
dxe5 18. Nb3 Rc6 $1) 18. fxg4 Bxg4 19. e6 $1) 14. Bg5 (14. Bh6 $142 Nc4 (14...
Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Rxc3 16. bxc3 $16) (14... Bh8 15. g4 $5 $40 {Willemze-Molinari,
Dieren 1999} (15. g4 {Rogozenko} hxg4 16. f4 Nc4 17. Qe2 Na5 18. h5 Nxb3 19.
axb3 Nxh5 20. f5 Ng3 (20... Bxd4 {After this White still had to show that his
attack is worth missing material.} 21. Rxd4 Ng3) 21. Qh2 Nxh1 22. Rxh1 $18 g3
23. Qxg3 Bxd4 24. Qh4 e6 25. Bg5 Qxg5 26. Qxg5 exf5 27. Nd5 Bc6 28. Nf6+ Kg7
29. Rh7+ {1-0 Willemze,J-Molinari,G/Dieren 1999})) (14... Rc5 $14) 15. Bxc4
Rxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7) (14. Nde2 Qa5 $13) (14. g4 $5 $40 {requires serious
analysis!}) (14. g4 {Rogozenko} hxg4 {must be okay for Black.}) 14... Rc5 $1 {
(game transposed to a line 12.h4 h5 13.Bg5 Rc5 14.Kb1 Re8) Rogozenko: 'Now we
have another transposition from the line 12.h4 h5 13.Bg5 Rc5'} (14... Nc4 15.
Qe2 $1 $36) 15. Rhe1 Qa5 (15... Qc8 $5) (15... b5 16. f4) 16. f4 (16. a3 {
(!? Beliavsky, 1985)} b5 $2 (16... Qa6 $5 $13 {Smirin-Hodgson, Ischia 1996}) (
16... Nc4) (16... Qa6 {Rogozenko} 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 {was good for Black
in Smirin,I-Hodgson,J/Ischia 1996}) 17. Bxf6 $1 $16 {Anand-Kasparov, New York
PCA Wch (17) 1995}) 16... Nc4 $1 {[]} (16... Neg4 $2 17. e5 $1 dxe5 18. Bxf7+
Kxf7 19. Nb3 $18 (19. Nb3 {Rogozenko} Qb4 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 (21...
Bxf6 22. Qxd7 Ne3 23. fxe5 Nxd1 24. Ne4 Nc3+ 25. Nxc3 Qf2 26. Rd1 Bxe5 27. Qd5+
{1-0 Linskiy,O-Hua Lefong/Quebec 1997/ (27)}) 22. fxe5 Bg4 23. exf6 Bxd1 24.
fxg7 Bg4 25. Ne4 $18 {1-0 Boudre,J-Koch,J/Rouen 1987/ (44)})) (16... Nc6 $6 17.
e5 $1 dxe5 $2 (17... Nxd4 {Rogozenko} 18. Qxd4 Ng4 (18... Nh7 19. Bxe7 $1) 19.
Nd5 $16) 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Nb3 $18) 17. Bxc4 (17. Qd3 $6) 17... Rxc4 18. Nb3 (
18. e5 $6 Nd5 (18... dxe5 $2 {Rogozenko} 19. fxe5 $18 {[%cal Rd4b3]})) (18.
Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Nxf6+ exf6 21. Rxd2 f5 $11 {Beliavsky-Ki.Georgiev,
Wijk aan Zee 1985} (21... f5 {Rogozenko} 22. b3 Rc3 23. Rde2 (23. Rd3 Rxd3 24.
cxd3 fxe4 25. dxe4 Bf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. e5 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Georgiev,K/
Wijk aan Zee 1985}) 23... fxe4 24. Rxe4 Kf8 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. Ne2 Re3 27. Kc1
$14 {/= 1/2-1/2 Pinus,R-De Schepper,B/IECG email 1999/ (48)})) 18... Qa6 $8 19.
e5 (19. f5 gxf5 $1) 19... Nh7 $146 {(!? Ki.Georgiev, 1985) Rogozenko:
'Actually only this move is a novelty, although there was only one
correspondence game with this position.'} (19... Ng4 $142 $1 {, and Black is
probably better:} 20. exd6 (20. Nd5 dxe5 (20... f6 21. exf6 exf6 22. Ne7+ Kh7
23. Qd3 Rxe7 24. Rxe7 Bf5 25. Qxd6 Bxc2+ 26. Ka1 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Re4 $1 $13) 21.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Bxe7 Bf5 $40 {Beliavsky}) 20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 e6 $1 22. f5 $5 (
22. Be7 Rec8 $17 {Ki.Georgiev}) 22... gxf5 23. Bf6 (23. g3 {Rogozenko} f6 24.
Bf4 Rec8 $19 {0-1 Bottini-Iodice,G/corr 1988 (33)}) 23... f4 24. Be5 Qb5 25.
Bxf4 Rec8 $36) 20. exd6 {Rogozenko: 'The position is extremely sharp and
unclear to me. Somehere here Black went wrong, as White could get an advantage
afterwards.'} Nxg5 $6 (20... e6 $142 $5 $13) (20... e6 $5 $13 {(Rogozenko)
keeping the threat f7-f6 was worth consideration.}) 21. hxg5 $1 {'+/=/+/-.'|^ 
(Rogozenko)} (21. dxe7 $2 Bg4 22. hxg5 (22. Qd8 Rc8 {Rogozenko: 'looks like
Black can defend against the immediate threats.'} 23. Rd6 $17) 22... Bxc3 $17)
(21. Rxe7 $2 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Ne4 $19) 21... Bg4 $5 {[%mdl 64] Rogozenko:
'Objectively I think it is a mistake, but from the practical point of view a
very interesting decision.'} (21... Qxd6 $6 22. Qe2 $1 Qxf4 23. Rxd7 Bxc3 24.
bxc3 $16) (21... Bxc3 22. bxc3 exd6 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 {Rogozenko: 'Even here
Black's position is not very attractive.'} 24. f5 $5 (24. Qe2 $5 {Rogozenko}))
(21... exd6 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Nd5 $5 (23. f5 $5)) (21... e6 22. Ne4 $16 (22.
Ne4 {Rogozenko} Rec8 23. c3 $16)) 22. Rxe7 (22. Nd5 $142 $3 Bxd1 (22... Qa4 23.
Nxe7+ Kh7 24. Rc1 $5 $18) 23. Qxd1 $1 {'+/-' Rogozenko. Rogozenko: 'looks
strong too.'} Rd8 (23... Qxd6 $2 24. Nf6+ $1 $18) (23... e6 24. Nc7 $16) 24.
dxe7 Re8 $16) (22. d7 $2 Rd8 23. Rxe7 Bf8 24. Rde1 (24. Re8 {Rogozenko} Rxd7
25. Qxd7 Bxd7 26. Rxd7 {[%cal Rd7d8]} Kg7 27. Rdd8 Rxf4 28. Rxf8 Rf1+ 29. Nc1
$18) 24... Bxe7 25. Rxe7 Kf8 $1 {[]-/+}) (22. Rc1 $2 Bxc3 $5 23. bxc3 e6 $17) (
22. Ne4 $2 $17) (22. dxe7 $2 $17) 22... Rd8 {'[]' Rogozenko.} 23. Qd5 $1 {
'?!' Rogozenko. Rogozenko: 'This tempting move does not miss the advantage,
but it is connected with the wrong idea. White should use his strong d-pawn by
pushing it.'} (23. Rde1 $2 Rxd6 $36) 23... Rxf4 $8 24. Nc5 $2 {Rogozenko: 'the
most natural move turns out to be a tactical mistake due to the weakness of
the first rank!'} (24. d7 $3 $36 Kh7 $1 (24... Bf8 $2 25. Re8 $1 Rxd7 26. Qc5
$18) (24... Bxd1 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Rxd8 Bxc3 (26... Bg4 27. a3 $18) 27. bxc3
Bxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Qxa2+ 29. Kd3 $18) 25. Rde1 Rf5 (25... Rf1 $2 26. Nc5 $1 Be6 (
26... Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Qb6 28. Qxf7 $1 Qxc5 29. Ne4 $18) 27. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 28. Qd1
$18) (25... Qb6 $5) 26. Qd2 Rf1 $140 $2 (26... Qc6 $142) 27. Nc5 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1
Qc4 $8 29. Qf2 $1 Bf5 (29... Bxc3 30. bxc3 Bf5 31. Qe2 $18) (29... b6 30. Re8
Rxd7 31. Nxd7 Bxd7 32. Re4 $1 $16) 30. Re8 Bd4 (30... Bxc3 31. Rxd8 $18) 31.
Qf4 $1 Qxc5 32. Rxd8 Bxc3 33. Rc8 $1 Qg1+ 34. Qc1 $18) 24... Qb6 $1 {[]|^} (
24... Qxd6 $2 25. Re8+ Rxe8 26. Qxd6) (24... Rxd6 $2 25. Nxa6 Rxd5 26. Nxd5 $18
) (24... Qc4 $2 25. Nxb7) (24... Qf1 $2 25. Ree1 $16) 25. Rxb7 (25. N3a4 Bxd1
$1 26. Nxb6 Rf1 $19) (25. N5a4 Qc6 $5) 25... Qxd6 $1 {Rogozenko: 'Very nice
idea which seems to work!'} (25... Bxd1 $6 26. Rxb6 axb6 27. N5e4 $5 Bg4 28.
Qd3) (25... Qa5 $2 26. Rb5 $1 $18) 26. Qxd6 (26. Rd7 $2 Rxd7 27. Nxd7 Qc7 $19)
(26. Rb8 Qxb8 (26... Qxd5 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8) 27. Qxd8+ Qxd8 28. Rxd8+ Kh7 $36)
26... Rxd6 27. Rxd6 (27. Re1 $142 $5) 27... Rf1+ 28. Nd1 Bxd1 {Rogozenko:
'Black will win back the exchange and the h-pawn will decide the game.'} 29.
Rb8+ (29. a4 Bf3+ 30. Ka2 Bxb7 31. Nxb7 Rf2) 29... Kh7 30. a4 Be5 $17 31. Rbd8
Bxd6 32. Rxd6 Bf3+ 33. Ka2 Bxg2 34. Rd2 Rg1 35. Nd7 (35. Rd7 Kg8 36. Rxa7 h4
$19) 35... Bh3 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Ne8+ Kf8 (37... Kh8 $5) 38. Nf6 Kg7 $138 39.
Ne8+ Kf8 40. Nf6 Be6+ 41. b3 h4 42. c4 h3 43. Ka3 Kg7 (43... Rg2 $5) 44. Ne8+
Kh8 45. c5 (45. Nc7 $5 Bf5 46. Nb5) 45... Rxg5 $19 46. c6 Rc5 47. c7 g5 48. Kb4
Rc1 49. Nf6 g4 (49... Rxc7 50. Rd8+ Kg7 51. Ne8+ Kh7 52. Nxc7 h2 53. Rd1 g4 $19
) 50. Nd5 g3 0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 3rd "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1997.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game is first of all interesting because it is played by the two leading
Sicilian-Dragon experts at the moment. Seen from blacks point of view. Of
course the question is whether Tiviakov rearly wanted to refute his pet-line ?
} 1. e4 {Schulz,A Dolmatov} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6.
Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. Kb1 {
A solid move but not rearly supposed to be very dangerous for black. According
to my old opening-books. However there has been a couple of interesting games
the last couple of years by the two experts. So maybe the assesment of 12.Kb1
will change /has changed. Anders als in den Hauptabspielen nach 12.h4 mit
hastigen gegenseitigen Rochadeangriffen läßt Weiß sich hier Zeit und bereitet
seinen Angriff in Ruhe vor. Beide Spieler sind übrigens führende Experten der
Drachenvariante.} (12. h4 {Schulz,A} h5 13. Kb1 {ist das analoge Abspiel mit
eingeschobenem 12.h4 h5.}) 12... Nc4 {Schulz: Das Standardmanöver. Ich findes
es immer schade, wenn man diesen gut postierten Springer ohne Not zum Tausch
bietet. Von seinem schönen Platz auf e5 schaut er auf d3, g4 und vor allem f3,
und in der Defensive deckt er f7 und g6. Der Bb3 leistet hingegen im Moment
nicht besonders viel und nach b7-b5, a7-a5 würde er sogar zum Angriffsobjekt
werden. Die Frage ist allerdings, welchen nützlichen Zug Schwarz hier
überhaupt zur Verfügung hat, um ein Spiel am Damenflügel zu beginnen.} (12...
a5 $5 {is a way to try to make use of the time black gets because of whites
non-forcing 12th move.} 13. a4 {could be critical i guess}) (12... Qe8 $5 {
Sziraki,T (2255)-Farago,S (2360) Budapest FS12 IM 1995 (9) 0-1 Schulz,A ist
aber eine witzige Idee, um zu b7-b5 und a7-a5 zu kommen, vgl.:}) 13. Bxc4 Rxc4
14. g4 {Schulz: Diese Stellung hatte beide Spieler schon eimal mit Schwarz auf
dem Brett.} Qc7 $5 {Black has had problems after the standard move: So hat
Alterman schon einmal gegen Kolev, s.u., gespielt. Dieser Zug wurde von
Kortschnoj/Dolmatov kritisiert.} (14... b5 15. b3 Rc8 16. Ndxb5 Qa5 17. a4 a6
18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Rxd2 Rce8 21. Nxg6+ fxg6 22. Nxd6 Re6 23. Nb7
$16 {Topalov,Veselin-Tiviakov,Sergei/Polanica Zdroj (07)/ 1995 (31)}) ({
Dolmatov schlug als Alternative} 14... Qb8 {Schulz,A}) ({und} 14... Be6 $5 {
Schulz,A vor.}) 15. g5 Nh5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Ne2 Be6 {Altermans Verbesserung.} (
17... e6 18. Ndf4 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 Rc6 20. h4 Qc7 21. h5 Rc8 22. Rc1 Ra6 23. hxg6
(23. c4 $16) 23... hxg6 24. c4 $16 {Schulz,A} Qa5 (24... Rc6 25. Bd4 Z0 26.
Bxg7 $140 Kxg7 27. Qh2 $18) 25. Qxa5 Rxa5 {1-0 Kolev,A-Alterman,B/Elenite 1995/
CBM 50/[Kortschnoj] (40)}) 18. Qd3 (18. Ng3 Bxd5 (18... Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bxd5 (
19... Z0 20. Qh2 $140 $40 {ist natürlich günstig für Weiß.}) 20. exd5 $16 {
Dolmatov}) 19. exd5 (19. Qxd5 Qc7 $132) 19... Qd7 {seems reasonable for black}
20. b3 $5 {Schulz} (20. Nxh5 gxh5 {und Schwarz hat gutes Gegenspiel, während
Weiß Schwierigkeiten hat am Königsflügel Linien zu öffnen.})) 18... Bxd5 19.
exd5 Ra4 $6 {After this black is forced into an uncomfortable endgame. sieht
seltsam aus, aber} (19... Qc7 $5 20. b3 (20. h4 Rc8 21. Rd2 Qa5 $40) 20... Rh4
21. Bf2 (21. f4 Rh3 {and the R could be strange and well-placed on the flank})
21... Nf4 $1 $11 {seems playable}) (19... b5 {Schulz,A} 20. b3 {ist unangenehm.
}) 20. Qb5 (20. b3 $2 {Schulz,A} Rxa2 21. Kxa2 $140 Qa5+ 22. Kb1 Qa1#) 20...
Qa5 21. Qxa5 Rxa5 22. Ng3 Rc8 (22... Nxg3 23. hxg3 {would be rather
problematic in the middlegame with queens on the board. Without queens it
seems to me to be a playable slightly worse position.} Rc8) 23. Nxh5 gxh5 24.
b3 {[%cal Yc2c4]} b5 25. Bd2 Bc3 (25... Ra6 26. Rhe1 Kf8 27. Re4 {[%csl Rh5]
[%cal Ye4h4,Yh4h5]}) 26. Rhe1 Kf8 27. Re3 Bxd2 28. Rxd2 b4 29. f4 Rac5 $6 {
Black is given up a P for active play with his Rs} (29... Rcc5 $14 30. Rd4 (30.
Red3 {Schulz,A}) 30... Rab5 31. Red3 a5 32. Kb2 {[%cal Ya2a3] /\a2-a3}) 30. Rh3
Rc3 31. Rxh5 Kg7 32. Rf2 R8c5 33. f5 Re3 (33... Rxd5 34. f6+ Kg8 35. fxe7 Re3
36. Rf4 a5 37. g6 Rd1+ 38. Kb2 hxg6 39. Rxa5 Rxe7 40. Rxb4 $16) 34. f6+ Kg8 (
34... exf6 35. gxf6+ Kg6 36. Rh4 Rxd5 37. Rxb4 Rf5 38. Rxf5 Kxf5 39. Rb7 $16)
35. Rh4 a5 36. Rd4 $16 {White has managed to get his rook from h5 back to the
center. He is now a safe P up} Kf8 37. fxe7+ Kxe7 38. h4 (38. Rdf4 $2 {Schulz,A
} Rxd5 39. Rxf7+ Ke8 (39... Ke6 $4 40. R2f6+ Ke5 41. Re7+ Kd4 42. Rf4+ $18) 40.
h4 Rd1+ 41. Kb2 Ree1 $132) 38... Ke8 39. Kb2 Re5 40. Rfd2 Kf8 41. a3 $1 {
making his P-majority mobile} bxa3+ (41... Rb5 42. axb4 axb4 43. Rf4 {[%cal
Yd2d4,Yd4b4] /\Rdd4}) 42. Kxa3 h6 43. gxh6 Rh5 44. c4 Rxh6 45. Re2 Rf6 46. Rde4
Rc8 47. Re7 Rb8 48. Ra7 Rf3 49. Rb2 Rf1 ({Mit} 49... Rh3 {Schulz,A kann man
noch etwas im Trüben fischen und auf Fehler hoffen.} 50. Rxa5 (50. Rd7 Rb4)
50... Rxh4 51. Ra6 Rh1 52. Ka2 (52. Rxd6 $4 Ra1+ 53. Ra2 Ra8+) 52... Rb7 53.
Re2 (53. Rxd6 $4 Ra7+ $19) 53... Rh3 54. Rxd6 Rhxb3 $16) 50. Ka2 (50. Rxa5 {
Schulz,A} Ra1+ 51. Ra2 Rb1 $16) 50... f5 51. h5 Rh1 52. Rxa5 $18 Rxh5 53. Ra6
Rd8 54. Ra7 f4 55. Rf2 Rh4 (55... Rf5 $5 {Schulz,A}) 56. Kb2 Rb8 57. Rf3 Rg4
58. Rh7 Kg8 59. Rh6 Kg7 60. Rxd6 Rg3 61. Rxg3+ (61. Rxf4 $2 {Schulz,A} Rbxb3+
62. Kc2 Ra3) 61... fxg3 62. Re6 g2 63. Re1 Kf7 64. Rg1 Rg8 65. Kc3 Ke7 66. Kd4
Kd6 67. c5+ Kd7 68. b4 Rg4+ 69. Ke5 Rg5+ 70. Ke4 Rg4+ 71. Kf3 Rd4 (71... Rxb4 {
Schulz,A} 72. Rxg2 Rc4 73. Rg7+ Kc8 74. c6 Rd4 75. Rd7 $18) 72. Rxg2 Rxd5 73.
Ke4 Rd1 74. b5 Kc7 75. Rg7+ Kb8 76. b6 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Metz, Hartmut"]
[Black "Farago, Sandor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Bc4
Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h4 h5
15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. N5d4 Rfc8 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21.
Rc1 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Bh6 Bh8 24. Rhe1 Qb6 25. Re4 Kh7 26. g4 Rxe4 27. fxe4
Nf6 28. gxh5 Nxh5 29. Be3 Qc6 30. Qg2 Bf6 31. Rg1 Rg8 32. Qg4 Qd6 33. Nc5 Qe5
34. Nd3 Qh2 35. Bg5 e5 36. Rg2 Qh1+ 37. Rg1 Qh2 38. Rg2 Qh1+ 39. Rg1 Qh2 40.
Rd1 Qg3 41. Rg1 Qxg4 42. Rxg4 Rd8 43. Kc1 Ng7 44. Be3 b6 45. Nb4 Ne6 46. Nd5
Kg7 47. c3 Rh8 48. Bf2 Kf7 49. Kd2 g5 50. hxg5 Bxg5+ 51. Ke2 Rh2 52. Kf1 Rh1+
53. Rg1 Rxg1+ 54. Bxg1 Bc1 55. Bh2 Bxb2 56. Bxe5 Nc5 57. Ke2 Nxe4 58. Kd3 Nc5+
59. Kc4 Nd7 60. Bf4 Ba3 61. Kb5 e6 62. Nb4 a5 63. Nd3 Kf6 64. Bc7 Kf5 65. Kc6
Nc5 66. Nf2 Na4 67. Nd1 Ke4 68. Kb5 Nb2 69. Nxb2 Bxb2 {L-L bei geringer
Bauernzahl; je 1 Freibauer; Achtung! - falscher Randbauer} 70. c4 Kd3 71. Bxb6
a4 (71... e5 72. c5 e4 73. c6 Be5 74. c7 Bxc7 75. Bxc7 a4 76. Kxa4 Kc4 77. Ka5
Kc5 78. Bb6+ Kc6 79. Ka6 $18) 72. c5 a3 (72... Be5 73. Kxa4 Kc4 74. c6 Bd6 75.
Ka5 Kd5 76. Kb5 (76. c7 $2 Bxc7 77. Bxc7 Kc6 78. Bf4 Kb7 $10) 76... e5 77. c7
$18) 73. c6 Be5 74. Bc5 (74. Ka6 Kc2 75. Kb7 (75. Bc5 Kb2 (75... Kb1 76. Bxa3
Kxa2 77. Bc5 Kb3 78. Ba7 Kc4 79. Kb7 Kd5 $10) 76. Bd4+ Bxd4 77. c7 Kxa2 78.
c8=Q Kb2 79. Qb7+ $18) 75... Kb1 76. Ba7 Kxa2 77. Bb8 Bxb8 78. Kxb8 Kb2 $10)
74... Kc2 75. Ka4 $2 (75. Bxa3 $1 Kb1 76. Bb2 $1 (76. Bd6 Bxd6 77. a4 e5 78. a5
e4 79. Kc4 Kc2 80. Kd4 e3 81. Kxe3 Kc3 82. a6 Bb8 83. Ke4 $18) 76... Bb8 77. a4
Kxb2 78. a5 e5 79. a6 e4 80. a7 Bxa7 81. c7 $18) 75... Kc3 $1 (75... Kb2 $2 76.
Bd4+ Bxd4 77. c7 Kxa2 78. c8=Q $18 Kb2) 76. Bxa3 (76. Kb5 $1 Kb2 77. Bd4+ Bxd4
78. c7 Kxa2 79. c8=Q Kb2 80. Qxe6 a2 81. Qe2+ Kb1 (81... Kb3 82. Qc4+ Kb2 83.
Qxd4+ $18) 82. Qd1+ Kb2 83. Qxd4+ Kb1 84. Qd1+ Kb2 85. Qd2+ Kb1 86. Kb4 a1=Q
87. Kb3 $18) 76... Kc4 77. Ka5 Bc7+ $1 78. Ka6 e5 79. Kb7 Ba5 80. Bd6 e4 81.
Bf4 Kb5 82. Be3 Bd8 83. Bd4 Ba5 84. Bg1 Bd8 85. Be3 Ba5 86. a4+ Kxa4 87. c7
Bxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 h5 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. g4 hxg4 15.
f4 Nc6 16. e5 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bc6 18. Rhe1 Bf3 19. Rd2 Nh7 20. Qxc5 dxc5 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 22. Bxe7 Rc8 23. Bd5 Bf8 24. Bxf3 gxf3 25. Bg5 Kg7 26. Rf1 f6 27. exf6+
Nxf6 28. Rxf3 Rc6 29. Rd3 c4 30. Rd8 a6 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. Rxd5 Rd6 33. Re5 Rd7
34. c3 Bd6 35. Re4 b5 36. Re6 a5 37. Kc2 a4 38. a3 Bc7 39. Rc6 Rf7 40. Rc5 Bxf4
41. Rxb5 Bxg5 42. Rxg5 (42. hxg5 $5 Rf5 43. Rb7+ Kf8 (43... Rf7 44. Rb4 $17)
44. Rb4 Rxg5 45. Rxc4 Rg2+ (45... Ra5 $5 46. Rg4 g5 47. c4 Kf7 48. Kc3 Kf6 49.
Kb4 Ra8 50. Rg2 Kf5 $132 {Analyse!}) 46. Kb1 Rg1+ 47. Ka2 g5 48. Rxa4 g4 49.
Rd4 Ke7 50. a4 g3 51. a5 Kf6 52. Rg4 Kf5 53. Rg8 Kf4 54. a6 $18) 42... Rf2+ $18
{The black Pc4 and Pa4 are too weak.} 43. Kb1 Rf1+ 44. Ka2 Rf5 45. Rg4 Rc5 46.
Kb1 Kh6 47. Kc2 Kh5 48. Re4 Rc6 49. Kd2 Rd6+ 50. Ke2 Rc6 51. Ke3 Rc8 52. Kd4
Rb8 53. Kxc4 Rxb2 54. Kd3 g5 55. hxg5 Kxg5 56. Rxa4 Kf6 57. Re4 Ra2 58. Kd4 $1
$18 (58. a4 Kf5 59. Rb4 Ke5 60. Kc4 Kd6 61. Kb5 Kc7 62. Rh4 $16 Rb2+) 58...
Rxa3 59. c4 Ra8 60. Kd5 Rd8+ 61. Kc6 Kf5 62. Re7 Kf6 63. Rd7 Ra8 64. Kd5 Ra1
65. c5 Rd1+ 66. Kc6 Rc1 67. Kd6 Rd1+ 68. Kc7 Rc1 69. c6 Ke6 70. Rd2 Rc3 71. Kb7
Rb3+ 72. Kc8 1-0

[Event "Itau Mercosul Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Braga, Cicero Nogueira"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Hindemburg,Melao"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1999.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 ({Outra opção de combater a Dragão й} 9. O-O-O {conservando o Bispo
do Rei em 'f1'. Com isso as Brancas economizam dois tempos, por outro lado,
não conseguem manter o controle dos pontos d5, e6.}) 9... Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11.
Bb3 Rc8 12. h4 h5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nce2 (15. Nde2 b5 16. Bh6 Qa5
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf4 Rfc8 19. Ncd5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Kf8 22. Re1 Rb8
23. b3 Rc5 24. Nf4 Rbc8 25. Kb2 a5 26. a3 Kg7 27. Nd5 Be6 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4
Rc4 30. Nb6 Rxb4+ 31. Ka3 Rxc2 {0-1 Anand,V-Kasparov,G/New York 1995/[Kasparov,
G] (31)}) (15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Bd4 Be6 17. g4 hxg4 18. h5 gxh5 19. Bxf6 exf6 20.
Rxh5 Rc8 21. Rdh1 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Qxc3 23. f4 Qxd2 24. Nxd2 Bxa2+ {1/2-1/2
Berelovich,A-Brodsky,I/Russia 1996/Inf 68 (24)}) 15... b5 16. Bh6 $146 (16. c3
Qb8 17. Nb3 Rfc8 18. Nec1 Qc7 19. Nd3 a5 20. Qf2 Rc6 21. Nd4 Ra6 22. Bg5 e5 23.
Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nc2 Be6 25. Ne3 b4 26. Rc1 Qa7 27. c4 Bd8 28. Qe2 Rac6 29. g3 Bb6
30. Nd5 Bd4 {Cseshkovsky,V-Gufeld,E/USSR 1978/Inf 26/1/2-1/2 (42)}) 16... Bxh6
17. Qxh6 e5 18. Nb3 (18. Nf5 $5 gxf5 (18... Ne8 19. Nxd6 $16) (18... Bxf5 19.
exf5 $18) 19. Qg5+ (19. g4 $5 fxg4 20. Ng3 $5) 19... Kh8 20. Rxd6 Nh7 21. Qd2 (
21. Qxh5 f6 22. Rhd1 Qe8 23. Qh6 Be6 24. Ng3 $13) 21... Rc7 22. Rd1 fxe4 (22...
Nf6 $2 23. exf5 $16) 23. fxe4 f5 24. Rxd7 (24. Nf4 $2 exf4 25. e5 Qe7 $19)
24... Rxd7 25. Qxd7 Qxd7 26. Rxd7 fxe4 $13) 18... Be6 19. Qd2 {>< Pd6} Rc6 20.
Qb4 Qb6 21. Na5 Rc5 22. Nb3 Rc6 23. Nc3 Rb8 24. Na5 Rc5 25. Nb3 Rc6 26. Rd2
Bxb3 27. Qxb3 b4 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. Qxd5 (29. exd5 Rc3 30. bxc3 bxc3 31. Rd3 Qc7
32. Rxc3 Rxb3+ 33. Rxb3 $13) 29... Qb5 30. Rhd1 Qxd5 31. Rxd5 $14 {>< d5, Pd6}
Rbb6 32. R1d3 Kf8 33. Ra5 a6 34. Rb3 Rc5 35. Rxc5 dxc5 36. c3 Ke7 37. cxb4 cxb4
38. Rd3 f5 39. Rd5 Ke6 40. Rc5 fxe4 41. fxe4 Rd6 42. Rc4 Rd1+ 43. Kc2 Rg1 44.
Rxb4 Rxg2+ 45. Kd3 Kd6 46. Ra4 Rxb2 47. Rxa6+ Kc5 48. Re6 Rxa2 49. Rxe5+ Kd6
50. Rg5 Rh2 51. Rxg6+ Ke7 52. Kd4 Rxh4 53. Rh6 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Johnson,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4
14. Kb1 Qc7 (14... b5 $1 15. h5 b4 16. Nce2 e5 17. Nb3 d5 $1 18. exd5 Bf5 19.
Na1 gxh5 $15 {Lederman-Birnboim, Israel 1977}) 15. g4 (15. h5 {White's last
two move are too slow}) 15... Rc8 16. h5 b5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5
Be5 $1 (19... Bxd4 $4 20. Bxd4 Rxc2 21. Qh6 $18) 20. Qd3 (20. f4 $2 Bxd4 21.
Bxd4 Rxc2 $17) 20... Qb7 (20... Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Rxc2 22. Qxg6+ hxg6 23. Rh8+ Kf7
24. Rh7+ Ke8 25. Rh8+ $10) 21. Qe4 e6 22. Rxh7 $2 (22. dxe6 Bc6 23. Qd3 Bxf3 (
23... Bxd4 $2 24. Bxd4 Bxf3 25. Qxg6+ $1 Kf8 26. Qf6+ Ke8 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28.
Rxh7+ Kxe6 29. Qf6+ Kd5 30. Qxf3+ Ke6 31. Qf5#) 24. Nxf3 Qxf3 $13) 22... Kxh7
23. Rh1+ Kg7 24. Bh6+ (24. Rh6 {Ftacnik} Be8 25. Nxe6+ Kg8 26. Rxg6+ Bxg6 27.
Qxg6+ Kh8 $19) 24... Kf6 (24... Kf7 $4 25. dxe6+ Bxe6 26. Qxb7+) 25. Bg5+ (25.
g5+ {Ftacnik} Ke7 $19) 25... Kxg5 (25... Kg7 {Ftacnik} 26. Bh6+) 26. f4+ (26.
Qe3+ {Ftacnik} Bf4 27. Qe1 Kf6 $19) 26... Bxf4 27. Qe1 Kf6 28. Qh4+ (28. g5+ {
Ftacnik} Bxg5 $19) 28... g5 (28... Bg5 $2 {Ftacnik} 29. Rf1+ Kg7 30. Qxg5 $13)
29. Qh6+ Ke5 30. Nxe6 (30. Nf3+ {Ftacnik} Kxd5 $19) 30... Bxe6 31. Qxe6+ Kd4
32. c3+ Kc5 33. Rh7 Qxh7+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.02.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Jones,G"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {I was a bit nervous
repeating the Dragon after publishing all my analysis in Quality Chess's GM
Repertoire series but I decided to be principled.} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 ({Earlier in the tournament Romain Edouard had tried the topical
} 9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. h4 Nh5 {As far as I
can tell this is a novelty.} 14. Bxg7 (14. Qg5 $5) 14... Kxg7 15. e5 $1 Qxe5
16. Rde1 Qf6 17. Ne4 Qf4 18. Ng5 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Nf4 20. g3 h6 21. Nxe6+ Nxe6
22. Rxe6 {Yu Yangyi (2747)-Edouard,R (2617) Caleta 2016 (49). White had a
small edge in the endgame and eventually ground out the win, although
objectively Black should be able to hold the draw.}) 10. Bb3 Rc8 11. O-O-O Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 {To my great surprise, Yu Yangyi started thinking here.} 13. e5 {
This line doesn't have a great reputation.} ({My previous game in the line
continued} 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5 a5 16. a3 Kg8 $1 {Shirov can be
credited with bringing the king retreat to the world's attention.} 17. Rhe1 Rc5
18. Re3 (18. g4 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Qxb4 Qa8 21. Kd2 Rb8 22. Ra1 Rxd5+ 23. Ke3
Re5+ 24. Kd2 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2722)-Shirov,A (2730) Bilbao 2009 was the
stem game.}) 18... b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Qxb4 Qa8 21. Bc4 Bf5 22. Ra3 Qc8 23. b3
Qc7 24. Qd2 Rc8 $1 {My book recommendation. Black puts more pressure on c4 and
prepares to either break in the centre or sacrifice the exchange.} ({The first
time I'd had this position I forgot my analysis and played} 24... Rb8 $6 25.
Qd4 Qb6 26. Ra2 Qb4 27. g4 Bc8 28. Ra7 Rb7 29. Ra4 Qb6 30. b4 Rcc7 (30... Qxb4
$1 31. Rxb4 Rxb4 {was my best chance.}) 31. Ba6 Rb8 32. Qxb6 Rxb6 33. Bxc8 Rxc8
34. Kb2 {Kravtsiv,M (2599)-Jones,G (2647) Abu Dhabi Masters 2015. White has a
winning ending.}) 25. Qd4 e5 $1 26. dxe6 d5 27. exf7+ Qxf7 28. g4 Bxc2 29. Kxc2
Rxc4+ 30. bxc4 Rxc4+ 31. Qxc4 dxc4 {Ma Qun (2606)-Jones,G (2625) New Zealand
Open 2016; with a drawn ending. With all White's pawns on the kingside he
can't make any progress.}) (13. h4 {White's most aggressive option.} a5 14. h5
a4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 $5 {Black needs to walk a narrow path of only moves but I
don't think White has any advantage.} (15... exf6 {has traditionally been the
main move.}) 16. hxg6 e6 $1 {Black needs to prevent Qd2-h6.} (16... hxg6 17.
Qh6 {is terminal.}) 17. e5 (17. Qh6 $4 Bg5+) 17... Bg7 $1 {Qd2-h6 still has to
be prevented.} 18. Rxh7 Bxe5 $1 19. Rdh1 (19. Qh6 Qf6 {and White's own rook
prevents mate.}) 19... fxg6 20. Bd5 $5 ({White can bail out with} 20. Rh8+ Bxh8
21. Rxh8+ Kxh8 22. Qh6+ {with perpetual check.}) 20... Rf7 21. Rxf7 Kxf7 22.
Be4 Qf6 $11 {Polgar,J (2669)-Jones,G (2615) London 2013.}) 13... dxe5 14. Bxe5
Bc6 15. Qxd8 {If White doesn't trade queens then Black's attack is normally
more effective.} ({White's alternatives aren't very attractive.} 15. Qg5 Qb6
16. h4 a5 17. h5 h6 18. Qg3 a4 19. Bd4 Qc7 (19... Qb7 $1 {is very good for
Black, the b3-bishop is trapped.} 20. Bxf7+ (20. Bxf6 exf6 21. Bd5 {White's
bishop escapes but} b4 $19 {still wins material.}) 20... Rxf7 21. hxg6 Rff8 $17
{White doesn't have much attack.}) 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Bd5 Rfc8 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23.
hxg6 b4 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. Nxa4 Rxc2+ 26. Kb1 Rxg2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Stukopin,A 
(2574)-Kiewra,K (2445) Dallas 2015.}) (15. Qe1 {was played in another game
from Gibraltar.} Qb6 16. Kb1 a5 17. a4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. Bxa4 Rc5 $1 20.
Bd4 (20. Qg1 Nh5 21. Bxg7 Nxg7 $15) 20... Nd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rd3 Qf6 23. Bb3
Rb8 24. Qf2 Rxc2 $5 (24... Rcb5 $17 {is also very good for Black.}) 25. Qd4
Rxg2 26. Bxd5 Rbxb2+ 27. Ka1 e5 $2 (27... Rxh2 28. Qxf6+ Kxf6 29. Rxh2 Rxh2 {
should be winning for Black, four pawns is more than enough for the bishop.})
28. Qxb2 Rxb2 29. Kxb2 e4+ 30. Rc3 Qb6+ {1/2-1/2 Fiala,V (2217)-Carlsson,P 
(2430) Caleta 2016 (47). Black still has the better chances but he was unable
to win.}) 15... Rfxd8 16. Ne2 {I hadn't expected this variation anyway but
this move was the first to deviate from my book.} (16. Rhe1 {was tried in
another recent game.} b4 (16... Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 b4 18. Ne2 a5 $11 {looks very
comfortable for Black.}) 17. Ne2 Bh6+ 18. Bf4 Bxf4+ (18... Bg7 $1 $11 {As in
the game, the bishop is misplaced on f4.}) 19. Nxf4 Kf8 $6 20. Re5 {Now
White's rook dominates.} Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 $14 {½-½ Iovcov,V (2421)-Markoja,B 
(2346) Karpacz 2015 (138).}) (16. Rxd8+ {Chopping wood has been White's usual
choice.} Rxd8 17. Rd1 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Nd7 20. Bd4 a5 21. c3 Kf8 (
21... Bf4 $146 {was my suggestion in the book.}) 22. Be3 Bg7 23. Nf2 e6 24. Nd3
Ke7 {1/2-1/2 Janev,P (2196)-Adla,D (2469) Caleta 2015 (51). Black had a
slightly more comfortable ending in the previous year's Gibraltar tournament.})
16... Bh6+ $5 {This is quite a common idea in this structure. Black wants to
move his f6-knight without allowing the exchange of bishops.} (16... Nd7 {
is also fine.} 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd4 Nc5 $11 {During the game I thought White
might be able to put a little pressure on Black in this position and wanted to
keep some more pieces on the board so I'd also have winning chances.}) 17. Kb1
({After} 17. Bf4 {my intention was to repeat with} Bg7 {claiming the bishop is
misplaced on f4.} 18. Be5 {is probably White's best but in the tournament
situation I thought repeating was unlikely.}) 17... Nd7 (17... Nd5 $5 {is my
engine's suggestion. I didn't look much further than} 18. Nd4 {when I'm losing
a pawn but Black gets good compensation after} Bb7 $1 19. Nxb5 Ne3 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Nxa7 Nxg2 {An extremely complicated position. Black will also win the
f3-pawn when it's a race between the opposite sets of passed pawns.}) 18. Bd4 (
{White doesn't want to allow} 18. Bc3 Nc5 {when Black must be better with the
bishop pair.}) 18... a5 19. a3 ({The main move I looked at was} 19. c3 $6 {
but now Black is better with} a4 20. Bc2 e5 21. Bf2 Nf6 $15 {[%cal Gf6d5,Gd5e3]
Black has ideas of moving the knight into e3 or playing ....e5-e4.} (21... f5
$5 $15 {is similar.})) 19... b4 {Now that ...Nc5 won't win the bishop pair I
didn't want to let him drop the d4-bishop back to c3.} 20. axb4 (20. a4 $6 e5
21. Bf2 Bf8 $15 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gd7c5]}) 20... axb4 21. Rhe1 e5 22. Bf2 Nf6
23. Bg3 $6 {This is where White gets in trouble.} (23. Bh4 $1 {should have
been played.} Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nd7 25. Nc1 Bf8 $11) 23... Bd2 $1 {I think this
took him by surprise.} 24. Rg1 (24. Rf1 $6 Bb5 25. Bxe5 {Here I intended} Ne8 {
keeping the pin.} ({The similar} 25... Nh5 $1 {is apparently much stronger.
After both moves White can't prevent a loss of material.}) (25... Bxe2 26. Bxf6
{didn't seem so clear, although Black is still better after} Rd6 27. Be7 Rd7
28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Bxb4 Bxf1 30. Bxd2 Rd8 31. Kc1 Bxg2 32. f4 $17 {but the
connected passed pawns make the position tricky.})) 24... e4 25. Be5 {Yu
Yangyi gives up a pawn to lessen Black's initiative.} (25. fxe4 Nxe4 $17 {
Black dominates the board.}) 25... exf3 26. gxf3 (26. Nd4 $6 {is a much
sharper alternative and was the main move I was calculating. However the
complications favour Black.} Ng4 27. Nxc6 (27. Rxd2 Nxe5 28. gxf3 Rxd4 $1 29.
Rxd4 Nxf3 $17) 27... Rxc6 28. Bf4 f2 29. Rgf1 Rf6 $1 (29... Rcd6 30. Bxd6 Rxd6
$17 {was the line I analysed. Black will regain the exchange with great
winning chances.}) 30. Bxd2 Nxh2 31. Bxb4 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 f1=Q 33. Rxf1 Nxf1 $19
) 26... Bxf3 27. Bxf6 Bxe2 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. c3 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 {Black has an
extra pawn but the presence of the opposite coloured bishops should mean it's
drawn.} Rb8 $5 {I have to try keeping the rooks on the board.} (30... bxc3 31.
bxc3 Kg7 32. Kc2 Bg5 33. Rxd8 Bxd8 {must be drawn. We have the same ending as
in the game but with White still having a c-pawn.}) 31. Kc2 (31. Rxd2 bxc3 32.
bxc3 Rxb3+ {was the tactical justification of my previous move. I doubt that
Black is actually winning here but at least the bishops are off the board.})
31... Bf4 32. Rd7 Rf8 ({However I doubted I had any realistic winning chances
after} 32... Bxh2 33. Rxf7 Kh8 34. Bd5 {can hardly give Black any winning
chances.}) 33. h3 bxc3 34. bxc3 Kg7 35. Bd5 g5 36. c4 h5 37. c5 Kg6 38. c6 f5
39. c7 $5 {This move surprised me a little. Yu Yangyi gives up the c-pawn to
exchange rooks and go into a technically drawn endgame but it's still tricky.}
(39. Re7 {looks to draw, White is too active.}) 39... Rc8 40. Kd3 (40. Bf7+ {
would win back a pawn but after} Kf6 (40... Kh6 41. Be6 $1) 41. Bxh5 Bxc7 $17 {
White will still be under pressure.}) 40... g4 (40... Bxc7 41. Bb7 Rd8 42. Rxd8
Bxd8 43. Ke2 {Here I couldn't see how I could make progress without pushing ...
g5-g4 anyway.}) 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Bb7 (42. Ke2 $2 Bxc7 $1 {was my idea.} 43.
Bb7 Re8+ $19) 42... Rxc7 43. Rxc7 Bxc7 44. Ke3 Kg5 (44... Bg3 $5 {would be the
other winning try.} 45. Ke2 Bh4 46. Ke3 $1 (46. Kf1 f4 47. Kg2 $2 {would
transpose to the lost position analysed later.}) 46... Kg5 47. Bc6 f4+ 48. Ke2
{Here White sits with his king on e2. The problem for Black is that his bishop
now gets in the way and so he can't infiltrate with his king.} Bg3 49. Bb7 Kh4
50. Bg2 $1 {Mutual zugzwang!}) 45. Bc8 $4 {Yu Yangyi thought for almost all of
his additional 50 minutes here and practically resigned with this move.} ({
The usual drawing mechanism in such positions is to leave the king on g2 and
once ...f5-f4 is played leave the bishop on d1 or e2. White's problem is that
he can't get his bishop to that diagonal in time. However Black also has to
lose a tempo to reach his ideal position, giving White enough time to
reposition his bishop.} 45. Kf2 f4 46. Kg2 Kh4 (46... Kf6 47. Bc6 Ke5 {doesn't
get anywhere due to} 48. Bd7 f3+ 49. Kg3 $11) 47. Bd5 Ba5 48. Bc6 {White has
to sit.} (48. Kf2 Kh3 $19) 48... Be1 49. Kf1 Bg3 50. Kg2 Kg5 {I think we both
saw this far and thought Black was winning.} {However White now has time to
play.} 51. Bb5 $1 ({Continuing to sit with} 51. Bb7 {loses:} Bh4 52. Bc6 Kf6
53. Bb7 Ke5 54. Bc6 (54. Bc8 f3+ 55. Kh2 Kf4 $19) 54... Kd4 55. Bb7 (55. Bd7
f3+ 56. Kh2 g3+ $19) 55... Ke3 $19 {[%cal Gf4f3]}) 51... Bh4 52. Be2 $11 {
Reaching the theoretical draw. Now that White has the g4-pawn attacked Black
cannot improve his position.}) 45... f4+ {Now White can't stop the march of
the pawns.} 46. Ke4 Kh4 47. Kf5 g3 0-1

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Dolmatov} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 (12. g4 {Dolmatov}
Qa5 13. h4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. h5 Rfc8 16. Nb3 Qa6 17. hxg6 Rxc3 $13 {
Tolnai,T-Tatai,S/Budapest/1988/}) 12... Nc4 (12... a5 $1) (12... Qa5 $4 {
Dolmatov} 13. Nd5 $18) 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 Qc7 $2 (14... Qb8 $5) (14... Be6 $5
) (14... Qa5 15. g5 (15. Nd5 $2 {Dolmatov} Qxd2 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Rxd2 Re8)
15... Nh5 16. Nd5 Qxd2 (16... Qd8 {Dolmatov}) 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Rxd2 $16) 15.
g5 (15. h4 {Dolmatov} Rc8 16. h5 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Qxc3 Rxc3 $44) 15...
Nh5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Ne2 $1 (17. Nb3 $5 {Dolmatov} e6 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 d5
20. exd5 exd5) 17... e6 (17... Be6 18. Ng3 $16 (18. Ng3 {Dolmatov} Nxg3 19.
hxg3 Bxd5 20. exd5 $16)) 18. Ndf4 Nxf4 (18... Qxg5 {Dolmatov} 19. Nxe6 Qe5 20.
Nxg7 Nxg7 21. Qxd6 $16) 19. Nxf4 (19. Bxf4 {Dolmatov} Qb6 20. c3 d5 $132) 19...
Rc6 (19... Qc7 20. Qxd6 Rxc2 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Bxa7 b6 23. Bxb6 Rb7 24. b3 Ba4
$44) 20. h4 Qc7 (20... f6 $2 {Dolmatov} 21. Rhg1 $16) 21. h5 Rc8 22. Rc1 (22.
c3 Qa5 $132 (22... b5 {Dolmatov} 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 e5 26. Qf2
exf4 27. Qh4 Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qf6+ $18) (22... Rxc3 23. bxc3 Bxc3 24. Qd3
$18) (22... Ra6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Bd4 $40)) 22... Ra6 (22... Rc3 23. hxg6 hxg6
24. Bd4 Rxf3 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qh2 $18) (22... b5 {Dolmatov} 23. hxg6 hxg6 24.
Bd4 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 26. Qxc2 Rxc2 27. Kxc2 Bxd4 28. Rd1 $16) 23. hxg6 $16 (
23. c4 $16) 23... hxg6 (23... Qc4 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. a3 $1 (25. b3 Rxa2 26. e5
Bxe5 $19) 25... Rxa3 26. bxa3 Qb5+ 27. Qb4 $18) 24. c4 Qa5 25. Qxa5 Rxa5 26.
Rcd1 Rc6 (26... Rxc4 27. Rxd6 Rc7 (27... Be8 28. Rd8 Kf8 29. Rh7 $40) 28. Rhd1
Be8 29. Rd8 Kf8 30. Ra8 $16) 27. b3 (27. c5 Kf8 28. cxd6 Be5) 27... Rca6 (27...
Be8 $5) (27... b5 28. Bd2 $16) 28. Rh2 Kf8 29. Nd3 $18 b5 (29... Ra3 30. Nc5
dxc5 31. Bxc5+ Ke8 32. Rhd2 $18) (29... Ke7 30. Bd2 $16) 30. c5 d5 31. Nb4 Bc6
32. Bd4 e5 33. Bc3 dxe4 34. Nxc6 Rxc6 35. Bxa5 exf3 36. Rd6 Rc8 37. Rd8+ Rxd8
38. Bxd8 e4 39. Kc2 e3 40. Kd3 e2 41. Ba5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. Nde2 Qc7 16. Bd4 Be6 17. b3 Rc6 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. Bb2 Rfc8 20. c4 Rc5 21.
Nxa7 Ra8 22. Nb5 d5 23. cxd5 Rxd5 24. Nbd4 Rd6 25. Qe3 Ne8 26. Rd2 Qd8 27. Rhd1
Qa5 28. Nc3 Bd7 29. Qg5 b5 30. a3 Bf6 31. Qc5 Rc8 32. Qb4 Qxb4 33. axb4 Nc7 34.
g3 Bxd4 35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 Be6 37. Kc2 Na6 38. Bc1 f6 39. Kb2 Rb8 40. Bf4
Rb7 41. Rd8+ Kg7 42. Ka3 Nc5 43. Be3 $2 (43. bxc5 b4+ 44. Ka4 $18) 43... Nd7
$14 44. f4 Nb8 45. Bc5 Nc6 46. Ra8 Kf7 47. Ra6 Bd7 48. Kb2 Nb8 49. Ra1 Bc6 50.
e5 fxe5 51. fxe5 Ke6 52. Re1 Nd7 53. Bd4 Bf3 54. Re3 Bg4 55. Ne4 Kd5 56. Bc3
Rb8 57. e6 Bxe6 58. Nf2 Bf5 59. Rxe7 Kd6 60. Re1 Rf8 61. Bd4 Kc6 62. Nd1 Bg4
63. Nc3 Rf3 64. Ra1 Rd3 65. Ra6+ Kb7 66. Rd6 Rxg3 $6 (66... Bf5 67. Nxb5 Rxg3
$11) 67. Rxg6 $18 Rh3 68. Nxb5 Rxh4 69. Nd6+ Kc7 70. b5 Rh2+ 71. Ka3 Bf3 72.
b6+ Kd8 73. Be3 Ne5 74. Rg7 Rg2 75. b7 $1 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 04th"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Black "Brodsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rostov-on-Don Don-SDYuSShOR"]
[BlackTeam "Noyabrsk Yamal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. h4 h5 13. Kb1 (13. g4 hxg4 14. h5
$13) 13... Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Bd4 Be6 17. g4 hxg4 $5 (17... Kh7
18. gxh5 Nxh5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rdg1 Rc8 21. f4 (21. Nd4 {- 17...Rfc8}) 21...
Rxc3 22. bxc3 Qxc3 23. Qxc3+ Rxc3 24. f5 Bd7 $14 {Prandstetter,E-Semkov,S/
Varna/1982/}) (17... Rc8 18. gxh5 Nxh5 19. Rdg1 Kh7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nd4 Qc5
22. Nce2 Ra4 23. b3 Ra6 24. Rg5 $16 {Tukmakov,V-Sosonko,G/Amsterdam/1974/}) 18.
h5 gxh5 (18... Nxh5 $4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rxh5 gxh5 21. Qg5+ $18) 19. Bxf6 exf6
$1 $8 (19... Bxf6 $2 20. Rxh5 Rxc3 (20... Rc8 21. Rdh1 Rxc3 22. Qh2 $1 $18) 21.
Rg5+ $3 $18 (21. Qh6 $2 Rc8 22. Rdh1 $1 Rc5 (22... Rxc2 23. Rg5+ Bxg5 24. Qh8#)
23. Nxc5 Qxc5 (23... dxc5 $4 24. Rg5+ $1) 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 $14) 21... Bg7 22.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qg5+ Kh7 24. Rh1#) 20. Rxh5 Rc8 21. Rdh1 Rxc3 22. bxc3 (22. Qh2
$2 Kf8 $17) 22... Qxc3 23. f4 $1 (23. Qxc3 $2 Rxc3 24. fxg4 Bxg4 25. Rd5 f5 26.
Rxd6 (26. exf5 Bf3 $15) 26... fxe4 27. Rd8+ Bf8 28. Nd4 (28. Rg1 f5 29. Nd4 Kf7
$17) 28... Rg3 $1 $15) (23. fxg4 Bxg4 24. Rd5 f5 $15) 23... Qxd2 (23... Bxb3
24. Qxc3 $16 Bxa2+ 25. Kb2 Rxc3 26. Kxc3 f5+ 27. Kd3 fxe4+ 28. Kxe4 $16) 24.
Nxd2 Bxa2+ $1 $13 (24... Bxa2+ 25. Kc1 $5 {/\f4-f5} (25. Kb2 $2 f5+ 26. e5 dxe5
$17) (25. Kxa2 Rxc2+ 26. Kb3 Rxd2 27. R5h4 (27. Rg1 Re2 28. Rxg4 Rxe4 29. Kc2
f5 30. Rxf5 Kf8 31. Rfg5 Bh6 32. Rg8+ Ke7 33. Rb8 $10) 27... f5 (27... Re2 28.
Rxg4 f5 (28... Rxe4 $2 29. Rhg1 $16) 29. exf5 Kf8 30. Rc1 Bf6 31. Rc8+ Ke7 32.
Rb8 Rb2+ $15)) 25... f5 $1 26. Rxf5 (26. exf5 Bd5 27. Rg1 Bf6 (27... Kf8 $4 28.
f6 $18) 28. Rxg4+ Kf8 $13) 26... Be6 27. Rg5 Kf8 28. f5 Bc4 29. Nxc4 $1 (29.
Rxg4 $2 Bd3 $17) 29... Rxc4 30. Rxg4 $13 d5 $5 (30... Be5 $132) 31. Rhg1 Bh6+ (
31... Bd4 $6 32. Rg8+ Ke7 33. Re1 $40) 32. Kb2 Rxe4 (32... dxe4 $2 33. f6 Ke8
34. Rd1 $1 $16) 33. f6 Rxg4 34. Rxg4 Ke8 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grigoryan, Avetik"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4 ({A few decades ago, Kiril Georgiev
used to be the world's main expert in the system based on} 11... Ne5 12. h4 h5)
12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5 a5 16. a3 Qb6 {This is
considered to be insatisfactory.} ({The critical line is} 16... b4 {, giving
up a pawn for the sake of opening the a-file. See for instance Cheparinov,I 
(2576)-Gashimov,V (2586)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104/[Rogozenko] (0-1, 50)}) 17. Rhe1
Rfe8 18. g4 Rc5 $146 {This is Kiril's novelty. Apparently, he relied on the
fact that he can keep the kingside closed and increase his pressure against
the enemy castled position at his own convenience. The next phase of the game
proves that his judgement was too optimistic.} (18... Rc7 {Macieja,B (2536)
-Rogozenko,D (2531)/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Rogozenko] (1-0, 30)}) (18... b4
19. a4 {Anand,V (2790)-Tiviakov,S (2597)/Wijk aan Zee 2001/CBM 081/[Rogozenko]
(1-0, 45)}) 19. h4 h6 20. Qd4+ Kg8 21. h5 g5 22. Rd2 Qc7 23. f4 $40 a4 24. Ba2
Bxg4 25. fxg5 Bf5 26. Qf2 e6 27. gxh6 Kh7 28. Rg1 Rc8 29. c3 (29. Bb1 $5 $18)
29... Qa5 (29... Rxc3+ 30. bxc3 Qxc3+ 31. Kd1 Qa1+ 32. Ke2 Qe5+ 33. Qe3 Qh2+
34. Kf3 Qxh5+ 35. Kf2 $18) 30. Qd4 e5 31. Qf2 Rxc3+ 32. bxc3 Qxc3+ 33. Kd1 Qh3
34. Bb1 Qb3+ 35. Ke2 Qc4+ 36. Ke1 Qc1+ 37. Rd1 Qc3+ 38. Qd2 $18 e4 39. Rg7+ Kh8
40. Qxc3 Rxc3 41. Rxf7 Bg4 42. Kd2 Rc4 43. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Bogota McGregor op 4th"]
[Site "Bogota"]
[Date "2013.12.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Black "Vera Siguenas, Deivy Anthoni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.12.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "COL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 Re8 13. Rhf1 $5 $146 {A
highly interesting idea, already seen in 2 correspondence games. I had
prepared this for a long time, and finally had the chance to use it. White
basically wants to play 14.g4, and not worry about ...b5 (since f3 is defended)
. Since Black had just played a waiting move (...Re8), White has the right to
go 'slow' like this. Black has many ways to fight this idea, maybe future
practice will show better.} (13. g4 {right away would be a good move (avoiding
...h5, a key defensive move for Black after h4), but Black takes advantage of
the hanging f3P with} b5 $1 14. g5 b4 15. Na4 $6 {is not good} (15. Nce2 Nh5 {
and the N is not going to d5 at least} 16. Ng3 a5 $1 $132) 15... Nxe4 $1 16.
fxe4 Qa5 $15) 13... Nc4 (13... a6 {was played in those both corr. games} 14. g4
b5 15. g5 {now we'll see the difference - notice that Rhf1 and a6 are included}
Nh5 {has to be played, and White has decent prospects in the following unclear
position:} (15... b4 $6 {would be the adequate answer, but now the a6-square
is not available for the Q, which means that:} 16. Na4 $1 Bxa4 {something like
this is forced} (16... Nxe4 $2 17. fxe4 Qa5 18. a3 $1 Bxa4 19. axb4 $18 {
[%csl Ra4]}) 17. Bxa4 $40 {and the light-squared weaknesses could be a problem.
Qe2-Bb3-f4, etc}) 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 (17... Rxc4 18. f5 $40) 18. f5 $40)
(13... Qc7 $5 {something like this is to be considered as well.}) 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
{It's possible to compare this position with the one resulting from12...Nc4 13.
Bxc4 Rxc4.} 15. Qd3 $5 (15. g4 $5 {similar to the 12...Nc4 line, was also
possible.}) 15... Rc8 16. g4 {Now the attack can begin. The R is not at the
best square on f1, but there will be time to go back to h1.} Bc6 $5 {During
the game I thought this was slow, but with the correct approach on move 18,
Black would have good chances.} 17. h4 $40 Nd7 18. h5 Nc5 $2 {This is too slow.
Now White has time to build a decisive attack.} (18... Ne5 $1 {was a better
alternative} 19. Qe2 Bd7 $1 {looking at ...Rxc3} 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Rh1 Rxc3 22.
bxc3 Qc7 23. Qh2 Qxc3 24. Qxh7+ (24. Bc1 $5 h6 $1 25. Bxh6 Nc4 26. Bc1 Bxd4 27.
Qh7+ Kf8 28. Rxd4 Qb4+ 29. Ka1 Qc3+ 30. Kb1 $11) 24... Kf7 25. Bd2 Qxd4 26.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Bh6+ Kg8 28. Rxd4 Nxf3 $13 {and Black has good prospects in the
endgame.}) 19. Qd2 Na4 20. Nxa4 Bxa4 21. b3 Bc6 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Bh6 {Not bad,
but} (23. Nf5 $1 {was simply winning right away} gxf5 24. gxf5 $18 {Rg1, Bh6
coming. Black doesn't have time to stop them all. A sample line is} e6 25. Rg1
Qf6 26. Bd4 e5 27. Be3) 23... Be5 24. Rh1 e6 25. Nxc6 (25. f4 $1 {This would
be the best way to execute the idea I had in the game} Bxd4 (25... Bh8 26. Nxc6
Rxc6 27. Qh2 $18 {now e5 is going to close the diagonal, whenever Black tries
something on a2} Qa5 28. e5 dxe5 29. Bg5 Bg7 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Bh6 Bxh6 32.
Qxh6+ Ke7 33. Qg5+ Kf8 34. Rh8+ Kg7) 26. Qxd4 e5 27. Qe3 exf4 28. Qc3 Re5 29.
Bxf4 $18) 25... Rxc6 26. f4 $4 {After a nice opening idea and feeling very
confident, I lose my way making a fast decision and almost spoil all the work
until now.} (26. c4 $1 $18 {was again very simple. Bc3 is controlled, and
f4-Qh2 comes, with deadly effects.}) 26... Bc3 27. Qh2 {This looked good as
well, but I completely forgot about Qa5 or Ra6 (threatening to take on a2).}
Qa5 (27... Ra6 $1 {was the correct way to save the game} 28. Qh3 Qc7 29. Rd3
Rxa2 $1 30. Rxc3 Qa5 31. Kc1 Qb4 $1 {with this very difficult move, Black
forces a draw. The threat is 32...Ra1+ 33.Kd2 Qd4+ 34.Rd3 Qf2+ with a winning
attack} 32. Rc4 Ra1+ 33. Kb2 Qa3+ 34. Kc3 Qa5+ 35. Kb2 $11 Qa3+ 36. Kc3 $11)
28. a4 Rc4 $2 {Luckily, he couldn't find the toughest defence.} (28... Qb4 $1
29. Rd3 Qxe4 {nevertheless, White still has a very strong attack here:} 30. Rh3
Bg7 $1 (30... f5 31. Bg5 $1 Bg7 32. Bf6 $1 Rxc2 $1 (32... Bxf6 $4 33. Rh8+ Kf7
34. Qh7+ Bg7 35. Qxg7+ $3 Kxg7 36. R1h7+ Kf6 37. g5#) 33. Rh8+ Kf7 34. Qxc2
Rxh8 35. Qxe4 $1 (35. Rxh8 $2 Qxc2+ 36. Kxc2 Bxh8 $1 37. Bxh8 fxg4 $13 {
with decent drawing chances}) 35... fxe4 36. Rxh8 Kxf6 37. Rg8 Kf7 38. Rb8 g5
39. Rxb7+ Kg6 40. fxg5 Bd4 41. b4 Kxg5 42. Kc2 Kxg4 43. Kd2 $18) 31. Bxg7 Kxg7
32. Rh7+ Kf8 33. Qh6+ Ke7 34. Qg5+ Kd7 35. Rxf7+ Kc8 36. Rh2 $14 {White
maintains better prospects, Qb5 threatened and a slightly more weakened black K
}) 29. Rd3 $1 {Forced and good.} Rxe4 30. Rxc3 $1 $18 Qxc3 31. Bg5 {The
unstoppable threat is simply 32.Qh7+ Kf8 33.Qh8+ Qxh8 34.Rxh8+ winning the R.}
a5 (31... Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 33. Kb2 {this is the trick, now Black can't stop
Bf6} f5 34. Qh6 Rc8 35. Bf6 Rxc2+ 36. Kxc2 Qe2+ 37. Kb1 Qd1+ 38. Ka2 $18 {
Bb2 next}) 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Qh6+ Kg8 (33... Qg7 34. Bf6 $1 Re1+ 35. Kb2 $18 {
would be even faster.}) 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Qxh8 36. Rxh8+ Kg7 37. Rxe8 Re1+
38. Kb2 Rg1 39. Be7 Rxg4 40. Bxd6 g5 41. fxg5 Rxg5 42. Rb8 Rd5 43. Bc7 {
A nice way to finish this tournament!} 1-0

[Event "Paulista-ch"]
[Site "Americana"]
[Date "2012.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2012.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the 30th classical game I have played against Alex Fier - the 1st
one was back in 2003. We have played 10 draws so far - with only one below 40
moves. And still, whenever we make a draw and the game is not published yet,
people will imagine we didn't play, since we have been great friends for a
long time. Now, I present you another one of the 10 hard-fought draws, with
everything happening from beginning to end. Oh, and just for the record, it
doesn't matter who has won the most games, keeping scores is overrated :)} 1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3
d6 {Teasing White into the normal Dragon. Instead, Black has 3 options to keep
on playing the 'Accelerated Dragon':} (8... a5 9. O-O a4 10. Nxa4 Nxe4 {
with an unclear position. White has good results here, since Black's position
will be restricted after the following natural moves: Nb5, Qe2, Ra(or f)d1, c4.
} 11. Nb5 d5) (8... Qa5 9. O-O d6 10. h3 Bd7 {the most solid approach. White
will follow up with Re1 and possibly Qe2, Rad1, even Nf3 in some positions (to
avoid Nxd4-Bc6, when Black improves the e3-B to d4, but breathes a little bit
in a restricted position)} 11. Re1 $14) (8... Ng4 {the drastic approach:} 9.
Qxg4 Nxd4 {Black will get the B-pair, but White's pieces will be just
amazingly placed (not to mention the newly-born a1-R after axb3)} 10. Qd1 (10.
Qh4 $5) 10... Nxb3 11. axb3 $14 {with Bd4, 0-0 to follow and a very
comfortable position.}) 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4 $5 {With this move, White inhibits 10.
..Nxd4, since then White will try an idea connected with h5 right away (with
the Q still on d1).} (10. Qd2 {is more common, again turning it into an
'Accelerated-like position' after:} Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 $13 {with a5 to follow.
White could try 12.a4 right away, for a positional play, or 12.h4 and 13.h5, a
more ambitious try.}) 10... h5 (10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h5 $1 $40) 11. Qd2
Rc8 12. O-O-O Ne5 {But we're finally back to the traditional, old and good,
Yugoslav Attack into the Sicilian Dragon. There's a difference though, in that
I have played h4 already, when that is a small improvement for Black if I want
to play the Kb1 line.} 13. g4 $5 {An interesting idea - there's a similar
position with the K on b1 and the R on e8. There are some differences for both
sides, but generally I feel this is highly interesting and extremely dangerous
for Black - of course, there's a chance I might end without pieces at all, but
that's life.} (13. Kb1 {is possible, but would be more precise with the pawns
on h2 and h7} Nc4 $1 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 {With the h-Ps situated on their initial
positions, g4! now would lead to a critical position, and supposedly good for
White} 15. Nde2 $13 {instead, this is possible now. Funnily enough, IM
Santiago played this idea against the very same Fier 2 rounds later.}) 13...
hxg4 14. h5 Nxh5 15. Bh6 {Threatening Rxh5 and Qg5 next.} Kh7 $1 {Black enters
the red-zone (the h-file), but forces a decision.} (15... e6 {had been the
most common move here. Now we go into a forced line:} 16. Rdg1 Qf6 17. Bxg7 (
17. fxg4 $2 {one of the differences from the Kb1 Re8 position} Bxh6 18. Qxh6
Qf4+ $1 $17) 17... Qxg7 18. fxg4 Nf6 19. g5 Nh5 $13 {White remains a pawn down,
but there's a lot to be said here in forthcoming games.}) 16. Bg5 $1 {It's
hard to begin to analyse Black's possibilities here; they are nearly endless
and many of them are highly interesting, but need to be analysed in depth.
Just to mention a few - 16...a5!?, 16...Nc4!?, 16...Rc5!?, 16...Rc4!?} (16.
Rxh5 $2 gxh5 17. Rh1 {these kind of ideas won't work that easily:} Rh8 18. Rxh5
Kg8 19. Qg5 Rxh6 20. Rxh6 Qb6 $19) (16. Bxg7 Kxg7 {is possible, but I feel
that my move keeps the position more interesting - besides, now with the R on
f8, Bg5 makes sense, since the e7=P is more vulnerable} 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4
Rxc4 19. f5 Rh8 $44 {but I feel Black is going to consolidate somehow, and the
pressure won't be strong enough}) 16... Rxc3 $5 {The N was going to d5, which
makes this a good practical decision. I have to take with the P, making my K
also vulnerable in some positions.} 17. bxc3 gxf3 18. Nf5 $1 {With the
newly-born f5-P, the b3-B will be a monster, and Black's K will start to face
some real problems.} Bxf5 19. exf5 Qc7 $5 {Now again, White has tons of
interesting moves, like Qd4, that never crossed my mind. The idea is to simply
play fxg6+ and Qe4, thus creating an unstoppable Rxh5+ threat.} (19... Qd7 $5 {
whenever White plays fxg6+ right away, Black will be safe and good after fxg6,
since the R is playing an important defensive-attacking role (supporting the
f2-P)} 20. Qf4 $1 {making this a forced and annoying move} Kg8 $5 (20... Rh8 {
suggested by the computer, probably the best, but odd-looking, since after Kg8,
fxg6 could be winning at any moment, and the Q-side could remain unprotected
with the R stuck on h8}) 21. Qe4 $1 e6 22. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 (22... exf5 $4 23. Rh8+
$3 {boom! This important and hard to predict move decides the game right away}
(23. Qh4 $2 gxh5 24. Qxh5 {doesn't work now, because Black has time for Ng4 
(controlling f6 and h6) and Re8 (freeing f8 for the K} Ng4 $19) 23... Bxh8 24.
Qh4 {now Black has to lose an additional tempo because of the attack on the
h8-B} Bg7 25. Rh1 Re8 26. Bf6 $18) 23. f6 $13 {with a weird, far from clear
position.}) 20. Kb1 {A flexible, and always useful move.} (20. Qd4 $5 e6 21.
fxe6 fxe6 22. Bxe6 Bh6 $13 {another crazy Dragon position. White remains an
exchange up, but both Ks are weak and the verdict remains unclear.}) 20... d5
$5 {Sort of distracting my pieces from their ideal positions, and 'closing'
the a2-g8 diagonal for a move.} 21. Qxd5 e6 (21... Qxc3 22. Qe4 $1 (22. Bd2 Qc6
$1 {now this is possible, because the e7-P is not hanging, as it was before.
Without the Qs, the position is safer for Black, and remains unbalanced} 23.
Qxc6 bxc6 24. Be3 $13) 22... Kg8 $1 (22... Nd3 {doesn't work, since there is a
forced mate after:} 23. fxg6+ Kg8 24. gxf7+ Rxf7 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qxe7+ Kg6
27. Qe6+ $1 $18 {etc} Bf6) 23. Bd2 Ng3 {look who's back!} 24. Qe1 {forced and
good} (24. Qh4 $4 Qb2+ $1 {oops!} 25. Kxb2 Nc4+ 26. Kb1 Na3+ 27. Kc1 Ne2# {
would've been a nice finale!}) 24... Nd3 25. Bxc3 Nxe1 26. Rhxe1 f2 27. fxg6
Bxc3 28. Re3 f1=Q 29. Rxf1 Nxf1 30. Bxf7+ Kg7 31. Rxc3 Nd2+ 32. Kb2 Ne4 $11 {
would be a long and forced draw!}) 22. fxg6+ (22. Qe4 $5 exf5 23. Rxh5+ gxh5
24. Qxf5+ Ng6 25. Rh1 Kg8 {and apparently Black's problems are over again -
Qxc3 is a strong threat} 26. Bf6 Bxf6 27. Qxg6+ Bg7 28. Qxh5 Re8 $11 {probably
leading to a draw soon.}) 22... fxg6 23. Qxe6 Qxc3 {In the middle of the mess,
Black loses his way.} (23... f2 $1 {had to be played, avoiding Rd6 ideas} 24.
Be7 $1 {now the R has to give up either control of f5 or g8} Rf4 25. Qg8+ Kh6
26. Ba3 {and when things are looking awful for Black, there's always a way to
get out:} Nf3 27. Bc1 Ng5 $1 {now a devastating ...Ne4 is threatened, and the
3 minor pieces are doing a fine job defending the lonely K} 28. Bxf4 Qxf4 29.
Bd5 {forced} Qc7 $1 30. Rd3 $13 {Apparently the lethal threats have been
stopped, but it's once again clear that Black still has ongoing counterplay.})
24. Rd6 $1 {With the brutal 25.Qxg6+ threat!} Rf7 $1 {Forced and tenacious!
White already has a won position, but has to play carefully not to spoil it.} (
24... f2 $4 {for example, falls into} 25. Qxg6+ Nxg6 26. Rxh5+ Bh6 27. Rxh6+
Kg7 28. Rdxg6# {another pretty checkmate!}) 25. Bd2 Qc7 26. Be3 $1 {Now f2 is
stopped and a Bd4 threat might be very annoying.} Qe7 {it is hard to give any
other advice for Black, he's already lost. And, in time trouble (that I had
probably had for some moves already), I lose my way and allow my opponent into
a decent endgame, instead of the demolishing 27.Qd5!} (26... f2 $2 27. Bxf2
Rxf2 {and now not} 28. Qg8+ $4 {but} (28. Rxh5+ $1 gxh5 29. Qg8#)) 27. Qxe7 $4
(27. Qd5 $1 {When he played 26...Qe7 I had like 1 or 2 minutes. I got down to
10 seconds and I was sure I should play 27.Qd5, but a few seconds later, I
forgot that he still can't play 27...f2 (because of 28.Bxf2!) and decided to
exchange Qs when I was down to nearly 3, or 4 seconds. I think that the
move-selection process comes to an end at the 10 or 8-second mark. After that,
you're just so worried about the clock that your brain is not going to think
properly. After this, the deadly Rxg6 threat decides the game, there's just no
way to defend against it.} Z0 28. Rxg6 Kxg6 29. Qe4+ Rf5 30. Rg1+ $18 {with
mate to follow in a few moves.}) 27... Rxe7 28. Bg5 $2 (28. Bxa7 $16 {with
some chances.}) 28... Re8 29. Bd5 Bf8 30. Rd8 Rxd8 31. Bxd8 Bc5 $4 {Returning
the favour.} (31... f2 $1 $13 {should've been played! White must be highly
careful with these N moves, and in time trouble, it is always easy to overlook
some check or some double-attack. Anyway, this would be unclear, but probably
ending in a draw somehow} 32. Bc7 Ng4 33. Bxb7 $13 {and Ba6 comes to defend
the f1-square. The position remains unclear, but it should end in a draw
somehow.}) 32. Bc7 $18 {Now both b7 and f3 are falling.} Bd4 33. Bxe5 Bxe5 34.
Bxf3 Kh6 35. Bxb7 {The endgame is, of course, won for White, but after a
tenacious defence, Black managed to score a draw here.} Kg5 36. c4 Nf4 37. Kc2
Kf6 38. Be4 Bd4 39. Rh7 g5 40. Rd7 Bb6 41. Bf3 Ne6 $2 (41... Kf5 $1 {would've
been a little more stubborn, wanting to play Ne6 now, without allowing Bg4.})
42. Bg4 Nf4 43. a4 Ke5 44. Kb3 Bd4 45. Rf7 Ke4 46. Rf5 Ne6 47. Kb4 Be3 48. Rf7
Nd4 49. Bh3 {My play so far was good, but now I start missing some real and
decisive chances.} (49. c5 $1 $18 {and with a strong c4-square for the K,
White is going to win this soon (not to mention the defenceless a7-P).}) 49...
Nc6+ 50. Kb5 Nd4+ 51. Kb4 Nc6+ 52. Kb5 Nd4+ 53. Ka6 Nb3 54. Bg2+ $2 (54. a5 $18
{was still correct, but I'm already placing my K into mating nets, something
that was not necessary at all. Now I could even bring my K back with Kb5-a4,
when Black could have problems on blockading c5 and at the same time defending
a7.}) 54... Kd3 {Suddenly it's not that easy anymore!} 55. Re7 Bc5 56. Bf1+ Kc3
57. Re5 Kb4 58. Rxg5 $2 (58. Be2 $1 {was the last chance, keeping the a-P alive
} Nd4 (58... g4 59. Bxg4 Bb6 60. Rb5+ $1 Ka3 61. Rxb6 axb6 62. Bd1 $1 Nd2 63.
Kb5 $18 {with a possible c5! coming, followed by the march of the a-P}) 59. Bh5
Kxc4 60. Bf7+ Kb4 61. Rxg5 {and apparently Black will not be able to defend a7
properly, since the black N and B lack solid squares, and the black K himself
is not that safe either. For example:} Ne2 62. Rg4+ Ka3 63. a5 Nd4 64. Rg3+ Kb4
65. Re3 $1 {controlling some squares the N could go, and also keeping an eye
on the important Rb3+, if the N leaves} Bf8 66. Re1 Bc5 67. Rc1 {winning a
piece!}) 58... Kxa4 {Now this is much more difficult than before, obviously.
But apparently, the R+B vs N+B endgame, with opposite-colored Bs, even without
Ps, still gives practical chances for White. According to the endgame
tablebase, White is winning in 75 moves in some positions I checked. That's
news to me!} 59. Be2 Kb4 60. Bd1 Nd2 (60... Nd4 $142 {taking on c4 right away.}
) 61. Rg4 Nf1 62. Be2 Ne3 $2 (62... Nd2 $1 {was necessary, to keep an eye on
the c4-P.}) 63. Rg1 $1 Nc2 64. Rc1 (64. Rb1+ $1 Kc3 65. Rb5 $1 {harassing
Black's harmony (...Nd4 was a threat)} Kd4 66. Rb3 $1 {trying to bring the K
back to the party through b5, and slowly push the black K far from the Q-side
to be able to play c5 one day} Ke5 67. Rh3 Kd6 68. Rh6+ Kc7 69. Bd1 $1 {
and after Kb5 and c5, the win will be clear} Nd4 70. Rh7+ Kd6 71. Rh5 Ne6 72.
Bg4 Nc7+ 73. Kb7 $18) 64... Nd4 65. Bf1 $6 (65. Bh5 $1 $16 {placing the B on
d5 is clearly better than letting it stay passive behind the c4-P. There would
be still chances for White then.}) 65... Nb3 66. Rb1 Bb6 (66... Bf2 $1 67. Bd3
Kc3 68. Bh7 Nc5+ 69. Kb5 a6+ $1 {the point of ...Bf2, now the B is not hanging
on b6} 70. Kc6 Kxc4 $16 {possibly going into that aforementioned endgame.}) 67.
Be2 (67. Bd3 Kc3 68. Bh7 $16 {activating the B by the same way.}) 67... Kc3 68.
Bd1 Nd2 69. Rc1+ Kb4 70. Be2 Nb3 71. Rb1 Kc3 72. Bd1 (72. Bf1 Nd2 73. Rc1+ Kb4
74. Bd3 $16 {would still force a battle, when the P exchange could happen, and
White would still be able to create practical chances.}) 72... Nd2 73. Rc1+ Kb4
74. Be2 Nb3 {Gotta have some nerves to play these crazy Dragons!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Joachim, Sven"]
[Black "Polzin, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 Re8 $5 (12... Nc4 13. Bxc4
Rxc4 14. g4 {"!, und Schwarz hatte zuletzt Mühe, Ausgleich zu bekommen" 
(Golubev/CBM).}) 13. h4 Nc4 (13... h5 14. g4 (14. Bg5 Rc5 $1) 14... hxg4 15. h5
Nxh5 {must be okay for Black, CBM.}) 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. g4 h5 {(!?, ~~, CBM)}
16. gxh5 Nxh5 17. Rdg1 $6 e6 18. Nde2 d5 19. exd5 exd5 {[#]} 20. Bd4 (20. Qxd5
Qc7 (20... Rxc3 $2 21. Nxc3 Rxe3 22. Rxg6) 21. Rd1 Bf5 22. Qd2 b5 $132) 20...
Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Qf6 22. Nce2 Bf5 23. Rh2 $4 (23. Nxf5 Qxf5 24. Nd4 $13) 23...
Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 $19 26. Re7 Rb4 $6 (26... Rd2 27. Rc1 Nf4 28.
Rxb7 Ne2 29. Re1 Bxc2+ 30. Ka1 a6) 27. a3 Rc4 28. Rg2 Bc8 29. b3 Rc6 30. Rd2
Kf8 31. Re3 Be6 32. Kb2 Kg7 $6 (32... Ng3 33. Re1 Nf5 34. Rh1 Ke7) 33. Rc3 Rxc3
34. Kxc3 Kf6 35. Kb4 Ke7 36. Kc5 Ng7 37. Rd4 Nf5 38. Ra4 a6 39. Rb4 b5 40. a4
Nd6 41. Kb6 bxa4 42. Rxa4 Bf5 43. c4 Bd7 44. Rb4 (44. Rxa6 dxc4 45. bxc4 Nxc4+
46. Kc5 Ne5) 44... a5 $2 (44... d4 45. c5 Nf5 46. c6 Be6 47. c7 Kd7 $19 {[z.B.}
48. Ra4 (48. Kb7 Bd5+ 49. Kb8 Ne7 50. c8=Q+ Nxc8 51. Rxd4 Ne7) 48... Bxb3 49.
Rxa6 Bd5 50. Ra3 Kc8 51. Rd3 Bb7 52. Ra3 (52. f4 Be4) 52... Ne3 53. Ra4 Bxf3
54. Rxd4 Nd5+ 55. Kc5 Kxc7 {]}) 45. Kxa5 dxc4 46. bxc4 Bc6 (46... Nf5 47. c5
Bc6) 47. c5 Nb7+ $6 (47... Nf5) 48. Kb6 Bxf3 49. Rb3 (49. c6 Nd6) 49... Be4 50.
h5 (50. Rb4 Bd5 51. c6 Nd6 52. Kc5 Ke6 53. c7 Ke5 54. Rb8 Be6 55. Rd8 Nc8)
50... gxh5 51. Rh3 Nd8 52. Rxh5 f6 (52... Nc6) 53. Rh4 f5 54. Rh7+ Ke6 55. Rh6+
Ke5 56. Rh8 Nc6 57. Re8+ {[#]} Kd4 $2 (57... Kd5 58. Rc8 Ne5 $19 59. Rd8+ (59.
c6 Nc4+ 60. Ka6 (60. Kc7 Kc5 61. Rf8 Ne5) 60... Nd6) 59... Kc4 60. Rd2 f4) 58.
Rf8 $2 (58. Rxe4+ fxe4 59. Kxc6 e3 60. Kb6 e2 61. c6 e1=Q 62. c7 $11) 58... Ke5
{(?)} (58... Kd5 $5) 59. Re8+ Kd4 $2 60. Rf8 $2 Nb4 61. c6 Nd5+ 62. Kb7 Ne7 63.
Kb6 Nxc6 64. Rxf5 Bxf5 65. Kxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Florean, Andrei"]
[Black "Milu, Romeo Sorin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Milu,R"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Rhe1 b5 15.
f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. e5 Qb6 18. Nde2 Rb8 19. Qd4 Qxb2+ (19... Ng4 20. Ne4
Nxe5 21. fxe5 Bxe5) 20. Kd2 Bf5 21. exf6 exf6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Bxc2 24.
Rc1 Bd3+ 25. Ke3 Re8+ 26. Kf2 Rf5 (26... Bxe2 27. Rb1 Qc2 28. Nxe2 Rxe2+ 29.
Rxe2 Qxb1 30. Re8+ $18) (26... Ra5 $142 27. Qxd6 Rxa2 28. Nxa2 Qxa2 $15) 27.
Qxd6 $1 Kh7 (27... Bxe2 28. Rxe2 $1 (28. Nxe2 Rxe2+ 29. Rxe2 Qxc1)) 28. Rcd1
Qc2 29. g3 Re6 30. Qd4 Ra5 31. a4 Raa6 (31... Rxa4 32. Qd7) 32. Ra1 Rad6 33.
Qxa7 Kg7 34. Qa5 $1 (34. Ra2 Rxe2+ 35. Rxe2 Qxc3 $132) 34... Qd2 35. Qc5 Qb2 (
35... Rd7 36. Ra2 Rxe2+ 37. Rxe2 Qxc3 38. Qe5+ Qxe5 39. Rxe5) 36. Ra2 Qb7 37.
a5 Qb3 38. Qa3 Qb7 39. Qc5 Qb3 40. Ra3 Qb2 41. a6 Rxa6 42. Rxa6 Rxa6 43. Qe5+
Kh7 44. Nd5 Qxe5 45. fxe5 g5 46. Nec3 Kg6 47. Ne7+ Kh6 48. Re3 Re6 49. Ned5 Kg6
50. Nb5 Ra6 51. Nd4 Ra2+ 52. Ke1 gxh4 53. gxh4 Rh2 54. Rh3 Ra2 55. Nf4+ Kh6 56.
Nxd3 cxd3 57. Rxd3 Ra5 58. Nf3 Kg7 59. Rd6 Rb5 60. Kf2 Rb2+ 61. Kg3 Rb4 62. Rf6
Rg4+ 63. Kh3 Ra4 64. Ng5 Ra3+ 65. Rf3 Ra7 66. Rxf7+ Rxf7 67. Nxf7 Kxf7 68. Kg3
Ke7 69. Kf4 Ke6 70. Ke4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Bc4
O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 h5 12. O-O-O Ne5 {Main Line Dragon. I can
simply say: an always popular and entertaining opening, despite being
extensively analysed for many decades still it has lots of possibilities
waiting to be discovered.} 13. Bh6 {not the main move but one of them; it used
to be very popular in eighties} (13. Bg5 Rc5 {this is tabiya. Now White has
many moves but one has been most popular:} 14. Kb1 {this was always considered
critical and with couple of possibilities for Black, some of them used by the
author of this text. Its evaluation is changing constantly, but the Dragon is
like that.} Re8 (14... b5) (14... a6) (14... a5)) (13. Kb1 {this is yet
another idea which has been played many times} Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 {with couple
of interesting possibilities like:} 15. b3 (15. Nde2) (15. Nb3) (15. g4 {
all of them leading to unclear possibilities})) 13... Nc4 {Black has another
typical idea with which to confront White:} (13... Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Rxc3 15. bxc3
Qa5 (15... Qc7 16. Kb1 a5 17. f4 Nfg4 18. Qg5 a4 19. fxe5 axb3 20. cxb3 Nxe5
21. Qd2 $16 {0-1 (53) Mendez Fortes,E (2316)-Cardenas Ballester,M (2114)
Havana CUB 2011}) 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. g4 Qxc3 18. gxh5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rd3
Qb4+ 21. Nb3 (21. Rb3 Qc5 22. Ne2 Nxh5 23. Rxb7 Rb4+ 24. Rxb4 Qxb4+ 25. Ka1 Bb5
26. Rb1 Qc4 27. Nc1 Qc3+ 28. Rb2 a6 29. Qg5 Qxf3 30. Qxe7 Qd1 $1 (30... Qf4 31.
Qg5 $16 {1-0 (60) Kovacevic,A (2548)-Ristic,N (2450) Vrnjacka Banja SCG 2005})
31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Qg5 Ng3 $1 $132) 21... Nxh5 22. Rg1 Qb6 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. Rxe3
Nf4 {1/2-1/2 (45) Koskivirta,O (2410)-Volaks,B (2465) ICCF 2002. There is
compensation for Black but White is also not without chances to try to convert
to the full point his exchange up.}) 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Kb1 {
The alternative is very important:} (16. g4 hxg4 17. h5 Rh8 18. hxg6 fxg6 19.
f4 e5 20. Nde2 (20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Nde2 Rh3 $1 $13) 20... Rxh1 21. Rxh1 Nxe4 22.
Nxe4 Rxe4 23. fxe5 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Qg5+ 25. Kb1 Qxe5 ({Another good move is:} 
25... Bc6 26. Rg1 Bf3 27. Qf2 dxe5 28. Qxa7 g3 29. Qc5 $13 {1/2-1/2 (29) Hudák,
D (2192)-Piccirilli,F ICCF 2006}) 26. Qd2 {after a long sequence of moves that
has been played before we come to an interesting type of position} Bc6 27. Qh6+
Kf6 28. Rg1 Bf3 29. Qf8+ Ke6 30. a4 a6 31. b3 Qe2 32. Kb2 Qe5+ 33. Ka2 Kd7 {
and Black has enough play} (33... Qe2 $4 34. Re1 $1 {1-0 (34) Inarkiev,E (2683)
-Yakovich,Y (2525) Vladivostok RUS 2012})) 16... Qa5 17. Rhe1 (17. g4 Rxc3 18.
bxc3 Bxg4 $5 19. Rdg1 Bd7 20. Rg5 Qb6+ 21. Ka1 e6 $13) (17. Nb3 Qc7 18. g4 Rxc3
19. bxc3 hxg4 20. h5 gxf3 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Rdg1 (22. Qh6+ Kf7 23. Rd3 Bg4 24.
Nd4 Rg8 $5 (24... Qc4 25. Nxf3 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Qxe4 27. Rff1 Rg8 28. Re1 Qc6 29.
Rhf1 Qd7 30. c4 g5 $13 {1/2-1/2 (60) Ivanovic,Z (2241)-Elíson,K (2348) ICCF
2005}) 25. Nxf3 Ke8 26. Re1 Nd7 $13) 22... Kf7 $5 (22... Ng4 23. Rxg4 Bxg4 24.
Qh6+ Kf7 25. Qf4+ Kg7 26. Qh6+ Kf7 27. Qh7+ Kf6 28. Qh4+ Kg7 29. Qh7+ Kf6 30.
Qh4+ Kg7 31. Qxg4 Qxc3 32. Qh4 Kf7 33. Qg5 Ke8 $14 {1-0 (50) Gaponenko,I (2404)
-Dolzhikova,K (2313) Kharkiv UKR 2012}) 23. Rg3 Bg4 24. Qg5 Bh5 25. Rxh5 gxh5
26. Qg6+ Ke6 27. Nd4+ (27. Qf5+ Kf7 $11) 27... Kd7 28. Qf5+ Ke8 29. Ne6 Qb6+
30. Ka1 Rh8 31. Rg7 Rh6 $13) 17... Rfc8 18. Qe3 {We came to a position where
White doesn't go for an immediate attack, but simply tries to base his play on
a more advanced and solid structure where the d5-square plays a key role in
his seeking an advantage.} (18. Nd5 Qxd2 $1 (18... Qd8 19. Nxf6 exf6 20. c3 $14
{1-0 (36) Zezulkin,J (2494)-Szefer,M (1980) Warsaw POL 2005}) 19. Rxd2 Nxd5 20.
exd5 Kf8 $11) 18... a6 (18... Rxc3 19. bxc3 Rxc3 20. Rd3 Rc4 21. Nb3 Qc7 22.
Qd2 $14) 19. Re2 {There was another way to conduct this position:} (19. Rd3 $5
Qc5 20. Qd2 b5 21. Nd1 {[%cal Gd3d7]} e5 22. Nb3 Qc7 23. Ne3 d5 24. exd5 Rxh4
25. Rc3 Qd6 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Rf1 {with interesting play ahead of us possibly
in White's favour due to the slight;y clumsy position of the black rook.})
19... Qc5 20. Qd2 Qa5 21. Qd3 Qe5 22. Qe3 Qc5 23. Rdd2 b5 24. Nd1 $6 (24. Nd5
e5 (24... Nxd5 25. exd5 Re8 26. b3 Rc3 27. Qg5 f6 28. Qg3 $36) 25. Nb3 Qxe3 26.
Nxe3 R4c6 27. Na5 Rb6 28. c3 Be6 29. Re1 Ne8 30. Nc2 {[%cal Gc2b4] with a
still playable position}) 24... e5 $1 25. Nb3 Qc7 26. Qg5 Be6 27. Qg3 (27. Ne3
Rxe4 $1 $19) 27... a5 28. Ne3 Rb4 {Risky as the black rook is slightly
awkwardly placed.} (28... Rc6 $1 29. Nc1 b4 $15) 29. Qe1 $1 Qb6 30. Nc1 (30.
Qd1 $1 Rc6 31. c3 Ra4 32. Nc1 Nd7 33. b3 b4 34. c4 Ra3 35. Nc2 Bxc4 36. bxc4
Rc3 $13) 30... Rd4 $5 {Escaping.} 31. Rxd4 exd4 32. Nd1 b4 33. Qf2 d5 34. e5
Nd7 35. Nb3 Rc4 36. Rd2 d3 $1 37. cxd3 $6 (37. Qxb6 $1 dxc2+ 38. Rxc2 Nxb6 39.
Rxc4 Nxc4 40. Kc1 Bc8 41. f4 Bg4 42. Nf2 Bf5 $11) 37... Qxf2 38. Rxf2 Bf5 39.
Rd2 a4 $17 40. Ne3 Rxh4 41. Nc1 Nxe5 42. Nxd5 b3 43. axb3 axb3 44. Ne3 Rh1 $19
45. Rd1 Bxd3+ 46. Ka1 Rxd1 47. Nxd1 f5 48. f4 Bc2 49. Ne3 Nd3 50. Ne2 h4 51.
Nd4 Ne1 52. Ne6+ Kh6 53. Ng5 Be4 54. Nxe4 fxe4 55. Kb1 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Pekarek,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 b5 15.
g4 a5 (15... hxg4 16. h5 Nxh5 17. Nd5 Re8 18. Rxh5 gxh5 19. Qh2 Rxd5 (19... Rc4
{Karpov-Sznapik, Dubai ol 1986}) 20. Bxd5 Qb6 21. Qxh5 (21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5
Nxf3 23. Qxh5 Nxg5 24. Qxg5 {+- Sznapik}) 21... e6 22. Bb3 gxf3 23. Bh6 Bxh6
24. Qxh6 f2 25. Nf5 exf5 26. Rh1 f1=Q+ 27. Rxf1 d5 $19 {Ivanovic-Romero,
Tarrassa 1989}) 16. gxh5 (16. Bxf6) 16... Nxh5 (16... a4 17. h6 Bh8 18. h7+
Nxh7 19. Bd5 b4 20. Nce2 Nxg5 21. hxg5 e6 22. Nf4 Bg7 23. Ndxe6 fxe6 24. Nxe6
Bxe6 25. Bxe6+ Nf7 $13 {Garcia,G-Kudrin, Salamanca 1989}) 17. Nd5 Re8 18. a3
Nc4 19. Qd3 (19. Qg2 $142 b4 $2 (19... Bc6) 20. a4 Bc6 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Nxc6
Rxc6 23. Nf4 Nxf4 24. Bxf4 Qd7 25. h5 Qe6 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Bh6 Rec8 28. Rd2
Bh8 29. Be3 Rc4 30. Qh2 Bg7 31. Qh7+ Kf7 32. Bh6 Qf6 33. Bxg7 Qxg7 34. Qh3 $16
{Sznapik-Sehner, Slupsk 1987}) 19... Be6 $1 20. c3 (20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Nf4 (21.
Nc3 Kh7 $1 $17 {Pa4, xa3} (21... Nxa3+ 22. Kc1 Nc4 (22... Qc8 23. e5) 23. e5
$132)) 21... Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Nxb2 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 (23... Kh7 $19) 24. h5 g5 $19 (
24... Nxd3 $2 25. hxg6+ Bh6 26. Bxh6 Nf4 27. Bf8+)) (20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 a4
22. Nxe6 (22. Ba2 Qc8 $17) 22... fxe6 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Qe3 Qb6 25. e5 c3)
20... Bxd5 21. exd5 Qc8 22. Nc6 $2 (22. Rhe1 $142) 22... Nxa3+ 23. Ka2 (23.
bxa3 Rxc3 24. Qxb5 Qf5+ 25. Ka2 Rc2+) 23... Nc4 24. Rhe1 (24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25.
Bxe7 Ne5 {Pa4}) 24... e6 $1 $17 25. dxe6 (25. Ne7+ Rxe7 26. Bxe7 Rxd5) 25...
Qxc6 26. exf7+ Kxf7 27. Bc2 Rxg5 28. Rxe8 (28. hxg5 Nf4 29. Qf1 Ne3) 28... Qxe8
29. hxg5 Nf4 30. Qe4 Qxe4 31. Bxe4 Be5 32. Bc6 b4 33. Kb3 Ne3 34. Re1 (34. Ra1
bxc3 35. bxc3 Ke6) 34... Nf5 35. Ra1 bxc3 36. bxc3 Nh3 (36... Ne6 $142 37. Bd5
(37. Rxa5 Ned4+) 37... Ne3 38. Bxe6+ (38. Rxa5 Nxd5 39. Rxd5 Nxg5) 38... Kxe6
39. Rxa5 Kf5) 37. Bd5+ Ke7 38. Ra4 $1 Nf4 (38... Ne3 39. Be4 (39. Bb7 Nxg5 40.
f4 Ne6 41. fxe5 Nc5+ 42. Ka3 Nc2+) 39... Nxg5 40. Bxg6 Nxf3 41. Rxa5 Nd2+ 42.
Kb4 Ke6 $17) 39. Be4 Ng3 $2 (39... Ne6 40. Rxa5 Nc5+ 41. Kb4 (41. Kc4 Ne3+ 42.
Kb4 Nxe4 43. fxe4 Nd1 44. Ra7+ Ke6 45. c4 Nf2) 41... Nxe4 42. fxe4 Ng3) 40. Bc2
Ne6 41. Rxa5 Nxg5 42. Bxg6 Nxf3 43. Ra7+ Kf6 (43... Ke6 $142 $15) 44. Rf7+ Kxg6
45. Rxf3 Ne4 46. Kb4 Kg5 47. c4 Bf4 48. Kb5 Be5 (48... Kf5 49. Kc6 Ke5 50. Rd3
{Pc5}) 49. Rf8 {/^f, <->d6} Nc5 50. Kc6 Ne6 51. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Nancy"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.02.03"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Nxd4 (11... Ne5 {La grande ligne}) 12.
Bxd4 b5 (12... a5) 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5 {[%csl Re7]} a5 {
[%cal Ga5a4]} 16. a3 b4 $5 {les noirs auront des compensations acceptables
mais face а un top GMI, c'est un choix risqué} 17. axb4 axb4 (17... Ra8 $5 {
[%cal Ga5a4]} 18. Rhe1 Re8 19. h4 Kg8 20. g4 $14 {Hracek,Z (2600)-Ristic,N 
(2475) YUG-chT Budva 2002 1-0}) 18. Qxb4 Kg8 19. Rhe1 {[%csl Re7]} Re8 {
les noirs doivent défendre la faiblesse "e7" mais la perte de temps pose
problème compatible lorsqu'on joue un gambit comme 17. b4 et les blancs vont
pouvoir centraliser les pièces lourdes} (19... Rb8 20. Qd4 Re8) 20. Rd3 {
[%csl Re7][%cal Gd3e3] Trés peu joué mais cette variante est peut-être
sous-évaluée} (20. Rd4 Rc5 {Korneev,O (2649)-Carlsson,P (2430) Dos Hermanas op
5th 2006 (3) 1-0}) (20. Re3 {[%cal Gd1e1]}) 20... Rc5 $6 {Trop lent} (20... Rb8
$142 21. Qd2 Qb6 22. Kd1 Bb5 {Cheparinov,I (2576)-Gashimov,V (2586) Calvia ol 
(Men) 2004 (10) 0-1}) 21. Rde3 $14 {[%csl Re7]} Qa8 $2 {Les noirs n'ont pas de
compensation} (21... Rb5 $142 22. Qd4) (21... Ra5 {Kravtsiv,M (2555)-Baratosi,
D (2433) Wch U20 Gaziantep 2008 (5) 1-0}) 22. Rxe7 Rb8 23. Qa3 Ra5 24. Qxd6
Ra1+ 25. Kd2 Qa5+ 26. c3 Rxb3 27. Re8+ Bxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kg7 29. Qf8+ Kf6 30. Re6+
Kg5 31. Re5+ f5 32. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Elista FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{A very sharp game in what has been one of the most topical lines of the
Dragon recently. With a big theoretical battle.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 {Now we have
reached the main position of the Dragon.} Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 {
The most topical move nowadays, Black heads for c4 blocking b3 bishop thus
decreasing White's attacking potential.} (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 {This line
was used by Azeri players not long ago. There is a lot of theory developed by
Azeri players with many sharp variations and lines.}) 12. h4 h5 13. Kb1 Re8 14.
g4 hxg4 15. h5 Nxh5 16. Bh6 Kh7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. fxg4 Bxg4 19. Nf5+ Bxf5 20.
exf5 Rh8 {Now this position is reached by force. I had prepared an interesting
idea, which was very hard to meet I think and Rustam didn't manage; but still
I am not sure about Black's best move.} 21. fxg6 Nxg6 22. Ne4 $5 $146 Nf6 23.
Rdf1 $5 Rxh1 (23... Nxe4 24. Rxf7+) 24. Rxh1 d5 (24... Nxe4 $4 25. Qh6+ Kf6 26.
Rf1+ Ke5 27. Qh5+ $18) (24... e6 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Bxe6 $18) 25. Nxf6 Kxf6 {
White has many ways to play here, Qh6, Bxd5 and so on. But Qf2 seemed
interesting too.} (25... exf6 $6 26. Bxd5 {And White retains a very unpleasant
initiative!}) 26. Qf2+ Kg7 (26... Ke6 27. Rd1 $18) 27. Rf1 f6 {Now there are
tons of possibilities for White, I went for 28.Qf5.} (27... Qe8 28. Bxd5 e6 29.
Bxb7 $16 (29. Be4 Qe7 30. Qd4+ {And xa7 with big advantage for White.} e5 31.
Qxa7 Rc7 32. Qe3 $16) 29... Rc4 30. Ba6 {And Qxa7 with a pawn up for White.} (
30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Ba6 $16)) 28. Qf5 $5 {Now it's very hard to find anything
promising for Black.} Rc6 $6 {Maybe 28...Rc5 was somewhat better, but White
retains his attack.} 29. Rg1 $1 {Natural and strong!} Qe8 30. Bxd5 (30. Ba4 {
This was probably winning as I thought during the game, but Bxd5 seemed more
clear to me.} e6 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. Qf2 Qf7 33. Rg3 $1 {And I didnt see how
Black defends, still I didn't want to create passers for Black, and decided
that Bxd5 is more clean.}) 30... Rc5 (30... e6 $2 31. Bxc6) 31. Qe6 $1 {
Precision till the end! All black pieces are paralysed and it's not clear
which piece to move even. Only the rook has some moves, so Rustam goes for it.}
Rb5 32. c4 Rb6 33. Qh3 $1 e6 (33... f5 {which I considered to be the best over
the board seems not enough to put up much resistance either.} 34. Qxf5 $5 {
might be the most precise.} (34. Rh1 e6 35. c5 (35. Qc3+ e5 36. Qh3 e4 37. Qxf5
e3 38. Re1 $18) 35... exd5 36. cxb6 Qe4+ 37. Ka1 axb6 38. Qc3+ d4 39. Qc7+ Ne7
40. Rd1 $16) 34... Rf6 35. Qh3 b6 36. Be4 e5 37. Qh5 {And now Black is in
zugzwang! He has to move a pawn, otherwise his king is too weakened if the
rook leaves the f-file or the queen goes to e6.} a5 (37... Rd6 38. Rh1 $18) (
37... Qe6 38. b4 $18 (38. Rh1 Qxc4 39. Bf5 Rxf5 40. Qxf5 Qd4 41. Qc2 $18)) 38.
Rh1 Rf4 39. Qh6+ Kf6 40. Bc2 e4 41. Rg1 Rf5 42. Qe3 $18) 34. Bf3 $1 (34. Be4 f5
35. Qc3+ Kf7 36. c5 $18 {But I didnt want to allow ...Rc6 here, still after it
Qg3 is winning easily.}) 34... Qd8 (34... f5 $1 35. c5 Rc6 $8 36. Qg3 Rxc5 (
36... e5 37. Bxc6 bxc6 38. Qd3 Kf6 39. Qd6+ Kg7 40. Qc7+ $1 (40. Rg5 f4 41. Rf5
Kh6 42. Kc2 {Black is paralysed and White is just winning easily.} a5 43. Rf6 (
43. b3 a4 44. Rf6) 43... Kg5 44. Qxc6 Qxc6 45. Rxc6 f3 46. Kd2 Nf4 47. Ke3 Kg4
48. Rd6 Kg3 49. Rd2 $18) 40... Kf6 41. Qh7 f4 42. Qh6 Qf7 43. Rd1 Kf5 44. Rd7
$3 {And White wins, amazing geometry!}) 37. Qd6 Rc4 38. Bh5 $18) 35. Qg2 $1 {
And now in view of Qd3-Ka1 followed by Be4, White wins the game easily. Black
resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2002.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Black "Carlsson, Pontus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Bh6 Bxh6 $6 {Better is
immediately 12...b5. Bringing the queen to h6 in this position favours White
for two reasons:  1-the traditional activity of the queen on h6 makes the
advance of h-pawn much more dangerous and 2-(most important)-one of Black's
main ideas of Variation 10...Rb8 is to play b5 and Nc4, forcing White to take
on c4, which will open the b-file for the rook. When the queen left square d2
White will have no reasons to hurry with Bxc4. Thus the main idea of 10...Rb8
loses its attractiveness.} (12... b5 13. Bxg7 (13. h4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 {
[%cal Gb8b2]}) 13... Kxg7 14. h4 Nc4 15. Qg5 Qb6 $13 {[%csl Rb2,Rb3,Re3][%cal
Ga7a5,Ga5a4,Ge7e5]}) 13. Qxh6 b5 14. h4 e6 (14... Nc4 15. h5 $16) (14... a5 {
no more time for this:} 15. h5 a4 16. hxg6 $18 axb3 17. Nd5 fxg6 18. Nxf6+ Kf7
{Black has no choice, everything else loses even quicker} 19. Nxd7 (19. Nxh7
bxa2 20. Nb3 {is also good for White, but less clear.}) 19... Qxd7 20. Qxh7+
Ke8 21. Nxb3 $18) 15. h5 Qe7 ({After} 15... Nxh5 {the following line is an
easy task for a true "Dragon-killer":} 16. Rxh5 gxh5 17. Rh1 Re8 18. Rxh5 Ng6
19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Rf5 $1 $18 {Knowing the classics always helps. I believe
that Karpov-Gik, Moscow 1968-69 was the first game to see for most of the
White players when looking for a weapon against Dragon. Same Rf5-idea was used
by Karpov in that game.}) 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Qg5 Nf7 18. Qg3 {Black's chances
might look acceptable, since White has no direct threats. But in fact his
position is difficult due to multiple weaknesses in pawn formation. White just
needs to find a way to use it.} a5 19. Nce2 $1 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Ge2f4]} Rfc8 (
19... a4 20. Nf4 axb3 21. Nxg6 $18) 20. Nf4 $18 e5 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Nf5 $1 (
22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 {[%cal Gg2g4,Gg4g5] is also good, but
somewhat less spectacular.} Rb6 $1 ({less logical is} 24... Rc6 {because after
...d5 Bxd5 ...Nxd5 the rook on c6 will not be protected.} 25. Rh2 {[%cal Gd1h1]
} d5 26. Bxd5 $18) 25. Be6 $1 {and White is clearly winning anyway.} (25. g4 d5
26. g5 a4) (25. Bxf7 Qxf7 26. Rh8+ Ng8)) 22... Bxf5 23. exf5 g5 (23... d5 24.
fxg6 Nd8 25. Rxd5 $18) 24. Qxg5+ Kf8 25. Bxf7 Qxf7 26. Rxd6 Ng8 27. Rh8 Rxc2+
28. Kxc2 Qc4+ 29. Kd2 Qb4+ 30. Ke2 (30. Ke2 Qxb2+ (30... Qc4+ 31. Kf2 Qc5+ 32.
Kg3) 31. Rd2) 1-0

[Event "Governor's Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.11.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The present game is remarkable because players didn't make new moves at all,
although they played quite a long game...} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {Playing Dragon requires the knowledge of the theory, not
only the wish to get a sharp position.} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4
Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. g4 hxg4 15. f4 Nc4 16.
Qe2 b5 $6 (16... Qc8 $1 {gives enough counterchances.}) 17. f5 gxf5 $6 18. Bxf6
$1 ({innacurate is} 18. exf5 {because of} Re5) 18... Bxf6 19. exf5 Rxf5 20.
Qxg4+ Rg5 21. hxg5 Bxg4 22. gxf6 Bxd1 {Loses by force. The alternative is to
fight for a draw in an inferiour endgame after 22. ... exf6.} (22... exf6 23.
Rdg1 f5 24. Rh5 Re8 25. Bxc4 bxc4 (25... Re1+ 26. Rxe1 Bxh5 27. Bxb5 Qg5+ 28.
Kb1 Bg6 29. Be2 f4 30. Bf3 Qc5 31. Nce2 $18 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Farago,S/Budapest
1991/ (53)}) 26. Rxf5 Qh4 27. Nf3 Qh6+ 28. Kd1 Qg6 29. Rxg4 Qxg4 30. Rg5+ Qxg5
31. Nxg5 $14) 23. Nc6 Bf3 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. Rg1+ Kh8 (25... Kh7 26. fxe7 Re8
27. Nxb5 Ne5 28. Nxa7 Rxe7 29. Nb5 d5 30. a4 f5 31. a5 Nc6 32. a6 Na7 33. Nd6
Be4 34. Nxe4 dxe4 35. Bd5 Re8 36. c4 e3 37. b4 {1-0 Csoma,R-Bessenyei,F/
HUN-ch32 corr 1991}) 26. fxe7 Re8 27. Nxb5 Ne5 28. Nxd6 Rxe7 29. Rf1 Kg8 30.
Nxf7 Rxf7 31. Kd2 Be4 32. Bxf7+ Nxf7 33. c4 Kf8 34. Kc3 Bb7 35. Re1 {Did Black
resign prematurely? Maybe yes - he could have repeated some more:} (35. Re1 Ng5
36. b4 Kf7 37. Re5 Ne6 38. Rb5 Nd8 39. Rh5 Ke7 40. b5 Kd7 41. Rh7+ Kc8 42. Re7
a6 43. a4 axb5 44. axb5 Bg2 45. Kb4 Nb7 46. c5 Bf1 47. c6 Nd6 48. b6 Bg2 49.
Rd7 {1-0 Tsuboi,E-Vescovi,G/BRA 1991/ (49)}) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.10.21"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Polzin, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. Kb1 {This line is still critical
for Dragon. Black players manage to find some small improvements in different
variations, but the assessment is clear: White has better prospects.} Nc4 (
12... Re8) 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 Qb8 (14... b5 15. b3 $16) (14... Qc7 15. g5 (
15. h4 $5) 15... Nh5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Ne2 $14) (14... Re8 15. h4 $16) (14... Qa5
15. Nb3 $16 (15. g5 Nh5 16. Nd5 $14)) 15. Nde2 $5 {An interesting move, useful
in many cases. White protects once more the knight on c3 and if necessary the
knight can quickly go to g3.} (15. g5) (15. b3 Rcc8 $13) ({After} 15. h4 {
the main direction for Black players became} Rfc8 16. h5 Rxc3 (16... e6 17.
hxg6 fxg6 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Bh6 Bh8 20. Bf4 Ba4 21. Bxd6 Qf7 22. Nxa4 Rxa4 23.
Be5 Rac4 24. c3 Bg7 25. Qf4 Rf8 26. Qh2 Nd7 {1-0 Milu,R-Gheng,J/Miercurea Ciuc
1998}) 17. bxc3 Qc7 $14) 15... Rfc8 (15... Be6 16. Bh6 b5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd4
Rfc8 19. Nce2 Bd7 20. Ng3 R4c5 21. Qe3 Kh8 22. Rd2 Qc7 23. Rc1 a5 24. h4 Rg8
25. g5 Nh5 26. Nxh5 gxh5 27. f4 $16 {1-0 Masserey,Y (2325)-Pinter,E (2410)/
Zemplinska Sirava 2004 (41)}) 16. Bh6 $146 (16. e5 $6 Ne8 17. exd6 Nxd6 18. Nd5
Rxc2 $17 {1/2-1/2 Esser,N (2333)-Verfuerth,T (2008)/Goch 2001 (20)}) 16... b5
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. g5 Nh5 (18... Ng8 19. Rc1 b4 20. Nd5 $16) 19. Nd5 Rxc2 (19...
Kf8 20. Ne3 R4c5 21. Ng3 $14 Rxg5 $140 22. Nd5 $36) 20. Qe3 $1 (20. Qxc2 $2
Rxc2 21. Kxc2 e6 $17) 20... e5 21. Ndc3 R2xc3 (21... b4 22. Kxc2 bxc3 23. Nxc3
$16) 22. Nxc3 Be6 23. Nd5 Qb7 24. Rd3 Rc5 25. Nf6 $2 {Unexpectedly this leads
to a position, which is practically impossible to win.} ({White had to improve
everything first and then play for a quick attack:} 25. Rhd1 b4 26. b3 a5 27.
h4 Qb5 (27... Qb8 28. Nf6 Nxf6 29. gxf6+ Kxf6 30. Rxd6 Qc7 31. Qh6 a4 32. h5
axb3 33. hxg6 bxa2+ 34. Ka1 hxg6 (34... fxg6 35. Qf8+ Kg5 (35... Qf7 36. Rxe6+
Kxe6 37. Rd6#) 36. Rg1+ Kh5 37. Rh1+ Kg5 38. Qh6+ Kf6 39. Qh4+ $18) 35. Qh8+
Ke7 36. Qh4+ f6 37. Qh7+ Bf7 38. Rd7+ $18) 28. Nf6 Nxf6 29. gxf6+ Kxf6 30. Rxd6
Rc8 (30... a4 31. f4 $40 exf4 32. Qxf4+ Kg7 33. Rxe6 fxe6 34. Rd8 g5 $8 35.
Qf8+ Kg6 36. Rd2 $1 g4 (36... gxh4 37. bxa4 Qc4 38. Rg2+ $18) (36... axb3 37.
h5+ Kxh5 38. Rh2+ Kg4 39. Rg2+ Kh5 40. Qf7+ Kh4 41. Qxh7#) 37. Qg8+ Kf6 38.
Rf2+ $18) 31. Rb6 $16 (31. f4 exf4 32. Qxf4+ Kg7 $14)) 25... Nxf6 26. gxf6+
Kxf6 27. Rxd6 Qc7 28. Rdd1 (28. Rhd1 Kg7 $14) 28... b4 29. Rc1 Rc4 $1 30. Rxc4
Qxc4 31. b3 Qb5 $14 {White cannot create threats without exposing his own king.
Bartosz is trying in vain to achieve something and finally oversteps the limit.
} 32. Rd1 a5 33. Qd3 Qc5 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Qd6 Qc3 36. Qd3 Qc5 37. Qd2 Qb5 38.
Qc2 Qb6 39. Qb2 f6 40. Qd2 Bf7 41. Kb2 Qb5 42. Qd3 Qc5 43. Rd2 Qg1 44. Qe2 Qa7
45. Qf2 Qc7 46. Qe3 Qc6 47. Rc2 Qd7 48. Qd2 Qa7 49. Rc6 Be8 50. Rd6 Bf7 51. Rd7
Qc5 52. h4 h5 53. Rb7 Kg8 54. Rb8+ Kg7 55. Ra8 (55. Qd8 Qc3+ 56. Kb1 Qe1+ 57.
Kc2 Qe2+ $11) 55... Qb6 56. Kb1 Qg1+ 57. Qc1 Qf2 $1 {Offering White a
possibility to go wrong.} (57... Qb6 $11) 58. Rxa5 $2 {and he goes for it.} (
58. Qc8 Qe1+ $11) 58... Qxf3 {[%csl Re4]} 59. Qe1 Qd3+ 60. Kc1 Qd4 $17 61. Ra4
g5 $1 {[%cal Gf7g6]} 62. hxg5 fxg5 63. Rxb4 Qa1+ 64. Kd2 Qxa2+ 65. Ke3 Qa7+ 66.
Ke2 h4 67. Qc1 (67. Qc3 $142) 67... Qa6+ 68. Ke1 Qf6 69. Qe3 g4 $19 70. Qf2 g3
71. Qxf6+ Kxf6 72. Rb8 h3 73. Kf1 Bg6 74. Rf8+ Kg7 75. Rf3 h2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.10.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Black "Polzin, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. exd5 a5 16. a3 b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Qxb4 Kg8 19. Rhe1 Re8 {Black has
a long-therm positional compensation for the pawn} 20. Rd4 (20. Rd3 {allows
Black to arrange comfortably his pieces:} Rb8 (20... Rc5 21. Rde3 Qa8 $2 (21...
Bb5 22. f4 $14 {Bologan}) 22. Rxe7 Rb8 23. Qa3 Ra5 24. Qxd6 Ra1+ 25. Kd2 Qa5+
26. c3 $18 {1-0 Bologan,V (2683)-Wirig,A (2396)/France 2005 (32)}) 21. Qc3 (21.
Qd2 Qb6 22. Kd1 Bb5 23. c4 Bd7 24. Ree3 Qc5 25. Ke1 Rb4 (25... e5 26. dxe6 Bxe6
27. Ba4 Red8 28. b3 $14 {1-0 De Vreugt,D (2503)-Mamedov,R (2330)/Istanbul 2003
(57)}) 26. h4 h5 27. Kf2 Reb8 28. Kg3 e5 29. dxe6 Bxe6 $11 {0-1 Cheparinov,I 
(2576)-Gashimov,V (2586)/Mallorca 2004 (50)}) 21... Qb6 22. Kd1 Bb5 23. Rd4
Rec8 24. Qe3 Qa5 25. Re4 Rc7 26. Qd4 Rbb7 $11 {[%csl Rd1] 1/2-1/2 Smirnov,P 
(2615)-Gashimov,V (2579)/Istanbul 2003 (35)}) (20. g4 $6 Rc5 21. Re4 Qa8 22.
Rde1 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qxb2 24. Rxe7 $2 (24. Qd4 Qxd4+ 25. Rxd4 $15) 24... Rxe7 25.
Rxe7 Rxc2+ 26. Kd3 Bb5+ 27. Qxb5 Rd2+ {0-1 Pogonina,N (2382)-Petrosian,T (2477)
/playchess.com 2004}) 20... Rc5 (20... Rb8 {is possible here too, although
after} 21. Qd2 {a precise play is required:} (21. Qc3 Qb6 $44) 21... Ra8 $1 (
21... Qb6 22. Rh4 $1 (22. Kd1 Ra8 $1 23. Ke2 e5 24. dxe6 Bxe6 $11) 22... h5 $8
23. Qd4 Qa5 24. Rhe4 {and White is better. For instance:} Bb5 25. Rxe7 Qxe1+ (
25... Rxe7 26. Rxe7 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qf1 28. c4 $16) 26. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 27. Kd2 $16)
22. Qh6 Qa5 23. Kd1 Qa1+ 24. Qc1 (24. Ke2 Qxb2 25. Rh4 Qg7) 24... Qa7 25. c3
Qb6 26. Bc4 {This happened in a rapid internet game Kosteniuk,A (3098)-Golubev,
M (2551)/Internet Chess Club 2004 (47). As indicated by Golubev, Black has
good compensation after} Rec8 $44) 21. Kd1 {The run of the king from the
queenside represents White's most common plan.} (21. Kd2 Qc7 $1 (21... Qa8 22.
Rde4 Rb5 23. Qd4 Qa5+ 24. Qc3 Qd8 25. Qe3 Qa5+ 26. Ke2 $16 {1-0 Klimov,S (2475)
-Solovjov,S (2496)/St Petersburg 2005 (62)}) 22. Rde4 (22. Ke2 $2 Rb8 23. Qd2
Rxb3 $19) 22... Bf5 ({or} 22... Rb8 23. Qd4 Rxb3 24. cxb3 Rc2+ $44 {/=}) 23.
Qa4 Bd7 24. Qd4 (24. Rxe7 Bxa4 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Bxa4 Rxe1 27. Kxe1 Rc5 28. Bb3
Kg7 $11) 24... Bf5 25. Qa4 $11) 21... Qa8 ({After} 21... Qc7 22. Qd2 Ra8 {
White must choose between 23.Qh6 and 23.Re3, since 23.Ke2 is no problem for
Black:} 23. Ke2 (23. Qh6 $142) (23. Re3 $142 e5 24. dxe6 Bxe6 25. Rxe6 $1 fxe6
26. Rxd6 {and according to Macieja White is better}) 23... Bf5 24. c3 Qb7 25.
Bc4 (25. Rb4 Rb5 26. Kf1 Rb8 27. Bc4 Rxb4 28. cxb4 Qxb4 29. Qxb4 Rxb4 30. b3
Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Housieaux,D (2329)-Bijaoui,M (2338)/Condom 2005}) 25... e5 26.
dxe6 Rxc4 27. Rxc4 Qb5 28. exf7+ Kxf7 29. Qf4 g5 (29... Rc8 $1 30. b3 d5 $17)
30. Qxd6 Qxc4+ 31. Kf2 Ra7 (31... Be6 $142 32. Re4 Ra6 33. Qe5 Qd5 34. Qxd5
Bxd5 35. Re5 $11) 32. Qe5 Kg6 33. g4 Bc8 34. Qd6+ Kf7 35. Qh6 Qc5+ 36. Kg2 Rc7
37. Qxh7+ Kf6 38. Qh8+ Kg6 39. Re8 $18 {1-0 Kotronias,V (2605)-Ristic,N (2445)/
Cutro 2004 (42)}) 22. Ke2 (22. Qd2 Qa1+ ({or} 22... Qa6 23. Rh4 Bf5 24. g4
Bxc2+ $1 25. Bxc2 Rec8 $40) 23. Qc1 Qa6 $1 $44 24. Rh4 Bf5 $44 25. Qh6 $140 $2
(25. g4 $2 Bxc2+ $19) 25... Bxc2+ 26. Bxc2 Rxd5+ $19) 22... Qa7 (22... Rb8 23.
Qd2 Qa7 {see 23.Qd2}) 23. Kf1 ({More problems sets} 23. Qd2 Rb8 24. Rb4 {
although the position looks drawish:} Bb5+ ({Macieja analyzes only} 24... Rxb4
25. Qxb4 Bf5 26. Qd2 $16) 25. c4 Ba6 26. Rxb8+ (26. Kf1 $2 Rxb4 27. Qxb4 Rxd5
$15) 26... Qxb8 27. Qd3 Qxb3 (27... Qb4 28. Rc1 e6 29. dxe6 Re5+ 30. Kf1 fxe6
31. Qc3 $14) 28. Qxb3 Bxc4+ 29. Qxc4 Rxc4 {The endgame must be a draw. Few
variations:} 30. Kd3 (30. Rb1 Kf8 $1 (30... Rd4 31. b4 Rxd5 32. b5 Rc5 33. b6
Rc8 34. Kd3 Kf8 35. b7 Rb8 36. Kc4 Ke8 37. Rb6 Kd7 38. Kb5 $18) (30... Rc2+ 31.
Kd3 Rxg2 32. b4 Rxh2 33. b5 Ra2 34. b6 Ra8 35. Kc4 $18) 31. b4 Ke8 32. Kd3 Rh4
33. b5 Kd8 34. b6 Kc8 35. b7+ Kb8 $11) 30... Rc5 ({Dangerous is} 30... Rb4 31.
Kc3 Rb7 32. b4 Kf8 33. Rb1 Ke8 34. b5 Rb6 35. Kb4 Kd7 36. Ka5 Rb8 37. Ka6 $1)
31. Kd4 (31. Rxe7 Rxd5+ 32. Kc3 (32. Kc4 Rd2 33. b4 Kf8 34. Ra7 Rxg2 35. b5 Rb2
$11) 32... Rc5+ $11) 31... Rc2 32. b4 Kf8 ({Again dangerous is to leave the
king too far from the b-pawn:} 32... Rxg2 33. Rb1 Rxh2 34. b5 Rd2+ (34... Rc2
35. b6 Rc8 36. b7 Rb8 37. Kc4 h5 38. Rb6 h4 39. Kb5 $18) 35. Kc4 Rc2+ 36. Kb4
$18) 33. Rb1 Ke8 34. b5 Kd7 35. b6 Kc8 36. Re1 Kb7 37. Rxe7+ Kxb6 38. Rxf7 Rd2+
39. Ke4 Re2+ 40. Kf4 Rxg2 41. Rxh7 Kc5 $11) 23... Rb8 24. Qd2 Rxb3 25. cxb3
Bb5+ 26. Rc4 (26. Re2 h5 (26... Qb6 27. b4 Rc7 28. Rde4 Ra7 $11) 27. Rc4 (27.
Ke1 $4 Rxd5 $1 28. Rxd5 Qg1#) (27. h4 Rc1+ 28. Kf2 Bxe2 29. Kxe2 Rh1 $36) 27...
Rxc4 28. bxc4 Bxc4 $11) 26... Rxc4 27. bxc4 Bxc4+ 28. Re2 Qb6 29. g3 Qb5 30.
Kf2 Bxe2 31. Qxe2 Qxd5 32. Qxe7 Qd4+ 33. Kf1 Qxb2 34. Qxd6 Qxh2 35. Qb8+ Kg7
36. Qe5+ f6 37. Qc7+ (37. Qc7+ Kh6 38. Qf4+ Kg7 (38... Kh5 $4 39. g4+ Kh4 40.
Qxh2+) 39. Qc7+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.11.24"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Polzin, Rainer"]
[Black "Watson, William N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Kb1 Nc4 (12... Re8 {In many
variations after 12.Kb1 the quiet waiting move Rf8-e8 proved to be useful.
White would be happy to start an attack on the kingside, but 13.h4 is met with
13. ... h5, while 13.g4 weakens pawn f3 and allows Black to play 13. ... b5!.
12. ... Nc4 used to be main line, but Black was facing big problems in the
practice of the last years.}) 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 Be6 $6 {A doubtful looking
move, played from time to time though.} 15. Nce2 $5 $146 {This logical
continuation is actually a novely. White threatens often to take on e6 and
come to d4 with the second knight.} (15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. e5 Ne8 17. f4 Qc8 18.
Bd4 Rxf4 19. Qxf4 dxe5 20. Qf2 exd4 21. Ne4 Nd6 22. Rhe1 {1/2-1/2 Goloshchapov,
A-Shalimov,V/Alushta 1999/ (22)}) (15. h4 Qa5 16. Nb3 Qa6 17. Bh6 (17. h5 $40)
17... Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Rxc3 $5 19. bxc3 Rc8 $44 {with some compensation, 0-1
Solon,N-Shahade,J/Philadelphia 1999/ (49)}) 15... d5 $6 {After this White is
strategically winning. However, not easy to find a way for Black to get
acceptable position.} (15... Qd7 {with idea Rfc8 is better than the game, but
I doubt that Black is able to have sufficient counterplay.}) 16. e5 $1 Nd7 (
16... Ne8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. f4 $16) 17. Nf4 $18 Nxe5 {In a difficult position
Watson tries to complicate things. Unfortunately for him White plays precisely
till the end.} (17... Nc5 18. b3 Qb6 19. Ndxe6 fxe6 20. Nxd5 $18) 18. Nfxe6
fxe6 19. Nxe6 Nxf3 20. Qe2 Qc8 21. Nxf8 Rb4 22. c3 Qxc3 23. Bc1 Ne5 (23... Bxf8
24. Rhf1 Ne5 25. Rxd5 $18) 24. Rxd5 (24. Ne6 {wins as well:} Nc4 25. Rxd5 Na3+
26. Ka1 Nc2+ 27. Qxc2 Qxc2 28. Rd8+ Kf7 29. Ng5+ Kf6 30. Rf1+ Ke5 31. Re1+ Kf6
32. Re6#) 24... Kxf8 25. Re1 Nc6 26. Rd8+ {Easiest way. White returns his
material advantage and organizes a decissive attack.} Nxd8 27. Qxe7+ Kg8 28.
Qxd8+ Bf8 29. Qd5+ Kg7 30. Rf1 Qc7 31. Bd2 {The forced moves finished and it
turns out that there is no defence against Bc3+.} Rc4 32. Bc3+ Rxc3 33. Qd4+
Kg8 34. Qxc3 Qd7 35. h3 Bd6 36. Qc4+ Kg7 37. Qd4+ Kg8 38. Rd1 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Poznan"]
[Date "2005.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Szelag, Marcin"]
[Black "Moranda, Wojciech"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Ne5 11. Bb3 h5 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Kb1 Re8 (13... Nc4) 14.
Rhe1 (14. Bh6 $142) 14... Qa5 15. Bg5 Rc5 {We have a transposition to the
position that often arises after a different move order. Black is okay here.}
16. f4 (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. f4 (17. Nd5 $2 Bxh4) 17... Ng4 (17... Nc4 $1 18. Bxc4
Rxc4 19. Nd5 $11 {is the same as 16.f4 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Nd5})
18. e5 $1 (18. g3 {Christiansen-Rogozenko, Internet (rapid) 2001} e6 $13) 18...
dxe5 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Nb3 Rd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Bxh4 23. Rh1 Bg3 24. Nc7
$16) (16. a3 Qa6 $13) 16... Nc4 (16... Neg4 $2 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19.
Nb3 $18) 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Nb3 (18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Nxf6+ exf6 21.
Rxd2 f5 22. b3 (22. e5 dxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. fxe5 Kf8 $11) 22... Rc3 (22...
Rc7 $11) 23. Rd3 (23. Rde2 fxe4 24. Rxe4 Kf8) 23... Rxd3 24. cxd3 fxe4 25. dxe4
Bf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. e5 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Georgiev,K/Wijk aan Zee 1985}) (
18. e5 Nd5 $1 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 $15) 18... Qa6 19. f5 $146 {This advance was
mentioned in the comments to the game Bologan-Golubev, 2000 as harmless for
Black because of the simple answer 19...gxf5.} (19. e5 Ng4 (19... Nh7 20. exd6
Nxg5 (20... e6 $1 $13) 21. hxg5 Bg4 22. Rxe7 (22. Nd5 $1 $16) 22... Rd8 23. Qd5
Rxf4 24. Nc5 (24. d7 $1 Kh7 25. Rde1 $36) 24... Qb6 25. Rxb7 Qxd6 $1 $13 {
0-1 Bologan,V (2641)-Golubev,M (2523)/Eforie Nord 2000 (50)}) 20. Nd5 (20. exd6
Bxc3 21. bxc3 e6 22. f5 gxf5 23. g3 f6 24. Bf4 Rec8 $19 {0-1 Bottini,O-Iodice,
G/corr 1988 (33)}) 20... f6 21. exf6 exf6 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Re1 $13) 19...
gxf5 20. Bh6 (20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. e5 Bg7 22. exd6 e6 $15) (20. e5 Ng4 21. exd6 (
21. Nd5 Bxe5 22. Nxe7+ Kh7 $17) 21... Bxc3 $5 (21... e6 $17) 22. bxc3 e5 $17)
20... Bh8 $1 21. Qg5+ $2 ({White had to play} 21. e5 dxe5 22. Rxe5 {although
after} Be6 {Black's chances are preferable.}) 21... Kh7 22. Nd5 (22. exf5 Ng8
23. Bf8 Rxf8 24. Rxe7 Nxe7 25. Qxe7 Rcc8 26. Qxd7 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Qc6 $19) 22...
Ng8 $1 $19 {Suddenly White loses the bishop.} 23. exf5 Nxh6 $19 24. Nxe7 Rg4
25. Qxh5 d5 $1 {[%cal Ga6f6] After this advance Black transfers the queen to
f6 and White loses even more material.} 26. Rxd5 (26. Nxd5 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Bxf5
28. Ne3 Qf6 29. Nd1 Rxg2) 26... Qf6 27. c3 Rxe7 28. Rf1 Bc6 29. Rd4 Ree4 30. g3
Qe5 31. a3 Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 33. Ka2 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shomoev, Anton"]
[Black "Williams, Simon Kim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. Nd5 Ne5 ({In Ascic,P (2341)-Cebalo,M (2482)/
Pula 2004 Black got good play after} 11... b5 12. Nxf6+ $6 Bxf6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6
14. Bd5 Qc7) 12. Be2 Nxd5 {Generally if he is not forced, then Black should
try to avoid taking on d5. The resulting pawn structure usually favors White.}
(12... b5 13. h4 (13. Bh6 $5) 13... Nxd5 14. exd5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. a3 $2
Qb6 17. c3 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Qb3 19. Kb1 Qxa3 $19 {0-1 Storey,C (2211)-Pym,T (2099)
/Douglas 2005 (24)}) 13. exd5 b5 14. Bh6 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxh6 (15... bxc4 16. Bxg7
Kxg7 17. Qc3 Kg8 18. Rhe1 $5 $14 {/+/-}) 16. Qxh6 bxc4 17. Rhe1 $1 Qa5 $4 (
17... Qb6 18. b3 (18. Re4 $2 Qxb2+ 19. Kd2 f5 20. Rxe7 (20. Rh4 Rf7 $19) 20...
Rf7 $1 (20... Qxd4+ 21. Ke2 {[%cal Gd1d4]} Qh8 22. Rxd7 $13) 21. Rxf7 Qxd4+ 22.
Kc1 (22. Ke2 Re8+ $19) 22... Qb2+ 23. Kd2 Kxf7 24. Qxh7+ Qg7 $19) 18... cxb3 (
18... Rfe8 19. Re4 e5 20. Rh4 (20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Rh4 Re7 $17) 20... exd4 21.
Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Qh6+ (22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Re4+ Kd8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. Re1 Kd7 26.
Qf6 Rd8 $19) 22... Ke7 23. Qg5+ f6 24. Qxg6 $44) 19. axb3 Qa5 20. Kb2 $13 (20.
Re4 f5 21. Rxe7 Qa1+ (21... Rf7 22. Rxf7 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qxd4+ 24. Kc1 Qa1+ $11)
22. Kd2 Qxd4+ 23. Kc1 Qa1+ $11)) (17... c3 18. bxc3 (18. Re4 f5) (18. b3 Qa5
$132) 18... Rc8 (18... Qa5 19. Re4 $40) 19. Rd3 $16) 18. Re4 $18 {Suddenly
White is winning at once. Such things can happen in Dragon. There is no
defence against Rh4.} e5 (18... f5 19. Rxe7 Rf7 20. Rxf7 Kxf7 21. Qxh7+ Kf6 22.
Qxd7 $18) 19. Rh4 Rfd8 20. Qxh7+ Kf8 21. Qh6+ Ke8 ({Or} 21... Ke7 22. Qg5+ $18)
22. Qg5 Ba4 23. Nc6 (23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. dxc6 $18 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gh4h8]}) 1-0

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Holguin"]
[Date "2002.04.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Perez Garcia, Rodney Oscar"]
[Black "Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. Kb1 Re8 13. Bh6 Bh8 (13... Bxh6 $6
14. Qxh6 Rxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. h4 Qxc3 17. h5 Nc4 18. Qc1 Rc8 19. hxg6 fxg6 20.
Ne2 Qb4 21. Nf4 a5 22. Nd3 Qb6 23. e5 $1 dxe5 24. Nxe5 Be6 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26.
Qb2 $18 {1-0 Karjakin,S-Zeliakov,N/Dubai UAE 2002 (50)}) (13... Nc4 $142 14.
Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. h4 h5 {And Black stops the advance of h-pawn.}) 14.
h4 Nc4 (14... Qa5 15. h5 Rxc3 16. bxc3 b5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bg5 Bg7 19. Bh6 Bh8
20. Qg5 Rb8 21. Rd3 Nc4 22. Qh4 e5 23. Nf5 $18 {1-0 Jurkovic,A-Laurent,J/
Cannes 2000 (32)}) 15. Bxc4 (15. Qd3 $142 $1 b5 16. Ndxb5 $1 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Nxb2
18. Kxb2 Ng4+ 19. Kb1 Nxh6 20. g4 a6 21. Nd4 Kf8 22. g5 Ng8 23. h5 $40 {
1-0 Strauss,A-Alvir,A/Oberwart 1996 (33)}) 15... Rxc4 16. Nde2 (16. Nb3 $142 a5
(16... b5 17. h5 b4 18. Ne2 $13) 17. h5 a4 18. Nc1 Qa5 19. Nd5 Qb5 (19... Qxd2
$11) 20. hxg6 Nxe4 $4 21. gxh7+ Kxh7 22. Bf8+ Kg8 23. Rxh8+ {1-0 Salinardi,
N-Fernandez,E/Chivilcoy 1988}) 16... b5 17. h5 $6 (17. Nf4 b4 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 19.
Nxd5 $13) 17... b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qxd5 (20. exd5 $142 $13 Bf5
21. Rc1 {/\ 22.g4}) 20... Be6 21. Qd3 $6 Qa5 $1 {Now suddenly all Black's
pieces are ready for decisive attack. Typical Dragon - it doesn't tolerate
White's mistakes.} 22. b3 Rec8 $1 $19 23. Bc1 (23. bxc4 Bxc4 $19) (23. Rc1 Qa3
24. c3 bxc3 $19) 23... Bg7 $1 (23... Rxc2 24. Rxh8+ Kxh8 25. Bb2+ {Makes life
easier for White.}) 24. Rd2 Qe5 25. c3 bxc3 26. Rc2 Rb4 27. Bh6 {Loses by
force, but Black is easily winning anyway.} (27. Bf4 Qa5 28. Nc1 Rcb8 {and the
sac on b3 will decide very soon the outcome.}) 27... Bxb3 28. axb3 Rxb3+ 29.
Kc1 Bxh6+ 30. Rxh6 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Goodricke op 13th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2002.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. Kb1 {This universal move in
Sicilian Defence is good in most cases. Below I try to explain why an waiting
useful move like 12.Kb1 is so unpleasant for Black in this particular position.
The problem is that most of White's alternatives to 12.Kb1 have a drawback,
which can be used by Black somehow. I'm not trying to say that 12.Kb1 is
stronger than its alternatives (though I think this might well be the case),
but just to show that after other moves Black can easier find an answer.} (12.
g4 b5 {After 12.g4 the pawn f3 is protected only by the knight d4, that's why
the advance of the b-pawn became possible - if White takes twice on b5, he
loses pawn f3.}) (12. h4 {The main move, which has the drawback that Black can
blockade the kingside with} h5 {Of course the theory just begins here, my task
was to show that after 12.h4 Black can easier find a move than after 12.Kb1.})
(12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Rxc3 14. bxc3 a5 {gives Black good counterplay.}) (12.
Bg5 {This removes the B from a7-g1 diagonal and makes possible a move like 12.
... Rc5. Besides, after 12. ... Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4 the knight on d4 is less
protected (for instance Black threatens 14. ... Nxe4 followed by Rxd4).}) 12...
Re8 {This somewhat mysterious move is nowardays main replay to 12.Kb1. In fact
it has mostly same logic like 12.Kb1: it is an useful waiting move, since the
alternatives have their drawbacks. Before briefly looking to alternatives,
let's see why a move like 12. ... Re8 might prove useful. First of all after
queen's sortie to a5, White's reply Nd5 won't be so dangerous because pawn e7
is protected. Secondly, in case of need Black always has the retreat Bh8 after
White's Bh6. Further, black king has more space: square f8 became available,
which might be useful after an eventual attack on the h-file. And finally
there are some concrete variations when the e-file can be opened (for instance
with white bishop on g5 and knight on d5, White takes Nxf6 exf6), or in case
that white e-pawn reaches e7 (f2-f4, followed by e4-e5, e5xd6 and d6xe7). In
all those cases the rook is also much better placed on e8.} (12... a5 {helps
White to blockade the queenside with} 13. a4) (12... a6 {is a possible move,
but looks a little bit slow. Now White can enter many variations where Kb1 is
more useful than a6, for instance} 13. h4 h5 14. Bg5 ({or} 14. g4 $5)) (12...
Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 {and White starts first the attack, since the move} b5
{is dubious in view of} 15. b3 Rc8 16. Ndxb5 $16) 13. h4 h5 14. Bh6 Nc4 (14...
Bh8 15. g4 {Gives White a strong attack. An example which demonstrates White's
potential:} hxg4 16. f4 Nc4 17. Qe2 Na5 18. h5 Nxb3 19. axb3 Nxh5 20. f5 Ng3
21. Qh2 Nxh1 22. Rxh1 g3 23. Qxg3 Bxd4 24. Qh4 $18 e6 25. Bg5 Qxg5 26. Qxg5
exf5 27. Nd5 Bc6 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Rh7+ {1-0 Willemze,J-Molinari,G/Dieren 1999.}
) 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. g4 $5 {Most aggressive move, which is
probably White's only way to fight for advantage.} (17. Nde2 Qa5 18. Nf4 Rec8
19. Ncd5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Kf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Aseev,K-Nemtsev,I/
Nizhnij Novgorod 1998 (44)}) (17. Rhe1 Qa5 18. Nb3 Qc7 $11 {1-0 Polzin,
R-Reschke,S/Germany 1997 (45)}) 17... hxg4 18. h5 Rh8 {Now it is amazing - we
have a popular theoretical position with white king on b1 instead of c1. The
explanation is that Black lost time by playing Rf8-e8-h8. In principle this
factor is in White's favour, but not clear that White can have any real
dividends out of it.} 19. fxg4 $146 (19. hxg6 fxg6 20. f4 Rh3 $6 (20... Rc5 $2
21. e5 $1 dxe5 22. Nb3) (20... e5 $1 $13) 21. Rxh3 (21. e5 Nh5 22. Rhe1 $36 (
22. Rxh3 gxh3 23. f5) (22. f5 $5)) 21... gxh3 22. e5 Ng4 {1/2-1/2 Mullon,
J-Derieux,C/Saint Lo 2001 (47)}) 19... Bxg4 $1 (19... Nxg4 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. b3
Rc5 22. Nd5 $36) 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Nd5 (21. e5 dxe5 22. Ne6+ Bxe6 23. Qxd8 Rxd8
24. Rxd8 Bf5 $13) 21... e5 $1 {Leads to draw by force.} 22. Rxh8 Qxh8 23. Qg5
Nxd5 (23... Qf8 24. Nxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxg4 Rxd4 26. Rh1 $44) 24. Qxg4 Rxd4 25. Qd7+
Kg8 26. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER CupT semifinal"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.03.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {It is always of a high
interest to see the Dragon Variation played by its biggest specialist - GM
Mihail Golubev. However, in this game Peter Svidler was very well prepared,
and he showed a clear way to advantage in the line which was considered more
or less unclear. For instance in Informator 82 the position after 21.Rd1 from
the present game was evaluated as "unclear", while in fact it is "more
unclear" for Black than for White, who has a big advantage.} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Be2 {An interesting move order.}
Rc8 12. Kb1 Nc4 {Now White succeeded to enter the lines, which are considered
by the modern theory to be favourable for White, namely 11.Bb3 Rc8 12.Kb1 Nc4 
(12. ... Re8 is main alternative) 13.Bxc4.} 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 Qa5 15. Nb3
Qa6 16. e5 (16. Bh6 Rfc8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. h4 h6 19. g5 Nh5 20. Rh2 $14 {
0-1 Slobodjan,R-Malakhov,V/Koszalin 1999(35)}) 16... Nxg4 {The only way for
Black to complicate matters.} 17. fxg4 Bxg4 (17... Bxe5 18. Nd5 Re8 19. h3 $16
{1-0 Bauer,C-Van Wely,L/Enghien les Bains 2001 (40)}) 18. exd6 (18. Rdf1 dxe5 (
18... Bxe5 19. Nd5 Re8 $13) 19. Bh6 Qe6 20. h4 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 f6 22. Nd2 Rd4 23.
Nde4 Rf7 24. Rhg1 $36 {1-0 Jakubowski,K-Wojcieszyn,J/Glogow 2001 (38)}) 18...
Bxd1 $6 {After this move Black won't have time to take on c3. In one of my
previous comments I also thought this move would be possible (though the
correct 18. ... Bxc3 was another suggestion of mine), but as Svidler
demonstrates, there are tactical tricks in the position and Black cannot allow
to make such inaccuracies.} (18... Bxc3 {Apparently this is the only move to
keep the tension.} 19. bxc3 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 $1 (20. dxe7 Bxc2+ $1 {An important
resourse, which doesn't necessarily aims to take material, but first of all it
makes the position of White's king more exposed (second rank and the diagonal
b1-h7).} 21. Qxc2 Re8 {Now White seems unable to keep the pawn on e7. A
possible line would be:} 22. Rd1 Rxe7 23. Rd8+ Kg7 24. Qd2 Rh4 25. Bg5 Re2 26.
Bxh4 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 {and thanks to the unsecure position of white king Black is
not worse.}) 20... Qxd6 (20... exd6 21. Bd4 {looks very dangerous for Black.})
21. Qxd6 exd6 22. Bxa7 {and White is better here, though the endgame is quite
complicated.}) (18... exd6 $2 19. Rde1 $16) 19. dxe7 Bxc2+ 20. Qxc2 Re8 21. Rd1
$1 {Svidler's evaluation proved to be correct - White is much better, since he
will keep the pawn on e7.} Qe6 ({No time for} 21... Bxc3 {due to} 22. Rd8 $1 {
Thanks to this "zwischenzug" White keeps the pawn on e7 and consequently a big
advantage.} (22. bxc3 Rxe7 {transposes to the above given variations, which
start with 18. ... Bxc3.}) 22... Rc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. bxc3 Qe6 25. Bc5 $16)
22. Bc5 $16 {The next part is a demonstration of the strength of White's
position.} Bf6 23. Qd3 b6 24. Ba3 Bxc3 ({The pawn cannot be taken:} 24... Bxe7
25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Nd5 {[%csl Rc4,Re7] On the other hand the game continuation
is also hopeless.}) 25. bxc3 Rc7 26. Nd4 Qf6 27. Rf1 Qg5 28. Rxf7 {A nice move,
which wins by force, though 28.Ne6 was even simpler.} Kxf7 29. Qf3+ Qf6 (29...
Kg8 30. Qf8+ Rxf8 31. exf8=Q# {The triumph of White's e7-pawn - it queens with
mate, isn't this the "dream of each soldier"?}) 30. Qd5+ Kg7 31. Ne6+ Kh8 32.
Nxc7 Rxe7 33. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4 (10. Qd2 Rc8 ({The alternative is} 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4
b5 (11... a5 $5 12. a3 (12. a4 {is of course critical.}) 12... b5 13. O-O Bc6
14. Kh1 Qb8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. c3 Qb7 $11
{0-1 Christiansen,L-Tiviakov,S/Moscow 2001/ (85)})) 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Kb1 Re8 {
Nowardays considered the best replay to 12.Kb1.} 13. h4 h5 14. Bg5 Rc5 {
and we reach the same position from the game after 14. ... Re8.}) 10... h5 11.
Qd2 Rc8 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 Re8 {An interesting moment. Black
isn't going for the main line 14. ... b5, which to my knowledge is considered
to give Black good counterplay. On the other hand the present position may
arise after a different move order, look the previous comment.} 15. Bh6 (15.
Rhe1 Qa5 16. a3 (16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Nb3 Qa6 19. e5 Nh7 (19... Ng4 $5
$132) 20. exd6 $13 {0-1 Bologan,V-Golubev,M/Eforie Nord 2000/ (50)}) 16... Qa6
$1 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. e5 Nh7 {gave Black a good position in Smirin,
I-Hodgson,J/Ischia 1996 (24), 0,5.}) 15... Nc4 ({Later in the match Tiviakov
deviated here:} 15... Qa5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rhe1 Rec8 18. f4 Neg4 19. Nf3 Bc6
20. Ng5 Be8 21. Qd4 R8c6 22. f5 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Ne5 24. fxg6 Nxg6 25. Nf3 Rc5 26.
Re3 Qc7 27. Rde1 e5 28. Qd2 a5 29. a4 b5 $44 {1-0 Ponomariov,R-Tiviakov,S/
Moscow 2001/ (50)}) (15... Bh8 $5 {Taking advantages from removing the rook
from f8 Black can try to save his bishop.}) 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Bxg7 (17. Nb3 Qc7
18. g4 Rxc3 $1 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. bxc3 hxg4 21. h5 gxf3 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Rdf1
Bg4 24. Nd4 Rc8 25. Kb2 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,J-Berndt,S/Germany 2000.}) 17... Kxg7 18.
Nd5 $14 {/=. Although White's position is slightly more pleasant thanks to his
space advantage - namely a better control over central squares - Black has no
weaknesses and a solid position, which give him good chances to equalize.} (18.
Rhe1 Qa5 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. Nd5 $6 Nxd5 21. exd5 Rxh4 $15 {1-0 Polzin,R-Reschke,S/
Germany 1997/ (45)}) 18... e5 $5 $146 {Taking away square d4 from White's
pieces. The price is the weak pawn on d6. Difficult to say what is more
important. In my opinion White is better after the text move, or maybe correct
is to put it this way - most of the players would prefer playing White, even
if there is nothing substantial.} (18... Nxd5 19. exd5 b5 20. g4 $5 (20. Rhg1
$5) 20... hxg4 21. h5 $36) (18... e6 $2 19. Ne3 Rc8 20. Nb3 {simply loses the
pawn d6, Ricardi-Cabrera/Cali 2001.}) 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. Nb3 Re6 {Looks awkward,
but not easy for White to improve the position without taking any risks. And
it seems that Ponomariov wasn't willing to take them.} 21. Qa5 (21. g4 $2 Qxf3)
(21. Rdf1 $5 Qf4 (21... b5 22. g4 $40) 22. Qxf4 exf4 23. Rd1 $14) 21... Ra4 22.
Qc3 (22. Qc7 Bc6 23. Rd2 {Looks like Black has some problems finding useful
moves. He seems to hold though:} Ra6 (23... Qf4 24. Rxd6) 24. Na5 (24. Rhd1
Qxh4) (24. a3 $5 $14) 24... Re7 25. Qd8 (25. Qxd6 $4 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Rxa5) 25...
Rd7 26. Qxf6+ Kxf6 $11) 22... Qd8 23. Rd2 Qb6 24. Nc1 {Unfortunately for White
the knight cannot find a good square. His only chance for advantage to create
initiative on the kingside looks less realistic without the knight, so the
position is probably close to equal.} Bb5 25. b3 (25. g4 hxg4 26. h5 (26. fxg4
$2 Rxe4) 26... gxh5 27. Rxh5 $44) 25... Ra6 26. Rhd1 {A safe and natural way
to place pieces. However, the pawn d6 is well defended.} (26. g4 $5 {This
might bring not much, but otherwise I don't see how White can break through
Black's position. The kingside activity at least requires from Black concrete
problems to solve. All the more black rook on a6 is a little far from the
kingside.} hxg4 27. fxg4 $13) 26... Qd8 27. g3 Rc6 28. Qe3 Qb6 29. Qxb6 {
After trading queens Black is out of danger - no more fear of the possible
kingside attack.} (29. Qe1 $6 Rf6 30. Rf2 Rc3 $132) 29... Rxb6 30. Ka1 f5 $11
31. Ne2 fxe4 32. fxe4 Bxe2 33. Rxe2 Rf6 34. Kb2 Rc6 (34... Rf3 35. Rd3 $11) 35.
Rd3 Kf7 36. Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 Re8
15. Bh6 Qa5 {In the second game of the match (previous to this one), Tiviakov
played 15. ... Nc4.} (15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd5 e5 19. Nxf6
Qxf6 20. Nb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Tiviakov,S/Moscow 2001/ (36)}) 16. Bxg7
Kxg7 17. Rhe1 Rec8 ({A different plan of opening the b-file failed in the
following game:} 17... b5 18. f4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Qd4 Rb8 22.
Ka1 Rb6 23. e5 $16 {1-0 Enders,P-Adla,D/Cappelle la Grande 1997/ (50)}) 18. f4
Neg4 19. Nf3 Bc6 20. Ng5 Be8 21. Qd4 R8c6 22. f5 Rxc3 $1 {Generally speaking
is quite difficult to calculate variations in such a sharp Dragon position.
There are many options for either side and often players simply rely on their
feeling. Let's not forget the present game was played with a rapid time
control and most definetely both Ponomariov and Tiviakov chose their moves
according to the intuition. The exchange sac is typical for Sicilian positions
and in the game Black had good counterplay.} (22... Ne5 23. fxg6 Nxg6 24. Nd5
$16) (22... gxf5 {unnecessary opens files and gives White square e4:} 23. exf5
Re5 24. Nge4 $36) 23. bxc3 Ne5 24. fxg6 (24. Nf3 $5) (24. Qb4 $6 Qc7) 24...
Nxg6 (24... fxg6 {is dubious because it gives White square e6 for the knight.})
25. Nf3 Rc5 $1 $44 {The presence of many pawn weaknesses in White's position
and the absence of a clear plan give Black good compensation for the exchange.
Still the position remains quite dangerous for either side and Black must be
carefull not to allow White to activate the pieces and take the initiative. On
the other hand Black's plan is simple - to advance queenside pawns and keep an
eye on White's advance e4-e5.} (25... Rxc3 $2 26. e5 $16) 26. Re3 Qc7 27. Rde1
e5 (27... a5 $2 28. e5) 28. Qd2 a5 29. a4 (29. a3 $5) 29... b5 30. Ng5 (30.
axb5 Bxb5 $44) 30... bxa4 31. Ba2 Qb6+ {Typical when having no time. The check
probably only helps White to hide the king.} (31... Nxh4 {was the simplest
decision.}) (31... a3 32. c4 {[%cal Ge3a3]}) 32. Ka1 a3 33. Qc1 Nxh4 34. Rg3
Ng6 35. Qxa3 Nh7 $2 (35... Qc6 $5 {[%csl Rc3,Re4]} 36. Rf3 $140 h4 37. Ref1
Nxe4 38. Nxe4 Qxe4 39. Bxf7 Bc6 $132) 36. Rb1 Qc7 37. Nxh7 Kxh7 38. Rf3 Nf4 (
38... Kg7 39. Rbf1 $36) 39. Rh1 Ne2 $2 {An understandeble desire to bring the
knight closer to the queenside, but it proves that black king remains with no
protection at all. On the other hand it is difficult to find an acceptable way
since white rooks will become soon very active.} (39... Qc6 40. Re3 f6 {
defends the pawn h5, but the knight is forced to go to square g2...} 41. g3 Ng2
42. Rd3 Qxe4 43. Rxd6 $18) (39... Bc6 40. Rxh5+ Nxh5 41. Rxf7+ Qxf7 42. Bxf7
$16) (39... Bd7 40. Bxf7 (40. g3 Bg4) 40... Bg4 41. Rg3 Qxf7 42. Rxg4 $16) (
39... Kg7 $1 {Probably the only way to put up resistance. Main idea is to hold
the pawn h5 and if White will play g3, then to continue similar to the game.
The difference in this case would be that White lost time for the move g3,
which which is of course in Black's favour.} 40. g3 $140 Ne2 41. c4 Nd4 42. Rf2
f6 {and comparing to the game Black kept pawn h5.}) 40. c4 Nd4 41. Rf2 Kg7 42.
Rxh5 $18 Kf8 43. Qg3 Ke7 44. Rh7 Kd8 45. c3 Rxc4 46. cxd4 Rc1+ 47. Kb2 Rd1 48.
Qg5+ Kc8 49. Qg4+ Kb8 50. Qxd1 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 89th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2002.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rb8 $5 {In his interesting article published in New
in Chess Yearbook Nr.62, Luc Henris entitled this variation "The Chinese
Dragon". He had given his explanations about this attractive name of the line.
However, more important is that 10....Rb8 might be an interesting alternative
to the well-studied 10...Qa5 or 10...Ne5 (10...Rc8) for those who want to play
Dragon and avoid the theory.} 11. Bb3 (11. h4 b5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bb3 a5 14.
Bh6 b4 15. Nd5 (15. Na4 Qe8 16. h5 Bxh6 $1 (16... Bxa4 17. hxg6 Bxb3 18. gxh7+
Kh8 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. h8=Q+ $1 Rxh8 21. Qg5+ $18) 17. Qxh6 Bxa4 18. hxg6 Bxb3
19. gxh7+ Kh8 $17) 15... a4 16. Bc4 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 e6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bc4 Qc7
20. Bd3 b3 21. axb3 Rxb3 22. h5 a3 23. hxg6 fxg6 {0-1 Carvalho,A-Romero Holmes,
A/Lisbon 1998/EXT 99 (23)}) (11. Kb1 {I won't be surprised is this universal
move will sometime be considered the strongest continuation.} Ne5 (11... b5 $5
{Ravinsky-Krasnov, Moscow 1964.}) 12. Be2 (12. Bb3 b5) 12... a6 {I don't like
this. Too slow. Playing ...Rb8 followed by ...a6 is just too much luxury one
can allow oneself in Dragon. Or maybe Chinese Dragon is different?} 13. g4 b5
14. h4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Ka1 Qb6 17. Rb1 Qb7 18. h5 e5 19. Nde2 Rbd8 20.
Ng3 Be6 21. Nf5 $1 $40 {1-0 Bratovic,B-Boros,D/Balatonlelle HUN 2002 (39)})
11... Ne5 12. f4 $6 {Gallagher must have missed the above-mentioned article.
12.f4 is correctly given as doubtful there.} (12. Bh6 $5 Bxh6 (12... b5 $142)
13. Qxh6 b5 14. h4 e6 15. h5 Qe7 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Qg5 Nf7 18. Qg3 a5 19. Nce2
Rfc8 20. Nf4 e5 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 g5 24. Qxg5+ Kf8 25. Bxf7
Qxf7 26. Rxd6 $18 {1-0 Ernst,T-Carlsson,P/Stockholm SWE 2002 (30)}) (12. g4 b5
{[%cal Ge5c4] and I believe Black is fine.}) 12... Neg4 13. Bg1 b5 $1 {That's
the reason why 12.f4 doesn't work so well. Now after a forced line Black's
chances are certainly not worse.} 14. h3 b4 15. hxg4 bxc3 16. Qxc3 Rc8 $1 (
16... Nxg4 17. e5 $1 $36) 17. Qg3 Bxg4 18. Re1 Qa5 19. c3 (19. e5 $2 Nh5 $1 {
[%csl Re1]}) 19... e5 (19... Rc7 $2 20. e5) 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Nf3 (21. Nc2 Rfd8
$17) 21... Rxc3+ {Forcing the draw.} 22. bxc3 Qxc3+ 23. Kb1 Rc8 (23... Nxe4 {
doesn't work:} 24. Qxg4 (24. Rxe4 $2 Bf5 $13) 24... Nd2+ 25. Nxd2 e4 26. Nc4
Qxe1+ (26... Qa1+ 27. Kc2 Qc3+ 28. Kd1 Rd8+ 29. Ke2 {and the king escapes.})
27. Qd1 Qc3 28. Rh3 $18) 24. Bxa7 {Not greed, but the rational connecting of
rooks and taking c1 under control by rook h1, thus defending against ...Nxe4.}
(24. Rd1 $2 Nxe4 25. Qxg4 (25. Qe1 Nd2+ {[%cal Gg4f5]})) (24. Qf2 $2 Nxe4 25.
Rxe4 Qc1#) 24... Qd3+ 25. Kb2 Qc3+ 26. Kb1 Qd3+ 27. Kb2 Qc3+ {The Chinese
Dragon survived in this game. Or shall I say that "it almost struck"?} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 h5 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 Re8 15.
f4 {A fresh attempt to treat one of the main positions of Sicilian Dragon.
Dozens of games were played with 15.Rhe1, 15.Bh6 and 15.g4, but at the present
moment everywhere Black keeps resources for counterplay.} Nc4 16. Qd3 Qc8 {
Radjabov wisely takes advantage of the inclusion of Kb1/Re8 and makes a move
that most likely avoids Dominguez' main home preparation. In a similar
theoretical position with the king on c1 and black rook on f8, White achieves
an advantage by taking on f6 and then Nd5, using the fact that the bishop
cannot retreat from f6 due to the fork on e7.} (16... Ng4 {requires future
practice.}) 17. f5 (17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 {is now not impressive at all, since
Black can simply retreat the bishop from f6.}) 17... gxf5 $1 $146 (17... Ne5
18. Qe2 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Kh7 $6 (19... Qxc3 $142) 20. Rh3 Nfg4 21. Nf3 Qc5 22.
Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Rg3 Bb5 24. Qe3 $16 gxf5 25. exf5 Qa3 26. Bxe7 Ng4 (26... Rxe7
27. Qg5 $18) 27. Qg5 Bh6 28. Qxh5 $18 {1-0 Macieja,B (2599)-Moskow,E (2229)/
Gausdal 2008 (30)}) 18. exf5 (18. Nxf5 $2 {runs into} Nxb2 $1 19. Kxb2 Bxf5 20.
exf5 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 Ne4 {and Black wins the queen.}) (18. Rhf1 $2 fxe4 19. Nxe4
Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bg4 $17) 18... Ne5 19. Qe2 Neg4 (19... Rxc3 $2 {is premature due
to} 20. bxc3 Qxc3 21. Rh3 Qc5 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qxh5 $18 {[%cal Gh3g3]}) 20.
Rhf1 (20. Rh3 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 $13) 20... Rxc3 $1 {The right moment for this
typical exchange sacrifice. Black gets a pawn and destroys the white king's
shelter. Considering that White has no attack on the kingside and Black enjoys
the stable square g4 for the knight, the exchange sacrifice secures Black
sufficient compensation.} (20... Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. Rxf5 Qxf5 23. Nd5 $44 (
23. Ba4 Rc8 24. Qxe7 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Ne4 $36)) 21. bxc3 Qxc3 22. Bc1 a5 23. Bb2
Qe3 ({Another option was to keep the queens with} 23... Qc5 $44 {but Radjabov
rightly felt that the endgame is also good for Black.}) 24. Rde1 Qxe2 25. Rxe2
a4 26. Bc4 Ne5 27. Bb5 Rc8 28. Bxd7 Nfxd7 $15 {Black enjoys a slight advantage
thanks to White's weak pawns.} 29. Nf3 Rc4 30. Nxe5 Nxe5 31. g3 Rg4 32. Rg2 (
32. Re3 $2 Nc4 $19) 32... Nc4 $1 33. Bc1 (33. Bxg7 {is suddenly met with} Ne3
$1 {regaining the exchange and remaining with an advantage.}) 33... Be5 34. Rf3
f6 {All the black pieces are perfectly placed and it becomes more and more
difficult to play with White. Dominguez follows a reasonable defensive plan:
he places the pawn on c3, brings his king to d3 and starts to wait. Meanwhile
Radjabov brings his king to the centre.} 35. c3 Kf7 36. Kc2 Ke8 37. Kd3 b5 38.
Be3 Kd7 39. Bf4 Kc6 40. Rf1 Kc5 41. Rf3 Kd5 42. Rf1 Kc6 43. Rf3 {The knight on
c4 is nicely placed, but in order to make progress Black must attack White's
weak pawns with the knight as well.} Nb6 $1 {The knight goes to e4.} (43... d5
$15) 44. Bd2 (44. Bxe5 fxe5 {[%cal Ge5e4]} 45. Rf1 Nd5 $17) 44... Nd7 45. Bf4
Nc5+ 46. Kc2 (46. Ke3 Bxc3 $19) 46... Ne4 47. Re2 d5 48. Ree3 Kd6 49. Rf1 Rg8 {
[%cal Gg8c8]} (49... Nxg3 50. Rxg3 Rxg3 51. Bxg3 Bxg3 52. Rg1 Bxh4 (52... Bf4
53. Rg7 $132 {[%csl Re7,Rh5][%cal Gg7h7]}) 53. Rh1 Bf2 54. Rxh5 {must be a draw
}) (49... Bxf4 50. Rxf4 Rxg3 $4 51. Rfxe4 Rg2+ 52. Re2 $18) 50. Rd1 $1 Kc6 51.
Rf1 Bxf4 52. Rxf4 Nxg3 (52... Rxg3 $4 53. Rfxe4 Rg2+ 54. Re2 $18) 53. Rxe7 Ne4
54. Kd3 (54. Rexe4 dxe4 55. Rxe4 Rg2+ 56. Kb1 Kd5 $17 {[%csl Rb1]}) 54... Rg2
55. a3 Kc5 $2 ({With little time Radjabov misses} 55... Rg3+ 56. Kd4 Nc5 $1 {
with the threat 57...Nb3 mate. Dominguez would have had to return the exchange
and hope to survive in a difficult rook endgame after} 57. Re6+ Nxe6+ 58. fxe6
Kd6 59. Rxf6 Rg4+ 60. Kd3 Rxh4 $17) 56. Rc7+ $1 Kd6 57. Rc8 Ra2 58. Kd4 Rd2+ (
58... Rxa3 {can be too risky also for Black:} 59. Rd8+ (59. Re8 $5 {[%csl Rd5]
[%cal Ge8e6]} Nxc3 $140 60. Re6+ Kd7 61. Rf1 $132 {[%csl Ra3,Rc3,Rd5,Rd7,Rf6]
[%cal Ge6f6,Gf1g1]}) 59... Kc6 60. Rc8+ Kd7 61. Rh8 Nxc3 62. Kc5 $132) 59. Ke3
Ra2 60. Kd4 Rd2+ 61. Ke3 Ra2 62. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Smerdon, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 Re8 ({Thanks to Carlsen the
move} 12... a6 {became popular in 2008 and 2009, but many concrete variations
show that 12...Re8 is more useful for Black in many variations. The following
example has similarities with our main game:} 13. h4 h5 14. g4 hxg4 15. h5 Nxh5
16. Bh6 e6 17. Rdg1 Qf6 18. fxg4 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Qg7 20. Qe3 Nf6 21. g5 Nh5 22.
Nde2 a5 23. Rxh5 $5 (23. Nf4 $5 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Rxc3 25. bxc3 a4 26. Rh3 $5 axb3
$140 27. Rgh1 bxc2+ 28. Kxc2 $40) (23. a4 $14) 23... gxh5 24. Nf4 Ng4 25. Qh3
Qd4 26. Nce2 Qxe4 27. Qxh5 (27. Nxh5 $40) 27... a4 28. Rh1 Qxh1+ 29. Qxh1 axb3
30. axb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dominguez Perez,L (2708)-Carlsen,M (2775)/Biel 2008 (52)}
) 13. h4 h5 {A critical starting position of the modern Sicilian Dragon.} 14.
g4 {One of two principled continuations.} ({The second one is} 14. Bh6 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 {and now White faces a choice between the sharp} 17. g4
({and the positional} 17. Nd5) 17... hxg4 18. h5 {I believe that in both cases
the complications lead to a minimal advantage for White.}) 14... hxg4 15. h5
Nxh5 16. Bh6 e6 (16... Kh7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. fxg4 Bxg4 19. Nf5+ $1 {proved to
be unpleasant for Black (Kasimdzhanov twice defended the black side here).}) (
16... Bf6 {hasn't been tried at a high level, but it looks suspicious after}
17. Nd5 $40) 17. Rdg1 Qf6 (17... g3 18. Rxh5 gxh5 19. Rxg3 Ng6 20. Nf5 {
is another position, which from the practical point of view is difficult to
defend with Black. In the game Vachier Lagrave,M (2703)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2672)/
San Sebastian 2009 one inaccuracy later on was enough for Black to lose.}) 18.
fxg4 ({Bad is} 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. fxg4 {which allows} Qf4 $17 {0-1 Stanojoski,Z
(2493)-Parligras,M (2605)/Budva 2009 (28)}) 18... Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Qg7 20. Qe3 Nf6
21. g5 Nh5 {An important position for the evaluation of 14.g4. Comparing with
Dominguez-Carlsen (see 12...a6 above), here Black has the rook on e8 instead
of the pawn on a6. This makes White's chances for a quick attack with
sacrifices somewhat less attractive (because the black king has the f8-square
for his escape), therefore Dominguez changes the plan, using the possibility
to move with the knight to b5.} 22. Ndb5 ({Still} 22. Nde2 {was a worthy
alternative (the knight goes to f4). Then after} a5 (22... b5 23. Nf4 $1 Nxf4
24. Qxf4 b4 25. Rg3 $1 $40 bxc3 26. Rgh3 $18) {White can play the more quiet}
23. a4 $13 {/+/=} ({My computer shows the following variation after the sac on
h5:} 23. Rxh5 gxh5 24. Nf4 Qh8 (24... Qh7) 25. g6 fxg6 26. Nxg6 Nxg6 27. Nd5
exd5 28. Rxg6+ Kf7 29. Rh6 Qg7 30. Qf2+ Ke7 31. Qh4+ Kf8 32. Qf4+ Ke7 {with a
draw...})) 22... Bxb5 23. Nxb5 Red8 24. Qxa7 Nf3 25. Rg2 Qe5 $146 {This is of
course stronger than giving up the b-pawn, as played in one game before.} (
25... Rc5 26. Qxb7 Qe5 $2 (26... Nxg5 {was better, although after} 27. Rf1 ({
stronger than} 27. a4 Qf6 28. a5 $140 $2 Qe5) ({or} 27. Qe7 Qf6 28. Qb7 {
since the exchange of queens favours Black}) {White's chances are preferable.
Then} 27... Nxe4 {is answered with} (27... Qe5 $2 28. Rxg5 Qxg5 29. Qxf7+ Kh8
30. Nd4 $18) 28. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 29. Qxe4 $36 {[%csl Rg6]}) 27. a4 (27. Qe7 $18)
27... Nxg5 28. Rxh5 (28. Qe7 Qf6 29. Qb7 {1-0 Domany,Z (2101)-Bennett,D/
Kecskemet 2005 (47)}) 28... gxh5 29. Qe7 Rf8 30. Bd5 $1 $18) 26. Qe3 (26. Qxb7
$2 Rb8 $19) 26... Ne1 $5 {An interesting small detail - the white rook on e1
is worse placed than on h1, where together with the queen on f3 it would have
generated exchange sacrifice ideas.} ({For instance after the immediate} 26...
Qxb5 27. Qxf3 Qe5 (27... Kg7 $2 28. Rxh5 gxh5 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. g6 $18) {
White can consider} 28. Rxh5 $5 gxh5 29. g6 {with an attack:} f6 30. Bxe6+ $1
Qxe6 (30... Kg7 {with a slightly inferior position might be best}) 31. Qxh5 Qd7
(31... Rc7 32. Rh2 $18) (31... Qe7 32. Rh2 Qg7 33. Qd5+ Kf8 34. Rh8+ $1 Ke7 35.
Qxb7+ $18) 32. Rh2 Kf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qh7+ Kf8 (34... Ke6 35. Qh3+ Ke7 36.
Qb3 $1) 35. Qxd7 Rxd7 36. Rh8+ Kg7 37. Rxc8 Kxg6 38. a4 $16) 27. Rxe1 Qxb5 28.
c3 Qe5 {In order to make progress White must prepare to attack the Nh5 with
the bishop from d1, but then Black can either play Rc4, or d6-d5, with
counterplay in the centre. Still this plan would have been White's only chance
to play for an advantage. In the game Dominguez avoids any risk and keeps the
bishop on b3, agreeing soon to a draw.} 29. a3 (29. Bd1 d5 30. Bxh5 gxh5 31.
Qf3 dxe4 32. Qxh5 e3 33. Rh2 Rc5 $11) 29... b5 30. Ka2 (30. Bd1 $5 d5 31. Bxh5
gxh5 32. Qf3 dxe4 (32... d4 $5) 33. Qxh5 e3 34. Qf3 $1 $14) 30... Kg7 $1 31.
Rf1 ({Now} 31. Bd1 {brings nothing due to} Rh8) 31... Rc7 32. Qf3 Ra8 33. Rh1
Rh8 $11 34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Rh1 Rh8 36. Rd1 Rd8 37. Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{When Kasparov was active in chess, his opponents' opening preparation would
usually bring no desired result for them for the reason that Kasparov's
preparation was deeper. Much deeper. One could relatively easily guess
correctly what opening and even what concrete variation will Kasparov choose
to play in a given game, but nevertheless that would rarely help his opponents:
Kasparov's analysis and evaluation of the resulting positions were more
precise than anyone else's. To put it differently: against Kasparov you knew
what to expect, but you simply had too little time and resources to analyse it
deep enough. Well, against Ivanchuk there is another story. Trying to guess
correctly even his first move is a difficult job. Trying to guess the
variation he is going to choose is entirely hopeless. Only in 2007 Ivanchuk
replied 1.e4 with 1...e5, 1...e6, 1...c5, 1...c6, 1...d6 and even 1...Nf6! The
two remained reasonable answers after 1.e4 (1...g6 and 1...d5) were played by
Ivanchuk in 2006. Thus basically in just one year time Ivanchuk played all
possible openings against 1.e4... To put it differently: before the game you
have no clue what to expect from the Ukrainian GM. So the best preparation
against Ivanchuk during a tournament is to go for a walk or have a good sleep.
} 1. e4 c5 {Najdorf? Ivanchuk likes to play it.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 {Looks like the
Sveshnikov Variation. Ivanchuk plays it often too.} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 {
After all it is the Accelerated Dragon. Indeed, from time to time Ivanchuk
chooses it as well.  It won't be an exaggeration at all to affirm that Vassily
can play absolutely everything. But really amazing is the fact that he knows
very well these openings, often better than his very strong opponents.} 5. Nc3
({Two years ago Ivanchuk showed a deep knowledge and preparation in the
Maroczy Variation:} 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Be6 10.
Rc1 Qa5 11. f3 O-O 12. Qd2 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5
17. exf5 gxf5 18. h3 Rf8 19. f4 Rad8 20. Nc3 d5 21. cxd5 Nf6 22. Rhg1 Nxd5 23.
Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Ke1 e6 {Only this move is a novelty. A good one.} 25. gxf5 Rxf5
26. Bd4 Rf7 27. Bh5 Rfd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dominguez,L (2658)-Ivanchuk,V (2739)/
Havana 2005 (45)}) 5... Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O {In case that Karjakin
expected in a way the first 6 moves (after all they have already had a game
with these moves before!), Ivanchuk's 7...0-0 must have came as a real
surprise. Now the Accelerated Dragon will soon transpose into the classical
Dragon Sicilian, which is a very rare guest on the high level nowadays. In
spite of his wide repertoire, Ivanchuk played the Dragon Sicilian only many
years ago.} ({Ivanchuk used to play} 7... Qa5 {lately. Same opponents had it
before:} 8. O-O (8. f3 Qb4 $132) 8... O-O 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Bg5 a6 11. Be2 d6 $11
{0-1 Karjakin,S (2635)-Ivanchuk,V (2739)/Warsaw 2005 (38)}) 8. Bb3 d6 ({Here} 
8... Qa5 {is less attractive in view of} 9. f3 $14) 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11.
O-O-O Ne5 12. Kb1 {The most critical move.} Re8 ({The once popular variation} 
12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 b5 15. b3 $1 {with advantage for White run
almost completely out of fashion}) 13. Bh6 {Karjakin makes a move that brought
him success in the past, but most likely the young Ukrainian was caught by
surprise by Ivanchuk and forgot that the evaluation of 13.Bh6 changed after
that early game of his.} ({The strongest is} 13. h4 {and only after} h5 {
White plays} 14. Bh6 {The point is that after the inclusion of h4/h5 the
sacrifice on c3 is no longer good for Black:} Bxh6 ({The main direction is} 
14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd5 $14) 15. Qxh6 Rxc3 $6 16. bxc3 a5
17. f4 {[%csl Rg6] This is the difference: Black can't remove the knight from
e5 in view of Qxg6. After the forced} Nfg4 18. Qg5 a4 19. fxe5 axb3 20. cxb3
Nxe5 21. Nf3 $16 {Black doesn't have sufficient compensation for the exchange.
It's a pity that Ivanchuk's intention after 13.h4 remains a mystery.}) 13...
Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Rxc3 $1 15. bxc3 a5 $1 {No wonder that Ivanchuk is aware of the
best play for Black.} (15... Qc7 {is weaker:} 16. h4 Qxc3 17. Ne2 $1 (17. h5
Nc4 18. Qc1 Rc8 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Ne2 Qb4 21. Nf4 $14 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2460)
-Zeliakov,N/Dubai (rapid) 2002 (50)}) 17... Qb4 18. h5 {and White has a strong
attack.}) 16. a4 (16. a3 Qb6 (16... a4 17. Ba2 Qb6+ 18. Ka1 Qc5 19. Kb2 Qb6+
$11) 17. Ka1 Qc5 18. Qc1 b5 19. Qb2 Ra8 20. Ba2 h5 $44 {0-1 Al Sayed,M (2443)
-Hakki,I (2451)/Dubai 2004 (51)}) 16... Qb6 (16... b5 17. Nxb5 (17. axb5 a4 18.
Ba2 Qa5 $44) 17... Bxb5 18. axb5 a4 19. Ba2 (19. Bxa4 $5 Qa5 20. Rd4 $13) 19...
Qa5 20. Rd4 Qxb5+ 21. Ka1 Qc5 22. Qd2 Qa3 23. Rb1 $16 {1-0 Tranchant,S (2115)
-Sebe Vodislav,F (2298)/Avoine 2004 (36)}) (16... Qc7 17. h4 (17. Rhe1 $6 b5
18. axb5 a4 19. Ba2 Rb8 $36) 17... b5 18. axb5 a4 19. Ba2 Rb8 20. Qd2 {Here
the draw was agreed in Tiviakov,S (2593)-Hakki,I (2451)/Taiz 2004. After} Bxb5
{Black has good play for the exchange.}) 17. h4 $146 {This new move shows
Karjakin's realistic and mature approach. In order to avoid giving his
opponent the long-term initiative and find himself on a defensive side,
Karjakin calculated that 17.h4 will most likely force Black soon to force a
draw.  It must be said that the advance of the h-pawn was mentioned by
Tiviakov in comments to the above given game versus Hakki (see 16...Qc7), but
the Dutch GM too optimistically considered that Black has an advantage after
it. The present game shows that 17.h4 leads to a draw almost by force.} (17.
Qc1 Qc5 $5 ({Black wants more than} 17... Bxa4 18. Qb2 Bxb3 19. cxb3 $13) 18.
Qb2 Rb8 19. Ka2 b5 20. axb5 Bxb5 21. Nxb5 Qxb5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Komiagina,M (2312)
-Pogonina,N (2362)/Samara 2005 (72)}) ({Black has a strong initiative after} 
17. Ka2 Qc5 {[%cal Ge5c4,Gb7b5]}) 17... Bxa4 18. h5 Nc6 (18... Bxb3 19. cxb3
Nc6 {(=/+ - Tiviakov)} (19... Rc8 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Qd2 $14) 20. hxg6 Nxd4 21.
gxh7+ Kh8 22. cxd4 {transposes to the game.}) 19. hxg6 ({Karjakin rejected} 19.
Ka2 {in view of} Bxb3+ 20. cxb3 a4 21. b4 (21. bxa4 $2 Ra8 $19) 21... Nxd4 22.
Rxd4 Nxh5 {and with two pawns Black has good compensation. Now the idea} 23. e5
dxe5 24. Rxh5 {doesn't bring anything because of the check on e6:} Qe6+ {
Then after} 25. c4 (25. Ka3 $4 Qb3#) 25... gxh5 26. Qxe6 fxe6 $13 27. Re4 Rd8 {
White doesn't have any winning chances and the draw remains the most likely
outcome here too.}) 19... Bxb3 20. gxh7+ (20. Nxb3 $6 fxg6 $1 $44 {[%csl Rb3]
[%cal Ga5a4]} (20... a4 {allows the unexpected} 21. Rxd6 $1 exd6 (21... axb3
22. Rxf6 bxc2+ 23. Kxc2 $18) 22. gxh7+ Nxh7 23. Qxh7+ (23. e5 $16) 23... Kf8
24. e5 $1 Nxe5 (24... axb3 $4 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Qxd6#) 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qh4+ Kd7
27. Qxa4+ $14)) 20... Kh8 21. cxb3 ({Now} 21. Nxb3 $2 a4 22. Rxd6 {is no
longer good in view of} axb3 23. Rxf6 Ra8 {with the decisive attack for Black.}
) 21... Nxd4 22. cxd4 Qxb3+ 23. Ka1 (23. Ka1 Rc8 24. Rd2 $11 {will end in a
draw as well, since black rook cannot leave the back rank due to the mate on
f8.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schulz,A} c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7.
Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 (10... Nxd4 {Schulz,A} 11. Bxd4 b5 {
ist in dieser Stellung eine respektable Alternative.}) 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Kb1 {
Fashionable line these days.} Nc4 (12... Re8 $14) (12... a5 13. a4 $14) 13.
Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 Qa5 {This move probably has no independent value, since White
can transpose after 15.g5 into 14. ... Qc7 (look the comments below).} (14...
b5 15. b3 Rc8 16. Ndxb5 {Schulz,A: 'und die Kompensation muss noch gesucht
werden.'} Qa5 17. a4 {used to be the main line, but Black's prospects seem not
very good, as was shown in some recent games: Bologan-Fedorov/Calcutta/1999,
to name one.}) (14... Qc7 15. g5 Nh5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Ne2 $14 {became most
popular nowadays. In my opinion Black is far from equalizing here too.}) 15.
Nb3 (15. g5 Nh5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Ne2 {is the alternative, transposing into
another line (14. ... Qc7).}) ({Die taktische Rechtfertigung des
Damenausfluges nach a5 sieht man nach} 15. Nd5 {Schulz,A} Qxd2 16. Nxe7+ Kh8
17. Rxd2 Re8 18. g5 Nxe4 (18... Nh5 $2 19. Nd5) 19. fxe4 Rxe7 $11) 15... Qa6 {
Schulz,A: 'Neu.'} (15... Qd8 {looks ugly, although Black managed to hold in
Wells-Afek/Herzliya/1998}) ({Bekannt war bisher} 15... Qd8 {Schulz,A} 16. e5
Ne8 17. exd6 Nxd6 18. Nd5 Bc6 19. Rhe1 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qc7 21. Bc5 Rc8 22. Bxd6
exd6 23. c3 Be5 24. h3 a6 25. Re4 {1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Afek,Y/Herzliya 1998/EXT 99
(25)}) 16. Bh6 (16. e5 {Seems strong, but Black can create counterplay by
sacrificing a piece.} Nxg4 $1 (16... dxe5 17. g5 Bf5 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Nc5 Qc6
20. N5e4 $18) (16... Ne8 17. Nd5 $16) 17. fxg4 Bxg4 18. exd6 (18. Rdf1 Bxe5 19.
Nd5 Re8 20. Bg5 f6 $13) 18... Bxd1 19. dxe7 (19. Rxd1 exd6 20. Nd5 Re8 $11)
19... Bxc2+ 20. Qxc2 Re8 $13) ({Die Alternative ist} 16. e5 $5 {Schulz,A})
16... Rfc8 {Schulz,A: 'Nun ist 17...Lh8 möglich, wodurch sich der nächste
weiße Zug erklärt.'} 17. Bxg7 (17. h4 $5 {Schulz,A} Bh8 18. h5 b5 19. hxg6 $1 (
19. a3 $2 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Bxg4 21. fxg4 $2 Nxe4 $19) (19. e5 b4 $17) 19... fxg6 (
19... hxg6 $2 20. Qh2 $18) 20. e5 {Im Unterschied zu 19.e5 ist jetzt die
Diagonale c4-g8 offen.} b4 21. exf6 bxc3 22. Qd5+ e6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 $16
) 17... Kxg7 18. h4 (18. e5 $1 {But why not now?} Ne8 (18... Nxg4 19. fxg4 Bxg4
20. Rde1) 19. exd6 Nxd6 20. Rhe1 Be6 21. Nd4 $16) 18... h6 {'!' Schulz,A.
Schulz,A: 'Stoppt den weißen Angriff. Mit einem weißen Lh6 wäre dieses Manöver
nicht möglich gewesen.'} 19. g5 (19. e5 {or now?!}) 19... Nh5 20. Rh2 $5 {
'?' Schulz,A. White is better anyway, since Black nas no counterplay on the
Queenside. In the center and on the Kingside White has the upper hand.} (20.
gxh6+ $5 {Schulz,A} Kh7 21. Rhg1 Z0 22. Qg5 $140) 20... b5 21. Qe3 e5 $6 22.
Rhd2 $16 R8c6 23. Nd5 Be6 $2 {[%mdl 64] White's pieces are placed ideally and
now he must find a way to break throu.} (23... hxg5 24. Qxg5 $16) 24. Nf6 $4 {
Wrong!} (24. Ne7 $1 Rb6 25. gxh6+ Kh7 26. Qg5 $18 {preparing Ng6 after Rg1.
There is no defence from it.} Nf4 27. h5 Nxh5 28. Rh1 Nf4 29. Qf6 {with mate.})
24... Nxf6 25. gxf6+ Kh7 $15 {The position changed completely - it's Black now
who has no bad pieces left. His King is also very safe on h7 and there are
possibilities for counterplay on the a-line.} 26. f4 $2 {But this is decissive
mistake. After Black's answer, everything is clear.} (26. Rg1 Rc8 (26... Qa4 $2
27. h5 g5 28. Rxg5 $18) 27. Rgd1 $6 d5 $1 28. exd5 Bf5 29. Rc1 (29. Qxe5 Rxc2 (
29... Bxc2+ $2 30. Rxc2 Rxc2 31. d6 $18) 30. Ka1 R2c4 $17) (29. Na1 Qxf6 30. d6
$17) 29... Qxf6 30. Qxa7 $15) 26... Qa4 $1 {White obviously missed this move.
Black prepares Ra6, and attacks the pawn on e4 in the same tame.} 27. Rxd6 (27.
Re1 Ra6 28. a3 exf4 29. Qxf4 b4 $19 30. Nd4 bxa3 31. b3 a2+ 32. Ka1 Qb4 $19)
27... Rxe4 28. Qd3 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Rxf4 $19 30. Qxe5 Rxh4 31. Qd6 Qf4 32. Qe7 Rh2
33. a3 Qf2 34. Na1 Qd4 35. Rc1 Rf2 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.03.31"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Liss, Eran"]
[Black "Stisis, Yaacov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rishon Le Zion Kasparov"]
[BlackTeam "Tel Aviv Univ"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 {A popular continuation.
Black wasn't able to find a clear way against it yet.} Nc4 (12... Re8 {In my
opinion the most flexible move. Black makes an usefull in many cases move and
waits for White's reaction. If 13.g4, then 13. ... b5 is possible, as the pawn
on f3 will be hanging. If 13.h4, then 13. ... h5 is possible, leading to
another direction: 12.h4 h5 13.Kb1 Re8.}) 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 Qb8 (14... b5 $2
15. b3 $16) (14... Qc7 {is probably also not enough for equality.}) 15. h4 Rfc8
(15... b5 16. h5 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 g5 19. h6 Be5 20. b3 Rc3 21. Bxg5 f6
22. Be3 Rfc8 23. Rc1 Kh8 24. Rhg1 Qb7 25. f4 Bxd4 26. Bxd4 Rf3 27. g5 {1-0
Sorin,M-Werner,I/FRA 1998}) 16. h5 Rxc3 $5 $146 {Interesting possibility. Only
the future practice will show if Black has enough compensation. This
continuation is probably better than the alternatives, but I can hardly
believe that Black can solve all his problems.} (16... e6 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Nb3
Qc7 19. Bh6 Bh8 20. Bf4 Ba4 21. Bxd6 Qf7 22. Nxa4 Rxa4 23. Be5 Rac4 24. c3 Bg7
25. Qf4 Rf8 26. Qh2 Nd7 {1-0 Milu,R-Gheng,J/Miercurea Ciuc 1998}) 17. bxc3 Qc7
18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Nb3 Be6 (19... Qxc3 $6 20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21. Rd3 $16) 20. Bd4 Bf7
{Black just plays the position with an exchange up. Interesting approach, as
he is not in danger of getting mated anymore.} 21. g5 Nh5 22. Bxg7 Nxg7 23. f4
a5 24. Rh3 a4 25. Nc1 (25. Nd4 $2 Qc4 26. Qh2 Qxa2+ 27. Kc1 a3 $132) 25... Qb6+
26. Ka1 Rc5 27. Qe3 (27. Rdh1 $5 Nh5 28. Nd3 Rc4 29. e5) 27... Qc6 {Of course
Black has positional compensation for the exchange, but I think the draw
agreement is a bit premature. White could've play on.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 $1 {This continues to remain
a real headache for the Dragon players.} Re8 13. h4 h5 (13... Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. h5 ({or simply} 15. g4 $14 {/+/-}) 15... Nxh5 16. g4 Nf6 17. Nd5 {
transposes to a well-known favourable position for White, with more than
enough compensation for the pawn.}) 14. Bh6 Bh8 {This is considered very
dangerous for Black, which is confirmed by the present game. On the other hand
Black has also problems in all other lines.} (14... Qa5 15. g4 Rxc3 (15... Nc4
16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. gxh5 Nxh5 19. Nde2 Rec8 20. Rhg1 b5 21. Rg5 $16
f6 $2 22. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 23. Rg1+ $18 {1/2-1/2 Tancsa,R (2209)-Palkovi,J (2474)/
Paks 2000 (67)}) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. bxc3 Rc8 18. gxh5 ({better than} 18. g5 Ne8)
18... Nxh5 19. Rhg1 Qxc3 (19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Rg5 Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Rxc3
23. Kb2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Schneider,I (2367)-Martinez,M (2396)/Internet 2006 (43)})
20. Qg5 Nf6 21. h5 $16 {1-0 Seres,L (2440)-Aagaard,J (2343)/Budapest 2003 (33)}
) (14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd5 e5 (17... Nxd5 18. exd5 $16)
18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. Nb3 Re6 (19... Rc6 $2 20. Na5 Rb6 21. Nc4 $18) 20. Qa5 {
Apart from this White has at least two other attractive moves with the queen,
planning activity on the kingside.} (20. Qe3 b6 21. Nc1 Bc6 22. b3 Rc5 23. Nd3
Ra5 24. c4 Bb7 {and now in the game Zorko,J (2335)-Nithander,V (2232)/Herceg
Novi 2005 White had to continue} 25. g4 $16 {with clear advantage}) (20. Qd3 b5
21. g3 Rc8 {Novak,K (2119)-Schoene,M (2035)/Chalkidiki 2003} 22. g4 $36) 20...
Ra4 (20... a6 21. Qb6 Bc8 22. Na5 d5 23. Qa7 Rd4 24. Qc5 Re8 {Tomilova,E (2221)
-Pogonina,N (2382)/Samara 2004} 25. Rxd4 exd4 26. Qxd5 Re5 27. Qc4 $14) {
This position happened in 1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R (2684)-Tiviakov,S (2599)/Moscow
2001, where after 21.Qc3 Qd8 22.Rd2 Qb6 23.Nc1 Bb5! Black succeeded to make a
draw. However, White keeps a clear advantage after} 21. Qc7 $1 Bc6 22. Rd2 {
For instance:} Ra6 23. Nc1 $5 Rb6 (23... Qf4 24. Rhd1 Qxh4 25. Rxd6 $16 {
[%csl Ra6,Rg7][%cal Gd6d8]}) 24. Ne2 $16 {[%cal Ge2c3]}) (14... Bxh6 15. Qxh6
Rxc3 16. bxc3 $16) (14... Rc5 15. g4 $16 hxg4 $140 16. h5 Nxh5 17. Rxh5 $18)
15. g4 Nc4 (15... Qa5 16. gxh5 ({Strong is also} 16. g5 Nh7 17. f4 Nc4 (17...
Ng4 18. f5 $16) 18. Qd3 $16) 16... Nxh5 17. Rhg1 $14 {/+/-, 1-0 Perelshteyn,E 
(2442)-Kudrin,S (2542)/Seattle 2003 (36)}) ({After} 15... hxg4 {the most
convincing is} 16. h5 $1 Nxh5 (16... gxh5 17. Qg5+ Kh7 18. Rxh5 $18) 17. Rxh5
$1 gxh5 18. Qg5+ Kh7 19. Qxh5 $18) 16. Qd3 {White has also other good
alternatives:} (16. Qe2 Qc7 17. gxh5 Nxh5 18. Ndb5 (18. Rhg1 Nxb2 19. Nd5 Nxd1
20. Qxd1 $44) 18... Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Qc6 20. Rd5 $5 Kh7 (20... Ng3 21. Qg2 Nxh1
22. h5 e6 23. hxg6 exd5 24. g7 Nd2+ 25. Ka1 $18) 21. Bc1 $16 {1-0 Rowson,J 
(2512)-Shahade,J (2302)/Reykjavik 2002 (47)}) ({or} 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. gxh5 Nxh5
(17... Nxe4 18. fxe4 Rxd4 19. Qg2 $36) 18. Nde2 $14 (18. Be3 $14)) 16... b5 (
16... Ne5 17. Qe2 Nfxg4 18. Bf4 Nf6 19. Rhg1 $44 Rxc3 (19... Kf8 20. Nf5 $5 $40
) 20. bxc3 e6 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxg6+ Kf7 24. Qg2 Qc7 25. Qg5 $18
{1-0 Szabo,Z (2425)-Jovanovic,Z (2407)/Kaposvar 2001 (31)}) 17. gxh5 $146 {
White opens the g-file and sends the opponent's knight to the edge.  It turns
out that this typical capture is a novelty.} ({The previously played} 17. Ndxb5
{is just bad:} Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Nxb2 19. Kxb2 Nxg4+ 20. Kb1 Nxh6 21. Rhg1 Kh7 $17
{0-1 Iskos,A (2013)-Pavlidis,A (2124)/Kallithea 2006(32)}) 17... Nxh5 18. Rhg1
$16 e6 19. Bc1 Qf6 (19... Qxh4 20. Ndxb5 $16) 20. Nde2 d5 21. f4 $1 {A strong
and clear idea - to close the long diagonal.} ({The computer shows that even
after} 21. exd5 exd5 22. Nxd5 Qe5 (22... Na3+ $2 23. Ka1 Qg7 24. Rxg6 $5 $18)
23. Nec3 Bf5 24. f4 $1 Qe6 25. Qf3 {White's chances are preferable. However,
Timofeev's decision looks more impressive and reliable.}) 21... b4 ({After} 
21... Qxh4 {White can continue} 22. e5 {anyway} ({Also good is} 22. f5 $5) ({or
} 22. exd5 $5)) 22. e5 $1 {Black remains with two minor pieces out of play.}
Qd8 (22... Qxh4 {changes nothing:} 23. Rh1 Qe7 24. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 25. Rg1+ Bg7
26. Ng3 $1 Na3+ (26... Qh4 27. Nce4 $1 dxe4 28. Nxe4 {with the decisive attack:
} Bb5 29. Nf6+ Kf8 (29... Qxf6 30. exf6 Na3+ 31. bxa3 Bxd3 32. cxd3 $18) 30.
Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Qd6+ Re7 32. Rg5 $1 Qh2 33. Nd7+ Ke8 34. Rxg7 $18) (26... Kh8 27.
Nxh5 $18 {[%cal Gd3h3]}) 27. Ka1 Qh4 28. Rh1 (28. Nce4 $2 dxe4 29. Nxe4 Bb5 30.
Nf6+ Qxf6 $1) 28... Qg4 29. Nxh5 $18) 23. Ne4 ({Also possible was} 23. Nxd5
exd5 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Qxd5 $16 Rc7 $140 26. Rxg6+ Ng7 27. Rd6 $18) 23... Bb5 (
23... dxe4 24. Qxd7 Qxd7 25. Rxd7 a5 26. Rgd1 Nb6 27. Ra7 Ra8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29.
c3 $16 {[%csl Re4,Rh5,Rh8][%cal Gb3c2]}) 24. Qh3 Nxb2 (24... Qc7 25. Nd4 dxe4 (
25... Ba6 26. Bxc4 Bxc4 27. Nd6 $18) 26. Nxb5 Qc5 27. Nd6 Nxd6 28. exd6 Rcd8
29. Rg5 Qc6 30. f5 $18) 25. Bxb2 Bxe2 26. Rd2 Bc4 (26... Nxf4 27. Qh2 Bf3 28.
Nd6 $18) 27. Nd6 $18 {The game is over. White wins the exchange and remains
with all positional pluses.} Bxb3 28. axb3 Bg7 (28... Nxf4 29. Qg4 $18) 29. Rg5
{On top of all, White has the decisive attack.} Rc3 (29... Re7 30. Rdg2 (30. f5
exf5 31. Nxf5 gxf5 32. Rxh5 $18)) 30. Bxc3 bxc3 31. Rdg2 Re7 (31... Nxf4 32.
Qf3 Nxg2 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34. Nxe8 $18) 32. Rxh5 gxh5 33. f5 exf5 34. Nxf5 Rxe5
35. Rxg7+ Kh8 36. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2008.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {One of the theoretical
highlights of year 2008 has undoubtedly been the appearance of the Dragon
Sicilian on the highest level. This happened thanks to efforts of Magnus
Carlsen, who starting with the tournament in Baku (April 2008) fearlessly
implemented the Dragon against 1.e4 in almost all his Black games. The
Norwegian found new ideas and came with a fresh look at many Sicilian Dragon
positions. In this extremely important game (a direct fight for the tournament
victory in the Grand Slam Final) Magnus remains true to his style and goes for
the Dragon again.  On the other side Veselin Topalov shouldn't be invited
twice to challenge his opponents in principled opening variations. The
Bulgarian goes for what represents the most critical variation of the Sicilian
Dragon these days.} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 ({
At this moment "the Chinese Variation" -} 10... Rb8 {is a worthy alternative
to the main 10...Rc8. Its theory's development still has a long way before
coming to sensible conclusions.}) 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 {About ten years ago
this strong waiting move, useful in many further complications, started
quickly to gain popularity and meanwhile became White's main weapon against
the Dragon. Black's problem is that all active moves have certain drawbacks.} (
12. g4 b5 $1 {[%csl Rf3]}) 12... a6 {This is one of Magnus' amazing findings
in the Dragon. The modest advance of the a-pawn used to have a very bad
reputation: those players who tried 12...a6 in the past (also including GMs)
were simply swept away in those games. This is explained by the fact that
White starts a direct attack next and the move 12...a6 usually turns out to be
a loss of tempo. Certainly Carlsen analyzed and tested the position a lot and
must have come to the surprising conclusion that Black has sufficient
potential for defence and counterplay.  We'll see that actually the Norwegian
wonderboy might be right - Black's position has indeed many hidden resources.
But there is still a big problem: now even a small inaccuracy in defence from
Black can easily be fatal. Thus in order to play well the resulting positions
both sides (and especially Black) need the precision of a computer.} ({
Practice has shown that White retains better prospects after the more active
moves:} 12... a5 13. a4) (12... b5 13. Ndxb5) (12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4
b5 {Comparied to 12.g4 b5, here the f3-pawn is not under attack and White can
take on b5:} 15. b3 $1 Rc8 16. Ndxb5 {Theeory has established that Black has
serious problems here.}) ({In the past decade Black's main reply has become
the defensive waiting move:} 12... Re8) 13. h4 ({In the second round of the
same tournament (a week prior to the present game) Ivanchuk against Carlsen
continued} 13. Rhe1 {Surprisingly, this move required from the Ukrainian
around 40 minutes of thinking over the board.  Then after} b5 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15.
Qxh6 {instead of the typical, but rather questionable exchange sacrifice on c3,
Black had the attractive possibility} a5 (15... Rxc3 16. bxc3 a5 17. f4 Neg4
18. Qh4 a4 19. Bxf7+ {In the game the following wild complications lead to a
draw, but there are possibilities to improve:} Rxf7 20. e5 Nd5 21. e6 Nxc3+ 22.
Kc1 ({White has the advantage after} 22. Ka1 $1 Bxe6 23. Nxe6 Qc8 24. Rd4 Nxa2
25. Qh3 $1 Qxc2 26. Qf3) 22... Bxe6 23. Nxe6 Qa5 24. Qxg4 Nxa2+ 25. Kb2 Qc3+
26. Kxa2 Qxc2+ 27. Ka1 Qc3+ 28. Kb1 Qb3+ 29. Ka1 Qc3+ {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V 
(2781)-Carlsen,M (2775)/Bilbao 2008}) 16. Ndxb5 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 a4 18. Bxa4 (18.
Bd5 Qb6 19. Nd4 Rc5 $40) 18... Qa5 19. b3 Rc5 $44) 13... h5 14. g4 hxg4 15. h5
Nxh5 16. Rdg1 {The most critical position of the line 12.Kb1 these days.} Rc5
$146 {Carlsen doesn't wait for Topalov to demonstrate his preparation and
instead comes up with a good novelty. The queen is kept on d8 for defence.} ({
Previously} 16... Qa5 {was played:} 17. Bh6 Bf6 $5 (17... Rxc3 $2 {turned out
to lose right away in the rapid game Anand-Carlsen, Mainz 2008:} 18. Bxg7 Kxg7
19. Rxh5 $1 $18) (17... Rc5 {is the position which could also arise in the
main game, see 17...Qa5 instead of 17...Kh7.} 18. Rh4 Nxf3 19. Nxf3 Bxc3 20.
bxc3 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Rxc3 22. Bxf8 Kxf8) 18. fxg4 Bxg4 {and now instead of
accepting the positional exchange sacrifice White must disturb the stability
of the black pieces on the kingside with the surprising} 19. Bf4 {which leads
to advantage.} (19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qe3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 (21. bxc3 $5) 21... Qxc3
22. bxc3 e6 {0-1 Karjakin,S (2727)-Radjabov,T (2744)/Sochi 2008 (52). offered
Black excellent compensation for two exchanges.})) (16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18.
fxg4 Nf6 19. Nf5 $1 $40) 17. Bh6 ({The immediate} 17. f4 $5 {was an
interesting alternative:} Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. f5 e5 ({After} 19... Nf6 20.
Bh6 $1 {Black probably must play the dubious position by retreating the bishop
to h8, since} ({Not} 20. fxg6 $2 fxg6 $17) 20... Nxe4 21. Nxe4 {wins for White:
} Rxd4 (21... Bxd4 22. f6 $1 $18) 22. Qh2 $18) (19... Qa5 20. Rxg4 Rxc3 (20...
Rfc8 21. Rxh5 $1 Rxc3 (21... gxh5 22. Rg1 $18) 22. bxc3 {is the same}) 21. bxc3
Rc8 22. Rxh5 Rxc3 $1 (22... gxh5 23. Rg1 $18) (22... Qxc3 23. Rh2 $18) 23. Rh2
Qb6+ 24. Kc1 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Qxd4 $14 (25... Bxd4 26. Qb3 $14)) 20. fxe6 fxe6 21.
Rxg4 Qf6 22. Nde2 $44) 17... Kh7 $1 {Forcing the exchange of bishops on g7
reduces White's attacking potential (apart from gaining more air for the king,
the rook will be able to go to h8 and the pawn on g6 won't be pinned anymore).}
({After other moves Black is in troubles:} 17... Qa5 18. Rh4 $1 Nxf3 19. Nxf3
gxf3 ({Better is to exchange queens with} 19... Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qxc3 21. Qxc3
Rxc3 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 {even if after} 23. Ng5 {There is no question about White's
advantage. E.g.} Kg7 24. Bxf7 Kf6 25. e5+ $1 Kxg5 26. e6 Bxe6 27. Bxe6 Nf6 (
27... Kxh4 28. Rxg4+ Kh3 29. Rc4+ $18) 28. Rh2 $16) 20. Rxg6 $18) (17... b5 18.
Nd5 $16 e6 $140 19. fxg4 Nxg4 20. Rxg4 exd5 21. Nf5 $18) ({The positional
exchange sacrifice is not sufficient here:} 17... Bf6 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 (18... Qxf8
19. Nd5 Bg7 20. fxg4 Bxg4 21. Qg5 $40) 19. fxg4 Bxg4 20. Nd5 {An important
resource. With the queen on a5 (as in Karjakin-Radjabov, see 16...Qa5) White
can't play this.} Bg7 21. Ne3 Bd7 22. Nef5 $36) ({Or} 17... Bh8 18. fxg4 Bxg4
19. Bxf8 Qxf8 (19... Kxf8 20. Qf2 $16) 20. Rh4 $36) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 ({
Again White had an interesting alternative:} 19. fxg4 {after which Black needs
to play extremely precisely:} Nxg4 (19... Bxg4 $2 20. Rxh5 gxh5 (20... Bxh5 21.
Nf5+ $18) 21. Nf5+ Kf6 22. Qh6+ Ng6 23. Nh4 $18) 20. Nd5 (20. Nf5+ {looks less
attractive to me} Rxf5 $5 (20... Bxf5 21. exf5 Ngf6 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Qg2 Nf4
24. Qxb7 $13) 21. exf5 Bxf5 $13) 20... Rh8 21. Nf5+ Bxf5 (21... gxf5 $2 22.
Qg5+ $18) 22. exf5 Nhf6 23. Rxh8 Qxh8 24. fxg6 fxg6 {Strangely enough, Black
seems to keep the balance here:} 25. Nf4 ({After} 25. Nxe7 Re5 26. Qxd6 {
a possible variation is} Qf8 27. Be6 Ne4 28. Qd7 Nc5 29. Nxg6+ Kxg6 30. Rxg4+
Kf6 31. Rf4+ Kg5 {with a draw due to the back rank weakness.}) 25... Re5 26.
Ne6+ Kg8 {and the analysis shows that White has little better than repeating
moves. However, for the Black side to evaluate correctly such a position and
find all this over the board is far from easy.} 27. Nf4+ Kg7 28. Ne6+ Kg8 $11)
({With the king on g7 the move} 19. Rh4 $2 {is just bad, since after} Nxf3 ({or
} 19... e6 {[%cal Gd8h4]}) 20. Nxf3 gxf3 {pawn g6 is protected (unlike in the
variation 17...Qa5 18.Rh4).}) 19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. f5 e5 $1 (21... Rh8 {
offers White nice compensation for the pawn:} 22. Rxg4 e5 (22... Nf6 23. Rgh4
$16) (22... Qb6 23. Nce2 $16) 23. fxe6 Bxe6 (23... fxe6 24. Rhg1 Rh6 25. e5 $1
$18) 24. Nxe6+ fxe6 25. Qg2 (25. Rhg1 Rh6 26. Qg2 Qe8 {and Black holds somehow}
) 25... Rh6 (25... Qf6 $2 26. e5 $18) 26. Ne2 $44) 22. Nde2 ({Black is doing
fine after} 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Nde2 (23. Rxg4 $2 e5 24. Nf5+ (24. Rxh5 Rf1+ 25.
Nd1 Bxg4 26. Qh6+ Kf7 $19) 24... Bxf5 25. Rxh5 Bxg4 26. Qh6+ Kf7 27. Qh7+ Ke8
28. Qxg6+ Kd7 29. Qxg4+ Kc6 {and the king successfully escapes}) 23... e5 24.
Qxd6 Qe8 {with at least equal play}) 22... Rh8 {Again the only move to keep
the position alive. Black must cover the h6-square in order to retreat the
knight after the coming Rxg4.} 23. b3 {Before taking on g4 White must drive
his opponent's rook away from the fourth rank.} ({After the immediate} 23. Rxg4
{Black exploitss the pin on the e-pawn:} Bxf5) (23. Qxd6 {leads to a good
endgame for Black:} Bc6 24. Qxe5+ Qf6 25. Qxf6+ Nxf6 26. Rxh8 Kxh8 27. e5 Ne4
$15) 23... Rc6 $2 {Up till now Carlsen has defended very well, but now he
makes a mistake, which is enough to lose such dangerous positions.} ({The only
move was} 23... Rc8 $1 {Protecting once again square h8 was more important
than defending pawn d6.} 24. Rxg4 (24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Qxd6 Qe8 $13) 24... Nf6
25. Rgg1 ({After} 25. Rxh8 Qxh8 26. Rg1 {Black can already consider} Rc6 {
since the plan Ng3 and Rh1 is no longer dangerous due to the possibility to
activate the queen:} 27. Ng3 (27. Qe1 Qh5 28. Rh1 Qg5) 27... Qh6 $13) 25... Qe7
{Black rooks are connected and although White has compensation for the pawn
thanks to the pressure on the open files, the position remains balanced:} 26.
Ng3 Rxh1 27. Rxh1 Rh8 $13 {Thus we can conclude that with the correct 23...Rc8
Black would have kept a playable position.}) 24. Rxg4 {White's main idea is to
pin the knight (Rgh4), then continue Nd5, after which Black will find himself
almost in zugzwang. Therefore Black must retreat the knight, but then White
takes control over the h-file...} Nf6 25. Rgg1 $1 $16 {/+- Suddenly it turns
out that Black cannot defend against Ng3, followed by Rxh8 and Rh1, creating a
decisive attack on the h-file.} (25. Rgh4 $4 {runs into} Nxe4 $1 $19 {[%csl
Rh1,Rh4][%cal Gh8h1,Gd8h4]}) 25... Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Ng4 {A nice way to protect
the h6-square, but the knight on g4 is not stable and therefore it does not
solve Black's defensive task.} (26... Nh5 27. Nd5 $18) 27. Ng3 Kg8 28. Nd5 {
Complete domination. Black's position is hopeless.} Rc5 29. Ne3 {Topalov goes
for a simple position, rightly assessing it as clearly better for White.} ({
Variations like} 29. Qg2 Rxd5 30. fxg6 {also favor White, but 29.Ne3 is more
practical.} (30. Qh3 $2 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Nf2) ({After} 30. exd5 Bxf5 31. Nxf5 gxf5
{Black keeps possibilities for counterplay})) 29... Nxe3 (29... Qg5 30. Qxd6
$18) 30. Qxe3 Qf6 31. Qh6 Qg7 32. Qg5 f6 33. Qd2 {Black cannot protect his
weaknesses on the entire board.} Rc6 ({After} 33... g5 {White has two good
solutions:} {the simple} 34. Qxd6 ({or} 34. Nh5 Qe7 35. Qh2 {and wins due to
the threat Nf4, coming with the knight either to g6 or e6.}) 34... Rc6 35. Qd5+
$16) 34. Kb2 $6 {Completely unnecessary.} (34. Qa5 {wins at once:} b6 (34...
Rc8 35. Qd5+ Kf8 36. fxg6 $18) 35. Qxa6 Rc8 (35... gxf5 36. Qa8+ Kf7 37. Nxf5
$18) 36. Qb7 gxf5 37. Qd5+ Kf8 38. Qxd6+ $18) 34... gxf5 ({Carlsen misses the
opportunity} 34... Be8 $1 35. fxg6 ({Now after} 35. Qa5 {Black has} Qc7 36.
Qd5+ Bf7) 35... Bxg6 {and White has no direct win.}) 35. Qa5 Qe7 (35... b6 36.
Qd5+ Kf8 37. Nxf5 $16) 36. Qd5+ Be6 37. Qd1 $1 ({Due to the unfortunate
position of the king on b2} 37. Nxf5 {allows Black a counter-sacrifice} Rxc2+
$1 {and White's advantage is questionable after} (37... Bxd5 38. Nxe7+ Kf8 39.
Nxd5 $18) 38. Ka1 (38. Kxc2 $4 Qc7+ 39. Kb2 Bxd5 $19) 38... Qd7 39. Qd3 Bxf5 $1
(39... Rg2 40. Qh3 $18) 40. Qxc2 (40. exf5 Rc7 $1 $11) 40... Bg6 $13) 37... Qg7
38. exf5 Bf7 (38... Qxg3 39. Rg1 $18) 39. Ne4 Kf8 40. Nxd6 Ke7 ({More stubborn
is} 40... Bg8 {although it would have not changed the result.} {After} 41. Ne4
{the black king is too exposed.}) 41. Nxb7 {The rest is simple - White has a
material advantage and a winning attack.} Qg8 42. Qd2 (42. Rh7 $1 Qxh7 $140 43.
Qd8#) 42... Rb6 43. Rd1 Qc8 44. Nd6 {The technical decision.} (44. Nd8 Qc7 45.
Nxf7 Kxf7 46. Qd5+ Kf8 47. Rg1 $18) 44... Qd7 45. Nxf7 Qxd2 46. Rxd2 Kxf7 47.
c4 Ke7 48. Kc3 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.10.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Dunnington, Angus J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schulz,A} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
Nc6 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14.
Kb1 b5 15. g4 a5 {One of the most sharpest lines in the Dragon.} (15... hxg4 {
Schulz,A} 16. h5 {- Survey CBM54}) 16. gxh5 Nxh5 ({Schulz: Die Alternative ist
} 16... a4 {Schulz,A}) 17. Nd5 Re8 18. Nf4 (18. a3 Nc4 19. Qd3 Be6 20. c3 Bxd5
21. exd5 Qc8 $15 {Short,N-Georgiev,K/Novi Sad olm 1990}) 18... a4 $2 {It seems
Black didn`t know the variation. 18. ... Nf4 is considered necessary here.
This shows one more time that if one plays the Dragon, one should be very well
prepared.} (18... Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Nc4 (19... a4 20. Bd5 Qc8 21. h5 gxh5 22. Bh6
Rxd5 23. Bxg7 Rxd4 24. Bxe5 $18 {Rodriguez Lopez,R-Raineri,P/Vendrell op 1996})
20. Qg3 Qb6 $13 21. Bxc4 (21. h5 a4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. hxg6 Rxg5 24. Qxg5 Rb8
25. gxf7+ Kxf7 26. b3 cxb3 27. cxb3 axb3 28. Nxb3 Qf2 29. Qd2 Qc5 30. f4 Be6
31. Qc1 Bxb3 32. axb3 Rxb3+ 33. Ka2 Qb5 {0-1 Kiss,G-Farago,S/Budapest FS04 IM
1997/EXP 57}) 21... bxc4 22. c3 e5 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 d5 $17 {Rodriguez,
R-Marin,M/Barcelona op9394}) (18... Nc4 $6 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Nde2 $16) 19. Nxh5
$1 gxh5 (19... axb3 20. Nxg7 (20. Nxb3 Nc4 21. Qg2 {Schulz,A} Rxg5 (21... Rc8
22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. h5 $18) 22. Qxg5 Bxb2 23. Nf4 (23. Rhg1 Qc7 24. Rg2 (24. Nf4
$2 Na3+ 25. Kxb2 Qxc2+ 26. Kxa3 (26. Ka1 Qc3#) 26... Ra8+ 27. Na5 Qc3#) 24...
Qa7 25. Qh6 Qe3 $1 $11) 23... Bf6 $132) 20... bxa2+ (20... Nxf3 21. Qf2 (21.
Nxf3 bxc2+ 22. Ka1 cxd1=Q+ 23. Qxd1 (23. Rxd1 Kxg7 $19) 23... Kxg7 24. h5 Bg4
25. hxg6 Rh8 $19) 21... bxa2+ 22. Ka1 Nxd4 (22... Kxg7 23. Qxf3 $18) 23. Qxd4 (
23. Nxe8 $4 Nxc2+ $19) 23... Rc4 $13) 21. Ka1 Kxg7 22. h5 $40) 20. Bd5 Rxd5 (
20... Kh7 21. Rhg1 $16) 21. exd5 Nc4 22. Qe2 (22. Qe1 Qb6 23. Rg1 Kh8 24. Be3
$16) 22... Qa5 23. Rhg1 Kh8 (23... a3 $2 {Schulz,A} 24. Bh6 $18) 24. Bc1 a3 25.
Nb3 (25. Rxg7 $5 Kxg7 26. Rg1+ Kh8 27. Qg2 Bg4 28. fxg4 axb2 29. Bxb2 $18)
25... axb2 26. Bxb2 (26. Nxa5 $4 Na3#) 26... Na3+ (26... Bxb2 $4 {Schulz,A} 27.
Nxa5) 27. Kc1 (27. Bxa3 Qxa3 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Rg1+ Kf8 30. Qd2 e5 31. Qh6+ Ke7
32. Rg7 $18) 27... Bxb2+ 28. Kxb2 Qb4 (28... Nc4+ 29. Qxc4 $18) 29. Qe1 Nc4+
30. Ka1 Qa3 31. Qc3+ f6 32. Rd3 (32. Rg5 $2 {Schulz,A} Bg4 $1 (32... Ra8 33.
Rxh5+ Kg7 34. Rg1+ Kf7 35. Rh7+ Kf8 36. Rh8+ $18) 33. fxg4 Ra8 34. Rxh5+ Kg8
35. Kb1 Qxa2+ 36. Kc1 Qa3+ $11) 32... Ra8 (32... Bf5 {Schulz,A} 33. Nd4 (33.
Rdd1 $2 Ra8 $19) 33... Bxd3 34. Qxa3 Nxa3 35. cxd3 $16 {[%csl Ra3,Rb5]}) 33.
Nc1 Qc5 (33... Bf5 $1 34. Qxa3 Nxa3 35. Rc3 Nxc2+ 36. Kb2 Nb4 37. Rd1 $16) 34.
Re1 $18 b4 35. Qd4 Qc7 36. Rxe7 Ne5 37. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1998.07.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Zhu, Chen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schulz,A} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 $1 {This quiet
move seems to be a real headache for Dragon-players. White prepares the
kingside attack but right now he is waiting to see how Black will create
counterplay. That´s why White´s next moves depends on Black´s play. Schulz:
Beim Fussball nennt man das "Tempo aus dem Spiel nehmen". Der Zug leistet
einen Beitrag zur Sicherheit des weißen Königs und stellt Schwarz die Frage,
wie er eigentlich aktiv werden will.} Nc4 ({Schulz,A: Ein eher dubioses
Bauernopfer ist} 12... b5) ({Schulz,A: während} 12... a5 {eine ernsthafte
Alternative ist.}) (12... Qe8 $5 {Schulz,A: möchte b7-b5 durchsetzen, aber
natürlich steht die Dame hier schlechter.}) 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 $1 {Now Black
faces a big problem: what to do? To prepare b7-b5 by means of Qd8-b8 or a7-a6
seems to be too slow - White is ready to start a strong attack with h4-h5. The
immidiate b7-b5 comes into consideration, but the forced play which follows
after that looks in White´s favour.} (14. b3 {Too premature here.} Rc8 (14...
Rc5 $2 15. Ne6 fxe6 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. e5 Qa5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Qxd2 20.
Rxd2 $18 {Murrey,J-Reeve,J/Open, Quebec CAN 1997}) 15. g4 Qc7 16. Nde2 Bc6 17.
h4 Rfd8 18. Nf4 d5 $1 $132 {Ferrer,P-Marin,M/Ubeda op 1996}) 14... b5 (14...
Qc7 15. g5 Nh5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Ne2 Be6 (17... e6 18. Ndf4 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 Rc6 20.
h4 Qc7 21. h5 Rc8 22. Rc1 Ra6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. c4 $16 {Kolev,A-Alterman,B/
Elenite 1995}) 18. Qd3 (18. Ng3 $16) 18... Bxd5 19. exd5 Ra4 20. Qb5 Qa5 21.
Qxa5 Rxa5 22. Ng3 Rc8 23. Nxh5 gxh5 24. b3 $16 {Tiviakov,S-Alterman,B/3rd TCN
Cup, Beijing CHN 1997}) 15. b3 $1 $16 (15. h4 {Also possible, but the text
move looks stronger.} b4 16. Nce2 Qc7 17. h5 (17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 e5 19. h5
exd4 20. g5 Nxh5 21. Rxh5 gxh5 22. Nf4 {Agnos,D-Riemersma,L/Paris op 1996})
17... Rc8 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. Rc1 Qc5 20. Be3 $13 {Agnos,D-Sluka,R/Komercni Banka,
Pardubice CZE 1997}) 15... Rc5 {Loses material.} (15... Rc8 16. Ndxb5 Qa5 17.
a4 a6 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Rxd2 Rce8 21. Nf5 $5 (21. Nxg6+ fxg6 22.
Nxd6 Re6 23. Nb7 Bc8 24. Nc5 Rc6 25. h3 g5 $11 {Topalov,V-Tiviakov,S/
Rubinstein mem 1995}) (21. Nxd6 $1 Rxe7 22. Bc5 $1 {with very strong position
for White.}) 21... gxf5 22. Nxd6 fxg4 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Bd4 Bc6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6
26. Rd6 Re6 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. fxg4 Bc3 $13 {Timoshenko,G-Rogozenko,D/Open 1998}
) (15... Rc8 {Schulz,A}) 16. Ne6 fxe6 17. Bxc5 {+/- Schulz: Damit hat Schwarz
eine Qualität weniger für nicht viel. In der Praxis hat sich Weiß in dieser
Stellung bisher immer durchgesetzt} Qc7 (17... Ne8 18. Bd4 e5 19. Bxa7 Rxf3 20.
Rhf1 Bxg4 21. Rxf3 Bxf3 22. Rf1 Bg4 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Qxb5 $18 {Tiviakov,
S-Komljenovic,D/Anibal Open Linares ESP 1998}) (17... dxc5 18. e5 $18 Nd5 {
Schulz,A} 19. Nxd5 Bxe5 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Qxd7 $18) 18. Bd4 Rc8 19. g5 {
Schulz,A: Damit klärt Weiß die Lage auf der langen Diagonalen.} Nh5 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. Ne2 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Re2d4,Re2g3] Black is lost. All this was
well-known, so I wonder how can one play such sharp variation without home
analysis?} e5 22. Rc1 Qc5 $2 (22... Rf8 23. Rhf1 Nf4 24. Nxf4 Rxf4 {and white
still has to solve some technical problems.}) 23. f4 $18 Bc6 (23... exf4 {
Schulz,A} 24. Nxf4 Nxf4 (24... Qxg5 25. Ne6+) 25. Qxf4 Rf8 26. Qh4 Kg8 27. Rhf1
{[%csl Rf8][%cal Yh4h6]}) 24. Rhe1 Bxe4 25. Nd4 $1 Qd5 (25... Bd5 26. fxe5 $18)
(25... Qxd4 {Schulz,A} 26. Qxd4 exd4 27. Rxe4) (25... exd4 {Schulz,A} 26. Rxe4
e5 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Rce1 Nf4 29. Rxe5 Nd5 30. Kb2) 26. fxe5 Kg8 (26... dxe5
27. Ne6+ (27. Qb4 {Schulz,A} Z0 28. Rxe4 Qxe4 29. Ne6+) 27... Qxe6 28. Rxe4 $18
) 27. exd6 exd6 28. Qe2 Re8 (28... Bf5 {Schulz,A} 29. Nxf5 Qxf5 30. Qe6+) 29.
Qxb5 {[%cal Rb5e8]} Qf7 30. Qb4 Qf4 31. Qc4+ d5 32. Qc6 Ng7 33. Qf6 Qxf6 (33...
Qxh2 34. Rf1 Qc7 35. Nb5 Qd7 36. Nd6 $18) 34. gxf6 Nh5 35. Rf1 Kf7 36. Rf2 a6
37. Kb2 g5 38. Rg1 Rg8 39. Nf3 Ke6 40. f7 Rf8 41. Rxg5 Nf6 42. Rg7 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Solovjov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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. e4 {Schulz,A} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. Kb1 $1 {Usually
exclamation mark in such an early stage is given for psychological resons, but
here I think it´s simply very strong. I know it sounds ridiculous, but I can´t
help thinking about the refutation of Dragon. Schulz,A: 'Das ist weniger
scharf als z.B. 12.h2-h4, aber Schwarz hat auch hier kein leichtes Leben.'} Nc4
(12... a5 {is probably best met by} 13. a4 $16) 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 b5 (14...
Qc7 15. g5 Nh5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Ne2 Be6 {'<=>' Schulz,A. is another possibility.
} 18. Bxa7 $1 {The few games played with this simple move were convincingly
won by White. I think there is no real compensation here.} (18. Ng3 Bxd5 {
is probably OK for Black.})) 15. b3 Rc8 (15... Rc5 {Looses immidiately.} 16.
Ne6 fxe6 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. e5 $18) 16. Ndxb5 Qa5 {Now there is a forced
variation played first in the game Topalov-Tiviakov, Polanica Zdroj 1995. The
game ended draw, that´s why the whole line was considered playable with Black.
But after several years considerable improvments were found for White.} 17. a4
a6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 $146 {'?' Schulz,A. Interesting attempt to improve the
variation, but unfortunately it´s too nice to be true. White just has a big
material advantage for nothing. Schulz,A: 'Schwarz dachte wohl, genug Steine
für die Dame zu bekommen. '} (18... Qxd2 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Rxd2 Rce8 21. Nxg6+
(21. Nf5 gxf5 22. Nxd6 fxg4 $8 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Bd4 Bc6 $1 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26.
Rd6 Re6 $13 {Timoshenko-Rogozenko, Cappelle la Grande 1998}) (21. Nxd6 $1 Rxe7
22. Bc5 {is another strong continuation. Although it wasn´t played yet, I
think White is clear better here too.}) 21... fxg6 22. Nxd6 Re6 23. Bc5 $1 (23.
Nb7 $6 Bc8 24. Nc5 {Schulz,A: '1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Tiviakov,S/Polanica Zdroj
1995/CBM 49 (31)'} Rc6 25. h3 $6 g5 $1 {and Black managed to hold the position
in Topalov-Tiviakov, Polanica Zdroj 1995}) 23... Bc6 24. Nc4 Rb8 25. Rd6 Rxd6
26. Bxd6 $16 {Bologan-Fedorov, Calcutta 1999}) 19. Qxa5 Nxe3 20. Nc7 $1 $18 Rb8
(20... Nxd1 21. Rxd1 $18) 21. Nd5 Nc4 (21... Nxd1 {Schulz,A} 22. Nxe7+ Kh8 23.
Rxd1 $18) 22. Qc7 Na3+ 23. Ka2 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schulz,A} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {Avoiding Sveshnikov variation.} g6 4. d4
cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 (7. f3 {Now it´s impossible to play the
lines with the long castle and Bishop on f1. Black can play d7-d5 immidiately.}
O-O 8. Qd2 $2 d5) 7... O-O 8. Bb3 (8. f3 Qb6 {is good for Black.}) 8... d6 9.
f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 (10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 {is another possibility here,
exploiting the fact that White had to play early Bc4-b3.}) 11. O-O-O Ne5 12.
Kb1 {This line became very popular lately. Till now Black wasn´t able to prove
a clear way to equalise.} (12. h4 {Schulz,A usw.}) 12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14.
g4 {Schulz,A: 'Mit dieser weniger scharfen weißen Vorgehensweise (12.Kb1)
hatte Schwarz in letzter Zeit große Mühe.'} Qc7 $5 (14... b5 $2 15. b3 Rc8 (
15... Rc5 $2 16. Ne6 fxe6 17. Bxc5 Qc7 18. Bd4 Rc8 19. g5 $18 {Lobron-Zhu Chen,
Bad Homburg 98}) 16. Ndxb5 Qa5 17. a4 a6 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Rxd2
Rce8 21. Nxd6 (21. Nf5 gxf5 22. Nxd6 fxg4 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Bd4 Bc6 $1 25. Bxf6
Bxf6 26. Rd6 Re6 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. fxg4 Bc3 $1 $13 {Timoshenko-Rogozenko,
Cappelle la Grande 98}) 21... Rxe7 22. Bc5 $1 $16 {Bologan-Fedorov, Calcutta 99
}) 15. g5 Nh5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Ne2 Be6 18. Ng3 {Trying to make an improvement
over the first game with this variation.} (18. Qd3 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qc7 {'?!'
Schulz,A.} (19... Ra4 $6 20. Qb5 Qa5 21. Qxa5 Rxa5 22. Ng3 $14 {
Tiviakov-Alterman, Beijing 97} (22. Ng3 {Schulz,A} Rc8 23. Nxh5 gxh5 24. b3 b5
25. Bd2 Bc3 26. Rhe1 Kf8 27. Re3 Bxd2 28. Rxd2 b4 29. f4 $16 {1-0 Tiviakov,
S-Alterman,B/Beijing 1997/CBM 61 (76)})) (19... Rh4 20. Bf2 Nf4 {wurde als
Verbesserung vorgeschlagen.}) 20. b3 Rh4 $13) 18... Bxd5 19. exd5 (19. Qxd5 Qc7
$13) 19... Qd7 20. b3 Rc7 21. Nxh5 (21. Bxa7 Rfc8 22. Rc1 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Qf5 24.
f4 $13) 21... gxh5 {Despite the broken pawn structure, it seems that Black has
good chances here. The weaknesses on the kingside are not so easy to exploit.}
22. Bd4 (22. Qd3 Rfc8 23. Rd2 a5 $1 $40) 22... Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Rfc8 24. Rd2 (24.
c4 $5 b5 25. cxb5 Qxb5 $13) 24... Qf5 25. Rc1 b5 {Black has little to fear now.
} (25... Qxf3 {Schulz,A} 26. Qxa7 b5 27. Qf2 $11) 26. f4 a5 27. Re2 Rc5 (27...
a4 {Schulz,A} 28. Qe4) 28. Qd2 (28. Rd2 $2 {Schulz,A} a4) 28... Rxd5 (28... b4
{Schulz,A} 29. Rxe7 Rxd5 30. Qe3 $11) 29. Qxa5 e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest zt 1.4"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mrva, Martin"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2000.06.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 b5 15.
g4 a5 16. gxh5 (16. Bxf6 {is another very sharp line.} Bxf6 17. gxh5 a4 18. Bd5
e6 19. hxg6 exd5 20. h5 Bg5 21. f4 Nc4 22. Qg2 Ne3 23. Qxg5 Qxg5 24. fxg5 Nxd1
25. gxf7+ Rxf7 26. Rxd1 Bg4 27. Re1 dxe4 28. Ncxb5 d5 29. Nd6 $13 {1/2-1/2
Goloshchapov,A-Tindall,B/Medellin 1996}) 16... Nxh5 17. f4 (17. Nd5 {leads to
extremely sharp positions with chances for both sides.} Re8 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19.
Qxf4 Nc4 20. h5 f6 21. hxg6 Rxg5 22. Qh4 Kf8 23. f4 Rg4 24. Qh5 Qa8 25. Nf5
Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Rg2 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. Rh7 e6 29. Qh5 Qxe4 30. Rh8+ Ke7 {0-1
Kulaots,K-Rogozenko,D/Chemnitz 1997}) 17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 $146 (18. Qd3 a4 19.
Bxc4 bxc4 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. Nd5 Rxd5 22. exd5 Rb8 23. c3 a3 $19 {0-1 Shabalov,
A-Basin,L/Belgorod 1989 (29)}) 18... Rxc4 19. e5 f6 20. Ndxb5 (20. exf6 exf6
21. Ndxb5 Bxb5 22. Qd5+ Kh7 23. Nxb5 Rc5 $17) 20... Bxb5 21. Nxb5 (21. Qd5+ Kh7
(21... Kh8 22. Nxb5 Rc5 23. Qd3 fxg5 24. Qxg6 Qe8 25. Qxe8 Rxe8 26. Nxd6 exd6
27. hxg5 dxe5 28. Rxh5+ Kg8 29. f5 (29. g6 Rec8 30. fxe5 Rxc2 $17) 29... e4 $19
30. Rf1 Rf8) 22. Nxb5 Rc5 23. Qd3 Qb6 $17 (23... fxg5 24. hxg5 $44)) 21... Rc5
22. Nc3 (22. Nd4 $1 dxe5 (22... fxg5 23. Ne6 Qb6 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 25. hxg5 dxe5
26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. c3 $13) (22... Qc8 23. Nb3 fxg5 24. exd6 $13) 23. Ne6 (23.
fxe5 fxg5 $17) 23... Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Rc6 25. Nxf8 Kxf8 26. fxe5 fxg5 27. hxg5
Bxe5 $15) 22... fxg5 23. Ne4 Qb6 (23... Rb5 24. c4 Rb8 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. Nxg5
Qb6 $19) 24. hxg5 (24. Nxc5 $142 Qxc5 (24... dxc5 25. fxg5 $13 Rb8 $140 26. b3
a4 27. Qd7 axb3 28. cxb3 $16) 25. exd6 Rb8 26. b3 gxf4 (26... Nxf4 27. d7 Rd8
28. Rhe1 $15) 27. d7 Rd8 $17) 24... Nxf4 25. Nxc5 Qxc5 26. exd6 Rb8 27. b3 Qe5
28. c3 exd6 29. Rhe1 Qxc3 30. Qxc3 Bxc3 $19 31. Re7 Be5 32. Rd2 a4 33. Kc2 Kf8
34. Rh7 axb3+ 35. axb3 Ne6 36. Kd3 Nxg5 37. Rf2+ Kg8 38. Re7 Rxb3+ 39. Kc4 Rc3+
40. Kb4 Rf3 41. Rg2 Rg3 42. Ra2 Nf7 43. Rf2 Rg4+ 44. Kb5 Rf4 45. Rg2 Kf8 46.
Ra7 Kg7 47. Kc6 Kf6 48. Kd7 g5 49. Ra8 Nh6 50. Re8 g4 51. Rf8+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "Enghien les Bains 4th"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2001.04.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 Qa5
15. Nb3 (15. g5 Nh5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Ne2 $14) 15... Qa6 16. e5 {I commented the
whole line in the CBM 73 to the game Slobodjan,R-Malakhov,V/Koszalin 1999. 16.
e5 was analized there as well and the following piece sac was recommended for
Black.} (16. Bh6 Rfc8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. h4 (18. e5 $5) 18... h6 19. g5 Nh5 20.
Rh2 b5 21. Qe3 e5 22. Rhd2 $16 {0-1 Slobodjan,R-Malakhov,V/Koszalin 1999/ (35)}
) 16... Nxg4 {The best way to get counterplay, otherwise White is simply much
better. For the details look in CBM to the above mentioned game.} 17. fxg4 Bxe5
$2 {The pawn on g4 must have been taken. Now White keeps it and is much better.
} (17... Bxg4 18. exd6 (18. Rdf1 Bxe5 19. Nd5 Re8 {White might have advantage
in this sharp position, but it is very complicated and much better for Black
if comparing with the game anyway.}) 18... Bxd1 (18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 Bxd1 20.
dxe7 Bxc2+ 21. Qxc2 Re8 $13) 19. dxe7 Bxc2+ 20. Kxc2 Re8 $13) 18. Nd5 Re8 19.
h3 $1 e6 20. Nb4 Qb5 21. Nd3 Bg7 (21... Bh8 22. Rhf1 $18) 22. Bh6 {White
consolidated the position and is close to winning. Unfortunately for Black he
cannot create counterplay.} Bh8 23. Rhf1 Bc6 24. Qa5 {Aiming for endgame,
which is very difficult for Black too. On the other hand white king is more
secure than black and with the queens White could decide the game even faster.}
(24. Qf2 Re7 25. Bf4 e5 26. Bg5 $18) 24... Rc8 25. Rf2 Ra4 26. Qxb5 Bxb5 27.
Rfd2 b6 {He must lose another tempo before playing d5.} (27... d5 28. Nbc5 $18)
28. Nf2 d5 29. Nd4 Ba6 30. b3 Ra5 31. c4 {On top of all, Black has problems
with the backrank.} Bf6 (31... Bg7 {Of course without his dark-squared bishop
Black's chances for counterplay disappear, but keeping them was no longer
possible given the fact that on h6 white bishop is extremely strong.} 32. Bxg7
Kxg7 33. cxd5 Rxd5 $16 {/+-.}) 32. g5 Be7 33. Ng4 $18 Bb4 34. Rf2 Rac5 35. Nf6+
Kh8 36. Nd7 dxc4 37. Nxc5 bxc5 38. Nc6 c3 39. Nxb4 cxb4 40. Rd7 1-0

[Event "GER CupT final"]
[Site "Luebeck"]
[Date "2001.03.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Volke, Karsten"]
[Black "Muse, Drazen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2001.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Stuttgart"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Bb3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 {A rare
variation and the present game proves once more its dubious reputation.} 14. e5
$1 (14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qxd5 (16. exd5 $5 a5 17. a3) 16... Rc5 (
16... a5 $132) 17. Qd4+ Kh7 18. g4 Qc7 19. Rdg1 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kouznetsova,
E-Rezai Perdomo,Y/Ueberlingen am Bodensee 2000/ (30)}) 14... dxe5 15. Bxe5 b4
16. Nd5 a5 (16... Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qxd5 Bf5 (18... Rc7 19. Qd4+ f6 20.
Qxb4 $18) 19. Qe5+ f6 20. Rxd8 fxe5 21. Rd5 (21. Rxf8 Kxf8 22. Re1 Rc5 $14)
21... e4 22. fxe4 Bxe4 23. Rd7 Bxg2 24. Re1 $16) 17. Nxf6+ exf6 18. Qxd7 (18.
Bd6 a4 $1 (18... Re8 19. Bxb4 $1 axb4 20. Qxd7 $18) 19. Bc4 $8 (19. Bd5 Bf5 20.
Be4 (20. Bxf8 Qxf8 $19) 20... Bxe4 21. fxe4 b3 $17) (19. Bxf8 axb3 20. Qxd7
bxa2 21. Qa4 Qc7 22. Rd2 Bxf8 23. Qxa2 Bh6 $19) 19... Rxc4 20. Bxf8 b3 21. axb3
axb3 22. c3 Qa5 23. Ba3 (23. Qxd7 Rxc3+ $1 $19) 23... Qf5 $44) 18... Qxd7 19.
Rxd7 fxe5 20. g4 $1 $16 {White's pieces are more active and the presence of
the opposite coloured Bishops makes it only more difficult for Black to defend.
} hxg4 (20... e4 21. gxh5 a4 (21... exf3 22. hxg6 $18) 22. Bd5 $18) (20... a4
$142 21. Bxa4 e4 22. gxh5 exf3 23. Rf1 gxh5 24. Rxf3 Rc4 25. Bb3 Rxh4 $16) 21.
fxg4 a4 22. Bxa4 Rc4 23. g5 Rf4 24. Bb3 e4 25. h5 gxh5 26. g6 $18 Bh6 27. Kd1
h4 28. Ke2 e3 29. Rh2 Kg7 30. gxf7 Rg4 31. Be6 Rg6 32. Bd5 Rg4 33. Be6 Rg1 {
Is he playing for a win?} (33... Rg6 $16) 34. Rd4 Bg5 35. Bb3 $6 (35. Rdxh4
Bxh4 36. Rxh4 Rg2+ 37. Kxe3 Rxc2 38. Rxb4 $18) 35... Rh8 36. Rd1 $2 (36. Rxb4
$2 Rd8 $132) (36. a4 bxa3 37. bxa3 h3 38. a4 $16) 36... Rxd1 37. Kxd1 Rd8+ 38.
Ke1 Bf4 39. Rh3 Bg3+ $2 (39... Rd2 $1) 40. Ke2 Bf2 41. Rh1 Rd2+ 42. Kf3 Rd6 43.
a4 bxa3 44. bxa3 Rg6 45. a4 Rg5 46. Ke2 Bg1 $2 47. Rxh4 Rg2+ 48. Kf1 e2+ 49.
Kxg2 e1=Q 50. Rg4+ Kh7 51. f8=Q Qe2+ 52. Kxg1 Qxg4+ 53. Kf2 Qd4+ 54. Kf3 Qd1+
55. Ke3 Qe1+ 56. Kd3 Qd1+ 57. Kc3 Qa1+ 58. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2001.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qb8 {This queen move was never very popular among
Dragon players. Lately Black was facing some troubles in the main lines, and
GM Alexey Fedorov started to use 10. ... Qb8. However, even for such a strong
and creative player like Alexey, the practical results in this variation are
not good at all.} 11. Kb1 {It is amazing that Kb1 is useful almost in 100% of
cases in Dragon Sicilian, and actually in other Sicilians as well. In this
particular position 11.Kb1 was played just a few times, but Ehlvest proves
that 11.Kb1 might be as strong as the other alternatives.} (11. Nd5 Nxd5 12.
Bxd5 (12. exd5 Ne5 13. Be2 Rc8 14. h4 Qc7 15. b3 b5 16. Kb1 Rab8 $13 {1/2-1/2
Movsesian,S-Fedorov,A/Las Vegas 1999 (37)}) 12... Rc8 13. h4 e6 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. Nb3 d5 16. c3 Qb5 17. h5 Rab8 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Kb1 a5 20. Nc5 Qc4 21. e5
Be8 22. Qd4 $16 {1-0 Leko,P-Fedorov,A/Batumi 1999 (57)}) 11... b5 12. Be2 ({
after} 12. Ndxb5 Ne5 13. Be2 Rc8 $44 {Black achieved his goal - to open more
lines against white king.}) (12. Ncxb5 Ne5 13. Be2 Rc8 $44) 12... b4 13. Nd5
Qb7 (13... Nxd5 14. exd5 $14 Na5 $140 $2 15. h4 Rc8 (15... Qb7 16. Bh6 $40) 16.
h5 (16. Bh6 Bh8 17. h5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Qe3 $16) 16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4
18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g4 $16 {[%cal Rd2h2] White has a very strong attack}) 14.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. h4 {It turns out that White develops a dangerous attack while
Black still needs a lot of time to create real threats.} Rfc8 (15... h5 16. g4
hxg4 17. h5 gxf3 (17... Nxd4 18. Bxd4 e5 19. hxg6 $16) 18. Nxf3 $40) 16. h5
Nxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 (17... Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qc6 19. hxg6 fxg6 (19... Qxc2+ 20. Ka1
fxg6 21. Qd5+ e6 22. Qxd6 Be8 23. Bd3 Qxg2 24. Qxe6+ Bf7 25. Qf6 $18) 20. Qd2 {
with an winning attack again.}) 18. Bf2 $16 Be6 19. hxg6 fxg6 (19... hxg6 20.
Bh4 Bg7 21. Qxd6 $18) 20. Bh4 (20. Qxd6 Rc6 21. Qd2 Rac8 22. Bd3 {was possible
too, but Ehlvest decided that it was no point to lose time and initiative for
taking d6 pawn.}) 20... Bxh4 (20... Bg7 21. Qxd6 Rc6 22. Qe7 $18) 21. Rxh4 Rc6
22. Rdh1 Rac8 23. Bd3 a5 $2 {A mistake. Black had to think of defence first of
all. However, White's following combination is not obvious. Maybe Black could
defend later, but in a practical game it is very difficult.} (23... R6c7 24. f4
exf4 25. Qxf4 Qc6 26. Qf6 Bc4 27. Rg4 Rg7) 24. f4 $5 exf4 25. e5 $5 dxe5 26.
Bxg6 $1 {White's idea. 26. ... hxg6 is not possible because of Rh8 and Rh7,
winning the queen.} Bxa2+ 27. Kxa2 Rxg6 28. Rxh7 Rg7 {After this Black is lost.
} (28... Qxh7 29. Rxh7 Kxh7 30. Qd7+ $18) (28... Qc6 $1 {Probably the only
move which offers defending chances. The following line is possible, which
leads to perpetual:} 29. Ka1 (29. Rh8+ Kf7 30. R1h7+ Kf6 31. Rxc8 Qxc8 {
and Black defends.} 32. Qd6+ $2 Qe6+) 29... Rxg2 $13 30. Rh8+ Kf7 31. R1h7+ Rg7
(31... Kf6 32. Rh6+ $18) 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Qd5+ Kg6 34. Qd3+ Kf6 35. Qd6+ Kf7
36. Qd5+ $11) 29. R7h6 $1 $18 a4 (29... b3+ 30. cxb3 Rb8 31. Qc2 $18) (29...
Rg3 30. Qd6 b3+ 31. Ka1 $18) 30. Qd6 b3+ 31. Ka3 1-0

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2005.10.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Qd2 h5 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. f4 $5 {
This interesting theoretical line hasn't been popular lately, but in Dragon
the Black player has to know very well the entire theory.} (14. Rhe1) (14. g4)
(14. Kb1) 14... Nc4 15. Qd3 b5 ({The alternative} 15... Ng4 {can lead to an
endgame, analysis of which belongs to home opening preparation:} 16. Bxc4 Nf2
17. Qe2 Nxh1 18. Bb3 Qb6 19. f5 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Rxf5 21. exf5 Qxd4 22. fxg6 Qg1+
23. Nd1 Bg4 24. gxf7+ Kg7 25. Qd2 {All these moves represent the main
variation after 15...Ng4. The following game show that in the arising endgame
Black's life is far from easy:} Qxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Bxd1 27. Kxd1 Rxf7 28. Bxf7 Kxf7
29. Ke2 Ng3+ 30. Kf3 Nf1 31. Ke4 Nh2 32. Be3 a6 33. Kf5 Ng4 34. Bb6 Nf6 35. c4
Nh7 36. g4 hxg4 37. Kxg4 Nf6+ 38. Kf5 e6+ 39. Kg5 Nd7 40. Bd4 e5 41. Be3 Nf6
42. Kf5 Nh5 43. c5 Ng7+ 44. Ke4 Ke6 45. cxd6 Nf5 46. d7 Nd6+ 47. Kf3 Kxd7 48.
Kg4 Ke6 49. Kg5 a5 50. h5 Kf7 51. b3 b5 52. h6 a4 53. b4 a3 54. Bc5 Ne4+ 55.
Kf5 Ng3+ 56. Kxe5 Kg6 57. Be3 Ne2 58. Bd2 Ng1 59. Ke4 Kh7 60. Be3 Ne2 61. Bd2
Ng3+ 62. Kd5 Kg6 63. Kc6 Ne4 64. Be1 Kxh6 65. Kxb5 {1-0 Klovans,J (2385)
-Tiviakov,S (2535)/Groningen (open) 1991. With accurate play Black could hold
this endgame, but this requires good preparation from Black.}) 16. e5 {In such
a sharp position the theoretical knowledge is essential, especially since 20
years ago many strong Grandmasters analyzed it carefully. The general
conclusion was that Black can hold it. Nowadays with the help of computers all
old analysis provide an excellent field for additional research.} Nh7 $146 {
Black avoids theoretical discussions and produces an interesting novelty.} ({
Ivanchuk had experience as Black with this variation almost 20 years ago:} 
16... Ng4 {(the main move)} 17. exd6 Rxg5 ({Another option is} 17... Nxd6 {
which leads to a very complicated position, also requiring home analysis.}) 18.
hxg5 Nf2 19. Qe2 Nxd1 20. Rxd1 Nxd6 21. Qd3 Bg4 (21... b4 22. Nd5 a5 23. Qa6
Kh8 $13 {is critical}) 22. Rd2 Qb8 23. Qxg6 Nc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Qe4 e6 26.
Nc6 $1 Qb6 27. Ne5 Qg1+ 28. Nd1 c3 29. bxc3 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 Qc5 31. Rd7 $16 {
1-0 Klovans,J (2420)-Ivanchuk,V (2475)/Tashkent 1987 (45)}) 17. Ndxb5 (17. exd6
Nxg5 18. dxe7 (18. hxg5 exd6 $13) 18... Qxe7 19. hxg5 Bg4 20. Rde1 Qc7 21. g3
Rc8 22. Ndxb5 Qb6 $44) 17... Nxg5 18. hxg5 Na5 $2 (18... Bf5 19. Qg3 Qa5 $13)
19. Nxd6 $5 {A nice positional piece sacrifice. The bishop remains locked on
g7. Besides, Ivanchuk plans to start an attack.} ({A simpler solution was} 19.
exd6 Nxb3+ 20. axb3 Bxb5 21. Nxb5 Qd7 22. dxe7 Qxe7 {and after} 23. Nd6 {
in spite of the open long diagonal Black does not have sufficient compensation
for two pawns.}) 19... Nxb3+ 20. axb3 exd6 21. Qxd6 Rc7 22. g4 {Another
unexpected move from Ivanchuk} ({Again White had a simpler alternative:} 22.
Nd5 Rb7 23. Ne7+ Kh7 24. g4 (24. f5 $2 Bxf5 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8 Rxe7 $17)
24... Bxg4 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8 Rxe7 27. c4 $16 {and White should be better,
although due to the h-pawn things are rather complicated}) 22... Qc8 (22...
hxg4 23. Nd5 Rb7 24. Ne7+ $18) 23. f5 (23. gxh5 gxh5 $13 (23... Bg4 $2 24. h6
$18) 24. Rxh5 $140 Bg4 25. Rhh1 Rd7 $1 (25... Bxd1 26. Rxd1 $44) 26. Qb4 Bxd1
27. Nxd1 Rfd8 $17 {[%cal Gd7d4]}) 23... Rxc3 $2 {An understandable desire to
simplify the position. However, the resulting endgame is difficult for Black.}
(23... Bxf5 $2 24. gxf5 Rc6 25. Qd3 Bxe5 26. Nd5 Re8 27. Rde1 Kf8 28. Ref1 $16)
({Correct was the bold} 23... gxf5 $1 {and the concrete variations show that
Black has resources to defend:} 24. gxh5 (24. Rxh5 Be6 ({or} 24... Re8 25. g6 (
25. Rdh1 Bc6 $19) 25... Rxe5 26. gxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rh7 Re6 28. Qd5 Bc6 29. Qxf5+
Kg8 {and Black defends}) 25. Rdh1 Rd8 26. Qb4 fxg4 $19 {[%cal Ge6f5]}) (24. Nd5
Rxc2+ 25. Kb1 Re8 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. gxf6 Bc6 28. Rxh5 Be4 $19) (24. g6 Be6 {
[%cal Gc7d7]}) 24... Bc6 (24... Re8 25. Rhe1 $13) 25. Rhe1 (25. h6 Rd7 $1 26.
hxg7 Rxd6 27. gxf8=R+ Qxf8 28. exd6 Bxh1 $17) 25... Rd7 26. Qc5 Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1
Re8 $17) (23... Bc6 24. f6 Bxh1 25. fxg7 (25. Rxh1 Rd8 $19) 25... Kxg7 26. gxh5
$44) 24. bxc3 Qxc3 25. Qd4 $1 (25. Qxd7 $2 Rc8 26. Qd3 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qa5+ 28.
Kc1 Qa1+ $11) 25... Qxd4 26. Rxd4 {Black has no time to blockade the pawns} Bc6
27. Re1 Re8 (27... hxg4 28. f6 $18) (27... gxf5 28. gxf5 $18) (27... h4 28. f6
Bh8 29. Rd2 h3 30. Rh2 Bg2 31. Re3 Re8 32. Kd2 $18) 28. f6 Bf8 29. gxh5 gxh5
30. e6 Bc5 $2 (30... Rxe6 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. g6 Be8 $1 33. f7+ Bxf7 34. gxf7+
Kxf7 {would have left some chances to escape thanks to the h-pawn.}) 31. g6 $1
$18 fxg6 (31... Bxd4 32. exf7+ Kf8 33. fxe8=Q+ Bxe8 34. g7+ Kf7 35. Rxe8 $18)
32. f7+ Kf8 33. fxe8=Q+ Bxe8 34. Rd7 $1 Bb6 35. c4 Kg8 36. b4 Bf2 37. Rf1 Bg3
38. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 2nd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. h4 {In the past
decade the theory of the almost automatically played 13.Nd5 has advanced a lot
and many resources for Black have been found. Jakovenko's move used to have a
rather harmless reputation, but since 13.h4 hasn't been played on the highest
level, its theory hasn't come to clear conclusions yet.} ({In the latest game
with 13.Nd5 Black achieved a quick draw:} 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5
a5 16. a3 Kg8 $5 ({The main theoretical discussions were around} 16... b4) 17.
Rhe1 Rc5 18. g4 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Qxb4 Qa8 21. Kd2 Rb8 22. Ra1 Rxd5+ 23. Ke3
Re5+ 24. Kd2 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2722)-Shirov,A (2730)/Bilbao 2009}) 13... e6
$146 {Radjabov implements a novelty right away. The move ...e6 is rather
untypical for Dragon. Its idea is to cover the d5-square and thus prepare the
further advance of the b-pawn, but the drawback is obvious as well - the
d6-pawn won't have a long life.} ({The most popular} 13... a5 14. h5 a4 ({
weaker is} 14... e5 15. hxg6 $40) 15. Bxf6 {also leaves plenty of room for
investigations. Then} exf6 (15... axb3 16. Bxg7 $18) ({Worth analysing is the
risky} 15... Bxf6 16. hxg6 e6 $1 17. e5 Bg7 {which has never been met in
practice}) 16. Bd5 {(or 15.Qxd6) leads to unclear complications. The theory of
this line still awaits to be developed.}) (13... h5 $6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxe5 $14
{/+/-} Bc6 $140 $2 16. Qg5 {[%csl Rg6]}) 14. a3 $1 ({Stronger than} 14. h5 b4
15. Ne2 (15. Na4 $2 Qa5 $19) 15... a5 {after which White must make a move like}
16. c3 {which is always a concession and increases Black's counterplay
possibilities.}) 14... a5 15. h5 Qe7 {Black protects the d6-pawn, which might
be important for instance when White in the future will take Pb4 with the
queen (then the pawn on d6 will be protected, see for instance 15...b4).} ({
Now after} 15... b4 16. axb4 axb4 17. Na2 {Black must sacrifice the b4-pawn b4
and try to organize some pressure on the a- and b-files. The probability of a
strong attack is quite low though, since Black will need to play Rc8-a8 (b8),
which means an obvious waste of time (first Rc8 and then back to a8 or b8).
Moreover, the weak pawn on d6 increases White's pressure in the centre.} {
After for instance} Ra8 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qxb4 {the d6-pawn is under attack
and Black won't find it easy to prove compensation.}) 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. g4 $1 {
The simplest (and from the practical point of view wisest) approach. Jakovenko
prepares the exchange of bishops, which will clear the d-file and win pawn d6.}
({In the event of} 17. Kb1 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Na2 Ra8 20. Nxb4 {it is still
not clear if Black has sufficient comepnsation. Therefore deserves attention
the more subtle move 17...Ra8 and only later ...b4.} (20. Qxb4 Rfb8 21. Qd2 Ba4
$44)) 17... b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Na2 Ra8 {Black cannot save the d6-pawn anyway,
so Radjabov is rightly looking for counterplay on the a-file.} 20. g5 Nh5 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 (22... Qxg5+ {loses a piece after} 23. f4 $1 Nxf4 24.
Qd4+ $1 (24. Qxd7 Rfd8 25. Qc6 Rdc8 26. Qb7 Rcb8 $11) 24... e5 25. Qxd7 Rad8
26. Qb5 Rb8 27. Qf1 $18) 23. Rxd6 Ba4 24. Bc4 $1 {Again Jakovenko finds the
best practical decision. For the future pawn race it is important to keep the
bishop alive.} (24. Kb1 Bxb3 25. cxb3 Rfb8 {is only marginally better for
White.}) 24... Rfc8 25. b3 Bb5 26. Bxb5 Rxa2 27. Rh2 $16 {As the result of his
opening experiment Radjabov found himself in a difficult endgame. Although
there is still a long way for White (his kingside pawns are weak, the king
exposed to checks, the black rooks are active), he's got an extra pawn, a
stronger bishop than the knight and the pawn on b4 is very weak. In the next
part Jakovenko will display good technique and in spite of Radjabov's tough
resistance, the Russian GM takes home a full point.} Rc5 (27... Rc3 28. Rd4
Rxf3 29. Rxb4 Rg3 (29... Ng3 $142 $16) 30. Ra4 $1 Rxa4 31. bxa4 Rxg5 32. c4 $18
{[%cal Gh2a2]}) 28. Kb1 Ra5 29. Bc4 Rxg5 30. Rb6 Nf4 31. Rxb4 Rg3 32. Rf2 Rh5
33. Rb7 $1 Kf6 (33... Rhh3 34. b4 Rxf3 35. Rxf3 Rxf3 36. b5 Re3 37. b6 Rxe4 38.
Rc7 Nd5 39. Bxd5 Rb4+ (39... exd5 40. c4 $1 $18) 40. Bb3 Rxb6 {and White must
be winning. For instance:} 41. Kb2 g5 42. c4 g4 43. Kc3 g3 (43... Kf6 44. Rc8)
44. Rd7 g2 45. Rd1 f5 46. c5 Rc6 47. Kc4 f4 48. Rg1 f3 49. Bd1 $18) 34. Kb2 g5
({Here} 34... Rhh3 {is weaker than one move earlier, since after} 35. b4 Rxf3
36. Rxf3 Rxf3 37. b5 Re3 38. Rc7 Rxe4 {White can continue} 39. Ka3 $5 (39. b6
Nd5 40. Bxd5 Rb4+ 41. Bb3 Rxb6 {is somewhat similar to 33...Rhh3, see above})
39... Nd5 40. Bxd5 exd5 41. b6 Re6 42. b7 Rb6 43. Ka4 $1 ({not} 43. Rc6+ Rxc6
44. b8=Q Rxc2) 43... Rb2 44. Ka5 Ke5 45. Ka6 d4 (45... f5 46. Rc6 $18) (45...
g5 46. Rc3 $18) 46. Ka7 $18) 35. b4 Rh8 36. b5 Ke5 37. b6 Kd4 (37... Kd6 38.
Rc7 Rb8 39. Rd2+ Ke5 40. b7 Rxf3 41. Ba6 $18) 38. Rc7 $18 Rb8 39. b7 Rxb7+ (
39... Ke3 40. Rf1 Rxf3 41. Rg1 $18) 40. Rxb7 Kxc4 41. Rxf7 {There are still
technical problems, but with an extra exchange and pawn White is of course
winning.} Kd4 42. Ra7 Ke3 43. Rf1 Ng6 44. e5 Kf4 45. Ra4+ Kf5 46. c4 Nxe5 47.
c5 Rh3 48. Rd4 Kf6 49. Rc1 Rh7 50. Rc3 Rc7 51. Kb3 Nc6 52. Rd6 Ke7 53. Re3 Nd8
54. Kb4 Rc8 55. Ra6 Nc6+ 56. Kb5 Nd4+ 57. Kc4 Nc6 58. Rb6 Kf6 59. Rc3 Ke5 60.
Kb5 Nd4+ 61. Ka6 Kf4 62. Kb7 Rf8 63. c6 e5 64. c7 Nxf3 65. c8=Q Rxc8 66. Rxc8
g4 67. Rf8+ Kg3 68. Re6 Kg2 69. Rg8 Kh3 70. Kb6 Nd2 71. Rh6+ Kg3 72. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Presov 2nd"]
[Site "Presov"]
[Date "2000.08.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kalod, Radek"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2000.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Konikowski} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7.
f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Bh6 Nc4
14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Kb1 {The eternal question in Dragon: should
White attack immediately, or play this useful move first? Well, I think here
as usual this is a matter of player's style. There were plenty of games played
with both 16.Kb1 and 16.g4 and the results are very various. One thing is
clear: after 16.g4 White does not win by force and after 16.Kb1 Black still
didn't equalize and the attack with g4 might be possible later anyway.} (16. g4
hxg4 17. h5 Rh8 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. f4 e5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Nde2 Rh3 $1 $13)
16... Qa5 17. Nd5 {Another matter of style. White goes for an endgame which is
rather equal. In my opinion the only way to fight for advantage is either by
playing 17.Nb3 or 17.g4.} (17. g4 $5 {The following game is quite impressive:}
hxg4 18. h5 Nxh5 $2 19. Nf5+ $1 Bxf5 20. Rxh5 Rh8 21. Rxh8 Kxh8 22. Qh6+ Kg8
23. Nd5 {1-0 Kuchatova,N-Vifleemskaia,S/Elista RUS-ch (Women) 1996}) (17. Nb3
Qe5 18. Rhe1 $13) 17... Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Nxd5 19. exd5 Rfc8 20. Re1 Kf6 21. g3 {
with obvious idea to protect h4 pawn and to free the Knight from d4. But
unexpectedly Black develops an initiative on the queenside and White will get
an unpleasant position.} (21. b3 $142 R4c5 22. Ne2 Bf5 23. Rc1 b5 24. Kb2 a5
$11 {1-0 Stepanov,T-Dearing,E/Menorca Wch U16 1996/ (67)}) 21... b5 {Pushing
the queenside pawns for gaining advantage is a usual plan is this endgame.} 22.
Re3 b4 23. a3 a5 $15 24. Nb3 (24. axb4 $142 axb4 25. Nb3 $15) 24... bxa3 25.
Nxa5 (25. bxa3 $2 a4 26. Nd4 R8c5 $19) 25... Ra4 (25... a2+ $5 26. Kxa2 Rxc2
27. Rxc2 Rxc2 {[%csl Rd5]}) 26. Rxa3 Rxa3 27. bxa3 Ra8 28. Nb3 (28. Nc4 Bb5 (
28... Ra4 $2 29. Nb6) 29. Rd4 Bxc4 (29... Ra4 30. Rf4+ Kg7 31. Nd2 Rxa3 $15)
30. Rxc4 Rxa3 31. Rf4+ Kg7 $15 {[%csl Rd5,Rf3,Rg3]}) 28... Rxa3 29. Kb2 Ra4 30.
Kc3 Bb5 31. Rd4 Ra7 32. Rf4+ Kg7 (32... Ke5 $5 33. Rxf7 Kxd5 34. Rg7 Be8 $15)
33. Kb4 $6 (33. Re4 $15) 33... Bd7 {[%csl Rc2,Rd5,Rg3][%cal Rd7f5,Ra7a2]} 34.
Kc3 $6 Ra2 $17 35. Re4 Bf5 36. Re2 Kf6 37. Nd4 {'?!' Konikowski.} (37. Rd2 $5 {
Konikowski} Ke5 38. Nd4 Bd7 39. Re2+ Kf6 $11) 37... Ra1 $1 {[%csl Rg3]} (37...
Ra5 $5 {Konikowski} 38. Nxf5 gxf5 39. Kc4 e5 $15) 38. Nxf5 {'?' Konikowski.} (
38. Re3 $140 Rg1 39. Nxf5 gxf5 40. f4) (38. Rd2 $142 $5 {Konikowski}) 38...
gxf5 39. Rg2 (39. Re3 f4 $1 (39... Ra3+ {Konikowski} 40. Kd2 Rxe3 41. Kxe3 Ke5
42. c4 f4+ $1 43. gxf4+ Kf5 44. Ke2 Kxf4 45. Kf2 f6 $19) 40. gxf4 Rh1 $17 {/-+.
}) 39... Ra3+ 40. Kd4 Rxf3 $19 41. c4 Ra3 42. Rg1 e5+ 43. dxe6 fxe6 44. Rg2 Ke7
45. Rg1 e5+ 46. Kd5 Ra5+ 47. Kc6 Rc5+ 0-1

[Event "Budapest zt 1.4"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.06.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Nxd4 $5 {This interesting idea of
playing b5 quick can be an excellent possibility for those Dragon players who
want to avoid tons of theory after 11. ... Ne5.} 12. Bxd4 b5 {[%cal Ra7a5]} 13.
Nd5 (13. Bxa7 {This risky move was never played, although it certainly deservs
attention, all the more that other moves proved nothing real for White so far.}
) (13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Bc6 $11 15. Qe3 Qa5 16. Bd4 Rfe8 17. Bxf6 exf6 18. Qf4
f5 $17 {0-1 Bertholee,R-Tiviakov,S/Hengelo NED 2000 (29)}) (13. Qe3 b4 14. Ne2
Qa5 15. Bxa7 Rc6 16. Qg1 Be6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,L-Georgiev,K/Belgrade
1997 (36)}) (13. h4 $5) 13... Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 $1 $146 {[%cal
Re7e6][%mdl 8] A considerable improvement comparing to the move 15. ... Qc7.
Practically it forces White to play 16.a3.} (15... Qc7 16. c3 a5 17. Kb1 Qc5
18. Rhe1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Topalov,V/Novgorod 1996 (47)}) 16. a3 (16. c3 b4
$40) 16... Qc7 17. c3 (17. Rd2 $142 $11) 17... b4 $1 18. axb4 e5 19. Qe3 axb4
20. Kd2 Bc6 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Ke2 bxc3 23. bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Evry Grand Roque"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 {Such a move order is designed to reduce Black's options.
} ({After} 10. O-O-O {White must reckon with two deviations from the main line:
} Rc8 ({or the Chinese Dragon} 10... Rb8 11. Bb3 (11. h4 b5 $5) 11... Na5 12.
h4 {and here Black plays} b5 $13 {(not 12...h5)}) 11. Bb3 Nxd4 (11... Ne5 {
is the main line}) 12. Bxd4 b5 $14 {/=  With 10.h4 White avoids these
additional options from Black.}) 10... h5 (10... Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 (11... Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. h5 $40) 12. O-O-O {is the main line of the Dragon.}) (10... Rb8
11. Bb3 Na5 (11... b5 12. Ndxb5) 12. h5 $5 Nxh5 13. g4 Nf6 14. Bh6 $40) 11.
O-O-O Ne5 (11... Rb8 12. Bb3 (12. Bg5 $5) 12... Ne5 13. Bg5 $36) 12. Bb3 Rc8
13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 b5 ({The main alternative is} 14... Re8 {Here is an
example by Motylev:} 15. g4 ({Another theoretical direction is} 15. Bh6 Nc4 16.
Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd5 $11 {/+/=}) 15... hxg4 16. f4 Nc4 17. Qe2 Qc8 (
{Similarly to the theoretical position with the white king on c1 and the rook
on f8, Black can consider also} 17... b5 $5 18. f5 gxf5 $1 (18... a5 $2 19.
fxg6 $18 {1-0 Robertsen,T (2259)-Klimentov,R (2271)/Porto Carras GRE 2008 (32)}
) (18... Qa5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxg4 $40) 19. exf5 (19. Bxf6 $6 exf6 {[%cal
Ge8e2]}) 19... Re5 $13) (17... Na5 18. f5 (18. e5 Nxb3 19. Nxb3 Rxc3 $1 20.
bxc3 Bc6 $44) (18. h5 $6 Nxh5 $17) 18... Nxb3 19. axb3 $13) 18. f5 (18. Bxf6
exf6 $5 {looks good for Black}) (18. h5 Nxh5 19. f5 Nxb2 $1 20. Kxb2 Rxc3 21.
fxg6 Rxb3+ 22. cxb3 fxg6 $17) 18... Na3+ ({The critical position is} 18... Nxb2
{when White must exploit the fact that the rook is not on f8 by continuing} 19.
fxg6 (19. Kxb2 Rxc3 20. fxg6 Rxb3+ 21. cxb3 fxg6 22. Rc1 Qb8 $5 {is
double-edged}) 19... Nxd1 20. gxf7+ Kh7 21. Nxd1 Rf8 $13) ({Also deserving
attention is} 18... e5 $5) 19. bxa3 Rxc3 20. fxg6 Rxb3+ 21. axb3 fxg6 22. Qd3
$14 Nh5 23. Rhf1 Be5 24. Ne2 g3 25. Nf4 Bg4 $2 (25... Bxf4 $1 26. Bxf4 g2 (
26... Bg4 27. Bxg3 Bxd1 28. Rxd1 Nxg3 29. Qxg3 Qe6 30. h5 $14) 27. Rf2 Rf8 28.
Be3 Rxf2 29. Bxf2 Bh3 $1 $44 {[%cal Gc8g4]}) 26. Nxg6 $1 Bxd1 27. Qxd1 $18 g2 (
27... Nf6 28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. Bxf6 exf6 30. Rxf6 $18) 28. Rg1 Bg7 29. Qxh5 Qc3
30. e5 dxe5 31. Bh6 Bxh6 32. Rxg2 {1-0 Motylev,A (2666)-Carlsson,P (2514)/
Plovdiv 2008. As seen in comments to this game, Black has several
possibilities to improve, therefore at the present state of theory 14...Re8 is
a more reliable continuation than 14...b5.}) 15. g4 a5 16. gxh5 Nxh5 {It has
been known for some time that Black is walking on the edge here, but nobody
with White has yet shown a clear way for an advantage. Moreover, in practice
Black has scored well. The present game represents a serious blow to this
variation.} (16... a4 17. h6 Bh8 18. h7+ Nxh7 19. Bd5 {is another very
dangerous line for Black.}) 17. Nd5 Re8 18. Nf4 Nxf4 (18... a4 19. Nxh5 $16) (
18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Nde2 $16) 19. Qxf4 Nc4 20. Qg3 (20. h5 {works out
well for Black:} f6 21. hxg6 (21. Bxf6 $142 $5 exf6 (21... Bxf6 $2 22. hxg6 $18
) 22. hxg6 (22. Qxd6 Qe7 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. hxg6 a4 25. Bxc4+ bxc4 26. Rh4 c3
27. bxc3 Re8 $13 {/= 1/2-1/2 Lanin,B-Miller,J/IECG Email 2000/ (35)}) 22... Qe7
$13 {[%cal Ge7e5]}) (21. Bh6 $2 g5 $19) 21... Rxg5 22. Qh4 Kf8 (22... a4 $1 {
is even more convincing}) 23. f4 Rg4 24. Qh5 Qa8 $1 $19 {0-1 Kulaots,K (2415)
-Rogozenco,D (2490)/Chemnitz 1997 (30)}) 20... a4 (20... Qb6 {is best met with}
21. h5 $1 a4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. hxg6 Rxg5 (23... fxg6 24. Bc1 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg6]
}) 24. Qxg5 Rb8 {0-1 Kiss,G (2190)-Farago,S (2250)/Budapest 1997 (33)} 25. b3
axb3 26. cxb3 cxb3 27. a4 $18) 21. Bxc4 bxc4 ({In the event of} 21... Rxc4 {
White can consider} 22. Qg1 $5 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 22. h5 (22. c3 $2 a3 $17 {
1/2-1/2 Erdogdu,M (2440)-Cifka,S (2439)/Pardubice 2008 (41)}) 22... Qa5 23. Bd2
$1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A strong novelty, after which Black must play extremely
precisely only to end up in a worse endgame.} (23. Rhg1 Rb8 24. hxg6 f6 25. Bc1
c3 26. b3 axb3 27. cxb3 c2+ 28. Nxc2 Rxc2 29. Kxc2 Qxa2+ 30. Bb2 Rc8+ 31. Kd2
Qxb2+ 32. Ke3 Rc3+ 33. Rd3 Bh6+ 34. f4 Rxd3+ 35. Kxd3 Bb5+ 36. Ke3 Qe2+ 37. Kd4
Qd2+ {0-1 Dragicevic,D (2302)-Polzin,R (2520)/Pardubice 2008/CBM 125 Extra})
23... c3 $8 (23... Qb6 24. hxg6 $18) 24. Bxc3 Rxc3 $8 25. hxg6 f5 $2 {This
loses by force. Instead Black could choose between two worse endgames.} (25...
Rc5 {with the idea Rg5 is met by} 26. e5 $1 (26. Rh7 $2 Rg5 $19) ({Less
precise is} 26. gxf7+ Kxf7 27. e5 Rg8) 26... Rxc2 {Now Black needs to free the
5th rank in order to take with the queen on e5. This unexpected sac offers
some chances to survive.} ({Other moves are worse:} 26... f5 27. Rh7 Rxe5 28.
Qh4 Qd5 (28... Rb8 29. Rh8+ Bxh8 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qf7#) 29. Rg1 $1 (29. Rxg7+
Kxg7 30. Qh7+ Kf6) 29... Rb8 (29... Re3 30. Rh8+ Bxh8 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. g7+ $18)
30. Rh8+ Bxh8 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qxh8+ Qg8 33. g7+ Kf7 34. Qh5+ Kf6 35. Qg6#) (
26... Rxe5 27. gxf7+ Kxf7 28. f4 Rf5 (28... Rh5 29. Rdg1 Rg8 30. Qg6+ $18) (
28... Rd5 29. Rdg1 Rg8 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. Rh8 $1 $18) 29. Rh7 ({After} 29. Rdg1
Rg8 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. Rh8 {Black plays} Rf7 $1 {and suddenly he has everything
protected, keeping the extra piece.}) 29... Rg8 30. Rg1 Rf6 31. Rxg7+ Rxg7 32.
Qxg7+ Ke8 33. Qg8+ (33. Rh1 Rf8 34. a3 $16) 33... Rf8 34. Qg6+ Kd8 35. Qe4 $16
{/+-}) 27. gxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qf4+ Kg8 29. Nxc2 Qxe5 30. Qxe5 Bxe5 $16) ({The best
is} 25... Qe5 26. Qxe5 dxe5 27. bxc3 exd4 28. gxf7+ Kxf7 29. cxd4 {and
although with rook and three pawns for two bishops White's chances are higher,
due to Black's possibilities for counterplay White's advantage is anything but
stable. A possible continuation is} a3 ({Weaker is} 29... Rb8+ 30. Kc1 a3 31.
c3 Be6 32. Rd2 Rc8 33. Rc2 Bd7 34. Kd2 $16) (29... Rc8 $5) 30. Rd3 Rc8 31. Rh5
$14 {[%cal Gh5c5]}) 26. Rh7 $1 $18 Rb8 {Allows a nice finish.} (26... Qe5 27.
Qh4 Qf6 (27... Re3 28. Rh8+ $18) 28. Qxf6 exf6 29. bxc3 fxe4 30. fxe4 Rxe4 {
would have put up some resistance, although Black is lost after for instance}
31. Rdh1 {[%cal Gh7g7]} Bg4 32. Kb2 $18) (26... fxe4 27. Qh2 {also mates:} Qd5
({or} 27... Qe5 28. Rh8+) 28. Rh1 $18) 27. Qh4 Rxb2+ (27... Qe5 28. Rh8+ Bxh8
29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qf7#) 28. Kxb2 Qb4+ 29. Ka1 Bxd4 30. Rh8+ $1 Kg7 31. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 (13. e5 dxe5
14. Bxe5 Bc6 15. Qe3 Qa5 16. Bd4 Rfe8 17. Bxf6 exf6 18. Qf4 f5 19. Nd5 Re2 20.
g4 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rexc2+ 22. Bxc2 Qxa2 $19 {0-1 Bertholee,R-Tiviakov,S/NED 2000
(29)}) (13. h4 a5 $13) 13... Nxd5 14. Bxg7 (14. Bxd5 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 $1 16. a3
Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z-Markowski,T/Budapest 2000/ (23)}) 14... Kxg7 15. exd5
$1 a5 16. a3 Qb6 17. Rhe1 Rfe8 18. g4 b4 {Concerning the whole opening
variation, I gave my thoughts about it in my game against Macieja, commented
in CBM80.} (18... Rc7 19. Kb1 Bc8 20. Re3 Qa7 21. Rde1 Qb6 22. Re4 Qa7 23. h3
Qb6 24. Ka1 Qa7 25. h4 $16 {/+-. 1-0 Macieja,B-Rogozenko,D/Istanbul 2000/ (30)}
) 19. a4 Qc5 20. Kb1 e5 {I was unable to find a playable way for Black in this
line and came to the conclusion that Black's position is extremely unpleasant.
The problem is that white King is much safer. Tiviakov pushes his e-pawn and
gets a reasonable position at the first sight. He trades several pieces but
fails to defend the King anyway.} 21. dxe6 Bxe6 22. h4 $1 Bxb3 23. cxb3 Rxe1
24. Rxe1 h5 25. Ka2 $16 hxg4 {It is not easy to indicate Black's mistake. I
remember I was so displeased with the position that could not find anything
playable. Here too, it is clear that 25. ... hxg4 only helps White to open the
position, but it is just difficult to find moves: white King is so safe on a2
that there is no way to disturb it.} 26. fxg4 Rh8 27. Qf4 $1 Rxh4 28. Rf1 {
So the disaster came along the f-file...} Qe5 29. Qxf7+ Kh6 30. Rf6 Rxg4 31.
Re6 {In my opinion it is impossible to defend such a position.} Qg7 32. Qf3 {
Covering g2 square as well.} Qd4 (32... Rd4 33. Qe3+ Kh5 34. Re7 Qf6 {and no
direct win, but practically White is absolutely winning.} 35. Ra7 $16 (35. Rh7+
Kg4 36. Qh3+ Kg5 37. Qg3+ Rg4 38. Qe3+ Rf4)) 33. Qf8+ Kh5 34. Rxd6 Qe5 35. Qd8
Rg5 36. Rd7 Kg4 37. Rd1 Qe3 {Loses immediately, but there is no defence anyway.
For instance:} (37... Qc5 38. Qe8 Qf2 39. Qe4+ Kg3 40. Rh1 $18) 38. Rd4+ Qxd4
39. Qxd4+ Kh5 40. Qh8+ Kg4 41. Qg7 Kh5 42. Qh7+ Kg4 43. Kb1 Kf5 44. Qf7+ Ke4
45. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {With such move order White usually
tries to avoid Sveshnikov Sicilian.} g6 (3... e5) (3... e6) (3... Nf6) 4. d4
cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11.
O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 (14. Bxd5 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 16. a3
Qc7 17. c3 b4 18. axb4 e5 19. Qe3 axb4 20. Kd2 Bc6 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Ke2 bxc3
23. bxc3 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z-Markowski,T/Budapest 2000}) 14... Kxg7 15. exd5 $1
$14 {[%mdl 8] Very important novelty for this variation. The Bishop on b3 is
apparently passive, but it defends the King and White has active play on the
e-file and in the future he can attack with h4-h5.} (15. Bxd5 a5 16. h4 h6 17.
Qd4+ f6 18. a3 Qc7 19. Rd2 Qc5 20. Kb1 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. Rd4
Rb8 24. Rc4 Rxc4 25. Bxc4 f5 26. b3 fxe4 27. fxe4 Rf8 28. Re1 Rf4 29. h5 gxh5
30. e5 Bf5 31. exd6 exd6 32. Rf1 Rxf1+ 33. Bxf1 d5 34. Kc1 h4 35. Kd2 d4 36.
Be2 Be4 37. Bf1 Kf6 38. Kd1 Ke5 39. Kd2 Kf4 40. Kd1 {0-1 Armanda,I-Muse,M/
Split 2000 (40)}) 15... a5 16. a3 Qb6 {I was mostly concerned about my King,
so I wanted to defend first against the direct attack h4-h5. However, the game
shows that White is clearly better. I wasn't able to find a plan for Black
neither during the game, nor after it. But I have a feeling that Black's
position cannot be that bad. The future practice will give an answer about the
evaluation.} 17. Rhe1 $1 {attacking e7 and defending against Black's idea to
play a4 and Rxc2.} (17. Qd4+ Qxd4 18. Rxd4 $11) (17. h4 $2 a4 18. Ba2 Rxc2+ $1
{This was the idea of the move 16. ... Qb6.} 19. Qxc2 (19. Kxc2 Bf5+ $19) 19...
Rc8 20. Qxc8 Bxc8 $17) (17. g4 {I considered only this move.} Rc7 (17... e5 $5
18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 {[%cal Rf8f3]}) 18. Rhe1 Rfc8 (18... Bc8 $5) 19.
Rxe7 a4 20. Ba2 Rxc2+ 21. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 22. Kxc2 Qf2+ 23. Rd2 Qxf3 24. Rxd7 Qe4+
25. Kc1 Qe1+ 26. Rd1 Qe3+ 27. Kb1 Qe4+ $11) 17... Rfe8 (17... a4 $6 18. Ba2
Rxc2+ $2 (18... Bf5 19. c3 $16) 19. Kxc2 Bf5+ 20. Re4 $1 $18) (17... Bf5 18. g4
a4 19. gxf5 axb3 20. c3 $16) 18. g4 $16 {The next part of the game is a clear
example of White's superiority. Black was unable to find counterplay and White
firmly was doing his plan.} Rc7 19. Kb1 {White's plan is to attack with h4-h5
and there is little I could do about it. My Queen is far away from my King and
if he opens the position on the kingside, I will get mated very soon. I guess
Black should try something either with e6, f5 or b4, but in all cases White
must be much better.} Bc8 20. Re3 Qa7 21. Rde1 Qb6 22. Re4 Qa7 (22... f5 23.
Rf4 g5 24. Rd4 $16) 23. h3 Qb6 24. Ka1 {Just in case my opponent waited
another move.} Qa7 25. h4 $18 h6 26. h5 g5 (26... f5 27. R4e2 (27. Re6 Bxe6 28.
Rxe6 g5 {is not entirely clear.}) 27... fxg4 28. hxg6 gxf3 (28... a4 29. Ba2
Bf5 30. Qf4 $18) 29. Rh2 $18) 27. f4 {Black is hopeless.} a4 28. Ba2 Bxg4 (
28... gxf4 29. Rxf4 {doesn't change anything: White is winning.}) 29. fxg5 Bxh5
30. Qh2 $1 (30. gxh6+ Kh7 {could have prolonged the game for several moves.})
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.02.12"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Ginsburg, Gennadij"]
[Black "Polzin, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. e5 {Lately White
started to play this move almost as often as the main 13.Nd5. The point is
that it leads by force to a more pleasant, though drawish endgame.} dxe5 14.
Bxe5 Bc6 15. Qxd8 {Alternatives bring White nothing:} (15. Qe3 Qa5) (15. Qe1
Qb6 (15... Qa5 $4 16. Nd5 $18) 16. Bd4 Qb7 17. Ne2 Rfe8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Toma,
K-Cajbel,M/Polanica Zdroj 2001 (37)}) (15. Qg5 Qb6 16. h4 a5 17. a3 b4 18. axb4
axb4 19. Nb1 h6 20. Qf4 Qa5 $17 {0-1 Jaureguiberry,C-Gaponenko,I/Creon 2003 
(33)}) 15... Rfxd8 16. a4 (16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Rd1 Bh6+ (17... Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1
$14 {/=}) (17... Rc8 18. a4 a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ne2 Nh5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Bd5
$14 {+/=/=, 1/2-1/2 Berg,E-Golubev,M/playchess.com INT 2004 (34)}) 18. Kb1
Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Nd5 (19... Nd7 20. Bd4 a6 (20... a5 21. Nc3 e6 22. a4 b4 23. Nb5
Kf8 24. c3 $14 {1-0 Pena Gomez,M-Llaneza Vega,M/Gran Canaria 2002 (66)}) 21. c4
Bf4 22. cxb5 Bxb5 23. g3 Be5 {1/2-1/2 Hynes,A-Pert,R/West Bromwich 2003 (23)})
(19... Nh5 20. Nc3 Bf4 21. Bd4 Bxh2 {1/2-1/2 Castellanos,R-Gashimov,V/Mallorca
2004}) 20. c4 bxc4 (20... Nf4 21. cxb5 Bxb5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bartos,A-Kulhanek,T/
Prague 2001 (24)}) 21. Bxc4 Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Kc2 Kf6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Braslavskij,A-Golubev,M/Odessa 2004 (41)}) (16. Kb1 b4 (16... Nh5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
{1/2-1/2 Brkic,A-Mamedov,R/Peniscola 2002}) 17. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19.
Bxd5 Rd6 20. Rd3 e6 21. Bc4 Be5 22. Rxd6 Bxd6 23. Bd3 Rc5 $15 {0-1
Mastrovasilis,D-Macieja,B/Chalkidiki 2002 (63)}) (16. a3 Nd7 $6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. Bd5 $1 $16 {1-0 Pogonina,N-Verot,M/Budva 2003 (44)}) 16... a6 (16... b4 $6
17. Nb5 $14) 17. axb5 axb5 18. Kb1 $5 (18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Bh6+ 20. Kb1
Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 {+/=/= 1-0 Motylev,A-Ahn,M/Izmir 2004 (57)}) 18... Nh5 (18...
Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Bd5 $1 $14 {1-0 Werksma,A-De Reymaeker,W/Belgium 2004 
(47)}) 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Bd5 b4 21. Bxc6 bxc3 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. b4 $5 (23. bxc3
Rc8 $11 (23... Nf4 $5 24. Re1 Rc8 25. Ba4 Kf6 $1 $11)) 23... Nf4 (23... Rd4 $2
24. b5 Rb4+ 25. Ka2 $1 Kf6 26. Rb1 Rxb1 27. Kxb1 Ke5 28. Ka2 Kd6 29. Kb3 $18)
24. Re1 (24. b5 Ne6 $11 {[%cal Ge6d4]}) 24... Ne6 25. Rxe6 $1 {A good attempt,
which nevertheless is not enough for a win.} (25. b5 Nd4 26. Rxe7 Rb8 27. Rc7
Nxb5 28. Bxb5 Rxb5+ 29. Kc1 Re5 30. Rxc3 Re2 $11) 25... fxe6 26. Ka2 Kf6 27.
Kb3 e5 $1 (27... Rd2 28. Kxc3 Rxg2 29. b5 Rg5 (29... Ke5 $2 30. f4+ $18) (29...
Rxh2 30. b6 Rh1 31. b7 Rb1 32. Kc4 $18 {[%cal Gc6b5]}) 30. Kb4 $18) 28. Kxc3
Ke6 29. Be4 $1 (29. Kc4 Rd2 $1) 29... Rd1 (29... Kd6 30. Kc4 Kc7 31. Kc5 Rd2 {
is the same as the game after move 32.}) 30. Kc4 Kd6 31. Kb5 Kc7 $1 32. Kc5 Rd2
33. b5 Rxg2 34. b6+ Kb8 35. h3 Rh2 36. c4 Rxh3 37. Kc6 Rh2 38. Kd7 Rd2+ (38...
Rb2 39. c5 Rb4 (39... h5 40. c6 $18) 40. Kxe7 (40. c6 Rd4+ 41. Kxe7 Kc8 $1 {
[%cal Gd4b4]} 42. Ke6 Rb4 43. b7+ Kc7 44. Kxe5 $11) 40... h5 41. Bxg6 h4 42.
Bf5 Kb7 43. Kd6 Rd4+ 44. Kxe5 Rc4 45. Kd5 Rf4 46. Bg4 Rb4 $11) 39. Kxe7 Rd1 $2
{Black needs to be able to attack the b-pawn, therefore going to the first
rank is wrong.} (39... h5 40. c5 Rb2 $11) 40. c5 Rc1 $2 (40... Rd2 $1 41. Ke6 (
41. c6 Kc8 $1 {The only move, but enough. The next is ...Rb2, forcing b7, when
the pawns will be safely blockaded by the king and White will have to fight
for a draw.} (41... Rb2 $2 42. Kd6 $1 Rd2+ (42... Rxb6 43. Kd7 $1 $18) 43. Bd5
$18)) 41... Rb2 (41... h5 42. Bxg6 h4 43. c6 Rb2 44. Kd7 Rd2+ 45. Ke7 Rb2 46.
c7+ $18) 42. Kxe5 (42. Kd6 h5 43. c6 Rxb6 44. Kd7 Rxc6 45. Kxc6 g5 $11) 42...
h5 43. Kd6 Rd2+ $1 (43... h4 44. c6 Rxb6 45. Kd7 $18) 44. Bd5 (44. Ke5 $2 h4)
44... h4 45. c6 Rxd5+ (45... h3 46. c7+ Kc8 47. b7#) 46. Kxd5 h3 47. Kd6 h2 48.
c7+ Kb7 49. Kd7 h1=Q 50. c8=Q+ Kxb6 $11) 41. c6 $18 Rc4 42. Kd6 Rd4+ 43. Bd5
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.02.12"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Zude, Arno"]
[Black "Berndt, Stephan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4 {Played for the first time by H.
Westerinen in 1963, this continuation gained much popularity after the game
Short-Topalov, Novgorod 1996. Nowadays it became the main alternative to 11...
Ne5.} 12. Bxd4 b5 13. h4 {A rare continuation. 13.Nd5 and lately also 13.e5
have been the main directions for White to search for advantage.} (13. e5 dxe5
14. Bxe5 Bc6 $11 {/+/=}) (13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5 a5 16. a3 $14 {
/~~}) 13... a5 (13... h5 $2 14. e5 $1 dxe5 15. Bxe5 $16 Bc6 $140 $2 16. Qg5 $18
{[%csl Rg6][%cal Gg5g6]}) 14. a3 $6 ({Critical is} 14. h5 a4 15. Bxf6 exf6 (
15... Bxf6 $2 16. hxg6) 16. Qxd6 (16. Bd5) 16... axb3 17. Qxd7 Qa5 18. hxg6
hxg6 19. Qd5 f5 $13 {1-0 Berthelot,Y-Prie,E/Nantes 2003 (37)}) (14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. h5 (15. Nd5 Bg7 16. Qg5 Re8 17. a3 h6 $15 {0-1 Sousa,J-Cordeiro,V/Evora
1996 (31)}) 15... Bg7 (15... g5 16. Nd5 $16) 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Rh2 e6 $1 (17...
a4 $2 18. Rdh1 Re8 19. Rh8+ Bxh8 20. Rxh8+ Kg7 21. Qh6+ Kf6 22. e5+ Kxe5 23.
Qe3+ {1-0 Baxishov,A-Asadov,E/Baku 2004}) 18. Qxd6 (18. Rdh1 Qf6) 18... Qf6 $1
19. Rdh1 (19. Qxd7 Qf4+ $19) 19... Rfd8 $17) (14. a4 bxa4 15. Nxa4 Bxa4 16.
Bxa4 Rc4 $1 17. Bb3 Nxe4 $1 $19 {0-1 Hunt,H-Gaponenko,I/Warsaw 2001 (35)}) (14.
Nd5 a4 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bd5 (16. Bxf6 axb3 $19) 16... Bxd4 17. Qxd4 e6 18.
Bb7 Rb8 $19) 14... b4 15. axb4 axb4 16. Nb1 (16. Na2 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nxb4
Qa5 19. Kb1 Rc4 20. c3 Ra8 $40 {0-1 Zenishchev,A-Payne,K/IECG email 2001 (32)})
16... Qa5 $17 17. h5 Ba4 $1 18. Bxa4 Qxa4 19. h6 (19. hxg6 fxg6 $17 {1-0
Choisy,M-Agayeva,A/Urgup 2004 (47)}) 19... Bh8 {Black has a large advantage.
While the kingside is closed, he will freely attack opponent's king.} 20. Qd3
Nd7 $1 21. Bxh8 Nc5 $1 (21... Kxh8 22. Kd2 $1 {[%cal Gd1c1,Gd2e2] leaves White
with some chances to escape.}) 22. Qc4 Nb3+ 23. cxb3 Rxc4+ 24. bxc4 Kxh8 {
The rest is easy. Black continues the attack with material advantage. His
queen is obviously worth much more than a rook on h1 and a knight on b1.} 25.
Rd3 Qa2 26. Nd2 Qa1+ 27. Nb1 Rc8 28. b3 Qf6 29. g3 Ra8 30. Rh2 Qe5 {White
simply cannot hold all his pawn weaknesses.} 31. Rh3 Ra2 32. Rd2 Ra1 33. Rc2 f5
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Bc4
Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. exd5 a5 16. a3 b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Qxb4 Kg8 19. Rhe1 Re8 20. Rd3 {
According to J.Aagaard this is White's best try to fight for advantage. In
such positions it is difficult to prove the evaluation with analysis, but in
my opinion Black has sufficient compensation everywhere. Especially from the
practical point of view here the intuition is very important and if Black has
analyzed and played this position many times, then he usually finds the right
places for his pieces to keep the tension, even if White plays very precise.} (
20. Rd4 {is the main alternative.} Rb8 (20... Rc5 21. Kd1 Qa8 22. Qd2 Qa1+ 23.
Qc1 Qa7 $44 {1-0 Macieja,B-Petrosian,T/Stepanakert 2004 (39)}) 21. Qc3 (21. Qd2
Ra8 22. Qh6 Qa5 23. Kd1 Qa1+ 24. Qc1 (24. Ke2 Qxb2 25. Rh4 Qg7) 24... Qa7 25.
c3 Qb6 $44 {Kosteniuk-Golubev, ICC 2004.}) 21... Qb6 22. Kd1 Bb5 $13 {0-1
Timofeev,A-Mamedov,R/Dubai 2003 (56)}) (20. g4 Rc5 21. Re4 Qa8 22. Rde1 Qa1+
23. Kd2 Qxb2 24. Rxe7 $4 Rxe7 25. Rxe7 Rxc2+ 26. Kd3 Bb5+ 27. Qxb5 Rd2+ {
0-1 Pogonina,N-Petrosian,T/playchess.com 2004}) 20... Rb8 21. Qd2 (21. Qc3 Qb6
22. Kd1 Bb5 23. Rd4 Rec8 24. Qe3 Qa5 25. Re4 (25. Rh4 $142 {Aagaard}) 25... Rc7
$44 {1/2-1/2 Smirnov,P-Gashimov,V/Istanbul 2003 (35)}) 21... Qb6 22. Kd1 Bb5 (
22... Qa7 23. Ke2 Bb5 24. c4 Ba6 (24... Bd7 $5) 25. Qe3 Qc7 26. Kf2 Rb4 (26...
e5 27. Ra1 (27. dxe6 Rxe6 28. Qd2 (28. Qd4 Rxe1 29. Kxe1 d5 $1 $132) 28... Rxe1
29. Qxe1 Bxc4 $17) 27... e4 $5) 27. Rc3 Reb8 $44) 23. c4 Bd7 24. Ree3 Qc5 25.
Ke1 Rb4 $146 {Aagaard's recommendation, who nevertheless considers that White
is slightly better here.} (25... e5 26. dxe6 Bxe6 27. Ba4 Red8 28. b3 $16 {
1-0 De Vreugt,D-Mamedov,R/Istanbul 2003 (57)}) 26. h4 $6 h5 27. Kf2 Reb8 28.
Kg3 e5 {Black has a pleasant position. If White does not take on e6, then
he'll enjoy a great pawn structure. In the game White correctly played 29.dxe6,
although that activates opponent's bishop and White will have problems with
pawn c4, which must be permanently protected with many pieces.} 29. dxe6 (29.
Kh2 Bf5 30. Rc3 Qd4 $36) 29... Bxe6 30. Rc3 Qc7 31. Kf2 Qc5 32. Kg3 Qc7 33. Kf2
Qd8 {From the practical point of view Black rightly decides to continue, since
in spite of his extra pawn there is little White can do.} (33... Qc5 $11) 34.
g3 R8b7 35. Qd3 Kh7 36. Kg2 Bf5 37. Qd4 Qb8 38. Qd1 Be6 39. Qd3 Qc7 40. Qd2 Qc5
(40... Bxc4 41. Bxc4 Rxc4 42. Rxc4 Qxc4 43. b3 $11) 41. Qc2 $2 Rb8 ({Already
here Black could play} 41... Bxc4 {He did so after 5 moves.}) 42. Qe4 Qa7 43.
Qd3 Qc7 44. Qc2 R8b7 45. Qe2 Qc5 46. Qc2 $2 (46. Qd3 $11) 46... Bxc4 47. Rxc4
$2 (47. Re2 $1 Bxe2 (47... d5 48. Bxc4 dxc4 49. b3 $11) (47... Rxb3 48. Rxc4
$11) 48. Rxc5 dxc5 49. Bxf7 $1 Bxf3+ 50. Kxf3 Rxf7+ 51. Kg2 c4 $17) 47... Rxc4
48. Bxc4 Qxe3 49. b3 d5 50. Bd3 Qb6 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Eynatten"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. O-O-O h5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 b5 15.
g4 a5 ({After} 15... hxg4 16. h5 {Black's best chance to keep things
complicated is} Rxc3 (16... Nxh5 17. Nd5 Re8 18. Rxh5 gxh5 19. Qh2 {is highly
dangerous for Black.}) 17. bxc3 Nxf3 $1 {[%csl Re4] Smirin's move is the point
of the sac on c3.}) 16. gxh5 (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. gxh5 a4 18. Bd5 e6 19. hxg6
exd5 20. h5 {is another theoretical direction, which leads to unbalanced
double-edged endgame.}) 16... a4 (16... Nxh5 17. Nd5 $36) 17. h6 (17. Bxf7+ {
is recommended in some theoretical sources, but Black keeps good chances to
defend:} Kxf7 (17... Rxf7 {is probably weaker because of} 18. hxg6 Nxg6 19. h5
Nxh5 20. Nd5 $1 (20. Rxh5 Nf4 $1 {0-1 Balogh,V-Dearing,E/Budapest 2001 (39)}) (
20. Rdg1 Nhf4 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 22. Nd5 e5 $17) 20... Ng3 21. Rhg1 Be5 (21... Rc4
22. Be3 $18) 22. Qe1 $40) 18. hxg6+ Nxg6 19. h5 Ne5 20. Qg2 (20. h6 Nc4 $1 21.
Qg2 Bh8 $17) 20... Rg8 (20... a3 $5 21. f4 Neg4 $13 {0-1 Stepashkin,E-Kargin,A/
Kolontaevo 1998 (47)}) (20... Rg8) 21. h6 Bh8 22. f4 Nc4 23. Qh2 Qa5 $1 {
and Black is better in this extremely sharp position.}) (17. Bd5 b4 (17... Nxh5
) 18. Nce2 e6 $6 (18... Nxd5 19. exd5 b3 $1 $36) 19. h6 $1 Bh8 20. h7+ $1 Kxh7
21. h5 $1 exd5 22. hxg6+ Kg8 23. Rxh8+ Kxh8 24. Bxf6+ {1-0 Sznapik,
A-Komljenovic,D/Biel (open) 1987}) 17... Bh8 18. h7+ {Getting rid of that pawn.
White needs an open h-file, not pawns there.} (18. Bd5 Kh7 $1 19. a3 (19. Bxf6
$142 Bxf6 20. f4 Ng4 $13 (20... b4 $13)) 19... Qb6 20. Ba2 b4 21. axb4 Qxb4 22.
Bxf6 Nxf3 23. Nxf3 Bxf6 24. e5 Rb8 25. Nxa4 Qxa4 26. exf6 Ra8 27. Ng5+ Rxg5 28.
Qxg5 Qxa2+ 29. Kc1 Ra5 30. Qg2 Qa1+ 31. Kd2 Qxb2 $19 {0-1 Ulibin,M-Savchenko,S/
Simferopol 1988 (41)}) 18... Nxh7 (18... Kxh7 19. h5 Nxh5 20. Rxh5+ gxh5 21.
Qh2 $18) 19. Bd5 Bg7 (19... b4 20. Nce2 Nxg5 21. hxg5 {is better for White.})
20. Be3 {'?!'} (20. f4 {is critical. For instance:} Nc4 21. Qh2 Nxb2 22. h5
Rxc3 23. Qh4 $1 $18) 20... e6 (20... b4 21. Nce2 e6 22. f4 {is a complete mess.
}) 21. Nxe6 {White will remain with a rook versus two pieces and no clear
attack, therefore this does not look entirely correct.} (21. f4 $5) 21... Bxe6
(21... fxe6 $2 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Bxe6+) ({After} 21... Rxd5 22. exd5 fxe6 23.
dxe6 Bxe6 24. h5 {in spite of the very complicated position, I believe Black
should be better.}) 22. Bxc5 (22. Bxe6 Nxf3 (22... fxe6 $2 23. Bxc5) 23. Qf2
Rxc3 $19) 22... dxc5 23. Bxe6 (23. h5 g5 24. Qg2 Qf6 $15) 23... Qxd2 24. Bxf7+
Rxf7 25. Rxd2 {Black is better, but in the game White somehow got counterplay
and in the mutual time trouble Black blundered. Next comments are mainly based
on Golubev's analysis.} Nxf3 (25... Nc4 $142 26. Rd8+ Nf8 $17) 26. Rd8+ Nf8 27.
Nxb5 Nxh4 (27... Rf4 $142 $5) 28. Nd6 Rf2 (28... Rf4 $5) 29. Ra8 Nf3 30. Rxa4
Rd2 (30... Nd2+ 31. Kc1 Be5 32. Nc4 Nxc4 33. Rxc4 Ne6 $13) (30... Be5 31. Nc4
$1 Bf4 32. Ra5 Ne6 33. a4 $132) 31. Nb7 {The chances are approximately equal
now.} Bd4 (31... g5 $5 32. Nxc5 g4 $13) 32. Ra8 (32. Ra5 $5 {Smirnov} Re2 (
32... g5 $6 33. Nxc5 g4 34. Nb3 $1 $16) (32... Ne6) 33. c3 $5 Bg1 34. Nxc5 Re1+
35. Kc2 Bxc5 36. Rxe1 Nxe1+ 37. Kd1 Nd3 38. Kc2 Ne1+ $11) 32... g5 (32... Kg7
$6 33. a4) 33. c3 (33. a4 g4 34. a5 Rh2 $1 (34... g3 35. Rh3 Be5 36. Rxg3+ Bxg3
37. a6 $16) 35. Rxh2 Nxh2 36. Nd8 $1 g3 37. Ne6 g2 38. Rxf8+ Kh7 39. Ng5+ Kg7
40. Ne6+ $11) 33... Bf2 (33... Bg7 $5 {(Smirnov)} 34. Nxc5 g4 35. Ne6 g3 36.
Nxf8 (36. Nf4 Rf2 $13) 36... g2 37. Nh7+ Kf7 38. Ra7+ $11) 34. Nd8 (34. Rh8+ $5
$14 Kxh8 35. Rxf8+ Kh7 $1 36. Rxf3 g4 37. Rf4 g3 38. Rg4 (38. Rh4+ Kg6 39. Rg4+
Kh5 $132) 38... Rd7 39. Nxc5 Rg7 40. Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. Ne6+ Kf6 42. Nf4 Ke5 43.
Ne2 g2 44. Kc2 Kxe4) 34... Rd6 35. Rh8+ Kg7 {'!'} ({Golubev: After} 35... Kxh8
$6 36. Nf7+ Kg8 37. Nxd6 g4 38. Nf5 g3 39. Nxg3 Bxg3 {Black has three minor
pieces for a rook, but of course it's he who must fight for a draw. Perhaps
it's achievable after, say,} 40. a4 Nd2+ 41. Kc2 Nxe4 42. a5 c4 43. a6 Bf2 44.
Rc8 Nd6 45. Rc6 Nb5 46. Rxc4 Ne6 {, etc.}) 36. Ra7+ (36. Rxf8 $2 Rd1+ $1 37.
Kc2 Rd2+ 38. Kc1 {and now} Kxf8 39. Ne6+ Ke7 40. Nxg5 Be3 $1 41. Nxf3 Rd8+ $19)
36... Rd7 {'??'} (36... Kxh8 $2 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Nxd6 g4 39. Nf5 $16 {is just
bad for Black.}) ({But} 36... Nd7 $1 {was necessary.} {After} 37. Re8 $1 {
, the line goes} Rd1+ 38. Kc2 Rd2+ 39. Kb1 (39. Kb3 $4 c4+) (39. Kc1 Be3 $1)
39... Rd1+ {when taking a draw looks wise for the both sides.}) 37. Rxf8 {
Golubev: My deep idea was to meet this with 37...Rd1+ 38.Kc2 Rd2+ and 39...
Kxf8. Alas, the very first move of this sequence would have broken the rules,
as Black's rook is pinned.} Nd2+ 38. Kc2 Rxa7 39. Ne6+ Kg6 40. Kxd2 {'+-'} Bg3
41. Rf5 Rxa2 42. Rxg5+ Kf6 43. Rxg3 Kxe6 44. Kc2 c4 45. Rg5 Ra8 46. Rc5 Ra4 47.
Kd2 Ra2 48. Rb5 Ra8 49. Rb4 Rc8 50. Ke3 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 Re8 13. h4 h5 (13... Nc4 {
is the alternative, when comparing to the line 12.h4 Nc4, both sides should
try to make the inclusion of moves Kb1 Re8 work in their favor. However,
typically for Dragon it is worth stopping White's attacking intentions with
h7-h5, that's why in my opinion the text move is better.} 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 {
Although both Kb1 and Re8 are useful moves here, White has many options to
choose from. Now both 15.h5 or 15.g4 look good for White.}) 14. Bh6 (14. Bg5
Rc5 {is another direction, in which Black seems to be more or less okay,
speaking from the point of view of opening outcome - the position is balanced.}
) (14. g4 hxg4 (14... Nc4 {deserves attention too, but more principled is to
take on g4.}) 15. h5 Nxh5 16. Bh6 e6 $13) 14... Bh8 $6 {This might seem
logical after Black played Rf8-e8, but in fact it only helps White to make
g2-g4 work.} (14... Nc4 {according to the practice this is the correct move,
when after} 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 {White has a wide choice, but
everywhere Black succeeded to keep counterchances. Here are most important
examples:} 17. Nd5 {In my opinion besr move - it deprives Black from important
resource Qa5.} (17. Rhe1 Qa5 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Qf2 $5 (19. Nd5 $6 Nxd5 20. exd5
Rxh4 {1-0 Polzin,R-Reschke,S/Germany 1997 (45)}) 19... a5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5
a4 22. Nd4 a3 (22... Rc5 $1 {[%csl Rd5]}) 23. b3 Rc5 24. c4 b5 25. Nxb5 Bxb5
26. cxb5 Rc8 27. Qd4+ $36 {1-0 Van der Weide,K-Loetscher,R/Augsburg 2002 (48)})
(17. g4 hxg4 18. h5 Rh8 19. fxg4 Bxg4 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Nd5 e5 22. Rxh8 Qxh8
23. Qg5 Nxd5 24. Qxg4 Rxd4 25. Qd7+ Kg8 26. Qe8+ {1/2-1/2 Sandipan,C-Motylev,A/
Calcutta 2002 (26)}) (17. Nde2 Qa5 18. Nf4 Rec8 19. Ncd5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Aseev,K-Nemtsev,I/Nizhnij Novgorod 1998 (44)}) 17... e5 18.
Nxf6 Qxf6 19. Nb3 Re6 {and White was slightly better in Ponomariov,R-Tiviakov,
S/Moscow 2001.}) 15. g4 $1 {The difference is that after the inclusion of
moves 14.Bh6 Bh8 Black cannot take on g4 any longer:} Qa5 (15... hxg4 $2 16. h5
$1 (16. f4 {is also in White's favour, but 16.h5 is more convincing.}) 16...
Nxh5 (16... gxh5 17. Qg5+ Kh7 18. Rxh5 $18) 17. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 18. Qg5+ Kh7 19.
Qxh5 $18) (15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. gxh5 Nxh5 (17... Nxe4 18. fxe4 Rxd4 19.
Qg2 $36) 18. Nde2 $14) 16. gxh5 Nxh5 17. Rhg1 $14 {/+/- This position is
typically better for White - it is much more difficult for Black to create
counterplay on the queenside.} Nc4 (17... b5 18. Ncxb5) 18. Qd3 (18. Bxc4 $5
Rxc4 19. Nde2 {is an easy solution for a slight advantage. The game is more
ambitious.}) (18. Qe2 $2 Nxb2 19. Rxg6+ Kh7 {[%csl Rc3,Rg6]} 20. Bxf7 Nxd1 21.
Nxd1 Bxd4 $19) 18... Ne5 (18... Na3+ {brings nothing, since White is not force
to take on a3 (which might be good as well).} 19. Ka1) 19. Qe2 Qa6 20. Ncb5 $1
(20. Qxa6 bxa6 {The endgame is acceptable for Black: it is not easy for White
to use weaknesses on a6 and a7, while in middlegame the kingside attack is
much more dangerous.}) 20... Kh7 21. Bc1 Rf8 {Not easy to protect both g6 and
f7, but anyway, a move like Rf8 is a clear sign of failure. Black had a
difficult choice:} (21... Rc5 22. a4 Rec8 23. f4 Nc4 24. f5 $40) (21... e6 22.
f4 Nc6 23. Nf5 $5 exf5 $140 24. Bxf7 $18 {[%csl Rg6]}) 22. f4 Nc4 {Loses by
force, but the position was too bad anyway.} (22... Nc6 23. Qg2 {[%cal Gb3f7,
Rg2g6]}) (22... Ng4 23. Ne6 $1 Qxb5 24. Qxg4 $18) 23. Bxc4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxc4
25. Qxc4 $18 Qxb5 26. Qc3 {Again keeping the queens is most unpleasant for
Black and is the quickest way to finish the game.} Rc8 27. Qd2 Be8 28. Rd5 Rc5
29. f5 Nf6 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Rxc5 Qxc5 32. Be3 Qc4 33. fxg6 fxg6 34. h5 Qxe4 35.
hxg6 a6 36. Bg5 1-0

[Event "GRE-GEO"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "2003.09.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.09.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Bc4
Bd7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. h4 b5 12. Bb3 a5 $5 {In connection with the
next move, a very interesting idea from Black, recommended by Luc Henris in
his article about Chinese Dragon. It must be mentioned that other options are
acceptable for Black as well.} (12... Ne5) (12... Na5) 13. Ndxb5 a4 $5 14. Bxa4
Qa5 $44 {Now Black is two pawns down, but opponent's pieces are completely
tied on the queenside.} (14... Ne5 {Henris considers this move better than 14..
.Qa5.} 15. Na3 (15. Qd4 {The best continuation according to Henris. If this is
true, then this is all very deep. To my mind such a move can hardly be the
best.} {After} Nc6 {White must probably repeat the position.}) 15... Bxa4 16.
Nxa4 Nc6 ({After} 16... Qc7 {White can play} 17. b3 {preparing Bd4-b2. The
immediate 17.Bd4 runs into 17...Nc6.}) 17. b3 $5 {Black certainly has some
compensation for the sacrificed material, but only the detailed analysis and
practical games can give an answer whether it is worth two pawns.} (17. c4 Nb4
18. Nb5 Qa5 19. b3 Rfc8 $1 (19... d5 20. exd5 Nfxd5 21. Bd4 $16) 20. Kb1 Rxc4
$1 (20... Rxb5 21. cxb5 Rc2 22. Qxc2 Nxc2 23. Kxc2 Qxb5 24. Nc3 Qa5 25. Bd4 $16
) 21. bxc4 Qxa4 $44) 17... Rb4 (17... Nb4 18. Kb1) (17... Nd7 $6 18. h5 $16)
18. c4 Qa5 19. Nb5 $13) 15. h5 (15. a3 Ne5 16. b4 Qa6 17. Nc7 Qb7 $17) 15...
Ne5 16. hxg6 Bxb5 (16... hxg6 $2 17. Bh6 Nc4 18. Qf4 $18 (18. Qg5 $18)) (16...
Nc4 $142 {Henris}) 17. gxh7+ (17. gxf7+ $1 {was correct, pointed out by Henris.
Black is in troubles after this. Ideas from the game don't work any longer:}
Kh8 (17... Rxf7 18. Bxb5 Rxb5 19. Nxb5 Qxa2 20. Nc3 Qa1+ 21. Nb1 Nc4 22. Qb4
Nd5 23. Qxc4 Nxe3 24. Qc8+ Rf8 25. Qe6+ Rf7 26. c3 $18) 18. Bxb5 Rxb5 19. Nxb5
Qxa2 20. Nc3 Qa1+ 21. Nb1 Nc4 22. Qd4 $5 Nd5 (22... Nxe4 {This would have
worked in the game, see 22.Qd4 instead of 22.Qb4 from the game.} 23. Rxh7+ Kxh7
24. Qxe4+ $18) 23. e5 $1 {[%cal Gd4h4]} Ndxe3 24. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 25. Qe4+ Kh6
26. Rh1+ Kg5 27. f4+ Kg4 28. Qg6+ Kxf4 29. Rh4+ Kxe5 30. Rh5+ Kf4 31. Qg5+ Ke4
32. Rh4+ {and mate}) 17... Kh8 18. Bxb5 Rxb5 19. Nxb5 (19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6
Rbb8 $19) 19... Qxa2 20. Nc3 (20. Qd4 Nc4 (20... Nxe4 21. fxe4 Nc4 22. b3 $8
Bxd4 23. Bxd4+ Ne5 $13) 21. b3 Nxe3 (21... Nxe4 {- 20...Nxe4}) 22. Qxe3 Rc8 $1
23. Nc3 (23. Qd3 Nd7 {Black attacks with all pieces and has a very strong
attack.}) 23... Qa3+ 24. Kd2 Qb4 25. e5 $1 Nd5 (25... Nd7 26. f4 dxe5 27. Qd3
$1 exf4 (27... e4 28. Qxd7 Qxc3+ 29. Ke2 Qxc2+ 30. Rd2 $18) 28. Ke2 {[%csl Rh8]
} Nf8 29. Nd5 $18) 26. Rh4 Qxh4 27. Nxd5 $13) 20... Qa1+ 21. Nb1 Nc4 22. Qb4 (
22. Qd4 $2 Nxe4 $1 $19) 22... Nd5 (22... Nxe3 $2 23. Rd3 $18) 23. Rxd5 Bxb2+
24. Kd1 Qxb1+ 25. Ke2 Qxh1 {Wild complications will soon end with approximate
equality... An amazing Dragon battle.} 26. Qxc4 Qxg2+ 27. Bf2 Be5 28. Rd1 Bg3
29. Rf1 Bxf2 30. Rxf2 Qh3 31. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.28"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Hautot, Stephane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Liege"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. O-O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h5 Nxh5
15. g4 Nf6 16. Kb1 $1 {White has plenty of other options, but this standard
useful move is very likely to be the best continuation.} Re8 (16... Qc7 17. g5
(17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Rc8 19. Qh2 h5 20. gxh5 Bf5 21. Nxf5 Rxc2 22. hxg6 Rxb2+
23. Qxb2 Bxb2 $13) 17... Nh5 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. b3 (19. Nf5 $5 {1-0 Pyhala,
A-Hartikainen,M/Helsinki 1993 (28)}) 19... Rc8 20. Ne2 e6 21. Ndf4 Nxf4 22.
Nxf4 Qc7 23. Qh2 h5 24. gxh6 Be5 25. h7+ Kh8 26. Bd4 $16 {1-0 Anand,
V-Khalifman,A/Moscow rapid 1995 (38)}) (16... Bxg4 17. fxg4 Nxg4 18. Qe2 Nxe3
19. Qxe3 $16 {1-0 Anand,V-Tolnai,T/Hilversum 1993 (26)}) 17. Nd5 (17. e5 {
Successfully played by the Dragon specialist Rainer Polzin, this move is not
even mentioned on some theoretical sources. It certainly requires a detailed
analysis.} Nxg4 (17... dxe5 $5 {Nobody ever tried this.}) 18. fxg4 Bxg4 (18...
Bxe5 19. g5 Qc8 20. Qf2 Bf5 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 gxf5 23. Nd5 Rg4 24. Rh5 f4
25. Bxa7 $16 {1-0 Polzin,R-Sluka,R/Pardubice 1993 (52)}) 19. e6 $1 $36 {
1-0 Polzin,R-Czajka,D/Augsburg 1995 (24)}) 17... e6 (17... Nxd5 18. exd5 e5 19.
dxe6 Bxe6 20. b3 Rc8 21. Qh2 $16) (17... e5 {Probably Black must play this,
since everywhere else White has a clear advantage. However, the whole line is
suspicious for Black and after 16.Kb1 White has much better prospects.}) 18.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qh2 d5 (19... e5 20. Qxh7+ Kf8 21. g5 Qe7 22. Nf5 gxf5 23. exf5
Bxf5 (23... f6 24. Rh6 $1 $18) 24. Qxf5 Qe6 25. Qxe6 Rxe6 26. Bxa7 $16 {
1-0 Kolasinski,M-Deszczynski,A/Warsawa 1994 (42)}) (19... h6 20. Qxd6 Bc8 21.
b3 Rc3 22. Bxh6 $16 {1-0 Golubev,M-Kulagin,A/Katowice 1992 (37)}) 20. Qxh7+ (
20. e5 Qxe5 21. Bf4 Qxf4 22. Qxf4 e5 23. Qh2 exd4 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Qh2 $18 {
1-0 Fernandez Aguado,J-Tasic,B/Cannes 1990 (30)}) 20... Kf8 21. Bh6 Bxh6 22.
Qxh6+ Ke7 $2 (22... Qg7 $142 23. Qe3 $16 (23. Qh2 $2 Rxd4 24. Qd6+ Re7)) 23.
Qe3 Qe5 24. Rh7 $16 {/+-} Rec8 (24... Rf8 25. Qa3+ Ke8 26. Ne2 $5 (26. Qxa7)
26... a6 27. Qa5 Bb5 (27... Bc6 28. b3 $18) (27... Rc8 28. Nc3 $16) 28. Nc3 $16
) 25. Qa3+ R8c5 26. exd5 $16 (26. Nb3 {is even more convincing, since after}
dxe4 27. f4 Qc7 28. Nxc5 Qxc5 29. Qh3 {White wins easily} Rxc2 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7
31. Qh7+ Kf6 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qg7+ {with a soon mate.}) 26... b6 (26... Kf6 27.
Nb3 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. g5+ Ke5 (29... Qxg5 30. Qf8 Qg1+ 31. Nc1 $18) (29...
Kxg5 30. Qe7+ f6 31. Qxd7 $18) (29... Kf5 30. Rxf7+ $18) 30. Nc1 $18) 27. Nc6+
$1 {A well-calculated combination.} Bxc6 28. Qxa7+ Bd7 29. d6+ Ke8 30. Rxf7 Rc7
(30... Kxf7 31. Qxd7+ Kg8 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. Qe7+ Kg8 34. d7 $18) 31. Re7+ Kf8
32. dxc7 1-0

[Event "Elgoibar 14th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "2004.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gonzalez de la Torre, Santiago"]
[Black "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2004.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 d6 8. f3
O-O 9. Bb3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 Qc7 {
Under the circumstances this is probably the best move, although the entire
opening line is difficult for Black.} 15. g5 Nh5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Ne2 e6 ({After
} 17... Be6 {White has a pleasant choice between} 18. Bxa7 {and 18.Ng3, in
both cases with better prospects}) 18. Ndc3 (18. Nb4 d5 19. b3 Rc8 20. exd5 a5
21. Nd3 exd5 22. Bd4 Re8 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. Nd4 Nf5 25. Nxf5 Bxf5 26. Rhe1 Rxe1
27. Rxe1 a4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kayumov,S-Fedorov,A/Dubai 2003/CBM 093 ext (38)}) ({
A good alternative to 18.Ndc3 is} 18. Ndf4 Nxf4 (18... Qxg5 $2 19. Nxe6 $18)
19. Nxf4 Rc6 20. h4 Qc7 (20... Qe7 21. h5 $16 (21. Bd4 f6 22. h5 fxg5 23. hxg6
h6 24. Bxg7 Qxg7 25. Nh5 Qxg6 26. f4 e5 27. f5 Qh7 28. Rh2 $44 {1/2-1/2
Felgaer,R-Rodriguez,A/Asuncion 2003 (61)})) 21. h5 Rc8 22. Rc1 Ra6 23. hxg6
hxg6 24. c4 Qa5 25. Qxa5 Rxa5 26. Rcd1 Rc6 27. b3 $16 {1-0 Kolev,A-Alterman,B/
Elenite 1995 (41)}) 18... Rc6 (18... Qa5 $2 19. Qxd6 Bc6 20. Qd3 b5 21. Nd4 Rc8
22. Nce2 e5 23. Nb3 Qc7 24. Qd6 $18 {1-0 Velcheva,M-Moylan,L/Bled 2002 (39)})
19. Nb5 Ra6 20. Nxd6 Qc7 21. f4 (21. Qb4 $5) 21... Bc6 22. Rhf1 (22. Ng3 $5 Bd5
$140 (22... Rd8 $2 23. Nxh5 gxh5 24. Nb5 $18) 23. exd5 Rxd6 24. Nxh5 gxh5 (
24... Rxd5 25. Qb4 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 gxh5 27. Bxa7 $16) 25. Qb4 Rfd8 26. f5 $1 $36
) 22... Bd5 $1 {Even this tactical resource does not solve Black's problems.}
23. exd5 Rxd6 24. Qb4 Rc8 25. c3 exd5 26. Bd4 (26. f5 $1 Re8 27. Rf3 $1 $36
gxf5 28. Nd4 $16) 26... Re6 $1 27. Bxg7 Nxg7 (27... Rxe2 $2 28. Be5 $18) 28.
Ng3 (28. Qb5 $142 Nf5 (28... a6 29. Qd3) 29. Rxd5 $13 Ne3 $140 (29... a6 30.
Qd3 Rce8 31. Nc1) 30. Rd7) 28... Rb6 $1 29. Qd4 Ne6 30. Qxd5 (30. Qd2 $142 Qxc3
31. Qxc3 Rxc3 32. Rxd5 Rc4 33. f5 Rd4 $11) 30... Qxc3 31. Qd2 Qxd2 32. Rxd2 Rc4
33. Rdf2 $2 {The wrong decision to go for passivity.} (33. Ne2 Rbb4 34. Rd7 Re4
35. a3 Rb3 36. Rf2 $15) 33... Rbb4 34. Ne2 Re4 $17 35. h4 Re3 36. f5 $6 {
The arising rook endgame turns out to be very difficult for White.} (36. Nc1
$142 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 36... gxf5 37. Nf4 Nxf4 38. Rxf4 Rxf4 39. Rxf4 Re5 $17 {
/-+} 40. Kc2 Kg7 41. Rd4 ({Possibly keeping the rook on f4 would have offered
more chances, although the endgame looks rather lost anyway:} 41. Kd3 Kg6 42.
b4 f6 (42... Kh5 43. a4 Re4 44. Rxe4 fxe4+ 45. Kxe4 Kxh4 46. Kf4 $1 $11) (42...
b5 $5) 43. gxf6 Kxf6 44. Rc4 $17) 41... Kg6 42. Rd6+ Re6 43. Rd7 Rb6 44. Kc3 f4
$1 45. a4 (45. b3 f6 $19) 45... a6 46. a5 (46. b4 Re6 $1 47. Kd2 (47. a5 f3 48.
Rd1 (48. Rd3 f2 49. Rf3 Re3+ $19) 48... Kf5 $19) 47... f3 48. Rd3 f2 49. Rf3 f5
50. Rxf2 Re4 51. Kc3 Rxh4 $19) 46... Rb5 $19 47. Rd6+ Kh5 48. Rf6 Kxh4 49.
Rxf4+ Kxg5 50. Rxf7 h5 51. b4 h4 52. Rh7 Kg4 53. Rg7+ Kf3 54. Rh7 Kg3 55. Rg7+
Kh2 56. Rg4 h3 57. Kd3 Re5 58. Kd2 Re7 59. Kd3 Re1 60. Rg7 Rg1 61. Rxb7 Rg3+
62. Kd4 Kg2 63. Rh7 h2 64. Rxh2+ Kxh2 65. Kc5 Rg6 0-1

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kaiumov, Dmitry D"]
[Black "Solovjov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
Bd7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O-O Ne5 ({Compare to the game the following line, which
belongs to B79:} 10... Qa5 11. Kb1 Rfc8 12. Bb3 Ne5 13. g4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. Nb3 Qa6 16. e5 (16. Bh6 {[#]} Bh8 $5) 16... Nxg4 17. fxg4 Bxg4 18. Rdf1 $1
(18. exd6 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Qxd6 21. Qxd6 exd6 {It is amazing that a
very similar position could also arise in Svidler-Golubev given below, but
here the pawn a7 is protected.})) 11. Be2 $5 Rc8 12. Kb1 Nc4 {The following
complications proved so many times to be in White's favour! Black must find
another way to use the fact that White retreated the bishop on e2 instead of
b3. The Dragon expert Mihail Golubev suggests 12...a6 or 12...Be6. Neither of
them was tested in practical games.} 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 Qa5 $6 (14... b5 15.
b3 Rc8 16. Ndxb5 Qa5 17. a4 a6 18. Nd5 $16) (14... Qb8 $5) (14... Qc7) 15. Nb3
Qa6 16. e5 (16. Bh6 {[#] is also better for White. Comparing to the line given
above (see 10...Qa5), black rook here on f8 instead of a8 limits Black's
possibilities and makes White's attack more dangerous.}) 16... Nxg4 17. fxg4
Bxg4 {The verdict of this position is clear - White has advantage after the
tactical complications are over. The present game only proves it once more.} (
17... Bxe5 18. Nd5 Re8 19. h3 $16 {Bauer,C-Van Wely,L/Enghien les Bains 2001.})
18. Rdf1 (18. exd6 {is probably weaker, since with a precise play Black can
reach an worse, but quite unclear and rather acceptable endgame:} Bxd1 $2 (
18... Bxc3 $1 19. bxc3 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 (20. dxe7 Bxc2+ 21. Qxc2 Re8 {is okay for
Black.}) 20... Qxd6 21. Qxd6 exd6 22. Bxa7 $14) 19. dxe7 Bxc2+ 20. Qxc2 Re8 21.
Rd1 Qe6 22. Bc5 $16 {Svidler,P-Golubev,M/Baden-Baden 2002}) 18... dxe5 (18...
Bxe5 19. Nd5 $40 {[%cal Ge3d4]} e6 20. h3 $1 $16) 19. Rhg1 (19. Bh6 Qe6 20. h4
Bxh6 21. Qxh6 f6 22. Nd2 Rd4 23. Nde4 $36 {Jakubowski,K-Wojcieszyn,J/Glogow
2001. The position remains complicated, but with all pieces in attack White
has many ideas to break through Black's pawn wall.}) 19... Bf5 (19... Qe6 $2
20. Nc5 Qc8 21. Nd5 Re8 22. b3 $18) 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 e6 22. Nd2 {here and
even on the next move the plan h4-h5 looked strong.} (22. h4 $1) 22... Rb4 23.
Rg3 (23. Re1 Qb6 24. b3 Rf4 $5 $13) 23... Rd8 24. Rgf3 Qb6 ({Black missed the
tactical possibility to keep the tension.} 24... Rf4 $1 {Thanks to the
weakness of the backrank White cannot take the pawn and Black succeeds to
trade a pair of rooks, which favours him.} 25. Rxf4 $6 exf4 26. Rxf4 $2 (26.
Qxf4 $2 Rxd2) 26... Rxd2 27. Rxf5 Rg2 $1 $19) 25. Nde4 {Now it is over.} Rxb2+
26. Ka1 f6 27. Nxf6+ Kf7 28. Qxh7+ (28. Qxh7+ Kxf6 29. Ne4#) 1-0

[Event "Stepanakert Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2004.03.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.03.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 (13. e5 dxe5 14.
Bxe5 Bc6 $11) (13. h4 Qa5 $132) 13... Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5 a5 16. a3 b4
{Nowadays this pawn sacrifice is the most fashionable way to meet 13.Nd5.} (
16... Qb6 17. Rhe1 $14) 17. axb4 axb4 18. Qxb4 Kg8 $1 19. Rhe1 Re8 20. Rd4 (20.
Rd3 Rb8 21. Qc3 (21. Qd2 Qb6 22. Kd1 Bb5 (22... Qa7 $5 $44) 23. c4 Bd7 24. Ree3
$14 {1-0 De Vreugt,D-Mamedov,R/Istanbul 2003 (57)}) 21... Qb6 22. Kd1 Bb5 23.
Rd4 Rec8 24. Qe3 Qa5 25. Re4 Rc7 26. Qd4 Rbb7 27. R4e3 Ba6 $44 {1/2-1/2
Smirnov,P-Gashimov,V/Istanbul 2003 (35)}) 20... Rc5 $146 (20... Rb8 21. Qc3 Qb6
22. Kd1 Bb5 23. Rb4 $2 Be2+ 24. Kxe2 Qxb4 25. Qxb4 Rxb4 26. Kd3 Kf8 $17 {
0-1 Timofeev,A-Mamedov,R/Dubai 2003 (56)}) 21. Kd1 {The king wants to go to
the kingside, but for the moment it is relatively safe on d1 as well (safer
than on c1).} Qa8 22. Qd2 (22. Ke2 Rb8 ({or} 22... Qa7 {at once}) 23. Qd2 Qa7
$5 24. Kf1 Rxb3 25. cxb3 Bb5+ $36) 22... Qa1+ 23. Qc1 Qa7 24. Rb4 Bf5 (24... e5
$5 {it is logical to open the position with White's king on d1.} 25. dxe6 Bxe6
{[%csl Rd1]}) 25. c3 (25. Ke2 $2 Bxc2 $1 26. Bxc2 Rec8 $15) 25... Qa6 26. Qd2
h5 (26... e5 $5 27. dxe6 Bxe6) (26... Ra5 $5) 27. Ba4 Rec8 $2 (27... Ra5 $1 28.
Qd4 (28. b3 Bd7 29. Qd4 Bxa4 30. Rxa4 Rxa4 31. bxa4 (31. Qxa4 Qd3+ $19) 31...
Rb8 32. Kc2 Qb7 $44) 28... Rc8 29. Kd2 (29. Rxe7 Qf1+) (29. g4 $2 hxg4 30. fxg4
Bxg4+ $1 31. Qxg4 Qd3+ 32. Kc1 Rxc3+ 33. bxc3 Qxc3+ 34. Kb1 Qxe1+ 35. Kb2 Rxd5
$17) 29... e5 30. dxe6 Bxe6 $44) 28. Rxe7 Kf8 29. Re3 $18 Rc4 30. Qe2 Kg7 31.
Rxc4 Rxc4 {'[#]'} 32. b3 Rxa4 33. bxa4 Qxa4+ 34. Ke1 Qh4+ 35. g3 Qa4 36. Qd1
Qa2 37. Re2 Qa5 38. Qd4+ Kh7 39. g4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 Re8 13. h4 h5 14. Bg5 a5 $2 {
A move difficult to understand for many reasons. First of all advancing the
a-pawn is always risky for Black due to the fact that after White's reply
a2-a4 the queenside pawn formation is blocked and there are less possibilities
for Black to create counterchances after that. Secondly, that pawn takes away
square a5, which in this particular variation is meant often to be used by
black queen. And last, but not least is that after 14...Rc5 Black was doing
fine in the practice and there was no need for such "improvements".} (14... Rc5
{and now White has a large choice, main continuations being 15.g4, 15.Bh6 and
15.Rhe1, in all cases with complicated positions, without a clear evaluation
by theory.}) 15. a4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb5] That's it. A typical reaction which
considerably limits Black's possibilities on the queenside.} Rc5 (15... Nc4 16.
Qe2 $1 $16) 16. Ndb5 Qb8 17. Qe2 b6 18. Be3 Rcc8 19. Bd4 Red8 20. Qf2 Nc4 (
20... Bxb5 21. Nxb5 $16) 21. Rhe1 {White doesn't hurry to take the pawn b6,
which in practice is very unpleasant for Black. The player with Black simply
doesn't know when the opponent will take it and must always consider this
White's option in his calculations. "A threat is more dangerous than its
execution".} Qb7 22. Qf1 Bxb5 23. axb5 Qc7 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Bxb6 $18 {White
confortably took the pawn, forcing the trade of queens as well.} Re8 26. Qxc4
Rxc4 27. Rd4 Rxc3 {Trying to get at least some play. But of course it is not
enough and White reaches a technically winning position.} 28. bxc3 Rb8 29. Bxa5
Rxb5+ 30. Bb4 Nd7 31. Rd5 $1 {Most precise, although even the dull 31.Rd3 Nc5
22.Rde3 is enough:} (31. Rd3 $2 Nc5 32. Rde3 Bxc3 33. Rxc3 Rxb4+ 34. Kc1 $18)
31... Rb7 32. Ka2 Be5 33. Rh1 $5 {Planning Rh3, g3 and f4.} Nf8 34. Rh3 Ne6 35.
g3 g5 36. hxg5 Nxg5 37. Rxh5 Nxf3 38. Rf5 $5 {Transformation of advantages:
from the position with an exchange up, White will be "just" two pawns up. This
is a good practical decision, because White trades black knight and doesn't
have to worry anymore about possible threats from Black.} (38. Rd1 $18) 38...
e6 39. Rxf3 exd5 40. exd5 Kg7 41. Ka3 Kg6 42. c4 Kg5 43. c5 Kg4 44. Rd3 dxc5
45. Bxc5 Bxg3 46. d6 Rd7 47. Kb4 Be1+ 48. Kb5 Bh4 49. Kc6 Rd8 (49... Rd8 50. d7
$18 {[%cal Gc5b6]}) 1-0

[Event "Subotica TS03 GM"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Colovic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2003.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. Kb1 Re8 13. h4 h5 14. Bh6 Bh8 {
A doubtful continuation. Although Black achieved a draw in the present game,
White's play can certainly be improved.} (14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
$13) 15. g4 b5 $146 (15... hxg4 16. f4 $40) (15... Qa5 16. Rdg1 Qc5 17. gxh5
Nxh5 18. Be3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Rg5 $16 {Kodric-Malakhov, Bled 2001.}) 16.
gxh5 (16. Nd5 $5) 16... Nxh5 17. Rhg1 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Nce2 (19. Be3 $5 {
[%cal Gg1g5,Gd1g1]}) 19... Qc7 20. Rg5 (20. Nb3 $5 Rc8 21. Qd5 (21. c3 b4 $140
22. Qd5 $1 Ng7 23. Rxg6 bxc3 24. Nxc3 $18) 21... Ng7 22. Rxg6) 20... Bf6 (20...
Kh7 21. Rdg1 Rc5 (21... Bxd4 $2 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 e5 (23... Kxh6 24. Rxh5+
Kxh5 25. Qg7 $18) 24. Qd2 Nf4 25. h5 $1 $18) (21... Rc8 22. Rxh5 gxh5 23. Qf4
Bf6 24. Bg7 $1 Bxg7 (24... Rg8 25. Qh6#) 25. Qxf7 Bg4 26. Ne6 Rg8 27. Ng5+ $18)
(21... Qb6 22. Rxh5 (22. Nf5 $5) 22... gxh5 23. Qf4 $1 Bf6 24. Qg3 $18) 22. Nf5
Bf6 23. Rxh5 {with wild complications, apparently in White's favour.}) 21. Rxh5
(21. Rg2 $5 {[%cal Gd1g1]}) 21... gxh5 22. Bg5 (22. Qf4 d5 $1 (22... Kh7 $2 23.
Bg5 Bxd4 24. Qxf7+ Bg7 25. Rg1 $40)) 22... Bg7 (22... Bh8 $2 23. Rg1 Kh7 24.
Qf4 f6 25. Bxf6 Rg8 (25... exf6 26. Nf5 $18) (25... Bxf6 26. Nf5 $18) 26. Bxh8
Rxg1+ 27. Nxg1 $16) (22... Be5 23. Bxe7 $5 (23. Rg1 Kh7) 23... Rxe7 (23... f6
24. Qh6 Rxe7 25. Rg1+ Bg4 26. Qxh5 Rg7 27. fxg4 Bxd4 28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Qh5+ $11)
24. Rg1+ (24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Rg1 Re8) 24... Bg7 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27.
Qh6+ Kg8 28. Qg5+ $11) 23. Bh6 Bf6 24. Bg5 Bg7 25. Bh6 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 h5 13. Bh6 {Das ist der
direkteste Angriffzug gegen den schwarzen König.} Bxh6 ({Dieser Abtausch mit
folgendem Qualitätsopfer ist verbreitet, aber nicht erzwungen. Durchaus
spielbar ist} 13... Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. g4 hxg4 17. h5 Rh8) 14.
Qxh6 Rxc3 {[%csl Yg7,Yh7][%cal Yg2g4,Yd4f5,Yb3f7,Yh6g6] Das ist die Idee von
13...Bxh6. Schwarz beseitigt mit dem Nc3 eine Angriffsfigur (Nc3-d5) und
zertrümmert die weiße Rochadestellung. Andererseits hat er sich mit der Q auf
h6 einen unbequemen Gast ins Haus bestellt. Schwarz muß zum Beispiel immer auf
Qxg6 achten. Im Moment bewacht der Ne5 das Feld.} 15. bxc3 Qa5 (15... Qc8 {
[%cal Gd7g4] beäugt auch g4.}) ({Flexibler ist} 15... Qc7 16. Z0 $140 a5 17. Z0
a4) 16. Kb1 Rc8 ({Eine andere Idee ist} 16... b5 {um später nach} 17. Z0 Nc4
18. Bxc4 {mit} bxc4 {die b-Linie zu öffnen.}) (16... Qxc3 {gilt wegen} 17. Ne2
{mit weißem Tempogewinn als ungenau.}) 17. Rhe1 {Ein seltsamer Zug. Der Rh1
steht ideal für die Angriffsidee mit g2-g4 und h4-h5, aber Weiß verzichtet auf
diese Möglichkeit und nimmt eine defensivere Aufstellung ein. Winkt Weiß schon
mit der Friedenspfeife?} ({Das kritische Abspiel ist} 17. g4 Nc4 ({oder} 17...
Qxc3 18. gxh5)) 17... Qxc3 18. Qd2 Qc5 19. Re3 a5 20. a3 a4 21. Ba2 d5 (21...
b5 $5 22. Z0 $140 Nc4) 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 {[%cal Re5c4]} 24. Nb3 $1 {
löst alle akuten Probleme.} (24. Qb4 $6 Nc6) 24... Qxd2 25. Nxd2 Bf5 26. Rc1 f6
27. f4 Nc6 28. Nf3 Rd8 29. Rce1 Kf7 30. Rc3 Rd6 31. Kc1 Ke8 32. Rd1 Kd7 33. Rc5
Rxd1+ 34. Kxd1 Kc7 35. Rd5 Be6 36. Rd3 {Der Vorteil der Qualität ist hier
gering, weil der Turm nirgndwo in die schwarze Stellung einbrechen kann.} Bc4
37. Re3 Kd6 38. Nd2 Bd5 39. Rg3 Bf7 40. Ne4+ Ke6 41. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karditsa"]
[Site "Karditsa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Anagnostopoulos, Dimitrios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Johnson,M Hecht Alterman} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6
6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. h4 h5
13. Bh6 (13. Bg5) (13. Kb1 {Johnson,M} Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Bd4
Be6 17. g4 Rc8 18. gxh5 Nxh5 19. Rdg1 Kh7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nd4 Qc5 22. Nce2
Ra4 23. b3 Ra6 24. Rg5 Qa3 25. Nc1 Rc5 26. Rhg1 Bd7 27. Nf5+ Bxf5 28. Rxh5 Bh3
29. Qh6+ Kf6 30. Qf4+ Ke6 31. Rh7 f6 32. Qg3 f5 33. Qxh3 {1-0 Tukmakov,
V-Sosonko,G/Amsterdam 1974}) 13... Bxh6 (13... Nc4 {Johnson,M}) 14. Qxh6 Rxc3
15. bxc3 Qa5 (15... Qc8) (15... Qc7 {Johnson,M is slightly more precise,
preserving the option of ...a5}) 16. Kb1 b5 $146 (16... Rc8 {Johnson,M} 17. g4
Qxc3 18. gxh5 Nc4 19. Qc1 Nxh5 20. Rd3 Qb4 21. Rg1 a5 22. Ka1 a4 23. Bxc4 Qxc4
24. Qh6 Rc5 25. Rg5 e5 26. Rxh5 gxh5 27. Qg5+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qg5+ Kf8 30.
Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qg5+ {1/2-1/2 Hellers,F-Watson,W/Herning 1991}) (16... Qxc3 $2 {
Johnson,M} 17. Ne2 $1 $16) 17. g4 (17. f4 Nc4 18. f5 Qxc3 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20.
fxg6 Rb8+ 21. Nb3 cxb3 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 23. cxb3 Bc6 {0-1 Wagner,H-Christoffel,U/
RL-ch Trier ;GER 05 1992}) (17. Ne2 {Alterman} Qa3 18. Nf4 Nc4 19. Nd3 d5 20.
e5 Nh7 21. Qc1 Qa5 22. Nb4 e6 23. f4 f5 $44 {Lanc,A-Diaz,J.C/TrnavaII/1988/})
17... Qxc3 18. Nf5 {Solche Opferangebote spielt Weiß häufig ohne großes
Durchrechnen. Irgendwie wird es schon gehen...} (18. gxh5 Nxh5 (18... Nc4 {
Alterman} 19. Qc1 $1 Nxh5 20. Rd3 Qb4 21. Qh6 Rb8 22. Ka1 Qc5 23. Rg1 Qe5 24.
Rg5 Qf4 25. Rd1 Qe3 26. Rxg6+ fxg6 {Magem Badals,J-Romero Holmes,A/Monzon tt/
1987/1:0/}) 19. Qd2 (19. Rhg1 Ng7 (19... Nf6 $4 20. Rxg6+ Nxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kh8
22. Bxf7 $18) 20. Qd2 (20. h5 Nc4 $13) 20... Qxd2 21. Rxd2 $10) 19... Qxd2 20.
Rxd2 Nf4 21. Rdh2 (21. Kb2 a5 22. a3 Kg7 23. Rg1 Rh8 24. Rh2 Kf6 25. Rg3 Nh5
26. Rg1 $14) 21... Rc8 22. Rg1 Kg7 23. Kb2 b4 24. h5 Rh8 25. Rh4 Nxh5 26. f4
Nc6 27. Nf5+ Kf8 28. Ng3 Nd4 29. Rg2 Nf3 30. Rh1 Bg4 31. Ne2 f5 32. exf5 gxf5
33. Rxg4 fxg4 34. Ng3 Nxg3 35. Rxh8+ Kg7 36. Rg8+ Kf6 37. Rxg4 Ne2 38. Bc4 Ned4
39. Rg8 e6 40. Rf8+ Ke7 41. Rb8 d5 42. Bb5 a5 43. Ba4 Nd2 44. Bb5 Ne4 45. Bf1
Nc3 46. Ra8 a4 47. a3 Nd1+ 48. Kc1 Ne3 49. Bd3 bxa3 50. Rxa4 a2 51. Rxa2 e5 52.
Ra7+ Kf6 53. Ra6+ Ne6 54. Bh7 Nf5 55. Bg8 Nfd4 56. Kd1 {1-0 Apicella,M-Payen,A/
Biel op (02) ;EXP 31 1992}) (18. Ne2 $2 {Johnson,M} Qxf3 $17) 18... Bxf5 {
und Schwarz lehnt sie genauso automatisch ab: Warum sich auf Komplikationen
einlassen?} (18... gxf5 $5 {ist sehr zu prüfen. Ich habe keinen zwingenden
Gewinn für Weiß gefunden.} 19. gxh5 (19. gxf5 Qxf3 20. Rhg1+ Neg4 21. Qg6+ (21.
e5 Qxd1+ $19) 21... Kh8 22. Bxf7 Qxe4 $19) (19. g5 Qe3 $1) 19... Qxf3 20. Rhg1+
Neg4 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Bxf7 Qxe4 23. h6 Qb4+ 24. Bb3 Rg8 $19) 19. exf5 (19. gxf5
{Alterman} Nc4 20. Qc1 Qxf3 $44) 19... Nc4 20. Qc1 (20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. fxg6 Qa3
$19) 20... Qxf3 21. fxg6 hxg4 22. Rd3 (22. gxf7+ {Johnson,M} Kxf7 $1 23. Rhf1
Qh3 24. Qh6 Qc3 25. Bxc4+ bxc4 26. Qh7+ Ke8 $10) 22... Qf5 23. Re1 (23. gxf7+ {
Alterman} Rxf7 (23... Kxf7 $6 24. Qg5 $1 $14) 24. Re1 (24. Rf1 {Johnson,M} Qe5
25. Qg5+ $14) 24... Ne4 $10) 23... Qxg6 (23... Ne4 $5 {Alterman}) 24. Rxe7 Ne4
25. Qg1 (25. h5 {Alterman} Qf5 26. h6 a5 27. h7+ Qxh7 28. Qe1 Qg7 $1) (25. Rxa7
g3 26. Re7 g2 27. Qg1 Ned2+ 28. Kc1 Qf6 $19) (25. Rd4 {Alterman} d5 $1) 25...
d5 (25... Ned2+ {Johnson,M} 26. Kc1 Nf3 27. Qg3 Qg7 28. c3 $10) 26. Qd4 g3 (
26... Qb6 $6 {Alterman} 27. Qxb6 axb6 28. Kc1) (26... a5 {Alterman} 27. Rd1 Qg7
$132) 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. Rd1 Rb8+ $6 (28... Qf6 $4 29. Rxe4 $18) (28... Qg4 $5)
(28... Qb6+ {Alterman} 29. Qxb6 axb6 30. Kc1 f5 31. Rxd5 g2 32. Rd1 Kh8 33. Rg1
Rg8 34. Re5 $16) (28... Qg7 $1 {Alterman} 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Kc1 g2 31. Rg1 Kf6
32. Rxa7 Rg8 33. h5 $140 d4 34. h6 d3 35. cxd3 cxd3 36. h7 Rh8 37. Rxg2 Rxh7
38. Rd7 Rh1+ 39. Kb2 d2 40. Rgxd2 $10) 29. Ka1 (29. Kc1 $4 Qh6+ $19 (29... Qh6+
30. Rd2 c3 $19)) 29... g2 $6 (29... Qg4 $2 30. Qxd5 $18) (29... Qg7 30. Qxg7+
Kxg7 31. Rxd5 Nc3 (31... g2 {Alterman} 32. Rd1) 32. Rg5+ $16) (29... Qb6 {
Alterman} 30. Qxb6 Rxb6 31. Rxd5 g2 32. Rd1 Rg6 (32... Nc3 33. Rg1 Rb1+ 34.
Rxb1 Nxb1 35. Re1 $18) 33. Rg1 f5 34. Re5 $16) (29... Nd6 30. Re5 (30. Qxd5 {
Johnson,M} Qxc2 31. Qg5+ Kf8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qg5+ Kf8 34. Qh6+ $10) (30. Rxa7
{Johnson,M} Nb5 31. Qe5 Qg7 $1 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. Ra5 (33. Rd7 $2 Na3 $1 34.
Rc1 g2 $19) 33... Nc3 34. Rg1 Kh6 35. Ra3 d4 $19 36. Rxc3 dxc3 37. Rxg3 Kh5 38.
Rxc3 Kxh4 39. Rxc4+ Kg3 40. a4 f5 41. a5 f4 42. a6 f3 $19) 30... Nb5 31. Qd2
Qg7 32. Qg5 $8 Na3 $1 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Re2 c3 $19) 30. Rg1 Qf5 31. Rxg2+ Kf8
32. Rg1 Kxe7 33. Qxa7+ Ke6 34. Qxb8 Qf6+ 35. Qb2 Qxh4 36. Qb6+ (36. a4 $1 {
Alterman} Qf2 37. Rb1 $16) 36... Nd6 37. Rd1 (37. a4 $1 {Alterman} d4 38. Rd1
$16) 37... Qe4 38. Qd4 (38. Kb1 $1) 38... Qxd4+ 39. Rxd4 Ke5 40. Rd1 f5 41. a4
(41. Kb2 {Johnson,M} f4 42. Kc3 f3 43. Kd2 Ne4+ 44. Ke1 Nc3 45. Ra1 Kf4 46. a4
Kg3 47. Kf1 d4 48. a5 Nd5 $19) 41... f4 42. Re1+ (42. a5 f3 43. a6 Nc8 (43...
Nb5 44. Rb1 Na7 (44... f2 45. Rf1) 45. Rb7 f2 46. Rf7) 44. c3 (44. Kb2 {
Johnson,M} Ke4 45. Kc3 f2 46. Kd2 Kf3 47. Rf1 d4 48. Ra1 Na7 $19) 44... Ke4 45.
Rd4+ Ke3 46. Rxd5 f2 47. Rf5 Ke2 48. Re5+ Kf3 49. Rf5+ $10) 42... Kd4 (42...
Ne4 $4 {Johnson,M} 43. a5 {+-}) 43. Rd1+ Ke4 44. Re1+ Kd4 45. c3+ $2 (45. a5 f3
46. a6 Nb5 47. Re6 f2 48. Rf6 Ke3 49. Re6+ Kd2 50. Rf6 Ke1 51. Re6+ $10) (45.
Rd1+ $10 {Alterman}) (45. Rd1+ {Johnson,M} Ke4 46. Re1+ Kd4 47. Rd1+ {with a
draw by repetition was more prudent. I get the impression that White was
trying to win this position, but Black also has plenty of winning chances.})
45... Kxc3 46. a5 Kd2 $19 (46... d4 {Johnson,M} 47. a6 Nb5 48. Re5 Na7 49. Re7
Nb5 50. Rb7 d3 51. Rxb5 d2 52. Rd5 f3 53. a7 f2 54. a8=Q f1=Q+ 55. Ka2 {
is winning for White, e.g.} d1=Q (55... Qc1 56. Qh8+ Kb4 57. Qb2+ Qxb2+ 58.
Kxb2 c3+ 59. Kc2 {+-}) 56. Qh8+ Kb4 (56... Kc2 57. Qb2#) 57. Qb8+ Kc3 58. Qb2#)
47. Re5 {but this loses} (47. a6 $1 {Alterman} Nc8 (47... Kxe1 $1 48. a7 f3 49.
a8=Q f2 50. Qa5+ $1 (50. Qxd5 f1=Q 51. Qxd6 Qd3 52. Qe5+ Kd2 53. Qg5+ Kc2 54.
Qg2+ Kc1 55. Qg1+ Qd1 $19) 50... Ke2 51. Qa2+ Kf3 (51... Ke1 {Johnson,M} 52.
Qb1+ Ke2 53. Qc2+ Ke1 {with a draw because White cannot make progress}) 52. Qb1
(52. Qa3+ Kg2 53. Qb2 Ne4 54. Qe2 Ng3 55. Qd2 d4 56. Ka2 d3 57. Ka3 Kf3 58.
Qd1+ Ke3 59. Qc1+ d2 60. Qc3+ Ke2 61. Qxc4+ Ke1 $19) 52... Ne4 53. Qf1 Nd2 54.
Qh3+ Ke2 55. Qg4+ Ke1 56. Qg3 Nf3 57. Kb2 d4 58. Kc1 Ke2 59. Qg2 d3 $19) 48.
Re8 Na7 49. Rd8 $1 (49. Re7 Nb5 50. Rb7 Nd6 51. Rb2+ Ke3 52. a7 {+-})) (47. Re6
$2 {Johnson,M} Ne4 $1 (47... Nb5 $2 48. Rb6 Nd4 49. a6 c3 50. a7 c2 51. Rb1 $3
{+-}) 48. a6 f3 49. Re5 f2 50. Rxd5+ Ke2 51. Rf5 c3 52. a7 c2) 47... d4 48. Rd5
d3 {-+} 49. a6 (49. Rxd6 {Alterman} c3 50. Rc6 (50. a6 {Johnson,M} c2 51. Rc6
f3 52. a7 f2 53. a8=Q f1=Q+ 54. Ka2 Qb1+ 55. Ka3 Qa1+ 56. Kb3 Qxa8 $19) 50...
Kc2 51. a6 d2 52. Rd6 f3 $19) 49... Nc8 (49... c3 $2 {Johnson,M} 50. a7 c2 51.
Rc5 {+-}) 50. Rc5 Nb6 51. Rc6 (51. Kb2 {Johnson,M} f3 52. a7 c3+ $1 (52... f2
$2 53. Rf5 Ke2 54. Re5+ Kd1 55. Rf5 d2 56. Rxf2 Ke1 57. Rg2 d1=Q 58. Rg1+ Kd2
59. Rxd1+ Kxd1 60. Kc3 Kc1 61. a8=Q Nxa8 62. Kxc4 $10) 53. Rxc3 f2 54. Rc1 Ke2
{-+}) 51... c3 52. Rxb6 c2 {[#] Übergang in ein verlorenes Bauernendspiel nach
Turmrückgabe} 53. Rb1 (53. Rc6 {Hecht} f3 54. a7 f2 55. a8=Q f1=Q+ 56. Ka2 Qb1+
57. Ka3 Qa1+ $19) 53... cxb1=Q+ 54. Kxb1 Kc3 (54... Kc3 {Hecht} 55. Kc1 (55. a7
d2 56. a8=Q d1=Q+ 57. Ka2 Qb3+ 58. Ka1 Qb2#) 55... d2+ 56. Kd1 f3 57. a7 f2 58.
Ke2 d1=Q+ $19) (54... Ke2 $2 {Johnson,M} 55. a7 d2 56. a8=Q d1=Q+ 57. Kb2 {
gives White drawing chances}) 0-1

[Event "Ischia"]
[Site "Ischia"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Johnson,M} c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. Nbc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be3 Bg7 7.
f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Rc5
14. Kb1 Re8 {Eine Finesse. Schwarz umgeht das Abspiel 14...b5 15.g4. Vgl. dazu
Haba-Pribyl, 1996 in der gleichen Magazin Ausgabe. Wenn Weiß jetzt trotzdem g4
zieht, hat Schwarz ein wichtiges Verteidigungstempo gewonnen, weil Re8
wesentlich mehr leistet als b5. This move has been seen in quite a few games
during the nineties, it's main exponent being Dragon specialist Jonathan
Mestel. It was also used by Kasparov against Anand in the PCA Wch in 1995. 14..
.b5 is a well tried and sound alternative} 15. Rhe1 Qa5 {Dieser Damenausflug
wurde nach Anand-Kasparov, New York 1995 kritisiert, weil man der Meinung war,
daß die Dame in dieser Variante auf a5 nichts zu suchen hat. Kann sein. Die
haupsächliche Alternative ist 15...b5.} (15... Qc7 {Johnson,M walks into} 16.
Bxf6 Bxf6 (16... exf6 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Ndb5 {looks like a winning
position for White}) 17. Nd5 {with a clear advantage for White}) (15... b5 {
is worthy of serious consideration}) 16. a3 {Die Neuerung von Anand gegenüber
der Partie Beliavsky-Georgiev, Wijk aan Zee 1985. Die Idee ist folgende: Wenn
Schwarz jetzt am Zuge wäre und b7-b5 spielt, dann könnte Weiß Bxf6 und Nd5
spielen. Der erzwungene Tausch der Damen auf d2 (ohne Schachgebot) ermöglicht
den Zwischenzug Nxf6 (mit Schach!) und ergibt für Schwarz einen häßlichen
Isolani auf d6. Welchen unschuldigen und einigermaßen nützlichen Zug kann man
machen, um auf b7-b5 zu warten? So kam Anand auf 16.a3.} Qa6 $1 $146 {Das ist
viel besser als das unverständige b7-b5. Schwarz nimmt die Dame von der
Diagonalen a5-e1, um nach weißem Nd5 nicht wegen der ungedeckten Qa5 auf d2
schlagen zu müssen. Nun ist 17...b7-b5 möglich und der Bauer auf a3 wird nach
b5-b4 zur Angriffsmarke.  but not now} (16... b5 $6 17. Bxf6 exf6 (17... Bxf6
18. Nd5 $16) 18. Nde2 Rc6 19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Red1 $16
{1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Kasparov,G (17)/PCA-Wch (New York) ;CBM 49 1995 (63)}) 17. f4
Nc4 18. Bxc4 $6 (18. Qd3 $5 b5 (18... Rec8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5) 19. Bxf6 Bxf6
20. Nd5 Bg7 21. f5 $13) 18... Rxc4 $15 {Nun droht Springerabzug und Rxd4.} 19.
e5 $6 {Wenn Weiß in dieser Variante f3-f4 zieht, macht der Bg5 keine
glückliche Figur mehr. So ist Schwarz z.B. notfalls nicht einmal gezwungen den
Nf6 wegzuziehen, weil nach 20.exf6 exf6 der B kein Rückzugsfeld hat.} (19. Nf3
$5) (19. f5 $5) 19... Nh7 {The main point of 14...Re8 now emerges - the e7
pawn is defended!} 20. e6 (20. Nd5 Bg4 (20... Nxg5 21. hxg5 b5 22. e6 fxe6 23.
Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Rxe6 $16) 21. Nf3 Nxg5 22. hxg5 dxe5 $17) 20... Bxe6 $6 (20...
fxe6 $5 21. Nxe6 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Ra4 (22... Qxa3 $5 {/\ Ra4} 23. Qd3 {/\ Qg6,
Qg7#} Qxc3 $8 24. Qxg6+ (24. Qxc3 Rxc3 $19) 24... Kh8 25. Bh6 Bxe6 $5 (25...
Rg8 26. Bg7+ Rxg7 27. Qxg7+ Qxg7 28. Nxg7 Bg4 29. Rd2 Kxg7 30. Rxe7+ Kg6 31.
Rxb7 $10) 26. Qxe8+ (26. Bg7+ Qxg7 27. Qxe8+ Bg8 $19) 26... Bg8 27. Qg6 Bf7 28.
Bg7+ $1 (28. Qd3 Rb4+ 29. Kc1 Qb2+ 30. Kd2 Rd4 $19) 28... Qxg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7
30. Rxe7 Rb4+ $17) 23. Qd3 (23. Nd4 Rxa3 24. Nb3 Bf5 $19) (23. Nc7 Qb6+ $19)
23... Qxd3 24. cxd3 Nxg5 25. hxg5 Bxe6 26. Rxe6 Kf7 $17) (20... Bxd4 $2 21.
exd7 Rd8 22. Rxe7 Bxc3 23. Qd5 $18) (20... Rxd4 $2 21. exd7 Rd8 22. Qe3 (22.
Qe2 $2 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Nxg5 25. fxg5 Rxd7 $17) 22... Rxd1+ 23.
Nxd1 (23. Rxd1 Rxd7 24. Bxe7 Bxc3 $13) 23... Rxd7 24. Bxe7 $16) 21. Nxe6 Bxc3 {
Other moves give White good attacking chances e.g.} (21... fxe6 $2 {Johnson,M}
22. Rxe6 Nxg5 23. hxg5 Bxc3 24. Qd5 $1 Kh7 25. Qd3 $1 Rg8 26. Rh1 $1 Qb5 27. b3
Rc5 28. Rxh5+ Kg7 29. Rxe7+ Kf8 30. Rhh7 $18) 22. bxc3 Qxa3 (22... fxe6 $5 23.
Rxe6 Qb5+ (23... Qxa3 24. Qd3 Nf8 25. Rxg6+ $18) 24. Ka2 Qf5 25. Rde1 Nxg5 26.
hxg5 Rxf4 $15) 23. Nd4 Nxg5 24. hxg5 Ra4 (24... Ra4 25. Nb3 Qa2+ 26. Kc1 Qa3+
27. Kb1 $10 (27. Kb1 Qa2+ {etc})) 1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Turnov"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Haba, Petr"]
[Black "Pribyl, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Johnson,M Petursson} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6.
Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 h5 13.
Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 {Die Variante mit 14.Kb1 und 15.g4 wurde erstmals von Karpov
1986 gegen Sznapik gespielt. Wenn man diese Variante studiern möchte, sollte
man sich unbedingt auch die Motive der verwandten Variante 14.g4 (anstatt 14.
Kb1 b5 15.g4) anschauen.} b5 {Die Idee von 14.Kb1 ist, daß der Königszug
wesentlich mehr leistet als der Zug b7-b5. Noch wichtiger ist, daß der
schwarze Damenausflug nach b6 nun nicht mit Druck auf den Bauern b2 verbunden
ist.} 15. g4 hxg4 {The old move and now known to be inferior to 15...a5} 16. h5
Nxh5 $6 {Sehr riskant. Die schwarze Stellung hängt danach am berühmten
seidenen Faden.  And here 16...Rxc3 is the best chance of survival} (16... Rxc3
$1 {Johnson,M Petursson  is a better defensive resource}) 17. Nd5 {Zwei
Möglichkeiten, den Angriff auf e7 zu beantworten, wurden bisher gespielt.
White has virtually a winning position already} Rxd5 (17... Re8 $142 18. Rxh5
gxh5 19. Qh2 Rxd5 $1 {scheint die einzige Möglichkeit zu sein.} (19... Rc4 $2
20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Qxh5 f6 22. f4 Nf7 23. Bh4 Qb8 24. Rh1 c3 25. b3 Qb7 26. f5
Ne5 27. Ne6 {1-0 Karpov,An-Sznapik,A/Dubai olm (14) ;TD 86\02 1986}) 20. Bxd5
Qb6 21. Nf5 $5 Bxf5 (21... Nxf3 22. Qxh5 Nxg5 23. Nxg7 $18) 22. exf5 Qc5 $1 23.
Qxh5 Rc8 $1 (23... gxf3 $2 {- 22.gxf3}) 24. c3 (24. Bb3 gxf3 25. Rh1 Kf8 26.
Qh7 Ng4 27. Qh5 Ne5 $10) 24... gxf3 25. Bxe7 (25. Bf4 f2 26. Bxe5 Qxd5 27. Rxd5
f1=Q+ 28. Rd1 Qg2 $10 29. Bh2) 25... f2 26. Bg2 Qe3 27. Rh1 f1=Q+ 28. Rxf1 Nc4
29. Bg5 Qd3+ 30. Kc1 Nxb2 31. f6 Rxc3+ {0-1 Shorochov-Pillhock, corr 1990}) 18.
Bxd5 {Die kritische Stellung der Variante. Alle bisher von Schwarz probierten
Züge können nicht so recht überzeugen.} gxf3 $2 {Schlecht. Nun ist der Nd4
beweglich, weil Ne5xf3 nicht mehr möglich ist.  Tryimg to improve on the
previously seen} (18... Nc4 $5 {Petursson} 19. Qe1 $1 {/\Qh4 Der Angriff auf
der h-Linie ist thematisch.} (19. Bxc4 {Johnson,M} bxc4 20. fxg4 Bxg4 21. Rdg1
$40) 19... Qb6 20. Rxh5 gxh5 21. Qh4 e6 (21... Bxd4 22. Bxe7 Nd2+ 23. Ka1 $18 (
23. Rxd2 $2 Bf6 $1)) 22. Bf6 $1 Ne5 (22... Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Qd8 24. Qh6 exd5 25.
Nf5 $1 Bxf5 26. exf5 $18) 23. Qg5 Ng6 24. Nf5 exd5 (24... exf5 25. Qxg6 $18)
25. Ne7+ Kh7 26. Qxh5+ Bh6 27. Bg5 {1-0 Haubrich-Colias/USA 1990} (27. Qxh6+
Kxh6 28. Rh1+ Nh4 29. Rxh4#)) (18... g3 $5) 19. Nf5 $1 $18 Bxf5 (19... gxf5 20.
Qh2 $1 fxe4 21. Qxh5 Bf5 22. Bf6 $3 exf6 23. Rdg1 $18 {/\Qh8#}) 20. exf5 Nc4 (
20... Ng3 21. Qh2 $18) 21. Qh2 $1 $146 {droht einfach fxg6.} (21. Qe1 Nxb2 22.
Bxe7 (22. fxg6 $1 $18) 22... f2 23. Qe3 Nxd1 24. Rxd1 Qc8 (24... Qb6 $1 25. Qg5
$140 $2 Qd4 $19) 25. fxg6 Qg4 26. Rf1 Qb4+ 27. Bb3 Bd4 28. gxf7+ Rxf7 29. Qe6
Qxb3+ 30. axb3 Ng7 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Rh1+ {1-0 Sziebert,A-Parkanyi,A/Budapest
FS06 IM-A (08) ;EXT 94 1994}) (21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. fxg6 fxg6 $15) 21... Be5 22.
Qh3 Kg7 {Almost any move wins for White here} (22... Nxb2 23. fxg6 $18) 23.
Qxf3 {Diese Zug sieht unschuldiger aus, als er ist. Another way of doing it was
} (23. Bxf7 {Johnson,M} Rh8 24. fxg6 Nxb2 25. Qxh5 $1 Rxh5 26. Rxh5 {
Threatening mate in 3 which Black can only prevent by massive material loss})
23... Nxb2 24. Bh6+ $3 {A very nice move but 24. Rdg1 was also sufficient} Kxh6
25. Rxh5+ $1 Kg7 (25... gxh5 {Petursson} 26. Rh1 $18) 26. Rdh1 gxh5 27. f6+ $1
Bxf6 28. Rg1+ Kh6 29. Qf4+ Kh7 30. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "Herzliya"]
[Site "Herzliya"]
[Date "1998.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Afek, Yochanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 Qa5
15. Nb3 $146 ({Die prinzipielle Antwort ist} 15. Nd5 {Ein Partiebeispiel ist 
(U12 Meisterschaft)} Qd8 ({aber nach} 15... Qxd2 16. Nxe7+ (16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.
Rxd2 Rfc8 $15) (16. Rxd2 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rfc8 $11) 16... Kh8 17. Rxd2 Re8 18. g5
Nxe4 (18... Nh5 $2 19. Nd5 $16) 19. fxe4 Rxe7 20. Nb3 Be5 21. Bxa7 Rxe4 $11 {
hat Schwarz keine Probleme und steht vielleicht sogar besser.}) 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6
17. h4 Qb6 {und nun endet die Überlieferung mit  1-0 in Shiralieva,F-Cicicalo,
I/Tallinn 1997/EXT 98 (17), aber die Partie ist sicher noch weiter gegangen.})
15... Qd8 16. e5 Ne8 (16... Nxg4 $5 17. fxg4 Bxe5) 17. exd6 Nxd6 18. Nd5 (18.
Ne4 Rxe4 (18... Nxe4 $2 19. fxe4 Qc8 20. Qxd7 Rxc2 21. Bc1 $1 $18) 19. fxe4
Bxg4 $11) 18... Bc6 19. Rhe1 (19. Nxe7+ $4 Qxe7 {[%csl Re3]}) 19... Bxd5 20.
Qxd5 Qc7 21. Bc5 Rc8 22. Bxd6 exd6 23. c3 Be5 24. h3 a6 25. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yangon zt"]
[Site "Yangon"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mariano, Nelson"]
[Black "Myo, Naing"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Rc5 {Das war ab
Mitte der 80er die Hauptvariante. Heute spielt Weiß meist 9.0-0-0.} 14. Nde2 {
Lahm.} (14. Kb1 Z0 15. g4 $140 $13) 14... b5 15. Qe3 {[%cal Ye3c5]} a5 16. a4
bxa4 17. Nxa4 Bxa4 18. Qxc5 {Diese Kombination verliert Material.} (18. Bxa4
Qb6 $40 {[%csl Rb2]}) 18... Bxb3 $1 (18... dxc5 $2 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Bxa4 $11)
19. Qxe5 Bc4 20. Qh2 Bxe2 21. Rd2 Ba6 22. e5 Nd7 (22... Ne8 $5 23. Rhd1 Qb6)
23. exd6 Qb8 24. c3 Be5 25. Qh3 e6 (25... Nc5 $5 26. dxe7 Re8 {[%cal Rc5d3,
Rc5b3]}) 26. Rhd1 Rc8 27. f4 Bg7 28. Be7 Qb3 29. Rc2 a4 0-1

[Event "Sarkisov Memorial"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Maiorov, Oleg Ivanovich"]
[Black "Nadyrhanov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. O-O-O h5 ({Die Alternative} 12... Nc4
13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h5 Nxh5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Bh6 ({harmlos ist} 16. Nde2 Re8) 16...
Nxe4 17. Qe3 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nf6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 {gilt als etwas besser für Weiß.
Groß auf Gewinn spielen kann Schwarz hier jedenfals nicht, vor allem, weil der
Drachenläufer getauscht ist.}) 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. g4 ({Als am aussichtsreichsten
für Weiß gilt} 14. Kb1 Z0 {gefolgt von} 15. g4 $140 {, allerdings ohne klaren
Befund für die eine oder andere Seite.}) 14... hxg4 15. Rdg1 $2 ({Pläne für
Weiß sind:} 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. h5) ({oder} 15. f4 Nc4 16. Qe2 (16. Qd3)) ({oder
} 15. h5 Nxh5 16. Nd5) 15... b5 $1 16. f4 {Weiß kommt nun einen Zug zu spät.}
b4 $17 17. Nd5 Nxe4 18. Nxe7+ (18. Qe3 Nxg5 19. hxg5 $17) 18... Qxe7 19. Bxe7
Nxd2 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. fxe5 Bh6 $19 22. Kd1 dxe5 23. Ne2 Bc6 24. Rh2 Nf3 25.
Rf2 Be3 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 23rd"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2015.08.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 {Das ist die
Topalov-Variante. Schwarz bedrängt den Lb3.} 13. Nd5 ({Zu sehr scharfem Spiel
führt} 13. h4 a5 14. h5 a4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 (15... exf6 16. Bd5 f5 17. hxg6 hxg6
18. g4 $16 {1-0 (43) Wei,Y (2526)-Pham,C (2327) Ho Chi Minh City 2013}) 16.
hxg6 e6 (16... hxg6 $2 17. Qh6 $18) 17. e5 Bg7 18. Rxh7 Bxe5 19. Rdh1 fxg6 20.
Bd5 Rf7 21. Rxf7 Kxf7 22. Be4 Qf6 23. Kb1 Rh8 24. Rxh8 Qxh8 25. Nd1 d5 26. Bd3
Qh4 27. a3 Bd6 28. c3 Bf4 29. Qe2 Qh1 30. Bc2 e5 31. g4 Be6 32. Qxb5 Qxf3 33.
Qxa4 Qxg4 34. Qa7+ Kf6 35. a4 Qe2 36. Qg1 e4 37. Qd4+ Be5 38. Qc5 Qd2 39. a5 (
39. Qf8+ Bf7 40. c4 $11) 39... Bf4 40. Bb3 e3 41. Qf8+ Bf7 42. Nxe3 Qxe3 43.
Bxd5 Qd3+ {0-1 (43) Polgar,J (2693)-Jones,G (2654) London 2013}) (13. Bxa7 b4
14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Qa5 16. Bd4 Ba4 $11) 13... Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5 a5
16. a3 Kg8 {Die das Schach auf d4 aus der Stellung.} 17. Rhe1 Rc5 (17... b4 18.
axb4 axb4 19. Qxb4 Rc5 20. Rd3 Qa8 21. Rxe7 Qa1+ 22. Kd2 Qf1 23. Qf4 Bf5 24.
Rc3 Ra5 25. Rce3 Qxg2+ 26. Re2 Qg1 27. Qe3 Qa1 28. Re8 Ra8 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30.
Qc3 Qg1 31. Qe3 Qa1 32. Qc3 Qg1 33. Ba4 Qg5+ 34. Qe3 Qf6 35. c3 Rb8 36. b3 Qh4
37. Qe7 Qf4+ 38. Qe3 Qh4 39. Kc1 Qh3 40. Qf2 Bd3 41. Rd2 Bb5 42. Bxb5 Rxb5 43.
b4 Qc8 44. Kb2 Rb8 45. Kb3 Qf5 46. Qf1 Re8 47. Qd3 Qg5 48. Ra2 h5 49. b5 Qg1
50. Re2 Ra8 51. Rb2 Qa1 52. Qd4 Qa3+ 53. Kc2 Ra4 54. Qd2 Ra8 55. b6 Qa4+ 56.
Kd3 Qa1 57. Qe2 Rb8 58. Kc2 Qa4+ 59. Kb1 Qa5 60. Qb5 Qxc3 61. b7 Qxf3 62. Ka2
Kh7 63. Qc6 Qf4 64. h3 Qd4 65. Rb6 Qd2+ 66. Kb3 Qd1+ 67. Kb4 Qb1+ 68. Ka5 Qa2+
69. Qa4 Qxd5+ 70. Ka6 Ra8+ 71. bxa8=Q Qxa8+ 72. Kb5 Qd5+ 73. Ka6 Qa8+ {1/2-1/2
(73) Polgar,J (2705)-Jones,G (2644) London 2012}) 18. Re3 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20.
Qxb4 {Schwarz hat hier Kompensation für den Bauern, aber wahrscheinlich
genügt diese nicht voll. Mehr als Remis sollte normalerweise für Schwarz
nicht drin sein.} Qa8 21. Bc4 (21. Kd2 Rb8 22. Qd4 Bf5 23. Rc3 Qa5 {1-0 (77)
Cantelli,A (2303)-Siewert,M (2305) ICCF email 2009} (23... Rxb3 24. Rxb3 (24.
cxb3 $2 Rxd5 $19) 24... Rxc2+ 25. Ke3 Rxg2 26. Rd2)) 21... Bf5 22. Ra3 Qc8 23.
b3 Qc7 24. Qd2 (24. Ra6 Rb8 25. Qa4 e5 26. dxe6 Bxe6 27. Ra7 Qc8 28. Qa6 {
1/2-1/2 (28) Van der Haak,G (2195)-Coplin,L (2411) ICCF email 2009}) 24... Rb8
(24... Rc8 $6 25. g4 Bd7 26. Ra2 Bb5 $14) 25. Qd4 Qb6 26. Ra2 {Deckt alle
Drohungen gegen c2 ab. Schwarz hat es nun schwer, seine Angriff weiter zu
befeuern.} (26. h4 $2 Rxc4 27. bxc4 (27. Qxc4 Rc8 $40) 27... Qb1+ 28. Kd2 Qxc2+
29. Ke1 Qxg2 $11) 26... Qb4 27. g4 Bc8 (27... Bd7 28. Ra7 Rd8 $16) 28. Ra7 Rb7
29. Ra4 Qb6 30. b4 (30. Ra8 $5) 30... Rcc7 31. Ba6 Rb8 32. Qxb6 Rxb6 33. Bxc8
Rxc8 {Weiß hat seinen Mehrbauern, ein Freibauer auf b4, bis ins Endspiel
gerettet und muss auf dem Weg zuk Gewinn der Partie nur noch technische
Hürden meistern.} 34. Kb2 e6 35. c3 Rc4 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. dxe6 fxe6 38. Ra7+
Kf6 39. Rxh7 d5 40. h4 Rbc6 41. Rd3 d4 42. cxd4 g5 43. hxg5+ Kxg5 44. Kb3 Kf4
45. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Novgorod 3rd"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {King} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O (10. Bb3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. O-O-O a5 13. e5
dxe5 14. Bxe5 Bc6 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. a4 bxa4 17. Bxa4 Bxa4 18. Nxa4 Nd5 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Nb6 Rad8 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. c4 Re5 24. Kd2 Kf6 25.
Rd1 Ke6 26. Kc3 {King: Black's K is prevented from reaching the cP, and the
win is relatively trivial for White. Nisipeanu,L-Moldovan,D/Bucharest
Ciocaltea (04) ;CBM 48 1995/1-0 (48)}) 10... Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4 $5 $146 12. Bxd4
b5 $6 {Meist kommt Schwarz nicht so schnell zu b7-b5. Normalerweise geht der
Nc6 nach e5 und dann wird er oft nach ...Nc4 gegen den Bb3 getauscht. Oder
bleibt dort stehen, und kontrolliert die Felder f3,d3,c4 und (wichtig!) g6,f7.
Hier hat er sich gegen den Nd4 getauscht, der eigentlich nicht so gefährlich
ist. Außerdem steht nun auf d4 ein B und Weiß kann mit g4-g5 den Abtausch des
Bg7 erzwingen.} 13. Nd5 $5 {Vereinfacht die Stellung. Sicher nicht die
Widerlegung der schwarzen Idee, aber Weiß hat Angst, daß der Bb3 nach a5-a4
ins Gedränge kommt.} (13. Kb1 $6 a5 $1 $13 (13... b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. e5 $5)) (
13. g4 $6 a5 14. g5 Ne8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 (15... Nxg7 {/\a5-a4-a3;})) (13. e5 $142
$5 Ne8 (13... dxe5 14. Bxe5 {/\Bf6}) 14. exd6 Nxd6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ f6 (
16... Kg8) 17. Qxa7 $16) (13. Bxa7 $5 Rxc3 (13... Qa5 14. Bd4) 14. Qxc3 $1 Nxe4
15. Qe3 $16) 13... Nxd5 (13... a6) 14. Bxd5 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qc7 16. c3 a5 17. Kb1
Qc5 (17... b4) 18. Rhe1 Rfd8 19. a3 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Kf8 21. Re3 Rc7 22. g3 Rb8
23. f4 Bc6 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. e5 dxe5 26. Rxe5 e6 27. a4 bxa4 28. Ka2 Rcb6 29.
Rd2 Ra6 30. Re4 Rb5 31. Rxa4 Rab6 32. c4 Rb4 33. Rxb4 Rxb4 34. b3 a4 35. Ka3
Rxb3+ 36. Kxa4 Rc3 37. Kb4 Rc1 38. c5 Ke7 39. Kb5 f6 40. c6 (40. Kc6 $142 e5
41. fxe5 fxe5 42. Kd5 $16) 40... e5 41. fxe5 fxe5 42. Kb6 e4 43. Rd7+ (43. c7
e3 44. Rd3 e2 45. Re3+ Kd6 46. Rxe2 Rc6+ $10) 43... Kf6 44. Rd8 e3 45. Re8 Rb1+
46. Ka7 Ra1+ 47. Kb7 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lepelletier, Benoit"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. h4 h5 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bh6 Bxh6 {Diese
Reaktion auf den weißen Vorstoß Bh6 mit folgendem Qualitätsopfer sieht man am
häufigsten, aber Schwarz kann auch weniger verpflichtend spielen.} (13... Nc4
14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 {mit den schwarzen Verteidigungsresourcen Rh8, Rc5
oder Qa5-e5.}) ({oder} 13... a5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. a4 Rc5) 14. Qxh6 Rxc3 ({
Nach dem trickreichen Zugumstellungsversuch} 14... a5 $5 {kann Weiß das
Qualitätsopfer verhindern.} 15. Qd2 $5 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Riemersma,L/Dordrecht
1988/CBM 07 (40)} (15. a4 $140 Rxc3 16. bxc3)) 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Kb1 b5 {
Ein neuer Zug.} ({Wenig beliebt ist das sofortige} 16... Qxc3 {weil Weiß ein
Angriffstempo gewinnt.} 17. Ne2) ({Ganz schlecht ist} 16... a5 {wegen} 17. f4
Nfg4 (17... Nc4 18. f5 a4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. fxg6 Rc8 21. Rhf1 Qxc3 22. Rxf6
Qb4+ 23. Nb3 {1-0 Apicella,M-Santiago,J/Andorra 1996/EXP 54}) 18. Qg5 a4 19.
fxe5 axb3 20. cxb3 {und nun führt keine der beiden schwarzen Möglichkeiten zum
Ausgleich.} Nxe5 (20... Nf2 21. e6 Nxh1 (21... Nxe4 22. Qh6 $1 Nxc3+ 23. Kb2
Nxd1+ 24. Rxd1 $18 {1-0 Short,N-Olafsson,H/Wijk 1987/CBM 02 (47)}) 22. exd7 Nf2
23. Ne6 $1 $18 {1-0 Rogers,I-Pekarek,A/Prague Chip 1992/CBM 27 (39)}) 21. Qxe7
Qxc3 22. Qg5 Ra8 23. Qd2 $16 {1-0 Stefansson,H-Tiviakov,S/Gausdal AC 1993/TD
93\03 (47)}) ({Spielbar, aber in der Bewertung unklar ist} 16... Rc8 17. g4 a5
{und jetzt ist} 18. Nf5 {ein kritischer Zug:} Bxf5 19. gxf5 (19. exf5 Qxc3 (
19... a4 $5) 20. fxg6 Nc4 21. gxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qc1 a4 23. Bxc4+ Qxc4 {1-0 Watson,
W-Kudrin,S/Palma de Mallorca GMA 1989/TD 89\13 (52)}) 19... a4 $1 (19... Qxc3
20. fxg6 Nc4 21. gxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qc1 a4 {1-0 Prandstetter,E-Neumeier,K/Dortmund
op 1990/EXT 90op (47)}) 20. Bxa4 Qxc3 21. Bb3 Nc4 22. Qc1 Qxf3 23. fxg6 fxg6
24. Rhf1 (24. Rhg1 Kh7 25. Qg5 Na3+ 26. Kc1 Qxe4 27. Rd2 Ng4 28. Qd5 Qe5 {
1/2-1/2 Wahls,M-Gupta,M/Dortmund op 1988/TD 88\03}) 24... Qc3 $132 {Pokorna,
R-Calzetta,M/EU-chTW 1997/EXP 57/[ESP - SVK]/0-1 (61)}) 17. f4 (17. g4 Qxc3 18.
gxh5 Nc4) 17... Nc4 18. f5 Qa5 19. Rd3 $2 {Danach erzwingt Schwarz Damentausch.
} (19. Bxc4 $2 bxc4 20. Ne2 gxf5 $15) ({Nach} 19. fxg6 $142 Qa3 (19... Qxc3 20.
gxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qc1 Nxe4 22. Rd3 $14 {lässt die Damen auf dem Brett, was für
den exponierten schwarzen König nicht ohne Gefahren ist.}) 20. gxf7+ Kxf7 21.
Qc1 Qxc1+ 22. Kxc1 Nxe4 23. Rdf1+ $14 {entstünde das Endspiel ohne schwarzen
Mehrbauern.}) 19... Qa3 20. Qc1 (20. Bxc4 $4 bxc4 21. Z0 Rb8+ $140 $19) 20...
Qxc1+ 21. Kxc1 Nxe4 $15 {Damit ist der materielle Ausgleich praktisch wieder
hergestellt. Weiß besitzt aber für seine Türme keine offenen Linien und die
weiße Bauernstellung am Damenflügel ist zertrümmert.} 22. Rf1 Kg7 23. a4 $6 {
Die Öffnung der a-Linie verschafft nur Schwarz neue Möglichkeiten.} (23. Bxc4
$142 bxc4 24. Re3 d5 25. fxg6 f5 26. Nf3 $5) 23... a6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bxc4
bxc4 26. Re3 d5 27. fxg6 f5 28. Ne2 (28. Nf3 $5) 28... Ra8 29. Kb2 e5 30. Ng3
Kxg6 $17 (30... f4 $2 31. Nxh5+ Kxg6 32. Nxf4+ exf4 33. Rxf4 $14) 31. Nxe4 fxe4
32. Rd1 Ra5 33. Rf1 Bf5 34. Rg3+ Bg4 35. Re3 Ra8 36. Rf2 Re8 37. Kc1 Ra8 38.
Rd2 Ra5 39. Kb2 Kf6 40. Rf2+ Ke7 41. Re1 Ra8 42. Kb1 Be6 43. Kc1 Rg8 44. Kd2
Rg3 45. Rfe2 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Manhattan March Int"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.03.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Shahade, Gregory P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1999.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4 {Topalovs Idee, zu der es bisher nur
wenige Beispiele gibt.} 12. Bxd4 b5 {Die Idee ist, den Lb3 in Verlegenheit zu
bringen.} 13. Kb1 ({Nach} 13. Bxa7 Qa5 14. Bd4 Be6 {bekommt Weiß Sorgen mit
dem Bauern a2, z.B. nach} 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Kb1 Ra8 $40) 13... a5 14. a3 Re8 $6
{Ein überflüssiger Zug. In manchen Varianten nimmt der Turm nun dem Sf6 das
Feld e8. Außerdem ist f7 nun nicht mehr so gut überdeckt.} (14... Rb8 $2 15. e5
) (14... b4 $142 15. axb4 axb4 16. Na2 Be6 $5) 15. h4 b4 16. axb4 axb4 17. Na2
({Nach} 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 {droht Schwarz stark 19...Da5 und 20...Ta8,
z.B.} 19. Qxd5 (19. Bxd5 $2 Qa5) 19... Rc5 $1 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Qf4 Qa5 22. Bd5
Rc7 $40) 17... Qa5 (17... Be6 $5) 18. Qxb4 Qa8 (18... Qa6 $5) (18... Ra8 $5)
19. e5 Rb8 20. Qa3 ({Nicht} 20. Qd2 $2 dxe5 21. Bxe5 $2 Rxb3 $1 22. cxb3 Bf5+
23. Ka1 (23. Kc1 Rc8+ 24. Nc3 (24. Bc3 Qxa2 $19) 24... Qa1#) 23... Qxa2+ 24.
Kxa2 Ra8+ 25. Qa5 Rxa5#) 20... Qxa3 21. bxa3 dxe5 22. Bxe5 Rb7 (22... Ra8 $4
23. Bxf6 $18) 23. Nb4 $16 {Das Hauptsorgenkind des Schwarzen ist der in der
Luft hängende Ld7.} Ra8 24. Bb2 Rba7 25. Rhe1 Rxa3 $5 {Durch diese
Gewaltaktion möchte Schwarz den Lg7 zum Leben erwecken.} (25... e6 $16) 26.
Bxa3 Rxa3 27. Kb2 Ra8 28. c3 {Weiß muß nun noch einige kleine Gemeinheiten
beachten, bis sich schließlich der Materialvorteil durchsetzt.} (28. Rxe7 $2
Nd5+) 28... e6 29. Ra1 Rc8 30. Ra7 Nd5 31. Nxd5 exd5 32. Rd1 (32. Rc1 Be6 33.
Ra5 $2 (33. Ra6 $142) 33... d4 $132) 32... Bxc3+ 33. Ka3 Be6 34. Bxd5 Bxd5 35.
Rxd5 $18 Rc6 36. h5 gxh5 37. Rxh5 h6 38. Kb3 Kg7 39. Ra4 Bf6 40. Rg4+ Kh7 41.
Rf5 Kh8 42. Kb4 Kh7 43. Kb5 Rd6 44. Kc4 Ra6 45. Kd3 Ra3+ 46. Ke2 Ra6 47. Kf2
Rb6 48. Kg3 Ra6 49. Kh3 Rb6 50. Ra5 Rb7 51. Ra6 Bg7 52. Rf4 Rc7 53. Rf5 Rb7 54.
Kg4 Rc7 55. f4 Rb7 56. g3 Rc7 57. Rfa5 Rc4 58. Rd5 Rc7 59. Rad6 Rc4 60. Kh5 Rc3
61. Rd3 Rc5+ 62. R6d5 Rc6 63. Rd7 Kg8 64. R3d6 Rc3 65. Kg4 Rc4 66. Ra6 Rc5 67.
Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kravtsov, Sergey"]
[Black "Solovjov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vladivostok DVGU"]
[BlackTeam "Murmansk OShK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
Bd7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Rc5 {Das war vor
wenigen Jahren praktisch die Grundstellung der Drachenvariante. Heute sieht
man kaum noch Partien damit, weil der Drachen insgesamt nicht mehr populär ist
und weil Weiß mit 9.0-0-0 erfolgreicher ist.} 14. g4 (14. Kb1 {ist etwas
ausgebuffter, Schwarz antwortet dann am besten mit} Re8) 14... hxg4 15. h5 Nxh5
16. Nd5 Re8 17. f4 Nc4 18. Qf2 ({RR} 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Rd4
21. Qe3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qd7 23. fxg6 e6 24. gxf7+ Qxf7 25. Re1 e5 26. Qb3 Kf8
27. Rf1 g3 28. Nc7 g2 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rg1 Nxf4 31. Kd2 Rc8 32. Nb5 Ke6 33.
Bxf4 exf4 34. Rxg2 a6 35. Rxg7 axb5 36. Rxb7 f3 37. Ke3 Rxc2 38. Kxf3 Rxb2 39.
a4 {0-1 Valiente,C-Romero Holmes,A/Novi Sad 1990/TD (39)}) 18... b5 19. f5 a5
$146 ({RR} 19... Rxd5 20. exd5 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Bxf5 22. Rxh5 gxh5 23. Qxf5 Qc8
24. Qf4 f6 25. Bh4 Ne5 26. Qe4 Nf3 27. Qg6+ Kf8 28. Rf4 Nxh4 29. Qxh5 Nf3 30.
Rf5 Qc5 31. Qh6+ Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Rohacek,M-Pinter,E/Martin 1996/EXT 98 (31)}) 20.
Qh4 ({Nach} 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf2d4] ist die Dame an d4 gebunden.}
) 20... Rxd5 21. exd5 Nxb2 22. fxg6 (22. Kxb2 a4 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. c3 axb3 25.
axb3 b4 $40) 22... fxg6 23. Nc6 (23. Kxb2 a4 $40) 23... Qb6 {[%cal Rb2d1]} ({
Nach} 23... Bxc6 $4 24. dxc6+ {[%cal Rb3g8]} Nc4 25. Qxg4 $18 {[%csl Rg6,Rg8]
[%cal Rb3g8,Rg4e6] bricht die schwarze Stellung zusammmen.}) 24. Rde1 a4 $2 ({
Jetzt ist} 24... Bxc6 {richtig. Nach} 25. dxc6+ Nc4 26. Qxg4 Qxc6 {hält die
schwarze Dame c4 und kontrolliert e4.} 27. Qe6+ Kh7) 25. Be3 $2 (25. Nxe7+ Rxe7
(25... Kh7 26. Qxh5+ gxh5 27. Rxh5+ Bh6 28. Rxh6+ Kg7 29. Rg6+ Kf8 30. Rf1+ $18
) 26. Rxe7 axb3 27. Rxd7 Qc5 28. axb3 Nd3+ 29. Kb1 Qc3 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Bc1
$18) 25... Qc7 26. Qg5 axb3 27. axb3 Nd3+ 28. cxd3 Bxc6 29. Kd1 (29. dxc6 Qxc6+
30. Kd1 Ra8 $19) 29... Ra8 30. Bd4 e5 31. Qxg6 Bxd5 32. Rxh5 Bf3+ 33. Kd2 Ra2+
34. Ke3 exd4+ 35. Kf4 Qf7+ 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. Rf5+ Bf6 38. Rc1 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4 {Die Idee von Topalov aus der Partie
gegen Short, Novgorod 1996. Der Abtausch ermöglicht schnelles b7-b5.} 12. Bxd4
b5 13. Qe3 {Weiß verhindert a7-a5, allerdings steht die Dame auf e3 dem B im
Weg.} (13. Bxa7 b4 14. Nd5 (14. Ne2 Qa5 15. Bd4 Ba4 16. Bxa4 Qxa4 17. Kb1 Rc6
18. Nc1 Rfc8 19. c3 e5 $19) 14... Nxd5 15. exd5 Qa5 16. Bd4 Ba4 $15) (13. Nd5)
(13. e5 dxe5 (13... Ne8 $2 14. exd6 Nxd6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. h4 $40) 14. Bxe5 Bc6
$11) 13... b4 14. Ne2 Qa5 (14... a5 $2 15. Bb6) 15. Bxa7 (15. h4 Ba4 $40) 15...
Rc6 (15... Ba4 16. Qb6 $13 (16. Bb6 Qa6 $40)) 16. Qg1 (16. Z0 $140 Ra8) 16...
Be6 17. Nd4 Bh6+ 18. Rd2 (18. Kb1 $2 Bxb3 19. Z0 Ra6 $140 $40) 18... Bxd2+ 19.
Kxd2 Ra6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bd4 (21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Be3 b3+ $19) 21... Kg7 22. h4
e5 23. Be3 h6 24. Qh2 Nh5 25. Qh3 Qd8 26. Qe6 Ra8 27. Qc4 Rb8 28. Kc1 Nf4 29.
Qf1 Qc8 30. Kb1 Ne6 31. Qc1 Rh8 32. Qd2 Nc5 33. Bc4 Na4 34. Bb3 Nc5 35. Bc4 Na4
36. Bb3 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qb8 {Wird sehr selten gespielt.} 11. Nd5 ({
Hauptvariante ist} 11. h4) 11... Nxd5 12. exd5 (12. Bxd5 Ne5 13. h4 Bc6 14. Bb3
a5 15. a3 b5 16. h5 {1-0 Korneev,O-Montenegro Garcia,M/Malaga 1998/CBM 63 ext 
(43)}) 12... Ne5 13. Be2 (13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 $140 $2 (14. a3 $142) 14... b5 $40)
13... Rc8 14. h4 (14. Bh6 Bh8 15. g4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Be3 Qd8 18. Kb1 Rac8
19. Rc1 Ra4 20. Nb3 {1/2-1/2 Moles,J-Levy,D/Skopje 1972/MCD (20)}) 14... Qc7
15. b3 b5 16. Kb1 Rab8 17. g4 Qc3 (17... Nc4 18. bxc4 (18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. h5
cxb3 20. cxb3 Qc3 $11) 18... bxc4+ 19. Ka1 c3 20. Qd3 Qa5 (20... Rb2 21. Qa6)
21. Qa6 (21. Rb1 Rb2 22. Rxb2 cxb2+ 23. Kb1 Qxd5 24. Rg1) 21... Qxd5 $13) 18.
Rhg1 Qc7 19. Bh6 Bh8 20. h5 Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Rh1 cxb3 24.
cxb3 Qc3 25. Bg5 Be5 26. Bxe7 Qxd2 27. Rxd2 Kg7 28. Nc6 Bxc6 29. dxc6 Rxc6 30.
f4 Bxf4 31. g5 Be5 32. Rdh2 Rbc8 33. Rf2 Rh8 34. Rxh8 Kxh8 35. Rxf7 Kg8 36.
Rf8+ Kg7 37. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Waitzkin, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Baburin} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 Rc8 11. h4 h5 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Rdg1 {
De Firmian-Spezial. Der Zug ist ein Versuch die Abspiele mit 13.g4 zu
verstärken.} a5 (13... Qa5 14. Kb1 (14. g4 hxg4 15. h5 Nxh5 16. Bh6 Rxc3 17.
Bxg7 Rxc2+ 18. Kxc2 Rc8+ 19. Kd1 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Kxg7 21. fxg4 Bxg4 $19 {
0-1 De Firmian,N-Kudrin,S/Gausdal YM 1982 (32)}) 14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16.
Nb3 Qa6 17. Bh6 b5 18. g4 b4 19. Nd1 {De Firmian,N-Kudrin,S/Hamar op 1983/1-0 
(61)}) (13... Rc4 14. Qe2 (14. g4 $140 $2 Rxd4 15. Qxd4 Nxf3 $17) 14... Rxc3
15. bxc3 Qa5 {De Firmian,N-Petursson,M/Reykjavik op 1984/0-1 (57)}) 14. a4 (14.
Bh6 Rc5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nde2 b5 17. Nf4 a4 18. Bd5 e6 19. Bb7 Qb6 20. Rd1
Qxb7 21. Qxd6 Qc7 22. Qe7 Re8 23. Rxd7 Rxe7 24. Rxc7 Rexc7 {0-1 Mourek,
S-Cedikova,K/Plzen opJ-B 1995}) 14... Nc4 (14... Rc4 $5) 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. g4
Bxa4 $6 {Diese Aktion kostet viel Zeit und Schwarz steht am Königsflügel ja
nicht gerade bequem.} (16... hxg4) 17. b3 Rxc3 18. Qxc3 {[%csl Yc3,Yg7]
Baburin: [#]In this game the standard Sicilian Exchange sacrifice (...Rxc3)
does not work that well for Black, mainly because White's pawn formation
remains sound. Die Gegenüberstellung Qc3-Bg7 birgt im Drachen normalerweise
Gefahren für Weiß. In dieser Partie ist es genau umgekehrt.} Bd7 19. gxh5 Nxh5
20. Rg5 $1 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Yg5a5,Rh1g1]} e5 {Das schließt die gefährliche
Diagonale, aber so etwas macht man nicht gerne, denn nun ist der Bg7 begraben.}
(20... Bh6 $2 21. Rxh5 $18) ({Die weiße Hauptdrohung ist} 20... Z0 21. Rhg1
$140 Z0 22. Rxh5 gxh5 23. Ne6 $18 {[%cal Rc3g7]}) 21. Nf5 Bxf5 (21... gxf5 $2
22. Rxh5 f4 23. Rg1 fxe3 24. Rhg5 $18) 22. exf5 Nf4 {[%cal Rf4e2]} (22... e4 $5
23. Bd4 $140 Bh6) 23. Kd1 $5 (23. Bxf4 $2 exf4 $132 {macht den toten Bg7
wieder lebendig.}) (23. Kb2 $4 e4 24. Bd4 Ne2 $19) (23. Qd2) 23... a4 (23...
Nd5 24. Qd3 Nxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Bh6 $140 26. Rxg6+ fxg6 27. Qxh6 Qf6 28. Rg1 Qxf5
29. Rxg6+ $18) 24. fxg6 Ne6 25. gxf7+ Rxf7 26. Rg3 Kh8 27. Qc4 d5 28. Qxa4 $18
{Schwarz hat Bauer und Qualität weniger und steht schlecht. Es folgen aber
noch ein paar Schummelversuche.} d4 29. Bd2 b5 30. Qxb5 Qa8 31. Rf1 d3 32. Qxd3
e4 33. fxe4 {Damit hat Schwarz die denkbar optimalste Linienöffnung erreicht.
Alle lästigen schwarzen Bauern sind vom Brett verschwunden.} Qa1+ 34. Bc1 (34.
Ke2 $4 Qxf1+ 35. Ke3 Qf2# {hätte Schwarz gefallen.}) 34... Rxf1+ 35. Qxf1 Bh6
36. Ke2 (36. Rg5 $5 Nxg5 (36... Bxg5 37. hxg5 Qd4+ 38. Bd2 $18) 37. hxg5 Qd4+ (
37... Bxg5 38. Qf8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ $18) 38. Bd2 $18) 36... Bxc1 37. Qf7 (37. Qd1
$5 Nf4+ 38. Ke1 Bb2 (38... Qa3 39. Qd4+ Kh7 40. Qg7#) 39. Qxa1 Bxa1 $18 {
Sollte technisch einfach gewonnen sein.}) 37... Nf4+ 38. Kf3 Qc3+ 39. Kg4 Qxc2
(39... Qc8+ 40. Qf5 $18 (40. Kf3 Qc3+)) 40. Qf8+ Kh7 41. Qf7+ $2 (41. Kf5 $18 {
[%cal Rf8g7] und Schwarz kann sofort aufgeben. Stattdessen muß Weiß nun noch
ein paar Klippen umschiffen.}) 41... Kh8 42. Qe8+ $2 (42. Qf8+) 42... Kh7 43.
Qe7+ Kh8 44. Qe8+ Kh7 45. h5 Ng2 (45... Qe2+ 46. Kf5 Qxh5+ 47. Qxh5+ Nxh5 48.
Rh3 Kh6 {Eine Fesselung, aus der Schwarz sich nicht befreien kann. Der
schwarze Läufer kann nicht beide Bauern halten.} 49. b4 $18) 46. Qg6+ Kh8 47.
Rf3 Qd1 48. Qf6+ Kh7 49. Qf7+ Kh8 50. Kg3 Nf4 51. Rxf4 Qg1+ 52. Kh3 Qh1+ 53.
Kg4 Qg2+ 54. Kf5 Qh3+ 55. Kf6 (55. Rg4 $4 Qf3+ $11) 55... Bb2+ 56. Ke7 Ba3+ 57.
Kd8 ({hoffte auf} 57. Ke8 $4 Qc8#) 57... Be7+ {Der letzte Versuch} 58. Qxe7 (
58. Kxe7 $4 Qd7+ 59. Kf6 Qf5+ $11) 1-0

[Event "Manila m"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1998.02.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.02.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 h5 (12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14.
h5 Nxh5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Nde2 Qa5 17. Bh6 Bxh6 (17... Bh8 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Kb1
Rb4 20. g5 Nh5 21. Nc1 Be6 22. Nb3 Qe5 23. Rxh5 Bxb3 24. Rxh7 Bxa2+ 25. Kc1 Bg7
26. Rdh1 $13 {Almrot-Gernud/corr SVE-ch/1974/}) 18. Qxh6 Rfc8 19. Rd3 R4c5 20.
g5 Rxg5 21. Rd5 Rxd5 22. Nxd5 Re8 23. Nef4 Bc6 24. e5 $1 $18 {1-0 Karpov,
A-Kortschnoj,V/Moscow cf 1974/CAND (26)}) 13. Kb1 (13. Bg5 Rc5) 13... Nc4 14.
Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nde2 (15. Nb3) 15... b5 16. Nf4 (16. e5 dxe5 17. Bg5 Rc7 18. Bxf6
exf6 19. g4 Qe8 20. gxh5 Be6 {1/2-1/2 Liberzon,V-Miles,A/Haifa olm 1976/MCD-ol
(29)}) (16. Bd4 $6 $146 e5 $1 {Anand,V-Tiviakov,S/Tilburg 1992/CBM 32/1/2-1/2 
(63)}) (16. Bh6 Qa5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf4 Rfc8 19. Ncd5 {0-1 Anand,V-Kasparov,
G/PCA-Wch 1995/CBM 49 (31) [Benjamin]: "White opts to simplify as he has no
real attacking chances. Garry mentioned more than once after the game that,
'White has no real chances for an advantage in the Dragon if he doesn't play
g2-g4!' ."}) 16... b4 17. Ncd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Be6 19. Bh6 (19. Bg5 Bxd5 20. exd5
Qc7 21. Rhe1 $2 Bc3 $1 22. Rxe7 (22. bxc3 bxc3 23. Qc1 Rb8+ 24. Ka1 Ra4 $19)
22... Bxd2 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Bxd2 a5 $17 {0-1 Kjetsae,J-Geisler,R/BL2-N 1989/
BL2 (32)}) 19... Bxd5 20. exd5 (20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qxd5 $6 (21. exd5 $142) 21...
Qc7 22. Qd2 Rc8 23. Rc1 Qa5 $15 {0-1 Sessler,J-Weiss,R/OLBaden 1993/GER 04 (50)
}) 20... Qc7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qe2 a5 23. b3 Rc3 24. Rd4 Rc8 25. Rc1 Qc5 26.
Qe4 Re8 27. Rd2 Re3 28. Qf4 Rc8 29. Rcd1 Rc3 30. Rc1 Rc7 31. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Gallego Jimenez, Victoriano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 h5 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Rhe1 {Ein seltener Zug.}
({Die Hauptfortsetzung} 13. Bg5 Rc5 {bringt Schwarz nicht ernsthaft in
Verlegenheit.}) 13... Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Bd4 Bc6 {Schwarz zieht
den gefährdeten B weg und kontrolliert d5. Nach Bc6 (statt Be6) steht der Rc4
aber exponiert.} (16... Z0 17. e5 $140 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Qc8 19. Bxf6 $18 {[%csl
Rd7]}) (16... Be6) 17. Qe2 b5 18. e5 dxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 {[%csl Re7]
[%cal Rb3a5]} e6 $1 21. Na5 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Nd7 23. Ree4 (23. Nxc6 Nxe5 24. Nxe5
Bxe5 $11) 23... Bxe4 (23... Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Nb8 25. Nxc6 Nxc6 26. Rd6 $16) 24.
Rxd7 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Bd5 26. Rxa7 $11 {Weiß hat zwar einen Bauern gewonnen, aber
die zertrümmerte Mehrheit am Damenflügel ist nur schwer zu mobilisieren.} Rc8
$2 (26... Bxa2 $142 $11) 27. Kb2 e5 28. Rd7 Bc4 (28... Bxa2 29. Kxa2 Ra8 30.
Rd5 Rxa5+ 31. Kb2 $1 f6 32. c4 $16) 29. Nb3 (29. Nxc4 Rxc4 30. Rd5 $16) 29...
Be6 30. Rd2 (30. Rb7) 30... Rc4 31. g3 Kg7 32. Re2 f6 33. Nd2 Rc7 34. Re3 Kf7
35. a3 Rc8 36. Re4 Bd5 37. Rb4 Bc6 (37... Rc5) 38. c4 bxc4 39. Rxc4 Rb8+ 40.
Kc3 Bd5 41. Rc7+ Ke6 42. a4 Ra8 43. Kb4 Kd6 (43... Rb8+ 44. Ka3 Ra8 45. c4) 44.
Rc3 g5 45. Rd3 Rb8+ 46. Ka3 Ke6 47. c4 Bc6 48. c5 Bd5 49. hxg5 fxg5 50. Ne4 Bc4
51. Rd6+ (51. Nxg5+ Kf5 52. Rc3 $18) 51... Ke7 52. Rb6 Rg8 53. Rh6 g4 54. Rxh5
gxf3 55. Rxe5+ Kd8 56. Kb4 Be2 57. c6 $1 Rg4 58. Kc5 Rxe4 59. Rxe4 f2 60. Kd6 (
60. Kd6 f1=Q 61. c7+ Kc8 62. Re8+ Kb7 63. c8=Q+ Kb6 64. Qc7+ Ka6 65. Ra8#) 1-0

[Event "Chebanenco Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Kishinev"]
[Date "1998.02.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lanka, Zigurds"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MDA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik Petursson} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3
Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Na5 ({Üblich ist} 
11... Ne5) 12. Kb1 Nc4 {Wenn der Springer am Ende auf c4 landet, ist es egal
ob er von e5 oder a5 kommt.} 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 {Diese Stellung wird in der Regel
über 12...Ne5 usw. erreicht.} 14. g4 ({Interessant ist} 14. b3 $5 Rc5 15. Ne6
fxe6 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. e5 {1-0 Murrey,J-Reeve,J/Quebec op 1997/EXT 97 (32)})
14... b5 (14... Qc7 15. g5 Nh5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Ne2 $1 e6 18. Ndf4 Nxf4 19. Nxf4
Rc6 20. h4 Qc7 21. h5 Rc8 22. Rc1 Ra6 23. hxg6 $16 {1-0 Kolev,A-Alterman,B/
Elenite 1995/CBM 50/ (40)} (23. c4 $16)) 15. Qd3 $6 {Ein seltsamer Zug. Wollte
Weiß b5-b4 verhindern? Oder plante er mit folgendem b2-b3 gegen den Bauern b5
zu spielen? Durch den Abzug der Dame von d2 beraubt sich Weiß jedenfalls der
Möglichkeit zu Bh6.} (15. Ndxb5 $2 Qb8 $44 16. Bxa7 $140 $2 Qb7 $40) (15. g5 {
Ftacnik} Nh5 16. Ndxb5 Qb8 17. Nd4 Rfc8 18. Nd5 Kf8 19. c3 e6 20. Nf6 Nxf6 21.
gxf6 Bxf6 22. Ne2 {1-0 Byrne,R-Soltis,A/USA 11/357 1971 (44)}) (15. b3 $5 Rc5 (
15... Rc8 16. Ndxb5 Qa5 17. a4 a6 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Rxd2 Rce8 21.
Nxg6+ fxg6 22. Nxd6 Re6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Tiviakov,S/Rubinstein mem 1995/
CBM 49 (30)}) 16. Ne6 fxe6 17. Bxc5 dxc5 (17... Ne8 18. Bd4 e5 19. Bxa7 Rxf3
20. Rhf1 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Komljenovic,D/Anibal op 1998/TW 168 (38)}) 18. e5 Nd5
19. Nxd5 Bxe5 {Vaclavik,D-Vild,V/CZE-chJM U16 1995/EXT 97/1-0 (62)} (19... Bxe5
{Ftacnik} 20. Ne3 Bd6 21. Rhf1 {Vaclavik,D-Vild,V/CZE-chJM U16 1995/1-0 (62)}))
(15. Nce2 Qc7 16. Bh6 Rc8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. c3 b4 $11 {1-0 Karpov,A-Sosonko,G/
Brussels blitz 1987/CBM 02 (33)} (18... b4 {Ftacnik} 19. cxb4 e5 20. Nb3 Rc2
21. Qd3 Qb6 22. Nc3 Rg2 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Qxb4 25. Rd1 {1-0 Karpov,
A-Sosonko,G/Brussels blitz 1987/CBM 02 (33)})) (15. h4 b4 16. Nce2 {/\h5 ist
die prinzipielle Fortsetzung.} Qc7 {Ftacnik} 17. h5 (17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 e5
19. h5 exd4 20. g5 Nxh5 21. Rxh5 gxh5 22. Nf4 d3 23. Rh1 dxc2+ 24. Kc1 Rd4 25.
Nxh5 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1 cxd1=Q+ 27. Kxd1 Ba4+ 28. b3 f6 {1/2-1/2 Agnos,D-Riemersma,
L/Paris op 1996/EXT 96op2 (35)}) 17... Rc8 18. hxg6 (18. Bh6 Bh8 19. Rc1 Qc5
20. Be3 Qe5 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Bf4 Nxe4 23. Qe3 Qf6 24. Qxe4 Rxd4 25. Nxd4 Qxd4
26. Qxd4 Bxd4 {1-0 Agnos,D-Sluka,R/Komercni Banka op 1997/EXP 59 (37)}) 18...
hxg6 19. Bh6 Bh8 20. Bf8 Nh5 21. gxh5 Kxf8 22. hxg6 Bg7 23. gxf7 Qa5 24. Rdg1
Qe5 25. Rh7 Rxc2 26. Qh6 Rxe2 27. Rh8+ {1-0 Prandstetter,E-Dobrovolsky,L/
CSR-ch 1982/MCD-ch}) 15... Qb8 16. g5 ({Nichts bringt jetzt} 16. b3 {wegen}
Rfc8 $1 17. Nde2 (17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Rc3 19. Qd2 Qb7 $19) 17... b4 18. Nd5
Nxd5 19. exd5 (19. bxc4 Nc3+ $19) 19... Rxc2 $19) (16. h4 {Ftacnik} Rfc8 $132)
16... Nh5 17. Nd5 $6 (17. b3 Rfc8 18. Nd5 Kf8 19. Nb6 $140 Qxb6 20. Ne6+ fxe6
21. Bxb6 Rc3 22. Qf1 axb6 $17) (17. h4 {Ftacnik} Re8 $15) 17... e6 $1 18. Nf6+
(18. Ne7+ $2 {Ftacnik} Kh8 19. b3 Re8 $19) 18... Nxf6 (18... Bxf6 {Ftacnik} 19.
gxf6 Rfc8 20. Rd2 Nxf6 21. Bg5 Ne8 $15) 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. h4 Rfc8 {In
comparison with other lines of the dragon black has two bishops, active pieces
and a spare pawn.} (20... h5) (20... h5 {Ftacnik} 21. Nb3 Rfc8 22. Rd2 d5 23.
exd5 exd5 24. Rg1 Bg7 $17) 21. h5 d5 22. hxg6 hxg6 (22... fxg6 {Ftacnik} 23.
exd5 exd5 24. Rdg1 $15) 23. exd5 exd5 24. Qd2 {Reumütige Rückkehr.} (24. Rhg1 {
Ftacnik} Qe5 25. Rg2 Bg7 $17) 24... Qe5 25. c3 (25. f4 {Ftacnik} Qe4 26. b3 Rc3
27. Bf2 Bf5 $17) 25... b4 {Black must not forget, that h file is already open
and his own king might become a target.} 26. Bf4 (26. cxb4 {Ftacnik} Rc2 27.
Qe1 (27. f4 Bf5 28. Ka1 Qe4 29. Qe1 Bg4 30. Nxc2 Bxb2+ 31. Kxb2 Qxc2+ 32. Ka1
Bxd1 33. Qxd1 Qc3+ 34. Kb1 Qxb4+ 35. Qb3 Qe4+ $19) 27... R8c4 28. Ka1 Bg7 $17)
26... Qf5+ $3 {Petursson: A beautiful queen sacrifice but Black could also win
by checking the bishop: Der Höhepunkt im Leben eines jeden Schachspielers ist
es eine schöne Partie mit einem Damenopfer zu entscheiden.} (26... Bf5+ $1 {
Petursson} 27. Ka1 bxc3 28. bxc3 Qe7 29. Qh2 (29. Nxf5 Qa3 $3 30. Nd4 Bxd4 31.
cxd4 Rc2 $19) 29... Rxc3 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Bh6+ Ke8 32. Rhe1 Be6 33. Bg7) 27.
Nxf5 (27. Ka1 {Ftacnik} bxc3 28. Nxf5 cxb2+ (28... cxd2 $1 {Ftacnik} 29. Nd6
Rxf4 30. Nxc8 Bxc8 31. Rxd2 Rxf3 $19) 29. Qxb2 Bxb2+ 30. Kxb2 Rc2+ 31. Ka1 Bxf5
32. Rxd5 $17) (27. Qd3 $2 {Ftacnik} Bxd4 $19) 27... Bxf5+ 28. Ka1 (28. Kc1 {
Ftacnik} bxc3 29. Qxd5 Rxf4 30. b3 Bg5 31. Rdg1 Rg4+ 32. f4 Bxf4+ 33. Kd1 Re8
$19) 28... bxc3 29. bxc3 Rxf4 $1 {The attack means much more than the material,
since it's success will bring much greater rewards.} (29... Bxc3+ $2 {Ftacnik}
30. Qxc3 Rxc3 31. Be5 f6 32. Bxc3 Rxc3 33. Rxd5 $14) 30. Rc1 (30. Qxf4 Bxc3#) (
30. Kb2 {Ftacnik} Rxc3 (30... Rb4+ 31. Ka3 Rb6 $19) 31. Qxc3 (31. Qxf4 Rc4+ 32.
Ka3 Rxf4 $19) 31... Rb4+ 32. Ka3 Bxc3 $19) 30... Rxf3 {The power of the
bishops pair is quite overwhelming, black rooks seem only to enhance their
concert performance.} 31. Kb2 (31. a3 {Ftacnik} Rcxc3 32. Rxc3 (32. Ka2 Rxa3#)
32... Bxc3+ $19) 31... d4 (31... Rcxc3 {Ftacnik} 32. Rxc3 Bxc3+ 33. Qxc3 Rxc3
34. Kxc3 $15) 32. c4 (32. cxd4 {Ftacnik} Rb8+ 33. Ka1 Rd3 $19) (32. Ka1 {
Ftacnik} dxc3 33. Qd6 Bg7 34. Rc2 Bxc2 $19) (32. Qe2 {Ftacnik} Rfxc3 33. Rxc3
dxc3+ 34. Ka3 c2 35. Qd2 (35. Rc1 Bg5 36. Qe1 Rb8 $19) 35... Rb8 36. Ka4 Rb1
37. Rc1 Bc3 38. Qxc3 Rxc1 $19) 32... Rb8+ 33. Ka1 d3+ (33... Rf2 {Ftacnik} 34.
Qa5 d3+ 35. Qc3 Bxc3+ 36. Rxc3 Rc2 $19) 34. Rc3 Rf2 $1 (34... Rf2 35. Qxf2 (35.
Qc1 {Ftacnik} Rc2 $19) 35... Bxc3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Varavin, Viktor"]
[Black "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Petursson} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7.
f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Bg5 Rc5
14. Rhe1 Qa5 (14... b5) (14... Re8 15. Kb1 Qa5) 15. Kb1 Re8 (15... Rfc8 16. f4
(16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bxh4 18. Qh6 Rxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxe1 20. f4 e6 21. fxe5 exd5
22. e6 Bxe6 (22... Be8 23. Nf5 gxf5 24. Qg5+ Kh7 25. Qxh5+ Kg8 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27.
Rd3 Rc3 $1 28. bxc3 Qb6+ 29. Kc1 Qg1 30. Rh3+ Bh4+ 31. Kb2 Qb6+ $11) 23. Nxe6
fxe6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qxe6+ {1-0 Cao,S-Kinez,I/Budapest Spring
op 1996}) 16... Nc6 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. a3 b5 19. e5 b4 20. Na4 Nd5 21. Nxc5 Nc3+
22. bxc3 bxc3 23. Qe3 dxc5 24. Rd5 Qxa3 25. Qxc3 Na5 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Rxc8 Bxc8
28. Bxe7 Bf5 29. Ng5+ {1-0 Varavin,V-Sokolov,A/Kstovo op 1994}) 16. f4 (16. a3
b5 $2 {Anand,V-Kasparov,G/PCA-Wch 1995/1/2-1/2 (63)}) (16. a3 {Petursson
Anand-Kasparov, New York PCA match 1995}) 16... Neg4 $2 {Danach kommt Schwarz
forciert in Verluststellung.} ({Die Stammpartie mit der Aufstellung Qa5/Re8 ist
} 16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Nxf6+ exf6 21. Rxd2 f5
22. b3 Rc3 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. cxd3 fxe4 25. dxe4 Bf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. e5 {
1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Georgiev,K/Wijk 1985}) 17. e5 $1 (17. Bxf7+ $2 Kxf7 18. Nb3
Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 (20. Nxa5 $2 Bxd2 21. Nxb7 Rd5) 20... Qb6 21. Rb4
Rb5 $15) 17... dxe5 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Bxf6 (21. fxe5
$5 {Petursson} Nxe5 22. Qf4 $1 {is actually also winning!}) 21... Bxf6 (21...
Nxf6 22. fxe5 Bg4 23. exf6 Bxf6 (23... Bxd1 {Petursson} 24. fxg7 Bg4 25. Ne4
$16 {Boudre-Koch, Royan 1987}) 24. Ne4 $18) 22. Qxd7 Ne3 (22... exf4 23. Ne4
Qc6 24. Nd6+ $18) 23. fxe5 Nxd1 (23... Bxe5 {Petursson} 24. Rf1+ Nxf1 25. Rxf1+
Bf6 26. Rxf6+ Kxf6 27. Ne4+ $18) 24. Ne4 $1 $18 (24. Rxd1 $6 Qxe5 $132 25. Qxb7
$140 Rb8 26. Qxa7 Rb4 $5 (26... Rxb2+ 27. Kxb2 Qxc3+ 28. Kc1 Qb2+ (28... Bxh4
$2 29. Qd4 Bg5+ 30. Kb1 $18) 29. Kd2 Qc3+ 30. Ke2 Qxc2+ 31. Rd2 Qe4+ $11))
24... Nc3+ (24... Qb4 {Petursson} 25. Nd6+ $18) 25. Nxc3 Qf2 (25... Bxe5 {
Petursson} 26. Rf1+ Bf6 27. Rxf6+ Kxf6 28. Ne4+ Kf7 29. Nxc5 $18) 26. Qd5+ e6 (
26... Kf8 {Petursson} 27. Qd1 Rd8 28. Qc1 Bxh4 29. Rf1 $18) 27. Qd1 Rd8 28. Qc1
(28. Qc1 Bxh4 29. Rf1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 (9. O-O-O {ist die Hauptalternative. 9.Bc4 verhindert d6-d5, was
nach 9.0-0-0 möglich ist.}) 9... Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 h5 12. O-O-O Ne5 13.
Bg5 Rc5 {Dieser starke Zug, 1976 von Sosonko entdeckt, hat die Popularität der
Verteidigung mit ...h5 begründet. Schwarz bereitet b7-b5 vor, der Turm greift
auf der 5.Reihe in das Geschehen ein, indem er z.B. den Bauern h5 indirekt
überdeckt und nach Wegzug der Dame nach a5, b6 oder b8 ist die Möglichkeit zur
Turmverdoppelung mit ...Tfc8 gegeben.} 14. g4 {Häufiger wird stattdessen der
wartende Vorbereitungszug 14.Kb1 gespielt.} hxg4 15. f4 Nc4 16. Qe2 {16.Bxc4
oder 16.Qd3 kommt ebenfalls vor.} Qc8 $5 {Die neueste Mode in der
Drachenvariante in diesem Abspiel. Schwarz deckt den Nc4, verstärkt den Druck
auf der c-Linie, droht Nxb2 und kontrolliert die Diagonale c8-h3 mit den
wichtigen Schlüsselfeldern e6, f5 und g4. Der Nachteil des Zuges liegt in
einer Schwächung des Feldes e7, besonders wenn dort ein Springer hingelangt.
Früher war statt 16...Qc8 der Bauernzug b7-b5 obligatorisch. Übrigens kann die
gleiche Stellung mit eingeschobenem Zugpaar Kb1 und b7-b5 entstehen.} 17. Bxf6
(17. f5 {Das ist die Stammpartie der Idee ...Qc8} e5 18. Ndb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5
Rxb5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bxc4 Rb4 22. Bd5 gxf5 23. Rdf1 f4 {mit unklarem Spiel
und späterem 0-1 in Yudasin,L-Tiviakov,S/Groningen PCA (04) ;CBM 39 1993 (52)})
17... Bxf6 18. Nd5 $2 {Fragwürdig, denn nun bekommt Schwarz die Möglichkeit
zum folgendem "Opfer" eingeräumt. Möglicherweise hat Ivanchuk hier die
Varianten verwechselt und die Stellung im Sinn gehabt, die nach
eingeschaltetem 18.Bxc4 Rxc4 19.Nd5 entsteht. Dort ist der Springerzug stärker,
denn die Möglichkeit des Opfers gibt es nicht, weil der Rc5 nun auf c4 steht.
Dies würde auch erklären, warum er frustriert schon im 24.Zug aufgibt.} (18.
Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Nd5 Re8 (19... Be6 {Danailov ist übrigens der Trainer von
Topalov.} 20. Nxf6+ exf6 21. f5 (21. h5 $142 $1 g5 22. fxg5 fxg5 23. Nb5 $16 (
23. h6 $16)) 21... Bd7 22. Rhg1 (22. Qxg4 Qc5 23. c3 Rxc3+ 24. bxc3 Qxc3+ 25.
Kb1 Qb4+ 26. Ka1 (26. Nb3 Bxf5 $19) 26... Qc3+ $10) (22. Kb1 Re8 23. Qxg4 Qc5
24. c3 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Bxf5 $19) 22... Qc5 23. Qf2 Rc8 24. Rd2 Ra4 25. Kb1 gxf5
26. exf5 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Bxf5 28. Rg2 Qe5 29. Rd2 Rc4 30. Rg1 {1/2-1/2 Hamdouchi,
H-Danailov,S/Sitges op ;EXT 94op 1994}) 20. e5 (20. h5 g5 21. e5 Rc5 22. Qe4 (
22. exf6 Rxd5 23. fxe7 gxf4 24. Qe4 Re5 25. Qxf4 R8xe7 26. Qf6 Kh7 27. h6 Qg8
28. Qxd6 $13) 22... Be6 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,I-Payen,A/Budapest
Cansys IM-Nov (09) ;EXT 91 1991}) 20... dxe5 (20... Bg7 21. h5) (20... Rc5 21.
exf6 (21. Nxf6+ exf6 22. Nb3 Rc6 $19) (21. Nb3 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Bc6 $19) (21. Qe4
dxe5 22. fxe5 Bf5 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Nxf6+ exf6 $19) 21... Rxd5 22. fxe7 Be6 23.
Nxe6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxe7 (24... Qxe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Rxd6 Rxe7 $13) 25. Qxg4
Qxe6 26. Qxe6 Rxe6 $17) 21. fxe5 Bg7 22. h5 Bf5 (22... Qc5 23. e6) 23. h6 Bh8
24. h7+ Kf8 25. Qh2 Rd8 26. Nxf5 gxf5 (26... Qxf5 27. Qh6+ Ke8 28. Nc7+ Rxc7
29. Qf8+ Kxf8 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. Rg8#) 27. Qh6+ Ke8 28. Qg5 $18) 18... Rxd5 $1 {
Hier gibt der Drachenspieler ohne Nachdenken die Qualität und sagt "Danke".
Der Drachenläufer bleibt erhalten und der gefährliche Nd5 verschwindet vom
Brett. In der Philosophie des Drachenspielers ist dies auch kein Opfer,
sondern ein ganz normaler Tausch.} 19. exd5 b5 {Mit der Idee a7-a5-a4 folgen
zu lassen und den Bb3 in Schwierigkeiten zu bringen. Außerdem entstehen durch
die vorgerückten b- und a-Bauern eine Menge Hebel gegen die weiße
Königstellung, um das Läuferpaar zur Geltung zu bringen. Der schwarze Plan
dauert zwar ein paar Züge, aber Weiß muß etwas unternehmen, um nicht unter die
Räder zu kommen.} 20. h5 g5 {Vermeidet die Öffnung der h-Linie. Ein wichtiges
Motiv in dieser und ähnlichen Stellungen.} 21. fxg5 Bxg5+ 22. Kb1 {Nun ist
wieder eine für die Drachenvariante ganz typische Stellung entstanden. Als
Resultat der weißen Angriffsbemühungen hat Schwarz Spielmöglichkeiten am
Königsflügel erhalten. Der folgende Vorstoß des f-Bauern verhindert eine
Einschnürung am eigenen Königsflügel und bildet ein gefährliches
Freibauernpaar, das die Partie im Endspiel zugunsten von Schwarz entscheidet.
Schwarz muß nun noch aufpassen, daß dem etwas luftigen K nichts geschieht und
wird ansonsten möglichst Abtausch anstreben. Gelegentliche Angriffdrohungen
gegen den weißen K werden die Angelegenheit unterstützen.} f5 23. Rd3 $6 (23.
h6 {ist vielleicht noch ein Angriffsversuch.} f4 {leistet mehr als Königszüge}
(23... Kh8 $6 24. Rh5 (24. h7 f4 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26. dxe6 f3 27. Qe4 Ne5 28. Rh5
Bf6 $17 {Die schwarze Position um den König ist fest und man kann daran denken,
nach Verbesserung der Damenstellung, die Freibauern vorzuscheiben.}) 24... Bf6
25. Bxc4 {Der Läufer hat keine große Perspektive.} bxc4 (25... Qxc4 26. Qxc4
bxc4 27. Nxf5 $16) 26. c3 f4 27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. dxe6 f3 29. Qe4 $18 {mit stark
eingeschränktem Spiel für Schwarz, die Bauern g4,f3 und c4 sind sehr schwach.})
(23... Kh7 $2 24. Rh5 Bf6 (24... Rg8 25. Rxg5 Rxg5 26. Qxe7+ $18) 25. c3 $18 {
/\ 26.Bc2 Der weißfeldrige Läufer erwacht zum Leben und der Pf5 geht verloren.}
) 24. h7+ (24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. h7+ Kh8 26. Qxc4 bxc4 $19 {Die Freibauern und das
Läuferpaar machen das Rennen.}) 24... Kh8 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26. dxe6 Ne3 27. Rdg1
Qc5 $17 {Schwarz steht gut, auch wenn die technische Realisierung des Vorteils
bestimmt noch mit taktischen Schwierigkeiten verbunden ist.}) (23. Ne6 $2 Bxe6
24. Bxc4 bxc4 (24... Qxc4 $2 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Rhf1 $18 {Schwarz verliert den
Bauern f5 oder g4.}) 25. dxe6 Rf6 $19 {Weiß hat kein Spiel.}) (23. Bxc4 $2 Qxc4
24. Qxc4 bxc4 $19 {Weiß ist chancenlos.}) (23. Rhg1 $5 {Knaak; ist wohl noch
der beste Zug.} f4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 (24... Qxc4 $2 25. Rxg4 Bxg4 26. Qxg4 $18) 25.
Qe4 Kh8 (25... Rf6 $2 26. Qxe7 $18) 26. Ne6 Bxe6 27. dxe6 g3 28. Rd5 Bh6 {
und Weiß hat auch hier Mühe, Gegenspiel gegen die drohenden Freibauern zu
finden, z.B.} 29. Rf5 Rxf5 30. Qxf5 Qc5 31. Qxc5 dxc5 32. c3 Kg7 33. Kc2 Kf6
34. Kd1 Kg5 35. Ke2 Kg4 $19) 23... f4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 {und hier gab Weiß auf.
Gute Güte!. Sicher hat Schwarz im mächtigen Freibauernpaar weit mehr als
Kompensation für die Qualität, aber ist es wirklich schon so schlimm?} (24...
Qxc4 25. Qg2 {verhindert f4-f3.} Kh8 (25... f3 $2 26. Nxf3 $18) (25... Bh6 $2 {
um mit folgenden Kh8 den Vorstoß des f-P vorzubereiten.} 26. Re1 Rf7 27. Qe4
Bg7 (27... Rg7 28. Rc3 Qb4 29. Rc7 $18 {wohin mit dem Bd7?}) 28. h6 Bxh6 29.
Rc3 Qa4 30. Rc7 b4 31. b3 $18 {gewinnt den Bd7}) 26. Re1 (26. Qe4 $2 Bf5 $19) (
26. b3 Qc5 27. Rg1 (27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. dxe6 g3 {und Weiß muß nicht nur auf die
Freibauern aufpassen, sondern auch auf Gefahren auf der langen Diagonalen
h8-a1 achten.} 29. Rf1 (29. Rd5 f3 $19) 29... Bh6 30. Rd5 Qc3) 27... Bf6 28.
Qe4 Be5 $19 {Weiß hat kein Gegenspiel gegen die schwarzen Freibauern.}) 26...
b4 $1 {verhindert die Möglichkeit Rc3 und läßt sich Zeit, den Vorteil in Ruhe
zu realisieren. Was soll Weiß jetzt machen?} (26... Bf5 $2 {verliert sofort}
27. Nxf5 Rxf5 28. Qxg4 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Qxd5 30. Rg1 $18) (26... f3 $2 {führt zu
forciertem Remis} 27. Nxf3 Rxf3 28. Rxf3 gxf3 29. Qxg5 f2 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qg5+
$10 {mit ewigem Schach.}) 27. Qe4 (27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. Rxe6 f3 29. Qf2 g3 30. Qxg3
f2 $19) 27... Bf5 $1 {einfach und klar.} 28. Nxf5 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxf5 $19 {
und gegen das Vorrücken der Freibauern gibt es keinen Verteidigung mehr.}) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.10.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Volke, Karsten"]
[Black "Reschke, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Sievers,S"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Duisburg"]
[BlackTeam "Bochum"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 (14.
Rhe1 Qa5 15. Kb1 Re8 {führt zur vielleicht kritischen Stellung in dieser
Variante. Der alte Zug 16.f3-f4 basiert im wesentlichen auf einer Falle,
reicht aber bei bestem Spiel von Schwarz nicht zum weißen Vorteil. Dagegen
dürfte auch Anands Zug 16.a3 entgegen ersten vorschnellen Urteilen Weiß kein
Vorteil versprechen.} 16. f4 {[#]} (16. a3 Qa6 $1 $146 {Das ist viel besser
als das unverständige b7-b5. Schwarz nimmt die Dame von der Diagonalen a5-e1,
um nach weißem Nd5 nicht wegen der ungedeckten Qa5 auf d2 schlagen zu müssen.
Nun ist 17...b7-b5 möglich und der Bauer auf a3 wird nach b5-b4 zur
Angriffsmarke.} (16... b5 $2 {Diesen Zug zu provozieren war die Idee von 16.a3.
Die Verbindung von Turm und Dame wird für einen kurzen Moment unterbrochen,
den Weiß zur durchführung eines Standardmanövers nutzt.} 17. Bxf6 $1 exf6 18.
Nde2 $1 $16 {Anand,V-Kasparov,G/New York 1995}) 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 $6 (18. Qd3
$5 b5 (18... Rec8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5) 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Bg7 21. f5 $13)
18... Rxc4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Hodgson,J/Ischia 1996 (24)}) 16... Nc4 $1 (
16... Neg4 $2 {Auf diesem Zug, der in ähnlichen Abspielen durchaus nicht
ungewöhnlich ist, beruht die weiße Falle. Das nun folgende Manöver ist
sehenswert. [#] Danach kommt Schwarz forciert in Verluststellung.} 17. e5 $1
dxe5 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Bxf6 (21. fxe5 $5 Nxe5 22.
Qf4 $1 {sollte auch für den Gewinn ausreichen.}) 21... Bxf6 (21... Nxf6 22.
fxe5 Bg4 23. exf6 Bxd1 24. fxg7 Bg4 25. Ne4 $16 {Boudre-Koch, Royan 1987}) 22.
Qxd7 Ne3 23. fxe5 $18 {Varavin,V-Brodsky,M/Perm 1997}) 17. Bxc4 (17. Qd3 $5 b5
$13) 17... Rxc4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Nxf6+ exf6 21. Rxd2 f5 {Dank
dieser Fesselung hat Schwarz keine Schweirigkeiten} 22. b3 Rc3 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24.
cxd3 fxe4 25. dxe4 Bf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. e5 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Georgiev,K/
Wijk aan Zee 1985}) 14... Re8 {Diese frühere Nebenvariante zum alten 14...b5
entwickelt sich immer mehr zur Mode. Die Idee des Zuges ist, daß Schwarz der
Ansicht ist, die Einschaltung der Züge 14.Kb1 Te8 komme ihm im Vergleich zu
anderen weißen 14. Zügen zu Gute.} (14... b5 15. g4 a5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. gxh5
a4 18. Bd5 e6 19. hxg6 exd5 20. h5 Bg5 21. f4 {führt zu völlig unklaren
Stellungen, die für beide Parteien hohe Risiken in sich bergen.}) 15. Rhe1 (15.
g4 $6 {spielt Schwarz in die Hände. Will Weiß g2-g4 spielen, so sollte er dies
gleich im 14.Zug tun.} hxg4 16. h5 (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19.
e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Nde2 Rc7 22. h5 e6 23. hxg6 Qf6 $17 {Bremond,E-Koch,
J/FRA-chT 1989}) 16... Nxh5 17. f4 Nc4 18. Qd3 b5 19. f5 Qa5 {mit gutem
schwarzen Spiel}) (15. Bh6 {[#] Dieser Zug wird in letzter Zeit wieder
häufiger versucht, nachdem einige Weißspieler bemerkt haben, daß die Theorie
zu diesem Zug grob falsch ist. Seit der Partie Finn-Mestel galt 15.Lh6 als
schlecht, doch die Partie war keineswegs überzeugend.} Qa5 $5 (15... Bh8 $6 16.
g4 a5 (16... hxg4 $2 {Hier verliert dieser Zug, der in anderen Varianten die
Regel ist.} 17. h5 $1 Nxh5 (17... gxh5 18. Qg5+ Kh7 19. Rxh5 $1) 18. Rxh5 gxh5
19. Qg5+ Kh7 20. Qxh5 $18) 17. gxh5 Nxh5 18. f4 Ng4 19. f5 $1 Rxc3 (19... Bxd4
$5 20. fxg6 Be6 $13) 20. bxc3 a4 {[#] und in dieser Stellung hätte Weiß den
Sack zumachen können.} 21. Bxf7+ (21. fxg6 axb3 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 $13 {0-1 Finn,
S-Mestel,A/Hastings 1991}) 21... Kxf7 22. Qg5 Ne5 (22... Rg8 23. Qxg4 Nf6 24.
Qf3 $16) 23. fxg6+ Kg8 24. Qxh5 Bg4 25. Qg5 Bf6 26. Qc1 $16) (15... Nc4 $5 16.
Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rhe1 Qa5 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Rxh4 $6
(21... Bf5 22. Nd4 Qd7 $13) (21... e5 22. dxe6 Rxe6 23. Rxe6 Bxe6 $11) 22. Nd4
Qc5 23. g3 Rh3 24. Qg2 Qxd5 25. Ne6+ Qxe6 26. Rxe6 Bxe6 $13 {1-0 Polzin,
R-Reschke,S/Germany}) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rhe1 $13 {1-0 Enders,P-Adla,D/Cappelle
la Grande 1997}) 15... Qc8 $5 $146 {Mit diesem Zug geht Schwarz neue Wege.
dazu bestand allerdings kein Anlaß, da die Varianten 15...Da5 und 15...b5 für
Schwarz befriedigend sind.} (15... Qa5 $1 {führt zur Partie Anand-Kasparov}) (
15... b5 $5 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 $1 (17... Rxc4 $2 18. e5 b4 $1 19. Ncb5
Nd5 $1 (19... Qb6 $2 20. b3 Rc5 21. Nxd6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Justnes,A-Sievers,S/Gent
1990}) 20. Qd3 $1 (20. Nxd6 Nc3+ $1 21. bxc3 bxc3 $17) 20... Qc8 21. e6 $1 Bxe6
22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Nxa7 $18) 18. e5 Qb6 19. exf6 (19. Bxf6 exf6 20. exd6 Rb8 21.
Qc1 f5 22. Re7 Rb7 {und Schwarz hat gutes Spiel gegen den weißen König.}) 19...
Rb8 20. Qc1 exf6 21. Re7 Qd8 22. Qe3 fxg5 23. hxg5 Re5 $6 (23... Qb6 24. Qc1
Bg4 $19) 24. Rxe5 dxe5 25. Nc6 exf4 $13 {0-1 Glimbrant,T-Komljenovic,D/Andorra}
) (15... Qc7 $2 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 (16... exf6 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Ndb5 $16
) 17. Nd5 $16) 16. Nd5 (16. f4 {Dieser Zentrumsdurchbruch ist die eigentliche
Idee des weißen Aufbaus. Es scheint jedoch so, als ob auch hier die
Einschaltung der Züge Kb1 und Te8 eher dem schwarzen zugute kommt.} Nc4 17.
Bxc4 (17. Qd3 Bg4 18. Nf3 $2 (18. Rc1 Nh7 $5) 18... Nxb2 $19) 17... Rxc4 18. e5
Nh7 {und auch hier zeigt sich, daß der weiße Zentrumsdurchbruch weniger
Wirkung zeigt, wenn der Bauer e7 gedeckt ist.}) 16... Nxd5 17. exd5 a5 18. a4 (
18. f4 a4 (18... Nc4 19. Qd3 (19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Nb3 f6) 19... Bxd4 20. Qxd4 f6
$17) 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Bxa4 Bxa4 21. Nb3 Bxb3 22. axb3 Qc7 $15) 18... Nc4 $1 (
18... b5 $5 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Nxb5 (20. f4 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 $17) 20... Rxb5 {
[#]  und dank der halboffenen b-Linie in Verbindung mit der Drohung 21...Sc4
scheint Schwarz klaren Vorteil zu haben.} 21. Re4 Qb7 22. Rde1 (22. Ra4 Rc8 $17
) 22... Rc8 {mit der Idee Sc4} 23. Qe2 Rxb3 24. cxb3 Qxb3 {und Schwarz hat
mehr als ausreichende Kompensation für die geopferte Qualität}) 19. Qd3 (19.
Qe2 Nb6 $17) 19... Rxd5 $2 {wirft den Vorteil weg und führt zu einem
ausgeglichenen Endspiel. Dabei hätte Schwarz mit natürlichen Zügen seinen
Angriff aufrecht erhalten können.} (19... b5 $1 20. axb5 (20. Bxc4 bxc4 {
und Schwarz bekommt starken Angriff in der b-Linie}) 20... Bxb5 21. Nxb5 Nxb2
22. Qe2 a4 $1 23. Ba2 (23. Nxd6 Nxd1 $1 $19) 23... Qb8 $1 (23... Nc4 24. Kc1
Bb2+ 25. Kb1 Rxb5 26. Qxc4 Qb8 27. Qxa4 Rb4 $19) 24. c4 Rec8 {und Schwarz
gewinnt nicht nur den Bauern c4, sondern auch die Partie.}) 20. Qxc4 Qxc4 21.
Bxc4 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Bxe7 {Dieses Endspiel bietet keiner
Seite reale Gewinnchancen. Die Partie endete folgerichtig auch bald friedlich.}
Bxa4 25. Bd5 b6 26. Bxd6 Bf2 27. g3 Kg7 28. Kc1 Be3+ 29. Kd1 Bb5 30. Be5+ f6
31. Bc3 Bf2 32. Be1 Bd4 33. b3 Bc5 34. Bd2 Bf2 35. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.01.09"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Bosch, Jeroen"]
[Black "Hoffmann, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Sievers,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bochum"]
[BlackTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 {Weiß wählt die schärfste Variante im Rauserangriff. Populärer ist
momentan die sofortige lange Rochade, doch in jenen Abspielen ist dem
schwarzen König nicht so schnell beizukommen. In dieser Partie zeigt Weiß, wie
man die schwarze Festung im Sturm nehmen kann.} Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Ne5 12.
Bb3 Rc8 13. Bh6 {Wiederum wählt Weiß eine Nebenvariante. Viel häufiger
gespielt wird das wohl bessere 13.Lg5, doch nach 13...Tc5 ist erst die
Grundstellung der Soltisvariante erreicht und beide Spieler haben noch viel
Gelegenheit zu zeigen, daß sie die uferlose Theorie der Drachenvariante gut
gelernt haben.  Die Variante 13.Lh6 trachtet nach sofortiger Beseitigung des
schwarzfeldrigen Läufers. Gleichzeitig nimmt weiß aber auch in Kauf, daß
Schwarz mit dem typischen sizilianischen Qualitätsopfer Gegenspiel bekommt.}
Bxh6 (13... Nc4 {Dieser Zug stellt die wichtigste Alternative zum Schlagen auf
h6 dar und gilt bei vielen Drachenspielern als sie sicherere Alternative. nach
der Theorie jedenfalls hat Weiß in dieser Variante keinen Vorteil, was auch
erklärt, warum die ambitionierteren Spieler 13.Lg5 bevorzugen.} 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. g4 hxg4 17. h5 Rh8 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. f4 e5 $1 20. fxe5 dxe5
21. Nde2 (21. Ne6+ Bxe6 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8 Nxe4 {bringt eher Weiß Probleme}
) 21... Rh3 $1 22. Rhf1 Rf3 23. Rh1 Rh3 {bringt dem Weißen ebenfalls keinen
Vorteil}) (13... a5 {So hat Alterman, ein Experte der Drachenvariante, einige
Male gespielt.} 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. a4 (15. g4 a4 16. Bxa4 Rxc3 17. Bxd7 Rxf3 18.
Nxf3 Nxf3 19. Qc3 Ne5 20. Bb5 hxg4 {und Schwarz steht gut.}) 15... Rc5 16. Ndb5
Qb6 17. f4 Neg4 18. Rhe1 Rfc8 {und Schwarz hat ausreichendes Gegenspiel.}) 14.
Qxh6 Rxc3 15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. g4 Qxc3 (17... hxg4 $4 {zeigt wie
schell der weiße Angriff ins Rollen kommt:} 18. h5 Nxh5 19. Rxh5 gxh5 20. Rh1
$1 $18 (20. Qxh5 $2 Nc4 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. Rh1 Qxc3 $19)) 18. gxh5 Nxh5 $2 {
Da ist es auch schon passiert. Schwarz macht einen natürlichen Zug, doch
natürliche Züge sind in der Drachenvariante nicht immer die richtigen. Gerade
in diesen scharfen Abspielen ist genaue Variantenkenntnis unersetzlich. Der
Textzug verliert wahrscheinlich forciert, wogegen die Hauptvariante unklar ist.
} (18... Nc4 $1 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rd3 Qb4+ (20... Qa5 $5 {stellt eine Falle!}
21. hxg6 Rxd4 22. gxf7+ (22. Rb3 $5 {ist ein Vorschlag von Fritz 5.32, der
nicht uninteressant zu sein scheint.}) 22... Kxf7 23. h5 Rxd3 24. Qg6+ Kf8 25.
h6 Qb4+ 26. Kc1 {0-1 Wittke-Feick,S Berlin 1987}) 21. Nb3 Nxh5 $13 {ergibt
typische eine Stellung, in der Schwarz wie so häufig einen Bauern für die
geopferte Qualität besitzt. Unklar ist nur, wie hoch die weißen
Angriffschanchen am Königsflügel einzuschätzen sind.}) 19. Rhg1 $1 {macht den
Sack allem anschein nach schon zu. Der Springer h5 darf nicht ziehen, weil
Weiß dann seinen h-Bauern mit unweiderstehlichem angriff in Bewegung setzt und
auch der natürlich aussehende zug 19...Sc4 verliert wie in der Partie zu sehen
ist.} Nc4 (19... Nf6 20. h5 (20. Rxg6+ Nxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Qxf7 {ist auch
sehr gut für Weiß}) 20... Nc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. hxg6 $18) (19... Ng7 20. h5 Nc4
21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. hxg6 $18) 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Qxh5 Rxd4 {[#]  Auf den ersten
Blick scheint Schwarz noch alles im Griff zu haben, doch der Schein trügt.} 22.
Rxg6+ $3 fxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kf8 (23... Kh8 $2 24. Qh5+ Kg7 25. Rg1+ Kf8 26. Qh8+
Kf7 27. Qg7+ Ke6 28. Rg6#) 24. Qh6+ Kf7 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qxd4 {
Nun hat Schwarz keine Kompensationm mehr für das geopferte Material, da sein
König zudem noch unsicher steht. Weiß hat sehr schön gespielt, doch dies war
alles schon den Experten bekannt und ist in vielen Theoriebüchen zu finden. Es
zeigt sich wieder einmal, das ohne Theoriekenntnis die Partie schon vorbei
sein kann, bevor der Gegner einen einzigen Zug gemacht hat.} Qxf3 28. Qc4+ Be6
(28... Kg7 29. Rg1+ {führt zu unlösbaren Problemen für den schwarzen König,
weshalb sich Schwarz auf den Damentausch einlassen mußte. Nach dem Damentausch
entscheidet der weiße h-Freibauer die Partie jedoch leicht.}) 29. Qf1 Qxf1 30.
Rxf1+ Kg6 31. Kb2 Kh5 32. Rf8 Kxh4 33. Re8 {Nachdem Schwarz den h-Bauern
beseitigt hat, muß er jedoch erkennen, daß sein Damenflügel verloren ist.} Bd7
34. Rxe7 Bc6 35. Kc3 Kg5 36. Re6 1-0

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 ({When fighting
against the Dragon, one shouldn't chicken out - only positions with
opposite-side castling promise White realistic chances to fight for an
advantage. A recent example:} 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10.
Bxd4 Bd7 11. a4 Bc6 12. Bf3 a5 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Be2
Nc5 17. Bb5 e5 18. Nc3 f5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Rad1 Nb7 21. f4 exf4 22. Qxf4 fxe4
23. Qxe4 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Rf7 25. b3 Rcf8 $11 {Kamsky,G (2725)-Carlsen,M (2776)/
Nice rpd/2009/}) 6... Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 ({The second main
alternative} 9. O-O-O d5 {also features in current practice, here White is at
a crossroads:} {Even after the seemingly most promising} 10. Kb1 $5 (10. exd5
Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Bh6+ 14. Be3 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16.
Qxe7 Be6 17. Qa3 Rad8 18. Bd3 Rd5 $44 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Rde1 (20. Rhe1 Bf5 21.
Qe7 Qd4 22. Kb1 Qc3 23. Re3 {Ozolin,M (2367)-Kashlinskaya,A (2201)/Pardubice/
2008/} Kg7 {/\Rd3=}) 20... c5 21. Bc4 Rd2 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 c4 $1 26. Qe7 Qg1+ {1/2, Rublevsky,S (2702)-Gashimov,V (2730)/
Poikovsky/2009/}) (10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 $1 (12... cxd5 $6 13.
Bg5 Be6 14. Bc4 {[%csl Rd5,Re5] |^[+]}) 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Bc5 Rfd8
16. h4 h6 17. h5 f5 18. Nf2 Nf4 19. Bxe6+ Nxe6 20. Bb4 g5 21. Bc3 Rxd1+ 22.
Nxd1 Nf4 23. Ne3 Qf7 24. Kb1 Nd5 25. Nc4 Rb8 26. Bd2 Qe7 27. c3 e4 $36 {
Inarkiev,E (2669)-Radjabov,T (2751)/Elista/2008/}) 10... Nxd4 11. e5 Nf5 12.
exf6 {can be met by} exf6 $5 ({Ivanchuk's positional Q-sac} 12... Bxf6 13. Nxd5
Qxd5 14. Qxd5 Nxe3 15. Qd2 Nxd1 16. Qxd1 Be6 (16... Bf5 {allows active
development} 17. Bc4 $14) {is starting to lose ground after the accurate} 17.
Bb5 $1 (17. Be2 Rfd8 18. Qc1 b5 19. Rd1 Rdc8 20. Qe3 a5 21. g4 b4 22. Bb5 a4
23. Rd3 $2 (23. Rd2 $5 $13) 23... Bxa2+ $1 24. Kxa2 Rxc2 25. g5 Bg7 26. Rd2 b3+
27. Ka3 Bxb2+ 28. Kb4 Bc1 $19 {Simacek,P (2493)-Kashlinskaya,A (2303)/
Marianske Lazne/2009/}) 17... a6 18. Ba4 Rfd8 (18... b5 19. Bb3 Bxb3 20. axb3
a5 21. Qe2 a4 22. Ka2 $1 {is an important motif, after} axb3+ 23. Kxb3 {
White's K is safe and he consolidates his set-up.}) 19. Qe2 Rd4 20. Bb3 Bxb3
21. axb3 Rad8 22. g3 R8d5 23. f4 e6 24. Qf3 b5 25. g4 a5 26. Rg1 Kf8 27. Rf1 a4
{and now again} 28. Ka2 $1 $14 {Pacher,M (2357)-Pinter,E (2415)/AUT-chT2/2008/
and Black faces a fight for a draw.}) 13. Bc5 d4 ({Black must be generous -} 
13... Re8 $6 14. Nxd5 Be6 15. Bb5 $16) 14. Bxf8 Qxf8 15. Nb5 (15. Ne2 $6 Ne3
16. Rc1 Nc4 $1 17. Qxd4 b5 18. c3 Bf5+ 19. Ka1 Rd8 20. Qf2 Rd2 21. Qxa7 Nxb2
22. Nd4 Na4 23. Nxb5 $2 Nxc3 24. Bc4 Nxb5 25. Qe3 Bd3 $1 {0-1, Lahno,K (2493)
-Jobava,B (2616)/Dubai/2004/}) 15... Ne3 16. Re1 f5 17. f4 (17. Nxd4 f4 18. g3
Qd8 19. Nb3 Qf6 20. Qc1 Bf5 21. Bd3 Rc8 (21... Bxd3 $1 22. cxd3 Qf5 23. Rxe3
fxe3 24. Qxe3 Qb5 $44) 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Re2 a5 $6 (23... Bf6 24. Rhe1 Rc6 $132
) 24. Rhe1 a4 25. gxf4 axb3 {1/2,Akshayraj,K (2400)-Ganguly,S (2603)/Mangalore/
2008/} 26. axb3 $36 {/\} Nd5 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Bf8 29. Re5 Qd7 30. Qd2
$16) 17... Qc5 18. c3 Nxf1 19. Re8+ Bf8 20. Qxd4 Qxb5 21. Qd8 Nd2+ 22. Kc2 Qa4+
23. Kc1 (23. Kxd2 Qxf4+ 24. Kd1 Qh6 25. Rhe1 f4 $132) 23... Qxe8 24. Qxe8 Ne4
25. Rd1 Nf6 26. Qe5 Nd7 27. Qe8 Nf6 28. Qd8 Ne4 {Although White got a draw,
later he had to force it after} 29. Rd7 Bxd7 30. Qxa8 Bc6 31. Qxa7 Nc5 $1 $11 {
Nisipeanu,L (2675)-Radjabov,T (2756)/Bazna/2009/ - see notes by Rogozenco in
CBM 131.}) 9... Bd7 10. Bb3 {The Dragon owes most of its recent popularity to
Carlsen, but lately (Sofia, Dortmund) the Norwegian junior has returned to the
Sveshnikov again. Currently his last classical game with the Dragon featured
its Chinese branch with} (10. O-O-O Rb8 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bh6 (12. Kb1 b5 13. h4
Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Ka1 h5 16. Rb1 Qa5 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Rb6 19. g4 $6 (
19. Qg5 $11) 19... hxg4 20. Qe3 Rfb8 21. h5 g5 $15 {Carlsen,M (2775)-Radjabov,
T (2744)/Bilbao/2008/ Although Carlsen went on to win this game, he was
motivated to try the setup with opposite colours.}) 12... Bxh6 13. Qxh6 b5 14.
g4 Nxb3+ 15. Nxb3 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rb6 $1 18. Rhe1 e5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20.
Re3 (20. Qd2 $142 $13) 20... Rf7 21. Nd2 d5 22. Nb3 Qc7 23. Kb1 Rb8 24. Rde1
Rc8 25. R1e2 Qb6 26. h4 d4 $1 $36 {Dominguez Perez,L-Carlsen,M/Linares /2009/
For more details see Rogozenco's notes in CBM 129.}) 10... Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5
12. Kb1 Re8 ({Carlsen used to play this move last year before turning to} 12...
a6 {We'll try to ascertain what discourages the top players from repeating
this move:} 13. h4 (13. Rhe1 b5 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Rxc3 $1 16. bxc3 a5 {
, pokracovanie} 17. f4 Neg4 18. Qh4 a4 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. e5 Nd5 21. e6 Nxc3+
22. Kc1 Bxe6 23. Nxe6 Qa5 24. Qxg4 Nxa2+ 25. Kb2 Qc3+ {1/2,Ivanchuk,V (2781)
-Carlsen,M (2775)/Bilbao/2008/}) (13. g4 b5 14. h4 {is statistically promising,
but nobody has played tha natural} b4 {with excellent <=>.}) 13... h5 {leads
to an important theoretical position, in which White has 2 promising
alternatives:} {Even the aggressive} 14. g4 $5 ({The positional continuation is
} 14. Bh6 Nc4 ({Here} 14... Bxh6 $2 15. Qxh6 Rxc3 16. bxc3 $16 {[%csl Rg6] is
already insufficient due to the ><g6; White already threatens f4.}) 15. Bxc4
Rxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd5 $5 (17. Rhe1 Re8 18. Nde2 Qa5 19. Nf4 Rec8 20. Ncd5
Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Re8 23. Nb6 Rc7 24. e5 Be6 25. exd6 Rc6 $11 {
Anand,V (2798)-Carlsen,M (2775)/Mainz rpd/2008/}) 17... e5 {With the R on f8
instead of e8 White can't take on f6, but he has the unpleasant} 18. Nb3 {/\}
Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Rc6 20. Na5 Rb6 21. c4 $1 $36 {[%csl Rb6] צb6 Now the R is
trapped due to Black's 12th move (!) and the violent} Rb4 $2 22. a3 Be6 23.
Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Ra4 25. Nxb7 Bxc4 26. Rc1 $18 {Nikolenko,O (2511)
-Kashlinskaya,A (2303)/Moscow/2009/ quickly led to a hopeless position.}) 14...
hxg4 15. h5 Nxh5 16. Rdg1 {is dangerous for Black:} (16. Bh6 Kh7 $5 (16... e6
17. Rdg1 Qf6 18. fxg4 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Qg7 20. Qe3 Nf6 21. g5 Nh5 22. Nde2 a5 23.
Rxh5 gxh5 24. Nf4 Ng4 25. Qh3 $36 {Dominguez,L (2708)-Carlsen,M (2775)/Biel/
2008/}) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. fxg4 Bxg4 19. Nf5+ gxf5 20. Qg5+ Ng6 21. exf5 Bxd1
22. Bxf7 Rxf7 23. Qxg6+ Kf8 24. Nxd1 Qb6 $1 25. c3 (25. Rxh5 Qd4 $17) 25... Rg7
26. Qxh5 Qc6 $15 {gives White only rather vague compensation. This line is
important for the comparison of 12...a6 and 12...Re8.}) 16... Rc5 (16... Qa5
17. Bh6 Bf6 $5 (17... Rxc3 $2 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rxh5 Rxb3 20. Qxa5 Rxb2+ 21.
Ka1 gxh5 22. f4 Be6 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. fxe5 $18 {Anand,V (2798)-Carlsen,M 
(2775)/Mainz rpd/2008/}) 18. fxg4 Bxg4 {and now the main problem is the as yet
untested computer suggestion} 19. Bf4 $1 $36 (19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qe3 Rxc3 $1 21.
Qxc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 e6 23. Bc4 Nxc4 24. Rxg4 Be5 25. Rg2 b5 26. Rf2 Kg8 $44 {
Karjakin,S (2727)-Radjabov,T (2744)/Sochi/2008/ gave Black ample compensation
even for 2 (!) exchanges and he went on to win a nice game.})) 17. Bh6 ({
Interesting is} 17. Nd5 {, or Rogozenco's}) (17. f4 $5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. f5
$13) 17... Kh7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 (19. Nd5 $5) 19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. f5
e5 22. fxe6 $142 (22. Nde2 Rh8 23. b3 Rc8 $1 (23... Rc6 $2 24. Rxg4 Nf6 25.
Rgg1 $1 {[%cal Gh1h8] -><->h,Topalov,V (2777)-Carlsen,M (2775)/Bilbao/2008/})
24. Rxg4 (24. Qxd6 Bxf5 $1 25. Qxd8 Rcxd8 26. exf5 gxf5 $17) 24... Nf6 25. Rxh8
(25. Rgg1 Qe7 $11) 25... Qxh8 26. Rg1 Rc6 27. Ng3 Qh6 $132) 22... fxe6 23. b3
$1 {/\} Rc5 24. Rxg4 e5 $2 25. Nf5+ Bxf5 26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Ne4 $40) ({The
committal} 12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 {practically forces Black to go for
an unclear exchange sacrifice} b5 15. b3 b4 $5 ({Earlier practice has shown
Black doesn't have quite enough for the P after} 15... Rc8 16. Ndxb5 $14) ({
Also the trick} 15... Rc5 $2 16. Ne6 $1 $16 {is already well-known.}) 16. bxc4
bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qc7 $13 {/+/=}) 13. h4 h5 14. g4 $5 {Youngsters tend to be
courageous and aggressive. White had more sedate alternatives:} ({Even here,
there is the promising strategic} 14. Bh6 {, analogous to the above note. After
} Nc4 (14... Bh8 $6 15. g4 $1 Nc4 16. Qd3 b5 17. gxh5 Nxh5 18. Rhg1 e6 19. Bc1
Qf6 20. Nde2 d5 21. f4 b4 22. e5 Qd8 23. Ne4 Bb5 24. Qh3 Nxb2 25. Bxb2 Bxe2 26.
Rd2 Bc4 27. Nd6 $16 {Timofeev,A (2663)-Azarov,S (2583)/Moscow/2007/}) 15. Bxc4
Rxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd5 e5 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. Nb3 Be6 $5 (19... Re6 20. Qa5
Ra4 (20... a6 21. Qb6 Bc8 22. Na5 Rc5 23. c4 $5 Qe7 24. b4 $1 Rc7 25. Rd5 {()})
21. Qc7 $5 Bc6 22. a3 $14 {[%csl Ra4] /\Ka2,Rd2,Rhd1,צa4}) 20. Qxd6 Rec8 21.
c3 R4c6 {is a more recent attmept, but after} (21... b5 22. Qd2 a5 $6 23. Nxa5
$1 (23. Qg5 $6 Qxg5 24. hxg5 a4 25. Nd2 R4c7 26. a3 Rd7 27. Kc1 f6 28. gxf6+
Kxf6 29. Nf1 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Rd8+ 31. Ke1 Kg5 $11 {Leko,P (2741)-Carlsen,M 
(2765)/Miskolc rpd m/2008/}) 23... Ra4 24. Nb3 $16) 22. Qd2 Qe7 23. Nc1 (23. g4
Qf6 24. Qg2 hxg4 25. fxg4 Qf4 26. g5 Rc4 $132 {Wearstad,L (2007)-Lilleoren,M 
(2507)/corr/2007/}) 23... Ra6 (23... b5 $5) 24. g3 b5 25. a3 Bc4 26. Qg5 f6 27.
Qe3 Rac6 28. g4 hxg4 29. fxg4 a5 30. g5 b4 {Kulaots,K (2556)-Fier,A (2581)/
Beijing rpd/2008/} {White should have played} 31. h5 $1 $40) (14. Bg5 Rc5 15.
Bh6 $5 (15. g4 $6 hxg4 16. h5 Nxh5 17. Rxh5 gxh5 18. Qh2 Ng6 (18... Qb6 $2 19.
Qxh5 e6 $15) 19. Qxh5 Qa5 20. f4 Rxg5 21. fxg5 e6 22. Nf5 $2 (22. Qxg4 $13)
22... exf5 23. Qxg6 Be6 24. Qh5 fxe4 25. Rf1 Qe5 26. Rxf7 Bxb3 27. axb3 g3 $17
{Radjabov,T (2751)-Carlsen,M (2765)/Baku/2008/}) (15. f4 Nc4 16. Qd3 Qc8 17. f5
gxf5 $1 18. exf5 Ne5 19. Qe2 Neg4 20. Rhf1 Rxc3 $1 21. bxc3 Qxc3 22. Bc1 a5 23.
Bb2 Qe3 24. Rde1 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 a4 26. Bc4 Ne5 27. Bb5 Rc8 28. Bxd7 Nfxd7 29.
Nf3 Rc4 30. Nxe5 Nxe5 $44 {[%csl Ra2,Rc2,Rf5,Rg2,Rh4] /ק=/+,Dominguez Perez,L
(2717)-Radjabov,T (2761)/Linares/2009/}) 15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 {transposes to the
14.Bh6 line with an extra move for both sides.}) 14... hxg4 15. h5 Nxh5 (15...
Rxc3 {is probably insufficient due to} 16. Qxc3 $1 (16. bxc3 $2 Nxf3 $1 17.
Nxf3 Nxe4 18. Qd3 Nxc3+ 19. Kc1 Bf5 20. Bxf7+ Kf8 $1 21. Qc4 gxf3 22. h6 Ne2+
23. Kb1 Nc3+ 24. Kc1 Bh8 25. h7 e6 26. Bg8 Qa5 27. Rd3 Nxa2+ 28. Kb1 Nc3+ 29.
Rxc3 Bxc3 30. Bh6+ Ke7 31. Bg5+ Kd7 32. Qxc3 Qxc3 33. h8=Q Qxh8 34. Rxh8 Rxg8 {
0-1,Aroshidze,L (2526)-Vocaturo,D (2445)/Antalya/2009/}) 16... gxh5 17. Rdg1
$36 (17. f4 $5 Nxe4 18. Qe1 $14)) 16. Bh6 e6 {The most usual reaction, but not
the only one:} ({Kasimdzhanov understandably doesn't want to repeat} 16... Kh7
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. fxg4 Bxg4 19. Nf5+ $5 Bxf5 (19... gxf5 $2 20. Qg5+ Ng6 21.
exf5 Bxd1 22. Bxf7 $18 {- with the R on f8 this line was playable for Black.})
20. exf5 Rh8 21. fxg6 Nxg6 22. Ne4 $5 (22. Nd5 Nf6 23. Nxf6 exf6 24. Rxh8 Qxh8
{Dominguez Perez,L (2719)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2672)/Dresden olm/2008/} 25. Qxd6 $14
) 22... Nf6 23. Rdf1 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 d5 25. Nxf6 Kxf6 26. Qf2+ Kg7 27. Rf1 f6 28.
Qf5 Rc5 (28... Rc6 $2 29. Rg1 Qe8 30. Bxd5 Rc5 31. Qe6 $1 Rb5 32. c4 Rb6 33.
Qh3 e6 34. Bf3 Qd8 35. Qg2 {1-0,Radjabov,T (2751)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2672)/Elista/
2008/}) 29. Rg1 Qe8 30. c3 $36 (30. c4 $5 $40)) ({However,} 16... Bf6 {
deserves more attention:} 17. Nd5 $5 (17. Qg2 a5 (17... Rxc3 $5 $13) 18. f4 Nc4
19. f5 a4 20. Nxa4 Bxa4 21. fxg6 Bxb3 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 23. cxb3 Ne5 24. Qh2 $40 {
Domanov,D (2141)-Simmelink,J (2307)/corr/2006/}) (17. fxg4 Bxg4 18. Rdg1 e6 $5
$15 {gives Black chances to consolidate his >>.} (18... Rxc3 $6 19. Qxc3 Qb6
20. Be3 Qa6 21. Qd2 e6 22. a3 Bg7 23. Bh6 Qb6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rh4 Bf3 26. Ka2
Qd8 27. Qh2 Nf6 28. Qf4 Bh5 29. Qg5 $40 {Cubas,J (2434)-Fier,A (2595)/Campinas/
2009/})) 17... a5 ({The question is if Black can afford} 17... gxf3 $5 {/\} 18.
Rdg1 e6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Rxh5 $2 f2) 18. Nxf6+ exf6 19. Rxh5 gxh5 20. Qh2 a4
21. Bd5 Rc5 (21... Be6) 22. Qxh5 Rxd5 23. exd5 Ng6 24. fxg4 Qa5 {Wilczek,T 
(2527)-Bennborn,J (2486)/corr/2005/} 25. Bc1 $5 $36) 17. Rdg1 ({Too soft is} 
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rdg1 Rh8 19. fxg4 Nf6 20. g5 Nfg4 $5 $15 (20... Nh5 21. Nce2
Qe7 22. Rh2 a6 23. Rf2 Rcf8 24. Qc3 Rc8 25. Qd2 $44 {פh5,Kontic,D (2342)
-Motylev,A (2552)/Niksic/2000/})) 17... g3 $5 (17... Qf6 18. fxg4 (18. Bxg7 $2
Kxg7 19. fxg4 Qf4 $1 20. Qd1 Ng3 21. Nde2 Nxe2 22. Nxe2 Qxe4 $17 {Stanojoski,Z
(2493)-Parligras,M (2605)/EU-ch Budva/2009/}) 18... Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Qg7 20. Qe3
Nf6 21. g5 Nh5 {leads to the Dominguez - Carlsen game, mentioned in the note
to move 12, only Black has played Re8 insted of a6. This allows} 22. Ndb5 $14 (
{Also Dominguez's} 22. Nde2 $5 $44 {deserves attention.})) 18. Rxh5 {[%mdl 64]
White must play forcefully and go for the complications.} ({After} 18. Bxg7
Kxg7 19. Rxg3 {Black can afford even the ambitious} Rh8 $1 $15 (19... Nxg3 20.
Qh6+ Kf6 21. Qf4+ Ke7 22. Qg5+ $11)) 18... gxh5 19. Rxg3 Ng6 20. Nf5 Bf6 $146 {
[%mdl 8] A novelty, but it's natural enough. Other moves are less enticing:} (
20... exf5 $2 21. Rxg6 $18) (20... Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Qf6 22. Nxd6 $14 {/\} h4 23.
Rg1 Qxf3 $2 24. Nf5 $18 {and White mates. That's why Black wants to keep the
important B.}) (20... Be5 $2 21. f4 $16 {only gives White an important tempo.})
21. Nxd6 Rc6 {Returning the exchange was still probably part of Black's
preparation.} ({After} 21... Be5 $6 22. Rg5 $1 $36 {Black is in trouble due to}
Bxd6 $2 (22... Bc6 23. Rxe5 $1 Nxe5 24. Qf4 $18) 23. Qxd6 {[%cal Rd6e5] /\Qe5+-
}) 22. Nxe8 Bxe8 $8 (22... Qxe8 $6 23. f4 $16 (23. Rh3 $36)) 23. Qh2 h4 24. Rg2
(24. Rg1 Bd4 25. Rd1 Rd6 $132) (24. Rg4 Rc5 $5 $13) 24... Bxc3 ({The typical
motif} 24... Rxc3 25. bxc3 Qd1+ {after} 26. Bc1 $5 (26. Kb2 Qxf3 27. e5 Be7 $44
{[%csl Gh4] o^h4}) 26... Qxf3 27. Rxg6+ $1 fxg6 28. Bxe6+ Bf7 (28... Kh7 $6 29.
Qc7+ Bg7 30. Qe7 $16) 29. Qb8+ Kg7 30. Qc7 Bd8 31. Qxd8 Bxe6 32. Qxh4 $11 {
/+/= should be a draw, but only White can fight for more.}) ({Apart from the
forcing text move Black can maybe try also} 24... Rc5 $5) 25. bxc3 Qd1+ 26. Bc1
(26. Kb2 $2 Qxf3 $17 {attacks the Pc3 with tempo.}) 26... Qxf3 27. Rg1 {
[%cal Rh2b8] /\Qb8} Kh7 {Due to White's threat Black must ignore the P, but an
alternative was} (27... h3 28. Rg3 (28. Qb8 Kh7 {-27...Kh7}) 28... Qxe4 29.
Rxh3 $44 {and White has compensation, but the outcome remains open.}) 28. Qb8
Bd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] However, this is a serious miscalculation.} ({Necessary was
} 28... h3 $132 {/\} 29. Qxe8 (29. Rg3 Qf1 30. Rg5 Bd7 31. Qxb7 Qd1 32. Rg3 Qf1
$1 $11 {znovu vedie len k opakovaniu tahov.}) 29... h2 30. Rxg6 fxg6 (30...
Kxg6 $2 31. Qg8+ Kh5 32. Qg5#) 31. Qe7+ Kh8 32. Qh4+ Qh5 33. Qf6+ Kh7 $11) 29.
Qd8 Bc8 (29... h3 $2 {now fails to} 30. Rxg6 $1 fxg6 31. Qxd7+ Kh8 32. Bxe6 $18
{, mating threats allow White to stop the o^ and convert his material
advantage.}) 30. Qg5 Kg8 (30... h3 $2 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Rxg6+ $1 fxg6 33. Qxg6+
Kh8 34. Bg5 $1 $18) 31. Qxh4 $16 {/+- White has liquidated Black's main trump
with a continuing ->. This gives him a permanent advantage and in a higher
sense the game is decided.} b6 {Black can't activate his R.} (31... Rxc3 $2 32.
Bb2 $18) (31... Rd6 32. Qe7 $40) 32. Qe7 Kg7 (32... Qxe4 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Rf1
$1 f5 (34... Qe5 35. c4 $1 {[%cal Ga1h8] ->/^a1-h8}) 35. Rg1 (35. Qe8 $5 $18)
35... Kf7 36. Qg5 f4 37. Qh5 $18 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Rc1f4] /\Bf4 fully exposes
Black's K and he can't survive for long.}) 33. Qxa7 ({Rybka prefers} 33. c4 $5
$40 {a human player grabs a pawn and prefers not to limit his Bb3.}) 33... e5 (
33... Qxe4 34. Rf1 Ne5 35. Qe7 $18) ({Somewhat more resilient was} 33... Qf2
$142 $16) 34. Rg5 (34. Bd5 $142 $1 Rf6 (34... Rxc3 35. Rg3 $1 $18) 35. Bg5 $18
{wins at least an exchange.}) 34... Rf6 $6 (34... Qf6 $5 $16) 35. Qc7 Be6 36.
Qxe5 $18 {Another P is gone and Black still has no <=>.} Kg8 37. Qd4 Bxb3 38.
axb3 Re6 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. c4 $1 {Now even more convincing, than on move 34.}
Rxe4 (40... Qxe4 41. Bb2+ f6 (41... Kh6 42. Rg1 Kh7 43. Qc7 $18) 42. Qc7+ Re7
43. Qxb6 $18) 41. Qd5 Qe2 42. Bb2+ Kh6 43. Rg1 (43. Rf5 $5 $18) 43... Qf3 44.
Bd4 {White already has many ways to win.} (44. Bc1+ Kg7 45. Re1 $18) (44. Ka2
$1 $18 {is arguably the most incisive}) 44... b5 45. Bf6 bxc4 {Kasimdhzanov
decides he has suffered enough...} 46. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 {The first major crossroads, when White has two main alternatives -
the text-move and} (9. O-O-O {Here the most principled reaction is} d5 {
, the position after} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 {also arose in Baku:}
Nxc3 $5 (12... e5 {is the most usual move, but this seems to be a plausible
alternative.}) 13. Qxc3 Bh6+ 14. Be3 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Qb6 {, po} 16. Qxb6 ({
The Q swap is too soft, White can try to fight for an advantage only with} 16.
Qc3 {, or}) (16. Qxe7 {, but even here it's far from simple:} Be6 17. Qa3 Rad8
18. Bd3 Rd5 $44 {<=>}) 16... axb6 17. a3 Be6 18. Bd3 Kg7 19. Rhe1 Rfd8 20. Be4
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rc8 22. a4 f5 23. Bd3 Ra8 24. b3 Kf6 25. Kd2 Bd5 26. c4 Bf7 27.
Kc3 c5 28. Bc2 Be8 29. Ra1 Ke5 30. Re1+ Kd6 31. Rd1+ Kc7 32. Re1 $11 {Bacrot,E
(2705)-Grischuk,A (2716)/Baku/2008/}) 9... Bd7 10. Bb3 ({Radjabov's move
avoids the Chinese Dragon with} 10. O-O-O Rb8 $5 {, which has gained some
popularity lately.} (10... Rc8) ({or} 10... Ne5 {is the main line.})) (10. h4 {
was once considered the most accurate move-order. White first opens the <->h
and plays 0-0-0 only later, when it suits him. However, once} h5 {became the
main response, this nuance lost its meaning - it all boils down to a simple
transposition.}) 10... Rc8 ({White's move order allows} 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5
12. h4 (12. a4 $5) 12... a5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 e5 $132 ({or} 14... Be6 $5 {
with sharp positions. However, the character of the struggle is somewhat
different and White often strives to exploit the <<><. As the Dragon's main
characteristic is opposite-side castling and mutual attacks against the enemy
K, the text-move is more popular.})) 11. h4 ({Another theoretically important
moment.} 11. O-O-O Ne5 ({In the side-line} 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5
14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5 {Black's best chance to generate sufficient <=> is the
pawn-sacrifice} a5 16. a3 b4 $1 17. axb4 axb4 18. Qxb4 Kg8 $13) 12. Kb1 {
is an approach, which has caused Black problems. Recently he has shown some
ideas how to solve them:} {Another less committal, but plausible alternative
was chosen by Carlsen 2 rounds later:} Re8 $5 ({The most consistent is} 12...
Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 b5 15. b3 {with the interesting sacrificial idea} b4
$1 (15... Rc5 $2 16. Ne6 fxe6 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. e5 $16) (15... Rc8 16. Ndxb5
Qa5 17. a4 $14 {/+/-}) 16. bxc4 bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qc7 18. g5 Nh5 19. Kc1 (19. Rd3
Rc8 20. Qd2 Qxc4 21. Nb3 {Haznedaroglu,K (2440)-Sluka,R (2354)/Olomouc/2007/}
Bc3 $44) 19... Rc8 20. Qd3 Be5 21. h4 Rb8 $5 $44 (21... Nf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 23.
Kb2 Be5 24. c3 Qa5 25. Rb1 Qa4 26. Ka1 a5 27. Rb3 $16 {Socko,B (2630)-Stocek,J
(2572)/Bundesliga/2006/})) 13. h4 (13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Rxc3 15. bxc3 a5 $1
$36 {and White does best to bail out with} 16. a4 Qb6 17. h4 Bxa4 18. h5 Nc6
19. hxg6 Bxb3 20. gxh7+ Kh8 21. cxb3 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Qxb3+ 23. Ka1 {1/2,
Karjakin,S (2686)-Ivanchuk,V (2729)/Foros/2007/}) 13... h5 14. Bh6 Nc4 15. Bxc4
Rxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd5 (17. g4 hxg4 18. h5 Rh8 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. f4 e5 21.
Nde2 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. fxe5 {looks dangerous, but after}
Rxe5 $13 ({or} 24... Qe8 $5 {White doesn't seem to have any clear road to an
advantage.})) 17... e5 $5 {Once the dark-squared B have been exchanged, Black
can afford even this Najdorf move.} 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. Nb3 $1 (19. Ne2 Rc6 {
is harmless, as Black's major pieces are harmoniously placed.} 20. Nc3 Be6 21.
Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Qf4 $1 23. Qd2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 f5 25. Re1 Kf6 26. c3 Ke6 27.
Kc2 fxe4 28. Rxe4 Rec8 29. Kd3 b5 30. a4 a6 $11 {Karjakin,S (2732)-Carlsen,M 
(2765)/Baku/2008/}) 19... Re6 (19... Rc6 $2 20. Na5 $16) (19... Be6 20. Qxd6
Rec8 21. c3 b5 $14 {is a better way to sacrifice a pawn, but even here Black
hardly has full compensation.}) 20. Qa5 (20. Qe3 $142 b6 21. Nc1 $5 $11 {
[%csl Re6][%cal Yc1e2,Ye2c3] /+/=,/\Ne2-c3,צe6 is a better chance to profit
from the misplaced R and fight for an edge.}) 20... Ra4 21. Qc3 Qd8 22. Rd2 Qb6
23. Nc1 Bb5 24. b3 Ra6 25. Rhd1 Qd8 26. g3 Rc6 27. Qe3 Qb6 28. Qxb6 Rxb6 29.
Ka1 f5 $11 {Ponomariov,R (2684)-Tiviakov,S (2599)/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/}) 11...
h5 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bg5 (13. Kb1 Re8 {-11.0-0-0}) (13. Bh6 Nc4 (13... Bxh6
$143 14. Qxh6 Rxc3 {[%csl Rg6] doesn't have a good reputation, contrary to
Karjakin-Ivanchuk above, Black has problems with ><g6, for example in the line}
15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Kb1 a5 17. f4 Nfg4 18. Qg5 a4 19. fxe5 axb3 20. cxb3 Nf2 21.
e6 $1 $16 {/+-}) 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 $13 {leads to a similar position,
as in the above note - there we had the extra moves Kb1 and Re8. The main
difference is that after} 16. g4 hxg4 17. h5 Rh8 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. f4 e5 20.
Nde2 (20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Nde2 Rh3 $1 22. Rhf1 Rf3 23. Rh1 Rh3 $11) 20... Rxh1
21. Rxh1 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. fxe5 {Black can play even} Rxe2 $1 24. Qxe2 (
24. Qh6+ Kf7 25. Qh7+ Ke6 26. Qxg6+ Kxe5 27. Rh5+ Kf4 28. Qxd6+ Kf3 29. Qd5+
Kf4 30. Qd6+ Kf3 $11) 24... Qg5+ $13 {/=}) 13... Rc5 {[%csl Gc5]} ({Introduced
by Sosonko in 1977, the R on the 5-th rank helps out both in the defence and
the <=>. This quickly became the main line, replacing} 13... Nc4 14. Qe2 Na5
15. Kb1 $36) 14. Kb1 $5 {Useful prophylaxis, Black has learned to deal quite
well with the direct assault} (14. g4 hxg4 15. h5 (15. f4 Nc4 16. Qe2 (16. Qd3
Qc8 $13 (16... b5 $5)) 16... Qc8 17. Bxf6 (17. f5 $6 Nxb2 18. Kxb2 Rxc3 19.
fxg6 Rxb3+ 20. axb3 fxg6 $36 {can be better only for Black.}) 17... Bxf6 18.
Bxc4 (18. Nd5 $6 Rxd5 19. exd5 b5 20. h5 g5 21. fxg5 Bxg5+ 22. Kb1 f5 $17 {
Ivanchuk,V (2740)-Topalov,V (2670)/Belgrade/1995/}) 18... Rxc4 19. Nd5 Re8 20.
e5 Bg7 21. h5 Rc5 $1 $15 {Murariu,A (2347)-Sebe_Vodislav,R (2253)/ROM-chT/2003/
}) 15... Nxh5 16. Nd5 Re8 17. Rxh5 (17. f4 Nc4 18. Qd3 b5 19. f5 Rxd5 20. exd5
Bxd4 21. fxg6 Bxb2+ 22. Kb1 Ng7 $5 $15 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Qe4 fxg6 (24... Bf6 $2
25. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 26. Qh1+ $18) 25. Kxb2 Qb6+ 26. Ka1 Bf5 27. Qxc4 Rc8 $36 {
Brkic,A (2570)-Babic,Z (2034)/Bizovac/2007/}) 17... gxh5 18. Qh2 Rxd5 19. Bxd5
Qb6 $1 20. Qxh5 e6 21. Bb3 gxf3 22. Bh6 Bxh6+ 23. Qxh6 f2 $1 $13 {/\} 24. Qf6
Bc6 25. Nf5 (25. Rh1 $2 f1=Q+ $19) 25... exf5 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 $11)
14... Re8 $1 {Even Black does better to think about the defence first, the
text-move overprotects e7.} ({After} 14... b5 15. g4 hxg4 $6 (15... a5 $142)
16. h5 Nxh5 17. Nd5 Re8 18. Rxh5 gxh5 19. Qh2 Rxd5 20. Bxd5 Qb6 {[%csl Rb5]
Black's Q is limited by the Pb5 and White has} 21. Nf5 $1 $40 {Hakki,I (2428)
-Abu Sufian,S (2276) Asia-ch Calcutta 2001 (7) 1-0}) 15. g4 $6 {Radjabov
confessed after the game he got confused and mixed up the sharp lines. However,
proving an advantage for White is not easy anyway:} (15. Rhe1 Qa5 16. f4 (16.
a3 Qa6 $1 (16... b5 $6 17. Bxf6 $1 exf6 18. Nde2 Rc6 19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Nc4
21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Red1 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Nd4 $14 {[%csl Rc4,Rd6] /+/-,_|_ק,
Anand,V (2725)-Kasparov,G (2795)/PCA WCh New York/1995/}) 17. f4 Nc4 $15) 16...
Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Bxf6 (18. Nb3 Qa6 19. e5 Ng4 20. exd6 Bxc3 $1 21. bxc3 e6
$44 {|^} 22. f5 gxf5 23. Bf6 f4 24. Be5 Qb5 25. Bxf4 Rec8 26. g3 Rxc3 27. Qe2
Qc6 28. Rd2 e5 $1 $19 {Brooke,R (2187)-Horwitz,D (2241)/corr/2002/}) 18... Bxf6
19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Nxf6+ exf6 21. Rxd2 f5 $11) ({A better chance is} 15. Bh6 $142
$5 Nc4 (15... Bh8 $6 16. g4 Qa5 17. g5 Nh7 18. f4 Nc4 19. Qd3 Na3+ 20. Kc1 e6 {
Almasi,Z (2631)-Golubev,M (2536)/Bundesliga/2003/} 21. f5 $5 $40) 16. Bxc4 Rxc4
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd5 $11 {/+/= and we have again reached the position we had
in the note to move 11 with one extra move (White played Bg5-h6 and Black
Rc5xc4).}) 15... hxg4 16. h5 {White again plays the most aggressive move.} (16.
f4 Nc4 17. Qe2 $5 (17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21.
Nde2 Bxc3 $5 (21... Bd6 22. h5 g5 $15) 22. Nxc3 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 Qc8 $15) {
Black can try to deviate earier with} 17... Na5 $5 (17... Qc8 18. f5 Na3+ (
18... gxf5 $6 19. exf5 Ne5 20. Bxf6 exf6 21. Ne4 Nf3 {Slaby,J (2363)-Mikrut,D 
(2369)/Poraj/2003/} 22. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 23. Nxd6+ Kf8 24. Qg2 $16) 19. bxa3 Rxc3
20. fxg6 Rxb3+ 21. axb3 fxg6 22. Qd3 Nh5 23. Rhf1 Be5 24. Ne2 g3 25. Nf4 Nxf4 (
25... Bg4 $2 26. Nxg6 Bxd1 27. Qxd1 g2 28. Rg1 Bg7 29. Qxh5 Qc3 30. e5 dxe5 31.
Bh6 Bxh6 32. Rxg2 {1-0, Motylev,A (2666)-Carlsson,P (2514)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2008/}
) 26. Bxf4 g2 27. Rf2 Rf8 $44) 18. e5 $6 Nxb3 19. Nxb3 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Nh5 21.
Rxd6 Qc8 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Rd1 Qc8 24. Qd3 {Vadla,Z (2240)-Kutuzovic,B (2420)/
Zadar/1997/} Kh7 $1 {[%cal Rf7f6] /\f6-/+}) 16... Nxh5 17. Rxh5 {White burns
his boats.} (17. f4 $142 Nc4 (17... Nc6 $5 18. e5 Qc8 $13 {Rogozenko}) 18. Qd3
b5 19. f5 Qb6 $13 (19... Qc8 $5) {/=/+,/\} 20. Nd5 $6 Rxd5 21. exd5 Qxd4 22.
Qxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxf5 $36) (17. Bh6 e6 $1 $15 {leads nowhere for White.}) (
17. Nd5 Rxd5 $1 (17... Nc4 $5 $15) 18. Bxd5 Qb6 $36 {is excellent for Black
according to Golubev. Here we again see how postponing b5 helps to activate
the Qd8.}) 17... gxh5 18. Qh2 Ng6 {A rather modest move, but it's not the only
one.} ({After} 18... Nxf3 {there is no immediate refutation in sight, but
Black is the one, who risks more:} 19. Nxf3 gxf3 20. Qxh5 e6 21. Nd5 f6 $5 (
21... Qa5 22. Bh6 $1 Rxd5 $8 23. exd5 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 f2 25. c3 Qb5 26. Bc2 {
gives White at least a draw without any risk.}) 22. Bh6 (22. Be3 f2 $5 $13 (
22... Rxd5 23. exd5 e5 {Mainka,R (2450)-Komljenovic,D (2440)/Bad Mergentheim/
1988/} 24. Rg1 $36) (22... Rb5 23. Bh6 (23. Rg1 exd5 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Bh6+
Kh8 26. Bf4+ Kg7 $11) 23... Re7 24. Rh1 Qe8 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Qg6 $44)) 22...
Re7 $8 $13) ({Radajbov mentioned the enterprising alternative} 18... Qb6 $5 19.
Qxh5 e6 $15) (18... Qa5 $5 $15 {is also interesting.}) 19. Qxh5 Qa5 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8]} (19... Rxg5 20. Qxg5 e6 21. Qxg4 Qf6 22. Nce2 $13 (22. Qg3 Qe5 23.
Qxe5 Bxe5 24. Nce2 Kg7 25. Rg1 Kf6 26. c3 Rh8 $36 {Glimbrant,T (2270)-Pavlovic,
M (2495)/Barbera del Valles/1994/})) ({Carlsen's novelty is a safer choice,
than} 19... e6 20. Nf5 $1 Qa5 $1 21. Rxd6 (21. Rh1 Rxf5 22. exf5 Qxf5 23. fxg4
Qe5 $15) 21... Bc6 $13) 20. f4 $1 (20. Qxg6 $2 e6 $19) (20. Nd5 Rxd5 (20... e6
21. Rh1 exd5 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Bh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6+ Ke7 25. Qg5+ f6 $5 (25... Kf8
26. Qh6+ $11) 26. Qxg6 dxe4 $15) 21. Bxd5 e6 22. Qxg4 Ne5 23. Qg3 exd5 24. Bf6
Ng6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Nf5+ Kf6 $5 27. Rxd5 Qxd5 28. exd5 Bxf5 $15) 20... Rxg5 (
20... Rxc3 21. bxc3 Qxc3 22. Bxf7+ (22. f5 Ne5 {[%cal Rc3h3] /\Qh3} 23. Rh1
Qxd4 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Bh6 Ng6 $8 26. Bxg7+ Qxg7 27. fxg6 Rc8 28. Bxf7 Qxh7 29.
Rxh7 e6 30. Rh4 Kg7 31. Rxg4 Rc4 $15) 22... Kxf7 23. f5 $11 {gives White at
least a draw.}) 21. fxg5 e6 22. Nf5 $2 {[%mdl 64] White goes for an ambitious
tactical line, which favours his opponent.} (22. Qxg4 $142 $11 {/=/+ is
perhaps slightly more pleasant for Black, but nothing more than that.}) 22...
exf5 23. Qxg6 Be6 24. Qh5 (24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Qxf5 Bxc3 $1 26. bxc3 Qxf5 27.
exf5 Re4 $17 (27... Re5 28. Rg1 Rxf5 29. Rxg4 Kg7 $15)) 24... fxe4 25. Rf1 (25.
Nd5 e3 $1 26. g6 Kf8 27. gxf7 Bxf7 (27... Re7 28. Qg5 Bxd5 29. Rf1 $1 Qd8 $8
30. Qxd5 e2 31. Re1 $13) 28. Rf1 Qe1+ $1 29. Rxe1 Bxh5 30. Rf1+ Bf7 31. Nxe3
Rxe3 32. Rxf7+ Ke8 $17 {[%csl Gg4] o^g4, Carlsen}) 25... Qe5 $1 (25... Bxb3 26.
axb3 Re7 27. Qxg4 $15 {/<=>}) 26. Rxf7 Bxb3 (26... Rf8 $142 $5 $17 {/-+ is
probably even better, as it forces further simplification.}) 27. axb3 g3 28.
Ka2 $6 (28. Rxb7 $5 Rf8 29. Qe2 Rf2 $1 $17 {[%csl Ge4,Gg3] o^} (29... Qxg5 30.
Nxe4 Qe5 31. Rxg7+ Qxg7 32. Qg2 $15)) 28... Rf8 (28... g2 $2 29. Rf2 $1 {/\}
g1=Q 30. Qf7+ Kh7 31. Qh5+ $11) 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qg4 e3 31. g6 e2 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (31... Ke7 32. Qf3 e2 $1 33. Qxb7+ (33. Qxe2 Qxe2 34. Nxe2 g2 35.
c3 Be5 $19) 33... Kf6 34. Nxe2 Qxe2 35. Qf7+ Kg5 36. Qxg7 g2 37. Qxa7 Kxg6 $19)
(31... Bf6 $5 $19) 32. Qf3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Mutual errors are typical for
such a tactically demanding game. Radjabov repays the favour, after} 32. Qd7 $1
Kg8 (32... Qe7 33. Qc8+ Qe8 34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Qd5+ Kh8 36. Qh1+ Kg8 37. Qd5+ $11
) 33. Qc8+ Bf8 34. Qxb7 Be7 35. Qh1 (35. Nxe2 Qxe2 36. Qd5+ Kg7 37. Qf7+ Kh6
38. g7 g2 39. g8=Q Qa6+ 40. Kb1 Qf1+ $11) 35... Kf8 36. Qh7 Ke8 37. Nxe2 Qa5+
38. Kb1 Qe1+ 39. Ka2 (39. Nc1 g2 40. g7 Qxc1+ 41. Kxc1 g1=Q+ 42. Kd2 Qf2+ $11)
39... Qa5+ $11) 32... Ke8 $19 33. Qf7+ Kd8 34. Qg8+ Kd7 35. Qf7+ Qe7 36. Qf5+ (
36. Nxe2 Qxf7 37. gxf7 g2 $19 {[%cal Yd7e7] /\Ke7}) 36... Kd8 37. Qa5+ b6 38.
Qd5 e1=Q 39. Qa8+ Kd7 40. Qb7+ Ke8 (40... Ke8 41. Qa8+ (41. Qc6+ Kf8 42. Qf3+
Kg8) 41... Qd8 42. Qc6+ Kf8 43. Qf3+ Qf6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares Anibal op 05th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.01.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Komljenovic, Davorin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.01.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 b5
15. b3 Rc5 $2 (15... Rc8 $8 16. Ndxb5 Qa5 17. a4 a6 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Nxe7+ Kh8
20. Rxd2 Rce8 21. Nxg6+ fxg6 22. Nxd6 Re6 23. Nb7 Bc8 24. Nc5 Rc6 25. h3 g5 26.
Rhd1 Ng8 27. Rf2 Rh6 28. Rh1 Rhf6 29. Rhf1 Rh6 30. Rh1 Rhf6 31. Rhf1 {1/2-1/2
Topalov,Veselin-Tiviakov,Sergei/Polanica Zdroj (Poland) (7) 1995}) 16. Ne6 $1
$18 fxe6 (16... Bxe6 17. Bxc5 $18) 17. Bxc5 Ne8 $146 (17... dxc5 18. e5 Nd5 19.
Nxd5 Bxe5 20. Nxe7+ $1 (20. Ne3 Bd6 21. Rhf1 $18 {1-0 Vaclavik,D-Vild,V/
CZE-chJM U16 1995/EXT 97 (61)}) 20... Qxe7 21. Qxd7 $18) 18. Bd4 e5 19. Bxa7
$18 Rxf3 20. Rhf1 Bxg4 21. Rxf3 Bxf3 22. Rf1 Bg4 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Qxb5 Nf6 25.
a4 h5 26. Qb8 Bc8 27. Bb6 Qd7 28. a5 Kh7 29. Kb2 Bh6 30. Qc7 Qxc7 31. Bxc7 Ba6
32. Rf3 g5 33. Bxd6 g4 34. Rf5 Kg6 35. Bxe7 Nxe4 36. Rxe5 Nxc3 37. Re6+ Kh7 38.
Kxc3 Bg7+ 39. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Arab-chT Clubs"]
[Site "Taiz"]
[Date "2004.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Hakki, Imad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YEM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 Re8 13. Bh6 $6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6
Rxc3 $1 15. bxc3 a5 $1 $146 (15... Qc7 16. h4 Qxc3 17. Ne2 $1 (17. h5 Nc4 18.
Qc1 Rc8 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Ne2 Qb4 21. Nf4 a5 22. Nd3 Qb6 23. e5 dxe5 24. Nxe5
Be6 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. Qb2 Qc5 27. Bxc4+ Qxc4 28. Qb3 a4 29. Qxc4+ Rxc4 30. Rhe1
Kf7 31. a3 Rc5 32. Rd4 b5 33. Kb2 Nd5 34. Re5 e6 35. g4 Kf6 36. Rde4 Rc6 37.
g5+ Kf7 38. Rh4 Kg7 39. Re1 Kg8 40. Rhe4 Kf7 41. Rc1 Rc3 42. Rh1 Rxf3 43. Rxh7+
Kg8 44. Rb7 b4 45. Rxe6 bxa3+ 46. Ka2 Nc3+ 47. Kxa3 Ne4+ 48. Kb4 Nxg5 49. Rxg6+
Kf8 50. Rxg5 {1-0 Karjakin,S-Zeliakov,N/Dubai UAE 2002/Inf 84/(184)}) 17... Qb4
18. h5 Bb5 (18... a5 19. hxg6 Nxg6 (19... a4 20. c3 $1 Qb6 21. Nf4 $1 Nxg6 (
21... axb3 22. Nh5 $18 {84/(184)}) 22. Nxg6 axb3 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Qg5+ Kf8
25. Qxf6 bxa2+ 26. Ka1 $18 {84/(184)}) 20. g4 a4 21. g5 axb3 22. axb3 Ra8 23.
gxf6 exf6 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Qd2 Qa3 27. Qc3 $18 {84/(184)}) 19.
Nf4 Bc4 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Rd4 Qc3 (21... Qb6 22. Rxc4 Nxc4 23. Ne6 Kf7 24. Ng5+
Kg8 25. Nxh7 $18 {84/(184)}) 22. Ne2 Qb4 23. f4 $18 {84/(184)}) 16. a4 $6 (16.
a3 a4 17. Ba2 Qb6+ 18. Ka1 Rc8 $11 (18... Qc5 $11)) 16... Qc7 (16... Qb6 $5 17.
h4 (17. Ka2 Qc5 $15 {/\b5, /\Nc4}) 17... Bxa4 18. h5 Bxb3 19. cxb3 Nc6 $15 {->}
) 17. h4 (17. Rhe1 $5 b5 18. axb5 a4 19. Ba2 Rb8 $15) 17... b5 $1 (17... Qxc3
18. Ne2 $14 {/\h5}) 18. axb5 (18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 a4 20. Ba2 Rb8 21. Qd2
Rxb5+ {- 18.ab}) 18... a4 19. Ba2 (19. Bd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxb5 $15 (20... Qxc3
$13) (20... Rb8 $15)) (19. Bxa4 $2 Ra8 20. Bb3 $140 Qxc3 $19) 19... Rb8 20. Qd2
(20. Qd2 Bxb5 21. Nxb5 (21. Ka1 Bc4 22. Rb1 Rc8 $15) 21... Rxb5+ 22. Ka1 Rc5
$15 {><c3, עa1}) (20. h5 $2 Bxb5 21. hxg6 Qxc3 $1 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT 9900"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2000.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bertholee, Rob"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Amstelveen"]
[BlackTeam "Groningen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Bc6
15. Qe3 Qa5 16. Bd4 Rfe8 17. Bxf6 exf6 18. Qf4 f5 19. Nd5 Re2 20. g4 {[%mdl
704]} Bxd5 $1 21. Rxd5 Rexc2+ $1 $19 22. Bxc2 Qxa2 23. Rxb5 (23. Rhd1 Bxb2+ 24.
Kd2 Qxd5+ $19) 23... Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qxh1 25. Qg3 (25. Rb8 Qg2+ $19 {/\Qc2}) 25...
Rd8+ 26. Ke2 Qc1 27. Bd3 Re8+ 28. Kf2 f4 29. Qg2 Qe1# 0-1

[Event "Santos Paulista-ch"]
[Site "Santos"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Matsuura, Everaldo"]
[Black "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Vescovi,G"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{72/226} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. h4 h5 (12... Nc4 {
- 72/(226)}) 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 (14. g4 {- 72/(226)}) 14... b5 15. g4 hxg4 16.
h5 Nxh5 17. Nd5 Re8 18. Rxh5 gxh5 19. Qh2 Rxd5 20. Bxd5 Qb6 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22.
exf5 gxf3 23. Qxh5 Rc8 (23... Qf2 24. Bf4 {- 51/(212)} (24. Bxe7 $6 Rxe7 25.
Qg5 Re8 26. f6 (26. Rg1 Ng4 $19) 26... Qg2 $15) (24. Rh1 Qg3 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26.
Bh6 Bxh6 27. Qxh6+ Qg7 28. Qh8+ Qg8 29. f6 $5 (29. Qh6+ $11) 29... Rc8 $1 30.
fxe7+ Kxe7 31. Qh4+ Kd7 32. Bxf3 $13)) 24. Bh6 $6 $146 (24. Bxe7 $4 Qc7 $19) (
24. Bf4 $2 Qf2 (24... Qc5 25. c4) 25. c3 Rc5 $1 26. Bxe5 $140 Rxd5 $17) (24.
Rh1 $1 Qc5 $8 (24... Qf2 $2 25. c3 (25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Bh6 Qxc2+ 27. Ka1 Ke8 28.
Qxg7 Qxf5 $15) 25... Kf8 (25... Qg3 26. Bxe7 $18) 26. Bf4 $18) 25. c4 $1 (25.
Qh7+ $2 Kf8 26. Bh6 Ke8 $17) (25. Bb3 Kf8 26. Qh7 Bf6 27. Qh6+ Ke8 (27... Bg7
$11) 28. Bxf6 exf6 29. Qxf6 f2 30. a3 $13) 25... Kf8 26. Bf4 (26. Bh6 $2 Bxh6
27. Qxh6+ Ke8 28. Be6 fxe6 29. Qxe6 Nf7 30. f6 Rc7 $19) 26... Ke8 (26... bxc4
$2 27. Bxe5 Qxd5 28. Qh8+ $3 Bxh8 29. Rxh8#) 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Qxf7+ (28. Be6
$2 Kd8 $1 29. Qxf7 (29. Qh8+ Bxh8 30. Rxh8+ Kc7 31. Rxc8+ Kb6 $17) (29. Bxc8
Qd4 $17) 29... Rb8 $1 30. Qf8+ Kc7 31. Qxe7+ Kb6 $17) 28... Kd8 29. Qf8+ Kc7
30. Qxe7+ Kb6 31. Qb7+ Ka5 $11) 24... Qf2 $1 25. c3 Qg3 26. Bxg7 (26. Rh1 Rc5
$1 (26... Bxh6 27. Qxh6 Qg7 28. Qh3 $1 (28. Qh2 Rc5) 28... Rc5 29. Bxf3 b4 $140
$6 30. cxb4 Nd3 $2 31. f6 Qxf6 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Qxd3 $18) 27. Bxg7 Qxg7 28.
Bxf3 b4 29. cxb4 Nd3 30. Qh2 (30. Qh8+ $5 Qxh8 31. Rxh8+ Kxh8 32. bxc5 dxc5 $17
) 30... Rxf5 $17 31. Be4 $140 Rh5 $19) 26... Kxg7 27. Rh1 Kf8 28. Qh8+ Qg8 29.
Qh2 $2 (29. Qh3 $15) 29... Rc5 $1 30. Bb3 Ng4 (30... Ke8 $6 31. Rg1 Ng4 32. Qf4
f2 33. Qxf2 $1 Nxf2 34. Rxg8+ $15) 31. Qf4 f2 $19 32. Qf3 (32. Bd1 Re5 33. Bxg4
Re1+ 34. Kc2 Rxh1) 32... Re5 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Wolff,P"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 (9. g4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Qc7 13. h4 Rac8 14.
Rh2 e5 $1 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. O-O-O Nd5 17. Bxg7 Qxg7 $15 {Oll,L-Georgiev,K Biel
izt (8)}) 9... Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. h4 h5 (12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4
14. h5 Nxh5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Rh4 $2 e5 $1 17. Nb3 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nxe4 19. Qh2 Ng5
20. Rf1 Bc6 21. Nd2 f5 $1 $17 {Farago,S-Szalanczy,E Budapest Exp (9) 1993}) 13.
Kb1 $5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nde2 b5 16. Bh6 (16. Bd4 $2 e5 $1 (16... b4 $140
17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. exd5) 17. Be3 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Rc6 $15 {
Anand,V-Tiviakov,S Tilburg 3.08 1992}) 16... b4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19.
exd5 Qa5 20. b3 Rc5 (20... Rc7 21. g4 Rh8 22. Ng3 Rhc8 23. Rh2 $1 $16 {Wolff,
P-Kudrin,S Eastern Open 1991}) 21. g4 Rfc8 22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. Rd2 $16 hxg4 (23...
Qa3 24. gxh5 Bf5 (24... Ra5 25. Nc1) 25. Rc1 Ra5 26. Qa1 $16) 24. fxg4 e5 25.
dxe6 Bxe6 26. Nf4 (26. h5 Rd5 27. Qf6 Qd8) 26... Re5 27. Nd3 $4 (27. Qxd6 $16
Bxg4 $140 28. Nxg6) 27... Qd5 $1 $8 28. Qxd5 Rxd5 29. g5 a5 $10 30. Rhh2 Kf8
31. Kb2 Ke7 32. a3 bxa3+ 33. Kxa3 Rh8 34. Rdf2 Bf5 35. Nf4 Rd4 $138 36. c3 Rd1
37. c4 Kd7 38. Nd5 Be6 39. Nf4 Bf5 40. Nd5 Be6 41. Nf4 Rd4 42. Nxe6 fxe6 43.
Rf7+ Kc6 44. Rf6 e5 45. Rxg6 Rhxh4 46. Rxh4 Rxh4 47. Rg8 Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 Re8 {
This move, introduced in the 1990's and upheld by GM Tiviakov some ten years
later, caught the attention of Magnus Carlsen, who used it first against
Radjabov in 2008 and later against Karjakin in 2014. The point is to
overprotect the sensitive e7-pawn in anticipation of White's attack with g2-g4.
} (14... b5 15. g4 hxg4 16. h5 Nxh5 17. Nd5 Re8 18. Rxh5 gxh5 19. Qh2 {has
been known as very good for White since Chandler-Mestel and Karpov-Sznapik,
both from 1986.}) 15. g4 {Nevertheless, MVL goes for it.} ({Karjakin's choice
in the above mentioned game (World Rapid, Dubai, 2014) was} 15. Bh6 {but
Carlsen showed great powers of anticipation by setting up his own shots:} a5
16. a4 Qb6 $1 17. g4 Rxc3 $1 18. bxc3 Nxf3 {and the subsequent tactical play
resolved in a draw.}) 15... hxg4 16. f4 ({Radjabov-Carlsen, FIDE Grand prix,
Baku 2008 demonstrated why} 16. h5 Nxh5 17. Rxh5 gxh5 18. Qh2 {doesn't quite
work. Magnus calmly defended by returning the exchange:} Ng6 19. Qxh5 Qa5 20.
f4 Rxg5 21. fxg5 e6 {and Black already stood better. Teimour's wild attempt at
the black king,} 22. Nf5 exf5 23. Qxg6 {was turned back by} Be6 {and Magnus
went on to win.}) 16... Nc4 {Another important juncture.} (16... Nc6 {meets
with a typical tactic,} 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 (17... exf6 18. Ndb5 $16) 18. e5 $1 {
and Black must part with major material,} dxe5 (18... Bg7 19. Ne4 {is simply
unbearable}) 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Kg7 22. Rg1 {There are some
lines in the Dragon where Black can play a rook down in the endgame, but here
he's unlikely to succeed.}) 17. Qd3 $1 {Maxime plays the best move.} ({White
doesn't get to continue with his K-side attack in peace and quiet after} 17.
Qe2 Qc8 18. f5 {as Black has his own ideas.} Nxb2 $1 19. Kxb2 (19. fxg6 Nxd1
20. gxf7+ Kh7 21. Nxd1 Rf8 {is sharp, but Black is up the exchange.}) 19...
Rxc3 20. fxg6 Rxb3+ {Exchange sacrifices abound.} 21. axb3 fxg6 22. Bxf6 exf6
23. h5 f5 $17) 17... Na5 {Somewhat unfortunate. One wonders if Nakamura was
out of book.} (17... Qc8 {is still critical.}) 18. Bxf6 $1 exf6 (18... Bxf6 19.
e5 Nxb3 (19... dxe5 20. Qxg6+) 20. Nxb3 Bf5 21. Qd4 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Bg7 23. Nd4 {
should be favouring White, but he shouldn't underestimate the power of the
Dragon bishop.}) 19. Bd5 ({The positional treatment of} 19. f5 {deserved
serious consideration.} Nxb3 20. axb3 Qc8 21. Rdf1 gxf5 22. exf5 Ree5 23. Rf4 {
etc.}) 19... Nc6 $2 (19... f5 $1 {was a must. After} 20. exf5 Bc6 21. Bxc6 Nxc6
22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. fxg6 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Qf6 {both kinds are shaky, but Black's
active pieces should provide for ample counterplay.}) 20. Nxc6 $6 {tempting,
but not the best choice.} ({Hitting d6 with} 20. Ndb5 {would have given MVL a
near decisive advantage.} Be6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. f5 Re7 23. h5 {etc.}) 20...
bxc6 21. Bxf7+ {Maxime's calculations were all about this shot. In the end he
got to keep an extra pawn, but, as often happens in sharp Sicilians, the
formerly bad black king became a major factor in the endgame.} Kxf7 22. Qxd6
Rxc3 23. Qxd7+ Qxd7 24. Rxd7+ Ke6 25. Rxg7 Rf3 26. Rxg6 Rxf4 27. Rg1 Rxe4 28.
R6xg4 Rxg4 29. Rxg4 f5 30. Ra4 Rg8 (30... Ke5 31. Rxa7 f4 32. Kc1 Kf5 {also
looks drawish despite White's two pawn edge.}) 31. b3 ({Giving up the c-pawn
after} 31. Kc1 Rg1+ 32. Kd2 Rg2+ 33. Ke3 Rxc2 34. b3 {would deprive White of
winning chances.} Rc3+ 35. Kf4 Rh3) 31... Rg4 32. Rxa7 f4 33. Kc1 f3 34. Kd2
Rxh4 {No need to bother with more complicated lines.} ({Hikaru could have gone
for} 34... Re4 35. Ra4 Re2+ 36. Kd3 Kf5 $11) 35. Ra8 Rh2+ 36. Kd3 Kf5 37. a4 (
37. Ke3 Rxc2 38. Kxf3 Ke5 39. Ke3 Rh2 40. Kd3 Kd6 {is a routine draw.}) 37...
Kg4 38. a5 Rh1 39. Rg8+ Kf4 40. Rf8+ Kg3 41. Rg8+ Kf4 42. Rf8+ Kg3 43. b4 f2
44. Kd4 f1=Q 45. Rxf1 Rxf1 46. Kc5 Rc1 47. Kxc6 1/2-1/2

