[Event "RUS-Cup07"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1998.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpatchev, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Frolov, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1998.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4096]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7.
Nxd4 Bc5 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Qe7 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. O-O
O-O 14. Qc3 f6 15. f4 fxe5 16. fxe5 Rfe8 17. Bc5 Qg5 18. Rae1 {Commenting the
game Tzermiadianos,A-Cela,A/Athens 1994 for the 65th Chess Informant, A.
Tzermiadianos assessed this position as +/=.} Re6 19. Qf3 ({An interesting
alternative to the text is} 19. Nd4 $5 Rg6 (19... Rxe5 $2 20. Nf3) 20. Rf2 Bh3
(20... Re8 21. e6 $1) 21. Ref1 (21. Ree2 Qc1+ (21... Bxc5 22. Qxc5 Bxg2 $2 23.
Rxg2 Qc1+ 24. Kf2 Rf8+ 25. Nf3 Qh1 26. Qxf8+ $1 Kxf8 27. Rxg6 hxg6 28. Re1 $18)
22. Re1 Qg5 $11) 21... h6 22. Nf3 (22. Bxb6 $2 Bxg2 23. Ne6 Bf3+ $1 (23... Be4+
24. Nxg5 Rxg5+ 25. Qg3) 24. Nxg5 Rxg5+ 25. Rg2 Rxg2+ 26. Kh1 Be4 $1 $19) 22...
Qg4 23. Ne1 $14) 19... Qe7 20. Qe3 (20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Nd4 Rg6 (21... Rxe5 $2
22. Rxe5 Qxe5 23. Qf7+ $18) 22. a3 $13) 20... Re8 21. Bxe7 Bxe3+ 22. Rxe3 R6xe7
23. Nc5 Bc8 24. Rfe1 {[%mdl 4096] The endgame seems favourable for White, yet
with the following manoeuvre Black eliminates e-pawn and White's advantage
evaaporates therewith.} Bf5 $8 25. c3 Be4 $1 26. e6 (26. Nxe4 Rxe5) 26... Bf5
27. h3 h5 28. Kf2 h4 29. Re5 g6 30. Ke3 (30. Kf3 $5 Rf8 $140 31. Ke3) 30...
Bxe6 31. Kf4 Kf7 32. Kg5 Bf5 33. Rxe7+ Rxe7 34. Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. Kxh4 Kd6 36. b4
Ke5 37. Kg5 d4 38. cxd4+ Kxd4 {[%csl Ra2,Rb4][%cal Gd4b4]} 39. h4 Bb1 40. Ne6+
Kc4 41. a3 (41. Nf4 Kxb4 42. Nxg6 c5) {[#]} 41... a5 $8 {Otherwise White
promotes his h-pawn.} (41... Kb3 42. Nf4 Kxa3 43. Nxg6 Kxb4 44. h5 Ba2 45. h6
Bg8 46. Kf6 $18) 42. bxa5 Kb5 43. Nd4+ {White tries to pick up double c-pawns
and later win an endgame due to an advantage on the K-side, but this plan
fails.} Kxa5 44. Nxc6+ Kb5 45. Nd4+ Ka4 46. Ne6 c6 $1 47. g4 Kxa3 (47... Kxa3
48. Nf4 c5 49. Nxg6 Bxg6 50. Kxg6 c4 51. h5 c3 52. h6 c2 53. h7 c1=Q 54. h8=Q
Qc2+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpatchev, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Potapov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 512]} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7.
Nxd4 Bc5 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 Nxd2 (10... Qe7 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. e6
$1 fxe6 $1 (12... Bxe6 $2 13. Nxe6 Bxe3 14. Nxg7+ Kf8 15. Nf5 $1 $18) 13. Nxc6
$1 {/\ Qh5 ץc5} Bb4+ 14. Nxb4 Qxb4+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 $14 {/\ Kc3}) 11.
Qxd2 O-O (11... Qe7 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Qc3 O-O 14. O-O Rfe8 $1 (14... Rae8 15. Bc5
$1 Bxc5 16. Nxc5 $14) 15. f4 Qe6 (15... f6 16. Bc5 fxe5 17. fxe5 Qh4 $5 (17...
Qg5 18. Rae1 $14) 18. Nd2 $1 d4 19. Qa3 $14 {/\ Nf3}) 16. Rae1 Qg6 17. Rf3 Bf5
18. Rg3 Qh6 19. Rg5 $1 Bd7 20. Kh1 Re7 21. Bc5 Re6 22. Qf3 Rae8 23. Rf1 g6 24.
Rg3 $1 Qg7 25. Qc3 $16 {/\ Nd4. Tzermiadianos,A-Cela,A/Athens 1994/Inf 65/
[Tzermiadianos,And] (25)}) 12. O-O Bb6 13. Bg5 $5 {In contrast with the
reference game Black abstained from moving a queen and White tries to exploit
it immediately.} (13. Nb3 Qe7 14. Qc3) 13... Qe8 (13... Qc8 14. a4 $14) 14.
Rfe1 Be6 15. a4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Bf5 17. Qc3 (17. c4 $142 $14) 17... Qe6 18. Be3
Qg6 19. Bc5 Rfe8 20. Rac1 h5 21. Re3 h4 22. h3 Re6 23. Qd4 Qh6 24. c4 Rg6 25.
Rcc3 (25. cxd5 $2 Bxh3 $17) 25... dxc4 (25... Qg5 {deserved serious attention
instead. In this case the game could have continue as follows:} 26. g4 Bxg4 27.
hxg4 Qxg4+ 28. Kf1 (28. Qxg4 Rxg4+ 29. Kh2 d4 30. Kh3 Rf4 31. Bxd4 (31. Rf3
dxc3 $19) 31... Rxd4 32. e6 Re8 $17) 28... Qg2+ 29. Ke2 Rg4 30. Qd2 (30. Qd1
Rf4 31. Red3 Re8 32. cxd5 Rxe5+ 33. Kd2 Rxf2+ 34. Bxf2 Qxf2+ 35. Kc1 Re1 36.
dxc6 Qf4+ 37. Kb1 Rxd1+ 38. Rxd1 g5 $19) 30... Rf4 31. Kd1 (31. Red3 Re4+ 32.
Be3 (32. Re3 d4 $1) 32... h3 33. Qe1 h2 34. Rc1 Rxc4 $17) 31... Rxf2 32. Re2
$13) 26. Qxc4 $2 (26. Be7 $142 {[%csl Rh4]}) 26... Rd8 27. Be7 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 {
[#]} Rxg2+ $1 {This attractive sacrifice should have led to the decisive
advantage for Black. Yet, he should play precisely to prove the sac correct.}
29. Kxg2 Qg6+ 30. Kf3 Bxh3 31. Ke2 (31. Qxh4 Qg2+ 32. Ke2 Bg4+ $19) 31... Qg1
32. Rxh3 Qf1+ 33. Ke3 Qxh3+ 34. Ke2 Qf1+ 35. Kf3 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 h3 $1 37. Qg4 $8
Qf1+ ({Black misses a beautiful opportunity} 37... Qe1+ 38. Kf3 h2 $1 39. Qc8+
Rd8 $3 40. Qxd8+ Kh7 41. Qd3+ g6 $17) 38. Ke3 Re1+ $2 39. Kd4 Qa6 {Apparently,
White forfeited on time. His position after 40.Rxh3 is winning.} (39... Qxf2+
40. Kc4 $16) 0-1

[Event "Mukachevo m"]
[Site "Mukachevo"]
[Date "2009.09.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Bischoff,K"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.09.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Nigel has a 3:2 lead, so it is quite simple for Zahar. He has to win the last
game, a draw is of no use. This "must win situation" is unpleasant, but every
chessplayer has already been in there.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {Zahar was
not too successful with the Ruy, so he goes for a new opening. But the real
surprise is his next move.} exd4 4. Bc4 {# The last time I saw this position
was probably when I played a junior tournament.} Nf6 5. e5 Ng4 {For the second
time in the match I try to find very old books to give you a little more
information. And I found a very nice book written by Keres in 1973. Those were
the days, the book has 350 pages and I could learn six or seven different
openings when I was 12 years old. Nigel's 5.Ng4 got half a page, and Keres
knew already in 1973 that "this knight move is better than it's reputation".}
6. O-O d6 7. exd6 Qxd6 {Keres recommended Bxd6. So do my engines.} 8. Na3 {
# White gets this Na3 for free, because Black has to play a6 to stop Nb5.} a6
9. h3 Nh6 $1 {The first move which is not given by Keres. But modern players
do not mind putting their knights on the rim. It is important to have f7 well
protected.} 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Bg5 Nf5 {#} 12. Bb3 $5 {Here Zahar spent oceans
of time to make g4 work.} ({But after} 12. g4 h6 13. Bd2 {Black has} Ne3 $1 14.
fxe3 (14. Bxe3 dxe3 15. Rxe3 O-O {does not give much.}) 14... h5 {is
recommended by my engines.} (14... Qg3+ {is good enough too.})) ({The quiet} 
12. Bd3 {may be the best chance. After} O-O 13. Bxf5 Bxf5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15.
Qxd4 {White has his pawn back.} Nc6 16. Qxd6 cxd6 17. Rad1 {with a lasting
advantage is unpleasant for Black.}) 12... O-O 13. Nc4 Qd8 14. Bxe7 Nfxe7 15.
Nce5 h6 16. Qd3 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Nc6 18. Rh5 {# good old coffehouse chess.} Qf6
19. g4 (19. Ng5 $2 {could have worked in a coffehouse 150 years ago but not in
Mukachevo today. After} Bf5 20. Nxf7 Bxd3 21. Nxh6+ Kh7 $1 ({of course not} 
21... Kh8 $4 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Rh8#) 22. Ng4+ Kg6 {Black is winning.}) 19... Be6
20. g5 {#} Qg6 (20... Qf5 {was also playable. After} 21. Qxf5 Bxf5 22. gxh6 g6
23. Rh4 Rad8 {the position is equal according to my engines. But I understand
perfectly well that Nigel did not go for this. This "weak" h-pawn is still
dangerous.}) 21. Qxg6 fxg6 22. Bxe6+ Kh7 23. Rh4 Rxf3 24. Bd5 Rf5 25. Bxc6 bxc6
{Black has a shattered pawn structure but his rooks are very active. He is not
in danger.} 26. gxh6 Re8 27. hxg7+ Kxg7 28. Rxd4 Re2 29. Rd7+ Kh6 30. Rf1 Rxc2
31. b3 Rxa2 32. Rxc7 Rf3 {Draw agreed. So Nigel won the match 3.5:2.5.
Congratulations!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ng4 (5... d5 $5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7.
Nxd4 Bc5 $5) 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. Bf4 f6 (7... d6 $5 8. exd6 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Bxd6) 8.
exf6 gxf6 $5 9. O-O (9. Nbd2) 9... Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Nge5 11. Nbd2 (11. Re1) 11...
d5 (11... Bc5 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Rad1 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 O-O 15. Bxc6 $14) 12. Nb3 Bd7
(12... Bg4 $5 13. Nfxd4 (13. Rfe1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 O-O-O $13) 13... Bxe2 14. Nxe2
O-O-O 15. Ng3 $14 {><f5}) 13. Nfxd4 Nxd4 14. Bh5+ $1 Ng6 15. Nxd4 O-O-O 16. Bg3
$14 c5 17. Ne2 $1 Bf5 18. c3 Bh6 19. b4 $1 $16 b6 20. a4 $6 (20. bxc5 $142 bxc5
21. f4 $16) 20... Bd3 21. a5 Kb7 $1 22. axb6 axb6 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Rfd1 Bc2
25. Bf3 $1 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Rhe8 27. c4 f5 28. Rb1+ Kc8 $6 (28... Ka6 $5 29. Ra1+
(29. Bc7 $6 Rd7 (29... Nh4 30. Rb6+ Ka7 31. Bxd8 $16) 30. Ra1+ Kb7 31. Ba5 Nh4
32. Bh5 $13) 29... Kb6 30. Rb1+ Ka6 $10) 29. Rb8+ Kd7 30. Rb7+ Ke6 (30... Kc6
31. Rxh7 $16) 31. cxd5+ Kf6 32. Bc7 Ra8 33. g3 Ra2 34. Kf1 Rd2 $1 35. Ba5 Rd3
36. Kg2 Bd2 37. Bb6 Ne5 38. Bh5 Rc8 39. Nf4 $2 (39. f4 $142 $1 Ng6 $8 40. Rd7 {
/\ Bd8+/-}) 39... Bxf4 40. gxf4 Ng6 41. Bxg6 hxg6 $2 (41... Kxg6 $17) 42. Rd7
$1 g5 (42... c4 $142 43. Bd8+ Rxd8 44. Rxd8 c3 $10) 43. Bd8+ Rxd8 (43... Kg6
44. fxg5 c4 45. Rd6+ Kh5 46. h3 Rxd8 $8 47. Rxd8 Kxg5 $10) 44. fxg5+ Kxg5 45.
Rxd8 c4 $10 46. d6 c3 47. d7 c2 48. Rc8 Rxd7 49. Rxc2 Rd4 50. Rc3 Ra4 51. h3
Rb4 52. Kg3 Ra4 53. Rc8 Ra3+ 54. Kg2 Ra7 55. Rg8+ Kf4 56. Rg3 Rh7 57. Rf3+ Ke4
58. Ra3 Rg7+ 59. Kh2 Kf4 60. h4 Rh7 61. Kh3 Rh8 62. Ra7 Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG Cup"]
[Site "Ulcinj"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Simonovic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Petronic, Jovan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qh5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 Bd6 11. c4 h6 12. Nxd6+ cxd6 13. Bf4 O-O (13... Qc5
$5) 14. Nxd4 Qxd1 15. Rexd1 Bxc4 16. Nf5 Be6 17. Nxd6 Rfd8 18. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 19.
Rxd1 Bxa2 20. h4 Re8 21. Rd6 Re1+ 22. Kh2 Re4 23. Bg3 Rc4 24. Nd8 Nxd8 25.
Rxd8+ Kh7 26. Rd7 Ra4 27. f3 a6 28. Be1 Be6 29. Ra7 Kg6 30. Kg3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Porz op"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1982.08.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Paulsen, Dirk"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1982.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Nxe4 7. cxd4 d5 8.
dxc5 dxc4 9. Qe2 Qd3 10. Re1 f5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf5 14. Qh4
(14. Qf4 Rac8 {mit gleichem Spiel.}) 14... Rae8 15. Bf4 Be4 16. Re3 Qd7 17.
Rae1 $2 (17. Ng5 $1 Bd3 18. Rae1 {der Springer muss auf dem Brett bleiben,
außerdem bleibt der Königsflügel ungeschwächt.}) 17... Bxf3 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. gxf3 Nd4 21. Kg2 {Weiß findet schon keine anderen Züge mehr, um
Ne2+ oder Nxf3+ abzuwehren.} Qf8 $1 22. Qg5 $2 ({Da} 22. Qg4 {an} h5 {
scheitert,}) ({muss wohl oder übel} 22. Be3 {geschehen.}) 22... Ne6 23. Qd5 Qf7
0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qh5 (8... Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Neg5 O-O-O 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Rxe6 Bd6 (12...
h6 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. h3 Qf5 15. a3 Kd7 16. Re4 Rde8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Qd1 Re4 (
18... a5 $5) 19. b4 $1 $14 {Djurhuus,R-Blees,A/Gausdal/1993/1:0 (36) Inf 56/
350/}) 13. Qe2 Qh5 $1 14. Qe4 Rde8 $10 {Kamsky,G-Ye,R/Manila(izt)/1990/0:1 (55)
Inf 49/376/}) 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 {Saverymuttu,R-Cristiansen,L/USA/1972/ Inf
14/259/} Bd6 (10... h6 $2 11. Bf6 $1 Qa5 12. Nxd4 $1 gxf6 13. Nxf6+ Ke7 14. b4
Nxb4 15. Nxe6 Kxf6 16. Qd4+ $18 {Rossolimo,N-Prins,L/BEL/1951/}) (10... Bb4 11.
c3 dxc3 12. bxc3 Ba5 13. h4 h6 14. Ng3 Qg6 15. h5 Qh7 16. Qb3) 11. c4 $5 $146 (
11. Bf6 O-O 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Bxd4 Bg4 14. Re3 Rae8 $10) 11... O-O (11... dxc3
12. Nxd6+ cxd6 13. Qxd6 $36) 12. c5 Be5 $1 (12... Be7 $6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nxd4
Qxd1 15. Raxd1 $16 {/\15...Ba2 16.Nc3/}) 13. Nxe5 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Nxe5 15. Rxd4
f6 (15... Bxa2 16. Nc3 Nc6 17. Rd7 Rfe8 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. f3 Bc4 20. Rxc7 $14)
16. Bf4 Bxa2 17. Nc3 Bf7 (17... Nc6 18. Rd7 Rae8 19. Rxe8 (19. Ra1 $5) 19...
Rxe8 20. f3 Bc4 21. Rxc7) 18. Bxe5 fxe5 (18... Rae8 19. Rd7 $16) 19. Rxe5 (19.
Rd7 Rac8 20. Rxe5 Rfe8 21. f4 Rxe5 22. fxe5 Be8 23. Rd2 Bc6 $13) 19... Rae8 20.
f4 Rxe5 21. fxe5 Be6 22. Nb5 Rf5 $1 23. Re4 (23. Rd8+ $5 Kf7 24. Rb8 Rxe5 25.
Rxb7 Rxc5 26. Nxc7 Bc8 $1 27. Rxa7 Rc1+ 28. Kf2 Rc2+ 29. Kg3 Rxb2 30. Nd5+ Rb7
$10) 23... Rf7 $1 (23... c6 24. Nd4 Bd5 25. Nxf5 Bxe4 26. Nd6) 24. Nxa7 $5 (24.
Nd4 Re7 $10) 24... c6 25. b4 Rf8 26. b5 cxb5 27. Nxb5 Rc8 28. Nd4 Kf7 29. Nxe6
Kxe6 30. Rb4 Rc7 $1 $10 31. Rb5 Kd5 32. Kf2 Kc6 33. Rb3 Re7 (33... Kxc5 34. Ke3
Kd5 35. Rb5+ Ke6 36. g4) 34. Kf3 Rxe5 35. Rb6+ Kc7 36. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladivostok"]
[Site "Vladivostok"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Semeniuk, Alexander A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ng4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. Bf4 f6 (7...
d6 $5 8. exd6 cxd6 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Nb3 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 Nge5 12. Bb5 Nxf3 13.
Kxf3 O-O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nxd4 Bd7 $13) (7... d6 8. exd6 cxd6 9. Nbd2 Bf5
10. Nb3 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 Nge5 12. Bb5 Nxf3 13. Kxf3 O-O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nxd4
Bd7 $13 {Valvo,M-Levitt,M/USA/1992/0:1/40/}) 8. exf6 Nxf6 (8... gxf6 $5 9. O-O
Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Nge5 11. Nbd2 d5 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. Nfxd4 Nxd4 14. Bh5+ Ng6 15. Nxd4
O-O-O 16. Bg3 $14 {Sveshnikov,E-Agdestein,S/Biel(izt)/1993/0,5/63/}) (8...
Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Nxf6 10. Nbd2 $1 d6 11. Rhe1 Bf5 12. Kf1+ Kd7 13. Nb3 Be4 14.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 $14 {Sveshnikov,E-Rodriguez,R/Manila/1982/}) 9. Nbd2 (9.
Bxc7 $6 d6 10. Bb5 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 Kd7 12. Ba5 a6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 $10) 9... d5 $5
(9... Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Bc5 11. Rhe1 d5 12. Kf1+ Kd8 13. Bd3 Nb4 14. Nb3 $14 {
Sveshnikov,E-Ehlvest,J/Helsinki/1992/}) 10. Bb5 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 a6 12. Bd3 (12.
Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bxc7 (13. Nxd4 c5 14. N4f3 c6) 13... Bg4) 12... Bg4 13. Bxc7 Rc8
$6 (13... Kd7 $5 14. Bg3 Re8+ 15. Kf1 Bd6 $132) 14. Bg3 Bb4 15. h3 Bxf3+ (15...
Bh5 16. Bf5 Rd8 17. Bh4 $14) 16. Nxf3 $16 O-O 17. Rhd1 Ne4 18. Bh2 Rf6 $6 (
18... Bd6 $5 19. Bxd6 (19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Bxd6 exf3+ 21. gxf3 Rce8+ $17) 19...
Nxd6 20. Kf1 Rf4 21. Re1 Nc4 $5 $14) 19. Kf1 Bc5 20. Re1 Re8 21. Re2 Rfe6 22.
Rae1 h6 23. a3 b5 $6 (23... Kf7 $1) 24. Kg1 Bb6 (24... Kf7 $5) 25. Nh4 $1 $16
Ba5 26. b4 Bd8 27. Nf5 Bf6 28. Nd6 $18 Rxd6 29. Bxd6 Rd8 30. Bf4 Kf7 31. Bxe4
dxe4 32. Rxe4 d3 33. cxd3 g5 34. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Goteborg SSK 40th Anniversary Group A"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1920.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1920.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Tartakower: My Best Chess ames 1905-1930. p.75, no.35.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 (9.
Rxe4+ $6 Be6 10. Nxd4 O-O-O 11. Be3 Bf5 $17) (9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 f5 $17)
9... Be6 10. Neg5 O-O-O 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Rxe6 Be7 13. Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 8]
According to Tartakower.} Nxe5 (13... Qd5 14. Qg4 $1 Nxe5 15. Rxe5+ Qd7 16.
Qxg7 $16) 14. Rxe7 Rd7 (14... Rhe8 15. Bd2 $1 (15. Rxg7 $2 Nf3+ $19 {/\...Re1})
15... Qd5 16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. Qh5 $16) (14... Rhf8 15. Bd2) (14... d3 15. Bf4)
15. Rxd7 Nxd7 16. Bf4 Re8 17. h3 Qf5 (17... Qb4 18. Qh5 $1 Re1+ 19. Kh2 $1) 18.
Bg3 Qe4 19. Qd2 b6 20. b4 (20. Rd1 $142 c5 21. Kh2 $1 a5 22. c3 d3 23. f3 $1 (
23. Qxd3 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Re2 $10) 23... Qe2 24. Qf4 Re5 25. Re1 Qxe1 26. Bxe1
Rxe1 27. Qd2 Re2 28. Qxd3 Rxb2 29. Qxh7 $18) 20... Nf6 21. Rd1 Kb7 22. a4 Qe2
23. Qxd4 Qxc2 24. a5 Re4 25. Qa1 Qe2 26. Rc1 Rc4 27. axb6 axb6 28. b5 Kb8 29.
Re1 Qc2 30. Qa6 Re4 31. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Match Reti-Euwe +3-1=0"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1920.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1920.05.30"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Das kleine Match zwischen dem jungen Euwe und dem schon erfahrenen Reti
hatte es in sich. Sehen Sie z.B. wie die zweite Partie verlief:} (1. d4 f5 2.
e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 g6 5. f3 exf3 6. Nxf3 Bg7 7. Bd3 c5 8. d5 Qb6 $2 {
Unsolide.} 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 $1 Nxd5 {Hat Weiß nicht etwas übersehen?} (10...
Qa3 11. Nb5 Qxa2 12. O-O) 11. Nxd5 $1 Qxb1+ 12. Kf2 Qxh1 {Erinnerungen an die
"Unsterbliche" von Anderssen werden wach.} 13. Bxe7 {Der Angriff ist tödlich.}
d6 14. Bxd6 Nc6 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qe2+ {1-0 Reti,R-Euwe,M/
Amsterdam 1920/HCL (17)}) 1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4
6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxd4 $2 (9. Nxe4 {ist der Hauptzug.}) 9...
Nxd4 10. Qxd4 f5 11. Bg5 Qc5 12. Qd8+ Kf7 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Rad1 Bd6 $1 15.
Qxh8 Qxg5 {droht 16...Bh3} 16. f4 Qh4 17. Rxe4 Bh3 $3 {[%mdl 64]} 18. Qxa8 {
Es ist wirklich unglaublich: Euwe räumt die gegnerischen Türme ab, wobei er
die eigenen behält. Und in der zweiten Partie - s.o. - tut er es noch einmal.
Allerdings geht es jeweils schief.} Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Bxg2+ $1 20. Kxg2 Qg4+ 21. Kf1
Qf3+ 22. Ke1 Qf2# 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.04.10"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Pap, Misa"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dortmund Hansa"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qd8 $5 {A secondary move that has gained in popularity over recent years.}
9. Rxe4+ Be7 10. Nxd4 f5 11. Rf4 (11. Bh6 O-O (11... gxh6 $4 12. Qh5+ Kf8 13.
Nxf5 {just wins for White.}) (11... fxe4 12. Bxg7 {might remain playable for
Black but is extremely risky.}) 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rd4 Qe8 14. Bf4 {transposes
into the game, without giving Black the option of exchanging queens in a
positive way (forcing Nxd1).}) (11. Rxe7+ {is another option but after} Nxe7
12. Qh5+ Ng6 ({and not} 12... g6 $6 13. Qh4 Nc6 14. Bg5 $1 Qxd4 15. Re1+ Be6
16. Rxe6+ Kd7 17. Re7+ $1 Kc8 18. Rxc7+ $1 Kb8 19. Bf4 Re8 20. Rxc6+ {1-0 (20)
Seegert,K (2103)-Hartl,D (2249) Fermo ITA 2009}) 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Ng5 h6 15.
Qxg6 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Qd7 {Black is just fine.}) 11... O-O 12. Nxc6 bxc6 $5 {
Now if White wants to exchange queens Black gets a better version of the
endgame.} (12... Qxd1+ {is also fine in my opinion:} 13. Nxd1 bxc6 {and for
example if White plays} 14. Ra4 {with the idea of Bf4 Black goes} (14. Rc4 c5
15. Bf4 Re8 $132) 14... g5 {and the bishop pair compensates for the doubled
c-pawns.}) 13. Rd4 Qe8 14. Bf4 Bf6 15. Rd3 Qf7 $5 ({Objectively the best
should be:} 15... Ba6 16. Re3 Qf7 17. Be5 (17. Qf3 Bd4 18. Ree1 Rab8 19. Rad1
c5 $13 {0-1 (32) Karpov,V (2377)-Ragger,M (2687) Minsk BLR 2015}) 17... f4 18.
Re4 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 f3 $11) 16. Qd2 (16. Qf3 {should be critical:} Ba6 (16... Rb8
17. Qxc6 Rxb2 18. Nd5 Rxc2 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qxc2 Qxa1+ 21. Rd1 Qf6 22. Qxc7 {
should be a draw although White is a tiny bit better.}) 17. Rd2 Rab8 (17...
Rad8 $5 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Qxc6 Qc4 20. Qxc7 Qxc7 21. Bxc7 Rd2 22. Rc1 Bd4 {
should also be a draw.}) 18. Qxc6 Qc4 19. Qxc7 Qxc7 20. Bxc7 Rb7 21. Nd5 Bxb2
22. Re1 Bc4 23. Ba5 Ba3 24. Ne3 Bf7 25. Rd3 Bc5 $44) 16... Re8 $1 {It is
important to avoid Re1.} (16... Ba6 $6 17. Rd7 $14) 17. h3 $6 (17. Rd1 {
was better although after} h6 {Black is completely fine.} ({And not} 17... Rb8
$6 18. b3 Ba6 $6 19. Rd7 Bxc3 $4 20. Qxc3 {winning for White as the rook on d7
is protected!})) (17. Bg5 $6 Ba6 18. Rf3 Be5 $15) 17... Rb8 18. Re1 ({Now} 18.
b3 $6 {fails to} Ba6 19. Rd7 $4 Bxc3 $19) ({I considered} 18. Na4 {to be the
best move, Black is definitely fine but probably not better.}) 18... Rxe1+ 19.
Qxe1 Rxb2 20. Be5 Ba6 21. Re3 (21. Rf3 $5 {also made sense.}) 21... h6 (21...
Bc4 $5 {is suggested by the engine, avoiding Re6 ideas - not a human move!})
22. Qc1 (22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Re6 Qg5 24. Qe5 $1 {was fine for White as} Rxc2 $4 {
is met by the excellent} 25. Ne4 $3 {(that I completely missed!)} fxe4 26. Re8+
Kh7 27. Qxe4+ Qg6 28. Rh8+ $18) 22... Rb6 23. Qa3 (23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Na4 {
was more logical.}) 23... f4 24. Re4 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 f3 26. g4 Qc4 27. Re8+ $1 (
27. Re1 $6 c5 $1 28. Ne4 $2 {would fail to} Re6 29. Qxf3 Bb7 $19) 27... Kh7 28.
Re1 Qf4 (28... c5 29. Ne4 Re6 30. Qxf3 {would be equal as White is now
threatening Qf5+.}) 29. Qc1 Qxc1 (29... Qf7 30. Qe3 $44) 30. Rxc1 Rb4 31. a3
Rd4 $6 {Losing a tempo for no reason, but the position was quite drawish
anyway, to my great surprise!} (31... Rc4 32. Nd1 Ra4 33. Ra1 Kg6 (33... h5 34.
Ne3 hxg4 35. hxg4 Bc8 36. c4 Ba6 37. Kh2 Bxc4 38. Nxc4 Rxc4 39. Kg3 Rc3 40. a4
{and White makes an easy draw.}) 34. Kh2 Kf6 35. Kg3 Be2 36. Ne3 {and Black is
a tempo up compared to the game but it does not make a huge difference.}) 32.
Kh2 Rc4 33. Nd1 Ra4 34. Ra1 Be2 35. Ne3 Kg6 36. Kg3 Kf6 37. Rb1 Ke6 (37... Rxa3
38. Rb7 {should be an easy draw for White as all of his pieces are perfectly
placed and very active.}) 38. Rb7 Kd7 39. Rb3 (39. Rb8 Rxa3 40. Rg8 {is also
drawish according to the engine, although I didn't believe in it during the
game.}) 39... g6 40. h4 h5 41. g5 (41. Rb8 $1 {was, it seems, even stronger as
the white h-pawn may become dangerous!}) 41... c5 (41... a5 $5 {was critical
but after} 42. Rb8 Rxa3 43. Rg8 a4 44. Rxg6 Ra1 45. Rg8 a3 46. Ra8 a2 47. Kf4
$132 {White is fine.}) 42. Rb8 Rxa3 43. Rg8 Ra6 44. Nd5 ({I considered} 44.
Rg7+ Kc8 45. Nd5 Kb8 {to be good for Black but it seems White can just go} 46.
Nf6 Rc6 47. Rxg6 a5 48. Rg8+ Kb7 49. Re8 a4 50. Re3 {and only Black is in
danger!}) 44... Rd6 (44... Ke6 $3 {was a great move, and now White should find}
45. Nf4+ ({And not} 45. Nxc7+ $2 Kf7 46. Nxa6 Kxg8 47. Nxc5 a5 48. Kf4 Bd1 49.
Ke3 Bxc2 50. Kd2 Bf5 51. Kc3 Kf7 $19) 45... Kf7 46. Ra8 {and it is difficult
for Black to progress.}) 45. Nf6+ $1 (45. Nf4 $2 a5 46. Nxg6 a4 47. Ne5+ Ke7
$17) 45... Ke6 (45... Kc6 $6 46. Rxg6 a5 47. Rg8 Kb7 48. Re8 $14) 46. Rxg6 Kf5
(46... a5 {was a better move order:} 47. Nxh5+ Kf5 48. Rg8 {back into the game.
}) 47. Rg8 (47. Rg7 $1 {with the idea} a5 (47... Rd1 $2 48. Nxh5 Rg1+ 49. Kh2
Rg2+ 50. Kh3 $18) 48. Rxc7 a4 49. Rxc5+ Kg6 50. Rc3 {was much more annoying:
White has an excellent trick} Rd4 51. Rc7 Rd6 $4 52. Nxh5 $1 $18) 47... a5 (
47... Rd1 $2 48. Nxh5 Rg1+ 49. Kh2 Rg2+ 50. Kh3 $18) 48. Nxh5 a4 49. Nf4 a3 50.
Rf8+ Ke5 51. Re8+ Kf5 ({After} 51... Kd4 52. Nxe2+ fxe2 53. Rxe2 {only White
can win!}) 52. Rf8+ ({After} 52. Nxe2 fxe2 53. Rxe2 a2 54. Re1 {the game
should be a draw but Black is not in danger as the white kingside pawns cannot
advance.}) 52... Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "HUN-ch"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Endgame-CD"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nc3 h6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Qe7 14. Rac1 Bd7
15. Bb5 a6 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. b3 Qd6 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 c6 21. g3
Rc7 22. Nb2 c5 23. b4 b6 24. bxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 bxc5 26. Nc4 Qb8 27. Qd3 Ra7
28. Na5 Qb5 29. Qc3 Qa4 30. Nc6 Rb7 31. Qc4 Qb5 32. Kg2 f6 33. h4 h5 34. Qc3
Qe2 35. Qc4 Rb2 36. Qxe2 Rxe2 37. Rb1 Kf7 38. Rb7 Ke8 39. Nb8 Nxb8 40. Rxb8+
Ke7 41. Rb7+ Kf8 42. d6 Rd2 43. Rb6 a5 44. Rc6 a4 45. a3 Ke8 46. Rxc5 Rd4 47.
Rc7 g6 48. Re7+ Kf8 49. Ra7 Ke8 50. d7+ Kd8 51. Ra6 g5 52. f3 gxh4 53. gxh4 f5
54. exf5 Rxh4 55. Re6 Kxd7 56. Rxe5 Rc4 57. Re4 Rc5 58. f6 Rf5 59. Rxa4 Rxf6
60. Ra7+ Ke8 61. a4 h4 62. Rh7 Rf4 63. a5 Ra4 64. Ra7 Ra2+ 65. Kh1 Ra1+ 66. Kh2
Ra2+ 67. Kh3 Rf2 68. Ra8+ Kf7 69. a6 Rxf3+ 70. Kxh4 $11 Kg7 71. Kg5 Rb3 $4 (
71... Ra3 $11) 72. Ra7+ (72. Ra7+ Kf8 73. Rb7 Ra3 74. a7 Ra5+ 75. Kf6 Ra6+ 76.
Ke5 Ra5+ 77. Kd6 Ra6+ 78. Kc7 $18) 1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 1st"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. Qxd5 Qe7 13. O-O Rxb2 14.
Nc3 Ba6 {Despite activity of black pieces Svidler's position is quite
endangered. The rook on b2 is indirectly threatened and white pieces could
become quite menacing.} (14... Rxc2 $5 15. Qd4 Rd8 16. Nd5 Qg5 17. h4 Qd2 18.
Qxd2 Rxd2 19. Rfd1 $14) 15. Rfc1 Rd8 16. Qf3 Qxe5 17. Bd5 Qf6 (17... Ne6 18.
Bb3 Re8 19. Qe3 $14) 18. Qe3 $1 (18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bb3 Rd2 20. Nd1 (20. h3 Nxb3
21. axb3 Rdxc2 22. Rxc2 Rxc2 23. Rxa6 Rxc3 $11) 20... Nxb3 21. axb3 Rdxc2 22.
Rxc2 Rxc2 23. Rxa6 Rc1 24. h3 Rxd1+ 25. Kh2 $11) 18... Ne6 19. Bb3 Nd4 20. Re1
$1 h6 (20... Nxc2 $2 21. Qe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8#) 21. Nd5 Qh4 (21... Rxd5 22. Bxd5
Bb5 23. Be4 Nxc2 24. Qxa7 $18) 22. Rad1 (22. Qc3 Rxd5 $1 (22... Rxb3 23. axb3
Ne2+ 24. Rxe2 Bxe2 25. Qc5 $1 $16) 23. Re8+ Kh7 24. Bxd5 Rxc2 25. Qe3 Qf6 $14)
22... c5 $2 {[%mdl 64] Decisive mistake in the position with electrifying
tactical potential, white's attack will become unstoppable.} (22... Rxb3 $1 23.
Ne7+ $1 (23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Rbb8 $11) 23... Kf8 (23... Kh7 24. cxb3 Nc2 (
24... Ne2+ 25. Kh1 $18) 25. Qe5 $18) 24. cxb3 Ne2+ 25. Qxe2 (25. Kh1 Qxe7 26.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Rxe2 Bxe2 28. Qxe2 $11) 25... Bxe2 26. Rxd8+ Kxe7 27. Rd3 Qh5
28. Re3+ Kf6 29. R3xe2 $14) 23. Ne7+ Kh7 (23... Kf8 24. Nc6 $1 Ne2+ (24... Nxc6
25. Qxc5+ Kg8 26. Qxc6 $18) 25. Qxe2 Bxe2 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Nxd8 $18) 24. Bxf7
Rd6 $2 (24... Rb6 25. c4 $16) 25. Nf5 Ne2+ (25... Nxf5 26. Qe8 Qd8 27. Bg6+
Rxg6 28. Rxd8 $18) 26. Kh1 Rxd1 27. Bg6+ $1 (27. Bg6+ $1 Kxg6 28. Nxh4+ Kh5 29.
Rxd1 Kxh4 30. Qh3+ Kg5 31. Rd5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Stojanovski, Dejan"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Lukacs} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 $5 {Only in morning,before
this game I have decided to prepare this variant.Before I always played:  4...
Nf6.} 5. c3 ({It is known that does not give advantage:} 5. Ng5) 5... Nf6 6.
O-O ({Main line is:} 6. cxd4 $5 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Bf6 10. Re1
Ne7 11. Rxe4 d6 $13 {See comments to Fritz 6(Comp) -Anand,V/Frankfurt,1999/CBM
72 (1/2-1/2)(Luther,T)(65)}) 6... Nxe4 $1 {From my point of view,this move is
much more strong and more logical,than: 6... d3!? or 6... dxc3.} 7. cxd4 d5 {
'!' Lukacs. Lukacs: 'This old romantic line gives Black a comfortable game.'}
8. dxc5 $8 dxc4 9. Qe2 (9. Qxd8+ {Lukacs} Kxd8 $142 {is the safest way. White
has problems in the _|_ winning back the P, and his |^ is of temporary
character.} (9... Nxd8 {Lukacs is less impressive.} 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 (11. Nc3
{Lukacs} O-O 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Rxe4 Be6 14. Be3 Bd5 15. Re7 Rf7 $11 {parrying
all the threats, Okhotnik-Anand, Belgrade 1988.}) 11... O-O 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13.
Rxe4 (13. Nd2 {Lukacs} Ne6 14. Rxe4 Nxc5 15. Rxc4 Nd3 16. Nf3 c6 17. Rc3 Bf5
18. Nd4 Be4 19. Be3 Nxb2 20. Ne6 Rf6 21. Nc5 Bd5 22. Rb1 Nc4 23. Rxb7 Rg6 $11 {
Bhat-Akopian, Washington 1995}) 13... Be6 14. Nc3 Bf7 15. Bf4 Ne6 16. Be3 $14 {
Barczay-Karsa, Budapest 1980}) 10. Rd1+ (10. Ng5 {Lukacs} Nxg5 11. Bxg5+ f6 12.
Rd1+ (12. Bf4 {Lukacs} Nb4 13. Na3 (13. Nc3 {Lukacs} Nd3 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Bg3
Nxc5 16. Rd4 Ne6 17. Rxc4 b5 18. Re4 Re8 19. Rd1 {- 12.Rd1}) 13... Nd3 14. Rfd1
(14. Rad1 {Lukacs} Bd7 15. Bg3 Nxb2 16. Rd4 Kc8 17. Rc1 Re8 18. f3 b5 $17 {
keeping the extra P, Gietl-Slobodjan, Gladenbach 1997.}) 14... Bd7 15. Bg3 Nxb2
16. Rd4 Kc8 17. Nxc4 (17. Rc1 {Lukacs - 14.Rad1}) 17... Nxc4 18. Rxc4 a5 19.
Re1 Re8 $15 {and White has again no real compensation for the sacrificed P,
Dumitrache-K.Georgiev, Athens 1992.}) 12... Bd7 13. Bf4 Nb4 14. Nc3 Nd3 {
Always this strong N solves Black's problems of development.} 15. Bg3 Nxc5 (
15... h5 $5 {Lukacs} 16. h4 Re8 $15) 16. Rd4 Ne6 17. Rxc4 b5 18. Re4 Re8 19.
Rd1 Kc8 20. Rde1 {(Blauert-Von Buelow, Germany 1998)} a6 $1 21. f4 (21. Rd1 {
Lukacs} Bc6) 21... Kb7 $15 {finishing the development with an extra P.}) (10.
Be3 {Lukacs} Be6) 10... Bd7 (10... Ke8 {Lukacs is not logical:} 11. Re1 f5 12.
Nc3) 11. Be3 (11. Na3 {Lukacs} c3 $1) (11. Ng5 {Lukacs} Nxg5 12. Bxg5+ Kc8 13.
Na3 Be6 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 a5 17. Rad1 f6 18. Bd2 Ra6 $15 {
and despite of the ^- Black's extra P is of great importance because there are
also rooks on the board, Blauert-Hebden, London 1991.}) 11... Ke7 (11... Kc8 {
Lukacs} 12. Rc1 Be6 13. Na3 c3 14. bxc3 b6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. f3 Nxc5 $13 {
Kopylov-Govbinder, corr. 1976}) 12. Na3 (12. Nbd2 {Lukacs} Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Be6
14. Rdc1 Na5 {Black is not willing to give back the P without a fight!} 15. Bf4
Rac8 16. Nf3 Rhd8 17. Rd1 b6 $15 {Ramus Suria-Sorin, Sevilla 1989}) (12. Rc1 {
Lukacs} Be6 13. Na3 Rhd8 14. Nxc4 Rd5 15. Ncd2 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Rad8 {and only
Black can be better, B.Stein-Moen, Gausdal 1986.}) 12... c3 $5 (12... Be6 {
Lukacs} 13. Nb5 Rhc8 $5 14. Ng5 (14. Bf4 {Lukacs} Nxc5 15. Bxc7 Nd3 {The N is
strong again!} 16. Bd6+ Kd7 17. Ba3 Bg4 $15) (14. Nfd4 {Lukacs} Nxd4 15. Bxd4
a6 $15) 14... Nxg5 15. Bxg5+ f6 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. Re1 a6 $1 (18...
Kf6 {Lukacs} 19. Re3 $1 $44) 19. Nc3 Kf7 20. Rxe5 Re8 21. Rae1 Rad8 22. f4 g6
23. h3 Rd3 $11 {Kisova-Kachiani, Antwerp 1992}) 13. bxc3 Nxc3 14. Rd3 Ne4 15.
Re1 Be6 {(Honfi-Sax, Hungary 1970)} 16. Ng5 $5 (16. Bg5+ {Lukacs} Nxg5 17. Nxg5
Rad8 18. Rf3 Rhf8 19. Nxh7 {wins back the P, but the loses the |^.} Nd4 20.
Rfe3 Rh8 21. Ng5 Rh5 $15) (16. Nd4 {Lukacs} Rhd8 $1 $15 (16... Nxd4 $2 {Lukacs}
17. Bxd4 $14 {Estrin})) 16... Nxg5 17. Bxg5+ Kf8 (17... f6 $6 {Lukacs only
weakens the e <->.} 18. Nb5 Rac8 19. Bf4 $14 {Andreev-Aleksandrov, Podolsk 1990
}) 18. Nb5 Rc8 $15) 9... Qe7 $1 {Differently,superfluous pawn is not kept. For
example:} (9... Qd3 $6 10. Re1 (10. Qxd3 {Lukacs} cxd3 11. Re1 f5 12. Ng5 O-O
13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Rxe4 Bf5 $17 {and the strong o^ on d3 will remain,
Strejc-Posta, Svetla 1994.}) 10... f5 (10... Bf5 $2 11. Qxd3 cxd3 12. Nbd2 $16
{[%csl Re4]}) (10... Qxe2 $6 11. Rxe2 $140 Bf5 $4 (11... f5 $142 12. Nc3 O-O
13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Rxe4 $14 {Schulte,S-Koegel,U/Neumuenster,1999 (1-0) (46)})
12. g4 $1 {[%csl Rg1,Yg2][%cal Yg1g2]} (12. Nc3 $2 O-O-O $1 {[%csl Rg1]} 13.
Nxe4 Rd1+ 14. Ne1 (14. Re1 Rxe1+ 15. Nxe1 Bxe4 $17) 14... Nd4 15. Kf1 (15. Re3
$2 Bxe4 $1 (15... Nc2 $143 16. Nc3 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Nxe1 $17) 16. Rxe4 Nc2 $19)
15... Nxe2 16. Kxe2 Rxe1+ 17. Kxe1 Bxe4 $17) 12... O-O-O (12... Bg6 $2 13. Nbd2
O-O-O 14. Nxe4 h5 15. g5 $18 {Vasic,P-Mikac,M/Portoroz,1997(1-0)(23)}) 13. gxf5
Nxc5 14. Nc3 $16) 11. Nc3 (11. Bf4 {Lukacs} O-O 12. Bxc7 Nxc5 $13) (11. Nbd2 {
Lukacs} O-O 12. Nxc4 (12. Qxd3 {Lukacs} cxd3 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Rxe4 Bf5 $15)
12... Nxc5 $15) 11... O-O 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf5 $11 {See comments to game:
Biolek,R-Keitlinghaus,L/Ostrava,1993/CBM 38(1-0)(Schussler,H)(61)} 14. Qh4 (14.
Qxd3 {Lukacs} cxd3 {again creates a dangerous o^.} 15. Bd2 Rad8 $15 {
Heimrath-Aleksandrov, Bad Wiessee 1999}) (14. Qf4 {Lukacs} Bg6 $1 15. Qg3 (15.
Qxc7 $6 {Lukacs} Rxf3 16. gxf3 Nd4 $15) 15... Bh5 $15 (15... Nb4 $6 {Lukacs is
less impressive:} 16. Bg5 Nc2 17. Red1 $1 $14 {Perez Pietronave-Sorin, Buenos
Aires 1993} (17. Rad1 {Lukacs} Nxe1))) 14... Rae8 $1 15. Bf4 $1 (15. Be3 {
Lukacs} Re4 {chasing the Q.}) (15. Bg5 {Lukacs} Re4 16. Rxe4 Bxe4 17. Nd2 Bd5
$15 {Susterman-Macianos, Marijampole 1996}) 15... c3 $5 (15... Qd5 {Lukacs -
Biolek-Keitlinghaus, Ostrava 1993 CBM 38}) (15... Qd7 $11 {Lukacs Schussler})
16. bxc3 Qxc3 17. Bxc7 Qxc5 18. Qg3 Qd5 19. a3 Re6 $11 {Greet-Varley, England,
2000}) 10. Qxc4 {'!' Lukacs.} (10. Re1 {Lukacs} Nxc5 11. Qxc4 Be6 $15) 10...
Nxc5 {It would not be desirable to agree on a drawn game for the following
reasons: 1) it was necessary to collect 50 % in tournament; 2) my contender
had small rating; 3) I liked my position.  '?!' Lukacs. Lukacs: 'This gives
White the possibility to gain some vital tempi.'} (10... f5 $5 {Lukacs}) 11. b4
({It deserves attention:} 11. Be3 Ne6 $140 12. Nc3 $44 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gc3d5]}
) (11. b3 $5 {Lukacs} Be6 12. Qc3 f5 $1 {creating a stronghold on e4 in order
to close the e <->.} (12... O-O {Lukacs runs into the pin after} 13. Ba3 b6 14.
b4 $16) 13. Ba3 Ne4 14. Qxc6+ bxc6 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. f3 Nd6 $11) (
11. Bg5 {Lukacs} f6 12. Be3 Ne6 13. Nc3 O-O $15 {Baird-Marco, Vienna 1998})
11... Ne6 12. Ba3 {[%csl Ga3,Rc6,Re7][%cal Gb4b5] '?!' Lukacs.} (12. b5 $143
Na5 $1 (12... Qb4 $6 {'!?' Lukacs.} 13. Qe2 Ncd4 (13... Ne7 {Lukacs} 14. Ba3
Qg4 15. Nc3 O-O 16. h3 (16. Bxe7 $4 {Lukacs} Nf4 $19) 16... Qg6 17. Rfe1 Nf4
18. Qf1 Bxh3 (18... Nxh3+ {Lukacs} 19. Kh1) 19. Nh4 $1 $16) 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15.
Bb2 Qd5 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Qe5 $13 {Borm,F-Teeuwen,J/Roosendaal,1983(1-0)(31)}) (
12... Ncd8 {Lukacs} 13. Ba3 Qf6 14. Nc3 $44) 13. Qd5 (13. Qa4 $143 b6 14. Bd2
Bb7 $17) 13... c6 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15. Ba3 Qd8 16. Qc4 Ne7 17. Qb4 a5 18. Qh4 b5
$17 {[%cal Gb5b4] Voracek,M-Vanek,T/Svetla,1994(0-1)(42)}) 12... a5 $1 $146 ({
Was checked in the previous game:} 12... Qf6 $6 13. Nc3 (13. b5 $5 $44) 13...
Ncd4 $15 {Spielmann,R-Johner,P/Karlsbad,1907(1-0)(21)} 14. b5 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3
Bd7 $1 {/\ 0-0-0 and the K can escape!} (15... Qd4 {Lukacs} 16. Qb3 Nf4 $5 (
16... Nc5 $2 {Lukacs} 17. Qc2 Bh3 (17... Ne6 {Lukacs} 18. Rad1 $44) 18. Ne2 Qf6
19. Qxc5 O-O-O 20. Rfc1 $18 {Spielmann-Johner, Karlsbad 1907}) 17. Rad1 Qf6 18.
Rfe1+ Be6 19. Ne4 Qg6+ 20. Ng3 {and the black K remains in the middle of the
board.})) ({missing the highly tactical} 12... Ng5 $1 {Lukacs} 13. Nxg5 (13.
Nbd2 {Lukacs} Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 O-O) 13... Qxg5 14. b5 Be6 $15) 13. b5 ({Pretty
dubious:} 13. bxa5 {in view of:} Nxa5 {'!' Lukacs.} (13... Qf6 {Lukacs} 14. Nc3
Rxa5 15. Nb5 Na7 16. Nxc7+ Nxc7 17. Bb4 $1 Rb5 18. Qxc7 Rxb4 19. Rfe1+ Be6 20.
Qb8+ Qd8 21. Qxa7 O-O $11) 14. Qe2 $140 (14. Qc3 {Lukacs} c5) 14... c5 {=/+/-/+
} (14... Qf6 {Lukacs} 15. Bb2 Qe7 16. Ba3 $11 {only with repetition of moves.}
(16. Nc3 {Lukacs} O-O 17. Nd5 Qc5 $17))) 13... Nb4 14. Nc3 {[%csl Ga3,Re7]
[%cal Gc3d5]} Qc5 $1 {[]} 15. Qxc5 Nxc5 16. Bxb4 ({Is a possible continuation
of the play:} 16. Rfe1+ Ne6 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Nd5 O-O 19. Nxb4 Rd8 {=/=/+})
16... axb4 17. Nd5 Ne6 {[%csl Rc7,Ye6][%cal Ye6c7] /\0-0} ({Senselessly:} 17...
O-O 18. Nxc7 Ra3 19. Nd5 $11 (19. Rfb1 $143 Nd3 20. Nd5 Rd8 21. Nxb4 Nxb4 22.
Rxb4 Rxa2 {[%csl Rg1] =/=/+})) 18. Nxb4 ({Weakly:} 18. Rfc1 O-O $140 19. Nxc7
Nxc7 20. Rxc7 Be6 {[%csl Ra2,Gb4][%cal Gb4b3]}) 18... O-O {Lukacs: 'White has
got back the P, but Black had time to finish his development.'} 19. Nd5 $6 {
[%mdl 16384] Not the best decision. Lukacs: 'White is pushing too hard.'} ({
Can be recommended:} 19. a4) ({or} 19. Rfd1) 19... Rd8 20. Rfd1 ({After:} 20.
Ne7+ Kf8 21. Nxc8 Rdxc8 {[%csl Ra2,Rb5] I save a positional advantage.}) 20...
Kf8 {Almost all my figures occupy ideal positions. It is necessary only to
deduce the bishop on "b7". '=/+' Lukacs.} 21. h3 $6 {[%mdl 16384] The next
senseless move and loss of the important tempo. Lukacs: 'White is on the wrong
track.'} (21. Rd2 $5 {[%csl Rd8][%cal Gd5c7,Yf3d2]} Bd7 (21... b6 $4 22. Nxc7
Rxd2 23. Nxa8 Rd6 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gc8b7]} 24. Ne5 $16 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ge5c4]}
) 22. b6 $1 $15 Bc6 23. Nxc7 $11) 21... b6 {'!' Lukacs.} 22. Rac1 (22. Ne5 {
Lukacs} Bb7 $17) 22... Bb7 $1 {Lukacs: 'and the N has to leave the [+], after
which material losses are inevitable.'} ({In my opinion,it was worse to win
the pawn right away.} 22... Rxa2 23. Nxc7 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nxc7 25. Rd8+ Ke7 26.
Rxc8 Nxb5 27. Rb8 Ra6 28. Ng5 Nd6 {=/+/-/+}) 23. Nb4 $6 ({More stubborn
resistance after:} 23. Nc3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Ra3 25. Rc1 Nf4 $1 $17) 23... Rxd1+
24. Rxd1 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Ra5 $1 ({Much worse is:} 25... Ra4 {in view of:} 26. Na6
Rxa2 $140 27. Rc1 Nd4 (27... Ra5 $144 28. Nxc7 Nxc7 29. Rxc7 Rxb5 {[%csl Rf2,
Rf3,Rh3] -/+/-+}) (27... c5 $144 28. bxc6 Rxa6 29. c7 Nxc7 30. Rxc7 {[%csl Rf2,
Rf3,Rh3] -/+/-+}) 28. Kg2 Nxb5 29. Nxc7 Nxc7 30. Rxc7 {[%csl Rf2,Rf3,Rh3] -/+/
-+}) 26. Rd5 $140 (26. a4 Rxa4 27. Nc6 Ke8 $19 {[%csl Rb5,Rf2,Rf3,Rh3]}) 26...
Ra4 {[%csl Ra2,Yb4][%cal Rb4a2,Ga4a2,Ga4b4] The material losses are inevitable.
} 27. Nc6 Rxa2 28. f4 Rc2 $1 {[%cal Gc2c5]} 29. Rd7 (29. f5 $142 Rc5 $1 (29...
Rc1+ $2 30. Kh2 Rc5 31. Nb4 Nf4 32. Rxc5 bxc5 33. Na6 $17 {[%csl Rc5,Rc7]}) 30.
Nb4 (30. Rxc5 Nxc5 $19) 30... Nf4 $1 31. Rxc5 (31. Rd8+ $143 Ke7 $140 32. Nc6+
$4 Rxc6 33. bxc6 Kxd8) 31... bxc5 32. Na6 c4 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gc4c3,Gc3c2,
Gc2c1]} 33. Kf1 Nd5 {[%csl Yd5]} 34. Nc5 Ke7 35. Ne4 Nf6 $19) 29... Rc5 {
[%csl Rb5]} 30. Ne5 Ke8 {[%csl Rd7,Ye5][%cal Gc5e5] Further resistance is
impossible.} (30... Ke8 31. Rd1 (31. Rxf7 $2 Rxe5 $19 {[%csl Rf7]}) 31... Rxb5
$19) 0-1

[Event "Heusenstamm Schloss op-A 5th"]
[Site "Heusenstamm"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zuyev, Igor"]
[Black "Pap, Misa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,58,20,13,13,8,26,26,26,-5,-22,-34,-47,-82,-72,-72,-16,-20,-20,-37,-21,
-18,-21,9,9,10,-19,-17,-17,-49,-49,-78,-52,-44,-21,-17,-25,-61,-32,-58,-69,-63,
-69,-63,-73,-60,-65,-64,-80,-63,-103,-47,-5,-12,-66,-82,-65,-168,21,-49,-288]} 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
Be3 {Etwas überraschende Eröffnungswahl - Zweispringerspiel gegen einen der
Experten in der Variante.} Bd7 (8... O-O $5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc6
Rb8 12. Qxd5 (12. O-O Rxb2 (12... Ba6 13. Re1 Rxb2 14. Qd4 Rxc2 15. Na3 Nb3 16.
Qa4 Nxa1 17. Nxc2 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Bc4 19. Rd1 $11) 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 Rxc2
15. Na3 Re2 16. Rac1 Nd3 17. Rxc7 Be6 18. Bb3 a5 19. Ra7 Bxb3 20. axb3 Rxe5 21.
Nc4 Rb5 $11 {Nakamura-Onischuk, USA ch Saint Louis 2015}) 12... Qe7 13. O-O
Rxb2 14. Qd4 (14. Nc3 Rd8 $11 {Westerberg-Heimann, Skopje 2015}) 14... Rxc2 (
14... Rb6 $5 15. Bf3 Rd8 16. Qc3 Na4 17. Qa3 Qb4 18. Qxb4 Rxb4 19. Na3 Ba6 $11
{Kristensen-Hector, Copenhagen 2017}) 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Rfd1 $14 {Pap-Nagy,
Boeblingen 2017}) 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 (10. O-O $5 {ist üblich}) 10... Qh4 $5 (
10... Qe7 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. e6 fxe6 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qe5 $16 {Turov-Demchenko,
Maikop 2004}) (10... Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Qe7 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Qc3 O-O 14. O-O $14 {
Pap-Todorovic, Backa Palanka 2002}) 11. O-O (11. N4f3 Qe7 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. O-O
O-O 14. Qe1 Ne6 15. c4 d4 16. Ne4 c5 $15 {Trent-Hebden, Blackpool 2005}) 11...
Bb6 12. N2b3 (12. c3 O-O 13. f3 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 c5 15. Nb3 c4 16. Nc5 (16. Bxb6
axb6 17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Qd4 Qh6 $17 {Tolnai-Portish, HUN chT 1987/88}) 16... Be6
(16... Bc6 17. Bd4 Rfe8 18. f4 Qe7 19. Qf2 $14 {Maszota-Zawadska, POL chU 18
Krynica 2003}) 17. f4 Qe7 18. Qf2 Bf5 $11) 12... Qe7 13. a4 (13. Re1 O-O 14. f3
c5 $5 (14... Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Nb3 Bb6 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. a4 f6 19. e6 Bxe6
20. a5 Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Qb4 22. Qxa7 $14 {Nakamura-Hebden, Gibraltar 2008}) 15.
fxe4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 c5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. exd5 Rfc8 19. c3 Rab8 20. b3 a5 $15 {
Nowak-Daurelle, email 2010}) 13... a5 14. f4 $2 (14. Re1 O-O 15. f3 Ng5 (15...
c5 16. Nb5 d4 17. Bc1 Ng5 18. Nd2 Ne6 $11) 16. Qd2 h6 17. Ne2 Ne6 18. f4 Qb4
$11) 14... O-O 15. Qe2 c5 16. Nf3 f5 17. Nbd2 Be6 (17... Bc6 $5 18. Bf2 Qe6 19.
c3 h6 $17) 18. Bf2 (18. c3 h6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Kh1 Qe8 $17) 18... h6 19. Rfe1
c6 20. Nh4 Qf7 21. Nhf3 Rab8 22. Rab1 Ba7 (22... Qh5 23. Be3 g5 $17) 23. Nb3
Qc7 (23... Rb4 $17) 24. Nfd2 Nxf2 25. Qxf2 d4 26. h3 $2 (26. Kh1 Rfd8 $17)
26... Rfd8 27. c4 dxc3 28. bxc3 Bxb3 29. Nxb3 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 14th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2010.11.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pirrot, Dieter"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 ({Nigel Davies empfehlt in
seinem "Play 1.e4 e5!"} 5... Ne4 $5 {als einfacher}) 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 ({
John Emms, "Play the open games as Black", favorisiert das aggressivere} 7...
Bc5 $5) 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Be7 ({Und auch hier wird von Emms} 9... Bc5 {
empfohlen.}) 10. f3 Nc5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 c5 14. Ne2 O-O 15. f5
Re8 $6 ({Zum Ausgleich reichte} 15... Bb5 16. Rf3 Re8 17. Nf4 Bg5 $11) 16. a4 (
{Weiß verzichtet auf} 16. Qxd5 {wegen 16...} Bb5 17. Qe4 Bf6 18. Bf4 Bxe5 19.
Bxe5 Qe7 $11) 16... Bc8 $2 ({Alexander Graf unterschätzt das weiße
Angriffspotenzial. Notwendig war} 16... c6 17. Ng3 Bg5 18. Re1 h6 $11 {mit
etwa gleichen Chancen.}) 17. Ng3 Bf8 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Qg4 Rb8 ({Auch} 19... Kh8
20. Rae1 Ba6 21. e6 fxe6 22. fxe6 Qxa4 23. Rf2 Qc4 24. Qf3 $16 {erscheint
ziemlich trostlos für Schwarz.}) 20. Rae1 Rb6 21. h3 Qxa4 ({Etwas hartnäckiger
war} 21... Kh8 22. a5 Ra6 23. Bd2 Qb5 24. e6 $16 {mit weißem Angriff.}) 22. e6
fxe6 ({Auf} 22... Re7 {käme} 23. f6 Rexe6 24. fxg7 Be7 25. Nf5 $16) 23. f6 e5
24. f7+ Kxf7 25. Bxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Zhong Hong Real Estate Cup"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2001.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Black "Datu, Idelfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2001.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. O-O Rxb2 13. Bxd5 Bf5 14.
Na3 Bd3 15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. cxd3 Qd4 17. Nc2 Qxd3 18. Rc1 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Ne6 20.
a3 Rf5 21. Rd5 Rf4 22. g3 Rc4 23. Rd2 g5 24. Kg2 Rc5 25. Kf1 Rxe5 26. Rcd1 Rc5
27. Nb4 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 a5 29. Nd5 Kf7 30. Kg2 Rc4 31. Ne3 Rd4 32. Rb2 Rd3 33.
Nc4 Rc3 34. Nxa5 Rxa3 35. Nc4 Rc3 36. Ne3 Rd3 37. Kf3 Rd4 38. h3 Kf6 39. Ra2
Rd7 40. Ra6 Rd6 41. Ra2 Kg6 42. Ke4 Nc5+ 43. Kf3 Rf6+ 44. Kg2 Rd6 45. Ra7 Ne6
46. Kf3 h5 47. Ra5 Nd4+ 48. Kg2 Ne6 49. h4 g4 50. Re5 c5 51. Kf1 Ra6 52. Ke1
Ra1+ 53. Kd2 Ra2+ 54. Kd3 Ng7 55. Nd1 Ra1 56. Nc3 Ra5 57. Kc4 Ra1 58. Rg5+ Kh6
59. Rxc5 Rf1 60. Ne4 Rc1+ 61. Kd5 Rxc5+ 62. Nxc5 {[#] Festgelegte Bauern auf
einem Flügel mit der seriösen Schwäche h5.} Kg6 63. Ne6 Nf5 64. Nf4+ Kh6 {
[%csl Rh5]} 65. Ke5 Ne7 66. Kf6 Nc8 67. Ke6 Nb6 68. Nd3 Nc4 69. Ne5 Nb2 (69...
Nd2 70. Kf5 $1 Nb1 71. Kf6 Nc3 72. Nf7+ Kh7 73. Kg5 Ne4+ 74. Kxh5 Nxf2 75. Ne5
$18) 70. Kf6 Nd1 71. Nf7+ Kh7 72. Ng5+ (72. Kg5 Nxf2 73. Kxh5 Kg7 74. Ne5 $18)
72... Kh6 73. Ne4 Nb2 74. Nd6 Nd3 75. Nf5+ Kh7 76. Kg5 Nxf2 77. Kxh5 Kh8 78.
Kg5 Kh7 79. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Budapest Utasellato IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1988.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Honfi, Karoly"]
[Black "Gschnitzer, Oswald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Honfi"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1988.10.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. Be3 O-O 11. f3 Ng5 12. Qd2 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Ne6 14. Nc3
c5 15. Bf2 Bc6 16. Rfe1 d4 17. Ne2 f6 18. Nf4 Qd7 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. exf6 Qxf6
21. Bg3 Rae8 22. Bxc7 (22. Qa5 $1) 22... Qg6 23. Bg3 h5 24. b4 Bxf3 25. Rxe8
Rxe8 26. gxf3 h4 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 hxg3 29. hxg3 cxb4 30. g4 Qxc2 31. Qe8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.12"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Jones,G"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 {The Scotch Gambit is rather
rare at top levels but I've played it a few times recently. Play often become
very strategically complex.} d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 (7... Bc5 8. Be3 Bd7 ({
or} 8... O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc6 {are the other mainlines.}))
8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Be7 {A rare line which I always thought was rather passive
but is probably fully playable.} (9... Bc5 {is by far the main move}) ({While} 
9... c5 {Pert,N (2570)-Howell,D (2663) Bournemouth 2016, was played earlier
this summer.}) 10. f3 Nc5 (10... Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 {would just transpose.}) 11. f4
{I started spending time around here trying to remember my analysis.} Ne4 (
11... O-O 12. f5 {looks very dangerous, despite engines not being convinced.
In the game Naiditsch elects to keep flexible.} Ne4 (12... Bg5 13. Nc3 Re8 14.
Re1 Bxc1 15. Qxc1 Qh4 16. Qe3 Ne4 {Horvath,A (2487)-Bitoon,R (2455) Melaka
2012. Here the engine offers} 17. Rad1 $1 $16 {as} Rxe5 $2 {loses to} 18. Nf3)
13. Nc3 Nxc3 {This has been played the most often but with a terrible score.} (
13... Bc5 {This is very rare but I think necessary. Black's counterplay down
the a7-g1 diagonal lessens White's initiative.} 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Kh1 Qe8 $2 (
15... Re8 {has to be played.}) 16. Nb3 Bb6 17. c4 a5 18. c5 a4 19. cxb6 axb3 {
Westphal,F-Sabel,R (2050) Wiesbaden 1997} 20. b7 $1 Rxa2 21. Rb1 $1 $18) (13...
c5 {Again White has a choice where to place the knight.} 14. Nde2 {would be
quite similar to the game.} ({A fairly recent game continued} 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Nb3 Bb5 16. Re1 c4 17. Nd4 Bc5 18. Be3 Bd7 19. Kh1 Re8 {Radionov,T (2285)
-Gajek,R (2434) Vienna 2016. Here White missed the thematic} 20. e6 $1 fxe6 21.
fxe6 $14 {as} Bxe6 $2 22. Nxe6 Qxd1 23. Rexd1 $1 Bxe3 24. Nxc7 $18) 14... Nxc3
15. bxc3 Bb5 {This can be met with the energetic} (15... Re8 16. a4 $5 (16. Ng3
{also looks promising.}) 16... Bc8 17. Ng3 Bf8 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Qg4 Rb8 20. Rae1
{White has already developed a very strong attack and the strong GM didn't
last long.} Rb6 21. h3 $5 Qxa4 22. e6 $1 fxe6 23. f6 e5 24. f7+ Kxf7 25. Bxe5+
{1-0 Pirrot,D (2403)-Graf,A (2606) Bad Wiessee 2010.}) 16. f6 $1 gxf6 17. Bh6
fxe5 18. Nd4 $1 cxd4 19. Qg4+ Bg5 20. Bxg5 Be2 21. Qg3 Qd7 22. h3 $1 f5 23.
Bf6+ Kf7 24. Rxf5 $1 $18 {Wang,Y (2408)-Brown,M (2272) Al Ain 2013}) 14. bxc3
Bg5 (14... c5 {see 13...c5.}) 15. Qh5 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 f6 17. e6 $16) 12. f5 (12.
Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 $5 {keeping an eye on the d5-pawn. This has only been played
once but White won extremely quickly.} (13. Bxd2 c5 14. Ne2 f5 {White's
attacking chances on the kingside have been snuffed out.}) 13... c5 14. Ne2 Bc6
15. f5 O-O $2 16. f6 gxf6 17. Qh6 fxe5 {1-0 Massana,J (2255)-Bowyer,B New York
1985. Evidently Black resigned while White decided between} 18. Rf3 {and
simply picking up the bishop on c6.}) (12. Nc3 {has good chances of reaching
positions similar to the game.}) 12... c5 {This is the main point of
developing the bishop to e7 rather than c5, but I think White now has good
chances.} (12... Bc5 {isn't so common but reaches yet more crazy positions.}) (
12... O-O {again looks to be asking for trouble and would transpose to 11...
0-0.}) 13. Ne2 {It's always difficult to decide where to put the knight.} (13.
Ne6 $5 {looked interesting and I spent a while looking at it.} Bxe6 (13... fxe6
$6 14. Qh5+ g6 15. fxg6 Bb5 16. g7+ Kd7 17. gxh8=Q Qxh8 18. Rf7 {seemed to
keep control.}) 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Nd2 $44 {I thought I must have enough
compensation for the pawn but Black's position doesn't look that dangerous
either.}) (13. Nb3 {is the main alternative, and looks quite promising.} Bb5 (
13... c4 14. Qxd5 cxb3 15. Qxe4 bxc2 16. Qxc2 $16 {Petrosian,T (2477)-Kobalia,
M (2643) playchess.com 2004.}) ({Generally the point of going to b3 is to meet
} 13... Bc6 {with} 14. Na5) 14. Rf3 Qd7 15. Nc3 O-O-O 16. Be3 (16. a4 $5) 16...
Qc6 17. a4 Ba6 18. Na5 Qd7 19. Nxe4 (19. Nb5 $5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. c4 {
looks like a very dangerous attack.}) 19... dxe4 20. Qxd7+ Rxd7 21. Rg3 $16 {
Vlassow,V (2359)-Jumabayev,R (2547) St Petersburg 2010.}) 13... Bb5 (13... Bc6
{has also been tried but with no pin or pressure on f5 White looks to be doing
very well with} 14. Nf4) 14. a4 {I thought it useful to push the bishop back
to a6 so that the bishop wouldn't have the c6-square.} (14. Na3 $5 {was chosen
by the legendary Sveshnikov here.} Bc6 (14... Ba6 $6 15. c4 $1) 15. c4 d4 16.
Nf4 Bg5 17. Nd3 $14 {Sveshnikov,E (2565)-Fercec,N (2405) Nova Gorica 1996.})
14... Ba6 15. Nbc3 {This appears to be the first new move of the game. On the
one hand I'm allowing my queenside structure to be wrecked but now I have more
control of the centre, in particular the d4-square, and play down the b-file.}
(15. Nd2 {was played by a future GM.} c6 $6 (15... O-O $5 {is possible here as
White has no pressure on d5.}) ({I was expecting something like} 15... Nxd2 16.
Bxd2 Qd7 17. Rf2 O-O-O $13 {Here I thought Black's king was fairly safe.}) 16.
Qe1 $6 Qc7 $6 17. Nxe4 $1 {White could have played this a move earlier.} dxe4
18. Bf4 O-O-O 19. Rf2 e3 20. Bxe3 Rd5 21. Bf4 $18 {1-0 Vocaturo,D (2383)
-Lafuente,P (2522) Sautron 2008. Black's opening had been a complete disaster.}
) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qd7 17. Rf2 O-O-O {An extremely complicated position,
and with the four c-pawns very hard to judge. Black has the bishop pair and if
the position opens up that will be the main factor. However his king is more
vulnerable and White can try to utilise his e5 and f5 pawns as a battering ram
to break through in the centre or the queenside. The pawns also give White a
useful space advantage.} 18. Nf4 $5 {Here Naiditsch had a long think and was
obviously not particularly happy with his position.} g5 $6 {I hadn't really
considered this but was now pretty happy with my position.} (18... Qc6 {
would be sensible to react to e5-e6 with ...f7-f6 but now Black's queenside
pawns are vulnerable. After} 19. Rb1 Bb7 20. Qg4 Kb8 21. Qxg7 {Black doesn't
get sufficient counterplay for his collapsing kingside.}) (18... Qxf5 $1 {
must be critical of course, and was Black's only good option.} 19. Nxd5 $6 {
looks tempting but it turns out White has the looser king.} (19. Nd3 $1 Qe6 20.
Ba3 Bxd3 ({or} 20... Rhe8 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Rd7 23. Bd4 $13) 21. cxd3 {
White's structure has been repaired and so Black's additional pawn isn't so
relevant, while he might have some long-term problems with his king.} Qxe5 22.
d4 $1 $44) 19... Qxe5 20. Qg4+ (20. Nxe7+ {Here White should bail out with}
Qxe7 21. Qg4+ Qd7 22. Qxd7+ Rxd7 {into a worse ending but it should be
holdable.}) 20... Kb8 21. Rb1+ Ka8 $1 {Visually this looks very risky and I
don't think I really considered it during the game but Black is now doing very
well as he has the big threat of ...Qe1+.}) 19. Nh5 {A good outpost and
preventing Black from getting counterplay on the kingside.} (19. e6 {is how
the engine wants to continue but I wasn't sure how to evaluate the position
after} Qc6 20. Nd3 f6 {I have a huge bulkhead on e6 but I thought Black might
be able to play around it with a break in the centre or by pushing his h-pawn.}
) 19... Rhg8 20. Qg4 Kb8 {A difficult position. Obviously I want to break with
my e and f-pawns but I need to be very careful not to allow Black's bishops to
be activated.} 21. Bd2 {I wasn't sure where to put the bishop. Hitting the
c5-pawn looked sensible but didn't want to block the a or e-files.} Ka8 22. Re1
Bc4 23. a5 {With time getting rather low for both of us I thought just cutting
out counterplay to be the most sensible approach.} ({Stockfish tells me it was
now to time to break with} 23. e6 fxe6 24. fxe6 Qxa4 {I thought this could
easily be good for me but on the other hand I've gone 'all-in'. The following
is one of the engine's top lines and shows how random the position has become.}
25. Rf7 Qxc2 26. Rxe7 Qxd2 27. Qg3 $1 d4 28. Rd7 dxc3 29. Rxd2 cxd2 30. Rd1 Be2
31. e7 $1 Bxd1 32. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 33. Qxc7 Rb8 34. Qd7 Bxh5 35. Qxd2 $16) 23...
Rb8 24. h3 $1 {Giving my king some luft and ideas of f5-f6 now the queen is
defended. I couldn't see a killer breakthrough so decided first to wait.} h6
25. Qf3 (25. f6 Qxg4 26. hxg4 Bf8 {This was how I wanted to play initially.
The problem is I can't get any further without allowing the bishops some
squares.} 27. e6 fxe6 {Here the engine comes up with the strong idea of
rerouting the knight.} 28. f7 $1 Rh8 (28... Rg6 29. Nf6 $16) 29. Nf6 $1 Bd6 30.
Nd7 Rbd8 31. Ne5 $14) 25... Qc8 (25... Qc6 {was what I expected. Now I should
take the plunge with} 26. f6 Bf8 27. e6 $1 fxe6 28. f7 Rg6 29. Nf6 $16) 26. Ng3
$5 {Opting for a different, and what looked to me, safer plan. Now my queen
has access to h5 and I can also contemplate Ne4 ideas.} (26. Re4 $6 {is what
I'd probably have played in a blitz game but looked unnecessary here.}) (26. f6
Bf8 27. e6 fxe6 28. f7 {is similar to the previous note and still very good
for White.}) 26... Re8 27. Qh5 {Now a pawn drops.} f6 28. Qxh6 Rh8 {The best
practical try.} (28... fxe5 29. Qc6+ Qb7 30. Qxb7+ Kxb7 (30... Rxb7 31. Rxe5
Rbb8 32. f6 $18) 31. f6 Bd6 32. Nf5 $18 {White's kingside pawn masse should be
decisive.}) 29. Qg7 (29. Qg6 {was also possible and perhaps simpler. After}
fxe5 30. Qc6+ {play is similar to the previous note.}) 29... Qd8 30. Qf7 (30.
exf6 Bxf6 31. Qf7 g4 {didn't seem so clear to me.}) 30... fxe5 31. f6 Bd6 32.
Bxg5 Qg8 33. Qxg8 ({Originally I thought} 33. Qd7 $5 {might be clever but I
decided to keep things straightforward. In fact this has the engine's approval.
} Qxg5 34. Qc6+ Rb7 35. Rb1 Ba6 (35... Rhb8 36. Nf5 {Black is completely
paralysed.} Qxf6 37. Ne3 Qh4 38. Nxc4 Qxc4 39. Rxb7 Rxb7 40. a6 $18) 36. f7 Qd8
37. Nf5 Rf8 38. Nxd6 cxd6 (38... Qxd6 39. Qe8+ Qd8 40. Qxd8+ Rxd8 41. Rxb7 Kxb7
42. f8=Q $18) 39. Rb3 $18 {[%cal Gc6a6]}) 33... Rbxg8 34. h4 e4 {So I'm a pawn
up with 3 connected passed pawns but I still have to be very careful, being
particularly low on time.} 35. Nf5 Be5 36. g4 (36. Nh6 {was another idea but I
thought my pieces were slightly misplaced.} Rf8 37. Re3 Bxf6 38. Rxf6 Rxf6 39.
Bxf6 Rxh6 {I thought this should be holdable for Black.}) (36. Ne7 Rxg5 {
is Black's whole point. However I missed that here I have the intermezzo} 37.
f7 $1 {and White's winning.} (37. hxg5 $2 Bh2+ $11 {is just a draw.})) (36. Re3
$2 {would again allow} Rxg5 37. hxg5 Bh2+ 38. Kh1 Bg3+ 39. Kg1 $11) 36... Bxc3
37. Re3 Be5 (37... d4 $5 {I thought a good practical try. I was intending} 38.
Rxc3 (38. Rxe4 Bd5 {and I also have to give back the exchange (with a winning
position) as} 39. Re7 $2 Rxg5) 38... dxc3 39. Kg2 {Black's structure is so
horrible that White should just be winning.}) 38. Ne7 (38. f7 $1 Rf8 39. Ne7
Rh7 40. Ng6 {was the more accurate move order but the text doesn't spoil
anything.}) 38... Rb8 (38... Rxg5 39. hxg5 Bd4 40. Nf5 $18) 39. Ng6 d4 (39...
Bd4 40. Nxh8 Rxh8 41. c3 Bxe3 42. Bxe3 d4 {would extend the game but White
should be winning fairly easily.}) 40. Nxe5 dxe3 41. Bxe3 (41. Nxc4 $5 {
also looked tempting but there's no need to give the second exchange.}) 41...
Rxh4 42. Nxc4 (42. f7 {was safer but I calculated that I wasn't getting mated.
In principle I thought it mattered more to keep my more advanced f-pawn rather
thn the g-pawn.}) 42... Rb1+ 43. Kg2 Rxg4+ 44. Kh3 Rg8 (44... Rg6 {I thought
the better try but White is winning with a minimum of care.} 45. f7 (45. Kh2 $2
Rb8 $1 $11) 45... Rh1+ 46. Rh2 Rf1 47. Ne5 Rgf6 (47... Re6 48. Rf2 $18) 48. a6
$1 Rxa6 49. Rf2 Rxf2 50. Bxf2 Rf6 51. Bxc5 $18) 45. Kh2 Kb7 46. f7 Rf8 47. Bxc5
Rh8+ 48. Kg2 Rbh1 49. f8=Q 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 12th"]
[Site "Opatija"]
[Date "2012.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8.
fxg7 Rg8 9. Bg5 Qd5 $2 (9... Be7 10. Re1 Be6 $11) 10. Nc3 $1 $18 Qf5 11. Ne4 $5
Rxg7 12. Nh4 $2 (12. Re1 Kf8 13. Bh6 $18) 12... Qxe4 $16 13. Re1 Qxe1+ 14.
Qxe1+ Be6 15. Nf3 Rg6 16. Bh4 Kd7 17. Ne5+ Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Bb6 19. Rd1 $2 (19. a4
a6 20. a5 $18) 19... Rag8 20. Bg3 Kc8 21. Kf1 Rg5 22. Qf4 h5 23. f3 Rf5 24. Qe4
Rd8 25. Be5 Rd5 26. Bf4 Rd8 27. h4 $6 (27. Be5 c3 28. bxc3 $11) 27... Ra5 $6 (
27... Re8 28. Re1 Bd7 $19) 28. Bg5 $11 Rdd5 29. Qh7 Rxa2 30. Qh8+ Kd7 31. Qd8+
Kc6 32. Qe8+ Bd7 33. Qe2 $6 (33. Qxf7 Rxb2 34. Be7 $11) 33... Bc5 34. Bc1 Kb6
35. g4 hxg4 36. fxg4 Bb5 37. Qe4 $2 (37. c3 c6 38. Rd2) 37... c3+ $19 38. Kg1
cxb2 $5 39. Bxb2 d3+ 40. Kh2 dxc2 $1 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karim, Ismael"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
Be3 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. Re1 Bb6 13. a4 a5 14. Nxe4
dxe4 15. Nb3 Rad8 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. Qd4 c5 18. Qxe4 Qe6 19. Qe3 Bc6 20. Nd2 Rd4
21. Nf3 Qg6 22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. b3 Rg4 25. g3 Qxc2 $2 (25... h5 26.
c4 h4 $11) 26. e6 $18 f5 27. Qe5 h6 28. e7 $2 (28. Qc7 Bxf3 29. Qc8+ $18) 28...
Re4 $16 29. Rxe4 Qxe4 30. Qxe4 fxe4 31. Ne5 Be8 32. Nc4 Kf7 33. Nxb6 Kxe7 34.
Nc4 Ke6 35. Kf1 Kd5 36. Ke2 Kd4 37. Nxa5 Kc3 38. Nb7 Kb4 39. a5 Bc6 40. Nd8 Bd5
41. a6 Kxb3 42. a7 c4 43. Ne6 c3 44. Nd4+ Kb2 45. Kd1 g5 46. h4 g4 47. h5 Bb7
48. Nc2 $2 (48. Ne2 e3 49. fxe3 $11) 48... e3 $19 49. Nxe3 Bf3+ 50. Ke1 c2 51.
Nxc2 Kxc2 52. a8=Q Bxa8 53. f3 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Frolov, Denis"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[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 "Tomsk Siberian Athens-Neftekhim"]
[BlackTeam "Norilsk Norilsky Nikel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 {This old line is a rare guest in nowaday's top chess.} Qh5 (8... Qa5 {
is the safe main line with equal chances.}) 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 Be7 $6 (10...
Bd6 $142 {allows White to corrupt Black's P structure, but there are real
drawish tendecies due to the ^-.} 11. Nxd6+ (11. Bf6 $2 {backfires after} Bxh2+
$3 12. Nxh2 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 gxf6 14. Nxf6+ Kf8 $1 15. Nf3 Rd8 $17 {and Black
has a safe extra P, Karaklajic-Sanja Jovanovic, Palic 1996.}) (11. h4 $2 h6 12.
Bf6 $2 O-O {and White has no chance to capture the Q.} 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. Bxd4
Bg4 15. Bc3 d5 $17 {Rossiter-Wells, Eastbourne 1991}) 11... cxd6 12. Bf4 Qd5
13. c3 Rc8 (13... Kd7 14. Qa4 b5 15. Qa6 Rhb8 {The K in the middle is
surprisingly safe now.} 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 g5 18. Bd2 h5 19. Rac1 h4 $13 {
Wirschell-Hector, Berlin 1993}) 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. cxd4 Kd7 $11 {
Fette-Sermek, Kecskemet 1992}) 11. Bxe7 Kxe7 {The K is in the middle again,
but what a difference!} (11... Nxe7 12. Nxd4 Bg4 (12... Qg6 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14.
Nc5 Qc6 15. Qd4 {and the K cannot escape.} b6 16. Na6 Rd8 17. Rxe7+ Kxe7 18.
Re1+ $18 {Pingitzer-Sorsak, Stockerau 1993}) (12... Qxd1 13. Rexd1 O-O-O 14.
Nxe6 fxe6 15. Ng5 $16 {and the weak e6 P will soon fall, Dusek-Prokes, Mlada
Boleslav 1913.}) 13. f3 Bd7 14. Qd2 O-O 15. Nf6+ gxf6 16. Rxe7 $16 {
Chigorin-Janowski, Paris 1900}) 12. Nxd4 (12. Neg5 $142 {was simply more to
the point attacking the K in the middle right now.} Rhe8 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Nxd4
(14. Rxe6+ Kf8 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Qd3 $14 {R.Mueller-Oberling, Germany 1993})
14... Qxd1 15. Nxc6+ bxc6 16. Raxd1 $16 {and Black's pawns are in four islands,
which can be very annoying even in a R _|_, Sammour-Elizondo, Kissimmee 1997.})
12... Qxd1 13. Nxc6+ bxc6 14. Raxd1 {Certainly this _|_ is also favourable for
White, because his N will be excellent on c5.} Rhd8 15. Rxd8 $6 {There is no
need to give up the d <->.} ({The simple} 15. Nc5 $14 {was still better.})
15... Rxd8 16. f3 {/\ Kf2, but the whole idea is slow.} (16. Ng5 {This allows
the activization of the enemy R.} Rd2 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rc1 Rd5 19. Kf1 Rb5 20.
b3 Rd5 21. g3 c5 22. Ke2 c4 {Black wants to corrupt White's P structure.} 23.
bxc4 Rd4 24. c3 Rxc4 25. Kd3 Rc5 $11 {Dubansky-R.Pribyl, Czechia 1997}) 16...
c5 $1 {/\ c4 in order to get rid of the weak P.} 17. Kf2 Rb8 18. b3 c4 19. Nc5
Rb5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Re4 cxb3 22. axb3 Rc5 23. Re2 Kd6 {Black's pieces are
active enough to compensate the weak pawns.} 24. f4 Rf5 25. Ke3 e5 26. Rd2+ Ke6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai op 6th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2004.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wong, Zi Jing"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 (5... d5 {is the old main
line.}) 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. c3 {Making a real gambit in the spirit of the "old days".
} (7. O-O Ne6 (7... Be7 8. Rd1 Ne6 {Black wants to hold the P, or get the ^^
for it.} (8... d5 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. b4 {White has to play energetically,
otherwise Black will finish his development.} (10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nb5 Qg6 12. Nxc7
Bh3 13. g3 Rad8 $132) 10... d3 $1 11. cxd3 Nxb4 12. d4 Nd7 (12... Be6 $2 {
loses material after} 13. dxc5 Bxc4 14. cxd6 Bxe2 15. Re1 $16 {
Tzermiadianos-Cela, Ikaros/Thessaloniki 1997}) 13. Re1 {and Black cannot
castle!} Nb6 14. Bf4 Qd8 15. Bg5 $44 {Nogueiras-Mikhalchishin, WchT U26 Mexiko
1977}) (8... O-O 9. Nxd4 d5 10. Nb5 Be6 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. N1c3 a6 13. Rxd5 Qc8
14. Nd6 $1 $14 {Sax-Gligoric, Ljubljana/Portoroz 1977}) 9. Bxe6 dxe6 $13 {
- 7...Ne6} (9... fxe6 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 O-O 12. Nc3 d5 13. exd6 cxd6 $13 (
13... Bxd6 {leaves a weak isolated e P.} 14. Be3 e5 15. Rd2 $14 {V.
Gurevich-Jonkman, BL2-West 2002}))) 8. c3 (8. Rd1 d5 $1 (8... Be7 {- 7...Be7})
9. Bb5 (9. Bb3 Bc5 {Black holds his extra P with a quick development.} 10. c3
O-O 11. cxd4 Ncxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Bxd4 14. Qd3 Bxf2+ $17 {M.
Voigt-Mikhalchishin, Dortmund 1992}) 9... Bc5 10. c3 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. cxd4
Bb6 {^^} 13. Nc3 O-O $13 {Mikhalchishin}) (8. Bxe6 dxe6 9. Rd1 {The maximum
White can get is the material equality, but Black's ^^ will be dangerous.} Be7
(9... Bc5 $5 10. Nc3 (10. b4 {is overoptimistic.} Bxb4 11. c3 Bc5 12. cxd4 Be7
13. Nc3 Nb4 $15 {Kotronias-mikhalchishin, Lvov 1988}) 10... O-O 11. Ne4 $44)
10. Be3 (10. c3 O-O 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Qe8 {and White's space advantage
can probably compensate the strong ^^.} 13. Nd2 Kh8 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. Ng5 Bc6 16.
Bf4 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 f5 $11 {Schandorff-Nielsen, Danmark 1994}) 10... O-O (10...
Bd7 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Nc3 c5 14. Ndb5 a6 15. Nd6 {The N on d6 is
very strong.} Qc7 16. Nce4 Bc6 $1 {(And.Tzermiadianos-Gligoric, Panormo 1998)}
17. Rd3 $1 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxd6 19. exd6 Qd7 $14 {And.Tzermiadianos}) 11. Nxd4
Qd5 $11 {Haag-L.Lengyel, HUN-ch 1964}) 8... d5 $1 9. Bb5 dxc3 10. Nxc3 d4 (
10... a6 $5) 11. Rd1 $44 (11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bd2 O-O $13 {D.Olafsson-Finegold,
Reykjavik op 1990})) (7. Ng5 $5 Ne6 8. Nxe6 (8. Qh5 g6 $17) 8... fxe6 $5 (8...
dxe6 9. Bf4 d3 10. Qxd3 Qxd3 11. Bxd3 Bd7 {Lazic-Blagojevic, Beograd GMA op
1988} 12. a3 $14) 9. O-O Bc5 $13 {firmly holding the d P.}) 7... d3 $142 $1 {
[%mdl 8] Black gives back the material, but the c3 P hinders White's
development.} (7... dxc3 8. Nxc3 Be7 (8... Ne6 9. O-O $44) {The aggressive} 9.
Nd5 $5 {deserves attention, for example:} (9. Be3 O-O (9... Ne6 10. O-O-O O-O {
- 9...0-0}) 10. O-O-O {Castling to the opposite side helps White to use his
big lead of development.} Ne6 11. Ne4 Qe8 (11... d6 12. h4 {White has to
attack on the >>.} Re8 13. h5 $44) 12. h4 d6 $1 {Black is happy to give back
the P in order to finish his development.} 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Nxd6 {missing the
effective intermediate move} Ned4 $1 (14... Bxd6 15. Rxd6 {Black has still
problems with the development of his <<.} Na5 16. Bd3 Qa4 17. Kb1 Nf4 18. Qc2 (
18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Rd4 Qc7 20. Qe4 $16 {was the other way centralizing the
better developed pieces.}) 18... Qxc2+ 19. Bxc2 Ne6 (19... Nxg2 $2 {founders on
} 20. Bc1 b6 21. Be4 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Rd4 $18) 20. b3 $16 {Now White's
strong ^^ controls the battlefield, and Black's pieces still lack any
development, Nakamura-Fressinet, Wijk aan Zee 2004 CBM 99.}) 15. Nxd4 (15. Nxe8
Nxe2+ 16. Bxe2 Rxe8 $11) (15. Bxd4 Bxd6 16. Qxe8 Rxe8 17. Be3 Bc7 $11) 15...
Bxd6 16. Nb5 (16. Nf3 Qe7 17. h5 h6) 16... Be5 17. Rhe1 a6 $11) 9... O-O 10. b4
Ne6 11. b5 $36) (7... Ne6 {is the other way, but White's advantage of
development will be the same.} 8. cxd4 Nexd4 (8... d5 $6 9. exd6 $16) 9. Nxd4
Nxd4 10. Qe4 Ne6 11. O-O $44) 8. Qe3 (8. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 d6 $13 {finishing
the development with a ^^.}) 8... Ne6 (8... Be7 9. b4 Ne6 10. b5 Bc5 11. Qe4
Ne7 12. O-O (12. Bxd3 d5 $13 {Mah-Vigus, Smith Williamson 2001}) 12... O-O (
12... d5 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Nbd2 $14) 13. Re1 d5 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Bxd3 Ng6 $13
{and Black has a stronghold on c5 forever.}) (8... Na5 9. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3
d6 11. O-O Nc6 $11 {and if Black can castle >>, he can be even better.}) 9.
Nbd2 (9. O-O d5 10. exd6 Bxd6 $11) 9... d5 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. O-O O-O {Black
will successfully finish his development.} 12. Ne4 (12. Qxd3 Nc5 $11) (12. Bxd3
Nc5 13. Bc2 Re8 $11) 12... Bf4 13. Qxd3 Qxd3 14. Bxd3 Bxc1 15. Rfxc1 Nf4 16.
Bc4 Bg4 17. Nd4 (17. Ned2 Rad8 $11) 17... Ne5 $15 {The black pieces are more
active, White has to play carefully.} 18. Bf1 Rad8 19. f3 Bh5 20. Re1 Rfe8 21.
Rad1 Bg6 22. b3 $2 {[#] This is a serious tactical blunder!} (22. Kf2 $11 {
was still enough for equality.}) 22... Nh3+ $1 23. gxh3 Rxd4 $1 24. Rxd4 $2 {
White loses his head completely.} (24. cxd4 Nxf3+ 25. Kf2 Nxe1 26. Nc5 $1 Nc2
27. Nxb7 Re6 28. Bg2 $15 {was still not losing.}) 24... Nxf3+ 25. Kf2 Nxe1 26.
Kxe1 $2 (26. Nc5 $1 b6 $17) 26... Bxe4 27. Kd2 {and White was lost, but gave
up too early.} 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 {This old variation is out of fashion these days, and not without reason.}
Qh5 (8... Qa5 {is the old main line with level chances.}) 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5
Bd6 (10... Be7 $6 {- Frolov-Onischuk, Sochi 2004 CBM 101}) 11. c4 $5 {Even
this try cannot yield White anything real.} (11. h4 $2 {looks very ugly.} h6
12. Bf6 $2 O-O {and White has no chance to capture the Q.} 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14.
Bxd4 Bg4 15. Bc3 d5 $17 {Rossiter-Wells, Eastbourne 1991}) (11. Bf6 $2 {
backfires after} Bxh2+ $3 12. Nxh2 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 gxf6 14. Nxf6+ Kf8 $1 15. Nf3
Rd8 $17 {and Black has a safe extra P, Karaklajic-Sanja Jovanovic, Palic 1996.}
) (11. Nxd6+ cxd6 12. Bf4 Qd5 13. c3 Rc8 (13... Kd7 14. Qa4 b5 15. Qa6 Rhb8 {
The K in the middle is surprisingly safe now.} 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 g5 18.
Bd2 h5 19. Rac1 h4 $13 {Wirschell-Hector, Berlin 1993}) 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4
Qxd4 16. cxd4 Kd7 $11 {and the _|_ is totally drawish in view of the ^-,
Fette-Sermek, Kecskemet 1992.}) 11... O-O (11... Bb4 12. Nxd4 Qxd1 13. Rexd1
Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Be7 (14... h6 15. c5 $14) 15. Rad1 c5 (15... f6 16. Bf4) 16. R4d2
f6 17. Bf4 O-O (17... Bxc4 $5 18. Bd6 b6 19. Re1 Kf7 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Nxc5+
Kf7) 18. Bd6 Rfe8 19. Nxc5 Bxc4 20. Nxb7 $14 {Kallgren-Wedberg, Rilton Cup 1994
}) (11... dxc3 12. Nxd6+ cxd6 13. Qxd6 $36) (11... h6 12. Nxd6+ cxd6 13. Bf4
Qc5 $5 (13... O-O 14. Nxd4 Qxd1 15. Rexd1 Bxc4 16. Nf5 d5 (16... Be6 17. Nxd6
Rfd8 18. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bxa2 $11 {with a dead draw, Simonovic-Petronic,
Ulcinj 1998.}) 17. b3 Ba6 18. Rxd5 Rfd8 $11) 14. Nd2 O-O $13) 12. c5 Be5 (12...
Be7 $6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nxd4 $14) 13. Nxe5 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Nxe5 15. Rxd4 Nc6
$142 {This is the safest defence, White has no advantage at all.} (15... f6 16.
Bf4 Bxa2 17. Nc3 Bf7 18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. Rd7 $142 (19. Rxe5 Rae8 $11 {
Sveshnikov-Bezgodov, St Petersburg op 1994}) 19... c6 20. Rxe5 b6 21. h3 $14 {
and White's R on the seventh rank is impressive.}) (15... Bxa2 16. Nc3 Nc6 17.
Rd7 {This penetration on the 7-th rank is the main threat.} Rae8 18. Rxe8 Rxe8
19. f3 Bc4 20. Rxc7 $14 {Chekhov}) 16. Rd3 (16. Ra4 {is not a big deal either.}
Rfe8 17. Bf4 Bd5 18. Re3 b5 19. cxb6 cxb6 20. Nc3 Be6 $11 {Comp Deep
Junior-Smirin, Kasparovchess.com 2002}) 16... Rfe8 (16... Bxa2 17. Bf4 f5 18.
Nc3 Bc4 19. Rd7 Rf7 $11 {defending the 7-th rank leads to equality as well.})
17. a3 (17. Bf4 f5 (17... Bxa2 18. Rde3) 18. Nc3 Bxa2 $11) 17... Bf5 18. f3 f6
(18... Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Rxe4 20. fxe4 Re8 21. Bf4 Rxe4 22. Bxc7 $14 {gives White
the better chances because of his good B and << P majority.}) 19. Bf4 Re7 (
19... Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. fxe4 $14) 20. b4 Rae8 {[#]} (20... a6 21. Rde3 $14
) 21. Bxc7 $1 {White gets two pawns and a R for two pieces, which is not a bad
business at all!} (21. b5 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. fxe4 Ne5 $11) (21. Rde3 Bxe4
22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. fxe4 Ne5 $11) 21... Rxc7 (21... Bxe4 22. Rxe4
$16) 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rxe8+ Kf7 24. Rde3 $14 Rd7 25. g4 Bc2 26. Rc8 {This is
not necessary at all.} (26. h4 f5 (26... Rd2 27. b5 $16) 27. Kf2 $14 {
improving the K's position looked better.}) 26... Ne7 27. Ra8 a6 28. Kf2 f5 29.
Re2 $2 {This blunders the vital g P.} (29. gxf5 $14) 29... Bd1 $1 30. Re1 fxg4
31. fxg4 Bxg4 {Now the situation has been changed and it is Black who tries to
win the _|_.} 32. a4 (32. Rh8 Bf5 $15) 32... Rd4 33. b5 {White pushes it too
hard.} (33. Rb1 Rf4+ 34. Kg3 Rd4 $15) 33... Rxa4 34. c6 bxc6 35. Ra7 (35. bxa6
Be6) 35... Be6 36. Rxa6 (36. bxa6 Kf6) 36... Rf4+ 37. Kg3 Rg4+ 38. Kf2 Rc4 39.
bxc6 (39. b6 Rb4 $19) 39... Nxc6 {This is a theoretical _|_ with good
practical chances for Black. Note that the B has the right colour regarding
the h P!} 40. Raa1 Rh4 41. Kg3 Rg4+ 42. Kf2 Bf5 43. Re3 {Exchanging the rooks
would be a relief for White!} Rh4 44. Kg3 Rg4+ 45. Kf2 Kf6 46. Ra8 $2 (46. Ra6)
46... Nd4 47. Ra6+ Ne6 48. Rf3 Rc4 49. Re3 h5 50. h3 $6 (50. Rd6) 50... h4 51.
Rb6 Be4 52. Ra3 Bd5 53. Rd3 Ke5 54. Re3+ Be4 55. Ra3 Rc2+ 56. Kg1 Nd4 57. Ra5+
Kf4 58. Ra3 Nf3+ 59. Kf1 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 17th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2004.12.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Martin Del Campo C, Roberto"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2004.12.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
Be3 O-O {This sacrifice is very interesting, but also rather risky.} (8... Bd7
$142 {is the main line.}) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc6 Ba6 {[#] Black
hinders White's castles >>.} (11... Rb8 {is the alternative.} 12. Qxd5 Qe7 13.
O-O Rxb2 14. Nc3 $5 (14. Na3) 14... Ba6 15. Rfc1 Rd8 16. Qf3 Ne6 $5 (16... Qxe5
$6 {wins back the P, but loses the |^.} 17. Bd5 $16 {Ye-Svidler, China-Russia
2001}) 17. Qg3 $14) 12. Qxd5 $2 {Now White's position falls apart, his K in
the [+] is very vulnerable.} (12. Nd2 $2 Rb8 $17 {with more than enough
compensation for the P.}) (12. Bxa8 $2 {is also met by the devastating} Qg5 $1
$17) (12. Nc3 $1 {is the critical move for the evaluation of the whole line.}
d4 $1 (12... Rb8 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 Rxb2 15. O-O-O Rb4 16. Rhe1 {and Black
has no real compensation for the P.} Rfb8 17. Bb3 Bb7 18. Nd5 Rh4 19. h3 a5 20.
g3 $1 $16 {Estrin-Gurvich, SU 1972}) (12... Qg5 13. Qd4 $1 Rab8 (13... Ne6 14.
Qe3 $18 {Erenburg-Grinshpun, Tel Aviv 1998}) 14. Qxc5 Qxe5+ 15. Qe3 $16) 13.
Bxa8 {White has to take up the gauntlet!} (13. Ne4 $2 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Rb8 15. b3
Re8 $1 $15 (15... Rb5 $2 {allows White to bring his K into safety.} 16. O-O (
16. f4 $2 Rxe5 17. fxe5 Qh4+ $19) 16... Rxe5 17. Bd3 Bb7 $15 {
Sapundzhiev-Jovcic, corr 1970})) (13. Nd5 $5 Bb7 (13... Ne6 $2 14. Qg4 (14.
Bxa8 Qxa8 15. Qf3 Bb7 16. Ne7+ Kh8 $44) 14... Rb8 15. O-O-O Bb5 16. Nf6+ $1 (
16. Nb4 Qe7 17. Nd5 Qd8 {with repetition of moves.} (17... Qc5 $6 18. b4 $1 {
This is a very important intermediate move.} ({Immediately} 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19.
Qf5 g6 20. Qh3 {founders on} Ng5 $1 21. Qg3 Bxc6 {0-1 Magem Badals-Braga, Leon
1990}) 18... Qc4 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Qf5 g6 21. Qh3 Ng5 (21... h5 22. Nxh5 gxh5
23. Qxh5+ Kg8 24. Be4 Rfe8 25. Qh6 Nf8 26. Qg5+ Ng6 (26... Kh8 27. Rd3) 27.
Bxg6 fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Rd3 $18) 22. Bxb5 {Here is the
difference!} Rxb5 23. Qb3 $16)) 16... Kh8 17. Be4 (17. Qf5 gxf6 18. Be4 {
- 17.Be4}) 17... gxf6 18. Qf5 Ng5 19. Rxd4 Qxd4 20. Qxf6+ Kg8 21. Qxg5+ Kh8 22.
Qf5 {White can continue the fight liquidating to a slightly better _|_.} (22.
Qf6+ $11) 22... Qxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Bd7+ 24. Kc3 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 $14)) 13... dxc3 (
13... Qxa8 14. Qxd4 Rd8 15. Qh4 (15. Qg4 h5 16. Qf3 (16. Qh4) 16... Qb8 17. Rd1
Re8 (17... Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Qb4+ 19. Qc3 Qg4 20. f3 Qxg2 21. Nf2 $18 {Van
Tonder-Kobese, RSA-ch 2003}) 18. Qe3 f6 19. f4 Ne6 20. f5 Ng5 21. e6 $16 {
Van Tonder-Kobese, Cape Town 2002}) 15... Ne6 16. Rd1 Rb8 17. Qe4 (17. Nd5)
17... Bb7 18. Qf5 Bxg2 19. Rd7 Rf8 20. Rg1 g6 21. Qf6 $18 {Hmadi-Mitkov,
Djerba op 1998}) 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. b4 $1 Ne6 16. Bc6 $16 {Maciejewski-Bielczyk,
Poland 1974}) 12... Qg5 $1 $19 13. f4 (13. Bxa8 Qc1+ 14. Qd1 Qxb2 15. f4 Rxa8
$1 {White's all pieces are undeveloped!} (15... Qxa1 16. Bd5 Qb2 17. Kf2 Ne6 $1
18. Bxe6 fxe6 $17 {Karaklajic-Trajkovic, YUG 1968}) 16. Kf2 (16. Nd2 Rd8 $19)
16... Ne6 $1 17. f5 Rd8 $19 {Trajkovic}) 13... Qxf4 14. Qxc5 Qc1+ 15. Kf2 Qxh1
16. Bxa8 Rxa8 {and White cannot finish his development anymore.} 17. Qc6 (17.
Qe3 Bb7 $19) (17. Qb4 Qf1+ 18. Kg3 Re8 $19) 17... Qf1+ 18. Kg3 Rd8 19. Qxc7
Qe1+ 20. Kh3 Bc8+ 21. g4 Qe3+ 22. Kg2 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 (5... d5 {is the old main
line.}) 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. c3 $1 {[%mdl 8] Making a real gambit in the spirit of
the "old days".} (7. O-O Ne6 (7... Be7 8. Rd1 Ne6 {Black wants to hold the P,
or get the ^^ for it.} (8... d5 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. b4 {White has to play
energetically, otherwise Black will finish his development.} (10. Nc3 O-O 11.
Nb5 Qg6 12. Nxc7 Bh3 13. g3 Rad8 $132) 10... d3 $1 11. cxd3 Nxb4 12. d4 Nd7 (
12... Be6 $2 {loses material after} 13. dxc5 Bxc4 14. cxd6 Bxe2 15. Re1 $16 {
Tzermiadianos-Cela, Ikaros/Thessaloniki 1997}) 13. Re1 {and Black cannot
castle!} Nb6 14. Bf4 Qd8 15. Bg5 $44 {Nogueiras-Mikhalchishin, WchT U26 Mexiko
1977}) (8... O-O 9. Nxd4 d5 10. Nb5 Be6 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. N1c3 a6 13. Rxd5 Qc8
14. Nd6 $1 $14 {Sax-Gligoric, Ljubljana/Portoroz 1977}) 9. Bxe6 dxe6 $13 {
- 7...Ne6} (9... fxe6 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 O-O 12. Nc3 d5 13. exd6 cxd6 $13 (
13... Bxd6 {leaves a weak isolated e P.} 14. Be3 e5 15. Rd2 $14 {V.
Gurevich-Jonkman, BL2-West 2002}))) 8. c3 (8. Rd1 d5 $1 (8... Be7 {- 7...Be7})
9. Bb5 (9. Bb3 Bc5 {Black holds his extra P with a quick development.} 10. c3
O-O 11. cxd4 Ncxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Bxd4 14. Qd3 Bxf2+ $17 {M.
Voigt-Mikhalchishin, Dortmund 1992}) 9... Bc5 10. c3 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. cxd4
Bb6 {^^} 13. Nc3 O-O $13 {Mikhalchishin}) (8. Bxe6 dxe6 9. Rd1 {The maximum
White can get is the material equality, but Black's ^^ will be dangerous.} Be7
(9... Bc5 $5 10. Nc3 (10. b4 {is overoptimistic.} Bxb4 11. c3 Bc5 12. cxd4 Be7
13. Nc3 Nb4 $15 {Kotronias-mikhalchishin, Lvov 1988}) 10... O-O 11. Ne4 $44)
10. Be3 (10. c3 O-O 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Qe8 {and White's space advantage
can probably compensate the strong ^^.} 13. Nd2 Kh8 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. Ng5 Bc6 16.
Bf4 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 f5 $11 {Schandorff-Nielsen, Danmark 1994}) 10... O-O (10...
Bd7 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Nc3 c5 14. Ndb5 a6 15. Nd6 {The N on d6 is
very strong.} Qc7 16. Nce4 Bc6 $1 {(And.Tzermiadianos-Gligoric, Panormo 1998)}
17. Rd3 $1 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxd6 19. exd6 Qd7 $14 {And.Tzermiadianos}) 11. Nxd4
Qd5 $11 {Haag-L.Lengyel, HUN-ch 1964}) 8... d5 $1 9. Bb5 dxc3 10. Nxc3 d4 (
10... a6 $5) 11. Rd1 $44 (11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bd2 O-O $13 {D.Olafsson-Finegold,
Reykjavik op 1990})) (7. Ng5 $5 Ne6 8. Nxe6 (8. Qh5 g6 $17) 8... fxe6 $5 (8...
dxe6 9. Bf4 d3 10. Qxd3 Qxd3 11. Bxd3 Bd7 {Lazic-Blagojevic, Beograd GMA op
1988} 12. a3 $14) 9. O-O Bc5 $13 {firmly holding the d P.}) 7... dxc3 (7... Ne6
{is the other way, but White's advantage of development will be the same.} 8.
cxd4 Nexd4 (8... d5 $6 9. exd6 $16) 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qe4 Ne6 11. O-O $44) 8.
Nxc3 Be7 (8... Ne6 9. O-O $44) 9. Be3 ({The aggressive} 9. Nd5 $5 {deserves
attention, for example:} O-O 10. b4 Ne6 11. b5 $36) 9... O-O (9... Ne6 10.
O-O-O O-O {- 9...0-0}) 10. O-O-O {Castling to the opposite side helps White to
use his big lead of development.} Ne6 11. Ne4 Qe8 (11... d6 12. h4 {White has
to attack on the >>.} Re8 13. h5 $44) 12. h4 d6 $1 {Black is happy to give
back the P in order to finish his development.} 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Nxd6 Bxd6 ({
missing the effective intermediate move} 14... Ned4 $1 15. Nxd4 (15. Nxe8 Nxe2+
16. Bxe2 Rxe8 $11) (15. Bxd4 Bxd6 16. Qxe8 Rxe8 17. Be3 Bc7 $11) 15... Bxd6 16.
Nb5 (16. Nf3 Qe7 17. h5 h6) 16... Be5 17. Rhe1 a6 $11) 15. Rxd6 {Black has
still problems with the development of his <<.} Na5 16. Bd3 Qa4 17. Kb1 Nf4 18.
Qc2 (18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Rd4 Qc7 20. Qe4 $16 {was the other way centralizing the
better developed pieces.}) 18... Qxc2+ 19. Bxc2 Ne6 (19... Nxg2 $2 {founders on
} 20. Bc1 b6 21. Be4 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Rd4 $18) 20. b3 $16 {Now White's
strong ^^ controls the battlefield, and Black's pieces still lack any
development.} b6 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nxe6 (22. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Be4 $16
{worsening the enemy king's position.}) 22... Bxe6 23. Be4 {The N on the edge
of the board is a pest.} Rac8 24. f3 (24. Rhd1 $5) 24... Rfe8 25. Bf4 (25. Rhd1
$5) 25... Re7 26. Rc1 Rce8 (26... Rxc1+ $1 27. Kxc1 f5 28. Bc2 Nb7 {and at
least the N can come back.}) 27. b4 Nb7 28. Rdc6 f5 29. Bd3 Kf7 30. Rc7 a5 $2 {
This loses quickly.} (30... Rd8 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. Rc7+ Rd7 33. Rxd7+ Bxd7 34.
h5 $16 {is certainly better for White because of the active ^^, but things are
far from clear.}) 31. Bb5 $1 $18 Rd8 32. Rxe7+ Kxe7 33. Rc7+ Kf6 34. Rxb7 Rd4
35. Bc1 $1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Be3 Qb8 $5 (12... Bb6 13. Nd2 {
In this position White cannot blockade Black's pawns on c5 and d4, c6-c5 is
inevitable. However only one black B can be active, in case of c2-c4 the b6 B
is walled up. White has to use his >> P majority for an -> after f4-f5.} c5 (
13... Nxd2 14. Qxd2 {/\ Nb3 blockading the dark squares.} c5 $1 {Now White has
a wide range of choice.} 15. Ne2 (15. Nf3 d4 16. Bf2 Bc6 17. Bh4 (17. Qd3 Qd7
18. f5 $5 {This is the P structure White is aiming for.} (18. Rfd1 {is not
very useful.} Qg4 19. Bg3 O-O 20. Ng5 Qh5 21. Bf2 f6 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Ne6 Qg6
24. Bg3 {(1/2:1/2 Apicella-Boudre, Paris-ch 1988)} Qe4 $1 25. Qf1 Rf7 $15 {
with a dangerous battery on the long /^.}) 18... Bb5 19. Qe4 (19. e6 $5 fxe6
20. Qe4 Qc6 21. Rfe1 Qxe4 22. Rxe4 O-O 23. fxe6 Bc6 $13) 19... Bc6 20. Qg4 $14
{with real threats in the [+] and the >>.}) 17... Qd7 (17... Qd5 $2 {allows}
18. f5 $16 {K.Mueller-Boog, Biel op SUI 1989}) 18. f5 (18. Rae1 $5 Qf5 19. e6
f6 20. e7 Kd7 21. Re5 $5 fxe5 22. Nxe5+ Kd6 23. Nc4+ Kd7 24. Ne5+ $11 {Klovans}
) 18... Qxf5 19. Nxd4 $1 (19. Ng5 Qg6 20. Rxf7 (20. Nxf7 {is met by the witty}
O-O $15) 20... h6 {There are some pieces hanging in the air.} (20... O-O-O 21.
Qd3 Qxd3 22. cxd3 h6 23. Ne6 Rde8 24. Nxg7 Rxe5 25. Nf5 Be8 26. Ne7+ Kb7 27.
Ng6 Bxf7 28. Nxe5 Bd5 $11 {Edelman-Klovans, Biel op 1994}) 21. Raf1 O-O-O $1
22. Nh3 Rde8 23. Bg3 c4 {and this is the P structure Black is aiming for. Now
the ^^ has an absolut power.} 24. Kh1 (24. e6 Qxe6 25. Qf4 Re7 $17 {
Masternak-Klovans, Katowice op 1993}) 24... Qe6 25. Ng1 Re7 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27.
Nf3 Rd8 $15 {Klovans}) 19... Qd7 20. Nf3 Qxd2 (20... c4+ 21. Kh1 Qg4 $13) 21.
Nxd2 O-O $11 {Klovans}) 15... d4 {The long /^ is opened for the light-squared
B.} 16. Bf2 O-O 17. c4 {This blockading move is White's main idea, otherwise
Black's ^^ would be too strong.} f6 {opening up the position is useful with
the ^^.} (17... f5 {blockades White's >> activities as well, but in a closed
position the N can better manoeuvre.} 18. a4 a5 19. h3 Bc6 20. Kh2 Qd7 21. b3
Rae8 22. Bh4 Qf7 23. Ng3 Bb7 {Black can infuse life into his dark-squared B by
c7-c6, but this would kill the other B.} 24. Rad1 Qg6 25. Qe2 Qh6 26. Nh5 Qc6
27. Rd3 Re6 28. Rg3 Rg6 29. Re1 Rxg3 30. Nxg3 $14 {Sveshnikov-Milos, Sao Paulo,
1986}) 18. Bh4 Qe8 (18... g5 $2 {is out of question:} 19. fxg5 fxe5 20. Ng3 $16
{Fernandez Garcia-Boudre, Pau op 1988}) 19. exf6 Qh5 20. Bg3 gxf6 21. Rae1 Rae8
22. Nc1 {/\ Nd3 blockading the position.} (22. Bf2 $5 Bc6 23. Ng3 Qg4 $13)
22... Bf5 $13 {Turgut-Iuldachev, Istanbul ol (Men) 2000}) 14. N4b3 Nxd2 (14...
c4 $6 {allows White to destroy Black's P structure.} 15. Bxb6 $1 (15. Nd4 $143
Nxd2 16. Qxd2 c5 $15 {and the phalanx will move ahead.}) 15... axb6 (15... Nxd2
16. Nxd2 axb6 17. f5 $1 O-O 18. f6 $14 {with annoying threats on the >>.}) (
15... cxb3 16. Nxe4 axb6 17. Qxd5 Bf5 18. Qc6+ Bd7 19. Qc4 $16) 16. Nxe4 dxe4
17. Nd2 $1 (17. Nd4 c5) 17... c3 (17... Bc6 18. Nxc4 Bb5 19. b3 O-O 20. Re1
Qxd1 21. Rexd1 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Rfd8 23. Kf2 $14 {>< e4}) 18. bxc3 Bc6 (18... e3
19. Nb3 $16) 19. Qe2 Ra4 20. Nb3 $14 {/\ f5}) 15. Qxd2 d4 (15... c4 16. Nc5 $14
{blockading the dark squares.}) 16. Bf2 Bc6 (16... Bb5 $5 17. Rfe1 Qd5 18. f5
$1 {is the logical continuation of the |^.} (18. e6 $6 {is premature} Bc6 $1 (
18... fxe6 $2 19. Rxe6+ $1 Qxe6 20. Re1 Bc4 21. Rxe6+ Bxe6 22. Qe2 Kd7 (22...
Kf7 23. Nxc5 $1 Bxc5 24. Qh5+ $18) 23. Qe5 $16) 19. exf7+ Kxf7 {White has
ruined his own [+] for nothing.} 20. Bh4 Rhe8 $1 $15 {^^ /\ c4} (20... c4 $6 {
allows} 21. Re5 $1 Qd6 22. Be7 d3+ 23. Kh1 Qg6 24. Rg5 $1 (24. Nc5 Rhe8 25.
Rae1 Qxg2+ 26. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2 d2 $1) 24... Qh6 25. Re1 Rhe8 26. Qb4 $1 $16
)) 18... h6 $1 (18... O-O 19. f6 $16 (19. Qg5 f6)) 19. Qf4 $1 {keeps the
central pawns, and defends >< g2 after} (19. Kh1 $6 {runs into} Bc6 20. Bg1
O-O-O 21. Qe2 f6 $1 $15 {ruining White's [+], Sveshnikov-Agzamov, SU-ch sf
Tashkent 1984.}) (19. e6 $2 {is again a blow in the air.} Bc6 20. Bg3 (20. Bh4
c4 $1 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Re7+ Kf8) 20... c4 (20... f6 $5) 21. Re5 c3 $1 $17)
19... Bc6 (19... O-O-O $5 20. a4 $1 Bc6 21. Qg4 $16) (19... O-O 20. Qg4 $16)
20. Qg4 c4 21. Nd2 O-O {Suicide?} 22. f6 g5 23. h4 $16) (16... O-O 17. c4 $1 {
White wants to kill the b6 B forever.} (17. c3 {fights against Black's [+],
but it is wiser to blockade it.} Be6 (17... Bc6 {This is connected with a
well-known positional P sacrifice.} 18. cxd4 c4 {This is the main idea, Black
has the total control over the long /^, and the other B can also breethe.} 19.
Na5 (19. Nc1 Qd5 20. Be3 f6 $44) 19... Bxg2 $1 20. Kxg2 Qd5+ 21. Kg3 Bxa5 22.
Qe2 f6 $11 {Sveshnikov-Zakharov, SU-ch sf Volgodonsk 1983}) 18. cxd4 Bxb3 19.
axb3 cxd4 20. f5 $5 (20. Rfd1 Qd5) 20... Qd5 21. Qf4 Rae8 22. Rae1 f6 $5 $13 {
Okhotnik-Brdicko, Prague Mladi-A 1988}) 17... Qe7 $142 (17... Bc6 18. f5 $5 (
18. Nc1 $14 {/\ Nd3 with an ideal blockade, Agzamov.}) 18... Qd7 19. Bg3 $16 (
19. f6 $1 $14)) 18. Qd3 $1 {fighting for the b1-h7 /^.} (18. Bg3 Bf5 $13) (18.
Nc1 Rfe8 19. Nd3 Bf5) 18... Rfe8 (18... f5 {already closes the position, which
helps for White, as it was mentioned before.} 19. Nd2 $14) 19. Bg3 a5 20. f5 a4
21. Nd2 $14 {and White's central pawns are very dangerous.}) 17. c4 (17. f5 $5
{was the other alternative following the advance on the >>.} Qd5 18. Qg5 c4 19.
Nd2) 17... Qd7 (17... dxc3 $5 18. Qxc3 Qd5 {opens up the position for the ^^,
but weakens the P structure.} 19. Qg3 O-O-O 20. Qg4+ (20. Rac1 c4 21. Bxb6 axb6
) 20... Bd7 21. Qe2 Bc6 22. Qg4+ Bd7 23. Qe2 {1/2:1/2 Jackova-Kuang Yinhui,
Wch U20 Girls 1999}) 18. Qd3 (18. Bxd4 $5 {deserved serious attention making
Black's << weaknesses vulnerable.} cxd4 19. c5 Rd8 $1 (19... Bxc5 $2 {
activates the enemy N.} 20. Nxc5 Qd5 21. Na6 Qd7 22. Rac1 $1 {keeping control
over >< c5.} (22. Rfd1 {This is not the precise R move!} Rd8 23. e6 fxe6 24.
Nc5 Qf7 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 $1 {Black is happy to "sacrifice" his Q for two rooks!} (
25... Rd6 26. f5 $16 {Garcia Elio-Pena Gomez, ESP-ch U20 Mondariz Balneario
2000}) 26. Re1 Be4 27. Rxe4 Qxe4 28. Re1 Qxe1+ 29. Qxe1+ Kf7 $11) 22... O-O (
22... Rc8 $2 23. Rfd1 $18) 23. Rc5 Bb5 24. Rxb5 Qxb5 25. Nxc7 $16 {and White
is a healthy P up.}) 20. f5 $1 {White is not hurrying to get back the piece.} (
20. cxb6 axb6) 20... Bxc5 (20... d3 21. cxb6 cxb6 22. e6 $1) 21. Nxc5 Qe7 22.
Rac1 O-O 23. Rfe1 $14 {and White's pawns are more mobile than Black's ones.}) (
18. Bh4 {/\ f5} Qf5 {Black has to blockade >< f5.} (18... Qg4 $5 19. Qf2) 19.
Rae1 a5 20. Qe2 a4 21. Nc1 O-O 22. Nd3 Rfe8 $13 {is the strong prophylactic
move.} (22... f6 $6 {is now premature:} 23. e6 $1 (23. exf6 Rae8 24. Ne5 gxf6
25. Qg4+ Qxg4 26. Nxg4 Kg7 27. Rxe8 Bxe8 28. Re1 $14 {Rizouk-Klovans, Biel op
1995}) 23... Rfe8 24. g4 Qg6 25. f5 Qh6 26. Bg3 $16)) (18. f5 $5 {deserves
also attention.} Qxf5 $1 {This P has to be eliminated.} 19. Bxd4 Qe6 $1 (19...
Qd7 20. Be3 $14) 20. Bxc5 Qxc4 (20... Bxc5+ 21. Nxc5 Qxc4 22. Nb3 $14 (22. Rfc1
Qb5 23. a4 Qb6 24. e6 $14) (22. Rac1 {- 20...Qc4})) 21. Bxb6 $142 (21. Rac1
Bxc5+ $1 (21... Qd5 22. Qg5 $1 $16 {Hagasaether-Westerinen, Jarleslaget op 1997
}) 22. Nxc5 Qxa2 23. e6 O-O $1 $13) 21... cxb6 (21... axb6 $6 22. Rac1 Qe4 (
22... Qd5 23. Rfd1 $1) 23. Rfe1 Qd5 24. Red1 Qe4 25. Nd4 $16) 22. Rac1 Qd5 23.
Qf2 $1 (23. Rfd1 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Be4 25. Rc7 O-O $11) 23... Rc8 24. e6 $1 $14)
18... O-O-O 19. f5 Rde8 20. Rae1 (20. Bg3 $5 h5 21. h3) 20... g6 21. Bg3 {
(Leyva-F.Gomez, Las Tunas 2001 CBM 083)} {Black had to take up the gauntlet
immediately on the >> by} gxf5 $1 22. Rxf5 (22. Qxf5 Qxf5 23. Rxf5 Re7) 22...
h5 23. Rf4 Reg8 24. Re2 Rg4 $13) 13. Qc1 $6 (13. b3 {is too caoutious.} O-O (
13... Bxd4 $2 14. Qxd4 $16) (13... Qb6 $5 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Nd2 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 c5
17. Bf2 Bf5 $13) 14. Qd3 (14. Nd2 Nc3 {Here we see the weakness of >< c3} 15.
Qe1 Re8 (15... Bb6 {/\ c5} 16. b4) (15... Qb6 16. Nc4 $1) 16. Qf2 Ba3 $5 $13)
14... Bb6 15. Nd2 c5 16. N4f3 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 d4 (17... Rd8 $6 18. Qxd5 $1 Bb5
19. Qf3 $44) 18. Bf2 Qc8 $1 19. Ne4 Bf5 $13) (13. Nd2 $5 Qxb2 14. Nxe4 {
- 13.Nc3}) (13. Nc3 $5 {sacrifices the b P, but finishes the development.} Qxb2
14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qd2 (15. Kh1 $2 {There is no time for such preparatory moves.
} Qc3 (15... Rd8 16. Rb1 (16. Qd2 O-O 17. a4 (17. Rfb1 Qa3) 17... Be6 $15)
16... Qxa2 (16... Qc3 $5) 17. Qe2 O-O 18. Nxc6 Bxe3 (18... Bxc6 19. Bxc5 Rfe8
$15) 19. Ne7+ (19. Nxd8 $2 {The N will be trapped here.} Bb6 $1 20. Rbd1 Rxd8
21. Qg4 Qc4 $1 $19 {Ocampo-Otero, Cuba 2000}) 19... Kh8 20. Qxe3 Qxc2 $15) 16.
Bg1 (16. e6 fxe6 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qe5 O-O 19. Qxe4 Qc4) 16... Rd8 17. Ne2 Qc4
18. Ng3 Be6 (18... Bxg1 19. Rxg1 O-O 20. Re1 Be6 $13) 19. Qh5 $1 g6 20. Qh6 Bf8
21. Qh4 $13 (21. Qg5 $4 {The Q runs into trouble after} h6 22. Qf6 Rh7 $19 {
Jankov-Isanbaev, Dresden 2000})) (15. Nf5 Bxe3+ $5 (15... Bxf5 16. Bxc5 Qc3 $1
17. Qd4 $11 (17. Bd4 Qc4 18. Be3 O-O $15)) 16. Nxe3 Qc3 17. Qe1 Qxe1 18. Raxe1
{White has a strong blockading N, but his << is vulnerable.} O-O-O 19. f5 c5
$13) 15... O-O 16. Nb3 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Be6 (17... Qxc2 18. Rad1 Be6 19. f5 $40 {
with good attacking prospects on the >>.}) 18. Qc5 $14 {and Black's pawns are
very vulnerable.} (18. Nd4 c5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qxe4 Rad8 (20... Qd4+ $11) 21.
Rad1 Qxa2 22. Ra1 Qb2 23. Rxa7 Rd4 $11 {Trent-Mamedyarov, Oropesa del Mar 2001}
)) 13... Bxd4 $1 {Now Black's central pawns will advance.} (13... O-O) 14. Bxd4
c5 15. Bf2 Bb5 16. Rd1 (16. Re1 O-O) 16... Nxf2 17. Kxf2 Bc6 18. Nd2 Qb6 19. c4
$1 {White has to stop the dangerous pawns at any cost.} (19. Nb3 c4+ 20. Nd4
Bd7 $15) 19... d4 20. Qc2 O-O 21. f5 $1 {This is the only counterchance, White
has to create some threats on the >>.} (21. b3 Bb7 22. Qd3 f6 $1 $17) 21...
Rad8 22. Rf1 {/\ Kg1 reparing the defects in his position.} (22. f6 $2 gxf6 23.
Qf5 (23. exf6 Rd6) 23... Bb7 24. exf6 Kh8 $17) 22... Ba8 (22... Rfe8 23. Rae1
d3 (23... Qb7 24. g4) 24. Qc3 Qb7 25. g4 Rd4 26. Kg3 $13) 23. Kg1 d3 (23...
Rfe8 24. Rae1) 24. Qc3 Rd4 25. Rf2 {White wants to build up a blockade on the
dark squares.} (25. Rae1 Re8) 25... Re8 26. Re1 Qh6 27. Qa3 Qg5 28. g3 {[#]} (
28. Qxc5 $2 Rg4 $19) (28. Nf1 Rg4 29. g3 (29. Ng3 $2 h5 $19) 29... Re4 $15)
28... h5 $1 {creating a new target, >< g3.} 29. Qxc5 h4 $1 30. Qxd4 (30. Nf3
Bxf3 31. Rxf3 d2 32. Rd1 Qg4 $17) 30... hxg3 31. Kf1 $8 gxf2 32. Qxf2 Qg4 33.
f6 $5 (33. Re3 Qd1+ 34. Qe1 Qg4 $11) 33... gxf6 34. Re3 Qd1+ 35. Qe1 Qxe1+ 36.
Kxe1 fxe5 37. Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] [#]} f5 $3 {Black's only hope is to advance
the connected passed pawns in the [+].} (37... Bb7 38. Rd7 Rc8 39. Nb3 Kf8 40.
Nc5 Bc6 41. Rd3 a5) 38. Rd7 e4 39. Nb3 $2 (39. Rxc7 {gave better chances to
eliminate the pawns on the << and sacrifice the N for another.} e3 40. Nf1 f4
41. Rxa7 Bg2 42. Nxe3 $1 (42. c5 $2 Bxf1 43. Kxf1 f3 $19) 42... Rxe3+ (42...
fxe3 43. b4 Bf3 44. Ra3 Re4 45. b5 $36) 43. Kf2 Bc6 44. Rc7 Be4 $15) 39... f4
40. Nd4 e3 41. Nf5 (41. Rxc7 {is already late.} f3 42. Rxa7 f2+ 43. Kf1 Be4 $1
44. Ra3 Rf8 $19) 41... Kh8 (41... Kf8 $1 {- 41...Kh8}) 42. Nh4 (42. Nh6 $2 Rf8
$1 43. Kf1 (43. Nf7+ Kg7 44. Ng5+ Kg6) 43... f3 44. Nf7+ Kg7 45. Ne5+ Kf6 46.
Ng4+ Ke6 47. Rxc7 e2+ 48. Ke1 Rd8 49. Nf2 Be4 $1 $19) (42. Rxc7 f3 (42... Bg2
43. Nxe3 $1) 43. Ng3 a5 $1 (43... f2+ 44. Kf1 Be4 (44... Rd8 45. Ke2) (44... a5
45. Rf7) 45. Rd7) 44. b3 a4 $1 45. Rd7 Bc6 46. Rd1 axb3 47. axb3 Ra8 48. Nf5
Ra2 $19) 42... Kg8 43. Ng6 (43. Nf5 Kf8) 43... f3 44. Re7 Rxe7 45. Nxe7+ Kf7
46. Nf5 e2 {White can blockade the pawns for a while, but the black K will
penetrate.} 47. Nd4 Kf6 48. Nb5 Ke5 49. Nxc7 Be4 50. Nb5 (50. Kf2 Bc6) 50...
Bd3 51. b3 Ke4 52. Nc7 (52. Kf2 e1=Q+ $19 {and the f P will be a Q.}) 52...
Bxc4 (52... Bxc4 53. bxc4 Kd3 $1 54. Nd5 f2+ 55. Kxf2 Kd2 $19) 0-1

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Las Tunas"]
[Date "2001.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leyva Proenza, Ricardo"]
[Black "Gomez Fontal, Felix Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7.
Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Nd2 {
In this position White cannot blockade Black's pawns on c5 and d4, c6-c5 is
inevitable. However only one black B can be active, in case of c2-c4 the b6 B
is walled up. White has to use his >> P majority for an -> after f4-f5.} c5 (
13... Nxd2 14. Qxd2 {/\ Nb3 blockading the dark squares.} c5 $1 {Now White has
a wide range of choice.} 15. Nb3 (15. Ne2 d4 {The long /^ is opened for the
light-squared B.} 16. Bf2 O-O 17. c4 {This blockading move is White's main
idea, otherwise Black's ^^ would be too strong.} f6 {opening up the position
is useful with the ^^.} (17... f5 {blockades White's >> activities as well,
but in a closed position the N can better manoeuvre.} 18. a4 a5 19. h3 Bc6 20.
Kh2 Qd7 21. b3 Rae8 22. Bh4 Qf7 23. Ng3 Bb7 {Black can infuse life into his
dark-squared B by c7-c6, but this would kill the other B.} 24. Rad1 Qg6 25. Qe2
Qh6 26. Nh5 Qc6 27. Rd3 Re6 28. Rg3 Rg6 29. Re1 Rxg3 30. Nxg3 $14 {
Sveshnikov-Milos, Sao Paulo, 1986}) 18. Bh4 Qe8 (18... g5 $2 {is out of
question:} 19. fxg5 fxe5 20. Ng3 $16 {Fernandez Garcia-Boudre, Pau op 1988})
19. exf6 Qh5 20. Bg3 gxf6 21. Rae1 Rae8 22. Nc1 {/\ Nd3 blockading the
position.} (22. Bf2 $5 Bc6 23. Ng3 Qg4 $13) 22... Bf5 $13 {Turgut-Iuldachev,
Istanbul ol (Men) 2000}) (15. Nf3 d4 16. Bf2 Bc6 17. Bh4 (17. Qd3 Qd7 18. f5 $5
{This is the P structure White is aiming for.} (18. Rfd1 {is not very useful.}
Qg4 19. Bg3 O-O 20. Ng5 Qh5 21. Bf2 f6 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Ne6 Qg6 24. Bg3 {
(1/2:1/2 Apicella-Boudre, Paris-ch 1988)} Qe4 $1 25. Qf1 Rf7 $15 {with a
dangerous battery on the long /^.}) 18... Bb5 19. Qe4 (19. e6 $5 fxe6 20. Qe4
Qc6 21. Rfe1 Qxe4 22. Rxe4 O-O 23. fxe6 Bc6 $13) 19... Bc6 20. Qg4 $14 {
with real threats in the [+] and the >>.}) 17... Qd7 (17... Qd5 $2 {allows} 18.
f5 $16 {K.Mueller-Boog, Biel op SUI 1989}) 18. f5 (18. Rae1 $5 Qf5 19. e6 f6
20. e7 Kd7 21. Re5 $5 fxe5 22. Nxe5+ Kd6 23. Nc4+ Kd7 24. Ne5+ $11 {Klovans})
18... Qxf5 19. Nxd4 $1 (19. Ng5 Qg6 20. Rxf7 (20. Nxf7 {is met by the witty}
O-O $15) 20... h6 {There are some pieces hanging in the air.} (20... O-O-O 21.
Qd3 Qxd3 22. cxd3 h6 23. Ne6 Rde8 24. Nxg7 Rxe5 25. Nf5 Be8 26. Ne7+ Kb7 27.
Ng6 Bxf7 28. Nxe5 Bd5 $11 {Edelman-Klovans, Biel op 1994}) 21. Raf1 O-O-O $1
22. Nh3 Rde8 23. Bg3 c4 {and this is the P structure Black is aiming for. Now
the ^^ has an absolut power.} 24. Kh1 (24. e6 Qxe6 25. Qf4 Re7 $17 {
Masternak-Klovans, Katowice op 1993}) 24... Qe6 25. Ng1 Re7 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27.
Nf3 Rd8 $15 {Klovans}) 19... Qd7 20. Nf3 Qxd2 (20... c4+ 21. Kh1 Qg4 $13) 21.
Nxd2 O-O $11 {Klovans}) 15... d4 {- 13....c5}) 14. N4b3 Nxd2 (14... c4 $6 {
allows White to destroy Black's P structure.} 15. Bxb6 $1 (15. Nd4 $143 Nxd2
16. Qxd2 c5 $15 {and the phalanx will move ahead.}) 15... axb6 (15... Nxd2 16.
Nxd2 axb6 17. f5 $1 O-O 18. f6 $14 {with annoying threats on the >>.}) (15...
cxb3 16. Nxe4 axb6 17. Qxd5 Bf5 18. Qc6+ Bd7 19. Qc4 $16) 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2
$1 (17. Nd4 c5) 17... c3 (17... Bc6 18. Nxc4 Bb5 19. b3 O-O 20. Re1 Qxd1 21.
Rexd1 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Rfd8 23. Kf2 $14 {>< e4}) 18. bxc3 Bc6 (18... e3 19. Nb3
$16) 19. Qe2 Ra4 20. Nb3 $14 {/\ f5}) 15. Qxd2 d4 (15... c4 16. Nc5 $14 {
blockading the dark squares.}) 16. Bf2 Bc6 (16... Bb5 $5 17. Rfe1 Qd5 18. f5 $1
{is the logical continuation of the |^.} (18. e6 $6 {is premature} Bc6 $1 (
18... fxe6 $2 19. Rxe6+ $1 Qxe6 20. Re1 Bc4 21. Rxe6+ Bxe6 22. Qe2 Kd7 (22...
Kf7 23. Nxc5 $1 Bxc5 24. Qh5+ $18) 23. Qe5 $16) 19. exf7+ Kxf7 {White has
ruined his own [+] for nothing.} 20. Bh4 Rhe8 $1 $15 {^^ /\ c4} (20... c4 $6 {
allows} 21. Re5 $1 Qd6 22. Be7 d3+ 23. Kh1 Qg6 24. Rg5 $1 (24. Nc5 Rhe8 25.
Rae1 Qxg2+ 26. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2 d2 $1) 24... Qh6 25. Re1 Rhe8 26. Qb4 $1 $16
)) 18... h6 $1 (18... O-O 19. f6 $16 (19. Qg5 f6)) 19. Qf4 $1 {keeps the
central pawns, and defends >< g2 after} (19. Kh1 $6 {runs into} Bc6 20. Bg1
O-O-O 21. Qe2 f6 $1 $15 {ruining White's [+], Sveshnikov-Agzamov, SU-ch sf
Tashkent 1984.}) (19. e6 $2 {is again a blow in the air.} Bc6 20. Bg3 (20. Bh4
c4 $1 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Re7+ Kf8) 20... c4 (20... f6 $5) 21. Re5 c3 $1 $17)
19... Bc6 (19... O-O-O $5 20. a4 $1 Bc6 21. Qg4 $16) (19... O-O 20. Qg4 $16)
20. Qg4 c4 21. Nd2 O-O {Suicide?} 22. f6 g5 23. h4 $16) (16... O-O 17. c4 $1 {
White wants to kill the b6 B forever.} (17. c3 {fights against Black's [+],
but it is wiser to blockade it.} Be6 (17... Bc6 {This is connected with a
well-known positional P sacrifice.} 18. cxd4 c4 {This is the main idea, Black
has the total control over the long /^, and the other B can also breethe.} 19.
Na5 (19. Nc1 Qd5 20. Be3 f6 $44) 19... Bxg2 $1 20. Kxg2 Qd5+ 21. Kg3 Bxa5 22.
Qe2 f6 $11 {Sveshnikov-Zakharov, SU-ch sf Volgodonsk 1983}) 18. cxd4 Bxb3 19.
axb3 cxd4 20. f5 $5 (20. Rfd1 Qd5) 20... Qd5 21. Qf4 Rae8 22. Rae1 f6 $5 $13 {
Okhotnik-Brdicko, Prague Mladi-A 1988}) 17... Qe7 $142 (17... Bc6 18. f5 $5 (
18. Nc1 $14 {/\ Nd3 with an ideal blockade, Agzamov.}) 18... Qd7 19. Bg3 $16)
18. Qd3 $1 {fighting for the b1-h7 /^.} (18. Bg3 Bf5 $13) (18. Nc1 Rfe8 19. Nd3
Bf5) 18... Rfe8 (18... f5 {already closes the position, which helps for White,
as it was mentioned before.} 19. Nd2 $14) 19. Bg3 a5 20. f5 a4 21. Nd2 $14 {
and White's central pawns are very dangerous.}) 17. c4 (17. f5 $5 {was the
other alternative following the advance on the >>.} Qd5 18. Qg5 c4 19. Nd2)
17... Qd7 (17... dxc3 $5 18. Qxc3 Qd5 {opens up the position for the ^^, but
weakens the P structure.} 19. Qg3 O-O-O 20. Qg4+ (20. Rac1 c4 21. Bxb6 axb6)
20... Bd7 21. Qe2 Bc6 22. Qg4+ Bd7 23. Qe2 {1/2:1/2 Jackova-Kuang Yinhui, Wch
U20 Girls 1999}) 18. Qd3 (18. Bxd4 $5 {deserved serious attention making
Black's << weaknesses vulnerable.} cxd4 19. c5 Rd8 $1 (19... Bxc5 $2 {
activates the enemy N.} 20. Nxc5 Qd5 21. Na6 Qd7 22. Rac1 $1 {keeping control
over >< c5.} (22. Rfd1 {This is not the precise R move!} Rd8 23. e6 fxe6 24.
Nc5 Qf7 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 $1 {Black is happy to "sacrifice" his Q for two rooks!} (
25... Rd6 26. f5 $16 {Garcia Elio-Pena Gomez, ESP-ch U20 Mondariz Balneario
2000}) 26. Re1 Be4 27. Rxe4 Qxe4 28. Re1 Qxe1+ 29. Qxe1+ Kf7 $11) 22... O-O (
22... Rc8 $2 23. Rfd1 $18) 23. Rc5 Bb5 24. Rxb5 Qxb5 25. Nxc7 $16 {and White
is a healthy P up.}) 20. f5 $1 {White is not hurrying to get back the piece.} (
20. cxb6 axb6) 20... Bxc5 (20... d3 21. cxb6 cxb6 22. e6 $1) 21. Nxc5 Qe7 22.
Rac1 O-O 23. Rfe1 $14 {and White's pawns are more mobile than Black's ones.}) (
18. Bh4 {/\ f5} Qf5 {Black has to blockade >< f5.} (18... Qg4 $5 19. Qf2) 19.
Rae1 a5 20. Qe2 a4 21. Nc1 O-O 22. Nd3 Rfe8 $13 {is the strong prophylactic
move.} (22... f6 $6 {is now premature:} 23. e6 $1 (23. exf6 Rae8 24. Ne5 gxf6
25. Qg4+ Qxg4 26. Nxg4 Kg7 27. Rxe8 Bxe8 28. Re1 $14 {Rizouk-Klovans, Biel op
1995}) 23... Rfe8 24. g4 Qg6 25. f5 Qh6 26. Bg3 $16)) (18. f5 $5 {deserves
also attention.} Qxf5 $1 {This P has to be eliminated.} (18... O-O 19. f6 $1
$14) 19. Bxd4 Qe6 $1 (19... Qd7 20. Be3 $14) 20. Bxc5 Qxc4 (20... Bxc5+ 21.
Nxc5 Qxc4 22. Nb3 $14 (22. Rfc1 Qb5 23. a4 Qb6 24. e6 $14) (22. Rac1 {- 20...
Qc4})) 21. Bxb6 $142 (21. Rac1 Bxc5+ $1 (21... Qd5 22. Qg5 $1 $16 {
Hagasaether-Westerinen, Jarleslaget op 1997}) 22. Nxc5 Qxa2 23. e6 O-O $1 $13)
21... cxb6 (21... axb6 $6 22. Rac1 Qe4 (22... Qd5 23. Rfd1 $1) 23. Rfe1 Qd5 24.
Red1 Qe4 25. Nd4 $16) 22. Rac1 Qd5 23. Qf2 $1 (23. Rfd1 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Be4 25.
Rc7 O-O $11) 23... Rc8 24. e6 $1 $14) 18... O-O-O 19. f5 Rde8 20. Rae1 (20. Bg3
$5 h5 21. h3) 20... g6 21. Bg3 Bb7 $2 {This is only a loss of time.} ({Black
had to take up the gauntlet immediately on the >> by} 21... gxf5 $1 22. Rxf5 (
22. Qxf5 Qxf5 23. Rxf5 Re7) 22... h5 23. Rf4 Reg8 24. Re2 Rg4 $13) 22. Re2 Rhg8
$2 {[#] Black has no time for slow preparations.} (22... gxf5 {was still
required} 23. Rxf5 h5 $1 (23... Rhg8 24. Ref2 Rg7) 24. Rf4 (24. Ref2 h4 25. Bf4
h3 $15) 24... Rhg8 25. Qh7 $14 (25. Bh4 Rg4)) 23. e6 $1 {[%mdl 32] Now White
creates a dangerous o^ paralyzing Black's rooks.} (23. f6 $143 Re6 $13) 23...
fxe6 24. f6 $1 {This is the point!} Rgf8 25. Be5 {After the positional P
sacrifice Black is pushed to the wall.} g5 (25... Rd8 26. Nc1) 26. Nc1 {
The N was not active enough, it was time to improve his position. Black can
only sit and wait.} Rf7 27. a3 a5 {against b2-b4} (27... Rd8 28. b4) 28. b3 Rd8
29. a4 {White blockades the << in order to pay more attention to the >>.} Qe8 (
29... g4 $5 30. Qg3 h5 31. Qh4 Qe8 32. Nd3 (32. Qxh5 $2 {falls into the trap
after} Rxf6 $1) 32... Rf8 33. Bg3 $16) 30. Qh3 d3 $6 {Desperation.} (30... h5
31. Nd3 Rf8 32. Bg3 $16 {was not rosy either.}) 31. Nxd3 $18 {Now Black is
lost completely.} Rfd7 32. Re3 h5 33. Bc3 g4 34. Qg3 c6 {killing the
light-squared B.} (34... h4 $2 35. Qxg4 $1 Rxd3 36. Rxd3 Rxd3 37. f7 $18) 35.
Ne5 Bc7 36. Qe1 Bxe5 37. Bxe5 Ba8 38. Qxa5 Kb7 39. b4 cxb4 40. c5 1-0

[Event "Zalakaros op 17th"]
[Site "Zalakaros"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Okhotnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 {creates a complicated
fight with level chances. In this setup with d7-d6 it is favourable for Black
to have 0-0 Nf6 inserted.} (5... Nxe4 {leads to an equal position in the _|_
after} 6. d4 (6. Bd5 $143 Nf6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 Be7 $1 (8... O-O 9. d4 Bd6
10. Bg5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nd7 $11 {Okhotnik-Eisterer, Balatonbereny
op. 1996}) 9. d4 c5 $15 {where Black's ^^ will play an important role, since
the position is opened.}) 6... exd4 7. cxd4 d5 8. dxc5 dxc4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 (9...
Nxd8 10. Re1 f5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Rxe4 Be6 $11 {G.Popov-Schneider,
corr. 1976}) 10. Rd1+ Bd7 11. Be3 Ke7 12. Na3 Be6 13. Nb5 Rhc8 14. Ng5 Nxg5 15.
Bxg5+ f6 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. Re1 Kf6 $11 {Estrin-Krzyton, corr. 1975}
) 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 {Black has a pressure against the central Ps e4 and
d4.} 8. Nc3 (8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Nxe4 $1 {This is the typical method for Black
creating an isolated P on d4.} 10. Rxe4 d5 11. Bxd5 (11. Bg5 f6 $1 12. Bxd5+
Qxd5 13. Nc3 Qf7 $13) 11... Qxd5 12. Nc3 Qd8 13. d5 Bf5 $1 $13 {Now White has
to decide where to move with the R.} (13... Ne7 $2 14. Bg5 f6 {(B.
Lengyel-Lukacs, HUN ch. 1980)} 15. Be3 $1 $16 {exchanging the important B on
b6.}) 14. Rf4 (14. Re1 Nb4) 14... Ne7 $13 {Black has the ^^ and White's R on
f4 is also doggy a bit.}) 8... O-O 9. h3 $6 {defending against Bg4, but
falling into the typical reply.} (9. Be3 $142 Bg4 10. Bb3 Qc8 $1 {This is
better than the natural 10...Qd7, because of the possible pin with Ba4.} (10...
Bxf3 11. gxf3 {/\ Kh1 Rg1|^ <->g}) 11. Kh1 (11. Qd3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qh3 $13) (11.
Re1 Re8 12. Qd3 (12. Kh1 Ba5 $13) 12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qh3 14. Qd1 Nh5 $1 $13)
11... Re8 12. Bc2 (12. Qd3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qh3 14. Qd1 $1 (14. Bd1 $2 Bxd4 15.
Bxd4 Ng4 $19) 14... Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxf3+ 17. Kg1 Qg4+ $11 {
U.Stein-Lukacs, Germany 1987}) 12... Ba5 $5 $13 {with more pressure on the
centre.}) 9... Nxe4 $1 {This is the typical blow here.} 10. Nxe4 (10. Bxf7+ $6
{is a mistake from strategical point of view, because the >> is not really
weakened, but the ^^ and the isolated d P remains.} Rxf7 11. Nxe4 h6 12. d5 Ne7
13. Re1 Nf5 14. Qd3 Bd7 $15) 10... d5 11. Bg5 $6 {This wins a tempo, but
surprisingly enough White's B on g5 becomes vulnerable.} (11. Bxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3
Qd6 13. d5 (13. Ne4 Qg6) 13... Ne7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Bd7 17. e4
Ng6 18. Qd4 a6 19. Rae1 Rfe8 $15 {Pesztericz-Lukacs, Zalakaros op. 1996}) 11...
Qd7 12. Re1 $6 {This looks logical, while all pieces of White begin to attack
the black >>, but in this line this is not as dangerous, as it looks first
sight. In a practical game White usually spends an hour here looking for
brilliant solutions, finally realizing that the attack can easily be repelled.}
(12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 (13. Bb5 $2 Bd6 14. Rc1 f6 15. Be3 Qf7 $1 16. Bxc6 bxc6
17. Rxc6 Bd7 18. Rc2 $2 (18. Rc1 $142) 18... g5 $1 {This agressive idea is
similar to some Ruy Lopez Marshall lines!} 19. g4 $6 h5 $1 $17 {
Christiansen-Hazai, Copenhagen 1994}) 13... dxc4 $15) (12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Nc3
Qf5 14. Be3 (14. d5 Nd4 $1) (14. Bh4 Qh5 $1 15. Bg3 Rd8 16. d5 Be6 $1) 14...
Rd8 $13) 12... dxc4 {This is the good reply.} (12... dxe4 $6 13. Rxe4 {brings
the R to the ->}) 13. d5 Nb4 14. Ne5 Qxd5 $1 (14... Qf5 15. g4 Qxe5 16. Nf6+
Qxf6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qf3 Nd3 $1 (18... Kg7 19. g5 $1) 19. Qxf6 Bxf2+ $11 {
G.Mathe-Hazai, Hun. chT 1993}) 15. Be7 (15. Qh5 f6 $1 16. Nc3 (16. Rad1 Nd3 $1)
16... Qc5 $1 $19) (15. Nf6+ $2 {founders on the brilliant} gxf6 16. Qh5 Nd3 $1
17. Bxf6 Qxg2+ $1 $19) 15... Nd3 $1 (15... Qxe5 16. Nf6+ $142 (16. Bxf8 $6 Nd3
$1 (16... Kxf8 $2 17. Qd8+ Qe8 18. Qxe8+ Kxe8 19. Nf6+ $18) 17. Ba3 Bf5) (16.
Bxb4 $6 c5 (16... Re8 $2 17. Bc3 Qe7 18. Nf6+) 17. Nxc5 Qg5) 16... Qxf6 17.
Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qf3 $1 Nd3 $1 (18... Bd4 19. Re4 Be5 (19... Bxb2 20. Rb1) 20.
Rxe5 fxe5 21. Qg3+ Kh8 22. Qxe5+ f6 23. Qe7 Rg8 24. Qxf6+ (24. Qxb4 $2 Bxh3 25.
Qc3 Bxg2) 24... Rg7 25. Qf8+ Rg8 26. Qxb4 $16) 19. Qxf6 Bxf2+ 20. Kh1 Bxe1 21.
Qg5+ $11) 16. Nxd3 (16. Qd2 $2 Qxe5 $1 17. Nf6+ Qxf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 $19) (16.
Nc3 Qd4 $1) (16. Bxf8 Kxf8) (16. Qh5 Qxe5 $1 17. Nf6+ Qxf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19.
Re4 (19. Qh6 Bd4 $1 20. Re4 Bxb2 21. Rh4 Bf5 $19) 19... Be6 20. Rd1 (20. Qh6
Nxf2 $19) 20... Rfd8 $1 21. Qh6 (21. Rh4 Kf8 $1 22. Qxh7 Ke7 $19) 21... Nxf2
$19) 16... cxd3 17. Bxf8 (17. Qf3 Be6) 17... Kxf8 18. a4 $6 (18. Qb3 $142 Qxb3
19. axb3 {leading to an _|_ was more persistant, but after} Be6 20. b4 Bb3 $15
{the ^^ and the strong o^ d3 gives Black the edge.}) 18... Bf5 $1 (18... a5 $2
19. Ra3 $1) 19. Qd2 {My opponent's draw offer was certainly refuted.} a5 20.
Ng3 $6 {The N is out of play here.} ({More to the point was} 20. Nc3 $142)
20... Bg6 21. b4 h6 22. Rac1 $2 (22. b5 Bc5) (22. Kf1 Kg8) 22... Qd6 $1 $19 {
This double -> decides the battle outright.} 23. Ne4 Qxb4 24. Rb1 (24. Qxd3 $2
Re8 $19) 24... Qd4 25. Nc3 Rd8 26. Re3 Qd6 27. Rf3 Kg8 28. Rf4 Qd7 29. Rc4 Qe6
30. Rg4 Bc5 $1 31. Re1 (31. Rxb7 Bb4 32. Rxc7 Qe5 $1 33. Rcc4 (33. Rgc4 Bxc3
34. Rxc3 Qe2 $19) 33... Bxc3 34. Rxc3 Qe2 (34... Qxc3 $4 35. Qxc3 d2 36. Rd4
$14)) 31... Qd7 32. Rc1 Bb4 33. Rc4 c5 34. Kf1 Qe6 35. Rf4 Qb3 36. Qd1 d2 $1 {
0-1} 0-1

[Event "Ljubljana casual"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[Annotator "Petronijevic,Z"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 ({The alternative is} 5...
Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 {with an equal play.}) 6. e5 d5 ({
Normally played move. The alternative is} 6... Ng4) 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ Be6 9.
Ng5 Qd5 ({Glarring error would be} 9... Qxf6 $4 {because of} 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11.
Qh5+ $18 {[%cal Rh5e8,Rh5c5]}) 10. Nc3 (10. fxg7 {gives Black a good play after
} Rg8) 10... Qf5 11. Nce4 Bf8 ({Good alternative is} 11... O-O-O) 12. Nxf7 $5 (
{Interesting attempt. Worse is} 12. g4 Qxg4+ 13. Qxg4 Bxg4 {and Black is
better.}) 12... Kxf7 13. Ng5+ Kg8 14. g4 {Well known line played many times.} (
14. Nxe6 {is an interesting possibility} Re8 15. Nxf8 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Kxf8 17.
Qe2 gxf6 18. Qxc4 $14) 14... Qxf6 $2 ({The game move is a mistake which loses
on the spot. Better was} 14... Qg6 $1 {and after a potential} 15. Rxe6 gxf6 16.
Qf3 Be7 17. h4 (17. Qd5 Kf8 $11) 17... h5 {Black attains an approximately
equal position.}) 15. Rxe6 Qd8 16. Qf3 {[%cal Rf3f7]} Qd7 17. Re7 $3 {Stunning
move after which black had resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1976/77 North"]
[Site "Germany North"]
[Date "1977.02.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kiffmeyer, Constanz"]
[Black "Teschner, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Pragua,C"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1976.10.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Be7 10. f3 Nc5 11. f4 f5 12. b4 Ne4 13. e6 Bc8 14. Nxc6 Qd6
15. Nxe7 Kxe7 16. Bb2 (16. Qe1 $1) 16... Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Bxe6 18. Nc3 Qxb4 19.
Nxe4 Qxb2 20. Ng5 h6 21. Nxe6 Kxe6 22. Re1+ Kf6 23. Qxd5 Rhe8 24. Qc6+ Kf7 25.
Qxc7+ Kg8 26. Qc4+ Kh7 27. Qd3 Re4 28. Qd5 Rf8 29. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 08th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2008.10.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Black "Lafuente, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 (7...
Bc5) 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Be7 (9... Bc5 {La ligne principale}) 10. f3 Nc5 11. f4
Ne4 12. f5 c5 13. Ne2 Bb5 (13... Bc6 $142) 14. a4 $1 Ba6 15. Nd2 c6 $146 ({RR} 
15... O-O 16. Qe1 Bh4 17. g3 Bg5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Rf4 Rfe8 21.
h4 Qh6 22. Nc3 Bb7 23. e6 fxe6 24. f6 gxf6 25. Nxe4 f5 26. Nxc5 Bc6 27. b4 Rad8
28. b5 Ba8 29. Qe3 Qg6 30. Raf1 {Efler,D (2330)-Chura,J (2215)/Pardubice 1992/
EXT 2000/1-0 (40)}) 16. Qe1 Qc7 $6 (16... Nxd2) 17. Nxe4 dxe4 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6]}
18. Bf4 $16 O-O-O 19. Rf2 (19. e6 Bd6) 19... e3 20. Bxe3 (20. Rf3) 20... Rd5 $6
21. Bf4 $16 Bxe2 $6 22. Qxe2 Rhd8 23. h3 $6 (23. e6 Bd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. exf7
Qd7 26. Qa6+ $36 {[%csl Rc8]}) (23. Raf1) 23... Kb7 24. Re1 Qa5 25. Kh2 f6 26.
exf6 Bxf6 27. Rf3 Rd4 28. Rb3+ Rb4 29. Bd2 $2 (29. Qe6) 29... Qc7+ 30. Kh1 Rxb3
31. cxb3 Rd5 32. a5 Qe5 (32... a6 {[%csl Ra5]}) 33. a6+ Kb6 {[%csl Rb6] le GMI
était en gros zeitnot avec moins d'une mn pour passer le contrôle des 40 coups
et il devait jongler avec l'incrément dans une position difficile.} 34. Qh5
Qxf5 35. Qe8 Bxb2 36. Be3 Be5 37. b4 Kb5 38. bxc5 Bg3 39. Rg1 Bc7 $4 {Il ne
restait que quelques secondes а chaque fois aux noirs pour ne pas tomber mais
le GMI avait bien géré le zeinot jusqu'à cette gaffe qui l'a probablement
privé du gain du tournoi car il était en tête après la 6ème ronde.} 40. Qa8 Qe5
41. Qb7+ Kc4 42. Rc1+ Kd3 43. Bg1 Ke2 44. Qb1 Ba5 45. Qa2+ Bd2 46. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Helsinki op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ng4 (5... d5 6. Bb5 Nd7 $6 {
Usual is 6. - Ne4.} 7. O-O Be7 {7. - Bc5? 8.Bg5!} 8. Re1 (8. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 9.
Nxd4 Nb8 {9. - Nxe5!?} 10. f4 $14) 8... O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxd4 Nb8 11. Qf3
c5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Qxf5 Qd7 14. Qxd7 Nxd7 15. c4 $14 {Rogers,I-Short,N,
Tilburg 1992, CBM 32 game 873.}) 6. Qe2 Qe7 {6. - Bb4+ 7.c3!} 7. Bf4 f6 8. exf6
Nxf6 9. Nbd2 (9. Bxc7 $6 d6 10. Bb5 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 $10) 9... Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Bc5
{New, but no improvement over 10. - d6 which is slightly better for White.} 11.
Rhe1 d5 12. Kf1+ Kd8 (12... Ne7 13. Bd3 Bb6 14. Nb3 $14 {(Sveshnikov,E)}) 13.
Bd3 Nb4 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Nbxd4 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Bd7 $2 {16. - c6.} 17. Ng5 $1 Kc8
18. Rac1 Re8 19. Nge6 $2 (19. Nde6 Bxe6 (19... Bc6 20. Nxg7 $16) 20. Nxe6 Re7
21. Nxc7 Rxc7 22. Bxc7 Bxc7 23. Re7 $18 {(Sveshnikov,E)}) 19... c6 20. h3 Nh5
$1 21. Bh2 Bxe6 $10 22. Nxe6 Kd7 23. Nc5+ Bxc5 24. Rxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne6 (11... Ne4 $5 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Nd2
Nxd2 14. Qxd2 c5 15. Nb3 d4 $15 {Sveshnikov-Agzamov, Soviet Union 1984.}) 12.
c3 f5 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nd2 Bb6 15. N2b3 Qe7 16. Qd2 c5 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Qf2 c4
19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ye, Rongguang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Neg5 O-O-O 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Rxe6 Bd6 13. Qe2 {13.Bg5
is perhaps more critical.} Qh5 14. Qe4 {Usually 14.h3 is played.} Rde8 15. Bd2
Ne5 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. f4 Bd6 19. Qd3 g6 20. Rf1 b6 21. h3 a5 22.
a4 Qd5 23. b3 Re4 24. Qf3 Kb8 25. Rf2 Qe6 26. Kf1 $2 Bxf4 27. Qd3 g5 28. Rf3
Bxd2 29. Qxd2 h6 30. Qf2 Qe5 31. Rf8+ Ka7 32. Qf3 Re1+ 33. Kf2 Qe3+ 34. Kg3
Qe5+ 35. Kg4 Re4+ 36. Kh5 g4+ 37. Qf5 gxh3 38. gxh3 Qe7 39. Qf6 Re5+ 40. Kh4
Re4+ 41. Kh5 Re5+ 42. Kh4 Qc5 43. Qf3 Re4+ $1 44. Kg3 Qe5+ 45. Kg2 Qg5+ 46. Kf2
Qd2+ 47. Kg3 Qe1+ (47... Re3 $4 48. Ra8#) 48. Qf2 Re3+ 49. Kh4 Qh1 50. Qf1 Qh2
51. Rg8 Re4+ 52. Kh5 Qe5+ 53. Kxh6 Rh4+ 54. Kg6 Qg3+ 55. Kf7 Rh7+ 0-1

[Event "Ostrava"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Biolek, Richard"]
[Black "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O $5 (6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qb3 Nce7 13.
O-O O-O 14. Ne5 c6 15. Rae1 Qb6 $1 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Ne4 Rd8 $15 {Titmas,J-Lev,
R, EU-cup, Barcelona 1993}) (6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 $13) 6... Nxe4 (6... dxc3 $2
7. e5 $16) (6... d5 $6 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Qd3 g6 11. Rxe6
fxe6 12. Qh3 Qe7 13. Qxe6+ Qxe6 14. Nxe6 $18 {Estrin-Letic, corr. 1967/69}) (
6... d3 $6 7. b4 $5 Be7 8. e5 Ng4 9. Re1 d6 10. exd6 $14) 7. cxd4 d5 $1 (7...
Be7 $6 8. d5 Nb8 9. Re1 Nd6 (9... Nf6 $2 10. d6 cxd6 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Rxe7 $1
Qxe7 13. Nc3 $18) 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Nc3 $14) 8. dxc5 dxc4 9. Qe2 (9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 (
9... Nxd8 $6 10. Re1 f5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Rxe4 Be6 14. Nd4 Bd5 15.
Re5 c6 16. Bd2 b6 17. Nf5 $14 {Popow,G-Snaidr,corr 1972/74}) 10. Rd1+ Bd7 11.
Be3 Kc8 {=/=/+ /\ Be6,b6,Kb7}) 9... Qd3 $1 10. Re1 f5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nxe4 fxe4
13. Qxe4 Bf5 14. Qh4 $5 (14. Qf4 Rac8 $10) 14... Rae8 15. Bf4 Qd5 (15... Qd7
$10) 16. Bxc7 Qxc5 17. Qg3 Qd5 18. Bd6 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Rd8 20. Be7 Re8 21. Bf6
Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Qd7 23. Bc3 b5 24. a3 a5 25. h3 Be4 $6 (25... b4 $2 26. axb4
axb4 27. Bxb4 Nxb4 28. Qb8+ $16) (25... h6 $10) 26. Qf4 Qe7 27. Qe3 a4 $2 28.
Nf3 $14 Bxf3 29. Qxf3 Qd7 30. Qe4 Ne7 31. Qe5 Nd5 32. Bd4 h6 33. Qe4 Nc7 34.
Be5 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qd5 36. Qf5 Qe6 $6 37. Qxe6+ Nxe6 38. Kg3 $16 Nc5 39. Kf3 Kf7
40. Bd4 Nd3 41. Ke4 b4 42. axb4 Nxb4 43. Bc3 $1 Nc2 44. Kd5 $18 a3 45. bxa3
Nxa3 46. Kc5 Nb1 47. Kxc4 Nxc3 (47... g6 48. Bb4 Ke6 49. Kb3 Kd5 50. Kb2 Kc4
51. Ba5 $18) 48. Kxc3 Kf6 49. Kd4 Kf5 50. Ke3 h5 51. g3 Ke5 52. f4+ Kf5 53. Kf3
g6 54. Ke3 Kf6 55. Ke4 Ke6 56. g4 hxg4 57. hxg4 Kd6 58. Kd4 Ke6 59. Kc5 Kd7 60.
Kd5 Ke7 61. Ke5 (61. Ke5 Kf7 62. Kd6 Kf6 63. g5+ Kf5 64. Ke7 Kxf4 65. Kf6 $18)
1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bxc6 {This is supposed to be bad.} bxc6 10. Nxc6 Qh4 {Better - and
unclear - is 10. - Dd7.} 11. Be3 $1 $16 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Qg5 13. Rf4 Bb7 14. Qxd5
Rad8 15. Qxe4 $18 Rd1+ 16. Kf2 Bxc6 17. Qxc6 Qxe5 18. Qc3 Qb5 19. Na3 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hmadi, Slaheddine"]
[Black "Lin, Ta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. Be3 Bb6 {10. - Qe7 with the idea 11.f3 Nd6! is also
possible.} 11. Nd2 c5 {This seems more logical than the usual 11. - Nxd2 12.
Qxd2 0-0 (13.Bg5!).} 12. N4b3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Bb5 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Bf4
O-O-O 17. a4 Bxa4 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qa5 Bb5 20. e6 fxe6 21. c4 Bb6 22. Qxb5
Qxb5 23. cxb5 Rhe8 24. Be5 g6 25. Ra3 d4 26. Rd3 Rd5 27. Kf1 Rxb5 28. b3 Rd5
29. Re4 c5 30. Ke2 Kd7 31. Rh3 h5 32. Rf3 Kc6 33. Kd3 Kb5 34. Re1 Kb4 35. Ke4
g5 36. Rh3 Rf8 37. Rxh5 d3 38. Rd1 Rxf2 39. Bg3 Rd4+ 40. Ke5 Bc7+ 41. Kxe6 Bxg3
42. hxg3 d2 0-1

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Braga, Fernando Alberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
Be3 O-O {This is supposed to be bad for Black, but maybe this game will
rehabilitate the line.} 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc6 Ba6 12. Nc3 d4 $1 {
This new move is more confusing for White than the old alternatives 12. - Qg5
and 12. - Rb8.} (12... Qg5 13. Qd4 $16) (12... Rb8 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 Rxb2
15. O-O-O $18 {Estrin-Gurevich, Moskau 1972.}) 13. Nd5 Ne6 14. Qg4 Rb8 15.
O-O-O Bb5 16. Nb4 Qe7 17. Nd5 Qc5 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Qf5 g6 20. Qh3 Ng5 21. Qg3
Bxc6 {White probably didn`want to see 22.Qxg5 Rxb2 23.Kxb2 Rb8+ 24.Kc1 Ba4 25.
Rd2 Qc3 and if 26.Re2 or 26.Kd1, then 26. - d3 will decide the game.} 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1909.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[Annotator "Tartakower/du Mont/Lasker"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,50,4,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,0,0,0,-60,-6,-167,-155,-152,-123,-513,
-493,-1049,-1066,-29983,-197,-29984,-29985] C56: Two Knights: 4 d4 exd4 5 0-0
Nxe4 Sources: Tartakower & du Mont, 500 Master Games of Chess, pp. 49-50;
Lasker, St. Petersburg, 1909, pp. 45-46. All comments are Tartakower's unless
otherwise noted. Few attacks are found to run smoothly from beginning to end;
they often need reviving at the right moment. But if the main action slows
down instead, the consequences may easily be very disagreeable.} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ {
Initiating the pressure on the open e-file.} (8. fxg7 {would be premature:} Rg8
9. Bg5 f6 {etc.}) 8... Be6 9. fxg7 {This leads to a different development of
the contest than 9.Ng5, but Black is faced with difficult problems in either
case.} ({Lasker: The usual line of play is} 9. Ng5 Qd5 10. Nc3 Qf5 11. Nce4 {
and now, after a novel idea, 11....} O-O-O 12. g4 Qe5 13. Nf3 Qd5 14. fxg7 Bxg4
) 9... Rg8 10. Bg5 Be7 {The only sound defence.} ({After} 10... Qd5 11. Nc3 Qf5
12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 {, White has by far the best
of it.}) 11. Bxe7 Kxe7 {Trying to maintain his d pawn.} ({Lasker:} 11... Qxe7 {
is also feasible; for after} 12. Nxd4 Rd8 ({not} 12... O-O-O {on account of}
13. Nxc6) 13. c3 Rxg7 14. Qa4 Kf8 15. Nxc6 {Black would decide the game by 15..
..} Rxg2+ 16. Kxg2 Qg5+) ({but} 11... Qxe7 {is certainly more natural.}) 12.
Nbd2 {This routine move develops a piece, but allows Black to consolidate his
position. It therefore slows down the attack, which, on the contrary,} ({
could have been intensified by} 12. Re4 {with the clear intention of capturing
the troublesome d pawn.}) 12... Qd5 {Henceforth Black steadily gains more and
more territory.} 13. b3 cxb3 14. Nxb3 Rad8 15. Qe2 d3 {By this temporary
counter-sacrifice of a pawn, Black prevents his opponent from making use,
after 16.Rad1, of the d-file as an auxiliary base of operations.} ({Lasker: If
} 15... Rxg7 16. Rad1 Rg4 17. g3 {threatening 18.h3}) 16. cxd3 Rxg7 ({Lasker:
After} 16... Qxd3 17. Qb2 {would be disagreeable to Black.}) 17. d4 Kf8 ({
It would be futile to mass the artillery on the g-file by} 17... Rgg8 {as} 18.
g3 {would easily refute this manoeuvre.}) 18. Rac1 Rg6 {"Over-protecting" the
bishop and allowing the king increased freedom.} 19. Rc3 a5 {By this turning
movement on the extreme flank, Black forces matters.} 20. Qd2 ({Lasker:} 20.
Rc5 {would be an immediately decisive mistake becasue of 20....} Nxd4 {. It
seems he should have played 20.a4, but in any case the points d4 and g2 would
remain weak, as g2-g3 would be doubtful on account of ...Be6-g4.}) 20... a4 21.
Nc5 Nxd4 {In a most consistent manner, Black has succeeded in concentrating
the full weight of the battle on this point, which he has at last conquered.
The end is ruthless. Lasker: White's position now becomes utterly disorganized.
} 22. Nxe6+ Rxe6 $19 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. Qc1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Qxc3 {White resigns.}
0-1

[Event "Karlsbad-01 International Masters"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "1907.09.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[Annotator "Tartakower/du Mont/Marco/Schlechter"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1907.08.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{C56: Two Knights: 4 d4 exd4 5 0-0 Nxe4 Sources: Tartakower & du Mont, 500
Master Games of Chess, pp. 6-7; Marco & Schlechter (ed. Robert Sherwood),
Karlsbad 1907 International Chess Tournament, pp. 372-373. All comments are
Tartakower's unless otherwise noted.  The feature of the following beautiful
game is the thorough manner in which White takes advantage of the e-file,
which he opens at the cost of the temporary sacrifice of a pawn (8. 0-0), and
finally controls at the cost of another pawn (19. d6). His forces penetrate
into the hostile position (18. Re7, 25. Nfe7, and 29.Ne7), with the most
damaging results.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4
Bb6 7. h3 {Leonhardt,P-Maroczy,G Karlsbad-01 International Masters 1907 (9)
1-0 As in reply to 7.Be3, or 7.Nc3, Black's 7 .... Bg4 might prove irksome,
White decides to sacrifice a tempo in his development in order to eliminate
this threat once and for all. Marco: In his famous game against Maroczy,
Leonhardt played 7.Nc3 followed by castling. Spielmann's move h2-h3,
preventing ....Bg4 first, is also good.} {7....} Nf6 8. O-O ({If} 8. Nc3 {
there follows the well-known simplification:} Nxe4 9. Nxe4 ({or} 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7
10. Nxe4 Re8 {artificial castling, advantageous in this case;}) (9. Qe2 O-O)
9... d5 {For this reason White gives up the threatened pawn for the sake of an
attack.}) 8... Nxe4 9. Re1 O-O ({Marco: Better is} 9... d5 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11.
Nc3 Qh5 12. Nxe4 ({or} 12. Rxe4+ Be6 13. d5 O-O-O 14. Bg5 f6 ({not} 14... Rd7 {
due to} 15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qa4 Bf5 17. Rh4 Qg6 18. b4) 15. Rxe6 fxg5) 12... O-O
13. Ng3 Qg6) 10. Rxe4 d5 11. Bg5 {White gains an important tempo by this
intermediary manoeuvre, as Black could not very well reply 11.... f6, on
account of 12. Bb3, fxg5; 13. Nc3, with advantage to White. 11....} Qd6 $146
12. Bxd5 Qxd5 {[%cal Rb6d4,Rc6d4,Rd5d4,Gd1d4,Ge4d4,Gf3d4]} 13. Nc3 Qd7 14. d5 {
Although isolated, this centre pawn assumes the role of a blockader. 14....} f6
15. Be3 Nd8 {In order to control the square at e-6,} ({for if} 15... Ne7 {
there follows} 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Nd4 {with many threats.}) 16. Bxb6
$18 axb6 17. Qe2 {Increasing the pressure on the e-file. 17....} Nf7 18. Re7
Qd8 {With the counter-threat 19....Ne5.} 19. d6 {A vacating sacrifice. Marco:
White offers a pawn so that he does not have to relinquish the rook's position
on e7. Back was threatening 19....Ne5. On 19.Nb5, simply 19....Bd7 would
follow. 19....} Nxd6 {A crucial moment.} ({It is obvious that after} 19... Qxd6
20. Nb5 ({as also} 20. Rd1 {) is to White's advantage.})) ({Similarly, if} 
19... c6 {the following beautiful continuation secures White an advantage in
material:} 20. d7 Bxd7 21. Rd1 Ne5 22. Rdxd7 Nxd7 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Rxd7) ({
Less clear is the ultimate result of} 19... cxd6 {; e.g.} 20. Nb5 ({the most
logical move is} 20. Re3 {anticipating future weaknesses on Black's queen side}
) 20... Ra5 21. Rd1 Ne5 {; threatening 22 .... Rxe5.}) 20. Nd5 Rf7 21. Re1 Bd7
22. Nh4 {This knight wishes even to surpass its companion in usefulness. 22....
} Ra5 {Instead of thus relinquishing the greatest possible control of his
first rank, Black would have done better to play 22 .... c6.} 23. Rxf7 Nxf7 24.
Nf5 {[#] A tactical finesse which is to bring yet another piece into the
firing line: (24.... Bxf5 25. Qe8+ Qxe8 26. Rxe8#). Marco: A charming position.
Black cannot capture either of the attacked knights. Spielmann plays the final
attack very forcefully and beautifully. 24....} Ne5 {Ordre, contre-ordre,
désordre. The Black king should have looked after his own defence by 24 ....
Kf8.} 25. Nfe7+ Kh8 26. b4 Ra8 27. f4 Ng6 ({Sherwood: This was a serious error.
With} 27... Nc6 {Blacks holds with little difficulty.}) 28. Nxg6+ hxg6 29. Ne7
Qe8 ({Black's precarious situation is well illustrated also in the following
variation:} 29... Be8 30. Rd1 {and the black Queen has only one pitiful
retreat, namely 30....} Qb8 {after which follows:} 31. Qg4 {threatening 32.
Qh4#.}) 30. Qf2 g5 31. fxg5 fxg5 {In order to save the mate, Black must
already leave corpses by the way.} 32. Qd2 b5 33. Qxg5 Ra6 34. Re4 Rh6 ({
Black has no valid defence, e.g.} 34... Qf7 35. Rh4+ Rh6 36. Rxh6+ gxh6 37.
Qxh6+ Qh7 38. Ng6+ ({or} 38. Qf8+ {with mate to follow}) 38... Kg8 39. Qf8#)
35. Nf5 Qg6 ({Saving the exchange, but losing a piece. As, however, neither 35.
... Qxe4 nor 35.... Re6 is feasible (because of 36.Qxg7#), Black disdains the
continuation} 35... Qf8 36. Nxh6 gxh6 {; with a slightly prolonged agony.}) 36.
Qd8+ ({If} 36. Nxh6 {, Black plays, not 36 .... Qxg5 (because of 37. Nf7+ and
Nxg5), but 36....} Qxe4 {; and Black is safe!}) 36... Kh7 37. Qxd7 Rh5 38. Rg4
Rg5 {[#]} 39. Rh4+ {Black Resigns.} 1-0

[Event "DSB Kongress-17 Meisterturnier-16"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1910.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[Annotator "Tartakower/du Mont/Marshall"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1910.07.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,57,24,20,78,57,94,63,109,127,116,89,135,84,239,230,337,358,371,356,
340,330,492,454,29989,29990,29990,29991,29994,29995] C56: Two Knights: 4 d4
exd4 5 0-0 Nxe4 Sources: Tartakower & du Mont, 500 Master Games of Chess, pp.
61-62. Marshall, My Fifty Years of Chess, pp. 117-119. All comments are
Tartakower's unless otherwise noted. The most admirable feature in this
important game is the manner in which White keeps the whole board under
control: consolidation on the right wing (15Bh6), break through on the left 
(23.a4), and decisive sacrifice in the centre (28.Rxd8). Marshall: It was in
this game, one of my most memorable tournament encounters, that I demonstrated
the soundness of this famous old attack, Although the merit of my innovation
15Bh6! has been hotly disputed for more than thirty years, no one has yet come
forward with the refutation!} 1. e4 e5 2. d4 {The Centre Gambit, which can
lead into a good many closely related openings. 2....} exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4
Bc5 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ Be6 {Marshall: These moves give
us the Max Lange attack, one of the trappiest and trickiest lines in the whole
realm of the openings.} 9. Ng5 Qd5 10. Nc3 Qf5 11. Nce4 O-O-O {Looked upon,
until the present game was played, as the best defence, this continuation is
refuted here in a most ingenious manner.} 12. Nxe6 ({If} 12. g4 {the
continuation is} Qe5 13. f4 d3+ {in favour of Black.}) 12... fxe6 13. g4 Qe5
14. fxg7 Rhg8 15. Bh6 {A move of paramount importance. White will now maintain
this advanced post with the utmost tenacity, thus preventing the danger of a
counter-attack on the g-file from becoming an actuality. Marshall: The new
move: As will be seen, the continuation entails putting this bishop completely
out of play; but Black's rook at g8 is similarly tied up, and Black must
always be on his guard against the possibility of White's Nf6 after g5 has.
been played.} ({Clumsy would be} 15. Ng5 Qxg7 16. Nxe6 Qxg4+ 17. Qxg4 Rxg4+ 18.
Kf1 Rd5) ({or} 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Rxe6 Rxg7 {and the attack passes altogether
to Black.}) 15... d3 {[#]} ({After} 15... Be7 {the energetic sally} 16. Qf3 {
reinforces the attack.}) 16. c3 Bd6 ({Instead of voluntarily giving up
territory, he could try to win some himself by} 16... d2 17. Re2 Bb6 {, etc.
But by playing the simple} 18. Kg2 {, White retains the upper hand.}) ({
Marshall: Weak. The most promising continuation is} 16... d2 17. Re2 Rd3 18.
Qf1 $1 Bb6 19. Rd1 Nd8 {At this point Fine, in "Modern Chess Openings,"
continues with Seibold's analysis} 20. g5 $2 ({Ulvestad, however, in some
clever analysis in his "Chess Charts," has shown that White gets the better of
it with} 20. Ng3 $1 {(leaving the Bishop's diagonal open for a decisive attack
on the d pawn)} Qd5 ({if} 20... Qd6 21. g5 Qf4 22. Qh3 {with advantage.}) 21.
Rexd2 Nf7 22. Rxd3 cxd3 23. Rxd3) 20... Nf7 21. Ng3 Qd5 22. Qh3 Ne5) 17. f4 Qd5
18. Qf3 Be7 19. g5 Qf5 ({A sharper counter-plan would be} 19... Rd7 {making
room for the knight. But still White has the best of it.}) 20. Ng3 Qf7 ({
Black should try to obtain some control by} 20... Qh3 {in preference to the
passive defence in the text.}) 21. Qg4 {Without delay White's crack battalions
occupy the most prominent positions. 21....} Rde8 {Indirect protection for the
threatened e pawn (22.Qxe6+ Qxe6 23. Rxe6 Bc5+).} 22. Re4 {Aiming in two
directions, horizontally (c4 pawn) and vertically (doubling rooks), this
decisive reinforcement gives a fresh impetus to White's action. 22....} b5 23.
a4 {Renewed energy. 23....} a6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Kg2 Nd8 26. Qf3 Qg6 ({Or} 
26... Bc5 27. Re5) 27. Rd4 c6 {Black's last hope is the defensive power of his
knight, but the elimination sacrifice which now follows upsets all his plans.}
28. Rxd8+ {Editor's note: At this point Tartakower shows Back resigning and an
example. The example was the last moves of the game as follows: 28....} Kxd8
29. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "Maastricht Complete Chess m"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2008.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Van Reek,J"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.03.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 {
The Euwe Gambit has led to a quiet version of the Max Lange Attack, Black
slightly diverts from the previous game.} 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc5 Nxc5
11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. Qxd5 Qe7 13. O-O (13. b3 $4 Rd8 14. Qf3 Qxe5+ {costs a rook.})
13... Rxb2 14. Nc3 Ba6 15. Rfd1 (15. Rfc1 Rd8 16. Qf3 Qxe5 {also brings a
material equality. (Ye Jiangchuan - Svidler, Shanghai 2001)}) 15... Rxc2 16.
Qd4 Ne6 17. Nd5 Qa3 18. Qa4 Qc5 19. Ne3 Rc3 20. Qxa6 Qxc6 21. Qxc6 Rxc6 {
The players have exchanged towards the endgame.} 22. Rab1 Ra6 23. Rb2 Ra5 24.
Rd5 Rxd5 25. Nxd5 Rd8 26. Ne3 Kf8 27. g3 Rd3 28. Kf1 Ra3 29. Kg2 h5 30. h4 Ra5
31. f4 Nd4 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. Rd2 c5 34. Nc4 Ra4 35. Nd6 Ke6 36. Ne4 Rc4 37. Nxc5+
Rxc5 38. Rxd4 Rc2+ 39. Kf3 Rxa2 40. Rd6+ Kf5 1/2-1/2

