[Event "New York International Masters-01"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1924.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Lasker, Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1924.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Alechin:New York 1924.} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nc3 c6 6.
e3 Qa5 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Bd3 (8. Nd2) 8... Bb4 9. Qb3 (9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5)
9... dxc4 $5 {Alekhine} 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14.
Be2 c5 $1 {Alekhine} 15. Nc4 Qa6 16. Qb2 Bd5 17. Ne5 (17. Nd6 Qa5 $11 (17... c4
18. a4 $16)) 17... Qc8 18. a4 Nd7 19. c4 Be4 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. dxc5 bxc5 22.
Qe5 Qc6 23. f3 Bg6 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein consultation"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1921.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1921.12.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)Bachmann:Schachjahrbuch 1921. S.99, Partie 49. 2)Aljechin in B.Z. am
Mittag. 3)Donaldson/Minv: Rubinstein. vol.2 2nd ed. p.327} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4
e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 {Ein von Rubinstein in Colljins
Lehrbuch empfohlener neuer Zug.} 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 {Nun hat Schwarz die
zwei Läufer und keinen schwachen Punkt.} 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. O-O Rd8
13. Qe2 (13. Qc2 {modern line}) 13... Bd7 14. Rfd1 Be8 15. Ne5 (15. e4 $5 {
Alekhine:/\e4-e5} Rxd4 $2 16. e5 $16) 15... Rac8 16. Nf3 (16. Na4 $142 {
Verhindert c6-c5 und liebäugelt mit Na4-c5.}) 16... c5 {Damit gleicht Schwarz
zumindest da Spiel aus.} 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. h3 (18. e4) 18... Qb6 19. Bc4 Rxd1+
20. Rxd1 Bb4 $1 $15 {Ein starker Zug, der dem Gegner einen schwachen Bauern
schaffen soll.} 21. Nb1 (21. Rc1) 21... Ne4 (21... Qc5 22. Bd3 Ba4 23. Rf1 Qd5
$15 {Alechin}) (21... Ba4) 22. Bd3 Nc5 23. Bxh7+ $2 (23. Bc2 Bb5 (23... g6 {
Alechin}) 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Ng5+ Kg6 26. Qg4 f5 27. Qh4 Nd3 $17) (23. Qc2 $142
g6 24. Be2 $11) 23... Kxh7 24. Ng5+ Kg8 $17 25. Qh5 $2 (25. a3 $142 f6 26. axb4
Qxb4 27. Nf3 Na4 $17) 25... Rd8 $1 26. a3 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Ba5 $19 28. Qc2 (28.
b4 Qd8 29. Qxd8 Bxd8 $19) 28... Nb3 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qxg7 Qc5 32.
Nc3 Bxc3 33. bxc3 Qxa3 34. h4 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qd1 36. f3 Qe1 37. Kh3 $17 {
Adjourned and never played forward. Blak is clearly better. Bachmann S.100:
"Hier wurde die Partie der späten Stunde wegen abgegrochen. Scharz steht auf
Gewinn."} (37. Kh3 Qxe3 38. h5 Nc1 39. Ne4 Qf4 40. h6 Ne2) *

[Event "SRB-chT"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2015.08.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.08.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kraljevo Sloga Turist"]
[BlackTeam "Novosadski DDOR"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 {My opponent completely
switched into a Cambridge Springs player recently.} (5... h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4
g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 {is the gambit line in which I have lost with White
against him in Sarajevo 2001.}) 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 (7... dxc4 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9.
Nxc4 Qc7 10. Rc1 Be7 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 Rd8 13. O-O Bd7 14. e4 $5 {is becoming
more and more popular these days.}) 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. Bf4 $1 {Najer's
move is the real test for the whole line.} b6 $146 {Refusing the gambit he
goes for a logical line.} ({I have spent some time trying to understand} 10...
cxd4 11. exd4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Qd5 13. O-O $1 Qxd4 14. Bg3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qe4 16.
Qb2 $44 {seen in the very first game with the idea namely Najer-Bareev, Sochi
2006.}) 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ba6 13. a4 $1 {Probing the vulnerability of
Black's queen.} cxd4 14. cxd4 Rfc8 15. Qa2 {Too quick to break the vertical
pin.} (15. Rfc1 $5 Rc6 16. e4 $1 Rac8 (16... dxc4 $2 17. Nxc4 Qb4 18. Bd6 Rxd6
19. Nxd6 Bxe2 20. e5 $16) (16... dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rac8 19. Bd3 Qh5
20. a5 bxa5 (20... b5 $2 21. Be2 $1) 21. f3 $14) 17. e5 Ne8 18. Ra3 Nf8 19. Rc3
$14 {with advantage in all lines.}) 15... dxc4 16. Nxc4 Qd5 17. Rfc1 g5 $1 18.
Bg3 Ne4 {Now White also has to be careful with pins and cross-pins.} 19. Rc2 (
19. Qb1 $142 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Bxc4 21. Bf3 Ba2 22. Qb2 Qb3 23. Qxb3 Bxb3 24. Bxa8
Rxa8 25. e4 {is a crazy computer line based on catching the bishop.} Nf6 26.
Ra3 Bd5 27. exd5 Nxd5 $16) (19. Bf3 $2 Rxc4) 19... Rc6 20. Ne5 $6 {After this
the game peters out to be a draw.} (20. Nd6 Qxa2 21. Rcxa2 Rxd6 22. Bxa6 Nxg3
23. hxg3 e5 $11) (20. Nd2 $1 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 Rc8 22. Qb2 Bxe2 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 24.
Qxe2 Rc2 25. Qb5 Qd5 {might have won some tempi compared the game.}) 20... Rxc2
21. Qxc2 Rc8 22. Qb2 Bxe2 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 (23... Ba6 $142 24. f3 Qxd7 25. fxe4
Bd3 26. d5 exd5 27. Qe5 Bxe4 28. Qxg5+ Kf8 29. Be5 Qe6 {looks more than
defendable for Black according to computer.}) (23... Bd3 24. Ne5 $14) 24. Qxe2
Rc3 25. Qb5 ({After pondering about} 25. h4 {quite some time.} Nxg3 26. fxg3
Qd5 {I have considered the line risky.} 27. Rf1 Qe4 28. Qh5 Qxe3+ 29. Rf2 Rc1+
30. Kh2 Qxf2 31. Qxg5+ Kf8 32. Qd8+ $11) 25... Qxb5 {Accompanied with a draw
offer.} (25... Qc6 $5 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27. Bb8 a6 28. g4 Rc2 29. Bg3 $11) 26. axb5
Nxg3 27. hxg3 Rb3 ({He obviously seen but did not like the line with} 27... g4
28. Kf1 Rb3 29. Rxa7 Rxb5 30. Ra2 {presumably because of the pawn structure.})
28. g4 Rxb5 29. Rxa7 e5 30. dxe5 Rxe5 31. Rb7 (31. Kh2 Re6 32. Rb7 h6 33. Kg3
Rf6 34. f3 Kg7 35. e4 Rc6 $11 {goes nowhere either!}) 31... Re4 32. Rxb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mediterranean-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2006.02.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sulypa, Oleksandr"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.02.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. exd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 14. Qe2 (14.
Bd3 Bd6 $13) 14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 Ne4 $6 {This move is really risky in deed.} (
15... b6 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. c4 h6 18. Bh4 Qf4 19. Bg3 Qg4 $132 {is normal.}) 16.
Qxe4 Qxc4 17. Rae1 (17. Rfe1 Re8) 17... Re8 18. Qf3 $6 {White does not show
the best attacking skills as expected from this guy.} (18. Re3 $5 $40) 18... f6
19. Bf4 $6 (19. Bh4 Nf8 (19... Ne5 20. dxe5 Qxh4 21. Re4 Qg5 22. Rfe1 $16) 20.
Nd2 Qc6 $14) 19... Nb6 20. Nd2 Qd5 21. Qg3 Nc4 22. Nxc4 $2 {Exchanging the
knights helps only black.} (22. Ne4 Kh8 $13) 22... Qxc4 23. h4 Bd7 24. h5 Qxa2
25. h6 g6 26. Bd6 Qd5 27. Re3 $44 {Despite of losing a pawn white still gets
play.} Rad8 28. Ba3 (28. Rf3 $6 Bc6 29. Rxf6 Qxg2+ (29... Qxd6 $4 30. Rxg6+ Kh8
31. Qg5 $1 $18) 30. Qxg2 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Rxd6 $17) 28... Bc6 29. Rfe1 (29. Rf3 $2
Qg5 30. Qxg5 fxg5 31. Rg3 e5 $19) 29... Qd7 (29... Rd7 $2 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31.
Rxe6 Qxe6 32. Qb8+ Rd8 33. Qxd8+ Be8 34. c4 $16) 30. Qf4 Qf7 $2 $138 {The
position is really sharp and I did not know what to do.Decentralising the
queen is a bad idea.} (30... Kf7 31. Rg3 $44) 31. c4 b5 32. cxb5 (32. d5 e5)
32... Bxb5 33. Rc3 $1 g5 34. Qe3 e5 (34... Rc8 35. Rec1 Rxc3 36. Rxc3 $44) 35.
dxe5 Rxe5 36. Qc1 Rxe1+ 37. Qxe1 Ba4 38. Rc1 Re8 $16 {White is obviously
better but a draw is always a good result for this chicken!} (38... Qe8 $2 39.
Be7 $1 $18 (39. Qe7 $2 Qxe7 40. Bxe7 Rd1+ 41. Rxd1 Bxd1 $11)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.24"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Istanbul"]
[BlackTeam "Eynatten"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 {Gurevich,M} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7.
Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. Nb3 Qa4 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. dxc5 dxc4 13. Bxc4
Qc6 14. O-O Bxc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qb6 {Annotations to the
opening phase, see the game Sokolov,I-Dreev,A/Stepanakert 2005/CBM 110_01/
[Babula]} 18. Rfd1 $5 {A new attempt, White sacrifices a pawn with the idea to
stop the development of Black's Bc8.} (18. Rad1 {Gurevich,M} Qxb2 19. Rd4 Qa3
20. Rfd1 Qe7 21. h4 Qf6 22. h5 Rb8 23. h6 g6 24. Bb3 b5 25. Rd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8+
Qxd8 27. Qe5 f6 28. Qxb8 Qd7 29. g4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Bacrot,E/
Gothenburg 2005/Mega2006 (41)}) 18... Qxb2 19. Rab1 Qf6 {A natural retreat,
good enough to maintain equality.} ({But Black could play also} 19... Qa3 $5
$44 {to avoid White's next text move. The position of his king is slightly
insecure then, but there is no clear way how to exploit it and White should
prove that he has enough compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 20. Ba6 $1 {
In the further play Black made some inaccuracies and finally he lost the pawn.}
Rb8 $6 ({To completely drawish position led} 20... e5 $5 21. Bxb7 Bf5 22. Qa4
Bxb1 23. Bxa8 Bxa2 $1 $11 24. Qxa7 $11) 21. Bxb7 Bxb7 (21... Rd8 $142 {
Gurevich,M}) 22. Rxb7 Rxb7 $6 (22... a5 $142 $5 $11) 23. Qxb7 Rd8 24. Rd4 $1 e5
(24... Rxd4 $6 {Gurevich,M} 25. exd4 g6 26. Qxa7 $14) (24... a5 $5 {Gurevich,M}
25. Qb6 Rxd4 26. exd4 g6 27. Qxa5 Qxd4 $11) 25. Rd5 $1 h5 $1 (25... Rxd5 {
Gurevich,M} 26. Qxd5 h5 27. Qa8+ Kh7 28. Qxa7 $16) 26. e4 $5 h4 27. h3 (27.
Qxa7 {Gurevich,M} Rc8 $132) 27... g6 $5 (27... Re8 $142 $5 28. Qxa7 Qf4 $14) (
27... Rxd5 {Gurevich,M} 28. exd5 (28. Qxd5 Qe7 $11) 28... e4 29. Qc7 (29. Qxa7
Qa1+ 30. Kh2 Qe5+ $11) 29... Kh7 30. Qc1 $1 Qe5 (30... Qd4 31. Qg5) 31. Qd1 $16
) 28. Qxa7 $6 (28. Rxd8+ $5 Qxd8 29. Qxa7 $16 Qd2 {Gurevich,M} 30. Qb8+ Kh7 31.
Qxe5 Qxa2 32. Qf4 $18) 28... Rc8 $14 {Although Black is one pawn down, he has
still good chances for a draw as White's king is weak and due to the
well-known drawish tendencies of rook endings. Finally he managed to hold the
game.} 29. Qe3 Rc2 30. a3 Ra2 $132 31. g3 $5 Qe7 32. Rd3 (32. gxh4 {Gurevich,M}
Rxa3 33. Qg5 Qxg5+ 34. hxg5 Rxh3 $11) 32... Kg7 33. Kg2 hxg3 34. Qxg3 Re2 35.
Re3 Rc2 36. h4 $5 {Gurevich,M: '[/\37.h5|^>>]'} Rc6 $138 (36... Kh7 $142 {
Gurevich,M}) 37. Qg5 Qf6 (37... Qxg5+ {Gurevich,M} 38. hxg5 $16) 38. Qg4 (38.
Rf3 {Gurevich,M} Qxg5+ 39. hxg5 Rc4 40. Re3 f6 41. gxf6+ Kxf6 42. Kf3 Kg5 43.
Rb3 Ra4 $14) 38... Rc4 $5 39. h5 Qf4 $1 40. Qxf4 (40. Qe2 $142 $14 {Gurevich,M}
) 40... exf4 41. Rb3 gxh5 42. Kf3 Rc2 $11 43. a4 Ra2 44. Kxf4 (44. Rb4 {
Gurevich,M} h4 45. Kxf4 Rxf2+ 46. Kg4 Ra2 47. Kxh4 Kf6 $11) 44... Rxa4 45. Kf5
Ra6 46. e5 h4 47. f4 Rh6 48. Rh3 Rh5+ 49. Kg4 Kg6 50. Rc3 h3 $1 51. Rc6+ f6 52.
Rc1 (52. Rxf6+ {Gurevich,M} Kg7 53. Kxh5 h2 $15) 52... h2 53. Rh1 fxe5 54. fxe5
Rxe5 55. Rxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ruck, Robert"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Zeljeznicar"]
[BlackTeam "Cheliabinsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 (5... h6 {was Dreev's
choice in recent years.}) 6. e3 Qa5 {[%cal Ga5e1,Yf6e4] Cambridge Springs is
his new weapon since 2004. The main idea of that opening is an immediate
pressure on White's pinned Nc3. Sometimes Black can also profit from insecure
position of White's Bg5.} 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 {As White's
dark-squared B is now on g5 secured enough, Black makes this useful move.} 10.
Bh4 c5 11. a3 {The principal continuation aimed against the creation of the
isolated pawn after the exchange cxd4, exd4.} Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 {Black finishes
his development,} ({accepting the pawn sacrifice is very risky:} 12... Qxa3 $6
13. e4 N5f6 14. Bd3 Qa5 15. d5 $1 $36 {1-0 Petursson,M-Halasz,T/Naestved 1988/
EXT 2000 (26)}) 13. Bd3 {White has here also other options, it is still not
clear which one is the most promising.} (13. e4 N5f6 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. d5 c4 16.
Bc2 exd5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. e6 O-O 20. Qxd7 exf3 21. Qxb7 Qe5+ 22.
Kf1 Qf4 23. exf7+ Kh7 24. Re1 fxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Qxh4 26. Rhg1 Rad8 27. Re3 Qg4+ {
1/2-1/2 Ivanisevic,I-Sedlak,N/Herceg Novi 2001/CBM 082 ext}) (13. c4 Qxd2+ 14.
Nxd2 Ne7 15. f3 Ba6 16. Be2 Rc8 17. O-O Nf5 18. Bf2 Ke7 19. Rfe1 g5 20. Bf1 Nd6
21. a4 Rhd8 22. Rc3 Nf6 23. Rc2 Nd7 24. Rec1 Nb8 25. a5 cxd4 26. axb6 axb6 27.
exd4 b5 28. c5 Nf5 29. Ra2 Nxd4 30. Ne4 e5 31. f4 gxf4 32. Bh4+ Ke6 33. Bxd8
Rxd8 34. c6 Rc8 35. c7 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Dreev,A/Poikovsky 2005/CBM 106/
[Erenburg]}) 13... Ba6 {Logical continuation as the exchange of light-squared
bishops is strategically advantageous for Black.} (13... Bb7 {is also playable.
}) 14. c4 {White keeps his Bd3 and hopes for strength of his pair of bishops
in the arising endgame.} ({But} 14. O-O {is more frequent option.}) 14... Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 $6 {Most probably a novelty,} ({but} 15. Nxd2 $142 {is surely better.
The d2 square is good for White's N and moreover White can protect his
dark-squared B from exchange by f2-f3 and Bh4-f2.} N5f6 16. O-O O-O 17. Rfd1
cxd4 18. exd4 e5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bf5 Rfd8 21. Ne4 Kg7 22. c5 exd4 23. c6 Nc5
24. c7 Rd5 25. Nxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 bxc5 27. Rb1 Re8 28. Bd7 Re7 29. c8=Q Bxc8
30. Bxc8 d3 31. Ba6 d2 32. Kf1 c4 33. Bxc4 Rc7 34. Ke2 Rxc4 35. Kxd2 Ra4 36.
Rb3 f5 37. Kc2 Kf6 38. Kd2 Ke5 {1/2-1/2 Bacrot,E-Krasenkow,M/Izmir 2004/CBM
104 no vc}) 15... N5f6 16. Rhd1 Bb7 17. Ke2 cxd4 18. exd4 Nh5 $1 {[%cal Yg7g5]
This way Black exchanges White's Bh4 and equalizes.} 19. Ke3 g5 20. Bg3 Nxg3
21. hxg3 Ke7 $11 22. c5 Rac8 23. Bb5 Bc6 24. cxb6 $4 (24. Bxc6 $11) 24... Bxf3
$4 {I think that both blunders are mistakes in the notation of the game.} (
24... Bxb5 $19) 25. Kxf3 axb6 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bxd7 Kxd7 28. d5 Rc3+ 29. Kg4
Rxa3 30. dxe6+ Kxe6 31. Rh1 $6 ({Also here I believe it was played} 31. Rb1 {
instead of the text move and then} Ra6 32. Kh5 Ra2 $11) 31... Ra6 32. Kh5 Ra2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 256]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7.
Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O ({Other option is} 10. Nb3 Qa4 11. Bxf6
Nxf6 12. dxc5 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc6 14. O-O Bxc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17.
Qxe4 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Dreev,A/Stepanakert 2005/CBM 110/[Babula] (28)}) 10...
cxd4 11. Nb3 (11. exd4 $143 $6 dxc4 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Ya5g5]}) 11... Qb6 12. Na4
{White wants to avoid the isolated d4 pawn.} ({Immediate} 12. Nxd4 $143 $6 {
is worse because of} Bxc3 {and White has to compromise his pawn structure} 13.
bxc3 (13. Qxc3 $4 Ne4 {[%csl Rc3,Rg5]})) (12. exd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 $11 {
1-0 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg 1994/CBM 044/[Hansen,Cu] (33)}) 12...
Qc7 13. Nxd4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 ({In the recent game of the same opponents Ivanchuk
continued} 14. Qxc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Ne5 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,
V-Bacrot,E/Saint Vincent 2005/CBM 110}) {It threatens Nd4xe6.} 14... Bd6 {
Black defends his queen and at the same time he attacks the h2 pawn.} (14...
Ne5 $2 {is a mistake losing a pawn:} 15. Bxe6 $1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Flumbort,
A-Volkmann,F/Zalakaros 1997/EXT 2001 (48)}) 15. Rac1 $5 {White acts
energetically and sacrifices a pawn,} ({as after quiet} 15. h3 a6 $11 {Black
has no problems.}) 15... Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bd6 $1 {The best, other moves are
weaker.} 17. Nb5 ({Due to the weak king White can't play} 17. Nxe6 $2 Qa5 $1)
17... Qb8 18. Be2 {[%cal Ye2f3] White is in no hurry to take Black's bishop as
it can't escape. He transfers his bishops to f3 to pressure against Black's
queenside.} a6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Rfd1 $44 {White has an excellent compensation,
his army is fully mobilized and he has the strong pair of bishops.
Neutralizing of White's initiative requires from Black patient and precise
play.} Qb4 21. Rd4 Qa5 22. Bf4 $1 Re8 (22... e5 $2 23. b4 Qd8 24. Bxe5) 23. b4
Qf5 24. Qxf5 exf5 {The exchange of the queens eases Black's defensive task.
But on the other hand it compromises his pawn structure.} 25. Bf3 {[%cal Gf3a8]
} h6 {[%cal Yg7g5] Black prepares the advance of his g pawn to discomfort
White's bishops.} 26. Rc7 g5 27. Bg3 (27. Bd6 $143 $6 Ne4) 27... Rb8 $1 {
[%mdl 256] Black stays cool and defends precisely! He moves his rook quietly
under x-rays of White's Bg3 and prepares Nd7-f8 to liberate his position.} ({
Direct} 27... Nf8 $2 {is bad because of} 28. Nb6) 28. Nc3 Nf8 $1 29. Rd1 Ne6 (
29... f4 $2 {plays into White's hands} 30. exf4 $16 Ne6 $140 (30... gxf4 31.
Bxf4 Ne6 32. Rxf7) 31. fxg5) 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Bxb8 {White has gained the
sacrificed pawn back but has lost his initiative.} g4 $1 32. Be2 Ng5 33. Kg1
Be6 $11 {Black has finished the development, the position is equal.} 34. Be5
Rc8 35. f3 gxf3 36. gxf3 Nd7 37. Bd4 Bc4 {Black eliminates White's pair of
bishops.} 38. Kf2 Bxe2 39. Nxe2 (39. Kxe2 Ne6 $11) 39... Rc2 40. a4 Nf8 41. Rc1
Rxc1 42. Nxc1 Nge6 43. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 07th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2006.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 {[%cal Yf6e4,
Ga5e1] The main idea of the Cambridge Spring is the immediate pressure on
White's pinned Nc3.} 7. cxd5 ({The other alternative is} 7. Nd2) 7... Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 {This continuation is more frequent than} (8... N7b6) 9. Rc1 O-O ({
For Black it is usually useful to insert moves h7-h6, Bg5-h4. Sometimes White
can profit from the omission of these moves and I will try to point such cases
out. The main line continues} 9... h6 10. Bh4 {and Black has two options:} O-O
({or} 10... c5 {what is very popular nowadays})) ({Premature is} 9... e5 $143
$6 {because of} 10. a3 $5 {, for example} Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxa3 (11... e4 $2 12.
c4 $16) 12. e4 Nc7 13. Bd3 $44 {White has very good compensation for the
sacrificed pawn here. In other similar lines he can just dream about such
position.}) 10. Bd3 {The most common continuation.} ({But also the other ones
deserve attention:} 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Ba3 12. Rb1 e5 13. Bd3) (10. a3 $5
Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. Bh4 Qxa3 13. e4 {That is the idea of White's 10th move.
Compared with the main line examined below White realizes here the e3-e4
advance without any problems. The critical position for this sideline arises
after} Ne7 14. Bd3 Ng6 15. Bg3 e5 $5 $13 {1/2 Khalifman,A (2702)-Gurevich,M 
(2635)/Lanzarote 2003/CBM 094 ext/[Gurevich,M] (25)}) 10... e5 $6 {This gives
White extra possibilities.} ({Better is to insert} 10... h6 $142 11. Bh4 {
at first and just now} e5 {After} 12. a3 ({possible is also} 12. O-O {, Black
has then two choices:} Re8 $5 ({or} 12... exd4) 13. e4 $140 Nf4) 12... Bxc3 13.
bxc3 {it arises the position from our game.}) 11. a3 ({After} 11. O-O {Black
can transpose the game into the line above by} h6 (11... Re8 $143 $6 12. e4 $5
{[%csl Gf4]}) 12. Bh4) 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 h6 {Black tries to correct his
inaccuracy on move 10.} ({After} 12... exd4 13. cxd4 Qxa3 {White can continue
either} 14. O-O $5 ({or} 14. e4 $44) 14... f5 (14... h6 15. e4 $1 {is the point
} (15. Bh4 $143 $6 Re8 $13 {leads to the main line})) 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bh4 N7b6
17. Ne5 $44 {1-0 Dorfman,J (2602)-Lamprecht,F (2399)/Germany 2001/CBM 087/
[Tsesarsky] (42)}) (12... Qxa3 13. e4 $44) 13. Bh4 $6 {White misses his chance.
Now the game is back in the main line.} (13. c4 $142 $5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 $14)
13... Re8 ({Weaker is} 13... Qxa3 $143 $6 {because of} 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5
Re8 16. O-O $1 Qc5 (16... Rxe5 17. e4 Nb6 18. f4 $44 {[%cal Yf4f5]}) 17. Kh1
Be6 18. e4 Nb6 19. f4 Bc4 20. Rf3 $1 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 $14 {1-0 Shirov,A (2695)
-Piket,J (2625)/Amsterdam 1995/CBM 049/[Shirov] (36)}) ({But in this position
is well playable for Black} 13... exd4 14. cxd4 Qxa3 15. O-O (15. e4 $6 Nf4 $1)
15... Re8 {It is not easy for White to prove he has the sufficient
compensation, for example} 16. e4 (16. Bb1 Qb4 17. Qd3 Nf8 18. e4 Nf4 19. Qe3
N4g6 20. Bg3 $13) 16... Nf4 17. Bc2 (17. Bb1 Ng6 18. Bg3 $13 (18. d5 $2 cxd5
19. exd5 Nxh4 20. Nxh4 Nf6 21. d6 Rd8 22. Rfd1 Bg4 $1 23. f3 Be6 24. Nf5 Ne8 $1
25. Nxh6+ Kf8 $1 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. Bxf5 Rxd6 $17 {1/2 Babula,V (2551)-Gurevich,
M (2641)/Saint Vincent 2002/CBM 086 ext (56)}) 18... Nf6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5
Qe7 $13) 17... Ng6 18. Ra1 Qf8 19. Bg3 Nf6 20. Rfe1 Nh5 21. Ne5 Nxg3 22. Nxg6
fxg6 23. hxg3 $13 {1/2 Pelletier,Y (2531)-Fridman,D (2559)/Essen 2001/CBM 083/
[Tsesarsky] (45)}) 14. c4 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Ne7 $1 {The right choice.} ({The
other retreats are worse:} 15... Nc7 $2 16. O-O Ne6 (16... exd4 17. exd4 Ne6
18. Rfe1 $1 $16) 17. Rfe1 $1 b6 18. Bf5 exd4 19. exd4 $16 {0-1 Beliavsky,A 
(2650)-Oll,L (2605)/Netherlands 1994/EXT 98 (44)}) (15... N5f6 $6 16. O-O exd4
17. exd4 c5 18. d5 Ne5 19. Bc2 g5 20. Bg3 $14 {1-0 Vaisser,A (2537)-Anic,D 
(2487)/Vichy 2000/CBM 079/[Tsesarsky] (61)}) 16. O-O ({There are no practical
examples about} 16. Bxe7 $5 Rxe7 17. d5) 16... exd4 17. exd4 Nf8 {Now Black's
minor pieces act harmoniously.} 18. Rfe1 Bf5 $1 $11 {This is the only way to
equality.} (18... Ne6 $2 19. Ne4 $5 $16 (19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. d5 $16)) 19. Bf1 (
19. Rxe7 {gives also nothing} Bxd3 20. Rxb7 Ne6 $44 21. Nf3 Nf4 {1/2 Dorfman,J
(2617)-Fressinet,L (2619)/Val d'Isere 2002/CBM 091}) (19. Bxe7 Bxd3 $11) 19...
Neg6 20. Rxe8 {A novelty, but with no importance. The chances remain equal.} (
20. Bg3 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Rd8 22. Nb3 b6 (22... Ne6 $11) 23. d5 cxd5 24. Nd4 Be6
25. Nc6 Rd7 26. Nb8 Rd8 27. Nc6 Rd7 28. Nb8 Rd8 {1/2 Beliavsky,A (2620)-Oll,L 
(2620)/Polanica Zdroj 1996/CBM 055/[Beliavsky]}) 20... Rxe8 21. Bg3 Rd8 22. Nb3
{Compared with the game above there is only one difference. White's rook is on
c1 instead of on e1 what doesn't play any role.} Ne6 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Rd2
25. f3 Nf8 26. Bb8 a5 27. g4 Bg6 28. f4 f5 29. Rb1 Rd7 30. gxf5 Bxf5 31. Rb2
Rd1 32. Kf2 Ne6 33. Bd6 Rb1 34. Rxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 c5 {The principled continuation, nowadays very fashionable. Black
starts to attack White's centre.} (9... e5 {is more frequent option connected
with the same idea.}) 10. Nb3 Qa4 $5 {[%cal Ga4c2] Black limits White's
possibilities by pinning his both knights.} (10... Qc7 $143 11. O-O dxc4 12.
Bxc4 cxd4 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. N5xd4 Bd6 15. f4 h6 16. Bh4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,
V-Kasparov,G/Frankfurt 1998/CBM 065 ext (33)}) 11. Bxf6 {White exchanges his
Bg5 in respect of the threat Nf6-e4.} Nxf6 12. dxc5 {The following
simplifications in the centre are almost forced.} dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc6 14. O-O
Bxc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 {The opening is over, the position
has stabilized. White has some edge due to his better development. But as the
pawn structure is symmetrical and Black has no weaknesses he should manage to
fully equalize.} Qb6 18. Bd3 {White is looking for some targets.} g6 19. Qe5
Bd7 20. h4 {[%cal Yh4h5,Yh5h6]} Rac8 $11 21. Rac1 {A novelty,} (21. Rad1 {
1/2-1/2 Poluljahov,A-Smagin,S/YUG-chT2 1995/EXT 2002 (21)}) 21... f6 22. Qg3
Qxb2 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. h5 Rd8 25. Bxg6 {White goes for the perpetual check,} ({
but neither} 25. Bb1 {gives any advantage:} f5 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Qxg6+ Qg7 $11)
25... hxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ {Black's monarch can't escape via the d-file
due to Rf1-d1 check.} Kg8 28. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Penne"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

{[%mdl 36]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7.
cxd5 exd5 $6 {Godena's speciality.} ({Normal} 7... Nxd5 $142 {is surely better.
}) 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. O-O {White finishes his development by natural and at the
same time strong way.} Nxg5 ({Black's Qa5 has now nothing to do here,
accepting the pawn sacrifice is almost losing:} 9... Nxc3 $6 10. bxc3 Qxc3 11.
e4 $1 {[%cal Ge1e8]} dxe4 12. Re1 Nb6 13. Rxe4+ Be6 14. Rc1 Qa3 15. Rxe6+ $1
fxe6 16. Ne5 $16 {[%cal Yd1h5] 1-0 Kipper,J-Brethauer,S/Bad Zwesten 2004/CBM
098 ext (33)}) ({An attempt to keep the outpost e4 is premature and also bad:} 
9... f5 $2 10. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 (10... fxe4 $6 11. Nh4 {[%cal Yd1h5]} g6 12. f3 $18
) 11. Nh4 {[%cal Yd1h5]} g6 12. Qb3 Qb4 13. Qe6+ Be7 14. Nxg6 $1 $16 {1-0
Babula,V-Jirovsky,M/Czechia 2002/EXT 2004 (41)}) 10. Nxg5 Nf6 11. h3 $5 {
[%csl Rg4] White takes the g4 square under control and limits the scope of
Black's Bc8.} Bb4 ({Other option is} 11... Bd6 12. f4 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal
Yg5f3,Yf3e5]} Qc7 13. Qc2 h6 14. Nf3 Be6 15. Ne5 $14 {1-0 Salov,V-Raicevic,V/
Moscow 1986/MCL (25)}) 12. Qc2 h6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. a3 $5 {A novelty,} (14. Ne5
Be6 15. Na4 Rae8 16. a3 Bd6 17. f4 Ne4 $13 {0-1 Estremera Panos,S-Godena,M/
Taormina 2003/CBM 097 ext (47)}) 14... Bxc3 ({After} 14... Bd6 {White would
continue} 15. Ne5 $14 {[%cal Yf2f4]}) 15. bxc3 $14 {The queen swap would only
ease Black's defence task. White's advantage is that he has better minor
pieces.} c5 16. Qb2 {White frees the c2 square for his B in case of c5-c4.} Qc7
17. a4 {[%cal Ya4a5] The aim of this typical pawn advance is to make Black's
queenside pawn structure more vulnerable.} Be6 18. dxc5 $5 {An interesting
strategical approach, White significantly changes the pawn structure. He gets
the d4 square for his Nf3 and opens the d-file to attack the d5 weakness
easier. By the further advance of his a-pawn he wants to create the second
weakness and to combine attacks against them afterwards. The drawback is clear,
White's c3 weakness.} Nd7 19. Rfd1 Nxc5 20. Nd4 {White is not afraid of
exchange of his B for Black's N. His N would be better than Black's B. For
Black it would be advantageous to exchange bishops or knights.} Rac8 21. a5 Bd7
22. Bc2 Rfd8 23. Nf5 $1 {White forces Black to exchange his B for White's N.
Although White's N looks to be a better piece than Black's B, it is more
important, what pieces will remain on the board. After that exchange it will
be more difficult for Black to defend the d5 weakness.} Bxf5 (23... Be6 $6 24.
c4 {[%cal Yb2g7]}) 24. Bxf5 Ne6 25. Ra3 $14 Qe7 26. Bg4 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yg4f3]
} Rc7 27. Ra4 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Ya4b4]} Qf6 $6 {It allows White to regroup his
pieces as he needs.} (27... Qc5 $142 28. Rd3 $5 $14) 28. Rb4 {The sufficient
defence of weaknesses is now for Black more difficult.} Nc5 $2 {It loses the
pawn by force,} ({better was} 28... Rdd7 $142 $14 {with the tough defence.})
29. Bf3 $16 Rcd7 $6 ({After} 29... Ne4 $142 {White can play for example} 30.
Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Qxb7 Nxc3 32. Rd3 a6 33. Bxd5 $16) 30. Rbd4 $18 {Black's
position is definitely lost.} Qe5 31. Qb5 b6 32. axb6 axb6 33. c4 $1 Ne6 34.
Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Bxd5 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Qe5+ 38. g3 Qf5 39. Kg2 Nc5 40.
Qe8+ Kh7 41. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Baldauf,M"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Rc1
$5 Ne4 9. Ncxe4 dxe4 10. Bh4 Qxa2 11. Be2 Qxb2 $146 (11... Qa5 12. O-O Bxd2 13.
Ra1 Qb4 14. Qc2 c5 15. Ra4 Qb6 16. Qxd2 $14 {das Läuferpaar und die
eingeengten schwarzen Figuren garantierten Grischuk langfristige Kompensation
in: 0-1 (63) Grischuk,A (2810)-Mamedyarov,S (2759) Tbilisi 2015}) 12. Rc2 Bxd2+
13. Qxd2 Qa3 14. O-O O-O 15. c5 {Diagramm [#] Weiß hofft aufgrund der Dominanz
auf den schwarzen Feldern auf langfristige Kompensation, doch Navara gibt die
Mehrbauern zurück und gleicht problemlos aus.} b5 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Rxc6 Ba6
18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Qc2 Qd3 20. Qxd3 exd3 21. Rc3 Rfc8 22. Rxd3 Rc2 23. Rb3 h6
24. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 33rd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Beliavsky,A"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1996.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Bd3 (10. e4 $5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Ba3 12. Rb1 e5 13. Bd3 Re8
14. O-O $14) 10... h6 $1 11. Bh4 e5 12. a3 $5 (12. O-O Re8 $1 13. Qc2 exd4 14.
Nxd5 Qxd5 15. exd4 Nb6 $10) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Re8 (13... Qxa3 $2 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Re8 16. O-O $1 Rxe5 17. e4 $146) 14. c4 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Ne7 $1 (
15... Nc7 $2 16. O-O exd4 17. exd4 Ne6 18. Rfe1 $1 $18) 16. O-O exd4 17. exd4
Nf8 18. Rfe1 (18. Ne4 $2 Nf5) 18... Bf5 $1 (18... Ne6 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. d5 Rd7
21. Bf5 cxd5 22. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 23. Bxe6+ $16) 19. Bf1 (19. Rxe7 Bxd3 20. Rxb7
Ne6 $1 $146) 19... Neg6 20. Bg3 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Rd8 22. Nb3 b6 (22... Ne6 23. Na5
Rd7 24. d5 $10) 23. d5 cxd5 24. Nd4 Be6 (24... Be4 25. f3) (24... Bc8 25. Nc6
Rd7 26. cxd5 $14) 25. Nc6 Rd7 26. Nb8 Rd8 (26... Rb7 27. cxd5 Bxd5 28. Bd6 b5
29. Rb1 a6 30. Nxa6 Rb6 31. Bxf8 $10) 27. Nc6 Rd7 28. Nb8 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Graz op"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Rabiega, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Beliavsky,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 (10... b6 $5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 Bxc3
14. bxc3 Bb7 15. Qb2 Rfc8 16. Nd2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Ba6 $1 $10) 11. a3 (11. Bd3
cxd4 12. exd4 b6 13. O-O O-O $13) 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 (12... Qxa3 $6 13. e4
N5f6 14. Bd3 Qa5 15. d5 $1 exd5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qd6 g5 19. Nxg5
$40) 13. Bd3 Bb7 (13... Ba6 $5 14. c4 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 N5f6 16. Ke2 $13) 14. O-O
N5f6 (14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 $16) (14... Qxa3 $2 15. e4 N5f6 16. Ra1
Qb3 17. Rfb1 $18) 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Nd2 (16. e4 Rfc8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Qe4 Nf8 $13)
16... cxd4 17. cxd4 Rac8 (17... Qxa3 18. Rc7 Rab8 19. Nc4 Qe7 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qh4 Kg7 23. Ne5 $40) 18. Nc4 Qa4 19. f3 $1 Ba6 $6 (19... Bd5 $5)
20. Bg3 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Qxa3 22. Ra1 Qb4 23. Ba6 Rce8 24. Rfb1 Qe7 25. Be1 $1 $16
Nd5 26. e4 Nf4 27. Qb2 Rd8 $2 (27... f5 $1 28. Bb4 Qg5 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 $44) 28.
Bb4 Qg5 29. Bxf8 Nxf8 30. Bf1 e5 (30... Rd7 31. Rc1 $18) 31. d5 a5 32. g3 Rd6
33. Rc1 Nh5 34. Rc8 $18 Qe7 35. Rac1 g5 36. Qa3 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 (12. Qc2 Rd8 13. Rac1 Bd7
14. Ne4 Be8 $10 {Prucha-Richter, TCH 1945}) 12... Rd8 13. b4 Bd7 14. Qc2 Be8
15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. Bf3 b6 17. g3 Nd5 18. Ne5 c5 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Bb4 7. Rc1 Qa5 8. Nd2
Ne4 9. Ncxe4 dxe4 10. Bh4 {Sacrificing the pawn on a2 is a common idea in the
Cambridge-Springs. The development advantage and central control gives White
plenty of compensation.} Qxa2 11. Be2 Qa5 12. O-O $1 {What a nice move! The
knight on d2 is hanging, but White will be able to recover it without problems
and keep his compensation.} Bxd2 13. Ra1 Qb4 14. Qc2 c5 (14... Bxe3 15. fxe3 {
opens up the f-file, which is very dangerous for Black.}) 15. Ra4 Qb6 16. Qxd2
{The minor piece is recovered and Black's development is sub-par. He is up a
pawn, but clearly on the defensive side.} e5 17. Ra5 $2 {Overlooking or
underestimating Black's next move!} Qh6 {An unusual tactic. The bishop is
hanging on h4, but also important is that the e-pawn is now pinned.} 18. Bg3
exd4 19. Bf4 (19. f3 {was probably the only way to fight for compensation, but
it should be insufficient.}) 19... g5 20. Bg3 d3 21. Bd1 {White is not dead,
for his two missing pawns he has the pair of bishops and Black's king will
always feel uncomfortable, but Black should win with good play. Mamedyarov
made his life pretty hard at different junctures, but the win was never in
question.} b6 22. Ra1 f5 23. Ba4 O-O 24. f3 Qe6 25. fxe4 fxe4 26. Bxd7 Rxf1+
27. Rxf1 Bxd7 28. Qc3 Qe7 29. b3 Re8 30. Qa1 a5 31. Be1 Rd8 32. Rf2 h6 33. Bd2
Rf8 34. Rxf8+ Qxf8 35. Qe5 Qe8 36. Qf6 Qe6 37. Qd8+ Kf7 38. Bc3 Qd6 39. Bd2 Qe6
40. Bc3 a4 41. bxa4 Bxa4 42. Qc7+ Ke8 43. Bd2 Bd7 44. h3 Ke7 45. Qb8 h5 46. Qh8
Qxc4 47. Qe5+ Qe6 48. Qxg5+ Kd6 49. Qxh5 b5 50. Qh8 b4 51. h4 Qa2 52. Qf6+ Kc7
53. Qf2 b3 54. Bc3 Qxf2+ 55. Kxf2 Kc6 56. Ke1 Kb5 57. h5 Ka4 58. Bb2 Kb4 59.
Kd2 c4 60. g3 Bg4 61. h6 Bf5 62. g4 Bg6 63. Bf6 Ka3 0-1

[Event "World-ch13 Alekhine-Bogoljubow +11-5=9"]
[Site "GER/NLD"]
[Date "1929.10.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1929.09.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nxc4 Qc7 11. Be2 (11. g3 $142 {[%cal Yf1g2] /\Bg2}) 11...
O-O 12. O-O Rd8 (12... b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Bf3 Rac8 (14... c5 $4 15. Nb5 Qe7
16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. a3 $18) 15. a3 Bxc3 $5 16. Qxc3 Nd5 17. Qd2 c5 18. Ne5 {
/\ b4+/=}) (12... Bd7 {/\ Rfd8, Rac8, Be8, Be7+/=}) 13. Rad1 (13. a3 {[%cal
Yb2b4] /\b4}) 13... Nd5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. a3 b6 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. b4
h6 19. Qb3 Nf6 20. Rfd1 (20. h3) 20... Ng4 $1 21. Ng3 c5 $1 22. dxc5 bxc5 23.
b5 (23. bxc5 Bxc5 $15 {^^}) (23. h3 $2 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 Bh4 $19) 23... Bd5 24. Qc2
Ne5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Bc4 Bxc4 27. Qxc4 Qb2 28. a4 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qb4 30. Qc2
$2 (30. Rc1 $142) (30. Qxb4 $2 cxb4 $17) 30... c4 31. Ne2 Bf6 32. g3 c3 33. Rb1
Qa5 34. Kg2 Rd8 $2 (34... Rc4 $1 35. Ra1 Rb4 $19 {[%cal Yb4b2] /\36... Rb2
Yates}) 35. Qe4 $1 Rd2 36. Qc4 {[%cal Yb1c1] /\Rc1} Rc2 37. Rd1 Qb6 38. Nd4 (
38. Qd3 Rb2 39. Nxc3 $2 Rb3 $19) 38... Qd8 $1 39. Rd3 Bxd4 40. Rxd4 $6 (40.
Qxd4 $142 $10) (40. exd4 $142) 40... Qf6 $1 $10 41. Rf4 Qe5 $1 42. e4 $2 (42.
Qc8+ Kh7 43. Rxf7 Qd5+ 44. e4 Qxe4+ 45. Kh3 $10 {Kotov}) (42. Re4 Qf5 43. Rf4
Qd5+ 44. Qxd5 (44. Re4 $142) 44... exd5 $19 45. Kf1 Rb2 46. Ke1 Rb1+ 47. Ke2 c2
) 42... Rd2 43. Qc8+ $2 $19 (43. a5 c2 (43... Rb2 44. b6) 44. b6 axb6 45. axb6
Qb2 46. Qc8+ Kh7 47. b7 $10) (43. Rf3 c2 44. Rc3 Qf6 45. Rf3 (45. Qc5 Rxf2+ 46.
Qxf2 Qxc3 $19) 45... Qb2 46. Rc3 c1=Q 47. Rxc1 Rxf2+ 48. Kh3 Rxh2+ 49. Kg4 h5+
50. Kf4 Qf6+ 51. Ke3 Qf2+ 52. Kd3 Qd2#) 43... Kh7 44. Rxf7 Qxe4+ 45. Kh3 Rd5
46. Rf4 Rh5+ 47. Kg4 Qe2+ 48. f3 Rg5+ 49. Kh3 Qf1+ 50. Kh4 (50. Kh4 Rh5+ 51.
Kxh5 Qh3+ 52. Rh4 Qf5#) 0-1

[Event "World-ch13 Alekhine-Bogoljubow +11-5=9"]
[Site "GER/NLD"]
[Date "1929.10.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1929.09.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 (9... b6 $5 {N} 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ba6 12. Bh4 $1 (12. a4
dxc4 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nxc4 Qd5 15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 $10) 12... Rac8 (12...
dxc4 13. e4 $1 b5 14. a4 Qb6 15. Rfb1 $16) 13. a4 $1 dxc4 $8 14. Nxc4 Bxc4 (
14... Qd5 $2 15. Nxb6 $16) (14... Qf5 $142 {Stempin,P.} 15. Bd3 Qg4 16. Bg3 c5
17. Nd6 $14) 15. Bxc4 $14 {^^ Stempin,P-Panczyk,K/Polska (ch)/1987}) (9... e5
10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Ndxe4 (11. Ncxe4 dxe4 12. O-O-O Nxe5 13. Qxe4 f6 14. Bh4)
11... dxe4 12. O-O Nxe5 13. Qxe4 (13. Nxe4 $142) 13... f6 14. Bh4 $10 (14. Bf4
Bf5 15. Qd4 Rad8 16. Bxe5 Rxd4 17. Bxd4 c5 18. a3 cxd4 19. axb4 Qxb4 $16)) 10.
Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nxc4 Bxc3+ $2 {><black squares} (11... Qc7 $142) 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+
13. bxc3 Bd7 14. Bf3 Rfd8 15. a4 {/\-><<} Rac8 16. Kd2 Rc7 17. Rhb1 Bc8 18. a5
$1 {[%csl Rb7] ><b7} Nd7 (18... c5 19. a6 cxd4 20. cxd4 b6 (20... Rxc4 21. axb7
) 21. Nxb6 axb6 22. a7 $18) 19. Kc2 Kf8 20. Nb6 {[%cal Yb6a8] /\Na8} axb6 (
20... Nf6 21. a6 bxa6 22. Nxc8 Rdxc8 23. Rxa6 c5 24. Rb3 cxd4 25. exd4 Nd5 26.
Bxd5 exd5 27. Rba3 Ra8 28. Rd6 $16) 21. axb6 Nxb6 22. Rxb6 Ke7 23. Ra7 c5 $8
24. Ra4 (24. Bxb7 cxd4 25. exd4 e5 26. dxe5 Bf5+ $40) 24... Rd6 25. dxc5 Rxc5
26. Rbb4 Rd7 27. Ra3 Rdc7 28. Rab3 e5 29. Bxb7 Bxb7 30. Rxb7 Rxc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch12 Alekhine-Capablanca +6-3=25"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1927.11.14"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nxc4 Qc7 11. a3 Be7 12. g3 $1 O-O (12... c5 13. Nb5 (13.
dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bg2 Bd7 $1 $10) 13... Qb8 (13... Qc6 14. Ne5 Qxh1 15. Nc7+ $16)
14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bg2 (15. Ncd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxc8+ Qxc8 17. Nxd6+ Ke7 18. Nxc8+
Rhxc8 $10) 15... Bd7 16. Nc3 O-O 17. O-O Qc7 $10 {Tartakover}) 13. Bg2 Bd7 (
13... b6 $5 {/\Bb7 Capablanca}) 14. b4 $1 (14. O-O c5) 14... b6 15. O-O a5 $6 (
15... Rac8 $142 {[%cal Yf8d8] /\Rfd8, Be8}) (15... Rab8 16. Rfb1 c5 17. dxc5
bxc5 18. b5 $14 {Capablanca}) 16. Ne5 $3 {/\Nb5} (16. Rfb1 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1
18. Rxa1 Bxb4) (16. Rab1 $2 {><a-<->} axb4 17. axb4 Ra7 {[%cal Yf8a8] /\Rfb8})
(16. Qb3 axb4 17. axb4 Nd5 $1 18. b5 $2 Nxc3) (16. bxa5 b5 $1 17. Nb6 (17. Ne5
Rxa5) 17... Rxa5 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 {[%csl Ra3] ><a3 Becker}) (16. b5 $2 cxb5 (16...
Rac8) 17. Bxa8 Qxc4 18. Bf3 b4 $19 {Becker}) 16... axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 (17...
Bxb4 18. Nb5 Qc8 19. Rxa8 (19. Bxc6) 19... Qxa8 20. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6 21. Nxc6 Ba5
22. Ra1 $16 {Becker}) 18. Rxa1 Rc8 $1 (18... Bxb4 19. Nb5 Qc8 20. Bxc6 $1 $16 {
Capablanca} (20. Nxd7 cxb5 $1) (20. Na7 $3 Qc7 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 (21... Qxd7 22.
Bxc6 $16) 22. Nxc6 {[%cal Yc6e7,Yc6b4] /\23.Ne7, 23.Nb4} Bd6 (22... Rc8 23. Ra8
$1 $16) (22... Qd6 23. Ra7 $16) 23. Ne7+ $1 Kh8 24. Qxc7 Bxc7 25. Ra7 $18 {
Tartakover})) (18... c5 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. b5 $16 {Panov}) 19.
Nxd7 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Rc6] ><c6, ><b6 Capablanca} Qxd7 $2 (19... Nxd7 $14) 20.
Na4 $1 Qd8 21. Qb3 $1 (21. Bxc6 $2 Bxb4 $10) 21... Nd5 (21... c5 $2 22. bxc5
bxc5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Bb7 $1 $18 {Golombek}) (21... b5 $142 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23.
bxc5 Ra8 $14 {Capablanca}) 22. b5 $1 cxb5 (22... c5 23. dxc5 $1 Bxc5 (23...
bxc5 24. Qc4 $16 {Capablanca}) 24. Rd1 $1 $16) 23. Qxb5 Ra8 (23... Rb8 24. Bxd5
Qxd5 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. Rb1 b5 (26... Bd8 27. Rb5) 27. Nc3 b4 28. Nxd5 Bd6 29.
Rb3 $16 {[%cal Ye3e5] /\e3-e4-e5 Becker}) (23... Nc3 24. Qxb6) 24. Rc1 $1 (24.
Rb1 $2 Rxa4 $1 25. Qxa4 (25. Bxd5 $2 Ra5 $19) 25... Nc3 $10) 24... Ra5 25. Qc6
Ba3 $2 (25... Nb4 26. Qb7 {[%cal Yc1c8] /\Rc8} (26. Qxb6 Rxa4 27. Qxd8+ Bxd8
28. Rc8 Ra1+ $1 29. Bf1 Nc6 30. Rxc6 Kf8 $14 {Grigoriev})) 26. Rb1 Bf8 {
[%cal Ya5a4] /\Ra4} (26... Rxa4 $2 27. Qxa4 Nc3 28. Qxa3 Nxb1 29. Qb2 $18 {
Tartakover}) (26... b5 27. Nc5 Bxc5 28. dxc5 Ne7 29. Qb7 $1 $18 {Capablanca})
27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Nxb6 Rd6 29. Qb7 h5 (29... h6 $142) 30. Nc4 $1 {/\Ne5} Rd7
31. Qe4 Rc7 32. Ne5 Qc8 33. Kg2 Bd6 34. Ra1 Rb7 (34... Qb7 35. Ra8+ Bf8 36.
Qxb7 Rxb7 37. Rd8 {[%cal Ye5d7,Rd7f8] /\Nd7 Tartakover}) 35. Nd3 g6 36. Ra6 Bf8
37. Rc6 {/\38.Nc5 Bc5 39.dc} Rc7 38. Rxc7 (38. Ne5 {Capablanca} Qb7 39. Qf3 Bg7
{Alekhine}) 38... Qxc7 39. Ne5 Bg7 40. Qa8+ Kh7 41. Nf3 Bf6 $8 42. Qa6 $1 {
[%cal Rd4d5] /\d5} (42. Qf8 Qe7) 42... Kg7 43. Qd3 $1 Qb7 44. e4 Qc6 45. h3 Qc7
46. d5 $1 (46. Nd2 $6 h4 $1 {Alekhine}) 46... exd5 47. exd5 Qc3 $1 (47... Qd6
48. Qc4 Qf8 49. Nd4 $16 {Golombek}) 48. Qxc3 (48. Qd1 $142) (48. Qe4 Qc5 $1 $14
{Alekhine}) 48... Bxc3 49. Kf1 Kf6 50. Ke2 Bb4 $1 51. Nd4 Bc5 (51... Ke5 $4 52.
Nc6+) 52. Nc6 Kf5 53. Kf3 (53. f3 h4 $1) 53... Kf6 54. g4 hxg4+ 55. hxg4 Kg5 $2
{[%cal Yf7f5] /\f5} (55... Bd6 $1 $10 {[%cal Yf6e5] /\Ke5 Capablanca} 56. Nd8 (
56. Ke4 Kg5 $1 {[%cal Yf7f5] /\f5=}) 56... Be7) (55... Bb6 $1 $10) 56. Ne5 $3
$18 Bd4 $2 (56... f5 57. d6 $1 fxg4+ 58. Kg2 $1 Bb6 (58... Kf5 59. d7 Be7 60.
Nc6 $18 {Tartakover}) 59. d7 Kf5 60. Nc6 $18) (56... f6 57. Nf7+ {[%cal Yd5d8]
d5-d6-d7-d8 +-} Kh4 58. d6) (56... Kf6 57. Nd7+ $18) (56... Ba3 57. d6 Kf6 58.
d7 Ke7 59. Nxf7 Kxd7 60. Ne5+ $18) 57. Nxf7+ Kf6 58. Nd8 Bb6 (58... Ke5 $2 59.
Nc6+ $18) 59. Nc6 Bc5 60. Kf4 $1 $18 (60. Kg3 Bd6+ 61. f4 g5 $10) (60. Ke2 Kg5
61. f3 Kf4 $10) 60... Bxf2 (60... g5+ 61. Kf3 {/\Ke2, f3, K-><<+-}) 61. g5+ Kf7
(61... Kg7 62. d6) 62. Ne5+ Ke7 (62... Kg7 63. d6) 63. Nxg6+ Kd6 64. Ke4 Bg3
65. Nf4 Ke7 66. Ke5 Be1 67. d6+ Kd7 68. g6 Bb4 69. Kd5 (69. g7 $4 Bc3+ $10)
69... Ke8 70. d7+ 1-0

[Event "World-ch12 Alekhine-Capablanca +6-3=25"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1927.10.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 (7. cxd5
Nxd5 $1 8. Qd2 Bb4 (8... N7b6 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd5 11. O-O Qxc3 12. Qe2 Bd6
13. Rac1 Qa5 14. Bb1 $44 {Teschner}) 9. Rc1 O-O $1 (9... f6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. e4
Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba3 13. Rb1 e5 $13 {Teschner}) 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Ba3 12. Rb1
e5 13. Bd3 Re8 14. O-O b6 $1 15. Rfe1 Ba6 $10 {Vajda-Grünfeld/London/1927})
7... Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bh4 {/\ Bd3} (9. Bd3 $2 dxc4 $19) (9. Be2 e5 10. dxe5
Ne4 11. Ndxe4 dxe4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe5 {Grünfeld-Bogoljubov/Maehrisch
Ostrau/1923/}) (9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O e5 {Rotlevi-Marshall/Karlsbad/
1911/}) (9. f4 Ng4 10. Ke2 {Euwe}) 9... c5 (9... Ne4 $2 10. Ndxe4 dxe4 11. Be2
e5 12. O-O exd4 13. Nxe4 f5 14. a3 fxe4 15. axb4 Qxb4 16. exd4 $16 {^^ Golombek
}) (9... e5 $6 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Ndxe4 dxe4 12. e6 $1 Ne5 $1 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14.
Be2 (14. O-O-O $1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bf5 16. Rd4 {With advantage in the endgame.
Alekhine}) 14... Nd3+ $40 {Asztalos}) 10. Nb3 (10. dxc5 Ne4 11. Rc1 Ndxc5 12.
Be7 $14 {Havasi-Asztalos/Raab/1924/}) 10... Qa4 (10... Qc7 11. Be2 (11. Bg3 $1
Qc6 12. dxc5 (12. a3 $14) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 $14) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 cxd4 13.
Nxd4 $10 {Sraat-Spielmann/Scheveningen/1923/}) (10... Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12.
bxc3 $16 {Grünfeld}) 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 (11... gxf6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qd2 $16 {Euwe}
) 12. dxc5 Ne4 $6 {Time for this move: More than 1h.} (12... Bxc3+ $1 13. Qxc3
Ne4 14. Qd4 (14. Qa5 Qxa5+ 15. Nxa5 Nxc5 $14 {Capablanca}) 14... Qb4+ 15. Ke2
Qxc4+ $10) (12... Qc6 13. a3 Bxc5 14. cxd5 exd5 $1 15. Bb5 (15. Nxd5 Qxd5)
15... Qd6 $1 $10) 13. cxd5 (13. Bd3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 dxc4 15. Bxe4 cxb3 16. Bxh7+
Kh8 17. Qe4 {Vukovic}) 13... Bxc3+ (13... Nxc5 14. Rc1 $1 (14. Rd1 $6 exd5 15.
Rxd5 b6 {/\ 16... Be6}) 14... exd5 15. Nxc5 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 Bxc5 17. Nxd5 $16)
14. bxc3 Nxc5 (14... exd5 15. Bd3 {/\ c3-c4}) 15. Rd1 $1 (15. dxe6 $2 $40 Bxe6
16. c4 (16. Rb1 Rac8 $13 {/\ Ne4}) (16. Nd4 Qxc2 17. Nxc2 Na4 18. c4 Rfc8 19.
Na3 Nb2 $13) 16... Nxb3 $1 17. Qxb3 Qa5+ 18. Ke2 b5 $1 $13) 15... exd5 (15...
Rd8 {Reti} 16. Rd4 Qa3 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Bd3 $16) 16. Rxd5 Nxb3
$6 (16... b6 {Lasker} 17. Be2 $1 (17. Rd4 Qc6 18. Nxc5 (18. Bc4 {Teschner})
18... bxc5 19. Rh4 f5 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. O-O Bb7 22. f3 Rad8 {With
counterchances. >< Rh4 Soutanbeieff}) (17. Rd2 {Teschner}) 17... Qe4 (17... Bb7
18. Rd4) 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Bf3 $1 $16) 17. axb3 Qc6 18. Rd4 {/\ f3, Kf2} (18.
Bc4 $2 Be6 19. Rd4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Qxg2) 18... Re8 19. Bd3 $1 (19. Qd2 Be6 20. c4
a5 $1 {/\ a4}) (19. e4 {/\ f3 +- Alekhine}) 19... Qxg2 20. Bxh7+ Kf8 (20... Kh8
21. Be4 Qh3 22. Rg1 {/\ c4, Qc3 -> Golombek}) 21. Be4 Qh3 22. Qd2 Be6 23. c4 {
/\ Qb4} a5 24. Rg1 {/\ Qb2} Qxh2 (24... Qh6 $142 $16 {Golombek}) 25. Rh1 Qc7
26. Qb2 {/\ 27.Qa3 Kg8 28.Bh7 Kh8 29.Rdh4! +- /\27.Th8} Qc5 27. Bd5 {/\ 28.Be6
fe 29.Rf4 Kg8 30.Qc2 +-} (27. Bxb7 $4 Qb4+ $19) 27... Ra6 $2 (27... Rad8 28.
Bxe6 $1 (28. Re4 Qb4+ 29. Ke2 Rxd5 $1 $10 (29... Rxd5 30. Rh8+ Ke7 31. Rxe6+
fxe6 (31... Kxe6 32. Rxe8+ Kd7 33. Rg8 Rg5 34. Qd4+ Ke6 35. Re8+ Kf5 36. Re5+
Kg6 37. Rxg5+ Kxg5 38. Qxg7+ $18) 32. Qxg7+ Kd8 33. cxd5 Qb5+ 34. Ke1 Qb4+ 35.
Kf1 Qb5+ 36. Kg1 Qxd5 {PS})) 28... Rxd4 (28... Qb4+ $2 29. Ke2 Rxd4 30. Qxd4
fxe6 31. Rh8+ Kf7 (31... Ke7 32. Qxg7+ Kd8 33. Qd4+ Ke7 34. Rh7+ Kf8 35. Qh8#)
32. Qf4+ Ke7 33. Qc7+ Kf6 34. Rxe8 $18) 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Bxf7+
Kxf7 32. exd4 Qb4+ 33. Kd1 a4 34. Kc2 $16 {_|_ Becker}) 28. Re4 $18 {[%csl Rg7]
><g7} Rd6 {/\ 29... Qb4 30... Rd4} (28... Kg8 29. Rg1 $18) (28... g6 29. Qf6
$18 {Golombek}) (28... f6 29. Rh8+ $18 {Golombek}) 29. Rh7 $1 Ke7 (29... Qb4+
$2 30. Ke2 Rxd5 31. Qxg7+ Ke7 32. Qxf7+ Kd8 33. Qc7#) (29... g6 30. Qg7+ (30.
Qf6 $4 Qb4+ $19) 30... Ke7 31. Qxf7+ $18 {Golombek}) 30. Qxg7 Kd8 31. Bxe6 fxe6
(31... Rdxe6 32. Qxf7 $18) (31... Rexe6 32. Qf8+ {/\ 33.Rf7 +-}) 32. Qxb7 {
/\ 33.Qb8 +-} Qb4+ 33. Qxb4 axb4 34. c5 Rc6 35. Rxb4 Rxc5 36. Ra7 {/\ 37.Rb8
Rc8 38.Rc8 Kc8 39.Ra8 +- 36... Rc8? 37.Rd4# Epaulettenmatt} 1-0

[Event "Candidates f Kasparov-Smyslov +4-0=9"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1984.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1984.03.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 e5 $6 10. a3 $1 Bd6 (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 e4 (11... Qxa3 12. e4
N5b6 13. Bd3 $146) 12. c4 $1) 11. dxe5 (11. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 cxd5 13. dxe5 (
13. Bb5 f6) 13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Rc5 Bxb5 17. Rxb5 f6 $1
18. Bh4 (18. Rxd5 Bxb2) 18... O-O-O $10) 11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. b4 Bxc3 (
13... Qxa3 $2 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. O-O Be6 17. f4 Bd6 18. f5 Bxb4 19.
Qf2 $18) 14. Qxc3 $1 (14. Rxc3 Qb6 (14... Nxb4 15. e4 (15. Rc5 $2 Nd3+ $1)
15... Na6 (15... Na2 $2 16. Rc2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Be6 18. Bc4 $18) (15... f6 16.
Bxf6 gxf6 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Bc4 $36 Qb1+ $2 19. Rc1 Qxe4+ 20. Kd1 $1 $18) 16.
Bxa6 bxa6 17. Rxc6 (17. O-O h6 $1 (17... O-O $2 18. Bf6 $1) 18. Qd6 $2 hxg5 19.
Qxc6+ Ke7 20. Rc5 (20. e5 Rh6) 20... Qb6) 17... Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 $16) 15. Rc1 h6
16. Bh4 Bf5 {+/=/+/-}) 14... Nxc3 15. bxa5 Ne4 16. Bf4 $16 {^^, [+], <-> b, ><
b7} O-O 17. f3 Nf6 18. e4 Re8 (18... Bd7 {/\ b6} 19. Kf2 b6 20. Ba6 $1 Bc8 (
20... c5 21. Bb7 Rad8 22. Bc7 Rde8 23. Bd6) 21. Be2 Bd7 (21... c5 22. Bc7 Nd7
23. Rhd1 {Zugzwang}) 22. Rhd1 b5 23. Bg5 $16) 19. Kf2 a6 20. Be2 (20. Rb1 Re7
21. Bd6 Rxe4 $1 {+/-/+/=}) 20... Be6 21. Rb1 Re7 22. Rhd1 Rae8 23. Rb2 $1 Bc8
24. Rbd2 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. g4 $1 Nc5 $6 (26... h6 {>=}) 27. Be3 Nd7 (27...
Ne6 $6 28. f4 Rd8 29. f5 Rxd1 30. Bxd1 Nc7 31. a4 $1 Ne8 32. Bb3 Nf6 33. Kf3
Nd7 34. Kf4 Kf8 35. e5 $16) 28. g5 $1 Ne5 (28... Re5 $2 29. f4 $1 Rxe4 $2 30.
Bg4 Re7 31. Bc5 $18) 29. Bd4 $1 (29. Kg3 $2 Be6 {/\ 30....Nc4, 30.... Bc4})
29... Ng6 30. Kg3 Nf8 31. h4 Rd8 32. f4 Be6 33. Bc3 $1 (33. f5 Bb3 34. Rd2 c5
$1 35. Bc3 Rxd2 36. Bxd2 Nd7 37. Kf4 f6 $1) 33... Rxd1 34. Bxd1 Nd7 (34... g6
35. Bc2) 35. f5 Bc4 36. h5 $1 h6 (36... f6 37. h6 $18) 37. gxh6 {>< h6} gxh6
38. e5 Nc5 39. Kf4 Bd5 40. Bc2 f6 41. e6 Kg7 42. Bb4 (42. Bd4 Nb3 43. e7 Kf7
44. Bxf6) 42... Nb3 43. Ke3 c5 (43... Bc4 44. Bc3 Bd5 45. Be4 $1 Bc4 (45... Nc5
46. Bxd5 cxd5 47. Kd4 Ne4 48. Bb4 Ng3 49. Kxd5 Nxf5 50. Kc5 Ng3 51. Kb6 Nxh5
52. Kxb7 Nf4 53. Kxa6 Nxe6 54. Kb6) 46. Bf3 Nc1 (46... Bb5 47. Be2 $1) 47. e7
Bf7 48. Bd1 {Zugzwang}) 44. Bc3 Kf8 {Abgabezug} (44... Nc1 45. Ba4 $18) (44...
c4 45. Be4 Bc6 46. Bxc6 bxc6 47. Ke4 $18) (44... Kf8 45. Bxb3 (45. Be4 Bxe4 46.
Kxe4 Ke7 47. Kd5 $18) 45... Bxb3 46. Bxf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "World-ch13 Alekhine-Bogoljubow +11-5=9"]
[Site "GER/NLD"]
[Date "1929.10.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1929.09.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Bd3 e5 12. a3 (12. O-O $142) 12... Bxc3 13.
bxc3 Qxa3 (13... exd4 $6 14. cxd4 Qxa3 15. e4 N5f6 16. O-O {[%cal Yc1a1] /\Ra1}
) 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Re8 16. Bg3 $2 (16. f4 $1) 16... Be6 17. O-O Rad8 $17
{[%cal Yd5b4] /\Nb4} 18. Qc2 $2 (18. Qe1 $142) (18. Rfd1 $142) 18... Nxc3 19.
Bh7+ (19. Ra1 Qb4 20. Rxa7 Bc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 {[%cal Rc3e2] /\Ne2-+} 22. Kh1
Qxf1#) 19... Kh8 20. Ra1 Qb4 21. Rfc1 g6 $2 (21... Bb3 $142 22. Qb2 Na4 23. Qb1
Rd2 $19 {Kotov} (23... a5 $19)) 22. Bxg6 (22. Qxc3 $2 Rd1+) 22... fxg6 23. Qxg6
Ne2+ 24. Kf1 Nxg3+ (24... Nxc1 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Qg6+ Kf8 27. Qf6+ Bf7 28. Qh8+
Ke7 29. Qf6+ Kd7 30. Qxf7+ Re7 31. Qf5+ Re6 32. Rxc1 $44) 25. hxg3 Qf8 26. Rxa7
Rd7 27. e4 Rf7 28. Kg1 (28. f4 Rxf4+ 29. gxf4 Qxf4+ $17 {/~/=}) 28... Qg7 (
28... Rxf2 29. Rxb7 $19 {[%csl Rc6] ><c6}) 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. f3 (30. f4 $142
Bg4 31. Rc5) 30... Rc8 31. f4 b5 32. Ra6 Bc4 33. f5 Rfc7 $1 34. Kf2 Re8 $1 35.
e6 Kf6 36. Rh1 Ke5 $1 37. Rxh6 b4 38. Rb6 (38. Ra4 Rb8 39. Rh1 Bd3 $19) 38...
Bb5 39. Rh1 Kxe4 40. g4 Kd5 $2 (40... Kf4 $1 $19 {easy}) 41. g5 $1 Ra7 $1 (
41... Kc5 42. Rxb5+ Kxb5 $1 (42... cxb5 43. f6 Rxe6 44. Rc1+ Kd6 45. Rxc7 Kxc7
46. f7 $18) 43. g6 (43. Re1 Rg7 44. f6 Rxg5 45. f7 Rf5+ 46. Kg1 Rh8 $19) 43...
Kc4 44. Rd1 $19 {/ -/+ Kotov}) 42. Re1 (42. g6 Ke5 43. g4 b3 $19) 42... b3 43.
g4 Ra2+ 44. Kg3 b2 45. Rb1 Ra3+ 46. Kf4 Be2 $1 {[%cal Ra3f3] /\47.Rf3#} 47. g6
Ra4+ 48. Kg5 Rxg4+ 49. Kf6 Rf8+ 50. Ke7 Rxf5 51. R6xb2 Re5 52. Rd2+ Kc5 53. g7
Bc4 (53... Rxg7+ $2 54. Kf6 Rgg5 55. Rxe2) 54. Rd7 Rxe6+ 55. Kd8 Rd6 56. Rxd6
Kxd6 0-1

[Event "World-ch14 Alekhine-Bogoljubow +8-3=15"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1934.05.27"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1934.04.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 (7. cxd5
Nxd5 $10 8. e4 $6 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qxc3+ 10. Bd2 Qa3 11. Bc4 Bb4 12. O-O Bxd2 13.
Qxd2 $15 {Bogoljubow}) 7... Bb4 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nxc4 Bxc3+ (10...
Qc7 $142) 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 Ke7 13. f3 Bd7 14. Ne5 Rhc8 15. Kd2 Rc7 16.
Bd3 c5 17. Rhb1 Rd8 18. a4 Bc8 19. a5 $14 {[%csl Rb7] קb7} Nd7 (19... Ne8 $142
{[%cal Yf7f6,Ye6e5] /\f6, e5} 20. f4 Nd6 $10) 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. Be4 Bc8 {
[%cal Ye6e5] /\e5} 22. f4 h6 23. Rb5 (23. h4 g5) 23... f5 (23... f6 24. Rab1 e5
25. Kd3 $16) 24. Bf3 g5 25. g3 g4 (25... Kf6 26. Rab1 Rdd7) 26. Bg2 Rdd7 27.
Rh1 {[%cal Yh2h3] /\h3} Kd6 28. Rd1 (28. h4 $142 {Lasker}) 28... h5 29. Ke2
cxd4 30. Rxd4+ (30. exd4 $142 {[%cal Yc3c5,Ya5a6] /\c5, a6, o^c5 winning in
the end Lasker}) 30... Ke7 31. Rxd7+ Kxd7 32. e4 a6 $1 33. Re5 Kd6 34. Kd3 h4
$1 35. exf5 (35. c4 $14) (35. Kd4 hxg3 {[%cal Yc7h7] /\Rh7}) 35... exf5 36.
Rd5+ Ke7 37. gxh4 Be6 38. Rd4 $1 (38. Re5 Kd6 {[%cal Yc7h7] /\Rh7}) 38... Rc5
39. Rb4 (39. h5 $1 Rxa5 $1 40. h6 Rc5 $1 (40... Bg8 41. Bxb7 Ra2 {Lasker}) 41.
Bxb7 Bg8 42. Bxa6 (42. Bg2 a5 43. c4 (43. h3 gxh3 44. Bxh3 Rc6 45. Bxf5 Rxh6
$10) 43... a4 44. Bd5 a3 45. Kc3 a2 46. Kb2 Bxd5 $10) (42. c4 Ra5 $1 43. Bd5
Ra3+ 44. Kc2 Bxd5 45. Rxd5 Ra2+ $10) 42... Rc6 43. Bb5 Rxh6 44. Rd7+ Ke6 45.
Ra7 Rh3+ 46. Kd4 Kf6 $10 {Bogoljubow}) 39... Rxa5 40. Rxb7+ Kf6 41. Rb6 Ke7 42.
Rb7+ Kf6 43. Rb6 Ke7 44. Rb7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch15 Euwe-Alekhine +9-8=13"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1935.12.01"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1935.10.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 (7. Nd2)
7... Nxd5 8. Qd2 N7b6 (8... Bb4 9. Rc1 f6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba3)
9. Bd3 (9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd5 11. Bc4 b5 12. Bb3 Nxc3 13. O-O $44 b4) 9...
Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd5 11. Rc1 (11. O-O Qxc3 12. Qe2 h6 $5 {N} 13. Bh4 Bd6 14. Nd2
Qa5 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Rac1 $44 {/\Bb1, Qc2,/^b1-h7->}) 11... Nxc3
12. O-O $44 {@} (12. Rxc3 $4 Bb4) 12... Bb4 13. a3 Qxa3 14. Ra1 Qb3 15. Bc2 $6
(15. Ne5 O-O (15... Ne4 16. Qe2 Nxg5 (16... Qd5 17. Qg4 Nxg5 18. Qxg5 O-O 19.
Qh5 $44 {->}) 17. Qh5 $40 {~/=-> Euwe} h6 $145 $5) 16. Bc4 Ne4 17. Qe2 Qc3 18.
Rac1 Qd2 19. Qg4 Nxg5 20. Rcd1 Qc2 (20... Qc3 21. Rc1 $10 Qb2 22. Rb1 Qa3 23.
Ra1) 21. Bd3 $40 {Euwe}) 15... Qd5 (15... Ne4 16. Qd1 Qd5 17. Bh4 $19 {Euwe})
16. e4 (16. Rfb1 c5 $1 $17 (16... Nxb1 17. Qxb4)) (16. Qd3 Qb5 $1) 16... Nxe4
17. Qxb4 Nxg5 18. Ne5 $17 {[%csl Rg5] Black cannot castle., פg5} a5 19. Qa3 f6
20. Bg6+ $2 $19 (20. Bb3 Qd8 21. Nc4 Nf7 22. Rfe1 Ra6 $17 (22... Qe7 23. Nb6
Qxa3 24. Rxa3 Rb8 25. Rxa5 $15) (22... b6 23. Nxb6 $1 Qxb6 24. Bxe6 $40)) 20...
hxg6 21. Nxg6 Nf3+ 22. Qxf3 (22. gxf3 $4 Qg5+ $19) 22... Qxf3 23. gxf3 Rh5 24.
Nf4 Rf5 25. Nd3 Rxf3 26. Nc5 b6 27. Kg2 Rf4 28. Nb3 e5 (28... Ba6 $142) 29.
dxe5 Be6 30. Nc1 O-O-O 31. exf6 Rg4+ 32. Kf3 Rf8 33. Ke3 Rxf6 34. f4 g5 35. Nd3
Bc4 36. f5 Rh4 37. Rad1 Rxh2 38. Ke4 Re2+ 39. Kf3 Re8 40. Kg4 Rd8 {adjourned}
41. Ne5 Rxd1 42. Rxd1 Be2+ 43. Kxg5 Rxf5+ 44. Kxf5 Bxd1 45. Nxc6 a4 0-1

[Event "Match Rubinstein-Mieses +3-0=0"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1905.10.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1905.10.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Donaldson:Rubinstein vol.1,p.41.} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5.
Nf3 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 Ne4 (8... dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nxc4 Qc7
11. Ne5) 9. Ndxe4 dxe4 10. Bh4 $1 O-O 11. Be2 f5 (11... e5 $5 12. O-O g5 13.
Bg3 {(13.B:g5? ed4!)} f5) 12. O-O e5 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qc7 15. c5 Re8 16.
Rad1 exd4 17. Rxd4 Qe5 18. Bg3 $1 Qf6 (18... Qxc5 $2 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Bd6 Qb6
21. Bf7 Rd8 22. Be7) 19. Rfd1 Nf8 (19... Ne5 $2 20. Rd6 $1) 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21.
Bc4 Ne6 22. Bxe6 (22. Rd6 $1 Nxc5 {(22..Qe7 23.Qb4! /\ Qd2!)} 23. Rxf6 $1 {
(23.Qb4 Ne6 24.B:e6 R:e6 25.Q:b7 Rab8 26.Qc6)} Nxb3 24. Be5 $3 {(24.Rf7? Na5!)}
Nc5 (24... Na5 25. Ba2 c5 26. Rf7 Be6 27. Bxe6 Rxe6 28. Bxg7+ Kg8 29. Rdd7) 25.
Rdd6 $1 Nd7 26. Rfe6 $1 Rf8 {(26..R:e6 27.B:e6 Nf8 28.Rd8! Be6 29.R:a8 Kg8 30.
Bd6; 26..Rg8 27.Re7 Ne5 28. B:g8; 26..Rd8 27.Re7)} 27. Rxd7 $1 Bxd7 28. Re7 $18
) 22... Qxe6 23. Rd8 $1 h6 24. Qc3 Qe7 $2 (24... Kh7) (24... Qg8) 25. Bh4 $1 {
(25..Qf7 26.Re8)} 1-0

[Event "World-ch13 Alekhine-Bogoljubow +11-5=9"]
[Site "GER/NLD"]
[Date "1929.10.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1929.09.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Bd3 h6 $1 11. Bh4 e5 12. O-O Re8 (12... exd4 13. exd4
Re8 $1 14. Rfe1 (14. Bb1 Nf8 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Rfe1 (16. Nd3 $5) 16... c5 $1 17.
Nc4 $6 (17. dxc5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bxc5 $15) (17. Nf3 $5) 17... Qa6 18. Ne3 Nxe3
19. fxe3 (19. Qxe3 Bxa2 $1 $17) (19. Rxe3 Bxa2 $1 $17) 19... Bxa2 $1 20. Bxa2
Qxa2 $17 {Oll-Smagin/Kobenhavn/1993}) 14... Rxe1+ 15. Rxe1 N7f6 $1 $15) 13. e4
Nf4 14. Bc4 Ng6 15. a3 Nxh4 16. Nxh4 Be7 (16... Bxc3 $8) 17. Nf5 (17. b4 $1
Qxa3 18. Ra1 Qxb4 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qa2+ Kf6 21. f4 $18 {Rabinovich} Qxd4+ 22.
Kh1 Qxc3 23. fxe5+ Kxe5 24. Rad1 Bxh4 25. Rf5+ Kxe4 26. Qb1+ Ke3 27. Rf3+ Ke2
28. Rxc3 Kf2 29. Qf5+ Ke2 30. Qc2#) 17... Bf8 18. b4 Qd8 19. Qa2 Qf6 20. d5 Nb6
21. Ne3 Qg6 22. Bb3 a5 23. b5 a4 24. Bd1 cxd5 25. Nexd5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Be6 27.
Rc4 Rec8 28. Re1 Bxd5 29. exd5 Qd3 30. Rxc8 (30. Rxa4 Rxa4 (30... Rc1 $19) 31.
Bxa4 Qe4 $19) 30... Rxc8 31. Bxa4 $2 $138 (31. Qa1 $142 Qxb5 32. Rxe5 Bd6 33.
Re1 Qxd5 34. Bxa4 Ra8 $15 {Alekhine} 35. Bc2 Rxa3 $4 36. Re8+ $1 $18) 31... Qe4
32. Qd2 Qxa4 33. d6 Qd4 34. Qxd4 exd4 0-1

[Event "Moscow International-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1925.12.02"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1925.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {1)WSZ 1925, S.355 [Kmoch]} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6
6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. O-O-O
dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. Kb1 Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. dxe5 Rxe5 18. N5d4
a5 19. Nf3 Ree8 20. Nbd2 Qc5 21. Qxc5 Bxc5 22. Nc4 Kf8 23. Nce5 Rad8 24. Rxd8
Rxd8 25. Kc2 Bd6 26. Nc4 Bc7 27. Nd4 Ng4 28. h3 Ne5 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. Rd1 Bxd4
31. exd4 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Christmas Congress 1930/31-11 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings Waverley Hotel"]
[Date "1931.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1930.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)DSB 1931,S.46.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 h6 9. Bh4 Bb4 10. Rc1 c5 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 cxd4 13.
exd4 O-O 14. Nd2 Nf4 15. Bg3 e5 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Bd3 Re8+ 18. Ne4 Nf6 19. f3
Nxe4 20. fxe4 Bf5 21. O-O Bxe4 22. Bb5 Bc6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Rxf4 Qd5 25. Qxd5
cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girya, Olga"]
[Black "Ushenina, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6
{[%emt 0:00:28]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:
01:53]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 8.
Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 9. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} h6 {[%emt 0:
01:23]} 10. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 11. Bd3 {[%emt 0:14:58]} (
11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. c4 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Ne7 15. f3 f5 16. Nb3 Ba6 17.
dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Bg3 O-O-O 20. Be2 Nc6 21. Rc2 e5 22. h4 g6 23. Kf2
Rhf8 24. f4 h5 25. fxe5 Rfe8 26. Rb1 Nxe5 27. Rcb2 Nd3+ 28. Bxd3 Rxd3 29. Rb8+
Kd7 30. Rxe8 Kxe8 31. Rb8+ Kd7 32. Ra8 Bxc4 33. Rxa7+ Kc6 34. a4 Rd2+ 35. Kf3
Bd5+ 36. Kf4 Rxg2 37. Ra6+ Kb7 38. Rxg6 c4 39. Rg5 c3 40. Be1 c2 {Moiseenko,A 
(2711)-Dreev,A (2668) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013 0-1}) 11... Ba6 {[%emt 0:11:35]} 12.
O-O {[%emt 0:01:58]} O-O {[%emt 0:09:47]} 13. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:12:48]} Qxa6 {
[%emt 0:01:16]} 14. Qe2 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Qxe2 {[%emt 0:11:05]} 15. Nxe2 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 16. a3 $146 {[%emt 0:08:42]} (16. Rfd1 f5
17. Bg3 Be7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Kf7 20. Kf1 c5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Nd4 Be7 23.
Ke2 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Kxf6 25. Nc6 Ne7 26. Nxe7 Kxe7 27. e4 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Kd6 29.
Ke3 Rf8 30. f4 fxe4 31. Kxe4 Rf5 32. Rc3 Ra5 33. a3 Ra4+ 34. Ke3 e5 35. fxe5+
Kxe5 36. Rc7 Kf6 37. Rd7 h5 38. h3 g6 39. g3 Kf5 40. Kf3 a6 41. Rd6 b5 42. h4
Ra5 43. Rd5+ Ke6 44. Rc5 Ra4 45. Rc6+ Kf5 {Delchev,A (2629)-Danielian,E (2454)
Cento 2011 1/2-1/2}) 16... Bf8 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 17. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} c5 {
[%emt 0:04:03]} 18. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 19. Nd2 {[%emt 0:
09:13]} b5 {[%emt 0:04:49]} 20. dxc5 {[%emt 0:03:15]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 21.
Nd4 {[%emt 0:05:14]} b4 {[%emt 0:06:44]} 22. a4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:
08:08]} 23. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 24. b3 {[%emt 0:01:51]}
e5 {[%emt 0:06:18]} 25. N4f3 {[%emt 0:08:05]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 26. g4 {
[%emt 0:03:12]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:06:06]} 27. Kf1 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:
42]} 28. Ng1 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:10:00]} 29. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Be7
{[%emt 0:02:39]} 30. e4 {[%emt 0:03:16]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 31. f3 {[%emt 0:
04:24] Ushenina used the Cambridge Springs defense to equalize without
problems against Girya. Slowly, the Ukrainian player outplayed her opponent
and she obtained a winning position. However, when the time to strike came,
Ushenina again missed her chance (31..Nb1! instead of 31...Rf3?) and she was
unable to convert. This seems to be a constant in Ushenina's games this
tournament.} Rd3 $4 {[%emt 0:03:41]} (31... Nb1) 32. Nc1 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rd7 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} 33. Bf2 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Nb7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 34. Ne2 {[%emt 0:
01:15]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 35. Nc1 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 36.
Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 37. Nc1 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Rd7 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 38. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.05.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 (7. Nd2
Bb4 8. Qc2 dxc4 $14) 7... Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 (9... e5 10. a3 Bxc3 11.
bxc3 Qxa3 12. e4 $44) 10. Bh4 c5 (10... O-O 11. Bc4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba3 13. Rb1
$16) 11. a3 (11. Bd3 cxd4 12. exd4 b6 $17 {Polugaevsky,L-Janosevic,D/Amsterdam/
1970/}) (11. e4 $5 cxd4 12. Qxd4 (12. exd5 $5 dxc3 13. bxc3 Ba3 14. dxe6 Bxc1
15. exd7+ Bxd7 16. Qxc1 Rc8 17. Bd3 Rxc3 18. Qe3+ Be6 19. O-O $16) 12... Nxc3 (
12... N5f6 13. Bc4 $14) 13. bxc3 Ba3 14. Qxg7 $14) 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13.
e4 N5f6 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. d5 c4 $1 (15... exd5 $6 16. e5 Ne4 $2 (16... Ng4 17.
Qf4 $40) 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qd6 g5 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. Bxg5) 16. dxe6 (16. Bb1
exd5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qd6 Qc5 $17) 16... cxd3 17. exd7+ Nxd7 18.
Qxd3 g5 19. Bg3 Nc5 20. Qd6 (20. Qd6 Nxe4 21. Qc7 (21. Qe5+ Qxe5 22. Bxe5 O-O)
21... O-O $1 (21... Nxg3 $2 22. Qxb7 O-O 23. fxg3 $1 Rfe8+ 24. Kf2 $16) 22.
Qxb7 Nc5 $44 23. Qd5 (23. Qc6 Rfe8+ $40) 23... Rad8 24. Bd6 Rfe8+ $40) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 06th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2005.02.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 {Alexei is a great expert
of the Moscow variation, but against Grischuk he prefered the more solid
Cambridge Springs variation.} 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 (7. Nd2 {is another
theoretical line.}) 7... Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 {Other
theoretical possibilities are:} (10... O-O 11. Bd3 Re8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3
Qxa3 14. O-O e5 {---> 1-0 Shirov,A-Piket,J/Amsterdam 1995/CBM 49 [Shirov,A](36)
}) (10... b6 $5 {[%cal Gc8a6] ---> 1/2-1/2 Moiseenko,A-Nadyrhanov,S/Krasnodar
1999/CBM 75_02 (39)[Tsesarsky,I]}) 11. a3 {The most principled continuation.
White gets a pair of bishops, sacrificing the "a" pawn. White tried also:} (11.
Bd3 cxd4 12. exd4 O-O {---> 1-0 Georgiev,K-Rabiega,R/Ohrid 2001/CBM 084/
[Tsesarsky] (95)}) (11. Be2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. O-O Nxc3 15. bxc3
Ba3 16. Rb1 Qc7 $11 {0-1 Dimitrov,V-Pelletier,Y/Barcelona ESP 2000/The Week in
Chess 301 (75)}) (11. e4 $132 N5f6 12. Bd3 $4 (12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Bb5+ Bd7 (
13... Qxb5 $2 14. Nxb5 Bxd2+ 15. Nxd2 $16 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gb5c7]}) 14. Bxd7+
Nxd7 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 17. bxc3 Rc8 18. Ke2 Nf6 $132) 12... g5 $1 $19
{[%csl Rc3,Rh4][%cal Gg5g4,Gc5d4] ---> 0-1 Bosboom,M-Gurevich,M/Wijk aan Zee
2001/CBM 081/[Tsesarsky] (33)}) 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 {preparing to change
the light-squared bishop on a6. The capture on a3 is extremely dangerous for
black:} (12... Qxa3 $6 13. e4 N5f6 14. Bd3 Qa5 15. d5 exd5 (15... c4 16. Bxc4 (
16. Bb1 O-O 17. dxe6 fxe6 $17) 16... Nxe4 (16... exd5 17. exd5 $1 (17. Bxd5 $2
Nxd5 18. exd5 O-O 19. O-O f6 20. Rfe1 Nb6 21. c4 Qxd2 22. Nxd2 Bf5 23. f3 Rae8
24. Bf2 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Nc8 (25... Rc8 26. Bxb6 axb6 27. Re7 b5 28. cxb5 Rc5 29.
Rxb7 $16) 26. g4 Bd7 $2 (26... Bg6 27. h4 $14 (27. Nb3 Re8 28. Rc1 b6 29. Nd4
$14) (27. c5 $6 Rd8 28. d6 b6 $11)) 27. c5 $1 Rd8 28. Nb1 Be8 (28... Bb5 29.
Nc3 Bc4 30. d6 b6 31. d7 $1) 29. Nc3 $16 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Cardon,H/Belgique
1994/Inf 60/ (41)}) 17... O-O 18. O-O Nb6 19. Bxf6 Nxc4 20. Qd4 gxf6 21. Qxc4
$16) 17. Qd4 exd5 18. Qxg7 (18. Bxd5 Nef6 19. Qe3+ Kf8 20. Bb3 g5 21. Bg3 Kg7
22. O-O Re8 $17) 18... Rf8 19. Qd4 Nb6 20. Bd3 Qa4 21. O-O $132) 16. e5 Ne4 17.
Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qd6 g5 19. Nxg5 (19. e6 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kf8 21. Qf5+ Kg7 22. Ne5
Nxe5 23. Qxe5+ Kh7 24. Qxe4+ Kg7 25. Bg3 $18) 19... Qb6 (19... hxg5 20. Bxg5 f6
21. exf6 $18) 20. Nxe4 Qxd6 21. Nxd6+ Kf8 22. f4 Nb6 23. O-O Rg8 24. f5 Nc4 25.
Nxc4 Rg4 26. Bf6 {1-0 Petursson,M-Halasz,T/Naestved op 1988 (26)}) 13. c4 {
One of the logical attempts to get an advantage. Alexander hopes to use his
pair of bishops in an endgame. White has the following alternatives:} (13. Bd3
Ba6 14. O-O N5f6 15. e4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 cxd4 17. cxd4 O-O 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Rfc1
Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Rd8 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. h3 b5 23. Rc5 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,
A-Jussupow,A/Istanbul TUR 2000 (23)}) (13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 g5 15. e4 Ne7 16.
Rd1 O-O 17. Bg3 {---> 0-1 Sherbakov,R-Goloshchapov,A/Ekaterinburg 1999/CBM 75 
[Tsesarsky,I] (58)}) (13. e4 N5f6 14. Bd3 Ba6 {---> 1/2-1/2 Atalik,S-Nogueiras,
J/Havana 1999/CBM 71[Tsesarsky,I](63)} (14... Bb7 {---> 1/2-1/2 Kramnik,
V-Ivanchuk,V/Novgorod 1995/CBM 048/[Dolmatov] (20)})) (13. Bg3 Bb7 {---> 0-1
Gligoric,S-Blagojevic,D/Herceg Novi 2001/CBM 83_01 [Tsesarsky,I](34)}) 13...
Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Ne7 $146 {The main idea of this move is a threat to eliminate
white's dark-squared bishop by Ne7-f5. In previous games black moved the
knight to f6:} (14... N5f6 {---> 0-1 Bareev,E-Fressinet,L/Cannes 2002/CBM 088/
[Tsesarsky] (42)}) 15. f3 {preparing the f2 square for the dark-squared bishop.
} (15. Be2 {is met by} Nf5) 15... Ba6 {Black's light-squared bishop has
nothing to do on a long diagonal, due to white's g2 and f3 pawns. In opposite,
it presses white's c4 pawn from a6.} 16. Be2 Rc8 17. O-O Nf5 18. Bf2 Ke7 {
connecting the rooks. It is logical to centralize the monarch in the endgame.}
19. Rfe1 g5 {occupying some space on the kingside.} 20. Bf1 Nd6 21. a4 {
White's plan is to carry out a4-a5 in order to create the weakness on black's
queenside.} Rhd8 22. Rc3 {[%cal Ye1a1] opening the first rank for a kingside
rook.} ({Worse is} 22. a5 $6 bxa5 23. Ra1 $2 cxd4 $17) 22... Nf6 {[%cal Gc5d4,
Yf6d5,Gd6f5] threatening to attack the central pawn with Nf5.} 23. Rc2 $1 Nd7 (
23... Nf5 {is met by} 24. Nb3) 24. Rec1 ({White gets nothing after} 24. a5 bxa5
25. Ra1 Nb7 26. Nb3 cxd4 27. exd4 Nb6 $11) 24... Nb8 {intending to transfer
the knight to a5 via c6. It should be noted, that the knight protects the a6
bishop as well.} 25. a5 cxd4 $6 ({Black could equalize after} 25... bxa5 26.
Ra2 Nc6 27. Nb3 cxd4 28. exd4 Bxc4 29. Bxc4 Nb4 30. Rxa5 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Nxc4 32.
Rxa7+ Kf6 33. Ra4 Rb8 34. Nc5 Nb2 $1 $11) 26. axb6 axb6 27. exd4 b5 $6 ({
Better was} 27... Nf5 $5 28. d5 $1 exd5 29. Bd3 $1 $14) 28. c5 Nf5 29. Ra2 $2 {
missing more attractive continuation:} (29. Nb3 $1 b4 (29... Nc6 30. Ra1 Bb7
31. Bxb5 Ncxd4 32. Nxd4 Nxd4 33. Bxd4 Rxd4 34. Ra7 $18) 30. c6 {[%cal Yf2e1]}
Rc7 (30... Bxf1 31. c7 $16) 31. g4 $1 (31. Be1 Bxf1 32. Bxb4+ Kf6 33. Ba5 Rdc8
34. Bxc7 Rxc7 $11) 31... Nd6 32. d5 $1 {[%cal Yf2b6]} exd5 33. Bb6 Rdc8 34.
Bxc7 Rxc7 35. Bxa6 Nxa6 36. Re2+ Kf6 37. Ra2 Nb8 38. Ra8 Nxc6 39. Ra6 Nc4 40.
Nd4 $18) 29... Nxd4 30. Ne4 e5 ({Black doesn't equalize after} 30... Rc6 31.
Nd6 e5 32. Re1 Rcxd6 (32... Kf6 33. f4 $16) 33. cxd6+ Kxd6 34. Rea1 Bb7 35.
Bxd4 exd4 36. Bxb5 $14) 31. f4 $1 {using a vulnerable location of black's
monarch.} gxf4 $2 {losing an exchange, thus, allowing white to get a decisive
advantage...} (31... f6 32. Nd6 Rc6 (32... Rc7 33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Re2+ Kf8 35.
Rce1 Nc6 36. Re6 $16 {[%cal Yf1b5,Ge6f6,Gd6b5]}) 33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Re2+ Kf8 (
34... Kd7 35. Rd2 $16) 35. Rce1 $16 {[%cal Ye2e8]}) ({Black should have played:
} 31... exf4 $1 32. Nd6 (32. Re1 Ne6) 32... Rxc5 33. Rxc5 Rxd6 34. Rc7+ Kf6 {
[%cal Yd4c6]} 35. Rxa6 (35. Bxd4+ Rxd4 36. Ra7 Bc8 $11 {[%cal Yc8e6]}) 35...
Nxa6 36. Bxd4+ Rxd4 37. Rc6+ Kg7 38. Rxa6 b4 $11) 32. Bh4+ Ke6 (32... Kd7 {
doesn't change the evaluation of the position too much:} 33. Bxd8 Kxd8 (33...
Rxd8 34. c6+ Kc7 35. Nc5 Bc8 36. Ra7+ {[%cal Yc6c7]} Kxc6 37. Ne6+ $18) 34. Nd6
Rc7 35. Bxb5 Nxb5 36. Nxb5 Bxb5 37. Rb2 $18) 33. Bxd8 Rxd8 34. c6 $1 $18 {
[%csl Gb8][%cal Ye4c5,Gc6c7,Ya2a6] Black is going to lose furhter material...}
Rc8 (34... Ndxc6 {loses as well:} 35. Nc5+ Kf5 36. Nxa6 $18) 35. c7 1-0

[Event "Candidates (Women) final"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Rc1 c6 8.
e3 Qa5 9. Qb3 Ne4 10. Bd3 Nxg5 11. Nxg5 Nf6 12. O-O h6 (12... O-O 13. Na4 Bd6
14. Nc5 h6 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. h3 Re8 $13 {Sorin-Braga/Alicante/1992/}) 13. Nf3 O-O
14. Ne5 Ng4 (14... Re8 15. a3 Bd6) 15. Nxg4 Bxg4 16. a3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qc7 18.
c4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Qe7 20. a4 Rfd8 21. Qc5 Qf6 (21... Qxc5 22. Rxc5 Rd7 23. a5 a6
24. h3 Be6 25. f4 $14) 22. Qb4 Rab8 23. Rc3 Be6 24. Be4 Bd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26.
Rfc1 Qd6 27. Qxd6 Rxd6 28. a5 Kf8 $6 (28... Rc8 29. a6 $140 b6) 29. h4 Ke7 30.
a6 Kd7 31. axb7 Rxb7 32. Ra3 Kc8 33. Ra6 Rc7 34. Kf1 Kb7 35. Rca1 Kb8 36. Ke2
Rd5 37. Rc1 Kb7 38. Rca1 Kb8 39. R6a5 Rb7 40. Rxd5 cxd5 41. Ra5 $14 Rd7 42. Kd3
Kb7 43. Kc3 Kc6 44. Rc5+ Kd6 45. Ra5 Kc6 46. h5 Rc7 47. Kd3 Rd7 48. Kc3 Rc7 49.
Kd3 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
e5 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. O-O Bd6 (12... exd4 13. Nxd4 Bd6
14. f4 $5 (14. Kh1 $6 Be5 $5 15. Rad1 Nb6 16. Be2 Ng4 $5 $36 {Cramling,
P-Smagin,S/Copenhagen/1991/})) 13. h3 Re8 (13... exd4 14. Nxd4 Be5 15. Rad1 Nb6
16. Be2 {xg4}) 14. Rad1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Be5 16. f4 $1 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 $1 (17. exd4
h6 (17... Nb6 18. Bd3 Nbd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bd3 f6 22. Bh4 Ne3
23. Qe2) 18. Bh4 Nb6 19. Bd3 Nbd5 {xe3}) 17... Rxe3 18. Rfd1 Nf8 (18... Re8 19.
Nb5 $1 cxb5 $140 $2 20. Bxf7+ $18) 19. f5 Qe7 (19... Re8 $5) (19... Re7 20. Rd8
$40) 20. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 21. Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Bxf5 23. Rd8 $1 Rxd8 24. Rxd8 b5 25.
Be2 a5 (25... b4 26. Na4 Nd5 27. Nc5 $16) 26. Bf3 Bd7 27. Ra8 g5 (27... a4 28.
Ra6 c5 29. Bc6 $16) 28. Ra6 Ne6 29. Bxc6 Bxc6 30. Rxc6 b4 31. Ne2 a4 (31...
Ne4+ 32. Ke3 N4c5 33. Nd4 $18) 32. Rc4 Nd5 33. g3 Kf8 34. Nd4 Nec7 35. Nc6 b3
36. axb3 axb3 37. Nb4 Ke7 38. Nxd5+ Nxd5 39. Rd4 Ke6 40. Rd3 h5 41. Rxb3 f5 42.
Rb8 f4 43. Rh8 fxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Nf6 45. b4 Kd5 46. Rh6 Ne4+ 47. Kg2 h4 48. Kf3
Nd2+ 49. Kg4 Ne4 50. b5 Nf2+ 51. Kf5 $1 (51. Kf5 $1 Nxh3 52. b6 Nf4 53. b7 $18)
1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.05.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 e5 10. O-O exd4 11. Nb3 Qb6 $5 (11... Qc7 12. Nxd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3
dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qe5 15. Bh4 Qe4 16. Qxe4 Nxe4 17. Rfc1 $10 {Ruban,V-Cvetkovic,S/
Jugoslavia/1993/}) 12. Nxd4 (12. exd4 $5) 12... dxc4 (12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 dxc4
14. Bxf6 (14. Bxc4 Qc5 15. Bxf6 Qxc4 $10) 14... Nxf6 15. Bxc4 $10) 13. Bh4 $1
Qc5 14. Na4 Qa5 15. Bxc4 $1 (15. a3 Bd6 16. Bxc4 b5 $19) 15... c5 $2 (15... Qh5
16. Bg3 Nb6 $1 17. Be2 Bg4 18. f3 Bd7 $14) (15... b5 $2 16. Nxc6 Qxa4 17. Bb3
Qa6 18. Nxb4 $18) 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nd6 b5 18. a3 bxc4 19. axb4 Qxb4 (19... cxb4
20. Qxc4 $16) 20. Qxc4 $1 Rb8 21. Rfc1 Ne5 (21... Qxc4 22. Rxc4 Nb6 23. Rxc5
Nxa4 24. Rxa4 Rxb2 25. h3 $16) 22. Qxc5 $2 (22. Qxb4 Rxb4 (22... cxb4 23. Bg3
Ned7 24. Rc7 $16) 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Nxc5 Rxb2 25. Nce4 $18) 22... Qxh4 23. Qxe5
Qxf2+ $1 24. Kxf2 Ng4+ 25. Kg3 Nxe5 26. Nxc8 Rfxc8 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Nb6 Rc2
29. Rxa6 h5 30. b4 $6 (30. Nd5 Rxb2 31. Nf4 $15) 30... Nd3 31. Nd5 Ne1 32. Ra8+
Kh7 33. b5 Rxg2+ 34. Kf4 Rxh2 35. b6 $132 Rb2 36. Ke5 h4 37. Ra1 $1 Nd3+ 38.
Kd4 Nf2 39. Kc3 Rxb6 (39... Rb5 40. Kc4 Rb2 41. Kc3 $10) 40. Nxb6 h3 41. Kd2 h2
42. Ke2 h1=Q 43. Rxh1+ Nxh1 44. Kf3 Kg6 45. Nc4 Kg5 46. Kg2 Kg4 47. Kxh1 (47.
Kxh1 Kf3 48. Kg1 Ke2 49. Kg2 Kd3 50. Ne5+ Kxe3 51. Nxf7 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Barrage 30'} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7.
Qc2 Bb4 8. Nd2 e5 $5 $146 (8... h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be2 Nxg3 12. hxg3
Nf6 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. f3 Ke7 17. Kf2 Rac8 18. c5 b6
19. Nb3 h5 20. a4 Rb8 21. Rab1 Rhe8 22. c4 Rh8 23. Rhc1 Rhg8 24. cxd5 exd5 25.
Bd3 Rgd8 26. Ke2 $14 {Ionescu,Co-Yang Xian/Dubai olm/1986/}) (8... Ne4 9. Ncxe4
(9. Ndxe4 dxe4 10. Bf4 (10. Bh4 O-O 11. Be2 e5 12. O-O exd4 13. exd4 g5 14. Bg3
f5 15. f4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 g4 17. Bh4 Nb6 18. Rfb1 Be6 19. Rb4 Rf7 20. Rab1 Rc8
21. Bf2 Rd7 22. R1b3 c5 23. Rb5 Qa4 24. d5 Bf7 25. Rb2 Qxc2 26. Rxc2 $16 {
Van_Wely-Weemaes/Sas van Gent/1988/}) 10... e5 11. Bg3 O-O 12. Be2 exd4 13.
exd4 f5 14. Bf4 Be7 15. h4 c5 16. d5 Bf6 17. Bd2 Qd8 18. g4 fxg4 19. Nxe4 Ne5
20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. hxg5 Bf5 22. Qc3 Qd6 23. O-O-O Be4 24. Qg3 Rf3 25. Bxf3 Nd3+
26. Kc2 $13 {Vera,R-Inkiov,V/Roma/1985/}) 9... dxe4 10. Bh4 O-O 11. a3 g5 12.
Bg3 f5 13. O-O-O Bxd2+ 14. Rxd2 f4 15. exf4 gxf4 16. Bh4 Qh5 17. Be7 e3 18. Re2
$16 {Spassov,L-Inkiov,V/Bulgaria (ch)/1984/}) (8... dxc4) 9. Nb3 Qa4 $1 10.
cxd5 (10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Bf4 dxc4 12. Qxe4 cxb3 $17) 10... exd4 11. dxc6 (11.
Nxd4 Qxc2 12. Nxc2 Nxd5 13. Nxb4 Nxb4 $132) 11... dxc3 12. cxd7+ Bxd7 13. bxc3
Qc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Nd4 (16. Be2 Qxg2 $19) 16... Bxc3+ 17. Kd1
Bxd4 18. Qxc6 Bxc6 19. exd4 O-O (19... Rd8 20. Rc4 Rg8 21. f3 Bb5 $15) 20. Kd2
Rfd8 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Chip"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 e5 12. a3 {N} (12. O-O exd4 13. exd4 Re8
14. Bb1 Nf8 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Qd3 (16. Qc2 Ne7 17. Ne4 Nf5 18. a3 Nxd4 19. axb4
Qxe5 $17 {Conquest,S-Smagin,S/Hastings Masters/1990/}) 16... Nf4 17. Qf3 N4g6
18. Bg3 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 f6 20. Bf4 Rad8 $10 {Uhlmann,W-Smagin,S/Dortmund-A/1991/}
) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 exd4 14. cxd4 (14. exd4 Re8+ 15. Be2 N7f6 16. c4 Qxd2+
17. Kxd2 Ne4+ 18. Ke1 Nf4 $36) 14... Qxa3 15. O-O Re8 16. Bb1 (16. e4 N5b6 17.
Rfe1 $146) 16... Qb4 17. Qd3 Nf8 18. Ne5 $2 (18. e4 Nf4 19. Qe3 N4g6 20. Bg3
$146) 18... Rxe5 $1 19. Rc4 (19. dxe5 Qxh4 $19) 19... Bf5 20. Qxf5 (20. Rxb4
Bxd3 21. Rxb7 Bxf1 22. dxe5 Bb5 $19) (20. Qe2 Qb5 21. dxe5 Bxb1 $19) 20... Qxc4
21. Qxe5 Nc3 22. g4 (22. Bf5 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Ng3+ $19) 22... Nxb1 23. Rxb1 Ng6 24.
Qh5 b5 25. Bg3 a5 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Rostock-07 IM Group"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "1981.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hesse, Peter"]
[Black "Neukirch, Detlef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1981.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 e5 10. dxe5 (10. O-O) 10... Ne4 11. Ndxe4 dxe4 12. O-O (12. e6 $6
Ne5 $1 13. exf7+ Rxf7) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxe5 $6 (13... f6 $142 $1 14. Bh4
Qxe5 $10) 14. Bf4 Qf5 15. Rfd1 Re8 16. Rd6 Ne5 (16... Nc5 $2 17. g4 $1) 17.
Rad1 Be6 18. R1d4 Nd3 19. Bg3 c5 20. Bxd3 cxd4 (20... exd3 21. Rxd3 Bxc4 22.
Rd2 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 $10) 21. Bxe4 Qh5 $6 (21... d3 $5) 22. cxd4 Bxc4 23. h3 Ba6
24. Rd5 Qe2 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Rd7 Rac8 27. Qxe2 Bxe2 28. Bf5 g6 29. Bg4 Bxg4
30. hxg4 Kg8 31. Rxb7 a5 32. Ra7 Ra8 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Bd6 (34. g5 $5) 34... f6
35. g5 f5 36. g3 Kf7 37. Kg2 Ke6 38. Bc5 Rb8 39. g4 $6 fxg4 40. e4 Rb2 41. a3
Re2 42. e5 Kd5 $6 (42... Kf5 $5) 43. Kg3 a4 44. Ba7 Ra2 45. Bc5 Re2 46. f4 gxf3
47. Kxf3 Rb2 48. Kg3 Ke6 49. Kf4 Rg2 50. Bb6 Kd5 51. Bc5 Rg1 52. Bb6 Rf1+ 53.
Kg3 Re1 54. Bc5 Re3+ 55. Kf4 Rh3 56. Kg4 Re3 57. Kf4 Re4+ 58. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. g3 (10. Be2 Bd7 11. Rc1 $14) 10... Bd7 11. Bg2 c5 12.
d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 (14. Bxd5 O-O-O 15. a4 f5 16. Qf3 Kb8 17. O-O h5
$132) 14... Rb8 15. O-O-O Be6 16. Nd6+ $1 (16. Qe4 Be7 17. Rd2 O-O $15) 16...
Bxd6 (16... Ke7 $2 17. Qe5 $1) 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Ke7 19. Rhd1 b6 20. R6d3
Rhd8 21. Bd5 (21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. a3 Ke7 $10) 21... Bxd5 22. Rxd5
Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Rd8 24. Re5+ $6 (24. Rxd8 Kxd8 $10) 24... Kd6 25. Re4 b5 26. Kc2
h6 27. Rh4 Re8 28. Kd3 Kc6 29. Rf4 f6 30. h4 Re5 31. g4 c4+ 32. Kc3 Kc5 33. b4+
$2 (33. a3 a5 34. Rd4 $15) 33... Kd6 34. h5 Rd5 35. Kc2 Kd7 36. Kc1 Ke6 37. e4
Rd4 38. f3 Rd3 39. Rf5 a6 40. Kc2 Re3 41. Kb2 Re2+ 42. Kb1 Rf2 43. a3 Kd6 44.
Ka1 Kc6 45. Kb1 Kd6 (45... Kb6 46. Kc1 Re2 47. Kb1 Re3 48. Kb2 a5 49. g5 $5 $17
) 46. Ka1 Ke7 47. Kb1 Ke6 48. Ka1 Re2 49. Kb1 Re3 50. Kb2 Rb3+ 51. Ka2 Rd3 52.
Kb2 Re3 53. Ka2 Rb3 $22 54. Rc5 Rxf3 55. a4 (55. Rc6+ Ke5 56. Rxa6 Rf4 57. Rb6
Rxg4 58. Rxb5+ Kxe4 59. a4 Rg2+ 60. Ka3 c3 $19) 55... bxa4 56. Rxc4 (56. Rc6+
Ke5 57. Rxa6 Kxe4 58. Ra7 c3 $19) 56... Kd7 57. Rd4+ Kc6 58. Rc4+ Kb6 59. e5
fxe5 60. Re4 Rf4 61. Rxe5 Rxg4 62. Ka3 Rg5 63. Re7 a5 $1 64. Kxa4 axb4 65. Kxb4
Kc6 (65... Kc6 66. Kc4 Kd6 67. Ra7 Ke6 68. Kd4 Kf6 69. Ra6+ Kf7 70. Ra7+ Kg8
$19) 0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
e5 9. dxe5 (9. Nb3 Qa4 (9... Qc7 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. O-O Bd6 13. h3
Re8 14. Rad1 $13 {Kramnik,V-Kamsky,G/Linares/1993/}) 10. cxd5 exd4 11. dxc6
dxc3 12. cxd7+ Bxd7 13. bxc3 Qc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Nd4 Bxc3+ 17.
Kd1 Bxd4 18. Qxc6 Bxc6 19. exd4 O-O 20. Kd2 Rfd8 {0,5/Yusupov,A-Kamsky,G/
Tilburg/1992/}) 9... Ne4 (9... Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Qxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe5 12. Bxf6 gxf6
13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nb3 $14) 10. Ndxe4 dxe4 11. O-O-O f6 (11... Bxc3 12. Qxc3
Qxc3+ 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Rd4 $14) (11... O-O 12. Nxe4 Qxa2 13. f4 $16
) 12. exf6 Qxg5 (12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxg5 14. Qxe4+ Kd8 (14... Qe5 15. f7+ Kxf7
$2 16. Rxd7+) 15. Qe7+ Kc7 16. fxg7 $18) 13. Nxe4 Qe5 $2 (13... Qa5 14. fxg7 (
14. a3 $2 Bf8 15. fxg7 Bxg7 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Qe4+ Qe5) 14... Rg8 15. c5 (15.
Kb1 Rxg7 16. g4 Be7 17. h3 $13) 15... Qxa2 (15... Bxc5 16. Bc4 Rxg7 17. Rxd7
Bxd7 18. Nxc5 O-O-O 19. Nxd7 Kxd7 $13) 16. Nd6+ Kd8 17. Qxh7 Qa1+ 18. Qb1 (18.
Kc2 Qa4+ 19. Kc1 $10) 18... Qxb1+ 19. Kxb1 Rxg7 $13) (13... Qh6 14. fxg7 Qxg7
15. c5 $16) 14. f4 Qa5 (14... Qe6 15. fxg7 Rg8 16. g4 Rxg7 (16... Qxg4 $2 17.
Rxd7 $1) 17. g5 $16) 15. a3 Bf8 $2 (15... Bc5 16. fxg7 Rg8 17. Kb1 Be7 18. g4
Rxg7 19. g5 $16) 16. fxg7 Bxg7 17. Nd6+ Kd8 (17... Ke7 18. Qe4+ Kd8 19. Qe6 $16
) 18. Nf7+ (18. Qd3 Kc7 (18... Qc7 19. Nf7+ Ke8 20. Nxh8 Nc5 21. Qc2 Bxh8 22.
Bd3 $18) 19. Nxc8 Nc5 20. Qd6+ Kxc8 21. g3 Bxb2+ (21... Nb3+ 22. Kc2) 22. Kxb2
Na4+ 23. Ka2 Qf5 24. Bd3 $18) 18... Kc7 (18... Ke8 19. Nxh8 Nf6 20. e4 Bxh8 21.
e5 $18) 19. Nxh8 Nc5 (19... Qh5 20. Bd3) (19... Bxh8 20. Qxh7 Bf6 21. Qd3 Qc5
22. e4 $18) 20. Nf7 Bf5 21. Bd3 $18 Nxd3+ 22. Rxd3 Rf8 23. Nd6 Bxd3 24. Qxd3
Qh5 25. Rd1 Bh8 26. Ne4 Qf5 27. Qd6+ Kc8 28. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Greenfeld,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {HarZvi} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 O-O (10... c5 {HarZvi} 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3
b6 (12... Qxa3 {HarZvi: a very risky move} 13. e4 N5f6 14. Bd3 Qa5 15. d5 exd5
16. e5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qd6 g5 19. Nxg5 $1 Qb6 20. Nxe4 {HarZvi: and
white is winning Petursson,M-Halasz,T Naestved op 1988 1-0 26}) 13. e4 N5f6 14.
Bd3 Bb7 15. d5 c4 $1 (15... exd5 16. e5) 16. dxe6 cxd3 17. exd7+ Nxd7 18. Qxd3
g5 19. Bg3 Nc5 20. Qd6 {1-2/1-2 Kramnik,V-Ivanchuk,V Novogorod 1995 63/(395)})
11. Bd3 c5 {Black usually plays. HarZvi: I am not sure if this move is OK
since very quick black got a clear worse a clear worse position.} (11... e5 {
here. With the textmove he strives for a Nimzo-indian type of position, e.g.
after}) (11... c5 {HarZvi: I am not sure if this move is OK since very quick
black got a clear worse a clear worse position} 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 b6 {
with Ba6 to follow. The timing of the following move is therefore important.})
(11... Re8 {HarZvi} 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxa3 14. O-O e5 (14... Qf8 $5) 15.
Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc5 (16... Rxe5 17. e4 Nb6 18. f4 $44) 17. Kh1 Be6 (17...
Rxe5 18. e4 Rh5 19. Bg3 Nf6 20. Rce1 $1 $16) 18. e4 Nb6 19. f4 {HarZvi: with
initiative for white Shirov,A-Piket,J Amsterdam 1995 64/414 [Shirov,A] 1-0 36})
(11... e5 12. O-O Re8 $1 13. Qc2 exd4 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. exd4 (15. Nxd4 $10 {
HarZvi}) 15... Nb6 16. Bg3 Qxa2 $1 17. Ne5 Be6 18. f4 {HarZvi: with unclear
position Shirov,A-Piket,Je Aruba (m/6) 63/395 [Piket,Je] 1-0 41}) 12. a3 $1
cxd4 $6 {Another Nimzo motive,but not an effective one,since Black doesn't
have enough grip of the centre here. Better was} (12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 b6 {
(dangerous is} (13... Qxa3 14. O-O {with 15.e4 etc.), and now:}) 14. e4 $1 (14.
O-O Ba6 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. e4 N5f6 17. e5 Nh7 {with mutual chances} (17... Nd5
18. c4 Nc7 19. Be7)) 14... N5f6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Be4 $1 (16. c4 Nf4) 16... c4 (
16... cxd4 17. c4) (16... Rb8 17. c4 Nf4 18. Qxa5 bxa5 19. Bg3) 17. Be7 $1 Re8
(17... Nxe7 18. Bxa8 Qxa3 19. O-O) 18. Bd6 {and White has the better prospects
thanks to his attacking possibilities in the kingside.}) 13. axb4 dxc3 14. bxc3
Qb6 $6 {The last chance to complete the development lies in} (14... Qc7 15. O-O
N5f6 {(after the immediate} (15... b6 {,} 16. Bg3 $1 {is annoying). Still,
White's advantage is indisputable after}) 16. Nd4 $1 {with the ideas Nb5-d6
and f4,e4.}) 15. O-O {HarZvi: white is much better,he has a pair of bishops
and black did not finish his development yet,very quickly white is able to
carry out a strong attack against black's king} a5 {Black's intention to gain
counterplay in the queenside proves too slow against the developing White
initiative. HarZvi: black's position is not pleasent but after this move white
playes very strong and black's position becomes maybe lost} 16. e4 {It was
possible to win the exchange with} (16. Ra1 Qc7 17. c4 (17. e4 Nf4 $1 18. Bg3
e5 19. Nxe5 Nh3+ {is unclear}) 17... Nxb4 18. Be7 {, but after} Nc5 {Black
would enjoy an excellent positional compensation.}) 16... N5f6 17. Ra1 $1 {
HarZvi: now black has also a problem with his "a" pawn} Qc7 (17... a4 {HarZvi})
18. c4 {Takes control over the important d5 square.} b6 {[#]} 19. e5 $1 Nxe5 {
HarZvi: really losing immediately but what else?} (19... Ng4 20. Be7 $1 {
also loses:} Bb7 $5 (20... Re8 $2 21. Bd6 {and 22.h3}) (20... Ndxe5 $2 21. Bd6
$1 {costs a piece} (21. Nxe5 $1 {HarZvi HarZvi: it is still possible to go
wrong with 21.Bd6} Qxe5 22. Bd6 {HarZvi: and white has a winning advantage}) (
21. Bd6 $6 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Ne5)) (20... Ngxe5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 (21... Nxe5 22. Bd6)
22. Rfe1 {and wins}) 21. Bd6 Qd8 (21... Qc8 22. Qf4) 22. Rfe1 $1 {etc}) 20.
Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Rfe1 Qh5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Be4 $1 {HarZvi: white is winning,the
"a" rook goes to the third rank and black days are numbered} (23. Re3 e5) 23...
Rb8 24. Ra3 e5 (24... Kh8 {HarZvi} 25. Qf4) 25. Rg3+ Kh8 26. Bf3 (26. Bf3 Qh4
27. Re4) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Esen, Baris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Grivas,E"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 O-O ({Some previous games of Moiseenko went} 9... c5 10. a3 Bxc3
11. bxc3 h6 12. Bh4 b6 13. c4 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 N5f6 15. f3 $14 {Moiseenko,
A-Krasenkow,M Mulhouse 2011}) ({and} 9... h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O O-O
13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. e4 Nc7 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 $11 {
Moiseenko,A-Nadyrhanov,S Krasnodar 1999.}) 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 e5 12. O-O ({
White decided to go for an 'easy' line which could promise him almost no
advantage, but he could get away from Black's pre-game preparations. A
previous example is} 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 exd4 14. cxd4 Qxa3 15. O-O Re8 16. e4
Nf4 17. Bb1 Ng6 18. Bg3 a5 $13 {Salgado Lopez,I-Esen,B Aix-les-Bains 2011.})
12... Re8 13. Qc2 exd4 14. Nxd5 ({In an older game White chose} 14. exd4 Nf8
15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bc4 $13 {Moiseenko,A-Ovetchkin,R Rotterdam 1998.}) 14... Qxd5
15. Nxd4 $1 ({White keeps it simple with this novelty. Known is} 15. Rfd1 Ne5
16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxd4 Be7 19. Rcd1 Be6 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Bd3 c5
22. Re4 Qh5 23. Be2 Qg6 24. Qxc5 Bh3 25. Bf3 Rxe4 26. Bxe4 Qxe4 27. gxh3 Qg6+
$11 {Jobava,B-Gurevich,M Batumi 2002 and}) (15. exd4 Nb6 16. b3 (16. Bg3 $6
Qxa2 17. Ne5 Be6 $17 {Shirov,A-Piket,J Aruba 1995}) 16... Qh5 17. Bg3 Be6 18.
Ne5 Nd5 $11 {Pekarek,A-Pinkas,K Myslowice 1985.}) 15... Nb6 $6 (15... Qxa2 $2
16. Nb3 $1 {is out of the question, but the black knight has nothing to do on
b6.}) ({Black should go for} 15... Nf8 $5 16. Bc4 Qh5 17. Bg3 Ne6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6
19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Rfd1 $14) ({or even better} 15... Bf8 16. Rfd1 Nc5 17. Bh7+
Kh8 18. Bg3 $14 {.}) 16. Rfd1 $2 ({White did not need to sacrifice his a-pawn,
so he should opt for} 16. Nb3 Qh5 17. Bg3 Be7 18. Rfd1 $14) ({or for} 16. a3
Be7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Rfd1 $14 {.}) 16... Qh5 $2 ({Black was obliged to take
the challenge and grab the pawn by} 16... Qxa2 $1 {Then maybe the best
variation is} 17. Bg3 (17. Nb3 Be6 18. Nd4 Qa4 19. b3 Qa5 $13) 17... Bg4 18. f3
Bd7 19. Ra1 Qd5 20. Nb5 Qc5 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Nd6 Qxc2 23. Bxc2 Bxd6 24. Bxd6
Nd5 25. Bc5 b6 26. e4 bxc5 27. exd5 cxd5 28. Rxd5 Be6 29. Rxc5 Re7 $11 {.}) 17.
Bg3 {Now White stands clearly better, and his plan is to advance his centre
pawn majority. On the other hand Black has little to do but to wait passivly,
and usually this is not a good strategy against a strong opponent.} Bg4 18. f3
Bd7 19. Qf2 (19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 g6 22. Qb3 Qxf5 23. Qxb4 $16 {
was good as well, but White is not obliged to exchange pieces yet, an action
which would help Black's position to improve a bit. As Black is missing an
active plan, White can take his time as he pleases...}) 19... Be7 20. Bb1 $6 ({
This is losing time.} 20. e4 {was good and should be prefered.}) 20... g6 $6 ({
Passive. Black should go for activity with} 20... Bg5 $1 21. Re1 (21. f4 Be7
22. e4 Rad8 $13) 21... Rad8 22. Rc5 Nd5 23. e4 Be7 24. Rcc1 Nb6 25. a3 $14 {.})
21. e4 c5 $6 ({The natural} 21... Rad8 22. e5 Bc8 {was clearly better,
although White keeps an advantage after} 23. a3 Bf8 24. Ba2 {. The expansion
on the queenside is false and just gives White more targets...}) 22. Ne2 Bf8 ({
Black could (and should!) think of} 22... c4 $5 23. e5 Bf8 {and} 24. Be4 ({
when both} 24. Nf4 Qg5 25. h4 Qe7 26. h5 g5 27. e6 (27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Be6
29. Qc2 Bg7 30. Rd6 Rad8 31. Rcd1 Rxd6 32. exd6 $14) 27... Bxe6 28. Qc2 Qc5+
29. Kh2 Bf5 30. Qxf5 Qxf5 31. Bxf5 gxf4 32. Bxf4 $16) 24... Rxe5 $5 25. Bxb7 (
25. Bxe5 $2 Qxe5 26. Bxb7 Bc5 27. Nd4 Rd8 28. b4 cxb3 29. axb3 Bc8 30. Rxc5
Qxc5 $11) 25... Rd8 26. Nf4 Qf5 27. Be4 Qf6 28. Nd5 $16 {looks fine for White,
but Black can still put up a fight.}) 23. e5 Rxe5 $2 ({A mistake in an already
difficult position. Black had to go for the previous line with} 23... c4 24.
Nf4 Qg5 25. h4 Qe7 {as was analysed in the above note.}) 24. Nf4 $1 ({Of course
} 24. Bxe5 $2 Qxe5 {would be fine for Black.}) 24... Qg5 25. Nxg6 $1 {The
point of White's combination.} Ree8 (25... fxg6 26. f4 Qg4 27. fxe5 {is just
curtains.}) 26. Nxf8 Kxf8 27. Rxc5 {White won a good pawn and he has also
increased his positional advantages (bishop pair, wrecked black pawn structure)
.} Qe3 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Bf4 Re6 30. Rh5 (30. Rh5 {Black is losing more
material after} Kg7 31. Bf5 {so he decided to call it a day...}) 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Lanzarote"]
[Date "2003.05.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2003.05.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Valencia Grupo Bali"]
[BlackTeam "La Caja de Canarias"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. a3 (11. Bd3 {[-84/373]}) 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3
Qxa3 (12... c5 13. e4 N5f6 14. Bd3 Re8 15. O-O b6 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. Nd2 $16 {
1-0 Scalcione,M-Laznicka,V/Pula CRO 2003/The Week in Chess 446 (34)}) 13. e4
Ne7 14. Bd3 Ng6 15. Bg3 e5 $1 {TN} (15... b6 16. O-O Bb7 17. e5 Qe7 18. h4 c5
19. h5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nh4 21. Qf4 Nf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Qxf5 Qe6 24. Qe4 $13 {
1-0 Nielsen,P-Hansen,C/Esbjerg DEN 2002/The Week in Chess 401 (47)}) 16. h4 $5
(16. Nxe5 Ndxe5 17. dxe5 Rd8 18. O-O Qc5 $132) (16. dxe5 Qe7 $15) 16... exd4
17. cxd4 (17. h5 Nc5 $19) 17... Re8 18. h5 (18. O-O Nf6 19. Ra1 Qe7 20. Rfb1
Nh5 $132) 18... Ngf8 19. O-O Nf6 20. Ra1 $8 Qe7 21. Bh4 Qe6 22. Ra5 (22. Ne5 $5
{(н/\23.Bc4)} Qd6 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 (23... Qxd4 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Nd6 Rd8 26. Nxc8)
24. e5 $44) 22... b5 (22... N8d7 $5 {н/\23...b5}) 23. d5 cxd5 24. exd5 Qd6 (
24... Qb6 $5 25. Rxb5 Qd6 $11 {Khalifman,A}) 25. Bxb5 (25. Bxb5 Bd7 26. Bg3 (
26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. Bxd7 Nxd7 28. d6 Re6 29. Rd1 Rd8 $11) 26... Qb6 27. Bd3 $5
Nxh5 28. Bh2 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.02.18"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba3 13. Rb1 b6 $5 14. Bd3
Ba6 15. O-O Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. e5 {TN} (17. Bc2 c5 18. d5 e5 19. d6 c4 20.
Be7 Qc5 21. Nh4 Rxe7 22. dxe7 Qxe7 23. Nf5 Qe6 24. Rbd1 Nf6 $44 {1/2-1/2
Perdomo,L-Soppe,G/Olavarria 2005/CBM 105 ext (38)}) 17... Bxd3 18. Qxd3 c5 19.
Re3 (19. d5 c4 20. Qd4 Qxd5 $15) (19. Qe4 $5 {(/\20.d5)} cxd4 (19... Qxc3 $6
20. Re3 Qa5 21. d5 $36) 20. cxd4 Rc4 (20... Be7 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Qb7 $36) 21.
Qg4 Bf8 $132) 19... cxd4 20. cxd4 Be7 $5 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 {[/\22...Nf8,23...
Rec7<=>]} 22. a3 Nf8 23. h4 Rec7 24. Rb5 Rc1+ 25. Kh2 Qa6 $5 (25... Qa4 26. Qb3
Qxb3 27. Rexb3 $15 {/\28.d5}) 26. Rb3 Qxd3 27. Rexd3 Ng6 $15 28. g3 (28. d5 Nf4
29. dxe6 Nxd3 30. exf7+ Kxf7 31. Rxd3 Ke7 $17) 28... Ne7 29. Nd2 $5 {[/\30.
Nd2-e4-d6<=>;/\30.Kg2,Nd2-f1-e3;Xd5]} Re1 30. Kg2 (30. Rbc3 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Re2
$17) 30... Nd5 31. Nf1 $5 Rc2 32. Ne3 Nxe3+ 33. Rxe3 Rxe3 34. Rxe3 Rd2 (34...
Kf8 35. Rd3 Ke7 36. h5 $1 (36. Kf3 Kd7 37. Kg2 Kc6 $140 38. Rf3 $132) 36... Kd7
37. Rf3 Ke7 38. Rd3 $11) 35. Rc3 $132 Rxd4 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Rc7 Ra4 38. h5 $5 (
38. Rxf7 Rxa3 39. Re7 b5 40. Rxe6 b4 41. Re7 Ra6 $5 42. Rb7 (42. e6 Kg6) 42...
Rb6 43. Rxa7 b3 44. Ra1 b2 45. Rb1 Kg6 46. g4 Kf7 $15) 38... Rxa3 39. Rxf7 a5 (
39... b5 40. Rb7 $132) 40. f4 $138 (40. Re7 Rb3 41. Rxe6 Rb5 42. Re8 a4 43. e6
a3 (43... Rxh5 $2 44. f4 $18) 44. e7 (44. Ra8 Ra5 45. Rxa5 bxa5 46. e7 a2 47.
e8=Q a1=Q 48. Qg6+ $11) 44... Re5 45. f4 Re1 $11) 40... Rc3 $5 {[/\Rc3-c8-a8]}
41. g4 a4 42. f5 (42. g5 hxg5 (42... Rc8 $6 43. g6+ Kg8 44. Ra7 b5 45. f5 exf5
46. e6 Kf8 $8 (46... b4 47. e7 $18) 47. Rf7+ Kg8 48. Rxf5 $14) 43. fxg5 Rc8 44.
h6 Rg8 $17) 42... exf5 43. gxf5 Kg8 $5 (43... Rc5 $5 44. f6 (44. e6 Kg8) 44...
Rxe5 45. Rxg7+ Kh8 46. Rb7 Kg8 $19) 44. Ra7 Rc5 $1 $19 45. Ra8+ (45. e6 Rxf5
46. Ra8+ Rf8 47. Rxa4 Re8 48. Re4 Kf8 49. Rf4+ Ke7 50. Rf7+ Kxe6 51. Rxg7 Kd5
$19) 45... Kf7 46. Ra7+ (46. e6+ Ke7 47. Ra7+ Kf6 48. Rf7+ Kg5 49. e7 Re5 $19)
46... Kf8 47. Ra8+ Ke7 48. Ra7+ Ke8 49. Ra8+ Kd7 50. Ra7+ Kc6 51. Rxa4 Rxe5 52.
Rf4 {[/\53.f6]} Kc5 53. Kg3 b5 54. Rf1 b4 55. Kf4 Re7 56. Rc1+ Kd4 57. Rd1+ Kc3
58. Rc1+ Kd3 59. Rd1+ Kc2 60. Rd6 b3 61. Rc6+ Kd3 62. Rd6+ Kc4 63. Rc6+ Kb5 0-1

[Event "Pardubice KB op"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2000.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Panchenko, Alexander N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2000.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nc3 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 N7b6 9. a3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 f6 12. Bh4 Bd7 13. a4 c5 14. Bb5
cxd4 15. exd4 Rc8 16. Kd2 Nc4+ 17. Kd3 Nb2+ 18. Kc2 Nc4 19. Rhe1 Na3+ 20. Kb3
Bxb5 21. axb5 Kd7 22. c4 Nxc4 23. Rxa7 Nd6 24. Bg3 Nxb5 25. Rxb7+ Kc6 26. Rf7
Kd5 27. Rd7+ Bd6 28. Bxd6 Nxd6 29. Ra1 Rc6 30. Ra5+ Ke4 31. Rc5 Rb8+ 32. Kc3
Nb5+ 33. Kd2 Ra6 34. Rxg7 (34. Ng5+ $3 $18 {FRITZ} fxg5 (34... Kf4 35. Nh3+ Kg4
36. Rxg7+ Kh4 37. Rxh7+ Kg4 38. f3#) 35. f3+ Kf4 36. Rf7#) 34... Ra2+ 35. Rc2
Rxc2+ 36. Kxc2 Na3+ 37. Kc3 Nb1+ 38. Kc2 Na3+ 39. Kc3 Nb1+ 40. Kc4 Rb2 41. Rg4+
$1 Kf5 42. h3 {/\43.Nh4} e5 {[]} 43. d5 e4 44. Nd4+ Ke5 45. Kc5 $1 $16 Nc3 (
45... Rxf2 $4 46. Nc6+ Kf5 47. Kd6 e3 48. Ne7#) 46. Nc6+ Kf5 47. Ne7+ Ke5 48.
Nc6+ Kf5 49. Nd4+ Ke5 50. f4+ $1 exf3 51. Nc6+ Kf5 52. Nd4+ Ke5 53. Nxf3+ Kf5
54. Nd4+ Ke5 55. Nc6+ Kf5 56. Ne7+ Ke5 57. Nc6+ Kf5 58. Nd4+ (58. Ne7+ Ke5 59.
Nc6+ Kf5 60. Nd4+ Ke5 61. Nf3+ Kf5 62. d6 Ne4+ 63. Kc6 Rc2+ 64. Kb6 (64. Kd7
Nc5+ 65. Ke7 Re2+ 66. Kf7 Ra2 67. Rc4 Ra7+ 68. Kg8 $16) 64... Rb2+ 65. Kc7 Rc2+
66. Kd8 Ra2 67. d7 h5 68. Rxe4 $1 Kxe4 69. Ke7 (69. Ke8 Rxg2 70. Kf7 (70. d8=Q
Rg8+) 70... Kxf3 71. d8=Q Kg3 72. Qd3+ Kh4 73. Kxf6 Rg3 $18) 69... Rxg2 70.
d8=Q Kxf3 71. Qd5+) 58... Ke5 59. Nf3+ Kf5 60. d6 Ne4+ 61. Kc6 Rc2+ 62. Kb6
Rb2+ 63. Kc7 Rc2+ 64. Kd8 Ra2 65. d7 h5 66. Rxe4 Kxe4 67. Ke7 Rxg2 68. d8=Q
Kxf3 69. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2
Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O (8... e5 $5 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. O-O Bd6 13.
h3 Re8 $6 14. Rad1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Be5 16. f4 $1 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 $1 Rxe3 18. Rfd1
$16 {Kramnik,V-Kamsky,G/Linares/1993/}) (8... dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nxc4 Qc7
11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O (12. a3 Be7 13. O-O (13. b4 Nd5 14. O-O Rd8 15. Ne4 Bd7 16.
Rfc1 Be8 17. Nc5 Bf8 18. g3 Qe7 19. Qe4 g6 20. h4 Rab8 21. Bf1 Bg7 22. Rab1 Nf6
23. Qf4 Nd5 24. Qe4 Nf6 25. Qf3 Nd7 26. Bh3 e5 27. Bxd7 Bxd7 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29.
dxe5 Qxe5 {Gurevich,M-Panchenko,A/URS-chT 1988/1/2-1/2 (63)}) 13... Rd8 14.
Rfd1 Bd7 15. b4 (15. e4 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Bd6 18. h3 Re8 19. a4 Re7 20.
Kf1 a6 21. Qb3 Rae8 22. Qb6 Qxb6 23. Nxb6 Bf5 24. Nc4 Bf4 25. Bd3 Re1+ 26. Rxe1
Bxd3+ {Saemisch,F-Bogoljubow,E/Karlsbad 1929/0-1 (39)}) 15... Nd5 16. Ne4 b6
17. Ne5 a5 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. a4 Rda8 21. Rdc1 Nb4 22. Qb3 b5 23.
Nc3 Qa7 24. Bd1 e5 25. dxe5 Nd3 26. Rcb1 Nxe5 27. Ra2 b4 28. Ne4 Rd8 29. Be2
Rad5 {Nielsen,B-Bogoljubow,E/Munich (07) 1941/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 12... Rd8 (12...
Bd6 13. f4 Bd7 14. Rad1 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Be6 18. Rxd6 Bxc4
19. Rfd1 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Rad8 21. Qd2 Rxd6 22. Qxd6 Qa5 23. f5 Qxa2 24. f6 gxf6
25. Qxf6 Re8 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qxc5 Qxb2 30. Qxa7 Qe2
31. Rf1 Kg8 32. Qxb7 Qxe3+ 33. Kh1 Qf2 34. Qb1 Qc5 35. h3 Re6 36. Qb7 Qe7 {
1/2-1/2 Janowski,D-Marco,G/Wien 1898}) (12... b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Ne5 (14. Bf3
Rac8 (14... c5 $4 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. a3 $18) 15. a3 Be7 (15... Bxc3
$5 16. Qxc3 Nd5 17. Qd2 c5 18. Ne5 {/\ b4+/=}) 16. b4 {()} Rfd8 (16... c5 17.
Bxb7 Qxb7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. b5 $16) 17. Qb3 Qb8 18. Rfd1 Nd5 19. Ne4 h6 $2 {
><g6} (19... Qa8 $1 $8 20. h3 $1 $14 {/\} c5 $2 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. b5 $1 $16)
20. h3 Qa8 21. Ne5 a5 22. Nc3 $1 axb4 23. axb4 Qb8 (23... Nxb4 24. Ra1 $1 Qb8
25. Bh5 Rf8 26. Nd7 {/\ Nf8+/-}) 24. Bh5 $1 f6 $8 (24... Rf8 $6 25. Nd7) (24...
g6 25. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 26. Qb1 $1 {/\ Qg6+-}) 25. Ng6 Qd6 $8 26. e4 Nxc3 27. Rxc3
Bf8 28. Rg3 $40 Re8 29. e5 $1 $18 Qxb4 $8 30. Qxb4 Bxb4 31. exf6 gxf6 32. Ne5+
Kf8 33. Nd7+ Ke7 34. Nxb6 {/\ Rg7} Kd6 35. Nxc8+ Rxc8 36. Rb1 Bd2 37. Rxb7 Ra8
38. Rb1 {1-0 van Wely,L-Thorhallsson,Th/Manila (ol) 55/448 1992}) 14... Rfc8
15. f4 c5 16. Bf3 cxd4 17. exd4 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Qd6 19. Qd3 Nd5 20. f5 exf5 21.
Rxf5 Qh6 22. Re1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rxc3 24. Nxf7 {Burn,A-Janowski,D/Wien 1898/1/
2-1/2 (72)}) (12... Nd5 13. Ne4 (13. Bd3 g6 14. a3 Be7 15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Ne5 Be8
17. Bc4 Rd8 18. Nd3 Bd6 19. g3 Qe7 20. Rfd1 Bd7 21. e4 Nb6 22. e5 Nxc4 23. Ne4
b5 24. b3 Bxa3 25. bxc4 Bxc1 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Qxc1 {Saemisch,F-Bogoljubow,E/
Bad Nauheim-Stuttgart-Garmisch (3) 1937/1-0 (38)}) 13... Be7 14. Ne5 Nf6 15.
Rac1 Bd7 16. Kh1 Rac8 17. a3 Rfd8 18. Ng5 Be8 19. Bd3 g6 20. f4 Nd5 21. Rf3 f6
22. Nxe6 Qb8 23. Nxg6 Rd7 24. Ne5 fxe5 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Rh3 Bf6 27. Be4+ Kg8
28. Bxd5 exd4 29. Nxd4+ Kf8 30. Qf5 Qd6 31. Rh8+ Ke7 32. Qe4+ Kd8 33. Rxe8+ Kc7
34. Nb5+ {1-0 Mowla,A-Mohamed,M/Novi Sad olm (13) YAR-LIB 1990}) (12... Bd7 13.
Ne4 Be7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Ng5 Be8 17. Bc4 g6 18. a3 Nd5 19. Ne4 c5
20. Qe2 cxd4 21. exd4 Qb6 22. Rfd1 Nf6 23. Ng5 Nd5 24. Ngf3 Rc7 25. Ba2 Rdc8
26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Bxd5 exd5 {Finegold,B-Clemance,P/Saint John op-1 1988/0-1 
(81)}) 13. a3 (13. Rad1 Nd5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. a3 b6 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Rc1 Rac8 18.
b4 h6 19. Qb3 Nf6 20. Rfd1 Ng4 21. Ng3 c5 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. b5 Bd5 24. Qc2 Ne5
25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Bc4 Bxc4 27. Qxc4 {Bogoljubow,E-Alekhine,A (10)/
Heidelberg-Wch 1929/0-1 (49)}) (13. Rac1 Bd7 14. a3 Be7 15. e4 Be8 16. Rfd1
Rab8 17. Ne3 Qa5 18. g3 b5 19. e5 Nd7 20. Ne4 Rbc8 21. f4 Qb6 22. Kf2 f6 23.
Qb3 Bf7 24. Qc3 Qb8 25. b4 f5 26. Nc5 Nb6 27. Qb3 Nd5 {Makogonov,V-Ragozin,V/
URS-ch11 Leningrad (13) 1939/1/2-1/2 (41)}) (13. Ne4 Be7 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. f4 g6
16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. g4 Be8 18. g5 Bxe5 19. fxe5 c5 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Rf6 Rac8 22.
Qe4 cxd4 23. exd4 Qb4 24. b3 Qa3 25. Qxb7 Rc2 26. Rdf1 Qb2 27. Bb5 Rxd4 28. h3
Rdd2 29. Bc6 Qd4+ 30. R6f2 Rxf2 31. Bxe8 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Qf2# {0-1 Shabtai,
R-Pein,M/Tel-Aviv B 1992}) 13... Bf8 14. b4 (14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Ne5 (15. b4 Be8 {
1/2-1/2 Razuvaev,Y-Smyslov,V/Sochi (13) 1986}) 15... Be8 16. Rfd1 c5 17. Ne4
Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Ba4 19. Re1 Qb6 20. dxc5 Qxb2 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Qxa4 Rd2 23. Qf4+
Kg8 24. Bc4 Qxa3 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Qc7 Rad8 27. g3 Qb4 28. Rc4 R2d7 29. Bxd7
Qxe1+ 30. Kg2 Be7 31. Bf5 Rd2 32. Qb8+ Bd8 33. Rf4 Rd1 34. Bd3 {1-0 Szigeti,
M-Havasi,K/Budapest 1931}) 14... Qe7 (14... b6 15. Bf3 Bb7 16. Rfd1 a5 17. bxa5
b5 18. Ne5 Rxa5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Rda8 21. Rda1 Nd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rxa5
Rxa5 24. Rxa5 Qxa5 25. g3 c5 26. Qb3 Qc7 27. Qb5 f6 28. Nd3 Bc6 29. Qb2 {
Arsovic,Goran-Subasic,Ilijas/Kladovo ch-YU (12) 1991/0-1 (61)}) 15. Rfd1 Nd5
16. Ne4 Bd7 17. Nc5 Be8 18. Bd3 g6 19. e4 Nb6 20. Na5 Rab8 21. Bf1 Bg7 22. e5
f6 23. Nc4 fxe5 24. dxe5 Rd5 25. Re1 Kh8 26. Rad1 g5 27. Nd6 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Bxe5
29. Nxe8 Rxe8 {Smagin,S-Panchenko,A.N/Tallinn 42/564 1986/1-0 (55)}) 9. Be2 (9.
Nb3 Qa4 10. cxd5 Bxc3+ $1 11. bxc3 cxd5 12. Bd3 b6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. c4 dxc4
15. Qxc4 Qxc4 16. Bxc4 {1/2-1/2;Mikhalchishin,A-Akopian,V/Lvov zt/1990/}) 9...
c5 (9... b6 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ba6 12. Bh4 $1 (12. Bf4 Rac8 13. Bd6 c5 14.
Bxf8 Nxf8 {1-0 Izmailov,P-Botvinnik,M/URS-ch06 Odessa sf1 1929}) (12. a4 dxc4
13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nxc4 Qd5 15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 $10) 12... Rac8 (12... dxc4
13. e4 $1 b5 14. a4 Qb6 15. Rfb1 $16) 13. a4 $1 dxc4 $8 14. Nxc4 Qf5 {>=;
Stempin,P.} (14... Qd5 $2 15. Nxb6 $16) (14... Bxc4 15. Bxc4 $14 {^^ +/=
Stempin,P-Panczyk,K/Polska (ch) 43/(550) 1987}) 15. Bd3 Qg4 16. Bg3 c5 17. Nd6
$14) (9... Re8 10. O-O (10. f4 c5 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 cxd4 13. exd4 dxc4 14.
Nxc4 Qd8 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Ncd6 Nxe4 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nxe4 Nb6 19. Qd2 Nd5 20.
Rf3 b6 21. Rg3 f5 22. Nf2 Bb7 23. Re1 Qd6 24. Nh3 Nf6 {Martineau,G-Majeed,WR/
Dubai olm (12) 1986/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 10... dxc4 (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 dxc4 12.
Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nxc4 Qc7 14. f4 c5 15. Rf3 cxd4 16. Rg3+ Kh8 17. cxd4 Nf8 18. Ne5
Qe7 19. Ng4 f5 20. Ne5 f6 21. Nd3 Ng6 22. Bh5 Rg8 23. Qb3 b6 24. Bf3 Rb8 25.
Nb4 {Mousa,A-Rahman,Z/Dubai olm (14) 1986/1/2-1/2 (64)}) (10... e5 11. dxe5
Rxe5 12. Nb3 Qd8 13. Bf4 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Re8 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Rac1 Ne5 17. Bg5
dxc4 18. Bxc4 Ne4 19. Bxe7 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Nxc4 21. Rxc4 Be6 22. Ra4 Bxb3 23.
axb3 Rxe7 24. Rxa7 {Havasi,K-Vukovic,V/Debrecen 1925/1-0 (59)}) 11. Bxf6 Nxf6
12. Nxc4 Qc7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Be7 15. Rac1 Bf6 16. Ne5 g6 17. h4 Bg7 18.
h5 f6 19. f4 fxe5 20. fxe5 Re7 21. hxg6 h6 22. Rf7 Rxf7 23. gxf7+ Qxf7 24. Rf1
Qe7 25. Qg6 Qf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Bh5 Kg8 28. Qe8+ Bf8 29. Bg6 Kg7 30. Qf7+
Kh8 31. Qh7# {1-0 Astrom,Robert-Jensen,Leif/Stockholm open (06) 1990}) (9...
dxc4 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nxc4 Bxc3+ (11... Qg5 12. O-O b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. f4 Qh6
15. Rf3 g6 16. Rh3 Qg7 17. Bf3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Qa4 Bd6 20. Qd7 Bxe5 21.
fxe5 Ba6 22. Rc1 Rfd8 23. Qa4 Bd3 24. Rc7 Rdc8 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Qxa7 Rc1+ 27.
Kf2 Rc2+ 28. Kg3 Bf5 29. Rh4 Rxb2 {1/2-1/2 Finegold-Stern/National Open 1988})
12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bd7 14. Bf3 Rfd8 15. a4 Rac8 16. Kd2 Rc7 17. Rhb1 Bc8
18. a5 Nd7 19. Kc2 Kf8 20. Nb6 axb6 21. axb6 Nxb6 22. Rxb6 Ke7 23. Ra7 c5 24.
Ra4 Rd6 25. dxc5 Rxc5 26. Rbb4 Rd7 27. Ra3 Rdc7 28. Rab3 e5 29. Bxb7 Bxb7 30.
Rxb7 Rxc3+ {1/2-1/2 Alekhine,A-Bogoljubow,E (9)/Heidelberg-Wch 1929}) (9... e5
10. O-O (10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Ndxe4 dxe4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe5 (13... Re8 14.
Rfd1 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qa5 {= Schmidt,Wl-Dorfman,I/Warszawa 35/(529) 1983}) 14. Qxe4
f6 15. Bf4 Bf5 16. Qd4 Rad8 17. Bxe5 Rxd4 18. Bxd4 c5 19. e4 cxd4 20. exf5 dxc3
21. Bf3 b6 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Rfe1 g6 24. fxg6 hxg6 {Gruenfeld,E-Bogoljubow,E/
Maehrisch-Ostrau (8) 1923/1/2-1/2 (49)}) (10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. cxd5 (
12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxc3 15. Bf3 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Be6 17. Nd6 Rab8
18. a4 Rfd8 19. Rfc1 Na2 20. Rcb1 b5 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Nxb5 a5 23. Nd4 Rxb1+
24. Rxb1 a4 25. h3 a3 26. Nxe6 fxe6 {Mantovani,R-Stavru,A/Forli op (09) 1992/
1-0 (39)}) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rc1 Bxe5 15. dxc6 Rd8 (15... bxc6) (
15... bxc6 16. O-O Be6 17. Bc4 Rfe8 18. Nb3 Qb6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Nc5 Rh6 21.
h3 Bd6 22. Rfd1 Rd8 23. Rb1 Qc7 24. Rb7 Qa5 25. Ne4 Bf8 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Rxa7
Re6 28. Ra4 h6 29. Rd4 Qa8 30. a4 {Zak,U-Temanlis,Y/Tel Aviv-B (03) 1991/1-0 
(52)}) 16. Bd3 bxc6 17. O-O Ba6 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rac8 (19... Qc7 20. g3 c5
21. Rfd1 Bf6 22. Bd3 g6 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 {Bukic,E-Nikolac,J/Jugoslavija
21/475 1976/1-0 (44)}) 20. Bb3 Qc7 21. f4 Bf6 22. Kh1 Qe7 23. Rf3 c5 24. Rh3 g6
25. Bc4 Qd7 26. f5 Kg7 27. Rf1 g5 28. Qe2 h6 29. Qh5 Rh8 30. Be6 Qe8 31. Bxc8
Qxc8 32. e4 Qc7 33. Qe2 c4 34. e5 Qxe5 35. Qxc4 {Pastor,K-Kalivoda,J/
Luhacovice ch-CZ 1993/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 10... exd4 (10... Bd6 11. cxd5 (11. Nb3 $6
{Thomas,I.} Qc7 12. cxd5 cxd5 $1 $15) 11... exd4 (11... cxd5 {N; 11...ed4+/-}
12. Nb5 Bb8 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 {>< d5} Ne4 (14... a6 $5 {Spraggett,K.}) 15.
Bh4 Bf6 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. b4 $1 $18 {+- Spraggett,K-Thomas,I/Toronto 43/(550)
1987}) (11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 $5) 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Nxd6 dxc3 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15.
Rad1 Nd5 16. Bf3 cxb2 17. Qxb2 Qxd6 18. Rxd5 Qe6 19. Rc1 Nb6 20. Re5 Nc4 21.
Rxe6 Nxb2 22. Re7 h6 23. Bh4 Nd3 24. Rcc7 Be6 25. Bxb7 {Rivas Pastor,M-Nikolac,
J/Rome (06) 1984/1-0 (41)}) 11. Nb3 (11. exd4 dxc4 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nxc4 Qc7
14. Ne3 Be6 15. Bf3 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. a3 Ba5 18. Na4 Bb6 19. Nc5 Bd5 20.
Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qf5 g6 22. Qg4 Nf6 23. Qg5 Kg7 24. b4 Re8 25. Rac1 Rcd8 {
Trojacek,P-Kalivoda,J/Luhacovice ch-CZ 1993/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 11... Qc7 (11... Qb6
$5 12. Nxd4 (12. exd4 $5) 12... dxc4 (12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 dxc4 14. Bxf6 Nxf6
15. Bxc4 $10) 13. Bh4 $1 Qc5 14. Na4 Qa5 15. Bxc4 $1 (15. a3 Bd6 16. Bxc4 b5
$19) 15... c5 $2 (15... Qh5 16. Bg3 Nb6 $1 17. Be2 Bg4 18. f3 Bd7 $14) (15...
b5 $2 16. Nxc6 Qxa4 17. Bb3 Qa6 18. Nxb4 $18) 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nd6 b5 18. a3 bxc4
19. axb4 Qxb4 (19... cxb4 20. Qxc4 $16) 20. Qxc4 $1 Rb8 21. Rfc1 Ne5 (21...
Qxc4 22. Rxc4 Nb6 23. Rxc5 Nxa4 24. Rxa4 Rxb2 25. h3 $16) 22. Qxc5 $2 (22. Qxb4
Rxb4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Nxc5 Rxb2 25. Nce4 $18) 22... Qxh4 23. Qxe5 Qxf2+ $1 24.
Kxf2 Ng4+ 25. Kg3 Nxe5 26. Nxc8 Rfxc8 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Nb6 Rc2 29. Rxa6 h5
30. b4 $6 Nd3 31. Nd5 Ne1 32. Ra8+ Kh7 33. b5 Rxg2+ 34. Kf4 Rxh2 {Van der
Sterren,P-Yusupov,A/Munich SKA (09) 1994/1/2-1/2 (47)}) 12. Nxd4 dxc4 (12...
Bxc3 13. Bf4 $2 Qxf4 $1 14. exf4 Bxd4 $17) 13. Bxc4 Bxc3 (13... Qe5 14. Nf3 Qe7
15. a3 Ba5 16. Rad1 Bc7 17. Ba2 Re8 18. Bh4 h6 19. Rd4 Qc5 20. Rfd1 Qh5 21. g4
Nxg4 22. Rxd7 Bxd7 23. Rxd7 {+- Beliavsky,A-Smagin,S/USSR (ch) 41/(500) 1986})
(13... Bd6 $2 14. f4 (14. Kh1 Be5 15. Rad1 Nb6 16. Be2 Ng4 17. h3 (17. Nf3 Bxh2
18. g3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qxg3 $13) 17... Bxd4 18. hxg4 Be5 19. f4 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 f6
21. Bh4 Be6 22. a3 Bd5 (22... Bd5 $15 {Cramling P.-Smagin, Denmark 1991}) (
22... Nd5) 23. Bf3 $1 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rad8 25. Bf2 f5 $1 26. Qb3+ Kh8 27. Rxd8 $6
Qxd8 28. Rd1 Qe8 29. Qb4 $2 fxg4 30. fxg4 Nd5 $17 31. Qd4 Rf7 32. Kg1 a6 33. f5
Re7 34. Qc4 h6 35. Rd4 Nxe3 36. Bxe3 Rxe3 37. Kf2 b5 $5 38. Qc2 c5 39. Rd5 Rh3
$1 40. Kg2 Rh4 $19 41. Rxc5 Rxg4+ 42. Kf2 Rf4+ 43. Kg2 Qh5 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. f6+
Rf5 46. Rc3 Qg6+ 47. Rg3 Rg5 {0-1 Cramling,P-Smagin,S/Kobenhavn 53/432 1991})
14... Re8 (14... h6 15. Bxh6 Ng4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nf5+ Kh8 18. Rf3 Ndf6 19.
Rh3+ Kg8 20. Nxd6 Kg7 21. Nxc8 Rfxc8 22. Rg3 Kf8 23. Qf5 b5 24. Be2 b4 25. Na4
c5 26. Bxg4 Ke7 27. Bf3 Rab8 28. b3 c4 29. bxc4 Qxc4 {Van Beers,E-Stavru,A/
WchJ-Mamaia 1991/1-0 (42)}) 15. Rf3 Ng4 (15... Nb6 $5 16. Bxf6 $2 Nxc4) 16. Ne4
h6 $2 {[#]} (16... Nb6) 17. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 18. Qc4+ Kg6 (18... Kf8 19. Ne6+ Rxe6
20. Qxe6 Nc5 21. Qxd6+ Qxd6 22. Nxd6 hxg5 23. fxg5+ $18) 19. Ne6 Rxe6 20. Qxe6+
Ndf6 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Nxd6 hxg5 23. h3 $1 Nh6 24. fxg5 Kxg5 25. Rg3+ Kh4 26.
Rxg7 Nf5 27. Nxf5+ Bxf5 28. Rf7 $6 Kg5 29. Rf1 Rh8 $2 30. e4 Kg6 31. Rxf6+ Kxf6
32. exf5 {Weber 1-0 Weber,K-Scheil,D/corr 6/7 ICCF Cup pr. 1990\92 CCYB 8 1990}
) (13... Ne5 14. Be2 (14. Bb3 $14) (14. Bb3 $1 $16 Neg4 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. h3 Ne5
17. Bg5 {/\ f4, e4} h6 18. Bh4 Ng6 $2 19. Qxg6 $16 {Spraggett}) 14... Neg4 15.
Bf4 Qe7 16. h3 Ne5 17. Rad1 Ng6 18. Bg3 Rd8 19. a4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. b4 Bd7
22. a5 Nh4 23. Rfe1 Rd8 24. g3 Ng6 {Spraggett,K-Saeed,S/Taxco izt (9) 1985/1-0
(47)}) (13... Ng4 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Ncb5 cxb5 16. Nxb5 Bxf4 17. Nxc7 Bxc7 18. Be2
$16 (18. Bxf7+ $18)) 14. bxc3 Qe5 (14... Ne5 15. Bb3 $1 $16 {N} (15. Be2 Qe7
16. Rad1 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. h3 {/\ Kh2, f4, e4 +/=}) 15... Qe7 (15... c5 $6
16. Nb5 {/\ c3-c4, Nb5-c3-d5}) (15... Neg4 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. h3 Ne5 18. Bg5) 16.
h3 h6 17. Bh4 Kh8 {/\ 18...Ng6} (17... c5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 c4 20. Bc2 $16)
18. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Ng6 (19... Ned7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Rd4 $16) 20. Bxf6
gxf6 (20... Qxf6 $2 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Rfd1 {/\ 23.Rd7} Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24.
Bxf7 $16) 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Rd4 $1 Rxd4 $6 (22... c5 $5 23. Rd5 Rxd5 24. Bxd5
b6 25. c4 $16) 23. cxd4 $18 Kg7 24. Rc1 Re8 25. g3 Qe4 26. Qc5 Qd3 {/\ 27...Re3
} 27. Rc3 Qe2 28. Rc2 Qe1+ 29. Kg2 a6 30. Qf5 Qb4 31. Rc5 Qb6 32. h4 Qc7 33.
Qg4 Kh8 34. Rh5 {1-0 Matlak,J-Swierczynski,S/IX Polish Team Ch 1990/91 CCYB
5\246 1991}) 15. Bh4 $6 (15. Nf3 $5 Qc5 16. Bb3) (15. Bf4 Qc5 16. Bd3 $1 (16.
Bb3 Nd5 17. Bg3 Qxc3 18. Bxd5 Qxc2 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Nxc2 $13) 16... Ne5 17.
Nb3 (17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. e4 c5 19. Nf3 Qh5 20. e5 Nd5 21. Be4 Be6 22. Rad1 Rad8
$14) 17... Qd5 $5 18. Be2 $5 Bf5 19. c4 $5 (19. Qb2 $5) 19... Bxc2 20. cxd5 Ng6
21. dxc6 Nxf4 22. exf4 bxc6 23. Ba6 $6 (23. Bf3 $10 {Cvetkovic,S}) 23... Rab8
24. Rfc1 Be4 $15 {= Tesic,D-Cvetkovic,S/Vrbas 58/(491) 1993}) 15... Qe4 $1 16.
Qxe4 Nxe4 17. Rfc1 g5 $6 (17... Ne5 $1 18. Be2 Ng6 19. Bg3 Bd7 20. Rab1 b6 $10)
18. Bg3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Ne5 20. Be2 Bd7 21. f4 (21. Rab1 $1 Rab8 22. f4 Ng4 23.
e4 $16) 21... Ng4 22. e4 Rad8 23. Re1 $6 (23. Rab1 b6 24. Bxg4 Bxg4 25. Nxc6
Rd2 26. Rb5 h6 $1 $14) 23... Nf6 $1 24. Bf3 (24. Bc4 Nh5 25. f5 Nxg3 26. Kh2
Nh5 27. e5 c5 28. e6 cxd4 29. e7 dxc3 $15) 24... g4 $5 25. Bd1 c5 26. Nc2 $2 h5
27. e5 Nd5 28. c4 Nc3 $1 29. Ne3 Bc6 30. Be2 $6 Rd2 31. Bf1 Be4 $2 32. a4 $1
Bc6 33. Ra3 Nxa4 34. Nd5 Bxd5 35. cxd5 $1 Nb6 36. d6 c4 37. Rxa7 c3 38. Rxb7 c2
$2 39. Rxb6 Rd1 40. Rc6 Rxe1 {Ruban,V-Cvetkovic,S/Jugoslavija 58/491 1993/1-0 
(57)}) 10. O-O (10. Nb3 Bxc3+ (10... Qa4 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. dxc5 dxc4 13. Bxc4
Qc6 14. O-O Bxc5 15. Be2 Bd6 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. h3 Be5 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Bb5 Qxb5
{1/2-1/2 Lobron,E-Ivanchuk,V/Munikh(04) 1994}) (10... Qa4 $1 $13 {Ftacnik}) 11.
bxc3 Qa4 12. cxd5 c4 13. Qb2 Nxd5 14. Nd2 h6 15. Bh4 b5 16. a3 N7b6 17. Rc1 Qa5
18. Nb1 Bd7 19. O-O f5 20. Bg3 f4 21. exf4 Nxf4 22. Qd2 Nbd5 23. Bf3 Nd3 24.
Be4 Qd8 {Azmaiparashvili,Z-Ivanchuk,V/Moscow PCA 3(6'-5') 1994/1/2-1/2 (43)})
10... cxd4 11. Nb3 (11. exd4 dxc4 12. Bxf6 (12. Bh4 Nb6 $1 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14.
Bxc4 Bd7 $10 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. d5 $8 Bxc3 17. dxe6 Bxe6 $1 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19.
bxc3 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Ivanchuk,V/Luzern WchT (RUS-UKR) (5) 1993}) 12...
Nxf6 13. Nxc4 Qd8 $10) 11... Qb6 (11... Qd8 12. Nxd4 dxc4 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Bxc4
Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe5 Qb4 18. Qb5 Qxb5 19. Bxb5 a6 20. Be2
Bd7 {1/2-1/2;Cramling,P-Hansen,LB/Rilton Cup/1993-94/}) 12. exd4 (12. Nxd4 dxc4
13. Bh4 (13. Bxc4 $6 Qc5 $15) 13... Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nd5 15. Qc2 Ne5 16. Bg3 Nb4
17. Qc3 Nd5 18. Qc1 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxc4 Qxc4 21. Bxc4 Bd7 22. Rfd1 Bc6
23. Rd4 Nb6 24. Bf1 Rfd8 25. Rad1 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 f6 27. f3 Kf7 {Alonso,
Rene-Fuentes,Manuel/Holguin ch-CU (01) 1991/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4
{פb3} Qc7 14. Qe2 (14. Nb5 $5 {Ftacnik} Qc6 15. a3 Be7 16. Na5 Qb6 17. b4 a6
18. Nc3 Qxd4 19. Rad1 Qg4 20. f4 $13) 14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 Ne4 $1 (15... b6 16.
Rac1 Bb7 17. Bd3 $14) 16. Qxe4 Qxc4 17. Rfe1 $6 (17. Rac1 $10) 17... Nb6 (17...
Qxc3 $2 {Ftacnik} 18. Be7 Re8 19. Rac1 Qb2 20. Re2) 18. Be7 $6 (18. Rac1 $15) (
18. Re3 {Ftacnik} Qd5 $1 19. Qh4 f6 $15) 18... Re8 19. Bc5 Nd5 {/\b7-b6,Bc8-b7
-/+} 20. Nd2 Qxc3 21. Qe2 {/\Nd2-e4-d6} (21. Qxd5 $4 {Ftacnik} Qxa1 $1 $19)
21... b6 22. Ne4 Qa5 23. Bd6 Bd7 $19 (23... Ba6 {Ftacnik} 24. Qf3 f6 $17) 24.
Qh5 {/\Ng5} h6 $6 (24... f6 $5 $17 {><g5,><e5}) 25. Be5 $44 {/\Qg4} Re7 26. Bd6
Ree8 27. Red1 $6 {/\Rd1-d3-g3} (27. Be5 $5 $10) 27... Ne7 28. Be5 Bc6 29. d5 $8
Bxd5 (29... Nxd5 {Ftacnik} 30. Qg4 g6 31. Qh4 $40) (29... exd5 {Ftacnik} 30.
Nd6 Rf8 31. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 32. Qe5+ $40) 30. Bc3 (30. Nf6+ $2 {Ftacnik} gxf6 31.
Bxf6 Nf5 32. Rd4 Rec8 $19) 30... Qa3 (30... Qa4 $4 31. Qg4 Ng6 32. Nf6+ gxf6
33. Qxa4 $18) 31. Bxg7 (31. Qe5 {Ftacnik} Nf5 32. Nf6+ gxf6 33. Qxf6 Kf8 34.
Rab1 a5 35. Rxb6 Qa4 36. Rxd5 exd5 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qe5+ Kf8 39. Qh8+ $10)
31... Bxe4 (31... Kxg7 $5 32. Qe5+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ (33. Nf6 Ng6 $17 (33... Ng6 {
Ftacnik} 34. Nh7+ Kg8 (34... Ke7 $4 35. Qc7#) 35. Nf6+ Kf8 (35... Kh8 $2 36.
Qd4 Red8 37. Nxd5+ e5 38. Qe4 $36))) 33... Ng8 34. Nf6 (34. Rxd5 exd5 35. Nf6
Ke7 36. Re1+ Kd6 $17) 34... Ke7 $17) 32. Qxh6 Bh7 $2 (32... Ng6 $1 $19 33. Bf6
Qf8 (33... Qf8 {Ftacnik} 34. Qh5 Rac8 $17)) 33. Be5 $18 (33. Be5 Nf5 34. Qf6
Kf8 35. g4 $1 (35. Rd7 Re7 $8 (35... Bg8 36. Rad1 $1 Rac8 (36... Re7 37. Bd6
$18) 37. Bd6+ Qxd6 (37... Nxd6 38. Qh6#) 38. R1xd6 $18) 36. Bd6 Qxd6 37. Rxd6
Nxd6 38. h4 {/\h5-h6} (38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. Qg5+ Kf8 40. Qh6+ $10) 38... Rd7 39. h5
Be4 (39... Kg8 $10 {/\Ne4//\Ne8}) 40. Rd1 $14 (40. h6 Ne8 $13)) 35... Qf3 36.
h3 $1 {Martin Slowik /\37.gf5} (36. gxf5 Qg4+ 37. Bg3 Bxf5 38. Rd7 Qg6 39. Qh8+
Qg8 40. Qc3 Qg7 $10) 36... Qe4 (36... Qxh3 37. Qh8+ $18 (37. Qh8+ Bg8 (37...
Ke7 38. Bf6#) 38. Qxh3 $18)) (36... Bg8 37. gxf5 Qxf5 38. Bd6+ $18) (36... Bg6
37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Bf6#) 37. Rd7 Re7 (37... Bg8 38. gxf5 $18) 38. gxf5 Rxd7 39.
Qh8+ (39. Qg7+ {Ftacnik} Ke8 40. Qh8+ Bg8 41. Qxg8+ Ke7 42. f6#) 39... Ke7 40.
f6#) 1-0

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2
Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O (8... e5 $5 9. Nb3 (9. dxe5 $5 Ne4 10. Ndxe4 dxe4 11. O-O-O $1
f6 $5 12. exf6 $1 Qxg5 13. Nxe4 $36 {Lutz,C-Gurevich,M/Munchen/1993/}) 9... Qc7
(9... Qa4 $5 10. cxd5 exd4 11. dxc6 $6 dxc3 12. cxd7+ Bxd7 13. bxc3 Qc6 $1 $17
{Yusupov,A-Kamsky,G/Tilburg rapid/1992/}) 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. O-O Bd6
13. h3 Re8 $6 (13... a6 $5 {/\ b5,Bb7 Kramnik}) 14. Rad1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Be5 16.
f4 $1 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 $1 Rxe3 18. Rfd1 $16 {Kramnik,V-Kamsky,G/Linares/1993/}) (
8... e5 {Ftacnik}) 9. Be2 (9. Nb3 Qa4 10. cxd5 Bxc3+ $1 11. bxc3 cxd5 12. Bd3
b6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. c4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Qxc4 16. Bxc4 {1/2-1/2;Mikhalchishin,
A-Akopian,V/Lvov zt/1990/}) 9... c5 $5 (9... e5) 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 $146 (
11. Nb3 Qd8 (11... Qb6 12. Nxd4 (12. exd4 {Ftacnik} dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc3 14. bxc3
Qc7 15. Qe2 b6 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Bd3 Rfe8 18. c4 e5 19. d5 Qd6 20. Rfe1 {
0,5/Bass,L-Lein,A/New York/1983/}) 12... dxc4 13. Bh4 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nd5 15. Qc2
Ne5 16. Bg3 Nb4 17. Qc3 Nd5 18. Qc1 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxc4 Qxc4 21. Bxc4
$14 {^^ Alonso,R-Fuentes,M/Holguin/1991/}) 12. Nxd4 dxc4 13. Ne4 (13. Bxc4 Qa5
14. Ncb5 a6 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. N5d4 Ne5 $10 {Bouwmeester,H-Bergraser/corr.1986/})
13... Be7 14. Bxc4 Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe5 Qb4 18. Qb5 Qxb5 19.
Bxb5 a6 20. Be2 Bd7 {1/2-1/2;Cramling,P-Hansen,LB/Rilton Cup/1993-94/}) 11...
dxc4 12. Bh4 (12. Bxf6 {Ftacnik} Nxf6 13. Nxc4 Qc7 $10) 12... Nb6 $1 13. Nxc4
Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd7 $10 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. d5 $8 Bxc3 17. dxe6 Bxe6 $1 (17... fxe6
{Ftacnik} 18. bxc3 $14) 18. Bxe6 fxe6 (18... Be5 {Ftacnik} 19. Bf5 $16) 19.
bxc3 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain II"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Bh4 c5 10. dxc5 dxc4 11. Rc1 Nd5 12. Bxc4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc5 14. Bd3 h6
15. O-O Qc7 16. Nc4 b6 17. Bg3 e5 18. Rfd1 Re8 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Be4 Rb8 21. Qd3
Nf8 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Bb7 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Rcd1 f6 27. f4
Ng6 28. Rd7 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 exf4 30. exf4 Re7 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. f5 Ne5 33. Rd4 Kg8
34. Ra4 Kf7 35. Kf2 Rc7 36. Bxe5 fxe5 {[#] Der Randturm - Taktik} 37. g4 Kf6
38. Kg2 a5 39. Ra3 (39. c4 h5 40. h3 hxg4 41. hxg4 Kg5 42. Kf3 Rc5 43. Kg3 e4
$19) 39... Rc4 40. h3 (40. Rb3 Rxg4+ 41. Kf2 Rc4 42. Rxb6+ Kxf5 43. Rb5 Rxc3
44. Rxa5 Kf4 $19) 40... a4 $1 {Klaustrophobie} 0-1

[Event "Serbian-ch 29th"]
[Site "Sabac"]
[Date "1998.05.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Antic, Dejan"]
[Black "Simic, Radoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 b5 10. c5 Bb7 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. b4 g6 14. a4 f6 15. axb5
axb5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Qb2 Ng7 18. Ra1 Ne8 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Qa3 Nc7 21. Qa5
Qd8 $2 {Dies verliert auf der Stelle.} ({Nach} 21... Nf8 {nebst De7-d7 (um
Opfer auf b5 möglichst zu erschweren, gefolgt von La8-b7-c8 falls möglich)
hätte Weiß einen langwierigen Belagerungskrieg durchführen müssen, ohne daß
der volle Erfolg garantiert werden könnte.}) (21... Nb8 {ist riskant, weil
Weiß mit h2-h4 nebst Le2-d3 usw. den entblößten Königsflügel des Schwarzen
angreifen kann.}) 22. Bxb5 Qc8 (22... cxb5 23. Nxb5 Bc6 24. Qxc7 $18) 23. Be2
Bb7 24. Nd2 e5 25. Nb3 h5 26. Qa7 Qa8 27. Qxa8+ Bxa8 28. Na4 Kf7 29. Nb6 1-0

[Event "Jakarta Gunadarma"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gunawan, Ruben"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Jacoby,G"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Be2 Be7 (10... Nd5 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. Ne5
Bd6 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. f4 a6 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Qh5 Be8 18. Qg4 Kf8 19. Rac1 Rd8 {
Lokvenc,J-Heinicke,H/Bad Harzburg 1938/0-1 (79)}) 11. O-O (11. a3 Nd5 12. Rc1
O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14. b4 Rfc8 15. Qb3 Qd8 16. Rfd1 Be8 17. Bf3 Rc7 18. Ne2 Bf8
19. g3 Qe7 20. Rc2 Rd8 21. Nc1 Nb6 22. Nd3 {1-0 Timman,J-Hort,V/Amsterdam IBM
1980 (58)}) 11... O-O 12. a3 (12. Qc2 Nd5 13. Rae1 b6 14. Rc1 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Rac8
16. Qd2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 c5 18. Ne5 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qd6 20. Bd3 Qa3 21. Rxc8 Rxc8
22. Qe2 g6 23. Nc4 Qa4 24. e4 Bxe4 {0-1 Hodges,A-Capablanca,J/New York 1915 
(43)}) 12... Rd8 13. b4 Bd7 14. Rc1 Be8 15. Qb3 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Qb8 17. Bf3 b6
18. h3 Bf8 19. Qb1 Nd5 20. Ne4 f6 21. Rd2 Bf7 22. Qb2 Qc7 23. Nc3 Qd7 24. Rcd1
Qc7 25. Rc1 Rb8 {[#]} 26. e4 Nf4 27. e5 f5 28. Ne2 Nxe2+ 29. Rxe2 Qd7 30. Nd6
Bxd6 31. Bxc6 Qe7 32. exd6 Qxd6 33. Rd2 $1 (33. Ba4 Qxd4 34. Rc7 a5 $15) (33.
Bf3 Qxd4 34. Rc7 a6 (34... a5 35. Qxd4 Rxd4 36. bxa5 bxa5 37. Ra7 Ra4 38. Re3
$132) 35. Qxd4 Rxd4 36. Ra7) 33... Rbc8 34. b5 Be8 35. Rdc2 Kf8 36. Bxe8 Rxc2
37. Qxc2 Kxe8 38. Qe2 Ke7 39. Rc6 Qd5 40. a4 Rd6 41. Qe5 $4 (41. Qe5 $4 Qxe5
42. dxe5 Rxc6 43. bxc6 Kd8 44. f4 Kc7 $19) (41. Rc7+ $11) 0-1

[Event "Match Kashdan-SteinerL +5-3=2"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1930.04.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kashdan, Isaac"]
[Black "Steiner, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "Kasdan,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1930.04.19"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)Lahde: Isaac Kashdan. p.101 [Kashdan] 2)Kashda:Chess Review 1936
January.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Qb3 (7.
cxd5) (7. Nd2 {main line}) 7... Ne4 8. cxd5 (8. Bf4 g5 $1 9. Bg3 (9. Nxg5 Nxg5
10. Bxg5 dxc4 $19) 9... h5) 8... exd5 9. Bd3 Bb4 $2 (9... Nxg5 $142 10. Nxg5
Be7) 10. Rc1 Nxg5 11. Nxg5 h6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. a3 Bxc3 (14... Be7
$142 15. e4 $1) 15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. Rxc3 Nf6 17. b4 Be6 18. Rfc1 Ne4 19. Bxe4 (
19. R3c2 $142) 19... dxe4 20. Nd2 Bd5 21. Rc5 (21. a4) 21... b6 (21... Rad8 22.
a4 a6) 22. R5c3 a5 23. Nc4 $1 axb4 24. axb4 Ra6 (24... Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Ra4 26.
Rxc6 Rxb4 27. g4 $1 $16) 25. Ne5 Re6 26. b5 $1 cxb5 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Rd8 $1 (
28. Nxf7 $4 b4 29. Rh8+ Kg6 30. Ne5+ Rxe5 $1 31. dxe5 b3 $19) (28. Nd7 $2 Rd6
29. Rd8 Rc6 $11) 28... Bc4 $2 (28... Bb3 $4 29. h4 (29. Nd7 $18) 29... f6 30.
h5 fxe5 31. Rcc8 $18) (28... f6 $142 $1 29. Rxd5 fxe5 $11) 29. Nd7 Kg6 $4 (
29... Re7 30. Nf8+ Kg8 31. Ng6+) (29... Rc6 30. Nb8) (29... Rd6 $1 30. f3 exf3
31. Nf8+ Kg8 32. Rxd6 Kxf8 33. Rc6 Ke7 34. e4 $14) 30. d5 Re7 (30... Bxd5 31.
Nf8+) 31. d6 Rxd7 32. Rxd7 Bd3 $2 (32... Ra2 $142 33. Re7 Rd2 34. Rxe4 Rxd6 35.
Rf4 $16) 33. Rb7 Kf6 34. f3 1-0

[Event "Yerevan Zonal"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1981.02.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1982.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 (7...
dxc4 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Be2 (10. a3 c5 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13.
b4 Be7 14. Ncd6+ Bxd6 15. Nxd6+ Ke7 16. Nc4 $14 {Lerner,K-Smagin,S/URS(ch)/
1986/1:0 (41)}) 10... Be7 11. a3 Nd5 12. Rc1 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14. b4 Rfc8 15.
Qb3 $14 {Timman,J-Hort,V/Amsterdam/1980/1:0 (58)}) 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Be2 e5 $5 10.
dxe5 Ne4 11. Ndxe4 (11. Ncxe4 $2 dxe4 12. a3 Nxe5 $36) 11... dxe4 12. O-O Bxc3
13. bxc3 (13. Qxc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3 Nxe5 $10) 13... Re8 (13... Qxe5 14. Bf4 Qe6
15. Rfd1 $14) 14. Rfd1 (14. Bf4 Nxe5 15. Qxe4 Bf5 16. Qd4 Rad8 17. Bxe5 Rxd4 (
17... Rxe5 18. Qh4 Rd2 19. Rfd1) 18. cxd4 Qd2 19. Bf3 $13 {Kharitonov,
A-Shabanov,Y/Kursk/1987/1:0 (40)}) 14... Nxe5 $5 (14... Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qf5 16.
Rd6 $16) 15. Qxe4 Be6 16. Bh4 (16. Bf4 $5 Ng6 (16... Bf5 17. Qd4 Rad8 18. Bxe5
Rxd4 19. cxd4 $13) 17. Bd6 Qxc3 18. Qd4 $14) 16... Qxc3 17. Rac1 Qa5 $13 18.
Qb1 b6 19. h3 (19. Bg3 Rad8 20. Rd4 $2 Rxd4 21. exd4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 $19)
19... f6 20. f4 (20. Bg3 Rad8 $15) 20... Ng6 21. Bf2 Rad8 22. Bd3 Bf7 23. Qc2
Rd6 24. Be4 Qc5 (24... Red8 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. c5 $5 bxc5 27. Qxc5 Qxc5 28. Rxc5
Bxa2 29. Bxc6 $14) 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Bf3 (26. c5 $5 bxc5 27. Qxc5 Qxc5 28. Rxc5
Bxa2 29. Bxc6 $14) 26... Qc5 $5 27. Qc3 (27. e4 Qa5 28. g3 Rd8 29. Rd1 Rxd1+
30. Bxd1 Qb4 31. Be2 Nf8 $132) 27... Rd8 28. a3 Nf8 $1 29. Qb4 (29. e4 Qe7 30.
c5 b5 31. e5 Bd5 $13) 29... Ne6 $10 30. Be4 Qd6 31. Bc2 Nc5 (31... Qd2 $2 32.
Qb1 h6 33. f5 Nc5 34. Rd1 $18) 32. Qb1 h6 33. Rd1 Qe7 34. Rd4 $2 (34. Rxd8+
Qxd8 35. Qb4 $10) 34... Ne6 (34... Rxd4 35. exd4 Ne6 36. Qc1 (36. g3 Qxa3 $17)
(36. f5 Nf4 $17) 36... Qd6 $17) 35. Rxd8+ Qxd8 36. Qb4 Nc5 37. Qc3 $10 Qd7 38.
e4 Qe6 (38... Ne6 39. Be3 c5 $10) 39. Bxc5 bxc5 40. Bd3 g5 (40... g5 41. fxg5
hxg5 $10) 41. fxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amantea op"]
[Site "Amantea"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Komarov,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 e5 10. O-O exd4 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. exd4 (12. Nxd4 $6 dxc4 $6 13. Bh4
Qc5 14. Na4 Qa5 15. Bxc4 $1 c5 $2 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nd6 b5 18. a3 $1 bxc4 19. axb4
Qxb4 20. Qxc4 $14 {Van der Sterren,P-Yusupov,A/Munich/1994/0,5/47/}) 12... dxc4
13. Bxc4 Qc7 14. Nd2 Ng4 (14... Bd6 15. Nf3 (15. g3 $14) 15... Bf4 $10) 15. Nf3
Bd6 16. g3 Nb6 17. Bb3 Kh8 $5 18. Rfe1 (18. h3 $6 Nh6 19. Bxh6 gxh6 $40) 18...
f6 $6 (18... Bd7 $32) 19. Bd2 Bd7 20. Ne4 Bf5 (20... Rae8 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. h3
Nh6 23. Bf4 $16) 21. Nh4 Bd7 $6 (21... Bxe4 22. Rxe4 (22. Qxe4 f5 23. Qg2 $1
$16) 22... f5 23. Nxf5 Rxf5 (23... Nxf2 24. Rh4) 24. Rxg4 $16) 22. h3 $1 $18
Nh6 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Bf4 Qb4 (24... Qxd4 25. Rad1 Qb4 26. a3 Qa5 27. Bxh6 $18)
25. a3 Qa5 (25... Qb5 26. Bxh6 gxh6 27. Re7 f5 28. a4 Qb4 29. Qc5 Qxb3 30. Qe5+
$18) 26. Bxh6 gxh6 27. Re7 f5 28. Qc5 $1 Qb5 29. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 30. Qe7+ Kh8 31.
Ng6# 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Bc4 $5 {A very rare move, instead of the
normal} (11. a3 {and}) (11. Bd3) 11... cxd4 ({Alexey Shirov faced the same
variation on the following day and didn't solve his problems either:} 11...
Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba3 13. Rb1 a6 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O b5 16. c4 $5 Bb4 $6 (16...
Qxd2 $142) 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. Rfd1 bxc4 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Rd4 $14 {1-0 Anand,V 
(2810)-Shirov,A (2722)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2011/The Week in Chess 847 (26)}) (
11... N7b6 $5 {looks logical but White kept some pressure in the stem game:}
12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne7 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. O-O Bd7 17. Ne5 Rhd8
18. Qe2 Be8 {1/2 Solak,D (2582)-Blagojevic,D (2549)/Herceg Novi 2005/CBM 106
ext (81)} 19. Qg4 $1 Kf8 20. Qe4 $36 {[%cal Re4h7,Re4b7]}) 12. Qxd4 $1 Bxc3+
13. bxc3 O-O 14. O-O N5b6 $6 {"Anti-development", after which Black faces
serious problems.} (14... b6 $142) 15. Bb3 Re8 16. Rfd1 Qh5 (16... Nc5 17. Bc2
$14) 17. Bg3 (17. e4 $5) 17... e5 18. Qb4 e4 19. Ne1 a5 20. Qd4 Nc5 21. Rb1
Nxb3 22. Qxb6 Nc5 23. c4 Be6 $1 {Black gives up some material to consolidate
his position.} (23... Nd7 24. Qd4 Ra6 25. Nc2 $14) 24. Rd5 $1 Bxd5 25. Qxc5
Red8 26. cxd5 Qxd5 27. Qc2 {It is well-known that the side with two pieces for
a rook should usually avoid the exchange of queens as rooks are more powerful
in endings.} (27. Qxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxb7 Rd2 {[%csl Ga5]}) 27... b5 $44 28. Qb2 b4
29. Be5 Qd2 $5 (29... f6 30. Bd4 {[%csl Gd4]}) 30. Qa1 (30. Bxg7 Qxb2 31. Bxb2
Rd2 $44) 30... Qe2 31. Bd4 Rab8 32. h3 f6 33. Rb2 Qb5 34. Qb1 Qd5 35. Qd1 Rbc8
36. Rd2 Qe6 37. Kh2 Rd7 38. g3 Rdc7 39. Bb2 $5 Qxa2 {Black accepts the
challenge hoping that his 2R+2P will not be weaker than White's Q+N. However,
he goes astray later on.} 40. Be5 Qxd2 $6 (40... Rc1 $1 {was much simpler:} 41.
Qxc1 Rxc1 42. Rxa2 fxe5 43. Rxa5 $1 Rxe1 44. Rb5 Rb1 45. Rxe5 b3 46. Rxe4 Rf1
47. Rb4 Rxf2+ 48. Kg1 Rb2 49. Rb7 $1 $11) 41. Qxd2 fxe5 42. Qd5+ (42. Qa2+ $142
Rf7 43. Kg1) 42... Rf7 43. Kg2 Rcf8 44. h4 Kh8 (44... a4 45. Nc2) 45. Qxe4
Rxf2+ 46. Kh3 b3 47. Nd3 b2 $1 48. Qb7 (48. Nxf2 Rxf2 {[%cal Rf2f1]} 49. Qd3 a4
{, and White must give a perpetual.}) 48... R8f7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48... a4 $1
49. Nxb2 (49. Nxf2 Rxf2 {[%cal Ya4a3,Yf2f1]}) 49... a3 50. Nd3 a2 51. Qa6 Rd2
52. Nxe5 (52. Nb4 h5 53. Qa4 $5 Kh7 $1 54. Nxa2 Rff2 $11) 52... Rf6 53. Qc8+
Kh7 {, and the a2-pawn guarantees Black a draw.}) 49. Qb5 a4 50. Nxb2 a3 51.
Nd3 Rf1 (51... a2 {doesn't work now:} 52. Nxf2 Rxf2 (52... a1=Q 53. Qe8+ {
- that's the drawback of 48...R8f7 !}) 53. Qe8+ Kh7 54. Qxe5 $18 Rf1 $140 55.
Qe4+ Kh8 56. Qa8+) 52. Qa4 Rh1+ 53. Kg4 {It is impossible to make any
conclusion on 11.Bc4 after this game but this new line will obviously gain
popularity.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Rc1 {A rare move. It can transpose into the main 8.Qd2 line but Vladimir
Kramnik's idea is different.} h6 (8... Bb4 9. a3 (9. Qd2 {leads to the main
theoretical line}) 9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O $6 (10... Qxa3 {is similar to the
game}) 11. e4 N5f6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bxf6 (13. Bh4 $5) 13... Nxf6 14. O-O Rd8 15.
Qe2 Nd7 16. e5 Qxa3 17. Nd2 Nf8 18. Ne4 $36 {1-0 Ghane Gardeh,S (2374)-Ataman,
A (2197)/Izmir 2003/EXT 2004 (28)}) 9. Bh4 Bb4 (9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qxa2 11. Bd3
$44) 10. a3 $5 {[%mdl 512]} Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxa3 12. Qd2 b5 $1 {Preparing the
retreat ...Nd5-b6.} (12... O-O $6 13. e4 {leads to a well-known position
arising from the 8.Qd2 Bb4 9.Rc1 0-0 line, which is not good for Black.}) 13.
Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Bb7 15. c4 $5 bxc4 16. Bxc4 N5b6 17. Bd3 Rfc8 18. Bb1 c5 $1 {
Black has successfully solved his problems. White's compensation for the pawn
can only be enough for equality.} 19. dxc5 $6 (19. Be7 $5 {A possible line:}
Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nd5 21. Bd6 Rc6 22. dxc5 Rac8 23. e4 $1 Qxf3 (23... Nc7 $6) 24.
exd5 Rxd6 25. cxd6 Qg4+ $11) 19... Nxc5 20. Qd6 Qa4 (20... Nd5 $5 21. Nd4 (21.
Ne5 Qa6 $1) 21... a5 $17) 21. Nd4 Qd7 (21... Ne4 $5 22. Qe7 (22. Qe5 Nd2) 22...
Qd7 $15) 22. Qf4 $1 g5 $6 {An extremely unfortunate weakening.} (22... Qd5 23.
f3 e5 24. Qf5 g6 25. Qg4 h5 26. Qg3 exd4 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kf8 {is good
enough for a draw but Black can, of course, play for a win by means of}) (22...
Ba6 $1 23. Rfd1 Nd3 $1 24. Bxd3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxd3 26. Rc7 $140 $6 Rc8 $1) 23.
Qf6 $1 (23. Bxg5 {was also possible but less convincing:} Nd5 $1 (23... Qd5 $2
24. Bh7+ $3 $18) 24. Qe5 hxg5 25. Qxg5+ Kf8 26. e4 $44) 23... gxh4 24. Qxh6 f5
(24... Ne4 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. f3 e5 27. fxe4 exd4 28. Ba2 Rc7 29. Rxf7 Qxf7 30.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 31. Qg6+ Kf8 32. exd4 $16 {_|_}) 25. Rxc5 $1 Rxc5 26. Nxe6 {[%csl
Rg8][%mdl 128] Black is temporarily a rook up but must gradually give back all
his material advantage. His defense is quite difficult due to the completely
exposed position of his king.} Rac8 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Bxf5 Rxf5 30.
Qxf5 Bd5 (30... Qe7 $142 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Ng5 (32. e4 Rc6 $1) 32... Qg7 (32...
Rf8 $143 33. Rd1) 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Qxh4 Rc5 35. Ne4 Bxe4 36. Qxe4 $14 {Here,
at least, Black gets rid of White's annoying knight.}) 31. Qg5+ Kf7 32. Nf4 Bc4
33. Ra1 $1 {Not only attacking the a7-pawn but also creating the idea Ra1-a5
to bring this rook into his kingside attack.} Rg8 (33... Qe7 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35.
Ra5 $1 Bb5 36. h3 Rc5 37. Qg6+ Kh8 38. Qb1 $1 {[%cal Ra5b5,Rf4g6]} Be8 39. Qa1+
Kg8 40. Rxa7 $16) 34. Qh5+ Kf8 35. Qxh4 Bf7 36. h3 Rg7 37. Qh8+ Rg8 38. Qf6 Nd5
39. Qd4 $1 Qf5 40. Rxa7 {White has collected a fourth pawn for the piece and
easily converts his material advantage.} Nxf4 41. exf4 Qd5 42. Qb4+ Kg7 43. Qe7
Kh8 44. Qh4+ Qh5 45. Qf6+ Rg7 46. f5 $1 Kg8 47. Kh2 Qe2 48. Qd4 Qc4 49. Qxc4
Bxc4 50. Rxg7+ Kxg7 51. g4 Kf6 52. Kg3 Ke5 53. h4 Bd5 54. h5 Bb3 55. h6 Bg8 56.
Kh4 Kf6 57. f3 Bh7 58. Kh5 Bg8 59. g5+ 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Rc1 {This rare continuation has recently become quite popular.} Nxc3 ({White
meets} 8... Bb4 {with} 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 {sacrificing his a3-pawn but
getting good compensation: the bishop pair and a strong centre.}) 9. bxc3 Ba3 (
9... Qxa2 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O Qa5 12. c4 $44 {E.Postny}) 10. Rc2 b6 (10... O-O
11. Bd3 e5 {is another way to activate the c8-bishop. In the following game
Black obtained a decent position:} 12. O-O Re8 13. e4 Be7 14. Be3 Qc7 15. h3 b5
16. Nh2 Bb7 17. f4 c5 $1 18. fxe5 c4 19. Be2 Bxe4 20. Rb2 Qc6 $13 {1/2 (51)
Vovk,Y (2608)-Antipov,M (2488) Riga 2013}) 11. Be2 (11. Bd3 {is more common
but a way to pose any problems to Black is yet to be found:} Ba6 12. O-O Bxd3
13. Qxd3 O-O 14. c4 (14. e4 Rfe8 15. e5 $6 (15. Bf4 $142 {E.Postny}) 15... h6
16. Bh4 c5 17. Nd2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rac8 $1 19. Nc4 Qb5 20. f4 Rc7 21. Qxa3 Rxc4
22. Rxc4 Qxc4 23. Bf2 Qc7 24. Rc1 Qb7 25. Qd6 Nf8 $11 {0-1 (57) Gelfand,B 
(2740)-Carlsen,M (2872) London 2013 CBM 154 [Postny,E]}) (14. Rb1 Rfe8 15. Bh4
Rac8 16. c4 Bd6 17. Ng5 Qf5 18. Qxf5 exf5 19. Bg3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 c5 21. Nf3 Nf6
22. Kf1 Ne4 $11 {1/2 (85) Moiseenko,A (2703)-Dreev,A (2679) Jakarta 2013})
14... h6 15. Bh4 (15. Bf4 $5 {E.Postny}) 15... Rfe8 16. Nd2 (16. e4 e5 17. d5
Nc5 18. Qe2 Qa4 $11 {1/2 (38) Malakhatko,V (2548)-Michiels,B (2489) Antwerp
2011}) (16. Rd1 $5 {E.Postny}) 16... Be7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. c5 bxc5 19. Nb3 Qa4
{1/2 (19) Cmilyte,V (2525)-Gurevich,M (2596) Konya 2012} 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. Rxc5
Qxa2 22. Rxc6 a5 $11) 11... Ba6 12. O-O Bxe2 13. Qxe2 O-O {White has a pawn
advantage in the centre but it should not worry Black too much as he has good
development and prospects of counterplay with ...e6-e5 or ...c6-c5.} 14. e4
$146 (14. Rd1 Rfe8 (14... e5 $5) 15. Bf4 (15. e4 Rac8 16. Bf4 {preventing ...
e6-e5} c5 17. Nd2 b5 (17... cxd4 $142 18. Nc4 Qa6 $11) 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nb1 e5
20. Bg3 a6 21. c4 b4 22. Rd5 Qa4 23. f3 b3 24. axb3 Qxb3 25. Nxa3 Qxa3 26. Bf2
Ne6 27. g3 $14 {1/2 (61) Cmilyte,V (2515)-Dreev,A (2673) Caleta ENG 2014})
15... Rac8 16. c4 Be7 17. e4 {looks formidable but Black finds a way to create
counterplay:} Qa4 18. h3 Nf8 19. Be3 Ng6 20. g3 c5 21. d5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Bf6 23.
Qd3 Ne7 24. Rd6 Nc6 25. a3 Be5 26. Rd5 Bc7 27. Kg2 Ne7 28. Rd7 Nc6 29. Rd5 Ne7
30. Rd7 Nc6 {1/2 (30) Tomashevsky,E (2697)-Dreev,A (2670) Loo RUS 2014}) (14.
Bf4 $5 {- this move order is yet to be tried.}) 14... Rac8 $6 {I don't like
this standard move. What's its idea? After ...c6-c5 White plays d4-d5 anyway,
and the c-file remains closed.} (14... c5 15. d5 $36) (14... Rfe8 $5 {[%cal
Ge8e2,Yc6c5]}) 15. e5 {[%mdl 32] The same plan as in Gelfand - Carlsen (see
above) but White's queen is placed on e2 better than on d3.} Qa4 {Black
prevents Nf3-d2 (-c4 or e4).} (15... c5 $2 16. d5 $1 exd5 17. e6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+
Rf7 19. Ne5 $18 {E.Gleizerov}) 16. c4 Rfe8 ({Perhaps it was slightly more
accurate to play} 16... h6 {first:} 17. Bh4 (17. Be3 Rfd8 {[%cal Yd7f8]}) 17...
Rfe8 {[%cal Yd7f8,Yf8g6]}) 17. Rd1 c5 ({Probably it was better to wait:} 17...
Nf8 {But that means that the initiative belongs to White.}) 18. d5 {[%csl Ra3]}
exd5 19. Rxd5 (19. cxd5 $1 {was more energetic:} Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Qxe5
Qxc2 22. Re1 $44 {[%csl Gd5] E.Gleizerov}) 19... Nf8 (19... Nb8 $142 {[%cal
Yb8c6] to keep the e5-pawn under fire (recommended by E.Gleizerov). The
position remains unclear in that case.}) 20. h4 h6 21. Be3 Ng6 $6 {This
position of the knight is unsafe in view of h4-h5.} (21... Rc7 $142 {[%cal
Yc7e7] The knight can pick its way out later on.}) 22. Qd3 $1 {Preventing ...
Ng6-e7-f5.} Re6 (22... Nf8 {(admitting his mistake)} 23. h5 $36 {[%cal Yf3h4,
Yh4f5]} Rcd8 $5 {was probably a better possibility.}) 23. h5 Ne7 24. Rd6 {
Carlsen plays in a positional manner. The rook exchange on e6 weakens Black's
pawn structure.} (24. Rd8+ {was better but required accurate calculation:} Rxd8
25. Qxd8+ Kh7 26. Rd2 Bc1 (26... Qxc4 $2 27. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 28. Qf8 {[%cal Rf8f7,
Rd2d8]}) 27. Rd7 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Qxa2 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Qxe7 Qxc4 31. Qxa7 b5 32.
Qa6 {, and White should win as} Qc1+ 33. Kh2 b4 {doesn't work due to} 34. Qd3+
Kg8 35. e6 $1 fxe6 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Ne5 {[%cal Re5g6]}) 24... Bb4 25. Rc1 Re8
26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Nh4 {[%cal Yg2g4,Yg4g5,Yh4g6]} Qc6 (27... Qxa2 $2 28. Qd7 Kf7
29. Ng6 {[%cal Rg6f4]} Qa6 30. Rd1 {[%cal Yd1d3,Ye3h6,Yd3f3]} Qc8 31. Qxa7 $18
{[%cal Yd1d7] E.Gleizerov}) 28. a3 Ba5 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Ng6 Nxg6 31. Qxg6 Qf7
32. Rd3 $1 {Preventing ...Ba5-c3. White is practically a piece up.} a6 (32...
Qxg6 33. hxg6 Kf8 34. Kf1 Ke7 35. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Yf4g3,Yg3h4] , and Black is
completely helpless}) 33. a4 Rf8 34. g4 {The advance of the kingside pawns
decides the game.} Qe8 $6 35. Rd6 Qxa4 (35... Qxg6 36. hxg6 Re8 37. f4 $18) 36.
Qxe6+ Kh8 37. Bxh6 $1 {White accurately calculates that Black's subsequent
rook sacrifice doesn't give him a perpetual.} Qa1+ 38. Kg2 Rxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Qe1+
40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41. Kh3 Qh1+ 42. Kg3 Qe1+ (42... Be1+ 43. Kf4 Qh2+ 44. Kg5 Bh4+
45. Kg6 Qc2+ 46. Qf5 $18) 43. Kf4 Bd2+ 44. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 45. Kf5 gxh6 46. Qe8+ Kg7
47. Qe7+ (47. Qe7+ Kg8 48. Kg6 Qd3+ 49. Kxh6 Qe3+ 50. g5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Shanghai Masters"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2010.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2010.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. c4 (13. Bd3 Ba6 {
(another theoretical line) is rather comfortable for Black;} 14. c4 Qxd2+ 15.
Nxd2 $6 {can now be met with} cxd4 $1 16. exd4 Nf4) 13... Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Ne7 $1
{The most accurate retreat.} ({After} 14... N5f6 {the black knights rather
disturb each other although it is not easy for White to exploit. Here are some
examples:} 15. Be2 (15. f3 Ba6 (15... Bb7 16. Bd3 Rd8 17. Ke2 O-O 18. Nb3 Rc8
19. a4 Rfe8 20. a5 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Ne5 {1/2 Sedlak,N (2512)-Pinter,J (2526)/
Sibenik 2005/CBM 108 ext}) (15... O-O 16. Bd3 Ba6 17. O-O Rfe8 18. Rfd1 Rac8
19. Bb1 Bb7 20. Bc2 Nb8 21. Ba4 Red8 22. dxc5 {1/2 Romanov,E (2600)-Grachev,B 
(2667)/Dagomys 2010/CBM 136}) 16. Bg3 O-O 17. Nb3 Rfd8 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Kf2
cxd4 20. exd4 Nh5 21. Bd6 Nb8 22. Bb4 Nf4 23. Bf1 Nc6 24. Bc3 Ng6 $11 {1-0
L'Ami,E (2516)-Mueller,M (2362)/Germany 2005/CBM 106/[Mueller,Karsten] (82)})
15... Bb7 16. O-O (16. f3 $5 Ke7 17. O-O Rhd8 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Bc6 20. Nb1
Nf8 21. Bf2 N8d7 22. Nc3 a6 23. a4 a5 24. Rb2 $14 {1-0 Babula,V (2597)-Ashton,
A (2303)/Pardubice 2008/CBM 125 Extra (57)}) 16... O-O (16... Rc8 17. a4 (17.
Rfd1 $5) 17... cxd4 18. exd4 Ke7 19. a5 Rhd8 20. Ra1 Nb8 21. axb6 axb6 22. Ra7
$6 Rd7 23. d5 $5 g5 24. Bg3 exd5 25. f4 Nc6 26. Ra3 Nd4 $13 {1/2 Makovsky,P 
(2501)-Vitolins,E (2454)/ICCF WS 2006/ICCF CBM 132 (64)}) 17. f3 (17. Rfd1 $5
Rac8 18. f3 Rfe8 19. Bf1 Bc6 20. Nb1 cxd4 21. exd4 e5 22. Nc3 exd4 23. Rxd4 Nc5
24. Rcd1 Re3 25. Be1 Ne6 26. Rd6 Ne8 27. R6d3 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Nc5 29. Rd4 $14 {
1-0 Ivanisevic,I (2628)-Mastrovasilis,D (2580)/Budva 2009/CBM 130 (79)}) 17...
Rfd8 (17... cxd4 18. exd4 e5 19. c5 $1 bxc5 20. dxe5 Rfe8 {1/2 Grischuk,A 
(2719)-Filippov,V (2639)/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 (60)} 21. f4 $16) (17... Rfe8 18.
Rfe1 Rac8 19. Bf1 Bc6 20. h3 Bb7 21. Bg3 Red8 22. Nb1 Ba6 23. Red1 cxd4 24.
exd4 Nb8 25. a4 Nc6 26. Bf2 e5 27. d5 Na5 28. Na3 Nd7 29. Nb5 $14 {1/2
Vaganian,R (2600)-Krasenkow,M (2668)/Barcelona 2007/CBM 121 (36)}) 18. Rfd1
Rac8 19. a4 g5 20. Bf2 Ne8 21. Nb3 cxd4 22. exd4 Nd6 23. Bf1 Ba6 24. Nd2 Nb8
25. c5 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Nf5 27. Nc4 $14 {0-1 Bareev,E (2707)-Fressinet,L (2591)/
Cannes 2002/CBM 088/[Tsesarsky] (42)}) 15. Bd3 $5 {A rare but senseful
continuation, with the idea not to allow the black knight to f5.} (15. f3 {
[%cal Yh4f2] is usually played. The arising positions are nearly equal but
minor mistakes can cause trouble for Black:} Ba6 (15... Bb7 16. Be2 Nf5 (16...
Rc8 17. O-O cxd4 18. exd4 e5 19. d5 Nf5 20. Bf2 Nd6 21. a4 Ke7 22. a5 $14 {
1-0 Jovanic,O (2533)-Gjuran,D (2358)/Nova Gorica SLO 2010/The Week in Chess
796 (37)}) 17. Bf2 Rc8 18. O-O O-O 19. a4 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 $14 {0-1 Haba,P (2525)
-Fridman,D (2569)/playchess.com INT 2005/CBM 105 ext (?)}) (15... Nf5 16. Bf2
Nd6 (16... Bb7 17. Bd3 Nd6 18. Nb3 Ke7 19. Ke2 Rac8 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 bxc5
22. e4 f6 {1/2 Volokitin,A (2674)-Asrian,K (2621)/Moscow 2008/CBM 123}) (16...
Ba6 17. Bd3 (17. Be2 Nd6) 17... Rc8 (17... Ke7 18. O-O (18. Ke2 Rhd8 19. g4 Nd6
20. Bg3 Nb7 21. Rhd1 Rac8 22. Nb3 Nb8 23. h4 cxd4 24. exd4 Nc6 25. Ke3 Nba5 $11
{1/2 Ruck,R (2574)-Kovacevic,B (2472)/Murska Sobota 2008/CBM 127 Extra (30)})
18... Rhd8 (18... Nd6 19. Rfe1 Rac8 20. g4 h5 21. h3 hxg4 22. hxg4 e5 23. Bg3
f6 24. a4 Nb7 25. Bf5 Rcd8 26. Rc2 Rhe8 27. Ne4 $14 {1-0 Bacrot,E (2721)
-Breutigam,M (2391)/Mainz 2009/CBM 131 Extra (36)}) 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. a4 Nd6
21. Bf1 e5 22. d5 f5 23. Rc2 Rb8 24. Bg3 g5 $132 {1/2 Carlsen,M (2770)
-Ivanchuk,V (2746)/Leon 2009/CBM 130 Extra (48)}) 18. g4 Nd6 19. Bg3 Ke7 (19...
Nb7 $5 20. Kf2 Ke7 21. Nb3 Rhd8 22. Rhd1 Nb8 23. Bf1 cxd4 24. exd4 Nc6 25. d5
Nca5 $11 {1/2 Ivanov,S (2551)-Baburin,A (2541)/Stockholm 2009/CBM 130 Extra 
(41)}) 20. Kf2 Rhd8 21. Rhd1 Nb8 22. h4 (22. Be2 Nb7 23. Nb3 cxd4 24. Nxd4 Nc6
25. Nb5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Kxd8 28. Nd6 Ke7 29. Nxb7 Bxb7 30. Ke1 f6
31. Kd2 {1/2 Eljanov,P (2716)-Malakhov,V (2689)/Helsingor 2008/CBM 125 Extra})
22... Nb7 23. d5 exd5 24. Bf5 Nd7 25. cxd5 g6 26. Bb1 c4 27. h5 $14 {1-0
Potkin,V (2613)-Malakhov,V (2675)/Serpukhov 2008/EXT 2009 (58)}) (16... cxd4 $5
{needs checking:} 17. exd4 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. c5 O-O 20. Be2 Rd8 21. Nc4 Nd3+
22. Bxd3 Rxd3 23. cxb6 Ba6 24. O-O {1/2 Smeets,J (2669)-Illescas Cordoba,M 
(2591)/Sestao ESP 2010/The Week in Chess 825}) 17. Be2 {After 15.f3, this
square is probably more appropriate for the white bishop than d3. It doesn't
obstruct the d-file.} (17. Bd3 Ba6 18. Ke2 f6 19. Rc2 Rc8 20. Rhc1 Kf7 21. Ne4
{1/2 Savu,I-Balabaev,F (2286)/ICCF WS 2005/ICCF CBM 125}) 17... Ba6 18. O-O Ke7
19. Rc2 Rhc8 20. Rfc1 Nb7 {Pay attention to the manoeuvring of this knight!}
21. Nb3 Nd8 22. Kf1 f6 23. Bg3 Bb7 24. Bd3 Bc6 25. Rb2 Nb7 26. h4 Rd8 27. Be2
Rac8 28. Bf2 Ba4 $11 {1/2 Lputian,S (2629)-Kveinys,A (2510)/Gothenburg 2005/
CBM 109 (51)}) 16. Be2 Rc8 17. O-O Nf5 18. Bf2 Ke7 (18... O-O $142 {A.Grischuk}
) 19. Rfe1 g5 20. Bf1 Nd6 21. a4 Rhd8 22. Rc3 Nf6 (22... Nb7 $5) 23. Rc2 $1 Nd7
24. Rec1 Nb8 25. a5 $14 {1-0 Grischuk,A (2710)-Dreev,A (2704)/Poikovsky 2005/
CBM 106/[Erenburg] (35)}) 15... f5 {Probably a bit premature.} (15... Bb7 16.
O-O Rc8 17. f3 (17. Bg3 $5) 17... f6 18. Bf2 h5 19. Nb1 Ba6 20. Rfd1 Kf7 21.
Nc3 f5 22. Ne2 cxd4 23. exd4 h4 24. Be3 h3 25. Bg5 hxg2 26. Nf4 Ng6 27. Nxg6
Kxg6 28. h4 e5 $11 {1/2 Antic,D (2512)-Fontaine,R (2526)/Vrnjacka Banja 2005/
EXT 2006 (37)}) 16. Bg3 Bb7 17. O-O Kf7 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. d5 $5 {[%mdl 640] A
sudden turn: White sacrifices a pawn to start an attack against Black's
uncastled king.} Nf6 (19... exd5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Nc4 Ke6 $6 22. f3 {[%cal
Ye3e4]}) 20. f3 $5 exd5 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. e4 fxe4 23. fxe4 c4 $2 {A human
decision but the position now opens up even more - in favour of the white
bishops.} (23... Be6 $142 24. Nc4 Kg8 $5 25. a4 $1 Rd8 $13 {Despite White's
obvious compensation (Black's Rh8 is temporarily out of play), it is not easy
for him to continue his attack.}) 24. Nxc4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 $6 {Missing} (25. Re1
$1 Nxg3 (25... Kg8 26. Bxe4 Bxc4 27. Bd6 $18) 26. Nd6+ Kf6 27. Nxc8 Rxc8 (27...
Nxc8 28. hxg3 {[%cal Yc1c7]}) 28. Rxc8 Nxc8 29. hxg3 {, and White should
convert his extra exchange.}) 25... Bxc4 26. Rd7 Bb5 $1 {[%mdl 256] The only
way for Black to co-ordinate his pieces.} 27. Bd5+ (27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxa7 Bc6
$5 29. Bd6 $140 Ke6 $1) 27... Kg6 28. Rxc8 Nxc8 29. Rc7 Rd8 30. Bb3 (30. Bf3
Re8 31. Bg4 Ne7 32. Rxa7 Nd5 $14) 30... Kf6 $1 {The black king defends itself!
In such situations it often resembles an ice hockey goalkeeper.} 31. Rf7+ Kg6
32. Rc7 Kf6 33. Be1 g5 34. Bc3+ Kf5 35. Bc2+ Ke6 36. Rh7 Nd6 37. Rxh6+ Kd5 38.
Rg6 Ne4 39. Bb4 (39. Bxe4+ $142 Kxe4 40. Rxg5 {with good winning chances,
despite the opposite-coloured bishops, due to White's connected passed pawns
on the kingside.}) 39... Rc8 40. Bxe4+ {White has nothing else anyway but...}
Kxe4 41. Rxg5 {[%mdl 4096]} Rc1+ 42. Kf2 Rc2+ {That's the difference! White's
king must now retreat to the 1st rank, which gravely complicates his task.} 43.
Ke1 (43. Kg3 $6 Bf1 $1 44. Rg4+ Ke3 45. Kh3 Rxg2 $1 46. Rxg2 Kf3 $11) 43... Bd3
44. h4 a5 45. Bd6 (45. Be7 Ke3 (45... Re2+ 46. Kf1) 46. Rg3+ Kd4 47. Bf6+ Kc4
$132) 45... Ke3 46. Rg3+ Kd4 47. Bf4 (47. Rg4+ $142 Kc3 {but White can hardly
win anyway.}) 47... Re2+ 48. Kd1 Ra2 49. h5 (49. Bd6 Ra1+ 50. Kd2 Ra2+ 51. Kc1
Ra1+ 52. Kb2 Rb1+ 53. Ka2 Re1 $11 {[%cal Rd4c3]}) 49... Be2+ 50. Ke1 Bxh5 51.
Be3+ Kc4 52. Bxb6 a4 {The lone g-pawn is not dangerous for Black.} 53. Ba5 Bf7
54. Bd2 Bd5 55. Rg4+ Kd3 56. Rg3+ Kc4 57. Rg4+ Kd3 58. Rg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Esen, Baris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "L'Ami,E"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 {A tricky opening
choice from my opponent. Previously I hadn't shown much in this line in my
games against Mueller and Gurevich.} 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 O-O 10. a3
$5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 f6 ({This move is not very flexible and I would therefore
prefer} 11... Qxa3 {. The game Lima-Limp, Santos Mario Covas 2001 continued}
12. e4 N5b6 13. Bd3 f6 14. Bh4 e5 15. O-O Re8 16. Bg3 Qe7 {and now} 17. Nh4 $5
{looks like a good way to proceed.}) 12. Bh4 Qxa3 13. e4 Ne7 14. Bd3 b5 15. O-O
Ng6 16. Bg3 Nb6 17. h4 $5 {White has to play energetically!} Nh8 $1 {On f7 the
knight will do an excellent job.} 18. h5 Nf7 19. e5 f5 20. Bh4 {Liberating the
g-pawn and taking the e7-square away from the Black queen.} Re8 ({After} 20...
Nd5 21. c4 bxc4 22. Bxc4 {White has decent compensation for the pawn.}) 21. g4
$5 a5 $6 ({Black defended very carefully so far but this moves seems a bit too
optimistic. White has great attacking chances after} 21... fxg4 22. Nh2 Nd5 23.
Nxg4 h6 24. Kh2 $40) ({but} 21... Nd5 $1 {is a much harder nut to crack:} 22.
gxf5 exf5 23. Kh1 Kh8 24. Rg1 a5 {with chances for both sides, but probably
more for Black.}) 22. gxf5 exf5 23. Kh2 {The tempo Black lost with 21...a5
gives White just enough time to crash through.} Nh6 24. Rg1 Ng4+ 25. Rxg4 $1
fxg4 26. Bxh7+ (26. Ng5 {would only lead to a draw after} h6 27. Bh7+ Kh8 28.
Nf7+ Kxh7 29. Qd3+ Kg8 30. Nxh6+ {as indicated by Gert Ligterink in the Dutch
newspaper de Volkskrant.}) 26... Kh8 ({Taking the bishop with} 26... Kxh7 {
was not allowed;} 27. Ng5+ Kg8 (27... Kh8 28. Qd3 g6 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Qxg6+ Kf8
31. Nh6 {leads to mate.}) 28. Qc2 $1 {(taking the b3-square from the black
queen)} Kf8 29. Qg6 Re7 ({or} 29... Qa2 30. Nh7+ Kg8 31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. Qxe8#) (
29... Be6 30. h6 $1 {with a mating attack.}) 30. Nh7+ Kg8 31. h6 Bf5 32. Nf6+
Kh8 (32... Kf8 {fails to} 33. Qxf5 gxf6 34. Qxf6+ Ke8 35. Ra1 $1) 33. hxg7+
Rxg7 34. Qxf5 {and again Black is being mated.}) 27. Bg6 $2 ({A serious
inaccuracy. Much better is} 27. Be4 $1 {and now:} Qf8 (27... gxf3 {leads to
immediate disaster after} 28. Bf6 $1) (27... Ra7 28. Qg5 $1 {with clear
intentions!} Qf8 (28... gxf3 29. Qg6 $18) 29. Qg6 Qg8 30. Ng5 Ree7 31. h6 {
and I dont believe Black should be able to hold on.}) 28. h6 $1 Ra7 (28... g5
29. Bxg5 gxf3 30. Bf6+ Qxf6 31. exf6 Rxe4 32. Qg5 Rg4 33. Qe5 {with a huge
advantage.}) (28... Re6 29. hxg7+ Qxg7 30. Ng5 ({and not} 30. Bf6 Rxf6 31. exf6
Qxf6 32. Ne5 Be6 33. Bxc6 Bd5 34. Bxd5 Nxd5 {when Black is slightly better.})
30... Rg6 31. f4 $5 (31. Bxg6 Qxg6 32. Ne4 Nd5 {is not clear at all.}) 31...
Rh6 (31... gxf3 {asks to much from the position} 32. Bxg6 Qxg6 33. Rg1 f2 34.
Qxf2 Qf5 35. Qe3 Ra7 36. Ne4 Rg7 37. Qh6+ Qh7 38. Qxg7+ Qxg7 39. Bf6 {winning.}
) 32. Kg3 {with great play for only one exchange.}) 29. hxg7+ (29. Rh1 $5)
29... Rxg7 30. Bf6 Kg8 ({nor does} 30... Nd5 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Bxg7 Qxg7 33.
Qxc6 {give any salvation.}) 31. Qh6 Nd7 32. Qxg7+ Qxg7 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Nh4 {
with a very comfortable ending for White.}) 27... Rf8 28. Ng5 (28. Bf6 {
is met with} Rxf6 $1 (28... Kg8 29. Bh7+ Kh8 30. Bg6 $11) 29. exf6 Qd6+ 30. Ne5
Qxf6 {and following up with Bf5 Bblack has nothing to fear.}) 28... Qb3 $2 ({
The decisive mistake, the reason 27.Bg6 is a bad move is because of} 28... Bf5
$1 29. Nh7 (29. Nf7+ Rxf7 30. Bxf7 Qf8 31. Bg6 Nd5 32. Qg5 Bxg6 33. hxg6 {
transposes to 29.Nh7}) (29. Rh1 Nc4 30. Qe1 Qa2 {and Black is in time with his
counterplay.}) 29... Bxg6 30. Nxf8 (30. hxg6 Rf5 31. Ng5 Nd5 {leads to nothing
for White}) 30... Qxf8 31. hxg6 Nd5 32. Qg5 Qf4+ 33. Qxf4 Nxf4 34. Bg5 g3+ $1
35. fxg3 Nxg6 {which should be a draw.}) 29. Qd3 Qg8 30. Rh1 $5 {All the
pieces join the attack! And altough my computer insists on the perhaps even
more convincing 30.Re1 (with the idea of pushing e5-e6) I prefer the move in
the game for it's estatic value.} Ra7 ({The alternative is} 30... Nd5 {but} 31.
Qd2 $1 Bf5 ({or} 31... Ne7 32. e6 Nf5 33. Nf7+ Rxf7 34. exf7 Qf8 35. Re1 Bd7
36. Qg5) (31... Nc7 32. Ne4 $1 Qd5 33. h6 Ne6 34. Kg1 {and in both cases White
crashed through.}) 32. Bg3 $1 {Clearing the h-file and keeping an eye on the
e5 square after a subsequent e5-e6.} a4 33. Kg2 Ne7 ({or} 33... a3 34. e6 $1 a2
35. Be5 {and if black queens, white will mate in 3.}) 34. e6 $1 Bxe6 35. Be5
Bd5+ 36. f3 $1 Rf6 37. Bxf6 gxf6 38. Nf7+ {forces Black to give the queen.})
31. Kg1 a4 32. h6 Qc4 ({After} 32... gxh6 33. e6 $1 {is decisive, for example:}
hxg5 34. Bxg5+ Kg7 35. Bh6+ Kf6 36. Qf5+ Ke7 37. Bg5+ Kd6 38. Qe5#) (32... a3 {
is the best try, but White remains on top;} 33. hxg7+ Kxg7 (33... Qxg7 34. Ne6
$1 a2 35. Bf6+) 34. Bh7 Bf5 35. Bxf5 a2 36. Kg2 $1 a1=Q 37. Rxa1 Rxa1 38. Ne6+
Kf7 39. Qe3 $1 {when there is no defence against Qh6. Obviously I had not seen
al these lines, and those mentioned above, during the game. You must sometimes
trust your instinct!}) 33. Qc2 Qb3 34. Qd3 Qc4 35. Qd2 a3 36. Nf7+ $1 Rfxf7 37.
hxg7+ Kg8 38. Qh6 ({It is strange that I missed the faster} 38. Bh7+ Kxg7 (
38... Kxh7 39. Bf6+ Kg8 40. Rh8#) 39. Qg5+ Kxh7 40. Bg3# {indicated to me by
Rini Kuijf after the game.}) 38... Rxg7 39. Be7 $1 {A nice finish to a highly
interesting game!} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 f6 10. Bh4 Nxc3 $6 (10... N7b6 {is better}) 11. bxc3 Ba3 12. Rb1
Nb6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Qa4 {with idea c5} (14... Be7 15. Qc2 h6 16. Ne5 $1 $16
) 15. Rb3 $1 c5 16. Qc2 $1 h6 (16... c4 $2 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Qg6 cxb3 19. Qh5
Rd8 20. Bg6+ Kg8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Bxf6 $18) 17. Bb5 Qa5 18. Nd2 $1 $16 cxd4 19.
exd4 (19. cxd4 $2 Bb4 $1) 19... a6 20. Bd3 Be7 21. c4 Rd8 22. Nf3 Nd7 23. Bg3
Nf8 24. Be4 Ra7 25. c5 $1 (25. Rfb1 $2 b5 $1 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Rxb5 Qxa2 $14)
25... f5 26. Bd3 Bd7 27. Qb2 {with idea Ra3} Qa4 28. Ne5 Bc8 29. Nc4 $1 Ng6 30.
Bb8 Ra8 31. Nb6 $18 Qxb3 32. Qxb3 Rxb8 33. Nxc8 Rbxc8 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Qxg6
1-0

[Event "TUR-chT 1st League"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2019.07.22"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Black "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2019.07.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ankara Dernegi"]
[BlackTeam "Karaman Saglik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

{[%evp 0,177,35,39,23,-10,25,7,46,8,34,13,22,17,10,3,2,29,2,28,50,47,42,34,44,
39,66,66,54,39,50,61,64,51,56,36,31,14,9,3,52,33,33,43,43,61,57,72,60,66,64,55,
59,64,61,52,57,38,35,23,99,94,74,74,74,83,88,95,95,96,92,85,94,90,80,60,81,98,
97,107,108,112,115,112,115,115,114,114,115,115,115,115,115,115,129,130,131,126,
128,122,129,129,126,128,135,135,143,136,152,127,128,127,141,128,155,154,156,
151,147,147,138,138,149,114,108,109,110,109,110,95,86,71,99,91,92,90,89,97,97,
99,97,97,111,97,114,113,111,113,109,111,108,107,107,107,112,110,110,110,110,
109,109,109,109,109,109,109,131,120,120,119,119,94,123,136,162,201,222,259,259,
259]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4
8. Qc2 O-O 9. Be2 e5 10. O-O exd4 11. Nb3 Qd8 12. Nxd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Ne5 14.
Be2 h6 15. Bh4 Ng6 16. Bg3 Qe7 17. Rfd1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne4 19. Bd3 Re8 20. Bxe4
Qxe4 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. c4 Nf8 23. Rac1 Bd7 24. Bd6 b6 25. c5 Ne6 26. cxb6 axb6
27. Nxc6 Rxa2 28. Ne7+ Kh7 29. Nd5 Rb2 30. f3 Ra4 31. Be5 Rb3 32. Nxb6 Rxb6 33.
Rxd7 Kg6 34. Rd2 h5 35. h4 Rba6 36. e4 f6 37. Bc3 Ra2 38. Rcd1 Rxd2 39. Rxd2
Ra4 40. Rd6 Kf7 41. Rd7+ Kg6 42. Kh2 Rc4 43. Be1 Rc1 44. Bd2 Rc4 45. Rd5 Ra4
46. Kg3 Ra2 47. f4 Nc5 48. Kf3 Ra3+ 49. Be3 Nd3 50. Ke2 Nb4 51. Rd7 Ra2+ 52.
Bd2 Nc6 53. Kd3 Ra7 54. Rd6 Ne7 55. Bb4 Ng8 56. Rd8 Nh6 57. Rh8 Rd7+ 58. Kc4
Kf7 59. Rf8+ Kg6 60. g3 Nf7 61. Bc5 Nd6+ 62. Bxd6 Rxd6 63. Rh8 Rd1 64. e5 Kf7
65. exf6 gxf6 66. Rxh5 Rg1 67. Kd4 Rxg3 68. Ke4 Kg6 69. Ra5 Rh3 70. h5+ Kh6 71.
Ra8 Kg7 72. Ra7+ Kh6 73. Kf5 Rxh5+ 74. Kxf6 Rb5 75. Re7 Ra5 76. Re1 Ra6+ 77.
Re6 Ra5 78. Re2 Ra6+ 79. Kf7 Ra7+ 80. Re7 Ra5 81. Re6+ Kh7 82. Kf6 Kg8 83. Kg6
Kf8 84. Rf6+ Ke8 85. Kg7 Ke7 86. f5 Re5 87. Rf8 Kd7 88. f6 Rg5+ 89. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Malakoff op 09th"]
[Site "Malakoff"]
[Date "2009.04.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Guilleux, Fabien"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Malakoff/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Les deux joueurs avaient crée la surprise et ils jouaient а la 1ère
table} d5 2. c4 e6 {Malgré l'ordre des coups, les noirs vont jouer la
semi-slave comme d'habitude} 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Qa5 $5 {
La vieille variante Cambridge Springs} 7. Nd2 dxc4 (7... Bb4 {le coup habituel}
) 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Be2 {1h12} Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf3 {01h08 Les
blancs doivent continuer а suivre leurs préparations car ils jouent rapidement.
} Rd8 ({RR} 12... Bd7 13. Qe2 Rab8 14. Rac1 c5 15. Ne5 cxd4 16. exd4 Qd6 17.
Nxd7 Qxd7 {1/2-1/2 Danner,G (2445)-Donchenko,A (2378)/Velden 2009/Mega2009
Update 14}) 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. e4 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4] 55 mns} b5 15. Ne5 $146 {
[%csl Re5][%cal Gc6c5,Gc7e5,Ge5f7] Une nouveauté un peu douteuse car le Ne5
manque un peu de soutien mais les blancs avait une idée surprise} (15. Ne3 $142
Rac8 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ne4 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Ge4g5,Gc2h7]} Nxe3 18. fxe3 c5 19.
Rac1 c4 20. Qf2 Rf8 21. b3 Bc6 22. bxc4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 bxc4 24. Rb1 Qa5 25. Rb7
Qa3 26. Kh1 f6 27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Qe2 Bg5 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 {Unzicker,W (2525)
-Ljubojevic,L (2615)/Moscow 1977/EU-chT/0-1 (53)}) 15... Rac8 (15... c5 $142 $1
$132 {[%csl Rd4,Re5]}) 16. Nxf7 $1 {0h46 Fabien GUILLEUX avait réalisé une
norme de MI quelques semaines auparavant en Islande et il était en pleine
confiance} Kxf7 17. e5 {[%cal Gc2h7]} Kg8 $1 (17... Nd5 18. Qxh7 Nf4 (18... Rh8
$4 19. Bh5+) 19. Qe4) 18. exf6 Bxf6 $132 {[%csl Rd4] Les noirs ont la paire de
B et du contre-jeu sur le P isolé "d4"} 19. Rad1 {45mns} Be8 {[%csl Rd4]} (
19... Qb6 $142 $5 {[%cal Gf6d4,Gb6d4]}) 20. Ne4 $1 Bg6 $6 (20... Bxd4 21. Ng5
Bg6 22. Be4 $40) 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Qb3 $14 {[%csl Re6] 38ms} Bf7 23. Qe3 c5
24. Qh6 Qe7 25. d5 {20mns} exd5 26. Rfe1 Qf8 27. Qxf6 Qg7 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29.
Re7 Kf8 30. Rxa7 d4 31. Be4 c4 {suite illisible et gain noir au 113 ème coup}
0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 {Shirov displays the same readiness to defend his
point of view as in the case of the New Arkhangelsk.} 11. Bc4 $5 Nxc3 $146 ({
Deviating from his the game played just the day before:} 11... cxd4 $146 12.
Qxd4 $1 {Aronian,L (2805)-Shirov,A (2722)/Wijk aan Zee 2011/CBM 141/[Krasenkow]
(1-0, 53)}) 12. bxc3 Ba3 13. Rb1 a6 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O b5 16. c4 Bb4 17. Qc2
Bb7 18. Rfd1 bxc4 ({Before releasing the tension, it might have made sense to
complete his development with} 18... Rac8 $5) 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Rd4 $36 Rab8
21. Ne5 Bd5 22. Be7 Rfe8 23. Bd6 Rbd8 24. Bh5 Rxd6 25. Bxf7+ Kf8 26. Bxe8 1-0

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hilverda, Alexander"]
[Black "Doluhanova, Evgeniya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 {Gardant l'option de jouer un stonewall} 4. Nf3 (4.
e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Na6 9. Ba5 f6 10. Nf3 b6
11. Nd2 Qf4 12. Bh5+ g6 13. Bf3 Qe5+ 14. Kf1 Qc7 15. Bc3 e5 16. Ne4 Kf7 $132 {
Maletin,P (2621)-Geller,J (2544) Moscow Aeroflot op-A 10th 2011 (4) 1/2}) 4...
Nf6 (4... f5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. g4 (9. h3 Nd7 10. g4
Ndf6 11. O-O-O $36)) (4... dxc4) 5. Bg5 Nbd7 (5... h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8.
Bg3 b5 9. Ne5 Nbd7) 6. e3 Qa5 {[%cal Gd5c4,Ga5g5,Gf6e4] La vieille variante de
Cambridge Springs} 7. cxd5 (7. Nd2 Ne4 (7... Bb4 $142 {Semble plus sain} 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 {Ponomariov,R (2723)-Dreev,A (2710) ESP-chT CECLUB Honor 2011 (2) 1/
2-1/2}) 8. Ndxe4 dxe4 9. Bh4 (9. Bf4)) 7... exd5 (7... Nxd5 {L'alternative} 8.
Rc1 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba3 10. Rc2 b6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. Rb1
Rfe8 15. Bh4 Rac8 16. c4 Bd6 (16... Be7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. e4) 17. Ng5 {
Moiseenko,A (2703)-Dreev,A (2679) Jakarta op 2013 (9) 1/2}) 8. Nd2 Ne4 (8...
Bb4 9. Qc2) 9. Ndxe4 dxe4 10. Bh4 Bb4 (10... Nb6 11. Be2 Nd5 12. O-O Nxc3 13.
bxc3 Bd6 14. c4 c5 15. Qc2 f5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Bh5+ g6 18. Be2 O-O 19. Rab1
Qc7 20. Bg3 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Be6 22. c5 Rac8 23. Rfc1 Qf7 24. a4 Rc7 25. Qb2 Rfc8
26. Qd4 Qe7 27. Qe5 b6 28. g4 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Qb8+ Rc8 31. Qe5 Rc5 32.
Qb8+ Rc8 33. Qe5 {1/2-1/2 (33) Vasilev,M (2473)-Heberla,B (2545) Plovdiv 2013})
11. Qc2 Nb6 12. Be2 Nd5 13. O-O $1 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxc3 15. Bc4 Be6 $2 $146 (
15... O-O $142 16. Rfc1 $32 Nb5 17. a4 {Hracek,Z (2510)-Handoko,E (2490)
Jakarta 1994 (8) 0-1}) 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. f3 $1 {[%csl Re8,Gf1]} exf3 $2 {
Avec un tel retard de développement, l'ouverture du centre est suicidaire.} (
17... O-O $8) 18. Rxf3 b5 $2 19. Raf1 $18 {[%csl Re8]} b4 20. Qf2 Qh5 21. Rf8+
1-0

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 12th"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2011.05.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Black "Nechaeva, Marina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 ({The
main variation went out off fashion:} 7. Nd2 dxc4 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 {
- Black hopes that after the eventual ...c6-c5 his bishop pair will become
very active.}) 7... Nxd5 8. Rc1 Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 h6 11. Bh4 Qxa3 {
The pawn sacrifice is a very cheap price for White's advantage in development
and the power of the centre.} ({Simple development promises more chances:} 
11... b6 12. Nd2 Nxc3 $2 (12... Ba6 13. c4 N5f6 {was playable.}) 13. Qc2 Nd5
14. Qxc6 O-O 15. Qxa8 Qxa3 16. Rxc8 Nc3 17. Rxf8+ Nxf8 18. f3 Qc1+ 19. Kf2
Qxd2+ 20. Kg1 g5 21. Bg3 Qxe3+ 22. Bf2 Qc1 23. h3 a5 24. Kh2 Qf4+ 25. Bg3 Qxd4
26. Qb8 {1-0 Mkrtchian,L (2468)-Madl,I (2405)/Paks HUN 2011/}) 12. Qd2 b6 (
12... b5 $6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Bb7 15. c4 (15. e4 {was also worth considering}
) 15... bxc4 16. Bxc4 N5b6 17. Bd3 Rfc8 $1 18. Bb1 {too slow.} (18. e4 $5)
18... c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Qd6 Qa4 21. Nd4 Qd7 (21... Ne4 $5) 22. Qf4 g5 $6 (
22... Ba6 23. Rfd1 Nd3 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 $17) 23. Qf6 gxh4 24. Qxh6 f5 (24... Ne4
25. f3 Rxc1 (25... e5 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. fxe4 exd4 28. Ba2 $18) 26. Rxc1 Rc8
27. Rf1 $1 Nc5 28. Bh7+ Kh8 29. Rc1 $1 $16) 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Nxe6 Rac8 27.
Qg6+ Kh8 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Bxf5 Rxf5 ({After} 29... Rc1 30. Qg5+ Kh8 31. Qxh4+
Kg8 32. Qg4+ Kh8 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. f3 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 {White can play for a win
with a draw in hand.}) 30. Qxf5 Bd5 {1-0, Kramnik-Shirov, Moscow 2010, and
Black can defend this position successfully, but it was not Shirov's piece of
cake!}) ({We need practical tests. Probably the best try is} 12... Ne7 13. e4
f5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bd3 O-O 16. O-O) 13. Bd3 ({Another possible option was an
immediate action in the centre:} 13. e4 N5f6 14. Bd3 Ba6 15. O-O Bxd3 16. Qxd3
g5 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. Nd2) 13... Bb7 $2 ({In such situations it is recommended to
try to exchange more pieces,} 13... Ba6) 14. O-O ({It was possibly better to
start actions in the centre immediately:} 14. e4 Ne7 15. Bg3 Ng6 16. h4) 14...
Qf8 $2 {A cowardly move.} ({But a more active central approach led to problems
too:} 14... f5 15. c4 N5f6 16. c5) 15. e4 Ne7 ({Another retreat just
accelerated White's initiative:} 15... N5f6 16. e5 Nd5 17. c4 Ne7 18. Rfe1 g5
19. Bg3 Qg7 20. Be4) 16. c4 ({There was another possible way:} 16. Bg3 Ng6 17.
h4 Nf6 18. e5 Nd5 19. h5 Nge7 20. c4 Nc7 {, but after such active moves,
suddenly it becomes difficult to continue the improvement of White's pieces.})
16... Ng6 $2 ({It was necessary to try to close the centre with} 16... c5 17.
d5 e5 18. Bg3 Ng6 19. h4 Qd6) 17. Bg3 Qe7 $6 ({Now it was possible to close
the centre in a different way:} 17... e5) 18. h4 h5 19. e5 $1 $16 c5 20. d5 $1
Ngf8 ({Bad, as it is, but it was necessary to solve the problem of the king:} 
20... O-O) 21. d6 $18 {With such a pawn d6 Black has no hopes for defence.} Qd8
22. Ng5 f5 23. Bxf5 $1 exf5 24. e6 Qf6 25. exd7+ Kxd7 26. Rfe1 Re8 27. Rxe8
Kxe8 28. Re1+ Kd8 29. Re7 1-0

[Event "SLO-chT 27th"]
[Site "Slovenia"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Brumen, Dinko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.09.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ljubljana Duol"]
[BlackTeam "Krsko Triglav"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]
[WhiteClock "0:02:55"]
[BlackClock "0:35:58"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Rc1
O-O ({Few top GMs prefer here} 8... Ne4 9. Ncxe4 (9. Ndxe4 dxe4 10. c5 Qxa2 11.
Qd2 Qa5 12. Bc4 b6 13. O-O bxc5 14. Ra1 Qb6 15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. exd4 O-O 17. Qe2
a5 {Lie,K (2563)-Vallejo Pons,F (2660) Heraklio 2007, with great play.}) 9...
dxe4 10. c5 (10. Bh4 Qxa2 11. Be2 Qxb2 (11... Qa5 12. O-O Bxd2 13. Ra1 Qb4 14.
Qc2 c5 15. Ra4 Qb6 16. Qxd2 e5 17. Ra5 Qh6 18. Bg3 exd4 $17 {Grischuk,A (2810)
-Mamedyarov,S (2759) Tbilisi 2015}) 12. Rc2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qa3 14. O-O O-O 15.
c5 b5 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Rxc6 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Qc2 Qd3 20. Qxd3 exd3 {
Wojtaszek,R (2722)-Navara,D (2735) Gjakova KOS 2016. with an equal ending.})
10... b6 11. a3 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 bxc5 14. b4 f6 15. Bf4 e5 16.
dxe5 fxe5 17. Bg3 h5 18. h4 Ke7 19. Be2 Rd8 20. Rhd1 {Lenic,L (2646)-Fressinet,
L (2650), with a slightly better ending for White.}) (8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10.
Be2 b6 11. Bf4 Re8 12. a4 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. exd4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. cxd5
Qxd5 17. c4 Qd4 18. Be3 Qh4 {Aronian,L (2803)-Mamedyarov,S (2757) Beijing 2013,
with an equal game.}) 9. Bh4 {It seems to be the best option among few others:}
(9. a3 Bxc3 10. Rxc3 dxc4 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nxc4 Qd5 13. b4 b6 14. Be2 Qxg2 15.
Bf3 Qh3 {Khalifman,A (2614)-Dreev,A (2654) Legnica 2013, with complications.})
(9. Be2 Bxc3 10. Rxc3 Qxa2 11. Qc1 Qa5 12. Ra3 Qd8 13. O-O e5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Nb3 Qb6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qc7 exd4 18. Nxd4 Ne5 {Molner,M (2499)-Dreev,A (2628)
Las Vegas 2015, with a complicated position.}) 9... c5 ({Or} 9... e5 10. dxe5
Ne4 11. Ndxe4 dxe4 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Rxc3 Nxe5 14. Be2 $14 {/=}) 10. dxc5 Bxc3
11. Rxc3 Qxa2 12. b4 $5 {The most principial continuation, as protection of
the pawn gives Black sufficient counterplay:} (12. Rc2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qa5 14.
O-O Qxc5 $13) 12... a5 $1 {Black's only chance is to try to destroy the white
pawn structure.} 13. b5 a4 $5 (13... Nxc5 $145 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qc1 Qa4 $1 16.
cxd5 b6 17. Rc4 Qa2 18. Rg4+ Kh8 19. Bc4 Qa4 20. Rf4 $13) 14. Qc1 a3 15. Bxf6 (
{This sharp line can be just dangerous for White} 15. c6 bxc6 16. bxc6 Ne5 17.
Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rc2 Qxc2 $2 19. Qxc2 a2 20. Nb3 a1=Q+ 21. Nxa1 Rxa1+ 22. Kd2 Rd8
$11) (15. Rc2 $1 Qxc2 16. Qxc2 a2 17. Nb3 a1=Q+ 18. Nxa1 Rxa1+ 19. Ke2 $14)
15... gxf6 $6 ({The other recapture was much better:} 15... Nxf6 16. Bd3 Qb2
17. Qxb2 axb2 18. Ke2 Ra1 19. Rb1 Rxb1 20. Bxb1 Bd7 21. Rb3 Rc8 $11) 16. Rc2 {
With this move starts a long forced line, where White regains the queen, but
his king is a bit uncomfortable in the centre.} Qxc2 17. Qxc2 a2 18. Nb3 a1=Q+
19. Nxa1 Rxa1+ 20. Ke2 Nxc5 21. cxd5 b6 22. Qb2 Ra4 23. f3 $1 {A very nice way
to create a safe haven for the king.} Bb7 24. Kf2 e5 25. Be2 $6 ({Much better
was to take the king's escape route:} 25. e4 $1 Rfa8 26. Qc1 Ra2+ 27. Kg3 R8a3
28. Kh4 $1) 25... Bxd5 26. Ra1 Rxa1 27. Qxa1 Ra8 28. Qd1 Be6 29. Kg3 $6 ({
It was necessary to calculate a little bit better:} 29. Qd6 Ra2 30. Qxb6 Nd3+
31. Kg3 Rxe2 32. Qd8+ {[%cal Rd8g8,Rd8d3]}) 29... Kg7 30. Qd6 Ra2 31. Bd1 Bc4
32. Qxb6 $6 {Wrong timing - it was necessary to think about the king position
first:} (32. h3 Bf1 33. Kh4 Rxg2 34. f4 exf4 35. exf4 Ne6 36. Bf3 Rf2 37. Qd1
Nxf4 38. Kg3 Nxh3 $13) 32... Bf1 $1 33. Qxc5 ({White has no time now for his
king to escape and Black can reach the perpetual:} 33. Kh4 Rxg2 34. h3 Nd7 35.
Qc6 Nf8 $11) 33... Rxg2+ 34. Kh4 Rxh2+ 35. Kg3 Rg2+ 36. Kh4 Rh2+ 37. Kg4 Rg2+
38. Kh4 Rh2+ 39. Kg4 Rg2+ 40. Kh4 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op 23rd"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2008.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2008.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 {The main line. Surprisingly this position had
never occurred in my games before.} (10... O-O {0-1 L'Ami,E (2541)-Gurevich,M 
(2652)/Germany 2006/CBM 112/[Gurevich,M] (63) However I'd based my home
preparation on Kramnik's nice win in the following game. 1-0 Kramnik,V (2729)
-Bruzon Bautista,L (2652)/Turin 2006/CBM 113 (32)}) 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13.
Ne5 $6 {An extremely rare move, which shouldn't promise much, but can serve as
a surprise weapon. White changes pawn structure in order to unbalance the
position.} ({White has also tried other options and three of them are at least
not worse than the text.} 13. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Ruck,R (2546)-Dreev,A (2698)/Saint
Vincent 2005/CBM 110/[Babula,V] (32).}) (13. c4 {1-0 Grischuk,A (2710)-Dreev,A
(2704)/Poikovsky 2005/CBM 106/[Erenburg] (35)}) (13. Bg3 {0-1 Gligoric,S (2481)
-Blagojevic,D (2486)/Herceg Novi 2001/CBM 083/[Tsesarsky] (34)}) (13. e4 {
1/2-1/2 Atalik,S (2593)-Nogueiras,J (2540)/Havana 1999/CBM 071/[Tsesarsky] (63)
}) 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 g5 15. Bg3 {Only this natural retreat turns out to be a
novelty.} ({In the only preceding game White played} 15. e4 Ne7 (15... Nxc3 $5
16. Bg3 Nxe4 17. Qxa5 bxa5 18. f3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 $11) 16. Rd1 O-O 17. Bg3 Bb7
$132 {0-1 Sherbakov,R (2559)-Goloshchapov,A (2446)/Ekaterinburg 1999/CBM 075 
(58) with a double edged position.}) 15... Bb7 16. e4 Ne7 17. h4 $5 ({The solid
} 17. f3 $5 {[%cal Gh2h4] was also possible.}) 17... Bxe4 {Eliminating an
important central pawn.} (17... g4 $5) 18. hxg5 h5 {I took a long thought here.
It's clear that White wants to prevent long castling. On the other hand the
a3-pawn is hanging. Suddenly a surprising idea came to my mind and I played}
19. Qb2 $5 ({It's not clear what White achieves after} 19. f3 Bc6) 19... O-O-O
$6 {Missing White's idea.} (19... Bc6 $1 {Preparing to castle long was better.}
) 20. Qb4 $1 {The point of the previous move.} Qxb4 (20... cxb4 21. cxb4+ $14)
21. cxb4 Bd3 $5 {An interesting pawn sacrifice. Black's idea is to exchange
the light-squared bishop, to meet bxc5 with b5 and then to block the c-pawn on
c6, while the knight will dominate over the dark-squared bishop.} (21... Ng6 $5
{[%cal Gh5h4]}) 22. bxc5 b5 {[%cal Gc8c7,Gc7c6]} 23. Rh4 $1 {[%cal Ga3a4] The
rook enters the game.} Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Kb7 $6 {[%cal Gb7c6]} (24... Nf5 $1 25.
Rb4 Nxg3+ 26. fxg3 a6 27. a4 $1 Rhg8 28. axb5 axb5 29. Rxb5 Rd5 $1 $11) ({
In the event of} 24... Kc7 25. Rf4 {with the idea} Nf5 $2 (25... Rhf8 $5) 26.
Rxf5 exf5 27. e6+ Kc6 28. exf7 $18 {and White's pawns decide the game.}) 25. a4
$1 {Preparing the following beautiful combination.} a6 26. Rf4 $1 Nf5 $6 (26...
Rh7 $14 {was a better defence.}) 27. c6+ $1 {Not allowing him to block the
c-pawn.} Kb6 28. a5+ $1 Kxa5 $2 {The losing move.} (28... Ka7 {was necessary,
but White retains a better position after} 29. Bh2 $14) 29. Rxf5 $1 exf5 30. e6
$1 fxe6 ({The game can't be saved after} 30... Rdf8 31. Bc7+ Ka4 32. Be5 $1
Rhg8 33. Bd6 fxe6 34. Ra1+ Kb3 35. Bxf8 Rxf8 36. g6 Rc8 37. g7 $18 {and White
wins.}) 31. Bc7+ Ka4 ({or} 31... Kb4 32. Bxd8 Rxd8 33. g6 Rc8 (33... Ka5 34. c7
Rc8 35. g7 {[%cal Gc1d1,Gd1d8]} b4 (35... Kb6 36. Rd1 $1 $18) 36. Rd1 b3 37.
Ke2 $1 h4 (37... b2 38. Rb1 $1) 38. g8=Q Rxg8 39. Rd8 b2 40. c8=Q b1=Q 41. Qc5+
Ka4 42. Rd4+ $18) (33... a5 34. c7 Rc8 35. Rb1+ {-33...Rc8}) (33... Ka3 34. c7
Rc8 35. g7 b4 36. Ra1+ $1 Kb2 37. Rd1 $18) (33... Ka4 34. Ra1+ $1 Kb3 35. c7
Rc8 36. g7 b4 37. Rd1 $18) 34. g7 a5 (34... Ka5 35. c7 b4 36. Ke2 b3 37. Rd1 h4
38. Kf3 $1 f4 (38... e5 39. Rd5+ $1 Ka4 40. Rd8 b2 41. g8=Q b1=Q 42. Qc4+ Ka5
43. Rd5+ Kb6 44. Rd6+ Kb7 45. Qc6+ Ka7 46. Qxa6#) 39. Rd8 (39. Rd2 $5) 39... b2
40. Rxc8 b1=Q 41. g8=Q $18 {and the king escapes the checks.}) 35. Rb1+ $18 {
31...Ka4.}) 32. Ra1+ (32. Bxd8 Rxd8 33. Ra1+ {transposes to 32.Ra1.}) 32... Kb4
(32... Kb3 33. Bxd8 Rxd8 {[%cal Gd8c8,Gc8c7]} 34. g6 $1 {Preventing the Rc8-c7
idea.} b4 35. c7 Rc8 36. g7 Kc2 (36... Kc4 37. Rd1 b3 38. g8=Q $1 Rxg8 39. Rd8
$18) 37. Ra2+ $1 Kc1 (37... Kc3 38. Rxa6 b3 39. Rc6+ Kd2 40. g8=Q Rxg8 41. Rd6+
Kc2 42. Rd8 $18) 38. Ke2 $1 b3 39. Rd2 b2 40. g8=Q $1 Rxg8 41. Rd8 b1=Q 42.
c8=Q+ Kb2 43. Rd2+ $18) 33. Rxa6 $4 $138 {After missing a decisive idea of g8Q
with the following Rd8 I decided to try playing with a bishop and two passed
pawns vs a rook. A typical time trouble idea.} ({Meanwhile} 33. Bxd8 $1 {
leads to a forced win.} Rxd8 34. g6 $1 (34. Rxa6 $2 Kc5 35. c7 Rc8 36. Rxe6
Rxc7 37. Re5+ Kc4 38. Rxf5 b4 39. Ke2 b3 40. Kd2 Kb4 41. g6 b2 42. Rf8 Kb3 43.
Rb8+ Ka2 44. Ra8+ $11) 34... a5 (34... Kc5 35. c7 Rc8 36. g7 b4 37. Rd1 b3 38.
g8=Q $1 Rxg8 39. Rd8 $18) 35. Rb1+ $1 {An important intermediate check.} Ka4 (
35... Kc5 36. c7 Rc8 37. g7 b4 38. Rd1 b3 39. g8=Q $1 {This is the idea I
missed in my calculations.} Rxg8 40. Rd8 $18) (35... Kc3 36. g7 Rc8 37. c7 a4
38. Rd1 a3 39. g8=Q $1 Rxg8 40. Rd8 $18) 36. c7 Rc8 37. g7 b4 38. Ra1+ $1 {
Another strong intermediate check. Now Black is forced either to go to b5 and
then the king will be on the same line with the future queen on b1 or to b3
where the king prevents advance of its own b-pawn.} Kb5 (38... Kb3 39. Rd1 $1
$18) 39. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d8]} b3 40. Ke2 $3 $18 {The key-move. White takes his
king away from the first rank and prepares Rd8. At the same time Black can't
advance the b-pawn as it will be immediately lost.} Ka4 {Moving the king away
from the b-file.} (40... b2 41. Rb1 $1 Kc6 42. Rxb2 $18 {[%cal Gb2b8]}) (40...
a4 41. Rd8 b2 42. Rxc8 $18 {[%cal Gc8b8]}) 41. Rd4+ $1 {Once again Black has
to make an unpleasant choice: either the king goes to the b-file and loses the
queen after Rd8-c8-b8+ or to a3 where it gets under Qg3+.} Ka3 (41... Kb5 42.
Rd8 b2 43. Rxc8 b1=Q 44. Rb8+ $18) 42. Rd8 b2 43. g8=Q b1=Q 44. Qg3+ $1 Ka4 (
44... Ka2 45. Rd2+ $18) 45. Qf4+ Kb5 46. Qe5+ $18 {and with the centralized
queen White can capture the rook. This would crown White's combination started
with 25.a4!}) (33. Ba5+ $5 {is also enough for a win.} Kc4 (33... Kb3 34. Bxd8
Rxd8 {transposes to 32...Kb3.}) 34. Bxd8 Rxd8 35. Rc1+ (35. g6 Rc8 36. c7 b4
37. g7 b3) 35... Kb3 36. g6 Rc8 37. g7 a5 38. c7 a4 39. g4 $3 hxg4 40. Rb1+ Kc2
41. Rxb5 a3 42. g8=Q Rxg8 43. Rb8 a2 44. Rxg8 a1=Q+ 45. Kg2 $18 {That's why 39.
g4!! was played.}) 33... Ra8 (33... Rd5 $5 34. f4 Rc8 35. Be5 Kc5 36. g6 b4 ({
After} 36... Rxc6 $2 37. Rxc6+ Kxc6 38. Bf6 $1 Rd7 39. g7 $16 {it's Black who
has to look for escape.}) 37. g7 Kb5 38. Ra7 Rg8 39. c7 Kb6 40. Ra4 Rxe5 41.
fxe5 Kxc7 42. Rxb4 Rxg7 43. Rc4+ Kb6 44. Rd4 $15 {and White should be able to
keep a draw.}) 34. Bd6+ $1 ({Definitely not} 34. Rb6 $2 Kc5 $19) 34... Kc4 35.
Rb6 $1 (35. Rxa8 Rxa8 36. c7 Kd5 37. Be7 Kc6 38. Bd8 b4 $19 {and Black should
be able to win.}) 35... Kd5 ({In the event of} 35... Rhg8 36. f4 $1 $11 {
[%csl Ge5] White obtains the e5-square for the bishop.}) 36. c7 {[%cal Gf2f4]}
e5 37. Be7 $1 Rhc8 38. Rd6+ {An attempt to win a drawish position which
eventually led to a loss.} ({White had to agree with a draw after} 38. Rxb5+
Ke6 (38... Kc6 39. Rxe5 Kxc7 40. Bf6 Kd6 41. g3 $11) 39. Bd8 f4 40. Rb6+ Kf5
41. Rf6+ Kxg5 42. Rd6+ Kf5 (42... Kg4 43. f3+ Kg3 44. Rg6+ Kh2 45. Rh6 Ra1+ 46.
Kf2 Ra2+ 47. Kf1 Ra1+ 48. Kf2 $11) 43. f3 e4 44. Rd5+ Ke6 45. fxe4 $11) 38...
Kc4 39. Rd8 $4 $138 {This was already too much. On the last seconds of the
first time control I had noticed that I promote the g-pawn with a check, but
as usually happens I missed Black's very first move.} (39. Rc6+ $11) 39... Ra1+
$1 40. Ke2 Rxc7 $19 {Now despite a strong g-pawn White's position is lost.} 41.
Bf6 Rg1 {This move came as a complete surprise.} (41... Ra2+ $5) 42. g3 (42.
Bxe5 {was a tougher defence, however after} Re7 43. Rc8+ Kb3 44. f4 Rxg2+ 45.
Kf3 Rg4 $19 {White's chances to survive are not big.}) 42... Rc6 $1 {
Preventing the advance of the g-pawn.} 43. Rf8 $6 (43. Bxe5 Re6 44. f4 Rxg3 $19
) (43. Kf3 $1 {was necessary.} Re6 44. Rf8 e4+ 45. Ke3 (45. Kf4 $2 e3 $1 $19)
45... Ra6 46. Rc8+ Kd5 47. Rd8+ Rd6 48. Rf8 Ke6 49. Re8+ Kd7 50. Rb8 {and
White is still in the game.}) (43. g6 Rxf6 44. g7 Rg6 45. g8=Q+ Rxg8 46. Rxg8
b4 $19) 43... f4 44. Bxe5 (44. gxf4 exf4 45. Kf3 b4 46. Kxf4 b3 47. Re8 h4 48.
Re4+ Kd3 49. Re3+ Kc2 $19) 44... fxg3 $1 (44... Re6 $5 45. Rc8+ Kd5 46. gxf4
Rxg5 47. Rd8+ Kc6 48. fxg5 Rxe5+ 49. Kf3 Rxg5 $17) 45. Bxg3 (45. fxg3 b4 (45...
Re6 46. Kf2) 46. Kf2 (46. Rf6 Rc8 $19) 46... Rd1 47. Ke2 Rd5 $19 {looks
hopeless for White.}) 45... Rg6 (45... b4 $5) 46. Rf4+ $6 ({Nor does the better
} 46. Rc8+ Kb3 47. Bf4 b4 48. Be3 h4 49. Rh8 Rg4 $19 {save White.}) 46... Kb3
47. Rf5 (47. Rf3+ $5 {was a tougher defense, but Black wins anyway.} Kc2 48.
Be5 $1 b4 (48... R6xg5 49. Rc3+ Kb2 50. Rc5+ Kb3 51. Rxb5+ Kc4 52. Ra5 h4 53.
Ra4+ Kb5 54. Re4 h3 55. Bd6 Rh5 56. Re5+ Rxe5+ 57. Bxe5 Rg5 $19 {and according
to tablebases Black wins.}) 49. Bf6 R6xg5 50. Bxg5 Rxg5 51. Rf8 Re5+ 52. Kf3
Rc5 $19) 47... b4 48. Bf4 Kc4 49. Bd2 (49. Be3 $142 b3 50. Rc5+ Kb4 51. Rc7 b2
52. Rb7+ Kc3 53. Rc7+ Kb3 54. Rb7+ Kc2 55. Rc7+ Kb1 56. Rb7 Rc6 {[%cal Gb1c2]}
57. f3 (57. Bd4 Rc2+ 58. Ke3 Rxg5 $19) 57... Rc2+ 58. Kd3 Rd1+ 59. Ke4 Re2 60.
Kf4 Kc2 61. Rc7+ Kb3 62. Rb7+ Kc4 63. Rc7+ Kb5 $19) 49... Re6+ 50. Be3 b3 51.
Rc5+ Kb4 52. Rc8 Rxg5 53. Kd3 Rd5+ 54. Bd4 Red6 55. Rb8+ Ka5 $19 {The rest
wasn't necessary and can be explained only by my frustration after spoiling a
beautiful combination.} 56. Rxb3 Rxd4+ 57. Ke2 Rb4 58. Re3 Rd5 59. Kf3 Kb5 60.
Kg3 Rg4+ 61. Kh3 Kc4 62. f3 Rg1 63. Kh2 Rg8 64. Kh3 Kd4 65. Re4+ Kd3 66. Ra4
Ke3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.02.12"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Mueller, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Erfurt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. c4 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 N5f6
15. f3 Ba6 16. Bg3 O-O 17. Nb3 Rfd8 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Kf2 cxd4 20. exd4 Nh5 21.
Bd6 Nb8 22. Bb4 Nf4 23. Bf1 Nc6 24. Bc3 Ng6 25. Be2 Nf4 26. Bf1 Ng6 27. g3 Nce7
28. Bb2 Nf5 29. Bd3 Nd6 30. Nd2 Ne7 31. Rhd1 Nc6 32. Nb3 b5 33. Nc5 bxc4 34.
Bf1 Nb8 35. a4 c3 36. Rxc3 Bxf1 37. Rxf1 Nc6 38. Rd1 Nf5 39. Nb7 Rd5 40. Rc5
Rb8 41. Rxc6 Rxb7 42. Rd2 Rbd7 43. g4 Nxd4 44. Rxd4 Rxd4 45. Bxd4 Rxd4 46. Rc8+
Kh7 47. Rc7 Rxa4 48. Rxf7 Kg6 49. Rb7 Kf6 50. h4 a5 51. Ra7 Ra1 52. Kg2 a4 53.
Ra5 a3 54. Ra7 g5 55. hxg5+ hxg5 56. Ra5 e5 57. Kg3 Ke6 58. Kh2 Kd6 59. Kg2 {
Despite the passed a-pawn, Black cannot win: Schwarz kann trotz des
a-Freibauern nicht gewinnen:} Kc6 (59... a2 60. Kh2 Kc6 61. Kg2 Kb6 62. Ra3 Kc5
63. Ra8 Kd4 64. Ra3 (64. Ra4+ $2 Kc3 65. Ra8 Rc1 66. Rxa2 Rc2+ 67. Rxc2+ Kxc2
$19 {because Black has the distant opposition. denn Schwarz hat die
Fernopposition.}) 64... Kc4 65. Ra8 Kc3 66. Rc8+ Kd3 67. Rd8+ Ke3 68. Ra8 Re1 (
68... Rd1 69. Rxa2 Rd2+ 70. Rxd2 Kxd2 71. Kh2 $1 $11) 69. Ra3+ $1 $11) 60. Rxe5
Rb1 (60... Kb6 61. Re6+ Kb5 62. Re5+ Kb4 63. Re4+ Kb3 64. Re3+ Kc2 65. Re2+ (
65. Re8 $2 Rb1 66. Ra8 (66. Rc8+ Kb2 67. Rb8+ Ka1 68. Re8 a2 $19) 66... Rb3 $19
(66... Kb2 $2 67. f4 gxf4 (67... a2 68. fxg5 a1=Q 69. Rxa1 Rxa1 70. Kf3 Kc3 71.
Ke4 Ra5 72. g6 Rg5 73. Kf4 Rxg6 74. Kf5 $11) 68. Kf3 Rf1+ 69. Kg2 Rc1 70. Kf3
Rc4 71. Rb8+ Kc3 72. Ra8 Kb3 73. g5 a2 74. g6 Rc6 75. g7 $11)) 65... Kd3 66.
Re5 Rb1 67. Ra5 Rb2+ 68. Kg3 a2 69. f4 $11) 61. Ra5 Rb2+ 62. Kg3 a2 63. f4 Kb6
64. Ra8 Kb5 $6 65. fxg5 Kb4 66. g6 Rb3+ 67. Kh4 Ra3 68. Rxa3 Kxa3 69. g7 a1=Q
70. g8=Q Qe1+ 71. Kh5 Qh1+ 72. Kg6 Qb1+ 73. Kh6 Qh1+ 74. Kg7 Qa1+ 75. Kf7 Qf1+
76. Ke7 Qf4 77. Qa8+ Kb2 78. Qb7+ Ka2 79. Qa6+ Kb1 80. Qb5+ Ka2 81. Qd5+ Kb1 $4
{[%mdl 8192]} (81... Ka1 $11) 82. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "World-ch14 Alekhine-Bogoljubow +8-3=15"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1934.04.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "Nimzowitsch,A"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "1934.04.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[Quelle: De Telegraaf 1934/MAY/01; Übers. aus dem Niederländischen TL;
Spielort: Pforzheim] Ist Bogoljubow auf dem Weg, dem Siegeswillen Aljechins
einen ebenso kraftvollen Willen entgegen zu stellen? Sollte man Bogoljubows
Gewinnpartie als einen geglückten Versuch betrachten, sich freizumachen, sich
zu emanzipieren? Gewiss hat Aljechin in diesem Match dominiert, doch gilt dies
nicht für das rein Schachlich-Fachliche, denn sein Partieaufbau - und dies
ist Hauptsache in jeder Auseinandersetzung - ließ die straffe Struktur
vermissen. Auch wurde er oftmals überspielt. Gelang es Bogoljubow nicht schon
einige Male nachzuweisen, dass Aljechins Angriffe kurzatmig waren? Stand der
Weltmeister nicht mehrmals sehr schlecht und bedrängt oder geriet in
Stellungen mit zahlreichen Schwächen in seiner Bauernstruktur? Ohne jeden
Zweifel! Und doch hat er gewonnen. Welche Erkenntnis ist daraus zu ziehen? A)
Dass ihm ein taktisches Können zur Hilfe steht, das sich fast zum Genialen
erhebt. B) Dass er dem Gegner seinen überlegenen Willen aufzuerlegen versteht.
Nach der achten Partie (mit dem grauenvollen Endspiel) fragte mich der heftig
bewegte Bogoljubow: - Glauben Sie, dass man hypnotisiert werden kann? - Aber
Bogoljubow, antwortete ich, das ist doch großer Unsinn. - Nein, erwiderte
Bogoljubow vollkommen ernsthaft, ganz sicher kann man hypnotisiert werden,
zumindest teilweise. Vom ersten Tage an hatte Bogoljubow sich gegen Aljechins
unzähmbare Willenskraft zur Wehr gesetzt, still und unbeholfen, wie es seine
Natur mitbringt, aber deutlich wahrnehmbar für jeden, der "sehen" kann. Er
verteidigte sich gegen Aljechins alarmierende Mitteilungen - z. B. dass er
"die nächste Partie gewinnen wird" - indem er ein satyrisches Gelächter zur
Antwort anstimmte. Bei jedem festlichen Empfang - und diese fanden in jeder
Stadt statt, in die sie kamen - verwahrte er sich gegen Aljechins
eindrucksvolle Rededarbietungen, die immer wieder, auf die eine oder andere
Weise, die Absicht verrieten, ihn, "Boggie", ungünstig zu beeinflussen, indem
er eine gutmütige, ironische Korrektur anzubringen versuchte. Und zum Schluss
verteidigte er sich während der Partie...indem er sich eine große
Sonnenbrille aufsetzte, um Aljechins scharfem Blick zu entgehen. Die zehnte
Partie wollte Aljechin schon um 14 Uhr fortsetzen, damit er rechtzeitig zu
einer Vorstellung von Wagners Siegfried erscheinen konnte. "Siegfried" ist
ganz unbedingt eine imposante Oper. Dies muss "Boggie" zugeben. Doch warum man
ihm aus diesem Grunde die Möglichkeit rauben wollte, sich weiter in Ruhe
seine Hängepartie anzusehen, dies wollte ihm nicht einleuchten.  Aljechin
setzte sich durch und die Partie wurde schon um 14 Uhr wieder aufgenommen.
Doch Bogoljubow rebellierte gegen Aljechins dominierenden Willen und führte
eine ganze Reihe unnötiger Turmzüge aus, die weiter nichts verdarben, außer
Aljechins Vorhaben, den Siegfried zu hören.  Auch in der Partie selbst findet
der aufmerksame Leser eindeutig illustriert: das Ringen zweier Willen.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 {Durch seinen dritten Zug
hat Aljechin Bogoljubows Vorhaben, Indisch zu spielen (das auf 3.Sc3
natürlich gefolgt wäre!) vereitelt und dieser moralische Sieg ist ihm mehr
wert als ein strategischer Vorteil.} Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 ({Gewöhnlich wird hier} 
7... dxc4 {gespielt, ohne vorhergehendes Lb4.}) 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10.
Nxc4 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 {Nicht sehr verständlich;} (11. bxc3 {verdient
entschieden den Vorzug.}) 11... Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 Ke7 13. f3 {Die Vorbereitung zu
Kd2. Der Zug Se4+ muss verhindert werden.} Bd7 14. Rb1 b6 15. Ne5 Rhc8 16. Ba6
Rc7 17. Kd2 c5 18. Rhc1 Rd8 19. g4 {Aufgrund der zentralen Wirkkraft des Se5
kann nun ein Bauernsturm folgen. Bogoljubow pariert jetzt auf geschickte Weise.
} Ba4 $1 {Hier steht der Läufer sehr gut. Zudem geht jetzt Sf6-d7.} 20. h4 Nd7
$1 21. Nxd7 Rcxd7 22. f4 $1 h6 $1 {Wiederum hat Bogoljubow gegen Aljechins
Siegeswillen standgehalten.} ({Der geniale Taktiker, der Aljechin ist, wollte} 
22... f6 {provozieren und hatte dabei folgende Fortsetzung im Auge:} 23. Bd3 e5
24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Bxh7 $1 exd4 26. exd4 cxd4 27. Re1+ Kd6 28. Bf5 $1 dxc3+ 29.
Kxc3 Rc7+ 30. Kb4 $1 Bc2 31. Bxc2 Rxc2 32. Rbd1+ Kc7 33. Re7+ {nebst
Turmtausch und Txg7 mit Gewinn. Durch 22...h7-h6 geht Schwarz diesen Wendungen
aus dem Wege.}) 23. Ke2 Bc6 24. Bb5 Rd6 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Kd3 {Aljechin will,
koste es, was es wolle, seinen Gegner zu f7-f6 und e6-e5 verlocken, worauf ihm
ein vielversprechendes Bauernopfer vorschwebt. Und diesmal lässt sich
Bogoljubow auf Aljechins Absichten ein.} f6 27. a4 e5 28. a5 {Ein souveränes
Negieren jeglicher Gefahr, zugleich ein Aufreizen und Erregen des Bären, der
nicht besonders angriffslustig zu sein scheint!} ({Korrekt war aber} 28. Ke4 {
, worauf eine Konsolidierung nicht schwierig gewesen wäre.}) 28... Rcd6 29.
axb6 axb6 30. f5 R8d7 $1 {Bogoljubow verstärkt seine Stellung, bevor er
zuschlägt.} (30... cxd4 31. cxd4 exd4 32. Rc7+ Kf8 33. e4 $1 {mit gutem Spiel.
}) 31. Ra1 $2 ({Viel besser war hier} 31. Rb5 {, was ohne besondere
Schwierigkeiten zu Remis geführt hatte, zum Beispiel:} exd4 32. cxd4 cxd4 33.
e4 {und es droht sowohl 34.Tcb1 als auch 34.Tc8, ebenso wenig ist 34.e5 zu
verachten.}) 31... b5 $1 32. Ra5 cxd4 33. cxd4 exd4 34. e4 Rb6 {Das bereits
beim 26. Zug entworfene Bauernopfer hat keinen Vorteil geliefert. Schwarz
steht besser.} 35. Rb1 ({Auf} 35. Rc8 {würde sich der b-Bauer in Marsch
setzen.}) 35... b4 36. g5 {Noch immer unter dem Vorzeichen von Aljechins
Schärfe gespielt.} (36. Rb3 {hätte viele eher Remischancen ergeben.}) 36...
b3 {Unzweifelhaft ein starker Zug.} ({Aber auch das doppelte Schlagen auf g5
scheint sehr stark zu sein und verdiente wahrscheinlich den Vorzug, man siehe:
} 36... hxg5 37. hxg5 fxg5 38. e5 b3 39. e6 Rc7 {und jetzt droht sowohl die
Bauernumwandlung als auch die Unterminierung von e6 mittels eines eventuellen
g7-g6.}) 37. e5 fxe5 38. Rxe5+ Kf7 39. Rb2 Rb4 40. Re4 {Weiß beginnen die
Züge auszugehen.} Rd5 41. Rf4 hxg5 42. hxg5 Rbb5 ({Auf} 42... g6 {könnte
folgen:} 43. fxg6+ Kxg6 44. Rf6+ $3 Kxg5 45. Rf8 {und Schwarz kann nicht mehr
gewinnen.}) 43. f6 g6 44. Rf3 Rxg5 45. Kxd4 Rg4+ 46. Kc3 Rgb4 47. Rf1 g5 {
Jetzt droht Tf4.} 48. Rbf2 $1 {Noch ein feines Auskunftsmittel.} b2 49. Rb1 Rb8
{Was jetzt folgt - die Züge 49 bis 55 - könnte man sehr gut als
Siegfried-Motiv bezeichnen (siehe Einleitung). Der g-Bauer hätte sofort
vorrücken können.} 50. Kd3 R4b6 51. Ke3 Rb3+ 52. Kd2 R8b7 53. Kc2 R7b6 {
Jeder Turmzug kostete 10 bis 20 Minuten Bedenkzeit.} 54. Kd1 {Der einzige Zug.}
R3b4 ({Jetzt wäre auf} 54... Rxf6 55. Rbxb2 {gefolgt.}) 55. Ke1 {Wiederum der
einzige Zug.} R4b5 56. Kd1 g4 {Die Schalmei löst das Siegfried-Motiv ab.} 57.
Kc2 Rb3 58. Rh2 Kxf6 {Hiermit ist das Schicksal der Partie besiegelt.} 59. Rh8
Kg7 60. Rh4 Rg3 ({Ein grober Fehler wäre} 60... R6b4 {wegen} 61. Rxg4+) 61.
Rh2 Rgb3 62. Rh4 R3b4 63. Kc3 Kg6 64. Rhh1 Kg5 65. Kd2 R4b5 66. Ke2 Rh6 67.
Rhg1 Rh2+ 68. Kd3 Kh4 69. Rge1 Rd5+ 70. Kc3 Rc5+ 71. Kb3 Rc1 72. Rbxc1 bxc1=Q
73. Rxc1 g3 74. Rc8 g2 75. Rc4+ Kg3 76. Rc3+ Kf2 77. Rc2+ Ke1 78. Rc1+ Ke2 79.
Rc2+ Kd1 80. Ra2 Rh3+ 81. Kc4 Rg3 {Weiß gab auf. Eine Partie, in welcher es
Bogoljubow gelungen ist, Aljechins "Taktik" ebenso nachhaltig anzuwenden und
dessen imponierenden Willen in rein psychologischem Sinne zu übertreffen.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Irwanto, Sadikin"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Indonesia"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "INA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 e5 10. O-O exd4 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. exd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 a5 14. a4 $1 {
Das Feld b4 ist nicht so wichtig. Der schwarze a-Bauer muss gestoppt werden.}
Qc7 15. h3 (15. Rae1 {sieht besser aus, wie in der berühmten
Schnellschachpartie Carlsen-Kasparov, Reykjavik 2004.}) 15... h6 16. Bh4 (16.
Bxh6 $2 {funktioniert nicht wegen} gxh6 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. Qxh6+ (18. Bxf7 Qf4
$19) 18... Nh7 $17) 16... Nb6 17. Bd3 (17. Bxf6 Nxc4 18. Na2 Be6 $1 19. Nxb4
axb4 20. Nc5 Bd5 21. Be5 Qe7 $15) 17... Nbd5 18. Bc4 ({Mit diesem
überraschenden Rückzug zeigt sich Weiß mit einer Zugwiederholung zufrieden.} 
18. Rfe1 Bd6 $11) 18... Qf4 19. Bg3 Bf5 $6 ({Dass Weiß nach dieser
Ungenauigkeit eine solche Initiative entfalten würde, habe ich völlig
übersehen. Besser war} 19... Qg5) 20. Bd3 $1 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Qg5 22. f4 Qg6 23.
f5 Qg5 24. Rf3 {Der weiße Plan ist einfach und gefährlich, wobei die schwarze
Dame Bewegungsprobleme hat.} Rfe8 25. Be5 Rad8 {Während der Partie dachte ich,
meine Stellung sei schlecht. Erstaunlicherweise ist es nicht der Fall, sie ist
verteidigungsfähig.} 26. Rg3 (26. Re1 h5 $5) 26... Qh4 27. Qf3 Bd6 {Der
störende Be5 wird abgetauscht, der weiße Druck lässt nach.} 28. Qf2 $6 ({
Weiß musste sich schon um Ausgleich bemühen. Am sichersten war hier} 28. Nxd5
cxd5 {, und erst dann} 29. Qf2 Kh8 30. Bxd6 Rxd6 $11) (28. Re1 $2 {würde aber
sofort zum Verlust führen:} Bxe5 29. Rxe5 (29. dxe5 Nh5) 29... Nxc3 30. bxc3
Rxe5 31. dxe5 Nh5 32. Rg4 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Rd1 $19) 28... Kh8 29. Bxd6 (29. Nxd5 $2
Bxe5 30. dxe5 Ne4 $19) 29... Rxd6 ({Die Fesselung geht jetzt nicht:} 29... Nxc3
$6 30. bxc3 Ne4 $2 31. Qf4) 30. Nd2 $6 ({Zu einem leicht schlechteren aber
wohl haltbaren Endspiel führte} 30. Rf3 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 b6 32. Re1) 30... Ne7 $1
31. Nf3 (31. Nc4 $6 Rxd4 32. Ne5 Nxf5 $1 33. Nxf7+ Kg8 34. Rf3 Kxf7 35. Rxf5
Qxf2+ 36. Rxf2 Kg6 $17) (31. Rd3 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Red8 $15) 31... Qf4 32. Ne5
Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Kg8 $6 ({Genauer war} 33... Rxd4 34. Nxf7+ Kh7 $17) 34. Nc4 $2 (
{Weiß revanchiert sich in Zeitnot mit diesem entscheidenden Fehler. Nach} 34.
Rd3 Nxf5 35. Nc4 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 Nxd4 37. Nxa5 Re7 {wäre noch Arbeit nötig, um
den Mehrbauern zu verwerten.}) 34... Rxd4 35. Nxa5 Nxf5 36. Rf3 Nh4 37. Rg3 Nf5
38. Rf3 Nh4 39. Rg3 Rd2+ (39... Rb4 40. b3 Re5 41. Nc4 Rf5+ 42. Kg1 Rxb3 $19)
40. Kf1 Rxb2 41. Rb1 Ree2 (41... Rxb1+ 42. Nxb1 Ne4 $19) 42. Nc4 Rf2+ 43. Ke1
Rxb1+ (43... Nxg2+ 44. Rxg2 Rxb1+ 45. Kxf2 Rc1 46. Nd6 Rxc3 47. Nxb7 Rxh3 48.
Kg1 Ra3 49. a5 Ra1+ 50. Kh2 g5 $19) 44. Kxf2 Rb4 45. Nd6 Rb2+ 46. Kf1 b6 47.
Nc4 (47. Rd3) 47... Rb4 48. Ne5 Nf5 49. Rd3 Nd4 50. g4 (50. Kf2 c5 51. Ke3 Kf8
$19) 50... c5 51. h4 $6 Ne6 52. Rd6 Ne4 53. Nxe4 Rxe4 54. Nd7 Rxa4 55. g5 Rxh4
56. g6 (56. gxh6 Rd4 57. Rxd4 cxd4 58. hxg7 b5 $19) 56... Rd4 57. gxf7+ Kxf7
0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2007.02.09"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2007.02.09"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 N7b6 {Ein wenig erprobter Zug in einer bekannten Variante.} 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10.
bxc3 Na4 ({Auch nach} 10... Nd5 {hat Weiß kaum etwas Besseres als dieses
Bauernopfer.}) 11. O-O Qxc3 12. Qe2 Qb2 13. Bc2 Qb5 14. Bd3 Qb2 15. Bc2 Qb5 16.
Qd1 Nc3 17. Qd2 Bb4 ({Interessant ist auch zuerst} 17... Ne2+ 18. Kh1 Bb4 {
, wonach Weiß} 19. a4 $5 {spielen kann.}) 18. Bd3 Qb6 (18... Qa4 19. a3 Ba5 20.
Qb2 {ist kaum empfehlenswert.}) 19. a3 Ba5 20. Qc2 h6 21. Bh4 O-O 22. Be7 $2 ({
Der einleitende Zug zu einem illusorischen Angriff. Nach} 22. Ne5 Qc7 23. Nc4
Nd5 24. Bg3 Qd8 25. Bd6 Re8 26. Bh7+ Kh8 27. Rab1 $36 {steht Weiß
aussichtsreich.} (27. Ne5 Qf6)) ({Dasselbe gilt auch für} 22. Nd2 $5) 22... Re8
23. Bc5 (23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Bd6 e5 25. Nxe5 Be6 {ist nicht so klar.}) 23... Qc7
24. Ne5 Rd8 (24... f5 {ist nicht nötig, wie ich mir bei 22.Be7 dachte.}) 25.
Bh7+ Kh8 {Erst hier verstand ich, dass mein Angriff nicht durchbricht. Aber es
gibt schon kein zurück mehr, wenn sich Weiß mit Ausgleich nicht zufrieden
geben will.} 26. Bg6 (26. f4 b6 27. Bb4 Bxb4 28. axb4 Nd5) 26... fxg6 27. Qxg6
(27. Nxg6+ Kg8 28. Ne7+ Kh8 {ist nur Dauerschach. Dass der König zurück in die
Ecke darf, hatte ich zuvor übersehen.}) 27... b6 ({Nach} 27... Kg8 {sollte
Schwarz kein Problem haben, man sehe:} 28. Ng4 Kh8 29. f4 b6 (29... Nd5 30. Ne5
b6 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Nxh6+ Kh8 33. Rf3 $18) (29... Bb6 30. Nxh6) 30. Rf3 (30.
Ne5 bxc5) 30... e5 $1 (30... bxc5 $2 31. Rh3 (31. Nf6 gxf6 32. Rh3 Qg7) 31...
Kg8 32. Nxh6+ Kf8 33. Ng4 e5 34. fxe5) 31. Nxh6 e4 $11) 28. Nf7+ (28. Bd6 Rxd6
$11) 28... Qxf7 $6 ({Es war schwer vorauszusehen, dass Schwarz nach diesen
Verwicklungen schlechter stehen wird. Daher war} 28... Kg8 {angebracht:} 29.
Nxh6+ Kh8 30. Nf7+ Kg8 31. Nxd8 $5 Qxd8 32. Bb4 Bxb4 33. axb4 Bd7 $13) 29. Qxf7
bxc5 30. dxc5 $1 ({Weiß gibt etwas Material zurück, um eine gute Kontrolle zu
behalten. Nach} 30. Kh1 cxd4 31. exd4 Nb5 {stünde Schwarz besser.}) 30... Ba6
31. Qxe6 Bxf1 32. Rxf1 Rac8 33. Qc4 {Die schwarzen Leichtfiguren stehen
unbequem.} Nb5 (33... Nd5 34. Qa4 {und a7 hängt.}) 34. g3 Rd5 (34... Rb8 $142)
35. a4 Nc7 36. Rb1 Re8 (36... Rcd8 37. Rb7) 37. Rb7 Ne6 38. Rxa7 (38. Qe4 Bc3
39. Qg6 Rdd8 40. Rxa7 Bf6) 38... Rxc5 39. Qe4 Nc7 40. Qf4 ({Nach} 40. Qg6 Re6
41. Qf7 Rf6 42. Qe7 Ne6 {war mir nicht klar, wie fortzusetzen.}) 40... Rce5 (
40... Nd5 41. Qd6 (41. Qf7 Rg8 42. e4 Nf6) 41... Rc1+ 42. Kg2) 41. Qf7 ({
Die Abwicklung} 41. Rxa5 Rxa5 42. Qxc7 Rxa4 43. Qxc6 {sollte auch reichen,
aber es schien mir besser, die Spannung zu halten.}) 41... Rb8 (41... R5e7 42.
Qc4) (41... R8e7 42. Qf8+ Kh7 43. Rxa5 Re8 44. Qb4) 42. Qd7 (42. Rxc7 Bxc7 43.
Qxc7 {stellt die gleiche Frage.}) 42... Rc5 (42... Bb6 43. Rb7 $1) 43. Kg2 Bb6
({Nach} 43... Rb2 {verfügt Weiß über einen hübschen Trick:} 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45.
Rxa5 $1 Rxa5 46. Qd3+ Kh8 47. Qc3) 44. Rb7 Rxb7 45. Qc8+ Kh7 46. Qxb7 Ba5 47.
Qa7 Ne6 48. Qe7 Re5 49. Qd6 Bc7 50. Qxc6 Kg6 51. e4 ({Leichter war wohl} 51. f4
Rxe3 52. Kf2) 51... Kf6 52. f4 Rc5 53. e5+ (53. Qd7 $142) 53... Ke7 54. Qe4 Ra5
55. h4 Rc5 56. Kh3 Ra5 57. Qb4+ Kf7 58. f5 Nc5 59. e6+ Ke7 60. Qc3 Kd6 61. Qd4+
Kc6 62. e7 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 {In this
line White frequently sacrifices a pawn for the initiative.} ({The solid
alternative is} 7. Nd2) 7... Nxd5 8. Qd2 N7b6 ({A more popular line goes with} 
8... Bb4 9. Rc1) 9. Bd3 {This is the most principled continuation, which leads
to a pawn sacrifice.} ({The exchange of queens after} 9. Nxd5 {leads to equal
position.}) (9. Rc1 {appeared in practice as well.}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd5 ({
Another way to attack the Pc3 is} 10... Na4 {, but after} 11. O-O Qxc3 12. Qe2
{the knight on a4 is somewhat misplaced.}) 11. O-O (11. Rc1 Nxc3 $1 12. O-O Bb4
13. a3 Qxa3 14. Ra1 Qb3 15. Bc2 Qd5 16. e4 Nxe4 17. Qxb4 Nxg5 18. Ne5 a5 19.
Qa3 f6 20. Bg6+ hxg6 21. Nxg6 Nf3+ 22. Qxf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Rh5 $19 {0-1
Alekhine,A-Euwe,M/World Championship 1935 (45)}) 11... Qxc3 12. Qe2 $44 {
White is a pawn down, but his compensation is quite obvious thanks to the
advantage in development and the mobile pawns in the centre. On the other hand,
Black's position is lack of clear weaknesses.} h6 (12... Be7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14.
Ne5 Ng6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qf3 O-O 17. h4 Qa5 18. h5 gxh5 19. Rac1 g6 20. g4
hxg4 21. Qxg4 Kg7 22. Kg2 Qd5+ 23. f3 Bd7 24. Rh1 Rh8 25. Qf4 f6 26. Ng4 Raf8
27. Rxh8 g5 28. Rh7+ Kxh7 29. Qh2+ Kg8 30. Qh6 $18 {1-0 Polugaevsky,L-Seirawan,
Y/Biel 1985 (42)}) (12... Bd6 13. Nd2 Qa5 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Qh5 Be7 16. f4 Nf6
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. Rb1 g6 20. Qa5 O-O 21. Nb6 Qd8 22. Qa4 axb6 23.
Qxa8 Bxd4 24. exd4 Qxd4+ 25. Kh1 Qxd3 26. Rbd1 Qc4 27. Qb8 e5 28. Qxe5 Qxa2 $11
{1/2-1/2 Vaganian,R-Torre,E/Biel 1985 (51)}) 13. Bh4 Be7 (13... Ba3 14. Ne5 Be7
15. Bg3 Qa5 16. e4 Nf6 17. Rad1 O-O 18. Bb1 Rd8 19. Qc2 Nd7 20. Nc4 Qh5 21. d5
exd5 22. exd5 Nf8 23. Rde1 Bf6 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Be5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 {1/2-1/2
Lalic,B-Candela Perez,J/Dos Hermanas 2004}) 14. Bg3 $146 (14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Ne5
Qa5 16. Rac1 O-O 17. Qh5 f6 18. Rc5 Qa3 19. Ng6 Nxg6 20. Qxg6 f5 21. Bc4 $36 {
1/2-1/2 Perdomo,L-De Dovitiis,A/Buenos Aires 2002 (31)}) 14... O-O 15. Rac1 Qa5
16. Ne5 Qd8 $6 {The black queen was doing nothing on a5, but this move is a
waste of an important tempo.} (16... Nf6 {can be recommended with the idea
Nf6-d7 kicking away White's centralized knight.}) 17. Bb1 $1 {[%cal Ge2c2,
Ge2d3,Gc2h7]} f5 {This move is practically forced to block the diagonal b1-h7.}
18. Ng6 Re8 19. e4 $1 {Correctly opening up the centre.} Nf6 $6 (19... f4 20.
exd5 (20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Qxd4) 20... fxg3 21. dxc6 gxh2+ 22. Kh1 bxc6 23.
Qe4 $40 {[%csl Rg8]}) ({Stronger would have been} 19... fxe4 20. Qxe4 Nf6 {
, but White keeps a strong initiative anyway.}) 20. Bh4 $1 fxe4 21. Bxe4 Qxd4
$6 {This capture opens the d-file for White's favour. On the other hand, it's
very hard to point out any reasonable improvement for Black.} (21... Bd7 22.
Bb1 $40 {[%cal Ge2c2,Ge2d3]}) 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Rfd1 Qb6 (23... Qxe4 24. Qxe4
Nxe4 25. Bxe7 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8][%cal Gd1d8]}) 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rc3 $1 Rg7
26. Rcd3 {As simple as strong. Black just has not enough forces to protect his
vulnerable king, since his queenside pieces are still dreaming...} f5 {[%tqu
"En","Please enter a move for white.","","","e4f5","About this sacrifice white
should not think twice. The following invasion of white's heavy pieces is
decisive.",10]} 27. Bxf5 $1 {[%mdl 128] About this sacrifice White should not
think twice. The following invasion of White's heavy pieces is decisive.} exf5
28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Rd8 Qc7 $2 {The last mistake in a lost position. The
manoeuvres of Black's queen were rather unsuccessful in this game.} ({Black
could still put up some resistance after} 29... Be6 $1 30. Rxa8 Bd5 31. Qh8+
Kg6) 30. Qh8+ Kg6 31. R1d6+ {[%csl Rg6,Rh6]} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 (7. Nd2 {
used to be the main line, but recently Black has been doing well after} Bb4 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Be2 c5) 7... Nxd5 (7... exd5 {leads to Carlsbad structure where the
queen on a5 is doing nothing.}) 8. Rc1 {This move is relatively rare.} (8. Qd2
{is the main continuation.} Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 {This position has been
defended mainly by grandmasters Alexei Shirov and Alexey Dreev. Here is one
recent example:} b6 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. c4 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Ne7 15. f3
Ba6 16. Be2 cxd4 17. exd4 Rc8 18. O-O Nf5 19. Bf2 O-O 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. g4 Ne7
$11 {1/2-1/2 (31) Potkin,V (2663)-Dreev,A (2677) Eilat 2012}) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3
Ba3 (9... Qxa2 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O Qa5 ({Black must be careful:} 11... O-O $2
12. Ra1 Qb2 13. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 14. Qd3+ Kg8 15. Rfb1 $18 {[%csl Rb2]}) 12. c4 {
with good compensation for the pawn.}) 10. Rc2 b6 {Preparing the favourable
exchange of the light-squared bishops.} 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O (
13... h6 14. Bh4 O-O 15. c4 Rfe8 16. e4 (16. Rd1 $5) 16... e5 17. d5 Nc5 18.
Qe2 Qa4 $11 {1/2-1/2 (38) Malakhatko,V (2548)-Michiels,B (2489) Antwerp 2011})
14. e4 {I think the plan adopted by Boris is not the best.} (14. c4 h6 15. Bf4
(15. Bh4 Rfe8 16. Rd1 {is another option. Then White can put his bishop on g3,
preventing the advance e6-e5.}) 15... Rad8 16. Rb1 Rfe8 17. Bc7 (17. c5 $2 e5)
17... Rc8 18. Bg3 Rcd8 19. c5 $1 Nxc5 20. Qc3 Ne4 21. Qxa5 bxa5 22. Rxc6 $14)
14... Rfe8 15. e5 $6 {This is a committal decision. White doesn't really have
chances for an attack on the kingside. Meanwhile, the move in the text weakens
the light squares.} ({In the event of} 15. c4 $6 e5 16. d5 Nc5 {Black will get
a nice square for his knight.}) (15. Bf4 {would be preferable.}) 15... h6 16.
Bh4 c5 17. Nd2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rac8 $1 {The structure is now favourable for
Black. So, it's up to White to prove something.} 19. Nc4 Qb5 {Black doesn't
lose a piece.} ({Of course, not} 19... Qa6 $4 20. Qxa3 $18 {[%csl Ra6]}) 20. f4
Rc7 21. Qxa3 {White has to release the pressure before Black doubles the rooks
along the c-file.} (21. f5 Rec8 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Qxa3 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Qxc4 $15)
21... Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Qxc4 23. Bf2 {[%csl Ra7]} Qc7 {Black has to spend a move
on protecting the Pa7, so White seizes the c-file.} 24. Rc1 Qb7 25. Qd6 {
White's position looks very active, but he has no objects to attack.} ({
From the practical point of view it was preferable to swap queens:} 25. Qf3 $5
Qxf3 26. gxf3 {White's pawn structure has been spoiled, but the rook is going
to penetrate to c7. The position is balanced. For instance:} Nf8 27. Rc7 Ng6
28. f5 exf5 29. Rxa7) 25... Nf8 26. g3 ({After} 26. Qc7 Qa6 {the black queen
becomes active.}) 26... Rc8 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. d5 {White should get rid of this
pawn.} exd5 29. Qxd5 g6 30. Kg2 Ne6 {The position is very close to equality,
but White is the one who has to play accurately. The well-known duo queen +
knight might cause the white king some troubles.} 31. Qf3 Kg7 32. a3 h5 33. h4
$1 {Seemingly illogical, placing the pawns on the same colour as the bishop,
but preventing the possibility of h5-h4 which could weaken the Pf4.} Qc2 34.
Qb7 Qa4 35. Qf3 b5 {Sooner or later Black is going to organise a passed pawn
on the queenside.} 36. f5 {With must hurry up with his counterplay against the
black monarch.} gxf5 37. Qxf5 Qxa3 38. Qxh5 a5 39. Qg4+ Kf8 40. h5 $2 {The
decisive mistake.} (40. Qh5 Qc3 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Qf6+ Ke8 43. Qh8+ Kd7 {
Otherwise it's a perpetual check.} 44. Qf6 Qc6+ 45. Kg1 Nd8 46. e6+ $1 Qxe6 47.
Qg5 {[%csl Gh4] White is not worse as his h-pawn is also very dangerous.})
40... Qc1 $1 {Preventing the further advance of White's h-pawn.} 41. Qe4 b4 42.
Be3 Qc7 (42... Qc8 {was also strong} 43. h6 b3 $19 {[%cal Gc8c2]}) 43. Qa8+ Kg7
44. h6+ Kh7 45. Qe4+ Kg8 46. Qa8+ Qd8 {No perpetual check.} 47. Qxd8+ (47. Qf3
Qd3 48. Qg4+ Kh7 {is also hopeless for White.}) 47... Nxd8 48. Kf3 a4 49. Ke4
Nc6 50. Bc1 Na5 $1 51. Bd2 b3 52. Kd3 Nc4 $1 {The knight assists the passed
pawns very effectively.} 53. Bc3 a3 54. g4 Kh7 55. g5 Kg6 56. Bd4 b2 57. Kc2
Nd2 {White has to give up a piece, so he resigned.} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 (7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. Qd2 {is a bit more aggressive line for white.}) 7... Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9.
Be2 c5 ({Another main continuation is} 9... e5) 10. Nb3 (10. O-O cxd4 11. Nb3 (
11. exd4 dxc4 12. Bxf6 (12. Bh4 Nb6 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd7 15. Bxf6 gxf6
16. d5 Bxc3 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. bxc3 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,
V-Ivanchuk,V/Luzern 1993}) 12... Nxf6 13. Nxc4 Qc7 {- Halkias,S-Luther,T/
Fuerth 2002/CBM 91 [Tsesarsky]}) 11... Qb6 12. Na4 (12. exd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc7
14. Nb5 Qc6 15. a3 Be7 16. Qe2 {- see the annotated game Rahman,Z-Prakash,G/
Guntur 2000/CBM 77 [Tsesarsky]}) 12... Qc7 13. Nxd4 dxc4 14. Rac1 a6 15. Bxc4
Qa5 16. Bh4 Bd6 17. Be2 Nb6 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Rfd1 Be7 20. Bf3 $16 {1-0 Farago,
I-Pap,G/Budapest 2005 (25)}) 10... Qa4 (10... Qc7 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nb5 Qb8 13.
N5xd4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd6 15. f4 h6 16. Bh4 a6 17. Rac1 b5 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Na5
Rc8 20. Qe2 Bc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sasikiran,K-Gurevich,M/Bastia 2003 (72)}) 11. Bxf6
{White exchanges the bishop in order to be able to capture the Pc5.} Nxf6 12.
dxc5 (12. O-O Bxc3 13. Qxc3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17.
Nxb3 Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Aseev,K-Oll,L/Moscow 1995 (82)}) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc6
14. O-O (14. O-O-O Bxc5 15. Bb5 Qc7 16. g4 Nxg4 17. Bd3 Be7 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19.
Rhg1 f5 20. Bg6 Bd7 21. Bh5 Nh6 22. Kb1 $13 {1/2-1/2 Rahman,Z-Goloshchapov,A/
Dhaka 2002 (52)}) 14... Bxc5 15. Nxc5 (15. Be2 Bd6 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. h3 Be5 18.
Rac1 Rac8 19. Bb5 Qxb5 {1/2-1/2 Lobron,E-Ivanchuk,V/Munich 1994}) 15... Qxc5 {
The position is very symmetrical. White's chances for an opening advantage are
about to evaporate.} 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qb6 18. Rad1 $5 $146 {At a price of
a pawn Van Wely is trying to prevent Black's smooth development by Bd7.} (18.
Bd3 g6 19. Qe5 Bd7 20. h4 Rac8 21. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Poluljahov,A-Smagin,S/Tivat
1995}) 18... Qxb2 19. Rd4 Qa3 20. Rfd1 Qe7 {All white's pieces are extremely
active, but black's position is out of weaknesses. Therefore, white must try
to create a weakness in the opponent camp, otherwise black's extra pawn will
tell...} 21. h4 Qf6 22. h5 Rb8 {Preparing b7-b6 or b7-b5 followed by Bc8-b7.}
23. h6 $1 g6 $1 (23... Qxh6 $2 24. Qe5 Ra8 25. Rd8 $18) 24. Bb3 b5 {[%cal
Gc8b7]} 25. Rd8 $1 {[%mdl 64] Very neat tactical strike, which however, does
not yield white more than equality.} Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qe5 {[%cal Ge5b8,
Ge5g7]} f6 28. Qxb8 Qd7 $8 {All is protected. Now Black is threatening to play
29...Kf7 followed by g6-g6 and Kf7-g6 capturing the Ph6. Therefore, White's
next few moves are practically forced.} 29. g4 Kf7 30. f4 Ke7 ({A bit more
accurate would have been} 30... Qb7 31. Qd6 Qe7) 31. g5 fxg5 32. fxg5 {The
dark squares in black's camp are vulnerable, but White has not enough
resources to take advantage of it. Moreover, White has to be careful, as his
king is unsafe.} a5 33. Qe5 Qc6 34. Kf2 (34. Qg7+ $2 Kd6 35. Qxh7 Bb7 $19 {
[%csl Gb7,Gc6,Rg1]}) 34... a4 (34... Bb7 $2 35. Qf6+ Kd7 36. Qf7+ {[%csl Re6]})
35. Bd1 Bb7 36. Be2 Qg2+ 37. Ke1 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 ({White's last winning attempt
was} 38. Kd2 Qd5+ 39. Qxd5 Bxd5 40. Bxb5 Bxa2 (40... a3 $2 41. Bd3 {[%cal
Gd3g6]} Kf7 42. Bb1 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gd2c3,Gc3b4,Gb4a3]}) 41. Bxa4 Bb1 {
,but the endgame is drawish anyway.}) 38... Qh4+ 39. Kf1 Qh1+ 40. Kf2 Qh4+ 41.
Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Drancy"]
[Date "2016.06.03"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2016.05.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mulhouse Philidor"]
[BlackTeam "Bois Colombes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00][%mdl 512] Prix de beauté de la ronde 7} d5 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:06:
08]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 6. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:35]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. e3
{[%emt 0:00:04]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:07:09]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:
54]} 9. O-O $5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} (9. Qc2) 9... Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} (9... Nxc3
{L'acceptation du gambit est risquée} 10. bxc3 Qxc3 11. e4 {[%csl Re8]} dxe4
12. Re1 f5 13. Re3 $40 {[%cal Ge3e8,Ge3c3]}) 10. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:04:08]} Qd8 {
[%emt 0:01:56]} (10... Nf6 11. Qc2 h6 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Rae1 O-O 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15.
dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 Nc5 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. a3 g6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 Bf5 21. Qxh6+
Bh7 22. f5 Qc7 23. e6 Qe5 24. g4 Rg8 25. h3 Raf8 26. Kh1 Ne4 27. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 28.
Kh2 Rxf5 29. Rxf5 Qc2+ 30. Kh1 Qe4+ 31. Kh2 Qc2+ 32. Kh1 Qe4+ {1/2-1/2 (32)
Wagner,D (2583)-Bu,X (2724) Moscow 2016}) (10... Be7 11. f4 {Lautier,J (2638)
-Anic,D (2467) FRA-ch Prelim Gr-A 1999 (2) 1/2}) 11. f4 {[%emt 0:06:09]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:10:27]} 12. Qc2 {[%emt 0:15:33]} (12. e4 h6 13. Nxf7 $5 (13. Nf3) 13...
Kxf7 14. e5 g6 15. f5 $44 {Stupak,K (2567)-Wang,C (2500) Kolkata GM op 2nd
2015 (8) 1/2}) 12... g6 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 13. Rfe1 $146 {[%emt 0:21:31]} (13.
Rae1 Bg7 14. Nf3 (14. e4) 14... O-O 15. f5 Ne8 16. Ne2 Nd6 17. Ng3 Qe7 18. Kh1
a5 19. e4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Qd8 21. Bd3 a4 22. Ne5 Ra5 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Bxg6 fxg6
25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Rf1+ Kg8 27. Qxg6 Qe7 28. Ne4 Rxe5 29. dxe5 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 a3
31. b3 Be6 32. Re1 Qg5 33. h4 Qh5 34. Kh2 b5 35. Re3 Bd5 36. Qd4 Bh6 37. Re1
Bg5 38. Kg3 Be7 39. Rc1 Kh7 40. Re1 c5 41. Qg4 Qxg4+ 42. Kxg4 c4 {Salzmann,S 
(2156)-Wimmer,J (2264) LSS email 2011 0-1}) (13. e4 h6 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. e5 Ne4
16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 $44) 13... Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 14. b4 {[%emt 0:00:53]}
O-O {[%emt 0:01:11]} 15. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:40]} 16. h3 {
[%emt 0:02:05]} (16. Ne5) 16... Qd6 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 17. Rab1 {[%emt 0:00:50]}
Re7 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 18. Ne5 {[%emt 0:04:56][%csl Ge5]} Be6 {[%emt 0:04:30]}
19. Qf2 {[%emt 0:06:47]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:04:28]} 20. g4 {[%emt 0:02:26]} f6 {
[%emt 0:03:22]} 21. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 22. Qg3 {
[%emt 0:05:40]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 23. Kf2 {[%emt 0:02:04]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:
48]} 24. a3 {[%emt 0:03:36]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 25. g5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} axb4 {
[%emt 0:01:37]} 26. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} fxg5 {[%emt 0:03:19]} 27. Qxg5 {
[%emt 0:00:39]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 28. Nb5 {[%emt 0:02:51]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:
48]} 29. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 30. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:33]}
Nxe5 {[%emt 0:08:17]} 31. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxe5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 32.
fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 33. Qg3 {[%emt 0:02:23]} (33. Qf4
$5 d4 34. exd4 Rxe1 35. Rxe1 Rf8 $13 {[%csl Rf2,Rf4][%cal Gf8f2]}) 33... d4 {
[%emt 0:01:28]} 34. e4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} c4 {[%emt 0:14:52]} 35. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} Qf6+ {[%emt 0:03:08]} 36. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qh4+ {[%emt 0:00:23]}
37. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qxg3+ {[%emt 0:01:38]} 38. Kxg3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} cxd3
{[%emt 0:00:11]} 39. Rbd1 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 40. Kf4 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} g5+ {[%emt 0:01:09]} 41. Kf3 {[%emt 0:03:24]} Rxe4 $1 {[%emt 0:
04:25]} 42. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 43. Ke3 {[%emt 0:05:45]}
Rxe4+ {[%emt 0:08:37]} 44. Kxd3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 45. Rc1 {
[%emt 0:05:36]} Rxh3+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 46. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rh4 $19 {
[%emt 0:05:40]} 47. Nf5 {[%emt 0:03:42]} Re4+ {[%emt 0:03:26]} 48. Kd3 {
[%emt 0:02:13]} Re5 {[%emt 0:04:29]} 49. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:01:
39]} 50. Kd4 {[%emt 0:04:02]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 51. Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Kg7
{[%emt 0:03:37]} 52. Rd7 {[%emt 0:02:35]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 53. Ne4 {
[%emt 0:00:52]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 54. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:
15]} 55. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rf4+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 56. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 57. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Rf5+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} 58. Kd4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 59. Rd6+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 60. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rf3 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 61. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} g4
{[%emt 0:00:54]} 62. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 63. Kd4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Esen, Baris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Bd3 b6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bb1 cxd4 $6 ({Black
should have captured on c3: Schwarz hätte auf c3 nehmen sollen:} 13... Nxc3 14.
bxc3 Ba3) {[%tqu "En","Black has captured on d4. How should White react?",
"White wants to prevent Black from exchanging his Bb4 (which does not have
many squares!) for the Nc3.","","d2c2","The key move of the game!  The mate
threat on h7 enables White to exchange knight for knight in the centre,
whereupon Black's dark-squared bishop will remain a target for the rest of the
game.",20,"De","Schwarz hat auf d4 geschlagen. Wie soll Weiß reagieren?","Weiß
möchte verhindern, dass Schwarz seinen Bb4 (der nicht viele Felder hat!) für
den Nc3 tauscht.","","d2c2","The mate threat on h7 enables White to exchange
knight for knight in the centre, whereupon Black's dark-squared bishop will
remain a target for the rest of the game.",20]} 14. Qc2 $1 {The mate threat on
h7 enables White to exchange knight for knight in the centre, whereupon
Black's dark-squared bishop will remain a target for the rest of the game. Die
Mattdrohung auf h7 ermöglicht Weiß, im Zentrum Springer gegen Springer zu
tauschen, wonach der schwarzfeldrige Läufer des Gegners bis zum Ende der
Partie eine Zielscheibe bleiben wird.} g6 ({Hardly better is Kaum besser ist} 
14... N5f6 {(14...N7f6 15.Nxd5 +-)} 15. Bxf6 $1 (15. Ne4 g5) 15... Nxf6 {
[%tqu "En","How does White keep the initiative?","","","c3e4","Again avoiding
the exchange of the black Bb4 for the knight.",10,"De","Wie behauptet Weiß die
Initiative?","","","c3e4","Vermeidet erneut den Abtausch des schwarzen Bb4 für
den Springer.",10]} 16. Ne4 $1 {Again avoiding the exchange of the black Bb4
for the knight. Vermeidet erneut den Abtausch des schwarzen Bb4 für den
Springer.} Nd5 (16... Nxe4 17. Qxe4 {with the double threat 18.Qh7++/Qxa8. mit
der Doppeldrohung 18.Qh7++/Qxa8.}) 17. Nxd4 {with the threats 18.Nc6 or 18.a3
and a clear plus. mit den Drohungen 18.Nc6 bzw. 18.a3 und klarem Plus.}) ({
Relatively best, though also unappealing, was Relativ am besten, wenngleich
ebenfalls unappetitlich war} 14... f5) 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 (15... exd5 {loses
material on the spot: verliert auf der Stelle Material:} 16. a3 Bd6 17. Qc6 $1)
16. Rfd1 $1 Bc5 ({Or Oder} 16... e5 17. a3 Bd6 18. exd4 {and White's fully
mobilised forces in the centre decide the issue. und die voll mobilisierten
weißen Kräfe im Zentrum machen die Sache klar.}) {[%tqu "En","","","","b2b4",
"",10]} 17. b4 $1 {Enabling the Rd1 to take on d4 with tempo, making it a
dangerous attacking weapon... on both wings! Ermöglicht dem Rd1, mit Tempo auf
d4 zu schlagen, und macht ihn damit zu einer gefährlichen Angriffswaffe... auf
beiden Flügeln!} Bxb4 18. Rxd4 {Attacking both queen and bishop. Greift Dame
und Läufer an.} Qa5 {[%tqu "En","White has chased the black queen to a5. How
would you continue?","Two good options - a queen and a rook move!","","d4g4",
"With the inevitable threat 20.Rxg6+!",20,"c2e4","hitting b4/a8 was also
strong, though after 19...Nc5 White still has to find one killer move - which
one?",20,"De","Weiß hat die schwarze Dame nach a5 getrieben. Wie würden Sie
fortsetzen?","Zwei gute Möglichkeiten - ein Damen- oder ein Turmzug!","",
"d4g4","Mit der unparierbaren Drohung 20.Rxg6+!",20,"c2e4","mit Blickrichtung
b4/a8 ist ebenfalls stark, allerdings muss Weiß nach 19...Nc5 noch einen
Killerzug finden - welchen?",20]} 19. Rg4 $1 {With the threat 20.Rxg6+ - and
it can't be parried! Mit der Drohung 20.Rxg6+ - und die ist unparierbar!} (19.
Qe4 $1 {hitting b4/a8 was also strong, though after mit Blickrichtung b4/a8
war ebenfalls stark, allerdings muss Weiß nach} Nc5 {White still has to avoid
one trap: noch eine Falle vermeiden:} {[%tqu "En","White to play and win.","",
"","e4f4","Keeping the black Bb4 under fire and threatening 21.Qxh6 with a
mating attack - game over!",15,"e4a8","Loses the queen after 20...Bb7!",0,"De",
"Weiß zieht und gewinnt.","","","e4f4","Hält den schwarzen Bb4 unter Beschuss
und droht 21.Qxh6 mit Mattangriff - game over!",15,"e4a8","Verliert die Dame
nach 20...Bb7!",0]} 20. Qf4 $1 ({not the greedy nicht das gierige} 20. Qxa8 $2
Bb7 {and the queen goes. und die Dame fällt.}) {and wins since after und
gewinnt, denn nach} 20... Ba3 {follows folgt} 21. Qxh6 {with rapid mate. mit
schnellem Matt.}) 19... f5 (19... Re8 {does not prevent the strike on g6:
verhindert den Einschlag auf g6 nicht:} 20. Rxg6+ fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kf8 22. Qxh6+
Kg8 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Bg6 {and mate. und Matt.}) 20. Rxg6+ Kh7 ({After Nach} 
20... Kf7 {White could have finished the game with hätte Weiß die Partie
vollenden können mit} 21. Rxe6 $1 Kxe6 22. Qc4+ Qd5 (22... Kd6 23. Qc6#) 23.
Nd4+ Kd6 24. Qc7#) 21. Rxe6 Bb7 22. Qc7 Qd5 23. Re5 Qc5 1-0

[Event "Bad Nauheim Olympia Trainingsturnier"]
[Site "Bad Nauheim"]
[Date "1936.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "Rellstab,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1936.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)DSB 1936,S.174 [Rellstab]} e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5
Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nxc4 Qc7 11. g3 (11. a3
{main line}) 11... O-O 12. Bg2 Bd7 (12... c5) 13. a3 Be7 14. b4 Nd5 15. O-O
Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Be8 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Na5 {/\b4-b5} a6 (19... Bd6)
20. Nc4 b6 21. Rb1 Bf6 (21... c5 $142 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. d5 (23. Rb7 cxd4 $1)
23... exd5 24. Nb6 $14) 22. Rdc1 $16 Qa7 23. Qc2 Rc7 24. a4 Be7 25. a5 (25. Ne5
) 25... bxa5 26. bxa5 c5 27. Nb6 Bb5 28. d5 exd5 29. Bxd5 Bf8 30. Rd1 Rd6 31.
Bc4 (31. Nc4) 31... Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Qb8 33. Qd3 Qe8 34. Qd8 $14 Re7 $4 (34...
Qxd8 $142 35. Rxd8 g6 36. Bxb5 axb5 37. Nd7 Kg7 38. Nxf8 c4 {[%mdl 4096]} 39.
Rd7 (39. Nd7 c3 40. Ne5 c2 41. Nd3 c1=Q+ 42. Nxc1 Rxc1+ 43. Kg2 Ra1 44. Ra8 b4
45. h4 h5 46. Kf3 b3 47. Rb8 Rxa5 48. Rxb3 $11) 39... Rc6 (39... c3 40. Rxc7 b4
41. a6 b3 42. Ne6+ Kf6 43. Nd4 b2 44. Rb7 $18) 40. Rb7 c3 41. Ne6+ Rxe6 42.
Rxb5 Rc6 43. Rb1 g5 44. Kf1 Ra6 45. Ra1 c2 46. Rc1 Rxa5 $11) 35. Qxe8 Bxe8 36.
Rd8 $18 Bc6 37. Bxa6 g6 38. Bc4 Rb7 39. Kf1 Kg7 40. Ke2 Be7 41. Rc8 Bg2 42. f3
h5 43. e4 Bh3 44. Re8 Bf8 45. a6 Rc7 46. e5 Bd7 47. Nxd7 Rxd7 48. Rb8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ruck, Robert"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 {Das ist die sogenannte
Ragozin-Variante des Damengambits.} 5. Bg5 {Weiß bietet Schwarz an, 5...dxc4
zu spielen, mit Übergang in die Wiener-Variante.} (5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5) 5...
Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 {Das ist eine chancenreiche Variante für Weiß.
Zunächst einmal steht die Dame für gewöhnlich gut auf c2. Außerdem spielt Weiß
(noch) nicht e2-e3, weil er in Varianten, in denen Schwarz c7-c5 und Qa5
spielt, den Bg5 nach d2 zurück ziehen kann. - Der Textzug wurde erstmals in
der Partie Kramnik,V. - Serper,G. Dortmund 1993 gespielt.} c6 {Dieser Zug ist
nicht schlecht, aber wahrscheinlich ist die Rochade stärker. Danach müsste
Weiß Vereinfachungen am Damenflügel mit 8.a3 forcieren, denn auf 8.e3 folgt
c7-c5 und der Bg5 verliert das Rückzugsfeld d2.} (7... O-O $5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9.
Qxc3 h6 10. Bh4 c6 11. Nd2 $5 {Weiß möchte den Zug e2-e3 einsparen und evtl.
f2-f3 nebst e2-e4 ziehen, um sich ein starkes Bauernzentrum aufzubauen.} (11.
e3 Qe8 12. Bd3 (12. Nd2 Ne4 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. Bd3 Bf5 15. Bg3 Qe6 16. O-O Rac8
17. Rfc1 Bg6 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qb3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 f5 {0-1 Ruck,R-Milov,V/Ohrid
MKD 2001/The Week in Chess 344 (79)}) 12... Ne4 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. O-O Bf5 15.
Rfe1 Qe6 16. Nd2 Nd6 {0-1 Pelletier,Y-Milov,V/Biel 1993/TD (67)}) 11... Qe8 (
11... g5) 12. f3 Qe6 13. e3 Nb6 14. Bf2 (14. O-O-O) 14... Nh5 15. g4 Nf4 16.
O-O-O $14 Ng6 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Kb1 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Milov,V/Buenos Aires 2000/
CBM 80/[Ribli] (38)}) (7... h6) (7... c5) 8. e3 {Da Schwarz schon c7-c6
gespielt hat, kann Weiß ruhig 8.e3 ziehen. Denn nun wäre c6-c5 ein
Tempoverlust für Schwarz.} h6 (8... O-O 9. Bd3 h6) 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11.
O-O {Wir haben eine typische Stellung der Abtauschvariante des Damengambits
erreicht. Allerdings steht der schwarze Läufer dort auf e7 statt auf b4.} Qa5
$6 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht - der Folge steht die Dame etwas unglücklich
auf a5.} (11... b6 12. a3 Be7 13. Bg3 Bb7 14. h3 a6 15. Rad1 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5
17. Bf5 {0-1 Sulava,N-Efimov,I/Asti 1995/EXT 97 (40)}) (11... a5 12. a3 Be7 13.
Bg3 Nf8 14. h3 Bd6 15. Be5 Qe7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 {1/2-1/2 San Segundo Carrillo,
P-Vilela,J/Alcobendas 1994/EXT 2000 (34)}) 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 $14 {Weiß hat
das Läuferpaar und ein starkes Bauernzentrum - in der Folge kann er c2-c4
spielen. Es ist noch nicht klar, wie Schwarz seinen Bc8 entwickeln soll.} (13.
Qxc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 $11) 13... Ne4 14. c4 Nb6 (14... g5 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16.
hxg3 $14) (14... Ndf6 15. cxd5 cxd5 (15... Qxd5 16. Ne5 $14 {[%csl Ge5]}) 16.
Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Rfb1 $14) 15. c5 (15. cxd5 Qxd5 (15... cxd5 $14) 16. a4 $14 (16.
Ne5 $14)) 15... Nd7 (15... Na4 16. Rfb1 $14) 16. a4 (16. Rfe1 $5) 16... Re6 {
Schwarz verteidigt im vorhinein seinen Pc6 und möchte die Stellung mit b7-b6
sprengen.} 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 (17... dxe4 18. Nd2 $16 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gc4d6,Gd2e4]})
18. Bg3 {[%cal Gg3b8][%mdl 32] Der Bg3 ist der Stolz der weißen Stellung, er
steht viel aktiver als sein schwarzer Widerpart auf c8. Der Textzug richtet
sich gegen b7-b6, worauf Weiß nun mit Bc7 antworten kann. Eine weitere Idee
des Zuges ist, dass der Nf3 nun von der Aufgabe entbunden ist, den Läufer zu
verteidigen.} Re6 19. Nd2 Nf6 $6 (19... b6 $5 20. Bc7 Ba6 $132) 20. Rfe1 {
Weiß verteidigt den Pe3 und möchte - das ist typisch für diese Variante - f3
nebst e4 ziehen.} Ne4 (20... b6) 21. Nxe4 dxe4 $6 (21... Rxe4 22. Be5 {[%cal
Rf2f3,Rf3e4]} Rg4 23. f3 Rg6 24. e4 $14) 22. Red1 {[%cal Gd4d5]} b6 $6 {
Es ist verständlich, dass sich Schwarz mehr Freiraum verschaffen möchte, aber
dieser Zug kommt hier zu früh. Nun bekommt Weiß wegen der passiven Qa5 gute
Chancen.} (22... Qd8) 23. Bc7 $1 {[%cal Gc7a5]} Qa6 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Qb2 {
[%csl Rb6] Mit diesem Zug gewinnt Weiß einen wichtigen Bauern.} Rg6 {[%cal
Gc8g4,Gg4d1,Gg4h3]} 26. Kh1 {Der Pb6 läuft Weiß nicht davon. Deshalb nutzt
Weiß die Gelegenheit, erst einmal seine Stellung zu verbessern und sich gegen
26...Bh3 zu verteidigen.} Bg4 27. Rdc1 Qc8 {Die schwarze Dame strebt an den
weißen Königsflügel, aber Bh3, oder Bf3 geht nie, weil Weiß sich immer mit Bg3
verteidigen kann.} 28. Qxb6 $16 {Weiß hat einen gesunden Mehrbauern. Schwarz
kann keine Drohungen am Königsflügel aufstellen.} Be2 (28... Bf3 $2 29. Bg3 $1
$16 (29. gxf3 Qf5 $1 (29... Qh3 30. Bg3 $18) 30. Bg3 (30. Bf4 Qh5 31. Bg3 Rxg3
32. fxg3 Qxf3+ 33. Kg1 Qxe3+ $11) 30... Rxg3 31. fxg3 (31. hxg3 $2 Qh3+ 32. Kg1
exf3 $19) 31... Qxf3+ 32. Kg1 Qxe3+ $11)) 29. Bg3 (29. a5 $16) 29... Qe6 (29...
Ra6 30. Qc7 $16) 30. a5 Ra6 (30... Ba6 $16) 31. Qb7 Rg5 32. Qc7 h5 $4 {[%mdl
8192]} (32... Kh7 $16) 33. Qd8+ $18 {[%cal Rd8g5,Rd8g8]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 c5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 b6 (11... Qxa3 12. e4 N5f6 13. Bd3 $44)
12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 Ba6 (13... Bb7 14. e4 N5f6 {leads to the game Kramnik,
V-Ivanchuk,V/Novgorod 1995, which ended in a draw after:} 15. d5 c4 16. dxe6
cxd3 17. exd7+ Nxd7 18. Qxd3 g5 19. Bg3 Nc5 20. Qd6 {This final position is
very sharp and complicated, but probably Black has at least equal chances.})
14. O-O cxd4 $146 {After this novelty we reach a complicated position with
mutual chances by force.} (14... Bxd3 15. Qxd3 cxd4 16. cxd4 O-O 17. e4 N5f6
18. Rc2 $6 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Rd8 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. h3 b5 23. Rc5 {
1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Jussupow,A/Istanbul (ol.) 2000}) 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Qxd4 (
16. cxd4 {brings nothing:} O-O (16... Qxa3 17. e4 $44) 17. e4 N5f6 18. Qe3 Rac8
$11) 16... O-O ({Bad is} 16... N5f6 $2 17. Ne5 (17. e4 Qxa3 18. e5 $44) (17.
Qd6 $5) 17... Nxe5 18. Qxe5 $16) 17. e4 Nf4 (17... N5f6 $2 18. e5 Nd5 19. c4
$18) 18. Qxd7 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Nxc1 20. Rxc1 Qxa3 {White should probably be better,
the problem is that Black has a much easier plan and in a game with short time
control this can be decissive.} 21. Qd2 {The only way to defend both the rook
and the pawn c3.} Rac8 22. Nd4 Qd6 $1 {Defending against Nb5. Of course if
White will play Nb5-d6, followed by e4-e5, then the advantage will be obvious.}
(22... Rc4 23. Nb5 $16) 23. Qe3 $6 {A serious innacuracy.} (23. f4 e5 {This
was the main reason why I thought the advance f4 is too early. If Black
doesn't play it, then after e4-e5 White will be better - with pawns on e5 and
f4 I will always have Qg3 and Bf6 ideas for instance, or even Re1-e3-g3.} 24.
fxe5 Qxe5 25. Nf5 $1 {and Black must let my knight to d6. After} Kh7 26. Nd6
Rc6 27. Bg3 Qg5 28. Bf4 {White is slightly better. If comparing to the game,
there is a huge difference - here Black cannot create pressure along the
c-file and also the advance of queenside pawns looks less dangerous now.})
23... Rc4 $1 (23... Qc5 {I considered only this move.} 24. f4 e5 25. fxe5 Qxe5
26. Nf3 {With a complicated position, in which I would prefer White.}) 24. f3 {
Of course I realised that by playing f3 I give up my active plans. The problem
is that after Black's precise moves I have no enought time to organize any
activity - must think about protection of c3 and e4-pawns.} (24. e5 Qc5 25. f4
Rc8 26. Be1 {doesn't work:} Rxd4 27. cxd4 Qxc1) 24... Rfc8 25. Ne2 (25. Be1
$142 Qc5 26. Rb1 {slows down the advance of black pawns. The position is
probably balanced, although from the practical point of view is easier to play
with Black here.}) 25... b5 $5 {A total surprise and an unpleasant move in
time trouble.} (25... a5 26. Rb1 $13) 26. Rb1 $6 (26. Qxa7 $1 b4 (26... Qd2 27.
Re1 $1 {This simple move I missed during the game. Suddenly everything is
defended.} (27. Qf2 $2 b4 28. Qe1 Qb2 $1 (28... bxc3 29. Rxc3 Qxc3 30. Nxc3
Rxc3 31. Qe2 (31. Qf1 Rc1 32. Be1 R8c2 {Amazing position. Black is of course
out of problems and White must find ways to keep the balance.}) 31... Rc1+ 32.
Be1 R8c2 {with a draw.}) 29. Rb1 bxc3 $1 30. Rxb2 cxb2 $19)) (26... Qd3 27. Re1
$1) 27. Qe3 $1 (27. Be1 Qd3 28. Qa2 b3 29. Qb2 Ra4 $36) 27... e5 {Black
increased at maximum the pressure on the c-file and White must always consider
the further advance b4-b3. Still now Black has some risks too (for instance to
play four pawns versus four on the same wing and rook versus two pieces, quite
an unpleasant task.}) (26. Ra1 Ra4 27. Rxa4 bxa4 28. Qxa7 Qd1+ 29. Ng1 Rxc3 {
It is clear that only Black plays for win here.}) 26... a5 $1 27. Rxb5 {
Can't wait any longer.} Qd1+ 28. Ng1 Rxc3 29. Qf4 Rc2 (29... g5 {makes the
draw immediately:} 30. Rxg5+ hxg5 31. Qxg5+) ({On the other hand innacurate is
} 29... Rc1 $6 30. Bf2 R1c2 31. Rb7 Rf8 32. Qg3 a4 33. Ra7 $14) 30. Rb7 (30.
Rxa5 $2 Qf1 31. Qg3 Rd2 $19 32. Bf6 Qxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Rc1+) 30... Rf8 31. Qg4 Qd4
$1 $17 {Again a precise move. The threat Rc1 forces me to come back.} 32. Rb1
Rfc8 33. e5 {I didn't see anything better to stop Rc1.} Qxe5 34. Bg3 Qd5 35.
Bf4 Kh7 36. Be3 {Having no hopes for counterplay, in time trouble I offered a
draw. After playing so many precise moves I could hardly expect a blunder from
my opponent.} (36. Be3 R8c4 {Black is much better, but Mikhail decided that a
draw would be enough. The overall score was 1,5-0,5 for Gurevich.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.10"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 {This was a real surprize
for me, as Gregory has never played it before.} 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 {I believe
this is the most ambitious move.} ({Another common line here is:} 7. Nd2 Bb4 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Be2 c5) 7... Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 b6 $5 {[%cal Gc6c5,Gc8a6] Black
is not hurrying with h7-h6. In my opinion, this move order is better, since in
the endgame white should deliver his bishop to f2 anyway. As I have discovered,
this move was played only once before, but after 9...c5 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3
black usually plays 11...b6 anyway, so this is only another order of moves.} (
9... h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. c4 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Ne7 15. f3 Ba6
16. Be2 Rc8 17. O-O Nf5 18. Bf2 Ke7 19. Rfe1 g5 20. Bf1 $14 {-->see comments
to 1-0 Grischuk,A-Dreev,A/Poikovsky RUS 2005 (35) [Erenburg]}) 10. a3 {The
most ambitious move - white forces black to give up his bishop immediately.} ({
The alternative here is:} 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 Bb7 {-->see
comments to 1-0 Krasenkow,M-Jussupow,A/ Julian Borowski-A 4th 2002 [Tsesarsky]}
) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 c5 {In my opinion, it's important to push white's bishop
away from h4 at an early stage.} 12. c4 ({Now} 12. Bd3 h6 $1 13. Bh4 Ba6 14.
O-O cxd4 ({possible is also:} 14... N5f6 15. e4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 cxd4 17. cxd4 O-O
18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Rd8 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,
A-Jussupow,A/Istanbul TUR 2000 (23) (22)}) 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Qxd4 (16. cxd4 O-O
17. e4 N5f6 $11) 16... O-O 17. e4 Nf4 18. Qxd7 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Nxc1 20. Rxc1 Qxa3
{leads to a well known theoretical position,where black should be O.K.}) 12...
Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 N5f6 {This version of the endgame is better for black,
comparing with Grischuk-Dreev, since the Bg5 cannot be quickly delivered to f2.
} ({Here dubious would be:} 13... Ne7 {in view of:} 14. Ne4 $1 f6 15. Nd6+ Kf8
16. Bh4 $36 {and the statement of Nd6 is very unpleasant for black.}) 14. Be2
$146 {It's not easy to say which spot is the best for the bishop, but here the
bishop can be protected more easily.} (14. Bd3 Bb7 15. f3 h6 16. Bh4 O-O 17.
Nb3 cxd4 18. exd4 e5 19. d5 e4 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. O-O Nec5 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Bf5
Rfe8 24. Rfe1 g6 25. Bc2 Ba6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Marzolo,C-Laketic,G/Novi Sad 2003/
CBM 92 ext (27)}) 14... Bb7 (14... Ba6 $5) 15. O-O ({Maybe more chances of
getting an advantage would give:} 15. f3 $5 O-O 16. Kf2 Rac8 17. Rc3 {but I
wanted to keep the f2-square for the bishop anyway.}) 15... O-O 16. Rfd1 ({
After} 16. f3 Rac8 17. Bh4 Rfe8 $132 {black is prepared well for any active
operation in centre.}) 16... Rac8 17. f3 {[%csl Re4][%cal Yf3e4] I have to
make this move anyway in order to restrict the mobility of Bb7 and Nf6.} Rfe8
$1 {A useful move which may make the typical e6-e5 breakthrough more powerful.}
18. Kf1 ({Premature is:} 18. Nb3 Bc6 {[%cal Gc6a4] and the bishop will disturb
white's pieces.}) ({But deserved a serious attention} 18. Bh4 $5 {improving
the statement of the dark-squared bishop} Ba6 (18... cxd4 $6 19. exd4 e5 20. d5
e4 21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. Bg4 $36) 19. Bf1 {In this position black has no clear
plan of active play, so maybe white's chances are a bit better due to his pair
of bishops.}) 18... Ba6 19. Nb3 {Here Gregory accepted my draw proposal.} ({
A complicated endgame would arise after:} 19. d5 $5 exd5 20. cxd5 Bxe2+ 21.
Kxe2 h6 (21... Nxd5 22. Nc4 $16) (21... b5) (21... Re5 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. d6 Rd8
24. Nc4 Re6 25. a4) 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Nc4 Rcd8 24. d6 $13) ({or} 19. a4 cxd4
20. exd4 e5 21. d5 e4 $132) ({At the same time, the arising position after} 19.
Nb3 {is absolutely equal. The following variations prove that:} cxd4 20. exd4 (
20. Nxd4 Rc5 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Nb3 Rc7 23. c5 Bxe2+ 24. Kxe2 bxc5 25. Rxc5 Rxc5
26. Nxc5 $11) (20. Rxd4 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rd7 $11) 20... Rc6
$11 {[%cal Ge8c8] and the pressure along the c-file doesn't allow white to
make any progress.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch (Women) 65th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Nechaeva, Marina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{With this win Goryachkina is the sole leader of the women section by half a
point.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4
8. Qc2 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. Bf4 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Re8 13. O-O e5 14. Be3
Qc7 15. a4 exd4 16. cxd4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Qxc4 18. Nxc4 Nd5 19. a5 N7f6 20. Rfc1
h6 {Diagram [#] We join this position after move 20 when Goryachkina has a
clear edge out of the opening. Lead in development is the main reason. Her
only problem is the IQP and the black knights blockading on the d5 square.} 21.
Nd6 (21. Rab1 $1 {was a better way to take advantage of White's lead in
development.} Re7 22. Nd6 Bg4 23. Bxg4 Nxg4 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Nxb7 Ndxe3 26.
fxe3 Nxe3 27. Kf2 Nd5 28. Rc5 $14 {Even though a lot of pieces have been
exchanged, White retains an edge because of his active pieces.}) 21... Rd8 22.
Nxc8 Raxc8 23. Bf3 b5 $1 {A nice little move which sets the black majority on
the queenside into motion.} 24. Kf1 (24. axb6 axb6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Kf1 $14)
24... Kf8 25. Bd2 Ke7 26. Rc5 Rxc5 27. dxc5 Kd7 28. h4 $5 {A typical
Goryachkina move. She likes to think long term and make such moves which show
her technique. Here it seems a little bit out of place because Black has loads
of counterplay on the other wing. Yet in some endgames h4-h5 can make g7 into
a weakness and g4 followed by g5 can kick away the knight from f6.} Re8 (28...
Kc6 29. Rd1 (29. Rc1 Re8 $1) 29... Kxc5 30. Bc3 Rd7 31. Bd4+ Kb4 $132) 29. Rd1
Kc6 30. Bc3 Rd8 31. g4 $1 {These pins are quite irriating and now the move g5
is threatened.} Ne8 32. Be5 Kxc5 (32... Rd7 33. a6 $16) 33. Bd4+ $1 {Black
loses a key pawn on a7.} Kb4 34. Bxa7 Rd7 35. Bd4 Kb3 (35... Kxa5 36. Bxd5 Rxd5
37. Bc3+ $18) 36. a6 f6 37. a7 Nec7 38. Bc5 Kc4 39. Rc1+ Kb3 40. Bd4 Rd8 41.
Rc5 {Everything is overloaded at Black's end! A fine win for the young girl
who seems all set to become the Russian Champion!} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vuckovic, Bojan"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Schandorff,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 N7b6 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd5 11. O-O Qxc3 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Nd2 {Activating
the knight. It heads for e4 or c4.'} Qa5 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. Bh4 {
'The bishop goes to g3 from where it controls a long diagonal and exerts
pressure on Black's queenside.'} O-O 17. Rac1 (17. Bg3 {(Schandorff, Lars)
first is more normal, but probably it just leads to a transposition of moves.})
17... b6 18. Bg3 Qd7 19. Rfd1 {White centralises the rooks. We can already see
the pattern of the opening. For the pawn White will have a long-term
initiative. He has the bishop pair - especially the dark-squared one is strong
because it cannot be opposed - and a dynamic pawn centre - the move e3-e4 is
in the air. Black has trouble creating any counterplay at all.'} Bb7 (19... f5
20. e4 $1 Ne7 21. Be5 $14 {With a nice bishop} Bb7 22. Rc3 {Already White is
looking for a chance to launch a direct attack} Rad8 23. Bc2 fxe4 24. Ra3 a5
25. Rb3 b5 26. Bxe4 Nf5 27. Rc3 h6 28. f4 a4 29. g4 $1 {Here it comes} Ne7 30.
g5 Nf5 31. gxh6 Nxh6 32. Rg3 Rf7 33. Qh5 Nf5 34. Rdd3 {[%emt 0:33:28] 1-0
Mehlhorn,U (2183)-Drosson,F (2030)/GER email 2003/Corr}) 20. e4 $146 ({RR} 20.
Bb1 Rac8 21. Qd3 f5 22. e4 Ne7 23. f3 Ng6 24. Qb3 Kh8 25. a4 Ba6 26. a5 Bb5 27.
axb6 axb6 28. Bf2 Nf4 29. Kh1 Ne2 30. Rc2 c5 31. Rb2 Ba4 32. Qd3 Bxd1 33. Qxd1
Nc3 {0-1 Therrien,A (2246)-Flear,G (2508)/Sunningdale 2008/ EXT 2009 (33)})
20... Ne7 {90 Les Noirs avaient joué а tempo!} 21. Bc4 $14 {[%csl Rb7][%cal
Gd4d5,Gd1d7] 90  White has a lot of space for the pawn.'} Kh8 {[%emt 0:01:21]}
(21... Rfd8 22. h4 {Vuckovic}) 22. h4 $5 {[%emt 0:01:27]} f5 $6 {[%emt 0:01:14]
Black wants to be active himself, but this merely weakens his position.'} 23.
h5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} f4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 24. Bh4 f3 25. gxf3 {[%emt 0:01:05]}
Ng8 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 26. Bg3 $16 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:50]} (26...
h6) (26... Rf6 27. Be5 Rh6 28. Kg2 Nf6 29. Rh1 Qf7 30. Qe3 Re8 31. Rh3 Rxh5 32.
Rxh5 Qxh5 33. Rh1 Qg6+ 34. Kf1 $13 {Vukovic inf 111}) 27. Kg2 $1 {[%cal Gd1h1]
58} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} (27... Nf6 28. h6 $40) (27... Qxh5 28. Bxe6) 28. Qe3 {
[%emt 0:00:52]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 29. Rh1 Qf7 30. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:38] Nice
bishop again. Of course if Black plays f5 he loses control over e5. Obviously
this is a dream square for the bishop.} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 31. Rh3 Kh7 32.
Rch1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 33. Bd6 $36 {[%csl Gc4,Gd6]} Rfe8
34. Rg3 c5 35. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. Be5 {Back again.
The threats against g7 will quickly decide matters.} Rg8 37. Rg6 Rde8 38. Rh3
Nd7 39. Bxg7 Qxg7 (39... Rxg7 40. Qxh6+ Kg8 41. Rhg3) 40. Rxg7+ Rxg7+ 41. Rg3
1-0

[Event "Match Rubinstein-Schlechter +2-1=3"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1918.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "Schlechter,C"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1918.01.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1) Kagan:Turnierbuch, S.13. 2)DSZ 1918, S.71 [Schlechter] gespielt am
29. und 30. Januar} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7.
Qb3 $6 (7. Nd2 $1) 7... Ne4 8. Bh4 $2 (8. Bf4 $142 g5 $1) 8... Bb4 (8... g5
$142 $1 9. Bg3 h5 10. h4 Nxg3 (10... g4 {Kagan} 11. Ng1 Bd6 12. Nge2) 11. fxg3
g4 12. Ng1 Bh6 13. Kf2 Nb6 $17 {Schwarz hat ein völlig überlegenes Spiel.}) 9.
Rc1 Nb6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qa4 (11... Na4 12. O-O Nexc3 (12... Bxc3 13. bxc3
Naxc3 (13... Nexc3 14. Qa3 f6 15. Qb3 $14) 14. Bd3 $14) 13. bxc3 Nxc3 14. a3
$18) (11... Nd5 $1) 12. Bd3 Qxb3 13. axb3 Nf6 14. Ke2 $11 Nbd5 15. Ne5 Be7 16.
Ra1 Nb4 17. Bb1 b6 18. Rc1 Bb7 19. f3 Nfd5 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Nd3 Rhc8 22. Nxd5+
Nxd5 23. b4 $1 g6 24. Bc2 f6 25. Bb3 Rd8 26. Ra3 (26. b5 $5 Rd6 $1 27. g4 (27.
e4 Nc7 28. e5 Rxd4 29. bxc6 Ba6 30. exf6+ Kxf6 31. Rc3 Rad8 32. Bc2 Bc4 33. b3
(33. Rxa7 Nb5) 33... Bb5 $17) (27. bxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxc6 Bxc6 29. e4 Nc7 30. Rc1
$14) 27... Nc7 (27... cxb5 28. e4 $18) 28. bxc6 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Bxc6 30. Rc1 Kd6
31. h4 $14) 26... a6 27. Ba4 Rac8 28. e4 Nc7 29. Bxc6 Bxc6 30. Rxc6 Nb5 31.
Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Rxa6 Nxd4+ 33. Ke3 Nc2+ 34. Kd2 Nd4 35. Ke3 (35. f4 Rc6 (35...
Rc2+ 36. Ke3 Nb5 37. Rxb6 Nc7 38. Rb7 $18) 36. Ra7+ Kd6 37. e5+ fxe5 38. fxe5+
Kd5 39. Ke3 Nf5+ 40. Kf3 Nd4+ $11) 35... Nc2+ 36. Kd2 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch12 Alekhine-Capablanca +6-3=25"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1927.10.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 {Dieser
Damenausfall kennzeichnet die Cambridge-Springs-Variante. Schwarz entfesselt
den Sf6 und fesselt gleichzeitig den Sc3. Die Cambridge-Springs-Variante ist
eine sehr aktive Möglichkeit und ist für Weiß kein Weg bekannt, in Vorteil zu
kommen.} (6... Be7 {führt zum Orthodoxen Damengambit.}) 7. Nd2 {Entfesselt den
Sc3, um sich gegen den Ausfall Sf6-e4 zu schützen.} ({Die Alternative ist} 7.
cxd5) 7... Bb4 8. Qc2 dxc4 {[%cal Ra5g5]} 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nxc4 Qc7 11. a3 Be7
12. Be2 O-O ({In Betracht kam} 12... c5) 13. O-O ({Besser war laut Aljechin} 
13. b4 {um c5 zu verhindern.}) 13... Bd7 ({Dies war die letzte Gelegenheit zu
schnellem} 13... c5 $1) 14. b4 b6 ({Besser war} 14... Rfd8 {mit der Idee} 15.
Z0 Be8) 15. Bf3 $1 Rac8 ({Nach} 15... a5 {folgt} 16. Ne5 axb4 17. Nb5 $1 {
um nach} Qc8 {mit} 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qxc6 Qxc6 20. Bxc6 $16 {fort zu fahren.})
16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Be8 18. g3 Nd5 19. Nb2 Qb8 {Mit der Idee Sxc3 und c6-c5}
20. Nd3 {[%cal Yd3c5]} Bg5 {[%cal Rg5c1]} 21. Rb1 ({Auf} 21. Bg2 {käme} Nxe3
22. fxe3 Bxe3+ 23. Kh1 Bxc1) 21... Qb7 ({Nach} 21... Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bxe3+ 23.
Kh1 Bxd4 $16 {ist Weiß im Vorteil.}) ({und} 21... Bxe3 {wird durch} 22. Bxd5 $1
$18 {widerlegt.} (22. fxe3 Nxe3 23. Qf2 $1 Nxd1 24. Rxd1 $16 {Müller})) 22. e4
Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Qe7 $6 {Damit ist dem schwarzen Lg5 der Rückzug nach e7
verstellt.} ({Später wurde} 23... Rc7 24. Bg2 Bf6 25. e5 Be7 26. Rbc1 Qc8 $10 {
als Ausgleichsweg vorgeschlagen.}) 24. h4 $1 ({Nach} 24. Bg2 {befreit sich
Schwarz mit} Qd6 $1 25. Ne5 c5 {Becker}) 24... Bh6 25. Ne5 g6 26. Ng4 $6 ({
Laut Aljechin wäre statt dessen} 26. Nc4 $1 Bg7 (26... b5 $2 27. Ne3 $16) 27.
e5 h5 $1 28. Nd6 {richtig gewesen, wonach er} Rxd6 $10 {mit genug Gegenspiel
für die Qualität angibt.}) 26... Bg7 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Yg7c3]} 27. e5 (27. Ne3
$2 c5) 27... h5 28. Ne3 c5 $1 {Endlich kommt Schwarz zu diesem Vorstoß, der
den weißfeldrigen Läufer befreit.} 29. bxc5 (29. dxc5 bxc5 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31.
bxc5 Qc7 $10) 29... bxc5 30. d5 $6 ({Besser war} 30. Rb7 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Bxd7 32.
d5 (32. dxc5 Be8 $17) 32... exd5 33. Nxd5 Qe6 34. Nf4 Bxe5 35. Nxe6 Bxc3 36.
Rxd7 fxe6 $11) 30... exd5 31. Nxd5 $1 Qe6 (31... Qxe5 $2 32. Qxe5 Bxe5 33. Ne7+
{[%cal Re7g8,Re7c8]}) 32. Nf6+ $2 ({Nach} 32. Rb7 Bxe5 33. Qa5 Kg7 34. Qxa7 {
hätte Weiß gute Remischancen gehabt.}) 32... Bxf6 33. exf6 Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1 Bc6
$1 35. Re1 (35. Bxc6 Rxc6 36. Rc1 (36. Rd8+ $2 Kh7 {[%csl Rf6] ><f6}) 36... c4)
35... Qf5 36. Re3 c4 $1 {[%cal Ya7a4] /\a5-a4} 37. a4 a5 $1 (37... Bxa4 $2 38.
Be4 Qd7 (38... Qg4 39. Bf3 Qd7 40. Re7 (40. Re4 {/\Lh5 Becker}) 40... Qd3 41.
Qxd3 cxd3 42. Rxa7 Bb5 43. Rb7 $10) 39. Rf3 {[%cal Re4g6,Rc3e3] /\Lg6, De3} Kh7
40. Qe5 $18) 38. Bg2 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 Qd5+ 40. Kh2 Qf5 41. Rf3 Qc5 {[%cal Yc5b4,
Yb4a4]} 42. Rf4 $1 (42. Re3 Qb6 $1) 42... Kh7 $5 (42... Qb6 $1) (42... Qb4 $2
43. Qe3 $1 Qxa4 44. Rf5 $1 (44. Rxc4 $2 Rxc4 45. Qh6 Rxh4+ $1 $19) 44... Qb4
45. Rxh5 gxh5 46. Qh6 Qf8 47. Qg5+ $10) 43. Rd4 $1 Qc6 $2 (43... Qb6 $1 44. Rf4
Kg8) (43... Qb4 44. Qe3 Qxa4 45. Qe7 Qe8 (45... Kg8 $2 46. Rd8+ Rxd8 47. Qxd8+
Kh7 48. Qf8 c3 49. Qg7#) 46. Rxc4 $1) 44. Qxa5 $8 c3 (44... Qxf6 45. Rf4 Qg7 (
45... Qe6 46. Qc3 $10 {[%cal Ya4a5] /\a5}) 46. Qd5 $10) 45. Qa7 Kg8 (45... Qxf6
46. Rf4 Qxf4 47. gxf4 c2 48. Qxf7+ Kh6 49. f5 $1 $10 {Alekhine} Rc6 (49... gxf5
50. Qf6+ Kh7 51. Qxf5+ $18) (49... Rg8 50. Qxg8 gxf5 51. Qg5+ Kh7 52. Qxf5+ $18
) 50. Qe8 $18) (45... Qc7 46. Qxc7 Rxc7 47. Rd1 $10) (45... Rc7 46. Qb8 c2 (
46... Qxf6 47. Qxc7 Qxf2+ 48. Kh1 Qxd4 49. Qxf7+ $10 {Becker}) 47. Rd8 Qxf6 48.
Rh8+ $3 Qxh8 49. Qxc7) 46. Qe7 {/\Td8} Qb6 (46... c2 $2 47. Rd8+ Rxd8 48. Qxd8+
Kh7 49. Qe7 Qe6 50. Qc7 $10) (46... Ra8 $2 47. Rd8+ (47. Rd7 Rf8 48. Rd8) 47...
Rxd8 48. Qxd8+ Kh7 49. Qe7 Qe6 50. a5 c2 51. Qc7 Qb3 52. a6 $10) 47. Qd7 $2 (
47. Rd7 $1 $10 Qxf2+ (47... Rf8 48. Qe3 $1 $10 (48. a5 $1 {/\Df8, Td8#} Qxa5
49. Ra7 Qd5 50. Rd7 Qc6 51. Rc7 $10) (48. Kg2 Qc6+ 49. Kh2 c2 50. Rd8 $10) (48.
Kg1 $2 c2 49. Rc7 Qb1+ $19) (48. Rc7 Qxf2+ 49. Kh1 Qf5 $1 50. Rxc3 $2 Qd5+ 51.
Kg1 Qd1+ $19)) 48. Kh1 $1 (48. Kh3 $2 Qa2 49. Rd8+ Rxd8 50. Qxd8+ Kh7 51. Qf8
Qe6+ $19) 48... Qf1+ (48... Qa2 49. Rd8+ Rxd8 50. Qxd8+ Kh7 51. Qf8 Qb1+ $10)
49. Kh2 Qc4 (49... Rf8 $4 50. Qxf8+ Kxf8 51. Rd8#) 50. Rd8+ Rxd8 51. Qxd8+ Kh7
52. Qf8 Qe2+ 53. Kg1 $10) 47... Qc5 $1 {[%cal Yc3c2] /\c2} 48. Re4 {/\Te8}
Qxf2+ 49. Kh3 Qf1+ 50. Kh2 Qf2+ 51. Kh3 Rf8 52. Qc6 $8 Qf1+ 53. Kh2 Qf2+ 54.
Kh3 Qf1+ (54... Qf3 {[%cal Yf8d8] /\Td8} 55. Rc4 $2 Qf1+ 56. Kh2 Rd8 $19) 55.
Kh2 Kh7 {/\Td8} 56. Qc4 (56. Re7 Qf2+ 57. Kh3 c2 58. Rc7 Rd8 59. Qxc2 $10)
56... Qf2+ 57. Kh3 Qg1 $1 (57... Qxf6 58. Rf4 Qg7 59. Rf3 $10) 58. Re2 (58. g4
c2 59. Qxc2 Re8 $3) 58... Qf1+ $2 $10 (58... Qh1+ 59. Rh2 Qf3 60. Qf4 (60. Rc2
$2 Qf5+ $19) (60. Re2 Qxf6 61. Kg2 Rb8 $1 $19) 60... Qd1 $19) 59. Kh2 Qxf6 (
59... Kh6 60. Qf4+ $10) 60. a5 $2 $19 (60. Rc2 Rd8 (60... Re8 61. Kg2 $1 $10 {
/\Tc3, Tf2} (61. Qxc3 $2 Re2+ $1) 61... Rd8 62. Qxc3 {Sosin}) (60... Rb8 61.
Qxc3 Qf1 62. Qc4 $1 $10 {Sosin}) 61. Qxc3 Qf1 62. Rd2 $1 Qe1 (62... Re8 63. Qd3
) 63. Rc2 {Sosin}) 60... Rd8 (60... Qf1 $1 61. Qe4 Rd8 $19 (61... Rb8 $19)) 61.
a6 $2 (61. Kg2 Kg7 62. a6 Rd1 63. Rf2 Rd2 64. Rxd2 (64. Qc5 $2 Rxf2+ 65. Qxf2
Qc6+ 66. Qf3 Qxf3+ 67. Kxf3 c2 68. a7 c1=Q 69. a8=Q Qh1+ $19) 64... cxd2 65.
Qd5 $1 Qb2 66. Kh3 Qc2 67. a7 Qf5+ 68. Qxf5 gxf5 69. a8=Q d1=Q $19 {Alekhine})
61... Qf1 $1 $19 62. Qe4 (62. a7 Rd2 $1 63. Rxd2 (63. a8=Q Rxe2+ 64. Qxe2 Qxe2+
65. Kh3 c2 $19) 63... Qxc4 64. a8=Q (64. Rc2 Qa4 $19) 64... cxd2 $19) 62... Rd2
63. Rxd2 cxd2 64. a7 d1=Q 65. a8=Q Qg1+ 66. Kh3 Qdf1+ (66... Qdf1+ 67. Qg2 Qh1#
) 0-1

[Event "Teheran FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2016.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nxc4 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. bxc3 c5 14. Bd3
Bd7 15. Ne5 Ba4 16. Rb1 Rab8 17. Kd2 Rfc8 18. Rb2 Rc7 19. f3 b6 20. Rhb1 Rbc8
21. Ba6 cxd4 22. exd4 Rd8 23. Rb4 Be8 24. Rc4 Nd5 25. Rxc7 Nxc7 26. Bd3 (26.
Bc4 $5) 26... f6 27. Ng4 e5 {Damit vereinzelt Schwarz den weißen d-Bauern,
der fortan zur Schwäche neigt.} 28. Bc4+ Kf8 29. Ke3 Bg6 30. Rb2 exd4+ 31.
cxd4 Ne8 32. d5 Nd6 33. Bd3 h5 34. Nf2 (34. Bxg6 $2 Nc4+) 34... Bf7 {[#]} 35.
Kd4 Ne8 {Damit ist der Bauer d4 bereits so gut wie erobert.} 36. Rc2 (36. Bc4
Nc7) 36... Rxd5+ 37. Ke3 Ra5 {Auch der Bauer a3 ist schwach.} 38. Rc3 Nd6 39.
Ne4 Nxe4 (39... Nf5+ $5 40. Kf2 Be6 41. Nd2 Ke7 $17) 40. Bxe4 {Nach dem
Springertausch ist der a3 zumindest auf den dunklen Feldern erst einmal sicher.
} g5 41. f4 Ra4 42. g3 g4 (42... gxf4+ $5 43. gxf4 h4) 43. Bf5 Ra5 44. Bc8 Bd5
45. h3 h4 {Schwarz geht am Königsflügel forsch zu Sache.} 46. Bxg4 hxg3 47.
Bf3 Be6 48. Bg2 Rc5 49. Rd3 Bf5 50. Rb3 Bc2 51. Rb4 Ke7 52. h4 b5 53. Kf3 Rc3+
54. Kg4 Bd1+ 55. Kh3 f5 56. Bb7 $2 (56. h5 $5 {mit der Idee, ein paar Bauern
vom Brett zu befördern:} Bxh5 57. a4 Bg4+ 58. Kh4 Rc4 59. Rxb5 Rxa4 60. Kxg3)
56... Be2 57. a4 a5 58. Rb2 Bg4+ 59. Kg2 {[#]} bxa4 {Die Schlacht ist
geschlagen. Der schwarze Freibauer am Damenflügel entscheidet, eigentlich...}
(59... b4 $19 {ist klarer, mit dem einfachen Plan:} 60. Z0 b3 61. Rb1 Kd6 62.
Z0 Kc5 63. Z0 Kb4) 60. Rb5 Rb3 61. Re5+ Kd6 62. Ba8 a3 63. Rxa5 Rd3 64. Bb7 Bd1
65. Ba6 Rc3 66. Bb7 {[#]} Bc2 $2 (66... Kc7 {gewann forciert:} 67. Bd5 Kb6 68.
Ra8 Rd3 69. Be6 Bf3+) 67. h5 Bb3 68. Rxa3 (68. h6 $1 {erzwingt auf fast
studienhafte Weise den Übergang ins Endspiel Turm und Läufer gegen Turm:} Rc7
69. Ra6+ Kc5 70. Rxa3 Rxb7 71. Kxg3 {Weiß droht nun Kg3-h4-g5, gewinnt dann
den f5 oder droht mit dem h6 vorzugehen:} Bg8 72. Ra5+ Kd4 73. Rxf5) 68... Bd5+
69. Bxd5 Rxa3 70. Bf3 Kc5 $2 (70... Ke6 71. h6 Ra7 72. Kxg3 Rh7 $17) 71. h6 (
71. Bb7 {bietet gute Remischancen:} Ra7 72. Bc8 Rf7 73. Kxg3 Rf8 74. Ba6 Kd5
75. Kh4 Ke6 76. Bc4+ Kf6 77. h6 {und nach} Kg6 78. h7 Kxh7 (78... Rh8 79. Bg8
$11) 79. Kg5 {ist der f-Bauer nicht zu halten.}) 71... Ra6 72. Bb7 Rxh6 73.
Kxg3 Kd4 74. Kf3 Rh3+ (74... Rh3+ {Weiß gab auf. Aber gewinnen kann Schwarz
das nach} 75. Kf2 {nicht, denn sie kommt nicht an den f-Bauern ran.} Rb3 76.
Bg2 Rb2+ 77. Kf3 Rc2 78. Bh1 Rc3+ 79. Kf2 {usw.}) 0-1

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Bd3 Re8 $5 {N (11...e5)} 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3
Qxa3 14. O-O e5 (14... Qf8 $5) 15. Nxe5 $1 (15. dxe5 $6 Qc5 {with the idea 16..
.a5, 17...a4.}) 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc5 $5 (16... Rxe5 17. e4 Nb6 18. f4 $44 {
with the idea 19 f5.}) 17. Kh1 Be6 (17... Rxe5 18. e4 Rh5 $6 19. Bg3 Nf6 20.
Rce1 $1 $16) 18. e4 Nb6 19. f4 Bc4 20. Rf3 $1 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Qc4 $6 (21... Kh7
$14) 22. Re1 Kh7 23. Rh3 Re6 $2 (23... Qc5 $8 24. Bg5 $1 Kg8 (24... Nc4 25. Qd7
$1 Qf2 26. Rg1 Kg8 27. Bxh6 gxh6 28. Qg4+ Kf8 29. Rxh6 $18) (24... Qf8 25. Rf1
$1 (25. f5 $2 Nc4 26. Qf4 Nxe5 27. f6 Re6 28. Rf1 (28. fxg7 Qxg7 29. Bxh6 Rxh6
30. Rxh6+ Qxh6 31. Qxe5 Rg8 $1 $13) 28... Rae8 $13 29. fxg7 $140 Qxg7 30. Bf6
Qg6 31. Rg3 Rxf6 32. Qxf6 Qxf6 33. Rxf6 a5 $44) 25... Kg8 (25... Re6 26. f5
Rxe5 27. f6 $18) 26. Qe2 $1 Re6 (26... hxg5 27. Qh5 f6 28. fxg5 Rxe5 29. Qh7+
Kf7 30. Rxf6+ $18) 27. f5 Rxe5 28. Bf4 Ra5 29. f6 g5 30. Bd6 Qxd6 31. Rxh6 $18)
25. Bxh6 gxh6 26. f5 $1 Qf8 27. Rxh6 Rxe5 28. Rh5 $1 (28. Qg5+ $6 Qg7 29. Qh4
Nd5 $1 $13) 28... f6 29. Qa2+ Nd5 (29... Qf7 $2 30. Rh8+ Kg7 31. Rh7+ $18) (
29... Kg7 $2 30. Re3 $18) 30. Re3 $1 $16 {with the idea} Kf7 31. Rh7+ Ke8 32.
Reh3 Rxe4 (32... Nf4 33. R3h4 Rd8 34. h3 Rxe4 35. Rh8 $18) 33. Qb1 Nxc3 34.
Rxc3 Re7 35. Rch3 $18) 24. Bf6 $1 $18 gxf6 25. f5 fxe5 $8 26. fxe6 Qxe6 27. Rf1
Nc4 (27... Rf8 28. Rf5 Kg7 (28... Nc4 29. Qf2 Kg7 30. Rg3+ Kh7 31. Rf6 $18) 29.
Rxe5 Nc4 30. Rg3+ Kh7 31. Rxe6 Nxd2 32. Re7 a5 33. Rd3 Nb3 34. Rf3 Nc5 35. Rf5
b6 36. Rfxf7+ Rxf7 37. Rxf7+ Kg8 38. Rc7 Nxe4 39. Rxc6 b5 40. c4 b4 41. Ra6 $18
) 28. Rxh6+ Qxh6 29. Rxf7+ Kg6 30. Rf6+ Kxf6 31. Qxh6+ Ke7 32. Qg7+ Kd6 33.
Qxb7 (33. Qf6+ Kc5 34. Qe7+ $18) 33... Nb6 34. h4 Kc5 35. h5 a5 36. h6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 2] The crucial game of a crucial match. In the 10th round of the
Bundesliga Solingen managed to defeat the defending champions form Baden,
despite being at least 50 ELO points weaker on every board. The only decisive
encounter was the following one.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 {
Aims for a line with long history.} ({Of course, the classical} 4... Be7 {
has also been around for more than a century, even here new ideas appear in
older lines:} {A modernized version of a classical line has become popular
also after} 5. Bg5 ({After} 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 {the focus has again shifted to
the former main line} c5 (6... Nbd7 {was the popular reaction in the past few
years.}) 7. dxc5 Bxc5 {and now:} 8. Qc2 ({After} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10.
a3 (10. Bd3 Bb4+ {here} 11. Nd2 $5 (11. Ke2 {used to be the main move}) {
is all the rage:} 11... Nc6 12. O-O Be6 (12... Be7 $5 13. a3 Bf6 14. Nf3 {
and White is a tempo down in comparison with the 8.a3 and 9.cxd5 line.} g6 (
14... Bg4 $5 $132) (14... Qe7 15. h3 g6 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. b4 a6 19.
Rc2 Qd7 20. Rfc1 Bf5 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Bc7 Rd7 23. Bb6 Qe4 24. Rd1 Bd8 25. Bc5
Bc7 26. Qd3 Rad8 27. Rcd2 $14 {Giri,A (2771)-Karjakin,S (2781) Stavanger 2017})
15. Qd2 Qb6 16. Rab1 Bg4 17. Be2 Rad8 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 d4
21. exd4 Nxd4 22. Qg4 h6 23. Nf3 h5 $15 {Bohus,A (2305)-Gaifullin,A (2413)
Mamaia 2017}) ({Black is close to full equality also after} 12... Bd6 $5 13.
Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rc1 Be6 15. Nf3 Rfd8 16. Qa4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19.
Qxa7 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qf6 21. Qxb7 d4 22. exd4 g6 23. a4 Rxd4 24. Qa7 Bg4 25. f3
Bxf3 26. gxf3 {½, Grevtsov,V (2223)-Sage,F (2405) email 2009} Qg5+ 27. Kh1 Qe3
28. Qb7 Rcd8 29. Bc2 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Qd2+ $11) 13.
Nf3 (13. Nb3 Qf6 14. a3 Be7 15. Qd2 Rfd8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. exd4 Bf5 18. Be2 Rac8
19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Bf3 Be6 21. Be3 $11 {½, Yu,Y (2738)-Nakamura,H (2785) Caleta
rpd 2017}) (13. a3 Be7 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. b4 Rac8 16. Nf3 a5 17. b5 Nb8 18. Ng5
Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Rc8 21. Qb2 Nd7 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Ne5 $132 {
Cyborowski,L (2532)-Psyk,R (2132) Polanica Zdroj 2017}) 13... Be7 14. Rc1 Bf6
15. a3 Qe7 16. b4 a6 17. h3 Rac8 18. Rc5 a5 $5 19. Qb1 axb4 20. axb4 {only the
misguided} b6 $6 (20... h6 $5) (20... g6 $11) 21. Rcc1 g6 $2 (21... Nxb4 22.
Bxh7+ $14) 22. Ba6 Nxb4 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Rc1 $18 {
Nepomniachtchi,I (2742)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis 2017 cost Black material
and a full point; see the notes to this game in CBM 180 by Sumets.}) 10... Nc6
11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O {also gives Black a choice:} Bg4 (12... Qf6 13. b4 h6 14.
b5 (14. Bc2 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. b5 Na5 17. Be5 Rfc8 18. h3 Qe4 19. Bd4 Bxd4
20. Nxd4 Nc4 21. Qe2 a6 22. Rfd1 axb5 23. Nxb5 Ra5 24. a4 Qe5 25. Rd4 Nd6 26.
Nxd6 Qxd6 27. Qb2 {Grachev,B (2655)-Akobian,V (2619) Moscow 2009} Rc4 28. Qxb7
Raxa4 $1 $11) 14... Nd4 15. h3 $5 (15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Rb1 Be5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18.
Rb4 Be6 19. Qa1 Qxa1 20. Rxa1 Rfc8 21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Ke2 Ke7 23. Kd2 Kd6 24. a4 {
1/2-1/2 (24) Vachier Lagrave,M (2793)-Nakamura,H (2781) Caleta 2018}) 15... g5
(15... Be6 16. a4 Rfc8 17. a5 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bc7 $11) 16. Nxd4 gxf4 17. Qf3
Bxd4 18. exd4 Be6 19. Rfe1 Kh8 20. Re5 Rg8 21. Rae1 Rg7 22. g4 Rag8 23. Kf1 Rg5
24. Bc2 Rc8 25. Qd3 $14 {Karjakin,S (2760)-Nakamura,H (2781) London 2017}) 13.
h3 Bh5 14. b4 a6 15. Rc1 d4 16. e4 f6 $5 $146 17. g4 Bg6 18. Re1 Rc8 19. b5
axb5 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. Qxb5 Ra8 22. a4 Be8 23. Qb3 Bf7 $15 {Mamedyarov,S (2766)
-Nakamura,H (2785) Sharjah 2017}) (8. Bd3 {is Aronian's idea, White gives a
tempo to clarify the central tension:} dxc4 (8... Nc6 9. O-O {is less flexible}
) 9. Bxc4 Qxd1+ $142 (9... a6 10. Bd3 $1 Nc6 11. O-O Nb4 12. Bb1 Qxd1 13. Rxd1
Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Be4 $5 Nf6 $6 (15... Nxf4 $142 16. exf4 Ra7 $1 $11 {/+/=
}) 16. Nd2 Re8 17. Bf3 e5 18. Bg3 Ra7 19. Rac1 b6 20. a3 Bd7 21. Nc4 e4 22. Be2
a5 23. Nd6 Re7 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. Bxb5 $36 {[%csl Gb5,Gg3] Aronian,L (2792)
-Nakamura,H (2791) Saint Louis 2016 See the notes to this game by Krasenkow in
CBM 174.}) 10. Rxd1 Bb4 $1 11. O-O (11. Rd3 Ne4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14.
Bb5 f6 15. Bd6 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Rxd6 17. Rxd6 Nxd6 18. Rxd6 Kf7 19. Bxc6 Ke7 20.
Bxb7 Bxb7 21. Rd4 Rc8 22. Rb4 Bd5 23. Ra4 Rxc3 24. Rxa7+ Kf8 25. h3 Rc1+ 26.
Kh2 Rc2 $11 {Aronian,L (2785)-Anand,V (2779) London 2016}) 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3
Bd7 $5 $146 (12... b6 13. Bd6 Re8 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Be2 Nc6 16. Rc1 Ne4 17. Ba3
Rec8 18. Rfd1 Be8 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Rb1 h6 22. Ba6 Rd8 23. Nd2 Ne5
$132 {Adhiban,B (2671)-Radjabov,T (2722) Baku olm 2016}) 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. f3 Ba4
15. Bb3 Bxb3 16. axb3 Nd5 17. c4 Nxf4 18. exf4 f6 19. Nd3 Nd7 20. Rfe1 Nf8 21.
Kf2 a5 22. Nb2 b5 $11 {Aronian,L (2793)-Anand,V (2786) Stavanger blitz 2017})
8... Nc6 9. Rd1 $5 (9. a3 Qa5 (9... Re8 $5 10. O-O-O e5 11. Bg5 d4 12. Nd5 b5
$5 (12... Be6 13. Bd3 $14) (12... Be7 {is a pawn sacrifice, which has been
tested in email practice and is quite interesting as well.}) 13. Bxf6 $6 (13.
cxb5 Na5 (13... Qxd5 $6 14. Bc4 $14) 14. exd4 exd4 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Kb1 Qd5
$13) 13... gxf6 14. cxb5 Na5 15. exd4 exd4 16. Nb4 Bxb4 17. axb4 Be6 18. Nxd4
Rc8 19. Nc6 (19. Nxe6 $1 $15) 19... Nxc6 20. bxc6 Qb6 21. Qa4 {Topalov,V (2760)
-Anand,V (2779) London 2016} Bg4 $1 22. f3 Bf5 $19 {[%csl Ge3] For more
details see the notes to this game in CBM 176 by Marin.}) 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1
({More explored are the alternatives} 11. g4 {and}) (11. h4) 11... a6 12. Nd2
b5 $5 13. Nb3 (13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Bd7 $40) 13... Qb6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bg5
Be6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rac8 19. Bd3 (19. Qd2 Ne5 $44 20. Qd4
Qc7 21. Rc5 Qb8 22. Qd1 g6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Be2 Nc4 25. Nd4 Qd6 26. Qd3 Bxd4
27. exd4 Qf4 28. Rd1 Qxf2 29. Qf3 Qe3 30. Ka2 Kg7 $11 {Trembecki,L (2316)
-Mlynarcik,S (2422) email 2009}) 19... Nb4 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Qd1 (21. Rh5 Nxc2
22. Bxc2+ $11 {is an immediate draw}) 21... Nxd5 22. Qh5 Bg5 $1 23. Be4+ Qh6
24. Qxh6+ Bxh6 25. Bxd5 Rcd8 26. e4 (26. Rd1 $11) (26. Bf3 $11) 26... f5 $1 27.
Nc5 $2 (27. f3 $8) 27... fxe4 $17 {Topalov,V (2749)-Nakamura,H (2780) Saint
Louis blitz 2017} {/\} 28. Ne6 Rxd5 29. Nxf8 Rd6 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Rh8f8]}) 9...
Qa5 (9... Re8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 (11. Nxd5 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Bf5 $1 13. Qxf5 Bxe3
$11) 11... Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O Be6 14. h3 a6 15. Nd4 Rec8 16. a3 h6 17.
Rd2 Na5 18. Rfd1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Nde2 Qe5 21. Rd4 $14 {Silin,V (2234)
-Sazon,A (2127) email 2010}) 10. a3 {is the main move and now there is a new
approach to Karpov's} (10. Be2 {is an attempt to save a tempo on a3:} Nb4 $142
$5 (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 (11... Be7 12. O-O a6 13. a3 Nh5 14. Bd6 Bxd6 15.
Rxd6 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Ne4 $32 {Kovalenko,I (2650)-Short,N 
(2665) Tromsoe olm 2014}) 12. O-O b5 13. Be2 Nb4 14. Qb1 $5 (14. Qc1 Qb6 15. e4
Bb7 16. a3 Nc6 17. b4 Bd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Qe3 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Qc6 $15 {
Houska,J (2386)-Zumsande,M (2490) Douglas 2016}) 14... Nbd5 (14... Be7 15. e4
$14) 15. Be5 Be7 16. Ng5 (16. Nxd5 $142 $5 Nxd5 17. Rc1 $14) 16... g6 17. Bf3
Bb7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxd5 Bxg5 20. b4 Qd8 21. Nf6+ Qxf6 22. Bxb7 $11 {½,
Bulski,K (2520)-Tarlev,K (2557) Germany 2014}) (10... Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3
dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Bd6 Re8 15. e4 h6 16. e5 (16. a4) (16. a3 $5) 16... Nd5 {
Gupta,A (2625)-Negi,P (2631) Aurangabad 2011} 17. a3 $36 {/\} Ba6 $2 18. Bb4
$16) 11. Qb3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nbd5 13. Be5 Qb4 $1 14. O-O Qxb3 15. Bxb3 (15. axb3
b6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Rxd5 f6 19. Bd6 Rd8 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. R5d3
Bxb3 22. Rxb3 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Bxd6 24. Rc3 Kf7 {½, Moiseenko,A (2678)-Akobian,V
(2606) Merida 2008}) 15... Nxc3 16. Bxc3 b6 17. Ne5 Ne4 18. Bd4 Ba6 19. Bxc5
Nxc5 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. Nxc4 Rfc8 22. Rd4 Kf8 23. Rfd1 Rc7 $11 {Pelletier,Y 
(2541)-Nakamura,H (2793) Zuerich blitz 2017}) 10... Re8 $5 (10... Be7 {used to
be the main move for a long time}) 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 (13. Qc1 Bf5
14. Bxf6 Nc2+ 15. Ke2 Nd4+ {½, Carlsen,M (2827)-Nakamura,H (2781) Douglas 2017
}) (13. Qa4 Qxa4 14. Nxa4 Nc2+ 15. Ke2 Nd4+ $1 {½, Karjakin,S (2773)-Nakamura,
H (2787) Bilbao 2016}) 13... Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 (14... e4 $2 15. Bf1 $16) 15.
Qxd3 Ne4 $1 {and now:} 16. Nxd5 (16. Ndxe4 dxe4 17. Qd2 (17. Qxe4 Bxa3 18. O-O
Bxb2 19. Nd5 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Nc3 21. Nxc3 Qxc3 22. Rd7 Rac8 23. Rxb7 {Babula,V 
(2540)-Sebenik,M (2526) Baku olm 2016} a5 $1 24. Qd5 Qxc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26.
Rxb2 h6 $11) 17... Ne6 18. Bh4 Qa6 19. Qe2 Rac8 20. O-O (20. Nxe4 f5 21. Nxc5
Rxc5 $11 {[%csl Rc4,Rh4]}) 20... Bf8 21. Qg4 Qxc4 22. Nxe4 Kh8 23. h3 Nc5 24.
Nxc5 Qxg4 25. hxg4 Rxc5 26. Rd7 Rb5 27. b4 f6 $11 {Mamedyarov,S (2804)-Anand,V
(2767) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) (16. cxd5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nb5 18. Ne4 Nd6 19. Nxd6
Bxd6 20. e4 Rec8 (20... b5 21. Bd2 Qa4 22. O-O Rac8 23. Rb1 a6 24. Rfd1 Rc4 25.
Qh3 Qa5 26. a4 {Lalith,B (2586)-Tarjan,J (2420) Douglas 2016} bxa4 $1 {/\} 27.
Rb7 a3 28. Qd7 Re7 29. Rb8+ Bxb8 30. Qxe7 Qc5 $11) 21. Bd2 Qa4 (21... Qxa3 $5)
22. O-O Qc4 23. Qf3 Bxa3 24. h4 Rf8 (24... a5 $142 $1 25. h5 Bf8 $132) 25. h5
f6 26. Ra1 Bd6 27. Qf5 Qc8 28. Qxc8 Rfxc8 29. Rfb1 b6 {Le,Q (2726)-Yu,Y (2753)
Danzhou 2017} 30. Be3 $1 $14) (16. Ncxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Qb6 18. Rb1 (18. Qb1 Ne6
19. Bh4 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxe3+ 21. Kf1 Qf4+ 22. Bf2 Rad8 23. g3 Qh6 24. Ne4 Qh3+ {
Tarjan,J (2479)-Zumsande,M (2422) Douglas 2015} 25. Ke1 $8 Nd4 $44) (18. b4 Bf8
19. Nf3 a5 20. c5 Qb5 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Qd3 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 axb4 24. axb4 h6 25.
Bf4 g5 26. Bg3 dxe3 27. fxe3 Ra1+ 28. Rd1 Ra4 $11 {Mesaros,F (2335)-Zumsande,M
(2467) Karlsruhe 2017}) 18... h6 19. Bh4 g5 20. b4 Bf8 21. Bg3 Rad8 {[%cal
Rf7f5]} 22. exd4 exd4 23. Be5 Bg7 24. O-O Rxe5 25. Qd3 Qg6 26. Rb3 g4 27. c5 b6
28. cxb6 {½, Ding,L (2760)-Nakamura,H (2785) Sharjah 2017}) 16... Nxg5 17. b4
Qd8 (17... Qa6 $6 18. bxc5 Rad8 19. Nb4 Qa4 20. Qb1 a5 21. Nd5 Nc2+ 22. Ke2 Ne4
23. Nxe4 Qxc4+ 24. Kf3 Rxd5 25. g4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rc2] Aronian,L (2801)
-Inarkiev,E (2683) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 18. bxc5 Nde6 19. O-O (19. Nb3 Nxc5
$1 20. Nxc5 Qa5+ $11) 19... Nxc5 20. Qb1 Rc8 (20... b6 $11 {or}) (20... Nge6 $5
{are probably more accurate moves.}) 21. f4 exf4 22. exf4 Nge4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4
24. Rde1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Rb8 26. Qb5 Nd7 27. h3 Nf6 28. Nxf6+ gxf6 29. Kh2 Qd6
30. Qf5 b6 31. c5 bxc5 32. Rc1 Kh8 33. Rxc5 Rg8 $14 {Aronian,L (2805)-Nakamura,
H (2781) London 2017 In the end Black held the _|_ with some problems.}) 5...
h6 (5... O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 {is the famous
Capablanca manoeuvre, the position after} 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 (11. O-O Nxc3
12. Rxc3 e5) 11... N5f6 12. Ng3 Qb4+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 {arose in 7 (!)
World Championship games in 1927 between Alekhine and Capblanca.} c5 $5 ({
The Cuban played} 14... b6 {and especially}) (14... Rd8 {While all the games
were drawn, mainly White had chances to achieve more.}) 15. Ke2 b6 {should
equalize, but a draw is definitely a maximum for Black in this line.}) 6. Bh4
O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 (7... Ne4 {by Lasker, and Tartakower's}) (7... b6 {haven't been
refuted, people are simply trying something else for a change...}) 8. Rc1 (8.
Be2 c5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Qxb6
axb6 15. Bg3 Nc6 16. Ndb5 Na7 17. Nxa7 Rxa7 18. Rfd1 Rc8 19. Bd6 Kf8 20. Bxe7+
Kxe7 21. Rd4 Bc6 22. Rb4 Nd7 23. Rd1 Ra5 24. f3 Rc5 25. Kf2 Ra8 26. h4 g5 27.
Rc1 Rca5 28. e4 Rg8 $11 {So,W (2792)-Giri,A (2752) Wijk aan Zee 2018 White
didn't get anything tangible from his better pawn-structure.}) (8. Qc2 c5 9.
cxd5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Be2 Nf6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15.
Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 a5 17. Bf3 Bc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Ra3 Rab8 20. Kf1 g5 21. Rc1
Rfd8 22. Ke1 Rb4 (22... Ned5 $5 $11) 23. Bd1 Ng6 24. Rxa5 Rh4 25. h3 g4 $44 {
Wang,Y (2699)-Kramnik,V (2812) Dortmund 2017}) 8... c5 9. dxc5 {gives Black a
choice:} (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Bb5 (11. Be2 b6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4
Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Nd7 15. Nd4 a5 16. b5 Nc5 17. f3 Bb7 18. e4 Rac8 19. Kf2 e5 20.
Nf5 Nxe4+ 21. Nxe4 Nxf5 22. Nd6 Nxd6 23. Rxd6 Rc2 {Ivanchuk,V (2733)-Kramnik,V
(2810) Novi Sad 2016 Here already White has to tread with care to hold the
balance.}) 11... cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nf6 13. O-O Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Rd8 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16.
Kf1 Rac8 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Ke2 Kf8 19. Na4 Rdc7 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Nb5 Rc2+ 22.
Rd2 Rxd2+ 23. Kxd2 Nc6 $11 {Erdos,V (2624)-Karjakin,S (2765) Antalya 2017})
9... Nxc5 (9... dxc4 10. c6 (10. Bxc4 Nxc5 11. O-O Bd7 12. Ne5 Be8 13. Qe2 Nfd7
14. Bg3 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Nd7 16. Bg3 Nf6 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Rc8 19. Bd3 Qa5 20.
a3 Nh5 21. Qf3 Nxg3 $11 {½, Korobov,A (2652)-Anand,V (2782) Riadh blitz 2017})
10... bxc6 11. Bxc4 Rb8 (11... c5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Be2 Nd5 14. Bg3 N7f6 15. Ne5
Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rb3 Bd5 20. Ra3 Ra8 21. f3
Bd6 22. Nd3 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Bc4 24. Kf2 $14 {Stupak,K (2573)-Harika,D (2526) Abu
Dhabi 2017}) (11... Bb7 12. O-O Nb6 13. Be2 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 c5 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16.
Ng4 Kf8 17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. f3 f5 20. Kf2 Ke7 21. h3 Bc6 22. Rxd8
Rxd8 23. Nb1 Bd5 {Almeida Quintana,O (2526)-Ochoa de la Rosa,M (2423) Havana
2018} 24. b3 $14) 12. Qc2 (12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. O-O N7b6 15. Bd3 e5
16. Nd2 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Na4 18. Rb3 Be6 19. Bc4 Rfd8 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Rxb8 Rxb8
22. Nb3 c5 23. Rc1 Nxb2 24. Rxc5 {Lintchevski,D (2524)-Elistratov,S (2407)
Moscow 2017} Rd8 25. h3 Nd3 $11) 12... Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rfd1
Rfd8 16. Be2 c5 17. b3 Rbc8 18. Qb2 N7b6 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 (19... exd5 $132) 20.
Qa3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bd5 22. Rc1 Rc7 23. h3 g6 24. Nd2 Qg5 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. Nxf3
$14 {/<=>, Nielsen,P (2645)-Andersen,M (2542) Germany 2017}) 10. cxd5 g5 11.
Bg3 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Be2 (14. Be5 Bf5 15. Be2 Rac8 16. O-O
Bd3 (16... Nd3 $5 $11) 17. Rce1 (17. Bxd3 Nxd3 18. Rcd1 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rc2 20.
Rxd5 Rxb2 21. Rd7 Bf6 22. Nc4 Rxa2 23. Rxb7 Rd8 $11 {So,W (2812)-Kramnik,V 
(2808) Leuven blitz 2017}) 17... Be4 (17... Bxe2 18. Rxe2 f6 19. Bd4 Ne4 $132)
(17... Rfe8 $5) 18. Rd1 a6 19. Bd4 Ne6 20. Bc3 b5 21. Rc1 b4 $6 22. Be5 f6 23.
Bg3 a5 24. Bb5 Kf7 25. Nd4 Nc5 $2 (25... Nxd4 $142 $11 {/+/=}) 26. f3 Bg6 27.
Rfd1 h5 28. Nc6 $16 {Wojtaszek,R (2737)-Kramnik,V (2783) Sochi 2015}) 14... Bd7
(14... Ne4 15. Nd4 Bb4+ 16. Kd1 Re8 17. Bb5 Re7 18. Ke2 Nxg3+ 19. hxg3 Kg7 20.
a3 Ba5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Nf5+ Kf6 23. Bd3 Rh8 24. Nxe7 Kxe7 25. Bf5 Bc7 26. Rc1
Be5 27. Rc2 d4 $11 {Wojtaszek,R (2741)-Lupulescu,C (2626) Germany 2016}) 15.
O-O Rac8 16. Be5 g4 17. Nd4 f6 (17... h5 18. Nb5 f6 19. Bd4 Ne6 20. Nxa7 Ra8
21. Nb5 Rxa2 22. Bc3 Kf7 23. Rcd1 Bc6 24. f3 Bc5 25. Kh1 Bxe3 26. Nd6+ Kg8 27.
fxg4 Nf4 $132 {Topalov,V (2741)-Kramnik,V (2811) Shamkir 2017}) 18. Bg3 h5 19.
f3 f5 20. Rfd1 a6 21. Bf4 Rfe8 22. Rd2 Bf6 23. Bd1 Ne6 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Ne2
Bb5 $1 $132 {Wang,Y (2699)-Nisipeanu,L (2683) Dortmund 2017}) 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3
Qa5 {This leads to the Cambridge Springs variation, another antiquated system,
which has survived all the way to the 20-th century.} ({Mamedyarov lately
experimented a bit with} 6... Be7 7. Qc2 O-O {Although White's road to a
tangible advantage is not simple, he has a better version of the lines form
the above note-to play c5 later on, Black will have to waste a tempo.}) 7. Nd2
{This is considered to be the softer of the two main moves.} ({We'll have a
closer look at the sharper} 7. cxd5 {and now:} {More consistent and important
is} Nxd5 {when White again has two main options:} (7... exd5 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. O-O
(9. Qc2 Nxg5 10. Nxg5 h6 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. O-O Nf6 {-9.0-0} (12... O-O 13. e4 $36
)) 9... Nxg5 (9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qxc3 $2 11. e4 $32 {->}) 10. Nxg5 Nf6 (10...
h6 $2 11. Qh5 $1) 11. Qc2 $142 (11. f4 {is less flexible:} h6 (11... Bb4 12.
Qc2 h6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Ne5 Re8 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 c5 17. Qb2 Ne4 18. Bxe4
dxe4 19. Rad1 (19. a4 $14) (19. f5 $5) 19... cxd4 20. cxd4 Qd5 21. Rc1 b6 {
Salem,A (2638)-Naiditsch,A (2705) Riadh blitz 2017} (21... f6 $142 $11) 22. Rc3
$1 {/\} f6 23. Nc6 $14) 12. Nf3 Bg4 $5 13. h3 (13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Ne5 Qxb3 15.
axb3 Bd7 16. Na4 Rd8 17. h3 h5 18. Kf2 Bd6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 a6 21. b4 g6
22. Ke2 Kf8 23. Nf3 Kg7 24. Nd4 Rde8 25. Kd2 h4 $11 {Moiseenko,A (2689)-Moroni,
L (2466) Doha 2015}) 13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bd6 15. a3 Qc7 16. Rae1 O-O 17. g4 g6
18. Qg2 Rae8 19. g5 hxg5 20. Qxg5 {Ulko,J (2459)-Burmakin,V (2567) St
Petersburg 2000} Nh5 $1 $13) ({Interesting is} 11. e4 dxe4 12. Ngxe4 Nxe4 13.
Bxe4 Be6 14. Qf3 $5 O-O-O 15. Rad1 $13 {/+/=}) 11... h6 12. Nf3 Bd6 (12... Bb4
{gives White a pleasant choice between} 13. a3 $14 ({and} 13. Ne5 $5)) 13. Rae1
O-O 14. Ne5 Bxe5 (14... Be6 15. f4 Rae8 16. h3 Bc8 17. g4 (17. a3 $5 $14) 17...
Bb4 18. g5 Ne4 $2 (18... hxg5 $1 19. fxg5 Ne4 $13) 19. gxh6 g6 {Janowski,
D-Jaffe,C New York,NY 1916} 20. f5 $1 $40 {s mohutnym utokom.}) (14... c5 15.
Nb5 $5 $14) 15. dxe5 Nd7 (15... Ng4 16. f4 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 d4 {Bacrot,E (2715)
-Fressinet,L (2650) Agen rpd 2017} 18. Rg3 $5 dxc3 19. bxc3 $36 {[%cal Yf4f6]})
16. f4 $14 Nc5 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. a3 g6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 Bf5 21. Qxh6+ Bh7
22. f5 Qc7 23. e6 Qe5 {Wagner,D (2583)-Bu,X (2724) Moscow 2016} 24. e4 $1 dxe4
25. f6 Nxe6 26. Rxe4 Qg5 27. Qh3 $40) 8. Rc1 {became popular after
Gelfand-Carlsen, Candidates 2013. Compared with the pervious line, the line
can have an independent character:} (8. Qd2 Bb4 ({Nowadays Black only rarely
ventures to accept the pawn sacrifice after} 8... N7b6 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd5
11. O-O Qxc3 12. Qe2 $44 {White's lead in development and central control
gives him serious attacking chances after} h6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Bg3 O-O 15. Rac1
Qa5 16. Ne5 Qd8 (16... Nf6 17. Bb1 Rd8 18. Bh4 Kf8 19. f4 Qa3 20. Rce1 Bb4 21.
Rd1 Be7 22. g4 Nd5 23. Rd3 Qa6 24. g5 $40 {Koch,H (2096)-Meissner,R (2042)
email 2011}) 17. Bb1 f5 18. Ng6 Re8 19. e4 Nf6 20. Bh4 fxe4 21. Bxe4 Qxd4 $6
22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Rfd1 Qb6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rc3 Rg7 26. Rcd3 $18 {
Johannessen,L (2543)-Baburin,A (2523) Gothenburg 2005 See the notes to this
game in CBM 109 by Postny.}) 9. Rc1 h6 (9... b6 {usually only tranposes after}
10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. Bh4 c5) 10. Bh4 {and now:} {However, Black has also
} O-O {and now:} (10... c5 {However, recently White started doing well in the
simplified position after} 11. a3 (11. Bd3 cxd4 12. exd4 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. a3
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rc8 16. Bg3 (16. Be4 {Massimini Gerbino,M (2369)-Balabaev,F 
(2437) Chessfriend.com 2005} f5 $5 $13) 16... O-O (16... Rxc3 $6 17. Bd6 Rxc1
18. Qxc1 $44 {Ulko,J (2470)-Michalczak,T (2297) Senden 2008}) 17. c4 Qxd2 18.
Nxd2 N5f6 $11 (18... Ba6 $5 $132)) (11. Bc4 N7b6 {has turned out to be the
best reaction:} (11... O-O 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Be7 Re8 14. Bxc5 Bxc3 (14... Nxc5
15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. a3 $14) 15. Qxc3 Qa6 16. Bb4 (16. Qb3 $5 $14) 16... Re6 17.
Qc7 b6 (17... Rc6 $5 $132) 18. h4 $1 Qb5 19. Qd8+ Kh7 20. Ng5+ $1 hxg5 21.
hxg5+ Kg6 22. Qh8 Qxb4+ 23. Kd1 Nf6 24. gxf6 Kxf6 {Babula,V (2559)-Velicka,P 
(2432) Ostrava 2017} 25. Rh7 $18) (11... cxd4 12. Qxd4 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 O-O 14.
O-O N5b6 15. Bb3 Re8 16. Rfd1 $32 {|^, Aronian,L (2805)-Shirov,A (2722) Wijk
aan Zee 2011}) (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba3 13. Rb1 a6 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O b5 16.
c4 Bb4 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. Rfd1 bxc4 $6 (18... Rac8 $142 $5 {Marin}) 19. dxc5 Nxc5
20. Rd4 $1 Rab8 21. Ne5 Bd5 22. Be7 Rfe8 23. Bd6 Rbd8 24. Bh5 $1 $18 {Anand,V 
(2810)-Shirov,A (2722) Wijk aan Zee 2011}) 12. Bd3 (12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7
14. O-O cxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 O-O 17. c4 N5f6 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. e4 e5 20.
Qb2 Rc7 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Nxe5 Re8 23. Nf3 Nxe4 $11 {/=/+, Bacrot,E (2718)
-Ponomariov,R (2714) Beijing rpd 2014}) (12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bd7
$5 15. Ne5 cxd4 $132) 12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 (13. exd4 Bd7 14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3
Rc8 16. c4 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nf4 18. Bf1 Bc6 19. Ke3 g5 20. Bg3 Ke7 $32 21. Bxf4 {
½, Mamedyarov,S (2765)-Zherebukh,Y (2590) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011} gxf4+ 22. Kxf4
Rhd8 $44) 13... Nxc3 $5 (13... Bxc3 $6 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Nb3 Qa4 16. c4 Nb4 17.
Bb1 Nc6 18. O-O Ne5 19. Nc5 Qa3 20. Qd4 Nc6 21. Qd6 Qb4 22. Rfd1 e5 23. h3 Re8
24. a3 Qa5 25. Be4 f6 26. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 27. Qxf6 $18 {Babula,V (2581)-Manik,M 
(2413) Teplice 2013}) 14. bxc3 Ba3 15. Rb1 Bd7 16. Nb5 O-O 17. Nxa3 (17. O-O
Rac8 $132) 17... Qxa3 18. O-O Rac8 19. Rfc1 e5 20. c4 Be6 21. Rb3 Qa4 22. Qb4
Qxb4 23. Rxb4 {Deskin,G (1908)-Weiss,L (2073) email 2011} Nd7 $1 $15) 11...
Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. c4 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Ne7 15. f3 (15. Bd3 {is less flexible:}
f5 16. Bg3 Bb7 17. O-O Kf7 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. d5 $5 Nf6 20. f3 exd5 21. cxd5
Bxd5 22. e4 fxe4 23. fxe4 {Kramnik,V (2780)-Shirov,A (2749) Shanghai 2010} Be6
$1 24. Nc4 Kg8 $13 {Krasenkow}) 15... Ba6 16. Be2 f5 (16... cxd4 17. exd4 Nf5
18. Bf2 Rc8 (18... O-O $142 $5) 19. g4 Nd6 20. c5 $1 Bxe2 21. Kxe2 bxc5 22.
dxc5 Nb5 23. a4 Nc7 24. c6 Ne5 25. Bg3 $16 {[%csl Gc6] Donchenko,A (2577)
-Basso,P (2428) Douglas 2015}) 17. O-O Kf7 18. Nb3 Rac8 19. Rfe1 Rhd8 20. Bf1
g5 21. Bf2 cxd4 22. exd4 f4 23. a4 Nf5 24. a5 Rc7 25. axb6 axb6 26. Nd2 Nd6 27.
g3 $36 {[%csl Gf1,Gf2] So,W (2822)-Dreev,A (2651) chess.com INT 2017 The
position is starting to open up for White's ^^.}) {The most complex
alternative is the sacrificial} 11. a3 (11. Bd3 e5 12. O-O Re8 13. Qc2 exd4 14.
Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd4 Bf8 $5 (15... Nb6 16. Rfd1 Qh5 (16... Qxa2 $5) 17. Bg3 Bg4
18. f3 Bd7 19. Qf2 Be7 20. Bb1 g6 21. e4 c5 22. Ne2 $16 {Moiseenko,A (2715)
-Esen,B (2543) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 16. Rfd1 (16. Bg3 Nc5 17. Bc4 Qe4 18. Qd2
Qe7 19. Qe2 Ne4 20. Bf4 a6 21. Rfd1 c5 22. Nb3 b5 23. Bd5 Bb7 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25.
f3 c4 26. Na5 Qb6 27. Nxc4 bxc4 28. fxe4 g5 $15 {Lange,S-Grott,P email 2010}) (
16. Bc4 $5 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Rxe4 18. Bg3 $11 {/+/=}) 16... Nc5 17. Be2 Ne4 18. f3
Qh5 19. Be1 Nf6 20. Bf2 Nd5 21. e4 Nf4 22. Bc4 Bd6 23. Bg3 Be5 24. Qf2 Rd8 25.
Kf1 Re8 26. Rd2 Qg5 27. Rcd1 Qf6 28. Kg1 Bc7 29. a3 Ba5 30. b4 Bb6 31. Qe1 Be6
$11 {Salzmann,S (2156)-Ramponelli,R (2156) email 2011}) (11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3
Ba3 13. Rb1 b6 14. Bd3 Ba6 15. O-O Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. e5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 c5
19. Re3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Be7 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. a3 Nf8 23. h4 Rec7 $15 {L'Ami,E 
(2541)-Gurevich,M (2652) Germany 2006 is something Erwin wasn't intent on
repeating - see the notes in CBM 112 by Gurevich.}) 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxa3
13. e4 (13. Bd3 e5 $5 (13... Ne7 14. Bg3 $5 (14. e4 {-13.e4}) 14... Nf5 15. Bf4
$44) 14. Nxe5 (14. Bg3 exd4 15. cxd4 Qb4 $13 {/=/+}) 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Re8
16. Bg3 Be6 17. O-O Rad8 18. Qc2 Nxc3 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Ra1 Qb4 21. Rfc1 g6 22.
Bxg6 fxg6 23. Qxg6 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 Nxg3+ 25. hxg3 Qf8 26. Rxa7 Rd7 $17 {
Bogoljubow,E-Alekhine,A WCh GER/NLD 1929}) 13... Ne7 14. Bd3 Ng6 15. Bg3 e5 16.
h4 $5 (16. O-O Re8 17. Rfe1 Qe7 $1 (17... Qa5 18. Qb2 Qd8 19. Bb1 a5 20. Rcd1
a4 21. Ba2 Qe7 22. Qc1 Ra5 23. Qd2 $44 exd4 $6 24. Nxd4 Qc5 $2 25. Bc7 Ra8 26.
Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 27. Qa2+ $18 {->, Kramnik,V (2729)-Bruzon Batista,L (2652) Turin
olm 2006}) 18. h4 a5 19. h5 (19. Bb1 {Erdos,V (2608)-Volkmann,F (2410) Austria
2011} a4 $132) 19... Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. e5 a4 22. Qxf4 Nf8 23. Ra1 (23. c4
Rd8 24. Ra1 Be6 25. Ra2 a3 26. Rea1 b5 27. d5 cxd5 28. cxb5 d4 $17 {Bredenhof,
B (2151)-Steinkellner,P (2257) email 2012}) 23... b5 24. Re3 Bd7 {and in this
complex position White didn't find anything better than} 25. e6 $5 Bxe6 26. d5
cxd5 27. Bxb5 Rec8 28. Rxa4 Rxa4 {½, Bubir,A (2546)-Szczepanski,Z (2547)
email 2013}) 16... Re8 (16... exd4 17. cxd4 Re8 18. h5 Ngf8 19. O-O Nf6 20. Ra1
Qe7 21. Bh4 Qe6 22. Ra5 b5 23. d5 cxd5 24. exd5 Qd6 25. Bxb5 {½, Khalifman,A 
(2702)-Gurevich,M (2635) Lanzarote 2003} {The draw was perhaps premature, after
} Bd7 26. Bg3 Qb6 27. Bd3 Nxh5 28. Bh2 $44 {White has excellent compensation.})
17. h5 Nf4 18. Bxf4 (18. Bb1 Qa6 $5 {is recommended by Zidu:} 19. Bxf4 exf4 20.
Qxf4 Nf6 $13 (20... c5 21. g4 $5 $13 {/+/=})) 18... exf4 19. Qxf4 Nf6 20. e5 (
20. Ne5 Be6 21. O-O Nxh5 22. Qe3 Nf6 23. f4 Rad8 24. Be2 Qf8 25. Rb1 Re7 26. c4
Qe8 27. d5 Bc8 28. Bf3 cxd5 29. cxd5 Rxe5 30. fxe5 Qxe5 31. Qxa7 Nxe4 32. Qe3
f5 $11 {Xiong,J (2642)-Smirnov,A (2495) Saint Louis 2017}) 20... Nd5 21. Qd2 a5
22. Be4 (22. Nh4 a4 23. c4 Nc7 24. Bb1 Bg4 $5 $132) 22... b5 (22... Bg4 $5) 23.
O-O Be6 24. Rfe1 a4 25. Bb1 $1 Kf8 26. Qd3 Rec8 27. Qh7 Nxc3 28. Bd3 Ke8 $1 29.
d5 cxd5 30. Qxg7 Qf8 31. Qh7 Kd8 32. Nd4 a3 $13 {Privoznik,L (2381)-Nickel,A 
(2642) email 2010 After some fascinating complications the game was drawn.}) {
If Black doesn't like the whole concept of Nxc3, b6 and Ba6, he can go for the
aforementioned lines with 8.Qd2 after} 8... Bb4 (8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba3 10. Rc2
b6 {and now:} {White started to prefer} 11. Be2 (11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Bxd3 13.
Qxd3 O-O 14. Rb1 {Po} (14. e4 Rfe8 15. e5 $6 h6 16. Bh4 c5 17. Nd2 cxd4 18.
cxd4 Rac8 19. Nc4 Qb5 20. f4 Rc7 21. Qxa3 Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Qxc4 23. Bf2 Qc7 24.
Rc1 Qb7 25. Qd6 Nf8 26. g3 Rc8 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. d5 exd5 29. Qxd5 g6 30. Kg2
Ne6 $11 {/+/=, Gelfand,B (2740)-Carlsen,M (2872) London ct 2013}) 14... Rfe8
15. c4 (15. Bh4 Rac8 16. c4 Bd6 $6 17. Ng5 Qf5 18. Qxf5 exf5 19. Bg3 Bxg3 20.
hxg3 c5 21. Nf3 Nf6 22. Kf1 Ne4 23. d5 Nd6 24. Ke2 f6 25. Nd2 Kf7 26. a4 $14 {
Moiseenko,A (2703)-Dreev,A (2679) Jakarta 2013 The transformation of the
pawn-structure gave White a long-term strategic advantage.}) 15... Bf8 16. Bh4
h6 $5 17. Bg3 Rad8 18. Qb3 Rc8 19. h3 Nf6 20. Bh4 Nd7 21. Rd1 Qh5 22. Qa4 a5
23. Bg3 Qf5 24. Rcc1 Red8 25. Nd2 Bb4 26. Qc2 {Moiseenko,A (2692)-Agrest,E 
(2596) Berlin rpd 2015} Qxc2 27. Rxc2 c5 $132) 11... Ba6 12. O-O Bxe2 {now
both recaptures deserve attention:} {More usual is} 13. Qxe2 (13. Rxe2 O-O 14.
e4 {is sharper, White focuses on the kingside. Black should probably dare to
play} Qxc3 $5 (14... h6 15. Bf4 Qxc3 16. Rc2 Qb4 17. Rxc6 Rac8 18. Qc2 Rxc6 19.
Qxc6 Nf6 20. g3 b5 21. Be5 Ng4 22. Bc7 Qc4 23. Qxc4 bxc4 24. Ne1 Bb2 25. Nc2
Rc8 26. Ba5 Rb8 27. Rd1 Nf6 28. f3 g5 29. Ne3 c3 30. Nc2 $14 {[%csl Gc2,Rc3]
Reichert,T (2338)-Saitou,A (2224) email 2016}) (14... e5 15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. Rd1
$14) (14... Rfe8 15. Re3 (15. e5 $5) 15... Bf8 (15... Be7 $142 $13) 16. e5 Qxa2
$2 (16... c5 {/\} 17. Nd2 cxd4 18. cxd4 f6 $132) 17. Nd2 c5 $2 18. Ne4 cxd4 19.
cxd4 Rac8 {Tomashevsky,E (2743)-Ipatov,A (2624) Reykjavik 2015} 20. Rh3 $1 Qc2
21. Qg4 $40 {[%cal Rg4h4] See the notes by Tomashevsky in CBM 170.}) 15. Rc2 ({
Tomashevsky suggests} 15. e5 {or}) (15. Re3 $5 Qa5 16. Qd3 {, but this is far
from clear and subsequently he refrained from 13.Rxe2.}) 15... Qa5 16. Rxc6
Rac8 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Nb8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 $13 {/=}) 13... O-O (13... h6 $5)
14. e4 (14. Rd1 Rfe8 15. c4 Bf8 (15... e5 $5 $132) 16. e4 Qa4 17. e5 c5 18. d5
exd5 19. Rxd5 Be7 20. Rcd2 Nf8 21. h4 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 f6 23. Ne4 Rxe5 24. Rxe5
fxe5 25. Nd6 Qd7 26. Qxe5 Qe6 27. Qxe6+ Nxe6 28. Nb5 {Tomashevsky,E (2722)
-Artemiev,V (2669) Sochi 2016} Nd8 $1 $132 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Yd8c6,Yc6a5,Yd8b7,
Yb7a5] Transferring the N to attack the ><c4 gives Black good chances to hold
the game.}) 14... Qa4 $5 (14... Rac8 $6 15. e5 {is Gelfand's plan, only the Q
is better placed on e2, than on d3.} Qa4 16. c4 Rfe8 17. Rd1 c5 18. d5 exd5 19.
Rxd5 (19. cxd5 $1 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Qxe5 Qxc2 22. Re1 $36 {[%csl Gd5]})
19... Nf8 $6 (19... Nb8 $13 {[%cal Yb8c6]}) 20. h4 h6 21. Be3 Ng6 22. Qd3 Re6
23. h5 Ne7 24. Rd6 Bb4 25. Rc1 Re8 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Nh4 Qc6 28. a3 Ba5 29. Rd1
$16 {[%csl Ra5] /+-, Carlsen,M (2881)-Mamedyarov,S (2760) Shamkir 2014 See the
notes to this game in CBM 160 by Krasenkow.}) (14... Rfe8 15. Rd1 (15. e5 c5
16. Rd1 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Nf8 18. h4 Rac8 19. h5 h6 20. Bd2 Kh8 21. Rg4 Nd7 $2 (
21... Nh7 $11) (21... Bc5 $5) 22. Bxh6 $1 $16 {Yankelevich,L (2421)-Svetushkin,
D (2574) Hofheim 2017}) 15... Rac8 16. e5 Nf8 17. c4 (17. Nd2 $5 {is also
promising}) 17... h6 18. Be3 Ng6 19. h4 Qa4 20. h5 Ne7 21. Nh4 c5 22. d5 $1
exd5 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. Rc4 Qc6 {Kosteniuk,A (2543)-Pogonina,N (2482) Bilbao
2014} 25. Rd3 Bb4 26. Qg4 $1 $40 {/\} Rxe5 27. Bxh6) 15. Rd2 b5 16. Rd3 f6 17.
Bf4 Nb6 18. h4 Qc4 19. h5 Rad8 20. h6 g6 21. Qc2 e5 22. Be3 Rf7 $132 {Walczak,
P (2485)-Miettinen,K (2436) email 2015}) ({The above lines indicate it's
probably in Black's interest to insert an earlier} 8... h6 9. Bh4 Nxc3 10. bxc3
Ba3 11. Rc2 b6 {Po} 12. Bd3 (12. Be2 Ba6 13. O-O Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qa4 $5 15. c4
O-O 16. e4 Rfe8 17. Rd2 b5 $1 18. c5 e5 19. Bg3 Bb4 20. Rd3 exd4 21. Rxd4 Nxc5
22. Ne5 Ne6 23. Rd7 Re7 24. Rxe7 Bxe7 25. Nxc6 Bc5 26. Qd3 {Timofeev,A (2583)
-Goryachkina,A (2438) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014} b4 $17) 12... Ba6 13. O-O Bxd3 14.
Qxd3 O-O 15. c4 (15. Bg3 Rfd8 16. c4 e5 $2 {Moiseenko,A (2692)-Navara,D (2727)
Wroclaw blitz 2014} 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qxa3 $16) 15... Rfe8 16.
Bg3 Rad8 17. Qb3 Bf8 18. h3 Nf6 19. Ne5 Rc8 20. Rd1 (20. Bh4 $5) 20... Qa6 21.
a4 {v pravý čas prišlo} c5 $1 22. d5 exd5 23. cxd5 Bd6 24. f4 Ne4 $132 {
Sargissian,G (2677)-Smirnov,A (2527) chess.com INT 2018}) 9. a3 ({White for
the time being avoids} 9. Qd2) 9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 h6 11. Bh4 Qxa3 {Here
already there is nothing better than} 12. Qd2 b5 {is a risky attempt to avoid
these lines:} (12... e5 13. e4 ({or} 13. Bd3 O-O) 13... Nf4 14. Bg3 Ng6 15. Bd3
O-O {, as well as}) (12... O-O {was already featured above.}) 13. Bd3 Bb7 14.
O-O O-O 15. e4 $5 (15. c4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 N5b6 17. Bd3 Rfc8 18. Bb1 c5 19. dxc5 (
19. Be7 $5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nd5 21. Bd6 Rc6 22. dxc5 Rac8 23. e4 Qxf3 24. exd5
Rxd6 25. cxd6 Qg4+ $11 {is a typical engine line...}) 19... Nxc5 20. Qd6 Qa4 (
20... Nd5 $5) 21. Nd4 Qd7 (21... Ne4 $5) 22. Qf4 g5 $6 (22... Ba6 $15) 23. Qf6
gxh4 24. Qxh6 f5 25. Rxc5 $1 Rxc5 26. Nxe6 $36 {Kramnik,V (2790)-Shirov,A 
(2739) Moscow 2010 White already has a guaranteed draw, see the notes to this
game in CBM 139 by Krasenkow.}) 15... N5b6 16. Ra1 Qd6 17. Rfe1 Rfc8 18. e5 Qf8
19. Re4 c5 (19... Nc4 $5) 20. Rg4 Kh8 21. Ng5 cxd4 22. Nh7 $1 dxc3 23. Qc1 Qg8
24. Nf6 Qf8 25. Bg5 $1 Nxe5 26. Rh4 Ng6 27. Bxg6 Rc4 28. Rxh6+ $1 gxh6 29. Nh7
Qg7 30. Bf6 $16 {Happe,R (2307)-Pasierb,S (2218) email 2012}) 7... dxc4 {
Resolving the tension immediately, but more popular is} (7... Bb4 8. Qc2 {
and now:} {Modern players prefer a more active apporach, after} O-O {Black
retains more possibilities to free his position:} (8... dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10.
Nxc4 Qc7 (10... Qd5 $5 {is less tested, but certainly deserves attention:} 11.
a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 (12. Qxc3 c5 $11) 12... c5 13. f3 cxd4 14. cxd4 O-O 15. Ne5
Bd7 16. Bc4 Rac8 17. Qb3 Qa5+ 18. Qb4 Qc7 19. O-O Bc6 20. Rfc1 Nd7 21. Nxc6
Qxc6 22. Rc2 Nb6 23. Bb3 Qd7 $11 {Baraeva,M (2182)-Marek,M (2326) Pardubice
2015}) 11. a3 (11. Be2 c5 $1 12. O-O Bd7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Ne5 cxd4 15. Nxd7 Qxd7
16. Qxb4 dxc3 17. Qxc3 Rac8 18. Qb3 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Rxd8+ {½, Nihal,S 
(2532)-Bluebaum,M (2635) Moscow 2018}) 11... Be7 12. b4 $5 ({The most accurate
move-order.} 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14. b4 b6 15. Bf3 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17.
Rac1 Be8 18. g3 Nd5 19. Nb2 Qb8 20. Nd3 Bg5 21. Rb1 Qb7 22. e4 Nxc3 23. Qxc3
Qe7 24. h4 Bh6 25. Ne5 g6 26. Ng4 Bg7 27. e5 h5 28. Ne3 c5 $1 $11 {/=/+,
Capablanca,J-Alekhine,A Buenos Aires 1927 This game was the turning point of
the great match, Alekhine went on to win and by scoring another win in the
very next game, he gained a lead he never relinquished.}) (12. g3 {was played
in game 29, but here Black has} c5 $1 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. Ne5 cxd4 15. exd4 Bd6 $11
) 12... O-O ({Similar is} 12... b6 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Bb7 15. Bf3 Rac8 16.
Rab1 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Ba8 18. h3 h6 19. Qb3 Qb8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bf6 22. a4
$14 {Ribli,Z (2590)-Smyslov,V (2565) Las Palmas 1982}) 13. g3 Bd7 14. Bg2 b6
15. O-O Rac8 (15... a5 $6 16. Ne5 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Rc8 19. Nxd7 Qxd7
20. Na4 Qd8 21. Qb3 Nd5 22. b5 cxb5 23. Qxb5 $16 {[%csl Rb6] Capablanca,
J-Alekhine,A Buenos Aires 1927}) 16. Rfc1 Rfd8 17. Rab1 {White is 1-2 tempi up
compared with our game, but his plus is still minimal and he went on to win
only after a long fight:} Be8 18. Ne4 Nd5 19. Ne5 Qb8 20. Qa2 Qa8 21. Qb3 $14 {
Kasparov,G (2640)-Averbakh,Y (2490) Kislovodsk 1982}) {Therefore the main
continuaiton is the developing} 9. Be2 ({Alekhine stopped playing this because
of} 9. Bh4 {Even more energetic is} e5 $5 {White with his last move has given
Black a lead in development:} ({After} 9... c5 10. Nb3 Qa4 (10... Qc7 $5) 11.
Bxf6 Nxf6 12. dxc5 Bxc3+ (12... Ne4 $2 13. cxd5 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Nxc5 15. Rd1
exd5 16. Rxd5 Nxb3 17. axb3 Qc6 18. Rd4 Re8 19. Bd3 $1 Qxg2 20. Bxh7+ Kf8 21.
Be4 $16 {Capablanca,J-Alekhine,A Buenos Aires 1927}) 13. Qxc3 Ne4 14. Qa5 Qxa5+
15. Nxa5 Nxc5 16. cxd5 exd5 {Black is close to equality:} 17. Be2 Rd8 18. O-O
d4 19. Rfd1 Ne6 20. exd4 Nxd4 21. Kf1 b6 22. Nb3 Ne6 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Rd1 Ne6
{½, Dzieciolowski,A-Szukszta,J Szczawno Zdroj 1957}) 10. dxe5 (10. Nb3 Qc7 11.
a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 b6 13. Nd2 Ba6 14. Be2 exd4 15. cxd4 c5 16. Bg3 Qc6 $5 17.
cxd5 Qb7 18. Bf3 cxd4 19. d6 Qc8 20. Qxc8 Raxc8 21. exd4 Rfe8+ 22. Kd1 Nd5 $1
23. Re1 Nc3+ 24. Kc2 Ne4+ 25. Kd1 Nc3+ {½, Narozhny,Y (2338)-Yurov,A (2330)
email 2010}) 10... Ne4 11. Ncxe4 ({Risky is} 11. e6 Ndc5 $5 $32) 11... dxe4 12.
a3 Nxe5 13. O-O-O Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Be6 16. b3 f6 17. Bg3 Rad8 18.
Rd4 c5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Be2 Bg4 21. Bxg4 Nxg4 22. h3 Ne5 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Rd1
Rxd1+ {½, Zlatariu,M (2401)-Laurenc,P (2398) email 2013}) {However, the most
reliable road to equality seems to be} 9... c5 $5 (9... e5 {Thus the attention
turned to} 10. O-O (10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Ndxe4 dxe4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe5 14.
Qxe4 (14. Bf4 Bf5 $11) (14. Be7 Re8 15. Bb4 Qc7 16. Qxe4 c5 17. Ba3 Bd7 $44 {
[%csl Ra3,Rc3,Rc4]}) 14... Ng6 $5 (14... f6 15. Bh4 (15. Bf4 $2 Bf5 $19) 15...
Qxc3 16. f4 $5 (16. Rfd1 $14) 16... Ng4 17. Bd3 f5 18. Qd4 Qd2 19. Rf3 c5 20.
Qd5+ $36 {Lambrechts,C-Oliveira,A corr 1988}) 15. Bf4 Bf5 (15... Nxf4 16. Qxf4
Be6 17. Rfd1 Rad8 $11) 16. Bc7 (16. Qd4 $142 $5 $11) 16... Bxe4 17. Bxa5 b6 18.
Bb4 c5 19. Ba3 Rad8 20. Rad1 Bc2 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bc1 Ne5 23. f4 Nc6 $44 {
/=/+, Vasin,M (2334)-Ermolaev,M email 2009 White's bishops present a sorry
picture.}) 10... exd4 11. Nb3 Qb6 (11... Qc7 12. Nxd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 $14) 12.
exd4 (12. Nxd4 Bxc3 $5 (12... dxc4 13. Bh4 $1 $14 (13. Bxc4 $6 Qc5) {/\} 13...
Qc5 14. Na4) 13. bxc3 dxc4 $132) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 a5 14. Ne4 $5 (14. a4 Qc7
15. Rae1 h6 16. Bh4 Nb6 (16... Bd6 $6 17. h3 Nb6 18. Bxf6 Nxc4 19. Ne4 Bh2+ 20.
Kh1 Nd6 21. Kxh2 Nxe4+ 22. Be5 Nd6 23. Qc5 Rd8 24. d5 $16 {Carlsen,M (2484)
-Kasparov,G (2831) Reykjavik rpd 2004}) 17. Bd3 Nbd5 $11) 14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4
Qc7 (15... a4 16. a3 Bd6 17. Bd3 g6 18. Nd2 Qc7 19. Qh4 Ra5 20. Ne4 f6 21. Nxd6
Rxg5 22. Bc4+ Kg7 23. Qf4 Qd8 24. h4 Ra5 25. Rfe1 $18 {Ma,Z (2262)-Yu,L (2404)
Ningbo 2011}) 16. Bd3 f5 17. Qh4 Nb6 18. a3 Bd6 19. Rfe1 Nd5 20. Bc4 Bd7 21.
Nc5 {has been played in a few email games. White holds the initiative and
although this might not be enough against accurate defence, it's still rather
unpleasant after} Rfe8 22. Rac1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 b6 24. Nd3 Re8 25. Be7 h6 26.
Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Re5 Kh7 28. h3 Nf6 29. Qf4 g5 30. Qe3 $14 {Alexa,J (2343)-Mezera,
L (2364) email 2015}) (9... dxc4 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nxc4 Qc7 {transposes after}
12. a3 Be7 13. b4 b6 {into the aforementioend game Ribli-Smyslov.}) {More
promising is the relatively untested} 10. Bf4 $5 {, po} (10. Nb3 Qa4 ({Less
played, but also viable is} 10... Qc7 $5 11. O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 cxd4 13. Nb5 Qb8
14. N5xd4 Bd6 15. f4 h6 16. Bh4 a6 17. Be2 Nd5 18. Qd2 N7f6 19. Rad1 Bb4 20.
Qd3 Bd7 21. Bf3 Ba4 22. Kh1 Be7 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Na5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qd8 26. Nxb7
Qb6 $132 {Ivanchuk,V (2740)-Kasparov,G (2825) Frankfurt rpd 1998}) 11. Bxf6
Nxf6 12. dxc5 ({Sterile and boring is} 12. O-O Bxc3 13. Qxc3 cxd4 14. Qxd4 dxc4
15. Nc5 (15. Qxc4 Qxc4 16. Bxc4 Bd7 $11) 15... Qc6 16. Bf3 Nd5 17. Rfc1 b6 18.
Nd3 Qe8 19. Qxc4 Bb7 20. Qb3 {½, Ionov,S (2530)-Oll,L (2625) Vilnius 1997})
12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc6 14. O-O Bxc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qb6
18. Rad1 $5 (18. Bd3 g6 19. Qe5 Bd7 20. h4 Rac8 21. Rac1 Bc6 (21... f6 $5 22.
Qg3 Qxb2 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. h5 Rd8 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 {
½, Sokolov,I (2696)-Dreev,A (2694) Stepanakert 2005}) 22. h5 Qc7 23. Qc3 Qe7
24. h6 f6 25. Rfd1 Rfd8 26. Be2 Kf7 $11 {Rodriguez Rey,J (2349)-Romero
Rodriguez,J (2276) email 2016}) 18... Qxb2 19. Rd4 g6 $5 20. Rfd1 Qa3 {seems
dangerous, but after} 21. Qh4 $6 (21. h4 $5 $44) 21... b6 22. Bb3 Qc5 23. Qh6
Qe5 24. Rd8 Qg7 25. Qg5 Bb7 $13 {/=/+, Korinek,J (1643)-Habes,J (1674) email
2013 it was already White, who was searcing for ample compensation.}) (10. O-O
cxd4 11. Nb3 (11. exd4 dxc4 12. Bh4 Nb6 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd7 15. Bxf6
gxf6 16. d5 Bxc3 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. bxc3 Rac8 $11 {[%csl Rc3,Rg8]
½, Kramnik,V (2710)-Ivanchuk,V (2705) Luzern 1993}) 11... Qb6 (11... Qd8 $5 {
deserves attention, after} 12. Nxd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qe7 15. Be2 h6
16. Bh4 Ne5 17. Rfd1 Ng6 18. Bg3 e5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Rac8 {the ^^ are not
so tremendous and White's queenside is vulnerable:} 21. h4 $6 Rfe8 22. h5 Nf8
23. Bb5 Qe6 $1 24. Qf3 Re7 25. Ba4 N8h7 26. Bh4 Ng5 $36 {Parligras,M (2572)
-Dreev,A (2679) Yerevan 2014}) 12. Na4 (12. exd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Bxc3
15. bxc3 b6 $11 {is like a well-known line from the Nimzoindian, only White's
knight is on b3 instead of f3. Black shouldn't have any serious problems here.}
(15... Ne4 $5)) 12... Qc7 13. Nxd4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd6 15. Rac1 $1 (15. h3 a6 16.
Bd3 Qxc2 17. Bxc2 b5 18. Nc3 Bb7 19. Rfd1 Be5 20. Bh4 Rac8 21. Rac1 h6 22. f4
Bb8 23. a3 Ba7 24. Kf2 Rfe8 25. Bb1 e5 $11 {/=/+, Hildebrand,G (2193)
-Gonschior,M (2153) email 2008}) {This pawn sacrifice is the only way to fight
for an advantage, but Black holds his own after} 15... Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bd6 17.
Nb5 Qc6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Rfd1 (19. Be2 Nd5 20. Rfd1 Qe5 21. Bh4 N7f6 22. Kg1
Bd7 23. Nc5 Bc6 24. Rd4 Rac8 $13 {Kulakiewicz,M (2019)-Panman,H (2319) email
2013}) 19... Qe5 20. Bf4 Qh5+ $5 (20... Qa5 21. b4 Qxb4 22. Bd6 Qa5 23. Bxf8 (
23. Nc3 $1 {/\} Re8 24. Nb5 $14) 23... Nxf8 24. Bb3 Qh5+ 25. Kg1 Bd7 26. Qc7
Bc6 27. Qh2 Qg5 $11 {Grischuk,A (2760)-Shirov,A (2739) Moscow 2010}) 21. Kg1
Ne5 22. Be2 Neg4 $1 23. Bxg4 (23. f3 $2 e5 $1 24. fxg4 Bxg4 $17) 23... Qxg4 24.
f3 Qh4 25. Rd4 Qh5 26. g4 Qh3 27. Qg2 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Bd7 29. e4 Bc6 30. Nc5 $44
{/=, Morley,P (2376)-Wojtyra,S (2330) email 2015 White's compensation is
barely enough for equality.}) 10... cxd4 (10... b6 $5 {was featured only in
one game, but might well be the best:} 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ba6 13. a4 cxd4
14. cxd4 Rfc8 15. Qa2 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Qd5 17. Rfc1 g5 $1 18. Bg3 Ne4 19. Rc2 Rc6
20. Ne5 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 Rc8 22. Qb2 Bxe2 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Qxe2 Rc3 $11 {Atalik,
S (2565)-Dreev,A (2638) Kragujevac 2015}) 11. exd4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Qd8 ({Po} 
12... Qd5 13. O-O Qxd4 14. Bg3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qe4 16. Qb2 Qc6 17. Nd6 Ne4 18.
Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Rad1 Qf5 20. Bd6 Re8 21. c4 $32 {/+/-, Najer,E (2653)-Bareev,E 
(2701) Sochi 2006}) 13. O-O Nb6 14. Qb3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Qa5 (16...
b6 17. Rfe1 Bb7 18. Bf1 $14 {was featured in mail games and is also more
pleasant for White}) 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Re5 Qc7 19. Bd3 b5 20. Qc2 Rfc8 21. Rc1
Qb6 {Ponomariov,R (2723)-Dreev,A (2710) Melilla 2011} 22. Qd2 $1 $36 {/\} b4
23. c4) 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Rc1 {Black has the bishop pair, but lacks
space. White's first task will be to prevent the liberating c5.} (10. Be2 Bd7
11. O-O (11. Rc1 $142 $5 {/\} c5 12. Ne5 $36) 11... c5 12. Rc1 $6 (12. Ne5 $1
cxd4 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Qxd4 $14) 12... cxd4 13. exd4 Bd6 14. Nxd6+ Qxd6 15. Nb5
Bxb5 16. Bxb5+ Ke7 17. Qb3 Rac8 18. Be2 b6 19. Bf3 Rhd8 $11 {/=/+, Van der
Sterren,P (2460)-Seirawan,Y (2600) Arnhem/ Amsterdam 1983}) (10. g3 Bd7 11. Bg2
c5 $5 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 O-O-O 15. a4 f5 16. Qf3 Kb8 17. O-O h5
18. Rfd1 Bc8 19. a5 g5 20. Ra3 Rh6 21. Rdd3 h4 $13 {Timman,J (2605)-Seirawan,Y
(2600) Arnhem/ Amsterdam 1983}) 10... Be7 {Naiditsch sets up the
Alekhine-Smyslov fortress and relies on later activity - unfortunately for him
this will never come to be.} (10... c5 $2 11. Nb5 $16 {is premature}) (10...
Bd7 11. g3 Be7 (11... c5 12. Ne5) 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O {/\} c5 $6 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Na4 $36 {also isn't ideal.}) 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 Rd8 13. O-O Nd5 ({After} 
13... Bd7 {White can prevent the knight menoeuvre with} 14. e4 $5 b5 (14... Be8
15. e5 Nd5 16. Ne4 Nb6 17. Ncd6 Nc8 18. Nxe8 Rxe8 19. Qg4 $5 (19. f4 {()})
19... Rd8 20. Rfd1 Nb6 21. h4 h6 22. Rc3 $14 {Sasikiran,K (2573)-Barua,D (2502)
Kelamabakkam 2000 White has space and kingside attacking chances.}) 15. Ne3 Qb6
16. e5 Nd5 17. Ne4 Be8 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 20. Rxc5 b4 21. Qd2 Rac8
22. Rfc1 Rc6 23. Qg5 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Kf8 25. Bf1 h6 26. Qc1 Bd7 27. Bd3 Qb8 28.
Ba6 Qb6 29. Bd3 Qb8 30. f4 Rc8 31. Kf2 $14 {Wojtaszek,R (2745)-Banusz,T (2611)
Linares 2017 White has a riskless endgame pull here.}) 14. a3 (14. Qb3 Bd7 15.
Ne5 Qb6 16. Qc2 Be8 17. Na4 $5 $146 (17. a3 Rac8 18. Nd3 Qc7 19. Ne2 Nf6 20.
Rfd1 Qb8 21. b4 a5 $5 22. bxa5 Qa7 23. Rb1 Rc7 24. Rb3 c5 25. Rc3 Qxa5 $11 {
Nakamura,H (2729)-Gelfand,B (2739) Moscow 2010}) 17... Qc7 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19.
Nd3 Nb6 20. Nac5 Nd7 21. Nb3 Qb8 22. Qe2 e5 23. Bh3 $1 exd4 24. Nxd4 Rc7 25. e4
Nf8 26. Nf4 Bf6 27. Nf3 g6 28. e5 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Be7 30. Qb3 $36 {Krasenkow,M 
(2610)-Saada,J (2296) Montpellier 2015 White once again switched his
attentiton to the kingside.}) 14... Bd7 (14... a5 15. Qc2 (15. Ne4 $5) 15...
Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Bd7 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Rfd1 f6 19. Nd3 Bh5 20. Nf4 Bf7 21. Bh3 Rd6
22. Nd3 Rad8 23. f4 a4 24. Bg2 Qb6 25. Nc5 (25. Bf3 $1 $14) 25... e5 26. Qb4
Qxb4 27. axb4 {½, Miras Garcia,E (2524)-Szczepanski,Z (2515) email 2014} exf4
28. Nxb7 fxe3 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 $44) 15. b4 (15. Ne5 Be8 16. Nd3 f6 17. Ne4 Bf7 18.
Qe2 Re8 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Bh3 a5 21. Nec5 Bxc5 22. Nxc5 b6 23. Na4 e5 24. dxe5
fxe5 25. Bg2 h6 26. Qc2 c5 27. Bf1 Nf6 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Bc4 Bxc4
31. Qxc4+ Kh8 $14 {Peet,W-Urban,M (2253) email 2014 White is slightly better,
but couldn't increase his edge in a simplified position.}) 15... Be8 16. Qb3
Rac8 (16... f6 17. Na5 Bf7 18. Qc2 Rab8 19. Na4 Qc8 20. Nb2 Qc7 21. Nd3 Qc8 22.
Qe2 Qd7 23. Rfd1 Qe8 24. Bf3 Bf8 25. Qb2 Be7 26. Kg2 Bg6 27. e4 Nc7 28. Nc5
Bxc5 29. bxc5 f5 30. exf5 exf5 31. Nc4 Bh5 32. Bxh5 Qxh5 33. Ne5 f4 34. Rd3 $36
{Vasilev,V (2399)-Szczepanski,Z (2515) email 2014}) 17. Ne5 $146 {Formally
this is a novelty, but the character of the position remains unchanged.} (17.
Rc2 f6 $5 (17... Qb8 18. Rfc1 h6 19. Ne4 Qa8 20. Ne5 a6 21. Nc5 b6 22. Ncd3 Bd6
23. a4 Qb7 24. Nc4 Bf8 25. h4 $36 {/+/-, Ivanchuk,V (2705)-Asrian,K (2591)
Yerevan 2004}) 18. Rfc1 Bf7 19. b5 Rb8 20. Ne4 Kf8 21. bxc6 Qxc6 22. Ne5 Qb6
23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 {Fister,B (2319)-Sidenko,A (2255) email 2013} 25.
Nc5 $14) 17... Qb8 18. Nd3 Rc7 $6 {Black trusts his ramparts and prepares for
the siege.} (18... a5 $5 $14 {came into consideration, we have seen this motif
in Nakamura-Gelfand above. Black seeks active counterplay, after} 19. bxa5 Qa7
{his pieces come to life.}) 19. Rc2 Rdc8 20. Rfc1 Nf6 (20... f6 $2 {fails to}
21. Bh3 Bf7 22. e4 {[%csl Re6]}) ({Black still marks time, but perhaps the
exchange} 20... Nxc3 {would ease the defence.}) 21. a4 b6 {Weakening.} ({
However, no better is} 21... Nd5 22. Ne4 $36 {moreover Black would admit his
last move was not a success.}) 22. b5 $5 {[%csl Rc6] Action time, the target
is c6 - pawn, or square!} cxb5 (22... c5 23. Ne5 cxd4 24. exd4 $16 {[%cal
Re5c6] lands a mighty passed pawn on c6, supported by the major pieces.}) (
22... Bd6 $142 $5 23. bxc6 (23. e4 c5 $1 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. e5 Nd7 $14) 23...
Bxc6 24. Bxc6 (24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. axb5 $36 {[%csl Gd6,Gg2] also gives a
long-lasting edge, but with ^-}) 24... Rxc6 25. Nb5 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 $36 {White
has strong pressure, as he wins the fight for the open file.}) 23. axb5 {
[%cal Yd3e5,Ye5c6]} Nd7 ({Prevents Ne5, after} 23... Bd6 {White has} 24. e4 {/\
} Rc4 25. e5 Rxd4 26. exd6 Rxd3 27. Ne4 $1 $16 {/+- winning at least an
exchange.}) 24. Bc6 $1 {[%cal Yd4d5,Ye3e5] Preparing central expansion, while
Black's bunch of major pieces can only passively follow the proceedings.} a5
25. e4 Rd8 26. e5 Ra7 {Prevents the immediate central break.} (26... Nc5 $2 27.
dxc5 Rxd3 28. cxb6 $18) (26... Nf8 27. d5 $16) 27. Na4 {Nimzowitsch: "The
passed pawn is a criminal and should remain under lock and key."} Nf8 28. Bxe8
Rxe8 29. Rc6 Rb7 30. R1c4 ({Roughly equivalent is} 30. h4 Qd8 31. R1c4 $16 {
[%cal Yd3f4]}) 30... Ng6 31. Nf4 $1 {A pretty move, which prevents a possible
knight transfer to d5 and strengthens White's central influence. The weakened
>> is drawback Black can't exploit due to his passive pieces.} Nxf4 32. gxf4
Qd8 (32... Rf8 33. f5 $1 exf5 34. Qc2 {[%cal Yc2f5]} g6 35. Rc8 Qa7 36. d5 $18)
33. Qf3 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Rc6c8]} Rb8 34. f5 $1 {Time to act. White has
improved his pieces to the maximum extent, now by opening the position he can
target the weaknesses on b6 and f7.} exf5 ({A concession, but Black can hardly
avoid this after} 34... Bf8 35. Qg4 $5) 35. Qxf5 $16 {/+-} Bb4 (35... Qd5 36.
Nc3 {and the Q can only helplessly return.}) 36. Rc7 Rf8 (36... Qd5 37. R4c6
$16 {/\} Rf8 38. Nxb6 Qxd4 39. Nd7 {and White should gradually convert the
extra exchange.}) 37. Rd7 g6 ({The endgame is hopeless, but no better is} 37...
Qh4 38. Rcc7 g6 39. Qf3 $18 {[%csl Rf7]}) 38. Rxd8 gxf5 39. Rxb8 Rxb8 40. Kg2
Kf8 41. Kf3 f6 {Belated activity.} (41... Ke7 42. Rc7+ Ke6 43. Rc6+ $18 Kd5 $2
44. Ke3 {and the K ends in a mating net.}) 42. Kf4 fxe5+ 43. dxe5 Rd8 44. Nxb6
Rd2 45. Kxf5 Rxf2+ 46. Ke6 (46. Ke6 Kg7 (46... Rb2 47. Rg4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb6d7,
Rg4g8]}) 47. Nd5 ({or} 47. Nd7 $18 {[%csl Gb5] and the o^b5 advances with the
full support of White's army.})) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Tomashevsky,E"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

{There was a special background to this encounter, because at the previous
European team Championship we had surprisingly lost 1.5-2.5 to the Turkish
team, which had been the start of the problems we had then. I myself had also
had White then and had been unable to overcome the resistance of Mustafa
Yilmaz. So now I had to take up arms against Alexander Ipatov. In various
football matches between chess players we had stood together on the same side
of the barricades. This time - for the first time! - we found ourselves
sitting opposite each other over the chess board.  Diese Begegnung stand in
einem besonderen Kontext, denn bei der vorangegangenen Mannschafts-EM hatten
wir gegen die Türken überraschend 1,5-2,5 verloren und damit unsere
damaligen Probleme eingeleitet. Ich selber hatte damals ebenfalls Weiß und
konnte den Widerstand von Mustafa Yilmaz nicht überwinden. Nun bekam ich es
also mit Alexander Ipatov zu tun. In diversen Fußballvergleichen der
Schachspieler standen wir auf derselben Seite der Barrikade. Diesmal saßen
wir uns - erstmals! - auf unterschiedlichen Seiten des Schachbrettes
gegenüber.} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 {
Alexander had moreover recently rarely played the Queen's Gambit and he had
never employed the Cambridge Springs Variation! It was a cunning thought of
his to surprise me in this way. It was his bad luck that I had considered in
some detail these positions after my game against the guru of this variation,
Alexey Dreev (Loo 2014), and had taken another look at my analyses just
shortly before the European Cup.  Alexander spielte zuletzt ohnehin selten
Damengambit und die Cambridge-Springs-Variante hatte er noch nie angewandt! Es
war ja schlau gedacht von ihm, mich auf diese Weise zu überraschen. Sein Pech
war, dass ich mich mit diesen Stellungsbildern nach meiner Partie gegen den
Guru dieser Variante, Alexey Dreev (Loo 2014), ausführlich beschäftigt und
mir diese Analysen erst kürzlich vor dem Europapokal erneut angeschaut hatte.}
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Rc1 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba3 10. Rc2 b6 {Just at the moment this is
probably the most important branch of a variation which had been introduced
into practice in 2011 by Bart Michiels and refined by the future world
champion (Gelfand - Carlsen, London, 2013).  Das ist die im Moment wohl
wichtigste Verzweigung einer Variante, die 2011 von Bart Michiels in die
Praxis eingeführt und vom späteren Weltmeister ausgefeilt wurde (Gelfand -
Carlsen, London, 2013).} 11. Be2 {There are some subtleties about the bishop
move to d3 which need to be explained, but at the present moment theory is in
favour of the slightly more modest development to e2. Auch zum Läuferzug nach
d3 wäre einiges an Feinheiten zu erklären, aber im gegenwärtigen Moment
spricht sich die Theorie für die etwas bescheidenere Entwicklung nach e2 aus.}
Ba6 12. O-O Bxe2 13. Rxe2 {This is a principled innovation which contains a
fresh way of approaching this position. Up till now, the recapture on e2 here
had always been made with the queen. What could be more natural? Magnus
Carlsen, who had made use of this setup as Black against Boris Gelfand in 2013
in London, later changed sides and won a brilliancy in Shamkir 2014 against
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov by recapturing on e2 with the queen. For my part, in May
of last year I had been unable to find anything convincing here for White. The
conclusions to be drawn from this formed the following logical chain: Black
has strategic advantages on the queenside and in the endgame, i.e. he must
seek for counterplay based on play in the centre and on exchanges. For his
part, White controls the centre and must make use of this for play against the
black king. The capture on e2 with the queen leaves the rook on the c-file
which will soon be opened, requiring it to be exchanged and not favouring the
attack. The concrete checking out of this “theoriy” naturally brought to
the surface some underwater reefs, but on the whole I was convinced of the
value of this idea in practice Das ist eine prinzipielle Neuerung, die ein
neuartiges Herangehen an diese Position beinhaltet. Bis dato hatte man hier
immer mit der Dame auf e2 zurückgenommen. Was könnte es auch Natürlicheres
geben? Magnus Carlsen, der diesen Aufbau 2013 in London gegen Boris Gelfand
noch als Schwarzer vertreten hatte, wechselte später die Seiten und gewann in
Schamkir 2014 gegen Shakhriyar Mamediarov mit dem Schlagen mit der Dame auf e2
eine Glanzpartie. Ich allerdings konnte im Mai vergangenen Jahres hier nichts
Überzeugendes für Weiß finden. Die Schlussfolgerungen daraus bildeten diese
logische Kette: Schwarz hat strategische Vorteile am Damenflügel und im
Endspiel, d. h. er muss ein Gegenspiel suchen, das auf einem Spiel im Zentrum
sowie auf Abtauschen gründet. Weiß seinerseits beherrscht das Zentrum und
muss dies für ein Spiel gegen den schwarzen König nutzen. Das Nehmen auf e2
mit der Dame belässt den Turm auf der sich bald öffnenden c-Linie, was dort
seinen Abtausch fördert und den Angriff nicht begünstigt. Die konkrete
Überprüfung dieser “Theorie” förderte natürlich einige unterirdische
Klippen zutage, aber im Großen und Ganzen war ich vom praktischen Wert dieser
Idee überzeugt.} O-O ({It would be premature to play Verfrüht wäre} 13...
Qxc3 $6 14. Rc2 Qa5 15. Rxc6 O-O 16. Rc7) 14. e4 Rfe8 $5 {In the first
critical situation Ipatov acted quickly and well, with a flexible move which
meant he did not have to show his hand too soon. In der ersten kritischen
Situation handelte Ipatov schnell und gut, indem er seine Karten mit einem
flexiblen Zug vorerst nicht aufdeckt.} ({Of course the most principled move
would have been Am prinzipiellsten wäre natürlich} 14... Qxc3 {which would
have left White with the interesting choice between gewesen. Weiß hätte
darauf die interessante Wahl zwischen} 15. e5 $5 ({and  und} 15. Re3 $5 Qa5 16.
Qd3 {in both cases with hair-raising complications, whereas mit jeweils
haarsträubenden Verwicklungen, während}) (15. Rc2 Qa5 16. Rxc6 Rac8 17. d5
exd5 18. exd5 Nb8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 {would be less convincing, since Black would
soon be able to solve his problems with simplifications. weniger überzeugend
wäre, denn Schwarz könnte seine Probleme bald durch Vereinfachungen lösen.})
) ({Another way of tackling the position is represented by Ein anderes
Herangehen an die Position stellt} 14... e5 {, which "deprives" his opponent
of the most obvious attacking motifs. However, in this variation Black most
frequently heads for c6-c5 and after the advance of the e-pawn, say dar, was
dem Gegner die deutlichsten Angriffsmotive "wegnimmt". Allerdings orientiert
Schwarz sich in dieser Variante häufiger auf с6-с5, und nach dem Vorstoß
des e-Bauern, sagen wir,} 15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. Rd1 {White can claim some slight
superiority. It will be interesting to see what players with Black are going
to decide in the future on move 13. kann Weiß einiges Übergewicht
reklamieren. Es wird interessant sein, wie sich die Schwarzspieler im 14. Zug
zukünftig entscheiden werden.}) 15. Re3 {This move cost me quite a lot of
thinking time. The reason for this was that I was trying to remember the
variations after Dieser Zug kostete mich ziemlich viel Bedenkzeit, was daran
lag, dass ich mich an die zu Hause analysierten Varianten nach} (15. e5 Qxc3 {
which I had analysed at home. zu erinnern suchte.}) 15... Bf8 {I had analysed
this sort of setup for a long time and was happy to have got this position on
the board. Nevertheless, many of the evaluations I made over the board and
soon afterwards turned out to be inaccurate - the devil is always in the
detail! Ich hatte diesen Stellungstyp ja lange analysiert und war froh, diese
Position aufs Brett bekommen zu haben. Dennoch erwiesen sich viele meiner am
Brett und kurz danach getroffenen Einschätzungen als ungenau - der Teufel
liegt halt immer im Detail!} ({I considered the text move to be very dubious
and I had concentrated on the safe move Den Textzug hielt ich für sehr
fragwürdig und ich hatte mich auf den sichereren Zug} 15... e5 {. After
konzentriert. Nach} 16. Qc2 Be7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Rd1 Rae8 19. g3 {White has
some pressure. hat Weiß etwas Druck.}) (15... Be7 {was a move I had
considered somewhat risky on account of e4-e5 (immediately or after the
exchange). hatte ich wegen e4-e5 (sofort oder nach dem Tausch) für etwas
riskant gehalten.} 16. Bxe7 (16. e5 Qxa2 17. Qd3 c5 (17... Nf8) (17... h6))
16... Rxe7 17. e5 ({It looks as if Es scheint so, als ob} 17. Qc2 {would be
correct but here Black has available the thematic richtig wäre, aber hier
verfügt Schwarz über das programmgemäße} c5 {after which he is close to
equality. wonach er dem Ausgleich nahe ist.}) 17... Qxa2 {and after und auf}
18. Ng5 {recommends itself drängt sich} f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 {, after which White
has to worry about getting sufficient compensation! So if Sascha had not
played his bishop move with quite such brio, I would possibly now had
different thoughts about my rook move to e3 ... auf, wonach sich bereits Weiß
über ausreichende Kompensation Sorgen machen muss! Wenn Sascha seinen
Läuferzug also nicht ganz so schwungvoll ausgeführt hätte, würde ich über
meinen Turmzug nach e3 jetzt möglicherweise anders denken...}) 16. e5 {
During the game I was extremely optimistic at this point since Black had
chosen the exact sequence of moves which had been the focus of my analysis!
Perhaps this self-confidence was not without making some impression on my
opponent... Während der Partie war ich hier äußerst optimistisch, denn
Schwarz hatte genau die Zugfolge gewählt, die im Mittelpunkt meiner Analysen
stand! Vielleicht ließ diese Selbstsicherheit meinen Gegner nicht
unbeeindruckt...} Qxa2 $2 {White really gets an easy game simply because of
the loss of tempo which the snatching of the pawn did not justify. Black had
to immediately commence his counterplay in the centre with Lediglich aufgrund
dieses Tempoverlustes, der den kleinen Bauernhappen nicht rechtfertigt,
bekommt Weiß wirklich leichtes Spiel. Schwarz musste das Gegenspiel im
Zentrum unverzüglich mit} (16... c5 {which in addition would also have
justified the bishop sortie to a3. This logical breaking open of the position
would have led to unclear play. einleiten, was darüber hinaus auch den
Läuferausfall nach a3 gerechtfertigt hätte. Diese logische Sprengung hätte
zu unklarem Spiel geführt:} 17. Nd2 (17. d5 $5 Qxa2 18. d6 {is double-edged
ist zweischneidig}) 17... cxd4 18. cxd4 f6 {and Black secures his king und
Schwarz sichert seinen König} 19. Bf4 Rac8) ({The computer even starts by
indicating the cold-blooded Der Computer weist anfangs sogar auf das
kaltblütige} 16... Rac8 {, but such a way of playing worries a human being.
hin, aber einem Menschen macht so eine Spielweise natürlich Angst.} 17. Rfe1
$5 ({Here all Black had to do was calculate and not let himself be be scared:
Schwarz musste hier nur rechnen und sich nicht erschrecken lassen:} 17. Nd2 f6
(17... c5 18. Rh3) 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rg3+ (19. Ne4) 19... Bg7 20. Ne4 fxe5 21.
Nd6 exd4 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Qxd4 Ne5 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Re1 Qd5 $11) 17... c5
18. d5 Qxa2 19. R1e2 Qc4 20. d6 {- compared to the line with 16...с5 17.d5
White has gained a few tempi. - im Vergleich zum Abspiel 16...с5 17.d5 hat
Weiß ein paar Tempi gewonnen.}) 17. Nd2 {Now, unlike iin the previous note,
it is no longer so easy for Black to attack the white wedge pawn on e5 which
secures for his opponent such great advantages on the kingside. Jetzt kann
Schwarz im Unterschied zur vorangegangenen Anmerkung den weißen Keil auf e5,
der dem Anziehenden große Vorteile am Königsflügel sichert, nicht mehr so
bequem angreifen.} c5 {This is too late now! Extraordinary measures will now
have to be taken to defend the king: Dies kommt hier zu spät! Zwecks
Verteidigung des Königs mussten bereits außerordentliche Maßnahmen
ergriffen werden:} (17... f6 18. exf6 gxf6) ({or oder} 17... f5 18. exf6 gxf6 {
with the continuation mit der Fortsetzung} 19. Bh4 Bg7 20. Ne4 Re7 21. Qg4) ({
or even oder sogar} 17... Be7 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Ne4 f5 (19... Rf8 $2 20. Nf6+
$1) 20. exf6 Nxf6 (20... gxf6 $5) 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Qf3 {and in all
variations White has a strong initiative for the pawn, but the defensive
options have not yet been exhausted. und in allen Varianten hat Weiß starke
Initiative für den Bauern, aber die Verteidigungsmöglichkeiten sind noch
nicht erschöpft.}) 18. Ne4 {Four white pieces are directed against the black
monarch, whose residence is now beyond the reach of its most important
defenders. There is no doubt about the evaluation of this position. But there
was still a lot of water to flow under the bridge in the game... Vier weiße
Figuren sind auf den schwarzen König gerichtet, dessen Residenz von den
wichtigsten Verteidigern nicht mehr erreicht werden kann. Die Bewertung der
Stellung unterliegt hier keinerlei Zweifel. Doch in der Partie sollte noch so
einiges geschehen...} cxd4 19. cxd4 Rac8 (19... Rec8 {would not have changed
much: hätte nur wenig geändert:} 20. Rh3 (20. Qg4 $5 Rc4 21. Bf6 Rxd4 22.
Bxg7 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 {here the rook on a8 is also still hanging - hier hängt
auch noch der Turm auf a8}) 20... g6 21. Qg4 Qd5 22. Qf4 {with a decisive
attack. mit entscheidendem Angriff.}) 20. Qg4 {At this point I still had half
an hour of thinking time left on my clock, but nevertheless I was over-hasty.
For some reason it appeared to me that Black would still have some defensive
resources against all moves. So I preferred to throw another piece into the
attack quickly and use the time on the subsequent calculations. In the long
run this plan did work (see the note to move 24), but I should not have
allowed my opponent any more chances "along the way". At dinner I wanted to
boast to Ian Nepomniachtchi that the queen sortie to g4 was a cleverer move
than Ich hatte in diesem Moment noch eine halbe Stunde Bedenkzeit übrig,
überstürzte mich aber dennoch. Aus irgendwelchen Gründen schien es mir,
dass Schwarz auf alle Züge noch einige Verteidigungsressourcen hätte. Daher
wollte ich schnell eine Figur in den Angriff werfen und die Zeit lieber für
die nachfolgenden Berechnungen verwenden. Letztlich ging dieses Konzept ja auf
(siehe die Anmerkung zum 24. Zug), aber ich hätte dem Gegner nicht
“unterwegs” noch Chancen einräumen müssen. Beim Abendessen wollte ich
Ian Nepomniachtchi “aufschwatzen”, dass der Damenausfall nach g4 klüger
wäre als} (20. Qh5 {, about which Ian correctly expressed some doubt. Now 20..
.g6 would make no sense since the queen wants to go to h4 in any case. , woran
Jan zu Recht Zweifel anmeldete. Jetzt wäre 20...g6 sinnlos, da die Dame
ohnehin nach h4 will.} Qc2 21. Qh4 Bb4 {Now White has a series of tempting
attacking options, like for example Nun hat Weiß eine Reihe von verlockenden
Angriffsmöglichkeiten wie etwa:} 22. Rh3 (22. Bf6 $5) (22. Qg4 $5) 22... Nf8
23. Bf6 {one of which could certainly be analysed all the way to a win.
However, it is not necessary to do so, since . von denen eine bestimmt zum
Sieg auszuanalysieren wäre. Allerdings besteht diese Notwendigkeit gar nicht,
da}) (20. Rh3 $1 {wins immediately and without any question. After
unverzüglich und ohne jegliche Fragen gewinnt. Nach} Qc2 21. Qg4 {Black is
absolutely helpless in view of the threat of Qh4 - ...h6 - B:h6!. ist Schwarz
im Hinblick auf die Drohung Qh4 - ...h6 - B:h6! absolut hilflos.}) 20... Rc4 {
Ipatov takes his chance! Thanks to my mistake the following section of the
game becomes rather interesting.  Ipatov nutzt seine Chance! Dank meines
Fehlers wird der folgende Teil der Partie ziemlich interessant.} 21. Rf3 {
Just like Black's 16th and 17th moves, my mistakes also come in twos. Analog
zum 16. und 17. Zug von Schwarz kommen auch meine Fehler nicht allein.} ({
In the variation with Ich hatte von weitem in der Variante} 21. Bf6 Rxd4 22.
Bxg7 {I had been a long way from seeing the brilliant defence die glänzende
Verteidigung} Rxe4 $3 {, after which White has to force the draw: nicht
gesehen gehabt, wonach Weiß das Remis forcieren muss:} 23. Qg5 ({or oder} 23.
f4 h5 $1 24. Qg5 Bxg7) 23... Bxg7 24. Rg3 Kf8 25. Qxg7+ Ke7 26. Qg5+ Kf8 $11) (
{However, there was the better move Besser war allerdings} 21. Rh3 $1 Rxd4 22.
Qh5 h6 23. Bxh6 $1 g6 24. Qh4 Rxe4 25. Bf4 $1 ({though things are not so clear
after nicht so klar ist} 25. Qxe4 Bxh6 26. Rxh6 Qd5) 25... Bg7 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27.
Bh6 $1 Ke7 (27... Bxh6 $6 28. Qxh6+ Ke7 29. Qg5+ f6 30. exf6+ $18) 28. Qxg7
Rxe5 29. Rf3 $1 Rf8 30. Qh7 $1 {and White's superiority is almost decisive,
but in the tense atmosphere of a team match it is no easy taks to calculate
all of this correctly. und das Übergewicht von Weiß ist nahezu entscheidend,
aber in der angespannten Atmosphäre eines Mannschaftskampfes ist es nicht
einfach, dies alles richtig zu berechnen.}) 21... Rxd4 22. Qf4 $1 ({Of course,
Natürlich war} 22. Nf6+ $2 Nxf6 23. Qxd4 Nd5 {was weak, because then the
advantage would go to Black. schwach, denn der Vorteil ginge hier auf Schwarz
über.}) 22... Rb8 $2 {The final mistake. Nor did other rook retreats or 22...
Kh8 save Black. I was quite satisfied at this point with myself and with my
lovely strategic plan, which has restricted the black pieces and very
instructively created the weakness on f7. Fortunately, at the board I did not
yet suspect that my calculation had a hole in it and that the direct attack on
h7 would have been much better... Der letzte Fehler. Auch andere
Turmrückzüge oder 22... Kh8 retteten Schwarz nicht. Ich war in diesem Moment
ziemlich zufrieden mit mir und meinem schönen strategischen Plan, der die
schwarzen Figuren eingeschränkt und sehr instruktiv die Schwäche f7
geschaffen hatte. Zum Glück ahnte ich am Brett noch nicht, dass meine
Kalkulation ein Loch hatte und der direkte Zugriff gegen den Punkt h7 viel
besser gewesen wäre...} ({Here, you see, Black had at his disposal the strong
move Schwarz stand hier nämlich mit} 22... Nxe5 {which, after ein starker Zug
zu Gebote, der nach} 23. Qxe5 {finds its justification in seine Rechtfertigung
in} Qc4 $3 {It is specifically these “geometrical “ moves which are hard
for humans to spot and which underline the difference between us and the
computers. (Way back I had valiantly calculated out the lines findet. Gerade
diese “geometrischen “ Züge sind es, die dem Menschen schwer zugänglich
sind und den Unterschied zwischen uns und den Computern unterstreichen (Ich
hatte von weitem treuherzig die Abspiele} (23... Rd5 24. Qc7 Rf5 25. Rg3) (
23... Qd5 24. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 25. Qxf6) ({and und} 23... Qa4 24. Nf6+ {which all
lead to a more or less uncomplicated win for me; but the queen move to c4 did
not occur to either of us! durchgerechnet; die die alle zu einem mehr oder
weniger unkompliziertem Gewinn für mich führen; aber der Damenzug nach c4
kam keinem von uns beiden in den Sinn!}) 24. Re1 ({Here Jetzt wäre} 24. Nf6+
$2 gxf6 25. Qxf6 e5 {would be bad, because Black has at his disposal the key
move Rg4. schlecht, denn Schwarz verfügt über den Schlüsselzug Rg4.}) 24...
f5 (24... Qb4 $5 25. Rfe3 f5 26. Nc3 Qc5) 25. Nd2 (25. Ng3 $5 Bd6 26. Qe2 {
secures good fighting chances sichert größere Kampfressourcen}) 25... Qd5 26.
Rxf5 Qd7 {and Black has chances not only of survival but also of equality. An
astonishing turn of events. und Schwarz hat nicht nur Überlebens-, sondern
Ausgleichschancen. Eine erstaunliche Wendung der Ereignisse.}) 23. Qxf7+ Kh8
24. Bf6 $1 {But finally my practical decision with 20.Qg4?! paid off, since
the thinking time I had saved meant that I was able to calculate out to the
winning move calmly. Hier zahlte sich am Ende doch noch meine praktische
Entscheidung bei 20.Qg4?! aus, denn durch die dort gesparte Bedenkzeit konnte
ich den Gewinnzug in Ruhe durchrechnen.} Rxe4 25. Rg3 Nxf6 26. exf6 g6 27. Rh3
h6 28. Qxg6 Qd2 29. Qxe4 {Immediately after the game I criticised myself for
this move. It was only later that I realised that some of my other decisions
would have deserved more blame ... But in a certain amount of time trouble I
had remembered the statement by one of the classics: “If you have the choice
between a mate in a few moves and the win of a rook, then take the rook,
because you can still deliver mate later.” Sofort nach der Partie
kritisierte ich mich für diesen Zug. Erst später wurde mir klar, dass einige
andere meiner Entscheidungen mehr Tadel verdient gehabt hätten... Aber in
gewisser Zeitnot hatte ich mich des Ausspruchs eines der Klassiker erinnert:
“Wenn Sie die Wahl zwischen einem Matt in wenigen Zügen und einem
Turmgewinn haben, dann nehmen Sie lieber den Turm, denn mattsetzen können Sie
dann immer noch.”} ({The mate in question came after Zum besagten Matt
führte} 29. Rg3) 29... Rc8 ({There was the slightly more resilient Etwas
zäher war} 29... Qd5 {, but in playing it Black had to be pinning his hopes
on the special tension of a team match ... , aber dabei musste Schwarz schon
auf die besondere Anspannung eines Mannschaftskampfes hoffen...}) 30. Rd3 Qc2
31. Qxe6 Qc6 32. Qg4 Rc7 33. Qg6 Qe6 34. Rd8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 e5 10. O-O exd4 11. Nb3 Qc7 ({Reliable also} 11... Qb6 $5 12. exd4
dxc4 13. Bxc4 a5 (13... Qc7 {-see commented game 1-0 Komarov,D-Smagin,S/
Amantea 1994/EXT 2000[Komarov,D] (31)}) 14. a4 Qc7 15. Nd2 h6 16. Bh4 Qf4 $132
{1/2-1/2 Kishnev,S-Smagin,S/Germany 1999/GER-chT2 (52)}) 12. exd4 (12. Nxd4
dxc4 (12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 dxc4 (13... Ne4 14. Bf4 Qa5 (14... Ne5 15. cxd5 cxd5
16. c4 $16 {1-0 Lauber,A-Heinlein,R/Hamburg 1995/EXT 97 (30)}) 15. cxd5 cxd5
16. c4 $14 {1-0 Letelier Martner,R-Sanguinetti,R/Mar del Plata 1945/EXT 99 (27)
}) 14. Bxc4 Qe5 {-see commented game 1-0 Arencibia,W-Acs,P/Varadero 2000/CBM
77[Tsesarsky,I] (56)}) (12... Bd6 13. cxd5 (13. h3 dxc4 (13... h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6
15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Bf3 Rfd8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. e4 $16 {
1-0 Engqvist,T-Tykesson,S/Stockholm 1994/EXT 2000 (42)}) 14. Bxc4 h6 15. Bh4
Be5 16. Nf5 Kh8 17. f4 Bd6 18. Rad1 $14 {1-0 Elsness,F-David,E/Gausdal 1997/
EXT 99 (36)}) 13... cxd5 14. Ndb5 Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Qb8 16. f4 Bg3 17. Rf3 $16 {
1-0 Lange,W-Steger,J/Bad Pyrmont 1949/EXT 2001 (37)}) 13. Bf4 (13. Bxc4 {
-mainline}) 13... Ne5 (13... Qa5 14. Bxc4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nb6 16. Nb3 Qh5 17. Be2
Bg4 18. f3 Be6 $132 {...(58). 1/2-1/2 Fuhrmann,D-Pramann,A/Germany 1996/EXT 99
(51)}) (13... Qd8 14. a3 Bc5 15. Rad1 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Nb5 Nb6 18. b4 Be7
19. Nc7 $14 {0-1 Martinez Martin,D-Borgo,G/Toscolano 1997/EXT 2000 (46)}) 14.
Rfd1 $132 {0-1 Romanovsky,P-Bogoljubow,E/Leningrad 1924/HCL (44)}) (12. Bf4 Bd6
13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nxd4 dxc4 $132 (14... Nb6 $6 15. cxd5 Nbxd5 16. Rfd1 $14 {
1-0 Gruenfeld,E-Winter,W/Scarborough 1930/HCL (64)})) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Ng4 {
Black equalized.} ({Strong also is} 13... Bd6 14. h3 Bf4 15. Bh4 Nd5 16. Qe4
N7f6 17. Qf3 Nb6 18. Bd3 Nfd5 19. Rae1 Be6 $132 {0-1 Suhl,D-Beckemeier,W/
Germany 1998/EXT 99 (39)}) 14. g3 $8 h6 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Be2 (16. Bd3 $132)
16... Qd8 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Bc1 Nbd5 {We can see standard position with
isolated blockaded Pd4, position is equal, but the struggle is not finished
yet...} 19. Bf3 Re8 20. a3 Bf8 21. Nc5 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Qb6 23. Rfe1 Bg4 {[%csl
Rd4] Black changes one more pair of pieces and maybe will put pressure on the
isolated Pd4...} 24. Bxg4 Nxg4 25. Nd7 $1 Qc7 $6 $14 {Badly!} ({Right was} 
25... Qb5 $1 26. Nxf8 Qh5 (26... Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rxf8 28. d5 Qxd5 29. h3 Nf6 30.
Bxh6 Qh5 31. Be3 Qxh3 32. Bxa7 $11) 27. h4 $8 Rxf8 28. Qc5 Qg6 29. d5 $1 Qh5
$11 {[%cal Gg4e5]}) 26. Nxf8 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rxf8 28. d5 $1 {White gets rir
from isolated P and creates a weakness in the Black camp.} Qd6 ({Dubious is} 
28... c5 $6 29. h3 Nf6 30. Bxh6 Qd6 31. Bg5 (31. Be3 b6 32. Bg5 Nxd5 33. Qe5
Qxe5 34. Rxe5 Nc7 35. Re7 Ne6 36. Be3 Rd8 $1 $11) 31... Nxd5 32. Qe5 Qc6 (32...
Qxe5 33. Rxe5 $16) 33. Rd1 Nb6 34. Be3 Rc8 35. Qg5 $1 (35. Rd6 Qc7 36. b3 Nd7
37. Qd5 Nb6 38. Qd2 $14) 35... Nd7 36. b4 {[%cal Ge3d4,Gd1c1]} Re8 (36... cxb4
37. Rc1 $18) 37. Qd5 $16) 29. dxc6 bxc6 30. Bf4 Qd5 $2 $16 {Black just
overlooks White's reply, probably in time pressure.} ({Why not} 30... Qf6 31.
Rc1 Rc8 32. b4 g5 $1 (32... Qxc3 $6 33. Rxc3 Nf6 34. Rc5 g5 35. Be3 Nd5 36. Bd4
Rd8 37. Be5 (37. Rxc6 Nxb4 38. Rc4 Nc6 $11) 37... f6 38. Bb2 Rd6 39. Ra5 Rd7
40. Ra6 $16) 33. Qxf6 Nxf6 34. Be3 a6 $14) 31. h3 {[%csl Rg4]} Nf6 32. Bxh6 {
[%csl Rf6]} Rb8 $2 $18 ({Much better was} 32... Qh5 33. Be3 Qxh3 34. Qxc6 Rc8 (
34... Ng4 35. Bxa7 $18) 35. Qf3 a6 $16 {Of course, White has good chances to
win this position.}) 33. Bc1 Rb3 34. Qe5 Qd3 (34... Qd7 35. Kh2 a6 36. Re2 $18)
35. Qe2 Qf5 (35... a5 36. Bf4 $18 {[%cal Gf4e5]}) 36. Kg2 Qd5+ 37. Kh2 Rf3 38.
Be3 Qf5 $6 (38... Rf5 39. Rd1 $18) 39. Kg2 {[%csl Rf3]} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 6th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Franic, Milan"]
[Black "Nikolac, Juraj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 (10... e5 11. O-O exd4 (11... h6 12. Bh4
exd4 13. exd4 Re8 (13... N7b6 14. Bb1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Ba3 16. Rce1 Qh5 17. Bg3
$14 {0-1 Vshivkov,K-Kozlov,O/4th stage Russia Cup, Perm RUS 1997 (40)}) 14. a3
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nf8 16. Ne5 Be6 17. f4 f6 18. Nc4 Qd8 19. f5 $14 {1-0 Guliev,
S-Shabanov,Y/Moscow1 1995 (36)}) 12. exd4 N7b6 (12... f6 13. Bh4 Rd8 14. a3 (
14. Qc2 Nf8 15. Bg3 Bg4 16. Nxd5 {1-0 Defize,A-Nauts,P/Huy op 1991} Rxd5 (16...
cxd5 17. Bc7 $18) 17. Bc4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ne6 19. a3 Bf8 20. Rfd1 $18) 14... Bxc3
15. bxc3 Nf8 16. Bg3 Be6 17. Rfe1 Bf7 18. c4 Qxd2 19. Nxd2 Nb6 20. Nb3 Na4 21.
Bf1 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Smyslov,V/Vilnius cf 1984 (41)}) (12... N7f6 13. Rfe1
Qd8 14. Bb1 Be6 15. Ne5 Be7 16. a3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qd5 18. Nf3 Rfe8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Vaganian,R-Libeau,R/BL 1995 (47)}) 13. a3 Bd6 14. Qc2 h6 15. Ne4 $5 Bf4 16.
Bxf4 Nxf4 $132 {Schmidt,W-Khechen,N/Thessaloniki olm 1984/1/2-1/2 (45)}) (10...
f5 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 N7f6 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Ne5 (16.
c4 Qxa3 17. Ra1 Qb3 18. Ne5 Qc3 (18... Nc3 19. Rfc1 Na4 20. Be7 $18) 19. Rfd1
Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Nf6 21. Ng6 Rd8 22. Rda2 a6 23. c5 Kh7 24. Ne5 g5 25. Bg3 Rd5 26.
Nc4 Nd7 27. Nd6 $16) 16... Qxa3 17. c4 Nf6 18. c5 Qb3 19. f3 g5 20. fxe4 gxh4
21. Rb1 Nxe4 22. Qe2 Qd5 (22... Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Ng5 24. Qf2 Bd7 25. Nxd7 $16)
23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Qh5 Ke7 25. Qxh4+ Ng5 26. Qxh6 {1-0 Kveinis,A-Banasik,H/
Katowice op 1990}) (10... h6 11. Bh4 (11. Bf4 Nxf4 12. exf4 Nf6 13. O-O c5 14.
dxc5 Bxc5 15. a3 Be7 16. Ne5 Rd8 17. Qe2 g6 18. Rcd1 Qc7 19. Bb1 Bd7 20. Rd3
Be8 21. Rg3 Bf8 22. Ba2 Bg7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Hillarp Persson,T-Vera,R/32nd ol,
Yerevan ARM 1996 (28)}) 11... e5 12. a3 $5 (12. O-O exd4 13. exd4 Re8 14. Bb1 (
14. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 15. Rxe1 N7f6 $1 $15) 14... Nf8 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Rfe1 c5 $1 $15 {
0-1 Oll,L-Smagin,S/Kobenhavn 1993 (44)}) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Re8 (13... Qxa3
14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Re8 16. O-O Rxe5 17. e4 $44) 14. c4 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Ne7
$1 (15... Nc7 $2 16. O-O exd4 (16... Ne6 17. Rfe1 b6 18. Bf5 exd4 19. exd4 Bb7
20. Ne4 $16 {0-1 Beliavsky,A-Oll,L/NLD-chT 1995 (44)}) 17. exd4 Ne6 18. Rfe1 $1
$16) 16. O-O exd4 17. exd4 Nf8 18. Rfe1 Bf5 $1 (18... Ne6 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. d5
Rd7 21. Bf5 cxd5 22. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 23. Bxe6+ $16) 19. Bf1 $11 {1/2-1/2
Beliavsky,A-Oll,L/Polanica Rubinstein mem 1996 (28)} (19. Rxe7 Bxd3 20. Rxb7
Ne6 $1 $146)) 11. O-O (11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba3 13. Rb1 e5 14. O-O Qc7 15. Bh4
Bd6 16. Rfe1 c5 17. Bb5 exd4 18. cxd4 Bf4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Vark,L-Frenklakh,J/
World Junior (Girls), Zagan POL 1997 (35)}) 11... e5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bh4 Nxc3 (
13... exd4 14. exd4 (14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. exd4 Qxa2 $17 (15... Nb6 $10)) 14...
N7b6 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 Kg8 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Bf5 Kg8 {1/2-1/2
Piket,J-Ivanchuk,V/Amber(Blindfold-2) 1993}) 14. bxc3 Bd6 $132 15. Bg3 Qc7 16.
e4 exd4 (16... c5 17. Bc4 b6 (17... exd4 18. cxd4 Bxg3 19. fxg3 $14) 18. Qb3
Rf8 19. Nh4 $1 $14) 17. cxd4 Bxg3 18. hxg3 (18. fxg3 $6 Nf6 $15) 18... Nf6 19.
Rfe1 (19. d5 $5 Bd7 (19... Bg4 20. d6 Qd8 21. e5 Nd7 22. Nh2 Nxe5 23. Bh7+ Kh8
24. f4 Be2 25. fxe5 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Rxe5 27. Rxf7 Qxd6 28. Nf3 Re7 29. Rxe7 Qxe7
30. Nh4 $16 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qa1 32. Bf5 Qf6 33. Ng6+ Kh7 34. Bc8 $1 b6 35. Nf4+
Kh8 36. Be6 h5 (36... g5 37. Nh5 $18) 37. Qxc6 $16) 20. Rfe1 (20. d6 Qxd6 21.
e5 Rxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Rfe1 $44) 20... Rad8 21. d6 Qa5 22. e5 Ng4 $132)
19... Qe7 20. Qc3 (20. Qc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Be6 22. Rb1 Re7 23. a4 Rd8 $132) 20...
Be6 21. Bb1 Rad8 22. Ne5 Qd6 (22... Ng4 23. Nxg4 (23. f4 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Bg4 25.
Re3 c5 $15) 23... Bxg4 24. f3 Be6 25. Red1 Qd6 26. Kh2 $132) 23. Rcd1 Nd7 24.
Nd3 (24. Nxd7 $11) (24. Nf3 Bg4 $132) 24... Nf8 (24... b6 25. e5 Qd5 26. Nf4
Qc4 27. Rc1 Qxc3 28. Rxc3 Nf8 29. Rd1 (29. Rxc6 Rxd4 30. Rc7 Rd7 31. Nxe6 Rxe6
32. Rxd7 Nxd7 33. f4 Nc5 34. Rd1 Kf8 $132) 29... c5 30. d5 Bg4 31. f3 Bc8 32.
Re3 $132) 25. Nf4 Bg4 26. f3 Be6 (26... Bc8 $132) 27. Kh2 f6 (27... b6 $132)
28. e5 (28. d5 cxd5 29. Nxd5 Qb8 $11) 28... fxe5 29. dxe5 (29. Nxe6 Nxe6 30.
Rxe5 Qxe5 31. dxe5 Rxd1 32. Bg6 Re7 33. f4 Rdd7 34. f5 Nf8 35. f6 Nxg6 36. fxe7
Rxe7 37. e6 b6 (37... Nf8 38. Qb4 Rxe6 39. Qxb7 $16) 38. Qxc6 Nf8 $15) 29...
Qxd1 (29... Qe7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Nxe6 Nxe6 32. Qc2 Nf8 33. f4 $14) 30. Rxd1
Rxd1 31. Bc2 (31. Bd3 Bf7 $132) (31. Nxe6 Rxb1 32. Nc5 Ne6 33. Ne4 Rd1 34. f4
Rd7 35. Nd6 $14) 31... Rd7 32. Nxe6 Nxe6 33. Bg6 Ree7 (33... Red8 34. Qb3 Re7
35. Qa3 c5 36. Qxa7 Nf8 37. Bc2 Rxe5 38. Qxb7 $14) 34. Qc4 (34. f4 Nd4 $132)
34... Rd5 $6 (34... Rd4 35. Qc3 (35. Qe2 Rd5 36. f4 Nd4 37. Qh5 c5 $132) 35...
Rdd7 36. Qc4 Rd4 $11) 35. f4 $14 Kf8 (35... Nc5 $5) 36. f5 Nc5 $2 (36... Nd4
37. f6 (37. e6 b5 38. Qf1 Rb7 39. f6 Nxe6 40. Qe2 Rd6 41. Qe5 Rbd7 42. fxg7+
Nxg7 43. Qf4+ Kg8 44. Qxh6 Nf5 45. Qg5 Rg7 $17) 37... gxf6 38. exf6 Re6 (38...
Red7 39. Qb4+ R7d6 (39... c5 40. Qe1 $18) 40. Be4 Rh5+ 41. Kg1 c5 42. Qxb7 Rxf6
43. Qb8+ Kg7 44. Bd3 Rg5 45. Qxa7+ Rf7 $14) 39. Qb4+ Rdd6 40. Qxb7 Rxf6 41. Bh5
Rd5 42. Qb8+ Ke7 43. Qxa7+ Kd6 44. Bf7 Ne6 45. a4 $14) 37. f6 Rexe5 38. Qf4 $8
Rh5+ (38... h5 39. fxg7+ Kxg7 40. Qf7+ Kh6 41. Bc2 Ne4 42. Qf4+ Kg7 (42... Ng5
43. Qf6#) 43. Bxe4 $18) 39. Bxh5 Rxh5+ 40. Kg1 {[#] Hecht Materially it's not
going badly for Black, but his pieces, including his king, are endangered. For
that reason, he should allow an endgame with queen versus rook, although even
with the poor white pawn structure, this will eventually be lost. [#] Hecht:
Materiell geht es Schwarz nicht schlecht, doch stehen seine Steine
einschließlich König gefährdet. Deshalb sollte er sich auf das Endspiel Dame
gegen Turm einlassen, wobei dies trotz der wenigen und schlecht strukturierten
weißen Bauern auf Dauer verloren sein wird. [#] Materiell geht es Schwarz
nicht schlecht, doch stehen seine Steine einschließlich König gefährdet.
Deshalb sollte er sich auf das Endspiel Dame gegen Turm einlassen, wobei dies
trotz der wenigen und schlecht strukturierten weißen Bauern auf Dauer verloren
sein wird.} Ne6 $4 $18 (40... Kf7 $1 41. fxg7+ (41. g4 Rd5 $11) 41... Kxg7 42.
Qd4+ (42. Qc7+ Kf6 (42... Kg6 43. Qd6+ Kf7 (43... Kg7 44. Qe7+ Kg6 45. Qe8+ Kg5
46. Qf7 $22 $18) 44. g4 Rd5 45. Qxh6 Ne6 46. Qh7+ Ng7 47. Qb1 b6 48. Qc2 c5 49.
Qa4 Rd6 50. Qxa7+ $18) 43. Qd8+ Kf7 (43... Kg7 44. Qe7+ $18) 44. Qd6 Rg5 45.
Qxh6 Ne6 46. Kf2 Rf5+ 47. Ke3 Re5+ 48. Kf3 Rf5+ 49. Kg4 Rg5+ 50. Kh4 c5 51. g4
b6 52. a4 Rg7 53. Qh5+ Ke7 54. Qd5 Rh7+ 55. Kg3 Rg7 $14) 42... Kh7 43. Qf6 Rd5
44. Qf7+ Kh8 45. g4 Rg5 46. a4 a5 (46... a6 47. a5 Rd5 48. Qg6 Nd7 49. Qxh6+
Kg8 50. Qe6+ Kg7 51. g5 $18) 47. Qc7 $16 Kg8 48. Qxa5 Kf7 49. Qc7+ Kf6 50. Qd8+
Kf7 51. Qd6 Kg7 52. Qe7+ Kg6 53. Kf2 Rd5 54. a5 $16) (40... Rg5 $142 {Hecht}
41. Qd6+ Kg8 42. Qd8+ Kh7 43. Qe7 {[%cal Rf6f7]} Rg6 44. Qxc5 Rxf6 45. Qxa7 b5
46. g4 $18 {Gewinnplan: Durchsetzen von g4-g5 und Tausch des vorderen g-Bauern
sowie Nachrücken des Hintermannes bis nach g5. Danach gibt es Zugzwangmotive.})
41. Qd6+ (41. Qd6+ {Hecht} Kf7 42. Qe7+ Kg6 43. Qxe6 gxf6 44. Qg8+ Kf5 45. g4+)
1-0

[Event "Mario Covas 1st"]
[Site "Santos"]
[Date "2001.01.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Black "Limp, Eduardo Thelio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2001.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 O-O (9... h6 {-mainline}) 10. a3 (10. Bc4 h6 11. Bh4 Nxc3 12.
bxc3 Ba3 13. Rb1 e5 14. O-O exd4 15. exd4 Nb6 16. Bb3 Nd5 $11 {[%csl Rc3] 0-1
Villegas,B-Castillo Larenas,M/Buenos Aires 1935/HCL (33)}) (10. e4 Nxc3 (10...
N5f6 11. Bd3 h6 (11... c5 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Rxc3 $14 {1-0 Gaspero,M-Vigile,M/ITA
1997/EXT 2000 (19)}) 12. Bh4 Re8 13. O-O $14 {1-0 Vark,L-Gonzalez,S/Medellin
1996/Juniors (34)}) 11. bxc3 Ba3 12. Rb1 b6 13. Bd3 Ba6 14. O-O Rfe8 15. Rfd1
Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Bf8 17. Bd2 Red8 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. c4 $14 {1-0 Pachman,L-Erdelyi,
S/Trencianske Teplice 1949/MCL (40)}) ({More popular is} 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 e5
12. O-O Re8 13. Qc2 (13. dxe5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Ba3 15. Rb1 Nxe5 $11 {0-1 Pommier,
E-Lacrosse,M/Massy 1993/EXT 97 (30)}) (13. e4 Nf4 (13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Ba3 15.
Rb1 exd4 16. cxd4 Qxd2 17. Nxd2 Nb6 18. Nb3 (18. f4 Bd7 (18... c5 19. Bb5 Re6
20. d5 Rg6 21. f5 $16 {1-0 Aubel,J-De Graaff,R/NED 2000/CBM 74 ext (43)}) 19.
f5 $14) 18... Be7 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Nc5 Rb8 21. Rfc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ulko,
J-Shabanov,Y/Moscow 1999/EXT 2001 (44)}) 14. Bc4 (14. Bb1 Ng6 15. Bg3 Nb6 16.
a3 Bf8 17. Ba2 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. dxe5 Nc4 20. Qe2 Ncxe5 $11 {1-0 Gligoric,
S-Shocron,R/Mar del Plata 1953/MCD (31)}) 14... Ng6 15. a3 Nxh4 16. Nxh4 Be7
17. Nf5 Bf8 18. b4 Qd8 19. Qa2 Qf6 20. d5 Nb6 21. Ne3 $14 {0-1 Alekhine,
A-Bogoljubow,E/GER/NLD 1929/MainBase (34)}) 13... exd4 14. exd4 (14. Nxd5 Qxd5
15. exd4 Nb6 16. Bg3 Qxa2 $17 {1-0 Shirov,A-Piket,J/Aruba 1995/CBM 46 (41)})
14... N7b6 (14... Nf8 15. Bg3 Be6 16. Ne5 Be7 17. a3 $132 {0-1 Malinin,
Y-Shabanov,Y/Tula 1998/EXT 2000 (35)}) 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 Kg8 18.
Bh7+ Kh8 19. Bf5 Rg8 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Ivanchuk,V/Monte Carlo 1993/CBM 34 ext 
(19)}) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxa3 (11... h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. c4 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 $14
{^^BB 1/2-1/2 Gonzalez,G-Weissenbach,K/Gran Canaria 1996/EXT 97 (46)}) 12. e4
N5b6 (12... N5f6 13. Bd3 e5 14. O-O (14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. O-O $44) 14... Re8 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nh4 $44 {0-1 Hoi,C-Hansen,L/DEN-chT 9697 1996/EXT 99 (40)}) 13.
Bd3 f6 14. Bh4 e5 15. O-O Re8 16. Bg3 Qe7 {Position is quite unclear. It is
difficult for both sides to choose plan.} 17. Rfe1 (17. Rfd1 $44) (17. Ra1 $44
{[%cal Gf1b1]}) 17... Qf7 18. Qe2 c5 {Black decided first to change position's
contours.} 19. Rb1 $5 ({Worth of attention} 19. d5 $44 {[%cal Gf3d2,Gf2f3]
with further Nd2, f2-f3 in order to liberate Bg3. In other hand, pair of BB
needs space.}) 19... Kh8 20. Bb5 a6 $5 ({Interesting was also} 20... cxd4 $5
21. cxd4 exd4 22. Nxd4 a6 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Rxb6 $5 {and oppisite colours BB
gives to White good chances to draw.} (24. Nf5 $6 Na4 25. Rbc1 b5 $15) 24...
Qxd4 25. Rd6 Qb4 26. e5 fxe5 27. Bxe5 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Bg4 $1 (27... Qxd6 28.
Bxd6 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Bf5 30. Re7 b5 31. Be5 Kg8 32. Rxg7+ Kf8 33. f4 $132) 28. f3
Qxd6 29. Bxd6 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Bd7 31. Re7 Bc6 32. Be5 Rg8 $44) 21. Bd3 $2 $17 {
Serious mistake} ({Instead of the last move it was necessary to simplify
position by} 21. dxc5 axb5 22. cxb6 Nxb6 23. Qxb5 $11) 21... Na4 $1 {This
strong move allows Black to solve Bc8 development problem and to promote
queenside PP.} 22. Bc4 ({On} 22. Qc2 {goes} b5 ({Not} 22... c4 $6 23. Qxa4 (23.
Bf1 b5 $17) 23... cxd3 24. Rbd1 b5 25. Qa5 exd4 (25... Qc4 26. Nd2 Qa4 27. Qxa4
bxa4 28. Re3 $11) 26. cxd4 Bb7 27. d5 Nc5 28. Nd2 $15) 23. d5 Ndb6 $17) 22...
Qe7 ({Not} 22... Qg6 $2 23. Qc2 b5 24. Bd5 $44 {[%csl Rg6]}) 23. Qc2 (23. Qd3
b5 24. Bd5 Ra7 $17) 23... b5 24. Bd5 Ra7 25. dxe5 {What to do, position of
White is bad.} Nxe5 26. Nh4 $6 $19 {[%csl Rh4]} ({Much better was} 26. Nxe5
fxe5 27. c4 Bd7 $17 {with certain chances for resistance.}) 26... c4 27. Re3
Nb6 28. Qe2 Qc5 $6 ({Immediately wins} 28... Ng4 $1 {[%csl Rd5,Re3]} 29. Bc6
Rd8 30. Bb8 Nxe3 31. Bxa7 Qxa7 32. Qxe3 Qc7 $19 {[%csl Rc6]}) 29. h3 (29. Qh5
g6 30. Qh6 Rg7 $19) 29... g6 ({Or} 29... Rd7 {[%csl Rd5]} 30. Qh5 g6 31. Qh6
Nxd5 32. exd5 Kg8 33. Nxg6 hxg6 34. Bxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 fxe5 36. Qxg6+ Rg7 $19)
30. Nf3 Nd3 31. Nd4 Rae7 32. Qf3 Kg7 ({Why not} 32... Nxd5 33. exd5 Rxe3 34.
Qxf6+ Kg8 35. fxe3 Qxd5 $19) 33. Bc6 Rd8 $6 {Black overlooked tactical trick.}
(33... Rf8 $19 {would win}) 34. Bxb5 $1 {In hopeless position White tries to
complicate the game.} Ne5 $1 (34... axb5 $4 35. Rxb5 $16) 35. Qe2 (35. Bxe5
fxe5 36. Nc6 Rf8 $19) 35... axb5 36. Rxb5 Qc7 ({Black wins also after} 36...
Qd6 37. f4 (37. Qb2 Rb7 $19) 37... Nc6 38. e5 fxe5 39. Bh4 Ra7 40. fxe5 Nxd4
41. cxd4 Qxd4 42. Bf6+ Kg8 43. Bxd8 Qxd8 44. Kh2 (44. e6 Ra1+ 45. Kh2 Qd6+ 46.
Ree5 Bxe6 $19) 44... Be6 $19) 37. Qb2 ({Or} 37. f4 Nd3 38. f5 Ne5 39. Qb2 Rd6
$19) 37... Nbd7 (37... Rd6 $19) 38. Qa3 Rde8 39. Ra5 Nf8 $4 $44 {Terrible move.
Black overlooked another tactical impact, this time effective.} (39... Nb6 $19)
40. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Gb5d6]} Qd7 41. Nd6 Rd8 (41... Nd3 $6 42. Ra4 $1 (42. Nxe8+
Qxe8 43. Bd6 $1 $44 (43. e5 fxe5 44. Qa2 {[%csl Rc4,Re5][%cal Ga2f2]} Qc6 45.
Bxe5+ Nxe5 46. Raxe5 Rxe5 47. Rxe5 Bb7 48. f3 $44)) 42... Bb7 43. Nxe8+ Qxe8
44. Rxc4 Ne5 45. Bxe5 fxe5 $14) 42. Rd5 ({White has sufficient compensation
also after} 42. Bxe5 fxe5 43. Nxc4 Qd1+ 44. Kh2 Ree8 45. Nxe5 $44) 42... Qc7
43. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Rc7,Rd8,Re7]} (43. Nxc4 $5 Ree8 (43... Nxc4 44. Bxc7 Nxa3 45.
Bxd8 Re8 46. e5 fxe5 47. Rexe5 $14) (43... Qxc4 44. Qxe7+ Nf7 45. Rxd8 $18) 44.
Nxe5 fxe5 $15) 43... Rxd5 $8 44. exd5 $2 $17 {serious mistake.} ({Why not to
take the Q?} 44. Nxc7 $1 Rd1+ 45. Kh2 Rxc7 46. Qa5 Re7 47. Qc5 Re8 48. Bxe5
fxe5 49. Qxc4 $44) 44... Qd8 45. d6 $2 $19 (45. Nd6 $1 $17) 45... Re6 $4 $44 ({
Much actively was} 45... Rb7 $1 46. Nc7 Ne6 47. Bxe5 fxe5 48. Nxe6+ Bxe6 49.
Qc5 Qf6 50. Qxe5 Qxe5 51. Rxe5 Kf6 $19) 46. Nc7 $1 {[%csl Re6,Rg7][%cal Gc7e8]}
Nf7 (46... Rxd6 47. Qxd6 Qxd6 48. Ne8+ $18) (46... Qxd6 47. Qxd6 Rxd6 48. Ne8+
$18) (46... Nc6 $1 47. Nxe6+ Bxe6 48. Qc5 Qd7 $44) 47. Nxe6+ Bxe6 48. Qa7 Qd7 (
48... Bd5 49. Re7 Be6 50. Qe3 Qc8 51. Bf4 g5 52. Bg3 $44) 49. Qc7 g5 (49... Qa4
$44) 50. Re1 f5 $5 ({After} 50... Ng6 $44 {position is approximately equal.})
51. Be5+ Kg6 (51... Nxe5 52. Rxe5 Kf6 53. Ra5 Qe8 $44) 52. Qc5 f4 53. Ra1 Nxe5
(53... Qd8 $44) 54. Qxe5 Qg7 (54... h6 55. Ra8 Qg7 $44) 55. Qe4+ Kh6 (55... Kf7
56. Ra7+ Nd7 $44) 56. Ra8 Bg8 $4 $18 {[%csl Rf8,Rg8] Black puts mistake again.}
({Right was} 56... Qg6 $1 57. Qxg6+ Nxg6 58. Re8 Bd7 59. Re4 Kg7 60. Rxc4 Kf6
$44) (56... Bd7 $2 57. Qxc4 $16) 57. Qe8 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 c5 (9... h6 $1 {-can be recommended, see detailed
commented game 0-1 Gligoric,S-Blagojevic,D/Herceg Novi 2001/CBM 83_01
[Tsesarsky,I] (34)}) (9... O-O 10. Bd3 {-see detailed commented game 0-1
Vshivkov,K-Kozlov,O/Perm 1997/CBM 58[Tsesarsky,I] (40)}) 10. Bd3 (10. e4 cxd4 (
10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Ba3 12. Rb1 O-O 13. Bd3 a6 14. O-O b5 15. d5 $14 {1-0 Euwe,
M-Michell,R/Hastings 1934/HCL (26)}) (10... N5f6 11. Bxf6 (11. Bd3 cxd4 12.
Nxd4 O-O 13. O-O Nc5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. a3 Bxc3 (15... Nxd3 16. axb4 Nxb4 17.
Ncb5 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gc1c3,Gc3h3] 1-0 Stahlberg,G-Monticelli,M/Warsaw
1935/EXT 2000 (22)}) 16. Rxc3 Na4 17. Nb3 Qe5 18. Rc2 Rd8 19. Rd1 $14 {[%csl
Rc8,Rg8][%cal Gf2f4]}) 11... Nxf6 12. Bd3 (12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. a3
Bxc3 15. Rxc3 cxd4 (15... O-O 16. dxc5 $16 {0-1 Diedam,N-Naiditsch,E/Senden
1999/EXT 2000 (63)}) 16. Qxd4 Nf6 17. O-O O-O $11) 12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14.
a3 Be7 15. b4 Qh5 16. O-O Rd8 $11 {1-0 Mikenas,V-Yates,F/Prague 1931/EXT 2000 
(34)}) 11. exd5 dxc3 12. bxc3 Ba3 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Rd1 O-O $132 {[%cal Gd7e5]}
) (10. Be2 cxd4 (10... N7b6 $2 11. O-O Na4 12. Bb5+ Qxb5 13. Nxb5 Bxd2 14. Nxd2
Bd7 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. dxc5 $16) 11. exd4 h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. O-O b6 $11 {[%cal
Gc8a6]}) (10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 b6 $1 (11... Qxa3 12. e4 N5f6 13. Bd3 Qa5 14.
O-O cxd4 15. cxd4 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 O-O 17. Rfe1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Pedersen,S-Pelletier,
Y/Panormo GRE 2001/The Week in Chess 360 (98)}) (11... N5f6 12. Bd3 b6 13. O-O
Bb7 14. Qe2 O-O 15. e4 Rfc8 16. e5 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nd5 19. Be4 Nf8
20. h4 (20. Qd3 Rab8 21. Bd2 Qa4 22. f4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rd8 $14 {1/2-1/2
Gurevich,M-Jussupow,A/Heiligenhaus GER 2001/The Week in Chess 372 (52)}) 20...
h6 21. Be7 Ng6 22. Bb4 Qb5 23. g3 $14 {1-0 Lautier,J-Almasi,Z/Austria 1999/EXT
2000 (38)}) 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 Ba6 14. O-O cxd4 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Qxd4 O-O 17.
e4 Nf4 18. Qxd7 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Nxc1 20. Rxc1 Qxa3 21. Qd2 Rac8 $44 {1/2-1/2
Rogozenko,D-Gurevich,M/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 369 (36)}) 10... b6 $5
{Novelty. Black delays h7-h6 and c5xd4 moves. Ftacnik: 'The modern solution of
the problem how to finish development in Cambridge Springs variation. The
bishop from c8 is obviously heading to the b7 square. '} ({A more precise move
order is} 10... cxd4 11. exd4 {and} h6 $1 (11... O-O $2 {This move is serious
mistake!} 12. O-O {Too late is} h6 (12... b6 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxa3 15. c4
N5f6 16. c5 bxc5 17. dxc5 Nd5 (17... Nxc5 18. Rxc5 $1 Qxc5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20.
Qh6 $18) 18. Be4 $16 {1-0 Ikonnikov,V-Lacrosse,M/Massy 1993/EXT 97 (27)}) {
in view of standard sacrifice:} 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Qxh6 N5f6 $8 15. Ne4 Qd8 16.
Ng3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 12. Bh4 O-O 13. O-O b6 (13... Bd6 14. Bb1 Re8 15. Rfe1
Bf4 16. Qd3 Nf8 17. Rcd1 Bd7 18. Ne5 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Ba4 20. Bc2 Rac8 21. c4 $132
{1/2-1/2 Jorgensen,M-Hansen,H/Copenhagen DEN 2001/The Week in Chess 350 (21)})
14. Bb1 Ba6 15. Qc2 f5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Rfd1 Bd6 $1 18. Qd2 Rac8 $11 {0-1
Barshev,K-Botvinnik,M/Leningrad 1926/EXT 2000 (32)}) 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 Bb7
(12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. Bh4 Bb7 15. Rfe1 (15. Be4 Bc6 16. Rfe1 $14) 15...
Rc8 16. Be4 Rc4 17. Qb2 Ba6 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qa3 {[%csl Ra6,Re7]} g5 20. Qxa6
gxh4 21. h3 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rh4]}) ({Here badly is} 12... h6 {in view of the
excellent} 13. Nxd5 $3 Qxd5 (13... Bxd2 14. Nc7+ Kf8 15. Bxd2 {[%csl Ra5]} Qxa2
16. Nxa8 {[%csl Rc8]} Ba6 17. Ra1 $18) 14. Qxb4 hxg5 15. Rfe1 $18 {[%csl Re8]})
13. a3 $5 (13. Qe2 $6 Bxc3 (13... h6 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Ba3 16. Rb1 Qh5 17.
Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 O-O $132 {1/2-1/2 Farrell,N-Parker,J/SCO 1994/EXT 98 (58)})
14. bxc3 Nxc3 15. Qe3 h6 $15) 13... Bxc3 (13... Be7 {Ftacnik} 14. b4 $1 Qxa3
15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Nxd5+ Bxd5 17. Ra1 Qb3 18. Rfb1 $18) 14. bxc3 N5f6 (14... h6
15. c4 Qxd2 (15... hxg5 16. Qxa5 bxa5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Nxg5 $14) 16. Bxd2 N5f6
17. Ne1 $14 {[%cal Gf2f3]}) (14... Qxa3 {Ftacnik} 15. c4 (15. Bb5 {Ftacnik} f6
16. Bh4 a6 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. c4 Ne7 $13) 15... N5f6 16. Ne5 (16. Ra1 {Ftacnik}
Qe7 $15) (16. Qe3 {Ftacnik}) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. c5 bxc5 19. Bb5 Bd5
20. Be3 $13) 15. Qe3 (15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Ne5 O-O 17. Qb2 Rac8 $132) 15... O-O (
15... Qxa3 {Ftacnik} 16. c4 (16. Bb5 {Ftacnik} O-O 17. Ra1 $13) 16... Ng4 17.
Qe2 Qd6 18. Be4 $11) 16. Ne5 $5 ({An approximately equal position would arise
after} 16. Bxf6 $1 Nxf6 17. Ne5 Qxa3 $44) 16... Nxe5 ({A strong initiative
keeps White in case of} 16... Qxa3 17. c4 (17. Ra1 Qd6 18. Rfe1 Rfc8 19. Qh3 g6
20. Bc4 {[%csl Re6,Rf7]} Rf8 (20... Ne4 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Bh6+
Ke8 24. Qxg6+ Kd8 25. Rxe4 $18) 21. Bh6 Rfe8 22. Bf4 Nd5 23. Bg3 $16) 17... Qd6
18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. c5 Qc7 20. c6 Bc8 21. f4 $16) 17. dxe5 {Very optimistic.} (
17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. dxe5 Ne4 $11) 17... Nd7 $2 {A serious mistake. Now the
position of Black besomes difficult. White's attack developes from itself.
Ftacnik: 'Thsi move will cost black a game, as Krasenkow will not greedely
grab pawn h7. Jussupow had to find the courage for the risky jump 17...Ng4!
that keeps the balance on the board.'} ({Very strong was} 17... Ng4 $1 {
and this is the question, can White equalize or not. For example:} 18. Bxh7+ $1
{Ftacnik} (18. Qg3 Nxe5 19. Bb1 (19. Be7 {Ftacnik} Rfe8 20. Bb4 Qd5 21. Bc2
Rad8 $15) 19... Ng6 20. h4 f6 21. Be3 Qh5 $17) (18. Qd4 Nxe5 $17 {[%cal Ge5g6]}
) (18. Qh3 f5 19. Be7 (19. exf6 Qxg5 20. Qxh7+ (20. fxg7 {Ftacnik} Qxg7 21.
Bxh7+ Qxh7 22. Qxg4+ Kh8 23. Qxe6 Rae8 $17) 20... Kf7 21. f4 Qh6 22. fxg7 Qxg7
(22... Rg8 $19 {Ftacnik}) 23. Qh5+ Kg8 $17) (19. Rfd1 {Ftacnik} Qxe5 20. Bc4
Rae8 $15) (19. Rfe1 {Ftacnik} Nxe5 20. Bc2 Rae8 $15) 19... Rfe8 20. Bb4 (20.
Bd6 Nxe5 21. Be2 Rac8 $15) 20... Qxe5 21. Rce1 Qc7 22. f3 Nf6 23. c4 Rad8 $15)
18... Kxh7 19. Qh3+ Nh6 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qd3+ Kh8 22. Qe3 $11) 18. Be7 $1 (18.
Bxh7+ {Ftacnik} Kxh7 19. Qd3+ Kg8 20. Qxd7 Qxe5 21. Be7 Rfb8 22. f3 Bd5 $11)
18... Rfe8 $6 ({Maybe better was} 18... Nxe5 19. Bxf8 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rxf8 21.
Rfd1 $16) 19. Bd6 $1 (19. Bxh7+ {Ftacnik} Kxh7 20. Qd3+ Kg8 21. Qxd7 Qd5 22.
Qxd5 exd5 23. Bd6 Rac8 24. f3 $14) 19... Nc5 20. Bc2 Qxa3 (20... Rac8 21. Rfd1
$16) 21. Rfd1 Rac8 22. Rd4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd4h4] Sinple and strong
continuation. R joins to K Attack. Ftacnik: 'Which black piece is in fact
defending black's king? From the higher point of view black is completely lost.
'} h6 (22... Red8 23. Rg4 $16 {->}) 23. Rg4 Kh8 24. Re1 Qb2 25. Bb1 Qb5 (25...
Bd5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Qd3 g6 28. Rxg6 fxg6 29. Qxg6 $18) 26. Qf4 {[%csl Rf7]
[%cal Gf4f7]} Rf8 (26... Qd7 27. Rxg7 Kxg7 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Re3 Ne4 30. Bxe4
Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Bxe4 32. Qxh6 $18) 27. Be7 {[%csl Rh6,Rh8][%cal Gf4h6,Ge7f6]} Nd3
28. Qe3 (28. Bxd3 Qxd3 29. Bf6 $18) 28... Rfd8 29. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Mondariz zt 1.1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2000.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 (10... O-O 11. Bd3 {-mainline}) (10... b6 $1 {
see comments to the game 1/2-1/2 Moiseenko,A-Nadyrhanov,S/Krasnodar 1999/CBM
75/[Tsesarsky] (39)}) 11. a3 (11. Bd3 cxd4 12. exd4 b6 (12... O-O 13. O-O b6 {
0-1 Pelletier,Y-Oll,L/Elista RUS 1998 (31)}) 13. a3 (13. O-O O-O 14. Bb1 Ba6
15. Qc2 f5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Rfd1 Bd6 $1 $132 (17... Bb7 $2 18. Bg3 $16 {
1-0 Polugaevsky,L-Janosevic,D/Amsterdam 1970/Inf 10/ (27)})) 13... Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Bb7 15. Bg3 N5f6 16. Qb2 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. c4 O-O 19. O-O {1/2-1/2
Sakaev,K-Filippov,V/Smolensk RUS 2000/The Week in Chess 286/(19)}) (11. Be2
cxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. O-O Nxc3 15. bxc3 Ba3 16. Rb1 Qc7 $132 {
0-1 Dimitrov,V-Pelletier,Y/Barcelona ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 301 (75)})
11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Bd3 (13. e4 {see detailed commented game 1/2-1/2
Atalik,S-Nogueiras,J/Havana 1999/CBM 71 (63) (Tsesarsky)}) ({To unclear and
sharp position leads} 13. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 g5 15. e4 Ne7 16. Rd1 O-O 17.
Bg3 Bb7 18. Qe3 Rad8 19. Rd6 Qxa3 20. f3 Ng6 21. h4 Rxd6 22. exd6 $44 {0-1
Sherbakov,R-Goloshchapov,A/Ekaterinburg 1999/CBM 75_02/ (58)}) 13... Ba6 $5 (
13... Bb7 $143 14. O-O N5f6 15. Qb2 $1 {[%csl Ga3]} O-O (15... Bxf3 16. gxf3
cxd4 17. cxd4 Qh5 18. Bxf6 $1 (18. Bg3 Qxf3 19. Be2 $44) 18... gxf6 (18... Nxf6
19. Qb5+ $1 $14 {[%cal Gb5h5]}) 19. Be4 Rd8 20. Kh1 $14) 16. Nd2 cxd4 17. cxd4
Rfc8 18. Nc4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gomez Esteban,J-Estremera Panos,S/Barcelona ESP 2000/
The Week in Chess 303 (37)}) 14. O-O ({Permits to Black to equalize} 14. c4 {
after} Qxd2+ ({interesting also} 14... Qxa3 15. Be4 f5 16. cxd5 fxe4 17. dxe6
Nf8 (17... exf3 18. exd7+ Kxd7 19. dxc5+ Ke8 20. gxf3 $132) 18. Ne5 $132) 15.
Kxd2 N5f6 $132) 14... N5f6 ({Interesting and a little bit risky is} 14... Bxd3
15. Qxd3 Qxa3 16. e4 Nf4 17. Qd2 Ng6 18. Bg3 $44 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gd4d5]}) 15.
e4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 cxd4 $6 $14 {It was not necessary to open c-line.} (16... Qxa3
$4 17. Ra1 Qb3 18. Nd2 c4 19. Nxc4 $18) ({Good was} 16... O-O {and Black
complete development with equal position.}) 17. cxd4 O-O 18. Rc7 $6 $132 {
Based on tactical blunder...} (18. Rfd1 $5 $14) (18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Ne5 $14 {
White has strong central PP and active Ne5.}) 18... Rac8 $1 19. Rfc1 $4 $19 {
[%mdl 8192] falling to the trap...} ({Difficult and good desicion was to agree
with mistake on the previous move:} 19. Rcc1 $1) (19. Bg3 Rxc7 20. Bxc7 Rc8 21.
Rc1 $132) 19... Nc5 $1 20. dxc5 (20. R7xc5 bxc5 21. Bxf6 cxd4 $1 $19) 20...
Rxc7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. c6 Rfc8 23. Qd6 (23. Nd4 Qg5 (23... Rd8 {[%csl Rd4]
[%cal Gd8d3]} 24. Qe3 Qg5 25. f4 Qa5 $19) 24. Rc4 Rd8 $19 {[%csl Rd4][%cal
Ge6e5,Gb6b5]}) 23... Qb5 {[%csl Rc6]} 24. Qg3+ Kh7 25. Nd4 Qg5 26. Qc3 e5 27.
Nf3 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 35th"]
[Site "Varadero"]
[Date "2000.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 e5 10. O-O exd4 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Nxd4 Bxc3 (12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 {
-another line}) 13. bxc3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qe5 (14... Ne5 15. Bb3 (15. Be2 Qe7 16.
Rad1 (16. e4 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. f4 Ng6 19. e5 $14 {1-0 Kantele,K-Sabel,H/cr
SM-E 1981/[ 5] (38)}) 16... h6 17. Bxf6 (17. Bh4 Ng6 18. Bg3 Ne4 19. Bd3 Nxg3
20. hxg3 Ne5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Neurohr,S-Gerstner,W/BL2-S 1994/[ 5] (41)}) 17...
Qxf6 18. h3 Re8 19. Kh2 c5 (19... Bd7 $6 20. f4 Ng6 21. e4 Rad8 22. e5 Qe7 23.
e6 $1 Bc8 (23... Bxe6 24. f5 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Bd5 26. fxg6 Qxe2 27. gxf7+ Bxf7 28.
Qxe2 Rxe2 29. Rd8+ $16) 24. exf7+ $18 {1-0 Veingold,A-Kupreichik,V/Sverdlovsk
1984/[ 5] (28)}) 20. Nb5 Bf5 $11) 15... Qe7 16. h3 h6 17. Bh4 Kh8 (17... c5 18.
Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 c4 20. Bc2 $16) 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Ng6 (19... Ned7 20.
Rad1 Rad8 21. Rd4 $16) 20. Bxf6 $16 {1-0 Matlak,J-Swierczynski,S/Polish tt ch
1991/[ 5] (34)}) (14... Re8 15. Rad1 $14 {[%cal Gg5f4]} (15. Bd3 Qa5 16. Bh4 h6
17. Nf5 Qc5 18. Rad1 Nd5 19. e4 (19. c4 Nb4 20. Qc3 Ne5 $17 {1/2-1/2
Valentine-Otte/cr WER/M 1984/[ 5] (28)}) 19... Nf4 $132)) 15. Nf3 (15. Bf4 Qc5
(15... Qh5 16. e4 Re8 17. Rae1 Nc5 18. f3 $14 {1-0 Whitehead,J-Wenaas,E/Int
Open, North Bay CAN 1998/[ 5] (49)}) 16. Bd3 (16. Bb3 Nd5 17. Bg3 Qxc3 18. Bxd5
Qxc2 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Nxc2 $11) 16... Ne5 17. Nb3 (17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. e4 $132
{1/2-1/2 Yu Mingyuan-Khamatgaleev,A/Budapest HUN 1999/[ 5] (24)}) (17. Be2 Ng6
18. Bg3 Re8 19. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 Law,A-Schoenfeld,S/Berlin GER 1998/[ 5] (19)})
17... Qd5 18. Be2 Bf5 $132 {Tesic,D-Cvetkovic,S/Vrbas 1993/Inf 58/[ 5] (24)}) (
15. Bh4 Qe4 16. Qxe4 Nxe4 17. Rfc1 g5 18. Bg3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Ne5 $11 {1-0 Ruban,
V-Cvetkovic,S/YUG 1993/Inf 58 (57)}) 15... Qc5 16. Qd3 (16. Bb3 Re8 $132) (16.
Bd3 h6 17. Bh4 Ng4 18. Nd2 Ndf6 19. h3 Qh5 20. Bg3 Ne5 21. Be2 Qxe2 22. Bxe5
Rd8 (22... Nd7 $11) 23. Rad1 Nd5 24. e4 Nb6 25. Rfe1 Qh5 26. f4 Be6 27. f5 Bc4
$132 {1-0 Banikas,H-Cvetkovic,S/Chania GRE 1999/[ 5] (34)}) 16... Re8 17. Qd4
Ne4 18. Bf4 Nb6 $5 (18... b5 $142 $5 19. Bd3 Nxc3 20. Rfc1 b4 21. Bd6 Qxd4 22.
Nxd4 c5 23. Nb3 a5 24. a3 (24. Nxc5 Rd8 25. Bf1 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 Ba6 $11) 24...
Ba6 25. axb4 Bxd3 26. Rxc3 axb4 27. Rxd3 c4 28. Rdd1 cxb3 $11) 19. Bd3 Qxd4 $6
$14 {Was not necessary repair White P structure.} (19... Qe7 $142 $5 20. Rad1
Bf5 $11) 20. cxd4 f6 {[%csl Ge5,Gg5]} 21. h3 Nd5 22. Bh2 Nb4 23. Bxe4 $6 $132 {
Strange or unusual decision} ({More logical was} 23. Bc4+ Be6 (23... Nd5 24.
Rab1 $14) 24. Bxe6+ Rxe6 25. Rab1 Nxa2 26. Rxb7 $14) 23... Rxe4 24. Rfc1 Re8 (
24... Nd5 25. Rab1 Re7 $132) 25. a3 Nd5 26. Rab1 Re7 27. Nd2 Bf5 $6 $14 ({
Better was} 27... Be6 $11 {keeping opponent colour BB}) 28. e4 $1 {White
suddenly change central P for Pb2} Bxe4 29. Nxe4 Rxe4 30. Rxb7 Rxd4 (30... a5
31. Bb8 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gg1h2]} Re7 (31... Rxd4 32. Rxc6 h5 33. Ba7 Rd3 34.
Rd6 $14) 32. Rxe7 Nxe7 33. Bd6 Nf5 34. Rxc6 Nxd4 35. Rc5 a4 36. Rc4 Nb5 37. Bb4
$14) 31. Bb8 $1 Nb6 32. Bxa7 Rd7 33. Rb8+ Kf7 34. Rxa8 Nxa8 35. Be3 Rd3 36. a4
Ra3 37. Rxc6 Rxa4 38. Rc8 f5 39. g3 h5 40. h4 Ra6 41. Kg2 g6 42. Kf3 Ke7 43.
Kf4 Nb6 44. Bc5+ Kf7 45. Rc7+ Ke8 46. Re7+ Kd8 47. Re6 Nd5+ 48. Ke5 Rxe6+ 49.
Kxe6 Nc3 50. Kf7 f4 51. gxf4 Nd5 52. Bd6 Kd7 53. Be5 Ne7 54. Bf6 Nf5 55. Kxg6
Ke6 56. Bg5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
c5 {This move is more popular in other moves order:} (8... O-O 9. Be2 {and
just here} c5 {Some of games played this variation went to the same position,
like our game - see below.}) 9. Nb3 Qa4 (9... Qc7 10. Bxf6 (10. Bf4 Qc6 11. a3
dxc4 12. axb4 cxb3 13. Qxb3 cxd4 14. exd4 O-O 15. b5 Qb6 16. Be3 Qd6 $132 {
0-1 Villegas,B-Reca,D/Carrasco 1922/EXT 99 (61)}) 10... Nxf6 11. cxd5 cxd4 12.
Nxd4 (12. Bb5+ Kf8 (12... Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. dxe6 dxc3 15. exd7+ Qxd7 16.
bxc3 Qc6 17. O-O O-O (17... Bxc3 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Qd3 Qc4 20. Rfd1 O-O 21. Qxc4
Rxc4 22. Na5 Rc7 23. Nxb7 $16) 18. Nd4 Qxc3 19. Qe4 Qc7 20. Rac1 Bc5 21. Nb3 b6
22. Qf5 Rac8 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. Rc4 $14 {[%csl Rc5]}) 13. Nxd4 Nxd5 14. Nde2 b6
$11) 12... Nxd5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. O-O Bxc3 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. bxc3 Rc8 17. c4
O-O 18. Rfc1 b6 19. Qb3 Nf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Villegas,B-Berasain,J/Carrasco 1922/
EXT 99 (51)}) 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. dxc5 (11. cxd5 cxd4 12. exd4 Nxd5 13. Qd2 Qc6
14. Bb5 Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 O-O 17. Nc3 Rd8 18. Rhe1 b6 (18... Ne7 $15
) 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Rac1 Rd7 21. Rc3 Bb7 22. g3 Rad8 23. Ke3 $11 {1/2-1/2
Weyrauch,E-Naiditsch,E/Dortmund 1999/EXT 2002 (27)}) 11... O-O ({Badly is} 
11... Bd7 $2 {in view of} 12. a3 $1 ({Not} 12. cxd5 $2 Nxd5 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. a3
Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Veingold,A-Liiva,R/Parnu 1996/CBM 52 (56)}) 12...
Ba5 13. Rc1 dxc4 14. Nd2 Qxc2 15. Rxc2 Ke7 16. Bxc4 $16 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 12. Bd3
dxc4 13. Bxc4 {Next games went to this position by different moves order.} b5
$5 $14 {Interesting novelty} ({The only move was played in this position so
far was} 13... Qc6 {It is strong and reliable continuation, Black at least
equalizes:} 14. O-O (14. O-O-O Bxc5 15. Bb5 Qc7 16. g4 Nxg4 17. Bd3 Be7 (17...
f5 18. Nb5 Bxe3+ 19. fxe3 Qxc2+ 20. Bxc2 Nxe3 21. Rd2 $16) 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19.
Rhg1 f5 (19... Nxf2 20. Qxf2 Kxh7 21. Kb1 (21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qg2+ Kh6 23. Qh3+
Kg6 24. Qg2+ Bg5 25. h4 Qe5 $17) 21... Qe5 $15) 20. Bg6 Bd7 21. Bh5 Nh6 22. Kb1
Rac8 23. f4 Bf6 24. Nd4 e5 25. fxe5 Qxe5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Rahman,Z-Goloshchapov,A/
Dhaka 2002/CBM 87 ext (52)}) 14... Bxc5 15. Bb5 (15. Be2 Bd6 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17.
h3 Be5 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Bb5 Qxb5 {1/2-1/2 Lobron,E-Ivanchuk,V/Munich 1994/CBM
42 (19)}) (15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qb6 18. Bd3 g6 19. Qe5 Bd7 20.
h4 Rac8 21. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Poluljahov,A-Smagin,S/Tivat 1995/EXT 2002 (21)})
15... Qc7 $143 (15... Qb6 16. a4 Be7 17. a5 Qc7 18. Ra4 Rd8 $11 (18... a6 19.
Be2 b5 20. axb6 Qxb6 21. Ra2 Rb8 (21... e5 22. Bc4 Bb7 23. Na5 Rfc8 24. Qe2 $14
{1-0 Kelecevic,N-Lacrosse,M/Schaan 1999/EXT 2000 (24)}) 22. Nd4 e5 23. Na4 $132
)) 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd3 a6 18. Ba4 b5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rb8 21. Rac1 Qh5
22. Bd1 Qg5 23. Rc7 $14 {1-0 Mannke,M-Kaluzny,W/Lubniewice 1981/MCD (36)}) 14.
Be2 $143 $6 $11 ({Why not} 14. Bd3 $142 {[%csl Ge4]} Bb7 15. f4 (15. O-O Bxc3
16. Qxc3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qg4+ $11) 15... Bxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Rfd8 17. O-O Rac8 18. Qc2
$14) 14... Ne4 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. f3 Nxc5 (16... Bxc3+ $142 17. bxc3 Nf6 18. Nd4
Qxc2 19. Bxc2 Rfc8 20. Nxb5 Rxc5 21. a4 Nd5 22. Kd2 Rd8 23. Bd3 a6 24. Nd4 e5
$44 {[%cal Gd8d2]}) 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. O-O Qa6 19. Qf2 $1 Nxb3 $2 $16 {Serious
mistake.} ({It was necessarily to play} 19... Kxh7 20. Qh4+ Kg8 21. Qxb4 Nxb3
22. Qxb3 Qb6 23. Nxb5 Bd5 24. Qd3 Rfd8 25. Qe2 Rab8 26. Nc3 Qxb2 27. Qxb2 Rxb2
28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Bc4 $14) 20. Qh4 $1 Be7 $8 21. Qh3 ({Stronger looks} 21.
Qh5 Bg5 $8 22. axb3 Qb6 (22... Bxe3+ 23. Kh1 Qb6 24. f4 $18) 23. Qxg5 Kxh7 24.
Nxb5 Ba6 25. Rxa6 Qxa6 26. Nc7 $16) 21... Bg5 22. axb3 Qb6 23. Be4+ Bh6 24.
Bxb7 Qxb7 25. g4 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gg4g5,Gh3h8]} f6 26. f4 Kg8 27. Qf3 (27. g5
fxg5 28. Qxe6+ Kh7 29. fxg5 Bxg5 30. Nd5 $16) 27... Qxf3 28. Rxf3 a6 29. Rff1 (
29. Rff1 Rfd8 30. h4 (30. Ne4 f5 31. Nc5 fxg4 32. Nxe6 $16) 30... g6 31. Rfd1
Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 f5 (32... b4 33. Ne4 f5 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Nd7+ Kg8 36. Rd6 Bg7
37. Rxe6 $18) 33. Rd6 Kf7 34. Rd7+ Kf8 $16) 1-0

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1999.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "El Kher, Henrik"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8.
Nd2 Be7 9. Bd3 (9. a3 O-O 10. Be2 Qd8 11. O-O c5 (11... b6 12. Rc1 c5 13. Nb3
dxc4 14. Bxc4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kallai,G-Cvetkovic,S/
Liechtenstein op 1988/EXT 88op (22)}) 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bf3 Be6 17. Qd2 Qg5 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Qe2 Rac8 $11 {0-1
Ivkov,B-Raicevic,V/ch YUG - Borovo YUG 1981 (37)}) (9. Qc2 Bd7 10. Bd3 b5 11.
Nb3 Qb6 12. c5 Qc7 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. O-O-O e5 16. dxe5 $1 (16. f3 $2 $17
e4 $1 17. fxe4 Ng4 18. Rde1 (18. Rdg1 Bg5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Nd2 Nf2 $17 (20...
Nxe3 $15)) 18... Nxe3 19. Qd2 Nxg2 $1 (19... Nc4 $2 20. Qf4 Qd8 21. h4 $16 {
1-0 Portisch,F-Kovacs,L/Budapest 1965 (69)}) 20. Reg1 Bh3 21. exd5 Qd8 22. Nf4
Bg5 23. Rxg2 Bxg2 24. Re1+ Kf8 25. d6 Bd5 26. Bc2 Ra7 $17) 16... Qxe5 17. Nbd4
O-O 18. Kb1 $14) (9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a6 (10... Bd7 11. Rc1 Rac8 12. Qb3 Qb4 13.
Qc2 Bd8 14. c5 Qa5 15. f4 Qc7 16. Nf3 $14 {1-0 Daoud,R-Alonso,M/Canaries
olJ-U16 ,EXT 1995 (58)}) 11. c5 (11. a3 b5 12. b4 Qc7 13. c5 e5 14. f4 exd4 15.
exd4 a5 16. g3 Bh3 17. Re1 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 h5 20. Nf3 Bf5 21. Ne5
Bd8 22. Qa6 (22. Qa8 $16) 22... Bd7 23. Ra1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Levy,M-Pitam,E/ISR
1994 (60)}) 11... Nd7 12. a3 e5 13. dxe5 Qxc5 $15 (13... Nxe5 14. b4 Qc7 15.
Nb3 Bf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gruenenwald,E-Vanda,P/SUI chIW 1992 (31)})) 9... dxc4 (
9... O-O 10. O-O (10. f4 Bd7 11. O-O Rfd8 12. Qc2 Be8 (12... dxc4 $132) 13. a3
Qc7 14. c5 b6 15. b4 a5 16. h3 (16. cxb6 Qxb6 17. Na4 (17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. Nb3
Qc7 19. Rfc1 Bxa3 20. Nb5 Qe7 21. Nxa3 Rxa3 22. Rxa3 Qxa3 23. Ra1 Qb4 24. Nc5
$44) 17... Qb8 18. Rfb1 axb4 19. Nc5 Ra5 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Qxb4 22. Rb1
$44) (16. Nf3 axb4 17. axb4 Rdb8 18. Ne5 h6 19. Na4 bxc5 20. bxc5 Nd7 21. Nxd7
Bxd7 22. Nb6 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Bd8 24. Ra6 $14) 16... g6 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Rab1 b5
19. Nc3 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Von Patay,J-Spielmann,R/Vienna 1923 (22)}) (10. Qc2
dxc4 (10... Qc7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Rae1 dxc4 13. Nxc4 c5 $11 {0-1 Acevedo,
M-Kashdan,I/Mexico City(8) 1932 (28)}) (10... h6 11. Nb3 Qd8 12. f3 dxc4 13.
Bxc4 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bd3 Bh4+ 16. g3 Bf6 17. O-O $11 (17. h4 Re8 $15 {
0-1 Baardsen,G-Nilsson,I/SWE-ch Vaxjo ,EXT 1992 (61)})) 11. Nxc4 Qh5 12. Ne5
Bd6 13. Be2 Qh6 (13... Qg5 14. h4 Qh6 (14... Qxg2 15. Bf3 $18) 15. g4 Bxe5 16.
dxe5 (16. g5 Qg6 17. Qxg6 fxg6 18. dxe5 Nd5 19. Rc1 Bd7 (19... Rf5 20. e4 $18)
20. Ne4 $16) 16... Nd5 17. g5 Qg6 18. Qxg6 fxg6 19. Rc1 $16) 14. h4 Nd7 15. f4
(15. Ng4 Qg6 16. Qxg6 fxg6 (16... hxg6 17. f4 c5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20.
dxc5 Bxc5 21. Rd1 e5 $1 (21... f5 22. Ne5 Bxe3 23. Nxg6 Rf6 (23... Re8 24. Bb5
$18) 24. Rd8+ Kf7 25. h5 Bc5 26. Ne5+ Ke7 27. Rg8 $18) 22. Nxe5 (22. fxe5 Bxg4
23. Bxg4 Rfe8 24. Rd5 Bxe3 25. Rf1 Rad8 $11) 22... Bxe3 23. Rf1 Be6 24. Rf3 Bb6
25. a3 (25. Rfd3 Bxa2 $15) 25... Rfc8 $11) 17. h5 $14) 15... f6 16. Nc4 Bc7 17.
g4 e5 18. dxe5 (18. g5 Qg6 (18... fxg5 19. fxe5 gxh4 20. Qe4 g5 21. Kd2 Nb6 22.
Rag1 Nxc4+ 23. Bxc4+ Kh8 24. e6 Rf6 25. Rf1 Bd6 26. Rxf6 Qxf6 27. Rf1 Qg6 28.
Rf7 g4 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. Ne4 $18) 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. d5 $14) 18...
fxe5 19. f5 Qf6 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. O-O-O $16 {1-0 Haida,A-Przepiorka,D/Marienbad
1925 (34)}) (10. g4 $2 e5 $1 $17 (10... Re8 $2 11. g5 Nd7 12. f4 Nf8 13. h4 $14
{1-0 Puharre-Villegas/Buenos Aires 1930 (39)})) 10... Qd8 (10... Rd8 11. a3 Bf8
12. b4 Qc7 13. f4 Bd7 14. Qc2 Be8 15. h3 g6 16. c5 Bg7 17. Nf3 $14 {1-0
Schlechter,C-Alapin,S/Barmen 1905 (68)}) (10... Qc7 11. Nf3 (11. Rc1 Bd6 (11...
Rd8 12. Nf3 b6 13. Qe2 Ba6 14. cxd5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 exd5 16. Qa6 Qc8 17. Qa4 Qb7
18. Ne5 Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Magnusson,J-Paidoussis,A/Leipzig 1960 (25)}) 12. h3
a6 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Nf3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 b5 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. Ne4 Nxe4
19. Bxe4 Rac8 20. Ne5 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Jackson,R-Skinner,D/cr IECG Cat-A 1995 
(31)}) 11... Bd6 12. c5 Be7 13. b4 h6 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. f4 Nxe5 17.
fxe5 Bg5 18. Rf3 b6 $14 (18... f5 $2 $16 19. Raf1 $6 (19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Rxf6
gxf6 21. Qh5 Rf8 22. Rf1 $1 (22. Qxh6 Qg7 23. Qh4 e5 (23... Bd7 24. Rf1 Kf7 25.
Qf4 Rh8 26. Qc7 Ke7 27. e4 Rh3 28. e5 f5 (28... fxe5 29. Qd6+ Ke8 30. Rf8+ Qxf8
31. Bg6+ $18) 29. Nxd5+ $3 cxd5 (29... exd5 30. Bxf5 $18) 30. Bb5 $16) 24. Rf1
Be6 25. Rf3 $16) 22... Qf7 (22... Qg7 23. Rf3 $18) 23. Qxh6 Qg7 24. Qh4 $16)
19... b6 20. Qf2 (20. g4 $1 bxc5 (20... fxg4 21. Rf7 Qxf7 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23.
Qxg4 Bxe3+ 24. Kh1 Kg8 25. Qg6 Kf8 26. Qh7 Ba6 (26... Bxd4 27. Bg6 Bd7 28. Qh8+
Ke7 29. Qxg7+ Kd8 30. Ne2 $16) 27. Bxa6 Bxd4 28. Ne2 $16) 21. bxc5 Qa5 22. Nd1
g6 23. Rg3 $14) 20... a5 21. cxb6 Qxb6 22. b5 $132 {0-1 De Cerdanyol-Ramos
Rojas/cr E gr 1985 (44)})) (10... Bd7 11. a3 b5 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. b4 Qb6 14.
Nb3 $14 {1-0 Shaz,A-Hag/Thessaloniki Ol 1988 (27)}) 11. Qe2 (11. Rc1 b6 12.
cxd5 exd5 13. h3 Bb7 14. Nf3 Bd6 $11 {1-0 Pietarinen,P-Haanpaa,J/Tampere TampY
A 1990 (41)}) (11. Nf3 Ne8 12. Rc1 Nd6 13. c5 Ne8 14. b4 b5 15. cxb6 axb6 16.
Ne5 Bb7 17. Qb3 f6 18. Nf3 Qd6 $11 {1-0 Cordes,L-Bitzer,D/Biel-op ATO 1996/EXT
96op2 (40)}) 11... b6 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rac1 a6 15. Na4 Bd6 $14 {
0-1 Pushkov,N-Kasimdzhanov,R/open, Cappelle la Grande FRA 1997 (61)}) 10. Nxc4
Qc7 (10... Qg5 11. O-O O-O 12. f4 Qh6 13. g4 Qh3 14. g5 Ng4 15. Qe2 Qh4 16. Rf3
$16) 11. Rc1 O-O 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qe2 (13. Qf3 c5 14. Rfd1 cxd4 15. Nb5 Qc5 16.
Nxd4 Qg5 $132) 13... Bd7 14. Ne4 (14. Ne5 Be8 (14... Rac8 $5) 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16.
Nc4 a6 17. a3 c5 18. d5 Nf6 $1 (18... exd5 19. Nxd5 $18) (18... Nf8 19. dxe6
Nxe6 20. Be4 Bc6 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Bf6 23. a4 (23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qg4 Qe7
25. Qe4 (25. b4 cxb4 26. Nb6 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $17) 25... b5
26. Ne5 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Nd3 c4 30. Qxe6+ Kf8 31. Ne1 Bxb2
32. Qxa6 Bc3 33. Qxb5 Bxe1 34. Qxc4 $11) (23. Qg4 Re8 (23... Qe7 24. a4 Rab8
25. Bxe6 (25. a5 Nc7 $132) 25... fxe6 26. a5 $16) 24. a4 Rad8 25. a5 Qe7 26.
Bxe6 Qxe6 27. Qxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Rd1 Be7 30. Rd7 $16) 23... Nd4 24.
exd4 Rxd5 25. dxc5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Qxc5 $11) 19. dxe6 (19. e4 b5 (19... exd5 20.
Nxd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 g6 (21... Bd6 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Qc2 h6 24. Qxc5 $16) 22. Ne3
Bd6 23. g3 Ba4 $132) 20. d6 Bxd6 21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. e5 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Nd7 24. Rd6
$16) 19... fxe6 $132) 14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Be8 16. a3 (16. f4 c5 17. Ne5 f6 18.
Nd3 Bb5 19. b4 f5 20. Bf3 c4 21. Nc5 (21. Ne5 Rac8 (21... Bd6 22. Nxc4 (22. a4
Bxa4 23. Rxc4 Qe7 $15) (22. Bh5 g6 23. Bf3 Rdc8 $15) 22... Rac8 23. Nxd6 Bxe2
24. Nxc8 Qd7 25. Bxe2 Rxc8 26. Bb5 Qd8 $132)) 21... Bxc5 22. bxc5 Ba6 (22...
Rac8 23. Qb2 $14) 23. Rc3 Rac8 24. Qb2 $14) 16... a5 $11 17. Qf3 (17. Rfd1 a4
$132) 17... g6 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 {White have exchanged the queens however
turned out position is far from a drawn game.} Ra6 (19... a4 $5) 20. Rc2 f6 21.
Nd2 (21. Rfc1 $5 $132) 21... a4 22. Bf3 (22. Rfc1 {[%cal Gg1f1,Gf1e2]}) 22...
g5 {[%cal Ge8g6]} 23. Be2 (23. Be4 $5 $132) 23... Ra7 (23... Rb6 24. Nc4 Rb5
25. Nd2 Rb6 26. Nc4 $11 {Of course, Black don't want 1/2.}) 24. Bc4 Bf7 25. Ne4
Kg7 (25... Kf8 $5) 26. f3 (26. g4 Bg6 27. f3 f5 28. gxf5 exf5 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30.
dxc5 Ra5 31. Ba2 f4 32. e4 Kf6 33. Kf2 Ke5 34. Ke2 h5 $15) 26... h5 (26... f5
27. Nf2 b6 28. Nd3 $11) 27. Kf2 (27. f4 $2 Bg6 $1 28. Bd3 e5 $17) (27. Rd1 f5
28. Nf2 Bd6 29. f4 Kf6 30. Nd3 $11) 27... f5 28. Nc3 $6 (28. Nd2 b6 $132) 28...
Ra5 29. f4 $6 $15 (29. Rh1 $132) 29... h4 30. Ne2 (30. fxg5 hxg3+ (30... Bxg5
31. gxh4 Bxh4+ 32. Ke2 Bf6 $15) 31. Kxg3 Bxg5 32. Kf2 e5 (32... f4 33. exf4
Bxf4 34. Ne2 Rf5 35. Ke1 Be3 36. Rxf5 exf5 37. Bxf7 Kxf7 38. Rc4 Rh8 39. Ng3
Ke6 40. Ke2 $11) 33. Ne2 exd4 34. exd4 Bg6 35. Rc3 Bf6 $15) 30... hxg3+ 31.
Kxg3 Bd6 (31... Rh8 32. Kf3 g4+ 33. Kf2 Raa8 $132) 32. Kh2 $2 $17 (32. Rh1
gxf4+ 33. exf4 (33. Nxf4 e5 34. dxe5 Rxe5 35. Re1 (35. Kf3 Bc5 36. Re1 Rd1 $1
37. Rxd1 Rxe3+ 38. Kf2 Rc3+ 39. Ke1 Rxc2 40. Bxf7 Bf2+ 41. Kf1 Kxf7 42. Rd7+
Kf6 43. Rxb7 Bd4 $19) 35... Bc5 36. Bxf7 Kxf7 37. Kf3 Rde8 38. Rce2 Re4 $17)
33... Raa8 34. Kf3 Rh8 35. Rxh8 Rxh8 36. Nc3 Kf6 37. g3 Bh5+ $15) 32... gxf4
33. exf4 (33. Nxf4 e5 34. dxe5 Rxe5 $17) 33... Rh8+ 34. Kg3 Raa8 35. Kf3 Kf6
36. Rcc1 Rad8 (36... Rag8 $17) 37. Ba2 Rh2 (37... Rdg8 $17) 38. Rh1 $2 $19 {
The last mistake.} (38. Kg3 Rdh8 39. Rc4 R2h4 40. Rxa4 Bh5 41. Re1 Bxe2 42.
Rxe2 Rg4+ 43. Kf2 Rxf4+ 44. Ke1 Rh1+ 45. Kd2 Re4 46. Rxe4 fxe4 47. Ra8 (47. Ra7
Bf4+ 48. Ke2 Ra1 49. Bb3 Rb1 50. Rxb7 Rxb2+ $19) 47... Ra1 48. Bc4 b5 49. Be2
Bf4+ $17) 38... Bh5+ 39. Ke3 Rxh1 40. Rxh1 Bxe2 41. Kxe2 Bxf4 42. Rd1 Bg5 43.
Bb1 b5 44. Ba2 Ke7 45. Rd3 Bc1 46. Rc3 Bxb2 47. Rxc6 Rd6 48. Rc7+ Kf6 49. Rb7
Rxd4 50. Rxb5 Bxa3 51. Ra5 Bc1 0-1

[Event "EuroTel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1998.09.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.09.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 768]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7.
Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nxc4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qd5 (12...
Qg5 13. f4 (13. Ne5 $5 $14) 13... Qd5 (13... Qh6 14. Be2 Nd5 15. Qd2 b5 16. Ne5
(16. Na5 Bd7 17. O-O $14) 16... Bb7 17. O-O f6 18. Nd7 Rf7 19. Nc5 $16) 14. Bd3
b6 15. e4 $1 (15. Ne5 c5 $1 (15... Bb7 $2 16. e4 Qa5 17. O-O Rac8 18. Nc4 Qh5
19. Rf3 g6 $2 (19... h6 20. Ne5 $16) 20. Rh3 (20. Raf1 $2 Qh6 $16 {1-0
Pesztericz,L-Mitlasovszki,I/Zalakaros op 1995/EXT 95op (40)}) 20... Qg4 21. Rf1
$18) 16. O-O (16. e4 Qd6 17. Nc4 Qxf4 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. g3 Qh6 21.
Bd3 Bb7 $17) 16... Bb7 $132) 15... Qh5 (15... Qd7 16. e5 $16) 16. O-O $14) (
12... Qc7 13. Bd3 (13. e4 c5 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bd3 cxd4 16. cxd4 g6 17. O-O Bd7
18. Qd2 {Smagin,S-Rosenberg,S/USSR 1984/Inf 37 (18)}) 13... c5 14. e4 b5 15.
Ne3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. e5 Nh5 19. Nc2 Bb7 20. Be2 g6 21. Bxh5
gxh5 22. O-O $16 {1-0 Filippov,V-Bocharov,D/Russian Cup 7th Stage, Tomsk RUS
1998 (29)}) 13. Bd3 b5 (13... Qxg2 $2 14. O-O-O Qd5 (14... b5 15. Ne5 $5 (15.
Rdg1 Qd5 16. e4 Qh5 17. Ne5 c5 $17) (15. Rhg1 $5 Qd5 16. e4 (16. Ne5 Rd8 17.
Rg3 Qd6 18. Kb2 Bb7 19. Rdg1 $18) 16... Qh5 17. Ne5 c5 18. f4 cxd4 19. Qg2 Qh6
20. cxd4 Bb7 21. Kb2 Rfd8 $19) 15... Qd5 16. Rhg1 Rd8 17. Rg3 Qd6 (17... c5 18.
Rdg1 g6 19. Bxg6 $18) 18. Kb2 Bb7 19. Rdg1 Qf8 20. Rf3 (20. Rxg7+ Qxg7 21.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qd1 $16) 20... Qe7 21. Bxh7+ $18) 15. Rhg1 Bd7 16. Rg3 (16. e4
Qh5 17. f4 Rfd8 18. Qf2 Be8 19. Rg5 Qh3 20. Rg3 Qh6 21. Rdg1 g6 22. Rg5 $44)
16... Rfd8 17. Rdg1 g6 18. Rg5 $1 (18. Ne5 Be8 $15 {[%csl Gg6]}) 18... e5 19.
Nxe5 $16) 14. e4 Qg5 15. Ne5 $2 $17 (15. Ne3 e5 16. O-O (16. h4 Qf4 17. g3 Qf3
18. O-O Re8 19. Be2 (19. d5 Bb7 20. Rab1 cxd5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23.
Be4 Nxe3 24. Bxf3 Nxc2 25. Bxb7 Nxa3 26. Ra1 Rab8 27. Bg2 Nc4 28. Rxa7 f6 $11)
19... Qxe4 20. Bd3 Qf3 21. Be2 $11) 16... Rd8 17. Rfd1 Be6 (17... exd4 18. cxd4
Rxd4 19. Qxc6 Rb8 20. Qc7 Ra8 21. Be2 Rxe4 22. Qc6 $18) (17... Ng4 18. Nxg4
Bxg4 19. Be2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Rd6 $11) 18. Be2 (18. a4 $2 b4 $1 19. dxe5 b3 $1 20.
Qb2 Qxe5 (20... Ng4 21. Nxg4 Bxg4 22. Be2 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Qxe5 24. Qb2 Qe6 $15)
21. Nc4 Qb8 (21... Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Nxe4 23. Qxb3 $11) 22. e5 Ng4 23. Qe2 Rd5 24.
Re1 Qd8 25. Be4 Rc5 $17) 18... Rd6 19. dxe5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qxe5 $15) 15... Qxg2
16. O-O-O Qg5+ (16... c5 $2 17. Rhg1 Qxh2 18. Qd2 h6 (18... cxd4 19. Rxg7+ Kh8
(19... Kxg7 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Qxf6+ Kg8 22. Ng4 $18) 20. Qg5 Qxf2 21. Ng4 $18)
19. Rh1 Qg2 20. Rdg1 $18) 17. Qd2 (17. Kb1 $6 c5 18. Rhg1 Qf4 19. Rg3 (19. f3
cxd4 20. cxd4 a6 21. Rg2 Nd7 22. Rg4 Qh6 23. Rdg1 g6 24. Nc6 Qe3 $17) 19... c4
$17) 17... Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Bb7 (18... a6 19. Nxc6 (19. a4 Bb7 20. Ke3 Rfd8 $17)
19... Bb7 $17) 19. Ke3 c5 $2 $11 (19... a6 20. a4 Rfd8 21. Ra1 Nd7 $17) (19...
Rfd8 20. Rb1 Nd7 $17) 20. Rb1 (20. Bxb5 Nxe4 $17) 20... a6 21. a4 Rfc8 (21...
cxd4+ 22. cxd4 Rfc8 23. f3 $132) 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxb5 cxd4+ 24. cxd4 Ba6 25.
Rc5 (25. Rb3 Bxd3 26. Kxd3 $11) 25... Bxd3 (25... Rxc5 26. dxc5 Bxd3 27. Nxd3
$14) 26. Rxc8+ (26. Nxd3 Rd8 $11) 26... Rxc8 27. Kxd3 Ra8 28. Rb1 Ra3+ 29. Kc4
Ra4+ 30. Kd3 Ra3+ 31. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch 56th"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%mdl 12]} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7.
cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Bd3 (11. a3 {-see detailed
commented game 0-1 Gligoric,S-Blagojevic,D/Herceg Novi 2001/CBM 83_01
[Tsesarsky,I] (34)}) 11... cxd4 12. exd4 b6 13. a3 (13. O-O O-O 14. a3 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Bb7 16. Bb1 (16. Rfd1 Qxa3 $1 $15 (16... Rac8 17. c4 Qxd2 18. Nxd2 Nf4 19.
Bf1 g5 20. Bg3 e5 $11 {1-0 Georgiev,K-Rabiega,R/Ohrid MKD 2001/The Week in
Chess 344 (95)})) (16. Be4 f5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 $17 {-see commented game 0-1
Pelletier,Y-Oll,L/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext [Tsesarsky,I](31)}) 16... Qxa3 $1 $15
(16... Rac8 17. Qd3 N5f6 18. c4 Be4 19. Qb3 {1/2-1/2 Veingold,A-Estremera
Panos,S/Orense 2000/EXT 2001 (19)})) 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bb7 15. Bg3 Qxa3 $1
$146 {We can see in this game opening analysis: Black hasn't any problems,
maybe White must play very exactly in order to equalize the game.} (15... N5f6
$6 $11 16. Qb2 $1 {White doesn't want to sacrifice P...} Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18.
c4 O-O 19. O-O {1/2-1/2 Sakaev,K-Filippov,V/Smolensk 2000/CBM 77 (19)}) 16. Bb5
{[%csl Rd7][%cal Gb5e8]} N5f6 17. Ne5 (17. O-O O-O $17) 17... Qe7 ({Too
optimic is} 17... Bxg2 $2 18. Rg1 Bd5 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Be5 Rg8 21. c4 Be4 22.
Bxg7 $44) 18. O-O O-O 19. Bh4 Nxe5 $2 $44 {Mistake!} (19... Qd6 $1 $17 {
was keep an advantage.}) 20. dxe5 Qc5 21. exf6 Qxb5 22. fxg7 Kxg7 {Black keeps
P over, but his K is weak, opposite colors BB also doesn't add nothing to
Black...} 23. c4 Qh5 24. Qf4 Qf5 (24... Qg6 25. f3 $44) 25. Qxf5 exf5 26. c5 {
White changes one more pair of PP and draws the game.} Rfc8 ({Or} 26... b5 27.
c6 Bc8 28. Rc5 b4 29. f3 a5 30. Ra1 $44) 27. cxb6 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 axb6 29. f3 Bd5
({Maybe certain difficulties would make for White} 29... b5 $5 30. Rc7 Bd5 31.
Rc5 Bc4 32. Rxf5 Ra1+ 33. Kf2 Ra2+ 34. Kg1 b4 35. Rf4 Rc2 36. Bf6+ Kg6 37. g4
b3 38. h4 h5 39. Be5 $44) 30. Rb1 Rb8 31. Rb5 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 $6 ({
More problems to Black makes} 7. Nd2 $5 $14 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gd2c4,Gg5f6]
-another mainline}) 7... Nxd5 $1 $132 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 $8 h6 (9... c5 10. Bd3
h6 11. Bh4 cxd4 12. exd4 O-O 13. O-O b6 14. Bb1 Bb7 15. Qd3 g6 $132 {0-1
Brostrom,G-Beyen,R/Lugano 1968 (73)}) 10. Bh4 c5 (10... b6 $5 $11 {[%cal Gc8a6]
-see commented game 1/2-1/2 Moiseenko,A-Nadyrhanov,S/Krasnodar 1999/CBM 75_02 
(39)[Tsesarsky,I]}) 11. e4 $132 {In other variations also Black at least
eqilized:} (11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. e4 (13. Ne5 $6 $15 Nxe5 14. dxe5 g5 15.
e4 Ne7 16. Rd1 O-O 17. Bg3 Bb7 {0-1 Sherbakov,R-Goloshchapov,A/Ekaterinburg
1999/CBM 75_02/ (58)}) (13. Bd3 Ba6 $1 {Black wishes to change BB.} (13... Bb7
$6 14. O-O N5f6 15. Qb2 O-O 16. Nd2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rfc8 18. Nc4 Qh5 19. Bg3 $14
{1/2-1/2 Gomez Esteban,J-Estremera Panos,S/Barcelona ESP 2000/The Week in
Chess 303 (37)}) 14. O-O N5f6 15. e4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 cxd4 17. cxd4 O-O 18. Rc2 (
18. Rc7 $6 Rac8 19. Rfc1 $2 (19. Rcc1 $11) 19... Nc5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rc7] 0-1
San Segundo Carrillo,P-Dorfman,J/Mondariz ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 305 (27)})
18... Rac8 19. Rfc1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Rd8 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. h3 b5 23. Rc5 a6 {
1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Jussupow,A/Istanbul TUR 2000 (23)}) 13... N5f6 14. Bd3 {
-see commented game 1/2-1/2 Atalik,S-Nogueiras,J/Havana 1999/CBM 71 (63)
[Tsesarsky,I] (21)}) ({Interesting is} 11. Be2 b6 $5 {[%cal Gc8a6]} (11... cxd4
12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. O-O Nxc3 15. bxc3 Ba3 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. Rfd1 e5 18.
c4 $14 {0-1 Dimitrov,V-Pelletier,Y/Barcelona ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 301 
(75)}) 12. e4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 N5f6 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gf6e4]} 14. e5 Nd5 15. O-O
O-O (15... Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. c4 $16) 16. Rfd1 Bb7 $132) (11. Bd3 cxd4 12.
exd4 b6 13. a3 (13. O-O O-O 14. Bb1 ({Badly is} 14. a3 $6 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bb7 16.
Be4 (16. Bb1 Qxa3 17. c4 N5f6 18. d5 exd5 19. Nd4 Rfe8 20. Nf5 Re6 (20... d4
21. Qxd4 Qc5 $17 {Vegh,E-Pinter,J/Magyarorszag 1986/Inf 43 (23)}) 21. Rc3 Qa5
22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Rg3+ Kf8 24. Qxh6+ Ke7 25. Bf5 d4 $17 {0-1 Vegh,E-Pinter,J/
Budapest 1986 (54)}) 16... f5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Be7 Rf7 19. Bb4 Qa4 20. c4 Bxf3
21. gxf3 a5 $15 {0-1 Pelletier,Y-Oll,L/Elista RUS 1998 (31)}) 14... Ba6 15. Qc2
f5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Rfd1 Bb7 $132 {1-0 Polugaevsky,L-Janosevic,D/Amsterdam
1970/Inf 10 (27)}) 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bb7 15. Bg3 N5f6 16. Qb2 $132 {1/2-1/2
Sakaev,K-Filippov,V/Smolensk RUS 2000/The Week in Chess 286 (19)}) 11... N5f6
12. Bd3 $4 $19 {[%mdl 8192] Terrible mistake. White loses whole piece...} ({
It was necessary to play} 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Bb5+ Bd7 (13... Qxb5 $2 14. Nxb5
Bxd2+ 15. Nxd2 $16 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gb5c7]}) 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. a3 Bxc3 16.
Qxc3 Qxc3+ 17. bxc3 Rc8 18. Ke2 Nf6 $132) 12... g5 $1 {[%csl Rc3,Rh4][%cal
Gg5g4,Gc5d4]} 13. a3 ({Or} 13. e5 cxd4 14. exf6 dxc3 15. bxc3 Ba3 16. Bg3 Bxc1
$19) (13. Bg3 g4 $19 {with lost position.}) 13... Bxc3 14. Rxc3 gxh4 15. dxc5
h3 16. O-O ({Or} 16. gxh3 Nxc5 17. Bb1 Qb6 $1 18. Qc1 Ncxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Qxc8+ Ke7 22. Qc2 (22. Qxh8 Qxf2+ 23. Kd1 Qxf3+ $19) 22... Rc8
$19) 16... Qc7 {Advantage realisation is quite simple...} (16... hxg2 $19) 17.
Rfc1 Ne5 (17... hxg2 $19) 18. Qf4 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qe5 20. c6 Rg8 21. Qxh3 bxc6
22. b4 (22. Rxc6 $144 Bb7 23. R6c5 Qf4 24. Bb5+ Kf8 25. f3 Rd8 26. R5c2 Rd2 $19
) 22... Bd7 23. Rc5 Qf4 24. g3 h5 25. Qg2 Qd2 26. Qf3 h4 27. Ba6 (27. Rd1 $144
Qh6 $19) 27... Qh6 (27... Ng4 $144 28. Bb7 Rd8 $19) 28. Bb7 Rd8 29. Rd1 (29.
Bxc6 $144 hxg3 30. hxg3 Bxc6 31. Rxc6 Rh8 32. Qg2 Ng4 $19) 29... hxg3 30. hxg3
Rh8 31. Qg2 Nxe4 32. Qxe4 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Qh1+ (33... Qh1+ 34. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 35. Ke2
Rxd1 36. Kxd1 Bc8+ $19) 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch Basse"]
[Site "Vichy"]
[Date "2000.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Anic, Darko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2000.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Bd3 Re8 (11... c5 {See comments to the game
1-0 Greenfeld,A-Huzman,A/Haifa 1996/CBM 54/[Greenfeld] (26)}) (11... e5 {
-mainline. See comments to the game 1-0 Shirov,A-Piket,J/Aruba (m/6) 1995/
[Piket,Je] (41)}) 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 e5 (13... Qxa3 {see comments to the
game 1-0 Shirov,A-Piket,J/Amsterdam Donner 1995 (36)}) 14. c4 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2
N5f6 $146 {This novelty doesn't change position evaluation: White has slight
advantage because of pair of BB.} (15... Ne7 16. O-O (16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. d5 $14)
16... exd4 17. exd4 Nf8 18. Rfe1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Oll,L/Polanica Zdroj
1996/Inf 67/[Beliavsky,A] (28)}) (15... Nc7 16. O-O exd4 17. exd4 Ne6 18. Rfe1
$14) 16. O-O exd4 17. exd4 c5 $5 {Black wish to blockade position - against
white BB.} (17... b6 18. Rfe1 Bb7 19. Bf5 $14) 18. d5 Ne5 (18... b6 19. Rfe1
Bb7 20. Ne4 $14) 19. Bc2 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gh4f6]} g5 20. Bg3 Ng6 $2 $16 ({
It was necessary to try to change one of white B.} 20... Nh5 $1 21. f4 (21.
Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Kf8 24. g3 Bd7 25. Ne4 Re8 $11) 21... Nxg3
22. hxg3 gxf4 23. gxf4 Ng4 24. Rfe1 Bd7 25. Ne4 b6 26. Nd6 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Kf8
28. g3 $14) 21. f4 $1 g4 ({Too late} 21... Nh5 22. fxg5 Nxg3 23. hxg3 hxg5 24.
Ne4 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Rf6,Rg5][%cal Re4f6]}) (21... Nxf4 22. Bxf4 gxf4 23. Rxf4
Re2 (23... Kg7 24. Rcf1 $18) (23... Nh5 24. Rh4 Nf6 25. Rxh6 Ng4 26. Rd6 $16)
24. Rxf6 Rxd2 25. Rxh6 Bg4 26. Ba4 Rd8 27. Rh4 $16) 22. f5 $1 Nf8 (22... Ne5
23. Rfe1 Ned7 (23... Nfd7 24. Ba4 f6 25. Bxd7 Bxd7 26. Ne4 $18 {[%csl Rc5,Rf6]}
Kg7 27. Nxc5 Bxf5 28. Nxb7 $18) 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Bf4 h5 26. Re1 Nef6 27. Ne4
Nxe4 28. Rxe4 Nf6 29. Re7 $16) 23. Rce1 Bd7 24. Ne4 $5 {[%csl Rc5,Rf6]} Nxe4 (
24... N8h7 25. Nxc5 $18) 25. Bxe4 Nh7 ({The attempt} 25... b5 $6 {after} 26. d6
$1 {was lead to lost position for Black:} Rac8 (26... Rab8 27. Bd5 Rxe1 (27...
b4 28. Re7 $18) 28. Rxe1 Bxf5 29. Re7 Be6 30. Bxe6 Nxe6 31. d7 $18) 27. Bd5
bxc4 28. Bxc4 Nh7 29. f6 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 $18) 26. f6 b5 ({after} 26... Ng5 {
quiet move} 27. Bd3 {was retain for White winning position:} Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Re8
29. Re7 Rxe7 30. fxe7 Be8 31. d6 $18) 27. Bxh7+ {Right decision! The pair of
bishops advantage is opportunity to change one of them!} (27. d6 $2 Rad8 28.
Bd5 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Nxf6 30. Bh4 Re8 31. Re7 Rxe7 32. dxe7 Nxd5 33. cxd5 b4 $11)
27... Kxh7 28. Re7 $1 Rxe7 29. fxe7 {[%csl Gd5,Ge7][%cal Gd5d6]} Kg6 (29...
bxc4 30. Rxf7+ Kg6 31. Rf4 c3 32. Rc4 Rc8 33. d6 $18) 30. cxb5 Bxb5 31. d6 $1
Bd7 (31... Bxf1 32. d7 $18) 32. Rb1 (32. Be5 f5 33. Rc1 Rc8 34. Bd4 c4 35. Bxa7
$18) 32... Kf5 33. Rb7 Ke6 34. Rc7 f5 35. Kf2 a5 36. Rxc5 a4 37. Bf4 (37. Ke3
Rb8 38. Kd4 h5 39. Bf4 h4 (39... Rb3 40. Rc8 $18) 40. Rc2 $18) 37... Rb8 38.
Kg3 Rg8 39. Kh4 {[%csl Gh4,Rh6][%cal Gh4h5,Gh5h6] White K take a walk to the
kingside.} Rh8 40. Rc7 $6 ({Why not} 40. Re5+ Kf7 (40... Kxd6 41. e8=Q $18) 41.
Kh5 $18 Rc8 42. Re2 $1 (42. Kxh6 Kf6 43. e8=Q Rxe8 (43... Bxe8 44. Re7 $18 {
[%csl Rf6][%cal Gf4e5,Gf4g5]}) 44. Rxe8 Bxe8 45. h4 gxh3 46. gxh3 Bb5 47. h4 {
this position is drawn because White can't release Kh6:} Be8 48. h5 Bc6 49. Bd2
(49. Be5+ Kxe5 50. Kg5 (50. Kg7 f4 51. h6 f3 52. h7 f2 53. h8=Q f1=Q $19) 50...
Ke6 51. h6 Kf7 52. h7 Kg7 53. Kxf5 Kxh7 54. Ke6 Kg6 55. d7 Bxd7+ 56. Kxd7 Kf7
$11) (49. Kh7 Be8 50. h6 Kf7 $11 {[%csl Rh7]}) 49... Bb5 (49... f4 50. Bxf4 Be8
51. Bg3 Bf7 52. Be5+ Ke6 53. Kg5 Bg8 54. h6 (54. Kg6 Bf7+) 54... Bh7 55. Bf4
Bd3 56. Kg4 Bh7 57. Kf3 Bf5 58. Ke3 Bh7 59. Kd4 Bg6 60. Kc5 Kd7 (60... Be4 61.
Kb5 Bc2 62. Kc6 $18) 61. Kd5 {[%cal Gd5e5,Ge5f6,Gf6g7] and White wins - like
in this game.}) 50. Bc3+ Ke6 51. Kg5 (51. Kg7 f4 52. h6 Bd3 53. Bb4 f3 54. Bc5
f2 55. Bxf2 Kxd6 $11) 51... f4 $11) 42... Rc4 43. Bxh6 (43. e8=Q+ Bxe8 44. Re7+
Kf8+ $19 {[%cal Ge8h5]}) 43... Be8 (43... Rd4 44. e8=Q+ $18) 44. Kg5 Rd4 45.
Re5 Rxd6 (45... g3 46. Rxf5+ Ke6 47. hxg3 $18) 46. Rxf5+ Ke6 47. Kxg4 Bd7 (
47... Rd4+ 48. Bf4 $18) 48. Bf8 Rd2 49. g3 Rxh2 50. Rf3 $18) 40... Rg8 41. Rc3
Kf6 42. Re3 Kg6 43. Rc3 Kf6 44. Kg3 Rh8 45. Rc7 Ke6 46. Rc1 {White plays
whithout certain plan.} (46. Kf2 h5 47. Ke3 h4 {this position also maybe
winning for White, but to give to Black h6-h5-h4 promotion is not necessary.})
46... Kf7 47. Re1 Bc6 ({after} 47... h5 $5 {good was} 48. Kh4 $1 {[%csl Rg5,
Rh5]} (48. e8=Q+ {was useful:} Rxe8 49. Rxe8 Bxe8 50. Kh4 Kg6 $11) 48... Kg6
49. Be5 Rb8 50. Rc1 Kf7 51. Kxh5 $18) 48. e8=Q+ $1 {[%mdl 4096] Clear way to
win this position. Vaisser calculated endgame with opponent-colour BB exactly.}
(48. Kh4 $18) 48... Rxe8 49. Rxe8 Bxe8 50. Bxh6 Ke6 51. Bf4 Kf6 52. Kf2 Bc6 53.
h4 gxh3 54. gxh3 Ke6 55. h4 Be8 56. Ke3 Bh5 57. Kd4 Bf3 58. Kc5 Kd7 59. Kb4 Bd1
60. Kb5 $1 Kc8 (60... Kd8 61. Kc5 Kd7 62. Kd5 $18 {[%csl Rf5,Yh4][%cal Gd5e5,
Ge5f6]}) 61. Kc5 (61. Kc5 Kd7 62. Kd5 Bh5 63. Ke5 Bg4 64. Kf6 $18 {[%cal Gf6g5,
Gh4h5]}) 1-0

[Event "Penta Media GM"]
[Site "Kelamabakkam"]
[Date "2000.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2000.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Wells} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2
dxc4 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Rc1 Be7 11. g3 $5 $14 ({More popular is} 11.
Be2 $14) 11... O-O 12. Bg2 Rd8 13. O-O Bd7 ({Attack strong White Center try by
} 13... c5 $6 {is refused by} 14. Qb3 $1 {[%cal Gg2b7,Gb3b7]} ({Not} 14. Qf3
cxd4 15. Nb5 Qc5 16. Nxd4 e5 17. Nf5 e4 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qf4 Bg4 (19... Rd5
$11) 20. h3 Be6 21. a3 Rac8 22. Ne5 $11) 14... cxd4 15. exd4 $16 {[%csl Rb7]
[%cal Gb3b7,Gg2b7] And Black can't develop Bc8 because of pressure on Pb7.})
14. e4 $5 (14. a3 Be8 15. b4 Rac8 16. Qe2 b6 17. Rfd1 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. b5
$14 {1/2-1/2 Damljanovic,B-Gligoric,S/Belgrade YUG 1999 (29)}) 14... Be8 15. e5
Nd5 16. Ne4 Nb6 17. Ncd6 Nc8 18. Nxe8 $1 $16 {Interesting desicion! White
change strong N for weak Be8, but space advantage makes White free for
manoeuvres and Attack preparing.} Rxe8 19. Qg4 Rd8 20. Rfd1 (20. Nf6+ $6 Bxf6 (
20... Kh8 $5) 21. exf6 g6 22. Qh4 Nd6 $15 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gd6e8]}) 20... Nb6
21. h4 h6 22. Rc3 Nd5 23. Rf3 Bf8 24. Bf1 {B goes to d3 to take part in Attack.
} c5 {Black can't wait, tries to counterplay in the center.} 25. Rc1 b6 26. Bd3
Rac8 27. a3 Qb7 (27... Qb8 $2 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gb8e5]} 28. Ng5 $1 hxg5 (28...
Nf6 29. Rxf6 $18) 29. Qh5 g6 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Qxg6+ $18) 28. Re1 $1 {Good P
sacrifice!} (28. dxc5 $143 $2 bxc5 29. Rc2 Qc7 {[%csl Re5]} 30. Nf6+ (30. Ng5
hxg5 31. Qh5 g6 32. Bxg6 fxg6 33. Qxg6+ Bg7 $19) 30... Nxf6 31. exf6 Qe5 32.
fxg7 Bxg7 $11) 28... cxd4 29. Nf6+ Nxf6 30. exf6 Qd5 (30... Rc5 {seems good
move, but...} 31. fxg7 (31. Kh2 h5 32. Qf4 Bd6 $19) (31. b4 Rc3 $17) 31... Bxg7
{[%tqu "En","?","","","e1e6","",10]} 32. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 33. Qxe6+ Kh8 34. Qg6
Rc1+ 35. Kg2 (35. Kh2 Bf8 36. Qf6+ Kg8 $11) 35... Qxf3+ (35... Bf8 36. Qf6+ Kg8
37. Qxd8 $18) 36. Kxf3 Kg8 37. Qe6+ $16) 31. Be4 Qd6 ({After} 31... Qa2 32.
fxg7 Bxg7 {[%tqu "En","?","","","e4h7","",10]} 33. Bh7+ $1 Kf8 ({also loses} 
33... Kxh7 34. Rxf7 Rg8 35. Rxe6 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge6h6]} Rc5 $8
37. b4 Rd5 38. Qf3 Rb5 39. a4 Rxb4 40. Qf4 $18 {[%csl Rh6]}) 34. Rxe6 $16 {
-like in this game.}) 32. fxg7 Bxg7 {[%tqu "En","?","","","e4h7","",10]} 33.
Bh7+ Kf8 (33... Kxh7 34. Rxf7 Rg8 35. Rxe6 Qd5 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Qxh6+ $18) 34.
Rxe6 Qd5 (34... Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Qd5 36. Rg6 h5 37. Qf4 Qb7 38. Rg5 Rc5 39. Rxc5
bxc5 40. Be4 Qd7 41. Bg6 f6 $16) 35. Bg6 Rc7 36. Re1 Kg8 37. Be4 Qc5 38. Bd3
Re7 39. Rxe7 Qxe7 40. Qf5 Rd6 41. Rf4 Qe6 42. Qh5 Qd5 43. Rf5 Qe6 44. Qf3 Rc6
45. Be4 Rc7 46. Kg2 (46. Bd5 Qe8 47. Kg2 $18 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gg3g6]}) 46...
Qe8 47. Bd5 {White position is absolutely winning. White's plan is simply:
during pressure on f7 weakness to promote g3-g5-g5-g6 with desicive attack.}
Re7 48. Bc4 Qd7 49. b3 Qe8 50. g4 d3 {This P sacrifice doesn't change nothing.}
(50... Qf8 51. g5 hxg5 52. hxg5 $18 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gg5g6]}) 51. Bxd3 Re5 52.
Rf4 b5 53. a4 $1 {White wants to return B on the a2-g8 diagonal.} a6 54. Qb7 {
[%csl Ra6,Rb5]} Qe6 55. axb5 axb5 56. Bxb5 Qd5+ 57. Qxd5 Rxd5 58. Bc4 Rd7 59.
g5 {This plan with 2 PP over brings to White winning without problems.} hxg5
60. hxg5 Kf8 61. Rf5 Ra7 62. f4 Ke8 63. Kf3 Bc3 64. Kg4 Bb4 65. Re5+ Kf8 66.
Rb5 Bd6 67. Rb6 Rd7 68. f5 Bc7 69. Rb7 Ke7 70. f6+ Kd8 71. Kf5 Kc8 72. Rxc7+
Rxc7 73. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Rabiega, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 (10... O-O 11. Bd3 (11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba3 13.
Rb1 e5 $132 {0-1 O'Connell,G-Gillen,A/IRL 1992/EXT 98 (39)}) (11. Bc4 Nxc3 12.
bxc3 Ba3 13. Rb1 e5 14. Bg3 exd4 15. cxd4 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 Nb6 17. Bb3 Bf5 18. e4
Rae8 19. f3 Bc8 20. Ke2 $14 {1-0 Alekhine,A-Nimzowitsch,A/Zuerich 1934/HCL (51)
}) 11... e5 (11... Re8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxa3 14. O-O e5 {-see commented
game  1-0 Shirov,A-Piket,J/Amsterdam 1995/CBM 49 [Shirov,A](36)}) (11... c5 12.
a3 cxd4 13. axb4 dxc3 14. bxc3 Qb6 15. O-O {-see commented game 1-0 Greenfeld,
A-Huzman,A/Haifa 1996/CBM 54 [Greenfeld,A](26)}) 12. O-O (12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3
exd4 $1 (13... Re8 $6 14. c4 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 N5f6 16. O-O g5 (16... exd4 17.
exd4 c5 18. d5 Ne5 19. Bc2 g5 20. Bg3 Ng6 21. f4 $14 {1-0 Vaisser,A-Anic,D/
Vichy 2000/CBM 79 no vc (61)}) 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. Ne4 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Re7 20. d5 $16
{1-0 Lerner,K-Simic,D/Graz 1999/EXT 2001 (27)}) 14. cxd4 Qxa3 15. O-O Re8 16.
Bb1 N5b6 17. e4 Nf8 $15 {[%csl Gg6,Gh7][%cal Gf8g6,Gf8h7] 0-1 Frosch,E-Rabiega,
R/Graz 1997/EXT 2000 (58)}) 12... Re8 13. Qc2 (13. dxe5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Ba3 15.
Rb1 Nxe5 $11 {0-1 Pommier,E-Lacrosse,M/Massy 1993/EXT 97 (30)}) (13. e4 Nf4 {
[%cal Gf4d3,Gf4g6]} (13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Ba3 15. Rb1 $132 {1-0 Aubel,J-De
Graaff,R/NED 2000/CBM 74 ext (43)}) 14. Bb1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ng6 16. Bg3 Nf6 $15 {
[%csl Re4][%cal Ga5d2]}) 13... exd4 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. exd4 Nb6 16. Bg3 Qxa2 17.
Ne5 Be6 18. f4 Qb3 19. f5 Bd5 20. f6 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 Bd6 22. fxg7 Bxe5 23. Bxe5
Nd7 24. Bf4 Kxg7 25. Rc3 $44 {1-0 Shirov,A-Piket,J/Aruba 1995/CBM 46 (41)}) 11.
Bd3 (11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Bd3 (13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 g5 15. e4 Ne7 16.
Rd1 O-O 17. Bg3 {-see commented game 0-1 Sherbakov,R-Goloshchapov,A/
Ekaterinburg 1999/CBM 75 [Tsesarsky,I] (58)}) (13. e4 N5f6 14. Bd3 Ba6 {
-see commented game 1/2-1/2 Atalik,S-Nogueiras,J/Havana 1999/CBM 71[Tsesarsky,
I](63)}) (13. Bg3 Bb7 {-see detailed commented game 0-1 Gligoric,S-Blagojevic,
D/Herceg Novi 2001/CBM 83_01 [Tsesarsky,I](34)}) 13... Bb7 (13... Ba6 14. O-O
N5f6 15. e4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 cxd4 17. cxd4 O-O 18. Rc2 (18. Rc7 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Nc5
$1 $17 {0-1 San Segundo Carrillo,P-Dorfman,J/Mondariz 2000/CBM 79 no vc (27)})
18... Rac8 19. Rfc1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Rd8 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. h3 b5 23. Rc5 {1/2-1/2
Khalifman,A-Jussupow,A/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (23)}) 14. O-O N5f6 15. Qb2 O-O
16. Nd2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rfc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gomez Esteban,J-Estremera Panos,S/
Barcelona 2000/CBM 77 ext (37)}) (11. Be2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. O-O
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Ba3 16. Rb1 Qc7 $11 {0-1 Dimitrov,V-Pelletier,Y/Barcelona 2000/
CBM 77 ext (75)}) 11... cxd4 12. exd4 O-O ({Can be recommended} 12... b6 $1 {
[%cal Gc8b7,Gc8a6]} 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bb7 15. Bg3 Qxa3 $1 (15... N5f6 16.
Qb2 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. c4 O-O 19. O-O {1/2-1/2 Sakaev,K-Filippov,V/Smolensk
2000/CBM 77 (19)}) 16. Bb5 N5f6 {-see detailed commented game  1/2-1/2
Ivanisevic,I-Blagojevic,D/Herceg Novi 2001/CBM 83_01 [Tsesarsky,I](31)}) 13.
O-O b6 14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bb7 16. Rfd1 (16. Bb1 Rac8 17. Qd3 N5f6 18. c4 Be4
19. Qb3 {1/2-1/2 Veingold,A-Estremera Panos,S/Orense 2000/EXT 2001 (19)}) (16.
Be4 f5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 {-see detailed commented game 0-1 Pelletier,Y-Oll,L/
Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext [Tsesarsky,I](31)}) 16... Rac8 {Enough for equality.} ({
Worth of attention} 16... Qxa3 $1 {and White has difficulties in P lack
justify:} 17. c4 N5f6 18. Qf4 (18. Qe3 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gd3h7]} Qd6 19. c5 (19.
Bg3 Qc6 $15) 19... Qd5 $15) 18... Rfc8 19. Ne5 Qd6 $15) 17. c4 Qxd2 18. Nxd2
Nf4 19. Bf1 g5 20. Bg3 e5 $1 {Strong White PP center is attacked and will be
destroyed or blockaded.} 21. f3 (21. d5 Nc5 $132 {[%csl Gc5,Gd6]}) 21... exd4
22. Nb3 Ne6 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Nc5 25. Rcd1 (25. Bd6 Rfd8 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 $11) 25... Ba6 26. h4 Ne6 (26... Rfe8 $142 27. Rd6 Re6 $11) 27. Rd7
$1 Bxc4 $6 $14 (27... Rfd8 $142 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ (29. Rd5 Rc8 $11)
29... Nxd8 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Kf2 f6 $11) 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. hxg5 Nxg5 $1 {
[%csl Rf7,Rh6]} ({Dubious is} 29... hxg5 $6 30. Rxa7 Rc6 (30... Rc2 31. Rdd7
Re2 32. Bd6 Rc8 33. Rxf7 Rcc2 34. Rfb7 $18) 31. Rdd7 Nc5 32. Re7 Rf6 33. Bf2
Rd8 34. Re5 $16) 30. Rxa7 Re8 31. Re1 Rd8 (31... Rxe1+ 32. Bxe1 Ne6 33. Bd2 $14
) 32. Rae7 Rd2 {How White can improve his position? Pa3 and Pb6 are weak and
after these PP exchange even White will take Ph6 it will be draw!} (32... Rc2
$14) 33. R7e2 Rd3 34. Re3 Rd2 35. R1e2 Rd1+ 36. Kf2 Ne6 37. Rb2 Rc6 38. Reb3
Ra1 39. Bh4 Ng5 $6 {[%csl Rb6,Rh6][%cal Gb6h6]} (39... Kg7 $142 $44) 40. Rxb6
Rxb6 41. Rxb6 Rxa3 42. Rxh6 {Black has sufficient compensation for P lack:
every pair of pieces exchange leads to draw because all PP are placed on the
same side.} Ra5 ({Or} 42... Ne6 43. Bf6 Ng7 44. g4 Ra2+ 45. Kg3 Re2 46. Rh1 Ra2
47. g5 Rd2 48. f4 Ra2 49. Kg4 Rg2+ 50. Kf3 Ra2 51. f5 Ra4 $44) 43. Kg3 Kg7 44.
Rb6 Ne6 45. Rb2 {Despite drawn position White tries to cause Black to put
mistake, and evetually this strategy brings to White success...} Ra4 46. Be7
Nd4 47. Bb4 Kg6 48. Kf2 Ra6 49. Bc3 Ne6 50. Bd2 Rc6 51. Be3 Rc4 52. Rd2 Ra4 53.
Kg3 Ra3 54. Bf2 Ra4 55. Rb2 Rc4 56. Ra2 Rb4 {Black defence is easy and simple.}
57. Be1 Rc4 58. Ba5 Nd4 59. Rd2 Nf5+ 60. Kh2 Nd4 61. Bb6 Ne6 62. Bf2 Ra4 63.
Rb2 Rc4 64. Rb8 Rc2 65. Bg3 Rc4 66. Be5 Kf5 67. Bd6 Nd4 68. Rg8 Ke6 69. Bg3 Nf5
70. Re8+ Ne7 71. Be1 Rc8 {After RR exchange White hasn't any chance to
complicate the game, but...} 72. Rxc8 Nxc8 73. Kg3 Ne7 74. Kg4 Nd5 75. Bd2 Kf6
76. Kh5 Kg7 77. g4 f6 78. f4 Kh7 79. f5 Kg7 80. Bc1 Nc3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Black
put terrible mistake in simply dead drawn position!} ({Right was} 80... Kf7 $11
) 81. g5 Ne4 (81... fxg5 82. Bb2 Kf6 83. Kg4 $18) (81... Ne2 82. Bb2 Ng3+ 83.
Kg4 Ne4 84. g6 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf6] -like in the game.} (84. gxf6+ Kf7 $11)) 82.
g6 {[%csl Rf6]} Ng3+ 83. Kg4 Ne4 84. Bf4 Nc3 85. Kf3 Nd5 86. Bd6 Nc3 87. Ke3
Nd1+ 88. Kd4 Nf2 89. Bf4 Kg8 90. Be3 Ng4 91. Bf4 Nf2 92. Kd5 Kg7 93. Ke6 Ne4
94. Be3 Ng3 95. Bd4 $22 1-0

[Event "Montreal 1st"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2000.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 c5 $1 {This move (tempo loss - c7-c6-c5) is justified by opponent
tempo loss - Nf3-d2.} (9... e5 {-mainline}) (9... dxc4 {-mainline}) 10. O-O ({
White tried to get advantage also by} 10. Nb3 Bxc3+ $5 (10... Qc7 11. O-O dxc4
12. Bxc4 cxd4 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. N5xd4 Bd6 15. f4 h6 16. Bh4 a6 17. Be2 Nd5 18.
Qd2 N7f6 19. Rad1 Bb4 20. Qd3 Bd7 21. Bf3 Ba4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,
V-Kasparov,G/Frankfurt 1998/CBM 65 ext (33)}) 11. bxc3 Qa4 12. cxd5 c4 13. Qb2
Nxd5 14. Nd2 h6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Ivanchuk,V/Moscow 1994/CBM 40
ext (43)}) 10... cxd4 11. Nb3 (11. exd4 {-see comments to the game 1/2-1/2
Kramnik,V-Ivanchuk,V/Luzern 1993/CBM 38 (19) (Hansen LB)}) 11... Qb6 ({Another
Q retreat occured in the next game:} 11... Qc7 $6 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. Bxf6 $1 gxf6
(13... Nxf6 14. c5 d3 (14... Qd8 15. exd4 a6 16. Nd6 Ne8 17. Nxe8 Rxe8 18. a3
Ba5 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. b4 $14) 15. Bxd3 Qd8 16. a3 Ba5 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. b4 Qd8
$14) 14. cxd5 (14. exd4 $14) 14... dxe3 15. fxe3 Qxe3+ 16. Kh1 Nb6 17. a3 Be7
18. d6 Bd8 19. Bf3 $14 {and White's position is better 1-0 Ionescu,
C-Ovsejevitsch,S/Pardubice 1999/EXT 2000 (34)}) 12. Bxf6 ({Whithout any
problems Black equalized after} 12. exd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 (13... Bxc3 14. Qxc3
Ne4 15. Qe3 Nxg5 16. Qxg5 Nf6 17. Rad1 Bd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mrva,M-Gdanski,J/
Krynica 1998/CBM 67 (71)}) 14. Qe2 {see comments to the game 1-0
Azmaiparashvili,Z-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg 1994/CBM 44 (33) (Hansen Cu.)} (14. Bd3 b6
15. Qe2 Bxc3 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. bxc3 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Nd5 19. Be4 h6 {1/2-1/2
Novikov,I-Smagin,S/Novgorod 1995/EXT 2000 (19)})) 12... Nxf6 13. c5 d3 (13...
Bxc5 $4 14. Na4 $18) (13... Qd8 $5 14. exd4 b6 $11) 14. Bxd3 Qd8 15. Nb5 (15.
Rad1 Bd7 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Ba4 $11) 15... Bd7 16. a3 Bxb5 17. axb4 (17. Bxb5
Ba5 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Bd3 Qc7 $11) 17... Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qc7 $6 {Of course, Q
placed on c7 good, but why not prevent b4-b5 promotion?} (18... a6 $11 {
[%csl Gb5]}) 19. b5 $1 $14 {White immediately use possibility to get space
advantage on the queenside.} ({Another plan is to double RR on the open a-line:
} 19. Ra4 a6 (19... Ng4 20. f4 e5 21. b5 exf4 22. Raxf4 h5 23. h3 Nf6 24. Rxf6
gxf6 25. Qxd5 Qe5 $44) 20. Rfa1 Ng4 $132 (20... Nd7 {[%cal Gd7e5]} 21. Nd4 $132
)) 19... Ng4 20. f4 Qe7 21. Ra4 b6 $1 {Black must blockade dangerous white PP
b5 and c5.} (21... Qh4 $2 22. h3 Ne5 23. Qe2 a6 (23... Nc4 24. Nd4 $16 {
[%csl Rc4][%cal Gb2b3]}) 24. bxa6 bxa6 25. Nd4 $16) 22. c6 Rac8 23. e4 {
White wants to open d-line and then maybe occupy d-line trying to use Pc6
power.} ({Premature is} 23. Rfa1 $6 Qh4 24. h3 Qf2+ 25. Kh1 Nxe3 26. Qd2 {
And here} Qxd2 ({not} 26... Qg3 27. Nd4 Nc4 28. Qc3 Ne3 29. Rg1 {[%csl Ra7,Re3]
[%cal Ga4a3]} (29. Qd2 Nc4) 29... Qf2 $8 30. Rxa7 $14) 27. Nxd2 a5 $1 28. bxa6
(28. b4 $2 axb4 (28... Nc2 $2 29. bxa5 Nxa1 30. Rxa1 (30. axb6 Nc2 31. b7 Rb8
32. b6 $16) 30... bxa5 31. Rxa5 Rc7 32. Nb3 Rb8 33. Nc5 $16) 29. Ra6 (29. Rxb4
Nc2 $17) 29... Nc4 30. Nxc4 dxc4 31. Rxb6 b3 32. Rb1 Rfd8 $17) 28... Rxc6 29.
a7 Ra8 $15) ({but interesting is} 23. h3 Nf6 {and now} 24. Rfa1 {[%csl Ra7]
[%cal Ga4a7]} Rc7 25. Nd4 ({or} 25. Nd2 $5 $14 {[%csl Ge4]}) 25... Ne4 26. Qa3
Qh4 27. Rf1 (27. Rxa7 $2 Rxa7 28. Qxa7 Qf2+ 29. Kh1 Qxe3 30. Qxb6 Ng3+ 31. Kh2
Nf5 $17) 27... Ra8 28. Ra6 Nc5 29. Rxb6 Qe7 30. Rc1 (30. b4 Rac8 31. bxc5 axb6
32. Rc1 Rb8 33. Rc3 Ra7 34. Qc1 bxc5 (34... Rba8 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Ga7a1]} 35.
cxb6 $1 $18) 35. Rxc5 Ra1 36. Qxa1 Qxc5 $44) 30... Rac8 31. Ra6 Nxa6 32. Qxe7
Rxe7 33. bxa6 Rec7 (33... Rb8 34. b4 Rc7 35. b5 Kf8 $14) 34. b4 $14) 23... dxe4
24. Rxe4 Rfd8 25. Rd4 Rxd4 26. Nxd4 ({After} 26. Qxd4 $5 {Black equalize:} Rd8
(26... Qh4 $2 27. h3 Qg3 28. hxg4 Qxb3 29. Qd7 Rf8 30. c7 $18 {[%csl Gc7][%cal
Gf1f3,Gf3c3]}) 27. Qc3 Nf6 {[%cal Gf6d5]} (27... Qh4 $2 28. h3 Nf6 29. c7 Rc8
30. Qc6 $18 {[%cal Gc6b7]}) 28. Rc1 Nd5 $11) 26... Rd8 27. Rc1 Qc7 28. Qe4 Nf6
29. Qe5 Qxe5 (29... Nd5 30. Ra1 Rc8 31. Ne2 $14 {[%cal Ge2c3]}) 30. fxe5 Ne8
31. Rc4 Nc7 {Black N blockade free Pc6 and R placed on open d-line. Black's
plan is to play f7-f6 and to bring Kg8 to the center.} 32. Ra4 Ra8 33. Rb4 (33.
Kf2 Kf8 34. Kf3 $14) 33... f6 $1 (33... a6 $2 34. bxa6 Rxa6 35. Kf2 Kf8 36. Nb5
Nxb5 37. Rxb5 Ke7 38. Rb3 Kd8 (38... f6 39. c7 Ra8 40. exf6+ gxf6 (40... Kxf6
41. Rxb6 $18) 41. Rh3 $18) 39. Rf3 Kc7 40. Rxf7+ Kxc6 41. Rxg7 Ra2 42. Rxh7
Rxb2+ 43. Kf3 $16) ({or} 33... a5 $2 34. bxa6 $16) 34. Ne2 $6 $11 {after this
move White loses all advantage.} (34. exf6 $142 gxf6 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. Ne2 $14)
34... fxe5 35. Nc3 a5 36. Re4 (36. bxa6 Rxa6 37. Nb5 Nxb5 38. Rxb5 Kf7 $11)
36... Kf7 37. Rxe5 a4 38. Re4 (38. Kf2 a3 39. bxa3 Rxa3 40. Re3 $11) 38... a3
39. bxa3 Rxa3 40. Rd4 Rxc3 41. Rd7+ Kg6 42. Rxc7 Rc5 43. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2002.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 (10... O-O 11. Bd3 Re8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 e5 14.
c4 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 {-see commented game 1-0 Vaisser,A-Anic,D/Vichy 2000/CBM 79 
[Tsesarsky,I](61)}) 11. a3 (11. Bd3 cxd4 12. exd4 O-O 13. O-O b6 14. a3 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Bb7 {-see detailed commented game 1-0 Georgiev,K-Rabiega,R/Ohrid 2001/
CBM 84_01 [Tsesarsky,I](95)}) 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. c4 {Interesting
novelty. White doesn't want to sacrifice Pa3. Pair of BB also is important
factor.} ({More popular} 13. Bd3 {doesn't promise to White an advantage...} Ba6
14. O-O N5f6 15. e4 {-see commented game 0-1 San Segundo Carrillo,P-Dorfman,J/
Mondariz 2000/CBM 79 [Tsesarsky,I](27)}) 13... Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 N5f6 15. Be2 (15.
f3 $14) 15... Bb7 16. O-O O-O 17. f3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. a4 g5 (19... Bc6
20. a5 $14) 20. Bf2 Ne8 21. Nb3 cxd4 22. exd4 Nd6 23. Bf1 (23. c5 Nf5 24. Bb5
Bc6 25. Nd2 bxc5 26. dxc5 Nb8 27. Ne4 $14) (23. Bd3 Bc6 24. Ra1 $14) 23... Ba6
24. Nd2 {More flexible than} (24. c5 $6 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Nf5 26. a5 Ne7 27. cxb6
axb6 $11) 24... Nb8 25. c5 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Nf5 27. Nc4 (27. Ne4 Kg7 28. g4 Ne7
29. h4 Kg6 30. h5+ Kg7 31. Nd6 $14) 27... bxc5 $2 $16 {This move is serious
strategical mistake. Pd4 is weak, it obscure Bf2 diagonal, so Black must avoid
Pc5 capture.} ({Stronger was} 27... Nd7 28. a5 (28. g4 Ne7 29. a5 Nd5 $11)
28... bxa5 (28... bxc5 29. dxc5 $16) 29. Nxa5 Nf6 30. g4 Ne7 31. Rb1 Rd7 32.
Nc4 $14) 28. dxc5 Ne7 29. Nd6 Rc7 30. Bd4 Nd5 (30... Nbc6 31. Bf6 $16) 31. Nb5
Rcd7 32. c6 $1 {White wins material by force.} (32. Kf2 Nc6 $132) 32... Nxc6
33. Rxc6 Ne3+ 34. Bxe3 Rxd1+ 35. Kf2 Ra1 36. Nc3 Ra3 (36... Rd7 37. Ne4 Kg7 38.
Nc5 Rdd1 39. g4 $16) 37. Ke2 (37. Bxa7 Rd3 38. Ne4 Rxa4 $14) 37... Rb3 (37...
Rd7 38. Bc1 Rb3 39. Ne4 $16) 38. Bxa7 Rb2+ 39. Kf1 $2 $132 {[%csl Rf1]} (39.
Ke3 $1 Rxg2 40. Bb6 Ra8 41. Bc7 Rc2 42. a5 $16) 39... Rdd2 (39... Rc2 {[%csl
Rc3][%cal Gd8d3]} 40. Bf2 Rdd2 41. Bg3 f5 42. a5 f4 43. Be1 Rxg2 44. Ne4 Rxh2
45. Rxc2 Rxc2 46. Nc3 {[%cal Ga5a6]} Rc1 47. Ke2 Kf7 48. Bd2 Ra1 49. Ne4 Kg6
$132) 40. a5 $4 $19 {Terrible mistake.} ({Approximately equal position after} 
40. Be3 Rd3 (40... Rxg2 41. a5 Rxh2 42. a6 Rh3 43. a7 Rxf3+ 44. Ke1 Rxe3+ 45.
Kd1 Rd3+ 46. Kc1 $18) 41. Bf2 Rdd2 42. Bg3 (42. Be1 Rxg2 43. Nd1 Ra2 44. h3
Rgc2 (44... Rh2 $2 45. Nf2 {[%csl Rh2]}) 45. Rxc2 Rxc2 46. a5 Ra2 47. Bb4 f5
48. Nc3 Rc2 49. Ke1 h5 50. Ne2 $14) 42... Rxg2 43. Rc8+ (43. Ne4 Rgc2 44. Rxc2
Rxc2 45. Bd6 f5 46. Nc5 Ra2 47. Bc7 Rc2 48. Bb6 Kf7 49. h3 Ke7 $132) 43... Kh7
44. Ne4 Rgc2 45. Rxc2 Rxc2 46. a5 f5 47. Nd6 Ra2 48. Nb7 f4 49. Be1 Kg6 50. h3
h5 51. Nc5 Kf5 52. a6 e5 $132) 40... Rbc2 41. Ke1 Rxg2 {[%csl Re1] Threatening
mate.} 42. Kf1 ({Or} 42. Be3 Rxh2 43. Kd1 Rcg2 44. Kc1 Rh1+ 45. Nd1 Ra2 $19 {
[%csl Ra5,Rd1]}) 42... Rgd2 {[%csl Rf1]} (42... Rgd2 43. Ke1 Rxh2 44. Bg1 Rh1 (
44... Rc1+ 45. Nd1 Rxc6 46. Bxh2 Rc5 47. a6 Ra5 $19) 45. Kd1 Rg2 ({Wins also} 
45... Rxc3 46. Rxc3 Rxg1+ 47. Kc2 Ra1 48. Rc5 Kg7 49. Kb2 Rd1 50. a6 Rd7 51.
Ra5 Ra7 52. Kc3 f5 53. Kc4 h5 54. Kb5 h4 55. Kb6 Ra8 56. Kb7 Rf8 57. a7 h3 58.
Ra2 Kf6 $19) 46. Ne2 Rgxg1+ 47. Nxg1 Rxg1+ 48. Kc2 Ra1 $19) 0-1

[Event "North Sea Cup 17th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2002.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2002.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 O-O 10. a3 ({Another mainline is} 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Ba3 12.
Rb1 b6 $6 ({More popular is} 12... e5 $14) 13. Bd3 Ba6 14. O-O Bxd3 15. Qxd3 h6
$14 (15... c5 16. Rb3 h6 (16... cxd4 $4 17. cxd4 $18 {[%csl Ra3,Gd4,Ge4]} Bd6
18. e5 Bc7 19. Be7 Rfe8 20. Ng5 g6 21. Qf3 {[%csl Ra8,Rf7] 1-0 Lechtynsky,
J-Likavsky,T/CZE 2002/The Week in Chess 388 (26)}) 17. Bd2 Rfc8 18. c4 Bb4 19.
Bxb4 cxb4 20. Ra1 Qa4 21. e5 Rc7 22. Qe4 Rac8 23. Nd2 $14)) (10. Bd3 {-another
popular mainline.}) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6 (11... Qxa3 12. e4 N5b6 13. Bd3 f6
14. Bh4 e5 {-see detailed commented game 1-0 Lima,D-Limp,E/Santos 2001/CBM
82_01 [Tsesarsky,I](57)}) 12. Bh4 Qxa3 (12... Re8 13. c4 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Gonzalez,G-Weissenbach,K/Gran Canaria 1996/EXT 97 (46)}) 13. e4 Ne7 14.
Bd3 {White has at least sufficient compensation for sacrificed P.} Ng6 15. Bg3
b6 16. O-O Bb7 17. e5 Qe7 18. h4 c5 19. h5 Bxf3 ({Ugly looks} 19... Nh8 {
[%csl Rh8] but probably it was acceptable continuation.} 20. Bh4 Qe8 21. Qc2 {
[%csl Gd3,Rg8,Gh4][%cal Gc2h7]} f5 (21... g5 22. hxg6 Nxg6 23. Bg3 $14) 22.
exf6 Nxf6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 (23... gxf6 24. Bh7+ Kg7 25. Be4 $14) 24. Bh7+ Kf8 25.
Be4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Nf7 27. Qh7 $36 {[%cal Gf3h4]}) 20. gxf3 Nh4 21. Qf4 Nf5 22.
Bxf5 exf5 23. Qxf5 {White equalized material balance and has strong PP centre.}
Qe6 24. Qe4 f5 25. d5 $1 {This strong tactical impact provides to White
serious advantage.} Qe8 ({Or} 25... fxe4 26. dxe6 Nb8 27. fxe4 Re8 (27... Nc6
28. f4 $16) 28. f4 Rxe6 29. f5 Re8 30. e6 Nc6 31. Rcd1 $16) 26. Qf4 b5 (26...
Qxh5 27. Rfe1 $16) 27. c4 $6 $14 {Inaccuracy.} ({Much better was} 27. Rfd1 Qxh5
28. e6 $16) 27... Qxh5 $6 $16 ({More stubborn was} 27... Nb6 $1 28. e6 (28.
cxb5 Nxd5 29. Qc4 Rd8 30. Rfd1 Qe6 31. Qxc5 f4 32. Bh4 Qxe5 (32... Rd7 33. Qc6
Kf7 34. Rc4 $18) 33. Bxd8 Rxd8 34. Qc6 (34. Qxa7 Qg5+ 35. Kf1 Qxh5 $11) 34...
Qg5+ 35. Kf1 Qxh5 $44) 28... Nxc4 29. Rxc4 $1 (29. Rfe1 Qxh5 30. Rxc4 bxc4 31.
d6 $14) 29... bxc4 30. Re1 Qxh5 31. d6 Qe8 32. Qxc4 f4 33. Bxf4 $14 {[%csl Gd6,
Ge6] Probably here White still has advantage, but if Black will capture 3P -
f3, e6 and d6 for his rook, Black will recieve good chance for successful
resistance.}) 28. e6 g5 (28... Nb6 29. d6 Nxc4 30. Rxc4 bxc4 31. d7 Rfd8 32.
Qxc4 Kh8 33. Re1 $16) 29. Qd6 Nb6 30. e7 {White icreases his advantage easily.}
Rfe8 31. Be5 Kh7 32. cxb5 Qxf3 (32... Qf7 33. Rxc5 Rac8 34. Rfc1 $18) 33. Qe6
Qg4+ 34. Bg3 $18 {[%csl Rc5,Rh7][%cal Gc1c5,Gd5d6]} Qh5 35. Qxf5+ Qg6 36. Qxg6+
Kxg6 37. d6 Nd7 38. Rfe1 Kf7 39. Rc3 Rab8 40. Rf3+ Kg7 (40... Kg6 41. Re6+ Kh5
42. Ra3 Rb7 43. f3 Rxb5 44. Rxa7 $18) 41. Be5+ Kg6 (41... Nxe5 42. Rxe5 Rb7 43.
Rxc5 Rd7 44. Rd3 $18 {[%cal Gc5c7]}) 42. Bc3 Rxb5 43. Re6+ {eventually without
QQ black K became vulnerable...} Kh5 44. Rh3+ Kg4 45. Rexh6 Rb3 46. Kg2 c4 47.
Rh8 1-0

[Event "ESP-ch Gp B"]
[Site "Cala Mendia"]
[Date "2001.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Bh4 c5 10. Nb3 {The best move. Otherwise Black can reach at least equal
position:} (10. Be2 $6 cxd4 11. exd4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Qd5 13. O-O-O (13. O-O Qxd4
14. Bg3 e5 $15) 13... Bxc3 (13... Qxg2 $5 $17) 14. bxc3 Qxg2 15. Bd3 Qh3 $17 {
0-1 Erdelyi,S-Kashdan,I/Prague 1931/EXT 2000 (32)}) (10. dxc5 dxc4 (10... Ne4
$6 11. Ncxe4 (11. cxd5 exd5 {[%cal Gc8g4]} 12. Rc1 (12. Ndxe4 dxe4 13. a3 Bxc3+
14. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 Nxc5 16. Be7 Nb3 17. Rb1 Re8 18. Bb4 a5 19. Rxb3 axb4
20. cxb4 Be6 21. Rc3 Rec8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 $44) 12... Ndxc5 $132 {0-1 Medina,
J-Kashdan,I/Mexico 1932/HCL (101)}) 11... dxe4 12. a3 {[%cal Ga1d1]} Bxd2+ 13.
Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nxc5 15. Kc3 $16 {[%csl Re4,Re6,Gf1,Gh4]}) (10... Bxc3 11.
Qxc3 Qxc3 12. bxc3 dxc4 13. Bg3 e5 14. Bxc4 Re8 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17.
Nb3 a5 18. a4 Nf6 19. f3 Be6 20. Nd2 Nd7 21. Ne4 Rec8 $11 {1-0 Petran,
P-Orgovan,S/Hungary 1997/EXT 2000 (32)}) {Worth of attention} 11. c6 $5 (11.
Rc1 $6 Nd5 12. Bxc4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc5 14. Bd3 h6 $132 15. O-O Qc7 16. Nc4 (16.
Ne4 $132) 16... b6 17. Bg3 e5 18. Rfd1 Re8 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Be4 Rb8 21. Qd3 Nf8
22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Bb7 25. Bf5 $132 (25. Bxb7 $6 Rxb7 $15 {
0-1 Lopez Martinez,J-Fressinet,L/Leon ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 366 (40)}))
11... Ne5 (11... bxc6 12. Nxc4 $14) 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd5 14. O-O Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Bxc3 16. Rab1 bxc6 17. Bd3 e5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Dudas,J-Payen,A/Budapest 1996/
EXT 97 (37)} (17... h6 18. Rfc1 Bd2 (18... Bb4 19. Qxc6 Rb8 20. Be7 $1 $18) 19.
Rd1 Bc3 20. Rb3 Bb4 21. Qxc6 Rb8 22. Be7 Rb6 23. Qe4 f5 24. Qxb4 Rxb4 25. Bxb4
Qxa2 26. Ra3 Qd5 27. Be2 Qa8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Rda1 $16)) (10. a3 $6 cxd4 11.
Nb3 $2 (11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Bd3 (13. Bg3 Re8 $15) 13... Ba6 $15 {
[%csl Rc3,Rc4][%cal Ga8c8]}) 11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Qxc3 dxc3 14. Rc1
b6 15. Rxc3 Bb7 $17 {0-1 Vodicka,V-Hora,V/Prague 1966/EXT 99 (56)}) (10. Bd3
cxd4 11. exd4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Qd5 13. O-O Qxd4 14. Bg3 Nc5 15. Be2 Bxc3 16. bxc3
Qe4 $15 {0-1 Hohl,M-Timar,Z/Budapest 2000/CBM 76 ext (25)}) 10... Qa4 $5 (10...
Qb6 $143 11. a3 cxd4 12. axb4 dxc3 13. bxc3 e5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bc4 N7f6 16.
O-O Be6 17. Nc5 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bxc4 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Qe4 Be2 (20... Be6 21.
Bxf6 {1-0 Potapov,A-Soner,O/Nikea GRE 2001/The Week in Chess 356 (21)}) 21. Nd7
f5 22. Qxe5 Qe6 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Qf4 Rg8 25. Nxg8 Kxg8 26. e4 (26. Rxa7 Rxa7
27. Qb8+ Kg7 28. Qxa7 b5 $14) 26... Qxe4 27. Qg5+ Kf8 28. Bf2 b6 29. Qf6 $16)
11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. dxc5 Bxc3+ (12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc6 14. O-O Bxc5 15. Bb5 Qc7
(15... Qb6 16. Nxc5 $1 (16. a4 $6 Bd6 $1 $132 (16... Be7 17. a5 Qc7 18. Ra4 $14
{1-0 Kelecevic,N-Lacrosse,M/Schaan 1999/EXT 2000 (24)})) 16... Qxc5 17. Rac1
$14) 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd3 (17. Rac1 $14) 17... a6 18. Ba4 b5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20.
Qxe4 Rb8 21. Rac1 Qh5 22. Bd1 Qg5 23. Rc7 $14 {1-0 Mannke,M-Kaluzny,W/
Lubniewice 1981/MCD (36)}) (12... Ne4 {-see commented game 1-0 Capablanca,
J-Alekhine,A/Buenos Aires 1927/MainBase (36)}) 13. Qxc3 Ne4 14. Qa5 ({Badly is
} 14. Qd4 $2 {in view of} e5 $1 (14... Qb4+ 15. Nd2 (15. Ke2 $1 Qxc4+ 16. Qxc4
dxc4 17. Nd2 Nxc5 18. Nxc4 Rd8 $15) 15... e5 16. a3 (16. Qxd5 Bf5 $19) 16...
Qxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Nxd2 18. Kxd2 Rd8 19. Kc3 $16) 15. Qxd5 Qb4+ 16. Ke2 (16. Nd2 $4
$19 Bf5 17. O-O-O Nc3 $1 {0-1 Sertic,R-Golub,V/Pula 1999/EXT 2000 (17)}) 16...
Bf5 {[%cal Ga8d8]} 17. Rd1 Rac8 {[%csl Re2]} ({Black can force draw by} 17...
Rad8 18. Qxd8 Qxc4+ 19. Ke1 Qb4+ 20. Ke2 Qc4+ $11) 18. Rg1 {[%cal Gg2g4]} Nxc5
19. Qxe5 Bc2 20. Rd4 Rfe8 $17) 14... Qxa5+ 15. Nxa5 Nxc5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Be2
$14 {White can be satisfied by opening result. There is isolated Pd5 in the
Black camp and bad Bc8.} (17. Rc1 b6 18. Nc6 Bb7 19. Nd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Brzozka,
S-Grabczewski,R/Warszawa 1957/EXT 2001 (19)}) 17... b6 18. Nc6 Bb7 19. Nd4 Rfe8
20. Bb5 Rec8 21. Kd2 a6 ({After natural} 21... Ne4+ 22. Ke2 Rc5 23. b4 $1 {
White leaves with advantage in endgame:} Nc3+ (23... Rc3 24. Rhc1 $14) 24. Kd3
Rc7 25. Rhc1 Rac8 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gc3b5]} 26. Bd7 $8 Nxa2 27. Rxc7 $1 (27.
Rxa2 Rxd7 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $15) 27... Nxb4+ 28. Kc3 Rxc7+ 29. Kxb4 Rxd7 30. Rxa7
$16 {[%csl Rb6,Rd5][%cal Gb4b5]}) 22. Bd3 g6 23. Rhc1 Ne6 24. Rxc8+ (24. Nf3
$14) 24... Rxc8 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Kxc1 Nxd4 27. exd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Only pair
of BB remains on the board. Black has only one weakness - Pd5. White must try
to create one more weakness, but it is not so easy.} a5 28. Kd2 Bc6 29. Ke3 g5
$6 {Black helps to his opponent.} (29... f6 30. h4 Kf7 $11) 30. Bf5 Kg7 31. f4
f6 32. g3 h5 $6 {[%csl Rh5]} ({Why not} 32... h6 33. Be6 Kf8 34. Kf3 Ke7 35.
Bf5 Kf7 36. Kg4 Bb5 $11) 33. Be6 Kh6 $4 $18 {Decisive mistake.} ({Draw after} 
33... Kf8 34. fxg5 fxg5 35. h4 Ke7 36. Bh3 Kf6 37. Bf1 Be8 38. Be2 Bf7 39. a3
Bg6 40. Bf3 Bf7 $11) 34. Bf7 $1 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gf7h5,Gh6h5] Now black K had
to stay on h6 in order to protect Ph5.} Bb7 35. Be8 Ba8 (35... Bc8 36. Bf7 Bb7
37. a3 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gb2b4,Gb4b5]}) 36. a3 $1 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gb2b4,Gb4b5]
White implements plan of black B restriction.} Bb7 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 Ba6 (
38... Bc8 39. Bf7 Bb7 40. fxg5+ Kxg5 (40... fxg5 41. h4 $18) 41. b5 $18) 39. b5
$1 {[%csl Ra6]} Bc8 40. Bf7 Bb7 41. fxg5+ Kxg5 42. Be6 f5 (42... Kg6 43. Kf4
Ba8 44. Bc8 $18) 43. h4+ Kg4 44. Kf2 $22 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.03"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Bd3 dxc4 (10... Re8 {Main line}) 11. Nxc4 (11. Bxc4 $6 c5
12. O-O (12. Nb3 Qc7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 $11) 12... cxd4 13. exd4 Bd7 $11 {0-1
Montanelli-Rossi/S.Benedetto del Tron 1964 (30)}) 11... Bxc3+ (11... Qh5 12.
O-O (12. a3 Be7 13. Ne2 (13. O-O $14) 13... Qh4 14. Nf4 Nd5 15. g3 Qh6 16. Ne5
Nxf4 17. gxf4 f6 18. Nf3 Qh5 19. Rg1 Kh8 20. Rg3 $132) 12... b5 13. Ne5 Bb7 (
13... Bd6 14. Be2 Qh6 15. f4 Bb7 16. Rf3 g6 17. Rh3 Qg7 18. g4 $16 {1-0 Short,
P-Hon Kah Seng,C/Luzern olm ,BIG 1982 (20)}) 14. Ne4 $14 (14. Ne2 Rac8 15. Ng3
Qh6 16. f4 c5 17. Qb3 Bd5 18. Qd1 cxd4 19. exd4 a6 $17 {0-1 Pinzon Solis,
F-Liebstein,A/Mar del Plata zt 1951 (56)})) (11... Qc7 12. O-O (12. a3 Be7 (
12... Bd6 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O e5 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18.
Bf3 Be6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 $11 {1-0 Dambrauskas,V-Timar,Z/Fabulon-Hungaroil l 1991
(42)}) 13. e4 h6 14. O-O Bd7 15. b4 Rfd8 16. f4 b6 17. Ne3 a5 18. e5 Ne8 19.
Rab1 axb4 20. axb4 Bc8 $132 {1-0 Pikler,R-Szigeti,M/Budapest HU ch(8) 1931 (30)
}) 12... Rd8 (12... Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Bd7 14. Rac1 Nd5 15. Qd2 f5 16. f3 (16. Ne5
$16) 16... Rf6 17. e4 $16 {1-0 Kertesz,A-Schubert,D/Dortmund op 1987 (29)}) (
12... Kh8 13. h3 h6 14. Rac1 Nd7 15. Ne4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. f4
Qh5 19. Rf3 Be7 20. Ng3 Qd5 $132 {1-0 Gunnarsson,L-Prast,H/SWE-ch Vaxjo ,EXT
1992 (33)}) 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 g6 15. Rac1 Bf8 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. a3 Be8 18. b4
Qe7 19. g3 f6 (19... a5 $11) 20. Nd3 Bf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Razuvaev,Y-Panchenko,A/
Sochi 1982 (47)}) 12. bxc3 Qc7 (12... Qg5 13. O-O b6 14. f4 Qh6 15. Rf3 g6 16.
Raf1 Ba6 17. Rh3 Qg7 18. Ne5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rac8 20. e4 Rc7 21. Nf3 Rd8 22. f5
exf5 23. exf5 Rd6 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Ng5 $14 {1-0 Albertsen,M-Dreesen,J/
Landes-Einzelmeister 1988 (52)}) 13. e4 $14 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge4e5]} (13. Ne5
c5 14. Rc1 b6 15. g4 Bb7 16. Rg1 g6 17. Rg3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qxc2 19. Rxc2 Rac8
20. g5 Rxc2 21. Bxc2 Nd5 22. Kd2 Nb4 23. Nd7 Rc8 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Bb3 h6 26. h4
h5 27. Rg1 $132 {1/2-1/2 Panterre,P-Gaffar,A/Novi Sad olm AND-BAR 1990 (38)}) (
13. h3 c5 14. O-O b5 15. Ne5 c4 16. Be2 Bb7 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 a5 19. Rab1
Rfb8 20. Rfc1 h6 21. Rb2 Ra6 22. Rcb1 Rab6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Szeberenyi,A-Pal,F/
Hajduboszormeny-A (2/08) 1995/Inf 02 (31)}) 13... b5 $6 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Ga2a4]
Waste attenuation Die unnütze Abschwächung} (13... h6 14. e5 Nd5 15. O-O c5 16.
Rfc1 $14) 14. Nd2 (14. Nd6 $6 Qxd6 15. e5 Qe7 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18.
Be4 e5 19. Qe2 g6 (19... Re8 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. O-O exd4 23. Rfe1 g5
(23... g6 24. Bxc6 $18) 24. cxd4 Bb7 $132) 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 Bb7 22. dxe5
Rfe8 23. f4 g5 24. fxg5 Rxe5 25. f3 Rxg5 26. Kf2 $11) 14... h6 15. e5 Nd5 $6
$16 (15... Nd7 $142 16. O-O (16. Ne4 c5 17. Nd6 Ba6 18. O-O cxd4 19. cxd4 Qxc2
20. Bxc2 Nb6 21. Bd3 $14) 16... c5 17. Ne4 $14) 16. Ne4 f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. O-O {[%csl Rc6,Re6,Rg8]} c5 (19... e5 20. Rae1 exd4 21. Re8+ Kf7
22. Rfe1 Qd6 23. Bh7 $1 $18) 20. Qe2 {[%csl Ra8,Rb5,Rh7][%cal Ge2e4]} a6 (20...
Rb8 21. Bxb5 cxd4 22. cxd4 Qb6 23. Rac1 a6 (23... Qxd4 24. Rfd1 Qb6 25. Rc6
Qxb5 26. Rxc8+ Kh7 (26... Kf7 27. Rc7+ Kg8 28. Qg4 g5 29. Qd4 Qd5 (29... Qe2
30. Rf1 (30. f3 Rf7 (30... Rb2 31. Qd8+ Rf8 32. Qxf8+ Kxf8 33. Rd8#) (30...
Rbf8 31. Rxa7 $16) 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Qxa7+ Kg6 33. Qd7 (33. Rf1 Rb2 34. Qf2
Rxa2 $11) 33... Rb2 34. Qd3+ Qxd3 35. Rxd3 Rxa2 $11) 30... Rbf8 31. Qxa7 $16)
30. Qa4 $1 $16)) 24. Bd3 Qxd4 25. Rfd1 $16) 21. a4 $1 (21. Qe4 Bb7 22. Qh7+ Kf7
23. Be2 {[%cal Ge2h5]} (23. a4 bxa4 $132) 23... Rg8 $132 (23... Rf5 $132))
21... bxa4 $4 $18 {Creates new weaknesses in black camp. To defend them
becomes impossible Schafft neu der Schwäche im Lager schwarz. Sie zu schützen
wird es unmöglich} (21... b4 $1 22. Rfc1 $1 (22. cxb4 cxd4 (22... cxb4 23. Qe4
Bb7 24. Qh7+ Kf7 25. Rac1 Qf4 26. Rc4 Bd5 $1 (26... b3 27. d5 Qd6 28. dxe6+
Rxe6 29. Rg4 $16) 27. Rxb4 a5 28. Rb2 Rc8 $1 (28... Qxd4 29. Rc2 Qb6 (29... Qa7
30. Be2 Rf5 31. Bg4 Rg5 32. h3 Qd4 33. Rc7+ Kf6 34. Qc2 (34. Rd1 Qxa4) 34...
Rb8 35. Rd1 Qe5 (35... Qe4 36. Qxe4 Bxe4 37. Rdd7 $16) 36. Rc5 (36. Qc5 Kg6)
36... Qe4 (36... Qb2) 37. f4 Qe3+ 38. Qf2 (38. Kh2 Qxf4+ 39. g3 Qe4 $15) (38.
Kh1 Bxg2+ $19) 38... Qxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Rb2+ 40. Ke3 Rb3+ 41. Kd2 Rg6 42. Rdc1 (42.
Rxa5 h5 43. Kc2 Rb6 44. Rdxd5 exd5 45. Bf3 Rb4 $11) 42... h5 43. Rxd5 hxg4 $11)
30. Be2 Rf5 $8 31. Bg4 Rg5 32. h3 Qd4 33. Rc7+ $11 {Like in previous variation}
)) 23. Rfc1 $16) 22... cxd4 (22... bxc3 23. Rxc3 $16) (22... a5 23. cxb4 $18) (
22... b3 23. Rab1 Rb8 24. Bc4 (24. Bxa6 Bxa6 25. Qxa6 Qf4 26. Qe2 cxd4 27. cxd4
Qxd4 $11) 24... cxd4 25. cxd4 Qc6 26. Qe5 Rb4 27. Bd3 $16) 23. cxb4 $16) 22.
Rxa4 cxd4 (22... Bb7 23. Rc4 $18 {[%csl Rc5]}) 23. Rc4 $1 Qe7 (23... Qf7 24.
cxd4 Bb7 25. Rfc1 $18) 24. Qe4 Bb7 (24... Rb8 25. Qe5 $1 {[%csl Rb8][%cal
Gc4c7]} (25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Rxd4 e5 (26... Rb2 27. Rg4 (27. Qh8 $2 Qe8 (27... e5
28. Bh7 Qe8 29. Qxe8+ Kxe8 $132) 28. Qxe8+ Kxe8 $132) 27... Qf8 $8 28. Bg6+ Ke7
29. Bh5 $18 {[%csl Rg7]}) 27. Re1 Qc5 28. Bc4+ Be6 29. Bxe6+ Rxe6 (29... Kxe6
30. Qxg7 $16) 30. Rd7+ Re7 31. Rd3 $16) 25... Qa7 26. Rc7 Qb6 27. cxd4 $18 {
[%cal Gf1c1]}) 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Rxd4 Rg8 (26... Rd8 27. Rg4 {[%csl Rg6,Rg7]}
Rg8 28. Rb1 $18) 27. Rd1 $1 Bc8 (27... Bd5 28. Be2 (28. Bxa6 $18) 28... Rf5 (
28... Qd6 29. c4 Qe5 30. cxd5 Qxe2 31. dxe6+ $18) (28... Qc5 29. Bh5+ Kf8 30.
c4 Bc6 31. Bf3 (31. Rd8+ $4 Ke7 $1 {[%csl Rf2,Rg2]}) 31... Rxf3 32. gxf3 Qg5+
33. Rg4 Qf6 34. Qd3 $18) 29. Bg4 $18) 28. Bxa6 $1 e5 (28... Qc5 29. Bxc8 Rxc8
30. Rd7+ Ke8 31. Kh1 $1 $18 {[%csl Re8,Rg7][%cal Gh7g8]}) (28... Bxa6 29. Rd7
$18) 29. Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.11.25"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 c5 $6 $14 {Artur decided to play c5 without h7-h6. Maybe in
some variations Bg5 will be attacked by Qa5? This factor is not important. In
this variation White keeps slight advantage.} ({Another mainline is} 9... h6
$142 $1 {-can be recommended.} 10. Bh4 c5 (10... O-O 11. Bd3 Re8 12. a3 {
-see commented game 1-0 Vaisser,A-Anic,D/Vichy 2000/CBM 79 [Tsesarsky,I](61)})
11. a3 (11. Bd3 cxd4 12. exd4 O-O 13. O-O b6 14. a3 {-see detailed commented
game 1-0 Georgiev,K-Rabiega,R/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84_01 [Tsesarsky,I](95)}) 11...
Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Bd3 Ba6 {-see detailed commented game 0-1 San Segundo
Carrillo,P-Dorfman,J/Mondariz 2000/CBM 79 [Tsesarsky,I](27)} (13... Bb7 14. O-O
O-O 15. Ne5 {-see commented game 0-1 Gligoric,S-Blagojevic,D/Herceg Novi YUG
2001/CBM [Tsesarsky,I] (49)} (15. e4 N5f6 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rfc8 18. Qe3 {
1/2-1/2 Zontakh,A-Blagojevic,D/Herceg Novi YUG 2001/The Week in Chess 344 (18).
}))) 10. a3 {The best. White forces Bb4 on Nc3 exchange.} (10. Bd3 cxd4 11.
exd4 h6 (11... O-O 12. O-O b6 (12... h6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Qxh6 N5f6 15. Ng5 $18
) 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxa3 15. c4 N5f6 16. c5 $1 $14 {1-0 Ikonnikov,
V-Lacrosse,M/Massy 1993/EXT 97 (27)}) (11... b6 12. O-O Bb7 (12... Bxc3 13.
bxc3 h6 14. Bh4 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Be4 Rc4 (16... Ba6 17. c4 Rxc4 18. Qxa5
bxa5 19. Bxd5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 exd5 21. Rc7 $16) 17. Qb2 Ba6 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Nd2
Ra4 20. c4 Qh5 21. Bg3 O-O $132 {1/2-1/2 Schenk,U-Wach,M/Passau 1998/EXT 99 
(68)}) 13. a3 (13. Qe2 $6 {1/2-1/2 Farrell,N-Parker,J/SCO 1994/EXT 98 (58)})
13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 h6 15. Bh4 Rc8 $132) 12. Bh4 O-O 13. O-O b6 (13... Bd6 14.
Bb1 Re8 15. Rfe1 Bf4 16. Qd3 Nf8 17. Rcd1 Bd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Jorgensen,M-Hansen,
H/Copenhagen DEN 2001/The Week in Chess 350 (21)}) 14. Bb1 Ba6 (14... Bb7 15.
Qd3 g6 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. a3 Bd6 18. Rfe1 Rfc8 $11 {0-1 Brostrom,G-Beyen,R/
Lugano 1968/MCD (73)}) 15. Qc2 f5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Rfd1 Bd6 18. Qd2 $132 {
0-1 Barshev,K-Botvinnik,M/Leningrad 1926/EXT 2000 (32). (32)}) (10. e4 Nxc3 (
10... N5f6 11. Bxf6 (11. Bd3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. O-O h6 (13... Nc5 $2 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. a3 $16 {1-0 Stahlberg,G-Monticelli,M/Warsaw 1935/EXT 2000 (22)})
14. Bh4 Qh5 $11) 11... Nxf6 12. Bb5+ (12. Bd3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. a3 Be7 15.
b4 Qh5 $11 {1-0 Mikenas,V-Yates,F/Prague 1931/EXT 2000 (34)}) 12... Bd7 13.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Qa4 (15... O-O 16. dxc5 $16 {0-1 Diedam,
N-Naiditsch,E/Senden 1999/EXT 2000 (63)}) 16. O-O cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nf6 18. Re1 $14
) 11. bxc3 Ba3 12. Rb1 O-O (12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 $14) 13. Bd3 a6
14. O-O b5 15. d5 Nb6 16. Be7 Re8 17. d6 c4 18. Bc2 Nd7 $132 {1-0 Euwe,
M-Michell,R/Hastings 1934/HCL (26)}) (10. Be2 N7b6 (10... cxd4 11. exd4 h6 $132
) 11. O-O Na4 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Ga4c3,Gd5c3,Ga5c3]} (11... f6 12. Bh4 Na4 $132)
12. Bb5+ Qxb5 (12... Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. dxc5 $16 {[%csl Rd7]}) 13. Nxb5
Bxd2 14. Nxd2 Bd7 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. e4 (16. Nxb7 $2 cxd4 (16... Rb8 $2 17. Nxc5
$16 {1-0 Cabral,J-Betancourt,L/Pan American-ch 1997/EXT 99 (55)})) 16... Nb4
17. b3 $16) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 b6 ({In next game White left with slight
advantage:} 11... Qxa3 12. e4 N5f6 13. Bd3 Qa5 14. O-O cxd4 15. cxd4 Qxd2 16.
Bxd2 O-O 17. Rfe1 Rd8 18. Bb4 Nb6 (18... a5 19. Be7 Re8 20. Ba3 $44) 19. Be7
Re8 20. Rc7 Nfd5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Bd6 Nxc7 23. Bxc7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Pedersen,
S-Pelletier,Y/Panormo GRE 2001/The Week in Chess 360 (98)}) 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O
N5f6 14. Qe2 O-O 15. e4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rfc8 17. e5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nd5 19. Be4 Nf8
20. Qd3 {Only this move is novelty. I can't understand, why Artur plays this
variation gives clear advantage to White?} ({Not bad also} 20. h4 $142 $1 h6
21. Be7 Ng6 22. Bb4 Qb5 23. g3 Nf8 24. Bd6 Nd7 25. Bd3 Qa4 26. Qe4 Nf8 27. h5
$16 {[%csl Gd3,Gd6,Rf8] 1-0 Lautier,J-Almasi,Z/Austria 1999/EXT 2000 (38)})
20... Rab8 21. Bd2 (21. h4 $14) 21... Qa4 22. f4 $6 $132 (22. h4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1
Rd8 24. Bg5 $14) 22... Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rd8 24. Qc4 $2 $17 {White sacrifices P
and recieves bad position.} (24. f5 $2 exf5 25. Bxf5 Ne7 26. Bb4 Nxf5 27. Qxf5
Ne6 28. Qf2 Qb3 $17) ({Why not} 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Bb4 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gc1c8]
with sufficient compensation for PP chain defects.} Rd8 26. f5 exf5 27. Rf1 (
27. d5 Qe8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Qxf5 Rxd5 30. Qxh7 Qxe5 $15) 27... Qd7 28. Bd6 g6
(28... f6 29. Rxf5 Ne6 30. Rf1 fxe5 31. dxe5 $14) 29. Rc1 Rc8 $44) 24... Qxa3
25. Qe2 Ne7 26. Qf2 Qb2 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gb2d4]} 27. Be3 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 f5 (
28... a5 29. Rc7 Rd7 $17) 29. exf6 gxf6 30. g4 (30. Rc7 Rd7 $17) 30... f5 31.
gxf5 Nxf5 $2 $15 ({Much better was} 31... exf5 $1 32. Bd3 (32. Rc7 Rd7 33. Rxd7
Nxd7 34. Bd3 Nf6 $17) 32... Kg7 $1 (32... Ne6 $2 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gd8d3]} 33.
Bc4 $1 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gc4g8]} (33. Ra1 a5 34. Rb1 Rd6 $17) 33... Kf7 (33...
Nd5 34. Ra1 a5 35. Rb1 Kg7 (35... Rd6 36. Bxd5 Rxd5 37. Rxb6 Kf7 38. Rb7+ Kg6
39. Rb6 $11) 36. Bxd5 Rxd5 37. Rxb6 Nxd4 38. Bxd4+ Rxd4 39. Rb5 Rxf4+ 40. Ke3
Re4+ 41. Kf3 a4 42. Rxf5 Rh4 $44) 34. Ra1 a5 35. Rb1 Rd6 36. Rb5 $44 {[%csl
Rb6][%cal Gd4d5,Ge3b6]}) 33. Ra1 a5 34. Bc4 Nd5 (34... Rc8 $17) 35. Rb1 Nxe3
36. Kxe3 Rd6 $17) 32. Rg1+ Kf7 (32... Ng6 33. d5 Nxe3 34. Kxe3 exd5 35. Bxg6
hxg6 36. Rxg6+ Kf7 37. Rh6 Kg7 38. Re6 Rd7 39. h4 $15) 33. d5 Nxe3 34. dxe6+
Nxe6 35. Kxe3 Nc5 $6 $44 (35... h6 $6 $11 36. Bg6+ (36. Rg6 Re8 $19 {[%csl Re4]
[%cal Ge8e3]}) 36... Ke7 37. Bb1 Rf8 38. f5 Nc5 39. Rg6 Rf6 40. Rg7+ Rf7 41.
Rg6 $44) ({Worth of attention} 35... Re8 $5 36. Kf3 (36. Bb1 a5 $17) 36... b5
37. Bxh7 Nd4+ 38. Kf2 (38. Kg4 a5 39. h4 a4 40. h5 Kf6 41. Bg6 Rd8 42. Ra1 Ne2
$17) 38... Re2+ 39. Kg3 Re7 $15) 36. Bxh7 Rh8 37. Bg6+ Kf6 38. Bb1 Rxh2 39.
Rg6+ Kf7 40. Rc6 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gc6c7]} Rh3+ (40... Rb2 41. Bg6+ Kg7 42. f5
a5 43. Bh5 $44) 41. Kd4 Ke7 42. Kd5 ({Avoiding simple trap:} 42. Rc7+ $2 Kd6
43. Rxa7 Nb3+ $19 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Gb3d2,Gd2b1]}) 42... Rh1 43. Bc2 Rh5+ 44. f5
Rh2 45. f6+ Kf7 46. Bf5 Rh5 47. Ke5 Nd7+ 48. Kf4 Nxf6 49. Rc7+ Kf8 50. Rxa7
Nd5+ 51. Ke4 Ne7 52. Bd7 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Kalugin, Sergey V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nxc4 Qc7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O (12. a3 Be7 13. b4 Nd5 (
13... b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Bf3 Rac8 16. Rab1 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 $14 {1-0 Ribli,
Z-Smyslov,V/Las Palmas izt 1982 (66)}) (13... Bd7 14. O-O Nd5 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16.
e4 (16. Ne4 $14) 16... Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Be8 18. g3 b6 19. Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Donchev,D-Yusupov,A/Thessaloniki olm 1988 (46)}) 14. O-O Rd8 15. Ne4 Bd7 16.
Rfc1 Be8 17. Nc5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Panchenko,A/Naberezhnie Chelni 1988 
(63)}) 12... Bd7 (12... Bd6 13. Nxd6 $14 (13. f4 Bd7 14. Rad1 c5 15. d5 exd5
16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Be6 18. Rxd6 Bxc4 19. Rfd1 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Rad8 21. Qd2
Rxd6 22. Qxd6 Qa5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Janowsky,D-Marco,G/Vienna 1898 (36)})) (12...
Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Nd5 14. Qb3 (14. Qa3 Nb6 15. Ne5 f6 16. Nd3 Bd7 17. Rac1 $14 {
1-0 Soln,P-Reschun,S/Finkenstein ,EXT 1994 (41)}) 14... Ne7 15. Ne5 Qd6 16.
Rac1 b6 17. Qa4 Bb7 18. Bf3 Rfc8 19. Rc2 $14 {1-0 Tessone,M-Labrana,M/Rosario
tt 1927 (39)}) (12... Nd5 13. Bd3 (13. Ne4 Be7 14. Ne5 Nf6 15. Rac1 $14 {
1-0 Mowla,A-Mohamed,M/Novi Sad olm YAR-LIB 1990 (34)}) 13... g6 14. a3 Be7 15.
Rac1 Bd7 16. Ne5 $14 {1-0 Saemisch,F-Bogoljubow,E/Bad Kissingen-Wch 1937 (38)})
(12... a6 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Bf3 Be8 16. a3 Be7 17. b4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Polugaevsky,L-Ujtelky,M/Rostov 1961 (39)}) (12... b5 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. f4
b4 (14... Rd8 15. Rac1 $14 (15. e4 Qb6 16. Kh1 Bc7 17. Bf3 Rxd4 $17 {1-0
Nienstedt,P-Lau,W/cr we 1ekl 1993 (38)})) 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bb7 17. Bf3 $14
{0-1 Weiz,W-Kretschmer,H/cr DDR/M/588 L62/80/77 1977 (39)}) 13. Ne4 (13. a3 Be7
14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. b4 Be8 16. f4 b6 17. Rac1 Qb7 18. Bf3 $14 (18. f5 exf5 19.
Qxf5 $132 {0-1 Ree,H-Nikolac,J/Wijk aan Zee 1979 (48)})) 13... Be7 14. Rac1
Rfd8 (14... Rac8 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Ng5 Be8 17. Bc4 (17. Bd3 g6 18. Ngf3 Qb8 $11
{[%cal Gc6c5]}) 17... g6 18. Nxe6 (18. a3 Nd5 19. Ngf3 (19. Ne4 c5 20. Qe2 cxd4
21. exd4 Qb6 $15 {0-1 Finegold,B-Clemance,P/St John op-1 1988 (81)}) 19... c5
20. dxc5 (20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. e4 Rdd8 $15) 20... Bxc5 21. b4 Bd6 22. Qb2 $11)
18... fxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kg7 20. Bxc8 Qxc8 21. f4 $14) 15. Ne5 Be8 $11 {/+/= Par
of Bishops and no weaknesses is enouph compensation for space advantage of
White.} 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. f4 g6 18. Bf3 (18. Rfd1 Bg7 19. Bf3 Qe7 20. a3 f6
21. Nc4 Rd7 22. b4 Bf7 $11) 18... Bg7 19. Nd3 (19. b4 f6 20. Nd3 Qf7 21. Nc5
Rac8 $14 {=}) 19... Rac8 20. g4 $6 {Illogically} ({Better is} 20. b4 $14) ({or
} 20. g3 $14 {[%cal Gc2g2]}) 20... b6 21. b4 {"Nice composition" of PPg4and b4!
} Qd6 22. Rfd1 (22. a3 f6 $132) 22... Qe7 23. Qg2 {[%csl Rc6] Now we
understand the g2-g4 idea...} g5 {Not bad reaction! If white have played g2-g3
this impact would be impossible!} 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Qxc6 gxf4 27.
Nxf4 e5 $1 {Black use g2-g4 lacks very effectively!} 28. Qe4 $8 Qg5 $2 $16 {
Mistake, but punishments has not followed.} (28... f5 $1 29. gxf5 Qh4 30. Rf1
exf4 31. Rxf4 Qf6 $44) (28... Qxb4 {[%cal Gd8d1,Gb4e4]} 29. Nh5 Bh8 30. Qf5 Qd6
(30... exd4 31. Qg5+) 31. d5 $14) 29. Nh5 $2 $11 ({Why not} 29. Nh3 Qh6 30. Nf2
exd4 31. exd4 Qd6 32. d5 Be5 33. h3 $16 {?}) 29... f5 $8 30. Qxf5 Qxe3+ 31. Kh1
exd4 32. Rf1 (32. Nxg7 Kxg7 33. Qd3 (33. g5 Qe7 34. b5 (34. Rd3 Rf8 $19) 34...
d3 $15) 33... Qe6 34. a3 $11) 32... Qe5 (32... Rf8 33. Qd5+ Kh8 34. Rxf8+ Bxf8
35. Nf6 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qe2+ 37. Kg3 Qe3+ 38. Kg2 $11) 33. Nxg7 Qxg7 34. Qe6+ Kh8
35. Rf7 Qg5 (35... Qg6 36. Qe7 (36. Rxh7+ Kxh7 37. Qe7+ Kh6 38. Qxd8 Qe4+ 39.
Kg1 Qxg4+ $15) 36... Kg8 37. Qxd8+ Kxf7 38. Qd7+ $14) 36. Rf5 Qg7 (36... Qg6
37. Qe7 Qc6+ 38. Kg1 Qc1+ $11) 37. Rf7 Qg5 38. Rf5 Qg7 39. Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.11.25"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Lamprecht, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg Koenigsspringer"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Bd3 e5 11. a3 (11. O-O {-mainline} h6 12. Bh4 {-see
commented game 0-1 Vshivkov,K-Kozlov,O/Perm 1997/CBM 58 [Tsesarsky,I](40)})
11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 exd4 ({In case of} 12... h6 $6 {White can play} 13. c4 $1 (
{Not} 13. Bh4 $6 Qxa3 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ne7 16. e4 Ng6 17. Bg3 Rd8 18. O-O
Qc5 19. Kh1 Nxe5 $17 {0-1 Valenzuela,L-Vera,R/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (35)})
13... Qxa3 (13... Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 N5b6 (14... hxg5 15. cxd5 $16) 15. Bh4 $14)
14. cxd5 hxg5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. O-O $14) 13. cxd4 Qxa3 $44 {White has
sufficient compensation for P lack.} 14. O-O f5 $5 {[%csl Re5,Rg5] This move's
purpose is to prevent e3-e4 promotion. In other hand, this move's disadvantage
is weakening dark squares in the black camp.} (14... h6 15. e4 (15. Bh4 Re8 16.
e4 Nf4 17. Bc2 Ng6 18. Ra1 Qd6 $44) 15... hxg5 16. exd5 cxd5 (16... g4 $5 17.
Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 cxd5 19. Rc7 a5 20. Qe3 {[%cal Gd3h7]} g6 21. Qd4 (21. Rd1 {
[%cal Ge3h6]} Bf5 $17) 21... Qb4 22. Qe3 Qa3 $44) 17. Ra1 Qd6 18. Qxg5 $44) {
Threatening Bxf5} 15. Qc2 {[%cal Gc2f5]} h6 (15... N7b6 16. Ne5 Be6 17. e4 Nb4
18. Qc5 Qb3 19. Bb1 (19. Rc3 Nxd3 20. Nxd3 Nd7 $15) 19... fxe4 20. Bxe4 N4d5
$44) 16. Bh4 N7b6 17. Ne5 g5 $2 $16 {Serious positional mistake. The last move
weakens black K without any compensation. There was not reason to do it!} (
17... Be6 $142 $44) 18. Bg3 Rf6 {[%cal Ga3f8] Preparing f8 square for Qa3
retreat.} (18... Be6 19. Rfe1 a5 20. Qe2 $16 {[%cal Ge2h5]}) 19. h4 (19. Nc4 {
[%cal Gg3e5]} Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Be6 21. Be5 Rf7 22. Qe2 $16 {[%cal Ge2h5]}) 19...
Qf8 ({Or} 19... f4 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. exf4 gxf4 22. Bh4 $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) 20.
Qd2 $6 $14 (20. hxg5 $142 hxg5 21. Rfe1 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge3e4]}) 20... f4
21. Bh2 Be6 22. Rfe1 (22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Rc5 $14) 22... Qg7 23. e4 Ne7 24. hxg5
hxg5 25. g3 $4 $17 {Terrible positional mistake. Now Black can organize
unpleasant pressure on the h-line.} ({Right was} 25. Ra1 $1 {[%cal Ga1a5]} Rh6
26. Ra5 {[%cal Ga5g5]} Qh8 27. Nf3 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gf3h2,Gf3g5]} g4 28. Rg5+
Rg6 29. Qb4 Re8 (29... gxf3 30. Qxe7 Qg7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rxg6+ Kxg6 33. Bxf4
$16) 30. Qd6 Qg7 (30... Bf7 $6 31. e5 Rg7 32. e6 Bh5 33. Ree5 (33. Rxg7+ Qxg7
34. Nh4 Nbd5 35. Re5 $13) 33... gxf3 34. Rxh5 Rxg2+ 35. Kf1 Qg7 36. Bh7+ Kh8
37. Be4+ Kg8 38. Bxf3 $16) 31. Rxg6 Nxg6 32. Ng5 Qf8 33. Qxf8+ Kxf8 (33... Nxf8
34. Bxf4 Bc4 35. Bc2 $16) 34. e5 Kg7 35. Ra1 Bc4 36. Bxc4 Nxc4 37. Rxa7 Re7 38.
Ne4 $132 {[%csl Rb7,Rh2][%cal Ge4d6]}) 25... Rh6 $1 ({Not} 25... Rd8 $2 26.
gxf4 gxf4+ 27. Kh1 Rxd4 (27... Ng6 28. Rg1 $16) 28. Rg1 Ng6 29. Qc3 Rd8 30. Be2
$16 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Ge2h5]}) 26. f3 ({Loses also} 26. gxf4 gxf4+ 27. Kh1 {
[%cal Ge1g1]} {in view of} Ng6 $1 ({Not} 27... Kh8 $2 28. f3 (28. Qxf4 $4 Rf8
$19) 28... Qf6 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gf6f4]} (28... Nd7 $2 29. Rg1 (29. Nxd7 Bxd7
30. Qxf4 Rf8 31. Qd2 Rxf3 32. Rg1 Bg4 33. Rxg4 $1 Rxd3 $1 34. Qe2 Qxd4 35. Rf1
Rd2 36. Rf8+ Kh7 37. Rf7+ Kh8 38. Rf8+ $11) 29... Qf6 30. Ng4 Bxg4 31. Rxg4
Qxd4 32. Qxf4 Qf6 $44) 29. Rc2 Rd8 $15) 28. f3 (28. Rg1 Rxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Qh8+ 30.
Kg2 Qh3#) 28... Nxe5 29. dxe5 Qxe5 $19) 26... Nd7 27. gxf4 gxf4+ 28. Kh1 Nxe5
29. dxe5 Qxe5 {White's position is lost, but Black should solve some tactical
problems.} 30. Bc4 Kf7 (30... Bxc4 31. Rxc4 Kf7 $19 {[%cal Ga8h8]}) 31. Bxe6+
Kxe6 32. Re2 Rah8 (32... a5 $19) 33. Rg2 Ng6 $4 $11 (33... Rh3 34. Rf1 Kf6 35.
Kg1 Ng6 $19) 34. Rd1 $2 $17 {Dorfman didn't want draw after} (34. Rxg6+ $3 Rxg6
35. Rxc6+ bxc6 36. Qd7+ Kf6 37. Qg7+ $1 Kxg7 $11 (37... Rxg7 $11 {Patt!}))
34... R8h7 $2 $132 ({Much better was} 34... Kf7 35. Qd7+ Qe7 36. Qf5+ Qf6 37.
Qd7+ Ne7 38. Rf1 $1 (38. Qxb7 $2 Rxh2+ 39. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 40. Kxh2 Qh4+ 41. Kg1
Qg3+ 42. Kf1 Qxf3+ 43. Ke1 Qxe4+ $19) 38... b5 39. Qxa7 Qc3 $17) 35. Qd8 $5 (
35. Qa2+ $6 Kf6 36. Qa3 (36. Qxa7 Nh4 37. Rgd2 Nxf3 38. Rd6+ Kg5 $19) 36... a5
37. Rd6+ Kf7 38. Qa2+ Kg7 $17) 35... Rxh2+ ({After} 35... Qc7 {also Black
hasn't any advantage:} 36. Qg5 Ne7 37. Qg4+ Kf6 38. Qg5+ Kf7 39. e5 a5 40. Rd6
Rh5 41. Qxf4+ Ke8 42. Re6 Rh8 43. Qd4 R5h6 44. Rxh6 Rxh6 45. Rg7 b5 $17 46. Qf4
) 36. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 37. Kxh2 Qh5+ 38. Kg1 Qc5+ 39. Kg2 Ne7 40. Qd7+ Kf7 41. Rd6
Qc2+ (41... Qe5 $44) 42. Kh1 (42. Kh1 Qc4 $15) 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Black "Guigonis, Dominique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1998.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 28672]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7.
cxd5 exd5 8. Nd2 Ne4 (8... Be7 9. Bd3 O-O (9... Nf8 10. Qc2 Ne6 11. Bh4 g6 12.
O-O O-O 13. a3 Qd8 14. b4 $14 {1-0 Agdestein,S-Fernandes,A/Thessaloniki olm
1984/BIG 80 (51)}) 10. O-O Re8 11. a3 Qd8 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. h3 Ng6 14. Rfe1 (14.
b4 Be6 (14... a6 15. Rab1 Be6 16. a4 Bd6 17. b5 a5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne2 $14)
15. b5 $14) 14... Nh5 15. Qd1 (15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. b4 Qg5 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. Bxg6
hxg6 19. Qd1 $14 (19. Ne5 Qg5 20. Kh2 Bf5 21. Qb2 $14)) 15... Bxg5 16. Qxh5 Nf8
17. b4 a6 18. Na4 $132 {1-0 Maksimenko,A-Zheliandinov,V/Lvov 1995/EXP 50 (38)})
(8... Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 (10. O-O Qc7 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. Qc2 h6
14. Bh4 Ng4 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Ndf6 17. b4 Qd6 18. b5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Selezniev,A-Bogoljubow,E/URS-ch03 Moscow 1924/URS-ch (56)}) 10... Re8 11. Bh4
Be7 12. O-O Nf8 13. a3 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. b4 Qd8 16. b5 $14 (16. a4 Nf6 17.
b5 $14 {1-0 Levenfish,G-Freiman,S/URS-ch09 Leningrad 1934/URS-ch (72)})) 9.
Ndxe4 (9. Ncxe4 dxe4 10. Bf4 Nf6 11. a3 Bg4 12. Qb1 Be6 13. Be5 c5 (13... Ng4
14. b4 (14. Qxe4 Nxf2 $15) 14... Qa4 15. Nxe4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rd8 17. Bd3 Be7 18.
O-O O-O 19. Nc3 (19. f4 $16) 19... Qb3 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Qxb3 Bxb3 22. Bf5 $16)
14. dxc5 (14. Bxf6 $18) 14... Bb3 15. Bxf6 $18 {1-0 Koerholz,L-Kargoll,P/
RLPF-ch Wittlich 1985/GER 05 (17)}) 9... dxe4 10. Bh4 $14 (10. Bf4 Bb4 (10...
Nf6 11. Bc4 Bb4 12. Qb3 O-O 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Qf5 15. O-O Be6 16. b4 Bxc4
17. Qxc4 Qd5 $11 {0-1 Vukovic,S-Karaklajic,N/Sombor YUG ch 1957 (36)}) 11. Qc2
Nf6 (11... Nb6 12. Qxe4+ (12. Bc7 $5) 12... Be6 13. Bd3 (13. Rc1 Qxa2 14. Qc2
Nc4 $15) 13... Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qxc3+ 15. Ke2 Nd5 16. Rhc1 Qxa1 17. Rxa1 Nc3+ $19
{1/2-1/2 Liardet,F-Godena,M/18th op A, Cannes FRA 1997 (56)}) 12. Bc4 O-O 13.
O-O Bf5 14. Be5 Nd7 15. Bg3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rac8 17. Bd6 $16 {1-0 Toh,T-Handoko,
E/2nd Pools, Singapore SIN 1997 (51)}) 10... Bb4 (10... Nb6 11. Qc2 Bb4 12. a3
Nd5 13. Rc1 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Qb2 Bg4 16. Bc4 Rac8 17. O-O $14 {1-0
Pavlovic,M-Mihailidis,A/Eu Youth bu14, Mureck AUT 1998 (50)}) (10... h5 11. d5
Rh6 12. Be2 Bb4 13. Qd4 Kf8 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qxd5 16. Rad1 Qxd4 17. Rxd4
f6 18. Bg3 Nb6 19. Bd6+ Kf7 20. Rxe4 $14 {1-0 Hergott,D-Mariotti,S/Dubai olm
1986/TD 86\02 (40)}) 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Be2 f5 (12... c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. exd4 g5
15. Bg3 f5 16. Nd5 f4 (16... Qxd5 17. Bc4 $18 {1-0 Lilienthal,A-Pikler,R/
Budapest 1932 (46)}) 17. Qb3 fxg3 18. Nxb4+ Kh8 19. fxg3 $16) 13. O-O Nf6 14.
f3 $6 $11 (14. Bg3 Rf7 15. a3 Bf8 16. b4 Qd8 17. b5 cxb5 18. Nxb5 Nd5 19. Bc4 (
19. Rfc1 $14) 19... Be6 20. Qb3 $14 {0-1 Martin,P-Letelier,R/Mar del Plata
1949 (58)}) (14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Be6 16. c4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Beretta-Piazzini/
Buenos Aires 1947 (42)}) 14... exf3 15. Bc4+ (15. Bxf3 Be6 $11) (15. Qb3+ Kh8
16. Bxf3 Bd6 $11) 15... Nd5 $5 (15... Kh8 $5 16. Rxf3 Bd6 17. Raf1 Ng4 18. Bg3
Bxg3 19. Rxg3 Re8 20. Bd3 g6 $11) 16. Rxf3 Be6 17. Raf1 (17. Nxd5 cxd5 (17...
Bxd5 18. a3 Bd6 19. Rxf5 $1 Rxf5 20. Qxf5 $16) 18. Bd3 Rae8 (18... Rac8 19. Qb3
Rf7 20. Raf1 Bd6 $11) 19. Bg3 Rf7 $11 (19... Rc8 $11)) 17... Rae8 18. Nxd5 cxd5
19. Bb3 Bd6 20. Bg3 Bxg3 $6 $14 (20... Rc8 21. Qf2 Be7 $11) 21. Rxg3 Rc8 (21...
Rf7 $14) 22. Qf2 Qc7 23. Rf3 Qd6 (23... Rf7 $14) 24. Qd2 Rf7 25. Bc2 g6 $6 (
25... Rcf8 $14) 26. Bd3 Kg7 27. Qf2 Bd7 28. Qh4 (28. g4 Rcf8 29. Qh4 h6 30. g5
h5 $11) 28... Rcf8 29. Qf4 Qxf4 30. exf4 Be6 $2 $16 (30... Rc8 $1 31. Re1 Kf6
32. Rfe3 Rff8 33. Kf2 Rfe8 34. Re5 Be6 $14) 31. Re3 (31. Rc1 $6 Rc8 32. Rxc8
Bxc8 33. Re3 Kf6 34. Re8 Rc7 35. Kf2 Be6 36. Ke3 Rc1 $132) 31... Kf6 32. Rc1
Re8 33. Re5 Ree7 34. Rce1 Bc8 35. Kf2 Be6 36. Bc2 Rf8 37. Bb3 Rd8 38. Rc1 Rd6 (
38... Bf7 39. Rc5 Red7 (39... b6 40. Rc6+ Re6 41. Rc7 $18) 40. Ba4 b6 41. Rc6+
Rd6 42. Rc7 a6 43. Bc6 h6 44. Ke3 g5 45. g3 $16) 39. Rc5 Rc6 (39... a6 40. a3 (
40. Bxd5 b6 41. Rc6 Rxc6 42. Bxc6 Bxa2 $11) 40... b6 41. Rc3 h6 42. h4 Rg7 43.
Bc2 Re7 (43... g5 44. fxg5+ hxg5 45. Bxf5 Bxf5 46. Rf3 gxh4 47. Rfxf5+ Kg6 48.
Rxd5 $18) 44. Bd3 a5 45. Bc2 $16) 40. Bxd5 Rb6 (40... Bxd5 41. Rexd5 Rb6 42.
Rc2 Re4 43. Kf3 Rbe6 44. Rd7 Re3+ 45. Kf2 R3e4 46. g3 Re7 47. Rxe7 Rxe7 48. Re2
(48. d5 Re4 49. Rd2 Ke7 $44) 48... Rc7 49. Ke3 Ke6 50. Kd3+ Kd6 $16) (40...
Rxc5 41. dxc5 Bxd5 42. Rxd5 Re4 43. Kf3 Rc4 44. Rd7 Rxc5 45. Rxb7 Ra5 46. a3 h6
$16) 41. b3 Bxd5 42. Rxe7 $6 $14 (42. Rcxd5 $16) 42... Kxe7 43. Rxd5 Ra6 (43...
Ke6 44. Ra5 a6 45. Ke3 Kd7 46. Rd5+ Kc6 47. Rc5+ Kd7 48. Kd3 $14) 44. a4 Rc6 (
44... Rb6 45. Rb5 Rxb5 46. axb5 Kd6 47. Ke3 Kc7 48. d5 Kb6 49. d6 $18) (44...
Ke6 45. Rb5 Rd6 (45... b6 46. Ke3 $18 {[%csl Ra6]}) 46. Rxb7 Rxd4 47. Ke3 Re4+
48. Kd3 Rxf4 49. Rxa7 Rf2 50. Rxh7 Rxg2 51. b4 $18) 45. Rb5 (45. Rc5 $4 Rxc5 (
45... Rd6 $4 46. Rc7+ $18 (46. Ke3 Kd7 $16)) 46. dxc5 Ke6 47. Ke3 Kd5 48. c6 (
48. b4 Kc4 $19) 48... bxc6 49. Kd3 a5 50. Kc3 Kc5 51. b4+ axb4+ 52. Kb3 Kd4 53.
Kxb4 c5+ 54. Kb3 Kd3 55. Kb2 (55. a5 c4+ 56. Ka2 c3 57. a6 c2 58. a7 c1=Q 59.
a8=Q Qxf4 $17) 55... Kc4 56. Ka3 Kd3 $11) 45... b6 (45... Rc7 46. Ke3 Kd6 $14)
46. a5 Rc2+ $6 $14 (46... Kd6 47. axb6 axb6 48. Ke3 Rc2 49. Rxb6+ Kc7 50. Re6
Rxg2 51. Re7+ Kc6 52. Rxh7 Rb2 53. Kd3 Rxb3+ 54. Kc4 Ra3 $44) 47. Kg3 bxa5 (
47... Rc3+ 48. Kh4 (48. Kf2 Rc2+) 48... Rc2 49. axb6 axb6 50. Kh3 Rc6 51. g4
fxg4+ (51... Rd6 52. Re5+ Kf6 53. g5+ Kf7 54. d5 b5 55. Kg3 Ra6 56. Kf3 Ra3 57.
d6 Rxb3+ 58. Ke2 Rb2+ 59. Ke3 Ra2 60. Re7+ Kf8 61. Rxh7 $18) 52. Kxg4 Rd6 53.
Re5+ Kf6 54. d5 b5 55. Kf3 Ra6 56. Ke4 Ra2 57. d6 Rxh2 58. Rd5 Re2+ 59. Kd4 Ke6
60. Kd3 $1 Re1 61. Kd2 $1 $18) 48. Rxa5 Rc3+ $4 $18 (48... Rc7 $1 $14 49. Kh4
h6 50. Ra6 Kf7 51. g3 Rd7 52. b4 Rxd4 53. Rxa7+ Ke6 54. Ra6+ Kf7 55. b5 g5+ 56.
Kh5 gxf4 57. gxf4 Rxf4 58. Rxh6 Rb4 59. b6 Kg7 60. Rc6 Rb2 (60... f4 61. Kg4
Kf7 62. Kf3 (62. h4 f3+ 63. Kxf3 Rxh4 $11) 62... Ke7 63. h4 Kd7 64. Rh6 $18)
61. h4 Rg2 62. Rc8 (62. Rc7+ Kf6 63. b7 Rb2 $11) 62... Rb2 63. Rc7+ Kf6 64. b7
Rb4 65. Rh7 Rb1 $11) 49. Kh4 Rxb3 (49... Rc7 50. Kg5 Ke6 51. g3 (51. Kh6 Rc2
52. Kxh7 Rxg2 53. Kg7 g5 54. Re5+ Kd6 55. fxg5 Rxg5+ 56. Kf6 Rh5 57. Re2 f4 $11
) 51... Rc2 52. h3 Rc3 53. g4 Rxb3 54. gxf5+ gxf5 55. d5+ Kd6 56. h4 Rb7 57.
Kxf5 $16) 50. Rxa7+ Kf6 51. Rxh7 Rb2 (51... Rd3 52. Ra7 Rxd4 53. Ra6+ Kf7 54.
Kg5 Rd2 55. g3 Rxh2 56. Rf6+ Ke7 57. Rxg6 $18) 52. Kh3 $4 $11 (52. d5 Rxg2 53.
h3 Rd2 54. Rd7 Rd3 55. Rd6+ Kg7 $11) (52. Kg3 $1 Rb3+ 53. Kf2 Rb2+ 54. Kf3 Rb3+
55. Ke2 Rb2+ 56. Kd3 Rxg2 57. d5 $1 Ra2 (57... Rg1 58. Kc4 $18) 58. Kd4 Ra4+
59. Kc5 Rxf4 60. d6 Rf1 61. d7 Rd1 62. Kc6 Rc1+ (62... Ke6 63. Kc7 g5 64. d8=Q
Rxd8 65. Kxd8 g4 66. Rh6+ Ke5 67. Ke7 f4 68. Rg6 Kf5 (68... f3 69. Rf6 Ke4 70.
Ke6 Ke3 71. Kf5 $18) 69. Kf7 f3 70. Kg7 Kf4 71. Kh6 $1 $18) 63. Kd6 Rd1+ 64.
Kc7 Rc1+ 65. Kd8 Re1 (65... f4 66. Re7 f3 67. Ke8 Rd1 68. Rf7+ Kg5 69. d8=Q+
Rxd8+ 70. Kxd8 Kg4 71. Ke7 $18) 66. Rh8 f4 67. Kc7 $18) 52... Rd2 $4 $18 (52...
Rb4 53. Rd7 Ke6 54. Rd8 Ke7 55. Rd5 Ke6 56. Re5+ Kf7 57. Kg3 (57. d5 Rxf4 $44)
57... Rxd4 $11) 53. Rd7 Ke6 54. Rd8 Ke7 55. Rd5 Kf7 (55... Ke6 56. Re5+ Kf6 (
56... Kd6 57. d5 Rd4 58. g3 Rd2 59. Re6+ $18) 57. d5 Rd3+ 58. g3 Rd2 59. Re6+
Kf7 60. Rd6 $18) 56. Rd6 Kg7 57. d5 Kf7 58. g3 Kg7 59. Rd8 Kf6 60. d6 Kf7 61.
d7 Ke7 62. Rg8 Kxd7 63. Rxg6 Ke7 64. Kh4 Rxh2+ 65. Kg5 Kf7 66. Rf6+ Kg7 67.
Rxf5 Rh6 68. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "GER-GRE"]
[Site "Fuerth"]
[Date "2002.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.08.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 {This move is not strongest.} ({The
mainline is} 11. Nb3 {-see detailed commented game 1-0 Rahman,Z-Prakash,G/
Guntur, AP 2000/CBM 77[Tsesarsky,I] (44)}) 11... dxc4 12. Bxf6 (12. Be3 Nb6 13.
Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd7 15. Qb3 Bc6 16. Ne2 Bd5 $15 {0-1 Benitah,Y-Payen,A/
Enghien les Bains 1995/EXT 97 (35)}) (12. Bh4 {-see commented game 1/2-1/2
Kramnik,V-Ivanchuk,V/Luzern 1993/CBM 38[Ftachnik,L] (19)}) 12... Nxf6 13. Nxc4
Qc7 (13... Qd8 14. Rfd1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Ne3 Qc7 17. Rac1 Bd7 $14 {
1-0 Nikolajevs,D-Kukovec,B/Tallinn 1997/EXT 98 (17)}) 14. Rac1 (14. Qb3 Bxc3
15. bxc3 b6 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. a4 $132 {1-0 Gregor,J-Suran,J/CZE
1998/EXT 99 (49)}) 14... Bxc3 15. Qxc3 (15. bxc3 Bd7 16. Ne5 $11) 15... Bd7 16.
Ne5 Qb6 17. Bf3 {Isolated Pd4 is potential weakness. 2 pairs of pieces have
already disappeared from the board, and thi factor is in Black's favour. On
the other hand, white Bf3 and Ne5 are active, and pressure on c-file makes
position of White good.} Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Be8 19. b3 Nd5 20. Qc5 Qd6 21. h3 ({
After} 21. Qxd6 Rxd6 22. Nc4 Rdd8 23. Ne3 {position is equal.} Bc6 24. Bxd5
Bxd5 25. Rc7 Bc6 26. Kf1 Rac8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. d5 $11) 21... Qf8 $5 {[%cal
Gb7b6]} 22. Bxd5 {Basicly, White should avoid any pieces exchange, unless
forcing variation.} (22. Re1 b6 23. Qc2 Qb4 24. Qe2 Bb5 25. Qe4 Nf6 26. Qb7 {
[%csl Rf7]} Nd7 27. Red1 $132) 22... Rxd5 23. Qc7 Qb4 24. Rc4 Qb6 {Black put
pressure on isolated Pd4. White need counterplay on c-file. Position is still
equal, but...} 25. Qe7 $6 ({Stronger is} 25. Rdc1 $1 Kf8 $1 $11 {White can't
increase pressure.} ({Not} 25... Qxc7 $2 26. Rxc7 Rxd4 (26... f6 27. Nd3 Rxd4
28. Nc5 {[%csl Rb7,Re6]} e5 29. Rxb7 Rd2 30. Ne6 $16) 27. Rxb7 f6 28. Nf3 Rd7
29. Rxd7 Bxd7 30. Rc7 $16)) 25... Qd8 26. Qxd8 $2 $17 {Very bad.} ({The only
way to equality was} 26. Qc7 $1 f6 27. Nf3 Bh5 28. g4 $1 Bg6 29. Qxb7 Rd7 (
29... e5 30. Rc7 Kh8 31. Rxg7 $18) 30. Qa6 (30. Qc6 Rd6 31. Qc7 Be4 $44) 30...
e5 31. Rdc1 Bd3 32. dxe5 Bxc4 33. Qxc4+ Kh8 34. Kg2 $44) 26... Raxd8 27. Rdc1 (
27. Nf3 Bc6 28. Rd2 f6 $17) ({Now impossible to play} 27. Rc7 {in view of} Rxe5
$1 $19) 27... f6 28. Ng4 $6 ({More stubborn is} 28. Nf3 Bc6 29. Kh2 Ra5 {
[%csl Ra2,Rf3]} 30. R1c2 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Rad5 32. Rc7 R8d7 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. Kg3
Kf7 $17 {Of course, Black has advantage, but it is less than an advantage in
the game. B+R+P against R+N are much more powerful.}) 28... Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4
30. Rc2 Kf7 31. Ne3 Bc6 32. Nc4 $17 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arkhipov, Sergey G"]
[Black "Erendzhenov, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Elista Uralan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Qc2 $6 (13. Qb3
$5 Nd7 (13... Bd7 14. Bf3 Be8 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. a3 $5 $14 (16. e4 b5 17. Ne3
Qb6 18. e5 Nd7 19. Ne4 (19. Bg4 Nf8 20. Ne2 Ng6 21. Bh3 c5 22. d5 c4 23. Qc3
Bc5 $2 (23... b4 $1 24. Qe1 Ba4 (24... Nxe5 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Nf4 Bf7 $15) 25.
d6 (25. Nxc4 Rxc4 26. Rxc4 Bxd1 27. Qxd1 Nxe5 28. Rc2 Rxd5 $19) (25. Rd4 Nxe5
26. dxe6 Rxd4 (26... fxe6 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Nf4 Bd7 29. Rd1 Bg5 30. Ned5 (30.
Nxe6 Bxe3 31. Qxe3 Qxe3 32. fxe3 c3 33. bxc3 bxc3 34. Nd4 Bxh3 35. gxh3 a5 $17)
30... exd5 31. Qxe5 Bxh3 (31... Bxf4 32. Qxd5+ Kh8 33. Bxd7 Rd8 34. g3 c3 35.
gxf4 c2 36. Re1 Qc7 37. Qd2 $18) 32. Qxd5+ Kh8 33. Qxg5 Be6 34. Qe7 (34. Nxe6
Qxe6 35. Rd8+ Rxd8 36. Qxd8+ Qg8 37. Qc7 (37. Qxg8+ Kxg8 38. Kf1 Kf7 39. Ke2
Ke6 40. Ke3 Kd5 $17) 37... h6 38. Qxa7 Qc8 39. Qa4 c3 40. bxc3 bxc3 41. Qc2 Qb7
(41... Kg8 42. a4 Qc5 43. Kf1 Kf7 44. Ke2 Qd4 45. a5 Qe5+ 46. Kd3 Qxa5 47. Qxc3
Qd5+ $11) 42. Qd1 Qe4 43. f3 Qf5 44. Kf1 c2 45. Qc1 Qd3+ 46. Ke1 Kg8 47. a4 Kf7
48. a5 Qc3+ (48... Ke6 49. a6) 49. Ke2 Qxa5 50. Qxc2 Qe5+ $11) 34... Bg8 35.
Rd7 Qf6 36. Qxf6 gxf6 37. f3 c3 38. bxc3 bxc3 39. Nd3 c2 (39... Bxa2 40. Rxa7
$11) 40. Nc1 a5 41. Kf2 $15) 27. Nxd4 f6 28. Nd5 Qd8 29. Nf5 Bc5 30. Nxb4 Rb8
31. a3 a5 $15) 25... Bg5 26. Nxc4 Qa6 27. b3 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 Bb5 29. Qxb4 Bxc4
30. Rxc4 Nxe5 $19) 24. a3 (24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. b4 Bxe3 27. Qxe3
Qxe3 28. Bxe6+ Bf7 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. fxe3 Nxe5 31. Nc3 a6 32. a4 $15) 24...
Rb8 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. b4 Be7 27. f4 $132 {1-0 Cramling,P-Soppe,G/Buenos Aires
ARG-WORLD 1994 (36)}) 19... c5 20. Qc3 Qb8 $15)) (13... Nd5 14. Ne4 (14. Bf3
Bd7 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. e4 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Be8 18. g3 Bg5 19. Rc2 g6 $132 {Hounie
Fleurquin,C-Bolbochan,J/Mar del Plata 1934/0-1 (107)}) 14... Bd7 15. Bf3 a5 16.
a3 Be8 17. Rfd1 Qb8 18. Rd2 Ra7 19. Ne5 f6 20. Nd3 Bf7 21. Qd1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Maduekwe,C-Ng Ek Teong/Manila olm 1992 (37)}) 14. Bf3 b6 15. Nb5 cxb5 16. Ne5
Nc5 17. Bxa8 Qxe5 18. dxe5 Nxb3 19. axb3 $18 {1-0 Shneider,A-Laine,P/Jyvaskyla
op 1993 (40)}) (13. a3 Nd5 14. b4 Bd7 15. Qb3 Be8 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Bf3 Qb8 18.
Ne4 $14 {Van Wely,L-Hansen,L/Wijk aan Zee swiss 1995/1/2-1/2 (60)} (18. e4 Nxc3
19. Qxc3 b6 20. e5 Rc7 21. Rb1 Qc8 22. Be4 f5 23. Bc2 {1/2-1/2 Bronstein,
L-Soppe,G/La Carlota Clarin op 1995})) (13. Bf3 Nd5 14. Ne4 Bd7 15. a3 Be8 16.
b4 Nb6 17. Ned2 {1/2-1/2 Barsov,A-Panchenko,A/Tashkent Agzamov mem 1986}) (13.
Ne5 Bd7 14. Bf3 Be8 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. a3 Rac8 17. g3 Qb8 18. Nd3 b6 19. b4 Qb7
20. Qb3 Ra8 21. Nd2 a5 22. Rc2 axb4 23. axb4 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Flear,G/Gausdal
AC 1987}) 13... Bd7 (13... Nd5 14. Rfd1 (14. Ne4 Bd7 15. a3 Rac8 16. b4 Be8 17.
Qb3 f6 18. Nc5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ionov,S-Wul,A/Moscow op 1990 (34)}) 14... Bd7 15.
Ne4 Be8 16. a3 Rac8 17. b4 Qb8 18. Qb2 $14 {Rufer,M-Sielaff,M/RLNS 1989/1-0 
(62)}) 14. a3 (14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 c5 16. dxc5 Bc6 (16... Bxc5 17. Ne5 Qb6
18. Bf3 Rab8 19. Rfd1 Be8 20. Nc4 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Qc7 22. Bc2 g6 $132) 17. Qe5
Qxe5 18. Nxe5 Rd2 $132 {Kasparov,G-Rodriguez,R/Moscow izt 1982/1-0 (58)}) (14.
Ne5 Be8 15. f4 c5 16. Nd1 Qa5 17. dxc5 Rd2 18. Qc4 Rc8 19. b4 Qxa2 20. Qxa2
Rxa2 21. Nc3 Rb2 $132 {Engel,J-Vidmar,M/Bad Sliac 1932/0-1 (61)}) (14. Bf3 c5
$1 (14... Rac8 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Nd3 a5 17. Rfd1 Nd5 18. Na4 Bd6 19. g3 Nb4 20.
Qb3 Rb8 21. a3 Nxd3 22. Rxd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ukhanov,A-Malevinsky,A/RUS-sf
Yaroslavl 1995 (30)}) 15. d5 (15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Ne4 Be7 $11) 15... Rac8 $11)
14... c5 $1 $11 (14... Be8 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. b4 $14 (16. e4 b5 17. Ne3 c5 18.
e5 (18. d5 b4 19. Nb1 (19. Na2 Qe5 20. Bf3 Bd6 21. g3 exd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23.
Rxd5 Qe6 24. axb4 cxb4 25. Qd3 Rxc1+ 26. Nxc1 Bc6 $15) 19... Bd6 20. g3 bxa3
21. Nxa3 $14) 18... cxd4 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Ncd5 Qb8 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Qe4 dxe3
23. Qxe3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qe5 $15 {0-1 Petersen,S-Hansen,L/Open, Koge DEN 1997 
(42)})) 15. dxc5 Qxc5 (15... Bxc5 16. b4 Bf8 17. Rfd1 (17. Qb2 Rac8 18. Na5 Qb8
19. Bf3 b6 $11) 17... Rac8 $132) 16. b4 Qc7 17. Qb2 (17. Rfd1 Rac8 $11) 17...
Rac8 18. Na5 Qb8 19. Rfd1 (19. Bf3 b6 $11) 19... b6 20. Nb3 Bc6 (20... Bd6 21.
g3 Bc6 $11) 21. Ba6 Rxd1+ (21... Ng4 22. g3 Bb7 23. Be2 Ne5 24. Nd4 $11) 22.
Nxd1 Bb7 (22... Rd8 23. Nd4 Ba8 24. Qe2 $11) 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25.
Nc3 (25. Nd4 Qd7 $11) 25... Qd7 26. Qd2 Kf8 (26... Bd6 $11) (26... Qxd2 27.
Nxd2 a6 28. Nc4 b5 29. Ne5 Bd6 30. Nd3 $11) 27. Qe2 Bd6 28. g3 Be5 29. Nb5 Qd5
(29... a6 30. N5d4 Qa4 31. Qb2 Nd5 $11) 30. N5d4 (30. N3d4 Bxd4 (30... a6 31.
Nc3 Qd7 32. Qxa6 Bxd4 33. exd4 Qxd4 34. Qc8+ Ke7 35. Qc7+ Nd7 36. h4 $132) 31.
Nxd4 a5 $11 (31... e5 $11)) 30... Bxd4 31. Nxd4 e5 (31... a5 $11) 32. Nb5 Qc6 (
32... Qd7 $11) (32... a5 33. bxa5 bxa5 34. a4 Ke7 $11 (34... Qb3 35. Qd2 Qb4
36. Qd6+ Qxd6 37. Nxd6 Nd7 38. Nc4 f6 39. Nxa5 Nc5 $11)) 33. Qd3 a6 (33... Qc1+
34. Kg2 Qc6+ 35. f3 a6 36. Nc3 b5 $11) 34. Nc3 b5 35. Qd8+ Ne8 36. Nd5 Qd6 $8
37. Qa8 f6 (37... f5 $11) 38. e4 Kf7 $6 $14 (38... g6 39. f3 f5 40. Kf2 fxe4
41. fxe4 Kf7 42. Qb7+ Kg8 43. Ke3 h6 44. h4 Kf8 45. Qh7 h5 46. Qa7 Kg8 $11) 39.
Qb7+ Kf8 40. Kg2 Qe6 (40... h5 41. h4 Kg8 42. f3 Kf8 43. Kf2 Kg8 44. Ke3 Kf8
45. f4 $14) 41. Nb6 (41. h4 $5 $14) 41... h5 $2 $16 (41... Nd6 42. Qxa6 Nxe4
43. Qxb5 Qa2 44. Qf1 (44. Kf3 Ng5+ 45. Kg2 Ne4) 44... Qxa3 45. Qc4 $14) 42.
Nd7+ Kg8 43. Nc5 Qf7 (43... Qc4 44. Qxa6 $16) 44. Qxa6 Nc7 $8 45. Qc8+ (45. Qd6
$16) 45... Kh7 46. Qb7 (46. h4 $16) 46... h4 47. Qc8 (47. gxh4 Kh6 48. Kg3 Qg6+
49. Kf3 Qh5+ 50. Ke3 Qd1 51. Qc8 (51. Qxc7 $2 Qe1+ 52. Kf3 Qd1+ 53. Kg2 Qg4+
$11) 51... Qe1+ 52. Kf3 Qd1+ 53. Kg2 Ne8 54. h3 $18) 47... hxg3 48. hxg3 Qe7
49. Kf3 Qd6 50. Qd7 (50. Kg4 Kg6 51. Qd7 $16) 50... Qxd7 51. Nxd7 Ne6 (51...
Ne8 52. Nb6 Nd6 53. a4 bxa4 54. Nxa4 $16) 52. Ke3 Kg6 53. f4 exf4+ 54. gxf4 Kf7
55. f5 Ng5 56. Nb6 $18 Ke8 57. Nc8 Nf7 58. Nb6 (58. Kd4 $18) 58... Ke7 59. Kd4
Kd6 60. a4 bxa4 61. Nxa4 Ne5 62. Nc3 g6 (62... Nc6+ 63. Kc4 Ne5+ 64. Kb5 Nd3
65. Na4 $18) 63. fxg6 Nxg6 64. Nd5 Ne5 65. b5 $4 $11 (65. Nxf6 $1 Nc6+ 66. Kc3
(66. Kc4 Ke5 (66... Ne5+ 67. Kb5 $18) 67. b5 (67. Kc5 Nxb4 68. Kxb4 Kxf6 $11)
67... Nd8 68. Nd7+ Kxe4 69. b6 $18) 66... Ke5 67. b5 Nb8 68. Kc4 Kxf6 69. Kd5
Ke7 $11) 65... Nd7 $4 $18 (65... Nf3+ 66. Ke3 (66. Kc4 Ne5+ 67. Kd4 (67. Kb4 f5
$11) 67... Nf3+) 66... Ne5 67. Kf4 Nc4 68. Kf5 Nd2 69. b6 Kc6 $11) 66. Nxf6 Nf8
(66... Nxf6 67. e5+ $18) 67. e5+ Kc7 68. Nd5+ Kd7 69. Nf4 Nh7 70. Kc5 Ng5 71.
e6+ Kc7 72. Nd5+ Kb7 73. e7 Ne4+ 74. Kd4 Nd6 75. Ke5 Ne8 76. Ke6 Kc8 77. b6 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ulko, Jaroslav"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 Ne4 9. O-O Nxg5 10. Nxg5 Nf6 11. f4 (11. Qc2 h6 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Rae1 (13.
h3 Qc7 14. a3 O-O 15. b4 Qe7 16. Qb3 Ne4 17. b5 Re8 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Qc2 Bf5
20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Ne5 c5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Cvitan,O-Raicevic,V/Val Thorens 1984 (28)
}) 13... O-O (13... Qc7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4+ Kf8 17. Rfe1 {
1-0 Naivelt,M-Arakelian,A/cr Tch10-URS 1994 (17)} Be6 $14) 14. Ne5 Be6 15. f4
Rae8 16. h3 Bc8 17. g4 Bb4 18. g5 Ne4 19. gxh6 g6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Kh2 $16 {
0-1 Janowsky,D-Jaffe,C/New York 1916 (45)}) (11. Re1 Be7 (11... h6 12. Nf3 Bb4
13. Qc2 O-O 14. a3 Bd6 15. Ne5 Be6 16. f4 Rfc8 17. h3 c5 18. Qf2 Qd8 $132 {
1-0 Gofshtein,L-Godena,M/Genoa 1998 (29)}) 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Rac1 Rd8 14. a3 Bc8
15. h3 Qc7 16. Na4 Bd6 17. Nc5 h6 18. Nf3 O-O 19. b4 Qe7 $132 {0-1 Trifunovic,
P-Bogoljubov,E/Birmingham 1951 (42)}) (11. h3 Bd6 (11... h6 12. Nf3 Bb4 13. Qc2
O-O 14. a3 Bd6 15. b4 Qc7 16. Rfc1 Qe7 17. Na4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 Bf5
$11 {0-1 Stojanovski,I-Popov,V/Macedonia ch 1993 (34)}) 12. f4 Qc7 (12... O-O
13. Qc2 g6 14. Rae1 Bd7 15. a3 c5 16. Qf2 Kg7 17. e4 c4 18. e5 Ng8 (18... cxd3
19. exf6+ Kg8 20. Nxh7 $16) 19. f5 $16 {1-0 Avshalumov,A-Anastasian,A/
Sevastopol 1986 (35)} (19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. exd6 $16)) 13. Qc2 h6 14. Nf3 Be6 15.
Ne5 Qe7 16. a3 O-O 17. Rae1 c5 18. g4 a6 19. Qg2 Rad8 20. Kh1 Bb8 21. g5 hxg5
22. Qxg5 Qd6 23. Rg1 $18 {1-0 Salov,V-Raicevic,V/Moskva 1986 (25)}) (11. e4
dxe4 (11... h6 12. Nf3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Be6 15. Re1 Be7 16. Bc2 Qc7
17. Bb3 $11 (17. Rxe6 fxe6 18. Bg6+ Kd8 19. Qb3 $15 {0-1 Mikenas,V-Apscheneek,
F/Kemeri 1937 (71)})) 12. Ngxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Be6 14. Qf3 Bd6 15. Rad1 O-O 16.
d5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 f5 18. Bc2 Rad8 19. Bb3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nemet,I-Gereben,E/Lenk
ch 1987 (22)}) 11... h6 (11... Be7 12. Qe1 h6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. a3 Qd8 (14... Re8
{[%cal Ge8e3]} 15. Ne5 c5 $2 16. Nxd5 $1 $16) 15. Ne5 c5 16. Rd1 cxd4 17. exd4
Bd7 18. Bb1 Rc8 19. Qe3 Re8 20. Qd3 Bc6 21. Qf5 Bf8 22. Ng4 Kh8 23. Ne5 (23.
Nxf6 $1 g6 24. Qxc8 $1 Qxc8 25. Nxe8 Qxe8 26. f5 $14) 23... Kg8 24. Rf3 g6 25.
Rg3 Bg7 26. Nxg6 fxg6 27. Qxg6 Qe7 28. Bf5 Rc7 29. Qxh6 Ng4 $3 (29... Qe3+ 30.
Rxe3 Bxh6 31. Rxe8+ Nxe8 32. Be6+ Kh8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Najdorf,M-Horowitz,I/Havana
1952 (38)}) 30. Be6+ (30. Qe6+ Qxe6 31. Bxe6+ Rxe6 32. Rxg4 $17) (30. Rxg4 Qe3+
31. Kf1 Bb5+ $19) 30... Qxe6 31. Qxe6+ Rxe6 32. Rxg4 $17) (11... Bb4 12. Qc2 h6
13. Nf3 O-O 14. h3 c5 15. Ne2 c4 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Qa6 $17 {1/2-1/2
Ambarcumjan,A-Nemec,T/Cappelle la Grande 1991 (31)}) 12. Nf3 Bg4 {Otherwise
White will play Ne5 and Bc8 will not have convenient place.} (12... Bd6 13. Ne5
{[%csl Rc8]}) 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bd6 15. a3 {White waiting for 0-0} (15. Rae1
$5) 15... Qc7 16. Rae1 O-O {It is impossible to wait with 0-0.} 17. g4 $1 {
White immediately start K attack} g6 (17... Rfe8 18. g5 $36) 18. Qg2 $1 (18. g5
$6 hxg5 19. fxg5 Nh5 $132) (18. Re2 $5 {[%cal Ge2g2,Gg4g5]} Rae8) 18... Rae8
19. g5 hxg5 20. Qxg5 $1 Qe7 $2 $14 {Bad move.} (20... Nh5 $1 {And it is not
easy to continue White Attack} 21. Re2 (21. Rf3 Nxf4) 21... Qd7 22. Rf3 Be7 23.
Qg4 Nf6 24. Qg2 Kh8 25. f5 g5 $11 {[%cal Gf8g8]}) 21. f5 Nh7 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23.
e4 $1 Bg3 $6 $16 (23... Rfe8 $1 24. fxg6 (24. e5 gxf5 25. Rxf5 Bc7 (25... f6
26. Ne4 Bxe5 (26... dxe4 27. exd6 Rd7 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Bxe4 Rxd6 30. d5 $11)
27. dxe5 dxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe5 29. Rg4+ Kh8 30. Rh4 Rxf5 31. Bxf5 Re7 32. Kf2 $44)
26. Kf2 Bb6 27. Rf4 f6 28. Bg6 Ng5 29. Re3 Rf8 $132) (24. f6 Re6 25. e5 Bc7 26.
Bxg6 Bb6 27. Rf4 (27. Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Rf4 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Na4 Rg5+ 31.
Kf2 Bc7 $17) 27... Ng5 28. Bf5 Rxe5 29. Rd1 $132) 24... fxg6 25. e5 Bc7 26. Ne2
$14) 24. Re2 dxe4 25. Nxe4 (25. Bxe4 Bh4 (25... Rfe8 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Rg2 $16)
(25... g5 26. Bxc6 $1 Rxe2 27. Nxe2 bxc6 28. Nxg3 Rd8 29. Ne2 Nf6 30. Rc1 Rd6
31. Kf2 $16) 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Bxg6 Rg7 28. Rg2 $14) 25... Bh4 26. Rf4 g5 27.
Rxh4 $1 {I think, this move was missed by Black} gxh4 28. Nf6+ Nxf6 29. Rxe7
Rd8 (29... b5 $5 {[%csl Rc4,Rf7][%cal Gd3c4]} 30. Rxa7 Rd8 31. Bf1 Rxd4 32. Ra6
$16) 30. Bc4 Rxd4 31. Bxf7+ Kg7 (31... Kf8 32. Rxb7 Rd7 33. Rxd7 Nxd7 34. Be6
$16) 32. Rxb7 Kh6 $2 $18 (32... Rd7 33. Rxd7 Nxd7 34. Be6 $16) 33. b4 (33. Rxa7
Kg5 34. Be6 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Kf4 36. Ke2 Rh1 37. Ra4+ Kg3 38. Rc4 Rh2+ 39. Ke3 Rxb2
40. Rxc6 Kxh3 41. Kf3 Rg2 42. a4 Rg3+ 43. Kf4 Ra3 (43... Nh5+ 44. Ke5 Re3+ 45.
Kd4 Ra3 46. f6+ $18) 44. Rc4 $18) 33... Kg5 34. Be6 Kf4 35. Rxa7 Rd1+ 36. Kg2
Ne4 37. Rd7 Rc1 38. Rd3 Rc2+ 39. Kf1 Ng3+ (39... c5 40. bxc5 Nxc5 41. Rd4+ Kg3
42. Rg4+ Kxh3 43. Rc4 Rxc4 44. Bxc4 Ne4 45. a4 Nd2+ 46. Ke2 Nxc4 47. f6 $18)
40. Ke1 Rh2 41. Bd7 Rh1+ (41... Nxf5 42. Bxc6 (42. Bxf5 Kxf5 43. a4 Ke4 44. Ra3
Rh1+ 45. Kf2 Rb1 46. a5 Rxb4 47. a6 Rb2+ 48. Ke1 Rb8 49. a7 Ra8 50. Kd2 Kd4 51.
Ra4+ Kc5 $11) 42... Ne3 43. Rd4+ Kg3 44. Re4 $18) 42. Kd2 Rxh3 43. Bxc6 Rh2+
44. Kc3 Nxf5 45. b5 Re2 (45... Ra2 46. Kb4 Ke5 47. a4 Nd4 48. a5 Rb2+ (48...
Nxc6+ 49. bxc6 Rc2 50. Kb5 $18) 49. Kc5 Rc2+ 50. Kb6 $18) 46. a4 Ke5 47. b6 Nd6
48. b7 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-B 3rd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2001.05.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2001.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 ({mainline is} 9... O-O 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 exd4
13. exd4 N7b6 {-see commented game 0-1 Vshivkov,K-Kozlov,O/Perm 1997/CBM 58 
[Tsesarsky,I](40)}) 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Bd3 e5 12. a3 $2 $17 {This move is mistake,
Black leaves with advantage.} ({Right continuation is} 12. O-O $1 Re8 (12...
exd4 13. exd4 Re8 14. Bb1 Nf8 15. Ne5 (15. Bg3 Be6 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. Ne4 Bf5 18.
Nf6+ Nxf6 19. Qxf5 Qxf5 20. Bxf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lerner,K-Rabiega,R/Bad
Woerishofen 1997/EXT 2000 (22)}) 15... Be6 16. Qd3 (16. Rfe1 c5 17. Nc4 Qa6 18.
Ne3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bxa2 20. Bxa2 Qxa2 21. d5 Qc4 $17 {0-1 Oll,L-Smagin,S/
Copenhagen 1993/EXT 99 (44)}) 16... Nf4 17. Qf3 N4g6 18. Bg3 $132 {1/2-1/2
Uhlmann,W-Smagin,S/Dortmund 1991/CBM 23 (44)}) 13. Qc2 (13. e4 Nxc3 (13... Nf4
{-see commented game 0-1 Alekhine,A-Bogoljubow,E/GER/NLD 1929/MainBase
[Chessbase] (34)}) 14. bxc3 Ba3 15. Rb1 exd4 16. cxd4 Qxd2 17. Nxd2 Nb6 18. Nb3
(18. f4 c5 19. Bb5 Re6 20. d5 $16 {1-0 Aubel,J-De Graaff,R/NED 2000/CBM 74 ext
(43)}) 18... Be7 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Nc5 Rb8 21. Rfc1 Nd7 22. Nb3 Nb6 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Ulko,J-Shabanov,Y/Moscow 1999/EXT 2001 (44)}) 13... exd4 14. exd4 (14.
Nxd5 Qxd5 15. exd4 Nb6 16. Bg3 Qxa2 $17 {1-0 Shirov,A-Piket,J/Aruba 1995/CBM
46 (41)}) 14... N7b6 (14... Nf8 15. Bg3 Be6 16. Ne5 Be7 17. a3 Qd8 18. Ne4 $132
{0-1 Malinin,Y-Shabanov,Y/Tula 1998/EXT 2000 (35)}) 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Bh7+ Kh8
17. Bf5 Kg8 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Bf5 Rg8 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Ivanchuk,V/Monte Carlo
1993/CBM 34 ext (19)}) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 exd4 $1 {Precisely!} (13... Qxa3
$143 $2 14. O-O $44 (14. Nxe5 $6 $15 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Re8 16. Bg3 (16. f4 $5)
16... Be6 17. O-O Rad8 18. Qc2 (18. Rfd1 $17) 18... Nxc3 $19 {0-1 Bogoljubow,
E-Alekhine,A/GER/NLD 1929/MainBase (56)})) (13... Re8 $143 $2 14. c4 Qxd2+ 15.
Nxd2 Ne7 (15... Nc7 16. O-O Ne6 17. Rfe1 b6 18. Bf5 exd4 19. exd4 Bb7 20. Ne4
Ndf8 21. Rcd1 $14 {0-1 Beliavsky,A-Oll,L/NLD-chT9495 1994/EXT 98 (44)}) (15...
N5f6 16. O-O g5 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. Ne4 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Re7 20. d5 $16 {1-0 Lerner,
K-Simic,D/Graz 1999/EXT 2001 (27)}) 16. O-O exd4 17. exd4 Nf8 18. Rfe1 Bf5 19.
Bf1 (19. Rxe7 Bxd3 20. Rxb7 Ne6 21. Nf3 Nf4 22. Kh1 Ne2 $132) 19... Neg6 20.
Bg3 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Rd8 22. Nb3 $132 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Oll,L/Polanica Zdroj
1996/CBM 55 (28)}) 14. cxd4 (14. exd4 Re8+ $17) 14... Qxa3 15. O-O Re8 16. e4 (
{Also leads to Black advantage} 16. Bb1 Qb4 (16... N5b6 17. e4 Nf8 18. d5 cxd5
19. exd5 Bd7 $15 {0-1 Frosch,E-Rabiega,R/Graz 1997/EXT 2000 (58)}) 17. Qd3 Nf8
18. Bg3 (18. Ne5 Rxe5 19. Rc4 Bf5 $19 {0-1 Rogers,I-Smagin,S/Prague 1992/CBM
27 (25)}) 18... a5 $17) 16... Nf4 17. Bc2 Ng6 18. Ra1 Qf8 19. Bg3 Nf6 {[%csl
Re4][%cal Gf6e4]} 20. Rfe1 {White hasn't any compensation for P lack - strong
center and pair of BBare not sufficient...} Nh5 $1 21. Ne5 (21. Bc7 Qe7 22. Bb6
Bg4 23. Bc5 Qd7 24. Qe3 (24. Bxa7 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qh3 $19 {[%csl Rg1]}) 24... b6
25. Ba3 Nhf4 $17) 21... Nxg3 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. hxg3 Be6 24. f4 Red8 25. Ra5 Qd6
({Quite good also} 25... b6 26. Ra6 (26. Re5 Qd6 27. Qc3 Bf7 28. Rd1 $17) 26...
Qd6 27. Rd1 Bc4 $17) 26. Re5 Bf7 27. Rd1 b6 28. Qc3 a5 29. Bb3 Ra7 30. Bxf7+
Rxf7 31. d5 Rf6 (31... Qf6 32. Qb3 cxd5 33. exd5 Rd6 $17) (31... Rc7 32. Qe3
Qb4 $17 (32... b5 33. Qb6 a4 34. Rc1 Rcc8 35. Rxc6 Rxc6 36. dxc6 Rc8 37. Qxb5
Qxc6 38. Qxc6 Rxc6 39. Ra5 $11)) 32. Rc1 Rc8 (32... c5 $17) 33. Qb3 Kh7 34.
dxc6 Rxc6 35. Rd1 Qf8 (35... Rc3 $1 36. Qxc3 Qxd1+ 37. Kh2 Rd6 38. Qc8 a4 $19 (
38... Rd2 $2 39. Re8 Qh5+ 40. Kg1 Qc5+ 41. Qxc5 bxc5 42. Ra8 $44)) 36. Red5
Rfd6 37. Kh2 (37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38. Rxd6 Qxd6 39. e5 Qd4+ 40. Kh2 a4 41. Qf7 a3 42.
e6 (42. f5 gxf5 43. Qxf5+ Kg8 44. Qc8+ Kf7 45. Qf5+ Ke7 $19) 42... a2 43. f5
Qg4 $19) 37... Rxd5 38. Rxd5 Qc8 (38... Qf7 39. Qd1 Re6 40. e5 Qf5 41. Qf3 g5
42. Rd4 gxf4 43. gxf4 b5 $17) 39. Rb5 Rc5 $4 $44 {QQ endgame is drawn! See
detailed analysis above.} ({Right continuation was} 39... Qg4 $1 {and Black
wins:} 40. Rxb6 (40. e5 Qh5+ $19) (40. Qd3 a4 41. Qe3 Rd6 42. Re5 Rd1 43. Rb5
g5 $19) 40... Qh5+ 41. Kg1 Rc1+ $19) 40. Rxc5 bxc5 (40... Qxc5 41. e5 b5 (41...
g5 42. e6 Kg6 43. Qd3+ (43. e7 Qxe7 44. Qxb6+ Qf6 45. Qxa5 gxf4 $15) 43... Kf6
44. Qd7 Qe7 45. Qd4+ Kxe6 46. Qxb6+ Qd6 47. f5+ Ke5 48. Qxa5+ Kf6 $11) 42. Qf7
$11 {[%cal Ge5e6,Ge6e7]} Kh8 (42... a4 43. f5 gxf5 44. e6 Qd5 45. Qd7 $18) 43.
Qxg6 (43. e6 Qh5+ 44. Kg1 Qd1+ $11) 43... Qe7 (43... b4 44. Qf7 Kh7 45. e6 $18)
44. Qb6 a4 45. Qxb5 a3 46. Qd5 Qa7 47. e6 a2 48. e7 Qxe7 49. Qxa2 $44) 41. Qc4
Qa8 (41... Qc6 42. e5 a4 43. e6 Qd6 44. Qe4 Qe7 45. Qc6 a3 46. Qa6 c4 47. Qxc4
Qa7 48. Qa2 h5 {This position with Pe5 will be created in this game - see
above.} 49. Kh1 $1 $11) (41... Qc7 42. e5 Qa7 43. e6 a4 44. Qe4 Qe7 45. Qc6 a3
46. Qa6 $11) (41... g5 42. e5 Kg6 (42... gxf4 43. gxf4 h5 (43... Qf5 44. g3 $44
) 44. Kg1 h4 45. e6 $44) 43. Qe4+ Kf7 (43... Qf5 44. Qc6+ Kh5 45. Qxc5 a4 (
45... gxf4 46. Qxa5 fxg3+ 47. Kxg3 g5 48. Kh2 $11) 46. Qb4 gxf4 47. gxf4 Qc2
48. e6 $11) 44. Qd5+ Kf8 45. Qd6+ Kg8 46. e6 Qe8 47. Qd7 Kf8 48. Qd6+ $11) 42.
Qxc5 a4 43. Qc4 a3 44. Qa2 Qa7 (44... g5 45. e5 Qf8 46. fxg5 hxg5 47. Qd5 g4
48. e6 $11) 45. e5 h5 ({After} 45... h5 {White should find the the only} 46.
Kh1 $1 (46. e6 $2 Qe3 (46... Qc5 47. Qd2 $11) 47. Qd5 h4 (47... Qe2 48. Qa5 a2
49. e7 $11) 48. gxh4 Qxf4+ 49. Kh3 (49. g3 Qf2+ 50. Kh3 Qf1+ 51. Kh2 Qe2+ 52.
Kh3 a2 $19) 49... Qe3+ 50. g3 Qe2 $19 51. Qa5 Qxe6+ {[%cal Ge6h3]}) 46... Qe7
$1 (46... Qe3 47. Kh2 h4 48. gxh4 Qxf4+ 49. g3 Qe3 50. Kg2 g5 (50... Qc3 51. e6
Qd3 52. Kh2 Qe3 53. Kh3 g5 54. hxg5 Kg6 55. Qd5 Qe2 56. g4 $1 $11) 51. hxg5 Kg6
52. Qe6+ Kxg5 53. Qe7+ $11) (46... g5 47. f5 (47. fxg5 Kg6 $19) 47... Qe7 (
47... h4 48. Qe6 Qa8 49. Qg6+ Kg8 50. Qe6+ Kh8 51. f6 a2 52. fxg7+ Kxg7 53.
Qf6+ $11) (47... g4 48. Qe6 Qa8 49. Qg6+ Kg8 50. Qe6+ Kh8 51. f6 a2 52. fxg7+
$11) (47... Qa8 48. f6 $11) 48. Qd5 g4 49. Kh2 Qf8 (49... Kh6 50. Qd4 $11) 50.
Qe6 Kh8 51. f6 gxf6 52. exf6 $11) 47. e6 $1 (47. Qd5 Qb4 48. Kh2 Qb1 49. Qf7 a2
50. f5 Qxf5 51. Qxa2 Qxe5 $17) 47... Qd6 (47... g5 48. Qd5 gxf4 49. gxf4 Kh6
50. g3 g6 51. Kg2 $11) (47... Kh6 48. Qd2 g5 49. Qd7 Qf6 50. e7 a2 51. e8=Q
a1=Q+ 52. Kh2 gxf4 53. Qh8+ Kg5 54. Qh3 {[%csl Rh5]} Qd1 55. Qh4+ Kg6 56. Qxf6+
Kxf6 57. Qf8+ $11) 48. Qe2) (45... Qc5 46. e6 h5 47. Qd2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Estonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

{[%mdl 16420]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7.
cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 (10... O-O 11. Bc4 (11. e4 Nxc3 12.
bxc3 Ba3 13. Rb1 e5 14. d5 $2 (14. Bd3 $1 exd4 15. cxd4 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nb6 17.
Rb3 Bd6 18. Bg3 Rd8 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Rc1 (20. Ke3 Be6 21. Ra3 f5 22. exf5 (22.
e5 Rdd8 23. h4 Kf7 $132) 22... Bxf5 $15) 20... Bg4 21. Ne5 Be6 22. Rb4 Rad8 23.
Ke3 f6 24. Nf3 Bxa2 25. Ra1 Bf7 26. Rxa7 c5 27. Rb1 cxd4+ 28. Kd2 $14) 14...
Nc5 15. Qc2 (15. c4 Qa4 16. Be2 Nxe4 $19 {0-1 O'Connell,G-Gillen,A/Ireland
Senior 1992 (39)}) 15... cxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. Nd2 Ba4 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. axb3
Rac8 20. bxa4 Rxc3 21. Qd2 Bc1 $1 $19) (11. Bd3 Re8 (11... e5 12. O-O (12. Nxe5
Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Ba3 15. Rb1 Qxe5 16. O-O $11) 12... Re8 (12... exd4
13. exd4 Re8 14. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Nf8 16. Qe8 Nb6 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Bf5
19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. dxe5 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 $11) 13. Qc2 (13. e4 Nf4 14. Bc4 Ng6 $15)
13... exd4 14. Nxd5 (14. exd4 N7b6 (14... Nf4 $2 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Rfe1 Rxe1+
17. Rxe1 g6 18. Qe4 Nh3+ 19. gxh3 Kxh7 20. Qf4 Kg7 (20... f5 21. Qe3 Kg7 (21...
Nf8 22. Qe8 $18) 22. Qe8 g5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Nxg5 Nf8 25. Qf7+ Kh6 26. Qg8 $18
) 21. Ne5 $18) 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 Kg8 18. Bh7+ (18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19.
Qf5 Nf6 (19... Rf8 20. Nxf7 Ree8 21. Nxh6+ gxh6 22. Qg6+ Kh8 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24.
Qg6+ Kh8 25. a3 $1 Nxc3 (25... Bxc3 26. Qh5+ Kg7 27. Rxc3 $18 {[%cal Gh5a5]})
26. Bf6+ Rxf6 27. Qxf6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kf8 29. axb4 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Qxb4 31. Qf6+
Kg8 32. Rc5 $18) 20. a3 (20. Ne4 Be7 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Rae8 23. cxb6 (23.
Nf3 Nbd5 24. a3 Ne4 25. Nd4 Re5 26. Qg4 g5 27. Bg3 Nxg3 28. Qxg3 Nf4 $19) 23...
Rxe5 24. Qf3 Ne4 25. Rfd1 Qxb6 $19) 20... Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Nbd5 22. Rg3 Qd2 23.
Bxf6 Nxf6 $15) 18... Kh8 19. Bf5 $11) 14... Qxd5 15. Nxd4 (15. exd4 Nb6 16. a3
(16. Bg3 $2 Qxa2 17. Ne5 Be6 18. f4 Qb3 (18... Qd5 19. Kh1 f6 20. f5 Bf7 $17) (
18... f6 $17) 19. f5 Bd5 20. f6 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 g5 $17 (21... Bd6 22. fxg7 Bxe5
23. Bxe5 Nd7 24. Bf4 Kxg7 $15 {1-0 Shirov,A-Piket,J/Aruba (m/6) 1995/[Piket,Je]
(41)})) 16... Bd6 $11) (15. a3 Bc5 16. Rfd1 Bb6 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19.
Nf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Qb3 21. Qxb3 Nxb3 22. Rc4 g5 23. Bg3 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25.
h4 Kg7 26. Rc3 Kf6 27. Bh7 Nd2 $132) 15... Bc5 16. Rfd1 Bxd4 17. Bc4 Qh5 18.
Rxd4 Ne5 19. Bf1 $14) (11... c5 12. a3 cxd4 (12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 b6 (13... Qxa3
14. O-O $44) 14. e4 N5f6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Be4 c4 (16... cxd4 17. c4 (17. cxd4
Qxa3 $17) 17... Nc5 18. Qxa5 bxa5 19. cxd5 Nxe4 20. Be7 Re8 21. d6 d3 22. Nd2
Bb7 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. f3 Bg6 25. d7 Reb8 26. Kd2 $18) (16... Rb8 17. c4 Nf4 18.
Be7 (18. Qxa5 bxa5 19. Bg3 (19. Kf1 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Bg3 Nd3 22. Rd1 Nb2
23. Rc1 Rc8 24. d5 Nb6 $17) 19... Bb7 20. Bxf4 Bxe4 $15) 18... Bb7 19. Qxa5
bxa5 20. Bxb7 Rfe8 21. Be4 Rxe7 22. g3 Ng6 23. Ke2 cxd4 24. Bxg6 fxg6 $132) 17.
Be7 $14) 13. axb4 dxc3 14. bxc3 Qb6 (14... Qc7 15. c4 $14) 15. e4 (15. O-O a5
16. e4 (16. Ra1 Qc7 17. c4 (17. e4 Nf4 18. Bg3 e5 19. Nxe5 Nh3+ 20. gxh3 Nxe5
$44) 17... Nxb4 18. Be7 Nc5 19. Bh7+ Kxh7 20. Bxf8 $16) 16... N5f6 17. Ra1 Qc7
(17... a4) 18. c4 b6 19. e5 $1 Ng4 (19... Nxe5 $4 $18 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Rfe1
Qh5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Be4 Rb8 (23... Ra7 24. Ra3 f5 25. Rh3 $18) 24. Ra3 $18 {
1-0 Greenfeld,A-Huzman,A/Haifa 1996/CBM 54/[Greenfeld] (26)}) 20. Be7 Ndxe5 (
20... Re8 21. Bd6 $18) 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Bd6 $3 Qh5 23. h3 Ne5 24. Bxf8 Bb7 25.
Be2 Qg6 26. f3 Rxf8 27. bxa5 bxa5 28. Qb2 $18) 15... Nc7 16. Ra1 $14) 12. a3
Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxa3 14. O-O e5 15. Nxe5 (15. dxe5 Qc5 16. Bg3 $132) 15... Nxe5
16. dxe5 Qc5 (16... Rxe5 $6 17. e4 Nb6 18. f4 $36 Re8 19. f5 Qd6 20. Rcd1 (20.
f6 Nc4 $19) 20... Na4 21. Qc2 (21. f6 Bg4 22. fxg7 Bxd1 23. Rf6 Qc5+ 24. Bf2
Qg5 $19) 21... Nc5 22. Bc4 Qf8 23. e5 b5 (23... Rxe5 24. Rd8 (24. Bg3 Re4 25.
Bd6 Qe8 26. Bxc5 Rxc4 27. Rfe1 Qxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxc5 29. Re8+ (29. g4 a5 30. Re8+
Kh7 31. Qe4 f6 32. Qe7 (32. Rd8 Bxf5 $19) (32. Qe1 a4 33. Qh4 Re5 34. Rxe5 (34.
Rd8 Rea5 35. Qh5 Bxf5 36. Rxa8 Rxa8 37. Qxf5+ Kh8 38. Qd7 $18) 34... fxe5 35.
Qe7 Kg8 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qg6+ Kh8 38. f6 gxf6 39. Qxh6+ Kg8 40. Qg6+ Kf8 41.
Qxf6+ Kg8 42. g5 $18) 32... Re5 33. Qf8 Rxe8 34. Qxe8 a4 35. Qg6+ Kg8 36. Qe8+
$11) 29... Kh7 30. f6+ Bf5 31. Qf2 Rxe8 32. Qxc5 Be6 33. Qxa7 b5 34. fxg7 Kxg7
$11) 24... Re8 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. Re1 Qf8 27. Re7 $16) 24. Ba2 Rxe5 25. Bg3 Re7
26. f6 $16) 17. Kh1 Be6 (17... Rxe5 18. e4 Rh5 (18... Nb6 19. f4 $16) 19. Bg3
Nf6 20. Rce1 $44) 18. e4 Nb6 19. f4 Bc4 20. Rf3 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Qc4 22. Re1 $132
{1-0 Shirov,A-Piket,J/Amsterdam Donner 1995 (36)}) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba3 13.
Rb1 e5 14. Bg3 exd4 15. cxd4 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 Nb6 17. Bb3 Bf5 18. e4 Rae8 19. f3
Bc8 20. Ke2 Kh8 (20... Rd8 21. Bb8 $1 Rxd4 22. Bxa7 $16) 21. Bc7 Nd5 22. Bxd5
cxd5 23. Kd3 $14 {1-0 Alekhin A-Nimzowitsch A I/Zurich 1934 (51)}) 11. Bd3 (11.
a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxa3 (12... b6 13. e4 (13. Bd3 Bb7 (13... Ba6 14. c4 Qxd2+ 15.
Nxd2 N5f6 16. Ke2 Ke7 $132) 14. O-O N5f6 (14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 $14
) (14... Qxa3 15. e4 N5f6 16. Ra1 Qb3 17. Rfb1 $18) 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Nd2 (16. e4
Rfc8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Qe4 Nf8 19. c4 Nb4 20. axb4 Bxe4 21. bxa5 Bxd3 22. Rfd1 Be2
23. Rd2 Bxf3 24. gxf3 cxd4 25. Rxd4 bxa5 26. Be7 Ng6 27. Bd6 $132) 16... cxd4
17. cxd4 Rac8 (17... Qxa3 $2 18. Rc7 Rab8 19. Nc4 Qc3 (19... Qe7 $2 20. Bxf6
gxf6 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qh4 Kg7 23. Ne5 $18 (23. Rxb7 $18)) 20. Bg3 $6 (20. f3 $1
Rfc8 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rb1 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gh4e1]} Rxc4 $8 23. Bxc4 Nd5 24.
Bb5 $16 (24. Bf2 $16)) 20... Ba6 (20... Rfc8 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Nd6 Rb8 23.
Nxb7 Rxb7 24. Ba6 $16) 21. Rxa7 Ra8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. f3 Rc8 24. Ne5 Bxd3 25.
Nxd3 Qc2 $11) 18. Nc4 Qa4 19. f3 Ba6 20. Bg3 (20. Qd1 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1 Nd5 22. e4
Nf4 23. Bf1 $16) 20... Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Qxa3 22. Ra1 Qb4 23. Ba6 $16 {1-0
Beliavsky,A-Rabiega,R/Graz op 1996/CBM 54/[Beliavsky] (36)}) 13... N5f6 14. Bd3
Bb7 15. d5 c4 (15... exd5 16. e5 Ne4 (16... Ng4 17. Qf4 g5 18. Qxg4 gxh4 19. e6
fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kd8 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Qf6+ Kc7 23. Qxe5+ Kc6 24. Qf6+ Kc7 25. O-O
Rae8 26. Qf4+ $16) 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qd6 g5 19. e6 $1 (19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. Bxg5
f6 21. e6 Ne5 22. Bxf6 Nd3+ 23. Kf1 Rh7 24. Qg3 Kf8 25. Qd6+ Ke8 26. Qg3 $11)
19... Nf8 20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 f6 22. Bxf6 Rh7 23. Rd1 $18) 16. dxe6 (16. Bb1
exd5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qd6 Qc5 $19) 16... cxd3 17. exd7+ Nxd7 18.
Qxd3 g5 (18... Nc5 19. Qd6 f6 20. Bxf6 (20. O-O)) 19. Bg3 Nc5 20. Qd6 {1/2-1/2
Kramnik,V-Ivanchuk,V/Novgorod 1995/CBM 48 (20)} (20. Qd6 Nxe4 21. Qc7 (21. Qe5+
Qxe5 22. Bxe5 O-O $15) 21... O-O (21... Nxg3 22. Qxb7 O-O 23. fxg3 Rfe8+ 24.
Kf2 $18) 22. Qxb7 Nc5 23. Qd5 (23. Qc6 Nd3+ $44) 23... Rad8 24. Bd6 Rfe8+ 25.
Kf1 Qxa3 $44)) 13. e4 N5f6 14. Bd3 Qa5 15. d5 exd5 (15... c4 16. Bxc4 (16. Bb1
O-O 17. dxe6 fxe6 $17) 16... Nxe4 (16... exd5 17. exd5 $1 (17. Bxd5 $2 Nxd5 18.
exd5 O-O 19. O-O f6 20. Rfe1 Nb6 21. c4 Qxd2 22. Nxd2 Bf5 23. f3 Rae8 24. Bf2
Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Nc8 (25... Rc8 26. Bxb6 axb6 27. Re7 b5 28. cxb5 Rc5 29. Rxb7
$16) 26. g4 Bd7 $2 (26... Bg6 27. h4 $14 (27. Nb3 Re8 28. Rc1 b6 29. Nd4 $14) (
27. c5 $6 Rd8 28. d6 b6 $11)) 27. c5 $1 Rd8 28. Nb1 Be8 (28... Bb5 29. Nc3 Bc4
30. d6 b6 31. d7 $1) 29. Nc3 $16 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Cardon,H/Belgique 1994/Inf 60/
(41)}) 17... O-O 18. O-O Nb6 19. Bxf6 Nxc4 20. Qd4 gxf6 21. Qxc4 $16) 17. Qd4
exd5 18. Qxg7 (18. Bxd5 Nef6 19. Qe3+ Kf8 20. Bb3 g5 21. Bg3 Kg7 22. O-O Re8
$17) 18... Rf8 19. Qd4 Nb6 20. Bd3 Qa4 21. O-O $132) 16. e5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4
18. Qd6 g5 19. Nxg5 (19. e6 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kf8 21. Qf5+ Kg7 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23.
Qxe5+ Kh7 24. Qxe4+ Kg7 25. Bg3 $18) 19... Qb6 (19... hxg5 20. Bxg5 f6 21. exf6
$18) 20. Nxe4 Qxd6 21. Nxd6+ Kf8 22. f4 Nb6 23. O-O Rg8 24. f5 Nc4 25. Nxc4 Rg4
26. Bf6 {1-0 Petursson,M-Halasz,T/Naestved op 1988 (26)}) (11. e4 cxd4 12. exd5
(12. Qxd4 Nxc3 (12... N5f6 13. Bc4 e5 14. Qe3 O-O (14... Ng4 15. Qe2 Nb6 16.
Bb3 O-O 17. h3 Nf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nh4 $16) 15. O-O Bxc3 16. Rxc3 b5 17. Ra3
Qb4 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Nxe5 Qxe4 $11) 13. bxc3 Ba3 14. Qxg7 $18)
12... dxc3 13. bxc3 Ba3 14. dxe6 fxe6 (14... Bxc1 15. exd7+ Bxd7 16. Qxc1 Rc8
17. Bd3 Rxc3 18. Qe3+ Be6 19. O-O O-O 20. Qe4 $16) 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Be2 Nc5 $132
) 11... cxd4 (11... b6 12. O-O O-O 13. e4 (13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bb7 (14... Ba6
15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. e4 N5f6 17. e5 Nh7 (17... Nd5 18. c4 Nc7 19. Be7)) 15. Qb2
Rfc8 16. Nd2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Ba6) 13... cxd4 14. exd5 dxc3 15. bxc3 Ba3 16. dxe6
Bxc1 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Rxc1 Nf8) 12. exd4 O-O (12... b6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qc2 (
14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bb7 16. Be4 f5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. c4 (18. Be7 Rfc8 19. Bb4
Qa4 20. Qf4 Qc6 21. Rfe1 Bxf3 22. gxf3 a5 23. Be7 b5 $15) 18... Bxf3 19. Qxa5
bxa5 20. gxf3 g5 $17) 14... Bb7 $11) 13. O-O b6 14. a3 $6 (14. Bb1 $142 Ba6 15.
Qc2 g6 (15... f5 $2 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Rfd1 Bb7 (17... Rac8 18. Qa4 Qb5 19. Qb3
$18) 18. Bg3 a5 19. a3 Rac8 20. Qe2 Be7 21. b4 $5 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gb1a2]} (21.
Bd3 $5 Kh8 22. Bc4 Qe4 23. Qxe4 (23. Qf1 Bd5 24. Bb5 $16) 23... fxe4 24. Nh4
Rf6 25. Be5 $16) 21... axb4 22. axb4 Ra8 23. Bd3 Rf6 (23... Ra2 24. Qf1 $18) (
23... Kh7 24. Rc7 $16) 24. Rc7 $18 {1-0 Polugaevsky,L-Janosevic,D/Amsterdam
1970/Inf 10 (27)}) 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Qa4 Qb5 $11) 14... Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Bb7 16. Be4 $6 (16. Bb1 $5 N5f6 $1 {I'm sure, this move provedes to Black
good position.} (16... Qxa3 $2 17. c4 N5f6 18. d5 $1 {After this very strong
move White's cascade of cacrifices makes Attack quite dangerous} exd5 19. Nd4
$1 Rfe8 20. Nf5 Re6 (20... Ba6 21. Rc3 Qf8 22. Rg3 Bxc4 23. Qxh6 (23. Rxg7+
Qxg7 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Rc1 Rac8 (25... Re2 26. Qd4 $16) 26. Bf5 $14) 23... g6
24. Bxf6 Qxh6 25. Nxh6+ Kf8 $17) 21. Rc3 Qa5 22. Nxg7 (22. Nxh6+ gxh6 23. Rg3+
Kf8 24. Qxh6+ {This game}) 22... Kxg7 23. Rg3+ Kf8 24. Qxh6+ Ke7 25. Bf5 d4 26.
Bxe6 Kxe6 27. Rg5 (27. Rd3 Rg8 28. f3 Rg6 29. Qf4 $132) 27... Qc3 28. f3 d3 29.
Re1+ Kd6 30. Bg3+ $1 (30. Rf5 $2 Rg8 31. Qf4+ Kc6 32. Rd1 (32. g4 $5 $40) 32...
Rg6 $132 {0-1 Vegh,E-Pinter,J/Budapest 1986 (54)}) 30... Kc6 31. Rd5 Qxc4 32.
Rxd7 $18)) 16... f5 $1 17. Bxd5 $2 $17 (17. Bb1 $8 Qxa3 18. Rfe1 Qd6 (18...
Rfc8 19. c4 Nc7 20. d5 Nc5 21. Nd4 $16) 19. Ba2 (19. c4 N5f6 (19... Nc7 20. Ne5
(20. c5 bxc5 21. dxc5 Qxd2 22. Nxd2 Bd5 23. Be7 Rfc8 24. Bd3 a5 25. Nc4 Na6 26.
Nxa5 Naxc5 27. Bb5 $15) 20... Nxe5 21. Rxe5 $44) 20. Bg3 Qc6 21. d5 exd5 22.
Nd4 $1 $16)) 17... Bxd5 18. Be7 (18. c4 Bxf3 19. Qxa5 bxa5 20. gxf3 g5 $19)
18... Rf7 19. Bb4 Qa4 20. c4 (20. Qf4 a5 21. Bd6 Qc6 22. c4 Bxc4 (22... Bxf3 $2
23. Qxf3 Qxf3 (23... Qxd6 $2 24. Qxa8+ $18) 24. gxf3 $14) 23. Rfe1 Qd5 24. Ne5
Nxe5 25. dxe5 b5 $17) 20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 a5 22. Bd6 Qc6 23. c5 (23. Bf4 Qxf3
24. Rc3 Qh5 25. Re1 Rf6 $17) 23... Qxf3 24. c6 Nf6 25. Qa2 $2 $19 (25. Qf4 Qd5
26. f3 Rc8 27. Qe5 Qxe5 (27... Ne8 $2 28. Qxd5 exd5 29. Be5 Re7 30. Rc2 Re6 31.
c7 Kf7 32. Rb1 Ke7 33. Rb5 $14) 28. Bxe5 Nd5 29. Rf2 b5 30. Rb2 b4 31. axb4
axb4 32. Kf2 Ra7 $17) 25... Nd5 26. Be5 (26. Rfe1 Rf6 $19) 26... Rf6 $1 27.
Rfe1 (27. Bxf6 Nf4 $19) 27... Rg6+ 28. Kf1 Qd3+ 29. Re2 Qh3+ 30. Ke1 Rg1+ 31.
Kd2 Rxc1 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch Prelim Gr-A"]
[Site "Besancon"]
[Date "1999.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Anic, Darko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 (7. Nd2 {
Main line}) 7... exd5 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. O-O Nxg5 (9... Nxc3 10. Qd2 $1 (10. bxc3
Qxc3 11. e4 h6 (11... Nb6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Re1+ Be6 14. Bf5 $44 {1-0
Porreca-Bezzi/cr 1946 (28)}) 12. Bh4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bd6 14. Re1 O-O 15. Bc2 Nb6
16. Re3 Qc4 17. Ne5 Qb5 18. a4 Qa5 19. Qd3 f5 20. Ng6 $44 {1-0 Menzel,J-Kremer,
T/cr 1991 (30)}) (10. Qe1 h6 11. Bf4 Ba3 $1 (11... Be7 12. Qxc3 Qxc3 13. bxc3
$132 {1-0 Stone,R-Rohanchuk,E/Ontario ,EXT 1990 (25)}) (11... Bb4 12. a3 $14)
12. bxa3 $1 (12. Qxc3 Qxc3 13. bxc3 Bb2 14. Rab1 Bxc3 15. Rfc1 Ba5 $15) 12...
Qxa3 13. e4 dxe4 (13... O-O 14. Bc1 $1 $18) 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4+ Kf8 (15...
Qe7 16. Rae1 Qxe4 17. Rxe4+ Kd8 18. Rfe1 Nb6 19. Re7 Nd5 20. Rxf7 Re8 21. Bd6
Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 $16) 16. Rfe1 Nf6 17. Qe5 Kg8 18. Qc7 Qf8 19. Bd2 Nd5 20. Qg3
Be6 $44) 10... h6 (10... Bb4 11. a3 Ne4 12. Qxb4 Qxb4 13. axb4 O-O 14. b5 $14 {
0-1 Torres-Pons,S/Palma de Mallorca 1992 (33)}) 11. Bf4 Ba3 (11... g5 12. Bg3
Bg7 13. bxc3 O-O 14. c4 $14) 12. bxc3 O-O 13. c4 $14) 10. Nxg5 Be7 (10... Qd8
11. f4 Nf6 12. Qc2 (12. e4 h6 (12... dxe4 13. Bc4 Nd5 14. Qb3 h6 15. Ngxe4 Be7
16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bxd5 O-O 18. f5 (18. Rad1 $16) 18... Bf6 19. Rad1 $16 {
1-0 Esposito,A-Mangini,J/Mar del Plata 1957 (46)}) 13. Nf3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd5
15. Ne5 Bf5 (15... Qb6 16. Bc4 Be6 17. f5 Ne3 18. fxe6 Nxd1 19. exf7+ Kd8 20.
Raxd1 Kc7 21. Ng6 Rh7 22. Nxf8 Rxf8 23. Nc5 Rhh8 24. Rde1 $16) 16. Qh5 g6 17.
Qf3 Bg7 18. g4 Nxf4 19. Nxf7 Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 O-O $1 (20... Qxd3 21. Ned6+ $16 {
1-0 Frydman,P-Vistaneckis,I/Stockholm ol ,HCL 1937 (29)}) 21. gxf5 Rxf7 22.
Qxf4 Qxd3 $17) (12. Qb3 h6 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Rae1 O-O 15. Bb1 Qb6 16. Qc2 Bb4 (
16... Re8 17. Ne5 Bd6 $132) 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Re8 $132 {0-1 Esposito,
A-Guimard,C/Mar del Plata zt 1951 (39)}) 12... Bb4 13. Kh1 h6 14. Nf3 O-O 15.
Ne5 c5 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 c4 (17... cxd4 18. Qxd4 Qe7 19. Rac1 $14) 18. Bc2
Bd7 19. a4 Qc8 20. b3 cxb3 21. Qxb3 Bf5 22. Rfc1 Bxc2 23. Rxc2 Qf5 24. Rc7 $14
{1/2-1/2 Lehmann-Robatsch/Marianske Lazne 1965 (41)}) (10... Nf6 11. Re1 (11.
Qc2 h6 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Rae1 (13. h3 Qc7 14. a3 O-O 15. b4 Qe7 16. b5 (16. Qb3
$6 Ne4 17. b5 Re8 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Qc2 Bf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Cvitan,O-Raicevic,V/
Val Thorens 1984 (28)}) 16... Bxa3 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Rfb1 Bd6 20.
Ba6 $1 $14) 13... O-O $132 (13... Qc7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4+ Kf8
17. Rfe1 {1-0 Naivelt,M-Arakelian,A/cr Tch10-URS 1994 (17)} Be6 18. Ne5 $16 {
[%csl Rf8]})) (11. h3 Bd6 (11... h6 12. Nf3 Bb4 13. Qc2 O-O 14. a3 Bd6 15. b4
Qc7 16. b5 $14 (16. Rfc1 Qe7 17. Na4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 Bf5 20. Nc5 Rae8
$132 {0-1 Stojanovski,I-Popov,V/Macedonia ch 1993 (34)})) 12. f4 Qc7 (12... O-O
13. Qc2 g6 14. Rae1 Bd7 15. a3 c5 16. Qf2 Kg7 17. e4 $16 {1-0 Avshalumov,
A-Anastasian,A/Sevastopol 1986 (35)}) 13. Qc2 h6 14. Nf3 Be6 15. Ne5 Qe7 16. a3
O-O 17. Rae1 c5 18. g4 a6 (18... cxd4 19. exd4 Qd8 (19... Rfc8 20. f5 $16) 20.
Nb5 $14) 19. Qg2 Rad8 20. Kh1 Rfe8 (20... Bb8 $2 {[%csl Re7]} 21. g5 hxg5 22.
Qxg5 $18 {1-0 Salov,V-Raicevic,V/Moskva 1986 (25)}) 21. Rg1 (21. g5 hxg5 22.
Qxg5 Ne4 $15) 21... g5 22. Rgf1 $14) 11... h6 (11... Be7 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Rac1
Rd8 14. a3 Bc8 15. h3 Qc7 16. Na4 Bd6 17. Nc5 h6 18. Nf3 O-O 19. b4 $14 {
0-1 Trifunovic,P-Bogoljubov,E/Birmingham 1951 (42)}) 12. Nf3 Bb4 13. Qc2 O-O
14. a3 Bd6 15. Ne5 Be6 16. f4 Rfc8 17. h3 c5 18. Qf2 Qd8 19. Kh1 Rab8 20. Qf3
cxd4 21. exd4 Qb6 22. f5 $16 {1-0 Gofshtein,L-Godena,M/Genoa 1998 (29)}) 11. f4
(11. Qh5 g6 (11... Bxg5 12. Qxg5 O-O 13. Rab1 Nf6 14. b4 Qd8 15. b5 $14 {
1-0 Najdorf-Guimard/Mar del Plata 1947 (64)}) 12. Qh6 Bf8 13. Qh4 Qd8 (13... h6
14. Nf3 Qc7 15. Rac1 Qd6 16. Qf4 (16. Rfe1 Be7 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Nb6 $132)
16... Qxf4 17. exf4 Bd6 18. Rfe1+ Kf8 19. Ne5 $11 {0-1 Casas,F-Letelier
Martner,R/Mar del Plata 1958 (57)}) 14. Nf3 (14. e4 h6 15. exd5 Be7 (15... Qxg5
16. Qe4+ Kd8 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qxc6 Nb6 19. Nb5 $40) 16. Rfe1 Kf8 $17 {0-1
Derieux,C-Godena,M/Paris 1998 (24)}) 14... Qxh4 15. Nxh4 $11) 11... Nf6 (11...
Bxg5 12. fxg5 Nf8 13. e4 (13. Qf3 Be6 14. Bf5 Qc7 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. e4 Bxf5 (
16... dxe4 17. Bxe4 (17. Nxe4 Rd8 18. Rce1 $14 {[%csl Re8]}) 17... Nd7 18. d5
cxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Ne5 21. Bxf7+ Qxf7 22. Qe2 Qe7 23. Qb5+ $18) 17.
exf5 Qxg5 18. Rfe1+ Kd8 19. Nxd5 Nd7 20. Nc3 $16 {[%csl Rd8]}) 13... dxe4 14.
Nxe4 Qd8 15. d5 $1 $14) 12. Qc2 (12. Qe1 Qb6 (12... h6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. a3 Qd8
15. Ne5 c5 16. Rd1 cxd4 17. exd4 Bd7 18. Bb1 Rc8 19. Qe3 Re8 20. Qd3 Bc6 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Najdorf,M-Horowitz,I/Havana 1952 (38)}) 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. Nf3 Kf8 15. Ne5
Be8 16. b4 a6 17. Na4 $14 {0-1 Janowski,D-Bogoljubow,E/New York 1924 (82)})
12... h6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Ne5 (14. h3 c5 15. Rae1 c4 16. Be2 Bb4 17. Nd2 Bd7 18.
Bf3 Rad8 19. Re2 Rfe8 20. g4 g6 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxc4 Nxc3 23. Nxa5 Nxe2+ 24.
Qxe2 Bxa5 25. f5 g5 26. Rd1 Bb6 $17 {0-1 Pelletier,Y-Borgo,G/FIJ97 B12 1997 
(39)}) 14... c5 15. a3 Rd8 16. b4 $1 {Unexpectedly and strongly.} cxb4 17. axb4
Qb6 (17... Qxb4 18. Rfb1 Qd6 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Nc7 $16) 18. Rfb1 (18. Na4 Qd6 19.
Qc5 Be6 20. Qxd6 Bxd6 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Rfc1 $14) 18... Bd7 19. Qb3 {[%csl Rd5]}
Be8 20. Be2 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ge2f3]} Qe6 21. Bf3 a6 22. f5 $1 (22. b5 a5 $132)
22... Qd6 (22... Qxf5 23. Nxd5 Bd6 (23... Nxd5 24. Bxd5 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7]
[%cal Gb1f1]}) 24. Rf1 $1 (24. Nxf6+ $6 Qxf6 (24... gxf6 25. Nc4 $16) 25. Bxb7
Rab8 26. Bxa6 (26. Rf1 Qe7 27. Bxa6 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Rxb4 $11) 26... Rxb4 27. Qd3
Rxb1+ 28. Rxb1 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Rxd3 30. exf6 Rxe3 $11) 24... Qg5 25. Nxf6+ gxf6
26. Nc4 $16) 23. Ra5 $1 {[%csl Rd5] Compelling the following move and creating
in camp black one more weakness - a6} (23. b5 a5 24. b6 Bf8 $132) 23... b5 {
[%csl Ra6]} 24. Qa2 Rac8 $2 {Carelessness.It was not necessary to leave
without protection the pawn a6.} (24... Bf8 25. Ne2 Ra7 26. Nf4 $14) 25. Ne2 $2
$14 {Black give and white do not take...} (25. Rxa6 $1 Rxc3 26. Rxd6 Bxd6 27.
Qa6 $18) 25... Ne4 $2 $16 (25... Ra8 $14) 26. Rxa6 Qb8 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Nf4 (
28. Ra7 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. Ng3 Bd6 31. Qd5 Bxb4 (31... Bxe5 32. Qxe5 Qxe5
33. dxe5 Rd5 34. Nxe4 Rxe5 35. Nd6 Rxe3 36. Rc1 Kf8 37. Rc8 g6 38. Kf2 Re5 39.
fxg6 fxg6 40. Kf3 Ke7 41. Nxe8 Kd7 42. Rb8 Rxe8 43. Rxe8 Kxe8 44. Ke4 $18) 32.
Qxe4 Be7 33. Nh5 $16) 28... Bd6 29. Qb2 $2 $14 (29. Qd5 $1 {[%csl Re4]} Bxb4 (
29... Bxe5 30. Qxe5 Qxe5 31. dxe5 Rc3 32. Rba1 Kf8 33. e6 Rd2 34. Ra7 $18) 30.
Qxe4 Bd6 31. f6 $1 $16) 29... Qc7 30. h3 (30. f6 $1 Qc2 (30... gxf6 31. Nd5 $18
) (30... Bxe5 31. dxe5 g5 32. Ne2 Rd3 33. Ng3 $16) 31. Qxc2 Rxc2 32. Ng4 (32.
fxg7 Kxg7 33. Ra7 (33. Nh5+ Kf8) 33... Kg8 34. h4 Rdc8 35. Nd5 $14) 32... Kh7
$132) 30... Qc3 31. Qf2 $2 $15 (31. Qxc3 Rxc3 32. Kf2 (32. Nd5 Rc2 33. f6 Bxe5
34. Ne7+ Kh7 35. dxe5 Rdd2 36. g4 Rg2+ 37. Kh1 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Bd7 (38... Rxh3 39.
fxg7 Kxg7 40. Nf5+ Kf8 41. Rxh6 Rxh6 42. Nxh6 $16) (38... Rhg2+ $11) 39. fxg7
Kxg7 40. Rd1 Be6 41. Nf5+ Bxf5 42. gxf5 Rcg2+ 43. Kf1 Rb2 44. Kg1 Rxh3 45. e6
fxe6 46. Rxe6 $11) 32... Rc2+ 33. Kf1 $14) 31... Bxe5 32. dxe5 Qxe5 33. f6 $2
$17 {White spoil such good position...} (33. g4 $1 Qc3 34. Qe1 Rd2 35. Ra3 Qc2
36. Rba1 Kh7 $15) 33... g5 {[%csl Rf6]} (33... gxf6 34. g4 {[%cal Gf4h5]} (34.
Qh4 Qg5) 34... Rc6 35. Rxc6 Bxc6 36. Nh5 f5 37. Rc1 Bb7 38. Qxf5 (38. Rc5 Rd1+
39. Kg2 Qd6 $17) 38... Qxf5 39. gxf5 $16 {[%csl Rb5,Re4]}) 34. Nh5 Rc6 (34...
Rd3 35. Ng3 Rcd8 36. Kh2 R3d6 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38. Rf1 Bd7 $15) 35. Ra7 Rcd6 36.
Rf1 Rd2 37. Qg3 Qxg3 $1 (37... Qb2 38. Rf5 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gf5g5]} Kh8 39. Re7
(39. Rxg5 hxg5 40. Qxg5 Rxg2+ 41. Qxg2 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 Rd2 $19) 39... Rd1+ 40. Kh2
Qb1 41. Qf2 Qxb4 42. Ng3 (42. Rfe5 Qd6 43. Ng3 Bc6 44. Qf5 {[%csl Rf7]} Bd7 45.
Qxe4 Kg8 46. Rxf7 Kxf7 47. Re7+ Kxf6 48. Rh7 Be6 49. Rxh6+ Ke7 50. Qh7+ Ke8 51.
Qg7 (51. Qe4 Ke7 (51... Qd5 52. Rxe6+ Kd7 53. Re7+ Kc8 54. Qc2+ Qc4 55. Qf5+
R8d7 56. Qxg5 $16) 52. Qh7+ $11) 51... Qe7 52. Nh5 Rf1 $19) 42... R1d2 43. Qf1
Qd6 44. Qa1 Bd7 45. Rfe5 Rd5 46. Rxd5 Qxd5 47. Nxe4 Be6 48. Ng3 b4 49. e4 Qc5
$17 {[%csl Yb4]}) 38. Nxg3 Rb2 39. Re7 $2 $19 (39. Nxe4 Rxb4 $17) 39... Rxb4 $4
$11 (39... Rdd2 $1 {Apparently zeitnot has prevented black to find this not a
complex(difficult) winning move.} 40. Rxe8+ Kh7 41. Kh1 Rxg2 42. Rb1 Rh2+ 43.
Kg1 Rbg2+ 44. Kf1 Rxg3 $19) 40. Nf5 Kh7 (40... h5 41. Nh6+ Kh7 (41... Kf8 42.
Re5 $18 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Ge5g5,Gg5g8]}) 42. Nxf7 Bxf7 43. Rxf7+ $11) (40... Kf8
41. Nxh6 Rd5 42. Rc1 Rc4 43. Ra1 Ra4 $11) 41. Ng7 Rb2 (41... Bd7 42. Rd1 Kg6
43. Rdxd7 Rxd7 44. Rxd7 Kxf6 45. Ne8+ Ke6 46. Rd2 Rb1+ 47. Kf2 $16) 42. Nxe8 (
42. Nxe8 Rdd2 $11 {[%csl Rg2,Rh2]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 34th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1999.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 20480]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7.
cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. a3 (11. Bd3 cxd4 (11... b6 12.
O-O O-O 13. e4 (13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bb7 (14... Ba6 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. e4 N5f6
17. e5 Nd5 (17... Nh7 18. d5 $14) 18. c4 Nc7 19. Be7 Rfe8 20. Bd6 Rac8 21. Rfd1
$14) 15. Qb2 (15. c4 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 N5f6 17. f3 $14) 15... Rfc8 16. Nd2 cxd4 17.
cxd4 Ba6 18. Nc4 Qa4 19. Qc2 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Bxc4 21. Rxc4 (21. Bxc4 b5 22. Bxd5
exd5 23. Rb2 (23. Rfc1 Rc4 $11) 23... a6 $11) 21... Rxc4 22. Bxc4 Rc8 23. Bb5
N7f6 24. h3 $14) 13... cxd4 14. exd5 dxc3 15. bxc3 Ba3 16. dxe6 Bxc1 17. exf7+
Rxf7 18. Rxc1 Nf8 $15) 12. exd4 b6 13. O-O O-O 14. Bb1 (14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3
Bb7 16. Bb1 (16. Be4 $5 f5 17. Bb1 (17. Bxd5 $2 Bxd5 18. Be7 Rf7 19. Bb4 Qa4
20. c4 (20. Qf4 Qc6 21. Rfe1 a5 22. Bd6 g5 $17) 20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 a5 22. Bd6
Qc6 $17 {0-1 Pelletier,Y-Oll,L/Elista RUS 1998 (31)}) 17... Qxa3 18. c4 N5f6
19. Rc3 Qb4 20. Qe3 Rae8 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Re1 $17) 16... Qxa3 17. c4 N5f6 18.
d5 (18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ne4 $15) 18... exd5 19. Nd4 (19. Bf5 Rfd8 20. cxd5
Qd6 (20... Bxd5 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nh4 Qf8 24. Qf4 $44) 21. Rfd1
Bxd5 $19) 19... Rfe8 20. Nf5 Re6 21. Rc3 Qa5 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Rg3+ Kf8 24.
Qxh6+ Ke7 25. Bf5 d4 $17 {0-1 Vegh,E-Pinter,J/Budapest 1986 (54)}) 14... Ba6
15. Qc2 f5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Rfd1 Bb7 (17... Bd6 $1 18. Qd2 (18. Bg3 Rac8 19.
Qd2 f4 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. Bh4 g5 22. Qc2 Qf5 23. Qb3 Qf6 24. Nxg5 hxg5 25. Bxg5
Qf7 26. Qh3 Bb7 $44) 18... g5 19. Nxg5 (19. Bg3 f4 20. Qc2 Rf7 $17) 19... hxg5
20. Qxg5+ Kf7 21. Qh5+ Kg7 22. Qg5+ $11) 18. a3 (18. Bg3 $2 Rac8 (18... a5 19.
a3 Rac8 20. Qe2 Be7 21. b4 $1 $16 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gb1a2] 1-0 Polugaevsky,
L-Janosevic,D/Amsterdam 1970/Inf 10 (27)}) 19. Qe2 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 f4 21. Bh4 g5
22. Qd3 Rf7 $17) 18... Bd6 19. b4 $16 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gb1a2]}) (11. e4 cxd4
12. Qxd4 (12. exd5 dxc3 13. bxc3 Ba3 14. dxe6 Bxc1 15. exd7+ Bxd7 16. Qxc1 Rc8
17. Bd3 Rxc3 18. Qe3+ Be6 19. O-O O-O 20. Qe4 g6 21. Bf6 Bf5 22. Qe1 $14) 12...
N5f6 (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ba3 14. Qxg7 $16) 13. Bc4 $132) 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3
b6 (12... Qxa3 13. e4 N5f6 14. Bd3 Qa5 15. d5 exd5 (15... c4 16. Bxc4 exd5 $2 (
16... Nxe4 $1 17. Qd4 Ndf6 (17... exd5 18. Qxg7 Rf8 19. Qd4 Nb6 $15) 18. d6 O-O
19. Bd3 Qd5 $17) 17. Bxd5 (17. exd5 O-O 18. O-O Nb6 19. Bxf6 Nxc4 20. Qd4 gxf6
21. Qxc4 $16) 17... Nxd5 18. exd5 O-O 19. O-O Nb6 (19... f6 20. Rfe1 Nb6 21. c4
$16 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Cardon,H/Belgique 1994/Inf 60/(41)} (21. d6 Bg4 22. Re7 Rf7
)) 20. Be7 Re8 21. d6 Bg4 $14) 16. e5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qd6 g5 $2 (18... f6
19. exf6 (19. Qe6+ Kf8 20. Qd6+ Kg8 21. Qd5+ Kf8 22. Qd6+ $11) 19... Nxf6 20.
Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qxf6 Rg8 22. Qe5+ Kf8 23. Qf6+ (23. Qxe4 Rxg2 24. Ne5 Rg5 25. h4
Rg7 $132) 23... Ke8 24. Ne5 Qc7 25. Nc4 Qe7 26. Nd6+ Kd8 27. Nf7+ Ke8 28. Nd6+
$11) 19. Nxg5 Qb6 (19... Qa3 20. Nxe4 Qxc1+ 21. Ke2 Qc2+ (21... Qxh1 22. Qe7#)
22. Ke3 f6 23. e6 Rh7 24. Rd1 $18) 20. Nxe4 Qxd6 21. Nxd6+ Kf8 22. f4 $16 {
1-0 Petursson,M-Halasz,T/Naestved op 1988 (26)}) 13. e4 (13. Bd3 Bb7 (13... Ba6
14. c4 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 N5f6 16. Ke2 $14) 14. O-O N5f6 (14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Qxd2
16. Nxd2 $14) (14... Qxa3 15. e4 N5f6 16. Ra1 Qb3 17. Rfb1 $18) 15. Qe2 O-O 16.
Nd2 (16. e4 Rfc8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Qe4 Nf8 19. c4 Nb4 20. axb4 Bxe4 21. bxa5 Bxd3
22. Rfd1 Be2 23. Rd2 Bxf3 24. gxf3 cxd4 25. axb6 axb6 26. Rxd4 Ng6 27. Bg3 Ra4
$17 {[%csl Rg3]}) 16... cxd4 17. cxd4 $14 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Rabiega,R/Graz op
1996/CBM 54/ (36)}) 13... N5f6 14. Bd3 Ba6 (14... Bb7 15. d5 c4 (15... exd5 16.
e5 Ng4 (16... Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qd6 g5 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 f6 21. Qe6+
Kd8 22. exf6 Kc7 23. Bf4+ Kc8 24. f7 b5 25. Be5 Rf8 26. Rd1 $18) 17. Qf4 $5 (
17. e6 $5 Nde5 (17... fxe6 18. Bg6+ Kf8 19. Qf4+ Ngf6 20. Qd6+ Kg8 21. Qxe6+
Kf8 22. Qf7#) 18. exf7+ Kf8 19. O-O g5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bg3 Nxf7 22. f4 $16)
17... g5 18. Bxg5 (18. Qxg4 gxh4 19. e6 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kd8 21. O-O Kc7 $15)
18... hxg5 19. Qxg4 Qxa3 20. O-O c4 21. Bf5 Qe7 22. Rce1 Nf8 23. Nxg5 Qc7 24.
f4 $16) 16. dxe6 (16. Bb1 exd5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qd6 Qc5 $19) 16...
cxd3 17. exd7+ Nxd7 18. Qxd3 g5 19. Bg3 Nc5 $132 20. Qd6 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,
V-Ivanchuk,V/Novgorod 1995/CBM 48/[Dolmatov] (20)}) 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. e5 Nh7 (
16... Nd5 17. c4 Nc7 18. d5 Qxa3 19. O-O Qb4 20. Qd3 $44) 17. d5 Qc4 (17... g5
18. Bg3 Qxa3 19. O-O Qa4 $132) 18. dxe6 (18. d6 g5 (18... Nxe5 19. d7+ Nxd7 20.
Qxd7+ $1 Kxd7 21. Ne5+ $18) 19. Bg3 g4 20. Nh4 Ng5 21. Qe2 Qxe2+ 22. Kxe2 Ne4
23. Bf4 c4 24. f3 gxf3+ 25. Nxf3 $14) 18... Qxe6 19. O-O O-O 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21.
Rcd1 Ndf8 (21... Nhf8 $2 22. Qc2 b5 (22... Qg6 23. Qxg6 fxg6 24. e6 Nf6 25.
Bxf6 gxf6 26. e7 Nh7 27. Rd7 Ng5 28. Nd2 Nf7 29. f4 $16) 23. Rd6 Qg4 (23... Qc4
24. Re4 $18) 24. h3 Qa4 25. Qxa4 bxa4 26. Bg3 $16) 22. Qc2 Qg6 23. Qa4 Qf5 24.
Re3 (24. Rd6 Ne6 (24... Ng6 25. Bg3 Ng5 26. Nxg5 Qxg5 27. f4 Qg4 28. Qd7 Qxd7
29. Rxd7 $14) 25. Bg3 Reb8 26. Red1 b5 27. Qa5 Nhf8 $132) 24... Ng6 25. g4 Qf4
26. Qxf4 Nxf4 27. Bg3 Ne6 28. Nh4 (28. Red3 Rad8 29. Rd6 Nhg5 30. Nxg5 hxg5 31.
a4 Kf8 $11) 28... Rad8 29. Rd6 g6 30. Kg2 Nhf8 31. Red3 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 c4 $5 (
32... Nc7 33. a4 b5 34. axb5 Nxb5 35. Ra6 Re6 36. Ra5 Nxc3 37. Rxc5 Ne4 38. Ra5
a6 $11) 33. Nf3 Nc5 $2 $16 (33... b5 34. Nd2 g5 35. a4 bxa4 36. Ra6 Nc5 37.
Rxa7 Rd8 38. Nxc4 Rd7 39. Ra5 Nfe6 40. Nb2 Ne4 41. c4 Rb7 42. Nxa4 Rb4 43. c5
Rc4 $44) (33... g5 $1 $132 {[%csl Rf4]}) 34. Nd2 b5 $2 $18 (34... g5 $1 {
[%csl Rf4]} 35. Nxc4 Rc8 $16) 35. f4 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Nfe6 (35... Nd3 36. Ne4 Re7
37. Nf6+ Kg7 38. Rd8 a6 39. f5 Ra7 (39... Nxe5 40. Nd5 $18) 40. Rb8 $16) (35...
a6 36. Kf3 Re6 37. Ne4 Rxd6 38. exd6 (38. Nxd6 Nfd7 39. f5 gxf5 40. gxf5 Kf8
41. Ke3 Nd3 42. Kd4 N7c5 43. Bh4 Nb3+ 44. Kd5 Nd2 45. Bf6 Nf4+ 46. Kc5 Nb1 47.
Kb6 Nd5+ 48. Kxa6 Ndxc3 49. e6 fxe6 50. fxe6 Nd5 51. e7+ Nxe7 52. Kxb5 Nxa3+
53. Kc5 $11) 38... Nfd7 39. Nxc5 Nxc5 40. Bf2 Nd7 41. Ke4 Kf8 42. Kd5 Ke8 43.
Bd4 $16) 36. Kf3 a5 (36... Nd3 37. Ne4 Kf8 38. h4 Re7 (38... g5 39. hxg5 hxg5
40. f5 Nec5 41. Nxg5 (41. Nxc5 Nxc5 42. Rd5 Na4 43. Rxb5 Nxc3 44. Ra5 Rc8 45.
Rxa7 Nb5 46. Rb7 c3 47. Be1 c2 48. Bd2 Nxa3 49. Bxg5 c1=Q 50. Bxc1 Rxc1 $11)
41... Nxe5+ 42. Bxe5 Rxe5 43. f6 Re8 44. Rd5 Rc8 45. Ne4 Nxe4 46. Kxe4 a6 47.
Rd6 Ra8 48. g5 a5 49. Rb6 b4 50. cxb4 axb4 51. Rxb4 Ke8 52. Rxc4 Rxa3 53. Rc7
Ra5 54. Rc8+ Kd7 55. g6 $18) 39. f5 gxf5 40. gxf5 Nc7 41. e6 fxe6 42. f6 Rh7
43. Rd8+ Kf7 44. Bxc7 $18) 37. f5 Ng5+ 38. Ke3 gxf5 39. gxf5 Nd3 40. Kd4 $6 (
40. Rd5 Nb2 41. h4 Nd1+ 42. Kd4 Nh3 43. Rxb5 Rd8+ 44. Rd5 Rxd5+ 45. Kxd5 Nxc3+
46. Kxc4 $18) 40... Kg7 $6 (40... Nc1 41. Ke3 Nd3 42. Rd5 $18) 41. h4 $1 (41.
a4 $2 bxa4 42. Nxc4 (42. h4 a3 43. Kxc4 a2 44. Nb3 Nc1 45. Na1 Ne4 46. Rd1 Rc8+
47. Kd4 Nxg3 $19) 42... Nc1 43. Rd7 a3 44. Nxa3 Ne2+ 45. Kd3 Nxg3 46. hxg3 Rxe5
47. g4 $11) 41... Nh3 42. Ne4 $4 $132 (42. Rd5 Nc1 (42... Rb8 43. e6 Nhf4 (
43... fxe6 44. Rd7+ $18 {[%cal Gg3b8]}) 44. Bxf4 Nxf4 45. Rd7 Rf8 46. Ne4 $18)
43. Ke3 Na2 44. Ne4 b4 45. cxb4 (45. Rxa5 bxc3 $17) 45... axb4 46. e6 c3 47.
Rd7 $18) (42. a4 bxa4 43. Nxc4 Nc1 44. Kc5 Rc8+ 45. Rc6 Rxc6+ 46. Kxc6 Ne2 47.
e6 fxe6 48. fxe6 Kf6 49. Kd7 $18) 42... Ng1 43. Ke3 $2 $17 (43. e6 Ne2+ 44. Kd5
fxe6+ 45. fxe6 Nxg3 46. Nxg3 Kf6 47. Ne2 (47. Ne4+ Kf5 48. Nc5 Rc8 49. Rc6 Rd8+
50. Nd7 Re8 51. Rb6 Nf4+ 52. Kc5 b4 53. cxb4 axb4 54. Kxc4 bxa3 55. Ra6 Rxe6
56. Rxa3 Kg4 $17) 47... Nb2 48. Ra6 Na4 $132) (43. Kd5 Ne2 44. Bh2 Ndf4+ 45.
Bxf4 Nxf4+ 46. Kd4 Ne2+ 47. Kd5 Nf4+ $11) 43... Nxe5 44. Bxe5+ Rxe5 45. Rd2 (
45. Kf4 Re8 46. Rd2 Nh3+ 47. Ke3 Re5 48. a4 (48. Rh2 Rd5 $1 $17) 48... bxa4 49.
Rd4 Rxf5 50. Rxc4 Rd5 51. Rxa4 f5 $17) 45... Kf8 $2 $132 {The last mistake in
the game.} (45... Nh3 $17) 46. f6 Re8 47. Rb2 (47. Kf4 $44) 47... Rd8 (47...
Re5 48. Kf4 Re8 49. Ng3 (49. Rxb5 Ne2+ 50. Kf3 Rxe4 51. Rb8+ Re8 52. Rxe8+ Kxe8
53. Kxe2 Kd7 54. Ke3 Ke6 55. Kd4 Kxf6 56. Kxc4 Ke5 57. Kd3 Kd5 58. c4+ Kc5 $19)
49... Re6 50. Rxb5 Rxf6+ 51. Ke5 $44) 48. Rxb5 Rd3+ 49. Kf4 Ne2+ 50. Ke5 Kg8
51. Rxa5 Nxc3 52. Nd6 (52. Nxc3 Rxc3 53. Kd4 Rh3 54. h5 c3 55. Rc5 c2 56. Rc8+
Kh7 57. Rxc2 Rxa3 $11) 52... Re3+ 53. Kd4 Rd3+ 54. Kxc4 Rxd6 55. Kxc3 Rxf6 56.
Rc5 Kf8 57. a4 Ke7 58. a5 Kd6 59. Rc4 Rf1 60. Kb2 Rf5 61. Ra4 Kc7 62. a6 Kb8
63. a7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch 56th"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2001.04.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 {This variation first
looks in White's favour: pair of BB and strong PP center. But due to
Blagojevic efforts this position must be evaluated again. Pa3 is weak,
probably Black will change Bc8 on his white opponent, and Black will recieve
good counterplay.} 13. Bg3 (13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 g5 15. e4 {-see commented
game 0-1 Sherbakov,R-Goloshchapov,A/Ekaterinburg 1999/CBM 75 [Tsesarsky,I](58)}
) (13. Bd3 Bb7 (13... Ba6 14. O-O N5f6 15. e4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 cxd4 17. cxd4 O-O
18. Rc2 (18. Rc7 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Nc5 $1 {0-1 San Segundo Carrillo,P-Dorfman,J/
Mondariz 2000/CBM 79 no vc (27)}) 18... Rac8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,
A-Jussupow,A/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (23)}) 14. O-O O-O (14... N5f6 15. Qb2 O-O
16. Nd2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rfc8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gomez Esteban,J-Estremera Panos,S/
Barcelona 2000/CBM 77 ext (37)}) 15. e4 ({After 1,5 monthes Gligoric tried
against Blagojevic} 15. Ne5 {and lost again:} Nxe5 16. dxe5 c4 17. Bxc4 Rfc8
18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Rfe1 Rc4 20. Be7 Rg4 21. g3 Bf3 22. Bd6 Rc8 $15 {0-1
Gligoric,S-Blagojevic,D/Herceg Novi YUG 2001/The Week in Chess 344 (49)}) 15...
N5f6 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rfc8 18. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Zontakh,A-Blagojevic,D/Herceg
Novi YUG 2001/The Week in Chess 344 (18)}) (13. e4 N5f6 14. Bd3 Bb7 (14... Ba6
{-see detailed commented game  1/2-1/2 Atalik,S-Nogueiras,J/Havana 1999/CBM 71
[Tsesarsky,I] (63)}) 15. d5 c4 16. dxe6 (16. Bc2 exd5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4
19. e6 O-O (19... fxe6 20. Qd6 g5 21. Qxe6+ $18) 20. Qxd7 exf3 21. Qxb7 Qe5+
22. Kf1 Qf4 23. exf7+ Kh7 24. Re1 fxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Qxh4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ivanisevic,
I-Sedlak,N/Herceg Novi YUG 2001/The Week in Chess 344 (27)}) 16... cxd3 17.
exd7+ Nxd7 18. Qxd3 g5 19. Bg3 Nc5 20. Qd6 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Ivanchuk,V/
Novgorod 1995/CBM 48 (20)} ({White tried to continue to play this position:} 
20. Qd4 {but Black equalized very easily:} O-O 21. O-O Nxe4 22. Qb4 Qxb4 23.
cxb4 Nxg3 24. fxg3 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Antic,D-Blagojevic,D/Herceg
Novi 2001/CBM 83_01 (55)})) 13... Bb7 14. Bd3 $2 $17 (14. c4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 (
15. Nxd2 N5f6 16. f3 $132) 15... N5f6 $132) 14... O-O $2 $132 (14... Qxa3 15.
O-O cxd4 $17) 15. O-O $2 $17 (15. c4 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 N5f6 $132) 15... cxd4 16.
cxd4 Qxa3 {White lost Pa3 without any compensation!} 17. e4 N5f6 18. Ra1 Qe7
19. Rfe1 Rfc8 20. Bh4 Qf8 (20... e5 $2 21. Bb5 Rd8 22. Rad1 exd4 (22... Nc5 23.
Qb2 exd4 24. e5 g5 25. Nxg5 $14 (25. Bg3 Nfe4 $17)) 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. e5 Bxf3
25. exf6 Qa3 26. fxg7 $16) 21. Bb1 $6 {White hasn't effective plan.} (21. Qb2
$142 $17) 21... a5 22. d5 $2 $19 {Leads to lost position} ({Better was to
recognize the mistake on previous move:} 22. Bd3 $17) 22... exd5 23. e5 ({
Maybe a little bit more chances for resistance would give to White} 23. exd5
Bxd5 24. Bf5 Bxf3 (24... Rd8 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qf4 $19) 25. Bxf6
Nxf6 26. Bxc8 Bxg2 27. Bf5 Qc5 $19) 23... Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qxd7 Bc6 26.
Qg4 exf3 27. gxf3 Bd5 28. Rad1 Be6 29. Qg2 a4 30. f4 a3 31. Qf3 Bf5 32. Qb7 a2
33. Be7 Qe8 34. Bd6 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Chalapathi GM"]
[Site "Guntur"]
[Date "2000.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Black "Prakash, GB."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O (8... e5 {-mainline}) (8... dxc4 {-mainline}) 9. Be2 c5 (9... dxc4 {
-mainline}) (9... e5 {-mainline}) (9... b6 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ba6 12. Bf4 (
12. a4 dxc4 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nxc4 Qd5 15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 c5 $11) 12... dxc4
(12... Rac8 13. Bd6 $16 {[%csl Ra5,Rf8][%cal Gd6b4,Gd6f8]}) 13. Nxc4 (13. Bd6
Rfd8 14. Bb4 Qg5 15. f4 Qh4 16. Nxc4 (16. Be7 Re8 17. Rf3 Qh5 18. Bd6 b5 19. a4
$44) 16... Ng4 $17) 13... Qd5 14. Ne5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. e4
Qa5 18. Bd6 $14) (9... Re8 10. O-O dxc4 (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 dxc4 12. Bxf6 gxf6
13. Nxc4 $16) (10... e5 11. dxe5 Rxe5 12. Nb3 Qd8 13. Bf4 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Re8 15.
Rfd1 $14) 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nxc4 Qc7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Be7 15. Rac1 Bf6 16.
Ne5 $14) 10. O-O (10. Nb3 Qc7 (10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qa4 12. cxd5 c4 13. Qb2
Nxd5 14. Nd2 h6 15. Bh4 b5 16. a3 N7b6 17. Rc1 Qa5 18. Nb1 $132 {1/2-1/2
Azmayparashvili,Z-Ivanchuk,V/Moscow PCA blitz 1994/ (43)}) (10... Qa4 11. Bxf6
(11. cxd5 c4 12. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Ne4 $17) 11... Nxf6 12. dxc5 (12. O-O Bxc3
13. Qxc3 cxd4 (13... Ne4 14. Qd3 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Qe8 17. cxd5 exd5
$16 {0-1 Vologyin,V-Orso,M/NOVIKI "C" 1990/ (62)}) 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. cxd5 Nxd5
16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. Nxb3 Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Aseev,K-Oll,L/Moscow PCA-Intel qual
1995/ (82)}) 12... dxc4 (12... Ne4 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bd3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Be6 16.
O-O Rfc8 17. Rab1 h6 18. Rfd1 $16 (18. h3 Rab8 19. c4 Nxc5 {1/2-1/2 Kinsman
Andrew P H-Prie,E/Paris ch FRA 1996/ (19)})) 13. Bxc4 Qc6 14. O-O Bxc5 15. Be2
(15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qb6 18. Bd3 g6 19. Qe5 $11) (15. Bb5 Qc7
16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Rfd1 e5 18. Be2 Be6 19. Bf3 Qc7 20. Rac1 Rac8 $11) 15... Bd6
16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. h3 Be5 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Nd4 Qb6 $11) 11. O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4
cxd4 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. N5xd4 Bd6 15. f4 h6 16. Bh4 a6 17. Be2 Nd5 $132 {1/2-1/2
Ivanchuk,V-Kasparov,G/Chess Classic Giants m 3rd 4th, Frankfu 1998/ (33)})
10... cxd4 11. Nb3 (11. exd4 dxc4 12. Bxf6 (12. Bh4 Nb6 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4
Bd7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. d5 Bxc3 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. bxc3 Rac8 $132) (
12. Be3 Nb6 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd7 15. Qb3 Bc6 16. Ne2 Bd5 $15 {0-1
Benitah,Y-Payen,A/Enghien les Bains ,EXT 1995/ (35)}) 12... Nxf6 13. Nxc4 Qd8
14. Rfd1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Ne3 Qc7 17. Rac1 $14 {1-0 Nikolajevs,D-Kukovec,
B/EuYouth U14 Boys, Tallinn EST 1997/ (17)}) 11... Qb6 (11... Qd8 12. Nxd4 dxc4
13. Ne4 (13. Bxc4 Qa5 14. Ncb5 a6 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. N5d4 Ne5 17. Rfd1 Nxc4 18.
Qxc4 e5 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Qh4 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bouwmeester,H-Bergraser,V/cr cr
NBC-15/Volac-G 1982/Inf 15/ (28)}) 13... Be7 14. Bxc4 Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16.
Qxe4 Nf6 $11) (11... Qc7 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. Bxf6 (13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. e4 Be7 15.
Bxe7 Nxe7 16. N5xd4 e5 $11) 13... Nxf6 (13... gxf6 14. cxd5 dxe3 15. fxe3 Qxe3+
16. Kh1 Nb6 17. a3 Be7 18. d6 Bd8 19. Bf3 $16 {1-0 Ionescu,C-Ovsejevitsch,S/
Pardubice CZE 1999/(34)}) 14. c5 Qd8 15. exd4 a6 16. Nd6 Ne8 17. Nxe8 Rxe8 18.
a3 Ba5 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. b4 $14) 12. exd4 (12. Nxd4 dxc4 13. Bh4 (13. Bxc4 Qc5
14. Qb3 e5 $11) 13... Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nd5 15. Qc2 Ne5 16. Bg3 Nb4 17. Qc3 Nd5 18.
Qc1 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxc4 Qxc4 21. Bxc4 Bd7 22. Rfd1 Bc6 23. Rd4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Alonso,R-Fuentes,M/CUB-ch Holguin ,EXT 1991/ (61)}) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4
Qc7 (13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 (14. Qxc3 Ne4 15. Qe3 Nxg5 16. Qxg5 Nf6 17. Rad1 Bd7
18. Rd3 h6 19. Qe5 Rfc8 20. Rg3 Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mrva,M-Gdanski,J/Krynica POL
1998/ (71)}) 14... Qc7 15. Qe2 b6 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Bd3 Rfe8 18. c4 e5 $5 {
Position was transformed to Nimzo opening} 19. d5 Qd6 20. Rfe1 {1/2-1/2 Bass,
L-Lein,A/New York 1983/ (20)}) 14. Nb5 (14. Qe2 {See comments to the game 1-0
Azmaiparashvili,Z-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg 1994/Inf 61/[Azmaiparashvili,Z] (33)}) (
14. Bd3 b6 15. Qe2 Bxc3 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. bxc3 Rfe8 (17... Qc6 18. f3 Rac8 19.
Rfe1 Qd6 20. c4 Rfe8 21. Qd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 GM Novikov,I-IM Landa,K/Open
Oberwart (6) 1995/ (24)}) 18. Rfe1 Nd5 19. Be4 h6 {1/2-1/2 Novikov,I-Smagin,S/
Novgorod 1995/(19)} 20. c4 Nb4 (20... hxg5 21. cxd5 Qd6 22. dxe6 Rxe6 23. Qd3
Rae8 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Bf5 Qd5 (26... Rh6 27. Qg3 $16) 27. Qf3
Qxf3 28. gxf3 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rd7,Re6][%cal Gc1c7]}) 21. Bf4 Qxf4 22. Bxb7 Rab8
23. Bf3 $14) 14... Qc6 15. a3 Be7 16. Qe2 (16. Na5 Qb6 17. b4 a6 18. Nc3 Qxd4
19. Rad1 Qg4 20. f4 Bd8 21. h3 Bb6+ 22. Kh1 Qh5 23. Be2 Qg6 24. Qxg6 (24. Bd3
Qh5 25. Be2 Qg6 $11) 24... hxg6 25. Bf3 $44) 16... a6 $5 ({Another plan is} 
16... Nb6 $144 {[%cal Gb6d5]} 17. Bd3 {[%csl Rc6]} Bd7 $1 (17... Rd8 $6 18.
Rfc1 Qd7 19. Nc5 {bad Q position and development advantage make position of
White much better:} Bxc5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rxc5 $1 (21. dxc5 Qxd3 22. Qxd3 Rxd3
23. cxb6 axb6 24. Rd1 Rd7 (24... Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Kf8 26. Nc7 Ra5 27. Rd8+ Ke7
28. Rxc8 Rc5 29. h4 Kd7 30. Rh8 Rxc7 31. Rxh7 Ke7 $11) 25. Nd6 Kf8 26. Rd2 $44)
21... a6 (21... Nd5 22. Qh5 f5 23. Bc4 a6 24. Bxd5 axb5 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Qh6+
Kg8 27. Rc3 $18) 22. Nc7 Rb8 (22... Qxd4 23. Bxh7+ Kg7 24. Rc3 $18) 23. Qg4+
Kf8 (23... Kh8 24. Qe4 f5 25. Qe5+ Kg8 26. Nxe6 $18 {[%csl Rb8][%cal Ge5b8]})
24. d5 $1 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Qh4 $16) 18. Nc5 (18. Rac1 $2 Qd5 19. Bxf6
Bxf6 $17) 18... Rfc8 $1 (18... Bxc5 19. Rac1 Nbd5 20. dxc5 $14 (20. Rxc5 Qb6
21. Rfc1 Rac8 22. b4 $14)) 19. Rac1 (19. b4 Qd5 20. Be3 Bc6 21. f3 Qh5 $15)
19... Qd5 $132) 17. Nc3 b5 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. f3 Qb6 (19... Qd6 $132) 20. Kh1 Rfe8
{[%csl Ye7][%cal Gf6d5] Defending Be7 and preparing next move.} (20... Rac8
$132) 21. Rac1 Nd5 {This plan have a little lack: weakenen square c5} 22. Bxe7
Nxe7 {[%csl Rc5] Avoiding a trap:} (22... Nxc3 $2 {[%tqu "En","?","","","d3h7",
"",10]} 23. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 24. Qd3+ Kg8 25. Bc5 $1 $16) 23. Nc5 Rad8 (23... Nxc5
$2 24. dxc5 Qc6 (24... Qxc5 25. Nxb5 $18) 25. b4 $16) 24. N3e4 (24. b4 Nf6 25.
Rfd1 $132) 24... Ba8 (24... Nf5 {[%csl Rd4]} 25. Qf2 Bd5 26. b4 Nb8 27. g4 Ne7
(27... Bxe4 28. fxe4 Nxd4 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. e5 $18) 28. Rfe1 $132 (28. Qh4 Ng6
29. Qg3 e5 $15)) 25. Qf2 Nb8 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gb8c6] Black arrange pressure on
the isolated Pd4} 26. Bb1 Nbc6 27. Rfd1 Na5 $6 $14 ({Black desided not to play
} 27... Nf5 {[%csl Rd4] -logical continuation of previous game.} {maybe because
} 28. d5 $5 (28. Rd2 Nfxd4 (28... e5 29. Nf6+ gxf6 30. Bxf5 $16) 29. Qg3 Nf5 (
29... Kh8 30. Ng5 {[%csl Rf7]} Qa7 31. Bxh7 $16) 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Bxf5 gxf6 32.
Qh4 {[%csl Rh7]} exf5 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 34. Qg5+ $11 (34. Nd7 Qe3 $19) 34... Kh8
35. Qf6+ $11 (35. Nd7 Qe3 $19)) 28... Rxd5 (28... exd5 29. Nf6+ gxf6 30. Bxf5
Ne7 31. Bd7 Rf8 32. Qd4 $16) 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Nf6+ gxf6 31. Bxf5 Ne7 (31...
Ne5 32. Re1 $1 (32. Qh4 Ng6 33. Bxg6 fxg6 34. Nd7 Qd8 35. Nxf6+ Kf7 $17) (32.
b4 Ng6 33. Qd4 Re5 34. Bd3 $44) 32... Bc6 33. b4 $16) 32. Re1 Bc6 33. Qg3+ Ng6
34. Rxe8+ Bxe8 35. b4 Kg7 36. Qe1 (36. h4 h5 $44) 36... Bc6 37. Qd2 $44) 28.
Qg3 ({Was not give advantage} 28. Ng5 {[%csl Rh7]} h6 $1 (28... g6 29. Qh4 h5
30. Qf4 $14) 29. Bh7+ Kh8 (29... Kf8 30. d5 {[%cal Gf2b6]} Nc8 {[%csl Rb6]
[%cal Gc8b6]} (30... hxg5 31. Nxe6+ $18 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gf2b6]}) 31. dxe6 hxg5
32. Nd7+ Rxd7 33. exd7 $3 Qxf2 34. Rxc8 $18) 30. Nxf7+ Kxh7 31. Qc2+ (31. Nxd8
Rxd8 32. Re1 Bd5 $15) 31... Nf5 32. Nxd8 Rxd8 33. Re1 Bd5 $15) 28... Bxe4 ({
Better was} 28... Nd5 $1 29. Ba2 $1 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Ga2d5,Ge4f6]} (29. Ng5 Nf6
30. b3 Nc6 31. Nge4 Nd5 32. Ng5 (32. b4 e5 $11) 32... Nf6 $11) 29... Re7 30. b4
Nc6 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. Nh5 $14 {[%csl Ra8,Gc5]}) 29. fxe4 Nac6 (
29... Nc4 30. Qf2 $1 {like in the game} (30. b4 Nc6 31. d5 exd5 32. exd5 N6e5
33. Qh3 h6 34. Be4 $14 (34. Qf5 Ng6 $132)) 30... e5 31. d5 $16) 30. Qf2 $1 Rf8
(30... a5 31. Rf1 Rf8 32. Rcd1 {[%cal Gb1a2]} Qc7 (32... Rd6 33. e5 Rdd8 34.
Be4 $14 (34. Ba2 Ng6)) (32... Nxd4 $2 33. Rxd4 Qxc5 34. Rxd8 $18) 33. Ba2 Ng6
34. d5 exd5 35. exd5 Nce5 36. b4 $14) 31. Ba2 {White's plan is to promote
d4-d5 and b2-b4 +/=} Kh8 32. h3 h6 33. b4 a5 $2 $18 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Ng6
$142 34. d5 Nce5 $14) 34. d5 exd5 35. exd5 Ne5 36. bxa5 $1 Qa7 (36... Qxa5 37.
Nb7 $18) 37. d6 $1 (37. Nd3 $2 Qxf2 38. Nxf2 Ra8 39. d6 N7g6 40. Rd5 Rxa5 41.
d7 Raa8 (41... Rd8 42. Rc8 $18) 42. Rc7 Rfd8 43. Bb1 $16) 37... N7c6 38. Qf5 g6
(38... Qxa5 39. Bb1 g6 40. Qf6+ Kg8 41. Nb7 $18) 39. Qf6+ Kh7 40. a6 Qb6 41. d7
{[%csl Ya6,Yc5,Yd7]} Qa5 42. Nb7 Qxa3 43. Nxd8 Rxd8 44. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Wagner,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After a draw in round one of the very strong and well organised Aeroflot Open
I faced the second seed for the event, Bu Xiangzhi.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 (2... e6
3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. e3 Qa5 9. Bd3 Ne4
10. O-O Nxg5 11. Nxg5 Nf6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. Ne5 Ng4 15. Nf3 Nf6 16. h3
O-O 17. Ne5 a6 18. f4 c5 {This type of position is very similar to the one
that could have arisen in my game.} 19. g4 cxd4 20. exd4 Be6 21. Qb3 b5 22. f5
Qb6 23. Nf3 Bc8 24. Kg2 Bb7 25. Na4 Qa7 26. Nc5 Rac8 27. a4 Bxc5 28. dxc5 d4
29. axb5 axb5 30. Qxb5 Bc6 31. Qb6 Qd7 32. Kg1 Rfe8 33. Rce1 Rxe1 34. Nxe1 Re8
35. Ng2 Nd5 36. Qb3 Ne3 37. Nxe3 dxe3 38. Qc4 Qc7 39. Qf4 Qxf4 40. Rxf4 e2 41.
Bxe2 Rxe2 42. Rb4 Rg2+ 43. Kf1 Rc2 {0-1 (43) Vachier Lagrave,M (2754)-Caruana,
F (2803) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 $5 {This was the
first time I had gone for this move, but I wanted to be very ambitious.} Nbd7
$5 ({Up until this point my opponent had taken on c4 in his previous games.} 
5... dxc4) 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 exd5 {Of course, I didn't expect this line,
because it is quite rare at the top level.} (7... Nxd5 {is the main move by
far.}) 8. Bd3 (8. Nd2 $5 {is the other move, which was used by Tomashevsky to
beat Nguyen Hong Truong Son at the World Cup in Baku.} Bd6 (8... Be7 9. Bd3 O-O
10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 Nf8 12. Qc2 Be6 13. Rab1 Rac8 14. a3 Qd8 15. b4 Bd6 16. Nf1
Ng6 17. f4 Bd7 18. f5 Nf8 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Be7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qf2 Bh4
23. g3 Bf6 24. Nfd2 h6 25. Nc4 Rc7 26. Ncd6 Re7 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Rxe7 Qxe7
29. Qf4 Be8 30. Ne4 Rd7 31. Qxh6 Nh7 32. Re1 Qd8 33. Bc4 Rxd4 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35.
Bxf7 Bxf7 36. Qxf7 Rxe4 37. Rxe4 Qd1+ 38. Kf2 Qd2+ 39. Re2 Qd4+ 40. Kg2 {
1-0 (40) Tomashevsky,E (2695)-Nguyen,N (2621) Dubai 2014}) 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O
Qc7 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh4 Ng4 15. h3 Ngf6 16. e4 dxe4 17.
Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf8 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Qb3 Be6 21. Qxb7 Reb8 22. Qxc6 Qxc6
23. Rxc6 Rxb2 24. a3 Rb3 25. Rfc1 Ng6 26. R6c3 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Nxh4 28. Nxh4 Rb8
29. Rc5 Rd8 30. Nf3 Bd5 31. Ne5 f6 32. Ng6 Be4 33. Rc8 Rxc8 34. Ne7+ Kf7 35.
Nxc8 Bc6 36. Nxa7 Bd7 37. d5 Ke7 38. Nc6+ Kd6 39. Nb4 Kc5 40. f3 h5 41. h4 g5
42. g3 Kd4 43. Kf2 Be8 44. Na6 Bd7 45. d6 {1-0 (45) Tomashevsky,E (2758)
-Nguyen,N (2634) Baku 2015}) 8... Ne4 9. O-O Nxg5 10. Nxg5 {White has given up
the pair of bishops, but as compensation he has a lead in development and
could use it for erecting a strong central setup with f2-f4 and Nf3-e5.} Nf6 (
10... Be7 {is also possible.} 11. f4 (11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh6 Bf8 13. Qh4 Be7 $11)
11... Nf6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Ne5 {with a complex fight}) 11. Qc2 {I am not sure
about this move. I wanted to provoke h6, avoid the ...Bg4 pin and connect my
rooks, but there are many alternatives worth considering.} (11. h3 $5 Be7 12.
f4 O-O 13. Nf3 c5 14. Ne5 a6 (14... c4 15. Bc2 $40) 15. Bc2 $14) (11. a3 h6 12.
Nf3 Bd6 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. f4 O-O 15. Qf3 $14) (11. f4 h6 (11... Be7 12. h3 $1)
12. Nf3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bb4 $1 15. Ne2 O-O 16. g4 Rae8 17. Ng3 Qd8 $11
) 11... h6 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Rae1 (13. Ne5 {at once is impossible unfortunately
because of} Bxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 {winning a pawn.}) 13... O-O (13... Qc7 {Black
is not in time to prevent Ne5:} 14. e4 $1 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4+ Be6 17.
Bc4 $16) 14. Ne5 Bxe5 $6 {This decision seemed rather risky to me.} (14... a6 {
was the move I expected, preparing c5. This reminded me of the game between
Vachier Lagrave and Caruana, which reached a similar structure through a
Ragozin.} 15. f4 c5 16. h3 (16. Qe2 b5 $1 17. Bb1 $6 b4 $1 18. Nd1 Qb6 $17)
16... Be6 17. g4 Rac8 $132 {The position is very complex, both sides have
their chances. In my opinion White's initiative on the kingside is less
dangerous than it looks. Black definitely has enough defensive potential.}) (
14... c5 $2 15. Nb5 $1 $16) 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 Nc5 17. Bh7+ {This looked like
the correct way, but the alternative is also strong.} (17. Be2 $1 $14 {Now the
intended break} f6 {fails because of} (17... Qb6 18. Kh1 (18. a3 a5) 18... Bd7
19. f5 $36) 18. a3 fxe5 19. fxe5 $1 {as we found out during analysis after the
game.} (19. b4 Qxa3 20. bxc5 Qxc5 $44) 19... Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Qc7 21. b4 Ne6 (
21... Nd7 22. Qg6 Qxe5 23. Bd3 Nf6 24. Rxf6 Qxf6 25. Qe8+ Qf8 26. Bh7+ $18) 22.
Qg6 $1 Qe7 23. Bh5 $1 $16) 17... Kh8 18. a3 g6 $1 {Without this surprising
ressource Black would just be worse. Now, however, the position becomes
completly unclear and crazy.} 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 Bf5 21. Qxh6+ Bh7 {
During the game I just didn't understand what was going on and who was playing
for a win.} 22. f5 $1 Qc7 (22... Nd3 {loses to} 23. f6 $1 Qc7 24. e6 $1 {
as my opponent pointed out after the game.} Nxe1 25. Rxe1 $18 {Amazingly Black
can't move and is just lost.}) 23. e6 Qe5 (23... Qg7 {is safer, but White has
a great endgame ahead of him.} 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. g4 Nd3 26. Rd1 Ne5 27. h3 $16
) 24. g4 $2 {This leads only to a draw.} ({As he joined the analysis, Baadur
Jobava pointed out that} 24. e4 $1 {would have won the game. The computer
confirms this evaluation but the lines are pretty difficult to figure out
during a game.} dxe4 (24... d4 25. Ne2 $1 d3 26. Nf4 Qd4+ 27. Kh1 $18) (24...
Nxe4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. f6 $18) 25. f6 $1 Nxe6 26. Rxe4 Qg5 $1 27. Qh3 $3 {
That's the whole point, which was quite difficult to foresee. Now Black loses
material.} Rxf6 (27... Nc5 28. Re7 Qg6 29. Ne2 $18) 28. Rxf6 Qxf6 29. Rxe6 Qd4+
30. Qe3 $18) (24. Rf3 $5 $14 {would have been better, too.} Rxf5 $2 (24... Rf6
25. Qh4 Rg8 26. Ref1 Rg7 27. g4 $14) 25. Rxf5 Qxf5 26. Rf1 Qxe6 27. Rf8+ Rxf8
28. Qxf8+ Bg8 29. Qxc5 $16 {Suddenly the knight on c5 is lost.}) 24... Rg8 25.
h3 (25. g5 $2 Rxg5+ 26. Qxg5 Rg8 $19) 25... Raf8 26. Kh1 Ne4 27. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 28.
Kh2 Rxf5 $5 {Forcing the draw. Anyway, the white pawns are too strong for
Black to have any hopes of playing for a win, so this decision makes sense.} (
28... Qc2+ $5 29. Kg3 $1 Rxf5 30. e7 $5 Rxf1 31. Rxf1 Qg6 32. Qf8 Qe6 $11) 29.
Rxf5 Qc2+ 30. Kh1 ({I should have tried the spectacular move} 30. Re2 $5 Qxe2+
31. Kg3 Qe1+ $1 {Only this gives a draw.} (31... Qxb2 $2 {is more natural, but
loses in great style.} 32. Rf7 Qe5+ 33. Kh4 Rg7 {During the game I thought
that this would result in a perpetual anyway, but amazingly White can win with
the cool} 34. Rd7 $3 $18 {[%cal Ge6e7] An unbelievably deep move.}) 32. Kg2
Qe2+ 33. Rf2 Qd3 $1 {This move is far from easy, taking into account how more
natural the line with ...Qxb2 is.} 34. Qf6+ (34. Rf7 Qg6 $11) 34... Rg7 $11)
30... Qe4+ 31. Kh2 Qc2+ 32. Kh1 Qe4+ {An exciting game, where I missed a
chance to score a big win on move 24 with the great resource e4!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT (Women) 6th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Rc1 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba3 10. Rc2 b6 11. Be2 Ba6 12. O-O Bxe2 13. Qxe2 O-O 14. Rd1
Rfe8 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. c4 Bf8 17. e4 c5 18. d5 e5 19. Bc1 Qa4 20. Rd3 Nf6 21.
Ne1 g6 22. Rb3 Qd7 23. Nd3 Nh5 24. h3 Bd6 25. Qg4 {Tan has emerged with a
stable advantage based on a superior pawn structure, and, naturally, White is
seeking a queen trade.} f5 $1 {A great reply from Zhukova.} 26. exf5 Nf6 ({
After the simple recapture} 26... Qxf5 {White is unable to stop e5-e4, and her
advantage is very much in doubt.}) 27. Qh4 Qxf5 $2 {Now this is a fatal mistake
} (27... e4 $8 28. Nf4 Qxf5 29. Re2 b5 $3 (29... g5 $2 30. Rg3) 30. Rxb5 g5 31.
g4 Qe5 32. Qh6 {[#] What a mess. Don't ask me what's going on here, the only
thing I can see is that} Bf8 {doesn't win the queen on account of} 33. Ng6 $3)
28. g4 $1 Qf3 29. Ne1 Qd1 {That queen is not coming back home.} 30. Kf1 Nxd5
31. Rd3 $18 {And I'll skip the rest of the moves.} Qxd3+ 32. Nxd3 e4 33. Ne1
Nb4 34. Re2 Nc6 35. g5 Nd4 36. Rxe4 Rf8 37. Rxd4 cxd4 38. Qxd4 Bc5 39. Qd5+ Rf7
40. Nd3 Kf8 41. Nxc5 bxc5 42. Bf4 Kg8 43. Be3 1-0

