[Event "Politiken Cup 21st"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Aagaard,J"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Ne8 11. Ncd5 Bg5 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 Bxf4 14. Rxf4 Bxc4
15. Nxc4 (15. dxc4 $5 $13) 15... d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qf3 $1 (17. a4 $2 {
Sørensen-Schandorff, Danish 1.division 1999. (0-1).}) 17... Nc7 18. Qf2 Ne6 19.
Rf5 Qd7 20. Be3 b6 21. Qg3 Ncd4 22. Rf2 f6 23. Re1 Rad8 24. h3 Kh8 25. c3 $2
Nc6 26. Bc1 b5 27. Nd2 Ne5 $19 28. Rfe2 Rfe8 29. Nf3 Nxd3 30. Rf1 c4 31. Qg4
Nec5 32. Qxd7 Nxd7 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8 34. Nd4 a6 35. b3 N7c5 36. bxc4 bxc4 37. Ba3
Ne4 38. Rb1 Nxc3 39. Rb7 Nb5 40. Nxb5 axb5 41. Rxb5 Kg8 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 14th"]
[Site "Legnica"]
[Date "2013.05.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Almasi,Z"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in Round 5, when my opponent was leading the event with
4/4. I was half a point behind him, and I had the white pieces.} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Surprise! I had played this move only a few times during my
career. This was unexpected from me.} e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7.
d3 Ng6 {This was almost a novelty. According to the big database, only one
game had been played before. The main move is ...a6, followed by ...b5 or ...
Nc6. I am sure Moiseeneko was afraid of my preparation, that's why he avoided
the main lines, and decided to play in a different way. As we know, surprise
is a very effective weapon!} ({One of the last games went:} 7... a6 8. Ba4 b5
9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. f4 Na5 12. Bd5 Be7 13. Bxb7 Nxb7 14. Nf3 Qb6 15. Qe2
Na5 16. Qf2 Bc5 17. a3 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Rf1 Bc5 20. f5 f6 21. fxe6 dxe6 22.
b4 Bxb4 23. Rb1 Qc5 24. Nxd4 e5 25. Ne6 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Kf7 27. Rxb4 Kxe6 28.
Rb6+ Kd7 29. Bd2 Nc6 30. Rb7+ Ke6 31. Rxg7 a5 32. Ra1 Rhb8 33. Ra2 h5 34. Rc7
Rc8 35. Rb7 Rcb8 36. Rh7 Rh8 37. Rxh8 Rxh8 38. Rb2 Ra8 39. c3 Rb8 40. Rxb8 Nxb8
41. Bc1 Nd7 42. Ba3 f5 43. exf5+ Kxf5 44. c4 e4 45. Ke3 exd3 46. Kxd3 Ne5+ 47.
Kd4 Ke6 48. c5 Nc6+ 49. Kc4 Ne5+ 50. Kd4 Nc6+ 51. Ke4 Ne5 52. Bb2 Nc4 53. Bc3
a4 54. h4 a3 55. c6 a2 56. Kf4 Nd6 57. Ba1 Kd5 58. c7 Kc6 59. Kg5 {1-0 (59)
Caruana,F (2786)-Gelfand,B (2751) Tashkent UZB 2012}) {I spent 15-20 minutes
on this position to find the best way. The position is very complex and deep,
so it is important to make the right decision at the right time.} 8. Qh5 {
I think I found one of the best practical moves in a human game! This move is
trying to put Black under pressure.} (8. f4 {This was a very natural and
logical move, but I did not like it, because after} Qc7 {if I move my pawn
structure, then Black gets some important squares, which was not my idea.} 9.
f5 {[%cal Rd6h2]} (9. e5 $2 a6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 $15 {[%cal Rb7g2,Yd7d6]})
9... Ne5 (9... Bd6 {the recommendation of the engine is also worth considering}
)) 8... e5 $6 {Not the best. Black has already made a committal move! It is a
logical measure aganist f4-f5, but the white-squared bishop becomes very
strong on the a2-g8 diagonal, and Black loses control over the d5-square.} (
8... a6 9. Bc4 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. f4 $5) (8... Qa5 $4 9. Bxd7+) (8... Qc7 $5 9.
Bc4 {with a playable position} (9. Nd2)) 9. Bc4 $1 {This suddenly points out
the drawback of e6-e5, and of course ...Qa5 was the plan for Black.} Be7 10. c3
$1 (10. f4 {would be very logical, but Black gets too many squares and too
much counterplay:} exf4 11. Bxf4 O-O 12. Bg3 d6 13. Nd2 Bf6 (13... Ne5 $1 14.
Bxe5 g6 $1) (13... Bg5 $6 14. Nf3 Be3+ $2 15. Rxe3 dxe3 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nxf7
Rxf7 18. Qxg6 $18)) 10... dxc3 $6 (10... O-O {was better, leaving the d4-pawn
where it is, even if it can become weak later, because now Black helps White
in developing his pieces.}) 11. Nxc3 O-O {White has a very beautiful position!
The white minor pices are controlling the centre, especially the weak
d5-square.} 12. Be3 d6 13. d4 $5 (13. Nd5 Be6 14. Rac1 Qd7 $14) 13... Kh8 14.
Nd5 (14. Rad1 {was more precise.}) 14... f5 {The only chance for Black to get
a somewhat unbalanced position, where White can make a wrong decision.} 15.
exf5 Bxf5 16. dxe5 $6 ({My first idea was to bring the rook into the game, and
force Black to lose a tempo, but when I saw ...Bh4 I was too lazy to calculate.
} 16. Rad1 $16 Rc8 17. Bb3 Bh4 18. g3 {or} (18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Rd4 $1 {[%cal
Yd4h4]}) 18... Qd7 $6 19. gxh4 Bg4 20. Qg5 {White is just winning.}) 16... Nxe5
17. Nxe7 Qxe7 {White has the bishop pair, and Black has a weak d6-pawn. I need
to reorganise the bishops, what is not easy.} 18. Bd4 $6 (18. Bf1 h6 {[%cal
Yf5g4]} 19. Bd4) 18... Bg6 $1 19. Qe2 Qh4 {Now White has to exchange one of
his bishops, but he still has some advantage.} 20. Bxe5 dxe5 {[%csl Re5]} 21.
Rad1 $14 {First it looks nothing special, but it can be very unpleasant if
White can regroup his pieces and build a fortress on the e4-square.} Rae8 22.
Bd5 $1 b6 {Black just tried to defend everything and not to play any committal
moves, just like in the opening.} ({If} 22... e4 23. Qe3 {I just blocked that
pawn, and later I will try to win it after exchanging some pieces.}) 23. f3 $1
{I have fixed the pawn on e5, defended my f2-pawn, and made a strong square on
e4 for my army.} h6 24. Be4 {It is not easy for Black! He has to choose
between two bad moves.} Bxe4 (24... Bf7 {[%cal Rb1h7]}) 25. Qxe4 Qg5 (25... Rf4
26. Qc6) 26. Rd5 $1 $16 Rf5 (26... Rf4 27. Qe3 {[%csl Re5][%cal Re3g5]}) {
I need to create more weaknesses in Black's position, and the rook is always
good on the 7th rank.} 27. Rd7 {Here my opponent started to struggle with time
trouble at an early stage, which was not a good sign for him! A definitely
worse position with no time is almost equal to losing the game.} a5 28. Rd6 Rf6
29. Rxf6 Qxf6 30. h3 $1 {I prepared to play f4, beacuse there is no problem on
the first rank, and the e5-pawn is still in danger.} ({A dirty trick of Black
is} 30. f4 $2 Rf8 $1 $11) {Aleksander felt very uncomfortable here! The clock
was running fast, and the problems were becoming more concrete and bigger than
before!} 30... g5 {I was happy to see this move!} ({Black should play
something like} 30... Kg8 31. f4 {and just give the e5-pawn, and try to build
a blockade on e6.}) 31. Rc1 {The position of the black king is dubious! Let's
occupy the open file, and try to penetrate Black's position.} Kg7 32. a4 $5 {
I also did not have too much time, that's why I did not want to force matters.
This kind of move can be unpleasant. I just fixed the black pawn structure,
and gave him the chance to make another mistake.} Re7 33. Rc6 Re6 34. Rc8 {
The black king will be in danger soon} Re7 $6 (34... Qe7 $142) 35. Qd5 $1 Qe6
36. Qd8 {Now Black is in big trouble! He needs to defend somehow, but he has
no time on the clock.} e4 $6 37. fxe4 {This was also was not bad. I just take
a pawn for free.} (37. g4 {The engine move is killing Black. It just takes the
h5- and f5-squares from the black king, and there is no escape!}) 37... Rd7 (
37... Qxe4 {This would be very risky at this moment.} 38. Qg8+ Kf6 39. Rf8+ Ke5
40. Qh8+ Kd5 41. Rd8+ Kc6 42. Qxh6+ Kb7 43. Qxg5 $18 {Black can be happy that
he is only two pawns down.}) 38. Qh8+ Kg6 39. Re8 {Forcing the black queen to
leave the a2-g8 diagonal to continue the attack.} Qf7 (39... Re7 $8 $16 {
and Black can still fight.}) 40. Rf8 $1 Rd1+ {An easy decision :)} 41. Kh2 {
The time trouble ended, but Black's position is totally lost! It's not only
the pawn, it's that the king can not escape from mate.} Qe6 42. e5 $6 (42. Re8
$1 {the killing move! Black can not hold any more. He needs to sacrifice the
queen, or he gets mated in two moves! I could have finished the game all of a
sudden. Rg8 or Qg8 is coming.}) 42... Kh5 $8 {I did not look for the winning
attack so hard, because I saw the rook ending with two or three extra pawns.}
43. Qf6 (43. Re8 Qc6 44. Rd8 $1 Rxd8 45. Qxd8 Kg6 46. Qd6+ $18 {the pawn
ending wins easily.}) 43... Qxf6 44. Rxf6 g4 {I did not expect my opponent to
resign, because he never resigns, and fights until the last moment, but he was
half a chess set down. It would be an acceptable decision at this moment to
surrender.} 45. Rxb6 {I wanted to find the easiest way.} (45. hxg4+ Kxg4 46.
Rxh6 Rd4 47. Rxb6 (47. b3 Rb4 48. e6 {winning})) 45... gxh3 {Of course.} 46.
Kxh3 Rd2 47. b4 ({The other option was} 47. Rb5 Kg6 (47... Kg5 48. Rxa5 Rxb2
49. Ra8 Re2 {if} 50. a5 Rxe5 51. a6 Re3+ 52. g3 Ra3 53. a7 Kh5) 48. Rxa5 Rxb2
49. Ra6+ Kf5 50. e6 Kf6 51. e7+ $18 {wins easily.}) 47... axb4 48. Rxb4 Rd3+
49. g3 Re3 $1 (49... Ra3 $2 50. Re4 $1) {Almost every move is winning.} 50. Rb5
(50. a5 Rxe5 51. Ra4 Re7 52. a6 Ra7 53. Ra5+ Kg6 54. Kg4 Kg7 55. Kh5 Kh7 56.
Ra4 Kg7 57. Rg4+ $18) (50. Kg2 Rxe5 $2 51. Rb5) 50... Re4 51. a5 (51. e6+ Kg6
52. a5) 51... Kg5 52. a6 $6 (52. e6+ {would be one of the best choices} Kf6 53.
Rh5 Kg6 54. a6 $18) 52... Ra4 53. e6+ Kf6 54. Re5 $1 (54. Rh5 $4 Rxa6 55. Rxh6+
Kg7 $11) 54... Ke7 55. Rh5 Kxe6 {Here I realised that I might have blundered!
But most likely I didn't, it's just that I must not be greedy! The point of
the position is the f5-square. If I can control it, and not let the black king
to go f5-g5, I am winning.} (55... Rxa6 {I saw that this is an easy job..} 56.
Rxh6) 56. Rh4 $3 {Black can never take on a6, and I can come up with the king,
and cut the black king from the kingside.} Ra1 57. Rxh6+ $4 {An unbelievable
move! I knew I can not let the black king to g5 beacuse it is a draw!} (57. Kg4
$3 {That is why I played Rh4 one move before. Do not ask why did not I play it.
} Ra4+ 58. Kf3 Ra3+ 59. Kf4 (59. Ke4 Rxg3 60. Rxh6+ Kd7 61. Rh8 $1 (61. a7 $2
Rg8 $1 $11 (61... Ra3 $4 62. Rh8 $18))) 59... Ra4+ (59... h5 60. Rxh5 Ra4+ 61.
Kg5 Ra5+ 62. Kh4 $1) 60. Ke3 Ra3+ {just walk to the queen side and support the
pawn} 61. Kd4 Kd7 62. Rxh6 Rxg3 63. a7 Ra3 (63... Rg8 64. Kc5 {and no time to
run back}) 64. Rh8 {the point!}) 57... Kf5 58. Kg2 Ra3 59. Kf2 Kg4 $4 (59...
Kg5 $1 {The only way to make a draw! It's a very difficult endgame}) 60. Rd6 $2
({Both king moves could win! I just come closer to the a-pawn, and the black
king is too far away to run back. Unfortunately I remembered another endgame I
studied, and I played for that. I did not have enough time to calculate long
lines.} 60. Ke1 Kg5 (60... Rxg3 61. Rg6+) (60... Kxg3 61. Kd2 Kf4 62. Kc2 Ke5
63. Kb2 Ra4 64. Kb3 Ra1 65. Kc4 $1 (65. Kb4 Kd5 $11)) 61. Rc6 Rxg3 62. Kd2 Kf5
{the only move which is winning!} 63. Rc8 Ra3 64. Ra8 Kg6 65. Kc2 Kg7 66. Kb2 {
as we know, this is a theoretically winning position. I knew where it is a
draw and where it is winning.}) (60. Ke2) 60... Kf5 $1 (60... Kg5 {is losing!}
61. Ke2) 61. Rb6 Kg4 62. Rd6 Kf5 63. Rc6 Kg4 64. Rf6 Kg5 65. Rd6 {I just
wanted to save some time to calculate the following line. Unfortunately, it
was the third time, and I could not continue to try to win the game, which is
now a theoretical draw, but there are a few things Black has to know!!} (65.
Rc6 Kf5 66. Ke2 Rxg3 67. Rc8 Ra3 68. Ra8 Kg6 69. Kd2 Kg7 {This position is a
theoretical draw, but Black has to find the way. I am sure my opponent knew
that!} 70. Kc2 Rh3 $8) 65... Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta1"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars P"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ambroz,J"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1994.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bb5 Qc7 (4... Nge7) (4... Nd4 5. O-O $5 a6 6.
Bd3 Ne7 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 d5 $5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Qc2 f5 12. cxd4
b5 13. Re1 $1 Nb4 14. Qc3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bc5 $1 16. b3 O-O 17. Bb2 Bd6 $13 (
17... Bb6 $2 18. Qg3 Qd7 19. d5 $1 $16 {/^ a1-h8, Svidler,P-Zyla, Groningen op
1993})) 5. O-O a6 $6 (5... Nf6 6. Re1 d6 (6... a6 7. Bxc6 Qxc6 8. d4) 7. Bxc6+
(7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 (8. Nd5 $1 Qd8 (8... exd5 9. exd5+ (9. exd5+ $16)) 9. Nxd4
Bd7 10. Bg5 exd5 (10... Rc8 {N} 11. Nf5 $1 {Ulibin,M-Akopian,V/Santiago 50/
(177)/1990}) 11. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 12. exd5+ Be7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. dxc6 Bc8 (14...
Be6 15. Rxe6 $1) 15. Qf3 Rb8 16. Re3 Rxb2 17. Rae1 Be6 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Qh5+
$18 {Rosentalis-Slekys, UdSSr 1988}) 8... Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5
dxe5 12. Bxe5 Qb6 13. Bd3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Qf3 Nd7 16. Bg3 Rfd8 17. Rad1
Nf6 18. Be5 Qb6 19. Qg3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. h3 Kf8 23. Qe3 Qb6
24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Ne2 {Khalifman,A-Akopian,V/Vilnius/1988/0.5 (30)}) (7. d3 a6
8. Bxc6+ Qxc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Bf4 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 b6 13. Qh5 Bb7 $10
{Grinberg-Akopian, Belgrade 1988}) (7. Bf1 Be7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. a4 b6
11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 O-O 13. Nb3 Ne5 $10 {Doll-Schertel, Deutschland 1989}) 7...
Qxc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qd7 10. Qf3 Be7 11. Bg5 a6 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Qg3 Bd7 14.
Nf5 $1 exf5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qc5 17. b4 Qc6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. exf5+ Kf8
20. Rxd6 Qc7 21. Qf4 Rg8 22. Qh6+ Rg7 23. Qxf6 Bxf5 24. Rd5 Bh3 25. g3 {
Balashov-Kouatly /Toluca izt/1982/1-0 (42)}) 6. Bxc6 Qxc6 7. Re1 (7. d4 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 $5 d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 e5 $2 11. Nxe5 $1 {Zagema,W-Kraut,R/Groningen op/
1988/1-0 (11)}) (7. d3 d6 (7... b5) 8. Qe2 b5 (8... Nf6 $10) 9. b3 g6 10. Bb2
Bg7 11. a4 b4 12. Nd1 Bxb2 13. Nxb2 a5 14. Nc4 Ba6 15. Nxa5 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Rxa5
17. Qb2 e5 18. Nd2 Ra7 19. f4 f6 20. Nc4 Ne7 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Rf3 O-O 23. Raf1
Raa8 24. Qf2 Rad8 25. Nxe5 {Steglich,W-Melanchek,R/Bad Woerishofen op/1989/1-0
(26)}) 7... b5 (7... Nf6 8. d4 cxd4 (8... d6 9. d5 Qc7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. e5 $5
dxe5 12. Nxe5 (12. Bg5 $5) 12... Bd6 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Bg3 b5 15. Ng4 Bxg3 16.
hxg3 Bb7 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Rd8 20. Qe2 Rd6 21. Rd1 Qd7 22.
Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Re3 c4 24. c3 Kf7 25. Re4 {Dittmar,P-Effert,K/WÜRT-ch Möglingen 
(1)/1989/0.5 (43)}) 9. Nxd4 Qc4 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 $16 f5 $2 12. b3 Qb4 13. a3
Qa5 14. Nxf5 $1 exf5 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6+ Kf7 17. Re5 Qc3 18. Qxd5+ Kg6 19.
h4 h6 20. Rxf5 Qxc2 21. Qf7+ Kh7 {Rosentalis,E-Kristensen,B/Copenhagen AS04/
1988/1-0 (22)}) 8. a4 b4 (8... Bb7) 9. Nd5 Ne7 (9... Bb7 $6 10. Ne5 Qd6 11. Nc4
Qb8 12. Ndb6 $16 (12. d4 exd5 13. exd5+ Kd8 14. Qf3 $44)) 10. Ne5 Qd6 11. Nc4
Qc6 12. Ndb6 Rb8 13. a5 Ng6 (13... d5 14. Ne5 Qd6 15. d4 $140 $5 cxd4 16. Bf4
$16) 14. d4 (14. c3 $5 {/\ d4-d5}) 14... cxd4 15. Qxd4 {>< g7} f6 16. Be3 Bb7 (
16... Kf7 $142 17. Rad1 Be7 18. g3 $14 {()} (18. f4 $5 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Rxb6 $1 (
19... Bc5 20. Bxb8 Bxd4+ 21. Rxd4 $16) 20. Bd6 $5 $44)) 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. f3 Be7
19. Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 (20... Qxc2 21. Nxd7 Kf7 22. Qxb4 $18) 21. Rxd6
h5 (21... Ne7 22. Red1 {>< d7} Nc6 23. Bc5) 22. Bd2 h4 23. Bxb4 $16 Rh5 24. c4
$6 (24. Kf2) 24... Ne5 $1 25. Bc3 h3 26. f4 $2 (26. g4 $1 Nxf3+ 27. Kf2 Nxe1
28. gxh5 Nc2 (28... Ke7 $2 29. Bb4 $1 Nc2 30. Rxd7+ $18) 29. h6 $1 Ke7 30.
Rxd7+ $1 Rxd7 31. Nxd7 gxh6 32. Nxf6 $16) 26... Nc6 27. b4 hxg2 28. Kxg2 f5 $13
1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2
Bb7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 (9... Ng6 {Ftacnik} 10. f4 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd2
Qc7 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. Qh5 e5 15. Nxc6 dxc6 16. f5 Nf4 $13 {Wolff,P-Abramovic/
Biel izt/1993/}) 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 $1 (10... Bxc6 {Ftacnik} 11. e5 Ng6 12. Re1 b4
13. Nd2 bxc3 14. bxc3 Be7 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Qh5 Ba4 17. Bd2 Bc5 18. Qg4 {
Ivanchuk,V-Lputian,Sm/Biel izt/1993/}) 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 exd5 13. Be3 $1 (
13. Rd1 O-O-O 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Bb6 Re8) 13... O-O-O (13... Be7 {Ftacnik} 14. Nd2
O-O (14... Na5 15. Nb3 Nxb3 (15... Nc4 16. Bc5) 16. Bxb3 O-O 17. Rad1 $14) 15.
Nb3 $14) (13... g6 {Ftacnik} 14. Nd2 Bg7 15. Nb3 $14) (13... Na5 {Ftacnik} 14.
Re1) 14. Bb6 $1 Re8 (14... Rd6 15. Nd2 (15. Re1 $1 {Ftacnik}) 15... g6 (15...
Nb4 16. Bf5+) 16. Bb3) 15. Rd1 g6 (15... Ne5 {Ftacnik} 16. Nd2 Nc4 17. Nxc4
bxc4 18. b3 $14) 16. Nd2 Bg7 $6 (16... Bh6 $5 {Sveshnikov,E} 17. Bb3 (17. Nf1 {
Ftacnik} Re2 18. Bb3 Rxb2 19. Bxd5 Ne5 $13) (17. Nb3 Re2 18. Bd3 Rxb2 19. Bc5
Ne5 $1) 17... Re2 18. Nf3 Rxb2 19. Bxd5 Rc2 20. c4 $1 bxc4 21. Bxf7 $14 (21.
Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Nd4 Rb2 (22... Ba4 23. Nxc2 Bxc2 $14) 23. Ba5 Ba4 24. Bc3 Rb7 (
24... Bxd1 25. Bxb2 Ba4 26. Nf5 gxf5 27. Bxh8 Bd2 $1 $14))) 17. Nf1 $16 (17.
Nb3 {Ftacnik} Re2) 17... Re6 (17... Re2 $6 {Ftacnik} 18. Rac1 Bh6 (18... Rhe8
19. Ne3 $16) 19. Be3 $16) (17... Ne5 {Ftacnik} 18. Bd4 $14) 18. Bb3 Ne5 19. Bd4
f6 (19... Rg8 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Ne3 Rd8 22. Rd3 f5 23. Rad1) 20. Bxe5 (20. Ne3
{Ftacnik} Nc4) 20... Rxe5 21. Ne3 Rd8 (21... Rhe8 {Ftacnik} 22. Kf1) 22. Rd3
Bf8 (22... f5 $1 23. Rad1 d4 $1 (23... Bh6 {Ftacnik} 24. Bxd5 Bxe3 25. Bxb7+
$18) 24. Nc2 $1 (24. cxd4 Re7 $44) 24... Be4 25. Rxd4 Rde8 $16) 23. Rad1 Bc5
24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 $6 (25. Rxd5 $1 Rdxd5 (25... Rexd5 26. Rxd5 $18) 26.
Rxd5 Bxe3 27. Rxe5 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 fxe5 29. Ke3 Kc7 30. Kd3 $3 (30. Ke4 Kd6 31.
b3 a5 $1 32. a4 (32. g4 g5) 32... bxa4 33. bxa4 g5 $1 (33... Kc5 34. Kxe5 Kc4
35. Kd6 Kb3 (35... Kxc3 36. Kc5) 36. Kd5 Kxa4 37. c4 Kb4 38. c5 a4 39. c6 a3
40. c7 a2 41. c8=Q a1=Q 42. Qb7+ Ka3 43. Qa6+ Kb2 44. Qxa1+ Kxa1 45. Ke5 $18)
34. g4 h6 35. h3 Ke6 $13) 30... Kd6 31. c4 $18 (31. c4 $1 {Ftacnik} Kc5 32.
cxb5 axb5 33. Ke4 Kd6 34. a3 Ke6 35. b3 $18)) 25... Re2 26. b4 $4 (26. Nf4 $1
Rxd3 $8 27. Nxd3 Bf8 (27... Ba7 28. Kf1 Rc2 29. Ke1) 28. Kf1 Rc2 29. Rb1 Rd2
30. Ne1 Bh6 31. Nf3 Rc2 32. Nd4 Rd2 33. Ke1 $16 {/\ Ne2, f4}) 26... Rde8 $10 (
26... Bxf2+ $2 {Ftacnik} 27. Kf1 Rde8 28. Nxf6 R8e6 29. Rd8+ Kc7 30. R1d7+ Kc6
31. Rc8+ Kb6 32. Nd5#) (26... Ba7 $2 {Ftacnik} 27. Ne7+) 27. Rf1 Ba7 28. Nxf6 (
28. Rf3 f5) 28... Rxf2 29. Nxe8 Rf8+ 30. Rd4 Rxe8 31. Rf7 (31. Kf2 {Ftacnik}
Bxd4+ 32. cxd4 Kd7 33. Rc1 Re4 $10) 31... Bxd4+ 32. cxd4 Re2 $1 33. a3 Ra2 34.
Rxh7 (34. Rf3 {Ftacnik} Kd7 35. h4 Ke6) 34... Rxa3 35. Rg7 (35. d5 {Ftacnik}
Ra4 36. Rh4 Kd7) 35... Ra4 36. Rxg6 Kb7 $1 (36... Rxb4 37. Rxa6 Rxd4 $14) 37.
h4 Rxb4 38. Rg4 (38. h5 {Ftacnik} Rxd4 39. h6 b4 $10) 38... Rb1+ 39. Kh2 b4 40.
h5 Rf1 (40... b3 $2 {Ftacnik} 41. Rg3 a5 42. h6 a4 43. h7 b2 44. h8=Q) 41. h6
Rf8 42. d5 (42. h7 Rh8 43. Rg7+ Kc6 $1) 42... a5 43. h7 Rh8 44. Rg7+ Ka6 (44...
Kb6 45. d6 b3 46. d7 b2 47. d8=Q+ Rxd8 48. Rg8 b1=Q 49. h8=Q $10) 45. d6 b3 46.
d7 b2 47. Rg6+ $1 Ka7 48. d8=Q Rxd8 49. Rg7+ Ka6 50. Rg6+ (50. Rg6+ Kb7 51. Rg8
b1=Q 52. h8=Q $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 Ng4 8. g3
Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Ne5 10. Qe2 e6 11. Bg2 d6 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. Nd1 Nd4 15.
Qd3 Bf6 16. c3 Nc6 17. Ne3 O-O 18. Ng4 Be7 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. Red1 a5 21. d4 a4
22. Rab1 axb3 23. axb3 Ra2 24. Ne3 cxd4 25. cxd4 Bf6 26. e5 dxe5 27. dxe5 Be7
28. Nc4 Nb4 29. Nd6 Bc6 30. Qc4 Nd5 31. Bd4 Bxd6 32. exd6 Qd7 33. Bc5 Rc8 34.
Qd4 Nf6 35. Bxc6 Rxc6 36. Ra1 Rxa1 37. Rxa1 Rc8 38. Ra7 Qc6 39. Ba3 h5 40. Qb4
b5 41. Qd4 Rd8 42. Rc7 Qf3 43. d7 e5 $1 44. Qxe5 ({If} 44. Qd6 {, then} Ne4 {
, with initiative.}) 44... Qd1+ 45. Kg2 Rxd7 46. Rc5 h4 47. Qf5 Rd8 48. Bb2 Ng4
49. Rc8 Rxc8 50. Qxc8+ Kh7 51. Qf5+ Kg8 52. h3 Qxb3 53. Bxg7 $4 ({A big
mistake severely punished by Black. After} 53. Bd4 {the chances are about
equal.}) {[%tqu "En","How can Black punish White's last 'smart' move?","Watch
out for geometrical motifs!","Sacrifice your queen!","b3g3","This terrific
blow yields Black a decisive advantage.",3]} 53... Qxg3+ $1 {[%csl Rf5,Rg2,Gg3,
Gg4,Rg7] A convincing refutation of White's careless play.} 54. fxg3 Ne3+ 55.
Kf3 Nxf5 56. Bc3 hxg3 {The ending is easily winning for Black.} 57. Bb4 Kg7 58.
Bc5 Kg6 59. Kg4 g2 60. Kf3 b4 61. Kxg2 b3 62. Ba3 Ne3+ 63. Kf3 Nc4 64. Bc1 Kf5
65. h4 b2 66. Bxb2 Nxb2 67. h5 Kg5 68. Ke4 Kxh5 69. Kf5 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.12.13"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Teske, Henrik"]
[Black "Souleidis, Georgios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Nd5 Nxd5
8. exd5 a6 9. Ba4 g6 10. d3 Bg7 11. Bg5 b5 12. Bb3 e6 13. c4 dxc3 14. bxc3 O-O
15. Rc1 Bb7 16. c4 Qe5 17. Qd2 Rfc8 18. Rfe1 Qf5 19. h3 Bd4 20. Be3 Bxe3 21.
fxe3 Qg5 22. dxe6 dxe6 23. Qf2 bxc4 24. Bxc4 Rc7 25. e4 Rd8 26. Rb1 Qe5 27. Re3
Qd4 28. Rf1 a5 29. Kh1 Bc6 30. Qh4 Re8 31. Ref3 Qe5 32. Rf6 Rd7 33. Qf2 Ree7
34. Qb6 Rc7 $2 ({This imprudent move is elegantly refuted by White. After} 
34... Qc7 {Black has good counterplay.}) {[%tqu "En","How can White take
adavantage of Black's last imprudent move?","Use the weakness of Black's back
rank.","Sacrifice your bishop!","c4e6","This bishop sacrifice yields White a
decisive advantage.",6]} 35. Bxe6 $1 {[%csl Rf8,Rg8][%cal Gf1f8,Gb6b8] This
unexpected bishop thrust spells a quick end for Black.} Rxe6 (35... fxe6 {
loses after} 36. Qb8+ Re8 37. Rf8+) 36. Rxe6 Qxe6 (36... fxe6 {fails to} 37.
Qb8+ Kg7 38. Qf8#) 37. Qxc7 a4 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Velikhanli, Firuza"]
[Black "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 cxd4 6. Nb1 Qg5 7. Bf1 Nf6 8.
d3 Qa5+ 9. Nd2 d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. f4 g5 12. fxg5 Nxe5 13. Be2 h6 14. gxh6 Bxh6
15. O-O Be3+ 16. Kh1 Qc7 17. g3 Bd7 18. Nb3 O-O-O 19. Bxe3 dxe3 20. d4 Nc4 21.
Qe1 Rdg8 {Black has good winning chances due to the excellent placement of his
pieces and the exposed position of White's king. Schwarz hat gute
Gewinnchancen auf Grund seiner ausgezeichneten Figurenstellung sowie der
exponierten Lage des weißen Königs.} 22. Rf3 Bc6 23. Nc5 e5 24. c3 Nxb2 25.
Rxe3 Nc4 26. Rf3 Rg7 27. Qf2 Nd2 28. Rf6 exd4 29. cxd4 Ne4 30. Nxe4 dxe4 31.
Rc1 $2 ({A decisive mistake. More stubborn was Ein entscheidender Fehler.
Zäher war} 31. Kg1) 31... e3+ 32. Rfxc6 bxc6 33. Ba6+ Kd7 34. Qf5+ Ke8 35. Rc2
Kf8 36. Qc5+ Kg8 37. Qxc6 {[%tqu "En","How can Black finish the game
victoriously?","Target the enemy king and exploit the shaky position of the
white queen.","Use your h8-rook to destroy White's defensive bastion on the
kingside.","h8h2","After this powerful blow mate is inevitable.",4,"De","Wie
kann Schwarz die Partie siegreich beenden?","Nehmen Sie den feindlichen König
aufs Korn und nutzen Sie die unsichere Stellung der weißen Dame aus.","Setzen
Sie Ihren Turm h8 ein, um die weiße Defensivbastion am Königsflügel zu
zerschlagen.","h8h2","Nach diesem Kraftzug ist Matt unvermeilich.",4]} Rxh2+ $1
{[%csl Rc2,Rc6,Gc7,Rg3,Gg7,Rh1,Gh2][%cal Gc7g3,Gg7g3] This brilliant rook
thrust breaks White's fragile defense and forces mate in several moves. Dieser
glänzende Turmeinschlag durchbricht die fragile weiße Verteidigung und
erzwingt Matt in wenigen Zügen.} (37... Rxh2+ {, and White resigned in view of
inevitable mate: und Weiß gab auf, denn Matt ist unvermeidlich:} 38. Kxh2 (38.
Rxh2 Qxc6+ 39. Rg2 Rxg3) (38. Kg1 Qxg3+) 38... Qxg3+ 39. Kh1 Qg1#) 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Black "Rabiega, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 (4... d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. h4
Bh6 8. Qh5 $1 $146 g6 9. Qd1 Nf6 10. Nf1 Bxc1 11. Qxc1 Be6 12. Ne3 Nd4 13. Ncd5
h5 14. c3 Nc6 15. Qd1 Kf8 16. g3 Kg7 17. Qe2 Rb8 18. a4 Ng4 19. f3 Nxe3 20.
Nxe3 Ne7 21. O-O Re8 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. f4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Nc6 25. Raf1 Qe7 26. g4
Qxh4 27. gxh5 Qg3+ 28. Ng2 Ne5 29. d4 cxd4 30. cxd4 Qd3 31. Qf2 Nc6 32. Rf7+
Kg8 33. h6 {1-0 Adams,M-Smirin,I/Insel Iscia op 1995}) 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nd2 d6 7.
Nf1 O-O 8. Ne3 Ne8 $6 (8... Be6 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. Bd2 $6 Kh8 12. g3 b5
13. axb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Nd4 15. Bc4 Rxb2 $15 {Kupreichik,V-Boensch,U/Bad
Woerishofen op (08) ;EXP 47 1995}) 9. Ncd5 Nc7 10. Nxc7 Qxc7 11. Nd5 Qd8 12.
O-O (12. h4 $6 Be6 $132) 12... Bg5 13. Qh5 $1 Bxc1 14. Raxc1 $14 {|^} Ne7 15.
f4 $5 (15. Ne3 $14) 15... Nxd5 16. Bxd5 exf4 17. Rxf4 Be6 18. Rcf1 (18. c4 $14)
18... Qe7 (18... Bxd5 19. Qxd5 $14) 19. c4 $1 {[#]} Rab8 $2 (19... Rae8 20.
R1f3 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Qe5 $14) 20. R1f3 $16 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Qe5 22. Qxe5 $1 (22. Rf5
$2 Qd4+ {/\g6}) 22... dxe5 23. Rf5 f6 24. Kf2 $1 {/\Ke3, Pg4-g5, Rf2-c2, Rf1-c1
} (24. g4 $143 Rbc8 {/\c4<=>}) 24... b5 $2 {><c5} (24... Rbc8 25. Ke3 c4 $140
26. d4 $1) (24... Rfe8 $142 $16) 25. Ke3 $1 {[#]} Rb6 26. Rf2 $1 {/\Rc2, Rf1-c1
} Ra6 27. b3 c4 $1 28. d4 $1 (28. dxc4 $2 bxc4 29. bxc4 Ra3+ 30. Kd2 Rc8 $1
$132) 28... cxb3 29. axb3 exd4+ 30. Kxd4 Rc8 31. e5 $1 $18 {o^d5} fxe5+ 32.
Rxe5 Rg6 33. h3 $1 (33. Re6 Rg4+) 33... a5 34. Re6 Rxe6 35. dxe6 a4 36. b4 $1 (
36. bxa4 $4 bxa4 37. Kd5 Ra8 $10) 36... a3 37. Kd5 Ra8 38. e7 g6 39. Kc6 Kg7
40. Kxb5 Re8 41. Ra2 Rxe7 42. Rxa3 h5 43. Ka6 Re2 44. g3 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT 0001"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2000.11.19"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hohenems SK"]
[BlackTeam "Fuerstenfeld SK Gesundheitstreff Spk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4
h6 9. Nh3 $5 {An interesting alternative to the standard 9.Nf3. The text move
was first played by V. Zvjaginsev in his recent game against Ikonnikov (Samara
2000).} (9. Nf3 Bg4 (9... exf4 10. Bxf4 Bg4 (10... Be6 11. Qd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5
13. Rae1 Bf6 14. Bg3 Nxc3 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Qe2 Bxc3 18. Qxe6+ Kh7
19. Qe4+ Kg8 20. Qe6+ Kh7 21. Qe4+ Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Klovsky,R-Lapienis,D/Riga 1975/
MCD (21)}) 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Rae1 Nd7 13. Nd5 Nde5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 dxe5
16. Ne3 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rxf8 Bxf8 19. Kh1 Be7 20. Nc4 b5 21. Nxe5 Bg5 22.
Qf2 Bh4 23. g3 Bf6 24. Nf3 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Qf6 26. e5 Qe7 {1-0 Makarichev,S-Wians,
C/Cappelle 1993/TD (26)}) 10. f5 Nd4 11. Kh1 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Nd5 Kh8 14. Nxf6
Bxf6 15. c3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nc6 17. f4 Ne7 18. Qh5 Ng8 19. Bxf7 Ra7 20. Be6 exf4
21. Bxf4 Be5 22. Be3 Nf6 23. Qh3 d5 24. d4 {1-0 Drozdov,I-Waller,H/Bled 1994/
TD (33)}) 9... exf4 (9... Bg4 {deserves attention here.}) 10. Bxf4 (10. Nxf4
Ne5 {does not promise White any advantage.}) 10... Ne5 (10... Bxh3 11. gxh3 Ne5
12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 {would lead to an interesting strategic
battle with mutual chances.}) ({Ikonnikov opted here for} 10... Be6 {, and
after} 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Bg3 e5 13. Nf2 Qd7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nd4 16. c3
Nf5 17. Qe2 Rf7 18. Ne4 {the game was drawn, Zvjaginsev,V-Ikonnikov,V/Samara
2000/KasparovChess collection (18)}) 11. Bxe5 dxe5 12. Nd5 Be6 ({Again,} 12...
Bxh3 {was worth considering. The text move discloses Black's interesting
strategic idea. After the bishop exchange, the double e-pawns will control
important central squares preventing feasible knight invasion, whilst Black
can exercise his chances on the queenside, playing against a potentially weak
pawn chain c2-d3-e4.}) 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxe6 Qd4+ 15. Kh1 $6 (15. Nf2 $1 {
was to be preferred. After} fxe6 16. c3 Qd6 17. Qe2 {White retains a minimal
advantage. The text move allow Black to develop a dangerous initiative.}) 15...
fxe6 {[%csl Yc2,Yd3,Rd5,Ye4,Rf4,Rf5][%cal Ge6f5,Ge6d5,Ge5f4,Gc5c4,Gc4d3,Ga8d8,
Gc8c2,Gd8d3]} 16. c3 Qd6 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Rf3 Be7 $1 {Rook exchange is clearly
favourable for Black.} 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Nf2 c4 $1 {[%csl Rd2,Rd3][%cal Gd8d2]
This efficient pawn thrust equalizes the game.} 21. Rd1 (21. dxc4 $2 Qd2 22.
Re1 Bc5 {would be fatal for White.}) 21... Qb6 $1 {[%csl Rd1,Rd3,Rf2,Rh1][%cal
Gf8c5,Gb6f2,Gd8d1,Gc4d3] Another excellent move putting White under pressure.}
22. h3 (22. dxc4 $4 {loses on the spot in view of} Qxf2) 22... Bc5 23. dxc4 (
23. d4 exd4 24. Qxc4 {is elegantly refuted by} dxc3 $1 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qxc5
cxb2 27. Qc2 (27. Qb5 Qb6) 27... Qb6 {winning.}) 23... Bxf2 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.
Qxf2 Qd1+ 26. Kh2 Qb1 {[%csl Ra2,Rc4,Re4][%cal Gb1e4,Gb1a2,Ga2c4,Ge4c4]} ({
The only move. Much weaker was} 26... Qd3 27. Qf3 Qxc4 28. b3 {followed by 29.
c4, and White has large advantage.}) 27. Qe2 (27. Qxa7 {does not yield White
anything in view of} Qxe4 ({Certainly, not} 27... Qxb2 $2 28. Qb8+ Kh7 29. Qxe5
)) (27. b4 {fails to} Qxe4 28. c5 Qf4+) 27... Qxa2 28. c5 Qb3 29. Kg3 Kh7 30.
Kf3 a5 31. Kf2 (31. g3 a4 32. h4 {was a better choice for White.}) 31... a4 32.
Kf3 Qa2 33. Qb5 $6 {Unefficient queen thrust. Instead of the text., 33.g3
followed by 34.h4, was to be preferred.} Qb1 $1 {[%csl Re4,Rf3,Rf4]} 34. Qe2 $1
({The only move. Careless} 34. Qxa4 $2 {could cause serious troubles for Whtie:
} Qf1+ 35. Ke3 ({Unfortunately,} 35. Kg3 {fails to} Qf4#) 35... Qxg2 36. Kd3
Qxh3+ 37. Kc4 Qf1+ 38. Kb4 h5 $17 {, and Black has excellent winning chances.})
(34. Qxb7 $4 {loses on the spot in view of} a3 35. c6 a2 36. c7 a1=Q 37. c8=Q
Qf1+ {, with mate in 2 moves. Queen's retreat to e2 allows White to keep the
balance.}) 34... Qg1 35. Qf2 Qc1 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gc1f4] Threatening 36...Qf4+.
} 36. g3 $1 {After this move Black's threats are not dangerous anymore.} Qh1+
37. Qg2 Qd1+ 38. Qe2 Qc1 39. h4 Qh1+ 40. Qg2 Qd1+ 41. Qe2 Qh1+ 42. Qg2 Qd1+ 43.
Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch 55th"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Markovic, Miroslav"]
[Black "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. h4 $5 h5 (
6... f6 $5 7. e5 $6 fxe5 8. Nxe5 d6 9. Nc4 Nf5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12.
Qh5+ g6 13. Qg5 Rb8 14. Nc3 d5 $15 {Oratovsky,M-Miladinovic,I/WchJM-U20 1994/
0-1 (59)}) (6... d6 7. e5 Ng6 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. Nc3 f5 10. g3 O-O 11. h5 Ne5 $13
{0-1 Diozu,M-Dekusar,M/TIT-W2 1993 (31)}) 7. Qe2 (7. Nc3 Ng6 8. Ne2 e5 9. Bg5
f6 10. Be3 d5 11. c4 Bd6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Vasiukov,
E-Zvjaginsev,V/RUS-ch 1995 (24)}) 7... f6 $5 8. e5 {This variation leads to
very complicated struggle with mutual chanses.} (8. Be3 d6 9. c4 (9. d4 cxd4
10. Nxd4 e5 11. Nf3 d5 $17) 9... e5 10. Nc3 g6 $13) 8... fxe5 (8... Ng6 9. Qe4
Kf7 10. Rh3 Nxe5 11. Nxe5+ fxe5 12. Qxe5 d6 $132) 9. Qxe5 Nf5 $5 10. Bg5 Be7
11. Nc3 (11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qc7 O-O 13. Nbd2 Qd8 $132) 11... d6 12. Qe2 Rb8 13.
b3 e5 $132 {Both sides have defected pawn structure and the question is who
will manage to take advantage of it.} 14. Ne4 O-O 15. c3 {[%csl Gd4]} a5 $5 16.
Rd1 (16. Nfd2 {[%csl Rh5]} d5 (16... g6 $5) 17. Nxc5 Qd6 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Na4
Nxh4 20. Qxh5 Nxg2+ 21. Kf1 Nf4 $15) 16... a4 $6 {Too optimistic.} 17. bxa4 g6
18. O-O (18. d4 $6 exd4 19. cxd4 Qa5+ $1 20. Qd2 Qxd2+ 21. Nfxd2 Bxg5 22. hxg5
cxd4 $17) 18... Ra8 19. Qc2 Be6 20. d4 $5 (20. Rb1) 20... exd4 21. cxd4 c4 22.
Nc3 {Ater inaccuracy of black white has slightly better chanses.} (22. Rfe1 Bd5
23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Nc3 Qd7 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. Re2 Qxa4 27. Qc1 $36 {[%cal Gd1e1,
Gc1g5,Ge2e6]}) 22... Bd5 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Rfe1 $6 (24. Bxe7 $5) 24... Bxg5 25.
Nxg5 (25. hxg5 Qd7 26. Rb1 Rxa4 27. Rb7 $1 Qxb7 (27... Rxa2 28. Rxd7 Rxc2 29.
Re6 $132) 28. Qxa4 Qf7 29. Qc2 Ra8 $11 {[%csl Rf3]}) 25... Nxh4 26. Ne6 Qd7 27.
Re2 $6 ({Btter was} 27. Nxf8 Qg4 28. g3 (28. f4 Rxf8 (28... Nf3+ 29. Kf1 (29.
Kf2 Nxe1 30. Qxg6+ Qxg6 31. Nxg6 Nd3+ 32. Kf3 Kf7 33. Nh4 Rxa4 $15) 29... Nxe1
30. Qxg6+ Qxg6 31. Nxg6 Nd3 32. Ne7+ Kf7 33. Nxd5 Rxa4 $11) 29. Qe2 Rxf4 30.
Qxg4 Rxg4 31. Re2 Nf5 32. a5 Rg3 $13) 28... Nf3+ (28... Rxf8 $5) 29. Kg2 Nxe1+
30. Rxe1 Rxf8 31. Re3 h4 $15) 27... Rf6 28. Rde1 Re8 29. Ng5 Ref8 $1 $36 {
[%cal Gd7g4]} 30. f3 Nf5 31. Qc3 Qxa4 32. Ne6 (32. Rb1 Qa7 $1) 32... R8f7 33.
Nf4 Qc6 34. Re8+ Rf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Qa5 (36. Rb1 $5 Ng3 (36... Kg7 $5 $15)
37. Qe3 $5 h4 $5 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. Nxd5 Nf5 40. Qe4 $13) 36... Nxd4 37. Nxd5 $6
(37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Re7+ Rf7 39. Nxg6 Rxe7 40. Nxe7 Qc5 41. Kf1 $15) 37... Re6
$17 38. Rxe6 Nxe6 39. Qd8+ $4 {[%cal Ge6d8]} 0-1

[Event "Nikaia op 11th"]
[Site "Nikaia"]
[Date "2003.08.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the last round. We both were leading the field with
fantastic 7 out of 8. And telling the truth I expected a very safe play from
my opponent, with the idea to get a minimal edge and to press without any risk,
but my opponent was in very fighting spirit.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4.
e5 Nd5 5. O-O Nc7 6. Nc3 ({Another type of the position would have arised
after:} 6. Bxc6 dxc6) 6... g6 7. Bc4 (7. Re1 $5 Nxb5 $140 $2 {Tombant dans le
piège.} ({Il fallait se contenter de} 7... Bg7 $142) 8. Nxb5 {Mon adversaire
avait certainement décelé la possibilité du sacrifice en d6, mais n'y croyait
manifestement pas ...} Bg7 9. d4 $32 {[%csl Ge1,Re8][%cal Yb5d6] Menaçant
d5-d6 avec étouffement.} cxd4 {[#]} (9... Nxd4 {aurait entraîné l'invasion de
la 7e rangée après} 10. Nfxd4 cxd4 11. Nd6+ $36) 10. Nd6+ $1 {Coucou!} Kf8 {
La meilleure chance. Les Noirs misent sur leur pion de plus pour espérer
résister.} ({Immédiatement fatal serait} 10... exd6 11. Bg5 $1 Qa5 12. exd6+
Ne5 (12... Kf8 13. Qe2 Kg8 14. Qe8+ Bf8 15. Qxf8+ Kxf8 16. Bh6+ Kg8 17. Re8#)
13. Nxe5 (13. Be7 f6) 13... O-O 14. Qxd4 {avec l'avantage d'un pion et d'une
position écrasante.}) 11. Nb5 $16 {1-0 Winants,L-Abbink,M/Haarlem 1997/CBM 61/
[Winants] (18) Le plus simple. Le Roi noir étant privé du roque, le Cavalier
rebrousse chemin pour récupérer le matériel investi (12.Nbxd4).}) 7... Bg7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. d3 b6 (9... d5 10. exd6 exd6 (10... Qxd6 $2 11. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Gc5]}
) 11. Bg5 Qd7 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 12. Bd5 (12. Qd2 $5 {[%cal Gg5h6]}) 12... Ne6 $6 (
12... b6 {[%cal Gc8b7]}) 13. Bd2 Ne7 14. a4 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 b6 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17.
bxc3 Kg7 18. c4 $16 {1-0 Sarakauskas,G-Mrna,V/Litomysl 1997/EXT 99 (19)}) 10.
a3 $146 {In my view this move is sensless, since Na5-c4 is not in my plans.
Other alternatives are:} (10. Bg5 d5 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Qe2 Be6 13. Rad1 Nd4 14.
Nxd4 cxd4 15. Ne4 Qd7 16. Nd2 b5 17. Bb3 a5 $11 {0-1 Horner,J-Johansen,D/
Southport 1983/EXT 99 (56)}) (10. Bf4 Ne6 11. Bg3 Bb7 12. Ne4 Ned4 13. Nxd4
Nxd4 14. Bf4 Nf5 15. Qg4 d5 16. exd6 Nxd6 17. Nxd6 exd6 18. c3 d5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Pfleger,H-Manasterski,L/Polanica Zdroj 1971/MCL (52)}) (10. Nd5 Bb7 11. Bg5 Re8
12. a3 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Qc7 14. Qd2 Nd4 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bh6 Bh8
18. Re4 Rac8 19. Rae1 Rc5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Ricardi,P-Silva,S/Manila 1992/TD (66)})
10... d5 11. exd6 Qxd6 $1 {This is the difference, now black can take with
queen, as c5-pawn is protected and Ne4 is not dangerous. So we can make
aconclusion, that black easily solved all his opening problems and got a
comfortable play.} (11... exd6 12. Nd5 $11) 12. Ng5 $6 (12. Ne4 $142 Qd8 13. c3
Be6 {with equal chances} (13... Bg4 14. Neg5 {[%cal Gh2h3]} e6 15. h3 Bxf3 16.
Nxf3 Qd6 $11)) 12... h6 $1 (12... Nd4 13. Nce4 Qd7 14. c3 Nc6 15. Qe2 Bb7 $11)
13. Nge4 Qd8 {Very important, after the inaccurate 13...Qd7 black cannot move
the e-pawn, in this case white has the idea of Bh6.} 14. h4 $2 {My opponent
completely overestimated his chance, white is not ready for such a desperate
attack.} (14. Be3 $142 e6 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Rab1 {[%cal Gb2b4]} f5
17. Ng3 e5 18. f4 $15) 14... e6 $17 {[%csl Gh4] Very important move in black's
strategy, which helps black to shut out white's light-squared bishop for a
long time.} 15. h5 g5 ({Avoiding unnecessary complications after} 15... f5 16.
hxg6 (16. Nd2 g5 $17) 16... fxe4 17. Nxe4 $1 (17. Qh5 Qf6 18. Nxe4 Qf5 $1 $19)
17... Ne5 18. Qh5) 16. f4 $6 (16. Bd2 f5 17. Ng3 {and now black has two
options:} Ne5 ({or positional} 17... Kh8 {[%cal Gd8d7,Gc8b7] with clear
advantage}) 18. Bb3 f4 19. Nge4 f3 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Gd8e8] with dangerous
attack}) 16... g4 {Now it becomes clear, that white's strategy ended up in
complete disaster. Black needs only to play f7-f5 in order to get
strategically winning position, so white decided to complicate the game
somehow.} (16... f5 $143 17. fxg5 (17. Nf2 g4 $17) 17... fxe4 18. Nxe4 $132 {
and white has some initiative}) 17. Qxg4 (17. Nf2 f5 18. Bd2 Qh4 $17 {[%csl
Gh5]}) 17... f5 18. Qg3 Nd4 ({Also winning} 18... fxe4 19. f5 {[%cal Gc1h6]} (
19. Nxe4 Nd4 $1 {[%cal Gd4f5]}) 19... Kh8 $1) 19. Ng5 Nxc2 (19... hxg5 20. fxg5
Nxc2 21. Bf4 {with some activity}) 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Bxe6+ Nxe6 22. Rxe6 Nxa1
23. Rxh6 Rf6 $1 {The last accurate move, swaping the rooks black actually
secures the win.} 24. Rxf6 Qxf6 {Of course white could have resighned here.}
25. Nd5 Qd4+ 26. Ne3 Nb3 {[%csl Gc1]} 27. Kh2 Nxc1 28. Nxf5 Ne2 29. Qg6 Qg1+ (
29... Qg1+ 30. Kh3 Nxf4+) 0-1

[Event "Groningen Harmonie"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.12.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. b3 Ng6 7. Bb2 f6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 $5 {Black has some other options too:} (9... Be7 10. c4 O-O
11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Qd2 a6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. f4 Rad8 15. Nde2 f5 16. exf5 {1/2-1/2
Savon,V-Gulko,B/Vilnius 1975/MCL (16)}) (9... Qc7 10. Qh5 c5 11. Nf5 {[%csl
Re8]} Qf4 (11... Bb7 $5) 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. g3 Qg5 14. Qxg5 fxg5 15. Ne3 Be7 16.
Rad1 Ba6 17. Rfe1 $13 {0-1 Cuartas,C-Lazarev,V/Montreal 2002/CBM 88 ext (62)})
10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Rb8 $146 {A new move according to my database,which doesn't
change the type of position.} (11... Qc7 12. Kh1 Be7 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Rc2 a6 15.
f3 Rad8 16. Bc1 c5 17. Nde2 Bc6 18. Be3 Kh8 19. Rd2 $11 {1-0 Timman,J-Visier
Segovia,F/Las Palmas 1977/EXT 98 (33)}) 12. Qd2 Ba6 13. Na4 $6 {i don't like
this move,there is nothing to do here for white knight and also this move
helps black to get his own play with c5 and Bb7.It difficult to imagine more
logical move ,then to put some rook on d-file.} (13. Rfd1 $142 Bxc4 $140 $6 (
13... Qc7 $142 $13) 14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 (15. Bxd4) 15... Bb5 16. Nc5 $14) (
13. Rad1 Bxc4 $5 14. bxc4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Rxb2 16. Qxa7 Rf7 $1 $11 (16... Ne5 17.
f4 Nxc4 18. Rxd7 Qb6+ 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Rd6 $14)) 13... Be7 14. Rfe1 $2 {
White is playing without any plan and black easily get his play.} (14. f4 c5
15. Ne2 (15. f5 $143 cxd4 16. fxg6 e5 $1 $15 {[%csl Ge4]}) 15... d5 $1 16. exd5
exd5 17. cxd5 c4 $1 {and black has no problems}) (14. Rad1 $142 Qc7 $13 (14...
c5 $140 $6 15. Ne2 d6 16. f4 $1 $14 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 15. Nc3 $11) 14... c5 15.
Nc2 (15. Ne2 Bb7 16. Rad1 Bc6 17. Nac3 f5 18. exf5 $140 Nh4 $40) 15... Bb7 {
Now black can defend d-pawn comfortably with Bc6} 16. Nc3 (16. f4 $2 f5 17. e5
Nh4 $17) 16... f5 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. exf5 $2 {very bad positional decision,white
opens black light squared bishop,which doesn't has his opponent and black is
getting very good attacking chances on the kingside.} (18. f3 $142 Bg5 19. Ne3
{and although black is better,white position remains solid}) 18... Rxf5 19. Ne4
(19. Ne3 Rg5 $36) 19... Nh4 (19... Bg5 20. Qc3 Qf8 21. f3 $15) 20. b4 $2 ({
More stubborn was} 20. Qd3 {[%cal Gd3g3]} Qf8 21. f3 {also after} (21. Qg3 Nxg2
$1 22. Qxg2 (22. Kxg2 $2 Rg5 $19 {[%cal Gg5g3,Gg3g2]}) 22... Rg5 23. Nxg5 Bxg2
24. Kxg2 Bxg5 25. Rxd7 Bf6 $17) (21. Ne3 Rf4 22. f3 Rxf3 $1 23. gxf3 Nxf3+ 24.
Kg2 Nxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qf4 26. Nf1 Rf8 {[%cal Gf4f2]}) 21... Qf7 $1 {[%cal Gf7g6,
Gb8f8] black initiative is very dangerous}) 20... a6 {Cool reaction} (20...
cxb4 $140 21. Nd4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rf7 23. Nb5) ({Deserve serious attention} 20...
Qe8 $5 {[%cal Ge8g6]} 21. b5 $140 Qg6 22. Ng3 Bxg2) 21. Qc3 (21. Bc3 Qe8 {
[%cal Ge8g6]}) (21. Qd3 Qf8 $1 $17 (21... Qe8 $143 22. Qg3 {[%cal Gg3g7]}))
21... Bf6 $1 {Just very simple} 22. Nxf6+ (22. Qb3 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Nxg2 $1 24.
Kxg2 Qg5+ 25. Kf1 Rbf8 $1 {with decisive attack}) 22... Rxf6 $40 23. Re3 ({
Unfortunately for white doesn't work:} 23. Rxe6 dxe6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Ne3
Bxg2 $1 $19) 23... Nf5 (23... Nxg2 24. Rg3 Nf4 25. Qd2 $1 (25. Qxf6 Ne2+ $19)
25... Nh5 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 $17) 24. Re5 (24. Red3 Rg6 25. g3 Qh4 26. f4 Qxf4 $19)
24... Rg6 25. g3 Qh4 $1 $19 26. Rd3 (26. Qd2 Rf8 $1 {[%cal Gf5g3]}) 26... Qxh2+
$1 27. Kf1 (27. Kxh2 Rh6+ 28. Kg1 Rh1#) 27... Rf8 {White is simply hopeless
against black threats} 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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. e4 {Finkel,A} c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Ng5 O-O 7. f4
exf4 (7... h6 $2 8. Nxf7 Rxf7 9. f5 $1 Qe8 10. g4 Kh8 11. h4 Rf8 12. g5 Qh5 13.
gxf6 Qxd1+ 14. Kxd1 Bxf6 15. Nd5 $16 Ne7 $2 16. Nxf6 {1-0 Hector,J-Manninen,M/
FIN-SVE 1993}) 8. Bxf4 d5 $5 ({Black has managed to equalize after 8...d6:} 
8... d6 9. O-O (9. Qd2 $6 Na5 10. Bd5 Nc6 11. O-O Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5
f6 14. Bh4 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Brodsky,M-Yudasin,L/Moscow Alekhine op 1992 (26)})
9... Ne5 10. Bb3 h6 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. d4 $2 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bh3 14. Rf2 Nh5 $17 {
Bangiev,A-Boehm,J/OL-NW9798 1998/0-1 (87)}) 9. exd5 Nb4 (9... Bg4 10. Qd2 Nb4
11. d6 $6 Bxd6 12. O-O Bh5 13. Kh1 Bg6 14. Rae1 Bxf4 15. Rxf4 Nbd5 16. Nxd5
Nxd5 17. Rf3 Nb6 18. b3 {1/2-1/2 Payen,A-De Sousa,J/Bagneux 1996}) (9... Nd4 $5
10. O-O Bg4 11. Qd2 b5 12. Nxb5 Nxb5 13. Bxb5 Nxd5 14. Bc4 h6 15. Ne4 Kh7 16.
c3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Landa,K-Pisulinski,J/Polanica Zdroj op 1993 (33)}) 10. O-O Bg4
11. Qd2 Nbxd5 $6 12. Rae1 (12. Be5 $5) 12... Nxf4 13. Nxf7 $1 {Absolutely
unexpected blow.It turns out that after this move white's initiative is very
dangerous.} Rxf7 14. Qxf4 {[%cal Gc4g8]} Qd7 (14... Bh5 15. g4 $1 (15. Qe5 Bd6
16. Qf5) 15... Bd6 (15... Bxg4 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Qxg4 $18) 16. Qf3 Bg6 17. g5
$16) 15. h3 Bh5 (15... Bd6 $2 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Qxg4 $18 {[%cal Gf1f7]}) 16.
g4 Bg6 17. g5 Bd6 18. Qf3 Nh5 19. Ne4 Raf8 $6 {This logical move loses by
force,so better was} (19... Bf8 $5) 20. Qg4 Qc7 21. Rxf7 $6 {Slightly more
accurate was} (21. Nxd6 $1 Qxd6 22. Rxf7 Bxf7 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $2 (23... Rxf7 24.
Re8+ Rf8 25. Qc4+ (25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Qxh5 Qd4+ $11) 25... Kh8 26. Qf7 Qg3+ 27.
Kf1 Qxh3+ 28. Ke1 Qh4+ 29. Kd2 Qxg5+ 30. Kc3 $18) 24. Qc4+ $18 {,but the same
thing happens in the game.}) 21... Bxf7 22. Nxd6 Bxc4 (22... Qxd6 23. Bxf7+
Rxf7 24. Re8+ Rf8 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26. Qf7 $18) 23. Qxc4+ Kh8 24. Nf7+ $1 Kg8 (
24... Qxf7 $4 25. Qxf7 Rxf7 26. Re8+ $18) 25. Nd6+ Kh8 26. Qf7 Qxd6 $6 (26...
Qxf7 27. Nxf7+ Kg8 28. Nd6 $16) 27. Re8 $1 $18 {White king easily escapes the
perpetual check.} Qg3+ 28. Kf1 Qxh3+ 29. Ke1 Qh4+ 30. Kd1 Qg4+ 31. Kd2 Qxg5+
32. Kc3 Qf6+ $8 {Ther is no other choise.} 33. Qxf6 Rxe8 34. Qf7 Nf6 35. Qxb7
h5 36. Qxa7 Re5 $5 37. a4 (37. Qb8+ Re8 38. Qh2) 37... Kh7 38. a5 h4 39. Qc7 $4
{After such a fantastic play white just throws the game in one move.} Nd5+ $19
40. Kc4 Nxc7 0-1

[Event "Perenyi Memorial"]
[Site "Gyula"]
[Date "2000.01.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yu, Shaoteng"]
[Black "Wang, Rui"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.01.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1
O-O 8. c3 e5 $5 {Black is not afraid of weakness of square d5} (8... Qc7 9.
Nbd2 b5 10. d4 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nb3
Bb6 16. Be3 $14 {Kochetkov,G-Hansen,K/Aalborg op 1995/1-0 (43)}) (8... d5 $6 9.
e5 Ne8 10. d4 h6 11. Bf4 Nc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 c4 14. h4 b5 15. a3 a5 16. g4
$40 {Valido,C-Cruz Lima,J/CUB-ch sf 1995/1-0 (47)}) (8... Bd7 9. a3 e5 10. b4
b5 11. Bb2 cxb4 12. cxb4 a5 13. Nc3 Rb8 $6 (13... axb4 14. Nxb5 bxa3 15. Bxa3)
14. Nd5 axb4 15. axb4 Ra8 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nxe7+ $16 {Brkljaca,A-Vukic,M/
JUG-chT 1993 (40)}) 9. Na3 (9. Nbd2 Ne8 $6 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5
13. g4 Bg6 14. d5 Nb8 15. Nf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Pinter,G-Sarkadi,L/HUN-chT2 9798
1997 (54)}) 9... Re8 10. Nc2 ({The position of different charecter would arise
after} 10. d4 $5 cxd4 (10... exd4 $6 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 (12. e5 $2 Ne4 13.
Nc2 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 cxd4 $17 {[%csl Re5]}) 12... Qxd5 13. Be3 $14) 11.
cxd4 Bg4 12. d5 Nd4 13. Be3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qb6 $14 {,but in both cases white
keeps better chanses.}) 10... Bf8 11. Bg5 $5 {[%csl Rd5]} h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13.
Ne3 Be6 14. Rf1 $5 Qd8 $6 ({Black shoulld opt for} 14... Ne7 15. Nd2 g5 $5 $13
{not giving white to transfer f4.}) 15. Nd2 Ne7 16. f4 $14 exf4 17. gxf4 f5 $6
{Sacrificing a pawn without sufficient compensation,but white is better any
way:} (17... Nc6 18. Qf3 Rc8 19. Qg3 b5 20. Nf3 $40 {[%cal Gf4f5,Gf5f6,Gf3h4]})
18. exf5 (18. Re1 Rb8 19. Qf3 g6 20. Qg3 Bg7 21. Nf3 Kh7 $132) 18... Nxf5 19.
Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Bd5+ Be6 (21... Kh8 22. Nc4 Be6 23. Qf3) 22. Qf3 $5
Bxd5 (22... Rxb2 $6 23. Nc4 $2 (23. Bxe6+ Rxe6 24. Qd5 Qf6 25. Rae1 (25. f5 $2
Qg5+ 26. Kh1 Qxd2 $19) 25... Qg6+ 26. Kh1 Rxd2 27. Rxe6 Qxd3 28. Qxd3 Rxd3 29.
Rc1 $14) 23... Rc2 24. Bxe6+ (24. Rae1 Bxd5 25. Qxd5+ Kh8 26. Rxe8 Qxe8 $17 {
[%csl Rg1]}) 24... Rxe6 25. Qd5 $2 Qh4 $1 $19) 23. Qxd5+ Kh8 24. Nc4 (24. b3 $6
Re2 25. Ne4 Qh4 26. Rf2 Rxf2 27. Nxf2 Qxf4 $13) 24... Re2 25. Rae1 Qe8 (25...
Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Qh4 27. Rf1 Re8 28. Qg2 $14) 26. Rxe2 Qxe2 27. Qe4 $5 ({Better
was} 27. f5 $1 Re8 28. Qf3 $1 $16) (27. Qf3 $2 Qxf3 28. Rxf3 d5 29. Ne5 Rxb2
$11) 27... Qg4+ 28. Kh1 Qh5 29. f5 (29. Qg2 Re8 30. Qf3 $16) 29... Re8 30. Qf3
Qg5 31. f6 $6 {Bringing black bishop back to play.} Re6 32. fxg7+ (32. f7 Rf6 (
32... d5 $6 33. Rg1 $1 Qd8 34. Ne3 Rf6 35. Qxd5 Qxd5+ 36. Nxd5 Rxf7 37. Kg2 $16
) 33. Qg2 Rxf1+ 34. Qxf1 Qd5+ 35. Kg1 Qg5+ 36. Kf2 Qh4+ 37. Kg2 Qg5+ $11) 32...
Bxg7 33. Qf5 (33. Qa8+ Kh7 34. Rg1 Qf5 35. Qb7 Re7 $1 36. Nxd6 (36. Qxe7 Qf3+
37. Rg2 Qf1+ $11) 36... Qxd3 $1 $11) 33... Qe7 34. Rg1 Re2 35. Qc8+ {It's very
hard for white to make any progress,so...} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rovno"]
[Site "Rovno"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Smetankin, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Finkel,A} c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 g6 5. e5 Ng4 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7.
d3 (7. h3 Nh6 8. g4 (8. O-O Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. Bf4 Nf5 11. Qd2 Nd4 $132 {
Bjerring,K-Campos Moreno,J/Barbera op 1996/0-1 (45)}) 8... f5 (8... Bg7 9. d3
f5 10. g5 Nf7 11. Bf4 Be6 12. h4 Qc7 13. h5 gxh5 14. Qe2 O-O-O $132 {1-0 Baron
Rodriguez,J-Garcia Melgar,J/ESP-chTB 1996 (37)}) 9. exf6 (9. g5 Nf7 10. d3 Bg7
11. Bf4 Be6 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Rde1 b5 $13 {Polgar,
J-Ochoa de Echaguen,F/New York op 1989/1-0 (63)}) 9... exf6 10. d3 Nf7 11. Be3
b6 12. Qe2 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Makarichev,S-Andonov,B/Frunze 1989}) 7... Bg7 (7... h5
$5) 8. Bf4 Nh6 9. Ne4 Nf5 $5 10. c3 $1 {[%csl Rc5,Rf5]} b6 11. Qd2 Ba6 $5 {
Black finds very interesting possibility to create counterplay} (11... h5 $5)
12. O-O-O Qd5 $5 13. g4 O-O-O {Black could change the order of moves and to
start with 13...Q:a2} (13... Qxa2 14. gxf5 O-O-O 15. Qc2) 14. gxf5 Qxa2 $1 (
14... gxf5 $6 15. c4 Bxc4 16. dxc4 Qxc4+ 17. Qc2 Qxc2+ 18. Kxc2 fxe4 19. Nd2
$16) 15. Qc2 Bxd3 $1 {[%csl Rh1]} (15... gxf5 $5 16. Ng3 Qd5 17. Qe2 Bxd3 18.
Rxd3 Qxd3 19. Qxd3 Rxd3 20. Ne1 $14) 16. Rxd3 Qa1+ 17. Qb1 Qxb1+ 18. Kxb1 Rxd3
19. Ne1 $5 Rd1+ 20. Kc2 Rhd8 {The arising position is extremly complicated and
it's very hard to say who is better.} (20... Rd5 $5 21. f6 exf6 22. exf6 Bf8
23. Nd3 Rf5 24. Bg3 $14) 21. f6 exf6 22. exf6 Bf8 23. Bd2 Ra1 24. h4 $1 {
[%cal Gh1h3,Gh4h5]} h6 25. Rh3 c4 (25... Rd5 $5 26. Ng2 c4 27. Ne3 Rd3 28. Rg3
b5 29. Ng4 $14) 26. Ng2 a5 27. Ne3 b5 28. Ng4 Rd5 (28... b4 29. cxb4 axb4 30.
Ne5 (30. Bxh6 $2 Bxh6 31. Nxh6 Rdd1 $1 $19) 30... Re8 31. f4 Kc7 32. Re3 $13)
29. f4 a4 $2 {After this move black is in troubles.} 30. Ne5 $16 a3 31. bxa3
Kb7 (31... Ra2+ 32. Kd1) 32. Nxf7 Ra2+ 33. Kd1 Bxa3 34. Ne5 b4 35. cxb4 Bxb4
36. Nxc4 Rd4 37. Rb3 $1 $18 Ra1+ 38. Kc2 Rxe4 (38... Rxc4+ 39. Kd3 Rxe4 40.
Kxe4 c5 41. Bxb4 cxb4 42. Rxb4+ Kc7 43. f7 Ra8 44. Ke5 $18) 39. Rxb4+ Kc7 40.
f7 Ra8 41. Ne5 Re2 42. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.02.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Burnett, Ronald"]
[Black "Nguyen, Anh Dung"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2
d5 8. e5 d4 9. Qe2 (9. Be4 Rb8 (9... Bb7 10. d3 Ng6 11. Re1 Be7 12. cxd4 cxd4
13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nb3 Rb8 15. Bd2 b4 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. h4 $1 $36 {1-0 Torre,
E-Fedorowicz,J/San Francisco 1991 (22)}) (9... d3 $6 {[%csl Rd3]} 10. b3 Ra7
11. Re1 Rd7 12. c4 b4 13. Re3 g6 14. Qf1 Bg7 15. Bb2 $16 {Olafsson,H-Jonasson,
B/ISL-ch 1996/1-0 (44)}) 10. d3 h6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nb3 Ng6 13. cxd4 cxd4 14.
Bxc6+ Bxc6 15. Nbxd4 Bb7 16. Be3 Be7 $44 {Malakhov,V-Karasev,V/St.Petersburg
op 1994/1-0 (64)}) 9... Bb7 10. Be4 $1 Nd5 (10... Ng6 $5 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. d3
Be7 13. Nbd2 Qb6 14. Nb3 O-O 15. h4 a5 $6 (15... Rfd8 $5) 16. h5 $16 {Tkachiev,
V-Cherniaev,A/Biel op 1994/1-0 (68)}) 11. d3 Be7 12. c4 Nb6 {This variation is
considered to lead to the advantage of white and the move in the game doesn't
change it.} (12... bxc4 13. dxc4 Nb6 14. Ne1 Qc7 15. b3 Nd7 16. f4 O-O-O 17.
Nd3 Rdg8 18. Nd2 $14 {Tolstikh,N-Michalek,J/Pardubice op 1995 (31)}) 13. Bf4 b4
$6 14. Nbd2 Kd7 15. Nb3 a5 (15... h6) 16. a3 a4 $2 17. axb4 $1 $36 {Using the
weakness of square c6 and the threats to black king white get big opening
advantage after this small combination.} axb3 $8 18. b5 {[%cal Ge4b7]} Qc7 (
18... Na5 19. Bd2 $1 Naxc4 (19... Bxe4 20. Qxe4 $18 {[%csl Ra5,Rc6,Rd7]}) 20.
Bxb7 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Nxd2 22. Nxd2 Qc7 23. Bc6+ $18) 19. bxc6+ Bxc6 20. Nd2 {
[%csl Rb3] Black can't protect the pawn on b3.} Na4 (20... Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Ra2
22. Nxb3 Rxb2 23. Nxd4 $1 $18 cxd4 24. Qxd4+ {[%cal Gd4b2,Gd4d7]}) 21. Nxb3
Rhb8 (21... Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rhb8 23. Nd2 $5 $16) 22. Bxc6+ Qxc6 23. Qc2 Nb6 24.
Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Ra1 g5 (25... Rxa1+ 26. Nxa1 Qa8 27. Nb3 Qa4 28. Kf1 Kc7 29. Ke2
g5 30. Bg3 $16) 26. Rxa8 Qxa8 27. Bd2 Qa4 $2 {Blundering another pawn and
making white's task much easier.} 28. Bxg5 $1 $18 Bf8 (28... Bxg5 29. Nxc5+ $18
) 29. h3 Kc8 30. Kh2 Bg7 31. f4 Bf8 32. g4 Kb8 33. Bh4 Bh6 34. Bg3 Ka7 35. h4
Bf8 36. Bf2 Be7 37. h5 Kb7 38. Kg3 Kc7 39. Nxd4 $6 {Looking for a problems:
much simplier was to win without this sacrifice.} (39. f5 $5) 39... cxd4 40.
Qxa4 Nxa4 41. Bxd4 Bc5 $6 ({More persistant was} 41... Kc6 $1 42. Kf3 (42. b3
Nc5 43. Bxc5 Kxc5 44. Kf3 Kd4 45. Ke2 Bf8 $14) (42. f5 Bc5 43. Bc3 Be3 44. f6)
42... Bc5 43. Bxc5 Kxc5 44. b3 Nc3 45. Ke3 $16 {and white still have to work
hard to win the game.}) 42. b3 $1 Bxd4 43. bxa4 Kb6 44. Kf3 Ka5 45. Ke4 Bb6 46.
d4 Kxa4 47. f5 Kb4 (47... exf5+ 48. gxf5 Kb4 49. c5 Bc7 50. Kd5) 48. c5 Bd8 49.
f6 Kb5 50. d5 Kxc5 51. dxe6 fxe6 52. g5 {[%cal Gg5g8]} 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 74th"]
[Site "Saarbruecken"]
[Date "2002.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Handke, Florian"]
[Black "Becking, Stephan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 $2 {Not very often you can see quite a good
player make a mistake already on third move in well-known position.Maybe his
idea was to play some rare line(in this case i would reccomend 3...Na5,which
is much better),but this move is simply losing of tempo.} 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3
Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Qc7 $146 {A new move in this position,which doesn't
change the evaluation of the position as clearly bvetter for white.} (7... g6
8. O-O Bg7 9. a4 Nf6 $2 (9... a5 $142) 10. a5 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7,Rc5,Rc6]} O-O 11.
Nd2 Nd7 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Nc4 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Bf4 e5 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Bc1
Rfb8 18. b3 $18 {[%csl Ra6,Rc5,Rc6] 1-0 De la Villa Garcia,J-Ferreiro Montoya,
J/San Sebastian 1996/EXT 2001 (36)}) (7... e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nc3 Qf6 $6 10. Qe2
Be5 $2 11. Bd2 {[%cal Gf2f4]} b5 12. f4 Bc7 13. e5 Qd8 14. Be3 Ne7 15. Bxc5 $18
{1-0 Sofronie,I-Tanguy,F/St Chely d'Aubrac 2002/CBM 89 ext (25)}) 8. Be3 (8. a4
{[%cal Ga4a5]} a5 9. Na3 {[%cal Ga3c4] was another opportunity for white}) 8...
e5 9. Nd2 (9. a4 $5) 9... Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe2 $6 ({Objectively stronger
was:} 11. a4 $142 {[%cal Ga4a5]} a5 12. Nc4 O-O (12... b5 13. Na3 Rb8 14. axb5
cxb5 15. c4 $1 b4 16. Nb5 $16) 13. Qg3 Nd7 14. f4 $16) 11... g6 $1 {An
interesting idea,black is going to meet f4 with Nh5.} (11... O-O 12. f4 $16)
12. f4 Nh5 13. fxe5 $1 (13. Qf3 $140 $2 exf4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4 15. Qxf4 Nxf4 16.
Rxf4 Bg5 17. Rf2 Be3 $19) 13... Ng3 14. Qf2 Nxf1 15. Rxf1 O-O (15... O-O-O 16.
Qxf7 Rdf8 17. Qe6+ Qd7 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Qc4 $16) 16. Nf3 (16. Bh6 Qxe5 17.
Nc4 Qe6 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 $11) 16... b6 $2 (16... f6 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. exf6 Bxf6 19.
Qxc5 $16) (16... f5 $1 17. exf5 (17. Bh6 Rf7 18. e6 $2 Rf6 $15) (17. exf6 $140
Rxf6 18. Bxc5 Rxf3 $1 19. gxf3 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Qg3+ $11) 17... Rxf5 18. Bxc5 Raf8
19. Bxe7 Qxe7 {and white only slightly better}) 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Nh2 $1 {
Probably this strong resourse was missed,by black,playing 16 move b6.} Qxe5 $2
(18... Bd8 19. Ng4 Re6 20. Bd2 Ra7 {[%csl Gf7]} 21. Qf4 $40 {[%cal Gf4h6,Gg4f6]
}) (18... Bf8 19. Ng4 $1 $40) 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. Ng4 $18 Qd4+ (20... Qxb2 21. e5
{[%csl Gg7]}) 21. Rf2 (21. Kh1 $4 Rf8 $1) 21... Bh4 22. g3 $1 (22. e5 Rg8 (
22... Bxf2+ 23. Kh1) 23. g3 $18) 22... Bxg3 23. c3 Bxf2+ 24. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2003.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 $5 {Recently this line starts to be
popular after Peter Leko has introduced it on the top level in Linares 2003 in
his games against Anand and Kasparov.} 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 (6. Re1 {is another
main continuation}) 6... cxd4 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 {A very interesting position
has arised. Black has to play very energeticaly, as he seriously lags in
development.} Qc5 {[%csl Gb5,Gd5] An important resource} 9. c4 $1 a6 ({Opening
up the position is clearly in white's favour} 9... dxc3 $2 10. Qb3 $1 {and
white was clearly better in Anand-Leko 2003}) 10. b4 (10. Ba4 b5 11. b4 $1 (11.
cxb5 $143 Qxd5 $1 12. Bb3 Qf5 $1 {[%csl Gf3] and black is fine} (12... Qxb5
$140 $2 13. Qf3 $16 {[%cal Gf3f7,Gf3a8]})) 11... Qxb4 {leads to the game} (
11... Qxc4 12. Bb3 Qxb4 13. a4 $1 $36 {[%cal Gc1a3]})) 10... Qxb4 11. Ba4 b5 $1
$146 {A strong improvement, which I had prepared before the game. It's very
important, that white forced to take on b5, that allows black to attack
white's pawn on d5 .} ({Before black tried:} 11... g6 12. d3 b5 13. Bb3 Bg7 14.
Bd2 $6 (14. a4 $142 $1 {[%cal Gc1a3] due to my preparation,i've noticed this
very strong move,which gives to white very dangerous initiative,as Ba3-idea is
very unpleasant}) 14... Qd6 15. Qe1 bxc4 16. Bb4 Qe5 17. dxc4 a5 18. Bxa5 Qxe1
19. Bxe1 d6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ulibin,M-Gagunashvili,M/Dubai UAE 2003/The Week in
Chess 442 (26)}) 12. cxb5 g6 (12... axb5 {is another option, which deserves
serious attention.} 13. Bb3 g6 14. d3 ({Other possibilities does not promise
to white anything, for example:} 14. a4 $2 bxa4 15. Bxa4 Bb7 16. d3 Bg7 $17 {
[%csl Gd5]}) (14. d6 {looks dangerous for black, but after} e6 15. Qf3 Rb8 16.
Qf6 Rg8 17. d3 (17. Bb2 Qxd6 $17) 17... Bxd6 {white's compensation is very
unclear}) 14... Bg7 15. Bf4 ({Very interesting} 15. Bd2 $5 Qd6 16. Qe1 $44 {
[%cal Gd2b4]}) 15... O-O 16. Re1 e6 17. Rc1 $44 {and white's compensation is
enough maximum for equality}) 13. b6 $5 (13. d6 $5 {was very interesting try,
but after right} axb5 14. Bb3 {[%cal Gd1f3]} (14. dxe7 Bxe7 15. Bb3 O-O 16. Qf3
Rb8 $11 {[%cal Gc8b7]}) 14... Bb7 $1 15. dxe7 Bxe7 16. Re1 O-O 17. d3 Rfe8 18.
Bf4 Bd6 $1 $11 {black holds successfully}) 13... Bg7 (13... Qxb6 $2 14. Ba3 $1
$32 Bg7 15. Re1 Bf6 16. Rb1 Qa5 17. Bxe7 Bxe7 18. d6 $18) 14. d3 O-O (14...
Qxb6 $2 15. Ba3 $16) 15. Bg5 Bb7 16. Re1 (16. Rb1 Qd6 17. Qg4 $5 e6 $1 (17...
Bxd5 $140 $2 18. Qxd7 Qxd7 19. Bxd7 f6 (19... Rfb8 20. Rfc1 $1 $16) 20. Bd2
Rfd8 21. b7 Rab8 22. Bc8 $1 {[%cal Gd2a5,Ga5c7]} Rdxc8 23. bxc8=Q+ Rxc8 24.
Rfc1 $1 $16) (17... Qxd5 18. Bxe7 $16) (17... f5 $6 18. Qh4 $1 $16 {[%csl Ge7]}
) 18. dxe6 dxe6 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 $11) (16. Bxd7 Bxd5 17. Rb1 Qd6 {[%csl Ga2]} 18.
Qa4 Rfb8 {and black is just fine}) 16... e6 17. dxe6 {Black successfully
solved his opening problems and he is very much in the game. Here my opponent
offered me a draw, which I accepted, due to my good tournament situation.} ({
After} 17. dxe6 dxe6 (17... fxe6 $2 18. Bxd7) 18. Rb1 (18. Bf4 $2 Qxb6 19. Rb1
Qa7 $17) 18... Qd6 19. Qg4 (19. Qd2 Rfc8 {[%cal Gc8c3] and black is fine}) (19.
Bd2 Rfc8 20. Qg4 Rab8 {[%cal Gb7d5]} 21. Qg3 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Bd5 23. Rb2 Rb7 {
even slightly better for black}) 19... Rfc8 (19... Be5 $5) 20. Bf4 e5 21. Bd2
f5 22. Qg3 Rab8 {I would acess the position as dynamical equality.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4
exf4 9. Bxf4 h6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 (11... Na5 $6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bxe6
(13. Bb3 $140 c4 14. dxc4 Nxe4 $13) 13... fxe6 (13... Qxe6 14. Nh4 d5 15. Qd2 {
[%csl Ga5]} Nc6 16. Nf5 $36) 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 $16) 12. exd5 {Nowadays the
critical continuation in this line} Nb4 $2 ({Interestingly enough,that in the
next round Ilya played this line for black and was beaten nicely by Emil
Sutovsky} 12... Na5 {In my opinion should be the best answer for black.} 13.
Nh4 b5 14. Nf5 $3 (14. Bxb5 Nxd5 $11) 14... bxc4 15. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 16. Nxh6+ Kh7
17. Nf5 cxd3 18. Qxd3 Kh8 19. Rae1 Qb6 20. Qh3+ Nh7 21. Rxe7 c4+ 22. Kh1 Qxb2
23. Re4 Rg8 24. Qxh7+ $3 {1-0 Sutovsky,E-Smirin,I/Tel Aviv ISR 2002/The Week
in Chess 421 (24) with mate in 6 moves}) 13. Bd2 $1 {This is the idea .Now
white knight comes to f5 and black king starts to fell not so safe.} Nbxd5 (
13... Nd7 14. c3 Na6 15. Qe1 $1 $36 {[%cal Ge1g3]} (15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Qa4 Rb8
$14)) 14. Nh4 $1 Nb6 $146 {A new move in this position,which in fact doesn't
change the reputation of this line ,like very dangerous for black.} ({
Previously was played} 14... Nc7 15. Nf5 d5 16. Bb3 Kh7 17. c3 (17. Qf3 $5 c4
18. Nxe7 Qxe7 19. Qf5+ Kh8 20. dxc4 Ne4 21. Rae1 $16 {1-0 Matikozian,A-Bekker
Jensen,D/Rimavska Sobota 1996/EXT 97 (28)}) 17... Ng8 18. Qf3 Bg5 19. Be1 Ne7
20. h4 Nxf5 21. Qxf5+ g6 22. Qh3 Be7 23. h5 a5 24. Bd2 g5 25. d4 $36 {[%cal
Gb3c2] 1-0 Macieja,B-Bobras,P/Warsaw POL 2002/The Week in Chess 391 (46)}) 15.
Nf5 Nxc4 (15... d5 {maybe was the most principal defence,although white is
clearly better in this variation} 16. Qe1 $1 (16. Bb3 $140 c4) ({Doesn't work} 
16. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 17. Qe1 Bd6 $1 {[%csl Gg3]} 18. Qh4 Nh7 19. Nxh6+ Kg7 20. Nf5+
Kh8 $17) 16... dxc4 (16... Bd6 17. Qh4 Ne8 (17... dxc4 18. Nxh6+ gxh6 19. Rxf6
{[%cal Gh4g4] winning}) 18. Qg4 Kh7 19. Bb5 {[%csl Gg7]} Be5 20. d4 $40 {
[%cal Gb5d3]}) 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 19. Bxh6 {[%cal Ge1h4]} Qd4+ $8
20. Kh1 Rg8 (20... Rfe8 21. Qg3) 21. Nxg8 Rxg8 22. Be3 Qg4 23. Qf2 $16) 16.
dxc4 Nh7 (16... Ne8 17. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 18. Nxh6+ {with decisive attack}) 17. Bf4
$5 $16 {Swithcing correctly to positional play} (17. Qg4 Bg5 18. Rad1 Nf6 19.
Qf3 {[%csl Gd6] was another very promising way}) (17. Bxh6 $140 gxh6 18. Qg4+ (
18. Nxh6+ $2 Kg7 19. Nf5+ Kh8 $17) 18... Bg5 19. h4 Kh8 (19... Nf6 20. Nxh6+ $1
) 20. hxg5 Qxg5 21. Qh3 Rae8 $132) 17... Bf6 18. Bxd6 Re8 (18... Bxb2 19. Rb1
Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Re8 21. Rxb7 Ng5 22. c3 $1 Bxc3 23. Qd5 $1 $16 {And white
advantage is obvious}) 19. Qg4 Bd4+ (19... Ng5 $5 20. Rad1 $1 (20. h4 $140 h5
$1 21. Qxh5 (21. Qf4 Ne6 $13) 21... g6 22. Nh6+ (22. Qh6 Ne4 $17 {[%csl Gd6,
Gf5]}) 22... Kg7 23. Qg4 Qxd6 24. hxg5 Qd4+ $17) 20... Re4 21. Qg3 {[%cal
Gh2h4]} (21. Bf4 Qb6) 21... Bd4+ 22. Kh1 $16) 20. Kh1 Qg5 21. Qf3 $1 ({Of
course not} 21. Qxg5 Nxg5 22. c3 Bf6 $1 23. Bxc5 (23. Nxh6+ gxh6 24. Rxf6 Ne4
25. Rxh6 Rad8 $132) 23... Re2 $132) 21... Bxb2 22. Rab1 Bf6 (22... Be5 23. Rxb7
Nf6 24. Bxc5 $16) 23. Rxb7 Rad8 24. Bxc5 (24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Bf4 {[%csl Gg5]} Qh4
26. Nf5 (26. g3 Qh3) 26... Qe1 $8 27. Nd6 Ng5 $1 28. Nxe8 Nxf3 29. Rxe1 Nxe1
30. Nxf6 gxf6 $16 {with still some fight}) 24... Qd2 {Trying to create some
kind of counterplay} (24... Qg6 {[%cal Gh7g5]} 25. Be7 Ng5 26. Qf2 Rc8 27. Qxa7
$18) 25. Be7 $1 {Final blow ,after which black position collapse.} Ng5 26.
Nxh6+ {of course!} Kh7 (26... gxh6 27. Qxf6 $18) 27. Qf5+ (27. Qh5 g6 28. Qh4 {
was winning more easily}) 27... Kxh6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qxf6+ Kh5 30. Rb5 $1 {
[%csl Rh5] Surely the key move in this line,after which black is hopelees} Rg8
({Others moves are losing too} 30... Re1 31. Qxf7+ Kh6 32. Qf6+ Kh5 33. Qxg5+
Qxg5 34. Rxg5+ Kxg5 35. Rxe1 $18) (30... Re6 31. Qxf7+ Kh6 32. Rxg5 $18 {
[%cal Gf7e6]}) 31. Qxf7+ Rg6 32. Qh7+ Rh6 33. g4+ $1 (33. g4+ Kxg4 34. Qxh6)
1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.11.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2002.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 {During my home preparation i found this
line was very often played by Mark,but in my opinion black is ok in this
variation.} Nd4 5. O-O (5. Nxd4 $2 cxd4 6. Ne2 Qg5 {[%cal Gg5g2,Gg5b5] is
well-known trick in this position}) 5... a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 $5 7. Re1 {[%cal Gd3f1,
Gd2d4]} g5 $1 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Gg5g4] Black play looks very unlogical,but in
fact white pieces hasn't good squares and black will get very comfortable play.
} (7... d6 8. Bf1 Nf6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 {is a normal line ,where black
should be ok too}) 8. Kh1 $146 (8. g3 d6 9. b3 Bg7 10. Bb2 h6 11. Bf1 Nge7 $11
{0-1 Souleidis,G-Bousios,H/Halkidiki GRE 2002/The Week in Chess 401 (47)}) (8.
h3 $6 h5 $1 $36 {[%cal Gg5g4]}) 8... Bg7 ({Another option was} 8... g4 9. Ng1
h5 10. Bf1 (10. f4 Bh6 $1 {[%csl Rf4]}) 10... d6 11. d3 {with complicated play}
) 9. Bf1 h6 10. d3 Nge7 11. Ne2 $5 {[%cal Ge2g3,Gg3h5]} (11. Be3 d6) 11... d5
12. c3 (12. Ng3 $143 {[%cal Gg3h5]} dxe4 13. Nxe4 b6 $15 {[%cal Gc8b7]}) 12...
dxe4 (12... b6 13. exd5 exd5 (13... Nxd5 14. Ng3 $13) 14. d4 {[%cal Ge2g3]} g4
$140 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nf4 $36 {[%csl Ge8]}) 13. dxe4 Qxd1 14.
Rxd1 b6 {This endgame is very comfortable for black and white has to be
carefull,not to get to worse position.} 15. Ng3 Rg8 (15... O-O $6 16. Nh5 Bh8
17. h4 $1) 16. Nd2 (16. Nh5 $140 Bh8) 16... Ne5 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Bb7 19.
Kg1 (19. Be3 Be5 20. f3 Nc8 21. Rd2 Nd6 22. Be2 O-O-O 23. Rad1 f5 24. exf5 exf5
$15) 19... Be5 20. f3 Nc8 $1 {[%cal Gc8d6] Good idea,which creates some
problems for white} 21. Nh5 {Everybody were criticized this move after the
game,supposing,that white knight is clearly misplaced here,but finally i got
to conclusion that this move is not so bad and very important,that it does not
allow black to castle queenside and black king has to stay in the centre.} (21.
Be3 Nd6 22. Bb3 a5 $15 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) (21. Nf1 Nd6 22. Be2 O-O-O 23. Ne3 f5
$140 (23... Rge8 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 24. Ng4 Bg7 25. e5 Nf5) (23... h5 $5) 24. exf5
exf5 25. Nd5 $1 $132 {[%cal Gd5e7,Gd5b6]}) 21... Ke7 (21... Nd6 $2 22. Rxd6
Bxd6 23. Nf6+ Ke7 24. Nxg8+ Rxg8 25. Be3 $11) 22. Be3 Nd6 23. Bf1 (23. Be2 f5
$1) 23... Bc6 {[%cal Gc6b5]} (23... f5 $143 24. exf5 exf5 25. Re1 {[%csl Ge7]})
24. Rd2 (24. a4 a5 {[%csl Ra4]}) 24... Bb5 25. Rad1 Ra7 26. b3 $2 (26. b4 $2
Bxf1 27. bxc5 Nc4) (26. Rc2 Rd8 $1 27. c4 Nxc4 28. Rxd8 Nxe3) ({It was not so
easy to find} 26. Bd3 $1 {and black can hardly improve their position} Nc4 $140
27. Bxc4 Bxc4 28. b3 Bb5 29. a4 Bc6 30. a5) 26... Bxf1 27. Kxf1 f5 $1 {
Probably this idea was missed by Mark and suddenly white loses a pawn.} (27...
Nb5 $143 28. c4 Nd4 29. Ng3 $11 {[%cal Gg3e2]}) 28. exf5 Nxf5 29. Rd3 Bxh2 30.
Bf2 ({Maybe more stubborn was} 30. g4 Nxe3+ 31. Rxe3 {but here also after} Raa8
{black is simply pawn up} (31... Rc7 $5)) 30... g4 31. f4 Kf7 $1 {[%csl Rh5]
[%cal Gf7g6]} (31... g3 32. Be1 {[%csl Rh2]}) 32. g3 (32. Ng3 Bxg3 33. Bxg3 h5
$17) 32... Kg6 33. Kg2 Kxh5 34. Kxh2 Rc7 35. Rd8 (35. Rd7) 35... Rxd8 36. Rxd8
Rc6 $1 $19 {[%cal Gc6d6]} 37. a4 (37. b4 cxb4 38. cxb4 Rc2 39. Kg1 Rxa2 $19)
37... a5 (37... Rd6 $140 $2 38. Rxd6 Nxd6 39. a5 $132) 38. Rb8 Kg6 39. Rg8+ Kf7
$1 40. Rb8 (40. Rxg4 Rd6 $19 {[%csl Rg4]}) 40... Rd6 41. Rb7+ Kg6 42. Kg2 h5
43. Rb8 Kf7 44. Rb7+ Kf6 $1 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Gf6e6]} 45. Rb8 (45. Kf1 Rd3)
45... Rd2 46. Kf1 (46. Rxb6 h4 47. gxh4 g3) 46... Rd3 (46... h4 47. gxh4 g3 48.
Bg1 Nxh4 {[%cal Gg3g2,Gh4f3] also win}) 47. Rxb6 Nxg3+ 48. Kg2 h4 49. Bxc5 Rd2+
50. Kg1 Nf5 51. Rb8 h3 52. Rh8 Rd1+ 53. Kf2 h2 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qb6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bxc6 Qxc6 6. O-O a6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qc7 9. Re1 b5 10. a4 {Quite clearly White had in mind the Nd5-sacrifice
when she played this move, as otherwise provoking ...b4 does not make much
sense.} b4 {[#]} 11. Nd5 {Here this sacrifice is not clear, as White does not
have much forces in attack yet.} exd5 12. exd5+ Be7 13. d6 $2 {White is trying
to use some tactical devices, which is quite wrong and hamds over the
initiative to Black.} ({White would be much better off to seek long-term
compensation after} 13. Nf5 d6 14. Nxg7+) 13... Qxd6 14. Qf3 Qxd4 $17 {That is
it! Two minor pieces are more valuable than a rook here.} 15. Qxa8 Qc5 16. Bf4
Qc6 17. Qb8 f6 18. Qxb4 Bb7 19. f3 Kf7 20. Qb3+ d5 21. Kh1 Bc5 22. Be3 Bd6 23.
Rac1 Ne7 24. c4 Rb8 25. Red1 Bc8 26. Qa2 Bd7 27. b3 Qb7 28. c5 Be5 29. b4 Qxb4
30. c6 Be6 31. Qc2 Qh4 32. f4 Rb2 33. fxe5 Rxc2 34. Rxc2 Qxa4 35. Rdc1 d4 36.
exf6 gxf6 37. Bd2 Bb3 38. Rc5 Qa2 39. Bb4 d3 40. c7 d2 41. Bxd2 Qxd2 42. c8=Q
Nxc8 43. Rxc8 Bd5 44. R8c7+ Kg6 45. R7c2 Qd4 46. Rc3 h5 47. Rg3+ Kh6 48. h3 Qf2
0-1

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "2001.10.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Bacrot,E"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.10.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gershon} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7.
d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Nxc6 ({White has also tried to avoid taking on 'c6'.
However, in this case, black gets a very convenient interpretation of
scheveningen positions, without white's light squared B} 9. Kh1 $6 {Gershon} b5
10. Be3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Ne5 12. Rad1 Be7 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bc1 b4 15. Nb1 O-O 16. Rd3
Nd6 17. Nd2 f5 18. e5 Nb5 $15 {0-1 Conquest,S-Skripchenko Lautier,A/Pamplona
2000/EXT 2001 (39). (39)}) 9... dxc6 ({The idea to take with the 'b' pawn -
"closer to the center" doesn't seem to work well, since black will have
problems developing his B's.} 9... bxc6 {Gershon} 10. Qg4 $1 h5 11. Qg5 h4 12.
h3 g6 13. Qf6 Rh7 14. Bg5 d6 15. Bxh4 $16 {1-0 Kovalevskaya,E-Alexandria,N/
Batumi 2000/CBM 76 ext (36)}) (9... Qxc6 {Gershon is another possiblility
tested in Sadvakasov -Kasimdzhanov, 1999, where after :} 10. Re1 Be7 11. Nd5
exd5 12. exd5 Qd6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 Qxf4 15. d6 Kd8 16. Rxe7 {White got a
very strong compensation for the piece.}) 10. Be3 ({The idea to try and
prevent black's dark B development is this position is much weaker than after
9...dxc6:} 10. Qg4 {Gershon} e5 11. Qg3 f6 12. f4 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 O-O 14. f5 b5 {
with good game for black in: David,A-Tregubov,P/New York 2000/CBM 76 ext (49)})
10... Be7 $146 {Dans la théorie actuelle, les noirs égalisent avec 10...e5,
mais Emil a probablement une amélioration en réserve. Sur l'échiquier, j'ai
décidé de le sortir de sa préparation avec un bon coup de développement.} 11.
f4 ({Jouer sur l'aile-dame par} 11. a4 {ne donne rien} O-O 12. a5 c5 $11 {
suivi de Fd7-c6}) 11... O-O 12. Qh5 {'?!' Gershon. Gershon: 'White tries to
create concrete threats to black's monarch as soon as possible. However,
positionally black is very sound, and such a play can be double-edged for
white. The games played in this position by the two players show that white
has to search for other ways to gain advantage.' Si les blancs développent
leurs pièces sans attaquer, ils recevront une position difficile car leur
cavalier c3 n'a pas d'avenir, par contre le fou c8 aura une grande force sur
la diagonale "a8-h1".} (12. f5 $5 {(Gershon) getting some space is an
interesting option}) 12... f5 $1 {Une défense active contre la menace Tf3-h3.
Il faut contester l'avantage d'espace des blancs а l'aile-roi.} (12... b5 {
Gershon} 13. f5 {[%cal Gf1f3,Gf3h3] would have given white too much space for
play against the K.}) 13. Rf3 {'?!' Gershon. Gershon: 'Missing black's strong
reply. ' Le champion d'europe innova dans la cinquième partie du match par 13.
Fd4 mais après Fd6! 14.e5 Fe7 15.Tf3 g6 il oublia ses intentions agressives en
jouant 16.Dh3 et obtint une mauvaise position.} (13. e5 {Gershon} b5 14. Rf3 g6
15. Qh6 Rf7 $15 {[%csl Rc3,Re3][%cal Ge7f8,Gc6c5,Gc8b7] and black has a
visible advantage.}) ({In the next white game of the match emil opted for:} 13.
Bd4 {(Gershon) However, after:} Bd6 14. e5 Be7 15. Rf3 g6 16. Qh3 b5 {black
got an excellent position.}) 13... e5 $1 {Gershon: 'Openning the lines and
diagonald. As one of the chess "rules" say: A flank assault should be
countered by a blow in the center. ' L'ouverture de la position ne peut
qu'avantager les noirs qui ont la paire de fous.} 14. Rh3 $6 {Gershon: 'Now
white is quickly collapsing' La tour se met sur la diagonale du fou c8.} ({
Il fallait déjà essayer d'égaliser par 13.Taf1 ou} 14. fxe5 g6 $1 (14... Qxe5 {
Gershon} 15. Raf1 $142 $132 (15. Re1 {Gershon} g6 $17)) 15. Qh6 Qxe5 16. Raf1
Be6 {mais les noirs ont une position plus agréable.}) 14... h6 15. Rf1 exf4 {
15...fxe4 est contré par 16.f5!} 16. Bxf4 Bc5+ (16... Qb6+ $5 17. Be3 Qxb2 18.
Bxh6 $44 {donne une forte attaque, même si fritz n'est pas d'accord avec mon
jugement}) 17. Kh1 (17. Be3 Bxe3+ 18. Rxe3 Qb6 $19 {Le clouage est fatal pour
la tour e3.}) 17... fxe4 18. Rhf3 $1 {'?!' Gershon. Gershon: 'As always , Emil
is playing very interestingly, keeping the pressure on the board. However,
this time, we should have thought about a draw' Le seul coup. Evidemment la
dame est imprenable, et 18.Dxc5 Txf4 ou 18.Th4 De7 ne laisse aucune chance aux
blancs.} (18. Qxc5 {Gershon} Rxf4 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. Rxf4 Qxf4 21. Rf3 $1 Qc1+ (
21... Be6 {Gershon} 22. Rxf4 Bxc4 23. Rxe4 $11) 22. Qf1 (22. Rf1 $143 {Gershon}
Be6 $1 23. Rxc1 Bxc4 24. Nxe4 Rd8 $15) 22... Qxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Be6 24. Nxe4 Rd8
$15 {objectively the game should end in a draw}) 18... Qe7 19. Rg3 (19. Nxe4
Rf5 $1 20. Qg6 Qxe4 21. Bxh6 Bf8 $1 $19) 19... Kh8 $2 {Après une suite de
coups presque forcés, je pouvais éliminer les derniers espoirs adverse
d'attaque par 19...Tf6! et continuer la partie avec un bon pion d'avance.} 20.
Nxe4 $1 {Gershon: 'Throwing some more gasoline into the fire' J'ai oublié ce
coup pendant la partie, je pensais qu'Emil tenterait sa dernière chance par 20.
Txg7 Dxg7 21.Dxc5, mais ici 21...Fe6! laisse très peu de chance aux blancs.} (
20. Rxg7 {(Gershon) is not enough due to the pinned B} Qxg7 21. Qxc5 Be6 $17)
20... Qxe4 21. Rxg7 $1 {Le résultat devient totalement imprévisible. Pour la
pièce sacrifier, les blancs obtiennent du jeu.} Rf6 $1 {'[]' Gershon. Le seul
coup.} ({of course not:} 21... Kxg7 {Gershon} 22. Bxh6+ Kg8 (22... Kh8 {Gershon
} 23. Bxf8+ Qh7 24. Bg7+ $1 Kxg7 25. Rf7+ Kg8 26. Qxh7#) 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qg7#)
(21... Qxf4 {Gershon} 22. Rxf4 Kxg7 23. Qe5+ Kg8 24. Rf6 Rxf6 25. Qxf6 $11) 22.
Rg3 {Encore le meilleur.} (22. Qxc5 Rxf4 $1 (22... Kxg7 $4 23. Be5 $16 {
récupère le matériel.} (23. Bxh6+ $3 {Gershon} Kh7 (23... Rxh6 {Gershon} 24.
Qf8+ Kh7 25. Rf7+ Kg6 26. Rf6+ $18) (23... Kxh6 {Gershon} 24. Rxf6+ Kg7 25.
Qg5+ $18))) 23. Rxf4 (23. Rf7 $8 {Gershon} Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Be6 $19) 23... Qe1+
24. Qg1 Qxg1+ 25. Kxg1 Kxg7 $19) 22... Bd6 23. Qh4 {Emil trouve une superbe
ressource. L'autre possibilité est plus simple а réfuter.} (23. Rgf3 Qg6 $1 (
23... Bg4 $2 24. Qxg4 Raf8 25. Bxd6 $1 Qxg4 {Après 26.Fe5 ou 26.Fxf8 les
blancs ont de très bonnes chances d'annuler.}) 24. Qxg6 Rxg6 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26.
Rf8+ Kg7 {La domination sur la huitième rangée n'est pas suffisante pour
egaliser, par exemple} 27. Re8 (27. R1f7+ Kg6 28. h3 Be6 29. Rf6+ Kg7 30. Rxe6
Rd1+ $19) 27... Re6 28. Rd8 Rf6 29. Re1 Rf8 $19) 23... Be7 $1 {Gershon:
'Etienne is defending with a great percision' Avant ce coup, j'avais 11
minutes pour atteindre le 40й coup, j'ai vu que Txf4 faisait nulle et
j'analysais Fe7 qui paraissait bon. Alors qu'il ne me restait que 2 minutes а
la pendule, je décidais de jouer pour le gain!} (23... Rxf4 {mène а une nulle
d'étude!} 24. Qd8+ $3 Bf8 25. Qxf8+ $3 Rxf8 26. Rxf8+ Kh7 27. Rf7+ Kh8 28. Rf8+
$11) 24. Rgf3 {Si 24.Dh5 Rh7! permet de consolider la position.} Rg6 $1 25. Qf2
$19 {Les derniers coups de repli blancs me donnèrent grande confiance. Il
s'agit maintenant de passer le cap des 40 coups sans dommage pour gagner la
partie.} Be6 {'-+' Gershon. Gershon: 'Black has defended, and now it's the
technical part, which Etienne executes flawlessly.'} 26. Re3 Qd5 27. Re5 Qd7
28. Qe3 Bd5 29. Bg3 (29. Rxe7 {Gershon} Bxg2+ 30. Kg1 Be4+ $19 {[%csl Re7]
[%cal Gd7e7]}) 29... Bd6 30. c4 {Essai de désespoir.} Bxg2+ $2 {Gershon: 'the
right practical decision. Giving up 2 B for a R in order to exhchange almost
all of the pieces on the board, and drive the game into a technically winning
endgame!' Pourquoi pas 30...Fxc4? Avec moins d' une minute а la pendule, je
simplifie la position.} (30... Bxc4 {(Gershon) would have given more ,with
much more risk}) 31. Kxg2 Bxe5 32. Qxe5+ Qg7 33. Kh1 $4 {Les blancs commettent
l'erreure fatale de passer en finale. 33.Df5 permettait de continuer а se
défendre.} (33. Qe2 {Gershon} Rf8 $19) 33... Qxe5 {Gershon: 'the rest is easy'
Maintenant c'est totalement fini, les coups sont simple а jouer et mon
adversaire abandonna а la fin du zeitnot.} 34. Bxe5+ Kg8 35. Rd1 Re8 36. Bg3
Rge6 37. Rd7 R8e7 38. Rd8+ Re8 39. Rd7 R8e7 40. Rd8+ Kg7 41. Bf2 Re2 42. Bd4+
Kg6 0-1

[Event "Budapest KPVDSZ Honved"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1978.11.04"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Nicevski, Risto"]
[Black "Schinzel, Wladyslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Balogh,Bela"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1978.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. c4 Nb6 12. Qf3 Bd7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Bf4 f6
15. Rad1 e5 16. Be3 Nc8 17. c5 Kh8 18. Bc4 Qc7 19. Na4 f5 20. Nb6 Nxb6 21. cxb6
Qb7 22. Bd4 exd4 23. Rxe7 Rae8 24. Rde1 Qb8 25. Qg3 Qxg3 26. hxg3 c5 27. Rxe8
Bxe8 28. Bxa6 Bf7 29. Rc1 Rd8 30. Rxc5 d3 31. Bxd3 1-0

[Event "New York Generation"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.04.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Simutowe, Amon"]
[Black "Paschall, William M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.04.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 Nc6 8.
d3 b5 9. Bb3 Bc5 $6 (9... Be7 $142 10. O-O Bb7) 10. a3 Bb7 (10... O-O $142 11.
O-O Ne7 12. f4 d5) 11. O-O O-O 12. f4 {Ein wichtiger Zug, der die weißen Pläne
festlegen soll. Weiß strebt danach durch den Vorstoß f5 das Feld f5 in Besitz
zu nehmen und damit einen Spielraum für die Initiative bzw. Angriff am
Königsflügel zu verschaffen.} d5 {Ein für derartige Positionen typischer
Vorstoß, Schwarz ist bemüht, den aktiven Läufer b3 einzusperren.} 13. exd5 $1 {
[%mdl 32] Eine bei der Verfolgung der weißfeldrigen Strategie typische
Möglichkeit den Läufer auf b3 im Spiel zu halten.} exd5 14. f5 $1 {[%mdl 32]
Der Anziehende kämpft konsequent um die weißen Felder. /\ u.a.Nf4} Ne5 {/\Ng4}
(14... Re8 $142 {/\Bf8} 15. Nf4 (15. Qe1 $6 Qe7 $1) 15... Ne5 16. Qh5 $36) 15.
Qe1 $1 Re8 (15... Ng4 16. Qg3) 16. Qg3 $1 {[%mdl 32] Man beachte: die schwarze
Stellung weist momentan schwarzfeldrige Schwächen auf. Der weiße Angriff auf
die schwarzen Felder ist hier strategisch motiviert und verfolgt das Ziel, den
Nachziehenden dazu zu zwingen, durch die Verteidigung von schwarzen Feldern,
die Kontrolle über die weißen Felder zu schwächen.} Nd7 {Durch die harmlose
Überführung des Nc6 nach d7 hat Schwarz die Initiative an Weiß endgültig
verloren.} 17. Bg5 $1 (17. Bh6 Qf6 18. Bg5 Qe5) 17... f6 $6 {Dies schwächt die
Felder e6 und g6, die Weiß nun besetzen möchte, also hat der weiße Plan
geklappt. Nun bleibt nur übrig, durch zielstrebige Figurenumggruppierung die
schwachen weißen Felder im Lager des Schwarzen zu besetzen.} (17... Qb6 $142
18. Nf4 (18. Rae1 h6) 18... Re3 19. Rf3 Bd6 $132) 18. Bh6 Qe7 19. Rae1 Kh8 20.
Bd2 $16 {Es ist dem Weißen gelungen die Entwicklung harmonisch abzuschließen.
Es droht nun Nf4.} Ne5 21. Nf4 Qd7 {Damit bereitet sich Schwarz darauf vor den
Springer auf e6 durch Rxe6 zu entfernen.} 22. Ne6 (22. Qh3 {Dies stellte eine
Alternative dar} Bb6 23. Qh5 a5 24. Ng6+ Nxg6 (24... Kg8 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5
fxe5 27. f6 $16) 25. fxg6 h6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Bxh6 gxh6 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29.
Rxf6 Re1+ $1 30. Kf2 Re2+ 31. Kxe2 Qe7+ 32. Kd2 Qxf6 33. Qh7+ Kf8 $11) 22...
Bb6 23. Bf4 $1 Bc7 24. Kh1 (24. Nxd4 Bb6 25. Be3 $16) 24... Rxe6 $6 {Der
Nachziehende sieht schon keinen Ausweg mehr.} (24... Bd6 25. Nxd4 $16) 25. fxe6
Qxe6 26. Qf2 h6 27. Qxd4 $18 Bb6 28. Qb4 Qc6 29. Bxe5 d4 30. Re4 Bc5 31. Qd2
fxe5 32. Rxe5 Re8 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. Qe1 Qc6 35. Rf2 Qg6 36. Bf7 Qc6 37. b4 Bf8
38. Qe8 Qxe8 39. Bxe8 Kg8 40. Bxb5 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 34th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1999.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[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"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. d3 Nf6 8.
Nd2 O-O 9. Nf3 d5 $1 {[%mdl 8]} (9... Ne8 $6 10. Bc4 d6 11. Qe1 e6 12. Bb3 h6
13. a4 Kh7 14. Bd2 {0-1 Hanley,J-Longren,W/Los Angeles 1992/EXT 97 (48)}) 10.
exd5 $6 (10. e5 Qa5 $1 11. Nxd4 (11. exf6 Bxf6 $15) 11... a6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13.
Be3 axb5 14. a3 $1 $14 {[%csl Yb5][%cal Ya3b4] un die Bauernschwäche auf b5 zu
blockieren.}) 10... Nxd5 $132 11. Bc4 (11. Re1 Qd6 $1 {[%cal Yd5f4]} (11... Bg4
$6 12. Bc4) 12. Ne5 $6 f6 $15) 11... Qd6 (11... Ne3 12. Bxe3 dxe3 13. c3 $14)
12. Ng5 $5 h6 13. Ne4 Qc6 14. Qf3 {[%cal Yc4d5,Yf3d5] /\Bd5} (14. Bb3 Be6 $5)
14... Nb6 15. Bb3 a5 16. a4 Be6 $1 $132 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Qc7 8. h3 {
Dies soll Ng4 verhindern.} (8. d3 Ng4 $1) 8... Be7 (8... d6 9. d3 b6 10. Nxd4
cxd4 11. Ne2 Nxe4 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. dxe4 e5 14. c3 $16 Bb7 15. cxd4 Bxe4 16.
Nc3 Bb7 17. Re1 O-O-O 18. Be3 $18 Kb8 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. d5 Rc8 21. Qb3 {1-0
Tiviakov,S-Heberla,B/Warsaw 2002/CBM 92 ext}) 9. Re1 {/\e5; Weiß will hier den
Vorstoß d5 verhindern.} (9. e5 $2 Nxf3+) 9... d6 10. d3 O-O {[%cal Gc7e5,Gg7e5]
} 11. Bf4 {/\e5} Nd7 {[%cal Gc7e5,Gg7e5]} 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne2 Nc5 $1 (13...
e5 14. Bh2 Nc5 15. c3 {Weiß möchte nun die c-Linie öffnen.}) 14. Nxd4 Bd7 (
14... e5 15. b4 exf4 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. Nf3 $14 {[%cal Gc7e5,Gg7e5,Ye6f7] Weiß
kontrolliert strategisch wichtige Felder.}) 15. Ne2 (15. a5 e5 $36 16. b4 Na4
17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Nc3 19. Qd2 exf4 20. Qxc3 Bf6 (20... d5 21. Rxe7) 21. Qb3
Bxa1 22. Rxa1 $15) 15... Nxa4 16. Bb3 Nc5 17. Ba2 b5 18. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Babujian, Levon"]
[Black "Williams, Simon Kim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O a6 7. e5 (7. d3 $142
b5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 Bb7 10. e5 b4 (10... Nd5 11. Ne4 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13.
Nfg5 h6 14. Qf3 {1-0 Hamdouchi,H-Calistri,T/Bastia 2004/CBM 100 ext (26)}) 11.
exf6 bxc3 12. fxg7 Bxg7 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Ra4 Rg8 {0-1 Iuldachev,S-Aronian,L/
Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 (32)}) 7... d5 8. exf6 dxc4 9. fxg7 Bxg7 10. d3 b5 (10...
cxd3 11. Qxd3 (11. cxd3 O-O 12. Ne4 b6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. Re1 e5 $17 {
0-1 Pashikian,A-Wojtaszek,R/Heraklio 2002/CBM 091 (30)}) 11... Bd7 12. Nxd4
Bxd4 13. Be3 Bc6 14. f3 Rg8 $13 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Fedorov,A/Wijk aan Zee 2001/
CBM 081/(35)}) 11. dxc4 (11. Nxd4 $142 cxd4 12. Ne4 Bb7 13. Qg4 {1-0 Borzakian,
M-Jactel,N/Paris 2004/CBM 100 ext (21)}) 11... Bb7 $1 $36 12. cxb5 $4 {[%mdl
8192]} (12. Ne1 Qh4) (12. Nd2 Qh4) 12... Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bxc3 $19 {/\Rg8} 14.
Bf4 (14. bxc3 Rg8+) (14. Qxd8+ Rxd8) 14... Qf6 15. Bg3 Rd8 16. Qe2 Rd2 17. Qe3
Bd4 18. Qb3 c4 19. Qa3 Bxb2 20. Qe3 Bd4 21. Qa3 Rd3 22. Qa4 Qxf3 23. bxa6+ Bc6
24. Qxc6+ Qxc6 25. Rab1 Rxg3+ 26. hxg3 Qxa6 27. Rfd1 Qa7 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-B"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Black "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O a6 (6... d5 $6 7.
exd5 exd5 8. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Qh5 $14) 7. d3 d5 $6 {Ein für
derartige Positionen typischer Vorstoß, wird hier aber durch ein Springeropfer
widerlegt.} (7... Be7 8. e5) (7... d6 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne2 $14) (7... b5 $5 8.
Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 Bb7 $132) 8. exd5 exd5 9. Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Ein bekannter
Trick. Siehe 6..d5.} Nxd5 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Qh5 {Der Schlüsselzug der ganzen
Aktion.} Be6 $2 (11... Ne7 12. Qxf7+ Kd7 13. Bf4 (13. Re1 $145 $1) 13... Kc6
14. Rfe1 {Für die geopferte Figur besitzt Weiß eine starke Initiative.}) 12.
Re1 $16 Be7 13. Rxe6 Nf6 $2 (13... O-O $142 14. Re2 $1 {[%cal Ge2c2]} Nf6 15.
Qf5 $16) 14. Rxf6 $18 {[%mdl 64]} gxf6 15. Qxf7+ Kd7 16. Bf4 Qa5 17. Qe6+ Kd8
18. Re1 Re8 19. Re4 Qc5 20. b4 Qa7 21. Qd5+ Kc8 22. Qa5 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT poule basse"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.07"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Bellaiche, Antony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bordeaux"]
[BlackTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 b5 8.
Bb3 Qb6 9. O-O Ne7 10. d3 Bb7 {Es ist eine Stellung entstanden, die für den
Grand-Prix-Angriff der Sizilianischen Verteidigung - allerdings ohne f4 -
typisch ist. Ausgerechnet diese Möglichkeit, den Vorstoß f4 zum günstigen
Zeitpunkt spielen zu können, steht im Hintergrund der ganzen Eröffnungsidee.}
11. Qe1 h6 12. Bd2 {[%mdl 32] Eine gute Idee, die allerdings auch typisch für
derartigen Positionen ist! Weiß provoziert das drohende Ba5 mit ..a5 zu
verhindern.} a5 {Man beachte: Dies schwächt die weißen Felder.} 13. a4 $1 {
[%mdl 32] Nun bekommt der Bb3 mehr Spielraum.} b4 14. Bc4 {Dies ist gegen d5
gerichtet} (14. f4 d5) 14... Rc8 (14... d5 15. Bb5+) 15. c3 $1 {[%mdl 32] Eine
sehr gute Idee! Weiß ist bestrebt den Bauern b4 zu entfernen, dann kann der
Bauer a5 zum Angriffsziel werden.} Nc6 16. Kh1 {Da die schwarzen Steine am
Damenflügel mit der Verteidigung überlastet sind, bereitet Weiß den Vorstoß f4
und damit einen Angriff gegen den schwarzen König in der Mitte vor.} bxc3 $6 {
Eine zweifelhafte Idee. Die Öffnung der Stellung kommt bekanntlich der
beststehenden Seite zugute.} (16... Bc5 $142) 17. bxc3 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Bb4 {
Schwarz verfolgt durch dieses Manöver zwei Ziele, nämlich den Bauern a5 zu
schützen, die Entwicklung abschließen zu können. Er muss aber damit verbundene
schwarzfeldrige Stellungsschwächen (u.a. das Feld g7) in Kauf nehmen.} 19. Rb1
$1 {Die Figuren (hier sind sie Bb4, Qb6 und Bb7) stehen in der Regel auf einer
offenen Linie schlecht.} O-O 20. f4 Qc5 (20... Qe3 21. Rf3) 21. Qg3 $1 {
Weiß greift das Feld g7 an mit dem versteckten Ziel die weißen Felder
schwächen zu können..} f6 {Dies schwächt endgültig die weißen Felder. Schwarz
hatte aber schon keine andere Wahl.} (21... Bxc3 22. Rxb7 $16) (21... g6 22.
Qh4 (22. f5) 22... d5 23. Qxh6 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 dxc4 25. Rf3) 22. f5 $1 d5 23. Ba2
$18 {Schwarz ist nicht mehr in der Lage die weißen Felder zu kontrollieren.} e5
24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. d4 exd4 26. Bxb4 axb4 27. Nf4 Rfe8 28. Rfc1 Qa7 29. Bf7 Rf8
30. Ng6+ Kh7 31. Nxf8+ Rxf8 32. Bd5 Rc8 33. Qd6 Qxa4 34. Ra1 Ne5 35. Bxb7 b3
36. Bxc8 b2 37. Rab1 bxc1=Q+ 38. Rxc1 d3 39. Be6 {In dieser Partie finden wir
eine Reihe von strategisch motivierten, für den Grand-Prix-Angriff typische
Pläne bzw. Züge.} 1-0

[Event "Benasque champions 25 ann"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Movsziszian, Karen"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2005.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ye5d4,Gd5c4]} d5 {[%cal Gd5c4]} 4.
Nd2 {[%cal Ye5d4,Gd5c4]} e5 {[%cal Ye5d4]} 5. Bg2 {[%cal Ye5d4,Gd5c4]} Nge7 (
5... d4 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8. c3 O-O 9. cxd4 cxd4 10. Nc4 Bc7 {0-1
Klenburg,M-Sax,G/Bad Wiessee 2001/EXT 2002 (47)}) 6. Ngf3 {[%csl Ge5][%cal
Ye5d4]} d4 {[%cal Ye5d4]} 7. Nc4 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ye5d4]} f6 {[%csl Ge5]} 8. a4
{[%csl Ge5][%cal Ye5d4,Gd5c4]} Be6 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gd5c4]} 9. O-O Qd7 10. Ne1
O-O-O 11. f4 {[%csl Ge5,Gf2,Gh2][%cal Ye5f4] /\f5} exf4 {[%cal Ye5f4]} 12. gxf4
Bg4 (12... Bxc4 $6 13. dxc4 {[%csl Ge5] /\Nd3}) 13. Nf3 {[%cal Ye5f4]} (13. Qd2
{[%cal Ye5f4]} Ng6) 13... Ng6 14. Qe1 {[%cal Ye5f4]} h5 {/\h4} (14... Bd6 15.
Nxd6+) 15. Nh4 {[%mdl 8]} (15. a5 h4 16. a6 b6 17. e5 Re8 (17... Be6 18. Nfd2
h3 19. Bh1 Rh4 $36 {1-0 Strikovic,A-Llanes Hurtado,M/Coria 1994/EXT 2004 (33)})
18. Nfd2 h3 19. Bh1 f5 20. Nf3 Be7 {0-1 Strikovic,A-Suba,M/Seville 1994/TD (27)
}) (15. f5 {[%csl Ge5]} Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5) 15... Nxh4 16. Qxh4 {
[%cal Ye5f4] /\f5; Plan: Be6 + Be7 + g5} Be6 (16... Nb4 {[%csl Gc2]} 17. Rf2
Bd1 18. Bh3) (16... Be7 17. f5) 17. Bd2 Be7 {[%cal Ye5f4] /\g5} 18. Qf2 {
[%cal Ye5f4]} g5 {[%cal Ye5f4]} 19. e5 {[%cal Ye5f4]} (19. f5 Bxc4 20. dxc4 Ne5
$17) 19... Rdf8 (19... gxf4 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bxf4 (21. Qxf4 Rhg8) 21... Bxc4
22. dxc4 h4 23. Rae1 $13 {[%cal Ye5f4]}) 20. f5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ye5f4]} Bxc4
21. exf6 {[%cal Ye5f4]} Bxf6 22. dxc4 {[%cal Ye5f4,Ye3f2] /\Ng4: Plan:Ne5 + Ng4
} Ne5 23. Bd5 (23. b3 Ng4) 23... Kb8 (23... Ng4 24. Qg2) 24. a5 Ng4 {[%cal
Ye5f4,Ye3f2]} (24... Qc7) 25. Qg2 {[%cal Ye5f4]} Be5 26. Be6 {[%cal Ye5f4,
Ye3f2]} Qc7 27. h3 {[%cal Ye3f2,Yg3h2,Ye5f4]} Bh2+ $1 (27... Ne3 28. Bxe3 dxe3)
(27... Nh2 28. Rfe1) (27... Bf4 $2 28. Bxf4 gxf4 29. hxg4) 28. Kh1 Bf4 $1 29.
Bxf4 gxf4 30. Rf3 Ne3 $17 31. Qg5 (31. Qf2 Nxf5) 31... Nxc2 32. Rg1 Ne3 33.
Rxf4 Qc6+ {Schwarz sollte hier den Vorstoß f6 stoppen, dies hatte er
wahrscheinlich in der Zeitnotphase verpasst.} (33... Qxa5 34. f6) 34. Kh2 Qd6
35. Kh1 {[%cal Ye5f4]} Rd8 (35... Qe5 $142 36. Qg3 h4 37. Qf3 Rh6) 36. Re4 Rhe8
37. b3 a6 38. Qxh5 Rh8 (38... Qc7) 39. Qf3 Qc6 $2 (39... Qc7 40. f6 Qxa5 41. f7
$13) 40. f6 Rdf8 41. f7 $16 Ka7 42. Rg3 Rh6 43. Rxe3 dxe3 44. Bd5 Qd6 45. Qxe3
Rh5 46. Qf3 Qh6 47. Kh2 Re5 48. Qf2 b6 49. Rg8 Qd6 50. Qg3 Re2+ 51. Kg1 Qxg3+
52. Rxg3 Re1+ 53. Kf2 Re5 54. axb6+ Kxb6 55. Rg6+ Ka5 56. Rf6 Kb4 57. Rf3 a5
58. Kg3 Re1 59. Kg4 Rb1 60. Re3 Rxb3 61. Re8 Rxf7 62. Bxf7 a4 63. Ra8 a3 64. h4
Rb2 65. h5 Rg2+ 66. Kf5 Rf2+ 67. Kg6 a2 68. h6 Kb3 69. h7 Rh2 70. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 128]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e5 4. Nd5 Be7 5. Nec3 Nf6 6. Bc4 O-O
7. O-O d6 8. d3 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bg5 ({Eine Alternative besteht in} 9... Be6 10. f4
exf4 11. Bxf4 Ne5 (11... Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Bf6 13. c3 Ne7 14. Bb3 {1/2-1/2 Martin
del Campo,R- Gonzalez,R/Cienfuegos 1997/(25)}) (11... Bg5 12. Bg3 Ne5 13. Bxe5
dxe5 14. Qf3 Rb8 15. a4 {1-0 Werle,J-Bokros,A/Groningen 1999/(26)}) 12. Bxe5
dxe5 13. Kh1 Bg5 14. Qe1 Kh8 15. g3 f6 16. a4 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 Kobalija,M-Neverov,
V/Yalta 1996/(16)}) 10. Qh5 $5 ({häufiger wird hier} 10. f4 {gespielt}) 10...
Bxc1 (10... h6 11. f4 $36) 11. Raxc1 Be6 (11... Ne7 12. f4 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 exf4
14. Rxf4 Be6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tischbierek,R-Oll,L/New York 1994/(14)}) 12. f4 $36 {
Aus der Bauernstruktur folgt, daß Weiß am Königsflügel vorgehen und trachten
muß, mittels f5 den Läufer e6 zu vertreiben.} exf4 (12... f5 $5 13. exf5 (13.
fxe5 $6 dxe5) 13... Rxf5 14. Qg4 Nd4 15. Ne3 (15. Nb6 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 exf4 $1 $17
) 15... Rf6 16. Bxe6+ Rxe6 17. f5 $14) (12... b5 $2 13. Bxb5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd4
15. Ba4 g6 16. Qd1 $16 {1-0 Jansa,V-Bazant,P/Turnov 1996/(59)}) 13. Rxf4 Ne5
14. Rcf1 {Weiß ist aus der Eröffnung mit einem kleinen aber sicheren Vorteil
hervorgegangen.} Ng6 (14... Nxc4 15. Rh4 Qxh4 (15... h6 16. Nf6+ $18) 16. Qxh4
$16) 15. Rf5 $5 {[%mdl 520] Dies sieht harmlos aus, aber so ist nicht. Es
droht Rf1-h3 mit dem weißen Angriff auf der h-Linie.} (15. R4f3 a6 (15... Qd7
$5) 16. Rg3 Re8 17. Ne3 Qh4 18. Qxh4 Nxh4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Re7 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Gruenberg,H/Leipzig 1973/(35)}) (15. R4f2 Ne5 16. Ne3 Nxc4
17. dxc4 h6 18. h4 (18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Rfd2 Rad8 20. Qf3 Rd7 21. Qf4 Rfd8 $14 {
1-0 Kindermann,S- Miniboeck,G/Austria 1996/(54)}) 18... Qb6 19. b3 Qa5 20. Nf5
Rad8 21. Qg4 Bxf5 22. exf5 Rfe8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Soltis,A-Lukov,V/Moscow 1989/(53)
}) 15... Ne7 (15... Bxf5 $2 16. exf5 b5 (16... Ne5 17. f6 $40 Ng6 18. Rf3 $18)
17. fxg6 $1 (17. Bb3 Ne5 18. f6) 17... hxg6 18. Qe2 Re8 (18... bxc4 19. Ne7+
Kh8 20. Rf4 $18) 19. Qf3 bxc4 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 (20... Kh7 21. Nf6+) 21. Nf4 Qg5
22. Rf3 $18) (15... Rb8 $5 {/\b5} 16. R1f3 (16. Nf6+ $2 gxf6 17. R1f3 Kg7 $1
18. Rh3 Rh8 $19 {Der Gewinnversuch war damit gescheitert.}) (16. a4) 16... Qh4)
16. R5f4 (16. Rxf7 $6 Bxf7 17. Rxf7 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Rxf7 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 $15) 16...
Ng6 17. Rf5 Ne7 18. R5f3 $5 Ng6 (18... Nxd5 19. exd5 $16) 19. g4 $1 {/\Rh3} Ne5
(19... Qh4 20. Qxh4 Nxh4 21. R3f2 Bxg4 (21... Rad8 $2 22. Ne7+ $18) (21... Ng6
22. Nc7) 22. Rf4 h5 23. Ne3 $16) 20. Rh3 h6 21. Nf6+ $5 {[%mdl 128]} (21. Rg3
f6 $132) 21... Qxf6 (21... Kh8 22. Rf4 $1 {/\Qg5} (22. Qg5 $2 Nxg4) 22... Qa5
23. c3 Qa4 24. Bb3 Bxb3 25. Qg5 $3 $18) (21... gxf6 22. Qxh6 $18) 22. Rxf6 Bxg4
23. Qh4 (23. Rxh6 $6 Bxh5 24. R6xh5 g6 $14) 23... Bxh3 24. Qg3 $16 {Obwohl
Schwarz die unmittelbaren Drohungen abgewehrt hat, behält Weiß ein kräftiges
Druckspiel.} Be6 25. Rxh6 (25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 Rf3 27. Qg2 Raf8 28. Re7 g5
$132) 25... Bxc4 26. dxc4 f6 $132 27. Rh3 Rae8 28. Qh4 Kf7 29. Qh5+ Ke7 30. Ra3
Nc6 31. Rg3 g5 32. Qd1 Kd7 33. Qg4+ Kc7 34. Rh3 Re7 35. Qf5 Nd4 36. Qg6 Ne2+
37. Kf1 Nf4 38. Qh6 Rff7 39. Re3 Rh7 40. Qf8 Ref7 41. Qa8 $18 Ne6 42. Rb3 Nd8
43. Qxa7 Re7 44. Qb6+ Kd7 45. Rd3 Re6 46. Qxc5 Rh4 47. Qb5+ Ke7 48. c5 Rf4+ 49.
Kg2 Rg4+ 50. Kf2 Rf4+ 51. Rf3 Rfxe4 52. cxd6+ Rxd6 53. Rd3 Rxd3 54. cxd3 Rf4+
55. Ke3 Rh4 56. Qc5+ Kd7 57. Qf8 Rh3+ 58. Ke4 Rh4+ 59. Kf3 Rh3+ 60. Kg2 Rxd3
61. Qxf6 Rd5 62. a4 Nc6 63. Qg7+ Ne7 64. b4 Rf5 65. a5 Rb5 66. Qd4+ Ke6 67.
Qc4+ Rd5 68. b5 Kd6 69. Qb4+ Rc5 70. Qa3 Nc8 71. Kg3 Na7 72. Qd3+ Ke5 73. a6
bxa6 74. bxa6 Nc6 75. Qa3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Bartel,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{This game was played in the last round of the Olympiad. For the Chinese team
it was an extremely important match, as they were sole leaders. However, a
draw was enough for them to get the title. The Polish team was 10th before the
last encounter and our chances for top 3 were only theoretical. But they
existed, so we wanted to fight.} 1. e4 c5 {I am not a Sicilian player, so this
was probably a kind of surprise for my opponent.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {An
understandable choice when you are surprised.} e6 4. O-O ({The main
alternative is} 4. Bxc6 bxc6 {and here White has a lot of options, eg.} 5. b3 {
as in the Anand - Gelfand encounter in their world championship match.}) 4...
Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 $5 {This is not the most common move in that position, but at
the same time it's not something new. In classical games it has already been
tried by such experts as Gelfand and Moiseenko.} 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Na3 $5 {
During the game I wasn't exactly sure if it was my opponent's preparation or
over the board improvisation.} ({The main moves in that position are} 7. d3) ({
and} 7. c3 {. The latter can lead the the same position which appeared in the
game after} a6 8. Bf1 Nc6 9. Na3) 7... a6 8. Bf1 Nc6 {This allows White to get
back to theoretical positions.} ({However, it was quite tempting to try} 8...
d5 $5 {. Now if White goes for} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. c3 {Black should be totally
ok after} Bc5 {. It is very likely, that 8...d5 was ok for Black, but having
the feeling that I am better prepared, I saw no reason to go into not explored
territory.}) 9. c3 Bc5 10. b4 Ba7 11. b5 {This is a new move, but - to me - it
seems more like mixing up of the move order than a prepared ot created over
the board novelty.} ({The main move here is} 11. Rb1 {played in a game which
was commented by Leonid Kritz for CBM:} O-O 12. b5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Bc5 14. Bb2
dxc3 15. Bxc3 d5 16. exd5 exd5 $11 {1/2 (34) Ponomariov,R (2741)-Gelfand,B 
(2751) Tashkent 2012 CBM 152 [Kritz,L]}) 11... Ne5 {The only logical move.} 12.
Nc4 ({It is also the only real move for White. There is no time for moves like
} 12. Rb1 {Black gets his chances after} d3 $1 {and the bishop from a7 becomes
extremely active.}) 12... Nxc4 13. Bxc4 axb5 {Here Black had few options.
However, taking on b5 and castling seemed the most logical to me. I thought
that opening of the a-file can't be bad for me and I wanted to keep the pawn
on d4 for the moment.} 14. Bxb5 O-O 15. a4 $6 {Protecting the bishop in case
of some double attack like ...Qb6, attacking b5 and f2, has of course some
sense, but looks a bit too slow and now Black has the upper hand in my opinion.
} ({White couldn't try} 15. Qa4 $2 {in view of} dxc3 {and the queen is in
trouble, but it was interesting to play}) (15. Ba3 $5 Re8 16. c4 {as Black
would face temporary problems in developing his forces. Actually, any option
of blocking the Ba7 should be ok for White, as that bishop can become a real
monster one day, while neither white bishop has such prospects.}) 15... d6 ({
Another option was} 15... e5 16. Bb2 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Qf6) 16. Bb2 dxc3 17. Bxc3
e5 18. d4 $1 {The most precise way to keep equality. Black had been ready to
use the advantage of his powerful Ba7, so it was the right moment to limit the
options of this piece.} Qf6 19. Qd2 $6 {This is , however, not the best.} ({
There was a lot of sense in the immediate} 19. Bb2 exd4 20. Ra3 {and here it
is Black who should play carefully.}) 19... exd4 20. Bb2 Be6 21. Ra3 Bb6 $6 {
An interesting moment of the game.} ({My first intention was} 21... Rfc8 {
, but later I decided to include ...Bb6. Then, of course, I hesitated very
next minute after executing this move. The immediate ...Rfc8 would be tricky,
as the most tempting move is a mistake!} 22. Rd3 $2 ({White would need to
realise that he should include} 22. Rf3 $1 Qe5 23. Rd3 {, which is rather not
obvious. Later, after eg.,} Bc4 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Bxb5 26. Rd5 Qc3 27.
Qxc3 Rxc3 28. axb5 Rc5 {position would be drawn.}) 22... Rc3 $1 {Actually I
saw this idea during the game, but for some reason I thought that with bishop
on b6 (which protects the d8-square) it should be stronger. It's exactly the
opposite!} 23. Bxc3 (23. Rd1 Rac8 24. Bxc3 dxc3 25. Qc2 Bc5 $15) 23... dxc3 24.
Qe2 (24. Qc2 Bb3 $1) 24... Bd4 25. Red1 Be5 26. g3 g5 $1 $15) 22. Rd1 Rfc8 ({
It was possible to get a drawn position after} 22... d5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd4
Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Be6 $11) 23. Rd3 Ba5 ({Only here I realised that} 
23... Rc3 {is not so strong anymore. I'd go for it anyway, if there were
practical chances, as the match situation was already really bad for us, but
at the same time I saw only a much worse position as a resulf of this idea...}
24. Bxc3 dxc3 25. Qc2 $14 {and now, with the rook on d1, Black can't play ...
Bd4 and has serious problems with the pawn on d6. The move in the text is
maybe not the most precise, but it leads to a "dead" draw.}) 24. Bxd4 Bxd2 25.
Bxf6 gxf6 ({It was also possible to play} 25... Bb4 26. Be7 h6 27. Bxd6 Bxd6
28. Rxd6 Bb3 $11) 26. R1xd2 Bc4 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. f3 Rcxa4 29. Rxd6 R4a6 {
The rest is quite simple, as after the exchange of one pair of rooks, Black
could even lose his b7-pawn.} 30. Rd7 Ra1+ 31. Kf2 R1a2 32. g4 R8a3 33. Rxa2
Rxa2+ 34. Kg3 Rb2 35. h4 h6 36. Kf4 Rb3 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rd7 Kg8 39. Rd8+ Kg7
40. Rd7 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 67th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.01.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Bartel,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 c4 7. d4 cxd3 8. Bf4
{An interesting idea of Bartlomiej Macieja. White takes control over the h2-b8
diagonal, which creates some problems with the black squares for Black.} Ng6 9.
Bg3 b5 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Qxd3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bb7 13. c4 {A logical novelty
compared to the game B. Macieja - M. Krasenkow, Najdorf Memorial 2009. Macieja
then chose 13. b4, but he didn't obtain any serious advantage. It's very
interesting that 13. c4 is a suggestion of ... Michal Krasenkow. He published
it in his comments in Chess Informant. I was told about it only after the game,
which was a big surprise to me. From my point of view, pushing the c-pawn is
much more logical - White wants to stop ...d7-d5 and put pressure on the
d-file.} Be7 (13... b4 $5 14. Nbd2 Be7 15. Bd6 {White should be better,
although Black's position with the pair of bishops still is not that bad -
maybe it's possible to get some counterplay connected with ...f7-f5?}) 14. Nc3
b4 (14... Qb6 {This is certainly logical in conjunction with the pair of
bishops, but I don't believe it's solving Black's problems.}) 15. Na4 $1 {
This is what my opponent underestimated. At first sight the knight is cut off
on a4, but in fact it's extremely dangerous. Black has nothing better than
exchanging this knight as soon as possible, otherwise c4-c5 and than Na4-b6
will come.} O-O 16. Rfd1 (16. c5 $2 {due to} f5 $1) 16... Bc6 (16... f5 {
is a mistake due to} 17. exf5 exf5 18. Ne5 $1 f4 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Qxd7 $1) 17.
Nd4 Bxa4 18. Rxa4 $1 {My opponent expected me to recapture with the pawn, but
the text move is much stronger. Now Black is surely worse - the pawns a6 and
d7 are weak and the black knight on g6 is badly placed.} Qb6 19. Nf3 {
Multi-functional move. Sometimes it helps to play Bd6, sometimes the pawn on
d7 is hanging, but the most important role of this move is to prepare h2-h4.}
Qb7 $2 {A very serious mistake, which gives White the important a5-square for
his rook, but it's not easy to say what is the correct option. If Black plays .
..a5, then White can at some point return with his knight:: Nf3-d4-b5.} 20. h4
$1 {It's visible that Black is in a serious troubles now. If you don't stop
the h4-pawn it's extremely dangerous for the black king, and if you stop this
guy...} h5 $2 {... you can almost resign due to...} 21. Ra5 $1 {... and the
pawn on h5 is lost. That's why ...Qb7 was a big mistake. Now the game is in
fact finished, however some technique is still needed.} f6 22. Rxh5 (22. Qxd7 {
was also good enough.}) 22... e5 23. Rf5 Bc5 24. h5 $1 {A so-called human
decision. Computers would never do this, but they would be happy with a pawn
up. But from the human point of view it's much easier to play this position
without the black knight, with completely blocked Black's position.} Ne7 25.
Nh4 Nxf5 26. Nxf5 d6 27. Qf3 (27. Bh4 Qf7 28. Qe2 {and then with Rd3-Rg3 the
rook comesinto the attack first..}) 27... Qf7 (27... a5 {to create some
counterplay, but probably it's not really serious.}) 28. Qg4 Kh7 (28... Kh8 {
to avoid Rg7+ in some lines, but of course it seems to be suspicious when the
knight can so quickly move to g6.}) 29. Rd3 Rh8 (29... a5 {but the white
attack is pretty fast.}) 30. Bh4 Kg8 31. Rg3 Rh7 32. Qf3 a5 {This loses
immediately, but in such positions it's better to die immediately.} (32... Kf8
33. Rg6 {and after Qg4, h5-h6 will be decisive.}) (32... Qxh5 {there are
several solutions} 33. Rxg7+ Kf8 34. Rxh7 (34. Qxh5 Rxh5 35. Bxf6 Ra7 36. Rxa7
Bxa7 37. Be7+) 34... Qxh7 35. Bxf6 {and with such a king the game is over.})
33. Rxg7+ $1 {A simple trick.} Rxg7 34. Nh6+ Kf8 35. Nxf7 Rxf7 36. Bxf6 {
Now White is winning in all ways.} d5 37. h6 dxc4 38. Qf5 c3 39. bxc3 bxc3 40.
h7 1-0

[Event "CHN-CIS"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Ambartsoumian, Armen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 (9. cxd4 $6 Nb4 $15 {^^}) 9... d5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. e5 {
/\Nd2-f3-d4, ץc6} Ng6 12. Re1 Bc5 {/^a7-f2} 13. Be3 $1 {><d4} Bxe3 (13... Qb6
$142) 14. Rxe3 Qb6 15. Qg4 $5 {/\->>>} (15. Qd4) 15... Rd8 {/\d4} 16. Qd4 $8
Rb8 $1 (16... Qxd4 17. cxd4 $16 {<->c,Rc3,Rc1 Bc2>Bc6}) 17. Nd2 (17. a3 $142 a5
18. b4 $5 (18. Nd2 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Qxb6 Rxb6 21. Nf3 (21. c4 $5) 21...
bxc3 22. bxc3 {/\Nd4+/=}) 18... a4 19. Qxb6 Rxb6 20. Nd2 {/\Nf3-d4+/- ץc6 _|_}
) 17... b4 {׫ Pb2,c3} 18. Qg4 (18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. cxb4 Rxb4 $10 {קb2,e5})
18... bxc3 19. bxc3 {/\Rb1} Qd8 {/^d8-h4} (19... Qb2 20. Rb1 Qxc2 21. Rxb8+ Kd7
(21... Ke7 $2 22. Qb4+ $18) 22. Rxh8 Qc1+ (22... Qxd2 23. h4 Qc1+ 24. Kh2 Nxh8
25. Qxg7 Ng6 26. Qxf7+ $18) 23. Nf1 Bb5 24. h4 Qxf1+ (24... Bxf1 {/\Be2} 25.
Kh2 Nxh8 26. Qxg7 Ng6 27. Qxf7+ $18) 25. Kh2 Nxh8 26. Qb4 $1 (26. Qxg7 Qxf2 $13
) 26... Ng6 (26... Qxf2 27. Rf3 Qb6 28. a4 $18) 27. h5 (27. Qd6+ $6 Ke8 28. Rf3
Qe1 $1 29. Qb8+ $10) 27... Qxf2 28. Rf3 Qh4+ 29. Qxh4 Nxh4 30. Rxf7+ Ke8 (30...
Kc6 31. Rxg7 Bd3 32. Kh3 $1 Nf5 33. Rxh7 $18) 31. Rxg7 h6 32. Rh7 Nf5 33. g4
Ne3 34. Kg3 Be2 35. Rxh6 Nxg4 (35... Bxg4 36. Kf4 $18) 36. Rg6 $1 $18) 20. Nf3
Bd7 21. h4 {/\h5 -> ><g7} h5 {><g5,g6} 22. Qg3 Rh6 $8 23. Ng5 {><f7} Ne7 (23...
Nf8 24. Rf3 f5 (24... f6 25. Nh7 $1 Kf7 $8 26. Nxf6 $1 gxf6 27. Qg5 $18) 25.
exf6 gxf6 26. Re1 Rb6 (26... fxg5 27. hxg5 Rh8 28. g6 $18) 27. Qf4 $1 {/\Nxe6+-
}) 24. Rae1 Rb6 25. Qf3 Nf5 $8 (25... f6 26. exf6 Rxf6 (26... gxf6 27. Nxe6 $18
) 27. Qxh5+ $18) 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Qxd5 Be6 28. Qa5 $1 (28. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {
_|_ 6P:5P קa2,c3}) 28... Rc6 29. Qa4 {->K} Qc7 30. Rd1 {/\Rd6} Ke7 31. Qa3+
Rc5 32. Red3 {/\33.Ne6 Re6 (33...Ke6 34.Rd6 Ke5 35.f4 +-) 34.Rd7 Qd7 35.Rd7
Kd7 36.Qc5 +-} Qxe5 33. Re3 Qc7 34. Rd5 $1 1-0

[Event "Portoroz/Nova Gorica"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 (3... e5 {--> Gurgenidze-Efimov CBM24}) 4. Bxc6 (
4. c3 {--> Romanishin-Boensch}) (4. Nc3 {--> Illescas Cordoba-Ivanchuk CBM24})
(4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. Bb2 b5 (7... d5 {--> Bologan-Belikov
CBM24}) 8. d4 {--> Maljutin-Belikov CBM24} (8. a4 {--> Miljanic-Nikcevic CBM24}
)) 4... bxc6 5. O-O (5. c4 Qc7 6. d3 $10 {Vasiukov}) 5... d5 (5... Ne7 {
--> Hracek-Polgar,Zso CBM24} 6. b3 Ng6 7. Bb2 f6 8. e5 Be7 9. exf6 Bxf6 10.
Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Ne4 $36) (5... d6 {--> Khalifman-Hansen,LB CBM24}) 6.
d3 Ba6 (6... Ne7 7. Nc3 Ng6 8. Re1 Be7 (8... f6 9. d4 c4 10. b3 $13) 9. Na4 O-O
10. b3 e5 $13) 7. Nbd2 c4 8. exd5 cxd5 9. c3 $1 Qa5 10. dxc4 dxc4 11. Qe2 Rc8
12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Ndf3 Bd6 14. Rd1 Nf6 15. Nxf7 $1 Bxh2+ (15... Qxf7 16. Rxd6 $18
) (15... Kxf7 16. Ng5+ Kg6 (16... Kg8 17. Qxe6+ Kf8 18. Qxd6+ $18) (16... Ke8
17. Qxe6+ Be7 18. Qf7#) 17. Qc2+ Kh5 18. Nxe6 Qe7 19. Qf5+ $18) 16. Nxh2 Kxf7
17. Bg5 $16 {ץa6,עf7} Rhe8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Ng4 Rf8 21. Rd4 Bb7
22. Rad1 Bc6 23. Rxc4 Kh8 24. Qh6 Rf7 25. Nxf6 $18 Qe7 26. Ne4 Rg7 27. Ng3 Qb7
28. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Niksic"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vukovic, Zdravko"]
[Black "Popchev, Milko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nf6 (2... d6 {--> Vukovic-Strikovic} 3. Bb2 Nc6 (3... Nf6 4.
Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qh5 Nc6 8. Nc3 f5 9. Qxf5 Qxf5 10. exf5
Nd4 11. O-O-O Nxf5 12. Nf3 Rg8 {1/4:1/4 Spassky-Huebner, Buenos Aires (ol) 1978
}) 4. Bb5 Bd7 (4... Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. f4 g6 8. e5 Bg4 9. Nf3 dxe5
10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd5 12. fxe5 $14 {Gufeld}) 5. Ne2 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Be7
8. Nd2 O-O 9. Ng3 d5 10. f4 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe2 {Gurgenidze-Zaitschik,
USSR 1979}) (2... d5 {--> Grosar-Polgar,J CBM24}) (2... Nc6 3. Bb2 (3. Nf3 {
--> B30 Key}) 3... e5 (3... Nf6 4. e5 (4. Nc3 e5 5. f4 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5
Qxd5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. fxe5 Nxe5 10. Bb5+ Kd8 $13 {Gaprindashvili-Legkij, USSR 1979
}) 4... Nd5 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. Bxe5 e6 9. Nc3 $14 {
Spassky-Sosonko, Tilburg 1978}) 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. Ne2 Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3
O-O 9. Nd2 Bg4 $10 {Czerniak-Bobocov, Athens 1968}) 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 (4. Nc3 $5
e6 5. Ne4 f5 6. exf6 Nxf6 7. Bd3 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Qf6 $13 {Gurgenidze-Lutikov,
USSR 1979}) 4... Nc6 5. Bb2 g6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Ne4 Nd4 8. Bc4 Qc7 9. Bxd5 Qxe5 10.
O-O Kd8 11. c3 Nf5 12. f4 Qg7 13. Bc4 d5 14. Bd3 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nd6 16. d3 Bd7
17. Nd2 Be7 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. dxc4 Rb8 20. Qf3 Kc7 21. Rad1 Rhd8 22. Rfe1 f5 23.
Bc2 Bc6 24. Qf2 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 Rd8 26. b4 Be4 27. Bc2 cxb4 28. Bxe4 bxc3 29.
Qxa7 fxe4 30. Qa5+ b6 31. Bxc3 bxa5 32. Bxg7 Bc5+ 33. Kf1 e3 34. Bc3 Ra8 35.
Ke2 Kc6 36. Rb1 Rf8 37. g3 g5 38. Be5 gxf4 39. Bxf4 h5 40. Rb5 h4 41. Rxa5 Bb6
42. Re5 $18 Ra8 43. Rxe6+ Kb7 44. gxh4 Rxa2+ 45. Kf3 Rf2+ 46. Kg3 Rc2 47. h5 e2
48. Kf3 Rxc4 49. Rxe2 Bc7 50. Bg5 Rc3+ 51. Kg4 1-0

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. e5 d4
9. Be4 Bb7 10. d3 Ng6 11. Re1 Be7 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nb3 Rb8 15.
Bd2 b4 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. h4 $1 Rfc8 (17... Nxh4 18. Nxh4 Bxh4 19. Qh5 $18) (17...
h6 $142 18. h5 Nh8) 18. h5 Nf8 19. h6 g6 20. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Nd7 22. Bxc6
$1 Bxc6 23. Qg4 (23. Qg4 {/\Nxe6} Bd5 (23... Nf8 24. Qf4 Rb7 25. Qf6 $18) 24.
Qf4 Rf8 25. Nc5 $1 Nxc5 26. Qf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ambroz} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O (4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. d3
Ng6 7. Nbd2 d6 (7... Be7 $142 8. Nb3 e5 $5 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 d6 11. d4 exd4 12.
cxd4 c4 13. Nbd2 d5 14. Nf1 Bb4 15. Bd2 Rb8 $10 {Huebner-Gulko/Biel izt/1993/})
8. Nc4 Be7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 f5 11. e5 d5 12. Na5 $14 {Huebner-Abramovic/Biel
izt/1993/}) (4. Nc3 Nd4 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. c3 Bc5
10. b3 O-O 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Bb2 Nxe2+ $10 {Arencibia-Illescas/Biel izt/1993/})
4... Nge7 5. c3 (5. b3 $5 {Ambroz} Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. c3 {Akopian-Sveshnikov,
Rostov (op) 1993}) 5... a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d4 (8. Re1 Rc8 9. a4 Ng6 10.
axb5 axb5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Be7 14. Bd3 b4 15. Be3 O-O 16. Nd2
f5 $5 17. d5 Ne5 $13 {Spasov-Gulko/Biel izt/1993/} (17... fxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxd5 (
18... exd5 19. Qb3 $1) 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qh5 $36)) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 (9. cxd4 {
Ambroz} Nb4 10. Nc3 Nxc2 11. Qxc2 Ng6 $15 {De La Graza-Gulko, USA 1987}) 9...
d5 (9... Ng6 10. f4 (10. a4 {Ambroz} b4 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. cxb4 Qb8 $36 {
Zarnicki-Tukmakov, Andorra 1991}) 10... Be7 (10... Bc5 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Nd2 O-O
13. Qh5 Rac8 $1 $13 {Psakhis-Sherbakov, Moscow 1992}) 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd2 Qc7
13. Rc1 Rad8 14. Qh5 e5 15. Nxc6 dxc6 16. f5 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nf3 c5 19.
Rce1 Bf6 20. e5 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Rfe8 $13 {Wolff-Abramovic/Biel izt/1993/}) 10.
Nxc6 Bxc6 (10... Nxc6 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 exd5 13. Be3 (13. Re1+ $5 Be7 14.
Bg5 O-O $1 (14... f6 15. Be3 (15. Bf4 {Ambroz} O-O 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. Nd2 Kf7 18.
Nf3 $14 {/\ Rad1} (18. Bc7 Rd7 19. Bb6 Ne5) 18... Na5 19. Bc7 Nxb3 20. Bxd8
Nxa1 21. Rxe7+ Kg8 22. Bb6 $18 Bc8 23. Nd4 {/\ Re1}) 15... O-O 16. a4 $14) (
14... O-O-O 15. Bf5+ (15. Rxe7 $2 Nxe7 16. Bxe7 Rde8 $19) (15. Bxe7 Rde8 (15...
Rhe8 $2 16. Bf5+ Kb8 17. Bd6+ $1 $18) 16. a4 Rxe7 17. Rxe7 Nxe7 18. axb5 axb5
19. Bd3 Bc6 20. Bxb5 $16) 15... Kc7 (15... Kb8 $4 16. Bxe7 {/\Bd6+ +-}) 16.
Bxe7 Rde8 17. Nd2 $14) 15. Bxe7 Rfe8 16. Nd2 (16. a4 Rxe7 17. Rxe7 Nxe7 18.
axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. Na3 Bc6 21. Bd3 $16) 16... Rxe7 17. Rxe7 Nxe7 18.
Nb3 $14) 13... O-O-O 14. Bb6 Re8 15. Rd1 g6 $1 16. Nd2 Bg7 17. Nf1 Re6 18. Bb3
Ne5 19. Bd4 f6 {+/=/= Anand-Sveshnikov/Biel izt/1993/}) 11. e5 Ng6 12. Re1 b4 (
12... Be7 {Ambroz} 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nb3 a5 (14... f5 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Nd4 Bd7
17. Qh5 $14 e5 18. Bxg6 Rxg6 19. Qxe5) 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Qh5) (12... Bc5 {Ambroz}
13. Be3 $1 Bxe3 $6 14. Rxe3 Qb6 15. Qg4 $14 {Ye Jiangchuan-Ambarcumjan,
Beijing 1991}) (12... Qc7 {Ambroz} 13. Qd4 Bd7 $1 14. Nd2 Bc5 15. Qg4 h5 16.
Qe2 Nf4 17. Qf3 Ng6 {1/2, Ye Rongguang-Sveshnikov, Moscow 1992}) (12... f5 {
Ambroz} 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Qg4 $1 e5 15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Bxg6+ hxg6 17. Bf4 Rh5 18.
Qg3 $16) 13. Nd2 bxc3 14. bxc3 Be7 15. Nb3 Qc7 (15... O-O $5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. f4
(17. Qh5 {Ambroz /\ Re1-e3-h3 ->}) 17... Bc5 18. Kh1 f5 $10 (18... f5 19. exf6
Qxf6 $132)) 16. Qh5 Ba4 17. Bd2 Bc5 18. Qg4 Bxb3 19. axb3 $14 {^^} O-O 20. Qg3
Rfd8 21. Ra4 d4 22. Rc4 Qa7 23. h4 d3 (23... dxc3 24. Bxc3 Bf8 25. h5 (25. Ra1
$5 {+/=/+/-}) 25... Ne7 26. Rg4 (26. Bb4 $5) (26. Bb4 $5 {Ambroz ><g7} Rac8 $1)
26... Rac8 $132) 24. Bd1 Rd7 $2 (24... a5 $142 {><b4}) (24... a5 $142 {Ambroz})
25. h5 Ne7 26. h6 g6 (26... Nf5 27. Qf3 {/\hxg7->} (27. Qf3 {Ambroz} g6 $2 28.
g4 $18)) 27. Qf3 Nd5 28. b4 $1 Bf8 (28... Bb6 29. Ba4 $1 Rdd8 (29... Rc7 30.
Bc6 Rac8 31. Bxd5 Rxc4 32. Qf6 $1 Bxf2+ 33. Kf1 $1 Kf8 34. Qg7+ Ke8 35. Qg8+
Ke7 36. Bg5+ $18) 30. Bc6 Rab8 31. Bxd5 exd5 (31... Rxd5 32. Qf6) 32. Qf6 Bxf2+
33. Kf1 (33. Kh1 {Ambroz} Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Bg5+ Kd7 36. e6+ fxe6 37. Qg7+)
33... Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Bg5+ Kd7 36. e6+ $1 fxe6 37. Qg7+ $18) 29. Rd4 Rc8
30. Rxd3 Rdc7 31. Bb3 Nb6 32. Ra1 Nc4 $6 33. Bxc4 Rxc4 34. b5 $18 a5 35. b6 (
35. b6 Qxb6 (35... Qe7 36. Rxa5 {/\Rxa7+-}) 36. Rd7 f5 37. exf6 Kh8 $8 38. f7
e5 39. Bg5 $1 R4c6 $8 40. Rb7 $1 Qa6 41. Rxa5 $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "New York Reshevsky"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Granda Zuniga} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7.
Bc2 d5 (7... c4 $5 8. d4 $140 cxd3) 8. e5 {/\d4 [+]} d4 9. Be4 Nd5 (9... Bb7
10. cxd4 cxd4 11. a4 $14) 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Qc2 h6 (12... g6 $142 {
/\Bg7,Qc7 קe5} 13. cxd4 Nxd4 (13... Ndb4 $2 14. Bxc6+ (14. Qb3 $2 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 Qxd4 $17) (14. Qc3 $2 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 $15) 14... Nxc6 15. dxc5 Nd4 16.
Nxd4 Qxd4 17. d3 $16) 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. d3 Bg7 16. f4 {/\Qf2}) (12... g6 $13 {
Granda Zuniga}) 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. d3 Bb7 16. Qe2 g6 $6 (16... Be7
17. Qg4 (17. Nd2 O-O 18. Qg4 (18. Nb3 {Granda Zuniga} Bg5 19. Bxg5 (19. Nxd4
Bxc1 20. Rfxc1 Nf4 21. Qe3 Qxd4 $1) 19... Qxg5 20. Nxd4 Nf4 21. Qe3 Bxe4 22.
Qxe4 Rbd8 $1 23. Nxb5 Rd5 $132) 18... f5 $13 (18... Qd7 $1 19. Nf3 f5 20. exf6
Nxf6 $10)) 17... g6 18. Nd2 Qb6 19. Nb3 h5 20. Qg3 Nb4 $10) 17. Nd2 Bg7 18. Nb3
Bxe5 (18... Nb4 $2 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Qe4 $16) (18... Qb6 {Granda Zuniga} 19.
Bd2 {/\ Ba5}) 19. Bxg6 $1 Qd6 $1 $8 (19... Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qd6+ 21. Kg1 fxg6 22.
Nxd4 $40) 20. f4 $1 Nxf4 21. Bxf7+ Ke7 (21... Kxf7 $2 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4+
Qxf4 24. Rf1 Qxf1+ 25. Qxf1+ $16) 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Qxf4 24. Qxe6+ Kf8 25.
Re1 $8 Qg5 $1 26. g3 (26. Re2 $5 Rd8 (26... Kg7 $2 27. h4 $1 Qf6 28. Qg4+ Kxf7
29. Rf2 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Rhg8 31. Qd7+ Kf6 32. g4 $1 $16) 27. Bg6 (27. Rf2 $2 Bd5
(27... Kg7 {Granda Zuniga} 28. h4 $1 $18) 28. Nxd4 Qc1+ $19) 27... Bd5 $8 28.
Nxd4 $1 Qc1+ (28... Bxe6 29. Nxe6+ Kg8 30. Nxg5 hxg5 31. Re5 $16 {_|_}) 29. Re1
Bxe6 30. Nxe6+ Ke7 31. Rxc1 Kxe6 32. Rc5 $10) 26... Rd8 27. Bg6 Bd5 $8 28. Nxd4
$1 (28. Rf1+ Kg7 29. Rf7+ Kg8 $1) 28... Bxe6 29. Nxe6+ Kg8 $8 30. Nxg5 hxg5 31.
Re5 Rc8 $1 {/\Rc2,Rc1-c2-b2} (31... Kg7 32. Be4 Rc8 33. Rxg5+ Kf6 34. Rxb5 $16)
32. d4 {><c2} Rc1+ 33. Kg2 Rd1 34. Rxg5 Rd2+ 35. Kf3 Rhxh2 36. Bd3+ Kf7 37. Ke3
Rxb2 38. Bxb5 $10 Kf6 39. Rc5 Rb3+ 40. Bd3 Rh1 41. Rf5+ Ke6 42. Rf3 Kd5 43.
Rf5+ Kd6 44. Rf6+ Kd5 (44... Kd5 45. Rf5+ Kd6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Podgorica"]
[Site "Podgorica"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Nxf3+ (6... Ne7 7.
Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. b3 $14) 7. Qxf3 d6 (7... g6 8. b3 Bg7 9. Bb2 Ne7 $2 10.
Nb5 $1 O-O $8 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nd6 Nc6 13. Qe3 $1 {/\e5,f4+/-}) 8. Nd1 Ne7 (
8... g6 9. b4 $1 cxb4 (9... Bg7 10. Rb1 cxb4 11. Rxb4 $14) 10. Bb2 f6 (10... e5
$2 {><d5} 11. Ne3 Bg7 12. a3 $1 bxa3 13. Bxa3 $40) 11. Ne3 Bg7 12. a3 bxa3 13.
Bxa3 $44) 9. b3 (9. c3 $6 Nc6 10. Bc2 g6 {/\Bg7=/+}) 9... Bd7 10. Bb2 Ng6 11.
Qg3 e5 12. f4 $5 (12. Ne3 Nf4 13. Nd5 g5 $1 $132) 12... exf4 13. Rxf4 Nxf4 14.
Qxf4 Be6 (14... g5 $142 15. Qf3 Rg8 16. Bc4 Be6 $8 17. Ne3 Bg7 18. Rf1 $1 Qe7 (
18... Qd7 19. Bxg7 Rxg7 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Nf5 Rg6 (21... Kf8 $142 $14) 22.
Nxd6+ $1 Ke7 (22... Kf8 23. Qxf7+ Qxf7 24. Rxf7+ Kg8 25. Rd7 b6 26. Nf5 $14 {
_|_}) (22... Qxd6 $2 23. Qxf7+ Kd8 24. Qf8+ $18) 23. e5 Rb8 24. Qc3 $1 (24.
Qxf7+ Qxf7 25. Rxf7+ Ke6 26. Rxh7 b6 27. Ra7 Kxe5 28. Nc4+ {/\Rxa6+/- _|_})
24... f6 $8 25. Qxc5 Kd7 $8 26. Qa7 Kc7 27. d4 g4 28. c4 h5 29. Rf5 $1 $18) 19.
Bxe6 fxe6 (19... Qxe6 20. Bxg7 Rxg7 21. Nf5 {--> line 18...Qd7}) 20. Qh5+ Kd8
21. Rf7 Bxb2 22. Rxe7 Kxe7 23. c3 $1 Rg7 24. Nc4 Bc1 25. Nb6 $1 {/\Qd1,Nc4+-})
15. Ne3 Be7 (15... Qd7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 $40) (15... g5 16. Qf3 Rg8 17. Nf5
$5 (17. Bc4 {--> 14...g5}) 17... Bxf5 (17... Qd7 $5) 18. Qxf5 $40) 16. Bxg7 Bg5
17. Qf3 Rg8 18. Bc3 Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Qh4 20. Rf1 O-O-O (20... Qg4) 21. Bf6 Qg4
22. Qf3 $5 Rd7 $2 {צd7} (22... Qxf3 23. Rxf3 Rde8 {/\b5,Bd7-c6=}) 23. Qxg4
Bxg4 24. Rf4 h5 (24... Be6 $142 $14) 25. Kf2 d5 $6 26. e5 b5 27. h3 c4 $4 (
27... Be6 28. Be2 $16) 28. Bh7 $18 1-0

[Event "Podolsk"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars P"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bd3 (5. O-O Ne7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2
a6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. c3 $14 {--> Zaitsev-Sveshnikov, Podolsk 1992}) 5... Ne7 6. O-O
Nec6 7. b3 g6 8. Nxd4 cxd4 (8... Nxd4 9. Bb2 Bg7 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12.
f4 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Qf3 {+/= Gipslis-Fustlu, Berlin 1991}) 9. Ne2 Bg7 10.
Ba3 d6 11. f4 f5 12. exf5 exf5 (12... gxf5 13. Ng3 $36) 13. Bc4 $1 d5 14. Bb5
Qb6 (14... Kf7 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bc5 $14 {קd4}) 15. Re1 Kf7 (15... d3+ 16. Kh1
dxe2 17. Qxe2+ Kf7 18. Bxc6 $18) 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nc1 $1 d3+ 18. Kh1 Bxa1 19.
Re7+ Kg8 (19... Kf6 20. Qe1 g5 (20... h6 21. Nxd3 {/\Qh4+-}) 21. Nxd3 Bd4 22.
fxg5+ Kxg5 23. Qg3+ Kh6 24. Qh4+ Kg6 25. Nf4#) (19... Kf8 20. Rxa7+ $18) 20.
Re8+ Kg7 21. Re7+ Kg8 (21... Kh6 $2 22. Qf3) 22. Qe1 (22. c3 $142 Bd7 (22...
Ba6 $2 23. Qe1 c5 24. Qe5 $18) 23. Qe1 (23. Nxd3 Re8 24. Rxd7 Qa6 $1 25. Ne5
Qxa3) 23... Qd8 (23... Qc7 $2 24. Nxd3 {/\Nc5-e6 +-}) 24. Qe5 $1 (24. Nxd3 $2
h6 25. Nc5 Rh7) 24... Qf8 (24... Qxe7 25. Bxe7 {/\Nxd3,Nc5+- צa8,Ba1}) 25.
Rxd7 $1 Re8 $8 26. Rg7+ $1 $18) (22. Re8+ $10) 22... Bf6 23. Nxd3 (23. Re8+ Kg7
24. Rxh8 c5 $1) 23... c5 (23... Bxe7 24. Qxe7 Ba6 25. Ne5 Qb7 26. Nd7 $1 $18) (
23... h5 24. Re8+ Kh7 25. Re7+ Kh6 26. Rf7 c5 (26... Qd8 27. Ne5 Re8 28. Qg3
Bxe5 29. Be7 $1 Qxe7 $8 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Qg5+ Kh7 32. Qxe7+ Bg7 33. Qc7 d4 34.
Qxc6 Rb8 35. Qc7 Ra8 $14 {_|_ צa8,Bc8}) 27. Bxc5 Qc6 28. Be7 Bg7 $8 29. Bg5+
Kh7 30. Qe7 Rg8 31. Bf6 Qb7 32. Qxb7 Bxb7 33. Rxb7 Rac8 34. c3 $16 {_|_}) 24.
Bxc5 (24. Re8+ Kg7 25. Rxh8 Kxh8 26. Qe8+ Kg7 27. Bxc5 Qd8 $1) 24... Qc6 (24...
Qd8 25. Re8+ Qxe8 (25... Kg7 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Be7 $1) (25... Kf7 26. Rxd8 Rxd8
27. Ne5+ $14) 26. Qxe8+ Kg7 27. Qc6) 25. Re8+ Kg7 (25... Kf7 26. Ne5+ Kxe8 (
26... Bxe5 27. Re7+ $1) 27. Nxc6+ Kf7 28. Ne5+ $18) 26. Re7+ Kg8 (26... Kh6 27.
Bd4 $3 Qd6 (27... Bd7 28. Qe3 $18) (27... Bxe7 28. Qxe7 $18) 28. Rf7 Qe6 29.
Ne5 {/\Rxf6+-}) 27. Re8+ (27. b4 Bxe7 (27... d4 $1 28. b5 Qd5 29. Re8+ Kg7 30.
Re7+ Bxe7 31. Qxe7+ Kh6 $1 32. Qh4+ $10) 28. Qxe7 Be6 29. Bd4 Bf7 (29... Qd7
30. Qf6) 30. Qe5 $18) 27... Kg7 28. Re7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Taastrup"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Hutters, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Re1 Bd7 8.
Na3 Ng6 9. Bf1 Rc8 10. Nc2 Be7 11. d4 cxd4 12. Ncxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 {<< 3P:2P}
a6 14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. axb3 {/\<->a,Pb4-b5 -><<} Bc5 16. Be3 e5 {/\ 3P:4P >>} 17.
Nc2 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 {><d5,/^a8-h1} O-O 19. Nc4 Be6 20. Nd6 (20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21.
Rxe5 Bxb3 $10) 20... Rc7 21. b4 Rd8 22. Ne4 $8 Kf8 (22... f5 23. Nc5 Bd5 24. c4
Bf7 25. Rad1 $36) 23. g3 {/^h1-a8,פg6 Ng6-e7:Kf8-e7} f6 {/\Kf7,Ne7} 24. h4 Kf7
25. Nc5 Nf8 {/\Ne6-c5,d4,f4} 26. Rad1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Ke7 {/\/^a2-g8, B(f7|c8),
Ne6} 28. Nxe6 Nxe6 29. Bg2 Nd8 {/\Rd7 --> _|_B:N =} 30. Kf1 Rd7 31. Rb1 {
R+B >= R+N} f5 (31... Rd2 32. Ke1) 32. Ke2 Nf7 33. Ra1 e4 {/^a8-h1,ץg2,><d3,f3
} 34. Ra5 {<->5} Kf6 $4 (34... g6 $142 {/\Kf6,Ne5}) 35. Rxf5+ $1 $18 Kxf5 36.
Bh3+ Ke5 37. Bxd7 Nd6 38. b3 Kd5 39. Ke3 Ke5 40. c4 g6 41. g4 Nf7 42. c5 Nd8
43. g5 Nc6 44. Bc8 Nd8 45. Bh3 Nc6 46. Bg2 (46. Bg2 Nxb4 47. Bxe4 {><b7, _|_5P:
4P}) 1-0

[Event "Ostrava"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars P"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 d6 (8... Qc7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. e5 O-O 12. Bf4 $14 {/\->>>}) 9.
Re1 Bd7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 (11. Qg4 $5 {/\קg7}) 11... dxe5 (11... d5 12. Qg4
$16 {()}) 12. Rxe5 Be7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Re3 {/\<->d,<->3} Ra7 15. Rd3 c5 16. Qh5
g6 17. Qh6 f6 18. Bd6 (18. Rad1 e5 $132) 18... c4 19. Rd2 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Qe7 (
20... Qb8 {צ,Pb2} 21. Rad1 $40) 21. Rad1 Bc8 22. Qe3 $16 Rc7 23. h4 Re8 24.
Ne4 f5 (24... Bb7 $2 25. Rd7 $1 $18 {><f6}) 25. Ng5 c3 $1 26. b3 e5 27. Qb6 e4
(27... f4 28. Ne4 Rf8 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nd5 $18) 28. R1d5 (28. Rxg6+ hxg6 29.
Qxg6+ Kf8 (29... Kh8 $2 30. Rd6 Qxd6 $8 31. Qxd6 Rg7 32. Qf6 $18) 30. Rd6 Qe5
$1 31. Rf6+ Ke7 $13) 28... f4 (28... e3 {/\->K} 29. fxe3 Qxe3+ 30. Qxe3 Rxe3
31. Kf2 Rce7 32. Rd8+ Re8 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8 34. Rd3 $18) 29. Nxh7 $1 Qxh7 (29...
Kxh7 30. Rxg6 Be6 31. Rxe6 $18) 30. Rxg6+ Rg7 31. Rdg5 $18 Rxg6 (31... Ree7 32.
Qd8+ $18) 32. Rxg6+ Kf8 33. Qd6+ (33. Qf6+ Qf7 34. Qd6+ Qe7 35. Qxf4+ Qf7 36.
Rf6 $18) 33... Re7 34. Qxf4+ $4 (34. Rf6+ Ke8 (34... Kg8 35. Qd8+ $18) 35. Qc6+
$18) 34... Ke8 35. Rf6 Qh5 $13 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. e5 {
/\9.d4 --> French} (8. d3 dxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bb7 {+/=/=}) 8... d4 {
/\d3,c4} 9. Be4 $8 {/^a8-h1} Bb7 10. a4 {-><<} Ng6 {קe5} 11. axb5 axb5 12.
Rxa8 Bxa8 (12... Qxa8 13. Na3 $36) 13. Na3 Na7 (13... Qa5 14. Qe2 {><b5}) 14.
Bxa8 Qxa8 15. Qb3 {><b5} Qb7 (15... dxc3 16. Nxb5 $1 Qb7 $4 17. Nd6+ $18) 16.
cxd4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxa3 (17... b4 18. Qa4+ Qd7 (18... Kd8 19. Nc4 $40) 19. Nab5
Nxb5 20. Nxb5 Nxe5 21. d4 $40) 18. bxa3 Nxe5 (18... O-O 19. Nf3 Nc6 20. Bb2 $16
) 19. Bb2 Nc4 20. Qg3 O-O 21. Bc3 g6 (21... e5 22. Nf5 f6 23. Bb4 Rb8 (23...
Re8 24. d3) (23... Rd8 24. Be7) 24. d3 Nb6 25. Be7 g6 26. Bxf6 $18) 22. d3 Nb6
23. Qe5 $1 Nd7 24. Qg7+ $3 (24. Qg7+ Kxg7 25. Nf5+ Kg8 26. Nh6#) 1-0

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 (3. b3 {--> Miljanic-Sokolov CBM24}) (3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3
Nf6 {--> Bologan-Rublevsky CBM24} (4... e5 {--> Bologan-Landa CBM24})) 3... Nc6
(3... d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O {--> A08 Key}) 4. g3 g6 (4...
Nge7 {--> Tseitlin-Jansa CBM24}) 5. Bg5 Qc7 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Nc3 d6 8. O-O Nge7 9.
Nb5 Qd7 10. c3 O-O 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nbxd4 b6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Na5 15. Rfe1
Rac8 16. b3 Rfe8 17. c4 $16 {(),><d6} a6 18. Bh6 Qc7 $6 (18... Bh8 $142 {
/\ Rcd8,Nc6+/-}) 19. Bh3 $1 {/\ Bxe6 +-} e5 $6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bxc8 Nxc8 22.
Nc2 f5 23. Ne3 Bxe4 24. Nd5 $18 Bxd5 25. cxd5 h6 26. Nd4 Kh7 $1 27. Ne6 Qb8 28.
Rc1 Nb7 29. Rc4 {/\ Rh4 +-} 1-0

[Event "Sydney Mercantile"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "West, Guy"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 (5. Nc3 Nd4 6. Re1 Ng6 7. Bf1
Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 f6 $10 {Shabanov-Sherbakov,USSR 1990}) 5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qc7 7.
Nc3 a6 8. Nde2 $6 Ng6 (8... axb5 $4 9. Nxb5 Qb6 10. Nd6+ Kd8 11. Nxf7+ $18) 9.
Bd3 Bc5 10. a3 Nge5 11. Nf4 O-O 12. Qh5 b5 13. Qg5 f6 14. Qg3 Bb7 15. Be3 Nxd3
16. cxd3 Bd6 17. Nce2 f5 $15 18. Rac1 Rf7 19. Qh4 Raf8 20. f3 Qb8 {/\Nc6-..}
21. g4 $4 fxg4 22. fxg4 (22. Qxg4 Bxf4 23. Nxf4 Rxf4 24. Bxf4 Rxf4) 22... Bxf4
23. Nxf4 Rxf4 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Qg5 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 d6 $6 (5... Ne7 6.
O-O Ng6 $10) 6. e5 $1 d5 7. c4 Ne7 8. O-O Ng6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Na4 O-O 11. b3 f6
12. Bb2 d4 13. Ba3 fxe5 14. Qe2 Rf5 15. g3 e4 16. dxe4 (16. Qxe4 Bd7 17. Rae1
Qf8 $13) 16... Rf6 17. e5 Rf5 18. Kg2 Qc7 19. Bxc5 Bb7 20. b4 Raf8 21. Nxd4
Rxe5 22. Qc2 Rd8 23. Rad1 Bf6 24. Nf3 Rf5 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Rd1 Qc8 27. Nc3 e5
28. Ne4 Rh5 29. Qd3 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Bc8 31. Qd8+ $3 (31. Qd8+ Bxd8 32. Rxd8+ Kf7
33. Nfg5+ Rxg5 34. Nxg5+ Kf6 35. Nxh3 $18) 1-0

[Event "New York WFW"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 (5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6
Nxc6 7. d4 d5 8. e5 Bd7 9. Re1 Rc8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nb3 Be7 13.
Nbd4 Qb6 14. Qe2 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 f5 $10 {Mortensen - Larsen, Grasted 1990 - Inf.
49/202}) 5... Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 a6 (7... Qb6 8. a4 a6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. c3
Be7 11. a5 Nxa5 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Bc2 d6 14. Nf3 e5 15. d4 Bg4 {Watson - Larsen,
London 1989 - CBM 13}) 8. Bd3 (8. Ba4 Nc6 9. d3 Bc5 10. f4 d5 11. Kh1 b5 12.
Bb3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Na5 14. f5 Nxb3 15. axb3 e5 $15 {King - Larsen, London 1989
- CBM 13}) 8... d5 9. e5 Nc6 10. f4 Bd7 11. a3 $6 (11. c3 $5) 11... g5 $1 12.
f5 Qc7 (12... Nxe5 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Nxd4 $13) 13. b4 Qxe5 14. Bb2 O-O-O 15.
Ng3 h5 $17 16. c3 h4 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Qc1+ Bc6 19. Qc3 hxg3 20. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 21.
Bxd4 Rxh2 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Rae1 Bd6 24. Rxe6 Rh4 25. Bf6 (25. Bb2 d4 $19 {
/\ Tdh8}) 25... Bb8 $1 26. Bf5 Ba7+ 27. Re3+ (27. d4 Bd7 28. Rc1+ (28. Re2 Rxd4
$19) 28... Kb8 29. Bxd8 Bxd4+ 30. Kf1 Rh1+ 31. Ke2 Rxc1 $19) 27... Bd7 28. Bxg5
(28. Rc1+ Rc4 29. Rxc4+ dxc4 30. Bxd8 Kxd8 $19 {/\ c3!}) 28... Rc4 29. Bxd8
Kxd8 30. Bxd7 Kxd7 31. Rf7+ Kc6 32. Kf1 Bxe3 33. dxe3 Rc3 34. a4 Rxe3 35. Rf6+
Kd7 36. Rf7+ Ke6 37. Rxb7 d4 38. Rb8 (38. Rb6+ Ke5 39. Rxa6 d3 40. Ra8 d2 $19)
38... Kd5 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5 d3 (40... d3 41. b6 Kc6 42. b7 Kc7 $19) 0-1

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. Bb2 d5 $6 (
7... d6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qf6 $5 10. c4 Be7 11. Qd2 Qg6 $14) 8. exd5 Qxd5 (
8... exd5 9. Re1+ Be6 10. d4 $16) 9. Nc3 Qd8 10. Ne4 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Qh5
$1 $16 b5 13. Qe5 d3 (13... Bb7 14. Bxd4 Qd5 $16) 14. cxd3 Qd5 15. Qg3 $18 Bb7
16. Rac1 f5 17. Bxg7 fxe4 18. dxe4 Qxe4 19. Bxh8 Bd6 20. Qg8+ Kd7 21. Qf7+ Be7
22. f3 Qh4 23. Be5 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 52nd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Grabarczyk, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 f6 7. d3 Nh6 8. Be3
b6 9. Qd2 (9. a4 a5 10. Nd2) 9... Nf7 10. O-O-O e5 11. g4 Be6 12. Kb1 Qd7 13.
Ne2 O-O-O 14. Ng3 Qb7 15. Qe2 Qa6 16. b3 h6 $2 17. Bc1 (17. Nh4 Nd6 18. Nxg6
Nb5 19. Qe1 Na3+ 20. Kb2 Nxc2) 17... Rd7 $2 18. Nh4 Nd6 19. Nxg6 Nb5 20. Bb2
Rhd8 21. Nf5 Kb7 22. f4 Bf7 23. Ngh4 Bf8 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Nf3 Na3+ 26. Bxa3
Qxa3 27. c4 Re8 28. Qb2 Qxb2+ 29. Kxb2 b5 30. Kc2 a5 31. a4 Ka6 32. h4 Rb7 33.
Rb1 bxa4 34. bxa4 Rb4 35. Rxb4 cxb4 36. h5 Be6 37. Re1 Bf7 38. N3h4 Rd8 39. Ng6
b3+ 40. Kxb3 Rxd3+ 41. Kc2 Rd8 42. Rd1 Rb8 43. Nxf8 Rxf8 44. Rd6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 7. O-O a6 8.
c4 Nb4 (8... Nc7 9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. d4 $16) (8... Nb6 $6 9. Nc3 d5 10. d4 e6 11.
Bg5 Qd7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qc2 $16) 9. Nc3 d6 10.
exd6 Qxd6 11. Ne4 Qc7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Re1 Bg4 $1 $10 14. Qa4+ Nc6 15. Nxd4
O-O-O 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6+ bxc6 18. Be3 e6 19. Bb6 Rd7 20. f3 Bf5 21. Rad1
Bxe4 22. Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sharjah FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2014.09.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Black "Ushenina, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2014.08.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Ushenina's excellent use of tactics in the middle-game left her with a
superior pawn structure going into the endgame. She traded off ever piece into
a superior knight vs. bishop endgame which she accurately assessed and
converted. The king on e3 was the d4 pawn's only defender and that meant that
Kosintseva's position was too passive to deal with the invading king on the
queenside. A nice game from the Ukrainian player.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3
e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 Bg4 9. Qe1 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4
11. Qd2 Qd7 12. Be3 Be6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Ne2 Kh8 16. Bb3 (16.
Nxd4 d5 17. Bb5 Qd6 {leaves White in a surprisingly awkward situation as there
is no way to prevent dxe4 and Qc5.}) 16... d5 17. e5 Ng4 18. Nxd4 Bc5 19. c3
Nxe5 20. Kh1 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Ng6 22. Rae1 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Nxf8 25.
Bd1 Kg8 26. a3 Qf7 27. Kg1 Qf6 28. Qe3 Nd7 29. b4 b5 30. g3 Kf7 31. Kg2 Ke7 32.
Bf3 Kd6 33. Bg4 g6 34. Qf2 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Nb8 36. Ke3 Nc6 37. Bd1 Ke7 38. h4
Kf6 39. g4 h6 40. Bf3 Nd8 41. Bd1 g5 42. h5 Nc6 43. Bf3 Ke7 44. Bd1 Kd6 45. Bf3
Kc7 46. Bd1 Kb6 47. Bc2 a5 48. bxa5+ Kxa5 49. Bd1 b4 50. a4 Na7 51. Bb3 Nc8 52.
Kd2 Nb6 53. Kc2 Nxa4 54. Bxa4 Kxa4 55. Kb2 b3 56. Kb1 Kb5 57. Kc1 Ka5 58. Kb1
Ka4 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "7200"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 (3... g6 {is more popular.}) 4. O-O Nge7 {
The classical idea - Black is ready to replace on knight on c6 with the other.
But White does not want to exchange on c6 too early, and before Black has
spent a tempo on a7-a6.} 5. Nc3 ({Going for quick development. He could also
prepare a retreat for the bishop by 5.Re1. In Adams-Radjabov, Dresden Olympiad
2008, White tried} 5. b3 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ba3 {'!?'} a6 8. Bd3 d6 9. c3 dxc3
10. Nxc3 Nc6 11. Ne2 Be7 12. Bc2 d5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. d4 Bd7 15. Nf4 dxe4 16.
Bxe4 Bc6 {and Black had equalised.}) 5... Nd4 ({In the event of} 5... a6 {
White can open the centre by} 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 {for example,}
Qc7 9. Re1 Bd6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. f4 e5 12. f5 Qe7 13. a4 a5 14. Be3 O-O 15. Qd2
Bc5 16. Rad1 {with some advantage to White (Lahno-Cmilyte Plovdiv 2008)}) 6.
Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 {The pawn on d4 is cut off from its base. Defending it by
e6-e5 is unfavourable, since this gives White new objects of attack and
weakens the light squares.} a6 ({A useful interpolation. In
Rublevsky-PengXiang, Poikovsky 2007, after} 7... Nc6 8. c3 Bc5 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4
a6 11. Bxc6 {'!'} dxc6 12. a5 Ba7 13. cxd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qc2 {'!'}
Qxa1 16. Bb2 Qxf1+ 17. Kxf1 O-O 18. g4 $1 {an unusual aterial balance arose.
The white queen turned out to be stronger and more effective than the passive
black rooks.}) 8. Ba4 Nc6 {Now taking on c6 is psychologically very difficult,
after a tempo has already been spent retreating the bishop to a4.} 9. d3 ({
After} 9. Bxc6 dxc6 {the queen takes over from the knight, as defender of the
d4 pawn.}) ({whilst} 9. c3 {is not good without the bishop on b5, because of}
d3 10. Nf4 b5 11. Bb3 Ne5) 9... b5 ({After} 9... Bc5 {in the game
Sutovsky-Nataf, Esbjerg 2001, White managed to overcome his psychological
resistance:} 10. Bxc6 {'!?'} dxc6 11. Ng3 h5 (11... Bd6 $142 $1 {'!'}) 12. e5 {
'!'} Qd5 13. Re1 Bb4 14. Re4 g6 15. Ne2 {'!'} Bc5 16. h4 b5 17. Bg5 {and
developed a strong initiative on the dark squares.}) 10. Bb3 Bc5 {Now the pawn
on d4 is defended very solidly, but it no longer interests White.} 11. f4 {
A natural and strong attacking plan. White has a nice space advantage on the
kingside, by occupying which, he comes nearer to the black king.} Qh4 {A sharp
reaction. The black king stays in the centre. In some circumstances, this can
be so for a long time. But then it can flee to whichever wing it feels safest
on.} ({How dangerous White's attack can be was shown by the following game:} 
11... g6 12. f5 $1 Bb7 13. Nf4 Na5 14. Qg4 Nxb3 15. axb3 Qc7 16. Qh4 {'!'} Be7
17. f6 Bd6 18. Nxg6 {'!!'} Rg8 (18... fxg6 19. f7+ Kf8 20. Bh6# {'!'}) 19. Ne7
Bxe7 20. fxe7 Qe5 21. Qxh7 Qg7 22. Qxg7 Rxg7 23. Bf4 {and White realised her
advantage without difficulty (Kovalevskaya-Cmilyte Halle 2000)}) {A modest
development, but maybe the prelude to aggression. Also a novelty!} 12. Bd2 ({
The source game went} 12. Ng3 Bb7 13. Qh5 Be7 14. f5 g6 15. Qxh4 Bxh4 16. Bh6 (
{Stronger is} 16. fxe6 $1 dxe6 17. Bh6 {with some chances of success.}) 16...
Bxg3 17. hxg3 gxf5 {'!'} 18. exf5 Rg8 19. fxe6 dxe6 20. Bf4 O-O-O {and Black
achieved a full equal game Westerinen-Gausel, Gentofte 1999 1999.}) 12... Bb7 {
As predicted, Black opens a path for His Majesty in both directions.} 13. Kh1 {
With his typical modest approach, Movsesian shows his opponent that he is not
ready to attack, but simply strengthens his position and waits. In Radjabov's
shoes, I would not be fooled. The move Kh1 is certainly prophylactic. The
x-ray from the bishop on c5 is not pleasant, and he can never play c2-c3
without moving the king into the corner first. On the other hand, White also
obtains a new route for activating his knight: Ne2-g1-f3! Then the enemy queen
on h4 proves awkwardly placed, and must lose a tempo.} ({It is interesting to
analyze the sharp} 13. f5 {'!?'} Bd6 $1 (13... Ne5 14. Rf4 Qh5 15. Qe1 {
is very dangerous}) 14. Nf4 g6 15. g3 Qe7 $1 (15... Qd8 {allows} 16. fxe6 dxe6
17. Nh5 $1 {with the idea of} gxh5 18. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 19. Qxh5+) 16. Nh3 {
with the idea of activating the bishop on d2.}) 13... Qe7 {If you cann ot see
a good decision, the best thing is to defer it. Wait and see...} 14. Qe1 ({
The war of nerves continues. I am a simlpe and straightforward fellow, so I
again looked at the direct} 14. f5 Bd6 15. Nf4 g6 16. Nh3 {'!'} gxf5 17. exf5
Ne5 18. Qh5 Rg8 19. Ng5 O-O-O 20. Rae1 {and despite the weakness of g2 (which
must never be forgotten), White's chances are better. After} h6 {there follows}
21. Ne4 $1) 14... g6 15. c3 {An important decision on principle. Sergey keeps
the move f4-f5 as a threat, which is stronger than its execution. The clasical
principle, of psychological pressure on the opponent! With the text move,
White opens the centre and creates pressure on the dark squares.} dxc3 ({
He cannot keep the tension for long anyway. On} 15... Rc8 {there follows} 16.
Rc1 {'!'}) 16. Bxc3 Bb4 ({Teimour seeks peace in exchanges. A sensible
decision. After} 16... O-O 17. f5 {the threats grow. '!'}) 17. d4 ({I think
Sergey avoided the continuation} 17. f5 $1 gxf5 18. exf5 {purely out of
general considerations, not wanting to expose the square g2. However, in my
analysis, White's trumps appear to outweigh Black's. For example} Rg8 ({on} 
18... h5 {there is the strong} 19. Nf4 {with the idea of} Rg8 20. Qe2 h4 21.
fxe6 dxe6 22. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 23. Bxe6 {with a fierce attack}) 19. Ng3 O-O-O 20.
a4 h5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ne4 $1 ({too slow is} 22. Qe2 h4 23. Ne4 h3 $1 24. g3
Bxc3 25. bxc3 d5 26. f6 Qf8 27. Nf2 d4 $1 {etc}) 22... d5 23. Nf6 Rxg2 $1 (
23... Bxc3 24. Nxg8 $1) 24. Kxg2 Bxc3 25. bxc3 (25. Qxc3 d4) 25... Qxf6 26. d4
e5 27. Rd1 $1 {- White keeps the bishop on b7 under wraps and guarantees
himself a comfortable advantage.}) 17... Bxc3 18. Qxc3 ({The reply} 18. bxc3 {
leads to the creation of a weak pawn on c3, although it would not be easy for
Black to exploit this, given White's active pieces and Black's exposed king.
He risks not surviving to an ending.}) 18... Qb4 19. Qe3 Na5 20. d5 ({Stronger
seems} 20. f5 $1 {eg} gxf5 21. exf5 Rg8 22. Rf2 {and on} O-O-O {there is the
interesting retort} 23. d5 $1 {as a result of which Black is practically
forced to take on d5 with the pawn. He cannot keep his bishop alive because of}
Nxb3 24. axb3 Bxd5 $2 25. Qa7 $1 {followed by a rook check on c1.}) 20... O-O
21. Rad1 ({At the moment,} 21. f5 exf5 22. exf5 Rfe8 $1 {is premature, since
there is no attack with} 23. Qh6 $2 Rxe2 24. f6 {because of} Qf8 $1) 21... Rae8
({On} 21... exd5 {I regarded as promising the line} 22. Rd4 $5 Nc4 (22... Qe7
23. Bxd5 $1) 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. f5 $1) ({But I have not managed to refute} 21...
Nxb3 $5 22. axb3 exd5) 22. Ng3 ({The artificial} 22. Rd4 Qc5 23. f5 exf5 24.
Rxf5 {does not even give White perpetual check:} Nxb3 25. axb3 f6 $1 {and only
Black will be able to attack now.}) 22... Nxb3 ({In the variation} 22... Nc4 {
White can change direction:} 23. Qa7 $1) 23. axb3 f5 24. Qa7 {The survival
instinct overcomes everything.} Bc8 ({White wins in embarassingly simple
fashion after} 24... Ba8 $2 {-} 25. dxe6 dxe6 26. Rd7 $1) 25. Qe3 Bb7 ({
White obtains a strong initiative after} 25... fxe4 26. Rd4 $1 Qe7 27. dxe6
dxe6 28. Rxe4) ({и} 25... exd5 26. Rxd5 fxe4 27. Rc1 $1) 26. Qa7 Bc8 27. Qe3
1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Uppsala"]
[Date "2016.07.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Black "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:16:03"]
[BlackClock "0:19:56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 {This simple developing move which served
Gelfand quite well against Anand in their World Champion match is getting more
and more popular. What is White's strongest move now? Well if you want to
prove something you should inflict structural damages on Black by knocking the
knight out of the board.} 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 (5. Re1 {Carlsen style (Even
though Carlsen don't want to be labelled any styles...)}) 5... a6 6. Ba4 b5 7.
Bc2 Bb7 {[#] White is at another crossroad. However none of the moves White
has played here are very committal.} 8. Re1 {The most popular choice.} ({
Carlsen choose} 8. Qe2 {against Radjabov in 2009.}) (8. a4) (8. d4) 8... Rc8 9.
a4 {That's how we do it today. The position on the Queen's side has some
similarities with the topic slow rollers in Ruy Lopez and there White wants
Black to play b5 which almost automatically releases the a4-push.} b4 10. d4 {
Tikkanen has obviously prepared something.} (10. d3 $11 {is a cautious
alternative.}) 10... bxc3 11. d5 {[#] This is a position you don't want to
solve at the board. Both guys had their knives sharpened.} cxb2 (11... Nb4 {
Has been played by Ivanchuk and Shirov, but Blomqvist trusts the computer more.
}) 12. Bxb2 Nb4 {[#] Four grandmasters have had this position before, but none
of them played Tikkanen's move. (Komodo10s first choice)} 13. Bc3 {[#] Now it
is time for Black to make a decision. To take or not to take on c2?} Ng6 {
OK, White enjoys a certain compensation due to Black's poor development on th
King's side. And the question is if Black can castle at all? Most probably not,
so, shall Black give the pawn on g7 back in order to develop the Bishop and
when White grabs it put the rook on g8 so that he him self can threat
something?} (13... Nxc2 14. Qxc2 Ng6 15. Qd2 {with the idea Ba5, was a motive
that Hans liked, and perhaps this motive was the cause of later Qd2?!}) 14. Na3
{Sensible, as the c4-square looks attractive. Tikkanen did not like this.} ({
Perhaps an inch better was:} 14. Nbd2 {In some variations the knight might
come handier in the centre even though it is not clear when and how. But the
centre will probably change very soon, and then this will be solved by itself.}
Be7 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bc3 exd5 17. exd5 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Bxd5 19. Ng5 {White still
has some pressure against Black, and we can see that the knight on d2 looks
little bit more natural than on a3.}) 14... Be7 15. Qd2 $6 {Some kind of
preparation, but it alows castling.} ({Why not the simple} 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bc3
{and White must be somewhat superior because of the King on e8. Concrete moves
might save Black, but a standard evaluation gives White a long term plus, and
besides, White's position is more robust. If Black wants to challenge White
with:} exd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxg6 (18. Bxb4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 cxb4 20. Bb3 Rg7 21.
Nc4 {He ends up in a middle game misery. Where only tactics can save him i.e.}
Nh4 22. Qe4 Rxc4 23. Qxc4 Nxg2 24. Qd4 (24. Rxe7+ Qxe7 25. Kh1 Qe5 26. Rg1 {
and Black keeps the things together.}) 24... Kf8 25. Re4 d5 26. Rg4 Bf6 27.
Qxb4+ Be7 28. Qd4 Bf6 $11) 18... Rxg6 19. Nh4 Re6 20. Nf5 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Rc6
22. Rd1 {With some kind of pressure.} (22. Qe5 d6 23. Qh8+ Kd7 24. Qxh7 Bf6))
15... exd5 ({Why not} 15... O-O $15) 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. exd5 {White is gambling}
(17. Qh6 Nxc2 18. Nxc2 dxe4 19. Ne3 $1 $11 {was mandatory.}) 17... Rxg7 18. d6
Bxf3 $1 19. Qc3 $1 Kf8 20. dxe7+ Nxe7 21. Qxf3 Nec6 $1 {Erik is a true
materialist and here he excells!} 22. Qh3 {White must try something...} Nd4 23.
Bxh7 Qh4 {This one did hurt.} 24. Qxh4 Nf3+ 25. Kf1 Nxh4 26. Be4 d5 27. Rac1
Rc6 28. Nb1 f5 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 {White could have resigned but in this tournament
we have seen mysterious errors, so everything can happen.} 30. Re5 Nf4 31. Rc4
Nfxg2 32. Nd2 Kf7 33. Rcxc5 Rxc5 34. Rxc5 Nf4 35. Nf3 Ne6 36. Ra5 Nxf3 37.
Rxf5+ Ke7 38. Rxf3 Rg4 39. Ra3 a5 40. Ke2 Rh4 41. h3 Nf4+ 42. Kd2 {Here
Blomqvist calculated to move 58.} Rxh3 43. Rxh3 Nxh3 44. Ke3 Kd6 45. f4 Kc5 46.
f5 Ng5 47. f6 Kb4 48. Ke2 Kxa4 49. Kd1 Kb3 50. Kc1 a4 51. Kb1 a3 52. Ka1 Nf3
53. f7 Nd4 54. f8=Q Nc2+ 55. Kb1 a2+ 56. Kc1 a1=Q+ 57. Kd2 Qe1+ 58. Kd3 Qe3# {
We saw a modern game of chess. First we have a innocent looking opening, then
White took up the gauntlet by playing. Black was mentally prepared to defend
and he defended well! White lost track and Black took over. Erik Blomqvist at
his best!} 0-1

[Event "Bazna Kings 3rd"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2009.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bg4 {In this variation Black is ready to sac the pawn c5 in order to build
a pressure on White's center.} 9. c4 {A rare move, played only once before.} ({
The main continuation is} 9. Nxc5 {Then after} e6 10. Nd3 Rd8 {Black has a
good compensation for the pawn.}) 9... Nb4 {This is a new move. In the only
available game Black retreated the knight to b6.} 10. d4 O-O-O 11. Nxc5 e6 {#}
12. Nxb7 {Fire on board! The move is good, but as stated by Alexey after the
game he miscalculated something. White's idea is to destroy opponent's pawn
formation and then to catch opponent's knight on b4.} Qxb7 13. a3 Bxf3 14. gxf3
{#} (14. Qxf3 $2 Nc2 {and Black saves the knight}) 14... Rxd4 {A counter-sac
by Ivanchuk! The Ukrainian is not willing to hand the initiative over to his
opponent.} 15. Qxd4 Nc2 16. Qd3 {This move is based on a miscalculation.} ({
Correct was} 16. Qc3 Nxa1 17. b4 c5 18. Bd2 {and here Ivanchuk was going to
play} Be7 {(another option is to take everything on b4 and then play Nc2)} 19.
Rxa1 Rd8 {with compensation for the pawn}) 16... Nxa1 17. b4 ({Here Shirov
noticed that the planned} 17. Bg5 {runs into} f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bxf6 Bg7 $1
20. Bxg7 Qxg7+ {with check!}) 17... Be7 18. Bb2 Rd8 19. Qc3 Qd7 $1 20. Rxa1 Qd2
21. Qxd2 Rxd2 22. Bc1 ({After} 22. Bc3 Rc2 23. Bd4 Rxc4 {Black enjoys the
advantage with equal material.}) 22... Rd1+ 23. Kg2 {# In spite of being a
pawn down Black has the advantage.} c5 (23... Bh4 $5) 24. b5 axb5 25. cxb5 c4 (
25... Bg5 {brings nothing due to} 26. Bb2 Rd2 27. Bc1 {and Black must repeat
the position.}) 26. a4 c3 27. a5 Bg5 28. f4 $1 {Great defense by Shirov. He
needs the bishop on f4 in order to attack it later with the rook.} Bxf4 29. a6
Rxc1 30. Ra4 $1 {Now Black is forced to return the extra piece.} Kb8 (30... Bg5
{loses obviously after} 31. a7) 31. Rxf4 Rb1 32. Rxf7 c2 33. b6 Rxb6 34. a7+
Ka8 35. Rc7 Rb2 {Diagram 4} 36. Kg3 g6 37. h4 h6 38. f3 Ra2 39. Kg4 Rb2 40. f4
Ra2 41. h5 g5 42. fxg5 Ra4+ 43. Kf3 Ra3+ 44. Ke4 Ra4+ 45. Kd3 hxg5 46. Rxc2 Rh4
47. Rc8+ Kxa7 48. Rh8 Kb6 49. h6 Kc6 50. h7 Kb7 51. Ke3 Ka7 52. Kf3 Rf4+ 53.
Kg3 Rh4 54. Re8 Rxh7 55. Kg4 Kb7 56. Rxe6 Kc7 57. Ra6 Rh1 58. Rd6 Re1 59. Kf5
g4 60. Rd3 g3 61. Rxg3 Kd7 62. Rg7+ Ke8 63. Ke6 Kf8 64. Rf7+ Ke8 65. Rf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 {This quiet system of
developing is not without poison. What better proof of that could we have than
the fact that Kasparov ended his carrier as an active player by losing to
Topalov in this same variation (actually, the place was same, too: Linares
2005). We shall see that in spite of a long manoeuvring phase, this game will
get quite lively at a certain point.} Nf6 6. Nd5 ({The immediate occupation of
this central square is by far not the only possible continuation.} 6. Nd2 {
followed by Nf1-e3 is more flexible but rather time consuming,}) ({while the
early attacking operation} 6. Ng5 O-O 7. f4 {can lead to very animated play.})
6... d6 7. Nxf6+ ({Generally speaking, this looks like a small concession. The
immediate} 7. c3 {is more common. However, in such a closed position, such
nuances are of less significance; in caseof} Nxd5 8. Bxd5 {followed by an
eventual ...Be6 play could more or less transpose to the game.}) 7... Bxf6 8.
c3 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 {#Black can be more or less satisfied with the result of the
opening. The white knight is quite far from the d5-square, while the bishop
alone cannot take advantage of this relative weakness.} 10. a4 b6 11. Re1 Be6
12. Bxe6 ({This exchange consolidates Black's structure in the centre and
opens the f-file for counterplay. On the other hand, White did not dispose
over favourable methods of maintaining the tension. For instance} 12. Nd2 {
would allow the activation of the dark-squared bishop with} Bg5) ({while a
neutral move like} 12. Be3 {can be met by} d5) 12... fxe6 13. b4 {The e6-pawn
cannot be considered a weakness at this stage of the game, but its temporary
lack of defence allows White carry out this thematic pawn break without prior
preparation.} Qd7 14. Bd2 Kh8 15. h3 Rf7 {#Black declares his intentions of
starting a king side attack.} 16. a5 ({The structural modifications induced by
this move will lead to a double edged situation. The plan of blocking Black's
queen side pawns on dark squareswith} 16. b5 Ne7 17. c4 {is no without risks,
because it gives Black free hands on the opposite wing. After} Ng6 18. a5 Rbf8
19. axb6 axb6 20. Ra6 Bd8 {Black's co nterplay looks very dangerous. The
threat ...Rxf3 followed by ...Nh4 is not easy to parry, while White's queen
side attack is in an incipient phase still.}) 16... b5 17. a6 $5 {It is hard
to give a definitive evaluation to this daring advance of the a-pawn.
According to the circumstances, either of the a7- and a6-pawns can become weak.
Given the closed character of the position, the weakness of the white pawn
seems more realistic for the time being, but we shall soon see that there are
several other factors that influence the evaluation of the position.} cxb4 18.
cxb4 Bd8 $1 {Black immediately takes advantage of one of the side effects of
White's 17th move: the b6-square became available to the traditionally passive
bishop.} 19. Qe2 Bb6 20. Rab1 Rbf8 21. Be3 Qd8 $6 ({This is the start of a
risky plan. Radjabov intends to transfer the queen to b6 in order to attack
the a6-pawn, but in doing so he neglects the defence of the e6-pawn. Black had
a harmonious development of pieces, with just one exception: his knight is
both retsricted in his actions and vulnerable. From this point of view, a
logical continuation would have been} 21... Bxe3 22. fxe3 ({White has to
maintain the d4-square well defended. In case of} 22. Qxe3 $2 {Black could
reply with} Rxf3 23. gxf3 Nd4 {with a strong attack.}) 22... Ne7 $1 23. d4 {
(If White refrains from advancing his d-pawn, Black could play ...d5 himself,
after defending the e5-pawn with the planned ...Ng6)} exd4 ({Black has to give
up the centre because the immediate} 23... Ng6 {would be strongly met by} 24.
Ng5 Rf6 25. d5 {followed by the occupation of the e6-square.}) 24. exd4 Ng6 {
. Black has achieved a perfect regroupment. The queen defends the weak b5- and
e6-pawns, while the other pieces put serious pressure on White's king side. We
can also notice that the exchange on d4 has made the f4-square available for
the knight.}) 22. Rec1 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Qb6 {#This is the position Black had been
aiming for, but he might have underestimated White's 25th move.} 24. Ng5 Rf6 ({
In case of the apparently more active} 24... Rf2 {White could take advantage
of the weakness of the eighth rank with} 25. Rf1 $1 {neutralising Black's
initiative and leaving him with similar problems as in the game.}) 25. Rf1 $1 {
Such simple moves are easy to overlook: the rook had just moved leftwards
couple of moves ago. Suddenly, it appers that Black has problems defending the
e6-pawn; Nxe6 is a threat.} Qd8 {Black has to admit the failure of his plan.
The time spent on moving around with his queen allows White take over the
initiative.} 26. Qg4 ({Vallejo chooses to play simple chess.} 26. d4 exd4 27.
Qxb5 {would have been amore interesting but not necessarily better possibility.
Black's queen side would have been very vulnerable, but the position would
have remained complicated.}) 26... Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Qf6+ 29. Ke2 {
In order to defend his e6-pawn, Black had to allow the centralisation of the
white king. Soon, he will be forced to make further concessions.} Nd8 30. Qh5
$1 Qg6 {Black has to allow his king side pawns to get doubled. Their weakness
will be even more significant than that of the e-pawns.} 31. Qxg6 hxg6 {
#This must been the type of position Vallejo was dreaming of when he pushed
his pawn to a6. In knight endings the advantage of space can be a determining
factor, especially in those cases when one of the knights is passive. Although
this is not very obvious yet, White's king has better possibilities of further
centralisation than Black's.} 32. d4 $1 {A simple move with devastating effect.
White threatens to advance his d-pawn even further, in order to leave the
black knight in a desperately passive position.} exd4 ({There is some sort of
paradox here: in spite of having his king far away from the centre, it is
Black who has to open the position, in order to prevent White from completely
blocking it with d5! Here is what could have happened if Black had ignored the
tension in the centre:} 32... Kg8 33. d5 $1 Kf8 (33... exd5 {would be very bad
at this stage, because after} 34. exd5 {the white knight would obtain the
e4-square, making the b5- and a7-pawns easy targets.}) 34. Kf3 Ke7 35. Kg4 Kd7
36. h4 {After having strengthened his kind side position to the maximum, White
already threatens to transpose to a winning pawn ending by a double capture on
e6. Therefore, Black has to release the tension with} exd5 37. exd5 {but this
would lead to an equally hopeless position. Besides the aforementioned threat
Ne4-c3, White can open the king side as well, by advancing his h-pawn.
Obviously, Black's king would be unable to defend both wings at the same time.}
) ({The immediate activation of the knight with} 32... Nc6 {would have also
failed to solve Black's problems. After} 33. Nxe6 Nxb4 34. Nc7 Kg8 35. Nxb5
Nxa6 36. Nxd6 Nb8 37. Kd3 {White has every chance to win. We can appreciate
now Vallejo's power of anticipation when he advanced his a-pawn to a6. Black's
weaknesses (a7, b5, d6) are placed at the distance of one knight's step,
making their capture easy and pleasant.}) 33. exd4 d5 {#} ({In spite of the
modification of the central structure, the threat remains just as dangerous as
one move ago.After} 33... Kg8 34. d5 $1 Kf8 {White can take advantage of the
availability of the d4-square with the unexpected knight retreat} 35. Nf3 $1 {
threatening Nd4. Black would be forced to lose a decisive tempo with} e5 {
when after} 36. Nd2 {followed by Nb1-c3, White would be just in time to start
the harvest.}) 34. Kd3 $2 ({Only time trouble can explain such a way of
throwing away the considerable advantage accumulated by subtle play.
Everything ws prepared for the king's marching in via e5:} 34. Ke3 $1 Kg8 ({
Vallejo must have thought that} 34... Nc6 {wold offer Black counterplay.
However, with such a difference between the kings' activity, White should win
after, for instance,} 35. Nxe6 Nxb4 36. Nc7) 35. Kf4 Kf8 36. exd5 ({If White
does not feel like helping Black to get rid of his weak e6-pawn so easily, he
can also try} 36. Ke5 dxe4 37. Nxe4 Ke7 {but now he would have to exchange the
remaining central pawns anyway with} 38. d5 {in order to open the king's
access to the queen side. White's advantage of space would be decisive.}) 36...
exd5 37. Ke5 Nc6+ 38. Kd6 $1 {The d5-pawn will be there all the time. For the
moment, it is important to save the own a6-pawn.} Nxb4 39. Ne6+ Kf7 40. Nc7 {
followed by Kc5 with an obviously winning position.}) 34... Kg8 35. h4 ({
Even now, after having lost a tempo, White would maintain some chances with} 
35. Ke3) 35... Kf8 36. exd5 exd5 37. Kc3 Ke7 38. Nf3 Kf6 {#Black has finally
activated his king and has nothing to fear already.} 39. Ne5 ({This move leads
to unnecessary complications.} 39. g4 {would have more or less blocked the
position, with an obvious draw.}) 39... g5 40. h5 Kf5 41. Kd3 Kf4 42. Ng6+ Kg3
43. Ne7 Kxg2 44. Nxd5 Kf3 45. Ne7 g4 {#} ({From the spectator's point of view,
it is a bit frustrating that a draw was agreed in such an interesting moment.
Even Fritz 9 seems to be asking himself in disbelief: "Isn't Black just
winning a knight in a couple of moves?" The following variation proves that,
objectively speaking, the players' decision was entirely correct.} 45... g4 46.
Nf5 g3 47. d5 g2 48. Nh4+ Kf2 49. Nxg2 Kxg2 50. Ke4 ({The hurried} 50. d6 $2 {
would lose the pawn after} Nf7 51. d7 Ne5+) 50... Kg3 51. Kf5 {(White
activates his king by restricting the enemy king in his actions)} Kh4 52. Kg6
Kg4 53. Kxg7 Kxh5 54. Kf6 {Same method again. In order to save his kingdom,
Black has to give his trappedknight away.} Kg4 55. Ke7 Kf5 56. Kxd8 Ke5 57. Kc7
Kxd5 58. Kb7 Kd6 59. Kxa7 {Finally, the a6-pawn seems to have free way.} Kc7 {
Not any more! The maximum what White can achieve is stalemate himself.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2006.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Carlsen,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Nd7 {Neither this nor my
third move are the most common, but I had taken a look at them and I must say
that on the whole I like Black's position. Weder dieser noch mein dritter Zug
sind die geläufigsten, aber ich habe sie mir ein wenig angeschaut, und ich
muss sagen, dass generell mir Schwarz gefällt.} 6. Bf4 $5 {This seems like a
novelty, but it is also a logical one, preventing e5. Additionally, I guess it
serves Moros style well Dies sieht aus wie eine Neuerung, aber es ist auch
eine sehr logische; e5 wird verhindert. Außerdem schätze ich, es passt sehr
gut zu Moros Stil.} g6 (6... e5 $2 7. Nxe5 Qf6 8. Nxd7 Qxb2 $2 (8... Bxd7 9.
Qc1 $16) 9. Be5 $1 $18) 7. Qc1 {The logical follow-up. Die logische Folge.} Bg7
$6 {I decided to play a bit unusually as well for a change, but it will give
me some problems. It was more in the spirit of the position to play Ich
beschloss, zur Abwechslung auch einmal ein wenig ungewöhnlich zu spielen, aber
dies wird mir ein paar Probleme bereiten. Mehr im Geist der Stellung war} (7...
h6 {with good chances of obtaining a type of position like in the variation 3..
.g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 and a normal game. mit guten Chancen, einen Stellungstyp wie
in der Variante 3...g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 zu erreichen, und einer normalen Partie.})
8. Bh6 Qa5+ $1 9. c3 Ne5 {The point of my play. However, I had evaluated the
arising type of position mistakenly. Die Pointe meines Spiels. Allerdings
hatte ich den entstehenden Stellungstyp falsch eingeschätzt.} 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11.
Nd2 Qa6 {Slightly strange and eventually the queen will feel uncomfortable
here, but I wanted to avoid Etwas seltsam, und am Ende wird sich die Dame hier
unwohl fühlen, aber ich wollte} (11... Be6 12. Nb3 Qb5 (12... Qb6 13. Be3 Bxb3
14. axb3 $14) 13. c4 Qb6 14. Be3 {Probably without reason, as vermeiden.
Vermutlich grundlos, denn} Rd8 {gives me certain play for a pawn, even if
probably not enough. gibt mir gewisses Spiel für einen Bauern, wenngleich
wahrscheinlich nicht genug.}) 12. Qc2 Be6 13. f4 (13. Nf3 Bc7 14. Ng5 O-O-O (
14... Bd7 15. Qb3 $16) 15. Nxe6 fxe6 {is ok for Black due to the pressure on
d3. ist okay für Schwarz wegen des Drucks auf d3.}) 13... Bc7 14. O-O f6 {
I felt that I had to provide my bishop with a square on f7 after a possible
f4-f5. Ich hatte das Gefühl, meinem Läufer ein Feld auf f7 verschaffen zu
müssen nach einem möglichen f4-f5.} 15. c4 $1 O-O-O 16. a4 $1 {Here I finally
realised what my oppenent was up to, but I still felt that the upcoming
complications should be ok for me. Hier begriff ich endlich, was mein Gegner
im Schilde führte, aber ich meinte noch immer, dass die bevorstehenden
Komplikationen für mich okay sein sollten.} Rd7 {Actually, this seems like the
best chance, as Sieht tatsächlich aus wie die beste Chance, denn} (16... Ba5
17. Nb3 Bb4 18. a5 {is fairly cheerless, with the queen totally out of play.
ist ziemlich freudlos, da die Dame völlig außer Spiel bleibt.}) 17. a5 Rhd8 18.
Ra3 Bxa5 $5 {A terribly risky move, not even the engines prefer this! However,
I calculated the variations, and it seemed to me that Black would eventually
be fine. Ein schrecklich riskanter Zug; nicht einmal Engines wollen dies
spielen! Aber ich berechnete die Varianten, und mir schien, dass Schwarz am
Ende ordentlich stehen würde.} 19. f5 {A good move, it is useful to include
Bh6 in the game. Ein guter Zug; es ist nützlich, den Bh6 mitspielen zu lassen.}
Bf7 20. fxg6 (20. Nb3 Rxd3 21. Nxc5 (21. Rxa5 {gives nothing: ergibt nichts:}
Qxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxc4 23. Nxc5 Rd1 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Kf2 b6 26. Ra4 Bb5 27. Rxa7
bxc5 28. Rxe7 gxf5 29. exf5 Rf1+ 30. Kg3 Rxf5 31. Rxh7 Rh5 $1 $11) 21... Bb6 (
21... Qxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxc4 23. Nxd3 Bb6+ 24. Nf2 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 $16) (21... Qb6
22. Rxa5 (22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Qxc5+ $44) 22... R3d4 23. Qb3 (23. Rfa1 Rxc4
24. Qf2 Qxa5 $1)) 22. Rxa6 Bxc5+ 23. Kh1 bxa6 {with play similar to the game,
although after mit Spiel ähnlich der Partie, wenngleich weiß nach} 24. b3 $1 {
White probably has a slighlty better version, and he should maybe have gone
for it. wahrscheinlich eine leicht bessere Version hat, und er hätte sich
vielleicht dafür entscheiden sollen.}) 20... hxg6 21. e5 Be6 (21... Qb6 22.
Rfa1 Bb4 23. Rxa7 {is not great for Black. Instead, the idea of Be6 is very
clear: Put the bishop on f5 and activity at any cost! ist nicht toll für
Schwarz. Stattdessen ist die Idee von Be6 glasklar: den Läufer nach f5 stellen
und Aktivität um jeden Preis!}) 22. exf6 exf6 23. Nb3 (23. Rxf6 Bf5 $13) 23...
Rxd3 24. Nxc5 Bb6 (24... Qb6 25. Rxa5 Qxa5 26. Nxe6 $18) (24... Qxc4 25. Qxc4
Bxc4 26. Nxd3 Bb6+ 27. Nf2 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 $18) 25. Rxa6 (25. Rxd3 Bxc5+ 26. Kh1
Bd4 $5 {I was actually more worried about Rxd3 than the game continuation, but
I eventually found this continuation, and even if I still was not too sure
about it, it seemed to me that I would survive. Ich war eigentlich mehr
besorgt wegen Rxd3 als wegen der Partiefortsetzung, doch schließlich fand ich
diese Fortsetzung, und selbst wenn ich mir bei der Sache nicht allzu sicher
war, schien mir doch, dass ich überleben würde.} (26... Rxd3 {Is the obvious
continuation Die offensichtliche Fortsetzung.} 27. Qxd3 Bxc4 28. Qh3+ f5 29.
Re1 $13 {But my king did not feel too safe here... Allerdings fühlte sich mein
König hier nicht allzu sicher an...}) 27. Rxd4 (27. b3 Bf5 $15) 27... Rxd4 28.
Qxg6 Qxc4 29. Qxf6 Rd8 $13) 25... Bxc5+ 26. Kh1 bxa6 {During the game I was
totally convinced that I was fine here, with my active pieces, however, White
probably has a forced continuation leading to a better game for him even if
Black has counterchances. Während der Partie war ich völlig überzeugt, hier
ordentlich zu stehen, bei meinen aktiven Figuren; doch Weiß hat wahrscheinlich
eine forcierte Fortsetzung, die zu besserem Spiel für ihn führt, wenngleich
Schwarz Gegenchancen hat.} 27. Bg7 $4 {Too careless, and meeting a surprising
refutation. Zu sorglos, und findet eine überraschende Widerlegung.} (27. b4 $1
Bb6 (27... Bxb4 28. Qa4) 28. Qe2 {I did not see this move, which turns out to
be quite strong, and the only which poses Black any problems. Diesen Zug hatte
ich nicht gesehen, welcher sich als recht stark erweist und der einzige ist,
der Schwarz vor Probleme stellen kann.} Bf7 (28... Bf5 29. g4 $1) (28... Bxc4
$2 29. Qg4+) 29. Qe4 (29. Bg7 f5 30. c5 Bc7 31. Bf6 R8d7 $13) 29... Kb7 30. b5
axb5 31. cxb5 Bd5 32. Qe7+ (32. bxc6+ Bxc6 33. Qxg6 Rd1 $132) 32... Ka8 33.
bxc6 Bxc6 34. Qxf6) 27... Bg4 $1 {Surprisingly enough, after this there is no
way to defend against Rd1. Überraschenderweise gibt es hiernach keine
Verteidigung gegen Rd1.} 28. b4 (28. h3 Rd1 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kh2 Bd6+ 31. g3
Bf3 $1 $19) (28. Qa4 Rd1 $5 29. Qxc6+ Kb8 30. Qxf6 Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Rd1 $19)
28... Be3 (28... Bxb4 29. Qa4 Rd1 30. Qxc6+ Kb8 31. Rg1 {is amazingly enough
not so clear. ist verblüffenderweise nicht so klar.}) (28... Rd1 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+
30. Qxd1 Bxd1 31. bxc5 f5 {is probably won too, but more complicated. ist
wahrscheinlich auch gewonnen, aber komplizierter.}) 29. h3 Rd1 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+
31. Kh2 Bf4+ 32. g3 Rd2+ {I had somehow overlooked that I could not play Ich
hatte irgendwie übersehen, dass ich nicht} (32... Bf3 $4 {spielen konnte wegen}
33. gxf4 {and the king gets the g3 square! But the game continuation wins
easily enough. und der König erhält das Feld g3! Aber die Partiefortsetzung
gewinnt leicht genug.}) 33. Qxd2 Bxd2 34. hxg4 Bxb4 $6 {Here I played too fast,
right after I had made this move, I saw that I could have won much easier:
Hier spielte ich zu schnell; sofort nach Ausführung dieses Zuges sah ich, dass
ich viel leichter hätte gewinnen können:} (34... c5 35. bxc5 Bg5 36. Bf8 a5 37.
c6 Bc1 {and White will have to give up the bishop for the a-pawn. und Weiß
wird den Läufer für den a-Bauern geben müssen.}) 35. Bxf6 a5 36. Kg2 Kd7 37.
Kf3 Bd6 $1 38. Ke4 Bxg3 39. Kd3 Ke6 40. Bd4 a6 41. Kc2 a4 42. Kb1 Be5 43. Bf2
Kd6 44. Ka2 Bc3 45. Ka3 Ke5 46. Kxa4 Kf4 47. Bb6 Kxg4 48. Ba5 Bxa5 49. Kxa5 Kf4
50. Kb6 a5 0-1

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played the day after I lost horribly to Nakamura. I realized
that I needed a win to stay in contention for first place.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 $5 {Not a new move, but by far not the most common
one. Last time against Boris I played 5.Re1 and won after a long struggle.}
cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 ({A week later Teimour Radjabov played} 6... Ng6 {and
although I won that game, it didn't have much to do with the opening.}) 7. Nxc6
bxc6 8. Bd3 {In many correspondence games White players preferred to place the
bishop on e2, but to me this seems more natural.} Ng6 9. c4 Be7 {Boris already
had an important choice of where to place his bishop. On c5 also makes sense,
although there it may be bothered by Na4.} 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rb1 {Preparing Be3
and later the rook might support b4.} Qc7 12. Be3 ({If I immediately play} 12.
f4 {Black can consider} d5 $5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. exd5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Qc5+ 16. Ne3
Bb7 {, with good compensation.}) 12... e5 $2 {This seems like a serious
positional error to me. Black's biggest problem in this position is his knight
on g6, and after my next move it will be very difficult to get it back in the
game.} (12... Nf4 $1 13. Bc2 e5 {, quickly bringing the knight to e6, was a
stronger alternative. White still retains some advantage, but Black would have
good chances to fully equalize.}) 13. g3 $1 d6 ({Preventing b4 with} 13... Rb8
{doesn't help:} 14. c5 d6 15. cxd6 Bxd6 16. Qa4 {, and the weakness of c6 will
haunt Black for the remainder of the game.}) 14. b4 {Now I just arrange b5 and
create an outpost on d5.} Be6 (14... a6 15. a4 {changes nothing.}) 15. Qd2 Rac8
{Black's defensive task is unenviable, but this move makes it even worse. He
had to keep a7 protected.} 16. b5 Bd8 17. Rfc1 {White's play is so simple,
it's almost impossible to screw it up as I usually manage.} Qd7 18. bxc6 Rxc6
19. Nd5 Bb6 $5 {Boris sacrifices a pawn as a last resort. There weren't many
other options available to him.} ({For example,} 19... Ne7 20. c5 $1 Nxd5 21.
exd5 Bxd5 22. Bxh7+ (22. Bb5 Bf3 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. cxd6 Qd7 {doesn't look
entirely clear to me, but the machine assures me White is winning after} 25.
Qd3) 22... Kxh7 23. Qxd5 {, and White has an enormous advantage.}) ({Lashing
out with} 19... f5 {won't solve Black's problems.} 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Rb8 {
Not the only good move, but a very effective one.} e4 22. Be2 Ne5 23. Rcb1 $1 {
, and White will invade on b7.}) 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Bxb6 {White has won a pawn,
but Black has solved many of his positional problems. After some time I
understood that the advantage isn't easy to convert.} Ra8 22. Bf1 Qc8 23. Rb4
Nf8 24. a4 Nd7 25. a5 h6 {So what's next? It seems like White has hit an
impasse, as there is no way to further advance the a-pawn. I decided to
prepare f4.} 26. h4 Kh7 27. Qe3 Nc5 28. f4 exf4 $5 {This shocked me, and then
I got worried. Objectively speaking White is totally winning here, but in time
trouble the position can get a bit messy.} ({I thought} 28... f6 {was the only
move, but naturally Boris wanted to avoid the sad fate that awaited him after}
29. f5 Bf7 30. g4 {, and next g5 steamrolling Black.}) 29. gxf4 f5 30. exf5
Bxf5 31. Re1 $1 {At first Houdini wants to play 31.Rb5, but when he gets to
around depth 25 he begins to like my move! I didn't really see any relevant
variations but based my play on preventing Re8.} (31. Bg2 $2 Nd3 {is obviously
not what I want.}) (31. Rd1 Qf8 {, with Re8 coming next worried me.}) 31... d5
{Black is committed, of course, so he doesn't hesitate to sacrifice more
material to sustain his initiative.} (31... Be4 32. Bxc5 (32. Bh3 Bf5 {is
Black's tricky point.}) 32... Qg4+ 33. Kf2 Qxh4+ 34. Qg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kxg3 dxc5
36. Rb5 Bf5 37. Re5 {is more or less winning.}) 32. cxd5 Rg6+ 33. Kf2 Nd7 34.
h5 Rg4 35. Bh3 (35. d6 $1 {is how the machine wins this position, but this is
just too cool for me.}) 35... Nf6 (35... Nxb6 {would have made things very
tricky for me. Although there are many ways to win, none of them are easy:} 36.
Bxg4 (36. axb6 {might be enough, but you have to be a genius (or Borislav
Ivanov) to evaluate it correctly:} Ra2+ 37. Re2 Rxe2+ 38. Kxe2 Qc2+ 39. Ke1
Rg1+ (39... Rh4 40. Bxf5+ Qxf5 41. Qe4 $18) 40. Qxg1 Qc3+ 41. Kf2 Qd2+ 42. Kf3
$1 Qxd5+ 43. Kg3 Qd3+ 44. Kg2 Bxh3+ (44... Qxh3+ 45. Kf2) 45. Kh2 Qd2+ (45...
Bf5 46. Qg2) 46. Kxh3 Qxb4 {, and even here White's technical task isn't
simple.}) 36... Nxd5 37. Qe4 $1 (37. Bxf5+ $2 Qxf5 38. Qe4 Qxe4 39. Rbxe4 Rxa5
{is close to a draw.}) 37... Bxe4 38. Bxc8 Nxb4 39. Rxe4 Rxc8 40. Rxb4 Ra8 (
40... Rc2+ 41. Ke3 Ra2 42. Rb5 Ra4 43. Kf3 {, bringing the king round to f5
wins.}) 41. Rb5 $1 {Not going behind the pawn is best! Now White just marches
the king forward with an easy win.}) 36. Qc1 $1 {Accurate.} Qf8 37. Rc4 Qf7 38.
Bxg4 Nxg4+ 39. Kg1 Qxh5 {This looks scary, but White has too many pieces
defending.} 40. Qd2 Qh4 41. Re2 (41. Rc3 Rc8 42. Re2 Rxc3 43. Qxc3 Be4 44. Rxe4
Qh2+ 45. Kf1 Qh1+ 46. Ke2 Qxe4+ 47. Kd2 {was a variation I calculated during
the game. I felt White should win but of course what I played is much cleaner.}
) 41... Rf8 42. Rc3 Qh5 43. d6 Rf6 44. d7 Rg6 45. Rg2 {A very important win
for me. After some further dramatic events, especially in the crazy game
Nakamura-Gelfand, I shared first with Boris.} 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Bogdanovich, Grigory Grigorievic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Baburin} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 e5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Nxe4 7.
Nxe4 Qd5 8. Qe2 Qxe5 9. d4 (9. f4 $5 Qxf4 10. d4 (10. Nf6+ Kd8 11. Qe8+ Kc7 12.
Qxf7+ Kd8 13. Qe8+ Kc7 $10 {Korneev,O-Murey,J/Paris/1995/0,5/15/}) 10... Qh4+
11. g3 Qe7 12. Bg5 f6 13. O-O-O fxg5 14. dxc5 Qe5 15. Rhe1 Be6 16. Qh5+ g6 17.
Qxg5 Qxg5+ 18. Nxg5 Bh6 19. Rxe6+ Kf8 20. h4 $16 {Plaskett,J-Murrey,J/Gausdal/
1986/0,5/37/}) 9... cxd4 10. f4 Qa5+ (10... Qe6 $6 11. f5 d3 12. cxd3 Bb4+ 13.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Qe5 15. O-O O-O 16. f6 $36 {Tischbierek,R-Gauglitz,G/Halle/
1987/1|0/31/}) (10... Qe7 11. f5 Bd7 12. Bf4 d3 13. Nd6+ Kd8 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15.
g4 g5 16. Bg3 Bg7 17. O-O-O h5 18. Rxd3 $16 {Sutovskij,E-Gorelov,S/Gdynia/1991/
1|0/28/}) 11. Bd2 Bb4 12. c3 (12. Nd6+ Kd7 13. Nxf7 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 15.
Kxd2 Rf8 16. Ne5+ Ke6 $10 {Lakic,S-Bakic,R/Kladovo/1992/0,5/17/}) 12... Be7 13.
Nd6+ (13. cxd4 Qd5 $15) 13... Kf8 14. Nxc8 (14. cxd4 Qd5 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 $15)
14... Rxc8 15. O-O Re8 16. cxd4 Bb4 17. Be3 $6 (17. Bxb4+ Qxb4 18. Qf2 $132)
17... Qd5 18. Kh1 f5 {Baburin: White came out of the opening with a terrible
position - not only is the d4 pawn isolated with many pieces came off, but the
bishop is a very passive one, being limited by the f4-pawn as well.
Strategically Black is winning.} 19. a3 Bd6 20. Rae1 Kf7 21. Qh5+ g6 22. Qh3 h5
$17 23. Bd2 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8 Kxe8 26. Qe3+ Kf7 27. Kg1 Qe6 (27... Bc7
$22 28. Kf2 Bb6 29. Bc3 c5) 28. Qd3 b5 29. Kf2 Qd5 30. g3 Bc7 31. Be3 a6 32. a4
Qc4 33. Qa3 (33. Ke2 Qxa4 (33... Qxd3+ 34. Kxd3 Ke6 35. axb5 cxb5 $19) 34. d5
Qc4 35. Qxc4 bxc4 36. dxc6 Ke6 37. Kd2 Kd5 38. Kc3 Ba5+ $19) (33. Qxc4+ bxc4
34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Kd2 Kd5 36. Kc3 Ba5+ 37. Kc2 Bd8 38. Kc3 Bf6 $19) 33... bxa4 (
33... Qxa4 34. Qc5 $22 Qc4 35. Qa7) 34. h4 Qc2+ 35. Kg1 Qb3 $19 36. Qa1 Bb6 (
36... Qxe3+ $19) 37. Kf2 Qc2+ 38. Kg1 Qd3 39. Bf2 Bxd4 40. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 41. Kh2
c5 42. Kh3 Ke6 43. Qf1 c4 44. Qa1 Qd5 45. Kh2 Qd2+ 46. Kh3 Qc2 47. Qh1 Qe4 48.
Qg1 Kd5 49. Qd1+ Kc5 50. Kh2 Qd4 51. Qa1 Qd2+ (51... Kb5 $19) 52. Kh3 Kd4 53.
Qa3 Qc1 54. Kh2 Ke4 55. Kg2 Qd2+ 56. Kh3 Qc2 57. Qa1 Qe2 58. Qa3 (58. Qxa4 Kf3
59. Qc6+ Kf2 60. Qg2+ Ke1 61. Qc6 (61. Qg1+ Qf1+ $19) 61... Qe4 $19) 58... Qf3
59. Qa1 (59. Qe7+ Kd3 60. Qa3+ Ke2 $19) 59... Qg4+ 60. Kg2 Qe2+ 61. Kh3 Kf3 62.
Qh1+ Kf2 63. Qg2+ Ke1 64. Qd5 (64. Qg1+ Qf1+ $19) 64... Qe4 65. Qe5 Kf2 (65...
Kf1 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 11th final"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1995.11.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1995.11.30"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zemun Agrouniverzal"]
[BlackTeam "Chelyabinsk Poliot-Kadyr"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Re1 Bd7 8.
Na3 Ng6 9. Bf1 Be7 (9... Rc8 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nb5 Be7 12. c4 Qc5 13. Nfxd4 Nxd4
14. Nxd4 Qc7 15. Qb3 a6 16. Be3 O-O 17. Rad1 e5 18. Ne2 b5 $1 $36 {Grosar,
A-Sveshnikov,E/Bled/1994/0|1/51/}) 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nb5 Rc8 (11... O-O-O $6 12.
cxd4 e5 13. dxe5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bg4 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Be3 Kb8 17. Nfd4 Ngxe5
18. Nxc6+ Nxc6 19. Bf4+ Kc8 20. Rc1 $14 {Chekhov,V-Sveshnikov,E/Podolsk/1992/
1|0/60/}) 12. Nfxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qa5 $5 {N/} (13... e5 14. Nb5 Qxd1 15. Rxd1
a6 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Ke7 18. Rd1 Be6 19. Be3 Rhd8 20. Rxd8 Kxd8 21. g3 $14
{Nadyrhanov,S-Zakharov,A/St-Peterburg/1994/0,5/30/}) (13... a6 14. g3 b5 15.
Bg2 Qc5 16. h4 Bf6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Nf5 O-O 19. Nd6 Rcd8 20. Nb7 Rc8 21. Nd6
Rcd8 22. Nb7 Rc8 23. h5 $36 {Kasparov,G-Salov,V/Amsterdam/1991/0,5/38/}) 14. g3
O-O 15. Bg2 e5 (15... Qc7 $5) 16. Nc2 (16. Nb3 $5 Qc7 17. h4) 16... Bc6 17.
Bxc6 bxc6 (17... Rxc6 18. Ne3 Rd8 (18... f5 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Qxb7 Rc7 21. Qd5
$16) 19. Qg4 Bf8 20. h4 $36) 18. h4 (18. Ne3 f5 19. Nc4 Qc7 $132) 18... Rfe8
19. Qg4 $14 Nf8 20. Ne3 Qc7 21. Nf5 Bf6 22. Be3 (22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. hxg5 Rcd8 $13
) 22... Ne6 23. Nh6+ $5 (23. Rad1 $5 Rcd8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 $14) 23... Kh8
24. Qf5 Nf8 25. Ng4 Re6 (25... Bd8 26. h5 $36) 26. Nxf6 Rxf6 27. Qe4 Re6 28.
Rad1 $14 Nd7 29. Rd2 Nf6 30. Qa4 (30. Qf5 $5) 30... a5 31. Bc5 h6 32. Qd1 Rce8
33. Rd6 Kg8 34. c4 Qc8 35. Rd2 $5 (35. Rxe6 Qxe6 36. b3 e4 37. Qe2 Nd7 38. Bd4
$132) 35... h5 (35... e4 $5) 36. Qf3 e4 37. Qc3 (37. Qf4 Re5 38. Bd4 Rf5 $36)
37... Ng4 38. Rde2 (38. Qxa5 Ne5 $17) 38... Qc7 39. Kg2 f5 40. Be3 Rd8 (40...
Nxe3+ $5 41. Qxe3 Rd6 42. Qg5 Qf7 $132) 41. Bf4 Qa7 42. Rd2 Ree8 43. Ree2 Qc5
44. b3 Rxd2 45. Qxd2 a4 $132 46. Bd6 (46. Qd7 $5 Nf6 47. Qd6 Qxd6 (47... Qb6
48. b4 $16) 48. Bxd6 Kf7 49. Bf4 $132) 46... Qa7 47. Qg5 Qf7 48. Bf4 Re7 49.
bxa4 (49. Rd2 axb3 50. axb3 Rb7 51. Rd8+ Kh7 52. Rb8 Ra7 $36) 49... Ne5 (49...
Ra7 50. a5 Qxc4 51. Qxh5 Qxe2 52. Qe8+ Kh7 53. Qh5+ $10) 50. Bxe5 Rxe5 51. Rd2
Kh7 52. Rd6 Rc5 53. a5 Rxa5 54. Rxc6 Rxa2 55. Qf4 $6 (55. Rc7 Qxc7 (55... Qg6
56. Qxg6+ Kxg6 57. Rc6+ Kf7 58. Kf1 $10) 56. Qxh5+ Kg8 57. Qe8+ Kh7 58. Qh5+
$10) (55. Rc5 $5 Qg6 $5 (55... g6 56. Re5 Ra7 57. c5 Qb3 58. Re7+ Rxe7 59.
Qxe7+ Kh6 60. Qd6 Qc3 $14) 56. Qxf5 Qxf5 (56... e3 $5) 57. Rxf5 e3 58. Rxh5+ (
58. Kf1 g6 59. Rf4 exf2 60. Rxf2 Ra1+ 61. Ke2 Ra2+ 62. Ke3 Ra3+ 63. Kd4 Rxg3
64. c5 Rg4+ 65. Kd5 Rxh4 66. c6 Rh1 67. Rc2 Rd1+ 68. Kc5 Rd8 69. c7 Rc8 70. Kd6
Kh6 71. Kd7 Rxc7+ 72. Rxc7 Kg5 73. Ke6 h4 $10) 58... Kg8 $6 (58... Kg6 $5 59.
Rg5+ Kf6 60. Kf3 exf2 61. Kg2 Rc2 62. c5 g6 $10) 59. Rf5 Rc2 60. c5 exf2 61. h5
Kh7 62. g4 g6 63. Rf7+ Kg8 64. Rc7 gxh5 65. gxh5 Kh8 66. Kf1 Kg8 67. h6 Kh8 68.
h7 $2 (68. c6 $1 Kg8 69. Rg7+ Kf8 70. c7 $18) 68... Rd2 69. c6 Rc2 70. Kg2
f1=Q+ $1 71. Kxf1 Rf2+ $10) 55... Ra5 (55... Ra3 $5) 56. Qd6 Ra2 57. Qe5 (57.
Rc7 Qg6 58. Qxg6+ Kxg6 59. Kf1 $10) 57... Ra3 58. Rd6 (58. Rc7 Qg6 59. c5 Qg4)
(58. Qc7 $5 Qf8 59. Qc8 $10) 58... Rf3 59. c5 $4 (59. Qd5 $5 Qa7 (59... Qxd5
$10) 60. c5) 59... Qa2 60. Qd4 e3 $1 (60... e3 61. Kxf3 (61. Kh3 Qxf2 $19)
61... Qxf2#) 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. d3 Ng6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8.
Nb3 (8. Nc4 d5) (8. e5 f6 9. Nc4 O-O $10) 8... e5 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 d6 11. d4
exd4 12. cxd4 c4 13. Nbd2 d5 14. Nf1 Bb4 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. Bxb4 Rxb4 17. b3 cxb3
18. axb3 Rb6 19. N1d2 Bg4 20. Ra4 Nh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostock-08 IM Group"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "1982.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Lanc, Alois"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1982.08.14"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Bg5 f6 7. Bh4 Nge7 8. a3
d6 9. h3 a6 10. O-O h5 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. d4 g5 14. Bxg5 $2 (14.
Nxg5 $5) 14... fxg5 15. Nxg5 Ned5 $1 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. h4 Nf4 19.
Bc4 Qc7 20. Bb3 Bf6 21. g3 Nh3+ 22. Kh2 Nxg5 23. hxg5 Bxg5 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. f4
exf4 26. Qd5 Bh6 27. Rxf4+ Bxf4 28. Rf1 h4 29. Rxf4+ Ke8 30. Qg5 hxg3+ 31. Kg2
Bh3+ 32. Kf3 Qc3+ 33. Ke2 Bg4+ 34. Qxg4 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:26] The Israeli player keeps faithful to his Sveshnikov Sicilian,
something no one has yet been able to crack, and Bacrot would have none of that
} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:09] He chose 3.Bb5, the Rossolimo, to avoid the big lines
of theory of the dreaded "B33" (the ECO code of the Sveshnikov) but also in
this line that he chose Gelfand had little to worry about and he equalized,
transposed into an endgame and drew.} e6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:
31]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 5. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} (5. c3) 5... a6 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 6. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 7. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxd5
{[%emt 0:01:10]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:
00:10]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. c4 {[%emt 0:04:19]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:43]} 11.
Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 12. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ne5 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 13. h3 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 14. Qb3 $146 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} (14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. Na4 Rcd8 17. Qb6 Qxb6 18. Nxb6 Be8
19. a3 Ned7 20. Nb3 Nxb6 21. Bxb6 Rc8 22. Be3 Rb8 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Bc6 25.
b4 Rfc8 26. Red1 Kf8 27. f3 Ke7 28. Kf2 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Bxd7 30. c5 Ba4 31. Rd3
Rd8 32. Ke3 Bb5 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Bxb5 axb5 35. c6 bxc6 36. Rxc6 Ra8 37. Rb6
Rxa3+ 38. Kf4 f5 39. Rxb5 Kf6 40. h4 Rd3 {1/2-1/2 (40) Anand,V (2786)-Gelfand,
B (2755) Moscow 2013}) 14... Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 15. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:09]}
Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:47] The game actually followed the important game between
Anand and Gelfand himself but it was clearly the Israeli that had learned more
from that encounter than anything the Frenchman was able to extract from the
duel.} 16. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bc5 $11 {[%emt 0:06:26]} 17. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:
29]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 18. Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:15:40]} 19.
Nxb4 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:06:39]} 20. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Be8 {
[%emt 0:01:14]} 21. Nc5 {[%emt 0:02:56]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:05:18]} 22. Rxd1 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 23. N5e4 {[%emt 0:17:47]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:02:
37]} 24. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 25. f4 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Ke7
{[%emt 0:03:54]} 26. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 27. Ke3 {[%emt 0:
00:34]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 28. Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:18]} a4 {[%emt 0:08:16]} 29.
Be2 {[%emt 0:04:31]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:05:51]} 30. Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Rc5 {
[%emt 0:05:11]} 31. Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 32. Nc3 {[%emt 0:
00:29]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 33. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 34.
Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 29th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2013.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Vovk, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2013.02.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 b6 {The theoretical novelty.} (8... Bb4 9. c3 Be7 10. Qg4 g6 11. e5 h5 12.
Qe4 Qc7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Nc4 c5 16. Qd3 h4 17. h3 Rh5 18. Bf4 a5
19. Rad1 Bd5 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. c4 Bc6 22. Qe3 Rb8 23. Re2 Ba8 24. Rd3 Kg8 25.
Red2 Qc6 26. f3 Qa6 27. Rb3 Rxb3 28. Qxb3 Bxd6 29. Rxd6 Bc6 30. Qb8+ Kg7 31.
Qd8 Qxc4 32. Bg5 Rxg5 33. Qxg5 Qxa2 34. Qd2 a4 35. Rd3 Qc4 36. Rc3 Qb4 37. Rc2
Qxd2 38. Rxd2 {Jones,G (2654)-Polgar,J (2693) London 2013 0-1 (67)}) 9. Nxc6 {
It certainly had to be expected.} dxc6 {However it is unlikely Black saw} 10.
Nd2 {coming instead of the queen swap. The move played not only prevents the
exchange, but is very flexible, allowing for Nc4, hitting any number of
squares, or Nf3 depending on where the wind blows.} Be7 11. Qg4 O-O 12. e5 f5
13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Nf3 e5 15. Qe4 {Black is losing a pawn for no compensation.}
Bf5 16. Qxe5 Bd6 17. Qc3 Qc7 {On the surface, one would thing Black has some
decent compensation such as the bishop pair, with open lines, but he lacks
concrete threats, and his own king is actually more exposed.} 18. Bg5 Rf7 19.
Bh4 {Preparing Bg3 to solidify his material advantage.} Bg4 20. Ng5 $1 Bxh2+
21. Kh1 Rf4 22. Kxh2 {and any discovered check is met by Bg3.} 1-0

[Event "Lisbon Masters"]
[Site "Lisbon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Galego, Luis"]
[Black "Cordovil, Joao Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Costa,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 e6 (4... g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e5 Ng4 7. Bxc6
dxc6 8. h3 Nh6 9. g4 O-O 10. d3 f5 11. g5 Nf7 12. Bf4 {+/- Dvorietzky,M-Simic,
R/USSR-Jugoslavia 1977}) 5. Bxc6 $146 (5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. d3 O-O 8. b3
a5 9. Nc3 d5 10. Na4 Ba6 11. c4 d4 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. f4 Ne8 14. Ba3 f6 15. Nf3
Qa7 16. e5 $14 {Gross,S-Herczeg,T/Balatonbereny op (01) 1993}) 5... dxc6 6. O-O
Qc7 7. d3 e5 8. Nbd2 $14 b5 9. a4 a6 10. b3 Nh5 11. g3 g6 12. Bb2 f6 13. c3 Bh3
14. Rfd1 Qd7 15. Nh4 Rd8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nf1 Be7 18. Ne3 O-O {[#]} 19. Nhg2 (
19. Nhf5 $5) 19... Qe6 20. c4 Ng7 21. Ra6 Rd6 22. f4 Rfd8 23. Bc3 b4 24. Bb2
Bf8 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Ne1 Be7 27. Nf3 Bf6 28. Ra5 Qe7 29. Rxc5 Qa7 30. Rxe5 Qa2
31. Qc2 Bxe5 32. Nxe5 Qa7 33. c5 Re6 34. Nf3 Ree8 $6 (34... Qe7 $5) 35. Ng5 Be6
36. Nxe6 Nxe6 37. Ng4 $16 Qxc5+ $2 38. Qxc5 Nxc5 39. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Kstovo op"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Petrushin, Alexander I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{CBM 43} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 (3... e5) 4. Bb5 g6 (4... Nd4 $6 5. e5
Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 7. Ng5 $5 $40) 5. e5 Ng4 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Nh6 8. d3 $14 Bg7
9. O-O $6 (9. g4 $5 O-O 10. Qe2 f5 11. g5 Nf7 12. Bf4 Be6 13. h4 Qa5 14. Kf1 $1
$16) 9... O-O 10. Ne4 b6 11. b3 f5 $6 (11... Nf5 $5 12. Bb2 Nd4 $10) 12. Neg5
Nf7 13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. Bf4 h6 15. h4 e6 16. Qd2 $14 Kh7 17. Kh2 a5 18. a4 Ba6
19. Rh1 (19. Rg1 Qd5 20. Qe3 Raf8 21. Rae1 $14) 19... Rd7 $6 (19... Qd5 $5 20.
Kg1 Raf8 21. h5 g5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Nxg5+ Kg8 $132) 20. Kg1 (20. Qe3) 20... c4
$2 21. bxc4 Bxc4 22. Qe3 Bd5 (22... Ba6 23. h5 g5 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Nxg5+ Kg8
26. Nxe6 $16) 23. h5 $1 g5 (23... Bxf3 24. hxg6+ Kxg6 25. Qxf3 $18) 24. Bxg5
hxg5 25. Nxg5+ Kg8 26. h6 (26. c4 Bh6) 26... Bf8 $2 (26... Bxe5 $5 27. h7+ (27.
Re1 Bf6 28. h7+ Kh8 29. Nxe6 $13) 27... Rxh7 28. Rxh7 (28. Nxh7 Bxa1 29. Qg3+
Bg7) 28... Bxa1 29. d4 (29. c4 Bf6) 29... Qf6 30. c3 Bxc3) 27. c4 Bxc4 28. h7+
Kh8 29. dxc4 $16 Bc5 30. Qf4 Raa7 31. Rh6 (31. Nxe6 $2 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rxh7+ $19)
31... Rd4 (31... Rd2 32. Rf1 $18) 32. Qc1 Rd2 $6 (32... Rg4 33. Nxe6 Bxf2+ 34.
Kxf2 Qd3 35. Rh3 $18) 33. Nxe6 $18 Bxf2+ 34. Kh1 Qd3 (34... Qd7 35. Nf8 $18)
35. Nf4 Qe3 36. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 $5 {N/} (9. Nxd4 d5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. e5 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Lputian,
S/Biel/1993/ Inf 58/191/}) 9... Nb4 10. d5 (10. a3 $5 Nxc2 11. Qxc2 Rc8 12. Nc3
$14) 10... Nxc2 (10... exd5 $5 11. Nc3 (11. exd5 Nxc2 12. Qxc2 Nxd5 13. Re1+ (
13. Nc3 Be7) 13... Be7 $13) 11... Nxc2 12. Qxc2 $44) 11. Qxc2 Ng6 $6 12. Rd1
$14 Rc8 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. Be3 (14. dxe6 $6 fxe6 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. Nbd2 h6) 14...
Qb6 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Qd2 e5 $6 (17... exd5 $5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19.
Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5 Rfe8 21. Re1 Rc2 $14) 18. h4 d6 $16 19. h5 (19. g3 $6 h6 20.
h5 Ne7) 19... Nf4 20. h6 g6 21. a3 Qb6 22. Rac1 Rc4 23. Qe3 $1 (23. g3 Nh5 (
23... Nh3+ $6 24. Kg2 Bc8 25. Rh1 f5 26. Rxh3 fxe4 27. Ng5 Bxh3+ 28. Nxh3 $16))
23... Qxe3 24. fxe3 Nh5 25. Nd2 Rc7 26. a4 bxa4 $2 (26... Nf6 $5 27. axb5 Ng4
28. b6 Rcc8) 27. Nxa4 Rfc8 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Nb6 Nf6 30. Nbc4 Ne8 31. b3 Kf8
32. Nf3 f6 (32... Bc8 33. Ra1 $16) 33. Rf1 Ke7 (33... Bc8 34. Ng5 $16 Kg8 35.
Ne6 Bxe6 36. dxe6 Kf8 37. Nb6 Rb7 38. Nd5 Rxb3 39. Rc1 $16) 34. Nh4 $1 {
/\35.Ng6 hg 36.h7+-} Kf7 35. g4 Bc8 36. g5 Bd7 37. Nf3 Bg4 38. Nfxe5+ dxe5 39.
Nxe5+ Ke7 40. Nxg4 fxg5 41. e5 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hug, Werner"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
(8. c3 $5) 8... Bd7 9. a4 Rc8 10. Nc4 {/\ 11.e5+/=} Ng4 $2 (10... e5 $5 $13)
11. Nfd2 (11. h3 $5 Nge5 12. Nfxe5 Nxe5 (12... dxe5 13. f4 Bf6 14. c3 $14) 13.
Ne3 $14) 11... e5 12. h3 Nf6 13. Ne3 (13. f4 $5 exf4 14. gxf4 Be6 15. f5 Bxc4
16. Nxc4 $14) 13... g6 14. Ndc4 Be6 15. c3 Qd7 16. Kh2 Nh5 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. Bh6
Ng7 19. Qd2 Bxd5 (19... f5 $2 20. f4 $40) 20. exd5 Na5 21. Nxa5 Bxa5 $10 22.
Re2 Rfe8 23. Qc2 Nf5 24. Bd2 Kg7 25. Qb3 a6 26. Rae1 h5 27. Be4 Nh6 28. Bg2 Ng8
(28... h4 $5 29. g4 f5 30. Bxh6+ Kxh6 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Qc4 Bd8 $15) 29. f4
exf4 30. Bxf4 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 Nf6 32. Qd1 $14 Re8 33. Rxe8 Nxe8 34. d4 c4 35. Bf1
b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Qe2 (37. Qa1 $6 Bd8 38. Qa6 g5 $132) 37... Nf6 38. Bg2 Bd8
39. Qe3 Kh7 40. Qe2 Be7 41. Bf3 Qd8 $6 (41... Kg7 $32 $10) 42. b3 Qc7 43. bxc4
bxc4 44. Qa2 Kg7 45. Qa6 (45. Bg2 $14) 45... Qb8 46. Qxc4 Qb2+ 47. Kg1 Qc2 48.
Qb4 $2 (48. Qc7 Qb1+ 49. Kf2 Qc2+ 50. Kg1 $10) (48. Qe2 Qxc3 49. Qe3 Qa1+ 50.
Kh2 $10) 48... h4 49. gxh4 (49. Bxd6 hxg3 $19) 49... Qf5 $19 50. Bxd6 Bxd6 51.
Qxd6 Qxf3 52. Qe5 Qxc3 53. d6 Qxh3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 (5. b3 $5 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7.
Bb2 d6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qf6 10. c4 $14) 5... d5 (5... a6 6. Ba4 d5) 6. exd5 (
6. e5 Bd7) 6... Qxd5 (6... Nxd5 7. Ne5 Qc7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Bd7 10. Bxc6 Bxc6
11. c4 Nb4 12. Na3 $14) 7. Re1 Bd7 (7... g6 $2 8. d4 Bg7 (8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7
10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qxd5 $18) 9. c4 Qd8 10. d5 $16) 8. Na3 Ng6 9. Bf1 Be7 10. d4
(10. Nb5 Rc8 11. c4 Qh5 12. h3 a6 13. g4 Qh6 14. d4) 10... cxd4 11. Nb5 Rc8 12.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 (13... O-O 14. Nf5 Qxf5 15. Qxd7 $14) 14. g3 Qc5 15. Bg2
b5 16. h4 $1 (16. Be3 Qc7 17. Qh5 O-O 18. Rad1) 16... Bf6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Nf5
O-O 19. Nd6 Rcd8 20. Nb7 Rb8 {N/} (20... Rc8 21. h5 Ne5 22. Bf4 Bc6 23. Bxc6
Qxc6 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Qxb7 26. h6 Qe7 $14 {Kasparov,G-Salov,V/Amsterdam/
1991/}) 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. h5 Ne5 23. Bd4 $6 (23. Ne4 $5 Be7 (23... Rd8 24. Nxf6+
gxf6 25. Qc2 $40) 24. Bf4 $16) 23... Nd7 (23... Rd8 $2 24. Rxe5 Rxd4 (24...
Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 $18) 25. cxd4 Bxe5 26. dxe5 $18) 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25.
Bxf6 Qxd1 26. Raxd1 gxf6 27. h6 (27. Rd6 $5 Kg7 28. f4 Kh6 29. Bf3 Bb7 30. Kf2
$16) 27... Rb6 28. Rd2 Re8 29. Rc1 $6 (29. Red1 Kf8 30. Rd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Ke7
32. Rb6 Rd8) 29... e5 30. Rcd1 (30. c4 bxc4 31. Rxc4 f5 $10) 30... Kf8 31. Rd6
Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Ke7 33. Rc6 f5 34. Rc7+ (34. Bd5 Rd8 35. Bb3 Be6 36. Rxa6 Rd2 $10
) 34... Kf6 35. Bd5 Be6 36. Rc6 Rd8 37. Bxe6 fxe6 38. Rxa6 $10 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 e4
40. Ra7 (40. Rb6 Rd2 41. Rxb5 e3 42. Kf1 exf2 43. a4 e5) 40... Rd2 41. Kg1 Rxb2
42. Rxh7 Kg6 43. Rb7 Kxh6 44. a4 Rc2 45. axb5 Rxc3 46. Rb8 Kg7 47. b6 Rb3 48.
b7 Rb2 49. Kf1 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 d5 6. e5 $6 (6. exd5) 6... Bd7
7. Re1 $2 (7. Ba4 Ng6 (7... d4 $5 $13) (7... Nf5 8. Bc2 Be7 9. d4) 8. d4 f6 9.
Re1 $14) 7... Nf5 $2 (7... Nxe5 8. Nxe5 Bxb5 9. Qh5 g6 (9... Ng6 10. Nxg6 fxg6
11. Qg4 (11. Rxe6+ Kf7 $17 12. Qe5 Bd7) 11... Bd7 $17) 10. Qf3 Nf5 11. g4 Nd6
$17) 8. Bf1 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. g3 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 (11... gxf6 $5 12. Bg2 Bd6
$15) 12. Na3 g5 $6 (12... h6 13. Bg2 Qc7 $15) 13. Bg2 h6 14. Nc2 Qb6 $6 (14...
Bg7 15. Ne3) (14... Qc7 15. Ne3 Bg7) 15. Qe2 $6 (15. Ne3 $5 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 Qxb2
17. Bxc5 Bxc3 18. Rb1 Qxa2 19. Re2 $16) 15... Rae8 16. Ne3 Bg7 17. Qc2 (17.
Nxf5 $6 exf5 18. Qd1 d4) 17... Nxe3 18. Bxe3 e5 19. h4 $1 (19. b4 $6 d4 $13)
19... g4 (19... d4 20. Bc1 g4 21. Nd2 $14) 20. Nd2 $16 Be6 (20... d4 $2 21. Nc4
dxe3 22. Nxb6 exf2+ 23. Qxf2 Rxf2 24. Nxd7 Rxb2 25. Nxc5 $14) 21. b4 d4 22.
bxc5 Qa6 (22... Qxc5 23. Ne4 (23. Nb3 $2 Qxc3 24. Qxc3 dxc3 25. Nc5 Bc8 26.
Rac1 Nd4 27. Rxc3 e4 $40) 23... Qe7 24. cxd4 $16) 23. cxd4 e4 (23... exd4 24.
Bf4 Nb4 25. Qb1 Nxd3 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. Bf1 $16) 24. Nxe4 Nxd4 25. Qd2 $16 Bd5
26. Nf6+ Qxf6 27. Bxd5+ Kh7 28. Rab1 (28. Be4+ $2 Rxe4 $17) 28... b6 29. cxb6
axb6 30. Rb4 Nf3+ 31. Bxf3 gxf3 32. Rxb6 Re6 33. Rxe6 Qxe6 34. Kh2 (34. Bc5 $4
Qh3 $19) 34... Qf5 35. Rc1 Rb8 36. d4 Qg4 37. Rc7 Kh8 (37... Rb1 38. Qc2+ $18 (
38. Bxh6 $4 Rh1+ $19)) 38. Qc2 Qe6 39. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch52 First League"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1984.11.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Gorelov, Sergey G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1984.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O Ng6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qh5 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 a6 $6 (10... Qa5 $5 11. e5 a6 12. Bd3 d6 13. Rae1
$1 (13. f4 $2 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bc5 $15) 13... Bd7 (13... f6 $13) 14. Re4 $40) 11.
Bd3 Qc7 12. e5 Bc5 (12... d6 13. Rae1 $5 $14 (13. exd6 $6 Bxd6 14. Ne4 Be5 15.
Ng5 h6 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Bb6 $132)) 13. Ne2 d6 (13... Bxd4 $5 14. Nxd4 d6 (
14... Qxe5 $2 15. Bxg6 $18) 15. Nf3 dxe5 16. Ng5 $2 (16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxg6
Qxh5 18. Bxh5 Bd7 $10) 16... h6 17. Nxf7 Nf4 $17) 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Rad1 e5 $6
(15... b5 16. Be4 Rb8 17. Rd3 $13) 16. Bc3 f5 (16... Be6 17. Bf5 (17. Ng3 $5
$14) 17... Qe7 18. Ng3 $14) 17. Bc4+ $1 Qxc4 $6 (17... Kh8 $5 18. Rd3 f4 19.
Bd5 Bf5) 18. Rxd6 f4 19. Rxg6 $1 hxg6 20. Qxe5 $44 Rf7 (20... Qf7 21. Nxf4 $16)
21. Qe8+ Kh7 (21... Rf8 22. Qxg6 Qf7 23. Nxf4 $16) 22. Re1 (22. Rd1 Bg4 (22...
Bh3 $2 23. Qxa8 Qxe2 24. Rd8 (24. Re1 $2 Qg4) 24... Rf8 (24... g5 25. gxh3) 25.
gxh3 $18) 23. Qxa8 Qxe2 24. Rd8 $2 (24. Re1 Qxc2) 24... Rf8) 22... b5 (22...
Qe6 $5 23. Qxe6 Bxe6 24. Nxf4 Bxa2 $10) 23. Qd8 Bb7 24. Qh4+ Kg8 25. Nd4 b4 (
25... Qd5 26. Nf3 Qh5 $10) 26. Ne6 bxc3 $2 (26... Re8 27. Ng5 Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1
$40 Re7 (28... Qd5 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Bxb4+ Ke8 31. Qg8+ Kd7 32. Qxf7+ $18) 29.
Bxb4 $16) (26... Qd5 $1 27. f3 Qh5 28. Qxh5 gxh5 29. Bxb4 Re8 $10) 27. Ng5 Rf5
28. b3 $1 $18 Qd5 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Ne6+ Qxe6 (30... Ke7 31. Nxf4+ $18) 31. Rxe6
Kf7 32. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Match/Nation URS-YUG  31-9"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1977.11.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Dvoretzky, Mark"]
[Black "Simic, Radoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Dvoretzky,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1977.11.12"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "URSS"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 {1)Dvoretzky:Secrets of chess tactics.} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2
g6 5. Nc3 $146 (5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 O-O 7. Rd1 e5 8. Na3 Re8 9. d3 a6 10. Bxc6
bxc6 11. Be3 d6 12. b4 cxb4 13. cxb4 d5 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. Nb1 Nh5
17. a3 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qd2 g5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. h3 h5 22. d4 Be6 23. Ne5
f6 24. Nd3 f3 25. Re1 Qf7 26. Nc5 Bf5 27. Nc3 fxg2 28. Kxg2 Bh6 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8
30. Qa2 Bxh3+ 31. Kg1 Rd8 32. Re1 Bc8 33. Qe2 g4 34. a4 f5 {Tseshkovsky,V 
(2550)-Sveshnikov,E (2510) Minsk 1976 1/2-1/2}) 5... Bg7 6. e5 Ng4 7. Bxc6 dxc6
8. h3 Nh6 9. g4 O-O 10. d3 f5 11. g5 Nf7 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Qe3 Nd8 {[#]} 14. h4
$6 (14. Kf1 Ne6 15. Ne2 {[%cal Gf1g2,Gh3h4] Dvoretzky}) 14... Ne6 15. O-O-O b5
16. h5 Rd8 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nh4 Kf7 19. Ne2 Qxa2 20. Nxg6 Kxg6 21. Qf3 Kf7 22.
Rh7 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qa5+ 24. c3 Ke8 25. Qxc6+ Bd7 26. Qh1 Rdc8 27. Rxg7 Nxg7 28.
Qh8+ Kf7 29. g6+ Ke6 30. Qxg7 Be8 31. Qg8+ Kd7 32. g7 Kc7 33. Qd5 Bc6 34. Qxc5
Kb7 35. e6 Qa2 36. Qxe7+ Ka6 37. Nd4 Qxb2+ 38. Nc2 Bd5 39. Ra1+ Ba2 40. Qb4 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch 93rd"]
[Site "Nimes"]
[Date "2018.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Loiseau, Quentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 f6 6. O-O e5 7. Re1 $6 $146 {
A new idea which I had over the board. If you check the game and my analysis
of 9.d4, you will see what I missed, and the reason why this move isn't any
good!  The whole line is probably OK for Black though.} (7. Nh4 {Another move
was played in the two existing games, but both times it went excellently for
White.} g6 $1 $146 (7... Ne7 $6 8. f4 d6 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Bb2 Be6 11. d3 Qd7
12. Nd2 Ng6 13. Nf5 Nf4 14. Nc4 $14 {½-½ (40) Nozdrachev,V (2455)-Fedorov,A 
(2565) Samara 2016}) (7... Nh6 $6 8. d4 Nf7 9. d5 g6 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. Nc3 Bg7
12. Qd3 $14 {1-0 (42) Gharamian,T (2626)-Sebenik,M (2534) Hersonissos 2017}) 8.
f4 (8. d3 Nh6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nf7 {transposes}) 8... exf4 9. d3 Nh6 10.
Bxf4 Nf7 $13) (7. d3 {is very possible, but of course here Black should play ..
.Ne7 or ...d6 and not} d5 $6 8. Ba3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 Be7 11. Nc3 c4 12.
Bxe7 Nxe7 13. dxc4 dxc4 14. Qe2 $16 {½-½ (46) Bok,B (2604)-Shirov,A (2686)
SWE 2016}) (7. c3 d5 8. Qe2 {is a bit similar to my game, except White was
smarter not including Re1 and Qe2!} dxe4 (8... a5 $5 {played by Moiseenko also
makes sense}) 9. Qxe4 Ne7 $1 (9... Qd5 10. d3 Ne7 11. c4 Qd8 12. Rd1 Bf5 13.
Qe2 Bg4 14. Nc3 $36 {0-1 (36) Naiditsch,A (2689)-Jakovenko,D (2736) Moscow 2009
}) 10. d4 ({The ugly} 10. Re1 {would transpose to the game!}) 10... Bf5 11. Qe2
cxd4 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Rd1 (13. Qc4 Qd5 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 O-O-O $11) 13...
d3 14. Qe3 Qd7 15. Nc3 O-O-O 16. Bb2 Ng6 $6 (16... Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxa7
Bc5 $15) 17. Rac1 Bb4 18. Nb5 $1 {½-½ (36) Bologan,V (2607)-Shirov,A (2712)
RUS 2015, and White took over.}) 7... Ne7 8. c3 ({The engine first suggests} 8.
Nh4 $146 {but I think after} d6 {followed by ...h5, possibly ...g5, Black is
fine.}) 8... d5 9. Qe2 (9. d4 $6 dxe4 10. Rxe4 cxd4 11. cxd4 c5 $1 $15 {
is what I had missed when playing 7.Re1.}) 9... dxe4 10. Qxe4 Bf5 11. Qc4 (11.
Qa4 $5 Bd3 $8 12. c4 {is the engine suggestion, with ideas like} e4 (12... g5
$5) 13. Nc3 exf3 14. Qxc6+ Kf7 15. Qe6+ Kg6 (15... Ke8 16. Nb5) 16. Qg4+ Kf7
$11 {but besides the fact it seems Black can force a draw, I just don't like
it.}) 11... Bd3 ({I thought} 11... Qd5 12. d4 Qxc4 13. bxc4 exd4 14. cxd4 cxd4
15. Nxd4 {was giving me something of an edge, but missed} O-O-O $1 $11) 12.
Qxc5 Qd7 (12... Qc7 $5 {was bothering me more, although after} 13. Qb4 {
the game remains unclear.}) ({The engine even likes the simple but weird} 12...
Qb6 $5) 13. Ba3 Nd5 $2 {A blunder, missing White's next move.} (13... a5 $1 {
was bothering me. My plan was to go} 14. Qd6 {but it's clear Black has at
least full compensation.} (14. Qb6 $5 {is the engine's idea, with crazy lines
like} g5 $5 15. c4 Kf7 16. Bxe7 Bxe7 17. Nc3 a4 18. Rxe5 Bd8 19. Qe3 axb3 20.
Rd5 cxd5 21. Qxd3 Ra3 22. Nd4 $13)) ({Many other moves, like} 13... g5 {
were also interesting.}) (13... Ng6 $5 14. Qe3 Ne7 $5 $11 {was a funny one,
threatening ...Nf5!.} (14... Bxa3 $5 15. Nxa3 O-O $44)) 14. Qd4 $1 Bxb1 $6 (
14... Ne7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. c4 $14) (14... Bg6 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 {might have been
the least damage.}) 15. Bxf8 Bf5 (15... O-O-O 16. Qc4 Bf5 17. Bc5 $16) 16. Bxg7
{It was possible to play 16.Rc5 and transpose into 15...0-0-0 above, but I
considered this piece sacrifice (for four pawns!) to be more linear.} O-O-O 17.
Nxe5 fxe5 (17... Qxg7 $6 18. Nxc6 $18) 18. Bxe5 Rhg8 19. Bg3 {White isn't
winning by force, but he's simply playing with four pawns. He's not mating
either, but Black doesn't have much freedom if he wants to keep his king safe.}
h5 20. f3 Rde8 21. Re5 Rxe5 22. Qxe5 Kb7 23. Re1 Bg6 24. Qd4 Re8 25. Rxe8 {
I considered this exchange good for White: now I can enjoy a wonderful
h2-square for my king.} Qxe8 26. h4 Qe6 27. c4 Nb6 28. a4 Qd7 29. Qe5 Bc2 30.
a5 Nc8 31. d4 $6 (31. Qxh5 $1 Bxb3 32. Qc5 {was winning right away.}) 31... Ka6
32. b4 (32. Qxh5 Qxd4+ 33. Kh2 {was still right, if} Bxb3 {then} 34. Qe8 $1 $18
) 32... Bd3 33. Qc5 (33. d5 Bxc4 34. dxc6 Qxc6 35. Qxh5) 33... Ne7 34. d5 cxd5
35. b5+ $6 {Starting to make my life complicated.} (35. Bd6 $1 {I first had
the same idea, except if} Bxc4 36. Bxe7 $18 {Black isn't collecting the b-pawn.
}) 35... Kb7 36. Bd6 Bxc4 37. a6+ Ka8 38. Bxe7 Bxb5 39. Bd6 Bxa6 (39... Qc6 40.
Qxc6+ Bxc6 41. g4 Bb5 42. Kf2 {just wins. Black needs too much time to bring
his king.}) 40. Qxd5+ Bb7 41. Qd4 $6 {At this moment I started to overestimate
my position, and did not understand I should do something smart if I want to
avoid the excellent Bc6/Kb7/Qd5 defensive setup Black got in the game.} (41.
Qg8+ $1 Bc8 42. Bg3 $18) 41... Bc6 42. Qc5 $6 (42. Qh8+ Kb7 (42... Qe8 43. Qc3
Kb7 44. Bg3 $18) 43. Qb8+ Ka6 44. Bc5 $18) 42... Kb7 43. Bg3 $6 Qd5 {The
position is no longer an easy win.} 44. Qb4+ Qb5 45. Qe7+ Bd7 46. Be1 Qd5 47.
Qa3 $2 {One more blunder - what a technique! Of course, I immediately realized
I had found the only way to let Black push his a-pawn.} a5 $1 48. Kh2 (48. Qxa5
$2 Qxa5 49. Bxa5 Kc6 $11) (48. Bxa5 $2 Qd4+ $11) 48... a4 49. Qb4+ Qb5 50. Qe7
Qd5 51. Bg3 {White can still torture Black, but with precise defence the game
should be a draw.} Qb5 52. Qd6 Qc6 53. Qb8+ Ka6 54. Bf2 Qb7 55. Qd6+ Qc6 56.
Qd3+ Kb7 57. Qd4 Qc7+ 58. Bg3 Qc6 59. Bd6 Qb5 60. Bc5 Qc6 61. Qe5 ({Exchanging
queens will never work if the white king is still on h2:} 61. Qb4+ Qb5 62. Kg3
$2 Qxb4 63. Bxb4 Kc6 64. Kf4 Kd5 65. Kg5 Be8 66. g4 Ke6 $1 $11) 61... Be8 62.
Bd6 Bd7 63. Kg3 Qb5 64. Bc5 Be8 65. Kf4 Qc4+ 66. Kg3 Qb5 67. Qd4 Qd7 68. Bd6
Qb5 69. Kf4 Bd7 (69... Qd7 $1 {with the idea} 70. g4 ({if} 70. Qb4+ {Black is
no longer in time to trade queens, but after} Ka6 71. Qc4+ Kb7 72. Qd5+ Qc6 {
he is in time again}) 70... Qf7+ 71. Kg3 hxg4 72. fxg4 Qb3+ 73. Kf4 Qf7+ {
was annoying.}) 70. Bc5 (70. g4 $1 {right away was possible.}) 70... Be8 71. g4
$1 hxg4 $2 {Phew - after this move all endings are lost for Black.} (71... Qb3
$1 {was sitll no piece of cake for White.}) 72. fxg4 Bd7 $6 (72... Qf1+ 73. Ke5
$18) 73. Qb4 $1 Kc8 74. Qxb5 Bxb5 75. g5 Kd7 76. g6 Ke6 77. Kg5 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 15th"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "2011.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eisenbeiser, Amadeus"]
[Black "Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Eisenbeiser,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. a3
O-O 9. Rb1 f5 (9... a5) 10. b4 b6 11. b5 $5 (11. Bd2 Be6 (11... Nd4 12. bxc5
dxc5 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nd5 Qd7 15. f4 $14) 12. Nd5 h6 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. a4 fxe4
15. dxe4 Qd7 16. Qc1 Kh7 17. Qa3 $14) 11... Na5 $6 {Stellt den Springer ins
Abseits} (11... Nd4 $5 12. Bg5 (12. Nxd4 $2 cxd4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Qh4 $15)
12... h6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd5 Qf7 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bg4 $14) 12.
Ne1 Be6 13. Bd2 Nb7 14. Nc2 Qd7 15. Ne3 f4 16. Ned5 $16 Rae8 17. a4 Nc8 18. Ra1
Bf6 19. Bf3 Bd8 20. Kh1 Rf7 21. g3 Ref8 22. gxf4 exf4 23. Rg1 Bh4 24. Qe2 Ne7
25. Rae1 Nd8 26. Bc1 g5 $5 27. Nxe7+ Rxe7 28. Nd5 Rg7 $2 (28... Bxd5 $8 29.
cxd5 $16) 29. Bb2 Rg6 30. e5 $3 (30. Bh5 Rh6 31. Ba1) 30... g4 31. exd6 $1 Qxd6
(31... gxf3 32. Qe5 $18) 32. Bxg4 Bxd5+ 33. cxd5 Bf6 34. Bxf6 Rfxf6 35. Qe4 Kg7
36. Bh5 Rxg1+ 37. Rxg1+ Kh8 38. d4 cxd4 (38... c4 39. Qe5 Qxe5 40. dxe5 Rf5 41.
e6 Nb7 42. e7 Nd6 43. e8=Q+ Nxe8 44. Bxe8 Rxd5 45. Bf7 Rd8 46. Bxc4) 39. Qxd4
Nb7 40. Bf7 h5 41. Rg6 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gubanov, Anton"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Endgame-CD"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Na5 4. c3 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. O-O
e6 9. Qxd4 b5 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. a4 b4 12. c4 Nc6 13. Qg4 Nde7 14. Ne4 Ng6 15.
Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 f5 17. Qh5 Qf6 18. Qg5 e5 19. Rd1 Na5 20. Qe3 e4 21. Nd2 O-O
22. Qb6 f4 23. Qxa5 f3 24. Nxf3 exf3 25. Bxf3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Nh4 27. Qd5+ Kh8
28. f4 Rae8 29. Kh1 Re2 30. Be3 Nf5 31. Qd3 Rxb2 32. Bd4 Nxd4 33. Qxd4 g5 34.
c5 Rc2 35. Qxf6+ Rxf6 36. Rac1 b3 37. Rxc2 bxc2 38. Rc1 Rxf4 39. Rxc2 Rd4 40.
c6 dxc6 41. Rxc6 a5 42. Rc5 h6 43. Rxa5 Rxd6 44. Ra7 Rd4 45. Kg2 Kg8 46. Kf3
Rh4 47. a5 Ra4 48. Ke3 g4 49. Kd3 h5 50. Kc3 h4 51. Kb3 Ra1 52. a6 Kf8 53. Kc4
Ra2 54. Kd4 Ke8 55. Ke4 Kd8 56. Ra8+ Kc7 57. a7 Kb7 58. Rf8 Kxa7 59. Rf4 h3 60.
Ke3 Ra3+ 61. Ke4 Ra2 62. Kf5 g3 63. fxg3 Kb6 64. Rh4 Rxh2 65. Kg4 Kc7 66. Rxh3
$18 Ra2 (66... Rxh3 67. Kxh3 Kd8 68. Kh4 Ke8 69. Kh5 $18) 67. Kg5 $4 (67. Rh7+
$1 Kd8 68. Rf7 $1 $8 Ke8 69. Rf4 Ra7 70. Kh5 $1 $8 {Weiß muß hier auf die
Drohung Rh7 und Rg7 reagieren.} (70. Kh4 $2 Rh7+ 71. Kg4 Rg7+ 72. Kf3 Rf7 $10)
70... Ra5+ (70... Rf7 71. Rxf7 Kxf7 72. Kh6 $18) 71. Kh4 Ra7 72. g4 Rh7+ (72...
Rf7 73. Rxf7 Kxf7 74. Kh5 $18) 73. Kg5 (73. Kg3 $2 Rf7 $10) 73... Ke7 (73...
Rg7+ 74. Kh6 Rg8 75. g5 $18) 74. Kg6 Rh4 75. Kg7 Ke8 76. Rf8+ Ke7 77. g5 Rg4
78. Rf7+ $1 (78. Rf5 $18) (78. g6 $4 Rxg6+ $10) 78... Ke8 79. g6 Rg1 80. Rf4
Ke7 81. Re4+ Kd8 82. Kh6 Rh1+ 83. Kg5 Rg1+ 84. Rg4 $18) (67. Rh6 $1 Kd7 68. Rf6
$18) 67... Ra5+ $1 $10 68. Kg6 Ra6+ $1 69. Kg5 (69. Kf7 Ra3 $1 $10) 69... Ra5+
70. Kh4 Ra8 $1 (70... Kd6 $1 $10) 71. g4 Rh8+ $4 (71... Kd6 $1 $8 72. g5 (72.
Re3 Rh8+ 73. Kg3 Rg8 $8 74. Re4 (74. Kf4 Rf8+ $10) 74... Kd5 $1 $8 75. Ra4 Ke5
$10) (72. Rf3 Rh8+ 73. Kg3 Rg8 74. Rf5 Ke7 75. Kf4 Rf8 $10) 72... Rh8+ 73. Kg4
Rxh3 74. Kxh3 Ke6 $10) (71... Kd7 $4 72. Re3 Rh8+ 73. Kg3 Rg8 74. Re4 Kd6 75.
Kf4 $1 $8 Rf8+ 76. Kg5 Rg8+ 77. Kf6 Rf8+ 78. Kg7 $18) 72. Kg3 $18 Rg8 73. Rh1
$4 (73. Kf4 Rf8+ 74. Kg5 Rg8+ 75. Kf5 Rf8+ 76. Ke6 (76. Kg6 Rg8+ 77. Kf5) 76...
Rg8 77. Rg3 $18) 73... Kd6 $10 74. Re1 Kd5 $1 $8 (74... Rg7 $4 75. Kf4 Rg8 76.
g5 $18) (74... Kd7 $4 75. Re4 $18) 75. Re2 Kd6 $1 $8 76. Re4 Kd5 $2 77. Kf3 Rh8
78. Re7 $5 Kd6 $1 $8 79. Re2 Rf8+ (79... Rg8 $10) 80. Kg3 Rg8 $8 81. Rf2 Ke6
82. Rf5 Rg6 83. Kh4 Rg8 $8 84. Kh5 (84. Kh5 Rh8+ $8 85. Kg5 Rg8+ 86. Kf4 Rg7 (
86... Rg6 $4 87. g5 Rg8 88. Rf6+ $18) 87. g5 Rf7 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.30"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Tbilisi"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {There are some other theoretical possibilities:
} (3... g6) (3... d6) (3... e6) 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 ({Another possible way to
fight for an advantage is} 5. Nc3 {See commented game 1/2-1/2 Kasparov,
S-Gagunashvili,M/Abu Dhabi 2003/CBM 97_01/[Erenburg] (45)}) 5... Bg4 {It is
known, that in these variations black frequently has a problem of
light-squared bishop, so he solves it with typical exchange. Black tried also}
(5... Nd7 6. e5 Nb6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. O-O e6 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Re1 a5 12.
a4 Nd5 13. Ne4 Qc7 $11 {0-1 Bologan,V-Lautier,J/4th Karpov It, Poikovsky RUS
2003 (57)}) (5... g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 Ne8 10. Bh6 f6 11.
e5 Be6 12. O-O-O Bd5 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. Ne4 Qd7 15. Rhe1 Rad8 16. b3 Qc7 17.
exf6 exf6 18. Kb2 Nf5 19. Qc3 Qg7 $11 {0-1 Makarichev,S-Chandler,M/Moscow 1990/
TD (47)}) 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e5 (7... c4 8. dxc4 Qd4 9. Nd2 Rd8 10. c3 Qd7 11.
O-O e5 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Be3 Qd3 14. Na5 Qxe4 15. Qxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxb7 $16 {
1-0 Malakhov,V-Skatchkov,P/Moscow 1996/CBM 56 ext (34)}) 8. Nd2 {White doesn't
want to lose the time on the castle, but tries to develop the intiative as
soon as possible, providing the main plan in this variation- breakthough f2-f4.
But} (8. O-O {is legitimic way to fight for an advantage as well.} Qc7 9. Nd2
Be7 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. Qg3 Bf6 12. f4 O-O 13. f5 Kh8 14. Be3 Qd8 15. Nd2 g5 16.
Qf2 $16 {1-0 Chuprov,D-Markarov,A/St Petersburg 2000/EXT 2001 (37)}) 8... Nd7
9. Qg3 $146 {[%mdl 4] According to my database, this position appeared for the
first time. This move seems to me very strong, as it prevents from black to
complete the development, at the same time, prepares to realize the
breakthough f2-f4. In the previous game white continued} (9. Nc4 b5 10. Ne3 g6
11. Qg3 Bd6 12. Bd2 Nf8 13. Bc3 f6 14. h4 h5 15. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Magomedov,
M-Minasian,A/Minsk 1990/CBM 17 (44)}) 9... Qf6 {The alternative to the move in
the game could be} (9... g6 10. Nc4 Qe7 $14) 10. Nc4 Be7 (10... b5 {weakens
too much the queenside.} 11. Ne3 $14) 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 O-O 13. O-O $14 {
We can resume the results of the opening battle as very successful for white.
He has completed the development, occupying very active positions by his
pieces. In this type of pawn structure the breakthrough f2-f4 almost always
promises white better chances.} b6 (13... Qe6 {comes to consideration.}) 14.
Ne3 $1 {[%mdl 2048] White is going to occupy an excelent f5 square by the
knight, which will improve his chances for an attack.} ({deserves attention} 
14. Rae1 {, thus, getting into the game all the pieces.}) 14... Qg6 ({It is
very dangerous to take the pawn on b2:} 14... Qxb2 $2 15. Rab1 Qd4 (15... Qf6
16. Nf5 $40 {[%cal Gf4h6,Gf4c1,Yc1b2]}) (15... Qxa2 16. Nf5 Bf6 17. e5 $18) (
15... Qc3 16. Rb3) 16. Kh2 $1 $40 {[%cal Ge3f5]}) (14... Qe6 $14 {comes to
consideraion.}) 15. Nf5 Bf6 16. Qf3 {Of course, white avoids the trade of
queens, as it gives him better chances to develop the initiative on the
kingside.} Rfe8 (16... Bxb2 $4 17. Ne7+) 17. c3 Rad8 18. Rad1 {Now white is
ready to occupy the center with the breakthough d3-d4.} Ne5 $2 {Serious
mistake. After this move black's pieces on the kingside haven't enough place,
overmore, now white has a very dangerous breakthrough d3-d4.} ({Much better is
} 18... Be5 $1 {This move goes in accordance with a well-known rule, that the
side, who suffers from a lack of space, should trade.} 19. d4 $14 (19. Bc1 $5))
19. Qe2 Bg5 $2 {Probably after this move black can't neutralize white's
initiative.} (19... Re6 {seems like the only move, which allows black to
continue to struggle. But, anyway, after} 20. d4 cxd4 21. cxd4 Nd7 22. Bd6 $16
{[%cal Ge4e5] the position favours white.}) 20. d4 cxd4 (20... Bxf4 21. Rxf4 {
-see 21...Bxf4 variation.}) 21. cxd4 Nd7 ({The last chance was} 21... Bxf4 22.
Rxf4 Qg5 23. Rdf1 Ng6 24. Rg4 Qh5 25. Qc4 $1 $18) 22. Bxg5 $1 Qxg5 23. Rd3 $18
{Now black is hopeless against white's attack.} Nf6 (23... Qf6 24. Rg3 g5 (
24... Kh8 25. e5 $18) 25. Qh5 $18) 24. Rg3 Rxe4 (24... Qh5 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26. g4
$18) 25. Qf2 {Quite an instractive win by S.Rublevsky in this variation.} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Volkmann, Friedrich Karl"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 {There are many other
theoretical possibilities:} (5. Qe2 {1-0 Kveinys,A-Fedorov,A/Plovdiv 2003/CBM
98/[Erenburg] (38)}) (5. b3 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Lautier,J/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98/
[Erenburg] (37)}) (5. O-O Qc7 6. b3 Ne7 7. Ba3 d6 8. c3 Ba6 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4
Be7 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Qc2 Qa5 13. Bb2 O-O 14. c4 e5 15. Nc3 f6 $11 {[%cal
Gg6f4,Gf4e6,Ge6d4] 1-0 Ponomariov,R-Dreev,A/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess
395 (38)}) (5. e5 $6 f6 6. O-O fxe5 7. Nxe5 Nf6 8. c4 d6 9. Ng4 Be7 10. f4 O-O
$15 {1/2-1/2 Sabol,M-Michalek,J/CZE 2000/EXT 2001 (36)}) (5. Nc3 Ne7 6. d3 Ng6
7. h4 h5 8. e5 f6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Bd2 d5 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Kb1
O-O-O $44 {1/2-1/2 Klinova,M-Iordachescu,V/Wijk aan Zee NED 2002/The Week in
Chess 378 (49)}) (5. c4 Ne7 6. Nc3 Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. d3 e5 9. g3 d6 10. Qa4 Bd7
11. Nh2 Be7 12. Bd2 Nf8 13. Ne2 Ne6 $15 {0-1 Day,L-Nijboer,F/Amsterdam 2001/
CBM 83 ext (38)}) 5... Qc7 $5 {Interesting move. More popular is 5...Ne7. But
here black sometimes can push his "e" pawn: e6-e5 and to develop the knight to
f6.} (5... Ne7 6. O-O Ng6 7. Ng5 (7. Qe2 e5 (7... Be7 8. c4 e5 9. Nc3 O-O 10.
Be3 d6 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. Nd2 Bg5 $11 {1-0 Willmoth,R-Aarthie,R/Torquay 2002/CBM
91/[Hecht] (53)}) 8. c3 Ba6 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 O-O 11. Be3 f5 12. Nbd2 f4 13.
Bxc5 $14 {1-0 Rozentalis,E-Kotronias,V/Cappelle la Grande FRA 2002/The Week in
Chess 380 (42)}) 7... e5 8. Qh5 Qf6 9. Nc3 d6 10. Ne2 h6 11. Nh3 Nh4 {[%csl
Rh3,Rh5]} 12. Ng5 Ng6 13. Nh3 Nh4 14. Ng5 Ng6 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Lautier,J/Val
d'Isere FRA 2002/The Week in Chess 408 (14)}) (5... d5 6. O-O Nf6 7. e5 Nd7 8.
Qe2 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Bf4 Ba6 12. Rfe1 Rae8 13. b3 $14 {[%csl Ra6]
[%cal Gh2h4,Gh4h5,Gh5h6] 1-0 Yandemirov,V-Lependin,A/Tomsk RUS 2002/The Week
in Chess 402 (39)}) (5... d6 {1-0 Yudasin,L-Bonin,J/New York 2001/CBM 84/
[Gershon] (48)}) 6. e5 $5 {White plays against black's passive light-squared
bishop, fixing black's pawns on the light squares. White tried also} (6. O-O e5
(6... d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Qe2 Nd7 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nh3 e5 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Be7
13. Qf3 Bf6 14. Qg3 Ne5 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. Nf4 h5 17. h3 Be6 18. Nd1 g5 $40 {
0-1 Bhat,V-Milov,V/Andorra AND 2001/The Week in Chess 349 (34)}) 7. c3 Nf6 8.
Re1 Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d6 $2 (10... exd4 11. e5 Nd5 12. Qxd4 O-O $14) 11.
dxe5 dxe5 12. b3 $16 {1-0 Skripchenko Lautier,A-Amura,C/Shenyang 2000/CBM 79 
(32)}) 6... f6 $1 7. Qe2 fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nf6 {Of course, currently is better to
develop the knight to f6.} 9. O-O Be7 (9... d6 10. Nc4 (10. Nf3 e5) 10... Be7
11. f4 {-the game.}) 10. f4 $1 {The opponents continue the struggle around the
black's light-squared bishop. Black wanted to push forward his "d" and "e"
pawns, thus, opening the c8-h3 diagonal for his bishop. Therefore, last
white's move seems to me very logical.} O-O 11. Nd2 {The advantage of this
move in comparison to Nc3, that white keeps option to occupy the f3 square by
the knight.} (11. Nc3 d6 12. Nc4) 11... d6 12. Nec4 {In my opinion, more
principal, than} (12. Nef3 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L-Tsesarsky,I/Ramat Aviv 2000/CBM
77/[Tsesarsky] (43)}) 12... Bd7 13. b3 Nd5 $146 {According to my database,
this position appeared for the first time. In the previous game black tried} (
13... Rae8 14. Bb2 Nd5 15. g3 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Rae1 Re7 18. Nf3 Be8 19.
Qd2 Qd7 20. d4 $14 {1-0 Horvath,Z-Schroter,T/HUN 1993/TD (51)}) 14. Ne4 Rf7 (
14... Rf5 {deserved attention.}) 15. g3 {strenghtening the f4 pawn.} a5 {
trying to create a counterplay on the queenside.} (15... Nb6 16. Bb2 Nxc4 17.
dxc4 $1 $14) 16. a3 ({Possible alternative is} 16. a4 Nb4 17. Bb2 d5 18. Ne5
dxe4 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. dxe4 $14) 16... a4 (16... Nb6 {comes to consideration.})
17. bxa4 Nb6 (17... Rxa4 18. Bd2 {[%cal Gf1b1]}) 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. c4 $1 {
preparing to occupy a big diagonal by the dark-squared bishop, and, at the
same time, fixing black's central pawns.} Rxa4 20. Bb2 Ra8 $6 {a little
dubious, as it allows white to push forward "a" pawn. Probably better was one
of the following continuations:} (20... Rf8 21. Rab1 (21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. fxg5
Raa8 $1 $15 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 21... Qc7 $11) (20... Qd8 $5) (20... h6 $5) 21. Bc3
{preparing to occupy the "b" file.} ({Worse is} 21. Ng5 {in view of} Bxg5 22.
fxg5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 e5) 21... h6 {covering the g5 square.} (21... d5 22. Ng5
Bxg5 23. fxg5 $14) 22. a4 $14 Qd8 {In my opinion, white has a slight advantage
in final position, thanks to a better located pieces and superior pawn
structure. In spite of the fact, that black has a pair of bishops, it doesn't
compensate white's positional advantages, as they are quite passive and the
position is quite closed.} (22... Qd8 23. a5 d5 24. Nf2 $14) (22... d5 23. Rfb1
Qd8 24. Nf2 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 {Another way to fight for an
advantage is} (5. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Felgaer,R-Shabalov,A/Buenos Aires 2003/CBM
97_01/[Erenburg] (47)}) 5... a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 Rc8 9. a4 {White
tried the following continuations:} (9. a3 {1/2-1/2 Westerinen,H-Schandorff,L/
Gentofte 1999/CBM 73/[Gershon] (44)}) (9. d4 {is too early, in view of} cxd4
10. cxd4 Nb4 $1 11. Bb3 Rxc1 12. Qxc1 Nd3 $10) (9. d3 $6 g6 $5 10. Be3 d6 11.
a3 Qc7 {[%cal Gc7c2]} 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 $1 14. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Suetin,
A-Teske,H/Bern op (03) 1996}) 9... Ng6 {Black has other possibilities:} (9...
Qb6 {1-0 Morozevich,A-Smirin,I/Moscow 2002/CBM 91/[Rabinovich,Al] (35)}) (9...
b4 {1-0 Van den Doel,E-Cherniaev,A/Wijk aan Zee 1998/CBM 63/[Finkel,A] (37)})
10. Na3 {attacking the b5 pawn, thus, trying to force black to give up on the
c4 square.} (10. axb5 axb5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 $5 {1/2-1/2 Spasov,V-Gulko,B/
Biel 1993/CBM 37/[Horvath,Ta] (55)}) 10... b4 {Black has possibility to defend
the b5 pawn with:} (10... Qb6 11. axb5 axb5 12. d4 {-see Morozevish,A-Smirin,I/
Moscow 2002/CBM 91/[Rabinovich,Al] (35)}) 11. Nc4 Qc7 $146 {According to my
database, this position appeared for the first time. In the previous games
black tried} (11... Be7 $6 12. a5 $1 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nb6 Rc7 (14... Rb8
15. Bf5 $1 Nxa5 16. Nd7 Rc8 17. d4 $40) 15. d4 $36) (11... Na5 {1-0 Granda
Zuniga,J-Lima,D/Leon 1997/CBM 60/[Liss,E] (53)}) 12. h4 $5 {Very typical idea
to push forward the "h" pawn in order to emphasize the defect of black's
knight location on g6.} (12. a5 $5 {comes to consideration, as it fixes
black's pawn on a6.}) 12... Be7 (12... h5 13. e5 $1) 13. h5 Nge5 ({Deserves
attention:} 13... Nf4 {, which was the most principal reply.} 14. d4 (14. h6
gxh6 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rg8 $132) 14... cxd4 (14... Nxh5 15. d5 $18) 15. cxd4
(15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. cxd4 O-O 17. d5 Nb8 18. d6 Rxc4 19. dxe7 Re8 $15) 15... Nxh5
16. d5 Na5 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. Nd4 Nf6 19. Bf4 Qb6 $1 20. a5 Qc5 $13) 14. Nfxe5
Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. d4 {White realized his main opening idea- he took
control over the centre.} cxd4 17. cxd4 Qf6 18. Be3 g6 (18... O-O 19. Bd3) 19.
Bd3 Qh4 (19... O-O 20. Qg4 (20. Qe2 $5) (20. a5 $5)) 20. Rc1 O-O 21. hxg6 fxg6
{opening the "f" file for a rook.} (21... hxg6 $5 {is possible alternative.})
22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. g3 Qf6 24. a5 $1 $14 {Very strong move, which fixes black's
a6 pawn, thus, making it a target. White's chances are better, thanks to a
superior pawn structure and weaknesses in the black camp.} Bf8 {preparing the
transfer of the dark-squared bishop to long diagonal.} (24... d5 25. e5 Qf7 26.
Qe2 $14) 25. Qe2 Rc6 (25... Ra8 $14 {[%cal Gf6d8] is very passive, but it
isn't so easy to prove,that black's position is so bad.}) 26. d5 $1 {It is the
right time to open up the position.} exd5 27. exd5 Rc8 28. Bc4 Kh8 $2 {allows
white to get a decisive advantage. Better was} (28... Qd6 $14) 29. Rd1 $2 {
missing more attractive continuation:} (29. Bb6 $1 Bg7 (29... Ra8 30. Qg4 Qd6
31. Bd4+ Bg7 32. Qh4 $1 {[%cal Ge1e7]} Bxd4 33. Qxd4+ Kg8 34. Re7 $1 $18) 30.
Bxa6 Bxa6 31. Qxa6 Rf8 32. Re2 $18) 29... Bg7 30. b3 Re8 31. Qg4 d6 $2 {
Serious mistake, which leaves the a6 and b4 pawns without defence.} (31... Qd6
{near to equality.}) 32. Bf1 $16 {Now black cannot hold a material balance.} (
32. Qd7 {was strong enough as well:} Qe7 33. Qxe7 Rxe7 34. Bf4 Be5 (34... Rd7
35. Re1 $16) 35. Re1 Kg7 36. Bd2 $16) 32... h5 {Other continuations don't make
black's life easier:} (32... Qf5 33. Qxb4 Bxd5 34. Qxd6 Bxb3 35. Qd7 $1 $16 Qe4
36. Rd4 $1) (32... Qf7 33. Qxb4 Bxd5 34. Qxd6 Bxb3 35. Qd7 $1 $18) 33. Qxb4 Qf3
34. Qd2 h4 35. Bd4 {parrying black's initiative.} (35. Bg2 $16 {is also
possible.}) 35... Kg8 (35... Qxb3 $4 36. Qh6+) 36. Bg2 Qg4 $2 {After this move
black's chances are very low. More resistant was} (36... Qxb3 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38.
gxh4 Re5 39. Qd4 (39. Re1 Rxe1+ 40. Qxe1 Bxd5 41. Qe7+ Kg8 42. Qxd6 $16) 39...
Kf7 40. Rd3 $16) 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38. Rc1 (38. Qc3+ {was simplier:} Kg8 39. Rd4
$18) 38... hxg3 (38... Re7 39. Rc4) 39. Rc7+ Kg8 40. Rxb7 $18 {White is a
piece up and he has enough resourses to parry black's attack.} Re2 ({Doesn't
change anything:} 40... gxf2+ 41. Kxf2 $1 (41. Qxf2 Qd1+ 42. Bf1 (42. Kh2 Qh5+
$11) 42... Rf8 43. Qg2 Qd4+ 44. Kh1 Qh4+ $11) 41... Qh4+ 42. Kf1 Rf8+ 43. Kg1
$18) 41. f3 $1 Re1+ 42. Bf1 $1 (42. Qxe1 Qd4+ 43. Kf1 (43. Kh1 Qh4+ $11 (43...
Qh8+ $4 44. Rh7 $1 $18)) 43... Qd3+ 44. Qe2 Qb1+ $11) 42... Qh3 43. Rb8+ $1 {
Very important check.} ({Otherwise after} 43. Qg2 Qh4 44. Rb8+ Kf7 45. f4 Qxf4
$11 {And now white hasn't the check on the "h" file.}) 43... Kh7 (43... Kf7 44.
Qf4+) (43... Kg7 44. Qc3+) 44. Qg2 Qh4 ({The endgame, which could arised after
} 44... Qh2+ 45. Qxh2+ gxh2+ 46. Kxh2 Rxf1 47. Rb6 {is absolutely winning for
white. For example:} Rxf3 48. b4 Rb3 49. Rxa6 Rxb4 50. Rxd6 $18) 45. f4 $18
Rxf1+ (45... Rb1 46. Rc8 $18 (46. Qc2 Rxf1+ 47. Kxf1 Qh1+ 48. Ke2 Qh2+ $19))
46. Kxf1 Qxf4+ 47. Ke2 Qe5+ 48. Kd3 Qf5+ 49. Kd2 Qf4+ 50. Kc2 Qf5+ 51. Kb2 Qf6+
52. Ka2 Qf2+ 53. Qxf2 gxf2 54. Rf8 f1=R 55. Rxf1 {It was very important
victory for Israeli team over dangerous team of Ukraine.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.30"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Minsk Vesnianka"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 {Quite a rare continuation in comparison to the
following ones:} (3... Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 {0-1 Sokolov,A-Lautier,J/Aix
les Bains 2003/CBM 97_01/[Erenburg] (32)}) (3... e6) (3... g6) (3... Na5 {
is also possible.}) 4. O-O a6 $6 {seems to me quite strange. In many
variations, white captures on c6- that's the main idea of 3.Bb5 variation. So,
a7-a6 looks like losing the tempo.} (4... Nf6 5. Nc3 Nd4 {-see 3...Nf6
variation.}) 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. a4 {White has other ways to fight for an
advantage:} (6. d3 e5 7. a4 a5 8. Be3 (8. b3) 8... Nf6 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6
11. c3 (11. b3) 11... Be7 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. Qc2 O-O
$11 {0-1 Dovliatov,S-Kovalev,A/Minsk 2000/EXT 2001 (32)}) (6. h3 e5 7. d3 Ne7
8. a4 a5 9. Nh4 Ng6 10. Qh5 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. e5 g6 13. Qe2 g5 14. Nf3 g4
15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. Nbd2 $14 {1-0 Moiseenko,A-Mochalov,E/Orel 1999/EXT 2001 (54)}
) 6... Nf6 {Black tried also} (6... a5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg4 9. Ne5 Rd8 10.
Qc3 Be2 11. Re1 e6 12. Nd2 Ba6 $11 {1-0 Balashov,Y-Dreev,A/Maikop 1998/CBM 66 
(30)}) 7. d3 {is more flexible, than the following move, as it saves all the
options for Nb1.} (7. Nc3 a5 8. e5 Nd5 9. Ne4 Bg4 $1 10. Nxc5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3
Qxe5 12. Nxb7 e6 13. c4 Nb4 14. d4 Qxd4 15. Be3 Qxc4 16. Qg3 Nd5 $17 {0-1
Kovalev,A-Zhigalko,S/69th ch-BLR, Minsk BLR 2003 (47)}) 7... a5 {not allowing
white to fix black pawns on the queenside.} 8. Nbd2 $146 {This novelty is more
flexible, than} (8. Bg5 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. c3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Qd8 13.
Qb3 Qc8 14. d4 Bg7 15. h3 $14 {1-0 Karner,H-Heuer,V/Tallinn 1977/MCD (46)})
8... g6 ({After} 8... e5 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 $14 {black's position
is very passive. In addition, he has serious problems with light-squared
bishop.}) 9. b3 {preparing to fianchette the dark-squared bishop. At the same
time, white secures c4 stronghold.} Bg7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Be5 Qd8 12. Nc4 {
We can resume the results of the opening struggle as a successful for white.
He has got a stabile positional advantage, thanks to a superior pawn structure
and better located pieces.} b5 {Black isn't ready to suffer the knight on c4,
so he drives it away. On the other hand, last black move weakens very much c5
and a5 pawns.} (12... Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 $14) (12... Be6 13. Qe2 $14) 13.
Ne3 Bh6 14. h3 {Prophylactic move, which is going to cover the g4 square.} Be6
{Black is trying to get his light-squared bishop into the game, but, it is
still located quite passive.} 15. Qe1 $1 {Very strong move. White is going to
put pressure on the a5 pawn to force black to play b5-b4.} (15. Qe2 Qb6) 15...
Qb6 16. Bc3 $1 {[%cal Ye1a5,Ga4b5]} (16. Qc3 Nd7) 16... c4 $1 {Maybe this move
isn't the best objectively, but, at least it changes the character of a
struggle.} (16... b4 $2 17. Be5 $16 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Yf3d2,Yd2c4,Yf2f4]}) 17.
bxc4 Bxe3 ({After} 17... bxc4 18. Nd4 $16 {white gets an obvious advantage.})
18. fxe3 {After white eliminated black's dark-squared bishop he can use its
absence through the attack on the black king.} bxc4 19. Ng5 (19. Rb1 {is also
possible.} Qa6 20. Bxf6 exf6 21. d4 $16) 19... cxd3 20. cxd3 ({Bad is} 20. Nxe6
{, in view of} d2 $1) 20... Qc5 $8 {I think, the only move, that gives black
some chances.} (20... Bb3 21. Rxf6 exf6 22. Nxh7 $40) (20... h6 21. Nxe6 fxe6
22. Rc1 $18) 21. e5 (21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bd4 Qc2 (22... Qb4 23. Qc1 $18) 23. Qb1
$16) 21... Nh5 {Again the only move, which is going to close the "h" file from
white queen.} (21... Nd5 22. Bd4 Qb4 23. Qh4 h5 24. Qe4 Kg7 25. Nxe6+ fxe6 26.
Rfb1 Nc3 (26... Qd2 27. Rb2) 27. Rxb4 Nxe4 28. Rb7 $18) (21... Nd7 22. Qh4 (22.
Bd4 Qd5) 22... Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 h5 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Qxe7 $18) 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Bxa5 ({White had a possibility to get a material advantage,
which may be enough for a win, after} 24. d4 Qd5 25. Bxa5 c5 26. Bb6 cxd4 27.
Bxd4 $18) 24... Qxe5 25. Bc3 Qd5 26. Qd2 Ng3 27. a5 Qh5 $1 {trying to create a
counterplay.} 28. Re1 {White could win immediately after} (28. a6 $1 Ne2+ 29.
Kh2 Rf2 30. Qe1 $1 (30. a7 Qf3 31. a8=Q+ Kf7 32. Rg1 Nxg1 $17) 30... Qf3 (30...
Qh4 31. Qxe2 Rxe2 32. a7 $18) 31. Qxf2 Qxf2 32. a7 $18) 28... Qb5 29. Qa2 ({
Probably stronger was} 29. Ba1 $5 Rf5 30. Qc3 e5 31. Qa3 $1 $18 {[%cal Ga5a6,
Ga3e7]}) 29... Qd5 ({Black loses after} 29... Qxd3 30. Qxe6+ Rf7 31. Qxc6 Ne2+
(31... Rf1+ 32. Kh2) 32. Rxe2 Qxe2 33. Qe8+ Rf8 34. Qxe7 $18) 30. Qxd5 {
White correctly goes on winning endgame. He has a powerful advnaced "a" pawn,
which is supported by rook and bishop. These factors should give white a
victory...} exd5 31. e4 {limitting the possibilities of the black knight.} dxe4
32. Re3 $2 {throwing away the advantage. Probably this mistake is time trouble
one...} (32. dxe4 Nh5 33. Be5 $18) (32. Be5 Nf5) 32... Rf1+ $1 (32... Nf5 33.
Rxe4 $18) 33. Kh2 Rc1 $1 {threatening Nf1.} 34. Rxg3 e3 $3 {Probably this move
was overlooked by Michael.} ({Otherwise, black loses:} 34... Rxc3 35. dxe4 Rc4
36. Ra3 Rd4 37. a6 Rd8 38. a7 Ra8 39. Kg3 $18) 35. Rxe3 (35. Bb4 $5 c5 $1 36.
Rxe3 cxb4 37. Rxe7 Ra1 {-the game.}) 35... Rxc3 36. Rxe7 Ra3 $8 (36... Rxd3 37.
a6 $18) 37. Rc7 (37. Ra7 $2 Rxd3) 37... Rxa5 38. Rxc6 Ra3 {The best position
for black's rook.} 39. Rd6 Kg7 {It is important not to allow white to cut the
monarch on the 7-th rank.} 40. Kg3 h6 41. Kf3 Ra2 $1 {not allowing white to
activate the king.} 42. Re6 Rd2 43. Re3 Kf6 44. g3 h5 $1 45. Ke4 g5 $1 {
preparing the attack on white's "h" pawn.} 46. Kd5 Kf5 $1 ({Of course not} 
46... Rh2 $4 47. g4 $1) 47. h4 {Other continuations don't imporve white's
chaces:} (47. d4 Rh2) (47. Rf3+ Kg6 48. h4 (48. d4 Rh2 49. g4 hxg4 50. hxg4 Rg2
$11) 48... Rh2 $1 49. hxg5 Kxg5 50. d4 Kg4 51. Rd3 Rh3 $11) 47... gxh4 48. gxh4
Kg4 49. Re4+ Kf3 50. Kd4 ({Black gets draw after} 50. d4 {as well:} Ra2 51. Re1
Kg3 52. Rh1 Kg2 53. Rd1 Kg3 54. Ke6 Kxh4 55. d5 Kg3 56. d6 h4 57. d7 Ra8 58.
d8=Q Rxd8 59. Rxd8 h3 $11) 50... Ra2 $1 51. Kc3 Rh2 52. Kd4 Ra2 53. Ke5 Ra5+
54. Ke6 Ra3 $1 {After black succeeds to eliminate white's "d" pawn, the draw
is very simple.} 55. Rd4 Ke3 56. Rd5 Rxd3 57. Rxh5 (57. Rxd3+ Kxd3 58. Kf5 Kd4
59. Kg5 Ke5 60. Kxh5 Kf6 $11) 57... Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

{[%mdl 8192]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. Qe2 {Very rare
move in this position. But, usually it transposes to 5.d3 variations.} Ne7 6.
d3 Qc7 {Interesting move. Black's idea is to play e6-e5 as soon as possible.
If white pushes forward his "e" pawn, black can reply with the pressure on it
with Ng6 and following f7-f6.} (6... Ng6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 e5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3
d6 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. Nd2 Bg5 $11 {1-0 Willmoth,R-Aarthie,R/Torquay 2002/CBM 91/
[Hecht] (53)}) (6... f6 {1-0 Marcelin,C-Bacrot,E/Val d'Isere 2002/CBM 91/
[Rabinovich,Al] (40)}) (6... d6 {1-0 Vescovi,G-Matsuura,E/Sao Paulo 2001/CBM
82 ext/[Melao,H] (41)}) 7. e5 {White's main strategical idea is not to allow
black to get into the game his light-squared bishop. Therefore, white's last
move is logical, he fixes black's pawn structure, limitting the possibilities
of the light-squared bishop. White tried here many other moves:} (7. Ng5 h6 8.
Nh3 g6 9. f4 Bg7 10. c4 e5 11. Nc3 d5 12. O-O O-O 13. g4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Qd7 15.
exd5 cxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Anand,V/XX SuperGM, Linares ESP 2003 (44)})
(7. O-O Ng6 8. Ng5 e5 (8... Be7 {1/2-1/2 Ovetchkin,R-Sherbakov,R/Smolensk 2000/
CBM 77/[Gershon] (43)}) 9. Qh5 d5 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. f4 exf4 12. exd5 Bd6 13. Nce4
$16 {1-0 McShane,L-Timman,J/11th Sigeman & Co, Malmoe SWE 2003 (33)}) (7. Nh4
h6 8. g3 g6 9. f4 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Nbd2 f6 12. e5 fxe5 13. fxe5 g5 14. Qe4
Nf5 15. O-O Ba6 16. Nb3 Nd4 17. Nbxd4 cxd4 18. Bxg5 Rxf3 19. Qxf3 hxg5 20. Qf7+
Kh8 21. Rae1 $16 {1-0 Malakhov,V-Nedev,T/ECC, Rethymnon GRE 2003 (34)}) (7. Nc3
Ng6 8. Ng5 e5 9. Qh5 d6 10. O-O h6 11. Nh3 Be7 12. Kh1 Bf6 13. Ng1 {1/2-1/2
Anand,V-Grischuk,A/GMA, Wijk aan Zee NED 2003 (13)}) 7... Ng6 $146 {This
novelty is stronger, than 7...Nf5 . In the previous game black continued} (7...
Nf5 8. Bd2 Be7 9. Bc3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Rg1 d5 12. exd6 Nxd6 13. Qe5 f6 14.
Qxe6+ Kh8 15. O-O-O $16 {1-0 Prokopchuk,E-Sherbakov,R/Novgorod 1999/CBM 69 ext
(48)}) 8. Na3 {preparing to occupy the c4 square.} Be7 9. h4 {It is typical to
push forward the "h" pawn, emphasizing the defect of the location of the
knight on g6.} (9. Nc4 O-O 10. h4 f6 {-the game.}) 9... f6 10. Nc4 ({White
gets nothing after} 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. h5 Nf4 12. Qe4 Nd5 13. Nc4 O-O $11) 10...
O-O 11. h5 Nxe5 12. Ncxe5 fxe5 13. h6 {weakening the dark squares in the black
camp.} g6 14. Nxe5 d6 15. Nc4 e5 {Now we see, that black has succeeded to
solve his opening problems. His light-squared bishop isn't passive anymore. In
addition, black can get better position, if he provides the breakthrough d6-d5.
} ({Interesting alternative is} 15... Bf6 $5 16. Bf4 (16. O-O d5 17. Nd2 e5)
16... e5 (16... Bxb2 17. Bxd6 Bc3+ 18. Kf1 $16) (16... Bc3+ 17. Bd2) 17. Bg3 (
17. Be3 d5) 17... Be6 $15) 16. Bd2 {White is going to castle long, as it is
quite dangerous to castle short with h6 pawn.} (16. O-O Bf6 17. f4 e4 $1 18.
dxe4 Ba6 $17) 16... Bf6 $1 {preparing to push forward "d" pawn.} 17. O-O-O d5
18. Na5 (18. Ne3 Rb8 {with initiative.}) 18... Rb8 $36 19. Bc3 c4 $2 {Black is
playing too aggressively.} ({Simple and strong was} 19... Qb6 $1 20. b3 (20.
Nb3 c4 21. dxc4 Ba6 $17) (20. Rhe1 e4 $17) 20... Qc7 $1 $17 {[%cal Gb8b5,Gb8b4]
}) 20. dxc4 d4 ({Deserves attention:} 20... e4 $5 21. Qe3 $1 (21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22.
Qe1 Qe5 23. c3 Bg4 24. Rd4 $13 (24. Rd2 $2 d4 $1 $17)) 21... Bg4 (21... d4 22.
Rxd4 $1) 22. Rd2 $14) (20... Bf5 $5 21. Nb3 $13) 21. Be1 (21. Bd2 $5) 21... e4
(21... Qb6 22. Nb3 Be6 $44 (22... Qa6)) (21... Be6 $5 {comes to consideration
as well.}) 22. Nb3 ({Worse is} 22. Qxe4 d3 23. cxd3 (23. Nb3 Bf5) (23. b4 Bf5 (
23... dxc2) 24. Qxc6 Qe5 25. Qd5+ Qxd5 26. cxd5 dxc2 $19) 23... Bd7 $3 $17 24.
b4 $140 Rbe8 $19) 22... Qe5 ({Worth consideration:} 22... Qf4+ $5 23. Bd2 (23.
Qd2 e3) (23. Rd2 Bg4 $17) (23. Kb1 Bg4 $19) 23... Qe5 $1 {[%cal Gd4d3]} 24. f4
$13) 23. f3 $1 Qf4+ (23... Bf5 $5 24. fxe4 d3 25. cxd3 Bg4 26. Qc2 Bxd1 27.
Kxd1 $14) 24. Bd2 (24. Kb1 e3 $13) 24... e3 25. Be1 (25. Ba5 Be6 $44) 25... c5
({Interesting was} 25... Be6 26. g3 Qe5 $44 {For example:} 27. c3 (27. Nxd4 c5)
27... dxc3 28. Bxc3 Qxg3 29. Bxf6 Rxf6) 26. Nxc5 d3 (26... Bf5 {deserved
attention.}) 27. Nxd3 Qxc4 28. Qxe3 (28. b3 Qa6 29. Qxe3 Qxa2 30. Qc5 $1 $13)
28... Bd4 $2 {Black gets quite a strong compensation after the following
continuations:} (28... Qxa2 29. Bc3 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Bf5 $44) (28... Bf5 $1 29. b3
Qa6 30. Kb1 Rfc8 $44) 29. Qe7 $2 {missing more attractive option:} (29. Qe4 $1
Bf5 30. b3 $1 Bxe4 31. bxc4 Bf5 32. Bf2 $18) 29... Qxa2 30. Bc3 (30. c3 Qa1+ (
30... Bf6 31. Qa3 Qc4 32. Qc5) 31. Kc2 Qa4+ $11) 30... Bxc3 31. bxc3 $16 {
White is two pawns up, while black's attack is almost parried. Overmore,
black's monarch is quite vulnerable now. All these factors promise white an
obvious advantage.} Rb7 32. Qe4 ({Maybe stronger was} 32. Qe5 $5 Rd8 33. Kd2 (
33. Rh4 $4 Rb1+ 34. Kd2 Rxd3+ $1 $19) 33... Rbd7 34. Ke3 $1 Qxc2 35. Nc5 $1 $18
) 32... Rd8 33. Rh4 $1 {[%cal Ge4c4] Very strong move, which adds the resourse
of the check from c4. From now all the white pieces are in the game.} (33. Kd2
Rxd3+ $19) 33... Rb1+ ({More resistant was} 33... Qa3+ 34. Kd2 Qd6 35. Qd4 Qe7
36. Qg7+ Qxg7 37. hxg7 $16) 34. Kd2 Ba6 {The following continuations don't
change anything:} (34... Bf5 35. Qc4+ Qxc4 36. Rxc4 $18) (34... Rxd1+ 35. Kxd1
Qf7 36. Rf4 Bf5 37. Qc4 $18) 35. c4 $1 $18 {White not also parried black's
attack, but disconnected black queen form its king!} Rb7 (35... Rxd1+ 36. Kxd1
Qa1+ 37. Kd2 Qf6 38. Rf4 $18) 36. Qe6+ Rf7 37. Rf4 Qa5+ (37... Rdf8 38. Rxf7
Rxf7 39. Ne5) 38. Ke2 1-0

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.10.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 {It should be noted that when White's kingside
knight is still on g1, Black should not allow White to take on c6:} (3... g6 4.
Bxc6 dxc6 5. f4 $1 {[%cal Yg1f3] Here White gets a comfortable development of
the kingside and has a chance to block Black's dark-squared bishop with e4-e5
at some point.}) 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 {White's opening strategy is quite
simple: by making Black's knight move more than once, he got a development
advantage. At this point, White would like to use it to make the breakthrough
in the centre. For those who don't play this line regularly, it may seem
strange to place the bishop on d3, where it blocks the d-pawn. But, no worries,
White's dark-squared bishop will be introduced through the main diagonal!} Nc6
{The vice World Champion avoids repeating his own game from the Olympiad
against Vallejo Pons. Apart from messing up Grischuk's preparation, Black
avoids the direct confrontation in the centre, which seems to me a wise
decision. The main alternative is} (6... Ne7 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 Nc6 {Here
Black has to spend some more time to protect his central pawn. I am not sure
what Alexander had prepared, but it seems to me that the following two games
are important:} 9. b3 (9. c3 Bc5 10. b4 Ba7 11. cxd4 Nxd4 $6 (11... O-O $5 12.
a3 (12. b5 axb5 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Nb4 15. Bxb5 Nxd5 $11) 12... Nxd4 13. Bb2
Nc6 14. Rc1 d6 15. Bb1 $14 {[%cal Yd2d4] /=}) (11... d5 $5 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qb3
$14) 12. Bb2 $14 Qf6 $6 (12... Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 O-O 14. Qg4 f6 15. Qh4 $14) 13.
Kh1 $1 $16 {1-0 Baklan,V (2607)-Cherniaev,A (2501)/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096 (36)})
9... Bc5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. c3 dxc3 12. dxc3 d6 13. Nd4 e5 14. Nxc6 (14. Nf5 Bxf5
15. exf5 d5 $11) 14... bxc6 15. b4 Ba7 16. c4 a5 17. a3 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Vallejo Pons,F (2697)-Gelfand,B (2738)/Istanbul 2012/CB36_2012 (49)}) 7. Be2 {
[%cal Yd2d4] White unambiguously prepares the breakthrough in the centre,
which would lead to a Scheveningen. The following continuations have been
tried as well:} (7. Re1 d6 (7... g5 $5 {[%cal Yf8g7]}) 8. Bf1 Nf6 (8... e5 $5)
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 c5 13. Bf4 Qc6 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. e5
dxe5 16. Bxe5 Be7 $11 {1-0 Tiviakov,S (2648)-Caruana,F (2549)/Vlissingen 2007/
CBM 119 ext (73)}) (7. b3 {leads to the game.}) (7. e5 $5 d5 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. b3
Nb4 $1 10. Be2 (10. Ne4 Nxd3 11. cxd3 Be7 12. Bb2 Nf6 $11) 10... Nf6 11. Bb2
O-O 12. a3 Nc6 13. Bd3 Ne5 $1 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Degraeve,J (2548)
-Jaracz,P (2483)/Germany 2007/CBM 123 (21)}) 7... Nd4 {Now that the e2-square
is no longer available for a retreat by White's knight, Black blocks the
centre once again.} (7... b5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qd4 Qc7
12. Re1 Bb7 13. Bf3 Rc8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Qc5 16. Qd2 Be7 17. Bg3 d6 18. e5 d5
(18... Bxf3 19. exd6 Bc6 20. dxe7 Nxe7 21. Bd6 Qg5 22. f4 Qf6 $11) 19. Bf4 Qb4
20. Rab1 Bc5 21. Red1 Qa5 22. Be2 Ne7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Andreikin,D (2650)-Caruana,
F (2697)/Biel 2010/CBM 138 (55)}) (7... Qc7 8. d4 {transforms the game to the
Taimanov Variation.}) 8. Bd3 ({Black is fine after} 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Nb1 Ne7)
8... Nc6 {The fifth move by the knight! But keep in mind that White has also
moved his bishop four times and was prevented from opening up the position.} 9.
b3 {The only constructive idea at White's disposal is to place the bishop on
the long diagonal.} d6 ({Gelfand was the sole leader before this game, so a
draw was an OK result for him. In a different situation, he might have played} 
9... g5 $5 10. Bb2 Bg7 11. Na4 {What else?} Bxb2 12. Nxb2 g4 13. Ne1 h5 14. f4
Nge7 $13 {[%cal Yb7b5,Yc8b7]}) 10. Bb2 Nf6 11. Re1 Be7 $146 {Technically,
that's a novelty. If Gelfand did not play (and heavily prepare for) the match
against Anand, I would safely assume that both contenders were unaware of the
preceding game, which went as follows:} (11... e5 12. Nd5 (12. Bc4 $5) 12...
Be7 (12... g6 $5 13. c3 Bg7 14. Bc4 O-O $11) 13. c3 O-O 14. Nxe7+ Nxe7 15. Bf1
Ng6 16. d4 Qc7 17. g3 Bd7 18. Bg2 $14 {1-0 Trent,L (2423)-Emms,J (2502)/
Southend 2006/CBM 111 ext (48)}) {That's right. White's only chance to win is
to open up the game as soon as possible.} 12. e5 ({Now} 12. Bf1 {is already
met by} e5) 12... dxe5 13. Nxe5 {Black has got some problems to solve. His
king is still in the centre and the light-squared bishop is still not part of
the game. Gelfand decides to maintain the status quo by playing} Bd7 $6 ({
Black could have made White's rook move to e5 with} 13... Nxe5 14. Rxe5 {
Here, on the one hand, the rook can join the attack on the kingside from the
5-th rank. On the other hand, it's a little awkward, since it blocks its own
bishop and can become a target for Black's pieces. Here are some possible
variations:} Bd7 15. Ne4 Rc8 (15... Bc6 $5 16. Nxc5 (16. Qe2 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4
18. Rxe4 Bf6 $11) 16... Bd6 17. Rg5 Kf8 $3 (17... h6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxg7 $44
) 18. Bf1 h6 19. Re5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nd7 $13) (15... O-O 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Rh5
h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rxc5 $14) 16. Rb1 (16. Qf3 Bc6 17. Bc3 (17. Qg3 Nxe4 18.
Bxe4 Bf6) 17... Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf6 19. Rxc5 Bxe4 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Qxe4 Bxc3 22.
dxc3 Qxc3 $11) 16... Bc6 17. Nxc5 Bd6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6+ Kd7 20. Qe1 $1 (
20. Qe2 Re8 21. Bf5 Kc7 $11) 20... Ne8 $1 $13) 14. Ne4 $1 {That's the point!
Now White's bishop operates on the long diagonal and is ready to take on e5 in
the event case of the trade.} Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bc6 16. Qf3 Rc8 ({Black could
sacrifice the c5-pawn and get some compensation, but I have some doubts
whether it would be sufficient to equalise:} 16... O-O 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6
Qxf6 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qxc5 Rfd8 21. Rad1 $14) 17. Re3 $1 {Bringing the rook to
the potential attack on the kingside.} b5 {Black is trying to drive away
White's bishop from the active position. At this stage, it become clear that
White's initiative is very dangerous.} (17... O-O $4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxh7+
Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Rh3 {with checkmate.}) ({The computer's suggestion might
be the least of the evils, but it's tough to convince yourself that such moves
can be playable when the king is still in the centre.} 17... h5 $5 18. h3 Nd5
19. Ree1 (19. Qg3 Rg8 20. Re2 h4 $13 {[%cal Yd5b4]}) 19... f5 20. Bxg7 fxe4 21.
Bxe4 Rg8 22. Qxh5+ Kd7 23. Qh7 $44) 18. Rae1 ({White could have stopped
Black's c5-c4 and grabbed the d5-square, but I liked what Grischuk did even
better.} 18. c4 $5 $14) 18... c4 {At this point, Black is unable to neutralise
White's activity without material losses, so giving away the c-pawn is
probably optimal.} (18... Nd5 {does not solve all the problems:} 19. R3e2 (19.
Qg4 $5 Nxe3 20. Qxg7 Rf8 21. Rxe3 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 $44 (22. Rxe4 c4 $1 $13)) 19...
O-O 20. Qh3 f5 (20... h6 $142 $14) 21. Qg3 g6 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. Bxd6 f4 24. Qh3
Qxd6 25. Rxe6 Qd7 26. Bxg6 Rc7 27. Bxh7+ Qxh7 28. Rh6 $18) 19. bxc4 bxc4 20.
Bxf6 Bxe4 (20... gxf6 21. Bxc4 $16 f5 $140 22. Qh5) 21. Rxe4 {It is well known
that with the opposite coloured bishop, the attacking side gets better chances
compared to the case with the same coloured bishops, so Grischuk decided to
keep the queens on the board.} ({After} 21. Qxe4 {, Black finds the way to
trade the queens after} gxf6 $1 22. Bxc4 f5 $14) 21... Bxf6 22. Bxc4 $14 {
White is a pawn up, but the game is far from being over. It's going to be
difficult for White to push pawns forward, so Gelfand would have had a fair
shot at saving the game if he hadn't blundered on the next move.} Qxd2 $4 (
22... O-O {was better:} 23. Rd1 $14) 23. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 24. Rxe6+ Kd7 $6 {
Unfortunately, that was not Gelfand's game. With the king is the centre, White
finishes the game off.} ({Surprisingly, Black has some chances of survival in
the position though he is two pawns down:} 24... Kf7 $1 25. Qh5+ g6 26. Qf3
Rhf8 $1 (26... Qc3 27. Rxf6+ Qxf6 28. Qb7+ $18) 27. Rxf6+ Kg8 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8
29. Qb3+ $16 {/+-. The activity of Black's pieces grants him some good
practical chances.}) 25. Qg4 $1 $18 {I suspect that Gelfand missed this move
when decided to take on d2 on the 22nd move. Now, nothing can stop White's
attack.} Kc7 (25... Kd8 26. Rd1 $18) 26. Qc4+ Kd7 (26... Kd8 27. Qxa6) 27. Qa4+
Kd8 28. Qxa6 {[%cal Ye6d6]} Kd7 29. Qb5+ Kd8 30. Re8+ (30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Rxe8+
Kc7 32. Qc5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 {Other possible continuations:
} (5. d3 d5 6. O-O Nf6 7. e5 Nd7 8. Qe2 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Bf4 Ba6
12. Rfe1 Rae8 13. b3 $14 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gh2h4,Gh4h5,Gh5h6] 1-0 Yandemirov,
V-Lependin,A/Tomsk RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 402 (39)}) (5. O-O Qc7 6. b3 Ne7
7. Ba3 d6 8. c3 Ba6 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Be7 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Qc2 Qa5 13. Bb2 O-O
14. c4 e5 15. Nc3 f6 $11 {[%cal Gg6f4,Gf4e6,Ge6d4] 1-0 Ponomariov,R-Dreev,A/
Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 395 (38)}) (5. e5 $6 f6 6. O-O fxe5 7. Nxe5
Nf6 8. c4 d6 9. Ng4 Be7 10. f4 O-O $15 {1/2-1/2 Sabol,M-Michalek,J/CZE 2000/
EXT 2001 (36)}) (5. Nc3 Ne7 6. d3 Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. e5 f6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. exf6
gxf6 11. Bd2 d5 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Kb1 O-O-O $44 {1/2-1/2 Klinova,M-Iordachescu,
V/Wijk aan Zee NED 2002/The Week in Chess 378 (49)}) (5. c4 Ne7 6. Nc3 Ng6 7.
h4 h5 8. d3 e5 9. g3 d6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Nh2 Be7 12. Bd2 Nf8 13. Ne2 Ne6 $15 {
0-1 Day,L-Nijboer,F/Amsterdam 2001/CBM 83 ext (38)}) 5... f6 6. Ba3 $146 {
The main idea of this novelty is to provide d2-d4, afterware white can change
the dark-squared bishops, that will weaken dark squares in the black camp. By
the way, white robs from black the option of developing the knight to g6 via
e7. In the previous game white continued} (6. d4 $5 {1-0 Cao Sang-Horvath,P/
Balatonlelle 2002/CBM 90/[Rabinovich,Al] (43)}) (6. O-O {0-1 Balashov,
Y-Bocharov,D/Moscow 2002/CBM 88/[Oratovsky,M] (42)}) 6... Nh6 (6... e5 7. O-O {
with following transfer of knight to a4 via c3.}) 7. d4 Qa5+ {Important check.
Otherwise, white's advantage is quite clear:} (7... cxd4 8. Bxf8 Rxf8 9. Qxd4
$14) 8. c3 cxd4 ({Worse is} 8... d5 {, in view of} 9. exd5 cxd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5
$141 11. b4) 9. Bxf8 Rxf8 10. b4 {White doesn't get anything special after the
following continuations:} (10. Qxd4 e5 11. Qd3 Ba6) (10. Nxd4 Ba6 11. b4 Qg5)
10... Qb6 11. Nxd4 a5 {Black attacks immediately white's pawn construction on
the queenside. Other possibilities are:} (11... Ba6 12. Nb3 $14 {[%cal Gb3c5]})
(11... d5 12. Nb3 $14) (11... c5 $2 12. Qh5+ $16) 12. bxa5 ({Deserves
attention:} 12. a3 d5 13. Nb3 $14) 12... Qb2 {That was black's idea! Otherwise,
white is slightly better:} (12... Rxa5 13. Nb3) 13. Nb3 Ba6 $1 {preventing
from white a castle.} 14. Nc5 $6 ({Comes to consideration:} 14. Qd2 $5 Qxd2+
15. N1xd2 $13) 14... Kf7 $1 {Strong move. Black secures his monarch, moving it
to the kingside.} (14... Rf7 15. Nxa6 Rxa6 16. O-O $1 Rxa5 (16... Qxa1 17. Qb3)
(16... d5 17. Nd2 $14) 17. Qd6 $1 {[%cal Gb1d2]} Qxa1 $140 18. Qb8+ Ke7 19.
Qb4+ $16) 15. Nd2 (15. Nxa6 Qxa1 16. Nc5 Rfb8 17. O-O d5 $17) 15... Qxc3 16.
Nxa6 (16. Rc1 Qxa5) 16... Qxa5 $1 {more precise, than} (16... Rxa6 17. O-O Qxa5
18. Nb3 $15) 17. O-O Qxa6 $17 {Black is a pawn up, and it is difficult to see
how can white to get a compensation...} 18. e5 ({Probably better was} 18. Nb3)
18... Qd3 ({Maybe better was to eliminate white's last central pawn and remain
for himself (for black) phalanx of three central pawns:} 18... fxe5 19. Nf3
Rfd8 20. Nxe5+ Kg8 $17) 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Rad1 Qf5 {In my opinion, black had a
more attractive continuation:} (20... fxe5 $1 21. Nf3 Qf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23.
Rxd7 e4 24. Nd4 (24. Ne1 Rxa2 25. Rd6 Rc5 26. Rxe6 Re2 $19 {[%cal Gh6g4,Gc5c2]}
) 24... Rd5 25. Rxd5 cxd5 $17 {/-+}) 21. Qxf5 Nxf5 22. Nc4 Ra7 ({White has
some chances for a draw after} 22... Rxa2 23. Rxd7 (23. Nb6) 23... Rc2 24. Na3)
23. a4 Rb8 (23... Rxa4 {seems strong:} 24. Nb6 Rd4 25. exf6 (25. Nxd7 Rd8 26.
Rxd4 Nxd4 27. Nb6 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 fxe5 $19) 25... d6 $19) 24. a5 Rb5 $2 {throwing
away an advantage. Better was} (24... Rb4 $1 25. Nb6 (25. Rc1 Nd4 26. Rfe1 Nb3
27. Rb1 Rxc4 28. Rxb3 Rxa5 $19) 25... Rxa5 26. Nxd7 fxe5 27. Ra1 (27. Rde1 e4
$19) (27. Rfe1 Rd4 $19) 27... Rd5 $19) 25. f4 $1 $44 {White succeeded to build
quite a stable construction, which is based on the well-located knight. Now it
isn't so easy for black to find the winning plan, as he cannot push forward
his pawns.} Rb4 26. Rc1 Rxc4 $6 {leads to a drawish endgame. On the other hand,
it isn't an easy job to point out any improvement. For instance:} (26... Nd4
27. Rf2 Nb3 28. Rc3 Nxa5 29. Ra2 {and white will get a draw.}) 27. Rxc4 Ne3 28.
Ra4 Nxf1 29. Kxf1 {In this endgame black's extra pawn has no real sugnificent,
as black;s pawns are fixed by white's e5 pawn. White is going to activate his
king, that together with an advanced "a" pawn and an active rook will promise
him a draw.} Kf7 30. Ke2 Ke7 ({Doesn't change anything:} 30... g5 31. g3 gxf4
32. gxf4 Kg6 33. Kd3 Kf5 34. Kd4) 31. Kd3 Kd8 (31... d6 {maybe gives black
more chances. But with an exact play white gets a draw:} 32. Kd4 Kd7 33. a6 Kc7
34. exd6+ Kxd6 35. Ra5) 32. Kc4 Kc7 (32... Ra6 33. h4 Kc7 34. Kc5) 33. a6 $1 {
Last precise move. It wasn't too late to make a mistake:} (33. Kc5 Rb7 34. a6
Rb5+ 35. Kd4 Kb8 $19) 33... Kb6 34. Rb4+ Kc7 (34... Kxa6 35. Kc5 Rc7 36. Kd6 c5
37. Rb2 Rb7 38. Ra2+ Kb6 39. Rc2 $11) 35. Ra4 Kb6 36. Rb4+ Kc7 37. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Black "Ambartsoumian, Armen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 (6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4
{is another theoretical line.}) 6... d5 {The main idea of this continuation is
to prevent white's breakthrough in the center- d2-d4.} (6... Ng6 {1/2-1/2
Felgaer,R-Shabalov,A/Buenos Aires 2003/CBM 97_01/[Erenburg] (47)}) 7. exd5 Qxd5
{Another option is} (7... Nxd5 {1-0 Smagin,S-Lazarev,V/Montreal 2000/CBM 79/
[Finkel,A] (43)}) 8. Na3 {White has other interesting possibilities:} (8. Bd3
$5 {1-0 Benjamin,J-Hahn,A/Seattle 2002/CBM 87/[Gershon] (32)}) (8. Nc3 Qd8 9.
d3 (9. Ne4 Nf5 10. c3 Be7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. a4 b6 13. g3 Bb7 14. h4 h6 15. d3 Re8
16. Bf4 Bf8 17. Rad1 e5 18. Bc1 $11 {0-1 Ortega Valle,J-Franco Ocampos,Z/Dos
Hermanas 2001/CBM 82 ext (40)}) 9... Nf5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qd2 O-O
13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Qc7 15. Rae1 Bd7 16. f4 Rfd8 17. Qf2 b6 18. g4 $6 Nd4 19.
R1e3 f6 20. Rh5 Be8 $15 {[%csl Rh5] 0-1 Sevostianov,V-Bocharov,D/Novosibirsk
2001/CBM 82 ext (28)}) 8... Qd8 9. Nc4 Ng6 $146 {According to my database,
this position appeared for the first time. In previous game black tried} (9...
Nf5 10. d3 (10. a4 Be7 11. a5 O-O 12. c3 Bd7 13. d3 Be8 14. Bf4 $14 {0-1
Szmetan,J-Milos,G/Buenos Aires 1988/EXT 97 (42)}) 10... b5 11. Ne3 Nfd4 12. Nd2
e5 13. a4 Rb8 14. g3 Bd6 $11 {0-1 Ilczuk,P-Motylev,A/Koszalin 1999/EXT 2000 
(34)}) (9... Nd5 $5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. Ne5 Bb7 $13) (
9... b5 10. Nce5 Bb7 11. a4 b4 12. Bc4 $1 $14 {[%cal Ge5f7]}) 10. a4 {
preventing b7-b5, thus, strengthening the status of the knight on c4.} b6 {
Black cannot allow white to play a4-a5. Otherwise, white gets a slight edge:} (
10... Be7 11. a5 O-O 12. d3 $14 {[%cal Gc2c3] and black forces with the
problem of developing his light-squared bishop.}) 11. d3 ({Deserves attention:
} 11. Bd3 {with the following transfer of it to e4.}) 11... Rb8 {Black wants
as quick as possible to drive away the white knight from c4.} 12. Be3 Be7 13.
h4 $5 {White tries to emphasize the defect of location of Ng6, using the
development advantage.} ({Interesting alternative is} 13. d4 O-O 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rad1 $14 {[%csl Yd6][%cal Gc4d6]}) ({or} 13. c3 {[%cal Yd3d4]
}) 13... b5 $6 {pushing away the knight from excellent position. But, on the
other hand, black is going to get some weaknesses on the queenside, which
white can use.} ({Too dangerous is} 13... Nxh4 $2 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Bf4 {
[%cal Gc4d6]}) ({Safer was} 13... h5 $5) 14. axb5 axb5 15. Ncd2 e5 $6 {In my
opinion, this move is too optimistic. Black didn't complete the development
yet, but pushes his central pawn forward. White has good chances to punish his
opponent... More logical were the following options:} (15... h5 16. Nb3 Qd5 17.
g3 $14 {[%cal Gf1g2,Yg2c6]}) (15... Qd5 16. g3 $14 {[%cal Yf1g2]}) 16. h5 Nf8
17. h6 $32 {White has played quite originally in the opening and succeeded to
get big development advantage. Overmore, black has many weaknesses, his pawn
structure wishes to be better.} Ne6 (17... gxh6 18. Bxh6 f6 19. Ne4 $32) 18.
hxg7 Nxg7 19. Nb3 {attacking the c5 pawn.} Ne6 (19... Qb6 $5 {[%cal Yg7f5]
looks strange, but with concrete idea to occupy the f5 square by the knight.})
20. Bh6 {preventing the castle from black and attacking the central pawn e5.}
Qc7 21. c3 $1 {As white has a big development advantage, he prepares to open
the position with the breakthrough d3-d4.} Rg8 $6 ({Obviously better was} 21...
Bb7 {[%cal Yb8d8] allowing to the rook on b8 to get into the game.} 22. Qe2 $14
(22. d4 $140 c4 $13 {[%cal Yh8g8,Gb8d8]})) 22. d4 {[%cal Gd4d5] Now black
hasn't enough time to play c5-c4.} Rg6 23. Bc1 $1 exd4 24. cxd4 cxd4 25. Bd3 ({
Stronger was} 25. Nbxd4 Ncxd4 26. Nxd4 Qd7 (26... Qc5 27. Be3 $16) 27. Ra8 $3
$18) 25... Rg8 (25... Rg7 $5) 26. Be4 Bb7 27. Bd2 {allowing to his rook to
occupy the open "c" file.} Qd6 28. Qe2 Ncd8 (28... b4 29. Qb5 Qd7 30. Bxh7 (30.
Rac1 $5) 30... Rg7 31. Be4 $16) 29. Bxb7 Rxb7 (29... d3 30. Qe4 Rxb7 31. Qxh7
$16) 30. Qe4 $1 Qc6 $2 ({Better was} 30... Rg6 31. Nbxd4 $16) 31. Qxh7 $18 {
White succeded to invade into the black camp, and now it is the question of
time, when black will be crushed!} Rg6 (31... Rf8 32. Bh6 $18) 32. Qh8+ Nf8 (
32... Bf8 33. Nbxd4 $18) 33. Nbxd4 {The coordination of white pieces is
amazing, in opposite to black's total discoordination.} Qf6 34. Qxf6 {White
allows himself the trade of the queens, as even without them, his initiative
is very strong.} Rxf6 35. Ra8 $1 {Black is in zugzwang!} Nfe6 (35... b4 36. Bg5
$18 {[%cal Gd4f5]}) 36. Nc6 Rf5 37. Bb4 $1 Bf6 38. Nfe5 (38. Nfd4 {[%cal Gd4e6]
was stronger.}) 38... Rf4 $2 {loses immediately.} ({More resistant was} 38...
Bxe5 39. Nxe5 Rb6 $1 {, but, anyway, white wins with nice combination.} 40.
Rxd8+ $1 (40. g4 Rf4 41. Ba5 Rd6 42. Bxd8 Rxd8 43. Rxd8+ Kxd8 44. Nxf7+ Rxf7
45. Rxe6 Rf4 {and black has chance to achieve a draw.}) 40... Kxd8 (40... Nxd8
41. Nc4+) 41. Ba5 Kc7 42. Nxf7 $18) 39. Ba5 Ra4 40. b3 $1 {It is important to
drive away black rook from the 4-th rank.} Ra2 41. Ng4 Bg5 42. Nxd8 (42. Nxd8
Rxa5 43. Nxe6+ Rxa8 44. Nc7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 31st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 {Some black players prefer this continuation to}
(3... Nf6 {, because of} 4. Bb5) 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 {White decides to
transfer the knight to e3 via f1 immediately, while there is another
theoretical line:} (6. O-O) 6... Nf6 7. Nf1 Nd7 ({In my opinion, more
principal is} 7... Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 (10... Nd7 11. Ncd5 (
11. Ned5 Nb6 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Nb4 15. Bc4 Rad8 16. f4 exf4
17. Rxf4 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Rf5 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Babula,V/Prague 2001/ (54)})
(11. g3 Nb6 12. Ncd5 (12. f4 Nxc4 13. dxc4 exf4 14. gxf4 f5 15. exf5 Bc8 16.
Ncd5 Nd4 17. b3 Nxf5 18. Bb2 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Lautier,J/
Biel 2001/ (25)}) 12... Nxc4 13. dxc4 g6 14. Bd2 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Bf6
17. Qh5 Qd7 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Ng4 fxg4 21. Rxf6 Qxd2 22. Rxe6
Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Qe4+ 24. Kg1 Qe3+ 25. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Nedev,T/Panormo
2001/ (25)}) 11... Nb6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Nd5 Na5 14. a4 Nxc4 15. dxc4 Bd7 16.
Nc3 Bc6 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. b3 Rae8 19. Be3 Kh8 20. Rad1 Qe6 21. Nd5 {1-0 Hracek,
Z-Antic,D/Herceg Novi 2001/ (38)}) 11. a3 Nd7 12. g3 Nb6 13. Ba2 Bg5 14. f4
exf4 15. gxf4 Bf6 16. Kh1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxa2 18. Rxa2 d5 {0-1 Kutuzovic,
B-Shariyazdanov,A/Zadar 1998/ (40)}) 8. Nd5 Nb6 9. Nxb6 {Other moves don't
promise anything special:} (9. Nfe3 Nxc4 10. Nxc4 Be6 $11) (9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10.
Bb3 Nd4 $11) 9... axb6 (9... Qxb6 10. Ne3 $14) 10. c3 {covering the d4 square.}
O-O 11. Ne3 Bg5 {It is important to change the dark-squared bishop.} 12. O-O
Bxe3 {Black changes his dark-squared bishop, as his pawns are located on the
dark squares. So after this exchange, black will remain with good
light-squared one, which, probably, he will succeed to trade for white's one.
Thus, he will not allows white to get the advantage of pair of bishops. Other
logical possibilities are:} (12... Kh8 {0-1 Anand,V-Ivanchuk,V/Moscow 2001/CBM
86/[Ftacnik] (42)}) (12... Be6 $5 13. Bb3 (13. Bd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. c4 b5
$11) 13... Re8 $13) 13. Bxe3 Qe7 {preparing the trade of light-squared bishops
on e6. While immediate} (13... Be6 {gives white good chances to get an edge:}
14. a3 (14. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 15. Qb3 d5 (15... Re8 16. f4 $14) 16. f4 $14) 14...
Qd7 15. Qb3 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Kh8 17. Qb5 Ra6 18. d4 Qe7 19. dxc5 (19. d5 $5 Nb8
20. b4 $16) 19... bxc5 20. b4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kurnosov,I-Smirnov,P/56th ch-RUS,
Krasnoyarsk RUS 2003 (94)}) 14. f4 {This breakthrough is the only white's plan
of developing the initiative. He is going to open the game, using the fact,
that he has a pair of bishops.} exf4 $1 ({It is dangerous to play} 14... Be6 {
, due to} 15. f5 $1 Bxc4 16. f6 $5 (16. dxc4 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6][%cal Yd1b3,
Gb3b6,Gd1d6,Gf5f6] and black's pawn on the queenside are fixed and weak.})
16... Qe6 $1 (16... gxf6 17. dxc4 $16) 17. Qh5 {[%cal Gh5g5]} (17. dxc4 $5)
17... gxf6 18. dxc4 Kh8 19. Qh4 $14) 15. Bxf4 Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 $1 {covering
the b3 square and preparing d6-d5.} (16... fxe6 {looks logically, but after}
17. Qb3 {black faces serious problems with defending of all his weaknesses}) {
According to a well-known fact, rook and bishop cooperate better, than rook
and knight. Therefore, white goes on the trade of queens.} 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18.
axb3 Rad8 19. Bg3 {opening the "f" line for a rook.} Rd7 {Black prepares to
provide the breakthorugh d6-d5, which will equlize the chances of the
opponents.} (19... d5 $2 20. Bc7) 20. Rf5 Rfd8 ({Interesting was} 20... Ne7 21.
Rf3 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. b4 cxb4 24. c4 Ne7 25. Re1 Nc6 26. Rfe3 f6 $13) 21. b4
{White has to do somethinng active before black solves all his problems with
d6-d5. The transfer of the king to the center was too slow, and didn't promise
anything:} (21. Kf2 Ne7 22. Rf3 d5 23. exd5 (23. e5 d4 $1) 23... Nxd5 $11)
21... Ne7 $1 {The following variations can explain why the opponents agreed
for a draw:} (21... Ne7 22. Rf3 cxb4 (22... d5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Bf2 $14) 23.
c4 (23. Bf2 bxc3 24. bxc3 b5 $11 {[%cal Gd6d5]}) 23... Nc6 24. Rf5 Ne5 25. Rd1
f6 26. b3 b5 $11 27. d4 $140 $2 bxc4 $1 28. dxe5 dxe5 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 $17) (21...
cxb4 22. Rd5 $1 (22. Rb5 bxc3 23. bxc3 d5 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Ra8+
Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. c4 (28. Bc7 Ne6 29. Bxb6 Nf4) 28... Nc6 29. Kf2 $14 b5
30. cxb5 Nd4 31. b6 Kf8) 22... bxc3 (22... f6 23. c4 {[%cal Yg3f2]}) 23. bxc3
f6 24. Rb1 Ne7 25. Rdb5 d5 26. Rxb6 dxe4 27. dxe4 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kf2
Rd7 30. c4 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Sergey"]
[Black "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {There are some other theoretical possibilities:
} (3... g6) (3... d6) (3... e6) 4. Bxc6 (4. e5 Nd5 5. O-O g6 6. Ng5 Nc7 7. Bxc6
dxc6 8. Qf3 Be6 9. d3 Bg7 10. Qg3 Bf5 11. Nd2 Qd7 12. Nc4 h6 13. Nf3 $11 {
1-0 Oral,T-Nevednichy,V/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (43)}) (4. Nc3) 4... dxc6 5. Nc3 {
It seems like the safest way to get a slight advantage.} (5. d3 Nd7 (5... Bg4
6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e5 8. Nd2 Nd7 9. Qg3 Qf6 10. Nc4 Be7 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4
O-O 13. O-O b6 14. Ne3 Qg6 15. Nf5 $16 {1-0 Rublevsky,S-Gagunashvili,M/ECC,
Rethymnon GRE 2003 (25)}) 6. e5 Nb6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. O-O e6 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O
11. Re1 a5 12. a4 Nd5 13. Ne4 Qc7 $11 {0-1 Bologan,V-Lautier,J/4th Karpov It,
Poikovsky RUS 2003 (57)}) 5... Bg4 {For this variation it is typical to change
a light-squared bishop.} 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e5 {Black prevents from white to
provide the breakthrough in the center. But white can develop the initiative,
preparing f2-f4.} 8. d3 Nd7 9. O-O $146 {According to my database, this
position appeared for the first time. Before white continued} (9. Qg3 {and
succeded to get a slight edge.} g6 10. O-O Bd6 11. f4 f6 12. Kh1 Qe7 13. Be3
Rd8 14. Rae1 Bb8 15. Qf2 b6 16. Ne2 exf4 17. Bxf4 O-O 18. Bxb8 Rxb8 19. Ng1
Rbd8 20. Nf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Malakhov,V-Avrukh,B/Menorca 1996/Juniors (52)}) 9...
Bd6 10. Qg3 Qf6 {Black cannot prevent white's breakthrough f2-f4, but he
intends to minimize white's initiative, making some trades.} ({In case of} 
10... O-O {white gets advantage after} 11. Bg5 $1 Be7 (11... f6 12. Be3 $14 {
[%cal Gf2f4]}) 12. Be3 $14 {[%cal Yf2f4]}) 11. f4 exf4 ({Doesn't work} 11... c4
{in view of} 12. d4 (12. dxc4 {strong enough as well.} Nb6 13. b3 Bc5+ 14. Kh1
Bd4 15. Bb2) 12... exd4 13. e5 Qg6 14. Qxg6 hxg6 15. exd6 dxc3 16. Re1+ Kf8 17.
bxc3 $14) 12. Bxf4 Bxf4 13. Rxf4 ({Also possible:} 13. Qxf4 Qxf4 14. Rxf4 {
with very similar position to the game.}) 13... Qd4+ 14. Qf2 (14. Kh2 O-O)
14... Qxf2+ ({Deserves attention} 14... Ne5) 15. Kxf2 {transfering the king to
the centre, from where it can support the central pawns.} Ke7 16. Nd1 {
improving the position of the knight, transfering it to e3.} Ne5 17. Ne3 $14 {
White's chances are slightly better, thanks to a better pawn structure. But
black has a very solid position without weaknesses, so it is extremely
difficult to get something obvious for white.} Ke6 18. Ke2 f6 19. b3 {Denying
from black resourse of c5-c4 at some moment.} Rhd8 {Now black is going to
consolidate his pair of rooks on the "d" line.} 20. Rf5 {[%cal Ye3g4]
preparing the trade of the knights at comfortable moment.} Rd7 ({After} 20...
b5 21. a4 {white creates some unpleasant pressure on the black's queenside
pawns.}) 21. Ng4 $1 {The point is that black knight is powerful on the e5
square, actually, it disturbs white to develop the initiative. Also, after the
trade on e5, white gets control over the open lfile "f", therefore, this move
seems to me very logical.} Rad8 ({It is dubious to play} 21... Nxg4 {, as after
} 22. hxg4 b6 23. g5 $36 {[%csl Ye4] black's kingside pawns become target for
white' attack.}) 22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. Raf1 {Step by step white improves his
chances to win this endgame. Every exchange makes white's aim more real.} b5 {
Black realized, that he has to create the counterplay, otherwise, white will
invade into black's camp, and his advantage will become more obvious.} 24. Rf8
a5 25. R1f7 $1 {Now it is clear, that white succeeds to get into black's camp
his rook, which will attack the weaknesses.} Rxf8 26. Rxf8 Ra7 $1 {defending
the "a" pawn, and, at the same time, preparing to push forward it.} 27. a4 $1
c4 $1 {Only drastic measures can rescue black! Black sacrifises the pawn, but,
as compensation for it, activizes his rook.} (27... Kd6 28. Re8 {and black is
in zugzwang!}) (27... Ke7 28. Rg8 $1 Ke6 29. Ke3 Kd6 30. Re8) 28. dxc4 $6 {
White allows black to activize the rook, that increases black's chances to get
the draw.} ({Probably better was} 28. Rb8 $1 cxb3 29. cxb3 b4 (29... bxa4 30.
bxa4 $16) 30. Ke3 {[%cal Yd3d4] and black has still problem of passive rook,
as well as problem of weak pawns...}) 28... bxa4 29. bxa4 Rb7 $132 {After
inaccuracy on the 28-th move, I think, that, objectively, this endgame is
drawish.} 30. Ra8 ({White had more chances after} 30. Re8+ $1 Kd6 (30... Kf6
31. Rc8) 31. Kd3 Rb4 32. Rh8 (32. c5+ Kd7 33. Rh8 Rd4+ $1 34. Ke3 Rxa4 35. Rxh7
Ra3+ 36. Kf2 Rc3 $13) 32... h6 33. Rg8 Kc5 34. Rxg7 Rxc4 35. c3 (35. Rg6 Rd4+
36. Ke3 Rxa4 {[%cal Ga4a3] and black is close to a draw.}) 35... Rxa4 36. Re7
Ra2 37. Rxe5+ Kb6 $13) 30... Rb4 31. Rxa5 Rxc4 32. Kd3 Rd4+ $1 33. Ke3 Rc4 34.
Ra7 g6 $1 {Precise decision.} ({Worse is} 34... Rc3+ 35. Kd2 Rg3 36. a5 Rxg2+
37. Kc1 Rg3 38. a6 Ra3 39. Rxg7 Rxa6 40. Rxh7 $16) 35. Kd3 Rd4+ 36. Ke3 Rc4 37.
Rxh7 Rxc2 38. g4 (38. a5 Rxg2 $1 (38... Ra2 39. Rc7 Rxa5 40. Rxc6+ Kf7 41. Kf3
$16) 39. a6 Rg3+ 40. Kf2 Ra3 $11) 38... Rc3+ 39. Kf2 Ra3 40. Rc7 Rxa4 41. Rxc6+
Kf7 42. Kg3 g5 (42... Rxe4 {was enough for a draw as well.} 43. Kh4 Re3 $11)
43. Rc7+ Kf6 44. Rc6+ Kf7 45. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Black "Julia, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 {There are some other
possibilities:} (5... Nd4 {1-0 Sutovsky,E-Nataf,I/Esbjerg 2001/CBM 85/[Gershon]
(29)}) (5... Ng6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11.
Qh5 c5 12. Nb3 d6 13. Rf3 Re8 $13 {0-1 Sutovsky,E-Ye Jiangchuan/Batumi 2001/
CBM 86 (27)}) 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 $2 {This game is a very good
proof, that this continuation is bad. The theory goes with} (8... Qc7 {1/2-1/2
Sutovsky,E-Bacrot,E/Albert 2001/CBM 86/[Gershon] (22)}) 9. Nxc6 dxc6 {In this
variation black takes always with the "d" pawn, as after} (9... bxc6 {he will
have some problems with light-squared bishop.} 10. Qg4 Bf6 (10... O-O 11. Re1
Qc7 12. e5 f6 13. Bf4 $16 d6 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qc4 $16 {[%csl
Ra6,Rc6] Zagrebelny,S-Almasi,I/Budapest 1992}) 11. Qg3 O-O 12. e5 Bh4 13. Qd3
f5 14. f4 Be7 15. Be3 Qa5 16. b3 c5 17. Na4 Rb8 18. c4 $14 {Vojinovic,
G-Arakhamia,H/Ikaros op 1995}) 10. e5 $1 {That's the point! Black is going to
be punished for his inaccuracy on the 8-th move. If black played 8...Qc7,
white wouldn't fix black's pawn on e6. Now black's light-squared bishop is
paralized! Another interesting possibility is} (10. Qg4 {1-0 Yandemirov,
V-Shchukin,D/St Petersburg 1997/CBM 62/[Har Zvi] (61)}) 10... Qc7 {Black has
tried also the following continuations, but after all of them they didn't
succeed to equalize:} (10... f5 11. exf6 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 gxf6 13. f4 Bd7 14. Be3
$36 {Onischuk,A-Fauland,A/Vienna op 1996;EXP 53}) (10... O-O 11. Qe2 Qc7 12.
Bf4 c5 13. Ne4 Qc6 14. Rad1 b6 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Rd6 Qc7 17. Nxg5 $16) (10...
Qa5 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 $16 {1-0 Ivanov,V-Khatenever,
F/St Petersburg 2000/EXT 2001 (54)}) 11. Bf4 {defending the e5 pawn.} ({
Strong enough is} 11. Re1 O-O 12. Qg4 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 $16 {1-0
Chiburdanidze,M-Fischdick,G/La Valetta 1980/EXT 2000 (37)}) 11... Bd7 $6 (11...
O-O {comes to consideration.}) 12. Ne4 $16 {White has got everything he wanted
from the opening. His light pieces are located excellently, while his black
"competitors" are in trouble, especially, black's light-squared bishop.} c5
$146 {Black intends to castle long, but he has too many weaknesses on the
kingside. The least of the evils was} (12... O-O $16) ({In the previous game
black tried} 12... O-O-O 13. Qg4 g6 14. Bg5 h5 15. Qf4 Be8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17.
Rad1 h4 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Qe3 Rh5 20. Qa7 Qc7 21. Rd1+ {1-0 Arapovic,
V-Fartmann,B/St Ingbert 1991/EXT 97 (21)}) 13. Qg4 $1 {This move prevents from
black to castle short, and, at the same time, attacks black's kingside pawns.}
O-O-O 14. Bg5 {White is going to trade dark-squared bishops, emphasizing the
weaknesses of dark squares in the black camp.} (14. Qxg7 $16 {strong enough as
well.}) 14... f6 $2 ({Black should try to save the material balance with} 14...
h5 15. Qh4 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 (16. Nxg5 Be8) 16... Bc6 17. Nxc5 (17. Nd6+ Kb8 $14)
17... Bxg2 18. Nxa6 bxa6 19. Qxg2 $16) 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxf6 $16
Bc6 ({More resistant was} 17... e5 18. Nxd7 $16 (18. Qh5 Bc6 $16)) 18. Qxe6+
Kb8 19. Rad1 {Now white is two pawns up, while black hasn't any compensation.
The rest was an easy job for white.} Qg7 20. g3 Ka8 21. c3 Qg6 22. Qe5 h5 23.
Nd5 Qc2 24. Nc7+ Ka7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qxc5+ {This game is a good example for
inaccurate play in the opening and the punishment for it.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 31st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O (6. Nd2 {[%cal Yd2f1,
Yf1e3] is another possibility to fight for the advantage.}) 6... Nf6 7. Ng5 {
attacking the f7 pawn and preparing the moving of "f" pawn.} O-O 8. f4 Bg4 {
Black has the following continuations:} (8... exf4 9. Bxf4 h6 (9... Na5 10. Qd2
Nxc4 11. dxc4 Bg4 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Qf2 Qb6 14. b3 Bh5 15. Rae1 Qc6 $11 {0-1
Topalov,V-Van Wely,L/GMA, Wijk aan Zee NED 2003 (37)}) 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Nd5 {
1-0 Macieja,B-Bobras,P/Warsaw 2002/CBM 89/[Postny] (46)}) (8... h6 9. Nh3 $5 {
1/2-1/2 Atlas,V-Nataf,I/Austria 2000/CBM 80/[Atlas,V] (43)} (9. Nf3 exf4 10.
Bxf4 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Na5 13. Nh4 b5 14. Nf5 bxc4 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16.
Nxh6+ Kh7 17. Nf5 cxd3 18. Qxd3 Kh8 19. Rae1 Qb6 20. Qh3+ Nh7 21. Rxe7 c4+ 22.
Kh1 Qxb2 23. Re4 Rg8 24. Qxh7+ {1-0 Sutovsky,E-Smirin,I/ch-ISR, Tel Aviv ISR
2002 (24)})) 9. Qe1 {White has tried also} (9. Nf3 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Kh1
Qd7 (11... a6 12. Qd2 b5 13. Bb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 d5 15. Ne5 dxe4 16. Nc6 Qd7 17.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bg5 e3 19. Qxe3 Qxe3 20. Bxe3 $14 {1-0 Anand,V-Van Wely,L/Amber
Blindfold, Monte Carlo MNC 2003 (39)}) 12. Qd2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 b5 14. Bb3 a5 15.
Nd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Leko,P/It, Budapest HUN 2003 (29)}) (9. Qd2 h6 10.
Nf3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 exf4 12. Qxf4 Ne5 13. Rf1 Nxc4 14. dxc4 Nd7 15. Qg3 Kh8 16.
Bf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Kosteniuk,A/31st World Open, Philadelphia USA 2003 
(36)}) 9... exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 {Interesting alternative to the move in
the game is} (11. e5 $5 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Bh5 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nge4
Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Ne5 $15 {0-1 Shirov,A-Leko,P/Amber Blindfold, Monte Carlo MNC
2003 (37)}) 11... Qd7 12. Be3 {Other options white has are:} (12. h3 Bh5 13. g4
Bg6 14. Nd5 b5 15. Bb3 Bd8 16. Rae1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf6 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Radjabov,T/XX SuperGM, Linares ESP 2003 (41)}) (12. a4 h6
13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Be6 15. Kh1 Kh7 16. Bb5 Qd8 17. d4 cxd4 18. Ne2 Nh5 19.
Bg3 Nxg3+ 20. hxg3 Bg5 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Grischuk,A/GMA, Wijk aan Zee NED
2003 (20)}) 12... h6 ({After} 12... a6 {black got a quick draw:} 13. Bxd4 cxd4
14. Ne2 h6 15. Nf3 d5 16. exd5 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Nxd5 18. Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,
L-Van Wely,L/4th IECC, Istanbul TUR 2003 (18)}) 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Be6 15.
Kh1 {[%cal Ge3h6]} Kh7 {parrying the threat of Bxf6.} ({Too dangerous is} 15...
d5 $2 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 (17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20.
Qxh6 Bg5 $17) 17... Bxd5 18. Bxh6 Bf6 (18... gxh6 19. Qxh6 $18 {[%cal Gf1g1]})
19. Qg2 Bc6 20. Ne4 $1 (20. Rg1 Kh7 $13) 20... Bxe4 21. fxe4 Bxb2 22. Rab1 $14
{[%cal Gf1g1]}) 16. Bxe6 (16. Rg1 {is already met by} d5 $1) 16... fxe6 $146 (
16... Qxe6 17. Rae1 Qh3 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 a6 20. f4 $14 {1-0 Kramnik,
V-Degraeve,J/Final Coupe de France, Senat FRA 2003 (30)}) 17. Qg2 Rf7 {White
got the open file "g", which he is going to occupy with his heavy pieces. On
the other hand, black's position is solid without weaknesses and with strong
pawns in the center. So I would evaluate this position as an approximately
equal.} 18. Rg1 Raf8 19. Ne2 $1 {transfering the knight to f4.} d5 $2 (19... e5
20. f4 $14) ({Better was} 19... Ne8 $1 $11 {[%csl Yf4][%cal Gf7f3] preventing
Nf4.}) 20. Nf4 $16 {[%cal Yf4g6,Yg6e5] Now black doesn't succeed to save the
material balance.} g5 (20... d4 21. Bd2 g5 22. Ng6) {[%tqu "En","Please enter
the best move for white.","","","f4g6","",10]} 21. Ng6 $1 {[%cal Gg6f8,Gg6e5]
[%mdl 64] This key move should have been seen by black, before he was playing
19...d5.} ({Nothing gives} 21. Ne2 e5 22. h4 gxh4 23. Qg6+ Kh8 {[%cal Gf7h7]})
21... Nh5 $1 (21... Kxg6 22. Bxg5 Kh7 23. Bxf6 {[%cal Gg2g6] with mate.}) 22.
Nxf8+ Rxf8 23. Qh3 Kg6 {Black saves his knight, as it his the only chance to
get compensation.} (23... Nf4 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Rg4 $16) 24. Raf1 $2 {White
should prevent the occupation of f4 square by the black's light pieces with} (
24. Qg4 $1 d4 25. Bd2 $18 {[%cal Gh2h4]} Bd6 $140 26. Bxg5) 24... d4 25. Bd2
Bd6 26. Rg4 Bf4 $1 {White is exchange up , but the position is not so clear.
Black is going to occupy the f4 square with the knight, and it will not be
easy to win this close position for white.} 27. Bxf4 (27. Be1 Be3) 27... Nxf4
28. Qg3 e5 $44 29. h4 Qe6 30. b3 (30. hxg5 {is always met by} h5 $1) 30... b5 {
Sometimes black will have option of getting the counterplay on the queenside
by the breakthrough c5-c4.} 31. a3 Rh8 32. Qh2 Rf8 33. Qg3 (33. hxg5 h5 (33...
hxg5 34. Rfg1)) 33... Rh8 34. Rxf4 $6 {In my opinion, white hurried with the
capture on f4. This sacrifise he can do in any moment in the future. Better was
} (34. a4 $5 b4 (34... bxa4 35. bxa4 c4 36. Rb1 $16 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) (34... bxa4
35. bxa4 Rb8 36. hxg5 h5 37. Rxf4 exf4 38. Qxf4 $18) (34... c4 35. axb5 cxd3
36. cxd3 Rc8 37. Ra1 $18) 35. Rf2 {[%cal Gf2h2,Yh4g5]} Rf8 $1 36. Rh2 Qe7 37.
Qg1 Qe6 38. hxg5 h5 {and this position is extremely hard for realization.}) ({
After} 34. Rf2 {black gets a dangerous initiative on the queenside:} c4 35.
bxc4 bxc4 36. Rh2 Rb8 37. Qg1 cxd3 38. hxg5 h5 39. Rxf4 exf4 40. cxd3 Qb3 $15)
34... exf4 35. Qh2 $1 {prevenitng the transfer of the black monarch to f7.} (
35. Qg2 Kf7 $1 $15) 35... c4 (35... Kf7 $2 36. hxg5 $1 Kg7 $140 37. Rg1 $16)
36. Rg1 Rc8 37. bxc4 {Here the sides agreed for a draw. The following
variations give a notion about the struggle, which could be continued:} (37.
bxc4 bxc4 38. dxc4 (38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Qh4 Qe5 $1 {[%cal Gc8h8]}) 38... Rxc4 39.
Rg2 Rc3 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Qh8 Rxf3 (41... Re3 42. Rh2 Re1+ 43. Kg2 Re2+ 44. Kh1
Rxh2+ 45. Kxh2 $11) 42. Rh2 Rf1+ 43. Kg2 Qg4+ 44. Kxf1 Qd1+ 45. Kf2 Qd2+ 46.
Kf3 Qe3+ 47. Kg2 Qe2+ $11) (37. Qxf4 $2 Qh3+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O {White chooses the plan with providing
d2-d4. He can realize it either with Re1 and d2-d4 or with Re1, preliminary
c2-c3 and after it d2-d4.} ({Another popular coninuation is} 4. Bxc6 bxc6) 4...
Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 (6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 {is another theoretical line.}) 6...
Ng6 7. d4 $5 ({The logical alternative to the move in the game is} 7. c3 Be7 (
7... d5 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. d4 Bd6 (9... Qd8 $2 10. d5 $16 {1-0 McShane,
L-O'Donovan,R/Kilkenny 2000/CBM 79 ext (50)}) 10. c4 Qh5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. h3
Nh4 13. Nxh4 Qxh4 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 O-O 16. Nc3 Qe7 17. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Anand,
V-Vaisser,A/Frunze 1987/TD (17)}) 8. d4 cxd4 (8... d6 9. d5 exd5 10. exd5 Nce5
11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. a4 O-O 13. Na3 b6 14. Nc4 $14 {1-0 Ulibin,M-Remon,A/Santa
Clara 1991/CBM 26 (35)}) 9. cxd4 d5 {0-1 Pelikian,J-Matsuura,E/Sao Paulo 2001/
CBM 82 ext/[Melao,H] (40)}) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 {Black has tried also} (8...
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. c4 d6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Nb3 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. a3 Qc7 15.
Rc1 b6 16. b4 Rab8 17. f4 $14 {1-0 Morozevich,A-Arakhamia Grant,K/London 1994/
EXT 2000 (27)}) (8... Bc5 9. Nb3 Ba7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13.
Rxe3 b6 14. Rc1 Bb7 15. g3 (15. c5 $5) 15... Nce7 16. f4 f5 17. Bg2 Rad8 18.
Rd3 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 e5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Mithrakanth,P-Bhattacharyya,P/
Calcutta 1994/EXT 97 (33)}) (8... Qb6 9. Nb3 d6 10. a4 Bd7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. N1d2
Be7 13. Nc4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lutikov,A-Paoli,E/Odessa 1976/EXT 98 (29)}) 9. c4 Bb4
$5 $146 (9... Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nc3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bf6 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Rac1
Ng4 15. Bf4 Be5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. g3 $14 {1-0 Szabo,A-Konnyu,J/Savaria 2002/
CBM 89 ext (55)}) (9... Bd6 10. g3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Be5 12. Qd3 Qb6 13. Nc3 Bd4
14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 $16 Qxb2 $2 (15... Qxe3 16. Rxe3 $16) 16. Nd5 $2 (16. a3
$18) 16... O-O 17. Nc7 Rb8 18. f4 $2 (18. Qa7 $18) 18... d6 $13 {0-1 Fenina,
T-Pecherkin,A/Novokuznetsk 1998/EXT 2001 (35)}) 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nc2 Be7 ({
I wouldn't recommend the capture on c3, as white will take control over all
the dark squares.} 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 d6 13. Ba3 (13. Be3 $5 {[%cal Ya1b1]})
13... Rd8 14. Re2 {[%cal Ge2d2]}) 12. Be3 b6 13. Rc1 Rb8 {In this type of
positions, white's aim is to prevent black's counterplay, which can be
connected only with the breakthrough d7(6)-d5. So, white continued with logical
} 14. g3 {[%cal Yf1g2]} Bb7 15. Qe2 Ba8 16. Red1 Bf6 17. Nd4 $14 {White has a
space advantage, he succeded to prevent black's counterplay, so I would
evaluate this position as slightly better for white. Now white starts with the
manouevres, which are going to improve his pieces' positions.} Rfc8 18. Nb3
Nce5 {preventing from white tactical resourse Nd5.} ({After} 18... d6 {it is
possible to play} 19. Nd5 exd5 20. cxd5) 19. Nd2 d6 20. f4 Nd7 21. Bg2 Ne7 22.
Ndb1 {White's plan has to be the increasing of space advantage by pushing the
queenside pawns forward.} Nc6 23. Qd2 Na5 24. b3 Be7 25. Qf2 Qd8 26. Qe2 Qe8
27. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Yb3b4] Now white is ready for moving of his queenside pawns.}
Nf6 28. b4 Nc6 29. a3 Bf8 30. h3 {taking control over the g4 square, thus,
liberating the queen from this function.} a5 $6 {Now black pieces will be
pushed to more passive position, than current ones. I think, that the least of
the evils was the waiting strategy:} (30... Nd7 $14 {saving the a5 square for
the c6 knight.}) 31. b5 Nd8 32. Na4 $1 $16 {Now it is clear, that white's
domination is near to absolute. White is going to put pressure on the black
weakness on b6, at the same time, he is going to improve the positions of some
of his pieces.} Nd7 33. Nb3 $6 {Black suffers from a lack of space, his pieces
are too passive. Step by step white improves the position of his pieces, so
black decides to change the character of struggle with the breakthrough d6-d5.}
({Probably stronger was profilactic move, in order to be more ready against
black's counterplay.} 33. Kh2) 33... d5 $1 {Suddenly black gets counterplay.}
34. cxd5 Rxc1 35. Bxc1 {[%cal Yc1a3]} exd5 36. e5 ({Deserved attention:} 36.
Qd3 Nc5 37. Nbxc5 bxc5 38. exd5 Rxb5 (38... Qxb5 39. Qxb5 Rxb5 40. Re1 $16) 39.
Qc2 $14) 36... Nc5 (36... Ne6 37. Bxd5 (37. f5 Nec5 $11) 37... Bxd5 38. Rxd5
Nc7 39. Rd2 $1 Qe6 40. Qd3 $14) 37. Naxc5 bxc5 38. a4 ({White gets nothing
after} 38. Bxd5 Bxd5 (38... a4 39. Bxa8 Rxa8 (39... axb3 40. Bg2 $18 {[%cal
Ya3a4]}) 40. Nd2 $16 {[%cal Yd2e4]}) (38... Rxb5 39. Bxa8 Rxb3 40. Be4 $16) 39.
Rxd5 Qe6 40. Qg2 a4 41. Nxc5 (41. Nd2 Qb6 $11) 41... Qb6 42. Qf2 Qxb5 $44) ({
as well as after} 38. Nxa5 Qxb5 (38... Rxb5 $5 $11) 39. Qxb5 Rxb5 40. Nc4 Rb1
41. Ne3 c4 $13) 38... Qe6 $2 {allows white to get the advantage. Black had
better option:} (38... c4 39. Nd4 (39. Nxa5 $2 Bb4 $15) (39. Na1 $5 $14) 39...
Ne6 $14) 39. Kh2 $1 {Good profilactic move. Now black hasn't important
resourse of check from c5 and b6.} Rc8 (39... c4 40. Nxa5 $6 (40. Nd4 $5 $16)
40... Qb6 41. Qe1 Rc8 (41... Bc5 42. Bxd5 Bxd5 43. Rxd5 Bb4 44. Nxc4 $18) 42.
Be3 (42. Bxd5 Bxd5 43. Rxd5 Bb4 $11) 42... Bc5 {with some chances for black.})
40. Nxa5 $16 c4 41. Nc6 (41. Be3 $16 {strong enough as well.}) 41... Nxc6 (
41... Bxc6 42. bxc6 Qxc6 43. Qc2 $16) 42. Bxd5 Qe8 43. bxc6 Bxc6 44. Qxc4 $6 ({
Better was to save the light-squared bishops on the board:} 44. Bxc4 Bxa4 45.
Rd4 $16 {[%cal Ge5e6]}) 44... Bxd5 (44... Bb7 45. Qd4 Bxd5 46. Qxd5 {- main
line.}) (44... Bxa4 $4 45. Bxf7+ $18) 45. Qxd5 Rc2+ 46. Bd2 $6 (46. Kg1 Qxa4
$14 (46... Qc8 47. Be3 Qxh3 48. Bf2 $16 {[%csl Ga4]})) 46... Qxa4 {After black
succeeded to eliminate all the white pawns on the queenside, his chances
arised to get the draw.} 47. Rc1 $4 {In final position black wins on the spot.
Maybe he was in the time trouble, therefore accepted for a draw...} (47. Rc1 {
[%tqu "En","Please find the way to win the game for black.","","","a4a2","",10]
} Qa2 $1 48. Qxa2 Rxa2 49. Rd1 Bb4 $19) (47. Rg1 $142 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Erenburg/Schluricke"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {Diese Variante war bis vor kurzem nicht so populär.
Die Hauptidee dieser Fortsetzung besteht darin, das Sweschnikow-System zu
vermeiden, in welchem Schwarz in letzter Zeit recht gute Resultate erzielte.
Aus diesem Grund wurde diese Variante zu einem häufigen Gast in der modernen
Praxis, auch bei Turnieren auf höchster Ebene.} e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O {
[%mdl 4]} (6. Nd2 {ist die Alternative.}) 6... Nf6 {Am besten. Von
zweifelhaftem Ruf sind 6...Be6?! und 6...Bg4?!:} (6... Be6 $6 {Gershon} 7. Nd5
$1 Nf6 8. Ng5 $1 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. f4 (10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Ne6 fxe6 12. dxe6
O-O 13. exd7 a6 14. Bc4+ d5 15. Bb3 Qxd7 16. f4 e4 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4+ Kh8
19. dxe4 $16 {Frolov,D-Aleksandrov,D/ St Petersburg 1997/ 1-0 (42)}) 10... exf4
$6 (10... Nbd7 $142) 11. Bxf4 $16 O-O 12. Qe2 Nbd7 (12... h6 $142 $16) 13. Rae1
Re8 14. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 15. Qe6+ Kf8 16. g4 $1 $18 {Volokitin,A-Kozul,Z/ Portoroz
2001/ 1-0 (20)}) (6... Bg4 $6 {Kupreichik} 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. Ne3 Nd4 10.
g4 Bg6 11. c3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Qd7 (12... O-O $142 $14) 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nd5 Bd8
15. Qg4 a6 16. a4 f5 $6 (16... h6 $142 $16) 17. exf5 Qxf5 18. Qg2 Bf7 19. f4
$18 O-O 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Bd2 $18 {1-0 Kupreichik,V-Vaulin,A/ Tula 2002 (21)})
7. Ng5 $1 {Die prinzipiellste Fortsetzung. Damit gewinnt Weiß die Zeit zum
Hebel f2-f4 und bekommt gefährliches Spiel auf der halboffenen f-Linie.} O-O 8.
f4 {Die Ausgangsstellung dieser Variante.} exf4 {[%mdl 32768] Hier hat Schwarz
eine Vielzahl von Möglichkeiten:} ({Eine sehr logische Folge und auch eine der
Haupterwiderungen ist} 8... h6 {, welche häufig über Zugumstellung zur
Partiefortsetzung führt. Schwarz vertreibt den weißen Springer aus seiner
aktiven Stellung und erhält so das Feld e6 für seinen weißfeldrigen Läufer.} {
Viel beliebter ist aber} 9. Nf3 (9. Nh3 $5 {Die Idee dieses Zuges ist, die
f-Linie für den Turm offen zu halten.} Bg4 {kommt ebenfalls in Betracht.} (9...
exf4 10. Bxf4 Ne5 11. Bxe5 dxe5 12. Nd5 Be6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxe6 Qd4+ 15.
Kh1 (15. Nf2 {Atlas} fxe6 16. c3 Qd6 17. Qe2 $14) 15... fxe6 16. c3 Qd6 17. Qe2
Rad8 18. Rf3 Be7 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Nf2 c4 21. Rd1 Qb6 22. h3 $14 {Atlas,
V-Nataf,I/ AUT-chT 2000/ 1/2-1/2 (43)}) 10. Qe1 Bxh3 11. gxh3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Nh5
13. Be3 Bg5 14. Kh1 Ne5 15. Bb3 Qd7 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Qe3 Nf4 18. Qg3 Qxh3 19.
Qxg5 Ne6 20. Qg3 Qxg3 21. hxg3 Nd4 22. Nd5 Rae8 23. Rad1 Nec6 24. c3 Nxb3 25.
axb3 f5 $11 {Landa,K-Kozlov,V/ Vladivostok op 1990/ 1/2-1/2 (64)}) 9... exf4 ({
Auf} 9... Be6 $6 {gelang es Weiß nach} 10. f5 $1 {in Vorteil zu kommen:} Bxc4
11. dxc4 Nd4 12. Qd3 a6 13. a4 Qd7 14. a5 Bd8 15. Nd2 $1 Rb8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17.
exd5 $1 $16 {Kovalev,A-Votava,J/ Passau op 1995/ 1-0 (53)}) {Nach} 10. Bxf4 {
führt} Be6 {zur Partie.}) ({Meines Erachtens hat Schwarz keinerlei Probleme im
Abspiel} 8... Bg4 {und erreicht recht mühelos eine gleiche Stellung.}) 9. Bxf4
h6 (9... Na5 {ist eine äußerst logische Fortsetzung. Schwarz beabsichtigt, den
starken weißfeldrigen Läufer des Gegners zu tauschen, der häufig unangenehme
Drohungen gegen seinen Königsflügel aufstellt. Doch nach dem Tausch auf c4
wird Weiß eine recht bequeme Bauernstruktur erhalten, die ihm erlaubt, ernsten
Druck in der d-Linie auszuüben.}) 10. Nf3 Be6 (10... Ng4 $6 {räumt Weiß einen
bequemen Vorteil ein:} 11. h3 $1 (11. Nd5 $5 Nge5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 (12... dxe5 13.
Be3 $16 {[%cal Gd1h5]}) 13. Qd2 $14) 11... Nge5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 Bd6 $6 (
13... Nd4 $142 $5 14. Qh5 Be6 $1 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rxf8+ Bxf8 $14) 14. Qh5 Be6
15. Nd5 $40 (15. Bxh6 $1 {Comp Fritz8} gxh6 $140 16. Qxh6 {[%cal Gf1f3,Yf3g3]}
Be7 17. Rf3 Bh4 18. Nd5 $18 {[%cal Rd5f6]}) 15... Rc8 $2 (15... Nd4 $2 16. Nf6+
$1 gxf6 17. Bxh6 Re8 18. c3 $18) (15... Be7 $142 $16) 16. Rf3 $18 {[%cal Gd5f6]
} (16. Nf6+ $1 $18) 16... Nb4 17. Ne7+ Qxe7 18. Rg3 Bxc4 19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 20.
Bxh6+ {1-0 Delchev,A-Fernandez Siles,L/ Albacete op 2003 (20)}) 11. Nd5 $1 {
Kramnik wählt die aggressivste Fortsetzung.} (11. Qd2 {gestattet Schwarz den
Durchbruch} d5) 11... Bxd5 (11... Qd7 12. Qd2 Bxd5 13. exd5 $143 $6 (13. Bxd5
$142 $5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nb4 15. c4 b5 (15... Qf5 16. d4 $16) 16. a3 Na6 17. Rae1
$14 {und die weißen Chancen sind vorzuziehen.}) 13... Nb4 14. Rae1 Rae8 15. a3
Nbxd5 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qxh6 Qf5 18. Ng5 Qg6 19. Nxf7 $2 (19. Qxg6+ fxg6 20.
Ne6 Rf7 21. Ng5 Rff8 22. Ne6 $11) 19... Qxf7 20. Rf3 Qh7 $17 {Mitkov,
N-Kurajica,B/ Oberwart op 1991/ 0-1 (44)}) 12. exd5 $1 {Das ist die einzige
Methode, um Vorteil zu kämpfen. Danach hat Schwarz einige Schwierigkeiten, die
weiße Initiative zu neutralisieren.} ({Nach} 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 {gleicht
Schwarz mit} Ne5 $1 {aus.} {Im Fall von} 14. Nxe5 ({Auf} 14. Qd2 {erwidert
Schwarz} Ng6 {und erreicht gleiches Spiel.} 15. Bg3 Bf6 16. Rae1 (16. c4 Re8
17. Rae1 Qd7 18. d4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Be5 $11 {Al Modiahki,
M-Shariyazdanov,A/ Dubai op 2000/ 1/2-1/2 (44)}) 16... Qd7 (16... Qb6 {Illescas
} 17. c4 Rfe8 18. b3 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 (19. Qxe1 $5 a5 20. h4 $36) 19... a5 {
Polgar,J-Illescas Cordoba,M/ Madrid 1995/ 0-1 (40)} 20. Qc2 $14) 17. c4 b5 18.
b3 a5 19. d4 bxc4 20. bxc4 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Rac8 23. h3 f6 24. Qe4
Ne5 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. c5 Qa7 28. Qe3 Qxc5 29. Qxc5 dxc5 30. Rxe5
c4 {1/2-1/2 Vouldis,A-Krasenkow,M/ Kavala op 2001 (30)}) 14... dxe5 15. Bxe5
Qxd5 $11 {ist die Stellung erneut absolut gleich.} 16. Bc3 Rae8 $11 {Podlesnik,
B-Sveshnikov,E/ Ljubljana 2002/ 0-1 (53)}) 12... Na5 ({Die prinzipiellste
Erwiderung auf} 12... Nb4 {lautet} 13. Bd2 $1 ({Der Punkt ist, dass Weiß nicht
sofort mit} 13. Nh4 $6 {einen Angriff auf den schwarzen König einleiten kann,
da Schwarz die starke Riposte} Nfxd5 $1 {hat.}) {Ich glaube, dass Schwarz in
dieser Stellung vor ernsten Problemen steht. Nach} 13... Nbxd5 14. Nh4 $1 {
ist seine Stellung sowohl nach 14...Nb6 als auch nach 14...Nc7 unangenehm:} Nc7
(14... Nb6 15. Nf5 $40 Nxc4 $6 (15... d5 $142 16. Qe1 $1 dxc4 $2 (16... Bd6
$142 {Sutovsky} 17. Qh4 Ne8 18. Qg4 $1 $44 {->}) 17. Nxe7+ Kh7 $2 (17... Kh8
$142 18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. Bxh6 $16) 18. Rxf6 $1 $18 gxf6 19. Qe4+ Kh8 20. Bc3 $1
Qd6 21. Nf5 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Ledger,S/ Catalan Bay op 2003 (21)} (21. Rf1 $1 $18
{Comp Fritz8})) 16. dxc4 $16 Nh7 17. Bf4 (17. Qg4 {Sutovsky} Bg5 18. Qg3 $16 {
/\ h4 >< d6} (18. Rad1)) 17... Bf6 18. Bxd6 Re8 19. Qg4 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Qg5 21.
Qf3 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Bf6 23. Rxb7 $16 {Smirin,I-Avrukh,B/ ISR-ch Tel Aviv 2002/
1-0 (33)}) 15. Nf5 d5 16. Bb3 $44 Kh7 17. c3 Ng8 18. Qf3 Bg5 19. Be1 Ne7 20. h4
Nxf5 21. Qxf5+ g6 22. Qh3 Be7 23. h5 a5 24. Bd2 g5 25. d4 $16 {Macieja,
B-Bobras,P/ POL-ch Warsaw 2002/ 1-0 (46)}) 13. Nh4 $1 {Der direkte Weg für den
Springer zum idealen Vorposten f5.} Nxc4 {Es wurde auch 13...Qd7?! und 13...
b5?! versucht, aber Schwarz konnte den Angriff in beiden Fällen nicht parieren.
} ({Zu erwägen ist jedoch} 13... g5 $5 {, das bisher noch nicht gespielt wurde,
z.B.:} 14. Nf5 $5 gxf4 15. Nxh6+ (15. Re1 Re8 16. Bb5 Bf8 17. Bxe8 Nxe8 18. Qd2
Qg5 $1 $14) (15. Rxf4 Kh7 $16) 15... Kh7 16. Nf5 Rg8 17. Qe1 {Meyer,CD} (17.
Rxf4 $5 Rg6 $1 (17... Rg5 18. Qf3 Nxc4 19. dxc4 Bf8 20. Rf1 $44) 18. Qf3 Nxc4
19. dxc4 Bf8 20. Rf1 Bg7 21. Qe3 $13) 17... Rg5 18. Nxe7 Re5 19. Qh4+ Kg7 20.
Rxf4 Qxe7 21. Raf1 Nh5 $1 22. Qg4+ Qg5 23. Rxf7+ Kh6 $13 {unklar, z.B.} 24. Qd7
Qe3+ 25. R1f2 (25. Kh1 $4 Ng3+ $1 $19) 25... Qe1+ 26. Rf1 Qe3+ $11) (13... Qd7
$6 {Meyer,CD} {Einfach und stark ist dagegen} 14. Bd2 $142 $1 {, und Weiß
erhält seine erwünschte Druckstellung:} (14. Bxh6 $6 {ist zu übermütig!} Nxc4 (
14... gxh6 15. Nf5 Nxc4 {ist nur Zugumstellung.}) 15. Nf5 gxh6 16. dxc4 Rfe8 $2
{Schwarz revanchiert sich für das provokante Opfer auf schlimme Weise.} (16...
Kh8 $142 $1 {wäre hingegen der Härtetest:} 17. Nxh6 Nh7 $1 18. Qd3 Bg5 19. Qc3+
f6 20. Nf5 Rae8 21. h4 Re5 $13 {/ =/+}) 17. Nxh6+ Kg7 (17... Kh7 $142 {Comp
Fritz8} 18. Qd2 Rg8 {[%cal Gg8g6]} 19. Nxg8 Rxg8 $16) 18. Qd2 $18 {Gallagher,
J-Heidrich,M/ BL0203 GER-chT 2003/ 1-0 (32)}) 14... Nxc4 15. dxc4 $16 {-> 14...
Qd7?! - Kovalev,A-Sveshnikov,E/ Rowy op 1999}) (13... b5 $6 14. Nf5 $1 bxc4 15.
Bxh6 gxh6 16. Nxh6+ Kh7 17. Nf5 cxd3 $2 (17... Rh8 $142 18. Qe1 Nxd5 19. Qe4
$44) 18. Qxd3 Kh8 19. Rae1 $1 $18 {Sutovsky,E-Smirin,I/ ISR-ch Tel Aviv 2002/
1-0 (24)}) 14. dxc4 Nxd5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Diese Neuerung ist eine Verstärkung.
} ({Der vormals gespielte Ausgleichsversuch mit} 14... Qd7 $6 {scheiterte:} 15.
Bd2 $1 Qg4 (15... Ng4 $143 16. Nf5 Ne5 17. Qh5 $16 {/ +-}) 16. Nf5 $16 Rfe8 {
Kovalev,A-Sveshnikov,E/ Rowy op 1999/ 1-0 (52)} 17. Bxh6 $1 $16) 15. Qxd5 (15.
Ng6 {Meyer,CD} fxg6 16. Qxd5+ Kh7 17. Rae1 Qd7 18. c3 Rae8 $11) 15... Bxh4 16.
Rad1 $1 $14 {Meines Erachtens sind die weißen Chancen leicht besser, doch
Schwarz kann mit genauem Spiel Remis erreichen.} (16. Bxd6 {Meyer,CD} Be7 17.
Be5 $14) 16... b6 $1 (16... Qb6 {Meyer,CD} 17. Bxd6 Rad8 18. b4 (18. Qe5 Rfe8
19. Qf4 Bf6 20. Bc7 Rxd1 21. Bxb6 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Ree1 23. Qxf7+ $11 {Dauerschach}
) 18... cxb4+ (18... Qxb4 19. Qf5 Qxc4 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Rd7 $14 Bf6 22. Rxb7
Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Qxa2 24. c3 g6 25. Qf3 Bg7 26. Rc7 Qa5 27. Rxf7 Rxf7 28. Qxf7+ Kh7
29. c4 Qc3) 19. c5 Qb5 20. Qe4 Bg5 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Rf5 $14) 17. Bxd6 (17. Qf3
{Meyer,CD} Bf6 (17... Be7 18. Qg3 Bh4 19. Qg4 Bf6 20. Bxd6 Re8 21. Bxc5 Qc8 22.
Qxc8 Raxc8 23. Bd4 Bxd4+ 24. Rxd4 $14) 18. Bxd6 Bd4+ 19. Rxd4 cxd4 20. Bxf8
Qxf8 21. Qd5 Re8 (21... Rd8 {Leko} 22. Rxf7 Rxd5 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. cxd5 Ke7
25. Kf2 Kd6 26. Kf3 Kxd5 $11) 22. Qxd4 Re2 $11) 17... Be7 18. Be5 Bg5 $5 (18...
Qxd5 {Leko} 19. cxd5 $14) 19. Bd6 (19. Qf3 $5 Qe7 20. Rfe1 {Meyer,CD} (20. Rde1
{Leko} Rae8 (20... Qd7 $5) 21. Qg3 $1 Qd7 $1 22. h4 Rxe5 23. Qxe5 Bxh4 $132)
20... Rfe8 21. Qg3 Rad8 $11) 19... Be7 20. Bf4 Bf6 $1 21. c3 (21. Qf3 {Meyer,CD
} Qc8 22. c3 Qe6 (22... Qf5 23. Bxh6 Qxf3 24. Rxf3 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 gxh6 26. Rg3+
Kh7 27. Rd7 Rad8 28. Rgd3 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 $16) (22... Re8 23. Bxh6 Qe6 24. Rd5
Bxc3 25. bxc3 gxh6 $14) 23. Rd5 $14 (23. Bxh6 Qxc4)) 21... Qxd5 $5 22. cxd5
Rad8 23. Bxh6 $5 (23. Rfe1 {Meyer,CD} Rd7 24. Be5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 c4) 23... Bxc3
24. bxc3 gxh6 25. Rfe1 (25. c4 {Meyer,CD} Rfe8 $11) (25. Rf6 $5 {Leko} Kg7 26.
Rc6 $11) 25... Rd7 26. c4 a6 $1 27. a4 b5 $1 $11 28. axb5 axb5 29. cxb5 Rb8 30.
d6 Rxb5 31. Re7 Rbb7 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Kf2 Kg7 34. Kf3 Kf6 $11 35. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 105th"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 {Perhaps a predictable opening, given
some of Adams' games from about a decade ago...} g6 {Almost entirely a modern
construction.} (4... Qc7 5. d3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. a4 a5 8. Be3 e5 9. h3 Bd6 10.
Nd2 Be6 11. b3 Nd7 12. O-O f6 13. Nc4 Bxc4 14. bxc4 g6 15. Qg4 $14 {Adams,M-Ni,
H Liverpool 2007}) (4... Nd4 {was a big move before, but White is basically
just better after} 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 7. Ng5 a6 8. Qf3 f6 9. Qxd5 fxg5 10.
Nc3 $14) 5. h3 Bg7 6. e5 Ng8 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d3 {Not knowing an awful lot
about the Rossolimo, it wasn't clear to me what Black had gained in exchange
for spending two tempi on ...Nf6-g8. However, looking at it a bit, it seems to
me that Black is okay after the text.} Nh6 (8... h5 9. Ne4 $14) (8... b6 9. Qe2
h5 10. Bg5 $14) 9. g4 $5 {An ambitious move, but this isn't a position that
rewards half-baked play.} (9. Qe2 Nf5 $132 {or something will just be fine for
Black as in the Berlin.}) 9... O-O 10. Qe2 (10. Be3 f5 11. exf6 exf6 12. Qd2
Nf7 13. O-O-O Qa5 $11 {Harikrishna,P-Alsina Leal,D Leon 2012}) 10... Qb6 $6 {
Presumably Nick regretted this move.} (10... f5 11. g5 Nf7 12. Bf4 Qa5 $13 {
The position is extremely concrete, and bears a strange resemblance to the
McCutcheon Variation in the French. I suspect Black is okay here, but will
leave the definitive assessment to the cloud engines. One of Black's cooler
ideas is ...Nd8-e6-d4.}) (10... f6 $6 {is the more controlled version, but it
suffers from a crucial defect in that Black may not actually want to take on
e5 if given the chance.} 11. Be3 Nf7 $1 (11... fxe5 12. Nd2 $16 (12. Bxc5 Nxg4
$3 $17)) 12. Bxc5 $14) 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Nb3 $1 (12. f4 f6 {must be okay for
Black, who is now fine to take on e5 with a pawn, even if my machine does have
a bizarre fixation with} 13. Rg1 $5 fxe5 14. f5 $40) 12... f5 {Understandable,
but this makes things worse.} (12... f6 13. Nxc5 Nf7 $14) 13. g5 Nf7 14. f4 $1
b6 15. Be3 Be6 16. Nd2 Bd5 17. Nf3 $14 {White has completed his clamp.} Nd8 18.
h4 Ne6 19. h5 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nd4 21. Qf2 Rfd8 22. O-O-O e6 23. Rh4 Qd7 (23... a5
$5 {was a move I wanted, looking at the demonstration board, but it is
actually plausible that Black didn't like} 24. Na4 $5 {which jams his
queenside pawns together in a slightly awkward way.}) 24. Ne2 Nxe2+ 25. Qxe2
Kf7 26. c4 {A double-edged decision, and probably the right one. White sets in
motion a plan to eventually break with b4, and open a second front.} (26. Rdh1
Qd5 27. Kb1 a5 {As in the Stonewall Dutch, Black has an awful bishop and some
disgusting structural issues, but there is nothing that badly wrong with his
position in reality, because White can't break through on the side where he is
that much stronger.}) 26... Qc7 27. Rdh1 Rg8 28. R1h3 Rad8 29. Kc2 Qc8 30. Qf3
a5 31. Rh2 Qd7 32. Rd2 Qc7 33. Qh1 Qc8 (33... a4 {immediately might improve,
getting ...b5 in a little bit faster to try and get moving.}) 34. Rh3 Qd7 35.
Qf3 Qc8 36. Rh1 Rd7 37. Kd1 Rgd8 38. Ke2 a4 39. Rb1 Ra7 40. b4 $1 {In my mind
there is little question that this move brings the position from +/= to +/-.
However, it also very suddenly sharpens matters, leaving both sides chances to
go badly wrong.} axb3 41. Rxb3 Qc7 42. Rdb2 $6 {Now Black can counter-attack a
bit.} (42. Qh1 $1 $16 {The queen belongs on b1, where it attacks b6 and a2.
Nick might still be defending this now if White had played this way.}) 42...
Rda8 (42... Bf8 $5) 43. Rxb6 (43. a4 $1 $16 {is a computer move to keep the
advantage.}) 43... Rxa2 $1 {Now Black is fully in the game, and in many lines
he is sacrificing on e5. White wasn't able to find the silicon-esque 44.Kf1!?
+/= and simply played a move that allowed the draw.} 44. R6b3 $6 Bxe5 $1 45.
fxe5 (45. fxe5 Qxe5 46. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 47. Ke1 $11 {and Black has no better than
perpetual.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch 5th"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2005.10.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Black "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. Bb2 b5 8.
Qe2 {This move hasn't been tried too often. Much more popular moves are} (8. a4
) (8. d4) 8... Bb7 9. Rd1 (9. c4 bxc4 10. bxc4 d6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qg5 13.
Nd2 Be7 14. Rab1 Rb8 $2 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bf6 Rxb1 17. Bxg5 Rxf1+ 18. Nxf1 $16
{Kuzmin,G-Filipenko,A/Moscow 1992}) 9... Qc7 10. c4 b4 {A typical reaction for
this line. Black is not interested to open up the b-flle.} (10... bxc4 $5) 11.
d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. a3 Be7 {When I took a first look at the position I
was convinced it's got to be something for White, but then I figured out that
Black pieces are very well placed, so he has nothing to worry about.} 14. axb4
(14. Nf3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 O-O 16. axb4 Bxb4 17. Qg4 f6 18. Nd2 a5 $132) 14...
Bxb4 15. Nc3 ({After} 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Nxa3 O-O 17. Nac2 d6 $13 {Black's
position is also fine.}) 15... O-O 16. Na4 $6 {[%csl Ra4]} Be7 17. Rac1 Rae8
18. c5 f5 $1 {[%cal Ge8e2]} 19. exf5 exf5 20. Rc3 (20. Qh5 g6 21. Qh3 f4) 20...
Ng4 21. Rh3 $4 {I don't really know what was missed by white, but after the
move in the game Black wins by force by the most natural move.} (21. Qc4+ Kh8
22. Rh3 $13) 21... Bh4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rf2]} 22. Qc4+ d5 $1 23. cxd6+ Qxc4 24.
bxc4 Nxf2 25. Rxh4 Nxd1 26. Kf1 (26. Bc3 $142 Nxc3 27. Nxc3 Re5 $1 {[%cal
Gf8d8]} 28. Nf3 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Rd8 30. Rd4 $19) 26... Ne3+ 27. Kf2 Nxc4 28. d7
Rd8 29. Bc3 Rxd7 30. Ne6 Rc8 31. Nac5 Re7 32. Rd4 Ne5 33. Bb2 Rxe6 0-1

[Event "World Youth Stars 3rd"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. e5 Nxb5 8.
exf6 gxf6 {It's safer to take on c3 first, but in any case Black's defensive
resources are more than significant.} (8... Nxc3 9. fxg7 Bxg7 10. dxc3 d6 11.
Ng5 (11. Qd5 O-O (11... h6 12. Qh5 e5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. f4 O-O-O 15. Be3 Rdg8 16.
Rad1 Bf8 17. f5 Bc4 $13 {Nedev,T-Atalik,S/Kansas 2003}) (11... e5 $6 12. Rd1
Bf8 13. Ng5 Rg8 14. f4 h6 15. fxe5 $40 {Degraeve,J-Lazarev,V/Bethune 2002}) 12.
Qh5 e5 13. Bh6 f5 14. Rad1 Rf6 (14... f4 $6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qg5+ Kh8 17. Qh6
Bf5 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 $16 {Al Modiahki,M-Doghri,N/Tunis 1997}) 15. Bg5 Rf7
16. Bc1 Rf6 17. Bg5 Rf7 18. Bc1 {1/2-1/2 Naiditsch,A-Van Wely,L/Ciudad Real
2004}) (11. Qd3 h6 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg3 Be6 14. Nh4 c4 15. Qf3 Qd7 16. h3 O-O-O
$13 {Adams,M-Anand,V/Germany 2004}) 11... h6 (11... Bf5 12. f4 (12. a4 Qc6 13.
Qe2 Bf6 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxe4 16. Rxe4 d5 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Kramnik,V/
Linares 2003}) (12. g4 Bg6 13. f4 h6 14. Nf3 O-O-O 15. f5 Bh7 16. Qd5 e6 $44 {
Zeller,F-Pohl,W/Unterkochen 2003}) (12. Qf3 Bg6 13. h4 h5 14. Qg3 Qd7 15. a3
Bf6 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 O-O-O $15 {Mkrtchian,L-Sterliagova,T/Sochi 2004})
12... Qd7 13. h3 h6 14. Ne4 O-O-O 15. Qf3 Rhg8 16. Be3 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf6 18. f5
h5 19. Rad1 Qc6 20. Bf2 Rg7 $13 {Nedev,T-Eljanov,P/Bled 2002}) 12. Bf4 (12. Ne4
Be6 13. Bf4 O-O-O 14. Qh5 Rdg8 15. Rad1 Be5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Qe2 $14 {Marzolo,
C-Lerch,P/Marseille 2001}) 12... O-O 13. Ne4 f5 (13... Bf5 14. Qh5 Bg6 15. Qh4
h5 (15... f5 $6 16. Nd2 Bf6 17. Qg3 Kg7 18. Re6 Rh8 19. Rae1 $16 {Savchenko,
B-Farakhov,R/Essentuki 2003}) 16. Rad1 Rae8 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bc1 Qc8 19. h3 Rf7
20. Rd3 $36 {Yurtaev,L-Ivanchuk,V/Frunze 1988}) 14. Nxd6 exd6 15. Bxd6 Qf7 16.
Bxf8 Bxf8 17. Qd8 b5 18. Rad1 Bb7 19. Qb6 Qg7 20. Qe6+ Kh8 21. g3 Be4 $13 {
Volokitin,A-Eljanov,P/Alushta 2002}) 9. Nd5 $5 (9. Ne4 Bg7 10. d4 Nxd4 (10...
f5 $6 11. Nxc5 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxc5 13. Be3 Bf6 14. b4 Qxb4 15. Nxf5 $36 {
Matikozian,A-Nakamura,H/Fort Lauderdale 2004}) 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13.
Ng3 d6 14. Qh4 Kh8 15. Bd2 Rg8 16. Bc3 $44 {Papa,S-Cherniaev,A/Biel 2004}) 9...
Qc6 (9... Qd6 10. c4 Nc7 11. d4 (11. Nxc7+ Qxc7 12. d4) 11... Nxd5 12. dxc5
Qxc5 13. cxd5 $44) 10. c4 Nc7 11. Nxc7+ Qxc7 12. d4 e6 {[%csl Rf6] It was
possible to opt for 12...d6 to prevent the weakening the pawn on f6.} (12... d6
13. d5 Rg8 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Bf4 b5 16. b3 Qg4 17. Bg3 f5 $132) 13. b3 d6 (13...
b6 $5 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxf6 Rg8 $13 {[%cal Gc7f4]}) 14. Bb2 Bg7
15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Ng5 $1 {White has certain compensation for a pawn, but
Black's position is very solid so it's pretty tough to break through.} e5 $6 {
Not just weakening the square f5, but giving White a chance to open up the
position with f4.} (16... O-O $2 17. Qh5 $1 fxg5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qxg5+ Kh8
20. Qf6+ Kg8 21. Re5 Rd8 22. Rg5+ Kf8 23. Rg7 $18) (16... Rg8 17. Ne4 f5 18.
Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Rg6 20. Bh4 f6 (20... b6 $6 21. Qh5 Bb7 22. Qxh7 Rxg2+ 23.
Kf1 $40 {[%csl Re8]}) 21. Qh5 f4 22. Rad1 Kf8 $15) 17. Ne4 O-O (17... Be6 $6
18. f4 (18. Qf3 Qe7 19. Rad1 O-O 20. Qg3 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. f4 Bf5 $132)
18... Rd8 19. Qh5 O-O 20. Qh4 $16) 18. f4 $1 $36 b6 (18... Bf5 19. Qd6 $5 Qxd6
20. Nxd6 Bc8 21. fxe5 fxe5 22. Bxe5 Rd8 23. Rad1 Bg4 24. Rd3 $14) 19. Qh5 Qd7 (
19... Bb7 20. Ng3 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg3f5]} Rfd8 21. Re2 $1 $16 {[%csl Gd2,
Gg2]}) 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Bxe5 Qg4 ({May be Black should've looked for escape
after} 21... f5 $1 22. Rad1 (22. Bxg7 Qxg7 23. Rad1 fxe4 24. Qd5+ Qf7 25. Qxa8
Bg4 26. Qd5 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 e3 29. Rg5+ Kh8 30. Re5 Rf2 $11) 22...
Qe8 23. Qxe8 Rxe8 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rb8 $1 $11 {[%cal
Gg8f7,Gc8e6]}) 22. Ng3 Be6 (22... Qxh5 23. Nxh5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 h6 25. Rae1 Rb8
26. Re7 $16) 23. Qxg4 Bxg4 24. h3 Bxe5 (24... Be6 25. Nh5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Rad8
27. Rf1 $14) 25. Rxe5 Be6 26. Nh5 Rfd8 27. Rf1 Rd2 $2 {[%csl Rd2]} (27... h6 $1
$14 {[%csl Gg5]}) 28. Nf6+ $18 Kg7 (28... Kf8 $2 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Ne4+) (28...
Kh8 29. Rh5 Kg7 30. Rxh7+ Kg6 31. h4 Rxa2 32. h5+ Kg5 33. Ne4+ Kh4 34. Rg7 $18)
29. Rg5+ Kh6 $6 (29... Kh8) 30. h4 Rxa2 31. Ng4+ $1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Ng6 7. h4 Qc7 8. h5
({May be deserved attention} 8. g3 $5 {preventing black knight from coming to
f4.} h5 9. Nbd2 e5 10. Nc4 Be7 11. Bd2 d6 12. Ne3 Rb8 13. b3 Bf6 14. Ng5 Bd8
15. O-O-O $14 {Guadalpi,D-Degraeve,J/France 2004}) 8... Nf4 (8... Ne5 9. Nxe5
Qxe5 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. e5 f6 12. f4 Be7 13. h6 g6 14. Nf3 O-O 15. Bd2 $14 {
Vescovi,G-Crosa,M/Sao Paulo 2003}) 9. Qd2 $5 {Very interesting idea, which
seems to be pretty weird at the first-hand look: indeed white sacrifices a
pawn, gives up the right to cstle and remains with 2 knights against black's
bishops pair! However white gets a few things in return since black is left
with invalid pawn structure and passive pieces.} (9. Qf1 $5 e5 10. Bxf4 exf4
11. Qe2 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Rb1 Bf6 15. O-O (15. Ne2 Re8 16. O-O c4
17. e5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Qxf4 d6 20. Ng3 cxd3 21. cxd3 h6 22. b3 $13 {
Sulskis,S-Eljanov,P/Kharkov 2003}) 15... d5 16. exd5 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 cxd5 18. b4
c4 19. h6 gxh6 20. Rfe1 $36 {Glek,I-Huebner,R/Treviso 2002}) (9. Bxf4 Qxf4 10.
Nbd2 e5 11. g3 (11. Nc4 d6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 f5 $15 {
Salinnikov,D-Chernyshov,K/Voronezh 2005}) 11... Qf6 12. Nc4 d6 13. Ne3 Qd8 14.
c4 Be7 15. Nh4 g6 16. O-O-O $13 {Kuzin,A-Arzumanian,G/Tula 2004}) 9... e5 10.
Qc3 Nxg2+ 11. Kf1 Nf4 12. Bxf4 (12. Qxe5+ $6 Qxe5 13. Nxe5 Ne6 $15) 12... exf4
13. h6 Rg8 {A few rounds later Najer tried to improe white's play, but ended
up in slightly worse endgame after} 14. e5 $6 (14. Nbd2 d5 15. exd5 cxd5 16.
Re1+ Be6 17. Ng5 O-O-O 18. Rxe6 gxh6 19. Qf6 Rg6 20. Qxf7 Rxg5 $15 {Najer,
E-Eljanov,P/Warsaw 2005}) 14... Ba6 {[%csl Gc4]} 15. Nbd2 O-O-O 16. Ne4 c4 $1 {
The most important thing for black is to open up the position, so he doesn't
really mind to give up couple of pawns to achieve his goal.} 17. dxc4 f5 $1 18.
Nd6+ $6 (18. exf6 d5 19. hxg7 dxe4 (19... Bxg7 20. Ned2 (20. Rxh7 $2 dxe4 21.
Ne5 f3 $1 22. fxg7 Rxg7 23. Rh1 Rg5 $19) 20... Bf8 (20... d4 $2 21. Qa3 $18 {
[%csl Ra6,Rg7]}) 21. Ne5 dxc4 22. Ndf3 $13) 20. gxf8=Q Rdxf8 21. Nd2 (21. Ne5
$5) 21... e3 22. Ne4 Qd7 {[%cal Gd7g4]} 23. f3 {[%csl Gg4]} Rd8 $36 {[%csl Rf1]
}) 18... Bxd6 19. exd6 Qxd6 $17 {White king feels very uncomfortable on f1, so
black's advantage is unquestionable at this point.} 20. hxg7 (20. b3 g5 21. Qe5
Qd5 $1 (21... Qxe5 22. Nxe5 d6 $6 23. Nxc6 $13) 22. Kg2 {[%csl Rg2]} Qxe5 23.
Nxe5 d6 24. Nd3 c5 $17) 20... Rxg7 $1 21. Qxg7 $6 (21. b3 Rdg8 22. Qe5 Qxe5 23.
Nxe5 d6 24. Nd3 f3 25. Re1 $15) 21... Bxc4+ 22. Kg1 (22. Ke1 Re8+ $19) 22...
Rg8 23. Qxg8+ Bxg8 $19 24. Rh3 Bd5 25. Rd1 Qg6+ 26. Kh2 Bxf3 27. Rg1 (27. Rxf3
Qh5+ 28. Kg2 Qg4+ $19) 27... Bg4 28. f3 Bxh3 $1 0-1

[Event "GER CupT final"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2002.03.10"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.03.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luebeck"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2
d5 (8... Ng6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nh4 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. d5 Ne5 $5 (12... Na5 13.
Bd3 Ng6 14. g3 Be7 15. dxe6 dxe6 16. a4 $1 bxa4 17. Bxa6 $16 {[%csl Ra4,Ra5,
Rg6] Tkachiev,V-Ansell,S/London Lloyds 1994}) 13. Nd4 g5 $5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal
Gh4g6]} 14. a4 b4 15. N2b3 g4 (15... Nhg6 $5) 16. Rd1 $14 {Tkachiev,V-San
Segundo,P/ch-ESP Team, Ampuriabrava ESP 1997}) 9. a4 $5 (9. e5 Qb6 (9... d4 10.
Be4 Ng6 (10... Nd5 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. d3 Be7 13. Nbd2 Nf4 14. Qd1 Ng6 15. Nb3
Qb6 16. Re1 $14 {Moreno,J-Magem Badals,J/Cala Galdana 1999/EXT 2000}) 11. d3
Be7 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Nbd2 Qb6 (13... O-O 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. h4 Rfd8 ({Loosing a
pawn} 15... a5 16. h5 a4 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Nbxd4 Nh8 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bg5 Bxg5
21. Nxg5 h6 22. Ne4 $16 {Tkachiev,V-Cherniaev,A/Biel 1994/1-0 (68)}) 16. h5 Nf8
$8 17. h6 g6 18. Bg5 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Rd6,Rf6] Pavasovic,D-Oral,T/Baden 1999/CBM
71}) 14. Nb3 Rc8 (14... O-O 15. h4 a5 16. h5 a4 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Nbxd4 Nh8 19.
Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bg5 $16 {Tkachiev,V-Cherniaev,A/Biel 1994/TD}) 15. Bd2 O-O 16. h4
Rfd8 17. h5 Nf8 18. Rac1 b4 19. h6 $14 {Burnett,R-Van der Weide,K/Groningen
1999/CBM 73}) 10. Rd1 d4 11. Be4 Ng6 12. d3 Be7 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Nbd2 (14. Na3
Bd8 15. Nc2 Bc7 16. Ncxd4 $1 Ncxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Bxb7 Rb8 $44
{Totsky,L-Belikov,V/RUS 1995/CBM 48}) 14... O-O 15. Nb3 Rfd8 16. h4 $14 {
Tkachiev,V-Pinski,J/Geneve 1997/EXT 98}) (9. d4 cxd4 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. cxd4 Be7
12. Nc3 Ncb4 13. Bb1 Rc8 $13 {Richter,W-Kosten,A/Germany 1998/EXT 99}) 9... b4
(9... dxe4 $5 10. Bxe4 b4 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nd5 $13) 10. d4 $5 {Now all the
pawns in the center could be exchanged at some stage!} bxc3 $6 {Dubious
decision.} (10... cxd4 $5 11. cxd4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nd5 $13) 11. dxc5 cxb2 12.
Bxb2 d4 $5 {White bishop on g2 is very strong, so I can understand black
attempting to close diagonal a1-h8.} (12... dxe4 13. Bxe4 Ng6 14. Qe3 $14 {
[%csl Rg7][%cal Gb2h8]}) 13. e5 $5 Nd5 14. Nbd2 Bxc5 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Rfd1 Ncb4
$5 (16... Qc7 17. Nxd4 Nxe5 18. Nb5 $1 axb5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qxb5+ Kf8 21.
Qxb7 $14) 17. Rxd4 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Rc8 {Unfortunately for black the castle is
taboo:} (18... O-O $2 19. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 (19... Nxf6 $2 20. Rxd8 $18) (19... Bxf6
20. exf6 g6 21. Qd2 $16 {[%cal Gd4h4,Gd2h6]}) 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Rg4+ Kh8 22.
Ng5 $18) 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Ba3 $1 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Ge4d6]} Nf4 21. Nd6+ $5 Bxd6
22. Rxd6 $1 Qa5 $6 {Much better was} (22... Nxd3 23. Rxb6 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nxe5
$132 {with uncear position in which white's inititive fully compensates him
for the lack of pawn.}) 23. Qe3 Qc3 24. Qxc3 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Nxc3 26. Rb6 $16 {
[%csl Re8] Black king is destinied to remain in the center till the end of th
game.} Bd5 27. Rc1 f6 28. Bb2 $1 (28. Nd4 $6 Kf7 29. Rb7+ Kg6 $13) 28... Bc4+
29. Ke1 Nxa4 30. Rb4 Nxb2 31. Rxb2 {[%cal Gb2c2]} Kd7 $8 32. Rb7+ Kd8 (32...
Kc6 33. Rxg7 Kd5 34. exf6 $16) 33. Rxg7 Bd5 34. Rxc8+ Kxc8 35. exf6 Rf8 36. f7
Kd7 37. Ne5+ Kd6 38. f4 a5 39. Rxh7 $1 a4 40. g4 a3 41. Rh3 a2 42. Ra3 {
[%cal Gg4g7]} 1-0

[Event "World Youth Stars 3rd"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2005.05.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 (6. Re1) (6. Bc4
e6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 Nxe4 12. Nxd4 Nf6 $11 {
Brajovic,R-Knezevic,B/Vrnjacka Banja 1998}) (6. Ba4 e6 7. d3 a6 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9.
Ne2 b5 10. Bb3 Bc5 11. h3 Bb7 12. Bf4 d6 13. Bh2 $14 {Svetushkin,D-Brajovic,R/
Bucharest 1999}) (6. Bd3 $5 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 e6 8. Re1 d6 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 b5 11.
Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bb7 13. a4 $14 {Svidler,P-Kramnik,V/Internet ICC 1999}) 6...
cxd4 7. Nd5 (7. Ne2 $6 Nxe4 8. Nxd4 e6 9. Re1 Nf6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. d4 O-O 12.
Bg5 d6 13. Bd3 b6 14. c4 Bb7 $13 {Sprenger,J-Lindinger,M/Hamburg 2003}) 7...
Nxd5 8. exd5 Qc5 (8... a6 9. Ba4 (9. Be2 g6 10. c4 Bg7 11. d3 O-O 12. Bg5 d6
13. Qd2 e5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Bg4 $13 {Guidarelli,L-Lautier,J/Aix les Bains 2003
}) 9... g6 10. d3 Bg7 (10... b5 11. Bb3 Bg7 $2 12. d6 $1 $16 {Benjamin,
J-Nakamura,H/New York 2004}) 11. Bg5 b5 12. Bb3 e6 13. c4 dxc3 14. bxc3 O-O 15.
Rc1 Bb7 16. c4 $14 {Teske,H-Souleidis,G/Germany 2003}) (8... g6 9. Re1 a6 10.
Ba4 Bg7 11. d3 h6 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. Qf3 Kf8 14. Bd2 d6 $13 {Laznicka,V-Zezulkin,
J/Czechia 2004}) 9. c4 (9. Qe2 $6 Qxd5 10. c4 Qf5 11. b4 e6 12. Bb2 Bxb4 13.
Bxd4 O-O 14. Rab1 Bd6 $15 {Boudre,J-Godard,M/Meribel 1998}) 9... a6 (9... dxc3
10. Qb3 a6 11. Be2 c2 (11... e6 $6 12. dxc3 Bd6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. g3 b5 15. a4
$16 {Kryvoruchko,Y-Hamdouchi,H/Calvi 2005}) 12. d4 Qd6 13. Bf3 g6 14. Bd2 Qf6
15. d6 Qxd6 16. Rfe1 $36 {Anand,V-Leko,P/Linares 2003}) 10. b4 (10. Ba4 Qxc4 (
10... b5 11. Bb3 (11. cxb5 Bb7 12. Bb3 axb5 13. d3 e6 14. Qf3 Bd6 15. Qg4 Bxd5
16. Qxg7 O-O-O 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 $15 {Yarmysty,M-Kryvoruchko,Y/Lvov 2005}) 11...
bxc4 12. Qc2 Qxd5 13. Bxc4 Qc6 14. Qd3 Bb7 15. f3 Rc8 16. Bb3 e6 $17 {Bolacky,
J-Stehno,P/Czechia 2004}) 11. Bb3 Qc5 12. d3 Qd6 13. Qf3 Qf6 14. Qe4 d6 15. Re1
g6 16. Bf4 Bf5 17. Qf3 O-O-O $132 {Karim,I-Ribera Baztan,J/Mallorca 2004})
10... Qxb4 11. Ba4 g6 (11... b5 12. cxb5 g6 13. d6 $1 (13. d3 Bg7 14. Bd2 Qd6
15. Bb3 axb5 16. Qe1 Qf6 17. Bb4 d6 18. a4 O-O 19. axb5 Rb8 20. Bc4 Bd7 21. Ra5
Rb7 $15 {Frolov,D-Shariyazdanov,A/Tomsk 2004}) (13. b6 Bg7 14. d3 O-O 15. Bg5
Bb7 16. Re1 e6 17. dxe6 {1/2-1/2 Ulibin,M-Avrukh,B/Biel 2003}) 13... Qxd6 14.
Qf3 Rb8 15. Ba3 Qb6 16. Qf4 e6 17. Qf6 $36 {Rossi,C-Balogh,E/Cork 2005}) 12. d3
(12. Bb3 Bg7 13. a4 d6 14. Ba3 Qa5 15. Re1 Qd8 16. c5 O-O 17. Rc1 dxc5 (17...
Bf6 18. Qf3 Bg5 19. Qd3 dxc5 20. Bxc5 Qa5 21. Bxe7 Qxd2 22. Rcd1 $16 {
Predojevic,B-Timofeev,A/Sarajevo 2005}) 18. Bxc5 Re8 19. a5 Bf5 20. Qf3 Qxa5
21. Bxe7 Qxd2 22. d6 $40 {Svidler,P-Van Wely,L/Monte Carlo 2005}) 12... Bg7 {
In the previous games which reached this position Black opted for 12...b5,
however I see nothing wrong in playing 12...Bg7 right away.} (12... b5 13. Bb3
Bg7 14. a4 (14. Bd2 Qd6 15. Qe1 bxc4 16. Bb4 Qe5 17. dxc4 a5 18. Bxa5 Qxe1 19.
Bxe1 d6 20. Bb4 Rb8 21. Ba3 O-O $132 {Ulibin,M-Gagunashvili,M/Dubai 2003})
14... bxc4 15. Bxc4 d6 16. Re1 Qb7 17. Bg5 f6 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Bd2 Kf7 20. a5
$44 {Gdanski,J-Dziuba,M/Dzwirzyno 2004}) 13. Bd2 Qa3 14. Qc2 ({It's
interesting to try} 14. Qb3 {even though Black should be ok after} Qxb3 15.
axb3 b6 (15... O-O 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. c5 e5 18. Ba5 $1 f5 19. Bb6 $16 {[%csl Ra8,
Rc8][%cal Gd5d6]}) 16. Rfe1 Kd8 $5 17. b4 Bb7 18. Bb3 d6 $13) 14... O-O 15.
Rfb1 $5 {[%csl Ga2]} (15. Rab1 b5 $1 16. Bb3 d6 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. cxb5 axb5 19.
Qc6 Bf5 20. Qxb5 Reb8 21. Qc4 Rc8 22. Qb5 Rab8 $17) 15... Qd6 (15... b5 16.
cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Qd6 18. Bb4 Qxd5 19. Bxe7 $14) 16. Ba5 $6 (16. Bb4 $5 {
was the way to retain the material balance} Qf6 17. Re1 d6 18. Qe2 e5 (18...
Bf5 $5) 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxd6 Rfd8 21. c5 $14) 16... Bf6 17. Bb6 e6 (17... Qf4
$5 {[%cal Gd7d6]} 18. g3 (18. c5 d6 19. c6 Be5 20. g3 Qf3 $17 {[%cal Gc8h3]})
18... Qf3 19. d6 $1 exd6 20. Qd1 Qf5 21. Qe2 d5 22. c5 $44) 18. Ba5 $5 Qf4 19.
Bd2 Qc7 $5 {Black is doing great after an exchange sacrifice.} (19... Qf5 20.
d6 b5 21. cxb5 Bb7 $15) 20. d6 Qxd6 21. Bb4 Qc7 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 $15 23. Qb3 (23.
Qd2 Kg7 24. Bd1 b6 25. Bf3 Rb8 26. a4 a5 27. g3 Be7 $15 {[%cal Ge7b4,Gd7d6,
Ge6e5]}) 23... Be7 24. Qb6 Qxb6 25. Rxb6 Bc5 26. Rb2 b6 27. Rab1 Ke7 28. Bd1
Rb8 29. Bf3 Kd8 30. h4 $1 Kc7 31. g3 d6 32. Kg2 Bd7 33. h5 a5 34. hxg6 hxg6 35.
Rh1 a4 36. Rh7 Be8 37. g4 (37. Rh8 a3 (37... b5 $6 38. Rxe8 $1 Rxe8 39. Rxb5
Bb6 40. Rb4 $11) 38. Rb1 Ba4 39. Rxb8 Kxb8 40. Bd1 $15) 37... Rd8 38. Rb1 Rd7
39. Be4 (39. Rh8 Re7 40. g5 $11) 39... a3 40. Rg7 $2 (40. Rh8 Re7 41. g5 $11)
40... f5 $1 $17 41. Rxd7+ Bxd7 42. Bf3 Ba4 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Bd1 Bc6+ 45. Bf3
Ba4 46. Rc1 (46. Bd1 Bd7 47. Bf3) 46... Bb4 47. Bd1 Be8 48. Be2 Bc3 49. Rh1 b5
50. cxb5 Bxb5 51. Rh7+ Kc6 52. Bf3+ (52. f4 $8) 52... d5 53. Be2 e5 $19 {
[%cal Ge5e4]} 54. Kf1 Kb6 55. f3 e4 56. fxe4 fxe4 57. Rh3 Ba4 {[%csl Ra2][%cal
Ga4c2,Gc2b1]} 58. Rh8 Bc2 59. dxe4 dxe4 60. Rd8 d3 61. Bh5 e3 62. Bg4 Bb2 63.
Rb8+ Kc5 64. Rc8+ Kd4 65. Rd8+ Kc3 66. Ke1 Bc1 67. Bh5 Kb2 68. Kf1 Kxa2 69. Bg6
e2+ 70. Kf2 Bd2 71. Re8 e1=Q+ 72. Rxe1 Bxe1+ 73. Kxe1 Kb2 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 14th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2004.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Black "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nc3 Nc7 6. O-O g6 7. Bc4 $5 {
Interesting continuation. White believes the bishop is more usefull than black
knight on c6.} (7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d3 (8. Ne4 Ne6 (8... Qd5 9. d3 b6 10. Re1 Bg4
11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Ne6 13. c4 Qd7 14. Ng5 Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Bg7 $11 {Westerinen,
H-Bern,I/Skei 1995}) 9. d3 Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4
14. Bh6 f5 15. exf6 exf6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qf4 $14 {Gurgenidze,B-Nun,J/Hradec
Kralove 1978}) 8... Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 Ne6 11. Ne4 b6 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Bh6
Bh8 14. Qe3 Qc7 15. Neg5 $14 {Forintos,G-Portisch,L/Budapest 1958}) (7. Re1
Nxb5 8. Nxb5 Bg7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nbxd4 Qb6 12. Nb3 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6
$13 {Zapata,W-Sveshnikov,E/Caracas 1976}) 7... Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. d3 b6 $6 {
This move appears to be inaccuracy after which black's position deteriorates
very quickly.} (9... d5 10. exd6 exd6 (10... Qxd6 $2 11. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Rc5]})
11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Nb4 13. Bb3 d5 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bf4 $14) 10. Bf4 h6 (10...
Bb7 11. Qd2 Na5 12. Ne4 Nxc4 13. dxc4 Ne6 14. Bh6 $14) 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Ne4 Ne6
13. c3 $1 Qc7 (13... Nxf4 14. Qxf4 $16 {[%csl Rf7]}) 14. Bg3 $16 {[%cal Ga1c1,
Gd3d5]} Nxe5 15. Bd5 $1 (15. Nxe5 $6 Bxe5 16. Ng5+ Nxg5 17. Bxe5 Qc6 $13) 15...
Rb8 (15... Bb7 16. Nxe5 (16. Bxb7 $2 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Qxb7 $19) 16... Bxd5 17.
Nxg6 d6 18. Nxf8+ $16) 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Ng5+ hxg5 19. Rxe5 d6
20. Qxg5 $1 $18 Rf5 (20... dxe5 21. Bxe5 Qb7 22. Qh4+ Kg8 23. Qg3 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rb8,Rg8]}) (20... Kg7 $142 21. Rae1 Rf6 22. R5e4 Rf5 23. Qe3 Rh5 24. Rh4
Rxh4 25. Bxh4 e5 26. f4 $18) 21. Rxf5 exf5 (21... gxf5 22. Re1 e5 23. Bf4 $1
$18 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ge1e3,Ge3h3]}) 22. Bf4 e5 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qxg6+ Qg7 25.
Qxd6 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vydeslaver, Alik"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 $5 {Very flexible
move keeping all the options open.} (6. Ng5 Ng6 (6... f6 7. Nh3 g6 8. f4 Bg7 9.
O-O O-O 10. Nf2 d6 11. Nd2 a5 12. a4 f5 13. Nf3 Rb8 14. Rb1 c4 $5 15. dxc4 fxe4
16. Nxe4 d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nf2 Qb6 19. Re1 Nf5 20. Ne5 Rb7 21. b3 Rd8 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Bologan,V-Shabalov,A/Connecticut USA 2000/The Week in Chess 286 (37)})
7. f4 Be7 8. Nf3 d5 9. c4 e5 10. f5 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nf4 $2 12. Qxd8+ Bxd8 13.
Nxe5 Nxg2+ 14. Kf2 $16 {[%csl Rg2] 1-0 Bologan,V-Sveshnikov,E/Tallinn EST 2000}
) (6. h4 $6 h5 7. Qe2 f6 8. e5 fxe5 9. Nxe5 d6 10. Nc4 Nf5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7
Qxe7 13. Nc3 e5 $15 {Shabanov,Y-Arkhipov,S/Smolensk RUS 2000}) 6... Ng6 (6...
Qc7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Ng5 Be7 $6 9. Qh5 Qd8 (9... d6 10. f4 $36 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) (
9... h6 $2 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. f4 $16) 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. f4 Bxg5 12. fxg5 $36) 7.
h4 {Forcing black to play h5 with the hope to expoit the weakness later on.} h5
8. e5 f6 (8... d6 $143 9. exd6 Bxd6 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6,Rh5]} 10. Nc3 e5 11. Ng5 Bg4
12. f3 Bf5 13. Be3 $16 {Yudasin,L-Manca,F/Reggio Emilia ITA 2000}) (8... Be7 9.
Qe4 c4 10. dxc4 Rb8 11. b3 c5 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Qe3 Nxh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Nc3
$36 {[%csl Re8] 1-0 Breder,D-Moroz,A/Pardubice 2000}) 9. Qe4 (9. Rh3 $6 d5 10.
exd6 Bxd6 11. Rh1 e5 12. Na3 Bg4 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Qe4 Ne7 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Be3
Be6 $15 {Obodchuk,A-Bocharov,D/Orsk 2000}) 9... Kf7 (9... f5 $6 {[%csl Rd6]}
10. Qe2 Be7 11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. hxg5 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 c4 14. dxc4 Ba6 15. b3 $16 {
Gross,D-Horvath,T/Austria 2000}) 10. Nbd2 (10. Rh3 $6 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gf3g5,
Yh3f3]} Nxe5 $1 (10... Qc7 $2 11. Ng5+ $1 fxg5 12. Rf3+ Kg8 13. Qxg6 Qxe5+ 14.
Kf1 gxh4 $2 15. Bg5 Ba6 16. Nc3 c4 17. d4 Qxd4 18. Qf7+ Kh7 19. Qxh5+ Kg8 20.
Qf7+ Kh7 21. Rf6 $18 {Bezold,M-Volkmann,F/Austria 1999} (21. Rf6 Qxf6 22. Bxf6
{1-0 Bezold,M-Volkmann,F/Austria 1999/EXT 2000 (22)})) 11. Nxe5+ fxe5 12. Rf3+
(12. Qxe5 d6 13. Rf3+ Kg8 $132) 12... Kg8 13. Qg6 {[%cal Gc1g5]} Ba6 {[%cal
Ga8f8]} 14. Qf7+ Kh7 15. Qxh5+ Kg8 16. Qf7+ Kh7 17. Nc3 Qe8 18. Ne4 Qxf7 19.
Rxf7 d5 $13 {white has the activity but in a long run black has very good
counterchances.}) (10. Na3 Qc7 {[%csl Re5]} 11. Bf4 Nxf4 12. Qxf4 Ba6 13. Nc4 {
-see game}) 10... Qc7 11. Nc4 Ba6 12. Bf4 $1 {White is ready to give up
another bishop to keep control over the square e5. Black bishops are
restricted by own pawns,so white knights pair is definitly not worse than the
bishops not to mention black king on f7...} (12. Rh3 $2 Bxc4 13. Ng5+ (13. dxc4
Nxe5 $17) 13... fxg5 14. Rf3+ Kg8 15. Qxg6 Qxe5+ 16. Kf1 g4 17. Re3 Qf6 $17)
12... Nxf4 13. Qxf4 Kg8 (13... Be7 $5 14. Rh3 Kg8 15. Rg3 Rh7 $1 (15... Rb8 $4
16. Rxg7+ $1 Kf8 (16... Kxg7 17. exf6+ $18 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gf4c7]}) 17. Rxe7
$18) 16. O-O-O Rf8 {[%cal Gf8f3,Gf6e5]} 17. Qe4 {[%cal Ge4g6]} Rh6 $1 $132 {
[%cal Gh6f6,Gf6e5] Vokarev,S-Arkhipov,S/Smolensk 2000}) (13... Bxc4 14. dxc4
Rb8 15. O-O-O Be7 16. Rhg1 $5 $36 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gg2g4]}) 14. Rh3 fxe5 $6 {
Permitting white knight to come to g6.} (14... Be7 $5) 15. Ncxe5 d6 16. Ng6 Rh6
17. Rg3 e5 18. Qg5 $1 $14 {[%csl Gg6]} (18. Ngxe5 $2 Re6 $19 {[%cal Ge6e1]})
18... Rh7 $2 (18... Qf7 $6 19. Qxh6 $1 gxh6 20. Ngxe5+ Qg7 21. Nxc6 Re8+ 22.
Kd2 Qxg3 23. fxg3 Rc8 24. Na5 $16) (18... Re8 $5) 19. Nd2 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd2e4,
Ge4f6] Bringign another knight to the attack.} Re8 (19... Qd8 20. Ne4 $1 Qxg5
$6 21. Nxg5 Rh6 22. Ne6 $18 {[%csl Rf8]}) 20. Ne4 Qd8 (20... c4 21. Rf3 $1 {
[%cal Ge4f6]} d5 $140 22. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 23. Ne7+ Kf7 24. Qxf6#) 21. Nxf8 $1 $18
{Just as simple as that! White wins an exchange transferring into easily
winning endgame.} Rxf8 (21... Qxg5 22. Nxg5 $18 {[%csl Rh7]}) 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23.
Nf6+ Kh8 24. Nxh7 Kxh7 25. Rf3 $1 c4 26. Rf7 {[%csl Ra7]} cxd3 27. Rxa7 Bc4 28.
b3 Bd5 29. cxd3 Bxg2 30. Ke2 Bd5 31. Rg1 Rg8 32. Rd7 Kh8 33. Rxd6 Ra8 34. Ra1
Bxb3 35. Rxc6 Ra4 36. Rc5 Bf7 37. Rxe5 Bg6 38. Ke3 Rxh4 39. a4 Rb4 40. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 07th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2006.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Nge7 5. b4 $5 {Shirov deviates from
theory in move 5. I must say that it's an extremely rare occasion when in the
game between two top players someone comes up with a novelty before move 15,
so this one is unique!} ({The main line is} 5. Bc4 {followed by c3 and d4.})
5... cxb4 6. Bb2 Ng6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 {White's position looks
very promising, but Black comes up with very interesting defensive plan.} Qg5
10. e5 (10. Bc4 $143 $6 Nh4 11. Qe5+ Qxe5 12. Bxe5 d6 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Bb3 Ng6
15. f4 Rc8 $15) 10... Nf4 11. Qe4 a6 (11... Bc5 {deserved attention:} 12. g3 (
12. Bc1 Nh3+ 13. Kh1 Nxf2+ 14. Rxf2 Qxc1+ 15. Rf1 Qe3) 12... Ne6 13. c3 O-O 14.
cxb4 d5 $1 $132 {with mutual chances.}) 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Nd2 {Shirov strives
for fast development of the pieces, but it seems that White keeps initiative
also after} (13. Kh1 Nxd3 14. cxd3 O-O 15. f4 Qh5 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. f5 $13) 13...
Nxd3 ({After} 13... Nh3+ 14. Kh1 Qxd2 15. gxh3 Qh6 16. Rg1 $36 {it's not so
clear where to put black king.}) 14. Qxd3 Qg6 15. Ne4 b5 16. Rae1 $6 {After
this move Black manages to equalize the position. More accurate was} (16. f4 $1
Bb7 17. f5 Qc6 18. Rae1 O-O-O 19. Qg3 $14) 16... Bb7 17. Nf6+ ({Not so clear is
} 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6+ Kf8 19. Qh3 Qxd6 20. Qg4 Qg6 21. Qxb4+ Kg8 22. f3 h5
$13 {and Black's king comes to h7.}) 17... Kf8 18. Nxd7+ Kg8 19. Qh3 h5 $1 {
A multiple purpose move. Black may play Qg4 or bring the rook into play via h6.
} (19... Qe6 $5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Qxe6 (21. exf6 Qxh3 22. gxh3 g6 23. Re7 Bd5
24. Rd1 Bxa2 $13) 21... fxe6 22. exf6 Kf7 23. fxg7 Rhc8 $132) 20. Re3 h4 ({
The immediate} 20... Qg4 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. exf6 Qxh3 23. Rxh3 gxf6 $13 {
looked safe for Black either.}) 21. f4 Qe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. f5 Bc6 {A very
short, but nevertheless a hard fiught and an interesting game!} ({I guess the
players agreed upon a draw due to the following forced variation:} 23... Bc6
24. f6 (24. fxe6 Rh6 $15) 24... Bxd7 25. fxe7 Re8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Grafl, Florian"]
[Black "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 Ne7 6. Bb2 Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. e5
Be7 {A possible move. Other interesting possibilities are} (8... d6 9. exd6
Qxd6 10. Qe2 f6 11. Qe4 Kf7 12. Nc3 e5 13. O-O-O Be7 14. d3 Be6 $132 {Adams,
M-Shirov,A/Reykjavik 2003}) (8... c4 $5 9. bxc4 Rb8 10. Bc3 c5 11. d3 Be7 12.
Nbd2 f5 13. g3 Bb7 14. Qe2 Qb6 15. Rg1 Qc6 $44 {McShane,L-Grischuk,A/Istanbul
2003}) 9. Nc3 (9. d3 f6 10. Nbd2 d5 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. g3 e5 13. Qe2 Bg4 14. Qe4
Nf8 15. Nh2 $14 {Relange,E-Ciemniak,R/Buenos Aires 1992}) 9... c4 $6 {Probably
more accurate was} (9... f6 $1 10. Ne4 d5 (10... fxe5 $5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5
O-O $13 {[%cal Gd7d6,Ge6e5]}) 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. d3 e5 13. Qd2 Nf4 $132) 10. Ne4
$5 c5 $2 {This move is a serious mistake after which White gets a significant
advantage. It was necessary to play} (10... Bb7 11. Nd6+ (11. Nfg5 $2 f6 12.
exf6 gxf6 13. bxc4 e5 14. Nf3 d5 $36) 11... Bxd6 12. exd6 f6 13. bxc4 c5 $44 {
with counterchances.}) 11. Nfg5 $1 $36 {[%csl Ra8,Rf7,Rh5] After 10...c5 this
move is very strong as White is threatening to play Qf3.} Qc7 (11... Bb7 12.
Qf3 Rf8 13. Qxh5 $16) ({It's too late for} 11... f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Qf3 $1 {
[%cal Gf3a8,Gb2h8]} fxg5 14. Nxg5 Bxg5 15. hxg5 $18) 12. Nd6+ {White chooses
the safest way. Not so bad was} (12. Qf3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. Qxf7+ Kd8 15.
O-O $36 {with dangerous initiative.}) 12... Bxd6 13. exd6 Qc6 {Black is forced
to take the square f3 under control to meet 14.Qf3.} (13... Qxd6 $2 14. Qf3 $18
) 14. Qf3 Qxf3 15. Nxf3 cxb3 $6 {Opening up the a-file is hardly a wise
solution.} (15... Bb7 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Bh6 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nxh4 19. Be3 $14) 16.
axb3 {[%csl Ra7,Rc5,Rg7]} Bb7 17. Bxg7 Rg8 18. Bh6 $5 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Gh6e3]}
f6 (18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nxh4 20. Be3 Nxf3+ 21. Ke2 Nd4+ 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Rxh5
$16) 19. Ra5 $1 c4 20. bxc4 Kf7 (20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 Ne5 22. Be3 Nxc4 23. Rxh5
Nxd6 24. Ra5 $16) 21. Ke2 e5 22. g3 Rgc8 23. Rb1 $6 {After the move in the
game Black gets good drawing chances.} (23. c5 $142 $5 $16) 23... Bxf3+ 24.
Kxf3 Rxc4 25. Rb7 Ke6 26. Rc7 Rd4 (26... Rc6 $5 27. Rxc6 dxc6 28. Be3 Kxd6 29.
Bxa7 Ke6 30. d3 $16) 27. Rcxa7 Rxa7 28. Rxa7 Rxd6 29. Ra8 Rc6 30. c3 Kf5 31.
Ra7 d5 32. Be3 Rc8 $6 (32... e4+ 33. Ke2 Ne5 $14) 33. Rh7 Rh8 $2 (33... e4+ 34.
Ke2 Rh8 $16) 34. Rxh5+ $1 $18 Rxh5 35. g4+ Ke6 36. gxh5 e4+ (36... Nxh4+ 37.
Kg4 Nf5 38. h6 $18) 37. Kg3 Ne5 38. h6 Kf7 39. Bd4 Nf3 40. h7 Kg7 41. Bxf6+
Kxh7 42. d3 Nd2 43. Bg5 Nb1 44. dxe4 Nxc3 45. e5 Ne4+ 46. Kf3 Nc5 47. Kg4 Kg6
48. f4 d4 49. e6 d3 50. h5+ Kg7 51. h6+ Kh7 52. f5 Ne4 53. e7 Nd6 54. f6 Kg6
55. h7 Kxh7 56. f7 1-0

[Event "La Roche sur Yon"]
[Site "La Roche sur Yon"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2006.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Ng5 O-O 7. f4 d5 $5 8.
Nxd5 {After the move in the game White is forced to take on f7 if he wants to
fight for an opening advantage. The problem is that Black has excellent piece
play in that line.} (8. exd5 Nd4) 8... Nxd5 9. Bxd5 exf4 10. Nxf7 ({I guess} 
10. Nf3 Bh4+ 11. Kf1 Bf6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bxf4 {could be another direction,
but it's hard to believe that White might be better here.}) 10... Rxf7 11. O-O
{In my opinion it makes more sense to trade the queens as it would be easier
for White to advance his pawns in the center.} (11. Qh5 $5 Qf8 12. Qxf7+ Qxf7
13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Bxf4 Bf6 15. Rf1 Kg8 16. c3 Be6 17. Ke2 Rd8 18. h3 b6 19. g4
h6 $13 {Paschall,W-Nilssen,J/Budapest 2004}) 11... Bf6 (11... Qe8 12. Bxf4 Kh8
13. Bxf7 Qxf7 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. c3 Be6 17. Qa4 Rd8 18. Rad1 Bg4
$132 {Sutovsky,E-Kharlov,A/Moscow 2005}) 12. Bxf4 Qe7 13. Bxf7+ Qxf7 14. Bg5 (
14. Bd6 Qg6 (14... b6 15. e5 Qd5 16. exf6 Qxd6 17. f7+ Kf8 18. Qh5 $36) 15.
Bxc5 Bh3 16. Qf3 Bg4 17. Qg3 b6 18. Ba3 Be5 $13) 14... Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Qe6 16. c3
Be5 17. Be3 Bd6 18. Qc2 Bd7 19. Bf4 {Unfortunately for White he can't push d4
as after} (19. d4 $6 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nb4 21. Qb1 Bb5 22. Rd1 Rc8 $17 {Black
pieces are far too active, but maybe 19.a3 deserved attention.}) (19. a3 $5)
19... Re8 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 $15 21. Qb3+ (21. Rad1) 21... Be6 22. Qxb7 Ne5 $1 {
[%cal Ge5d3,Ge5g4] In the following position two minor pieces are clearly
superior to White's rook.} (22... Rb8 23. Qa6 Rxb2 24. Qa3 (24. d4 $2 cxd4 25.
cxd4 Rb6 $17) 24... Rb5 25. Qa6 Rb6 $15) 23. h3 Nxd3 24. Qxa7 h6 $1 {First of
all Black takes care of his own king.} 25. Rf3 (25. a4 Qc6 26. a5 Qxe4 27. Rf3)
25... Nxb2 26. a4 Nc4 27. a5 Ne5 28. Rf2 (28. Rg3 $6 Nd7 29. Rf3 Qc6 $17 {
[%csl Ra7]}) 28... Qc6 29. Raf1 $6 ({White's best chances was} 29. Rb2 Qxe4 30.
Rb8 Rxb8 31. Qxb8+ Kh7 32. Qb1 Nd3 33. Qf1 c4 34. a6 $132 {distracting Black
by advance of the pawn.}) 29... Nd7 30. a6 Ra8 31. Qb7 Rxa6 32. Qb1 (32. Qxc6
Rxc6 33. Ra1 c4 $17) 32... Ra4 $17 {The rest is just a matter of technique.}
33. Re1 Qa8 34. Rb2 Ra3 35. Qd3 Qa6 36. Qg3 Ra1 37. Rbb1 Rxb1 38. Rxb1 Kh7 39.
Re1 Qc4 40. Kh2 Nf6 41. Qe5 Bf7 $19 {[%csl Re4] Finally winning one of White's
pawns.} 42. Re3 Bg6 43. Rg3 Bxe4 44. Qe7 Bg6 45. Rf3 Nd5 46. Qd8 Be4 47. Rf8
Nf6 48. Qc7 Qxc3 49. Rc8 Qc2 50. Qg3 Nd5 51. Rd8 Ne3 52. Kg1 Qc1+ 53. Kf2 Nxg2
0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Ng5 O-O 7. f4 d6 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Qe1 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qh4 $5 {Very interesting continuation which
isn't any worse than more popular 11.Qd2 and 11.e5.} (11. Qd2 Qd7 (11... h6 12.
Nf3 Nxf3+ (12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qd7 14. Be3 b5 15. Bxd4 bxc4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17.
dxc4 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 $14 {Grischuk,A-Cheparinov,I/Mallorca 2004}) 13. gxf3 Be6 14.
Rae1 (14. Kh1 Kh7 15. Qg2 d5 16. Rg1 g6 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qh3 h5
$11 {Shirov,A-Leko,P/Linares 2004}) 14... Kh7 15. Kh1 Nh5 (15... Qd7 16. Rg1 a6
17. Qg2 Rg8 18. Bd2 g6 19. f4 b5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qh3 Bf8 22. Rg2 $14 {
Guseinov,G-Vescovi,G/Tripoli 2004}) 16. Bg3 Bh4 17. Rg1 Nxg3+ 18. hxg3 Bf6 19.
Kg2 Qa5 20. Re2 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Leko,P/Linares 2004}) (
11... a6 $6 12. h3 Bd7 13. a4 Bc6 14. Bd5 Qd7 15. a5 h6 16. Nf3 Kh7 17. Be3 Ne6
18. Bb3 Rae8 19. Nd5 $14 {Andrejchuk,V-Baranov,J/Alushta 2005}) 12. h3 (12. Be3
h6 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Be6 15. Kh1 Kh7 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 (16... fxe6 17. Qg2 Rf7
18. Rg1 Raf8 19. Ne2 d5 20. Nf4 g5 21. Ng6 Nh5 22. Nxf8+ Rxf8 23. Qh3 $14 {
Bologan,V-Radjabov,T/Dortmund 2003}) 17. Rae1 Qh3 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 a6 20.
f4 Rac8 21. Bf2 $14 {Kramnik,V-Degraeve,J/Senat 2003}) 12... Bh5 13. Kh2 (13.
g4 h6 14. gxh5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Qxh3 16. Qg2 Qxg2+ 17. Kxg2 Nxc2 18. Rac1 Nd4 19.
h6 Rae8 20. Bd2 $44 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Linares 2004}) 13... b5 14.
Bb3 Nxb3 15. axb3 b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. e5 Ne8 18. Nf3 Nc7 19. Bg5 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6
21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Nfg1 Qd6+ $11 {1/2-1/2 Nikolenko,O-Neverov,V/Czestochowa 1992
}) (11. e5) 11... h6 $8 (11... Bh5 $2 12. Nxh7 Kxh7 13. Bg5 b5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Qxh5+ Kg8 16. Bd5 $16 {Walek,M-Hagara,E/Czechia 2003}) 12. Nxf7 ({Another
option was tricky} 12. e5 $5 {but after calm} dxe5 {white has to go for} (12...
hxg5 $2 13. Bxg5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qxg4 Nxc2 16. Ne4 $1 (16. Nd5 $6 Bg5 $1
) 16... Ne3 (16... Be7 $2 17. Qh5 $1 Qe8 (17... Nxa1 18. Rxf7 Rxf7 19. Qxf7+
Kh7 20. Qh5#) 18. Rf3 $18 {[%cal Gf3h3]}) 17. Qh5 (17. Nxf6+ $2 Qxf6 18. Rxf6
Nxg4 $15) 17... Nxf1 18. Rxf1 $18) 13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Bxe5 Be6 (
15... Nxc2 16. Qxg4 Nxa1 17. Qc4+ Kg6 18. Rxa1 $14) 16. Ne4 Kg6 $13 {with
unclear position.}) 12... Rxf7 13. Bxf7+ (13. e5 $5) 13... Kxf7 14. Bxh6 $1 Be6
15. Qh5+ (15. Bg5 Nxc2 16. Rac1 Nd4 17. Rf2 Kg8 18. Rcf1 Qd7 $15) 15... Kg8 16.
Qg6 Bf8 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Qxe8 (18. Rxf6 $2 Qxg6 19. Rxg6 Bf7 $19) 18... Rxe8 $11
{Arising endgame is equal since black has a strong play on the queenside.} 19.
Rf2 (19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rf2 Bh6 21. Re1 Kg7 $15) 19... Be7 {[%cal Gf6g4]} 20.
Rd2 (20. h3 $2 Ng4 $1 21. Bxe7 Nxf2 22. Bxd6 Nxc2 23. Rc1 Nb4 $1 $19 {[%cal
Gb4d3]}) 20... Kh7 21. Rf1 Kg6 22. Bf4 Ng4 23. Ne2 (23. a3 $5 Bg5 24. Bxg5 Kxg5
25. Nd1 b5 26. h3 Ne5 27. Kh2 a5 28. Ne3 b4 $13) 23... Bg5 24. Nxd4 $6 {
Opening the c-file is hardly a good idea since black rook becomes very active.}
(24. Bxg5 Nxe2+ 25. Rxe2 Kxg5 26. h3 Ne5 27. Ref2 b5 28. a3 (28. Rf8 Rxf8 29.
Rxf8 Bxa2 {[%cal Ga2b1]} 30. Rf1 $1 Be6 31. Ra1 Nc6 32. Ra6 Bd7 $15) 28... a5
29. Rf8 $13) 24... cxd4 25. Bxg5 Kxg5 26. c3 dxc3 27. bxc3 b5 $1 $15 {[%csl
Rc3]} 28. Ra1 (28. h3 Ne5 29. d4 Nd7 $1 $15 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Ge8c8,Gd7b6,Gb6a4]
} (29... Nc4 30. Rdf2 Re7 31. Rf8 Nd2 32. R1f4)) 28... Rc8 29. h3 Ne5 30. a4 a6
31. axb5 axb5 32. d4 Ng6 33. Ra5 (33. Ra6) 33... Bc4 34. Ra6 Nf4 35. Kf2 $2 {
Blundering a pawn.} (35. Rxd6 Ne2+ 36. Kf2 Nxc3 37. Ke3 Re8 38. e5 b4 $13)
35... d5 $19 36. exd5 (36. e5 $2 b4 37. Ra1 bxc3 38. Rc2 Bb3 $19) (36. Ke3 dxe4
37. Kxe4 Bd5+ 38. Ke3 Rxc3+ $19) 36... Nxd5 37. Ra3 Rf8+ 38. Kg1 (38. Kg3 Ne3 {
[%csl Rg3][%cal Ge3f1]} 39. Rb2 Nf1#) 38... Rf1+ 39. Kh2 Rc1 {[%csl Rc3]} 40.
Ra7 g6 41. Rb7 Rxc3 42. Rb2 Rd3 43. R7xb5 Bxb5 44. Rxb5 Rxd4 45. Rb2 Ne3 46.
Rb3 Kf4 47. Rb6 Rd1 48. g3+ (48. Rxg6 Nf1+ 49. Kg1 Ng3+ 50. Kf2 Rf1#) 48... Kf5
49. g4+ Kf4 50. Rf6+ (50. Rxg6 Rd2+ 51. Kg1 Kg3 $19) 50... Kg5 51. Ra6 Kh4 52.
Re6 Rd2+ 53. Kg1 Re2 0-1

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.10"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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 "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Qc7 {Black has tried quite a
few moves in this position, but the main line is considered to be 5...Ne7.} 6.
O-O {This move is more flexible than the immediate 6.e5.} (6. e5 f6 7. Qe2 fxe5
8. Nxe5 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Nd2 d6 12. Nef3 Nd5 {seems to be quite
unclear.}) 6... d6 7. c3 Nf6 8. Re1 e5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. Nbd2 $5 ({
White is also clearly better after} 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nbd2 Bb4 13. Qa4 Bxd2 14.
Nxd2 O-O 15. Nb3 $1 $14 {Bologan,V-Moiseenko,A/Tripoli 2004 but Grischuk
prefers to keep more pieces on the board.}) 11... Be7 12. h3 Bh5 (12... Bxf3
13. Nxf3 O-O 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15. b3 exd4 16. Nxd4 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bb2 $14)
13. Qc2 O-O 14. b3 {White's plan is to put pressure on c6, so there is no
point to put a knight on c4.} Rac8 (14... exd4 15. Nxd4 Rac8 16. Bb2 Bg6 17. f4
$1 $14) 15. Bb2 Nd7 16. Rac1 Rfe8 {Diagram #} (16... exd4 17. Nxd4) 17. Re3 $1
{The rook is perfectly placed on the third rank. In case of 17...exd4 it could
come to g3 to put pressure on Black's kingside, otherwise it comes to c3 to
attack a weakness on c6.} f6 $2 {A very bad decision. Black's only chance for
counterplay is to put pressure on e4, so he had to capture on d4 followed by
Bf6.} (17... exd4 18. Nxd4 Bg5 (18... Bf6) 19. Rg3 Bf6 20. Nxc6 $5 Qxc6 21.
Qxc6 Rxc6 22. Rxc6 Bxb2 23. Rxd6 Nb6 24. Rgd3 $14) 18. Rc3 c5 {Black isn't
very happy with his position so he decides to sacrifice a pawn to get some
space for his pieces.} (18... Nb8 $5) 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. b4 Bf7 21. Ba3 Nb8 $1
22. bxc5 Nc6 23. Rd3 Na5 (23... Red8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Nc4 Be6 26. Qa4 $16)
24. Qa4 {Despite of an extra pawn White's task to convert his material
advantage into a win is far from being easy.} Red8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Nb3 Nc6
27. Qa6 h6 28. Nfd2 {Diagram #} Nd4 $2 {After a move in the game nothing can
save Black since White's passer is unstoppable.} (28... Bg6 29. f3 Nb8 30. Qe2
a5 $14) 29. Nxd4 exd4 (29... Rxd4 30. Nc4 Rxe4 31. Nd6 Rf4 32. Nb5 Qd8 33. c6
$18) 30. Bb4 Rc8 31. a3 $1 {Preparing the advance of the pawn.} Bf8 32. c6 $18
Rb8 33. Ba5 Qc8 34. c7 $1 {Diagram #} Qxa6 (34... Ra8 35. Qc6 Be6 36. Bb4 $18)
35. cxb8=Q Qxa5 36. Rc8 Qxa3 37. Nf3 d3 38. Rd8 a5 39. Kh2 Qc5 (39... Qb4 40.
Qc8) 40. e5 a4 41. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 42. exd6 d2 43. Nxd2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 {As I mentioned
in my comments to the game Predojevic-Timofeev/Sarajevo/2005 this line is
getting more and more popular lately. In my opinion this defeat shouldn't
frighten those who use it as black since black's play mcst definitely could be
improved.} (6. Re1) (6. Bc4 e6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11.
Ne2 Nxe4 12. Nxd4 Nf6 $11 {Brajovic,R-Knezevic,B/Vrnjacka Banja 1998}) (6. Ba4
e6 7. d3 a6 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne2 b5 10. Bb3 Bc5 11. h3 Bb7 12. Bf4 d6 13. Bh2
$14 {Svetushkin,D-Brajovic,R/Bucharest 1999}) (6. Bd3 $5 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 e6 8.
Re1 d6 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 b5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bb7 13. a4 $14 {Svidler,
P-Kramnik,V/Internet ICC 1999}) 6... cxd4 7. Nd5 (7. Ne2 $6 Nxe4 8. Nxd4 e6 9.
Re1 Nf6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. d4 O-O 12. Bg5 d6 13. Bd3 b6 14. c4 Bb7 $13 {Sprenger,
J-Lindinger,M/Hamburg 2003}) 7... Nxd5 8. exd5 Qc5 (8... a6 9. Ba4 (9. Be2 g6
10. c4 Bg7 11. d3 O-O 12. Bg5 d6 13. Qd2 e5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Bg4 $13 {
Guidarelli,L-Lautier,J/Aix les Bains 2003}) 9... g6 10. d3 Bg7 (10... b5 11.
Bb3 Bg7 $2 12. d6 $1 $16 {Benjamin,J-Nakamura,H/New York 2004}) 11. Bg5 b5 12.
Bb3 e6 13. c4 dxc3 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. c4 $14 {Teske,H-Souleidis,G/
Germany 2003}) (8... g6 9. Re1 a6 10. Ba4 Bg7 11. d3 h6 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. Qf3 Kf8
14. Bd2 d6 $13 {Laznicka,V-Zezulkin,J/Czechia 2004}) 9. c4 (9. Qe2 $6 Qxd5 10.
c4 Qf5 11. b4 e6 12. Bb2 Bxb4 13. Bxd4 O-O 14. Rab1 Bd6 $15 {Boudre,J-Godard,M/
Meribel 1998}) 9... a6 (9... dxc3 10. Qb3 a6 11. Be2 c2 (11... e6 $6 12. dxc3
Bd6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. g3 b5 15. a4 $16 {Kryvoruchko,Y-Hamdouchi,H/Calvi 2005})
12. d4 Qd6 13. Bf3 g6 14. Bd2 Qf6 15. d6 Qxd6 16. Rfe1 $36 {Anand,V-Leko,P/
Linares 2003}) 10. b4 (10. Ba4 Qxc4 (10... b5 11. Bb3 (11. cxb5 Bb7 12. Bb3
axb5 13. d3 e6 14. Qf3 Bd6 15. Qg4 Bxd5 16. Qxg7 O-O-O 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 $15 {
Yarmysty,M-Kryvoruchko,Y/Lvov 2005}) 11... bxc4 12. Qc2 Qxd5 13. Bxc4 Qc6 14.
Qd3 Bb7 15. f3 Rc8 16. Bb3 e6 $17 {Bolacky,J-Stehno,P/Czechia 2004}) 11. Bb3
Qc5 12. d3 Qd6 13. Qf3 Qf6 14. Qe4 d6 15. Re1 g6 16. Bf4 Bf5 17. Qf3 O-O-O $132
{Karim,I-Ribera Baztan,J/Mallorca 2004}) 10... Qxb4 11. Ba4 b5 $5 {In my
opinion it's safer for black to play 11...g6, trying to accomplish development
as quickly as possible, but a move in the game has a full right to exist.} (
11... g6 12. d3 (12. Bb3 Bg7 13. a4 d6 14. Ba3 Qa5 15. Re1 Qd8 16. c5 O-O 17.
Rc1 Bf6 18. Qf3 Bg5 $6 19. Qd3 dxc5 20. Bxc5 $16 {Predojevic,B-Timofeev,A/
Sarajevo 2005}) 12... b5 (12... Bg7 13. Bd2 Qa3 14. Qc2 O-O 15. Rfb1 $5 (15.
Rab1 $6 b5 $1 16. Bb3 d6 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Qc6 Bf5 20. Qxb5 Reb8
21. Qc4 Rc8 22. Qb5 Rab8 $17) 15... Qd6 16. Ba5 $6 Bf6 17. Bb6 e6 $13 {
Sjugirov,S-Khairullin,I/Kirishi 2005}) 13. Bb3 Bg7 14. Bd2 (14. a4 bxc4 15.
Bxc4 d6 16. Re1 Qb7 17. Bg5 f6 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Bd2 $44 {Gdanski,J-Dziuba,M/
Dzwirzyno 2004}) 14... Qd6 15. Qe1 bxc4 16. Bb4 Qe5 17. dxc4 a5 18. Bxa5 Qxe1
19. Bxe1 d6 $11 {Ulibin,M-Gagunashvili,M/Dubai 2003}) 12. Bc2 $5 (12. cxb5 g6
13. d6 $5 (13. d3 Bg7 14. Bd2 Qd6 15. Bb3 axb5 16. Qe1 Qf6 17. Bb4 d6 18. a4
O-O $13 {Frolov,D-Shariyazdanov,A/Tomsk 2004}) (13. b6 Bg7 14. d3 O-O 15. Bg5
Bb7 16. Re1 e6 17. dxe6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Ulibin,M-Avrukh,B/Biel 2003}) 13... Qxd6
14. Qf3 Rb8 15. Ba3 Qb6 16. Qf4 e6 (16... axb5) 17. Qf6 Rg8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19.
bxa6 $16 {Rossi,C-Balogh,E/Cork 2005}) 12... bxc4 (12... g6 $6 13. Rb1 Qc5 14.
Qf3 Rb8 15. d3 Bg7 16. Bd2 b4 17. a3 a5 18. axb4 axb4 19. Rb3 $16 {Boudre,
J-Richard,E/St Chely d'Aubrac 2005}) ({I believe} 12... Qxc4 $5 {will be
black's next attempt to defend. in some line it's very important to keep
square a4 under control.}) 13. Rb1 Qd6 $6 {I don't like this move. More in the
spirit of the position was} (13... Qa5 {even though white seems to have very
good compensation for a pawn.} 14. d3 c3 15. d6 (15. Qf3 d6 16. a3 g6 17. Rb4
Bg7 18. Ba4+ Kf8 19. Bc6 Ra7 20. Re1 h6 21. Qe4 Kg8 $13) 15... Qc5 16. Bf4 e6
17. Qf3 Qc6 18. Qg3 $36 {[%cal Gc2d1,Gd1f3]}) 14. d3 cxd3 $6 {Playing into
white's hands. It was necessary to play} (14... c3 $5 {not leting white queen
to become so influential.}) 15. Qxd3 Qxd5 16. Bd1 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd1f3]
Fantastic manouvre revealing the drawback's of black's 14th move.} Qc6 (16...
Qc5 17. Qe4 $1 (17. Bf3 $6 d5 18. Ba3 Qa5 (18... Qc3 19. Qxc3 dxc3 20. Bxd5 Ra7
21. Bc6+ Kd8 22. Bc5 $16) 19. Bb4 Qd8 20. Qxd4 e6 $13) 17... Qa7 (17... d5 18.
Ba4+ Bd7 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. Qg4+ e6 21. Rb7+ Ke8 22. Bd2 $40 {[%cal Gf1c1]})
18. Bf4 e6 19. Ba4 Be7 20. Rfc1 Bd8 21. Bd6 $16) 17. Qxd4 e6 18. Bf4 $1 {
[%cal Gd1f3,Gf1c1,Gc1c7] Black is defenseless against numerous threats.} Qc5 (
18... d5 $4 19. Ba4 $18) (18... f6 19. Bh5+ $1 g6 20. Bf3 $18) 19. Qe4 Qa7 (
19... Qc6 20. Qxc6 dxc6 21. Bf3 Bd7 22. Rfd1 Be7 23. Rb7 Rd8 24. Rdxd7 Rxd7 25.
Bxc6 $18) (19... d5 20. Ba4+ Bd7 21. Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. Qa4+ Ke7 23. Bg5+ $1 Kd6 (
23... f6 24. Rb7+ $18) 24. Rfc1 $18) 20. Be3 d5 21. Ba4+ Bd7 22. Qf4 $1 {
[%csl Gc7]} 1-0

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hasangatin, Ramil"]
[Black "Annageldyev, Orazly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 (6. Ng5) 6... Qc7
7. e5 Ng6 8. b3 {In this line the bishop has to be developed on b2.} (8. Na3
Be7 9. h4 f6 10. Nc4 O-O 11. h5 Nxe5 12. Ncxe5 fxe5 13. h6 g6 14. Nxe5 d6 15.
Nc4 e5 16. Bd2 Bf6 17. O-O-O d5 $13 {Kveinys,A-Fedorov,A/Plovdiv 2003}) 8...
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nbd2 f6 11. Nc4 ({Deserved attention} 11. g3 $5 {[%csl Gf4]
taking square f4 under control} fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 d6 14. Bc3 e5 15.
O-O-O $13) 11... Nf4 12. Qd2 fxe5 $1 13. Bxe5 Nxg2+ 14. Kf1 d6 15. Kxg2 dxe5
16. Nfxe5 Ba6 17. Rae1 {Black bishops are not too strong and his pawn chain is
seriously damaged, so the position is some kind of dynamic equality due to
exposed position of the white king.} (17. Qa5 Qb7 18. Rae1 Rf5 19. Re3 Raf8 20.
Rf1 Bxc4 21. Nxc4 Qd7 $132) 17... Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Rf6 19. Rhf1 Raf8 20. Re4 Bd6
21. Nxd6 (21. h3 $2 Bg3 $1 22. Re2 Rg6 {[%csl Rg2]} 23. Kh1 Qf7 $19) 21... Qxd6
22. f3 $11 {The evaluation of the position didn't change after the trade of
all minor pieces: exposed position of the white king provides black sufficient
counterchances.} Rg6+ 23. Kh1 (23. Rg4 $2 Rxg4+ 24. fxg4 Qd5+ 25. Kg1 Rxf1+ 26.
Kxf1 Qh1+ 27. Kf2 Qxh2+ $19) 23... Rf5 24. Qe2 h5 25. Re1 Kf7 26. Qe3 (26. Ra4
Qc7 27. Qe4 Rgf6 28. Re3 Kg8 29. Ra6 e5 $11) 26... Rgf6 27. Rf1 g5 $6 28. Re1
Rg6 29. d4 $6 (29. Ra4 Rgf6 30. Rxa7+ Kg6 31. Qe4 $1 $14) 29... a5 30. c4 Rgf6
31. dxc5 Qxc5 32. Qxc5 Rxc5 33. Kg2 (33. Re5 Rxe5 34. Rxe5 Rf5 35. Re3 Kf6 36.
Kg2 Rf4 37. Rd3 $11) 33... Rcf5 34. R4e3 Rf4 35. Rd1 Ke7 36. Red3 R6f5 37. R1d2
Kf6 38. h3 a4 39. Re2 axb3 40. axb3 Re5 41. Ra2 $6 (41. Rxe5 Kxe5 42. Rd8 c5
43. Rg8 Rf5 44. Rg6 $11) 41... c5 42. Ra6 Kf5 43. Rad6 $6 (43. Ra2) 43... Re2+
44. Kf1 Rh2 45. Rc6 Rxh3 46. Rxc5+ Kf6 47. Ke2 Rh2+ 48. Ke3 h4 49. Rc8 Rg2 50.
Rd4 $6 (50. Rh8) 50... Rf5 51. Rf8+ Ke7 52. Rxf5 exf5 53. b4 $2 (53. c5 $142 h3
54. c6 Rc2 55. Rd7+ Ke6 56. Rh7 Rxc6 57. Rxh3 Rc3+ 58. Kf2 Rxb3 59. Rh8 Ke5 60.
Rc8 $15) 53... h3 54. Rd1 h2 55. Rh1 g4 56. b5 g3 57. b6 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9900 42nd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2000.01.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Manca, Federico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. h4 $5 {Interesting
continuation always leading to complicated struggle.} h5 (6... f6 7. Be3 (7. e5
$6 fxe5 8. Nxe5 d6 9. Nc4 Nf5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qh5+ g6 $15 {
Oratovsky, M-Miladinovic,I/WchJM-U20 1994 (59)}) 7... d6 8. c3 Rb8 9. Qc2 e5 (
9... Qb6 10. b4 Ba6 11. Nbd2 $14) 10. d4 Ba6 $6 11. dxc5 d5 12. Nbd2 $14 {
Oratovsky,M-Whitehead,J/North Bay op 1998}) 7. Qe2 (7. Nc3 Ng6 8. Ne2 e5 9. Bg5
f6 10. Be3 d5 11. c4 Bd6 $15 {Vasiukov,E-Zvjaginsev,V/RUS-ch 1995}) 7... Ng6 (
7... d5 8. c4 Ng6 9. e5 Be7 10. Nc3 Bxh4 11. Nxh4 Nxh4 12. g3 Nf5 $15 {
Oratovsky,M-Greenfeld,A/ 1999}) 8. e5 $1 d6 $6 {Playing into white's hands:
black remains with weak pawn c6 and c5.} (8... f6 9. Qe4 Kf7 10. Rh3 Nxe5 11.
Nxe5+ fxe5 12. Qxe5 $36) 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Nc3 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6]} e5 11. Ng5 Bg4
12. f3 Bf5 13. Be3 Rb8 $2 {Missing the possibility to get counterplay after} (
13... c4 $1 14. dxc4 Bb4 {and black is doing just fine:} 15. g4 $5 Bd7 16. gxh5
Rxh5 17. f4 Rxh4 18. Rxh4 Nxh4 $132) 14. O-O-O Qb6 15. b3 Qa5 16. Nce4 (16. Na4
$2 c4 $1 17. Rde1 $8 (17. Bd2 $2 Qxa4 18. bxa4 Ba3#) (17. dxc4 Ba3+ 18. Kb1
Qxa4 $19) 17... Ba3+ 18. Kd1 cxd3 19. cxd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rd8 $17) 16... Be7 17.
Kb1 $16 O-O {It's hard to come up with something else,but after this move in
addition to the positional advantage white gets the material one.} 18. Ng3 Bd7
19. Nxh5 Rb6 20. Bd2 Qa3 21. Bc1 Qa5 22. Qd2 $1 {Depriving black the only
chanse to create counterplay over the a-file.} Qa6 23. Qc3 Rb4 24. Ne4 Rfb8 25.
Bg5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc5]} Bf8 (25... f6 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Nexf6+ gxf6 28. Nxf6+
$18) 26. Nhf6+ $1 gxf6 27. Nxf6+ Kh8 28. Nxd7 1-0

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.09.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ovetchkin, Roman"]
[Black "Annageldyev, Orazly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Be7 (8... d6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qg4 g5 $2 12. e5 h5 $6 13. Qc4
$18 {Christiansen,L-Bellon Lopez,J/Torremolinos 1976}) (8... Bc5 9. Nb3 Be7 10.
c4 O-O 11. Nc3 f5 12. exf5 Rxf5 13. Be3 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Ne4 d5 16. Ng3 Rf7
17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 $14 {Braitt,M-Chemin,V/Blumenau 1982}) 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10.
Qg4 Qd4 (10... O-O 11. e5 f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Nd2 Qa5 14. Nf3 Qf5 15. Qc4 $14
{Horvath,G-Riha,V/Budapest 1982}) 11. c3 $6 {Helping black to solve opening
problems. The queen was heading for f6 anyway, so there was no reason to waste
a tempo on bringing it there!} (11. Nd2 O-O 12. Qg3 Qf6 13. Nf3 Qg6 14. Qc7 Bd8
15. Qd6 f6 16. e5 Qf7 17. Be3 $14 {Frois,A-Jossien,A/Cappelle la Grande 1993})
(11. Bd2 Qf6 $2 12. Bc3 Qg6 13. Qxg6 hxg6 14. Bxg7 Rh5 15. e5 $16 {Szmetan,
J-Fliger,I/Philadelphia 1999}) 11... Qf6 12. e5 Qg6 13. Qe2 $6 (13. Qxg6 $11)
13... c5 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. Qe4 $1 {Admitting the mistake on the 13th move. Even
after a couple of inaccuracies white kep an equal chances.} (15. Ne4 Bc6 16. f3
Rd8 17. Bf4 O-O $15) 15... Bc6 16. Qxg6 hxg6 17. Ne4 Rh5 18. f4 O-O-O 19. Nf2 (
{White could've also played} 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. fxg5 b6 21. Bf4 $11 {with
equality.}) 19... Rdh8 20. h3 g5 $6 {The position remains equal after this
move, but it's quite obvious that white is the only one to play for a win, so
this attempt is pointless.} 21. g4 R5h6 22. fxg5 Rg6 23. Kh2 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Rxg5
25. Kg3 Rg6 26. Nd3 $14 Rgh6 27. Nf4 Kd7 (27... g5 28. Nh5 R6h7 29. c4 Kc7 30.
Rad1 b5 31. b3 bxc4 32. bxc4 Rb8 33. Rb1 Rhh8 $13) 28. Rad1+ Ke7 29. Re2 g5 30.
Nh5 Bd5 31. b3 c4 32. b4 Bc6 (32... b6 33. Rh2 Rd8 34. Nf6 Rxf6 35. exf6+ Kxf6
36. Rf2+ Ke7 $11) 33. Rd4 a5 34. a3 axb4 35. axb4 Ra8 $2 36. Rxc4 $16 Ra1 (
36... Bb5 37. Rc7+ Kd8 38. Rxf7 Bxe2 39. Rf8+) 37. Rc5 Rh8 38. b5 Ra5 39. c4
Rd8 40. Re3 Rd1 (40... Rd2 41. h4 gxh4+ 42. Kxh4 Kd8 43. Ng3 Rd4 44. Ne2 Rd1
45. Nc3 Rf1 (45... Rd2 46. bxc6 Rxc5 47. cxb7 Kc7 48. Ne4 $18) 46. Rd3+ Kc7 47.
Ne4 $18) 41. Rb3 {[%cal Gb5c6]} Be4 42. Nf6 Rg1+ 43. Kf2 Rg2+ 44. Ke3 Rg3+ 45.
Kxe4 Rxb3 46. Rc7+ Kd8 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch 54th"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Black "Cao, Sang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 h6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 g6 8. Ne3
Bg7 (8... h5 9. Ned5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bh6 11. Bxh6 Rxh6 12. Qd2 Rh8 13. O-O g5 14.
c3 $14 {Sobjerg,E-Zezulkin,J/Norresundby 1992}) 9. Ncd5 (9. g4 Ne7 10. h4 Be6
11. Qf3 a6 12. Bd2 b5 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Nh5 15. Bd5 b4 16. Ne2 $14 {Gipslis,
A-Ciemniak,R/Berlin 1993}) 9... Nxd5 10. Nxd5 O-O (10... Ne7 11. c3 Nxd5 12.
Bxd5 O-O 13. Be3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. O-O Kh7 $11 {Blehm,P-Stripunsky,A/Ceske
Budejovice 1995}) 11. h4 Nd4 12. a4 $6 {Black wasn't threatening to push b5 so
I'm not sure 12.a4 was essential at this point.} (12. c3 Ne6 (12... b5 13. cxd4
bxc4 14. dxe5 cxd3 15. Qxd3 dxe5 16. h5 g5 17. Be3 $16) 13. h5 g5 14. Ne3 {
[%csl Rd5,Rf5]} Nc7 15. a4 (15. O-O b5 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Qf3 a5 $13) 15... Be6
16. Qf3 Qd7 17. O-O $14) 12... Kh8 13. c3 Ne6 14. g4 Nc7 15. Nxc7 (15. Be3 Nxd5
16. Bxd5 Be6 17. g5 h5 18. Qb3 Qd7 $13) 15... Qxc7 16. Bxh6 $5 {Nice tactical
blow, which leads to a draw after sharp play.} Bxh6 17. g5 Qe7 (17... Bg7 $2
18. h5 Kg8 19. hxg6 Rd8 (19... Be6 20. Rh8+ $1 Bxh8 21. Qh5 fxg6 22. Qxg6+ Bg7
23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. O-O-O $18) 20. Bxf7+ $1 (20. gxf7+ $6 Kf8 21. Rh7 {[%cal
Gd1h5]} d5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. exd5 Qxf7 $132) 20... Kf8 21. Qf3 Qe7 22. Rh5 $18
{[%cal Gf3h1]}) 18. gxh6 f5 19. Qd2 (19. Qe2) 19... fxe4 20. dxe4 Bg4 21. Be2 (
{A first impression was that 21.Qg5 might give white better endgame, but black
seems to have sufficient defensive resourses in all the lines.} 21. Qg5 Qxg5 (
21... Qf6 $5 22. Qxg4 Qxf2+ 23. Kd1 Qxb2 24. Rc1 Rf2 25. Qg5 Raf8 26. Rg1 Rh2
$44 {[%csl Rd1][%cal Gb2f2]}) 22. hxg5 Rf4 23. Bd5 Bf3 24. Rh3 Raf8 25. b3 Bxe4
$13) 21... Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Rf4 23. O-O-O Raf8 24. Rd2 (24. Qd3 R8f6 (24... Rxf2
25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Re2 27. Rd7 b6 28. h5 g5 29. Rhd1 $14) 25. h5 g5 26. Rh2
Qf7 $132) 24... R8f6 25. Qe3 Qf7 26. Rhd1 Qa2 $5 27. Rxd6 Qa1+ 28. Kc2 Qxa4+ (
28... Rxf2+ 29. R6d2 Qxa4+ 30. Kc1 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 Kh7 $15) 29. Kc1 Qa1+ 30. Kc2
Rxf2+ 31. R6d2 Qa4+ 32. Kc1 Qa1+ (32... Rxd2 33. Qxd2 Kh7 $15) 33. Kc2 Qa4+ 34.
Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.04.10"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. e5 Nxb5 8.
exf6 Nxc3 9. fxg7 (9. bxc3 $2 gxf6 10. c4 d6 11. Bb2 e5 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4
Be7 14. Qh5 Qxc4 $17 {Mason,D-Greet,A/Coventry 2005}) 9... Bxg7 10. dxc3 d6 (
10... e6 11. Qd5 $1 O-O 12. Qh5 f5 13. Bh6 Qd8 14. Ng5 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Qe7 16. f4
$16 {Sukhachev,M-Shishigin,D/Dagomys 2004}) 11. Qd3 $5 {[%csl Gf5] A new move
in the well-known position aiming to take the square f5 under control. The
problem is that White doesn't have time to transfer the knight to f5, so black
has nothing to worry about. Actually it was White, who was looking to equalize
as the game proceeded.} (11. Ng5 Bf5 (11... h6 12. Bf4 (12. Ne4 Be6 13. Bf4
O-O-O 14. Qh5 Rdg8 15. Rad1 Be5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Qe2 $14 {Marzolo,C-Lerch,P/
Marseille 2001}) 12... O-O 13. Ne4 f5 (13... Bf5 14. Qh5 Bg6 15. Qh4 h5 (15...
f5 $6 16. Nd2 Bf6 17. Qg3 Kg7 18. Re6 Rh8 19. Rae1 $16 {Savchenko,B-Farakhov,R/
Essentuki 2003}) 16. Rad1 Rae8 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bc1 Qc8 19. h3 Rf7 20. Rd3 $36 {
Yurtaev,L-Ivanchuk,V/Frunze 1988}) 14. Nxd6 exd6 15. Bxd6 Qf7 16. Bxf8 Bxf8 17.
Qd8 b5 18. Rad1 Bb7 19. Qb6 Qg7 20. Qe6+ Kh8 21. g3 Be4 $13 {Volokitin,
A-Eljanov,P/Alushta 2002}) 12. f4 (12. a4 Qc6 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4
Qxe4 16. Rxe4 d5 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Linares 2003}) (12. g4 Bg6 13. f4
h6 14. Nf3 O-O-O 15. f5 Bh7 16. Qd5 e6 $44 {Zeller,F-Pohl,W/Unterkochen 2003})
(12. Qf3 Bg6 13. h4 h5 14. Qg3 Qd7 15. a3 Bf6 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 O-O-O $15 {
Mkrtchian,L-Sterliagova,T/Sochi 2004}) 12... Qd7 13. h3 h6 14. Ne4 O-O-O 15.
Qf3 Rhg8 16. Be3 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf6 18. f5 h5 19. Rad1 Qc6 20. Bf2 Rg7 $13 {
Nedev,T-Eljanov,P/Bled 2002}) (11. Qd5 O-O (11... h6 12. Qh5 e5 13. Nh4 Be6 14.
f4 O-O-O 15. Be3 Rdg8 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. f5 Bc4 $13 {Nedev,T-Atalik,S/Kansas 2003
}) (11... e5 $6 12. Rd1 Bf8 13. Ng5 Rg8 14. f4 h6 15. fxe5 $40 {Degraeve,
J-Lazarev,V/Bethune 2002}) 12. Qh5 e5 13. Bh6 f5 14. Rad1 Rf6 (14... f4 $6 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qg5+ Kh8 17. Qh6 Bf5 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 $16 {Al Modiahki,
M-Doghri,N/Tunis 1997}) 15. Bg5 Rf7 16. Bc1 Rf6 17. Bg5 Rf7 18. Bc1 {1/2-1/2
Naiditsch,A-Van Wely,L/Ciudad Real 2004}) 11... h6 $1 12. Bf4 (12. Nd2 Be6 $5
13. Rxe6 fxe6 14. Qg6+ Kf8 15. Qxe6 Qc8 16. Qe4 Kf7 {[%cal Gc8e6]} 17. Qf3+ Kg6
18. Qg3+ Kf7 $11) 12... e5 13. Bg3 Be6 14. Nh4 (14. Nd2 c4 $1 15. Qe3 O-O-O 16.
f4 h5 $15) 14... c4 $1 {This move is more accurate than the immediate} (14...
Qd7 {since white is deprived of a possibility to push f4.} 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4
O-O-O 17. Rad1 d5 18. Nf3 $14) 15. Qf3 Qd7 $15 {[%csl Gf5,Rg3,Rh4]} 16. h3
O-O-O 17. Rad1 f6 (17... f5 $2 18. Ng6 Rhg8 19. Nxe5 $18) 18. b3 Kb8 19. Rd2 h5
20. bxc4 (20. Red1 $5 Qc7 21. Nf5 Bxf5 (21... h4 $6 22. Nxh4 Bf7 23. Qf5 d5 (
23... Bh5 $6 24. Nf3 Bh6 25. Rd5 Bf7 $2 26. Rxd6 $3 {[%cal Gg3b8]} Rxd6 27.
Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Nxe5 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 $18) 24. bxc4 Qxc4 25. Ng6 $14) 22. Qxf5 cxb3
23. axb3 Qxc3 24. Qg6 Bh6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 h4 27. Bxh4 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Bf4+
29. Bg3 Qxf2 $11) 20... Qc6 {After the move in the game the draw is inevitable.
Black's only chance to play for a win was} (20... Qc7 21. Nf5 $140 $6 Bxf5 22.
Qxf5 h4 23. Bh2 Qxc4 $15) 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. c5 $1 $11 dxc5 (22... d5 23. f4 $14
{[%csl Re5,Re6][%cal Gf4f5]}) 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. f4 $1 {Activating the bishop
is more important than the pawn on a2.} Bxa2 25. Ra1 Be6 (25... Bc4 $5 26. fxe5
fxe5 27. Nf3 Re8 28. Nd2 Bd5 29. c4 Bh6 30. cxd5 Bxd2 31. d6 $11) 26. fxe5 fxe5
27. Nf3 Ka7 28. Bf2 Kb6 29. Rb1+ Kc7 30. Bxc5 Re8 (30... Rg8) 31. Bb6+ Kc8 32.
Be3 Kc7 (32... e4 33. Nd4 c5 34. Nb3 c4 35. Nc5 $11) (32... Bc4 $6 33. Nd2 Bd5
34. c4 Bf7 35. Rb6 $14) 33. Bb6+ Kc8 34. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2004.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. b3 Nge7 5. Bb2 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. O-O b6 8. c4
(8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qf6 10. c3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Bc5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd2 O-O 14.
Nf3 Qf4 15. Rfe1 f5 $132 {Lastin,A-Filipenko,A/Orel 1992}) 8... Bb7 9. Re1 (9.
d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qf6 11. Qd2 Bb4 12. Nxc6 Bxd2 13. Bxf6 Bh6 14. Bd4 Bxc6 15.
Bxb6 Bxe4 $13 {Beldugov-Filipenko,A/Kazan 1995}) 9... Qc7 (9... Ne7 10. Nc3 Ng6
11. d4 Be7 12. d5 d6 13. a4 e5 14. Ne2 h5 15. Bc1 Bc8 $15 {Girinath,P-Reefat,B/
Calcutta 1999}) 10. Nc3 $6 {Keeping in mind the forthcoming sacrifice on d5.} (
10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Nbd2 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Ne4 Bb4 16.
Re3 h6 $15 {Yagupov,I-Filipenko,A/Rostov 1993}) (10. h3 f6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4
O-O-O (12... Bd6 $14) 13. Nc3 Bc5 14. Na4 Rhg8 15. a3 e5 16. Nc2 Kb8 17. b4 Be7
18. Ne3 $16 {Gogichaishvili,G-Adamek,Z/Mlada Boleslav 1994}) 10... Bd6 11. Nd5
$6 {White couldn't stand the temptation.} (11. Ne2 O-O 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nexd4
Ne5 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qh5 d6 16. Rad1 $13 {[%cal Gd1d3,Gd3h3]})
11... exd5 12. exd5+ Ne7 13. Bxg7 Rg8 {Black correctly evaluates that after} (
13... O-O-O 14. Bxh8 Rxh8 15. a4 Rg8 16. a5 b5 17. d4 $13 {[%csl Rb7] white's
chance are at least not worse.}) 14. Bf6 Rg6 15. Bxe7 Bxe7 16. Nh4 Kf8 {
Once again black chooses the right way.} (16... Rf6 $6 17. Qg4 Kf8 18. Rxe7 $1
Kxe7 19. Nf5+ Rxf5 20. Qxf5 Rg8 (20... Qd6 $6 21. Re1+ Kd8 22. Qxf7 Kc7 (22...
h6 23. h4 Kc7 $140 24. Re6 $18) 23. Qxh7 $14) 21. Re1+ Kf8 22. Qf6 Rg6 23. Qh8+
Rg8 $11) 17. Nxg6+ hxg6 18. Qf3 Qd6 19. Re2 (19. a4 Bf6 20. Rab1 Kg7 21. h3 Bd4
$15) 19... Qf6 20. Qxf6 Bxf6 21. Rae1 d6 22. f4 (22. h3 Be5 23. g4 Kg7 24. Kg2
Rh8 25. a4 Bc8 26. d3 f5 27. f3 Kf6 $17 {[%cal Gc8d7,Gh8b8,Gb6b5]}) 22... Rd8
23. g4 Bh4 $5 {[%csl Ge1]} 24. Rf1 Bc8 25. h3 Bd7 26. Kg2 (26. a4 $1) 26... b5
27. Rf3 Bf6 28. f5 $2 gxf5 $19 29. gxf5 {[%csl Rf5]} Rb8 30. d3 b4 31. Re4 a5
32. Rg4 (32. Rg3 Be5 33. Rg5 Ke7 $17 {[%cal Gb8h8,Ge7f6]}) 32... Re8 33. Kf1 a4
34. h4 Ke7 {[%cal Ge8h8]} 35. Re4+ Be5 36. f6+ Kd8 37. bxa4 Bxa4 38. Ke2 Rg8
39. h5 Bd7 40. Kf2 Rh8 41. Rh4 Rh6 42. Ke3 Ke8 0-1

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Tiayuan"]
[Date "2005.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg4 {It is known, that in
these variations black frequently has some problems with his light-squared
bishop, so he solves it with a typical exchange.} (5... Nd7 {Erenburg} 6. e5
Nb6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. O-O e6 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Re1 a5 12. a4 Nd5 13. Ne4
Qc7 $11 {0-1 Bologan,V-Lautier,J/4th Karpov It, Poikovsky RUS 2003 (57)}) (5...
g6 {Erenburg} 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 Ne8 10. Bh6 f6 11. e5 Be6
12. O-O-O Bd5 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. Ne4 Qd7 15. Rhe1 Rad8 16. b3 Qc7 17. exf6 exf6
18. Kb2 Nf5 19. Qc3 Qg7 $11 {0-1 Makarichev,S-Chandler,M/Moscow 1990/TD (47)})
6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 g6 (7... e5 8. Nd2 (8. O-O Qc7 9. Nd2 Be7 10. Nc4 Nd7 11.
Qg3 Bf6 12. f4 O-O 13. f5 Kh8 14. Be3 $14 {Chuprov,D-Markarov,A/St Petersburg
2000}) 8... Nd7 9. Nc4 (9. Qg3 Qf6 (9... g6 10. Nc4 Qe7 $14) 10. Nc4 Be7 11. f4
exf4 12. Bxf4 Qg6 (12... O-O 13. O-O b6 14. Ne3 Qg6 15. Nf5 Bf6 16. Qf3 $14 {
Rublevsky,S-Gagunashvili,M/Rethymnon 2003}) 13. O-O O-O 14. Qxg6 hxg6 15. Na5
Bf6 16. Nxb7 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 c4 $11 {Nedev,T-McShane,L/Mallorca 2004
}) 9... b5 10. Ne3 g6 11. Qg3 Bd6 12. Bd2 Nf8 13. Bc3 f6 14. h4 h5 15. a4 $14 {
Magomedov,M-Minasian,A/Minsk 1990}) (7... c4 $6 8. dxc4 Qd4 9. Nd2 Rd8 10. c3
Qd7 11. O-O e5 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Be3 Qd3 14. Na5 Qxe4 15. Qxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxb7 $16
{Malakhov,V-Skatchkov,P/Moscow 1996}) (7... e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nd2
Nd7 11. a4 Bg5 12. Qg3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Qb8 14. Qh4 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Miljanic,
B-Vukovic,Z/Saint Vincent 2000}) (7... Nd7 8. Qg3 e5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 Qb6 11.
b3 O-O-O 12. Nc3 Bd6 13. O-O g5 14. Nd1 h5 15. Ne3 Qc7 16. Qf3 $14 {
Gaspariants,V-Lawson,E/Quebec 2002}) 8. Bd2 Nd7 $6 {Unfortunate move after
which black finds himself in troubles. It's much safer for black to trade the
bishops, so black should've preferred} (8... Bg7 9. Bc3 O-O 10. Nd2 Ne8 11.
Bxg7 Nxg7 12. Qe3 Ne6 13. O-O-O Qd4 14. Nf3 Qxe3+ 15. fxe3 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17.
Rdf1 $14 {Nisipeanu,L-Gagunashvili,M/St Vincent 2004}) 9. Bc3 e5 10. Nd2 Bg7
11. Nc4 Qc7 12. a4 O-O 13. h4 $1 {A great move. White takes advantage of the
fact that black knight is not on f6 to launch an attack.} (13. O-O b6 14. Qg3
Rfe8 15. Bd2 $14 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 13... h5 14. g4 $1 b5 (14... hxg4 15. Qxg4 Nf6
16. Qg5 Rfe8 17. Bxe5 (17. Rg1 Nh5 18. Bd2 Kh7 19. Ne3 Rh8 $132) 17... Nxe4 18.
dxe4 Bxe5 19. h5 Qd8 20. Qg4 $40 {[%csl Rg8]}) 15. Ne3 (15. axb5 $5 cxb5 16.
Ne3 {[%cal Ge3d5]} Nf6 17. gxh5 Nxh5 18. Nd5 Qd6 19. Bd2 $16) 15... Nf6 16.
gxh5 Nxh5 17. Nf5 ({Deserved attention preliminary trade on b5} 17. axb5 cxb5
18. Nf5 $5 (18. Nd5) 18... b4 (18... gxf5 19. Qxh5 b4 20. Bd2 f4 21. Rg1 f5 22.
Ra6 $1 $18) 19. Bd2 a5 20. Rg1 Kh7 21. Rg5 $16) 17... gxf5 18. Qxh5 b4 19. Bd2
f4 {Black is forced to play f4 otherwise white bishop might come to h6.} (19...
fxe4 20. dxe4 f5 21. Rg1 f4 22. O-O-O $40) 20. Rg1 f5 21. exf5 Rf6 (21... Qf7
22. Qh6 Rad8 23. O-O-O Rd7 24. b3 Qxf5 25. Qxc6 $16) 22. b3 Raf8 23. O-O-O Rxf5
24. Qg4 R5f7 (24... Qf7 25. Rde1 Qf6 26. Re4 Kf7 27. f3 Rh8 28. Be1 $16 {
[%csl Rc5,Rc6][%cal Ge1f2,Ge4c4]}) 25. Rde1 Qd6 26. Re4 Qf6 27. Qh5 $1 (27. f3)
27... Re7 28. Rg6 Qf7 29. Qg4 Qe8 30. h5 $6 {It was better to keep the pawn on
h4 in orderr to protect it by Be1.} (30. f3 $18 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Gd2e1,Ge1f2]})
30... Kh7 31. f3 Qd7 32. Qxd7 $6 {White should've kept the queens on the board
since black king is very unsafe on h7.} (32. Qg1 $1 Qh3 33. Qxc5 Ref7 34. Bxb4
Qxh5 35. Rg4 Qh1+ 36. Kb2 Qxf3 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Qxe5+ Kg6 39. Bxf8 Rxf8 40.
Qe6+ $18) 32... Rxd7 33. Rxc6 Rf5 34. Rxc5 Rxh5 35. Re1 $6 ({After natural} 35.
Bxb4 Rh3 36. Ra5 Rxf3 37. Bc5 Rf1+ 38. Kd2 Kg6 39. Rxa7 Rxa7 40. Bxa7 Kf5 41.
Re1 $18 {black is completely lost.}) 35... Rh3 36. Rf1 Rb7 37. a5 Kg6 38. Kd1
Kf5 39. a6 Rd7 40. Rc6 Bf8 41. Be1 Rd6 42. Rc8 $1 (42. Rxd6 $6 Bxd6 43. Bf2 Rh6
44. Bxa7 Be7 45. Bf2 Rxa6 $14) 42... Bh6 43. Bxb4 Rxa6 44. Bc3 Bg7 45. Rc7 Bf6
46. Kc1 Rh2 47. Kb2 Re2 $6 (47... Rd6 48. b4 Rxd3 49. Rxa7 Rd6 50. Kb3 Re2 $1
$14) 48. b4 Rd6 49. Kb3 a6 50. Rc5 Ke6 51. Re1 Re3 52. Rf1 $2 {Another mistake
after which I'm no longer sure white position is winning.} (52. Rxe3 $1 fxe3
53. Rc4 {[%csl Re3,Re5][%cal Gc4e4]} Bg5 54. Re4 Bf4 (54... Rd5 55. d4 $18) 55.
Bxe5 $1 Bxe5 56. f4 $18) 52... Rb6 53. Rf2 Bh4 54. Rh2 Bf6 55. Rh6 Rd6 56. d4
$4 (56. Rh3) 56... exd4 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Be2 {An unpretentious
move aimed to deviate from the sharp lines arising after 6.Ba4.} d5 7. exd5
Nxd5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf3 {The arising position is
more typical for the Alapin variation, than for Rossolimo. I guess it's one of
the reasons for which Radjabov didn't feel very comfortable as the game was
unfolding.} (11. c4 Ne7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Bc3 Qc7 14. g3 Rd8 15. Bd3 c5 16. Be4
Bb7 17. Nd2 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Be5 $15 {Samojlov,A-Fazulyanov,S/Russia 2000}) 11...
Qc7 (11... O-O 12. Nd2 f5 13. Nb3 Bb7 14. Nd4 Qf6 15. c4 Ne7 16. Re1 e5 17. Qb3
Bc5 18. Bg5 Qxg5 19. Ne6 Qf6 20. Nxc5 Bc8 $13 {Rogovski,V-Moiseenko,A/
Ordzhonikidze 2000}) 12. g3 O-O 13. Nd2 e5 (13... Bb7) 14. c4 Nf6 {The most
natural response as playing 14...Ne7 looks dangerous for Black, however it's
not so easy to prove it.} (14... Ne7 $5 15. Ne4 Nf5 16. Nxd6 Nxd6 17. Re1 Nf5
18. Be4 Be6 $13) 15. Qc2 Rb8 $6 {This move turns out to be the waste of a
tempo, so more in the spirit of the position was} (15... Be6 16. b3 Bc5 17. Bb2
Bd4 (17... Rad8 $6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 {[%csl Rc6,Re5]} f6 20. Qxc6 Qxc6 21.
Bxc6 Rd6 22. Bf3 Rfd8 23. Bc1 $14) 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. c5 Rad8 $11 {and Black's
bishop is on e6 instead of c8.}) 16. b3 Bc5 17. Bb2 Bd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. c5 $8
Rd8 20. Nc4 Nd7 $6 {A dubious decision. Once again putting a bishop on e6 was
called for.} (20... Be6 21. Nd6 $140 Nd7 22. Rfd1 Nxc5 23. Rxd4 (23. Nxf7 $2
Qxf7 $19 {[%csl Rf3]}) 23... Nxb3 24. axb3 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 $11) 21. Rfe1
Nxc5 22. Ne5 Ne6 23. Qxc6 (23. Nxc6 $6 Bb7 {[%cal Gd4d3]}) 23... Bb7 $6 {
The endgame is pretty tough for Black so may be it was better to keep the
queens on the board.} (23... Qa5 $5) 24. Qxc7 Nxc7 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Nc6 Rd6
27. Rac1 Kf8 (27... g6 28. Na5 (28. Nxd4 Rxd4 29. Re7 Rd2 $11) 28... Rb5 29.
Nc4 Rd7 $14) 28. Na5 Ra7 29. Red1 $16 {[%csl Rd4] Black's pieces are misplaced
and the pawn on d4 is weak, so things are looking grim for Black at this point.
} (29. Rc5 $5) 29... Ne8 30. Rc8 (30. Rc4 $5 Rad7 (30... d3 31. Nc6 Rc7 32. Ne5
$16) 31. Nc6 d3 32. Ne5 Rd8 33. Rc3 f6 34. Nc4 $1 Rd5 35. Nb2 $16) 30... Rc7
31. Ra8 Rc2 32. Nc4 Re6 33. Rxd4 $2 {This allows Black to escape. Much better
was} (33. a4 $1 {with the idea to distract Black's rook from the second rank.}
Rc3 34. Rxd4 Rxb3 35. Rdd8 $16) 33... Rxa2 34. Rdd8 h5 35. Nd6 Ke7 $1 $11 36.
Nf5+ (36. Nxe8 $2 Re1+ 37. Kg2 Ree2 $44) 36... Kf6 37. Ne3 Nd6 38. Nd5+ Kg5 39.
Nf4 Re1+ 40. Kg2 Nf5 41. Re8 Rxe8 42. Rxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Tiayuan"]
[Date "2005.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 (6. Re1) (6. Bc4
e6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 Nxe4 12. Nxd4 Nf6 $11 {
Brajovic,R-Knezevic,B/Vrnjacka Banja 1998}) (6. Ba4 e6 7. d3 a6 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9.
Ne2 b5 10. Bb3 Bc5 11. h3 Bb7 12. Bf4 d6 13. Bh2 $14 {Svetushkin,D-Brajovic,R/
Bucharest 1999}) (6. Bd3 $5 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 e6 8. Re1 d6 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 b5 11.
Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bb7 13. a4 $14 {Svidler,P-Kramnik,V/Internet ICC 1999}) 6...
cxd4 7. Nd5 (7. Ne2 $6 Nxe4 8. Nxd4 e6 9. Re1 Nf6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. d4 O-O 12.
Bg5 d6 13. Bd3 b6 14. c4 Bb7 $13 {Sprenger,J-Lindinger,M/Hamburg 2003}) 7...
Nxd5 8. exd5 Qc5 (8... a6 9. Ba4 (9. Be2 g6 10. c4 Bg7 11. d3 O-O 12. Bg5 d6
13. Qd2 e5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Bg4 $13 {Guidarelli,L-Lautier,J/Aix les Bains 2003
}) 9... g6 10. d3 Bg7 (10... b5 11. Bb3 Bg7 $2 12. d6 $1 $16 {Benjamin,
J-Nakamura,H/New York 2004}) 11. Bg5 b5 12. Bb3 e6 13. c4 dxc3 14. bxc3 O-O 15.
Rc1 Bb7 16. c4 $14 {Teske,H-Souleidis,G/Germany 2003}) (8... g6 9. Re1 a6 10.
Ba4 Bg7 11. d3 h6 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. Qf3 Kf8 14. Bd2 d6 $13 {Laznicka,V-Zezulkin,
J/Czechia 2004}) 9. c4 (9. Qe2 $6 Qxd5 10. c4 Qf5 11. b4 e6 12. Bb2 Bxb4 13.
Bxd4 O-O 14. Rab1 Bd6 $15 {Boudre,J-Godard,M/Meribel 1998}) 9... a6 (9... dxc3
10. Qb3 a6 11. Be2 c2 (11... e6 $6 12. dxc3 Bd6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. g3 b5 15. a4
$16 {Kryvoruchko,Y-Hamdouchi,H/Calvi 2005}) 12. d4 Qd6 13. Bf3 g6 14. Bd2 Qf6
15. d6 Qxd6 16. Rfe1 $36 {Anand,V-Leko,P/Linares 2003}) 10. b4 (10. Ba4 Qxc4 (
10... b5 11. Bb3 (11. cxb5 Bb7 12. Bb3 axb5 13. d3 e6 14. Qf3 Bd6 15. Qg4 Bxd5
16. Qxg7 O-O-O 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 $15 {Yarmysty,M-Kryvoruchko,Y/Lvov 2005}) 11...
bxc4 12. Qc2 Qxd5 13. Bxc4 Qc6 14. Qd3 Bb7 15. f3 Rc8 16. Bb3 e6 $17 {Bolacky,
J-Stehno,P/Czechia 2004}) 11. Bb3 Qc5 12. d3 Qd6 13. Qf3 Qf6 14. Qe4 d6 15. Re1
g6 16. Bf4 Bf5 17. Qf3 O-O-O $132 {Karim,I-Ribera Baztan,J/Mallorca 2004})
10... Qxb4 11. Ba4 g6 (11... b5 12. Bc2 $5 (12. cxb5 g6 13. d6 $5 (13. d3 Bg7
14. Bd2 Qd6 15. Bb3 axb5 16. Qe1 Qf6 17. Bb4 d6 18. a4 O-O $13 {Frolov,
D-Shariyazdanov,A/Tomsk 2004}) (13. b6 Bg7 14. d3 O-O 15. Bg5 Bb7 16. Re1 e6
17. dxe6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Ulibin,M-Avrukh,B/Biel 2003}) 13... Qxd6 14. Qf3 Rb8 15.
Ba3 Qb6 16. Qf4 e6 (16... axb5) 17. Qf6 Rg8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. bxa6 $16 {
Rossi,C-Balogh,E/Cork 2005}) 12... bxc4 13. Rb1 Qd6 14. d3 cxd3 15. Qxd3 $36 {
1-0 Motylev,A-Parligras,M/Warsaw 2005 (21)}) 12. Bb3 (12. d3 b5 (12... Bg7 13.
Bd2 Qa3 14. Qc2 O-O 15. Rfb1 $5 (15. Rab1 b5 $1 16. Bb3 d6 17. Rfe1 Re8 18.
cxb5 axb5 19. Qc6 Bf5 20. Qxb5 Reb8 21. Qc4 Rc8 22. Qb5 Rab8 $17) 15... Qd6 16.
Ba5 $6 Bf6 17. Bb6 e6 $13 {Sjugirov,S-Khairullin,I/Kirishi 2005}) 13. Bb3 Bg7
14. Bd2 (14. a4 bxc4 15. Bxc4 d6 16. Re1 Qb7 17. Bg5 f6 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Bd2 $44
{Gdanski,J-Dziuba,M/Dzwirzyno 2004}) 14... Qd6 15. Qe1 bxc4 16. Bb4 Qe5 17.
dxc4 a5 18. Bxa5 Qxe1 19. Bxe1 d6 $11 {Ulibin,M-Gagunashvili,M/Dubai 2003})
12... Bg7 13. a4 d6 14. Ba3 Qa5 15. Re1 Qc7 $6 {[%csl Rc7] This move is a
novelty, but not a very good one. The thing is in a view of forthcoming Rc1
followed by c5 black queen is better placed on d8, so it's clearly better to
put it there at the first place. However despite of this inaccuracy black
didn't experience any particular problems in the game!} (15... Qd8 16. c5 O-O
17. Rc1 Bf6 (17... dxc5 18. Bxc5 Re8 19. a5 Bf5 20. Qf3 Qxa5 21. Bxe7 Qxd2 22.
d6 $36 {Svidler,P-Van Wely,L/Monte Carlo 2005}) 18. Qf3 Bg5 $6 19. Qd3 dxc5 20.
Bxc5 Qa5 21. Bxe7 Qxd2 22. Rcd1 $16 {Predojevic,B-Timofeev,A/Sarajevo 2005})
16. Rc1 O-O 17. c5 Qd8 18. Qf3 (18. Qe2 $5 Bf6) 18... Bf5 19. g4 {This move is
a natural response to black's 18th move, but may be deserved attention 19.h3
not letting black a target to play against.} ({Nothing promised} 19. cxd6 exd6
20. Qg3 Be5 21. Rxe5 dxe5 22. Qxe5 (22. Bxf8 $6 Qxf8 23. Qxe5 $2 Qa3 $19) 22...
Re8 23. Qxd4 Rc8 24. Rf1 Re4 $15) 19... Bd7 20. cxd6 (20. h3 $5 dxc5 21. Bxc5
Rc8 $13 22. Bxe7 $140 $2 Rxc1 23. Bxd8 Rxe1+ 24. Kg2 Rxd8 $19) 20... exd6 21.
Qg3 Re8 (21... Be5 22. f4 Bg7 23. Bxd6 Re8 24. Be5 Qb6 $13) 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23.
Bxd6 Rc8 $1 (23... Bxa4 $6 24. Bxa4 Qxa4 25. Rc7 $1 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gd5d8]}
Qe8 26. Qf4 Rd8 27. Re7 Qf8 28. Re6 Rxd6 (28... fxe6 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Qc7 exd5
31. Qxb7 $16) 29. Rxd6 $16) 24. Rxc8 (24. Rb1 Qe2) 24... Qxc8 25. h3 Qc1+ $6 (
25... Qe8) 26. Kg2 Qxd2 27. Bc5 $1 $11 {[%cal Gg3b8]} Qe2 28. Qb8+ Be8 29. Bd1
(29. Qxb7 Qe4+ 30. Kg1 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 $11) 29... Qe5 30. Qxb7 (30. Bd6 Qxd5+ 31.
Bf3 Qe6 32. Bxb7 d3 $17) 30... Bf8 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Qxa6 Qxd5+ 33. Bf3 Qd7 34.
a5 d3 35. Qb6 d2 36. Qb4+ Kg8 37. Qe4 Qb5 38. Qe2 d1=Q 39. Qxd1 Qxa5 40. Qd6
Qa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 9798 8th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1997.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7.
Qh5 $5 $146 {Interesting idea,nevertheless promising nothing special to white.}
(7. c3) 7... a6 (7... g6 $2 8. Qe5 $1 $16) 8. Ba4 Nc6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 (9... dxc6
$5 10. d3 Be7 11. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5,Gb1d2,Gd2c4]} b6 12. Nd2 O-O $11 {[%cal
Gc6c5]}) 10. d3 d6 11. e5 $5 $36 (11. c3 dxc3 12. Nxc3 {[%cal Gd3d4]} c5 (12...
e5 13. Be3 Be7 14. d4 $14) 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nd5 Qd8 $11) 11... g6
(11... d5 12. c3 (12. Bg5 Qb6 13. b3 Bb4 $11) 12... dxc3 (12... Bc5 $2 13. cxd4
Bxd4 14. Qg4 Qb6 15. Qxg7 Bxf2+ 16. Kf1 Rf8 17. Bh6 Bc5 18. Re2 Qb4 {[%cal
Gb4h4]} 19. Nd2 $18) 13. Nxc3 c5 14. Bf4 $14 {[%csl Re8][%cal Ga1c1]}) 12. Qf3
dxe5 (12... d5 13. c3 dxc3 14. Nxc3 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Rf6]}) 13. Bg5 $1 Be7 (13...
Qb6 14. Bf6 Rg8 15. Nd2 $16 {[%cal Gd2c4]}) 14. Qxc6+ (14. Bxe7 $5 Kxe7 15.
Rxe5 (15. Qxc6 Rb8 {[%cal Gd8d6]} 16. Rxe5 (16. Qc5+ Qd6 17. Qxd6+ Kxd6 18. Nd2
f6 $15) 16... Rxb2 17. Nd2 Kf6 $1 $15 {[%cal Gf6g7]}) 15... Rb8 16. b3 Qd6 (
16... f6 17. Rc5 (17. Re2 c5 $132 {[%cal Gc8b7]}) 17... Bd7 (17... Rb5 18. Qxc6
Bb7 (18... Qd6 19. Qxd6+ Kxd6 20. Rxb5 axb5 21. a4 $14) 19. Qc7+ Qxc7 20. Rxc7+
Kd6 21. Rf7 $16 {[%cal Gb1a3,Ga3c4]}) (17... Bb7 18. b4 $1 $14 {[%csl Rb7]
[%cal Gb1d2,Gd2b3,Gd2c4]} (18. Nd2 Qb6 19. Qg3 $1 Rbd8 20. Ne4 Rd5 21. Qh4 Rf8
$13)) 18. c3 dxc3 19. Nxc3 $16 {[%cal Gd3d4]}) 17. Re1 c5 18. Nd2 Bb7 19. Ne4
Bxe4 $11) 14... Bd7 15. Bxe7 Bxc6 16. Bxd8 Kxd8 17. Rxe5 $14 Rb8 18. b3 Rb5 $1
{Forcing white to find the only way leading to advantage.} 19. Rxb5 $6 {
Missing very promising possibility} (19. Re2 $5 Rg5 20. g3 h5 $1 {[%cal Gh5h4]}
21. Nd2 h4 22. Ne4 (22. Rae1 hxg3 23. fxg3 Rxg3+ $1 24. hxg3 Rh1+ 25. Kf2 Rh2+
$11) 22... hxg3 23. fxg3 Rgh5 24. Rf1 $14) (19. f4 $1 Rxe5 $6 (19... Kd7 20.
Nd2 f6 21. Re2 g5 22. Ne4 $16) (19... g5 $5 {[%tqu "En","","","","c2c4","",10]}
20. c4 $1 dxc3 21. Nxc3 Rxe5 22. fxe5 $16) 20. fxe5 $16 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gb1d2]
with good wining chanses.}) 19... axb5 $132 20. c4 (20. b4 Kd7 21. c4 (21. Nd2
Bd5 22. Nb3 Bxb3 23. cxb3 Rc8 24. a4 Rc3 $11) 21... dxc3 22. Nxc3 Rc8 {[%cal
Gc6g2]} 23. Rc1 Ra8 $11 {[%cal Ga8a3,Gc6d5]}) 20... dxc3 21. Nxc3 Kc7 $1 $11 {
[%cal Gb5b4]} 22. b4 Kb6 23. f3 {[%cal Gg1f2,Gf2e3]} Rd8 24. Rd1 Rc8 {[%cal
Gc6f3]} 25. Ne2 Ra8 26. Nc3 Rc8 27. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 35th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 {More solid
approach than fashionable} (6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Qc5 9. c4 {
with very complicated play.}) (6. d3 a6 7. Bc4 e6 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne2 Nxe4 10.
dxe4 Qxc4 11. Nxd4 e5 $13 {Anand,V-Ivanchuk,V/Moscow 2001}) 6... a6 (6... e5 7.
Bc4 Be7 8. d3 d6 9. Nd2 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Nf1 Nd7 $2 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Nf6
14. Ne3 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. f4 $16 {Volokitin,A-Gagunashvili,M/BCSA Open,
Batumi GEO 2003}) 7. Bf1 (7. Bc4 d6 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 g6 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. d3
h6 12. b4 Bg7 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Qf3 Kf8 15. Bb2 Qb6 16. a3 $14 {Kasparov,G-Leko,
P/XX SuperGM, Linares ESP 2003}) (7. e5 Nxb5 8. exf6 Nxc3 9. fxg7 Bxg7 10. dxc3
d6 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. a4 Qc6 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxe4 16. Rxe4 d5 {
1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Kramnik,V/XX SuperGM, Linares ESP 2003 (16)}) 7... e5 (7... Ng4
{looks like worthy attempt to equalize.} 8. g3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Ne5 10. Qd1 e6 11.
f4 Nc6 12. e5 d5 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Bg2 O-O 16. Ne3 $11 {Sutovsky,
E-McShane,L/11th Sigeman & Co, Malmoe SWE 2003}) 8. Bc4 (8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 d6
10. c3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Be7 12. d4 O-O 13. dxe5 $6 dxe5 14. Qg3 Bd6 15. c4 f5 16.
Bd2 Rf6 17. Qa3 a5 $15 {Sokolov,A-Lautier,J/Aix les Bains 2003}) (8. h3 Nxf3+
9. Qxf3 d6 10. a4 Be6 11. b3 Be7 12. Bc4 Qa5 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Re2 $2 (14. Qe2 $5
) 14... Bxc4 15. bxc4 Qb4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V/Amber Blindfold,
Monte Carlo MNC 2003 (61)}) (8. d3 Be7 9. Bg5 d6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nxd4 cxd4
12. Nd5 Qd8 13. c3 dxc3 14. bxc3 Be6 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. a4 O-O $11 {Nevednichy,
V-Bauer,C/Bled 2002/EXT 2003}) 8... d6 {[%cal Gc8g4]} (8... Be7 9. d3 (9. a4
O-O 10. d3 d6 11. Nd2 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Nf1 Nc6 14. Ne3 Nb4 15. Qe2 Rad8 16.
Ned5 Nbxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 $13 {Stojanovic,D-Zakic,S/Herceg Novi 2005}) 9... d6
10. h3 h6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bg5 14. c3 Qe7 15. Be3 $14 {
Brynell,S-Fries Nielsen,J/Sweden 2001}) 9. h3 (9. Ng5 Ne6 (9... h6 10. Nxf7 $5
Rh7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. c3 $1 Nf4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. d5 b5 16. d4 $3
$36 {Dominguez,L-Radjabov,T/Tripoli 2004}) 10. d3 Be7 11. a4 O-O 12. Nxe6 Bxe6
13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Nd7 15. a5 Bf6 $11 {Lukin,A-Mnatsakanian,E/Moscow 1983})
9... Be6 10. d3 b5 11. Bxe6 (11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Ne2 Be7 14. c3
dxc3 15. Nxc3 O-O 16. Qb3 Kf7 17. Bg5 Rab8 18. Rac1 Qd7 $13 {Manik,M-Parligras,
M/Mallorca 2004}) 11... fxe6 12. Nxd4 (12. a4 b4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Na2 a5 15.
c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Be7 17. cxd4 exd4 $13 {Oral,T-Kovalev,A/Czechia 2001}) 12...
exd4 $6 {This move seems to be an inaccuracy. More in the spirit of the
position is to capture with c-pawn not letting white to push f4-f5.} (12...
cxd4 $5 13. Ne2 Be7 14. c3 dxc3 15. Nxc3 O-O $11) 13. Ne2 Qf7 14. f4 Be7 15. f5
$1 exf5 (15... e5 16. g4 Nd7 17. g5 c4 (17... Qh5 $6 18. Ng3 $1 Qxh3 $140 $2
19. Kf2 $18 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Ge1h1]}) (17... h6 18. g6 Qf8 19. Rf1 Bf6 20. Ng3
$16) 18. Ng3 O-O 19. Rf1 d5 20. Qg4 $14) 16. exf5 {[%cal Ge2f4,Gf4e6]} Nd5 $8 {
Otherwise white knight would've penitrated to e6.} 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 O-O (
18... Qxf5 $2 19. Bxd6 $18) 19. Bg3 $1 {Strangely enough black can't benefit
from attacking the pawn on f5.} Rae8 20. Rf1 Qd5 21. Qg4 Bf6 22. a4 $1 {
Taking care of the queenside.} b4 23. b3 Re3 24. Bf4 Rfe8 $5 {Probably
sacrificing an exchange is not such a bad idea since after} (24... Re7 25. Rae1
Rfe8 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Rf2 {[%cal Gf2e2] all the endgames are pretty tough for
black.} Re1+ 28. Kh2 Re8 (28... Be5 $6 29. f6 $1 Bxf6 30. Qc8+ Kf7 31. Qxa6 $16
) 29. Re2 Rxe2 30. Qxe2 Kf8 (30... Be5 31. Bxe5 dxe5 32. g4 Kf8 33. Kg3 Ke7 34.
Qf3 $16) 31. g4 Kf7 32. Qg2 $16) 25. Bxe3 dxe3 26. Rae1 Qe5 $2 ({It was
necessary to play} 26... Qf7 $1 {not giving up the pawns that easily.} 27. Re2
(27. Qc4 $6 e2 28. Rf2 Bd4 29. Qxf7+ (29. g4 $2 d5 30. Qxa6 Qc7 $19) 29... Kxf7
30. g4 g6 31. fxg6+ Kxg6 32. Kg2 (32. h4 Rf8 33. Rexe2 Rf4 $11) 32... Bxf2 33.
Kxf2 Kg5 34. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 35. Kxe2 Kh4 36. Kf3 Kxh3 $11) 27... d5 28. Qf3 Qd7 29.
g4 d4 $14) 27. Qc4+ d5 28. Qxc5 Be7 29. Qc6 Bd6 30. Rf4 $1 $18 {May be black
overlooked this nice resourse playing 26...Qe5?} h5 (30... Rd8 31. g3 e2 32.
Kg2 $18) 31. d4 $1 {Now it's all over.} Qe7 (31... Qxf4 32. Qxe8+ Kh7 33. Qxh5+
Kg8 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qxe3 $18) 32. Qxd5+ Kf8 33. Rf3 Qd8 34. Kf1 e2+ 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 35th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 {For some reason this variation has
become extremely popular lately.} 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 (6. Re1) (6. Bc4 e6 7. h3
a6 8. a4 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 Nxe4 12. Nxd4 Nf6 $11 {Brajovic,
R-Knezevic,B/Vrnjacka Banja 1998}) (6. Ba4 e6 7. d3 a6 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne2 b5
10. Bb3 Bc5 11. h3 Bb7 12. Bf4 d6 13. Bh2 $14 {Svetushkin,D-Brajovic,R/
Bucharest 1999}) (6. Bd3 $5 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 e6 8. Re1 d6 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 b5 11.
Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bb7 13. a4 $14 {Svidler,P-Kramnik,V/Internet ICC 1999}) 6...
cxd4 7. Nd5 (7. Ne2 $6 Nxe4 8. Nxd4 e6 9. Re1 Nf6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. d4 O-O 12.
Bg5 d6 13. Bd3 b6 14. c4 Bb7 $13 {Sprenger,J-Lindinger,M/Hamburg 2003}) 7...
Nxd5 8. exd5 Qc5 (8... a6 9. Ba4 (9. Be2 g6 10. c4 Bg7 11. d3 O-O 12. Bg5 d6
13. Qd2 e5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Bg4 $13 {Guidarelli,L-Lautier,J/Aix les Bains 2003
}) 9... g6 10. d3 Bg7 (10... b5 11. Bb3 Bg7 $2 12. d6 $1 $16 {Benjamin,
J-Nakamura,H/New York 2004}) 11. Bg5 b5 12. Bb3 e6 13. c4 dxc3 14. bxc3 O-O 15.
Rc1 Bb7 16. c4 $14 {Teske,H-Souleidis,G/Germany 2003}) (8... g6 9. Re1 a6 10.
Ba4 Bg7 11. d3 h6 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. Qf3 Kf8 14. Bd2 d6 $13 {Laznicka,V-Zezulkin,
J/Czechia 2004}) 9. c4 (9. Qe2 $6 Qxd5 10. c4 Qf5 11. b4 e6 12. Bb2 Bxb4 13.
Bxd4 O-O 14. Rab1 Bd6 $15 {Boudre,J-Godard,M/Meribel 1998}) 9... a6 (9... dxc3
10. Qb3 a6 11. Be2 c2 (11... e6 $6 12. dxc3 Bd6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. g3 b5 15. a4
$16 {Kryvoruchko,Y-Hamdouchi,H/Calvi 2005}) 12. d4 Qd6 13. Bf3 g6 14. Bd2 Qf6
15. d6 Qxd6 16. Rfe1 $36 {Anand,V-Leko,P/Linares 2003}) 10. b4 {This move is a
cornerstone of white's play. By sacrificing a pawn white gets strong
initiative, even though it seems that black has got sufficient counterchances
in the forthcoming play.} (10. Ba4 Qxc4 (10... b5 11. Bb3 (11. cxb5 Bb7 12. Bb3
axb5 13. d3 e6 14. Qf3 Bd6 15. Qg4 Bxd5 16. Qxg7 O-O-O 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 $15 {
Yarmysty,M-Kryvoruchko,Y/Lvov 2005}) 11... bxc4 12. Qc2 Qxd5 13. Bxc4 Qc6 14.
Qd3 Bb7 15. f3 Rc8 16. Bb3 e6 $17 {Bolacky,J-Stehno,P/Czechia 2004}) 11. Bb3
Qc5 12. d3 Qd6 13. Qf3 Qf6 14. Qe4 d6 15. Re1 g6 16. Bf4 Bf5 17. Qf3 O-O-O $132
{Karim,I-Ribera Baztan,J/Mallorca 2004}) 10... Qxb4 11. Ba4 g6 {This is an
only way for black to develop the bishop and provide a secure shelter to the
king.} (11... b5 12. Bc2 $5 (12. cxb5 g6 13. d6 $5 (13. d3 Bg7 14. Bd2 Qd6 15.
Bb3 axb5 16. Qe1 Qf6 17. Bb4 d6 18. a4 O-O $13 {Frolov,D-Shariyazdanov,A/Tomsk
2004}) (13. b6 Bg7 14. d3 O-O 15. Bg5 Bb7 16. Re1 e6 17. dxe6 $13 {1/2-1/2
Ulibin,M-Avrukh,B/Biel 2003}) 13... Qxd6 14. Qf3 Rb8 15. Ba3 Qb6 16. Qf4 e6 (
16... axb5) 17. Qf6 Rg8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. bxa6 $16 {Rossi,C-Balogh,E/Cork 2005}
) 12... bxc4 13. Rb1 Qd6 14. d3 cxd3 15. Qxd3 $36 {1-0 Motylev,A-Parligras,M/
Warsaw 2005 (21)}) 12. Bb3 ({Less accurate is} 12. d3 b5 (12... Bg7 13. Bd2 Qa3
14. Qc2 O-O 15. Rfb1 $5 (15. Rab1 b5 $1 16. Bb3 d6 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. cxb5 axb5
19. Qc6 Bf5 20. Qxb5 Reb8 21. Qc4 Rc8 22. Qb5 Rab8 $17) 15... Qd6 16. Ba5 $6
Bf6 17. Bb6 e6 $13 {Sjugirov,S-Khairullin,I/Kirishi 2005}) 13. Bb3 Bg7 14. Bd2
(14. a4 bxc4 15. Bxc4 d6 16. Re1 Qb7 17. Bg5 f6 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Bd2 $44 {
Gdanski,J-Dziuba,M/Dzwirzyno 2004}) 14... Qd6 15. Qe1 bxc4 16. Bb4 Qe5 17. dxc4
a5 18. Bxa5 Qxe1 19. Bxe1 d6 $11 {Ulibin,M-Gagunashvili,M/Dubai 2003}) 12...
Bg7 13. a4 {[%cal Gc1a3]} d6 14. Ba3 Qa5 15. Re1 Qd8 (15... Qc7 $6 16. Rc1 O-O
17. c5 Qd8 18. Qf3 Bf5 19. g4 Bd7 20. cxd6 exd6 21. Qg3 $14 {Zhang
Pengxiang-Wang Yue/Tiayuan 2005}) 16. c5 O-O 17. Rc1 Bf6 (17... dxc5 18. Bxc5
Re8 19. a5 (19. Qf3 $5) 19... Bf5 20. Qf3 Qxa5 21. Bxe7 Qxd2 22. d6 $36 {
Svidler,P-Van Wely,L/Monte Carlo 2005}) 18. Qf3 Bg5 $6 {A dubious idea. The
pawn on d4 is too important to leave it unproected.} 19. Qd3 dxc5 $6 ({It
wasn't too late to admit the mistake and get back to f6 with the bishop.} 19...
Bf6 20. cxd6 exd6 21. Qg3 Be5 22. Rxe5 dxe5 23. Qxe5 Re8 24. Qxd4 Bd7 25. Bb2
$44) 20. Bxc5 $16 Qa5 21. Bxe7 Qxd2 22. Rcd1 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Bf5 $6 ({After
correct} 23... Re8 $1 24. d6 Bxe7 (24... Be6 $2 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Bxg5 $18) 25.
Rxe7 Be6 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Rxb7 Rab8 $1 (27... e5 $2 28. f4 e4 $140 29. Rxd4 e3
30. Kf1 $18) 28. Rxb8 (28. d7 Red8 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. f4 Kf7 31. Rxd4 Ke7 32.
Kf2 Rd8 33. Kf3 Rxd7 34. Rxd7+ Kxd7 35. Ke4 Kd6 $14) 28... Rxb8 29. f4 Kf7 30.
Rxd4 Ke8 $14 {black shouldn't have too many problems to hold an arising
endgame.}) 24. Rxd4 Rfe8 25. d6 Kg7 (25... Bxe7 26. Rxe7 $1 Be6 27. Bxe6 fxe6
28. Rxb7) 26. g4 Bd7 27. Kf1 f6 28. Bd5 $18 {Despite of the material balance
black's position is hopeless since he can do nothing against Rc7.} Rab8 29. Rc4
Bd2 (29... Rbc8 30. Rc7 Rxc7 31. dxc7 Bf4 32. Bxf6+ Kxf6 33. Rxe8 $18) 30. Rc7
$1 Bxe1 31. Rxd7 Bb4 (31... Bc3 32. Bxb7 a5 33. f4 h6 34. Bd5 Kh8 35. Rc7 $18 {
[%cal Gd5f7]}) 32. g5 $1 Rxe7 (32... fxg5 33. Bxg5+ Kf8 (33... Kh8 34. Bf6#)
34. Bh6#) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.24"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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 "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. O-O Ng6 7. Qe2 d5 8. e5
{Quite a typical reaction. At some point Black would like to push e5 opening
up his lightsquared bishop, so White is taking some precautions. The drawback
of this move is that Black may open up the position with ...f6 getting strong
pressure on the kingside.} (8. c4 f6 9. e5 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Na4 fxe5 12.
Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Bd6 14. Qg5 Qc7 15. f4 $14 {Oratovsky,M-Birnboim,N/Israel
1992}) 8... f6 9. b3 fxe5 10. Bb2 $6 {A dubious decision after which White is
left without any counterplay. Much better was} (10. Nxe5 Bd6 (10... Nxe5 11.
Qxe5 Qf6 12. Bb2 Be7 13. Nd2 $14) 11. Bb2 Qg5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. g3 $13 {
[%cal Gf2f4,Gb1d2,Gd2f3] with very sharp play in which White's chances seem to
be pretty good.}) 10... e4 $1 $15 11. dxe4 Bd6 12. e5 {After this move White
is left with no counterplay so may be he should have preferred} (12. Bxg7 Rg8
13. e5 (13. Bh6 Bf4 $1) 13... Rxg7 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Qe3 e5 $15 {even though
Black's chances are better anyway.}) 12... Be7 13. Nc3 O-O {[%cal Gg6f4,Gd8e8,
Ge8g6]} 14. Na4 Nf4 15. Qe3 Ba6 16. Rfe1 Qe8 $17 {White king is far too weak,
so his position deteriorates very quickly.} 17. Ba3 (17. Nxc5 Qg6 18. g3 Bxc5
19. Qxc5 Be2 $19) 17... Qg6 18. g3 Nh3+ 19. Kg2 Rxf3 $1 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Ga8f8]
} (19... Qg4 20. Nxc5 Be2 $1 $19) 20. Qxf3 Rf8 21. Qxf8+ Kxf8 22. Kxh3 Qh5+ 23.
Kg2 Be2 24. h3 $6 (24. Kg1 $142 Bf3 25. Re3 d4 26. Rd3 Be4 27. Bxc5 Bxd3 28.
cxd3 Qxe5 29. Bxa7 $17) 24... Bf3+ 25. Kh2 Bg4 26. Rh1 Bxh3 27. Kg1 Qxe5 28.
Bb2 Qf5 29. f3 Bd6 30. f4 g5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O (4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. O-O Ng6 7. Ng5
$5 e5 8. Qh5 Qf6 $1 9. Nc3 d6 10. Nxh7 $6 Qd8 11. g3 Be7 $2 {
Hennigan-Chernajev/Gausdal/1995} (11... Qd7 $1)) 4... Nge7 5. c3 a6 (5... d5 6.
exd5 Qxd5 7. Re1 Bd7 8. Na3 Ng6 9. Bf1 Be7 $13 {Gelfand-Sveshnikov/Ljubjana/
1995}) 6. Ba4 (6. Be2 $5 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 cxd4 (8... Be7 9. c4 Nf6 10.
dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Nc3 Ke7 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Rxd8 Nxd8 15. a3 $14 {
Kasparov-Kramnik/Paris/Rapid/1995}) 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bd7 11. Bf3 $14 {
Kramnik-Miladinovic/Beograd/1995}) 6... b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2 Ng6 (8... Qb6 9.
Rd1 d5 10. e5 d4 $8 11. Be4 (11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Be4 d3 14. Bxd3
Qc6 15. f3 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Ng6 17. Be4 $14 {Rublevsky,S-Minasian,A/Montecatini
Terme 2000}) 11... Rd8 (11... Ng6 12. d3 Be7 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Nbd2 (14. Na3
Bd8 15. Nc2 Bc7 16. Ncxd4 Ncxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 $13 {Totsky,L-Belikov,V/RUS
Army-ch 1995}) 14... O-O 15. Nb3 Rfd8 16. h4 Qc7 17. Bd2 Ngxe5 $2 18. Nxe5 Qxe5
19. Na5 $1 $18 {Tkachiev,V-Pinski,J/Geneva op 1997}) 12. d3 h6 13. Nbd2 Nd5 ({
Very serious attention deserved} 13... dxc3 $5 14. bxc3 Nd5 15. Bb2 Be7 16. c4
bxc4 (16... Nf4 17. Qe3 Ng6 18. cxb5 axb5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Nc4 $11) 17. Nxc4 Qc7
18. Rac1 O-O $13 {with unclear position}) 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. a4 $1 $14 {
Grischuk,A-Kotsur,P/Elista 2000/CBM 79}) (8... d5 9. e5 {[%cal Gd2d4]} d4 10.
Be4 Ng6 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. d3 Be7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. h4 Rfd8 ({
Loosing a pawn} 15... a5 16. h5 a4 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Nbxd4 Nh8 19. Nxc6 Qxc6
20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 h6 22. Ne4 $16 {Tkachiev,V-Cherniaev,A/Biel 1994}) 16. h5
Nf8 $8 17. h6 g6 18. Bg5 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Rd6,Rf6] Pavasovic,D-Oral,T/Mitropa
Cup 1999}) 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nh4 $5 11. Rd1 $5 {White prefers his knight on
c3 so he defends d4 with the rook.} (11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Bb1 (12. d5 Ne5 (12...
Na5 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. g3 Be7 15. dxe6 dxe6 16. a4 bxa4 17. Bxa6 $16 {Tkachiev,
V-Ansell,S/London 1994/EXT 2000}) 13. Nd4 g5 $6 14. a4 b4 15. N2b3 g4 16. Rd1
$16 {Tkachiev,V-San Segundo Carrillo,P/Ponferrada 1997}) 12... Bd6 13. e5 Bb8
14. Qe4 Nf5 15. Nb3 d6 16. Qg4 Nce7 17. Re1 Qb6 $13 {Totsky,L-Kogan,A/Budapest
1996/CBM 53}) 11... Rc8 (11... Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Rc8 13. Nc3 Qf6 14. Qe3 d6 15. d5
$16 {Sorokin,M-Aarthie,R/Hyderabad 2000/CBM 79}) 12. Nc3 Be7 $2 ({Crucial for
the whole variation position arises after} 12... Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 d5 $5 14. exd5
(14. e5 b4 15. Ne2 Nxe5 $1 {[%csl Rc2]} 16. Ba4+ Nd7 $17) 14... Nb4 15. Bb3
Nxd5 $13 {and black seems to be doing fine.}) (12... b4 $5) 13. Nxh4 $1 Bxh4
14. e5 $1 $36 {The bishop on h4 causes black nothing but troubles!} O-O (14...
Nb4 15. Bb1 O-O 16. a3 Nd5 17. Ne4 $14) 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 {[%csl Rh4,Rh7]
[%cal Gd1d3,Gd3h3]} d5 (16... b4 $2 17. Ne4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Rxc2 19. Bg5 $1 Bxe4
20. Bxh4 $1 $18) 17. Rd3 $1 $18 {Rh3 is a lethal threat!} f5 $8 (17... Nb4 $2
18. Rh3 Nxc2 19. Rxh4 Qxh4 20. Qxh4 Nxa1 21. Qf6 $18 {[%cal Gc1h6]}) 18. Rh3 g5
19. Be3 $6 {Even better was} (19. Bxg5 $1 Qxg5 20. Rg3 $1 Qxg3 21. hxg3 Nxd4
22. gxh4 Nxc2 23. Qxe6+ $18) 19... b4 20. Ne2 Rf7 21. f4 (21. Qxe6 $5 $18)
21... Nxe5 $5 22. dxe5 d4 $8 23. Nxd4 Rxc2 24. Nxc2 Qd3 {[%cal Gd3e2]} 25. Kh1
$5 {White is not ready to take any risk!} (25. Nd4 $5) 25... Qxc2 26. Rg1 {
[%csl Rh4]} Bd5 27. fxg5 f4 28. g6 Qxg6 29. Qxh4 $1 fxe3 30. Rg3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-A"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 18432]} 1. e4 {Ftacnik.} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4
6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. d3 (7. c3 a6 8. Bf1 Nc6 9. a4 $6 Be7 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nc2 d5 12.
e5 f6 $1 $15 {Szmetan-Milos/Buenos Aires/1996}) 7... g6 (7... a6 8. Ba4 Nc6 9.
Nd2 Be7 (9... b5 10. Bb3 g6 $5 11. Nf3 $6 (11. f4 Bg7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Qe2 a5
14. a3 Bb7 15. Qf2 $13) 11... Bg7 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Qd2 a5 $1 15. a4
$2 (15. a3 $142) 15... b4 $15 {Glek,I-Milov,V/Biel SKA 1996}) 10. Qh5 g6 11.
Qe2 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Nf3 Bf6 14. Bh6 d6 15. Qd2 a5 16. c3 $14 {Morozevich,
A-Milov,V/Tilburg 1994}) (7... Nc6 8. Nd2 Be7 (8... a6 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. e5 c5
11. Qg4 Bd7 12. Ne4 Bc6 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxg7 Kd7 15. exd6 Qg8 $15 {Peptan,
C-Shumiakina,T/EUCup99 (women) 1999}) 9. e5 O-O 10. Bxc6 dxc6 11. Qg4 Kh8 12.
Ne4 f5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Qh5 Qe8 $15 {Belkhodja,S-Vaisser,A/Masters KO 2000})
8. Ba4 (8. c3 Nc6 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. cxd4 Bg7 11. Nd2 Qxd4 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. Qa4
O-O 14. e5 Bd7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be7 Rfe8 17. Qa3 Qb5 18. Re4 b6 19. Rb4 {1/2-1/2
Brodsky,M-Fominyh,A/RUS-chT 1997}) 8... Bg7 9. Nd2 (9. c3 {Ftacnik} O-O 10. Bg5
$14) 9... O-O 10. f4 d6 (10... d5 $6 {Ftacnik} 11. e5 $14) 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Bb3
{Nothing promises} (12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Bd2 Rac8 {'=' Ftacnik.} 14. Rc1 Rc7 15.
c3 dxc3 16. bxc3 f5 $13 {and black has very comfortable position,but also the
move in the game doesn't bring white the desirable advantage.}) 12... a5 13. a4
(13. a3 {Ftacnik} Qc7 14. Bd2 $11) 13... b5 $5 14. axb5 (14. Bd2 b4 (14... bxa4
15. Bxa4 Bxa4 16. Rxa4 Qb6 17. Qa1 Nc6 18. b4 $16) 15. Qe2 Rc8 16. Qf2 $14) (
14. Ng5 {Ftacnik} h6 15. Nf3 b4 $11) 14... Bxb5 15. f5 $5 {It's hard to come
up with something else. '?!' Ftacnik.} (15. Ba4 {Ftacnik} Ba6 16. Qe2 $14)
15... gxf5 (15... exf5 {Ftacnik} 16. Bg5 Kh8 17. exf5 f6 18. Bd2 Nxf5 19. Be6
Ne3 20. Bxe3 dxe3 21. Rxe3 $11) 16. Ng5 (16. exf5 {Ftacnik} Nxf5 17. Ng5 Qf6
18. Ne4 Qg6 $17) 16... h6 (16... fxe4 $2 {Ftacnik} 17. Qh5 h6 18. Nxf7 $1 (18.
Nxe6 $6 fxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Qxb5 e3 $13) 18... Rxf7 19. Bxe6 Be8 20. Rf1 $18
) 17. exf5 (17. Nxf7 {Ftacnik} Kxf7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 (18... Kf6 $2 19. exf5 $18)
19. Bxe6+ Kh7 20. exf5 Be8 21. Qh3 Nc6 $15) 17... Nxf5 (17... hxg5 $2 {Ftacnik}
18. Bxg5 Re8 19. Qh5 $40) 18. Nxf7 $1 {The point of 15th move of white.} (18.
Nh3 a4 19. Ba2 d5 20. Qh5 Qh4 $17) (18. Bxe6 {Ftacnik} fxe6 19. Nxe6 Qb6 20.
Nxf8 Rxf8 21. Qg4 Ne3 $15) (18. Ne4 {Ftacnik} d5 $17) 18... Rxf7 (18... Qf6 {
Ftacnik} 19. Rxe6 Qxf7 20. Rf6 Bxf6 21. Bxf7+ Rxf7 22. Qh5 $14) 19. Bxe6 Qf6 {
'!' Ftacnik.} (19... Be8 {Ftacnik} 20. Qg4 Ne3 21. Bxe3 dxe3 22. Rxe3 Qb6 23.
Rae1 Qxb2 24. Bd5 Qd4 25. Qxd4 Bxd4 26. Bxa8 $14) 20. Qf3 (20. Qh5 {Ftacnik}
Raa7 21. Bd2 a4 $15) 20... Raa7 21. Bxf7+ (21. Bd2 {Ftacnik} a4 22. Qd5 Bd7 23.
Bxf7+ Qxf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $15) 21... Qxf7 22. Rf1 ({Deserved attention} 22. b3
$5 {leaving black pawn on a5.}) 22... Bd7 23. Bd2 ({Sooner or later white has
to change the queens.It was a right moment now.} 23. g4 Qg6 24. Qe4 Nh4 25.
Qxg6 Nxg6 26. h3 {'=' Ftacnik.} a4 $13) 23... a4 24. c4 (24. Ra3 {Ftacnik} Rc7
25. c4 dxc3 26. bxc3 d5 27. g4 Bf8 28. Raa1 Nd6 $15) 24... Qg6 (24... dxc3 {
Ftacnik} 25. Bxc3 Bxc3 26. bxc3 a3 27. Rf2 $132) 25. Qe4 Kh7 26. b4 $6 (26. g4
{Ftacnik} Ne3 $17) 26... Bc8 $1 27. h3 (27. g4 Re7 28. Qf3 Ne3 $17 {'-+'
Ftacnik.}) 27... h5 $1 28. Rae1 Rf7 $5 {[%cal Gc8b7,Gg7e5,Gg6g3] Now white
finds himself under strong attack and the material osses are inevitable.} (
28... Re7 29. Qf4 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Bh6 31. Qf2 Be3 32. Bxe3 dxe3 $17) 29. Rf2 (29.
Qe8 {Ftacnik} Nh4 30. Rf2 Rxf2 31. Qxg6+ Nxg6 32. Kxf2 Ne5 $17) 29... Be5 30.
Qa8 {'?' Ftacnik.} (30. Ref1 $5 {Ftacnik} a3 (30... Bb7 $2 31. Rxf5 $1 Bxe4 32.
Rxf7+ $16) 31. Bc1 Qg3 32. Bf4 Bxf4 33. Qxf4 Qxd3 $17) 30... Bb7 (30... Qg3 $5
{Ftacnik} 31. Rxe5 dxe5 32. Qxc8 (32. Qxa4 Qxd3 $19) 32... Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Nd6+
$19) 31. Qe8 (31. Qxa4 {Ftacnik} Bg3 32. Ree2 Bxf2+ 33. Rxf2 Ng7 34. Re2 Qxd3
$19) 31... Bg3 $19 32. Ref1 Bxf2+ 33. Rxf2 Rg7 34. Qxg6+ Kxg6 35. Bf4 h4 36. b5
Kf6 37. Kh2 Ke6 38. Re2+ Kd7 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vokarev, Sergey"]
[Black "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 (6. Ng5 Ng6 (6...
f6 7. Nh3 g6 8. f4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf2 d6 11. Nd2 a5 12. a4 f5 13. Nf3 Rb8
14. Rb1 c4 $5 15. dxc4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nf2 Qb6 19. Re1 Nf5
20. Ne5 Rb7 21. b3 Rd8 $44 {Bologan,V-Shabalov,A/Connecticut USA 2000/The Week
in Chess 286}) 7. f4 Be7 8. Nf3 d5 9. c4 e5 10. f5 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nf4 $2 12.
Qxd8+ Bxd8 13. Nxe5 Nxg2+ 14. Kf2 Nh4 {[%csl Rh4]} 15. Nc3 Bf6 16. Ng4 Bd4+ 17.
Kg3 h5 18. Nf2 Bf6 19. Nh3 Bxf5 20. exf5 Nxf5+ 21. Kf4 $18 {Bologan,
V-Sveshnikov,E/Tallinn EST 2000/The Week in Chess 273}) (6. h4 h5 7. Qe2 f6 8.
e5 fxe5 9. Nxe5 d6 10. Nc4 Nf5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nc3 e5 14. O-O-O
Be6 $13 {Shabanov,Y-Arkhipov,S/Smolensk RUS 2000/The Week in Chess 287}) 6...
f6 (6... Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. e5 Be7 (8... f6 9. Qe4 (9. Rh3 d5 10. exd6 Bxd6 11.
Rh1 e5 12. Na3 Bg4 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Qe4 Ne7 $13 {Obodchuk,A-Bocharov,D/Orsk
2000/EXT 2001}) 9... Kf7 10. Na3 (10. Rh3 Qc7 11. Ng5+ fxg5 12. Rf3+ Kg8 13.
Qxg6 Qxe5+ 14. Kf1 gxh4 $2 15. Bg5 $40 {Bezold,M-Volkmann,F/Austria 1999/EXT
2000}) 10... Qc7 11. Nc4 Ba6 12. Bf4 Nxf4 13. Qxf4 Be7 $132 {Vokarev,
S-Arkhipov,S/Smolensk RUS 2000/The Week in Chess 287}) (8... d6 9. exd6 Bxd6
10. Nc3 e5 11. Ng5 Bg4 12. f3 Bf5 13. Be3 Rb8 14. O-O-O Qb6 15. b3 Qa5 16. Nce4
Be7 17. Kb1 O-O $2 {[%csl Rh5]} 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Nxh5 Rb6 20. Bd2 Qa3 21. Bc1
Qa5 22. Qd2 $18 {Yudasin,L-Manca,F/Reggio Emilia ITA 2000}) 9. Qe4 c4 10. dxc4
Rb8 11. b3 c5 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Qe3 Nxh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Nc3 $14 {Breder,
D-Moroz,A/Pardubice 2000/EXT 2001}) (6... Qc7 7. O-O (7. e5 Nf5 8. Bd2 Be7 9.
Bc3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Rg1 d5 $13 {Prokopchuk,E-Sherbakov,R/Novgorod 1999/
CBM 69}) 7... Ng6 8. Ng5 Be7 9. Qh5 Qd8 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. f4 Bxg5 12. fxg5 d6 $6
13. b3 $1 $14 {Ovetchkin,R-Sherbakov,R/Smolensk 2000/CBM 77}) 7. Nh4 g6 8. f4
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf3 Rb8 $5 {Not permitting white to play Be3.} (10... e5 11.
fxe5 fxe5 12. Be3 d6 13. Nbd2 h6 14. a3 a5 $13 {Jakovenko,D-Shariyazdanov,A/
Samara 2000/CBM 78}) 11. c4 $5 {Typical decision for this kind of position.} d6
12. Be3 e5 13. fxe5 fxe5 14. Qd2 $6 {This move I can hardly explain, it's just
a waste of time!} (14. Nc3 Bg4 15. b3 Qd7 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Rxf3 18. Qxf3
Rf8 $11 {[%csl Rd4,Gd5]}) 14... Bg4 $5 15. Nc3 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Rxf3 17. gxf3 {
[%csl Rf3,Gf4]} Kh8 $1 {[%cal Ge7g8,Gg8f6,Gf6h5]} 18. Rf1 Ng8 19. Ne2 Nf6 20.
b3 Qd7 ({Nothing promised} 20... Nh5 21. Ng3 Qh4 22. Nxh5 Qxh5 $11) 21. Kg2 $6
({Better was} 21. Ng3 $5 h5 22. Qg2 $1 $14 {[%csl Rg6]}) 21... Rf8 22. Ng3 h5
23. h3 Kh7 24. Ne2 Ne8 $5 {[%cal Ge8c7,Gc7e6,Ge6d4,Ge6f4] Knight has nothing
to do on f6 so it goes to e6!} 25. Qe1 (25. f4 exf4 26. Rxf4 (26. Nxf4 $2 g5 $1
27. Nxh5 Rxf1 28. Nxg7 (28. Kxf1 $2 Qxh3+ $19) 28... Rf7 (28... Nxg7 29. Kxf1
Qxh3+ 30. Ke1 $13) 29. Nf5 Ng7 30. Nxg7 Rxg7 31. Bxg5 Qf7 $15) 26... Nf6 27.
Rf3 $13) 25... Nc7 26. Qg3 Ne6 27. f4 $6 exf4 28. Nxf4 Nxf4+ 29. Bxf4 Qf7 $1 {
[%cal Gf8f1]} 30. Qf3 Qe6 $1 $15 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 31. Qe2 d5 32. Rf3 (32. Qe3 Re8
33. e5 $5 $13) 32... Re8 33. cxd5 $6 (33. Bg3 $5) 33... cxd5 34. Bg3 Kg8 35.
Qc2 Bd4 $1 {[%csl Gf2] Black tries to make white's task as complicated as
possible.} 36. Rf4 (36. exd5 Qxd5 37. Qc4 Qxc4 38. dxc4 Re2+ $17 {[%csl Gf2]})
36... Qd7 37. exd5 Re3 $5 (37... Qxd5+ 38. Re4 $11) 38. Re4 (38. Qc4 Re2+ 39.
Kf3 Rxa2 40. d6+ Kg7 $36 {[%cal Gd7h3,Gh3g2]}) 38... Qxd5 39. Bf4 Re1 40. Qc4 (
40. Kh2 Rf1 41. Bg3 Kh7 $15) 40... Qxc4 41. bxc4 Rg1+ 42. Kf3 $6 ({More
persistant was} 42. Kh2 Rd1 43. Re7 a5 44. Ra7 Bc3 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Rd3] and
black still has to work very hard to win the game.}) 42... Rf1+ 43. Kg3 Rd1 $1
$17 44. Re6 Rxd3+ 45. Kg2 Kf7 46. Ra6 Rc3 47. h4 $2 {[%csl Rh4]} (47. Rxa7+ Ke6
48. a4 Kf5 49. Bb8 $17 {[%cal Ga4a8]}) 47... Bf6 48. Bg3 Rxc4 $19 49. Kh3 Rc3
50. Kg2 c4 51. Bf2 Rd3 52. Rxa7+ Ke6 53. Rc7 c3 54. Be1 Rd2+ $1 55. Kf1 Rxa2
56. Rc6+ Kf5 57. Rc5+ Kg4 58. Rc6 c2 59. Bd2 Bxh4 0-1

[Event "Mondariz zt 1.1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2000.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 $6 {This move is just a loss of tempo,that's why
it may hardly be recommended for use!} 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Re1
(7. d3 Qc7 (7... f6 8. Be3 e5 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1 Qb6
13. b3 Rad8 $13 {Pallag,S-Cmilyte,V/WchJW-U12 1994}) 8. Be3 (8. a4 Nf6 9. Re1
e5 10. a5 Be7 11. b3 Rd8 12. Bb2 $14 {Heimrath,W-Kreuzer,G/LL-N9495}) 8... e5
9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. a4 a5 11. Nc4 Ne7 12. c3 O-O 13. g4 Bg6 14. Qb3 Rfd8 15. Rfd1
Rab8 16. Qb6 Qxb6 17. Nxb6 f6 18. Nd2 $14 {Morozevich,A-De la Villa Garcia,J/
Torneo de Pamplona 9th 1998}) 7... Qc7 8. e5 $5 {Interesting move trying to
disturb normal development of black pieces.} (8. b4 cxb4 9. a3 e5 10. axb4 Bxb4
11. c3 Bd6 12. d4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne7 14. Nd2 b5 15. Qg4 Ng6 16. Nf3 O-O $15 {
Robovic,S-Horvath,P/Harkany op 1993}) 8... e6 9. d3 Ne7 10. Qe2 (10. Nbd2 Nd5
11. a4 a5 12. Nf1 Be7 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Bg5 $14) 10... h6 11. Bf4 $5 {[%cal
Gb1d2,Gd2c4,Gc4d6]} g5 12. Bh2 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nf5 14. Nd2 O-O-O (14... Nd4 15.
Qd1 O-O-O 16. Ne4 $14) 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Qh5 $14 Rdf8 17. a3 Qd8 $5 18. b4 $5 Qd5
(18... cxb4 $6 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Reb1 Be7 21. Ra2 Qd7 22. Rab2 b5 23. Ra2 $16)
19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. c4 Qd4 21. Rab1 {[%cal Gb1b3,Ge1b1]} a5 $1 22. Qd1 $6 ({
Much stronger was} 22. Nxc5 $1 Qxc5 23. Rb2 Qxa3 24. Reb1 Qe7 25. Qd1 $16 {
[%csl Ra5,Rb7][%cal Gd1a4] with big advantage.}) 22... Kc7 23. Qb3 b6 24. Kh1
$5 {[%cal Gh2g1,Gf2f3]} a4 25. Qc2 Ra8 26. Bg1 Rhd8 27. Red1 Qd7 28. Nxc5 bxc5
29. f3 {[%csl Rc5]} (29. Rb2 Nd4 30. Qc3 Nb3 31. f3) 29... Nd4 30. Qc3 Nb3 $6 {
Permitting white to sacrifice an exchange and to get very strong initiative.} (
30... Ne2 31. Qb2 Ng3+ 32. Kh2 Rdb8 33. Qc2 Nf5 34. Bxc5 $18) (30... Rdb8 31.
Rxb8 Kxb8 32. Qb2+ (32. Rb1+ Kc8 33. Rb6 (33. Bxd4 Qxd4 34. Qxd4 cxd4 $11)
33... Qc7 34. Qb2 Nb3 $132) 32... Kc7 33. Rb1 Nb3 34. Bxc5 Qxd3 35. Bd6+ Kc8
36. Re1 $36) 31. Rxb3 $1 axb3 32. Bxc5 Kc8 (32... Rab8 $2 33. Bd6+ $18) 33.
Qxb3 Qb7 34. Qc2 Qa6 35. Qe2 $5 $16 (35. Bd6 $5) 35... Rb8 36. Qe4 Qa4 37. Rc1
Rb2 38. Qh7 Qa5 {[%cal Ga5c5,Ga5d2]} 39. Bb4 (39. Bd6 Qd2 40. Rg1) 39... Qa7
40. Bd6 Qe3 41. Rg1 Qf4 42. Qxh6 Rc2 {[%cal Gc2c1]} 43. Be7 Rg8 (43... Rc1 44.
Bxg5 (44. Bxd8 $2 Rxg1+ 45. Kxg1 Qc1+ 46. Kh2 Qf4+ $11) 44... Rxg1+ 45. Kxg1
Qd4+ 46. Kh2 Qxe5+ 47. f4 Qh8 48. Qxh8 Rxh8 49. Bf6 $18 {[%cal Gh3h8]}) 44. Qh7
Re8 45. Bf6 Rc1 46. Qe4 $1 Qxe4 47. fxe4 Rc3 48. Rd1 Rg8 49. Kh2 Rxa3 50. Rd2
$1 {[%cal Gh2g4] Preparing to take the pawn on g5.} Ra1 (50... Kd7 51. Kg3 Rb8
52. Kf3 Rbb3 53. Ke3 Ra5 54. Bxg5 Rxe5 55. Kf4 Ra5 56. e5 $16 {[%cal Gh3h7]})
51. Kg3 Rf1 52. Ra2 Kb7 53. Rb2+ Kc8 54. Ra2 Kb7 55. Rf2 Rd1 56. Kg4 $5 (56.
Rf3 g4 57. hxg4 Ra8 58. Bg5 Ra3 59. Rxf7+ Kc8 60. Bf6 $16) 56... Rxd3 57. Bxg5
Rd4 58. Rxf7+ Kb6 59. Rf4 $18 Kc5 60. h4 Kxc4 61. h5 Kd3 (61... Rd2 62. g3 Kd4
63. Rf8 Rxf8 64. Bxd2 Kxe5 65. h6 Kxe4 66. Kh5) 62. h6 Rd7 63. Kh5 c5 64. g4 c4
65. Rf1 Kxe4 (65... Rc7 66. Bc1 c3 67. g5 Rc5 68. h7 Rh8 69. Kh6 $18) 66. Re1+
Kf3 (66... Kd3 67. Rd1+ $18) 67. Re3+ Kg2 68. Rc3 Rd4 69. Bf6 Rd3 70. Rxc4 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 c4 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bc2
Ng6 9. b3 Bc5 $5 {Following Khalifman's footsteps.} (9... Qc7 10. bxc4 Nf4 11.
Qe3 bxc4 12. Ba3 Be7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Na3 O-O 15. Rab1 f5 16. Qb6 $14 {
Rublevsky,S-Kasparov,G/Izmir 2004}) (9... cxb3 $6 10. axb3 Be7 11. d4 O-O 12.
d5 $6 (12. Be3 $14) 12... Nb8 13. c4 exd5 14. cxd5 d6 15. Be3 Bf6 $132 {
Saldano Dayer,H-Lazarev,V/Albacete 2001}) 10. bxc4 {Entering the forced
variation, which leads to White's minimal advantage.} (10. e5 $6 d5 11. d4 cxd3
12. Bxd3 O-O 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Ba3 b4 15. cxb4 Nxb4 $132 {Zhang
Zhong-Khalifman,A/Shanghai 2001}) 10... Nf4 11. Qe1 bxc4 12. Ba3 Qa5 (12... Qe7
$144 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Qe3) 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Qe3 {That's the point of White's
previous play: Black is forced to trade the queens, so the pawn on c4 remains
unprotected.} Qxe3 (14... Nd3 15. Bxd3 Qxe3 16. fxe3 (16. dxe3 $6 cxd3 17. Rd1
a5 18. Rxd3 Ba6 19. Rd1 Ke7 20. Nbd2 Rab8 $44) 16... cxd3 17. Na3 d5 18. exd5
exd5 19. Rab1 f6 20. Rb6 $14) 15. dxe3 Ng6 16. Na3 a5 17. Nxc4 $14 (17. Nd2 $5
Ba6 18. f4 e5 19. g3 $14) 17... Ba6 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Rfb1 Ke7 20. Nd4 (20. Nd2
$6 {[%csl Gc4]} Nge5 21. f3 Rb7 22. Kf2 Rhb8 23. Na4 d6 $11) 20... Nge5 21. f4
Nc4 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. Kf2 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gf2e1,Ge1d2] The pawn on c3 needs
protection so White doesn't have time to push e5:} (23. e5 Rhc8 24. a3 Rxb1+
25. Rxb1 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Bd5 27. e4 Rxc2 28. exd5 exd5 29. Rb5 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 Rc2+
31. Kf1 Rc1+ 32. Ke2 Rc2+ 33. Kd3 Rxg2 34. Rxd5 Rxh2 35. Rxa5 $14) 23... f6 24.
Ke1 g6 25. Kd2 {[%cal Ge6e5]} e5 26. Bb3 Ba6 27. Nf3 d6 28. g4 Nd8 29. Bd5 Ne6
30. f5 Nc5 31. c4 g5 32. h4 h6 $6 (32... gxh4 33. Nxh4 Rhg8 34. Rxb8 Rxb8) 33.
Kc2 {[%csl Gb2]} a4 (33... Rbc8 $5) 34. hxg5 hxg5 (34... hxg5 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36.
Rh1 a3 37. Rh7+ Kd8 38. Rh8+ Kc7 39. Rxb8 Kxb8 40. Nd2 $16 {[%csl Ra3]})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mondariz zt 1.1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2000.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. h3 Nd4 6. e5 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 Nd5 8.
O-O (8. c4 Nb4 (8... Nc7 9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13.
Bf4 b6 14. Rfd1 Qc6 $132 {Pavasovic,D-Licina,A/Bled op 1994}) 9. d4 a6 10. Nc3
cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bg7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. O-O d6 {1/2-1/2 Kiroski,T-Mitkovski,O/FRM-ch
1993}) 8... Nc7 $6 (8... a6 9. c4 Nf4 10. Nc3 Ne6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bg7 13.
Nf3 b5 $13 {Svidler,P-Nedev,T/XVI ECC 2000}) 9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Qxd4
Bg7 12. Bg5 d6 13. exd6 Bxd4 14. dxc7 Bb6 $5 {An attempt to improve black's
play:} (14... Bc5 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Nd4 Bd7 (16... Bxd4 $2 17. Rxd4 Rc8 18. Rfd1
O-O 19. Rd8 $18 {[%cal Gg5h6]}) 17. Rfe1 e6 18. Bf6 Rf8 19. Nb5 $1 Rc8 20. Rd6
$1 a6 21. Red1 {1-0 Forster,R-Nedev,T/zt 1.2 2000}) 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Bf4 Rc8
17. Ng5 Bxc7 (17... Bd5 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. Bd6 e6 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 $16) 18.
Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxc7 Rxc7 20. c3 $14 {This position arised by force after 14th
move of back and I must say that black's opening choise is not very successful:
white has very convenient advantage and a lot of possibilities to improve his
position,while black has very passive position,which he is to defend with or
without success till the end of the game.} Rc6 (20... Kf7 21. Rad1 Rhc8 22. Rd4
Rc4 23. Rd3 R4c5 24. Kf1 $14) 21. Rad1 Rf8 22. Re4 Rf5 23. Rb4 Rc7 24. Kf1 Rd5
25. Ke2 Kf7 ({Deserved attention to change the pair of rooks} 25... Rxd1 26.
Kxd1 Kf7 27. Rf4+ Kg7 28. Kd2 $14) 26. Rf4+ Ke8 (26... Rf5) 27. Rfd4 Re5+ 28.
Kf3 Rf5+ 29. Ke3 Rcc5 30. Re4 Rc6 31. Rdd4 a5 (31... Rd5 32. Rxd5 $5 exd5 33.
Re5 Rb6 34. b3 Ra6 35. a4 e6 $14) 32. Rc4 Rb6 33. b3 Kd7 34. Rcd4+ Rd6 35. f3
Rg5 36. Rg4 Re5+ 37. Kd2 g5 $6 {This move is serious inaccuracy after which
black is in troubles.} 38. Rd3 b6 39. Re4 Rc5 (39... Rxe4 40. fxe4 e5 41. Ke2
Ke6 42. Rf3 $14) 40. c4 Rf5 41. Kc3 h6 42. a3 Rc5 43. b4 axb4+ 44. axb4 Rc8 45.
h4 gxh4 $6 ({It was nececary to play} 45... Ra8 46. Rxd6+ exd6 47. hxg5 hxg5
48. Rg4 Rg8 49. f4 Ke7 $14 {with good chanses to hold the position.}) 46. Rxh4
Rg8 47. g4 Rf8 48. Re3 Rf6 49. Rh1 Rc6 50. Rd1+ Rd6 51. Ra1 Rf4 52. Ra7+ Kd8
53. b5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6,Rh6]} Rdd4 $6 {Losing without a fight.} (53... Rf6
54. Kb4 Rf4) 54. Rxe6 Rxc4+ 55. Kd3 Rb4 56. Ke3 $1 $18 Rf6 57. Rexe7 Rxb5 58.
Rh7 {[%csl Rd8]} Re6+ 59. Kf4 Ra5 60. Rh8+ Re8 61. Rxa5 bxa5 62. Rxh6 Re1 63.
Ra6 Ra1 64. g5 a4 65. Kf5 a3 66. g6 a2 67. g7 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lugo, Blas"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qc7 9. Re1 Bd6 (9... Be7) 10. Nd5 (10. h3 Nxd4 (10... O-O 11. Be3 (11. a4
b6 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. Qh5 e5 14. Be3 Be6 15. Red1 b5 16. a5 $14 {Mirumian,
V-Ruzele,D/Cappelle la Grande op 1997 (45)}) (11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. Be3 b5 13. a4
b4 14. Nb1 a5 15. Nd2 c5 16. Nc4 Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Ba6 $13 {Vazquez,R-Borges Mateos,
J/CUB-ch 1997 (23)}) 11... b5 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. Qh5 e5 14. Rad1 Be6 15. Ne2
Rfd8 16. Ng3 $14 {Rojo,G-Espinosa,J/C. Villalba op 1995 (37)}) 11. Qxd4 Be5 12.
Nd5 (12. Qd3 b5 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 Bb7 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. c3 Qc4 $13 {Movsesian,
S-Kogan,A/Lazne Bohdanec 1996 (36)}) 12... exd5 13. exd5 d6 14. f4 f6 15. fxe5
fxe5 16. Qf2 Qf7 $10) (10. g3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Be5 12. Qd3 b5 $10) 10... exd5 (
10... Bxh2+ $2 11. Kh1 exd5 12. exd5+ Be5 13. Nxc6 $1 dxc6 14. d6 Qa5 15. Bf4
$16 f6 $2 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. Qh5+ $18) 11. exd5+ Ne5 (11... Ne7 $2 12. Nf5 Kf8
13. Rxe7 $1 Bxe7 14. d6 Bxd6 15. Nxd6 $16 {->}) 12. f4 (12. Nf5 $4 O-O $19 13.
Bh6 (13. Bf4 f6 14. Re3 {/\ Qh5, Rg3} g6 $1 15. Rg3 Kh8 $19) (13. Qd4 f6 14.
Bh6 Rf7 $19) (13. Qh5 g6 $1 14. Qh6 gxf5 15. Bg5 Ng4 $19) 13... gxh6 14. Qh5
Ng6 $1 15. Qxh6 Be5 16. d6 Qc5 {/\ Bh2!} 17. g4 Re8 $1 $19 {Timman,J-Lautier,J/
Horgen 1995 (22)} (17... b5 $2 18. Re3 Bb7 19. Rh3 Rfc8 20. Qxh7+ Kf8 21. Nh6
$18)) 12... O-O 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 Bf6 (14... d6 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. d6 Qc5+
17. Be3 Qc6 18. c4 b6 $1 $10) 15. d6 $6 {Dubious decision,because now the
lightsquared bishop becomes extremly strong.Better was or} (15. c3 b5 16. Bg5
Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Nf3 Bb7 19. Qd4 Qd6 20. Rad1 Rfe8 $13 {Kalegin
Evgenij-Sharivazdanov Andrey/Ch Russia /2 final), Kazan (Russia) 1995 (21)}) ({
or} 15. Bg5 $5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 d6 $6 17. Qd3 g6 18. Qd4 Bf5 19. g4 $16 {Mirumian,
V-Bromberger,S/Open, Groningen NED 1997 (33),in both cases with good chanses
for white.}) 15... Qc6 16. Kh1 (16. Bg5 $2 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Qc5+) (16. Qd3 b5 17.
Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Bb7 19. Qd2 f6 $15) 16... b5 17. c3 Bb7 $15 {[%cal Gb7g2]}
18. Bf4 Rae8 19. Qd2 (19. Qd3 $5 Re6 $1 20. Rxe6 $6 fxe6 21. Qe3 (21. Re1 Bxc3
$1 $19) (21. Bg3 e5 $17) 21... Qc4 22. Bg3 b4 $17) 19... Qc4 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21.
Bxe5 Re6 $1 $17 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Ge6g6] The difference in the strength of
bishops is huge and the advantage of black is beyond any doubt.} 22. b3 Qg4 23.
Bg3 h5 $1 {Black plays with a lot of energy!} 24. Qf4 Qh3 $1 25. Qf2 (25. Qf1
Rf6 26. Qe2 h4 27. Be5 Rg6 28. Rg1 Qe6 $19 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gh4h3]}) 25... Rf6
26. Kg1 $8 (26. Qd2 h4 27. Be5 Rg6 28. Re2 Qf5 $1 $19) 26... Rxf2 27. gxh3 Rg2+
28. Kf1 h4 $19 29. Bxh4 (29. Bf4 g5 30. Bc1 Rc8 $1 31. Re7 Rxc3 32. Rxd7 Bf3
33. Ba3 Rcc2 $19) 29... Rxh2 30. Bg3 Rxh3 31. Kf2 f5 32. Be5 f4 33. Rg1 $2 (33.
Bd4 g5 $19 {[%cal Gg5g3]}) 33... Rf3+ 0-1

[Event "Mondariz zt 1.1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2000.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 (10... Ne8 11. g3 Nc7 12. a3 Nd4 13. Ncd5 b5 14. Ba2
Rb8 15. c3 Nc6 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. f4 $14 {Pecnik,L-Sveshnikov,E/Open 2000}) 11.
a3 (11. a4 Nb4 12. Ncd5 (12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nc4 Nc6 14. f4 Qe8 15. fxe5 dxe5 16.
Bg5 Qg6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 $11 {Belotti,B-Komarov,D/14th Chess Festival 1999}) (12.
Qe2) 12... Nbxd5 13. exd5 Bc8 14. f4 exf4 15. Rxf4 g6 16. d4 b6 17. Be2 Nd7
$132 {Dervishi,E-Grigore,G/4th Open 2000}) 11... Nd4 (11... Nd7 12. Ncd5 Bg5
13. c3 b5 14. Ba2 Nb6 15. Nxb6 Rxb6 16. b4 a5 17. bxa5 Nxa5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19.
Bxd5 Bxc1 20. Qxc1 $14 {Emms,J-Grivas,E/Kopavogur 1994}) (11... a6 12. Ncd5 b5
13. Ba2 Nd7 14. c3 Bg5 15. g3 Bxe3+ 16. Bxe3 Ne7 17. Bg5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 h6 19.
Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rf2 Nb6 21. Ba2 Rbd8 22. f4 d5 {1/2-1/2 Arizmendi Martinez,J-San
Segundo Carrillo,P/TCh-ESP 2000}) 12. Ba2 $5 b5 13. Ncd5 ({Better way to fight
for the advantage was} 13. f4 $5 exf4 (13... b4 $6 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Ncd5 Nxd5
16. Bxd5 $16) 14. Rxf4 Nd7 15. Ncd5 Bg5 16. Rf1 Nf6 17. c3 $14 {and white has
better prospects.}) 13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 (14. Bxd5 Bg5 $11) 14... Bg5 15. Bxg5 (
{Once again white should opt for} 15. f4 Bxd5 (15... exf4 16. c3 Nc6 17. Bxf4
Bxf4 18. Rxf4 Ne7 19. Qh5 $5 $14) 16. Bxd5 Bxf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Rxf4 $14)
15... Qxg5 16. c3 Nc6 17. b4 Qd8 18. f4 Ne7 19. Nxe7+ (19. bxc5 dxc5 20. Nxe7+
Qxe7 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Qc2 f5 $11) 19... Qxe7 20. f5 Bxa2 21.
Rxa2 (21. f6 $2 Qe6 $19) 21... f6 $1 $11 {Quiet rare position when all minor
pieces has disappered from the board all the pawns are still alive.} 22. a4 d5
$1 (22... cxb4 23. Qb3+ Qf7 24. Qxf7+ Rxf7 25. cxb4 bxa4 26. Rxa4 Rc7 $11) 23.
Qb3 (23. exd5 $6 cxb4 24. cxb4 Qxb4 25. axb5 Qd4+ 26. Kh1 Rxb5 $15) 23... c4
24. Qc2 d4 (24... cxd3 25. Qxd3 dxe4 26. Qxe4 a6 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rfa1 $14)
25. axb5 cxd3 26. Qxd3 (26. Qb3+ $2 Qf7 27. Qxf7+ (27. c4 Rfc8 $1 (27... Rxb5
28. Rb2 Rb7 29. Qxd3 Rc8 30. Rc1 $13) 28. Rc1 Rxb5 29. Rb2 a5 $17 {[%cal Gb5b3,
Gc8c1]}) 27... Rxf7 28. c4 Rc7 29. Rc1 Rxb5 $17 {[%cal Gc7c1]}) 26... dxc3 27.
Qxc3 Rxb5 $11 {After this changes it's clear that a draw is not far away.} 28.
Qc4+ Qf7 {[%cal Gf7a2]} 29. Qxb5 Qxa2 30. Rd1 Qb3 31. Qd5+ Qxd5 32. Rxd5 Rb8
33. b5 h5 34. Kf2 Kh7 35. h4 Rb6 {[%cal Ga7a6]} 36. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Osasco Franca Garcia Memorial 20th"]
[Site "Osasco"]
[Date "2004.07.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Black "Matsuura, Everaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2004.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 $6 {I don't
really like the combination of ...a6 and ...b:c6, but as strange as it may
sound it's not that bad for black after all.} 7. e5 $5 (7. b3 Ng6 8. Bb2 e5 9.
Ne2 d6 10. c3 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. d4 $16 {Buchal,S-Goldenberg,R/Ostende 1975})
(7. d3 d5 8. Bf4 Ng6 9. Bg3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bf6 13. Bxf6
Qxf6 14. Rb1 Bd7 15. Qd2 $16 {Alexa,M-Sveshnikov,V/Rimavska Sobota 1996}) 7...
Ng6 8. d4 (8. Re1 Be7 9. d3 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Bh6 d6 12. d4 e5 13. dxc5 d5
14. Na4 Bg4 15. h3 Bf5 $44 {Valeanu,E-Papp,G/Tallinn 1997}) 8... cxd4 (8... d5
$5 9. exd6 (9. Na4 $143 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Rb8 11. a3 Qa5 12. Be3 c5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5
14. Qxc5 Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Rxb2 $11) (9. Re1 cxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qg4 Qc7 12. h4
Bb7 13. h5 Ne7 $132) 9... cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Be3 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Rb8 13. Rab1
Bd7 $13) 9. Qxd4 Be7 (9... d5) 10. Ne4 $14 O-O $6 {Black doesn't feel the
danger. It was necessary to start with 10...f6 with unclear position.} (10...
f6 $1 11. c4 c5 12. Nxc5 (12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Bb7 $1 $13 14. Nd2 $140 Nxe5
15. Qxc5 Rc8 16. Qd4 d5 $11) 12... Qc7 (12... fxe5 $5 13. Nxe5 Bf6 14. Qe4 d5
15. cxd5 Bxe5 16. dxe6 $36) 13. Nd3 Bb7 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Qg4 O-O $44) 11. c4
f6 12. c5 $1 {[%csl Rc8,Rd6] Now black lightsquared bishop is a bad joke.} Qc7
(12... fxe5 $142 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qxe5 Rf5 15. Qc3 Bf6 16. Qc2 $14) 13. exf6
Bxf6 (13... gxf6 14. Bh6 Rf7 15. Rad1 a5 16. Rfe1 Rb8 17. Qc3 $16) 14. Nxf6+
gxf6 15. Bh6 $16 {Full domination of the white pieces.} (15. Rd1 $5) 15... Rf7
(15... e5 16. Qc4+ Rf7 17. Rad1 a5 18. Rfe1 Ba6 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. b3 $1 {[%csl
Gc4]} Rg8 21. Qf5 $16) 16. Rad1 Ne7 $6 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qh5 $18 Ng6 (18... Kg8
19. Rd3 Nf5 20. Nh4 Nxh4 21. Rg3+ Qxg3 (21... Ng6 22. Rxg6+ hxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8
24. Qxf7 $18) 22. fxg3 Ng6 23. Be3 a5 24. Qg4 $18) 19. Nh4 Bb7 20. Bf4 $1 {
[%cal Gh4g6]} Nxf4 21. Qxf7 Nd5 22. Rd3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 {A harmless continuation, which has been used by the
yound British grandmaster pretty often.} Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. h3 Bg7 7.
Nc3 O-O 8. a3 b6 (8... a6 9. Bg5 (9. Be3 b5 10. Ba2 Bb7 (10... e5 11. Rb1 Nd4
12. Nd5 Be6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxe6 hxg5 $11 {McShane,
L-Bu Xiangzhi/Goa 2002}) 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Rac1 Qb6 13. Nh2 a5 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15.
hxg4 e6 16. f4 b4 17. Nd1 a4 $132 {McShane,L-Zagorskis,D/Bled 2002}) 9... b5
10. Ba2 Rb8 11. Qd2 a5 12. Ne2 Qc7 13. Ng3 b4 14. a4 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. f4
$14 {McShane,L-Webb,R/Birmingham 2001}) (8... h6 9. Be3 e5 10. Rb1 Be6 11. Bxe6
fxe6 12. b4 b6 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Ne2 Rab8 16. f4 Rxb1 17. Qxb1 Rb8
18. Qa2 $14 {McShane,L-Paragua,M/Bled 2002}) 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. Rb1 $6 {Preparing
b4. The drawback of this plan is quite obvious - the knight on c3 becomes
extremely vulnerable so Gelfand skillfully takes advantage of this fact.} (10.
Bg5) 10... Rc8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 e6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. b4 $6 (14. Ne2 $11) 14...
Nd4 $1 $15 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3] From now on White has to defend very accurately to
keep the balance.} 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Nb5 (16. Ne2 $2 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Qxh4 $19)
16... a6 $5 (16... Nxe4 $5 17. dxe4 Qxh4 18. Nxd6 Rc7 19. f4 $15 {[%cal Ge4e5]}
) 17. Nxd4 Nxe4 $1 18. dxe4 Qxh4 19. Rbe1 Be5 {Probably the best try as other
moves promise Black even less.} (19... Rfd8 20. c3) (19... Bxe4 $2 20. g3 Qg5
21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Rxe4 f5 23. Nxe6 fxe4 24. Nxf8+ Bxf8 25. Bb3 $14 {[%csl Re4]}
) (19... Bxd4 $6 20. Qxd4 Rxc2 21. Qxb6 Rxa2 22. Qxb7 Rxa3 23. Ra1 $132 {
[%csl Ra6]}) 20. Nf3 (20. f4 Bxd4+ 21. Qxd4 Rxc2 22. Bb1 Rc6 $15) 20... Qf4 21.
Re3 Bxe4 $6 {It was better to keep the dark-squared bishop on the board,
although even after the move in the game Black keeps some pressure due to the
better bishop and a weakness of the white pawn on c2. However it proves to be
insuficient to win the game.} (21... Bg7 $5) 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Qd6 Bc6 (23...
Rfd8 $6 24. Qxb6 Rd2 25. Bb3 $14 Bxc2 $140 $2 26. Rf3 $18 {[%csl Rf7]}) 24.
Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Rfd8 (25... Bb5 26. Rc1 Rc3 27. Re3 Rfc8 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29.
Bb3 $15 {[%cal Gf2f3,Gg1f2,Gf2e1,Ge1d2]}) 26. Rc1 Ba4 (26... Rd2 27. Bc4 Bb7
28. Re2 Rd4 29. Bb3 Rc3 30. Rce1 $11) 27. c4 Rd3 28. Re3 $11 Rcd8 29. Bb1 Rxe3
30. fxe3 Bc6 31. Rf1 Kg7 32. Bc2 f5 33. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund final"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 g6 (4... Nd4 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5) 5.
h3 (5. Qe2 $5) 5... Bg7 (5... Nd4 6. e5 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 Nd5 8. Qe2 Nc7 9. d4 Nxb5
10. Qxb5 cxd4 11. Bg5 $1 h6 12. Bf4 $14 {Egin,V-Tukmakov,V/URS/1979}) 6. e5 Ng8
7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. O-O {Back in the seventies white didn't hurry with the castle:}
(8. d3 $5 Nh6 (8... b6 9. a4 a5 10. Bf4 h5 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. Qf3 Qc8 13. O-O-O
$16 {Grigorov,J-Popov,P/Sofia 1989}) 9. g4 $1 f5 10. exf6 exf6 11. Qe2+ $1 Qe7
12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Be3 $14 {Kuzmin,G-Timoscenko,G/Baku 1977}) 8... Nh6 9. Ne4
b6 10. d4 $5 Nf5 $5 11. dxc5 (11. c3 Qd5 12. Re1 cxd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. Nc3 Qd7
15. g4 Nh6 16. Bf4 Kh8 17. Qd2 Ng8 18. Rad1 $14) 11... Ba6 12. Re1 $2 {Serious
mistake after which white is on defensive till the end of the game.} (12. Qxd8+
$142 Rxd8 13. Re1 $16) 12... Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Be2 14. Re1 $6 {I can understand
Svidler who didn't want to give up an exchange at such an early stage, bit it
was worth a try.} (14. Bf4 Bxd1 15. Rxd1 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. g4 Nh6 18. Nd4
Kd7 19. a4 Rd8 $15) 14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nd4 $15 {[%csl Rc2,Rf3]} 16. Rd1 Nxf3+
17. Kg2 Nxe5 18. Be3 O-O (18... f5 19. Ng5 Nc4 20. Bd4 $15) 19. b3 $6 {It was
better to take on b6 with good chances to save the game.} (19. cxb6 axb6 20.
Bxb6 Nc4 21. Bd4 Nxb2 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rd7 Rfe8 24. Rc7 Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26.
a4 $132) 19... f5 20. Ng5 f4 21. Bd4 bxc5 22. Bxc5 (22. Bc3 f3+ 23. Kg3 Rf5 24.
Ne6 Bf6 25. Nxc5 Nd7 26. Ne4 Bxc3 27. Nxc3 Nf6 28. Rd3 Rf8 $17) 22... f3+ 23.
Kh1 (23. Kg3 $2 Nd3 $1 24. cxd3 Be5+ 25. Kh4 Rf4+ 26. Kg3 Rf5+ 27. Kg4 h5+ 28.
Kh4 Rf4+ 29. Kg3 h4+ 30. Kh2 Rf5+ 31. Kh1 Bxa1 $19) 23... Rf5 24. Ne4 Rh5 25.
Kh2 Ng4+ 26. Kg3 Bxa1 27. hxg4 Be5+ 28. Kxf3 Rf8+ (28... Rh3+ $5) 29. Ke2 Rh4
30. Bxe7 (30. f3 Rh2+ 31. Nf2 Bg3 32. Rd7 h5 33. gxh5 gxh5 34. Rxe7 h4 $19)
30... Rxg4 31. f3 $1 (31. Bxf8 Rxe4+ 32. Kf3 Rf4+ $19) 31... Rg2+ 32. Kf1 Rxc2
(32... Rg3 $5 33. Nxg3 Rxf3+ 34. Ke2 Rxg3 35. Rd7 $17) 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34. Rd7
Rxa2 35. Rxh7 Bg7 $1 36. Ng5 $6 (36. Rh4 Rb2 37. Rg4 Rxb3 (37... Kf7 38. Nd6+
Kf6 39. Ne4+) 38. Rxg6 Rb6 39. Rg5 $15) 36... Kg8 37. Rh4 Ra5 38. Ne6 Rf5 39.
Kf2 (39. Nxg7 Kxg7 (39... Rxf3+ 40. Ke2 Rf6 41. Nh5 gxh5 42. Rxh5 $11) 40. Ke2
Rb5 41. b4) 39... Bf6 40. Rc4 c5 41. Ra4 (41. Ke3) 41... Kf7 42. Nc7 Bd4+ 43.
Kg2 (43. Ke2 Re5+ 44. Kd2 Re3 45. Nb5 Rxf3 46. Nxd4 cxd4 47. Rxd4 Rxb3 48. Rd7+
Kf6 49. Rxa7 Rf3 50. Ke2 Rf4 51. Ra5 g5 52. Ra1 $11) 43... Rg5+ 44. Kf1 Rg3 45.
Ke2 Rg2+ 46. Ke1 $2 {[%csl Re1]} (46. Kd3 Rf2 47. Ke4 Re2+ 48. Kd5 $15) 46...
Kf6 47. Nb5 Ke5 48. Rxa7 Kf4 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gf4e3,Ge3d3]} 49. b4 Rb2 $1 50.
Nxd4 cxd4 51. Rg7 Ke3 52. Kd1 d3 53. Re7+ Kxf3 54. Rd7 Ke4 55. Re7+ Kf4 56. Rd7
Rxb4 57. Rxd3 Re4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1
Rc8 9. a4 (9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 $1 11. Bb3 Rxc1 12. Qxc1 Nd3 $10) (9. d3 $6
g6 $5 10. Be3 d6 11. a3 Qc7 {[%cal Gc7c2]} 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 $1 14. Nc3
{1/2-1/2 Suetin,A-Teske,H/Bern op (03) 1996}) 9... b4 (9... Ng6 $5 10. axb5 (
10. Na3 b4 11. Nc4 Na5 $1 (11... Be7 $6 12. a5 $1 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nb6 Rc7
15. d4 $36) 12. Ne3 $1 Be7 13. cxb4 cxb4 14. d4 O-O 15. b3 Qb6 16. Bb2 $14 {
Granda Zuniga,J-Lima,D/Leon 1997/1-0 (53)}) 10... axb5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 $5
(12. cxd4 Nb4 $5 13. Bb3 Rxc1 $1 14. Qxc1 Nd3 15. Qe3 Nxe1 16. Qxe1 Bd6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Kholmov Ratmir D-Goloshchapov Alexander/It (open) "Skoda", Mlada
Boleslav (Czec 1995 (38)}) 12... Nxd4 13. cxd4 (13. Qxd4 b4 $5 $10) 13... Be7 (
13... Bb4 14. Nc3 $1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rxc3 16. Bb2 Rc8 17. Ba3 d6 18. d5 $1 $44)
14. Bd3 O-O $6 (14... b4 15. Be3 (15. Nd2 $5 O-O 16. Nb3 $13) 15... O-O 16. Nd2
f5 $1 $132 {Spasov,V-Gulko,B/Biel izt 1993/1/2-1/2 (55)}) 15. Bxb5 f5 16. Nc3
Bb4 17. exf5 Nh4 18. Ba6 $1 $16 {Arnason,J-Arakhamia,K/Heraklio op 1993 (23)})
10. d3 (10. d4 $5 bxc3 11. d5 Nb4 (11... cxb2 $6 12. Bxb2 Nb4 13. Nc3 Ng6 14.
Na2 $1 c4 15. Qd2 Nxc2 16. Qxc2 $44 {Olafsson,F-Galliamova Ivanchuk,A/Vienna
Walzer 1993 (37)}) 12. Nxc3 Ng6 13. Bb1 $5 Be7 14. g3 O-O 15. h4 d6 $13 {
Smyslov,V-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg 1994/0-1 (60)}) 10... d5 (10... Ng6 $5 11. Nbd2
Be7 12. d4 $6 bxc3 13. bxc3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 Qc7 $36 {[%cal Gb4c2]
Slobodjan Roman-Glek Igor V/It, Godesburg (Germany) 1995 (42)}) 11. Nbd2 Na5 $6
({Deserved attention} 11... Ng6 $5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Nc4 Rd8 14. Bg5 Be7 15.
Ne3 Qd7 $11) 12. cxb4 cxb4 13. e5 $1 $14 d4 (13... Qc7 14. Bb1 Nac6 15. d4 (15.
b3 $6 Nf5 16. Bb2 Bc5 $11) 15... Ng6 16. b3 Be7 17. Nf1 O-O 18. h4 $1 $36) 14.
Ne4 Nf5 15. Bg5 $5 Be7 $6 (15... Qd7 $5) 16. g4 $1 Bxe4 $8 (16... Bxg5 $2 17.
Nfxg5 Nh6 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. f4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf8,Rh6]} (19. Nxc8 $2 Qxg5 20. Nd6
Nxg4 $19)) 17. Rxe4 Bxg5 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Rxd4 Qe7 (19... Qc7 $6 20. Nxg5 Qxc2
21. e6 $1 Qxd1+ (21... fxe6 22. Qe1 $1 Qc6 23. Qe5 $1 $18) 22. Rxd1 fxe6 23.
Re1 O-O 24. Nxe6 Nc6 25. Rd7 $1 Rf7 26. Rd6 $16 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gd3d5]}) 20.
Rd6 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rg5][%cal Gd3d4]} Bf4 21. d4 g6 22. Rxa6 $16 Nc4 23. Bb3 $1
Qb7 $8 (23... Nxb2 24. Qe2 $18) 24. Rf6 O-O 25. Bxc4 $2 (25. Qe2 $16) 25...
Rxc4 $44 26. Qe2 Kg7 $2 {Signing resignation!After correct} (26... Rfc8 27. a5
Rc2 28. a6 Qa8 29. Qd3 Rxb2 $132 {the position remains unclear.}) 27. Qxc4 Qxf3
28. Qc6 $1 $18 Qh5 29. Qg2 {Now nothing can stop an a-pawn while black can't
create anything on the kingside.} Rc8 30. Rxf7+ $1 Kh6 (30... Kxf7 31. Qb7+ Kg8
32. Qxc8+ Kg7 33. Qb7+ Kh6 34. Qg2 $18) 31. e6 Rc2 32. e7 Re2 33. a5 Bd6 34. a6
Re4 35. e8=Q Rxe8 36. a7 Re4 37. h3 $5 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1998.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.01.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. d3 Ng6 7. Ng5 {
/\ Qh5, f4} (7. Nbd2) 7... h6 (7... e5 $5 8. Qh5 (8. f4 $5 Nxf4 9. Bxf4 exf4
10. Nh3 Bd6 $13) 8... Be7 (8... Qf6 $1 9. Nc3 (9. f4 exf4 10. g3 h6 11. Nh3
Qd4+ 12. Kh1 fxg3 13. Qf3 $44) 9... d6 10. Nxh7 $6 (10. f4 $5 exf4 11. g3 $13)
10... Qd8 11. g3 Be7 $2 (11... Qd7 $3 {/\ Qh3-/+ Tseitlin,M} 12. Kg2 Be7 {
/\ Kd8} 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Qg4+ 15. Qxg4 Bxg4 16. f5 Ne5 17. h3 Bf3+ $17) 12.
f4 exf4 13. gxf4 Kd7 14. Qf5+ $10 {~~ Hennigan,M-Cherniaev,A/Gausdal (open)
1995}) 9. Nc3 d6 10. Ne2 Qd7 (10... Bxg5) 11. h3 Bf6 $6 12. Nxh7 $1 $16 {
Psakhis,L-Nielsen,P/Gausdal PG 1994}) (7... Be7 8. Qh5 Bxg5 9. Bxg5 Qb6 10. Nd2
e5 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. f4 $14 {Komliakov,V-Verdihanov,V/Nikolaev zt 1993 (30)}) (
7... f6 $6 8. Nh3 d5 9. Qh5 Bd6 10. f4 O-O 11. c4 $14 {Psakhis Lev-Portisch
Lajos/It (open), Biel (Switzerland) 1995 (22)}) 8. Nh3 d6 (8... e5 9. f4 exf4 (
9... Be7 $6 10. f5 Nf8 11. Nd2 d6 12. Nc4 Nh7 13. Qg4 $16 {Sutovskij
Emil-Fauland Alexander/It , Tel Aviv (Israel) 1995/1-0 (48)}) 10. Nxf4 Nxf4 11.
Bxf4 d6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Qh5 $14 {Oratovsky,M-Milanovic,D/WchJ U20
Matinhos 1994 (42)}) (8... Be7 $5 9. f4 O-O 10. Qh5 d6 11. Nd2 Qe8 12. f5 Ne5
13. f6 $5 $36 {Campos Eugenio-Fossan Erik/It (b), Gausdal (Norway) 1995 (26)})
9. f4 e5 $6 {After this move black faces serious problems;the coordination of
the pieces is defected.} 10. f5 $14 Ne7 11. Nd2 (11. f6 $6 gxf6 12. Rxf6 (12.
Qh5 Bg7 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nf3 f5 $15) 12... Bxh3 13. gxh3 Rg8+ 14. Kh1 Ng6 15.
Rf1 Qd7 $132) 11... Ng8 12. Nc4 Nf6 13. Qf3 {[%cal Gf3g3] White's pressure is
rising move by move} Be7 (13... Ba6 14. Ne3 $5 (14. Nf2 Bxc4 15. dxc4 Be7 16.
Qg3 Kf8 17. b3 $14) 14... d5 15. Nf2 d4 16. Neg4 Nxg4 17. Nxg4 f6 18. b3 $1 $16
{[%csl Rc5,Rc6,Rg6]}) 14. Qg3 $1 Kf8 15. Nf2 Nh7 $6 (15... Kg8 $5 16. a3 Kh7
17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 a6 19. c3 $14) 16. a3 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6,Rf8,Rh8][%cal
Gc1e3,Gb2b4]} Bh4 17. Qf3 Ng5 18. Qh5 Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Nh7 (19... Ba6 $6 20. Nxd6
$1 Qxd6 21. Bxg5 $18) 20. b4 {Opening a-file,which actually decides the game.}
cxb4 21. axb4 f6 $6 {The final mistake.Black still could put up some
resistance after} (21... Nf6 22. Qh4 Kg8 23. Be3 Rb8 24. c3 a6 25. d4 $16) 22.
Be3 $18 Kg8 (22... a6 23. Nxd6 $18) 23. Nb6 $1 Rb8 24. Rxa7 Bb7 25. c3 Nf8 26.
Rfa2 Kh7 27. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Mario Covas 2nd"]
[Site "Santos"]
[Date "2002.02.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.02.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 c4 (7... g6
8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Bg7 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Qd2 $14 {Ryan,
J-Gillen,A/Plymouth 1992/CBM 30 ext}) 8. b3 $5 (8. d4 cxd3 9. Qxd3 (9. Bxd3 Qc7
10. Be3 Bb7 11. Na3 d5 $132 {Fritsch,A-David,R/Germany 1995/GER)}) 9... Ng6 10.
Rd1 (10. Nd4 Bb7 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. N2f3 Be7 13. Nxc6 dxc6 14. Bg5 Rd8 15. Qe3
Bxg5 16. Qxg5 $14 {Peelen,P-Berendsen,R/Breda 1998/EXT 99}) 10... Be7 11. b4 d6
12. a4 bxa4 13. Bxa4 Bb7 14. Nd4 Qc8 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxc6+ Qxc6 17. b5 $1 $14
{Varavin,V-Bocharov,D/Samara 2000/CBM 78}) (8. Qe2 g6 9. a4 Bb7 10. Na3 Bg7 11.
d4 cxd3 12. Bxd3 b4 $13 {Ennenbach,R-Esser,N/Goch 1994/EXT 98}) 8... Ng6 9.
bxc4 $5 {As shows the following game this continuation is pretty dangerous for
black.} (9. a4 Bb7 10. Na3 cxb3 11. Bxb3 b4 12. Nc4 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 $13 {
Plachetka,J-Oral,T/CZE 1998/EXT 99}) 9... bxc4 10. Qe2 Na5 11. d4 cxd3 12. Bxd3
Qc7 13. Be3 $5 Nf4 (13... Bb7 $5 14. Nbd2 Be7 15. Rab1 Nc6 $13) 14. Bxf4 Qxf4
15. Nbd2 Be7 16. Rab1 O-O $6 {Black queen feels unsafe on the kingside, that's
why deserved attention} (16... Qc7 $5 17. e5 Bb7 18. Ne4 $14) 17. e5 $1 {
[%csl Rf4]} Bb7 18. Nd4 $1 Ra7 {[%csl Gb7]} (18... d6 $2 19. Nc4 $1 Nxc4 20.
Rxb7 $18 {[%csl Rc4,Re7]}) (18... f6 $6 19. exf6 Rxf6 (19... Bxf6 20. Qh5 g6
21. Qxa5 Qxd2 22. Rfd1 Qf4 23. Rxb7 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 $18) 20. Nc4
Nxc4 (20... Rh6 21. g3 $1 Rxh2 22. Rxb7 $1 $18) 21. Rxb7 $16) 19. g3 Qh6 20.
Be4 $5 Rc8 (20... d5 $5 $132) 21. Rb6 $1 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gd4f5] Fantastic
move! Black has to defend against both Nf5 and B:b7 followed by R:a6.} Rxc3 $2
{Missing Nf5!} (21... Bc5 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Rxa6 $16) 22. Nf5 $1 $18 exf5 (
22... Qg5 23. h4 $18) 23. Rxh6 fxe4 $5 24. Rb6 e3 25. Rxb7 $1 Rxb7 26. Ne4 Ra3
27. fxe3 Nc6 28. Qc4 $1 Nd8 (28... Nxe5 29. Qc8+ $18) 29. Nd6 Bxd6 30. exd6
Rxe3 31. Qxa6 Re8 32. Rc1 g6 33. Rc8 Rb1+ 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Qa5 Ne6 36. Rxe8+
Kxe8 37. Qa8+ (37. Qa8+ Nd8 38. Qe4+ $18 {[%csl Rb1]}) 1-0

[Event "Cannes NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2002.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Be2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. c4 $5 (10. Bf3 Nxd4 (10... Nde7 11. Re1 $146 (11. Be3 Qc7
12. Re1 Ng6 13. Nd2 Nce5 14. Be4 Bd6 15. f4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. g3 O-O 18.
Qf3 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Be7 20. Bd4 Rae8 {1/2-1/2 Saulin,D-Sherbakov,R/Smolensk RUS
2000/The Week in Chess 287 (20)}) 11... Qc7 12. Na3 Ng6 13. Nc4 Nxd4 $6 14.
Qxd4 $14 {Stocek,J-Sherbakov,R/Presov 2000/CBM 79}) (10... Qf6 11. Bxd5 exd5
12. Qb3 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bc6 14. Re1+ Be7 15. Qe3 Rd8 16. Bd2 $14 {Lebukhov,
P-Bocharov,D/RUS 2000/EXT 2001}) (10... Be7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Qc2
O-O 14. Re1 Rfd8 15. Nf1 Rac8 16. a3 Qb8 $11 {Kalevic,S-Bojkovic,N/Belgrade
1998/EXT 99}) 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. Nd2 (12. Re1 Ne7 13. Qf4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qd5 15.
Qe2 Nf5 $11 {Saulin,D-Moizhess,I/Moscow 1999/EXT 2001}) 12... Ne7 (12... Qc7
13. Nc4 b5 14. Qe5 O-O-O 15. Qxc7+ Kxc7 16. Ne5 Be8 17. c4 $14 {Timman,
J-Shaked,T/Hoogeveen 1998}) 13. Qg4 Qd3 14. Bxc6+ Nxc6 15. Nf3 Rd8 16. Be3 Rd7
17. Qa4 Qb5 18. Qc2 Be7 19. Rad1 $14 {Magem Badals,J-Franco Ocampos,Z/Dos
Hermanas 1998/EXT 99}) 10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qf6 12. Qxf6 {Very serious
attention deserved} (12. Qe4 $5 Nb4 13. Qxb7 Bc6 14. Qc7 Qg6 15. f3 Bc5+ 16.
Kh1 O-O 17. Nc3 Rac8 18. Qf4 $14 {but it's not so easy for white to go
volunterely for such a position.}) 12... Nxf6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Nc3 Bd6 15. Rac1
Ke7 16. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} (16. Rfd1) 16... a5 17. Rfd1 a4 $5 18. f4 Bc5 19. Kf2
Rhg8 {[%cal Gg7g5]} 20. h4 h5 21. Bxc5+ Rxc5 22. Rd4 Rgc8 23. Rcd1 Be8 24. Ke1
Bc6 {The endgame is absolutely equal, but white tries to play for a win and at
some stage he is punished for doing so!} 25. R1d2 Nd7 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Ge2d1]}
(25... Bxg2 $6 26. Nxa4 Ra5 27. Nb6 Rc6 28. Nd7 $14) (25... e5 26. fxe5 Rxe5
27. g3 Re8 $11 {[%csl Rg3]}) 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Rxd7+ (27. Rxe4 R5c7 (27... Nb6
$5) 28. f5 Nc5 29. Re3 {[%csl Rh5]} g6 $8 30. fxg6 fxg6 $13) 27... Ke8 28. Bd1
Bc6 29. R7d4 Ke7 30. g3 Be8 31. Be2 f6 $11 {[%cal Ge8h5]} 32. Rd6 Bc6 33. Kf2
$6 (33. R6d4 $11) 33... Bd5 $1 34. Rb6 Bc6 $1 $15 {[%csl Rb6] White rook on b6
is out of play.} 35. Ke3 (35. b4 $1 {It was necessary to play} axb3 36. Rxb3
$11) 35... g5 36. hxg5 fxg5 37. Kd4 (37. b4 axb3 38. Rxb3 h4 $15) 37... Ra5 38.
Kc3 gxf4 39. gxf4 h4 $17 40. Rd3 Rf5 {[%csl Rf4]} 41. Bf3 Rxf4 42. Bxc6 bxc6
43. Rb7+ Kf6 44. Rh7 Rb8 $1 $19 {[%csl Rb2,Rc4][%cal Gb8b3] Winning move.
White is helpless against Rb3.} 45. Rd6 Rb3+ 46. Kd2 Rxb2+ 47. Ke3 Rxc4 48.
Rh6+ Kg5 49. Rdxe6 Rb3+ 50. Kd2 Kg4 $1 51. Reg6+ (51. Rxc6 Rxc6 52. Rxc6 Rxa3
$19) 51... Kh3 52. Rg1 Kh2 0-1

[Event "NED-ch59"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2004.07.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2004.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 (6... e6 7. e5
Nxb5 8. Nxb5 Qc6 9. c4 a6 10. Nc3 Ng8 11. d4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 $14 {Rudolf,H-Moser,
G/Vienna 1994}) (6... Nxb5 7. Nxb5 Qb6 8. c4 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5
e6 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bf4 $36 {Georgiev,K-Godard,M/Agneaux 1998}) 7.
Bc4 (7. Bf1 e5 8. Bc4 d6 9. Ng5 Ne6 10. d3 Be7 11. a4 O-O 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. f4
exf4 14. Bxf4 Nd7 $13 {Lukin,A-Mnatsakanian,E/Moscow 1983}) (7. e5 Nxb5 8. exf6
Nxc3 9. fxg7 Bxg7 10. dxc3 d6 11. Ng5 (11. Qd5 O-O 12. Qh5 e5 13. Bh6 f5 14.
Rad1 $14 {Al Modiahki,M-Doghri,N/Tunis 1997}) 11... h6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Ne4 Bf5
14. Qh5 Bg6 15. Qh4 h5 16. Rad1 $14 {Yurtaev,L-Ivanchuk,V/Frunze 1988}) 7... d6
{Preventing white once and for all from playing e5.} (7... e6 8. e5 d5 9. exf6
dxc4 10. Ne4 Bd7 11. d3 O-O-O 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. Bg5 Rdg8 15. Qh5
$16 {Jansa,V-Mrva,M/Czechoslovakia 1992}) 8. h3 ({Some attention deserved} 8.
Nd5 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 e6 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Bb3 Be7 12. d3 O-O 13. Qg4 Bd7 14. Qg3
$14 {[%cal Gf2f5] with minimal advantage for white.}) 8... e6 9. a4 Be7 10. d3
O-O 11. Be3 Nxf3+ (11... Nc6 $5 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 $11) 12. Qxf3 b6 $11 {
[%cal Gc8b7,Ga8d8,Gd6d5]} 13. Ba2 Bb7 14. d4 (14. Qg3 Nh5 15. Qf3 Nf6 $11)
14... cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc6 {Black has very comfortable position.} 16. Qe3 (16. Qg3
$2 e5 17. Be3 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bh6 $140 Bg6 $19) 16... b5 17. axb5 axb5
18. b4 Qb7 19. Bb3 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Ra8 21. Re1 $6 {There was no reason to
deviate from the trade.} (21. Rxa8+ Qxa8 22. f3 Qa3 23. Na2 d5 24. e5 Nd7 25.
Qc3 $11) 21... h6 22. f4 Re8 23. Qg3 Bd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8b6]} 24. e5 dxe5 25. Bxe5
Qe7 26. Rd1 Bb6+ 27. Kh2 Bc7 28. Qe3 (28. Ne2 Bxe5 29. fxe5 Ne4 30. Qe3 Qc7 31.
Qd4 f6 32. Nc3 Qxe5+ 33. Qxe5 fxe5 34. Nxe4 Bxe4 35. Re1 $11) 28... Rc8 29. Qd4
Rd8 30. Qa7 $2 {Missing black's reply!} (30. Qe3 Rxd1 31. Nxd1 Bxe5 32. fxe5
Qc7 33. Nf2 Nd7 34. Nd3 Bb7 35. Qd4 Qc6 $11) 30... Ng4+ $1 $19 31. hxg4 Qh4+
32. Kg1 Qxg4 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34. Kf1 (34. Qf2 Bb6 $19) (34. Kf2 Qxg2+ 35. Ke3
Qg1+ $19) 34... Qxg2+ 35. Ke1 Bh4+ 36. Kd1 Qf1+ 37. Kd2 Be1+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Turov, Maxim"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. b3 Nge7 5. Bb2 Ng6 (5... a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. e5
Ng6 8. h4 h5 9. d3 Be7 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Ne4 $14 {Mastrokoukos,G-Valellis,G/
Halkida 2000/}) 6. h4 $5 {Interesting attempt to disturb the knight on g6. In
the following game white's plan worked out just perfectly!} (6. O-O f6 (6...
Qc7 7. Re1 f6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd6 11. g3 O-O 12. Bf1 b6 13. c4
Bb7 14. Nc3 $14 {Velicka,P-Pisk,P/Karvina 1998/EXT 2000}) 7. d4 (7. Re1 Be7 8.
c3 O-O 9. d4 Qb6 10. Bf1 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. c4 dxc4 13. d5 Nce5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 fxe5 16. bxc4 $14 {Sobolewski,P-Mukhim,G/Leningrad 1990/EXT 97)}) 7...
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Kh1 O-O 10. c3 a6 11. Bxc6 dxc6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qb3 Kh8 $15
{Tate,E-Shabalov,A/Portsmouth 2000/EXT 2001}) 6... Qb6 $6 (6... h5 $1 {[%csl
Rg4]} 7. g3 d5 8. O-O $2 (8. exd5 exd5 9. O-O Bg4 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Bxg7 Rg8 12.
Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bf6 Kf8 $44) (8. Qe2 $5 d4 (8... dxe4 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxe4 Bd7
11. Nc3 $14) 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. d3 e5 11. Nbd2 $13) 8... dxe4 9. Ng5 Be7 $40 {
Georgiev,K-Krasenkow,M/Heraklio 1997/CBM 62}) 7. h5 $5 Qxb5 $2 {Black make the
decisive mistake as early as at the move 7! After correct} (7... Nf4 $5 8. Bxc6
(8. Bf1 d5 $132) 8... Qxc6 9. d3 Nxg2+ 10. Kf1 Nf4 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Qf3 f6 13.
Qxf4 fxe5 14. Bxe5 d6 $13 {the position is very unclear.}) 8. hxg6 fxg6 9. Ng5
$1 $16 {[%cal Gd1f3]} h6 (9... Be7 10. Nxh7 {[%cal Gh7f6]} Rg8 11. Qg4 {
[%csl Rg6]} Kf7 12. Na3 Qb4 13. Nc4 $18) 10. Na3 Qa5 (10... Qb4 11. Qf3 Nd8 12.
Nc4 Rg8 13. a4 {[%csl Rb4]} d5 14. Bc3 $18) 11. Qf3 Nd8 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. e5 $1
$18 {[%cal Gg5e4,Gc4d6] Take a look at the position: black simply can't move!
No wonder that the game lasted for 6 more moves!} Rg8 14. Ne4 Nf7 15. Qg4 g5 (
15... b5 $5 16. Ncd6+ Nxd6 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Qxg6+ Kf8 (18... Kd8 19. Bxg7 Be7
20. Qf7 $18) 19. Rh3 Bf4 20. Rf3 d5 21. Nxc5 $5 $18 e5 $140 22. Ne6+ Bxe6 23.
Ba3+ $18) 16. Qh5 $1 g6 17. Qf3 {[%cal Ge4f6]} Rg7 (17... Be7 18. Ncd6+ Bxd6
19. exd6 Qb6 20. Nf6+ Kf8 21. Nxg8 $18) 18. Ned6+ Nxd6 19. Nxd6+ (19. Nxd6+
Bxd6 20. exd6 Qxd6 21. Bxg7 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Cao, Sang"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O Nec6 7. b3 Be7 ({
Another solid continuation is} 7... g6 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 (8... cxd4 9. Ne2 Bg7 10.
Ba3 d6 11. f4 f5 12. exf5 exf5 13. Bc4 d5 14. Bb5 Qb6 $13 {Gipslis,
A-Sveshnikov,E/Podolsk 1992}) 9. Bb2 Bg7 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. f4 f5
13. exf5 gxf5 $11 {Gipslis,A-Furhoff,J/Berlin 1991}) (7... Nb4 $5 8. Ba3 Nxd3
9. cxd3 d6 10. b4 Be7 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 $13 {Gipslis,A-Maljutin,E/
Minsk 1993}) 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne2 d5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Re1 (11. c3 $2 Ne5 12. Qb1
dxe4 13. Bxe4 f5 14. f4 d3 15. Nd4 fxe4 16. fxe5 Qd5 $17 {Brenke,A-Pedzich,D/
Lippstadt 1996}) 11... e5 $6 {It's hard to believe Black might experience
serious problems in this position, but it was definitely better not to hurry
with...e5.} (11... Bf6 $142 $5 12. Nf4 dxe4 (12... Qc7 13. exd5 Qxf4 14. dxc6
bxc6 $13) 13. Bxe4 Qc7 14. Nh5 Be5 $132) 12. c3 dxe4 13. Bxe4 dxc3 ({Not
enough for equality is} 13... f5 $6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. cxd4 e4 16. d3 $14 {
and White is clearly better.}) 14. dxc3 $1 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Be6 $6 {It's too
early to commit the bishop as it might need to go to g4 in some lines. For
that reason Black should've preferred} (15... f6 {even though White keeps some
pressure anyway.} 16. c4 (16. Nd4 exd4 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rxe7 dxc3 19. Bxc3 Bf5
$14 {with a slightly worse, but perfectly save position.}) 16... Rd8 {[%csl
Gd6]} 17. Nc3 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Bg4 $14) 16. c4 Bb4 {Volokitin doesn't feel the
danger. The arising endgame is very difficult for Black, so again 16...f6 was
called for.} (16... f6) 17. Bc3 a5 ({Another way to give up the pawn was} 17...
Bxc3 18. Nxc3 Rad8 19. Bxc6 Rxd1 20. Nxd1 bxc6 21. Rxe5 Rd8 22. Nc3 $16 {
,but it's hardly any better.}) 18. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Nc1 $16 {
[%csl Rb4,Re5]} Rfd8 (20... e4 $5 21. Rxe4 Rfd8 22. Ree1 Bf5 23. f3 $16) 21.
Nd3 Rdc8 (21... f6 22. Nxb4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 c5 24. Nd3 $16) 22. Nxb4 c5 23. Nd3
f6 24. Rd2 Bf5 25. Nc1 {Black has absolutely no compensation for the pawn, so
the rest is just a matter of technique.} Kf7 26. f3 h5 27. Ne2 $1 {[%csl Ga2]
[%cal Ge2c3,Gc3d5,Gc3b5,Gc3a4]} h4 28. Nc3 Rd8 29. Red1 Rd4 30. Nb5 Rxd2 31.
Rxd2 Ke7 32. Nc3 Be6 33. Kf2 g5 (33... f5) 34. Ne4 Rc8 35. Ke3 Rc6 36. g3 hxg3
37. hxg3 g4 $6 {Losing on the spot.} (37... Bf7) 38. fxg4 $1 Rc8 (38... Bxg4
39. Rd5 $18) 39. Rf2 Rf8 40. g5 f5 41. Nxc5 Rg8 42. Nd3 e4 43. Ne5 Rxg5 44. Kf4
Rh5 45. g4 fxg4 46. Kxe4 g3 47. Ng6+ Ke8 48. Rf8+ Kd7 49. Nf4 Rh2 50. Nxe6 Kxe6
51. Rg8 Re2+ 52. Kf3 Rxa2 53. Rxg3 Ke5 54. Ke3 Rb2 55. Rg5+ Kd6 56. Rb5 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 73rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2004.08.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tukhaev, Adam"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 (5... d6) 6. Ng5 O-O 7. f4
d6 8. O-O Bg4 9. Nf3 $6 (9. Qe1 exf4 10. Bxf4 h6 (10... Nd4 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. h3
Bh5 13. Kh2 b5 14. Bb3 Nxb3 15. axb3 b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. e5 Ne8 $13 {Nikolenko,
O-Neverov,V/Czestochowa 1992}) 11. Nf3 Nh5 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Nd5 b6 14. Nxf6+
Nxf6 15. Qg3 Kh7 16. Bb3 $14 {Heinsohn,G-Meier,T/Germany 1992/GER-chT2}) 9...
exf4 (9... Nd4 10. f5 Nh5 11. Nd5 Bh4 12. Ne3 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bh3 14. Ng2 Bg5
$15 {Ochoa de Echaguen,F-Remon,A/Havana 1983}) 10. Bxf4 Nd4 {It seems that
black faces no problems in this line.} 11. Qd2 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Be6 13. Rfe1 {
[%csl Ge7] Trying to prevent black from playing ...d5} (13. Kh1 d5 14. Bb3 a6 (
14... d4 15. Ne2 Nh5 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Be5 Bf6 18. Bg3 $13) 15. Qg2 c4 16. exd5
cxb3 17. dxe6 bxc2 18. exf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxc2 Nd5 $44) 13... a6 14. Qg2 (14. a4)
14... b5 15. Bh6 Ne8 16. Bd5 Ra7 17. Bc6 $6 {It's not ot so clear what's the
purpose of this move!?} (17. f4 $6 Kh8 18. Bg5 b4 19. Nd1 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bxg5
21. fxg5 Re7 $15) (17. a3) 17... Kh8 18. Be3 (18. Bxe8 $4 gxh6 $19) 18... Rc7
19. Bd5 b4 20. Bxe6 bxc3 21. Bc4 cxb2 22. Rab1 Bf6 23. Qd2 $1 {[%csl Gc3] Very
important move to prevent black from putting his bishop on c3.} (23. Bxa6 Bc3
24. Rf1 d5 25. exd5 Nf6 26. Bc4 Nxd5 $17) 23... Rc6 24. Bd5 Rb6 25. d4 (25. c3
Bh4 (25... Nc7 26. Bb3 Nb5 27. d4 cxd4 28. cxd4 Bh4 29. Rf1 f5 30. Rxb2 f4 31.
Bf2 Bxf2+ 32. Qxf2 Qf6 33. Rd2 Rc6 $13) 26. Rf1 f5 27. Bb3 (27. Rxb2 f4 28. Bf2
Rxb2 29. Qxb2 Bxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Nf6 $13) 27... Qf6 28. Rxb2 f4 29. Bf2 Nc7 $132)
25... cxd4 26. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 27. Qxd4 Nf6 28. Bb3 (28. Rxb2 $2 Rxb2 29. Qxb2 Nxd5
30. exd5 Qg5+ $17) 28... Nh5 {[%cal Gh5f4,Gd8g5]} 29. Rxb2 Nf4 $6 (29... Qh4
30. Rd1 Rfb8 31. c3 Nf4 $13) 30. Kh1 Rb5 $6 {[%cal Gb5h5]} 31. c3 $1 Rh5 32.
Rg1 $6 (32. Rd1 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd6]} Qg5 $140 33. Qxd6 Kg8 34. Rg1 Qh4 35. Bxf7+
$1 $18) 32... Rg5 33. Rg3 $6 (33. Rd1 $1) 33... Nh5 34. Rgg2 f5 $132 35. e5
Rxg2 36. Rxg2 dxe5 37. Qxe5 h6 38. Re2 (38. Rg6 Kh7 39. Rxa6 $4 Qd3 $19) 38...
Qd3 $15 39. Qe3 Rd8 40. Bc2 (40. Bf7 Nf4 41. Qxd3 Rxd3 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. h4 $19
g5) 40... Qxe3 41. Rxe3 Nf4 42. h4 g6 43. c4 Rd2 44. Bb3 Rd3 45. Re7 $2 (45.
Rxd3 Nxd3 46. Bc2 Nc5 47. h5 Kg7 48. Kg2 Kf6 49. hxg6 Kxg6 50. f4 Kf6 $11)
45... Rxf3 $19 46. c5 Rc3 47. Rc7 g5 48. h5 g4 49. c6 g3 50. Rd7 Rc1+ 51. Bd1
Rxc6 52. Rd4 Ne6 53. Rd2 Rc3 0-1

[Event "ESP-chB"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "2004.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fernandez Romero, Ernesto"]
[Black "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 a6 8.
Bd3 d5 9. exd5 (9. e5 Nc6 10. f4 g5 11. c3 Bg7 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. b3 gxf4 14.
Bb2 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 $44 {Fette,M-Kramnik,V/Groningen 1991}) (9. b3 Nc6 10. Bb2
Bc5 11. Nf4 Nb4 12. a3 Nxd3 13. Nxd3 Ba7 14. e5 O-O 15. Qg4 f5 16. Qg3 $14 {
Sokolov,A-Filippov,V/Bourbon Lancy 1997}) 9... Qxd5 (9... Nxd5 10. c3 dxc3 11.
dxc3 Bd6 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. h3 Bd7 14. Qf3 Nf4 15. Be4 Ng6 16. Be3 Ne5 17. Qe2
O-O-O $5 $132 {Svidler,P-Krasenkow,M/Belgrade 1999}) 10. c4 $5 (10. c3 Nc6 11.
Qc2 Bd6 (11... f5 12. cxd4 $5 b5 13. Re1 Nb4 14. Qc3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bc5 16. b3
O-O 17. Bb2 Bb6 18. Qg3 $14 {Svidler,P-Zyla,J/Groningen op 1993}) 12. b3 Qh5
13. Ng3 Qh4 14. Re1 O-O 15. Bb2 Bd7 16. Bf1 Rac8 $13 {Brodsky,M-Markowski,T/
Katowice 1993}) 10... Qd8 (10... Qd6 11. b4 Qxb4 12. Rb1 Qd6 13. Be4 Nc6 14.
Qa4 Qd7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Grabarczyk,B-Sherbakov,R/Polanica Zdroj 1996/EXT 98 (14)})
11. b3 {The move in the game is just too passive. More in the spirit of the
position was} (11. b4 g6 12. Bb2 Bg7 13. f4 O-O 14. Qb3 Re8 15. Be4 $14 {
with comfortable position.}) 11... g6 12. Bb2 Bg7 13. f4 O-O 14. Be4 d3 $5 {
[%csl Rd3] It's clear that the pawn will be sacrificed at some stage.
Meanwhile black is trying to force white to put his pieces on awkward
positions.} (14... Bd7 15. d3 (15. Bxb7 $2 Qb6 16. Bxa8 d3+ 17. Kh1 dxe2 18.
Qxe2 Bxb2 $17) 15... Bc6 16. Ng3 Re8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 $132) 15. Nc3 f5 (15... Rb8
$5 16. Qf3 $140 Qd6 17. Qxd3 Qxd3 18. Bxd3 Rd8 19. Rf3 Bd7 20. Rd1 Bc6 21. Rg3
Rd7 $36) 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. Kh1 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Qe1 Nd5 {Black decides that
it's just about time to seize the initiative.} (19... Qd6 20. Qe3 Rd8 21. Rfe1
Kf7 22. Nd1 Bxb2 23. Nxb2 Qd4 $13) 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qg3 d4 22. Nd1 Re8 ({
May be more accurate was} 22... Bb7 $5 23. Nf2 Rc8 24. Nxd3 Rc2 $15 {and white
still has to be carefull.}) 23. Nf2 Bb7 24. Nxd3 Qd5 25. Rf2 Rbc8 26. h4 Bf6 (
26... Re6) 27. h5 Kg7 28. Ne5 Rc2 (28... Bxe5 $6 29. fxe5 Rxe5 30. d3 Rce8 31.
Rf4 Re2 32. Bxd4+ Kf7 33. Rg1 $36) 29. d3 Rxf2 30. Qxf2 g5 31. Bxd4 gxf4 32.
Nf3 (32. h6+ Kg8 33. Nf3 Re6 34. Kg1 Bxd4 35. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 36. Nxd4 Rg6 $132)
32... Bxd4 33. Qxd4+ Qxd4 34. Nxd4 Kf6 35. Rf1 (35. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c7]} Rd8 36.
Rc7 Rxd4 37. Rxb7 Rxd3 38. Rxb5 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Rd2 $11) 35... Kg5 36. Kh2 b4 37.
Rf2 Kg4 38. Nf3 (38. Nc2 $6 f3 39. gxf3+ Bxf3 40. Nxb4 Re1 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {A harmless continuation, which was tried by Adams
against Leko on a couple of occasions in their recent rapid chess match in
Miskolc.} (3. Bb5 $5) 3... e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Nh5 $5 {Clearing a way for the bishop to come to g5.} (
10... Rb8 11. a3 (11. Bd2 Ne8 12. a4 Bg5 13. Ned5 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Nc7 15. f4 exf4
16. Qxf4 Ne5 17. Ba2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11 {Adams,M-Leko,P/Miskolc 2005})
11... Nd4 12. Ba2 b5 13. Ncd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bg5 15. Bxe6 Nxe6 16. a4 Bxe3+ 17.
Bxe3 bxa4 $11 {Adams,M-Leko,P/Miskolc 2005}) 11. Ned5 ({White didn't succeed
to get anything also after} 11. Ncd5 Bg5 12. g3 Bxe3+ 13. Bxe3 Na5 14. Qd2 Nxc4
15. dxc4 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qe7 $11 {Movsesian,S-Eljanov,P/Merida 2005}) 11... Bg5
12. Bxg5 Qxg5 13. Qc1 Qd8 $5 {It's probably safer for Black to keep the queens,
but after} (13... Qxc1 14. Raxc1 Nd4 15. Kf2 Rab8 $11 {the position remains
also balanced.}) 14. a4 h6 15. Rf2 Ne7 {All Black has to do is to trade a
couple of minor pieces to neutralize White's pressure.} 16. Qd2 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 {
Diagram [#]} (17. Bxd5 $143 $6 Nf4 18. Bxe6 fxe6 $15) 17... Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6
19. b3 b6 20. Raf1 Rad8 21. Qc3 (21. f4 exf4 22. Rxf4 Qe5) 21... Qg6 22. a5 Rb8
23. f4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Qg5 25. axb6 {Not a very exciting game to annotate, but I
can understand both players who had no motivation and nothing to fight for in
the tournament.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2002.01.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2002.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Nd4 (10... Ne8 11. Ncd5 Bg5 12. a3 Nc7 13. Nxc7 Qxc7 14.
Nd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 $14 {Tseshkovsky,V-Sveshnikov,E/Elista 1994/
CBM 44}) 11. a4 a6 $5 (11... Nd7 12. Ncd5 Bg5 13. c3 Nc6 14. g3 Bxe3+ 15. Bxe3
Kh8 16. Qd2 $14 {Kosten,A-Sadler,M/Hastings 1991}) (11... h6 12. Bd2 (12. g3
Qd7 13. Kh1 Kh8 14. b3 Bd8 15. Bd2 Ba5 16. Ncd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5
Bxd2 19. Qxd2 $14 {Macieja,B-Istratescu,A/Batumi 1999/CBM 74}) 12... Nh5 13.
Ncd5 Bg5 14. b4 cxb4 15. Bxb4 Nf4 $132 {Yakovich,Y-Kovalevskaya,E/Rostov 1993/
TD}) (11... Ne8 12. Ncd5 Bg5 13. c3 Nc6 14. Bd2 (14. Kh1 Bxe3 15. Bxe3 Nc7 16.
f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Bxd5 18. exd5 $14 {Yu Shaoteng-Durao,M/Beijing 1996/CBM 54 ext
}) 14... Kh8 15. b4 cxb4 16. cxb4 Rc8 17. b5 Nd4 $132 {Dembo,Y-Orso,M/Budapest
2000}) (11... Nh5 12. Ncd5 Bg5 13. c3 Nc6 14. g3 Bxe3+ 15. Bxe3 Ne7 16. Bg5
Bxd5 17. Bxd5 h6 $11 {Gurevich,I-Sherbakov,R/Hastings 1993/CBM 39}) 12. Ncd5
Nxd5 (12... b5 $2 13. axb5 axb5 $140 $2 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Nxe7+ $18) 13. Nxd5 (
13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Bg5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. Rxf4 $14) 13... Bg5
14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. c3 Bxd5 $6 {White bishops dominates the black knight so
better was to keep the bishop into play by} (15... Nc6 $5 16. f4 (16. Nc7 Bh3
17. Qe2 Rad8 $11) 16... exf4 17. Nc7 Bg4 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. Nd5 $14) 16. Bxd5 Nc6
17. Qc1 Qxc1 18. Raxc1 g6 19. f4 Kg7 20. f5 f6 21. b4 $5 {Weak spot in black's
position is a pawn on b7, so white opens up the b-file.} Ne7 (21... cxb4 $6 22.
cxb4 Nxb4 (22... Rac8 23. Be6 Rb8 24. b5 Nd4 25. Rc7+ Kh6 26. b6 $16) 23. Rc7+
Kh6 24. Bxb7 Ra7 25. Rf3 $16 {[%cal Gf3h3,Gh3h7]}) 22. bxc5 (22. Bxb7 Ra7 23.
Bd5 gxf5 {[%csl Rd5]} 24. Be6 (24. Bc4 $5) 24... fxe4 25. dxe4 Rb8 $14) 22...
Nxd5 23. exd5 dxc5 24. Rb1 Rf7 25. c4 gxf5 26. Rxf5 Re8 27. Rf2 f5 (27... e4
28. Re1 f5 29. Rf4 e3 30. Kf1 Kf6 31. Ke2 $14 {[%csl Re3,Rf5]}) 28. g4 f4 $6 {
More chances of survival would leave} (28... fxg4 $5 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rxb7+
Kf6 31. Rxh7 (31. Kf2 e4 32. Ke3 exd3+ 33. Kxd3 h5 $14) 31... e4 $14 {and
despite of being a pawn down black has excellent chances to hold the position.}
) 29. Re2 h5 30. gxh5 Kh6 31. Rb6+ Kxh5 32. Re6 $1 Rg8+ (32... Rxe6 33. dxe6
Re7 34. Rxe5+ Kg6 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Re4 $18) 33. Kf2 Kg4 34. Kf1 (34. R2xe5 $2
Rh7 $132) 34... Rh8 (34... f3 35. Re4+ Rf4 36. R6xe5 $18) 35. Rg2+ Kf5 36. Re2
f3 (36... Kg4 $5 37. R6xe5 $16) 37. R2xe5+ Kg4 (37... Kf4 38. Re4+ Kg5 39.
R6e5+ Kg6 40. Rg4+ $18) 38. Rg6+ Kh3 39. Rg3+ Kxh2 40. Kf2 {[%csl Rf3,Rh2] Now
the engame is lost for black due to position of the king on h2.} Rh3 41. Rxh3+
Kxh3 42. Rg5 Kh4 43. Rg3 b5 44. axb5 axb5 45. Rxf3 Rb7 46. Ke3 Kg5 47. d4 cxd4+
(47... b4 48. dxc5 b3 49. Rf1 b2 50. Rb1 $18 {[%cal Gc5c8,Gd5d8]}) 48. Kxd4
bxc4 49. Kxc4 Kg6 50. Kc5 Rc7+ 51. Kb6 Rc1 52. d6 Rd1 53. Kc7 Rc1+ 54. Kd8 Rd1
55. d7 Kg5 56. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Montecatini Terme"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme"]
[Date "2000.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2
Qb6 (8... d5 9. e5 {[%cal Gd2d4]} d4 10. Be4 Ng6 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. d3 Be7 13.
Nbd2 O-O 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. h4 Rfd8 ({Loosing a pawn} 15... a5 16. h5 a4 17. Bxc6
Bxc6 18. Nbxd4 Nh8 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 h6 22. Ne4 $16 {
Tkachiev,V-Cherniaev,A/Biel 1994}) 16. h5 Nf8 $8 (16... Nh4 $2 17. Nxh4 Bxh4
18. Qg4 Be7 19. Bh6 Bf8 20. Bxg7 Bxg7 21. h6 $18) 17. h6 g6 18. Bg5 $14 {
[%csl Rc5,Rd6,Rf6] Pavasovic,D-Oral,T/Mitropa Cup 1999}) 9. Rd1 d5 10. e5 d4
11. cxd4 (11. Be4 Rd8 (11... Ng6 12. d3 Be7 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Nbd2 (14. Na3 Bd8
15. Nc2 Bc7 16. Ncxd4 Ncxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 $13 {Totsky,L-Belikov,V/RUS Army-ch
1995}) 14... O-O 15. Nb3 Rfd8 16. h4 Qc7 17. Bd2 Ngxe5 $2 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Na5
$1 $18 {Tkachiev,V-Pinski,J/Geneva op 1997}) 12. d3 h6 13. Nbd2 Nd5 14. cxd4
cxd4 15. a4 Be7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nb3 O-O 18. Bd2 b4 19. Bc1 $5 $14 {[%cal
Gb3d2,Gd2c4] Grischuk,A-Kotsur,P/IV Russian Cup Final 2000}) 11... Nxd4 12.
Nxd4 cxd4 13. Be4 d3 $6 {Dubious decision:black sacrifices a pawn hoping to
slow the development of white's queenside,while white easily manages to get
the coordination between the pieces and to finish develoment.} (13... Ng6 14.
d3 Be7 15. Nd2 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O 17. Nf3 Rfd8 18. Bd2 Rac8 19. Rac1 $14) 14.
Bxd3 (14. Qxd3 $6 Rd8 15. Qf3 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf5 17. d3 Bc5 18. Qf4 Rd4 $36)
14... Qc6 15. f3 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Ng6 17. Be4 $5 (17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. d4 Qe7 19. Qf2
$14) 17... Bxe4 $6 {Now white remains with the pawn up with comfortable
position.Black had to chose} (17... Qxe5 18. d4 Qc7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. d5 Rd8
21. dxe6 (21. Nc3 Rd6 $1 $11) 21... Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 fxe6 23. Nc3 Be7 24. Be3 O-O
25. Qe2 $14 {with passive,but solid position.}) 18. Qxe4 Rc8 19. Nc3 (19. d4 $4
Qxc1 $19 {[%csl Rh1]}) 19... Qxe5 20. Qb7 {[%cal Gb7a6,Gb7c8]} Qc7 21. Qxa6 b4
22. Ne4 Nf4 23. d4 $16 Nd5 24. Bg5 $5 (24. Qb5+ $5 Qc6 25. Qxc6+ Rxc6 26. Bd2
Rc2 27. Rab1 f5 28. Nf2 Bd6 29. Rbc1 $16) 24... Qc6 25. Qe2 Qd7 26. Rac1 Ra8
27. Qc4 h6 28. Bd2 Be7 29. Nc5 Qc6 30. Re1 Bxc5 $6 ({More persistant was} 30...
O-O 31. Qb3 $16) 31. dxc5 O-O 32. Bxb4 Nxb4 33. Qxb4 Rfb8 34. Qc3 Rxa2 35. b4
Qb5 $6 (35... Raa8) 36. c6 Rc8 37. Qc5 Qxc5 38. Rxc5 {The ening is easily
winning for white.} Rb2 39. b5 Kf8 40. Rd1 Rc7 41. h4 Ke7 42. h5 g5 43. hxg6
fxg6 44. f4 Kf6 45. Rd8 Ra7 46. c7 Ra1+ 47. Kh2 Raa2 48. c8=Q Rxg2+ 49. Kh1 (
49. Kh1 Rh2+ 50. Kg1 Rhg2+ 51. Kf1 Raf2+ 52. Ke1 Re2+ 53. Kd1 $18 {[%csl Gd2]})
1-0

[Event "Montreal 1st"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2000.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Black "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
d4 Nf6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 {Possible continuation after which black has
to be more carefull than after normal 10...Nxd4.} (10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 (11.
Qxd4 Qxd4 (11... Nd5 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 Bf6 $11 {
Kholmov,R-Panchenko,A/Katowice op 1993}) 12. Bxd4 Bd7 13. c4 Be7 14. Nc3 {
1/2-1/2 Lindberg,B-Ernst,T/SWE-ch 1996}) 11... Be7 (11... Bd6 12. Nc3 Bc7 13.
g3 O-O 14. Bg2 Bb6 15. Be5 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 $14 {Antonio,R-Meetei,A/Calcutta 1992
}) 12. Nc3 (12. c4 Bd7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Qd2 (14. Qb3 Bc6 15. Bb6 Qb8 16. h3 Qf4
17. Ne2 Qh4 18. Nd4 Be4 19. Re3 $14 {Seret,J-Luc Ruiz,R/FRA-chT 1994}) 14...
Bc6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. h3 Rfe8 17. Qe3 Nd7 18. Bd3 $14 {Codina Garcia,J-Ferrer,M/
Catalunya-chT 1996}) 12... O-O 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 b5 15. Bc3 Bb7 16. Rd4 Qb6
17. Qh5 b4 18. Bd3 g6 19. Rg4 bxc3 20. Bxg6 {1/2-1/2 Wieser,A-Pilaj,H/Graz op
1995}) 11. Nb3 $1 Qc7 12. c4 Bb4 (12... Be7) 13. Nc3 O-O ({Deserved attention} 
13... Bxc3 $5 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Bc5 (15. Bg5 Ne8) 15... Rfd8 16. Bd6 Qc8 17. Bd3
Ne8 $132 {with unclear position.}) 14. Rc1 Na5 $6 (14... Rfd8 15. a3 Be7 16.
Qe2 Be8 17. g3 Rac8 $11) 15. Nd2 $1 $14 (15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. a3 Be7 17. g3 Bc6
$11) 15... h6 16. a3 Bd6 17. g3 Nc6 18. Na4 $5 {[%cal Ga4b6]} Rae8 19. b4 Qb8 (
19... e5 20. Bb6 Qb8 21. c5 Be7 22. Nc4 Bg4 23. Be2 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 $14) 20. Nb6
Rd8 21. Qe2 Rfe8 (21... Be8) 22. Bg2 e5 $6 {Losing a pawn without any
compensation.} (22... Ne7) 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. c5 Bf8 26. Qxa6 $16
Re6 27. Qe2 Nd5 28. Nc4 Ra7 (28... f5 29. Nb6 Rd8 30. Nxd5 Rxd5 31. Red1 $16)
29. Qb2 f5 30. Nb6 Nf6 31. Qb3 Rae7 32. b5 (32. a4 Kh8 33. a5 Qe8 34. Ra1 Qh5
35. a6 Ng4 36. h4 $18) 32... Qb7 33. Rcd1 Kh7 34. Rd6 $1 Rxd6 35. cxd6 Re8 36.
Qc2 $1 Bxd6 $6 (36... cxb5 37. Qxf5+ Kh8 38. d7 (38. Rd1 $5 Qc6 39. d7 Rd8)
38... Rd8 39. Rd1 Bxa3 40. Qxe5 Qf3 41. Rd3 $18) 37. bxc6 Qc7 38. Qxf5+ Kh8 39.
Nd7 Nxd7 40. cxd7 Rd8 41. Rd1 Bxa3 (41... Rxd7 42. Bb6 $1 Qc6 43. Qe6 $18 {
[%cal Gb6c5,Ge6c6,Gd1d7]}) 42. Qe6 Qc2 43. Ra1 {[%cal Ge6e8]} 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup final 4th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2000.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2000.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2
Qb6 (8... d5 9. e5 {[%cal Gd2d4]} d4 10. Be4 Ng6 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. d3 Be7 13.
Nbd2 O-O 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. h4 Rfd8 ({Loosing a pawn} 15... a5 16. h5 a4 17. Bxc6
Bxc6 18. Nbxd4 Nh8 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 h6 22. Ne4 $16 {
Tkachiev,V-Cherniaev,A/Biel 1994}) 16. h5 Nf8 $8 (16... Nh4 $2 17. Nxh4 Bxh4
18. Qg4 Be7 19. Bh6 Bf8 20. Bxg7 Bxg7 21. h6 $18) 17. h6 g6 18. Bg5 $14 {
[%csl Rc5,Rd6,Rf6] Pavasovic,D-Oral,T/Mitropa Cup 1999}) 9. Rd1 d5 10. e5 d4 $8
11. Be4 (11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Be4 d3 14. Bxd3 Qc6 15. f3 Qc5+ 16.
Kh1 Ng6 17. Be4 $14 {Rublevsky,S-Minasian,A/Montecatini Terme 2000}) 11... Rd8
(11... Ng6 12. d3 Be7 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Nbd2 (14. Na3 Bd8 15. Nc2 Bc7 16. Ncxd4
Ncxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 $13 {Totsky,L-Belikov,V/RUS Army-ch 1995}) 14... O-O 15.
Nb3 Rfd8 16. h4 Qc7 17. Bd2 Ngxe5 $2 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Na5 $1 $18 {Tkachiev,
V-Pinski,J/Geneva op 1997}) 12. d3 h6 13. Nbd2 Nd5 ({Very serious attention
deserved} 13... dxc3 $5 14. bxc3 Nd5 15. Bb2 Be7 16. c4 bxc4 (16... Nf4 17. Qe3
Ng6 18. cxb5 axb5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Nc4 $11) 17. Nxc4 Qc7 18. Rac1 O-O $13 {
with unclear position}) 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. a4 $1 Be7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nb3 O-O
18. Bd2 {[%cal Gb3a5]} b4 {Defending from 19.Na5} (18... f5 $6 19. exf6 Rxf6 (
19... Nxf6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Na5 Qd7 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. Qxe6+ $18) 20. Na5 Rd7
21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. g3 $14) 19. Bc1 $1 {[%cal Gf3d2,Gd2c4] Intending to transfer
the knight to c4.Strangely enough black is totally deprived counterplay and it
explains his blunder on the next move.} Ba6 $2 20. Nbxd4 $1 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 f5 $8
(21... Qxd4 22. Rxa6 Qxe5 $4 23. Bh7+ $18) 22. exf6 $1 {White keeps on playing
very energetically and doesn't give black any hopes of survival.} (22. Bf3 Bb7
23. Nb3) 22... Nxf6 23. Nc6 $1 Bc5 $5 24. Nxd8 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Bxf2+ (25... Rxf2
26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qxb6 Bxb6 28. Rxa6 $18) 26. Kh1 Rxd8 27. Bxh6 $1 $18 Bb7 28.
Qg6 Bd4 29. Rf1 $1 Qc6 (29... Bxb2 30. Rf7 {[%csl Rg7]} Bxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qc6+ 32.
Kh3 Rxd3+ 33. Qxd3 Bxa1 34. Rf1 $18) 30. Rac1 Qxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2
gxh6 33. Rc4 Bxb2 34. Rxb4 Bg7 35. Rf3 Rd7 36. Re4 Re7 37. Kh3 Kh7 38. Rfe3 e5
39. Rf3 Rd7 40. Kh4 Rb7 41. h3 Ra7 (41... Rb6 42. Rc4 Ra6 43. Rc7 $18 {[%cal
Gf3g3]}) 42. Rc4 Rd7 43. Kg4 Ra7 44. Kf5 Rf7+ 45. Ke4 Rd7 46. Rc6 h5 47. Ra6
Bh8 (47... Rb7 48. Rf5 Rb4+ 49. Kf3 h4 50. Rf7 Rb3 51. Ke3 $18) 48. Rb6 Bg7 49.
Rc6 Bh8 (49... Rd4+ 50. Kf5 Rd8 51. Kg5 Rd5 52. Kh4 Rb5 53. Rd6 $18 {[%cal
Gf3f5]}) 50. Rf5 Rd4+ 51. Ke3 Rh4 52. Rf7+ Kg8 53. Rf3 {[%cal Gc6c4]} Rd4 54.
Rc7 $1 1-0

[Event "Metalska Trgovina CC 90"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "2002.01.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Podlesnik, Bogdan"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2002.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {Sveshnikov variation is extremly popular lately
and black seems to have no special problems in it, so white tries to avoid it
with this move order.} e5 {Probably the simplest way to equality, even though
white may hope to get a minimal advantage in this variation.} 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3
Nf6 6. Ng5 O-O 7. f4 d6 8. O-O h6 9. Nf3 exf4 (9... a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. Nd5 Be6
12. Qe1 Nd4 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. fxe5 $40 {Vera Pons,F-Tarrago Antoni,M/Santa
Coloma 2000}) 10. Bxf4 Be6 (10... Bg4 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Rae1 Nh5 13. Be3 Be6 14.
Bb3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Rf3 $14 {Landa,K-Ivliev,O/Cappelle la Grande 1995})
11. Nd5 (11. Qd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Rae1 Nxf4 (13... Bf6 14. Bg3 Nxc3 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Qe2 $13 {Klovsky,R-Lapienis,D/Riga 1975/MCD}) 14.
Qxf4 Nd4 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qg4 Bf6 $132 {Kupreichik,V-Sveshnikov,E/Frunze 1981/
URS-ch}) 11... Bxd5 (11... Qd7 12. Qd2 $6 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Rae1 Rae8 15.
a3 Nbxd5 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qxh6 Qf5 18. Ng5 Qg6 $17 {Mitkov,N-Kurajica,B/
Oberwart 1991/TD}) 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 (14. Qd2 Bf6 15. Rae1
Re8 16. c3 Qd7 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxe5 dxe5 20. c4 a5 $11 {
Ankerst,M-Jelen,I/Bled 1998/EXT 99}) 14... dxe5 15. Bxe5 Qxd5 16. Bc3 Rae8 $11
17. Qg4 (17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. Rxf3 Bg5 19. Kf1 Re6 20. Re1 Rfe8 $11) 17... g6 {
Black isn't afraid to weaken the diagonal a1-h8.} (17... Qg5) 18. Rae1 Bg5 19.
h4 Be3+ 20. Rxe3 $5 {Keeping in mind combination which happened in the game.} (
20. Kh1 Bd4 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Qf4 h5 $13) 20... Rxe3 21. Qf4 Re2 22. Rf3 {
[%cal Gf4f6,Gf4h6]} Rxc2 23. Qxh6 Rxc3 $8 24. bxc3 Re8 $1 ({Black can't grab a
pawn on a2:} 24... Qxa2 $2 25. h5 Qe6 (25... Qa1+ 26. Kh2 Qxc3 27. hxg6 Qg7 28.
gxf7+ Rxf7 29. Rg3 $18) 26. hxg6 Qxg6 27. Qh4 $18 {[%cal Gf3g3]}) 25. h5 $6 {
Even fter this move white keeps good drawing chances, but there was no need to
give up the pawn!} (25. Re3 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 Qxa2 27. Qxc5 a5 28. Kh2 a4 $15)
25... Qxh5 26. Qxh5 gxh5 27. Rf5 Re1+ 28. Kf2 Ra1 29. Rxc5 Rxa2+ 30. Kf3 h4 31.
Rc7 b6 32. d4 Kg7 33. Kg4 $6 {It seems that after} (33. c4 Kf6 34. c5 bxc5 35.
dxc5 a5 36. c6 Ke6 37. Ra7 f5 38. c7 Kd7 39. Kf4 Rxg2 40. Rxa5 h3 41. Ra3 $11 {
white gets the desirable draw.}) 33... Rxg2+ 34. Kxh4 a5 35. c4 (35. Rb7 Rb2 $1
(35... Rc2 36. Rxb6 Rxc3 37. Ra6 Ra3 38. Kg5 $11) 36. d5 Kf6 37. d6 Ke6 38. d7
Ke7 $19) 35... Rd2 36. d5 Kf6 37. Rc6+ Ke5 38. Rxb6 Rd4+ 39. Kg3 Rxc4 40. d6
Ke6 41. Ra6 Ra4 42. Ra7 f5 43. d7 Ke7 44. Kf3 Kd8 $1 45. Kf2 $2 {Now it's over
for white!} (45. Rb7 $1 Ra1 (45... Rb4 46. Ra7 a4 47. Kg3 f4+ 48. Kf3 $11) 46.
Kf4 a4 47. Kxf5 a3 48. Ke6 $11) 45... Ra1 46. Kg2 Ra3 $19 47. Kh2 a4 48. Kg2
Ra2+ 49. Kf3 a3 50. Ra5 Ra1 51. Kg2 a2 52. Ra7 f4 53. Kh2 f3 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup final 4th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2000.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 (5. c3) 5... a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 (10... Bxh2+ 11. Kh1 bxc6 12.
g3 Bxg3 13. fxg3 Qxg3 14. Re3 Qh4+ 15. Kg2 $16) (10... bxc6 11. f4 Bxf4 12.
Bxf4 Qxf4 13. e5 $44) 11. f4 $146 {The new approuch in well-known position:
white intends to take advantage of the fact that black pieces on the queenside
are out of play and dark squares in black's camp demand protection.} (11. Qh5
e5 (11... Be5 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rad1 $14) 12. f4 (12. Be3 b5 13. a4 $146 (13.
Rad1 Be6 14. Bb6 Qb8 $11) 13... Bb7 14. axb5 cxb5 15. Rad1 O-O 16. Nd5 Qc6 17.
Rd3 f5 $13 {<=> ~~ Iuldachev,S-Gunawan,R/Genting Highlands 75/(135) 1998})
12... g6 (12... O-O 13. f5 f6 14. Kh1 Rd8 15. Re3 Qf7 16. Qxf7+ Kxf7 17. Rd3
Be7 $11 {Boidman,Y-Oral,T/Banicky Kahanec 1997}) 13. Qf3 b5 14. f5 Qe7 15. Qg3
Bb7 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 Kf7 $15 {Sadvakasov,D-Sorokin,M/RUS-Cup4
1997}) (11. Qg4 O-O (11... Bxh2+ 12. Kh1 Be5 13. f4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 O-O 15. c4 f6
16. c5 Qa5 17. Be3 Qa4 $13 {Baillon,O-Marcelin,C/ch-Paris 2000}) 12. Qh4 e5 13.
Be3 Be6 14. f3 f6 15. Qf2 b5 16. a3 Qe7 17. Rad1 a5 $15 {Frost,N-Morgan,B/
ch-GBR 2000}) 11... Bxf4 (11... e5 $6 12. f5 O-O 13. Be3 b5 14. Qf3 $36) 12.
Bxf4 Qxf4 13. e5 O-O ({Too dangerous is} 13... Qb4 $6 14. Ne4 O-O 15. c3 (15.
Qg4 Qd4+ 16. Kh1 Qxe5 $19) 15... Qe7 (15... Qxb2 16. Qg4 $44) 16. Qg4 b6 17.
Re3 $40 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge3g3] and white has very strong initiative.}) 14. Qd6
$5 {[%csl Rf4]} b6 {[%cal Ga8a7,Ga7d7]} (14... Qg5 $6 15. Rad1) 15. Rad1 Ra7
16. Qxc6 Qb4 $1 (16... b5 $2 17. Ne4 $1 Bb7 (17... Qxe5 18. Nd6) 18. Qb6 Bxe4
19. Qxa7 Bxc2 20. Qd4 $16) 17. Rd2 (17. Na4 $5) 17... b5 (17... Qxb2 18. Na4 (
18. Rb1 Qa3 19. Rxb6 Qc1+ 20. Rd1 Qe3+ 21. Kh1 Bd7 $1 $19) 18... Qxa2 19. Nxb6
Bb7 20. Qc7 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gc7a7]}) 18. Ne4 ({Deserved attention} 18. Red1 $5
Qa5 19. b4 $1 {[%csl Gd8]} Qc7 (19... Qxb4 20. Rd8 {[%csl Rc8]} Bb7 21. Rxf8+
Qxf8 22. Qb6) 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Ne4 Rc4 22. Nd6 Rc7 23. Kf2 Bb7 24. Ke3 Bd5 25.
Ra1 $14 {[%cal Ga2a4] with better prospets for white.}) 18... Qa5 19. Qc5 Rc7
20. Qe3 Bb7 21. Nf6+ Kh8 (21... gxf6 $4 22. Qg3+ Kh8 23. exf6 Rg8 24. Qxg8+ $1
Kxg8 25. Rd8#) 22. Red1 Bd5 $1 {Strong move keeping black in the game.} 23. Qf2
(23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Rxd5 Rxc2 $11) 23... gxf6 24. Qxf6+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ (25. Rd3 $2
Be4 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kim, Alexey"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 {I don't think that white may
get an opening advanage with this move.} (5. d3 $5) 5... f6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Bb2
Ng6 8. e5 Be7 9. exf6 $2 {Giving up control in the center proves to be crucial;
and white finds himself with no active plan.} (9. Na3 fxe5 (9... O-O 10. Nc4
Qc7 (10... Ba6 11. d3 Bxc4 12. dxc4 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 d6 15. Bc3 Bf6
{1/2-1/2 Makarichev,S-Sveshnikov,E/Sochi 1983/MCL (15)}) 11. d3 fxe5 12. Nfxe5
Nf4 13. g3 Nd5 14. f4 $14 {Zakharov,A-Sherbakov,R/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74})
10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. f4 (12. Nc4 d6 13. Bg3 e5 {1/2-1/2 Kholmov,
R-Sherbakov,R/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74 (13)}) 12... d6 13. Bc3 (13. Bb2 Bd7
14. Nc4 Rf7 15. d4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Qc7 17. Rad1 Raf8 18. Qd2 $14 {Fernando,
D-Pridorozhni,A/Yerevan 2000/CBM 78}) 13... d5 14. Be5 Bf6 15. Qe2 Qa5 16. Nb1
Ba6 17. d3 $14 {Matulovic,M-Adorjan,A/Bath 1973/EU-chT}) (9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2
fxe5 (10... Qe8 11. Ne4 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nh4 13. Qg4 Nf5 14. Ng3 Nh6 15. Qe4 Bf6
16. d4 cxd4 17. Ba3 Be7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rfe1 $14 {Gubanov,A-Sakaev,K/St
Petersburg 1996/CBM 52}) 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 d6 13. Bg3 e5 14. f4 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Bf6 $13 {Matulovic,M-Vojinovic,G/Herzeg Novi 1999/EXT 2001}) 9... gxf6 $1
(9... Bxf6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. d3 d5 14. Ng3 e5 15. h3
Qf6 $15 {Tatai,S-Cherniaev,A/Cannes 1997/CBM 57 ext}) 10. Nc3 e5 11. d3 d6 $1 {
[%csl Gc5]} ({There was no need to give white counterchances after} 11... d5 $6
{[%csl Rc5]} 12. Na4 Nf4 13. Ba3 Rg8 14. g3 Qa5 $15) 12. Nd2 f5 13. Qh5 $6 {
Queen has nothing to do on the kingside and it becomes a target for black
pieces.} O-O 14. Ne2 {[%cal Gf2f4]} f4 $1 {[%csl Rh5]} 15. Nc3 f3 $1 $19 {
Threatening both Nf4 and Rf5.} 16. Nce4 (16. Nxf3 Nf4 17. Qh6 Rf6 18. Qh4 Rg6
$19) (16. g3 Rf5 17. Qg4 Rf4 18. Qh5 Bg4 19. Qh6 Bg5 $19) 16... Rf5 17. Qg4 (
17. Qh6 Nf4 $1 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gf5h5]} 18. Ng3 Bg5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 $19) 17...
Rf7 $1 18. Qh5 fxg2 19. Rfe1 (19. Kxg2 Nf4+ $19) 19... Nf4 20. Qd1 Rg7 {
[%cal Gf4h3] Nh3 is coming so white prefered to resign!} 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 14th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2004.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2004.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qb6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d3 {Chernyshov is famous for his
weird playing style, so 5.d3 is perfectly normal for him!} (5. O-O) 5... Nge7
6. O-O a6 (6... Nd4 7. Ba4 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 Ng6 9. Qg3 Bd6 10. f4 f6 11. h4 $14 {
Keller,R-Malano,F/Imperia 1996}) 7. Bc4 Qc7 8. Ng5 {Once white kept the bishop,
his only active plan is pushing f4-f5!} (8. a4 Ng6 (8... g6 9. Be3 d6 10. Qd2
Bg7 11. Bh6 O-O 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. d4 $14) 9. Ng5 Be7 10. f4 h6 11. Nh3 O-O 12.
Qh5 $36) 8... h6 9. Nh3 b5 10. Bb3 Nd4 11. Be3 $6 (11. f4 $142 Nec6 12. f5 Bd6
13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Qe5 15. Qg4 $13) 11... Nec6 12. f4 Bb7 13. f5 Bd6 14. Qh5
$5 (14. Nf4) 14... Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Be5 16. Nf4 O-O-O 17. Qxf7 exf5 18. Ng6 Rhe8
19. a4 $2 {White is thinking about the attack, while he should be thinking
what is the safest way to equality.} (19. Nd5 Qd6 20. exf5 Na5 21. Nde7+ Kb8
22. Rf2 $13) 19... Nxb3 20. cxb3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 fxe4 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bxc5 (23.
dxe4 d6 $1 {[%csl Re4]} 24. Qf4 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 $17) 23... exd3 24. Ne7+ (24.
Bg1 Qg3 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Ge8e2,Gc6e5]} 25. Bh2 Qg5 26. Rf5 d2 $1 $19) 24...
Nxe7 25. Bxe7 Qg3 $1 $19 26. Rf3 (26. Ra2 Qh3+ 27. Kg1 Qe3+ 28. Kh2 Rxe7 $19)
26... Bxf3 27. gxf3 Rxe7 (27... Qh3+ $5 28. Kg1 Qe6 29. Qxe6 dxe6 30. Bxd8 Rxd8
31. Kf2 d2 32. Ke2 h5 33. Rd1 h4 $19) (27... d2 $6 28. Qd5 d1=Q+ 29. Rxd1 Rxe7
30. Qc5+ Qc7 31. Qxe7 Qxc3 $17) 28. Qxe7 Qxf3+ 29. Kg1 Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Qh5+ 31.
Kg1 Qd5 $1 {[%csl Ga8,Gd6]} 32. Qe3 d6 33. b4 Qg5+ 34. Qxg5 hxg5 35. Rd1 Kd7
36. Rxd3 Re8 $5 {[%cal Ge8e4,Gg5g4]} 37. Rf3 Kc6 38. Kf2 Re4 39. Rd3 g4 40. Kg3
g6 41. Kh4 Rf4 42. Rd1 Rf3 43. Rc1 Rd3 44. c4 (44. Kxg4 Kd5 $19) 44... Rd4 45.
cxb5+ Kxb5 46. Rc8 Kxb4 47. Rg8 d5 48. Rxg6 Re4 49. Kg5 g3 50. Kf5 Re3 51. Kf4
d4 52. Rb6+ Kc3 53. Rc6+ Kd3 54. Ra6 Ke2 55. Ra2+ Kf1 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O Nxb5 6. Nxb5 a6 7. Nc3 b5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 Bb7 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. a3 Bc5 13. Qd3 Ne7 14. Rad1 Qc7 15.
e5 f5 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Nd4 Rhd8 18. Rfe1 Kf7 19. Qg3 Re8 20. Rd3 Rcd8 21. Red1
Kg8 22. h4 Bf8 23. Nde2 Bc6 24. Qf4 g6 25. h5 Bg7 26. Rd6 Kf7 27. R1d3 g5 28.
Qe3 h6 29. Nd4 Bb7 30. Qd2 Qc5 31. Nb3 Qxe5 32. Re3 Qf4 33. g3 Bxc3 {[#]} 34.
Rxd7+ Re7 (34... Rxd7 35. Qxd7+ Re7 36. Qxe7+ Kxe7 37. gxf4 Bxb2 38. fxg5 $16)
35. Rxe7+ Kxe7 36. Qxd8+ Kxd8 37. gxf4 Bxb2 38. Rxe6 $18 gxf4 (38... Bxa3 39.
fxg5 hxg5 40. h6 $18) 39. Nc5 Bf3 40. Rxh6 Bxa3 41. Nxa6 Kd7 42. Rh7+ Kc8 43.
h6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Qe2 (
8. Re1 b6 (8... Bd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 (10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2
13. Bxd2 Qb6 14. Bc3 Rac8 15. Qd2 a5 16. h4 a4 17. a3 Ra8 18. g4 f6 {0-1 Torre,
E-Ogaard,L/Manila 1975 (31)}) 10... a6 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nb3 e5 14.
Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qd3 Bb5 17. Qd5 Bc6 18. Qd3 Bb5 19. Qd5 {1/2-1/2
Nikolic,Z-Vukic,M/JUG-ch 1994}) (8... Qc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bd7 11. Nc3 Rac8
12. e5 Ne8 13. Bf4 a6 14. h4 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18.
Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Rac1 Bg4 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 {Strygina,O-Guseva,O/RUS-chJ 1996/
1/2-1/2 (75)}) 9. a3 Bb7 10. b4 Ne5 11. Bb2 Nfd7 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. f4 Nd7 14.
Nd2 cxb4 15. axb4 a5 16. b5 Ra7 17. d4 e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nc4 Bc8 20. Ne3 Bg5
21. Nd5 Bb7 {0-1 Ciocaltea,V-Hartoch,R/Hoogovens-B 1971 (38)}) (8. Nbd2 Rb8 9.
d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 Qxd4 14. Nxe4 Rd8 15. Qe2
Qd3 16. Qh5 Nd4 17. Bg5 g6 18. Qg4 h5 19. Qh4 Nf5 20. Qf4 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 {
1-0 Schussler,H-Frias,V/Haifa olm 1976 (40)}) 8... b6 9. Na3 (9. d4 a5 $13)
9... Ba6 10. Ne1 b5 11. Nac2 b4 12. c4 (12. Bd2 bxc3 13. bxc3 Rb8 $15) 12...
Bb7 13. f4 Nd7 14. Nf3 a5 $1 15. g4 a4 16. g5 (16. Bd2 b3 17. axb3 axb3 18.
Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Na3 Bf6 20. Nb5 $14) 16... Re8 17. Qf2 $2 {xd3 The light for the
danger was strangely mute, white queen abbandons the weakest spot in the camp-
Pd3.} (17. d4 $5 b3 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 bxc2 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Qxc2 Qc7 $11)
17... b3 $1 18. axb3 (18. Ne3 $2 Nb4 19. Rd1 Nxa2 $17) 18... axb3 19. Rxa8 Qxa8
20. Na3 (20. Ne3 Nb4 21. Rd1 d5 $1 $15) 20... d5 $1 {[%mdl 32] Excellent
strategy, opening of the position comes with a great force and white is ill
prepared for it.} 21. Nb5 (21. exd5 exd5 22. cxd5 Nb4 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. fxe5
Bxd5 25. Be4 Rf8 $15) 21... dxe4 22. Nd2 (22. Nc7 Qd8 23. Nxe8 exf3 24. Qxf3
Qxe8 $19) (22. dxe4 Qa4 23. Nd2 Rd8 $15) 22... Rd8 (22... exd3 23. Nc7 Qb8 24.
Nxe8 Qxe8 25. Qf3 $14) 23. Nxe4 Nb4 24. Qe2 (24. Qg3 Nf8 25. f5 exf5 26. Nc7
Qc8 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. gxf6 g6 $19) 24... Nf8 25. Nbc3 (25. Rd1 Ng6 26. d4 Nh4
27. Bh1 Nf5 $19) 25... Nxd3 (25... Rxd3 26. Be3 Ng6 $17) 26. Be3 Ng6 27. Qg4 (
27. f5 exf5 28. Rxf5 Nh4 $19) 27... Nxb2 28. f5 exf5 29. Qxf5 Rf8 $19 {White
is not only two pawns down, more important he is also positionally bancrupt.}
30. Bf2 (30. Bxc5 Nh4 31. Qf2 Bxc5 32. Nxc5 Bxg2 $19) 30... Nxc4 31. h4 Nd6 (
31... Qc8 $1 $19) 32. Qg4 (32. Nxd6 Bxg2 $19) 32... Nxe4 33. Nxe4 b2 (33... c4
34. h5 Ne5 35. Qf5 Nd3 36. Bd4 Qc8 $19) 34. h5 Ne5 35. Qf5 Nd3 36. Nf6+ Bxf6
37. gxf6 (37. Qxd3 Bxg2 $19) 37... h6 $2 $138 {The timetrouble phase makes for
a horrible sequence of moves. Galliamova falls to pieces and the logic of the
fight is broken.} (37... g6 $1 38. Qg5 (38. Bxb7 gxf5 39. Bxa8 Rxa8 $19) 38...
Kh8 39. hxg6 (39. Qh6 Rg8) 39... fxg6 40. Qh6 Rf7 $19) 38. fxg7 Bxg2 $4 {
[%mdl 8192]} (38... Kxg7 39. Bh4 $1 Qc8 40. Bf6+ Kg8 41. Qxd3 Qg4 42. Qh3 $16)
(38... Rd8 $5 39. Bh4 Ne5 40. Bxb7 Qxb7 41. Bxd8 Qd5 42. Qf4 Nf3+ 43. Kf2 Ne5
44. Kg1 $11) 39. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 $2 (39... Qxf8 40. Kxg2 $18) 40. Bxc5+ Nxc5 41.
Qxf7# 1-0

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. Bb2 b6 {
Gelfand played with great energy in London, he could fall back on his serious
match preparation against Anand. The love for chess and hard work are enabling
him to compensate for the fact that most of his tournament adversaries were
born significantly later than him.} (7... b5 8. Re1 (8. a4 b4 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10.
Bxe5 f6 11. Bb2 d5 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qf3 Be7 14. d3 Bb7 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Qe2 Qd7
17. f4 Rae8 18. Kh1 Qc6 $11 {0-1 Wang Chen (2490)-Ni Hua (2637)/Xinghua 2012 
(56)}) 8... Bb7 9. c4 f6 10. Na3 b4 11. Nc2 e5 12. Nh4 g6 13. f4 exf4 14. a3
bxa3 15. Bxa3 Qb6 16. Rb1 Be7 17. d3 O-O 18. Qd2 Bd6 $17 {0-1 Yu,Y (2615)-Zhou
Jianchao (2625)/Xinghua 2012 (40)}) (7... d6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qf6 10. c4 Bd7
11. Qd2 Qg6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. f4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc6 15. Rf2 Bf6 16. Qd2 O-O 17.
Re1 Rad8 18. Qe3 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nakamura,H (2640)-Golod,V (2582)
/playchess.com INT 2006 (70)}) 8. d4 {Adams could have waited a bit longer
with the opening of the centre. One of various sound ideas is to play c4 first
with then ambition of finishing the development of his pieces first.} (8. c4
Bb7 9. Re1 (9. Qe2 Qc7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Nd2 O-O 14.
Qg4 f6 15. a3 a5 16. Rfe1 Rf7 17. Nf3 b5 18. Rad1 bxc4 19. bxc4 Ba6 20. Qg3 Rc8
$17 {0-1 Minasian,A (2571)-Shabalov,A (2575)/Los Angeles 2003 (42)}) 9... Qc7
10. Nc3 (10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qh5 O-O (13... Kf8 14. Nd2
f6 15. Rad1 Be7 16. Re3 Qb8 17. Nf3 Qe8 18. Qh3 Qg6 19. Nd4 Bb7 20. Ne2 $16 {
1-0 Al Modiahki,M (2550)-Shabalov,A (2575)/Bad Wiessee 2006 (36)}) 14. Nd2 f6
15. Rad1 Qb7 16. Qh4 Rf7 17. Re3 b5 18. Rh3 h6 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. Nf3 $14 {
1-0 Peng Xiaomin (2596)-Wu Wenjin (2531)/Tianjing 2003 (33)}) (10. h3 f6 11. d4
cxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O-O (12... Bd6 $14) 13. Nc3 Bc5 14. Na4 Rhg8 15. a3 e5 16. Nc2
$16 {Gogichaishvili-Adamek/Brno op/1994/}) 10... Bd6 11. Nd5 exd5 12. exd5+ Ne7
13. Bxg7 Rg8 14. Bf6 Rg6 15. Bxe7 Bxe7 16. Nh4 Kf8 17. Nxg6+ hxg6 18. Qf3 Qd6
19. Rad1 (19. Re2 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Bxf6 21. Rae1 d6 $11 {0-1 Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2458)-Nataf,I (2553)/Val d'Isere 2004 (42)}) 19... Kg7 20. Re4 Rh8 21. g3 b5
22. Rde1 Bf6 23. Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Movsesian,S (2642)-Timofeev,A (2658)/
Sarajevo 2007 (86)}) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 (9... Qf6 10. Bc3 Qg6 11. Nxc6 dxc6
12. Nd2 b5 13. Re1 Bb7 (13... Be7 14. Nf3 f6 (14... O-O 15. Ne5 Qf6 16. Nxc6
Qxc3 17. Nxe7+ $16) 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. f4 $36) 14. Nf3 Rd8 15. Qe2 Be7 (15... Bd6
16. Rad1 O-O 17. Ba5 Rd7 18. Ne5 $18) 16. Ba5 $1 Rb8 17. Rad1 Qh5 (17... O-O
18. Ne5 Qg5 19. Nd7 $18) (17... f6 18. Qe3 $16) 18. Qd2 O-O 19. Qd7 Ba3 (19...
Bc5 20. b4 Ba7 21. Bc7 Rbc8 22. Bd6 $18) (19... Bf6 20. e5 Bd8 21. Bxd8 Rbxd8
22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8#) 20. Rd3 (20. b4 c5 $132) 20... c5 (20... Qc5 21. Bc7
Bc8 22. Qd6 Rb7 23. Qxc5 Bxc5 24. Bd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 $16) 21. Bc7 $16 {1-0
Dolmatov,S (2560)-Galliamova,A (2440)/Novgorod 1997/ (38)}) 10. Nd2 f6 {
Black is ready to eliminate the pressure along the a1-h8 diagonal even at the
price of losing the option of natural castling.} (10... Bc5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12.
Qg4 Rg8 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Nc4 Bb5 15. e5 O-O-O 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 Qb7 18. c4
Bc6 19. f3 g5 20. Bf6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Fernandez Romero,E (2445)-Saldano Dayer,H 
(2424)/Alcudia 2003 (59)}) 11. Qg4 Kf7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Nxc6 {The English
player had intimate experience with this very position at the EU-ch 2010. By
swapping on c6 he is trying for a different approach, but he won't be able to
get an advantage.} (13. Nc4 b5 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Ne3 Ne5 (15... Nxd4 16. Rxd4
Bc5 17. Rd3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Qxc2 19. Re2 $11) 16. Nf3 Ng6 17. Qg4 Rd8 18. h4 Qf4
19. h5 Qxg4 20. Nxg4 Nf4 21. h6 Kf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M (2704)-Edouard,R 
(2617)/Rijeka 2010 (48)}) 13... Bxc6 (13... Qxc6 $6 14. Nc4 $16) 14. Qh5+ {
Relatively the best alternative in the fight for some advantage was probably
the fixing of the central structure with the move 14.e5!} (14. e5 $1 f5 15. Qg3
b5 16. Nf3 Bc5 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18. Bd4 $14) 14... Kg8 (14... g6 15. Qf3 Be7 16. h4
(16. Nc4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 d5 18. Qf3 dxc4 19. Rfe1 Rad8 $15) 16... Rhd8 17. h5 d5
$11) 15. Bd4 b5 (15... e5 16. Be3 b5 17. f4 Be7 18. fxe5 g6 19. Qg4 Qxe5 $11)
16. f4 Be7 17. c3 (17. e5 f5 $11) 17... Rf8 {Black is still obliged to defend
and the passive rook on h8 remains a serious worry. From the other point of
view his position is very solid and the bishop pair is giving Gelfand chances
in the middlegame.} 18. b4 (18. e5 f5 19. Nf3 $11) 18... d6 19. Bf2 (19. e5
dxe5 20. fxe5 f5 $11) 19... e5 $1 20. Rc1 (20. Qf3 Qb7 21. Be3 h5 $15) 20...
Qb7 21. Rfe1 Be8 {The transfer of the bishop to f7 has an artificial look to
it, as after the natural 21...g6 Gelfand might have looked to the future with
optimism.} (21... g6 22. Qh3 (22. Qh6 f5 $15) 22... Kg7 23. Be3 Rc8 $15) 22.
Qf3 Bf7 23. c4 h5 $1 {Black is finally getting a chance to believe, that his
mighty reserve from h8 will get to see the light of the day.} 24. c5 (24. cxb5
axb5 25. Nb3 $1 Rh6 26. Na5 Qd7 27. Nc6 $11) 24... dxc5 25. Bxc5 exf4 (25...
Bxa2 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Qc3 $11) 26. Qxf4 (26. Nb3 g5 (26... Qc7 27. Bxe7 Qxe7
28. Rc5 $11) 27. e5 Qxf3 28. gxf3 Bxc5+ 29. Nxc5 $11) 26... Bxa2 27. e5 $6 {
Adams became nervous from his failure in the fight for an advantage. With the
opening of the centre he is hoping to exploit the better coordination of his
forces. Much more unpleasant for Black would have been the transfer of the
knight to the magnificent square f5.} (27. Nf1 $5 Rh6 28. Ne3 Rg6 29. Qf2 Be6
30. Bxe7 Qxe7 31. Nf5 Qxb4 32. Rb1 Qc3 33. Ne7+ $11) 27... Bxc5+ 28. Rxc5 fxe5
29. Qxe5 Rh6 $1 {The rook is joining the battle at just the right moment.
White will be hard challenged to find the compensation for the missing pawn.}
30. Nf3 (30. Rc7 Qb6+ 31. Kh1 Rhf6 32. h3 $15) 30... Re6 31. Qa1 (31. Qd4 Rxe1+
32. Nxe1 Qf7 33. Nf3 Be6 34. Rg5 Bg4 $15) 31... Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Qb6 $6 {The
inaccuracies of both players are the direct consequences of some fatigue from
the fight. For the first time the position is seriously simplified and it
seems that this will be enough to use logic instead of looking for best moves.}
(32... Bd5 $1 33. Ng5 Bc4 34. Nf3 Qb6 35. Kh1 a5 36. Rxh5 Qg6 37. Rg5 Qh6 38.
Re5 a4 $17) 33. Qe3 $6 {Adams is responding with the second rate solution,
thus losing the chance to exploit the counterplay tied to the surprising
attack on the kingside 33.Qe4!} (33. Qe4 $1 Qe6 (33... Bc4 34. h3 $15) 34.
Qxe6+ Bxe6 35. Rxh5 Bg4 36. Rc5 Bxf3 37. gxf3 Rxf3 38. Rc6 $15) 33... Bd5 34.
Ng5 (34. h4 Bxf3 35. gxf3 Qf6 $17) 34... Qf6 35. Nf3 {At the end of the day
White has simply lost two precious tempi and that is usually critical in any
position.} (35. Rc1 Qb2 36. Nf3 Qxb4 $19) 35... Bxf3 36. gxf3 (36. Qb3+ Qf7 37.
Qxf7+ Rxf7 38. gxf3 Rxf3 $19) 36... Qxf3 37. Qxf3 (37. Qe6+ Kh7 38. Qe1 Qg4+
39. Kh1 Rd8 $19) 37... Rxf3 38. Kg2 {A rook endgame two pawns down tends to be
quite hopeless and the same will be true in our game.} (38. Rxh5 Rf4 $19) 38...
Rf4 39. Rc6 Rxb4 40. Rxa6 Rc4 41. Rb6 b4 42. Rb7 Kh7 {Adams will not be able
to prevent the activation of the black king, which spells tragedy for the
defender.} 43. Rb6 g6 44. Kg3 (44. h3 Kh6 45. Rb5 h4 46. Kh2 g5 $19) 44... h4+
45. Kf3 Kh6 46. Rb5 g5 47. h3 Rc3+ {Any solution of the problem will be
hopeless for White so Adams sensibly resigned.} (47... Rc3+ 48. Kg2 b3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Candidates FIDE sf2"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 (3... Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. e5 $36) 4. Bc4 Be7 (4...
Nf6 $2 5. Ng5 {xf7}) 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 {xd5} Nf6 7. Nf1 Be6 8. Ne3 O-O (8... Bxc4
$6 9. dxc4 $14 (9. Nxc4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 $10)) 9. O-O Nd4 10. a4 a6 11. Ncd5
Nxd5 (11... b5 $2 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Nxe7+ $18) 12. Bxd5 Rb8 13.
g3 (13. c3 Nc6 14. g3 $14) 13... Bh3 14. Ng2 Qd7 (14... Ne6 15. f4 exf4 16.
gxf4 Nc7 17. Ba2 d5 $13) 15. c3 Ne6 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 Nc7 18. Ba2 Qg4 (18...
d5 19. Qf3 Rbd8 $13) 19. Qxg4 Bxg4 20. Rf2 Be6 21. f5 $1 Bxa2 22. Rxa2 b5 23.
Bf4 b4 24. f6 $5 Bxf6 (24... gxf6 $6 25. Ne3 $14 {xf5}) 25. Bxd6 Rfc8 (25...
bxc3 $2 26. e5 $1 cxb2 27. Rfxb2 Rxb2 28. Rxb2 $18) 26. e5 Bd8 27. e6 $6 (27.
Ne3 $14) 27... Bf6 28. exf7+ Kxf7 29. Ne3 bxc3 30. bxc3 Rb1+ $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 d5 6. Qe2 Ne7 7. Ba3 (7. d3
Ng6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 d4 10. Na4 e5 11. Ba3 O-O 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. Qf3 Ne6 14.
Rfe1 Qc7 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Nc4 f6 {1/2-1/2 De la Paz,F-Almeida,O/Santa Clara
2000/ (16)}) 7... Ng6 8. O-O Qa5 (8... Bd6 9. exd5 Nf4 10. Qe3 Nxd5 11. Qe4 $14
) 9. Bb2 Bd6 $5 {[%mdl 64] The young American is not afraid to take a
challenge and bravely sacrifices the pawn on g7.} (9... d4 10. e5 Ba6 11. d3
Be7 12. Qe4 $14) 10. Bxg7 Nf4 (10... Rg8 11. e5 (11. Bh6 Bf4 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13.
Nxg5 Nf4 14. Qe3 e5 15. h4 d4 $17) 11... Rxg7 12. exd6 Qd8 (12... Nf4 13. Qe5
Rxg2+ 14. Kh1 Ng6 15. Qh5 $14)) 11. Qe3 Rg8 12. e5 Nxg2 (12... Rxg7 $2 13. Qxf4
$16) 13. Qh6 (13. Kxg2 Bf8 14. Rg1 $11) 13... Ne1 (13... Nh4 $5 14. Kh1 (14.
exd6 Nf5 15. Qf6 Rxg7+ 16. Kh1 Qd8 $17) (14. Qxh4 Rxg7+ 15. Kh1 Be7 16. Qh5 $11
) 14... Nf5 15. Qf4 Rxg7 16. exd6 Qd8 $17) 14. exd6 Nxf3+ 15. Kh1 Ba6 (15...
Qd8 16. Qxh7 Kd7 17. Qh6 (17. Bb2 Qf8) 17... Ba6 18. d3 Kc8 19. Qh7 $11) 16. d3
Qd8 17. Nd2 $1 {In a very original position Sutovsky creatively finishes
development of the last light piece, the position is still roughly equal.} (17.
Qxh7 Kd7 $11) 17... Nxd2 18. Rg1 Qxd6 (18... Nf3 19. Bf6 Rxg1+ 20. Rxg1 Nxg1
21. Bxd8 $18) 19. Qxd2 O-O-O (19... d4 20. Rg5 c4 21. dxc4 c5 22. Rf1 Bb7+ 23.
f3 O-O-O 24. c3 $11) 20. Qh6 Bb7 $2 {This innaccuracy will cost Nakamura an
exchange.} (20... d4 $1 21. Qxh7 Qd5+ 22. Rg2 (22. Qe4 Qxe4+ 23. dxe4 Be2 24.
Rg3 f5 $11) 22... Qf3 23. Kg1 Qf4 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. dxe4 Be2 $11) (20... Rde8
21. Rae1 Bb7 22. Be5 Rxg1+ 23. Kxg1 $11) 21. Bf6 $1 Rxg1+ (21... d4 22. Qxh7
Qd5+ 23. Qe4 Rde8 24. Qxd5 cxd5 25. f4 $14) 22. Rxg1 Re8 (22... Rd7 $2 23. f4
$18) 23. Qxh7 Qf4 (23... Qd7 24. Rg7 $16) 24. Rg8 Qxf6 (24... Rxg8 $2 25. Qxg8+
Kd7 26. Qd8#) 25. Rxe8+ Kd7 26. Rg8 Qxf2 27. Qh3 c4 $6 {The last moment in
which the defender choses a second rate solution and his chances are rapidly
decreasing.} (27... Qxc2 28. Qf1 Kc7 29. Rg2 Qc3 30. Qxf7+ Kb6 31. Qxe6 Qxd3
32. Rf2 c4 $14) (27... d4 28. Qg2 Qe1+ 29. Qg1 Qe2 30. Rg2 Qh5 31. Qf2 $14) 28.
Qg2 Qf4 (28... Qe1+ 29. Qg1 Qe2 30. Qxa7 Qf3+ 31. Rg2 Qd1+ 32. Qg1 $18) 29. Rg3
Qc1+ (29... cxd3 30. cxd3 Qc1+ 31. Qg1 Qf4 32. Qxa7 $16) 30. Qg1 Qxc2 31. Qxa7
Qd1+ 32. Kg2 (32. Qg1 Qe2 33. bxc4 dxc4 34. Qb1 Ba6 35. d4 $14) 32... Qe2+ 33.
Qf2 cxd3 34. Qxe2 dxe2 35. Kf2 d4 36. h4 c5 37. h5 Be4 38. Kxe2 e5 39. h6 Kc6
40. a4 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1978.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 $5 Nc6 3. Bb2 Nf6 (3... e6 4. Nf3 d5 {e.g.} 5. Bb5 dxe4 6. Ne5)
(3... e5) 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 d6 (5... Nf4 $6 6. g3 Ne6 7. Bg2 g6 8. c3 $14 {
Czerniak-Janosevic, Beograd 1954}) (5... e6) 6. Bc4 dxe5 (6... Nb6 7. Be2 $14 (
7. e6 $5)) (6... Nf4 $5 7. O-O (7. g3 Ng6 8. exd6) 7... d5 8. Bb5 Bg4) 7. Nxe5
Nxe5 8. Bxe5 e6 (8... f6 9. Bb2 (9. Qf3 $2 Nb4) 9... e5 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qf3 $16
) (8... Nb4 $5 {(/\ 9...Nc6)} 9. Nc3 $1 Nc6 (9... Bf5 10. Qf3 $1) (9... f6 10.
Bg3 Bf5 11. Qf3 Nxc2+ 12. Kd1 Nd4 13. Qxb7 $16) 10. Qh5 $1 e6 (10... g6 11. Qe2
Nd4 (11... Nxe5 12. Qxe5 Qd4 13. Qxd4 cxd4 14. Nb5 Kd7 15. Nxd4 Bg7 16. c3 Bxd4
17. cxd4 Kd6 18. Ke2 $16) 12. Qe4 Bf5 13. Qxb7 Nxc2+ 14. Ke2 f6 15. Bxf6 $1) (
10... Nxe5 11. Qxe5 Qd6 12. Qxd6 exd6 13. Nb5 $16) 11. Nb5 $1) 9. Nc3 Nxc3 (
9... f6 10. Bg3 Nxc3 11. dxc3 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Be7 13. O-O Kf7 14. Bc7 {/\ 15.
Rfe1, 16.a4.}) (9... Bd6 $1 10. Bxg7 (10. Bb5+ Kf8 (10... Ke7 11. Bxg7 Rg8 12.
Bh6 $16)) 10... Rg8 11. Bh6 (11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bb5+ (12. Qe2+ Kd7 $1) 12... Bd7
13. Qe2+ Qe7) (11. Bxd5 exd5 12. Qe2+ Qe7 (12... Be6 13. Be5 $16 {e.g.} Rxg2 (
13... Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Rxg2 15. Nb5) 14. Bg3) (12... Kd7 $5 13. Qb5+ Ke6 (13...
Kc7 14. Nxd5+ Kb8 15. Bf6) 14. O-O-O $18) 13. Bf6 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Be6 $44) 11...
Qh4 $132) 10. Bxc3 $14 Bd7 11. O-O (11. Qh5 $1 b5 12. Bd3 Bc6 13. O-O Qd5 14.
Qh3 Be7 15. Rfe1 Bf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Be4 Qd6 18. Qf3 Bxe4 19. Qxf6 Qd4 (19...
Bxg2 $5)) 11... Bd6 $2 (11... Qc7) (11... Bc6 12. Qh5) (11... Qh4 $1 12. g3 Qh3
(12... Qh6 13. d4 $1) 13. Qf3 Bc6 14. Bb5 Rc8 15. Bxc6+ Rxc6 16. Qf4 Bd6 17.
Qg5 Rg8 18. Rfe1 Kd7 $14) 12. Qg4 $16 Rg8 13. Rae1 g6 14. f4 {/\ f4-f5} h5 (
14... Qc7 15. Qh4 h5 16. f5 $1) 15. Qh3 Qe7 (15... Kf8 16. f5 exf5 (16... gxf5
17. Rxf5 exf5 18. Qxh5 $18) 17. Qe3 g5 (17... f4 18. Rxf4 $1) 18. Qh3 h4 19.
Rxf5 $18) 16. f5 $1 gxf5 17. Rxf5 Rg6 (17... exf5 18. Rxe7+ Bxe7 19. Qxh5 $18 (
19. Qe3 $18)) 18. Rf2 (18. Rxh5 Bc6 19. Re2 O-O-O 20. Bd3) 18... Qg5 19. Bd3
$18 O-O-O (19... Rg8 20. Bh7 Rf8 21. Bf6 Qh6 22. Be4 $18) (19... Rh6 20. Qf3
O-O-O 21. Bf6 $18) 20. Rxf7 Rdg8 21. Bxg6 Qxg6 22. Rf6 Qxc2 23. Qxh5 Bc6 24.
Rf2 Qd3 25. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 2nd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2009.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2
d5 9. e5 d4 10. Be4 Qb6 {The queen move aspires to improve on the undesirable
score, that used to be achieved by the seemingly more logical knight move.} (
10... Nd5 11. d3 Be7 (11... dxc3 12. Nxc3 (12. bxc3 Be7 13. c4 Nb6 14. a3 Na4
15. Bd2 O-O 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Qd7 18. Rfb1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P (2713)
-Grischuk,A (2701)/Togliatti 2003 (41)}) 12... Nxc3 (12... Be7 13. Rd1 O-O 14.
d4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. h4 Na5 19. Bg5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S (2645)-Eljanov,P (2639)/Saint Vincent 2005 (72)}) (12...
Qd7 13. Rd1 Be7 14. d4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Rxd4 O-O 18. Bd3
Rfe8 19. Bd2 g6 20. Rg4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S (2644)-Moiseenko,A (2597)/
Moscow 2003 (42)}) 13. bxc3 Be7 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qd7 (15... Rb8 16. Rd1 Nb4
17. Bd2 Nd5 18. Qd3 g6 19. Bh6 $11 {0-1 Hracek,Z (2613)-Krasenkow,M (2661)/
Ostrava 2007 (47)}) 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 O-O 18. Bd2 a5 19. Rfa1 h6 20. h4 Ba6
21. Qe3 $11 {1-0 Morozevich,A (2742)-Van Wely,L (2697)/Monte Carlo 2002 (81)})
12. c4 $1 {The key idea indicating, that the central location of the knight
has also darker sides.} bxc4 (12... Nb6 13. Bf4 b4 (13... Qd7 14. Na3 b4 15.
Nc2 O-O-O 16. a3 a5 17. axb4 axb4 18. Ng5 Rdf8 19. Qh5 Qe8 20. Bf3 $16 {
1-0 Gaehler,M (2223)-Martinovic,S (2400)/Szeged 2007 (45)}) 14. Nbd2 Kd7 15.
Nb3 a5 16. a3 a4 17. axb4 axb3 18. b5 Qc7 19. bxc6+ Bxc6 20. Nd2 $16 {1-0
Burnett,R (2437)-Nguyen Anh Dung (2496)/Budapest 2000 (52)}) 13. dxc4 Nb6 14.
Ne1 Qc7 (14... Rb8 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. Nd3 a5 17. f4 Nb4 18. Nxb4 axb4 19. a4 Bxe4
20. Nxe4 O-O $14 {1-0 Fedorchuk,S (2592)-Ejsmont,K (2348)/Ustron 2006 (40)})
15. Nd2 (15. b3 Nd7 16. f4 O-O-O 17. Nd3 Rdg8 18. Nd2 h6 19. Bf3 g5 20. Ne4 Nb4
21. Nxb4 cxb4 $11 {1-0 Tolstikh,N (2405)-Michalek,J (2300)/Pardubice 1995 (32)}
) 15... Nd7 16. Nd3 Nb4 17. Nf3 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qc6 19. Qe2 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 $11 {
1-0 Gu Xiaobing (2339)-Yu,L (2328)/Lishui 2009 (71)}) 11. d3 (11. cxd4 Nxd4 12.
Nxd4 cxd4 13. d3 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Rc8 15. Nd2 Nc6 16. Nf3 Be7 17. Qg4 Kf8 18. Bd2
$16 {1-0 Cabrilo,G (2484)-Andrijevic,M (2402)/Sozina 2004 (47)}) 11... Rd8 12.
a4 Nd5 {Once again this logical move might not be the most promising. In the
future players may explore the intricacies of the dynamic solution with the
exchange on the c3-square.} (12... dxc3 $5 13. Nxc3 (13. bxc3 b4 14. Re1 (14.
Nbd2 Nd5 $11) 14... b3 15. Nbd2 Na5 $13) 13... b4 14. a5 Qc7 15. Na4 Nxa5 16.
Qc2 c4 17. Bxb7 b3 18. Qb1 Nxb7 19. dxc4 Qxc4 20. Be3 $14) 13. axb5 axb5 14.
cxd4 (14. Bd2 Be7 15. Na3 O-O 16. c4 bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qc7 18. Ng5 $14) 14... cxd4
(14... Nxd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Bd2 (16. Nd2 Be7 17. Nb3 O-O 18. Bd2 Nb4 19. Rfc1
$14) 16... Rc8 17. Ba5 Qc6 18. Nd2 Qc2 19. Qg4 $14) 15. Nbd2 Nf4 (15... Be7 16.
Nb3 h6 17. Bd2 b4 18. Rfc1 O-O 19. g3 $14) 16. Qd1 Nb4 $2 {[%mdl 32] Radjabov
neglects one of the main principles of strategy and jumps right into the
conflict zone before finishing his own development.} (16... Nd5 17. Nb3 Be7 18.
Bd2 Ndb4 (18... b4 19. Qe2 h6 $14) 19. Qe2 O-O 20. Ng5 (20. Rfc1 h6 21. g3 $14)
20... g6 21. Nxh7 Kxh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Qxg6+ $11 {1/2-1/2 Pahud,
C (2185)-Carron,J (2300)/Lausanne 2003 (29)}) (16... Ng6 17. Bxg6 (17. Re1 Bb4
18. Qb3 Nge7 $11) 17... hxg6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Bg5 O-O 20. Qe2 $14) 17. Nb3 $1
Bxe4 18. dxe4 Nfd3 (18... Ng6 19. Nfxd4 Nc6 20. Be3 Ncxe5 21. Ra5 $16) 19. Bg5
Rc8 {The necessity of the rook retreat does not bode well for Black's strategy.
} (19... Be7 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Qd2 Ke8 (21... h6 22. Nc1 $18) 22. Ra3 $16) 20.
Nfxd4 Nxb2 (20... h6 21. Bd2 Nxb2 22. Qg4 $16) 21. Qe2 (21. Qh5 Nc4 22. Rfd1 h6
(22... Nxe5 23. Ra5 Nbc6 24. Rxb5 Qa6 25. Ra1 Ba3 26. Nc5 $18) (22... Na6) 23.
Qh3 Na6 24. Be3 $14) 21... Nc4 22. Rfc1 Bc5 {It is not a big surprise, that
despite the seemingly firm build up on the queenside the black pieces actually
suffer from shaky legs.} (22... Be7 23. Nxb5 $1 Qxb5 (23... Bxg5 24. Rxc4 $18)
24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25. Ra7+ Ke8 26. Ra5 $1 Qb6 27. Rxc4 $16) 23. Nxb5 (23. Nxc5 $1
Qxc5 24. Be3 Nc6 (24... Qxe5 25. Rcb1 Qd6 (25... Nxe3 26. fxe3 $18) 26. Nxb5
Qd3 27. Qg4 Nxe3 28. Qxg7 Rf8 29. Rxb4 Nc2 30. Nc7+ Kd7 31. Nxe6 $18) 25. Nxb5
Qxb5 26. Qxc4 Qxc4 27. Rxc4 O-O 28. Rac1 $16) 23... O-O $2 {Radjabov does not
usually excel in the defence. This might be the reason why he missed the most
stubborn way to resist Carlsen's activity after his relatively soft move.} (
23... Qxb5 24. Ra5 $1 Qxa5 25. Nxa5 Nxa5 26. Qb5+ Nac6 27. Rxc5 $18) (23...
Bxf2+ $1 24. Qxf2 Qxb5 25. Nc5 $5 (25. Qd4 O-O 26. Be7 Rfe8 27. Bxb4 Qxb4 28.
Na5 Qxa5 29. Rxa5 Nxa5 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 $16) (25. Qe2 O-O 26. Nd4 Qxe5 $1 (26...
Qc5 27. Be3 Rfd8 28. Nf5 Qf8 29. Rxc4 exf5 30. exf5 $16) 27. Rxc4 Rxc4 28. Qxc4
Qxg5 29. Qxb4 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Qxe4 $16) 25... O-O $1 (25... h6 26. Be7 $3 Nxe5 (
26... Kxe7 27. Ra7+ Kd8 28. Rxc4 $18) 27. Bd6 Nc4 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Ra7 Qb6 30.
Bxb4 $18) 26. Be7 Rfe8 27. Bd6 Nxd6 28. exd6 Nd3 $1 29. Nxd3 Qxd3 30. e5 (30.
Rd1 Ra8 $1 31. e5 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Qc3 $14) 30... Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 f6 $14 {Black
would have kept excellent chances to hold the game.}) 24. Nxc5 Nxe5 (24... Rxc5
25. Be7 Qxb5 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Qxc4 $18) 25. Be7 {The catastrophe is complete,
Radjabov will lose loads of material and every right to continue with his
resistance.} (25. Be7 Rfe8 26. Nd6 Rxc5 (26... Rxe7 27. Nxc8 $18) 27. Rxc5 Qxc5
28. Nxe8 Qxe7 29. Ra8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 08th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2007.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2007.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 Nc6 8.
c3 Bc5 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 {Rublevsky is hoping to avoid the positions after 10.
Bb2, that seem to promise black equality.} (10. Bb2 dxc3 11. dxc3 (11. Bxc3 O-O
12. d4 d5 13. e5 a5 14. a3 {1/2 Balashov,Y (2550)-Dragomarezkij,E (2415)/
Kuopio 1992/}) 11... O-O 12. Qd2 (12. a3 Qh4 13. Ng3 Ne5 14. Qd6 f6 15. c4 Nf7
16. Qd2 d6 17. Rac1 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Bc7 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. c5 {1-0
Ehlvest,J (2445)-Sveshnikov,E (2535)/Kujbyshev 1986/ (59)}) 12... d5 13. Rad1
dxe4 14. Qf4 e5 $1 (14... Qf6 15. Qxe4 e5 16. Ng3 Be6 17. a4 Bb3 18. Rd7 Rad8
19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. a5 Bc7 21. a6 Bd5 {1/2 Polgar,J (2630)-Nunn,J (2630)/Monte
Carlo 1995/ (84)}) 15. Rxd8 (15. Qxe4 Bxf2+ $1 16. Kxf2 Qb6+ $15) 15... exf4
16. Rxf8+ Kxf8 17. Nxf4 $11) 10... a6 (10... dxc3 11. dxc3 O-O 12. a5 Bc7 13.
f4 d5 14. e5 f6 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Qd2 a6 18. Ba4 Rad8 19. Bc2 Be8
$2 20. f5 $1 $16 {1-0 Bachmann Schiavo,A (2448)-Valerga,D (2470)/Villa
Martelli 2006/ (49)}) 11. Bxc6 dxc6 (11... bxc6 $2 12. Nxd4 $16) 12. a5 Ba7 13.
cxd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qc2 $1 {The key move of white's concept. Black is
underdeveloped with modest prospects for his pieces so he has to bite the
bullet and eat the rooks.} (15. Rb1 Qxe4 16. Bb2 O-O $15) 15... Qxa1 (15... O-O
16. Bb2 Qd8 17. Ra3 $16) (15... Qxb4 16. Ra4 Qb5 17. Ba3 $16) 16. Bb2 Qxf1+ (
16... Qa2 17. Ra1 Qxa1+ 18. Bxa1 O-O 19. g4 $14) 17. Kxf1 O-O 18. g4 $1 {
[%mdl 1024] White is preparing for the attack against black's pawn structure
on dark squares to limit the bishop b2. If Rublevsky can get through black
will be unable to withstand the pressure on the dark squares.} (18. Qd3 f6 19.
e5 f5 20. f4 $16) 18... f6 (18... f5 19. g5 Bd7 20. Be5 $16) (18... e5 19. g5
f6 20. gxf6 gxf6 21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. f4 $16) 19. h4 (19. Qc4 Bd7 20. f4 Rf7 21. e5
$16) 19... e5 20. Qb3+ {Stealing the optimal square e6 from the black bishop.}
Rf7 (20... Kh8 21. g5 Bg4 22. gxf6 gxf6 23. Qe3 Rf7 24. f4 $16) 21. g5 Bd7 22.
gxf6 gxf6 23. d4 $1 exd4 (23... Re8 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Qg3+ (25. Bxe5 $6 Bg4 $1
26. Qg3 h5 $14) 25... Rg7 26. Qh2 Rge7 27. h5 $16 {and the possibility of
f2-f4 in the suitable moment makes black's position quite critical.}) 24. Bxd4
Re8 25. f3 Kg7 (25... Re6 26. Qc3 $16) 26. Qe3 h6 {Even though it prevents
Qg5+ black has created yet another wekaness on dark squares.} 27. Qf4 $6 (27.
h5 $1 Kh7 (27... Rg8 28. Qf4 Be6 29. e5 f5 30. Be3 Rh8 31. Qg3+ Kf8 32. Qg6 $18
) 28. Qf4 Rg8 29. Bxf6 Rg5 30. Qd6 Rxh5 31. Kf2 $18) 27... Kg6 28. Kf2 (28. Be3
Rh8 $16) 28... Be6 29. Be3 Rh8 30. Qd6 Bc8 31. f4 Bg4 32. h5+ $5 {Chessplayers
are sometimes hard to understand. White is playing a complicated move instead
of the simple and strong 32.f5+.} (32. f5+ Kh7 (32... Kh5 33. Qe6 Rhh7 34. Bd4
$18) 33. Qf4 h5 (33... Bh5 34. Qxh6+ Kg8 35. Qf4 $18) 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Qg6+ Kf8
36. Bc5+ Ke8 37. Ke3 (37. e5 $6 Bxf5 38. Qg3 $16) 37... Bh3 38. e5 fxe5 39.
Qe6+ $18) 32... Kh7 (32... Bxh5 33. f5+ Kh7 34. Qh2 Bd1 35. Qg1 $5 Bh5 36. Qh1
Bg4 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38. Qg6+ Rg7 39. Qxf6 Rh2+ 40. Kg1 Rh5 41. Bd4 $18) (32...
Kxh5 33. f5 $18) 33. f5 Rg8 34. Bd4 Re8 (34... Bxh5 35. Bxf6 Rg4 36. Ke3 $18) (
34... Rgf8 35. e5 Bxf5 (35... fxe5 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Bxe5+) 36. e6 $18) 35. Bxf6
Rxe4 36. Qd8 {Zhang Pengxiang has to part with an exchange and the position is
technically winning for white.} Rxf6 37. Qxf6 Bxh5 38. Qd6 Bf7 (38... Rg4 39.
f6 Kg6 40. Ke3 Rg2 41. f7+ Kxf7 42. Qf4+ Kg8 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Qxb7+ $18) 39.
Qc7 Kg7 40. Qxb7 Rf4+ 41. Ke3 Rxf5 42. Qxa6 Re5+ (42... Bd5 43. Qb6 Rf3+ 44.
Kd2 $18) 43. Kd4 Rb5 44. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 {Black has build up a
good defence of the knight on c6. Unfortunately his pieces are obstructing
natural development. The move of the knight to d4 aims to complicate the
occupation of the centre.} 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. d3 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 {The
development of the bishop seems natural, but it does not contribute to solving
the the question of the kingside arrangement. More players have trusted the
logical jump of the knight to c6, since the bishop move can be made at any
moment.} (9... Ng6 10. a4 Bb7 11. Nd2 Bc5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Qh5
Qc8 15. Nf3 h6 16. h4 O-O 17. Bd2 Rd8 18. Nh2 Bd6 19. Qxb5 Nxh4 $14 {1-0 (40)
Sutovsky,E (2703)-Midonet,M Caleta 2012}) (9... Nc6 10. Nd2 (10. Qg4 Qf6 11.
Nd2 h5 12. Qe2 g5 13. e5 Qg6 14. Qe4 g4 15. Qxg6 fxg6 16. f4 Bb4 17. Re2 Bxd2
18. Bxd2 Ne7 19. Bb4 Nf5 20. Bc5 Bb7 21. c3 dxc3 22. bxc3 h4 $11 {1/2 (44)
Ulibin,M (2518)-Petrosian,T (2606) Cappelle la Grande 2008 Ambitious and
interesting concept for Black.}) (10. f4 Be7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. Kh1
Rc8 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Qe2 Bc5 16. a4 b4 17. f5 Be7 18. Bg5 Qd8 19. Bf4 Bc5 20.
Bg5 Be7 21. Bf4 Bc5 22. Bg5 {1/2 (22) Horvath,A (2476)-Nedev,T (2476)
Kallithea 2002}) 10... g6 (10... Be7 11. Qh5 O-O 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. Bd2 Bb7 14.
Qg4 {1/2 (14) Meier,G (2558)-So,W (2531) Yerevan 2007}) 11. a4 (11. Nf3 Bg7 12.
Bg5 Qb6 13. e5 h6 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. c3 g5 16. Bg3 dxc3 17. bxc3 Ne7 18. d4 Rc8
19. Rc1 Nf5 20. Qd3 O-O 21. h4 Nxg3 22. fxg3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 d6 $11 {1-0 (40)
Glek,I (2566)-Sherbakov,R (2544) Tomsk 2001}) 11... Bb7 12. e5 Be7 (12... Qc7
13. f4 Na5 {1/2 (13) Ulibin,M (2580)-Rowson,J (2512) Stockholm 2002}) 13. f4 d6
14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Ng5 Bf6 18. Qg4 Ne7 19. axb5 axb5 20.
Rxa8 Bxa8 21. Bb4 $14 {1-0 (35) Iordachescu,V (2603)-Moiseenko,A (2649)
Zlatibor 2006 This natural and logical development for White might have been
the reason that Black was looking for alternatives.}) 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. f4 Na5 {
Gelfand is striving to gain the medium term advantage of the two bishops, but
after the strong tactical response by White this ambition will fail.
Development with the help of 11...Qc7 looks much more natural.} (11... Qc7 12.
Nf3 Bd6 13. g3 $11) 12. Bd5 $1 Be7 (12... exd5 $2 13. exd5+ Be7 14. d6 Nc6 15.
dxe7 Nxe7 16. Qe2 $16) (12... Bc6 13. a3 Be7 14. Ba2 Bb7 $13) 13. Bxb7 Nxb7 14.
Nf3 Qb6 15. Qe2 Na5 $6 {Once again Black is stepping with the knight to the
dubious square a5 in order to return to c6. It happens at the moment, when the
position might have still been close to equal if Black would try to finish his
development.} (15... O-O 16. Qf2 Bc5 17. a3 a5 18. f5 f6 19. Bd2 Qc7 $11) 16.
Qf2 Bc5 17. a3 b4 {The fact that Black is forced to play this unseemly move is
indicating that his opening strategy was not fully successful.} (17... Nc6 18.
b4 Be7 19. Bb2 $16) 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Rf1 (19. c3 Nb3 20. Ra4 Bc5 21. cxd4 Bb4
22. Bd2 Nxd2 23. Nxd2 $14) 19... Bc5 {The latest challenger for the world
crown was clearly having an unlucky day. The slow play in the opening,
unfinished development and the sorry bundle of pieces on the queenside have
brought him to the edge of catastrophe.} (19... O-O 20. Nxd4 Bc5 21. Be3 Nc6
22. Ra4 $14) 20. f5 $1 (20. Qg3 $5 O-O 21. f5 f6 22. Bh6 Rf7 23. e5 $16) 20...
f6 (20... Nc6 21. Qg3 Bf8 22. fxe6 dxe6 23. Bd2 (23. Ng5 Ra7 24. Ra4 Bb4 25.
Qh3 Qb5 $14) 23... a5 24. Ra4 Qb8 25. Bf4 Qxb2 26. Bd6 $16) 21. fxe6 {Caruana
is an exceptionally gifted player, in recent months he has begun to gain
recognition on the highest level. His solution in the critical moment is
suggestive of great fantasy, but it clearly lacks in pure discipline. The
position was ripe for the direct attack and at least two other moves can be
considered more dangerous for the opponent.} (21. Qg3 $5 Rg8 (21... O-O 22. Bh6
Rf7 23. e5 Bf8 24. fxe6 dxe6 25. Ng5 $1 $16) (21... Bf8 22. e5 O-O-O 23. Nd2
$16) 22. fxe6 dxe6 23. Qh3 Kd7 24. Qxh7 $16) (21. e5 O-O 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Nh4
$16) 21... dxe6 22. b4 $1 Bxb4 23. Rb1 Qc5 (23... Nc6 $2 24. c3 $18) 24. Nxd4
e5 (24... Bc3 25. Be3 Qc8 26. Ne2 $16) 25. Ne6 {White was surely content about
the fact that he is winning the pawn by force. Objectively more dangerous for
Black would have been to attack the kingside at the cost of exchange sacrifice.
} (25. Nf5 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Bf8 27. Bd2 Nc6 28. Rb7 Rg8 29. Ra1 $14) (25. Rxb4 $5
Qxb4 26. Nf5 O-O 27. Bd2 Qa4 28. Bh6 Rf7 29. Bxg7 $16) 25... Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Kf7
27. Rxb4 (27. Ng5+ fxg5 28. Rxb4 Rhb8 $14) 27... Kxe6 28. Rb6+ Kd7 29. Bd2 Nc6
30. Rb7+ Ke6 31. Rxg7 a5 {From afar this position must have seemed very
attractive. In reality White's advantage is limited by the counterplay with
Black's passed a-pawn. Gelfand can put up serious resistance.} 32. Ra1 (32. Rc7
Kd6 33. Rb7 Rab8 $14) 32... Rhb8 33. Ra2 (33. Rxh7 Rb2 34. Rc1 Nd4 35. Bc3
Rxc2+ 36. Rxc2 Nxc2 $14) 33... h5 34. Rc7 Rc8 (34... Kd6 35. Rh7 Nb4 36. Bxb4+
Rxb4 37. Rh6 $16) 35. Rb7 (35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. c3 $16) 35... Rcb8 36. Rh7 Rh8 (
36... a4 $1 37. Rxh5 a3 38. Bc1 Nb4 39. Rxa3 Rxa3 40. Bxa3 Nxc2 41. Bc5 Rb5 $14
) 37. Rxh8 Rxh8 38. Rb2 Ra8 39. c3 Rb8 {[%mdl 4096] The defender was correctly
sensing, that Caruana will not have an easy task even in the endgame without
rooks. Even so the decision to offer the swap of the rooks right before the
time control is somewhat risky. Objectively better might have been the advance
of the a-pawn.} (39... a4 40. Ra2 f5 41. exf5+ Kxf5 42. Kf3 Ne7 $14) 40. Rxb8 (
40. Ra2 f5 41. exf5+ Kxf5 $14) 40... Nxb8 41. Bc1 Nd7 42. Ba3 f5 43. exf5+ Kxf5
44. c4 (44. Kf3 Ke6 45. c4 Nf6 $14) 44... e4 {Black will never feel
comfortable again in this game. There is no continuation that would secure a
truly promising defence.} (44... Nb8 45. Ke3 Nc6 46. Bc5 a4 47. Kd2 e4 48.
dxe4+ Kxe4 49. Kc3 $16) 45. Ke3 (45. d4 Nb6 $1 46. c5 Nd5 47. c6 Ke6 $14) 45...
exd3 46. Kxd3 Ne5+ (46... Ke5 47. Bb2+ Kd6 48. Kd4 Nf6 49. h3 Nd7 50. Ba3+ $16)
47. Kd4 Ke6 48. c5 {Caruana had enough time to grasph that his road to victory
will not be easy at all. In the endgame on the edge between a draw and a win
the choice of the further course of action is not an easy one. White probably
felt that his chances after the tempting 48.Kc5!? would not be sufficiently
real.} (48. Kc5 $5 Ng4 49. h3 Ne3 50. Kb5 Nxg2 51. c5 Kd7 52. c6+ Kc7 53. Bb2
Nh4 54. Be5+ Kc8 55. Kxa5 $16) 48... Nc6+ 49. Kc4 Ne5+ 50. Kd4 (50. Kb5 Kd5 $14
) 50... Nc6+ 51. Ke4 Ne5 52. Bb2 Nc4 (52... Nc6 53. g3 a4 54. h3 $16) 53. Bc3
$6 {Caruana is logically hoping to use the king advance towards the weak pawn
h5. Sometimes it is advisable to make an exception and the retreat of the
bishop to c1 promised better chances for converting the advantage.} (53. Bc1 $1
a4 54. Kd4 Ne5 55. Ba3 Nc6+ 56. Kc4 Ne5+ 57. Kb5 Kd5 58. Kxa4 Kc6 $16) 53... a4
54. h4 (54. Kd4 Na3 55. Ba5 Kd7 56. Kd5 Nc2 57. c6+ Ke7 58. Kc4 a3 59. Kb3 Nd4+
60. Kxa3 Nxc6 $14) 54... a3 55. c6 a2 56. Kf4 Nd6 $2 {Black is intuitively
defending against the threat Kg5 and loses precious time. It is quite tragic
in the moment when the position was already drawn after the correct 56...Kd6!}
(56... Kd6 $1 57. g4 (57. Kg5 Ne3 58. g3 Nf1 $11) 57... hxg4 58. h5 g3 59. Kxg3
Ne3 60. Ba1 Nf5+ 61. Kf4 Nh6 62. Kg5 Ng8 63. Kg6 Kxc6 64. Kg7 Ne7 65. Kf7 Nf5
$11) 57. Ba1 Kd5 58. c7 Kc6 59. Kg5 {A very interesting game with difficult
choices at several moments.} (59. Kg5 Kxc7 60. Kxh5 Kd7 61. Kg6 Ke6 62. h5 Nf7
63. h6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. Ng5 e5 (7...
Ng6 8. f4 c4 $5 9. dxc4 Ba6 10. b3 Nxf4 (10... Bc5 11. e5 d5 12. exd6 Bxd6 13.
O-O O-O-O 14. Nc3 Rhe8 15. Nce4 Bf8 16. Nxh7 Bb4 17. a3 Ba5 18. Nhg5 {1-0
Anand,V (2779)-Radjabov,T (2728)/Mainz 2006/ (57)}) 11. Qf3 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qxg5
13. Bxf4 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Nc3 Be7 {Bauer,Ch-Nataf,I/Besancon/2006/}) ({and
} 7... h6 8. Nh3 g6 9. f4 Bg7 10. c4 e5 11. Nc3 d5 12. O-O O-O 13. g4 exf4 14.
Bxf4 Qd7 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Rae1 Nc6 17. Nxd5 Nd4 18. Qg2 Qxg4 $11 {Ponomariov,
R-Anand,V/Linares/2003/}) 8. f4 {Grischuk rushes the opening of the play,
since the black pieces are somewhat artificially developed.} (8. O-O h6 9. Nh3
g5 $1 10. f3 d6 $15 {Marcelin - Lautier, France 2003}) 8... exf4 9. O-O Ng6 10.
Qh5 d6 (10... h6 $2 11. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 12. Bxf4 $18) (10... Bd6 11. g3 Ba6 12.
gxf4 Rf8 13. e5 Be7 14. Nc3 O-O-O 15. Nge4 f5 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 d6 18. Be3
dxe5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 $11 {1-0 Bologan,V (2679)-Lautier,J (2676)/Reykjavik 2004/ 
(46)}) 11. Bxf4 h6 $2 {A serious mistake at the moment, when the defender can
decide between two better continuations. Shirov could have obtained surprising
chances with the help of seemingly risky exchange of the second bishop.} (11...
Be7 12. Nd2 (12. Nxf7 O-O $1 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 c4 $15) 12...
Bxg5 13. Qxg5 f6 14. Qg3 Nxf4 15. Qxf4 O-O $11) (11... Nxf4 $5 12. Rxf4 g6 13.
Qf3 (13. Qh4 $2 h6 $1 14. Nxf7 (14. Rxf7 $2 hxg5 $17) 14... Rh7 $1 $17) 13...
Bg7 $1 14. Rxf7 (14. Nd2 $5 O-O $15) 14... Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Qd8 16. Nxh7 Bf5 17.
Rxf5 (17. Rb7 Bd7 $15) 17... gxf5 18. Qh5+ Kd7 19. Qxf5+ Kc7 20. Ng5 $13) 12.
Nxf7 $1 {This positional sacrifice promises to White better play practically
without risk.} Qxf7 13. Bxd6 Qe6 14. Bxf8 (14. Qxc5 $6 Qxd6 15. Rxf8+ Qxf8 16.
Qxc6+ Kd8 17. Qxa8 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Qxc2 $17) (14. Rxf8+ Rxf8 15. Qxc5 Ne7 $15)
14... Rxf8 15. Nd2 Bd7 16. Qxc5 {Grischuk had no desire to offer his creative
opponent chances to generate counterplay after the long castling.} (16. Nc4
O-O-O 17. Qxc5 Kb8 $13) 16... Qe7 (16... Nf4 17. Kh1 (17. g3 $6 Ne2+ 18. Kh1
Nxg3+ $1 19. hxg3 Qh3+ 20. Kg1 Qxg3+ $11) 17... Qe7 $14) 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 18.
Rf1+ Kg8 (18... Ke8 19. Qc4 $14) 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Nb3 $1 Rd8 21. Nc5 {White
has managed to locate his knight on the domineering square.} Bc8 22. Kf2 Rf8+
23. Ke2 Rxf1 {The board was offering just one open file, so sooner or later it
would have been necessary to swap the rooks.} (23... Bg4+ 24. Ke1) 24. Kxf1 {
[%mdl 4096]} Ng6 25. b4 Kf7 26. Ke2 Nf4+ 27. Kf3 Ne6 28. Nb3 $1 {[%mdl 1024]
The refusal to exchange the knight looks like a wise decision. White should
advance his pawns and two enemy pieces are suffering from the lack of space
for the manoeuver. Shirov is unable to give up the piece for three pawns, the
concept that could save the game.} Ke7 29. Ke3 Kd6 30. d4 Nc7 31. c4 $1 Be6 32.
Kd3 {White has to play very carefully. The immediate advance of the d pawn
would give Black a chance to fullfil his dream.} (32. d5 $2 cxd5 33. cxd5 Bxd5
$1 34. exd5 Nxd5+ 35. Kd4 Nxb4 $11) 32... Bg8 33. a4 Ne6 34. g3 Ng5 35. Nd2 $1
{Another exact move, otherwise the defender could cleverly give up the piece.}
(35. h4 $6 Bxc4+ 36. Kxc4 Nxe4 $11) 35... a6 36. h4 Nh3 $6 {In a desperate
search for counterplay Shirov is stretching the matter too far. Kasparov
visisted the Tal memorial and remarked: It is even not clear, which one of the
black pieces on g8 or h3 is worse!} (36... Ne6 37. d5 Nc7 38. Kd4 $16) 37. Ke3
$1 g5 38. d5 cxd5 39. exd5 gxh4 40. gxh4 Bh7 {Due to the knight at the edge of
the board the defender can not realistically think about giving up the bishop
for two pawns.} (40... Bxd5 41. cxd5 Kxd5 42. Kf3 Ng1+ (42... Ke5 43. b5 axb5
44. axb5 Kd5 45. Ne4 $1 Ng1+ 46. Kf2 Nh3+ (46... Kxe4 47. b6 $18) 47. Kg3 Ng1
48. Nc3+ Kc5 49. Kg2 $18) 43. Kf2 Nh3+ 44. Ke3 Ng1 45. Nf3 Nh3 (45... Nxf3 46.
Kxf3 Kc4 47. b5 axb5 48. axb5 Kxb5 49. Kg4 $18) 46. Nd4 $1 Kc4 47. b5 axb5 48.
axb5 Kc5 49. Kf3 $1 $18) 41. Ne4+ (41. Kd4 Nf4 42. c5+ Kd7 43. Nc4 $16) 41...
Ke5 {Three connected passed pawns can be stronger than a rook. In case of the
piece swap the knight from f2 would certainly not be able to match them.} (
41... Bxe4 42. Kxe4 Nf2+ 43. Kd4 $18) 42. Nc5 Nf4 43. d6 $1 Ne6 (43... Ng2+ 44.
Kf2 Kxd6 45. Kxg2 Bg8 46. Nxa6 Bxc4 47. Nc5 $18) 44. d7 Nd8 45. Nxa6 Kd6 46.
Nc5 Bg8 47. Kd4 Nc6+ 48. Kc3 {White is already operating with four connected
pawns for the piece, the game is over.} Ke7 49. b5 Ne5 50. b6 Nxd7 51. b7 {
Grischuk was so delighted by his creation, that he declared the game to be his
best ever achievement.} (51. b7 Nb8 52. a5 Kd6 53. a6 Kxc5 54. a7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 e5 {The advance of the pawn from the square e6 is a radical twist in the
strategical solution of the situation. It had not previously been witnessed in
the games of strong players.} 9. Nb3 d6 10. Nc3 f5 11. f4 $1 {Ponomariov rises
to the challenge and due to the development advantage quickly opens the
position despite the bishop pair being in the hands of his opponent.} (11. f3
f4 $5 12. Nd5 Be7 13. Qd3 Be6 $11) (11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Nd5 Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14.
Bb6 Qd7 $11) 11... g6 $2 (11... Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nd5 Be6 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15.
exf5 Bxf5 16. Nb6 $14) 12. fxe5 dxe5 (12... Nxe5 13. Be3 $16) 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8
14. Bg5+ $2 {Shirov's catastrophic reaction to the crises in the opening would
deserve severe punishment. Both super grandmasters have missed the fact that
Black would be confronted with insurmountable problems after the strong
centralisation of the knight.} (14. Nd5 $1 Bd6 (14... f4 15. Rd1 Bg4 16. Rd3
$16) (14... Be7 15. Be3 f4 16. Bb6+ Kd7 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. Nxf4 exf4 19. Bc5 $16)
15. Bg5+ Ke8 16. Rad1 Bb8 17. Be3 f4 18. Bf2 Be6 19. Nc5 $16) 14... Ke8 15.
exf5 Bxf5 (15... gxf5 16. Bf6 Rg8 17. Bxe5 $16) 16. Nd5 (16. Bf6 Rg8 17. Bxe5
Kf7 18. Nd5 Rd8 $14) 16... Kf7 17. Rf1 $1 h6 18. Bh4 Kg8 {Black was able to
weather the storm and at the transition to the middlegame his chances are only
somewhat worse.} (18... h5 $1 19. Rad1 b5 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Nd7 Rc8 $13) 19. c3 (
19. Ne3 Be6 20. Rf6 Bf7 21. Raf1 Rh7 $11) 19... Bd3 (19... a5 $1 20. Rae1 a4
21. Nd2 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Rf8 $13) 20. Rfe1 g5 21. Bg3 Rd8 22. Nf6+ Kf7 23. Ng4 $1 {
[%mdl 2048] White is excellently exploiting the fact that his opponent is
still struggling to finish his development and coordinate his pieces.} e4 (
23... Bg7 24. Nxe5+ Nxe5 25. Bxe5 $16) 24. Nf2 Be7 25. Nxe4 Bc4 $2 {The
disadvantage of playing with fire is that the room for tolerable mistakes is
becoming much more narrow. It was necessary to centralise the rook with some
compensation for the missing pawn.} (25... Rd5 26. Bf2 Rhd8 27. Nbc5 $14) 26.
Nbc5 $1 Bxc5+ (26... b6 27. Nb7 $1 $18) (26... b5 27. b3 Bd5 28. Nxa6 $16) 27.
Nxc5 Kg6 28. b3 Bf7 29. Nxb7 {Now two pawns are already missing and
counterplay remains at the level of a pipe dream.} Rd2 (29... Rd3 30. c4 $18)
30. Nd6 (30. Red1 $5 Re2 31. Rd6+ Kh5 32. Rf1 Be8 33. Nc5 $18) 30... Bd5 31.
Ne4 Rc2 (31... Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Rc8 33. Re6+ Kg7 34. a4 $18) 32. c4 Bxe4 33. Rxe4
{On top of all his troubles, Black has to face the difference in the strength
of the bishop against the short legged knight.} Nb4 (33... Rf8 34. Re6+ Rf6 35.
Rxf6+ Kxf6 36. Rd1 $18) 34. Re6+ Kf5 35. Rd6 Rxa2 (35... Nxa2 36. Rf1+ Kg4 37.
Be1 Kh5 38. h3 $18) 36. Rf1+ Ke4 37. Re1+ Kf5 38. h3 {The final punishment is
cruel. Black king is not able to get away from the mating net.} (38. h3 Ra5 39.
c5 $1 Rxc5 40. Bf2 Rc6 (40... Rcc8 41. g4+ Kf4 42. Rf6#) 41. g4+ Kf4 42. Rd4+
Kf3 43. Re3#) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.13"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Nd7 (7...
Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 (10... Nd7 11. Ncd5 (11. Ned5 Nb6 12. Nxb6
Qxb6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Nb4 15. Bc4 Rad8 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 d5 18. exd5
Nxd5 19. Rf5 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Babula,V/Prague 2001/ (54)}) (11. g3 Nb6 12. Ncd5
(12. f4 Nxc4 13. dxc4 exf4 14. gxf4 f5 15. exf5 Bc8 16. Ncd5 Nd4 17. b3 Nxf5
18. Bb2 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Lautier,J/Biel 2001/ (25)}) 12...
Nxc4 13. dxc4 g6 14. Bd2 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Bf6 17. Qh5 Qd7 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6
19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Ng4 fxg4 21. Rxf6 Qxd2 22. Rxe6 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Qe4+ 24. Kg1
Qe3+ 25. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Nedev,T/Panormo 2001/ (25)}) 11... Nb6 12.
Nxb6 axb6 13. Nd5 Na5 14. a4 Nxc4 15. dxc4 Bd7 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. b3
Rae8 19. Be3 Kh8 20. Rad1 Qe6 21. Nd5 {1-0 Hracek,Z-Antic,D/Herceg Novi 2001/ 
(38)}) 11. a3 Nd7 12. g3 Nb6 13. Ba2 Bg5 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 Bf6 16. Kh1 Bxc3
17. bxc3 Bxa2 18. Rxa2 d5 {0-1 Kutuzovic,B-Shariyazdanov,A/Zadar 1998/ (40)})
8. Nd5 Nb6 9. Nxb6 (9. Nfe3 Nxc4 10. Nxc4 Be6 $11) (9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10. Bb3 Nd4
$11) 9... axb6 (9... Qxb6 10. Ne3 $14) 10. c3 O-O 11. Ne3 Bg5 12. O-O Kh8 (
12... Be6 $5 13. Bb3 (13. Bd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. c4 b5 $11) 13... Re8 $13)
13. Bd2 Bxe3 14. fxe3 (14. Bxe3 Be6 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18.
Qh5 $14) 14... Qe7 15. Bd5 Be6 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qc2 {White is comfortably
better, but finds it difficult to improve his position.} (17. Qxb6 $2 Ra6 18.
Qb5 Bd7 $19) 17... Qc7 18. h3 (18. c4 $5 Nc6 19. Rf3 Bxd5 20. exd5 Ne7 21. Qb3
$14) (18. Rf3 $6 c4 $1 19. d4 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nb3 $15) 18... h6 19. c4 Nc6 20.
Qd1 Bxd5 21. exd5 Ne7 22. a4 (22. Qh5 f5 23. a4 Qd7 24. b3 Rf6 25. d4 $1 $14)
22... f5 23. Bc3 $6 (23. Qh5 Rf6 24. b3 Raf8 25. Rf2 $14) 23... Rf7 24. Qb3 (
24. Qh5 Raf8 25. Rf2 $14) 24... Ng6 25. Rf2 Raf8 26. Raf1 f4 27. Bd2 (27. Qb5
Qe7 28. e4 f3 29. g3 Qc7 (29... Qg5 30. Kh2 Qe3 31. Qxb6 Qxd3 32. Qxd6 Qxe4 33.
Qxc5 Qd3 34. Re1 $16) 30. Kh2 $14) 27... f3 $1 {Anand faces serious problem,
but despite everything his chances were probably still quite promising.} 28.
Rxf3 $2 (28. gxf3 Qd7 29. Kh2 Rf5 $40) (28. g3 $1 Qd7 (28... e4 29. dxe4 Qe7
30. Bc3 $1 (30. Qxb6 $2 Ne5 31. b3 Nd3 $17) 30... Qxe4 31. Qxb6 Rd7 32. Qb3 $16
) 29. Kh2 Rf5 30. g4 R5f6 31. e4 $16) 28... Rxf3 29. gxf3 (29. Rxf3 Rxf3 30.
gxf3 Nh4 31. Qd1 Qf7 32. Kf2 Qf5 33. e4 Qxh3 34. Qe2 (34. Ke3 g5 $17) 34... g5
$17) 29... Qc8 30. Kh2 (30. Kg2 Nh4+ 31. Kg3 Rf6 32. Rf2 Qf5 33. f4 Rg6+ 34.
Kh2 Qh5 $19) 30... Rf5 31. f4 Rh5 32. f5 (32. Rf3 Qg4 33. Rg3 Qe2+ 34. Rg2 Qf3
35. Rg3 Qf2+ 36. Rg2 Rxh3+ $1 37. Kxh3 Qh4#) 32... Rxf5 33. Qd1 Qf8 34. Rxf5
Qxf5 35. Qe2 (35. e4 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Nh4 $19) 35... e4 $1 {Black does an
excellent job with his dominating pieces, white's pawn structure will suffer
too much.} 36. Qg4 (36. dxe4 Qe5+ 37. Kh1 Qxb2 $1 (37... Qxe4+ $6 38. Qg2 Qd3
39. Bc3 Kh7 40. Qg4 $11) 38. Kg2 Qc2 $19) 36... Qxg4 37. hxg4 Ne5 38. Kg3 (38.
dxe4 Nf3+ 39. Kg2 Nxd2 40. e5 Nxc4 $19) 38... exd3 39. b3 g6 40. e4 h5 41. gxh5
(41. g5 h4+ 42. Kg2 h3+ 43. Kxh3 Nf3 44. Bc3+ Kg8 45. e5 dxe5 $19) 41... gxh5
42. Kf2 h4 (42... h4 43. Bf4 h3 44. Ke3 Kg7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Ganguly, Surya Sekhar "]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Paraguay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PAR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 e5 {A rarely played line at top level.
Although it has been tried by Carlsen and Kramnik it never gained popularity
and that is for a specific reason. As we will see this game demonstrates quite
nicely why this line never got that much attention from the black side.} 5.
Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 {It's a bit surprising that Black started to think after
this move despite this being one of the main moves and more importantly the
one which had been played by Anand himself against Kramnik back in 2003.} Nxe4
7. Nxe4 Qd4 8. Qe2 Qxe5 9. f4 Qe7 ({The aforementioned Anand - Kramnik game
continued in the following way...} 9... Qxf4 10. d4 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qe7 {½-½ (40)
Anand,V (2753)-Kramnik,V (2807) Monte Carlo 2003, and White had great
compensation.}) 10. f5 Bd7 $6 (10... g6 {This is by far the best move and was
seen in a correspondence game which went} 11. fxg6 (11. O-O $5 Bxf5 12. Nd6+
Kd7 13. Qxe7+ Bxe7 14. Nxf5 {also gives White a slight edge}) 11... hxg6 12. d3
Bg7 13. Bg5 Qe6 14. O-O {½-½ (39) Nekhaev,A (2514)-Klügel,D (2507) ICCF
2016, and White had slightly better position.}) 11. O-O $1 (11. Nd6+ {leads
nowhere.} Kd8 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Nxb7 Bxf5) 11... O-O-O 12. d3 $16 {Now White
has a clear target on the queenside and his king is safer than its counterpart.
} c4 {A new move which doesn't change the fact that Black has a horrible
position.} (12... Re8 13. Bf4 Qd8 14. Bg3 $16 {0-1 (72) Kozganbayev,E (2362)
-Ismagambetov,A (2508) Astana 2014}) 13. Be3 {Strong but there was a much
stronger move than this} (13. Qf2 $1 {Keeping the options open for the
c1-bishop and making Black's life much more difficult} c5 (13... Kb8 14. Be3)
14. Re1 $1 {basically kills!} Qe5 15. Bg5 f6 16. Nxf6 Qxf5 17. Nxd7 Qxg5 18.
Re5 {followed by Nc5 and White's position is crushing.}) 13... Qe5 14. Qf2 $1
cxd3 (14... b6 15. a4 {doesn't look that promising either.}) 15. cxd3 Be8 {
When one has to play moves like this it is clear something has gone horribly
wrong.} 16. Bxa7 $1 Rxd3 17. Rae1 {With all White's forces together and
Black's pieces hardly developed there is no way Black can save the game.} Bd6 (
17... Bd7 18. Nc3 Qa5 (18... Qf6 19. Qc2 $18) 19. Bb6 Qa6 20. Re4 $18 {[%cal
Ge4a4]}) 18. Nxd6+ (18. g3 {would also suffice.}) 18... Qxd6 19. Bc5 (19. Bb6
Rd5) 19... Qd5 20. Bb6 $1 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Bd7 $2 (20... c5 {was the last chance
to activate the bishop.} 21. Rc1 Bc6 22. Rxc5 Rd2 23. Rxd5 Rxf2 24. Rfd1 Bxd5
25. Kxf2 Bc6 26. g4 $16) 21. Re7 Rd1 22. h3 {Not in a hurry.} Rxf1+ 23. Qxf1
Qd6 (23... Qd2 24. Qf3) 24. Qe1 $1 {The killer blow. Nothing stops the queen
anymore.} c5 25. Qa5 Qd4+ 26. Kh1 {A very smooth and instructive game by Anand.
} 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Georgiev,Ki"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Qc7 (7...
d5 $5 8. exd5 $140 exd5 9. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Qh5 Be6 12. Re1 Be7
$1 13. Rxe6 Nf4 $19) 8. h3 Be7 9. d3 Nc6 $146 (9... O-O 10. Re1 (10. Nxd4 cxd4
11. Ne2 Nxe4 12. Nxd4 $11) 10... d6 11. Bg5 $13) 10. Re1 d6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Bg3
b6 13. e5 (13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Qd2 $11) 13... dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bd6 15. Nxc6 (15. f4
Nd4 $5 (15... Bb7)) 15... Bxg3 16. fxg3 Qxc6 17. g4 (17. Qf3 $5 Bb7 (17... Qc7
$5 18. Qxa8 Bb7 19. Qa7 (19. Qxf8+ Kxf8 20. Re3 $15) 19... Ra8 20. Qxa8+ Bxa8
21. Re3) 18. Qxc6 Bxc6 19. g4 $11) 17... Bb7 18. Qe2 (18. Qd2 $5 Nd5 $140 $6 (
18... Rad8) 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. d4 $14) 18... Nd5 $1 19. Bxd5 (19. Nxd5 exd5 20.
Bb3 Rae8 21. Qf3 Re6 $15) 19... exd5 20. Qf2 d4 21. Ne4 Rae8 $15 22. Re2 Re6
23. b3 h6 24. Rae1 Qc7 25. Ng3 (25. g5 $1 Bxe4 (25... hxg5 26. Nxg5 Rf6 27. Qh4
Rh6 28. Qf2 $11) 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 hxg5 28. Qf5 $44) 25... Rfe8 26. Rxe6
Rxe6 27. Rxe6 $2 (27. Nf5 $142 Kh7 28. Qd2 $15) 27... fxe6 28. Nh5 Qe5 29. Qg3
$6 (29. Nf4 Kh7 $17) 29... Qxg3 30. Nxg3 {[%csl Gb7,Rg3]} Kf7 31. Kf2 g6 32.
Nf1 e5 33. Nd2 Ke6 34. h4 Bd5 35. Nc4 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Nd2 Bc6 38. g3 e4 $1
39. dxe4 Ke5 40. g5 h5 $1 41. Kf3 Bd7 42. Ke2 Be6 43. Kd3 Bg4 44. Nf1 (44. c3
dxc3 45. Kxc3 Be2 $19 (45... Bd1 $19)) 44... c4+ 45. bxc4 bxc4+ 46. Kd2 c3+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Galego, Luis"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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 "Portugal"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. d3 Ng6 7. Ng5 e5 (7...
Be7 8. Qh5 d6 9. f4 Bxg5 10. fxg5 e5 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. h3 O-O 14. Rf2
Kh8 15. b3 Qe7 16. Nf1 a5 17. Ng3 a4 18. Raf1 $16 {1-0 Rozentalis,E-Hansen,S/
Castrop Rauxel GER 2001/The Week in Chess 335 (39). (38)}) (7... h6 8. Nh3 e5
9. f4 exf4 10. Nxf4 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 d6 12. Qf3 Be6 13. Qg3 g5 14. Bd2 Rg8 15. Bc3
Rg6 16. Nd2 h5 17. Nc4 h4 18. Qe1 Be7 19. Ne3 d5 20. Nf5 d4 21. Bd2 Qd7 22. b3
Bd8 23. Qe2 Bc7 24. Qh5 $14 {1-0 Kallio,H-Milanovic,D/Belgrade YUG 2001/The
Week in Chess 338 (62)}) (7... f6 8. Nh3 Be7 $5 (8... d5 9. Qh5 Qc7 10. f4 Qf7
11. c4 Bd6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Nc3 Re8 14. e5 Bf8 15. Bd2 Nh4 16. g4 f5 17. g5 Rb8
18. b3 Rd8 19. Na4 Ng6 20. Be3 d4 21. Bc1 Be7 22. Ba3 Qf8 23. Kh1 Bd7 24. Ng1
Be8 25. Rf3 $16 {1-0 Hamdouchi,H-Miladinovic,I/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 74 ext 
(35)}) 9. f4 O-O 10. Nd2 d6 11. Qe2 f5 12. Nf3 Bf6 13. Nf2 e5 14. g3 exf4 15.
gxf4 fxe4 16. dxe4 Qb6 $132 {0-1 Alavkin,A-Kurnosov,I/Togliatty RUS 2001/The
Week in Chess 354 (31)}) 8. Qh5 Qe7 9. Nh3 $6 (9. Na3 $142 d6 10. Nc4 h6 11.
Nh3 Bxh3 ({I would haev preferred:} 11... Be6 {keeping the light squared B on
the board. The text hands white the initiative for good.}) 12. Qxh3 Qe6 13.
Qxe6+ fxe6 14. Bd2 $16) 9... d6 10. Bg5 Qb7 11. b3 Bd7 {[%cal Gb7c8,Yd7g4]} 12.
f3 h6 $11 13. Be3 Qc8 14. Nd2 $2 (14. Nc3 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gc3e2] white has to
cover the 'f4' sqaure}) 14... d5 $1 {exploiting white's pieces'
discoordination.} 15. Rae1 (15. exd5 cxd5 16. Rae1 Be7) 15... Be7 {
threatenning d4 & Bh3} (15... d4 16. Bf2 Bxh3 17. gxh3 Bd6 18. Bg3 Qe6 19. Nc4
Bc7 $15) 16. g4 $8 d4 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. Bg3 Be6 19. f4 $2 {white must not open
the game!} (19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. bxc4 $11) 19... exf4 20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Qd7 {
[%csl Rg4]} 22. Qe5 (22. h3 g5 23. Be5 Rh7 $17 {[%csl Rh5]}) 22... Bxg4 23.
Qxg7 O-O-O 24. Qe5 Kb7 {black K is much more secure now than white's. White
has no answer to black's light colored B} 25. Bg3 f6 26. Qf4 Bh3 27. Rf2 Rdg8
28. Kh1 h5 29. Nf3 h4 $1 30. Nxh4 (30. Bxh4 Rg4 31. Qd2 Rgxh4 32. Nxh4 Rxh4 {
-the game}) 30... Rg4 31. Qf3 Rgxh4 32. Bxh4 Rxh4 33. Rg1 Rh7 34. Rg6 Bd8 35.
Qg3 f5 {[%cal Gd8h4] the final blow, after the opening the long /^ white's is
doomed.} 36. Kg1 (36. Rd2 fxe4 37. dxe4 Bc7 38. Qd3 Qf7 $19) 36... Bh4 37. exf5
Bxg3 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2
Ng6 (8... d5 {is worth considering} 9. e5 d4 10. Be4 Ng6 (10... Nd5 $5) 11.
cxd4 cxd4 12. d3 Be7 13. Nbd2 (13. a4 O-O 14. Na3 Qb6 15. Bd2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 h6
17. Qe1 Nf8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nc2 Rxa1 20. Nxa1 Ra8 21. Nb3 Ra4 22. h3 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Wu Wenjin/HeiBei CHN 2001/The Week in Chess 351 (73)})
13... Qd7 (13... Qc7 14. Nb3 O-O 15. Bd2 Rfc8 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. h4 $36 {1-0
Smirin,I-Krasenkow,M/Dos Hermanas ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 337 (72)}) 14. Nb3
Rd8 15. Bd2 Nb4 16. Nfxd4 Nc6 17. Nf3 Nb4 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. d4 O-O 20. Rfc1 Qd5
21. Nc5 Nc6 22. Be3 $16 {1-0 Smirin,I-Finegold,B/Philadelphia USA 2001/The
Week in Chess 351 (53)}) 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nh4 (10... Rc8 11. Rd1 Be7 12. a4
Nb4 13. Bb3 bxa4 14. Bxa4 O-O 15. Nc3 d5 16. e5 Qb6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6
19. Nf3 Rc7 20. Bc2 Bc6 21. Bb1 Rb8 22. h4 Bb5 23. Qe3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Potkin,
V-Sveshnikov,E/Elista RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 339 (57)}) 11. Rd1 (11. Nbd2
Rc8 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nd4 (13. Bb3 Nexf3+ 14. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bd6 16. Bf4 Bxf4
17. Qxf4 O-O 18. Rad1 {[%cal Gd5e6,Yd1d8]} (18. d6 Qb6 {[%cal Gb6d4]} 19. Rad1
Qc5 $11) 18... Qc7 $11 {1-0 Degraeve,J-Nataf,I/Clichy 2001/CBM 85/[Gershon] 
(45) Black has successfully solved all his opening problems}) 13... Bd6 14.
N2b3 Nc4 {1/2-1/2 Degraeve,J-Bacrot,E/Marsailles 2001/CBM 85 (14)}) 11... Rc8
12. Nxh4 $6 (12. Nc3 $5 $146 {White wants to postpone the capture on h4,
making black's development uncomfortable.} Be7 (12... Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Be7) 13.
Nxh4 Bxh4 14. e5 O-O 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 d5 (16... Nb4) 17. Rd3 f5 18. Rh3 g5
19. Be3 b4 20. Ne2 Rf7 21. f4 $18 {1-0 Rublevsky,S-Mikhalevski,V/Moscow RUS
2002/The Week in Chess 379 (30). (29)}) 12... Qxh4 {Black queen on h4 is very
annoying, stopping white's K side play, while black has the edge on the Q side.
} 13. Nc3 $6 {the knight is misplaced on c3. White should try to move it
towards the K side} (13. a4 $2 Nb4 $17 {[%csl Re4]}) (13. a3 $5 {[%cal Gb1d2,
Yc1e3,Gd2f3]}) 13... Be7 14. Be3 O-O 15. f3 {[%csl Re4][%cal Ge3f2]} Na5 $11 {
[%csl Rb2,Re3][%cal Ga5c4]} 16. Bd3 Qh5 (16... Nc4 $143 17. Bf2 Qh5 18. a4 $14)
17. Bf2 Rfe8 {[%cal Gd7d5] It's really hard to find a good plan for white here.
Black's position is very solid} 18. Nb1 {[%cal Gb1d2,Gd2f1,Gf1g3] Mickey is
trying to tranfer the knight to the K flank. It's doing nothing on c3} (18. e5
d5 {see the game}) 18... d5 19. e5 f6 {a typical break in this french-type
position} 20. Nd2 (20. exf6 $143 $2 Bxf6 {[%csl Rd4]} 21. Nd2 e5 $17 {[%cal
Ge8e2]}) 20... Nc4 21. Nf1 fxe5 22. dxe5 Bc5 (22... Qxe5 $2 23. Bxc4 Bf6 24.
Qxe5 Bxe5 25. Bb3 Bxb2 26. Rab1 $18) (22... Nxe5 $2 23. Ng3 Qg5 24. h4 Qf6 25.
Nh5 $18) 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rac1 {[%cal Gb2b3]} Rec8 25. Re1 Qh4 $1 {[%cal
Gh4d4]} 26. b3 Nb6 (26... Qd4+ $142 27. Kh1 (27. Qf2 $4 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Nb2 $1
$19) 27... Nb6 {[%cal Gb6d7]} (27... Nb2 $5 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Bb1 Qc3 {[%cal
Gd5d2]} 30. f4 $1 d4 31. Bxh7+ Kxh7 32. Qh5+ $11) 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 $15) 27. Rxc5
Rxc5 28. Qf2 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 d4 (29... d4 30. Rd1 Rxe5 31. Bb1 Rd5 32. Be4 Rd7
33. Bxb7 Rxb7 34. Rxd4 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qa5 {A very rare move.black's idea is similar to 3..
.a6, only here he also prevents white's 'd' P from moving and keeps the 'a6'
square free for the B} 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. e5 $1 {I like this move. White is
creating problems for black to develop his pieces.} (5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7.
Nbd2 d6 8. e5 dxe5 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Qe2 f6 11. Ne4 Nh6 12. Bxh6 Bxh6 13. Nxc5 O-O
14. Rad1 $14 {1-0 Miralles,G-Bellon Lopez,J/France 1999/EXT 2000 (43). (42)})
5... c4 (5... d6 6. exd6 exd6 7. O-O {and black has major problems to finish
his development.}) 6. Qe2 Ba6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. O-O Nh6 ({of course not:} 8... e6 {
[%csl Rd6]} 9. Ne4) 9. d4 cxd3 10. cxd3 Nf5 (10... g6 11. Bf4 Bg7 12. Qd2 $16 {
[%csl Rh6]}) 11. g4 $1 Nh6 12. h3 e6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Ne4 {[%csl Rd6,Re8,Rf6]}
Be7 15. Qe3 Rxb2 $2 (15... Qb6 $142 16. Qxh6 Bxd3 17. Nf6+ (17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18.
exd6 Bxf1 19. Qf6 O-O $11) 17... Bxf6 18. Qxf6 Rf8 19. Rfe1 Qxb2 20. Rad1 {
with a strong compensation.}) 16. Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 17. exd6 {[%csl Yb2,Yh8][%cal
Ge3d4]} Qd5 18. Qxh6 {[%cal Gh6f6]} Rb5 {a decisive mistake} (18... Re2 $1 19.
Qf6 (19. Ng5 Qxd6 20. Nxh7 Rxh7 21. Qxh7 Bxd3 22. Qg8+ Ke7 23. Qg5+ Ke8 $13)
19... O-O 20. Rfe1 (20. d4 $5 $13) 20... Bxd3 (20... Rxe1+ $2 21. Rxe1 Qxd3 22.
Qg5+ Kh8 23. Qe7 Kg7 24. Ne5 $40) 21. Ne5 (21. Rxe2 Bxe2 22. Nd4 Bd3 23. Re1
Qxd6) 21... Qxd6 $11) 19. Qf6 O-O 20. Rfe1 h6 (20... Qxd6 21. Ne5 Qd4 22. Rad1
d6 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qh6 Kg8 25. Nd7 $16) 21. Ne5 Qd4 22. Rad1 {[%cal Ge1e4]}
Qxd6 23. g5 $18 h5 (23... hxg5 24. Qxg5+ Kh7 25. Re4 $18) 24. g6 fxg6 25. Qxg6+
Kh8 26. Qxh5+ Kg7 27. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2
d5 (8... Ng6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nh4 (10... Rc8 11. Rd1 Be7 12. a4 Nb4 13. Bb3
bxa4 14. Bxa4 O-O 15. Nc3 d5 16. e5 Qb6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Nf3 Rc7
20. Bc2 Bc6 21. Bb1 Rb8 22. h4 Bb5 23. Qe3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Potkin,V-Sveshnikov,E/
Elista RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 339 (57)}) 11. Rd1 (11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. d5 Ne5
13. Bb3 (13. Nd4 Bd6 14. N2b3 Nc4 {1/2-1/2 Degraeve,J-Bacrot,E/Marsailles FRA
2001/The Week in Chess 355 (14)}) 13... Nexf3+ 14. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bd6 16.
Bf4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 O-O 18. Rad1 (18. d6 Qb6 {[%cal Gb6d4]} 19. Rad1 Qc5 $11)
18... Qc7 19. Qd2 Rfe8 $11) 11... Rc8 12. Nxh4 Qxh4 13. Nc3 Be7 14. Be3 O-O 15.
f3 Na5 16. Bd3 Qh5 17. Bf2 Rfe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Lautier,J/Wijk aan Zee
NED 2002/The Week in Chess 376 (29). (29)}) 9. e5 d4 (9... Qb6 $5) 10. Be4 Nd5
(10... Ng6 $143 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. d3 Be7 13. Nbd2 (13. a4 O-O 14. Na3 Qb6 15.
Bd2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 h6 17. Qe1 Nf8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nc2 Rxa1 20. Nxa1 Ra8 21.
Nb3 Ra4 22. h3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Wu Wenjin/HeiBei CHN 2001/The Week in
Chess 351 (73)}) 13... Qd7 (13... Qc7 14. Nb3 O-O 15. Bd2 Rfc8 16. Rac1 Qb6 17.
h4 $36 {1-0 Smirin,I-Krasenkow,M/Dos Hermanas ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 337 
(72)}) 14. Nb3 Rd8 15. Bd2 Nb4 16. Nfxd4 Nc6 17. Nf3 Nb4 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. d4
O-O 20. Rfc1 Qd5 21. Nc5 Nc6 22. Be3 $16 {1-0 Smirin,I-Finegold,B/Philadelphia
USA 2001/The Week in Chess 351 (53)}) 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. d3 {
White has given black a lot of space , while getting prepared to attack
black's K side castle. However, black monarch feels very comfortably in the
center as well.} Qc7 {a multitasking move: attacking the 'e5' pawn, defending
the B and taking over the 'c' file.} 14. f4 $2 {creating a fatal weakness on
e3. Because of that, white will not be able to develop his N until the very
end of the game.} (14. Bf3 {[%cal Gb1d2,Gd2e4]}) 14... Rc8 15. Bd2 (15. Nd2 Ne3
16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Rf2 Rc2 $17) 15... Be7 {[%csl Ra1,Rb1]} 16. Qf3 (16. Rc1 $2
Qxc1+ 17. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 18. Kf2 O-O {[%cal Gf8c8,Gc8c2] white is hopeless.}) (16.
Na3 Bxa3 17. bxa3 Nc3 18. Bxc3 (18. Qg4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 O-O $17) 18... dxc3 $17 {
[%csl Ra2,Ra3][%cal Gc3c1]}) 16... Qc2 (16... O-O 17. Qh3 g6 $17) 17. f5 {
Setting the board on fire. However, when the smoke is gone white's position
remains hopeless.} (17. Bc1 Qxc1 18. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 19. Kf2 O-O {Due to the fact
that white cannot develop his Q side pieces, black's position is won}) 17...
Qxb2 $19 18. Qh5 (18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Qf7+ Kd7 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 $19 {[%cal Gb2g2,
Yd5g2]}) 18... g6 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Qg4 (20. Bxg6+ hxg6 21. Qxh8+ Kd7 22. Qg7
Qxa1 23. Nc3 dxc3 24. Rxa1 cxd2 $19) 20... Kd7 (20... Qxa1 {would have given
white a little more chances} 21. Qxe6 Qxa2 22. Qf7+ Kd8 23. Ba5+ Qxa5 24. Bxd5
Rf8 $19) 21. Bg5 Qxa1 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Qh4+ Ke8 {white makes a few more moves,
trying his last chance} 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Qf6 Kd7 26. Qf7+ Kc6 27. Qa7 $1 Qxa2
{not falling into:} (27... Qb2 $4 {it still wasn't too late to draw this game}
28. Qxa6+ Kd7 29. Rf7+ Ke8 30. Qxc8+ Kxf7 31. Qd7+ Kf8 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Qf6+
Kh6 34. Qh4+) 28. Rc1+ Bc4 29. dxc4 b4 $1 30. c5 Rb8 31. Qe7 Rhd8 32. Qf7 Rf8 (
32... Rf8 33. Qe7 Qf2+ 34. Kh1 Qf1+) 0-1

[Event "ESP-ch Gp B"]
[Site "Cala Mendia"]
[Date "2001.11.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2
d5 (8... Ng6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nh4 (10... Rc8 11. Rd1 Be7 12. a4 Nb4 13. Bb3
bxa4 14. Bxa4 O-O 15. Nc3 d5 16. e5 Qb6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Nf3 Rc7
20. Bc2 Bc6 21. Bb1 Rb8 22. h4 Bb5 23. Qe3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Potkin,V-Sveshnikov,E/
Elista RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 339 (57)}) 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. d5 Ne5 13. Bb3 (
13. Nd4 Bd6 14. N2b3 Nc4 {1/2-1/2 Degraeve,J-Bacrot,E/Marsailles FRA 2001/The
Week in Chess 355 (14)}) 13... Nexf3+ 14. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bd6 16. Bf4 Bxf4
17. Qxf4 O-O 18. Rad1 $14 (18. d6 Qb6 {[%cal Gb6d4]} 19. Rad1 Qc5 $11)) 9. e5
Qb6 (9... d4 10. Be4 Ng6 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. d3 Be7 13. Nbd2 (13. a4 O-O 14. Na3
Qb6 15. Bd2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 h6 17. Qe1 Nf8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nc2 Rxa1 20. Nxa1
Ra8 21. Nb3 Ra4 22. h3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Wu Wenjin/HeiBei CHN 2001/The
Week in Chess 351 (73)}) 13... Qd7 (13... Qc7 14. Nb3 O-O 15. Bd2 Rfc8 16. Rac1
Qb6 17. h4 $36 {1-0 Smirin,I-Krasenkow,M/Dos Hermanas ESP 2001/The Week in
Chess 337 (72)}) 14. Nb3 Rd8 15. Bd2 Nb4 16. Nfxd4 Nc6 17. Nf3 Nb4 18. Bxb7
Qxb7 19. d4 O-O 20. Rfc1 Qd5 21. Nc5 Nc6 22. Be3 $16 {1-0 Smirin,I-Finegold,B/
Philadelphia USA 2001/The Week in Chess 351 (53)}) 10. Rd1 d4 11. cxd4 $2 {
white has probably missed black's 13th move} (11. Be4 $142 {was calling for})
11... Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 {I don't see why should white have any advantage here.
the a8-h1/^ is by no means a weaker card than white's b1-h7/^, whereas black
seems to be leading in development.} 13. Be4 d3 $5 14. Bxd3 (14. Qxd3 Rd8 15.
Qe2 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Rd4 17. Qe2 Ng6 {would've given black strong positional
compensation for the sacrafised P.}) 14... Nc6 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gc6d4,Yc6e5]}
15. Be4 Rd8 16. d3 (16. d4 {is of no savious as well} Nxd4 17. Qe1 Bc5 $15)
16... Nd4 17. Qe3 Bc5 $44 {[%cal Yd4c2] the 'd3' P is doing more harm than
good for white.} 18. b4 $1 {both developing a two pieces and reducing black's
attacking potential with a cost of a pawn} (18. Bxb7 Qxb7 $17) 18... Bxb4 19.
Ba3 Bxa3 20. Nxa3 Qc7 {of course black is still better} 21. Rac1 Qd7 22. Nc2
Bxe4 23. Qxd4 ({although} 23. Qxe4 $142 O-O 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Rc6
Ra4 27. Rd2 Rd8 {is better for black, it should've been preferred over the text
}) 23... Qxd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. dxe4 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Ke7 27. g3 (27. Rd6 $4 Rd8
$19) 27... Rd8 28. Rc1 Rd4 29. Rc7+ Ke8 30. Ra7 Ra4 31. Ra8+ Ke7 32. Ra7+ Kd8 (
32... Ke8 $11) 33. Rxf7 Rxa2 34. Rxg7 b4 {it's not the amount of pawns but
their placement that count in R endings. Black is clearly first here.} 35. Rb7
{now white holds the P's for a while, but his own pawns are not running nearly
as fast as without the 'h7' P.} (35. Rxh7 b3 36. Rb7 b2 37. Kg2 Kc8 $1 {
gaining the vitally important tempo} (37... a5 38. h4 a4 39. h5 a3 40. h6 Ra1)
38. Rb6 Kc7 39. Rb3 {now the R is placed on black's 'a' P route, whicih gives
him the win} a5 40. h4 a4 41. Rb4 a3 42. h5 Ra1 43. h6 a2 44. Rxb2 Rg1+ $19)
35... a5 36. f4 Re2 $1 37. f5 (37. Rb5 a4 38. Rxb4 a3 39. Ra4 a2 $19) 37...
exf5 38. exf5 Rxe5 39. f6 (39. Rxh7 Rxf5 40. Rb7 Kc8 {is winning easily}) 39...
Rf5 40. f7 Kc8 41. Rb5 (41. Re7 b3 42. Re8+ Kc7 43. f8=Q Rxf8 44. Rxf8 b2 45.
Rf7+ (45. Rf1 a4 $19) 45... Kc6 46. Rf6+ Kc5 47. Rf5+ Kb4 48. Rf4+ Kb3 49. Rf3+
Ka2 50. Rf2 Ka1 $19) 41... Rxf7 42. Rxa5 b3 43. Ra1 (43. Rb5 $2 Rb7 $19) 43...
Kc7 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gf7f1]} 44. Kg2 (44. Rb1 Rf3 45. Kg2 Rc3 46. Kf2 Kc6 47.
Ke2 Kc5 48. Kd2 Rc2+ 49. Kd3 Kb4 $19) 44... Kc6 45. Rb1 Rb7 46. Kf3 Kd5 47. Kg4
(47. Ke3 Kc4 48. Kd2 Rd7+ $19) 47... Ke4 48. Kh5 b2 49. Kh6 Kf3 50. h4 Kg4 51.
h5 Rb6+ {very smooth endgame technique by San Segundo!} 0-1

[Event "Subotica 21st Century"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "2000.12.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sedlak, Nikola"]
[Black "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.12.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O (9... a6 10. a3 b5 11. Ba2 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 O-O 13. O-O Ne8 14.
Ncd5 Bg5 15. b4 Nc7 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qc1 Qd8 20. Qe3
Nd4 21. c3 Ne6 22. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Jakubiec,A/Zakopane chT 2000/The
Week in Chess 310 (76)}) 10. O-O (10. a3 Ne8 11. O-O Nc7 12. Ned5 Bxd5 13. Nxd5
Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bg5 15. c3 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 Qb6 17. f4 Ne7 18. Bc4 exf4 19. Qxf4 Kh8
20. Kh1 f6 21. Qd2 Rad8 22. Rae1 d5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Qf2 Qc7 25. Qf3 Ne7 26.
Qh5 Ng6 27. Re4 Ne5 $11 {1/2-1/2 David,A-Rogozenko,D/Neukoelln GER 2000/The
Week in Chess 284 (51)}) 10... a6 (10... Ne8 11. Ned5 (11. Bd2 Bg5 12. g3 Bxe3+
13. Bxe3 Nf6 14. Qd2 Nd4 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Kg2 Qe8 17. Rf2 Qg6 18. Raf1 Qe8 19.
Nd1 Qd7 20. h3 Rf7 21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Raf8 23. g4 d5 24. Be5 Nc6 25. Bxf6
Rxf6 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Nf2 Kg7 29. g5 $14 {1-0 Shirov,
A-Sveshnikov,E/Tallinn EST 2000/The Week in Chess 273 (83)}) (11. f4 $5 exf4
12. Rxf4 Bg5 13. Rf1 Nc7 14. Ned5 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Ne7 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Qh5 Ng6
18. Rf2 Qb6 $6 19. Bb3 Ne5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 g6 22. Qg5 Qxb2 23. Rcf1 Qb6
24. h4 $40 {1-0 Blehm,P-Gershon,A/Yerevan 1999/CBM 72 ext (44)}) 11... Bg5 12.
f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Qd2 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Nc7 16. Bb3 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Ng6 18.
Qg3 Qd7 19. Rf2 Ne7 20. Bb3 b5 21. Raf1 Rae8 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. e5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Fressinet,L-Bekker Jensen,S/Brussels BEL 2000/The Week in Chess 309 (41)}) (
10... Rb8 11. a3 Nd4 (11... a6 12. Ncd5 b5 13. Ba2 Nd7 14. c3 Bg5 15. g3 Bxe3+
16. Bxe3 Ne7 17. Bg5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 h6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rf2 Nb6 21. Ba2 Rbd8
22. f4 d5 {1/2-1/2 Arizmendi Martinez,J-San Segundo Carrillo,P/Barcelona ESP
2000/The Week in Chess 301 (22)}) 12. Ba2 b5 13. Ncd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bg5 15.
Bxg5 Qxg5 16. c3 Nc6 17. b4 Qd8 18. f4 Ne7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. f5 Bxa2 21. Rxa2
f6 22. a4 d5 $5 23. Qb3 c4 24. Qc2 d4 25. axb5 cxd3 26. Qxd3 dxc3 27. Qxc3 Rxb5
28. Qc4+ Qf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Emms,J-San Segundo Carrillo,P/Mondariz ESP 2000/The
Week in Chess 305 (36)}) 11. a3 Nd7 (11... b5 12. Ba2 Ne8 13. Ned5 Bg5 14. f4
exf4 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 b4 17. axb4 cxb4 18. Ne2 Ne7 19. Ng3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5
Nxd5 21. exd5 a5 22. Qf3 $14 {[%csl Re8,Rf7] 1-0 Lutz,C-Krasenkow,M/Saint
Vincent ITA 2000/The Week in Chess 296 (44)}) 12. Ncd5 {Allows black echange
his bad B for a N, which is important in fighting for the 'd5' square.} (12.
Ned5 b5 13. Bb3 {[%cal Gf3f4]} b4 $140 (13... Nd4 14. Ba2 b4 15. axb4 cxb4 16.
Nxb4 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qb6+ 18. Be3 Qxb4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 $18 {[%csl Rf7]})
14. axb4 cxb4 15. Ba4 Rc8 (15... bxc3 16. Bxc6 cxb2 17. Bxb2 $14 {[%csl Ra6]})
16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Nxb4 $1 Qb6+ 18. d4 Qxb4 19. d5 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Rcc8 21. Qe2 $14
) 12... Bg5 13. g3 Bxe3+ 14. Bxe3 Kh8 {[%cal Gf7f5,Ya2g8] Moving the king away
form the diagonal in case of a future f7-f5} 15. c3 Ne7 $11 16. Nxe7 Qxe7 17.
Bxe6 Qxe6 18. d4 $2 {White did not correctly assess the engame arising by
force after this move} (18. Qe2 $142 {[%cal Ga1e1]}) (18. b4 $5) 18... exd4 19.
cxd4 f5 $1 20. dxc5 $8 (20. Qd3 fxe4 21. fxe4 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Re8 $15 {[%cal
Gd7f6] /-/+}) 20... dxc5 21. Qd5 Qxd5 22. exd5 {Although this position doesn't
look bad for white at a first sight, the 'd3' square for black's N yields his
the edge!} Rae8 23. Rfe1 (23. Kf2 Ne5 24. Rfd1 c4 {[%csl Gd3]} 25. Bd4 (25. Bc5
Rf7 {[%csl Rb2,Rc5][%cal Ye5d3]} 26. Bb6 Nd3+ 27. Kf1 Nxb2 $17) 25... Nd3+ 26.
Kf1 Rd8 $17) 23... Ne5 24. Bxc5 {Giving up a pawn, hoping to expoit the strong
'd' pawn.} (24. Red1 $142 $5 Nxf3+ 25. Kf2 Nxh2 26. Bxc5 Rf7 27. Re1 {would
ahve given white more compensation since black has to care about his last rank
now.}) 24... Nxf3+ 25. Kh1 Nxe1 26. Bxf8 Nd3 27. Bb4 Rd8 28. Bc3 Rxd5 {[%csl
Ra1,Gd3] The winning plan is now pretty simple... push the K side pawns, white
can do nothing about it} 29. Kg2 Kg8 30. b4 Kf7 31. Rf1 g5 32. Rf3 h5 {White's
pieces are too passive} 33. h3 f4 {[%cal Gf7g6,Gg6f5,Gf5e4,Yg5g4]} 34. Rf1 Kg6
35. Kf3 fxg3 36. Kxg3 Nf4 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gf4e2]} 37. Rf3 h4+ 38. Kf2 Rd1 {
[%csl Rh3][%cal Gd1h1]} 39. Re3 Rd3 (39... Rh1 40. Be5) 40. Rxd3 Nxd3+ 41. Kg2
Nf4+ 42. Kh2 b5 {[%csl Ra3,Rb4][%cal Yg5g4]} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 0001 76th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2000.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 a6 8.
Ba4 Nc6 (8... b5 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. d3 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. f5 Na5 13. Nf4 Nxb3 14.
axb3 exf5 15. exf5 Bb7 16. Nh5 f6 17. Qg4 Rf7 18. Qxd4 $16 {1-0 Yudasin,
L-Moiseenko,A/Krynica 1997/CBM 62 (57)}) 9. d3 g6 (9... b5 10. Bb3 Bc5 11. Ng3
(11. f4 Qh4 12. Ng3 Bb7 13. Qh5 Be7 14. f5 g6 15. Qxh4 Bxh4 16. Bh6 Bxg3 17.
hxg3 gxf5 18. exf5 Rg8 19. fxe6 dxe6 20. Bf4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Westerinen,H-Gausel,
E/Gentofte 1999/CBM 73 no vc (24)}) 11... h5 $5 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. h3 g6 14. a3 f5
15. exf5 gxf5 16. Re1 Qf6 17. Nxh5 Qh4 18. Ng7+ Kf8 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Qf3 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Sadvakasov,D-Perunovic,M/Subotica YUG 2000/The Week in Chess 321 (28)})
(9... Bc5 10. Ng3 h5 11. Bxc6 dxc6 12. e5 g6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Qf3 Rh7 15. b4 h4
16. g4 $1 h3 17. Qf4 b6 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Ovetchkin,R-Ivanov,
V/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74 (53)}) 10. Bxc6 $5 {An interesting decision.
Usually white tries to do the opposite, close the position. Personally, I
would wait with this capture.} (10. f4 b5 11. Bb3 $14) 10... dxc6 11. Bd2 Bg7
12. c3 dxc3 $2 {Playing to white's hands. The idea behind white's 10th move
was to try and expoit the weakenned black squares.} (12... e5 $142 13. f4 (13.
cxd4 exd4 14. Bb4 b6 $15) 13... Bg4 14. fxe5 Bxe5 $11) (12... c5 $5) 13. Bxc3
e5 14. f4 {Now white gets the center, and development advantage which promises
his good initiative.} Qe7 (14... f6 15. fxe5 fxe5 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. Qb6 $14) 15.
fxe5 Bxe5 16. d4 Bg7 17. Qd2 $1 {Preventing black from castling. This plan is
what black probably missed while taking on 'c3'. White does not defend the
pawn, but is playing for the initiative.} Qxe4 {"If you are bound to suffer,
at least do it for a pawn"} (17... O-O 18. Bb4 $16) 18. Rae1 O-O (18... Qe7 19.
Nf4 Be6 20. Bb4 ({but not} 20. d5 $2 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 O-O-O $17)
20... Qd7 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6+ Qxe6 23. Re1 $18) 19. Nf4 Qf5 20. d5 $1 {
Of course! weaken the K.A typical Aronian style!} ({After} 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21.
Rxf5 Bxf5 {Black would be the one playing for the advantage.}) 20... Bxc3 (
20... cxd5 21. Nxd5 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gd5e7]} Qh5 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Rxf7 $3 $18 {
[%cal Gd2d8]}) 21. Qxc3 Qg5 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Qxc6 {Winning back the pawn with
a continuing attack. Black's dark squares are the most important factor in the
position} Bf5 $2 {The B should be placed on the long /^} (23... Rb8 24. Re8 (
24. Nd5 Bb7 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Qc2 Rbc8 $132) 24... Bf5 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Qxa6
$16) 24. Nd5 Rac8 25. Qd6 (25. Ne7+ $4 Qxe7 26. Rxe7 (26. Qxc8 Qa7+ $19) 26...
Rxc6 $19) 25... Rc2 $4 {A blunder in a bad position} (25... Kg7 26. Ne7 Rc2 27.
Nxf5+ gxf5 28. Rf2 {with huge advantage}) 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Qxf8+ $1 Kxf8 (27...
Kxf8 28. Nxh7+ Kg7 29. Nxg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. h4 h5 7.
Qe2 (7. Nbd2 Ng6 8. e5 f6 9. Nc4 $6 Ba6 10. Qe2 Bxc4 11. Qe4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Kf7
13. Rh3 c4 14. Qe2 c3 15. exf6 gxf6 16. bxc3 Qa5 $17 {0-1 Sambuev,B-Belikov,V/
Moscow 1998/EXT 2000 (31)}) (7. Nc3 Ng6 8. Ne2 e5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 d5 11. c4
Bd6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Qa4+ Qd7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Vasiukov,E-Zvjaginsev,V/Elista 1995/CBM 50 (25)}) 7... f6 (7... d6 8.
e5 d5 9. c4 Nf5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bf4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Nd2 Bb4 14. O-O Bxd2
15. Bxd2 dxc4 16. Qe4 Qd7 17. Bb4 $1 Bb7 18. Bc5 cxd3 19. Qg6+ Qf7 20. Qxd3
fxe5 21. Rae1 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Gc5] 1-0 Langheinrich,F-Sebenik,M/Balatonlelle
HUN 2000/The Week in Chess 299 (41)}) (7... Ng6 8. e5 d6 (8... f6 $2 9. Qe4 Kf7
10. Rh3 Qc7 11. Ng5+ fxg5 12. Rf3+ Kg8 13. Qxg6 Qxe5+ 14. Kf1 gxh4 15. Bg5 $18
{1-0 Bezold,M-Volkmann,F/Austria 1999/EXT 2000 (22)}) 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Nc3 e5
11. Ng5 Bg4 12. f3 Bf5 13. Be3 Rb8 14. O-O-O Qb6 15. b3 Qa5 16. Nce4 Be7 17.
Kb1 O-O 18. Ng3 $16 {1-0 Yudasin,L-Manca,F/Reggio Emilia ITA 2000 (28)}) (7...
d5 8. c4 Ng6 9. e5 Be7 10. Nc3 Bxh4 11. Nxh4 Nxh4 12. g3 Nf5 13. Rxh5 Kd7 14.
Na4 Nd4 15. Nxc5+ Kc7 $17 {0-1 Oratovsky,M-Greenfeld,A/Israel 1999/EXT 2000 
(27)}) 8. e5 fxe5 9. Qxe5 (9. Nxe5 d6 10. Nc4 Nf5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13.
Nc3 e5 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Kb1 Rb8 16. Rde1 Nd4 17. Qd2 O-O $17 {0-1 Shabanov,
Y-Arkhipov,S/Smolensk RUS 2000/The Week in Chess 287 (61)}) 9... Nf5 10. Qe4 $5
$146 {White frees up the 'e5' square for the N, and takes the 'c6' P under
control so black cannot prevent the N from getting to e5} (10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nc3
d6 12. Qe2 Rb8 13. b3 e5 14. Ne4 O-O 15. c3 a5 $13 {0-1 Markovic,M-Perunovic,M/
Subotica YUG 2000/The Week in Chess (39)}) 10... Rb8 11. Ne5 $2 {A heavy
mistake.} (11. c3 {Looks much better, preventing black R from getting into the
game} Be7 12. Ne5 $14 Nxh4 $140 $4 13. Rxh4 Bxh4 14. Qg6+ Ke7 15. Qxg7+ Kd6 16.
Nf7+ $18) 11... Rb4 12. c4 d5 {Now the centralization of white Q turns out to
be a serious drawback. White is forced to waste two important tempi to get his
Q to..... its initial position!!} 13. Qf3 (13. Qe2 Nd4 14. Qd1 Qf6 $17) 13...
Qf6 $1 14. Nxc6 (14. Bf4 Nd4 $19) 14... Rb6 $1 (14... Rxb2 15. Bg5 Qf7 {
is much weaker than the game}) 15. Nxa7 (15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qe2+ Be7 17. Nxe7
Re6 18. Nxc8 Rxe2+ 19. Kxe2 O-O $1 $19) 15... Bb7 {[%cal Gd5c4,Yb7g2,Yf6a1]
It's not that white enjoyed so much cutting his N off the game white black was
developing his pieces, he simply didn't havwe any choice} 16. Qd1 (16. Qf4 {
[%cal Gf4b8]} Bd6 17. Qg5 dxc4 $1 (17... Qe5+ 18. Kd1 dxc4 19. Re1 Qd5 20. Nd2
$132) 18. Qxf6 (18. dxc4 Qe5+ 19. Kf1 (19. Kd1 Qd4+ 20. Nd2 (20. Qd2 Qxc4 $19 {
[%csl Ra7]}) 20... Qxf2 $19 {[%cal Gf5e3]}) 19... Rxb2 $19) 18... gxf6 19. dxc4
Nd4 20. Na3 Bxg2 $19) 16... dxc4 17. Bg5 (17. dxc4 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Qe5+ $19 {
[%cal Ge5h2]}) (17. Qa4+ Kf7 18. Qd7+ Kg8 19. Qc7 Rxb2 $1 $19) 17... Qe5+ $5 (
17... Qxb2 18. Nd2 cxd3 19. O-O Qa3 20. Nc4 Qxa7 21. Nxb6 Qxb6 22. Qxd3 Bd6 $17
) 18. Kf1 Qd5 $6 (18... Rxb2 19. Nd2 Qd5 20. Rh2 Qxd3+ {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gc4c2]
is stronger}) 19. Rh2 Bd6 20. Nc3 {Forcing an endgame. Although without the
ladies white's breathings seems to become easier the position is left hopeless!
} Qxd3+ 21. Qxd3 cxd3 22. Rh3 Rxb2 23. Nab5 c4 24. Nxd6+ Nxd6 $19 25. Re3 Kd7
26. Na4 Rb5 $1 27. Rae1 (27. Nc3 Ra5 $19 {[%cal Gd6f5,Gf5d4]}) 27... Re8 28.
Bf4 (28. Re5 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Nf7 30. Rc5 Nxg5 31. Rxg5 Kd6 32. Rxg7 Bc6 33. Nb2
Kc5 34. Rc7 (34. Ke1 Kd4 $19) 34... Rb8 $19) 28... Bc6 $1 {[%csl Ra4]} 29. Nc3
Rb2 30. Re5 Rc2 31. Rc1 Rxc1+ 32. Bxc1 g6 (32... Nf5 $143 33. Rc5 Rc8 34. f3
Bb7 35. Rxc8 Bxc8 36. Bg5 $17) 33. f3 Nf5 34. Rc5 Bd5 $1 35. Bf4 (35. Nxd5 exd5
36. Rxd5+ Kc6 37. Ra5 Re2 $19) 35... Rc8 36. Ra5 Nxh4 37. Ra7+ Kc6 38. a4 Kc5
39. Bg5 Nf5 {The rest is an agony} 40. g4 hxg4 41. fxg4 Ng3+ 42. Ke1 Kb4 43.
Bd2 Kb3 44. Kd1 Rh8 45. a5 Rh1+ 46. Be1 Rxe1+ (46... Rxe1+ 47. Kxe1 Kxc3 {
[%cal Gd3d2,Yd5f3]}) 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ovetchkin, Roman"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 {not disclosing
the plans yet} (6. Ng5 Ng6 (6... f6 7. Nh3 g6 8. f4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf2 d6
11. Nd2 a5 12. a4 f5 13. Nf3 Rb8 14. Rb1 c4 $5 15. dxc4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 d5 17.
cxd5 exd5 18. Nf2 Qb6 19. Re1 Nf5 20. Ne5 Rb7 21. b3 Rd8 $44 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,
V-Shabalov,A/Connecticut USA 2000/The Week in Chess 286 (37)}) 7. f4 Be7 8. Nf3
d5 9. c4 e5 10. f5 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nf4 $2 12. Qxd8+ Bxd8 13. Nxe5 Nxg2+ 14. Kf2
Nh4 {[%csl Rh4]} 15. Nc3 Bf6 16. Ng4 Bd4+ 17. Kg3 h5 18. Nf2 Bf6 19. Nh3 Bxf5
20. exf5 Nxf5+ 21. Kf4 $18 {1-0 Bologan,V-Sveshnikov,E/Tallinn EST 2000/The
Week in Chess 273 (42)}) (6. h4 h5 7. Qe2 f6 8. e5 fxe5 9. Nxe5 d6 10. Nc4 Nf5
11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nc3 e5 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Kb1 Rb8 16. Rde1 Nd4 17.
Qd2 O-O 18. Nd1 Qc7 19. f3 Rf4 20. Re4 d5 21. Rxf4 exf4 22. Qa5 Qe7 23. Ne5 Bf5
$17 {0-1 Shabanov,Y-Arkhipov,S/Smolensk RUS 2000/The Week in Chess 287 (61)})
6... Qc7 (6... Ng6 7. h4 $5 h5 8. e5 f6 (8... d6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Nc3 e5 11.
Ng5 Bg4 12. f3 Bf5 13. Be3 Rb8 14. O-O-O Qb6 15. b3 Qa5 16. Nce4 Be7 17. Kb1
O-O $2 {[%csl Rh5]} 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Nxh5 Rb6 20. Bd2 Qa3 21. Bc1 Qa5 22. Qd2
$18 {1-0 Yudasin,L-Manca,F/Reggio Emilia ITA 2000 (28)}) 9. Qe4 Kf7 10. Na3 (
10. Rh3 Qc7 11. Ng5+ fxg5 12. Rf3+ Kg8 13. Qxg6 Qxe5+ 14. Kf1 gxh4 $2 (14... g4
$8 15. Rf4 {[%cal Gb1c3,Gc3e4,Ge4g5]} Ba6 16. Nc3 d5 17. Bd2 $16) 15. Bg5 (15.
Rf4 $142 $18 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gg6f7,Gf4h4]}) 15... Ba6 16. Nc3 c4 17. d4 Qxd4
18. Qf7+ Kh7 19. Qxh5+ Kg8 20. Qf7+ Kh7 21. Rf6 $18 {1-0 Bezold,M-Volkmann,F/
Austria 1999/EXT 2000 (22)}) 10... Qc7 11. Nc4 Ba6 12. Bf4 Nxf4 13. Qxf4 Be7
14. Rh3 Kg8 15. Rg3 Rh7 16. O-O-O Rf8 17. Qe4 Rh6 18. Qe3 Kh7 19. Rh1 Bxc4 20.
dxc4 fxe5 21. Nxe5 Bd6 22. f4 Rhf6 23. Rd1 Kg8 24. Rf3 Rf5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Vokarev,S-Arkhipov,S/Smolensk RUS 2000/The Week in Chess 287 (27)}) 7. O-O Ng6
8. Ng5 Be7 9. Qh5 Qd8 {White's idea worked, black wasted two tempis and white
only one} (9... d6 10. f4 $36 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) (9... h6 $2 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. f4
$16) 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. f4 Bxg5 12. fxg5 d6 $6 (12... c4 $142 13. d4 {[%cal Ge4e5]
} d6 14. Be3 O-O $13) 13. b3 $1 {now black is left with no counterplay} Bc8 14.
Ne2 a6 15. Be3 Rb8 16. Rf2 Rb7 17. Raf1 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gf2f3,Gf3h3]} O-O {
[%csl Rh7]} 18. Rf3 e5 $8 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gc8h3]} (18... Re8 19. Rh3 Nf8 20.
g6 $1 fxg6 21. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 (21... Rxf8 22. Qxh7+ Kf7 23. Rf3+ Ke8 24. Rxf8+
Kxf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Bg5+ $18) 22. Qxh7 $18 {[%cal Gh3f3,Gh7h8,Ge3g5]}) 19.
Ng3 {[%cal Gg3f5,Gf3h3]} Re8 20. Nf5 Be6 21. R3f2 {After making black play
e6-e5 white now changes his plans and prepares to throw the pawns.} (21. Rh3
Nf8) 21... Rd7 22. h4 {[%cal Gh5g4,Gh4h5]} Nf8 23. Qe2 Bxf5 24. exf5 e4 25. f6
g6 26. h5 {Clears the g6 square for the N} (26. Rf4 exd3 27. Qxd3 $16) 26...
exd3 27. Qxd3 gxh5 28. Bd2 Ng6 29. Re2 (29. Qxa6 $142 Qa8 30. Qxa8 Rxa8 31. a4
$16 {[%csl Rg8]}) 29... c4 30. Rxe8+ (30. Qxc4 Qb6+ 31. Kh1 Ra8 32. Rfe1 $16)
30... Qxe8 31. Qxc4 Ra7 32. Re1 Qd7 33. Qe2 $18 Ra8 34. Qxh5 Kh8 35. Qh6 $2 (
35. Re3 Ne5) (35. Qh3 $1 Qa7+ 36. Qe3 (36. Be3 Qc7 37. Qh6 Rg8 38. Bd4 Ne5 $8
39. Bxe5 dxe5 40. Re4 Qa7+ 41. Kh2 Qf2 $132) 36... Qd7 $8 {the engames are
lost for black} 37. c4 $1 $16 {[%cal Gc4c5] white MUST take away the e5 square
from black}) 35... Rg8 36. Bc3 {[%cal Ge1e7]} Ne5 37. Qh5 (37. Bxe5 dxe5 {
[%cal Gd7d4,Gd4f4,Gd4f2]}) 37... Qf5 $11 38. Bxe5 dxe5 39. Rf1 Qxc2 40. Kh2 Qd3
41. Rd1 Qf5 42. Qh6 Qg4 43. Rd8 (43. Rd8 Qf4+ 44. Kg1 Qe3+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. Kg1
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.03.11"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Kishnev, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Gelsenkirchen Koenigsspringer"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 c4 (7...
Ng6 $6 8. d4 d6 9. a4 b4 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Qxd8+ Nxd8 12. a5 Bd6 13. Be3 O-O
14. Nbd2 Bb7 15. Nc4 Be7 16. Nb6 bxc3 17. bxc3 Ra7 18. Rfd1 $16 {1-0 Benjamin,
J-Jerosch,G/Deizisau 1999/EXT 2000 (35)}) (7... e5 $2 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5
10. d4 {With a very energetic play white is able to achieve a big advantage.}
d6 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Rd1+ Ke8 14. Be3 Ng6 15. Nbd2 f6 16. Nb3 c4
17. Na5 Nd8 18. b3 Be6 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Nd2 $18 {1-0 Arkhipov,S-Molnar,B/Paks
1997/EXT 2001 (25)}) (7... d6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Ng6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. d5 Nce5
12. Nd4 Bd7 13. a4 b4 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Nce2 Nf7 16. Bb3 e5 17. Nf5 O-O 18.
Neg3 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 Kh8 20. Qg4 Bf6 21. Rd1 $16 {1-0 Kuzmin,G-Zimmermann,P/Bern
1995/EXT 2000 (40)}) 8. d4 cxd3 9. Qxd3 Ng6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nbd2 (11. b4 $5 {
[%csl Rb5][%cal Ga2a4]} d6 12. a4 bxa4 13. Bxa4 {[%csl Ra6]} Bb7 14. Nd4 Qc8
15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxc6+ Qxc6 17. b5 axb5 18. Rxa8+ Qxa8 19. Qxb5+ Kf8 20. Ba3
$16 {1/2-1/2 Varavin,V-Bocharov,D/Samara 2000/CBM 78 (43)}) 11... Qc7 12. a4
Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nb3 e5 15. Nfd2 $4 {[%cal Gd2f1,Gf1e3,Ge3d5] A horrible
blunder! After this white's position is critical. White N was going to d5 via
f1 and e3... unfortunately it wasn't about to happen.} (15. Be3 $14) 15... Nb4
$1 {[%csl Rc2]} 16. cxb4 Nf4 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Rc1f4]} 17. Qe3 (17. Qc3 Ne2+)
17... Qxc2 18. Rf1 {[%csl Rb3,Rc1,Rd2] White's light pieces almost have no
moves.} Nd3 19. Ra3 (19. Qg3 O-O 20. Nd4 {[%csl Rb8][%cal Gg3b8]} Nxc1 $1 21.
Nxc2 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Nxg3+ 23. hxg3 Bb7 $17 {[%csl Rb2,Rb4,Gb7,Ge7]}) 19... Nxb4
20. Na1 Qc6 $19 21. Qg3 (21. Rc3 Qg6) 21... Qg6 22. Qe3 (22. Qxe5 Nc6 {[%csl
Ra3]}) 22... Nc6 23. Rd3 O-O 24. Nc2 {Even if white had a P on 'c3' he would
still be worse, now he's doomed.} d6 25. Qe2 f5 26. Rg3 Qe8 27. Rb3 b4 28. f4
Be6 29. Rg3 b3 {[%csl Gd4]} 30. Ne3 Nd4 31. Qd1 Qb5 {[%cal Gd4e2]} 32. Kh1 (32.
Rf2 exf4 $19) 32... exf4 33. Rxf4 Ne2 34. exf5 Nxf4 35. fxe6 Nd3 {[%cal Gd3f2]}
36. Ng4 Rbc8 {[%csl Rc1]} 37. Nc4 Qxc4 38. Bh6 Nxb2 0-1

[Event "Tel Aviv"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2001.02.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kovalev, Andrei"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2001.02.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 $1 {The most flexible move for black in this position.}
(8... d6 9. Nxc6 (9. Nc3 $143 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qg4 h5 12. Qg3 h4 13. Qg4
h3 14. g3 Qa5 15. Bg5 Kd7 16. Rad1 f6 17. Bf4 Qh5 18. Qxh5 Rxh5 19. Rd3 Rd8 $11
{1/2-1/2 Nikolenko,O-Cherniaev,A/Vladivostok 1995/CBM 46 ext (23)}) 9... bxc6
10. Qg4 (10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Be3 c5 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Bg5
Rfd8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Re3 Rd7 18. Rd3 Rad8 19. a3 h6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nikitin,
A-Shariyazdanov,A/Briansk 1995/EXT 98 (36)}) 10... h5 (10... f6 11. c4 (11. Be3
) 11... Qb6 12. Nc3 e5 13. Qg3 Be6 14. b3 Kf7 15. Be3 Qb4 16. Bd2 Be7 17. Qd3
Qb7 18. Rad1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Arribas,M-Demina,J/New Delhi IND 2000/The Week in
Chess 317 (41)}) 11. Qf3 e5 12. Qc3 Bd7 13. f4 f6 14. Nd2 Be7 15. Nf3 {[%csl
Re8]} g5 16. fxg5 fxg5 17. Be3 O-O 18. Rf1 Kh7 (18... Rb8) 19. Rad1 g4 $4 (
19... Rb8) 20. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 (20... Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 dxe5 22. Qxe5 {[%cal Gf1f7]}
Be8 (22... Qe8 23. Bd4 $18) 23. Bd4 $18) 21. Rxf8 Bxf8 22. Qd3 $18 {1-0
Rabiega,R-Volkmann,F/Austria 2000/EXT 2001 (22)}) (8... Be7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10.
Qg4 g6 11. e5 d6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Nd2 h5 14. Qf3 O-O 15. Nc4 Qb4 16. Qe2 Bb7
17. Bd2 Qb5 18. a4 Qf5 19. Na5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Szmetan,J-Larsen,B/Pinamar ARG
2001/The Week in Chess 332 (76)}) 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 {As opposed to variations with
8..d6 white's c2 pawn is now attacked which makes Qg4 impossible and allows
black to develop his K side without weakenning it.} (9... bxc6 10. Re3 Bd6 11.
Qh5 $6 Bf4 12. Rf3 Qe5 $1 (12... Bxc1 $4 13. Qxf7+ Kd8 14. Qxg7 Re8 15. Qf6+
Re7 16. Qh8+ Re8 17. Rf8 $18) 13. Qxe5 Bxe5 14. Nc3 Rb8 $15 {1-0 Kogan,
A-Ivanisevic,I/Salou ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 320 (43)}) 10. b3 {[%cal Gc1b2,
Yb2h8]} (10. Nc3 $143 b5 {[%csl Rc3]}) 10... b5 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gc8b7,Yb7g2]}
({an interesting option was:} 10... Bb4 $5 11. Bd2 (11. c3 Be7 {with the
closed long /^ black can feel safe}) (11. Re3 Bc5 $15 {[%cal Ge8g8]}) 11... Be7
(11... Bc5) 12. Qg4 (12. Bc3 O-O 13. Qg4 f6 $15) 12... g6 (12... O-O 13. Bh6
Bf6 14. e5 $18) 13. Bc3 O-O 14. Qf4 b5 $15) 11. a4 {White tries to expoit his
development advantage by weakenning the 'b5' pawn.} Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+
Bxa8 14. Bb2 Bb4 15. Re3 (15. Bxg7 $2 Bxe1 16. Bxh8 Qxe4 17. f3 Qe3+ 18. Kh1 e5
$17 (18... Qf2 19. Bd4 Qh4 (19... Qf1+ 20. Bg1 $18 {[%cal Gb1d2]}))) 15... Bc5
16. Rg3 {After this a sharp tactical battle begins} (16. Re1 O-O 17. Qg4 f6 $15
) 16... Qxe4 17. Rxg7 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gg7g4,Yb2h8]} (17. Bxg7 Rg8 $40 {
[%csl Rg2][%cal Gg8g2]}) 17... h5 $1 (17... Qf5 $143 18. Qd2 h6) 18. Rg3 (18.
Nd2 Qf5 19. Nf3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 Rh6 $17) 18... Bd6 $1 (18... Rh6 $2
19. Rg8+ Ke7 20. Nc3 {[%csl Ra8]} Qc6 21. Nxb5 Rg6 22. Rxg6 fxg6 23. Qf1 Qe4
$44) 19. Nd2 (19. Bxh8 Bxg3 20. f3 Qe3+ 21. Kh1 Bc7 $17) 19... Qd5 20. c4 bxc4
21. bxc4 Qb7 {[%csl Rb2]} 22. Bxh8 Bxg3 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Yb7g2]} 23. Nf3 Bf4
24. Qa1 $1 {[%cal Gh8e5] the Q is doing a fantastic work on the long /^} Qb8 (
24... Qe4 $142 25. c5 (25. Be5 $2 Bxe5 26. Qxe5 Qxc4 $17) 25... Bc6 26. Be5
Bxe5 27. Qxe5 Qb1+ 28. Ne1 $11 (28. Qe1 $2 Qg6 $1 29. Kf1 Qd3+ 30. Qe2 Qb1+ 31.
Qe1 Qb5+ $19)) 25. Be5 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 f6 $1 27. Nd3 Be4 {The Q + N are usually
considered to be stronger than Q + B, but not here. In this position white's
pieces are passive and the N does not have good squares. However, this is not
enough for black to win the game} 28. Qd1 Ke7 {[%cal Gb8d6]} (28... Qd6 $2 29.
Qxh5+ Kd8 30. Ne1) 29. f3 Bf5 30. Nf2 Qf4 (30... h4 $142 {not allowing white
to free himself with g4}) 31. g4 $1 {Transferring the game into a Q ending
where although sacrifising a pawn white has very good drawing chances.} hxg4
32. fxg4 Be4 (32... Bg6 33. c5) 33. Nxe4 Qxe4 34. c5 (34. h4 $142 Qxc4 35. Qf3)
34... Qe3+ 35. Kg2 Qxc5 36. h4 Qc6+ (36... Qe3 {-see 40...Qe3}) 37. Kh3 Qc3+
38. Kg2 Qc6+ 39. Kh3 Qc3+ 40. Kg2 Qe3 41. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Gc2h7,Gh4h5]} Qf4 (
41... Kd6 $142 42. h5 f5 43. gxf5 Qg5+ 44. Kf2 Qxh5 45. Qd3+ Ke5 46. fxe6 Qh2+
47. Ke1 Kxe6 48. Qg6+) 42. Qh7+ Kd6 43. Qd3+ Ke7 44. Qh7+ Kd6 45. Qd3+ Kc7 46.
h5 $1 e5 {with open K's ang white's well advanced pawns the draw is obvious} (
46... Qxg4+ $4 47. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 48. Kxg3 $18 {[%cal Gh5h8]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2001.02.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Mil, Johan"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.02.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. b3 Nge7 (4... Qc7 5. O-O Nge7 6. Bb2 Ng6 7.
Re1 f6 8. c3 Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf1 Nd8 11. Nbd2 Nf7 12. g3 b6 13. h4 Re8 14.
Bg2 Bb7 15. h5 Nf8 16. c4 (16. Qe2 $13) 16... cxd4 17. Nxd4 a6 18. a3 Rac8 19.
Qe2 Qb8 20. Rad1 Ba8 $11 {0-1 Kuzmin,G-Romanishin,O/Donetsk 1998/CBM 68 (61)})
(4... a6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Bb2 d5 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. d3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Qc7
11. Ne5 Bd6 12. f4 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. e5 Be7 15. c4 a5 16. Rf3 f6 17. exf6
Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Raf1 Raf8 20. g3 $16 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gd2f3,Gf3e5] 1/
2-1/2 Rozentalis,E-Winkler,M/Berlin 1999/EXT 2001 (43)}) (4... Nd4 5. Bd3 (5.
Nxd4 cxd4 6. O-O Bc5 7. Bb2 a6 8. Bd3 Ne7 9. c3 Nc6 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nc2 (11.
Qh5) 11... dxc3 12. dxc3 Qh4 13. Nd4 d6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. b4 Ba7 16. c4 e5 17.
Qc2 $14 {1-0 Zahariev,Z-Botsari,A/Chania 1999/EXT 2000 (58)}) 5... Ne7 6. O-O
Nec6 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. f4 Be7 9. Qh5 d6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d3 f5 13.
e5 d5 14. Nd2 c5 15. Nf3 Qb6 16. a4 c4 17. a5 Qc7 $132 {0-1 Mrva,M-Sherbakov,R/
Presov 2000/CBM 79 no vc (46)}) 5. Bb2 Ng6 6. h4 {A typical way tackle black's
N.} (6. O-O f6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Kh1 O-O 10. c3 $6 a6 11. Bxc6 dxc6 12.
b4 Ba7 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. Rd1 Qe8 15. Qc2 e5 16. Nf5 Nf4 17. f3 Be6 18. Na3 g6 19.
Ng3 c5 $36 {0-1 Tate,E-Shabalov,A/Portsmouth 2000/EXT 2001 (28)}) 6... h5 {
[%csl Rg5]} 7. g3 (7. d3 $5) (7. d4 $2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxh4 9. g3 Qa5+ $1 10. Bc3
Nf3+ $1 11. Kf1 (11. Qxf3 Nxd4 $19) (11. Nxf3 Qxb5 $19) 11... Qb6 {[%csl Rd4]}
12. Bxc6 Nxd4 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Bxd4 Qa6+ 15. c4 Bc6 {[%csl Re4]} 16. Qe2
O-O-O 17. Bc3 f5 $36) 7... f6 8. O-O Kf7 {After h7-h5 black can no more castle
easily, so he relies on the solidity of his position, with the K going to g7,}
9. Be2 {[%csl Rh5]} (9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. c3 (12. Bxh5 $4
Rxh5 13. Qxh5 Nxd4 $17) (12. Nb5 $4 Qxg3+ $19) 12... Qe5 $13) 9... Nge7 10. d4
cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 (12. Bxh5+ $2 g6 13. Qxd4 {[%csl Rf6]} Nc6 $19 {
[%cal Gd8f6]} (13... Rxh5 14. Qxf6+ Kg8 $17)) (12. Qxd4 {would have led to a
transposition after:} Nc6 13. Qd1 g6 14. Nd2) 12... g6 13. Nd2 $2 ({essential
was} 13. f4 $142 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gf1f7,Gd4h8,Yf4f5] White must try to exploit
his development edge and the weakenned position of the black monarch! If black
gets enough time to consolidate he would simply be better. The obvious
drawback of this move is, of course, a terrible weakenning of the K's position,
but white is better prepared for the forthcoming battle.} Nc6 14. Bb2 Bc5+ 15.
Kh2 {[%cal Yf4f5]} d5 {[%cal Gc8f5]} (15... Kg7 16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5 e5 18.
Bxh5 $18) (15... d6 16. e5 (16. Nd2 $5 $36) 16... dxe5 17. fxe5 f5 18. Nd2 $14
{[%cal Gd2e4,Gd2c4,Yc4d6,Ye4d6,Ye4g5]}) 16. exd5 (16. f5 $2 gxf5 (16... exf5
17. exd5 (17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Rxf5 gxf5 19. Bxh5+ Kg7 {there is not enough
compensation for white}) 17... Ne5 18. c4 Ng4+ 19. Bxg4 hxg4 $17 {[%cal Gg6g5,
Gd8d6,Yd6h2]}) 17. Bxh5+ Kg7 18. exf5 exf5) 16... exd5 17. Nc3 Be6 18. Bf3 $16
{[%csl Rd5]}) 13... Nc6 14. Bb2 Bc5 15. Nf3 Qc7 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gc5g1] Only 3
moves have passed and black is well ogranized!} 16. Kh2 b6 17. Bd3 Bb7 {
There is no reason why white should stand better now.} 18. Ng5+ Ke7 ({of
course not} 18... fxg5 $2 19. Qf3+ Kg8 20. Qf6 Bd4 (20... e5 21. Qxg6+ Kf8 22.
Qf6+ Kg8 23. Bc4+ d5 (23... Kh7 24. Qf7+ Kh6 25. hxg5+ Kxg5 26. Qg7#) 24. exd5
$18 {[%csl Rc7,Rg8][%cal Gd5d6,Gc4g8]}) 21. Qxg6+ Kf8 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Qf6+
Kg8 24. Qxd4 gxh4 25. e5 Qc6 (25... hxg3+ 26. fxg3 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 26. Rg1 h3
27. Rad1 $16 {[%csl Rd7]}) 19. Bxf6+ $2 {as it often happens in positions of
this kind, white loses his patience and breaks his head.} (19. Nh3 $142 {
[%cal Gh3f4]} Ne5 $15) 19... Kxf6 20. Qf3+ Kg7 (20... Ke7 $4 21. Qf7+ Kd6 (
21... Kd8 22. Qf6+ $18 {[%csl Rh8]}) 22. Qf4+ Ne5 (22... e5 23. Qf6#) 23. Nf7+
Ke7 24. Nxe5 $18) 21. Qf7+ Kh6 22. Nxe6 Qe5 23. Nxc5 (23. Qxd7 Rh7 24. Qd5 Qxd5
25. exd5 Nb4 {although having 2 pawns for the piece (the d5 pawn is doomed)
white's position is absolutely hopless}) 23... Rh7 $1 {This is what white has
probably missed while playing 19.Bxf6} (23... bxc5 $2 24. Qxd7 Rh7 25. Qh3 {
would be more problematic for black to realize}) 24. Qf3 (24. Nxd7 Rxf7 25.
Nxe5 Nxe5 26. f4 $8 Nxd3 27. cxd3 Rd8 28. Rad1 Rfd7 $19) 24... Qxc5 25. e5 $2 {
[%cal Gf3f4]} (25. Qf4+ $142 Kg7 26. Qc7 Bc8 27. f4 {[%csl Re5] and thanks to
the awkward position of black Q side pieces it's still not so easy to win the
game}) {now it's all over} 25... Rf8 26. Qe4 Nxe5 $1 27. Qxb7 d5 {[%csl Rf2]
[%cal Ge5g4,Gf8f2]} 0-1

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wajih, Nassir"]
[Black "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 d6 {White has chosen a variation that does
not promise him any advantage. No less than 6 different moves were tried here
according to my database, however, black has never experienced real
difficulties.} 5. d3 (5. h3 Be7 6. d3 f5 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O f4 $5 10.
gxf4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Rxf4 $15 {0-1 Zugic,I-De Firmian,N/San
Francisco 1999/CBM 68 ext (27)}) (5. a3 a5 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. d3 Nge7 9.
Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Nd4 11. Bxd4 cxd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 f5 14. O-O a4 15. Rab1
h6 $17 {0-1 Nikolov,M-Efimenko,Z/Oropesa del Mar 1999/CBM 72 ext (31)}) (5. Bd3
g6 6. Bc2 Bg7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. h3 Ne8 11. a3 a5 12. Na4
Qc7 13. Bd2 Qb7 14. Rb1 Nc7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Qa7 17. Nc3 cxb4 18. Rxb4 Ne6
$11 {1/2-1/2 Varga,Z-Medvegy,Z/Budapest 2000/CBM 77 ext (29)}) (5. g3 Be6 6. d3
g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nd5 h6 (10... Bxd5 11. cxd5 Nd4 $11)
11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Nh4 Qd7 13. f4 exf4 $6 14. Nxf4 $36 {1-0 Vaghar,M-Djukic,S/
Artek 2000/CBM 78 ext (45)}) (5. Be2 Be7 6. d3 f5 7. exf5 Bxf5 8. Be3 Nf6 9. a3
O-O 10. O-O Nd4 11. b4 b6 $11 {1-0 Kosteniuk,A-Kochetkova,J/Kolontaevo 1998/
EXT 2000 (37)}) 5... g6 6. Bg5 f6 7. Bd2 Bg7 8. Be2 Nge7 9. O-O O-O $11 {
With this setup there is nothing to talk about white's advantage. The only one
that can be better here with time, is black.} 10. a3 f5 $6 (10... h6 $142 11.
Rb1 a5 {[%cal Gg8h7] Black shouldn't hurry to push f5 in this position.}) 11.
Rb1 Kh8 (11... a5 {it's a useful move in order to leave white with no
counterplay}) 12. b4 f4 13. Nd5 cxb4 $2 {Giving up the center.} (13... b6 14.
Bc3 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Nd4 $11) 14. axb4 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Nd4 {And now black's pawn
structure is ruined (a clear weakness on d4) with no visible compensation for
it.} (15... Ne7 16. Bc3 $16 {[%cal Gd3d4]}) 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bg4 $1 {A very
strong positional move. White is exchanging one pair of light squared B's thus
getting rid of his bad and black's good B's.} Be5 (17... Bxg4 $5 18. Qxg4 f3
19. gxf3 Qf6 20. f4 Bh6 21. Rbc1 $16 {[%cal Gc1c4]}) 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. f3 {
Now black is positionally doomed. His d4 pawn is comitted while his attack
chokes without the light squared B} Qd7 20. Qb3 g5 21. Rbc1 Rce8 {not a
pleasant thing to give up the 'c' file, but black cannot keep is for long} (
21... Qb5 22. Rc4 {[%cal Gf1c1]} Rxc4 23. dxc4 Qb6 24. Qd3 {[%csl Rd4][%cal
Gf1c1,Gc4c5,Yd2e1,Ye1f2]}) 22. Kh1 Rf7 ({little better is} 22... Rg8 $142 23.
Be1 g4 24. Qb2 gxf3 25. Rxf3 Rg7 26. Bf2 Qg4 27. Rg1 $18 {[%csl Rd4]}) 23. Be1
{[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge1f2,Yb3b2,Gc1c4]} Rg8 24. Qb2 Qd8 {[%cal Gd8f6] Black is
trying to provoke white to weaken his 1st rank by playing Rc4. However, white
is right on time to take the pawn and get back} (24... g4 25. Bf2 gxf3 26. gxf3
Qh3 27. Bxd4 Rfg7 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Rf2 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gb2e5]} Qh5 30. d4 $18
{[%cal Ye4e7,Yd5d7]}) 25. Bf2 Qf6 26. b5 (26. Rc4 b5) 26... g4 27. Rc4 gxf3 28.
gxf3 Rfg7 (28... Qg6 29. Rg1 Qh5 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. Qe2 $16) 29. Bxd4 Rg5 (
29... Qg6 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. Qf2 $18 {[%cal Gd3d4]}) 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. Qf2 Qg7
32. Rc2 Qd7 33. d4 (33. Rb2 {was also possible}) 33... Qxb5 34. dxe5 Rxe5 35.
Rg1 {[%csl Rh8] suddenly black K finds himself in trouble} Qe8 36. Rxg8+ Kxg8
37. Qh4 Re7 38. Qf6 (38. Qf6 Rg7 39. e5 {white P's are unstoppable}) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0001 76th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2001.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Plaskett, H James"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qc7 9. Re1 {In this line white is trying to exploit his development
advantage.However, the results suggest that this isn't the most problematic
variation for black} Nxd4 (9... Bd6 10. Nxc6 (10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 f6 12. Be3
b5 13. Rad1 Be5 14. Qb4 Rb8 15. f4 a5 16. Qb3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 Bb7
19. e5 fxe5 (19... f5 $11) 20. f5 (20. fxe5 Rf8 21. Rd2 Rc8 22. Bb6) 20... Rf8
21. fxe6 dxe6 22. Bc5 Rf5 23. Bd6 Rd8 24. Kg1 Rd7 25. Bb8 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bd5 $15
{0-1 Shliperman,I-Christiansen,L/Salt Lake City 1999/CBM 73 no vc (71)}) (10.
Nd5 exd5 11. exd5+ Ne5 12. f4 O-O 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 d6 (14... Bf6) 15. Nxe5
dxe5 16. b3 b5 17. Qd3 Rd8 18. c4 a5 19. Ba3 $14 {1-0 Willemze,T-Rainfray,A/
Dublin IRL 2000/The Week in Chess 299 (71)}) 10... bxc6 (10... dxc6 11. f4 Bxf4
12. Bxf4 Qxf4 13. e5 O-O 14. Qd6 b6 15. Rad1 Ra7 16. Qxc6 Qb4 17. Rd2 b5 18.
Ne4 Qa5 19. Qc5 Rc7 20. Qe3 Bb7 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Red1 (22. Qg5) 22... Bd5 23.
Qf2 gxf6 24. Qxf6+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ {Lastin - Kostur, 1999, 1/2:1/2} (25. Rd4 Rc4)
(25. Rd3 Be4 26. Rg3+ Bg6 27. h4 h5)) 11. Qh5 Be5 12. Re3 Rb8 13. b3 g6 14. Qh4
d6 15. Rf3 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qa3 17. Rb1 h6 18. Rd3 a5 19. Qg4 h5 20. Qg5 h4 21. h3
$14 {1-0 Yudasin,L-Comp Junior 5.0/Ein Bokek 1998/EXT 99 (50)}) 10. Qxd4 f6 11.
e5 f5 12. Bg5 $5 $146 (12. a4 Bc5 13. Qh4 O-O 14. Bd2 d5 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Rad1
Rac8 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Rc5 20. f4 Rfc8 21. Kf2 h6 22. Ke3 Kf7
$11 {0-1 Yegiazarian,A-Garcia Martinez,S/Ubeda 1999/CBM 68 ext (40)}) 12... b5
(12... Bc5 13. Qh4 O-O 14. Rad1 $36 {[%cal Gd1d3]} (14. Be7 Bxe7 15. Qxe7 Rf7
16. Qb4 $14)) 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rd3 $2 (14. Qh4 $142 $1 {[%cal Gc3e2,Ye2d4,
Ye2f4]} b4 $140 15. Ne2 Qxc2 $2 (15... Qxe5 $2 16. Nf4 Qc7 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Nxg6
$18) 16. Nd4 Qxb2 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. e6 dxe6 19. Rxe6+ Kf7 20. Qc4 $18) 14... b4
{In this variation black rarely castles, as in the center his king will be
safer than on the K side.} 15. Ne2 Be4 16. Rdd1 Bc5 17. Qd2 $2 {Black plays
carelessly.} Qb7 (17... Bc6 $142 18. Nf4 O-O 19. Nd3 Bd5 $14) 18. Nf4 Rc8 {
missing white's 20th move} 19. Nh5 Rg8 (19... Bxg2 20. Nxg7+ Kf8 (20... Kf7 21.
Qxd7+ Qxd7 22. Rxd7+ $18 {[%csl Rg2]}) 21. Bh6 $18) 20. Rxe4 $1 {This is what
black has missed. Now his position is falling apart. The exchange is not felt
at all} fxe4 21. Qf4 Ba7 $2 {The B will be missing in the defence} (21... Be7
$4 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Nxg7 $1 Rgf8 (23... Rcf8 24. Qg5+ Kf7 25. Qf6#) 24. Qg5+
Kf7 25. Nh5 $18) (21... Bf8 $142 22. Ng3 Rxc2 23. Qh4 Rh8 24. Nxe4 $44 {
White's active pieces more than compensate the small material disadvantage.})
22. Bh4 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gf4g5,Gg5e7,Yh5f6]} h6 23. Qg4 $1 (23. Nxg7+ Rxg7 24.
Qxh6 Kf7 (24... d5 25. exd6 Qd7 26. Bf6 Bxf2+ $1 27. Kxf2 Rxc2+ 28. Ke3 Rgxg2
29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. Qh7+ Ke8 31. Qh8+ $11 (31. Qe7+ Qxe7 32. dxe7 Rge2+ 33. Kf4
Rf2+ 34. Ke5 Rc5+ 35. Kd6 Rd5+ $19)) 25. Bf6 Rcg8 26. Bxg7 Rxg7 27. Qf6+ Kg8
28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Qh4+ $11) 23... Kf7 24. Ng3 {[%cal Gg3e4,Ge4d6] Remember the
B that should have been standing on f8 ?} Rc4 {[%tqu "En","Can you find the
strongest way to continue the attack?","","","g3f5","",10]} 25. Nf5 $1 Bc5 (
25... exf5 26. Qxf5+ Ke8 27. Qg6+ Kf8 28. e6 $1 $18) 26. Qh5+ Kf8 {and the
final punch.....} 27. Rd6 $1 {[%cal Gh4e7]} exf5 (27... Bxd6 28. Nxd6 g6 29.
Qxh6+ Rg7 30. Qh8+ Rg8 31. Qf6#) (27... Rh8 $8 28. Be7+ Kg8 29. Qg6 exf5 30.
Bf6 Bxf2+ 31. Kf1 $18) 28. Qxf5+ Ke8 29. e6 Bxf2+ 30. Bxf2 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Holmsten, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 {This move, not the best from
an objective point of view, suits Mark Danilovich's style very well - not
always correct sacrifices, but initiative in his hands is one of the more
exciting sights.} ({Usually white prefers:} 5. O-O {not giving up the pawn})
5... cxd4 6. Ne2 Qg5 (6... Qb6 {Is a less principal continuation} 7. Bd3 g6 8.
c3 dxc3 9. bxc3 Bg7 10. Ba3 Ne7 11. O-O d6 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Nd4 Bf8
15. f4 $16 {1-0 Bigaliev,R-Zaitsev,M/Kolontaevo 1997/EXT 2000 (28)}) 7. Bc4 (7.
a4 a6 8. Bd3 Qxg2 9. Ng3 Qh3 10. c3 Bc5 11. b4 Ba7 12. Bb2 dxc3 13. Bxc3 Nf6
14. Qf3 Qg4 15. Qg2 d6 16. Be2 Qh4 17. O-O-O Bd7 18. a5 Rc8 19. Kb2 e5 $17 {
0-1 Golubovic,B-Bistric,F/Kastav CRO 2000/The Week in Chess 320 (34)}) (7. Nxd4
$2 Qc5 8. c3 e5 9. b4 Qb6 10. Qe2 exd4 11. cxd4 Qxd4 12. Rb1 Nf6 $19 {0-1
Velimirovic,D-Matulovic,M/Vrsac 1981/MCD (33)}) 7... Qxg2 8. Ng3 Qh3 9. c3 (9.
d3 Bd6 10. Qe2 Ne7 11. Bd2 Bxg3 $2 {Giving white too much space to press} 12.
fxg3 Nc6 13. O-O-O d6 14. Rdf1 f6 15. g4 $36 {1-0 Tokarevas,T-Zapolskis,A/
Vilnius LTU 2000 (24)}) (9. Qf3 Ne7 10. c3 Nc6 11. Qf4 Be7 12. Bb5 dxc3 13.
bxc3 e5 14. Qe3 d6 15. f4 Bh4 16. Ba3 exf4 17. Qxf4 Bxg3+ 18. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 19.
hxg3 $44 {0-1 McShane,L-Povah,N/England 1996/EXT 99 (41)}) 9... Bc5 10. b4 $2 {
After this white's possibilities to press on the center ('d4') are reduced} (
10. Qa4 $5 {[%cal Gc4f1] Tseitlin. According to the post mortem this was an
interesting continuation - white is fighting for the center, expoiting his
development advantage} Qh4 $1 {[%cal Gh4f6] Probably the best idre is to get
the Q back home} (10... b6 $2 11. cxd4 Be7 12. d5 $36 {[%cal Gd2d4]}) (10...
Bd6 11. Bf1 Qh4 12. Qxd4 $16) (10... e5 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Qc4+ $16) ({of
course not} 10... dxc3 11. bxc3 {[%cal Gd2d4] and white has a very strong
initiative for the pawn}) 11. Be2 Qf6 {Although white has compensation, I
would take balck here.}) 10... Bd6 11. Bf1 (11. cxd4 Bxg3 12. fxg3 (12. Qf3
Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Nf6 $17) 12... Qg2 13. Rf1 Qxe4+ $19) 11... Qh4 12. Bg2 (12. Qf3
dxc3 13. dxc3 Nf6 $17) 12... dxc3 13. dxc3 Be5 $17 {It is clear not that white
has achieved nothing} 14. O-O Nf6 (14... Bxc3 {was also possible, but black
correctly chooses not to push the fortune, and develop some pieces.} 15. Rb1
Nf6 16. f4 (16. Rb3 Be5 17. f4 Bc7 $19) 16... Ng4 17. h3 Qxg3 18. hxg4 {
[%cal Gb1b3]} a5 19. b5 e5 {[%csl Gd4]} 20. Rb3 $44) 15. Qd2 O-O (15... Nxe4
16. Bxe4 Bxg3 17. f4 $1 Qxh2+ 18. Qxh2 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 $13) 16. Qg5 {Admitting
the defeat. However, I have a very hard time advising anything better.} (16. f4
$2 Ng4 17. h3 Qxg3 18. hxg4 Bxc3 $19) (16. h3 $5 {maybe is the best practical
choice, trying to cpmplicate the matters.}) 16... Qxg5 17. Bxg5 Bxc3 {Now the
position is nothing but technical} 18. Rab1 h6 19. Bf4 e5 20. Be3 a5 21. Bc5
Bxb4 {probably the cleanest way to win - assuring that white initiative
finally vanishes.} (21... Rd8 $2 22. Be7 Re8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. bxa5 Rxa5 25.
Nf5 d5 26. Nd6 Rd8 27. Nxc8 Rxc8 28. exd5 {with good drawing chances}) ({
also possible was} 21... Re8 22. b5 Bb4 $1 {[%cal Gd7d6] After black gets out
his light B the game is over.}) 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 $17 {Although material inbalance
usually creates some problem for the realizing side, in this position white is
completely doomed as his rooks are no more than statues.} 23. Rfc1 d6 24. Bf1
b6 25. Rc7 Be6 (25... Bc5 $143 26. Bc4 Bd7 (26... Be6) 27. Nh5 $1 Rc8 28. Rxc8+
Bxc8 $17 {Although still better, without a R black's task is much more
difficult.}) 26. Bc4 Ne8 27. Rc6 Bc5 28. Bd5 (28. Bxe6 fxe6 $19 {[%cal Gf8e7,
Ge7d7]}) 28... Rb8 {[%cal Ge6d7]} 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Nf1 Ke7 31. Ne3 Kd7 {
White could've calmly resigned at this point.} 32. Rxc5 dxc5 33. Nc4 Kc7 34.
Rd1 b5 35. Nxa5 c4 36. Rb1 Nd6 37. f4 Ra8 38. fxe5 Rxa5 39. exd6+ Kxd6 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vokarev, Sergey"]
[Black "Arkhipov, Sergey G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[BlackTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 $5 {waiting to see
what black plans are.} (6. Ng5 Ng6 (6... f6 7. Nh3 g6 8. f4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10.
Nf2 d6 11. Nd2 a5 12. a4 f5 13. Nf3 Rb8 14. Rb1 c4 $5 15. dxc4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 d5
17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nf2 Qb6 19. Re1 Nf5 20. Ne5 Rb7 21. b3 Rd8 $44 {1/2-1/2
Bologan,V-Shabalov,A/Connecticut USA 2000/The Week in Chess 286 (37)}) 7. f4
Be7 8. Nf3 d5 9. c4 e5 10. f5 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nf4 $2 12. Qxd8+ Bxd8 13. Nxe5
Nxg2+ 14. Kf2 Nh4 {[%csl Rh4]} 15. Nc3 Bf6 16. Ng4 Bd4+ 17. Kg3 h5 18. Nf2 Bf6
19. Nh3 Bxf5 20. exf5 Nxf5+ 21. Kf4 $18 {1-0 Bologan,V-Sveshnikov,E/Tallinn
EST 2000/The Week in Chess 273 (42)}) (6. h4 h5 7. Qe2 f6 8. e5 fxe5 9. Nxe5 d6
10. Nc4 Nf5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nc3 e5 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Kb1 Rb8 16.
Rde1 Nd4 17. Qd2 O-O 18. Nd1 Qc7 19. f3 Rf4 20. Re4 d5 21. Rxf4 exf4 22. Qa5
Qe7 23. Ne5 Bf5 $17 {0-1 Shabanov,Y-Arkhipov,S/Smolensk RUS 2000/The Week in
Chess 287 (61)}) 6... Ng6 (6... Qc7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Ng5 Be7 9. Qh5 Qd8 {White's
idea worked, black wasted two tempis and white only one} (9... d6 10. f4 $36 {
[%cal Gf4f5]}) (9... h6 $2 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. f4 $16) 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. f4 Bxg5
12. fxg5 c4 (12... d6 $6 13. b3 $1 {now black is left with no counterplay} Bc8
14. Ne2 a6 15. Be3 Rb8 16. Rf2 Rb7 17. Raf1 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gf2f3,Gf3h3]} O-O
{[%csl Rh7]} 18. Rf3 e5 $8 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gc8h3]} (18... Re8 19. Rh3 Nf8 20.
g6 $1 fxg6 21. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 (21... Rxf8 22. Qxh7+ Kf7 23. Rf3+ Ke8 24. Rxf8+
Kxf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Bg5+ $18) 22. Qxh7 $18 {[%cal Gh3f3,Gh7h8,Ge3g5]}) 19.
Ng3 $16 {[%cal Gg3f5,Gf3h3] 1/2-1/2 Ovetchkin,R-Sherbakov,R/Smolensk 2000/CBM
77_02/[Gershon] (43)}) 13. d4 {[%cal Ge4e5]} d6 14. Be3 O-O $13) 7. h4 $5 {
Forcing black to play h5 with the hope to expoit the weakness later on.} h5 8.
e5 f6 (8... d6 $143 9. exd6 Bxd6 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6,Rh5]} 10. Nc3 e5 11. Ng5 Bg4
12. f3 Bf5 13. Be3 Rb8 14. O-O-O Qb6 15. b3 Qa5 16. Nce4 Be7 17. Kb1 O-O $2 {
[%csl Rh5]} 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Nxh5 Rb6 20. Bd2 Qa3 21. Bc1 Qa5 22. Qd2 $18 {
1-0 Yudasin,L-Manca,F/Reggio Emilia ITA 2000 (28)}) 9. Qe4 Kf7 10. Na3 {
Gives black the extra tempo to get himself ready.But the straight forward
tactics don't seem to work too well either.} ({the more energetic:} 10. Rh3 $5
{[%cal Gf3g5,Yh3f3] looks better, but black has:} Nxe5 $1 (10... Be7 $2 11.
Ng5+ fxg5 12. Rf3+ Bf6 (12... Nf4 13. hxg5 Bxg5 14. Bxf4 Kg8 $8 15. Qg6 $16)
13. hxg5 $16) (10... Qc7 $2 11. Ng5+ $1 fxg5 12. Rf3+ Kg8 13. Qxg6 Qxe5+ 14.
Kf1 gxh4 $2 (14... g4 $8 15. Rf4 {[%cal Gb1c3,Gc3e4,Ge4g5]} Ba6 16. Nc3 d5 17.
Bd2 $16) 15. Bg5 (15. Rf4 $142 $18 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gg6f7,Gf4h4]}) 15... Ba6
16. Nc3 c4 17. d4 Qxd4 18. Qf7+ Kh7 19. Qxh5+ Kg8 20. Qf7+ Kh7 21. Rf6 $18 {
1-0 Bezold,M-Volkmann,F/Austria 1999/EXT 2000 (22)}) 11. Nxe5+ fxe5 12. Rf3+ (
12. Qxe5 d6 13. Rf3+ Kg8 $132) 12... Kg8 13. Qg6 {[%cal Gc1g5] with the threat:
14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Qf7 Kh7 16.Qh5 Kg8 17.Rf8 +-} Ba6 {[%cal Ga8f8]} 14. Qf7+ Kh7 15.
Qxh5+ Kg8 16. Qf7+ Kh7 17. Nc3 Qe8 18. Ne4 Qxf7 19. Rxf7 d5 $13 {white has the
activity but in a long run black has very good counterchances.}) 10... Qc7 {
[%csl Re5]} 11. Nc4 (11. Bf4 Nxf4 12. Qxf4 Ba6 13. Nc4 {-see game}) 11... Ba6
12. Bf4 (12. Rh3 Bxc4 13. Ng5+ (13. dxc4 Nxe5 $17) 13... fxg5 14. Rf3+ Kg8 15.
Qxg6 Qxe5+ 16. Kf1 g4 17. Re3 Qf6 $17) 12... Nxf4 13. Qxf4 Be7 (13... Bxc4 14.
dxc4 Rb8 15. b3 Be7 $132) 14. Rh3 Kg8 15. Rg3 Rh7 (15... Rb8 $140 $4 16. Rxg7+
$1 Kf8 (16... Kxg7 17. exf6+ $18 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gf4c7]}) 17. Rxe7 $18) 16.
O-O-O Rf8 {[%cal Gf8f3,Gf6e5] All of a sudden white's pluses a few moves ago
turn to be weaknesses: the 'f' file opens for black R's, the center threatens
to move and the 'h4' pawn turns out to be a bigger problem than its collegue
on h5.The only poblem that black is yet to solve is that his king is much
weaker. This makes white's chances not worse at least.} 17. Qe4 {[%cal Ge4g6]}
Rh6 $1 {[%cal Gh6f6,Gf6e5]} 18. Qe3 {[%csl Rh6]} Kh7 19. Rh1 (19. exf6 Rhxf6
20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Qe2 Rxf2 (21... Qf4+) 22. Qxh5 Bxg5+ 23. Qxg5 (23. hxg5 Qxg3
24. g6 Qf4+ 25. Kb1 Qh6 $19) 23... d5 $17) 19... Bxc4 20. dxc4 fxe5 21. Nxe5
Bd6 22. f4 Rhf6 {[%csl Rf4,Rh5]} 23. Rd1 {[%cal Ge3d3,Yd3h7,Yd3d6]} Kg8 (23...
Rxf4 $2 24. Qd3+ R4f5 25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Rxe5 27. Rxd7 $18 {[%csl Ra7,Rg7]}
) 24. Rf3 Rf5 (24... Rxf4 $4 25. Rxf4 Rxf4 26. Rxd6 $1 $18 (26. Qxf4 Bxe5 27.
Qf3 Qb8 28. c3 $16)) (24... Bxe5 25. fxe5 Rxf3 26. gxf3 Qd8 {is worse than the
game where white had the b2-b3 move, which considerably weakens his king.}) 25.
b3 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Rxf3 27. gxf3 Qd8 {A premature draw accept on white's side.
Although his king gets under fire he should continue.} (27... Qd8 28. Qxc5 Qxh4
29. Rxd7 Rxf3 30. Kb2 Qe4 (30... Qe1 {[%cal Gf3f1,Ge1c3]} 31. Rxa7 Rf5 (31...
Rf1 32. Ka3 Qc1+ 33. Kb4 $18) 32. Qxc6 Qxe5+ 33. Ka3 Rf2 34. Qe8+ $16) 31. Re7
Re3 $1 $132 {[%cal Ge3e2]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "VISA Nordic GP Final"]
[Site "Gentofte"]
[Date "1999.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1
Rc8 9. a3 (9. a4 b4 (9... Ng6 10. axb5 axb5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Bb3
Rxc1 14. Qxc1 Nd3 15. Qe3 Nxe1 16. Qxe1 Bd6 17. Nbd2 O-O 18. e5 Bb8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Kholmov,R-Goloshchapov,A/Mlada Boleslav op 1995/EXT 97 (38)}) 10. d3 (
10. d4 bxc3 11. d5 Nb4 12. Nxc3 Ng6 13. Bb1 Be7 14. g3 O-O 15. h4 d6 16. h5 Ne5
17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Qb6 20. Be3 Rcd8 $17 {[%csl Ga1,Gb1] 0-1
Smyslov,V-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg 1994/CBM 44 (60)}) 10... Ng6 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Nf1
(12. d4 bxc3 13. bxc3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 Qc7 16. Ba3 O-O 17. Re3 Nc2 18.
Bxc2 Qxc2 19. Qxc2 Rxc2 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Rb3 Ba8 22. Rb6 Rfc8 23. Kf1 f5 24.
exf5 Nxf5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Slobodjan,R-Glek,I/Bonn 1995/CBM 45 (42)}) 12... O-O 13.
Ng3 d5 14. Bd2 a5 15. Qe2 Ba6 16. e5 bxc3 17. bxc3 d4 18. c4 Nb4 19. Bd1 Bb7
20. Nh5 Bxf3 $1 21. gxf3 Bg5 22. f4 Bh6 23. Qf3 Rb8 24. Kh1 Kh8 25. Rg1 Qe7 26.
Rg3 $17 {[%csl Gd1,Gd2][%cal Gg6h4,Gh4f5] 0-1 Torre,E-Stefansson,H/Elista 1998/
CBM 66 ext (53)}) 9... c4 $146 (9... d5 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Na5
$2 13. Bxb7 Nxb7 14. Nc3 $32 Ng6 15. d5 Be7 16. dxe6 O-O 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. Bg5 $18 {1-0 Pyhala,A-Hokkanen,P/Jyvaskyla 1994/EXT 97 (50)})
10. d4 (10. e5 $6 Ng6 11. Be4 Qc7 12. d4 cxd3 13. Bg5 d6 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Qxd3
$11) 10... cxd3 11. Qxd3 Ng6 12. Nbd2 $6 {[%cal Gd2b3,Gb3d4]} (12. a4 $2 b4 13.
Nbd2 bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 {[%cal Gc8c1]}) ({better was:} 12. Be3 Be7 (12... Nce5
$6 {Black should first develope his king side before he begins any kind of
action on the queen side.} 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qe2 Nc4 15. Bc1 $16 {[%cal Gb2b3,
Yc1b2,Yb2h8]}) 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Rad1 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Gd2b3,Ge3c1]} Nce5 {
Otherwise white will play Nb3 and on Nc4 will have the Bc1 retreat while his
rook is in the game.} 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qe2 Nc4 17. Nxc4 bxc4 {[%csl Gb2]} 18.
e5 {[%csl Gh7]} Qc7 19. Qg4 $36 {White has the initiative, which isn't, to my
opinion, fully compesated by queen side weaknesses.}) 12... Be7 13. Nb3 Qc7 {
[%cal Gg6f4]} 14. Nbd4 (14. Be3 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qe2 Nc4 17. Bc1 (17. Bd4
e5 18. Be3 Nxb2 $17) 17... O-O $11) 14... O-O 15. Be3 (15. e5 {[%cal Gh2h5]}
Rfd8 {[%cal Gg6f8]} 16. Qe2 (16. h4 $2 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 (17. Nxd4 Bxh4 $17) 17...
Bxf3 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. gxf3 Rf8 $17) 16... d6 $132) 15... Nce5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5
17. Qe2 Nc4 18. Bc1 Bf6 $11 {[%csl Gc4]} 19. Nf3 {[%cal Gf3d2,Yc1g5,Re4e5]} g6
{[%cal Gf6g7,Yc2g6] Making room for the bishop and closing the b1-h7 /^} (19...
d6 20. Rb1 (20. Bg5 $2 Nxb2 (20... Bxg5 21. Nxg5 h6 $17) 21. Bxf6 (21. e5 Bxf3
$19) 21... gxf6 22. e5 Qxc3 23. Rac1 Bxf3 $1 $19) 20... g6 21. Bh6 Rfe8 {-game}
) 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. Rab1 d6 $6 (21... a5 $142 {Black has to quickly exploit the
beautiful position of his knight on c4 before it gets exchanged} 22. Nd2 (22.
e5 $2 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Bxe5 $19) 22... Nxd2 (22... b4 $2 23. Nxc4 Qxc4 24. Qxc4
Rxc4 25. Bd3 Rc6 26. axb4 axb4 27. cxb4 $16) (22... d5 $2 {[%cal Gb5b4]} 23.
Nxc4 (23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Red8 $15) 23... dxc4 24. e5 Bh8 25.
Bg5 $16 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) 23. Bxd2 (23. Qxd2 b4 $17) 23... b4 (23... Be5 24. f4 (
24. g3 b4 25. f4 Bg7 $17 {[%csl Gg1]}) 24... Bxf4 25. Bxf4 Qxf4 26. Qxb5 Qc7
$11) 24. e5 Bg7 $15) 22. Nd2 Nxd2 (22... d5 23. Nxc4 bxc4 24. e5 Bh8 25. Rbd1
$16 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Gd1d4]}) 23. Qxd2 d5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Qf4 $2 {In the
endgame white will stand much worse than with the queens on the board. After
the queen change we get the famous sicilian endgame which is better for black.}
(25. Qe3 $15 {[%cal Gb1d1,Ge3h3]}) 25... Qxf4 26. Bxf4 Red8 (26... a5 27. Be5
$2 (27. Be4 Red8 {-26...Red8}) 27... Bxe5 28. Rxe5 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Ba4
Red8 31. cxb4 Rc4 $17 {[%csl Gb2] Black will double his rooks on the b file
tying up white pieces to the defence of the 'b' P and then begin the assault
on white's position on the king side.White's best chance seems to give up the
b pawn while exchanging the bishops and one pair of rooks and then hold the 4
vs 3 rook engame.}) 27. Be4 Bxe4 $6 (27... a5) (27... g5 $1 28. Bxd5 (28. Bg3
Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Rd2 $17) 28... Rxd5 29. Be3 Rcd8 30. Ra1 h5 31. a4 Rb8 32. axb5
Rdxb5 33. Bc1 a5 $15) 28. Rxe4 Rc4 (28... a5 29. Be5 $11) 29. Rxc4 bxc4 {
[%csl Ga3,Gb2,Gc3,Rc4,Gf4]} 30. Re1 g5 31. Be3 Rd5 $2 {Allows white to fix the
g5 pawn on a dark square which would have reasonably reduce black's winning
chances} (31... h5 {[%cal Gg5g4]}) 32. Kf1 $6 (32. g4) 32... Kf8 33. Ke2 Ke7
34. Rd1 Kd6 (34... Rxd1 35. Kxd1 g4 36. Kc2 Be5 37. h3 gxh3 38. gxh3 Kd6 39. b3
Kd5 40. a4 h5 41. b4 f5 (41... Ke4 42. b5 axb5 43. a5 Kd5 44. a6 Kc6 45. a7 Kb7
46. Bc5 $11) 42. b5 $1 axb5 43. a5 Kc6 (43... f4 44. a6 Kc6 (44... fxe3 $4 45.
a7 exf2 46. a8=Q+ $18) 45. a7 Kb7 46. Bc5 {no way for black to progress}) 44.
a6 Bd6 45. a7 Kb7 46. f3 $11) 35. g4 Rxd1 36. Kxd1 Kd5 37. f3 Be7 38. Kc2 f5
39. h3 {Because of the pawn on g5 black cannot break through} f4 (39... Ke5 40.
b3) 40. Bb6 e5 41. Kd2 Kc6 42. Ba5 Kd5 43. a4 e4 44. Ke2 Bf6 (44... Bc5 $2 {
[%cal Gc5e3,Ge3c1,Gc1b2]} 45. Bd8 h6 (45... Be3 46. Bxg5 Bc1 47. h4 Bxb2 48.
Bf6 {[%cal Gh4h5,Gg4g6,Yh5h8]}) 46. Bf6 Be3 47. Bg7 Bc1 48. Bxh6 Bxb2 49. Bxg5
Bxc3 50. Bxf4 {and it is white who wins}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "VISA Nordic GP Final"]
[Site "Gentofte"]
[Date "1999.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 7. Ng5 f5 8.
O-O (8. Qf3 e6 9. h4 a6 10. Nc3 Nb4 11. Kd1 Be7 12. d3 O-O 13. Qh5 h6 14. Qg6
hxg5 15. hxg5 Bxg5 16. Rh7 Qe7 17. Qh5 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Qf7 19. Rxg7+ Qxg7 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. Kd2 b6 22. Rh1 Rg8 23. Qg5+ {1-0 Brajovic,R-Veneteanu,I/TIT Festival,
Bucharest ROM 1999 (23)}) 8... a6 (8... g6 9. d4 Nc7 10. Qe2 h6 11. Nf3 Nxb5
12. Qxb5 e6 13. dxc5 $16 {0-1 Polovnikova,E-Cmilyte,V/Rimavska Sobota 1996/EXT
97 (86)}) (8... e6 9. d4 b6 10. c4 Ba6 11. cxd5 Bxb5 12. dxe6 Bxf1 13. Nf7 Qh4
14. Qxf1 Rg8 15. Qb5 Rd8 16. Bg5 {1-0 Klimov,S-Hedman,E/IM Salongernas,
Stockholm SWE 1999 (16)}) 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. dxc3 e6 11. Qf3 (11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qf3
g6 13. Qg3 b6 14. Nh3 Bg7 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Be7 Re8 17. Bd6 Qc6 18. Nf4 Bb7 19.
Qg5 Qc8 20. Rad1 Be4 21. h4 Qd8 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. f3 Bxc2 24. Rd2 Ba4 25. Nh3 $36
{1/2-1/2 Zezulkin,J-Agamaliev,G/Polanica Zdroj POL 1999 (38)}) 11... g6 12. Qg3
b6 13. h4 Bb7 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bf4 Qc6 $2 (15... h6 $4 16. Nxe6 (16. Nf3 Rg8 (
16... Kf7 17. h5 g5 18. Bxg5 hxg5 19. Nxg5+ Ke7 20. Nf7 Kxf7 21. Qg6+ Ke7 22.
Qf6+ Ke8 23. Qxh8 $16) 17. Rd2 O-O-O $14) 16... dxe6 17. Qxg6+ Qf7 18. Qxf7+
Kxf7 19. Rd7+ $16) (15... Bc6 $142 {Black should have the bishop defending on
the d7 pawn, because he cannot prevent white bishop from getting to the h4-d8 /
^ and, therefore, weakenning the pawn} 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. Bg5 Re8) 16. Nf3 O-O-O
(16... Be7 17. Bg5 {[%csl Gd6,Ge7,Gf6,Gg7] With the exchange of the dark
colour bishops the black squares will be a very easy target for white's pieces.
}) 17. Bg5 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Gg5d8]} Re8 18. Bf6 Rg8 19. Rd2 h6 $2 ({There
still had time to correct the mistake and bring the bishop to the defense:} 
19... Qc7 20. Rad1 Bc6 $11) 20. Rad1 g5 (20... Qc7 21. Rxd7 Qxd7 22. Rxd7 Kxd7
23. Nd2 b5 24. c4 $16) 21. Rxd7 ({also possible was:} 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Nxg5 f4
23. Qg4 Bh6 24. Rxd7 (24. f3) 24... Bxg5 25. Bxg5 Qxg2+ (25... Qxd7 26. Rxd7
Kxd7 27. Qxf4 Ref8 28. Qd2+ Kc8 29. Qd6 $16) 26. Qxg2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Rxg5+ 28.
Kf3 Rxe5 29. Ra7 Rd5 30. Rxd5 exd5 31. Ra8+ Kd7 32. Rxe8 Kxe8 33. Kxf4 $18)
21... g4 22. Ne1 Qxd7 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. Nd3 {[%csl Ge8,Gg8] From the material
point of view black stands fine, but there is one 'tiny' problem: both his
rooks are completely paralized by the bishop on f6. Unfortunately for black he
cannot exchange the black bishops because of the dark squares weakness.} c4 (
24... Be7 25. Qe3 (25. Nf4 Kc8 26. Qd3 Rd8 27. Qc4) 25... g3 26. f3 $16 {
[%csl Gb7,Gg3,Gh6]}) 25. Nf4 Bc5 26. b4 $1 {Forcing further weakenning of
black's position.} cxb3 (26... Bf8 27. Qe3 Kc7 28. Qd4 $18) 27. cxb3 b5 28.
Qd3+ Kc8 29. Kf1 Bb6 (29... g3 30. f3 Be7 31. Nxe6 $1 Bxf6 32. exf6 Rxe6 33.
Qxf5 $18) 30. Qd6 $18 {[%csl Ge8,Gg8]} Bc7 31. Qc5 Rgf8 32. c4 $2 (32. Nxe6 {
would force an immediate resignation} Rf7 33. Ng7 Rg8 34. Nxf5 $18) 32... Rf7 (
32... Kb8 33. cxb5 Rxf6 34. exf6 Bxf4 35. f7 $18) (32... bxc4 33. Nxe6) 33.
cxb5 axb5 34. Qxb5 {[%csl Ge8,Gf7][%cal Ga2a8] The rest is pointless, black
has no chances with his pieces being so discoordinated} Rd7 35. a4 Be4 36. a5
Rf8 37. Qc5 Re8 38. Ke2 Bb7 39. Qb5 Bb8 40. a6 Be4 41. f3 gxf3+ 42. gxf3 Ba8
43. h5 $1 {When his job on f6 is done the bishop joins his qeen for the final
punch.} Ba7 44. Bh4 Bg1 45. Bf2 Bxf2 46. Kxf2 Ree7 47. Qb6 Rc7 48. Nxe6 Rc2+
49. Kg3 Re8 50. a7 Rc3 51. Qa6+ Kd7 52. Nc5+ (52. Nc5+ Ke7 (52... Rxc5 53. Qd6+
Kc8 54. Qxc5+) 53. Qf6#) 1-0

[Event "VISA Nordic GP Final"]
[Site "Gentofte"]
[Date "1999.08.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 a6 8.
Ba4 b5 (8... Nc6 9. d3 (9. c3 d3 10. Ng3 b5 11. Bb3 h5 12. h3 Bc5 13. e5 Nxe5
14. Ne4 Bb6 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Nxc8+ Rxc8 17. Qe1 Qc7 18. Kh1 g5 $17 {[%csl Ga1,
Gc1] 0-1 Pira,D-Vaisser,A/FRA-chT 1993/TD (32)}) 9... Bc5 (9... Be7 10. c3 b5
11. Bb3 dxc3 12. bxc3 Bb7 13. Ng3 O-O 14. Qg4 Ne5 15. Qe2 Nc6 16. Qg4 Kh8 17.
Bb2 Na5 18. f4 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Nxb3 20. axb3 f6 21. f5 Rfe8 22. Nh5 Bf8 23. Ba3
exf5 24. Rxf5 d6 25. Qg3 Qc7 26. Bb2 Re5 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Ivanchuk,
V/Terrassa 1991/CBM 24 (26)}) 10. f4 (10. c4 Rb8 $6 11. Bf4 d6 12. b4 Bxb4 13.
Nxd4 Bd7 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. d4 $32 {1/2-1/2 Watson,W-Nunn,J/Kilkenny 1996/CBM
55 ext (35)}) 10... d5 11. Ng3 dxe4 12. Nxe4 {1/2-1/2 Glek,I-Nunn,J/BL9596
1996/GER-chT (12)}) 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. d3 Bc5 (10... Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. f5 Na5 13.
Nf4 (13. Ng3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Kh8 15. Nh5 d5 16. f6 $5 gxf6 17. e5 $1 f5 {[%csl
Gc8]} 18. Bf4 Rg8 19. Qe2 Bb7 20. Rf3 Rg4 21. Raf1 Rc8 22. Nf6 $44 {1-0
Eismont,O-Rogovski,V/Alushta 1997/EXT 99 (25)}) 13... Nxb3 14. axb3 exf5 15.
exf5 Bb7 16. Nh5 f6 17. Qg4 Rf7 18. Qxd4 Qc7 19. Qf2 b4 20. Bf4 Qc6 21. Rae1
Bc5 22. Be3 Rc8 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. Re2 $16 {1-0 Yudasin,
L-Moiseenko,A/Krynica 1997/CBM 62 (57)}) 11. f4 Qh4 12. Ng3 Bb7 13. Qh5 (13. f5
Bd6 (13... Ne5 $2 14. Rf4 Qe7 15. Nh5 $40 {[%cal Gf5f6]}) 14. Qf3 O-O 15. f6 (
15. a4 $36) 15... gxf6 (15... Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Bh6 Rfc8 18. Nh5 $16) (
15... g6 {[%csl Gh4]} 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Qxf4 18. Rxf4 $14) 16. Qxf6 Qxf6
17. Rxf6 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Ne5 19. Bd2 $36) 13... Be7 (13... Qxh5 14. Nxh5 O-O 15.
f5 $14) 14. f5 g6 15. Qxh4 Bxh4 16. Bh6 $2 {letting the advantage go} (16. fxe6
$142 {If black takes with the f pawn white will have the f file permanently 
(after playing Bh6), and after taking with the d pawn black will have problems
with his f pawn} dxe6 (16... fxe6 17. Bh6 $16) 17. Bh6 {[%cal Gf1f3,Ga1f1]} a5
18. a4 $16) 16... Bxg3 17. hxg3 gxf5 18. exf5 Rg8 19. fxe6 dxe6 {The huge
difference is that now black has a counterplay against white's doubled pawns}
20. Bf4 O-O-O 21. Rfe1 Rg6 22. Kf2 Rdg8 23. Rh1 R8g7 24. Rh5 Kd7 (24... Kd7 25.
Rah1 e5 26. Bd2 (26. Bxe5 Nxe5 27. Rxe5 Rxg3 $17) 26... Rxg3 27. Bd5 $11) (
24... e5 $5 25. Rxe5 $1 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 f6 27. Be6+ Kd8 28. Bxd4 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "VISA Nordic GP Final"]
[Site "Gentofte"]
[Date "1999.08.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Nf6 (6... Bg5 7. h4 (
7. Nf1 Bxc1 8. Rxc1 Nh6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. Qh5 Kh8 11. O-O f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Ne4
Nh6 14. c3 Ne7 15. Nd5 b5 16. Nxe7 Bg4 $1 17. Qg5 bxc4 {[%csl Ge7]} 18. f3 Be6
19. dxc4 Nf7 20. Qh4 g5 21. Ng6+ Kg8 22. Qh5 Re8 23. Rcd1 Bxc4 24. h4 Kg7 25.
Nxg5 Nxg5 26. hxg5 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Re6 28. Nh4 Kh8 29. Qg4 Qg8 30. Nf5 Qg6 31.
Qe4 Rd8 32. Kf2 d5 33. Qg4 d4 $17 {0-1 Garcia,G-Shabalov,A/Toronto 1998/CBM 65
ext (42)}) 7... Bh6 8. Qh5 g6 9. Qd1 Nf6 10. Nf1 Bxc1 11. Qxc1 Be6 12. Ne3 Qd7
13. Ncd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 O-O-O 16. c3 f6 17. Qe3 Ne7 18. Bb3 Qg4
19. Kf1 Kb8 20. h5 Rdf8 21. Qh3 $14 {1-0 Anand,V-Yakovich,Y/Geneva 1996/CBM 54
ext (50)}) 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 (8... Bd7 $6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. a3 Nd4 11. Ba2 Rc8
12. O-O Be6 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. Ncd5 Bd8 15. Kh1 Nh5 16. c3 Nc6 17. b4 Ne7 18. Bb3
Kh8 19. Rb1 $16 {1-0 Wells,P-Coleman,D/Torquay 1998/CBM 66 ext (29)}) 9. Ne3
O-O (9... a6 10. a4 Nb4 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Bxc4 15.
dxc4 Nc6 16. Nf5 Nd4 17. Qf2 Nxf5 18. Rxf5 Nd7 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. b3 $16 {1-0
Hracek,Z-Degraeve,J/Koszalin POL 1999 (45)}) 10. O-O Ne8 (10... a6 11. a3 b5
12. Ba2 Bxa2 13. Rxa2 Qd7 14. Ra1 Bd8 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Nd4 17. Rf2 Rb8 18.
Bd2 Ne6 19. Kh1 Nc7 20. Qf3 Nfe8 21. Ne2 Bf6 22. c3 g6 23. Ng4 Bg7 24. Nh6+
Bxh6 25. Bxh6 Ng7 26. Ng3 $16 {1-0 Adams,M-Womacka,M/Germany 1997/GER-chT (49)}
) 11. g3 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 Bg5 13. Rf1 Nc7 14. Ned5 Bxc1
15. Rxc1 Ne7 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Qh5 Ng6 $14 {1-0 Blehm,P-Gershon,A/Yerevan ARM
1999 (44)}) (11. Ncd5 Bg5 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 Bxf4 14. Rxf4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 d5
16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qf3 Nc7 18. Qf2 Ne6 19. Rf5 Qd7 20. Be3 b6 21. Qg3 Ncd4 $15 {
0-1 Aagaard,J-Schandorff,L/Copenhagen DEN 1999 (41)}) 11... Nc7 12. a3 a6 (
12... Rb8 $142 13. Ned5 Qd7 (13... b5 $2 14. Nxc7 bxc4 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. dxc4
Nd4 17. b3 $16) 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 Bg4 16. Nxe7+ (16. Qe1 Nd4 $36) 16... Nxe7
$11) 13. Ncd5 {White's plan is to play f3-f4 at some point, therefore, he
leaves a knight on e3 to protect the g4 square which will be weakenned after
the advance.Usually when white leaves his knight on e3 in this variation black
exchages it by playing Bg5, of course, after g3 it isn't the best idea black
can think of.} (13. Ned5 b5 14. Ba2 Rb8 $14 (14... b4 15. axb4 cxb4 16. Nxc7
Qxc7 17. Nd5 $16)) 13... b5 14. Ba2 Rb8 15. c3 Re8 (15... Bg5 16. f4 exf4 17.
gxf4 Bh6 18. Qh5 $16) 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 Bf8 18. Nxc7 (18. f5 $5 {is giving
up some squares in the center, but on the other hand forces black to exchange
his white square bishop and the white one is left without an opponent.} Bxd5
19. Nxd5 Ne5 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. Bd5 $36) 18... Qxc7 19. b4 $1 {Stopping black's
counterplay and opening the second rank to transfer the rook to attack later
in the game.} a5 20. f5 Bxa2 21. Rxa2 axb4 (21... Ne5 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Rg2 $16)
22. axb4 Kh8 (22... cxb4 23. Nd5 Qd8 (23... Qc8 $5 24. Rg2 (24. cxb4 Nxb4 25.
Nxb4 Qc5+ $17) 24... Kh8 25. Qh5 $40) 24. cxb4 $16) 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. Rg2 Ra8 25.
Qh5 Ne5 (25... Ra7 26. Bg5 f6 27. Nxf6 $1 gxf6 28. Bxf6+ Qxf6 29. Qxe8 Ne5 30.
Kh1 $18 {[%cal Gf1g1,Gg2g8]}) 26. d4 cxd4 27. cxd4 Nd7 $4 (27... Nc6 $142 28.
Rg4 (28. Qxf7 $140 $2 Ra7 29. Qh5 Rxe4 $132) 28... Ra7 29. Rh4 (29. Bg5 $2 f6
30. Nxf6 gxf6 31. Bxf6+ Qxf6 32. Qxe8 Nxd4 33. Kh1 Rg7 34. Rxg7 Kxg7 35. Rg1+
Kh8 $11) 29... h6 30. f6 Re6 31. Kh1 $1 g6 32. Qxh6+ $1 (32. Bxh6 gxh5 33. Rxh5
Rxf6 34. Bxf8+ Kg8 35. Nxf6+ Kxf8 36. Rh8+ Ke7 37. Nd5+ Kd7 38. Rxf7+ Ke6 39.
Rxd8 Rxf7 40. Re8+ Kd7 41. Rg8 Nxd4 $16) 32... Bxh6 33. Bxh6 Kg8 34. Bg7 $18)
28. Qxf7 Rxe4 29. Bh6 1-0

[Event "VISA Nordic GP Final"]
[Site "Gentofte"]
[Date "1999.08.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Borge, Nikolaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 7. Ng5 h6 (
7... f5 8. O-O a6 (8... e6 9. d4 c4 10. b3 c3 11. Qf3 Qa5 12. a4 a6 13. Nd6+
Bxd6 14. exd6 {1/2-1/2 Gipslis,A-Schmittdiel,E/Dortmund 1998/EXT 99 (14)}) 9.
Nc3 Nxc3 10. dxc3 e6 11. Qf3 (11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qf3 g6 13. Qg3 b6 14. Nh3 Bg7 15.
Bg5 O-O 16. Be7 Re8 17. Bd6 Qc6 18. Nf4 Bb7 19. Qg5 Qc8 20. Rad1 Be4 21. h4 Qd8
22. Qg3 Kh8 23. f3 Bxc2 24. Rd2 Ba4 25. Nh3 Bh6 26. Ng5 Bxg5 27. hxg5 $36 {
1/2-1/2 Zezulkin,J-Agamaliev,G/Polanica Zdroj POL 1999 (38)}) 11... g6 12. Qg3
b6 13. h4 Bb7 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bf4 Qc6 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Bf6 Rg8 19.
Rd2 h6 20. Rad1 g5 21. Rxd7 g4 22. Ne1 Qxd7 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. Nd3 c4 25. Nf4
Bc5 26. b4 cxb3 27. cxb3 b5 28. Qd3+ $16 {1-0 Hansen,S-Agdestein,S/Gentofte
DEN 1999 (52)}) (7... Nc7 8. Qh5 g6 9. Qf3 f5 10. exf6 d6 11. Nxc7+ Qxc7 12.
O-O Bh6 13. d4 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 h6 15. Bh4 Qc6 16. f7+ Kf8 17. Bxe7+ {1-0
Yakovich,Y-Reinderman,D/Leeuwarden 1994/EXT 97 (17)}) (7... e6 $6 {[%csl Gd6]}
8. Ne4 Be7 9. c4 Nb4 10. Nbd6+ Kf8 11. d4 cxd4 12. Qh5 Nd3+ 13. Ke2 Nxc1+ 14.
Raxc1 g6 15. Qf3 f5 16. exf6 $16 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,V-Anastasian,A/Moscow 1995/
CBM 47 (37)}) 8. Ne4 (8. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 9. Qf3+ Ke6 (9... Nf6 10. exf6 gxf6 11.
Qh5+ Kg7 12. a4 e6 13. Ra3 Rg8 14. Rg3+ Kh7 15. Rxg8 Kxg8 16. Qg6+ Kh8 17. d3
$18 {1-0 Arancibia,E-Dumas Aviles,A/Santiago de Chile 1997/EXT 98 (31)}) 10. c4
Nb6 11. d4 d5 12. dxc5 Nxc4 13. Nd4+ Kd7 14. e6+ Kc7 15. Bf4+ {1-0 Romero
Holmes,A-Soto Perez,S/Malaga 1998/CBM 63 ext (15)}) 8... Qb6 $6 (8... a6 $142)
9. c4 Nf4 $2 {After the text black falls behind in development, which he will
not be able to fix through the very end of the game.} (9... g6 10. Qe2 Nf4 (
10... Nc7 $4 11. Nxc7+ Qxc7 12. Nd6+ $1 $18) 11. Qf3 $16) (9... a6 10. cxd5
axb5 11. O-O $13) 10. Qf3 Ng6 (10... g5 $6 11. d4 (11. d3 $2 Ng6 12. Qg3 Bg7
13. e6 O-O $17) (11. h4 $6 Ng6 12. hxg5 Nxe5 13. Qc3 d6 (13... Bg7 $2 14. Rxh6
$1 Bxh6 15. Qxe5 $18) 14. f4 Ng6 15. Qe3 {[%cal Ge4d6]} Kd8 $15) 11... Ng6 (
11... cxd4 12. Bxf4 gxf4 13. Qxf4 {[%cal Ge5e6]} a6 $2 (13... Qa5+ 14. Kf1 Bg7
15. Ned6+ exd6 16. Nxd6+ Kd8 17. Nxf7+ Kc7 (17... Ke7 18. Nxh8 Bxh8 19. Qxh6
$40) 18. e6+) 14. Nbd6+ exd6 15. Nf6+ Kd8 16. Nd5 Qa5+ (16... Qc6 17. Qf6+ Ke8
18. Qxh8 $18) 17. b4 Qa4 18. Qf6+ Ke8 19. Nc7#) 12. dxc5 $16) 11. Qg3 {[%csl
Gc8,Gf8]} a6 12. Nbc3 {[%cal Gc3d5]} e6 13. h4 $1 {Exploiting the lack of
coordination of the black forces.} h5 {[%csl Gg5]} 14. d3 Qc6 (14... Be7 15.
Bg5 Bxg5 (15... O-O 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qg5 Ng6 18. O-O-O $18 {[%cal Gg2g4,Gh4h5]
}) 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Qxg5 Kg8 (17... Qxb2 $4 18. Qd8#) 18. O-O-O {[%csl Ga8,Gc8,
Gh8]}) 15. a4 $1 {White does not want to give black any chance to get his
pieces out or gain any space with the pawns.} (15. Bg5 {was also possible of
course but the text is much more percise.} b5 16. O-O b4 17. Nd1 Bb7 18. Ne3
$16) 15... b6 16. Bg5 Bb7 17. O-O Qc7 (17... d5 18. exd6 f5 19. Be3 $1 (19. Nd2
$2 Bxd6 $15) 19... Kf7 (19... O-O-O 20. Qxg6 fxe4 21. Nxe4 $16) 20. Ng5+ Kg8
21. Nxe6 $18) 18. f4 {[%cal Gf4f5] Black cannot wait untill white improves his
position even more, and has to act somehow, the problem is that white is much
better prepared for any kind of action} d5 19. f5 Nxe5 $2 (19... dxe4 20. fxg6
fxg6 21. dxe4 $16) (19... exf5 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. exd6 Qd7 22. Rae1+ Kf8 23.
cxd5 $16) 20. fxe6 dxe4 (20... fxe6 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Rf5 $18) 21. exf7+ Kd7
22. dxe4 Bd6 23. Rad1 Kc8 (23... Ke6 24. Bf4 $18) (23... Kc8 24. Qxe5 $1 Bxe5
25. f8=Q+ Rxf8 26. Rxf8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bangiev} c5 2. Nc3 (2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nxd4
cxd4 7. Ne2 b5 8. Bb3 Nc6 9. c3 Bc5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Kh1 Qe7 12. Bd2 a5 13. a3
O-O 14. f4 g6 15. f5 gxf5 16. exf5 Qh4 17. Rf4 Qh5 18. Qe1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Bex,
P-Cherniaev,A/Biel 1997/CBM 60 ext (55)}) 2... Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3
Ne7 (5... Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qg3 a6 9. d3 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Re1 g6
12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 $16 {1-0 Najer,E-Safaev,A/Moscow 1996/CBM 56 ext (13)}) 6.
Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Bb3 b5 (10... b6 11. f4 Bb7 12.
f5 Na5 13. Bf4 Nxb3 14. axb3 f6 15. Bd2 e5 16. Rf3 d5 17. Rh3 dxe4 18. dxe4
Bxe4 19. Ng3 Bc6 20. Qh5 h6 21. Re1 Qd5 22. Ne4 Rf7 23. Qg4 Kf8 $17 {0-1 Najer,
E-Yuferov,S/Geller mem (Cup Russia), Moscow RUS 1999 (60)}) 11. f4 Na5 $2 {
If black doesn't intend to take on b3 there is no point wasting two tempis.
'?!' Bangiev.} (11... d5 12. e5 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 $132) 12. Kh1 {'!' Bangiev.} (
12. Nxd4 {Bangiev} Qb6 13. Be3 Bc5 14. c3 Nc6 $13) 12... d5 (12... Bc5 {Bangiev
} 13. f5 d5 14. Ng3 $36) 13. e5 {'!' Bangiev.} (13. Nxd4 {Bangiev} Qb6 14. Be3
Bc5 15. c3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bb7 $132) 13... Nc6 14. Bd2 f6 {Trying to solve the
eternal problem of the 'french B' on c8.} (14... a5 {Bangiev} 15. a3 Bb7 $132)
15. exf6 Bxf6 16. f5 $1 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gb3g8]} e5 (16... exf5 {Bangiev} 17.
Nf4 Ne7 18. Bb4 $36) 17. c3 {'+/=!' Bangiev.} a5 (17... dxc3 {Bangiev} 18. Nxc3
Ne7 19. Qf3 Bb7 20. Nxb5 $14) 18. a3 {It is very important to keep the bishop
on the a2-g8 /^.} (18. cxd4 a4 19. Bc2 (19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bc2 (20. d4 Bxh2 21.
Bg5 $1 {[%csl Gd5]} Qd6 $15) 20... a3 $17) 19... exd4 $36) 18... Ne7 {'?!'
Bangiev.} (18... Ra7 {Bangiev} 19. Rc1 $5) (18... Kh8 $5 {Bangiev}) 19. g4 {
[%csl Gf6] '!' Bangiev.} dxc3 20. Nxc3 h6 {[%csl Gf7,Gg6,Gh7]} 21. Ne4 {
'!' Bangiev.} (21. Nxb5 Ba6 22. a4 Rb8) (21. Qf3 $6 {Bangiev} Kh8 $1) 21... Kh7
(21... Qb6 {Bangiev} 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Re1 {[%cal Re1e5]}) 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 $2 (
22... Rxf6 23. Re1 a4 (23... Nc6 {Bangiev} 24. Rc1 Bb7 25. Ba2 $36 {/\Qf3, /
\Rc5}) 24. Ba2 {[%csl Ge5]} Nc6 25. Qf3 $16) 23. Rf3 Ng8 24. Rh3 {Bangiev: '/
\Bh6'} Qd7 25. Rc1 {'+-' Bangiev. Bangiev: 'Dies soll das Schlagen auf h6
vorbereiten.'} (25. Bxh6 $2 {Bangiev} Nxh6 26. Qd2 Qg7) 25... Bb7 {'?' Bangiev.
} (25... Ra7 {Bangiev} 26. Rc5 $18) 26. Bxh6 $1 {'+-!' Bangiev.} Nxh6 27. Qd2
Kg8 (27... Qg7 28. Rc7 Qxc7 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Qh7+) 28. Qxh6 (28.
Qxh6 Qg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rc7+ Rf7 31. Rh7+ Kxh7 32. Rxf7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Pula zt 1.2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Stanec, Nikolaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 $6 {A relatively rare capture. On
one hand black loses his strong center, but on the other hand white has more
problems with a plan himself.However, if white plays e4-e5 black's light
squared bishop can be burried as he has no future at all} 5. d3 (5. e5 {
[%csl Re5]} Ne7 6. O-O Ng6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 $2 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4
11. Nxd4 Rd8 12. Nf3 h6 13. Be3 b6 14. Ne2 Bb7 15. Nf4 Nf8 16. h4 c5 $17 {
0-1 Aryanejad,H-Stanec,N/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97 (59)}) (5. O-O Ne7 6. Re1 Ng6 7.
e5 Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. a4 f5 10. Bd2 Nh8 11. Qc1 Nf7 12. Nc3 g5 13. h3 h5 14. h4
g4 15. Ng5 Nxg5 16. Bxg5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5+ Qxg5 18. hxg5 b6 19. f4 Kg7 20. a5 b5
21. Ne2 {1/2-1/2 Damaso,R-Stanec,N/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext (21)}) 5... Ne7 (5...
Qc7 6. O-O Ne7 (6... Bd6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nc4 e5 9. Bd2 f6 10. a3 Be6 11. Ne3 h5
12. b4 h4 13. c3 Qd7 14. Qe2 O-O-O $132 {1-0 Vidarsson,J-Asgeirsson,H/
Hafnarfjordur 1998/EXT 2000 (36)}) 7. e5 Ng6 8. Qe2 Bd7 9. a4 Be7 10. Re1 f6
11. Na3 O-O 12. exf6 gxf6 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Qc4+ Rf7 16. Nf3 Qc8 17.
Be3 Be6 18. Qc3 Bd5 19. Nd2 Nh4 $40 {0-1 Lupu,M-Frolov,A/Schwaebisch Gmuend
1994/EXT 97 (37)}) 6. h4 $5 {Provoking a weakenning of K side} (6. Be3 Ng6 7.
Qd2 e5 8. Qc3 Qd6 9. Nbd2 f6 10. g3 Be7 11. Rg1 Be6 12. g4 Nf8 13. Nh4 g6 14.
g5 Nd7 15. Nhf3 b5 16. b3 f5 $2 17. Bf4 $1 O-O 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 $16 {
1-0 Kubala,P-Petrov,M/Decin 1997/EXT 98 (59)}) 6... h5 {[%csl Rg5,Rh5]} 7. e5
Ng6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Qe2 Qc7 (9... Nxh4 10. Nxh4 Bxh4 11. Ne4 $1 Be7 12. Rxh5 $16)
10. Qe4 {[%cal Gb2b3]} c4 {Trying to get some space and activate the light
squared bishop- Now the minuses of black's 4th move become to be visible. The
drawbak of this move is that now black is simply a pawn down with no
compensation for it.} (10... O-O $2 11. Bg5 $1 $16 {[%cal Gg2g4,Gh4h5]}) (10...
Bd7 $142 11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. hxg5 O-O-O 13. O-O-O $14) 11. dxc4 Bd7 12. Bg5 c5 13.
Bxe7 Nxe7 14. O-O-O O-O-O (14... Bc6 15. Qe3 {[%csl Re8]}) 15. Nb5 {Maybe not
the strongest objectively, but the siplest: white changes four pieces after
white black loses any hopes for counterpay.} (15. Qf4 $5 f6 16. Ne4 $16) 15...
Bxb5 16. cxb5 c4 (16... Qa5 17. Qc4 $16) (16... Nd5 $142 17. c4 Nb6 18. Qf4 $16
) 17. c3 {[%csl Rc4]} Ng6 18. Rd4 Rxd4 19. Qxd4 {[%cal Rd4a7]} Rd8 (19... Kb8
20. Rd1 {I addition to the extra material white takes over the only open file})
(19... b6 20. Rd1 Rd8 21. Qxd8+ Qxd8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Kd2 {[%cal Gd2e3,Ge3d4]
is completely hopless}) 20. Qxa7 Nf4 (20... Nxe5 21. Qa8+ (21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22.
Qa8+ Qb8 $8 (22... Kc7 23. b6+ Kd7 24. Rd1+ $18) 23. Qxb8+ Kxb8 24. Rd1 $18)
21... Kd7 22. Nxe5+ Ke8 23. Qa4 Qxe5 24. Qxc4 $18) 21. Rd1 Nd3+ 22. Kb1 Rd5 23.
Qa8+ $2 {Again, choosing the safest way, but this time 23.b6 was faster.} (23.
b6 $142 Qb8 (23... Qc6 24. Qa8+ Kd7 25. Qf8 $18) 24. Qa4 $1 $18) 23... Qb8 24.
Qxb8+ Kxb8 {the rest is just a matter of echnique and Psakhis is one of the
best in the world doing that: converting two extra pawns in an endgame is just
too easy for him} 25. a4 f6 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Kc2 {[%cal Gb2b3]} Rf5 (27...
Nxf2 $142 28. Rxd5 (28. Re1 $5 e5 29. Nd2 Nd3 30. Rf1 Nxb2 $1 31. Rxf6 Nxa4 32.
b6 {[%cal Gf6f8]} Rc5 33. Rh6 Kc8 34. Ne4 Rc6 35. Rxh5 $18 {[%csl Gg2,Gh4]})
28... exd5 29. a5 $18 {[%cal Gc2d2,Gd2e3,Ge3d4]}) 28. b3 e5 (28... Nxf2 29. Rd7
cxb3+ 30. Kxb3 $18) 29. bxc4 Nxf2 30. Rd7 e4 31. b6 Rc5 32. Rd8+ Rc8 33. Rxc8+
Kxc8 {Here black could have resigned, I suspect the players were in a time
trouble and black simply hadn't enough time to evaluate the position.} 34. Nd4
Nd3 35. g3 Ne5 36. c5 Nd3 37. c6 bxc6 38. a5 Kb7 39. Ne6 f5 40. Kd2 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zezulkin, Jurij"]
[Black "Przedmojski, Rafal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 (2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Ne7 (5... Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3
a6 7. a4 Ne7 8. O-O Nc6 9. d3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qh5 f5 12. f4 Nb4 13. Bb3 d5
14. exd5 exd5 15. Nb1 Be6 16. Qe2 Bf7 17. c3 d4 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Bxd4 cxd4
20. cxb4 Bxb4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Epishin,V/St.Petersburg 1996/CBM 56 ext 
(43)}) 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 (8... a6 9. d3 g6 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2
Bg7 12. Bh6 O-O 13. Bb3 Qb6 14. Ng3 Qc5 15. Rac1 Bd7 16. c3 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Rac8
18. Ne2 Qb6 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qe3 a5 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. cxd4 $16 {1-0 Najer,
E-Sumets,A/Bydgoszcz POL 1999 (52)}) 9. d3 O-O 10. Bb3 (10. a3 Bf6 11. Ng3 g6
12. f4 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Bb3 Ne7 15. f5 Nxf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Qf3 Bg7 18.
Bxd5 Rc8 19. Bb3 b6 {1/2-1/2 Lalic,S-Koglin,A/Dresden 1998/EXT 99 (19)}) 10...
b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. f5 Na5 13. Bf4 Nxb3 14. axb3 f6 15. Bd2 e5 16. Rf3 d5 17. Rh3
dxe4 18. dxe4 Bxe4 19. Ng3 Bc6 20. Qh5 h6 21. Re1 Qd5 $17 {0-1 Najer,E-Yuferov,
S/Geller mem (Cup Russia), Moscow RUS 1999 (60)}) 2... Nc6 (2... e6 3. Nc3 Nc6
4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 a6 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. d3 Bc5 10. c3 d5 11.
exd5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. O-O Nf6 14. c4 Qd7 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Bf4 O-O 17.
Qb3 Nd5 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Be5 Nb6 20. a3 f6 21. Bf4 Kh8 22. Ng3 {1/2-1/2
Zahariev,Z-Bagaturov,G/Chania 1997/EXT 98 (22)}) 3. Nc3 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. O-O
Ne7 {White has got the usual position with one tempo more (5.0-0) that he
saved on Bb5-c4} (5... Bd6 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bb8 8. d3 Qb6 9. a4 Nf6 10. a5
Qc5 11. b4 Qxb4 12. Ba3 Qxa5 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Qd8 15. e5 Ng8 16. f4 Nh6
17. f5 Qg5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Kh1 Nf5 20. Qf3 h5 21. Rae1 g6 22. Re4 {0-1 Losev,
D-Vaulin,A/Geller mem (Cup Russia), Moscow RUS 1999 (22)}) 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2
Nc6 8. d3 Be7 9. Ng3 O-O 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Bd2 Nxb3 12. axb3 d5 (12... b6 $142
13. f4 Bb7 14. f5 e5 {[%cal Gd7d5,Gb7g2]}) 13. e5 {[%csl Gc8]} f5 $2 {With
this move black devaluates his bishops.} (13... f6 $142 14. f4 Qc7 {[%csl Gc2,
Ge5]} 15. exf6 (15. Re1 fxe5 16. fxe5 Bh4 $11) 15... Bxf6 16. Bb4 Rf7 17. Qe2 {
[%cal Gg3h5]} g6 $13) 14. Ne2 Bc5 15. Ba5 $5 Qe7 $2 {Black probably missed
white's reply} (15... b6 {was necessary} 16. Bd2 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gb3b4]} b5 {
[%csl Gc5]} 17. Qe1 (17. Ba5 Qe7 18. Qd2 (18. b4 Bxb4 19. Bxb4 $5 (19. Nxd4 Bc5
(19... Bxa5 $2 20. Rxa5 Qb4 21. Nb3 {[%csl Gc5,Rc8][%cal Gd3d4]} d4 $8 22. Qf3
Bd7 23. Qf4 $16) 20. Nb3 d4 21. Qd2 Bb7 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Bb4 Qd5 24. f4 $14)
19... Qxb4 20. Qe1 Qc5 21. Qd2 {[%cal Gb2b4,Ye2c1,Yc1b3,Yb3c5,Ga1a5]} b4 $1 22.
Nc1 a5 23. Nb3 Qb6 24. Qf4 a4 25. Qxd4 Qb5 $11) 18... b4 19. Ra4 Rb8 20. Rfa1
Bd7 21. R4a2 Rfc8 $13) 17... Qe7 18. f4 $14) 16. Qe1 $1 {[%cal Gb3b4]} a6 (
16... b6 17. b4 $1 bxa5 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qd2 Qc7 20. f4 $16 {The white knight
and the black bishop are just uncomparable here.}) 17. b4 Ba7 18. b5 {[%cal
Ga5b4,Gb5b6] The most unpleasant threat is b7 followed by f2-f4 burrying black
rook and bishop alive} Qc5 (18... axb5 $2 19. Bb4 Qf7 20. Bxf8 Qxf8 21. Nxd4
$18 {[%cal Ga1a8]}) (18... Bc5 $142 19. b4 b6 20. bxc5 bxa5 21. Qxa5 Qxc5 22.
Ra2 $16) 19. Bb4 Qxb5 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. b3 {The position hasn't really changed,
only that now white is an exchange up, and black still has no counterplay.
White's plan is now to slowly improve his position ( possibly exchange queens
to reduce black's counterplay abilities) and prepare the opening of lines ( on
the K side). Meanwhile black's plan consists of: 1.watching 2. waiting} Bd7 22.
Ra4 Bc5 23. Qa5 $1 (23. Nxd4 $4 Qb6 $15) 23... Qxa5 (23... Rc8 24. Qxb5 Bxb5
25. Ra2 {is similar to the game}) 24. Rxa5 Bb6 25. Ra2 Rc8 26. f4 {[%cal Gh2h3,
Gg2g4] The opening of the king side is inevitable sooner or later.} h6 27. h3
g5 28. Kf2 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Gf2e1,Ge1d2,Ya2a1,Ya1h1]} (28. g4 $6 {Would create
an unnecessary tension. White should not hurry} Ke7 29. gxf5 exf5 {and now
opening lines will mean a creation of two connected passed pawns for black.})
28... Ke7 29. g3 Be8 30. Rg1 {only now threatenning g2-g4 (the g5 pawn will be
attcaked)} g4 (30... Kf7 31. g4 Kg6 32. Kf3 Bd7 33. h4 gxh4 34. Rh1 $18) 31.
Rh1 h5 32. hxg4 hxg4 33. Rh7+ {The first step of white's plan is complete.Now
the rooks show why they are better than bishops ( especially when the bishops
have less than 5 possible moves combined)} Bf7 34. Ke1 Kf8 {[%cal Gf8g8]} 35.
Rh8+ $1 {the idea will become clear three moves later} Bg8 36. Kd1 {freeing
the other rook} Kg7 37. Rh2 Bf7 38. Ra4 {[%csl Gd4]} Be8 {The bishop gets back
to e8, but it's too little and too late} 39. Rb4 Bb5 40. Nxd4 Bxd4 (40... Ba5
41. Nxe6+ Kf7 42. Ng5+ Kg6 43. Rd4 $18) 41. Rxd4 a5 42. c4 Bc6 43. Ra2 Rh8 (
43... b6 44. b4 axb4 45. Ra7+ Kg6 46. Re7 $18) 44. Rxa5 dxc4 45. dxc4 Rh3 {
trying to generate some counerchances} 46. Rd3 Bf3+ 47. Rxf3 (47. Ke1 Rxg3 48.
Ra8 Rg1+ 49. Kf2 Rg2+ 50. Kf1 {is, of course, winning as well, but the text
leads to an easy theoretical position}) 47... gxf3 48. Ke1 Rxg3 (48... Rh2 49.
Rb5 Kg6 50. Rxb7 Re2+ 51. Kf1 Kh5 52. c5 Kg4 53. Rg7+ Kh3 54. c6 $18) 49. Kf2
Rg2+ 50. Kxf3 Rc2 51. Rb5 Kg6 52. Rxb7 {The rest could be spared} Kh5 53. Rh7+
Kg6 54. Rb7 Kh5 55. Ke3 Kg4 56. Rg7+ Kh3 57. Kd3 Rb2 58. Kc3 Rf2 59. c5 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pedzich, Dominik"]
[Black "Teske, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qc7 (8... Be7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 (9... dxc6 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. e5 Bc7 12. a4 b5
13. Nd2 f6 $2 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Kf7 16. Ra3 $16 {[%csl Gc8] 1-0 Nikolenko,
O-Frolov,A/Berlin 1994/EXT 97 (33)}) 10. Qg4 Kf8 11. c4 (11. e5 c5 12. Nd2 Bb7
13. Nc4 h5 14. Qg3 h4 15. Qh3 Rb8 16. Bd2 Bd5 17. Ba5 Qe8 18. Ne3 Bc6 19. b3 f6
$15 {0-1 Wells,P-Escobar Torres,A/Linares 1996/CBM 51 ext (37)}) 11... c5 12.
Nc3 Bb7 13. Bf4 g5 14. Be3 h5 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Qd2 Rg8 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Nd5 Qe5
19. Nxe7 Kxe7 20. Qa5 Ke8 21. Bxc5 Qxb2 22. Ba3 Qf6 23. Rb1 $16 {1/2-1/2
Kveinys,A-Baumegger,S/Aaland-Stockholm 1997/EXT 98 (43)}) (8... d6 9. Nc3 (9.
Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qg4 h5 11. Qg3 h4 12. Qc3 c5 13. Nd2 h3 14. Nc4 hxg2 15. Bf4 e5
16. Bg3 Be6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Qd3 Rd8 19. Ne3 c4 20. Qa3 Be7 21. Qa4+ Kf8 22.
Qxa6 $16 {1-0 Voitsekhovsky,S-Kibalnichenko,S/Podolsk 1993/EXT 98 (30)}) 9...
Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qg4 h5 12. Qg3 h4 13. Qg4 h3 14. g3 Qa5 15. Bg5 Kd7 16.
Rad1 f6 17. Bf4 Qh5 18. Qxh5 Rxh5 19. Rd3 Rd8 20. g4 Rh7 21. f3 g5 22. Bg3 Ke8
23. a3 Rhd7 {1/2-1/2 Nikolenko,O-Cherniaev,A/Vladivostok 1995/CBM 46 ext (23)})
9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. Nc3 b5 (10... Qc7 $2 11. Nd5 Qc6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Qd4 Kf8 14.
Nb4 Bxb4 15. Qxb4+ Ke8 16. a4 f6 17. Bd6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Ivkov,B-Polgar,S/Vienna
1993/TD (37)}) 11. a4 b4 (11... Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. Nd5 Bd6
$11) 12. Nd5 Bb7 (12... Bd6 13. Qd4 $1 O-O (13... e5 {[%csl Gd5]} 14. Qd3 $16 {
Black forces are disorganized compared to the Sveshnikov variation, and
therefore, black does not have enough compensation for the big positional
weakness (d5)}) 14. Nxb4 Qc5 15. Qxc5 Bxc5 16. Nd3 $16) 13. Bf4 Kd8 $2 {
A strange decision by black. He could have played Rc8 here, getting the same
position as in the game only with the option to castle later on.} (13... Rc8
$142) 14. Bc7+ Ke8 (14... Kc8 15. Ba5 $1 {This is probably the move black
missed while playing 13...Kd8} Bc5 (15... exd5 16. exd5 $18 {[%csl Ge8]}) 16.
Nxb4 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Qc5+ 18. Re3 Qxa5 19. Qd6 $16 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Ge3c3,Ga1d1]
}) 15. Bg3 Rc8 16. a5 $6 (16. c3 {White should exploit the fact that black
king is stuck in the center by opening up the position.} bxc3 17. Nxc3 $36 {
[%cal Gc1c8,Gc3d5]}) 16... Qxc2 (16... Bc5 17. Qd2 $16 {Had he played Rc8
immediately black could have castled now.} (17. Qg4 Kf8)) 17. Nb6 Qxd1 18.
Raxd1 Rc2 $2 (18... Rc6 19. Nxd7 (19. Rxd7 $4 Rxb6 20. Red1 Rb5 21. Rd8+ Ke7
22. Bh4+ g5 $19) 19... Be7 20. Nb6 Bc5 $11 (20... f6 21. Rd2 e5 22. Red1)) 19.
Rxd7 Bxe4 20. Bh4 $1 {Forcing the weakenning of the e6 square.} f6 {[%csl Ge6]}
21. h3 Rc6 (21... Bf5 22. g4 Rc6 23. gxf5 Rxb6 24. axb6 Kxd7 25. fxe6+ $18) 22.
Ra7 ({also possible was:} 22. Rxe4 Rxb6 23. Rxg7 Rc6 24. Rb7 $16 {[%csl Gf8,
Gh8]}) 22... Bc2 23. Rxa6 {[%cal Ga6a8]} g5 24. Bg3 Kf7 25. Ra7+ Kg6 26. Nd7 b3
(26... Be7 27. Nb8 {[%csl Gc6,Ge7]}) 27. Rb7 {[%cal Gd7b8,Ya5a8]} Ra6 28. Bc7 {
black is absolutely helpless} e5 (28... Bg7 29. Nc5 Rc6 30. Nxe6 $18) (28...
Be7 29. Nb8 Ra8 30. Rxe6 $18) 29. Rb6 (29. Nb8 $2 Ra8 30. a6 Bc5 $13) 29...
Rxb6 (29... Ra7 30. Rxf6+ Kg7 31. Bxe5 $18) 30. axb6 Bb4 31. Re3 Ba5 32. g4 $1
{[%csl Gf5][%cal Gc2f5] securing the position of the knight on d7} e4 (32...
Bd2 33. b7 Bxe3 34. fxe3) 33. Bd6 Rd8 34. b7 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 (8... Bd7 9. Ne3 O-O 10. a3 Nd4 11. Ba2 Rc8 12. O-O Be6 13. Bd2 Qd7 14.
Ncd5 Bd8 15. Kh1 Nh5 16. c3 Nc6 17. b4 Ne7 18. Bb3 Kh8 19. Rb1 $16 {1-0 Wells,
P-Coleman,D/Torquay 1998/CBM 66 ext (29)}) 9. Ne3 a6 (9... O-O 10. O-O Ne8 (
10... a6 11. a3 b5 12. Ba2 Nd7 13. Ncd5 Bg5 14. g3 Bxe3+ 15. Bxe3 Nb6 16. Nxb6
Qxb6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. b4 Ne7 19. Qd2 Rac8 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Qc3 Qd6 22. a4 c4
23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rotman,D-Sutovskij,E/Metz 1996/EXT 98 (35)})
11. Ncd5 (11. g3 Nc7 12. a3 a6 13. Ncd5 b5 14. Ba2 Rb8 15. c3 Re8 16. f4 exf4
17. gxf4 Bf8 18. Nxc7 Qxc7 19. b4 a5 20. f5 Bxa2 21. Rxa2 axb4 22. axb4 Kh8 23.
Nd5 $16 {1-0 Hector,J-Schandorff,L/Gentofte DEN 1999 (29)}) (11. f4 exf4 12.
Rxf4 Bg5 13. Rf1 Nc7 14. Ned5 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Ne7 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Qh5 Ng6 $14 {
1-0 Blehm,P-Gershon,A/Yerevan ARM 1999 (44)}) 11... Bg5 12. f4 (12. a3 Nc7 13.
Nxc7 Qxc7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 Ne7 17. Bc4 Ng6 18. g3 Kh8 19.
Qg5 b5 20. Bxb5 Qb7 21. a4 a6 22. Bc4 Qxb2 23. Qd2 Qb6 24. a5 $16 {1/2-1/2
Tseshkovsky,V-Sveshnikov,E/Elista 1994/CBM 44 (40)}) 12... exf4 13. Nxf4 Bxf4
14. Rxf4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qf3 Nc7 18. Qf2 Ne6 19. Rf5 Qd7 20.
Be3 b6 21. Qg3 Ncd4 $15 {0-1 Aagaard,J-Schandorff,L/Copenhagen DEN 1999 (41)})
10. a4 Nb4 11. Qe2 Qc7 $2 {This it not an appropriate place for the queen, it
can get under tempi later in the game (Nd5) while naturally this is the
perfect place for Nf6 from where he can both fight for the d5 square and
sometimes go to e6-d4.} (11... O-O 12. O-O Ne8 $14 {[%cal Ge7g5,Ge8c7]}) 12.
O-O O-O 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Bxc4 (14... Nd7 15. Ned5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17.
Bxd5 $16 {[%cal Ga2g8]} Bg5 $140 $2 18. Rxf7 Rxf7 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Bxg5 $18)
15. dxc4 Nc6 16. Nf5 Nd4 (16... Ne5 $142 {[%cal Gf8e8,Ge7f8,Gf6d7] black
should have tried to keep the knights on the board in order to exploit the
strong post on e5, but the position is far from pleasant of course.}) 17. Qf2
Nxf5 18. Rxf5 Nd7 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. b3 $16 {Black pieces are very poorly
organized, and he cannot save his dark squared bishop, after which the bishop
on b2 can be only blocked by Ne5, which will give white the opportunity to
transfer at practically any time into a favourable R's + Q endgame} Bf6 (20...
Ne5 21. Bb2 f6 {[%csl Ge7]} 22. Rf1 $16) 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. Qf3 Nd7 (22... Qe7
23. Bg5 Qxe4 24. Bxf6 (24. Rxf6 $4 Qd4+ $19) 24... Qxf3 25. Rxf3 gxf6 26. Rxf6
Rae8 27. Rxd6 Re2 28. Rd7 $16) 23. Bb2 Qe7 24. Rd1 Ne5 (24... f6 25. Qd3 $18 {
[%csl Yd6][%cal Gd3d5,Yd5g8,Yd5b7]}) 25. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 26. Rd5 f6 27. Qd3 Rfd8
28. Rf1 Rxd5 $2 (28... Kf8 $142 29. Rd1 Ke8 30. Qh3 h6 31. a5 {[%cal Gh3e3]} (
31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Qe6+ Kf8 34. Qd5 Qa5 35. h3 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qf2
$11) 31... Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Rd8 33. Qh5+ (33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Qe6+ Kf8 35. Qd5 Qxa5
$11) 33... Kf8 34. Qd1 Ke8 $14 {and there is no clear way for white to advance}
) 29. Qxd5+ Kf8 30. Rd1 Rc8 (30... h6 31. g4 Ke8 32. Qg8+ Qf8 33. Qxf8+ Kxf8
34. Rd7 b6 35. Kf2 $16 {[%cal Ga4a5,Gd7c7]}) 31. a5 Rc7 32. g4 g6 33. Rd3 Kg7
34. Kg2 {No hurry. Maximally improving the position before any further action}
Rc6 35. Qd7 Rc7 36. Qxe7+ Rxe7 37. h4 Kf7 38. Rd6 Rc7 (38... Re6 39. Rd5 Rc6
40. Rd7+ $18) 39. Kf3 Ke7 (39... h6 40. h5 $16 {[%csl Gh6]}) 40. Rb6 Kf7 41. g5
{[%csl Gh7]} fxg5 42. hxg5 Ke7 43. c3 Kf7 44. Ke3 Ke7 45. b4 (45. b4 cxb4 46.
cxb4 Rxc4 47. Rxb7+ Ke6 (47... Kd8 $4 48. b5 axb5 49. a6 Kc8 50. Rxh7 Ra4 (
50... Kb8 51. Rb7+ Ka8 52. Rxb5 $18) 51. a7 $18 {[%cal Ge3b3,Gb3b6]}) 48. Rxh7
Rxb4 49. Rg7 $18 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Gg7g6,Gg6a6]}) 1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 16th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2001.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 a6 8.
Ba4 Nc6 (8... b5 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. d3 g6 11. Bf4 d6 12. Qd2 Bg7 13. Bg5 Qb6 14.
Bh6 O-O 15. Ng3 Na5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nh5+ gxh5 18. Qg5+ Kh8 19. Qf6+ Kg8 {
1/2-1/2 Pavlovic,M-Yagupov,I/Biel SUI 2001/The Week in Chess 352 (19)}) 9. d3
Bc5 (9... g6 10. Bxc6 dxc6 11. Bd2 Bg7 12. c3 dxc3 13. Bxc3 e5 14. f4 Qe7 15.
fxe5 Bxe5 16. d4 Bg7 17. Qd2 Qxe4 18. Rae1 $36 {1-0 Aronian,L-Beshukov,S/
Hastings ENG 2000/The Week in Chess 321 (27). (27)}) (9... b5 10. Bb3 Bc5 (
10... Be7 $143 11. f4 O-O 12. f5 Na5 13. Nf4 Nxb3 14. axb3 exf5 15. exf5 Bb7
16. Nh5 f6 17. Qg4 $36 {1-0 Yudasin,L-Moiseenko,A/Krynica 1997/CBM 62 (57)})
11. Ng3 h5 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. h3 g6 14. a3 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Re1 Qf6 17. Nxh5
Qh4 18. Ng7+ Kf8 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Qf3 $44 {1/2-1/2 Sadvakasov,D-Perunovic,M/
Subotica YUG 2000/The Week in Chess 321 (28)}) 10. Bxc6 {A Novelty. White gets
rid of his poorly placed B .Now his idea is to play against black's light
squared B.} (10. f4 d5 11. Ng3 dxe4 12. Qh5 $5 $146 (12. Nxe4 {1/2-1/2,
Glek-Nunn, Germany 1996}) 12... Be7 13. dxe4 g6 14. Qf3 b5 15. Bb3 h5 16. Bd2
h4 (16... Bb7 $6 {0-1 Yudasin,L-Krasenkow,M/Vilnius 1997/EXT 98/[Krasenkow] 
(30)}) 17. Nh1 Bb7 $13) 10... dxc6 11. Ng3 h5 $6 {After this move black will
have serious problems with his K- He cannot castle K-side anymore, and before
he is ready to castle long white will be able to create dangerous initiative.}
(11... e5 $142 12. Qh5 Bd6 13. f4 g6 14. Qf3 $14) 12. e5 ({Of course not:} 12.
Nxh5 Qh4 13. Nxg7+ Kf8 $19) 12... Qd5 13. Re1 Bb4 14. Re4 g6 15. Ne2 $1 {
Forcing black's B to an ugly square} (15. Bg5 f5 $1 16. c4 Qd7 17. Rh4) (15. h4
Be7) 15... Bc5 (15... c5 $4 16. c3 dxc3 17. bxc3 Ba5 18. Qa4+ $18) 16. h4 (16.
Bg5 $143 f5 {Would allow black to cover his K's position}) 16... b5 17. Bg5 {
[%csl Re8][%cal Gg5d8]} Bb7 18. Ng3 {[%cal Gd1f3,Gf3f6,Ye4f4]} Be7 19. Bxe7
Kxe7 20. Qf3 $16 Rh7 (20... Rhf8 21. Qf6+ Kd7 22. Rf4 c5 23. Ne4 $16 {[%cal
Gf6g7,Ye4f6]}) 21. Qf6+ Kf8 22. Rf4 {[%cal Gf6g6]} c5 23. Ne4 Rg7 (23... Kg8 $2
24. Qg5 Kg7 25. Nf6 $18) 24. f3 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge4d6,Yf6g5,Ye4f6] closing
the /^. Now the N is free to move and the game is over.} Re8 (24... Bc6 25. Qg5
Qd8 26. Nxc5 {[%csl Rd4] is hopeless as well}) 25. Qg5 Qd8 26. Nf6 {[%cal
Gg5h6]} Rg8 27. Qh6+ Ke7 28. Nxg8+ Rxg8 29. Qg5+ (29. Qg5+ Ke8 30. Qxd8+ Kxd8
31. Rxf7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O (9... a6 10. a3 b5 11. Ba2 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 O-O 13. O-O Ne8 14.
Ncd5 Bg5 15. b4 Nc7 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qc1 Qd8 20. Qe3
Nd4 21. c3 Ne6 22. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Jakubiec,A/Zakopane chT 2000/The
Week in Chess 310 (76)}) 10. O-O (10. a3 Ne8 11. O-O Nc7 12. Ned5 Bxd5 13. Nxd5
Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bg5 15. c3 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 Qb6 17. f4 Ne7 18. Bc4 exf4 19. Qxf4 Kh8
20. Kh1 f6 21. Qd2 Rad8 22. Rae1 d5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Qf2 Qc7 25. Qf3 Ne7 26.
Qh5 Ng6 27. Re4 Ne5 $11 {1/2-1/2 David,A-Rogozenko,D/Neukoelln GER 2000/The
Week in Chess 284 (51)}) 10... Nd7 {Beside this black has tried many various
moves here:} (10... a6 11. a3 Nd7 (11... b5 12. Ba2 Ne8 13. Ned5 Bg5 14. f4
exf4 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 b4 17. axb4 cxb4 18. Ne2 Ne7 19. Ng3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5
Nxd5 21. exd5 a5 22. Qf3 $14 {[%csl Re8,Rf7] 1-0 Lutz,C-Krasenkow,M/Saint
Vincent ITA 2000/The Week in Chess 296 (44)}) 12. Ncd5 {Allows black echange
his bad B for a N, which is important in fighting for the 'd5' square.} (12.
Ned5 b5 13. Bb3 {[%cal Gf3f4]} b4 $140 (13... Nd4 14. Ba2 b4 15. axb4 cxb4 16.
Nxb4 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qb6+ 18. Be3 Qxb4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 $18 {[%csl Rf7]})
14. axb4 cxb4 15. Ba4 Rc8 (15... bxc3 16. Bxc6 cxb2 17. Bxb2 $14 {[%csl Ra6]})
16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Nxb4 $1 Qb6+ 18. d4 Qxb4 19. d5 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Rcc8 21. Qe2 $14
) 12... Bg5 13. g3 Bxe3+ 14. Bxe3 Kh8 {[%cal Gf7f5,Ya2g8] Moving the king away
form the diagonal in case of a future f7-f5} 15. c3 Ne7 $11 {0-1 Sedlak,
N-Shariyazdanov,A/Subotica 2000/CBM 81_01/[Gershon] (42)}) (10... Ne8 11. Ned5
(11. Bd2 Bg5 12. g3 Bxe3+ 13. Bxe3 Nf6 14. Qd2 Nd4 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Kg2 Qe8 (
16... Qd7 17. Rf2 Rf7 18. Raf1 Raf8 19. Nd1 Nc6 20. c3 b6 21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4
e5 23. d5 {1/2-1/2 Blehm,P-Jakubiec,A/Warsaw POL 2001/The Week in Chess 346 
(23)}) 17. Rf2 Qg6 18. Raf1 Qe8 19. Nd1 Qd7 20. h3 Rf7 21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf4
Raf8 23. g4 d5 24. Be5 Nc6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Nf2
Kg7 29. g5 $14 {1-0 Shirov,A-Sveshnikov,E/Tallinn EST 2000/The Week in Chess
273 (83)}) (11. f4 $5 exf4 12. Rxf4 Bg5 13. Rf1 Nc7 14. Ned5 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Ne7
16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Qh5 Ng6 18. Rf2 Qb6 $6 19. Bb3 Ne5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 g6
22. Qg5 Qxb2 23. Rcf1 Qb6 24. h4 $40 {1-0 Blehm,P-Gershon,A/Yerevan 1999/CBM
72 ext (44)}) 11... Bg5 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Qd2 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Nc7 16.
Bb3 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Ng6 18. Qg3 Qd7 19. Rf2 Ne7 20. Bb3 b5 21. Raf1 Rae8 22. Bxe6
fxe6 23. e5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Fressinet,L-Bekker Jensen,S/Brussels BEL 2000/The
Week in Chess 309 (41)}) (10... Rb8 11. a3 Nd4 (11... a6 12. Ncd5 b5 13. Ba2
Nd7 14. c3 Bg5 15. g3 Bxe3+ 16. Bxe3 Ne7 17. Bg5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 h6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Arizmendi Martinez,J-San Segundo Carrillo,P/Barcelona ESP 2000/The Week in
Chess 301 (22)}) 12. Ba2 b5 13. Ncd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. c3 Nc6
17. b4 (17. Qe1 Qd8 18. Ne3 Bxa2 19. Rxa2 Ne7 20. b4 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,
Z-San Segundo Carrillo,P/Ohrid MKD 2001/The Week in Chess 345 (25)}) 17... Qd8
18. f4 Ne7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. f5 Bxa2 21. Rxa2 f6 22. a4 d5 $5 23. Qb3 c4 24.
Qc2 d4 25. axb5 cxd3 26. Qxd3 dxc3 27. Qxc3 Rxb5 28. Qc4+ Qf7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Emms,J-San Segundo Carrillo,P/Mondariz ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 305 (36)})
11. g3 Nb6 12. f4 $146 (12. Ncd5 Nxc4 13. dxc4 g6 14. Bd2 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16.
f4 Bf6 17. Qh5 Qd7 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Ng4 fxg4 21. Rxf6 Qxd2 22.
Rxe6 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Qe4+ 24. Kg1 Qe3+ 25. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Nedev,T/
Panormo GRE 2001/The Week in Chess 360 (25)}) 12... Nxc4 13. dxc4 exf4 14. gxf4
f5 $1 {Although black's response is typical it's not an easy decision: to give
up a pawn and then return your piece to its initial position.} 15. exf5 Bc8 ({
of course not:} 15... Bxf5 $4 16. Qd5+ Kh8 17. Nxf5 $18) 16. Ncd5 Nd4 {It
becomes clear now that black has solved all his problems!} 17. b3 Nxf5 18. Bb2
Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Bf6 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 {One by one all the working
pieces are disappearing} 22. f5 Rb8 {[%cal Gc8d7,Gd7c6,Yb7b6,Yc8b7]} 23. Rf4 b6
24. Raf1 (24. Qf3 $143 {[%cal Ge3d5]} Bb7 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Qe7 $15 {
[%csl Rg1]}) 24... Bb7 25. Qd3 Rf7 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 14th"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "2001.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2001.07.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Rogozenko} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {Rogozenko: 'Main idea of developing
first the knight is to avoid either Sveshnikov Sicilian, or the Variation 3.d4
cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5.'} e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Be6 {'?!' Rogozenko. Rogozenko:
'This move has a rather bad reputation and the present game confirms it.'} (
6... h6 7. h3 Nf6 8. a3 O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. Be3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb8 13.
b4 axb4 14. axb4 b5 15. Bb3 cxb4 16. Nh4 Qd7 17. Qf3 Na6 18. Nf5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Movsesian,S-Babula,V/CZE 1997/EXT 98 (41). (40)}) (6... Bg4 7. h3 Be6 (7... Bh5
$143 {Black has to fight for the center and the B on h5 helps very little in
this case.} 8. Nd5 a6 9. a4 Nf6 10. Ne3 (10. c3 $5) 10... Nd4 11. g4 Bg6 12. c3
Ne6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Ng5 Qd7 15. f4 $5 $13 {1-0 Al Modiahki,M-Paragua,M/
Groningen 1999/CBM 73 ext (24)}) 8. Bxe6 $6 {Giving up the fight for an
advantage} fxe6 9. Ne2 Nf6 10. Ng3 O-O 11. c3 {1/2-1/2 Lukin,A-Aleksandrov,D/
St Petersburg 1997/CBM 61 ext (11)}) (6... Nf6 {Rogozenko} 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4
exf4 9. Bxf4 h6 10. Nf3 Na5 $5 (10... Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5
Nb4 14. c4 Bf6 (14... Qd7 15. a3 Na6 16. Kh1 (16. d4 Rac8 17. Qd3 cxd4 18. Nxd4
Nc5 19. Qc2 Rfe8 $14) 16... b5 17. Nd2 Nc7 18. b4 $1 $36 {1-0 Mrdja,
M-Therkildsen,T/Cannes 1999}) 15. Qd2 Re8 16. Kh1 (16. a3 Na6 17. Kh1 $14)
16... a5 17. a3 Na6 18. g4 $1 $36 {0-1 Sadvakasov,D-Morozevich,A/Astana 2001/ 
(48)} (18. Rae1 Qb6 $132 (18... Qd7 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Qxa5 Bxb2 21. Rb1 {
>< Na6})) (18. d4 $6 Rc8 19. Rac1 Qb6 $132)) 11. Qd2 Nxc4 12. dxc4 Be6 13. b3
Nh5 $13 {1/2-1/2 David,A-Grivas,E/Athens 1997] (25)}) 7. Nd5 Nf6 $6 (7... h6
$142 {not allowing Ng5}) 8. Ng5 {'!' Rogozenko.} Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. f4 $146 (
10. Bb5+ $5 Nbd7 11. Ne6 fxe6 12. dxe6 O-O 13. exd7 a6 (13... Nxd7 14. Qg4 Nf6
15. Qe6+ Kh8 16. f4 $36) 14. Bc4+ d5 15. Bb3 Qxd7 16. f4 $1 e4 17. c4 $1 dxc4
18. Bxc4+ Kh8 19. dxe4 $16 {1-0 Frolov,D-Aleksandrov,D/St Petersburg 1997/CBM
61 ext (42)} (19. dxe4 {Rogozenko} Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Nxe4 21. Re1 Nd6 22. Rxe7 Nxc4
23. b3 Nd6 24. Bb2 Rf7 25. Rxf7 Nxf7 26. Re1 $18 {1-0 Frolov,D-Aleksandrov,D/
St Petersburg 1997 (42)})) (10. b4 {Rogozenko} cxb4 11. Qe1 Nbd7 12. Qxb4 Nb6
13. Bb5+ Kf8 $13 {Hector,J-Sherbakov,R/Aalborg 1993}) 10... exf4 $2 {After
this optimistic move black is bound to suffer} ({However, after} 10... O-O 11.
Qe2 Nbd7 12. Bd2 {[%cal Ga1e1] white has a more pleasant game as well}) (10...
Nbd7 $142 {Rogozenko} 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb5+ Ned7 13. Ne6 (13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.
d4 c4 15. Qe2 Rc8 16. b3 {1/2-1/2 Ochoa de Echaguen,F-Lezcano Jaen,P/Lleida
1991/EXT 97 (16)}) 13... fxe6 14. dxe6 O-O 15. exd7 a6 $1 (15... Nxd7 16. Bf4
$5 $14) 16. Bc4+ d5 17. Bb3 Qxd7 $32) 11. Bxf4 O-O (11... h6 12. Bb5+ Nbd7 (
12... Kf8) 13. Ne4 (13. Ne6 fxe6 14. dxe6 O-O 15. exd7 a6 16. Bc4+ d5 17. Bb3
Qxd7 $11) 13... Nxe4 14. dxe4 O-O $140 $2 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qg4+ $18 {[%csl
Rd7][%cal Gg4d7]}) 12. Qe2 Nbd7 $4 {'?' Rogozenko. A careless move. Black is
now losing by force. However, black's position is already difficult.} (12...
Re8 13. Nxf7 (13. Rae1 {Rogozenko} Bf8 $16) 13... Bf8) (12... h6 $142 13. Nf3
Nbd7 14. Nh4 Re8 15. Nf5 $16) 13. Rae1 {'+/-' Rogozenko. Rogozenko: '/+-.'} Re8
(13... Ne5 $8 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Qxe5 Bd6 16. Qf5 $16 {/+-}) {[%tqu "En","How
would you punish black for his passive and careless play?","","","g5f7",
"Congratulations, you have just wiped black off the board!",10]} 14. Nxf7 $1
Kxf7 15. Qe6+ Kf8 16. g4 $1 {A truly picturesque position - white is a piece
down, but one simply doesn't feel the blacks on the board - it's all white.} a6
(16... Nb6 17. g5 Qd7 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxd6+ $18) ({after} 16... h6 17. h4 $18
{[%cal Gg4g5] looks like a satisfying answer to me} (17. h4 {Rogozenko} Qc8 18.
g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Ne5 20. gxf6 (20. Bxe5 Qxe6 21. dxe6 dxe5 22. Rxe5 Bd6 $1 23.
Ref5 Ke7 24. gxf6+ gxf6 $16) 20... Qxe6 21. fxg7+ Kxg7 22. dxe6 Nxc4 23. dxc4
Rg8 24. Re2 $18)) (16... Qc8 {Rogozenko} 17. g5 Ne5 18. gxf6 Qxe6 19. fxg7+
Kxg7 20. dxe6 Nxc4 21. dxc4 $18) 17. g5 b5 {Does anybody here cares about the
B?} 18. Re3 $1 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Ge3h3,Gh3h7,Gh7h8] the threat can't get any
simpler than that} Ne5 (18... bxc4 19. Rh3 ({also possible} 19. gxf6 {where
after:} Nxf6 {Mr. Fritz comes up with the nice:} 20. Bh6 $1 gxh6 (20... Qc8 21.
Rxf6+ Bxf6 22. Qxf6+ Kg8 23. Qxg7#) 21. Rg3) 19... Ne5 (19... Qc8 20. Rxh7 Nxh7
21. g6 {Quality over quantity: Black is a whole R and 2 pieces up, cannot
defend from a simple threat. ( reminds me of the famous position where white
promotes his only P to a N and the entire black army cannot stop the mate.}) (
19... h6 {Rogozenko} 20. g6 $18) 20. Bxe5 (20. Rxh7 Nxh7 (20... Ng6 21. gxf6
$18 {[%cal Gf4d6,Gf4h6]}) 21. Bxe5+ Bf6 22. Bxd6+ Re7 23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Rf3 $18
{and another one comes to mate!}) 20... Qc8) 19. Bxe5 (19. Rh3 $2 Nf7) 19...
dxe5 20. g6 $1 {the final nail!} (20. g6 hxg6 21. Rh3) 1-0

[Event "New York Smartchess.com"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Bonin, Jay R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 d6 (5... Qc7 6.
O-O e5 (6... d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Qe2 Nd7 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nh3 e5 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4
Be7 13. Qf3 Bf6 14. Qg3 Ne5 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. Nf4 h5 17. h3 Be6 18. Nd1 g5 $40 {
0-1 Bhat,V-Milov,V/Andorra AND 2001/The Week in Chess 349 (34)}) 7. c3 Nf6 8.
Re1 Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d6 $2 (10... exd4 11. e5 Nd5 12. Qxd4 O-O $14) 11.
dxe5 dxe5 12. b3 $16 {1-0 Skripchenko Lautier,A-Amura,C/Shenyang 2000/CBM 79 
(32)}) 6. O-O (6. e5 d5 $2 (6... dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qd5 8. Nf3 c4 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2
Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne7 12. dxc4 Qxc4 13. Nd2 Qd5 14. Qg4 Nf5 15. b3 h5 16. Qf4 f6
17. O-O-O e5 18. Qb4 c5 19. Qb5+ Bd7 20. Qa5 O-O 21. Nc4 {1/2-1/2 Adams,
M-Krasenkow,M/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (21)}) 7. O-O Ne7 8. c4 $1 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6]
} Nf5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. b3 Nd4 11. Na4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. Qe3 Rd8
15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Qe1 $1 $16 {1-0 Hamdouchi,H-Cardenas Valero,J/Mancha Real
2000/EXT 2001 (24)}) 6... e5 (6... g6 7. e5 d5 8. c4 Ne7 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Na4 h6
11. Nxc5 g5 12. h3 Qa5 13. Qe1 Qc7 14. b3 Ng6 15. Bb2 h5 16. Nxg5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5
Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 $16 {1-0 Van den Doel,E-Abdulla,A/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext 
(36)}) 7. c3 Ne7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Ng6 $2 {Lets white get a pleasant edge.} (
9... exd4 $142 10. Nxd4 Bd7 (10... g6 11. Bg5 $16) 11. Nc3 Ng6 12. b4 Be7 13.
Bb2 O-O $13) 10. dxe5 dxe5 {[%csl Rc6]} 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Rc1 Bd7 14.
Nc3 ({also possible} 14. Nbd2 {[%cal Gd2b3]}) 14... O-O $2 {a careless move
after which black gets a lost position by force.} ({essential was:} 14... Rd8)
15. Qd3 $1 {[%cal Gc3b5,Gc1d1]} (15. Na4 $143 Rac8 16. Bc5 Bg4 17. Qc3 Nf4 18.
Rc2 $14) 15... Rfd8 (15... Qb8 16. Rd1 $18) (15... Be7 16. Nd5 $16) 16. Nb5
cxb5 17. Rxc7 Bxc7 18. Rc1 $16 Be8 19. Qb3 $1 {A very precise move not
allowing black to activate his B by playing f6-Bf7} Bd6 20. g3 {[%csl Rg6]} h6
21. h4 Ne7 22. Bc5 {It's interesting to see the technique of Yudasin: white's
trying to exchange as many pieces as possible, this would make it much more
difficult for black to defend the weaknesses.} Nc6 (22... Rac8 23. Qe3 {
[%csl Ra7]} Bxc5 24. Rxc5 f6 25. Rxc8 Nxc8 26. Qc5 $16) 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Kg2
a6 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Rd8 27. Qb3 b4 28. g4 {creating weaknesses on the K
side as well: the main advantage of a Q over R+B is its mobility. Therefore,
it's highly advisable to play in the whole board when handling the Q} a5 29.
Qc4 Kh7 30. Qc5 f6 31. g5 Kg8 32. gxf6 gxf6 {[%csl Rg8]} 33. h5 Rd7 34. Qc4+
$18 ({Of course not} 34. Qxc6 $4 Rg7+ $19) 34... Kh7 (34... Kh8 35. Qe6 {
[%csl Re8,Rf6]}) 35. Ng5+ fxg5 36. Qxc6 Re7 37. Qf6 {the rest needs no comment}
Rg7 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Qxe5 Bxh5 40. Qxa5 Rf7 41. Qxb4 Bf3+ 42. Kg3 h5 43. Qb5
h4+ 44. Kh3 Rg7 45. a4 g4+ 46. Kxh4 g3 47. Qe8+ ({even} 47. fxg3 {is
possible!!!!!!!!} Rh7+ 48. Kg5 Rh5+ 49. Kf4 Rxb5 50. axb5 Be2 51. b6 Ba6 52.
Ke5 Kf7 53. Kd6 $18) 47... Kh7 48. fxg3 1-0

[Event "Clichy"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2001.06.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7
8. Qe2 Ng6 (8... d5 9. e5 d4 10. Be4 Ng6 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. d3 Be7 13. Nbd2 (13.
a4 O-O 14. Na3 Qb6 15. Bd2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 h6 17. Qe1 Nf8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nc2
Rxa1 20. Nxa1 Ra8 21. Nb3 Ra4 22. h3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Wu Wenjin/HeiBei
CHN 2001/The Week in Chess 351 (73)}) 13... Qd7 (13... Qc7 14. Nb3 O-O 15. Bd2
Rfc8 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. h4 $36 {1-0 Smirin,I-Krasenkow,M/Dos Hermanas ESP 2001/
The Week in Chess 337 (72)}) 14. Nb3 Rd8 15. Bd2 Nb4 16. Nfxd4 Nc6 17. Nf3 Nb4
18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. d4 O-O 20. Rfc1 Qd5 21. Nc5 Nc6 22. Be3 $16 {1-0 Smirin,
I-Finegold,B/Philadelphia USA 2001/The Week in Chess 351 (53)}) 9. d4 cxd4 10.
cxd4 Nh4 (10... Rc8 11. Rd1 Be7 12. a4 Nb4 13. Bb3 bxa4 14. Bxa4 O-O 15. Nc3 d5
16. e5 Qb6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Nf3 Rc7 20. Bc2 Bc6 21. Bb1 Rb8 22. h4
Bb5 23. Qe3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Potkin,V-Sveshnikov,E/Elista RUS 2001/The Week in
Chess 339 (57)}) 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. d5 Ne5 13. Bb3 (13. Nd4 Bd6 14. N2b3 Nc4 {
1/2-1/2 Degraeve,J-Bacrot,E/Marsailles FRA 2001/The Week in Chess 355 (14)})
13... Nexf3+ 14. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bd6 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 O-O 18. Rad1 {
[%cal Gd5e6,Yd1d8]} (18. d6 Qb6 {[%cal Gb6d4]} 19. Rad1 Qc5 $11) 18... Qc7 $11
{Black has successfully solved all his opening problems} 19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. Rfe1
(20. dxe6 dxe6 21. f3 a5 $15) 20... h6 21. d6 Qc5 22. e5 Rf8 $6 (22... Qc6 $142
23. f3 Qb6+ 24. Qf2 (24. Kh1 Rc5 25. Rc1 Rec8 $11) 24... Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rc5 26.
Rc1 Rec8 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. f4 g5 29. g3 a5 $11) 23. Rc1 Qb6 24. Bc2 $1 f5 $2 {
A mistake which leads to difficulties throughout the game! Black must not play
'f5' - keeping the posibility to break white's pawns.} (24... Rc5 25. Qd3 g6 (
25... f5 26. Bb3 Qc6 27. Qf1 Rc8 28. Rxc5 Qxc5 29. Kh1 $11)) 25. Bb3 Rc5 26.
Qe3 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Qxe3 28. fxe3 $14 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 {Almost all black pawns
are placed on the light squares and his K isvery passive - these factors
decide the  evaluation of this endgame as winning for white.. Hecht: '[#]
Schlechter Läufer, Raum'} 30. Kf2 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5,Rc8,Gd6,Rd7,Ge5,Re6,Rf5][%cal
Gf2e2,Ge2d2,Gd2c3,Gc3b4,Gb4a5]} Kf7 31. Ke2 Bb7 ({Black cannot advance the Q
side pawns too far.For instance:} 31... b4 $4 32. Kd3 a5 33. Kc4 Ba6+ 34. Kc5
$18) 32. g3 Be4 33. Kd2 Ke8 (33... b4 34. Bc2 a5 35. Bxe4 fxe4 36. Kc2 a4 (
36... Kg6 37. Kb3 Kf5 38. Ka4 Kxe5 39. Kxa5 Kxd6 40. Kxb4 $18) 37. a3 bxa3 38.
bxa3 Kg6 39. Kc3 Kf5 40. Kd4 h5 41. h3 g6 (41... g5 42. Kc4 $22 Kxe5 43. Kc5 g4
(43... h4 44. g4) 44. h4 Kf5 45. Kb6 $18) 42. Kc5 $3 {[%cal Gc5b6]} Kxe5 43. h4
$1 Kf5 44. Kb6 $18) 34. Kc3 Kd8 (34... a5 35. Bd1 $16 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gd1e2]})
35. Kb4 Kc8 36. a4 {'!' Hecht. Hecht: 'Vergrößert den Radius des bisher in der
Wirkung stark eingeschränkten weißen Läufers erheblich.'} Bc6 (36... bxa4 37.
Bxa4 {[%csl Ra6,Rd7] here are the famous two weaknesses that bring white the
victory}) 37. axb5 Bxb5 (37... axb5 38. Ka5 Kb7 39. Bd1 $18 {[%cal Gd1e2]}) 38.
Ka5 Kb7 39. Bd1 (39. Ba4 Bxa4 40. Kxa4 Kb6 $11) 39... Ka7 (39... Kc6 $2 40.
Bf3+ Kc5 41. b4+ Kc4 42. Be2+ Kd5 43. Bxb5 axb5 44. Kxb5 $18 Kxe5 45. Ka6 $18)
(39... Bc6 {Hecht} 40. Be2 $18) 40. Bf3 {[%csl Ra7]} Bf1 41. h4 $1 {a precise
move} ({The most natural would be} 41. Bc6 $143 {But white prepares to close
the K side in order to prevent black from any kind of counterplay.} Bb5 42.
Bxb5 axb5 43. h4 g5 44. h5 (44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Kxb5 Kb7 $11) (44. Kxb5 {Hecht}
gxh4 45. gxh4 h5 46. Ka5 Kb7 47. b4 Ka7 48. b5 Kb7 49. b6 Kb8 50. Ka6 Ka8 51.
b7+ Kb8 $11 {zeigt auf, worauf es für Schwarz ankommt.}) 44... Kb7 {Now there
is no way for white to win this position, since he cannot push the P untill
'b7' - black would then play f4 with a stalemate!!!} 45. Kxb5 Ka7 46. Kc5 Ka6
47. Kd4 Kb5 48. e4 $2 f4 49. gxf4 gxf4 {and suddenly black is the one winning!}
) 41... Bb5 {'?' Hecht.} (41... g5 $1 {Hecht} 42. Bc6 Bb5 43. Bxb5 axb5 $11)
42. Bg2 $22 {'?' Hecht.} (42. h5 $1 {Hecht} Kb8 43. Kb6 Kc8 44. Bb7+ $18) 42...
Be2 {'?' Hecht.} (42... g5 $1 {Hecht}) 43. Bc6 {'!' Hecht.} Bb5 44. Bxb5 axb5
45. h5 $1 {after this there is no need in further comments. The easiest plan
now is to stalemate black K on 'b8' thus forcing him to play g6 and the Q with
a checkmate.} 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Pool B"]
[Site "Marseille"]
[Date "2001.08.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Bd2 {This move has
become quite popular in the last couple of years.White's main idea is to wait
and see what black plays and react accordingly.} f6 (6... Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. e5 f6
(8... Be7 9. Qe2 f6 (9... Rb8 10. Na3 Ba6 11. O-O-O d6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Nc4
Qd5 14. Bc3 f6 15. g3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Deseatnicov,I-Miton,K/Athens GRE 2001/The
Week in Chess 354 (44)}) 10. Bc3 Kf7 11. Qe3 fxe5 12. Nxe5+ Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Bf6
14. Qxc5 Bxh4 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Qe3 Bf6 17. Qf3 Kg6 18. Ne4 Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 d5 20.
Qg3+ Kh6 21. Ke2 g6 22. Qf4+ g5 23. Nxg5 Qxg5 24. Rxh5+ Kxh5 25. Qf7+ Qg6 26.
Rh1+ {1-0 Thipsay,B-Aarthie,R/New Delhi IND 2001/The Week in Chess 344 (26)})
9. Qe2 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 fxe5 11. Qxe5 Qf6 12. Qg3 (12. Bc3 Qxe5+ 13. Bxe5 d6 14.
Bg3 e5 {1/2-1/2 Yandemirov,V-Shariyazdanov,A/St Petersburg RUS 2001/The Week
in Chess 345 (14)}) 12... Qxb2 13. Qg6+ Kd8 14. O-O Qxa1 15. Ba5+ Ke7 16. Bc3
Qxa2 17. Bxg7 $40 {1-0 Hasangatin,R-Zambor,N/Presov 2000/EXT 2001 (58)}) 7. Nh4
g6 $5 {[%mdl 4] Black's idea is to place the dark B on the long /^, where he
can be more effective in the long run} (7... d6 8. f4 Qc7 9. O-O (9. Qh5+ g6
10. Qe2 Bg7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Na3 Rb8 13. b3 e5 14. fxe5 fxe5 15. Nc4 d5 16. Ba5
Qb7 17. Ncd2 Be6 18. O-O $11 {1-0 Hasangatin,R-Akimov,I/Bor 2000/EXT 2001 (39)}
) 9... Ng6 10. Qh5 Qf7 11. Nxg6 Qxg6 12. Qf3 (12. Qxg6+ $143 hxg6 13. e5 c4 14.
dxc4 d5 $132 {0-1 Hasangatin,R-Somkin,E/Bor 2000/EXT 2001 (39)}) 12... e5 13.
Na3 Be7 14. fxe5 fxe5 15. Nc4 Rb8 16. a3 Rb7 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Be6 19. Ne3
$14 {1/2-1/2 Yandemirov,V-Somkin,E/Voronezh 2000/EXT 2001 (44)}) 8. f4 Bg7 9.
Nf3 d6 10. O-O O-O {Black has a vrey flexible pawn formation - ready to react
on any white's movement in the center} 11. e5 (11. c3 d5 $5 12. Be3 c4 $132 (
12... Ba6 $5)) 11... fxe5 12. fxe5 d5 13. Nc3 (13. c4 $5 dxc4 $140 $6 (13...
Rb8 14. Nc3 Rxb2 (14... dxc4 $143 15. dxc4 Rxb2 16. Be3 $36) 15. Na4 Rb8 16.
Kh1 $44) 14. dxc4 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Qd4+ 16. Kh1 Rxf1+ 17. Qxf1 Qxe5 18. Bc3 Qf5
19. Nd2 $40 {white has a very strong initiative against the weak black K})
13... Nf5 14. Na4 Nd4 15. Nxd4 (15. Nxc5 $2 Nxf3+ 16. Rxf3 Bxe5 $15) 15... cxd4
16. Qe2 Rb8 17. b4 Rb7 18. Rxf8+ Qxf8 19. Nc5 (19. Rf1 Rf7 20. Rxf7 Qxf7 {
[%csl Re5]} 21. c3 dxc3 22. Bxc3 Qf4 $15) 19... Rf7 20. c3 dxc3 21. Bxc3 Qd8
22. Nb3 {[%cal Gb3d4,Yc3d4,Yd4c5]} (22. Qg4 $5 Rf5 23. d4 $14) 22... Qb6+ 23.
d4 Bf8 24. Nc5 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. d3 Ng6 7. Ng5 e5 {
Other moevs seem to be inferior.} (7... Be7 8. Qh5 d6 9. f4 Bxg5 10. fxg5 e5
11. Be3 Be6 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. h3 O-O 14. Rf2 Kh8 15. b3 Qe7 16. Nf1 a5 17. Ng3 a4
18. Raf1 $16 {1-0 Rozentalis,E-Hansen,S/Castrop Rauxel GER 2001/The Week in
Chess 335 (39). (38)}) (7... h6 8. Nh3 e5 9. f4 exf4 10. Nxf4 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 d6
12. Qf3 Be6 13. Qg3 g5 14. Bd2 Rg8 15. Bc3 Rg6 16. Nd2 h5 17. Nc4 h4 18. Qe1
Be7 19. Ne3 d5 20. Nf5 d4 21. Bd2 Qd7 22. b3 Bd8 23. Qe2 Bc7 24. Qh5 $14 {
1-0 Kallio,H-Milanovic,D/Belgrade YUG 2001/The Week in Chess 338 (62)}) (7...
f6 8. Nh3 Be7 $5 (8... d5 9. Qh5 Qc7 10. f4 Qf7 11. c4 Bd6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Nc3
Re8 14. e5 Bf8 15. Bd2 Nh4 16. g4 f5 17. g5 Rb8 18. b3 Rd8 19. Na4 Ng6 20. Be3
d4 21. Bc1 Be7 22. Ba3 Qf8 23. Kh1 Bd7 24. Ng1 Be8 25. Rf3 $16 {1-0 Hamdouchi,
H-Miladinovic,I/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 74 ext (35)}) 9. f4 O-O 10. Nd2 d6 11.
Qe2 f5 12. Nf3 Bf6 13. Nf2 e5 14. g3 exf4 15. gxf4 fxe4 16. dxe4 Qb6 $132 {
0-1 Alavkin,A-Kurnosov,I/Togliatty RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 354 (31)}) 8. Qh5
Qe7 9. Na3 (9. Nh3 d6 10. Bg5 Qb7 11. b3 Bd7 12. f3 h6 13. Be3 Qc8 14. Nd2 d5
15. Rae1 Be7 16. g4 d4 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. Bg3 Be6 $11 {0-1 Galego,L-Krasenkow,M/
Leon ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 366 (37)}) 9... d6 10. Nc4 h6 11. Nh3 Bxh3 {
Black is opting for an endgame.} ({I would haev preferred:} 11... Be6 {keeping
the light squared B on the board. The text hands white the initiative for good.
}) 12. Qxh3 Qe6 13. Qxe6+ fxe6 14. Bd2 $14 Be7 {it's not easy for black to
push the pawns, since after:} (14... d5 15. Na5 Kd7 16. g3 $1 {[%cal Gc2c4]
white will block black's center for good leaving him with bad B and weak pawns
(c5,e5)} (16. c4 Nf4 $132)) 15. g3 Kd7 16. Bc3 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gc3e5,Gc4e5]
making the d6-d5 advance impossible} Bf6 17. Rfe1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge1e5]} Bd8
$6 {Beginning a B transfer to 'b6'. However, I fail to see how can it help
black's position.} (17... Rhe8 $142 {black should have fought for the 'd5'
advance anyway, the threat of d5 would force white to act more causiosly.}) 18.
a3 Bb6 19. Kg2 Rhf8 20. h4 h5 21. Re2 {White is improving his position to the
maximus whereas black can do nothing in the meantime.} Rae8 22. b4 {putting
extra pressure on black's position} Rb8 (22... cxb4 23. axb4 {[%cal Ga1a7]} Ra8
24. Ra6 $16) 23. Rf1 Rf7 24. Ree1 Rb7 $6 {finally black makes the mistake.} (
24... Rff8 $142) 25. Rb1 {[%cal Gb4c5] black is now forced to take on 'b4',
thus opening the 'a' file for white rooks} cxb4 (25... Rc7 26. Nxb6+ axb6 27.
bxc5 bxc5 28. a4 Ra7 29. a5 $16 {the pawn on 'a5' is a very strong card in
whtie's hands}) 26. axb4 Bc7 27. Ra1 {[%csl Ra7]} d5 {too late. White has
already achieved many positional advantages.} 28. Na5 Rb8 29. Nb3 {[%csl Ra7,
Yc5,Re6][%cal Gb3c5,Gc5e6]} Bb6 30. Bd2 {[%cal Gc2c4] preparing the thematic
'c2-c4' advance} Kd6 $2 {A blunder in a bad position.} ({However,} 30... Ke8
31. c4 Bd4 32. Ra5 {is only little better.}) 31. c4 Bd4 32. c5+ $18 {the rest
is easy} Kd7 33. Rxa7+ Ke8 34. Ra6 Rc7 35. Re1 Kd7 {[%cal Gb8f8]} 36. f3 Rbb7
37. exd5 $1 {simple and strong} exd5 38. Nxd4 exd4 39. Ra8 {The R comes from
another side. Black is helpless} Ne7 40. Bf4 Ra7 (40... Rc8 41. Rxe7+ Kxe7 42.
Rxc8 $18) 41. Rf8 Rcb7 42. Bg5 (42. Bg5 Ng6 43. Rf7+ Kc8 44. Re8#) 1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy sim"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2001.10.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2001.10.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O (9... a6 10. a4 Nb4 11. O-O d5 12. exd5 Nbxd5 13. Nexd5 Nxd5 14.
Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Qe2 Be6 16. Qxe5 Bf6 17. Qe2 O-O 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Be3 Rc8 $44 {
Kucypera,A-Krupa,M/ Brzeg Dolny POL 2001/ 0-1 (48)}) 10. O-O Nd7 (10... a6 11.
a4 Nb4 12. Qe2 Rb8 13. Bd2 Nh5 14. g3 Bg5 15. Rf2 Nc6 16. Raf1 Nd4 17. Qd1 Bxe3
18. Bxe3 Bh3 19. f4 Nf6 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 22. Bh6 $40 {Golubev,
M-Parligras,M/ Bucharest ROM 2001/ 1-0 (26)}) 11. Ned5 Nb6 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13.
Nd5 Bxd5 $6 (13... Qd8 {Ftacnik} 14. f4 $14) 14. Bxd5 {White's going for a
small but long term advantage, the light squared B.} Nb4 15. Bc4 Rad8 16. f4
exf4 17. Rxf4 {[%csl Rf7]} d5 (17... Bg5 $2 {Ftacnik} 18. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 19.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Bxg5 $16) 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Rf5 Nc7 (19... Qe6 {Ftacnik} 20. Qf3
Qe1+ 21. Qf1 Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1 $14) 20. Qf3 $14 Qg6 (20... Bf6 {Ftacnik} 21. c3) (
20... Ne6 {Ftacnik} 21. c3 $14) 21. a4 Ne8 {[%cal Ye8d6]} 22. Be3 {Ftacnik:
'Open position and bishops pair slightly favour Kasparov even though black's
position is rock solid.'} b6 (22... Nd6 {Ftacnik} 23. Rxc5 $16) 23. Bb3 Nd6 24.
Rd5 (24. Rf4 $4 Bg5 $19) 24... Qf6 25. Rf1 Qxf3 (25... Qxb2 $5 26. Qg3 {
[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge3f4,Gf4e5] is not a position you want to be defending
against Kasparov} (26. d4 $143 Qc3 {'!' Ftacnik.} (26... c4 27. Bc1 Qa1 28. Bg5
$18) (26... cxd4 $2 {Ftacnik} 27. Bxd4 Qa3 28. Qg3 $18) 27. dxc5 Nc4 28. Rxd8
Bxd8 29. cxb6 (29. Bf4 {Ftacnik} Qd4+ 30. Qf2 $14) 29... Qxe3+ (29... Ne5 {
Ftacnik} 30. Qf2 Qxe3 31. Qxe3 Bxb6 $11) 30. Qxe3 Nxe3 31. Rxf7 $1 Bxb6 (31...
Rxf7 32. bxa7 $18) 32. Rf3+ Nc4+ (32... Nd5+ {Ftacnik} 33. Kf1 Rxf3+ 34. gxf3
$14) 33. Kf1 Rxf3+ 34. gxf3 Kf7 $11)) 26. Rxf3 Bf6 $1 {Forcing white to play
c2-c3, thus weakenning the 'd3' pawn which allows black to swap one pair of R
and make his defensive task easier} 27. c3 Nc8 28. g4 {'!' Ftacnik.} Rxd5 29.
Bxd5 Rd8 (29... h6 {- game}) 30. Bc4 Nd6 31. Ba2 h6 32. Bf4 (32. Bxh6 $6 Bxc3
33. bxc3 gxh6 $14) 32... g5 33. Bg3 Kg7 34. Kf1 a6 $2 {creating another
weakness (either b6 or c5 P)} 35. Bf2 Rc8 36. Bg3 Rd8 37. Ke2 b5 {'?!' Ftacnik.
} (37... Re8+ {Ftacnik} 38. Re3 Rxe3+ 39. Kxe3 Be7 40. d4 $14) 38. a5 {[%csl
Ra6]} (38. axb5 axb5 39. Bxd6 Rxd6 40. Rf5 {woulf have been less strong as in
the game white has another weakness to play against}) 38... b4 39. Bxd6 {
'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Babula will be badly suffering in a position with
opposite colour bishops, since a6 and f7 are prefect targets.'} (39. Kd2 $4
bxc3+ 40. bxc3 Ne4+ 41. Kc2 Nxc3 $17) 39... Rxd6 40. Kd2 {[%csl Ra6,Rc5,Rf7]}
Rd7 41. Rf5 (41. Bc4 Bd8 42. Rf5 Bxa5 43. Rxc5 Bc7 44. h3 a5 $132) 41... Rb7
42. Kc2 ({of course not:} 42. Rxc5 $4 bxc3+ 43. bxc3 Rb2+ $19) 42... bxc3 43.
bxc3 Rb5 (43... Re7 {Ftacnik} 44. Bc4 Re5 45. Rf1 $1 (45. Rxe5 {Ftacnik} Bxe5
46. Kb3 Bxh2 47. Bxa6 Bc7 48. Ka4 f5 $132) 45... Re2+ 46. Kb3 Rxh2 47. Bxa6 Bd8
48. Ra1 $18) 44. Bc4 Rxa5 45. d4 {White has a huge advantage due to the more
advanced passed pawn and the much more active pieces '!' Ftacnik.} Kg6 46. dxc5
Be7 (46... Kg7 {Ftacnik} 47. Kb3 Ra1 48. c6 $18) 47. c6 $1 (47. Bxf7+ $2 Kg7
48. c6 Rxf5 49. gxf5 Bd6 50. Be6 Kf6 $11) 47... Bd8 (47... Rxf5 $4 48. gxf5+
Kxf5 49. c7 $18) 48. Bxf7+ Kg7 49. Bd5 Rc5 50. c4 {The rest is agony.} Bf6 51.
Kd3 Bb2 52. Rf2 Ba1 53. Ke4 Kg6 54. Ra2 1-0

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "2001.10.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2001.10.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qc7 9. Nxc6 ({White has also tried to avoid taking on 'c6'. However, in
this case, black gets a very convenient interpretation of scheveningen
positions, without white's light squared B} 9. Kh1 $6 b5 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Qe2
Ne5 12. Rad1 Be7 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bc1 b4 15. Nb1 O-O 16. Rd3 Nd6 17. Nd2 f5 18.
e5 Nb5 $15 {0-1 Conquest,S-Skripchenko Lautier,A/Pamplona 2000/EXT 2001 (39). 
(39)}) 9... dxc6 ({The idea to take with the 'b' pawn - "closer to the center"
doesn't seem to work well, since black will have problems developing his B's.} 
9... bxc6 10. Qg4 $1 h5 11. Qg5 h4 12. h3 g6 13. Qf6 Rh7 14. Bg5 d6 15. Bxh4
$16 {1-0 Kovalevskaya,E-Alexandria,N/Batumi 2000/CBM 76 ext (36)}) (9... Qxc6 {
is another possiblility tested in Sadvakasov -Kasimdzhanov, 1999, where after :
} 10. Re1 Be7 11. Nd5 exd5 12. exd5 Qd6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 Qxf4 15. d6 Kd8 16.
Rxe7 {White got a very strong compensation for the piece.}) 10. Be3 ({The idea
to try and prevent black's dark B development is this position is much weaker
than after 9...dxc6:} 10. Qg4 e5 11. Qg3 f6 12. f4 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 O-O 14. f5 b5 {
with good game for black in: David,A-Tregubov,P/New York 2000/CBM 76 ext (49)})
10... Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. Qh5 (12. f5 $5 {getting some space is an interesting
option}) 12... f5 (12... b5 13. f5 {[%cal Gf1f3,Gf3h3] would have given white
too much space for play against the K.}) 13. Bd4 {A slight improvement over
the previous game. white does not allow black to play e6-e5 and is hoping to
get something real on the K side. However, Bacrot proves once again that his
position is very solid.} (13. Rf3 e5 14. Rh3 (14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Raf1 $142 $132
(15. Re1 g6 $17)) 14... h6 15. Rf1 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 fxe4 18. Rhf3 {
0-1 Sutovsky,E-Bacrot,E/Albert 2001/CBM 86_01 (42). (42)} (18. Qxc5 Rxf4 19.
Qc4+ Kh8 20. Rxf4 Qxf4 21. Rf3 $1 Qc1+ (21... Be6 22. Rxf4 Bxc4 23. Rxe4 $11)
22. Qf1 (22. Rf1 $143 Be6 $1 23. Rxc1 Bxc4 24. Nxe4 Rd8 $15) 22... Qxf1+ 23.
Rxf1 Be6 24. Nxe4 Rd8 $15 {objectively the game should end in a draw})) (13. e5
b5 14. Rf3 g6 15. Qh6 Rf7 $15 {[%csl Rc3,Re3][%cal Ge7f8,Gc6c5,Gc8b7] and
black has a visible advantage.}) 13... Bd6 $1 14. e5 Be7 {After having closed
the a1-h8/^ black can now play g6,Rf7,and his K is more than safe.} 15. Rf3 g6
16. Qh3 b5 $15 {black has the easier game now, so Emil wisely decides to drive
the game into a drawish endgame after exchanging all the R's along the 'd' file
} 17. Bf2 Bb7 18. Rd3 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 1st"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 c4 7. Bc2 {another
possibility is:} (7. d4 cxd3 8. Qxd3 b5 (8... Ng6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. c4 Be7 11.
Nc3 Qc7 12. Be3 c5 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Rd2 f6 15. Rfd1 Rf7 16. Qc2 Bf8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Short,N-Shabalov,A/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (42)}) 9. Bc2 Ng6 10. a4 b4
11. c4 Qc7 12. b3 f6 13. Be3 Bd6 14. Rd1 Be7 15. Nd4 Nge5 16. Qe2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4
Nc6 18. Be3 $14 {1-0 Soderberg,P-Krnic,Z/Amsterdam 2000/CBM 77 ext (37)}) 7...
Ng6 8. Qe2 (8. d4 cxd3 9. Bxd3 Qc7 10. Be3 Nce5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 Bc5 13.
Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Nd2 f6 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Qd4 O-O 17. Rfd1 b6 18. a4 Nf7 19. a5 $14
{1-0 Brodsky,M-Krnic,Z/Wijk aan Zee NED 2001/The Week in Chess 325 (39)}) 8...
b5 9. b3 Bc5 $5 10. e5 (10. bxc4 Nf4 11. Qd1 bxc4 12. Ba3 Qe7 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 $15
) 10... d5 11. d4 (11. exd6 cxb3 12. axb3 Bxd6 $11) 11... cxd3 12. Bxd3 O-O (
12... d4 $5 13. Be4 Bb7 14. b4 (14. Rd1 {[%csl Rd4]} Qc7 15. Bxc6+ Qxc6 16.
cxd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Qxc1+ 18. Rd1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gf3a8]} Rc8 $17
{[%csl Re5]}) 14... Bb6 15. a4 d3 16. Bxd3 Ngxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxd3
19. axb5 ({of course not:} 19. Qxg7 $2 O-O-O $19 {[%cal Gh8g8] blacks attack
is way too strong}) 19... O-O $44) 13. Bxg6 (13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bxg6 fxg6 $11)
13... fxg6 14. Ba3 b4 {White tries to swap the dark squared B thus leaving
black with the bad B on 'c8' and a bunch of weaknesses. However, black decides
to keep his pair of B's as in this case it will be easier for him to create
counterplay} 15. cxb4 Nxb4 16. Bxb4 (16. Rc1 Qb6) 16... Bxb4 17. a3 Be7 18. Qe3
$1 {[%cal Ge3a7] Taking the 'b6' square away from black} (18. Nbd2 Qb6 {
[%cal Gd5d4,Gc8b7]}) 18... Bd7 19. Nbd2 a5 20. Rfc1 Qb8 {[%cal Gf8c8] Black
wants to exchange the R's on the 'c' file , thus weakenning white's K and Q
side} (20... Rc8 $2 21. Qa7) 21. Nd4 Rc8 (21... Qb6 $5 $11 {[%cal Ge7c5,Gf8c8]}
) 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. N2f3 Qa6 24. a4 Rc8 25. h4 {Black will have the upper
hand on the Q side, therefore white is trying to create weaknesses around
black's K.} h6 26. Rd1 Rc5 $1 {[%cal Ga6c8,Gc8f8] Preparing the path for the Q
to came back to protecting the K} 27. Kh2 Qc8 28. Qf4 Qf8 (28... Rc3 29. Qg4
Qe8 $11 {[%cal Ge8f7]}) 29. Qg3 Qf7 30. Rd3 {[%cal Gf3g1,Gg1e2,Ge2f4,Yd3f3]
White is prparing to take manouever the N to f4 attacking the weaknesses in
black camp. However, black is very solid, and by moving the N away from f3
white will allow the g6-g5 advance, compromising his own K.} Rc8 31. Ng1 g5 32.
hxg5 Bxg5 33. Nh3 Qh5 34. f4 Bd8 35. Rc3 $1 {Just in time before it's too late,
white must take over the 'c' file. But now, the only one who fight for
advantage is black} Rxc3 36. Qxc3 Bb6 37. Qd3 $2 {White must use his extra
pawn on the Q side!} (37. b4 $1 Qd1 38. Nb3 (38. Nc2 $2 axb4 39. Qxb4 Qxc2 40.
Qxb6 Qxa4 $19) 38... axb4 39. Qxb4 Be3 40. Qe7) 37... Qe8 38. Ng1 Qh5+ 39. Nh3
Qe8 40. Ng1 Qf7 {[%csl Rf4]} 41. Nge2 Qh5+ 42. Kg1 g5 $6 {missing white's reply
} (42... Qg4 $142) {[%tqu "En","Black wants to undermine the center and blow
up the whole position. Can white survive?","","","f4f5","Correct! You found
the only way to continue!",10,"g2g3","",0]} 43. f5 $1 ({of course not:} 43. g3
gxf4 44. gxf4 Qg4+ $17) 43... exf5 44. Qa6 $1 {the point! White exploits the
weakenning of black's K,} Bxd4+ (44... Qg6 45. Kf1 {[%cal Ge5e6]} Be8 (45...
Kh7 46. Qb7 $18) 46. Qb7 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gb7d5]} f4 (46... Bf7 $2 47. e6 $18)
47. Qxd5+ Bf7 48. e6 $36) 45. Nxd4 Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Qh5+ (46... Qxd4 47. Qg6+ Kf8
48. Qxh6+ Ke7 49. Qf6+ Ke8 50. Qh8+ $11) 47. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2001.09.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kazakov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Moroz, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nd2 d6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O (9... a6 10. a4 Nb4 11. O-O d5 12. exd5 Nbxd5 13. Nexd5 Nxd5 14.
Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Qe2 Be6 16. Qxe5 Bf6 17. Qe2 O-O 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Be3 Rc8 $44 {
0-1 Kucypera,A-Krupa,M/Brzeg Dolny POL 2001/The Week in Chess 361 (48)}) 10.
O-O a6 (10... Nd7 11. Ned5 (11. g3 Nb6 12. Ncd5 (12. f4 Nxc4 13. dxc4 exf4 14.
gxf4 f5 15. exf5 Bc8 16. Ncd5 Nd4 17. b3 Nxf5 18. Bb2 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Bf6 20.
Qd5+ Kh8 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. f5 Rb8 23. Rf4 b6 24. Raf1 Bb7 25. Qd3 Rf7 {1/2-1/2
Svidler,P-Lautier,J/Biel SUI 2001/The Week in Chess 351 (25)}) 12... Nxc4 13.
dxc4 g6 14. Bd2 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Bf6 17. Qh5 Qd7 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. fxe5
dxe5 20. Ng4 fxg4 21. Rxf6 Qxd2 22. Rxe6 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Qe4+ 24. Kg1 Qe3+ 25. Kh1
{1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Nedev,T/Panormo GRE 2001/The Week in Chess 360 (25)}) 11...
Nb6 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Nb4 15. Bc4 Rad8 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4
$14 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Babula,V/Prague 2001/CBM 86_01/[Gershon] (54). (53)}) 11.
a4 Nb4 12. Bxe6 $6 {I don't like white giving up the 'd5' square.} (12. Qe2
$142 $5 Rb8 13. Bd2 Nh5 14. g3 Bg5 15. Rf2 Nc6 16. Raf1 Nd4 17. Qd1 Bxe3 18.
Bxe3 Bh3 19. f4 Nf6 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 22. Bh6 $40 {1-0 Golubev,
M-Parligras,M/Bucharest ROM 2001/The Week in Chess 363 (26)}) 12... fxe6 13.
Ne2 Nc6 14. f4 exf4 (14... d5 $5 15. exd5 exd5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 $11) 15. Nxf4 Qd7
16. c3 Rae8 17. Bd2 (17. Qb3 Bd8 {[%cal Gg8h8] -game}) 17... Bd8 18. Qb3 Kh8 {
although the position is balanced, black seems to have the easier play.} 19.
Rad1 Na5 {preparing the B transfer to a better diagonal} 20. Qa2 $2 {taking
the Q away from the forthcoming battle field, which will be in the center and
on the K flank} (20. Qc2 $142 {with still equal position}) 20... Bb6 {[%csl
Rg1][%cal Yb6g1]} 21. Kh1 Ba7 $1 {removing the B from potential threats of
white N's.} 22. Rf3 $2 (22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 d5 24. exd5 exd5 $17) (22. c4
$142 Nc6 23. Bc3 $15) 22... Nc6 {[%cal Gc6e5,Ge5g4]} 23. Rdf1 Ne5 24. Rg3 c4 $1
{it's time to completely open up the lines and diagonals.} 25. Nxc4 {[%csl Rf1]
} (25. d4 Nxe4 26. dxe5 Nxd2 27. Rd1 Rxf4 28. Rxd2 Bxe3 $19) 25... Nh5 26. Rh3
Nxf4 27. Rxf4 (27. Bxf4 Nxc4 28. Qxc4 e5 $19) 27... Rxf4 28. Bxf4 Rf8 {[%csl
Rh1][%cal Gf8f1]} 29. g3 Nxd3 {[%cal Yd3f2,Yd3f4]} 30. Rh4 e5 31. Be3 Qf7 $1 {
Look at white's Q and R!} (31... Qf7 32. Bxa7 (32. Qb1 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 Bxe3+ 34.
Nxe3 Qxe3+ $19) 32... Qf3+ 33. Kg1 Qf1#) 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Kortschnoj-A"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 36]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1
Na5 {A novelty according to my database} (7... Be6 8. Ne3 a6 9. a3 O-O 10. O-O
Re8 11. Ncd5 b5 12. Ba2 Rc8 13. c3 Nb8 14. a4 Nbd7 15. Qf3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Psakhis,L-Sanchez,J/Ubeda ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 326 (28)}) (7... O-O 8.
Ne3 Nd4 (8... a6 9. a4 Rb8 10. O-O Be6 11. Ned5 Na5 12. Ba2 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg5
14. f4 exf4 15. c3 Nc6 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. Rxf4 Ne7 18. Qh5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5
20. Qxd5 $14 {1-0 Salmensuu,O-Bekker Jensen,D/Gausdal 2000/CBM 77 ext (32)}) 9.
O-O Be6 10. a4 Rb8 11. Bd2 (11. Ncd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bg5 13. Be3 h6 14. Kh1 Kh8
15. c3 Nc6 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qe2 Kg7 18. g3 Bh3 19. Rg1 h5 20. f4 $36 {1-0 Adams,
M-Rabiega,R/Frankfurt 2000/CBM 76 ext (57)}) 11... h6 12. Kh1 Rc8 13. g3 Nc6
14. Ncd5 Qd7 15. c3 Bd8 16. f4 Bh3 17. Rg1 Ng4 18. Qe2 Nxe3 19. Bxe3 Be6 20. f5
Bxd5 21. Bxd5 $16 {1-0 Yakovich,Y-Bekker Jensen,D/Gausdal 2000/CBM 77 ext (37)}
) ({the main variaiton here is:} 7... Bg4) 8. Ne3 Nxc4 9. dxc4 {White always
has a long term small advantage in this line. It's interesting to watch how
world's No.1 hadles such a position.} O-O 10. Qf3 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gc3d5,Yf3e4,
Gg2g5,Gh2h4,Gc1d2,Ye1c1] Preparing to play on the K side.} g6 (10... Be6 $142 {
[%cal Ga7a6,Ga8b8,Gb7b5] perhaps it would be better not to touch the K side
pawns.}) 11. g4 {Begining to assault} Be6 12. h4 Qd7 (12... a6 $5 13. h5 (13.
a4 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. g5 (15. Nxb5 d5 $5 {[%csl Re1]} 16. exd5 Nxd5 {[%csl
Rh4] yielding black nice compensation for the P}) 15... Nh5 16. Nxb5 f6 $44)
13... b5 14. Ncd5 (14. cxb5 axb5 $132) 14... bxc4 15. g5 Nxh5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. exf5 Nf4 19. f6 Qe6 20. Bd2 $40 {[%cal Gh1h6,Ge1c1]}) 13. Rg1
Kh8 14. a4 $1 {no counterplay. Black has waitied too much, and no he is
completely deprieved of counterplay} Rg8 15. b3 {[%cal Gc1b2,Ge1c1]} Raf8 16.
Bb2 {[%cal Yb2h8]} h5 (16... Ne8 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 17. O-O-O {[%cal Gc3d5]
nothing black would do can change white's plan now}) 17. g5 Nh7 18. Qg3 $16 {
[%cal Gf2f4]} f6 19. f4 fxg5 (19... exf4 $2 20. Qxf4 {[%cal Gc3d5]} fxg5 21.
Ncd5+ Rg7 22. Qg3 Bd8 (22... Bf6 23. Nxf6 Nxf6 24. Qxg5 $18) 23. O-O-O $18) 20.
fxg5 Rg7 21. O-O-O a6 22. Ncd5 Bd8 23. Rd3 $1 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gg1d1] The 'd6'
pawn in the key to black's position. Once it's gone his position will collapse
in two moves.} Qf7 (23... Rgf7 $2 24. Nb6 $3 Bxb6 25. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 $8 (25...
Qc7 26. Qxe5+ $18) 26. Bxe5+ Qxe5 27. Qxe5+ Rg7 28. Qxe6 $18) 24. Rf1 Qe8 25.
Nf6 $1 Qc6 {the N is untouchable} (25... Nxf6 26. gxf6 Bxf6 27. Rxd6 {[%csl
Re5]} Qe7 28. Rxf6 Qxf6 (28... Rxf6 29. Qxe5 $18) 29. Bxe5 $18) (25... Bxf6 26.
gxf6 Rxf6 27. Rxf6 Nxf6 28. Rxd6 Nxe4 (28... Nd7 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. Qxe5 $18)
29. Qxe5 $18) 26. Rfd1 Bc7 27. Nfd5 Bb8 (27... Bd8 28. Nb4 $1 cxb4 (28... Qxe4
29. Rxd6 $18) 29. Rxd6 Qxe4 30. Rxe6 $18) 28. a5 {White's not in hurry.
Black's position is solid, but extremely passive.} Kg8 {removing to K form the
annoying confrontation against white's B} (28... Rgf7 29. Bc3 (29. Nc7 $4 {
Immediately, doesn't work because of the placeing of white's K} Bxc7 30. Rxd6
Bxd6 31. Rxd6 Rf1+ $1 32. Nxf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kd2 Qxd6+ $19 {[%cal Gd6d2]}) 29...
Rf3 30. Qg1 R3f7 31. Kb2) 29. Bc3 Rgf7 30. Kb2 Rf4 $4 {a blunder in bad
position and, what i guess, was a serious time trouble.} (30... Kh8 31. Nc7 $1
Bxc7 32. Rxd6 Bxd6 (32... Qxe4 33. Qxe5+ Qxe5 34. Bxe5+ Kg8 35. Rxe6 Bxe5+ 36.
Rxe5 Rf4 37. Rh1 $18) 33. Rxd6 Qxd6 34. Bxe5+ Kg8 35. Bxd6 $18 {[%csl Rg8,Rh7]}
) (30... Qe8 $142 31. Nf6+ Nxf6 32. gxf6 Rxf6 33. Rxd6 Bxd6 34. Rxd6 Bg4 35.
Rxf6 Rxf6 36. Nd5 Rf7 37. Bxe5 $18) 31. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Turov, Maxim"]
[Black "Chebotarev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. c3 ({In some games white
has played:} 6. h4 {immediately} h6 7. O-O Nge7 8. c3 d5 9. Qe2 b6 10. e5 Nf5
11. Re1 O-O 12. Nbd2 Ba6 13. Nf1 Rb8 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Kh7 17.
Nh2 $36 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gh2g4,Rg4f6] 1-0 Vescovi,G-Maia,L/Sao Paulo 2000/EXT
2001 (36)}) (6. O-O Nf6 7. c3 d5 8. e5 Nd7 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 cxd4 11. cxd4 f6
12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Bg5 Qf5 14. Nc3 h6 15. Be3 Nb6 16. b3 Bd7 17. Ne2 $1 {
[%cal Ge2f4,Gf4d3]} Nc8 18. Nf4 N8e7 19. Nd3 Rad8 20. Re1 g5 21. h4 gxh4 22.
Nxh4 Qf6 23. Nf4 Be8 24. Qg4 e5 $2 (24... Bf7 25. Rad1) 25. Ne6 exd4 (25... Bd7
26. Qxg7+ Qxg7 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. dxe5 $16) 26. Bxh6 $18 {1-0 Kaidanov,G-Gulko,
B/Seattle 2000/CBM 80 no vc (38)}) 6... Nge7 (6... d5 7. Qc2 {is an example
for a game where white does not push the 'h' pawn} Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Qc7
10. Nbd2 b6 11. Nf1 Ba6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Rad1 Rac8 15. Nh4 g5 16.
Nf3 Bb7 $15 {0-1 Vujic,B-Jurek,J/Wuertemberg 1998/EXT 2000 (55)}) 7. h4 {
A common plan. By threatenning to advance the 'h' pawn white forces black to
weaken his K side, and gets a long term initiative.} (7. Be3 d6 8. d4 cxd4 9.
Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O d5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 a5 13. Rd1 Ba6 14. Bc5 Bb5 15. Qa3
Re8 16. Nd2 Qc7 17. Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sadvakasov,D-Vidarsson,J/Elista 1998/CBM
66 ext (29)}) 7... d5 8. Qe2 b6 9. h5 dxe4 $2 (9... Ba6 $6 10. h6 Bf8 11. e5 {
and black's pieces are going nowhere.}) (9... O-O {worths serious consideration
} 10. hxg6 fxg6 11. Bh6 (11. Ng5 h6 12. exd5 exd5 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. Qxe6+ Kh7 {
[%csl Ra1,Rb1,Rc1] black is ok}) 11... Bxh6 12. Rxh6 Ba6 {One shall not forget
that white is also playing with his K in the center, so black always has
chances for a counterplay} 13. Ng5 $140 Ne5 $40 {[%csl Rd3,Rf2][%cal Ya6e2]})
10. dxe4 gxh5 $6 {[%csl Re8]} ({now:} 10... O-O {doesn't give the same results
as in the previous variation, since black does not have the important resource:
Ba6. However, to my opinion this was the less evil} 11. hxg6 fxg6 12. Bh6 $40 {
[%cal Gb1d2,Ge1c1]}) 11. Na3 {[%cal Gc1f4,Ya3b5]} h4 (11... O-O 12. Rxh5 $16 {
[%cal Gc1h6]}) 12. Rxh4 Ng6 (12... Bb7 13. Bg5 {[%cal Ga1d1,Ya3b5]} Qb8 14.
O-O-O $16 {/+-}) 13. Rh5 Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf1 $1 {The B is much more
useful on this /^} c4 (15... Bb7 16. Bf4 Ng6 17. Rd1 $18) 16. Rxe5 $5 {[%mdl
640] a fancy move} (16. Nxc4 {would be easier} Ba6 17. Nd6+ Qxd6 18. Qxa6)
16... Bxe5 17. Nxc4 $16 {It's clear that the compensation is more than enough
for such a small material sacrifise.} Bc7 (17... Bg7 18. Bf4 O-O 19. Rd1 Qf6
20. Bg2 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge4e5]}) 18. Qg4 {[%cal Gg4g7]} Qf6 19. Bg5 {[%csl Re8]}
Qg6 20. Qh4 Bb7 ({only slighly better is:} 20... h6 21. Bf6 Rg8 {[%cal Gg6g4]}
22. O-O-O Bb7 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. Bb5+ Kf8 25. Rxd6 $18) 21. O-O-O Bxe4 (21...
Qxe4 22. Bf4 $3 {suggested by my good buddy: fritz6} Bxf4+ (22... e5 23. Nxe5
Bxe5 24. Bb5+ Kf8 (24... Bc6 25. Bxe5 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gh4e4]} Qxh4 26. Bxc6+
Ke7 27. gxh4 $18)) 23. gxf4 {[%csl Rb7,Re4,Re8][%cal Gc4d6] is a bit too much
for black to handle}) 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. Bb5+ Kf8 24. Bh6+ Kg8 25. Rxd6 {
[%cal Gd6d8]} f5 $8 (25... f6 26. Rxe6 Bd5 27. Rxf6 $18) 26. Rxe6 {a nice
final blow} Qxe6 27. Qg5+ {This game could be a good example why one should
castle in chess} (27. Qg5+ Qg6 (27... Kf7 28. Qg7#) 28. Bc4+) 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2004.01.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.01.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Ne2 d5 9. c3 $2 {A new move, and the game shows why it hasn't been played
before.} (9. exd5 Nxd5 10. c3 {is the normal continuation}) 9... dxe4 10. Bxe4
d3 $1 {[%csl Ra1,Rc1]} 11. Ng3 {after this move, it's clear that black is
better.} (11. Nf4 f5 ({worse is} 11... e5 12. Nxd3 f5 13. Nxe5 fxe4 14. Qa4+ b5
15. Qxe4 {with strong initiative}) 12. Bxd3 e5 13. Qh5+ {the only way to play
for something} (13. Bc4 exf4 14. Qb3 Qd6 $19) 13... g6 14. Nxg6 (14. Qg5 $5 Qd6
{the most simple} ({but not} 14... exf4 $4 15. Qf6 Rg8 16. Bc4 Bg7 17. Qf7+ Kd7
18. Re1 $16) (14... Bg7 15. Nh5 Qxd3 16. Nxg7+ Kf7 {also winnig for black}))
14... Nxg6 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Qd7 $17 {pretty much forcing white into an
endgame, where black has good winning chances.}) 11... f5 12. Bf3 g6 {[%csl
Rg3] restricting the N, and taking care of the 'e5' square.} (12... e5 {
is a bit premature} 13. Qb3 e4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 {with a dangerous
compensation}) 13. Re1 Bg7 14. b4 (14. Qa4+ b5 (14... Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16.
Re3 Kc7 17. Rxd3 e5 $40) 15. Qf4 Nd5 $1 $17) 14... e5 ({i didn't like:} 14...
O-O 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. Bb2 e5 17. c4 $132) 15. Qb3 Qd6 16. c4 $1 {the only move} (
16. b5 {[%cal Gc1a3]} Be6 17. Qa4 Qd7 $17) (16. Ba3 Be6 17. Qb2 Qd7 $17) 16...
e4 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 O-O {Black has a solid advantage, due to the square
on d4, and the cut off N on g3.} 19. Bd1 (19. Bxe4 {is just a shot in the air}
fxe4 20. Nxe4 Qf4 $19) 19... Nc6 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Gd6d4,Gc6d4]} 20. c5 Qd4 {
without the Q's it'll be harder for white to defend all the Q side pawns} 21.
Qxd4 (21. Bb3+ Kh8 22. Qxd4+ Nxd4 23. f3 exf3 24. Re7 fxg2 25. Rc7 f4 $19)
21... Nxd4 22. f3 exf3 (22... a5 {looked tempting, but} 23. fxe4 f4 24. Nh1 $1
{[%csl Rd3][%cal Gh1f2] and white pieces are beginning to get into the game.})
23. gxf3 (23. Bxf3 Nc2 24. Bd5+ Kg7 $1 $19 {[%cal Gg7f6]}) 23... Rd8 $1 {
A very important prophylactic move, preventing Re3. In all the other lines,
black faces problems with a hanging N on d4.} (23... Be6 24. Re3 $1 Bc4 25. Rc1
f4 26. Re4 Nxf3+ 27. Bxf3 fxg3 28. Rcxc4 ({Fritz comes up with:} 28. Re3 Bxa2
29. Bxb7 $16) 28... Rxf3 29. Re7 gxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Rf2+ 31. Kg1 Rxd2 32. Rd4 Re2
$11 (32... Rd1+ 33. Kg2 d2 34. Rdd7 Re1 35. Rg7+ Kf8 36. Rxh7 Re7 37. Rhxe7
d1=Q 38. Rf7+ Kg8 39. Rxd1 Kxf7 40. Rd7+ $18)) (23... Bd7 24. Re3 Bb5 25. a4 f4
26. Re4 Nc2 27. Bxc2 dxc2 28. axb5 axb5 29. Rc1 fxg3 30. hxg3 $11) 24. Rc1 {
[%cal Gc1c3]} a5 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Ga8a2]} 25. bxa5 Rxa5 26. Rc3 $2 (26. a4 $142
Bd7 $1 27. Rc4 Bxa4 $1 28. Rxa4 Rxa4 29. Bxa4 Nxf3+ 30. Kf2 Nxe1 31. Kxe1 Rc8
$17 {a typical situation where the rook is much better than the two minor
pieces}) 26... Rxa2 27. Rxd3 Kf8 {[%cal Gb3g8] Moving away from surprises
along the a2-g8 /^} 28. Kf2 (28. Ne2 $2 Rxd2 $19) 28... b6 $1 $17 {Mark
Danilovich completely underestimated this move} 29. cxb6 Ba6 30. Rc3 Rxd2+ 31.
Ne2 {losing on the spot} (31. Kg1 $142 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Nxf3+ 33. Rxf3 Rxd1+ 34.
Kf2 Rd2+ 35. Kg1 Rb2 36. h4 Bb7 37. Rc3 Rxb6 $19) 31... Re8 32. Re3 f4 33.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. Ba4+ Ke7 $1 {The most precise} (34... Kd8 $2 35. Rd1 Rxe2+ 36.
Kg1 Re1+ 37. Rxe1 Nxf3+ 38. Kf2 Nxe1 39. Kxe1 {black would still have to
overcome technical difficulties}) 35. h4 Kd6 36. Bd1 (36. Rd1 Rxe2+ 37. Kg1 Ke5
$19) (36. b7 Kc7 $19) 36... Kc6 37. h5 gxh5 38. Rh1 Bxe2 0-1

[Event "Zanic Memorial"]
[Site "Stara Pazova"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Radulski, Julian"]
[Black "Popchev, Milko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.03.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. h3 {
A rare plan. White does not bring the N to e3 via f1 as in the main variation.
His idea is to change the dark B for black's N.} Nf6 (6... g5 $6 {straight
forward, but I believe black is not ready yet for this kind of action} 7. Nh2
h5 8. d3 Bf8 9. Nd5 Rb8 10. a4 Bg7 11. c3 Be6 12. Re1 g4 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. g3
Kd7 15. Nxg4 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Qf3 $16 {0-1 Kolar,S-Kurajica,B/Ptuj 1991/
CBM 24 ext (50)}) 7. d3 O-O 8. a4 (8. Bg5 {is the most sensible move in the
setup white has chosen} Be6 (8... Ne8 $5) 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Rb8 11. a4 Kh8
12. Qd2 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Ne7 14. Bc4 Ng6 15. g3 Be7 16. h4 $14 {0-1 Ayas
Fernandez,A-Komarov,D/Benasque 1996/CBM 53 ext (25)}) (8. Nh2 Nd7 9. Nd5 Nd4
10. f4 b5 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Bd5 Rb8 13. c3 Ne6 14. f5 Nc7 15. Bb3 Kh8 16. Qh5
d5 17. exd5 c4 18. dxc4 bxc4 19. Bc2 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 $14 {[%csl Yc1,Yc2] 1-0
Heidenfeld,M-Tsedenov,S/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (41)}) 8... a6 (8... h6 $5 9.
Nh2 Nh7 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Bg5 12. Qh5 Bxf4 13. Rxf4 Nf6 14. Qe2 Ne5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Georg,M-Borner,D/SWZ 1993/TD (28)}) 9. Bg5 Rb8 ({also possible was} 
9... Ne8 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 $11 {[%cal Ge8c7,Yc8e6]}) 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Be6 12.
Ne3 Qd7 $6 (12... Nd4 $5 13. c3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bg5 15. Nd5 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17.
Ba2 Kh8 {I see no reason why should black be worse}) 13. c3 Ne7 {[%cal Gd6d5]}
14. a5 d5 15. Ba2 Rfd8 $2 (15... d4 $142 16. Bxe6 (16. Nc4 dxc3 17. bxc3 Nc6
18. Nb6 Qd6 19. Nd5) 16... Qxe6 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Nc4 $14 {[%csl Rf6]}) (15...
dxe4 $2 16. dxe4 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Rd5,Rf6]}) 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nc4 {[%csl Re5]}
Nf4 (17... Qc7 18. Re1) 18. Ncxe5 Bxe5 (18... Qd6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Re1 $16)
19. Nxe5 Qd6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 (20... Qxe5 21. Bc4 Qd6 22. Qf3 $16 {[%cal Ga1d1,
Gd3d4]}) 21. Re1 Qd5 {[%csl Rd3,Rg2]} 22. Qg4 (22. Re4 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Qxd3 24.
Nxd3 Rxd3 25. Rae1 Kf8 26. Rc4 Rd2 27. Rxc5 Rxb2 28. Rc7 Re8 $11) 22... Nxd3
23. Nxd3 Qxd3 24. Re7 {[%cal Ga1e1] The control over the 7th rank plays a very
important role in the remaining of the game} Re8 25. Qf4 $1 Rf8 (25... Qg6 $2
26. Rae1 Rf8 $4 (26... f6 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. Qxc5 $18) 27. Qxb8 $18) 26. Rae1 {
[%cal Gf4b8,Ye7e8,Ge7f7] /\ Qxb8 Qxb8 Re8 mating;} Qd8 (26... f6 27. Qc7 Qg6
28. Qxc5 $18 {with a continuing attack}) 27. Rc7 {[%cal Ge1e7]} Rc8 28. Rxb7
Qxa5 29. Ree7 Qa2 30. Qf5 {[%csl Rc5,Rc8][%cal Ge7f7,Gf5c5,Gf5c8,Gb2b3]} g6 (
30... Rc6 31. b3 (31. Qe5 {[%cal Ge7e8]} Rcc8) 31... Rf6 (31... Qa1+ 32. Kh2
Qxc3 33. Rxf7 $18) (31... g6 {would be too late} 32. Rxf7 $1 gxf5 33. Rg7+ Kh8
34. Rxh7+ Kg8 35. Rbg7#) 32. Qxc5 $18 {[%cal Gc5f2]}) 31. Qe5 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Rcd8
33. Qxc5 Rd1 {black threatens now..... to give two checks} 34. Qc4 {[%csl Rf7]
[%cal Gc4f7]} Qf5 35. Qg4 Qb1 36. Qf3 Rh1+ 37. Kg3 Qc1 38. Qd5 (38. Qf6) 38...
g5 39. Rxf7 Rxh3+ {desparation} 40. gxh3 Qg1+ 41. Qg2 1-0

[Event "Zanic Memorial"]
[Site "Stara Pazova"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sedlak, Nikola"]
[Black "Pap, Misa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.03.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 (5... d6 6.
Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 (7... Be6 8. Ne3 a6 9. a4 Nb4 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Re8 12.
Bd2 Qc7 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 d5 15. exd5 Qxf4 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Nf5 $1 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Fressinet,L-Van Beers,E/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (44)}) 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3
O-O (9... a6 10. a3 (10. O-O b5 11. Bd5 Rc8 12. a4 Qb6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Ne2
O-O 15. f4 c4 16. Kh1 Nb4 17. dxc4 bxc4 18. Nc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ye
Jiangchuan-Krasenkow,M/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (24)}) 10... b5 11. Ba2 Bxa2 12.
Rxa2 O-O 13. O-O Ne8 14. Ncd5 Bg5 15. b4 Nc7 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Bxg5
Qxg5 19. Qc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Jakubiec,A/Zakopane 2000/CBM 78 ext (76)})
10. O-O Ne8 11. Ncd5 (11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 Bg5 13. Rf1 Nc7 14. Ned5 Bxc1 15.
Rxc1 Ne7 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Qh5 Rad8 18. Rf2 Qd7 19. Rcf1 Bxc4 20. dxc4 Qe6 21.
b3 a6 22. Rd1 Nc6 23. Rfd2 Nd4 24. Ne2 Qxe4 25. Nxd4 Qe3+ 26. Kf1 cxd4 27. Rxd4
$16 {1-0 Blehm,P-Lomineishvili,M/Cappelle la Grande 2000/CBM 74 ext (41)}) (11.
Ned5 Bg5 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Qd2 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Nc7 16. Bb3 Nxd5 17.
Bxd5 Ng6 18. Qg3 Qd7 19. Rf2 Ne7 20. Bb3 b5 21. Raf1 Rae8 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. e5
$1 d5 $2 (23... Nf5) 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Qf2+ Kg8 27. Qxc5 $18 {
1/2-1/2 Fressinet,L-Bekker Jensen,S/Brussels 2000/EXT 2001 (41)}) 11... Bg5 12.
Bd2 Nc7 13. Nxc7 Bxe3+ 14. Bxe3 Qxc7 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Qd7 17. Bb5 d5 18. e5
a6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Qf3 f5 $1 $15 {0-1 Fercec,N-Sveshnikov,E/Nova Gorica 2000/
CBM 74 ext (45)}) 6. Nd2 O-O {I find it more accurate for black to, first,
play d6 and Bg4, thus provoking white to push f2-f3, which pretty much obliges
his for later f3-f4. Otherwise white has a much wider set of options.} 7. Nf1
d6 8. Ne3 a6 (8... Nd4 9. O-O Be6 10. a4 Rb8 11. Bd2 (11. Ncd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5
Bg5 13. Be3 h6 14. Kh1 Kh8 15. c3 Nc6 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qe2 Kg7 18. g3 Bh3 19. Rg1
h5 20. f4 Bh6 21. f5 $40 {1-0 Adams,M-Rabiega,R/Frankfurt 2000/CBM 76 ext (57)}
) 11... h6 12. Kh1 Rc8 13. g3 Nc6 14. Ncd5 Qd7 15. c3 Bd8 16. f4 Bh3 17. Rg1
Ng4 18. Qe2 Nxe3 19. Bxe3 Be6 20. f5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 $16 {1-0 Yakovich,Y-Bekker
Jensen,D/Gausdal 2000/CBM 77 ext (37) black completely lacks counterplay}) 9.
a3 (9. a4) 9... b5 10. Ba2 Rb8 11. O-O a5 $6 (11... Ne8 $142 12. Ned5 Bg5 13.
f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Bxf4 15. Rxf4 Nc7 16. Qh5 Be6 $14) 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 (13.
Nxd5 $143 Bg5) 13... Bd7 14. f4 exf4 15. Nf5 (15. Rxf4 Ne5 16. Nf5 $14) 15...
Bxf5 16. exf5 Qd7 17. Bxf4 Bf6 (17... Nd4 18. g4 $36 {[%cal Gc2c3,Gd1f3,Gf3g3]}
) 18. c3 Ne7 19. Bf3 Rbd8 (19... Nxf5 $2 20. Bg4 g6 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Qh5 $16 {
[%cal Gf1f3,Gf3h3]}) 20. g4 $36 {Black is extremely passive. He has to just
sit and wait.} h6 21. Qe1 {[%cal Gh2h4]} Rfe8 22. Qf2 Rc8 $2 (22... b4 $142 23.
axb4 axb4 24. Rac1 (24. d4 cxd4 25. cxd4 Nc6 $36) 24... bxc3 25. bxc3 Qb5 26.
Qd2 (26. d4) 26... d5 27. Rfe1 $14) 23. h4 Nc6 24. Bd5 (24. g5 $143 hxg5 25.
hxg5 Be5 {[%csl Rf5]}) 24... Ne7 (24... Ne5 25. Qg3 $16 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) 25. Bg2
Be5 (25... Nc6 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 Be5 28. Be3 $36 {[%cal Gf5f6,Gg5g6,Yg2d5]})
26. Be3 {[%csl Re5]} d5 $8 (26... b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. d4 Bf6 29. g5 $18) 27.
Bxc5 Qc7 28. Bb6 Qd6 29. Bxa5 $2 {Too greedy. Letting black get a very strong
counterplay} (29. Bd4 $1 Bh2+ 30. Kh1 Bg3 31. Qf3 Bxh4 32. f6 Bxf6 33. Bxf6
Qxf6 34. Qxf6 gxf6 35. Rxf6 Kg7 36. Raf1 $18) 29... Nc6 30. Bb6 Bg3 31. Qf3
Bh2+ (31... Bxh4 32. Qxd5 Qg3 33. Qf3 $18) 32. Kh1 Ne5 33. Qh3 Qxb6 34. Kxh2 (
34. d4 Nc4 35. Qxh2 {[%csl Rd5]} Nxb2 36. Bxd5 Na4 37. f6 Nxc3 $132) 34... d4
35. Rac1 Qd6 (35... dxc3 $5 {also deserved attention} 36. Rxc3 (36. bxc3 $2 Qd6
37. Kh1 Nxd3 38. Rc2 (38. Rcd1 $2 Nf2+) 38... Ne1 $17) 36... Rxc3 37. bxc3 Qc7
{[%cal Gc7h2,Ye5g4,Ye5d3]} 38. Kh1 (38. Qg3 $2 Nxg4+ 39. Kh3 Qxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Ne3
{and a win (if exists) is still very far.})) 36. Kh1 dxc3 37. Rxc3 Rxc3 38.
bxc3 Nxd3 (38... Qxd3 $2 39. Qxd3 Nxd3 40. Rb1 Rc8 41. Rxb5 Rxc3 42. Rb8+ Kh7
43. Bd5 $18 {[%csl Rh7]}) 39. g5 Rc8 $2 (39... Ne1 $142 $1 40. f6 Nxg2 41. Qxg2
hxg5 42. Qxg5 g6 {[%cal Ge8e2]} 43. Qh6 Qd5+ 44. Kg1 $8 Qc5+ 45. Kg2 Qd5+ 46.
Kg1 $11) 40. Qe3 Rc4 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gc4h4]} 41. Qe8+ Qf8 (41... Kh7 42. Be4
$18 {[%cal Gf5f6,Gg5g6]}) 42. Qxf8+ Kxf8 43. gxh6 {A premature draw agreement!}
(43. gxh6 gxh6 (43... Rxh4+ 44. Kg1 Rxh6 45. Rb1 Ra6 46. Bf1 $1 Nf4 (46... Nc5
47. Rxb5 $18) 47. Rb3 $18) 44. f6 Rxc3 45. Rb1 Rxa3 46. Rxb5 {[%csl Rf7,Rf8,
Rh6]} Ke8 47. Bc6+ Kd8 48. Rd5+ Kc7 49. Be8 $36) 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-CHN Summit"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2001.03.15"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2001.03.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7.
Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2 $5 {White scores extremely well in this line!} d5 (8... Qb6 9.
Rd1 d5 10. e5 d4 11. cxd4 (11. Be4 Rd8 12. d3 h6 13. Nbd2 Nd5 14. cxd4 cxd4 15.
a4 Be7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nb3 O-O 18. Bd2 b4 19. Bc1 $1 $14 {[%cal Gb3d2,Gd2c4]
1-0 Grischuk,A-Kotsur,P/Elista 2000/CBM 79 no vc (54)}) 11... Nxd4 12. Nxd4
cxd4 13. Be4 d3 14. Bxd3 Qc6 15. f3 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Ng6 17. Be4 $16 {1-0
Rublevsky,S-Minasian,A/Montecatini Terme 2000/CBM 79 no vc (49)}) (8... Ng6 $6
9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nh4 11. Rd1 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Rc8 13. Nc3 Qf6 14. Qe3 d6 15.
d5 $16 {1-0 Sorokin,M-Aarthie,R/Hyderabad 2000/CBM 79 no vc (24)}) 9. e5 d4 (
9... c4 10. d4 cxd3 11. Bxd3 Ng6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15.
Nbd2 Na5 16. Nd4 {[%csl Rb7]} Rc8 17. a3 Nc4 18. N2f3 Rh5 19. h3 Kf8 20. Rfe1
Kg8 21. Ra2 Kf8 22. a4 $1 b4 23. b3 Na5 24. cxb4 Qxb4 25. Rc2 {[%csl Rf8]} Ke7
26. Rec1 Kd7 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Qc2 {1-0 Malakhov,V-Kragelj,I/Bled SLO 2001/The
Week in Chess 334 (28)}) 10. Be4 Ng6 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. d3 Be7 13. g3 $6 $146 {
White delays the development of his Q side, trying to push black back on the K
side first. However, the plan has one serious drawback, the weak 'e5' pawn} (
13. Nbd2 Qb6 (13... Nf4 14. Qd1 Nd5 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qd2 $16) 14.
Nb3 Rc8 15. Bd2 O-O 16. h4 Rfd8 17. h5 Nf8 18. Rac1 b4 19. h6 g6 20. Bg5 Bxg5
21. Nxg5 Nd7 22. f4 $16 {1-0 Burnett,R-Van der Weide,K/Groningen 1999/CBM 73
ext (32)}) 13... O-O 14. h4 $2 (14. Nbd2 Qc7 15. Nb3 $13) 14... Re8 $2 (14...
Qc7 $142 $1 15. Re1 (15. h5 Ngxe5 16. Nxe5 (16. h6 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Ne5 $17)
16... Qxe5 17. h6 Qf6 (17... f5 $2 18. Bf4 Qf6 19. hxg7 Rfc8 20. Bg2 $14 {
[%cal Gf1e1]}) 18. hxg7 Qxg7 {and white's compensation for the pawn is hardly
sufficient.}) (15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 (16... Ncxe5 $2 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. h5
$18) (16... Qxe5 $2 17. f4 Qc5 18. h5 h6 19. hxg6 hxg5 20. Qh5 $18) 17. Bxg6 (
17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxg6 Nxe5 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nf3+ $17 {[%csl Rb1]}) 17...
hxg5 18. Be4 gxh4 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qxh4 Nxe5 $19) 15... Rfc8 16. Bg5 Bb4 17. Bd2
Bxd2 18. Nbxd2 Ngxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Rc2
$19) 15. h5 Nf8 16. h6 g6 17. Nbd2 $14 Nd7 18. Nb3 Qb6 19. Bf4 Rab8 {[%csl Yb7]
[%cal Gb8b7]} (19... a5 20. Nbxd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 $16 {[%csl Rb7]}) 20. Rfc1 a5
21. a4 $1 bxa4 {[%csl Rc4]} 22. Nbd2 {[%cal Gd2c4]} Nc5 23. Nc4 Qd8 24. Nd6
Bxd6 25. Bxc6 Be7 (25... Bxc6 $2 26. exd6 (26. Nxd4 $2 Bd5 (26... Be7 $5 27.
Nxc6 Qxd3 28. Qc2 $1 (28. Qxd3 Nxd3 29. Nxb8 Nxc1 30. Nc6 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Nxf4 32.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 33. gxf4 Rb7 34. Rxa4 Rxb2 $2 (34... Rb5 35. Kg2 (35. b4 Rxb4 36.
Rxa5 Kf8 37. Ra8+ Ke7 38. Rh8 Rxf4 39. Rxh7 Re4 40. Rh8 Rxe5 $17) 35... f6 36.
b4 axb4 (36... Rxb4 37. Rxa5 Rxf4 38. Ra8+ Kf7 39. Ra7+ Kf8 40. exf6 Rxf6 41.
Rxh7 $11) 37. Ra8+ Kf7 38. Ra7+ Kg8 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. exf6 b3 41. f7 Rb8 42.
f8=Q+ Rxf8 43. Rb7 Kg8 44. Kg3 $11) 35. Rxa5 $18)) (26... Bf8 $2 27. Nxc6 Qxd3
28. Qxd3 Nxd3 29. Nxb8 Nxc1 30. Nd7 Nb3 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Rd1 $18) 27. exd6 e5
28. Rxc5 exf4 29. Qg4 Qxd6 30. Rxa5 Qe5 $19) 26... Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Nd7 (27... Nb3
28. d7 e5 (28... Qxd7 29. Bxb8 $18 {[%cal Gf3f6]}) 29. dxe8=R+ Qxe8 30. Bg5 {
[%cal Gf3f6]} Nxa1 31. Qf6 Qf8 32. Rxa1 $18) 28. Rxa4 Rxb2 29. Rc7 $36 {
With a very strong initiative for white}) 26. Bxb7 (26. Bxe8 Qxe8 27. Nxd4 Qd7
28. Be3 Qd5 $44) 26... Rxb7 27. Rc4 Qb8 (27... Rb4 28. Rac1 Nb3 29. R1c2 {
[%cal Gc4c7]} Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Qd7 31. Bg5 $1 $36 {The dark squares in black's
camp are very weak}) 28. Rc2 {[%cal Gf3d4]} Rb4 29. Bg5 Bf8 (29... Nb3 30. Bxe7
Rxe7 (30... Nxa1 $2 31. Bd6 Qb6 (31... Nxc2 32. Bxb8 Rxb2 33. Bd6 Rc8 34. Ng5
Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Ne1 36. Qe4 $18 {[%cal Ge4f4,Gf4f6]}) 32. Rc7 Rxb2 33. Qe4 $18 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge4f4,Gf4f6]}) 31. Re1 Qf8 32. Qe4 Re8 (32... Qxh6 33. Rc8+ Kg7
34. Qa8 $18) 33. Qf4 Rc8 34. Rxc8 Qxc8 35. Ng5 Qf8 36. Ne4 (36. Re2 Nc5 37. Rc2
a3 38. bxa3 Rb1+ 39. Kg2 (39. Kh2 Qxh6+ $19) 39... Nxd3 $19 {[%cal Gd3e1]})
36... Rb7 (36... Nc5 37. Nxc5 Qxc5 38. Qf6 Qf8 39. Rc1 Rb8 40. Rc7 $16) 37.
Nf6+ $36) 30. Nh2 {[%cal Gh2g4,Gg4f6]} Qb5 31. Ng4 Rb8 32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. Rxc5 $4
(33. Qf3 $1 Qxd3 (33... Rxb2 34. Nxh7 $1 f5 (34... Kxh7 $4 35. Qxf7+ Kh8 36.
Bf6+) (34... Bxh6 35. Qh1 $3 {A fantastic move suggested by my buddy, Fritz}
Rb1+ 36. Rc1 {[%cal Gh1h6]} Kxh7 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38. Bf6 {mating}) (34... Qe8 35.
Nxf8 {[%cal Gf3f6]} Qxf8 36. Rxc5 $18) 35. Nxf8 Rxf8 (35... Rxc2 36. Bf6+ Kg8
37. h7+ $18) 36. Rxb2 Qxb2 37. Rc1 a3 38. Rxc5 a2 39. Bf6+ $1 Rxf6 (39... Kg8
40. h7+ Kxh7 41. Rc7+ Kg8 42. Rg7+ Kh8 43. Rxg6+ Rxf6 44. Qh5#) 40. Qa8+ $18)
34. Qxd3 Nxd3 35. Nd7 Rxb2 (35... Ra8 36. Nxf8 Rxf8 37. Be7 $18) 36. Rxb2 Rxb2
37. Nxf8 Nxf2 38. Rc1 $1 (38. Bf6+ Kg8 39. Rc1 Nh3+ 40. Kf1 d3 41. Rc8 Rf2+ 42.
Ke1 Re2+ 43. Kf1 Rf2+ $11) 38... Nh3+ 39. Kf1 d3 (39... Nxg5 40. Nd7 $18) (
39... Rb8 40. Nd7 Re8 41. Bf6+ Kg8 42. Bg7 $18) 40. Rc8 Rf2+ 41. Ke1 Re2+ 42.
Kd1 Nf2+ 43. Kc1 Rc2+ 44. Rxc2 dxc2 45. Nd7 Ne4 46. Bf6+ Kg8 47. g4 {[%csl Rg8]
} a3 48. Kxc2 a4 49. Kb1 $18) 33... Qxc5 $4 (33... Bxc5 34. Ne4 {[%cal Ge2f3]}
(34. Qf3 Qb7 $1 35. Ne4 Bf8 $19) 34... Bf8 (34... a3 35. Qf3 f5 36. exf6 axb2
37. f7 {[%cal Gf6f7,Yg5f6,Yf3f6]} bxa1=Q+ 38. Kh2 {This is quite unbelievable,
but the whole black army can do nothing about the simple mate threat.}) (34...
Rxb2 35. Qf3 Kg8 36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. Nd7 f5 (37... Kg8 38. Qf6 Bf8 39. Nxf8 $18)
38. Nxb8 Qxb8 39. Qc6 $18 {[%cal Gc6c5,Gc6e6]}) 35. Qf3 Qb7 36. Qf6+ Kg8 $19)
34. Nd7 Qc8 35. Nxb8 Qxb8 36. Qf3 Kg8 37. Qe4 Rxb2 38. Rxa4 {Although black
has an extra pawn he can barely improve his position} Qb3 (38... Rb5 {[%csl
Re5]} 39. Bf4 Bc5 40. Qc6 {It is unclear how can black improve his position})
39. Rxa5 Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Rb1 41. Kh3 Qh5+ 42. Bh4 Rb8 (42... g5 43. Ra8 gxh4 44.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 45. Qa8+ {The black king cannot escape the perpetual} Ke7 46. Qa7+
Kd8 47. Qa8+ Kc7 48. Qa7+ Rb7 (48... Kc6 49. Qa6+ Rb6 (49... Kc7 50. Qa7+) (
49... Kc5 50. Qc4+ Kb6 51. Qxd4+ Kb5 52. Qd7+ Ka6 53. Qc6+ Rb6 54. Qa4+ Kb7 55.
Qd7+ $11) 50. Qc8+ Kb5 (50... Kd5 $4 51. Qc4+ $18) 51. Qc4+ Ka5 52. Qa2+ Kb5
53. Qc4+ Ka5 54. Qa2+ Kb4 55. Qb2+ Kc5 56. Qc2+ $11)) 43. Qf4 Qxh6 44. Qxh6
Bxh6 45. Be7 $1 Bf8 $8 {the only way to play for a win} 46. Bxf8 Kxf8 47. Ra4
Rd8 48. f4 {[%cal Gh3g4,Gg4f3,Gf3e4]} Kg7 49. Kg4 Rd5 50. Kf3 g5 $1 {[%cal
Gh7h1] Creating a passed pawn.} 51. Ke4 gxf4 52. gxf4 (52. Kxf4 $143 {[%csl
Re5]} Kg6 {[%cal Gf7f6]}) 52... Rd8 53. Ra1 h5 54. Rh1 Kg6 55. Rh2 {White was
able to build a fortress} Rh8 56. Rh4 $1 ({but not} 56. Kxd4 $4 h4 57. Ke4 Kh5
58. Kf3 Rg8 59. d4 Rg3+ 60. Kf2 Kg4 $19) 56... Rd8 57. Rh1 Kh6 58. f5 Kg5 (
58... Kg5 59. Rg1+ Kh4 60. Rh1+ Kg4 61. Rg1+ Kh4 62. Rh1+ Kg5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 g6 5. e5 Ng4 6. Bxc6 dxc6
7. h3 (7. d3 Bg7 8. Bf4 Nh6 9. Ne4 Nf5 10. c3 b6 11. Qd2 Ba6 12. O-O-O Qd5 13.
g4 O-O-O 14. gxf5 Qxa2 15. Qc2 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 Qa1+ 17. Qb1 Qxb1+ 18. Kxb1 Rxd3
19. Ne1 $5 Rd1+ 20. Kc2 Rhd8 {1-0 Lastin,A-Smetankin,S/Rovno 2000/CBM 76/
[Avrukh,B] (42) The arising position is extremly complicated and it's very
hard to say who is better.}) 7... Nh6 8. g4 (8. O-O Bg7 9. d3 (9. Ne4 b6 10.
Ng3 O-O 11. d3 Nf5 12. Nxf5 Bxf5 13. Bf4 Qd5 14. Qe2 h6 15. Qe3 g5 16. Bg3 Rad8
$15 {0-1 Ivanov,V-Shvedov,S/Cherepovets 2000/EXT 2001 (48)}) 9... O-O 10. Bf4
Nf5 11. Qd2 Nd4 $132 {Bjerring,K-Campos Moreno,J/Barbera op 1996/0-1 (45)}) (8.
d3 Bg7 (8... Nf5 $5) 9. Be3 b6 10. g4 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O-O
Qc7 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Re8 16. Rhe1 Bb7 17. f4 $36 {1-0 Movsesian,S-Polasek,
J/CZE 1997/EXT 98 (41)}) 8... f5 (8... Bg7 9. d3 f5 (9... O-O 10. Be3 f5 11.
exf6 exf6 12. Qd2 Nf7 13. O-O-O b6 14. Kb1 Nd6 15. Bh6 Nb5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. d4
Nxd4 18. Ne2 Re8 19. Nfxd4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 $16 {[%csl Rg7] 1-0 Van den Doel,
E-Caposciutti,M/Saint Vincent 1998/EXT 99 (56)}) 10. g5 $5 Nf7 11. Bf4 Be6 12.
Qe2 (12. h4 Qc7 13. h5 gxh5 14. Qe2 O-O-O $132 {1-0 Baron Rodriguez,J-Garcia
Melgar,J/ESP-chTB 1996 (37)}) 12... Qd7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. h4 Qc7 15. h5 $40 {
1-0 Oral,T-Smetankin,S/Pardubice 1999/EXT 2000 (35)}) 9. g5 (9. exf6 exf6 10.
d3 Nf7 11. Be3 b6 12. Qe2 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Makarichev,S-Andonov,B/Frunze 1989})
9... Nf7 10. d3 Be6 (10... Bg7 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. Rde1 b5 $13 {Polgar,J-Ochoa de Echaguen,F/New York op 1989/1-0 (63)})
11. Qe2 Qc7 12. h4 O-O-O {In this game, as opposed to Oral-Smetankin, black
castles long side, which makes more sence since on the >> he's simply getting
mated.} 13. Bf4 h6 $2 (13... Bg7 14. O-O-O Rd4 $5 15. Qe3 (15. Nxd4 cxd4 16.
Nb1 Bxa2 {[%csl Re5]} 17. Rhe1 e6 {And black has enough compensation for the
exchange}) 15... Rxf4 16. Qxf4 Nxe5 {[%cal Ge5d3]} 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qa4 $8 (
18. Qf3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Bd5 $17) 18... Kb8 19. Rde1 Bf7 $44) (13... h5 $142 $5 {
[%csl Rg6] This move has it's drawbacks, of course, but black should not let
white open the 'h' file as he has too little space to regroup his pieces when
a play on the K side will begin. As to the weakness created on 'g6' - it's
fully compensated by the white's one on 'e5'}) 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. h5 $1 {
the main drawback of black's 13th move} hxg5 $2 (15... Nxg5 $142 16. Nxg5 hxg5
17. Bxg5 Rxh5 ({after} 17... Bxa2 18. hxg6 Rxh1 19. Rxh1 {the 'g6' P becomes
deadly!} Bd5 20. Rh7 Bg8 21. Qf3 $1 $16) 18. Rxh5 gxh5 19. Qxh5 Bxa2 20. Qg6
Kb8 21. Qxf5 Bd5 22. Kb1 {[%csl Rf8] white has the better game}) 16. hxg6 gxf4
17. gxf7 Rxh1 18. Rxh1 Bxa2 {after this the 'f7' pawn becomes way too strong.
(it will also, eventually, decide the game) However, black couldn't take it
either - then his B's would become just a couple of big pawns} (18... Bxf7 19.
e6 Bg6 20. Qe5 {[%csl Rf8,Rg6] with a huge positional edge for white}) 19. e6 {
[%csl Yf7]} Bd5 20. Kb1 c4 (20... Bg7 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Rg1 Bf8 23. Qe5 $18)
21. dxc4 Be4 22. Rd1 $1 $18 {The more pieces are changed off the board, the
more hopeless black's position becomes} Bg7 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25.
Qxe4 Qb6 26. Qd4 $1 {a small tactical shot allows white to swap the last
pieces on the way to victory} Qxd4 (26... Bxd4 27. f8=Q+ Kc7 28. Qxe7+ Kb8 29.
Qe8+ Kc7 30. Qd7+ Kb8 31. Nxd4 $18) 27. Nxd4 Kc7 28. c5 {the most accurate
although anything wins here.} (28. Nf5) 28... a5 29. Nf5 Bf8 (29... Bf8 30. Nh4
Bg7 31. Ng6 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 g6 5. d3 (5. a3 Bg7 6. d3
Nge7 7. Ng5 O-O 8. h4 b5 9. Nxb5 (9. Ba2 $5) 9... d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Qf3 e4
$5 12. dxe4 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Nb6 15. Qxc5 Ba6 16. Nd6 h6 17. Nf3 Qe7
18. Qa5 Bc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Qd5 Nxb2 21. e5 (21. O-O Rfd8 $44) 21... Rad8 22.
Qb3 Rd1+ $17 {0-1 Varga,Z-Meduna,E/Budapest 2000/CBM 78 (36)}) 5... Bg7 (5...
h6 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Nge7 8. O-O-O {an interesting idea. White castles long
after black has weakenned himself} Bg7 9. h4 Bg4 10. Rdg1 Qd7 11. Kb1 O-O-O 12.
Bxf7 Rdf8 13. Bb3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Rxf3 15. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Kupreichik,V-Lipinsky,F/
Meisdorf 1996/EXT 97 (27)}) 6. Ng5 Nh6 7. f4 (7. O-O O-O 8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 Ne5
10. Bd5 Kh8 11. Qd2 d6 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Rxf3 $16 {1-0 Al Modiahki,
M-Doghri,N/Beirut 2000/CBM 77 ext (28)}) 7... f6 8. Nf3 (8. O-O $5 exf4 (8...
fxg5 $2 9. fxg5 Ng8 10. Qf3 Qe7 11. Nd5 $18) 9. Bxf4 fxg5 10. Bd6 Be5 (10... g4
11. Nd5 $18) 11. Nb5 Bxd6 12. Nxd6+ Ke7 13. Nxc8+ (13. Nb5 $5) 13... Rxc8 14.
Qf3 Rf8 (14... Kd6 15. Qh3 $1 (15. Qg3+ Ne5 16. c3 Re8 17. d4 (17. Bd5 Nf5 18.
exf5 Kxd5 $17) 17... cxd4 18. cxd4 Rxc4 19. dxe5+ Kc7 20. e6+ Kc8 $17) 15...
Ng8 16. Qg3+ Ne5 17. c3 Qe7 18. d4 cxd4 19. Bxg8 Rhxg8 20. cxd4 $16) 15. Qg3
Ke8 16. Qh3 Nf7 17. Qxh7 Nce5 18. Bxf7+ Nxf7 19. Qxg6 $44) 8... d6 9. h3 (9.
O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 {was also possible}) 9... exf4 10. Bxf4 Nf7 11.
O-O O-O 12. Qe1 (12. Nb5 Nce5) 12... Kh8 13. Bxf7 (13. Qg3 Nfe5 14. Bd5 $14)
13... Rxf7 14. Qg3 Rd7 (14... Ne5 $2 15. Bxe5 fxe5 16. Ng5 Rxf1+ 17. Rxf1 Kg8
18. Nd5 $16 {/+- white's position all of a sudden is almost winning, Black
cannot protect from Rf7 & Ne7}) 15. h4 b6 16. Be3 (16. h5 $142 gxh5 (16... g5
17. Be3 Qe8 18. Qh2 h6 (18... d5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. exd5 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 $18 {
[%cal Ga1e1]}) 19. Rae1 $14 {[%csl Rg7] /+/-}) 17. Qh2 Bb7 18. Qxh5 Nb4 19. a3
$1 Nxc2 20. Rac1 Nd4 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Nd5 $16 {[%csl Rg7]}) 16... Bb7 17. Nd5
$6 {premature! Allowing black to change knights and advance d6-d5.} (17. h5
$142) 17... Nb4 18. Nxb4 cxb4 19. h5 gxh5 20. Nd4 d5 21. exd5 Rxd5 22. Ne6 {
Actually, it seems as white would have to work in order to draw this game had
the game continued.} (22. Ne6 Qd7 (22... Qg8 {also possible, but not as strong
as the main line} 23. Nc7 (23. Nxg7 Qxg7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $15 {/-/+}) 23... Bh6
$1 24. Qxg8+ Rxg8 25. Nxd5 (25. Bxh6 Rd7 26. Rf2 Rxc7 $15 {[%cal Gg8g6,Gc7g7]})
25... Bxd5 26. Rfe1 (26. Bxh6 {Allows the good old windmill} Rxg2+ 27. Kh1
Rxc2+ 28. Kg1 Rg2+ 29. Kh1 Rxb2+ 30. Kg1 Rg2+ 31. Kh1 Rg6+ 32. Kh2 Rxh6 $17)
26... Bxe3+ 27. Rxe3 Rxg2+ 28. Kf1 Rxc2 $17) 23. Nxg7 (23. Nc7 Rg8 24. Nxd5
Qxd5 25. Rf2 (25. Qf2 Bh6 $19) 25... Bh6 (25... f5 $5 26. Qh3 Bxb2 27. Re1 h4
$36 {[%cal Gg8g3]}) 26. Qxg8+ $8 Kxg8 27. Bxh6 h4 28. Re1 Kf7 29. Ref1 Qd4 30.
c3 $1 bxc3 31. bxc3 Qxc3 32. Rxf6+ Qxf6 33. Rxf6+ Kxf6 $11) 23... Qxg7 24.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 $15 {/-/+}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "De Vreugt, Dennis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 {a relatively rare
move. The main lines are :} (4... Nd4) ({or} 4... g6) 5. O-O e5 (5... Nd4 6.
Re1 e5 7. d3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nxb5 9. Nxb5 Qc6 10. a4 d6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nc4 Be6 13.
Nc3 h6 14. Bh4 Rae8 15. f3 Nh7 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Hracek,Z-McShane,
L/Lippstadt 2000/CBM 78 (41)}) (5... a6 6. Bxc6 Qxc6 7. Re1 d6 8. d4 cxd4 9.
Nxd4 Qb6 10. Be3 e5 $2 (10... Qc7 11. Bg5 $16) (10... Qxb2 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12.
exd5 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8,Re8,Rf8,Rh8] with white having more than enough
compensation}) 11. Ne6 Qc6 12. Nxf8 Kxf8 13. Bg5 $16 {1-0 Kogan,A-Rodriguez
Bachiller,L/Madrid 2000/CBM 76 ext (32)}) 6. Bc4 (6. d3 a6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. Ng5
O-O 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 b5 11. Bb3 Ra7 12. f5 Qd8 13. Nf3 Na5 14. Qe2 Rd7 15. Bg5
Nxb3 16. axb3 Bb7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 g6 19. Nd2 Bg5 20. Rf2 f6 21. Raf1 Rg7
$11 {0-1 Sepman,Y-Sivokho,S/St Petersburg 2000/EXT 2001 (53)}) 6... Be7 {
the position arised is similar to the one arising after: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.
Nc3 e5 4.Bc4} 7. d3 O-O 8. h3 $6 {an unnecessary move. Black never wants to
play Bg4 anyway.} (8. Ng5 $5 h6 9. f4 d6 10. Nf3 exf4 11. Bxf4 Be6 12. Qd2 Qd7
13. Rae1 d5 $2 (13... Rae8) 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qxh6
f6 18. Qg6+ Kh8 19. Qh5+ Kg7 20. Qxd5 {1-0 Svidler,P-McShane,L/Brussels 2000/
EXT 2001 (20)}) 8... a6 9. a4 d6 10. Bg5 Qd8 11. Qd2 (11. Bxf6 $142 Bxf6 12.
Nd5 Be6 13. Nd2 Bg5 14. Nb1 $14 {[%cal Gb1c3]}) 11... Ne8 12. Nd5 Bxg5 13. Qxg5
(13. Nxg5 $142 h6 14. Nf3 $14 {[%cal Gf3e1,Gf2f4]} (14. Nxf7 $6 Rxf7 15. f4 Be6
(15... Na5 16. Ba2 exf4 17. Nxf4 c4 18. dxc4 Qc7 (18... Kh7 19. c5 Rf8 20. Rad1
$36 {With a material equality on the board white has the much better pieces.})
19. c5) (15... Kh7 16. Nb6 Qxb6 17. Bxf7 $36 {[%csl Rh7]}) 16. f5 Bd7 17. Ne3
Qg5 $15)) 13... Be6 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. c3 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nc7 $11 17. Bc4 g6 18.
Rfd1 {[%cal Gg8g7,Gf7f5]} Kg7 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 b6 (20... cxd4 21. Nxd4 d5
$2 22. exd5 Na5 23. Ba2 Nxd5 24. Nf5+ gxf5 25. Bxd5 $16) 21. Rac1 Rfe8 22. dxc5
$6 {after this move white suddenly has difficulties to protect his pawns} (22.
Re1 $142) 22... dxc5 23. Bd5 $2 ({after} 23. Bd3 $142 Nb4 24. Bb1 Ne6 $15)
23... Nxd5 24. exd5 Na5 25. d6 $6 {the pawn is doomed now} (25. Rc3 $142 Rd6
26. b3 Red8 (26... Nc6 $6 {[%cal Gc6b4]} 27. Rd2 Nb4 28. a5 $1 $11) 27. Rcd3 c4
(27... Nc6 $4 28. dxc6 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. c7 $18) 28. bxc4 Nxc4 {[%cal
Gc4b2]} 29. Rd4 b5 30. axb5 axb5 $17 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf7f5,Yg7f6,Gc4b6]})
25... Nb7 26. b4 Re6 $17 27. bxc5 bxc5 ({of course not:} 27... Nxc5 28. a5 Nb3
29. Rb1 Nxa5 30. Rxb6 Nc4 31. Rxa6 Rdxd6 32. Rdxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Nxd6 $11) 28.
Rb1 Rdxd6 29. Rdc1 Re7 (29... Rb6 30. Ng5 Red6 31. Ne4 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Rd4 33.
Rxb7 Rxe4 34. Rc7 Rxa4 35. Rxc5 Re4 $1 36. Rc8 {white has good drawing chances}
) 30. Rc2 Rc7 31. Nd2 Na5 32. Rbc1 Rd5 33. Nc4 Nxc4 34. Rxc4 Kf6 35. Kf1 Ke5
36. a5 Rc6 37. Ke2 Re6 38. Rb1 (38. Rxc5 $4 Rxc5 39. Rxc5+ Kd4+ $19) 38... Rd4
39. Rcc1 {I suspect that white's flag has fallen here, since, although the
position is lost it was way too early to resign.} (39. Rcc1 Ra4 40. Ra1 Rxa1
41. Rxa1 Kd4+ 42. Kd2 c4 43. Ra3 Re5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Noyabrsk"]
[Site "Noyabrsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kochetkov, German"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Giese"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qc2 Ba7 11. b3 dxc3 12. dxc3 Qe7 13. a4 a5 14. Kh1 Bc5
15. f4 f6 16. e5 fxe5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxh7 Qh4 19. Bg6+ Kd8 20. Bf4 Ng4 {
[%csl Rh2]} 21. Nd4 Nxh2 $3 {[%cal Yh2f3,Gh8h1] sacrifices Q and wins} 22.
Nxe6+ (22. g3 Qh3 23. Kg1 (23. Qg2 Qg4 {[%csl Rf1,Rg6]} 24. Kg1 Nxf1 25. Be4
Nh2 $19) 23... Nxf1 24. Rxf1 e5 25. Bxe5 (25. Bg5+ Kc7 {[%csl Rd4]} 26. Bh4
Rxh4 $19) 25... Qh1+ 26. Kf2 Rh2+ 27. Ke1 Rxc2 28. Rxh1 Rc1+ $19) 22... dxe6
23. Qd2+ {[%cal Gd2g5]} Bd7 $1 (23... Ke7 $4 24. Bg5+ Qxg5 25. Qxg5+ Kd6 26.
Rfd1+ Kc6 27. Bh5 $18) 24. Bg5+ Kc7 (24... Qxg5 25. Qxg5+ Be7 26. Rf8+ Rxf8 27.
Qe5 Rh8 28. Kg1 Ng4 29. Qxg7 {(-/+)/-+}) 25. Bxh4 Rxh4 {[%cal Gc5g1,Gh4h1] /\..
.Nf3#} 26. Qg5 (26. g3 Nxf1+ 27. gxh4 Nxd2 $18) 26... Nf3+ 27. Qxh4 Nxh4 {
[%csl Rg6]} 28. Be4 (28. Bh5 Rh8 29. Bg4 (29. g4 g6 $19) 29... Nf5+ 30. Bh3
Ng3+ $19) 28... Rh8 $40 {[%cal Gh8h1]} (28... Rh8 29. g4 e5 $19) 0-1

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Cetinje"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Glatman,V"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 (5. b3 Ne7 (5... d6 $6 6. O-O
e5 7. Re1 Be7 $1 $15 {Timman,J-Sveshnikov,E Tilburg 1992 Inf 56/168/}) 6. h4 $5
$146 h5 7. e5 Ng6 8. Qe2 f6 9. Bb2 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Qf6 11. Na3 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qg6
13. O-O-O $16 {Cseshkovsky,V-Ivanovic,B Cetinje 1993/}) (5. O-O Ne7 6. d3 (6.
Re1 Ng6 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 O-O $10 {Huebner,R-Sveshnikov,E Bayern-Poljet 1992/})
6... Ng6 7. Nbd2 d6 8. Nc4 Be7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 f5 11. e5 d5 12. Na5 Qc7 $14 {
Huebner,R-Abramovic,B Biel 1993/}) 5... Ne7 6. Bd2 $5 $146 Ng6 $6 (6... d6 $5)
(6... d5 $5) 7. h4 h5 8. e5 $1 Be7 9. Bc3 f6 10. Nbd2 d5 (10... fxe5 11. Nxe5
Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bf6 13. Nc4 $16) (10... Qc7 11. Qe2 Nf4 $2 12. Qe4 Nxg2+ 13. Kf1
$18) 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Nc4 Qd5 13. Ne3 Qd7 14. g3 (14. Nd2 Nf4 15. Qf3 Nd5 $14)
14... e5 15. Nd2 Nf8 16. f4 $1 exf4 17. gxf4 Ne6 18. Qf3 Nd4 19. Qf2 $1 (19.
Bxd4 $2 cxd4 20. Nec4 Qe6+ $15) (19. Qg3 Qe6 $1) 19... Qe6 20. Ndc4 (20. O-O-O
Qxa2) (20. f5 Nxf5 $17) 20... Ba6 21. O-O-O O-O-O 22. f5 $16 Qd7 23. Rhg1 Rhg8
$6 (23... Rh7 $5) 24. Be1 $1 Rde8 25. c3 Nb5 26. Qf3 Nc7 27. Qxh5 Nd5 28. Qf3 (
28. Qf7 $2 Nf4 29. Rxg7 Rgf8 $19) 28... Nxe3 29. Nxe3 Bd6 (29... Bxd3 $2 30.
Rxd3 Qxd3 31. Qxc6+ Kd8 32. Bf2 $18) 30. d4 Qc7 31. Bg3 Bxg3 32. Rxg3 cxd4 33.
Rxd4 Bb7 (33... c5 34. Qa8+ Qb8 35. Qc6+ $18) 34. Qf4 Qxf4 35. Rxf4 Re7 36. b4
Ba6 37. Kd2 Rd8+ 38. Rd4 Rxd4+ 39. cxd4 Kc7 (39... Re4 40. Rg4 $1) 40. h5 Bc8
41. Rg6 (41. Kd3 Bd7 42. Rg6 Be8 $10) 41... Rf7 42. h6 gxh6 43. Rxh6 Bd7 44.
Kd3 Kd6 45. Ke4 Ke7 46. Kf4 $6 (46. Rh8 $5 Be8 47. d5 $18) 46... Bc8 47. a4 $6
(47. Rh8 Ba6 (47... Kd7 48. a4) 48. Ra8 Kd6 49. Re8 $16) 47... Ba6 48. Rh8 Be2
49. Rh1 a6 50. Ra1 Bd3 51. Rh1 $2 (51. Rd1 $5 Be2 52. Rd2 Bh5 53. Rh2 $18)
51... a5 $8 52. bxa5 Kd6 53. Rd1 Ba6 54. Rb1 (54. Rc1 $5 Ra7 55. Ng4 $16) 54...
Ra7 55. Rb6 Bd3 56. d5 Rxa5 57. Rxc6+ Ke7 58. Re6+ Kf7 59. Kf3 Rxa4 60. Rc6 Rd4
$10 61. Rc7+ Kf8 62. Rd7 Ke8 63. Rd6 Ke7 64. Re6+ Kf7 65. Ng4 Rxd5 66. Rxf6+
Kg7 67. Rg6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-West 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.10.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Plettenberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Qd4
8. d3 (8. Qe2) 8... Qxe5 9. f4 $1 $146 Qd5 10. Qe2 Be7 (10... Be6 $5 11. c4 Qf5
$8 12. Ng3 (12. O-O O-O-O 13. a3 $13) 12... Qg4 13. Qxg4 (13. f5 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2
Bd7 15. Rf1 $14) 13... Bxg4 14. h3 (14. f5 Bd6) 14... Bd7 15. f5 Be7 (15... Bd6
16. Ne4 Be5 17. O-O O-O-O 18. Bf4 $16) 16. O-O Bf6 17. Ne4 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 b6 19.
Rb1 O-O 20. b3 Rad8 21. g4 Rfe8 22. Bf4 $14) 11. c4 Qd8 12. O-O O-O 13. f5 Re8
14. Be3 (14. Bd2 $5) 14... Bf6 15. Rad1 (15. Kh1 $1 $16) 15... Bd4 16. Kh1 Re5
17. g4 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qd4 19. Qxd4 cxd4 20. Rde1 Kf8 21. Nd6 Re7 22. c5 Rxe1 23.
Rxe1 Bd7 24. Re4 $6 (24. Kg2 $1 $16) 24... b6 25. Rxd4 bxc5 26. Rc4 (26. Ra4 g6
$14 (26... Rd8 27. Rxa7 Be8 28. Nc4 Rxd3 29. a4)) 26... h5 27. h3 hxg4 28. hxg4
g6 29. Rxc5 gxf5 (29... Rd8 $5 $14 30. b3 gxf5 31. gxf5 Ke7 32. Ne4 Be8 33. f6+
Ke6 34. Ra5) (29... Rb8 30. Ra5 Rxb2) 30. gxf5 Rb8 31. Ra5 (31. b3 Rb4) 31...
Ke7 32. Ne4 Rxb2 33. Rxa7 Rb5 34. f6+ Ke6 $6 (34... Kd8 35. a4 Rd5 36. a5 $16)
35. d4 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 Kf5 37. Ng3+ Ke6 38. Kf3 Bc8 39. Ne4 c5 40. Rc7 $1 $18 (40.
Re7+ Kf5 41. Nd6+ Kxf6 42. Nxc8 $16) 40... Rb8 41. Rxc5 Kd7 42. Re5 Kd8 43. Kf4
Rb1 44. Rd5+ Kc7 45. Rc5+ Kd8 46. Nd6 Rf1+ 47. Kg5 Rg1+ 48. Kh4 Rg4+ 49. Kh5
Rxd4 50. Nxc8 Ra4 51. Nb6 1-0

[Event "NED-chT 0001"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2000.12.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.11.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Magnus/BSG Bussum"]
[BlackTeam "Hilversum HSG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qc7 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 (10... Bxh2+ 11. Kh1 bxc6 12. g3 Bxg3 13.
fxg3 Qxg3 14. Re3 Qh4+ 15. Kg2 $16) (10... bxc6 11. f4 (11. Qh5 Be5 12. Re3 (
12. f4 Bxf4 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. Rf1 Qe3+ $15) 12... Rb8 13. b3 g6 14. Qh4 d6 15.
Rf3 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qa3 17. Rb1 h6 $132) 11... Bxf4 (11... e5) 12. Bxf4 Qxf4 13. e5
$44) 11. f4 $1 (11. Qh5 e5 (11... Be5 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rad1 $14) 12. Be3 (12. f4
g6 13. Qf3 b5 14. f5 Qe7 15. Qg3 Bb7 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 Kf7 $132)
12... b5 13. a4 $146 (13. Rad1 Be6 14. Bb6 Qb8 $11) 13... Bb7 14. axb5 cxb5 15.
Rad1 O-O 16. Nd5 Qc6 17. Rd3 f5 $13 {<=>. Iuldachev,S-Gunawan,R/Genting
Highlands 75/(135) 1998/Inf 75/[Tsesarsky,I] (17)}) 11... e5 $1 $13 (11... Bxf4
12. Bxf4 Qxf4 13. e5 $36 O-O 14. Qd6 b6 15. Rad1 Ra7 16. Qxc6 Qb4 17. Rd2 b5
18. Ne4 Qa5 19. Qc5 Rc7 20. Qe3 Bb7 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Red1 Bd5 23. Qf2 gxf6 24.
Qxf6+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ {1/2-1/2 Lastin,A-Kotsur,P/Elista RUS 2000/The Week in
Chess 303 (25)}) 12. f5 b5 13. Qg4 (13. Be3 Bb7 14. a4 $13) 13... f6 14. Rd1 (
14. Be3 O-O $13 (14... Bb7 15. a4 b4 (15... O-O-O 16. axb5 cxb5 (16... axb5 17.
Ra7 $40) 17. Nd5 $16) (15... O-O) 16. Ne2 (16. Nb1) (16. Nb1) 16... O-O 17. Ng3
Rfd8 18. Nh5 Kh8 19. Rf1 c5 (19... Rd7 20. Rf3 Rad8 21. Rh3 c5 22. Qg6 $1 $18)
20. Rf3 c4 21. Rh3 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kh1 Qf8 (23... Qe7 24. Qg6 $18) 24.
Qg6 Qg8 $17)) 14... Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Bb7 16. Rd3 (16. Qh5+ $5 Ke7 (16... Qf7 $4 17.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 18. Rd7+) 17. Rd3 Rad8 $6 (17... g6 $5 18. fxg6 (18. Qh6 $142 Rag8
19. Be3 $13) 18... hxg6 19. Qxg6 Rag8 20. Qf5 Bc8 21. Qf3 Bh3 $5 (21... Rxh2+
22. Kxh2 Rh8+ 23. Kg3 Rg8+ 24. Kh2 $11 (24. Bg5 $2 Rxg5+ 25. Kh2 Ke8 $17))) (
17... Bd4 $5) 18. Rg3 g6 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Qxg6 Rdg8 21. Qxg8 (21. Qg7+ Rxg7
22. Rxg7+ Kd8 23. Rxc7 Kxc7 $44) 21... Rxg8 22. Rxg8 Kf7 23. Rg3 Bf8 24. a3 $16
) 16... Qf7 17. Ne2 (17. Be3 $5 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Rd8 19. Rd1 O-O 20. Red3 Rxd3 21.
Rxd3 b4 22. Ne2 h5 23. Qh4 (23. Qg3 c5) 23... Qxa2 24. Qxh5 $11) 17... Rd8 18.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Bd2 Bb6 (19... Kc8 20. Ba5 $1 $13) 20. Nc1 Kc8 21. Nb3 Rd8 22.
Ba5 Bxa5 23. Nxa5 c5 24. Nxb7 Kxb7 (24... Qxb7 25. Rd1 (25. c3 $11)) 25. Rd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {A very popular move recently} 4. Nc3 Qc7 $5 {
Much stronger than the previously played 4...Nd4 5.e5 Nb5 6.Nb5 Nd5 7.Ng5!
with an attack, or} (4... g6 5. e5 Ng4 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Nh6 8. g4 $5 $14) (
4... e5 {White can however retain an edge with} 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Nxe4 7.
Nxe4 Qd4 8. Qe2 Qxe5 9. f4 $5 {with initiative} Qe7 10. f5 $32 {|^}) (4... d6
5. e5 $14) 5. O-O a6 {Black also has other options in this position. 5...Nd4
probably deserves attention as was played in the next game} (5... e6 $6 6. Re1
d6 (6... Ng4 $5 7. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 (7... Qxc6 $143 8. d4 $32 {->}) 8. e5 f6 9. d4
$5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (9. exf6 Nxf6 $132) 9... cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 fxe5
12. Rxe5 $32 {1-0 Shirov,A-Van Wely,L/Germany 2003/CBM 94/}) (6... Be7 7. e5
Ng4 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 f5 10. h3 Nh6 11. Bg5 Bf8 12. Be3 $16 {Istratescu,
A-Chernyshov,K/Pardubice op/1997/}) (6... a6 7. Bxc6 Qxc6 8. d4 $32 {->}) 7. d4
cxd4 8. Nd5 $36 {0-1 Glek,I-Kuzmin,G/Moscow 1992/EXT 97 (37)}) (5... e5 6. d3
h6 7. Nh4 $36 {1-0 Glek,I-Brendel,O/Krumbach 1991/TD (22)}) (5... Nd4 $5 6. Re1
(6. d3 a6 7. Bc4 e6 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne2 Nxe4 $132 {1/2,Anand,V-Ivanchuk,V/FIDE
WCh Moscow/2001/ (17)}) (6. Nxd4 $5 cxd4 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Qc5 9. c4 dxc3 (
9... a6 $5 10. Ba4 Qxc4 11. Bb3 Qd3 12. Re1 $13) 10. Qb3 a6 11. Be2 c2 12. d4
$44 {Anand,V-Leko,P/Linares/2003/ (22)}) 6... a6 7. Bc4 $5 (7. e5 Nxb5 8. exf6
Nxc3 (8... gxf6 $5 {is perhaps also playable:} 9. Ne4 Bg7 $13) 9. fxg7 Bxg7)
7... d6 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 g6 (9... Bg4 $5) 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. d3 {/~~,
Kasparov,G-Leko,P/Linares/2003/ (21)}) 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. e5 {Practically forced.
Otherwise black plays 7...e5 and gets a comfortable play} (7. h3 e5 8. d3 Bd6
9. Be3 h6 $132 {0-1 Siemes,R-Kalinitschew,S/Dortmund 2003/CBM 95 ext (26)})
7... Nd5 8. Ne4 Bg4 $5 $146 {An interesting novelty which changes the
assessment of this variation. 8...Bf5 or 8...c4 as was played before are much
worse} (8... Bf5 9. Nxc5 e6 10. Nb3 Be7 11. d4 {1-0 Kupreichik,V-Krug,N/
Cuxhaven 1993/EXT 97 (28)}) (8... c4 9. Qe2 Be6 10. Neg5 $36 {1-0 Kovalev,
A-Goetz,R/Neu Isenburg 1992/EXT 2003 (21)}) 9. Nxc5 e6 10. Nd3 {White tries to
hold on to his material advantage. In case of 10.d4 black has no problems} (10.
d4 Bxc5 11. dxc5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxe5) 10... Rd8 {[%cal Rd8d4] Bringing the rook
to centre and preparing the advance of the pawns on the queenside} 11. b3 {
White tries to finish his development} c5 12. Bb2 b5 {[%cal Rc5c4] With the
idea to break with c5-c4} 13. c4 {Practically forced in order to stop the
black pawns on the queenside} Nb6 14. Nde1 Qc6 {Black strengthens his position,
creating a threat of taking on c4. The immideate recapture of the pawn is
impossible in view of 14...bc 15.bc Nc4 16.Qa4+} 15. Rc1 bxc4 16. bxc4 Be7 {
Finishing the development. Black has a long time initiative for the sacrificed
pawn (a pair of bishops and a pressure over the d-file)} 17. h3 Bh5 18. d4 {
White tries to open the position and to get rid of the black's pressure. The
other possible plan was 18.d3 with a slower game} (18. d3 $5 Bg6 19. Qc2 O-O
20. Rb1 Rb8 21. Nd2 Rfd8 22. Bc3) 18... O-O 19. Qb3 Rfe8 {Black waits to see
what will happen, protecting his bishop in advance in view of a possible pin
by Ba3} 20. Qe3 Qa4 {Black is activizing his queen and attacks white's
weaknesses c4 and a2} 21. Nd2 {21.Qa3 deserved attention, offering the
exchange of queens} (21. Qa3 $5) (21. dxc5 Nxc4 22. Qc3 Nxb2 23. Qxb2 Rc8)
21... Qxa2 22. Nd3 $6 {After this move black seizes the initiative and gets a
material advantage. 22.dc deserved attention with an unclear position} (22.
dxc5 $5 Qxb2 23. Rc2 Qb4 24. cxb6 Bg6 (24... Bc5 25. Nd3 Bxe3 26. Nxb4 Bxd2 27.
Nc6 Rc8 28. Na7 Ba5 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. c5 $36) 25. Ne4 Rb8 $132) 22... cxd4 {
Now the minimal material advantage is on the black side} 23. Qg3 (23. Bxd4 $2
Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Qxd2 $17) 23... Qa5 $5 {23...Qa4 also deserves attention, moving
away the queen and blacking white's c-pawn} (23... Qa4 $5 24. Nf4 Bg6 25. Nxg6
hxg6) 24. Ne4 Bg6 $6 {24...Be2 is stronger and as the variations show black
has a fine game} (24... Be2 $5 25. Ra1 (25. Rfe1 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Qxe5) 25... Na4
26. Bc1 Bxd3 (26... Bh4 $5 27. Qxh4 (27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. exf6 g6 $17) 27... Bxd3
$36) 27. Bh6 Bf8 28. Qxd3 Qxe5 29. Rxa4 f5 30. Nd2 gxh6) 25. Nd6 $5 {White
complicates the game, hoping to get a dangerous passed pawns} (25. Ra1 Na4 26.
Qf3 Rd7 $132) 25... Bxd6 26. exd6 e5 27. c5 {The pawn pair c5 and d6 can
become very dangerous} (27. f4 $5) 27... Bxd3 $5 {Exchanging the blocking
knight and getting to the c5 pawn. 27...Na4 is dangerous in view of 28.Nxe5} (
27... Na4 28. Nxe5 $1 Nxb2 29. Nc6 Qb5 30. Nxd8 Rxd8 31. Qh4 $1 Rf8 32. Qxd4
$36) 28. Qxd3 Na4 29. Qa3 $5 {Transfering the queen to an active position
where he protects the pawn on d6 and allows the white c-pawn to advance} (29.
Ba3 Nc3 $36) 29... Qb5 {[%cal Rb5b2] Attacking white's bishop and trying to
bring the queen to the blocking square on c6} 30. Ba1 {In case of 30.c6 black
maintaned the equality with:} (30. c6 $5 Nxb2 31. d7 Nc4 (31... Na4 $6 32.
dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 33. Ra1 Nc3 34. Qxa6) 32. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 33. Qd3 Nd6 $44) 30... Qc6
31. Rc4 Nxc5 {Black gets rid of the white dangerous pawns by sacrificing a
piece. 31...Nb6 deserved attention transfering the knight to d7} (31... Nb6 $5
32. Qxa6 Rc8 33. Rc2 Nd7 $17) 32. Qxc5 {White had more chances without the
exchange of queens} (32. Rxc5 $5 Qxd6 33. Qa5) 32... Qxc5 33. Rxc5 Rxd6 34. Rb1
h6 35. Kf1 Ree6 36. Ke2 Rc6 $6 {Black is mistaking by exchanging one pair of
rooks. After 36...Kh7 it would be more difficult for white} (36... Kh7) 37.
Rxc6 Rxc6 38. Kd3 h5 39. g4 {39.Ke4 deserved attention} (39. Ke4 $5 f6 (39...
Rc2 40. Kxe5 Rxf2 41. Rb2) 40. f4) 39... Rf6 40. Ke4 {White has probably lost
because of the time-trouble. The probable outcome of the game is a draw} 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O {One of the main lines in this variation,
the other possibility is 4.Bc6, for example:} (4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. O-O
Ng6 7. Ng5 $5 e5 8. Qh5 Qf6 $1 9. Nc3 d6 10. Nxh7 $6 Qd8 11. g3 Be7 $2 {
Hennigan-Chernajev/Gausdal/1995} (11... Qd7 $1 {Ma.Tseitlin})) 4... Nge7 5. c3
{White's plan is to take control of the centre with d2-d4. 5.b3 has also been
played with the idea to put the bishop on b2 and only then to start some
active operations in the centre} a6 {Forcing white to decide where to place
his bishop. 5...d5 was also possible leading to a decent play} (5... d5 $5 6.
exd5 Qxd5 7. Re1 Bd7 8. Na3 Ng6 9. Bf1 Be7 $13 {Gelfand-Sveshnikov/Ljubjana/
1995}) 6. Ba4 {6.Be2 has also been played with a further opening of the
position. As the games show white has a minimal advantage} (6. Be2 $5 d5 7.
exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 cxd4 (8... Be7 9. c4 Nf6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Nc3
Ke7 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Rxd8 Nxd8 15. a3 $14 {Kasparov-Kramnik/Paris/Rapid/1995})
9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bd7 11. Bf3 $14 {Kramnik-Miladinovic/Beograd/1995}) 6...
b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 {With the idea after 8.d4 cd 9.cd Nb4 to exchange white's
dangerous bishop} 8. Qe2 c4 {As the tournament practice shows black has
serious problems after 8...d5 or after 8...Ng6} (8... d5 9. e5 d4 (9... Qb6 10.
Rd1 d4 11. Be4 Ng6 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. d3 Be7 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Nb3 Rfd8 16. h4 $5
{1-0 Tkachiev,V-Pinski,J/Open, Geneva SUI 1997 (25)}) 10. Be4 Ng6 (10... Nd5
11. cxd4 cxd4 12. d3 Be7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nb3 Qd7 15. Nbxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Nb4
17. Be3 Bxe4 18. dxe4 $16 {1-0 Zarnicki,P-Samur,A/Buenos Aires 2001/EXT 2002 
(57)}) 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. d3 Be7 13. Nbd2 Qb6 14. Nb3 O-O 15. h4 a5 (15... Rfd8
16. h5 Nf8 $8 (16... Nh4 $2 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. Qg4 Be7 19. Bh6 Bf8 (19... g6 20.
hxg6 hxg6 21. Bxg6 Nxe5 22. Bh7+ Kxh7 23. Qg7#) 20. Bxg7 Bxg7 21. h6 $18) 17.
h6 g6 18. Bg5 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Rd6,Rf6] 1-0 Pavasovic,D-Oral,T/Baden 1999/CBM 71/
[Smirin] (49)}) 16. h5 a4 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Nbxd4 Nh8 19. Nxc6 {1-0 Tkachiev,
V-Cherniaev,A/Biel 1994/TD (68)}) (8... Ng6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nh4 11. Nbd2
Rc8 12. d5 $5 Ne5 13. Nd4 g5 14. a4 b4 15. N2b3 g4 (15... Nhg6 $5) 16. Rd1 Qc7
17. Kh1 Bg7 18. Bg5 Nhg6 19. Bd2 {1-0 Tkachiev,V-San Segundo Carrillo,P/
Ponferrada 1997/CBM 60 ext (27)}) 9. b3 d5 $5 {9...cxb is worse as the next
game shows} (9... cxb3 10. axb3 d5 11. d4 b4 12. exd5 Qxd5 (12... Nxd5 13. c4
$36) 13. Rd1 Ng6 14. Bg5 {1/2-1/2 Batsanin,D-Smirnov,P/Novokuznetsk 1999/EXT
2001 (25)} (14. Be4 $5)) 10. exd5 Nxd5 {10...Qxd5 deserved attention} (10...
Qxd5 $5) 11. bxc4 Nf4 $8 {An only move, which keeps the tension. After 11...
bxc white stays with an extra pawn} (11... bxc4 12. Qxc4 Bd6 13. d4) 12. Qe3 $5
{It is stronger, of course, than the previously met 12.Qe4 which led to a loss
of a tempi} (12. Qe4 $6 Qc7 13. Qe3 bxc4 14. Na3 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Finkel,A-Nataf,I/
Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 92 (35)}) 12... Bd6 13. d4 {After 13.cxb axb black has
compensation for the sacrificed pawn} (13. cxb5 axb5 $44) 13... bxc4 14. Nbd2 {
White develops the knight and brings him closer to the scene of action} (14.
Na3 Na5 15. Re1 Qe7 $132) 14... Nd5 {Black is practically forced to exchange
another pawn, further opening the position} (14... Na5 $6 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Qg5
O-O 17. Qh5) 15. Qe1 Nxc3 16. Nxc4 Bb4 {Black is forced to stand up to the
challenge as after the simple 16...Nd5 white seizes the initiative as the
analysis shows} (16... Nd5 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Ba4 Ba8 19. Nxd6+ Qxd6 20. Ba3 $18)
17. Bg5 {The position becomes sharper, the natural 17.a3 lead to a counter
chances for black after 17...Nd4} (17. a3 Nxd4 18. Ba4+ (18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. axb4
Qxc4 $17) 18... Kf8 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. axb4 Qxc4 $17) 17... Qc7 $146 {[%mdl 8]
Only this move is a novelty. In the game given below black played another move
17...Nd4 and got a fine position. But after 18.Bd8 white wins an exchange by
force} (17... Nxd4 $6 18. Ba4+ (18. Bxd8 $5 Nce2+ 19. Kh1 Bxe1 20. Nd6+ Kxd8
21. Nxb7+ Kc7 22. Raxe1 Kxb7 23. Be4+ Kc7 24. Bxa8) 18... Nxa4 19. Qxb4 Nxf3+
20. Kh1 f6 21. Qxa4+ Kf7 22. Rfd1 Bd5 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bg3 h5 25. gxf3 h4 {
1/2-1/2 Batsanin,D-Sherbakov,R/Tomsk 2001/CBM 82 ext (25)}) 18. Bb3 Nd5 {
Black tries to stabilize the position by blocking the d-pawn. In case of 18...
Na2 white gets enough compensation} (18... Nxa2 19. Bd2 Bxd2 20. Ncxd2 Nab4 21.
d5) 19. Qe4 {[%cal Re4h4,Re4h7] White activizes the queen and creates threats
over the b1-h7 diagonal in case of black future castling} h6 {Black throws
white's active dark squared bishop back} 20. Bh4 {White tries to keep the
tension avoiding the exchange of pieces, in case of 20.Bd2 after the exchange
of dark squared bishops black easily defends} (20. Bd2 Bxd2 21. Ncxd2 Nf6 22.
Qe3 $132) 20... Qf4 {White is practically forced to exchange queens as after
21.Qd3 Qg4 black has good options for a counterplay} 21. Qxf4 (21. Qd3 Qg4 $132
{[%cal Rd5f4]}) 21... Nxf4 22. Rab1 {[%cal Rb1b7] Despite the exchange of
queens white has created new threats by using bad coordination of the black
pieces} Rb8 $6 {This shy move allows white a strong initiative. It was
essential to play the active 22...g5 with mutual chances} (22... g5 $5 23. Ba4
a5 $132) (22... Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Nc3 24. a3 Be7 25. Ba4) 23. a3 $1 {This is how
white brings his rook to play on the b-file and exploits the unfortunate
position of the black king} g5 24. Bg3 Be7 (24... Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Nxg3+ 26. fxg3
Bc3 27. Ba4 $18) 25. Bxf4 gxf4 26. Nce5 $1 {White's initiative is growing and
leading to a material losses for black} O-O (26... Nxe5 27. Ba4+ Kf8 28. Nxe5
$36) 27. Nd7 Na5 28. Nxb8 Bxf3 {This way black worsens white's pawn structure
trying to make it more difficult for white to take the point} (28... Rxb8 29.
d5 $36) 29. gxf3 Rxb8 30. Ba2 Rd8 {Of course black avoids the exchanges} 31.
Rfd1 Bxa3 32. d5 $1 {A final breakthrough in the centre. White gets his bishop
to action} e5 33. Rb6 $18 {[%cal Rb6a6,Rb6h6,Yd5d6] Attacking black's weak
pawn and trying to move forward the d-pawn} Rd6 34. Rdb1 Kf8 35. Rxd6 Bxd6 36.
Rb6 Ke7 37. Rxa6 {New material losses are inevitable and black resigned} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 (4... d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 {Is another
popular line.}) 5. O-O d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 Bg4 $5 {This active move,
which disturbs the coordination of the white pieces is a good alternative to 8.
..exf} (8... exf4 9. Bxf4 h6 10. Nf3 Be6 {This is the main line of the
variation where white has a certain advantage} 11. Nd5 (11. Qd2 d5 $1 12. exd5
Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Rae1 Re8 15. Kh1 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Nd4 $11 {0.5-0.5 Drozdov,
I-Landa,K/Noyabrsk 1995}) 11... Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. Bd2 Nbxd5 14. Nh4 Nc7 15.
Nf5 d5 16. Bb3 $36 {-see comments to Macieja,B-Bobras,P/POL-ch 59th Warsaw
2002[Postny]}) 9. Qd2 (9. Qe1 {This move has also been played. In this case
black gets a counterplay} Nd4 $6 (9... exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. a4 (
12. h3 Bh5 13. Kh2 b5 14. Bb3 Nxb3 15. axb3 b4 16. Ne2 d5 $132) 12... h6 13.
Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Be6 15. Kh1 {[%cal Gf1g1] 1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Grischuk,A/Wijk
aan Zee 2003/CBM 93/[Roiz,M] (20)}) 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Qh4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Gdanski,
J-Tomczak,R/Warsaw 2002/CBM 89 (36)}) 9... exf4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novelty
which gives black a counterplay. 9...h6 has been played before which led to a
small advantage for white} (9... h6 10. Nf3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 exf4 12. Qxf4 Ne5 13.
Rf1 Nxc4 14. dxc4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Kosteniuk,A/Philadelphia 2003/EXT 2004
(36)}) 10. Qxf4 Ne5 $5 {Immideatly bringing the knight to a more active
position} 11. Bb3 {White tries to keep his active bishop} (11. h3 Nxc4 12. dxc4
Bh5 $11) 11... h6 12. Nf3 Nh5 {Black continues his active play and tries to
take advantage of his lead in development} 13. Qe3 (13. Qd2 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Bh3
15. Rd1 Bg5 16. Qf2 Bxc1 17. Rdxc1 Qg5+ $132) 13... Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Bh3 15. Rd1
Bf6 {15...Bg5 deserved attention with an active play} (15... Bg5 $5 16. f4 Nxf4
(16... Qd7 17. fxg5 Qg4+ 18. Kf2 Qh4+ 19. Ke2 Bg4+ 20. Kd2 Qxh2+ 21. Ne2 Nf4
22. Rh1 Qxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Nxe2 24. gxh6 $16) 17. Qg3 c4 18. Bxc4 Qb6+ 19. d4 Be6
$132) 16. Ne2 Be5 17. f4 $2 {After pseudo-active move black tactics pays off.
The profilactic 17.c3 gave white a clear edge} (17. c3 $5) 17... Nxf4 $1 18.
Nxf4 Bd4 19. Nxh3 Qh4 20. Nf2 Bxe3 21. Bxe3 {So, white lost his queen but got
three minor pieces as a compensation. This material difference usually leads
to an unclear game} Kh8 {Black prepares the advance f7-f5 in order to bring
his rooks into action} 22. Rf1 Rae8 23. Nh1 {Opening the f-file and bringing
the knight to a more active position} f5 24. Rf4 Qh3 25. Ng3 {Also in case of
25.Re1 black has the initiative} (25. Re1 fxe4 26. Nf2 Qh5 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28.
dxe4 (28. Nxe4 d5) 28... Rf6 $36) 25... fxe4 26. dxe4 Rxf4 27. Bxf4 h5 $1 {
A strong move, disturbing the coordination of the white pieces} 28. Bd5 h4 29.
Ne2 Qf3 $19 {Leads to material losses for white} 30. Bxd6 Qxe2 31. Rf1 Qg4+ 32.
Kh1 Rxe4 33. c4 h3 34. Bg3 Qe2 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bd3 (5. Nxd4 $6 cxd4 6.
Ne2 Qg5 $36) 5... Nxf3+ (5... Ne7 {The other main line is 5...Ne7} 6. O-O (6.
Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. O-O d5 9. c3 (9. Nf4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 g6 11. c4 Bg7 12. g3
e5 13. Nd5 f5 14. Bg2 d3 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gipslis,A-Kurajica,B/Moscow 1992/CBM 33
(71)}) 9... Bd6 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 dxe4 12. Bc2 O-O $132 {1/2-1/2 Vasiukov,
E-Kozlov,V/Yaroslavl 1990/EXT 97 (41)}) 6... d5 (6... Nec6 $5 {1/2-1/2 Gipslis,
A-Sveshnikov,E/Podolsk 1992/CBM 33/[Blatny,P] (28)}) 7. b3 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nec6
$132 {1/2-1/2 Gipslis,A-Nielsen,P/Gausdal 1992/TD (35)}) 6. Qxf3 a6 {Black
prepares 7...Qc7 with a further 8...Bd6} (6... Qc7 7. b3 a6 8. Bb2 Bd6 9. Qe2
Be5 10. f4 Bd4 11. e5 b5 {1/2-1/2 Bosch,J-Nijboer,F/Netherlands 1994/CBM 42 
(55)}) 7. O-O Qc7 8. Re1 Bd6 {[%cal Rd6h2] Developing the bishop with a tempi
and bringing it to a1-h8 diagonal} 9. g3 Nf6 10. Bf1 Be5 {[%cal Re5b2]
Practically finishing the development. Black got out of the opening with a
very good position} 11. Bg2 b5 {Taking some space on the queenside and
preparing the development of the light squared bishop} 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 {
White didn't get any advantage out of the opening and tries to change the
character of the struggle} Nxd5 {13...exd deserved attention. White returns
the sacrificed piece but black gets a comfortable game} (13... exd5 $5 14. exd5
d6 15. Rxe5+ dxe5 16. d6 Qxd6 (16... Bb7 17. Qxb7 Qxb7 18. Bxb7 Rd8 19. Bxa6
Rxd6 20. Bc4 Ke7) 17. Qxa8 O-O 18. d3 b3 $17) 14. exd5 Bb7 15. d4 {Sharpening
the game even more, but also in case of 15.Qh5 black has a good position.} (15.
Qh5 d6 16. d4 g6 17. Qh3 Bxd4 18. dxe6 O-O 19. Bxb7 Qxb7) 15... cxd4 $5 (15...
Bxd4 $5) 16. Qh5 d6 17. f4 g6 $5 {A strong defensive move after which black
goes for the counter-attack. It was dangerous to allow the exchange sacrifice
after:} (17... Bf6 18. Rxe6+ Kf8 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. f5 $40) 18. Qh6 Bf6 19. dxe6
Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qxc2+ 21. Kg1 Qf5 {Black plays very safe but perhaps 21...d3 was
even stronger with serious threats} (21... d3 $5 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Qh3 Rad8
$19) 22. Bd2 fxe6 23. Bxb4 Kd7 $17 {Black has not only a material advantage
but also a positional as his central pawns can become very dangerous and the
white queen doesn't have any perspective} 24. Rad1 Rac8 {[%cal Yc8c2]
Activizing his passive rook} 25. Rd2 Rc4 26. Ba3 Qh5 {Forcing an exchange of
queens and getting a clear advantage in the endgame} 27. Qxh5 gxh5 28. b3 {
Defending the pawn on a4 but creating new weaknesses in the white camp} Rc6 29.
Bb2 e5 30. fxe5 dxe5 31. Rf1 {A late activeness} Rb8 $5 {Bringing the rook to
the game and attacking white's weak pawns on the queenside} 32. Rdf2 Bg5 33.
Rf7+ Ke6 34. Ba3 {White tries to activize his dark squared bishop but it's too
late} Rxb3 35. Bf8 d3 $19 {The advance of the d-pawn decides} 36. h4 Be3+ 37.
Kg2 Rb2+ {Bringing both rooks to the 2nd rank} 38. Kh3 Rcc2 {Threatening mate}
39. Re7+ Kd5 40. Rh1 d2 41. Bg7 Bd4 42. Bh6 d1=Q 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Qc7 {Black has a few possible
moves in this position besides 5...Qc7 - 5...d6, 5...Be7, 5...Ne7 or 5...d5,
here are some possible lines:} (5... d6 {allows white to break black's pawn
structure with} 6. e5 $1 dxe5 (6... d5 $6 7. O-O Ne7 8. c4 $1 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6]}
Nf5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. b3 Nd4 11. Na4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. Qe3 Rd8
15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Qe1 $1 $16 {1-0 Hamdouchi,H-Cardenas Valero,J/Mancha Real
2000/EXT 2001 (24)}) 7. Nxe5 $14) (5... Be7 $5 6. O-O Qc7 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 7. e5
f6 8. Bf4 Qd8 9. Nbd2 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6 {is possible for black}) (5... Ne7 6.
Ng5 (6. h4 $6 h5 7. Qe2 f6 8. e5 fxe5 9. Nxe5 d6 10. Nc4 Nf5 11. Bg5 Be7 12.
Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nc3 e5 $15 {Shabanov,Y-Arkhipov,S/Smolensk RUS 2000}) (6. Qe2 {
is an interesting option for white}) 6... f6 7. Nh3 g6 8. f4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10.
Nf2 d6 11. Nd2 a5 12. a4 f5 13. Nf3 Rb8 14. Rb1 c4 $5 15. dxc4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 d5
17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nf2 Qb6 19. Re1 Nf5 20. Ne5 Rb7 21. b3 Rd8 $44 {1/2-1/2
Bologan,V-Shabalov,A/Connecticut USA 2000/The Week in Chess 286 (37)}) (5... d5
6. c4 Nf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Bf4 {1-0 Jaracz,
P-Brueggemann,J/Bad Wiessee 2002/EXT 2003 (77) looks more comfortable for
white.}) 6. O-O {looks stronger than 6.e5 which allows black to reach equality}
(6. e5 f6 7. Qe2 fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nf6 9. O-O (9. Bg5 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Nd2 d6 12.
Nec4 Rb8 13. Rb1 h6 $132) 9... Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Nd2 d6 12. Nef3 Nd5 {is
approximately equal}) 6... d6 (6... e5 7. c3 (7. b3 Nf6 8. Bb2 d6 9. Nfd2 Be7
10. f4 exf4 11. Rxf4 O-O $11) (7. Ng5 $6 h6 8. Nh3 d6 9. f4 Bxh3 10. gxh3 exf4
11. Bxf4 g5 12. Bg3 Rb8 13. b3 Bg7 14. c3 Ne7 $132) 7... Nf6 8. Re1 {much
stronger than an immideate 8.d4} (8. d4 {sacrificing the pawn doesn't give any
real dividends} exd4 9. cxd4 Nxe4 $1 10. Re1 d5 11. Ng5 (11. Nc3 f5 $1 $15)
11... Be7 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Rxe4 Bf5 14. Re5 Be6 $11) 8... Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10.
cxd4 exd4 (10... d6 $2 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. b3 $16 {1-0 Skripchenko Lautier,
A-Amura,C/Shenyang 2000/CBM 79 (32)}) 11. e5 Nd5 12. Qxd4 O-O $14) 7. c3 {
white's plan is to conquer the centre with d4, another plan is to put the
knight on c3 and to play for f2-f4 is less strong} (7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Qe2 Nd7 9.
Ng5 h6 10. Nh3 e5 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Be7 13. Qf3 Bf6 14. Qg3 Ne5 15. Bd2 Qe7
16. Nf4 h5 17. h3 Be6 18. Nd1 g5 $40 {0-1 Bhat,V-Milov,V/Andorra AND 2001/The
Week in Chess 349 (34)}) 7... Nf6 8. Re1 {threatening to break black's pawn
structure with e4-e5} e5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 (10... Rb8 {doesn't seem like
a real improvement, white still keeps a clear advantage} 11. b3 exd4 12. Nxd4
g6 (12... Be7 {is better}) 13. Bb2 Bg7 14. e5 $1 dxe5 15. Nf5 O-O 16. Bxe5 {
1-0 Pikula,D-Carron,J/Zuerich 2002/CBM 91 ext (16)}) 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nbd2 {
white got out of the opening with a very pleasent position, he can focus on
the black weak c6 pawn and use the c4 and c5 squares for his pieces} Bb4 (12...
Bc5 {is met by} 13. Qc2 $1 Qb6 14. Nc4) 13. Qa4 Bxd2 14. Nxd2 O-O 15. Nb3 $1
Nd7 (15... c5 {doesn't help} 16. Be3 c4 17. Nc5 {winning the c4 pawn}) 16. Be3
Be6 17. Rec1 {white's plan is very simple, to double the rooks on the c-file}
Rfc8 18. Rc3 (18. Nc5 $5 {deserves attention} Nxc5 19. Rxc5 {black is deprived
from any counterplay and white can attack the weak a and c pawns}) 18... Qb7
19. Rac1 c5 $1 {the best chance, black sacrifices the pawn and gets some
initiative, which is still not enough compensation for the pawn} 20. Bxc5 Nxc5
({after} 20... Bxb3 21. axb3 Nxc5 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 {white is a pawn up
and has good winning chances}) 21. Rxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 Rd8 23. Rc1 $6 (23. h3 {
is much stronger, targeting the pawn on e5 and leaving the rook on an active
position}) 23... h6 24. Qa5 Qd7 25. h3 Bxb3 26. axb3 Qd2 $1 (26... Qd4 27. Rc4
$1 {with big advantage for white}) 27. Ra1 $6 {Taking on d2 was a much better
practical chance} (27. Qxd2 Rxd2 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Rc7 f6 (29... a5 $2 30. Rxf7
Rxb2 31. Ra7 Rxb3 32. Rxa5 {also winning the e-pawn and the game}) 30. Rxa7
Rxb2 31. Rb7 Re2 32. Rb4 h5 33. g3 Kg6 34. Kg2 {followed by Kf3 and Ke3 with
good chances to win}) 27... Qxa5 28. Rxa5 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Rd2 30. Rxe5 $6 (30. f3
{was white's last chance} Rxb2 31. Rxe5 Rxb3 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Re7 f6 (33... a5
$2 {would be a mistake} 34. Rxf7 a4 35. Ra7 a3 36. Kg3 {and white is winning})
34. Rxa7 h5 {and white gets a famous 4 against 3 endgame, where he has some
chances to win}) 30... Rxf2 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Re7 a5 {now the draw is clear} 33.
Kg3 Rxb2 34. Rxf7 Rxb3+ 35. Kf4 {White still has some hopes due to an active
position of his king but black achieves the draw easily} Rb2 36. Ra7 Rxg2 37.
Rxa5 Kg6 (37... g5+ 38. Kf5 Rf2+ 39. Ke6 Rf3 {was an easy way to draw
immideatly} ({or} 39... Kg6)) 38. Ra6+ Kf7 39. h4 h5 (39... g5+ {was another
way to make a draw} 40. Kf5 (40. Kf3 Rh2) (40. Ke5 gxh4 41. Rxh6 Rg5+) 40...
gxh4 41. Rxh6 Rb2 42. Rh7+ Ke8 43. Rxh4 Rb5+ 44. e5 Rb6 {getting the Philidor
position, which is a draw}) 40. Kf5 g6+ 41. Ke5 g5 42. Ra7+ Kg6 43. Ra8 Kg7 44.
hxg5 Rxg5+ 45. Kf4 Rb5 46. e5 Kf7 47. Kf5 Rb6 48. Rh8 Ra6 49. Rh7+ Ke8 50. Rxh5
Ke7 51. Rh7+ Ke8 52. Rb7 Rc6 53. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT poule basse"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.09"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Tirard, Hugo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Noyon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 {
An alternative to this is 6.Ng5 trying to mobilize the f-pawn, was played in
the game demonstrated bellow and brought about better play for white.} (6. Ng5
$5 Ng6 7. f4 Be7 8. Nf3 d5 {1-0 Bologan,V-Sveshnikov,E/Tallinn EST 2000/The
Week in Chess 273 (42)}) 6... Qc7 {The main line of the variation,after 6...
Ng6 7.h4 looks threatening allowing for further difficulties on the kingside.}
7. O-O $5 {[%mdl 16]} (7. e5 $5 Nf5 8. Bd2 Be7 9. Bc3 $14 {1-0 Prokopchuk,
E-Sherbakov,R/Novgorod 1999/CBM 69 ext (48)}) 7... Ng6 8. Ng5 e5 {Black is
blocking the advance of f4 in the first place.Also possible is 8...Be7.} (8...
Be7 $5 9. Qh5 Qd8 {1/2-1/2 Ovetchkin,R-Sherbakov,R/Smolensk 2000/CBM} (9... d6
10. f4 $36 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) (9... h6 $2 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. f4 $16)) 9. Na3 Be7
10. Qh5 Bxg5 {Black exchanges, eliminating white's dangerous knight.} (10... h6
$2 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. f4 $18) 11. Qxg5 O-O 12. Be3 d6 13. Nc4 Be6 {Also worthy
of attention is the immediate 13...f5 with fair counterplay, or the very
energetic 13...d5} (13... f5 $5 14. f4 fxe4 15. fxe5 d5 16. Nd6 d4 17. Rxf8+
Nxf8 18. Bf4 e3) (13... d5 $5 14. Na3 Qb6 15. Rfb1 Be6 $132) 14. Nd2 f5 15. f4
exf4 16. Bxf4 c4 $5 (16... fxe4 $6 17. Nxe4 Rxf4 (17... Nxf4 18. Rxf4 d5 19.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Nxc5 $16) 18. Rxf4 d5 19. Nf6+ gxf6 20. Rxf6 Bf7 21. Raf1 $36)
17. dxc4 fxe4 18. Be3 {White tries to play for an advantage.In case of 18.Ne4
black could have developed a countergame.} (18. Nxe4 Nxf4 19. Rxf4 Qb6+ 20. c5
Qxb2 21. Re1 d5 $132) 18... d5 {Worthy of attention is 18...Rab8 attempting to
exchange pawn "e" for pawn "c".} (18... Rab8 $5) 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Nb3 Rxf1+ (
20... Qe5 $6 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Nc5 $36) 21. Rxf1 Rf8 $6 {Innacurate move
leading to difficulties.It was pertinent to seek a queen-exchange by way of 21.
..Qe5.} (21... Qe5 $5) 22. Rxf8+ Nxf8 {This is stronger then 22...Kf8 because
the knight is practically without designation on g6.} (22... Kxf8 23. Nd4 $16)
23. Nc5 Qd6 $6 {Another innacuracy.The right move was 23...Bf7 freeing his
pieces from defending the bishop.} (23... Bf7 24. Bd4 Ng6) 24. Bd4 Ng6 25. b4
Kf7 {Passing pawn on the queenside and a much better positioning of white's
pieces presents serious problems for black.} (25... Bf7 26. b5 h6 27. Qg4 Qf4
28. Qxf4 Nxf4 29. Kf2 $36) 26. b5 Ke8 27. a4 Bf7 28. a5 $18 Qc7 {Black tries
to make the advance of white's queenside pawns more difficult but his attempts
are invain.} 29. Qd2 Ne7 30. Nb3 {Black can't defend himself from the threat
of b6.} Nf5 (30... Nc8 31. Bxg7 $18) 31. b6 axb6 32. axb6 Qe7 33. Qa5 Be6 34.
Qb5+ Kf7 35. b7 Nxd4 36. Nxd4 Qf6 37. Qf1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 260]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 (5. Re1) 5... a6
6. Ba4 b5 {Prematurely opening up the game by means of b5 since White has
forcetalled Black in developement.} (6... d5 $6 7. exd5 exd5 8. d4 $36 c4 {
1-0 Adams,M-Hennigan,M/Birmingham 2001/CBM 84 ext (17)}) 7. Bc2 Bb7 {Black is
trying to develop its pieces and only than, to activate its attack.} ({In the
first known game where 4...Nge7 was applied was:} 7... d5 8. d4 cxd4 9. exd5
Nxd5 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. a4 b4 12. a5 Bd6 13. Qg4 Nf6 {1-0 Benko,P-Stenborg,A/
Dublin 1957/MCD (33)}) 8. Qe2 d5 ({Often used is} 8... Ng6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4
{1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Lautier,J/Wijk aan Zee NED 2002/The Week in Chess 376 (29). 
(29)} (10. cxd4 Nh4 (10... Rc8 11. Rd1 Be7 12. a4 Nb4 13. Bb3 bxa4 14. Bxa4 O-O
$11 {1/2-1/2 Potkin,V-Sveshnikov,E/Elista RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 339 (57)})
11. Rd1 (11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. d5 Ne5 13. Bb3 (13. Nd4 Bd6 14. N2b3 Nc4 {1/2-1/2
Degraeve,J-Bacrot,E/Marsailles FRA 2001/The Week in Chess 355 (14)}) 13...
Nexf3+ 14. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bd6 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 $14) 11... Rc8 12.
Nxh4 Qxh4 13. Nc3 Be7 14. Be3 O-O 15. f3 Na5 16. Bd3 Qh5 17. Bf2 Rfe8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Lautier,J/Wijk aan Zee NED 2002/The Week in Chess 376 (29). 
(29)})) 9. e5 d4 {Interesting to check 9...Qb6.} (9... Qb6 $5) 10. Be4 Nd5 $5 (
10... Ng6 $143 11. cxd4 (11. d3 Be7 12. a4 O-O 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15.
Re1 dxc3 16. bxc3 b4 $132 {0-1 Sandipan,C-Shariyazdanov,A/Raipur 2002/CBM 87
ext (69)}) 11... cxd4 12. d3 Be7 13. Nbd2 $5 (13. a4 O-O 14. Na3 Qb6 15. Bd2
Rfc8 {1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Wu Wenjin/HeiBei CHN 2001/The Week in Chess 351 (73)}
(15... Rfc8 16. Rfc1 h6 17. Qe1 Nf8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nc2 Rxa1 20. Nxa1 Ra8 21.
Nb3 Ra4 22. h3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Wu Wenjin/HeiBei CHN 2001/The Week in
Chess 351 (73)})) 13... Qd7 (13... Qc7 14. Nb3 O-O 15. Bd2 Rfc8 16. Rac1 Qb6
17. h4 $36 {1-0 Smirin,I-Krasenkow,M/Dos Hermanas ESP 2001/The Week in Chess
337 (72)}) 14. Nb3 {1-0 Smirin,I-Finegold,B/Philadelphia USA 2001/The Week in
Chess 351 (53)} (14. Nb3 {Oratovsky,M} Rd8 15. Bd2 Nb4 16. Nfxd4 Nc6 17. Nf3
Nb4 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. d4 O-O 20. Rfc1 Qd5 21. Nc5 Nc6 22. Be3 $16 {1-0 Smirin,
I-Finegold,B/Philadelphia USA 2001/The Week in Chess 351 (53)})) 11. d3 $5 (11.
cxd4 Nxd4 $5 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. a4 $146 (13. d3 Qc7 {a multitasking move:
attacking the 'e5' pawn, defending the B and taking over the 'c' file.} 14. f4
$2 {creating a fatal weakness on e3. Because of that, white will not be able
to develop his N until the very end of the game.} (14. Bf3 {[%cal Gb1d2,Gd2e4]}
) 14... Rc8 $132 {0-1 Schneider,D-Gulko,B/Seattle 2002/CBM 87/[Gershon] (32)})
13... b4 14. d3 Qc7 15. f4 $6 {Shirov} (15. Qh5 $142 g6 (15... Be7 16. Nd2 $1
g6 17. Qh6 Qxe5 18. Nf3 Qd6 19. Re1 $44) 16. Qg5 Bg7 17. f4 $1 {/\Nd2}) 15...
Rc8 16. Nd2 Ne3 17. Rf3 Bxe4 $1 18. dxe4 (18. Nxe4 Qc2 $17) 18... d3 $1 $17 {
0-1 Grischuk,A-Kasparov,G/Moscow 2002/CBM}) 11... dxc3 $5 (11... Be7 12. c4 (
12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Nbd2 Nf4 (13... O-O 14. Nb3 Qd7 15. Nbxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Nb4
17. Be3 Bxe4 18. dxe4 $16 {1-0 Zarnicki,P-Samur,A/Buenos Aires 2001/EXT 2002 
(57)}) 14. Qd1 Ng6 15. Nb3 Ra7 (15... Qb6 16. Re1 Rd8 17. h4 h6 18. h5 Nf8 19.
Bf4 Nd7 20. Rc1 Ndb8 {1/2-1/2 Moreno Carnero,J-Magem Badals,J/Cala Galdana
1999/EXT 2000 (33)}) 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Bd2 Qb8 $132 {0-1 Spraggett,K-Franco
Ocampos,Z/Mondariz 1998/EXT 2002 (51)}) 12... bxc4 13. dxc4 Nb6 14. Ne1 Qc7
$132 {1-0 Tolstikh,N-Michalek,J/Pardubice 1995/EXT 97 (32)}) 12. Nxc3 Qd7 $5
$146 {Interesting innovation; Black doesen't want to trade his active knight} (
12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be7 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qd7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 O-O 18.
Bd2 a5 19. Rfa1 h6 $14 {1-0 Morozevich,A-Van Wely,L/Monaco 2002/CBM 87 ext (81)
}) 13. Rd1 {White's plan is to advance d4.} Be7 14. d4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16.
Nxd5 {More problematic for Black could have been 16.Rd4} (16. Rxd4 $5 Bc5 (
16... O-O 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qf3 $16) 17. Rd3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20.
Rg3) 16... exd5 17. Rxd4 O-O 18. Bd3 {It's difficult for Black to materialize
on his small advantage.} (18. Qd1 Qe6 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8
22. Qe2 Qxe5) (18. Bf3 Qe6 19. Bf4 Bc5 20. Rd3 f6 $132) 18... Rfe8 {[%cal
Re8e5] Black moves his Rook into play.} 19. Bd2 g6 20. Rg4 Bc8 {Excellent
defense-Black keeps attacking White's Rook.} 21. Rg3 Bh4 22. Rf3 Qe7 {[%cal
Rc8g4]} 23. h3 Bb7 {Bishop returns to the a8-h1 diagonal, preparing to advance
d4} 24. Re1 Rad8 (24... d4 25. Rf4 Rad8 $132) 25. Rf4 Bg5 (25... d4) 26. Rd4
Bxd2 27. Qxd2 Rc8 {Active play and capture of the 'c' line compensates the
Black's bad bishop.} 28. Kh1 Rc7 29. f4 Qh4 $5 30. Rf1 {White permits
combination trying to destroy the pawn cover on the King's side.} (30. Qe3 $5
$14) 30... Rxe5 31. Bxg6 Re8 32. Bf5 Rce7 {[%cal Re7e2]} 33. Qf2 {White is
finally trying to ease the game because Black's threats may become dangerous.}
Qxf2 (33... Qf6 34. Bg4 Re4 35. Rfd1 $11) 34. Rxf2 Re2 35. Rd2 Rxf2 36. Rxf2 d4
37. Rd2 Kg7 38. Kg1 h6 39. Kf2 {White cannot capture the d pawn because of Re2.
Following the King's approach, White threatens to capture the pawn.} Kf6 40. g4
Re3 41. Rxd4 Rxh3 42. Rd6+ {The position becomes simplified and draw became
innevitable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.06"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Sorin, Maxime"]
[Black "Rotstein, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sautron"]
[BlackTeam "Monaco"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 {In my view,the variation
chosen by black is best.This series of moves was recommended by M. Botvinnik.
Black plays e6-e5 at the opportune moment, in this manner preventing white's
attempt to seize the center with d4} 5. Bg5 Qc7 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. c3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 {Other continuations 9.Qd2 and 9.d4 don't give white much of an
advantage either} (9. Qd2 d5 $132 {1-0 Shchekachev,A-Donk,M/Antwerp 1997/EXT
2001 (44)}) (9. d4 f6 10. Be3 d5 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 $132
{1/2-1/2 Belkhodja,S-Domingos,C/Cairo 2001/CBM 84 ext (64)}) 9... b6 10. Na3
Ba6 $5 {Developing his bishop on a6, black is already aiming for pawn d3.} 11.
Re1 d5 {Typical counter-punch in the center.Black is capturing the innitiative.
} 12. exd5 $6 {Doubtful move since white allows black to capture the center.A
better move is 12.Qd2 aiming at exchanging black-squared bishops.} (12. Bf4 e5
13. exd5 exf4 14. dxc6 Nxc6) (12. Qd2 $5) 12... Nxd5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bc1 Rad8 {
[%cal Yd8d3,Ya6d3] The pressure of black's pieces is growing and white is
forced to go on the defense.} 15. Qc2 Rd7 $15 16. Nc4 Rfd8 {Black strengthens
pressure on the d-file.} 17. a4 $6 (17. Bf1 $5) 17... Ndb4 {[%mdl 512] Typical
tactical hit,prepared by black in advance.} 18. cxb4 Nxb4 19. Qb1 $6 {Stronger
is 19.Qe2 and although black has the innitiative, the outcome of the game is
still undecided.} (19. Qe2 $5 Nxd3 20. Bf4 Nxf4 21. gxf4 Qxf4) 19... Nxd3 20.
Ne3 (20. Re4 f5 21. Rh4 g5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Nxg5 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Qe5 $19) 20...
Nxe1 21. Nxe1 Rd1 $1 22. Nxd1 Rxd1 23. Qe4 Qe5 $1 $19 {Following this
brilliant move black wins back the piece, leaving himself up two pawns so
white resigns.} 0-1

[Event "Budapest Hunguest Hotels"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2003.04.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {This way white avoids the Sveshnikov
variation-not to everybody's liking.} e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O {One of
the main variations.An alternative happens to be 6.Nd2.} Nf6 7. Ng5 {Attacking
pawn f7, white pushes f4.} O-O 8. f4 Bg4 $5 {This strong move gives black good
counterplay.} 9. Nf3 {Another possibility in this case which doesen't give
white much as shown in the game illustrated bellow is 9.Qe1} (9. Qe1 exf4 10.
Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. h3 Bh5 13. Kh2 b5 14. Bb3 Nxb3 15. axb3 b4 16. Ne2 d5
17. e5 Ne8 18. Nf3 Nc7 19. Bg5 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Nfg1 Qd6+ {
1/2-1/2 Nikolenko,O-Neverov,V/Czestochowa 1992/TD (22)}) 9... exf4 $146 {
This exchange gives black good counterplay.Also possible is 9...Nd4 allowing
f5 but receiving in chances for counterplay in exchange.} (9... Nd4 10. f5 Nh5
11. Nd5 Bh4 12. Ne3 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bh3 14. Ng2 Bg5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ochoa de
Echaguen,F-Remon,A/Havana 1983/MCL (28)}) 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Kh1 Qd7 12. Qd2 Bxf3
13. gxf3 b5 {Black gets a comfortable game with natural moves.} 14. Bb3 {
In case of 14.Bd5 black could have gotten counterplay chances following:} (14.
Bd5 Rab8 15. Qg2 b4 16. Bh6 Ne8 17. Nd1 Bf6 18. c3 Nc6 $132) 14... a5 15. Nd5 (
15. Bd5 Rab8 16. Qg2 b4 17. Bh6 Ne8 18. Nd1 Bf6 $132) 15... a4 $5 {[%mdl 512]
Black already notes an exchange sacrifice.They could also have played more
quietly and acquired counterplay by way of 15...Nb3.} (15... Nxb3 16. Nxe7+
Qxe7 17. axb3 Nh5 18. Be3 f5) 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bd5 a3 18. Bxa8 {White
accepts the sacrifice of the exchange. In case white refuses black has fairly
good counterplay after:} (18. Rab1 Ra7 19. b4 cxb4 20. Rxb4 Rc7 21. c4 Be5 $132
) 18... axb2 19. Rab1 Rxa8 20. c3 {Natural move...White closes the a1-h8
diagonal and force black's knight out of the center.} Ne6 21. Bg3 (21. Be3 {
And in case of 21...Be3 black has enough compensation in return for the
exchange.} Rxa2 22. d4 (22. Rxb2 Rxb2 23. Qxb2 b4 24. Bd2 bxc3 25. Bxc3 Bxc3
26. Qxc3 Nd4) 22... cxd4 23. cxd4 Ra4) 21... Rxa2 22. Rxb2 Rxb2 23. Qxb2 b4 24.
d4 h5 $5 {24...bc would have been a mistake, since after the practically
forced queens exchange, black would have gotten a losing position.} (24... bxc3
$2 25. Qb8+ Qd8 26. Qxd8+ Nxd8 $16) 25. cxb4 h4 {Practical move because
white's bishop is forced out of the active diagonal h2-b8.} 26. Bf2 Nxd4 $5 (
26... Qb5 27. Rd1 Bxd4 28. Bxd4 Nxd4 $44) 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28. Qd2 Qh3 29. Qg2
Qxg2+ {White doesen't have realistic chances to win so a draw was offered.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 11th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.05.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Lindberg, Bengt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. c3 {[%mdl 4] White begins preparing
an assault on the center.} (5. Be3 Qb6 6. Nbd2 Qxb2 7. Nc4 Qc3+ 8. Bd2 Qg7 9.
Rb1 d6 10. Bg2 e5 11. O-O Be7 12. c3 Nf6 13. Qc1 $44 {1-0 Mikhaletz,
L-Malakhatko,V/Alushta 1998/EXT 2002 (43)}) 5... Bg7 6. Bg2 {6.Be3, as shown
by tournament experience doesn't produce much.} (6. Be3 b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 (
8. cxd4 Nge7 9. Nc3 d5 10. e5 O-O $132 {0-1 Yurtaev,L-Filippov,V/Vladivostok
1995/CBM 50 (30)}) 8... Nge7 9. Nb5 d5 10. Bg2 O-O 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. O-O Bb7 $132
{0-1 Beshukov,S-Moldobaev,E/Krasnodar 1998/EXT 2000 (31)}) 6... Nge7 7. h4 h6 {
Typical defense against the attack by the h-pawn.} 8. d4 {White carries out
his main plan in this variation. The implementation of the moves h4 and h6.The
movement of d4 is stronger because black's kingside is even further weakened.}
cxd4 9. cxd4 Qb6 {Black immediately attempts to begin counterplay.} 10. d5 Qb4+
{Possible, as well more practical is 10...Bb2 and white is yet to prove the
validity of his pawn-sacrifice} (10... Bxb2 $5 11. Bxb2 Qxb2 12. Nbd2 exd5 13.
exd5 Nxd5 14. O-O O-O) 11. Nfd2 Ne5 {Possibly black trusted his eminent
opponent. Right was 11...Bb2 giving black good chances.} (11... Bxb2 $1 12.
Bxb2 (12. a3 Qd4 13. Bxb2 Qxb2 14. Nb3 exd5 15. exd5 Na5 $132) 12... Qxb2 13.
Nb3 Nb4 $36) 12. O-O Nd3 {After this move the initiative is in white's hands.}
(12... exd5 $5 13. exd5 d6 14. Ne4 O-O $132) 13. a3 Qb5 {Intresting is 13...
Nb2, but in this case white also gets compensation for the sacrificed pawn.} (
13... Nxb2 14. axb4 Nxd1 15. Ra3 Nb2 16. d6 Nc6 17. Nc3 $44) 14. Nc3 Qa6 15. a4
$5 {With the idea to take control of b5.Also threatening is Nb5.} O-O 16. Nb5 {
[%cal Rb5c7] Now white firmly holds the initiative.} Nxc1 17. Nc7 $5 {White
engages in complications, which are successful.Also plausible was the simpler
17.Rc1 with an advantage.} Ne2+ 18. Kh2 Qa5 (18... Qd3 19. Ra3 Nc3 20. bxc3 $36
) 19. Nxa8 {White has won the exchange and confidently realizes his advantage.}
Nd4 20. Rc1 $16 exd5 21. exd5 d6 22. Rc7 $36 Nef5 (22... Bf5 23. Re1 Nc8 24. h5
) 23. h5 {White tries to further weaken black's king.} gxh5 24. Nc4 (24. Re1 $5
) 24... Qb4 25. Qxh5 {White moves his queen into the attack} b5 $1 {Black
tries to intensify the struggle on the queenside} 26. Ne3 Qxb2 $6 {Mistake
following which black's position becomes difficult.By way of 26...ba black
would have gotten good chances.} (26... bxa4 $5) 27. axb5 Qxb5 28. Rfc1 $5 Qb8
29. Be4 Nxe3 30. fxe3 Nb5 31. Rb1 a6 {Due to the weakness of pawn f7, black
loses.} 32. Re7 Qxa8 33. Rf1 $18 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Rh5f7,Re7f7,Rf1f7]} Be6 34.
dxe6 Qxe4 35. exf7+ Kh8 36. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 11th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.05.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. O-O Ng6 8.
Ng5 e5 9. Qh5 {The opening part is commented on in the game Lutz-Terard.} d5
$146 {[%mdl 8] Not a very successful novelty.Right is 10...Be7 as was played
in Lutz's game-the idea being to exchange white's dangerous knight.Move 9...d5
to a certain extent, deviates from opening principles.} 10. Nc3 Bb7 $2 {
It appears that black underestimates white's threat.Right would have been 10...
h6 forcing back the dangerous knight.} (10... h6 $5 11. Nh3 d4 12. Ne2 Be7) 11.
f4 $1 {White takes advantage of the chance to open up the game.} exf4 (11... d4
12. Ne2 $40) 12. exd5 Bd6 {White's advantage in development is so great that
it's virtually impossible to suggest anything.} (12... cxd5 13. Bxf4 $18) 13.
Nce4 O-O-O (13... Be5 14. d6 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Qd7 16. Re1 $36) 14. Nxd6+ Rxd6 15.
Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Qg4+ {16...Rf4 may even be stronger.} (16. Rxf4 $5 cxd5 17. Nxf7
Rd7 18. Raf1 g6 19. Qe2 $18) 16... Rd7 {More stubborn is 16...Qd7.} (16... Qd7
17. Qxf4 cxd5 18. Qxf7 Re8) 17. Rxf4 h5 18. Qf5 cxd5 19. Nxf7 Re8 20. Raf1 Kb8
21. Qxh5 $18 {Two extra pawns and an active position guarantees white the
victory.} Rde7 22. Qg6 Re6 23. Qxg7 d4 24. R4f2 Ka8 25. Qg3 {White intends to
lead the game into its technical faze so they offer a queens exchange.} Qb6 26.
b3 a6 27. h4 Rg6 28. Ng5 Ka7 29. Rf8 {Trying to exchange one of the opponent's
active pieces.} Qd8 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Kh2 Rh6 32. Rf7 Qe2 33. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.09"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luebeck"]
[BlackTeam "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {That's the way to avoid the Sveshnikov!} e5 (3...
Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. e5 $36) 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 h6 {Black takes control over g5 by
his last move; Alternatives are: 5..d6 and 5...Nf6;} (5... d6 6. O-O (6. Nd2 {
xd5} Nf6 (6... Bg5 7. h4 (7. Nf1 {1-0 Mirumian,V-Sidorenko,A/WchJM-U18 Szeged
1994/TD 94\01 (22)}) 7... Bh6 8. Qh5 {C ideei vizvat g6} g6 (8... Qd7 $142) (
8... Qe7 $5) 9. Qd1 Nf6 10. Nf1 (10. h5 {0-1 Fedorov,A-Morozevich,A/Chebanenco
mem 1st 1998/CBM 64_06 (19)}) 10... Bxc1 11. Qxc1 Be6 12. Ne3 Qd7 (12... Ne7 {
1/2-1/2 Hector Jonny-Schandorff Lars/It, Reykjavik (Iceland) 1997 (14)}) 13.
Ned5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 $16 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Sutovsky,E/Tel Aviv 1998/
CBM 65/[Kostakiev,D] (41)}) 7. Nf1 Be6 (7... a6 8. a4 Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. Ne3 Nb4
11. Qe2 (11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 {transposes to the game}) 11... O-O 12. O-O Re8
13. b3 (13. Bd2 Rb8 14. a5 $5 Nc6 15. Ncd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Nd4 17. Qd1 Bg5 18. c3
(18. Be1 $5 {intending g3, f4}) 18... Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Nc6 20. b4 cxb4 21. cxb4 b5
$1 $14 {Emms-Carlier, Cappele op 1993}) 13... Bf8 (13... d5 14. exd5 Nbxd5 15.
Nexd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 (16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bb2 $14) 16... Bxd5 17. Qxe5 Bc6 $5 $36
(17... Bf6 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 (18... Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Bxc3 $1 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 21. Ra2 Re2
$17) 19. Nxd5 Bxa1 20. Nc7 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Rac8 (21... Bc3 $5 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23.
Be3 Re8 (23... b6 $2 24. Kg1) 24. Bxc5 Re2 25. Rd1 Rxc2 26. d4 Rb2 27. d5 Rxb3
28. d6 Bf6 29. d7 Bd8 30. Be7 $18) 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 23. Bd2 Re2 24. Re1 $1 $18))
14. Bb2 Nh5 $6 {allowing white to take over the d5 square gives white the
advantage} (14... d5 15. exd5 Nbxd5 16. Ncxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. a5 $14)
15. g3 g6 16. Ncd5 Nc6 17. f4 exf4 {otherwise white plays f5.} 18. gxf4 Nd4 19.
Qg2 Bg7 20. c3 Bxd5 (20... Nc6 21. f5 Bd7 (21... Bxd5 {transposes to the game})
22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 24. Nf4+ $18) 21. Nxd5 Nc6 22. f5 $40 Ne5 23.
Bc1 {adding the bishop to the attack. white's knight on d5 makes the
difference.} Nxc4 24. bxc4 Re5 25. Bg5 Qa5 (25... f6 26. Bd2 Kf7 27. Kh1 {
black is hopeless}) 26. Qf3 (26. Rab1 $5 Rb8 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Nc6 $18) 26...
Rxd5 {trying to create counterplay but it's too late} 27. exd5 Qxc3 28. Rae1
Bd4+ 29. Kh1 f6 30. Bh6 Be5 31. Rg1 Kh8 32. Re2 (32. fxg6 {was also winning})
32... Rg8 33. Reg2 Bd4 34. Qxh5 $1 Bxg1 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. Bg7+ $1 {1-0
Balashov,Y-Ikonnikov,D/Perm 1997/CBM 58/[Liss,E] (36)}) (7... Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9.
Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. g3 Nb6 12. Ncd5 Nxc4 13. dxc4 g6 14. Bd2 f5 15. exf5
gxf5 16. f4 Bf6 17. Qh5 Qd7 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Ng4 fxg4 21. Rxf6
Qxd2 22. Rxe6 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Qe4+ 24. Kg1 Qe3+ 25. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Nedev,
T/Panormo 2001/CBM 84 ext (25)}) 8. Ne3 O-O (8... Bxc4 $6 9. dxc4 $14 (9. Nxc4
d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 $10)) 9. O-O Nd4 10. a4 a6 11. Ncd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,
B-Kramnik,V/Sanghi Nagar 1994/CBM 42/[Ftacnik] (30)}) 6... Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4
h6 9. Nf3 exf4 10. Bxf4 Be6 11. Qd2 {Kupreichik,V-Sveshnikov,E/Frunze 1981/
URS-ch (24)1-0}) 6. Nd2 {[%cal Rd2f1,Rf1e3,Rf1g3] Typical monouever of white N
to e3;} Nf6 7. Nf1 a6 {7...0-0 is playable as well;} (7... O-O 8. Ne3 {[%cal
Ye3d5,Yc3d5]} d6 9. O-O a6 10. Ned5 Nd4 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg5
14. c3 Nc6 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Nb6 Bg4 $132 {0-1 Filipenko,A-Moroz,A/Pardubice
1996/CBM 55 ext (22)}) (7... Na5 8. Ne3 Nxc4 9. dxc4 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 $14
{1/2-1/2 Brustkern,J-Kholmov,R/Olomouc 2001/CBM 83 ext (37)}) 8. a3 $5 {
Securing Bc4;} b5 9. Ba2 c4 $2 {[%mdl 512]} 10. dxc4 b4 {Premature activity;
Black sacrifices pawn, trying to get some initiative;} 11. axb4 Bxb4 12. Ng3 d6
13. O-O Bg4 {Another alternative is a trade on c3, while white gets a3-f8
diagonal for Bc1 in that case;} (13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 {[%cal Rc1a3,Ya3d6,Yd1d6]}
) 14. f3 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Be6 16. Nd5 O-O 17. c3 $16 {Outposted Nd5 and extra pawn
give white obvious advantage here;} a5 18. Bb1 {Transferring the bishop to a
better diagonal;} Nd7 19. Nf5 Nb6 20. f4 {The idea behind this move is to open
files and diagonals for white pieces;} exf4 (20... Nxc4 21. Qa4 $18) 21. Bxf4
Ne5 22. b4 $1 $18 Nxd5 (22... Bxf5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. bxc5 $18) 23. cxd5 Bxf5
24. bxc5 Bg4 25. Qe1 f6 26. Qg3 h5 27. Bxe5 fxe5 28. Bd3 Qc7 29. c6 {c6-passer
decides the game here;} Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Rf8 31. h3 Rxf1+ 32. Bxf1 Bd1 33. Qg6 a4
34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qd7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.30"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Galego, Luis"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porto Boavista"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. d3 Ng6 7. Nbd2 {
[%mdl 4]} ({Other possibilities is:} 7. e5 $5) ({and} 7. Ng5 f6 8. Nh3 $13)
7... Be7 ({Was checked in the previous games:} 7... d6) (7... e5 $5 8. b3 $6
Be7 9. Nc4 d6 $11 {Kauschmann,H-Muse,M/Berlin,1998(0-1) (35)}) 8. Nc4 {Most
probably,it's not best place for white knight.} (8. Nb3 $5 e5 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1
d6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 c4 13. Nbd2 d5 14. Nf1 Bb4 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. Bxb4 Rxb4
$11 {Huebner,R-Gulko,B/Biel,1993(1/2-1/2)(20)}) 8... O-O 9. Bd2 Ba6 {/^a6-f1}
10. Re1 f6 {[%csl Yf6][%cal Yf6e5] Against Nfe5.} 11. a3 Rb8 {[%csl Rb2][%cal
Ga6c4]} 12. Rb1 $6 ({White equalizes after:} 12. b4 {[%csl Ra7]} Bxc4 13. dxc4
cxb4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Bxb4 Rxb4 16. Rxa7 Rf7 $11) 12... Qc7 $5 $146 {In my
opinion,this novelty much better,than:} (12... d6 13. h3 Qd7 14. b4 d5 15. Na5
Rfc8 16. Nb3 cxb4 17. axb4 e5 18. Ra1 Bb5 $11 {Belli,M-Granda Zuniga,J/Peru,
1994 (1/2-1/2) (27)}) 13. Ba5 $140 Qc8 {Now arrangement of the white bishop in
a5 very dubious.} 14. Qd2 ({Can be recommended:} 14. Ne3 $5) 14... Re8 {/\d5}
15. h4 Nh8 $1 {Preventive move.Knight transfer to "f7".} 16. e5 ({Again better
is:} 16. Ne3) 16... fxe5 17. Ncxe5 ({Loses right away:} 17. Rxe5 {because of:}
d5 $1 18. Ne3 Nf7 19. Rh5 g6 {[%csl Rh5]}) 17... d6 18. Nc4 e5 $15 19. Qe2 $6 (
{It deserves attention:} 19. Bc3) 19... Ng6 $1 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gg6h4,Gg6f4]
Knight,unexpectedly,comes back to "g6".} 20. g3 {(weakness /^a8-h1)} ({After:} 
20. Rbd1 {[%csl Gd1,Rd6]} Bxc4 21. dxc4 Rxb2 {I have a pawn up.}) 20... e4 $1 {
[%mdl 64]} ({Dubious:} 20... d5 {in view of:} 21. h5 $1 (21. Ncxe5 $4 Bd6 $19 {
[%csl Re5]}) 21... Nf4 22. gxf4 Qg4+ 23. Kf1 dxc4 24. Nxe5 $15) 21. Ng5 $6 ({
More stubborn resistance after:} 21. Nh2 d5 22. Ne3 Ne5 $17 {[%csl Ga6,Rd3]}) (
{or} 21. Nfd2 d5 22. h5 (22. Ne3 Qe6 $17 (22... Ne5 $143 23. Qh5)) 22... exd3
23. cxd3 dxc4 24. hxg6 cxd3 25. gxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qh5+ Kg8 {-/+/=/+}) 21... d5 $5
({Much worse is:} 21... Bxc4 22. dxc4 Bxg5 23. hxg5 d5 {=/+/-/+} (23... Ne5 $2
24. Qxe4)) ({Also good enough:} 21... exd3 $5 22. cxd3 (22. Qxd3 d5 23. Nd6
Bxd3 24. Nxc8 Bxc2 $19) 22... d5 23. Nd2 Bxg5 24. Qxe8+ Qxe8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.
hxg5 Bxd3 {-/+/-+}) 22. Qh5 $2 ({It is necessary:} 22. Nd2 exd3 23. cxd3 Bxg5
24. Qxe8+ Qxe8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. hxg5 Bxd3 {-/+/-+}) ({or} 22. Nxh7 dxc4 (
22... Kxh7 $2 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Qxg6 dxc4 25. Bc3 $1 Bf8 26. dxe4 $15) 23. Qxe4
{-/+/-+}) 22... Bxg5 23. Nd6 Qh3 $1 $19 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gg6e5,Ge5f3] With the
irresistible threat Ng6-e5-f3.} 24. Bc7 ({Also loses:} 24. dxe4 Re5 $19) ({and
} 24. Nxe8 Ne5 25. dxe4 (25. Re3 Ng4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gh3h2,Gh2f2]})
25... Ng4 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gh3h2]} 26. Qxg4 Qxg4 27. Nc7 {[%csl Ra6,Rg5]} Be2
$1 28. hxg5 Bf3 29. Re3 dxe4 $19 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gg4h3]}) 24... Ne5 {In my
opinion,it's best winning.} 25. Bxb8 $140 g6 $1 (25... Nf3+ $4 26. Qxf3 exf3
27. Rxe8#) 26. Nxe4 (26. Qe2 $144 Nf3+ 27. Qxf3 exf3 28. Rxe8+ Kg7 {[%csl Rg1]
[%cal Gh3g2]}) 26... dxe4 0-1

[Event "BL2-Sued 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.01.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Golubev,M"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Stuttgart"]
[BlackTeam "Ulm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 (3. d4 $1) 3... e5 {Unpleasant surprise.} ({Before
the game I have devoted some part of the night for the different Sveshnikov
lines like} 3... e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9.
Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. c3 Bg7 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nc2 O-O 15. Nce3
Be6 16. Bd3 f5 17. O-O Ra7 18. a4 Ne7 19. axb5 Nxd5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Nxf5 Nf4
22. Ne3 {, and so on.}) 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. Nf1 Nh6 $146 8. Ne3
Bxe3 9. Bxe3 Ng4 10. Bd2 {Taking in account the final position of the present
game (Bishop vs Knight, where White is winning), now I can call this retreat
as "decisive".} ({Speaking seriously,} 10. O-O Qh4 11. h3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 O-O {
deserves some attention too.}) 10... Qh4 11. Qf3 $8 Be6 (11... f5 12. Qg3 $14)
12. Qg3 Qxg3 13. hxg3 Kd7 {Krasenkow deslined my draw offer here - probably
due to a team reasons, because the only board where his team had a rating
advantage was his own. And it was a really decisive and unlucky desicion,
because in the end my team (Stuttgarter Schachfreunde) have won with the 4,5-3,
5 score... In fact, White is slightly better.} (13... Bxc4 $6 14. dxc4 Nd4 15.
Rc1 $36) 14. f3 Nf6 15. g4 h6 16. O-O-O Nh7 (16... a6 $5 17. Rh4 $5 (17. a4 $6
b5 $1)) (16... Nd4 $5 17. g5 $140 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Nh5) 17. Nd5 Ng5 18. Bb5 $6 {
Here I simply forgot that Black can move his rook from a8 (with idea of 19...
a6!).} (18. c3 $1 $14 {, and if} f6 {, only then} 19. Bb5) 18... Rab8 $1 19.
Ne3 a6 20. Bxc6+ $11 (20. Bc4 $5) 20... Kxc6 (20... bxc6 $5) 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22.
gxf5 f6 23. c3 $1 (23. Bxg5 $6 hxg5 $15 {is slightly better for Black.}) 23...
Rbd8 (23... d5 $5 $11) 24. d4 $1 cxd4 (24... exd4 $5 25. cxd4 d5 26. e5 $140
fxe5 27. dxe5 Rdf8 $132) 25. cxd4 exd4 26. Bf4 $1 $14 {From now, White is
clearly better. Nevertheless, Black hardly should lose.} Nf7 (26... d5 27. e5
$1 $36) (26... Kc5 27. Kb1 $5 $36) 27. Rxd4 Kd7 $1 (27... d5 $2 28. Kb1 $1 dxe4
29. Rc1+ Kb5 30. a4+ $18) 28. Rb4 b5 29. a4 Rb8 30. axb5 axb5 $6 (30... Rhc8+
$142 $5) (30... Rxb5 $5) 31. Rd1 Rhc8+ 32. Kb1 $138 Ne5 33. Rbd4 Rc6 34. Bd2
Rc4 35. Bb4 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 Rb6 37. Rd5 Nf7 38. Ka2 Ra6+ 39. Kb3 Kc6 40. Rd1 $36
Ra4 $2 {Quite possible, it was a fatal mistake. In this position Black must
preserve possibility to attack e4 pawn in answer to f3-f4 advance.} (40... Ra8
$142 41. f4 $140 Re8 $1) 41. Rc1+ {(absolutely unnecessary repetition, the
main idea of which were to "fix" a control moves)} (41. f4 $1) 41... Kd7 42.
Rd1 ({Fortunately, I saw} 42. f4 $2 Nd8 $1 $132 43. Rd1 $140 $2 Nc6 44. Rxd6+ (
44. Bxd6 Nd4+ 45. Kc3 Rc4+ $19) 44... Kc7 45. Bc5 Na5+ 46. Kc2 Rc4+ $19) 42...
Kc6 {[%mdl 4096]} 43. f4 $1 $16 {/\Rd3-g3, xPg7} Ra7 44. Rc1+ $1 (44. Rd3 Rd7
45. Rg3 $140 Nd8) 44... Kb6 (44... Kd7 45. Rc3 $1 $16 Rc7 (45... Ke7 46. Rg3
Kf8 47. e5) (45... Nd8 46. Rd3 $5 Nb7 47. e5) (45... Ra8 46. Rg3 Rg8 47. Bc3)
46. Rg3 Rc4 47. Rxg7 Ke8 48. Bc3 Rxe4 49. g3) 45. Rc8 Rd7 46. Rb8+ (46. Rg8 Nd8
) 46... Ka6 (46... Kc6 $5 47. Rg8 $140 d5 (47... Nd8 48. Ba5 $1 {Krasenkow})
48. Rxg7 dxe4 49. Rg6 Kd5 50. Rxf6 Kd4) 47. Bc3 $1 Re7 (47... Nd8 $2 48. Bd4 $1
$18) (47... Rd8 48. Rxd8 Nxd8 49. e5 $16) 48. Ra8+ $5 (48. Rg8 Rxe4 49. Rxg7
Nd8 $16) 48... Kb6 $6 (48... Kb7 49. Rg8 d5 $16 50. Bb4 $5 Rd7 51. exd5 Nd6)
49. Bd4+ Kc6 50. Ra6+ Kd7 51. Ra7+ Ke8 52. Rxe7+ Kxe7 53. Kb4 $18 Kd7 54. Kxb5
Nd8 55. b4 Nc6 56. Kc4 Ne7 57. b5 Kc7 (57... d5+ 58. Kd3 $18) 58. Bc3 d5+ 59.
Kd4 dxe4 60. Kxe4 g6 (60... Kb6 61. Bb4 Nc8 62. Bf8 Kxb5 63. Kd5 $18) 61. fxg6
f5+ 62. Ke5 Nxg6+ 63. Kxf5 Nh4+ 64. Ke4 Nxg2 65. f5 h5 (65... Nh4 66. Be1 Nxf5
67. Ba5+ $18) 66. Be5+ Kb6 67. Bg3 (67. Bg3 h4 68. Kf3 ({or} 68. f6 hxg3 69. f7
)) 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:
34]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:36] This seems slightly odd to me
- in fact before I saw this game I wasn't even aware it was a variation - why
put the bishop on b5 and then play d4? But it's suprisingly effective. White
is playing on the fact that the Black knight on e7 has to eventually go to g6,
a far from ideal square for it.} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 6. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:34]}
Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} (6... Qb6 7. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 (7... Qxb5 {at first looks the
most natural reply.} 8. Nd4 $1 Qc5 (8... Qa6 9. a4 Nc6 10. Nb5 $16) (8... Qb6
9. Na3 $5 ({also simply} 9. c4 {should be good}) 9... Nc6 10. Be3 Qxb2 $2 11.
Nab5 Kd8 {might be defensible but looks fairly gruesome.}) 9. Be3 {and Black
will have to lose more time with the queen.}) 8. Bd3 Ng6 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O
11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Be3 {Caruana,F (2779)-Gelfand,B (2764) Elancourt 2013, with a
pleasant Marcozy bind position for White.}) 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Be7 {
[%emt 0:02:28]} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:10]} ({The straightforward} 8. Nc3 O-O 9. f4
{is another promising way to play.} a6 10. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 11. Qh5 Qc7 12. Rad1 d6
13. f5 exf5 14. Nxf5 {with good attacking chances.}) 8... O-O {[%emt 0:01:16]}
9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:04:51]} (9. c4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bf6 11. Qd2 b6 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. f3
Qe7 14. a4 {Caruana,F (2779)-Radjabov,T (2723) Bucharest 2013, was another
promising Maroczy bind. What all these games seem to have in common is that
Black is cramped and lacks counterplay. Perhaps wary of an improvement though
on that game, Vachier Lagrave decides to change tack.}) 9... a6 {[%emt 0:03:05]
} (9... b6 $5 {is the suggestion of the computer.} 10. Ndb5 (10. f4 Bc5 $1 ({
but not} 10... Bb7 11. Ndb5 d6 12. a4 a6 13. Na3 {with annoying pressure, as
Nc4 is in the air}) 11. Qd2 Bb7 {looks close to equal.}) 10... a6 $1 11. Nd6
Qc7 12. Nxc8 Rfxc8 {and Black doesn't have any problems. Having looked at a
few Taimanov lines recently I think the key to this opening is the solidity
his pawn structure affords him. Essentially it's very difficult for White to
break down this whole structure of f7-e6-d7 (pawn storms are less effective
than they are in the Najdorf, for example) so as long as Black plays solidly
and doesn't get too fancy, then he'll eventually get good chances.}) 10. a4 $1
{[%emt 0:05:32]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:04:44]} 11. Nb3 {[%emt 0:13:45]} b6 {[%emt 0:03:
47]} 12. f4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:07:19]} 13. Qd2 {[%emt 0:04:35]} Rad8
{[%emt 0:07:06]} 14. Bd3 {[%emt 0:08:07]} d5 $1 {[%emt 0:16:38] Essentially
correct. Black doesn't hesistate to counter-attack in the centre. Play now
gets very sharp as White looks for chances on the kingside.} 15. exd5 {[%emt 0:
01:08]} exd5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 16. f5 {[%emt 0:14:36]} Nge5 {[%emt 0:22:32]} 17.
f6 $1 {[%emt 0:01:11] Black is starting to get on top in the centre, so White
needs to play with vigour.} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} (17... gxf6 {just looks too
risky without the reward.} 18. Ne2 {with the idea of Ng3-f5 or h5 with
fantastic attacking chances, and one glance at the position can show that
White enjoys more than enough play for a measly pawn.}) 18. Rxf6 {[%emt 0:01:
15]} d4 {[%emt 0:04:33] The safest, even though White can press a little in
the ending.} (18... gxf6 {certainly needs to be calculated, although the black
king is getting worryingly bereft of defenders. White now has any number of
candidate moves, Nd4, Bh6, Rf1, but the most venomous of them is surely 19.Qf2!
} 19. Qf2 $1 (19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. Qf4 Ng6 (20... Nxd3 $4 21. Qg4+) 21. Qxf6 Qe5 {
stops the attack, although even here White should retain reasonable
compensation after} 22. Qf2) (19. Nd4 $6 Nc4 $1 20. Bxc4 dxc4 {and the pin on
the d-file is annoying.}) (19. Rf1 $2 {looks rather slow, because of the
simple reply} d4 $1) 19... Nxd3 20. cxd3 d4 {and now the smart} 21. Ne4 $1 dxe3
22. Nxf6+ Kg7 23. Nh5+ {is a line which looks quite terrifying for Black, but
seems to only be a draw after} Kh6 24. Qf6+ Kxh5 25. Qf5+ (25. Rf1 Rd5 $1 {
and there is certainly no win for White}) 25... Kh6 26. Qf6+ $11) 19. Rxc6 {
[%emt 0:09:45]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 20. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:
01:13]} 21. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 22. Bxh7+ {[%emt 0:00:
39]} Kxh7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 23. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Re8 {[%emt 0:09:36] Black
is just active enough here to offset White's slight material advantage. From
now on Gelfand plays too accurately to give his opponent any realistic winning
chances.} 24. Rd1 {[%emt 0:04:07]} Re6 $1 {[%emt 0:05:37]} 25. Rd3 {[%emt 0:18:
34]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:08:44]} 26. Rg3 {[%emt 0:10:44]} Rxg3 {[%emt 0:04:36]} 27.
Qh4+ {[%emt 0:00:45]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:06:53]} 28. hxg3 {[%emt 0:06:30]} (28. Qxg3
Qxg3 (28... Qc5+ 29. Qf2 Qb4 $1 {also maintains a rough equality}) 29. hxg3 f6
30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Ne2 Ke6 32. Nd4+ Ke5 33. c3 g6 {and as the White king is
permanently tied to the defence of the g-pawn, creating any winning chances
looks nigh on impossible.}) 28... Qc6 {[%emt 0:04:36]} 29. Qd8+ {[%emt 0:00:43]
} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 30. Qh4+ {[%emt 0:01:42]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 31. Qd8+
{[%emt 0:00:35]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 32. Qd3+ {[%emt 0:02:29]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:
01:35]} 33. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bc4 {White
has other choices here of course.} (7. e5 {is very forcing but Black should be
ok in most of these lines.} Nxb5 8. exf6 Nxc3 9. fxg7 Bxg7 10. dxc3 d6 11. Ng5
(11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg3 h6 {should also be ok for Black}) 11... Bf5 12. a4 Qc6 13.
Qe2 Bf6 {White has nothing} 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxe4 16. Rxe4 d5 {1/2-1/2
Anand,V (2753)-Kramnik,V (2807) Linares 2003}) (7. Bf1 Ng4 $1 {this seems like
a logical response, relocating the knight to a useful central square} 8. g3
Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Ne5 10. Qe2 e6 11. Bg2 d6 12. d3 Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. a4 Nc6 {
and with good control over the central square d4 Black stood well in
Harikrishna,P (2726)-Zhigalko,S (2678) Dubai 2014.}) 7... b5 $5 {A risky, but
playable variation. I'm not convinced this would have been preparation though
as it's not easy to predict what sort of opening Carlsen will play- as Short
said in his typical droll style, Carlsen plays "condom" openings, ie he uses
them once then throws them away.   This may be slightly harsh although it's
well known that Carlsen just likes to get a playable position out of the
opening then use his great understanding to outplay the guy later on.} (7... d6
{is much more common. Of course this is intended to prevent e5 and now Black
has ideas of ...Bg4 or perhaps ...b5 so White is almost obliged to play} 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. exd5 g6 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. d3 h6 12. b4 Bg7 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Qf3 Kf8 {
with some slight pressure for White in the game Kasparov,G (2847)-Leko,P (2736)
Linares 2003. Although I doubt it is much and the game ended in a draw.  In
general these anti-Sicilian lines have been pretty much worked out and it's
difficult to prove any advantage - on the plus side however you are probably
in less danger of losing with White than you are in some of the sharp main
lines.}) 8. Nd5 (8. Bd5 Rb8 (8... Bb7 9. Bxb7 Qxb7 10. e5 {is slightly awkward
for Black;} Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Qxf3 12. gxf3 {with a nice lead in development}) 9.
e5 $6 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qc6 {looks better for Black if anything as the bishop will
find its way to an excellent diagonal on b7.}) 8... Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Rb8 10. Nxd4 (
10. c3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 e6 12. Bb3 {was another way to play for White. Perhaps
this isn't the most exciting opening in the world although I'm sure Carlsen
would have been confident of outplaying Saric from an equal position.} c4 13.
Bc2 Bb7 14. d4 cxd3 15. Bxd3 Bc5 $11) 10... cxd4 11. d3 e6 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Qh5
{Carlsen defends against the threat on h2 actively. That's one of the things
you notice when following the games of the best players in the world - they
are always looking for the most ambitious way to play the position.} ({By
contrast a move like} 13. g3 {while not obviously bad, looks rather passive.
In general you don't want to weaken your king like this, as if the game opens
up later it may come back to haunt you.} {I'm sure a Speelman, or perhaps even
Deep Blue circa 1997, would not hesistate to play} h5 $1 {creating
counter-attacking chances on the kingside.}) 13... Bb7 14. f4 $1 Bxf4 15. Bxf4
{Perhaps not the best way to follow up his idea.} (15. Rf1 $1 {was more
consistent, although this seems to lead to a draw with best play. Not a bad
result for Carlsen in the context of the tournament- it would ensure victory
for him. But I doubt he cared much about this and was surely thirsting for
revenge for the defeat he suffered at Ivan's hands at the last olympiad.} Qe5 {
Presumably this is why Carlsen rejected this line, as this seems like a good
tactical response.} 16. Qf3 Bxh2+ (16... Bxc1 17. Qxf7+ Kd8 18. Raxc1 {looks
unpleasant for Black} Kc7 19. c3 $16 Bc6 20. Qf2) 17. Kh1 Bg3 (17... O-O $2 {
is just weak and drops a piece after} 18. Qh3 Bg3 19. Rf3) 18. Qxf7+ Kd8 19.
Bd2 Kc7 {and now with the bishop on g3 ensuring that the White king is
probably just as much danger as its counterpart, objectively he should bail
out to a draw with} 20. Ba5+ Kc6 21. Bd5+ $1 Kd6 (21... exd5 $2 22. Rf5 Qd6 (
22... Rbf8 23. exd5+ Kc5 24. Qxd7 $18)) 22. Bb4+ Kc7 23. Ba5+ $11) 15... Qxf4
16. Rf1 Qe3+ 17. Kh1 O-O 18. Rf3 Qh6 19. Qe5 a5 $1 {A very strong idea. This
is the problem for White in many of these anti-Sicilian lines - the bishop
become a target on b3. If White plays a3, then after the response ...a4
pushing the bishop back to a2, the c2-pawn will become vulnerable. And if he
plays a4 then the b-file is opened, which should give Black good counterplay.}
20. a4 Bc6 21. axb5 Rxb5 22. Qxd4 Qd2 23. Raf1 Qb4 24. Qf2 (24. Qxb4 $2 Rxb4 {
would of course be a disaster for White - ...a4 is coming when b2 drops.})
24... f6 25. Rf4 $1 {Typical of Carlsen, I think people underesimate how
tricky he is. Here he defends against the threat of ...a4 with a tactical idea.
} Re5 (25... a4 $2 26. e5 $1) 26. Rb1 a4 27. Ba2 Rb8 28. c3 Qb6 {Black has a
very comfortable game here and maybe even stands better.However over the next
part of the game, as he so often does, Carlsen outplays his opponent.} 29. Qd2
Rb5 30. Rf2 Qc7 31. h3 h6 32. Qe3 Rg5 33. d4 Kh8 34. Re1 Bb5 35. e5 $1 {
I must admit watching the game on the live webcam at this point, I was fully
convinced that Carlsen would win. (when you watch chess a lot, you get used to
Carlsen winning.) Suddenly the rook on g5 seems stranded on the kingside with
little to do. But credit to Saric he doesn't collapse and has just enough
trumps to hold the game.} f5 $1 {An essential move.} (35... fxe5 36. dxe5 {
might not seem to bad according to an engine, but from a human perspective the
threat of Bb1 and Qe4 will be extremely difficult to deal with.} Bc6 37. Bb1
Qd8 $6 38. Qd3 g6 39. Qd6 $1 {and White is dominating.}) 36. d5 exd5 37. Bxd5
Bc4 $1 {This is the problem. Carlsen still has the initiative, but more and
more material is coming off the board meaning that the game is becoming very
drawish.} 38. Rd1 Re8 39. Bxc4 Qxc4 40. Rxd7 Qb5 $1 {The last accurate move
that Saric has to find.} 41. e6 Qc6 42. Qf3 (42. Re2 Rg6 $1 {also offers White
nothing.}) 42... Qxe6 43. Rd5 Qe1+ 44. Rf1 Qe2 45. Rxf5 Rxf5 46. Qxe2 Rxe2 47.
Rxf5 Rxb2 48. Ra5 Rc2 49. Rxa4 Rxc3 {In the press conference afterwards, I was
told later that Carlsen looked very dejected. Every other chess player in the
world would be delighted to win the strongest tournament on the calendar but
instead Carlsen is fuming that he doesn't beat a much lower rated player with
the white pieces - that's probably why he's the best!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Grivas,E"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 ({This is a try to avoid variations in the
'Sveshnikov' after} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 ({or the 'Grivas Sicilian' after} 
4... Qb6) 5. Nc3 e5 {.}) 3... e5 {I think that this is a good reply to
'punish' White's third move. Now the game takes a more positional way, which
doesn't mind Black at all!} 4. Bc4 {White has 'won' square d5 for good, but he
can barely benefit from it, as Black's light pieces can fully control it and
can exchange nearly every piece that will try to occupy it.} d6 5. d3 Be7 6.
Nd2 (6. Ng5 $2 {is a bad tactic:} Bxg5 7. Qh5 Be7 $1 (7... g6 $2 8. Qxg5 Qxg5
9. Bxg5 $14 {Tindall,B-Smirnov,V Sydney 2008}) 8. Qxf7+ Kd7 9. Qxg7 Nf6 $17 {
Adams,M-Coleman,D Plymouth 1989.}) ({The other main line is} 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5
O-O 8. f4 h6 9. Nf3 exf4 10. Bxf4 {and now Black has tried many moves as} Be6 {
,} (10... Bg4 {and lately}) (10... Na5 $5 {- I even wrote a survey for CBM
based on this move! With the text move White is securing control over the
square d5, by the manoeuvre Nd2-f1-e3xd5.})) 6... Nf6 7. Nf1 ({Trying to avoid
the next Black's move with} 7. h3 $6 {leads to a disaster for White:} Be6 8.
Nf1 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Ne3 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 O-O 13. a4 Qd5 14. O-O
Rad8 15. Qe1 Nd4 16. Ne3 Qe6 17. Bd2 Bg5 18. Rc1 e4 19. dxe4 Qxe4 20. f3 Qe5
21. Qf2 Ne2+ {0-1 Hossain,E-Grivas,E Elista 1998.}) 7... Bg4 $1 {Before
landing on e6, the black bishop forces the placement of the white f-pawn on f3,
something that White would like to avoid, as he could use this square for his
queen.} 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 Qd7 $5 ({A rare move. More often played is} 9... O-O
10. O-O Rb8 (10... Nh5 $5 11. Ncd5 Bg5 12. g3 Bxe3+ 13. Bxe3 Ne7 14. Bg5 Bxd5
15. Bxd5 h6 $13 {Vachier Lagrave,M-Kotronias,V Moscow 2011}) 11. a3 Nd4 (11...
Nd7 12. Ncd5 Bg5 13. c3 b5 14. Ba2 Nb6 15. Nxb6 Rxb6 16. b4 a5 $13 {Emms,
J-Grivas,E Kopavogur 1994}) 12. Ba2 b5 13. Ncd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bg5 15. Bxe6 Nxe6
$13 {Adams,M-Leko,P Miskolc 2005.}) 10. Ncd5 ({A novelty. Know is} 10. O-O O-O
11. Ncd5 (11. a3 a6 (11... Nd4 $5) 12. Ncd5 Bxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bf6 $5
(14... Kh8 $6 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. c3 $14 {Charbonneau,P-Do Lam Hoang
Philadelphia 2004}) 15. c3 Ne7 16. Bb3 d5 $11) 11... Ne8 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxe7+
Nxe7 14. Rxf4 Ng6 15. Rf2 Nc7 16. Qh5 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bd2
Rae8 $11 {Zaragatski,I-Richter,M Dresden 2002.}) 10... Bd8 $5 ({An interesting
move, clearing the e7 square for the c6 knight, after an eventual capture on
d5. Black seems to face no real opening problems, but I would certainly be
fond of} 10... Bxd5 11. Nxd5 (11. exd5 Na5 $11) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bf6 {
with . ..Ne7 to come.}) 11. O-O Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Ne7 {As said
beforehand, Black easily cotrolled the weak d5 square with her light pieces,
so no need to care for positional problems...} 14. Bb3 O-O {Black is ready for
the thematical ...d5, so White is obliged to act on the kingside.} 15. f4 $1
exf4 16. Bxf4 d5 17. Qe2 ({I think that White could hold a small advantage,
based on his bishop pair, by the calm} 17. Bg3 $5 Bb6 18. Kh1 $14 {.}) 17...
Bb6 18. Kh1 Rae8 19. exd5 ({This allows Black to centralise her pieces.
Preferable was} 19. Qf3 $1 dxe4 20. dxe4 $14 {.}) 19... Nxd5 20. Qh5 Nxf4 21.
Rxf4 {Opposite coloured bishops appeared on the board, but White's seems to be
more active at the moment, as the f7 square, in touch with the semi-open
f-file, is a target.} g6 22. Qh6 Bd8 $1 {The black bishop returns to the
defence, controlling important squares as h4 and f6, which is a good defending
strategy.} 23. Raf1 $6 ({This offers nothing to White, who had to go for} 23.
Rf3 $1 {forcing Black to be 'creative':} Qd4 $1 (23... Kh8 $2 24. Ba4 $1 $18)
24. Raf1 Re7 25. c3 Qe5 26. a4 $14 {, as it is not easy for Black to get fully
equality.}) 23... Kh8 $1 {A tactical solution, which stops the pressure on f7,
allowing Black to get full equality.} 24. Re4 $6 (24. Bxf7 $2 Rxf7 $1 25. Rxf7
Qxf7 $1 {woulkd justify Black's idea; mate comes on the white back rank!}) ({
But White should have gone for} 24. g4 f6 25. Re4 $11 {.}) 24... f5 $1 25. Re3
Bf6 {Suddenly it is the black bishop that has more targets than its
counterpart!} 26. Rfe1 Bg7 27. Qh4 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 f4 ({Not bad, but good enough
for Black was} 28... b5 $1 29. c3 f4 30. Rf3 Be5 31. Kg1 b4 {when White would
face problems with his queenside pawn structure. But Black, the 'queen of
chess', decided to strip the white king.}) 29. Re4 f3 ({A logical follow-up of
Black's previous move. Nothing is gained by} 29... b5 30. Rxf4 Qe8 31. Rxf8+
Qxf8 32. Qe1 Bxb2 33. Qe2 $11 {.}) 30. gxf3 Rxf3 31. Be6 $6 ({White was
obliged to handle this certain position tactically, before he falls into
passivity. He should have found} 31. Re7 $1 Qd6 32. Qc4 $1 Rf8 33. Rxb7 Bd4 34.
Rf7 $1 Qc6+ 35. Qd5 Qxd5+ 36. Bxd5 Rxf7 37. Bxf7 Bxb2 $11 {, a variation which
justifies the option of 28...b5!.}) 31... Qd6 {Now White is in trouble.} 32.
Bg4 $6 ({Another slight inaccuracy. White should have tried} 32. Kg2 Rf8 33.
Qg3 Qb6 $1 (33... Qxg3+ 34. hxg3 Bxb2 $15) 34. b3 Qc6 $15 {.}) 32... Rf8 33.
Qe7 ({Not much of a choice. If} 33. b3 {then} Bd4 34. Bh3 b6 $17 {.}) 33... Qb6
$1 34. b3 Qa5 {Black found a way to penetrate into White's position and king;
her queen is quite active for that purpose...} 35. Re2 $1 ({White cannot save
his a-pawn with} 35. a4 $2 {as after} Qd2 36. Re2 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qf1+ 38. Kg3
Qf4+ 39. Kh3 h5 $1 {is curtains.}) 35... Qxa2 36. Qxc5 Qa1+ 37. Qg1 Qc3 (37...
Qf6 $5 38. c4 a5 $15 {looks good as well.}) 38. Bh3 a5 $1 {Threatening ...b5
and ...a4, when a new black queen will soon appear on the board.} 39. Qe1 $1
Qc5 $1 ({White holds after the naive} 39... Qxe1+ $2 40. Rxe1 Bc3 41. Re2 b5
42. Bd7 $1 {Black should keep the queens on board in order to combine attack
on the white king and pressure on the queenside.}) 40. c4 ({A natural move to
stop the expansion on the queenside with ...b5, but White could think of} 40.
Bg2 Bc3 (40... b5 $2 41. Qxa5) 41. Qg1 Qc7 42. Re4 b5 $15 {.}) 40... b5 $1 {
Anyway!} 41. cxb5 ({Not much to do again, as after} 41. Bg2 a4 42. bxa4 bxa4
43. Ra2 Qa7 (43... a3 $6 44. Qc1 $1 Bb2 $2 45. Rxb2 axb2 46. Qxb2+ Kg8 47. Bd5+
$18) 44. Qc1 Bd4 $17 {the white central pawns are blocked, while the lonely
black a-pawn is a strong passer.}) 41... Qxb5 42. Bg2 $6 ({Good or bad, White
had to protect his pawns with} 42. Qd1 {Then Black could go for} Qh5 $1 43. Bg2
Be5 44. h3 Rf2 $1 45. Rd2 Qxd1+ 46. Rxd1 Rb2 47. Re1 Bf4 48. Rf1 g5 49. Ra1
Rxb3 50. Be4 (50. Rxa5 $2 Rb1+ $19) 50... Bc7 $17 {.}) 42... Qxb3 {The
material gain is not so important - it is the clear way of the black a-pawn to
its queening square.} 43. Re8 Qb2 $1 44. Bd5 ({Or} 44. Rxf8+ Bxf8 45. Bd5 (45.
Qxa5 $2 Qc1+) 45... Qf6 {.}) 44... Qf6 $1 45. Rxf8+ Bxf8 46. h3 Bd6 {White is
lost. Black will combine mating threats on the white king with her queen and
bishop, and at the same time pushing her a-pawn to queening. White will not be
in a position to cope with all of these nasty facts.} 47. Bg2 Qf4 48. Kg1 a4
49. Qc3+ Be5 50. Qa3 (50. Qc8+ Kg7 51. Qb7+ Kh6 52. Qf3 Qc1+ 53. Qf1 Bd4+ 54.
Kh1 Qxf1+ 55. Bxf1 a3 {is a typical variation.}) 50... Kg7 ({Also winning, but
here Black missed a mate:} 50... Bd4+ 51. Kh1 g5 $1 {(zugzwang!!)} 52. Qe7 Qc1+
53. Kh2 Bg1+ 54. Kh1 (54. Kg3 Qf4# {shows the idea of 51...g5!!}) 54... Be3+
55. Kh2 Bf4# {.}) 51. Qe7+ Kh6 52. Qa3 Bd4+ 53. Kh1 Qf2 ({Again} 53... g5 {
leads to mate but this is not so important any more.}) 54. Qc1+ Be3 55. Qa1 a3
(55... a3 {And White resigned due to} 56. Bd5 (56. Bc6 a2 57. Bg2 Qg1+ 58. Qxg1
Bxg1) 56... a2 $1 57. Bxa2 Qf3+ 58. Kh2 Bf4+ 59. Kg1 Qg3+ 60. Kf1 (60. Kh1 Qh2#
) 60... Qxh3+ 61. Kf2 Qe3+ 62. Kf1 Qf3+ 63. Ke1 (63. Kg1 Be3+ 64. Kh2 Qf2+ 65.
Kh1 Qh4+ 66. Kg2 Qg4+ 67. Kf1 Qf3+ 68. Ke1 Qf2+ 69. Kd1 Qd2#) 63... Qh1+ 64.
Ke2 Qxa1 {Opposite coloured bishops themes have no match when an attack is
available!}) 0-1

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2013.12.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "Grover,S"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2013.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The last round of the world under-18 championship against the reigning World
junior girls' champion.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 {I had been playing so
badly in the championship that I could only derive a very little happiness
from getting one of my favourite position.} 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 {
Aleksandra goes for the principled continuation.} 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 Bg4 9. Qe1
exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 {We are pretty much in existing theory and I have
also played this position before a few times.} Qd7 12. Be3 h6 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14.
gxf3 Be6 {According to my database, in the last seven years Black has won only
one game in this position. And it happened after 14... Be6!} 15. Kh1 Kh8 {
However this seems a bit out of place. 15...Kh7 with the idea ...Qe8 has been
played before and is a possible option.} 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qg2 Rg8 18. Rg1 {
With enjoys a small but lasting advantage.} Raf8 19. Ne2 Bd8 (19... d5 20. e5
Nh7 21. c3 Qe8 22. d4 Qf7 23. Raf1 c4 24. Qh3 {doesn't change much, White
remains slightly better and there is also some intiative now.}) 20. Qh3 e5 {
Consistent. But the resulting endgame is preferable for White. For once I was
enjoying my position!} 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. f4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Be7 (23... Rf6 {
was probably a bit better with the idea of doubling the rooks on f-file} 24.
Bg3 Rgf8 25. Nc3 $14) 24. Kg2 Rf7 25. Bg3 Rd8 26. Nf4 {Somehow I was not able
to criticise myself even though I wanted to. The position is pleasant, White
has to keep improving and it's a long way to home. All the same, given my play
in the tournament, I was a bit apprehensive about technique.} Nf8 27. Rgf1 Kg8
28. Nd5 Rxf1 29. Rxf1 Ng6 30. Kh3 {So far so good. White continues along the
right path.} Rd7 31. Kg4 Bd8 32. Kh5 Ne7 33. Nf4 $6 {Finally showing my true
colours :-) it would have been ideal to get rid of the knights here!} (33.
Nxe7+ Bxe7 34. Kg6 Bd8 35. Rf5 Re7 36. Rd5 Re6+ 37. Kf5 Rf6+ 38. Kg4 Bc7 39. e5
{would have won much quicker.}) 33... Nc6 34. c3 $2 {Again. Consistent. One
bad move follows another.} (34. Ng6 Bf6 35. Bh4 {Keeps the momentum in White's
favour.}) 34... Rf7 35. Rd1 Bf6 {Black is back in business. I still believed
myself to be a bit better.} 36. Ng6 Be5 37. Nxe5 dxe5 {Having missed many
favourable exchanges in the past, we finally dilute the position.} 38. b4 {
After coming back home and checking it through an engine I could not help but
smile. In three moves, a good += turns opposite according to engines. This is
indeed consistency!} cxb4 39. cxb4 a6 {Aleksandra returns the favour.} 40. Rb1
Rd7 41. b5 axb5 42. Rxb5 {Its all hard work for White again.} Kf7 43. a4 Kf6
44. Rb3 Kf7 45. Rb6 Re7 46. Rb5 Rd7 47. a5 Re7 48. Rd5 {Only after making this
move did I feel confident that things were under control.} Kf8 49. Rc5 Re6 50.
Rd5 Re8 51. Rd7 Nxa5 52. Kg6 Nc6 53. Rf7+ {Finally its all over for Black.} Kg8
54. Rxg7+ Kf8 55. Rf7+ Kg8 56. Bh4 Nd8 57. Rg7+ Kf8 58. Rh7 1-0

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "1998.04.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.04.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Rogozenko} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 {Rogozenko: Not waiting
until Nge7, White breaks Black´s pawn structure and then develops the Bishop
on the long diagonal, trying to open the position. However, the practice has
shown the drawbacks of this logical plan: when the position will be opened,
Black has his chances due to the Bishop´s pair.} (4. O-O {Rogozenko} Nge7 5. b3
a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. Bb2 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Re1 Bb7 10. d3 d6 11. d4 Qf6 12. Qd3 cxd4
13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qg6 15. Nd2 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Nf1 {
Golod,V-Greenfeld,A/Beersheba/1997}) 4... bxc6 5. O-O (5. d3 {Rogozenko} Ne7 6.
Ng5 {Another logical plan here - by playing f2-f4, White´s main idea is to
built a kind of "pawnwall". Taking into consideration Black´s broken structure
is quite dufficult for Black to create counterplay against it.} Ng6 7. f4 Be7
8. Nf3 Qc7 9. g3 d6 10. Qe2 f5 11. h4 O-O 12. e5 Nh8 13. b3 Nf7 14. Bb2 Rb8 15.
exd6 Bxd6 16. Nbd2 Ba6 17. O-O-O Rfe8 18. Rhe1 Rbd8 19. Ne5 Bf8 20. Nxf7 Qxf7
21. Nf3 $16 {Komliakov,V-Milanovic,D/Pozarevac/1995.}) 5... Ne7 6. b3 Ng6 7.
Bb2 Qc7 {[%csl Gc8,Gf8,Rc5,Rc6]} (7... f6 {Rogozenko} 8. e5 Be7 9. d3 Qc7 10.
Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nh8 13. Qh5 d6 14. Nec4 Ng6 15. Re3 Rf5 16. Qd1
d5 17. Na3 Bd6 18. Nf1 e5 19. c4 Qf7 20. Qe1 Bd7 21. Ng3 Rf4 22. Rc1 Rf8 $17 {
Wach M.-Glek I./Linz/1997}) 8. d4 $2 {A typical sicilian move. However one has
to realise that white normally gets good piece-play in return for the exchange
of d4-P for c5-P. Positionally this P-exchange is to blacks advantage(open
c-<->, better center-Ps).  In this game - before 8.d4 black had a compact
P-center, ^^, but also the worse P-structure (c5,c6).  After 8. d4 black gets
rid of his doubled c-Ps for free. White does not improve his attacking-chances.
} (8. e5 {Rogozenko} Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 f6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Ne4 d5 13. Ng3
e5 14. Re1 Bd6 15. c4 $13 {Wach,M-Löbler,H/AUT-chT96/97.}) (8. Re1 {Rogozenko}
e5 $11) 8... cxd4 9. Qxd4 f6 $15 {[%csl Gc6,Gc8,Gd7,Ge6,Gf6,Gf8]} 10. c4 {
/\c4-c5.} c5 11. Qe3 Be7 12. e5 $2 {[%cal Ya8h1]} (12. Nc3 $142 $15) (12. Nbd2
$142 {Rogozenko} O-O 13. Rfe1 $11) 12... O-O 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Rfe1 f5 {
Rogozenko: Due to his strong Bishop on b7, Black has good attacking chances on
the kingside. Black has ^^ so normally he would want to open up the position.
However in the following moves black gets very strong pressure in the long
diagonal /^ a8-h1 with Bb7 and Qc6, which is why the textmove is good} 15. Rad1
Qc6 {[%cal Yb7h1]} 16. Re2 (16. Nf1 $15 {Rogozenko}) 16... h6 17. Ne1 {
Rogozenko: Now Black wins material. 17.Nf1 was necessary, although the
position remains with big advantage for Black.} Bg5 18. Qg3 (18. Qc3 {Rogozenko
} Nf4 19. Re3 Nxg2 $19) 18... Nf4 19. Re3 Qc8 $6 (19... Nh5 $142 $19 20. Qh3 {
Rogozenko} Bxe3 21. fxe3 g6) 20. Ndf3 Nh5 21. Qh3 Bxe3 22. Qxh5 (22. fxe3 {
Rogozenko: Because of unstable position of the Knight on h5, White retains
some tactical chances. The position must be won for Black, though.} Qe8 23. Nd3
Rc8 24. Ba3 g5 25. Nxc5 g4 26. Qh4 Rxc5 27. Bxc5 gxf3 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 $17) 22...
Bd4 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Rxd4 $17 f4 25. Qg6 (25. Qg4 $8 {Rogozenko} g5 (25... f3
$5 26. Nxf3 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Qb7) 26. Qh5 Kh7 27. h4 $132) 25... Rf5 26. f3 Bc6 (
26... Rxe5 $2 {Rogozenko} 27. Rxf4 Rxe1+ 28. Kf2 e5 29. Rf7 $18) 27. Qg4 $2 (
27. Rd2 $142 $17 {Was a better fighting chance}) (27. Rd1 $17 {Rogozenko})
27... Rxe5 28. Nd3 Rg5 29. Qxf4 Qb7 30. Ne5 Rf8 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Yc6h1,Yf8f1]}
31. Qe3 Bxf3 32. Nxf3 Rxf3 33. Rxd7 Rxe3 34. Rxb7 Re2 {[%cal Re2a2,Re2h2,Rg5g2]
} 35. Bd4 Rgxg2+ 36. Kf1 Rxa2 37. c5 Rgd2 0-1

[Event "Helsingor Jubilee"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "1999.10.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Hansen,SB"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1999.10.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nc3 {Designed to avoid Najdorf and Sveshnikov variations
} Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 {Black really wants to play the Sveshnikov another way to try
and achieve this is} (3... e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 {But this gives white many interesting alternatives like 6.Be2,6.Nxc6 and
6.Be3. Some players prefer to change the structure and avoid the open sicilian
altogether with 3...e5. But this doesn't seem consistently dynamic for a
Sveshnikov-player.}) 4. Bb5 {This has been known as good for white since the
late eighties.} Qc7 (4... Nd4 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 7. Ng5 {Was seen in two
recent games from the VISA-Nordic grandprix, white won both games.}) 5. O-O e6
6. Re1 d6 7. Bxc6+ $5 (7. d4 cxd4 8. Nd5 exd5 $1 9. exd5+ Be7 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11.
dxc6 bxc6 12. Qe2 O-O $11 {Doesn't seem to promise white any advantage}) 7...
Qxc6 8. d4 Be7 $1 (8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. Be3 {Is much too dangerous.}) 9.
e5 $146 (9. d5 Qc7 {Gives black a very solid position, and the bishop pair
secures excellent longterm winning chances.}) 9... dxe5 10. dxe5 (10. Nxe5 Qd6
11. Nb5 Qb6 $11) 10... Nd5 11. Ne4 h6 (11... b5 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 {
Was another way to play, white's iniative is evaporating very quickly if he
doesn't play carefully.}) 12. c4 $6 {Not dynamic enough, white had to act
before the pair of bishops becomes a telling factor.} (12. Nd6+ $5 Bxd6 13.
exd6 b5 (13... c4 14. Qd4 $16) 14. c4 bxc4 15. Ne5 Qxd6 16. Qg4 Bb7 $1 (16...
g5 17. Nxc4 Qe7 18. b3 Bb7 19. Bb2 $44) 17. Qxg7 O-O-O 18. Qxf7 Rhf8 $13) {
At the moment white has a lead in development, but black is very solid and
it's not possible for white to do any damage to the black position before he
has completed his development. The pawn structure also indicate that black's
whitesquared bishop will be very strong on the a8-h1 diagonal.} 12... Nb6 13.
b3 Nd7 14. b4 $4 {Based on a miscalculation. White realized that if black gets
his bishop to b7 and castles queenside he will have very good chances for
starting a kingside attack by pushing his g-pawn. Instead white should put his
rooks on the central lines and just wait.} cxb4 15. Bb2 O-O {Now black is
simply winning white doesn't get any attack for his pawn.} 16. Rc1 Rd8 17. Nd4
$2 Qa6 $1 18. Nb5 Nxe5 19. Ned6 (19. Qb3 Nd3 20. Nc7 Nxc1 21. Qg3 Ne2+ {
Would have been a fitting finish}) 19... Ng6 20. c5 Qc6 21. Qd4 e5 22. Qxb4 Be6
23. Qd2 $2 Qxb5 0-1

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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. e4 {Glek} e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg5 {Romanishin} Qc7 (5... Qb6
$6 {Glek} 6. Nbd2) (5... f6 $6 {Glek} 6. Be3) 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. c3 (7. Nc3 d6 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb5 Qd7 10. c3 O-O 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nbxd4 b6 13. Qd2 $14 {
Romanishin,O-Lautier,J Terrassa 1991 1-0 29}) 7... Nge7 (7... e5 8. O-O d6 9.
Na3 h6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Be3 Nge7 12. d4 Nxd4 13. Nbxd4 cxd4 14. cxd4 O-O 15. Qd2
$16 {Morozevich,A-Gulko,B Moscow PCA-Intel GP 25' 1995 1-0 43}) 8. O-O d5 9.
Re1 (9. Na3 $5 {Glek}) 9... h6 (9... d4 10. Qc1 $1 e5 11. b4 $1 cxb4 12. cxb4 (
12. cxd4 exd4 13. e5 $44 (13. a3 $44)) 12... a6 {Romanishin,O-Dzhandzhava,L,
and here 13.Qb2 with a4 followed by Na3 would have given white some advantage
Lvov 1987 1-2/1-2 31}) 10. Be3 d4 (10... b6 $142 {Glek}) 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. Bd2
e5 {it is quite clear white got nothing out of the opening,but he manages to
play very activly in this position and create black some problems} 13. b4 Be6
14. Na3 (14. b5 $5 {Glek} Nd8 15. Na3) (14. a4 $5 {Glek}) 14... a6 15. Rc1 (15.
b5 $6 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qd7) 15... b5 16. Nh4 Qd6 17. f4 (17. Rc5) 17... Nxb4 {
after this move white uses the fact that black king is still in the center,
white is going forward and making things much more interesting} (17... O-O 18.
f5 Bd7) 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Nf5 $1 gxf5 20. Bxb4 $1 {better than 20.exf5 Nxa2} (
20. exf5 Nxd3 21. fxe6 O-O (21... Nxe1 22. Qxe1 O-O 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. exf7+
Kxf7 25. Qe4 $40) 22. Qh5 (22. Qg4+) (22. Bxa8)) 20... Qxb4 21. exf5 Nxf5 (
21... Qxa3 22. fxe6) (21... Rc8 22. fxe6 (22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Rxe5 Qxa3 24. f6
Be6 {and black seems OK}) 22... Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Qd6 24. exf7+ Kxf7 25. Qd1 {
with Nb1-Nd2 and white position seems very good}) (21... Rd8 $2 22. fxe6 $18)
22. Rxe5 $6 {there was another critical move 22.Bxa8 after it is not very easy
to estimate the position} (22. Bxa8 Qxa3 {22...Qd6 seesm good with a strong
initiative but it is a serious mistake} (22... Qd6 23. Qe2 $1 Bxg3 (23... Ne3
24. Nc2) 24. hxg3 O-O 25. Be4 $1 Qxa3 26. Qh5 $1 Nxg3 27. Qxh6 {and white is
winning}) (22... Ne3 23. Nc2 Qd6 24. Nxe3 dxe3 $44) 23. Rxe5 (23. Bc6+ Kf8 24.
Rxe5 Ne3) 23... O-O 24. Be4 (24. Bf3 Ne3 25. Qd2) 24... Ne3 25. Qd2 {with
unclear position} Bxa2 26. Rh5 (26. Ra1 Rc8 27. Rxa2 $2 Qc1+ $1 28. Qxc1 Rxc1+
29. Kf2 Ng4+ $17)) 22... Rd8 {the position has completely changed,not a quite
solid position as in the begining,but more like a position from a sicilian
opening,whith is a pawn down but black's king is in the center with no clear
shelter to hide} (22... Ne3 23. Nc2) 23. Bh3 Qd6 (23... Ne3 24. Qh5) (23...
Qxa3 24. Bxf5 Qd6 (24... Ke7 25. Bxe6 fxe6 (25... Qd6 26. Qe2 fxe6 27. Re1) 26.
Rxe6+ $1 Kxe6 27. Qg4+ {and black is losing}) 25. Qe2 Kd7 (25... Ke7 26. Bxe6
fxe6 27. Re1) 26. Qe4 $1 {and black's position is terrible}) (23... Ng7) 24.
Rcc5 $1 Ng7 25. Qc1 $1 {preventing castle,and taking control over the "c" file}
Kf8 (25... O-O $1 26. Bxe6 (26. Qxh6 $2 Bxh3 27. Qxh3 Rfe8 $1 $19) 26... fxe6 (
26... Nxe6 $2 27. Qxh6) 27. Qxh6 Rf5 $1 28. Rxf5 exf5 29. Qxd6 Rxd6 30. Nc2 $14
) 26. Bg2 Ke7 $2 {a serious mistake,the king is weaker on e7 than on f8 and
white has an immediate threats,why not 26...Bxa2 when black's pawns on the
queens side may become very dangerous} (26... Bxa2) 27. Rcd5 Qb6 28. Rc5 Qd6
29. Re2 $1 {a very strong move just threatening Rc6,therefor taking the rook
from "e5"} Rd7 $6 {maybe just the best move was to go back with the king to f8,
but of course playing such move is very difficult from the psychological point
of view going forward and then backward} (29... Kf8 30. Rc6 {with Rxa6 with
advantage for white}) 30. Rc6 Qb4 31. Nc2 {finally white's knight is back in
the game} Qa5 (31... Qa4 32. Na1 $1 $18 Kf8 33. Rc8+ Ne8 34. Bc6) 32. Na1 $6 {
why not 32.Nxd4? Rxd4 33.Qc5} (32. Nxd4 $1) 32... b4 33. Nb3 Qg5 34. Qc4 {
it is clear now that black has failed defending his position,white's
initiative has become decisve} Qb5 35. Qc2 Rhd8 36. Rc5 Qb6 37. Qc1 $1 {
white controls all the board and the rook that had just now came to d8 must go
back} Rh8 38. Rc6 Qb8 39. Qc5+ Kf6 40. Rf2+ {and black resigned,40...Kg6 41.Be4
} 1-0

[Event "NED-ch52"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1997.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d3 Bg4 (5... h6 6. Nd5 (6. O-O g5 (
6... Nf6 7. h3 g5 8. Nh2 Bg7 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 h5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. g4 hxg4
13. hxg4 Be6 14. b3 Rh4 15. Be3 Kd7 16. f3 Qh8 $132 {Saltaev,M-Stripunsky,A
Volgograd 1994}) 7. Nd5 Bg7 8. c3 Nge7 9. Ne1 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 O-O (10... Ne7 11.
Bc4 O-O 12. Qh5 d5 13. Bb3 c4 14. dxc4 dxe4 15. Qe2 f5 16. f3 Ng6 (16... exf3
$2 17. Nxf3 {[%cal Gc4c5,Yf3g5]}) 17. fxe4 f4 $44 {Chandler,M-Ochoa de
Echaguen,F Dubai olm 1986}) 11. Qh5 Be6 12. h4 gxh4 13. Bxh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Bxd5
15. Nf3 f6 16. Qg6+ Kh8 17. Qh5+ Kg7 18. Qg4+ Kf7 19. exd5 Ne7 20. Nxh4 Qc8 $1
21. Qxc8 Raxc8 22. c4 Rh8 $44 {[%cal Gh8h1,Ye7f5,Yf5d4,Gg8g1] Ljubojevic,
L-Georgiev,Ki Wijk 1988}) 6... a6 (6... Nf6 7. c3 (7. O-O Be7 8. Ne1 O-O 9. f4
exf4 10. Bxf4 {1/2-1/2 Watson,W-Arnason,J Beer-Sheva 1987}) 7... Be7 8. a3 O-O
9. b4 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Bf6 11. h3 Ne7 12. Ba2 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Nh2 Kh7 15. Ng4
Ng6 $132 {Horvath,T-Luecke,N Hamburg IMT 1990}) 7. a4 Nf6 8. c3 Be6 9. O-O Be7
10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. Nxe7 (12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Be3) 12...
Qxe7 13. d5 Nd4 14. Be2 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Rc8 $13 {/=/+ Serper,G-Krasenkov,M
URS-ch ot Minsk 1986}) 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6 8. Ne2 (8. g4 Nd4 9. Qd1 Be7 10.
a4 Nd7 11. Nd5 Bh4 12. Be3 Ne6 13. Qd2 h6 14. a5 Rb8 15. b4 b5 $13 {Hector,
J-Guimaraes,J Oviedo 45' 1992}) 8... Be7 9. c3 O-O (9... Na5 10. Bb5+) 10. Ng3
$14 (10. Bb3 $14 {[%csl Gb3,Gc1,Rd5] just keeping the two bishops,with a very
pleasent position for white if for example you compare this position to the
Italian opening here is a dream for each Italian player}) 10... Na5 11. Nf5
Nxc4 12. dxc4 {[%csl Rd5] the position has changed very much in the last few
moves,you started from a Sicilian opening but if you show this position and
ask someone to guess the opening,I put my money on Italian or some other kind
of Spanish.white seems to enjoy here a very nice advantage some key squares in
the center under his control,the half open "d" file where he can put pressure
on black's "d" pawn and maybe some attacking chances on the king's side after
pushing the h and g pawn ahead.} Ne8 13. h4 Rb8 (13... g6 14. Nxe7+ (14. Nh6+
Kg7 15. h5) 14... Qxe7 15. h5 $36) 14. Be3 Qd7 (14... b5 $6 15. O-O-O Qc7 (
15... bxc4 16. Bxc5 Qc7 17. Ba3 {[%csl Rc4,Rd6]}) 16. cxb5 Rxb5 17. h5 {
when white can play both on the king's side with ideas such as g4-g5-g6,and
can also try and put a lot of pressure on the weak "d" pawn with Rd2-Rhd1...})
15. O-O-O Qe6 16. Qe2 {16.g4 seems better since anyway black's queens can not
move now so why to defend the pawn?} (16. g4 $5 {[%cal Gg4g5,Gh4h5]}) 16... a6
{despite all white's advantages the position is not easy at all,since black
holds the d6 pawn quite easily,and after the opposite castles white can not
think only about attack since black may create threates on the queen's side}
17. a4 {it seems that Qd2 with the idea Qd5 would have given white atleast +/=
without any problems} (17. Qd2 $5 Rc8 $1 (17... Kh8 18. Qd5 Qxd5 19. Rxd5) (
17... Nf6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Nxe4 21. Rd5 Rfe8 22. f3 Ng3
23. Re1 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Re5][%cal Ge3c5,Ge3f2]}) 18. Qd5 Rc7 19. f4 (19. Qxe6
fxe6 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. f3 $14) 19... Qxd5 20. cxd5 $14 (20. exd5 $5 e4 21. h5)
) 17... f6 18. Rh3 {I prefer first to advance the pawns then the heavy pieces,
since in this game white did not create real attacking threats} (18. g4 $5 $36
{[%cal Gg4g5]} g6 $6 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. h5 $36 {[%cal Gh5g6,Yh1h2,Yd1h1,Gh1h8]})
18... Rf7 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. f4 Bf8 {now we can sum white's play as a wrong one
with bad results for him,black is fine now and soon will have the initiative
after b5...} 21. h5 (21. fxe5 dxe5 $13 {[%cal Ge8c7,Gb7b5]} (21... Qxe5) (21...
fxe5 $6 22. Rf3 $14 {[%cal Gf1f8]})) 21... b5 22. axb5 axb5 {22...Ra7 is also
possible but this direct move is simply the best} 23. cxb5 Qb3 $40 {suddenly
everything changes,black has now a very strong initiative ,although as we will
see it was possible for white to defend with an unclear position,but I thing
white was in a serious time trouble,this also explains how he lost the game
just in the last moves} 24. fxe5 $6 {just helping black,after taking on e5
white gives black a very important square for his knight on f6,which will give
black a clear advantage,as we will see white can get the same position only
with the "f" pawns on the board which will not allow black to play Nf6} (24.
Qc2 Qxb5 $17 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gf7a7,Ga7a2,Ga7a1] when I find difficult for
white not to lose material while trying to defend against a penetration along
the "a" file}) (24. c4 $142 $8 Ra7 25. Qc2 Qb4 26. Qc3 Qxc3+ 27. bxc3 Ra4 28.
Kc2 $13) 24... fxe5 25. c4 (25. Qc2 Qxb5 26. c4 Qa5) 25... Ra7 26. Qc2 Qb4 27.
Qc3 Qxc3+ 28. bxc3 Nf6 {this is the move black could have played without
white's help on move 24} 29. Kc2 $6 {anyway on his next move black is going to
play Nxe4 when white will move his rook from g3,so maybe then I have something
better than Kc2,so let's start with Rf3 and then see} (29. Rf3 Nxe4 30. Ng3
Nxc3 (30... Nxg3 31. Rxg3 Ra4 32. Rg4 $13) 31. Kc2 Na2 32. Bd2 $44 {and
despite being a pawn down,white's compensation is obvious,although I do not he
is better}) 29... Nxe4 30. Rf3 (30. Rg4 Ra2+ 31. Kc1 (31. Kd3 Nf6 32. Rh4 Rxg2
$17) 31... Nxc3 32. Rd2 d5 $15 {/-/+}) 30... Ra2+ 31. Kd3 (31. Kc1 Rxg2 $17 {
[%csl Rc3][%cal Gb8a8,Ga8a2,Ga2a1]}) 31... Nf6 32. Ng3 $8 Ra4 (32... Rxg2 33.
h6 $132) 33. Bg5 (33. Rdf1 $6 d5 $1 34. cxd5 c4+ $1 (34... e4+ $6 35. Nxe4 Rxe4
36. Rxf6 Rxe3+ 37. Kxe3 gxf6 38. c4 {when it is not clear if black is winning
here} (38. Rxf6)) 35. Ke2 (35. Kc2 Rxb5 $17) 35... Ra2+ 36. Bd2 Rxb5 $17 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Ga2h2]}) 33... d5 34. cxd5 $4 {losing immediately,but I think
I am not mistaken if I say that white has seconds on his clock,anyway after
Ke2 white is still fighting} (34. Ke2 $8 e4 35. Rf5 Rxc4 36. Bxf6 gxf6 37.
Rdxd5 $13) 34... e4+ 35. Nxe4 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 (5... d5 6. e5 (6. exd5 $5)
6... Bd7 7. Re1 $2 Nf5 $2 (7... Nxe5 8. Nxe5 Bxb5 9. Qh5 g6 (9... Ng6 10. Nxg6
fxg6 11. Qg4 (11. Rxe6+ Kf7 12. Qg4 (12. Rxg6 hxg6 13. Qxh8 Qe7 $19) 12... Bd7)
11... Bd7) 10. Qf3 Nf5 11. g4 Nd6) 8. Bf1 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. g3 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6
(11... gxf6 $5) 12. Na3 g5 $6 (12... h6 $15) 13. Bg2 h6 14. Nc2 $13 {
Morozevich,A-Sveshnikov,E/RUS-ch Elista 1995;CBM 50 [Dolmatov ]}) 6. Be2 d5 7.
exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 cxd4 (8... Be7 9. c4 Nf6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Nc3
Ke7 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Rxd8 Nxd8 15. a3 Bd7 16. b4 Bd6 17. Be3 h6 18. Rd1 Rc8 $14
{Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Paris-PCA 1995;EXP 49}) 9. Nxd4 Bd7 $5 (9... Nxd4 10.
Qxd4 Bd7 11. Bf3 Bc6 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Nc4 Rd8 14. Rd1 f6 15. Qg4 Kf7 16. Re1 Re8
17. a4 $14 {Kramnik,V-Miladinovic,I/Belgrad 1995;CBM 51}) (9... Bd6 10. Bf3 O-O
11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. c4 Ne7 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. g3 Rb8 $132 {Kaid,A-Mainka,R/Bad
Zwosten op 1997;EXP 57}) 10. Nf3 (10. Bf3 Be7 11. Nf5 exf5 12. Bxd5 O-O 13. Nd2
Qc7 14. Nf3 Rad8 15. Re1 Bf6 $13 {Vazquez,R-Becerra Rivero,J/CUB-ch
Matanzas1997;EXP 57}) 10... Qc7 (10... Bd6 $4 11. c4) 11. g3 $6 Bd6 12. Nbd2
Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 Bd6 {it just seems that without any problems black
got an equal position here,this is a serious thing for white players in this
variation} 15. c4 (15. Re1 O-O 16. Bf1 Rad8) 15... Nf6 16. Be3 (16. b3 $5 {
the bishops seems better on "b2" than on "e3"} O-O 17. Bb2) 16... O-O 17. Qb3 (
17. Bd4 $5) 17... Bc6 18. Bb6 (18. Rad1 $5) 18... Qe7 19. Nd4 (19. Rad1 Rac8)
19... Be4 20. Qe3 e5 21. Nb3 Rac8 22. Rac1 (22. Rad1 $5) (22. Rfd1 $5) 22...
Bc6 23. Rfd1 {this move is not a mistake yet,but it was essential for white to
eliminate black's light colored bishop,not now nor on his next move white goes
for this.and finally has to pay an heavy price for that} (23. Na5) 23... Nd7
24. Ba5 $2 {this is the knight's place!} (24. c5 Bb8 (24... Bc7 25. Bxc7 Rxc7
26. Na5 $14) (24... Nxb6 $2 25. cxd6 Qd8 26. Na5 $18) 25. Na5 $14) 24... f5 $1
$40 {now in only one move many things had changed,black has a strong attack on
the king's side white white seems a stuck on the Queens side} 25. c5 Bb8 26.
Nd4 Be4 $1 {of course,not allowing the exchangeof his bishop} 27. Ne6 (27. c6
$5 bxc6 (27... exd4 28. cxd7 Qxd7 (28... dxe3 $2 29. dxc8=Q exf2+ 30. Kf1 Rxc8
31. Rxc8+ Kf7 32. Rxb8 $18) 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rxd4 $11 (30. Qxd4 Qxd4 31. Rxd4
$11)) 28. Bc4+ Kh8 (28... Bd5 $4 29. Nxc6 $18) 29. Ne6 Rg8 (29... Rf6 $6 30.
Qd2 $1) 30. Bb4 $5 (30. Ng5 Bd5) 30... Qxb4 31. Ng5 Rgf8 32. Rxd7 Bd5 33. Qe2
$5 $13 {[%cal Ge2h5]} (33. Bxd5 cxd5 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Rxd5 Qxb2)) 27... Rf6
28. Ng5 Bc6 29. b4 Kh8 30. Qb3 (30. Bc4 $142 $5 h6 31. Nh3 Qe8 $1 {[%cal Gf5f4]
} (31... f4 $2 32. Nxf4)) 30... h6 31. Nf3 f4 {[%csl Ra5] just watch white's
bishop on "a5" this can not be a good one!so while white has nothing yet on
the Queen's side,black has already strong play on the king's side} 32. Rd5 $2 (
32. a4 Rcf8 {with just strong attack for black}) 32... Rcf8 $1 $19 {now you
see the power of the bishop,that's why I said on move 23 by white that he must
eliminate this bishop,now this bishop is clearly stronger than for example the
rook on d5!} 33. Rcd1 e4 34. Nd4 Bxd5 35. Qxd5 e3 36. f3 (36. Qxb7 exf2+ 37.
Kf1 fxg3 38. hxg3 Bxg3) 36... fxg3 37. c6 gxh2+ 38. Kh1 Rd6 39. Qxd6 Bxd6 40.
cxd7 Qxd7 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Black "Shchukin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Nxc6 dxc6 (9... bxc6 10. Qg4 Bf6 (10... O-O 11. Re1 Qc7 12.
e5 f6 13. Bf4 $16 d6 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qc4 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6]
Zagrebelny,S-Almasi,I/Budapest 1992}) 11. Qg3 O-O 12. e5 Bh4 13. Qd3 f5 14. f4
Be7 15. Be3 Qa5 16. b3 c5 17. Na4 Rb8 18. c4 $14 {Vojinovic,G-Arakhamia,H/
Ikaros op 1995}) 10. Qg4 (10. e5 f5 (10... O-O 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bf4 c5 13. Ne4
Qc6 14. Rad1 b6 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Rd6 Qc7 17. Nxg5 $16) 11. exf6 Qxd1 12. Rxd1
gxf6 13. f4 Bd7 14. Be3 $36 {Onischuk,A-Fauland,A/Vienna op 1996;EXP 53}) 10...
O-O 11. e5 Qa5 (11... f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Ne4 e5 14. Qe2 Bf5 15. Rd1 Qc7 16.
Be3 Bxe4 17. Qc4+ Bd5 18. Rxd5 Qf7 19. Rc5 $14 {Ristic,Nen-Kirov,N/Dortmund op
1988}) 12. Bg5 $1 {[%csl Rd6,Rf6] of course this is the bishop white wants to
exchange,since after the exchange of the dark squares bishop black will have
terrible weakness on d6 and c5 for example} Bxg5 13. Qxg5 f6 14. Qe3 Qxe5 15.
Qxe5 fxe5 16. Rad1 $5 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gd1d8] now allowing black's bishop to
enter the game,but black found here a strong plan to activate his pieces} (16.
Rfe1 $5) 16... e4 $1 (16... b5 17. Rd6 (17. Ne4) 17... Bb7 18. Ne4 {[%cal
Ge4c5]}) 17. Nxe4 e5 18. Nd6 Bf5 19. Rd2 (19. Nxf5 Rxf5 20. Rd7 Rf7 21. Rfd1
Re8) (19. Nxb7 Rab8 (19... Bxc2 $6 20. Rd2 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,Re5]})) 19... b5
(19... Rad8 20. Rfd1 $140 {[%csl Rb7]} Bc8 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Rd7) 20. Nb7 $5 a5
21. Re1 Ra7 22. Nc5 Re7 23. f3 b4 24. Ree2 e4 $2 {there is no question that
white is better,but still there was no reason at all to play this move which
just gives a pawn,I can not understand this move and I can not understand even
the slightest logic behind it?} (24... h6) 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Rd4 $1 {of course,
there is no reason for white to destroy his pawn structure,moving the "f" pawn
to the "e" file} c5 27. Rdxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 {[#] Hecht: Nach dem Abräumen von
drei Bauern auf jeder Seite entsteht ab Zug 41 der Typ Freiabauer am
Damenflügel sowie 2-2 Bauern am Königsflügel. Wegen der sehr guten Turm- und
Königsposition von Weiß ist das Endspiel für Schwarz verloren. Ich weise auf
den Fehler 35....b3? hin.} Rd8 29. Rc4 $1 Rd1+ (29... Rd5 30. Kf2 $16) 30. Kf2
Ra1 (30... Rd2+ 31. Kf1) 31. b3 Rxa2 32. Ke3 (32. Rxc5 $2 a4 33. bxa4 (33. Kg3
axb3 34. cxb3 Rb2) 33... b3 34. Ke2 bxc2 35. Kd2 Rxa4 36. Kxc2 $11) 32... a4 (
32... Ra3 33. Ke2 Ra2 34. Kd3) 33. bxa4 Rxa4 34. Rxc5 Ra3+ 35. Kd2 b3 $2 {
this move is losing immediately,white gets a pass pawn [ "c" ] and manages to
cut black's king along the "d" file it means things are over!} (35... Ra1) (
35... Ra1 $142 {[%csl Rg2,Rh2][%cal Ra1g1] Hecht Hecht: mit der Textfolge
verliert Schwarz ein Tempo!} 36. Rc4 Rg1 37. g3 Rg2+ 38. Kd3 Rxh2 39. Rxb4 Rh3
40. Rg4 h5 41. Rg5 h4 42. gxh4 Rxf3+ 43. Kd2 Rh3 {Hecht: nebst Kf7 und
ordentlichen Remisaussichten}) 36. Rc3 b2 37. Rc8+ Kf7 38. Rb8 Ra1 39. Rxb2 Rg1
40. c4 $1 $18 {the key move,white will win a tempi,but threatening rook
exchanges,while at the same time opens lines for his rook the second rank!}
Rxg2+ 41. Kc3 {Hecht: Die Stellungsmerkmale sprechen für einen weißen Gewinn:
1. König am Freibauer, 2. Turm in optimaler Position, bereit, den schwarzen
König von d2 aus vertikal vom Freibauern abzusperren und ggfs. hinter den
Freibauern zu gehen (c2). Zusätzlich wird der Königsflügel verteidigt.} Rg5 42.
Kb4 Rf5 43. c5 Ke7 44. Rd2 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gd1d8]} Rf4+ (44... Rxf3 {Hecht}
45. c6 Rf1 46. Kb5 {wie in der Partie}) 45. Kb5 Rxf3 46. c6 {the rest is not
too complicated} Rb3+ 47. Ka6 h5 48. c7 Ra3+ 49. Kb7 Rb3+ 50. Kc8 g5 51. Rd7+
Ke6 (51... Ke8 52. Rd5) 52. Kd8 Rc3 53. Rd4 {Hecht: nicht erforderliche
Umsicht. Man sehe} (53. c8=Q {Hecht} Rxc8+ 54. Kxc8 Ke5 (54... Kf5 55. Rd4) 55.
Rh7 h4 56. h3 Kf4 57. Rg7 Kg3 58. Rxg5+ Kxh3 59. Kd7 Kh2 60. Ke6 h3 61. Kf5 Kh1
62. Kf4 h2 63. Kg3 Kg1 64. Kh3+ Kh1 65. Ra5 $18) 53... Ke5 54. Rb4 Rd3+ 55. Ke7
Rc3 56. Kd7 Rd3+ 57. Kc6 Rc3+ 58. Kb7 Kf5 59. c8=Q+ Rxc8 60. Kxc8 g4 (60... h4
{Hecht} 61. h3 $18) 61. Rb5+ (61. Rb5+ {Hecht} Kg6 62. Kd7 h4 63. Ke6 g3 64.
hxg3 hxg3 65. Rb3 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group6"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1997.10.10"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heraklion"]
[BlackTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {Horvath,T} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. b3 Nge7 5. Bb2 Ng6 6. h4 $6 $146 {
a novelty,but I am not sure how many times we will see this move,since this
game was not very easy for white...} (6. O-O) 6... h5 7. g3 d5 8. O-O $2 {
a serious mistake in my view,the pawn on "e4" is very important taking the
"f5" and the "d5" squares from black that's why I think white has to play 8.d3}
(8. exd5 {Horvath,T} exd5 9. O-O Bg4 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Bxg7 Rg8 12. Bxc6+ bxc6
13. Bf6 Kf8 $44) (8. Qe2 $5 {Horvath,T} dxe4 (8... d4 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. d3 e5
11. Nbd2 $13) 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxe4 Bd7 11. Nc3 $14) 8... dxe4 9. Ng5 Be7 $40
{now it is already very clear that in only 9 moves white managed to give black
a strong initiative} 10. Nxe4 (10. Bxg7 Rg8 11. Bh6 (11. Bb2 Bxg5 12. hxg5 Qxg5
) 11... Bf6 12. Nc3 Rh8 13. Qxh5 Bg7 14. Ngxe4 Rxh6 15. Qxc5 Nge7 (15... Nxh4
16. Nd6+ Kd7 17. Nxf7 Nf3+ 18. Kg2 Rh2+ 19. Kxf3 Qf6+ 20. Ke2 Qxf7 21. Rh1 $36)
) 10... f5 11. Nec3 (11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. hxg5 Qxg5 13. Bxg7 Rg8 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15.
Qf3 Bd7 16. Bb2 h4 $40) 11... Bd7 12. Be2 {Logisch,aber nicht gut.} Bxh4 $1 13.
Na4 (13. Bxh5 Qg5 14. Bxg6+ (14. Bf3 {Horvath,T} Bxg3 15. fxg3 Qxg3+ 16. Bg2
Qh2+ 17. Kf2 Nf4 18. Qf3 Ne5 19. Qg3 Nh3+ $19) 14... Qxg6 15. Kg2 Nd4 $19) (13.
gxh4 Qxh4 14. Bf3 Nge5 $1 (14... Nf4 15. Ne2 $1) 15. Re1 Ng4 16. Re2 Nd4 17.
Bxb7 Qh2+ 18. Kf1 Qh3+ 19. Kg1 (19. Bg2 Nh2+ 20. Kg1 Ndf3+ 21. Kh1 Qh4) (19.
Ke1 Nh2 $19) 19... Bc6 $1 $19 20. Bxc6+ Nxc6 21. Rxe6+ Kf7 22. Qf3 Nd4 23. Re7+
Kxe7 24. Nd5+ Kd6 $19) 13... Qg5 {the game is over} 14. Kh2 Nce5 15. Nxc5 (15.
Bxe5 {Horvath,T} Nxe5 16. Nxc5 f4 $19 (16... f4 17. gxh4 Qxh4+ 18. Kg2 Bc6+ 19.
f3 Qg3+ 20. Kh1 Ng4)) 15... f4 (15... f4 16. Rg1 (16. Ne4 fxg3+ 17. fxg3 Bxg3+
18. Nxg3 Qh4+) 16... Ng4+ 17. Bxg4 hxg4) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group7"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pedzich, Dominik"]
[Black "Kogan, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.09.15"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warszawa Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Petah-Tikva Elitzur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qc7 (8... d6 9. Nxc6 (9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qg4 (11. Bf4 Be7 12.
Qg4 O-O 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 f5 16. Qg3 e5 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3
Rfc8 $15 {Makarichev,S-Sveshnikov,E/Tallin rapid Cup-URS 1988}) 11... h5 12.
Qg3 h4 13. Qg4 h3 14. g3 Qa5 15. Bg5 Kd7 16. Rad1 f6 17. Bf4 Qh5 18. Qxh5 Rxh5
$13 {[%emt 0:00:46] Nikolenko,O-Cherniaev,A/Vladivostok op 1995;EXP}) 9... bxc6
10. Qg4 e5 (10... Qf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Re3 O-O 14. Qe2 g6 15. Rxe5
Qg7 $13 {/+/ = Giorgadze,T-Sveshnikov,E/URS-ch47 Minsk 1979}) 11. Qg3 g6 12. b3
Be7 13. Bh6 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nd2 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Nc4 $18 {Tal,
M-Dorfman,J/Tallin rapid cup-URS 1988}) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 (9... dxc6 10. e5 c5 11.
Nd2 Be7 12. Qg4 $36) 10. e5 Bb7 (10... d5 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. h3 O-O 13. Nd2) 11.
Nd2 d6 (11... Be7 12. Nc4 O-O (12... c5 13. Qg4) 13. Qg4 f5 (13... f6 14. Bh6
$1 (14. exf6 $6 Rxf6) 14... Rf7 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bf4 $36) 14. Qg3 {with the
idea of Bg5 exchanging the bishops seems better for what}) 12. exd6 Bxd6 13.
Qh5 O-O 14. Nc4 c5 (14... Be7 15. Qg4 $1) 15. Bd2 Rad8 $6 (15... Bd5 16. Nxd6
Qxd6 $10) 16. Bc3 Bf4 (16... Qc6 17. Qg4 g6 18. Na5 Qc7 19. Qh4 e5 (19... Be7
20. Qh6) 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21. Qf6 Rfe8 22. Rxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Qxd8+ Kg7
25. b3 $18) 17. Qg4 f5 (17... Bxh2+ $142 $5 18. Kh1 f5 (18... g6 $5 19. Qh4 Bf4
20. Qf6 Rd4 $8 (20... e5 21. Nxe5 $18) 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Qxd4 Rd8 $44) 19. Qh3
(19. Qxg7+ Qxg7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Kxh2 Rd4 $36) 19... Bf4 20. Ba5 Qe7 21. Bxd8
Rxd8 $44) 18. Qh4 {now there is no questuon,with such weakness on e5 and weak
pawn on "e6"white is better here} Rd7 19. f3 (19. Rxe6 $2 Bd5 20. Be5 Bxe5 (
20... Qa7 $5 21. Qxf4 Bxe6 22. Nd6 $44) 21. Rxe5 Bxg2 $1 22. Kxg2 Rd4 23. Qe7
Qc6+ 24. f3 Rg4+ 25. Kf2 Rxc4 $36) 19... h6 20. Re2 Bc6 (20... Bd5 21. Ne5 Bxe5
22. Bxe5 $14) (20... Bg5 21. Qf2) 21. a4 Qb8 22. Rae1 {why to give the "a"
pawn??} (22. b3) 22... Bxa4 23. Rxe6 Bg5 $2 {this move I can not understand,
why not to take simply the pawn on "c2"??} (23... Bxc2 24. Ne5 (24. Be5 Qb4 (
24... Bxe5 $6 25. Nxe5 $36)) 24... Bxe5 25. R6xe5 (25. Bxe5 Qb4) 25... Qb6 26.
Re7 Rxe7 27. Rxe7 Rf7 $10) 24. Qf2 $16 {so now it is impossible to take the
"c2" pawn!} Bb5 (24... Bf4 25. Ne5) 25. Nb6 Rd6 26. Qxc5 Rxe6 27. Rxe6 Qf4 28.
Nd5 $5 (28. Re1 $16) 28... Qc1+ 29. Re1 Qxc2 30. Qd4 (30. Nc7 $5 Bh4 31. g3 Bf6
32. Nxb5 axb5 33. Qxb5 Bxc3 34. Qc4+) 30... Rf7 $2 {decisive mistake,black had
to play 30... Bf6 since now he allowes white to win a tempi by h4 which gives
space to white's king and ends the game} (30... Bf6 31. Nxf6+ Rxf6 32. Qd5+ Rf7
33. h3 $16) 31. h4 $1 $18 Bf6 32. Nxf6+ gxf6 (32... Rxf6 33. Re7 $18) 33. Qd8+
Kg7 (33... Rf8 34. Qd5+ Kg7 35. Re7+ Kg6 36. Qd6 $18) 34. Re7 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+
36. Kh3 (36. Kh3 Qc4 37. Bxf6+ Kxf6 38. Rc7+) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Saltaev, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Ng6 10. f4 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd2 Nxd4 $146 13. cxd4 f5 14. d5 (
14. exf5 Nh4 (14... exf5) 15. fxe6 Nxg2 {this leads to a force draw,15...Bxg2
is interesting} (15... Bxg2 16. Rf2 Bh3 17. exd7 Qxd7 $44) 16. Qh5 g6 (16... h6
$4 17. Qg6) 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. Qh6+ $11) (14. e5 Bb4 $1 {[%cal
Gg6e7,Gb4a5,Ga5b6,Ge7d5]}) 14... fxe4 (14... Qc7 $5) 15. Bxe4 (15. dxe6 d5 16.
Nb3 Bd6 17. g3 (17. f5 Ne5 {[%cal Ge5c4]}) 17... Qe7 $36 {[%csl Re6]}) 15...
Bxd5 (15... exd5 16. Qb3) 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Nb3 {I am not sure about this move,
since as we will see in some variations the knight is not placed good at all
on "b3" and should stay on "f3" that's why Iwant to start with 17.f5} (17. f5
$142 Ne5 (17... Nh4 18. Nb3 $14) 18. Nf3 $5 (18. Nb3 Kh8 19. Qxd5 Ng4 (19...
Nc4) 20. Bd4 Qc7 $132) 18... Nxf3+ (18... Ng4 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Bd4 $14) 19.
Qxf3 Bf6 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 $11 {/+/=}) 17... Kh8 18. Qxd5 Bf6 19. Nc5 (19. Bd4 $5)
19... Bxb2 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Qb3 $6 {this allowes black a nice tactical idea,
better was 21.Rf3} (21. Rf3 Nh4 (21... Rfd8 $5) 22. Rh3 Nf5 23. Bf2 $36) 21...
Nxf4 $1 22. Rfe1 (22. Rf2 $142 {this may lead to a draw} Be5 23. Nxd7 Rf5 24.
Qc2 Qe6 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Rdf1 g5 27. Bc1 (27. Bd4 $2 Ne2+ $1 28. Qxe2 Qxd4 $17
) 27... Qc5 $1 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 29. Bxf4 gxf4 30. Rxf4 $11) 22... Nxg2 $4 {
unbelieveable! why,what for,what happened...after 22...Be5 it seems black is
simply better and after the movein the game simply losing} (22... Be5 23. Nxd7
Rfe8 24. Bxf4 Bd4+ 25. Kf1 Qxd7 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Qd3 Rd8 $17) 23. Kxg2 Qf6
24. Qd5 Rae8 (24... Rad8) 25. Nxd7 Qg6+ 26. Kh1 {the game is over here} Rf5 27.
Qg2 Qf7 28. Bg1 Bc3 (28... Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Qxd7 30. Qa8+) 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Nc5
h6 31. Nxa6 Qc8 32. Rd6 b4 33. Rc6 Qe8 34. Nc7 Qf7 35. Ne6 Qd7 36. Ra6 Kh7 37.
Nc5 Qd1 {and black resigned here,not waiting to Qg6 by white} 1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Juniors 1st"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 d5 6. e5 Bd7 7. Ba4 c4 8. Re1
Ng6 9. Bc2 Bc5 10. d4 cxd3 11. Qxd3 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Qxd5 Qb6 14. Qd2 Nge5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. b4 Bd6 17. Qe2 O-O-O 18. Nd2 Rhg8 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4+ Qc6
21. Qxc6+ Bxc6 22. g3 Be5 23. Bb3 Rge8 24. Rb1 Bxc3 25. Rxe6 Be4 26. Rxe8 Rxe8
27. Bf7 Bxb1 28. Bxe8 Bxa2 29. Ba3 Bc4 30. Ba4 b5 31. Bc2 h6 32. f3 Kd7 33. h4
Ke7 34. g4 Be1 35. h5 Kf7 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. f4 Bd5+ 38. Kh3 Be6 39. Bd3 Bd7 40.
Bc2 a5 41. bxa5 Bxa5 42. Bb2 Bd2 43. Kg3 Be8 44. Kf3 Bc6+ 45. Be4 Bd7 46. Bd5
b4 47. Bb3 Bc6+ 48. Kg3 Be4 49. Bd4 Be1+ 50. Kh3 Bc3 51. Be3 Bh7 52. f5 Bg8 53.
Bxh6+ Kh7 54. Bxg8+ Kxg8 {[#] Merkwürdiger Vorgang. Schwarz verschmäht das
klare Remis und überzieht.} 55. Bc1 b3 56. Kh4 (56. g5 $2 fxg5 57. Kg4 Kh7 58.
f6 (58. Kxg5 Bd2+ $19) 58... Bxf6 59. Kf5 Bc3 60. Kg4 Bd2 61. Bb2 Kh6 62. Ba3
Bc3 63. Bf8+ Bg7 64. Ba3 b2 $19) 56... Kf7 $6 (56... b2 57. Bxb2 Bxb2 58. g5
$11) 57. Ba3 Bd2 58. Bb2 Bf4 59. Ba3 Ke8 60. Bb2 Ke7 61. Ba3+ Bd6 62. Bb2 Bf4
63. Ba3+ Kf7 64. Bb2 Bg5+ $2 {Schwarz überzieht!} (64... Kg7 65. Kh3 $2 (65.
Ba3 Kh7 66. Bb2 Be5 67. Bc1 $11) 65... Be5 $1 $19) 65. Kg3 Ke7 66. Kf3 Kd6 67.
Ke4 Kc5 68. Kd3 Kd5 69. Bd4 Kc6 70. Kc4 Kd6 71. Bc3 Ke7 (71... Kc6 72. Kxb3 Kd5
73. Kc2 Ke4 74. Bd2 Kf3 75. Bxg5 Kxg4 76. Bxf6 Kxf5 77. Be7 $18) 72. Kxb3 {
Der Rest ist Technik} Kf7 73. Kc4 Bf4 74. Kd5 Bc1 75. Bd4 Bf4 76. Ke4 Bg5 77.
Be3 Bh4 78. Kd5 Bg3 79. h6 Bc7 80. Bd4 Bf4 81. h7 Kg7 82. Bxf6+ Kxh7 83. g5 Kg8
84. Ke6 Bc1 85. g6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Minasian, Ara"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1996.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. exd6 e6 8. O-O
Bxd6 9. d4 O-O 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Ne4 Nc7 13. Be2 f6 14. Nd6 Ne8
15. Nxe8 Bxe8 16. Bc4 Bf7 17. Qe2 Qc8 18. Rfe1 e5 19. Rad1 Qg4 20. Bxf7+ Rxf7
21. h3 Qe6 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Rff8 24. Qe4 Rac8 25. c4 Bc5 26. Qd5 Qxd5 27.
Rxd5 Rfd8 28. Red1 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Rc7 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke2 Ke6 32. Rd8 Rd7 33.
Rxd7 Kxd7 {[#] Gehemmte bzw. teilblockierte Mehrheiten auf den Flügeln.  Weiß
erhält einen entfernten Freibauern auf Kosten eines schlechten Läufers.
Schwawrze Bauernsperre im Zentzrum  ==> Remis} 34. f3 Bd6 35. Bc3 h5 36. b4 b6
37. Kd3 f5 38. a4 g6 39. Bd2 a6 40. Kc3 Kc6 41. Be3 b5 42. cxb5+ axb5 43. a5
Be7 44. a6 Bh4 45. Bc5 Be1+ 46. Kd3 Bg3 47. Ke2 Bf4 48. Kf2 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta Gunadarma"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lioe, Dede"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "206"]
[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. e4 {Endspiel-CD} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7.
Nbd2 O-O 8. c3 Bd7 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh3 Ne5 12. Nc4 Nxc4 13. dxc4 Bc6
14. Nf4 Rad8 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. b4 b6 17. Bb2 Nd7 18. b5 Bb7 19. Rad1 {[#]} a6 $1
{Schwäche c4} 20. a4 Ra8 21. Bc1 axb5 22. axb5 Ra4 23. Bh3 Bf8 24. Qc2 Ra7 (
24... Rxc4 25. Bf1) 25. Nd3 Rea8 26. f4 Ra2 27. Nb2 Rd8 28. Bg2 Be7 29. Rd3 e5
30. f5 Bg5 31. Bf3 Bxc1 32. Qxc1 Nf6 33. g4 Qe7 34. Nd1 Rda8 35. Nf2 Ne8 36.
Rd2 R2a4 37. Bd1 Ra1 38. Qc2 Qh4 39. Kg2 h5 40. h3 Nf6 41. Re3 Qg5 42. Qd3 hxg4
43. hxg4 R1a2 44. Bf3 Ra1 45. Nh3 Qh4 46. Nf2 Qh6 47. Ree2 Ne8 48. Re3 Rc1 49.
Rd1 Rxd1 50. Bxd1 Ra2 51. Re2 Ra3 52. Qe3 Qxe3 53. Rxe3 Nf6 54. Kf1 Kf8 55. Ke1
Ra2 56. Bf3 Nh7 57. Be2 Ng5 58. Bd3 Ke7 59. Kf1 Kf6 60. Kg2 Ra1 61. Nh3 Ra2+
62. Nf2 Ke7 63. Kg3 f6 64. Re1 Ra3 65. Nd1 Ra1 66. Kf2 Nxe4+ 67. Bxe4 Bxe4 68.
Rxe4 Rxd1 69. Ke2 Rg1 70. Kf2 Rc1 71. Re3 Rd1 72. Rh3 d5 73. Rh7 Kf7 74. Ke2
Rg1 75. cxd5 Rxg4 76. Rh8 Ke7 77. Rb8 Kd6 78. Rd8+ Kc7 79. Re8 Rf4 80. Re6 Rxf5
81. Rc6+ Kb7 82. d6 e4 83. Ke3 Re5 84. c4 Re8 85. Rc7+ Kb8 86. Rxg7 Rd8 87. d7
Kc7 88. Kxe4 Rxd7 89. Rxd7+ Kxd7 90. Kd5 Ke7 91. Kc6 f5 92. Kxb6 f4 93. Ka7 f3
94. b6 f2 95. b7 f1=Q 96. b8=Q Qxc4 {[#]_|_ Hecht Remis lt. Endspiel-CD
Lehrreiches Elementarendspiel durch die Kontrolle der guten und schlechten
Züge mit der Endspiel-CD} (96... Qa1+ 97. Kb7 Qb2+ 98. Kc8 Qxb8+ 99. Kxb8 Kd6
100. Kb7 Ke5 $2 101. Kc6 Kd4 102. Kb5 $18) 97. Qe5+ Kd7 {[%cal Ge5g7,Rd7c6,
Rc6b5,Gg7b7]} 98. Qf5+ $2 {Verliert in 50 Zügen lt. Endspiel-CD} (98. Qg7+ $1
$11 Kc6 99. Qb7+ $1) (98. Kb7 $11 {Endspiel-CD}) (98. Kb6 $11 {Endspiel-CD})
98... Kc6 99. Qg6+ Kb5 100. Qe8+ Kb4 $2 (100... Ka5 $1 $19 {Endspiel-CD}) 101.
Kb6 $1 $11 Qf1 102. Qe7 (102. Qc6 $11) (102. Qe5 $11) 102... Qb5+ 103. Ka7 $2 {
Verliert in 43 Zügen lt. Endspiel-CD} (103. Kc7 $1 $11) (103. Kc7 $11 {
Endspiel-CD} Ka4 104. Qf6 (104. Qe5 $11) (104. Qg7 $4 Qd3 105. Qa1+ Kb3 $19)
104... Qd3 105. Qc6+ Kb4 106. Qb6+ $11) 103... Ka4 $19 {.. weitere Züge fehlen
leider. Tip: Behelfen Sie sich doch mit der Endspiel-CD!} 0-1

[Event "Olomouc After GP Mladi"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kalod, Radek"]
[Black "Oral, Tomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1997.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 (5. Bd3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nd5 Nf6
8. g4 Bg6 9. Qc2 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Qf6 11. dxc6 Qxf3 12. cxb7 Qxh1+ 13. Ke2 Rd8 14.
Qa4+ Ke7 15. Qc6 Kf6 16. Bc2 Qxh3 17. Qc8 Kg5 18. d4+ Kh4 19. Qxd8+ {1-0
Stanley,C-Saint Amant,P/New York m 1852/HCL 34}) (5. d3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. a3 (7.
h4 h5 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Bh6 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. b4 Bxf3
14. Bxf3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Rc8 16. bxc5 Rxc5 17. O-O Rh7 18. d4 Rcc7 19. Rac1 Qc8
20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Be2 a6 22. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Birke,A-Becker,M/OLO-A 1995/GER 11})
7... Nge7 8. Rb1 O-O 9. b4 h6 10. Be3 b6 11. Qc1 Kh7 12. h3 f5 13. Nd5 Bd7 14.
Nh2 Rc8 15. b5 Nd4 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. O-O Be6 19. exf5 gxf5 {
Gunawan,R-Kurajica,B/Surakarta/Denpasar 1982/MCD-r8/0-1 (31)}) 5... Be7 6. Bg2
f5 7. d3 Nf6 8. Nh4 fxe4 9. dxe4 Nd4 10. Nf5 O-O 11. Ne3 a6 12. O-O Rb8 13. b3
b5 14. Bb2 Be6 15. Rb1 Nd7 16. Ncd5 Nb6 17. Bc3 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. Be4 g6
20. f3 b4 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Ng2 Bh3 23. Qd3 Kg7 24. Nf4 Rxf4 25. gxf4 Qf8 26.
Rfe1 Qxf4 27. Kh1 Bf6 28. Re2 Be5 29. Rg1 Kh8 30. Qd2 Qxd2 31. Rxd2 Bf4 32. Re2
Re8 33. Rge1 Be3 34. Rxe3 dxe3 35. Rxe3 Kg7 36. Kg1 Kf6 37. Kf2 a5 38. Re1 Bd7
39. Ke3 a4 40. bxa4 Bxa4 41. Kd2 Bd7 42. Re3 Ra8 43. Bb1 g5 44. Kc1 h5 45. Kd2
Ra3 46. Rxa3 bxa3 47. Ke3 Bf5 48. Bxf5 Kxf5 {A win for Black owing to his
space advantage and active king, as well as to zugzwang. [#] Gewiin für
Schwarz infolge Raumvorteil, aktivem König sowie Zugzwang.} 49. Kf2 (49. h3 Ke5
50. Kd3 Kf4 51. Ke2 Kg3 $19) 49... Kf4 50. Ke2 h4 51. Kf2 g4 52. fxg4 Kxg4 53.
Kg2 h3+ 54. Kf2 Kf4 55. Ke2 Ke4 56. Kf2 (56. Kd2 Kd4 $19 (56... Kf3 $2 57. Kd3
Kg2 58. Ke2 Kxh2 59. Kf2 Kh1 60. Kf1 $11)) 56... Kd4 57. Kg3 Kc3 (57... Kxc4
58. Kxh3 Kd3 $1 $19 (58... Kxd5 $5 59. Kg4 c4 60. Kf3 Ke5 61. Ke3 d5 62. h4 d4+
$19 (62... Kf5 63. Kd4 Kg4 64. Kc3 Kxh4 65. Kb4 Kg3 66. Kxa3 d4 67. Kb4 d3 68.
Kc3 Kf4 69. Kd2 Ke4 $19))) 58. Kxh3 Kb2 59. Kg4 Kxa2 60. h4 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.11.24"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Seul, Georg"]
[Black "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[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 "Castrop Rauxel"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Bd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Rc8 14. Qd3 Qa5
15. a4 Rfd8 16. Bd2 Be8 17. Qe2 b6 18. Reb1 Bf6 19. h4 Ne7 20. Ng5 Nf5 21. Ne4
Be7 22. h5 Nd6 23. h6 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 g6 25. Bd3 Qd5 26. Be4 Qc4 27. Bd3 Qc7 28.
Re1 Bc6 29. Bf4 Bd6 30. Bxd6 Qxd6 31. Be4 Qf8 32. Bxc6 Rxc6 33. Qe3 Rdc8 34.
Rab1 Rc4 35. a5 bxa5 36. Rb7 Qa3 37. Qf4 R4c7 38. Rxc7 Rxc7 39. Rb1 Rc8 40. Rb7
Qf8 41. Qf6 Ra8 42. c4 a4 43. c5 a3 44. Rb3 Qxh6 45. Rb7 Qf8 46. d5 exd5 47. c6
a2 48. Qb2 Qc8 49. Qxa2 Qxc6 50. Rxa7 Rxa7 51. Qxa7 Qe6 52. Qb8+ Kg7 53. Qb2+
Qf6 54. Qe2 Qd4 55. Qe7 Qe4 56. Qc5 d4 57. Kh2 h5 58. Kg1 d3 59. Qc3+ Kh7 60.
Qb3 Qf5 61. Kf1 Qd7 62. Qd1 d2 63. Ke2 Qg4+ 64. Kxd2 Qxd1+ 65. Kxd1 {[#]
Standard bei "3-2 Bauern auf einem Flügel" ist üblicherweise der Gewinn. Zu
vermeiden sind unmotivierter Bauerntausch oder etwa Lollis Remisposition (wKf3,
Bg3; sKg5,Bh5,f5). Der Gewinn wird üblicherweise durch Zugzwang (Opposition)
oder Umgehung herbeigeführt.} g5 66. Ke2 Kg6 67. Ke3 Kf5 68. Kf3 Ke5 (68... h4
69. gxh4 gxh4 70. Kg2 Kg4 71. Kh2 h3 (71... f5 72. Kg2 f4 $4 73. f3+ $11) 72.
Kg1 Kf3 73. Kh2 Kxf2 74. Kxh3 f5 $19) 69. Ke3 h4 70. Kf3 h3 71. g4 h2 72. Kg2
Kf4 73. Kxh2 Kxg4 74. Kg2 Kf4 75. Kg1 Kf3 76. Kf1 f6 0-1

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Endspiel-CD} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7.
Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 Ng6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. Nf3
O-O 14. Be3 Rad8 15. Kh1 Qb8 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nf3 Bc7 18. Qe2 Qb7 19. Bd2 e5 20.
Bb3 d5 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. a4 Rfe8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Be3 e4 26. Nd4
b4 27. Qb5 Qd6 28. g3 bxc3 29. bxc3 Re5 30. Qb7 Rb8 31. Qc6 Qd8 32. Qc4 Rh5 33.
Nc6 Qf6 34. Qxe4 Rc8 35. Bd4 Qg5 36. Ne7+ Nxe7 37. Qxe7 Qg4 38. Qe4 Qh3 39. Qg2
Qg4 40. Ra8 Kh7 41. Rxc8 Qxc8 42. Qe4+ Qf5 43. Kg2 Bd6 44. c4 Qxe4+ 45. Rxe4
Ra5 46. Bb6 Ra8 47. c5 Bf8 48. c6 Rc8 49. c7 Bd6 50. Rc4 Kg8 51. Rd4 Bxc7 52.
Rc4 Bxb6 53. Rxc8+ {HechT: 3-3 Bauern am K-Flügel ist theoretisch gewonnen.
Technik. Gute schwarze Defensivstellung: B auf f7,g6,h5 - Weiße Ideen:
Zersplitterung und/oder festlegen der Bauern auf L-Farbe, Umgehung, Zugzwang}
Kh7 54. Rc6 Bd4 55. Rd6 Bc5 (55... Bc3 56. g4 g5 (56... g6 57. Rd5 Bf6 58. Kg3
Kg7 59. h4 $18) 57. Rc6 Bd4 58. f3 $18 {[%csl Rf7,Rh6][%cal Yg2f1,Yf1e2,Ye2d3,
Yd3e4,Ye4d5,Yd5d6,Yd7e8,Yd6d7]}) 56. Rd5 Bb6 $2 (56... Bb4) 57. h4 g6 58. h5 $1
gxh5 (58... Kg7 59. hxg6 fxg6 60. Rd7+ Kg8 61. Rd6 $18) 59. Rxh5 Kg6 60. g4 Bc7
61. Kf3 Bb6 62. Rf5 Bd4 63. Ke4 Bc3 64. Rd5 Be1 65. Ke3 Bc3 66. Kf4 Be1 67.
Rd6+ Kg7 68. Ke3 Bc3 69. Rc6 Bf6 70. Ke4 Bh4 71. f3 Bf6 72. Kd5 Bh4 73. Kd6 Kg6
74. Rc5 Bf2 75. Rf5 Be3 76. Kd7 Bg5 77. Rb5 Kg7 78. Ke8 Kg6 79. Rd5 f5 80. Rxf5
h5 81. f4 Bh6 82. Rxh5 Bxf4 {Das ist leicht gewonnen für Weiß. Aufpassen muß
man bei N-oder R-Bauern.} 83. Rf5 Bc1 84. Ke7 Kg7 85. Ke6 Kg6 86. Rf8 Be3 (
86... Kg7 $142 {Endspiel-CD}) 87. Rg8+ Kh7 88. Kf7 Kh6 89. Kf6 (89. Rg6+ {
Endspiel-CD} Kh7 90. g5 {/\Rh6#}) 89... Bd4+ 90. Kf7 Be3 91. g5+ $1 (91. g5+ {
Endspiel-CD} Bxg5 92. Rh8#) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Zueger, Beat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nd5
Nf6 9. c3 O-O 10. a3 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 a5 12. a4 Rb8 13. g4 Bg6 14. Be3 Kh8 15. Kg2
f6 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. Nh4 Be8 18. Nf5 Bd8 19. f4 Ne7 20. Nxe7 Bxe7 21. c4 exf4 22.
Bxf4 Bc6 23. Qc2 Qd7 24. b3 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rbe8 26. Rae1 Bd8 27. Qf2 Kg8 28. Bg3
Bc7 29. Qf3 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Re8 31. Re6 Rxe6 32. dxe6 Qxe6 33. Qxb7 Qe2+ 34. Bf2
Qe7 35. Qd5+ Kf8 36. d4 cxd4 37. Bxd4 Qe2+ 38. Bf2 Ke7 39. Qc6 Kd8 40. Qd5 Ke7
41. Kg1 Qc2 42. c5 Qc1+ 43. Kg2 Qc2 44. Qc6 Kd8 45. Qd5 Ke7 46. Kf3 Qc3+ 47.
Be3 Qc2 48. c6 Kf8 49. Bf2 Qc3+ 50. Kg2 Qc2 51. Kf3 Qc3+ 52. Be3 Qc2 53. h4 g6
54. h5 Qc3 55. Kf2 Qc2+ 56. Kg3 Qc3 57. Kf2 Qc2+ 58. Kg3 Qc3 59. Kf3 Ke7 60.
Kf2 Qc2+ 61. Kf3 Qc3 62. Ke2 Qb2+ 63. Kd3 Qb1+ 64. Ke2 Qb2+ 65. Kd1 Qa1+ 66.
Bc1 Qc3 67. Qg8 Qf3+ 68. Kc2 Qxc6+ 69. Kb2 gxh5 70. Qxh7+ Kd8 71. gxh5 d5 72.
Qc2 Be5+ 73. Kb1 Qb6 74. Qd3 Qe6 75. h6 f5 76. h7 {[#] Weiß hatte sich nach
langer Lavierphase diese vielversprechende Stellung verschafft.} Bf6 (76... Ke7
{war angezeigt}) 77. Bg5 (77. Bd2 $1 {war stark}) 77... Qe1+ 78. Ka2 {[%mdl
12288] Kann ein gefesselter Läufer a1 decken. Ja, er kann; deshalb wartete
Weiß das fatale Da1# gar nicht mehr ab.} 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Targoviste"]
[Date "2001.12.06"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vasiesiu, Dan"]
[Black "Tugui, Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2001.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bd6 6. Nbd2 Ne7 7. Nc4 Ng6 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 b6 10. h4 Bc7 11. h5 Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. h6 g6 14. O-O-O b5
15. Qc3 f6 16. Ncd2 Qe7 17. d4 c4 18. d5 Bb7 19. Rhe1 Rfe8 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21.
Nd4 Bd7 22. Nxc4 Rac8 23. Nd2 a5 24. N2f3 a4 25. Qd3 Red8 26. Nxb5 Be6 27. Qa3
Qxa3 28. Nxa3 Bxa2 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Rd1 Be7 31. Rd7 Bf8 32. Ra7 Bc4 33. Nxc4
Rxc4 34. Nd2 Bxh6 35. f3 Rc5 36. Rxa4 Rg5 37. b4 Bf8 38. c4 h5 39. b5 Bc5 40.
Nb3 Be3+ 41. Kb1 Rxg2 42. c5 Rg5 43. Rc4 h4 44. b6 h3 45. b7 h2 46. b8=Q+ Kg7
47. Qc7+ Kh6 48. Qd8 Rh5 49. Qd1 {Es konnte weiter vom Leder gezogen werden} (
49. c6 h1=Q+ 50. Kb2 Rh2+ 51. Ka3 Qg2 52. c7 Qa2+ 53. Kb4 Rb2 54. Qf8+ Kg5 (
54... Kh7 55. Qh8+ Kxh8 56. c8=Q+ Kg7 57. Rc7+ Kh6 58. Qh3+ Kg5 59. Qg4+ Kh6
60. Qh4#) 55. Rc5+ Bxc5+ 56. Qxc5+ Kh4 57. Qc4 Rxb3+ 58. Qxb3 Qa6 59. Kc5 $18)
49... h1=Q 50. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 51. Kc2 Rh2+ (51... Kg7 $142 52. c6 Rh8 53. c7 Rc8)
52. Kd3 Rb2 53. Nd4 Bxd4 (53... Rd2+ 54. Kc3 Rd1 55. c6 Bxd4+ 56. Kc2 $1 Ra1
57. Rxd4 Ra8 $16 {ist näher zu prüfen}) 54. Kxd4 {Damit ist unser Thema
erschöpft.} Rd2+ 55. Kc3 Rd8 56. Rd4 Rc8 57. Kc4 Kg5 58. Rd6 Kh4 59. Rxf6 g5
60. Rg6 Kg3 61. Rxg5+ Kxf3 62. Kd4 Re8 63. e5 Rd8+ 64. Kc4 Ke4 65. e6 Re8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Kogan, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qc7 9. Re1 Bd6 10. h3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Be5 12. Qd3 b5 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 Bb7
15. Bd2 Rc8 16. c3 Qc4 17. Qxc4 Rxc4 18. f3 bxc3 19. Bxc3 Bxc3 20. Nxc3 Ke7 21.
a5 Rb4 22. Re2 Rc8 23. Ra3 Rc5 24. Kf2 f5 25. Na2 Rbc4 26. b4 Re5 27. Rc3 Rd4
28. Ke3 Rd1 29. Rc5 Rxc5 30. bxc5 {TS-TL: guter L, Taktik} Kf6 (30... fxe4 31.
fxe4 Bc6 $10) 31. exf5 Kxf5 32. Rb2 Bc6 33. Nb4 Bb5 34. Nc2 Ke5 $2 (34... Rd3+
35. Kf2 e5 $17 {xa5, xc5}) 35. Rxb5 $1 Rd5 (35... axb5 36. a6 $18) 36. f4+ Kf6
37. Nb4 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9798 8th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1998.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1997.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 h6 6. Nd2 Be7 7. Nf1 Bg5 8. Ne3
Nge7 9. Qh5 g6 10. Qd1 Nd4 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 Kg7 13. Ned5 Nec6 14. b4 Be6 15.
b5 Nb8 16. Ne2 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Nd7 18. c3 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Nb6 20. Qa2 Nxc4 21.
Qxc4 f5 22. f3 Rc8 23. Qa4 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qb6 25. c4 Ra8 26. Rb1 Qd8 27. Qc2 Qf6
28. Qd2 g5 29. a4 h5 30. Rf2 Qg6 31. Rbf1 Rf7 32. Kh1 Re7 33. Qe2 Kf7 34. Qd2
Kg8 35. Re2 Qf6 36. Rfe1 Rae8 37. Qa5 b6 38. Qc3 Kf7 39. Kg1 g4 40. Kh1 gxf3
41. gxf3 Qh4 42. Rg1 Rg8 43. Rxg8 Kxg8 44. Rg2+ Rg7 45. Qd2 Kf7 46. Rxg7+ Kxg7
47. Kg2 Kg6 48. Qe3 Qg5+ 49. Kf2 Qxe3+ 50. Kxe3 {[#] Raumvorteil für Schwarz
und Zugzwangmotive. Übergamg in ein klar gewonnenes Damenendpiel.} Kg5 51. h3
h4 (51... Kh4 $2 52. f4 $1 exf4+ (52... Kg3 53. fxe5 f4+ 54. Kd2) 53. Kxf4 Kxh3
54. Kxf5 h4 55. Ke6 Kg4 56. Kxd6 h3 57. Kc7 h2 58. d6 h1=Q 59. d7 Qh7 60. Kc8
Qf5 61. Kc7 Qf7 62. Kc8 Qe6 63. Kc7 Qe7 64. Kc8 Kf3 65. d8=Q Qxd8+ 66. Kxd8 Ke3
67. Kc7 Kxd3 68. Kb7) 52. f4+ (52. Ke2 Kf4 53. Kf2 e4 $19) 52... exf4+ 53. Kf3
Kg6 54. Kxf4 Kf6 55. Kf3 Ke5 56. Ke3 f4+ 57. Kf3 Kd4 58. Kxf4 Kxd3 59. Kf5 Kxc4
60. Ke6 Kb3 61. Kxd6 c4 62. Ke6 c3 63. d6 c2 64. d7 c1=Q 65. d8=Q Qe3+ 66. Kf6
Qxh3 $19 67. Qd1+ Kb4 68. Qd4+ Ka5 69. Qd2+ Kxa4 70. Qd4+ Kxb5 71. Qd5+ Kb4 72.
Qd4+ Kb3 73. Qd5+ Kc3 74. Qe5+ Kd3 75. Qd5+ Ke2 76. Qa2+ Kf1 77. Qc4+ Kg2 (
77... Kg2 78. Qa2+ Kg1 79. Qxa7 Qe3 80. Kf5 h3 81. Kg4 h2 82. Qa1+ Kf2 83. Qf6+
Kg2 84. Qc6+ (84. Qb2+ Qf2 $19) 84... Kg1 $19) 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.01.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Marcelin, Cyril"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "216"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Noyon"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. Ng5 e5 8.
O-O h6 9. Nh3 g5 10. f3 d6 11. Nf2 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nd2 Bg7 14. Nde4 O-O
15. Be3 Nd5 16. a3 a5 17. a4 Nf4 18. Qe1 Bg6 19. Rb1 Ne6 20. b3 Qe7 21. Nd2 d5
22. Nh1 Rf7 23. Bf2 Qb7 24. Bg3 Re8 25. Nf2 h5 26. h3 Qb6 27. Bh2 Rfe7 28. Kh1
Nf4 29. Bg1 Qd8 30. Qe3 Qd6 31. Rbd1 Bf8 32. Qe1 Rh7 33. Nb1 Qd8 34. Nc3 Bd6
35. Ne2 Bf5 36. Ne4 dxe4 37. dxe4 Be6 38. Nxf4 gxf4 39. Bxc5 Rd7 40. Rxd6 Rxd6
41. Bxd6 Qxd6 42. Qxa5 c5 43. Ra1 Re7 44. Qe1 Rg7 45. Rd1 Qe7 46. Qd2 Kh7 47.
Qd8 Qf7 48. Qh4 Qg6 49. Rd2 c4 50. bxc4 Bxc4 51. a5 Bf1 52. Qf2 Qa6 53. Qb6 Qc8
54. Kg1 Qc3 55. Rf2 Bc4 56. Kh2 Qe3 57. Kg1 Qxb6 58. axb6 Rb7 59. Rd2 Rxb6 60.
h4 Rb2 61. Kf2 Ra2 62. Kg1 Kg7 63. Rd7+ Kf6 64. Rc7 Ra4 65. Rb7 Be6 66. Rb6 Rd4
67. Ra6 Rc4 68. Ra5 Rxc2 69. Rb5 Bd7 70. Ra5 Ke6 71. Ra6+ Bc6 72. Ra7 Kd6 73.
Rh7 Be8 74. Rh6+ Ke7 75. Rb6 Rc1+ 76. Kh2 Rc7 77. Ra6 Bc6 78. Rb6 Kd6 79. Rb8
Ke7 80. Rb6 Rc8 81. Ra6 Kd6 82. Ra7 Rc7 83. Ra5 Re7 84. Kg1 Rb7 85. Kh2 Rb5 86.
Ra7 Bb7 87. Ra2 Kc5 88. Rd2 Kc4 89. Rd6 Rb2 90. Kg1 Rb1+ 91. Kh2 Rb2 92. Kg1
Ra2 93. Rh6 Kd4 94. Rxh5 Ra6 95. Rh7 Bxe4 96. fxe4 Kxe4 {[#] 2-2 Bauern auf
einem Flügel mit wesentlich besserer schwarzer Königsstellung - und starker
Zeitnot beiderseits, die eine klare Endspielführung verhindert, was viele Züge
beweisen.} 97. h5 Ke3 98. h6 {Ist suspekt. Stellungsgerecht sieht Kh2 aus.} e4
(98... Ra1+ 99. Kh2 Kf2 100. Rh8 Ra6 101. Kh3 e4 102. Kg4 e3 103. Kxf4 e2 104.
Re8 $11) 99. Rh8 Re6 100. Kf1 Rg6 101. Rh7 Ra6 102. Kg1 Ke2 103. Rf7 $2 (103.
Re7 $1 e3 104. h7 $11) 103... Rxh6 104. Rxf4 e3 105. Ra4 Rd6 106. g4 (106. Kh2
Kf1 107. g4 e2 108. Rf4+ Ke1 109. Kg3 Rd3+ 110. Kh4 Kd2 111. Rf2 Kd1 112. Rxe2
Kxe2 113. g5 Kf3 114. Kh5 Kf4 $19) 106... Kf3 107. Ra8 Rd4 $19 {[#] Das
nächste Zugpaar kann nicht erklärt werden, außer dass -offenbar unter starkem
Zeitdruck - Lautier in Erwartung von Tf8+ automatisch den König angefasst hat,
und ihn dann auch bewegen musste.} ({Einfacher war} 107... Rd1+ 108. Kh2 e2
109. Re8 e1=Q 110. Rxe1 Rxe1 $19) 108. Kf1 $4 Kxg4 $4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 1st"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Be7 7. Be2 Nd4 8. b4 b6
9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Rb1 h6 12. Be3 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15.
bxc5 bxc5 16. Rb7 a6 17. Rfb1 Re8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bd2 Bf8 20. Kg2 Re7 21. R7b3
Re8 22. Rb7 Re7 23. R7b3 Re8 24. Nh2 Ra7 25. Nf1 Nh7 26. Nd5 Nf6 27. Nfe3 Nxd5
28. cxd5 f6 29. Nc4 Qd7 30. Qd1 Kh7 31. Rb6 Rc8 32. f4 Be8 33. Qf3 Kg8 34. fxe5
fxe5 35. Rb8 Qd8 36. Rxc8 Qxc8 37. Rb6 Rb7 38. Rxd6 Bb5 39. Re6 Bxc4 40. dxc4
Rb2 41. Qc3 Qb8 42. d6 Rb3 43. Qxe5 Rd3 44. Be1 Rxd6 45. Rxd6 Bxd6 46. Qd5+ {
[#] Weißer Spielplan: Raumgewinn am Königsflügel, Vorrücken des e-Freibauern,
Benutzen der Stützpunkte d5, f5, d7, f7. Taktik: Königsangriff, Fesselung} Kh7
47. Bf2 ({Folgerichtiger erscheint} 47. Bc3 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Re4e5,Re5e6]})
47... Qc7 48. Qe6 Bf8 {Alternativen:} (48... Qe7 $5 {um nach Damentausch mit
dem König nach e6 zu gehen.}) (48... g6 49. Bh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4f6,Re4e5]}) 49. h4
(49. Qxa6 Qe5 50. Qc6 Bd6 $132) (49. Qf5+ Kg8 50. Qd5+ Kh7 51. e5 {ähnlich wie
in der Partie}) 49... Qd8 50. Qd5 Qe8 51. e5 Qg6 52. Qf3 Kg8 53. Qd5+ Kh8 54.
Qf3 Kg8 55. Qf5 Qc6+ 56. Kg1 Be7 57. e6 Qd6 58. Kg2 Kh8 59. g5 Qc6+ 60. Qd5 Qe8
61. Qd7 Qf8 62. gxh6 (62. g6 $5 Qa8+ 63. Qd5 Qf8 64. h5 Qc8 65. Bg3 Qf8 66. a4
$18 {im Anakondastil}) 62... gxh6 63. Bg3 Kg8 64. a4 h5 (64... Qf6 $142) 65.
Qd5 Qe8 66. Qf5 {Die große Anzahl schwacher schwarzer Felder in der Nähe des
Königs und im Zentrum wirkt entscheidend.} Qc6+ 67. Kh2 $5 Qe8 68. Kg2 Bf8 (
68... Qc6+ 69. Kf2 Qe8 70. Ke3 $18) 69. Be5 Bh6 70. Kh3 Bf8 71. Qf6 Kh7 72.
Qh8+ Kg6 73. Qg8+ Kf5 74. Bd6 1-0

[Event "NED-chT 0102 playoff"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2002.05.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Van Haastert, Edwin"]
[Black "Hoffmann, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2002.05.09"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Leiden LSG"]
[BlackTeam "ING/ESGOO Enschede"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. d4
Bd7 9. Re1 Qh5 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. Ne4 Qa5 13. Nfg5 Rd8 14. Bc2 h6
15. Nh3 Bc8 16. Qe2 Be7 17. Ng3 Nh4 18. Nh5 g6 19. Ng3 Kf8 20. Nf4 Kg7 21. Nd3
Qc7 22. Bf4 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Qg4 Nf5 25. Nf4 Rd2 26. Re2 Ne5 27. Nxf5+
exf5 28. Qg3 Rxe2 29. Nxe2 Qc5 30. Bb3 Rd8 31. Nd4 Nc6 32. Qc7 Qe7 33. Qxe7
Nxe7 34. Re1 Kf6 35. Kf1 Rd6 36. Ke2 Bd7 37. Rd1 Rb6 38. Rd2 Nc6 39. f4 a5 40.
Nxc6 Bxc6 41. Ke3 Be4 42. h4 g5 43. h5 Ke7 44. g3 f6 45. Ba4 Rd6 46. Rxd6 Kxd6
{[%csl Rf5,Rh5] Ideeller weißer Mehrbauer; Taktik und Technik mit falschem
Randbauer.} 47. b4 axb4 48. cxb4 Bd5 49. a3 Bf7 50. Bd1 Be8 51. a4 g4 52. Bc2
Kd5 53. Bb3+ Kd6 54. Bc2 Kd5 55. Bxf5 Kc4 (55... Bxh5 56. Kd3 b6 57. a5 bxa5
58. bxa5 Kc5 59. a6 Kb6 60. Kd4 Kxa6 61. Kd5 Bf7+ 62. Kd6 Bc4 63. Ke7 h5 64.
Kxf6 h4 65. gxh4 g3 66. Be4 $18) 56. Bxg4 Bxa4 (56... Kxb4 57. Bd1 Bxa4 58.
Bxa4 Kxa4 59. g4 b5 60. g5 fxg5 61. fxg5 b4 62. gxh6 b3 63. h7 b2 64. h8=Q b1=Q
65. Qa8+ Kb3 66. Qb7+ $18) 57. b5 Kc5 58. Be2 f5 (58... b6 59. g4 (59. Ke4 Bc2+
60. Bd3 Bxd3+ 61. Kxd3 f5 $11) (59. Bd3 Bd1 60. Be2 Bxe2 61. Kxe2 f5 $11) 59...
Kd6 60. g5 fxg5 61. fxg5 Ke7 62. g6 (62. gxh6 Kf8 63. Bc4 Bxb5 64. Ba2 Be8 65.
Kf4 Bf7 66. h7 Kg7 $11) (62. Kf4 hxg5+ 63. Kxg5 Kf7 $11) 62... Kf6 63. Kd4 Bb3
{[%csl Yd5,Ye5,Rh5] technische Remisstellung}) 59. Bd3 Bxb5 60. Bxf5 (60. Bxb5
$2 Kxb5 61. Kd4 Kc6 62. Ke5 b5 63. Kxf5 Kd5 64. Kg6 b4 65. f5 b3 66. f6 b2 67.
f7 b1=Q+ 68. Kg7 $11) 60... Bc4 61. g4 Kd6 62. g5 Ke7 63. Kd4 Be2 64. Bg6 Kf8
65. gxh6 Bg4 66. Kc5 Kg8 67. Kb6 Bf3 68. f5 Kh8 69. f6 Bd5 70. Kc5 Ba2 71. Kd6
Bc4 72. Ke7 b5 73. Bd3 (73. Bf5 b4 74. Be6 $18) 73... Bd5 74. Bxb5 {[%cal
Gb5d7,Gd7e6]} 1-0

[Event "Vinkovci"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. a4
Ng6 9. Re1 Be7 10. d4 cxd4 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Nxd4 b4 14. Nb5 O-O
15. Be3 Nce5 16. cxb4 Bxb4 17. N1c3 Bc6 18. Qd4 Qa5 19. Nd6 Ng4 20. Nc4 Qh5 21.
h3 Nxe3 22. Nxe3 Bc5 23. Qc4 Ne5 24. Qf1 Rb8 25. Rb1 Qg5 26. Qe2 h5 27. Kh1 Ng6
28. Ba4 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Rb4 30. Bxc6 dxc6 31. Rd1 c5 32. Ra1 Ne5 33. Ra8+ Kh7 34.
Rc8 Nc4 35. Nd1 Nd6 36. Rc7 Nxe4 37. Qf3 f5 38. Nc3 Nxc3 39. bxc3 {Q+R - Q+R 1
schwarzer Mehr-P, schlechte weiße R-Pos.  versteckter Mattangriff} Re4 40. Rxc5
Rxe3 41. Qf2 Re4 {Idee: Dc1+ nebst Te1} 42. Qf3 {xh5} h4 {droht Te1+ nebst Te3}
43. Kh2 (43. Kg1 Re1+ 44. Kf2 Qd2+ $19) (43. Qf2 Qg3 44. Kg1 Re1+ $19) 43...
Re3 $1 (43... Re3 44. Qf2 Qg3+ 45. Qxg3 hxg3+ 46. Kg1 Re1#) 0-1

[Event "Politiken zt"]
[Site "Munkebo"]
[Date "1998.09.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1998.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Qe2 Bd7 8.
Rd1 Nf5 9. Bc4 Qd6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Na3 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Bxf5
exf5 15. cxd4 Bf6 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 a6 18. Nc3 Qd6 19. Nf3 Rac8 20. d5 Na5
21. Rac1 Rfe8 22. Qd3 b5 23. a3 Nc4 24. Rc2 Nxb2 25. Rxb2 Qxa3 26. Ra2 Qxc3 27.
Qxc3 Rxc3 28. Rxa6 b4 29. Ra7 Rd8 30. h4 f6 31. Rb7 Bc6 32. Rxb4 Rxd5 33. Ra1
Rcd3 34. Ra6 Rb5 35. Rd4 Rxd4 36. Nxd4 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Bb7 (37... Bd5 38. Nxf5 Re1
(38... Rb7 39. Ra8+ Kf7 40. Nd6+ $18) 39. Ra7 Bf7 40. h5 h6 41. g4 Re5 {
war vielleicht solider}) 38. Rd6 {Daß Schwarz dieses Endspiel verliert, ist
sehr erstaunlich.} g6 (38... Be4 39. Rd8+ Kf7 40. Rd7+ Kg6 41. Ne6 {[%csl Rg7]}
) (38... Rd1 39. Rd8+ Kf7 40. Nc6 Rc1 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42. Nd4 Bc8 43. Ne6+ Ke8 {
war möglich}) 39. Rxf6 Bd5 (39... Rb4 40. Ne6 Rxh4+ 41. Kg1 h5 42. Rf8+ Kh7 43.
Rf7+ $18) 40. Rd6 Bf7 41. h5 Kg7 42. Rd7 gxh5 43. Nxf5+ Kf6 44. Ng3 Rb4 45. f3
Bg6 46. Rd5 Rh4+ 47. Kg1 Kg7 48. Kf2 Kh6 49. Ne2 Ra4 50. Kg3 Ra2 51. Nd4 Kg7
52. Rd6 Kf7 53. Rb6 Kg7 54. Ne6+ Kf7 55. Ng5+ Kg7 56. Rb7+ Kh6 57. Nh3 Rc2 58.
Nf4 Rc4 59. Nd5 Rc2 60. Ne3 Rc3 61. Re7 Ra3 62. f4 Rb3 63. Kh4 Rb4 64. g3 Ra4
65. Kh3 Bb1 66. Re6+ Kg7 67. Kh4 Ra5 68. Nc4 Ra2 69. Kg5 Bg6 70. Re7+ Kf8 71.
Rc7 Rg2 72. Kf6 Ke8 73. Nb6 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Magomedov, Magaram"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Be2 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. d4
c4 9. Re1 g6 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 Bg7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. b4 Bf5 14. Nb3 Qc7 15.
Nc5 Rad8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Rde8 18. Bg3 Qb6 19. Bd3 Bc8 20. Bd6 Qd8 21. Bg3
Na7 22. h3 Nec6 23. Qb3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Nb5 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. Ra1 b6 27. Nd3 Bf5
28. Nde5 Ne7 29. Ra7 h5 30. Qd1 Nc8 31. Nc6 Qe8 32. Rc7 Qe4 33. Nfe5 h4 34. f3
Qe3+ 35. Bf2 Qg5 36. Kh1 Bf6 37. Qe1 Be6 38. Be3 Qh5 39. Ng4 Bg7 40. Bf4 Kh8
41. Be5 Bxg4 42. Bxg7+ Kxg7 43. hxg4 Qg5 44. Qe5+ Kh6 45. Kh2 Qd2 46. Qf6 Qf2
47. g5+ Kh5 48. Qf4 Qg3+ 49. Qxg3 hxg3+ 50. Kxg3 Kxg5 51. Rd7 Kf6 52. Rxd5 Ke6
53. Rxb5 Kd6 54. Ne5 f6 55. Nd3 Kc6 56. c4 Nd6 57. d5+ Kc7 58. Nc5 Re8 59. Ne6+
Rxe6 60. dxe6 Nxb5 61. cxb5 {[#] Nach interessanter Abwicklung verbleibt Weiß
mit dem zunächst wertlosen und zudem bereits festgelegten doppelten b-Bauern.
Der spielt indes immer dann eine Rolle, wenn die Bauern am Königsflügel
abgetauscht werden und dem schwarzen König das Feld c5 verwehrt ist.} Kd6 62.
Kg4 Kxe6 63. f4 Kf7 (63... f5+ 64. Kg5 Kf7 65. Kh6 Kf6 66. g3 Kf7 67. Kh7 Kf6
68. Kg8 g5 69. fxg5+ Kxg5 70. Kf7 $18 {[%csl Rb6]}) (63... Kd5 64. f5 g5 65.
Kh5 Ke5 66. Kg6 g4 67. g3 Ke4 68. Kxf6 Kf3 69. Ke5 Kxg3 70. f6 $18) 64. f5 g5 (
64... gxf5+ 65. Kxf5 Ke7 66. Kg6 Ke6 67. g4 Ke7 68. Kg7 Ke6 69. Kf8 f5 70.
gxf5+ Kxf5 71. Ke7 Ke5 72. Kd7 Kd5 73. Kc7 $18 {[%cal Rb4c5]}) (64... Kg7 65.
Kf4 Kf7 66. fxg6+ Kxg6 67. Ke4 $1 Kg5 68. Kd5 Kg4 69. Kc6 Kg3 70. Kxb6 Kxg2 71.
Kc5 f5 72. b6 $18 {Es geht nur um ein Tempo.}) 65. Kf3 Ke7 66. Ke4 Kd6 67. Kd4
g4 68. g3 Ke7 69. Ke4 Kd6 70. Kf4 Kd5 71. Kxg4 Ke4 72. Kh5 Kxf5 73. Kh6 Ke6 {
[#] Schwarz hält in der Folge mit Hilfe der zugeordneten Felder das Remis,
weil Weiß das wichtige Tempo g4 verschleudert, bevor er seinen König
angenähert hat.} (73... Kg4 74. Kg6 f5 75. Kf6 $18) 74. g4 $2 (74. Kg6 $2 f5
75. Kg7 Ke7 76. Kh6 Kd6 $1 $11) (74. Kg7 $1 f5 (74... Ke7 75. g4 Ke6 76. Kf8
$18) (74... Ke5 75. g4 f5 76. gxf5 Kxf5 77. Kf7 Ke5 78. Ke7 Kd5 79. Kd7 Kc4 80.
Kc6 $18) (74... Kf5 75. Kf7 Kg5 76. g4 $18) 75. Kg6 Ke5 76. Kf7 $18) 74... Kd6
$1 75. Kh7 Kd7 $1 76. Kg8 (76. Kh8 Kd8 $1 $11) 76... Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Martin"]
[Site "San Martin"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. e5 Ng6 12. Qh5 b4 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Re1 Be7 15.
Nd2 Nh4 16. Bg5 bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Ng6 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Qh5 O-O 21.
Rab1 Rfc8 22. Ng5 h6 23. Nxf7 Qxf7 24. Bxg6 Qf4 25. Bc2 Qf7 26. Qh3 Rf8 27. Qe3
Bb5 28. a4 Bc4 29. Rb6 Rac8 30. Reb1 Ba2 31. Rb7 Rc7 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Rb6 Bc4
34. a5 Qf7 35. f3 Rc8 36. Qd4 Bb5 37. Qg4 Rxc3 38. Bg6 Qd7 39. Rxe6 Qc8 40. Kf2
Bd7 41. Bf5 Qc5+ 42. Kg3 Bxe6 43. Bxe6+ Kh8 44. Qg6 Qe7 45. Bg4 Qxe5+ 46. Kh3
Rc7 47. Qxa6 h5 48. Be6 Kh7 49. Qd3+ g6 50. Qxd5 Qxd5 51. Bxd5 Rc5 52. Be4 Rxa5
53. g4 (53. Kg3 Kg7 54. h4 $10) 53... Kh6 54. gxh5 (54. Kg3 g5 55. h4 $10) (54.
Kg3 hxg4 55. Kxg4 Ra2 56. h4 $10) (54. Kg3 Ra3 55. h4 $10) 54... Rxh5+ 55. Kg3
Rg5+ 56. Kh3 (56. Kf2 Kh5 57. f4 Ra5 58. Kg3 Ra3+ 59. Bf3+ Kh6 60. h4 $10)
56... Kg7 57. Kh4 Rg2 58. Kh3 Rg1 59. Kh4 (59. f4 Kf6 60. Bd3 $13 (60. Bc2 Rc1
61. Be4 Rc4 62. Bf3 Rxf4 63. Kg3 g5 $19) 60... Rd1) 59... Kf6 60. Bd3 $2 (60.
f4 $1) 60... Ke5 61. Be4 g5+ 62. Kh5 (62. Kh3 g4+ 63. Kh4 Kf4 64. fxg4 Kxe4 65.
Kg5 Ke5 66. h4 Ke6 $19) 62... Kf4 63. h3 Rh1 64. Kg6 Rxh3 65. Bb7 Rh1 66. Bc6 (
66. Bc6 Rd1 67. Ba8 Rd8 68. Bb7 Rd6+ 69. Kh5 Rf6 70. Ba8 (70. Bd5 Ra6 71. Bb7
Rd6 72. Ba8 Rb6 $19) 70... Rb6 71. Bd5 g4 72. fxg4 Rb5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 1st"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.09.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. h4 Bxd2+ 8.
Bxd2 Nf6 9. a3 h6 10. Nd5 O-O 11. b4 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Be6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. bxc5
dxc5 15. Bc3 f6 16. Qe2 Qd6 17. O-O Rf7 18. Rfd1 Rd8 19. Qe3 g5 20. f3 Rfd7 21.
Kf2 Kg7 22. g3 Rg8 23. Rh1 c4 24. Rad1 cxd3 25. Rxd3 Qc7 26. Rxd7+ Bxd7 27.
hxg5 hxg5 28. Bb4 a5 29. Bc5 Qb8 30. Qd2 Be6 31. Qxa5 Rh8 32. Rxh8 Qxh8 {
[#] Motive: Verteidigung, Gegenangriff, Matt} 33. Kg1 {[%csl Gh2]} Qh3 34. Qe1
{[%csl Gg3][%cal Ra3a4,Ra4a5]} g4 35. Qf2 {[%csl Gf3]} gxf3 36. Qxf3 Bg4 37.
Qd3 {[%csl Ga6,Ge2,Gg3]} Qh5 {Gibt den Angriff auf g3 auf...} 38. a4 Be2 {
...und auch die ehemalige Doppeldeckung von d7.} (38... Bf3 $142 39. Kf2 Bh1
40. a5 $18) 39. Qd7+ Kg6 (39... Kg8 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. Qxf6 $18) ({Am zähesten
war} 39... Qf7 40. Qxc6 Qa2 41. Qd7+ Qf7 {weil ein Endspiel mit ungleichen
Läufern wegen der weißen Bauernschwächen sich nicht von selbst gewinnt.}) 40.
Bf8 {[%cal Rd7g7]} Qg5 (40... Qh8 41. Qf5+ Kf7 42. Bd6 Qe8 43. Kf2 Bd1 (43...
Ba6 44. Qh5+ $18) 44. Ke1 $18) 41. Kg2 {[%csl Gg3,Gh3][%cal Rd7g7,Rg7h7,Rh7h3]}
1-0

[Event "Itau Mercosul Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rocha, Wellington Carlos"]
[Black "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Hindemburg,Melao"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1999.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 {>< d5 // >< d4} 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. h3 Nf6 7.
Bg5 O-O 8. O-O Be6 9. Bxf6 (9. Re1 $5) 9... Bxf6 10. Nd5 g6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.
Nh2 Qe7 13. c3 Rad8 14. Qe2 d5 15. Bb5 Na5 16. exd5 Rxd5 17. Bc4 Nxc4 18. dxc4
Rd7 19. Qxe5 Bxc4 $11 20. Ng4 {(!)} f6 $1 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Rfe1 Kf7 23. Rxe7+
Kxe7 24. Ne3 Be6 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 $15 {nesse final, com centro aberto
e Peões nas duas alas, o Bispo joga mais que o Cavalo. O fato do Rei preto
estar mais centralizado também representa uma pequena vantagem. Mas o
resultado natural й o empate, porque os Peões brancos não apresentam
debilidades e o Cavalo branco está numa posição confortável.} 27. a3 Kc7 28.
Kf1 Kb6 29. Ke2 Kb5 30. Kd3 Ka4 (30... Bb3 31. c4+ Ka5 32. Kc3 $11) 31. Kc2 Kb5
32. Kd3 g5 33. c4+ Kc6 34. g4 Kd6 35. Ke4 $11 Bd7 {o Cavalo das Brancas joga
um pouco mais do que o Bispo preto, mas as Brancas não podem tentar forçar,
porque todas as rupturas serão favoráveis a quem possui o Bispo.} 36. Nd5 (36.
Nf5+ $2 Ke6 $1 (36... Bxf5+ $2 37. Kxf5 Ke7 38. b4 b6 39. b5 h6 40. Ke4 Ke6 41.
a4 Kd6 42. Kf5 Ke7 43. Kg6 Ke6 44. Kxh6 Ke5 45. Kg6 Ke6 46. f3 Ke5 47. Kf7 Kd4
48. Kxf6 Kxc4 49. Kxg5 Kb4 50. Kf5 c4 51. g5 c3 52. g6 c2 53. g7 c1=Q 54. g8=Q
$16) 37. Ne3 Bc6+ 38. Kd3 Ke5 $17) (36. b4 $5) (36. f4 $5) 36... Ke6 (36... Bc6
$2 37. Kf5 $8 Bxd5 $8 38. cxd5 Kxd5 39. Kxf6 c4 40. Kxg5 b5 41. Kh6 (41. f4 $2
a5 42. f5 b4 43. f6 Ke6 $19) 41... a5 42. Kxh7 b4 43. axb4 axb4 44. g5 c3 45.
bxc3 bxc3 46. g6 c2 47. g7 c1=Q 48. g8=Q+ $18) 37. Nc7+ Kf7 38. f4 Bc6+ 39. Kf5
h6 40. Nd5 $2 {[#]} (40. Nb5 $142) {[%tqu "En","Qual o melhor lance para as
Pretas?","","","c6d5","uma bela combinação!",20]} 40... Bxd5 $3 $19 {uma bela
combinação!} 41. cxd5 b5 42. fxg5 hxg5 {(!!) evidentemente fxg5 й melhor, mas
até com hxg5 as Pretas vencem!} 43. d6 (43. Ke4 Ke7 44. Kd3 (44. Kf5 a5 $19)
44... Kd6 45. Ke4 a5 46. a4 bxa4 $19) 43... c4 44. d7 Ke7 45. d8=Q+ Kxd8 46.
Kxf6 a5 47. Ke5 {aparentemente salvando a partida. Mas...} ({evidentemente não
serve} 47. Kxg5 {em vista a} b4 $19) 47... b4 48. axb4 (48. Kd4 c3 $1 $19) {
[%tqu "En","Qual o melhor lance para as Pretas?","","","c4c3","",10,"a5b4","",
0]} 48... c3 $3 (48... axb4 49. Kd4) 0-1

[Event "Maribor Pirc Memorial"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Na5 4. d4 (4. c3 $1 a6 5. Be2 (5. Ba4 b5 6. Bc2 d5
7. d4 dxe4 8. Bxe4 Bb7 9. Bxb7 Nxb7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qe2 e6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. a4
b4 14. dxc5 bxc3 {Zapolskij-Dambrauskas/Cuxhaven/1993} 15. b4 $1 a5 16. c6 Nd6
17. b5 $16) 5... d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 g6 8. Bd2 Bd7 9. Bc3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11.
d5 $16 {Strirenkov-Lisenko/Podolsk/1993}) 4... a6 5. Be2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qc7 7.
O-O e6 8. Qd3 (8. c4 $5 Nxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc4 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Bf4 {/\Rc1;Na4~/=})
8... Nf6 9. c4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. b3 $6 (11. f3 $1 {/\Be3;Rad1+/=}) 11... Bb4
12. f3 b5 $1 13. Bd2 bxc4 14. bxc4 Bc5 15. Kh1 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. f4 d6 18.
f5 e5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 h6 21. Rfc1 Qa7 22. Rc4 O-O 23. Qg3 Bf2 24. Qf3
Rfc8 25. Rac1 Rxc4 26. Rxc4 Rb8 27. Qd3 Rb2 28. Ra4 Qc5 29. Rc4 (29. g3 $2 Qc2
$1 $19) 29... Qb6 30. Rc2 Rb1+ 31. Rc1 Rxc1+ 32. Bxc1 Qa5 33. Bd2 Qxa2 34. g3
a5 35. Kg2 Bc5 36. Kf3 a4 37. Bc3 a3 38. Qc4 Qb1 39. Kg2 a2 40. Qa6 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Alushta1"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars P"]
[Black "Manakova, Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1994.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 $5 (6. Nd5 Nf6 7. c3
Nxd5 8. Bxd5 O-O 9. O-O Be6 $10) (6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 h6
10. Nf3 Be6 $10 {Landa-Gagarin/Bratislava/1990}) 6... Bg5 7. h4 Bh6 8. g4 Bxd2+
(8... Bf4 $2 9. Nd5 Nf6 10. Nxf4 exf4 11. f3 $16) 9. Bxd2 Nd4 $6 (9... Be6 {
Nge7;d5}) 10. a4 h5 11. gxh5 Nf6 12. Bg5 Bg4 13. Qxg4 $1 (13. Bxf6 Qc8 14. Qc1
Nf3+ 15. Kf1 gxf6 16. Nd5 $14) 13... Nxg4 14. Bxd8 Rxd8 15. Kd2 Rxh5 16. Nb5
Nf3+ (16... a6 $2 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Rag1 $18 Nxf2 $2 19. Rh2) 17. Ke2 Ngh2 18.
Nxa7 Rxh4 19. c3 Ke7 20. a5 Ra8 21. Nb5 Ng5 22. Nc7 Rb8 23. b4 $16 cxb4 24.
cxb4 Rc8 25. Nd5+ Kf8 26. b5 Rxc4 (26... Nxe4 27. Nb6 $18) 27. dxc4 Rxe4+ 28.
Ne3 Ng4 29. a6 bxa6 30. bxa6 1-0

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1996.08.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 (5. b3 Ng6 6. Bb2 f6 7. Re1
Be7 8. c3 Qb6 $6 9. Bf1 Nge5 10. Na3 $14 {Akopjan-Kurajica/Ubeda/1996}) 5...
Ng6 {Mir besser gefählt als 5...-a6} 6. c3 (6. Bxc6) (6. d4 {Sind die
Alternativen}) 6... d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. d4 cxd4 9. c4 (9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Qxb5
11. Nd4 Qd5 $15) 9... Qd6 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nc3 Bd6 13. Qh5 O-O 14.
Ne4 (14. Nf3 $6 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Rad1 Rad8 $15) 14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxb5
16. cxb5 Be7 $1 {Gegen Doppelangriff 17.Ng5 und 17.Nd6-Qd6 18.Bc5} 17. Ng5 Bxg5
18. Qxg5 Rfd8 19. Qe3 Qc4 20. Bxa7 Qxb5 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 Rd3 (22... Rd2 $2
23. Be3) 23. b4 h6 24. g3 Ne7 25. Bc5 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Nd5 27. Ra8+ Kh7 28. Rb8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1996.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 {Nach 5.Nc3 spielt
Schwarz oft Nd4, hier die populärste Antwort ist a6.} 6. Nxd4 cxd4 {Vielleicht
besser ist mit 7.c3 das Zentrum zu öffnen.} 7. d3 $6 (7. c3 a6 8. Bf1 (8. Ba4
$5) 8... Nc6 9. a4 $6 Be7 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nc2 d5 12. e5 f6 $1 {Szmetan-Milos/
Buenos Aires/1996}) 7... a6 8. Ba4 Nc6 9. Nd2 b5 10. Bb3 g6 $5 11. Nf3 $6 (11.
f4 Bg7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Qe2 a5 14. a3 Bb7 15. Qf2 $13) 11... Bg7 12. Bg5 Qc7 13.
Rc1 O-O 14. Qd2 a5 $1 15. a4 $2 (15. a3 $142) 15... b4 16. Bh6 Ba6 17. Bxg7
Kxg7 18. c3 Qd6 $1 19. c4 $2 (19. e5 $2 dxc3 $19) (19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4
21. Bc4 $10) 19... Qc5 $1 $17 20. e5 f6 21. exf6+ Rxf6 22. Ng5 Rf5 23. Ne4 Qe7
24. Ng3 Rf7 25. Re4 Raf8 26. f3 Bb7 27. Rce1 Qc5 28. Bd1 e5 $1 $17 29. Qg5 d6
30. Rh4 Nd8 $1 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Ne4 Bxe4 33. fxe4 Re8 34. Bg4 Qc7 35. Rh3 Nb7
36. b3 Nc5 37. Bd1 Ref8 38. Rg3 Rf4 39. h3 Qg7 $1 $19 {Dieses Endspiel ist
leicht gewonnend für Schwarz.} 40. Qxg7+ Kxg7 41. Rf3 Rxf3 42. gxf3 Nxd3 43.
Rf1 g5 44. Kg2 Rf4 45. Be2 Nc5 46. Rb1 Kf6 47. Rb2 h5 48. Bd1 g4 0-1

[Event "Gleisdorf op"]
[Site "Gleisdorf"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Horvath, Tamas"]
[Black "Podlesnik, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 d6 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Re3 $1 (11. e5 d5 (11... dxe5 12. Rxe5 Be7
13. Bf4 O-O 14. Re3 $1 $14 Ra7 (14... Bc8 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 f6 17. Rd1 Qb6 18.
Bd6 $1 $16 {Gipslis-Golod/Minsk/1993}) 15. Rd3 c5 16. Qh5 $40 {Gipslis-Sorokin/
Ostrava/1992}) 12. Bd2 c5 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. b3 Qh4 15. Bf4 Bc6 16. Bg3 Qh6 17.
Ne2 $14 {Kveinis-Zvjaginsev/Moscow/ol/1994}) 11... Be7 12. Rg3 (12. b3 $1 d5
13. Bb2 O-O 14. Qh5 $40) 12... Bh4 13. Rh3 (13. Rxg7 $2 Bxf2+) 13... e5 $6 (
13... d5 $142) 14. Rd3 Be7 15. b3 Qa5 16. a4 $1 Be6 17. Ba3 Rd8 18. Qd2 c5 19.
Rd1 $16 Qb6 (19... c4 20. b4 Qc7 21. Rg3 O-O 22. Qh6 g6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rh3
$18) 20. Rg3 Bf6 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 O-O 23. Bb2 Rc8 24. Qc4 $1 Qc6 25. Rdd3
Rfd8 26. h3 Rd7 27. Bc3 Rcd8 28. Rd5 Rc8 29. Kh2 h6 30. Rgd3 Kh7 31. f4 Re8 32.
fxe5 Bxe5+ 33. Bxe5 Rxe5 34. Rxe5 dxe5 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Qxc5 Qd2 37. Qxe5 Qxc2
38. Qd5 Qf2 $2 39. Qf5+ Qxf5 40. exf5 a5 41. Kg3 g5 42. Kf3 h5 43. Ke4 h4 44.
b4 1-0

[Event "Maribor Pirc Memorial"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barle, Janez"]
[Black "Gostisa, Leon F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. a4 Ne7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 a6 8.
Bc4 (8. Bd3 Nc6 9. c3 Bc5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 dxc3 $13) 8... Nc6 9. d3 Be7 10.
O-O O-O 11. Bd2 b6 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. f4 d5 14. exd5 (14. e5 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16.
Kh1 e5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Nf4 Qd7 19. h3 $14) 14... exd5 15. f5 Bf6 16. Nf4 Ne5
17. Nh5 Re8 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qh5 Nd7 20. Bg5 (20. Rae1 h6 21. Qg4 Nc5 $13)
20... Qe5 21. Qg4 Nf6 (21... f6 22. Bf4 Qe2 23. Qg3 Qh5 $13) 22. Qh4 h6 23.
Bxf6 (23. Bf4 Qxf5 24. Bxh6 Qg4 25. Bg5 Qxh4 26. Bxh4 $14) 23... Qxf6 24. Qxf6
gxf6 25. Rf4 a5 26. Rxd4 Re5 27. Rf1 Kh7 28. h3 Rg8 29. Rf2 Rc8 30. Kh2 Kg7 31.
g4 h5 32. Kg3 Rh8 {[#]} 33. h4 Kh6 34. gxh5 Kxh5 35. c3 Rg8+ 36. Kh2 Re1 37.
Bxd5 Bxd5 38. Rxd5 Rg4 39. Rd4 Rxd4 40. cxd4 Re3 41. Rc2 Rxd3 42. Rc6 Rxd4 43.
Rxb6 Rxh4+ 44. Kg3 Rxa4 45. Rxf6 Rb4 46. Rxf7 Kg5 47. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Totsky, Leonid"]
[Black "Kogan, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O (4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. O-O Ng6 7. Ng5
$5 e5 8. Qh5 Qf6 $1 9. Nc3 d6 10. Nxh7 $6 Qd8 11. g3 Be7 $2 {
Hennigan-Chernajev/Gausdal/1995} (11... Qd7 $1 {Ma.Tseitlin})) 4... Nge7 5. c3
{Die "spanische" Behandlung. Besser gefehlt mir Re1 mit d4.} a6 (5... d5 6.
exd5 Qxd5 7. Re1 Bd7 8. Na3 Ng6 9. Bf1 Be7 $13 {Gelfand-Sveshnikov/Ljubjana/
1995}) 6. Ba4 (6. Be2 $5 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 cxd4 (8... Be7 9. c4 Nf6 10.
dxc5 {Die Stellung sieht aus,wie Sizilianisch mit 2.c3} Bxc5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.
Nc3 Ke7 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Rxd8 Nxd8 15. a3 $14 {Kasparov-Kramnik/Paris/Rapid/1995
}) 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bd7 11. Bf3 $14 {Kramnik-Miladinovic/Beograd/1995})
6... b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2 {Oft gespielt sind auch 8.Re1; 8.e5; und 8.d4} Ng6 9.
d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nh4 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Bb1 Bd6 13. e5 (13. d5 $6 Ne5 14. Nxe5
Bxe5 15. Nf3 $2 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Bxb2 $17) (13. Nxh4 $2 Qxh4 14.
Nf3 Nxd4 $19) (13. Rd1 $5 O-O 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Nf3 $13) 13... Bb8 14. Qe4 Nf5
15. Nb3 d6 16. Qg4 Nce7 17. Re1 Qb6 18. Bg5 dxe5 19. dxe5 h6 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21.
Nbd2 (21. Qxg7 $6 Rg8 22. Qf6 Ba7 23. Rf1 Rc4 $36) 21... Ba7 22. Qg3 Rd8 23.
Re2 O-O 24. Bc2 Nf5 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. Qf4 Qe6 $17 {Schwarz steht besser, weil
das Lauferpaar in dieser Stellung stärker als die Springer} 27. h4 Rd3 28. Nf1
Bxf3 29. gxf3 Rd4 30. Qg3 f4 31. Qg2 Rfd8 32. Rae1 Rd1 33. a3 Kh7 34. Kh2 Rxe1
35. Rxe1 Rc8 36. Re2 Rc1 37. Nd2 Rc2 38. Qf1 Rxb2 39. Qc1 Qa2 40. Kg2 Bd4 41.
e6 fxe6 42. Qc6 Qd5 43. Qe8 Qf5 44. h5 e5 45. Kf1 Rc2 46. Ne4 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 (5. b3) 5... a6 6. Ba4 b5 7.
Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 Rc8 9. a4 (9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Bb3 Rxc1 12. Qxc1 Nd3 $10
) 9... Ng6 10. axb5 axb5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 $5 (12. cxd4) 12... Nxd4 13. cxd4
(13. Qxd4 b4 $5 $10) 13... Be7 (13... Bb4 14. Nc3 $1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rxc3 16. Bb2
Rc8 17. Ba3 d6 18. d5 $1 $44) 14. Bd3 b4 15. Be3 (15. Nd2 $5 O-O 16. Nb3 $13)
15... O-O 16. Nd2 f5 $1 17. d5 $6 (17. f3 $6 fxe4 18. fxe4 Bg5 $44) (17. exf5
$1 Nh4 18. fxe6 Bxg2 19. Qh5 $1 g6 20. Qg4 Bf3 21. Qh3 $1 Bg2 22. Qg4 $10)
17... Ne5 (17... f4 $6 18. Bd4 e5 19. Ba7 $14) 18. Ba6 Bxa6 19. Rxa6 Nd3 $1 20.
Rf1 Bc5 21. Qe2 (21. dxe6 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Nc5 $15) 21... Bxe3 (21... f4 $6 22.
Qxd3 fxe3 23. fxe3 Qg5 24. Rxf8+ (24. Re1 $2 Qxe3+ 25. Rxe3 Bxe3+ $19) 24...
Rxf8 25. Nc4 (25. Nf1 $2 Qf4 $1 $17) 25... Qf4 26. Ra1 $16) 22. Qxe3 $6 (22.
Qxd3 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 fxe4 24. dxe6 dxe6 25. Qxd8 (25. Qxb4 $2 e3 $40) 25... Rcxd8
26. Rxe6 Rd2 27. b3 Rb2 28. Rxe4 Rxb3 $15) 22... Nc5 23. Raa1 exd5 24. exf5 (
24. exd5 Qf6 $17) 24... Rxf5 25. Nf3 Qe8 $1 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rfd1 Re4 28. Kf1
$6 (28. Nd4 Rff4 29. Nb5 Re2 30. Rxd5 Ne6 $17) 28... Ref4 $1 29. Rd4 Kf7 30.
Rad1 Ke6 $19 31. g4 $5 Rf6 32. Ng5+ Ke7 $2 (32... Kd6 33. Rxd5+ Kc6) 33. Rxf4
Rxf4 34. Rxd5 Na4 35. b3 Nc3 36. Rd3 Rxg4 (36... h6 37. Nf3 Rxg4 38. Ne5 (38.
Rxd7+ $2 Kxd7 39. Ne5+ Kd6 40. Nxg4 Ne4 $19) 38... Re4 39. Nxd7 $10) 37. Nxh7
d5 (37... Rh4 $5 38. Ng5 Rxh2 39. Rd4 Na2 40. Rd2 Nc1) 38. h3 Rf4 39. Ng5 Kd6
40. Kg2 Rf5 41. h4 Rf4 42. Nf3 Kc5 43. Ng5 Kd6 $2 (43... Rxh4 44. Ne6+ Kd6 45.
Nxg7 Ke5 $1 $17) 44. Nf3 Ne4 $2 (44... Kc5) 45. Rd1 Rg4+ 46. Kf1 Nc5 47. Rd4 $1
Re4 48. Rxe4 dxe4 49. Nd4 Ke5 50. Nc6+ Kf4 51. Nxb4 Kf3 52. Nc2 Nxb3 53. Ne1+
Kg4 54. Ke2 Kxh4 55. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Maribor Pirc Memorial"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Podlesnik, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. c3 Nc6 8.
Bb2 Bc5 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 a6 11. Be2 O-O 12. b5 dxc3 13. dxc3 axb5 14. axb5 Rxa1
15. Bxa1 Ne5 16. c4 Qc7 17. Nd2 (17. Nc3 $5 Nxc4 $2 (17... d6 18. Na4 $14) 18.
Na4 Ba7 19. Qc1 $1 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. b6 $1 Bxb6 22. Qg5 g6 (22... d4 23.
Bxc4 $18) 23. Qf6 $18) 17... Ng6 18. g3 e5 19. Nb3 d6 20. Qd3 f5 {[#]} 21. Qd5+
Kh8 22. Rd1 fxe4 23. c5 (23. Qxd6 $2 Bxf2+ 24. Kh1 Qf7 $17) 23... dxc5 24. Bc4
Bg4 25. Re1 Bf3 26. Nd2 Ba5 (26... Rd8 27. Qe6 Ba5 28. Nxf3 Bxe1 $2 (28... exf3
29. Bxe5 Nxe5 (29... Qd7 $2 30. Qxd7 Rxd7 31. Bc3 $1 $18) 30. Qxe5 Qxe5 31.
Rxe5 Rd1+ 32. Bf1 g6 33. Re3 c4 34. Rxf3 c3 35. Rf8+ Kg7 36. Rc8 $10) 29. Ng5
$1 (29. Nxe1 $2 Qa5 $19 30. Nc2 Qd2 31. Bb3 e3 32. fxe3 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Rd2+ 34.
Kh3 Qh5#) 29... Rf8 30. Nxh7 $1 $18 (30. Nf7+ Rxf7 $8 (30... Kg8 $2 31. Nxe5+
Kh8 32. Nxg6+ hxg6 33. Qh3#) 31. Qxf7 Qxf7 32. Bxf7 Bd2 33. Bd5 b6 34. Bxe4 $13
)) 27. Nxf3 exf3 28. Re3 Qc8 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Bc3 31. Re3 Bf6 32. Rxf3
Rd8 33. Qf7 Rf8 34. Qd5 Rd8 35. Qf7 Rf8 36. Qh5 g6 37. Qd5 Rd8 38. Qf7 Rf8 39.
Qd5 Rd8 40. Qf7 Rf8 41. Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. e5 d4
9. Be4 Bb7 (9... Nd5 $5 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Qc2 h6 $6 (12... g6 $142)
13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. d3 $14 {Polgar,J-Polgar,Zs/New York/1992}) 10.
cxd4 (10. d3 Ng6 11. Re1 Be7 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nb3 Rb8 15. Bd2 $14
{Torre-Fedorowicz/San Francisco/1991}) 10... cxd4 11. d3 Qb6 12. Re1 Rc8 13. a3
h6 14. h4 g6 15. Bf4 Bg7 16. Nbd2 O-O 17. Nf1 Rfe8 (17... Rfd8 18. Qd2 Kh7 19.
N1h2 Nd5 $6 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Ng4 h5 22. Nf6+ $16) 18. N1h2 Kh8 19. Ng4 Ng8 20.
Ng5 $1 Rf8 (20... hxg5 21. hxg5 Nge7 22. Nf6 Nf5 23. Qg4 $18) 21. h5 Qd8 $2 (
21... hxg5 22. Bxg5 f5 23. exf6 Bxf6 (23... Nxf6 24. h6 $18) 24. Qd2 $40) 22.
hxg6 hxg5 23. Qf3 $1 Bh6 24. Nxh6 fxg6 (24... Nxh6 25. Qh5 Kg7 26. Bxg5 $18)
25. Qh3 Kg7 26. Nxg8 Rxf4 27. Nf6 Rh4 28. Qxe6 Na5 29. Rac1 Rc7 1-0

[Event "Maribor Pirc Memorial"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barle, Janez"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Na5 4. O-O a6 5. Be2 e6 6. c3 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Be7 10. Nbd2 (10. Nc3 $5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Bd3 d6 13. Re1 $14)
10... b5 11. Ne4 h6 12. Bd2 (12. Ng3 $5 Bb7 13. Bd3 Rc8 $13) 12... Bb7 13. Nc5
$6 (13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Qe2 Nc4 $13) 13... Bxc5 14. dxc5 Nc6 15. a4 b4 16. Bd3 f5
17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Be4 {Beide schwarzen Springer steht gut,der Nachziehende
kontrolliert den kritische n Feldern im Zentrum.} O-O 19. Bxd5 {Das ist schon
nur kampf um Ausgleich.} exd5 20. Qb3 Kh8 21. Bxb4 d4 22. Bd2 Nd8 23. Rae1 Bxf3
(23... Rb8 24. Ne5) 24. Qxf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 a5 26. Re4 (26. Re7 Ra7 27. Rfe1 Nc6
28. Re8 Kg8 $15) 26... Nc6 27. Bf4 Rf5 28. Rc1 Raf8 29. Bd6 R8f7 30. f4 Rd5 31.
Rd1 Kh7 32. Rd3 $6 (32. Rd2 Kg6 (32... d3 33. Re3 Nb4 34. Be5 Rxc5 35. Bc3 $10)
33. Be5 Kf5 34. f3 g5 35. Bxd4 gxf4 36. Bc3 $1 Rxc5 37. Rd6 $14) 32... Kg6 33.
f3 Kf5 34. Kf2 Rf6 35. h4 Re6 36. Rxe6 Kxe6 (36... dxe6 37. Bf8 Kg6 38. Bd6 $13
) 37. Rd1 Rh5 38. Kg3 Kd5 39. b3 g6 40. Bf8 Rf5 41. Bd6 $2 (41. Bxh6 $1 Kxc5 (
41... Nb4 42. Bg5 d3 43. Kg4 Rf8 44. h5 gxh5+ 45. Kxh5 Kd4 46. Kg6 Kc3 47. f5
Rg8+ 48. Kh6) (41... Rf7 42. Kg4 Kxc5 43. Bg5 (43. Kg5 Ne7 $1) 43... Kb4 44. h5
gxh5+ 45. Kxh5 Kxb3 46. Kg6 Rf8 47. Kg7 (47. Bh6 Ne7+ 48. Kg7 Rc8 49. Bg5 (49.
Kf6 Ng8+ 50. Kg7 Nxh6 51. Kxh6 Rc6+ 52. Kg7 Kc3 53. f5 d3 54. f6 Kc2 55. Rg1 d2
56. f7 Rc8 57. f8=Q Rxf8 58. Kxf8 d1=Q 59. Rxd1 Kxd1 60. f4 d5 61. f5 d4 62. f6
d3 63. f7 d2 64. Ke7 Kc2 $10) 49... Nf5+ 50. Kg6 Rc5 $17) 47... Rf5 48. Kg6 $10
) 42. Kg4 Rd5 43. Bg5 d3 44. h5 gxh5+ 45. Kxh5 d2 46. f5 Rxf5 47. Kg4 Rxg5+ $2
(47... Rd5 48. Rxd2 $16) 48. Kxg5 Nd4 49. f4 Nxb3 50. f5 $18) 41... Rf6 42. Kf2
Re6 43. Re1 $2 Rxe1 44. Kxe1 h5 $19 {[#]} 45. Kd2 Nd8 46. Kc2 Ne6 47. Be7 Nxc5
48. Bd8 d3+ 49. Kc3 d2 50. Kxd2 Nxb3+ 51. Kc3 Nc5 52. Bxa5 Nxa4+ 53. Kd3 Nb2+
54. Ke2 Ke6 55. Bc3 Nc4 56. Kd3 Nd6 57. Ba5 Kf5 58. Bc7 Ne8 59. Bd8 Ng7 60. Bg5
Ne6 61. Ke3 d5 62. Bh6 Nxf4 $1 63. Kd4 Ne6+ 64. Kxd5 g5 $1 65. Kd6 gxh4 66. Be3
h3 67. Bg1 Ng5 0-1

[Event "Maribor Pirc Memorial"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Black "Podlesnik, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. c3 a6 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nc3 (10. Bb2 Bc5 11. Na3 $1 O-O 12. Nc2 Nxc2 13. Qxc2
$6 (13. Bxc2 d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 (14... exd5 $2 15. Bxh7+ $1) 15. Re1 Bd4 16. Be4
Qd6 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Rc1 $14) 13... d6 $10) 10... Be7 11. Qg4 O-O 12. Bb2 d6
13. Ne2 e5 14. Qg3 Bh4 15. Qe3 Bg5 16. Qg3 Bh4 17. Qe3 Bg5 18. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. d3 Ng6 7. Nbd2 $5 (7.
Nc3) 7... d6 (7... Be7) 8. Nc4 Be7 (8... d5 $5 $13) 9. Bd2 {><a5} O-O (9... a5
$2 10. Qe1 a4 11. Ba5 $18) (9... d5 10. Na5 $16) 10. a3 {/\ b4} f5 $2 (10... a5
$2 11. Qe1 a4 12. Ba5 Qe8 13. Nb6 {/\ Na4+/-}) (10... e5 $142 {/\} 11. b4 cxb4
12. axb4 f5 $13) 11. e5 $16 d5 12. Na5 Qc7 13. Re1 (13. c4 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5
15. Nxc6 Qc7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $10) 13... Rb8 14. Rb1 f4 (14... Rb5 15. b4 cxb4
16. axb4 c5 17. c4 dxc4 18. dxc4 Rb8 19. b5 Bd7 20. Qc2 $16) (14... Nh4 15.
Nxh4 Bxh4 16. b4 Be7 17. f4 $16) 15. c4 Bd7 16. Qc2 (16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 c5
18. b5 Rf5 $13) 16... Nh4 (16... Rf5 17. d4 {/\} cxd4 18. cxd5 exd5 19. e6) (
16... Rfc8 17. b4 {/\ d4+/-}) 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. b4 Be7 (18... cxb4 19. Bxb4 {/\
} c5 20. cxd5) 19. Nb3 (19. d4 cxd4 20. cxd5 (20. c5 Rf5) (20. Qd3 c5) 20...
exd5 21. e6 Be8 {/\ Bg6, d3-/+}) (19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. Bb4 Bxb4 21. axb4 Qd8 22.
cxd5 (22. f3 c5) 22... cxd5 $10) 19... cxb4 (19... Rf5 20. d4 cxd4 21. cxd5
Rxe5 22. dxc6) (19... Be8 20. bxc5 $16) 20. cxd5 exd5 21. e6 Be8 22. axb4 (22.
Bxb4 $2 c5 {/\ 23.Nc5 a5, /\ 23.Bc5 Rb3 Abramovic,B}) 22... Bg6 $6 (22... Bxb4
$142 23. Bxb4 (23. Nc5 Bxd2 (23... Bxc5 24. Qxc5 $16) 24. Qxd2 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 d4
{/\ Qd6}) 23... Rxb4 24. Ra1 $5 (24. Nc5 Rxb1 25. Qxb1 d4 (25... Qb6 26. d4 $16
) 26. Qb3 (26. Qb4 Qd6 27. Re4 $2 Rf5) 26... Qd6 27. Ne4 $13) 24... Qb6 (24...
Bg6 {Q 22... Bg6}) 25. Nc5 a5 26. Qc3 d4 27. Qc1 $16) 23. Ra1 (23. Nc5 Bxc5 $10
) (23. Nd4 c5 {/\ c4}) 23... Bxb4 $6 (23... Qb6 $142 24. Ra4 $16) 24. Bxb4 Rxb4
25. Qc3 (25. Nc5 $2 Rc4) 25... Rfb8 (25... Qb6 26. Nc5 {/\ Nd7} Rb2 27. Ra6) (
25... Rbb8 26. Nc5 Rbe8 27. Nd7 Rf5 28. Qc5) 26. Nc5 Qb6 (26... Rb2 27. Nd7 (
27. Na6 Qb6) (27. e7 Be8 {/\} 28. Ne6 Qxe7) 27... R8b3 28. Qc5 Qc8 29. Qxa7 {/\
} Rxd3 30. Qa8 Qe8 31. Qxe8+ Bxe8 32. Ra8) 27. Nd7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Markos, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Inarkiev,E"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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"]

{I like the final part of this game. White got the advantage in the opening;
it was nice that I managed to convert it in attacking style. Everybody likes
hunting the opponent's king!} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 {The Sveshnikov
Variation is the main weapon in Jan's repertoire.} 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. d3 {It's hard
to call this move "sideline"} ({but the main line, and the most popular is} 5.
O-O) 5... d6 6. O-O e6 {The flexible setup. Black wants to finish his
development with Bd7, and Be7.} 7. Bxc6+ $5 {The direct attempt to use the
development advantage by actions in the centre.} bxc6 {Here, this is a novelty,
but the same position was achieved in several games with different orders of
moves.} ({An alternative is} 7... Qxc6 {Here I like the games of the Michael
Adams. Both briliant example of strategical play.} 8. e5 (8. Bf4 Be7 9. e5 Nd7
10. d4 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 b6 13. Qh5 O-O $11 {Objectively, Black is
OK, but the picture changes just in few moves.} 14. f3 f5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5
Qc7 17. Qf4 Ba6 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Rd6 $16 {...1-0, Adams Michael 2707 -
Hamdouchi Hichem 2575 , 3.2.2006 FRA-chT Top 16 GpB}) 8... Nd7 9. d4 d5 {
The centre is closed, and the development advantage is not so important now.}
10. a4 b6 11. Re1 h6 12. Ne2 a6 13. h4 Bb7 $13 {Once again, Black is OK, but...
} 14. c3 c4 15. a5 bxa5 16. Rxa5 Qb6 17. Ra1 a5 18. Nf4 Bc6 19. Nh2 Nb8 20. Qh5
$14 {...1-0, Adams Michael (ENG) 2704 - Zhigalko Andrey (BLR) 2587 , Rijeka 17.
3.2010 Ch Europe}) 8. Qe2 {(/\e4-e5).} e5 ({If Black wants to continue the
flexible strategy, avoiding any confrontation in the centre, then} 8... Nd7 $5
{is interesting, for example:} 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nh3 e5 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Be7
$13 13. Qf3 Bf6 14. Qg3 Ne5 {...0-1 Bhat,V (2403)-Milov,V (2605)/Andorra 2001/
CBM 083 ext (34)}) 9. Nh4 {(/\f2-f4). Now, when the fight in the centre is
unavoidable, Black has to be accurate, because White has the development
advantage.} g6 $6 {This way to develop is too slow.} ({Safe enough and just
better is} 9... Be7 {after} 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 $36 O-O {I would prefer
White's position, but it's very far from a clear advantage.}) 10. f4 $14 Bg4 $6
{Formally, only this move is a novelty. Maybe it's not a very big mistake, but
when the position is inferior, even a small inaccuracy can become fatal.} ({
I can imagine, that Markos didn't like position after} 10... exf4 {this move
was played in a previous game} 11. Bxf4 $5 $14 ({The following game, is nice
example of attacking chess.} 11. e5 $5 dxe5 12. Bxf4 Nd7 13. Rae1 Bg7 14. Nf3
f6 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Be3 Re8 17. g4 f5 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Nfg5 Nf6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6
21. Qh5 Re7 22. Nxh7 Rg7+ 23. Kh1 Qf7 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Rg1 {1-0, Vasiukov
Evgeni (RUS) 2560 - Velimirovic Dragoljub (SRB) 2510 , Tbilisi 1973 Match
"URS-Yugoslavia"}) {Now, Black has to stop e4-e5.} 11... Nh5 $1 12. Bg5 Bg7 {
Of course, White has the initiative, but Black has almost finished his
development, and hasn't lost anything yet.}) (10... Nd7 11. f5 $14) 11. Qf2
exf4 12. Bxf4 {Despite the manoeuvre of Black's bishop, the e4-e5 is still a
deadly threat.} Be6 $2 {Parries the thrust e4-e5, but only e4-e5.} ({Of course,
} 12... Bg7 $2 {is bad:} 13. e5 $18) ({And} 12... Nd7 $6 {is too passive:} 13.
Rae1 $16) ({The same defensive move was necessary} 12... Nh5 $1 {and now, the
direct} 13. e5 {leads only to the slightly better position for White.} Nxf4 14.
Qxf4 Be6 15. Qf6 ({Worse is} 15. Ne4 dxe5 16. Qf6 Rg8 17. Nf3 Bg7 18. Qh4 Qe7
$13) 15... Rg8 16. Nf3 Be7 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Qe5 O-O-O $14 {Black's pawns are
weak, but with the bishop pair there should be enough counterplay.}) 13. Qxc5
$16 {The second threat worked. The move is not hard, but it's important to be
ready to change your mind. White has very promising attacking prospects, and
it seems that taking the pawn is too petty. But here, this is the best choice.}
O-O-O {The only chance. The king will not survive in the centre.} ({But, the
endgame is too bad} 13... dxc5 14. Bxc7 $18) {The next part is the reason why
I like this game.} 14. Qd4 $1 {After an unexpected, but very quick evacuation
of Black's king to the queenside, Black is ready to finish his development.
Also, the play can become complicated in the middlegame, because the kings now
are on different flanks, and in the endgame, the bishop pair can give to Black
serious chances. So accurate play is required. With the text move, White
forces the exchange of the dark-squared bishops.} Bg7 15. Bg5 $1 Nh5 ({Black
have a nice trap} 15... Ng4 16. Qxg7 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Rdg8 {and White's queen has
no place to escape to, but} 18. Na4 $1 $18 {and the c3-square is the way to
the freedom for the queen.}) 16. Qe3 f6 17. Bh6 {This is the point, but now
Black can take the pawn back.} Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qb6+ {Of course, it's dangerous
to open the b-file, but otherwise, White will have the healthy extra pawn.} 19.
Kh1 Qxb2 20. Qd2 {It's very hard for Black to consolidate the position, the
king is too weak.} Qa3 21. Rab1 Kc7 ({If} 21... Rd7 {then, besides some quiet
moves, the combination is possible} 22. Nd5 $1 cxd5 23. Rb3 Qa4 24. Rfb1 $18 {
with the decisive attack.}) 22. Rb4 $1 {With this small trick, White increases
the power of the rook, on the fourth rank it will be terrifically strong.} Rb8
(22... Qxb4 $2 23. Nd5+ $18) 23. Ra4 Qc5 24. Nf3 $18 {One more piece is coming,
now White's attack is irresistible.} Rb2 25. Nd4 Re8 {The final blow, suddenly
comes from the kingside.} 26. g4 $1 Bxg4 ({One nice variation is} 26... Ng7 27.
Qh6 $18 Re7 28. Qxg7 $1) 27. Rc4 Qg5 28. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "Presov 2nd"]
[Site "Presov"]
[Date "2000.08.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kalod, Radek"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Kaspi,A"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2000.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7.
Bb2 b5 8. a4 b4 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qf6 11. Ra2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qg6 {Black has
got good position from the opening: pair of bishops and the mobile pawn
structure promises a good middlegame.} 13. Re1 $146 (13. Nd2 Bb7 14. f3 d5 (
14... Be7 $143 15. Nc4 {[%cal Rc4a5,Ra5b7]} O-O $6 (15... Rc8 $142 16. Qd3 d5
17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. Nb6 Rd8 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Bxg7 Rh7 22. Bb2 Bc5+
23. Kh1 Rhh5 $44) 16. Be5 Bc6 17. Bd6 Qg5 18. Ra1 f5 19. f4 Qh4 20. g3 Qf6 21.
e5 Qf7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Qd6 Qxd6 24. Nxd6 Ra7 25. Rad1 Bd5 26. Rd4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Shariyazdanov,A/Medellin 1996/Juniors (58)}) 15. e5 Be7 16.
f4 O-O 17. Nf3 Rac8 18. Qd2 Rc7 19. Rf2 Rfc8 20. h3 h5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Gershon,
A-Kundin,A/Rishon Le Ziyyon 1995}) 13... Bb7 14. f3 d5 15. e5 a5 $5 {[%cal
Gb7a6] White intends to play c2-c3 and c3xb4, thats why black doesnt hurry up
to develop f8-bishop, preparing to take on b4 from f8.} (15... Be7 $15) 16. c3
(16. Qd2 Be7 17. c3 Ba6 18. cxb4 Bxb4 $15) 16... Ba6 17. Bb6 $6 (17. cxb4 Bxb4
18. Bc3 Bc5+ 19. Bd4 Be7 $15) 17... Bd3 18. c4 (18. Rb2 bxc3 19. Nxc3 Bb4 $17)
18... Ra6 $6 (18... dxc4 $142 19. bxc4 (19. Rd2 Be7) 19... Bxc4 20. Rd2 Be7 21.
Rd4 Bd5 $17) 19. Bf2 dxc4 20. bxc4 Bxb1 (20... Bxc4 $2 21. Rc2 Rc6 {[%tqu "En",
"","","","e1e4","",10]} 22. Re4 $3 Bb3 23. Rd4 Qg5 24. Rxc6 Bxd1 25. Rc8+ Ke7
26. f4 $1 Qf5 27. Rdc4 $18 {Paintful position: black has no way to save.}) 21.
Rd2 Be7 22. Qxb1 Qxb1 23. Rxb1 Rc6 {[%csl Rc4] After the castle of black,
c4-pawn will be captured, but some technic of black is still required.} 24.
Rbd1 O-O (24... Rxc4 $2 25. Rd7 Bg5 $140 26. f4 $1) 25. Rd7 Bc5 26. Rb7 Bxf2+
27. Kxf2 Rxc4 28. Rb5 g5 $1 {It is neccesary to cut off white e5-pawn, which
will be a weakness in the close future.} 29. Rxa5 Rb8 30. Rd2 b3 31. Rb2 Rbb4
32. Ke2 Kg7 33. Kd3 Rxa4 34. Rb5 Rab4 35. Rxb4 $2 (35. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 36. Rxb3 Rc5
37. Ke4 Rc2 38. g4 Rxh2 {Still its far from the draw,but probably it was
better chance for white.}) 35... Rxb4 36. Kc3 Rb5 37. Rxb3 Rxe5 38. Kd3 Re1 39.
Rb2 h5 40. Kd2 Rh1 41. h3 h4 42. Ke2 {[%mdl 4096] Classical endgame "4:3 on
the same side". This time it is winning for the strongest side.} e5 43. Kf2 f6
44. Ra2 Rb1 45. Rc2 Rb6 46. Ra2 Kf7 47. Rc2 Ke6 48. Rd2 Rc6 49. Kg1 $2 (49. Ra2
$142 Rb6 50. Ke3 Kf5 51. Rc2 $17) 49... Kf5 50. Kf2 Kf4 $19 51. Ra2 f5 {
The time to create passed pawn "e".} 52. Rb2 Rc4 53. Ra2 Rd4 54. Rb2 e4 55.
fxe4 fxe4 56. Rb5 Rd2+ (56... e3+ $142 57. Ke2 g4 $1 {Botvinnik} 58. Rb2 $1 (
58. hxg4 Rd2+ 59. Kf1 Rf2+ 60. Kg1 Kg3 $19) 58... Re4 $1 59. hxg4 Kxg4 60. Rb8
Kg3 61. Rf8 (61. Rg8+ Rg4 $19) 61... Kxg2 62. Rg8+ Kh3 (62... Kh2 63. Rg7 h3 $4
$11) 63. Rg7 Rg4 64. Rf7 Kg2 65. Kxe3 h3 66. Rf2+ Kg1 67. Ra2 h2 $19) 57. Kf1
Ke3 58. g4 $2 {Now everything is very simple.} (58. Rb3+ Rd3 59. Rb1 Kf4 60.
Rb5 Rd4 $19 {[%cal Re4e3,Rg5g4]}) 58... hxg3 59. Rxg5 Kf4 60. Rg8 Rf2+ 61. Kg1
e3 {This is a winning setup.} 62. Rf8+ Ke4 63. Re8+ Kd4 64. Rd8+ Kc5 65. Rc8+
Kd6 66. Rd8+ Ke7 67. Rd1 e2 68. Ra1 Kf6 69. h4 Kg6 70. Rb1 Kh5 71. Ra1 Kxh4 72.
Rb1 Kh3 73. Ra1 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Presov 2nd"]
[Site "Presov"]
[Date "2000.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Kaspi,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Be2 d5 7.
exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Bf3 Nde7 {Probably, the best setup for
black in this position.} (10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Nc4 b5 (13...
Rd8 14. Rd1 f6 15. Qg4 Kf7 $14) 14. Qe5 O-O-O 15. Qxc7+ Kxc7 16. Ne5 Be8 17. c4
$14 {1-0 Timman,J-Shaked,T/Hoogeveen 1998}) 11. Re1 $146 {This novelty doesnt
bring white advantage as well.} (11. Be3 Qc7 12. Re1 Ng6 13. Nd2 Nce5 14. Be4
Bd6 15. f4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. g3 O-O 18. Qf3 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Be7 20. Bd4 Rae8
{1/2-1/2 Saulin,D-Sherbakov,R/Smolensk RUS 2000/The Week in Chess 287 (20)})
11... Qc7 12. Na3 Ng6 13. Nc4 Nxd4 $6 {The beginning of the wrong idea. Black
could equalize by:} (13... Be7 $142 14. Be3 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Rd8 $11 {[%csl Rc4]})
14. Qxd4 Bc5 $2 {Black decides to sac a pawn, and to castle to the opposite
side of white king, but white easily neutrolize blacks initiative.} (14... Rd8
15. Rd1 $14 {[%csl Rd6]}) 15. Qxg7 O-O-O (15... Bxf2+ $142 16. Kxf2 Qxc4 17.
Bg5 (17. Re4 $6 Qc7 18. Kg1 O-O-O 19. Bg5 Rdf8 20. Ree1 $11) 17... Qb5 (17...
Bc6 18. Bxc6+ Qxc6 19. Kg1 $14) 18. Qf6 h6 $5 (18... Qxb2+ $143 19. Kg1 Qb6+
20. Kh1 h6 21. Rab1 $16) 19. Bc1 $16 {[%csl Re8]}) 16. Be3 Nh4 17. Qf6 $1 (17.
Be4 Bxe3 (17... f5 $6 18. Qg3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Ng6 21. Bc2 $16) 18.
Nxe3 Qf4 $1 19. Bxh7 Nf3+ 20. gxf3 Qh4 21. Rad1 Rxh7 22. Qg3 Rdh8 23. Qxh4 Rxh4
24. Nf1 Rg8+ 25. Ng3 Rgh8 26. Rd4 Rxh2 27. Kf1 $11) 17... Be7 (17... Nxf3+ 18.
Qxf3 Bb5 19. Bf4 $16) 18. Nb6+ Kb8 19. Nxd7+ (19. Qxe7 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Rhg8+ 21.
Kh1 Bc6 22. Qxc7+ Kxc7 23. h4 $18) 19... Qxd7 20. Qf4+ Qc7 21. Ba7+ (21. Qxc7+
Kxc7 22. Be4 $18) 21... Kc8 22. Qxf7 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 b6 24. Rxe6 Bd6 25. Qa8+
$18 {The drawing agreement is quite strange, because white is winning:} (25.
Qa8+ Kd7 26. Qd5 Kc8 27. g3 $1 Bxg3 (27... Rhe8 28. Rh6 $18) 28. Qa8+ Kd7 29.
Qe4 $18 Bxh2+ 30. Kf1 {[%cal Ga1d1]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zlin"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Kogan, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 d6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. e5 d5 13. Ne2 c5 14. Ng3 h6
15. c4 g6 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Bf4 d4 18. Re1 h5 19. Qe2 g5 20. Bd2 h4 21. Nh5 h3
22. Qg4 Qb7 23. Qxh3 Qxb2 24. Rad1 Bb7 25. Qg4 Qc2 26. Nf6 Bxf6 27. exf6 Qxc4
28. Re5 Qc2 29. Bxg5 Bd5 30. h4 Rb8 {A nice illustration of the attacking
chances offered with opposite coloured bishops. Black's king is in a perilous
situation.} 31. Rxd5 $1 exd5 32. Bf4 Qg6 (32... Rd8 33. Bd6+ $1 Rxd6 34. Qc8+)
33. Qxg6 fxg6 34. Bxb8 Kf7 35. Bd6 Rc8 36. Be7 c4 37. Rxd4 c3 38. Ba3 c2 39.
Bc1 Ke6 40. Rd2 Rc4 41. f7 Kxf7 42. Rxd5 Ke6 43. Rd2 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 57th"]
[Site "Plock"]
[Date "2000.05.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hnydiuk, Aleksander"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2000.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 cxd4 6. Ne2 Bg7 7. c3 (7. O-O
Qa5 8. a4 a6 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. d3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nf4 Nc7 13. Re1 Qf5 14. Qd2
Bf6 15. Qb4 O-O 16. Qb6 Qd7 17. Bd2 Qd6 18. Qxd6 exd6 19. Ba5 Bd8 20. Bb6 g5
21. Ne2 $16 {Keitlinghaus,L-Reschke,S/Germany 1993/}) 7... a6 8. Bc4 dxc3 9.
dxc3 $146 (9. Nxc3 e6 10. d4 d6 11. O-O Ne7 12. Be2 O-O 13. Be3 b5 14. Qd2 Bb7
15. d5 e5 16. a4 b4 17. Nd1 a5 18. b3 f5 19. f3 f4 20. Bf2 g5 21. Nb2 h5 22.
Nc4 Nc8 23. Rfc1 $14 {Kazakov,P-Polovnikova,E/Omsk/Perm 1998/}) 9... d6 10. Be3
Nf6 11. e5 Ng4 12. exd6 Nxe3 13. fxe3 O-O 14. O-O exd6 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. e4 Bg4
17. Nf4 b5 18. Bd5 Rab8 19. Rae1 a5 20. a3 Bd7 21. Kh1 Rbe8 22. Re2 Kh8 23. Qc2
Qg5 24. Re3 Be5 25. Ref3 Qh6 26. h3 f5 27. Nd3 Bg7 28. Nf2 Qh4 29. Qd3 f4 30.
Qd1 Be5 31. Kg1 g5 32. Ng4 Bg7 33. Qe1 $2 (33. Nh2 $142 $5) 33... Qxe1 34. Rxe1
h5 35. Nf2 g4 36. Rd3 Be5 37. Rb1 Kg7 38. b3 Rc8 39. c4 b4 40. axb4 axb4 41.
Rd2 Rc7 42. Rc1 $2 (42. Nd3 $142 gxh3 43. gxh3 Bc3 (43... Bxh3 44. Nxb4 Bc3 45.
Rd3 f3 46. Rxc3 f2+ 47. Kh2 f1=Q 48. Rxf1 Bxf1 49. Nc6 $132) 44. Rg2+ Kh6 45.
Kh2 $17) 42... g3 $19 43. Nd1 f3 44. Rd3 f2+ 45. Kf1 Bxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46.
Ne3 (46. gxh3 g2+ $1 $19) 46... Bd7 47. Nf5+ Bxf5 48. exf5 Rxf5 49. Be4 Rf6 50.
Rd5 Rf4 51. Bf3 Re7 0-1

[Event "Noyabrsk"]
[Site "Noyabrsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Na5 $5 (4... Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6
7. d4 $14) 5. O-O a6 6. Be2 b5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qd3 Nge7 10. Bg5 f6
11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bg3 Be7 13. Qd2 $6 (13. a4 b4 14. Nd1 Bb7 15. Ne3 $14) 13...
Qb6 14. Rfd1 Nce5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Bh5 d6 17. Qe2 O-O 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. a4 $6
(19. Qg4 $10) 19... Bd7 $15 (19... b4 $5) 20. axb5 (20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Rxd7 Rxf2
22. a5 Qc6 23. Qxf2 Qxd7 $15) 20... axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Bxe5 $2 (22. Qg4 Qc6
23. Rc1 b4 24. Nd1 $15) 22... b4 23. Bd4 (23. Nb1 Bb5 $19) 23... Qc6 24. Nb1 e5
25. Be3 Qxe4 $17 26. f3 Qc6 27. c4 Ra2 28. Qc2 Qa4 29. Qc1 Qb3 30. Bf2 Qxb2 $19
31. Qe3 Ra1 32. Qe4 Bf5 33. Qd5+ Kh7 34. g4 Bxb1 35. Qf7 Ra2 36. Rf1 Bh4 0-1

[Event "Herzliya"]
[Site "Herzliya"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Horvath,T} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 (4. O-O {Horvath,T} Nge7 5.
Nc3 a6 $6 (5... Ng6 $5) (5... Nd4 $1) 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d6 9. Re1
Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qg4 g6 (11... O-O $2 12. Bh6 Bf6 13. e5 $1 dxe5 14. Rad1
Qe7 15. Ne4 Kh8 16. Be3 $16) 12. Bh6 $14) 4... bxc6 5. b3 {5.0-0,5.e5!?} d5 6.
e5 (6. d3 $5 {Horvath,T} Ba6 7. c4) 6... Ba6 7. d3 $14 c4 $1 8. dxc4 dxc4 9.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. Be3 Rd7 11. Nbd2 Ne7 (11... Bb4 $5) 12. Nxc4 (12. Bc5 $5 $14)
12... Nd5 13. Nfd2 {? Horvath,T} (13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Rxd6 16.
c4 c5 $10) (13. O-O {Horvath,T} Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bc5 15. Kf2 Ke7 16. Rfd1 Rhd8 17.
Rxd7+ Rxd7 18. Ke2 $14) 13... Bb4 14. a3 Bxd2+ (14... Bc3 15. O-O-O $16) 15.
Nxd2 (15. Kxd2 Bxc4 16. bxc4 Nf4+ 17. Kc3 Nxg2 18. Bd4 $13) 15... Nc3 {!
Horvath,T} 16. Nf3 $2 (16. f3 O-O 17. Kf2 Rfd8 18. Nc4 Nd1+ 19. Ke2) (16. Nc4
O-O 17. Bd2 Ne4 18. Be3 $10) 16... O-O 17. Bd4 (17. Bc5 Rfd8 18. Bd6 f6 19. Kd2
Ne4+ 20. Ke3 Nxd6 21. exd6 Rxd6 $17) 17... Ne2 18. Bc5 Nf4 $1 19. Nh4 Rfd8 20.
g3 {? Horvath,T} (20. Be3 $142 {Horvath,T}) (20. Bd6 {Horvath,T Boensch} f6 21.
g3 (21. O-O-O fxe5 22. Bxe5 Ne2+) 21... fxe5 22. Bxe5 Nh3 23. Bc3 c5 24. f4 e5
25. fxe5 Rf8 26. e6 Re8 $19) 20... Rd2 $1 (20... Ne2 21. c4 Nd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4
23. O-O $14) 21. c4 $2 (21. gxf4 Re2+ 22. Kf1 Rxc2+ 23. Kg2 Rxc5 24. Rhd1 Bd3
$17) 21... Re2+ 22. Kf1 Ra2 $1 23. Re1 Nd3 24. Rd1 Rd7 25. Be3 (25. Bxa7 c5 $1
$17) 25... Rxa3 26. Nf3 Rxb3 27. Nd2 Nxe5 $19 28. Kg2 Rbd3 29. Rb1 f5 30. Nf3
Nxf3 31. Kxf3 Bxc4 32. Kf4 R3d5 33. Rb8+ Kf7 34. Ra1 a6 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yerevan"]
[BlackTeam "Ashdod"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Ng5 O-O 7. f4 d6 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Qe1 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. Be3 h6 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Be6
15. Kh1 Kh7 16. Bxe6 fxe6 {About this line - see CBM 97, annotations to
Bologan-Radjabov.} (16... Qxe6 17. Rae1 Qh3 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 a6 20. f4
$14 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Degraeve,J/Final Coupe de France, Senat FRA 2003 (30)}) 17.
Qg2 Qe8 (17... Rf7 18. Rg1 Raf8 19. Ne2 $1 d5 $2 (19... Ne8 $1 $11 {[%csl Yf4]
[%cal Gf7f3]}) 20. Nf4 g5 21. Ng6 $1 Nh5 $1 22. Nxf8+ Rxf8 23. Qh3 $18 {
1/2-1/2 Bologan,V-Radjabov,T/Dortmund 2003/CBM 097/[Erenburg] (36)}) 18. Rg1
$146 (18. Qh3 d5 19. Ne2 Bd6 20. Rf2 Qh5 21. Qxh5 {1/2-1/2 Gallagher,J-San
Segundo Carrillo,P/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 098}) 18... Qf7 19. Raf1 {[%cal Yf3f4]} (
19. f4 {is still premature due to} d5) 19... d5 20. Ne2 {[%cal Ye2f4,Yf3f4]
White has rearranged his pieces and is now ready to start a kingside attack.}
Rg8 {[%cal Yg7g5]} (20... Rad8 21. Qh3 Nh5 22. f4 dxe4 23. dxe4 g6 24. Ng3 $14)
21. Qh3 (21. f4 $5) 21... Nh5 22. f4 dxe4 23. f5 $6 (23. dxe4 {[%cal Yf4f5]} g6
24. Ng3 $14 {was more patient} ({or} 24. f5)) 23... exf5 24. Rxf5 $6 {And this
is a real inaccuracy.} (24. dxe4 {was still possible.}) 24... Nf6 25. Nf4 (25.
dxe4 Qe6 {is now favorable for Black.}) 25... exd3 26. cxd3 Rae8 {White has
just lost a pawn not creating any real threats.} 27. Nh5 $2 {The Armenian GM
had an opportunity to force a draw, which he should have taken:} (27. Rfg5 $1 {
[%cal Rh3f5]} Ne4 $1 28. Rf5 (28. dxe4 $2 Bxg5 29. Rxg5 Rxe4 $17) (28. Rg6 $2
Qxf4 $1) 28... Nf6 $11) 27... Bd8 28. Bf4 $2 (28. Bxc5 Qd7 {is not too
attractive for White but at least he would keep the material balance after} 29.
Qf3 ({or} 29. Rf3)) 28... Qd7 $19 29. Ng3 {The feast is over, the food is
coming back.} Qxd3 30. Qg2 Ne4 31. Nxe4 Qxe4 32. Qxe4 Rxe4 33. Be5 Bg5 34. Bc3
b6 35. Rf7 Re7 36. Rf5 Rd8 37. Rgf1 Rdd7 38. a4 Bd2 39. a5 Bxc3 40. bxc3 Re2
41. R1f2 Rd1+ 42. Kg2 Rdd2 43. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 44. Kf3 Rc2 45. Ke4 Rxc3 {A very
weak game for a namesake of the 9th World Champion! However, Black's problems
in this line are not solved yet.} 0-1

[Event "Vilnius Mikenas Memorial op"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 a6 8.
Ba4 Nc6 9. d3 Bc5 (9... Be7 {-52/(162)}) 10. f4 d5 11. Ng3 dxe4 12. Qh5 $5 $146
(12. Nxe4 {1/2-1/2, Glek-Nunn, Germany 1996}) 12... Be7 (12... Ba7 13. Nxe4 {
|^>>}) 13. dxe4 g6 14. Qf3 b5 15. Bb3 h5 (15... Bb7 $5 16. f5 Ne5 17. Qf4 Qd6 (
17... g5 $2 18. Qxe5 Bf6 19. Qxf6 $1 Qxf6 20. fxe6 $18) 18. f6 (18. fxe6 fxe6
19. Bd2 g5 20. Qf2 O-O-O $17) (18. Bd2 exf5 19. exf5 g5 $13) 18... Bf8 19. a4
$13) 16. Bd2 Bb7 $6 (16... h4 17. Nh1 Bb7 $13) 17. f5 $1 Ne5 (17... gxf5 18.
exf5 (18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Qxf5 f6) 18... Na5 $2 19. Bxa5) 18. Qf4 f6 $8 (18... g5
$2 19. Qxe5 Bf6 20. Qxf6 $1 Qxf6 21. fxe6 $18) (18... Qd6 $2 19. fxg6 fxg6 20.
Bb4 $1 $18) 19. fxe6 $2 (19. Bxe6 $2 g5 20. Qf2 h4 21. Nh1 Qc7 $17) (19. fxg6
$1 Nxg6 20. Qf3 $13) 19... Qb6 20. Nh1 $6 (20. a4) 20... Nc4 $17 21. Bxc4 bxc4
22. Nf2 O-O-O $6 {xKc8} (22... Qxe6 $5 23. Qc7 $140 Qc6 $17 {_|_}) 23. c3 d3
24. b3 $1 {/\<=><->b} Qxe6 25. bxc4 f5 26. Rab1 fxe4 (26... Bd6 27. Qe3 Qe5 28.
Qh3 $13) 27. Qe3 Rd7 28. Rfe1 Rf8 29. Nxe4 $4 (29. Qa7 $132) 29... Bxe4 30. c5
(30. Qxe4 Bc5+ 31. Kh1 Rf1+ $19) (30. h3 Re8 $19) 30... Qg4 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ural Sverdlovskaya"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. h4 Bh6 8. Qh5
$5 {This brilliand discovery of Michael Adams (1995) breathed new life into
this system.} Qd7 (8... g6 9. Qd1 {[%cal Yh4h5] is Adams' main idea, tested in
many games since - see CBM 104, annotations to Adams-Haznedaroglu.}) 9. Nd5 {
The most obvious move preventing 9...Nf6.} (9. Nb5 Nd8 10. a4 Nf6 11. Qd1 O-O
12. Nf1 Bxc1 13. Qxc1 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 e4 (16... Qe7 $5 {
[%cal Yc8e6]}) 17. dxe4 Qg4 18. Qd2 Qxe4 19. Nd6 Qg4 20. O-O Qxh4 21. Rf4 Qe7
22. Raf1 $44 {1-0 Pisk,P-Mudrak,J/Czechia 1998/EXT 2000 (56)}) (9. Nf1 Nf6 10.
Qd1 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 O-O 12. Ne3 Rb8 13. a4 a6 14. Ncd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Kh8 16. c3
Ne7 17. O-O f5 18. exf5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Qxf5 20. Qe2 Be6 $11 {1-0 Belov,
V-Smirnov,P/chessassistantclub.com INT 2004/CBM 104 ext (49)}) 9... Rb8 10. c3
(10. a4 Qd8 (10... a6 11. c3 Kf8 12. Qf3 Qg4 13. Qxg4 Bxg4 14. a5 Nge7 15. Ne3
Bxe3 16. fxe3 h5 17. O-O f6 18. b3 Ng6 19. g3 Ke7 20. Bb2 Rhd8 21. d4 $14 {
1-0 Cabrilo,G-Drasko,D/Jahorina 2000/EXT 2001 (37)}) 11. Nf1 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 Nge7
13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Ne3 O-O 15. Qg5 {1/2-1/2 Movsesian,S-Radjabov,T/Feugen AUT
2006}) 10... b5 (10... Qd8 $5 {was possible here, too:} 11. Ne3 Qf6 12. Ndf1
Nge7 13. Ng4 Bxg4 14. Qxg4 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 b5 16. Bb3 c4 17. Bc2 cxd3 18. Bxd3 b4
$11 {1-0 Petrosian,T-Smirnov,P/Feugen AUT 2006 (42)}) 11. Bb3 Nce7 12. Ne3 Nc6
$6 {Renewing the Nf6 threat and silently offering a draw. Still, it's too
passive.} (12... c4 $5 13. dxc4 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nf6 15. Qf3 O-O 16. O-O Ba6 17.
cxb5 Qxb5 18. Bc4 Qc6 19. Bxa6 Qxa6 20. c4 (20. h5 $142 h6 21. c4 Nh7 {V.
Kramnik}) 20... h5 21. b3 Ng4 22. Bb2 Qb6 (22... f5 $142 {V.Kramnik}) 23. c5 $1
dxc5 24. Nc4 Qe6 25. Rad1 Rfd8 26. Ba3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Leko P-Kramnik V/Monaco 
(rapid) 2004(34)}) 13. Ndf1 Nf6 14. Qf3 O-O (14... Qd8 15. g4 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Be6
17. g5 Nd7 18. Nf5 $16) 15. g4 $1 {GM Alexey Shirov's pet move. In many
openings he applies it even before Black's castling! Here it starts a strong
attack.} Bxe3 (15... Nxg4 $2 16. Nf5) (15... Bf4 16. g5 Ne8 17. Ng3 $36) 16.
Nxe3 Ne7 {The g4 pawn was poisoned:} (16... Nxg4 17. Rg1 Nxe3 (17... h5 18. Qg3
g6 19. f3 c4 $8 20. fxg4 cxb3 21. gxh5 $18 {->}) (17... Nh6 18. Qf6 g6 19.
Rxg6+ $18) 18. Bxe3 Qh3 (18... Kh8 19. Bh6 $1 $18) 19. Rg3 ({winning an
exchange} 19. Qxh3 Bxh3 20. Bh6 {shouldn't satisfy White}) 19... Qxh4 20. O-O-O
$18 {[%cal Rd1h1] ->}) 17. g5 Ne8 (17... Ng4 18. Nd5 $16 {[%csl Rg4]}) 18. h5
$16 {[%mdl 128] ->} Bb7 19. Ng4 c4 $5 {A desperate attempt to create
counterplay in the centre.} 20. h6 $1 Qf5 $5 (20... cxb3 21. hxg7 Kxg7 22. Qh3
Rh8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Nf6+ Nxf6 25. gxf6 Qg4 26. Bg5 $18) 21. Qh3 (21. Qg2 cxb3
(21... Qg6 22. hxg7 Qxg7 (22... Kxg7 23. Rh6) 23. dxc4 $18) 22. hxg7 Kxg7 23.
exf5 Bxg2 24. f6+ Kh8 25. fxe7 Rg8 26. Rh2 $18 {was even stronger.}) 21... Qg6
22. hxg7 Kxg7 23. Qe3 {[%cal Rh1h6]} (23. Bc2 {was simpler. If} cxd3 {then} 24.
Qxd3) 23... h5 $1 {Black is defending like a lion (although the lion attacks
more often than defends) but his position is terribly compromised.} 24. Bc2 $1
(24. gxh6+ Kh8 {is quite unclear.}) 24... hxg4 {Giving up a queen but Black's
choice was grim:} (24... f5 $5 25. gxf6+ Nxf6 26. Nxf6 Rxf6 27. Bd2 {[%cal
Re1c1]} Qg4 $1 28. Qg5+ (28. Qxa7 Nc6) 28... Qxg5 29. Bxg5 Rf7 30. dxc4 bxc4
31. O-O-O $18 {[%cal Rd1g1,Rd1d6]}) (24... cxd3 $5 25. Bxd3 f6 26. gxf6+ Nxf6
27. Nxf6 Rxf6 (27... Kxf6 28. Bd2 Qg4 29. f3 Qg3+ 30. Kd1 $18) 28. Bd2 Qg4 29.
Qg5+ Qxg5 30. Bxg5 $16) 25. Rh6 Rh8 26. Rxg6+ Nxg6 27. Qxa7 Nc7 28. Be3 b4 29.
dxc4 bxc3 30. bxc3 g3 31. O-O-O g2 32. f4 $5 {White brings home his advantage
in a very energetic way.} (32. f3 {was quite enough.}) 32... exf4 33. Bd4+ Ne5
34. Qa5 Ne6 35. Bxe5+ dxe5 36. Qxe5+ Kg6 37. Qf5+ Kh5 38. Rg1 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 54th"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 a6 8.
Ba4 Nc6 9. d3 Bc5 $146 (9... Be7 {-52/(162)}) 10. c3 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Bf4 Qb6
$11 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Qd2 O-O 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Be3 (17. Rxc8
Rxc8 18. Be3 $11) 17... Rc6 18. Rfd1 (18. Rxc6 dxc6 $1) 18... f5 $5 19. Rxc6
Bxc6 20. Re1 a5 21. a3 b4 22. axb4 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 f4 24. Re2 (24. Re1 Rb8 $1 25.
Rc1 a4 $1 26. Ba2 Qxb4 27. Qxb4 (27. Qxf4 Qxb2) 27... Rxb4 28. Rc2 Kf7 $17)
24... f3 (24... Rb8 25. Qxf4) 25. gxf3 (25. Re3 $5 fxg2 26. Rg3 $11) 25... Rxf3
26. Bc4 axb4 $15 {xKg1} 27. Qg5 $6 (27. Kg2 Rf6 28. Qe3) 27... Qd4 28. Qd8+ Kf7
29. Qg5 Rf6 30. Qe3 Qe5 31. f3 Qh5 32. Rf2 Kg8 33. d4 $138 (33. Bb3) 33... d5
$1 34. exd5 Bxd5 35. Bxd5 exd5 $15 (35... Qxd5 36. Re2 $5) 36. Rf1 $1 h6 (36...
Qg6+ 37. Kh1 Re6 38. Qb3 $132) 37. Qe5 $1 Qf7 (37... Rg6+ 38. Kh1) (37... Qxe5
38. dxe5 Rf5 39. f4 g5 40. Rd1 $1 Rxf4 41. Rxd5 Kf7 42. Rd6 $11) 38. Qb8+ Kh7
39. Qxb4 Qg6+ 40. Kh1 Qd3 41. Qe1 Rxf3 42. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 43. Kg1 Qg4+ 44. Kh1 (44.
Kf1 $5) 44... Qxd4 45. Qb1+ g6 46. b4 h5 $5 (46... Qf2 47. b5 d4 48. b6 Qf3+
49. Kg1 d3 50. b7 $11) 47. b5 h4 (47... Qb6 $6 48. Kg2) 48. b6 h3 49. Qf1 (49.
b7 $4 Qf2 $19) 49... Qe4+ 50. Kg1 Qg4+ (50... Qe3+ 51. Qf2 $1 Qg5+ 52. Kf1) 51.
Kh1 $2 (51. Kf2 $1 d4 52. Qe2 $1 $11) 51... Kg7 $17 52. b7 Qb4 53. b8=Q $6 (53.
Qxh3 Qxb7 $17) 53... Qxb8 54. Qg1 $6 (54. Qxh3 $17) 54... Qc8 $4 (54... Qe8 55.
Qd4+ Kh7 56. Qh4+ Kg8 57. Qxh3 $17) (54... Qf8 $1 55. Qd4+ (55. Qa7+ Kg8) 55...
Qf6 56. Qa7+ Qf7 57. Qa1+ Kh6 $1 (57... Kh7 58. Qa7) 58. Qh8+ Kg5 59. Qxh3 (59.
Qd8+ Kg4 $19) (59. Qe5+ Qf5 60. Qg3+ Kh5 $19) 59... Qf2 $19) 55. Qd4+ Kh7 56.
Qh4+ Kg8 57. Qg5 $1 $11 Kf7 (57... Qf5 58. Qxg6+ Qxg6 $11) (57... Qd7 58. Qxg6+
Kf8 59. Qf6+ $11) 58. Qxd5+ Kg7 59. Qd4+ Kh7 60. Qh4+ Kg8 61. Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,78,37,37,46,46,41,52,49,39,36,38,65,11,6,22,32,15,23,19,20,8,41,19,16,
6,33,45,40,40,49,31,20,14,10,5,24,0,15,-27,-27,-32,-7,-17,-3,-15,-3,-9,-7,-19,
6,-1,-1,-7,-17,-3,-3,-3,-3,-86,-44,-44,-36,-28,-28,-41,-30,-30,-20,-94,-96,
-261,-261,-261,-182,-177,-177,-758,-559,-561,-554]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3
e5 4. Bc4 Be7 $5 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Nd7 $5 8. Nd5 Nb6 9. Nxb6 $5 axb6 {
This idea was introduced by Vasyl Ivanchuk in his FIDE World Championship game
against Vishy Anand in 2001.} 10. Ne3 (10. c3 {, preventing ...b6-b5, is more
accurate. Here are some examples:} O-O 11. Ne3 Bg5 12. O-O Kh8 $5 (12... Bxe3
$5 13. Bxe3 Qe7 (13... Be6 14. a3 Qd7 15. Qb3 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Kh8 17. Qb5 Ra6 18.
d4 Qe7 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. b4 $14 {1/2 (94) Kurnosov,I (2527)-Smirnov,P (2629)
Krasnoyarsk 2003}) 14. f4 exf4 $1 15. Bxf4 Be6 16. Bxe6 (16. Bd5 Qd7 17. a3 Ne7
18. Qb3 Bxd5 19. exd5 b5 $11 {1/2 (48) Illescas Cordoba,M (2626)-Nataf,I (2565)
Mallorca 2004}) 16... Qxe6 $1 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Rad8 19. Bg3 Rd7 20. Rf5
Rfd8 21. b4 Ne7 $1 {[%cal Yd6d5] 1/2 (21) Leko,P (2739)-Kramnik,V (2785)
Dortmund 2003 CBM 097 [Erenburg,S]}) 13. a3 $6 (13. Bd2 {0-1 (42) Anand,V 
(2770)-Ivanchuk,V (2731) Moscow 2001 CBM 086 [Ftacnik,L]} f5 $11) 13... f5 $1
14. Nxf5 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Bxf5 16. exf5 d5 $1 17. Ba2 (17. Bb5 $5 Rxf5 18. Bxc6
$11) 17... Rxf5 18. Qg4 Rf6 $11 {0-1 (33) Svidler,P (2735)-Carlsen,M (2845)
Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019 CBM 190 [Nielsen,Peter Heine]}) (10. a4 O-O 11. Ne3
Bg5 {was played in the below-mentioned game Timofeev-Jakovenko and led to the
position from the present game after} 12. O-O) 10... Bg5 ({Black misses an
opportunity to improve his pawn structure by means of} 10... b5 $1 11. Bb3 (11.
Bxb5 $4 Qa5+) 11... O-O $11 {After the text move he must work harder to
equalize.}) 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 Kh8 {[%cal Yf7f5]} (12... Bxe3 $5 {is another
plan:} 13. Bxe3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. c3 d5 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Rad1 h6 18. h3 Rf7
19. exd5 exd5 20. f4 Qd6 21. Qxb6 exf4 22. Qxc5 Qxc5 23. Bxc5 Rxa4 $11 {
1/2 (64) Timofeev,A (2611)-Jakovenko,D (2596) Izmir 2004}) 13. Nd5 (13. c3 f5
14. Nxf5 {1-0 (25) Babault,P (2320)-Meynard,T (2288) France 2008} Bxc1 15. Rxc1
Bxf5 16. exf5 d5 $11) 13... Bxc1 14. Qxc1 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. f4 Be6 {Black
keeps control of the d5 square.} 17. Qd2 Bg8 {Setting up a subtle trap.} 18. f5
{This obvious move is actually a tactical oversight!} (18. c3 $11) 18... Nd4 $1
{[%mdl 64]} 19. c3 ({Surprisingly, White can't protect his f5 pawn as} 19. g4
$2 {loses in view of} b5 $1 20. axb5 (20. Ba2 Rxa4 {is hopeless, too}) 20...
Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Nf3+) ({, and} 19. Ne3 $6 d5 {is clearly favorable for Black.})
19... Nxf5 20. Qe2 {Fortunately for White, he has a decent compensation for
the pawn (control of light squares). Sooner or later, Black has to exchange
White's d5 knight, otherwise he can't remove his queen from d8. He takes the
knight at once.} Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Qd7 22. Qf3 Rf6 23. Bxb7 Raf8 {Black has given
up the pawn but consolidated his position. Chances are approximately equal now.
} 24. Bc6 Qd8 25. Be4 Ne7 26. Qh3 g6 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 28. Qe3 Qc7 29. b4 $6 {
Too optimistic. Quiet play was appropriate, say,} (29. Bf3) 29... cxb4 30. cxb4
Qc3 31. Qe1 (31. Rb1 d5 32. Bf3 e4 $17) 31... Qd4+ 32. Kh1 d5 33. Bf3 Nc6 34.
a5 $2 (34. Rb1 $1 {was a passive but right defense. White holds on in that
case, e.g.} Qxd3 35. Rd1 Qb3 36. b5 (36. Bxd5 Qxb4 37. Bxc6 Qxe1+ 38. Rxe1 Rxc6
39. Kg1 {must be enough for a draw, too}) 36... e4 $8 37. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 38. bxc6
Rxc6 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Rd7+ $11) 34... Nxb4 35. a6 $2 (35. axb6 $2 Nxd3 {
is equally poor.}) (35. Qg1 {was the only chance to continue resistance. Of
course, Black keeps an extra pawn and winning chances after, say,} bxa5 36.
Qxd4 exd4 37. Rxa5 Rd6) 35... Nxd3 36. Qb1 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 g5 $1 {Threatening 38..
.Ne4+ 39.Kh1 Ng3+! 40.hxg3 Rh6+.} 38. Qa2 Ng4+ $1 {Black finds the most
convincing way to win.} ({The immediate} 38... Ne4+ {is less accurate in vew of
} 39. Kf1 (39. Kh1 Ng3+) {, and Black must find something like} 39... Nd2+ 40.
Ke2 e4 $1 41. a7 (41. Qxd2 exf3+ 42. gxf3 Re6+ $19) 41... exf3+ 42. gxf3 Re6+
43. Kd1 Nb1+ $19) 39. Kh1 Qf4 $1 (39... Qf4 40. Kg1 $8 Qe3+ $1 41. Kh1 Nf2+ 42.
Kg1 Ne4+ 43. Kf1 (43. Kh1 Ng3+) 43... Nd2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 54th"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Pedzich, Dominik"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1997.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. c3 Nc6 8.
d3 Bc5 9. Nd2 $1 $146 (9. Qg4 $6 {-Inf 62/(155)}) 9... Qb6 (9... dxc3 10. bxc3
Qb6 (10... Bxf2+ 11. Kxf2 Qb6+ 12. Re3 Qxb5 13. Ba3 $40) 11. d4 Qxb5 12. a4 Qa5
13. Nb3 Qxc3 14. Re3 Qc4 15. dxc5 $44) 10. Bxc6 dxc3 $6 (10... dxc6 11. Nb3 $36
) 11. Nc4 $1 Qxc6 12. Qg4 $1 Bf8 (12... Bd4 13. e5) 13. e5 $1 (13. bxc3 b5 14.
Ne5 Qc7 $13 (14... Qxc3 15. Bf4 $36)) 13... f5 $6 (13... b5 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15.
Qxg7 Rf8 16. exd6 Bb7 17. Bh6 O-O-O 18. Qxc3 $16) 14. exf6 gxf6 15. bxc3 b5 $2
(15... d5 16. Ne3 $40 (16. Qh5+ Kd8 17. Qf7 Be7 18. Ba3 Re8 19. Bxe7+ Rxe7 20.
Qf8+ Qe8 $11)) 16. Qh5+ Kd8 17. Qf7 e5 (17... Be7 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Qxf6+ Kc7
20. Nxa3 (20. Qe5+ d6) 20... Bb7 21. Qe5+ Kb6 22. Re4 $18) 18. Bg5 $3 (18. Na5
Qe6 $11) 18... fxg5 19. Nxe5 Qd6 (19... Qb6 20. Qd5 $18) 20. Qf3 Kc7 21. Qxa8
$18 Bb7 22. Qxa7 Qd5 23. Re4 (23. Qa5+ $18) 23... Bc5 24. Qa5+ Bb6 25. Qb4 d6
26. Nf3 Qxd3 27. Re7+ Kb8 28. Rb1 Bc6 29. Nd4 Rc8 30. Nxc6+ Rxc6 31. Qxb5 Qc2
32. Rf1 Qxc3 33. Qa6 $4 $138 Bxf2+ 34. Rxf2 Rxa6 35. Rf8+ Qc8 36. Rxc8+ Kxc8
37. Rxh7 Rxa2 $11 38. Rg7 Ra5 39. Kf2 Kd8 40. Kg3 Rf5 $2 $138 (40... Ke8 41.
Kg4 Ra2 42. Kh3 Ra5 43. g3 Kf8 44. Rg6 Kf7 45. Rxd6 Ra4 $11) 41. Kg4 Rf2 42.
Kg3 Rf5 43. h3 Ke8 $6 (43... d5) 44. Kg4 Rf2 45. g3 d5 46. Rxg5 d4 47. Rd5 Rd2
48. Kf4 Rd3 49. h4 Ke7 50. g4 $6 Ke6 51. Rd8 Ke7 52. Ra8 $2 (52. Rd5 Ke6 53.
Re5+ Kf7 (53... Kd6 54. h5 Rh3 55. Re8 $18) 54. h5 Rh3 55. Rd5 $18) 52... Rh3
53. Kg5 d3 54. Ra4 (54. Ra2 Re3 55. Rd2 $6 {xRd2}) 54... d2 55. Rd4 Rh2 56. h5
Re2 57. Rd3 Ke6 58. Kh6 (58. Kf4 Rh2 59. Kg3 Re2 {/\60...Kf6=}) 58... Ke7 $1
59. g5 Re6+ 60. Kg7 $6 (60. g6 Rd6 61. Rxd6 Kxd6 62. g7 d1=Q 63. g8=Q Ke7 $11)
60... Rd6 61. Rxd2 Rxd2 62. h6 Ke6 63. h7 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nh4 $5 Ng6 7. Nxg6 hxg6
8. Be3 $146 d5 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. c3 Ba6 11. Qc2 f5 $5 12. e5 Be7 13. O-O-O Kf7 $6
(13... O-O 14. f4 d4 15. cxd4 cxd4 16. Bf2 c5 $13) 14. Nf3 $5 {/\15.c4} g5 15.
h3 $6 (15. c4 $13) 15... c4 $6 (15... f4 16. Bd2 c4 17. dxc4 Bxc4 {/\18...Be2-/
+} 18. Nd4 Bxa2 19. Nxc6 Qc7 20. Nxe7 Qxe7 $36) 16. dxc4 Bxc4 17. Nd2 (17. Nd4
$6 Bxa2 18. Nxc6 Qc7 19. Nxe7 Qxe7 $36) 17... Be2 18. Rde1 Bb5 19. f4 $2 (19.
Nb3 Ba4) (19. a4 Ba6 20. Nb3 $132) 19... Qa5 (19... gxf4 20. Bxf4 Qa5 21. Kb1
Qa6 $17 22. Re3 g5 23. Bh2 f4 24. Rf3 Be2 $17) 20. Kb1 Qa6 $6 (20... gxf4 21.
Bxf4 Qa6 $17) 21. c4 dxc4 22. Rc1 $4 (22. fxg5 Rhd8 23. g6+ {/\24.g4<=>}) 22...
Rhd8 $1 23. Nxc4 (23. fxg5 c3 $1 24. Qxc3 Rd3 $19) 23... gxf4 24. Bf2 (24. Bxf4
$2 Rd4 $19) 24... Rab8 $19 25. Qc3 Bxc4 26. Qxc4 Qa5 (26... Qxc4 $19 {_|_}) 27.
Bd4 $6 Qd2 28. Bc3 Qxg2 29. Qxf4 Bg5 30. Qa4 (30. Qf1 Qe4+ 31. Rc2 Bd2 $19)
30... Bxc1 31. Qxa7+ Kg8 32. Rxc1 Qe4+ (32... Qxh3 $19) 33. Ka1 Ra8 34. Qc5 Qc2
35. Bb4 Qa4 36. a3 Rd1 37. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 38. Ka2 Qd5+ 39. Qxd5 exd5 40. e6 f4 41.
Bc5 f3 42. b4 Re8 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Dolmatov} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Bg5 {N/} (
6... Nf6 {Dolmatov} 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. a3 $14 {
Emms,J-Grivas,E/Kapavogur/1994/}) 7. Nf1 (7. O-O {Dolmatov} Nf6) 7... Bxc1 8.
Rxc1 Nge7 (8... Nf6 {Dolmatov} 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Ncd5 $14) 9. Ne3 O-O
10. O-O Kh8 (10... Be6 11. Ncd5 Na5) 11. Qh5 Ng6 (11... f5 $6 12. f4 $1 $40)
12. Ncd5 Nf4 13. Nxf4 exf4 14. Nd5 Ne5 15. f3 (15. Nxf4 $2 {Dolmatov} Bg4 $19)
(15. h3 {Dolmatov} Be6 (15... f3 16. gxf3 Ng6 17. f4)) 15... Rg8 (15... Be6 {
Dolmatov} 16. Bb3 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Rb8 18. g3 Qf6) 16. g3 (16. Nxf4 $6 {Dolmatov}
g6 17. Qh6 g5 18. Nd5 Rg6 19. Qh5 Kg7 20. f4 Bg4) 16... fxg3 17. hxg3 Be6 18.
Ne3 g6 19. Qh6 Qf6 $2 (19... g5 $1 20. Bxe6 Rg6 21. Qh5 fxe6 22. Rf2 $10) (
19... Nxc4 {Dolmatov} 20. dxc4 Qf6 21. c3 Rad8 22. Rcd1 $14) 20. Bxe6 (20. f4
$2 {Dolmatov} Nxc4 (20... Ng4 21. Nxg4 Bxg4 22. f5 Qe5 23. Qf4 gxf5) 21. dxc4
Qd4 22. Kf2 Qxe4 $17) 20... fxe6 21. f4 Nf7 22. Qh3 Qd4 (22... Qxb2 $2 {
Dolmatov} 23. Qxe6 $16) 23. Kf2 Rae8 24. Ke2 Rg7 25. Qh4 {/\c3} g5 26. fxg5 Ne5
(26... Nxg5 {Dolmatov} 27. c3 Qa4 (27... Qe5 $4 28. Ng4) 28. Qf4 $40) 27. b3 b5
(27... d5 28. Rf6 (28. exd5 exd5 29. Qxd4 cxd4 30. Nxd5 Ng4+ 31. Kd2 Rxg5 $13)
28... dxe4 29. dxe4 $16) 28. Rf6 c4 29. dxc4 bxc4 30. Rd1 Qc5 31. Qf4 cxb3 (
31... Nd7 32. Rf7) 32. Rf8+ Rxf8 33. Qxf8+ Rg8 34. Qf6+ Rg7 35. axb3 Nf7 (35...
Qb5+ {Dolmatov} 36. c4 Qxb3 37. Rxd6 Qa2+ 38. Rd2 $18) 36. Qxe6 Nxg5 37. Qxd6
Qxd6 38. Rxd6 Nxe4 39. Rd8+ Rg8 40. Rxg8+ Kxg8 41. g4 $2 (41. Nf5 $142) 41...
Kf7 42. Kd3 Nf6 43. Kc4 Ke6 44. Kb5 Ke5 (44... h5 $5 45. gxh5 Nxh5 $140 46. Ka6
Ke5 47. Kxa7 Kd4 48. Nd1 Kc5 $1 49. c3 (49. Ka6 Kb4 50. Kb6 Nf4 51. Kc6 Ne2 52.
Kd5 Nc1 $10) 49... Kb5 {/\Nh5-f4-e2xc3}) 45. c4 Kd4 $2 (45... Ne4 $3 46. c5 (
46. Nd5 Nf2) 46... Kf4 47. Nd5+ (47. Nc4 Nxc5 (47... Nc3+ 48. Ka6) 48. Kxc5
Kxg4 49. Ne5+ Kf5 $10) 47... Kxg4 (47... Ke5 48. Ne7 Ke6 49. Nc8 Nf6 50. Nxa7
Nxg4 51. c6 Kd6 52. Kb6 Nf6 53. Nb5+ $18) 48. c6 Nd6+ $1 (48... Kf5 49. c7 Nd6+
50. Kc6 Ke6 51. Nf6 h6 52. Ne4 Nc8 53. Nc5+ Kf7 54. Kb7 Ne7 55. Kxa7 (55. b4 h5
56. b5 h4 57. c8=Q Nxc8 58. Kxc8 h3 59. Nd3 Ke6 $1 60. Kb7 Kd5 $1 $10) 55... h5
56. b4 h4 57. b5 h3 58. Nd3 h2 59. Nf2 Ke8 60. b6 Nc8+ 61. Ka8 $1 $18) 49. Ka6
(49. Kc5 Ne8 $1 50. Nf6+ $140 $2 Nxf6 51. c7 Nd7+ 52. Kc6 Nb6) 49... Kf5 (49...
h5 50. c7 h4 51. Ne3+ (51. Nf6+ Kf4 52. Ne8 Nc8 53. Kb7 Ne7 54. Nf6 Ke5 55. Ng8
Nf5 56. Kc6 Nd6 57. Kd7 h3 58. Nh6 Kd5 59. Ng4 a5 60. Nf6+ Ke5 61. Ne4 h2 62.
Nxd6 h1=Q 63. c8=Q Qh3+) 51... Kg5 52. Nc4 Nc8 53. Kb7 Ne7 $10) 50. Kxa7 (50.
c7 Ke6) 50... Ke5 51. Ne3 Kd4 52. Nc4 Ne8 $10) (45... Ne8 46. Kc6 Kf4 47. Kd7
Nf6+ 48. Ke6 $18) (45... Ke4 {Dolmatov} 46. g5 $1 (46. Nf5 $2 Nxg4 47. c5 Kxf5)
46... Ne8 47. Nd5 $18) 46. Nf5+ Kc3 (46... Ke5 47. c5 Kd5 (47... Nxg4 48. c6) (
47... h5 48. gxh5 Kxf5 49. c6 Ke6 50. Ka6 Kd6 51. Kb7) 48. b4) 47. c5 Kxb3 (
47... Nxg4 {Dolmatov} 48. c6 $18) 48. c6 Nd5 (48... Ne8 49. Ka6 Kc4 50. Kxa7
Kd5 51. Kb6 Ke5 52. Ng7 Nf6 53. Kb7 Nd5 54. Nh5 Kd6 55. Nf6 $18) 49. Nd4+ $1
Kc3 (49... Kb2 50. Kc5 Nb6 51. c7 Nc8 52. Nf5) 50. Kc5 Ne7 (50... Nb4 51. Nb5+
Kb3 52. Nxa7 $18) (50... Nc7 {Dolmatov} 51. Nb5+ $18) 51. c7 Kd3 (51... Nc8 52.
Nb5+ Kd3 53. Kc6 a5 54. Nd6 Ne7+ 55. Kb7 a4 56. Nf5 a3 57. Nxe7 a2 58. c8=Q)
52. Nf5 Nc8 53. Kc6 a5 54. Kb7 a4 55. Kxc8 a3 56. Nd4 $1 (56. Nd4 a2 57. Nb3
Kc3 58. Na1 Kb2 59. Kd7 Kxa1 60. c8=Q $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2006.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {This move aims to avoid the Sveshnikov. Die Idee
dieses Zuges ist es, die Sveshnikov-Variante zu vermeiden.} (3. Bb5 {has
become very popular of late; White can achieve a risk-free game. ist
heutzutage sehr populär geworden, wonach Weiß ein risikofreies Spiel bekommen
kann:} g6 (3... e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O $14) (3... Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 $14)
4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 Bg7 6. d3 $14 {In all lines, Black has the unfavourable
doubled pawns, which become a strategic handicap for him. In allen Varianten
hat Schwarz den ungünstigen Doppelbauern, der ihm aus strategischer Sicht zur
Last wird.}) (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 {->leads to long and
thoroughly analysed Sveshnikov liquidations.. ->führt zu langen und
gründlichst durchanalysierten Sveshnikovabwicklungen.}) 3... e5 (3... Nf6 4. e5
(4. Bb5 $5 Nd4 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 7. Ng5 $1 $36 {White's idea Qf3 or
Qh5-Qf3 is not so easy to ward off - White develops a strong initiative.  Die
weiße Idee Qf3 bzw. Qh5-Qf3 ist nicht leicht zu parieren - Weiß entwickelt
hier starke Initiative.}) 4... Ng4 5. Qe2 Qc7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Qb8 8. Bf4 f6
9. Nd6+ $5 exd6 10. exd6+ $44 {For the sacrificed piece, White has managed to
get all the black pieces on bad squares. In my opinion this is sufficient
compensation. Für die geopferte Figur hat Weiß erreicht, dass alle schwarzen
Figuren schlecht stehen. Meiner Ansicht nach ist die Kompensation mehr als
ausreichend.}) (3... e6 {another attempt to transpose to the Sveshnikov. ein
anderer Versuch in Sveshnikov rüberzugehen} 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 $1 {
is the critical continuation nowadays. das ist heute die kritische Fortsetzung}
bxc6 (6... dxc6 7. Qxd8+ (7. Bd3 e5 $11) 7... Kxd8 8. e5 Nd5 9. Ne4 $14 {
White has a small but secure advantage based on space. Der kleine aber sichere
weiße Vorteil basiert auf dem Raumvorteil.}) 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 $14) 4. Bc4 Be7 {
Black may have abandoned the d5-square, but he can solve his problems of
development easily. White's advantage is of a more symbolic than real nature.
Schwarz hat zwar das Feld d5 aufgegeben, dafür kann er leicht die
Entwicklungsprobleme lösen. Der Vorteil von Weiß trägt eher einen symbolischen
Charakter.} 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O {Alternatives are: Alternativen sind:} (6. Nd2 d6
7. Nf1 Nd7 8. Ne3 Bg5 $11 {If Black can exchange his black squared bishop he
has nothing to fear - he only has to swap off all the remaining minor pieces
to hold the draw. Schafft es Schwarz den schwarzfeldrigen Läufer zu tauschen,
so hat er nichts zu befürchten - ihm bleibt lediglich nur noch alle anderen
Leichtfiguren abzutauschen, um die Partie Remis zu halten.}) (6. Ng5 O-O 7. f4
exf4 8. Bxf4 d6 (8... d5 $5 {an interesting gambit. interessanter Gambitzug} 9.
exd5 (9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bxg5 $17) 9... Na5 $44) 9. O-O Bg4 $132 {According
to latest theory, White has no opening advantage in this variation. Laut dem
aktuellen Theoriestand hat Weiß in dieser Variante keinen Eröffnungsvorteil.})
6... d6 7. h3 {A prophylactic move directed against Bg4. Ein prophylaktischer
Zug, der gegen Bg4 gerichtet ist.} O-O 8. a3 a6 {Black is not playing for a
draw but seeking counterplay. Schwarz spielt nicht auf Unentschieden, sondern
will Gegenspiel bekommen.} (8... Be6 $5 {This appears logical to me. Black's
strategic aim is to remove all the minor pieces from the board, and then the
draw is easily achieved. Scheint mir logisch zu sein. Die strategische Aufgabe
von Schwarz ist es, alle Leichtfiguren vom Brett zu fegen, dann ist das Remis
leicht erreichbar.} 9. Nd5 (9. Ng5 Bxc4 10. dxc4 Nd4 $11 {it is unbelievably
difficult to get at the only weakness in the black camp - the d6-pawn. es ist
unglaublich schwer an die einzige Schwäche im schwarzen Lager - den Bauern d6
- heranzukommen.}) 9... Na5 10. Ba2 (10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bd5 Nc6 $11) 10... b5 (
10... Nxd5 $4 11. exd5 Bf5 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 $18) 11. Bd2 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5
$11) 9. Ba2 b5 $146 {The position is very reminiscent of an Anti-Marshall in
the Ruy Lopez. Die Stellung errinert nun sehr an Anti-Marschall in der
Spanischen Partie.} (9... Be6 {leads to equality according to the game
Morosevich - Leko (Dortmund, 2002) führt zum Ausgleich laut Partie Morosevich
- Leko (Dortmund, 2002)} 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Ne3 Nd7 12. c3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bg5 $11)
10. Nd5 a5 {Black's plan turns out to be suspect. He would do better to
complete his piece development with 10...Be6. Der Plan von Schwarz erweist
sich als verdächtig. Besser wäre es die Figurenentwicklung mittels 10....Be6
zu beenden.} (10... Be6 $5 11. c3 Re8 (11... Bxd5 $6 12. exd5 (12. Bxd5 Nxd5
13. exd5 Nb8 $11) 12... Nb8 13. Nh4 Re8 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Qf3 $16) 12. b4 a5 $132
) 11. c3 a4 12. d4 c4 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bg5 $14 {The appearance
that White is playing practically without his white-squared bishop is not
exact. The bishop will still be able to play a decisive role, after it gets to
the b1-h7 diagonal. White has the bishop pair and a strong centre - Black has
no counterplay. Die Ansicht, dass Weiß praktisch ohne den weißfeldrigen Läufer
spielt, ist nicht zutreffend. Der Läufer wird noch eine entscheidende Rolle
spielen können, nachdem er sich auf die b1-h7 Diagonale stellt. Weiß hat das
Läuferpaar und ein starkes Zentrum, dazu hat Schwarz kein Gegenspiel.} h6 16.
Bh4 Bb7 17. Bb1 Na5 18. Bc2 Nb3 19. Rb1 Qe6 20. Bg3 Rad8 21. Re3 Nh5 22. Bh4
Rd7 23. d5 Qg6 24. Kh2 Bc8 25. Ng1 Rc7 26. Ne2 Nf4 27. Nxf4 exf4 28. Re1 Re5
29. Qf3 f5 30. Qxf4 Rf7 31. Bg3 fxe4 32. Qh4 Rg5 33. Rxe4 Kh7 34. Rbe1 Nc5 35.
f4 Rxd5 36. Qd8 Rd2 37. Qxc8 Rxc2 38. Re8 Qf5 39. Rh8+ Kg6 40. Qg8 Kh5 41. Qe8
Qd7 42. Qe3 Qf5 43. Qf3+ Kg6 44. Qc6 Ne6 45. Rd1 Rxb2 46. Rxd6 Re7 47. Re8 Kf7
48. Rxe7+ Kxe7 49. Qd7+ Kf6 50. Bh4+ g5 51. fxg5+ hxg5 52. Qd8+ Kg6 53. Qg8+
Kf6 54. Bxg5+ Ke5 55. Rd2 Rxd2 56. Bxd2 Qd3 57. Be1 Qe3 58. Bg3+ Kf6 59. Bh4+
Ke5 60. Qb8+ Ke4 61. Qxb5 Qxc3 62. Qc6+ Ke5 63. Qxa4 Nd4 64. Qe8+ Kd5 65. Qd7+
Ke4 66. Qh7+ Nf5 67. Qb7+ Ke5 68. Qb5+ Ke6 69. Qc6+ Nd6 70. Bg3 Qxa3 71. h4 Qd3
72. h5 Qd5 73. Qxd5+ Kxd5 74. Bf4 c3 75. g4 c2 76. Kg3 Ne4+ 77. Kf3 Nf6 78. Bd2
Ke6 79. Kf4 Nd5+ 80. Kg5 Nf6 81. Bc1 Kf7 82. Kf5 Nd5 83. g5 Ne7+ 84. Ke5 Nc6+
85. Ke4 Ne7 86. Kf3 Ke6 87. Kg4 Kf7 88. Bb2 Ke6 89. g6 Ng8 90. Kg5 Nf6 91. h6
Ne4+ 92. Kh4 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 $5 {Die Hauptvariante ist
5...a6, aber ich glaube, Gelfand hat Recht, dass er nicht in diese Variante
gehen will.} (5... a6 6. Bxc6 $5 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d6 (8... Qc7 9. Nc3 d6
10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qg4 e5 12. Qg3 h5 13. h4 Be6 14. b3 $14 {1-0 Bacrot,E (2723)
-Maze,S (2571)/Nice 2011/CBM 141 Extra (50)}) (8... Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nxc6
dxc6 11. e5 $14 {Wieder steht Weiß besser, weil Schwarz den schlechten Läufer
auf c8 hat, der nicht bald aktiv wird.}) 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qg4 Kf8 (
11... O-O 12. Bh6 Bf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Ne4 Kh8 16. Be3 $18) 12. b3
Qa5 13. Bb2 $14 {Safarli,E (2620)-Korobov,A (2705)/Baku 2012/CB39_2012 (34)})
6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. c3 {Die Alternative 7.d3 spielte Caruana gegen Gelfand im
gleichen Turnier:} (7. d3 a6 (7... Nc6 8. Nd2 Be7 9. Qg4 O-O 10. e5 f5 11. exf6
Bxf6 12. Ne4 d6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qg3 h6 15. Rf1 e5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Harikrishna,
P (2664)-Krasenkow,M (2636)/Wijk aan Zee 2008/CBM 122 (45)}) 8. Ba4 Nc6 (8...
b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. f4 Na5 12. Bd5 $1 Be7 13. Bxb7 Nxb7 14. Nf3 Qb6
15. Qe2 Na5 16. Qf2 Bc5 17. a3 $14 {1-0 Caruana,F (2786)-Gelfand,B (2751)/
Tashkent 2012/CB48_2012 (59)}) 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. e5 d6 11. Bf4 dxe5 12. Bxe5 f6
13. Bg3 Be7 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Qh6 Bf8 16. Qc1 Bg7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V 
(2643)-Moiseenko,A (2668)/Dagomys 2010/CBM 136 (36)}) 7... a6 8. Bf1 (8. Ba4
Nc6 9. d3 b5 10. Bb3 Bc5 11. Qg4 Qf6 12. Qe2 d6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong (2637)
-Gulko,B (2597)/Shanghai 2002/CBM 091 (32)}) 8... Nc6 9. Na3 {Selten gespielt,
öfter sieht man 9.d3. In beiden Fällen ist die Idee von Weiß, Schwarz dazu zu
bringen, auf c3 zu nehmen. Dann kann Weiß später auf ein starkes Zentrum
hoffen. Doch Schwarz kann die Kontrolle über das Feld d4 locker behalten.} (9.
d3 Bc5 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nb3 (11. e5 Be7 12. Nf3 dxc3 13. bxc3 d6 14. exd6 Qxd6
15. d4 b5 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Qe2 $132 {1-0 Kveinys,A (2500)-Umanskaya,I (2320)/
Cappelle la Grande 1996/CBM 051 ext (32)}) 11... Ba7 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Be3 Nxb3
14. Qxb3 $14 {1-0 Nolte,R (2489)-Sveshnikov,E (2525)/Beijing 2008/CBM 126
Extra (65)}) 9... Bc5 $1 {Das wichtigste in dieser Stellung ist die Kontrolle
über das Feld d4.} (9... b5 10. Nc2 Bc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Bb2 Nxc2
14. Qxc2 O-O 15. d4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Shahade,J (2290)-Turova,I (2295)/Yerevan 1999/
CBM 072 ext (47)}) 10. b4 Ba7 11. Rb1 (11. Nc2 Qh4 $1 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Bb2 d3 $1
14. Nd4 Ne5 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. hxg3 d6 $132) 11... O-O 12. b5 {Die logische
Fortsetzung des Planes 11.Rb1.} axb5 13. Nxb5 {Weiß will nun Ba3 spielen und
das Feld d6 okkupieren.} Bc5 (13... dxc3 {ist möglich, aber unnötig. Schwarz
kann in der entstehenden Stellung kaum auf Gewinn spielen.} 14. dxc3 Bc5 15.
Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Rxa2 17. Bc4 Ra8 18. Nd6 $44) 14. Bb2 dxc3 15. Bxc3 d5 $1 {
Niemand braucht hier den Bauern a2.} (15... Rxa2 16. d4 Bb6 17. Bc4 Ra8 18. Nd6
$16) 16. exd5 (16. d4 Bb6 17. e5 Rxa2 $132 {Das ist eine ziemlich unklare
Französische Verteidigung. Weiß hat einen Minusbauern, aber was er sonst noch
hat, ist eine große Frage.}) 16... exd5 {Erzwungen.} (16... Qxd5 17. Nc7 $18)
17. d4 Be7 {Der Läufer geht nach f6, von wo er gleichzeitig den König
verteidigt und den Bauern d4 angreift.} (17... Bb6 18. Qc2 Qf6 19. Bd3 g6 20.
Re3 $36) 18. Qc2 Bf6 19. Bd3 g6 {Weiß steht etwas angenehmer, aber etwas
Konkretes hat er auch nicht. Sein strategischer Vorteil basiert auf dem
schlechten Läufer c8, aber dadurch, dass der Turm a8 im Spiel ist, weil die
a-Linie geöffnet ist, hat Schwarz keine großen Probleme.} 20. f4 $5 {Ein sehr
aggressiver Versuch.} (20. a3 $5 Be6 21. Qd2 Re8 22. Qf4 Bg5 23. Qg3 Bh4 $11)
20... Bd7 21. f5 {Es ist fraglich, ob Weiß wirklich Angriff hat. Seinen
eigenen König hat er auch geschwächt.} Na7 22. fxg6 (22. Nxa7 Rxa7 23. Re3 Re8
24. Rf3 g5 $1 $11 {und Schwarz ist sicher.}) 22... hxg6 23. Nd6 (23. Nxa7 Rxa7
24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Bg7 $17 {Weiß hat keine logische Fortsetzung seines
Angriffs.}) 23... Ba4 {Eine ruhige Fortsetzung, die zum Ausgleich führt. Ein
ganz anderes Spiel sieht man nach 23...Qc7:} (23... Qc7 $5 24. Nxb7 (24. Bxg6
Qxd6 $19) 24... Nb5 25. Bxb5 (25. Ba1 Qxc2 26. Bxc2 Rxa2 27. Bb3 Rxa1 28. Rxa1
Bxd4+ 29. Kf1 Bxa1 30. Rxa1 Bc6 $17) 25... Bxd4+ 26. Bxd4 Qxc2 27. Bxd7 Rxa2
28. Bh3 Qd3 $132) 24. Qxa4 Qxd6 25. Bb4 {Dies führt ebenfalls zum Ausgleich,
so wie auch das Nehmen auf b7:} (25. Rxb7 Nc6 26. Qc2 Nxd4 $11) 25... Bxd4+ 26.
Kh1 Bc5 27. Bxc5 Qxc5 28. Qg4 (28. Rxb7 Nc6 29. Qh4 Qd4 (29... Rxa2 30. Bxg6
$18) 30. Qxd4 Nxd4 31. Rd7 Rxa2 32. Rxd5 $11) 28... Qc3 29. Bxg6 {Beide Seiten
können nichts machen.} fxg6 (29... Qg7 30. Bf5 Qxg4 31. Bxg4 $14) 30. Qxg6+ Qg7
(30... Kh8 $2 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Re7 $18) 31. Qe6+ Qf7 (31... Rf7 $2 32. Rxb7 $16
) 32. Qg4+ Qg7 33. Qe6+ Qf7 34. Qg4+ Qg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.12"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yerevan"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {Das ist eine der sogenannten Anti-Sveshnikov
Varianten. Die andere, 3.Bb5, ist ebenfalls sehr populär und empfehlenswert.}
e5 {Das Problem für die Sveshnikov-Spieler ist, dass man nach 3....Nf6 mit
vielen anderen Varianten rechnen muss, z.B.} (3... Nf6 4. e5 (4. Bb5 Nd4 5. e5
Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 7. Ng5 $1 $36 {ist auch eine sehr interessante Fortsetzung,
die Weiß den Vorteil verspricht}) 4... Ng4 5. Qe2 Qc7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Qb8 8.
Bf4 f6 9. Nd6+ $1 exd6 10. exd6+ $44) ({Nach} 3... e6 {muss man auch mit
anderen Varianten rechnen, die unangenehmste ist wohl} 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6
6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 $14 {wonach Weiß laut der aktuellen Theorie
einen Vorteil erreichen kann.}) 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 (6. O-O {ist eine
Alternative, die schon sehr oft gespielt wurde} Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 exf4 9.
Bxf4 Bg4 $13 {Schwarz hat auf jedem Fall ein zufriedenstellendes Spiel.}) 6...
Bg5 (6... Nf6 {ist die Hauptvariante} 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O
Rb8 11. a3 $14 {Weiß hat wie immer in dieser Variante einen kleinen Vorteil,
aber schwarze Stellung ist äusserst stabil und feuerfest.}) 7. h4 (7. Nf1 {
verspricht logischeweise nicht viel, da die schlechteste schwarze Figur - der
schwarzfeldriger Läufer vom Brett verschwindet} Bxc1 8. Rxc1 Nge7 9. Ne3 O-O
10. O-O Be6 $11) 7... Bh6 ({die Variante} 7... Bxd2+ {scheint mir für Schwarz
akzeptabler zu sein} 8. Bxd2 Nf6 (8... Nge7 9. h5 h6 10. Qf3 $14 {und Schwarz
hat kein Bg4}) 9. O-O (9. h5 Bg4 $17) 9... Be6 10. Nd5 (10. f4 Bxc4 11. dxc4 h5
12. f5 Ng4 13. f6 gxf6 14. Nd5 Ne7 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Rxf6 Ng8 17. Rf5 Qxh4 18.
Be3 $11 {Kasparov-Leko (Linares, 2005)} {nach} Qxe4 {würde} 19. Qxd6 $3 {folgen
} Qxf5 20. Bxc5 $18) 10... O-O 11. Bg5 (11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ng4 13. Bg5 Qd7
14. Qd2 f6 15. Bf4 Nge5 $11 {Morosevich-Leko (Monaco, 2004)}) 11... Bxd5 12.
Bxd5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qg4 Ne7 15. Bb3 (15. Bxb7 Rab8 16. Ba6 Rxb2 $15)
15... Rad8 $11 {Svidler-Shirov (Monaco, 2005)}) 8. Qh5 (8. g4 $6 {ist sehr
provokant.} Bf4 9. Nd5 Nge7 10. Nxf4 exf4 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Bxc6 Nxc6 $15 {
Kupreichik-Kramnik (Moskau, 1994)}) 8... Qd7 (8... g6 9. Qd1 Nf6 10. h5 $1 {
gibt Weiß doch eine Möglichkeit, gefährliche Initiative zu entwickeln}) 9. Nd5
Rb8 10. c3 Qd8 $2 {Ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, dass Schwarz sich sowas
erlauben darf. Seine Stellung ist sowieso etwas schlechter und verlangt
genaues Spiel, da darf man natürlich nicht, dem Gegner noch zwei Tempen
schenken.} (10... b5 11. Bb3 Nce7 (11... Nge7 12. Qxh6 gxh6 13. Nf6+ Kf8 (13...
Kd8 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. Bxf7 $18) 14. Nc4 $3 Kg7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Nxd6 $18) 12.
Ne3 c4 $1 13. dxc4 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nf6 15. Qf3 O-O 16. O-O Ba6 17. cxb5 Qxb5 18.
Bc4 Qc6 19. Bxa6 Qxa6 20. c4 h5 $1 $44 {und Schwarz bekam gute Kompensation in
Leko - Kramnik (Monaco, 2004)}) 11. Ne3 Qf6 12. Ndf1 $1 $14 {Weiß hat die
Initiative endgültig ergriffen. Schwarz steht trotzdem noch nicht viel
schlechter, aber man kann schon spüren, dass die Stellung ziemlich
foulverdächtig ist.} Nge7 13. Ng4 Bxg4 14. Qxg4 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 b5 16. Bb3 c4 17.
Bc2 cxd3 18. Bxd3 b4 19. cxb4 Nxb4 20. Bb1 Nxa2 21. Bxa2 Rxb2 22. Rc8+ Nxc8 23.
Qxc8+ Qd8 24. Qc6+ Ke7 25. Qd5 Qc8 26. Bc4 Rb1+ 27. Ke2 Qe6 28. Ne3 Rb2+ 29.
Kf3 Rc8 30. Ra1 Qxd5 31. Nxd5+ Kd8 32. Bd3 Rb7 33. h5 Rc5 34. Ra6 Kd7 35. g3 f5
36. Ke3 g5 37. h6 f4+ 38. Kf3 Rb3 39. Rxa7+ Kd8 40. Kg4 Rxd3 41. Rxh7 fxg3 42.
fxg3 Rc4 43. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Elista FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 ({Eine interessante Variante ist} 
4... Nd4 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 {und in dieser Stellung hat Weiß einen
"coolen" und gleichzeitig starken Zug:} 7. Ng5 $1 $14 {Viele Partien sind
damit gespielt worden, aber es gibt nicht viele Spieler heutzutage, die gegen
den Ansturm der weißen Kavallerie spielen möchten.}) (4... g6 5. e5 Ng4 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. h3 Nh6 8. g4 Bg7 9. d3 $14 {Weiß steht besser, weil er den schwarzen
Springer am Rande des Brettes abgeschnitten hat.}) 5. Bxc6 {Mit diesem Zug
kann Weiß keinen Eröffnungsvorteil bekommen, doch dieser Stellungstyp ist gut
spielbar. Das Beste aus weißer Sicht ist dabei die Abwesenheit großer
Konterchancen von der Seite von Schwarz.} dxc6 (5... bxc6 6. e5 Ng4 7. d4 (7.
Qe2 f6 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Ne4 e5 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Nh4 d5 $11 {Macieja - Shirov 
(Reykjavic, 2003)}) 7... cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Bf4 $14) (5... Qxc6 6. Qe2 d6 7. d4
cxd4 8. Nxd4 $14) 6. h3 (6. d3 {Wenn man Schwarz auch noch den Läufer tauschen
lässt, dann ist die Stellung sehr remislich.} Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 g6 9. Be3
Nd7 10. Qe2 e5 11. Qd2 Bg7 12. Bh6 O-O 13. h4 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 f6 15. O-O-O Rf7
$11 {Guseinov - Halkias (Calvia, 2004)}) 6... e5 7. d3 h6 $1 {Das ist ein
wichtiger Moment. Im Vergleich zu der Variante 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.
Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 g6 6.h3 kann Schwarz es sich erlauben, die Schwächung g6 zu
sparen und den Läufer nach d6 zu entwickeln. Damit verliert der Durchbruch f4
sehr viel an Kraft und auch die Punkte b4-c5 sind unter verstärkter Kontrolle
von Schwarz.} 8. b3 Be6 9. Bb2 {Es gibt kaum einen besseren Plan als das
Fianchetto.} Rd8 10. Nd2 Bd6 11. Qe2 a5 12. a4 Nd7 13. Qe3 (13. Nc4 Bxc4 14.
bxc4 Nf8 $11 {Schwarz steht völlig in Ordnung.}) 13... Nf8 {Der Springer
bereitet sich vor, nachdem der Läufer das Feld e6 verlässt, so schnell wie
möglich nach d4 zu springen.} 14. Ne2 f6 $1 {Ein interessanter Plan. Da Weiß
nicht Nc4 spielen will, geht der Läufer zurück und macht damit das Feld e6 für
den Springer frei.} 15. Qg3 (15. O-O Bf7 16. Ng3 Ne6 17. Nc4 (17. Nf5 Nd4 $5
18. Nxg7+ Kf8 19. Nf5 Nxc2 20. Qg3 Rg8 21. Qh4 Nxa1 22. Qxh6+ Ke8 23. Bxa1 Be7
$132) 17... Nd4 18. Nxd6+ Qxd6 $11) 15... Bg8 16. O-O Ne6 17. Nc4 g5 $1 {
Schwarz zementiert das ganze Brett. Die weißen Figuren haben keine
Möglichkeiten, in das gegnerische Lager einzudringen.} 18. Qf3 Be7 19. Ng3 Nd4
20. Qd1 ({Zweischneidig ist das Nehmen auf d4.} 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Nf5 Bb4 22.
Qe2 Be6 23. Ng3 b5 $1 $15) 20... Bf7 21. Ne3 h5 {Schwarz hat eigentlich nichts
Aktives vor, er will nur die Abtäusche der Figuren forcieren.} 22. Rb1 h4 {
Geht in die Richtung einer Friedensschließung.} (22... Kd7 $5 23. Ngf5 Kc8 $132
{Nachdem sich der König am Damenflügel versteckt hat, kann Schwarz auch an
einen Angriffsversuch denken.}) 23. Ngf5 Nxf5 24. Nxf5 Bf8 (24... Be6 $5 {
würde zum selben Ergebnis führen} 25. Ng7+ Kf7 26. Nxe6 Kxe6 $11 {Der König
geht im nächsten Zug wieder zurück, einen Durchbruch gibt es am ganzen Brett
nicht, die beiden Läufer sind gleich schlecht.}) 25. Ne3 Be6 26. Qf3 Kf7 $11 {
Weiß kann nichts machen. Der weißfeldrige Läufer des Schwarzen ist bereit,
sich sofort gegen den Springer abzutauschen, wenn sich die Gelegenheit
anbietet, und die beiden schwarzfeldrigen Läufer neutralisieren sich völlig -
beide haben keine Perspektive.} 27. Rfd1 Be7 28. Ba1 Kg6 29. c3 $6 {Solche
Experimente können bei Gelegenheit ein schlechtes Ende nehmen - der Bauer d3
ist schon schwach, ein Spiel hat Weiß noch nicht.} Rd7 30. Kf1 Rhd8 31. Ke2 Rh8
{Dank des "toten" Läufers e7 kann Schwarz auch keine Aktivität zeigen.} 32. Nf5
Bxf5 33. Qxf5+ (33. exf5+ Kg7 34. c4 Qd6 35. Bc3 b6 $11 {Es gibt keine
Durchbruchmöglichkeit.}) 33... Kf7 34. d4 Rdd8 35. dxc5 $2 ({Eindeutig die
beste Chance ist} 35. dxe5 Qxe5 36. Qxe5 fxe5 37. c4 Ke6 38. Bc3 b6 (38... Rxd1
39. Rxd1 b6 40. Rd3 $14) 39. Rd2 Rxd2+ 40. Bxd2 $14 {Vermutlich ist das
Endspiel Remis, doch Weiß kann Schwarz noch lange quälen.}) 35... Bxc5 36. Rxd8
Qxd8 37. Rd1 Qb6 38. Rb1 ({Ebenfalls friedlich endet die Partie nach} 38. Rd7+
Be7 39. c4 $1 Qxb3 40. Bxe5 Qxc4+ 41. Kf3 Qe6 42. Bd6 Re8 43. Qh7+ Kf8 44. Qh8+
Kf7 45. Qh7+ $11) 38... Rd8 39. Qh7+ Ke6 40. Qf5+ Ke7 41. Qh7+ Ke6 42. Qf5+ Ke7
43. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "1:32:34"]
[BlackClock "0:49:36"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O {Lange Zeit galt das Nehmen auf c6 als
Hauptvariante, aber Boris Gelfand hat gegen Anand gezeigt, dass Schwarz sich
halten kann, und jetzt spielt man wieder öfters 4.0-0.} Nge7 5. c3 {Ein gute
Alternative ist 5.Re1 und dann 6.Bxc6:} (5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 $5 {Diese Variante
sieht zumindest interessant aus.} Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d6 (8... Qc7 9. Nc3
d6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qg4 e5 12. Qg3 h5 13. h4 Be6 14. b3 $14 {1-0 Bacrot,E 
(2723)-Maze,S (2571)/Nice 2011/CBM 141 Extra (50)}) (8... Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10.
Nxc6 dxc6 11. e5 $14 {Wieder steht Weiß besser, weil Schwarz den schlechten
Läufer auf c8 hat, der nicht bald aktiv wird.}) 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11.
Qg4 Kf8 (11... O-O 12. Bh6 Bf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Ne4 Kh8 16. Be3 $18
) 12. b3 Qa5 13. Bb2 $14 {Safarli,E (2620)-Korobov,A (2705)/Baku 2012/
CB39_2012 (34)}) 5... a6 6. Ba4 ({Hier bringt das Nehmen auf c6 nichts:} 6.
Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 d5 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Be3 c4 $11) 6... b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 (8.
Qe2 d5 9. e5 d4 10. Be4 Nd5 (10... Qb6 11. d3 Rd8 12. a4 Nd5 13. axb5 axb5 14.
cxd4 cxd4 15. Nbd2 Nf4 16. Qd1 Nb4 17. Nb3 $14 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2772)-Radjabov,
T (2757)/Nanjing 2009/CBM 133 (25)}) 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. a4 Qb6 14.
d3 g6 15. Bg5 Bg7 16. Nd2 O-O $132 {0-1 Bologan,V (2695)-Eljanov,P (2681)/
Eilat 2012/CB41_2012 (40)}) 8... c4 $5 {Das ist ein sehr selten gespielter Zug.
} (8... Rc8 9. a4 Qb6 10. Na3 Ng6 11. axb5 axb5 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14.
Re2 O-O $132 {1-0 Morozevich,A (2716)-Smirin,I (2676)/Moscow 2002/CBM 091 (35)}
) (8... d5 9. a4 b4 10. d3 Ng6 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be7 14. Be3
O-O $132 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I (2647)-Smirnov,P (2579)/Moscow 2009/CBM 129 (36)})
9. a4 {Neue Idee. Bis jetzt wurde nur b3 ausprobiert.} (9. b3 Ng6 10. bxc4 bxc4
11. Qe2 (11. Ba3 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e5 {1-0 Keitlinghaus,L (2525)-Bologan,V
(2585)/Germany 1997/GER-chT (52)} Qc5 $1 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. d4 cxd3 16. Qxd3 Rh5
$15) (11. Na3 Nce5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qe2 (13. f4 Nd3 14. Bxd3 cxd3 15. Qf3 f5
$17) 13... Qc7 14. Rb1 Bc5 15. Kh1 Bc6 $15 {0-1 Szczepkowska,K (2285)-Heberla,
B (2510)/Polanica Zdroj 2008/CBM 126 Extra (39)}) 11... Nce5 $5 (11... Na5 12.
Ba3 Be7 13. Bb4 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Na3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Prusikin,M (2519)
-Huebner,R (2625)/Switzerland 2002/EXT 2003 (86)}) 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. f4 Nd3 14.
Bxd3 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 cxd3 16. Qxd3 Qh4 $44) (9. d4 cxd3 10. Bxd3 Ng6 $11) 9... Ng6
10. b4 $5 {Eine interessante Idee. Weiß fixiert den Bauern auf b5 und will ihn
später zum Angriffsziel seiner Figuren machen.} Nce5 (10... cxb3 11. Bxb3 b4 $5
{Schwarz versucht das Problem der schwachen Bauern am Damenflügel direkt zu
lösen.} 12. d4 bxc3 13. Nxc3 Be7 14. d5 Na5 15. Ba2 $14) (10... Be7 $6 {
zu langsam} 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Na3 Qa6 14. d3 cxd3 15. Bxd3 Na7
16. Qe2 Bc6 17. Nd4 $16 {Das ist die ideale Stellung, die Weiß gern aufs Brett
bekommen würde.}) 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 {Schwarz hat kein leichtes Leben.
} (12... Qxa8 13. Na3 Qa6 (13... Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bc6 15. d4 cxd3 16. Qxd3 Qa6
17. Qe2 Be7 18. Bd3 $16) 14. Nd4 $16) 13. Na3 {Der Bauer b5 ist wirklich sehr
schwach.} Bc6 (13... Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bc6 15. d4 cxd3 16. Qxd3 Qb6 17. Qe2 $14)
14. Nd4 Nf4 (14... Qb6 $5 {Dieser Zug sieht etwas besser aus.} 15. d3 cxd3 16.
Bxd3 {Und nun hat Schwarz einen taktischen Trick:} Bxb4 $1 17. Nxc6 Nxd3 18.
Qxd3 Bxa3 19. Bxa3 Qxc6 20. Rb1 f6 $1 $11) 15. Nxc6 dxc6 16. d4 $1 {Weiß
bekommt spürbaren Vorteil.} cxd3 17. Bxf4 Ng6 (17... dxc2 $4 18. Qxd8+ Kxd8 19.
Bxe5 $18) 18. Bg3 dxc2 19. Qxd8+ Kxd8 20. Nxc2 e5 $1 {Der einzige Zug - man
muss die Wirkung des Läufers neutralisieren.} 21. Ra1 {Der Turm dringt in die
schwarze Stellung ein. Schwarz verliert nur deshalb nicht sofort, weil sein
Turm h8 verteidigt ist und Weiß den Läufer f8 nicht fesseln kann.} Kc8 (21...
Kd7 22. Ra7+ Ke6 23. Rc7 Be7 24. Rxc6+ Kd7 25. Ra6 Rc8 26. Ra3 $16) 22. Ra7 f6
23. Ne3 {Also wenn diese Stellung wirklich haltbar ist... Ich denke eher, dass
Weiß seine Chancen nicht verwertet hat.} Kb8 24. Ra1 $2 {Das ist der Fehler,
der den Vorteil vergibt. Wenn der Turm wieder zurück muss, dann hat Schwarz
wenig Sorgen.} (24. Rf7 $1 Rg8 (24... Ne7 25. f4 $1 $16) (24... Be7 25. Rxg7
Kc8 26. h4 $18) 25. Nf5 Nh8 26. Rd7 Kc8 27. Re7 $3 Ng6 28. Re8+ Kd7 29. Ra8 $16
) 24... Rg8 25. Nf5 Ne7 {Nun ist es nicht mehr so schwer, die Stellung zu
verteidigen, obwohl Schwarz immer noch aufpassen muss.} 26. Nd4 Kb7 27. Ne6 Nc8
28. Rd1 Bd6 29. f3 {Sehr langsam. Weiß will nichts riskieren. Interessant war
29.f4!?} (29. f4 $5 exf4 {Schwarz muss nehmen.} 30. Bxf4 Bxf4 31. Rd7+ Kb6 32.
Nxf4 {Im entstandenen Endspiel hat Weiß die besseren Chancen.} Re8 33. Nh5 Rxe4
34. Rxg7 f5 (34... Re3 35. Nxf6 $16) 35. Rxh7 Re3 36. Nf6 Rxc3 37. h4 $14)
29... g6 30. Bh4 Re8 31. Nc5+ {Weiß bleibt nicht viel übrig.} (31. Ng7 Rd8 $1 (
31... Re7 32. Bxf6 Rf7 33. Ne8 $18) (31... Rf8 32. Kf1 $14) 32. Bxf6 Bc5+ 33.
bxc5 Rxd1+ 34. Kf2 $13 {Weiß gewinnt den Bauern e5, das Endspiel ist daher
sehr unklar.}) 31... Bxc5+ 32. bxc5 g5 33. Rd7+ Kb8 34. Be1 Re7 {Es ist
offensichtlich, dass Weiß seinen Vorteil verspielt hat. Er steht nicht mehr
besser und muss sogar noch aufpassen, nicht dass Schwarz die Türme tauscht.}
35. Rd8 Rf7 {Immer noch ist Vorsicht gefragt.} (35... Kc7 $4 36. Rf8 Re6 37.
Rf7+ $18) 36. h4 Kc7 37. Rh8 gxh4 38. Bxh4 Ne7 {Der Springer geht nach g6, von
wo er alles unter Kontrolle hat.} 39. Ra8 Kb7 40. Rd8 Ng6 41. Be1 Kc7 42. Ra8
Kb7 {Logische Entscheidung.} 43. Rd8 Kc7 44. Ra8 Kb7 45. Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 {Dieses System wurde populär
nach dem Weltmeisterschaftskampf zwischen Anand und Gelfand. Die Alternative
ist 5.d3.} (5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 (6. b3 d6 7. e5 Ng6 8. h4 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10.
Nd2 c4 11. Nxc4 Ba6 12. Qf3 Qd5 13. Qxd5 cxd5 14. Nxe5 f6 15. Nf3 e5 $44 {
Schwarz hatte ausreichende Kompensation in Anand-Gelfand (Moscow, 2012)}) 6...
Qc7 ({Nach} 6... Ng6 7. h4 Qc7 {kommt Weiß zu gutem Spiel.} 8. h5 Nf4 9. Qd2 e5
10. Qc3 Nxg2+ 11. Kf1 Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. h6 $44 {Najer-Eljanov (Warsaw,
2005)}) 7. Ng5 e5 8. O-O (8. f4 exf4 9. O-O Ng6 10. Qh5 d6 11. Bxf4 Nxf4 12.
Rxf4 g6 13. Qf3 Bg7 14. Rxf7 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Qd8 16. c3 Be5 17. Rg7 Qf6 18. Qxf6
Bxf6 19. Rxh7 O-O 20. Na3 Bxg5 $17 {Karjakin-Carlsen (Bilbao, 2007)}) 8... h6
9. Nh3 g5 10. f3 d6 11. Nf2 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 $11 {Marcelin-Lautier (France,
2003)}) 5... d6 {Gelfand spielte zwei Mal 5...e5 und konnte in beiden Partien
ausgleichen.} (5... e5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. d4 (7. Bb2 d6 8. Nc4 (8. Nxc6 Qc7 $19)
8... d5 9. Ne3 d4 10. Nc4 Qxe4+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Be6 {Könnte Weiß seinen
Springer auf a4 stellen, würde seine Stellung besser sein, doch der Springer
kann nicht nach a4 kommen, und daher hält Schwarz das Gleichgewicht.} 13. d3
Nf6 $11 {Anand-Gelfand (Moscow, 2012)}) 7... d6 8. Nxc6 Qxe4+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.
Kxe2 Bb7 11. Na5 (11. d5 Ne7 $1 12. Nxe7 Bxe7 13. Nc3 (13. c4 Bf6 $19) (13. Rd1
Bf6 14. c3 Kd7 $44) 13... Bf6 14. Bb2 Kd7 15. Rad1 Rae8+ 16. Kf3 Bd4 $44 {/\Re5
}) 11... Bxg2 12. Rg1 {Anand-Gelfand (Moscow, 2012)} Be4 $1 13. dxc5 dxc5 $11)
6. e5 {Das ist sicherlich die prinzipiellste Fortsetzung.} (6. O-O e5 7. c3 f5
8. exf5 Bxf5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 e4 $132) 6... dxe5 (6... d5 {Schwarz riskiert
mit dem schlechten Läufer c8 zu verbleiben. Auch der Bauer c5 ist sehr
anfällig.} 7. d3 Ne7 8. O-O Ng6 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 {Weiß will mittels Na4-Ba3
gegen den Bauern c5 spielen.} O-O 11. Re1 f6 12. Bb2 fxe5 13. Na4 e4 14. dxe4
d4 15. e5 Nf4 16. Ba3 $14 {Caruana-Radjabov (Moscow, 2012)}) 7. Nxe5 Qd5 {
Schwarz sollte nicht versuchen, den Turm auf a1 zu nehmen.} (7... Qd4 8. Nc4
Qxa1 (8... Ba6 9. Bb2 Qe4+ 10. Ne3 $16) 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. O-O Bxc4 11. bxc4 Bd6
12. Qe2 Nf6 13. Ba3 Qxf1+ 14. Kxf1 O-O-O 15. Na4 $16 {Zhao Jun - Zhang
Pengxiang (Moscow, 2004)}) 8. Nf3 Qe4+ 9. Kf1 (9. Qe2 Qxc2 $15 {Schwarz hat
eine sehr solide Stellung, so dass Weiß keine ausreichende Kompensation
bekommen kann.}) 9... Qf5 (9... Nf6 10. d3 Ba6 11. Qe2 Qd5 12. Nc3 {Weiß
entwickelt seine Figuren. Die Stellung seines Königs spielt dabei keine Rolle,
weil die Stellung geschlossen ist und Schwarz den weißen König nicht angreifen
kann.} Qd8 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Bb2 $16 {Caruana-Vazquez Igarza (Madrid, 2006)}) 10.
Na3 $5 {Es bietet sich an d3 zu spielen, doch Schwarz hat darauf eine starke
Antwort.} (10. d3 Qf6 $1 {Nun muss Weiß c3 spielen und das Feld d3 schwächen:}
11. c3 Ba6 $17) (10. Nc3 $5 {Das könnte allerdings stärker sein, weil das
beste Feld für den Springer das Feld a4 ist.} Nf6 11. d3 Be7 12. h3 h5 13. Bg5
$14) 10... Nf6 11. d3 Nd5 12. Nc4 Ba6 {Nun will Schwarz unter Umständen auf c4
nehmen und es wird ziemlich schwer für Weiß, den Bauern c5 zu gewinnen.} 13.
Qe2 $2 {Erlaubt Schwarz seine Idee sofort durchzuführen.} (13. h3 $5 Bxc4 14.
bxc4 Nf4 (14... Qf6 $4 15. Bg5 $18) 15. g3 Ng6 (15... Nxh3 16. Kg2 $18) 16. Rb1
Bd6 17. Kg2 $14) 13... Bxc4 14. bxc4 Qf6 $1 {Das Spiel wird mehr oder weniger
forciert.} 15. Rb1 (15. d4 Nb6 (15... cxd4 16. cxd5 d3 17. Qe5 $18) 16. Be3 Na4
$11 {Schwarz wird seine Hauptschwäche los und dazu wurde die weiße
Bauernstruktur ruiniert.}) 15... Nc3 16. Bb2 Rb8 (16... Nxe2 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18.
Kxe2 $16 {Weiß hat die bessere Bauernstruktur, Springer gegen Läufer in fast
geschlossener Stellung und die Kontrolle über die b-Linie.}) 17. Qe1 Bd6 18.
Bxc3 {Weiß hat sonst fast nichts zu ziehen.} (18. Nd2 Bf4 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxf6
Rxb1 21. Qxb1 Nd2+ 22. Ke2 Nxb1 23. Bxg7 Rg8 24. Bb2 Rxg2 $15) 18... Rxb1 19.
Bxf6 {Auch dieser Zug ist erzwungen.} (19. Qxb1 Qxc3 20. g3 (20. Qb7 O-O 21.
Qxc6 Rd8 22. Qa4 Qa1+ 23. Ne1 Rb8 24. Qxa7 g6 25. h4 Rb1 $17) 20... O-O 21. Kg2
Rb8 $17) 19... Rxe1+ 20. Kxe1 gxf6 21. Ke2 Kd7 22. Rb1 Kc7 {Weiß hat
sicherlich einen kleinen Vorteil bekommen, doch die Frage ist, ob man die
schwarze Festung durchbrechen kann. Der Turm hat keine Einbruchsfelder auf der
b-Linie, das Feld e4 wird dem Springer durch den Zug ...f5 genommen.} 23. g4 $1
{Weiß verhindert den Zug ...f5.} h6 (23... h5 $5 {ist ebenfalls spielbar.} 24.
g5 (24. h3 hxg4 25. hxg4 Rg8 26. Rh1 Kd7 27. Rb1 Kc7 $11) (24. gxh5 Rxh5 25.
Rg1 Rh7 26. h4 f5 $11) 24... Be7 25. h4 Rg8 26. gxf6 Bxf6 $11) 24. Nd2 h5 25.
gxh5 (25. h3 hxg4 26. hxg4 Rh2 27. Ne4 Be7 $11) 25... Rxh5 26. Nf3 Rh8 27. a4
$5 {Die Idee von Weiß ist es, a5-a6 zu spielen.} a5 $1 (27... f5 28. a5 a6 (
28... Be7 29. a6 Rb8 30. Rxb8 Kxb8 31. h4 $18) 29. Rb6 Ra8 30. h4 $16) 28. Rg1
Kd7 {Will der Turm auf der g-Linie eindringen, muss der König auf d7 stehen,
um nach Rg7 immer ...Ke7 zu haben.} 29. Nd2 $5 {Weiß sieht die einzige Chance
in einem Bauernopfer und der überführung des Springers nach b3.} Rxh2 30. Nb3 (
30. Ne4 f5 31. Nxd6 Kxd6 32. Rg8 Rh1 33. Ra8 Rc1 34. Kd2 Rf1 35. Ke2 Rc1 $11)
30... Rh8 31. Rg7 (31. Nxa5 Ra8 32. Nb3 Rxa4 $15) 31... Ke7 (31... Rf8 32. Nxa5
Ra8 33. Nb3 Ke7 34. a5 Bc7 35. Rg1 Be5 $11) 32. Nxa5 Ra8 {Nach allen Versuchen
konnte sich Schwarz doch leicht verteidigen.} 33. Nb7 Rxa4 34. Nxd6 Kxd6 35.
Rxf7 f5 36. Rf8 Ra2 37. Kd2 Ra1 38. Rd8+ Kc7 39. Re8 Kd6 40. Rd8+ Kc7 41. Re8
1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2012.05.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 5. d3 {Das ist die prinzipielle
Fortsetzung. In der 10. Partie spielte Anand 5.b3.} Ne7 6. b3 d6 $5 $146 {
Auch das alte 6...Ng6 sieht gut aus.} (6... Ng6 $5 7. Bb2 {Sowohl nach 7...f6
wie auch 7...d6 kann Weiß nicht 8.e5 spielen.} f6 (7... d6 8. Nbd2 (8. e5 $2
dxe5 9. Nbd2 (9. Nxe5 Qf6 (9... Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Qd5 11. Qe2 Qxg2 $17) 10. Nc4 $16
) 9... f6 10. a4 Nf4 11. g3 Nd5 $17 {Lakos - Peter (Hungary, 2000)}) 8... e5 9.
Nc4 $11) 8. Nbd2 (8. e5 $2 fxe5 9. h4 (9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Qg5 11. Bg3 Be7
$15) 9... d6 10. h5 Nf4 11. g3 Nd5 $17) 8... e5 9. Nc4 d5 10. Ne3 Be6 $132) 7.
e5 {Weiß versucht etwas Neues.} Ng6 (7... dxe5 $5 {Es ist nicht klar, wie Weiß
den Bauern zurückgewinnen würde.} 8. Bb2 (8. Nxe5 Qd4 9. Nc4 Qxa1 10. Bb2 Qxa2
11. Nc3 Qa6 12. Nd6+ Kd7 13. Nxf7 Rg8 $19) 8... f6 9. O-O Nd5 $15 {Wenn Weiß
den Bauern c5 mit dem Läufer von a3 angreifen will, kommt immer wieder der
Springer nach b4. Ich denke, Schwarz hat bessere Chancen.}) 8. h4 (8. Bb2 {
-> 6...Ng6}) (8. exd6 Qf6 9. d4 Bxd6 10. Nc3 Qf5 (10... cxd4 11. Bg5 Qf5 12.
Qxd4 Bc7 13. Qxg7 Ba6 14. Qd4 $14) 11. O-O Ba6 12. Re1 O-O-O $132) 8... Nxe5 {
Der stärkste Zug.} (8... dxe5 $2 9. h5 Nf4 10. g3 Nd5 11. Nxe5 Bd6 12. Nc4 $14)
(8... h5 9. Bg5 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Bd2 Bg7 12. Nc3 $132) 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2
{Das Problem für Schwarz in dieser Stellung ist, dass er sich kaum bewegen
kann. Er hat zwar einen Bauern mehr, doch ohne Springer kann er überhaupt
keine Aktivität zeigen. Der Bauer c5 ist eine dauerhafte Schwäche und falls
Weiß später an den Bauern ran kommt, wird seine Stellung besser sein.} c4 $1 {
Die direkteste und einfachste Lösung des Problems.} (10... Qd4 11. Rb1 Be7 (
11... f6 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qf3 $16) 12. Nc4 f6 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qe2 Ba6 15. Be3
Qd5 16. O-O $44 {Weiß hat Kompensation wegen der Unbeweglichkeit der schwarzen
Bauernstruktur.}) 11. Nxc4 Ba6 {Die Idee von Schwarz ist es, ...e4 zu spielen.}
12. Qf3 {Weiß kann nicht rochieren, weil der Bauer h4 hängt.} (12. h5 e4 13.
dxe4 Bxc4 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. bxc4 Rd4 $11) (12. O-O Qxh4 13. Nxe5 Bd6 $132) (
12. Bb2 Bxc4 13. dxc4 (13. bxc4 $2 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Bb4 15. c3 Be7 $15) 13... Qa5+
14. Kf1 (14. Qd2 Bb4 15. c3 Be7 $15) 14... Ba3 15. Bxa3 Qxa3 $11) 12... Qd5 $1
{Schwarz opfert einen Bauern, doch er bekommt dafür ausgezeichnetes Spiel.} ({
Passive Verteidigung führt zu einer schwierigen Stellung:} 12... Rc8 13. Bb2
Bxc4 14. dxc4 Qa5+ {Wenn Schwarz langsam spielt, steht er einfach etwas
schlechter, weil Weiß die bessere Bauernstruktur hat.} 15. Kf1 Ba3 (15... Be7
$2 16. Qg3 Bf6 17. Bc3 Qc7 18. Re1 Rd8 19. Rh3 $16) 16. Bc3 Bb4 17. Bxb4 Qxb4
18. Qg3 O-O 19. Qxe5 $14) (12... Bxc4 $4 13. Qxc6+ Ke7 14. Ba3+ Kf6 15. Qf3+
Kg6 16. Qg4+ Kh6 17. Bc1+ $18) 13. Qxd5 {Weiß hatte keine Wahl.} cxd5 14. Nxe5
f6 15. Nf3 e5 {Für den Bauern hat Schwarz nun drei Vorteile: starkes Zentrum,
das Läuferpaar und die c-Linie.} 16. O-O (16. c4 e4 $1 17. dxe4 dxc4 18. bxc4 (
18. O-O cxb3 $11) 18... Bxc4 $44 {Nun steckt der weiße König im Zentrum fest
und wird das Angriffsziel der schwarzen Figuren.}) 16... Kf7 {Schwarz will
seinen zweiten Turm ins Spiel bringen, dabei steht der König am besten näher
zum Zentrum.} 17. c4 Be7 18. Be3 {Weiß hat keine Wahl, das Nehmen auf d5 führt
nur zur Schwierigkeiten.} (18. cxd5 Rhd8 19. Be3 Bxd3 20. Rfd1 Rxd5 $15) 18...
Bb7 {Schwarz will nun mit a5-a4 fortfahren.} 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Rfc1 a5 (20...
Rhc8 {führt ebenfalls zum Ausgleich.} 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Bb6 Bxb3
24. d4 exd4 25. Nxd4 $11) 21. Bc5 Rhd8 22. Bxe7 {Die nächsten Züge wären wohl
22...Kxe7 23.Rc7 Rd7 24.Rxd7 Kxd7 und wegen der Drohung ...a4 oder ...Bxf3 hat
Schwarz genug Kompensation um völlig auszugleichen.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2012.05.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Offensichtlich wollte Anand nicht in die
Hauptvarianten der Sweschnikow-Variante gehen.} e6 {Das ist wohl der
interessanteste Zug von allen moeglichen. Prinzipielle Alternativen sind 3...
g6 und 3...Qb6.} (3... g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. d3 Qe7 8. Be3 Nf6
9. O-O Nd7 10. Qd2 Nf8 11. Bh6 f6 12. Bxg7 Qxg7 13. Nh2 Ne6 14. Ne2 $14) (3...
Qb6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bxc6 $1 {Weiß muss sofort auf c6 nehmen, im nächsten Zug wäre
es zu spät.} (5. O-O Nge7 6. d3 a6 7. Bc4 Na5 8. e5 d5 9. exd6 Nf5 10. Bb3 Nxb3
11. axb3 Bxd6 $11 {Simonian - Inarkiev (Warsaw, 2010)}) 5... Qxc6 6. d4 cxd4 7.
Nxd4 Qc7 8. O-O a6 9. Re1 d6 10. Bg5 $1 Be7 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Qd2 $14 {Akopian
- Roy Chowdhury (Port Erin, 2006)}) 4. Bxc6 $1 {Das ist die moderne
Fortsetzung, die sicherlich auch die besten Chancen für Weiß bietet.} (4. O-O
Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2 d5 9. e5 d4 $132) 4... bxc6 5. b3 {
Das ist eine Nebenvariante, die zu nichts führt. Die prinzipielle Fortsetzung
ist 5.d3.} e5 $5 {Ein seltener, aber interessanter Zug. Normalerweise spielt
man 5...Ne7.} (5... Ne7 6. Bb2 Ng6 7. O-O f6 8. c3 Be7 9. d4 d5 $132 {Dolmatov
- Sherbakov (Moscow, 1992)}) 6. Nxe5 {Die prinzipiellste Antwort.} (6. O-O $6
d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3 (8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qf6 12. Qc4
Rc8 13. Nc3 Qxf3 14. Qa6 Qg4+ 15. Kh1 Qf3+ 16. Kg1 $11) 8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6
10. Bb2 Bg7 11. Na3 Ne7 $11 {Melamed - Strutinskaya (Ukraine, 1996)}) 6... Qe7
7. Bb2 {Nach diesem Zug gleicht Schwarz forciert aus. Der Zug 7.d4, den Anand
später im Schnellschach gespielt hat, sieht stärker aus.} (7. d4 d6 8. Nxc6
Qxe4+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Bb7 11. Na5 Bxg2 12. Rg1 Be4 (12... Bh3 13. dxc5
dxc5 14. Nc3 O-O-O 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. Rg5 $16 {Anand - Gelfand 
(Moscow, 2012)}) 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. c4 O-O-O 15. Nc3 Ba8 16. Bf4 $14 {/\Nb5})
7... d6 8. Nc4 {Der Bauer c6 ist tabu.} (8. Nxc6 $4 Qc7 $19) 8... d5 $1 {
Es ist sehr wichtig, die lange Diagonale zu schließen, bevor Schwarz auf e4
nehmen kann.} (8... Qxe4+ 9. Ne3 $1 {Mit den Damen auf dem Brett ist die
Stellung von Schwarz sehr gefährlich.} (9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Nf6 (10... Ba6
11. d3 Bxc4 12. dxc4 O-O-O 13. Nd2 $14) 11. Re1 Be7 12. d3 Be6 13. Nbd2 Kd7 $11
) 9... Nf6 (9... Qg6 10. Qf3 Bd7 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Ne2 $14) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nc3
Qg6 12. Qf3 $16 {Shaposhnikov - Bocharov (Kazan, 2001)}) 9. Ne3 (9. Ne5 f6 $1
10. Nxc6 Qxe4+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 a5 $3 13. Bc3 d4 14. Bxa5 Bd7 $17) 9...
d4 {Nun ist die lange Diagonale zu.} 10. Nc4 Qxe4+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Be6
13. d3 (13. Nba3 Nf6 $11 {Der Springer auf a3 macht nichts.}) 13... Nf6 {
Das Nehmen auf c4 käme zu früh. Weiß hätte genug Zeit, um sich zu entwickeln
und einen kleinen Vorteil zu bekommen.} (13... Bxc4 14. dxc4 Nf6 15. Nd2 O-O-O
16. Rae1 Bd6 17. h3 {Um ...Ng4 zu verhindern.} Rhe8+ 18. Kd3 $14) 14. Nbd2
O-O-O 15. Rhe1 {Man könnte denken, dass Weiß Vorteil hat, weil Schwarz
Schwächen am Damenflügel hat. Doch in Wirklichkeit kann Weiß den Bauern c5
nicht angreifen, weil Schwarz über sehr gute Verteidigungsresourcen verfügt,
nämlich Nd5-Nb4.} (15. a4 {Die Idee a4-a5-a6-Ra5-Ba3 ist offensichtlich zu
langsam.} Re8 16. Kf1 Nd5 17. a5 Nb4 18. Rc1 Kb7 $15) 15... Be7 16. Kf1 (16. a4
Rhe8 17. Kf1 Nd5 18. a5 Nb4 19. Rac1 Bg5 $15) (16. Ne4 $5 Nxe4 17. dxe4 f5 (
17... Bxc4+ 18. bxc4 Kd7 19. Rab1 Rb8 20. Ba3 Rb6 21. Kd3 Rhb8 22. Rb3 $14) 18.
e5 (18. exf5 Bxf5 $15 {Die Schwäche des Bauerns c2 macht sich bemerkbar.})
18... Bd5 $132) 16... Rhe8 17. Ba3 {Das positionelle Opfer auf e6 bringt Weiß
nicht genug Gegenspiel.} (17. Rxe6 $6 fxe6 18. Re1 Bf8 19. Nf3 h6 20. Na5 Kc7
21. Ne5 Nd5 22. Naxc6 Rd6 23. Na5 Ra6 24. Nec4 Be7 $15 {Weiss hat einen Bauern
für die Qualität gewonnen, doch seine Figuren sind alle passiv und Schwarz
steht besser.}) 17... Nd5 {Der Springer geht nach b4, um die Wirkung des
Läufers zu neutralisieren.} 18. Ne4 Nb4 19. Re2 (19. Bxb4 cxb4 {Schwarz kann
nun auf c4 nehmen und dann ...f5 spielen. Weiß hat keinen Vorteil. Wenn er
versucht, aktiv zu spielen, kommt er selbst in Gefahr.} 20. a3 $2 Bxc4 21. bxc4
bxa3 22. c5 f5 $1 {und Schwarz kommt in Vorteil.} 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. cxd6 Rxe1+
25. Kxe1 Kb7 26. Rxa3 c5 $17) 19... Bxc4 20. bxc4 (20. dxc4 f5 21. Ng3 g6 22.
Rae1 Kd7 $15 {Die Stellung von Schwarz ist angenehmer, weil er Raumvorteil hat.
Die Schwächen der schwarzen Bauernstruktur können nicht ausgenutzt werden.})
20... f5 21. Bxb4 (21. Ng3 g6 22. Rae1 Kd7 $11) 21... cxb4 {Erzwungen.} (21...
fxe4 $4 22. Ba5 exd3 23. cxd3 Rd7 24. Rae1 $16) 22. Nd2 Bd6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24.
Nb3 c5 25. a3 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen, weil nach 25....bxa3 Weiß 26.
Rxa3 und dann 27.Ra5 spielt.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. b3 {Diese Variante wird selten gespielt und
das zurecht.} Nge7 {Dieser Zug sieht sehr logisch aus. Jetzt will Schwarz ...
a6 spielen, und dann, falls Weiß auf c6 nimmt, mit dem Springer zurücknehmen.}
5. O-O (5. Bb2 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. O-O {-> siehe die Partie.}) 5... a6 6. Bxc6
Nxc6 7. Bb2 b6 $5 {Vorsichtig gespielt. Meistens geht der Bauer nach b5, aber
dann kann er nach a4 Angriffsziel der weißen Figuren werden.} (7... b5 8. a4 b4
9. d3 d6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd2 $14 {Sjugirov-Nuri 
(Aix-les-Bains, 2011)}) 8. Qe2 {Man kann diesen Zug als Experiment bezeichnen.
Im weiteren Verlauf hat Weiß überhaupt nichts erreicht.} (8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4
Bb7 10. Nd2 f6 $1 {Schwarz kann sonst seinen schwarzfeldrigen Läufer nicht
entwickeln.} (10... Bc5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxg7 Rg8 13. Be5 Qg5 14. Bg3 h5 15.
Nf3 Qg4 16. Ne5 Qxe4 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qxh5 $16) 11. Qg4 Kf7 {Solches Spiel
ist nur möglich, weil Weiß keinen weißfeldrigen Läufer mehr hat.} 12. Rad1 Qc7
13. Nc4 b5 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Ne3 Ne5 16. Nf3 Ng6 17. Qg4 Rd8 $132 {
Adams-Edouard (Rijeka, 2010)}) (8. c4 Bb7 9. Re1 (9. Qe2 Qc7 10. d4 cxd4 11.
Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Nd2 (13. Bxg7 Rg8 14. Bf6 Qxe4 $15) 13... O-O 14.
Qg4 f6 15. a3 a5 $11 {Minasian-Shabalov (Los Angeles, 2003)}) 9... Qc7 10. Nc3
(10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qh5 O-O 14. Nd2 f6 $11 {Peng
Xiaomin-Wu Wenjin (Tianjing, 2003)}) 10... Bd6 11. Nd5 exd5 12. exd5+ Ne7 13.
Bxg7 Rg8 14. Bf6 Rg6 15. Bxe7 Bxe7 16. Nh4 Kf8 17. Nxg6+ hxg6 18. Qf3 $132 {
Movsesian-Timofeev (Sarajevo, 2007)}) 8... Bb7 9. Rd1 {Dieser und der nächste
Zug von Weiß sind nicht konsequent.} (9. c3 Be7 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. d5
exd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Nc3 Bf6 $15) 9... Qc7 10. c3 {Was der Turm nun auf d1
macht, ist eine große Frage.} (10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 $15)
10... Ne5 $1 {Richtig gespielt. Es kann sein, dass Weiß auf 10...Be7 hoffte.} (
10... Be7 $6 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 d5 (12... O-O 13. d5 $14) 13. Nc3 dxe4 14.
Nxe4 O-O 15. d5 exd5 16. Nc3 $14 {Hier sieht man, dass der Turm auf d1 seinen
Platz gefunden hat.}) 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 {Nun kann Weiß nicht gleich d4 spielen.}
12. d3 (12. d4 $4 Qxe4 13. Qxe4 Bxe4 $19) (12. f3 $2 {Schwarz entwickelt eine
sehr starke Initiative am Königsflügel.} Bd6 13. g3 O-O 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4
Qh5 16. Nd2 f5 $15) 12... d5 {Ebenfalls spielbar ist ...Bd6.} (12... Bd6 13. g3
Qg5 14. Nd2 O-O $11) 13. Nd2 Bd6 14. g3 Be7 {Es ist immer gut, die Schwäche
der weißen Felder zu provozieren.} 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qc7 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. e5
$15 {Weiß muss das Zentrum schließen, sonst wird die lange Diagonale geöffnet.
Nun haben wir eine typische französische Bauernstruktur auf dem Brett, nur hat
Weiß seinen guten weißfeldrigen Läufer schon abgetauscht und hat dadurch
überhaupt kein Spiel. Schwarz steht einfach besser.} O-O 19. Nb1 {Weiß will
die schwarzfeldrigen Läufer tauschen.} b5 {Schwarz will nach Ba3 einfach ...b4
spielen.} (19... a5 $5 20. Ba3 Bb4 $1 (20... Bxa3 21. Nxa3 Ba6 22. Qe3 Rac8 $11
{Der schwarze Läufer ist aktiv geworden und dadurch ist der Ausgleich
garantiert.}) 21. Bxb4 $1 axb4 22. Qd2 Qe7 23. Rc2 $1 {Weiß hat genug Zeit, um
die Initiative von Schwarz zu neutralisieren.} Rfc8 24. Rdc1 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 h6
26. Nd2 Rc8 27. Qb2 Rc7 28. Rc2 Ba6 29. Qc1 Ra7 $132) 20. Nc3 {Nun kann
Schwarz nicht ...b4 spielen.} (20. Ba3 b4 21. Bb2 a5 $17) 20... Bc6 (20... b4
21. Na4 Qb5 22. Qxb5 axb5 23. Rc7 Rfe8 24. Rxb7 bxa4 25. Rc1 axb3 26. axb3 Kf8
(26... Ra2 $4 27. Rxe7 $18) 27. Rcc7 Ra2 28. Bc1 $14) 21. Qg4 f5 $1 {Sonst
bekommt Weiß eine gewisse Initiative.} (21... b4 22. Ne2 a5 23. Nf4 Kh8 24. Nh5
Rg8 25. Rc2 $36) 22. exf6 {Erzwungen. Wenn Weiß mit der Dame zurückgeht, dann
wird er überhaupt kein Spiel haben.} Rxf6 (22... Bxf6 23. Ne2 $36 {/\Nf4}) 23.
Ne2 Bd6 {Auch 23....Rg6 sieht nicht schlecht aus.} (23... Rg6 24. Qf3 Bd6 $15 {
/\Rf8}) 24. Rc2 $1 {Sehr starker Zug! Die Idee davon ist nicht Rdc1 zu spielen,
sondern Nc1-Nd3-Nc5/Ne5! Das Feld c1 wurde für den Springer frei gemacht.} b4
$1 {Schwarz muss das Springermanoever verhindern.} (24... Raf8 $6 25. Nc1 Rf3
26. Nd3 Qf7 27. Rf1 Rxd3 28. Qe2 $1 (28. Rxc6 Rd2 29. Rxd6 Rxf2 $19) 28... Rf3
29. Rxc6 $16) 25. Nc1 Bb5 $1 26. Nd3 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 {Nach einer Folge der
stärksten Züge für beide Seiten ist die Stellung ausgeglichen.} Rc8 28. Rdd2
Rff8 {Nun werden alle Türme auf der c-Linie abgetauscht und die Partie endet
in einem remislichen Endspiel.} 29. Qe2 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Rc8 31. Bc1 Rxc2 32. Qxc2
$11 {Keiner kann in dieser Stellung auf Gewinn spielen, weil beide Seiten ihre
Schwächen haben, die sich ausgleichen.} Qe8 33. f4 g6 34. Be3 Kf7 35. Kg2 Qd7
36. Bf2 Be7 37. Be3 Bd6 38. Bf2 Be7 39. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tula Suetin Memorial op"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.03.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Kupreichik,V"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Bg4 $6 (6... Nf6 $142)
7. h3 Bh5 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. Ne3 Nd4 10. g4 Bg6 11. c3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Qd7 (12... O-O
$142 $14) 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nd5 Bd8 15. Qg4 a6 16. a4 f5 $6 (16... h6 $142 $16)
17. exf5 Qxf5 18. Qg2 Bf7 19. f4 $18 O-O 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Bd2 1-0

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Giese Horvath,T Timman} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 6.
Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Re1 Bd6 $1 $146 (9... d6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11.
Qg4 $14) (9... Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 O-O 12. Bf4 f5 $14 {Yudasin-Lautier/
Moscow/ol./1994}) 10. Nd5 $5 (10. h3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Be5 12. Qd3 (12. Nd5 exd5 (
12... Qd6 13. Qe3) 13. exd5 d6 14. f4 f6 15. fxe5 fxe5 16. Qf2 Qf7 $10) (12.
Qe3 O-O 13. Bd2 b5 $13 {Giblin-Quin/England/1994}) 12... b5 $10) (10. g3 Nxd4
11. Qxd4 Be5 12. Qd3 b5 $10 (12... b5 {Horvath,T} 13. a4 b4 $15 {
Liberus-Kveinis/Katowice/1990})) (10. Nxc6 $1 {Horvath,T} bxc6 (10... dxc6 $5)
(10... Bxh2+ $2 11. Kh1 bxc6 12. g3 Bxg3 13. fxg3 Qxg3 14. Re3 Qh4+ 15. Kg2 {
Horvath: Wegen der unentwickelten Schwarzen Stellung Weis steht besser.}) 11.
f4 $1 Bxf4 (11... e5 $5) 12. Bxf4 Qxf4 13. e5 $40) 10... exd5 (10... Bxh2+ $2
11. Kh1 exd5 12. exd5+ Be5 (12... Ne7 13. Nf5 Bd6 14. Nxe7 Bxe7 15. d6) 13.
Nxc6 $1 dxc6 14. d6 Qa5 15. Bf4 $16 f6 $2 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. Qh5+ $18) 11. exd5+
Ne5 (11... Ne7 $2 12. Nf5 Kf8 13. Rxe7 $1 (13. Qe2 $18) 13... Bxe7 14. d6 Bxd6
15. Nxd6 $16 {->}) 12. Nf5 $4 (12. f4 $8 O-O 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 d6 (14...
Bf6 $5 15. d6 Qc6 $13 {/\ b5, Bb7}) 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. d6 (16. b3 b5 $1 $10 {/\}
17. Ba3 b4 $1) 16... Qc5+ 17. Be3 Qc6 18. c4 b6 $1 $10) 12... O-O $19 13. Bh6 (
13. Bf4 f6 14. Re3 {/\ Qh5, Rg3} g6 $1 15. Rg3 Kh8 $19) (13. Qh5 g6 $1 14. Nh6+
(14. Qh6 gxf5 15. Bg5 (15. Qg5+ Ng6 $19) 15... Ng4 $19) 14... Kh8 15. Bg5 f6
$19) (13. Qd4 f6 14. Bh6 Rf7 $19 (14... gxh6 15. Rxe5 $132)) 13... gxh6 14. Qh5
Ng6 $1 15. Qxh6 Be5 16. d6 Qc5 {/\ Bh2!} 17. g4 (17. b4 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qxf5 $19
) 17... Re8 $1 (17... b5 $2 18. Re3 Bb7 19. Rh3 Rfc8 20. Qxh7+ Kf8 21. Nh6 $18)
18. Re4 (18. b4 Qc3 (18... Qxb4 $2 19. Rxe5 Qxg4+ 20. Kh1 Qf3+ (20... Nxe5 $2
21. Rg1 $18) 21. Kg1 $10) 19. Rad1 Re6 20. Re3 Qxb4 21. Rxe5 Qxg4+ 22. Kh1
Qxd1+ 23. Kg2 Qg4+ 24. Kf1 (24. Kh1 Nxe5 25. Ne7+ Rxe7 26. dxe7 Qe4+ $19) 24...
Nxe5 25. Ne7+ Rxe7 26. dxe7 Qc4+ 27. Kg1 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 Qg1+ 30. Ke2
Qe1+ 31. Kxf3 Qxe7 $19) (18. Re3 Re6 19. Rh3 (19. b4 Qxe3 $1 (19... Qxb4 $2 20.
Rxe5 Qxg4+ 21. Kf1 $1 Nxe5 22. Ne7+ Rxe7 23. dxe7 Qc4+ 24. Kg1 Qg4+ 25. Kf1 $1
$10) 20. fxe3 Bxa1 $19) 19... Nf8 20. Qg5+ (20. Ne7+ Rxe7 21. Qg5+ Ng6 22. dxe7
Qxe7 $19) 20... Kh8 21. Qd8 Bxd6 $19) (18. c4 $5 {/\ b4! Timman} Re6 (18... a5
$6 19. Rad1 $1 {/\ Rd5}) 19. b4 Bxa1 $1 20. Rxe6 (20. bxc5 Rxe1+ $19) 20...
dxe6 21. bxc5 exf5 $19) 18... Re6 19. Qg5 (19. Rae1 {/\ Re5} Bf6 $19) 19...
Bxd6 $1 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21. Nxf7+ Kg7 22. Qh6+ Kxf7 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 04th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2003.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 $5 dxc6 5. d3 Nd7 {/\ e5} (5... Bg4) (
5... g6) 6. e5 $1 Nb6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 (7... Bg4 $6 8. h3 Bh5 9. e6 $1 $36) 8. O-O
e6 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Re1 a5 $1 12. a4 Nd5 13. Ne4 Qc7 (13... Bg4 $5 14.
h3 Bh5 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Qe2 Nb4) 14. Nfd2 b5 (14... Nb4 15. Nc4 $14) 15. Ng3 Bg6
16. Qg4 $1 {/\ h4-h5} Nb4 17. Rec1 (17. Rac1 Na2 18. Rcd1 Nb4 $11) 17... Rfd8
18. Nde4 Qd7 $5 (18... c4 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. dxc4 c5 21. h4 Nc6 22. h5 Bxe4 23.
Nxe4 $36) 19. Qe2 Qc7 20. Qg4 Qd7 21. h4 Bf5 22. Qf4 $1 (22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Qg3
Bxh4 (23... Qe6 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Nh5 Qg6 26. e6 $1 Qxg3 27. fxg3 f6 28. Bc3 $14
) 24. Qxh4 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Qe6 $13) 22... Nd5 23. Qf3 bxa4 (23... h6 24. Nxf5
exf5 25. Ng3 f4 26. Nh5 Qf5 27. e6 $14) 24. Rxa4 Nb6 25. Ra3 a4 26. Nd6 Bxd6
27. exd6 Qxd6 28. Nh5 (28. Nxf5 exf5 29. Qxf5 axb3 30. Rxb3 Nd7 $14) 28... f6
29. g4 Bg6 30. Nxg7 $6 (30. Nxf6+ $1 gxf6 31. Qxf6 e5 (31... Qf8 32. Qxe6+ Bf7
33. Qe5 Rd4 34. Qg5+ Bg6 35. Bxd4 (35. h5 Rd5) 35... cxd4 36. Raa1 $36 (36.
Rca1 Re8 $132)) 32. Qg5 $40) 30... Nd5 31. Bxf6 $2 $138 (31. Nh5 Bxh5 32. gxh5
axb3 33. Rxb3 e5 $15) (31. h5 $1 Kxg7 32. hxg6 Qf4 (32... axb3 33. Rxb3 $1 (33.
Rxa8 Rxa8 34. g5 Kxg6 35. gxf6 Qf4 36. Qg2+ Qg5 37. Qxg5+ Kxg5 38. cxb3 Nxf6
39. Rxc5+ Nd5 $11) 33... Qf4 34. Qh3 $36) 33. Qxf4 Nxf4 34. Rca1 $14) 31... Rf8
32. g5 Nxf6 33. gxf6 Qe5 $17 34. Qxc6 Qxf6 35. Qxe6+ Kxg7 36. Qxf6+ Rxf6 37.
Rxa4 Rxa4 38. bxa4 Rf4 39. Ra1 Rxh4 40. a5 Be8 $1 41. Kg2 (41. a6 Ra4 $19)
41... Ra4 42. Rxa4 Bxa4 43. a6 Kf6 44. a7 Bc6+ 45. Kg3 Kg5 46. c3 Ba8 $1 (46...
h5 $4 47. f4+ Kf5 48. Kh4 Kxf4 49. Kxh5 Ke3 50. d4 c4 51. Kg6 Kd3 52. Kf6 Kxc3
53. Ke5 Kb4 54. d5 Ba8 55. d6 c3 56. d7 c2 57. d8=Q c1=Q 58. Qxa8 Qg5+ $11) 47.
Kh3 Kf4 48. Kh4 (48. Kh2 Kf3 49. Kg1 h5 50. Kf1 h4 51. Kg1 Ke2 $1 52. Kh2 (52.
f4 Kf3 53. f5 Kg3 54. f6 h3 $19) 52... Kxf2 53. Kh3 Ke3 54. d4 c4 55. Kxh4 Kd3
$19) 48... Kf3 49. Kg5 Kxf2 50. Kf5 h5 51. d4 c4 52. Ke6 h4 53. d5 h3 54. d6 h2
55. d7 h1=Q 56. d8=Q Qe4+ 57. Kf7 Qd5+ (57... Qd5+ 58. Qxd5 Bxd5+ 59. Ke7 Ke3
60. Kd6 Bg2 61. Kc5 Kd3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e5 Ng4 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Nh6 8. g4
f5 9. g5 Nf7 10. d3 Be6 11. Qe2 Bg7 12. h4 $1 Bd5 (12... Qa5 13. Bd2 $14) (
12... b5 13. Bf4 $14) (12... h5 {/\ 0-0} 13. gxh6 Bxh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. O-O-O
$14) 13. Nxd5 (13. e6 $2 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxh1 15. Nf7 Qd4 $15) 13... Qxd5 (13...
cxd5 $6 14. e6 Nd6 15. h5 Qb6 16. c3 $16) 14. c4 $1 (14. Bf4 $6 Nd8 $1 $11)
14... Qe6 15. Bf4 h6 (15... h5 16. O-O $16) 16. O-O-O Rd8 (16... O-O-O 17. Qe3
b6 18. b3 $16 {/\ d4}) 17. Kc2 (17. Qe3 b6 18. b3 hxg5 19. hxg5 Rxh1 20. Rxh1
Kf8 21. Rd1 (21. d4 cxd4 22. Nxd4 Qd7 23. Nf3 Qe6) 21... Kg8 22. Rd2 (22. d4
cxd4 23. Nxd4 Qd7 24. e6 $2 Bxd4 25. exf7+ Kxf7 $15) 22... Kf8 23. d4 cxd4 24.
Nxd4 Qc8 $14 (24... Qd7 25. Qf3 $16)) 17... Kf8 $6 (17... hxg5 $142 18. hxg5
Rxh1 19. Rxh1 Kf8 $14) 18. Rhg1 $1 hxg5 19. Bxg5 $1 (19. hxg5 Rh3 $14) 19...
Bh6 (19... Nxe5 $2 20. Rde1 Nxf3 21. Qxf3 $18) (19... Nxg5 20. Rxg5 $1 $16 (20.
Nxg5 Qxe5 21. Qxe5 Bxe5 22. Ne6+ Kf7 23. Nxd8+ Rxd8 24. h5 gxh5 25. Rg5 Rh8 26.
Rxf5+ Ke6 27. Rf3 h4 28. Re1 Kd6 $11)) 20. Bxh6+ Rxh6 21. d4 (21. Qe3 b6 22.
Rg2 $16) 21... b6 (21... b5 $2 22. dxc5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 bxc4 24. Rd4 $18) 22.
dxc5 $6 (22. b3 $1 {/\ dc5, Qe3} cxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 c5 25. Rd5 (25.
Rf4 Qxe5 $14) 25... Rxh4 26. Qd2 Kg7 27. f4 $16) 22... Rxd1 23. Rxd1 bxc5 24.
b3 {/\ Qe3} f4 $1 $132 25. Qe4 Rh5 26. Qxf4 (26. Re1 Rf5 $14) 26... Qf5+ 27.
Qxf5 Rxf5 28. Rd3 Ke8 $1 (28... Nxe5 $6 29. Rd8+ Kf7 30. Nxe5+ (30. Ng5+ Kg7
31. f4 Nf7 32. Rd7 Kf6 33. Ne4+ Ke6 34. Rxa7 Rxf4 35. Nxc5+ Kd6 36. Nd3 Rxh4
37. a4 $36) 30... Rxe5 31. Kd3 $36) 29. Kd2 (29. Re3 Nh6 $1 $11) (29. e6 Nd8
$11) 29... Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. Re3 Rf5 32. Ke2 Kf7 (32... Kd7 33. Rg3 Rf4
34. Rxg6 Rxh4 35. Rg8 $14) 33. Rd3 Ke8 (33... Ke6 $6 34. Rd8) 34. Rf3 Rh5 35.
Rf4 Re5+ (35... g5 $2 36. Rf5 $16) 36. Kf3 Re1 $1 $11 (36... g5 37. hxg5 Rxg5
38. Rg4 Rf5+ 39. Kg3 $14) 37. Re4 Ra1 38. Re6 Rxa2 39. Rxg6 Rb2 40. Rxc6 Rxb3+
41. Kg4 a5 42. Rxc5 a4 43. f4 (43. f4 Rc3 44. h5 Kf7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. a3 O-O 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Be6 10. c3 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb8 12. b4 Nd7 13. Re1 Re8 14. Rb1 Qc7
15. c4 b6 16. Re2 f5 17. Bd2 Bf6 18. Qc2 Re7 19. h3 Rae8 20. Rbe1 cxb4 21. axb4
b5 22. Bg5 e4 23. c5 exf3 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Rxe7 Bxg5 26. Re8+ Kf7 27. Re1 Bf6
28. d4 Bxd4 29. Qxf5+ Nf6 30. Re6 g6 $2 (30... a5 31. cxd6 Qc1+ $11) 31. Qxf3
$18 dxc5 32. d6 Qd8 33. Re7+ Kg8 34. bxc5 1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Liss,E"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1
Rc8 9. a4 (9. d3 g6 10. Be3 d6 11. a3 Qc7 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Nc3 {
1/2-1/2 Suetin,A-Teske,H/Bern op (03) 1996}) 9... Ng6 (9... b4 10. d3 (10. d4
bxc3 11. d5 Nb4 12. Nxc3 Ng6 13. Bb1 Be7 14. g3 O-O 15. h4 d6 16. h5 Ne5 17.
Nxe5 dxe5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Qb6 20. Be3 Rcd8 21. a5 Qc6 22. Re2 c4 23. Bc2
Nxc2 24. Rxc2 Bb4 {Smyslov,V-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg 10'(2) 1994/0-1 (60)}) 10...
Ng6 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. d4 bxc3 13. bxc3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 Qc7 16. Ba3 O-O
17. Re3 Nc2 18. Bxc2 Qxc2 19. Qxc2 Rxc2 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Rb3 Ba8 22. Rb6 Rfc8
23. Kf1 f5 24. exf5 Nxf5 {Slobodjan,R-Glek,I/Bonn GSK (05) ;CBM 45 1995/1/2-1/
2 (42)}) 10. Na3 b4 11. Nc4 Na5 (11... Be7 12. a5 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nb6 Rc7
(14... Rb8 15. Bf5 $1 Nxa5 16. Nd7 Rc8 17. d4 $40) 15. d4 $36) 12. Ne3 Be7 13.
cxb4 cxb4 14. d4 O-O 15. b3 Qb6 16. Bb2 Rc7 17. Nd2 d5 18. e5 Rfc8 19. g3 {
White is going to push everything forward on the king side and black has
nothing much to offer against it} Bc6 20. h4 Be8 21. Rc1 Nf8 22. h5 Rc6 23. Nf3
Qd8 24. Kg2 R8c7 25. Re2 Qc8 26. Rb1 Qd7 27. Bd3 Qc8 28. Rc2 Rxc2 29. Bxc2 f6
30. g4 fxe5 31. dxe5 $1 {Clearing d4 for the knight} Nc6 32. Bd3 Bc5 33. Qe2
Nb8 34. Nc2 Qd8 35. Ncd4 $16 Rf7 36. Rc1 Qb6 37. Qc2 Nbd7 38. Qd2 h6 39. Re1
Nh7 $2 {Now the end comes faster but anyway black was hopeless} 40. a5 $1 $18
Qxa5 41. Nxe6 (41. Ra1 $18 {would have been simpler}) 41... d4 (41... Qb6 42.
Nf4 Ndf8 43. e6 $18) 42. Bc4 Nb6 43. Be2 Be7 44. Qxd4 (44. Ra1 Qd5 45. Nc7 Qc6
46. Nxe8 Qxe8 47. Rxa6 $18) 44... Bc6 45. Rc1 Bd5 46. Nc7 (46. Ra1 $18) 46...
Bb7 47. e6 Rf6 48. Ra1 Na4 (48... Qg5 $1 {And white still has to prove his win}
) 49. Ne8 Qg5 50. Bc1 Qh4 51. Rxa4 Ng5 52. Bxg5 Qxg5 53. Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Skolernes Skakklub"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1997.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Liss,E"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Horvath,T} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 d6 {Horvath: Die
Damenzüge verlieren Zeit, und oft auch die Partie.} (5... Qc7 $6 {Horvath,T}) (
5... Qb6 $6 {Horvath,T}) 6. Bb2 e5 (6... a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 $6 8. e5 d5 9. d3 Ng6
10. Nc3 Be7 11. Na4 O-O 12. c4 $14 {Rublevsky-Tregubov, Novogrod op. 1995}) 7.
c3 a6 8. Be2 Ng6 9. d4 Be7 10. Na3 O-O (10... b5 11. Nc2 O-O 12. Ne3 {
Transposes to the game} (12. a4 b4 13. dxc5 bxc3 (13... dxc5 14. cxb4 cxb4 15.
Ne3 $14) 14. cxd6 cxb2 15. dxe7 Qxe7 16. Rb1 Rd8 17. Qe1 Nf4 18. Rxb2 Bg4 {
with some compensation for the pawn})) 11. Nc4 b5 12. Ne3 Rb8 (12... Nf4 13.
Nd5 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 $14) (12... Nf4 $142 {Horvath,T}) 13. Nd5 Kh8 14. a4 b4 $6 (
14... Be6 {Horvath,T} 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ra6 Qd7 $14) 15. dxc5 bxc3 (15... dxc5
16. cxb4 cxb4 17. Qc1 $1 (17. Qc2 {Horvath,T} Bb7 18. Rfd1 $16) 17... Bb7 18.
Rd1 Rc8 19. Qe3 $14) 16. Nxe7 (16. Bxc3 dxc5 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 $132) 16... Qxe7 (
16... cxb2 17. Nxc6 bxa1=Q 18. Qxa1 Qc7 19. Nxb8 Qxb8 20. cxd6 $16) (16...
Ncxe7 17. Bxc3 dxc5 18. Nxe5 $16 Qxd1 19. Bxd1 Be6 20. Rb1 $16) (16... Ngxe7
17. Bxc3 dxc5 18. Nxe5 Qxd1 19. Bxd1 Be6 20. Rb1 $16) 17. cxd6 Qe6 18. Bxc3
Rxb3 $2 {a terrible oversight by black, missing white's next move.Black
probably  counted on this when playing 14...b4} (18... Qxb3 19. Qxb3 Rxb3 20.
Rac1 $16) 19. Ng5 $18 {Game over} Qf6 20. Qxb3 Qxg5 21. Kh1 Nf4 22. Bf3 Bg4 23.
Qd1 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Liss,E"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. Bb2 b6 8. d4
(8. c4 Bb7 9. Re1 Qc7 10. h3 f6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O-O (12... Bd6 $14) 13.
Nc3 Bc5 14. Na4 Rhg8 15. a3 e5 16. Nc2 $16 {Gogichaishvili-Adamek, Brno op.
1994}) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qf6 10. Bc3 Qg6 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. Nd2 b5 13. Re1 Bb7 (
13... Be7 14. Nf3 f6 (14... O-O 15. Ne5 Qf6 16. Nxc6 Qxc3 17. Nxe7+ $16) 15.
Nd4 Bd7 16. f4 $36) 14. Nf3 Rd8 15. Qe2 Be7 (15... Bd6 16. Rad1 O-O 17. Ba5 Rd7
18. Ne5 $18) 16. Ba5 $1 Rb8 17. Rad1 Qh5 (17... O-O 18. Ne5 Qg5 19. Nd7 $18) (
17... f6 18. Qe3 $16) 18. Qd2 O-O 19. Qd7 Ba3 (19... Bc5 20. b4 Ba7 21. Bc7
Rbc8 22. Bd6 $18) (19... Bf6 20. e5 Bd8 21. Bxd8 Rbxd8 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8#)
20. Rd3 (20. b4 c5 $132) 20... c5 (20... Qc5 21. Bc7 Bc8 22. Qd6 Rb7 23. Qxc5
Bxc5 24. Bd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 $16) 21. Bc7 Rbc8 (21... Bc8 22. Qe7 Rb7 23. Rd8 $18
) 22. Ne5 (22. Bd6 Bc6 23. Qa7 Ra8 (23... Rfd8 $2 24. Qxa6 c4 25. bxc4 Bxd6 26.
Rxd6 $18) 24. Qb6 Rfc8 25. Bc7 (25. Ne5 Be8 (25... c4 26. Rh3 $1 Qg5 27. Nf3 $1
$18) 26. f4 Qh4 27. Rg3 Qd8 28. Qxd8 Rxd8 29. Be7 Rd2 30. c3 $1 $40 (30. Bf6 g6
31. Rh3 c4 $1 $132)) 25... Be8 26. c4 $5 Bb4 27. Red1 Qg6 $132) 22... c4 $8 (
22... f6 $2 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Rh3 Qe8 (24... Rfe8 25. Qxc8 $18) 25. Qxe8 Rfxe8
(25... Rcxe8 26. Ng6+ $18) 26. Nf7+ Kg8 27. Nd6 Rxc7 28. Nxe8 Rd7 29. Rd3 $18)
23. bxc4 Bc5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Rf3 (25. Bd6 $5 Bxd6 (25... Rfd8 26. Qxb7 Bxd6
27. Rxd6 (27. Nf3 $1 Qc5 28. Red1 $1 Qxc2 29. Ne1 $1 Qc6 (29... Qe2 30. Rxd6
Qxd1 31. Rxd1 $18) (29... Qc7 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Qxc7 $18) 30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31. e5
$18) 27... Qxe5 28. Red1 $1 Rf8 29. Qxc8 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Rxc8 $14) 26. Qxd6 Rxc2
27. Nd7 Re8 28. Rg3 Kh8 $132) 25... f6 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Rf5 (27. Rh3 Bxf2+ $1
(27... Rfe8 $2 28. Qxc8 $18) (27... Qe8 28. Qf5 $1 $18) (27... Qxh3 $5 28. gxh3
fxe5 29. Bb6 (29. Bd6 $2 Bxf2+ 30. Kg2 Rf6 $19) 29... Rf6 (29... Rc6 30. Qxc6
Bxc6 31. Bxc5 $14) 30. Qxc8+ $8 Bxc8 31. Bxc5 Rg6+ 32. Kh1 Bxh3 33. Rg1 Rc6 $11
) 28. Kh1 Qxh3 29. gxh3 Rxc7 $1 (29... Bxe1 30. Nf7+ Rxf7 (30... Kg8 31. Nh6+
Kh8 32. Qg8+ Rxg8 33. Nf7#) 31. Qxf7 Bxe4+ 32. Kg1 $16) (29... fxe5 30. Re2
Rxc7 31. Rxf2 $18) 30. Re2 Bc5 (30... Rxc2 31. Nf7+ $18) 31. Nd3 Re7 32. Qf5 (
32. Qb3 Bb6 (32... Rxe4 33. Nxc5 Rxe2+ 34. Nxb7) (32... Ba7 $2 33. Qa3 Rfe8 34.
Qxa7 Bxe4+ 35. Rxe4 Rxa7 36. Rxe8#) 33. Qxb5 (33. Qb4 Rfe8 $40) 33... Rxe4 34.
Qxb6 Rb4+ 35. Qxb7 Rxb7 $19) 32... Ba7 $40) 27... Bxf2+ (27... Qe8 28. Qxe8
Rfxe8 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 31. Rxc5 Re7 (31... Rxe4 32. Rxe4 Bxe4 33.
f3 $16) 32. Bd6 Rxc5 33. Bxe7 $16) 28. Rxf2 (28. Kxf2 fxe5 29. Qxe5 Bxe4 30.
Rxf8+ Rxf8+ 31. Kg1 $11) 28... Rxc7 (28... fxe5 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Bxe5 $16)
29. Nd3 Re8 30. Qd6 Rce7 31. e5 $1 Re6 (31... h6 32. e6 $1 Qd5 33. Qxd5 Bxd5
34. Nf4 Bxa2 35. Ng6+ $18) 32. Qb4 Qf7 (32... fxe5 $4 33. Rf8+ Rxf8 34. Qxf8#)
33. Ref1 Bd5 34. exf6 gxf6 35. Qxb5 (35. Qd4 Re4 36. Qxf6+ Qxf6 37. Rxf6 Bxa2 {
With good drawing chances for black}) 35... Re2 36. Qb6 R8e6 37. Qb4 Qg7 38.
Qb5 $4 (38. Nf4 R6e4 39. Qc5 Rxf2 40. Rxf2 Bxa2 41. Nh5 Re1+ 42. Rf1 Rxf1+ 43.
Kxf1 Qh6 44. Qc8+ $1 Bg8 45. Qc3 $1 $18) 38... Rxf2 $4 {Black probably lost on
time, but after her move she's lost.} (38... Bxg2 39. Qb8+ Re8 40. Qxe8+ Rxe8
41. Rxg2 Qa7+ $17) (38... Qxg2+ 39. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 40. Kh1 Rg5+ 41. Qxd5 Rxd5 42.
Nf4 Rdd6 43. Nxe6 Rxe6 $11) 1-0

[Event "Linz"]
[Site "Linz"]
[Date "1997.05.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wach, Markus"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Liss,E"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Rogozenko} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. b3 Ng6 7.
Bb2 f6 8. e5 Be7 9. d3 (9. exf6 Bxf6 (9... gxf6 $5) 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nc3 O-O
12. Ne4 Qe7 13. d3 (13. d4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 d5 15. Nc5 e5 16. Qc3 Rxf3 $1 17. gxf3
Bh3 18. Kh1 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Rf8 $17) 13... d5 14. Ng3 e5 15. h3 Qf6 16. Nh2 $15 {
Black had more space for his peaces in Tatai-Cherniaev, Cannes op. 1997}) 9...
Qc7 10. Re1 (10. exf6 gxf6 {with future black domination of the center.}) 10...
O-O 11. Nbd2 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nh8 $1 $15 {keeping the knight for the future and
preparing the take over of the center Very logical idea of B.Gulko. White
cannot find good squares for both knigts. Due to his strong centre Black will
have soon a huge space advantage, that`s why is important for him to keep on
the board as many pieses as possible.} (12... Nf4 $2 13. Qg4 g6 (13... Nd5 14.
Nxd7 $18) 14. Re4 $1 $40 {with crushing attack}) 13. Qh5 {Black`s position is
already preferable, but with this strange move White only helps his oponent to
develope the initiative on the kingside.} (13. Qg4 Bf6) (13. g3 {Rogozenko} d6
14. Ng4 e5 15. Ne4 Qd7 16. f3 Qf5 17. Kg2 Ng6 $15 {Bisguier-Gulko/Los Angeles
1991}) 13... d6 14. Nec4 Ng6 15. Re3 (15. Nf1 {Rogozenko} Rf5 16. Qd1 d5 17.
Nce3 Rf4 18. Ng3 $15) 15... Rf5 16. Qd1 d5 17. Na3 Bd6 {Black has taken over
the game} 18. Nf1 e5 19. c4 (19. Rf3 {Rogozenko} Rxf3 20. Qxf3 Be6 $17) 19...
Qf7 20. Qe1 Bd7 21. Ng3 Rf4 22. Rc1 (22. Re2 $5 {Rogozenko} Rf8 23. Bc1) 22...
Rf8 23. Rc2 e4 $1 {The expected breakthrough.} 24. dxe4 (24. cxd5 exd3 25. Rxd3
cxd5 {and Black keeps his clear advantage}) 24... d4 $1 25. Rd3 (25. Ree2 $2 d3
$19) 25... Ne5 {Black is a pawn down but all of his peaces are playing as
white's peaces are totally paralized} 26. Rdd2 (26. Rd1 Bg4 27. Rdd2 $8 h5 $40)
26... Qg6 27. Bc1 (27. Kh1 h5 28. Nf5 Bxf5 (28... Rxe4 29. Qxe4 Bxf5 {is also
crushing}) 29. exf5 Qxf5 {with no hope for white}) 27... h5 28. Rd1 (28. Kh1 {
Rogozenko} h4) 28... h4 29. Bxf4 Rxf4 30. Qa5 (30. Ne2 Nf3+ $19) 30... hxg3 31.
hxg3 Rf8 32. Re1 Ng4 33. Qxa7 Qh5 34. Qxd7 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 d3 {with mate following
} 0-1

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "Bezold, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Liss,E"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 d6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. b3 f6 (12... d5 13. Qg3 h5 14.
Na4 h4 15. Qc3 Rb8 16. Be3 h3 17. g3 Rb4 18. Bd4 e5 19. Bxe5 d4 20. Qd3 f6 21.
Bf4 c5 22. Rad1 Bg4 23. c3 Rxa4 24. bxa4 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Rh5 26. Qxa6 Qd7 27. Qe2
g6 28. Be3 Qe6 29. cxd4 Qxe4 30. Bh6+ {1:0 Yudasin-Greenfeld, Haifa 1995}) (
12... h5 13. Qe2 h4 14. Ba3 e5 15. Rad1 Rh6 16. Rd3 Qa5 17. Na4 Rg6 18. h3 c5
19. Bc1 c4 20. Rf3 Be6 21. Bd2 Qb5 22. Nc3 Qc6 23. Rd1 Bd8 24. Be1 Bb6 25. Nd5
cxb3 26. axb3 Bd4 27. Nf4 Rf6 28. Nxe6+ Rxe6 29. c3 Bb6 $14 {Glek-Kishnev
Dortmund op 1992}) 13. Ba3 e5 14. Qg3 g5 $6 {weakening the light squares} 15.
Rad1 Kf7 16. Na4 (16. Rd3 Qc7 17. Red1 Rd8 18. h4 h6 19. Qf3 $5 Be6 20. Ne2 d5
21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Ng3 Kg7 {with unclear game} (22... g4 23. Qe3 Kg7 24. f4 $16)
(22... d4 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 (24. exf5 Qe8 $1 $15) 24... Kg7 25. hxg5 hxg5
26. Rh3 Rh8 27. Rdd3 c5 $11)) 16... Qc7 17. c4 Be6 18. Re3 Rhd8 19. Red3 Qa5 {
black tries to free his position but withot success} 20. h4 $1 (20. Bxd6 Bxd6
21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Qe1#) 20... h6 21. Bxd6 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Qxa4 23. Qf3 $1
Qxc4 24. Bxe7 (24. Qf5 Bxd6 (24... Bf8 25. Qh7+ Bg7 26. Bf8 $3 $18) 25. Rxd6
Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Qc1+ 27. Kh2 Qf4+ 28. Qxf4 $14) (24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Qh5+ Kg7 $1
26. Rh3 Rh8) 24... Kxe7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. Qxf6+ $18 Kd7 28. Qxe5
gxh4 29. Qf5+ Kc7 30. Qf4+ Kd7 31. Qg4+ Kc7 32. Qxh4 c5 33. Qe7+ Kc6 34. Qf6+
Kb5 35. e5 Qd4 36. Qf5 Qd5 37. g4 c4 38. a4+ Kb4 39. Qf4 Qe6 40. Kf1 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Ikonnikov, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Liss,E"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nd2 d6 7. Nf1 a6 (7...
Be6 8. Ne3 O-O 9. O-O Nd4 10. a4 a6 11. Ncd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Rb8 $14 {
Gelfand-Kramnik, Sanghi Nagar WCH match 1994}) 8. a4 Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. Ne3 Nb4
11. Qe2 (11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 {transposes to the game}) 11... O-O 12. O-O Re8
13. b3 (13. Bd2 Rb8 14. a5 $5 Nc6 15. Ncd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Nd4 17. Qd1 Bg5 18. c3
(18. Be1 $5 {intending g3, f4}) 18... Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Nc6 20. b4 cxb4 21. cxb4 b5
$1 $14 {Emms-Carlier, Cappele op 1993}) 13... Bf8 (13... d5 14. exd5 Nbxd5 15.
Nexd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 (16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bb2 $14) 16... Bxd5 17. Qxe5 Bc6 $5 $36
(17... Bf6 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 (18... Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Bxc3 $1 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 21. Ra2 Re2
$17) 19. Nxd5 Bxa1 20. Nc7 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Rac8 (21... Bc3 $5 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23.
Be3 Re8 (23... b6 $2 24. Kg1) 24. Bxc5 Re2 25. Rd1 Rxc2 26. d4 Rb2 27. d5 Rxb3
28. d6 Bf6 29. d7 Bd8 30. Be7 $18) 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 23. Bd2 Re2 24. Re1 $1 $18))
14. Bb2 Nh5 $6 {allowing white to take over the d5 square gives white the
advantage} (14... d5 15. exd5 Nbxd5 16. Ncxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. a5 $14)
15. g3 g6 16. Ncd5 Nc6 17. f4 exf4 {otherwise white plays f5.} 18. gxf4 Nd4 19.
Qg2 Bg7 20. c3 Bxd5 (20... Nc6 21. f5 Bd7 (21... Bxd5 {transposes to the game})
22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 24. Nf4+ $18) 21. Nxd5 Nc6 22. f5 $40 Ne5 23.
Bc1 {adding the bishop to the attack. white's knight on d5 makes the
difference.} Nxc4 24. bxc4 Re5 25. Bg5 Qa5 (25... f6 26. Bd2 Kf7 27. Kh1 {
black is hopeless}) 26. Qf3 (26. Rab1 $5 Rb8 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Nc6 $18) 26...
Rxd5 {trying to create counterplay but it's too late} 27. exd5 Qxc3 28. Rae1
Bd4+ 29. Kh1 f6 30. Bh6 Be5 31. Rg1 Kh8 32. Re2 (32. fxg6 {was also winning})
32... Rg8 33. Reg2 Bd4 34. Qxh5 $1 Bxg1 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. Bg7+ $1 1-0

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 13th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krayz, Alexander"]
[Black "Kogan, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Liss,E"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.04.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 (5... Qb6 6. Na3 Ng6 7. d3
a6 8. Bc4 Be7 9. Bd5 d6 10. Nc4 Qd8 11. a4 h6 12. a5 O-O 13. Qb3 Bg5 14. Bxg5
hxg5 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nxc8 $16 {Kroeze-Bark, Ned 1996}) (5... g6 6. d4 cxd4 7.
cxd4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nc3 d5 $11 {Zarnicki-Agmaliev,paranagua
1993}) 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 c4 $6 {Black should think twicw before such a move} 8.
Bc2 Ng6 9. d3 cxd3 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. Bb3 {White is alreay better} O-O 12. Be3 d6
13. Bd5 Qc7 14. a4 Rb8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Na3 b4 17. Nb5 Qd7 (17... Qb7 18. Ra7
$1 Qxb5 19. c4 $18) 18. Na7 Nxa7 (18... Bb7 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Ra7 Rb7 21. Rxb7
Qxb7 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. cxb4 Rb8 24. Rc1 Qb7 25. Rc4 $16) (18... Nd8 19. Nxc8
Qxc8 20. cxb4 Rxb4 21. Rfc1 $16) 19. Rxa7 Qg4 20. cxb4 Kh8 $2 {Black is going
to be sorry for his optimism.} 21. Rc1 f5 (21... Rxb4 22. Qa3 $1 Rxe4 (22...
Rb8 23. Rcc7) 23. h3 $1 Qf5 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. Rxe7 Nxe7 26. Qxd6 Ng6 (26... Re8
27. Qxe7 Rxe7 28. Rxc8+ Re8 29. Rxe8#) (26... Qb7 27. Rc7 $18) 27. Qxf8+ $1
Nxf8 28. Rxc8 {and now it's clear why 23.h3} Kg8 29. Bc5 $18) 22. h3 Qh5 23.
Rxc8 $3 {out of the blue comes this knockout and the game's over!} Rbxc8 (23...
Rfxc8 24. exf5 $18) 24. exf5 Qxf5 (24... Rxf5 25. g4 $18) (24... Nf4 25. Bxf4
exf4 26. Rxe7 $18) 25. Qxf5 Rxf5 26. Be6 Rff8 (26... Rcf8 27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. b5
Rf8 29. b6 Rb8 30. b7 Nf8 31. Bb6 Ne6 32. Ra8 $18) (26... Rxf3 27. Bxc8 Rf8 28.
Bb7 $18) 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. b5 Bf8 (28... Rb8 29. b6 Bd8 30. b7 Ne7 31. Ng5 $1
Nc6 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Nxd8 Nxa7 34. Bxa7 $18) 29. b6 d5 30. b7 Rb8 31. Bb6 Bd6
32. Ra8 Nf8 33. Bc5 Bc7 34. Bxf8 Kg8 35. Bc5 Kf7 36. Ng5+ Kf6 37. Nxh7+ Kf7 38.
Rxb8 Bxb8 39. Ng5+ Kf6 40. f4 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 04th"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eismont, Oleg"]
[Black "Filipenko, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Noyabrsk Yamal"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qc7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qg4 d5 (10... d6 11. Kh1 h5 12. Qh4 Be7 13. Qg3 g5
14. f4 $40 {Zagrebelny,S-Kamsky,G/Barnaul/1988/}) (10... e5 11. Qg3 f6 12. f4
$14) 11. Re1 $1 {xd5} (11. Be3 dxe4 12. Qxe4 $14 {Vedder,H-Rogozenko,D/Europe
(chJ)/1993/}) 11... d4 12. Ne2 c5 13. Nf4 g6 {xg7} 14. Nd5 $3 exd5 $8 (14...
Qd8 $4 15. Bg5 $18) 15. exd5+ Be7 $8 (15... Kd8 $4 16. Bg5+ Be7 17. Qh4 Re8 (
17... Bxg5 18. Qxg5+ Kd7 19. Re7+) 18. Rxe7 Rxe7 19. Re1 Be6 20. dxe6 $18) 16.
Qh4 Be6 $8 (16... Kd8 $4 17. Rxe7 Qxe7 18. Bg5 $18) (16... Kf8 $4 17. Bh6+ $18)
(16... f6 $4 17. Bf4 $1 {/\d5-d6}) (16... h6 $4 17. Bg5 $5 hxg5 18. Qxh8+ Kd7
19. Rxe7+ Kxe7 20. Re1+ Kd6 21. Qe5+ Kd7 22. Qe7#) 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 O-O
19. dxe6 $16 fxe6 20. Rxe6 Qf7 21. Re2 Rae8 22. Qd2 (22. Rae1 $4 Qxf2+ $1 23.
Rxf2 Rxe1+ 24. Rf1 Rexf1#) 22... Rxe2 23. Qxe2 c4 $1 $14 24. b3 $5 (24. Rf1 Rd8
25. Rd1 Qd5 $132) 24... d3 25. cxd3 cxb3 $1 (25... cxd3 26. Qxd3 $5 Qxf2+ 27.
Kh1 Qb2 28. Qd1 $5 Rf2 29. Rc1 $1 $36 Rxg2 $140 $4 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Rc7+ Kh6
32. Qh4#) 26. axb3 Qxb3 27. g3 Rd8 $14 28. d4 Qd5 29. Qxa6 Qxd4 30. h4 (30.
Qe6+ Kg7 31. Rb1 Rd7 32. Rb8 $2 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Qd5+ $10) 30... Qd5 31. h5 $1 Kg7
(31... Qxh5 $4 32. Qe6+ Kf8 33. Qf6+ Ke8 34. Re1+ $18) (31... gxh5 32. Ra5 $16)
32. Qe2 {/\Qe2-e7} Rd7 33. Qe8 Rf7 (33... gxh5 $2 34. Ra8 $16) 34. hxg6 hxg6
35. Re1 Qd4 36. Qe2 Qf6 37. Qe3 Qf3 38. Qd4+ Qf6 39. Qe3 Qf3 40. Qd4+ Qf6 41.
Re5 $1 Kh7 42. f4 $16 Qc6 43. Kh2 Qd7 44. Qe4 Qb7 $4 (44... Qd2+ 45. Kh3 Qd7+
46. g4 $40) 45. Rh5+ $1 $18 Kg7 (45... Kg8 $2 46. Qxg6+) 46. Qd4+ Rf6 (46...
Kf8 47. Rh8+ Ke7 48. Qd8+ Ke6 49. Re8+ Re7 50. Rxe7+ Qxe7 51. Qxe7+ Kxe7 52.
Kh3 Kf6 53. Kg4 Kf7 54. Kg5 Kg7 55. g4 Kf7 56. Kh6 $18) 47. Rd5 Qb6 (47... Qc6
48. Rd7+ Kh6 49. g4 g5 50. Qd3 $18) 48. Rd7+ Kg8 (48... Kh6 49. Qe5 $1 Qf2+ 50.
Kh3 Qf1+ 51. Kg4 $18) 49. Qc4+ (49. Qc4+ Qe6 50. Qc8+ Rf8 51. Rg7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 04th"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ekaterinburg Agat"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
Bd3 $5 {N/} g6 (8... Ng6 $5 9. Be4 Qd6 10. Na3 Be7 $1 (10... b5 $2 11. d4 Bb7 (
11... cxd4 $4 12. Nxd4 Bb7 13. Nxc6 $18) 12. d5 $16 O-O-O $2 13. dxc6 $1 Qxd1
14. cxb7+ Kb8 15. Bf4+ $18) 11. Nc4 Qc7 $13) 9. b4 $1 cxb4 $6 (9... Bg7 $142 $1
10. Nc3 Bxc3 $1 $8 (10... Qd6 $2 11. Bb2 $18 O-O $140 (11... cxb4 $140 12. Ne4)
12. Ne4) (10... Qd8 $2 11. bxc5 $16) 11. dxc3 (11. Be4 $2 Bxa1 $1) 11... c4 $1
$8 12. Be4 $1 (12. Be2 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 b5 (13... Nd5 $2 14. Bxc4 Nxc3 15. Re1 $1
$16 {/\Bc1-b2} (15. Rd3 $2 Ne2+ $1)) 14. a4 Bb7 $132 15. axb5 (15. Bg5 $5 Nd5
16. Ra3 f6 $13) 15... axb5 16. Rxa8+ Bxa8 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 $13 {xd5,c3,b4}
) 12... Qxd1 13. Rxd1 f5 {xd5} (13... O-O $6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. a4 Nf5 16. Bg5 $16
) 14. Bxc6+ Nxc6 15. Bf4 $14) 10. Bb2 Rg8 11. a3 $1 $16 Bg7 (11... bxa3 12.
Nxa3 Bg7 13. Be4 $1 (13. Bxg7 Rxg7 14. Nc4 Qc5 $13) 13... Qd8 14. Bxg7 Rxg7 15.
d4 Kf8 16. c4 $1 $16) 12. Bxg7 Rxg7 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Be4 Qd6 15. d4 $1 Rb8 (
15... f5 16. Bd3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nc6 18. Na3 $16 {/\Na3-c4-e5}) 16. c3 Nbc6 (
16... Nbd5 $2 17. c4) 17. c4 $16 Kf8 18. Nc3 f6 19. Bc2 $1 {/\Nc3-e4} Nf5 20.
d5 $5 Nb4 21. Ne4 Qd8 22. Qd2 $1 (22. Bb3 $16) 22... Nxc2 23. Qxc2 e5 (23...
exd5 24. cxd5 $16 {xf6}) 24. c5 g5 $1 $8 25. Rab1 $1 g4 26. Nfd2 Qxd5 (26...
Nd4 27. Qc4 b5 28. Qa2 Bb7 29. Nd6 $18) 27. Nxf6 Qf7 28. Nfe4 $5 {xf3} (28.
Nde4 Nd4 29. Qd2 Bf5 $5 $16 (29... Nf3+ $6 30. gxf3 gxf3+ 31. Kh1 Bh3 32. Rg1
Rxg1+ 33. Rxg1 Bg2+ 34. Rxg2 fxg2+ 35. Kg1 $18)) 28... Be6 (28... Nd4 29. Qc3
Nf3+ 30. gxf3 gxf3+ 31. Ng3 $18) 29. Qc3 Nd4 30. Nd6 Qh5 {/\Nd4-f3} 31. Kh1 $1
Kg8 32. Qg3 $1 {xe5} Nc6 33. N2e4 Kh8 34. Rb6 Qh6 35. Reb1 {/\Rb6xc6} Bd5 36.
Nc3 Qe6 (36... Be6 $2 37. Rxc6 $1) 37. Qd3 Nd4 38. Nxb7 $1 Qg8 (38... Rgxb7 $5
39. Rxe6 Rxb1+ 40. Nxb1 Bxe6 41. Nd2 $16) 39. Nd6 Rxb6 40. cxb6 {/\b6-b7} (40.
cxb6 Bb7 (40... Bc6 41. b7 Qb8 42. Qxa6 $18) 41. Nxb7 Rxb7 42. Qxa6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.20"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Black "Arancibia Guzman, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Chile"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 d6 (8... Qc7 $5) 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qg4 O-O $2 (11... g6 $5 $13)
(11... Kf8 $5 $13) (11... g5 $5 $13) 12. Bh6 Bf6 13. e5 $1 dxe5 (13... Bxe5 $4
14. Rxe5 $18) 14. Rad1 Qe7 (14... Bd7 $5 15. Ne4 Ra7 16. Be3 (16. Re3 Kh8 $13 (
16... Qe7 $2 17. Rf3 $18)) 16... Rb7 (16... Rc7 17. Bb6 Be7 18. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 19.
Bxc5 Re8 20. Bb6 $18) 17. Nc5 Rc7 18. Nxa6 Rb7 19. Nc5 Rc7 20. Rd3 Qc8 (20...
Be7 21. Bh6 $18) 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Bh6 $18) 15. Ne4 Kh8 (15... Bb7 16. Rd7 $1 $18
) 16. Be3 Rg8 17. Bc5 Qe8 (17... Qc7 18. Bd6 Qb7 (18... Qb6 19. Nxf6 gxf6 20.
Qh4 Rg6 21. Rxe5 $1 (21. Be7 Kg7 $13) 21... fxe5 22. Bxe5+ f6 (22... Kg8 23.
Rd8+ $18) 23. Bxf6+ Kg8 24. Rd8+ Kf7 25. Bd4 $18) 19. Nxf6 gxf6 20. Qh4 Rg6 21.
Rxe5 $1 {/\Re5-h5/} fxe5 22. Bxe5+ f6 23. Bxf6+ Kg8 24. Rd8+ Kf7 25. Be5 $1 $18
{xf4,h7/}) 18. Nd6 Qf8 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qf3 Be7 (20... Qg7 {Barle,J-Beshukov,S/
Ljubljana op/1994/} 21. Qxc6 {1:0/}) 21. Nxf7+ Kg7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 (22... Qxf7
23. Qxc6 Rb8 24. Bd6) 23. Nxe5 Rf8 24. Qxc6 Ra7 25. Qe4 Rc7 26. c4 Bb7 27. Qd4
Kg8 28. Qd6 Qg5 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. f3 Re7 31. Qxe7 $1 (31. Qxe7 Qxe7 32. Nxg6+
hxg6 33. Rxe7) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qc7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Re1 d6 11. Na4 Be7 12. c4 c5 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Qg4 {N/}
(14. b3 $5 O-O 15. e5 Qc6 16. f3 d5 17. Rc1 d4 $13 {Prie,E-Rossiter,P/Oakham/
1994/}) 14... g5 $1 $40 (14... O-O $2 15. e5 $16) 15. Bd2 (15. Bxg5 $4 Rg8 $19)
15... h5 $1 16. Qg3 (16. Qe2 $5 $13) 16... h4 17. Qa3 (17. Qg4 Qc6 (17... O-O-O
$2 18. b4 $1 $40) 18. Nc3 Rg8 $15) 17... h3 $5 18. g3 g4 $1 $15 {xf3,e4/} 19.
Rad1 f5 $1 20. exf5 Qc6 $17 21. f3 $8 Qxf3 22. Qxf3 Bxf3 23. fxe6 $1 (23. Rc1
e5 $17) 23... Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Bf6 25. Bc3 (25. Bf4 $2 Bd4+ 26. Rxd4 cxd4 27. Bxd6
Rh6 28. Nc5 Rd8 29. Bf4 Rf6 30. Bg5 Rf5 31. Bxd8 Rxc5 $19) 25... O-O $1 26. Re1
(26. Rxd6 Rad8 27. Rxd8 Bxd8 28. Nxc5 Bb6 29. Bd4 Rd8 30. e7 Re8 $17) 26...
Rae8 27. Nb6 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Rf6 29. e7 Kf7 30. Nd5 Rf5 31. Re4 $6 (31. Rb1 $1)
31... Rb8 $1 32. Re1 (32. Nf4 Re5 $19) 32... Re5 33. Rf1+ Kg7 34. a4 (34. Rf4
Rb1+ 35. Kf2 Rb2+ 36. Kf1 Rxh2 $19) 34... Rb2 35. Nf6 $8 (35. a5 Rg2+ 36. Kh1
Ree2 37. Nf4 Rgf2 $1 38. e8=N+ (38. Rxf2 Re1+) (38. Ne6+ Rxe6 $1) 38... Rxe8 $1
$19) 35... Rxe7 36. Nxg4 Rg2+ 37. Kh1 Rf7 $1 $19 38. Re1 Re2 $1 39. Rd1 Re4 0-1

[Event "Malakoff op 09th"]
[Site "Malakoff"]
[Date "2009.04.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirazi, Kamran"]
[Black "Okhotnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Malakoff/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 Qxb5 {
une variante assez rare} (7... bxc6 $142 8. Bd3 Ng6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Na4 Qa5 11.
c4 O-O 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. f4 Ba6 14. Qe2 e5 15. f5 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. e5 f6 18.
e6 Bd6 19. exd7 Be5 20. Kh1 Qa5 21. Bc2 Rad8 22. Rad1 Rf7 {Barua,D (2550)
-Galliamova,A (2560)/Tilburg 1992/CBM 032/1-0 (40)}) 8. Nd4 {[%cal Gd4b5]} Qb6
9. b3 $146 ({RR} 9. Nc3 a6 10. Be3 Qd8 11. a4 Nc6 12. Nb3 Bb4 13. Bc5 Bxc5 14.
Nxc5 d6 15. Nb3 O-O 16. a5 Qc7 17. f4 b5 18. axb6 Qxb6+ 19. Kh1 Rd8 20. Rf3 Ne7
21. Rh3 Ng6 22. Qh5 Nf8 23. Rf1 a5 {De las Heras,J (2325)-Sarlo,M/Mar del
Plata 1992/EXT 1998/1-0 (41)}) 9... Nc6 10. Bb2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qc6 12. Re1 $14
d6 13. c4 $14 e5 14. Bb2 Be7 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qb6 18. a4 a5
19. Rc1 Qc5 20. Rc3 $1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gc3g3] Suite illisible et gain blanc
au 70ème coup} 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
d4 Nf6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 $146 ({Deviating from the natural developing
move} 10... Bd7 {which eventually led Black to defeat in Carlsen,M (2872)
-Gelfand,B (2740)/London 2013/CBM 154/[Nielsen,PH] (1-0, 48)}) 11. h3 Be7 12.
c4 Ng6 13. Nc3 Qc7 {Black's position would be absolutely comfortable if he did
not have the weakness on b6. Still, in the game White did not manage to get
anything special out of it.} 14. Na4 Bd7 15. Qb3 O-O 16. Qb6 Qe5 17. Bd2 Ne4
18. Nc3 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. b3 Rac8 21. Be3 Rfd8 22. Red1 Be8 23. g3 Ne5 24.
Bg2 Nc6 $11 {Black is perfectly mobilised and has no problems at all.} 25. Nxc6
Bxc6 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. f4 Kf8 28. Kf2 Ke8 29. Ke2 Rb8 30. g4 f5 31. Rac1 g6 32.
Rd4 Rxd4 33. Bxd4 Rd8 34. Rd1 Nd7 35. Na4 Bd6 36. gxf5 exf5 37. Kf3 Be7 38. Nb2
Nf8 39. Be3 Rxd1 40. Nxd1 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Primavara"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Tomescu, Vlad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. d3 Ng6 8. h4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 h5 11. c3 Be7 12. g3 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bf4 Nf3+
15. Kg2 e5 16. Be3 Bg4 17. Nd2 (17. Be2 $2 Nxh4+) 17... Nxd2 18. Rxd2 $14 {><d5
} Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Bc4 Be6 21. Bd5 Kc7 (21... Bxd5 22. Rd1 $14) 22. c4
Bxd5 23. cxd5 Kd6 24. f4 f6 25. a4 exf4 26. Bxf4+ Kd7 27. Rc1 Rc8 28. b3 Bd6
29. Kf3 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Ra1 c4 32. bxc4 Rxc4 33. Ra6 Bc5 34. Rc6 Rc3+ 35.
Ke2 Bd4 36. Rd6+ Ke7 37. Re6+ Kd7 38. Bd6 Rb3 39. Kd2 b4 40. Bf8 Bc3+ 41. Kc2
Rb2+ 42. Kd3 Rg2 43. Bc5 Be5 44. Re7+ Kc8 45. Kc4 Rxg3 46. Kb5 Rc3 47. Kc6
Rxc5+ 48. Kxc5 b3 49. Kc6 Kd8 50. Rb7 b2 51. d6 Ke8 52. Kd5 Kd8 53. Ke6 Kc8 54.
Rb3 $22 (54. Rb3 g6 55. Ke7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olomouc Skanska Cup"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "2004.08.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Biolek, Richard"]
[Black "Balabaev, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 Ng4 8. g3
Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Ne5 10. Qd1 e6 11. f4 Nc6 12. d3 Be7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Be3 b6 15.
Qd2 Bb7 16. Ne2 Rad8 17. d4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Rc8 19. Nxc6 dxc6 20. e5 Rfd8 21. Qf2
c5 22. Rad1 Bxg2 23. Qxg2 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qf3 Qd5 27. Qxd5
exd5 28. f5 Bd8 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. Kf3 Ke8 31. c4 d4 32. Bd2 Kd7 33. Ke4 Kc6 34.
b3 Be7 35. h4 h5 36. Be1 Bd8 37. Bd2 Be7 38. Kf3 Bd8 {White has a considerable
advantage of space on the king side but Black's central pawn guarantees him
some counterplay.} 39. g4 $1 hxg4+ (39... Bxh4 $2 40. gxh5 Be7 (40... f6 $2 41.
Kg4 Bf2 42. exf6 $18) (40... b5 $2 41. f6 gxf6 42. Kg4) 41. Ke4 b5 42. f6 gxf6
43. h6 fxe5 44. Kxe5 Bf8 45. Kf6 Bxh6 46. Bxh6 bxc4 47. bxc4 Kb6 48. Bd2 $1 $18
) 40. Kxg4 g6 $1 (40... Kd7 41. h5 Ke8 42. Kf4 $16) 41. h5 gxh5+ 42. Kxh5 Kd7
43. Kh6 Bc7 $2 {The bishop will be passive here. Hier wird der Läufer passiv
stehen.} (43... Bh4 $1 44. Kg7 Ke7 {and it would be White already who should
look for a way to draw, because the d-pawn is suddenly very strong and the
e5-pawn vulnerable. und es wäre bereits Weiß, der nach einem Weg zum Remis
suchen sollte, da der d-Bauer plötzlich sehr stark ist und der Bauer e5
anfällig.} 45. a4 d3 46. Be3 Bg3 47. Bg5+ Ke8 48. e6 f6 $3 {Avoiding the
apparition of a passed pawn on the f-file. Vermeidet die Entstehung eines
Freibauern in der f-Lnie.} 49. Bd2 (49. Kxf6 Bh4 $1) 49... Bh4 50. Kg6 Bg5) 44.
Kg7 Ke8 (44... Bxe5+ 45. Kxf7 d3 46. f6 {The f-pawn is impossible to stop
under favorable circumstances. Der f-Bauern lässt sich nicht mehr gut
aufhalten.} Bd6 (46... Bd4 47. Kg6 Ke8 48. f7+) (46... b5 47. Kg6 Bd6 48. f7
Bf8 49. Kh7 bxc4 50. bxc4 Ke6 51. Kg8 Ke7 52. Bg5+) 47. Kg8 Ke6 48. f7 Ke5 49.
f8=Q Bxf8 50. Kxf8 Ke4 51. Ke7 Kf3 52. Kd6 Ke2 53. Bg5 d2 54. Bxd2 Kxd2 55. Kc6
$18) 45. Bf4 Bd8 $6 {Makes things easier for White. Macht es Weiß leichter.} (
45... d3 46. e6 $1 (46. f6 $2 Bxe5 $1) 46... f6 $8 47. Bd2 Ke7 48. Kg6 (48. Bc3
Be5 $1) 48... Be5 49. Kh5 $18 {After losing the d-pawn, Black will not be able
to defend his fortress because he would be left with 2 weaknesses on dark
squares (f6 and b6, or, in case of b6-b5, then f6 and c5) Nachdem er den
d-Bauern verloren hat, wird Schwarz seine Festung nicht halten können, da er
mit zwei schwarzfeldrigen Schwächen verbliebe (f6 und b6 oder, im Fall von
b6-b5, f6 und c5)}) (45... Ke7 46. Bg5+ Ke8 47. e6 fxe6 (47... Be5+ 48. f6 fxe6
49. Bf4 $1 $18) 48. f6 Bd6 49. f7+ Kd7 50. f8=Q Bxf8+ 51. Kxf8 e5 52. Kf7 e4
53. Kf6 Kd6 54. Kf5 e3 55. Bf4+ Kc6 56. Ke6 b5 (56... Kb7 57. Kd5 a5 58. a4 Ka7
59. Kc6 Ka6 60. Kc7 Ka7 61. Bg5 Ka6 62. Kb8 $18) 57. Ke7 $18) 46. f6 $18 d3 47.
e6 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 {The Anand setup, not easy to
handle with White and maybe too complex for the style of Carlsen, who rarely
embarks such early battles of principle.} d6 (5... e5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Bb2 (7. d4
d6 {Anand,V (2791)-Gelfand,B (2727)/Moscow 2012/CBM 149/[Stohl,I] (1-0, 77)})
7... d6 8. Nc4 d5 {Anand,V (2791)-Gelfand,B (2727)/Moscow 2012/CBM 149/[Kritz,
L] (1/2, 25)}) 6. O-O ({Radjabov must have felt confident about this position,
since he had had it twice recently:} 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qd5 8. Nf3 Qe4+ 9. Kf1
Qf5 10. Nc3 (10. Na3 Nf6 {Grischuk,A (2761)-Radjabov,T (2784)/Moscow 2012/CBM
149/[Kritz,L] (1/2, 41)}) 10... Nf6 11. d3 {McShane,L (2706)-Radjabov,T (2784)/
Moscow 2012/CBM 149/[Radjabov] (0-1, 48)}) 6... Ne7 ({It is instructive to
followe how a living legend fought for the control on the dark squares by
somewhat extravagant means.} 6... e5 7. Re1 g5 8. d3 h6 9. c3 Bg7 10. Na3 Ne7
11. Nc4 O-O 12. Ne3 f5 {This youthful way of playing, with ...f5 and ...g5,
yielded Korchnoi many impressive wins throughout his career; the latest
remarkable example is his win against Caruana in Gibraltar 2011.} 13. b4 f4 $36
{Boehnisch,M (2374)-Kortschnoj,V (2552)/Velden 2009/CBM 129 Extra (0-1, 40)})
7. e5 {This is the modern treatment of the problem of the dark squares in the
centre. There are other ways, though:} (7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 e5 9. Qe3 f6 10. c4
d5 $132 {Dolmatov,S (2550)-Whitehead,J (2325)/Chicago 1983/EXT 99 (1/2, 43)}) (
7. c3 Ng6 8. d4 {Becerra Rivero,J (2480)-Blanco Fernandez,A (2345)/Havana 1994/
EXT 97 (1/2, 61)} cxd4 9. cxd4 Ba6 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Nc3 Qa5 $132)
7... Ng6 8. exd6 Bxd6 (8... e5 {may define the central structure too soon:} 9.
Na3 Bxd6 10. Nc4 $14) 9. Nc3 {Maybe this move is not bad, but in the game
Carlsen will not manage to justify this way of developing the knight. So, I do
not know whether to attach the question mark to the last move or simply to the
whole of the following sequence.} (9. d4 {remains an alternative:} cxd4 $140
10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Ba3) ({but} 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc4 {looks more flexible. True,
without a pawn on e5, Black can play} Be7 {keeping c5 well defended and
followed by ...f6 and ...e5 later.}) 9... e5 10. Re1 O-O 11. d3 f5 $1 {The
start of a courageous plan; Black does not fear any ghosts. Black has two
relatively weak pawns, on c5 and e5, but he can defend them well enough. White
seems to have comfortable play, but soon he will end up short of constructive
plans.} 12. Ba3 Be6 13. Na4 Qe7 14. c4 Rad8 15. Qe2 Bc8 {Black has completed
his superb regrouping plan and is ready to launch the attack. It looks as if
the colours have been switched, since it is Black who dictates the events
after the opening. Having been outplayed, White needs some tactical
inventiveness to stay in the game, but he will fail here, too.} 16. Qe3 {
Not a good square and area for the queen, that goes without saying.} (16. Rad1
Nf4 (16... e4 17. dxe4 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Rxe4 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Rxd1 21. Bxc5
$44) 17. Qc2 Rde8 $36) 16... f4 $5 {[%cal Gc8g4] Not the only possible plan.} (
16... Nf4 17. Bb2 (17. Bxc5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bxc5 19. Qc3 e4 20. Ne5 Bd6 21. Nxc6
Qc7 22. Nxd8 Bxh2+ 23. Kf1 Be5) (17. Nxe5 Nxg2 18. Kxg2 f4 19. Qe4 Bxe5 20.
Qxe5 Qh4 21. Bb2 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 Rf6 $19) 17... e4 18. dxe4 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Nh3+ 20.
Kf1 Qg5 $5 21. Re2 (21. Nxg5 Rxf2#) (21. Re3 Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Bxh2 $40) 21... Rxf3
22. Qxf3 Bg4 $40) 17. Qe4 $6 {Playing with fire again. This square is supposed
to be left available for the knight.} (17. Qe2 Bg4 18. h3 Bh5 19. Qe4 {At
least now there is some stability for the queen in the centre.}) 17... Kh8 {
Unnecessarily cautious, but good enough. The attack is very much on still.} (
17... Rf5 $5 18. Rad1 Nh4 (18... Rh5 19. d4 cxd4 20. Nxd4) 19. h3 Rh5 20. Nxh4
Qxh4 21. Qf3 Rg5 22. Kf1 Rf8 $40 {/\...Rf6, /\...Rg3, /\...Rxg2!?}) 18. Rad1
Bg4 19. Rd2 Bxf3 {The problem with this plan is that White has chances to
consolidate on the light squares if he does not get killed by the attack.} 20.
Qxf3 Nh4 21. Qe4 $2 {But this loses at once, or should have done so...} ({
He should have defended the h3-c8 diagonal with} 21. Qg4 {, although the
position reemains dangerous after} Rf5 $40 {/\...Rdf8, ...h5}) 21... f3 22. g3
Ng2 $19 23. Nc3 (23. Red1 Qe6 $19 {[%cal Ge6h3]}) 23... Qe6 $2 {Offering White
an unexpected chance to stay in the game.} (23... Nxe1 24. Qxe1 Bc7 {[%cal
Gc7a5]} 25. d4 Qf7 $19 {Black is an exchange up and keeps mating threats. I
doubt that even a player with Carlsen's survival skills would have continued
playing on in this position.}) 24. Re3 $3 $17 {[%csl Gf3]} Nxe3 25. fxe3 {
Suddenly, White has got some space and stability on the light squares. He
should lose, of course, but Black still needs to find a constructive plan for
breaking open the fortress.} f2+ $2 $15 {Hallucinating. There is no attack
after this and White is more or less OK with one pawn for the exchange.} 26.
Rxf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Rf8+ 28. Ke2 Qh3 29. Qh1 Be7 30. Ne4 Qg4+ 31. Kd2 Qh3 32.
Ke2 h5 33. Bb2 Qg4+ 34. Kd2 Qh3 35. Ke2 Qg4+ 36. Kd2 Qh3 37. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "Marin,M/Stoica"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Ekaterinburg Max Ven"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 c4 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bc2
Ng6 9. b3 Qc7 10. bxc4 Nf4 11. Qe3 bxc4 12. Ba3 Be7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Na3 O-O
15. Rab1 f5 16. Qb6 Qxb6 17. Rxb6 fxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bc2 Neg6 (19... Nh3+ 20.
Kh1 h5 21. Bd1 Nf4 22. Ne5 h4) 20. Bxg6 Nxg6 21. Nc2 e5 22. Ne3 Bf5 23. Nxf5
Rxf5 24. Rfb1 Raf8 25. Rxa6 e4 26. Nd4 Rxf2 27. Ne6 R2f6 28. Nxf8 Rxa6 29. Nxg6
hxg6 {Kasparov might have thoght that this ending presents no danger at all
for him, given the advantage of space in the centre as well as his slightly
more compact pawn structure (two groups of pawns compared to White's 3)} 30.
Kf2 {'!' Rublevsky sacrifices the weak pawn in order to block Black's centre
with his king.} ({Kasparov might have only counted on} 30. Rb2 e3 $5 (30... Kf7
{is also possible, reaching a position that will be examined below after} 31.
Kf2 Ke6 32. Ke3 Ke5 33. Rb7 Rxa2 34. Re7+ Kf6 35. Rd7 Ke6 36. Rxg7 Kf6 $11) 31.
dxe3 Ra3 32. Rc2 Kf7 $44) ({or} 30. Rb5 d4 $1 {with sufficient counterplay.})
30... Rxa2 31. Ke3 Kf7 32. Rb7+ Kf6 33. Rb6+ Kf7 {transposing to the game.} 34.
Rd6 Ra5 35. h4 {'+/=!' White keeps Black under pressure both in the centre and
on the king side. The g-pawns are iremediably weak.} (35. Kd4 {would have been
premature in view of} Ra2) 35... g5 ({Passive waiting would have been
dangerous for Black:} 35... Rb5 36. g4 $1 (36. Kf4 $6 g5+ $1 $11) 36... Ra5 37.
g5 Rb5 38. Kf4 $1 $16) ({Insufficient would have been also} 35... Ke7 36. Rxg6
Kf7 37. Rg5 Kf6 38. g3 $16) 36. hxg5 ({In case of} 36. h5 {the g-pawn would
have ensured sufficient counterplay:} g4 $1 ({Once again, passive waiting
would be risky:} 36... Ke7 37. Rg6 Kf7 38. g4 Rb5 39. Rd6 Ke7 40. Rc6 Ra5 41.
Kd4 Ra2 42. Kxd5 $16) 37. g3 Rb5 (37... Ke7 38. Rg6 Kf7 39. Rxg4 $16) 38. Rg6
Rb1 39. Rg5 Rg1 $1 40. Rxg4 Re1+ 41. Kd4 Rd1 42. Kxd5 e3 {with a probable draw.
}) 36... Ke7 37. Rc6 (37. Rg6 $5 {would have been an interesting alternative:}
Kf7 38. Rc6 $1 {It is important to take the c4-pawn under observation.} (38.
Rb6 d4+ $1 39. Kxd4 Rxg5 40. Kxc4 Rxg2 $11) 38... d4+ $5 (38... Ra2 39. g4 {
-see 37...Ra2 38.g4!? above}) 39. Kxd4 Rxg5 40. Rxc4 Rxg2 41. Ke3 $16) 37...
Ra1 {'?!' Black's situation required a more concrete treatment than that. He
should have aimed to prevent the instalation of the king on d4 with all the
comfort.} (37... d4+ $6 38. Kxd4 Rxg5 39. Rxc4 Rxg2 40. Ke3 Kd6 41. Rxe4 $16) (
{Although natural,} 37... Ra2 {might have been not 100% safe for Black.} 38. g4
$5 (38. Rg6 $6 Ra1 39. Kd4 Rd1 40. Kxd5 Rxd2+ 41. Kxe4 Kf7 42. Rc6 Rxg2 43. Kf4
Rf2+ 44. Kg3 Rc2 45. Rxc4 Kg6 46. Rc5 Kh5 {with good drawing chances.}) (38.
Rc7+ Ke6 39. Rxg7 Ra1 40. g6 (40. Kd4 Ra2 $1 41. Rg6+ Kf5 42. Rf6+ Kxg5 43. Rf2
Kg4 $11 44. Kxd5 $140 $2 e3) (40. g4 Rg1 41. Kd4 Rxg4 42. Rg6+ Kf5 43. Rd6 e3+
44. Kxd5 exd2 45. Kc5 Rg2 46. Kxc4 Kxg5 $11) 40... Rg1 41. Rg8 (41. Kf2 Rd1 $11
) 41... Rxg2 42. g7 Kf6 43. Rd8 Rg3+ $1 {The rook starts active counterplay,
leaving the task of elminating the g-pawn to the king.} (43... Rxg7 $2 44. Rxd5
{A picturesque situation: Black cannot save his weak pawns.} Ke6 (44... Rg4 45.
Kd4 Rh4 46. Kc5 $1 (46. Kxc4 e3+ 47. d4 Re4 $11) 46... Ke6 (46... e3 47. dxe3
Re4 48. Rd8 $18) 47. Rd8 Rg4 48. Kxc4 $16 e3+ $140 49. Kc5 $1) 45. Kd4 $1 (45.
Rd4 Ke5 $11) 45... Rg4 (45... Rg2 46. Kxc4) 46. Re5+ Kd7 (46... Kd6 47. Rxe4
$18 Rg2 48. Kxc4 Rxd2 49. Rd4+) 47. Rxe4 (47. Kxc4 Kd6 48. Rd5+ Kc6 49. Rd4 Rg2
$11) 47... Rg2 48. Ke3 $18) 44. Kd4 (44. Ke2 {would place the king too
passively, allowing} Rxg7 45. Rxd5 Ke6 46. Rc5 Rg3 47. Rxc4 Ke5 $11 {when
Black is out of danger.}) 44... Rd3+ 45. Kc5 Kxg7 46. Rxd5 e3 47. dxe3 Rxc3 $11
) 38... Kf7 39. Rb6 Ke7 40. Rb7+ Ke6 41. Rxg7 {looks like a slightly improved
version of 38.Rc7+} Ra1 42. Kd4 Rd1 43. Rg6+ Kd7 44. Ke3 $5 (44. Kxd5 e3 45.
Rd6+ Kc7 46. Re6 exd2 47. Re2 Rg1 $11 48. Rxd2 Rxg4 $11) 44... Re1+ 45. Kf4 d4
$5 46. Rg7+ Kc6 47. Rh7 e3 48. dxe3 Rf1+ 49. Ke4 dxc3 50. Rh2 Kc5 51. Ke5 {
and it lookslike Black still has problems.}) 38. Kd4 {'+/-'} Rd1 (38... Ra5 39.
g4 $16) 39. Kxd5 {With the black king on e7, this move is very strong.} e3 (
39... Rxd2+ 40. Kxe4 Rxg2 41. Kf5 $16) 40. Re6+ {This is it: White stops the
conterplay before it even started.} Kd7 41. Rxe3 Rxd2+ 42. Kxc4 Rxg2 43. Re5
Kd6 44. Ra5 Rg4+ 45. Kb3 Rg1 46. Kb4 Rb1+ (46... Rg2 47. g6 $1 {(threatening
Ra7)} Ke6 48. c4 Rxg6 49. Ra6+ Kf5 50. Rxg6 Kxg6 51. c5 Kf7 52. Kb5 Ke7 53. Kb6
$18) 47. Kc4 Ke6 48. Ra6+ {'!' The most precise continuation. Black wins more
space on the king side.} (48. Kc5 {would have allowed Black put upfurther
resistance:} Rg1 $5 (48... Kf5 49. Kd6+ Kg6 50. c4 Rc1 51. c5 Kxg5 52. c6+ Kf4
53. Rc5 Ra1 54. c7 Ra8 55. c8=Q Rxc8 56. Rxc8 g5 57. Rf8+ Ke4 58. Rg8 Kf4 59.
Kd5 g4 60. Kd4 Kf3 61. Kd3 g3 62. Rf8+ $18) 49. Kd4 Rg4+ 50. Kd3 Rg3+ 51. Kc4
Rg1 {and White has problems finding the optimal regrouping plan.}) 48... Kf5
49. g6 Rg1 50. Kb5 Ke5 51. c4 Rb1+ (51... Kf5 52. Rd6 $18 {[%cal Cg1g6,Rc4c8]})
(51... Rg2 52. c5 $18) 52. Kc6 Rg1 53. Kd7 {'+-'} Rd1+ 54. Ke7 Rb1 55. Ra5+ Kd4
56. Kf8 Rb7 57. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM 4th"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2003.09.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 (5... Qxc6 6. Qe2) (5...
dxc6 $1) 6. e5 Ng4 7. d4 (7. Qe2 f6 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Ne4 e5 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 {
[%cal Yd7d5]}) 7... cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 (8... d5 9. h3 Nh6 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. e6 f6
12. Nxd5 (12. Qe3 Qd6 13. Nd4 c5 14. Ndb5 {[%cal Yc3d5]}) 12... cxd5 13. Qxd5
Qb7 14. Qh5+ Kd8 15. Qa5+ Ke8 16. Qa4+ Kd8 17. O-O-O+ Kc7 18. Qf4+ Kb6 19. Rd3
Bxe6 20. Qe3+) 9. Bf4 (9. exd6 Qxd6) 9... Qb6 $6 (9... dxe5 $1 10. Nxe5 Qb6 11.
Qd2 (11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Nxc6 Bb7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bc6 16. Bd4
b5 $17) 11... f6) 10. Qxb6 (10. Qd2 dxe5 11. Nxe5 f6 $5 (11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 f6
13. Bd4 Qxb2 14. O-O e5) 12. Nxg4 (12. Nc4 Qb4 13. Qe2 e5 (13... Ba6 14. Nd6+
Qxd6 15. Qxa6 Qe6+) 14. a3 Qe7)) 10... axb6 11. exd6 exd6 12. O-O $2 (12. h3 $1
Nf6 13. O-O-O d5 14. Ne5 $1 Bb7 (14... Bb4 15. Nxc6 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rxa2) (14...
c5 15. Nb5 Rxa2 16. Nc7+ Ke7 17. Nc6+ Kd7 18. Nb8+ $11) 15. Rhe1 Be7 16. Bg5 h6
) 12... f6 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Yg4e5]} 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. a4 Kf7 15. Rfd1 d5 $15
16. Bc7 Bc5 (16... Ra6) 17. h3 Rhc8 18. Bxb6 Bxb6 19. hxg4 Bxg4 20. Rd3 (20. f3
Bf5 (20... Bd7 21. b4)) 20... Ba5 21. Nb3 Bf5 $1 22. Rd2 (22. Rf3 Bxc2 23. Nxa5
Rxa5 24. b4 Ra7 $17) 22... Bb4 23. Nc1 {[%cal Yc1e2]} (23. a5) 23... Rcb8 24.
N1e2 {[%csl Gb4,Rc2,Rc3,Rd2,Re2,Gf5][%cal Yb4d2,Yf5c2]} Ba5 25. Ra2 c5 $1 {
[%cal Yd5d4]} 26. Rxd5 Be6 27. b3 Bxd5 28. Nxd5 c4 $5 29. Nd4 (29. bxc4 Rc8 (
29... Rb1+ 30. Kh2 Rc8 31. Ne3) 30. Ne3 Bd2 31. Nf5 Bb4 32. Ne3) 29... cxb3 30.
Nxb3 (30. cxb3 Rd8 $19) 30... Re8 31. c4 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Rb1 33. Nd4 Rd1 34. Nb5
Ra6 $1 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Ya6e6]} 35. Re2 Re6 36. Rc2 Rd2 37. Rxd2 (37. Rc1 Rxf2
38. c5 Ree2 $19) 37... Bxd2 38. c5 $6 (38. Nd4 Re4 39. Nb5 (39. Nf5 Bf4+ 40. g3
g6 $19) (39. Nb3 Rxc4 40. Nxd2 Rd4 $19) 39... Ke6 40. Nb6 $17) 38... Rc6 39.
Nd4 Rxc5 0-1

[Event "EU Union-ch 4th"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2008.09.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.09.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 {Ein kämperisches System. Schwarz ist bereit,
dem Gegner die Initiative zu überlassen, wenn er sich dafür das Läuferpaar
sichern kann.} 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 b5 $6 {
Eine unglückliche Improvisation am Brett. Die Lockerung des Damenflügels
bietet Weiß eine willkommene Zielscheibe.} ({Schwarz kann nicht ohne Weiteres
die Entwicklung beenden, da nach} 8... Be7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qg4 {die Rochade
verhindert wird}) ({Üblich ist} 8... d6) ({oder} 8... Qc7) 9. a4 (9. Nxc6 dxc6
10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Rd1+ $14 {kam ebenfalls in Betracht, war mir aber nicht
vorteilhaft genug.}) 9... b4 $2 {Nach dieser fatalen Schwächung lohnt sich der
Übergang ins Endspiel. Der schwarze Damenflügel bleibt zersplittert.} ({
Erwartet hatte ich} 9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b4 {womit Schwarz wenigstens eine
gesunde Bauernstruktur erhält.} 11. c3 bxc3 12. Nxc3 $14 {gibt Weiß allerdings
auch großen Entwicklungsvorsprung.}) ({Noch am besten ist} 9... Bb7 10. axb5
Nxd4 11. Qxd4 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. Bd2 f6 {und Schwarz hält
seine Stellung anscheinend zusammen.}) 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Rd1+ $1
{Der König soll nicht nach c7 gelassen werden, was einerseits die Verbindung
der Türme erleichtert, andererseits dem König erlauben würde, bei der
Verteidigung des Damenflügels zu helfen.} Ke8 13. Nd2 Bc5 $2 {Offenbar glaubte
Keti, dass mein Springer auf dem Weg nach c4 ist. Von b3 zielt er aber
mindestens auf genauso viele schwache Felder...} ({Schwarz musste so schnell
wie möglich seinen Bc8 ins Spiel bringen.} 13... e5 14. Nc4 f6 15. Be3 Be6 16.
Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Kf7 {schien mir auch während der Partie die beste
Verteidigung zu sein. Schwarz muss bereit sein einen Bauern einzubüßen,
beendet dafür aber die lebenswichtige Mobilisierung seiner Figuren.}) 14. Nb3
Be7 15. Bf4 $1 {Der Läufer geht nach d6 und sichert dem Springer eine
dominante Position auf c5.} f6 16. Bd6 e5 17. Rd2 $1 {Weiß erhält nun eine
unantastbare Kontrolle der d-Linie.} (17. Nc5 $2 {würde Schwarz erlauben einen
seiner passiven Türme abzutauschen.} Kf7 18. Rd2 Rd8) 17... a5 18. Rad1 Ra7 19.
Bc5 $1 {Feine Technik! Der Ra7 wird den Pc6 nun vom schlechtesten Feld aus
verteidigen müssen und für immer passiv bleiben.} (19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Rd6 {
gibt Schwarz die willkommene Gelegenheit sich unter Bauernopfer zu entknoten.}
(20. Nc5 Rc7 {...oder seinen Turm besser zu postieren.}) 20... Be6) 19... Ra6 (
19... Bxc5 $4 20. Rd8+ Ke7 21. Rxh8) 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Rd6 Re8 (21... Be6 $4
22. Rxe6+ Kxe6 23. Nc5+) 22. f3 Kf7 23. Nc5 $18 {Durch die saubere Vorarbeit
kann der Springer endlich den strategischen Todesstoß setzen. Schwarz ist
nicht in der Lage, sich zu befreien und bleibt bis zum Ende Statist.} Rb6 24.
Nb3 Ra6 25. Nc5 Rb6 26. Kf2 Be6 27. Ke3 g5 28. g3 {Es gibt bereits eine
Auswahl an Gewinnwegen. Allerdings ist hier keinerlei Eile nötig.} (28. Rd8 $18
) (28. Kd3 h5 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 30. Kc4 $18) 28... h5 29. h4 $1 {Fixiert eine
Schwäche auf h5 und leitet eine weitere Linienöffnung ein, die den schwarzen
Untergang beschleunigt.} gxh4 30. gxh4 Bh3 31. R1d2 Re7 32. Rh2 Be6 33. Rg2 Bh3
34. Rg3 Bc8 35. Rd8 f5 36. Rgg8 1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo zt 2.4"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pelikian, Jefferson"]
[Black "Matsuura, Everaldo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Melao,H"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 Ng6 7. c3 Be7 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. exd5 (10. e5 O-O 11. Nc3 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Be3 Bd7 14.
Rc1 Rc8 15. Na4 Rc7 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Nd3 Rcf7 18. Qd2 h6 19. g3 Qb6 20. Bh3 Be7
21. Nfe5 Ngxe5 22. dxe5 d4 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. Qxh6 Rh7 25. Qg6+ Rg7 26. Bxe6+
Kh8 27. Qh5+ Rh7 28. Qg4 Rg7 29. Qh5+ Rh7 30. Qg4 Bxe6 31. Qxe6 Qb5 32. Qc4
Qxc4 33. Rxc4 Rf3 34. Nf4 Rf7 35. Kg2 R3xf4 36. gxf4 Rxf4 37. Kg3 Bg5 38. e6
Rf5 39. Rxc6 bxc6 40. e7 Bxe7 41. Rxe7 Rd5 42. Kf3 {1/2-1/2 Christiansen,
L-Damljanovic,B/Tilburg 1992/CBM 32 (42)}) (10. Nc3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. g3 b6
13. h4 Re8 14. h5 Nf8 15. h6 g6 16. Bf4 Bb7 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. a3 Na7 19. Rxc8
Nxc8 20. Bg2 Nd6 21. Bxd6 Bxd6 22. Ne5 Bd5 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 {
Larsen,K-Palo,D/Copenhagen 1999/CBM 71 ext/1/2-1/2 (71)}) 10... exd5 11. Nc3
O-O 12. Be3 {'N'} (12. Qb3 Be6 13. Be3 b5 14. Qd1 h6 15. Bd3 Qd6 16. Qd2 Rae8
17. Rac1 Bd8 18. h3 Bd7 19. Ne2 Bc7 20. Ng3 f5 21. Ne5 Nge7 22. Bf4 Ba5 23.
Nxc6 Nxc6 24. Bxd6 Bxd2 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rd1 Bb4 {Polgar,I-Forintos,G/
Budapest 1969/MCD/1/2-1/2 (73)}) 12... Bf6 {[%csl Rd4]} 13. Rc1 Nge7 14. Bg5
Bxg5 15. Nxg5 h6 16. Nf3 Bg4 17. Be2 Qd6 18. Ne5 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Nf5 {[%csl Rd4]}
20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Rec2 {[%csl Yc5,Rc6]} Rfe8 22. Ne2 Re6 23. Rxc6 Qxc6 24. Rxc6
Rxc6 25. Qd3 g6 26. g3 Re8 27. h4 h5 28. Nc3 Rd6 29. Kg2 Nh6 30. Qf3 Ng4 (30...
Nf5 $5 31. Nxd5 Red8) 31. Qd3 (31. Nxd5 $5) 31... Rf6 32. Nd1 $2 {[#]} (32. f3
$142) {[%tqu "En","Jogam as Pretas e vencem com uma bela combinação!","","",
"e8e1","ameaçando Rxd1, para o qual não há defesa!",10]} 32... Re1 $3 $19 {
ameaçando Rxd1, para o qual não há defesa!} 33. Qd2 Rxd1 $1 34. Qxd1 Rxf2+ 35.
Kg1 (35. Kh1 Rh2+ 36. Kg1 Rh1+ 37. Kxh1 Nf2+ $19) 35... Rg2+ 36. Kxg2 Ne3+ 37.
Kf3 Nxd1 38. b4 Nc3 39. a3 Nb5 40. a4 Nxd4+ 0-1

[Event "Sao Paulo zt 2.4"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Matsuura, Everaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Melao,H"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 d6 (6... Ng6 7. h4
h5 8. e5 Be7 9. Qe4 c4 10. dxc4 Rb8 11. Nbd2 (11. b3 c5 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Qe3
Nxh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Nc3 Qg5 16. Qxc5 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Qg4 18. Ba3 Bg5 19. Rd1 h4
20. Rd4 Qf3 21. Ne4 Bd8 22. Nd6+ Kf8 23. Nf5+ Be7 24. Qxe7+ Kg8 25. Qf8+ {
1-0 Breder,D-Moroz,A/Pardubice 2000/EXT 2001 (25)}) 11... c5 12. b3 Bb7 13. Qe3
f5 14. Bb2 Bc6 15. g3 Qb6 16. O-O-O a5 17. Rhe1 a4 18. Nb1 O-O 19. Qd3 Ra8 20.
Ng5 axb3 21. axb3 Qb7 22. Nc3 Ra5 23. Rd2 Rfa8 24. Qe2 Qb4 25. Nb1 Ra1 26. Qd3
R1a2 27. Bc3 Qb7 28. Qe2 Bxg5 29. hxg5 Bf3 30. Qe3 Rc8 31. Bb2 Ra5 32. Nc3 Rca8
33. Rd3 Bc6 34. Qe2 Qb4 35. f4 Be4 36. Rxd7 Ra1+ 37. Bxa1 Rxa1+ 38. Kd2 Ra2 39.
Rc1 h4 40. Qh5 {1-0 Palac,M-Nijboer,F/Metz FRA 2001/The Week in Chess 336 (40)}
) (6... f6 7. Nh4 g6 8. f4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf3 e5 11. fxe5 fxe5 12. Be3 d6
13. Nbd2 h6 14. a3 Rb8 15. b3 Be6 16. Nc4 g5 17. b4 {1/2-1/2 Shariyazdanov,
A-Perunovic,M/Subotica YUG 2000/The Week in Chess 321 (17)}) 7. e5 $5 d5 8. c4
$1 {[%csl Rc5] fixando 'c5', para seguir com b3, Nc3-a4, Ba3, Qe3, e em caso
das Pretas avançarem 'd4', Nfd2-e4, tudo convergindo sobre 'c5', que ficará
sem defesa suficiente e resultará na perda de material. Paralelamente as
Brancas vão desenvolvendo outros planos e evitando que as Pretas criem
contra-jogo.} Nf5 $1 {[%csl Yd4]} (8... Ng6 $6) 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2
$5 a5 12. Nc3 Nd4 13. Qd1 f6 14. Na4 fxe5 15. Nxe5 Bd6 16. f4 Qc7 17. Kh1 Bb7
18. Qd2 Rf6 19. g3 Raf8 20. Qg2 Bc8 21. Ba3 Qe7 22. Rae1 Rf5 23. Ng4 (23. cxd5
cxd5 24. Rc1 Bd7 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 g5 $132 {>>}) 23... Qa7
24. Rc1 Ba6 25. Rfe1 Rc8 26. Re3 Qe7 27. Qd2 h5 28. Nf2 Rcf8 29. Qxa5 Bxf4 30.
gxf4 Rxf4 31. Nh3 Rf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kg2 Qf6 34. Bxc5 Nf5 (34... Nc2 $1)
35. Kxf1 $1 $18 Nxe3+ 36. Ke2 Ng4 (36... Qf1+ 37. Kxe3 Qxh3+ 38. Ke2 dxc4 39.
bxc4 Qxh2+ 40. Bf2 $18) 37. Qxa6 Qe5+ 38. Kd1 Qa1+ 39. Kc2 Qxa2+ 40. Kc3 d4+
41. Bxd4 1-0

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Jankovic, Alojzije"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Qc7 (6... d5 7. h4
a5 8. h5 a4 9. c4 f6 10. h6 Ng6 11. exd5 cxd5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Nc3 Qc6 14. Be3
gxh6 15. O-O-O e5 16. Bxh6 Bxh6+ 17. Rxh6 Kf7 18. Nh4 Nxh4 19. Qh5+ Kg7 20.
Qxh4 Bf5 21. Nd5 Bg6 22. Ne7 Qe8 23. Nf5+ {1-0 (23) Fedoseev,V (2662)-Vorobiov,
E (2587) Vladivostok 2014}) 7. Nh4 h6 8. g3 g6 9. f4 Bg7 10. O-O d6 11. c4 O-O
12. Nc3 $146 (12. Nf3 f6 13. e5 fxe5 14. fxe5 d5 15. Nc3 Nf5 16. Bd2 Nd4 17.
Nxd4 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 cxd4 19. Na4 dxc4 20. Qe4 Kh7 21. dxc4 Rb8 22. Qxd4 Bxe5
23. Qe3 Bg7 24. Bc3 e5 25. Nc5 Qe7 26. Nd3 e4 27. Bxg7 Qxg7 28. Qxe4 Bf5 29.
Qe5 Qxe5 30. Nxe5 Rxb2 31. g4 Re2 32. gxf5 Rxe5 33. fxg6+ Kxg6 34. Rd1 {
1/2-1/2 (34) Aveskulov,V (2495)-Fedorov,A (2620) Saratov 2006}) 12... f5 13. e5
$5 dxe5 14. Nf3 e4 15. dxe4 fxe4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Rxf1+ 18. Kxf1 Qxe5 {
Suite illisible et gain Blanc au 50ème coup.} 1-0

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 (3... Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1
Ng4 8. g3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Ne5 10. Qe2 e6 11. d3 d6 12. Bg2 Be7 13. f4 $14 {
Kovacevic,A (2556)-Avrukh,B (2614) Calvia ol (Men) 2004 (3) 1/2}) 4. c3 (4.
Bxc6 {La ligne critique} bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. h4 Qc7 (6... h5 7. e5) 7. h5 e5 8.
Nbd2 f6 9. Nh4 g5 10. Nhf3 {Solak,D (2618)-Grischuk,A (2785) EU-chT (Men) 19th
2013 (2.1) 1-0} (10. Qf3 gxh4 11. Qxf6 Rg8 12. Nc4 Bg7 13. Nd6+ Kd8 14. Nf7+
Ke8 15. Nd6+ {Solak inf 119})) 4... Nge7 5. d4 (5. O-O {La grande ligne} a6)
5... cxd4 (5... Qa5 6. Na3 cxd4 7. Bd2 Ng6 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. Qa4 a6 10. Rb1 Rb8
11. Bd3 Bb4 12. Nc4 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qc7 14. Qa3 Qf4+ 15. Ke2 d5 16. g3 Qg4 17.
Nd6+ Kd7 18. Ke3 f5 19. Be2 fxe4 20. h3 Qxf3+ 21. Bxf3 exf3 22. Rhc1 Nge7 23.
Rc2 Rf8 24. Rbc1 Rf6 25. h4 h5 26. Kd2 Rf8 27. Rc3 Rf6 28. Ke1 Rf8 29. Qc5 Rf6
30. a4 b6 31. Qa3 Bb7 32. a5 Ba8 33. b4 e5 34. axb6 Rxb6 35. dxe5 {Ivanchuk,V 
(2754)-Polgar,J (2682) Cap d'Agde 2010 1-0}) 6. cxd4 d5 7. Nc3 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nf5
9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 $146 {[%cal Gd4d5] Une nouveauté intéressante mais un peu
lente} (10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Rac1 Ba6 15. Nc5
Bxc5 16. dxc5 Qb5 17. Bd6 Rac8 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Qe2 20. Qc3 e5 21. Ra4 f6
22. Re1 Qd3 23. Qxd3 Bxd3 24. Rxa7 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. a3 Kf7 27. f3 Ke6 28.
Kf2 g5 29. Ke3 Bb5 30. Bc7 Ra4 31. Rd1 Rc4 32. Bb6 Rc2 33. Rd2 Rxd2 34. Kxd2
Bf1 35. g3 Bg2 36. Ke3 Bf1 37. a4 f5 38. b4 Bc4 39. f4 exf4+ {Anand,V (2785)
-Piscopo,P (2409) Porto Vecchio 2014 1-0 (62)}) (10. Ne5 $6 Nfxd4 11. Qg4 O-O
12. Bxc6 f5) 10... O-O 11. d5 Nb4 12. Bc4 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bf6 $1
$11 {[%csl Rb2,Rc1,Gf6]} 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Bg5 $1 Ra5 (17... Bxb2
18. Rab1 {[%cal Gb1b6]}) 18. Bxf6 Rxd5 19. Bc3 Rfd8 20. Rfe1 Be6 21. Ng5 Bc8
22. Nf3 Be6 23. Ng5 Bc8 24. Nf3 Be6 25. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Heidrich, Manfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Forchheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 {Avrukh,B} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O {'This
move is less popular, than the main 6.Nd2.'} Nf6 (6... h6 {[%csl Yg5][%cal
Yh6g5]} 7. h3 Nf6 8. a3 O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. Be3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb8 13.
b4 axb4 14. axb4 b5 15. Bb3 cxb4 16. Nh4 Qd7 17. Qf3 Na6 18. Nf5 $14 {, S.
Movsesian - V. Babula, CZE 1997, remis/41}) 7. Ng5 $1 {'The only way to fight
for the opening advantage.' (Damit gewinnt Weiß die Zeit zum Hebel f2-f4 und
bekommt gefährliches Spiel auf der halboffenen f-Linie.)} O-O 8. f4 exf4 9.
Bxf4 h6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 {'!' Avrukh,B. 'This is a rather
rare recapture, since it's actually a pawn sacrifice, however after this game
white probably will pay more attention to this move...' Avrukh,B: 'This move
is going to be white new try to achieve advantage in quite well-known position.
'} ({Another line} 12. Bxd5 {Avrukh,B} Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 $1 {doesn't promise
any advantage for white according to the theory.}) 12... Na5 $6 ({Die
Alternative} 12... Nb4 $5 {mag den Vorzug verdienen:} 13. Bd2 Nbxd5 14. Nh4 Nc7
15. Nf5 $13 {, doch dies ist ein anderes Thema.}) 13. Nh4 $5 ({Der direkte und
provokante Weg für den Springer zum idealen Vorposten f5. Eine bescheidene
Alternative bietet} 13. b3 b5 14. Bxb5 Nxd5 15. Bd2 Bf6 16. Qe1 $13 {, N.
Mitkov - F. Roman, Wch U20, Mamaia 1991}) 13... Qd7 $6 (13... Nxc4 $6 14. dxc4
g5 (14... Qd7 15. Bd2 $1 Qg4 16. Nf5 Rfe8 (16... Rae8 17. Bxh6 $1) 17. Rf3 $6 (
17. Bxh6 $1) 17... Kh7 $2 18. Qf1 $16 {, A. Kovalev - E. Sveshnikov, Rowy op
1999, 1:0/52}) 15. Nf5 $1 (15. Bd2 gxh4 {ist Zugumstellung zur nächsten
Variante 13...g5 14.Bd2}) 15... gxf4 16. Nxh6+ Kh7 17. Nf5 Rg8 $5 (17... Kh8 $2
18. Qe1 $1 Re8 19. Qc3 Kg8 20. Rxf4 $18) 18. Qd3 $1 {(Deckt einen, hier
gravierenden Nachteil des frühen Tausches auf c4 ab: Die weiße Dame erhält so
die Option auf das Feld d3!)} Rg6 (18... Kh8 $2 19. Rxf4) 19. Rae1 Bf8 20. Nh4
Nh5 21. Nxg6 fxg6 $14) ({Es scheint sich bislang noch niemand zu} 13... g5 $5 {
erdreistet und konsequent "den Stier bei den Hörnern" gepackt zu haben:} 14.
Bd2 $5 (14. Qf3 $6 gxf4 15. Nf5 Nh7 16. Nxh6+ Kh8) (14. Nf5 $5 gxf4 15. Nxh6+ (
15. Re1 $2 Re8 16. Bb5 Bf8 17. Bxe8 Nxe8 $17) 15... Kh7 (15... Kh8 $2 16. Rxf4
{/\Qf3}) 16. Nf5 Rg8 17. Rxf4 Rg6 18. Qf3 Nxc4 19. dxc4 $44) 14... Nxc4 15.
dxc4 gxh4 16. Bxh6 Re8 17. Qf3 Kh8 $1 18. Bd2 $1 (18. Rae1 $6 Nh7 19. Qxf7 Bf8)
18... Nh7 19. Bc3+ f6 20. Qh5 Rg8 21. Rae1 Rg7 22. Qxh4 $44) (13... Nxd5 $2 {
scheidet aus wegen} 14. Bxd5 (14. Bxh6 $5) 14... Bxh4 15. Qh5 Bf6 16. Rf3 $16)
(13... b5 {Avrukh,B} 14. Nf5 $1 bxc4 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Nxh6+ Kh7 17. Nf5 $1
cxd3 18. Qxd3 Kh8 19. Rae1 Qb6 20. Qh3+ Nh7 21. Rxe7 c4+ 22. Kh1 Qxb2 23. Re4
Rg8 24. Qxh7+ $3 {1-0 Sutovsky,E-Smirin,I/Tel Aviv ISR 2002/The Week in Chess
421 (24)}) 14. Bxh6 $6 {'?' Avrukh,B. Avrukh,B: 'This blow becomes already a
typical one in this line, but exactly in this position it doesn't works
unfortunately!'} ({Übermütig! Einfach und stark ist dagegen wieder} 14. Bd2 $1
$16 {, und Weiß erhält seine erwünschte Druckstellung:} Ne8 (14... Nxc4 15.
dxc4 Ng4 (15... Nxd5 $2 16. Nf5 Nf6 17. Bc3) (15... Qg4 16. Nf5 {usw. wie
vorher gezeigt} Rfe8 17. Rf3 $40 {1-0 Kovalev,A-Sveshnikov,E/Rowy 1999/EXT
2002 (52)}) 16. Nf5 Ne5 17. Qh5) 15. Nf5 Nxc4 16. dxc4 Bf6 17. c3 Kh7 18. Qh5)
(14. Bd2 $142 $1 {(Avrukh,B) transfering the game to mentioned above
Kavalev-Sveshnikov ,where black failed to equalise.}) 14... Nxc4 15. Nf5 (15.
Bxg7 $2 Ne3 16. Qf3 Kxg7 17. Qxe3 Ng4 18. Qg3 Bxh4 19. Qxh4 Rh8 20. Qg3 Kf8 $17
) 15... gxh6 (15... Nxb2 $2 {Avrukh,B} 16. Qf3 {losing}) 16. dxc4 (16. Qc1 $2 {
Avrukh,B} Ne5 17. Qxh6 Ne8 {is not enough}) 16... Rfe8 $4 {'?' Avrukh,B.
Avrukh,B: 'Black didn't manage to find the right defence and lost the game
immediately.'} ({Schwarz revanchiert sich auf schlimme Weise für das
provokante Opfer, welches hingegen der "Härtetest"} 16... Kh8 $1 {(16...Kh7?
17.Qd3) eher als fragwürdig erscheinen läßt:} 17. Nxh6 (17. Qd2 Nh7 $1 (17...
Ng8 {Avrukh,B} 18. Nxh6 f5 19. Rae1 Rf6 $1 {and black has nothing to worry
about}) 18. Qxh6 Bf6 19. c3 Rg8 20. Rf3 Be5 21. Raf1 f6 $17) (17. Qf3 Ng8 18.
Qg3 Bf6 $17) 17... Nh7 $1 {[#] Analyse} 18. Qd3 $1 (18. Nxf7+ $6 Kg7 19. Qd3 (
19. Qh5 $4 Nf6) 19... Bf6 20. Rxf6 Nxf6 21. Ng5 Rh8 22. Ne6+ Kf7 $17) (18. Qh5
$6 Bf6 {'!' Avrukh,B. Avrukh,B: 'and i don't see any problems for black'} 19.
Rf3 (19. Kh1 Rae8 20. Rf5 Re4 $1 {[%cal Ge4h4]}) (19. Rf5 {Avrukh,B} Rae8 20.
Raf1 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 f6 22. c3 Be5 $17) 19... Bd4+ (19... Rae8 {Avrukh,B} 20. Raf1
Bd4+ $1 (20... Re5 $2 {Avrukh,B} 21. Qg4 $1) 21. Kh1 f6 22. c3 Be5 23. Nf5 Qf7
$17) 20. Kh1 f6 21. c3 Be5 {/\Qe8-/+}) 18... Bg5 (18... Bf6 $4 19. Rxf6 $1 Nxf6
20. Qc3) (18... f5 19. Nxf5 Bf6 20. c3 Rae8 21. g4 $13) 19. Qc3+ f6 20. Nf5
Rae8 21. h4 Re5 22. Qf3 Bd2 23. Rad1 (23. c3 Rfe8 24. Rad1 Be1) 23... Ba5 24.
c3 Rfe8 $15 {/\a6,b5,Re4}) 17. Nxh6+ Kg7 (17... Kf8 {Avrukh,B} 18. Qf3 $1 (18.
Qh5 {(Avrukh,B) nice ,but maybe not so strong} Bd8 19. Qg5 Re5 $1 20. Nf5 Ne8
$13) 18... Bd8 19. Qg3 $18 {with idea to double rooks along f-file ,plus Rf6
always the threat}) 18. Qd2 {'+-!' Avrukh,B. Avrukh,B: 'decisive resourse' [#]}
Rg8 (18... Kh7 19. Nf5 $18) (18... Rh8 19. Qg5+ Kf8 20. Rxf6 Bxf6 21. Qxf6 Rh7
22. Rf1 Qe7 (22... Rg7 23. Nxf7 $1 $18) (22... Qe8 23. Qg6 Rxh6 24. Qxh6+ Kg8
25. Qxd6 $18) 23. Qg6 Rg7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Nf5+ Kf8 26. Nxe7 Kxe7 27. g4 $18)
19. Nf5+ {'!' Avrukh,B. Avrukh,B: 'The most practical decision,transfering the
game to absolutely winning endgame.'} Kh8 20. Nxe7 Qxe7 21. Rae1 Qd8 22. Qh6+
Nh7 23. Rxf7 Rxg2+ 24. Kh1 Qg8 25. Rxh7+ Qxh7 26. Qxh7+ Kxh7 27. Kxg2 Rg8+ 28.
Kf3 Rf8+ 29. Kg3 Rg8+ 30. Kh3 Rg7 31. Re6 Rd7 32. Kg4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 Ne7 6. Bb2 Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. e5
(8. g3 f6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qb6 11. Qd3 Bb4+ 12. Nbd2 Ba6 13. c4 O-O 14. Qxd7
Rad8 15. Qxe6+ Rf7 16. c5 Qxc5 17. Rc1 Qa5 18. Rc2 Qxa2 19. Kd1 Qb1+ 20. Bc1
Be2+ 21. Kxe2 Qxc2 22. Rd1 Qd3+ {0:1, A. Karlsson - I. Rogers, Reykjavik 2000})
8... c4 $6 {Ein keckes Bauernopfer zwecks Öffnung der Stellung für das
schwarze Läuferpaar dessen Korrektheit indes fraglich erscheint.} 9. bxc4 Rb8
10. Bc3 c5 11. d3 Be7 12. Nbd2 f5 {[#]} 13. g3 (13. exf6 gxf6 14. Qe2 Kf7 15.
O-O Bb7 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. Qe3 Rbg8 $13 {, P. German - G. Milos, Buenos Aires
1997, 0:1/39}) 13... Bb7 14. Qe2 Qb6 15. Rg1 Qc6 16. a4 Ba8 17. Nh2 Rh6 18. f4
$16 Nh8 19. Ndf3 Nf7 20. Kd2 Rh8 21. Ne1 g6 22. Nhf3 Kf8 23. Kc1 Qc7 24. Nd2
Nd8 25. Nb3 Nc6 26. Nf3 Nb4 27. Nfd2 Kf7 28. Kb2 a5 29. Nb1 Bc6 30. Be1 Rhe8
31. Nc3 d5 32. exd6 Bxd6 33. Nb5 Bxb5 34. axb5 e5 35. Qg2 e4 36. Rxa5 (36. Nxa5
Bf8 37. Bxb4 cxb4 38. Nc6 Bg7+ 39. d4 $16) 36... Bf8 37. Bc3 exd3 {[#]} (37...
Bg7 $2 38. Bxg7 Kxg7 39. Rga1 $1) 38. cxd3 (38. Bxb4 cxb4 39. cxd3 Bg7+ 40. Kb1
$16) 38... Bg7 39. Bxg7 (39. Rga1 $5) 39... Kxg7 40. Rd1 $2 {[#]} (40. Qf3 Rbd8
41. Rd1 Rd7 42. Ra4 Rde7 43. d4 Re3 $132) (40. Qd2 $5 Rbd8 41. d4 Rxd4 42. Nxd4
Qxa5 43. Ra1 Qb6 44. Nf3 $16) 40... Kh6 $2 (40... Re3 $132) 41. Ka3 $4 ({
Der Anziehende vergibt die letzte Chance, diesen Super-GM-Skalp zu erbeuten,
während sein Vorteil mit} 41. Qf2 $1 {überzeugend auszubauen war!}) 41... Re3
$15 42. Qb2 Nxd3 43. Qd2 $6 ({Schnell hat sich das Blatt gewendet, und schon
kämpft Weiß ums Überleben, was vielleicht noch durch} 43. Qf6 $5 {zu
bewerkstelligen war:} Rxg3 44. Qc3 Ne5 45. Qxg3 Nxc4+ 46. Ka2 Nxa5 47. Qg5+ Kh7
48. Nxc5) 43... Nb4 $17 44. Ra4 Rbe8 $1 {[#]} 45. Rxb4 Re2 $1 ({Zieht die
Schlinge unerbittlich zu, nicht jedoch} 45... cxb4+ $2 46. Kxb4 (46. Qxb4 $2
Rxg3 47. b6 Qxf4) 46... Rxg3 (46... Qa7 {/Qg7} 47. Qd4) 47. Qd6 Qa7 48. b6) 46.
Ra4 (46. Qd7 Ra8+ 47. Ra4 Rxa4+ 48. Kxa4 Ra2#) (46. Qd5 Qa7+ 47. Ra4 Qxa4+ 48.
Kxa4 Ra2#) (46. b6 Rxd2 47. Ra4 Qxb6 48. Rxd2 Re3 $19) 46... Rxd2 47. Rxd2 Re3
$19 48. Ra8 Qg7 49. Ka2 Qc3 50. Rb2 Qxc4 51. b6 Qd5 52. Ra5 Rc3 53. Rb5 Qc4 54.
Ra5 Qb4 55. Rxc5 Qa4+ 56. Kb1 Rxb3 57. Rcc2 Rxg3 58. Rc1 Ra3 0-1

[Event "ISR-ch sf"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2002.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pasman, Michael"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qc7 9. Nc3 Bd6 $5 {Interesting move. Black allows Nd5,but gives back a
piece on time reaching a good position.} (9... Be7 $5 {is the main alternative.
}) 10. Nd5 $1 exd5 11. exd5+ Ne5 12. f4 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge1e8]} O-O 13. fxe5
Bxe5 14. Nf3 Bf6 $1 {Black has very good results in this position. So I
decided to try it as well.} ({In the origin game Black played} 14... Bd6 15.
Qd3 b5 16. a4 b4 17. Be3 Bb7 18. c4 bxc3 19. bxc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Barua,D-Murshed,
N/Southport 1983/EXT 99 (42)}) 15. Bg5 $1 {Probably the most unpleasant for
Black. This move was tested only once before the current game.} ({Dunious is} 
15. d6 $6 Qc6 16. Kh1 b5 {[%cal Gc8b7] Black places his pieces on the long
diagonal.} 17. c3 Bb7 18. Bf4 Rae8 19. Qd2 Re6 20. Rxe6 fxe6 $15 {
Schlawin-Mainka,2002}) ({Doesn't promise much also} 15. c3 d6 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17.
Nxg5 h6 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. Ng3 Bg6 20. Qd4 Rfe8 21. h4 Re7 $1 {with a good
position for Black. 0-1 Jenetl-Poluljahov,2000 (35)}) 15... Bxb2 $5 $146 {
I have prepared this move especially for the game. As they say pawn is a pawn.
Certainly White has a strong initiative, but he still should've proven if it's
enough for advantage.} ({In the origin game Black preffered modest} 15... Bxg5
16. Nxg5 d6 {but after} 17. Qd3 g6 18. Qd4 Bf5 19. g4 $1 Qd8 20. h4 Bxc2 21.
Rac1 Rc8 22. Re2 {[%csl Rc2] He started to look for miracle to save the game.
And found it!} Bd3 $1 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qxd3 Qxg4+ 25. Rg2 Qxh4 {and it's not
so easy to convert a piece into a win. 1/2-1/2 Mirumian,V-Bromberger,S/
Groningen 1997/CBM 62 ext (34)}) 16. Rb1 Ba3 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Ga3c5]} 17. Rb3
Bc5+ 18. Kh1 (18. Nd4 $5) 18... b5 (18... d6 $5) 19. Nh4 $6 {At the very
beginning it looked strong. The knight is heading to f5 and if I stop it with
d6 then the rook is entering to e7. But it turns out to be not dangerous at
all.} (19. Nd4 $5) (19. Be7 Bxe7 20. Rxe7 Qd6 21. Re4 Bb7 22. c4) 19... d6 $1
20. Re7 Qa5 $1 ({Worse is Fritz's} 20... Qd8 {[%csl Re7,Rg5][%cal Gh7h6]} 21.
Rg3 $1 Bf2 $1 {[%csl Rg3]} (21... f6 $2 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Rexg7+ Kh8 (23... Kf8
24. Rg8+) 24. Rxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qh5+ Rh6 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Qg7#) 22. Rxf7 $1 {
[%csl Rd8]} (22. Re2 f6 $1 23. Rxf2 fxg5 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 25. Rxg5 Qf4 26. Nf3
Bf5 $17 {[%cal Ga8c8]}) 22... Bxg3 $8 23. Rxg7+ $1 (23. Bxd8 Kxf7 $1) 23...
Kxg7 24. Bxd8 Be5 $13 {[%csl Ga8,Rd6,Gf8,Rg7]}) 21. Qa1 $1 {The best practical
chance. Now Black has to find a nice defensive move.} (21. Bf6 Bf2 $1 (21...
gxf6 $4 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Qa1)) (21. Bh6 Bf2 $1 (21... gxh6 $4 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23.
Qa1+ f6 24. Qxf6+ Rxf6 25. Re8+ Rf8 26. Rxf8#)) 21... Ra7 $3 $17 {Covering 7th
rank I stop every possible attacking possibilities.} 22. Rg3 $1 (22. Bh6 f6 $1
{[%csl Rg7][%cal Ga7g7]} 23. Rxa7 Bxa7 24. Rg3 Rf7 $19) (22. Rxa7 Bxa7 23. Rg3
f6 $1 24. Bxf6 $140 $4 Rxf6 25. Qxf6 $2 Qe1+) 22... Rxe7 23. Bxe7 Bd4 $1 {
The point of 21...Ra7!! Black remains with an extra pawn and eventually wins.}
24. Qd1 (24. Qxd4 Qe1+ {[%csl Re7,Rh1]} 25. Qg1 Qxe7 $19) 24... Re8 ({Also
interesting was} 24... Bf2 $5 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 $19 {[%csl Rg3,Rh4]}) 25. Nf3 {
Pasman is trying the last trick.} (25. Qxd4 Qe1+ 26. Qg1 Rxe7 $19) 25... Bf2
26. Rxg7+ {Nice move even if it doesn't work.} (26. Bxd6 $5 Bxg3 27. Bxg3 {
is lost.}) 26... Kxg7 27. Qa1+ Kg8 28. Qf6 {[%cal Gf6g5]} Bd4 $1 $19 {Not the
only defense, but I couldn't stand the temptation to sac this bishop once
again on the same square.} (28... h6 $5 {[%csl Gg5]}) (28... Be3 $5 {[%csl Gg5]
}) 29. Qxd4 (29. Nxd4 Qe1+) 29... Rxe7 {The rest is clear.} 30. Qh4 f6 31. h3
Qd8 32. Nd4 Qe8 33. Qg3+ (33. Qg3+ Rg7 34. Qxd6 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qe5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "URS-ch45 First League"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Timoscenko, Gennadij A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 (4. Qe2 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e5 Ng4 7. Bxc6
dxc6 8. h3 Nh6 9. g4 $1 O-O 10. d3 f5 (10... f6 11. Bf4 $14 {Tukmakov/}) 11. g5
Nf7 12. Bf4 Be6 (12... Qa5 13. Qe3 {Dvorietzky,M-Simic,R/URS-JUG/1977/1:0/40/}
Be6 14. h4 Bd5 15. Rh3 $14 {Dvorietzky/}) 13. h4 $14) 4... g6 (4... Nd4 5. e5
Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5) 5. h3 (5. Qe2 $5) 5... Bg7 (5... Nd4 6. e5 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 Nd5
8. Qe2 Nc7 (8... Nf4 $5) 9. d4 $1 Nxb5 10. Qxb5 cxd4 11. Bg5 $1 h6 12. Bf4 $14
{Egin,V-Tukmakov,V/URS/1979/0:1/37/}) 6. e5 Ng8 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d3 Nh6 9. g4 $1
f5 (9... O-O $2 10. Be3 $18 {/\ 11.Qd1-d2.}) 10. exf6 exf6 11. Qe2+ $1 Qe7 12.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Be3 $14 b6 14. O-O-O Rd8 15. d4 c4 (15... cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17.
Rhe1 Kf8 18. Bf4 $14) 16. Rhe1 (16. Nd2 $6 Be6 $10) 16... Kf8 (16... Be6 $2 17.
d5 $1 cxd5 18. Nd4 $18) 17. Nd2 f5 $6 (17... Ba6 18. Nde4 Nf7 $10) 18. Nxc4 (
18. g5 $6 Nf7 19. Nxc4 Ba6 $44) 18... fxg4 19. Bg5 $1 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Kxe8 21.
Re1+ Kf8 22. Nd6 Bf5 23. d5 $1 gxh3 (23... cxd5 $5 24. hxg4 Nxg4 25. Nxd5 Nxf2
$14) 24. dxc6 Bg4 $2 (24... Bxc3 25. Bxh6+ Bg7 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Bf4 Re8 28.
Rh1 $18) (24... Nf7 $142 25. Be7+ Kg8 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Nd5 $16) 25. f3 $1 $18
Bxf3 26. Rf1 h2 27. Rxf3+ Nf5 28. Rf1 h1=Q 29. Rxh1 Nxd6 30. Nd5 Nf5 (30... Kg8
31. Ne7+ $18) 31. Rxh7 Rc8 32. c7 Kf7 33. Bd8 g5 34. Rh5 (34. Bxg5 $2 Kg6 $10)
34... Ke6 35. c4 b5 36. Bxg5 bxc4 37. Nf4+ Kd6 38. Bd8 Nd4 39. Ra5 Kd7 40. Rg5
Bh8 41. Rh5 Bg7 42. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Karadjordje Serbia"]
[Site "Topola"]
[Date "2004.05.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1
Rc8 9. a4 b4 10. d4 bxc3 11. d5 Nb4 12. Nxc3 Ng6 13. Bd3 c4 14. Bf1 Bc5 15. Be3
O-O 16. dxe6 dxe6 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rad1 Rb8 20. Rd2 Kf8 21. Red1
Nc6 22. g3 Bc8 23. Be2 f6 24. Kg2 Kf7 25. h4 Nge5 26. Ne1 Nb4 27. f4 Ned3 28.
Bxd3 Nxd3 29. Nxd3 cxd3 30. Kf2 a5 31. Ke3 Ba6 32. g4 Rb4 33. f5 g6 34. fxg6+
hxg6 35. Rf2 f5 36. h5 gxh5 37. gxh5 Ke7 38. Rh1 Rb8 39. h6 Rh8 40. Rg2 Kf6 41.
h7 Kf7 42. Rh6 Bc4 43. Kd4 Rc6 44. Ke5 Rc5+ 45. Nd5 $3 {[%mdl 4096] maintains
a nice place in the sun for the king.  blockt dem König einen Platz an der
Sonne frei.} Bxd5 46. Rf6+ Ke7 47. Rg7+ Ke8 $6 (47... Kd8 48. Rg8+ Ke7 49. Rxh8
Bc6+ 50. Kf4 Rc4 51. Rhf8 Rxe4+ 52. Kg3 Rg4+ 53. Kf2 Rh4 54. R6f7+ Kd6 55. h8=Q
$18) 48. exd5 d2 49. Rg8+ $6 (49. Kxe6 {won much quicker. gewann wesentlich
schneller:} Kd8 50. Rff7 Re8+ (50... d1=Q 51. Rg8+ Rxg8 52. hxg8=Q#) 51. Re7
Rxe7+ 52. Rxe7 d1=Q 53. h8=Q#) 49... Ke7 50. Rxe6+ Kd7 (50... Kf7 51. Rf6+ Ke7
52. Rg7+ Kd8 53. Rd6+ Kc8 (53... Ke8 54. Ke6 Kf8 55. Rf7+ Ke8 56. Re7+ Kf8 57.
Rd8#) 54. Rg8+ Kc7 {transposes to the game mit Übergang zur Partie.}) 51. Rd6+
Kc7 52. Rxh8 d1=Q 53. Rc8+ Kxc8 (53... Kb7 54. Rxc5 $18) 54. h8=Q+ Kb7 55. Rd7+
$1 {leads to an easily won queen ending. führt ein leicht gewonnenes
Damenendspiel herbei.} (55. Rd8 $2 Qe2+ 56. Kd6 Qa6+ 57. Kxc5 Qb6+ 58. Kc4 Qb4+
59. Kd3 Qe4+ {is only a draw. ist nur remis.}) 55... Rc7 56. Rxc7+ Kxc7 57.
Qg7+ Kb8 58. Qf8+ Kb7 59. Qe7+ Kb6 60. Qd6+ Kb7 61. Qc6+ Ka7 62. Qc5+ Kb7 63.
Qb5+ Kc8 64. Qc6+ Kb8 65. Qb6+ Kc8 66. Qxa5 {White has made sure that there is
no perpetual check and that his queen can be brought back to a central
position.  Weiß hat sichergestellt, dass kein Dauerschach existiert und dass
seine Dame wieder zentralisiert werden kann.} Qe2+ 67. Kd6 Qh2+ 68. Kc6 Qh6+
69. d6 Qh1+ 70. Qd5 Qc1+ 71. Qc5 (71. Qc5 Qh1+ (71... Qxb2 $2 72. d7+ Kd8 73.
Qf8#) 72. Kb6+ Kd7 73. Qc7+ Ke6 74. Qe7+ Kd5 75. Qb7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Brest"]
[Date "2019.05.20"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Genzling, Alain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.05.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Asnieres"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 4. Bc4 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 6. O-O
{[%emt 0:00:28]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 7. d3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} (7. Bb3 d6 8. d3
Nxb3 9. axb3 Be7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Rd1 e5 13. Qd3 h6 14. Nd2 b5 15.
Nf1 Bg4 16. Re1 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qd3 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Qd5+
Kh7 22. Ne3 Bg6 23. Bd2 a5 24. c3 Bf7 25. Qd3+ Bg6 26. Qb5 Bh4 27. g3 Bg5 28.
cxb4 Rb8 29. Qd5 axb4 30. Ra6 Qf6 31. Rf1 Rbd8 32. f3 Qf7 33. Ra5 Qxd5 34. Rxd5
Bf7 35. Rd3 d5 36. Bc1 Bg6 {Inarkiev,E (2730)-Gelfand,B (2734) Magas 2016 1/
2-1/2}) 7... b5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 8. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nxb3 {[%emt 0:00:40]}
9. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 10. e5 {[%emt 0:01:11]} b4 {
[%emt 0:01:52]} 11. exf6 {[%emt 0:08:17]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 12. fxg7 {
[%emt 0:11:10]} Bxg7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 13. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:
03:55]} 14. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 15. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:21]}
Qf6 {[%emt 0:11:21]} 16. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:07:51]} 17. gxf3 {
[%emt 0:05:04]} h5 {[%emt 0:27:33]} 18. h4 $146 {[%emt 0:06:36]} (18. Kh1 Bd4
19. h4 Ke7 20. Qe2 Rg6 21. Rg1 Rag8 22. Rxa6 Kf8 23. Ra4 Kg7 24. b4 cxb4 25.
Rxb4 Kh7 26. Rg2 Qg7 27. Rb5 f5 28. Rg1 e5 29. f4 Rg4 30. fxe5 f4 31. e6 Rxh4+
32. Kg2 Qxg3+ {0-1 (32) Iuldachev,S (2550)-Aronian,L (2675) Mallorca 2004})
18... d5 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 19. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:05:02]} 20. Kh2
{[%emt 0:00:37]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 21. c4 {[%emt 0:04:01]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:
12]} 22. Qa2 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Be5 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 23. cxd5 {[%emt 0:03:17]}
Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 24. dxe6+ {[%emt 0:01:44]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 25. Rg1
{[%emt 0:01:24]} Bxg3+ {[%emt 0:10:44]} 26. fxg3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qxd3 {
[%emt 0:01:53]} 27. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 28. Qxa5 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:04:14]} 29. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:
00:49]} 30. Qa7+ {[%emt 0:01:30]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 31. Qa3+ {[%emt 0:02:32]
} Kd7 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 32. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:01:10]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. Qa7+
{[%emt 0:04:48]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 34. Rg2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:
41]} 35. Qb6+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 36. Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Ke7 {[%emt 0:04:16]} 37. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 38. Qg7+ {
[%emt 0:04:34]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 39. Qd7+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 40. Qxe6 $6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} (40. Qh7 {[%csl Ra8,Rf8]} Qe3 41. Qh8+ {
[%cal Gh8a8]}) 40... Re8 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 41. Qh6+ {[%emt 0:33:41]} Kg8 {
[%emt 0:31:01]} 42. Qg6+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 43. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:02:23]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Rf2+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 45. Qb2+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Qd5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. Qe5+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 49. Rxf8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kxf8 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 50. Qf4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 51. Qxg4+ {[%emt 0:00:
00]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 52. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 53.
Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:00] Les Noirs tiennent l'opposition à
distance} 54. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 55. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]
} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 56. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 57. Kb2 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} {The whole bandwidth of the opposition In chess the opposition
means that the square enclosing the two kings has corners of the same colour.
You should remember that all four or else two corners must be of the same
colour. The side which does not have the move possesses the opposition: Die
ganze Bandbreite der Opposition Im Schach heißt Opposition, dass das Rechteck
um die König gleichfarbige Ecken hat. Man beachte, dass alle vier oder zwei
Ecken gleichfarbig sein müssen. Die Seite, welche dann nicht am Zug ist, hat
die Opposition:} Kd6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:00] The virtual opposition is indicated.
The position is drawn because all the key squares, f4-d4-d7-g7, lie within the
square of the protected passed pawn. Black must always adopt the appropriate
form of the opposition. Opposition is the correct plan when it is all about
the struggle for the three adjacent key squares: Virtuelle Opposition ist
angesagt. Die Stellung ist remis, weil alle Schlüsselfelder f4-d4-d7-g7 im
Quadrat des gedeckten Freibauern liegen. Schwarz muss immer die passende Form
der Opposition einnehmen. Opposition ist das richtige Konzept, wenn es um den
Kampf um drei nebeneinanderliegende Schlüsselfelder geht:} (57... Kf6 $2 {
[%csl Gb2,Gb6,Gf2,Gf6] The distant diagonal opposition loses here, because the
black king cannot go on to the f4-square Ferndiagonalopposition verliert hier,
weil der schwarze König das Feld f4 nicht betreten kann} 58. Kb3 Kf5 59. Kb4
Kf6 60. Kc4 Ke6 61. Kd4 {The white king has reached a key square and White
wins in the usual way: Der weiße König hat ein Schlüsselfeld erreicht und
Weiß gewinnt wie üblich:} Kf5 62. Kd5 Kf6 63. Ke4 Kg6 64. Kf4 Kh5 65. Kf5 Kh6
66. Kxg4 $18) 58. Ka3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:00] Virtual opposition
Virtuelle Opposition} 59. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:01:38] Diagonal
opposition  Diagonalopposition} 60. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:11]
Virtual opposition Virtuelle Opposition} 61. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:
00:29] Distant diagonal opposition Ferndiagonalopposition} 62. Ka3 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:11] Virtual opposition  Virtuelle Opposition} 63. Ka4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:53] Distant opposition. Here the square has
only two corners.  Fernopposition. Hier hat das Rechteck nur zwei Ecken.} 64.
Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:20] Diagonal opposition 
Diagonalopposition} 65. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.04.17"]
[Round "14.6"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Gauglitz, Gernot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 h6 {nimmt Weiß das Feld g5 und
verhindert somit im Fall von Sf6 einen Abtausch des schwarzfeldrigen Läufers
gegen den Springer} 6. h3 {ist etwas anders motiviert als h6. Natürlich würde
Weiß einen Abtausch des Läufers c8 gegen seinen Springer sogar begrüßen. So
hat h3 vor allem die Idee, eine Umgruppierung des Springers f3 vorzubereiten.}
g5 $6 (6... Nf6 7. Nd5 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. c3 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 {und Weiß stand in S.
Bouaziz-L.Christiansen, Luzern 1989 etwas besser.}) 7. Nh2 Bg7 (7... Nge7 8.
Qf3 Rh7 {ist ebenfalls leicht vorteilhaft für Weiß, O.Ionescu Baciu-M.Velcheva,
Timisoara 1993.}) 8. Qh5 Qd7 {[#]} 9. Nd5 ({Auf} 9. Nb5 {geht noch} Nd8) 9...
Nd4 10. c3 Ne6 (10... Nc2+ $2 11. Kd1 Nxa1 12. Bb5 $18) 11. a4 Qd8 ({Auch nach
} 11... Nc7 12. Ng4 b6 13. Nge3 {sowie}) (11... Ne7 12. Ng4 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 {
steht Weiß etwas besser.}) 12. Ng4 Bd7 13. Nge3 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. g3 Nc7
16. a5 Rd8 17. O-O Qg6 18. Qxg6 fxg6 19. Kg2 Bc6 20. Re1 Ke7 21. Bd2 a6 22.
Rab1 d5 $6 {diese Öffnung der Stellung kommt Weiß zu Gute.} ({Es war besser mit
} 22... Rhf8 {zunächst weiter abzuwarten.}) 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Kg1 Rhe8 $6 25.
Nxd5+ Bxd5 26. Be3 Kd6 {[#]} 27. b4 $1 Bxc4 (27... cxb4 28. Bxd5 Kxd5 29. Rxb4
{und der weiße Angriff am Damenflügel ist sehr gefährlich.}) 28. dxc4 e4 29.
bxc5+ Kc7 30. c6 $1 $18 Kxc6 (30... Bxc3 31. Rxb7+ Kxc6 32. Rb6+ Kc7 33. Reb1
Rb8 34. Rc1 Bxa5 35. Rxa6 $18) 31. Rb6+ Kc7 32. Reb1 Rb8 33. Rxg6 Bxc3 34. Bb6+
Kd7 35. Rxh6 Rh8 (35... Rbc8 36. Bd4 Bxa5 37. Rxb7+ Rc7 38. Rxc7+ Bxc7 39. Rxa6
$18) 36. Rd1+ Ke7 37. Bc5+ Kf7 38. Rd7+ Ke8 39. Re7+ Kd8 40. Rhe6 Bxa5 41. Rxe4
b5 42. Bd4 Rg8 43. Bf6 Kc8 44. cxb5 axb5 45. R4e5 Bb6 (45... Bb4 46. Ra7 Bd6
47. Rd5 Rb6 48. Bd4 Rc6 49. Ra8+ Bb8 50. Rxb5 $18) 46. Re8+ Rxe8 47. Rxe8+ Kb7
48. Rxb8+ Kxb8 49. h4 gxh4 50. gxh4 Bc5 51. Bg7 b4 52. h5 b3 53. h6 Bf8 $5 {
[#]3 Sekunden dachte ich, neben dem Brett stehend, daß die Lage nun noch nicht
so klar sei, dann zog Sune} 54. Be5+ 1-0

[Event "Lausanne FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2020.03.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Sebag, Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Muzychuk,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,75,16,28,97,58,50,64,82,82,50,42,38,33,2,-22,-25,-104,-59,-153,-130,
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708]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Ng5 O-O 7. h4 {
This idea became popular after Daniil Dubov introduced it in his rapid game vs
Boris Gelfand. At first glance it looks like Black did not do anything wrong
and White's attack should be premature. However, nowadays chess has become a
much more concrete game, and the moves which were not seriously considered
earlier appear to be very interesting and appealing. Indeed, the statistics
claims White is doing very well in this line - according to my database after
7.h4 White won 7 games out of 12. Nevertheless things are not so clear, and I
believe players from the black side will try to find an antidote in the next
games. Diese Idee wurde populär, nachdem Daniil Dubov sie in seiner
Schnellpartie gegen Boris Gelfand in die Praxis einführte. Auf den ersten
Blick sieht es so aus, als ob Schwarz nichts falsch gemacht hätte und der
Angriff von Weiß verfrüht sein sollte. Doch heutzutage ist Schach ein viel
konkreteres Spiel geworden, und die Züge, die man früher nichts ernsthaft in
Betracht zog, scheinen jetzt sehr interessant und attraktiv. In der Tat meint
die Statistik, dass Weiß in dieser Variante ausgezeichnet punktet - laut
meiner Datenbank gewann er g. nach 7.h4 7 von 12 Partien. Dessen ungeachtet
ist die Sache nicht so klar, und ich glaube, die Spieler auf der Schwarzseite
werden sich in den nächsten Partien anstrengen, ein Gegenmittel zu finden.} h6
$6 {Marie wasn't familiar with this new concept and after some time of
thinking she came up with this move. In my opinion this is not the correct way
to face the line since after 7...h6 Black does not really threaten to capture
the knight while White gets an extra tempo for developing the attack. Marie
war mit diesem neuen Konzept nicht vertraut und kam nach einiger Zeit auf
diesen Zug. Meines Erachtens ist dies nicht die richtige Reaktion darauf, da
Schwarz nach 7...h6 nicht wirklich droht, den Springer zu schlagen, während
Weiß ein Extratempo für die Entwicklung des Angriffs bekommt.} (7... Na5 {
was played by Gelfand and Moiseenko, as well as in some correspondence games.
This looks logical as the bishop on c4 is very annoying but after wurde von
Gelfand und Moiseenko gespielt sowie in einigen Fernpartien. Dies wirkt
logisch, da der Läufer auf c4 sehr lästig ist, aber nach} 8. f4 {some
radical measures should be taken: sollten einige radikale Maßnahmen ergriffen
werden:} d5 $1 ({The reason is that after Der Grund ist, dass nach} 8... Nxc4 {
White simply gets a very comfortable attack without any risk: Weiß einfach
einen sehr bequemen Angriff ohne jegliches Risiko bekommt:} 9. dxc4 d6 10. f5
g6 (10... h6 11. Qf3 (11. a4 $5 {[%cal Yb7b5]}) 11... Bd7 12. Nh3 (12. g4 $18)
12... b5 13. g4 b4 14. Nd1 Bc6 15. Nhf2 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxh4+ 17. Ndf2 Bxf2+ 18.
Kxf2 d5 19. Bxh6 dxe4 20. Qh3 f6 21. Be3 Qe7 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Qg6+ Kg8 24. Rh7
Be8 25. Rah1 {1-0 (25) Kryvoruchko,Y (2675)-Moiseenko,A (2623) Lutsk 2019 1-0 
(25) Kryvoruchko,Y (2675)-Moiseenko,A (2623) Lutsk 2019}) (10... h5 11. Nd5 Ng4
12. a4 (12. Ne3 $5) 12... Bd7 13. Ne3 Nf6 14. g4 $18 g6 15. Qf3 Kg7 16. gxh5
Nxh5 17. Rg1 Bxg5 18. Rxg5 Rh8 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Nf5+ Bxf5 21. exf5 e4 22. Qc3+
Kf7 23. fxg6+ Kg8 24. b3 Ng7 25. Bb2 Qe7 26. Qg3 e3 27. Qf3 Rxh4 28. Qf7+ Qxf7
29. gxf7+ Kf8 30. Rxg7 {1-0 (30) Dubov,D (2660)-Gelfand,B (2725) Moscow 2016
1-0 (30) Dubov,D (2660)-Gelfand,B (2725) Moscow 2016}) 11. g4 h5 12. gxh5 (12.
Rg1 Nxg4 13. Rxg4 hxg4 14. Qxg4 Qe8 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. Be3 Kh8 17. O-O-O f6 18.
Ne6 Bxe6 19. Rg1 $1 Bd7 20. Qg2 $16) 12... gxf5 13. Qf3 (13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Rg1
Kh8 $13 {1-0 (47) Hakobyan,A (2554)-Skibbe,W (2245) Karlsruhe 2019 1-0 (47)
Hakobyan,A (2554)-Skibbe,W (2245) Karlsruhe 2019}) (13. Rg1 Kh8 14. Qf3 fxe4)
13... fxe4 14. Ncxe4 Ng4 (14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxh4+ 16. Kf1 f5 17. Bh6 $18) 15.
Rg1 (15. Bd2 $16) (15. Nc3 $16) 15... f6 16. Nh3 f5 17. Neg5 $16) 9. Nxd5 (9.
Bxd5 Bg4 10. Qd2 Nc6 $1 $44 (10... exf4 11. O-O)) (9. exd5 $2 Bg4 10. Qd2 Nxc4
11. dxc4 exf4 $19) 9... Nxc4 10. dxc4 Nxd5 11. cxd5 exf4 12. Bxf4 Re8 13. O-O (
13. e5 f6 14. Ne4 Bf5 15. Qf3 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Bd6 17. O-O-O Bxe5 {is close to
equality. ist nahe am Ausgleich.}) 13... Bxg5 {and White was pressing a bit
after both 14.hxg5 and 14.Bxg5, but Black managed to hold: und sowohl nach 14.
hxg5 als auch 14.Lxg5 war Weiß ein bisschen am Drücker, aber Schwarz konnte
sich halten:} 14. hxg5 (14. Bxg5 f6 15. Bf4 Rxe4 16. d6 Qd7 17. Qd5+ Qe6 18.
Rad1 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Bd7 20. Rxc5 Bc6 21. Rf2 Kf7 22. Kh2 Rae8 23. Bg3 Ke6 24. c4
Rc8 25. Rd2 {1/2 (25) Podvoysky,E (2393)-Rudenko,A (2328) ICCF email 2017 1/2 
(25) Podvoysky,E (2393)-Rudenko,A (2328) ICCF email 2017}) 14... Rxe4 15. Qf3
Bf5 16. c4 Rxc4 17. Rae1 Qd7 18. Be5 Bg4 19. Qd3 Ra4 20. Bc3 Rf8 21. d6 Ra6 22.
Be5 Be6 23. Qc3 Rxd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Rd1 Qc7 26. a3 c4 27. Qd4 Qg3 28. Qf4
Qxf4 29. Rxf4 h6 30. gxh6 Rc8 31. hxg7 Kxg7 32. Rd6 Rc5 33. Kf2 Rb5 34. Rd2 Rc5
35. Rc2 Rd5 36. Ke3 Rd3+ 37. Ke4 Kf8 38. Rff2 Ke7 39. Rfd2 Rg3 40. Rc3 Rg5 41.
Kf4 Rf5+ 42. Ke4 b5 43. Rc1 Rg5 44. Kf4 Rf5+ 45. Ke3 Re5+ 46. Kf2 a5 47. Rd4 b4
48. a4 Kf6 49. g4 Kg5 50. Kf3 Bd5+ 51. Kg3 {1/2 (51) Jonsson,D (2557)-Cruzado
Duenas,C (2570) ICCF email 2018 1/2 (51) Jonsson,D (2557)-Cruzado Duenas,C 
(2570) ICCF email 2018}) (7... d6 {wouldn't be my recommendation for Black.
wäre nicht meine Empfehlung für Schwarz.} 8. Nd5 Nxd5 (8... h6 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6
10. Qh5 {and nothing can stop White playing Qg6 on the next move. und Dg6 von
Weiß im nächsten Zug ist nicht zu verhindern.}) 9. Bxd5 g6 10. Nf3 $16 {
[%cal Yh4h5,Yc1h6]} (10. f4 Nb4 11. Bb3 d5 $132) (10. Nxh7 $5 Kxh7 11. Qd2 Bf6
12. Qh6+ Kg8 13. Qxg6+ Bg7 14. Bh6 Qf6 15. Qxf6 Bxf6 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 $14)) 8. Nd5
{Following the idea of 7.h4. White wants to eliminate the f6-knight, then play
Qh5 attacking the f7-pawn and keeping in mind the hidden but very unpleasant
idea of Qg6. Folgt der Idee von 7.h4. Weiß will den f6-Springer eliminieren,
dann Dh5 mit Angriff auf den f7-Bauern spielen und dabei die versteckte, aber
sehr unangenehme Idee Dg6 im Auge behalten.} Nxd5 (8... Nd4 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10.
c3 (10. Qh5 $5 {leads to some crazy lines which are very entertaining but
Black should be okay there. führt zu ein paar verrückten Varianten, die
extrem unterhaltsam sind, aber Schwarz sollte dort ordentlich stehen.}) (10. a4
$5 {[%cal Yb7b5]}) 10... Ne6 11. Nxe6 dxe6 (11... fxe6 12. Qh5 $14) 12. Qh5 $40
{with the idea of Rh3-Rg3 or g4-g5. mit der Idee Th3-Tg3 oder g4-g5.}) 9. exd5
$1 {Over the board novelty. I'm glad that during the game I managed to find
the strongest continuation. Eine Neuerung am Brett. Es freut mich, dass es mir
während der Partie gelang, die stärkste Fortsetzung zu finden.} (9. Bxd5 {
is weaker: ist schwächer:} Nb4 $1 (9... hxg5 {loses on the spot due to
verliert auf der Stelle wegen} 10. hxg5 g6 11. Qg4 Kg7 12. Rh7+ $3 Kxh7 13.
Qh4+ Kg8 14. Bd2 $18 {White still needs 3 moves to mate - 0-0-0, Rh1 and Qh7++
or Qh8++ - but there is simply no defense. Weß braucht noch drei Züge, um
mattzusetzen - 0-0-0, Th1 und Dh7++ oder Dh8++ - aber es gibt einfach keine
Verteidigung.} Re8 15. Qh6 $1 (15. O-O-O Bf8)) 10. Bxf7+ (10. Bb3 $2 hxg5 {
Now this works! Jetzt funktioniert das!} 11. hxg5 g6 12. Qg4 Kg7 13. Rh7+ Kxh7
14. Qh4+ Kg8 15. Bd2 Re8 (15... d5 16. O-O-O f6 $19) 16. Qh6 (16. O-O-O Bf8 17.
Rh1 Bg7 $19) 16... d5 $19) 10... Rxf7 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. c3 Nc6 13. Qh5+ Kf8 (
13... Kg8 14. Bxh6) 14. Qf5+ Bf6 (14... Kg8 15. Qg6 {[%cal Yc1h6]}) 15. g4 d6 (
15... d5 16. Qf3 $13) 16. Qf3 h5 17. gxh5 (17. g5 $2 Bg4) 17... Ke7 $13) 9...
b5 $1 {That's creative! Das ist kreativ!} ({After Nach} 9... Nd4 {it was
important to spot war es wichtig,} 10. d6 $1 Bxd6 11. Qh5 Ne6 12. Ne4 Be7 13.
Bxe6 dxe6 (13... fxe6 14. Bxh6 $18) 14. Bxh6 $18 {When I played 9.exd5! I saw
all these ideas with Bxh6 and my estimation was that "White has a better and
promising position". The computer is firmer by indicating "+-". zu sehen. Als
ich 9.exd5! spielte, erkannte ich all diese Ideen mit Lxh6, und meine
Einschätzung lautete "Weiß hat eine bessere und aussichtsreiche Stellung".
Der Computer ist deutlicher und vermeldet "+-".}) 10. Bb3 {The only move.
Other options would have turned the tables: Der einzige Zug. Nach anderen
Optionen hätte sich das Blatt gewendet:} (10. Bxb5 {is simply refuted by wird
einfach widerlegt durch.} Qa5+) (10. dxc6 bxc4 11. cxd7 Qxd7 12. Nf3 cxd3 $19)
10... Nd4 (10... c4 {perhaps was better from a practical point of view. war
aus praktischer Sicht vielleicht besser.} 11. dxc4 bxc4 (11... Na5 12. d6) 12.
Bxc4 Na5 13. Qd3 e4 14. Nxe4 $16) 11. d6 $1 Bxd6 (11... Bb7 12. dxe7 Qxe7 13.
c3 $16 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bc6 16. Ne4 Qxh4 17. Ra6 $1 $18) 12. Bd5 Rb8
13. Qh5 Qf6 {Maybe this is not the best move, but it is already difficult to
give a good advice. Vielleicht ist dies nicht der beste Zug, aber guter Rat
ist bereits teuer.} (13... Ne6 {was more tenacious but after war hartnäckiger,
aber nach} 14. Ne4 {followed by Bxh6 Black's position is quite unpleasant.
nebst Lxh6 ist die schwarze Stellung ziemlich unangenehm.} Qe7 (14... Be7 15.
Bxh6 f5 (15... Rb6 16. Qg4 Kh7 17. Bd2 $18) (15... gxh6 16. Qxh6 $18) 16. Bxg7
$1 Kxg7 17. Rh3 $18) 15. Bxh6 Bb7 16. Be3 g6 17. Qf3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Bxb7
f5 20. O-O fxe4 21. Qxe4 {and White is winning or very close to that. und
Weiß gewinnt bzw. steht sehr dicht davor.}) 14. c3 $1 {This is the only
winning move and I spent nearly 40 minutes on it. It took me so much time
because the idea of 14.Ne4 Qf5 15.Bg5 looked quite promising and tempting too.
Promising and tempting but ... wrong! Dies ist der einzige Gewinnzug, und ich
brauchte 40 Minuten dafür. Es dauerte so lange, weil die Idee 14.Se4 Df5 15.
Lg5 ebenfalls recht vielversprechend und verlockend aussah. Vielversprechend
und verlockend aber... falsch!} (14. Ne4 $2 Qf5 15. Bg5 {The ideas of g4 or
Nf6+ gxf6/ Be4 are in the air, but Black has more than one defense here: Die
Ideen g4 oder Sf6+ gxf6/ Le4 liegen in der Luft, aber Schwarz hat hier mehr
als eine Verteidigung:} (15. Qxf5 Nxf5 16. g4 {does not win as Black has
gewinnt nicht, denn Schwarz hat} Ne7) 15... Bc7 (15... Nxc2+ $2 16. Kd2 (16.
Kf1 $2 Ne3+ $19) 16... Nb4 17. g4 Qh7 18. Nf6+ gxf6 19. Be4 Qh8 20. Bxh6 $18) (
15... Rb6 $5 {is probably the strongest - ist vermutlich am stärksten -} 16.
g4 Qh7) (15... Be7 16. c3 Bd8 17. O-O-O $13) 16. Nf6+ gxf6 17. Be4 fxg5 18.
Bxf5 Nxf5 19. hxg5 Rb6 {Only Black can be better here. Nur Schwarz kann hier
besser stehen.}) 14... Bb7 (14... Ne6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Bxh6 $18 {I think we
have already learnt this motif, right? :) Ich glaube, dieses Motiv haben wir
bereits gelernt, stimmt's? :)}) 15. Ne4 (15. Bxb7 {is winning too but that
would have been less precise. gewinnt ebenfalls, aber dies wäre weniger genau
gewesen.} Nc2+ 16. Kd1 Nxa1 17. Bd5 $18) 15... Qe7 (15... Qf5 16. Qxf5 Nxf5 17.
Bxb7 Rxb7 18. g4 $18 {Now there is no more bishop on d5, so no more Ne7 as in
the line 14.Ne4 Qf5 15.Qxf5 Nxf5 16.g4. White will be just a piece up. Jetzt
gibt es keinen Läufer mehr auf d5, als auch kein Se7 mehr wie in der Variante
14.Se4 Df5 15.Dxf5 Sxf5 16.g4. Weiß wird einfach eine Figur mehr haben.}) (
15... Qd8 16. cxd4 (16. Bxb7 $18) 16... Bxd5 17. Nxd6 $18) 16. Bg5 {In style.
Now I'm either winning the queen or mating after Nf6+. Stilvoll. Jetzt gewinne
ich entweder die Dame oder setze nach Sf6+ matt.} Nc2+ (16... Qe8 17. Nf6+ gxf6
18. Qg6+ Kh8 19. Bxf6#) (16... Bxd5 17. Bxe7 $18) 17. Kd2 Bxd5 18. Bxe7 Bxe7
19. Kxc2 {This is the move I played instantly and immediately regretted it.
Obviously White's position is completely winning, but had I played 19.Qxe5 the
game would have ended much quicker. Dies ist der Zug, den ich sofort spielte
und im gleichen Moment bereute. Natürlich ist die weiße Stellung komplett
gewonnen, aber hätte ich 19.Dxe5 gespielt, wäre die Partie viel schneller
vorbei gewesen.} (19. Qxe5 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nxa1 21. Qxe7 $18) 19... f5 20. Ng3
Be6 {White has a huge material advantage and almost any move is winning, but a
game is decided only after resignation. Weiß hat riesigen Materialvorteil und
fast jeder Zug gewinnt, aber eine Partie ist ja bekanntlich erst nach der
Aufgabe entschieden.} 21. Qe2 (21. f4 {was also logical to break Black's
strong centre. war ebenfalls logisch, um das starke schwarze Zentrum
aufzuhebeln.} exf4 22. Ne2 $18) 21... f4 22. Nf1 Bf6 23. Nd2 d5 24. g4 c4 25.
d4 (25. dxc4 bxc4 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 Bf5+ 28. Kc1 Bxg5 29. Qxe5 $18) 25... e4
(25... f3 26. Qe3 Bxg4 27. dxe5 Rbe8 28. Qf4 $18) 26. Nxe4 {The good thing
about material advantage is that you always have an option of converting it to
some other pluses :) The rest is easy. Das gute an Materialvorteil ist, dass
man immer eine Möglichkeit hat, ihn in irgendwelche anderen Pluspunkte
umzuwandeln. :) Der Rest ist leicht.} (26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 Bxg5 28. Qh5 $18)
26... dxe4 27. Qxe4 Bxg4 28. Rag1 Bh5 29. Qf5 Be8 30. Rg4 b4 31. Rhg1 bxc3 32.
bxc3 Ba4+ 33. Kc1 Kh8 34. Qa5 Bc6 35. Rxf4 Rb5 36. Rxf6 Rxf6 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38.
Qe7 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2845"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {Magnus favourite opening of late, obviously played in the
World Championship but actually starting already from the 2018 Sinquefield Cup.
There MVL played 3.Nc3, but since then the focus has been on first 3.Bb5 and
then the popular 7.Nd5 in the Sveshnikov where Caruana earlier in the
tournament continued his theoretical discusion vs. Magnus.} 3. Nc3 {Svidler
copies MVL, staying away from the most principal battles.} e5 4. Bc4 Be7 $5 {
Absolutely the standard move, but in St. Louis Magnus choose the more
surprising 4...g6, but here reverts to the standard.} 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 $5 {
Kasparov's favourite move, aiming for the control of d5. Later attention
switched to 6.0-0 Nf6 7.Ng5 leading to a much sharper battle, but the
positional approach both has logic and venom.} Nf6 {The modest 6...Bg5 was the
choice in the early encounters, but modern theory has started to focus on this
natural development move.} 7. Nf1 Nd7 $5 {This, however, is much less played,
but does follow in the footsteps of both Kramnik and Gelfand and was also
employed twice by Lenic in his 2917 World Cup match vs. Magnus' French second
Laurent Fressinet. The idea is to exchange White's strong knight on d5, and
while obviously this also could be done from f6, and thus by logic Black just
throws away 2 tempi, the point is doing it on Black's terms, trying to force
White to take on b6.} 8. Nd5 (8. Ne3 {was Fressinet and Kasparov's choice, and
while White does keep a nominal edge, neither managed to break down the
solidity of Black's position.}) 8... Nb6 9. Nxb6 $5 axb6 10. c3 {This is the
point of White's play, creating a somewhat akward double pawn, and now not
allowing 10.Ne3 b5! removing the weakness due to 11.Bxb5 Qa5+! losing a piece.}
(10. Ne3 b5 $1 11. Bxb5 Qa5+ $1 {[%cal Ga5e1,Ga5b5]}) 10... O-O 11. Ne3 Bg5 12.
O-O {Here Kramnik took on e3 followed by ...Qe7 and Be6 equalising, and the
engines verify similar thoughts, suggesting 12...Be6. But how do you actually
play for a win?} Kh8 $5 {At least posing the question if ...f5 next is a
"threat" as well as generally safeguarding the king.} 13. a3 $6 (13. Nd5 {
now ould have been safer as after} Bxc1 14. Qxc1 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qe3 {
White does keep a pleasant position with b4 or f4 next.}) {Svidler however
indicates that ...f5 does not worry him, and Magnus follows with maybe you
should be?} 13... f5 $1 14. Nxf5 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Bxf5 16. exf5 d5 $1 {White got
bishop vs knight, but black has the f-file and more pawns in the centre.} 17.
Ba2 {Svidler plays ambitiously eyeing the d5-pawn as a potential weakness.} ({
but safer would be the liquidating} 17. Bb5 $5 Rxf5 18. Bxc6 {simplifying with
a likely draw.}) {Not the battle focuses around if White's bishop on a2 will
be in or out of play:} 17... Rxf5 18. Qg4 Rf6 19. f4 $6 {The wish to exchange
as well as annulate the pressure in the f-line is understandable, but the
ensuing tactics turns out (very) well for Black. Common sense chess with 19.
Rce1 Qd6 20.Qd1 brings some harmony into White's positions, and while his
aggressive prospects are not huge, he does have a solid position. After the
game move, however, not so much.} (19. Rce1 Qd6 20. Qd1) 19... exf4 20. Qg5 {
A neccesary intermediate move} ({as} 20. Rxf4 $2 {loses material immediately to
} Ne5 21. Qg3 Rxf4 22. Qxf4 Nxd3) 20... Qf8 $1 {While the early phase of this
game of Magnus has seen standard moves combined with a bit of provocation, the
rest is another serious matter, developing a strong attack and finishing it
off in style. Keeping the f4 pawn is crucial in his attacking concept, and
readmitting the bishop on a2 into the game of much lesser importance, as the
game will show its just shooting into thin air.} 21. Qxd5 {21.Bxd5 rerouting
the bishop to e4 would have been ideal strategically, but unfortunately drops
a pieces due to 21...Rf5!} (21. Bxd5 Rf5 $1) 21... Rd8 $1 22. Qf3 $6 {Logical
and consequent, but giving Black everything he wants.} (22. Qg5 h6 23. Qh5 Rxd3
24. Rce1 {is indeed a pawn down, but with decent compensation with good
chances of a draw.}) 22... Ne5 23. Qe4 $5 {Svidler maybe pinned his hopes on
this move, kicking the knight and thus not allowing ...f3 which would be
lethal after the direct 23.Qxb7.} (23. Qxb7 f3 $1) 23... Ng4 $1 {Magnus is in
the zone, both mentally but also with the knight invading next on e3 where it
becomes the fix-point of the black attack.} (23... Nxd3 {would leave Black a
pawn up but the attack would then evaporate.}) 24. Rce1 Ne3 25. Rf2 Re8 $1 26.
Qxb7 g5 $1 {First a pawn sac and then followed up by this key move. The knight
on e3 and the pawn on f4 completely block White's rooks, and the bishop on a2
basically is on an empty diagonal as Black's attack will happen on the dark
squares. White's position might look sufficiently solid, but the march of the
g-pawn drastically changes that. White'ss position is actually so bad that
there is nothing he can do, and Svidler decides to literally do that, going
back and forth:} 27. Rfe2 $6 {I guess should be criticised on principle, but I
cannot offer any reasonable alternative.} g4 28. Rf2 Qh6 $1 {Simply
threatening ...g3 and then mate on h2.} 29. Qc7 {X-raying the g3 square.} Ref8
$1 {Renewing the threat of... g3, with hxg3 Ng4+! now being the followup, and
there is no longer a rook hanging on e8 against which White can do absolutely
nothing.} 30. h3 $5 {One might think that Svidler decided to be a good sport
and allow a very spectacular finish, but actually his position is just dead
lost.} ({The computer wants tragic moves like} 30. Qe5 g3 31. hxg3 Ng4 32.
Qxf6+) ({or} 30. g3 fxg3 31. Qxg3 {allowing} Rxf2 {just to illustrate how
desperate the situation actually is.}) 30... gxh3 31. g3 fxg3 32. Rxf6 $5 {
The idea is that after 32...Qxf6 33 Qxg3 white does fight on, but also that
after:} h2+ $1 33. Kh1 g2# {We have a mate that just speak for itself in its
beauty:} 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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"]

{Magnus Carlsen: "My game against Gelfand in round 10, annotated by Peter
Heine Nielsen below, represents the level of chess I aspired to play at in the
Candidates. Although I did not succeed in every game, I take great comfort in
having reached the main objective which was to qualify for the World
Championship match against V. Anand. I would like to express my gratitude to
Peter Heine and the other seconds for their valuable help in reaching this
goal."} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {Openingwise the players are basically 2 opposites.
While Carlsen moves around a lot, Gelfand, both in the WC-match with Anand and
in this Candidates tournaments stayed completely loyal to the Grünfeld against
1.d4 and the Sveshnikov against 1.e4.} 3. Bb5 $5 {Sveshnikov was right! At
least judged by the current trends, White players seems to concede that the
actual Sveshnikov Sicilian is fine for Black, and that 3.Bb5 is the way to
fight for the advantage. As Sveshnikov claimed years back. Anand did well with
Bb5 in the match, and later both Caruana and Ponomariov posed Gelfand some
problems.} e6 4. O-O ({In round 7 Magnus played} 4. Bxc6 {against Radjabov,
and after} bxc6 5. b3 d6 6. O-O $5 {tried this idea, deviating from 6.e5 which
was both played by McShane and Grischuk against Radjabov. The idea is that
after 6...e5 we have a position known from 3...d6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.0-0 only with
the white pawn on b3 instead of b2. Not a huge difference, but definitely
leading to a playble position for White. Here Radjabov played} Ne7 $5 {and in
a complex position, Magnus hallucinated, and was suddenly lost, but saved the
game after inaccurate play by Radjabov.}) 4... Nge7 5. Re1 a6 $5 {In the
Tashkent Grand Prix against Caruana and Ponomariov, Gelfand chose 5...Nd4, but
part of the reason behind being able to succesfully repeat his openings, is
having small surprises within them, and for this candidates he had prepared 5..
.a6, and employed it already succesfully with Grischuk in round 6.} 6. Bf1 d5
7. exd5 $5 {I was seconding Magnus in London, but also got help from other
seconds online. They suggested this line, thinking it leads to a moderately
pleasant position, with a long game ahead, which should suit Magnus style
excellently.} ({Grischuk played} 7. d3 {and we saw an unusually sharp fight
for pawn structure with big decisions early on:} d4 $5 8. e5 $5 Nd5 9. c4 $5
dxc3 10. bxc3 Rb8 11. Bb2 b5 $5 {and after a tactical error by Grischuk
Gelfand got a winning position, although the game ended in a draw.}) 7... Nxd5
8. d4 Nf6 9. Be3 cxd4 (9... Be7 {might be slightly more accurate as after} 10.
c4 O-O 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 {instead of 12...Bd7 also 12...Qc7 indenting ...
Rd8 is possible.}) 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. c4 {This is the concept. White has a bit
more space and a queenside majority. Black of course a healthy and solid
position though.} Nxd4 (11... Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nf3 $5 {White has been quite
succesful with, and this is an argument for Gelfand's choice, securing
relieving exchanges before it is too late.}) (11... Bb4 $5 {is a principled
choice, but after} 12. Nc3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Bf4 {White's activity more
than compensates for the structural weaknesses. After} Nxd4 $5 15. cxd4 Bc6 {
surprisingly suddenly we have the typically Nimzo pawn structure, very similar
to game 11 in the Anand-Gelfand match, where Gelfand had a pleasant position
with the 2 bishops, before that game was drawn.}) 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Nc3 Be7 14.
a3 $5 {Magnus was happy with this decision, as he thought the interpolation of
a3/a5 is probably favouring White.} (14. Qd3 O-O 15. Rad1 {This was played in
the stem game Kinmark (that's actually an anagram of Kramnik as my Swedish
friends have pointed out!) -Paoli 1975, also being slightly more pleasant for
White.}) 14... a5 $5 {The principled approach, and what one would expect from
Gelfand.} (14... O-O 15. b4 {is what White wants, but as usual only a slight
edge.}) 15. Qd3 O-O (15... a4 $6 {is an ambitious attempt, but after} 16. Rad1
O-O 17. Qg3 {White's initiative becomes too strong.}) 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Be5 Qb6
18. Qg3 Rfd8 (18... Nh5 $5 19. Qh3 Nf6 {would be an interesting way to defend,
as now Bc7 no longer annoys Black, and Black is threatening ...Rfd8.} 20. Bd3
h6 21. Bd4 Qc7 22. b4 $1 {and White still keeps an edge though.}) 19. Rxd8+ (
19. Nd5 {Magnus said at the press-conference that he had wasted quite some
time on this move, which fails due to a small tactic:} exd5 20. Bd4 Bc5 21.
Bxf6 Bxf2+ $1 {leading to a drawish ending.}) 19... Qxd8 20. Rd1 Qb6 (20... Qf8
$5 {Speelman mentioned this move at the press conference, to which Gelfand
quite rightly replied that from a practical perspective it has no huge
relevance. Gelfand's plan was hampering Black's queenside play in an ambitious
manner, but this more defensive move does have some bite, as the following
tactic:} 21. b4 $5 axb4 22. axb4 Nh5 $1 23. Qg4 Bxb4 24. Qxh5 f6 $1 25. Bd3 g6
$1 {amazingly holds up for Black, as after} 26. Bxg6 $2 (26. Qg4 $1 fxe5 27.
Qxe6+ Qf7 28. Qxe5 Ra5 {and Black has enough compensation to draw here}) 26...
hxg6 27. Qxg6+ Qg7 {and due to the mate on g2, White can't take on f6 with the
queen, and thus suddenly ends up a piece short! Instead of 21.b4, probably 21.
Bd3!? is stronger, and White remains comfortably placed.}) 21. Bd4 Qb3 22. Rd3
(22. Rd2 {is more modest, but White still has a pleasant game after eg.} a4 23.
Qc7 Nd7 24. Be3 Bd8 25. Qg3 {But the game puts much more direct pressure on
Black.}) 22... Qc2 23. b4 $1 axb4 24. axb4 Nh5 25. Qe5 (25. Qe3 $5 {This
computer move also keeps an edge, the main point being} Bxb4 26. Qg5 g6 (26...
f6 $1 {a much better fighting chance} 27. Qxh5 e5 28. Qf5 Rf8 $1 {() and
although White is better, Black keeps definite figthing chances}) 27. Ne4 $1
Bxe4 28. Qe5 $1 {and Black's position suddenly collapses.}) 25... Bf6 {The
toughest defence.} ({Both players saw} 25... Ra1 26. Nd1 $1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Qxd1
28. Qb8+ Bf8 29. Bc5 h6 30. Qxf8+ Kh7 {and now} 31. Qd6 $1 {is the key
bringing back the queen for defence, and the ensuing endings will just be
winning for White due to the queenside majority and the pair of bishops.} (31.
Qxf7 $2 Be4 $1 {however would completely reverse the situation, as ...Bd3
can't be stopped.})) 26. Qxh5 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Qxc3 28. Qa5 $1 {The point behind
23.b4, without this, White wouldn't even be better. But now with this
intermezzo, White just manages to coordinate in time, and thus his queenside
majority secures a huge edge.} Rf8 29. Qb6 e5 {The only way to fight.} 30. Rd1
(30. Rd8 $5 g6 31. b5 Be4 32. Rd7 {transposes to the line below.}) 30... g6 31.
b5 Be4 32. Qf6 $6 (32. h4 $5) (32. Rd7 {This seems almost winning, the idea
being Qd6 next, and if now ...Bf5, then Rxb7.} Qe1 33. Qd6 $16) 32... h5 $6 (
32... Bf5 $1 {A very good fighting chance,} 33. Rd5 Be6 34. Qxe5 Qxe5 35. Rxe5
Rc8 {as this could be easily drawn for Black, White should probably not
liquidate into this ending. An important line is} 36. c5 Kf8 37. Bd3 Bd7 $1 {
followed by ...f6 winning back the pawn.}) 33. h4 Bf5 34. Rd5 Qc1 $5 (34... Be6
35. Qxe5 Qxe5 36. Rxe5 Rc8 37. c5 Kf8 38. Bd3 Bd7 {is now different, as ...f6
would weaken the g6-pawn, and thus h4/h5 greatly favours White.}) 35. Qxe5 Be6
36. Rd4 Ra8 37. Qe2 {Gelfand has reasonable activity for the pawn, but in time
pressure commits a few inaccuracies, which Magnus punished mercilessly.} Kh7 $6
(37... Qa1 38. Qd1 Kg7 {eg. was a much tougher defence} 39. c5 $2 Qc3 $1 {
being one resource.}) 38. Rd1 Qc3 39. Qe4 Ra1 $2 {But ...Ra7 as the computer
thinks, fights on. But it is impossible for a human to play.} 40. Rxa1 Qxa1 41.
c5 $1 {The time control has been reached, but now White is completely winning,
as nothing stops his pawns marching forward.} Qc3 42. Qxb7 (42. b6 {would
indeed be safer, but Magnus missed Gelfand's reply to his next move.}) 42...
Qe1 $5 (42... Qxc5 43. b6 {followed by Qa6, and the pawn just queens.}) 43. b6
{Magnus said at the press conference that he quite quickly recovered from the
shock, and that despite losing the bishop on f1, it doesn't really change much,
as what matters is that the white pawns are queening.} Bc4 44. Qf3 $1 Qxf1+ 45.
Kh2 Qb1 46. b7 Qb5 47. c6 Bd5 48. Qg3 $1 {Controlling g2, and h4, eliminating
even any small attempts at counterplay, and simultaneously queening the b-pawn
made Gelfand resign. Probably Magnus' best game in London. He achieved only a
small edge in the opening, but with some precise tactics managed to enlarge it,
and then increased it to decisive proportions in Gelfand's time trouble. This
gave Carlsen the sole lead, but much more was still to happen...} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 6148]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 ({main
continuation in this position is} 5... a6 6. Bf1 ({another possibility is} 6.
Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d6 (8... Qc7 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. Nc3 b5 11. a4 b4 12.
Nd5 Bb7 13. Bd2 a5 14. c3 $5 $14 {Glek,I-Bischoff,K/Bad Zwesten GER 2002 (43)
and black has problems with development of kingside}) 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6
11. Qg4 {[%csl Gg7]} Kf8 (11... O-O 12. Bh6 Bf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Ne4 $40 {
[%cal Ga1d1]}) 12. e5 d5 13. Be3 $14 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Ga1d1,Gc3a4] Sandipan,
C-Shariyazdanov,A/Moscow RUS 2002 (47)}) 6... d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bd3 Ng6 (8...
g6 9. Be4 Qd6 10. b4 $5 {[%cal Gc1b2]} Bg7 11. bxc5 Qxc5 12. Ba3 Qa5 13. c3 $14
{[%cal Gd2d4] 1-0 Benjamin,J-Shabalov,A/Foxwoods Open, Connecticut USA 2002 
(40)}) 9. Be4 Qd6 10. c3 Be7 11. d4 O-O 12. Be3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nc3 $14 {
[%csl Rg6] Benjamin,J-Hahn,A/Seattle USA 2002 in tipical position with
isolated pawn-1 question:whats doing black knight on g6?!}) 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. c3
a6 8. Ba4 Nc6 9. d3 {[%cal Gb1d2,Gd2f3]} Bc5 10. Qh5 Ba7 (10... d6 11. Bg5 Qc7
12. Nd2 $14 {[%cal Ga1c1]}) 11. Bg5 Qa5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nd2 h6 ({too
dangerouse was for black to accept pawn sac after} 13... dxc3 14. Nc4 Qc5 15.
bxc3 Qxf2+ 16. Kh1 {[%cal Gc4d6]} Qc5 (16... O-O 17. Be7 $16 {[%cal Ge1f1]})
17. e5 O-O 18. Re3 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge3g3,Ge3h3]}) 14. e5 {[%csl Re8][%cal
Gd2e4,Ge4d6]} d5 $8 15. Nb3 Qb5 16. cxd4 $16 {white can be satisfied with the
opening results:pawn up,uncastled black king,bad bishop on c8.......} a5 17.
Qh4 (17. Be3 $5 a4 18. Qg4 $1 Kf8 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Qxd3 21. Rad1 Qf5 22.
Qh4 $16) 17... a4 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 {[%cal Gg5e7,Ge7d6] now whites
maneuvre Be7-d6 looks very strong!So black doesn't have time to capture any of
whites pawns. White initiative looks quite dangerous,and opposite colour
bishops makes this fact even more serious.} Ra7 $8 20. Rad1 Qxb2 21. Rb1 Qc3
22. h3 {profilactic} Qxd3 23. Rb8 O-O 24. Bxh6 Qh7 (24... gxh6 25. Re3 Qd1+ $8
26. Kh2 f5 27. Rg3+ ({white has minimum draw after} 27. Qxh6 {[%cal Ge3g3]} f4
28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Qxe6+ $44) 27... Kh7 28. f4 $40 {[%cal Gg3g5,Gg5h5]}) 25. Bg5
Qxh4 26. Bxh4 Ba6 27. Rb4 Bc4 28. a3 $14 {[%csl Ra4,Rc6,Gg1][%cal Gh4e7,Ge7d6,
Ge1b1,Yf2f3,Yg1d4,Gh3h4] arising endgame is better for white:their rooks are
more active,taking the only open-b file and white also has clear perspectives
for its king and bishop.} Rfa8 29. f3 $6 (29. Reb1 Ra5 30. Be7 Rb5 31. Bd6 $14
{[%cal Gf2f3]}) 29... Ra5 30. Bf2 Rb5 31. Reb1 Bb3 $2 (31... Rab8 $5 $11) 32.
Rxb5 cxb5 33. Bd4 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gc5c6]} Kf8 34. h4 {[%cal Gh4h6,Gc5c7]} g6
35. Kf2 Kg7 36. Ke3 Rb8 37. Bc3 $16 d4+ {black has to sac a pawn,trying to
make some blockade against passed c pawn} 38. Bxd4 Bd5 39. g4 Bc6 40. Rb2 Rh8
41. Rh2 Rb8 42. Bc3 Rd8 43. Rd2 Rxd2 44. Bxd2 $16 {[%csl Yc6,Yd2][%cal Gc5c7,
Gh4h5] according al the books of endings white has all the chanses to win:} Kf8
45. f4 Bd5 46. Bc3 Bc6 47. Kf2 Be4 48. Kg3 Kg7 49. h5 Kh6 50. Kh4 gxh5 51. gxh5
Bf3 52. Bd2 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Be4 (52... Kg7 53. Kg5 Bd5 54. h6+ Kh7 55. f5 exf5
56. Kxf5 $18 {[%cal Gf5f6,Gf6e7,Ge7d6,Yc5c7]}) 53. f5+ Kg7 54. fxe6 fxe6 55.
Kg5 {[%cal Gh5h6,Gg5e7,Ge7d6] rest of the game is matter of technicue.} Kf7 56.
h6 Bd5 57. Bc3 Be4 58. Bb2 Bd5 59. h7 Kg7 60. h8=Q+ Kxh8 61. Kf6 Kg8 62. Ke7
Kg7 63. Kd7 Kg6 64. c6 Kf5 65. c7 Bb7 66. c8=Q Bxc8+ 67. Kxc8 Ke4 68. Kd7 Kd5
69. Ke7 b4 70. axb4 a3 71. Ba1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 8240]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 f6 6. O-O Nh6 7.
d4 Nf7 8. c4 {looks logical-white adds 'c' pawn to control the centre,but in
my opinion not the best move.Black has more problems after} (8. Ba3 $5 cxd4 9.
Bxf8 Kxf8 10. Qxd4 Qb6 (10... e5 11. Qd2 (11. Qa4 $5 Qb6 12. Nbd2 g6 13. Nc4
Qc5 14. Ne3 a5 15. a3 $5 $14 {[%cal Gb3b4] 1-0 Kovalevskaya,E-Demina,J/Iki
Burul/Yashalta 1998/EXT 99 (35) black has disgarmony between his pieces}) 11...
d6 12. c4 g6 13. Nc3 Kg7 14. Rac1 {white has an advantage after tipical for
this structure} (14. c5 $1 $14) 14... Be6 15. Ne1 Qe7 16. Nd3 g5 17. c5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L-Sveshnikov,E/St Petersburg 1997/CBM 61 ext (49)}) 11. Qd2 g6
12. c4 Kg7 13. Nc3 d6 14. Nd4 e5 15. Nc2 Rf8 16. Na4 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Be6 $13 {
0-1 Kosteniuk,A-Shumiakina,T/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (65)}) 8... cxd4 9. Qxd4 (
9. Nxd4 Be7 (9... Bb7 10. Ne2 Be7 11. Nbc3 O-O 12. Be3 c5 13. Ng3 g6 14. Qd2
Bc6 15. f3 Kg7 16. Nh1 $5 $14 {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Reefat,B/Dhaka 1999/CBM 70 (37)})
10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bb2 $6 {not the best place for the bishop in this pawn
structure} Re8 12. Qd3 c5 13. Nc2 Bb7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Mohr,G-Sveshnikov,E/Bled
1994/TD (30)}) 9... c5 10. Qd3 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rd1 d6 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. a3 (
14. Ne1 $5 {[%cal Ge1c2,Gc2e3,Yf2f3]}) 14... a5 15. Qe2 Bc6 16. a4 Qb6 17. Nb5
Bb7 18. Re1 (18. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Gd2b1,Gb1c3]}) 18... Nd8 $1 {preparing maneuvre
Ne6-d4 after e5.Looks like black has solved his opening problems} 19. Rad1 e5
20. Be3 Ne6 21. Nd2 Nd4 22. Qd3 Rf7 {[%cal Gg7g6,Gf6f5,Ya8f8]} 23. f3 g6 24.
Nb1 {Finally white found a correct plan,but now black pieces are well prepared
to take an initiative on kingside.} f5 25. N1c3 Bh4 26. Rf1 f4 27. Bc1 (27.
Bxd4 $142 exd4 28. Nd5 Bxd5 (28... Qc6 29. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2f4,Gd2a5] prevents
blacks rook entering in the game}) 29. cxd5 {[%cal Gb5a3,Ga3c4]} Bf6 30. Na3
Rb8 31. Rb1 $14 {with visible advantage of white knight over black bishop})
27... Raf8 28. Nd5 Qd8 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. Rd2 Bxd5 31. exd5 (31. cxd5 $5) 31...
Bf6 32. Re2 Be5 33. Bd2 g5 $132 {inresting position:all black pawns are placed
on the squares same colour as his bishop,but bishop on e5 is not worse than
his opponent!} 34. h3 Rg7 35. Re4 h5 36. Kf2 $1 {[%cal Gf2e2,Ge2d1,Gd1c2]
tipical kings escape from Kings Indian} g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Ke1 gxf3 39. gxf3
Qb6 40. Kd1 Rb8 41. Kc2 Rg2 42. Re2 $4 (42. Rb1 $14) 42... Rxe2 $19 {[%csl Rb3]
} 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2003.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 Ne7 (5... d6 6. e5 dxe5 7.
Nxe5 Qd4 8. Nc4 Qxa1 9. Nc3) 6. Bb2 Ng6 7. h4 $5 {Provokes weaknesses on the
kingside.} h5 8. e5 d6 $146 {In my opinion-strategically dubious decision.
Normally in such pawn structure black tries to keep "d" pawn alive,otherwise
doubled "c" pawns will be also isolated.} (8... Be7 9. Nc3 (9. d3 f6 10. Nbd2
d5 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. g3 e5 13. Qe2 Bg4 14. Qe4 Nf8 15. Nh2 Be6 16. Rg1 Bf7 17.
O-O-O Qd5 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 $14 {0-1 Relange,E-Ciemniak,R/Buenos Aires 1992/
EXT 97 (44). (44)}) 9... f6 10. Ne4 Kf7 11. d3 Qc7 12. Qe2 a5 13. a4 Rb8 14.
O-O Nxe5 15. Bxe5 fxe5 16. Neg5+ Bxg5 17. Nxe5+ Ke8 18. hxg5 d6 19. Ng6 Rh7 20.
Qe4 Rb4 21. c4 Qf7 22. Ne5 {1-0 Svetushkin,D-Stoumbos,K/Korinthos 2001/EXT
2002 (22).}) (8... c4 $6 9. bxc4 Rb8 10. Bc3 c5 11. d3 Be7 12. Nbd2 f5 13. exf6
gxf6 14. Qe2 Kf7 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. Qe3 Rbg8 18. Ne4 e5 19. Bb2 d6
20. c3 Nf4 21. Ng3 f5 $17 {0-1 German,P-Milos,G/Buenos Aires 1997/CBM 58 ext 
(39). (39)}) 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Qe2 (10. Na3 $5 f6 (10... Nf4 11. Be5) 11. Nc4
Qd5 12. d3 e5 13. Ne3 Qf7 14. Nd2 $14 {[%csl Gc4,Rc5,Rc6,Gd5,Ge3,Gf5,Gg4][%cal
Gd1f3,Ye1c1]}) 10... f6 11. Qe4 Kf7 12. Nc3 (12. Na3 Qd5) 12... e5 13. O-O-O
Be7 14. d3 Be6 15. g3 {[%csl Gg3,Rg6]} Rad8 16. Rhf1 (16. Qe3 Bg4 17. Ne4 Qd5
18. Rde1 {[%cal Gf3d2]}) 16... Bh3 17. Rg1 Bg4 18. Rde1 Qe6 {[%csl Re4,Rg1]}
19. Nd2 Rd4 20. Qg2 Rhd8 21. f3 (21. Nce4 Kg8) 21... Bh3 22. Qf2 Bf5 23. Nce4
Qd7 24. Nc4 {From now until end of the game white ignores possibility to win
an exchange on d4.And if now black gets just an exellent compensation for this
exchange-13 moves later white misses mate in one move!} Be6 25. g4 hxg4 26.
fxg4 Bxc4 (26... Bxg4 27. Ne3 Bh5 (27... Be6 28. Ng5+) 28. Nf5 $40) 27. dxc4
Nf4 28. Qf3 a5 29. a4 Qb7 30. g5 $18 Rb8 31. gxf6 gxf6 32. Rg4 Nd3+ $5 {
Played "a la Shirov"! Black trying to find his chance in tactics: attack is
the best defence!} (32... Rd3 $6 33. cxd3 (33. Re3 $5) 33... Qxb3 34. Ng5+ Ke8
(34... fxg5 35. Rxf4+ gxf4 36. Qh5+ Kf8 37. Qxe5 $18) 35. Rxf4 Qxb2+ 36. Kd1
exf4 37. Qh5+ Kd8 38. Ne6+ Kd7 39. Nxc5+ Bxc5 40. Qf7+ $18) 33. cxd3 Qxb3 34.
Qg2 Bf8 {[%cal Gf8h6]} 35. Rg6 $2 {Probably with this move white misses a
chance to win the game.} (35. Rg1 $1 {[%cal Rg4g7]} Bh6+ 36. Kb1 Qxd3+ 37. Ka1
{And black has no sufficient defense against Rg7+}) 35... Qxd3 36. Rxf6+ Ke7
37. Bxd4 $4 (37. Rf2 $6 Rxc4+ 38. Rc2 Bh6+ 39. Ng5 (39. Kb1 Rcb4 $19 {[%cal
Rb4b2]}) 39... Rxb2 40. Kxb2 Rb4+ 41. Kc1 Qa3+ 42. Kd2 Rd4+ 43. Ke2 Qd3+ 44.
Kf2 Qxc2+ $19 {with easily winning ending}) ({But even after correct} 37. Nd2
$8 Kxf6 (37... Rxb2 $143 38. Kxb2 Kxf6 39. Qxc6+ Kg7 40. Ne4 $16 {white has a
dangerouse attack}) 38. Qg5+ Kf7 39. Bxd4 Qxd4 $8 (39... cxd4 40. Qh5+ $1 {
[%csl Re5]} Kg8 41. Rg1+ Bg7 42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Qxe5+ $18 {[%cal Ge5g7,Ge5b8]})
40. Rxe5 Qa1+ 41. Kc2 Rb2+ 42. Kd3 Rxd2+ $1 43. Kxd2 Bh6 44. Rf5+ Ke6 $11 {
arising ending seems drawing.}) 37... Rb1# 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 8196]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 {Probably
the most effective reaction on 5.Re1.} ({Another continuation in this position
is} 5... a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d6 (8... Qc7 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. Nc3
b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Bb7 13. Bd2 a5 14. c3 $5 $14 {Glek,I-Bischoff,K/Bad
Zwesten GER 2002 (43)}) 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qg4 {[%csl Gg7]} Kf8 (
11... O-O 12. Bh6 Bf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Ne4 $40 {[%cal Ga1d1]}) 12. e5 d5 13. Be3
$14 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Ga1d1,Gc3a4] Sandipan,C-Shariyazdanov,A/Moscow RUS 2002 
(47)}) 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. c4 {Not the best plan in this line. But white doesn't
have much also after} (7. c3 a6 8. Ba4 Nc6 9. d3 b5 {it is better than} (9...
Bc5 $6 10. Qh5 Ba7 11. Bg5 Qa5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nd2 h6 14. e5 d5 15. Nb3 Qb5
16. cxd4 a5 17. Qh4 (17. Be3 $5 a4 18. Qg4 $1 Kf8 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Qxd3
21. Rad1 Qf5 22. Qh4 $16) 17... a4 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 $16 {1-0 Sandipan,
C-Sveshnikov,E/Moscow 2002/CBM 88/ (71)}) 10. Bb3 Bc5 11. Qg4 Qf6 12. Qe2 (12.
Qg3 $5) 12... d6 13. c4 O-O 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nf3 Na5 17. Bc2 e5
18. Bd2 b4 19. a3 Nc6 20. axb4 Nxb4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Gulko,B/Shanghai
2002/CBM 91 (32). (32)}) (7. d3 a6 8. Ba4 Nc6 9. Nd2 (9. c4 Rb8 10. Bf4 d6 11.
c5 e5 12. Bg3 Qc7 13. Nd2 dxc5 14. Bxc6+ Qxc6 (14... bxc6 15. Qh5 Rxb2 16. Nc4
$14) 15. Bxe5 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. e5 Qd5 18. Ne4 O-O 19. f4 b5 20. Qf3 $14 {
1-0 Glek,I-Horvath,P/Bad Woerishofen 2001/CBM 81 ext (41). (40)}) 9... b5 10.
Bb3 Bc5 (10... g6 11. Nf3 Bg7 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. e5 h6 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. c3 g5 16.
Bg3 dxc3 17. bxc3 Ne7 18. d4 Rc8 $13 {1-0 Glek,I-Sherbakov,R/Tomsk 2001/CBM 82
ext (40). (39)} 19. Rc1 {[%cal Gf3d2,Gd2e4]}) 11. e5 d5 12. Qg4 O-O 13. Nf3 f5
(13... f6 $5) 14. Qg3 Ra7 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. h4 a5 17. a4 bxa4 18. Bxa4 Nb4 19. h5
Bd7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ulibin,M-Sveshnikov,E/Ekaterinburg 2002/CBM 90 (31). (31)})
7... Ng6 (7... g6 8. d3 Bg7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. b4 d6 11. c5 $1 b6 12. Nc4 bxc5 13.
bxc5 dxc5 (13... d5 14. Nd6 {is none too appetising either.}) 14. Bd2 Bd7 15.
Rb1 Nc6 16. Qa4 Qc7 17. Ba5 Nxa5 18. Qxa5 Rfc8 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21.
Rb5 $14 {1-0 Glek,I-Nataf,I/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 92 (40)}) 8. d3 Be7 9. Nd2 O-O
10. Ba4 e5 $1 $15 {[%csl Ra4,Re1] Black's setup is clear now. White's Re1 and
Ba4 are misplaced, so black can easily develope his initiative on the kingside
by d6 and f5 then.} 11. Rb1 d6 12. b4 Kh8 $5 13. Nf1 Bg5 (13... f5 14. exf5
Bxf5 15. Ng3 Be6 16. Bb3 Qd7) 14. Kh1 (14. Ng3 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 a5 16. a3 axb4 17.
axb4 Qg5 $36 {[%cal Gg6f4,Yh7h5,Yh5h4]}) 14... Bxc1 15. Rxc1 a5 $1 {Correct
decision. Play on both flanks ussualy is more efficient. Also Ra8 directly
enters to the game.} 16. bxa5 (16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 f5 $15) 16... Qxa5 17. Bb3
f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Ng3 Nf4 20. Ne4 $2 ({Better was} 20. Nxf5 Rxf5 {[%csl Rh1]
[%cal Ga8f8,Ya5d8,Yd8h4] but even here white's position is quite unpleasant.})
{[%tqu "En","","","","a5e1","",10]} 20... Qxe1+ $1 {After this simple blow
white's position collapsed in a few moves.} 21. Qxe1 Nxd3 22. Qd2 Nxc1 23. Qxc1
Bxe4 $19 {[%cal Gd4d1]} 24. Qd2 h6 25. h3 d3 26. Qe3 Rf4 27. c5 dxc5 28. Qxc5
Bc6 29. f3 d2 30. Qxe5 Rb4 31. Qd6 Rxb3 32. Qxd2 Rba3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 20]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 g6 $6 {Quite a rare and in my
opinion dubious move. Was not played on GM level yet. Black has a good enough
position after the more common 4...Be7.} 5. d3 h6 ({After} 5... Bg7 {white can
quickly develope an initiative on the kingside with} 6. Ng5 $1 Nh6 7. O-O d6 8.
f4 O-O 9. f5 $1 gxf5 10. exf5 {[%cal Gd1h5,Gf5f6]} Bxf5 11. Nxf7 $1 Nxf7 12.
Rxf5 Ne7 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Rf2 h6 15. Qh5 $18 {1-0 Mirzoeva,E-Khalid Al Shaali/
Abu Dhabi 2002/CBM 89 ext (15).}) 6. O-O ({Less effective is} 6. Nd5 Bg7 7. a3
Nge7 8. c3 d6 9. b4 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. Be3 b6 12. Rb1 Bd7 $14 {1-0 Lupulescu,
C-Radovanovic,D/Bucharest 2002/EXT 2003 (41). (40)}) 6... Nf6 (6... Bg7 7. Ne1
(7. Be3 d6 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. h3 Nd4 10. Ne1 g5 11. Rb1 Bd7 12. b4 Qc8 13. bxc5 dxc5
14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Nb5 O-O (15... Bf8 $5 16. f4 $1 gxf4 17. Rxf4 exf4 18. Qxf4
Be7 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Qxf6 $16 {[%cal Gf6h8,Gf6d6]}) 16. Nd6 Qc7 17. Qb4 $13 {
0-1 Valls Marti,A-Vano Novau,P/Spain 1998/EXT 2003 (40). (40)}) 7... d6 8. f4
Nf6 9. Nf3 exf4 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. a3 Be6 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Rae1 Ng4 14. Nd5 Nge5
15. Ba2 Ne7 (15... Nxf3+ 16. Rxf3 g5 17. Be3 Ne5 18. Rff1 Ng4 19. c3 Be5 $13)
16. c3 $14 {0-1 Perunovic,M-Radovanovic,D/Backa Palanka 2002/CBM 88 ext (41). 
(41)}) 7. a3 $1 {Correct plan.The only way to expose blacks backwardness in
development is to open the centre.This way it works more effective than
tipical Ne1 and f4} Bg7 8. b4 d6 (8... cxb4 $2 9. axb4 Nxb4 10. Ba3 d5 (10...
Nc6 11. Nb5) 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Nxe5) 9. bxc5 dxc5 10. Bb5 Qd6 $6 ({Black could
hope for successful defence after cold blooded} 10... O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Be3
(12. Nxe5 $2 Nh5 (12... Qd4 13. Nxc6 (13. Nc4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Qxa1 15. Qd2 Qd4
$13) 13... Qxc3 14. Rb1 {[%csl Rc3]} Nd7 15. e5 Bxe5 16. Rb3 Qa1 17. Qf3 $16 {
[%csl Ra1][%cal Gc1h6,Gc6e7]}) 13. Nxc6 Qd7 $17 {[%csl Rc3,Rc6][%cal Rd7c6,
Rg7c3]}) 12... c4 $5 13. Nxe5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe5 15. d4 (15. Bxh6 Qh4) 15...
Bg7 16. Nc5 f5 17. f3 (17. f4 Re8 18. Bf2 Be6 $13) 17... f4 18. Bf2 Bf5 $132)
11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Na4 $1 {Doubled "c" pawns become an easy object of white's
attack.} Be6 (12... c4 13. Bb2 Nd7 14. d4 exd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17.
Nxd4 $16 {[%csl Rc4,Rc6]}) 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Qd2 $1 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6,Rh6][%cal
Gd2h6,Gd2a5] Another exact move! White wins time to transfer the queen to the
queenside,using weakness of h6 pawn.} f5 15. Qa5 c4 16. dxc4 Bxc4 (16... fxe4
17. Nd2 $16) 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Qc7 Nb8 $8 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7 20. Nh4 {[%csl Rf5,Rg6]
[%cal Ga1b1,Gb1b7] Probably black could continue in this hopeless position,but
only a few moves...} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kim, Alexey"]
[Black "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 10240]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 Ne7 (5... d6 6.
O-O (6. e5 $5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qd4 8. Nc4 Qxa1 9. Nc3 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Gd1f3,Ye1g1]
looks promising to white}) 6... e5 7. c3 f5 8. exf5 Bxf5 9. d4 e4 10. Re1 Be7
11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Ne5 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6] 1-0 Sulskis,S-Palac,M/
Zadar 1999/CBM 73 ext (40)}) (5... f6 6. O-O Nh6 7. e5 Nf7 8. Bb2 Be7 9. d3 O-O
10. Nbd2 fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 d6 13. Bb2 e5 $11 {0-1 David,A-Kramnik,V/
FRA 1993/TD (35) and black can be satisfied with the opening results}) 6. h4 $5
{against Ng6.Now if black wants to place his knight on g6 he has to weaken his
kingside after ...h5} (6. Bb2 Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. e5 Be7 9. Nc3 f6 10. Ne4 Kf7 11.
d3 Qc7 12. Qe2 a5 13. a4 Rb8 14. O-O Nxe5 15. Bxe5 fxe5 16. Neg5+ Bxg5 17.
Nxe5+ Ke8 18. hxg5 d6 19. Ng6 Rh7 20. Qe4 Rb4 21. c4 Qf7 22. Ne5 {1-0
Svetushkin,D-Stoumbos,K/Korinthos 2001/EXT 2002 (22)}) (6. Ba3 {is another
main idea in this line.After exchanging darksquare bishops blacks position
will be not so pleasant.} Ng6 7. d4 Nh4 8. Nxh4 Qxh4 9. Qd3 f5 10. dxc5 fxe4
11. Qe3 $14 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gb1c3] 1-0 Slobodjan,R-Ramesh,R/Calcutta 1999/CBM
69 ext (15)}) 6... h5 7. e5 (7. Ba3 d6 8. c3 $6 (8. e5 $142 $5) 8... Ng6 9. d4
cxd4 10. cxd4 Ba6 $15 {[%csl Re1] 0-1 Damaso,R-Gofshtein,L/Lisbon 1999/CBM 73
ext (22)}) 7... f6 8. Bb2 fxe5 9. Nxe5 d6 10. Nf3 e5 11. Qe2 Bg4 $15 12. Nc3
Qd7 13. O-O-O Nf5 ({also not bad} 13... Ng6 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gg6f4]}) 14. Rde1
Be7 (14... Nd4 15. Qd3 Bf5 16. Ne4 Be7 $15 {[%cal Ge8g8]}) 15. Qe4 O-O-O 16.
Na4 Rhe8 ({in my opinion rook on f8 looks more useful} 16... Rhf8 $15 {[%cal
Gf8f2]}) 17. Ng5 (17. Nh2 Nxh4 18. Nxg4 hxg4 $15 {[%cal Gd6d5]}) 17... Bf6 18.
g3 Nd4 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. f3 Bf5 21. Qe2 Bxg5 $6 (21... Qb7 $17 {[%csl Ra4,Gf5,
Gf6][%cal Gb7b5] looks strong for black.He has pair of bishops,well developed
pieces and strong pawn center,when white pieces are still discoordinated.Black
stands clesr better}) 22. hxg5 Bg6 23. Qc4 c5 24. Rhf1 Kb8 25. Rf2 Rc8 26. Qa6
Rc6 27. Qb5+ Ka8 28. d3 Qc7 {[%csl Rb5]} (28... Rb8 $1 29. Qa5 Qb7 30. Qd2 Ra6
31. Kd1 Be8 $19 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Ge8a4]}) 29. Nb2 Rb8 30. Qa4 Qb7 31. Qa3 Ra6
32. Na4 Be8 33. f4 Bxa4 34. bxa4 Qc6 (34... Qd7 35. a5 Qd8 $19) 35. a5 Rb5 (
35... Qc7 $17) 36. Kd2 Raxa5 37. Qc1 exf4 38. Rxf4 Qg2+ (38... Rb8 $19 {
was more solid}) 39. Re2 Qxg3 $4 {probably timetrouble blunder} {[%tqu "En","",
"","","c1h1","",10]} 40. Qh1+ $1 $18 Kb8 41. Rf8+ Kc7 42. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plauen"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 2624]} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nge7 5. Bg2 g6 6. h4 (6. c3 d5
7. e5 Bg7 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. Bf4 g5 $132 {[%csl Re5]}) 6... h6 (6... d5 7. h5 dxe4
8. dxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bg7 10. Na3 O-O 11. c3 b6 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Kc2 Ba6 14.
Bg5 Rac8 $13 {[%cal Gc6b4] 1-0 Yudasin,L-Khamrakulov,I/Ano Liosia 2001/CBM 79
ext (44)}) (6... Bg7 {look commented game Sandipan-Smirin 2002 0-1}) 7. c3 (7.
Be3 Bg7 8. Nc3 Nd4 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Nh2 d6 12. f4 Rb8 13. Rae1 Qa5
14. g4 f5 $132 {0-1 Iuldachev,S-Hossain,E/Calcutta 2001/CBM 85 (31)}) 7... Bg7
(7... d5 8. e5 {This was the main idea of 6.h4. Now the line with g5 is not so
good for black as before} (8. Qe2) 8... Bg7 9. Qe2 (9. Bf4 g5 10. hxg5 hxg5 11.
Rxh8+ Bxh8 12. Nxg5 {[%cal Gd1h5]}) 9... Qc7 10. Bf4 g5 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. Rxh8+
Bxh8 13. Bxg5 Nxe5 14. Nbd2 $36 {[%cal Ge1c1,Ga1h1,Gh1h8] and white has
obvious advantage in development}) 8. O-O (8. Be3 b6 (8... d6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Na3
Be6 11. O-O $13 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gd3d4]}) 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O (10... Ba6
11. Qa4) 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Na3 Ba6 13. Qa4 Qc8 14. Rd1 Ne5 15. Bd4 b5 16. Qb3
Qc6 17. Nc2 Bb7 $13 {[%cal Gf7f5] 1-0 Glek,I-Stellwagen,D/Hoogeveen 2003/CBM
96 ext (41). (40)}) 8... e5 (8... d5 9. Qe2 b6 10. e5 Qc7 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Na3
a6 13. Nc2 $14 {[%cal Gd3d4]} d4 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. Ncxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rd8 17.
Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Nf3 {1-0 Adams,M-Gurevich,M/Sarajevo 2000/CBM 77 (41)}) 9. a3 (9.
Be3 d6 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 b6 12. b5 Na5 13. c4 Be6 14. Nc3 f5 $13 {0-1 Minasian,
A-Gurevich,M/New Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM 80 (61)}) 9... O-O {and in this line
move h6 is more useful then h4, so probably white should choose Glek's plan
connected with 8.Be3 and d4.} 10. b4 b6 11. b5 Na5 12. c4 d6 {[%cal Gf7f5,
Gf5f4]} 13. Nh2 (13. Nc3 Be6 14. Nh2 Qd7 15. h5 Rae8 $13 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 13...
Be6 14. h5 f5 $5 {A very promising exchange sacrifice. Probably 90% of GMs
would go for it!} 15. exf5 (15. hxg6 f4 $17) 15... gxf5 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17. Bb2 {
[%cal Gf2f4]} d5 (17... Qe8 $5 {[%cal Ge6f7]}) 18. Re1 (18. Nd2 d4 (18... dxc4
19. Re1 $1 cxd3 20. Bxe5 Qd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nhf3 c4 23. Qc1 $16) 19. Re1 {
transfers to the game}) 18... d4 19. Nd2 Bf7 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Ga8e8]} 20. g4 $1
Kh8 21. gxf5 ({Deserved serious attention attempt to develope pressure on the
black centre with} 21. Qf3 $1 Qe8 22. Qg3 {[%cal Ge1e5]} Rg8 {[%cal Gf7h5]} (
22... fxg4 23. Rxe5 Bxe5 24. Qxe5+ Kg8 25. Nxg4 $18) 23. Rxe5 $1 (23. Kf1 fxg4
24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5+ Rg7 26. Nxg4 Bxh5 27. Nf6 Qg6 28. Nxh5 Qxd3+ 29. Ke1
Qxd2+ $1 30. Kf1 (30. Kxd2 Nxc4+ $17) 30... Qg5 31. Qxg7+ Qxg7 32. Nxg7 Kxg7
33. Rc1 Ng6 $17 {[%cal Gg6e5]}) 23... Bxe5 24. Qxe5+ Rg7 25. Ndf1 $1 (25. Re1
Bxh5 26. Qd6 $36 {[%cal Ge1e6,Ge1e7]}) 25... Ng8 (25... Bxh5 26. Ng3 $16 {
[%cal Ga1e1]}) 26. Qxe8 Bxe8 27. Ng3 fxg4 28. Re1 $14 {[%cal Gb2c1,Gc1f4] with
pleasant ending for white}) 21... Qe8 22. Qg4 Bxh5 23. Qh3 Rxf5 $132 24. Ne4
Bg6 25. Ng3 Rf7 26. Rad1 Nf5 27. Ne4 (27. Nf3 Nxg3 28. Qxg3 Rf5 {[%cal Gg6h5,
Ga5b7,Gb7d6]}) 27... Qe7 28. Bc1 Nh4 29. f4 Bh5 (29... exf4 30. Ng4 {[%cal
Re4f6]} Nxc4 $1 {[%cal Gc4e3]} (30... Qd8) 31. dxc4 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Qxe4 33. Qxh4
Qg6 {[%cal Gh6h5]} 34. Kh1 f3 $17) 30. Rd2 exf4 (30... Nb3 31. Rf2 Nxc1 32.
Rxc1 exf4 $36) 31. Rf2 f3 (31... Be5 $5 {[%cal Gf7g7,Gg7g3]}) 32. Bd2 {[%cal
Ge4g3,Gg3h5]} Qd8 33. Bxa5 bxa5 34. Nxc5 $16 Qg5+ 35. Kh1 Nf5 (35... Qxc5 36.
Qxh4 Rf8 37. Rg1 {[%cal Gg1g3,Gh2f3]}) 36. Ne4 Qh4 37. Qxh4 Nxh4 38. c5 Bg6 39.
c6 Be5 40. Ng4 {After the tactical fight in timetrouble arised a winning
endgame for white.} ({much better was} 40. Ng5 $1 Rf5 (40... hxg5 41. Rxe5 Bxd3
42. Rxg5 $18 {[%cal Gg5g4]}) 41. Ngxf3 Bxh2 42. Nxh4 Rxf2 43. Nxg6+ Kg7 44. Ne5
$18) 40... Bf4 41. Rc2 (41. Ngf6 $18) 41... Ng2 42. Rxg2 fxg2+ 43. Kxg2 Rg7 44.
Kf3 Rf7 45. Kg2 $6 {I cannot understand Stefans decision to go for a
repetition. After the simple} (45. Nef6 $142 {[%cal Ge1e8,Ge8g8]} Be3 (45...
Bg5 46. Re8+ Kg7 47. Rg8#) 46. Ke2 (46. c7 Rxc7 47. Nxe3 dxe3 48. Rg1 Bf7 49.
Kxe3 $16 {[%csl Rh8]}) 46... Bg5 47. Rf1 $16 {[%csl Gc6] white's position is
much better.}) 45... Rg7 46. Kf3 Rf7 47. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Meister, Jakob"]
[Black "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 73]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Ng5 O-O 7. f4
d5 {A quite new and very risky move. Black sacrifices the central pawn to gain
some tempi after Bg4 and Nd4. The main line with 7...exf4 is much safer for
black.} 8. exd5 Nd4 (8... Na5 $2 9. fxe5 b5 10. Nxb5 (10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Bxb5
Bxg5 12. O-O $18) 10... Nxd5 11. O-O Bxg5 12. Bxg5 Qxg5 13. Bxd5 $18 Rb8 14.
Nd6 Qxe5 15. Bxf7+ Kh8 16. Nxc8 $18 {1-0 Zimina,O-Shumiakina,T/Rethymno 2003/
CBM 96 ext (23). (22)}) ({Another possibility to develope an initiative for
the sacrificed pawn :-) you can find in the commented game Kulaots,K-Fedorov,A
Aeroflot 2004.} 8... Bg4 9. Qd2 Nd4 {etc}) 9. O-O Bg4 10. Qe1 $1 $146 {
Unussual and very strong! Black could prevent this move by playing Bg4 one
move earlier, but this is another story...( Kulaots,K-Fedorov,A)} (10. Nf3 Bd6
11. fxe5 Bxe5 $44 12. Bg5 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bh3 14. Re1 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Ng4 $1 16.
Qd2 Qxg5 17. Qxg5 Nf2+ 18. Kg1 Nxd3+ 19. Kh1 (19. Re3 h6 $1 {[%csl Rg5]} 20.
Qh4 Bxe3+ 21. Kh1 g5 22. Qh5 Nf4 $19) 19... Nf2+ 20. Kg1 Ne4+ 21. Qe3 Nd2 $1
22. Bb5 a6 23. Bd3 Rae8 24. Kf2 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Re8 26. Nd1 c4 $1 27. Be2 f5 $17
{0-1 Philippe,C-Sveshnikov,E/Cap d'Agde 2003/EXT 2004 (54). (54)}) (10. Qd2
exf4 11. Rxf4 Bd6 $44) 10... exf4 ({Another opportunity was capturing on c2
right now, but it looks like white gets a dangerous initiative in all the
lines. For example:} 10... Nxc2 11. Qh4 {I don't know what was the idea of GM
Y. Meister during the game (or may be, it is homework?!), but I am considering
this move like a main line. Also intresting is} (11. Qg3 $5 exf4 12. Bxf4 Nxa1
13. d6 Nc2 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15. Be5 (15. Nce4 $5) 15... Rae8 16. Bxf6 Qe3+ 17.
Qxe3 Nxe3 18. Nge4 Nxf1 19. Kxf1 $13 {Here I do not agree with my iron helper 
(according to Fritz is -0.6 here!) and prefere the white side.}) 11... exf4 ({
even more dangerous for black is} 11... Nxa1 12. fxe5 h6 (12... h5 13. exf6
Bxf6 14. h3 $1 b5 $8 (14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 Be2 16. Qe4 $18) 15. Nxb5 Be2 16. Qe4
$1 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 (17... Re8 18. Qf5 $18) 18. Qxe2 $16 {[%csl Ra1]}) 13. d6
$1 {A strange position: black is a full rook up but I do not see any defence
here!} ({or even simple} 13. exf6 $5 Bxf6 14. Qxg4 hxg5 15. Ne4 $16 {[%cal
Gc1g5,Ge4f6]}) 13... Bxd6 (13... hxg5 14. Bxg5 $18) 14. exf6 $40) 12. Bxf4 Nxa1
13. d6 $1 Bxd6 14. Nce4 $1 $40 h6 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Nxd6 $16 {and white
continues the attack but now in the position with material balance!}) 11. Bxf4
h6 ({Here probably was the best moment for black to capture this "poisoned"
pawn} 11... Nxc2 12. Qh4 (12. Qg3 Nh5 $5 13. Qxg4 Nxf4 14. Nxf7 (14. Nce4 $5
$36) 14... Rxf7 15. d6 Bxd6 16. Bxf7+ Kh8 $5 {[%cal Gc2e3,Gc2a1]}) 12... h6 13.
Rac1 (13. d6) 13... hxg5 14. Bxg5 Nxd5 15. Ne4 $40) 12. Nge4 Nh5 (12... Nxc2
13. Qg3 Nxa1 14. d6 Nxe4 $8 15. Nxe4 (15. dxe4 Bg5 16. Qxg4 $16) 15... Bf6 16.
Qxg4 Bxb2 17. Bxh6 $18 {[%cal Rh6g7]}) 13. Qd2 $16 {thats it. Pawn up and
better position.} (13. d6 $5 Bh4 14. Qd2 $16) 13... b5 14. d6 Bh4 15. Nxb5 ({
Stronger was} 15. Bxb5 $1 Rb8 16. Ba4 Rxb2 17. Bb3 $16) 15... Ne2+ 16. Kh1
Nhxf4 17. Rxf4 Bg5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Raf1 Rae8 $4 {losing at once. After} (
19... Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21. Rxf4 Bd7 22. Nc3 Rab8 {[%cal Gb8b6]} 23. b3 $14 {
black could continue the fight.}) 20. Rxf7 $1 $18 Qxd2 21. Rxf8+ Kh7 22. Bg8+
Kg6 23. Bf7+ Kg5 24. Bxe8 Qxc2 25. d4 {[%cal Gd6d7]} Nxd4 {[%cal Gd6d7]} 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch 4th"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2003.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Black "Al Sayed, Mohammed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Atlas,V} c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 (5... e6 6. Re1
d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nd5 exd5 9. exd5+ Be7 10. Nxd4 Nxd5 (10... Bd7 11. dxc6 bxc6
12. Qf3 $16 {[%cal Gc1g5]}) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxd5 Bb7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 Kf8
15. Qc4 $16 {[%csl Rf8] 1-0 Oratovsky,M-Estremera Panos,S/Lisbon 2001/EXT 2002
(26). (25)}) 6. Re1 ({nothing promises quiet} 6. d3 a6 7. Bc4 e6 8. Nxd4 cxd4
9. Ne2 Nxe4 $1 10. dxe4 Qxc4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. Nf5 (12. Nf3 $5) 12... Qxe4 13.
Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6 f6 15. f4 b5 16. Bd2 Bb7 17. Rf2 Qc6 18. Qxc6 {1/2-1/2
Anand,V-Ivanchuk,V/Moscow 2001/CBM 86 (18).}) 6... Ng4 ({Deserved attention
idea to blockade the centre after} 6... a6 7. Bf1 e5 8. d3 ({white can secure
a comfortable outpost on c4 for the bishop playing} 8. a4 $5 d6 {[%cal Gc8g4]}
9. h3 Be7 (9... Be6 10. Ng5 Be7 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bc4 O-O $13) 10. Bc4 Be6 11.
d3 h6 $13) 8... Be7 9. Bg5 d6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. c3
dxc3 14. bxc3 Be6 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. a4 O-O 17. a5 Bg5 18. Reb1 f5 $13 {1/2-1/2
Nevednichy,V-Bauer,C/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (41). (41)}) ({compared to the above
mentioned variations,worse is} 6... e5 $6 7. a4 Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Bg5 d6 10.
Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. c3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 $14 {[%csl Gb5,Gd5] with clear
advantage for white 0-1 Movsesian,S-Smirnov,P/Panormo 2002/CBM 90 ext (39). 
(39)}) 7. g3 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 Ne5 9. Qd1 (9. Qh5 $5 {[%cal Gf2f4,Gf4f5] attempt
to create some discoordination between black pieces} g6 10. Nd5 Qd6 11. Qd1 $14
{[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf2f4]}) 9... e6 10. Bf1 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Nc6 (12... d6
13. d4 cxd4 14. Nb5 Qa5 15. Nxd4 $14 {[%cal Gc2c4]}) 13. Nd5 $1 exd5 14. exd5
Rd8 (14... Re8 15. dxc6 dxc6 16. Qh5 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf1c4,Gf1d3]} (16. Bc4
Bf5 17. Qf3 Bg6 18. a4 Bg5 $14) 16... Be6 17. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 18. Bd3 h6 19. Bxg7
$1 $18 {with decisive attack}) 15. Qh5 Bf8 16. Bc4 {[%cal Gd5d6]} d6 17. dxc6
bxc6 18. Bd3 h6 (18... g6 $2 19. Qh4 Bg7 20. Re7 Qa5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rxf7+ $1
Kxf7 23. Qxh7+ $18) 19. Re3 $14 {[%cal Ga1e1,Ge3f3]} Qd7 (19... d5 20. Rae1 d4
21. Re8 $5 ({also possible simple} 21. Re5 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6]}) 21... Be6 22.
R8xe6 fxe6 23. Qg6 $36) 20. Rf3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf3f7] '!' Atlas,V. after this
simple move black finds himself in undefendible position:how to prevent 21.
Rf7? Atlas,V: 'After this move White's threats cannot be parried.'} Rb8 (20...
g6 {(Atlas,V) is elegantly refuted by} 21. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 22. Rxf8+ $3 Kxf8 (
22... Rxf8 23. Qxg6+ $18) 23. Qxh6+ Kf7 24. Qg7+ Ke8 25. Qxg6+ Qf7 26. Re1+ {
, and mate is inevitable.}) 21. Rxf7 $1 Qxf7 ({The text move loses the queen.
Yet, the ending occuring after} 21... Qg4 {Atlas,V} 22. Qxg4 Bxg4 23. Rxa7 {
, is hopeless for Black.}) 22. Bh7+ Kxh7 23. Qxf7 Rb7 24. Qf3 {The rest of the
game is matter of technique. Atlas,V: 'Black has no sufficient compensation
for the queen.'} Re7 25. d4 cxd4 26. Bxd4 Rde8 27. Qd3+ Kh8 28. h4 c5 29. Bc3 (
29. Be3 {(Atlas,V) was another option here.}) 29... Bb7 30. Qf1 {Atlas,V:
'Intending to force the rook exchange after 31.Re1.'} Bf3 31. Qd3 Bb7 32. Qf1
Bf3 33. Re1 Be2 34. Qg2 Re4 35. f4 h5 {Atlas,V: 'Overlooking White's threat.
Anyway, Black's position was lost.'} 36. Be5 {[%csl Re4]} (36. Be5 $1 {[%csl
Re4] Atlas,V: 'A nice game conclusion. Black resigned in view of the line:'}
dxe5 (36... Bf3 {Atlas,V} 37. Qxf3 Rxe1+ 38. Kf2 Rc1 39. Qxh5+) (36... dxe5 37.
Qxe4 $18) 37. Qxe4) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 24]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 (
6... Qxd5 7. d4 (7. Re1 Bd7 8. Na3 Ng6 9. Bc4 Qh5 10. d4 Be7 (10... cxd4 11.
Nb5 $14) 11. Be2 Qf5 12. dxc5 Rd8 13. b4 O-O 14. Nc4 Bc8 15. Qb3 Nf4 16. Bxf4
Qxf4 17. Rad1 $16 {1-0 Smirnov,P-Frolyanov,D/Samara 2002/CBM 89 ext (35). (34)}
) (7. Na3 Ng6 8. Re1 Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Bc4 Qd7 12. Nac2 Nxd4 13.
Nxd4 Qc7 14. Bb3 {with a typical for the French Tarrasch position, with the
only difference - the black knight is placed on g6 instead of f6 and the king
is castled kingside. White has a litlle edge, but there are no visible
weaknesses in black's position.} a6 15. Qf3 Bf6 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18.
Bc2 $14 {[%cal Gc2e4] 1/2-1/2 Zarnicki,P-Felgaer,R/Villa Martelli 2002/CBM 89 
(39). (39)}) 7... cxd4 8. c4 Qd6 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Ba4
Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Ne5 $11 {0-1 Timman,J-Sveshnikov,E/Wijk aan Zee 1981/MCD (60). 
(60)}) 7. Bxc6+ (7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 (8. cxd4 $5 {with a position similar to
the Caro-Kann Panov system, where black has a few extra tempi.} Be7 9. Nc3 O-O
10. Re1 Bd7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. Bb1 Re8 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bf6 $132 {
[%cal Ge6e5,Gc6a5,Ga5c4] 1-0 Ricardi,P-Felgaer,R/Buenos Aires 2003/EXT 2004 
(58). (57)}) 8... Bd7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 (9... Bxc6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. c4 Nf6 12. Qf3
Qc7 13. Nc3 Be7 14. Bf4 Qb7 15. b3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Degraeve,J-Milov,V/France 2002/
EXT 2003 (42). (41)}) 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Nd2 Nf4 12. Nc4 (12. Bc2 $5) 12... Rd8 (
12... Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Be7 14. Qf3 $14 {[%cal Gc1f4]}) 13. Bc2 c5 14. Qg4 Nd5 15.
Re1 Nf6 16. Qh4 Be7 17. Bf4 $16 {1-0 Rowson,J-Kuljasevic,D/Pula 2002/CBM 88
ext (42). (41)}) (7. Ne5 Qc7 8. Qa4 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. d3 Rc8 11. Nd2 a6 12.
Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Qg4 Nf6 14. Qe2 Be7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Vysochin,S-Sherbakov,R/Minsk
1997/EXT 2000 (14).}) 7... bxc6 8. d3 (8. c4 $5 Nb4 9. d4 cxd4 10. a3 Na6 11.
Nxd4 Bb7 12. b4 c5 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Nb5 Be7 (15... cxb4 16. Rd1+
Kc8 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Be3 $36) 16. Rd1+ Kc6 17. Be3 Rhd8 18. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2b3,
Gb3a5]} Rd3 19. Nf3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 f6 21. Kf1 e5 22. Nd2 Bc8 (22... cxb4 23.
Nb3 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gb3a5]}) 23. Nb3 $16 {1-0 Sveshnikov,E-Fominyh,A/Samara
2000/CBM 78 (67). (66)}) 8... Be7 9. c4 (9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc4 f6 11. Qe2 e5 $132)
9... Nb4 10. Qa4 Qc7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. a3 Na6 13. Nc3 e5 (13... Rb8 14. Rb1 e5
15. Be3) 14. Be3 f6 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Nb3 f5 17. f3 {obliged,otherwise black can
push "f" pawn till f3} Bd6 {[%cal Ge5e4]} 18. Kh1 Qe7 19. Rf1 (19. Rd2 Nc7 20.
Na5 Bd7) 19... Nc7 $132 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gc7e6] Finally the Na6 enters the
game and now the white Nb3 is out of play. Black can be satisfied with the
opening results.} 20. f4 Ne6 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Rae1 Qd6 23. Bg1 Nd4 $15 24.
Nxd4 (24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. c5 Qf6 (25... Qc7 26. Nxd4 Bxh2 27. Nxc6 Rxb2 28. Ne7+
Kh8 29. Nxc8 $18 {[%cal Ge1e8]}) 26. Ne2 {[%cal Gb3a5,Ga5c4]} Qh6 27. h3 Be6 $1
28. Nbxd4 Bd5 $40 {[%cal Rh6h3,Rb8b2]}) 24... cxd4 25. c5 $8 (25. Nd1 c5 $17 {
[%csl Rh1][%cal Gc8b7]}) 25... Qxc5 26. b4 Qd6 27. Ne2 Rb7 28. Rc1 Rc7 29. Qa5
Re7 30. Qc5 {White tries to escape in the ending.} Qxc5 31. Rxc5 Ba6 (31... Rd8
32. Rxc6 Bb7 33. Rc4 Ba6 34. Nxd4 Bxc4 35. Nxf5 Rc7 36. dxc4 $132) 32. Bxd4
Bxd3 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. Bxe5 Re8 35. Rf3 (35. Rc1 Rxe5 36. Nd4 Be4 $15 {[%cal
Ge5d5,Gd5d2,Gd2g2]}) 35... Be4 36. Re3 Rxe5 37. Kg1 Rd5 ({It deserved attention
} 37... a5 $17 {gaining more space for maneuvres of the black rook.}) 38. Nc3
Rd3 39. Rxd3 Bxd3 40. Kf2 {Now white has more chances to achieve a draw -
white's king is faster.} Kf7 41. Ke3 Bf1 42. g3 Ke6 43. Kd4 g5 44. Na4 Bg2 45.
Nc5+ Kf6 46. Nd3 h5 47. a4 f4 (47... h4 $5) 48. gxf4 g4 49. Ne5 Kf5 50. Ke3 {
Now white is out of danger.} Bd5 51. b5 {Correct! Less material - less
headache for the defending side.} cxb5 52. axb5 h4 53. Kf2 Kxf4 54. Nc6 $11 g3+
(54... a6 55. Nb4 g3+ 56. hxg3+ hxg3+ 57. Kg1 axb5 58. Nxd5+ $11) 55. hxg3+
hxg3+ 56. Kg1 a6 57. Nb4 axb5 58. Nxd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 h6 6. Nd2 a6 (6... Be7 7. Nf1 Bg5
8. Ne3 Nf6 9. Ncd5 Be6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Ne7 13. Bb3 O-O 14.
O-O Rad8 15. Qh5 {1/2-1/2 Kaidanov,G-Granda Zuniga,J/New York 1997/CBM 57 ext 
(15)}) (6... Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 Nd4 (9... Nh5 10. g3 g6 11. Ncd5
Bg7 12. O-O Qd7 13. c3 O-O-O 14. b4 $14 {Csoke,A-Ujhazi,D/Hradec Kralove 1992/
TD 1-0 (30)}) 10. a4 Be7 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. O-O O-O 13. Ncd5 a6 14. a5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 Bg5 16. Be1 $14 {Hector,J-Tzermiadianos,A/Isle of Man 1996/EXT 97 1-0 (33)
}) 7. a4 Nf6 8. Nf1 Bg4 (8... g6 9. Ne3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Kh7 12. Rb1 Rb8
13. Kh1 Nh5 14. Ned5 Nd4 15. b4 Qh4 16. Be1 Qg5 17. bxc5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ashley,
M-Stripunsky,A/New York 1997/EXT 99 (55)}) 9. f3 Be6 10. Ne3 Nb4 $5 {
preventing intering of white pieces on d5} 11. O-O g5 {prevents whites
initiative on the kingside,but weakens light squares} (11... Be7 12. f4 exf4
13. Rxf4 O-O $13) 12. Ne2 {[%cal Gc2c3,Yd3d4]} d5 $8 13. exd5 Nfxd5 14. c3 Nc6
(14... Nxe3 15. Bxe3 Nd5 (15... Bxc4 16. dxc4 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Nc6 18. Ng3 $14 {
[%cal Gg3f5,Gg3e4,Yd1d5] with visible positional advantage}) 16. Bf2 Be7 17. a5
$14) 15. Ng3 Qd7 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Nh5 Be7 18. Ng7+ Kf8 19. Bxd5 Kxg7 (19...
Qxd5 20. Nf5 Rd8 21. Be3 Qxd3 22. Qxd3 Rxd3 23. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 {[%cal
Gd1d7]} Ke8 25. Nxe7 $14 {[%cal Ge3c5]}) 20. Bxc6 ({deserved attention attempt
to keep lightsquare bishop after} 20. Bc4 Na5 21. Ba2 Rad8 22. Qe2 $13) 20...
Qxc6 $11 21. Qe2 Bf6 22. Qe4 Rhd8 23. Be3 Rd5 (23... Qxe4 24. dxe4 Be7 25. Rfd1
{[%cal Gc3c4,Gd1d5]} c4 26. Bb6 $16) 24. h4 Rad8 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Qg4 $36 Rxd3
(26... Qe6 27. Bxg5 (27. Qxe6 fxe6 $132 {[%csl Rd3]}) 27... Qxg4 28. Bxf6+ Kxf6
29. fxg4+ Kg7 (29... Ke6 $6 30. g5 Rxd3 31. Rf6+ Ke7 32. Raf1 $16 {[%csl Rf7]})
30. Rae1 $14) 27. Bxg5 Kf8 28. Rae1 $16 {Despite of material balance white
stands clearly better-black king can't find safe place on the board} Bxg5 29.
Qxg5 f6 30. Qh6+ Kf7 31. Qh7+ Ke6 ({Doesn't help} 31... Kf8 32. f4 Rd2 33. Qg6
e4 34. Rxe4 Rxb2 35. Rfe1 $18 {[%cal Ge4e7]}) 32. f4 $18 {Now whites attack
become decisive!} Rd2 33. Qh3+ Kd6 34. fxe5+ Kc7 35. exf6 c4 36. f7 R2d3 37.
Qh2+ 1-0

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 134]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 {Favorite line of
Michael Adams,expert of Ruy Lopez with both colors.Is it really Sicilian
defense?!} ({I prefere this line} 5. Re1 a6 ({or} 5... Nd4) 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Nd5) 5... a6 6. Ba4 b5 (6... d5 7. exd5 exd5 8.
d4 c4 9. Re1 h6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 Be6 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Nd2 g6
15. Ba3 Bg7 16. Qe2 Qb7 17. Nxf7 {1-0 Adams,M-Hennigan,M/Birmingham 2001/CBM
84 ext (17)}) 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2 Ng6 (8... d5 9. e5 d4 10. Be4 Ng6 11. cxd4 cxd4
12. d3 Be7 13. Nbd2 Qd7 (13... Qc7 14. Nb3 O-O 15. Bd2 Rfc8 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. h4
$36 {1-0 Smirin,I-Krasenkow,M/Dos Hermanas ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 337 (72)}
) 14. Nb3 Rd8 15. Bd2 Nb4 16. Nfxd4 Nc6 17. Nf3 Nb4 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. d4 O-O
20. Rfc1 Qd5 21. Nc5 Nc6 22. Be3 $16 {1-0 Smirin,I-Finegold,B/Philadelphia USA
2001/The Week in Chess 351 (53)}) 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nh4 (10... Rc8 11. Rd1
Be7 12. a4 Nb4 13. Bb3 bxa4 14. Bxa4 O-O 15. Nc3 d5 16. e5 Qb6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18.
Nxg5 h6 19. Nf3 Rc7 20. Bc2 Bc6 21. Bb1 Rb8 22. h4 Bb5 23. Qe3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Potkin,V-Sveshnikov,E/Elista RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 339 (57)}) 11. Nbd2 (
11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Nc3 $1 {Rublevsky} Be7 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. e5 $36) 11... Rc8 12.
Bb1 (12. d5 Na5 (12... Ne5 13. Nd4 g5 $6 14. a4 b4 15. N2b3 g4 16. Rd1 $16 {
1-0 Tkachiev,V-San Segundo Carrillo,P/Ponferrada 1997/CBM 60 ext (27)}) 13. Bd3
Ng6 14. g3 Be7 15. dxe6 dxe6 16. a4 bxa4 17. Bxa6 $14 {1-0 Tkachiev,V-Ansell,S/
London 1994/EXT 2000 (29)}) 12... Bd6 13. a4 bxa4 (13... b4 14. Bd3 a5 15. b3 {
[%csl Gb5,Gc4][%cal Gc1b2,Gd4d5]}) 14. Rxa4 Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 Nb4 ({too dangerose
for black is} 15... O-O 16. e5 Be7 17. d5 $1 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Ga4h4,Gf4g4]}
exd5 18. Qd3 g6 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Qxd5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rd5f7,Gb1a2] with
decisive attack}) 16. Bd2 a5 {[%cal Gb7a6]} 17. Rd1 O-O 18. Bc3 Qb6 19. Ra1 Bf4
$6 {after this move white initiative becomes very dangerous.Best chanse was} (
19... f6 {but anyway after} 20. e5 $1 {white has an initiative.For example:}
fxe5 (20... Bxf3 21. Qxf3 fxe5 22. Qh5 h6 (22... g6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8
25. Bxb4 $18 {[%cal Gd1d3,Gd3h3]}) 23. Qg6 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd4e5,Gg6h7]})
21. dxe5 $1 (21. Ng5 $5 Be7 $8 22. Bxh7+ (22. Nxh7 Rf4 $132 {[%csl Rh7][%cal
Gb6c6]}) 22... Kh8 23. h4 {[%cal Ge2h5]} Bxg5 24. hxg5 Kxh7 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. g6
Rf5 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxg7+ Kd8 $13 {with very complicated position
}) 21... Bxf3 22. gxf3 Bc5 23. Rxd7 Rcd8 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Be4 $14) 20. Ne5 {
[%csl Ra5][%cal Ge5c4]} Qc7 21. Qg4 Bxe5 22. dxe5 $16 Bc6 23. h4 $1 {move by
move whites pressure becomes stronger and stronger.Now it's very difficult to
give good advice to black} Kh8 24. Ra3 $1 Rg8 25. h5 h6 26. Qf4 Rcf8 27. Bd4
$18 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gd4c5,Gc5d6,Ga3g3]} Bb5 28. Rc3 Nc6 29. Bc5 Be2 {attempt
to sacriface exchange,but after} 30. Rd2 Bxh5 31. Rh3 $1 {black resigns
because of} (31. Rh3 Bg6 32. Rxh6+ gxh6 33. Qxh6+ Bh7 34. Qf6+ Rg7 35. Bxf8 $18
) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Novikov, Stanislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 8208]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 f6 7.
Nh4 g6 8. f4 Bg7 9. O-O (9. Nf3 O-O 10. Qf2 $5 d6 11. Nc3 e5 $6 (11... h6 $5)
12. fxe5 fxe5 13. Qh4 a5 14. Bh6 Qd7 15. O-O $16 {[%csl Re7,Rg8][%cal Gf3g5]
1-0 Glek,I-Krasenkow,M/Mainz 2002/CBM 89 ext (64). (63)}) (9. e5 O-O 10. Nf3
fxe5 11. fxe5 Nf5 12. c3 c4 $5 13. dxc4 (13. d4 $5 c5 14. Bg5 Qa5 $36) 13... c5
14. O-O Bb7 15. Nbd2 Qc7 $44 {1/2-1/2 Najer,E-Sherbakov,R/Tomsk 2001/CBM 82
ext (15).}) 9... O-O {Here is the critical position of all this line. Black's
best plan is to play h6 and g5, exchanging white's pawn f4, then black can
push all their central pawns not being afraid of creating weaknesses. On the
other hand the plan of Glek with Nf3 and Qf2-h4 looks promising for white.} (
9... d6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. e5 Nf5 12. exd6 Nd4 13. Qf2 Qxd6 14. Nc3 e5 15. Ne4 Qe7
16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Qe2 Rxf1+ {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Smirin,I/Biel
2002/CBM 91 (18).}) 10. c4 (10. Nf3 $5 h6 11. Nc3 e5 12. fxe5 fxe5 13. Qf2 g5
$8 (13... d6 14. Qh4 g5 15. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 16. Nxg5 $18) 14. Qxc5 d6 15. Qe3 Ng6
16. Qe1 Rb8 17. Nd2 Nf4 18. Ne2 Rb7 19. Nc4 d5 20. Ne3 dxe4 21. dxe4 Rbf7 $44 {
[%cal Gc8a6]} 22. Ng3 {1/2-1/2 Fressinet,L-Lautier,J/Cannes 2002/CBM 88 (22).})
10... d6 (10... e5 11. f5 d6 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. b3 Bd7 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Bd2 Qc7 16.
Rf2 Rf7 17. Raf1 $14 {1-0 McShane,L-Djukic,N/Dos Hermanas 2003/EXT 2004 (40). 
(39)}) 11. Nc3 h6 (11... Rb8 12. Be3 Rb7 13. Rf2 h6 14. g3 g5 15. Ng2 Ng6 16.
Raf1 Bd7 17. h4 gxf4 18. gxf4 Kh7 19. h5 Nh8 20. f5 exf5 21. exf5 Re8 22. Ne4
Bc8 23. Qg4 Nf7 24. Qg6+ $40 {1-0 Moiseenko,A-Nedev,T/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (60).
(59)}) 12. Be3 $6 (12. g4 $5 g5 (12... f5 $5 13. Be3 $13 {[%cal Gg1h1,Ga1d1]})
13. Ng2 Ng6 14. f5 exf5 15. gxf5 Ne5 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Bf2 $1 Be8 18. Bg3 Bf7 19.
Ne3 $14 {1-0 Bologan,V-Nataf,I/Cap d'Agde 2002/CBM 92/[Hecht] (68). (67)})
12... g5 13. Nf3 ({After} 13. fxg5 {black has a good choise between} hxg5 (
13... fxg5 $5 {[%csl Gg7]} 14. Rxf8+ Qxf8 15. Rf1 Qe8 16. Nf3 Ng6 {and black
is not worse here. One of black bishops always will be good: Bg7 now or Bc8
after black plays e5 and Be6.}) 14. Nf3 Ng6 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 13... gxf4 14. Bxf4
e5 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. b3 Ng6 (16... f5 $5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Ne4 Rb7 $5 {[%cal
Gb7f7]} (18... Be6 $5) 19. g4 Nd4 (19... Ne7 20. Nh4 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Re7]}) 20.
Nxd4 cxd4 $13) 17. Rf2 f5 {[%cal Gf5f4]} 18. exf5 {Obviously black would be
happy pushing f4!} Bxf5 19. Raf1 Qd7 20. Be3 {Black prepared to play Nf4, so
white could find a more useful move than Be3.} (20. Ne4 $5) (20. Kh1 $5) 20...
Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Qd2 Bg4 $132 {The position has opened and the pair of
black bishops obviously is stronger than white's knights. The only problem in
black's position is the pawn f4.} 23. Ne2 Qf5 24. h3 Bh5 25. Kh1 Rbe8 26. Nfg1
Qg5 27. Rxf4 Rxf4 28. Nxf4 Be5 29. Qc1 $4 {A strange move, probably because of
time trouble (a frequent guest in the games of the Brasilian GM!).} ({White
could fight for an advantage after the cold-blooded} 29. g3 $1 {[%cal Gh1h2]}
Rf8 (29... Bxf4 30. Qxf4 Qxf4 31. Rxf4 Kg7 32. d4 $16) 30. Qg2 $16 {[%cal
Gg1f3]}) 29... Qg3 $19 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Ge8f8]} 30. h4 Rf8 31. Ngh3 Bg4 32. d4
Bxh3 33. gxh3 (33. dxe5 Rxf4 $19) 33... Bxf4 34. Rg1 Bxc1 35. Rxg3+ Kf7 36.
dxc5 dxc5 37. Rf3+ Ke7 38. Rg3 Kf7 39. Rf3+ Ke7 40. Rg3 a5 0-1

[Event "Paks Atom Cup GM 2nd"]
[Site "Paks"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petronic, Jovan"]
[Black "Gorbatov, Alexej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Petronic,J"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{70/135} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 cxd4 5. O-O (5. c4 {- 19/322})
5... g6 6. c3 $1 Qb6 $146 (6... Bg7) 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. cxd4 Bxd4 (8... Qxd4 9. d3
$16 {@}) 9. Nc3 a6 10. d3 e6 11. Kh1 $5 Ne7 12. f4 O-O (12... d6 $142 13. Qe1
$36) 13. f5 $1 d5 (13... exf5 14. Bg5 $1 Bf6 $1 (14... Qxb2 $2 15. Bxe7 Qxc3 (
15... Re8 16. Nd5 Qxa1 17. Qxa1 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 $18) 16. Rc1 $18) 15. Bxf6 Qxf6
16. exf5 Nxf5 17. g4 Qc6+ 18. Bd5 Ne3 $1 19. Qf3 Qb6 (19... Nxd5 20. Nxd5 $16)
20. Bxf7+ Kg7 $8 21. Qf4 $3 Nxf1 (21... Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Rxf7 23. Rxf7+ Kxf7 24.
Rf1+ Kg7 25. Qf4 $18 Qd8 $140 26. Qe5+ Kh6 27. Rf7 d6 28. Qg7+ Kg5 29. h4+ Kg4
30. Qd4+ Kg3 31. Ne2+ Kh3 32. Rf3#) 22. Rxf1 Qc6+ (22... d6 23. Qf6+ Kh6 24.
g5+ Kh5 25. Qg7 $18) 23. Nd5 (23. Ne4 Qe6 24. Nd6 $16) 23... Qxd5+ 24. Bxd5
Rxf4 25. Rxf4 $16) (13... gxf5 $5 14. Qh5 Bg7 (14... fxe4 15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Bxg7
Kxg7 17. Qg5+ Ng6 18. Qf6+ Kg8 19. Nxe4 Qd8 20. Qd4 f5 21. Nd6 $40) 15. Rf3 $40
) 14. f6 $1 dxc4 15. fxe7 Re8 16. Bg5 $1 $16 (16. dxc4 $5 Rxe7 17. Na4 $1 Qa7 (
17... Qd6 18. c5 $1 Bxc5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Qd8+ Kg7 21. Bh6+ Kxh6 22. Qf8+ Kg5
23. Rxf7 $18 {Gorbatow,A}) 18. c5 e5 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Be3 Be6 21. Bxd4 exd4 22.
Qxd4 $16) 16... Qxb2 (16... f6 17. Qf3 $5 cxd3 (17... Rxe7 18. Bxf6 Rf7 19.
Bxd4 $18) 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 (18... Bd7 19. Rad1 Bxf6 20. Qxf6 Qd6 21. Nd5 Bc6 22.
Rxd3 $18) 19. Qxf6 Bd7 20. Rf3 $18) 17. Qf3 $1 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 (18... exf5 $2
19. Qd5+ $18) 19. Ne4 $5 (19. Qg3 Kh8 $8 (19... Kf7 20. Qh4 $18) (19... Bf2 20.
Qe5 Qb6 21. Rxf2 Qxf2 22. Bh6 Rxe7 23. Qf6 Bd7 24. Qg5+ Kh8 $8 25. Qxe7 Qd4 $8
26. Bg5 $18) 20. Rac1 Bxc3 $5 21. Rxc3 Qxc3 22. Bf4 Qg7 23. Be5 Rxe7 $44) 19...
Be5 (19... Bd7 20. Nd6 Bc6 21. Qg3 $18) 20. Rad1 Bd7 21. d4 $1 Bc6 (21... Bxd4
22. Rd2 $1 (22. Rxd4 Qxd4 23. Nf6+ Kg7 (23... Kh8 24. Nxd7 $18) 24. Rd1 Bc6 25.
Qh5 Qxf6 26. Bxf6+ Kxf6 27. Qh6+ Kf7 $8 (27... Kxe7 28. Qg7#) (27... Ke5 28.
Qg7+ Kf4 29. Qg3+ Ke4 30. Re1+ Kd4 31. Qe3+ Kd5 32. Rd1#) 28. Qxh7+ Kf6 $16)
22... Qb6 (22... fxe4 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. Rxb2 Bxb2 25. Bf6+ Bxf6 26. Qxf6+ Kg8
27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. Rf7 $18) 23. Qg3 Kh8 (23... Bg7 24. Rxd7 $18) 24. Rxd4 $18)
22. dxe5 $138 Bxe4 23. Qg3 Kf7 (23... Qe2 24. Bf6+ Qg4 25. Qxg4+ fxg4 26. Rf4
Bf5 27. Rxc4 Kf7 28. Rd8 b5 29. Rcd4 Rc8 30. Kg1 $18) 24. Rd2 $18 Qb5 25. Qh4
$2 (25. Rd8 c3 26. Re1 Qb2 (26... Rg8 27. Qh4 f4 28. Qh6 Bg6 29. Qf8+ $1 Rxf8
30. exf8=Q#) 27. Bf6 $18) 25... Qxe5 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Rd8 Bc6 28. h3 Qg7 (28...
Qg3 29. Rf3 $1) 29. Rfd1 Qf7 30. Qh6 Bd5 31. Bf6 b6 32. Rc1 f4 33. Re1 Raxd8
$138 34. exd8=Q Rxd8 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Bxd8 f3 37. Qh6+ Ke8 38. Bh4 fxg2+ 39.
Kg1 Qf3 40. Bf2 c3 41. Qxh7 b5 42. Bh4 Qf8 43. Qc7 Qa3 44. Bf2 Qb4 45. a3 $1
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c4 e5 6. d3 g6 7. Be3 d6 8. a3 Bg7
9. b4 b6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nd5 h6 12. Bxc6 Nxc6 13. b5 Ne7 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nd2
f5 16. f3 f4 17. Bf2 g5 18. a4 h5 19. Qe2 g4 20. a5 Rb8 21. axb6 axb6 22. Kh1
Qg5 23. Ra7 Kh8 24. Rfa1 Bf6 25. Ra8 Rb7 26. R1a7 Rxa7 27. Rxa7 Rg8 28. Be1 Be6
29. Qf1 g3 30. Kg1 gxh2+ 31. Kxh2 h4 32. Nb1 Qh5 33. Nc3 h3 34. gxh3 Bh4 35.
Bxh4 Qxh4 36. Ne2 Rg6 37. Rb7 Kg8 38. Ng1 Kf8 39. Kh1 Qg3 40. Ra7 $4 (40. Rh7
$13) {[%tqu "En","How do you win immediatly?","It's attack against the White
king.","Is h3 really very well defended?","e6h3","",10]} 40... Bxh3 41. Ra8+
Ke7 42. Nxh3 {[%tqu "En","How do you finish him off?","If White had played Rh7
on move 40 you would not have this winner!","Attack his knight with your rook",
"g6h6","",4]} Rh6 0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1998.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Tong, Yuanming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg5 Qc7 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. c3 Nf6 8. O-O h6
9. Be3 d6 10. Na3 O-O 11. h3 Qe7 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. g4 e5 14. Nh2 g5 15. Rfe1 Rd8
16. Nf1 Rb8 17. Ng3 b5 18. Nc2 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Qe2 Be6 21. Be4+ Kg8 22.
Qf3 Qd6 23. Nh5 b4 24. c4 Nde7 25. h4 gxh4 26. Kg2 Bd7 27. Rh1 Ng6 28. Rag1
Nce7 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. Bxh6+ $2 {An incorrect sacrice, but fortune favours the
brave!} Kxh6 31. Qxf7 Bxg4 $1 32. Kf1 (32. Ne3 $5 Bh5 (32... Be6 $1 33. Qf3 (
33. Qf6 Bh3+ $19) 33... Rf8 34. Qg3 Rh8 35. Kf1 Kg7 $19) 33. Kf1 Rf8 34. Rxg6+
Qxg6 35. Qxe7 Rxf2+ 36. Ke1 Re2+ 37. Kf1 Rf2+) 32... Qe6 $4 (32... Rf8 33.
Rxh4+ Nxh4 34. Qh7+ Kg5 35. Ne3 Rf4 $19) {[%tqu "En","Can you find the winning
move for White?","You have to find a decisive continuation. Its no use trading
queens.","Sacrifice your rook with check!","h1h4","",10]} 33. Rxh4+ $1 Nxh4 34.
Qh7+ Kg5 35. Ne3 $18 Rh8 (35... Neg6 36. Nxg4 Qxg4 37. Rxg4+ Kxg4 38. Bxg6 $18)
36. Rxg4+ Qxg4 37. Qxe7+ Kh5 38. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Olomouc After GP Mladi"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Biolek, Richard"]
[Black "Oral, Tomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. b3 (6. Nbd2 Ng6 7. h4
h5 8. Nc4 d6 9. Bd2 e5 10. Ne3 Nf4 11. g3 Ne6 12. Ng5 f6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. c4
g6 15. Qc2 a5 16. O-O-O Rh7 17. Kb1 a4 18. f4 Rb7 19. Bc3 Bh6 20. Rhf1 Ra6 21.
Ka1 Raa7 22. Rf2 Kd7 23. Qe2 Kc8 24. Rdf1 Qg8 25. Rf3 a3 26. b3 Bh3 27. Rh1 Be6
28. Rff1 Re7 29. Kb1 Rab7 30. Kc2 Bf7 31. Rhg1 Qe8 32. fxe5 fxe5 33. g4 hxg4
34. Nxg4 Bf4 35. Bd2 Qh8 36. Bc3 Qh5 37. Qf2 Be6 38. Nf6 Qh6 39. Bd2 Bxd2 40.
Qxd2 Qxd2+ {Anand,V-Christiansen,L/Monaco rapid 1993/EXP 34/1-0 (61)}) (6. Nh4
Ng6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Qe2 e5 9. c4 d6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Be3 Bg5 12. O-O-O Bxe3+ 13.
Qxe3 g5 14. f3 Qf6 15. h3 Qf4 16. Rhe1 Be6 17. Kc2 Qxe3 18. Rxe3 Ke7 19. a3
Rab8 20. Rb1 a5 21. Ree1 Rb7 22. b3 g6 23. Nd1 f5 24. Ne3 Kf6 25. Rec1 Rhb8 26.
Rb2 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,V-Sveshnikov,E/Moscow2 1995/CBM 47}) 6... Ng6 7. h3 (
7. Bb2 f6 8. e5 (8. h4 Bd6 9. h5 Ne5 10. h6 g6 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 fxe5 13.
Qf3 g5 14. Nd2 Rf8 15. Qh3 {1/2-1/2 Yurieva,A-Ymanskaya,I/Moscow op Russian
Winter 1991/TD 91\03}) 8... Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5
d6 13. Bg3 e5 14. Qe2 Bg5 15. Ne4 Bh6 16. f3 a5 17. a4 Ra7 18. Bf2 Raf7 19. Be3
Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 h6 21. Rae1 Be6 {Spassky,B-Gulko,B/Linares 1990/CBM 17/1/2-1/2 
(38)}) 7... Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Nbd2 e5 11. c3 Ba6 12. Qc2 Nf4 13. c4
d6 14. a3 Bc8 15. b4 {[%tqu "En","Can you find the most dangerous attacking
continuation?","Sacrifice!","Use your bishop","c8h3","",15]} Bxh3 16. gxh3 Qd7
17. Ne1 Qxh3 18. Ndf3 {[%tqu "En","How do you continue the attack?","You need
to bring a rook to the attack!","Move your f pawn to make way for the rook!",
"f7f5","",12]} f5 19. Nh2 fxe4 20. dxe4 Rf6 21. f3 Raf8 22. Bc1 Rg6+ 23. Kh1
Nh5 24. Rg1 Ng3+ 25. Rxg3 Qxg3 26. Be3 Bg5 27. Bf2 Qh3 28. Qe2 Bf4 29. Bg1 Rff6
30. bxc5 {[%tqu "En","Can you find a move to force the win?","Get rid of a
defender!","Get rid of that bishop on g1!","g6g1","",12]} Rxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Rg6+
32. Ng4 Rxg4+ 33. fxg4 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "Candidates (Women)"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Polgar,Zsu"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 (5. b3 $5) 5... a6 6. Ba4 (6.
Bxc6 $142 Nxc6 7. d4 {+/=/=}) 6... b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. a4 (8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4
$15) 8... Ng6 9. Re1 (9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Qxa8 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13.
Qxd4 $10 {Rohde-Granda Zuniga, Tiburg 1992}) 9... Rc8 {/\ץc2} 10. axb5 axb5
11. d4 (11. Na3 Qa5 $15 (11... b4 12. Nc4 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Ne3)) 11... cxd4
12. cxd4 (12. Nxd4 b4 13. Nb5 d6 {/\Be7,0-0}) 12... Nb4 13. Bb3 Rxc1 $1 14.
Qxc1 Nd3 15. Qe3 Nxe1 16. Qxe1 (16. Nxe1 $5) 16... Be7 17. Nc3 O-O (17... b4
18. Na4 O-O 19. Nc5 Bc6 $13) 18. Nxb5 $6 Qb6 19. Bc4 (19. Qa5 $4 Ra8 $1 20.
Qxa8+ $8 Bxa8 21. Rxa8+ Nf8 22. Ba4 Qc6 {/\Qc1-+}) 19... f5 $1 (19... d5 20.
exd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Qxb5 $10) 20. e5 (20. d5 fxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Qxb5
$19 {_|_}) (20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rxf2 $5 {/\Bc5} (22... Rg5 23.
Bf1 Qc6 $1 24. f3 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Qxf3 $1 26. Qd2 (26. gxf3 Rg1#) 26... Be3 27.
Qc2 (27. Qxd7 Qxf1+ $1) 27... Bf2 {/\Qxg2+} 28. Ra8+ Bxa8 29. Qc8+ Qf8 $19 (
29... Kf7 $4 30. Nd6+ Kg6 31. Qe8+ Kh6 32. Nf7+ $18))) 20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nh4
22. Qc3 (22. Qe3 Rc8 $36) 22... Qb7 (22... Rc8 $2 23. Bxe6+ $18) 23. Be2 Rc8
24. Ra7 (24. Qd3 $142 g5 25. d5 $132) 24... Rxc3 25. Rxb7 Rc1+ 26. Bf1 Nxf3+
27. Kg2 Nh4+ 28. Kg1 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Bh4 $1 30. Rxd7 (30. Kxf3 Rxf1) (30. Be2 Ne1+
31. Kh3 Bxf2 {/\g5-g4#}) (30. Nd6 g5 $5 31. Rxd7 g4 $1 32. Ne8 h5 $1 33. Nf6+
$140 Bxf6 34. exf6 h4 35. h3 gxh3+ 36. Kxf3 Rxf1 {/\h2-+}) 30... Rc2 (30...
Ne1+ $142 31. Kh3 (31. Kg1 Rc2 32. Nd6 Nf3+ 33. Kh1 Rxf2 34. Bg2 Ne1 35. Bh3 g5
$19) 31... Bxf2 32. Bc4 (32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Nd6+ Kg6 34. Re8 Kg5 $1 35. Rxe6 Kf4
{/\g5-g4#}) 32... Rxc4 33. Nd6 (33. Rd8+ Kf7 34. Nd6+ Ke7 $19) 33... g5 $1 $19)
31. Kxf3 Rxf2+ 32. Ke3 Rxf1 (32... f4+ $142 33. Ke4 Rxf1) 33. Rc7 $2 (33. Nc7
f4+ 34. Ke2 Rf2+ 35. Kd3 f3 36. Nxe6 Rg2 37. Rxg7+ (37. d5 f2 38. Ke2 Rg1 39.
Rxg7+ Kh8 $1 $19) 37... Rxg7 38. Nxg7 Kxg7 39. Ke3 (39. b4 Bf2 $1 40. d5 Bd4
$10) 39... f2 40. Ke2 Kg6 41. b4 Kf5 42. b5 Bd8 43. Kxf2 Ke4 44. e6 Kd5 $10)
33... f4+ 34. Kd3 f3 35. Nd6 h5 36. Ne4 f2 $19 37. Nxf2 Rxf2 38. b4 Rxh2 39. b5
Rb2 40. Rc5 Be7 41. Rc7 Kf7 0-1

[Event "POL-ch"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2004.04.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2004.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 {[%cal Yd2f1,Yf1e3,
Ye3d5,Ye3f5]} ({Another common line is} 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4) 6... Bg5 (
{The main alternative is} 6... Nf6) 7. h4 {This aggressive move is the latest
fashion.} (7. Nf1 {--> 1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Chuchelov,V/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96 
[Postny,E] (59)}) 7... Bxd2+ {Black can also refrain from this exchange by 7...
Bh6.} (7... Bh6 8. Qh5 (8. g4 $6 Bf4 9. Nd5 Nge7 10. Nxf4 exf4 11. Bb5 O-O 12.
Bxc6 Nxc6 13. Nb3 d5 $1 $36 {0-1 Kupreichik,V-Kramnik,V/Moscow 1994/CBM 45 (42)
}) 8... Qd7 (8... g6 9. Qd1 Nf6 10. h5 (10. Nf1 {--> 1-0 Kasparov,G-Sutovsky,E/
Tel Aviv 1998/CBM 65 [Kostakiev] (41)}) 10... Nd4 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Nb3 {
--> 1-0 Shirov,A-Lautier,J/Salamanca 1998/EXT 99 [Stohl] (51)}) 9. Nd5 Rb8 10.
c3 b5 11. Bb3 Nce7 12. Ne3 c4 13. dxc4 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nf6 15. Qf3 O-O $44 {
1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo MNC 2004/The Week in Chess 489 (35)}) 8.
Bxd2 {Pair of bishops is not really a factor in this position. In the
forthcoming struggle white will try to use his only trump, namely, the d5
stronghold.} Nf6 9. Nd5 (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Ne3 Qf6 13. c3
Be6 14. Qe2 Rb8 15. a4 a6 16. g3 Ne7 17. O-O O-O 18. Qh5 Bh3 19. Rfd1 b5 {
1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Leko,P/Linares ESP 2004/The Week in Chess 486 (19)}) (9. O-O
Be6 (9... Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Nd5 O-O 12. f4 Ng4 13. g3 exf4 14. Nxf4 Bxc4 15.
Qxg4 Ne5 16. Qh5 Be6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo
MNC 2004/The Week in Chess 490 (40)}) 10. Nd5 O-O 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ng4 13.
Bg5 Qd7 14. Qd2 f6 15. Bf4 Nge5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Leko,P/Monte Carlo
MNC 2004/The Week in Chess 489 (67)}) (9. a3 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12.
Qf3 O-O 13. h5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Krasenkow,M/New Delhi/Teheran 2000/CBM
80 (67)}) 9... Nxd5 10. Bxd5 O-O $146 (10... Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Kd7 13.
O-O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 Fedorov,A-Krasenkow,M/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98 no vc (37)}) (
10... Qe7 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne5 13. O-O Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. h5 h6 16. c3
$14 {1-0 Shirov,A-Huzman,A/Belgrade 1999/CBM 69 (52)}) 11. c3 Qe8 $6 ({More
natural is} 11... Be6 {when white's advantage is only marginal.}) 12. f4 {
White starts the immediate actions in the centre, keeping an option for a long
castling as well.} exf4 13. Bxf4 Be6 $6 {A provocative move, but objectively
wrong. It seems that black has overestimated his chances.} ({Safer would have
been} 13... Qe7 $14) 14. Bxd6 $1 {Correctly accepting the challenge.} Bxd5 15.
Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Qh5 Be6 17. Qxc5+ (17. Qxh7 $6 Rd8 $132) 17... Kg8 18. O-O {
White's rook + two central pawns should be better here than black's two light
pieces.} f6 19. d4 {White's plan is simple: to push forward his central pawns.
On the other hand, it's much harder to find good plan for black.} b6 (19... Bf7
{seems to me slightly stronger.}) 20. Qb5 Na5 $2 {This is principally wrong.
After the exchange of queens white is nearly winning, since he has no more
worries about his kingside weaknesses and can simply move ahead his central
pawns.} (20... Bd7 $5) 21. Qxe8+ Rxe8 22. b3 {Black has very few chances to
organize a blockade of white's pawns.} Bf7 23. Rae1 Nc6 $6 {Wrong route for
the knight.} ({Black's last chance was to break white's pawns chain by} 23...
Bg6 24. Rf4 Nb7 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gb7d6]} 25. g4 Nd6 26. e5 fxe5 27. dxe5 Nb7 {
with chances for a draw.}) 24. g4 $1 h5 25. g5 fxg5 (25... Bg6 26. gxf6 Rxe4
27. Rxe4 Bxe4 28. fxg7 Kxg7 29. Re1 Bd5 30. c4 Nxd4 31. cxd5 Nf3+ 32. Kf2 Nxe1
33. Kxe1 Kf6 34. Kf2 $18) 26. hxg5 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4] After removing the Pf6,
nothing can stop white's pawns.} Bg6 27. e5 b5 28. e6 Ne7 (28... Rd8 29. e7 $1
Re8 30. d5 Nxe7 31. c4 $18 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5,Ge1,Gf1]}) 29. Re5 Rd8 30. Rd1 Rd6
31. d5 Kf8 32. c4 {White has three connected passed pawns!} bxc4 33. bxc4 Ke8
34. c5 Rd8 35. d6 Nc6 36. Re3 Bf5 37. g6 ({A quicker way for a win would have
been} 37. Rf1 g6 38. Rxf5 $1 gxf5 39. g6 $18) 37... Rb8 38. Rf1 Rb1 39. Rxb1
Bxb1 40. Rb3 Bxg6 (40... Bxa2 41. Rb7 Bxe6 42. Rxg7 $18) 41. Rb7 Bf5 42. Rc7
Nd8 43. e7 Nf7 44. Rxa7 Be4 45. Rc7 Bf5 46. Rb7 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 59th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.05.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Bobras, Piotr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O {This move is less
popular, than the main 6.Nd2.} (6. Nd2 {[%csl Yd5,Yf5][%cal Yd2f1,Yf1e3,Ye3d5,
Ye3f5]}) 6... Nf6 (6... h6 {[%csl Yg5][%cal Yh6g5]} 7. h3 Nf6 8. a3 O-O 9. Rb1
a5 10. Be3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb8 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 b5 15. Bb3 cxb4
16. Nh4 Qd7 17. Qf3 Na6 18. Nf5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Movsesian,S-Babula,V/CZE 1997/EXT
98 (41)}) (6... Be6 {- see the game Volokitin,A-Kozul,Z/Vidmar mem Portoroz
2001/CBM 85 [Gershon]}) ({Also appears in practice} 6... Bg4) 7. Ng5 {The only
way to fight for the opening advantage.} O-O 8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 h6 10. Nf3 Be6
11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 {This is a rather rare recapture, since it's actually a
pawn sacrifice, however after this game white probably will pay more attention
to this move...} (12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 (13... Nb4 $6 14. c4 Bf6 15. Qd2
Re8 16. Kh1 a5 17. a3 Na6 18. g4 g5 19. Bg3 Bg7 20. h4 $14 {0-1 Sadvakasov,
D-Morozevich,A/Astana 2001/CBM 84 (48)}) 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. Bg3 Bf6 16. c4 Re8 17.
Rae1 Qd7 18. d4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Be5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Al Modiahki,
M-Shariyazdanov,A/Dubai 2000/EXT 2001 (44)}) 12... Nb4 (12... Na5 13. Nh4 Nxc4
14. dxc4 Qd7 15. Bd2 Qg4 16. Nf5 Rfe8 17. Rf3 Kh7 18. Qf1 $16 {1-0 Kovalev,
A-Sveshnikov,E/Rowy 1999/EXT 2002 (52)}) 13. Bd2 Nbxd5 14. Nh4 Nc7 15. Nf5 {
[%csl Gf5]} d5 16. Bb3 {White has strong compensation for the P. The Nf5 is
very strong. Black has to concentrate his play against the Nf5, before white's
Q joines the attack...} Kh7 17. c3 $146 (17. Qf3 c4 18. Nxe7 Qxe7 (18... cxb3
$142 19. Nf5 bxc2) 19. Qf5+ Kh8 20. dxc4 $16 {1-0 Matikozian,A-Bekker Jensen,D/
Rimavska Sobota 1996/EXT 97 (28)}) 17... Ng8 {[%cal Ye7g5,Yg7g6]} 18. Qf3 Bg5
19. Be1 {Consequently continuing to play for the initiative, white avoides the
unfavourable exchange.} (19. Bxg5 $6 {only leads to an equality:} Qxg5 20. Bxd5
Nxd5 21. Qxd5 g6 22. h4 Qh5 23. Ne3 $11) 19... Ne7 ({Probably better was} 19...
g6 20. Bg3 $5 gxf5 21. Qxf5+ Kg7 22. Qe5+ Nf6 23. Qxc7 Qxc7 24. Bxc7 Rfe8 {
Black has reasonable chances to defend this position.}) 20. h4 Nxf5 21. Qxf5+ (
21. hxg5 $6 g6) 21... g6 22. Qh3 $1 Be7 23. h5 a5 {Probably black was intended
to transfer his queenside R via a6, but there is just no time for it.} (23...
Qc8 24. Qf3 $16) 24. Bd2 g5 {This move is necessary, but now black has real
problems on light squares.} (24... Bg5 25. hxg6+ Kxg6 26. Bf4 $5 $40) 25. d4 {
[%csl Gb3,Rh7][%cal Gb3c2,Gc2h7]} Qc8 26. Bc2+ Kg7 27. Qd3 f5 (27... Rh8 $4 {
[%tqu "En","Conclude the attack.","","","f1f7","",5]} 28. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 29.
Qg6+ Kf8 30. Rf1+) 28. Rae1 ({Also good for white is} 28. Qe3 {[%csl Rc5,Re7]}
Qd7 29. Bxf5 Rxf5 30. Rxf5 Qxf5 31. Qxe7+ Qf7 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Rf1 $18) 28...
Bd6 29. dxc5 $2 {This is already serious mistake, allowing black to get back
into the game.} ({Very strong was} 29. Qh3 $1 {and it doesn't seems, that
black can survive the attack.}) 29... Bxc5+ 30. Be3 Bxe3+ 31. Rxe3 Qd7 {
It's clear, that white spoiled a big part of the advantage.} 32. Re5 Rae8 33.
Rexf5 (33. Qd4 Rxe5 34. Qxe5+ Rf6 35. Rxf5 Qd6 $14) 33... Rxf5 34. Rxf5 Qe6 $2
{After a long and tough defense black finally makes a mistake.} (34... Re1+ $1
35. Kf2 Qe6) 35. Qd4+ Kg8 36. Rf6 $18 {Black is forced now to exchange QQ, and
the forthcoming endgame is easily won for white.} Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qe5+ 38. Qxe5
Rxe5 39. Rxh6 {After being a pawn down for quite a long time, white has an
extra pawn now and his pieces are superbly coordinated.} Ne6 40. Rf6 Kg7 41.
Rg6+ Kh8 42. h6 Nf4 43. Rd6 Re8 44. Bf5 Kg8 45. Rd7 b5 46. g3 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 11th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2010.06.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 d5 {Not the main
move, but with the best statistics for Black, so far. The only drawback of
this move is that it weakens the Pc5, which can no longer be protected by ...
d7-d6.} ({The main continuations are:} 6... Ng6) ({and} 6... Qc7 {keeping the
pawn on d7 for a while.}) 7. b3 (7. c4 $6 {Weakening the central d4 square
isn't recommended.} Ng6 8. g3 Bd6 9. h4 dxc4 10. dxc4 e5 11. Nbd2 Nf8 $15 {
[%csl Gd4][%cal Gf8e6,Ge6d4] 0-1 Alekseev,E (2711)-Radjabov,T (2751)/Dagomys
2008/CBM 124 (40)}) 7... f6 8. e5 Ng6 9. Bb2 Be7 {In this position Black's
pair of bishops is of little significance. A long-term manouevering battle is
expected.} 10. Nbd2 a5 11. a4 O-O (11... Nf4 $6 {is a punch in the air.} 12.
Qf1 {and after the forthcoming g2-g3 the knight will have to retreat.}) 12.
O-O-O f5 $1 {Correctly closing the centre. Now White's bishop is passive.} 13.
h4 Nh8 {The knight has nothing to do on g6 anyway.} (13... Nxh4 $2 14. Nxh4
Bxh4 15. Qh5 $40) 14. Ng5 $1 {It's recommended for White to exchange one pair
of knights, so that he will have more space for his kingside offensive.} Nf7 (
14... Bxg5 $2 {is too naive. After} 15. hxg5 Qxg5 16. Ba3 {White regains the
pawn and has the upper hand.}) 15. Nxf7 (15. Qh5 {isn't dangerous in view of}
Nh6 $1) 15... Rxf7 16. h5 Ba6 17. f4 (17. c4 $2 {would have been a glaring
mistake. After} Bg5 {[%csl Rb3,Yd2][%cal Ga8b8,Gf7b7] Black will eliminate the
knight and decide the outcome downr the b-file.}) 17... c4 $1 {This is the
only way to create counterplay, and goes in harmony with the well-known rule
which states that the side that has the bishop pair should strive to open up
the position.} 18. dxc4 Qb6 {It is important for Black to control the diagonal
a7-g1, so that White won't be able to comfortably execute the idea of Rh1-g1
followed by g2-g4.} 19. Rh3 Rb8 20. g4 $5 {Going for the sharpest. The same
idea with the inclusion of the moves 20. h6 g6 was an option as well.} (20. h6
g6 21. g4 dxc4 22. Nxc4 fxg4 23. Qxg4 Bxc4 24. f5 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Kb1
Bd5 27. fxg6 Rf1+ 28. Ka2 Rg1 29. Rg3 Rxg3 30. Qxg3 Qa7 31. gxh7+ Kxh7 32. Qd3+
Kxh6 33. c4 Qh7 $11) 20... dxc4 (20... Bc5 $6 21. Qf3 $1 dxc4 (21... Rbf8 22.
Rg3 $14) 22. gxf5 cxb3 23. cxb3 exf5 (23... Rxf5 24. Ne4 $16 {[%cal Gh5h6,
Gh3g3,Gd1d7]}) 24. h6 Bd4 25. Bxd4 Qxd4 26. hxg7 $14) 21. Nxc4 fxg4 22. Qxg4
Bxc4 {No, White didn't lose a piece for nothing; things are far more
interesting than that.} 23. f5 Bd5 (23... Qb4 24. f6 (24. Qxc4 $6 Qxc4 25. bxc4
Rxf5 $15) 24... Bd5 (24... Ba6 25. Rd4 Qe1+ 26. Rd1 Qb4 27. Rd4 $11) 25. c4
Bxc4 26. Qxc4 Qxc4+ 27. bxc4 gxf6 28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. Bxf6+ Rxf6 31.
Rd6 $11) (23... Ba6 $2 24. fxe6 {Here White's attack is decisive.} Rff8 (24...
Rf2 25. Rg3 g6 26. hxg6 h6 27. Bd4 Ba3+ 28. Kb1 Be2 29. Qh4 $18) 25. Rg3 g6 26.
hxg6 h6 27. g7 Bg5+ 28. Kb1 Rf4 29. Qh5 Bc4 30. Rxg5 Bxb3 31. cxb3 Qxb3 32. Rg2
$18) 24. f6 Bc5 25. c4 $4 {Blackout. Motylev was definitely not in a good form
in this tournament.} (25. Rhd3 $1 Qb4 26. c4 Rfb7 27. Rc3 h6 28. Qh3 Bxc4 29.
Rxc4 Qxb3 30. Qxb3 Rxb3 31. Rxc5 Rxb2 {This endgame would end in a draw, which
would be a fair result for this game.}) 25... Be3+ {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gb6b3]} 0-1

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kritz,L} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {One of the ways to avoid the main
Sveshnikov variation, which was so well prepared by Gelfand and his team for
the recent World Championship match. Obviously, White can't claim a
significant advantage in this line.} e5 {Boris chooses the same line that he
played against Leko two months ago in London. Black weakens the light squares
but, takes control over the d4 square making it difficult for White to seize
more space.} 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O (6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Nd7 (7... Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O {is reliable for Black as proved in many games on a high level.}
) 8. Ne3 Nb6 9. Ned5 O-O 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. O-O Bg5 12. a4 Bxc1 13. Qxc1 Be6 14.
Qd2 h6 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Qg5 17. Raf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P (2737)-Gelfand,B 
(2738)/London 2012/CB39_2012 (59)}) 6... Nf6 7. h3 ({Another line goes:} 7. Ng5
O-O 8. f4 Bg4 9. Qe1 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 h6 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Be6
14. Kh1 {and later on White will try to use the g-file for his major pieces.}
Kh7 15. Bxe6 fxe6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Inarkiev,E (2707)-Timofeev,A (2641)/Tyumen 2012/
CB26_2012 (30)}) 7... O-O 8. a3 a6 (8... Be6 9. Nd5 Nd4 {is a playable idea as
well. The massive exchanges of minor pieces often lead to equality.}) ({Auch} 
8... Nd7 {sieht vernünftig aus:} 9. Rb1 (9. Nd5 Nb6 10. Ba2 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Be6
12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. c3 Qd7 14. b4 b5 15. Be3 a6 $11 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2776)
-Radjabov,T (2761)/Nice 2009/CBM 129 Extra (37)}) 9... Nb6 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Nd5
Bxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 13. b4 Na4 14. Bd2 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bg5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Edouard,R
(2636)-Moiseenko,A (2670)/Warsaw 2010/CBM 139 Extra (22)}) 9. Nd5 (9. Ba2 b5 (
9... Be6 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Ne3 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxe5 Nxe3 15.
fxe3 $16 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2777)-Van Wely,L (2617)/Monte Carlo 2004/CBM 099 ext 
(24)}) 10. Nd5 a5 11. c3 a4 12. d4 c4 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bg5 h6 16.
Bh4 Bb7 17. Bb1 Na5 18. Bc2 Nb3 19. Rb1 Qe6 20. Bg3 Rad8 $132 {1-0 Morozevich,
A (2731)-Radjabov,T (2728)/Biel 2006/CBM 114 (92)}) 9... Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Be6 ({
Kritz,L} 10... Kh8 $5 {Ein interessanter Versuch, aber er sieht doch etwas zu
provokativ aus.} 11. c3 f5 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 $14 {0-1 Stukopin,A (2481)
-Timofeev,A (2600)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2012/CB47_2012 (41)}) 11. Bxe6 $146 {
A novelty which doesn't change the evaluation of this line - the position is
approximately equal, but it's slightly easier to play as White.} (11. Rb1 a5
12. c3 Qd7 13. a4 Rae8 14. Qb3 Bd8 15. Be3 Kh8 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18.
Nxd4 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Re4 21. Qd3 Rfe8 $11 {1-0 Timofeev,A (2591)
-Jakovenko,D (2582)/Tomsk 2004/CBM 102 (68)}) 11... fxe6 12. c3 Qd7 13. b4 ({
In the event of} 13. d4 $6 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Bf6 17.
Qd3 Rac8 {Black has no problems.}) 13... d5 14. Rb1 b5 (14... Rac8 15. Be3 b6
16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Rb6 Qa7 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Qa2 Qd7 21. Rb1 $14 {
Black still has problems to solve as his doubled e-pawns require attention.})
15. Be3 d4 ({Black can't push the other way as after} 15... c4 $2 16. dxc4 bxc4
17. Qe2 d4 $2 18. Rfd1 d3 19. Qa2 {the Pc4 is falling.}) 16. Bd2 $1 {Karjakin
correctly decided to pass the decision about the structure to his opponent.} (
16. cxd4 exd4 17. Bd2 Rac8 (17... c4 $2 18. dxc4 bxc4 19. Rc1 c3 20. Bxc3 $16)
18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Qb3 Rxf3 $1 20. gxf3 Ne5 21. Kg2 Qf7 22. Bf4 $1 Nxf3 (22...
Bd6 23. Rbc1 Rf8 24. Bg3 Qxf3+ 25. Kg1 Nc4 26. Bxd6 Qxh3 27. Rxc4 bxc4 28. Qxc4
Qg4+ 29. Bg3 h5 30. Qxd4 h4 31. Qd6 hxg3 32. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 33. fxg3 Rb8 $11) 23.
Kxf3 Bd6 24. Rbc1 $1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qxf4+ 26. Ke2 Qxc1 27. Qxe6+ Kf8 28. Qxd6+
Kf7 29. Qxd4 Qxa3 {I believe that this endgame should end in a draw.}) 16...
dxc3 $1 {Seems like the best decision to open the position.} ({After} 16... Rf7
17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Qb3 {White enjoys a stable advantage.}) 17. Bxc3 Bd6 {
Black's Pe5 is a real target. However, the counterplay on the f-file should be
sufficient.} 18. Qe2 (18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxa3 {is fine for
Black. Later on his connected passed pawns might become a factor.}) 18... Rf7
19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. Bb2 (20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxa3 22. d4 Bd6 $11) 20... Raf8
$6 {Very logical. However, it was safer to exchange all the minor pieces on
the d4-square.} (20... Nd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Rbc1 Rd8 24. Rc6 Rd6
25. Rc8+ Rd8 26. Rfc1 Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ Rf8 28. Qc2 (28. Rc6 Qa1+ 29. Kh2 Qxa3 30.
Qh5 Rxf2 31. Qe8+ Rf8 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Rxa6 Qxd3 $11) 28... Rxc8 29. Qxc8+ Kf7
30. Qxa6 Qxd3 $11) 21. Rbc1 Bb6 (21... Bd4 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. Rc6
a5 25. Rxe6 $14) (21... Rxf3 $6 {Here this sacrifice doesn't work properly.}
22. gxf3 (22. Rxc5 $2 Rxd3 23. Rxc6 Rd2 24. Qe3 Rxb2 25. Rxa6 h6 $11) 22... Qe7
23. Kh2 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. Rc6 Qxa3 26. Rxe6 $16) 22. Kh1 $6 {Moving the
king away from the eye of the black bishop. However, it was more dynamic and
promising to use the c-file for the invasion by White's major pieces.} (22. Qc2
$1 Rxf3 (22... Nd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Qc6 $14) 23. gxf3 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25.
Qc7 Qxc7 (25... Qe8 26. Kh2 Rxf3 27. Qc8 Qxc8 28. Rxc8+ Kf7 29. Rg1 $1 {
[%csl Rg7][%cal Gc8c7]} Rxf2+ 30. Rg2 Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Bb2 32. Ra8 Bxa3 33. Rxa6
{and we have the same endgame as after 25...Qxc7.}) 26. Rxc7 Rxf3 27. Rfc1 Rxf2
(27... h5 28. Rd7 Rxh3 29. Kg2 Rxd3 30. Rcc7 $16) 28. Rc8+ Kf7 29. Rf1 Rf4+ 30.
Kg2 Bb2 31. Ra8 Rxf1 32. Kxf1 Bxa3 33. Rxa6 {Black's defensive task in this
endgame is not easy.}) 22... Rxf3 23. gxf3 Bd4 24. Rg1 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Rxf3 26.
Qc3 (26. Qc2 Qf7 27. Rg3 {Now there is no forced perpetual check as White's
queen is covering the second rank.} (27. Qxc6 {leads to the same position as
in the game.}) {Still, after} 27... h5 28. Qd1 Nd4 29. Rxf3 Nxf3 30. Kg2 Nh4+
31. Kf1 Qg6 32. Ke2 Ng2 {Black's mighty tandem of queen + knight should yield
him sufficient compensation for the exchange.}) 26... Qf7 $1 {Now it's a
forced draw.} 27. Qxc6 (27. Rg3 Rxg3 28. fxg3 Qf3+ 29. Kh2 Qf2+ $11) 27...
Rxh3+ 28. Kg2 Qf3+ 29. Kf1 Qxd3+ 30. Ke1 {[%tqu "En","How can Black force a
draw?","","","h3e3","",3]} Re3+ $1 31. fxe3 Qxe3+ {White's two extra rooks
can't help his king to escape from the perpetual check.} 32. Kd1 Qd3+ 33. Ke1
Qe3+ 34. Kd1 Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2002.05.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Pira, Davoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2002.05.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 d5 {The most popular line here
starts with 5...a6.} 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. d4 ({Theory considers} 7. Re1 {as the
strongest move for white - see the commented games: Sutovsky,E-Tsesarsky,I/
ISR-chT 2001/CBM 82 [Tsesarsky] , Rublevsky,S-Shabalov,A/Elista ol 1998/CBM 66
[Smirin] and Kasparov,G-Salov,V/Euwe mem Amsterdam 1991/CBM 23 [Salov]}) 7...
cxd4 8. c4 Qd6 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nf3 (10. Nxc6 Qxd1 (10... Nxc6 11. Nc3 a6 12.
Ba4 Qc7 13. Be3 Bd6 14. g3 O-O $11 {0-1 Malisauskas,V-Sveshnikov,E/Vilnius
1997/EXT 98 (53)}) 11. Rxd1 Bxc6 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. b3 a6 14. Bxc6+ Nxc6 15. Be3
Ba3 16. Ne4 Ke7 $11 {0-1 Matsuura,E-Sorokin,M/Sao Paulo 1997/CBM 60 ext (45)})
10... Nf5 11. Nc3 a6 $146 (11... Be7 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Rd8 15.
Qe2 O-O 16. Bf4 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Khamatgaleev,A-Kulikov,O/Podolsk 1993/EXT 98 
(26)}) 12. Ba4 Rd8 13. Ne4 Qxd1 (13... Qc7 $5) 14. Rxd1 Ncd4 $6 {This
exchanging operation is risky for black.} ({Black should better complete the
development by} 14... Be7 {The position is not far from the equality, for
example:} 15. g4 (15. Bf4 $142) 15... Nfd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd7+ Rxd7 18. Be3
e5 $11) 15. Bxd7+ Rxd7 16. Nxd4 Rxd4 $2 {It's not favourable for black to
exchange his developed pieces, without completing the whole development.} (
16... Nxd4 17. Be3 e5 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Rd3 b6 20. Rad1 Bc5 21. a3 a5 22. Nxc5
bxc5 23. Rb3 Ke7 24. Rb5 Rc8 25. Rxa5 Rb7 $14) 17. Rxd4 Nxd4 18. Be3 $1 Nc2 (
18... Nf5 19. Rd1 Be7 20. Bb6 $16) (18... e5 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Rd1 {[%csl Rd4]}
) 19. Rd1 Nxe3 20. fxe3 {Probably black has underestimated the difficulties of
this endgame. The following Nd6+ is inevitable and the forthcoming RR endgame
is very tough for black...} f5 {This move creates another weakness in black's
camp, but there was no choice. If black waits, white has simple plan - to
advance his pawn majority on the queenside.} (20... f6 21. c5 Be7 22. Nd6+ Bxd6
23. Rxd6 Ke7 24. Rb6 $18) 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Ke7 23. Rb6 Rc8 $6 {Black
decided to go for the active counterplay, but as the continuation of the game
shows, without success.} ({The passive defense} 23... Rb8 {should have been
prefered here, however white retains good winning chances anyway:} 24. c5 {
[%cal Gc5c6]} Kd7 25. Kf2 ({The pawn endgame after} 25. c6+ $2 Kc7 26. Rxb7+
Rxb7 27. cxb7 Kxb7 {seems to be drawish.}) 25... e5 26. e4 f4 (26... fxe4 27.
Ke3 Kc7 28. Re6) 27. Kf3 Kc7 28. Re6 Rd8 29. Rxe5 Rd2 30. b4 Rxa2 31. Re7+ Kc6
32. Rxg7 Rb2) (23... Rd8 $6 {- is similar to 23...Rc8.}) 24. Rxb7+ Kf6 25. b3
Rd8 26. h4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Preparing the safe place for the K. White's R
and PP on the queenside will do the job without king's support.} Rd1+ 27. Kh2
Rd2 28. a4 (28. a3 {is no improvement for white} Ra2 29. a4 a5) 28... a5 $1 29.
Kg3 Rb2 30. Kf3 g6 (30... h6 31. h5 $1) 31. c5 h6 32. c6 Rc2 33. c7 g5 (33...
Ke5 34. Ra7 Kd6 35. Rxa5 {is also hopeless for black.}) 34. hxg5+ hxg5 35. b4
g4+ 36. Kg3 Kg5 (36... axb4 37. a5 b3 38. a6 b2 39. a7 Rxc7 40. a8=Q $18) 37.
bxa5 e5 38. Rb5 ({Careless} 38. a6 $2 {could spoil white's win} f4+ 39. exf4+
exf4+ 40. Kh2 Kh4 {[%csl Rh2]}) 38... Rxc7 39. a6 Ra7 (39... Kf6 40. Ra5 Ra7
41. e4 $1 $18) 40. Rxe5 Rxa6 41. e4 Rxa4 42. Rxf5+ Kh6 43. Rf4 Kh5 ({More
stubborn is} 43... Kg6 {According to theory this kind of endgame still
requires good technic from white.}) 44. Rxg4 Rb4 45. Kf3 Rb8 46. Rg7 Kh6 47.
Rg3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 {[%csl Gd5][%cal
Yd2f1,Yf1e3,Ye3d5]} ({Another popular line goes with} 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8.
f4) 6... Nf6 (6... Bg5 {is the main alternative.}) 7. Nf1 Bg4 {This is the
main continuation. Black provokes the f2-f3 concession.} (7... O-O 8. Ne3 Ne8
9. Ncd5 Bg5 10. O-O Nc7 11. Nxc7 Qxc7 12. c3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qg4 Qe7 15.
Nd5 exd5 16. Bxg5 Qf7 17. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Shirov,A/Wijk aan Zee NED
2004/The Week in Chess 479 (58)}) (7... Nd7 8. Nd5 Nb6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. c3 O-O
11. Ne3 Bg5 12. O-O Bxe3 13. Bxe3 Qe7 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6
17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Rad8 19. Bg3 Rd7 20. Rf5 Rfd8 21. b4 Ne7 {1/2-1/2 Leko,
P-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 2003/CBM 97 [Erenburg] (21)}) 8. f3 (8. Qd2 $143 Nd7 {
--> 1/2-1/2 Inarkiev,E-Roiz,M/Moscow 2003/CBM 94 [Roiz] (18)}) 8... Be6 9. Ne3
O-O 10. O-O Rb8 {Intending to prepare a counterplay by b7-b5 advance.} (10...
Nd4 {--> 1-0 Nakamura,H-Krush,I/Bermuda 2002/CBM 88 [Finkel] (56)}) (10... Nd7
11. Ncd5 (11. Ned5 {--> 1-0 Kasparov,G-Babula,V/Prague 2001/CBM 86 [Gershon] 
(54)}) 11... Bg5 12. f4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Nce5 15. Bb3 b5 16. Bd5 Rb8
17. a4 b4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,S-Shariyazdanov,A/Togliatti 2003/CBM 94 ext 
(25)}) (10... a6 11. a3 b5 12. Ba2 Bxa2 13. Rxa2 Qd7 14. Ra1 Bd8 15. f4 exf4
16. Rxf4 Nd4 17. Rf2 $14 {1-0 Adams,M-Womacka,M/Germany 1997/GER-chT (49)}) (
10... Ne8 11. Ncd5 Bg5 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 Bxf4 14. Rxf4 Nc7 15. Qh5 g6 16.
Qh6 f6 17. Bxe6+ Nxe6 18. Rf2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Baklan,V-Reinderman,D/Ohrid 2001/
CBM 84 (73)}) 11. a4 (11. f4 {--> 1/2-1/2 Lupulescu,C-Rogozenko,D/Bucharest
2002/CBM 88 [Rogozenko] (37)}) (11. a3 Nd4 12. Ba2 {--> 1/2-1/2 Emms,J-San
Segundo Carrillo,P/Mondariz 2000/CBM 79 [Finkel] (36)}) 11... Nb4 12. Ncd5
Nbxd5 13. exd5 Bd7 $146 {It is probably more accurate to play 13...Bc8 and
keep the d7 square for possible knight transfer.} (13... Bc8 14. f4 exf4 15.
Rxf4 g6 16. d4 b6 17. Be2 Nd7 $132 {0-1 Dervishi,E-Grigore,G/Genova 2000/EXT
2001 (78)}) 14. f4 e4 $2 {[%mdl 16384] In my opinion this is a serious
strategical mistake.} ({The right continuation is} 14... exf4 15. Rxf4 g6 $132
{[%cal Gf6h5]}) 15. d4 $1 {[%csl Ge3] White has now clear advantage in space,
while black faces a hard task of finding any good plan.} Qc8 16. Be2 Bd8 {
Trying to transfer the bishop to the a7-g1 diagonal.} 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Kh1 b5
19. b4 Qc8 (19... Qxb4 $2 20. Ba3 {[%csl Rb8,Rd6,Rf8][%cal Ga3d6]}) 20. a5 {
White has big positional advantage. White actually controls the whole board
and after some consolidation he can choose either the plan connected with
c2-c4 breakthrow, or the plan of kingside attack (by g2-g4 etc). On the other
hand, black's pieces are passive and has no prospects at all.} Rb7 21. Bb2 Rc7
22. Rc1 Ne8 23. g4 Bf6 24. Bd4 Rc3 $5 {Interesting practical chance, but
insufficient.} ({After} 24... Bxd4 25. Qxd4 {white is dominating.}) 25. Bxa7 {
An extra pawn will be useful...} Nc7 26. g5 Qa8 27. Bd4 Rxe3 $1 {Black must
eliminate this powerful knight, at least to muddy the waters.} 28. gxf6 ({
Worse is} 28. Bxe3 $6 Nxd5 29. gxf6 Nxe3 {with complications.}) 28... Nxd5 29.
Bg4 $2 {Giving black unnecessary chances.} ({Stronger would have been} 29. Rg1
g6 30. Bxe3 Nxe3 31. Qxd6 Rd8 32. Qc5 Nd5 33. Bf1 $1 Nxf6 34. Bg2 $18) 29...
Bxg4 30. Qxg4 g6 31. f5 Ra3 $2 {This loses by force.} ({Black could come back
into the game by} 31... Rf3 $1 32. fxg6 (32. Qh4 Nf4 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Ga8h1]})
32... hxg6 33. Rxf3 exf3 34. Qxf3 (34. c3 Nf4 $132) 34... Nxb4 35. Qxa8 Rxa8
36. Bb6 $14) 32. Qh4 {White's attack on the dark squares is decisive.} e3 33.
Kg1 h5 34. fxg6 fxg6 {[%tqu "En","Find the quickest way for a win.","","",
"f6f7","",10]} 35. f7+ $1 Rxf7 36. Qe4 {That's all. Further resistance has no
point, since black's pieces are not coordinated.} Rg7 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38. Rfd1
Nc7 39. Qxa8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[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. e4 {McShane} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {'!?' McShane.} Nf6 4. Bb5 g6 5. h3 ({
Another principle continuation is:} 5. e5 Ng4 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Nh6 8. g4 {
[%csl Rh6] - see the games Moiseenko,A-Nedev,T/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 [Gershon] and
Khalifman,A-Lautier,J/Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 87 [Lautier]}) 5... Bg7 $6 {
Looks like inaccuracy. Black simply ignores white's idea.} (5... Qc7 6. O-O Bg7
7. Re1 {- see the game Nevednichy,V-Kupreichik,V/Batumi 1999/CBM 74 [Oratovsky]
}) (5... Nd4 {Black's most popular reply.}) 6. e5 Ng8 {McShane: 'More or less
forced, since the N could easily be trapped on h5. The N hopes to re-emerge on
the comfortable f5 square.'} 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d3 Nh6 9. Be3 $1 {This is more
precise, than 9.g4.} (9. g4 {[%csl Rh6]} f5 10. exf6 (10. Bxh6 Bxh6 11. g5 Bg7
12. Qe2 Be6 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. a3 b5 $132 {0-1 Prizant,J-Maletin,P/Essentuki
2003 (39)}) 10... exf6 11. Qe2+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Be3 b6 14. O-O-O Rd8 15.
d4 c4 16. Rhe1 Kf8 $11 {1-0 Kuzmin,G-Timoscenko,G/Baku 1977 (42)}) 9... b6 10.
g4 {[%csl Rh6] '!' McShane. Threatening 11.Qd2. McShane: 'Confining the N even
more. White threatens Qd2, to force the horse back again, so Black's next move
making room on f7 looks obligatory.'} f5 11. exf6 {McShane: 'Often the player
with the pair of knights would opt to keep the position closed, but here
White's lead in development dictates the very opposite.'} exf6 12. Qe2 {
'!' McShane.} Qe7 $146 {'?!' McShane. McShane: 'The course of the game
suggests that castling immediately would have been wiser.'} (12... O-O 13.
O-O-O Qc7 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Re8 16. Rhe1 (16. Rhg1 Bb7 17. h4 Rad8 18. h5
Qf7 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Kb1 f5 21. gxf5 Rxd4 22. fxg6 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qe6 24. Qh5
Nf5 $17 {0-1 Hector,J-De la Villa Garcia,J/Aceimar 1995/EXT 97 (69)}) 16... Bb7
17. f4 f5 18. gxf5 Bxd4 19. Qc4+ Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21. fxg6+ hxg6 22. Bxd4 $16
{1-0 Movsesian,S-Polasek,J/CZE 1997/EXT 98 (41)}) 13. d4 {McShane: 'Continuing
to open lines to fuel the initiative.'} cxd4 $2 {This obvious capture allows
white to get strong initiative. The evaluation of the position depends on
critical variation 13...f5!} (13... f5 $1 14. g5 (14. Ne5 Nf7 15. Nxc6 Qe6 16.
d5 $2 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qxd5) 14... Nf7 15. dxc5 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 O-O $44) 14. Nxd4
Bb7 (14... c5 $2 15. Nd5 $18) 15. O-O-O Nf7 (15... c5 $2 16. Qb5+ Kf8 17. Nc6
Qc7 18. Bxc5+ $1 bxc5 19. Qxc5+ Kf7 20. Nd8+ Qxd8 21. Rxd8 Rhxd8 22. Qc7+ $18)
16. Rhe1 {All white's pieces are fully mobilised and weak fields in black's
camp will become a serious factor in the position.} O-O (16... O-O-O {McShane}
17. Qc4 Ne5 18. Bf4 $1 {shows the power of White's rooks.}) 17. Qc4 b5 18. Qf1
Ne5 {'?!' McShane. McShane: 'This knight sortie leads to nothing. Instead
Black should have tried to improve his own rooks by, for example,'} (18... Rad8
19. f4 $16) 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bg1 Qf7 (20... Qb4 {McShane} 21. Nb3 $1 {threatens
the decisive Bg1-c5.}) 21. b3 Nb6 22. Ne6 Rfe8 (22... f5 23. Nxg7 {and black
will not survive the following attack on black squares.}) 23. f5 {Black is
totally squeezed and simply helpless against the penetration of white's pieces.
McShane: 'Black's position is a wreck, and his bishops have had no bearing on
the game at all.'} Bf8 24. Bc5 Nd7 25. Bxf8 Nxf8 26. Ne4 Nxe6 27. Nd6 {McShane:
'White will be at least a clear exchange up.'} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. Nf1 ({Another
popular alternative is} 7. h4) 7... Bxc1 8. Rxc1 Nge7 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Kh8 {
[%cal Gf7f5]} (10... Be6 11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 Ng6 13. Rf2 Nd4 14. Nf5 Ne5 15.
Qf1 Qg5 16. Re1 g6 17. Ne3 Bxc4 18. dxc4 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Nb5 Nxb5 21. cxb5
f4 22. Nd5 f3 23. Nc7 Ng4 24. Nxa8 Nxf2 25. Qxf2 fxg2 26. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2
Rxa8 28. Re7 $16 {1/2-1/2 Ye Jiangchuan-Krasenkow,M/Shanghai 2001/CBM 85 (68)})
(10... a6 11. Ncd5 b5 12. Bb3 Be6 13. c3 Rc8 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Bxb3 16. axb3
Ne5 17. Qd2 N7g6 18. Nfd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,I-Anastasian,A/Glendale 1994/
CBM 42 (47)}) (10... Ng6 11. Ne2 Be6 12. c3 Qb6 13. Qd2 Rad8 14. Rfd1 Nge7 15.
Bd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nb8 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Nd7 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. b4 Ne4 21. Qd4
Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Nf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kosten,A-Kharlov,A/Torcy 1991/TD (42)}) 11. Qd2
(11. Ncd5 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. c3 Bd7 14. Qd2 Nh4 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Rxf4 17.
Nxf4 Ne5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lobron,E-Krasenkow,M/Bad Wiessee 2001/EXT 2002 (23)}) (
11. Qh5 {- see the game Sokolov,A-Krasenkow,M/Elista 1995/CBM 50 [Krasenkow]})
11... f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 (12... Bxf5 13. f4 Bg6 14. Ned5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 exf4 16.
Rxf4 Rxf4 17. Qxf4 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Ye Jiangchuan-Krasenkow,M/Shanghai 2000/CBM 76
(17)}) 13. f4 Bd7 $146 (13... Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bf5 15. Rf2 Bg6 16. Nd5 Na5 17.
Rcf1 Nxc4 18. dxc4 Rf5 19. Qh3 Rh5 20. Qe6 Be4 21. fxe5 Rxe5 22. Qd7 h6 23.
Qxb7 $16 {0-1 Ivanchuk,V-Krasenkow,M/Polanica Zdroj 1998/CBM 67 (35)}) 14. Bd5
$1 Nfe7 (14... exf4 15. Rxf4 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Rxf4 17. Qxf4 Qf8 18. Qg3 $14) 15.
fxe5 Nxd5 16. Ncxd5 dxe5 17. Rxf8+ Qxf8 18. Rf1 Qd6 19. Qf2 {White has small,
but stable advantage, thanks to superior pawn structure.} Be6 20. Nc3 b6 21.
Ne4 Qe7 22. Qg3 Rf8 {The exchange of rooks will reduce white's chances for the
attack.} 23. a3 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 h6 25. Qg6 Kg8 26. Ke1 Qf7 {It can be concluded,
that black equalized with careful defense.} 27. Nf6+ ({The endgame after} 27.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 {is objectively equal.}) 27... Kf8 28. Qe4 gxf6 29. Qxc6 Kg7 30. g4
Qd7 31. Qa8 b5 (31... Bxg4 $2 32. Qg2 {[%csl Rg4] and black is losing the
bishop.}) 32. Nf5+ $1 {White's best chance to play for a win.} Bxf5 33. gxf5
Kf7 34. Qe4 a5 35. Ke2 Ke7 36. Qg4 Qc6 37. Qg6 $6 ({More precise is} 37. Qg7+
Kd8 38. Kf2) 37... Kd8 $6 ({Preferable was the immediate} 37... c4) 38. Kf2 c4
39. dxc4 bxc4 40. Qxh6 {White won a pawn, but black can still achieve the draw,
since white's king is quite vulnerable.} Qb6+ 41. Ke2 Qc6 42. Qf8+ Kd7 43. Qf7+
Kd8 44. Qg8+ Ke7 45. Kf2 a4 $2 {Losing an important tempo.} (45... Qb6+ $142
46. Kg2 Qc6+ 47. Kg3 e4) 46. h4 Qb6+ 47. Kg2 Qc6+ 48. Kg3 e4 49. Qg7+ Ke8 50.
h5 Qd6+ 51. Kh3 Qe5 52. Qg6+ $2 {It looks like 52.Qg4 gave white good winning
chances.} (52. Qg4 $1 e3 53. h6 $1 e2 54. h7 e1=Q 55. h8=Q+ Kd7 56. Qhg7+ Kc6
57. Qf3+ Q5e4 58. Qxf6+ Kb5 59. Qxe4 Qxe4 60. Qe6 Qxc2 61. Qe5+ {and white
should win the resulting endgame.}) 52... Kd7 53. h6 e3 54. h7 e2 55. h8=Q Qe3+
(55... e1=Q $4 56. Qf7+ Qe7 57. Qd5+ Kc7 58. Qxc4+ {mating.}) 56. Kh2 Qf4+ {
White can not avoid the perpetual check.} 57. Qg3 Qxg3+ 58. Kxg3 e1=Q+ 59. Kf3
Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai op 6th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2004.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 ({The variation} 4... Nd4 5. e5 {
leads to sharp variations.}) 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 (6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 {--> 1/2-1/2 Ulibin,M-Avrukh,B/Biel 2003/CBM 95 ext [Avrukh] (17)}) 6...
a6 (6... Ng4 {--> 1-0 Al Modiahki,M-Al Sayed,M/Doha 2003/CBM 94 [Oratovsky] 
(36)}) (6... e5 7. a4 Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Bg5 d6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. c3
Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 $14 {0-1 Movsesian,S-Smirnov,P/Panormo 2002/CBM 90 ext (39)}) 7.
Bc4 {More frequently appeared in practice 7.Bf1 and 7.e5.} (7. Bf1 {--> 0-1
Sokolov,A-Lautier,J/Aix les Bains 2003/CBM 97 [Erenburg] (32)}) (7. e5 Nxb5 8.
exf6 Nxc3 9. fxg7 Bxg7 10. dxc3 d6 11. Ng5 Bf5 (11... h6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Ne4 f5
14. Nxd6 exd6 15. Bxd6 Qf7 16. Bxf8 Bxf8 17. Qd8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Volokitin,
A-Eljanov,P/Alushta 2002/EXT 2003 (36)}) 12. a4 Qc6 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Ne4 Bxe4
15. Qxe4 Qxe4 16. Rxe4 d5 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Linares 2003/CBM 94 (16)})
7... Ng4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This novelty puts on question white's last move.} (
7... d6 8. Nd5 (8. h3 e6 9. d3 b5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nd7 $15 {
0-1 Byklum,B-McShane,L/Copenhagen 2003/CBM 95 ext (34)}) 8... Nxd5 9. exd5 g6
10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. d3 h6 12. b4 Bg7 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Qf3 Kf8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Kasparov,G-Leko,P/Linares 2003/CBM 94 (33)}) 8. d3 $5 ({Does not work} 8. Bxf7+
$2 Kxf7 9. Ng5+ Kg8 $1 (9... Ke8 $2 10. Qxg4 Nxc2 11. Nd5 Qb8 12. Nxh7 $1 Nxe1
13. Qg6+ Kd8 14. Qb6+ Ke8 15. Nc7+ Qxc7 (15... Kf7 $2 16. Ng5+ Kg8 17. Qg6 $18)
16. Qxc7 Rxh7 17. Qxc5 $16) 10. Qxg4 h6 (10... Nxc2 $4 11. Qf5 $18 {[%cal
Rf5f7]}) 11. Nd5 Qd6 12. Nf3 Nxc2 $17) ({Objectively safer is} 8. g3 {, though
after} Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Ne5 10. Qe2 e6 {black has a nice game.}) 8... Nxf3+ 9.
Qxf3 Qxh2+ 10. Kf1 Ne5 (10... Qh5 $6 11. Bxf7+ Qxf7 12. Qxg4 $11) 11. Bxf7+
Nxf7 12. Bf4 Qh4 $6 ({Clearly stronger would have been} 12... Ne5 $1 13. Bxh2
Nxf3 14. gxf3 e6 15. Na4 d6 {[%csl Gh7] with advantage in the endgame.}) 13.
Nd5 d6 14. Bg3 (14. Nc7+ $2 Kd8 15. Nxa8 Bg4 {[%csl Ye2,Rf1,Rf3][%cal Gh4h1]}
16. g3 Qh5 17. Qg2 Bh3 $19) 14... Ne5 15. Qxf8+ Kxf8 16. Bxh4 {After an
exciting battle in the opening the position has settled to an approximately
equal endgame.} Ng6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Bd7 19. Nb6 Rd8 20. d4 (20. Nxd7+ $142
Rxd7 21. a4 {and white can hope for a slight edge.}) 20... cxd4 21. Bxd4 $6 {
This is already serious inaccuracy. White should eliminate the opponent bishop.
} (21. Nxd7+ Rxd7 22. Bxd4 $11) 21... Bc6 22. Rad1 Kf7 23. Bc3 {From now on,
white started to play without any concrete plan.} (23. f3 $142 {followed by
c2-c4 and Nb6-d5.}) 23... Nf4 24. Bd2 Ne6 25. f3 h5 $1 {Black begins to carry
out nice plan of advancing his kingside pawns.} 26. Kf2 h4 27. Be3 $6 {Another
hollow move.} ({Better was} 27. Nc4 $11 {[%cal Yc4e3]}) 27... Rh5 {Black
gradually grabs the initiative.} 28. Nd5 Rc8 29. c4 (29. Nf4 Nxf4 30. Bxf4 Ba4
{[%csl Rc2] winning the pawn.}) 29... g5 30. b3 (30. Rh1 $5 Rg8 $140 31. g4 $1
$11) 30... Rg8 31. Rh1 $6 ({Probably stronger was} 31. g4 hxg3+ (31... Rh7 $5)
32. Kxg3 Rgh8 33. Rg1 Rh2 34. Rg2 R8h3+ 35. Kf2) 31... g4 32. f4 (32. Nf4 Nxf4
33. Bxf4 h3 $17 {[%csl Gh3]}) 32... Nf8 33. g3 $2 {Giving black strong,
defended passed pawn certainly can not be recommended.} ({Possible was} 33. f5
Nd7 34. Bd4 {with reasonable chances for a draw.}) 33... h3 34. Kg1 Nd7 35. Kh2
Bxd5 36. exd5 b5 $19 {Ruining white's pawn chain on the queenside.} 37. Bd4
bxc4 38. bxc4 Rc8 39. Rc1 e6 40. dxe6+ Kxe6 41. Rhe1+ Kf7 42. Re2 Re8 {The
exchange of rooks willmake black's winning process easier.} 43. Rd2 Ra5 44.
Rcc2 Re6 45. Rb2 Ra4 46. Rb7 Re7 47. Rc2 Ra3 48. Ra7 Rd3 49. Bf2 Nf6 {The
invasion of the knight is decisive.} 50. Rxe7+ (50. Rxa6 Ne4 $19 {[%cal Re4d2,
Rd2f3]}) 50... Kxe7 51. c5 Ne4 52. c6 Kd8 53. Bb6+ Kc8 54. Re2 d5 55. Ba5 Ra3
56. Be1 Kc7 57. Rc2 Ra4 {[%cal Ra4c4]} 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.04.27"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Handke, Florian"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 g6 5. e5 {The most ambitious
continuation. Other theoretical lines are: 5.0-0, 5.Bc6, 5.h3.} Ng4 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. h3 Nh6 8. Ne4 $6 {As practice shows this move does not cause black any
problems.} (8. g4 {[%csl Rh6] - see the games: Khalifman,A-Lautier,J/Corus
Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 87 [Lautier] and Moiseenko,A-Nedev,T/EU-ch Ohrid 2001/
CBM 84 [Gershon]}) 8... b6 9. d3 (9. Qe2 Nf5 10. c3 Bg7 11. g4 Nh6 12. Nf6+ Kf8
13. Ne4 f5 14. exf6 exf6 15. d3 Nf7 16. Be3 f5 17. gxf5 Bxf5 $132 {0-1
Rytshagov,M-Spasov,V/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97 (45)}) 9... Bg7 10. Bf4 Nf5 11. Qd2 $6
$146 {After this inaccurate move white has problems with Pe5.} (11. Qe2 Nd4 12.
Nxd4 cxd4 (12... Qxd4 13. c3 Qd8 14. Nf6+ Kf8 15. Ne4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Jenetl,
R-Tseshkovsky,V/Krasnodar 1999/EXT 2002 (46)}) 13. O-O (13. Nf6+ $142) 13...
O-O 14. Bh2 Qd5 15. f4 c5 16. b3 Bb7 $15 {0-1 Rosito,J-Cristobal,R/Mar del
Plata 1999/CBM 73 ext (60)}) (11. c3 Ba6 12. c4 O-O 13. O-O Nd4 $11 {1/2-1/2
Van Riemsdijk,H-Disconzi da Silva,R/Santos 1998/EXT 2001 (23)}) 11... Nd4 $15
12. Nxd4 {Probably white should avoid this exchange.} (12. Nh2 $5 Qd5 13. c3
Ne6 14. c4 Qd7 $15) 12... Qxd4 {[%csl Re5]} 13. O-O-O (13. c3 Qd5 14. c4 Qd4
15. Qc3 $15) 13... Be6 {[%csl Ra2,Re5]} (13... Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Rhe1 $44)
14. Kb1 $2 {White was probably too optimistic about his chances after losing
the Pe5.} ({After} 14. c3 {white keeps material equality.}) 14... Bxe5 15. Bxe5
Qxe5 {Now white fails to get sufficient compensation, since black has almost
completed his development.} 16. Rhe1 {[%cal Ge4g5]} (16. Ng5 h6 17. f4 Qd6 18.
Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Rhe1 Qd7 $17) 16... h6 $1 {preventing the only white's threat.}
17. f4 Qd4 18. c3 Qd5 19. c4 Qd4 20. g4 O-O-O {Black has completed the
development and enjoing the advantage of an extra pawn.} 21. Qe2 Bd7 22. Qf3 h5
$19 23. Nc3 (23. g5 {would have been probably better, but from practical point
of view there is no counterplay at all for white in this case.}) 23... hxg4 24.
hxg4 Rh2 ({Strong as well was} 24... Rh4 25. Rxe7 Qf6 26. Rde1 Bxg4) 25. Rxe7
Rf2 26. Qh1 $6 ({More stubborn would be} 26. Qe4 Rxf4 27. Qxd4 cxd4 28. Ne2
Rxg4 29. Rxf7) 26... Rh8 {Now black has a strong attack as well.} 27. Qe4 (27.
Qe1 Rhh2 $19) 27... Rxf4 (27... Rhh2 $1 {was winning on the spot.}) 28. Qe1 {
White is desperately trying to avoid the exchange of QQ in order to retain
some practical chances, but for no avail.} Rh2 29. Rd2 (29. Re8+ Bxe8 30. Qxe8+
Kb7 {brings nothing for white.}) 29... Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Bxg4 31. Ne4 {A mistake
in a lost position, probably in time-trouble.} Rf1+ 32. Kc2 Bd1+ {winning the
queen.} 33. Qxd1 Rxd1 34. Kxd1 Qxd3+ 35. Nd2 f5 36. Rxa7 g5 37. Rg7 g4 38. Ke1
Qd4 0-1

[Event "Dubai op 6th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2004.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Deepan Chakkravarthy, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 e5 {Relatively rare and risky line.} ({
More popular continuations are:} 4... Nd4) (4... Qc7) (4... g6) 5. Bxc6 {
The best reaction. In other cases black has easy equality.} (5. O-O d6 6. d3
Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bc4 h6 9. a3 Re8 10. Nh2 Be6 $11 {0-1 Morozevich,A-Kramnik,V/
Frankfurt 2000/CBM 78 (45)}) 5... dxc6 6. Nxe5 (6. h3 Nd7 7. d3 {--> 1-0
Nizamov,I-Sitnikov,D/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 71 [Smirin] (49)}) 6... Nxe4 7.
Nxe4 (7. Qh5 $6 Nd6 8. Ne4 g6 9. Qe2 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qd5 11. d3 Bf5 12. Qxd5 cxd5
$15 {0-1 Brkljaca,A-Kontic,D/Becici 1993/EXT 2000 (34)}) 7... Qd4 8. O-O (8. d3
Qxe5 9. f4 Qd5 10. Qe2 Be7 11. c4 Qd8 12. O-O O-O 13. f5 $14 {[%csl Rc8] 1-0
Glek,I-Kupreichik,V/Germany 2000/CBM 80 [Glek] (51)}) (8. Qe2 Qxe5 9. f4 Qxf4 (
9... Qe7 10. f5 g6 11. f6 Qe5 12. d3 Bf5 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. Bc3 Qe6 15. O-O c4
$132 {1/2-1/2 Gruenfeld,Y-Blanco,C/Philadelphia 2001/EXT 2002 (45)}) (9... Qe6
10. f5 Qe5 11. O-O Be7 12. d3 O-O 13. Qf2 f6 14. g4 c4 $13 {1-0 Pridorozhni,
A-Smirnov,P/Tomsk 1999/EXT 2001 (33)}) 10. d4 (10. Nf6+ Kd8 11. Qe8+ Kc7 12.
Qxf7+ Kd8 13. Qe8+ Kc7 14. Qf7+ Kd8 15. Qe8+ {1/2-1/2 Korneev,O-Murey,J/Paris
1995/EXT 97 (15)}) 10... Qh4+ 11. g3 Qe7 12. O-O f5 13. Nd6+ Kd7 14. Qxe7+ Bxe7
15. dxc5 Bxd6 16. Rd1 Ke8 17. cxd6 Be6 18. Bg5 Kd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Anand,
V-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo 2003/CBM 93 ext (40)}) 8... Qxe5 9. d4 $1 {Sacrificing
a pawn for a quick development.} (9. d3 Be7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bc3 Qc7 12. Qh5 $14
{1-0 Georgiev,K-Popadic,D/Budva 2003/CBM 96 ext (54)}) 9... cxd4 $6 {
Considering what happened in the game later, probably black should capture
with the queen.} (9... Qxd4 10. Qf3 Be7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Rad1 Qxb2 13. Nd6+ Bxd6
14. Rfe1+ Kf7 15. Rxd6 Rf8 16. c3 Kg8 17. Bxf6 Bd7 18. Rxd7 Rxf6 19. Qg3 Rg6
20. Qd3 Rf6 $11 {0-1 Ovetchkin,R-Kokarev,D/Voronezh 2003/CBM 94 ext (34)}) 10.
Re1 Be6 11. Bg5 $1 $146 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge4f6][%mdl 136] Strong improvement.
White simply prevents from black queenside castling and it's very hard (if
possible at all) for black to neutralize white's initiative. White's
development advantage is quite significant.} (11. Ng5 Qd5 12. Qg4 Kd7 13. Nxe6
fxe6 14. Be3 c5 15. Rad1 h5 16. Qg6 Qf5 17. Qxf5 exf5 18. c3 Bd6 19. cxd4 c4
$15 {0-1 Ristic,N-Kovacevic,P/Igalo 1994/EXT 2002 (41)}) 11... Be7 {Black is
already ready to give up his queen.} ({In case of} 11... Qd5 12. Bf6 $1 $36 {
is very unpleasant for black. For example:} c5 13. c3 d3 14. c4 $1 Qxc4 $140
15. Bxg7 $1 $18) 12. f4 $1 {Remarkable move. Magnus refrains from capturing
the queen and correctly playing for the attack, which appears to be far
stronger than expected...} (12. Nf6+ Bxf6 13. Rxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bc7 15. f5 {
is in white's favour as well.}) 12... Qd5 (12... Qc7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. Qxd4 Qb6
15. Nc5 Rhd8 16. Rxe6+ fxe6 17. Qxg7+ {with decisive attack.}) 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 {
[%tqu "En","How should white continue?","","","f4f5","This is obvious, so no
exclamation mark...",5]} 14. f5 {This is obvious, so no exclamation mark...}
Qxf5 15. Qxd4 {Black's extra pawn does not help him to parry white's threats.}
Qd5 (15... Rhd8 16. Qb4+ Ke8 17. Rad1 $18) 16. Qb4+ c5 17. Nxc5 a5 18. Qa3 Qd4+
19. Kh1 Qb4 20. Qe3 {Black resigned in view of inevitable destruction of his
position.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O a6 (5... Nxb5 6. Nxb5 a6 7. Nc3
b5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Bb7 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. a3 Bc5 13. Qd3 Ne7 14.
Rad1 $14 {1-0 Yudasin,L-Filippov,V/St Petersburg 1996/CBM 52 (43)}) (5... Ne7
6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 a6 8. Ba4 {- see the game Aronian,L-Beshukov,S/Hastings
2000/CBM 81 [Gershon]}) 6. Bd3 (6. Be2 {appeared in practice as well.}) 6...
Ne7 {This is the main continuation.} ({Also appeared in practice:} 6... Nxf3+)
(6... Nc6) (6... d6) 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 Nc6 (8... d5 {- see the game Svidler,
P-Krasenkow,M/Belgrade 1999/CBM 69 [Smirin]}) 9. c3 Bc5 10. b4 Ba7 11. cxd4 (
11. Bb2 O-O 12. a3 Ne5 13. Qc2 dxc3 14. Qxc3 d6 15. Bc2 Bd7 16. Qg3 Bb5 17. d3
Rc8 18. Rac1 Qf6 19. Kh1 Qg6 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Qxe5 Bb8 22. Qb2 f5 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Zaitsev,I-Sveshnikov,E/Podolsk 1992/CBM 33 (29)}) 11... Nxd4 (11...
Nxb4 12. Bb1 O-O 13. a3 Nc6 14. d5 Qf6 15. Qc2 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. e5 Qh6 18.
Ra2 Bxe5 $17 {0-1 Maciejewski,M-Myc,M/Sopot 1997/CBM 59 (52)}) 12. Bb2 Qf6 $4
$146 {[%csl Rd4,Rf6][%cal Gb2f6] Very unfortunate novelty and actually the
decisive mistake.} (12... Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 O-O 14. e5 (14. Kh1 Qe7 15. a3 d6 16.
f4 Bd7 17. Rf3 Rac8 18. Rg3 e5 19. Bc4 Kh8 20. d3 f6 21. f5 Bd4 22. Rf1 Bxb2
23. Qxb2 Rc7 24. Rgf3 Be8 25. R3f2 Bf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Chekhov,V/
Gausdal 1991/CBM 25 (32)}) 14... Qh4 15. a4 Rd8 16. Rfc1 Qh6 17. Rc4 d5 18.
exd6 Rxd6 19. Bxg7 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Qxg7 21. Rac1 Rxd3 22. Rxc8+ Rd8 23. R8c7 Qd4
24. Rf1 Qxf2+ 25. Rxf2 f5 26. Rf3 $16 {1-0 Tseitlin,M-Khenkin,I/Tel Aviv 1994/
EXT 97 (41)}) {[%tqu "En","How to punish black for his last careless move?","",
"","g1h1","As simple as strong. Black has no reasonable way to get out of the
pin along the a1-h8 diagonal.",10]} 13. Kh1 $1 $18 {As simple as strong. Black
has no reasonable way to get out of the pin along the a1-h8 diagonal.} g5 (
13... O-O 14. f4 d6 15. Rc1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc1c4]} b5 16. Rc7 Bb6 17. Rc6 $18
) 14. Rc1 d6 15. f4 gxf4 16. Nxf4 ({Also strong is} 16. Rxf4 Qg7 17. Rc7) 16...
Qg5 17. Nh5 e5 18. Nf6+ Kd8 19. Qa4 $40 {White has decisive attack for free.
Black has no reasonable way to parry numerous white's threats.} Be6 20. Qa5+
Ke7 (20... b6 21. Qxa6 $18 {[%cal Ra6b7]}) 21. Qc7+ ({Another winning line is} 
21. Rc7+ Kf8 22. Rxb7 Kg7 23. Rxa7 Nc6 (23... Rxa7 $2 24. Bxd4 {[%cal Ga5g5]})
24. Rxf7+ $1 Bxf7 25. Qc7 $18) 21... Kf8 22. Bc4 Rc8 23. Qxd6+ {White has now
an extra pawn and devastating attack as well.} Kg7 24. Bxe6 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Nxe6
26. d4 {Another unpleasant surprise for black. White gets strong passed pawn
in the centre.} Qg6 27. d5 Bb8 28. Qe7 Nf4 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. Ne8+ Rxe8 (30...
Kg8 31. d6 $18) 31. Qxe8 {White has big material advantage. The rest of the
game needs no comment.} Bd6 32. Qd7 b5 33. a3 Be5 34. Qf5 Qxf5 35. exf5 Kf6 36.
Rc1 1-0

[Event "Avoine op 22nd"]
[Site "Avoine"]
[Date "2007.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Black "Debray, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. e5 Ng4 6. exd6 Qxd6 7. Ne4 ({RR} 7.
d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 e5 9. Qxd6 Bxd6 10. Ne4 Bc7 11. h3 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Be3
Be6 14. O-O-O a6 15. Be2 f5 16. Ng5 Bxa2 17. b3 h6 18. Nxf7 O-O 19. Rd7 Rac8
20. Bc4 Na5 21. Bd5 f4 {Svidler,P (2684)-Mikhaletz,L (2461)/Warsaw 2000/EXT
2001/1-0}) 7... Qd5 8. d3 e6 $146 ({RR} 8... Nf6 9. c4 Qe6 10. O-O Nxe4 11. Re1
Qd6 12. Rxe4 Bf5 13. Bf4 Qd8 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Re3 e6 16. Be5 f6 17. Bc3 Kf7
18. Nh4 Bg6 19. Qg4 Qd7 20. Rg3 Bd6 21. f4 Kf8 22. Re1 Re8 23. Ree3 {Lobron,E 
(2540)-Muse,M (2405)/Germany 1987/GER-chT/0-1 (64)}) 9. c4 $16 Qd8 10. h3 Nf6
11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 (12... Qxf6 13. Nxd7 Kxd7 14. O-O) 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
Ba4 Rg8 15. O-O Qc7 (15... Bd6) 16. Qf3 O-O-O $6 (16... f5) 17. b4 $1 cxb4 18.
a3 Bc5 19. axb4 Bd4 20. Ra3 (20. Bf4) 20... Rg6 21. Kh1 Rdg8 22. Rg1 e5 23. Be3
Bxe3 24. Qxe3 f5 (24... Qb6 $142) 25. d4 e4 26. d5 Kb8 27. Bxc6 Bxc6 28. dxc6
Rxc6 29. Rga1 Rb6 30. Rxa7 Qxa7 31. Rxa7 Kxa7 32. c5 Rb5 33. Qa3+ Kb7 34. Qa4
1-0

[Event "Plancoet op-A 10th"]
[Site "Plancoet"]
[Date "2013.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tirard, Hugo"]
[Black "Dionisi, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2013.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 $6 {Débat théorique sur une ligne douteuse} (
3... g6 $142 4. O-O (4. Bxc6)) 4. d3 (4. exf5 {Le MI change le premier par
rapport à la partie du Championnat de France de 2011} Nh6 5. d4 Nxd4 6. Nxd4
cxd4 7. Qh5+ Nf7 8. O-O Qc7 9. c3 g6 10. Qe2 Qe5 11. fxg6 hxg6 12. Qxe5 Nxe5
13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Bd3 Nxd4 15. Bxg6+ Kd8 16. Nc3 Nf3+ 17. gxf3 Rg8 18. Bg5 Rxg6
{Tirard,H (2470)-Dionisi,T (2191) Caen 2011 1-0 (57)}) 4... Nf6 $146 (4... Qa5+
5. Nc3 Nd4 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bd5 Rb8 8. Bxg8 Rxg8 9. O-O b4 10. Nd5 e6 11. Nxd4 cxd4
12. Qh5+ g6 13. Nf6+ Kf7 14. Qh4 Be7 15. Bg5 Rh8 16. Nxh7 Bxg5 17. Nxg5+ Kg7
18. Qg3 Rb6 19. Nf3 {Hjelm,N (2306)-Holving,R (2130) Stockholm 1999 1-0}) 5.
Nbd2 g6 6. h4 Bg7 7. c3 (7. h5 Nxh5 8. Rxh5 gxh5 9. Nh4 $44 {[%cal Gd1h5,Gh4f5]
}) 7... a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 (9. Bc2) 9... c4 10. dxc4 bxc4 (10... fxe4 $142 11.
Ng5 Bb7 {[%cal Gc6e5,Gb7e4]}) 11. Bc2 fxe4 12. Nxe4 d5 13. Nxf6+ (13. Ba4 $142
Bb7 14. Nc5 $40) 13... Bxf6 14. h5 Bf5 15. hxg6 Bxg6 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Bxf6 Bxc2
18. Qxc2 Qe6+ $2 19. Kf1 Qxf6 20. Qd2 Qd6 21. Rh6 $18 Qd7 (21... e6 22. Re1)
22. Re1 Rg8 23. Ree6 Nd8 24. Ne5 Qc8 25. Rb6 Qc5 26. Qe2 Rg5 27. f4 Rf5 28. Qg4
e6 29. Rhxe6+ 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup final"]
[Site "Magnitogorsk"]
[Date "2011.11.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Polschikov, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.11.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. d3 g6 8. e5
Bg7 9. c3 O-O 10. g3 Bd7 11. Bf4 h6 12. h4 f6 13. Nbd2 Kh7 14. exf6 Rxf6 15.
Bd6 b6 16. Be5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qc7 18. f4 Nf5 19. Qg4 Raf8 20. Ndf3 Be8 21. Qh3
Kh8 22. Qh2 b5 23. Ng4 Nxg3 24. Qxg3 Rxf4 25. Bg2 h5 26. Nge5 R8f5 $2 (26...
Kg8 27. Rad1 b4 $16) 27. Re2 $2 (27. Nxg6+ Bxg6 28. Qxg6) 27... d4 $2 (27...
Kh7 28. Rae1 Bf6) 28. cxd4 cxd4 29. Nxg6+ Bxg6 30. Qxg6 Rg4 31. Ng5 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Szoen, Dariusz"]
[Black "Heberla, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lublin"]
[BlackTeam "Katowice Szopienice"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O (4. Bxc6) 4... Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 c4 (
6... b5 {La grande ligne} 7. Bc2) 7. Bc2 (7. d4 cxd3 8. Bf4 Ng6 9. Bg3 b5 10.
Bb3 Na5 11. Qxd3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bb7 13. c4 Be7 14. Nc3 b4 15. Na4 O-O 16. Rfd1
Bc6 17. Nd4 Bxa4 18. Rxa4 Qb6 19. Nf3 Qb7 20. h4 h5 21. Ra5 f6 22. Rxh5 e5 23.
Rf5 Bc5 24. h5 Ne7 25. Nh4 Nxf5 26. Nxf5 d6 27. Qf3 Qf7 28. Qg4 Kh7 29. Rd3 Rh8
30. Bh4 Kg8 31. Rg3 Rh7 32. Qf3 a5 33. Rxg7+ Rxg7 34. Nh6+ Kf8 35. Nxf7 Rxf7
36. Bxf6 d5 {Bartel,M (2614)-Krasenkow,M (2655) Warsaw 2010 1-0}) 7... Ng6 8.
b3 b5 9. bxc4 (9. a4) 9... bxc4 10. Na3 Na5 11. Rb1 (11. Qe2 Nf4) 11... Bc5 12.
d4 cxd3 $11 {[%csl Rc3]} 13. Bxd3 Qc7 14. Nd4 $146 (14. Qa4 Bb7 15. Nc4 Nxc4
16. Qxc4 d6 17. h4 h5 18. Qa4+ Bc6 19. Qc2 Ne5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Qe2 a5 22. Bg5
f6 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Bd7 25. Be2 Kf7 26. Rb6 g6 27. Rd1 Kg7 28. Rdd6 Ra7
29. Qd2 Bc8 30. Bb5 Rf8 31. a4 Kh7 32. c4 Qg7 33. c5 Qc7 34. Rbc6 Qe7 35. Bc4
Bd7 36. Ra6 Rfa8 37. c6 Bc8 38. Rb6 Kg7 39. Rb3 Rc7 40. Bb5 Raa7 41. Rbd3 f5
42. exf5 exf5 43. Rg3 Be6 {Fedorchuk,S (2603)-Vega Gutierrez,S (2335) Lorca
2007 1-0}) 14... Bb7 15. Nb3 $1 Nxb3 16. axb3 d5 (16... O-O) 17. exd5 Bxd5 18.
c4 Bb7 19. b4 Bd6 20. Qh5 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. c5 $13 {[%csl Re8][%cal Ga3c4]}
Rd8 23. Rfd1 g6 24. Qe2 $6 (24. Qh4 {[%cal Gh4h2] Plus naturel et un P est un
P!}) 24... Bxh2+ 25. Kf1 Qc6 $17 26. f3 O-O 27. Nc4 Bc7 28. Ne3 Rd4 29. Be4
Rxe4 30. fxe4 a5 31. b5 Qxc5 32. Rdc1 Qe7 33. Nc4 Qh4 34. b6 Bg3 0-1

[Event "Vandoeuvre op 11th"]
[Site "Vandoeuvre"]
[Date "2014.12.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Une nulle dans cette dernière ronde suffisait à l'ukrainien pour
remporter le tournoi} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 {La
spécialité du français qui a écrit une monographie sur cette défense}) 3... e5
{[%csl Gd4]} 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd5 (6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 {La grande ligne})
6... Nf6 7. c3 O-O 8. O-O Nxd5 (8... Be6) 9. Bxd5 Be6 10. Bxe6 (10. Qb3 Qd7 11.
Ng5) 10... fxe6 11. a3 Bf6 12. b4 b6 13. Be3 $146 (13. b5 Ne7 14. d4 $14 {
Galinsky,T (2424)-Matjushin,O (2188) UKR-ch Sevastopol 2000 (1) 1/2}) 13... Qd7
14. Qb3 a5 15. Qc2 axb4 16. axb4 {Suite illisible et nulle au 38ème coup}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Babaev, Rashad"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 {[%cal Gg8e7]} (3... g6 {La grande ligne contre
la Rossolimo}) (3... d6) 4. O-O Nge7 {Un coup naturel pour garder intacte la
structure de P mais c'est un peu lent} 5. c3 (5. Re1) 5... a6 6. Ba4 (6. Be2 $5
) 6... b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. e5 $1 d4 $1 9. Qe2 {Une ligne secondaire} ({RR} 9. Be4 {
la ligne principale} Rb8 ({RR} 9... Bb7 10. d3 Ng6 11. Re1 Be7 12. cxd4 cxd4
13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nb3 Rb8 15. Bd2 b4 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. h4) ({RR} 9... d3 10. b3
Ra7 11. Re1 Rd7 12. c4 b4 13. Re3 g6 14. Qf1 Bg7 15. Bb2) 10. d3 h6 11. Nbd2
Bb7 12. Nb3 Ng6 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Bxc6+ Bxc6 15. Nbxd4 Bb7 16. Be3 Be7) 9...
Nd5 $5 10. Be4 Bb7 11. d3 Be7 12. cxd4 ({RR} 12. c4 Nb6 ({RR} 12... bxc4 13.
dxc4 Nb6 14. Ne1 Qc7 15. b3 Nd7 16. f4 O-O-O 17. Nd3 Rdg8 18. Nd2) 13. Bf4 b4
14. Nbd2 Kd7 15. Nb3 a5 ({RR} 15... h6) 16. a3 a4 17. axb4 axb3 18. b5 Qc7 ({RR
} 18... Na5 19. Bd2 Naxc4 ({RR} 19... Bxe4 20. Qxe4) 20. Bxb7 Rxa1 21. Rxa1
Nxd2 22. Nxd2 Qc7 23. Bc6+) 19. bxc6+ Bxc6 20. Nd2 Na4 ({RR} 20... Bxe4 21.
Qxe4 Ra2 22. Nxb3 Rxb2 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Qxd4+) 21. Nxb3 Rhb8 ({RR} 21... Bxe4
22. Qxe4 Rhb8 23. Nd2) 22. Bxc6+ Qxc6 23. Qc2 Nb6 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Ra1 g5 ({RR
} 25... Rxa1+ 26. Nxa1 Qa8 27. Nb3 Qa4 28. Kf1 Kc7 29. Ke2 g5 30. Bg3) 26. Rxa8
Qxa8 {Burnett,R (2437)-Nguyen Anh Dung (2496)/Budapest 2000/CBM 076/[Avrukh,B]/
1-0 (52)}) 12... Nxd4 $146 (12... cxd4 {Spraggett,K (2565)-Franco Ocampos,Z 
(2465) Mondariz op 1998 0-1}) 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nd2 Qb6 15. a4 O-O 16. Nf3 Rfc8
17. h4 {[%cal Gf3g5,Ge2h5]} h6 18. h5 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gf3h2,Gh2g4]} Kh8 19.
Nh2 Bf8 20. axb5 (20. Ng4) 20... axb5 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Qf3 Qa7 23. g4 $13 Qe7
24. Qg3 Rc2 25. Nf3 Qc7 26. Bd2 Rxb2 $17 27. g5 hxg5 28. Qxg5 Be7 29. Qg3 Nc3
30. Re1 Bxe4 (30... Nxe4 $142 31. dxe4 Bf8 $17) 31. dxe4 d3 32. h6 g6 33. Qf4
Ne2+ 34. Rxe2 dxe2 35. Qxf7 Bd8 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Bb4 Rb3 $4 (37... Rxb4 38.
Qxb4 Qc1+ 39. Kg2 Qf4 $19 {[%cal Gf4g4,Gg4f3,Gg4g2]}) 38. Kg2 Rxb4 39. Qxb4 Qf7
40. Qxb5 Qxf3+ 41. Kxf3 e1=Q 42. Qd7+ Kxh6 43. Qxd8 Qh1+ 44. Ke3 Qe1+ 45. Kf3
Qh1+ {Sebastien MAZE a été assez malheureux dans cette fin de tournoi} 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Olszewski, Michal"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wroclaw"]
[BlackTeam "Katowice Szopienice"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 {[%csl Gd5]} d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 (6. O-O)
6... Bg5 $5 {Une manoeuvre qui rappelle celle jouée dans une Kalashnikov mais
elle est un peu lente} 7. Nf1 {[%csl Gd5,Gf5][%cal Gf1e3,Ge3d5,Ge3f5]} (7. h4
Bh6 8. Qh5 $36) 7... Bxc1 (7... Nh6 8. Ng3 {Ivanchuk,V (2786)-Shirov,A (2726)
Benidorm Stars 7th rapid 2008 (10) 0-1}) (7... h6 $5 8. Ne3 Nf6 {Kaidanov,G 
(2590)-Granda Zuniga,J (2620) New York op 1997 1/2} (8... Nge7 9. Qh5 g6 10.
Qd1 Nd4 {Arizmendi Martinez,J (2470)-Granda Zuniga,J (2625) Pamplona 9798 8th
1997 (9) 0-1} (10... O-O 11. h4 $14 Bf4 12. g3))) 8. Rxc1 Nf6 (8... Nge7 9. Ne3
O-O 10. O-O Ng6 11. Ncd5 Be6 12. c3 Na5 13. Nf5 Kh8 14. g3 Qd7 15. Nde3 Ne7 16.
Nxe7 Nxc4 17. dxc4 Qxe7 18. Qd3 Rad8 19. Rcd1 b6 20. Rd2 Rd7 21. b3 Re8 22. Kg2
Qg5 23. Rfd1 Kg8 24. Qe2 Red8 25. Qf3 Qe7 26. h4 Qf8 27. h5 Qe7 28. h6 g6 29.
Nd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Qg5 31. Rh1 Kf8 32. Qd3 Qf6 33. Qe3 Qe6 34. Rf1 f6 35. b4 Ke8
36. Rfd1 Kf7 37. a4 Ke7 38. a5 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2722)-Carlsen,M (2821) Biel
2011 1-0 (96)}) 9. Ne3 Be6 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 $146 (11. Ncd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5
{Zozulia,A (2336)-Yousry,S (2284) Golden Cleopatra op 2003 (5) 1/2}) 11... exf4
12. Rxf4 Nd4 (12... Ne5) 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Rcf1 $32 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gf4f6]} b5
15. Bb3 (15. Rxf6 $5 gxf6 16. Ned5 {[%cal Gd2h6]} bxc4 $2 17. Nxf6+) 15... Nd7
{Pare la menace potentielle du sacrifice de qualité} 16. Ne2 Nxe2+ $6 (16...
Nxb3 $142 17. axb3) 17. Qxe2 c4 18. dxc4 b4 $44 {[%csl Rb3]} 19. Ba4 $1 {
[%cal Ga4c6,Gc6d5]} Ne5 20. b3 {Le Ba4 est un peu hors-jeu mais un P est un P!}
Qa5 21. Rd1 Qc5 22. Kh1 Ng6 23. Rf2 Rb7 24. Qe1 Re7 {[%csl Re4]} 25. c3 $1 a5
26. cxb4 axb4 27. Qd2 $16 {[%csl Rd6]} Ne5 {[%csl Ge5]} 28. h3 Rd8 29. Qd4 $1
Ra8 30. Qxd6 Qxe3 31. Qxe7 h6 32. Rff1 (32. Rfd2 {[%cal Gd2d8]}) 32... Nd3 33.
Qh4 Nc5 34. Qf2 Qxf2 35. Rxf2 Nxe4 36. Rc2 Nc3 37. Rd4 Nxa4 38. bxa4 Rxa4 39.
c5 Bxa2 40. c6 b3 41. c7 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 09th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsson, Pontus"]
[Black "Bailet, Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2009.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 (3... e5 {[%csl Gd4]}) 4. Bb5 Nd4 {Une ligne
assez risquée pour les noirs} (4... Qc7 {plus solide}) 5. e5 $1 Nxb5 6. Nxb5
Nd5 7. Ng5 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gd1f3,Gf3d5,Gf3f7]} f5 (7... f6 $142) 8. O-O e6 9.
d4 a6 10. c4 axb5 (10... Nb4 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 $16) 11. cxd5 Be7 $6 $146 (
{RR} 11... cxd4 12. Qxd4 Be7 13. Nf3 exd5 14. Qxd5 b4 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Bg5 Qe6
17. Qd3 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Qg6 19. Nf3 O-O 20. Qc4+ Qf7 21. Qxb4 Ra6 22. Rfe1 f4 23.
Rac1 Rg6 24. Rc7 Qxa2 25. b3 Qa6 26. Rec1 {Barua,D (2455)-Hegde,R (2345)/
Coimbatore 1987/EXT 1997/1-0 (32)}) 12. d6 (12. Nf3 $142 {[%cal Gd5d6] Plus
simple} exd5 13. dxc5 $36 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd1d5]}) 12... Bxg5 13. Qh5+ g6 14.
Qxg5 Qxg5 15. Bxg5 b6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rfc1 c4 18. a4 $1 $40 {[%csl Rh8] les
blancs sont non seulement mieux développés mais ils peuvent plus facilement
manoeuvrer avec l'avantage d'espace. La position des noirs est déjà trés
critique} bxa4 19. Rxc4 {[%cal Gc4c7,Gc4a4]} Bb7 20. Rcxa4 (20. Rc7 $5 {
l'avantage de développement pouvait être exploitée dans cette variante} Bc6 21.
Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c6]} O-O 22. R1xc6 $1 dxc6 23. d7 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Gd7d8]}) 20...
Kf7 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Ra7 Bc6 23. Rc7 Ra8 (23... Rb8 $4 24. Rxc6 $1 dxc6 25. d7
{[%csl Gd8,Gg5]}) 24. h4 Ra1+ 25. Kh2 Rd1 26. Rc8 Rd4 27. Kh3 $16 Kg7 28. Re8
$1 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Ge8e7] Le K noir risque de se retrouver dans un réseau de
mat!} h5 29. Re7+ (29. Bf6+ Kf7 30. Re7+ Kf8 (30... Kg8 31. Rg7+ {[%cal Gg7g6]}
) 31. Rg7 Rd2 {[%cal Gd2f2,Gd2b2]}) 29... Kg8 30. Re8+ Kg7 31. Re7+ Kg8 32. f3
Rb4 33. Re8+ Kg7 34. Re7+ Kg8 35. Bf6 Rxb2 36. Rg7+ Kf8 37. Rxg6 Bb5 38. Kh2
Bc6 39. Kg3 Rb4 40. Rh6 f4+ 41. Kh3 Rb1 42. Be7+ Kg7 $2 (42... Kf7) 43. Rxh5
Rh1+ 44. Kg4 Rh2 45. Bf6+ Kf7 46. Rh7+ Kf8 47. Kg5 Rxg2+ 48. Kh6 Bxf3 49. Rxd7
Be4 50. Be7+ 1-0

[Event "Vaujany op 5th"]
[Site "Vaujany"]
[Date "2014.07.13"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Riff, Vincent"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 {Une ligne secondaire popularisée par Tiviakov} Nc6
4. Bb5 Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 (6... Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. e5 Qb6
10. Be3 c5 11. Qd2 Qc6 12. f3 Be7 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Qc3 c4 15. O-O-O f6 16. Bd4
f5 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. exd6 Rf7 19. Be5 Qa6 20. Kb1 Bb7 21. h4 h6 22. h5 Kh7 23.
Rhg1 Rg8 24. Rh1 Bd5 25. Rh3 Qb6 26. Rf1 a6 27. a3 Qd8 28. Rfh1 Qb6 29. Rg3 Qf2
30. Rg6 Qb6 31. Ka2 Qc5 32. Rh3 Qg1 33. Bf4 Qd1 34. Rhg3 Qh1 35. Bxh6 Qxh5 36.
Rxg7+ {Jankovskis,G (2302)-Sveshnikov,E (2523) Riga 2014 1-0}) 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 {Une manoeuvre souvent jouée par Taimanov pour activer le N} 9. Qe3 {
[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge3g3]} Qc7 (9... Be7 $143 10. Qg3 $1) 10. O-O b5 (10... Be7
11. Kh1 b5 12. f4) 11. a3 Be7 $146 (11... Bb7 12. Qg3 Qxg3 13. hxg3 Rc8 14. Bf4
Na5 15. Bd3 Nc4 16. Nd1 f6 17. Re1 g5 18. Bc1 Ne5 19. b3 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Be7 21.
Bb2 Kf7 22. Ne3 Rc7 23. Rac1 Rhc8 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 h5 27.
Kf1 Kg6 28. Ke2 Bd6 29. a4 f5 30. axb5 axb5 31. exf5+ exf5 32. Kf1 Kf6 33. Bd2
Be5 34. Nd1 Bd5 35. Nc3 Bc6 36. b4 Bd6 37. Ne2 Be7 38. Bc3+ Kg6 39. f3 Bd6 40.
Kf2 Bc7 41. Nd4 {Loman,R-Weerheijm,H Rosmalen 1993 1/2-1/2 (84)}) 12. Qh3 {
Un peu bizarre avec un Be2 où alors, les Blancs veulent recycler le B vers la
case d3 pour faire pression sur l'aile-roi mais au détriment d'un tempo
important} Bb7 $11 {Les Noirs évitent de donner de l'information sur la place
future du K} 13. f4 (13. Be3 b4 14. Na4 $13) 13... b4 $1 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Bd3
O-O $1 {Les Noirs ont assez de contre-jeu à l'aile-roi ou au centre pour
roquer sans risque} 16. f5 {[%cal Gf5f6]} Bf6 $1 (16... Rac8 17. f6 $1 {
[%csl Gd3][%cal Ge4e5,Gd3h7]} Bxf6 18. Rxf6 (18. e5 Nxd3 19. exf6 Nxc1) 18...
Nxd3 19. cxd3 gxf6 20. Bh6 $44) 17. Kh1 (17. Bf4 e5) 17... exf5 18. Bf4 Qc6 19.
Qxf5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Qxc3 {Les Noirs ont le temps d'encaisser le
matériel car les Blancs n'ont rien à l'aile-roi} 22. Bd6 {[%csl Rf7]} Qxd3
23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Rae1 Bc6 {[%csl Ga6]} 25. h3 Qc4 26. Qe5 Qb4 27. Qf5 a5 $17
28. Rb1 g6 $1 29. Qg5 Qxe4 30. Rbe1 Qd3 31. Kg1 a4 32. Re3 Qd4 33. Rf2 Bd5 34.
Kh2 a3 0-1

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gorzow Wielkopolski"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw AZS WSB"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 (3... g6) 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7.
Nc3 (7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nf1 e5 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. O-O Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 f6 13. Nh4
Bf7 14. Nhf5 Kh8 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Ne5 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Nf5 Qc7 19. Qd2 Be6
20. Raf1 b6 21. Qf2 Ng6 22. Rf3 Kg8 23. g4 Ne5 24. Rg3 Rae8 25. Qf4 Qd7 26. g5
Ng6 27. Qf2 fxg5 28. Rxg5 Rf7 29. h4 Bxf5 30. exf5 Nf8 31. h5 h6 32. Rg2 Nh7
33. Qf4 Ng5 34. Rxg5 hxg5 35. Qxg5 Qe7 36. f6 Qe3+ {Leko,P (2730)-Wang,Y (2723)
Beijing 2013 0-1 (85)}) 7... e6 8. Be3 c4 $5 $146 (8... Qa5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5
c4 11. Nxc4 Qc7 12. Qf3 h5 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. d4 f6 15. e5 O-O-O 16. Bf4 f5 17.
gxf5 Bxf5 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nb6 20. Qg6 Qd7 21. Nxb6+ axb6 22. c4 Bb4 23.
Qc2 Qf7 24. Bg5 Be7 25. Be3 g5 26. Qb3 Kc7 27. Rhg1 Rhg8 28. Rd3 Qf5 29. d5 Bc5
30. Bxc5 bxc5 31. Rf3 Qxe5 32. Rf7+ Rd7 33. Rxd7+ Kxd7 34. Qxb7+ Ke8 35. Qxc6+
Ke7 36. Qxc5+ Kf6 37. Qe3 exd5 38. Qf3+ {Sheremetieva,M (2195)-Kokanovic,K 
(2175) Cetinje 1992 1-0}) 9. g4 (9. dxc4 $6 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bb4 {[%cal Gf6e4]}
11. e5 Ne4 12. Bd2 Nxd2 13. Kxd2 O-O-O+ 14. Kc1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1
Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rd8 $11 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3,Rc4,Rf2,Rf3,Rh3]}) 9... Bg6 10. Ne5 cxd3
11. cxd3 Nd7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. d4 Bb4 14. Qb3 Qa5 15. Bd2 c5 16. a3 cxd4 17.
Qxb4 Qxb4 18. axb4 dxc3 19. Bxc3 (19. bxc3 Nb6 {[%cal Gb6c4]}) 19... e5 20. Ke2
f6 21. Ra5 Nf8 $1 22. Bd2 Ne6 $132 23. Be3 a6 24. b5 Ke7 25. Rha1 $36 Nc7 $1 {
[%cal Gc7a8,Gc7b5,Gc7a6]} 26. bxa6 Rxa6 27. Rxa6 Nxa6 28. b4 Ke6 29. Rc1 Nxb4
30. Rb1 Nc6 31. Rxb7 Nd4+ 32. Bxd4 exd4 33. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dzhakaev, Dzhakay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 16416]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 (4... Nge7 $2 5. Ng5 d5
6. exd5 Na5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Qf3 $3 f6 9. Ne6 Qb6 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 11. Na4 $18 {
[%cal Ga4c5] 1-0 Wojtaszek,R-Tomczak,R/Trzebinia POL 2002/The Week in Chess
390 (30)}) (4... h6 $6 5. d3 d6 6. Nd5 a6 $6 7. c3 Na5 8. b4 $1 Nxc4 9. dxc4
cxb4 $2 10. Be3 $18 {[%cal Ge3b6,Gd5c7] 1-0 Kupreichik,V-Krasnov,V/St
Petersburg 1998/CBM 67 ext (51)}) 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 (6... Bg5 $5 7. h4 Bxd2+
8. Bxd2 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be6 (9... h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. c3 Be6 13. Qe2
Rb8 14. a4 O-O 15. g3 Ne7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. O-O {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Lautier,
J/Dubai UAE 2002/The Week in Chess 387 (17)}) 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 h6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Shirov,A/Linares ESP 2002/The Week in Chess 382 (27)}) 7.
Nf1 Bg4 8. f3 (8. Qd2 {Desrves attantion.} a6 9. a3 b5 10. Ba2 b4 11. axb4 Nxb4
12. Bc4 Be6 13. Ne3 O-O 14. O-O $14 {1-0 Hector,J-Ahlander,B/Skara SWE 2002/
The Week in Chess 400 (49)}) 8... Be6 9. Ne3 Nd4 (9... O-O 10. O-O (10. a3 a6
11. O-O b5 12. Ba2 Ne8 13. Ned5 (13. g3 $5 {[%cal Gf3f4]}) 13... Bg5 14. f4
exf4 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 $14 {1-0 Lutz,C-Krasenkow,M/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM
78 (44)}) 10... Nd7 (10... Ne8 11. Bd2 Bg5 12. g3 Bxe3+ 13. Bxe3 Nf6 14. Qd2
Nd4 $11 {1-0 Shirov,A-Sveshnikov,E/Tallinn 2000/CBM 74 ext (83)}) 11. Ned5 Nb6
12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Nb4 15. Bc4 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Babula,V/
Prague 2001/CBM 86 no vc (54)}) 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 {[%csl Gb5]} Kh8 $6 (11...
Nh5 $142) 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. Kh1 {[%cal Gg2g3,Gf3f4,Gf1g1]} b6 $2 {Waste of time.}
(13... Rg8 $5 {[%cal Gg7g5] With positional idea to play g5 and block dark
squares.}) 14. Rf2 $1 {Preparing g3-f4 and avoiding Bh3 tempo.} Nh5 15. g3 {
[%csl Rh5][%cal Gf3f4,Gd1h5]} g6 {[%cal Gg6h5,Gh5g7]} 16. Ncd5 $14 Ng7 (16...
Rb7 $5 {[%cal Gb7h7,Gf7f5]}) 17. c3 Nc6 18. Bb5 $1 Bd7 19. Nc4 f5 (19... g5 20.
f4 gxf4 21. gxf4 f5 22. Qe2 $16 {[%cal Ga1g1]}) 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. f4 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rd6,Re5,Rf5] White openes up the center while black pieces find
themselves uncapble of protecting all the important squares.} fxe4 22. dxe4 {
[%cal Gd1d7]} Bf8 23. Bg5 $1 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gd5f6,Gg5f6]} Qc8 24. Kg1 $6 {
Protecting the rook in case of opening f-file. But 24.Nf6! looked quicker.} (
24. Nf6 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Re5][%cal Gf4e5,Gc4d6]}) 24... exf4 $4 {[%mdl 16384]
This move looses.} (24... Na5 $1 25. Nxa5 bxa5 {[%cal Gb8b2] Would leave black
chances to fight.}) 25. Rxf4 (25. Nxf4 $1 {[%cal Gc4d6,Gd1d6,Gf4g6,Gf2f7]})
25... Rxf4 (25... Be6 26. Rxf7 Bxf7 27. Qf3 Be6 28. Rf1 $18 {[%cal Gb5c6,Gf3f8]
}) 26. Bxf4 a6 $2 (26... Ne8 27. e5 $18) 27. Ndxb6 (27. Ndxb6 Qb7 28. Nxd7 Qxd7
29. Bxa6 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.26"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Skopje Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O (4. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 5. d3 (5. O-O Qc7 6. b3
Ne7 7. Ba3 d6 8. c3 Ba6 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Be7 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Qc2 Qa5 13. Bb2
O-O $132 {1-0 Ponomariov,R-Dreev,A/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 395 (38)})
5... Ne7 6. Qe2 Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. e5 f6 9. Qe4 Kf7 10. Na3 d5 11. exd6 Qxd6 12.
Nc4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Monaco MNC 2002/The Week in Chess 385 (39)}
) 4... Nge7 5. Re1 Ng6 {Very rare continuation.} (5... a6 {Main line here.} 6.
Bf1 (6. Bxc6 bxc6 (6... Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. Nc3 b5 11.
a4 b4 12. Nd5 $36 {[%cal Gc1d2,Gd2b4,Gd2f4,Gd5c7] 0-1 Glek,I-Bischoff,K/Bad
Zwesten GER 2002/The Week in Chess 375 (43)}) 7. b3 Ng6 8. Ba3 Be7 9. c3 O-O
10. d4 $14 {1-0 Zhang Zhong-Gulko,B/Shanghai CHN 2002/The Week in Chess 401 
(41)}) 6... d5 7. d3 (7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bd3 g6 9. Be4 Qd6 10. b4 Bg7 11. bxc5
Qxc5 12. Ba3 $14 {[%cal Gc2c3,Gd2d4] 1-0 Benjamin,J-Shabalov,A/Connecticut USA
2002/The Week in Chess 387 (40)}) 7... h6 8. Nbd2 g6 9. exd5 exd5 10. d4 cxd4
11. Nb3 $14 {0-1 Sutovsky,E-Van Wely,L/Amsterdam NED 2002/The Week in Chess
404 (62)}) 6. c3 Bd6 $6 $146 {[%mdl 8] Anew move,but as turns out not an
improvment of old ones.} (6... a6 $5 7. Ba4 c4 {Transfering to another very
popular line nowdays.} 8. d4 cxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Bc2
Qc7 $132 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gc8b7] 1-0 Fedorowicz,J-Shabalov,A/Stratton Mountain
1999/EXT 2000 (42)}) (6... Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Bf1 Qc7 11.
Nd2 d6 12. a4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Krakops,M-Nedev,T/Leon 2001/CBM 86 no vc (42)}) 7.
d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 O-O 9. Nc3 $14 {[%csl Rc8,Rd6]} a6 10. Bd3 Bc7 (10... b5 11. e5
Bc7 12. Bg5 $16) 11. e5 $32 {Black got very unpleasant position.He is unable
to develop his pieces and lack of space for his pieces make his life very hard.
} d6 {Black had nothing better!} 12. Bg5 Qd7 $8 {[%csl Rc7,Rc8,Rd7]} (12... f6
$6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bh6 Rf7 (14... Re8 15. d5 $16) 15. d5 $16) 13. exd6 Qxd6 (
13... Bxd6 $142) 14. Ne4 $1 $16 Qd5 15. Bc2 h6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (15... f6 16.
Be3 $16 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gc2b3,Ge4c5]}) (15... Qb5 $142 $14 {[%csl Rb2][%cal
Gc7f4] \+/-}) 16. Bxh6 $1 e5 (16... gxh6 17. Nf6+ $18 {[%cal Gf6g8,Gf6d5]}) 17.
Bb3 $1 $18 Qd7 18. Be3 $1 {The best.White keeps the tension in the center and
since black yet finished development,white simply has more pieces in the
buttle.} Na5 19. Nc5 Qd6 20. Ne4 Qd7 21. Nfg5 {[%cal Gd1h5]} Qg4 (21... Nxb3
22. Qh5 Rd8 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. axb3 exd4 25. Bd2 $18 {[%cal Gd2b4]}) 22. Rc1 {
White plays very strong.Now another white piece is in the game and black
position falls slowly....} Nxb3 (22... Qxd1 23. Bxd1 $18 {[%csl Ra5,Rc7][%cal
Gd4d5]}) 23. Qxb3 Bd8 (23... Ba5 24. f3 Qh5 25. Red1 $18) 24. h3 Qh5 (24... Qd7
25. Red1 $18) 25. Ng3 Qh8 {[%csl Rh8] But now white is playing with "queen
more".} (25... Qh4 26. Nf3 Qe7 27. dxe5 $18 {[%cal Ge1e7] 2 pawns more...}) 26.
dxe5 Nxe5 27. Bf4 Bxg5 28. Bxg5 Be6 29. Qc3 Nc6 30. Ne4 {[%cal Ge1e3,Ge3g3,
Gg3g7] Black is hopeless.In addition to extra pawn there are also opposite
color bishops,what gives white more strengh in coming attack.} Bd5 31. Nd6 {
[%cal Gd6b7,Gd6f5,Gf5g7]} Qh5 32. Qg3 {[%cal Gc1c5,Gc5h5]} Qg6 {[%csl Ra2]
[%cal Gd5a2]} 33. a3 {Giving no counterplay....} Rab8 (33... f6 $142 {Black
had to go to the ending,becouse the middlegame is very dangerous for him.} 34.
Bf4 Qxg3 35. Bxg3 $18) 34. Rc3 Be6 35. Qf4 Qh5 36. Rg3 {[%cal Gg5f6,Gg5h6]
White prepares a beatifull trap.....and black falls into it!} Kh7 37. Ne4 Rg8 (
37... f5 $8 38. Be7 $1 Nxe7 (38... fxe4 39. Bxf8 $18 {[%cal Gg3g7]}) 39. Ng5+
Kh8 40. Nxe6 $18) {[%tqu "En","How white can use both: bad black king and bad
black queen?","","","g3g4","Very nice, now black can resign.",10]} 38. Rg4 (38.
Rg4 {[%cal Gg4h4]} Bxg4 39. hxg4 Qg6 40. Qh2+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.24"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norilsk Nikel"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 16388]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O (4. Bxc6 $5 {In my opinion
this move more suits the character of the white's plan..The whole idea behind
the 3.Bb5 is to make black development difficult or to make some pawn
weaknesses on Qside...} bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 f6 7. Nh4 g6 8. f4 Bg7 9. Nf3 (9.
O-O O-O 10. Nf3 h6 11. Be3 d6 12. e5 fxe5 13. fxe5 Nf5 14. Nbd2 g5 15. g4 $1
$40 {1-0 Marcelin,C-Bacrot,E/Val d'Isere FRA 2002/The Week in Chess 407 (40)})
9... O-O 10. Qf2 d6 11. Nc3 e5 12. fxe5 fxe5 13. Qh4 a5 14. Bh6 $1 $16 {
[%cal Gf3g5] 1-0 Glek,I-Krasenkow,M/Mainz GER 2002/The Week in Chess 406 (64)})
4... Nge7 5. c3 (5. Re1 $5 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Nc3 Bd6
10. Nd5 $1 exd5 11. exd5+ Ne5 12. f4 O-O 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 d6 15. Nxe5 dxe5
16. d6 $1 $36 {0-1 Pasman,M-Gershon,A/ISR 2002/The Week in Chess 391 (33)})
5... a6 6. Ba4 c4 $5 {[%csl Rd2] After a few months/years that 6...b5 was a
popular guest in high level tournaments,now 6...c4 comes may be to take his
place?!} (6... b5 $5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2 (8. Re1 Rc8 9. a4 Qb6 10. Na3 Ng6 11.
axb5 axb5 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. Re2 $14 {1-0 Morozevich,A-Smirin,I/
Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 409 (35)}) 8... d5 (8... Ng6 $6 9. d4 cxd4
10. cxd4 Nh4 11. Rd1 $14 {1-0 Bitansky,I-Mikhalevski,V/ISR 2002/The Week in
Chess 391 (50)}) 9. e5 d4 10. Be4 Nd5 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. a4 (13.
d3 $5 Qc7 14. f4 Rc8 15. Bd2 Be7 16. Qf3 Qc2 $36 {[%csl Rb2] 0-1 Schneider,
D-Gulko,B/Seattle USA 2002/The Week in Chess 375 (32)}) 13... b4 14. d3 Qc7 15.
f4 Rc8 $36 {0-1 Grischuk,A-Kasparov,G/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 395 
(58)}) 7. Bc2 Ng6 8. d4 {Statistics prove that it's better for white to avoid
this move for a while and try to attack c4 square from the flank!} (8. b3 $5 b5
(8... d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Re1 cxb3 11. axb3 Bd6 12. d4 O-O 13. Nbd2 $16 {
1-0 Baklan,V-Loebler,H/Graz 1997/EXT 2000 (40)}) 9. a4 (9. Qe2 Qc7 10. bxc4 Nf4
11. Qe3 bxc4 12. Ba3 Be7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Na3 O-O 15. Rfe1 Nfg6 16. h4 $36 {
1-0 Vaulin,A-Moroz,A/Pardubice 1992/EXT 2000 (29)}) 9... Bb7 10. Na3 cxb3 11.
Bxb3 Na5 12. d3 Bc6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Burnett,R-Sokolin,L/New
York 1999/EXT 2000 (40)}) 8... cxd3 9. Qxd3 $6 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (9. Bxd3 $142 $5
Qc7 10. Be3 Nce5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Nd2 f6 15. Nb3 $14
{[%csl Rc8] 1-0 Brodsky,M-Krnic,Z/Wijk aan Zee 2001/CBM 80 ext (39)}) 9... Qc7
10. a4 Be7 $11 {It seems like black easily equalized.} 11. Na3 Rb8 $1 {To be
ready to play b5 in case of Nc4.} 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rfd1 (13. Nc4 b5 14. axb5
axb5 15. Ncd2 $11 {+/=}) 13... Rd8 {[%cal Gd7d5]} 14. b4 b6 (14... d5 $5 15.
exd5 Rxd5 16. Qe2 Nce5 {[%csl Rc3]}) 15. Bb3 Bb7 16. Qe2 {White has no real
plan and he just prepares against black possible break in the center.} Nce5 {
[%csl Rc3]} 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rac1 {[%cal Gf2f4,Ge4e5]} Ng6 {Black decides not
enter tactics and enjoys his flexible setup.} (18... Bxe4 $5 19. Bf4 {[%cal
Ge2e5]} (19. Bd4 d5 20. f3 Nd3 21. fxe4 (21. Rxd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Bxb4 23. Nc2
Bd6 $15) 21... Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Bxb4 23. Nc2 dxe4 $2 (23... Bd6 24. e5 Bc5 25. Rf1
Rbc8 $132) 24. Nxb4 Rxd4 25. Nxa6 $18) (19. Bxb6 Rxb6 20. Qxe4 d5 {Black is
better.}) 19... d5 $8 20. f3 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 (21. Qxf3 $2 e5 $19) 21... Qxf4 22.
fxe4 dxe4 {[%csl Ra3,Rb3] And black should be better here!}) 19. f3 (19. Nc4 $1
{[%csl Rb6] Was clearly better.} Bxe4 (19... b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bb6 (21. Nd2
{[%csl Rb5,Re4][%cal Gc3c4]})) 20. Bxb6 Rxb6 21. Nxb6 {[%csl Re4]}) 19... d5 $1
{The best time,after white weakened dark squares on Kside.} 20. exd5 exd5 {
[%csl Ra3]} 21. Qf2 Ba8 $15 22. Bd4 (22. f4 $5 {[%cal Gf4f5,Ge3d4]} Bd6 23. g3
{[%cal Gf4f5,Gf5f6]} Ne7 24. f5 $13) 22... Nf4 23. Qf1 $6 {[%cal Gf1a6]} (23.
Nc2 $5 {[%cal Gc2e3,Ge3f5]} Bd6 24. Ne3 $132 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge3f5,Gf5g7,
Gd4g7]}) 23... Bb7 24. Nc2 $6 {White is not better any longer and it was good
time to go on perpetual by playing 24.Qf2} (24. Qf2 Ba8 $11) 24... Ne6 {
[%cal Ge7g5]} 25. g3 Bg5 (25... Re8 $5 {More flexible move,don't show yet
where the Bishop goes...}) 26. f4 $8 (26. Be3 Qxc3 $19) (26. Ne3 Nxd4 $19 {
[%cal Gg5e3]}) (26. Rb1 Nxd4 {[%cal Gc7c3]} 27. cxd4 Re8 $17 {[%cal Gb8c8]})
26... Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Bf6 $15 {As a result of few changes in the position:1.
Black has a pare of bishops 2.Weakness on c3 3.Quiet weak white king 4.Lines
e-c for his rooks 5.White has only one good piece on d4 and this piece
prevents from his position to ruin!} 28. Qd3 Re8 29. Qf3 (29. Re1 Re4 $17 {
[%cal Gb8e8]}) 29... Qd7 30. Qf2 Rbc8 31. Rd3 {White has nothing to do,but
wait until black will find plan.} Re4 $17 32. Rcd1 Rce8 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gd7h3,
Gf6d4,Ge4e2]} 33. Nf3 Qc8 {[%csl Rc3]} (33... Re2 $1 34. Qxb6 $4 (34. Qf1 $8 {
[%cal Gf3e5]} Rb2 35. Bxd5 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Qxa4 $17 {[%csl Rc3]}) 34... Qh3 $19 {
[%csl Rg1]}) 34. Bxd5 (34. Qxb6 Bxc3 $17 35. Rc1 $2 Bd4+ $19 {[%cal Gd4g1,
Gd4b6,Gc8c1]}) 34... Bxd5 35. Rxd5 Qxc3 36. a5 b5 {[%csl Rb4]} 37. Ng5 R4e7 (
37... Re1+ 38. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 39. Kg2 Qxb4 $19) 38. Qc5 h6 $1 {Now the knight is
out of the game and black wins easily.} 39. Nh3 Qf3 40. Qf2 $8 Qb3 $19 {
[%csl Rb4]} 41. Qc5 Bc3 {White has obsolutely no counterplay.} 42. Nf2 Bxb4 43.
Qb6 Qf3 {[%csl Ge1]} 44. Re5 Rxe5 45. fxe5 Re6 46. Qc7 Rc6 $1 {[%cal Gc6c2,
Gb4c5,Gc5f2] Very sharp play from black.} 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Kf1 $2 (48. Qd3+
$142 Qxd3 49. Rxd3 Rc1+ 50. Kg2 Bxa5 $19) 48... Bxa5 $1 (48... Bxa5 $1 49. Qxa5
Rc2 50. Qe1 (50. Rd2 Rc1+ $19) 50... Rxf2+ 51. Qxf2 Qxd1+ $19 {[%csl Ga6,Gb5]})
0-1

[Event "HUN-ch Gr A"]
[Site "Balatonlelle"]
[Date "2002.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cao, Sang"]
[Black "Horvath, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 2056]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 {Ather possible
moves for white:} (5. d3 d5 6. O-O Nf6 7. e5 Nd7 8. Qe2 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3
Qc7 11. Bf4 Ba6 12. Rfe1 Rae8 13. b3 $14 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gh2h4,Gh4h5,Gh5h6]
1-0 Yandemirov,V-Lependin,A/Tomsk RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 402 (39)}) (5. O-O
Qc7 6. b3 Ne7 7. Ba3 d6 8. c3 Ba6 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Be7 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Qc2
Qa5 13. Bb2 O-O 14. c4 e5 15. Nc3 f6 $11 {[%cal Gg6f4,Gf4e6,Ge6d4] 1-0
Ponomariov,R-Dreev,A/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 395 (38)}) (5. e5 $6 f6
6. O-O fxe5 7. Nxe5 Nf6 8. c4 d6 9. Ng4 Be7 10. f4 O-O $15 {1/2-1/2 Sabol,
M-Michalek,J/CZE 2000/EXT 2001 (36)}) (5. Nc3 Ne7 6. d3 Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. e5 f6
9. Qe2 Qc7 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Bd2 d5 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Kb1 O-O-O $44 {1/2-1/2
Klinova,M-Iordachescu,V/Wijk aan Zee NED 2002/The Week in Chess 378 (49)}) (5.
c4 Ne7 6. Nc3 Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. d3 e5 9. g3 d6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Nh2 Be7 12. Bd2
Nf8 13. Ne2 Ne6 $15 {0-1 Day,L-Nijboer,F/Amsterdam 2001/CBM 83 ext (38)}) 5...
f6 6. d4 $5 $146 {Rare continuation. Usually white first makes the castle and
only after pushes d4.I bilieve, this move will be a subject for many analyzes
of some top players.} (6. O-O Nh6 7. d4 Nf7 8. Ba3 cxd4 9. Bxf8 Kxf8 10. Qxd4
e5 (10... d6 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Qc3 Ke7 13. Nbd2 Ba6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Belkhodja,
S-Bacrot,E/Aubervilliers FRA 2002/The Week in Chess 378 (27)}) 11. Qd2 (11. Qd3
d5 12. Rd1 f5 13. Qc3 Qd6 14. Nbd2 $36 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gd2c4] 1-0 Karjakin,
S-Arzumanian,G/Alushta UKR 2002/The Week in Chess 392 (26)}) 11... d5 12. Nc3 (
12. Rd1 $1) 12... dxe4 13. Qxd8+ Nxd8 14. Nxe4 Bf5 $11 {0-1 Belkhodja,
S-Sveshnikov,E/Dubai UAE 2002/The Week in Chess 390 (64)}) 6... cxd4 7. Qxd4 d5
(7... Qb6 $5 8. Qxb6 (8. Be3 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10. Nf5 d5 $15) 8... axb6 9. Be3
b5 {[%csl Ra2]}) 8. O-O e5 9. Qd3 Be6 10. Nc3 d4 11. Na4 {[%cal Gc2c3] White
ready to open some files for his pieces.On the next move 12.c3 looks promising
as well as 12.Qa6 with some ideas on Qside. Black on the other hand yet
developed pieces.} Rc8 12. Qa6 {May be just one move too soon.} (12. Bd2 $1 {
[%cal Gd3a6,Gd2a5]}) 12... Qd7 13. c3 c5 14. Ba3 (14. cxd4 cxd4 15. Bd2 {
[%csl Re8,Rf8,Rg8,Rh8][%cal Ga1c1]} Ba3 16. Nb6 axb6 17. Qxa3 Ne7 18. Bb4 Nc6
19. Rac1 Kf7 $15) 14... Be7 15. Rac1 Rc6 16. Qa5 $1 {[%csl Rc5]} Bd8 $8 17. Qb5
{[%csl Rc5]} a6 $8 18. Qe2 (18. Qd3 $5 c4 (18... Be7 {[%cal Gg8h6,Gh6f7]} 19.
cxd4 cxd4 (19... exd4 20. Nxc5 $18) 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Ne7 $11) 19. Qd2 cxb3
20. Nc5 dxc3 21. Nxd7 cxd2 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rxc6 Bd7 24. Rd6 $16) 18... d3 $6
{Too tempting,but might be better was simple 18...Be7} (18... Be7 $5 {Solid
and good!}) 19. Qe3 c4 {Ambicious! This move is only continuation after the
previous one Black forgets for a moment that he is yet finished the first
stage of the game:DEVELOPMENT!} 20. Nd2 $1 {Crushing all black structure!} cxb3
21. axb3 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Ga4c5,Gc5d7,Gc5d3]} Be7 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Nc5 $16 Qd8
24. Nxd3 O-O 25. Nc5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gb3b4]} Bf7 26. b4 f5 $6 {[%csl Re5] A
try to complicate the game,but in fact this move does nothing but adds another
weakness to black's structure!} 27. Rfd1 (27. Nf3 $1 {[%csl Re5]} f4 28. Qd2
Qc7 29. Rfd1 $18 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Gd2d7]}) 27... f4 28. Qe2 Qc8 29. Nf3 {
[%cal Gf3e5,Gf3g5]} Ng6 30. Ra1 $18 {[%csl Ra6] Simple and strong at the same
time!} Qg4 31. h3 Qh5 32. Rxa6 Rcc8 33. Qd3 h6 (33... Nh4 34. Ra7 $1 $18 {
[%cal Ga7h7]}) 34. Ra7 Nh4 35. Rd2 {Removing the R from Qh5 pin.} Rc6 36. Nxh4
Qxh4 37. Nd7 {White plays the technic part of the game very sharp,leaving no
chances for counterplay.} Rfc8 (37... Re8 38. Nxe5 Rxe5 39. Rxf7 Kxf7 40. Qd7+
Kg8 41. Qxc6 f3 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Qg4 $18) 38. Nxe5 Rxc3 {Looses by force,but
it was impossible to save the position.} 39. Qd7 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 Rf8 41. Nxf7 f3
42. g3 Qh5 43. Nd6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group2"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Surgut Yugra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 32]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 d5 (5... a6 $5 {
White must choose the right place for bishop:e2 or a4!} 6. Ba4 $5 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7
8. Qe2 d5 $1 (8... Ng6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nh4 11. Nbd2 $14 {1-0 Adams,
M-Shirov,A/Linares ESP 2002/The Week in Chess 383 (31)}) 9. e5 d4 10. Be4 Nd5
11. cxd4 (11. d3 $1 {This move is better than Grischuk's 11.c:d4} dxc3 12. Nxc3
Nxc3 (12... Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 $14) (12... Be7 $13) 13. bxc3 Be7
14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qd7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 O-O 18. Bd2 a5 19. Rfa1 h6 20. h4
Ba6 21. Qe3 Bb5 22. R4a2 a4 23. Bc2 {[%cal Ge3e4]} Qd5 (23... Nb4 24. Bxb4 Bxb4
25. Qe4 g6 26. h5 $18) 24. Bxa4 $14 {1-0 Morozevich,A-Van Wely,L/Monaco MNC
2002/The Week in Chess 386 (81)}) 11... Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 $15 {0-1 Grischuk,
A-Kasparov,G/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 395 (58)}) 6. exd5 Qxd5 {
Another option is:} (6... Nxd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd3 {
[%csl Rd7] 1-0 Rowson,J-Kuljasevic,D/Pula CRO 2002/The Week in Chess 393 (42)
Allows white to enjoy some advantage thanks to black's pawn setup and bad Bd7!}
) 7. Re1 (7. d4 cxd4 8. c4 $5 Qd6 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nf3 Nf5 11. Nc3 a6 12. Ba4
Rd8 13. Ne4 $14 {1-0 Lutz,C-Pira,D/Leipzig GER 2002/The Week in Chess 392 (47)}
) 7... a6 (7... Bd7 8. Na3 Ng6 9. Bc4 Qh5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nb5 Rc8 12. Be2 $36 {
1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Sveshnikov,E/Vrnjacka Banja 1999/EXT 2000 (50)}) 8. Bf1 Nf5
9. Na3 Be7 (9... Qd8 $5 {[%cal Gc5d4,Gc6d4,Gf5d4,Gd8d4] Still preventing d4
and avoiding Bc4 with tempo!} 10. Nc2 Be7 $11) 10. Nc4 {[%cal Gc4b6]} Qd8 11.
Ne3 $6 (11. a4 $1 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ga4a5] More chances for advantag.} b6 (11...
Nd6 12. Nce5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 $14) 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Nce5 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gf1a6]}
Nxe5 14. Nxe5 $14) 11... Nh4 $1 {Very original idea.Instead of usual
exchanging on e3,black leaves the Ne3 which doesn't really have good squares.}
12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. a3 (13. g3 Be7 14. Bg2 Qc7 15. Qh5 O-O $11 {[%csl Ra1,Rc1,
Rd2][%cal Gb7b5,Gc8b7]}) 13... b5 $1 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 Bb7 $11 {Black
reached a flexble setup for his pieces and has no problems equalizing.} 16. d4
Ne7 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gb7g2,Ge7d5]} 17. Qh5 (17. Qg4 Ng6 18. Nf5 Bf6 $11) 17...
Ng6 18. g3 Bf6 19. Bg2 {[%csl Rc1,Rc3,Re3] White must be aware,otherways he
can get even worse position.} Bxg2 20. Nxg2 O-O {Now when the opening is over,
let's see what are the plans of both sides: White. 1. Develop the bishop to
suitible square 2. Double the rooks on a-file 3. Not to let black to put a
pressure on c3 Black: 1. Pressure on c3 2. Bringing the second rook into the
game 3. ... e5! - a strong option, at the right moment} 21. Qf3 $2 {[%cal
Gf3b7] Waste of time.} (21. Ne3 Rc8 22. Bd2 Qd6 23. Ng4 Bd8 24. Re2 $11) 21...
Bg5 (21... e5 $1 22. d5 (22. Bb2 exd4 23. cxd4 a5 (23... Bxd4 24. Rad1 Bxb2 25.
Rxd8 Raxd8 $44) (23... Qd6 {[%csl Rb4]} 24. Bc3 Rac8 $15) 24. bxa5 Rxa5 25.
Rad1 b4 $11 {[%cal Ga5d5]}) 22... e4 23. Rxe4 Qxd5 $15) 22. Qg4 Bxc1 23. Raxc1
Ne7 24. Ne3 Nd5 {The position is complitely equal. If anybody has chances here
for a win it is black, so the result is a bit strange.} (24... Nd5 25. Nxd5
Qxd5 26. Re5 Qb3 27. Rg5 g6 $11 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Ga6a5,Gf8c8,Gb3b2]}) 1-0

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2002.06.08"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Martinovic, Slobodan"]
[Black "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "213"]
[EventDate "2002.06.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bugojno"]
[BlackTeam "Bijeljina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4104]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Nxd4 (6.
Bf1 Nec6 7. c3 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 Be7 $11) 6... cxd4 7. d3 a6 8. Ba4 Nc6 9. c3 (9.
Nd2 $1 b5 10. Bb3 Bc5 (10... g6 11. Nf3 Bg7 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. e5 h6 14. Bf4 Bb7
15. c3 g5 16. Bg3 dxc3 17. bxc3 Ne7 18. d4 $14 {[%csl Rg5,Rh6][%cal Gh2h4] 1-0
Glek,I-Sherbakov,R/Tomsk 2001/CBM 82 ext (40)}) 11. e5 d5 12. Qg4 O-O 13. Nf3
f5 14. Qg3 Ra7 15. Bd2 $14 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gh2h6] 1/2-1/2 Ulibin,M-Sveshnikov,
E/Ekaterinburg RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 395 (31)}) 9... b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 $146 {
A new move,which was tested in currient game.} (10... Bc5 $5 11. Qg4 Qf6 12.
Qe2 d6 13. c4 O-O 14. Nd2 Bb7 {[%cal Gc6a5] 1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Gulko,B/
Shanghai CHN 2002/The Week in Chess 401 (32) Black reached a very comfortable
position with good play on Qside.}) (10... Qf6 $5 {[%csl Ra1,Rb1]} 11. c4 Qg6
12. Nd2 Be7 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. Rc1 b4 {1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J-Benjamin,J/
New York 1990/CBM 16 ext (15)}) 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Nf3 dxc3 13. bxc3 O-O $11 {
Black easily equalized the game!} 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. a4 Kh8 $6 {Planning f5,which
is unnessasary at all!} (15... b4 $142 16. cxb4 Bxb4 17. Re2 Qb6 $11 {[%cal
Gb6b2]}) 16. axb5 axb5 17. c4 $2 (17. Qd2 $5 $14) 17... b4 $5 (17... bxc4 18.
Bxc4 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Bb3 Bb4 21. Re3 Qd7 $11 {[%cal Gf8e8]}) 18. Ne5 Nxe5
(18... Na5 19. Ba4 d6 20. Nd7 Rg8 21. Re3 $40 {[%csl Ra5,Rb7,Re7][%cal Ge3h3,
Gh3h7] Black pieces are far from the K and can't come to defend him.}) 19. Bxe5
f5 20. exf5 (20. Ra7 Bc6 21. Qa1 Bf6 22. Bxf6 $11) 20... Rxf5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal
Gb7g2]} 21. d4 {[%cal Gd4d5]} Bh4 22. Ra2 $6 (22. Bg3 {Would keep the position
dinamicly equal.}) 22... Ra8 $1 $15 23. Rb2 Qg5 (23... Ra3 $142) 24. Bg3 $1 {
This move brings to the end all black's attemps for attack!} (24. f4 Qh6 25.
Re3 {[%cal Ge3h3]} Rxf4 $1 26. Bxf4 Qxf4 $40 {[%csl Ga8,Rb3,Gb7,Gf4,Gh4]})
24... Qh6 (24... Bxg3 25. hxg3 $11) 25. Qd2 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Be7 $2 {This is
already a mistake.26...Be7 allows white to close the Bb7 and to open e-file!} (
26... Bxg3 27. hxg3 Rfa5 $15) 27. d5 $1 Bg5 28. Rde2 Ra3 {Simply looses the
pawn without any compensation.} (28... exd5 29. h4 $16 Bh6 30. cxd5 $36 {
[%csl Rb7,Rh6,Rh8]}) 29. Bc2 {This move serves the same idea.} (29. dxe6 Rxb3
30. e7 Bxe7 31. Rxe7 h6 32. Rxd7 Ba6 33. h4 $16 {[%cal Ge1e7]}) 29... Rf8 30.
Bd6 $16 Rg8 31. Bxb4 Ra2 32. dxe6 dxe6 33. f3 $18 {The position is winning,but
there is still some technic to show.} Ba6 34. Bb3 {[%csl Re6,Rh8]} Rxe2 35.
Rxe2 Rb8 36. Rxe6 h6 37. Rxa6 Rxb4 38. Ra8+ Kh7 39. Bc2+ g6 40. Ra7+ Kh8 {
[%cal Gg5e3,Ge3a7,Ge3g1]} 41. Ra2 Kg7 42. Bd3 Rb3 43. Be4 Rc3 44. Ra7+ Kf8 45.
Rc7 Bf4 46. Rc8+ Kf7 47. g3 Be3+ 48. Kg2 {Now white king is in the game.White
will try to advance the c-pawn in addition to that to make another free pawn
on Kside.} g5 49. Kh3 {[%csl Gg4,Gh5][%cal Gh3g4,Gg4h5]} Bg1 50. Rh8 Rxc4 51.
Rxh6 Be3 52. Kg4 {White can consider sacrafising the exchange for B+P.} Rb4 53.
Rc6 Ke7 54. h3 Rb5 55. Rc3 Bd2 56. Rd3 Bc1 57. Rc3 Bd2 58. Rc7+ Kf6 59. Rc6+ {
White should be aware of not changing the rooks,what will lead to draw!} Kf7
60. h4 gxh4 61. Kxh4 Be1 62. Rc1 Bf2 63. Rc2 Be1 64. Kg4 Kf6 65. Rc6+ Ke5 66.
Rc1 (66. f4+ $1 Kd4 (66... Kxe4 67. Re6+ $18 {Winning!}) 67. Re6 $18 {[%csl
Rd4,Re1][%cal Gf4f8] Was much faster.}) 66... Bf2 67. Rc2 Be3 68. Rc4 Bf2 69.
f4+ Kf6 70. Rc2 Be1 71. Re2 Bc3 72. Rh2 Be1 73. Rh6+ Kf7 74. Rh4 {White plays
very strange.No plan or just waisting time..........} Bf2 75. Rh2 Rb2 76. Kf3
Bd4 77. Rh7+ Kf6 78. Rh6+ Ke7 79. Bd5 Rc2 80. g4 {Finally!} Rf2+ 81. Ke4 Bb2
82. Rc6 (82. Re6+ $1 Kf7 (82... Kd7 83. Kf5 $18 {[%cal Ge6e4,Ge4f4,Gg4g8]
Winning simply.}) 83. Ke3 $18 {[%cal Gd5f7] Black has no moves!}) 82... Ba3 83.
Re6+ Kd7 84. Rf6 $6 (84. Kf5 $1 {[%cal Gg4g8]}) 84... Bc1 85. g5 Ke7 86. Bc4
Rc2 87. Bb3 Rb2 88. Rf7+ Ke8 89. Bd5 Re2+ 90. Kf3 Re7 91. Rf5 {[%cal Gd5c6]}
Re1 92. Bc4 {[%cal Gf5a5]} Rg1 93. Rf6 Rd1 94. Ke4 $2 {Another mistake! White
plays the ending very slow and not accurately.} (94. Be2 $3 {The idea behind
this quiet move is:To take control over all the squares on the g-file!} Rg1 95.
Kf2 {[%csl Gg1,Gg2,Gg3,Gg4]} Rh1 96. g6 Rh2+ 97. Kf3 Rh3+ 98. Kg2 Rh8 99. Rf7
Bb2 100. Bb5+ Kd8 101. g7 $18) 94... Bb2 95. Re6+ Kf8 96. Rc6 Rd4+ 97. Ke3 Rd1
98. Kf3 Bc1 99. Be2 Re1 100. Re6 Bd2 (100... Kf7 $142) 101. Kg4 Ra1 102. Re4
Kg7 103. Bc4 Rg1+ 104. Kf5 Ra1 105. Re7+ Kf8 (105... Kh8 106. Kg6 $18 {[%cal
Ge7e8,Ge7h7]}) 106. Rf7+ Ke8 107. g6 1-0

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Miljanic, Boro"]
[Black "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.06.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo"]
[BlackTeam "Bijeljina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

{[%mdl 28704]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 Ng6 {Another
options are:} (5... a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. Bb2 b5 8. Na3 (8. c4 bxc4 9. bxc4 Rb8 (
9... Qb6 10. Bc3 Nd4 11. d3 Be7 12. Nbd2 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 O-O 14. Rab1 Qc6 15.
Qg3 (15. Rb3 $1 $14 {[%cal Gf1b1]}) 15... f6 16. f4 d5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Fressinet,
L-Nataf,I/Cannes FRA 2002/The Week in Chess 382 (21)}) 10. Bc3 Bb7 11. d3 d6
12. Na3 e5 13. Nc2 $14 {[%cal Gc2e3,Ge3d5,Ge3f5,Ga1b1,Gd1a4] 1/2-1/2 Akopian,
V-Eljanov,P/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 379 (65)}) 8... Nd4 9. c4 Qa5 10.
d3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Bb7 12. Nc2 Qd2 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Bb2 Qh6 $44 {
[%csl Gb7,Gd6,Rg1][%cal Ge8c8,Gg8g2,Gh6h2] 1/2-1/2 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Almasi,Z/
Dos Hermanas 2001/CBM 83 (26)}) (5... Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Bb2 a6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9.
c3 Bc5 10. cxd4 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Nc3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Spasov,V-Miladinovic,I/
Athens 2000/EXT 2001 (14)}) 6. Bb2 f6 7. Re1 Qc7 (7... Be7 $6 8. c3 a6 9. Bf1
Qc7 10. d4 O-O 11. g3 b5 12. h4 $36 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4][%cal Gh4h5] 1-0 Akopian,
V-Fominyh,A/Ubeda 2001/CBM 80 ext (31)}) 8. c3 Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Nbd2 (10. Bf1
$5 Nd8 11. Nbd2 Nf7 12. g3 b6 13. h4 Re8 14. Bg2 Bb7 15. h5 $14 {0-1 Kuzmin,
G-Romanishin,O/Donetsk 1998/CBM 68 (61)}) 10... a6 11. Bf1 d5 $6 (11... b5 $142
) 12. exd5 exd5 13. c4 $1 {The most energetic move. Since black is still busy
in development white openes up the center!} dxc4 (13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15.
cxd5 $16 {[%csl Rd4,Rg8][%cal Ga1c1]}) 14. d5 Nd8 (14... Nce5 $5 {Looks
dangerous due to the weakness which rise,but it allows black to finish
organizing the pieces.} 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. Nxc4 Bd6 18. a4 Bf5 19.
a5 $14 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6][%cal Gf1d3]}) 15. bxc4 (15. Nxc4 Nf7 16. Bc3 $14 {
[%cal Gc3a5]}) (15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. a4 Bg4 17. Qc2 Nf4 $11 {[%cal Gd8f7,Ga8e8]})
15... Nf7 16. a4 $14 Bf5 17. Ne4 (17. Qb3 $1 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gf1d3,Ga1b1]})
17... Rfe8 18. Ng3 {White really wants to exchange black white square bishop,
but it takes some time.While black manages to place his pieces around d6&e5
squares and gets good position.} Bg4 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Bd6 21. Nf5 Bh2+ 22.
Kh1 Be5 $1 $14 {Important to exchange the bishops,this way black will have
absolute control over dark squares!} 23. Bxe5 Ngxe5 24. Qg3 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Qxd6
26. Rab1 $6 {Not accurate move!} (26. a5 $1 $14 {[%csl Rb7]}) 26... b6 27. Re3
$1 {[%cal Ge3b3,Gb1e1]} Rab8 28. Rbe1 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Qd7 29. f4 Ng6 (29... Nf7
$5 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gf7d6]} 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Qb3 Qe1 33. Kg1
Qb4 $13 {[%cal Gg8f8]}) 30. Bd3 Nf8 (30... Qxa4 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32. Qxg6 Rxe3 33.
Rxe3 {[%cal Gd5d8]} Qxc4 34. Re8+ $11) 31. Qg4 $2 {Unclear mistake! In almost
winning position white slips and gives up most of what he gained with very
good play!} (31. f5 $1 {[%csl Rf8]} Qxa4 $4 (31... Rxe3 32. Rxe3 Re8 33. Re6 $5
(33. Bc2 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Qe1 Rxe3 36. Qxe3 $16) 33... Nxe6 34. fxe6 Qxa4
35. Qc7 (35. Kh2 $1 $36 {[%cal Gg3c7,Gc7f7,Gd5d8] White has very promising
position!}) 35... Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qe5+ 37. Qxe5 fxe5 38. Bf5 g6 39. d6 gxf5 40. d7
Kf8 $19) 32. Re7 $16) 31... Qxg4 (31... Qxa4 $2 32. Re7 g6 33. d6 $18 {[%cal
Gd3e4,Ge4d5]}) 32. hxg4 Kf7 33. Bf5 $2 {Loosing time.} (33. Kg1 $142 $14) 33...
Rxe3 34. Rxe3 Re8 35. Rxe8 (35. Rb3 g6 36. Bd3 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Nd7 $15 {[%cal
Gf7e7,Ge7d6]}) 35... Kxe8 36. Bc8 a5 37. f5 $4 {[%cal Ge8e7,Ge7d6,Gd6e5][%mdl
24576] Finally closing the bishop and clearing the way for black king?????} (
37. Kg1 g6 {[%csl Rc8,Gf5][%cal Ge8d8]} 38. Kf2 Kd8 39. Ba6 g5 40. g3 Ng6 41.
Ke3 Nh8 $3 42. Ke4 Nf7 43. Kf5 Ke7 $15 {[%cal Gf7d6] The final destination for
the knight!}) 37... Ke7 $4 $15 {[%cal Ge7d6,Gd6e5,Ge5d4]} (37... b5 38. cxb5 (
38. axb5 a4 39. b6 Nd7 $19 {[%cal Ga4a1]}) 38... c4 39. b6 Nd7 40. Ba6 c3 41.
Bd3 Nxb6 $19) 38. Kh2 $4 (38. Kg1 $1 b5 $2 (38... Kd6 39. Kf2) (38... Nd7 39.
Bxd7 Kxd7 40. Kf2 Kd6 41. Ke2 Ke5 42. Kd3 h6 43. Ke3 Kd6 44. Ke4 Ke7 45. Kf4
Kd6 46. Kg3 Ke5 47. Kf3 $11 (47. Kh4 {[%cal Gh4h5,Gh5g6]} b5 $19)) 39. cxb5 c4
40. Kf2 $1 $18) {[%tqu "En","Find the dicisive move for black:","","","b6b5",
"Correct! Now white looses by force.",5]} 38... b5 $19 39. cxb5 (39. axb5 a4
40. b6 Nd7 $19) 39... c4 40. b6 (40. d6+ Kxd6 41. Bb7 c3 42. Be4 Ke5 43. Bc2
Kf4 44. b6 Ke3 $19) 40... Nd7 41. b7 Nb8 {White can't stop the pawn without
loosing material!} (41... Nb8 42. d6+ Kxd6 43. Be6 c3 44. Bb3 Kc7 45. Kg3 Nc6
46. Kf4 Nd4 $19) 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 89th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2002.08.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Ramesh, Ramachandran B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2002.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 210]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 (5... d6 $5 {
[%cal Ge6e5]} 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qd5 8. Nf3 c4 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3
Ne7 12. dxc4 Qxc4 13. Nd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Krasenkow,M/Istanbul 2000/EXT
2001 (21)}) 6. Qe2 (6. Ng5 $5 f6 7. Nh3 d5 8. Nc3 Ng6 9. Qh5 Bd6 10. Nf4 Bxf4
11. Bxf4 O-O 12. Bd2 f5 13. Qg5 Qxg5 14. Bxg5 c4 $11 {1-0 Adams,M-Vaisser,A/
France 2001/EXT 2002 (52)}) 6... f6 (6... Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. e5 f6 9. Qe4 Kf7 10.
Na3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Monaco MNC 2002/The Week in Chess 385 (39)}
) 7. Nh4 g6 8. f4 Bg7 9. O-O (9. Nf3 $5 O-O 10. Qf2 d6 11. Nc3 e5 12. fxe5 fxe5
13. Qh4 a5 14. Bh6 $16 {1-0 Glek,I-Krasenkow,M/Mainz GER 2002/The Week in
Chess 406 (64)}) 9... O-O (9... d6 $5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. e5 Nf5 12. exd6 Nd4 13.
Qf2 Qxd6 14. Nc3 e5 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Qe2 Rxf1+ {
1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Smirin,I/Biel SUI 2002/The Week in Chess 403 (18)}) 10. c4
$5 {[%mdl 8] McShane's new idea.} (10. Nf3 h6 11. Nc3 e5 12. fxe5 fxe5 13. Qf2
g5 14. Qxc5 d6 15. Qe3 Ng6 16. Qe1 Rb8 17. Nd2 Nf4 18. Ne2 Rb7 19. Nc4 d5 20.
Ne3 dxe4 21. dxe4 Rbf7 22. Ng3 {1/2-1/2 Fressinet,L-Lautier,J/Cannes FRA 2002/
The Week in Chess 381 (22)}) 10... d6 11. Nc3 h6 $1 {[%csl Gc6,Gd6,Ge6,Gf6,Gg6,
Gh6] Very original. Preparing g5, what is a very good positional idea. I
believe black saw the game McShane-Ramaswamy from the same tournament and
prepared this nice reply.} (11... Rb8 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Rf2 Rb7 14. Raf1 e5 $2
15. f5 g5 16. Nf3 Nc8 17. g4 Be8 18. h4 $40 {1-0 McShane,L-Ramaswamy,A/Torquay
ENG 2002/The Week in Chess 405 (40)}) 12. Be3 g5 13. Nf3 (13. fxg5 hxg5 14. Nf3
{[%cal Ge4e5]} e5 $132 {[%cal Ge7g6,Gg6f4,Gc8e6]}) 13... gxf4 (13... Rb8 $6 14.
Rf2 Bd7 15. fxg5 hxg5 16. e5 $1 $16) 14. Bxf4 e5 15. Bd2 (15. Be3 f5 $36) 15...
Rb8 (15... f5 $1 $36) 16. Nh4 $6 {White didn't want to let black play f5 and
decides to sacrafise the pawn.} (16. Rab1 f5 $15) 16... Rxb2 17. Nd1 Rb7 18.
Ne3 d5 $1 {The best.} (18... Be6 19. Nef5 Nxf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 $44) 19.
Rad1 Rb2 {Positionally white is already in trouble, all is left is to
complicate the game by attacking the black king.} 20. Qh5 Qe8 21. Qf3 (21. Qxe8
Rxe8 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. exd5 {[%cal Gd5d6,Gh4f5]} Rxa2 24. d6 Nc6 25. Nhf5 Nd4
26. Ne7+ Kh7 27. N7d5 {[%cal Gd5f6]} Rf8 {Black is much better.}) 21... d4 (
21... dxe4 22. dxe4 Rxa2 23. Ng4 $44 {[%csl Rh6]}) 22. Nef5 (22. Ng4 Kh7 $17)
22... Bxf5 23. exf5 (23. Nxf5 Nxf5 24. Qxf5 Rxa2 $17) 23... Kh7 (23... Rxa2 $1
{It was good time to collect another pawn.} 24. Qg4 Kh7 {[%cal Ga7a3]}) 24. g4
$5 (24. a4 Ra2 25. a5 Rg8 $17 {[%cal Gg7f8,Gg8g2]}) 24... Rxa2 $15 25. Qh3 Rh8
26. Nf3 Qd7 27. Rf2 {Too slow.} (27. Nxe5 $142 fxe5 28. f6 {With some chances.}
) 27... a5 $6 (27... Kg8 $5 {[%cal Gg8f7,Gf7e8,Ge8d8]}) 28. Rdf1 $5 (28. Nxe5
$142 fxe5 29. f6 Ng6 30. fxg7 Kxg7 31. Rdf1 $44) 28... a4 $6 {Black is paying
no attention to white plan.....} (28... Bf8 $5 {Preventing Nxe5.}) 29. Nxe5 $1
fxe5 30. f6 Rxd2 $6 (30... Ng6 $142 $5 31. fxg7 Kxg7 32. Qh5 {[%cal Gf2f7]}
Rxd2 33. Rxd2 Qe7 $44 {[%cal Gg6f4]}) 31. Rxd2 Ng6 32. fxg7 Kxg7 $13 33. Qh5 (
33. Rf5 $5 {[%cal Gf5e5,Gg4g5]} Nf4 34. Qh4 {[%csl Gf6]} Qe6 35. Rb2 $40) 33...
Qe7 34. Rdf2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Rf5 $142 $5) 34... Nf4 $19 {[%cal Gf4h5,
Gf4h3]} 35. Rxf4 (35. Qf5 Rf8 36. Qe4 Nh3+ $19) 35... exf4 36. Kh1 (36. Rxf4
Qe3+ 37. Rf2 Rf8 38. Qh4 a3 $19) 36... a3 (36... Rf8 $1 $19 {[%cal Gf4f3]}) 37.
Rg1 (37. Rxf4 a2 38. Rf1 Rb8 $19) 37... Qg5 38. Qh3 a2 39. Qg2 Ra8 $19 40. Ra1
Qf6 {[%cal Gf4f3]} 41. Qf3 Ra6 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Gf6e5,Ge5e3] Black is winning,
but still some accurate play is needed.} 42. Kg2 Qe5 43. Qf2 Qe3 44. Rxa2 f3+
45. Kg3 Rxa2 46. Qxa2 f2+ 47. Kg2 f1=Q+ {This queens ending is easily won for
black.} 48. Kxf1 Qxd3+ 49. Kg2 Qe4+ 50. Kg3 d3 51. Qa7+ Kf6 52. Qd7 Qe3+ 53.
Kh4 (53. Kg2 {Would make any difference.} d2 54. Qf5+ Ke7 55. Qh7+ Kd6 56. Qg6+
Ke5 57. Qg7+ Ke4 58. Qg6+ Kd4 59. Qf6+ Kd3 60. Qf5+ Qe4+ $19) 53... d2 54.
Qxc6+ Qe6 55. Qf3+ Kg7 {[%cal Ge6f6,Ge6e1,Gd2d1]} 56. Kh3 h5 $1 {The quickest.}
57. Qb7+ Kh6 58. Kg3 Qxg4+ 59. Kf2 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Black "Frolyanov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4136]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Be2 {
It seems like this move is now in the shadow of the popular 6.Ba4.} (6. Ba4 $5
{The fashionble continuation,which is being examined nowdays at the highest
levels.The idea to keep the bright-square bishop leads sometimes to very
familiar positions from French Defence,Sicilian with 2.c3 and some other
familiar setups.} b5 (6... c4 $5 7. Bc2 Ng6 8. d4 cxd3 9. Qxd3 Qc7 10. a4 Be7
11. Na3 Rb8 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rfd1 {0-1 Malakhov,V-Movsesian,S/Halkidiki GRE
2002/The Week in Chess 412 (48) With slight adge for white.}) 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2
(8. Re1 Rc8 9. a4 Qb6 10. Na3 Ng6 11. axb5 axb5 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14.
Re2 O-O 15. Be3 $14 {1-0 Morozevich,A-Smirin,I/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in
Chess 409 (35)}) 8... Ng6 (8... d5 9. e5 d4 10. Be4 Nd5 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4
cxd4 13. a4 b4 14. d3 Qc7 $15 {0-1 Grischuk,A-Kasparov,G/Moscow RUS 2002/The
Week in Chess 395 (58)}) 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nh4 11. Nbd2 $14 {1-0 Adams,
M-Shirov,A/Linares ESP 2002/The Week in Chess 383 (31)}) 6... d5 7. exd5 Nxd5
8. d4 cxd4 (8... Be7 $6 9. c4 Nf6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Nc3 Ke7 13.
Rd1 Rd8 14. Rxd8 Nxd8 15. a3 Bd7 16. b4 $14 {0-1 Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Paris
1995/CBM 49 ext (63)}) 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Bf3 (10. c4 $6 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qf6 12.
Qxf6 Nxf6 13. Be3 Rc8 $11 {0-1 Morozevich,A-Nataf,I/Cannes FRA 2002/The Week
in Chess 382 (52)}) 10... Be7 11. Bxd5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A new move. White
decides to create the isolated Pd and simply play against it.} (11. Nf5 $5 exf5
12. Bxd5 O-O 13. c4 Qc7 14. Nc3 Bd6 15. h3 Be5 16. Be3 Ne7 17. Bd4 Bd6 18. Qb3
$14 {1-0 Kasimdzhanov,R-Bacrot,E/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 395 (32)})
11... exd5 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qh5 $1 {[%cal Gh5d5,Gf1d1]} Be6 $8 14. Nd2 Qd7 (
14... Bf6 15. N2b3 (15. N2f3 Qd7 16. h3 {Game.}) 15... Ne5 {[%cal Ge6g4,Ge5c4]}
16. Qe2 Re8 $11) 15. h3 Bf6 (15... Nxd4 $5 16. Bxd4 Qb5 $1 {Creating at least
some counterplay...} 17. Nf3 (17. b3 {[%csl Rc3]} Rac8 $11) 17... Qxb2 18. Rfb1
Qc2 19. Rxb7 Rfe8 $132) 16. N2f3 $14 Na5 17. Rfe1 $1 {Very solid. Paying no
attention to black's 17...Nc4 white increases pressure on e-file.} Nc4 18. Re2
Rfe8 (18... Nxe3 $6 19. Rxe3 Rae8 20. Rae1 $16) 19. Rae1 Nd6 20. Bf4 {[%cal
Gf4e5]} (20. Bg5 $5 Bxd4 (20... Ne4 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Qh4 {[%cal Gf3e5,Gf3g5]
With very pleasant position for white.}) 21. Nxd4 Ne4 22. Bf4 {[%csl Re6][%cal
Gf2f3] Different coloured bishops only in white's favour!}) 20... g6 21. Qh6
Bg7 22. Qh4 Ne4 (22... Nf5 $6 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Be5 $16 Be4 $2 25. Bxg7 Bxf3 (
25... Kxg7 26. Ng5 {[%cal Gg5h7,Gg5e4]}) 26. Bh6 {[%cal Gh4f6]} Rxe2 27. Rxe2
$18 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gh4f6]}) 23. Ng5 $1 Nxg5 24. Bxg5 $16 {White is reached
much better position. Now is a time to find the best plan for him: 1.To
exchange the dark square bishops,after what knight will be clearly over bishop.
2. To leave the rooks on the board if it's possible. 3.To try to use
weaknesses on Kside} Qd6 25. Bf6 $6 (25. Bf4 $1 Qb6 26. Nf3 {[%cal Gf3g5,Gf4e5]
} Bd7 27. Be5 Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Bb5 29. Re3 Rac8 (29... Qd6 {[%tqu "En","White has
a chance to finish the game.How?","","","e5f7","Correct,black is helpless.",10]
} 30. Nxf7 Rxe3 (30... Kxf7 31. Qxh7+ Kf6 32. Rf3+ Kg5 33. h4+ Kg4 34. Rg3+ Kf5
(34... Qxg3 35. Qxg6+ Kf4 36. fxg3#) 35. Qf7+ Qf6 36. Rg5+ Kf4 37. Qxf6#) 31.
Rxe3 Kxf7 32. Qxh7+ Kf6 33. Rf3+ Ke6 (33... Ke5 34. Qg7+ Ke6 35. Qf7+ Ke5 36.
Re3#) 34. Qf7+ Ke5 35. Re3#) {[%tqu "En","Find the best move","","","e5f7",
"Correct!",10]} 30. Nxf7 $1 $18 Rxe3 (30... Kxf7 31. Qxh7+ Kf6 32. Rf3+ Kg5 33.
h4+ Kg4 34. Rf4+ $3 Kxf4 35. Qh6+ Kf5 36. Qg5#) 31. Rxe3 Kxf7 32. Qxh7+ Kf8 (
32... Kf6 33. Qe7+ Kf5 34. Rf3#) 33. Rf3+ Ke8 34. Rf7 {[%cal Gh7g8]} Kd8 35.
Qh4+ g5 36. Qxg5+ Ke8 37. Qe7#) 25... Bd7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxe8
Bxe8 {Ending rised is very difficult to defend for black,but on the other hand
white doesn't have many resources for winning.} 29. Qg5 Bd7 30. Qe3 h5 $1 {
[%csl Gf7,Gg6,Gh5][%cal Gd4f5,Gd4e6,Gd4c6,Gd4b5] Best setup for black pawns.
Taking control over white N squares.} 31. h4 Be6 32. g3 Bd7 33. Kg2 Kg8 34. Qg5
{White is waiting for the end of 40 moves to start looking for plan.} Kg7 35.
Qe3 Kg8 36. Kg1 Kg7 37. Kh2 Kg8 38. Ne2 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ge2f4,Ge3d4]} Qf6 39.
Nf4 Bc6 40. a3 {White is enjoying of space and good knight,but he must be
aware of not risking too much since black has some idea with advancing dP and
opening up the bishop.} Qf5 $1 {[%cal Gd5d4,Gf5b1,Gb1h1] Black is playing very
good,using all the ideas to desturb white's plan.} 41. Qe2 Qb1 42. Ng2 Qc1 $11
{It is possible to confirm that black has almost no problems anymore.} 43. f3
Bb5 44. Qf2 Qd1 45. Ne3 Qd3 46. Nc2 Bd7 47. Nd4 Qd1 48. Kg2 Qc1 49. Qc2 Qe1 (
49... Qxc2+ $2 50. Nxc2 {[%cal Gg2f2,Gf2d4] Of course that ending is very bad
for black.}) 50. Qe2 Qc1 51. Nb3 Qb1 52. Qd2 Qf5 {[%cal Gf5h3]} (52... Bb5 {
[%csl Gf1][%cal Gb1f1]} 53. Nd4 Bd7 $11) 53. Qf2 Qb1 54. Nd4 Qc1 55. Qe2 Qb1
56. Qd2 Bc6 57. Qc2 Qe1 58. Qe2 Qc1 59. Kf2 $1 {Finally white found the right
plan.} Bd7 $2 (59... Ba4 $1 $11 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Ga4d1]}) 60. Nb3 $1 Qb1 61.
Ke3 {[%cal Ge3d4,Ge3f4]} Bb5 (61... Qf5 $5 62. Nd4 Qh3 63. Kf4 Bc6 64. Qe7 Qg2
$132 {[%cal Gg2d2,Gd2b2,Gg2g3] Not letting white king to activate!}) 62. Qd2
Qg1+ $6 63. Kf4 $16 {Now white king is in the game.Dark squares in black setup
are weak and white uses that fact.} Qb6 64. Qd4 Qc6 65. Qe5 Qc4+ $2 {Bad move,
but it is already hard to defend.} 66. Nd4 Qf1 $2 (66... Bc6 $142 {[%cal Gc4c5,
Gc5f8]}) 67. Kg5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg5h6,Gg5f6]} Qc1+ 68. f4 $18 Qxb2 69. Qb8+
Kg7 (69... Kh7 70. Qxb7 Kg8 71. Kf6 $18) {[%tqu "En","Find the decisive move
for white!","","","d4e6","Very nice. Now white is winning by force.",10]} 70.
Ne6+ $1 {Opening the black king.} fxe6 71. Qc7+ Bd7 (71... Kg8 72. Kf6 $18 {
[%csl Gc3][%cal Gc7c3,Gc7g7]}) 72. Qxd7+ Kf8 73. Qd8+ Kf7 74. Qc7+ {[%cal
Gc7c3]} 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup final 6th"]
[Site "Nefteyugansk"]
[Date "2002.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 {Black chooses a very
tactical line with many complicated variations..} (5... Ng6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4
Be7 (7... Qc7 8. Re1 Bd6 9. g3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 a6 11. Be2 Be5 12. Qd3 b5 $15 {
0-1 Shavtvaladze,N-Grivas,E/Nikea GRE 2002/The Week in Chess 408 (46)}) 8. Be3
O-O 9. f4 a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qh5 $36 {0-1 Sutovsky,E-Ye Jiangchuan/Batumi
2001/CBM 86 no vc (27)}) (5... Qc7 6. Re1 Ng6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4 cxb4 9. axb4 Nxb4
10. Ba3 $44 {1-0 Kogan,A-Ulko,J/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 379 (38)}) (
5... d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Re1 a6 9. Bf1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qd3 Be7
12. Qg3 $13 {1-0 Shavtvaladze,N-Halkias,S/Kavala GRE 2002/The Week in Chess
406 (56)}) 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d6 (8... Qc7 9. Nxc6 (9. Re1 Bd6 10.
h3 O-O 11. Be3 b5 12. Qh5 Bb7 $15 {0-1 Tissir,M-Al Modiahki,M/Casablanca MAR
2002/The Week in Chess 409 (33)}) 9... dxc6 10. Be3 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. Qh5 f5
13. Rf3 (13. Bd4 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Bacrot,E/Albert 2001/CBM 86 no vc (22)})
13... e5 $1 $132 {0-1 Sutovsky,E-Bacrot,E/Albert 2001/CBM 86 no vc (42)}) 9.
Re1 Be7 (9... Bd7 10. Nd5 exd5 11. exd5+ Ne7 12. Bg5 {0-1 Kristjansson,S-Moroz,
A/Pardubice CZE 2002/The Week in Chess 403 (29) White hasn't enough
compesation.}) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qg4 Kf8 (11... g6 $5 12. e5 d5 13. Bh6 Rg8 14.
Ne2 Bb7 15. Rad1 Qd7 16. Bg5 h5 17. Qf4 $14 {0-1 Reefat,S-Rahman,Z/Dhaka BAN
2002/The Week in Chess 390 (30)}) 12. b3 (12. e5 $5 d5 13. Be3 h5 14. Qg3 c5
15. Rad1 h4 16. Qg4 Rb8 17. b3 Qc7 18. Bg5 $36 {0-1 Sandipan,C-Shariyazdanov,A/
Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 379 (47)}) 12... h5 (12... d5 13. Qg3 (13.
exd5 cxd5 14. Bb2 h5 15. Qf3 Qc7 16. Ne2 Bd6 17. c4 {[%cal Gc8b7] 0-1 Barle,
J-Franco Ocampos,Z/Maribor 1995/CBM 49 ext (31)}) 13... d4 14. Ne2 c5 15. Nf4
h5 16. Qf3 Kg8 17. Nxh5 e5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Glek,I-Van der Wiel,J/Tilburg 1994/
CBM 44 (65)}) 13. Qf3 (13. Qe2 $5 {[%cal Gc1b2,Ge4e5] 1-0 Glek,I-Kishnev,S/
Dortmund 1992/TD (58)}) 13... e5 (13... Bb7 14. Na4 c5 15. c4 Bc6 16. Nc3 Bf6
17. Qd3 g5 18. Bb2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Levacic,P-Shariyazdanov,A/Pula 1999/EXT 2000 
(30)}) 14. Na4 $14 Kg8 (14... Qa5 $5 15. Qe2 g5 16. c4 c5 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Red1
Bg4 19. f3 Be6 20. Qe1 $14 {[%csl Rd6,Rf8] 1/2-1/2 Velicka,P-Makarov,M/
Cheliabinsk 1990/EXT 2000 (40)}) 15. c4 {It is clear now,that black won't have
any compensation for weak pawns and king!} Be6 16. Qc3 h4 (16... d5 $2 17. cxd5
cxd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Rd1 {And black is in trouble.}) 17. h3 {It is hard for
black to find the right plan!} c5 {[%csl Rd6]} 18. Qd3 $16 {Black can't put
anything against white simple pressure on d6!} Bg5 $2 (18... g6 $142 {[%cal
Gg8g7,Gh8d8]}) 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Rad1 Rh6 {The illusions of attack?! Black has
nothing real on kingside,but weaknesses don't dissappear !} 21. Qd2 Qh5 (21...
Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Rd8 23. Nxc5 $18) 22. Qe2 (22. Qxd6 $4 Bxc4 $6 (22... Bxh3 23.
Qd5 Qg4 $19)) 22... Qg5 23. Qe3 {[%cal Gd1d6] Improving the placement of the
queen.} Qe7 $8 24. Rd3 $18 {White simply wins a pawn.} Rb8 25. Red1 {[%csl Rc5,
Rd6]} Bd7 $6 26. Nxc5 Bc8 27. Na4 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ge3d2] The rest is simple.
Black lost a pawn and in addition to that another one is on the way.} Bb7 28.
Nc3 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Gb7e4]} Rc8 29. Qd2 Rc6 (29... Rd8 30. c5 $18) 30. Nd5 Qf8
31. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3f5,Gf5h6,Gf5h4,Gf5d6]} (31. Ne3 Bc8 $8 32. b4 $18 {[%cal
Gc4c5,Gd3d8]}) 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup final 6th"]
[Site "Nefteyugansk"]
[Date "2002.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Prokopchuk, Evgeny"]
[Black "Arzumanian, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 (5. O-O $5 Qc7 6. b3 Ne7 7.
Ba3 d6 8. c3 Ba6 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Be7 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Qc2 Qa5 $132 {1-0
Ponomariov,R-Dreev,A/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 395 (38)}) 5... Ne7 6.
Qe2 {Waiting to see what black plans are:} (6. Ng5 Ng6 (6... f6 7. Nh3 g6 8. f4
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf2 d6 11. Nd2 a5 12. a4 f5 13. Nf3 Rb8 14. Rb1 c4 $5 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Bologan,V-Shabalov,A/Connecticut USA 2000/The Week in Chess 286 (37)})
7. f4 Be7 8. Nf3 d5 9. c4 $14 {1-0 Bologan,V-Sveshnikov,E/Tallinn EST 2000/The
Week in Chess 273 (42)}) (6. h4 $5 h5 7. Qe2 f6 8. e5 fxe5 9. Nxe5 d6 $132 {
0-1 Shabanov,Y-Arkhipov,S/Smolensk RUS 2000/The Week in Chess 287 (61)}) 6...
Ng6 (6... f6 7. Nh4 g6 8. f4 Bg7 9. O-O (9. Nf3 O-O 10. Qf2 $14 {1-0 Glek,
I-Krasenkow,M/Mainz GER 2002/The Week in Chess 406 (64)}) 9... d6 (9... O-O 10.
Nf3 h6 11. Nc3 e5 12. fxe5 fxe5 13. Qf2 g5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Fressinet,L-Lautier,J/
Cannes FRA 2002/The Week in Chess 381 (22)}) 10. Nf3 O-O 11. e5 Nf5 12. exd6
Nd4 13. Qf2 Qxd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Smirin,I/Biel SUI 2002/The Week in
Chess 403 (18)}) 7. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5] Main line after 6...Ng6.The few next
moves are quiet forced,since black lacks some space so he must fight for the
center.} h5 8. e5 f6 $8 {As it possible to see all other moves here lead to
really bad position for black!} (8... Be7 9. Qe4 c4 10. dxc4 Rb8 11. Nbd2 $16 {
1-0 Palac,M-Nijboer,F/Metz 2001/CBM 81 ext (40)}) (8... d6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Na3
(10. Nc3 e5 11. Ng5 Bg4 12. f3 Bf5 13. Be3 Rb8 14. O-O-O $14 {1-0 Yudasin,
L-Manca,F/Reggio Emilia ITA 2000 (28)}) 10... e5 11. Ng5 f6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Nc4
$16 {1-0 Mortensen,E-Oral,T/Bled SLO 2002/The Week in Chess 418 (80)}) (8...
Rb8 9. Na3 Ba6 10. Qe4 f5 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Bg5 Qf7 13. Qa4 $18 {1-0 Ovetchkin,
R-Frolyanov,D/St Petersburg RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 417 (35)}) 9. Qe4 Kf7
10. Na3 $5 (10. Nbd2 d5 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Nb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,V-Van Wely,
L/Bled SLO 2002/The Week in Chess 417 (78)}) (10. Rh3 $5 {[%cal Gf3g5,Gh3f3]})
10... Qc7 (10... d5 $5 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Nc4 Qd5 13. Ne3 Qxe4 14. dxe4 e5 15.
g3 Be6 16. Nd2 Ne7 17. b3 Nc8 18. Bb2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Monaco
MNC 2002/The Week in Chess 385 (39)}) 11. Nc4 Ba6 12. Bf4 (12. Rh3 $6 Bxc4 13.
Ng5+ (13. dxc4 Nxe5 $17) 13... fxg5 14. Rf3+ Kg8 15. Qxg6 Qxe5+ 16. Kf1 g4 17.
Re3 Qf6 $17) 12... Bxc4 $6 (12... Nxf4 $5 13. Qxf4 Be7 (13... Bxc4 14. dxc4 Rb8
15. b3 Be7 $132) 14. Rh3 Kg8 15. Rg3 $40 {1/2-1/2 Vokarev,S-Arkhipov,S/
Smolensk 2000/CBM 77/}) 13. dxc4 $14 f5 $2 (13... Nxf4 $5 14. Qxf4 Be7 15.
O-O-O $40) (13... Qb6 14. O-O-O f5 15. Qe3 $16 {[%cal Gf3g5,Gd1d7]}) {[%tqu
"En","How white can use bad black king?","","","e4f5","Correct.",10]} 14. Qxf5+
$3 exf5 15. e6+ dxe6 (15... Kxe6 16. Bxc7 d6 17. O-O-O Kd7 18. Ba5 $16) 16.
Bxc7 $16 Be7 17. O-O-O Rhc8 18. Ba5 {[%csl Ra7,Rc5,Rc6,Re6,Rf5,Rh5] Black has
a very bad pawn structure.} Bf6 19. Rd7+ Ke8 20. Rd2 {[%cal Gh1d1]} Rab8 21. b3
Rb7 (21... e5 $5 22. g3 {[%csl Rg6]} e4 23. Ng5 $16 {[%cal Gg5e6,Ge6c5]}) 22.
g3 Rd7 23. Re1 {White plays the ending very accurately,giving no counterplay
to the opponent!} Nf8 24. Rde2 $1 {With 2 rooks on the board black will have
difficulties to hold all his weaknesses!} (24. Rxd7 Kxd7 25. Ne5+ Kd6 (25...
Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Kd6 27. Re3 e5 28. Bc3 Nd7 {Some chances for black.}) 26. Nd3 $16
{[%csl Rc5][%cal Ga5d2,Gd2f4,Gd2e3,Ge3c5]}) 24... Kf7 25. Ne5+ Bxe5 26. Rxe5
Re7 27. Bc3 (27. Rxc5 $4 Nd7 {[%csl Rc5]}) 27... Nd7 28. R5e2 {Nothing changed,
black still has to protect all his pawns and his pieces aren't capble of
creating any active plan.} Rce8 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 29. Be5 {[%cal Ge5d6]} Rc8 (
29... Nxe5 30. Rxe5 $18) 30. Kb2 {[%mdl 4096] Lets take a look and try to
figure out what white plan is: 1.Every rook ending and bishop against knight
ending will be lost easily for black,so white always ready to exchange the
right pieces. 2.White will put pressure on Nd7 and force him to move 3.Than he
will attack c5P 4.The only ending which is not winning by force is pawn ending,
so white should be aware of exchanging all the pieces.} Ree8 31. Rd1 {[%cal
Ge2d2]} Nf6 {[%cal Gf6e4,Gf6g4]} 32. f3 $1 {[%csl Ge4,Gg4]} Red8 33. Red2 Rxd2
34. Rxd2 Ke8 35. Ka3 {[%cal Ga3a4]} Rd8 36. Rd3 $1 Ke7 (36... Rxd3 37. cxd3 Ke7
38. Ka4 $18 {[%cal Ga4a7]}) 37. Ka4 Nd7 38. Bd6+ (38. Bxg7 Rg8 39. Bh6 Rxg3 40.
Bg5+ Ke8 41. Rd6 e5 42. Rxc6 {Should be winning as well,but why to give
unnessasary chances?!}) 38... Ke8 39. Ka5 e5 $6 {Loosing,but black was already
helpless.} (39... Nb6 40. Ka6 Nc8 41. Bxc5 $18) 40. Bc7 Rc8 41. Bxe5 $1 {
The quickest.} Nxe5 42. Re3 Kd7 43. Rxe5 {[%cal Ge5c5,Ge5f5]} g6 44. Ka6 $1 (
44. Rxc5 Kd6 45. b4 $18 {[%csl Rc5] The rook is a bit passive,although it
shouldn't help black much.}) 44... Kd6 45. f4 Rc7 46. Re8 {[%cal Ge8a8,Ge8g8,
Gg8g6]} Rd7 47. Rg8 Kc7 48. Kxa7 Rd2 49. Rg7+ Kc8 50. Kb6 (50. Kb6 Rxc2 51.
Kxc6 {[%cal Gg7g8]} Kd8 52. Rxg6 Rxa2 53. Kxc5 $18 {[%csl Gb3,Gc4]}) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Bae, Torstein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O (4. Bxc6 $5 {I bilieve here white has
better chances for opening advantage!} bxc6 5. d3 $1 {[%cal Gc1d2]} (5. O-O Qc7
6. b3 Ne7 7. Ba3 d6 8. c3 Ba6 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Be7 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Qc2 Qa5
13. Bb2 O-O 14. c4 e5 15. Nc3 f6 $11 {[%cal Gg6f4,Gf4e6,Ge6d4] 1-0 Ponomariov,
R-Dreev,A/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 395 (38)}) 5... Ne7 6. Qe2 $5 (6.
Ng5 f6 7. Nh3 d5 8. Nc3 Ng6 9. Qh5 Bd6 10. Nf4 Bxf4 11. Bxf4 O-O 12. Bd2 f5 13.
Qg5 $14 {1-0 Adams,M-Vaisser,A/France 2001/EXT 2002 (52)}) 6... Ng6 (6... f6 7.
Nh4 g6 8. f4 Bg7 9. O-O (9. Nf3 O-O 10. Qf2 d6 11. Nc3 e5 12. fxe5 fxe5 13. Qh4
a5 14. Bh6 Qd7 15. O-O $18 {1-0 Glek,I-Krasenkow,M/Mainz GER 2002/The Week in
Chess 406 (64)}) 9... d6 (9... O-O 10. Nf3 h6 11. Nc3 e5 12. fxe5 fxe5 13. Qf2
g5 14. Qxc5 d6 15. Qe3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Fressinet,L-Lautier,J/Cannes FRA 2002/The
Week in Chess 381 (22)}) 10. Nf3 O-O 11. e5 Nf5 12. exd6 Nd4 13. Qf2 Qxd6 14.
Nc3 e5 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Qe2 Rxf1+ {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,
V-Smirin,I/Biel SUI 2002/The Week in Chess 403 (18)}) 7. h4 h5 8. e5 f6 9. Qe4
Kf7 10. Na3 $36 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Monaco MNC 2002/The Week in Chess
385 (39)}) 4... Nge7 5. Re1 {[%cal Ge1e7,Gb5f1,Gc2c3,Gd2d4]} a6 6. Bf1 (6. Bxc6
$5 {Transfering to 4.B:c6} bxc6 7. b3 Ng6 8. Ba3 Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11.
cxd4 Bxa3 12. Nxa3 a5 13. Nb1 d6 14. Nc3 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17.
Rec1 Bg4 18. Ne1 Nf4 19. Rc2 Rd6 $11 {1-0 Zhang Zhong-Gulko,B/Shanghai CHN
2002/The Week in Chess 401 (41)}) 6... b5 $6 {A rare continuation,which can't
be good since black doesn't develop the right side.Better 6...Ng6 or 6...d5!} (
6... d5 7. d3 (7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bd3 $1 g6 9. Be4 Qd6 10. b4 $1 Bg7 11. bxc5 Qxc5
12. Ba3 Qa5 13. c3 $14 {1-0 Benjamin,J-Shabalov,A/Connecticut USA 2002/The
Week in Chess 387 (40)}) 7... h6 8. Nbd2 g6 9. exd5 exd5 10. d4 $14 {0-1
Sutovsky,E-Van Wely,L/Amsterdam NED 2002/The Week in Chess 404 (62)}) 7. b3 (7.
a4 $1 {A logical reply on b5!} b4 8. b3 $14 {[%csl Gc4]}) 7... Nd4 $6 {Black
can't afford himself to loose all this time on empty moves!} 8. c3 Nxf3+ 9.
Qxf3 Nc6 (9... Bb7 10. a4 $36) 10. Bb2 {[%cal Gd2d4]} e5 (10... Be7 11. c4 $16
{[%csl Gg7]}) 11. Na3 $6 {Slow.} (11. a4 $1 {This move would lead to very bad
position for black.} Rb8 (11... b4 12. Bc4 $16) 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 $16)
11... Be7 12. Nc2 O-O 13. d4 $16 cxd4 14. cxd4 {[%cal Ga1d1] White is clearly
better.Black must be very accurate in order not to ruin his position.} d6 15.
Rac1 Qb6 (15... Bb7 $142 {Finishing the development!}) 16. dxe5 Nxe5 (16...
dxe5 17. Ne3 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Gf5]}) 17. Qe3 $1 {Ending will be easy for white
to play. The weakness on d6 in addition to weak squares in the center should
give white long distance advantage!} (17. Qg3 Bf6 18. Ne3 Be6 $14) 17... Qb8 (
17... Qxe3 18. Nxe3 $16) 18. Nb4 {[%cal Gb4c6,Gb4a6,Gb4d5]} Bb7 19. Rcd1 {
[%cal Gf2f4,Gh2h3]} Rc8 20. h3 {Very solid!} a5 $2 {Not needed! Another
weakness on b5 makes white life easier!} 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 {[%csl Rb5,Rd6]}
Rc2 {Giving up the pawn to activate some pieces,but this activity is temporary
and white just keeps the pawn up.} (22... b4 23. Rb5 Qc7 24. Rc1 Qd8 25. Rxc8
Rxc8 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Rxe5 $16 {[%cal Gf1c4]}) 23. Rxb5 Qc7 24. Rc1 $1 Bf6 (
24... Rc8 $5 25. Rxc2 Qxc2 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Rxa5 {[%cal Ge7c5] White should
win,of caurse,but opposit colour bishops could give black some hopes for
counterplay.}) 25. Ba3 Rc8 26. Rxc2 Qxc2 27. Bxd6 $18 Qd1 $2 {Mistake,but it
was helpless anyway.} 28. Bxe5 Rc1 {[%mdl 8192] Blonder.} 29. Qxc1 {[%cal
Gb5b8]} 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2002.08.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marcelin, Cyril"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 732]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 (4. O-O {Another option for
white to wait with the exchange on c6.} Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 {The more
logical reply.} (6. Bxc6 $6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 d5
11. Nd2 Rb8 12. Qg4 h5 13. Qe2 Be7 14. Nf3 Rb4 15. Qd3 c5 $44 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5]
[%cal Gc8b7] 1-0 Kveinys,A-Raetsky,A/Cappelle la Grande FRA 2002/The Week in
Chess 380 (35)}) 6... d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bd3 Ng6 9. Be4 Qd6 10. c3 Be7 11. d4
O-O 12. Be3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nc3 Rad8 15. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Benjamin,J-Hahn,A/
Seattle USA 2002/The Week in Chess 374 (32)}) 4... bxc6 5. d3 (5. O-O $5 {
The idea behind this move is yet to decide: playing d3 or d4..} Qc7 6. b3 Ne7
7. Ba3 d6 8. c3 Ba6 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Be7 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Qc2 Qa5 13. Bb2 O-O
14. c4 e5 15. Nc3 f6 $11 {[%cal Gg6f4,Gf4e6,Ge6d4] 1-0 Ponomariov,R-Dreev,A/
Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 395 (38)}) 5... Ne7 6. Qe2 (6. O-O Ng6 7. Ng5
(7. Qe2 e5 8. c3 Ba6 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 O-O 11. Be3 f5 12. Nbd2 f4 13. Bxc5 $14 {
1-0 Rozentalis,E-Kotronias,V/Cappelle la Grande FRA 2002/The Week in Chess 380
(42)}) 7... e5 (7... h6 $5 8. Nh3 d5 9. Nf4 Nxf4 10. Bxf4 Qf6 11. Qc1 g5 12.
Bg3 Rg8 13. Nc3 h5 14. f4 (14. exd5 $5 cxd5 (14... exd5 15. Re1+ Be6 $14) 15.
Nb5 h4 $13) 14... gxf4 15. Qxf4 Qxf4 16. Bxf4 Ba6 {0-1 Sadvakasov,D-Van Wely,L/
Amsterdam NED 2002/The Week in Chess 404 (38) Black is at least not worse...})
8. Qh5 {Harmless move.} Qf6 9. Nc3 d6 10. Ne2 h6 11. Nh3 Nh4 {[%csl Rh3,Rh5]}
12. Ng5 Ng6 13. Nh3 Nh4 14. Ng5 Ng6 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Lautier,J/Val d'Isere
FRA 2002/The Week in Chess 408 (14)}) 6... f6 7. Nh4 {[%cal Gf2f4]} g6 8. f4
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf3 h6 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Ge6e5]} (10... Rb8 $5 11. c4 d6 12.
Be3 e5 13. fxe5 fxe5 14. Qd2 Bg4 15. Nc3 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Rxf3 17. gxf3 Kh8 $11 {
0-1 Vokarev,S-Shariyazdanov,A/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 379 (59)}) 11.
Be3 $146 {I can guess that this move is an improvment for Fressinet's 11.Nc3.
The N can be developed on d2 ->c4->d6/e5,which looks as a strong plan for
white.} (11. Nc3 e5 12. fxe5 fxe5 13. Qf2 g5 14. Qxc5 d6 15. Qe3 Ng6 16. Qe1
Rb8 $44 {[%cal Gg6f4] 1/2-1/2 Fressinet,L-Lautier,J/Cannes FRA 2002/The Week
in Chess 381 (22)}) 11... d6 $6 {Allowing white to play e5 looks like sirious
decision....After black put all his pawns on the 6 rank it seems like his
position is crushing.....} (11... e5 $142 $5 12. fxe5 (12. Bxc5 exf4 {[%cal
Gd7d6,Gg6g5,Ge7g6]} 13. Bd6 $1 Qb6+ 14. d4 $16 {[%cal Gc2c4,Ge2b2]}) 12... fxe5
13. Bxc5 d6 14. Be3 g5 15. Nbd2 Ng6 {Still can be interesting!}) 12. e5 $1 fxe5
13. fxe5 $16 {[%csl Rg6,Rh6][%cal Gb1d2,Gd2c4,Gd2e4] White position is very
easy to play:N takes one of c4/e4 squares,in addition to that white can always
pressure the weaknesses on Kside.} Nf5 14. Nbd2 g5 (14... Kh7 15. Bf2 $40 {
[%cal Gg2g4]}) 15. g4 $3 {The best decision! After black knight dissappears
there is no defender on the Kside.....} Nxe3 (15... Ne7 16. Ne4 {And black
structure falls.}) 16. Qxe3 Rb8 17. b3 Rb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (17... Rf4 $142 18.
h3 Qf8 {Would still leave black in the game.}) 18. Nc4 d5 19. a3 Rb8 20. Nd6 {
[%csl Rc5] Take a look at the differences between white pieces and black!} Qa5
$4 {Black is provoking white to .......} (20... Rf4 $142 21. h3 (21. Qxc5 Qb6
22. Qxb6 Rxg4+ 23. Kh1 axb6) 21... Qa5 {Black is worse, but holding.}) {
[%tqu "En","White pieces are taking the best positions for the next move.....",
"","","f3g5","Very nice! Black king is not capble of escaping and black pieces
are far away to help and just able to see the end coming..",15]} 21. Nxg5 $3 {
Black king "castle" falls and white wins easily.} Rxf1+ (21... hxg5 {Wouldn't
change much.} 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Rf1+ Kg8 24. Qxg5) 22. Rxf1 hxg5 23. Qxg5 {
[%cal Gf1f8,Gg5d8]} Ba6 24. Qg6 {Black is completely hopeless against white's
plan.} (24. Rf7 $4 Qe1+ {[%cal Ge1e5]}) 24... Qd2 25. Qxe6+ Kh7 $8 (25... Kh8 {
Loosins as well!} 26. Nf7+ Kg8 (26... Kh7 27. Qf5+ Kg8 28. Ng5 $18) 27. Ng5+
Kh8 28. Qf5 $18) 26. Qf5+ $18 Kg8 27. Qf7+ Kh7 28. Rf5 Qd1+ 29. Kf2 Qd2+ 30.
Kg3 Qe3+ 31. Kh4 Qe1+ 32. Kh3 {Saving some time in the time trouble.} Qe3+ 33.
Kh4 Qe1+ 34. Kh5 {[%cal Gf7g6,Gf5f7]} Qe3 {[%cal Ge3h3]} (34... c4 35. Rg5 Rg8
36. Qf5+ Kh8 37. Nf7#) 35. Qg6+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ Kh7 37. Qg6+ Kg8 {[%cal Ge3h3]}
38. h4 {[%cal Gf5g5]} c4 (38... Qh6+ 39. Qxh6 Bxh6 40. Kxh6 $18 {[%cal Ge5e8]})
39. Qe6+ Kh7 40. Qg6+ Kg8 (40... Kg8 41. Rg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After winning the first game vs Tomashevsky, I had to play vs McShane. Both
of us probably couldn't even imagine that Luke would play 7 decisive games in
this tournament. Moreover, almost each game at the end of this event, changed
the leader of the tournament! But for the moment we are in round 2. Let's see.
Nachdem ich die erste Partie gegen Tomashevsky gewonnen hatte, musste ich
gegen McShane antreten. Wir beide konnten nicht mal ahnen, dass Luke in diesem
Turnier 7 entschiedene Partien spielen würde. Obendrein änderte zum Ende
dieser Veranstaltung fast jede Partie den Spitzenreiter des Turniers! Aber im
Moment sind wir in Runde 2. Also dann.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6
bxc6 5. b3 {This line came into fashion especially after the match
Anand-Gelfand. So it's no surprise it was tried in the first super tournament,
just one month after the match. Dieses Abspiel kam vor allem nach dem Match
Anand-Gelfand in Mode. Daher ist es keine Überraschung, dass es auch im ersten
Superturnier nur einen Monat später versucht wurde.} d6 {Preparing ...e5, now
White reacts quickly with a pawn push, to prevent ...e5 by Black. Zur
Vorbereitung von ...e5; nun reagiert Weiß schnell mit einem Bauernvorstoß, um
eben dies von Schwarz zu verhindern.} (5... e5 {Gelfand's team concentrated on
this reply. Anand won the decisive game of the tie-break with Gelfands Team
konzentrierte sich auf diese Erwiderung. Anand gewann die entscheidende Partie
des Tiebreaks mit} 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. d4 d6 8. Nxc6 Qxe4+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Bb7
11. Na5 {Anand-Gelfand Match 2012, Moscow, Russia tie-break game 2. 1-0
Anand-Gelfand Match 2012, Moskau, Russland, Tiebreak-Partie 2, 1-0}) 6. e5 dxe5
7. Nxe5 Qd5 8. Nf3 Qe4+ 9. Kf1 Qf5 $5 {A strange-looking move, connected with
the idea to retreat the queen and avoid d3 with tempo for White. Also it has
the idea to answer 10.d3 with 10...Qf6!? thus depriving White of the a1-h8
diagonal, as he has to answer 10...Qf6 with 11.c3.  Ein seltsam aussehender
Zug, verbunden mit der Idee, die Dame zurückzuziehen und damit d3 mit Tempo
für Weiß zu vermeiden. Außerdem hat er die Idee, 10.d3 mit 10...Qf6!? zu
beantworten und so Weiß die Diagonale a1-h8 zu verwehren, da er dann 11.c3
erwidern muss.} 10. Nc3 (10. d3 $2 Qf6 $1 $17) (10. Na3 {This was tried
against me by Grischuk. White intends to play d3 now and knight is good on c4
anyway. Dies wurde von Grischuk gegen mich versucht. Weiß beabsichtigt jetzt,
d3 zu spielen, und der Springer steht auf c4 sowieso gut.} Nf6 11. d3 Nd5 12.
Nc4 Ba6 {Grischuk-Radjabov, Tal Memorial 2012, 1/2 round 6 Grischuk-Radjabov,
Tal Memorial 2012, 1/2, Runde 6.}) 10... Nf6 11. d3 Be7 {Natural development,
now White has to decide which plan to implement. Certainly to win the c5-pawn
is not as easy as it seemed and regroupment has to be done accurately as
White's king is still in the centre! Natürliche Entwicklung; nun muss Weiß
entscheiden, welchen Plan er umsetzen will. Das Gewinnen des c5-Bauern ist
jedenfalls nicht so leicht, wie es aussah, und beim Umgruppieren muss
Genauigkeit walten, da der weiße König noch im Zentrum steht!} 12. Qe2 Nd5 13.
Bd2 {As the bishop is now on d2, the c2-d3 chain becomes a bit vulnerable, so
I decided to go for concrete measures. Da der Läufer jetzt auf d2 steht, wie
die Kette c2-d3 ein wenig anfällig, daher beschloss ich, konkrete Maßnahmen zu
ergreifen.} Nb4 $5 (13... O-O {There was nothing wrong with this move, just ...
Nb4 seemed a better option. An diesem Zug war nichts auszusetzen, ...Nb4
schien nur einfach eine bessere Möglichkeit.}) 14. Be1 $6 {After this move,
it's clear that Black is slightly better at least, his plan is clear. White on
the other hand is left with passive pieces and the king in the centre. Nach
diesem Zug ist eindeutig, dass Schwarz zumindest leicht besser steht; sein
Plan ist klar. Weiß dagegen sitzt auf passiven Figuren und dem König im
Zentrum.} (14. Rc1 $5 Ba6 15. Ne4 Rd8 16. Ne1 {with an unclear game seems
better than 14.Be1 which was played in the game. mit unklarem Spiel scheint
besser als 14.Be1, was in der Partie geschah.}) 14... O-O 15. Ne4 f6 (15... a5
$5 {deserves serious attention! It looks dubious at first sight to put the
pawn on a5 where it might later become a target for White's knight, but in
fact the position is very dynamic and Black will be able to counter in the
centre if White decides to go for a pawn immediately. Verdient ernste
Aufmerksamkeit! Auf den ersten Blick wirkt es dubious, den Bauern nach a5 zu
stellen, wo er später ein Ziel für den weißen Springer werden könnte,
tatsächlich aber ist die Stellung sehr dynamisch, und Schwarz wird im Zentrum
kontern können, falls Weiß sofort auf Bauerngewinn ausgeht.}) 16. h3 e5 17. Kg1
(17. g4 Qe6 18. Ng3 Qf7 {with ...f5 always in the air I prefer Black's
position. , wonach immer ...f5 in der Luft liegt; ich bevorzuge die Stellung
von Schwarz.}) 17... Rb8 18. Kh2 Qg6 {It's not that easy to break White's
position here as f5-e4 doesn't work quickly, so both sides have to regroup for
a while. Hier ist es nicht so leicht, die weiße Stellung aufzuhebeln, da f5-e4
nicht so schnell funktionieren wird, also müssen beide Seiten eine Weile
umgruppieren.} 19. Ng3 Qf7 20. Bc3 Bd7 21. Rhe1 Rfe8 22. Qd2 Bf8 23. Ng1 Rbd8 {
Now Black's pieces are on their best positions, everything is ready for some
central break with ...f5 or ...c4. Nun sind die Figuren von Schwarz auf ihren
besten Plätzen; alles steht bereit für irgendeinen Zentrumsdurchbruch mit ...
f5 oder ...c4.} 24. Bb2 Nd5 {Bringing back the knight as ...c4 doesn't work
yet. Bringt den Springer zurück, denn ...c4 funktioniert noch nicht.} 25. Kh1
Be6 {As ...c4 didn't work immediately, I decided to try a Qc7, a7-a5-a4 plan. 
Da ...c4 nicht sofort funktioniert, entschied ich mich für einen Plan mit Qc7,
a7-a5-a4.} 26. a3 {The computer suggests ...Nc7 with a Nb5-d4 maneouvre.
Interesting, but I followed my initial intentions. Der Computer regt ...Nc7 an,
mit einem Manöver Nb5-d4. Interessant, doch ich folgte meinen ursprünglichen
Absichten.} Qc7 27. Qd1 {Too passive, maybe White had to stay with Nf3. Zu
passiv, vielleicht musste Weiß bei Nf3 bleiben.} (27. Nf3 $5) 27... Nf4 (27...
a5 $5) 28. N3e2 {White is doomed to a passive defence here. The rook on a1 is
out of play and ...c4 is always in the air. Now I committed a mistake, which
later gained me a point, but from the objective point of view of course...
Hier ist Weiß zu passiver Verteidigung verurteilt. Der Turm auf a1 ist außer
Spiel, und ...c4 liegt immer in der Luft. Nun beging ich einen Fehler, welcher
mir später einen Punkt einbrachte, aber aus objektiver Sicht natürlich...} g5 (
28... Ng6 $1 {and f5-f4/f5-e4 and all the problems are there for White's king.
Even ...Nh4 is a threat! nebst f5-f4/f5-e4, und auf den weißen König warten
alle möglichen Probleme. Sogar ...Nh4 ist eine Drohung!}) (28... e4 29. Nxf4
Qxf4 30. Rxe4 Qxf2 31. Qe2 $11) 29. Nxf4 gxf4 30. Qh5 Qg7 31. Ne2 {Now jokes
are over, White is threatening g3-Rg1 or Rg1-g4 himself, also Nxf4 is in the
air etc... Of course it's ok for Black, but accuracy is needed. Nun sind die
Scherze vorbei; Weiß droht selbst g3-Rg1 oder Rg1-g4, auch Nxf4 liegt in der
Luft, usw... Natürlich ist es okay für Schwarz, aber Genauigkeit ist
erforderlich.} Be7 32. Nc3 (32. Nxf4 {doesn't work well... funktioniert nicht
gut...} Bf7 33. Qf5 (33. Qh4 $4 f5 $19) 33... exf4 34. Rxe7 Rxe7 35. Bxf6 Rd5 (
35... Bg6 $6 36. Qg5 Rd5 37. Qh4 Rh5 38. Bxg7 Rxh4 39. Bf6 Rxh3+ 40. gxh3 Re2
$11) 36. Qxf4 Qf8 $15) 32... Kh8 33. Rg1 {And here as g3 is coming, I decided
that ...Qg6 is the best. Black is at no risk there and somehow it is only
White who has to be accurate. Und hier, angesichts des kommenden g3, beschloss
ich, dass ...Qg6 am besten ist. Schwarz läuft hier kein Risiko, und irgendwie
ist allein Weiß derjenige, der genau vorgehen muss.} Qg6 34. Qf3 $6 {It's not
a losing plan, but it allows interesting options for Black. We had both been
in zeitnot for a long time already, so it's kind of blitz that influenced our
decisions. Dies ist kein Verlustplan, überlässt Schwarz aber interessante
Möglichkeiten. Wir waren beide schon lange in Zeitnot gewesen, daher war es
eine Art Blitz, was unsere Entscheidungen beeinflusste.} (34. Qxg6 $1 {with an
equal endgame: mit gleichem Endspiel:} hxg6 35. Ne4 Kg7 36. f3 g5 (36... Bd5
$11) 37. Rgd1 Kg6 38. a4 Bf7 $11 (38... Rh8 39. Kg1) (38... f5 39. Nd2 g4 40.
Bxe5 $14)) 34... Qh6 35. g4 $8 {Otherwise Black would go for ...Rg8 and no
more g4 is possible due to ...fxg3 and x h3. Ansonsten würde Schwarz ...Rg8
spielen, und g4 wäre nicht länger möglich wegen ...fxg3 und h3 hängt.} Rg8 (
35... c4 $5 36. bxc4 Qh4 $5) 36. Ne4 Rg6 37. Rg2 Rdg8 38. Rag1 Qg7 $6 {One
more move that is objectively not that good. Bd5 was better preventing any
play by White in the centre. Wieder ein Zug, der objektiv nicht so gut ist.
Bd5 war besser, was jegliches Spiel von Weiß im Zentrum unterbindet.} (38...
Bd5 $1 {and the position is around equal. und die Stellung ist etwa gleich.})
39. a4 $6 (39. Qe2 $1 Rh6 40. Rh2 Rg6 41. f3 h5 {With an unclear position, but
both sides have their chances, as Black's bishop on e7 is not the best piece
certainly. Mit unklarer Stellung, aber beide Seiten haben ihre Chancen, da der
schwarze Läufer auf e7 bestimmt nicht die beste Figur ist.}) 39... Rh6 40. Kh2
$4 (40. Nc3 {was better. h2 is a place for the rook here, to defend the
king-side. The king has nothing to do there. Suddenly White is lost after my
next move. war besser. Nach h2 gehört hier der Turm, um den Königsflügel zu
verteidigen. Der König hat dort nichts zu suchen. Nach meinem nächsten Zug ist
Weiß plötzlich verloren.} Bd5 (40... Rh4 41. Rh2 $13) 41. Nxd5 cxd5 $15) 40...
Rh4 $1 $19 {Now Luke was very upset of course as he realised that he is lost,
when the position seemed already far from dangerous. The variations are in
Black's favour and everywhere tactically Black is winning. Nun war Luke
natürlich ganz fertig, da er begriff, dass er verloren ist, und zwar in einem
Moment, als die Stellung bereits bei weitem nicht mehr gefährlich zu sein
schien. Die Varianten laufen zugunsten von Schwarz, und überall gewinnt er auf
taktische Weise.} 41. Kh1 h5 $1 (41... Qh6 $2 42. Rh2 Bxg4 43. Rxg4 Rgxg4 44.
Qxg4 Rxg4 45. hxg4 {and it's a draw. Black will not be able to break through
White's castle of pawns and the bishop on e7 alone is enough as a good
defender. , und es ist remis. Schwarz wird den weißen Bauernwall nicht
durchbrechen können, und der Läufer auf e7 taugt allein als guter Verteidiger.}
) 42. Rh2 (42. g5 {I thought this was the best. Dies hielt ich für das Beste.}
Rxh3+ 43. Qxh3 Bxh3 44. Rh2 fxg5 45. Rxh3 Qf7 46. Bxe5+ Kh7 47. f3 Qe6 (47...
Kh6) 48. Rxh5+ Kg6 49. Rhxg5+ Bxg5 50. Rxg5+ Kf7 $19) (42. gxh5 Bxh3 $3 {
This finesse is important, it's mate in 7 in fact after best defence :) Diese
Finesse ist wichtig; tatsächlich ist es nach bester Verteidigung Matt in 7 :)}
43. Rxg7 Bf1+ 44. Qh3 Rxh3#) 42... hxg4 43. Qd1 Qh7 44. Rgg2 Rg6 {Now the
second rook joins the battery on the h-file. White is helpless. Nun stößt der
zweite Turm zur Batterie in der h-Linie hinzu. Weiß ist hilflos.} 45. Qg1 Rgh6
46. hxg4 Bxg4 $1 (46... f3 47. Rxh4 fxg2+ 48. Kxg2 Rxh4 $19) 47. Nd2 f3 48.
Rxh4 fxg2+ {We had an extremely fighting tournament, maybe one of the most
amazing tournaments in my life where so many games in the event were decisive!
I hope everybody enjoyed Tal Memorial 2012 and I am very thankful to the
organisers for the great organisation once again. Wir hatten ein extrem
kämpferisches Turnier, vielleicht eines der fabelhaftesten in meinem Leben, wo
so viele Partien entschieden wurden! Ich hoffe, alle haben das Tal-Memorial
2012 genossen, und ich bin den Ausrichtern sehr dankbar für die erneut
großartige Organisation.} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{Our match vs England was hard for us. When my game with Michael was going to
be over, the score was 1.5-1.5 almost - as on the 3rd board we had a very good
position in the middlegame. But, due to the over-ambitious play by Black, it
ended in a very unpleasant endgame for our 3rd board, so the game was almost
lost. I had a very good position and pleasant pressure in the endgame, and so
I had to win the game, to decide the outcome of the match...  But all this
came later, in the 4th hour of play.. for the moment the game has just started.
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {I have already had many encounters with Michael
in this system. One more...} e6 4. c3 d5 $5 5. Qe2 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 {Now the
structure is more or less clarified. It seems that White has to go for closing
the centre by d3 and c4, to exploit the c5-weakness and restrict the bishops,
but things are far from simple.} 7. d3 Ne7 8. c4 {That plan is dcompleted.} Ng6
9. O-O Bd6 {Sacrificing d5 in return for activity with my bishops activity.
Michael replied instantly with:} 10. e5 Bc7 {And after this move, he started
to think a bit, but still played Nc3 quite fast, I think that Black's
initiative on the kingside is hard to meet anyway.} 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Na4 (12.
Bg5 $5 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bh6 Re8 (14... Rf7 $5 15. Na4 Bf4 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17.
Qe3 e5 18. Nxc5 d4 19. Qe4 Qd6 20. Na4 Bh3 21. gxh3 f5 $19) 15. Na4 Bd6 $5 {
And then ...e5-e4 to come.} (15... Qd6 $5) (15... e5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nxc5 Qe7
(17... Qd6 18. Rfc1 Bb6 $13) 18. Rfc1 Bd6 (18... Bg4 $2 19. h3 Bh5 20. g4 $18)
19. b4 a5 $11)) 12... f6 $1 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Bg5 $5 (14. Nxc5 $5 e5 $1 15.
cxd5 (15. Bg5 $4 Qd6 $1 {and White loses a piece as e4 comes next.} 16. Na4 e4
17. dxe4 Rxf3 $19) 15... cxd5 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Rfc1 h6 $1 $15 {with Bg4 or e4
to follow.}) 14... Qf5 {This seemed more natural to me.} (14... Qf7 $5 15. Nxc5
e5 $15 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rac1 Bd6 {and Rb8 with Bg4, Black is doing very well
here.}) 15. Bh4 {Michael had thought for a very long time before Bg5, so he
played this move fast. It looks surprising to allow Nf4 here, but I guess he
didn't like the position after e5 and Qh5 + Bg4 + e4 with White.} (15. Nxc5 Bd6
(15... Bf4 $5 {This move is quite natural as after} 16. Bh4 (16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17.
Qd2 Nxg2 $17) (16. h4 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Ngxe6 Re8 $17) 16... Bd6 $5 {
and Nf4 and in fact it is not sure if c5 really favours White as the bishops
are opened now.} (16... dxc4)) (15... e5 $5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rac1 h6 18. Na4
hxg5 (18... Bb8 $5 $15) 19. Rxc7 Qg4 $15) 16. Nb3 e5 $15) 15... Nf4 $1 (15...
Qh5 16. Bg3 e5 17. Nd4 Bg4 (17... Qxe2 18. Nxe2 Bf5 19. Rfd1 Rab8 20. b3 Bd6
$13 {I don't feel Black has anything real here.}) 18. f3 cxd4 19. fxg4 Qg5 20.
cxd5 cxd5 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Nc5 Qe3+ 23. Qxe3 dxe3 $15) (15... Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2
Qh5 {-> But without the dark-squared bishop I think White has an ok position
as Nb6 xc5 and xe5. It's impossible to win here with Black as the bishop c8 is
not moving.}) (15... e5 16. Bg3 Nf4 $15) 16. Qe3 Nxd3 (16... d4 17. Qe4 Nxd3
18. Qxf5 Rxf5 19. Rad1 Nf4 $15 {But not as strong as in the game.}) 17. Bg3 $1
Bf4 (17... d4 $5 18. Qe2 Nf4 $5 {would be very interesting too!} (18... Ra7 $15
) 19. Bxf4 d3 20. Qe3 Bxf4 21. Qxc5 e5 $15) 18. Qe2 (18. Bxf4 Nxf4 $1 $19 (
18... d4 $5 19. Nh4 $1 {Seemed unclear to me during the game, due to the
c8-bishop.} dxe3 20. Nxf5 exf2+ 21. Kh1 (21. Rxf2 Rxf5 22. Nb6 Nxf2 23. Bg3 Ra7
24. Nxc8 $15) 21... exf5 22. Be3 Re8 23. Bxf2 Re2 $15)) 18... Rb8 (18... e5 $1
{The best move here; Black wins easily. Rb8 seemed more technical and good
during the game, but e5 just wins by force it seems.} 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Nb6 Ra7
$3 21. Nxd5 {Now as the rook is on a7 the e7-square is controlled and} e4 $19 {
winning a piece.}) 19. Qc2 dxc4 $5 (19... e5 $5 {deserved serious attention.}
20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Qxd3 e4 22. Qd2 exf3 $17) 20. Rad1 (20. Qxc4 Rb4 21. Qc2 Nxb2
$19) 20... Bxg3 (20... Rb4 $5 {Probably the best!} 21. b3 e5 22. Nd2 Be6 $19)
21. fxg3 Nxb2 $1 22. Qxf5 exf5 23. Rb1 c3 24. Nxc3 Be6 $6 {This is very
natural, but Rb7 was much stronger!} (24... Rb7 $1 25. Ne5 Re8 26. Nxc6 Nc4 $19
) 25. Ne5 Rfc8 (25... Nc4 $5 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Nxc4 Bxc4 28. Rxf5 Rf8 $19) 26.
Rfe1 Rb4 $1 27. Re2 Nc4 $6 (27... Na4 $1 28. Rc1 c4 $19) 28. Rbe1 Nxe5 29. Rxe5
Bd5 {A tricky move, but now Michael had to go for} 30. Rxf5 (30. Nxd5 $1 cxd5
31. Rxd5 g6 32. Rd7 Rcb8 33. Ree7 Rb1+ 34. Kf2 R8b2+ $19 {White still has
chances to survive.}) 30... Rd4 $1 31. Rc1 c4 $1 {Fixing the structure, now
the technical part lies ahead!} 32. Rf2 Re8 $1 33. Rb2 Rd3 34. Kf2 Rf8+ 35. Kg1
Re8 36. Kf2 h6 37. g4 Kh7 38. h3 Re6 39. Rcc2 Ree3 40. Ne2 Re7 {Now after the
control, Black starts the final phase.} 41. Nc3 a5 $1 42. Rb1 Ree3 43. Ne2 Re6
44. Rbc1 a4 $1 45. Nc3 a3 $1 46. Nb1 Re7 $3 {And now either Rb7-b2 or...} 47.
Nd2 (47. Nc3 Rf7+ 48. Kg1 Rb7 49. Rb1 Rxc3 $19) (47. Rc3 Rb7 (47... Rf7+ 48.
Kg1 Rb7 49. Nxa3 Rb4 {And Ra4 with a win or} (49... Rb2 50. Nxc4 Rxg2+ 51. Kf1
Rd4 52. Ne3 Rh2 53. Nxd5 cxd5 54. Kg1 Rdd2 55. Rg3 Rxa2 $19)) 48. Nxa3 Rd2+ 49.
Ke3 Rxa2 50. Nxc4 Rxg2 51. Na5 Rb4 $19) 47... Bxg2 $1 {Here Michael resigned
as he is 2 pawns down with his king in the center and a hopeless position. We
won the match and I think I played an interesting game.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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 "Moldova"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Qc7 (6... Ng6 $5 {
It's quiet known and deserves serious attention.}) 7. Ng5 Ng6 (7... e5 $5 $13)
8. f4 c4 $5 9. O-O cxd3 10. cxd3 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 (11. Be3 $2 Nxf4 $17) 11... f6
12. Nh3 O-O 13. Nc3 d5 $5 (13... Ba6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Qd2 d5 $15 (
16... f5 $5 $15)) 14. Na4 Bd6 15. Be3 {This are very natural moves by White.
The position remains very fighting.} Ba6 $5 16. Bc5 (16. Nc5 {This was
probably the best way for White, although Black's position is good.} Bxc5 17.
Bxc5 Rfe8 $5 $15 (17... dxe4 $5 18. Qxe4 (18. Bxf8 Bxd3 19. Qd2 Bxf1 (19...
Rxf8 $17) 20. Bd6 Bxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Rd8 $17) 18... Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Qd7 {[%csl Ga6]
[%cal Ga6c4,Gc4d5]} 20. d4 Bc4 $15)) (16. f5 Ne5 (16... exf5 17. exf5 Ne5 18.
Nf4 Rfe8 $19) 17. Nf4 dxe4 (17... Qa5 18. Nc3 exf5 19. exf5 Rfe8 $17) 18. Nxe6
Qa5 $17) 16... Rfe8 $3 {This simply-looking move is simply crushing, Black
gets a very big advantage now. It's amazing that White's whole setup
collapsesdue to one simple move. Now Bxf4 is threatening also Bb5 and some
dxe4 sometimes. White is unable to unpin from all the threats.} 17. exd5 (17.
Bxd6 Qxd6 {[%csl Rd3,Re4]} 18. Rfd1 Bb5 $17 {[%csl Rf4]}) 17... cxd5 (17...
exd5 $5 18. Qd2 $1 (18. Qf3 $2 Bb5 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Nc3 Ba6 $17 {[%cal Gd6b4,
Gb4d4]}) 18... Rab8 $17) 18. Qe3 (18. Rac1 $5 Bxf4 $5 (18... e5 19. f5 Ne7 $11)
(18... Rac8 19. Qd2 e5 $17) 19. Be3 Qa5 20. Nxf4 Qxa4 21. Nxg6 hxg6 $17) 18...
Bb5 (18... e5 $5 $17 19. f5 Ne7 $19) 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Nc3 Ba6 $1 21. Qd4 (21.
Qd2 Rab8 $17 {[%cal Gg6h4,Ge6e5]}) 21... Ne7 $1 {Now it's impossible to defend
d3, b2 and f4 and at the same time to prevent Ne3. I think the rest of the
game is just played optimally from Black's side.} 22. Nf2 (22. Ne4 Qb6 23.
Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Qxf6 Ng6 25. f5 exf5 $19) 22... Nf5 23. Qa4 Reb8 $1 $19 {
[%csl Rb2,Rf4][%cal Gb8b4]} 24. Qa3 Qxa3 25. bxa3 Rb2 26. Kg1 Rc8 27. Rfc1 Nd4
28. Ncd1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxa2 30. Nc3 Rxa3 31. Kf1 Nb3 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2014.05.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2014.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[BlackTeam "Strasbourg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{Even top GMs learn again and again that in chess, one move is enough to spoil
a beautiful position.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {An unusual line against
the Rossolimo, but not without merit.} 4. Nc3 (4. e5 Ng4 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 g6
7. Bf4 Nh6 $11 {Wallace-Naiditsch, 2014}) 4... g6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Ne4
Bg7 8. O-O d6 9. c4 f5 $1 {This is already shaping up to be a sharp game.
White's superior structure and slight development edge can easily be
overshadowed by Black's majority in the center and the bishop pair. Both sides
must play carefully.} 10. Nxc5 $1 {A nice counter.} (10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nxf6+
Bxf6 12. d3 O-O $15 {Is the type of position Black dreams of. Notice how
useless White's knight is for now, and even on e4 it is not that great.}) 10...
dxc5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 {Black's structure is even worse, but White's is also
shattered now. As long as White retains his pawn on e5 he can keep the bishops
decently controlled.} 12. b3 $1 O-O (12... Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Ba3 $16 {
will allow White to recover the pawn on c5 and emerge with a great advantage
as Black's bishop is nowhere near as useful as White's.}) 13. Ba3 Bxe5 $2 {
This simply reverts to the previous variation, Black had to be more patient.} (
13... Ba6 14. Re1 Rfe8 $1 {defending the e7 pawn is key to allow c4.} 15. Rc1
c4 $14 {and White is a little better, but its nothing too bad.}) 14. Nxe5 Qxe5
15. Re1 Qf6 16. Qc2 $1 {Nice! White's queen will be even better than the
bishop on c5.} f4 17. Qxc5 f3 18. Qc4+ Rf7 19. Bxe7 Qf5 {White's up a pawn and
he has the better attacking prospects. All he has to do is not underestimate
the f3 pawn.} 20. Qxc6 $4 {Surprisingly this is exactly what Riazantsev does!
It is unclear what exactly he missed as Qg4 is the most natural move.} Qg4 {
And it's all over! There is no good way to prevenet checkmate! A dramatic end
to a game that White had played perfectly.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Sharbaf, Mohsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[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 "France"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O h6 7. Nd5 Nf6 8. h3
Be6 9. a3 O-O 10. Bd2 Ne8 11. b4 b6 12. bxc5 bxc5 (12... dxc5 {was better,
since White will greatly benefit from the open b-file. war besser, den die
offene b-Linie kommt Weiß sehr zugute.}) 13. Rb1 Kh8 14. Bb5 Bd7 ({Black could
have freed himself a bit with Schwarz hätte sich ein wenig entlasten können mit
} 14... Nd4) 15. c4 f5 $2 {This already loses. Black is in no position to
start activity here. Dies verliert. In einer solchen Stellung kann Schwarz
nicht aktiv werden.} 16. Qa4 $1 {All of a sudden Black's pieces are very loose.
Plötzlich hat Schwarz Mühe, Figurenverlust zu vermeiden.} Rc8 (16... fxe4 17.
Bxc6 Bxc6 (17... exf3 18. Bxd7) 18. Qxc6 exf3 19. Nxe7 $18) 17. exf5 Rxf5 {
[%tqu "En","How can White take advantage of Black's clumsy piece cluster in
the centre?","White's queen and bishop are indirectly targetting the bishop on
d7.","If the knight on c6 could be deflected, this would allow Bxd7 skewering
both black rooks.","d2a5","Forcing material gains. The black queen doesn't
have a single square.",10,"De","Wie kann Weiß aus dem schwarzen Figurenknäuel
im Zentrum nutzen ziehen?","Dame und Läufer von Weiß zielen indirekt gegen den
Läufer auf d7.","Wenn man den Springer von c6 weglocken könnte, würde dies
Lxd7 erlauben, wonach beide schwarze Türme aufgespießt sind.","d2a5","Erzwingt
Materialgewinn. Die schwarze Dame hat kein einziges Feld.",10]} 18. Ba5 $1 {
A surprising motif - in a way, the Black queen is checkmated! Ein
überraschendes Motiv - in gewisser Weise ist die schwarze Dame mattgesetzt!}
Nc7 ({Just as hopeless is Ebenso hoffnungslos ist} 18... Qxa5 19. Qxa5 Nxa5 20.
Bxd7) ({or oder} 18... Nxa5 19. Bxd7 Rxf3 20. Bxc8) 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxc6 Nxd5
21. Bxd8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.12.10"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Handke, Florian"]
[Black "Souleidis, Georgios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 {This variation is very dangerous
for Black. Diese Variante ist sehr gefährlich für Schwarz.} 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5
Nd5 7. Ng5 $1 {Threatening 7.Qf3. Droht 7.Qf3.} h6 8. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 9. Qf3+ Nf6
(9... Ke6 10. c4 Nb6 11. g4 g6 12. d4 {and Black won't live very long. und
Schwarz lebt nicht mehr lang.}) 10. exf6 exf6 11. Qd5+ Kg6 12. O-O Qb6 13. c4
Qe6 14. Qd3+ Qf5 15. Qg3+ Qg5 (15... Kh7 {was more stubborn. war hartnäckiger.}
) 16. Qb3 {With such a bad black king, of course White does not want to
exchange queens. Bei einem derart schlechten schwarzen König will Weiß
natürlich nicht die Damen tauschen.} Qe5 17. d4 $1 {Increasing White's lead in
development even more. Baut den weißen Entwicklungsvorsprung noch mehr aus.}
cxd4 18. Bd2 a6 19. Rfe1 Qc5 20. Qd3+ Qf5 21. Qg3+ Kf7 $2 (21... Kh7 {was
again the better choice, although after war wiederum die bessere Wahl, obwohl
Weiß auch dann nach} 22. Nxd4 {White is clearly better. klar besser steht.})
22. Nc7 $1 {I think that already here White saw his strike on move 24! Ich
glaube, Weiß hatte an dieser Stelle bereits den Schlag im 24. Zug vor Augen!}
Ra7 23. Nd5 b5 {[%tqu "En","Has Black everything under control?","White is
controlling the e-file.  The entry square e7 is covered by black's king and
bishop.","Show that two defenders of the square e7 are not enough!","d5e7",
"Excellent!  Of course you have already seen what happens if Black takes the
bold knight.",10,"De","Hat Schwarz alles unter Kontrolle?","Weiß kontrolliert
die e-Linie. Das Einbruchsfeld e7 wird von König und Läufer von Schwarz
gedeckt.","Zeigen Sie, dass zwei Verteidiger des Feldes e7 nicht ausreichen!",
"d5e7","Ausgezeichnet!  Natürlich haben Sie bereits gesehen, was passiert,
wenn Schwarz den kühnen Springer schlägt.",10]} 24. Ne7 $1 Bxe7 (24... Qc5 {
[%tqu "En","Ten seconds to find the mate in one!","","","g3g6","",10,"De",
"Zehn Sekunden, um das einzügige Matt zu finden!","","","g3g6","",10]} 25. Qg6#
) {[%tqu "En","What was the idea of White's sacrifice on the previous move?",
"The black king is protecting both e7 and g7.","","e1e7","Of course! 
Deflecting the black king from the defence of g7, White wins back his material
and achieves a winning position.",10,"De","Was war die Idee des weißen Opfers
im vorigen Zug?","Der schwarze König deckt sowohl e7 als auch g7.","","e1e7",
"Natürlich!  Durch die Ablenkung des schwarzen Königs von der Verteidigung von
g7 gewinnt Weiß sein Material zurück und erreicht eine Gewinnstellung.",10]}
25. Rxe7+ $1 {The point - g7 falls! Die Pointe - g7 fällt!} Kxe7 26. Qxg7+ Kd6
27. Qxh8 {White has regained his material, and Black is hopelessly weak on the
dark squares. Weiß hat sein Material zurückgewonnen, und Schwarz ist auf den
dunklen Feldern hoffnungslos schwach.} Ra8 28. Qf8+ Kc6 29. cxb5+ axb5 30. Rc1+
Kb7 31. Qd6 Qe5 32. Rc7+ Kb8 33. Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e4 e5 (4... e6 $5) 5. g3 d6 (5... g6 $5) 6.
Bg2 Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O a6 (8... Nd4 $5 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. f4 $14)
9. Ne1 Nd4 10. Nc2 b5 11. Ne3 bxc4 12. dxc4 Re8 13. f4 exf4 (13... Bb7 14. f5
$14) 14. gxf4 Rb8 (14... Bb7 $2 15. e5 $1 Bxg2 16. exf6 Bxf1 17. fxe7 Qxe7 18.
Qxf1 $16) 15. Qd3 Bf8 16. b3 g6 17. Bd2 Bg7 18. Rae1 Bd7 (18... Bb7 $5) 19. Ne2
$5 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2 Bc6 21. Nd1 Rb7 22. Bf3 Rbe7 23. Rfe1 Nd7 24. Bc3 (24. Qxd6
$2 Bd4+ 25. Be3 Re6 $18) 24... Nf8 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qc3+ Kg8 (26... f6 27. e5
$1 Bxf3 28. exf6+ $18) 27. Ne3 $1 f5 (27... Bxe4 28. Ng4 $18) (27... h5 $5 28.
Nd5 Bxd5 29. cxd5 $36) 28. Bg2 Rxe4 (28... Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Ng4 $18) 29.
Ng4 $1 Rd4 30. Rxe8 Bxe8 31. Rxe8 Qh4 32. Bd5+ Kg7 33. Nf2 Qxf4 34. Qe1 Qg5+
35. Kf1 Rd2 (35... Rd2 36. Nh3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2002.03.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 (6... Bg5 {
is another direction. After the game move White gets an edge in most of the
cases.}) 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O {The starting position of
this Anti-Sveshnikov variation. White controls better square d5 and Black has
difficulties in getting counterplay. Still, Black's position is rather solid
and the evaluation is between equal and slightly better for White.} Rb8 {
Black has a large choice:} (10... Ne8 11. g3 $5 (11. f4)) (10... Nd4 11. a4 {
This move is more justified after Black placed the knight on d4.} a6 12. Ncd5
Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. c3 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 $14 {1-0 Nakamura,H-Krush,
I/Bermuda 2002 (56)}) (10... Nd7 11. Ned5 Nb6 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14.
Bxd5 Nb4 15. Bc4 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Babula,V/Prague (simul) 2001 (54)}) (10...
a6 11. a4 (11. a3 $14) 11... Nb4 12. Qe2 $1 {This is an important move - it
stops Black from playing d5.} Rb8 (12... d5 13. exd5 Nfxd5 14. Nexd5 Nxd5 15.
Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxe5 Bc6 {though Black has some compensation.}) 13. Bd2 Nh5 14.
g3 Bg5 15. Rf2 Nc6 16. Raf1 Nd4 17. Qd1 Bxe3 18. Bxe3 Bh3 19. f4 $3 Nf6 20.
fxe5 dxe5 21. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 22. Bh6 f5 23. exf5 Qf6 24. Qh5 Bxf5 25. Nd5 Qe6 26.
Qg5+ {Golubev,M-Parligras,M/Bucharest 2001. A brilliant win of Mihail Golubev.}
) 11. f4 $146 {An interesting novelty. White doesn't waste time for queenside
pawn moves and starts immediatelty active actions on the kingside. However,
Black seems to get a good play on the queenside.} (11. a3 Nd4 12. Ba2 b5 13.
Ned5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. c3 Nc6 17. Qe1 Qd8 18. Ne3 Bxa2 19.
Rxa2 Ne7 20. b4 Qb6 21. Kh1 a5 22. bxa5 Qxa5 23. c4 b4 24. Ra1 Qc7 25. axb4 {
1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-San Segundo Carrillo,P/Ohrid 2001}) (11. a4 Nb4 12. Qe2 $14 {
/=.}) 11... exf4 12. Ned5 (12. Rxf4 Nd7 $11) 12... Bxd5 13. Nxd5 b5 14. Bb3 a5
15. a4 Nd4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Ba2 (17. c3 $2 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 c4 $1 19. dxc4 Nxe4
$17 {with a double threat - Qa7 and Nc5.}) 17... bxa4 18. c3 Ne6 19. Bxe6 (19.
Qxa4 Ng4 20. Bxf4 Rxb2 {is also fine for Black.}) 19... fxe6 20. Rxf4 Nd7 $1 {
Now White has some problems, since Black might develop a strong initiative on
the kingside.} 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Qe2 (22. Rxa4 $2 Qh4 23. g3 Qh3 24. Bf4 (24.
Rxa5 $2 Ne5 25. Bf4 Ng4 26. Qe2 e5 $19) (24. Qe2 Ne5 25. Bf4 Ng4 26. Qg2 Qh5 $1
27. h3 (27. Rxa5 e5 28. h3 exf4 29. hxg4 Qxg4 $19) 27... Ne3 $1 28. Bxe3 Qd1+
29. Kh2 Qxa4 $19) 24... Nf6 (24... e5 25. Bg5 $1) 25. Qe2 e5 26. Be3 Ng4 27.
Ra1 $17 {and we have a similar position from the game (after move 32), only
that Black kept his a-pawn.}) 22... Qh4 (22... Nb6 $15) 23. g3 Qh3 24. Bf4 $6 (
24. Bg5 $8 $13) 24... e5 25. Bd2 $1 (25. Bg5 h6 $17 26. Be7 $140 $2 Rc8 27.
Bxd6 Qe6 $19) (25. Be3 Nf6 26. Rf1 h6 $17) 25... Rb8 $2 (25... Nf6 26. Rf1 Rb8
27. Bc1 $15 (27. Bg5 Nd7 28. Ra1 h6 29. Be3 Nf6 30. Rxa4 Ng4 $17)) 26. Be3 Nf6
27. Bg5 $1 $11 Ne8 (27... Ng4 28. Be7 Rb6 29. Rf1 $132) 28. Rxa4 h6 29. Be3 Nf6
30. Rxa5 $1 Ng4 31. Ra2 $1 Rf8 32. Ra1 {White is in time to defend.} h5 33. Re1
$8 {Again the only move. Now Black must force a draw, since he is a pawn down
and the attack is about to end.} (33. b4 $2 h4 $19) 33... Rf2 (33... h4 $2 34.
Qg2) 34. Bxf2 Qxh2+ 35. Kf1 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Qh2+ 37. Kf1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.14"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {Although this move is White's second most popular
choice to avoid the Sveshnikov Siclian (only 3.Bb5 is played more often), 3.
Nc3 must have came as a surprise for Shirov, since Kamsky never played 3.Nc3
before. The American always continued 3.d4 in his previous games.} e5 4. Bc4
Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 {With the last move White prepares the maneuver Nd2-f1-e3,
heading for square d5. Typically in such cases, the knight's maneuver starts
before the short castle, in order to use square f1 (which after castle short
will be occupied by the rook). Generally in this type of positions White can
claim a small plus thanks to his slightly superious pawn structure, but
normally Black should be able to equalize.} Bg5 {Shirov remains true to his
preferences - he has used 6...Bg5 twice in the past. It's idea is to exchange
the dark-squared bishops, which in this pawn formation favours Black. The
alternative is 6...Nf6.} 7. Qh5 $5 {Kamsky demonstrates once again his deep
preparation for the World Cup. The idea of the rare 7.Qh5, which threatens
mate in one, is that in order to protect f7 Black must make positional
concessions.} ({The main move is} 7. h4 {but Shirov faced it before and didn't
experience major problems:} Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Nf6 9. Bg5 (9. O-O Be6 10. Nd5 O-O
11. Bg5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 {Svidler,P (2735)-Shirov,A (2713)/Monte
Carlo (rapid) 2005}) 9... Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd2
Ne7 14. Bc4 O-O 15. Kf1 Rad8 16. Re1 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 {Ponomariov,R (2727)
-Shirov,A (2715)/Linares 2002. Both these games ended with a draw.}) 7... Nh6 {
A natural reaction: Shirov develops a piece and creates a counter-threat: 8...
Bg4. On the other hand this knight on the edge will be the main cause of
Shirov's problems later on.} ({The other defense also had its drawbacks. After
} 7... g6 {White retreats the queen either to f3 or even back to d1 and Black
won't be so happy anymore with the previous plan to exchange the dark-squared
bishops, since there is a high probability that the weaknesses on f6 and h6
created by the move 7...g6 will play a negative role for Black in the future.})
8. h3 Nd4 {The pawn c2 is under attack, but...} 9. O-O $146 {With this new
move Kamsky is ready to sacrifice the c2-pawn in order to complete development
quickly.} ({The only available game continued} 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. Qd1 f5 11. Bc4
g6 12. exf5 Nhxf5 13. Nde4 Bxc1 14. Qxc1 Kg7 {with an approximately equal
position, Svidler,P (2690)-Smirin,I (2676)/Moscow 2002.}) 9... O-O ({The most
principled continuation is} 9... Nxc2 10. Nf3 Bxc1 (10... Nxa1 $2 11. Bxg5 $18)
11. Raxc1 Nd4 {although after} 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nd5 {(or first 13.Bb5+) White
has compensation thanks to Black's poor knight on h6 and the active
possibility f2-f4.  Playing such variations knowing that the opponent analyzed
them at home is extremely risky.}) 10. Nb3 Bxc1 11. Raxc1 Ne6 12. Ne2 Qf6 13.
Nd2 {The knight had no perspectives on b3 and Kamsky improves its position.
Now Black must do something about his knight on h6, otherwise White will
slowly prepare either the advance d3-d4 (with the previous c2-c3), or f2-f4.}
Kh8 $5 {This might seem like either preparing ...Nh6-g8, or at some point ...
f7-f5. But Shirov had other idea in mind.} 14. c3 g5 $5 {Black simply starts
an attack on the g-file. A very unexpected, but quite interesting and good
plan from Shirov.} 15. d4 {Kamsky follows the classical rule to meet a side
attack by opening the center.} Rg8 ({Both captures on d4 leave Black with lots
of weaknesses:} 15... cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Nf3) ({Or} 15... exd4 16. cxd4 (
16. Nf3 $5 dxc3 17. Rxc3 $44) 16... Nxd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 (17... Qxd4 $2 18. Qxh6
$18) 18. Nb3 g4 19. h4) 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nf3 Rg6 {Creating the threat to
catch the white queen with 18...Ng7 (which was bad at once due to the
vulnerability of pawn g5).} (17... g4 18. hxg4 Nxg4 19. Ng3 $14) 18. h4 $1 Qg7
(18... g4 $2 19. Nxe5 $18) (18... Ng7 $2 19. hxg5 Nxh5 20. gxf6 $16 {[%csl Re5]
}) 19. Bxe6 Bxe6 20. hxg5 {The extremely intense battle already costed both
players a lot of time. In the upcoming concrete play they will have to rely
mostly on their intuition.} f6 $1 21. gxf6 ({White can't take the knight. After
} 21. gxh6 $2 Rxh6 {the queen is trapped on h5.}) 21... Rxg2+ 22. Kh1 {
Shirov's inventive play led to a very wild position, which, curiously enough,
is approximately equal. But the time factor and the tension start to play
their role.} Qxf6 ({Stronger is} 22... Qg4 $1 23. Qxg4 (23. Qxh6 $2 Qxf3 $19)
23... Rxg4 24. Ng3 (24. Nxe5 $2 Rxe4 $19) 24... Nf7 25. Kg2 ({or} 25. Rcd1 Rf4)
25... Rg6 $11) 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Nxe5 Rg5 25. f4 Rh5+ 26. Kg1 {Although it
looks like Black still has an attack, in fact his situation is quite dangerous:
White's connected passed pawns are very powerful. Possibly with a very
energetic play Black is still able to keep some dynamic balance, but from the
practical point of view Kamsky's task was easier: his next few moves are more
or less forced, while Black must always create some threats, otherwise White's
central pawns will decide the outcome.} Rg8+ 27. Kf2 Rh2+ 28. Ke3 Rgg2 {
Now or at the next move Black had to exchange the knights, although White
keeps preferable chances anyway.} (28... Ng4+ 29. Nxg4 Bxg4 30. Ng1 Rxb2 $14)
29. Ng1 Rxb2 (29... Ng4+ $142 $14) 30. f5 $1 Bxa2 31. Rcd1 {Black is in
troubles. It turns out that his own king lucks space and defenders, while the
pieces are not coordinated.} Rbc2 $2 (31... Nf7 32. Nxf7+ Bxf7 33. Nf3 $16) 32.
Rd8+ Ng8 33. Ngf3 Rxc3+ 34. Kf4 Rh6 35. Rg1 {Black is lost. White pieces are
much more active and Kamsky easily builds the decisive attack.} Rf6 36. Ng5 $1
h6 37. Ngf7+ $1 {White wins by force and therefore Shirov resigned.} (37. Ngf7+
Bxf7 38. Nxf7+ Rxf7 39. Rgxg8+ Kh7 40. Rh8+ Kg7 41. Rdg8+ Kf6 42. e5+ Ke7 43.
Re8+ Kd7 44. e6+) 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The present game proves once again that Shirov is a highly inconvenient
opponent for Akopian - their personal score is very much in Alexey's favour.} 
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Akopian often plays the Open Sicilian (3.d4), but
when he knows that the opponent can play the Sveshnikov Variation, he usually
avoids it with 3.Bb5. Shirov himself uses this move from time to time.} e6 {
Alexey plays both 3...e6 and 3...g6 equally often.} 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 a6 6.
Bxc6 Nxc6 7. Bb2 {The idea behind the line 5.b3 is obvious: due to the
pressure on g7 Black has difficulties to complete the kingside development. On
the other hand it is not clear how should White use his development advantage.
Normally he should open up the position, but this is double-edged: the
opponent has no weaknesses and Black's bishop pair can later play its role.
Akopian goes for another plan: he keeps the position closed and tries to take
advantage of knights over bishops. The drawback of this plan is that Black can
easily complete development.} b5 8. c4 {The other possibility is to open the
position with d2-d4, either immediately or after 8.a4.} bxc4 9. bxc4 Rb8 10.
Bc3 d6 11. Na3 e5 12. Nc2 {The main problem for Black is to find a job for the
dark-squared bishop. Usually the bishop goes to e7 and then according to
circumstances, to d8 or g5. After finishing development Black's plan in such
structures is to prepare the advance ...f5. With the next move Shirov combines
his tasks.} g6 $146 {Black brings the bishop to the diagonal c1-h6 in the
quickest possible way and at the same time prepares for the advance ...f5.} ({
Akopian has pleasant memories with this position:} 12... Be7 13. Ne3 O-O 14. d3
Qe8 15. Rb1 Rxb1 16. Qxb1 Bd8 17. Nd2 g6 18. Nd5 {Apparently Kasparov did
everything correctly: his bishops control the important squares on the
queenside and he is ready for the advance ...f5. But the problem is that
opening the kingside will favour White, whos pieces will turn out to be more
active.} f5 19. exf5 gxf5 {This activity backfires.} 20. f4 $1 Rf7 21. Qe1 Rg7
22. Nf3 Qg6 23. g3 {White's minor pieces are very strong and Black is unable
to hold the position.} Rf7 24. fxe5 f4 25. exd6 fxg3 {1-0 Akopian,V (2678)
-Kasparov,G (2838)/Moscow (rapid) 2002}) 13. Ne3 Bh6 14. Qa4 (14. Nd5 $142 O-O
15. Qa4 Nd4 $140 $6 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Ba5 Qg5 18. Qa3 $1 $36) 14... Bd7 15.
Rfb1 (15. Qxa6 {allows the repetition of moves:} Ra8 16. Qb7 Rb8 17. Qa6 {
It is understandable that in the first game of the match Akopian wasn't happy
with a quick draw with White, but objectively this would have been the best
decision.}) 15... Bxe3 $1 16. fxe3 (16. dxe3 Nd4 17. Qd1 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 O-O $15
{[%csl Rc4,Re4][%cal Gd7e6]}) 16... Nd4 17. Qxa6 ({White had to forget about
his ambitions and play for a draw after} 17. Qd1 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 O-O 19. d3 $15
{/=}) 17... Ne2+ 18. Kf2 Nxc3 19. dxc3 Ke7 {Shirov's positional pawn sacrifice
led to a position with a great compensation for Black. White doesn't have good
squares for the knight (which would happily come to d5, but squares c3 and e3
are not available). Besides, almost all White's pawns are weak.} 20. Nd2 ({
Deserved attention} 20. a4 {with the intention to bring the pawn on a5 as
quick as possible.}) 20... Ra8 21. Qb7 Qa5 22. Qb2 Rhb8 23. Qc2 Rxb1 24. Nxb1
Rb8 25. Nd2 Qa4 $1 {White's queen is the best defensive piece, which also
might become active some day. After the exchange of queens it becomes clear
that White has a long and difficult defense ahead.} 26. Rc1 (26. Qc1 Be6 $15 {
/-/+}) 26... Qxc2 27. Rxc2 Ba4 28. Nb3 Bc6 29. Nd2 Ba4 30. Nb3 h5 $1 $17 31.
Ke1 h4 32. Kd2 Bc6 33. Kd3 f5 $1 {The best way to increase the advantage.
Black opens more files and diagonals for his pieces. In spite of still having
an extra pawn, White's position is strategically completely lost.} 34. exf5
gxf5 35. Rf2 Ke6 36. Ke2 (36. g3 hxg3 37. hxg3 Be4+ (37... Rg8 38. Rh2 Rxg3 39.
Ke2 $17) 38. Ke2 Ra8 $19) 36... Ra8 37. Ke1 Ra4 $19 38. g3 hxg3 39. hxg3 Be4
40. Rh2 Rxc4 41. Kd2 (41. Nd2 Rxc3 42. Nxe4 fxe4 $19) 41... Ra4 42. Kc1 c4 43.
Na1 Ra8 {The triumph of the bishop versus knight.} 44. Rd2 Rg8 45. a4 Rxg3 46.
Nc2 Bxc2 47. Rxc2 Rxe3 48. a5 Kd7 49. a6 Kc7 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 ({Another plan is} 5. c3) ({
Yesterday Caruaa won against Radjabov by playing} 5. d4 {but the result wasn't
due to the outcome of the opening.}) 5... a6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 ({Much more often
Black recaptures with the knight on c6 -} 6... Nxc6 {However, Radjabov's 6...
bxc6 is rather typical as well: Black has a compact pawn mass in the center
and would like to keep the knight closer to his king.}) 7. d4 {Amazingly,
nobody had played this move before.} (7. e5 Ng6 8. b3 Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 cxd4
11. cxd4 c5 12. Ba3 cxd4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxd4 Bb7 15. Nbd2 f6 {happened in
Kamsky,G (2741)-Radjabov,T (2793) Zug 2013.}) (7. c3 {now is less dangerous
for Black in view of} Ng6 8. d4 d5 {and the knight is well placed on g6.}) ({
Another important option for White is} 7. b3) 7... cxd4 8. Qxd4 Ng6 9. Be3 d6
10. Nbd2 e5 11. Qd3 Be7 12. Nc4 Bg4 13. Rad1 O-O $1 (13... Bxf3 14. Bb6 $1 Bxe4
15. Rxe4 Qb8 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxd6 {and Black cannot take on b6 because of}
Qxb6 18. Rb4 {(Ponomariov)}) 14. Nxd6 Bxd6 (14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nh4 16. Rf1 (
16. Nf5 Nxf3+ 17. Kf1 Nxe1 18. Qe2 Qe8 19. Bh6) 16... Nxf3+ 17. Kg2 (17. Kh1
Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Qh4) 17... Nh4+ 18. Kh1 g6 19. Bh6) 15. Qxd6 Qc8 {"Somehow I
made all logical moves and then suddenly White was worse", said Ponomariov
after the game.} 16. Qd3 ({The only way for White to keep some advantage was} 
16. Rd3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qh3 18. Qd7 $1 f5 (18... Qxf3 $2 19. Bc5) 19. Bg5 $1 Qh5
(19... h6 20. f4 Qh5 21. exf5) 20. h4 {but this is easier to advise than to
play in a practical game. White's idea is} Nxh4 (20... h6 21. exf5 Nxh4 22.
Bxh4 Qxh4 23. Re4) 21. Qe6+ Kh8 22. Bxh4 Qxh4 23. Qxe5 Rae8 24. Qg3 {and in
spite of the exposed position of the white king it is difficult for Black to
create threats.}) 16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qh3 {Now Black has some advantage,
although with accurate play White can defend successfully, and this is what
happened in the game.} 18. Qf1 Qxf3 19. Rd3 Rfd8 20. Bg5 (20. Qg2 $2 Nh4) 20...
Rxd3 21. Qxd3 Qh5 22. Qg3 h6 23. Be3 Nh4 24. Kh1 Rd8 (24... Nf3 25. Bxh6 g6 26.
Re3 Nd2 27. Qg5 Qd1+ 28. Qg1 Qh5 (28... Qxc2 $2 29. Re2) 29. Qg5 $11) 25. Rg1
Qf3+ (25... g5 26. h3 Qf3+ 27. Qxf3 Nxf3 28. Rc1 f5 29. exf5 e4 {was suggested
by Ponomariov after the game as a possible plan for Black, but the players
agreed that White has nothing to fear after} 30. c4 Kf7 31. b4 Kf6 32. a4 Rb8
33. Rb1) 26. Qxf3 Nxf3 27. Rc1 Ng5 28. Bxg5 ({A more precise move was} 28. Re1
f6 ({After the game Radjabov showed that with White's help Black has a nice
mate:} 28... Nf3 29. Re2 g5 30. Kg2 g4 31. Kg3 $4 h5 32. h3 Rd1 $1 33. hxg4
Rg1+ 34. Kxf3 hxg4#) (28... Nxe4 29. Bb6 Rb8 30. Ba7) 29. Kg2 $11) 28... hxg5
29. Kg2 g4 {Black has some advantage thanks to his control over the d-file,
but White achieves a draw rather easily.} 30. h3 $15 gxh3+ 31. Kxh3 Rd4 32. f3
Rd2 33. b4 g6 ({Coming with the king to the centre is also an easy draw:} 33...
Kf8 34. a4 Ke7 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 cxb5 37. Rb1 Rxc2 38. Rxb5) 34. a4 Kg7 35.
b5 cxb5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Rb1 f5 38. Rxb5 Kf6 39. Rb6+ Kg5 40. Re6 Kf4 41. Rxg6
fxe4 42. fxe4 Rxc2 43. Re6 Re2 44. Re8 Kxe4 45. Kg3 Kd3 46. Ra8 Rc2 47. Ra3+
Rc3 48. Ra2 Ke3 49. Kg2 e4 50. Kg3 Rd3 51. Kg4 Rc3 52. Kg3 Rc8 53. Ra3+ Kd4 54.
Kf2 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Today Caruana increased his lead by beating Radjabov with the white pieces.
The opening looked very okay for Back, but the Azerbaijani GM overestimated
his position and gave up a pawn for attacking prospects. Caruana took the pawn
and prepared for defence, when suddenly Radjabov miscalculated something and
wrongly sacrificed the rook, only to resign a few moves later. In
Ponomariov-Wang Hao the players displayed another Petroff Defense. After a
strong novelty by Ponomariov White quickly got a slightly more pleasant rook
endgame, which might have been extremely unpleasant for Wang Hao, had the
Ukrainian GM started to advance his passed pawn. Having missed this
opportunity White got no more chances to play for a win and the draw was
agreed on move 47.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {No Open Sicilian (3.d4) today.
Radjabov is a renowned specialist of the Sveshnikov Sicilian - an opening with
a lot of theory, which forced even the World Champion Anand to put aside 3.d4
in favour of 3.Bb5 during the 2012 World Championship match.} e6 4. O-O Nge7 5.
d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 ({Less than two weeks ago Caruana won a highly important
game versus Gelfand in the Paris Grand Prix tournament. Gelfand played} 6...
Qb6 {and lost after a long and complicated middlegame fight.}) 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Be2 {This is a new move. Caruana was heading for a Maroczy pawn structure 
(pawns on c4 and e4).} ({After the immediate} 8. c4 {the bishop on b5 looks
misplaced.}) 8... O-O 9. c4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bf6 {"I underestimated the plan with
Be7-f6", said Caruana after the game. "Now Black has a good game", continued
the Italian GM.} 11. Qd2 b6 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. f3 {After the game Caruana was
somewhat sceptical about this move and suggested as a possible improvement for
White 13.Bd3 in order to keep the possibility to play f2-f4.} Qe7 14. a4 {
The hidden idea of this move was to be able to protect the bishop on e3 if
Black plays d5.} ({Caruana rejected} 14. Rfd1 {in view of} d5 15. cxd5 Bxc3 16.
Qxc3 exd5 17. exd5 Rfe8) 14... Rad8 ({The idea of White's previous move can be
seen in the following variation:} 14... d5 15. cxd5 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 exd5 17. exd5
Rfe8 18. Ra3) 15. Ra3 Be5 16. a5 {The critical moment according to Caruana.} f5
$6 {This aggressive move allows White to create a permanent weakness in
Black's structure - the pawn on b6.} ({Black should be doing fine after} 16...
bxa5) 17. axb6 axb6 18. exf5 (18. Bxb6 {is too early in view of} Qh4 {and if}
19. h3 $2 {then} Qg3) 18... Rxf5 19. Bd3 Rh5 20. h3 Bb8 (20... Nh4 21. Be4 $14)
21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Bxb6 {Black has compensation for the sacrificed pawn thanks
to his bishop pair and some attacking prospects, but objectively it is
probably not entirely enough and White's chances are preferable.} Rf8 23. Ne2 {
An important resource to cover the weakened squares f4 and g3.} Rh4 ({Another
option to play for compensation was indicated by Caruana after the game:} 23...
d5 24. c5 (24. cxd5 $2 Qd6) 24... e5) 24. Qd3 Kh7 $6 25. Bf2 Rxh3 $2 {
Something went wrong in Radjabov's calculations. Black had to retreat the rook,
although there is no attack any longer and White would have had a clear
advantage. However, the move in the game just loses.} 26. gxh3 Qg5+ 27. Kh1
Rxf3 (27... Qh5 28. Kg2 $1 $18) 28. Qxf3 Qe5 ({or} 28... Bxf3+ 29. Rxf3 {
with a large advantage for White.}) 29. Bg3 $1 Qxe2 $2 ({After the most
stubborn} 29... Qxb2 30. Bxb8 Bxf3+ 31. Raxf3 Qxb8 {Black could have put up a
long resistance, even if his position is objectively lost.}) 30. Qxb7 Qxf1+ 31.
Kh2 {Radjabov resigned due to} (31. Kh2 Qf2+ 32. Qg2 {and White remains with a
rook up.}) 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 54th"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pedzich, Dominik"]
[Black "Myc, Marcin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 d6 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 (10... Bxc6 11. Nd5 Be7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. b3
O-O 14. Ba3 Rfd8 15. Qd2 Qf6 16. Rad1 Qg6 17. f3 d5 18. Qd3 b5 19. e5 Rdc8 20.
Bc5 a5 $11 {Chiburdanidze-Sveshnikov/Tashkent 1980}) 11. Qd3 $146 (11. Qg4 Qf6
12. Be3 e5 13. Qe2 Be7 14. Na4 Be6 15. Nb6 Rd8 16. Qxa6 O-O {Zagrebelny -
Sveshnikov/Budapest 1989}) (11. e5 d5 12. Qg4 h5 13. Qg3 h4 14. Qg4 h3 15. g3
Qc7 16. a3 Rb8 17. b3 c5 18. Ne2 g6 19. Bg5 Bg7 $13 {Gipslis - Richter/1996}) (
11. Re3 $5 Be7 12. Rg3 Bh4 13. Rh3 e5 14. Rd3 Be7 15. b3 Qa5 16. a4 $16 {
Horvath - Podlesnik/Gleisdorf 1996}) 11... h5 $5 (11... Be7 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Bh6
Bf6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Ne4 $16) 12. b3 h4 13. h3 Qa5 14. Bd2 (14. a4 $5) 14... Qc7
15. Rad1 Be7 16. Bf4 $6 e5 17. Be3 g5 $1 18. f3 Be6 19. Na4 O-O 20. Nb6 $2 (20.
Qd2 f6 21. c4 $13) 20... Rad8 21. Qxa6 d5 $17 22. c3 d4 $1 23. Bf2 (23. cxd4
exd4 24. Rxd4 $2 Bc5 25. Rxd8 Bxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Rxd8 27. Re1 Bxh3 28. gxh3 Qg3+
29. Kf1 Qxf3+ 30. Kg1 Rd2 $19) 23... Rb8 24. Na4 Rb5 $19 25. Nb2 Bc8 26. Qa4
Ra5 27. cxd4 Rxa4 28. Nxa4 exd4 29. Rxd4 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. e5 Qd2 32. Re4
Be6 33. Nb6 Qxa2 34. Nc4 Qxb3 35. Ne3 c5 36. Kh2 Qa2 37. Bg1 c4 38. f4 gxf4 39.
Rxf4 c3 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2 49th"]
[Site "Sant Lluis"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.08.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 {This move-order became
very fashionable, as it allows Black to avoid a sharp line 5...d6 6.0-0 Nf6 7.
Ng5 0-0 8.f4.} 6. Nd2 (6. Ng5 O-O 7. f4 d5 {-->is another very sharp line
where Black achieves good results.}) 6... d6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O
10. O-O {A well known theoretical position. Black's task is neutralize White's
pressure on the central square d5.} Rb8 {The most common move. Now White has
to deal with the advance b7-b5.} ({The alternative is} 10... Ne8 {[%cal Ge7g5]
intending to exchange the dark-squared bishop.}) 11. a4 {That move weakens the
square b4 which is immediately exploited by Black.} ({The alternatives are:} 
11. Ned5 Nd4 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 12. f4 (12. a4 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg5 14. f4 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 Qg5 17. Rf2 h6 18. Qf1 Nc6 19. b3 Ne5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kulaots,
K-Radjabov,T/Moscow RUS 2005 (52)}) 12... exf4 13. Bxf4 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 b5 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. Ne2 Bg5 17. Nxd4 cxd4 $11 {0-1 Smeets,J-Eljanov,P/Amsterdam NED
2005 (56)}) ({and} 11. a3 Nd4 12. Ncd5 b5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bd5 Bg5 15. Bxe6
fxe6 16. c3 Nc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Shabalov,A/Calvia ESP 2004 (35)}) 11...
Nb4 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 12. Bd2 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A new method of playing that
system- in all the previous games White tried to prevent the freeing d6-d5!} (
12. Ncd5 {-->leads to a very sharp play. See comments to 1-0 Naiditsch,
A-Mamedyarov,S/ EU-ch 5th Antalya 2004 [Postny]}) 12... d5 {As the following
game shows, this natural freeing move doesn't solve all Black's problems.} ({
It's not easy to find any ''waiting'' move. For instance,} 12... Qd7 13. Ncd5
Bxd5 (13... Nbxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. f4 $36) 14. exd5 $14) 13. exd5 Nfxd5 14.
Nexd5 Nxd5 15. Qe1 {That is not the best square for the queen.} ({More natural
looks:} 15. Qe2 {connecting the rooks} Bf6 (15... Nxc3 $6 16. Bxc3 Bxc4 17.
dxc4 f6 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Rd5 $14) 16. Rae1 $1 $14 Qd7 $140 $6 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18.
Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Bc3 Qc6 (19... Rfe8 20. f4 $16) 20. Qe4 $16) 15... Bf6 ({A
tactical attempt to solve the problems fails to:} 15... Nb4 $6 16. Bxe6 Nxc2
17. Qb1 Qxd3 (17... Nxa1 18. Bc4 $16) 18. Rd1 (18. Bb3 Qd4+ 19. Rf2 Nxa1 20.
Qxa1 c4 $13) 18... Qd4+ (18... c4 19. Bxc4 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Nxa1 21. Ba2 $16) 19.
Kh1 Nxa1 20. Bd5 Rfd8 21. Be1 Qf4 22. Qxa1 $36) 16. Qe4 Nc7 {That retreat
looks very passively, but it's quite the best move.} ({After} 16... Nxc3 $6 17.
Bxc3 Bxc4 18. dxc4 $16 {[%cal Gf1d1,Gd1d5] White has full control of the dark
squares.}) 17. Nb5 ({Good enough looks:} 17. Be3 b6 18. Nb5 Bxc4 19. dxc4 $14 {
with a very pleasant edge.}) 17... Bxc4 18. Qxc4 a6 19. Nxc7 Qxc7 20. a5 $14 {
White has a small but permanent advantage due to the preferablity of his pawn
structure.} Rbd8 21. Bc3 Be7 {It's necessary to remove the bishop from f6.} 22.
Rfe1 ({Premature would be:} 22. f4 $6 exf4 23. Rxf4 Bd6 24. Rh4 Rfe8 $132) ({
An equal alternative would be:} 22. Rae1 Bd6 23. Re4 Kh8 24. Rfe1 f6 $14 {
and Black has a worse but very solid position.}) 22... Bd6 23. Re2 e4 $5 {
Alex decides to change the character of play.} (23... Kh8 {I don't see
anything terrible for Black after} 24. Rae1 f6 $14 {but here Black's position
is quite passive and that's not to everyone's taste!}) 24. Rxe4 {A correct
tackle.} ({It looks like Black is able to equalize after:} 24. Qxe4 Bxh2+ 25.
Kh1 Bg3 26. Qg4 f6 (26... f5 $6 27. Qg5 $14) 27. Ra4 Rde8 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Re4
Rxe4 30. Qxe4 h6 $11) 24... Bxh2+ 25. Kf1 {Now white's king is less safe, but
White has full control of the e-file.} (25. Kh1 Bg3 26. Rg4 Be5 $11) 25... Rfe8
26. Rae1 Rxe4 27. Qxe4 $6 {Not energetical enough.} ({White could still keep
some advantage after:} 27. Rxe4 $142 {[%cal Ge4g4] intending to put pressure
on Black's king-side.} {The strongest reply for black is probably:} h6 (27...
Bd6 28. Rg4 g6 (28... Be5 29. Rg5 Re8 30. Qe4 f6 31. Bxe5 fxe5 (31... Rxe5 32.
Rxe5 fxe5 33. Qc4+ Kf8 34. b4 $16) 32. f4 $16) (28... Bf8 29. Bf6 $1 $16 {
[%cal Gc4c3]}) 29. Re4 $14) 28. f4 {[%cal Gb2b4]} (28. Qa4 $5 $14 {[%cal Ge4e8]
also deserves attention}) 28... Bg3 $14 {while he is ready to meet} 29. b4 $140
{with} Rc8 30. Bd2 Qd8 $1 $132 {[%cal Gd8h4]}) 27... Bd6 28. Qg4 ({White
achieves nothing with} 28. Qa4 Qc8 $11) 28... Bf8 $11 {Black has finally
consolidated. White has no real targets to attack,so Black should be O.K.} 29.
Bf6 {Sergei decides to force a draw.} ({I don't see any plan of improvement
after} 29. Re4 Qc6 $11 {[%cal Gd8e8]}) 29... Ra8 {[%csl Ra5] Now the Pa5 is
hanging,so white has nothing better than 30.Bc3.} ({Possible was also:} 29...
Rc8 30. Re7 Qc6 31. Bc3 Re8 32. Rxe8 Qxe8 $11) 30. Bc3 Rd8 31. Bf6 Ra8 32. Bc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1
(8. Qe2 {is a common alternative here.}) 8... c4 {The recent fashion.} ({
Besides, Black has a couple of popular alternatives:} 8... Rc8) (8... d5) ({and
} 8... Ng6 {but White is able to pose Black a definite problems in all those
cases.}) 9. a4 Ng6 10. d4 {Michael goes for the most ambitious plan. White is
trying to put pressure along the d- file and develop some attack along the
diagonal b1-h7.} (10. b4 cxb3 (10... Nce5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Na3
Bc6 14. Nd4 Nf4 15. Nxc6 dxc6 16. d4 cxd3 17. Bxf4 Ng6 18. Bg3 dxc2 19. Qxd8+
Kxd8 20. Nxc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P (2747)-Gelfand,B (2751)/Tashkent UZB 2012
(45)}) 11. Bxb3 Be7 12. d4 O-O $132) (10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. d4 cxd3
13. Qxd3 (13. Bxd3 b4 14. e5 Be7 15. Nbd2 O-O 16. Nc4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Na5 $15 {
0-1 Dzhumaev,M (2492)-Moiseenko,A (2670)/Belgorod 2010/CBM 139 (45)}) 13... b4
14. Nbd2 Be7 15. Nc4 {1/2-1/2 Stevic,H (2626)-Fedorchuk,S (2667)/Bol CRO 2013}
bxc3 16. bxc3 O-O 17. Be3 d6 $11) 10... cxd3 11. Qxd3 b4 {In his turn, Alexei
seizes some space on the queenside.} 12. Nbd2 a5 $5 $146 {Black is not in a
rush. The bishop gets the important a6-square, so White should be ready for a
possible pin in the event of Nd2-c4.} (12... Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qg3 Qc7 (
14... Ng6 15. Nc4 Rc8 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxd6 bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxc3 19. Bd3 $44)
15. Nc4 Qxc4 16. Qxe5 Rc8 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Rac1 bxc3 20. Bxc3 f6
21. Bd3 Bd6 22. Ba5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Ke7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Matinian,N (2460)-Guseinov,
G (2623)/Moscow RUS 2013 (50)}) 13. Nc4 {White can hardly find another good
square for the knight.} (13. e5 Qc7 14. Nc4 Ba6 15. Qe4 Be7 16. Bd2 O-O $132)
13... Ba6 {A principled response.} ({Shirov could also postpone it:} 13... Qc7
14. e5 Ba6 15. Qe4 Be7 16. Bd2 O-O $132) 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 {The
appearance of the opponent's queen on d6 is unpleasant, so Shirov had to
exchange it.} Qb8 $1 {An accurate approach.} ({After the natural} 15... Qe7 $6
16. Qg3 $1 O-O 17. e5 $36 {White would be able to develop a dangerous
initiative on the kingside.}) 16. Qc5 Nge5 $6 {The first serious mistake of
Alexei in this game - now White gets a dangerous passed Pa4.} ({A much better
move was} 16... bxc3 17. bxc3 Nce5 {getting a normal pawn structure} 18. Nxe5
Qxe5 19. Ba3 Qxc5 20. Bxc5 Nf4 $11) 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 ({Now the endgame would be
unpleasant:} 17... Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 19. cxb4 axb4 20. Bd2 Rb8 21. b3 $14) 18.
cxb4 d6 {Once again, Alexei steps away from the inferior endgame.} (18... Qxb4
19. Qxb4 axb4 20. Bd2 Rb8 21. b3 $14) 19. Qc3 axb4 $6 {Letting the queen go to
g3 is extremely risky.} ({A more accurate try was} 19... Qxb4 20. Bd2 (20. Qxb4
axb4 21. Bd2 Rb8 22. b3 Kd7 {is nothing special for White.}) 20... Qb6 21. Rec1
O-O 22. Qxa5 Qxb2 $14) 20. Qg3 O-O 21. Bh6 Ng6 22. Bd2 {As a result, Black has
a problem on both sides of the board.} Rc8 (22... Ne5 23. Rac1 b3 24. Bb1 Qb7
25. Bc3 $16) 23. Rac1 Qb6 24. Qb3 {Adams decides to concentrate his forces on
the q-side.} (24. Be3 $5 Qd8 25. Bb3 $16) 24... Rab8 25. Bb1 Ne5 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8
27. Rc1 $16 {White's advantage is undisputable - the pawns on d6 and b4 are
weak, while White's pair of bishops and the Pa4 are extremely dangerous.} Bd7 (
27... Ng4 28. Be1 Ba6 29. h3 Ne5 30. Bd2 $16) 28. Qd1 Qd4 ({Nothing is changed
by} 28... Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Be3 Qc6 31. b3 $16) 29. b3 Rc8 30. Be3 Rxc1 {
A correct decision.} ({After} 30... Qxd1+ 31. Rxd1 {Black would be unable to
avoid a loss of material:} Rc3 32. Bd4 Rxb3 33. Bc2 Ra3 34. Bxe5 dxe5 35. Rxd7
$18) 31. Qxc1 Qa1 {Alexei manages to activate the queen, so White's task is
more complicated now.} 32. h3 (32. Bc2 $5 Qxc1+ 33. Bxc1 Kf8 34. f4 Nc6 35. Be3
$16) 32... Nc6 33. Kh2 $1 ({Correctly deviating from simplifying:} 33. Bc2
Qxc1+ 34. Bxc1 Kf8 $14) 33... e5 34. Qd1 Nd4 {Entering into tactical
complications.} 35. Bxd4 {Obviously, White cannot allow such a strong knight.}
exd4 ({As the following analyses prove, White should be able to win the bishop
endgame:} 35... Qxd4 36. Qxd4 exd4 37. Kg3 Kf8 38. Kf3 Ke7 39. Ke2 Be6 40. Bc2
Kd7 41. Kd3 Kc6 42. Kxd4 f6 43. h4 h6 44. f4 Kb6 45. g3 Kc6 46. e5 dxe5+ 47.
fxe5 fxe5+ 48. Kxe5 Bg4 49. Kf4 Bc8 50. h5 Kd5 51. a5 Kc5 52. g4 $18) 36. e5
Qc3 (36... Qb2 $5 37. exd6 Qxf2 38. Qf3 Qxf3 39. gxf3 Kf8 40. Kg3 Ke8 41. h4
Bc6 42. Kf4 Kd7 43. Ke5 $16) 37. exd6 {White still has a big advantage due to
his passed a-pawn, but the character of the position has changed.} Qc5 (37...
g6 38. Bd3 Qc5 39. Kg1 Be6 40. Bf1 Qxd6 41. a5 $16) 38. Qd3 Qxd6+ $2 {After
being tired from a tough defence, Alexei makes the decisive mistake.} (38...
Kf8 39. Qa6 g6 40. Bd3 Bc8 41. Qa8 Qxd6+ 42. g3 $16) (38... g6 39. Qg3 Be6 40.
Bd3 Kf8 41. Bb5 $16) 39. Qg3 {Michael is happy to liquadate into a winning
endgame.} Qb6 {Black fails to keep the queens on the board anyway.} (39...
Qxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Kf8 41. Kf4 Ke7 42. Ke5 Be6 43. Kxd4 Bxb3 44. a5 Kd6 45. Be4 $1
f5 (45... Kc7 46. Kc5 $18) 46. Bxf5 Kc6 47. Bxh7 Kb5 48. f4 Kxa5 49. g4 $18)
40. a5 $1 Qa7 41. Qd6 $18 {White is just dominating now.} g6 42. Qb6 ({Or} 42.
Bd3 Kg7 43. a6 Bf5 44. Bc4 $18) 42... Qxb6 43. axb6 Bc6 44. Bd3 {[%cal Gd3a6]}
Bb7 45. Kg3 {The rest is a matter of simple technique.} Kf8 (45... g5 46. f3
$18 {[%cal Gd3e4]}) 46. Kf4 f5 47. g3 (47. Ke5 Bxg2 48. Ba6 d3 49. b7 Bxb7 50.
Bxb7 d2 51. Bf3 $18) 47... Ke7 48. Ke5 Bf3 (48... Kd7 49. Bb5+ Kc8 50. Kxd4 $18
) 49. Ba6 Kd7 50. Bb5+ Kc8 51. Kxd4 g5 52. Bd3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 dxc6
8. Bc4 Ng6 {The players continue their theoretical discussion and enter once
more into a complex line in the Rossolimo.} 9. Kh1 $5 {A novelty. Fabiano's
move is aimed for an early advance of f-pawn.} ({The preceding battles saw} 9.
a4 Be7 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Be3 Qc7 12. f4 b6 13. Qe2 Bf6 (13... c5 $5) 14. c3 Bb7
15. a5 c5 16. Nd2 Rad8 17. g3 Rfe8 18. h4 $14 {Caruana,F - Lenic,L Tbilisi GEO
2017}) ({and} 9. Nd2 Qc7 10. a4 Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. h3 b6 13. Qe2 a6 14. Re1
Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. c3 Bb7 $11 {Caruana,F - Lenic,L Tbilisi GEO 2017}) 9...
Qc7 ({GM Lenic rejects the natural} 9... e5 $5 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. Rd1 {Indeed,
this position looks scary, since Black's development is delayed.} ({The more
quiet} 11. Be3 $5 Bd6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. a4 {offers White a tiny advantage, but
Black's position is very solid.}) {However, after the cool-blooded} 11... Nf4
$1 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. e5 Qxe5 14. Qb3 Be7 $1 15. Bxf7+ Kf8 {Black should be
able to fully consolidate and equalise.}) 10. f4 Bd6 $1 {Provoking the e4-e5
advance is the best Black can do.} ({In the event of} 10... Be7 11. a4 O-O 12.
Nc3 $36 {White would obtain a powerful initiative on the kingside.}) 11. e5 ({
The alternative -} 11. g3 b6 12. Be3 (12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nf3 Rfd8 $132
) 12... Bb7 13. a4 O-O 14. Nd2 c5 {seems to offer Black adequate counterplay.})
11... Be7 12. Nc3 O-O $6 {This natural move turns out to be a serious mistake
- the king is now more vulnerable!} ({The correct move was} 12... b6 $1 13. Be3
(13. Qh5 Nh4 14. Ne4 g6 15. Qe2 Bb7 $132) 13... O-O 14. Qh5 Nh4 15. Bf2 Nf5 16.
Bd3 g6 17. Qe2 h5 $132) 13. Bd3 b6 14. a4 $6 {In his turn, Fabiano is
unnecesarily wasting time on prophylactic measures.} ({The correct course was} 
14. Rf3 $1 {and the rook's transfer to h3 practically forces Black to expose
the pawn structure:} f5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Qe2 f5 17. Bc4 $14) 14... a6 $6 {
Another waste of tempi.} ({More to the point was} 14... Bb7 15. Qh5 c5 16. Be3
c4 17. Be4 Rad8 $11) 15. Be4 $6 {The psychological pressure is so significant,
that both players are committing many mistakes.} (15. Rf3 $1 {was again much
stronger:} Nh4 16. Rh3 g6 17. g3 Nf5 18. g4 Ng7 19. Be4 Bb7 20. Qe2 $14) 15...
Bb7 16. Be3 c5 {This natural move cannot be bad,} ({But a more precise one was
} 16... Rad8 $1 17. Qe2 c5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Rad1 Nh4 $11 {solving the problem
of the poor g6-knight.}) 17. g3 f5 $1 {An excellent decision, which enables
Black to activate most of his pieces.} 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qf3 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxc3
{This exchange wasn't necessary.} (20... Rae8 $5 {was good enough:} 21. Rad1
Nh8 $1 22. Rd3 Nf7 23. Rfd1 Qc8 $11) 21. bxc3 Rae8 ({It makes sense to keep
the f8-spot vacant for the knight:} 21... Rfe8 $5 22. Rad1 Nf8 23. c4 Rad8 $11)
22. Rad1 Re7 ({More to the point was} 22... Rf7 23. Rf2 Nf8 $1 ({But not} 23...
Qb7 $6 24. Qxb7 Rxb7 25. Rd6 $14) 24. Rfd2 Rd7 $11 {neutralising the
opponent's pressure.}) 23. Rf2 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Rd2 Qc7 $1 (25... Qc8 $6
{was inferior:} 26. Rd6 $16) 26. Qa8+ Kf7 27. Qxa6 Qb7+ 28. Qxb7 Rxb7 {White
is a pawn up, but the position is still about equal - there are too many
weaknesses in Fabiano's camp.} 29. a5 bxa5 30. Bxc5 Ne7 (30... e5 31. f5 Ne7
32. g4 h5 $11) 31. Rd8 Nd5 $2 {Only after this inaccuracy does Fabiano get a
visible advantage.} ({Both after} 31... h5 32. Ra8 Nf5 33. Rxa5 Rb2) ({or} 
31... Rc7 32. Bd6 Ra7 {Black wouldn't face any problems.}) 32. Bd4 $2 {Luckily
for Fabiano, this mistake didn't spoil all his advantage.} ({White should have
played} 32. Ra8 $1 Rb1+ (32... Nxc3 33. Rxa5 $16) 33. Kg2 Rc1 34. Ra7+ Ke8 35.
Bd4 Rxc2+ 36. Kh3 $16) 32... a4 $2 {Luka is returning the favour!} ({Instead,
he could have achieved a draw by means of} 32... Ne7 $1 33. Ra8 Nf5 34. Rxa5
Rb2 $11) 33. Ra8 {Now White is winning.} Rb1+ 34. Kg2 Rc1 35. Ra7+ ({But} 35.
Rxa4 {was also good enough:} Rxc2+ 36. Kh3 Nf6 37. Ra7+ Kg6 38. Re7 h5 39. Rxe6
$18) 35... Kg6 36. Rxg7+ Kh6 37. Ra7 ({A simpler way was} 37. Rg5 $1 Rxc2+ 38.
Kh3 $18 {but this time Fabiano doesn't spoil anything.}) 37... Nxc3 38. Kh3 Nb5
39. Rxa4 Rxc2 ({The most stubborn was} 39... Nxd4 40. Rxd4 Rxc2 41. Rd6 Re2 {
and then only} 42. g4 $1 {enables White to win the game:} ({But not} 42. f5 $2
Kg5 43. Rxe6 Rf2 44. g4 Ra2 45. f6 Kg6 $11 {and White is unable to proceed.})
42... Kg7 43. Rd7+ Kg6 44. Re7 h5 (44... Kh6 45. Kg3 Re3+ 46. Kf2 Re4 47. Kf3
Re1 48. h4 Kg6 49. h5+ Kh6 50. Kg3 $18) 45. g5 Re3+ 46. Kh4 Re4 47. Kg3 Re3+
48. Kf2 Re4 49. Kf3 Re1 50. Re8 $18) 40. Be5 $18 {Despite the limited material
advantage, White's task is easy.} Kg6 41. Ra6 Kf7 42. Rb6 Rc5 43. Rb7+ {
The second pawn falls.} Kg6 44. Rg7+ Kh6 45. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Haznedaroglu, Kivanc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 {A quiet continuation.
White is transfering his knight to e3, there it will control an important
central square d5.} ({The alternative is:} 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 {
with a sharp play.}) 6... Bg5 {A common way-black wants to exchange his
passive dark-squared bishop and to decrease white's pressure on d5.} ({A
common alternative is:} 6... Nf6) 7. h4 {The most ambitious continuation.} (7.
Qh5 Nh6 8. h3 Nd4 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. Qd1 f5 11. Bc4 g6 12. exf5 Nhxf5 13. Nde4
Bxc1 14. Qxc1 Kg7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Smirin,I/Moscow 2002/CBM 91 (35)}) ({
Nowdays black doesn't face any problems after:} 7. Nf1 Bxc1 8. Rxc1 Nge7 9. Ne3
O-O 10. O-O Be6 (10... Ng6 11. Ncd5 Nce7 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. c3 Be6 14. Re1 Rac8
15. b3 Qf6 16. g3 Ne7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Leko,P/Linares ESP 2004/The Week
in Chess 485 (18)}) 11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 Ng6 13. Rf2 Qg5 14. Qd2 Nge5 $11 {
0-1 Grischuk,A-Kramnik,V/Cap D'Agde FRA 2003/The Week in Chess 469 (54)}) 7...
Bh6 {The reputation of that move is not that good, as the bishop is not placed
comfortably here and allows white to weaken black's kside by Qd1-h5.} ({
The exchange on d2 gives white a pair of the bishops, but allows black to
complete the development easily:} 7... Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Nf6 9. O-O (9. Nd5 {
-->1-0 Macieja,B-Miton,K/Warsaw 2004/CBM 101/[Postny] (46)}) (9. Bg5 h6 10.
Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Ne3 Qf6 13. c3 Be6 14. Qe2 Rb8 15. a4 a6 16. g3 Ne7
17. O-O O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Leko,P/Linares ESP 2004/The Week in Chess
486 (19)}) (9. a3 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. h5 Nd7 14. b4
f5 15. h6 g6 16. Bg5 Nf6 17. O-O Qc7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Krasenkow,M/New
Delhi/Teheran 2000/CBM 80 (67)}) 9... O-O (9... Be6 10. Nd5 O-O 11. f4 exf4 12.
Bxf4 Ng4 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Qd2 f6 15. Bf4 Nge5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Leko,P/
Monte Carlo MNC 2004/The Week in Chess 489 (67)}) (9... Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Nd5
(11. f4 Bxc4 12. dxc4 h5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Ng4 16. Nb5 O-O
17. c3 f6 18. Bc1 a6 19. Nd6 b6 20. Nf5 Rad8 21. Rd5 Kf7 22. Rfd1 Rxd5 23. cxd5
Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Leko,P/Dortmund GER 2004/The Week in Chess 508 (25)}
) 11... O-O 12. f4 Ng4 13. g3 exf4 14. Nxf4 Bxc4 15. Qxg4 Ne5 16. Qh5 Be6 17.
Nxe6 fxe6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo MNC 2004/The Week in
Chess 490 (40)}) 10. f4 Ng4 11. Qe1 exf4 12. Bxf4 Nce5 13. Qg3 h5 14. Bg5 Qb6
15. b3 Be6 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Naiditsch,A-Anand,V/Dortmund
GER 2004/The Week in Chess 507 (45)}) 8. Qh5 g6 ({Deserves attention:} 8... Qd7
$5 {not weakening the kside} 9. Nd5 (9. Nb5 Nd8 $1) 9... Rb8 10. c3 b5 11. Bb3
Nce7 12. Ne3 c4 13. dxc4 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nf6 15. Qf3 O-O 16. O-O Ba6 17. cxb5
Qxb5 18. Bc4 Qc6 19. Bxa6 Qxa6 20. c4 h5 21. b3 Ng4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Leko,
P-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo MNC 2004/The Week in Chess 489 (35)}) 9. Qd1 Nf6 10.
Nf1 {Michael chooses a solid continuation,which promises him a small, but
stable advantage.} ({Black faces more problems after the energetical:} 10. h5
$5 Nd4 (10... Bg4 $5 11. f3 Bd7 12. Bd5 $1 (12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Nb3 Bg7 14. Rxh8+
Bxh8 15. Bg5 $11 {[%csl Rb3] פb3}) 12... Nxh5 13. Nc4 Bf8 14. g4 Nf4 15. Bxf4
exf4 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. Nxe5 $1 (17. O-O-O $2 Qg5 18. d4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Bg7 20. e5
cxd4 21. Nd5 Rc8 22. Qxd4 Bxe5 23. Qd3 Be6 24. Bb3 O-O 25. Rd2 Bg7 26. Rdh2 h6
27. Kb1 Rc5 28. Nc3 d5 $17 {Fedorov,A-Morozevich,A/Kishinev Chebanenko mem/
1998/}) 17... dxe5 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bd5 Rxb2 20. Bb3 c4 21. dxc4 Bb4 22. Qd3 $1
O-O $8 (22... Qa5 23. O-O-O Bxc3 24. Qxd7+ Kf8 25. Qd8+ $18 {[%csl Rb2,Gc4]
o^c,צb2}) 23. Kf1 {[%cal Rc3d1] /\Nd1+/= Morozevich}) (10... Nxh5 $2 11. Rxh5
gxh5 12. Qxh5 Bxd2+ (12... Qf6 13. Nd5 Bxd2+ {-12...Bd2}) 13. Bxd2 Qf6 14. Nd5
Qg6 15. Qh4 $1 $16 {[%csl Re8] ->עe8}) (10... Bd7 $2 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Nf3 $1
$40) 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Nb3 {[%csl Gb3]} (12. Nf3 $5 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Nh5 14. Be3
Kf8 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. O-O-O $36 Qf6 $140 $2 17. Bxh6+ Rxh6 18. Nd5 Qxf3 19. Nc7
Rb8 20. Ne8+ Kh7 21. Nxd6 $18 {1-0 Hector,J-Nyback,T/Skelleftea 2001/CBM 81
ext (41)}) 12... Ng4 $2 (12... Bg7 $142 13. Rxh8+ Bxh8 14. Bg5 (14. Nxd4 $143
cxd4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qh4 $5 $132) 14... Ne6 15. Qd2 $5 $14 {/=}) 13. Bxh6
Rxh6 14. Rxh6 Nxh6 15. Qd2 Ng8 16. O-O-O $16 {[%cal Rf2f4,Gh1h8] @,/\f4,<->h
1-0 Shirov,A-Lautier,J/ESP-chT Salamanca 1998 [Stohl]}) ({Deserves attention
also:} 10. Nd5 $5 Be6 11. a3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb8 13. Qf3 Bg7 14. Ne4 h6 15. b4
cxb4 16. axb4 $14 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,V-Lukin,A/Togliatti 2003/CBM 94 ext (44)})
10... Bxc1 11. Qxc1 Qe7 $5 $146 ({More accurate looks:} 11... Be6 12. Ne3 Qd7 (
12... Ne7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. h5 (14. O-O-O $14) 14... Nxh5 15. O-O-O Kg7 16. g4
Nf4 17. Ng2 g5 18. Nxf4 exf4 19. f3 Rh8 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. d4 c4 22. e5 d5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Hector,J-Schandorff,L/Reykjavik 1997/CBM 62 (42)}) 13. Ned5 Bxd5 14.
Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 O-O-O 16. c3 f5 $146 17. Qe3 Ne7 18. Bb3 Qc7 19. h5 d5 $2 (
19... Qd7 $5) (19... Rhf8 $5) 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 gxh5 22. c4 $16 {1-0
Kasparov,G-Sutovsky,E/Tel Aviv 1998/CBM 65/[Kostakiev,D] (41)}) 12. Ne3 Be6 13.
Qd2 {Preparing qside castle. After that white could advance his ''f'' pawn,
seizing more space. However, that slow plan allows black to organize a
comfortable defence.} ({I would prefer:} 13. Ncd5 $5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15.
Bxd5 O-O-O 16. c3 $14 {with a stable advantage, similar to Kasparov-Sutovsky.})
13... O-O-O {That is practically forced, as the kside is quite compromised by
g7-g6, so the kside castle would be very dangerous.} 14. O-O-O Nd4 $1 {That
move is connected with an idea of keeping the bishop on the board, as now
black make take on d5 with a knight.} ({After} 14... h5 15. Ncd5 Bxd5 16. Nxd5
Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Kb8 18. c3 $14 {[%csl Gd5] white has a very pleasant advantage,
as black has no counterplay at all. At the same time, white may prepare f2-f4
or to play on the qside, using the power of Bd5.}) 15. Kb1 {A profilactic move.
} ({Nothing special gives:} 15. Ncd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qd7 17. c3 Nc6 {and black
has a passive, but quite solid position.}) 15... Kb8 16. Rhf1 {[%cal Gf2f4]}
Rhf8 17. f3 ({Black was ready to meet} 17. f4 {with} Nh5 $1 18. f5 (18. fxe5
dxe5 {[%csl Rh4]} 19. Bxe6 fxe6 $11) 18... gxf5 19. exf5 Bxc4 20. dxc4 Ng3 $1
21. f6 Qe6 22. Rf2 Rg8 $132) 17... Qd7 $6 {Too passively!} ({Correct was:} 
17... Nh5 $1 18. Qf2 f5 $11) 18. a3 $6 {Allowing black to regroup.} ({Better
was:} 18. g4 $142 $1 $14 {[%cal Gd2g2,Gf3f4] preventing black's next move and
intending to advance the kside pawns in future.}) 18... Nh5 $1 19. g4 (19. Ncd5
f5 $11) 19... Nf4 {[%csl Gd4,Gf4]} 20. Ncd5 f5 {Finally that freeing move
comes.} ({Black could easily equalize after:} 20... Bxd5 $5 21. Nxd5 (21. exd5
$6 Nb5 $1 $15 {[%csl Rc4,Gf4][%cal Gb5c7]}) 21... Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Ne6 $1 {
[%csl Rf4][%cal Ge6f4] and the knight will neutraslize the pressure of Bd5.})
21. gxf5 gxf5 22. c3 Nc6 $2 {An unbelievable mistake! Now black simply loses a
pawn without getting any compensation!} ({At the same time, black wasn't too
far away from the equality:} 22... Bxd5 $142 23. Nxd5 (23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5
Ne6 $11) 23... Nxd5 24. Bxd5 (24. cxd4 $2 Nf4 $15) 24... Ne6 $11 {[%cal Ge6f4]}
) 23. Nxf4 Bxc4 $6 ({More resistant was:} 23... exf4 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Nxf5 Ne7
26. Nxe7 Qxe7 $16 {although white is a heavy pawn up.} {Strongly looks:} 27. d4
$5 Qxh4 28. Rh1 Qe7 29. Rh5 {with a great advantage.}) 24. dxc4 exf4 ({Badly
was also:} 24... fxe4 25. Nfd5 exf3 26. Qc2 Qf7 27. Qe4 $18 {[%cal Gf1f2,Gd1f1]
and white will win the Pf3 very soon.}) 25. Nxf5 Ne5 26. b3 {White is not in a
hurry! Black is unable to hold his weak Pf4.} ({Good enough was also:} 26.
Qxd6+ Qxd6 27. Nxd6 Rf6 28. Rd5 Rfxd6 (28... Nxf3 29. Rxf3 Rdxd6 30. Rxc5 $18)
29. Rxe5 $18 {with 2 extra pawns in the endgame.}) 26... b5 (26... Qe6 27. Kb2
$18 ({not accuarate is:} 27. Qxf4 $6 b5 {and black gets some counterplay.}))
27. cxb5 Qxb5 28. Qd5 $18 {[%csl Gd5,Gf5] Now white has a full domination!
Black is unable to create any threats and forced to wait.} Rf6 29. Rf2 {
White is improving his position little by little.} Qb6 30. Ka2 c4 {That leads
to an immediate loss.} ({A passive strategy was also hopeless. For example:} 
30... Rg6 31. c4 Rd7 32. h5 Rg5 (32... Rf6 33. Qg8+ Qd8 34. Qg5 $18) 33. Qe6
$18) 31. Rb2 {Now black's monarch cannot survive. The rest is an agony, as
white has many winning opportunities.} Nd3 32. Rbb1 Qf2+ 33. Ka1 Nc5 34. bxc4+
Kc7 35. Nd4 (35. e5 $18) 35... Kd7 36. e5 1-0

[Event "NED-ch59"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2004.07.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Visser, Yge"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4096]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Ng6 {A rare
continuation. Black doesn't want to go for a long theoretical lines which can
arise after the main 5...a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.d4. At the same time,that move
allows white to seize a centre by c2-c3 and d2-d4-that's why 5...Ng6 gives
white more chances of getting advantage.} 6. c3 a6 {That move is the most
common in this position. Black wants to push white's bishop from b5 in order
to advance his Pd7.} ({As the following games show,other opportunities of
development are hardly sufficient for equalizing:} 6... Bd6 $6 $146 7. d4 cxd4
8. cxd4 O-O 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bd3 Bc7 11. e5 d6 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Ne4
$1 $16 {1-0 Nedev,T-Krasenkow,M/ EUCup 18th Chalkidiki 2002 [Rabinovich,Al]}) (
6... Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. Nc3 (9. e5 O-O 10. Nc3 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12.
Be3 Qd6 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Rad1 Rae8 15. Bd3 $14 {1-0 Donaldson,J-Rind,B/Seattle
1980/EXT 2004 (35)}) 9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 O-O 11. a3 Nh4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxh4
Bxh4 14. Bf4 Be7 15. Re3 $14 {1-0 Borgo,G-Verdier,P/Cannes 1997/CBM 57 ext (73)
}) 7. Bf1 {In my opinion,that is the best attempt to fight for the opening
advantage-white keeps his important bishop on the board and prepares d2-d4.} ({
The alternatives are:} 7. Ba4 c4 8. d4 cxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 b5
12. Bc2 Qc7 $132 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gc8b7] 1-0 Fedorowicz,J-Shabalov,A/Stratton
Mountain 1999/EXT 2000 (42)}) (7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. d4 (8. e5 Be7 9. Na3 a5 10. b3
O-O 11. Nc4 Ba6 12. Ba3 a4 13. Qc2 f6 14. d4 axb3 15. axb3 Bxc4 16. bxc4 fxe5
17. dxe5 Qc7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Joksic,S-Portisch,L/Biel 1992/CBM 31 ext (61)}) 8...
cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Nb3 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Qd5 $11 {
0-1 Bhat,V-Shabalov,A/Stratton Mountain 1999/EXT 2000 (52)}) 7... Be7 (7... d5
{leads to the well known type of position with isolated pawn for white. But
black's Ng6 would be better placed on f6.} 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. d4 Bd6 10. dxc5 Qxd1
11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. Nbd2 e5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. h3 Bf5 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Ke7 17.
Rd1 Rhd8 18. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Corkett,A-Varga,P/Hampstead 1998/EXT 99 (18)}) 8.
d4 d6 {Black chooses a slighty worse,but quite solid endgame.} (8... Qc7 9. Be3
b6 10. h4 O-O 11. h5 Nh8 12. g3 d6 13. Bh3 Bb7 14. Nbd2 Rae8 15. a3 $14 {
[%csl Rh8] 0-1 Pisk,P-Kovalev,A/Rymarov 1999/EXT 2003 (38)}) (8... cxd4 9. cxd4
d5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. a3 dxe4 12. Nxe4 b6 13. g3 Bb7 14. h4 Qd5 15. Nc3 Qf5 16.
Bd3 Qg4 17. Re4 $36 {0-1 Nikolenko,O-Moroz,A/Lubniewice 1994/CBM 45 ext (39)})
9. dxc5 ({White can also just complete his development in the middlegame:} 9.
Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 b6 (10... cxd4 $5 11. cxd4 d5) 11. d5 Nb8 12. b4 exd5 13. exd5
Nd7 14. Nc4 Bb7 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Rb1 Ra7 17. Qd2 h6 18. a4 Nf6 19. Nb6 Ng4 20.
Bf4 $14 {1-0 Stellwagen,D-Nijboer,F/Leeuwarden 2003/CBM 96 (69)}) 9... dxc5 10.
Qxd8+ Nxd8 $146 {That move allows black to avoid an exchange of his Bc8,but
hardly can decide black's problems,as his qside is quite compromised by a7-a6.}
(10... Bxd8 11. Be3 Be7 (11... b6 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Rad1 Rd8 15.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Rd1+ Ke7 17. b4 cxb4 18. cxb4 Rd8 19. Rc1 b5 20. Na5 Bxa5 21.
bxa5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Glek,I-Majorovas,V/Vilnius 1984/MCD (53)}) 12. Nbd2 O-O 13.
a4 (13. Nc4 Bd7 14. Nb6 Rad8 15. Rad1 $14) 13... Na5 14. Red1 Rb8 15. h4 h5 16.
g3 e5 17. Nh2 Nh8 18. Be2 g6 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kholmov,
R-Tseshkovsky,V/Vilnius 1975/MCL (65)}) 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. a4 {That is a
standard method of play in such a positions-white gets an excellent spot for
his knight on c4,as b6-b5 will weaken black's qside.} b6 {On the other side,
black cannot let white to paralize his qside by a4-a5. But now,the Pb6 will be
always vulnerable,while white's knight is on c4.} 13. Nc4 f6 $6 {That is a
significant loss of time,which allows white to develop a serious initiative on
the qside.} ({More accurate was:} 13... O-O $142 14. Be3 Nc6 15. Red1 Rd8 16.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 $14 {with a defensible position.}) 14. Be3 {White's play is simple
and very effective. The bishop will put a strong pressure on black's qside
pawns,so b2-b4 become a very serious idea.} ({Weaker was:} 14. e5 $6 Bb7 15.
exf6 gxf6 {and black's pieces gets some activity.}) 14... Nf7 {Black is trying
to consolidate his position. At this moment he takes control on ''d6'' square,
but he cannot prevent white from pushing b2-b4.} (14... e5 15. b4 Ne6 16. Red1
$16) (14... Nc6 15. Red1 O-O 16. Nd6 $16) 15. b4 {White wants to realize his
main idea,while black's king is still in the centre,but that allows black to
swap the pawns on the qside.} ({White could also prepare 16.b4:} 15. Reb1 $5
Nd6 16. Nfd2 O-O 17. b4 $36 {with a serious initiative in the endgame.}) 15...
cxb4 $6 {That natural move leads to a hardly defensible position.} ({Better
was:} 15... O-O 16. Reb1 (16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Rab1 Bb7) 16... Bb7 17. Nfd2 Ba8
18. bxc5 bxc5 $16 {although white's advantage is obvious here.}) 16. cxb4 Bxb4
17. Reb1 a5 {Black's main idea is avoiding a penetration of white's rook as
long as it possible,but now white will win the Pa5 without any problems.} ({
An alternative was:} 17... Bc3 18. Ra3 Be5 19. Rxb6 Rxb6 20. Nxb6 Bb7 21. Nxe5
Ngxe5 22. Rc3 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7][%cal Gc3c7]} Kd8 23. f4 Ng4 (23... Nd7 24. Rd3
Bc6 25. a5 $16 {[%csl Ra6]}) 24. Bc5 $16 {and black's knights have no squares
at all.}) 18. Bxb6 {White is ahead in development,while black's Pa5 is very
weak.} Ra8 $8 {It's clear,that if black makes such an ''ugly'' moves-his
position is not good at all,but actually that is the only move!} 19. Nd4 {
Now the knight gets a good perspectives-it can attack black's defender Bb4 or
come to b5,there it will be very unpleasant for black.} Bd7 (19... O-O 20. Nc2
$18 {[%csl Ra5]}) 20. Nb5 ({Another opportunity of winning a pawn was:} 20. Nc2
$16) 20... O-O (20... Bxb5 21. axb5 O-O 22. Nxa5 {is completely hopeless.}) 21.
Nc7 Rac8 22. Nxa5 $18 {White has an extra pawn,while black's pieces are far
away from his passed pawn.} Bc3 (22... Bd6 23. Nb5 Be5 24. Ra2 $18 {[%cal
Ga5c4]}) 23. Ra3 (23. Ra2 $5 Be5 24. Nb5) 23... Be5 {Black is trying to
prevent white from advancing his passed pawn as long as he can.} 24. Nb5 Rb8
25. Be3 ({Deserved attention:} 25. Nc4 $5 Bc6 26. f3 {[%cal Ga4a5] and white
consolidate his position.}) 25... Nd6 ({An attempt to reach some counterplay:} 
25... f5 26. exf5 exf5 {fails to:} 27. Rd1 Rfd8 28. Rad3 $1 $18 {with a
decisive pin.}) 26. Nc4 $2 {That move is probably connected with a blunder,as
i don't see any reason for giving the pawn back.} ({Besides,white had two good
continuations:} 26. Bc5 $5 Rfc8 27. Bxd6 Bxd6 28. Rd3 Bxb5 29. axb5 Bc7 $140 (
29... Bc5 30. Rdd1 {[%cal Ga5c6]} Ne5 31. Rbc1 {[%cal Ga5c6]} Ng4 32. Rc2 Ne3
33. Rxc5 Nxd1 34. Rxc8+ Rxc8 35. b6 Rc1 36. b7 Rb1 37. Bd3 Rb6 38. Ba6 $18) 30.
Nc6 $1 Bxh2+ 31. Kxh2 Rxc6 32. bxc6 Rxb1 33. c7 Ne7 34. Rd7 $18) (26. Bd3 $5
Nf4 (26... Ra8 27. Nc4 Nxc4 28. Bxc4 Rfc8 29. Bf1 $18) 27. Bxf4 Bxf4 28. g3 Be5
29. Rab3 $18) 26... Bxb5 $1 ({Black could win a pawn back,but the position
after} 26... Nxe4 $2 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. f3 Bxb5 29. axb5 Nd6 30. Ra7 Rf7 31. b6
{seems to be lost.}) 27. axb5 Nxb5 28. Rab3 Nc3 $1 {Maybe that move was
overlooked by white-now black keeps a material ballance.} 29. Rxb8 Bxb8 $6 {
A very strange decisison from practical point of view:black is letting white
to create some unpleasant threats,using his active rook.Anyway,black had no
chance of win,so he should swap the rooks without thinking too much.On the
other hand,white is still has no real chances of winning...} ({A clear draw
could arise after} 29... Rxb8 30. Rxb8+ Bxb8 $11) 30. Rb6 Nxe4 {The most
natural continuation-black's knight is completely safe now.} ({After} 30... Re8
31. f3 Nd1 32. Bc5 Ba7 33. Rc6 Bxc5+ 34. Rxc5 {[%csl Rd1] black has some
problems with his Nd1.}) 31. Rxe6 Ng5 ({Possible was:} 31... Ne5 32. Nxe5 fxe5
33. f3 Nf6 $14 {and white can hardly realize his minimal advantage,as there is
no much material on the board.}) 32. Rc6 Bf4 {Black is under some pressure,so
it's clear that he wants to simplify the position.} 33. Bxf4 Nxf4 34. Nd6 Ng6
35. g3 Nf3+ $6 ({More accurate was:} 35... Rd8 36. f4 (36. Nf5 Ne5 37. Rc7 g6
38. Nh6+ Kf8 39. h4 (39. f4 Rd2 $11 {[%cal Gg5f3]}) 39... Ngf3+ 40. Kg2 Rd2 $1
$11 {[%cal Gf3e1]}) 36... Nf3+ 37. Kg2 Nd4 38. Rb6 Kf8 $11) 36. Kg2 Nfe5 $2 {
That is already a serious mistake-black takes the only square of his own Ng6!}
({After the correct} 36... Nge5 37. Rc7 Rd8 38. Nf5 g6 39. Nh6+ Kf8 40. Be2 (
40. Rxh7 Rd2 $11 {[%cal Gf3e1]}) 40... Nd4 {black should hold the position.})
37. Rc7 {[%cal Gd6f5]} Rd8 ({Hopeless was:} 37... Nh8 38. f4 Nef7 39. Bc4 {
[%cal Gg2f3]} g6 40. g4 h6 41. Re7 $18 {[%cal Gd6e8]}) 38. Nf5 Rd7 $4 {That is
a decisive blunder,but black's position was lost anyway.} (38... Nf7 39. Bc4
Nge5 (39... Ngh8 40. Nd6 $1 Rf8 41. g4 g6 42. Re7 $18) 40. Bb3 {[%cal Gf2f4]}
Kf8 41. f4 Nd7 42. Nd4 $18 {[%cal Gd4e6,Gd4c6]}) 39. Bc4+ Nxc4 40. Rxd7 Nce5
41. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.15"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Joachim, Sven"]
[Black "Hoffmann, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 {This is the
main move.} (6... g6) (6... Ng6) 7. exd5 (7. d3 h6 (7... d4 $5 8. e5 Nd5 9. g3
Be7 10. Bg2 b5 {Campora,D-Granda Zuniga,Sao Paulo zt 1993}) 8. Nbd2 g6 9. exd5
exd5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nb3 Bg7 12. Nbxd4 O-O 13. Be3 Re8 14. Qd2 Kh7 $11 {
0.5-0.5 Sutovsky,E-Van Wely,L/Lost Boys op 2002}) 7... Nxd5 (7... Qxd5 8. Bd3
$1 {this strong move is the only way to fight for the opening advantage.} Ng6 (
8... g6 9. Be4 Qd6 10. b4 $1 {[%cal Gc1b2]} Bg7 11. bxc5 Qxc5 12. Ba3 Qa5 13.
c3 Qc7 14. d4 O-O 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. Bc5 Nd5 19. Qf3
Rab8 20. c4 $16 {1-0 Benjamin,J-Shabalov,A/Foxwoods op 2002}) 9. Be4 Qd6 10. c3
Be7 11. d4 O-O 12. Be3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nc3 Rad8 15. Rc1 $14 {1-0
Benjamin,J-Hahn,A/USA-ch Seattle 2002}) 8. d4 Be7 $5 {This move was played
several times by russian Gm Andrei Shariyazdanov.The practice shows,that
getting advantage is very hard for white.} (8... Nf6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7
11. Nb3 Qc7 12. c4 Bb4 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Rc1 Na5 15. Nd2 h6 16. a3 Bd6 17. g3 Nc6
18. b4 $14 {1-0 Smagin,S-Lazarev,V/Montreal 1st 2000}) (8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Ndb4
10. Nxc6 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Nxc6 12. Nd2 e5 13. Nc4 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. c3 Bc5+ 16.
Be3 Bxe3+ 17. Nxe3 $11 {Lutikov,A-Mochalov,E/Sokolsky mem 1981}) 9. dxc5 O-O (
9... Bxc5 10. c4 Nf6 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bf4 Ke7 14. Nd5+ Kf8 15. Be3
(15. Nxf6 gxf6 16. Rad1 e5 17. Be3 $14) 15... Bxe3 16. Nxe3 $14 {0.5-0.5
Magomedov,M-Gunawan,R/Dhaka 1995}) 10. c4 (10. a3 a5 $5 11. c4 Nf6 12. Nc3 Qxd1
13. Rxd1 Nd7 $1 14. Na4 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 $11 {Trois,F-Timman,J/Buenos Aires
ol(Men) 1978}) 10... Nf6 11. a3 Bxc5 (11... a5 $1 {leads to Trois-Timman looks
very convincing.}) 12. b4 Be7 13. Qxd8 (13. Ra2 {[%cal Ga2d2]} Qc7 $1 {[%cal
Gf8d8]} 14. Rd2 b6 15. Nc3 Bb7 $11) 13... Rxd8 14. Nc3 $14 {[%csl Rb6] White
is slighty better due to the weakness on b6.} Bd7 15. Be3 (15. Na4 Nd4 $1 16.
Nb6 Nc2 17. Nxa8 Nxe1 18. Nxe1 Rxa8 $11) 15... Be8 16. Na4 $6 {After this move
black can equalize but exchange of the knight. But I don't think that white
could get something serious here.} (16. Rad1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8) (16. c5 $5 {
[%cal Gf3d2,Gd2c4]}) 16... Nd4 $1 17. Bxd4 (17. Nb6 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Rab8 19. Bf4
(19. c5 Nd5) 19... Bd6) 17... Bxa4 18. Bb6 Rdc8 $11 {[%cal Gf6d7]} 19. Ne5 Nd7
20. Nxd7 Bxd7 {The endgame is absolutely equal.} 21. g3 Kf8 22. c5 Bd8 (22...
Bc6 23. a4 Bd5 {[%cal Ge7d8,Ge7f6]}) 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Bg2 Bc6 25. Rad1 Ke7 26.
h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santiago Entel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santiago de Chile"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Llorens Sepulveda, Marcelo"]
[Black "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2005.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CHI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 d5 {That move is a rare guest
in the modern practice.} ({The main line is:} 5... a6 6. Ba4 b5 (6... c4 $5) 7.
Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2 (8. Re1)) 6. e5 $6 {That move doesn't promise white any
advantage.} ({As the practice shows,black usually faces problems after:} 6.
exd5 Qxd5 7. Re1 {,as white has some development advantage} {For example:} Bd7
8. Na3 Ng6 (8... Nf5 $2 {--> see comments to 1-0 Sutovsky,E-Tsesarsky,I/
ISR-chT Israel 2001 [Tsesarsky]}) 9. Bc4 Qh5 10. d4 Be7 11. Be2 Qf5 12. dxc5
Rd8 13. b4 $16 {1-0 Smirnov,P-Frolyanov,D/Samara 2002/CBM 89 ext (35)}) 6... a6
$146 {That natural move is new according to my Database.} (6... Bd7 {[%cal
Rc6e5]} 7. Qe2 $6 a6 8. Bd3 Ng6 $15 {1-0 Tyomkin,D-Kundin,A/Tel Aviv 2002/CBM
92/[Tyomkin,D] (50)}) 7. Ba4 c4 {Not allowing white to create a solid pawns
centre by d2-d4.} 8. d4 {A bit premature.} ({I would prefer:} 8. Re1 $5 {
in order to meet} Ng6 {with} 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 c5 12. d4 $132
{with a long strategical battle.}) 8... cxd3 9. Qxd3 Ng6 10. Re1 Bd7 {Now
black can easily attack white's Pe5.} 11. Bc2 Qc7 12. Qe2 {That natural move
allows black to complete the development very comfortably.} ({Deserved
attention:} 12. Qe3 $5 Be7 (12... b6 13. Nbd2 Bc5 14. Qe2 b5 15. Nb3 Ba7 16. a4
$132) 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nb3 $11) 12... Bc5 13. Nbd2 Ba7 $1 {The point is that
after Ba7-b8 white couldn't keep control of Pe5 without exchanging the bishop.}
14. Nb3 Rc8 {Black is not hurrying with a castle,since white cannot create
serious threats.} 15. h4 $6 {A serious loss of time-white should take care of
his drak-squared bishop.} ({Better was:} 15. Be3 $142 Bb8 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Bc5
$132 {with a very complicated play.}) 15... Bb8 16. g3 $2 {As it usually
happens-one mistake leads to another one: the sactifice is completely not
correct.} ({Necessary was:} 16. Bxg6 fxg6 (16... hxg6 $143 17. Bg5 $132) 17.
Bf4 O-O 18. Bg3 Ba7 $15 {[%cal Gc6e7,Ge7f5] and black has only a slight
advantage.}) 16... Ncxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 $1 {The most principal continuation.} ({
Less convincing would be:} 17... Qxe5 18. Bxg6 Qxe2 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Rxe2 e5
$15) 18. Bf4 f6 19. Qh5+ ({White is also in troubles after:} 19. Nd4 O-O (19...
Qb6 $5) 20. Qh5 g6 21. Bxe5 fxe5 22. Bxg6 Be8 23. Bxe8 Rcxe8 24. Nf3 e4 25. Ng5
Qg7 $17) 19... Ke7 {Black's king feels quite safely behind his pawns.} 20. Nd4
g6 21. Qd1 {That retreat doesn't look good,but i can hardly recommend
something better.} ({For instance,} 21. Qh6 Kf7 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Nf3 e4 24.
Ng5+ Kg8 25. h5 Qe5 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Qxg6+ Qg7 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $17) (21. Qe2
Kf7 $17) 21... Kf7 {Black has a time for consolidating.} (21... Rhe8 $5 $17)
22. Bb3 {This move is pointless,since the bishop has no perspectives on that
diagonal.} ({An attempt to exploit the pin fails to:} 22. Nf3 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3
Qb6 24. Bg5 (24. Bxb8 Rxb8 $17) 24... Rhf8 $1 25. Bh6 (25. Bxf6 Kg8 $19) (25.
Qxf6+ Kg8 $19) 25... Qxb2 26. Bxf8 Qxc3 $1 $17) 22... Qb6 23. Be3 Qd6 24. f4 $2
{That looks like a desperation-white only weakens his own position.} ({More
stubborn would be:} 24. Bf4 Kg7 25. h5 Rhe8 $17 {although there is no
compensation for a pawn.}) 24... Nc4 {That looks ugly,but white's position was
already completely hopeless.} 25. Bc1 ({Hardly better would be:} 25. Bxc4 Rxc4
(25... dxc4 26. Qf3 Bc6 27. Nxc6 Qxc6 $19) 26. Nf3 e5 27. fxe5 fxe5 28. Qd2 Re8
29. Rad1 Bc6 $19) 25... Rhe8 {[%cal Ge6e5] Preparing a decisive breakthrough.}
26. h5 (26. Qf3 Kg7 27. h5 e5 $19) 26... e5 $1 {Finally,it comes!} 27. fxe5
fxe5 28. Nf3 ({or} 28. Nc2 Be6 29. Qe2 Na5 $19) 28... Kg7 {All black's pieces
are ready for the attack.} 29. Rf1 (29. hxg6 Qxg6 30. Kg2 e4 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32.
Ng5 (32. Qxd5+ Be6 $19) 32... Re5 $19) 29... Bg4 30. h6+ Kh8 31. Qe1 {White is
looking for some tactical tricks which connected with an idea of Nf3-g5-f7.
Such a hopes looks quite funny,but...} Bh3 $2 {A strange choice-black could
simplify the position and get a clearly winning endgame.} ({Much stronger was:
} 31... Bxf3 $142 32. Rxf3 e4 33. Rf1 Qxg3+ 34. Qxg3 Bxg3 $19) 32. Bxc4 (32.
Ng5 Qc5+ 33. Rf2 Bf5 34. Kh1 Rf8 $19) 32... Rxc4 $4 {A terrible blunder! Black
is weakening the 8th rank and that could cost him much!} ({After the correct} 
32... dxc4 33. Ng5 Be6 34. Rf6 Qd7 35. Be3 Bf5 36. Qf2 Kg8 $15 {he is still
better,although white has some tactical counterchances due to weakness of Kg8.}
) 33. Rf2 $4 {It's just unbelievable,but white doesn't take his chance!} ({
At the same time,after the obvious move} 33. Ng5 $1 {i failed to find even
equality for black! For example:} Qc5+ ({After} 33... Be6 34. Rf6 Rc7 35. Qf2
$18 {[%cal Gc1d2,Ga1f1] black cannot prevent white from completing the
development by Bc1-d2/e3 and Ra1-f1 and...getting a deicisive attack!}) ({After
} 33... Ba7+ 34. Be3 Bxe3+ 35. Qxe3 Be6 36. Rf6 $18 {black is also helpless})
34. Be3 Qc8 35. Rf7 Rc7 36. Qf2 Bf5 37. g4 $2 Rxf7 38. Nxf7+ Kg8 39. gxf5 Qxf5
40. Ng5 $16) 33... Re4 $19 {Now the game is over-black has a material
advantage,while white's pieces cannot help their monarch.} 34. Re2 (34. Qd2 Ba7
35. Ng5 Qf6 36. Nxe4 (36. Nxh3 Qf3 $19) 36... dxe4 37. Qe2 Qb6 38. Kh2 Bg4 $19)
34... Rxe2 35. Qxe2 Bg4 36. Qg2 (36. Qe3 Bc7 37. Ng5 Rf8 38. Kg2 Qc6 $19) 36...
Rf8 (36... Rf8 37. Nh2 Ba7+ 38. Kh1 Bf5 $19 {[%cal Gf5e4]}) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {That move has gained some popularity nowdays. The
main advantage of it compared to 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 is a stay of white's
kside knight on g1 - white may use that, advancing his Pf2 and seizing a space
on the kside after 3...e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.f4 or 3...g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Be3 b6 6.
Qd2 and f2-f4 later.} Nd4 {Ofcourse, this is the most principal answer.} 4. Bc4
(4. Ba4 $5 {--> is another interesting option, which was tested by GM Sergei
Tiviakov.}) 4... e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 ({Another popular continuations here are:} 5...
a6) ({and} 5... Ne7) 6. O-O ({Nothing promises:} 6. e5 d5 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Bb5+
Nd7 9. Ne2 Qg5 10. f4 $2 (10. Nxd4 Qxe5+ 11. Ne2 $11) 10... Qxg2 11. Ng3 Qh3
12. b3 Bc5 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Qe2 Qh4 $17 {0-1 Sedlak,N-Ermenkov,E/Subotica 2002/
CBM 87 ext (41)}) 6... a6 ({Immediate} 6... d5 $2 {is not possible because of}
7. exd5 exd5 8. Nxd5 $1 ({not} 8. Nxd4 dxc4 9. Re1+ Be7 10. Nf3 Nd5 11. d4 cxd3
12. Qxd3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O 14. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Natter,S-Veselovsky,S/Wattens 1996/
EXT 2000 (14)}) 8... Nxd5 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Qh5 {with strong attack. For
example,} Ne7 (10... Be6 11. Re1 $16 {->}) (10... g5 11. Re1+ Be7 12. d3 $16 {
->} (12. Re5 $5) (12. Qxg5 $5)) 11. Qxf7+ Kd7 12. Re1 $16 {->}) (6... b5 7.
Nxb5 Nxb5 8. Bxb5 Nxe4 9. d4 $14 {0-1 Longson,A-Rowson,J/Port Erin 1999/CBM 74
no vc (34)}) 7. d3 {In my opinion, white can hardly fight for advantage with
such a quiet move.} ({More pretentious is:} 7. e5 d5 8. exf6 dxc4 9. fxg7 Bxg7
10. d3 cxd3 11. Qxd3 (11. cxd3 Bd7 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Ne4 Bc6 14. Bg5 Qd5 15.
Rc1 Rg8 16. Bf6 Rg6 17. Bxd4 cxd4 $15 {0-1 Minasian,A-Parligras,M/Bled 2002/
EXT 2003 (56)}) 11... Bd7 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Be3 Bc6 {--> 1-0 Tiviakov,
S-Fedorov,A/Wijk aan Zee 2001/CBM 81/[Tiviakov] (36) leads to a very
complicated struggle.}) (7. a4 d5 $1 (7... Qc7 8. h3 d6 9. d3 b6 10. Nxd4 cxd4
11. Ne2 Nxe4 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. dxe4 e5 14. c3 Bb7 15. cxd4 Bxe4 16. Nc3 $16 {
1-0 Tiviakov,S-Heberla,B/Warsaw 2002/CBM 92 ext (21)}) 8. exd5 exd5 9. Re1+ Be7
10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Qh5 Be6 13. Rxe6 Nf4 14. Rxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qd1 O-O
$17 {0-1 Wang Yu-Harika,D/Calicut 2003/CBM 95 ext (46)}) (7. Re1 b5 8. Bf1 Bb7
9. d3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 d6 11. Qg3 g6 12. Qh4 Nd7 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Qh6 Qf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Heberla,B-Dziuba,M/Lubniewice 2002/CBM 91 ext (22)}) 7...
b5 {The most natural way of development-black exchanging white's bishop, while
Bb7 will be very powerful without an opponent.} (7... d5 8. exd5 (8. Bb3 Be7 9.
exd5 Nxb3 10. axb3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Re1 O-O 13. Re5 Qc6 14. Rh5 f6 $15 {
0-1 Rausis,I-Benjamin,J/Luzern 1993/CBM 38 (40)}) 8... b5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3
b4 11. Na4 Nxd5 12. Ng5 Bb7 13. Re1 Nf6 14. Qe2 Be7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 O-O
17. Bf4 Bc6 18. Red1 Qa5 19. Be3 $14 {0-1 Iuldachev,S-Mallahi,A/Tehran IRI
2004/The Week in Chess 515 (73)}) 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 Bb7 10. e5 (10. Bg5 h6
11. Bh4 d6 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Bg3 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. f4 g6 16. Nf3 d4 17. Ne4 Nb6
18. Qe1 Nd5 $15 {0-1 Tan,D-Fernandez Romero,E/Oropesa del Mar 2000/EXT 2001 
(61)}) 10... b4 $1 {The best answer on white's last move-black is fighting for
the central squares.} (10... Nd5 $143 11. Ne4 f5 (11... Qc7 $5) 12. exf6 Nxf6
13. Nfg5 $1 h6 14. Qf3 Bc6 15. Qh3 Bxe4 16. dxe4 Bd6 17. Re1 O-O 18. Nf3 Bc7
19. c4 $14 {1-0 Hamdouchi,H-Calistri,T/Bastia FRA 2004/The Week in Chess 495 
(27)}) 11. exf6 $2 $146 {[%mdl 16384] A dubious decision from strategical
point of view: the position becomes open, so black could exploit the power of
his bishops. At the same time, black's monarch will feel quite well in the
centre.} ({I would prefer:} 11. Nb1 Nd5 12. Nbd2 Be7 (12... d6 $5 13. Nc4 dxe5
14. Nfxe5 Be7 $11) 13. Nc4 (13. Ne4 O-O 14. Bg5 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bh6 Rf7
$15) 13... O-O 14. Nfd2 (14. Na5 Bc8 15. Qe2 f6 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Rfe1 Rb8 $132 {
0-1 Shavtvaladze,N-Vouldis,A/Athens GRE 2004 (45)}) 14... f5 (14... f6 $142
$132) 15. Na5 Bc8 16. Ndc4 f4 17. Qf3 $14 {[%csl Rc8] 1-0 Gharamian,T-Wirig,A/
Clichy FRA 2004/The Week in Chess 482 (47)}) 11... bxc3 12. fxg7 ({After} 12.
bxc3 Qxf6 13. Bb2 Be7 14. Re1 Qg6 15. c4 O-O $17 {[%csl Gb7] black has a great
advantage, as white cannot neutralize the pressure of Bb7.}) 12... Bxg7 13.
bxc3 (13. d4 cxb2 14. Bxb2 Rg8 $17) 13... Bxc3 14. Ra4 {An original method of
activating the rook. Unfortunatelry for white, it doesn't change the valuation
of this position.} Rg8 $36 {[%csl Gb7,Rf3,Rg2,Gg8] Now it's clear,that Ke8 is
safer than Kg1!} 15. Bf4 $1 {White is trying to neutralize black's pressure on
Pg2 by putting his bishop on g3.} ({The alternative was:} 15. Rf4 d6 (15... Qe7
$5 16. Qe2 d6) 16. Qe2 {with the idea to meet} Be5 $140 {with a sacrifice:} 17.
Re4 $1 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 {with some counterplay, although black is still much
better.} Bf6 $17) (15. Be3 Qf6 16. Rf4 Qg7 17. g3 d6 $17) 15... Qf6 16. Bg3
Bxf3 {A transformation of black's advantage-now white's pawn structure on the
kside is ugly, so any endgame will be very hard.} (16... d6 17. Nd2 $15 {
[%cal Gd2e4]}) 17. gxf3 ({it's very important that after} 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18.
gxf3 d5 $17 {[%csl Ra1,Gc3,Rf3,Rg3][%cal Yc3a1] white cannot attack the Pa6 as
''a1'' spot is under control of black. This means, that white has no plan and
is forced to wait.}) 17... h5 18. Kh1 Bd4 $6 {Cutting white's rook. Now white
is forced to weaken even more,as h5-h4 is a very unpleasant threat. At the
same time, that natural move seems to be inaccurate, as it allows white to get
some counterplay, which connected with b3-b4.} ({It was better to improve the
position by:} 18... d5 19. Qe2 Kd7 20. Rf4 Qg7 $17 {and white has no
counterplay at all.}) 19. h4 {[%cal Gb3b4] Now white has a plan of counterplay,
while black's pieces are not coordinated well (the Ra8 is still out of play).}
Ke7 {Connecting the rooks. But now black's king is not completely safe.} (19...
Qf5 20. Kh2 f6 21. Qe2 $15 {[%cal Gb3b4]}) ({Deserved attention a retreat:} 
19... Bc3 20. Rc4 Rc8 $15) 20. Qe2 {White has consolidated his position. Now
b3-b4 is practically unavoidable.} (20. b4 cxb4 21. Rxb4 a5 22. Ra4 Bc3 $15)
20... Rg6 21. Rg1 Rag8 {That sacrifice doesn't promise any advantage, but it's
hard to see any other reasonable idea.} ({Now} 21... Bc3 {fails to:} 22. Rf4
Qg7 23. Rf5 $1 $132) 22. Rxa6 {[%cal Gg3d6]} ({Only not} 22. b4 $2 Be5 $1 23.
bxc5 (23. Qe3 $1 Rxg3 $1 (23... Bxg3 24. fxg3 Rxg3 25. Qxc5+ Kd8 26. Qb6+ Ke8
27. Qb8+ Ke7 28. Qxg3 Rxg3 29. Rxg3 Qxh4+ 30. Kg2 $17) 24. fxg3 Bd4 25. Qe1
Bxg1 26. Qxg1 Qxf3+ 27. Kh2 cxb4 28. Rxb4 Rc8 $19) 23... Bxg3 24. fxg3 Rxg3 25.
Rxg3 Rxg3 $19) 22... Kf8 {That move forced in view of 23.Bd6+.} 23. Ra4 {
A good idea! After b3-b4 black couldn't keep his bishop on d4 for a long time.}
({White could also equalize after:} 23. Ra8+ Kg7 24. Rxg8+ Kxg8 25. Qe4 $1 {
(it's important to acticate the queen)} d5 26. Qf4 Qxf4 27. Bxf4 Bxf2 28. Rxg6+
fxg6 29. Bg5 Kf7 30. Kg2 Bd4 31. Bd2 $11 {the endgame should ended into a draw.
}) 23... Kg7 24. b4 cxb4 25. Rxb4 Kh7 {[%cal Gf6g7,Gf7f5] Black is intending
to advance his ''f'' pawn.} 26. Rg2 (26. Qe4 $5 Bc3 27. Rbb1 d5 28. Qf4 $11)
26... Qg7 ({White is out of danger after:} 26... d5 27. c4 Qf5 28. Kh2 $11 {
[%csl Gb4] because all his pieces are defending well.}) 27. Rb5 $2 {Missing
the last opportunity of activating the queen.} (27. Qe4 $142 $1 Bxf2 (27... Bc3
28. Rb8 d5 29. Rxg8 Kxg8 30. Qf4 $11) 28. Be5 $1 Qh6 (28... f5 29. Bxg7 fxe4
30. Rxf2 e3 31. Re2 R8xg7 32. Re4 Rg3 33. R4xe3 $11) 29. Bf4 (29. Rxf2 $4 Qc1+
30. Kh2 Qg1+ $19) 29... Qg7 $11) 27... f5 {[%csl Re4,Rh4][%cal Yf5e4] Now
white is in troubles again - he is practically unable to avoid the loss of Ph4.
} 28. Rg1 ({Maybe better was:} 28. c4 Bf6 29. Qe1 Qh6 (29... Bxh4 $143 30. Rh2
Bxg3 31. fxg3 Rh6 32. Rb7 $15) 30. f4 Qf8 $17 {[%csl Rg3,Rh4][%cal Gg6g4,Gf8d8]
although white's position is very hard.}) 28... e5 (28... Bxf2 $2 {leads only
to a draw:} 29. Qxf2 Rxg3 30. Qxg3 Qxg3 31. Rxg3 Rxg3 32. Rb7 $11) 29. f4 $2 {
That move leads to an immediate disaster.} ({More resistant was:} 29. Rbb1 Qf6
30. Rbe1 f4 31. Bh2 Qxh4 32. Rxg6 Rxg6 33. Rg1 Rxg1+ 34. Kxg1 Qg5+ 35. Kf1 Qf5
$17 {[%csl Rh2] although black's position seems to be winning anyway,as he is
practically a piece up!}) 29... Rg4 $19 {Now white cannot avoid a serious loss
of material.} 30. fxe5 (30. Rxe5 Bxe5 31. Qxe5 Rxh4+ 32. Kg2 Qxe5 33. fxe5 f4
$19) 30... f4 31. e6 {That allows an ellegant final blow, but white's position
was completely hopeless anyway.} (31. Qe4+ Kh8 $19) 31... Rxh4+ $1 32. Kg2
Qxg3+ $1 (32... Qxg3+ 33. fxg3 Rxg3+ 34. Kf1 Rxg1#) 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1 49th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2005.08.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.08.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 ({Another fashionable line nowadays is-->
} 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7) 4... bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 {
In this variation black usually intends to activate his bishops by opening the
position, while White prefers to keep the closed type of the position in order
to exploit the drawback of black's pawn structure.} f6 {Black prevents White
from playing e4-e5 and keeps a flexible pawn structure.} ({The alternative
here is-->} 6... Ng6 7. h4 Qc7 {[%cal Gg6f4] which also leads to a very
complicated play.}) 7. Nh4 g6 8. e5 $5 {White is fighting for a space
advantage and doesn't allow to stabilize the situation by e6-e5.} (8. f4 Bg7 9.
Nf3 (9. O-O {--> see comments to 0-1 Vescovi,G-Novikov,S/Moscow 2004/CBM 100/
[Oratovsky,M] (40)}) 9... O-O 10. Qf2 $5 d6 11. Nc3 e5 $6 (11... h6 $5) 12.
fxe5 fxe5 13. Qh4 a5 14. Bh6 Qd7 15. O-O $16 {[%csl Re7,Rg8][%cal Gf3g5] 1-0
Glek,I-Krasenkow,M/Mainz 2002/CBM 89 ext (64). (63)}) 8... Bg7 9. f4 O-O 10.
Nf3 fxe5 {This natural tackle wasn't necessary.} (10... Nf5 {also deserves
attention:} {in order to meet} 11. Be3 {with} Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Bh6 $132) 11. fxe5
{The strategical drawbacks of Black's position are obvious, but he has some
development advantage.} Nf5 {[%cal Gf5d4] Intending to improve the pawn
structure after the exchange on d4.} 12. Be3 $146 {That logical move is new
according to my database. White is ready to exchange his bishop, since the
knights should be very mobile in this position.} ({Black faces no problems
after:} 12. c3 c4 $5 13. dxc4 (13. d4 c5 14. Bg5 Qa5 $36) 13... c5 14. O-O Bb7
15. Nbd2 Qc7 $44 {1/2-1/2 Najer,E-Sherbakov,R/Tomsk 2001/CBM 82 ext (15).})
12... Nd4 {This move gives White some time for completing the development.} ({
A double-edged position could arise after:} 12... Qb6 13. b3 Nxe3 (13... Nd4
14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Nbd2 $14) 14. Qxe3 d5 15. Nbd2 Ba6 {[%cal Gc5c4]} 16. c4 Rf5
17. O-O Raf8 $132) 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Nbd2 c5 (14... d5 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. O-O
$14 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gd2c4]}) 15. h4 $5 {A very ambitious attempt to seize the
initiative.} ({Nothing special promises} 15. O-O Bb7 16. Nc4 Bd5 $132) 15...
Bb7 $2 {This natural move is premature and allows White to develop his
initiative.} ({Black should create some counterplay on the queen-side:} 15...
Rb8 16. h5 (16. Nc4 Ba6 17. Nfd2 Bh6 $15) (16. b3 Qa5 17. h5 gxh5 $132 {
[%cal Ga5c3]}) 16... gxh5 (16... Rxb2 $2 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nc4 Rb8 19. Qe4 $40)
17. Rxh5 (17. Nc4 Ba6 18. Nfd2 Qg5 $132) 17... Rxb2 18. Nc4 Rb8 $132) (15...
Rf5 $5 {also comes into consideration:} 16. Nc4 (16. g4 Rf4) 16... Bb7 17.
O-O-O Bd5 {[%csl Gf5] and Black shouldn't be worse with such a powerful Bd5.} (
17... h5 $5)) 16. h5 $36 {Now White's monarch feels safely in the centre,
while his collegue cannot be satisfied as well.} Qa5 {The pin is not that
important, while the Qa5 is too far away from the king-side.} ({However,i can
hardly recommend something better. For instance,} 16... g5 17. h6 Bh8 18. Rh5
$16 {[%csl Rg5,Rg8]}) ({or} 16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 (17. Nxf3 $5 Qa5+ 18. Kd1)
17... g5 (17... Qg5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. O-O-O Qxe5 20. Qg2 $40) 18. h6 Bh8 19.
O-O-O Rf5 20. Nc4 $36) 17. hxg6 Bxf3 $2 {The light-squared bishop is Black's
most active piece, so there was no reason to exchange it.} ({After} 17... hxg6
18. Nh4 $1 Bh6 (18... g5 $2 19. Ng6 Rfb8 20. Qh5 $18) 19. Rd1 Rf7 20. Nxg6 Rh7
21. Rh5 $1 {Black's king is too compromised}) ({But better was:} 17... h6 18.
O-O Qc7 19. Nc4 Bd5 $16 {[%csl Gd5] and Black still in the play due to the
pair of the bishops, although White is a pawn up.}) 18. gxf3 {Now White also
has a great strategical advantage, as his knight is much stronger than the Bg7.
} h6 $2 {Now Black just remains with a pawn down in a completely lost position.
} ({Necessary was:} 18... hxg6 19. Qh2 (19. Kf2 Rf5 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. Rag1 Bxe5
22. Qe4 Raf8 23. Rxg6+ Kf7 $16) 19... Rf5 $1 {[%cal Gf5h5] Only that resourse
allows Black to continue the fight} (19... Kf7 20. Ke2 Qa4 21. Rag1 $18 {
[%csl Rg6][%cal Gh2h7,Gh2g3]}) (19... Rxf3 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. O-O-O Rf2 (21...
Rf5 22. Rdg1 g5 23. Rf1 $18) 22. Ne4 $18) 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21. Rg1 Rg8 22. O-O-O
Kf8 (22... Qxa2 23. Rxg6 $18) 23. Rxg6 Rf7 24. Nb3 Qxa2 25. Qh4 Ke8 26. Qe4 $40
Rf5 {I believe White has a decisive attack, but there is no forced win yet.})
19. Rh5 {[%cal Ge1f2,Gd2c4] Protecting the key Pe5. Now Black's position is
completely hopeless.} Rf4 ({After} 19... Rab8 20. Kf2 $1 Rf5 (20... Rxb2 21.
Nc4 Qc3 22. Nxb2 Qxb2 23. Rhh1 $18) 21. Rxf5 exf5 22. Nc4 Qa6 23. f4 Qxg6 24.
Rg1 $18 {White has a completely winning position as well.}) 20. Qh2 {[%csl Rf4,
Rh6][%cal Gh5h6,Gh2f4]} Rf5 (20... Rxf3 21. Rxh6 $18) 21. Rxh6 Re8 {[%tqu "En",
"Please,find the winning move","","","h6h8","",10]} 22. Rh8+ $1 {That simple
blow immediately decides the game.} Bxh8 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qxh8+ Ke7 25. Qh4+
Kf8 26. Qh7 {[%cal Gg6g7] Black resigns, as he cannot parry the threat 27.g7.}
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. Bb5 {An interesting idea of avoiding the
French defence which could arise after 4.d4 d5 5.e5.} Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Ba4 b5
7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2 {That continuation has gained a great popularity in the last
few years. White frees good square for his rook and intends to seize a space
in centre by advancing his ''d'' pawn.This plan looks a bit slowly,but it's
not easy for black to prevent white from realizing his idea.} ({The practice
shows that other moves are less dangerous:} 8. a4) (8. Re1) (8. d4) 8... Ng6 {
Usually,in this variation,black has a difficulties with development of his
kside knight,so that move looks quite logical. But in my opinion,black should
try to prevent d2-d4,as after that move white's play is very easy.} ({Besides,
there were a several alternatives:} 8... d5 9. e5 d4 (9... Qb6 $5) 10. Be4 Nd5
(10... Ng6 $143 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. d3 Be7 13. Nbd2 (13. a4 O-O 14. Na3 Qb6 15.
Bd2 Rfc8 {1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Wu Wenjin/HeiBei CHN 2001/The Week in Chess 351 
(73)}) 13... Qd7 (13... Qc7 14. Nb3 O-O 15. Bd2 Rfc8 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. h4 $36 {
1-0 Smirin,I-Krasenkow,M/Dos Hermanas ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 337 (72)}) 14.
Nb3 {1-0 Smirin,I-Finegold,B/Philadelphia USA 2001/The Week in Chess 351 (53)}
Rd8 15. Bd2 Nb4 16. Nfxd4 Nc6 17. Nf3 Nb4 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. d4 O-O 20. Rfc1 Qd5
21. Nc5 Nc6 22. Be3 $16 {1-0 Smirin,I-Finegold,B/Philadelphia USA 2001/The
Week in Chess 351 (53)}) 11. cxd4 Nxd4 (11... cxd4 12. d3 Be7 13. Nbd2 Nf4 14.
Qd1 Ng6 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Re1 Rd8 17. h4 h6 18. h5 Nf8 19. Bf4 Nd7 20. Rc1 Ndb8 {
1/2-1/2 Moreno Carnero,J-Magem Badals,J/Cala Galdana 1999/EXT 2000 (33)}) 12.
Nxd4 cxd4 13. a4 $146 ({About} 13. d3 Qc7 $1 {0-1 Schneider,D-Gulko,B/Seattle
2002/CBM 87/ (32) a multitasking move: attacking the 'e5' pawn, defending the
B and taking over the 'c' file.}) 13... b4 14. d3 Qc7 15. f4 $6 {Shirov} (15.
Qh5 $142 g6 (15... Be7 16. Nd2 $1 g6 17. Qh6 Qxe5 18. Nf3 Qd6 19. Re1 $44) 16.
Qg5 Bg7 17. f4 $1 {/\Nd2}) 15... Rc8 16. Nd2 Ne3 17. Rf3 Bxe4 $1 {Abolishing
the strongest White piece and doubling the Pe4 and Pe5.} 18. dxe4 (18. Nxe4 {
Kostakiev,D} Qc2 $17) 18... d3 $1 $17 {0-1 Grischuk,A-Kasparov,G/Moscow 2002/
CBM 90/[Kostakiev,D] (58)}) (8... Qb6 9. Rd1 d5 10. e5 a5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4
Ba6 13. Nd2 b4 14. Qe3 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Rc8 16. Bb1 Nf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Batsanin,
D-Smirnov,P/Sochi RUS 2004 (32)}) (8... Rc8 9. a4 (9. Rd1 Qc7 10. d3 Ng6 11.
Be3 Be7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Ng5 $6 h6 14. Nh3 d5 15. Nf3 d4 $15 {0-1 Roskar,
R-Sveshnikov,E/Ljubljana 2002/CBM 88 ext (32)}) 9... b4 10. d4 bxc3 11. bxc3
cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Bb3 Nec6 14. Na3 Na5 $132 {1-0 Zelcic,R-Nedev,T/
Ljubljana 2002/CBM 88 ext (68)}) (8... c4 9. b3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. bxc4 Nf4
12. Qe4 Qc7 13. Qe3 bxc4 14. Na3 Nd5 15. Qe2 Na5 16. Ba4+ Bc6 17. Bxc6+ Qxc6
$11 {1/2-1/2 Finkel,A-Nataf,I/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 92 (35)}) 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4
Nh4 {Black decides to swap the knights before white could play g2-g3.} (10...
Be7 11. Nc3 (11. Rd1 O-O 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. d5 Nce5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf4 Ng6 16.
Bg3 Qb6 17. Bb3 e5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Bxa4 Rc7 20. Kh1 Bc5 $132 {1/2-1/2
Neelotpal,D-Miton,K/Goa 2002/CBM 91 ext (35)}) 11... O-O 12. Be3 Na5 13. Rad1
Nc4 14. Bc1 Qc7 15. g3 Rfc8 16. Bd3 Qa5 17. h4 b4 18. Nb1 Qxa2 19. Nbd2 Nxd2
20. Nxd2 $44 {1-0 Deviatkin,A-Reshetnikov,A/Voronezh 2003/CBM 94 ext (49)}) 11.
Nbd2 {That move seems to be the strongest,as white's knight should be on f3 in
order to control an important central squares.} ({The alternative is:} 11. Rd1
$5 {see comments to 1-0 Rublevsky,S-Mikhalevski,V/Moscow 2002/CBM 88/[Finkel,A]
(30) (Finkel,A)}) 11... Be7 $146 {Black completes his development but allows
white to cut his knight from the centre.} ({Black can force white to put his
bishop on b1.However,the practice shows that white's chances are better anyway:
} 11... Rc8 12. Bb1 (12. d5 Ne5 (12... Na5 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. g3 Be7 15. dxe6 dxe6
16. a4 bxa4 17. Bxa6 $16 {Tkachiev,V-Ansell,S/London 1994/EXT 2000}) 13. Nd4 (
13. Bb3 Nexf3+ 14. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bd6 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 O-O 18. Rad1 {
[%cal Gd5e6,Yd1d8]} (18. d6 Qb6 {[%cal Gb6d4]} 19. Rad1 Qc5 $11) 18... Qc7 $11
{1-0 Degraeve,J-Nataf,I/Clichy 2001/CBM 85/[Gershon] (45) Black has
successfully solved all his opening problems}) 13... g5 $6 (13... Bd6 14. N2b3
Nc4 {1/2-1/2 Degraeve,J-Bacrot,E/Marsailles FRA 2001/The Week in Chess 355 (14)
}) 14. a4 b4 15. N2b3 g4 16. Rd1 $16 {Tkachiev,V-San Segundo Carrillo,P/
Ponferrada 1997}) 12... Nxf3+ (12... Bd6 13. a4 (13. e5 Bb8 14. Qe4 Nf5 15. Nb3
d6 16. Qg4 Nce7 17. Re1 Qb6 $13 {Totsky,L-Kogan,A/Budapest 1996/CBM 53}) 13...
bxa4 (13... b4 14. Bd3 a5 15. b3 {[%csl Gb5,Gc4][%cal Gc1b2,Gd4d5]}) 14. Rxa4
Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 Nb4 16. Bd2 a5 {[%cal Gb7a6]} 17. Rd1 O-O 18. Bc3 $14 {1-0
Adams,M-Shirov,A/ Linares 19th 2002 [Oratovsky]}) 13. Nxf3 d5 14. e5 Be7 15. g3
g5 $6 16. Be3 Kd7 17. a4 $16 {1-0 Nedev,T-Milanovic,D/Struga 2002/CBM 89 ext 
(34)}) 12. d5 $1 {Black's knight has no good squares for retreat,so white
attacks it.} Nb4 (12... Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Na5 14. b3 $1 O-O (14... exd5 15. exd5
Bxd5 16. Bb2 $16) 15. Bb2 $16) 13. Bb3 {Here the bishop is much more powerful
than on b1. On the other hand,black's Nb4 has no squares at all at this moment.
} Ng6 14. g3 {Preventing the activization of Ng6.} ({Only not} 14. a3 $2 Nf4
15. Qe3 Nbd3 {[%cal Ge7c5]}) 14... exd5 $2 {That natural exchange is probably
a decisive mistake!} ({Wrong was also} 14... Rc8 15. a3 Nc2 16. Rb1 exd5 17.
exd5 O-O 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Rc2]}) ({But better was:} 14... a5 $1 {
[%cal Ga5a4,Gb4a6] freeing a spot for retreat.} 15. a3 Na6 {[%cal Ga6c5]} 16.
Nd4 (16. dxe6 fxe6) 16... Nc5 17. Ba2 O-O $14 {and black has a worse but solid
position.}) 15. a3 $1 {White's play is very energetical.Now black has to give
the pawn back.} Nc6 ({Even worse was} 15... dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 ({after} 16...
Bd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Rd1 Nc7 19. Nd6+ Kf8 20. Be3 {i don't see the way to
complete development}) 17. Qxe4 Nc6 18. h4 O-O 19. h5 Nh8 20. Rd1 $36 {with a
decisive attack.}) 16. exd5 $1 {White's pawn on d5 is very unpleasant for
black,as his minor pieces have no space at all.} ({Less convincing was} 16.
Bxd5 O-O 17. Nb3 Re8 18. Rd1 $14 {with only a slight advantage for white.})
16... Na5 17. Ba2 {[%csl Ra5,Rb7][%cal Gb2b4] Winning a pawn,as black has
defence against 2 threats: 18.b4 and 18.d6.} O-O 18. b4 Bf6 19. Rb1 Re8 20. Qd3
Nc4 21. Nxc4 bxc4 22. Bxc4 $18 {Black has no any compensation for a pawn. More
than that,his minor pieces are very passive and Pa6 is an additional weakness.}
d6 {Otherwise white may advance his ''d'' pawn and put a strong pressure on f7.
} 23. Bb2 {Exchanging black's best minor piece and freeing a nice spot d4 for
the knight.} ({Strong enough was also:} 23. Be3 $5 {followed by advancing the
qside pawns.}) 23... Bxb2 24. Rxb2 Qf6 {Black is looking for a tactical
complications,but white is able to avoid any complications.} 25. Rb3 {Ildar
shows a nice technic! Now the Nf3 is under control,so white can play Qd3-d4,
there the queen is very useful.} (25. Rc2 Bc8 26. Qc3 $18) 25... Bc8 26. Qd4
Qf5 {The endgame is completely lost for black. But now white will swap the
rooks!} 27. Re3 {Any exchange decreases black's chances of complications.} Rxe3
(27... Bd7 28. Bd3 Qh5 29. Rfe1 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 $18) 28. Qxe3 Bd7 29. Nd4 {
Finally,white has realized his main idea:his knight will be placed on c6 and
white's majority of qside pawns will decide the game.} Qf6 30. Nc6 Re8 31. Qd4
Qf3 ({Hopeless was also:} 31... Qxd4 32. Nxd4 Re4 33. Rd1 Bg4 (33... Ne5 34.
Be2 $18 (34. Bxa6 $4 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 Nf3+)) 34. f3 Bxf3 35. Rd2 $18 {[%csl Ra6]
[%cal Gc4a6]}) 32. Qd3 Qh5 (32... Qf6 33. Bxa6 $18) 33. Qd1 $1 {Preparing an
exchange of black's second rook!} Qg5 (33... Bg4 34. f3 Bh3 35. Re1 $18) (33...
Qh3 34. Re1 $18) 34. Re1 Ra8 {That is already an agony. Black prefers to keep
the rooks,but now white's rook is much stronger!} 35. Qd3 h6 (35... Nf4 36. Qe3
Nh3+ 37. Kg2 Qf6 38. Bxa6 $18) (35... h5 36. Qe3 Qf6 37. Qd4 Qg5 38. h4 $18)
36. a4 Kh8 37. a5 {White has ideally placed his qside pawns,as black cannot
create any threats.} Kg8 38. Qe3 $1 {White has to push black's queen from g5,
as here it controls an important squares.} Qg4 (38... Qf6 39. Qd4 Qf3 40. Re3
Qh5 41. Be2 Qg5 42. h4 $18) 39. Qd4 {Now all white's pieces are at the best
positions,so the game should be ended very soon.} Qg5 40. h4 $1 Qf5 (40... Qh5
41. Be2 Qf5 42. Bd3) 41. Bd3 Qf3 42. Bxg6 fxg6 43. Re7 Bc8 {[%mdl 32]} (43...
Bc8 44. Qxg7#) 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 74th"]
[Site "Saarbruecken"]
[Date "2002.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Gisbrecht, Ewgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2002.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 (4... Qc7 {is more popular nowadays.}
) 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 7. Ng5 {The practice shows that this is hard line for
black.} h6 ({The alternatives are:} 7... e6 $2 8. Ne4 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gb5d6,
Ge4d6]} f6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nbd6+ Kf8 11. c4 Nf4 12. d4 Ng6 13. exf6 gxf6 14.
Bh6+ Kg8 15. dxc5 $18 {Macieja,B-Tomczak,R/POL-ch 59th Warsaw 2002}) (7... f6
8. Ne4 f5 9. c4 Nc7 10. Nxc5 Nxb5 11. cxb5 Qb6 12. d4 Qxb5 13. Nd3 $1 {[%cal
Ge1g1]} g6 14. O-O Bg7 15. a4 Qc4 16. Be3 $16 {[%cal Ga1c1,Gh2h4,Gh4h5] Hracek,
Z-Nun,J/Komercni Banka op 1999}) (7... Nc7 $2 8. Qh5 $1 g6 9. Qf3 f6 10. exf6
$18) (7... f5 8. O-O a6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e6 11. d4 Be7 12. d5 $1 O-O 13.
Qh5 h6 14. Nh3 $16 {1-0 Landa,K-Hanel,R/Velden 1996}) 8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. Qf3+ Nf6
(9... Ke6 $2 10. c4 Nb6 11. d4 d5 12. dxc5 $18) 10. exf6 exf6 (10... gxf6 11.
Qh5+ Kg8 12. Qxc5 $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) 11. Qd5+ $1 {Just in time! White has to
prevent black from playing d7-d5.} Kg6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Qd3+ Kf7 14. Re1 Qc6 {
Black is trying to finish his development by b7-b6, but he has no time.} 15.
Nc3 $1 (15. c4 $6 b6 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Nd5 Bd6 {[%cal Gh8e8]}) 15... c4 (15... b6
16. Qc4+ Kg6 17. Nd5 $1 Bb7 18. Nf4+ Kh7 19. Qf7 $1 Bd6 20. Qg6+ Kg8 21. Nh5 {
with full domination.}) 16. Qe4 Bc5 $4 {This move loses immediately.} ({
The only way to fight was} 16... Qxe4 17. Rxe4 b5 (17... d5 $5 18. Nxd5 Bd6 19.
Ne3 $16 (19. Rxc4 $6 Be6 20. Rd4 Rhd8)) 18. Nxb5 d5 19. Re1 $16) 17. Qxc4+ (17.
Qxc4+ Kg6 18. d4 Bb6 19. Qd3+ Kf7 20. d5 {and black cannot finish his
development.}) 1-0

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2004.06.01"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Leventic, Ivan"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2004.05.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Napredak"]
[BlackTeam "Kiseljak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 ({Another common line nowdays
is:} 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7) ({Besides,white has also 2 other
possibilities:} 5. b3) ({and} 5. Nc3) 5... a6 6. Bxc6 {The main continuation.
White wants to exploit his development advantage by energetical play which
connected with d2-d4.} ({Possible is also} 6. Bf1 $5 d5 ({or} 6... Ng6 $5) 7.
exd5 Qxd5 {which is also a well known theoretical line}) 6... Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 {[%cal Gd4c6,Ge4e5]} d6 {The most logical move,as e4-e5(after an
exchange on c6) is a serious threat.} ({The alternatives are:} 8... Be7 9. Nxc6
dxc6 (9... bxc6 10. Qg4 g6 11. e5 d6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Nd2 h5 14. Qf3 O-O 15.
Nc4 Qb4 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. Bd2 Qb5 18. a4 Qf5 19. Na5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Szmetan,
J-Larsen,B/Pinamar ARG 2001/The Week in Chess 332 (76)}) 10. Qh5 (10. Qxd8+
Bxd8 11. e5 Bc7 12. a4 b5 13. Nd2 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Kf7 16. Ra3 $14 {
1-0 Nikolenko,O-Frolov,A/Berlin 1994/EXT 97 (33)}) 10... g6 11. Qh6 e5 12. Nc3
Bf8 13. Qe3 Qc7 14. Rd1 Be7 15. Na4 Bg4 16. f3 Rd8 17. Qe1 Rxd1 18. Qxd1 Be6
19. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Glek,I-Tomescu,V/Porto San Giorgo 2003/CBM 95 ext (42)}) (
{and} 8... Qc7 $5 9. Nxc6 (9. Nc3 Bd6 {- leads to another important position
which usually arises from the 5.Nc3 line}) 9... Qxc6 {As opposed to variations
with 8..d6 white's c2 pawn is now attacked which makes Qg4 impossible and
allows black to develop his K side without weakenning it.} ({The alternatives
are much worse:} 9... bxc6 10. Re3 Bd6 11. Qh5 $6 Bf4 12. Rf3 Qe5 $1 (12...
Bxc1 $4 13. Qxf7+ Kd8 14. Qxg7 Re8 15. Qf6+ Re7 16. Qh8+ Re8 17. Rf8 $18) 13.
Qxe5 Bxe5 14. Nc3 Rb8 $15 {1-0 Kogan,A-Ivanisevic,I/Salou ESP 2000/The Week in
Chess 320 (43)}) (9... dxc6 10. e5 c5 11. Nc3 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Qh5 Be7 14.
Rad1 $40 {1-0 Glek,I-Bernard,J/France 2002/EXT 2003 (35)}) 10. b3 {[%cal Gc1b2,
Yb2h8]} (10. Nc3 $143 b5 {[%csl Rc3]}) 10... b5 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gc8b7,Yb7g2]}
({an interesting option was:} 10... Bb4 $5 11. Bd2 (11. c3 Be7 {with the
closed long /^ black can feel safe}) (11. Re3 Bc5 $15 {[%cal Ge8g8]}) 11... Be7
(11... Bc5) 12. Qg4 (12. Bc3 O-O 13. Qg4 f6 $15) 12... g6 (12... O-O 13. Bh6
Bf6 14. e5 $18) 13. Bc3 O-O 14. Qf4 b5 $15) 11. a4 {White tries to expoit his
development advantage by weakenning the 'b5' pawn.} Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+
Bxa8 14. Bb2 Bb4 15. Re3 (15. Bxg7 $2 Bxe1 16. Bxh8 Qxe4 17. f3 Qe3+ 18. Kh1 e5
$17 (18... Qf2 19. Bd4 Qh4 (19... Qf1+ 20. Bg1 $18 {[%cal Gb1d2]}))) 15... Bc5
$132 {1/2-1/2 Kovalev,A-Greenfeld,A/Tel Aviv 2001/CBM 82/[Gershon] (46)}) 9.
Nc3 {White is waiting for 9...Be7 in order to attack black's kside with a
typical Qd1-g4. That position can also arise by another order of moves: 5.Nc3
a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 d6 9.Re1.} ({An immediate} 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qg4
{looks promising,as it's not easy from black to complete a development of his
kside:} (10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Be3 c5 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Bg5
Rfd8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Re3 Rd7 18. Rd3 Rad8 19. a3 h6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nikitin,
A-Shariyazdanov,A/Briansk 1995/EXT 98 (36)}) 10... h5 (10... f6 11. c4 (11. Be3
{}) 11... Qb6 12. Nc3 e5 13. Qg3 Be6 14. b3 Kf7 15. Be3 Qb4 16. Bd2 Be7 17.
Qd3 Qb7 18. Rad1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Arribas,M-Demina,J/New Delhi IND 2000/The Week
in Chess 317 (41)}) (10... e5 11. Qg3 g6 12. b3 Be7 13. Bh6 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. Nd2 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Nc4 Qf6 18. Rad1 $16 {1-0 Tal,M-Dorfman,J/
Tallinn 1988/EXT 2000 (34)}) 11. Qf3 e5 12. Qc3 Bd7 13. f4 f6 14. Nd2 Be7 15.
Nf3 {[%csl Re8]} g5 16. fxg5 fxg5 17. Be3 O-O 18. Rf1 Kh7 (18... Rb8) 19. Rad1
g4 $4 (19... Rb8) 20. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 (20... Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 dxe5 22. Qxe5 {
[%cal Gf1f7]} Be8 (22... Qe8 23. Bd4 $18) 23. Bd4 $18) 21. Rxf8 Bxf8 22. Qd3
$18 {1-0 Rabiega,R-Volkmann,F/Austria 2000/EXT 2001 (22)}) 9... Be7 {The most
popular continuation. Now white has to play very energetcally,as black's
position is fine from strategical point of view(he has a pair of bishops,while
the pawn structure is favourable for him).} ({Another opportunity is} 9... Bd7
{(not hurrying with a development of Bf8)} 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Re3 (11. Qg4 h5
12. Qg3 h4 13. Qg4 h3 14. g3 Qa5 15. Bg5 Kd7 16. Rad1 f6 17. Bf4 Qh5 18. Qxh5
Rxh5 19. Rd3 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nikolenko,O-Cherniaev,A/Vladivostok 1995/CBM 46
ext (23)}) 11... Be7 12. Rd3 Qc7 13. Qg4 g6 14. Bh6 b5 15. Re1 $36 {1-0
Kovalev,A-Farakhov,R/Alushta UKR 2004 (24)}) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qg4 Kf8 {
That is a typical and probably the best way of defence. Black is intending to
activate his kside rook by h5-h4.} ({Badly is:} 11... Bf6 $2 12. e5 $1 dxe5 (
12... h5 13. Qg3 dxe5 (13... Bxe5 14. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 15. Qxg7 $16) 14. Rd1 Qc7 (
14... Qe7 15. Ne4 $36) 15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 f6 (17... g6 18. Nd6+
$18) (17... Kf8 18. Nc5 $16) 18. Qg6+ Kf8 $8 19. Nxf6 $1 $40 {1-0 Filipovic,
B-Vukic,M/Banja Luka 1981/MCL/[Gagarin] (65)}) (12... Bxe5 13. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 14.
Qxg7 Rf8 15. Bh6 Qe7 16. Qxe5 f6 (16... Rg8 17. Ne4 $18) 17. Bxf8 $18) 13. Rd1
(13. Ne4 O-O 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Be3 $18) 13... Qc7 14. Ne4 Kf8 15. Nxf6 gxf6 16.
Bh6+ Ke7 17. Bg7 Bb7 18. Qh4 $18 {1-0 Tseitlin,M-Deutsch,E/Ramat Aviv 2003/EXT
2004 (18)}) (11... g6 12. Bh6 f6 (12... e5 13. Qg3 Be6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. f4 f6
16. Kh1 Rb8 17. b3 Rg8 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Be3 $36 {1-0 Tseitlin,M-Le Corre,B/
Cappelle la Grande FRA 2004 (30)}) 13. Qe2 Kf7 14. Rad1 Qb6 15. b3 Rd8 16. Be3
Qb4 17. Bd2 Qb7 18. Na4 $14 {1-0 Pedzich,D-Bagaturov,G/Ubeda 1999/CBM 68 ext 
(37)}) 12. e5 {In my opiniom,that natural move doesn't cause black serious
problems,as it gives him a clear plan of c6-c5 and Bc8-b7,followed by h7-h5-h4.
At the same time,it's not easy for white to get control over the dark squares.}
({On ther other hand,it's not easy for black to equalize after the quiet:} 12.
b3 $5 e5 (12... f6 13. Ba3 e5 14. Qg3 g5 $6 {weakening the light squares} 15.
Rad1 $14 {1-0 Shaked,T-Bezold,M/Bermuda 1997/CBM 58/[Liss,E] (40)}) (12... h5
13. Qe2 h4 14. Ba3 e5 15. Rad1 Rh6 16. Rd3 $14) 13. Qg3 h5 14. h3 g5 15. Ba3
Qa5 16. Na4 Be6 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. c4 c5 19. Bc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tischbierek,
R-Cebalo,M/Biel 1997/CBM 60 ext (81)}) 12... d5 13. Bd2 $6 {I don't understand
the reason of such an uncomfortable development.} ({More to the point was:} 13.
Be3 h5 (13... c5 $5 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Ne2 Rb8 16. b3 h5 17. Qf3 g6 18. Nf4 Kg7
$15 {1/2-1/2 Pulkkinen,K-Nyback,T/Finland 2001/EXT 2002 (30)}) 14. Qg3 c5 15.
Rad1 h4 16. Qg4 Rb8 17. b3 Qc7 18. Bg5 Bb7 19. Rd3 $132 {0-1 Sandipan,
C-Shariyazdanov,A/Moscow 2002/CBM 88 (47)}) ({deserves attention also} 13. Ne2
$5 {transfering the knight to the kside} h5 14. Qf3 g6 15. c4 Kg7 16. Be3 Rb8
17. Nd4 Bd7 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qe2 $11 {0-1 Nikolenko,O-Grigoriants,S/Moscow
2000/EXT 2001 (73)}) 13... Rb8 {Now the Rb8 can also be transfered via b4.} 14.
Na4 $146 {That is a typical manoevre of the knight is that type of positions,
but here it's not powerful, as black is able to push c6-c5.} (14. b3 c5 15.
Rad1 h5 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. Na4 Bb7 18. c4 d4 19. Nb2 Qc6 20. f3 h4 21. h3 a5 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Shabanov,Y-Grigoriants,S/Moscow 1999/EXT 2001 (42)}) 14... c5 15. b3 {
White has to take care of his knight,as it doesn't have squares at all and can
be attacked by Bc8-d7.} h5 16. Qe2 ({I would prefer to keep the queen on f4:} 
16. Qf4 $142 $5 h4 17. h3 Rh5 $15 {although black's position is slighty better
anyway due to the weakness on e5.}) 16... h4 $15 {Black has successfully
completed the first stage fo his plan. White's main problem is a defecit of
any useful plan. At the same time,black will start an active operations on the
kside,using his strong Bc8.} 17. h3 {Otherwise black may open the long
diagonal by 17...h4-h3.} f5 $6 {Alexei Fedorov is a very ambitious player and
he is always looking for a way to seize the initiative. But that move is too
risky,and white gets a reasonable counterchances.} ({There was nothing wrong
with the simple:} 17... Bb7 18. Rad1 Qc7 $15) 18. exf6 {That move is
practically necessary,as otherwise black would advance his kside pawns very
soon.} ({For example:} 18. Rad1 Bb7 19. c4 d4 20. Nb2 g5 $40 {and i don't see
any reasonable continuation for white.}) 18... gxf6 {Now black has a strong
pawns centre,so white's counterplay can be connected only with a sacrifices.
Black's aim is to consolidate the position and to prevent any sacrifices.} 19.
c4 ({Maybe it was better to wait with that move:} 19. Rad1 $5 Kf7 (19... e5 $2
20. f4 e4 21. c4 $16) (19... Bd6 $6 20. Qf3 $36 {[%csl Rf6]}) 20. c4 d4 21. Nb2
Qg8 22. Nd3 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge2f3] and white's position is not bad at all.})
19... d4 20. Bf4 {Now it's not easy for black to advance his ''e'' pawn.} ({
Nothing gives:} 20. Qg4 {[%cal Gg4g6]} Kf7 $1 21. Bh6 $2 Rxh6 $1 22. Qf4 Rg6
23. Qxb8 e5 {[%cal Gg6g2]} 24. Qa8 Bxh3 25. Qxd8 Bxd8 26. Kh2 Bxg2 27. Nxc5 e4
$1 {[%cal Gd8c7]} 28. Nxa6 f5 $19 {and white cannot stop black's pawns.}) ({
Interesting was also:} 20. Nb2 $5 Kf7 (20... e5 21. f4) 21. Nd3 {[%cal Ge2f3]}
Bd6 $140 22. b4 $1 {and white's counterplay cannot be understated.}) 20... Rb7
({Only not} 20... e5 $4 21. Bxe5 fxe5 22. Qxe5 $18 {[%csl Rb8,Rh8][%cal Ge5h8,
Ge5b8]}) 21. Qf3 {Preventing 21...e6-e5. But now that move is much less
powerful,as white's knight is too far away from e5!} Kf7 22. Re2 $1 {A very
strong move. It's important to meet e6-e5 with a sacrifice,so the only useful
idea is doubling the rooks.} ({Worse was:} 22. Nb2 {after which black should
find:} Rb6 $1 ({as the attempt to consolidate the position by} 22... Rd7 $6 23.
Nd3 Bb7 24. Qg4 Qb6 {fails to} 25. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Gd3f4] and the threat of 26.
Nf4 is very unpleasant.}) 23. Na4 (23. Nd3 Bb7 24. Qg4 Qg8 $17) 23... Bb7 24.
Qd3 Qg8 $1 25. f3 Rc6 $17 {with a great advantage.}) 22... d3 $1 {A strong
idea. White's pressure over the ''e'' file is very unpleasant,so black
sacrifices his strong ''d4'' pawn.} ({After the natural} 22... Rd7 $2 23. Rae1
Bb7 24. Qd3 e5 25. Bxe5 $1 fxe5 26. Qf5+ {white could get develop a dangerous
attack.}) 23. Rd2 Rd7 24. Rad1 $6 {The most natural move-but that is a very
serious mistake!} ({After the correct} 24. Qd1 $1 Bb7 25. Be3 {[%csl Rc5][%cal
Ge3c5]} {black has nothing better than:} Qc7 (25... Qg8 26. f3 Qg3 27. Qe1) 26.
Rxd3 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Rg8 28. Qh7+ Rg7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qe8+ $11) 24... Bb7 25.
Qe3 Qg8 26. f3 e5 27. Bh2 Qg6 28. Rxd3 Rd4 $36 {[%csl Gd4] Neutralizing
white's counterplay over the ''d'' file. White's extra pawn is not significant
at all in this position,as black's attack is very strong. It's very important
to notice that Na4 and Bh2 are completely out of play.} 29. Rxd4 $2 {A
terrible move,which gives black a decisive advantage.} ({There was no time to
activate the knight:} 29. Nc3 Rhd8 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. cxd5 R8xd5 32. R3d2 c4 $1
33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34. Qe2 Rxd1+ 35. Qxd1 c3 {and black's passed pawn will probably
decide the game.}) ({The only defence was:} 29. Kh1 Rg8 ({after} 29... Rhd8 30.
R3d2 $1 (30. Nb2 $2 e4 31. fxe4 Bxe4 32. R3d2 Bc2 $1 33. Rxd4 cxd4 34. Rxd4 Bc5
35. Rd7+ Rxd7 36. Qxc5 Be4 $19) 30... e4 31. f4 {white has a defensible
position}) {White should continue:} 30. R3d2 e4 31. Re1 $1 (31. f4 Rd3 32. Qe2
e3 $19) (31. fxe4 Bxe4 32. Rg1 Rd3 33. Qf2 Rxh3 $19) 31... f5 {[%cal Ge7g5]} (
31... Rxd2 $2 32. Qxd2 exf3 $4 33. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 34. Qd6+ Ke8 35. Qb8+ $18) 32.
Rde2 {and white has chances of successful defence,although black's initiative
is very dangerous.}) 29... cxd4 30. Qe2 ({Hopeles was also} 30. Qf2 Rg8 31. Nb6
d3 {[%cal Ge5e4]}) 30... Rg8 {Now 31...e4 is unavoidable.} 31. Kf1 (31. Kh1 e4
32. fxe4 Bxe4 33. Rg1 Qf5 $1 34. c5 d3 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Yf5f2]} 35. Qd2 Bc6 $19
{[%cal Gf5h3]}) 31... e4 32. fxe4 (32. Rxd4 exf3 33. gxf3 Qb1+ 34. Qd1 (34. Rd1
Qf5 $19) (34. Kf2 Qh1 $19) 34... Qf5 $19 {[%csl Rf3,Rh3]}) 32... Bxe4 $19 {
White cannot avoid a loss of material,while black has a dangerous attack. The
rest is just an agony.} 33. Rd2 Bxg2+ 34. Qxg2 Qb1+ 35. Kf2 Rxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Qe4+
37. Kf1 Bb4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kornev, Alexei"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qc7 9. Nc3 {In my opinion,that move is the only attempt to reach an
advantage} ({as} 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 {[%cal Gb7b5] doesn't cause black any problems.})
9... Bd6 {That most principal continuation. Black prevents e4-e5 and attacks
white's h2 pawn.} ({There are possible alternatives:} 9... b5 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11.
e5 Bb7 12. Bf4 c5 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Rxe4 Be7 15. Qh5 Rd8 16. Rae1 c4 17. Bg5 Rd5
18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. b3 cxb3 20. cxb3 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Zemerov,V-Shulman,Y/Minsk
1993/EXT 97 (36)}) (9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 f6 (10... Qc5 11. Be3 Qxd4 12. Bxd4 d6
13. Na4 Bd7 14. Nb6 Rd8 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. c4 $14 {0-1 Brochet,P-Beikert,G/
France 1999/EXT 2000 (44)}) 11. e5 f5 12. a4 Bc5 13. Qh4 O-O 14. Bd2 d5 15. Be3
Bd7 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11 {0-1 Yegiazarian,A-Garcia Martinez,S/Ubeda
1999/CBM 68 ext (40)}) (9... Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 O-O 12. Bf4 f5 13. exf6
Qxf4 14. fxe7 Re8 15. Ne4 (15. Re4 $5 Qf6 16. Qd6 Qxe7 17. Rd1 $14) 15... d5
16. Nc5 Rxe7 17. Nd3 Qd6 18. Qe2 c5 19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Rc7 21. Nf4 Rb8 22.
b3 Rb6 23. Rae1 c4 24. Nxe6 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L-Lautier,J/Moscow 1994/CBM 45 
(24)}) (9... d6 10. Nxc6 (10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Qh5 O-O 13. Rad1 b5 14.
a3 Rb8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shabanov,Y-Bykhovsky,A/Sochi 1990/CBM 21 (55)}) 10... bxc6
11. b3 Be7 $6 (11... e5 $142) 12. Qg4 Bf6 13. e5 $1 Bxe5 14. Rxe5 f5 15. Qxf5
dxe5 16. Qf3 $36 {1-0 Yudasin,L-Odachowski,A/Calgary 1996/EXT 99 (37)}) 10. Nd5
{The most ambitious continuation. White is trying to exploit his development
advantage by enegretical play.} ({The practice shows that other moves are not
dangerous for black:} 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. f4 e5 (11... Bxf4 $6 12. Bxf4 Qxf4 13.
e5 O-O 14. Qd6 b5 $2 15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Qe7 Rab8 17. Nd6 $16 {1-0 Van den Berg,
A-Tregubov,P/Vlissingen 2002/CBM 89 ext (30)}) 12. f5 b5 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Qf3 f6
15. Red1 O-O-O 16. Qf2 Qe7 17. a4 Bc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Wirig,A-Sakelsek,T/
Zemplinska Sirava SVK 2004 (38)}) (10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Be5 12. Qe3 (12. Qd3
O-O 13. Bg5 b5 14. Rad1 b4 15. Ne2 Bb7 16. Be7 Rfc8 17. Bxb4 Qxc2 18. Bc3 Qxd3
19. Rxd3 Bxe4 20. Rxd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Eljanov,P/Moscow 2002/CBM 88 (20)}
) 12... O-O 13. f4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 d5 (14... f6 $5 15. Ba3 Rf7 16. e5 (16. Red1
b5 17. Bd6 Qc6 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rd4 Bb7 $15) 16... b5 17. Bd6 Qc6 18. Qg3 Bb7
19. Re3 fxe5 20. Bxe5 d6 21. Bd4 Qc4 $15) 15. exd5 Rd8 16. Ba3 Rxd5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Papa,S-Raetsky,A/Switzerland 2003/EXT 2004 (28)}) 10... exd5 (10...
Bxh2+ $2 11. Kh1 exd5 12. exd5+ Be5 (12... Ne7 13. Nf5 Bd6 14. Nxe7 Bxe7 15. d6
) 13. Nxc6 $1 dxc6 14. d6 Qa5 15. Bf4 $16 f6 $2 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. Qh5+ $18) 11.
exd5+ Ne5 12. f4 {It's necessary to win the piece back.} ({Doesn't work is:} 
12. Nf5 $4 O-O 13. Bh6 gxh6 14. Qh5 Ng6 $1 15. Qxh6 Be5 16. d6 Qc5 $19 {
0-1 Timman,J-Lautier,J/Horgen 1995/CBM 50/[Lautier] (22) /\ Bh2!}) 12... O-O
13. fxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 {That position is well known in the modern practice.
According to my databse,black has reached an excellent results(he won even
more games than white!).} Bf6 {Black prefers to save his strong dark-squared
bishop even at cost of time. I like his choice,as it gives him more chances of
winning.} ({Black doesn't face serious difficulties also after:} 14... d6 15.
Nxe5 dxe5 16. b3 (16. d6 Qc5+ 17. Be3 Qc6 18. c4 Be6 (18... b6 $1 $10 {Finkel,A
}) 19. c5 f5 20. b4 f4 $132 {0-1 Pasman,M-Gershon,A/Israel 2002/EXT 2003 (33)})
16... b5 (16... Bd7 $5 17. c4 b5 $11) 17. Qd3 Rd8 18. c4 a5 19. Ba3 f6 20. Rac1
$14 {1-0 Willemze,T-Rainfray,A/Dublin 2000/EXT 2001 (71)}) 15. Bg5 {Black's
dark-squared bishop puts a strong pressure on white's qside,so it's clear that
the exchange is favourable for white. That move is connected with a sacrifice
on b2.} ({Unsuccessful is:} 15. d6 $6 Qc6 16. Kh1 (16. Bg5 $2 {Finkel,A} Bxg5
17. Nxg5 Qc5+) (16. Qd3 b5 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Bb7 19. Qd2 f6 $15) 16... b5
17. c3 Bb7 $15 {[%cal Gb7g2] 0-1 Lugo,B-Hracek,Z/New York 1998/CBM 64/[Finkel,
A] (33)}) (15. c3 b5 (15... d6 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. Ng3 Bg6
20. Qd4 Rfe8 $11 {0-1 Jenetl,R-Poluljahov,A/Krasnodar 2000/EXT 2001 (35)}) 16.
Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Nf3 Bb7 19. Qd4 Qd6 20. Rad1 Rfe8 $13 {Kalegin
Evgenij-Sharivazdanov Andrey/Ch Russia /2 final), Kazan (Russia) 1995 (21)})
15... Bxb2 $1 {The most principal and quite the best continuation. White has
to prove that he has a sufficient compensation for a pawn.} (15... Bxg5 16.
Nxg5 d6 $6 (16... h6 $142 17. Ne4 d6 18. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3g3]} f5 19. Qc3 $14)
17. Qd3 g6 18. Qd4 Bf5 19. g4 $16 {Mirumian,V-Bromberger,S/Open, Groningen NED
1997 (33)}) 16. Rb1 Ba3 17. Qd3 $146 {That is an important improvement of
Pasman-Mikhalevski,which however,doesn't promise white any advantage either.} (
17. Rb3 {-see comments to Pasman,M-Mikhalevski,V/ ISR-ch sf Beer Sheva 2002 
[Mikhalevski,V]}) 17... Bc5+ 18. Kh1 f6 $1 {Black avoids penetration of
white's bishop on e7 and takes control on important squares g5 and e5.} (18...
d6 $2 19. Be7 $1 Re8 20. Bxd6 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Bxd6 22. Re8+ Bf8 23. Qa3 $18) (
18... h6 $6 19. Be7 Bxe7 20. Rxe7 Qd6 (20... b5 $2 21. d6 Qc5 22. Ne5 $16) 21.
Rbe1 b5 22. Nh4 Bb7 23. R1e5 $36) 19. Be3 d6 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Re7 $44 {
[%csl Ge7] After the penetration of white's rook the compensation becomes
obvious.} b5 22. Nd2 {It's important to activate the knight before black will
consolidate.} (22. Rbe1 $143 $6 Ra7 $15) 22... Ra7 23. Ne4 Qb6 $8 24. Rxa7 Qxa7
25. Nxd6 Bd7 {Black prefers to avoid an exchange fo his bishop,as it's a good
piece to set up blockade.} ({After} 25... Qc7 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27. d6 Qxc2 28.
Qd5+ (28. d7 $6 Qc1+ 29. Qd1 Qxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rd8) 28... Kh8 29. Rd1 {white has
no risk at all due to his strong passed pawn.}) 26. Qe4 $6 {An inaccurate move,
which black could exploit by direct play.} ({It was a right time for rook's
activization:} 26. Re1 Qc7 (26... Qf2 27. Qe4) 27. Nf5 Qf4 28. Nd4 {and white
is not worse.}) 26... Qc7 27. Qe7 Qd8 $6 {There is no reason for a trade of
queens. Now white is out of danger.} ({Correct was:} 27... Qxc2 $142 $1 28. Re1
Qc7 {[%cal Gc7d8]} 29. Nf5 Rf7 {after which white has no sufficient
compensation for a pawn.}) 28. Re1 b4 $1 {Fixing white's pawns on c2 and a2,as
there they are good targets for the Bd7.} 29. h3 (29. Qe3 Qa5 30. Qe7 Qd8 $11)
29... Qxe7 30. Rxe7 Ba4 $11 {Now the position is completely equal,as any side
cannot avoid an exchange of qside pawns.} 31. Nb7 $2 {A very strange decision,
which could cause white serious problems in the endgame.} ({White could
achieve an easy draw after} 31. Re4 Rd8 (31... Rb8 $5) 32. Rxb4 Bxc2 33. Rb6
Kf8 34. Rxa6 Ke7 $11) 31... Rf7 {Forcing white to swap his active rook.} ({
Nothing promised} 31... Rc8 $2 32. d6 Rxc2 33. d7 Bxd7 34. Rxd7 Rxa2 35. Nc5 a5
36. Ne6 {and white has no risk at all.}) 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33. d6 (33. Nc5 Bb5 34.
d6 Ke8 {-33.d6}) 33... Ke8 (33... Bb5) 34. Nc5 Bxc2 $2 {That leads to a dead
draw.} ({On the other side,black could win a pawn after:} 34... Bb5 $1 35. Kg1
a5 36. Kf2 Bc4 37. Ke3 Bxa2 38. Kd4 h5 $17 {Black's advantage here is obvious,
as he can create a second passed pawn on the kside.}) 35. Nxa6 Kd7 36. Nxb4 Be4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse"]
[Date "2005.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Galdunts, Sergey"]
[Black "Maes, Wim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.02.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg5 {An original move which was
introduced by Oleg Romanishin.} Qc7 {The statement of black's queen has its
drawbacks.} ({The alternatives are:} 5... f6) (5... Qb6) 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. c3 (7.
Nc3 Nge7 8. O-O a6 9. Qd2 h6 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Ne1 d6 12. Nd1 e5 13. f4 Be6 14.
fxe5 dxe5 15. c3 Nb5 16. Qf2 Rc8 17. a4 Nd6 18. a5 O-O $15 {0-1 Miroshnichenko,
E-Polgar,J/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (88)}) 7... e5 $6 {That move looks dubiously at
this moment.} ({The main line is:} 7... Nge7 8. O-O O-O {--> see comments to
0-1 Sorin,M-Rotstein,A/France 2003/CBM 95/[Gofshtein,L] (23)}) 8. O-O Nge7 9.
Na3 O-O 10. Nb5 $146 {In my opinion,there is no reason for that tempting
move-white could exploit some vulnerablity of Qc7 later.} ({White's play in
the following game looks more logical:} 10. Be3 d6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 13.
dxc5 dxc5 14. Bxc5 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Ne5 16. Bd6 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bxf3 18. Bxc7 Bxd1
19. Rxb2 Bf3 20. Bd6 Rfe8 21. Nb5 $36 {1-0 Beshukov,S-Riazantsev,A/Moscow 1998/
EXT 99 (54)}) 10... Qb8 11. d4 {Ofcourse,white's previous move was connected
with that typical advance.} a6 12. Na3 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Bf4 ({White
could get a small but stable advantage after:} 14. Nc2 $5 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16.
Nfxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 $14) 14... d6 (14... Qa7 15. Bd6 Re8 16. Rc1 b6 (16... b5
17. Bc5 Qb8 18. Nxd4 $14) 17. b4 $1 Bb7 18. b5 $36) 15. Nc4 Ne5 $6 {Black is
trying to simplify the position,but that takes much time and allows white to
attack the key pawn d6.} (15... Rd8 16. Nb6 Ra7 {[%cal Gc8e6,Ge7c8] white has
a sufficient compensation for the pawn,but black's position is solid enough.})
16. Nb6 Nxf3+ $2 {Black doesn't want to give the pawn back,but that only adds
problems...} ({At the same time,after the correct} 16... Ra7 $142 17. Nxd4 N7c6
$14 {black's position is quite defensible.} 18. Be3 $140 $6 Ng4 $132) 17. Qxf3
Ra7 18. Qa3 $1 {That powerful manoevre was probably overlooked by black. White
gets a full domination.} (18. Nc4 $143 $6 Be6 19. Bxd6 (19. Nxd6 Qd8 $132 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Gg6g5]}) 19... Qd8 20. Qa3 Re8 $132) 18... Rd8 $8 19. Nc4 (19.
e5 Nc6 20. exd6 Be6 21. Rac1 $16) 19... b5 $2 {An additional move which leads
to a lost position.} ({It was necessary to improve the placement of Qb8:} 19...
Qc7 20. Rac1 (20. Nxd6 Qd7 21. Qc5 Nc6 22. e5 Qe7 $14) 20... Qc5 21. b4 Qh5 22.
Nxd6 $16 {in this position white has an obvious advantage,but black is still
in the game.}) 20. Bxd6 $1 {An energetical choice.} ({Less convincing would be:
} 20. Nxd6 $143 Qb6 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Bd6 Bf8 23. Rac1 $14) 20... Qb7 21. e5 $6
{Missing a forced win.} ({Much stronger would be:} 21. Na5 $142 Qd7 22. Bxe7
Qxe7 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Nc6 Ree8 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Rfd1 $18) 21... Qd7 $8 22.
Nb6 ({I would prefer:} 22. Na5 Qe8 (22... d3 23. Qc5 Nf5 24. Nc6 $18) 23. f4
$16 {and black's pieces are blocked by white's pawns chain.}) 22... Qe6 ({
Maybe black could reach more counterchances after:} 22... Qe8 $5 23. Bb8 b4 $1
(23... Rb7 $2 {fails to:} 24. Nxc8 b4 25. Qxa6 Rxb8 26. Nd6 Qd7 27. f4 Nc8 28.
Nb7 $1 Rf8 29. Rfd1 $18) 24. Qxb4 Rb7 25. Bd6 Nc6 $16) 23. Rfe1 $2 {Taking
control of important Pe5. At the same time,that move is not energetical enough
and gives black an excellent opportunity of getting counteplay.} ({The
following possibilities were much stronger:} 23. Qc5 $5 Re8 24. Rfd1 $16) ({or
} 23. Rac1 $5 $16) 23... Bf8 $1 {An excellent resourse,which,however,wasn't
connected with a right idea!} 24. Rac1 ({After} 24. Qc5 Bb7 $1 (24... d3 $2 25.
Rad1 $18) 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Qxa7 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qd5+ 28. Kg1 Nc6 $132 {black has
an obvious compensation for some deficit of material.}) 24... a5 $2 {Missing a
great chance!} ({A very complicated position could arise after} 24... Bb7 $142
$1 25. Rc7 Bxg2 26. Rxa7 Bh3 $1 27. Qc5 (27. Bxe7 $4 Qc6 28. f3 Qc2 $19) 27...
d3 $1 $132 {[%csl Gd3,Rg1] In my opinion,black is at least not worse here.} ({
an effect} 27... Nc6 $2 {fails to} 28. Bxf8 Nxa7 29. Be7 Rb8 30. Nd5 $16)) 25.
b4 a4 ({Now} 25... Bb7 {can be met by:} 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. bxa5 $16) 26. Nxc8
Rxc8 ({Badly looks also:} 26... Nxc8 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 28. Rc6 $16) 27. Rc5 $1 {
Now white's pieces gets a full domination,while black is totally passive.
Actually,black cannot avoid an exchange of the rooks which will create a
strong passed pawn.} Rxc5 28. bxc5 Nd5 $2 {A decisive mistake.} ({At the same
time,white's task would be much harder after the correct:} 28... Nf5 29. Rb1 (
29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. c6+ Qe7 $16) 29... Bg7 30. f4 f6 $16) 29. Qd3 $18 {Now white
wins an important pawn.} Nb4 {That loses immediately.} ({But hopeless was also:
} 29... Ne7 30. Qxb5 Qxa2 31. Qb8 Qd2 32. Rf1 Qa5 33. c6 $18) ({or} 29... Rd7
30. Qxb5 $18) 30. Qxb5 Nc2 (30... Nxa2 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Qb8+ $18) 31. Qb8 {
Black cannot avoid a serious loss of material. The rest is just an agony.} Re7
32. Bd5 ({Good enough was also:} 32. Bxe7 Qxe7 33. c6 Nxe1 34. c7 $18) 32...
Re8 (32... Qd7 33. e6 fxe6 34. Bxe6+ Rxe6 35. Qxf8#) 33. Qb7 Qf5 34. Be4 Nxe1 (
34... Qe6 35. Bxc2 $18) 35. Bxf5 gxf5 36. Kf1 Nc2 37. Qd7 Ra8 38. e6 fxe6 39.
Qxe6+ Kh8 40. Be5+ Bg7 41. c6 d3 42. c7 1-0

[Event "POL-ch"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2018.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 (
{The most popular is} 7... bxc6 {, but the resulting pawn structure mostly
suits White. For instance,} 8. Bd3 Ng6 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rb1 Qc7 12.
Be3 e5 13. g3 $14 {Caruana,F - Gelfand,B Elancourt 2013}) 8. Bd3 {This retreat
looks somewhat premature.} ({A more promising try might be} 8. Nc3 $1 Be7 (8...
a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Bd3 b5 11. f4 {is about the same.}) 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 a6 11.
Bd3 b5 12. Qh5 {obtainnig decent attacking prospects.}) 8... Be7 9. Nc3 $146 {
This natural move is a novelty.} ({One preceding game saw} 9. Kh1 O-O 10. f4
Rd8 11. Nd2 d5 {Vasquez Schroder,R - Frick,R Baku 2016, Black was OK.}) 9...
O-O {In comparison to the above-mentioned note, now the Bc1 is tied to
protecting the pawn.} 10. Kh1 Rd8 $1 {As result of White's somewhat slow play
Black manages to solve his space problems.} 11. f4 d5 12. exd5 ({In the event
of} 12. e5 Nb4 13. Rf3 (13. Be2 $6 d4 14. Ne4 Qc6 $15) 13... Nxd3 14. Rxd3 Qc6
15. Be3 b6 $132 {Black would have a comfortable position à la French, when
his opponent's light-squared bishop is gone.}) 12... Nb4 {Obviously,
liquidating the strong bishop is Black's undenieble achievment.} ({Another
possibility was} 12... exd5 $5 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qf3 Nd4 15. Nxd5 Nxf3 16. Nxb6
axb6 17. Rxf3 Bf6 $44) 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Qe2 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Bf6 {The powerful
bishops provide GM Krasenkow with excellent play.} 16. f5 Bd5 17. Be3 Qa6 18.
Rad1 {White has few weaknesses, and it looks like GM Piorun has to play
precisely in order to maintain the balance.} Bc6 19. Rd2 h6 (19... Re8 $5 20.
Qf2 Rad8 21. Bxa7 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Rxd3 {would have put White under pressure,
even though a draw seems the most probable result here.}) 20. Rfd1 Rd7 21. Qg4
Kh7 {This prophylactic move wasn't necessary.} ({After} 21... Re8 $1 22. Bxh6
Rd4 23. Bf4 Be5 24. Rf2 Qb6 {Black would have full compensation for the
missing material, to say the least.}) 22. d4 Re8 23. Qg3 ({A more precise move
was} 23. Bg1 Rde7 24. Qg3 {, maintaining the tension.}) 23... Qc4 24. h3 b5 $1
{Now GM Krasenkow manages to regain the pawn.} 25. d5 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rxd5 27.
Rxd5 Bxd5 28. Bd4 g5 $6 {The first step in the wrong direction - there was no
reason for such an exposing move.} ({After} 28... Rg8 29. Bxa7 Qxa2 30. Bd4 g6
31. Qf2 gxf5 32. Qxa2 Bxa2 {Black would even have a symbolic advantage, though
it's a dead draw.}) 29. fxg6+ fxg6 30. Re1 ({In the event of} 30. Rd2 g5 31.
Kg1 b4 32. Qd6 Qc6 $1 33. Qxc6 Bxc6 34. cxb4 a6 {White wouldn't get real
winning chances.}) 30... Qc6 $6 {This inaccurate move invites fresh troubles.}
({The correct move was} 30... Qc8 31. Rf1 Re2 $11) 31. Rf1 Qe6 $6 ({In
comparison to the above-mentioned note,} 31... Re2 $2 {runs into} 32. Rf8 $1
Bxg2+ 33. Kg1 g5 34. Rf7+ Kg8 35. Rf6 $18) ({However, one possiblility was} 
31... Bxa2 $1 32. Rf6 Qe4 33. Qc7+ Qe7 34. Qc6 Be6 {, and Black should be able
to neutralise the acitivity of his opponent's pieces.}) 32. Kh2 $1 {Now the
Qg3 isn't tied to protecting the Ph3.} g5 (32... Qe4 33. Rf6 Re7 34. Rf8 $16)
33. h4 {Now Krasenkow's position is very dangerous, but the limited material
balance leaves Black some drawing chances.} Qe4 34. hxg5 Rg8 $2 {Alas, Michal
doesn't manage to withstand the pressure.} ({After} 34... Qg6 35. Qc7+ Kg8 36.
Qd7 Bc6 37. Qh3 Re2 38. Rf6 Qe4 39. Bf2 h5 $16 {the result would still be
unpredictable.}) 35. g6+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 {That continuation leads to a long
strategical play. White is usually trying to exploit his space advantage for
active operations on the kside,while black is trying to open up the position
in order to make his bishops more powerful.} bxc6 5. b3 {White is intending to
put pressure on g7 over the long diagonal.} ({Another flexible continuation is:
} 5. d3 Ne7 6. Ng5 ({or} 6. Qe2)) 5... f6 {Usually black trasfers his kside
knight to g6 via e7,but that move leaves him also an idea of Ng8-h6.} (5... d5
6. Qe2 Ne7 7. Ba3 Ng6 8. O-O Qa5 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. Bxg7 Nf4 11. Qe3 Rg8 12. e5
Nxg2 13. Qh6 Ne1 14. exd6 Nxf3+ 15. Kh1 Ba6 16. d3 $13 {1-0 Sutovsky,
E-Nakamura,H/Pamplona ESP 2003 (40)}) (5... Ne7 6. Bb2 Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. e5 (8.
g3 f6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qb6 11. Qd3 Bb4+ 12. Nbd2 Ba6 13. c4 O-O 14. Qxd7
Rad8 15. Qxe6+ Rf7 16. c5 Qxc5 17. Rc1 Qa5 18. Rc2 Qxa2 19. Kd1 Qb1+ 20. Bc1
Be2+ 21. Kxe2 Qxc2 22. Rd1 Qd3+ {0:1, A. Karlsson - I. Rogers, Reykjavik 2000})
8... c4 $6 {Ein keckes Bauernopfer zwecks Öffnung der Stellung für das
schwarze Läuferpaar dessen Korrektheit indes fraglich erscheint.} (8... Be7 9.
Nc3 (9. d3 f6 10. Nbd2 d5 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. g3 e5 13. Qe2 Bg4 14. Qe4 Nf8 15.
Nh2 Be6 16. Rg1 Bf7 17. O-O-O Qd5 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 $14 {0-1 Relange,
E-Ciemniak,R/Buenos Aires 1992/EXT 97 (44). (44)}) 9... f6 10. Ne4 Kf7 11. d3
Qc7 12. Qe2 a5 13. a4 Rb8 14. O-O Nxe5 15. Bxe5 fxe5 16. Neg5+ Bxg5 17. Nxe5+
Ke8 18. hxg5 d6 19. Ng6 Rh7 20. Qe4 Rb4 21. c4 Qf7 22. Ne5 {1-0 Svetushkin,
D-Stoumbos,K/Korinthos 2001/EXT 2002 (22).}) 9. bxc4 Rb8 10. Bc3 c5 11. d3 Be7
12. Nbd2 f5 {[#]} 13. g3 (13. exf6 gxf6 14. Qe2 Kf7 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rfe1 Qc7
17. Qe3 Rbg8 18. Ne4 e5 19. Bb2 d6 20. c3 Nf4 21. Ng3 f5 $17 {0-1 German,
P-Milos,G/Buenos Aires 1997/CBM 58 ext (39). (39)}) 13... Bb7 14. Qe2 Qb6 15.
Rg1 Qc6 16. a4 Ba8 17. Nh2 Rh6 18. f4 $16 {0-1 McShane,L-Grischuk,A/Istanbul
2003/CBM 96/[Meyer,CD] (58)}) (5... d6 6. O-O (6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qg5 8. Nf3
Qxg2 9. Rg1 Qh3 10. Bb2 f6 11. Qe2 e5 12. Na3 Ne7 13. O-O-O Ng6 14. d4 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Bd7 16. Rg3 Qh6+ 17. Kb1 $36 {1-0 Hracek,Z-Araslanov,F/Pardubice 1993/TD 
(27)}) 6... e5 7. c3 f5 8. exf5 Nf6 9. d4 e4 10. Ng5 d5 11. f3 h6 12. Ne6 Bxe6
13. fxe6 Bd6 14. fxe4 dxe4 $132 {0-1 Sarthou,G-Bacrot,E/Belfort FRA 2004 (38)})
6. Nh4 $5 $146 {An interesting new idea. White is trying to use some
development advantage and provokes g7-g6 which would weaken black's kside.} ({
Before white has tried:} 6. Ba3 Nh6 7. d4 Qa5+ 8. c3 cxd4 9. Bxf8 Rxf8 10. b4
Qb6 11. Nxd4 a5 12. bxa5 Qb2 13. Nb3 Ba6 14. Nc5 Kf7 15. Nd2 Qxc3 $15 {1/2-1/2
Gelfand,B-Lautier,J/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98 no vc (37)}) (6. O-O Nh6 (6... e5 $6 7.
c3 (7. Nh4 $142 g6 8. f4 $36) 7... d5 8. Qe2 dxe4 9. Qxe4 Qd5 10. Qe3 Bg4 11.
c4 Qe6 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 Ne7 14. Nc3 Nf5 15. Qe4 Bg6 $11 {0-1 Borgo,
G-Miladinovic,I/Jesolo 1999/EXT 2001 (26)}) 7. d4 Nf7 8. Ba3 cxd4 9. Bxf8 Kxf8
10. Qxd4 (10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. Nc3 c5 12. Nde2 g6 13. Qd3 Kg7 14. Rad1 Bc6 15. Nf4
Re8 16. Qg3 Qe7 $11 {0-1 Ehlvest,J-Sveshnikov,E/Podolsk 1993/CBM 38 (43)})
10... e5 11. Qd2 d5 12. Nc3 dxe4 13. Qxd8+ Nxd8 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15. Rfe1 Ne6 $11 {
0-1 Belkhodja,S-Sveshnikov,E/Dubai 2002/CBM 87 ext (64)}) (6. Bb2 Nh6 7. O-O
Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. e5 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Bf6 11. Nd2 d6 12. Nec4 Bxb2 13. Nxb2 e5 $15
{0-1 Drabke,L-Czebe,A/Baden 2000/EXT 2001 (45)}) 6... g6 $6 {In my opinion
that move can hardly be recommended,as it allows white to start an immediate
attack while all black's pieces are not developed.} ({Wrong is also} 6... Ne7
$6 7. Bb2 d5 (7... e5 8. f4 d6 9. fxe5 dxe5 (9... fxe5 10. O-O $16) 10. d3 $16
{[%csl Rc5,Rc6]}) 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qf3 $16) ({The best seems to be:} 6... Nh6 $142
7. d3 Nf7 8. f4 Be7 9. O-O O-O $14 {with a slighty passive,but solid position.}
) 7. Bb2 ({Deserves attention also:} 7. f4 $5 d5 8. d3) 7... e5 $6 {Now
white's development advantage is obvious,as any black piece is not developed
yet.} ({Maybe it's was better to trade the queens:} 7... d5 8. d3 (8. e5 $5 f5
9. Nf3 $14) 8... dxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6] although
white's chances here are clearly better due to weak pawns c6 and c5.}) ({
Another opportunity was:} 7... Bg7 8. f4 Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 d5 (10... d6 11.
e5) 11. Nd2 $14 {with a stable positional advantage of white.}) 8. f4 ({
There was no reason to hurry-after} 8. O-O d5 {(otherwise white would also
push f2-f4)} 9. f4 {white's initiative is very strong.}) 8... exf4 ({After} 
8... d6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Na3 $1 {black has a serious difficulties with
development of his kside} {,as} Ne7 {fails to} 11. fxe5 $16) 9. O-O Qc7 ({
After an original attempt to defend on f4} 9... Bd6 {[%cal Gd6e5] white has a
strong opportunity of:} 10. Nf3 Nh6 11. Qe1 $1 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Ge1h4]} Nf7 12.
e5 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 (13... O-O 14. Ng4 Be7 15. Rxf4 $14) 14. Bxe5 O-O 15.
Bxf4 $14) 10. Na3 Ba6 {Preventing Na3-c4.But white's knight can be also
transfered via c2,while Ba6 will be completely out of play.} 11. c4 Bg7 ({After
} 11... Bd6 12. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Ge4e5]} O-O-O 13. Nc2 Re8 14. d3 $44 {[%csl Ra6,
Rg8][%cal Gd1d2,Ga2a3,Gb3b4] White has an excellent compensation for a pawn.
Black's main problem is a deficit of counterplay.}) 12. d4 $1 {Just in time!
That breakthrough is very effective while black's kside is not developed.} cxd4
13. Qxd4 Nh6 {Black is transfrering his knight to e5,there it will defend Pd7
and neutralize the pressure of Bb2.} (13... Ne7 $6 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Nc2 O-O 16.
Ba3 Rfe8 17. Bd6 $16) 14. Rad1 Ng4 15. Nc2 $36 {[%csl Rd6,Rd7][%cal Gb2a3]
White's compensation for a pawn is obvious,as black has many weaknesses,while
his pieces are not coordinated.} Qb6 $1 {A trade of queens will allow black to
defend his weak pawns and consolidate somehow the pieces.} ({Black could't
keep his extra pawn:} 15... Ne5 16. Rxf4 g5 $2 17. Nf5 gxf4 18. Nxg7+ Kf7 19.
Nf5 Qb6 (19... f3 20. Nd6+ Kg6 21. Qf2 $18) 20. c5 Qc7 21. Nd6+ {with a
decisive attack.}) 16. Rxf4 Ne5 17. Rf2 ({Deserved attention also:} 17. Nf3 $5
{exchenging black's best piece} Rd8 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Rf3 $14 {
[%csl Ra6,Rd6,Rd7]}) 17... c5 (17... Qxd4 18. Bxd4 d6 19. Bb2 Rd8 20. Ba3 Nf7
$14) 18. Qd2 O-O {At least black's monarch is more or less safe now.} 19. Ne3 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Ge3d5]} Qe6 $6 {The queen is placed well now-here it controls
a lot of important squares. Black is also intending to improve the placement
of his Ba6. But that move gives white an opportunity of winning a pawn.} ({
Besides,there was another plan of regrouping:} 19... Rae8 $5 20. Nd5 Qc6 21.
Rdf1 Bb7 $1 $14 {and it's not easy for white to break black's solid position.})
20. Nd5 $6 {That natural move letting black to consolidate the position.} ({
Much stronger was:} 20. Bxe5 $1 Qxe5 21. Qxd7 $1 Rae8 ({the point is that} 
21... Qxe4 $2 {fails to} 22. Nef5 $3 gxf5 23. Nxf5 Rf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Nd6+
$18) 22. Nf3 Qxe4 23. Nd5 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rc5,Gd5]}) 20... Rac8 {It necessary
to take control on spot c7.} 21. Nf3 Ng4 $6 {There was no reason to remove the
knight from the best square.} ({After the correct} 21... Bb7 $142 22. Nxe5 fxe5
23. Rdf1 d6 24. Qg5 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Qd7 $14 {black has a good chances of
successful defence.}) 22. Re2 Bh6 $2 {After that move black loses a pawn
without getting any compensation.} ({It was necessary to neutralize the power
of white's next move:} 22... Bb7 $142 23. Nf4 Qb6 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Rf7 $14
) 23. Qa5 $1 {Now the loss of Pa7 is unavoidable.} Bb7 24. h3 Ne5 25. Bxe5 $6 {
White is trying to avoid any possible complications,but that gives black good
counterchances.} ({Much stronger was:} 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 (25... Rxf6 26. Nxe5 Rf4
27. Nxd7) 26. Bxe5 Qe6 27. Qxa7 Bc6 (27... Rxf3 28. Qxb7) 28. Bd6 Rxf3 29. gxf3
Qxh3 30. Rd3 $18) 25... fxe5 26. Qxa7 Bxd5 $1 (26... Rxf3 27. Qxb7 Rff8 28. Rf2
$18) 27. exd5 $2 {As it usually happens,white makes a second mistake in a row.
Now black's Pe5 become very powerful.} ({White had to continue:} 27. Rxd5 $142
Rxf3 28. gxf3 Qxh3 29. Rd3 Qg3+ (29... Rf8 30. Rf2 Bg5 31. Qxc5 Qg3+ 32. Kf1
Bh4 33. Ke2 Qg1 34. Rd1 $18) 30. Kf1 Qh3+ (30... Rf8 31. Rf2) 31. Rg2 Rf8 (
31... Qh1+ 32. Rg1 Qh3+ 33. Ke1 Qh4+ 34. Kd1 Qh2 35. Re1 Rf8 36. Qxd7 Qxa2 37.
Qe6+ Rf7 (37... Kh8 38. Qxe5+ Kg8 39. Qd5+ Kh8 40. e5 $18) 38. Rd8+ Bf8 39. Re3
Qa1+ 40. Ke2 Qg1 41. Rd7 $18) 32. Kf2 {and white's material advantage should
decide the game.}) 27... Qd6 28. Qa5 {That loss of time is necessary,as
white's queen was in danger.} (28. Nxe5 $2 Bg7 {[%csl Ra7]} 29. Nxd7 (29. Rde1
$2 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Ra8 31. Qb7 Rfb8 $19) 29... Rf7 30. Qb6 Qxd7 $132) 28... e4
$132 29. Nh2 Rf4 {That move allows white to swap the rooks.} ({I would prefer:
} 29... Bf4 $1 30. Nf1 Rce8 31. Rde1 (31. Qe1 Qe5) 31... Be5 $1 $132 {[%cal
Ge5d4] and black's counterplay cannot be understated.}) 30. Rf1 Qe5 31. Qe1
Rcf8 $4 {That is a blunder of the key pawn.} ({After} 31... Qd4+ 32. Kh1 Re8
33. Ng4 Rxf1+ 34. Qxf1 Bg5 $132 {white can hardly make progress,as all black's
pieces are very active.}) 32. Rxf4 Rxf4 33. g3 $1 {That is what black has
probably overlooked-white wins a second pawn.} Rf7 ({Hopeless was also:} 33...
Qg5 34. Kh1 Rf8 35. Rxe4 $18) 34. Rxe4 $18 Qf5 35. Ng4 {White's next goal is
swapping the rooks,after which black couldn't create any threats.} Bg7 36. Re8+
Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Qxf8 38. Kg2 h5 39. Nh2 Qf5 40. Nf3 g5 41. Qe8+ Bf8 42. Qe2 ({
Good enough was also} 42. Qxh5 Qc2+ 43. Kf1 Qd1+ 44. Kf2 Qc2+ 45. Ke3 Qc3+ 46.
Ke2 Qb2+ 47. Nd2 Qe5+ 48. Kd1 Qa1+ 49. Kc2 Qxa2+ 50. Kd3 $18) 42... Bd6 43. Qd2
(43. Nd2 h4 (43... Qc2 44. Qe3 Be7 45. a4 $18) 44. Ne4 Bxg3 45. Nxg3 hxg3 46.
a4 $18) 43... Be7 44. Qe2 Bf6 45. Ne1 g4 46. hxg4 hxg4 47. Nd3 Bd4 48. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 {That move is a playable alternative to the
solid 3...e5.} 4. Bb5 {Well, white doesn't want to check the opponent's
knowledge in the main lines of Sveshnikov after 4.d4.} Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6
7. Bc4 {Topalov tries to improve white's play in Kasparov,G-Leko,P/ Linares
20th 2003} ({According to my database,} 7. Bf1 {is the most popular
continuation nowdays, which however, doesn't promise white an advantage.}) 7...
d6 {Black chooses the most safe continuation.} ({At the same time, black was
doing fine after:} 7... Ng4 {in 0-1 Moradiabadi,E-Eljanov,P/Dubai 2004/CBM 101/
[Postny] (57) Postny: But that looks quite risky, and probably Veselin had an
improvement in this line.}) 8. Nd5 {The only way to fight for the opening
advantage-white is trying to prevent black from completing a comfortable
development and force him to open the central ''e'' file.} (8. h3 e6 9. a3 (9.
a4 Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 b6 13. Ba2 Bb7 14. d4 cxd4 15. Bxd4
Bc6 $11 {0-1 Nijboer,F-Van Wely,L/Leeuwarden NED 2004/The Week in Chess 505 
(37)}) 9... Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2 Nxe4 13. Nxd4 Nf6 14. Bb3 Bd7
15. c3 Rae8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shetty,R-Ni Hua/Calcutta IND 2004 (59)}) 8... Nxd5 9.
exd5 g6 $1 {Black has to take care about quick development of his k-side.} ({
Black faces a serious problems with a development after:} 9... Bg4 $2 10. c3
Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Bd7 12. d4 b5 13. Bf1 c4 14. b3 Rc8 15. a4 Qb7 16. axb5 axb5 17.
f4 $16 {1-0 Ni Hua-Reefat,S/Calcutta IND 2004 (33)}) 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. d3 h6
12. a4 $5 $146 {White's idea is to fix black's q-side pawns and to get some
space advantage. On the other hand, that plan takes some time and allows a
k-side castle.} (12. b4 {led to more complicated play after:} Bg7 13. Qe2 Bf6
14. Qf3 Kf8 15. Bb2 Qb6 16. a3 h5 17. h3 h4 18. Qf4 Bf5 19. Rab1 Rh5 20. a4 Be5
$132 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Leko,P/Linares 2003/CBM 94 (33)}) 12... Bg7 ({After} 
12... b6 $6 13. b4 Bg7 14. Qe2 Bf6 15. Qf3 Kf8 16. Bb2 $36 {[%csl Rd4] the
difference between Kasparov-Leko is that the Qc7 has no square on b6, so white
can just attack the weak Pd4.}) 13. a5 O-O 14. Bd2 ({Interesting would be also:
} 14. Bf4 $5 e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 ({after} 15... fxe6 $6 16. Qd2 {[%csl Rc8] white
gets a clear edge, since the Bc8 is very passive.}) 16. Bb3 Rae8 17. Qd2 $14 {
and white's position looks a bit better,although black is still very solid.})
14... Re8 {Black wants to push e7-e5 in order to neutralize white's pressure
on Pe7.} 15. Qf3 $6 {That move is not enough energetical and allows black to
equalize by the thematical advance e7-e5.} (15. c3 $142 {White's chances are
preferable after:} dxc3 16. Bxc3 Bf5 (16... e5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19.
Qg4 $14 {[%csl Re6,Rg6,Rg8]}) 17. Qd2 $14 {due to a space advantage and some
pressure on Pe7.}) 15... e5 $1 16. dxe6 {That exchange is practically forced,
as the pawn structure is acceptable for black (he may start pushing his kside
pawns by f7-f5 and g6-g5).} ({Black has nothing to worry about also after} 16.
c3 Bf5 17. cxd4 exd4 $11) 16... Bxe6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 {Now white cannot make any
progress without taking on e6.} 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Rc1 {Ofcourse,that ''shy''
move shows that black is O.K.} (19. c4 dxc3 20. bxc3 Rf8 21. Qg3 Qf7 22. Rb1 d5
23. Rb6 Kh7 $11) 19... Qf7 {Here the draw was agreed. An important game from
theoretical point of view-it shows that black has to solve some problems after
7.Bc4.} ({The following variations prove, that the final position is
absolutely equal:} 19... Qf7 20. Qxf7+ (20. Qg3 Rf8 21. Re1 e5 $11) 20... Kxf7
21. c4 dxc3 22. bxc3 Rc8 23. c4 d5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 22nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2005.03.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 ({Another common order of moves
nowdays is-->} 4... Be7 5. d3 Nf6) 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Bg5 {Black immediately
takes care of his dark-squared bishop.} ({Another popular continuation here is:
} 6... Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 {with a long strategical battle.}) 7. h4
{That agressive move is the only way to fight for the opening advantage.} Bxd2+
{Black chooses a safe continuation. Now he could complete the development
without weaking his pawn structure.} ({The alternative is:} 7... Bh6 8. Qh5 g6
({Deserves attention:} 8... Qd7 $5 {not weakening the kside} 9. Nd5 (9. Nb5 Nd8
$1) 9... Rb8 10. c3 b5 11. Bb3 Nce7 12. Ne3 c4 13. dxc4 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nf6 15.
Qf3 O-O 16. O-O Ba6 17. cxb5 Qxb5 18. Bc4 Qc6 19. Bxa6 Qxa6 20. c4 h5 21. b3
Ng4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo MNC 2004/The Week in Chess 489 
(35)}) 9. Qd1 {-->see comments to 1-0 Adams,M-Haznedaroglu,K/Mallorca 2004/CBM
104_01/[Roiz] (36)}) 8. Bxd2 {White has got a pair of the bishops. On the
other hand,the position is closed enough,so he should play very energetically
in order to make the bishops powerful.} Nf6 {That position was tested many
times on the highest level.} 9. O-O {A latest attempt to fight for the opening
advantage which connected with an idea of f2-f4.} Be6 {A very logical
move-black takes control of ''d5'' and leaves an opportunty of queen-side
castle.} ({The following example prove,that black should play very carefully:} 
9... Bg4 10. Qe1 Be6 11. f4 Bxc4 12. dxc4 h5 $6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 Ne7 $2
15. Rd1 Qb6 16. Qg3 $18 {1-0 Svidler,P-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee NED 2005 (20)})
10. f4 $146 {White allows black to exchange the bishops,as it will make the
Pd6 very vulnerable.} ({Another possibility was:} 10. Nd5 O-O 11. Bg5 Bxd5 12.
Bxd5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qg4 Ne7 15. Bb3 Rad8 16. Rae1 Qf4 17. Qh3 Nc6 18. c3
Qd2 19. Rb1 b5 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. fxe3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Shirov,A/Monte
Carlo MNC 2005 (51) with a somewhat better chances for white,although black
should hold on.}) 10... Bxc4 (10... O-O $6 11. f5 (11. fxe5 dxe5 (11... Nxe5
12. Bg5 $36) 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 Nd4 $11) 11... Bxc4 12. dxc4 $36 {[%csl Rd6]
[%cal Gd2g5]}) 11. dxc4 h5 $1 {A typical defensive idea in such a positions.
Black exploits a drawback of 7.h4 and gets a nice square for his knight.} 12.
f5 (12. fxe5 dxe5 (12... Nxe5 13. Bg5 $16 {[%cal Gc3d5]}) 13. Bg5 Qxd1 14.
Raxd1 Ng4 15. Nd5 $1 ({Nothing promises} 15. Nb5 $6 O-O 16. Rd7 f6 17. Bc1 b6 {
and black is at least not worse.}) 15... O-O 16. Ne7+ Nxe7 17. Bxe7 Ne3 (17...
Rfc8 18. Rd7 b6 (18... Ne3 19. Rf3 Nxc2 (19... Nxc4 20. Rxb7 Nd2 21. Re3 Rcb8
22. Rxb8+ Rxb8 23. Re2 $16) 20. Bd6 $1 $16 f6 $140 21. Rg3 $18) 19. Rf3 f6 20.
a4 $16) 18. Rd7 Nxf1 19. Bxf8 Ng3 20. Bxc5 Nxe4 21. Be3 b6 $132 {[%cal Gf7f5,
Gf5f4]}) 12... Ng4 13. f6 {White chooses a very energetical continuation. He
tries to use some vulnerablity of Ke8.} ({Black has a very solid position
after:} 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bc1 Qd7 15. Nd5 Ne7 $11 {and white cannot put much
pressure on Pd6,while black has a reasonable chances on the king-side which
connected with g7-g6 in future.}) 13... gxf6 {Black's knight is placed well on
g4,so he shouldn't remove it.} (13... Nxf6 $143 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16.
Rxf6 O-O-O 17. Nb5 $1 Qe7 18. Qf3 $36 (18. Rxd6 $2 a6)) 14. Nd5 Ne7 $1 {
It necessary to swap the knights as soon as possible.} (14... f5 $2 {[%cal
Gd8h4] is wrong} {in view of:} 15. Bg5 $1 f6 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Rxf5 O-O 18. c3
$1 $18 {[%cal Gd1f3,Gf3g3] with a decisive attack.}) 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Rxf6
Ng8 $1 {That ugly move is an effective defensible resourse which allows to
simplify the position.} 17. Rf5 Qxh4 18. Be3 $5 {White finds an interesting
opportunity of keeping the pressure.} ({A drawn endgame could arise after} 18.
Qf3 f6 19. Bg5 Qg4 20. Bxf6 Qxf3 21. Rxf3 Nxf6 22. Rxf6 Ke7 23. Raf1 Raf8 $11)
18... Qe7 $1 ({Dangerously looks:} 18... Qxe4 $6 19. Qxd6 Qxe3+ (19... Qxf5 20.
Bxc5 $18 {[%cal Ga1d1,Gd6f8]}) 20. Kh1 f6 $8 21. Qe6+ Ne7 22. Qxf6 Rh6 $8 23.
Qf7+ Kd7 24. Rd1+ Rd6 25. Rxd6+ Kxd6 26. Qf6+ Kd7 27. Rxe5 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Re8 29.
Qe6+ Kd8 30. Qd6+ Kc8 31. Qxc5+ $36) 19. Rxh5 {White has no clear attacking
prospects,so at least he takes the pawn back.} Rxh5 20. Qxh5 O-O-O {So,black
has successfully completed the development. The only drawback of his position
is a somewhat ugly statement of Ng8.} (20... Qe6 21. b3 O-O-O 22. Bg5 f6 23.
Bh4 $14) 21. Bg5 {Delivering the bishop to h4,there it will put pressure on
Pf6.} ({Hardly better was} 21. Rf1 Rf8 22. b4 Kb8 (22... cxb4 $6 23. Bxa7 $36)
23. a3 b6 {and black is closed to equality.}) 21... f6 22. Bh4 Qe8 $1 {An
additional accurate move. White cannot avoid a trade of queens without letting
black to activate his pieces.} 23. Qf5+ ({After} 23. Qf3 Qe6 24. b3 Rf8 25. Rf1
Nh6 $132 {[%cal Gh6g4] black gets a good couterchances.}) 23... Qd7 24. Rf1 (
24. Qg6 Qe8 25. Qxe8 Rxe8 26. Rf1 Rf8 $11) 24... Qxf5 25. Rxf5 Rf8 26. Rh5 ({
White has no other useful plan of improvement. For instance,} 26. g4 Nh6 27.
Rxf6 Rxf6 28. Bxf6 Nxg4 $11) 26... Kd7 27. Rh8 {In that endgame white has only
a symbolical advantage,since black easily hold his weaknesses.} Ke6 28. g4 ({
White couldn't breakthrough also after:} 28. Kh2 Rc8 29. Kh3 Ne7 30. Rh6 Ng8
31. Rh7 Ne7 32. Kg4 Rg8+ $11) 28... Rc8 29. Kg2 Ne7 $11 {Ofcourse,black has
nothing to worry about after exchange of the rooks.} 30. Rh6 Ng8 31. Rh8 ({
White cannot make progress after:} 31. Rh7 Ne7 32. Kf3 Rg8 33. c3 b6 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Cubas, Jose Fernando"]
[Black "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paraguay"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PAR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 g6 {This variation doesn't have a good
reputation today.} ({The most common line nowdays is:} 4... Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6.
Re1 a6) 5. e5 Ng4 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 {The most popular continuation. White
prefers to seize space on the kside and cut black's knight from the centre
immediately.} ({The alternative is} 7. d3 Bg7 (7... h5 $5) 8. Bf4 Nh6 9. Ne4 (
9. O-O Bg4 10. Ne4 Nf5 11. Re1 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qd1 Ne6 14. Bg3 {1/2-1/2
Sherbakov,R-Ramesh,R/Mumbai 2003/CBM 93 ext (14)}) 9... Nf5 $5 10. c3 $1 {
[%csl Rc5,Rf5]} b6 11. Qd2 Ba6 $5 (11... h5 $5) 12. O-O-O Qd5 $5 13. g4 O-O-O {
-see comments to 1-0 Lastin,A-Smetankin,S/Rovno 2000/CBM 76/[Avrukh,B] (42)})
7... Nh6 8. g4 {The most ambitious attempt to get an opening advantage. White
prevents black from transfering his knight to d4, so black has to waste more
time for improving the placement of Nh6. However, this plan has a clear
drawback: black may exploit some weakness of white's kside by f7-f5 or f7-f6.}
({The other continuations doesn't promise much:} 8. Ne4 b6 9. Qe2 (9. d3 Bg7
10. Bf4 Nf5 11. Qd2 Nd4 $15 {0-1 Handke,F-Chandler,M/Germany 2002/CBM 89/
[Postny] (38)}) 9... Nf5 10. c3 Bg7 11. g4 Nh6 12. Nf6+ Kf8 13. Ne4 f5 14. exf6
exf6 15. d3 Nf7 16. Be3 f5 17. gxf5 Bxf5 $132 {0-1 Rytshagov,M-Spasov,V/
Yerevan 1996/EXT 97 (45)}) (8. O-O Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. Bf4 Nf5 11. Qd2 Nd4 $132 {
Bjerring,K-Campos Moreno,J/Barbera op 1996/0-1 (45)}) 8... Bg7 ({White has got
a small but stable advantage after:} 8... f5 9. g5 Nf7 10. d3 Be6 11. Qe2 Bg7
12. h4 $1 Bd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. c4 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Lautier,J/Corus
Wijk aan Zee 2002 [Lautier]}) 9. d3 O-O {After the kside castle black's Nh6
becomes very vulnerable, but black prepares f7-f6, opening the ''f'' file for
his rook.} ({Another plan is connected with a qside castle:} 9... f5 10. g5 Nf7
11. Bf4 Be6 12. Qe2 Qc7 (12... Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Rhe1 h6 16.
gxh6 Bxh6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. h4 $14 {1-0 Sanz Alonso,F-Frois,A/Oviedo 1991/EXT
97 (28)}) 13. Qe3 b6 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. d4 c4 16. h4 Bd5 17. h5 $14 {1-0
Gasanov,E-Kamenets,A/Alushta 2001/EXT 2003 (34)}) 10. Qe2 (10. Be3 f5 11. exf6
exf6 12. Qd2 Nf7 13. Bxc5 (13. O-O-O b6 $11) 13... Re8+ 14. Be3 f5 15. gxf5
Bxf5 16. O-O-O Qd7 $44 {1-0 Ristic,N-Gavela,D/Budva 2003/CBM 94 ext (39)})
10... f6 (10... f5 11. g5 Nf7 12. Bf4 Be6 13. h4 $36) 11. Bf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
It's clear, that white wants to keep control on the e5 pawn, but this natural
move is a terrible tactical blunder and allows black to exploit the
vulnerability of Bf4 and Nf3.} ({The correct way was:} 11. Be3 $142 $1 fxe5 (
11... b6 12. O-O-O Nf7 13. d4 $36) 12. Ng5 $1 b6 13. O-O-O $44 {with a good
compensation for a pawn due to a strong central outpost on e4 and black's weak
pawns.}) 11... Nxg4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] That blow is very important for the
theory, as now white faces serious troubles!} (11... Nf7 12. O-O-O fxe5 13. Bg3
Be6 14. Nxe5 Bd5 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Be5 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 {1/2-1/2
Karpov,A-Chiburdanidze,M/Bilbao 1987/CBM 03 (18)}) 12. hxg4 ({Badly was also:} 
12. e6 Nh6 13. O-O-O Nf5 $17 {and black has an extra pawn, while white's Pe6
is also in danger. But white's main problem is a deficit of attack!}) 12...
fxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxg4 14. Rxh7 $6 {This move leads only to simplifications, which
are favourable for black.} ({Better was:} 14. Bxg7 Bxf3 15. Qe3 Bxh1 16. Bxf8
Qxf8 17. O-O-O Bd5 18. Qxc5 e6 19. Qe3 $15 {and white has some compensation
for a pawn due to weakness of Kg8, although black's chances are still
preferable.}) 14... Bxe5 15. Rh6 $2 {That is already desperation, as white's
pieces are too far away from black's monarch, so black can safely take the
material.} ({The only way to continue the fight was:} 15. Qxe5 Kxh7 16. Ng5+
Kg8 17. Qh2 (17. Qe4 Qd4 18. Qxg6+ Qg7 19. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $19) 17... Bh5 18. Ne6
Qd6 19. Qxd6 exd6 20. Nxf8 Kxf8 $17 {although black has an excellent winning
chances in this endgame}) 15... Bg7 16. Rxg6 Bxf3 17. Qe6+ Rf7 $19 {Now
black's king is totally safe, so the rest is just an agony.} 18. Rxg7+ (18. Kd2
Qd6 $19) 18... Kxg7 19. Kd2 Qd6 20. Rg1+ Kf8 21. Qh3 Qf4+ (21... Qf4+ 22. Ke1
Qc1+ 23. Nd1 Qxd1#) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.03.13"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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 "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 {That move is a possible alternative to
the main line 4.Nc3 Qc7 5.0-0 Nd4. The arising positions are typical for the
well-known variation 3...g6 4.0-0 Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nc3 Nc7 8.Bxc6 dxc6
9.Ne4. On the other hand, black usually gets a comfortable play after 4.e5, so
4.Nc3 is more principal.} Nd5 5. O-O {The most popular continuation.} (5. Nc3
Nc7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. d3 Ne6 11. Ne4 f5 12. exf6
exf6 13. Rb1 b6 14. b3 a5 15. a4 Ra7 16. Bb2 Re7 $11 {1-0 Adams,M-Kramnik,V/
Las Vegas 1999/CBM 72 (60)}) 5... Nc7 $5 {A very flexible continuation. Black
forces white to exchange his bishop immediately-that allows him to develop the
Bc8 either on f5 or on g4. In my opinion,that move is not worse than the
common 5...g6.} 6. Bxc6 ({Deserves attention:} 6. Bc4 $5) 6... dxc6 7. h3 {
A natural profilactic move against the possible pin of Nf3.} ({Black doesn't
face any problems after:} 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. d3 Bg7 11. Qe4
Qd4 12. Re1 Qxe4 13. Rxe4 O-O-O 14. f4 f5 15. Re1 Ne6 16. Be3 {1/2-1/2
Kasimdzhanov,R-Vladimirov,E/Mumbai 2003/CBM 93 ext (16)}) 7... Bf5 {The
light-squared bishop is placed well. Later black may make it more powerful by
c5-c4.} ({Possible is also a standard} 7... g6 8. d3 Bg7 9. Be3 b6 10. Qc1 O-O
11. Bh6 Be6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Re1 Bd5 14. Nh2 f5 15. exf6+ exf6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Baklan,V-Tregubov,P/Bastia FRA 2003/The Week in Chess 469 (20)}) 8. d3 h6 $1 {
Securing the statement of Bf5 and taking control of ''g5'' spot.} ({Less
accurate would be:} 8... e6 $6 9. Bg5 Qd7 (9... Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nbd2 $14
{[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd2c4]}) 10. Nh4 $14) 9. Nbd2 $146 (9. Nc3 e6 10. Qe2 Be7 11.
Ne4 O-O $6 (11... Nb5 $142 $11) 12. c4 a5 13. Bf4 a4 14. a3 b5 15. Rad1 $14 {
[%csl Rc7] 1/2-1/2 Belotti,B-Simic,R/Arandjelovac 1985/EXT 2001 (49)}) 9... e6
10. Qe2 Nb5 {The only real drawback of black's position is his doubled pawns.
He should deliver his knight to d4 in order to improve the pawn structure
after exchange on d4.} (10... Be7 11. Ne4 Nb5 $1 (11... O-O $6 12. c4 $14) 12.
Be3 Nd4 13. Bxd4 cxd4 $11) 11. Ne4 Nd4 {So,black has realized his main idea.
White cannot do with the statement of Nd4.} 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 {That is the most
ambitious continuation-black leaves an opportunity of activating his bishops
by c5-c4 in future-in that case he could reach better chances.} ({Black could
also choose a more simple option:} 12... cxd4 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. f4 Qd7 $11 {
with an equal position.}) 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Kh2 $6 {That move is connected with
a completely wrong idea.} ({White should take care of quick development:} 14.
Qe3 $142 {(black's queen is very unpleasant in the centre,so white should
trade the queens in order to complete the development)} Qd5 (14... O-O-O 15. f4
Qd5 16. b3 $11) 15. b3 Be7 16. Bb2 $11) 14... h5 $1 15. f4 (15. Qe3 O-O-O 16.
Qxd4 cxd4 $15) 15... h4 16. Nh1 c4 17. dxc4 (17. Nf2 cxd3 18. cxd3 Be7 19. Be3
Qd5 $17 {[%csl Rd3,Rf2]}) 17... Bh5 $1 {That powerful move destroys a
coordination between white's pieces.} 18. Qf2 (18. Qd3 Qxd3 19. cxd3 Be2 20.
Rf2 Bxd3 $17) 18... Qxc4 19. f5 {White is not ready for such a ''drastic''
decisions. That advance only creates an additional weaknesses in white's camp.}
({More to the point was:} 19. Be3 $142 a6 (19... b6 20. a4 $132 {[%csl Rb6]
[%cal Ga4a5,Yf2b6]}) 20. b3 Qb4 21. a3 {[%cal Ge3c5] and white has a good
chances of equalizing: black hasn't completed the developement yet,while white
may try to swap the dark-squared bishops.}) 19... exf5 20. Bg5 {That move
avoids a queen-side castle,but black's monarch feels quite safely in the
centre.} (20. Qxf5 $2 {is just very bad in view of:} Bg6 21. Qf2 Qxc2 $19)
20... Bc5 $1 {A correct decision-black should complete the development as soon
as possible in order to keep an advantage. Now white's choice is not very
pleasant.} ({Careless would be an attempt to hold the extra pawn:} 20... Bg6
$143 $6 21. Rad1 Bc5 22. Qd2 O-O 23. b3 $132 {[%csl Rh4] and white gets good
counterplay.}) 21. Qxf5 {Sergei perefers to keep the queens on the board,
although his king is quite weak.} ({Maybe white should look for some drawish
chances in the endgame which arise after:} 21. Qxh4 Qxh4 22. Bxh4 Be2 23. Rfe1
Rxh4 24. Rxe2 Rd8 $17 {[%csl Re5,Rh1] although here black has an obvious
advatange.}) 21... Bg6 22. Qf3 ({Again,the arising endgame after} 22. Qf4 Qxf4+
23. Bxf4 ({or} 23. Rxf4 Be7 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25. c3 Rad8 $17) 23... O-O-O $17 {
is just terrible for white.}) 22... Rh5 23. Bf4 {White avoids a trade of the
queens at any cost,but that strategy leads to a quick disaster.} ({I can
hardly recommend:} 23. Qf4 Qxf4+ 24. Bxf4 O-O-O 25. Rad1 $17) 23... O-O-O 24.
Nf2 $4 {A decisive mistake which allows black to win a whole piece.} ({Instead
of that terrible blunder,white should continue fighting:} 24. Qg4+ Qe6 25. Rad1
(25. Qxe6+ fxe6 $17) 25... Qxg4 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. hxg4 Rh8 28. c3 Ke7 $17) (
24. b3 Qe6 25. Nf2 Bd4 26. Rad1 Rhh8 $17 {Ofcourse,black has a great advantage,
but there is no immediate win.}) 24... Rf5 $19 {White cannot avoid a loss of
material.} 25. Nd3 ({Hopeless would be also:} 25. Ng4 Rd4 26. b3 Qb5 27. c4 Qa5
$19 {[%csl Rf4]}) 25... Bh5 $1 {Suddenly white's queen has no square for
retreat.} 26. b3 Qxc2 27. Rac1 (27. Ne1 Qe2 (27... Bxf3 28. Nxc2 Rxf4 29. Ne1
Bd4 $19) 28. Qxe2 Bxe2 $19) 27... Qxd3 ({Good enough was also:} 27... Qxc1 $19)
28. Qxd3 Rxd3 29. Rxc5 g5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. Bxc6 {Quite a rare,but
interesting continuation. White avoids the common lines after 5.0-0 Nd4 6.Re1
a6. This idea is similar to the English, there after the moves 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3
Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 black usually gets a good play after 5...Bxc3 6.
Qxc3 Qe7.} Qxc6 {The most principal continuation-black prefers to keep a good
pawn structure, although white's development advantage is obvious.} ({Two
other captures looks safer:} 5... dxc6 6. e5 (6. d3 $5 e5 7. h3 Be7 8. O-O O-O
9. Be3) 6... Nd5 7. h3 (7. O-O Bg4 $11) (7. Ne4 Bg4 8. O-O e6 9. c4 Nb4 10. d4
Rd8 11. Qb3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Rxd4 13. Be3 Rd3 14. Qa4 Na6 $15 {0-1 Carlsen,
M-Nataf,I/Reykjavik ISL 2004/The Week in Chess 488 (48)}) 7... Bf5 8. O-O e6 9.
d3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. c4 b5 12. Qe2 bxc4 13. dxc4 Qa5 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5
Qc3 $15 {0-1 Ivanov,A-Van Wely,L/Tripoli LBA 2004/The Week in Chess 502 (53)})
(5... bxc6 6. e5 (6. d4 $5 cxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Bg5) 6... Ng4 7. Qe2 (7. d4 cxd4
8. Qxd4 d6 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. exd6 exd6 12. O-O f6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. a4
Kf7 $15 {0-1 Paehtz,E-McShane,L/Lausanne 2003/CBM 98 no vc (39)}) 7... f6 8.
exf6 Nxf6 9. Ne4 e5 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Nh4 d5 12. d3 Rg8 13. Qh5+ Qf7 14. Qxf7+
Kxf7 15. f4 c4 16. dxc4 Ba6 17. fxe5 Bxc4 18. e6+ Kxe6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,
B-Shirov,A/Reykjavik 2003/CBM 94 (20)}) 6. Qe2 (6. e5 Nd5 7. Ne4 d6 8. O-O Bg4
9. exd6 exd6 10. Re1 Be7 11. Ng3 Nc7 12. d4 Bxf3 13. gxf3 cxd4 14. Nf5 Ne6 15.
Nxd4 Qd7 $11 {0-1 Mrdja,M-Degraeve,J/St Affrique 2003/CBM 95 ext (39)}) 6... d5
$6 $146 {A dubious move, which allows white to seize a dangerous initiative.} (
{The ''quiet''} 6... d6 {leads to a slighty worse,but quite playable position:}
7. d4 Bg4 (7... e6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. Bxe7
Nxe7 13. Rd6 Qc7 14. Rhd1 Nf5 15. R6d2 $14 {1-0 Lupulescu,C-Markos,J/Peniscola
2002/CBM 90 ext (38)}) 8. d5 Qd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g6 11. a4 Bg7 12. Bf4 O-O
13. O-O b6 14. Qe3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Holst,A-Lukin,A/Aarhus 1997/EXT 99 (34)}) 7.
Ne5 {The most ambitious continuation - white has to prove, that he has a
serious development advantage.} ({Black gets an excellent French-type position
after:} 7. e5 Nd7 8. d4 b6 9. O-O e6 $15 {[%cal Ga7a5,Gc8a6]}) ({But strongly
looks:} 7. exd5 $5 Nxd5 8. Ne5 Qe6 9. O-O {and I don't see how black can
complete his development without big losses.} Bd7 ({For example:} 9... Nxc3 10.
dxc3 (10. bxc3 $5 b6 11. d4 $36) 10... Bd7 11. Re1 g6 (11... Rd8 12. Bf4 Bc6
13. Nxc6 Qxe2 (13... Qxc6 14. Rad1 Rxd1 15. Rxd1 e6 16. Qe5 $16) 14. Rxe2 bxc6
15. Re4 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rc5,Rc6]}) 12. Bf4 Bg7 13. Nxd7 Qxe2 14. Rxe2 Kxd7 15.
Rd1+ $16) 10. Re1 Rd8 11. Qc4 Nb4 (11... Nxc3 12. Qxc3 b6 13. d3 $36) 12. Qxc5
Nxc2 13. Nd5 Rc8 14. Nc7+ Rxc7 15. Qxc7 Nxe1 16. Qxb7 $40) 7... Qe6 8. f4 $6 {
In my opinion, this move is too slow and allows black to complete his
development.} ({Much stronger was:} 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O {- see comments to the
previous note.}) 8... dxe4 9. O-O a6 {Black has to avoid a possible threat of
Nc3-b5 in order to complete his development.} (9... Qa6 10. Qe3 e6 11. Nxe4
Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Be7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 $14) 10. b3 g6 ({Deserved attention also
another way of development:} 10... Qd6 $5 11. Kh1 (11. Bb2 $6 Bf5 12. Kh1 {
[%cal Gg2g4]} (12. g4 $2 Nxg4 13. Nxg4 Qg6 $17) 12... h5 $1 $15 (12... e6 $6
13. g4 Bg6 14. g5 Nd5 15. Nxe4 $36)) 11... e6 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Be7 14.
Bb2 O-O $11) 11. Ba3 ({More quiet option was:} 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13.
Qxe4 O-O 14. Rae1 $11 {with mutual chances.}) 11... Bg7 $5 {Ilya is a very
strong intuitive player, so he sacrifices a pawn for the initiative.} ({
After the simple} 11... b6 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Ra7 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Nxd7
Qxd7 16. Qxd7+ Rxd7 17. Bb2 Rg8 $11 {black has nothing to worry about.}) 12.
Bxc5 O-O 13. Rae1 ({Ofcourse,not} 13. Nxe4 $2 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 f6 {loosing a
piece.}) 13... b6 14. Ba3 Bb7 {Now black has changed the concept of his play:
he is trying to exploit the power of his bishop, mainly Bb7 in order to get
compensation for a pawn (The loss of pawn is unavoidable here).} 15. Qc4 {
Now it's not easy to keep control on Pe7, but after the loss of Pe4 black's
Bb7 becomes very strong!} ({Deserved attention} 15. Nc4 $5 Rfd8 16. f5 Qd7 $1 (
16... gxf5 $6 17. Ne3 $36) 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Qf2 $1 Rab8 $1 $132 {with a very
complicated play.}) 15... Nd5 {It's important to keep the queens on the board.}
16. Qxe4 Rac8 17. Ne2 b5 $44 {Although white has no visible weaknesses, black
has full compensation for a pawn: his bishops are very avtive, while it's not
easy to see a reasonable plan for white, as his monarch feels a pressure of
Bb7.} 18. c4 (18. Kh1 Rc7 {[%cal Gd5f6]} 19. Qd3 (19. Nd4 Qb6 $132) 19... Qb6
$132 {[%cal Gb6a5]}) 18... bxc4 19. bxc4 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 (20. d4 Bxe5 21. cxd5 (
21. fxe5 Rxc4 $15) 21... Bf6 22. Rb1 Qc7 $15 {[%csl Rd4,Rd5]}) 20... Nb4 ({
Nothing promised:} 20... Nc3 $6 21. Qc2 Nxe2 22. Rxe2 {and the exchange is in
white's favour.}) 21. Qb1 $6 {Now the queen is too far away from the kside.} ({
After} 21. Nd7 Qc7 22. Qxe7 Qc6 23. Qg5 Qxd7 24. Bxb4 Rfe8 $44 {Black is at
least not worse, as white's pieces are not coordinated, and Kg1 is weak.}) ({
White should swap the queens:} 21. Qd4 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxc4 24.
Rxe7 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Rxd4 26. Bxb4 Rxb4 $11) 21... Bxe5 22. Bxb4 (22. fxe5 Rxc4
23. d3 Rg4 (23... Rh4 $5) 24. Nf4 a5 $36 (24... g5 $6 25. h3 $1 Rg3 26. Qxb4
Bxg2+ 27. Kh2 Qxb4 28. Bxb4 Bxf1 29. Kxg3 gxf4+ 30. Kxf4 Bxd3 31. Bxe7 $11))
22... Bf6 23. d3 $2 {As it usually happens, one move can decide the game in
such a complicated positions. White misses black's next move, after which the
pin will decide the game.} ({The best way was a simplification:} 23. Nc3 Rxc4
24. Bxe7 Qc6 25. Rg1 Rb8 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 $15 {although black's position is
slighty preferable here.}) 23... Rb8 $1 {Suddenly there is no way to avoid a
loss of piece! In fact, white's main problem is a deficit of coordination and
the weakness of his monarch!} 24. d4 Qc6 25. Rf2 Ba8 $19 ({Good enough was also
} 25... Qxc4 26. Rc1 Bxg2+ 27. Rxg2 Rxb4 $19) 26. Qb3 a5 27. d5 Qb6 28. c5 Qxb4
29. Qxb4 Rxb4 {The rest is just an agony, as black is a heavy piece up, while
white's pawns can be easily stopped in the endgame.} 30. c6 e6 (30... Rb2 $19 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Gb2d2,Gd2d5]}) 31. f5 {Black has a lot of winning
continuations, so it was a right moment for resignation!} gxf5 (31... exd5 32.
fxg6 fxg6 33. Ref1 Be7 34. Rxf8+ Bxf8 35. c7 Bb7 $19) 32. Nf4 Bg5 33. Nh3 Bh6 {
Cutting white's knight.} 34. dxe6 fxe6 35. Rc2 (35. Rxe6 Rb1+ 36. Ng1 Bg7 37.
Rd2 Rc1 $19) 35... Rc8 36. Rxe6 Rb1+ 37. Ng1 Bg7 38. Rd6 Rb6 39. Rd5 a4 40. h4
Rbxc6 41. Rcd2 Rc4 42. Rd8+ Bf8 43. Nh3 Rxd8 44. Rxd8 Bc6 45. Ng5 Rxh4+ 46. Kg1
Rh6 0-1

[Event "Groningen Harmonie"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2004.12.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4
Bg4 {The last word of theory.} ({According to the modern practice, black faces
a serious problems after:} 8... h6 9. Nf3 exf4 10. Bxf4 Be6 11. Nd5) 9. Qe1 {
The most natural retreat. White leaves the diagonal c1-h6 open for his bishop.}
({The following alternatives doesn't promise much:} 9. Nf3 {-->see comments to
1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Leko,P/Budapest 2003/CBM 95/[Gofshtein,L] (29)}) (9. Qd2 {
-->see comments to 0-1 Bruzon,L-Smirnov,P/Tripoli LBA 2004/The Week in Chess
503 (34)}) 9... h6 $6 $146 {A new but hardly successful idea in the well-known
position.} ({The common continuation} 9... exf4 {leads to a very complicated
battle. For example:} 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 (13. Kh2 b5
14. Bb3 Nxb3 15. axb3 b4 16. Ne2 d5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nikolenko,O-Neverov,V/
Czestochowa 1992/TD (22)}) 13... h6 14. gxh5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Qxh3 16. Qg2 Qxg2+
17. Kxg2 Nxc2 18. Rac1 Nd4 19. h6 Rae8 20. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/
Linares ESP 2004/The Week in Chess 487 (20)}) 10. Nf3 {That natural move is
not bad at all, but white had a very interesting alternative!} ({Very
perspective would be an energetical:} 10. h3 $1 hxg5 ({the point is that after
} 10... Bh5 11. Nf3 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nd4 13. Rf2 $14 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Yh3g4] 13...
Ng4 is not possible, so white has a clear positional advantage.}) 11. fxg5 Nd7
(11... Nh7 12. g6 (12. hxg4 Bxg5 13. Nd5 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 $36) 12... Be6 13. gxh7+
Kxh7 14. Qd1 $36 {[%cal Gd1h5,Gc3d5]}) 12. hxg4 $1 ({an effect} 12. Rxf7 {
is not effective enough, as after} Rxf7 13. g6 Bh5 14. Bxf7+ Kh8 15. g4 Nd4 16.
Qd1 Bg5 17. gxh5 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Nf6 $44 {black gets a wonderful
compensation for a pawn.}) 12... Bxg5 13. Nd5 $36) 10... Bxf3 {That exchange
forces white to take with a pawn, but gives him an excellent attacking chances,
since the ''g'' file becomes open and the Bc4 has no opponent.} 11. gxf3 ({
Ofcourse, not} 11. Rxf3 $2 Nd4 12. Rf2 Ng4 $17) 11... Nh5 {Starting a fight
for the dark squares.} 12. Nd5 {Keeping a pressure in the centre.} ({Deserved
attention also:} 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Nd5 Bh4 (13... Bg5 14. Kh1 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 $14
{[%cal Gf3f4]} Ne7 $140 $6 16. Qh4 $1 Nxd5 17. Qxh5 $16 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gh5e5,
Gf1g1]}) 14. Qd1 Bg5 15. f4 Nxf4 16. Nxf4 exf4 17. Bxf4 $14 {with a clear
advantage, as it looks very dangerous for black to take the pawn:} Bxf4 $140
18. Rxf4 Qd4+ 19. Kh1 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qe5 21. Rf5 Qe7 22. Qh5 $40) 12... Bh4 13.
Qd1 Kh7 14. f5 {White prefers just to seize a space on the k-sde, intending to
put pressure on Pg7.} ({In my opinion,more perspective would be:} 14. fxe5 dxe5
({even worse is} 14... Nxe5 $2 15. Bb3 $16 {[%cal Gf3f4]}) 15. f4 Nxf4 16. Nxf4
exf4 17. Bxf4 $36 {and white's bishops are especially powerful in this
position.}) 14... Bg5 15. Rf2 $6 {An additional inaccuracy which allows black
to break free from the pressure.} ({Correct was:} 15. Bxg5 $142 Qxg5+ (15...
hxg5 16. Kh1 $16 {[%csl Gc4,Rh7][%cal Gf1g1]}) 16. Kh1 {[%cal Gf1g1]} g6 17.
Rg1 Qd8 18. Qf1 $1 $14 {[%cal Gf1h3] and white is still better.} Ne7 $140 $2
19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. Bxf7 $1 $18) 15... g6 $1 {White has probably understated the
power of that move. Now black solves all his problems.} 16. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 17. Rg2
Qd8 18. c3 {It looks like now white has to play carefully, since the exchange
on g6 is just not possible from strategical point of view.} ({Another
possibility was:} 18. Kh1 gxf5 19. f4 $1 ({not} 19. exf5 $6 Ne7 $1 $15 {
[%csl Rf4][%cal Yh5f4] and black takes control of important square f4.}) 19...
Nxf4 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. Qh5 Qf6 22. Rag1 {and it looks like white's activity is
sufficient for keeping a ballance. For instance,} Ne5 (22... Ne7 $5) 23. Qxf5+
Qxf5 24. exf5 Rg8 25. Bd5 $11 {but ofcourse, white cannot hope for gaining any
advantage.}) 18... gxf5 19. f4 $1 {An important resourse which allows white to
avoid difficulties.} (19. exf5 $6 Rg8 20. Rxg8 Qxg8+ 21. Kh1 Qg5 $15) 19...
Nxf4 {That leads to an equal endgame.} ({Badly was:} 19... Nf6 $2 20. fxe5 dxe5
21. Qf3 f4 22. Qh3 $40) 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. Qh5 Qf6 22. Qxf5+ Qxf5 23. exf5 Rae8
{Here the draw was agreed.} ({The following variations prove, that white keeps
an equality:} 23... Ne5 24. Bd5 Rg8 25. d4 cxd4 26. cxd4 $132) (23... Rae8 24.
Rf1 Ne5 25. Rxf4 Nxc4 26. dxc4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen Harmonie"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2004.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Visser, Yge"]
[Black "Brandenburg, Daan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 {A very rare move which looks quite unambitious.
White wants to avoid the ''oficial theory'' as quickly as possible. Yge Visser
has reached an excellent results, using that ''shy'' move in a several moves.}
Nf6 {A natural answer. Black is ready to meet e4-e5 by attacking that pawn.} ({
The normal alternatives are:} 3... e6) (3... g6) (3... d6) 4. e5 {Ofcourse,
only that move allows white to fight for the initiative. However, objectively
that is not a correct sacrifice, so white doesn't get a sufficient
compensation if black defends accurately.} ({The quiet continuations:} 4. d3) (
{and} 4. Nc3 {are totally harmless.}) 4... Ng4 {The most popular-black wins a
pawn but allows white to get a strong pawn's centre.} ({The alternative is:} 
4... Nd5 $5 5. O-O Qc7 6. Na3 $132 {with a very complicated position.}) 5. b4
$1 cxb4 {Black accepts the challenge.} ({At the same time, i don't see real
problems after:} 5... Ngxe5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. bxc5 d5 8. cxd6 (8. d4 $5 Nc6 9.
O-O g6 10. c3 Bg7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bf3 $132) 8... exd6 9. d4 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 $11
{1/2-1/2 Maldonado,O-Shaked,T/Newark 1995/EXT 2002 (21)}) ({Interesting is also
} 5... d6 $5 6. bxc5 dxe5 7. Bb2 e4 8. Ng5 Nf6 9. Bc4 e6 10. Nc3 Bxc5 11. Ncxe4
Be7 12. Ng3 O-O $11 {1-0 Visser,Y-Piket,J/Eindhoven 1983/EXT 2002 (44)}) 6. d4
d6 {That move is the most principal-black wants to break white's strong pawns
centre. However, that continuation is quite risky, as the position become open,
so white could exploit his development advantage.} ({The alternative is:} 6...
d5 7. a3 e6 8. O-O Nh6 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. axb4 Nxb4 11. Na3 $44 {0-1 Visser,
Y-Cmiel,T/Dieren 1985/EXT 2002 (37)}) 7. h3 (7. e6 fxe6 8. O-O g6) 7... Nh6 8.
O-O $146 {The dark-squared bishop is very important in this position, so white
shouldn't take on h6. He should try to breakthrough by c2-c4 and d4-d5.} (8.
Bxh6 $6 gxh6 9. e6 $2 fxe6 10. d5 Bg7 $19 {0-1 Mujunen,M-Leino,J/Naantali 1993/
EXT 98 (38)}) 8... e6 ({Ofcourse, badly is:} 8... dxe5 $2 9. d5 $32 {with a
huge development advantage of white.}) 9. c4 {White must play very
energetically in oder to prevent black from consolidating.} Nf5 $5 {Black
makes the 4th move with the same piece, but white cannot exploit that!} ({
In my opinion,he could also play:} 9... bxc3 $142 {(a hard move from
psychological point of view, as black helps white to complete development)} 10.
Nxc3 Nf5 $15 {and white has no sufficient compensation for a pawn, since black
is very solid here.} (10... d5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Qd2 $44)) 10. Bb2
dxe5 $1 {Black chooses the most principal moves and fights for an advantage!} (
{The attempt to keep the position closed was:} 10... d5 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Bd3
O-O 13. Qc2 $44 {and white has a sufficient compensation in view of nice
development and some vulnerablity of Nf5.}) ({But deserved attention} 10... Be7
$5 11. exd6 Bxd6 ({Only not} 11... Qxd6 $6 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 $36 Bf6 $140 $2
14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. dxc6 Qxa1 16. cxb7 Bxb7 17. Qa4+ $18) 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5
Na5 {with an excellent play. For example:} 14. g4 $140 $6 Ne7 15. Bxg7 Rg8 $36)
11. d5 Ncd4 12. Nxe5 Bc5 {So, black has solved all the problems and he is a
heavy piece up.} ({Less convincing was} 12... Nxe2+ $143 13. Qxe2 Be7 14. Rd1
exd5 15. cxd5 O-O 16. a3 $1 {with some compensation.}) 13. Nd2 Qc7 $6 {Black
doesn't feel the dynamic of this position. The time is usually more important
than a material in that kind of situations!} ({After the most natural} 13...
exd5 14. cxd5 O-O $17 {white could face a serious problems, since black is
developed very well,keeping a heavy extra pawn.}) 14. Nd3 $1 {An excellent
resourse! White is swapping the main defender of the dark-squares.} (14. Ndf3
$2 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Ng3 16. Qd3 (16. Qd2 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 O-O $19) 16... Nxf1 17.
Rxf1 f6 $19) 14... Ng3 $1 {Now white cannot avoid an additional loss of
material.} ({Much worse would be:} 14... Nxe2+ $2 15. Qxe2 Ng3 16. Qg4 Nxf1 17.
Rxf1 {[%csl Rg7] which allowed a dangerous initiative.}) 15. Re1 ({The point
is that after} 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Gd4a1] both white's rook are
hanging, so} 16. Re1 Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 O-O $19 {leads to an easy
win of black.}) 15... Ngxe2+ 16. Rxe2 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 O-O $8 {That is the only
move, since black cannot allow white to take the Pg7.} 18. Nxc5 $1 ({It looks
like black has considered only:} 18. Ne4 $6 exd5 $1 19. cxd5 (19. Nexc5 dxc4
20. Qe5 Qxe5 21. Nxe5 c3 $19) 19... Bd6 $17 {and white's attacking potential
is not sufficient here.}) 18... Qxc5 19. Ne4 Qe7 $8 {Again the only move!
Black must take control of ''f6'' spot.} 20. d6 Qd8 $1 {Black is on top!} ({
The ''active'' option led to a forced draw after:} 20... Qh4 21. Rd1 Rd8 22.
Qf3 Bd7 23. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 (23... Kh8 24. Nh5 f6 25. Nxf6 Bc6 26. Qe3 gxf6 27. g3
Qh5 (27... Rg8 $5 28. Kh2 Qh5 29. Bxf6+ Rg7 30. Qd4 e5 31. Bxe5 Rag8 $13) 28.
Bxf6+ Kg8 29. Qxe6+ Qf7 30. Qg4+ Qg6 $11) 24. Rd4 $1 Bc6 (24... Qh6 25. Rg4+
Kf8 26. Qg3 $1 $18) 25. Rg4+ Kf8 26. Qf4 e5 27. Bxe5 $1 fxe5 28. Qxe5 Qxg4 29.
hxg4 Kg8 30. Qg5+ $11) 21. d7 Qe7 $4 {An unbelievable mistake! Black just
loses an important tempo which makes his position very dangerous!} ({At the
same time, after} 21... Bxd7 $142 $1 22. Rd1 (22. Nf6+ {doesn't work in view
of:} gxf6 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Rd1 Rg8 $19) 22... f6 23. Nc5 Qe7 24. Nxd7 Rfd8 25.
Qd2 Rac8 $17 {i don't see even how white can survive, since the pin is
unavoidable.}) 22. Rd1 $1 {Activating the rook and preventing black from
connecting the rooks at this moment!} ({Much worse would be} 22. dxc8=Q $2
Raxc8 $13) 22... Rd8 ({The loss of important tempo is very significant in the
following variation:} 22... Bxd7 $2 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Rxd7 $18)
23. Qg4 f5 $2 {That is already a decisive mistake which leads to a quick
disaster.} ({The only defence was:} 23... e5 24. dxc8=Q Raxc8 {although after}
25. Rd5 Qe6 (25... f6 26. Nd6 $16) 26. Qg5 $1 f6 27. Qd2 $16 {black faces a
serious problems.}) 24. Nf6+ Kh8 (24... Qxf6 25. Bxf6 fxg4 26. Bxd8 $18) (24...
Kf8 25. Nxh7+ Kg8 26. Nf6+ Kf8 27. Qh4 $18) 25. Qh4 h6 26. Qh5 $1 $18 {[%cal
Gh5e8] Suddenly the threats of 27.Qe8+ and 27.Qg6 are unpreventable, so white
just wins a whole piece.} e5 ({Hopeless was also} 26... Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Bxd7 28.
Qg6 gxf6 29. Bxf6+ Qxf6 30. Qxf6+ Kg8 31. Qg6+ Kf8 32. Qxh6+ $18) 27. Qe8+ Qf8
({Black is not satisfied with} 27... Rxe8 28. dxe8=Q+ Qxe8 29. Nxe8 $18) 28.
Qxf8+ Rxf8 29. d8=Q {But now white is a queen up!} Be6 30. Qe7 Rxf6 31. Bxe5
Rg6 32. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Dallas UTD"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2004.12.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.12.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 c4 7. d4 {That is
the most popular continuation. However, the practice prove, that black usually
gets a comfortable play here.} ({In my opinion, the attempts to use some
vulnerablity of Pc4 are more unpleasant:} 7. Bc2 Ng6 8. b3 b5 9. Qe2 (9. a4 Bb7
10. d4 cxd3 11. Bxd3 b4 12. Bb2 Bc5 13. Nbd2 (13. cxb4 $6 Nxb4 14. Bxg7 $2 Rg8
15. Bh6 Nh4 16. g3 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qh4 $19) 13... O-O 14. Rc1 d6 15. Nc4 Qe7 16.
Nd4 bxc3 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc3 Rab8 $11 {0-1 Burnett,R-Moiseenko,A/Guelph CAN
2004/The Week in Chess 510 (23)}) 9... Qc7 10. bxc4 Nf4 11. Qe3 bxc4 12. Ba3
Be7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Na3 O-O 15. Rfe1 Nfg6 16. h4 $36 {1-0 Vaulin,A-Moroz,A/
Pardubice 1992/EXT 2000 (29)}) ({or} 7. Qe2 $5) 7... cxd3 8. Qxd3 b5 {Black
avoids a possible exchange on c6 at cost of somewhat weakening his q-side.} ({
In his previous game Alexander choosed} 8... Ng6 {and didn't face any problems.
}) 9. Bc2 Ng6 10. a4 b4 11. c4 $2 {[%mdl 16384] In my opinion, that is already
a serious positional mistake which leaves white without any useful plan.} ({
Better was:} 11. Bg5 Be7 (11... Qc7 $5) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nbd2 $132 {[%cal
Gd2c4] leaving a square c4 for the knight.}) 11... Be7 12. b3 $146 {Actually,
white cannot do without that move,since Pc4 will become vulnerable very soon.}
(12. Re1 d6 13. Nbd2 Qc7 14. b3 Bf6 15. Rb1 Nf4 16. Qe3 e5 $15 {1/2-1/2
Aryanejad,H-Khakpoor,A/Fajr 1993/EXT 2004 (42)}) (12. Be3 O-O 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14.
Rad1 Qc7 15. b3 $11) 12... d6 13. Be3 ({There is no reason to put the
dark-squared bishop on b2. For instance,} 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nbd2 Nf4 15. Qe3 e5
$15 {[%csl Rb2,Rc2] and black is already preferable.}) 13... O-O 14. Nbd2 Bb7
$15 {Black's pieces are developed more comfortably, while white has no useful
plan-that makes his position worse. Black's plan is swapping the dark-squared
bishops.} 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bb1 ({Maybe it was better to simplify the position:
} 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bg5 18. g3 e5 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 $15 {although
black has a stable advantage and may deliver his knight to c5 or d4.}) 16...
Rad8 17. Rfe1 {That played with an idea of transfering the knight to g3-that
will free some space for a heavy pieces.} ({Now} 17. Nd4 {can be strongly met
by:} d5 18. exd5 exd5 $36) (17. Qe2 Bf6 18. Bd3 Rfe8 $36 {[%csl Re2][%cal
Gd6d5]}) 17... Bf6 18. Nf1 Bc3 {Finally, black has realized his main idea. Now
white cannot do with an unpleasant statement of Bc3.} 19. Bd2 ({Now} 19. Re2 $2
{is just bad in view of:} Nce5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Qc2 Bxe4 $19) 19... Nge5 {
It's important to exchange one pair of the knights in order to take control of
''d4'' spot.} 20. Qe2 ({After} 20. Nxe5 dxe5 {black may take with a pawn:} 21.
Qg3 Bxd2 22. Nxd2 Nd4 $17 {[%cal Gc7c5,Gd8d6,Gf8d8] and i don't see how white
can regroup his pieces, while black may just double his rooks.}) 20... Nxf3+
21. Qxf3 Nd4 22. Qd3 Bxd2 ({Ofcourse, not} 22... Nxb3 $2 23. e5 $1 g6 24. Bxc3
bxc3 25. exd6 $132 {and suddenly white gets some counterplay.}) 23. Rxd2 {
A loss of time. White should try to activate his knight as soon as possible.} (
{That's why i would prefer:} 23. Nxd2 e5 24. Nf3 Ne6 $15) 23... e5 24. Ne3 g6 {
A good profilactic move, preventing white from playing Ne3-f5 at some moment.}
25. Nc2 Nc6 26. Qh3 {An additional inaccuracy which allows black to deliver
his knight to e6.} ({Better was:} 26. Ne3 a5 $140 27. Nd5 Qb8 28. Qe3 $15 {
[%csl Rd4][%cal Yd2d4] in order to meet Nc6-d4 with a sacrifice.}) 26... a5 27.
Ne3 {A strange move which helps black to regroup his pieces.} ({Better was
just to wait:} 27. Red1 Qe7 28. Rd3 $15 {and it's not easy fot black to make
some progress, since white is very solid.}) 27... Nd4 28. Rb2 {White is
playing too passively and usually that strategy leads to disaster.} ({Better
was:} 28. Nc2 Ne6 ({or} 28... Nxc2 29. Bxc2 Bc8 30. Qe3 Be6 31. Red1 $15) 29.
Ne3 Kh8 30. Red1 $15 {intending to meet} Nc5 $140 {with} 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. Rxd5
Ne6 33. Qe3 {In my opinion, black hardly can win here, since white can always
sacrifice an exchange on d4.}) 28... Kh8 29. Nc2 {Now it's obviously, that
white shouldn't remove his rook from d2.} Ne6 30. Ne3 Qe7 31. f3 $6 {
Unnecessarily weakening the dark squares around the monarch and cutting the
queen from the centre.} ({Still, there was nothing wrong with} 31. Rd2 $15)
31... Rg8 32. Ng4 $2 {A critical loss of time-the knight has nothing to do on
g4.} ({White could hold on after the accurate:} 32. Rd1 Qg5 ({Nothing gives} 
32... f5 $6 33. exf5 Ng5 34. Qh6 Nf7 35. Qh3 $11) 33. Nf1 $1 Nd4 34. Qg3 $15 {
[%cal Gg3f2]}) 32... Nd4 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 33. Ne3 ({Hardly better would be:} 33.
Rd1 Bc8 (33... Rg7 $5 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 34. Qg3 Qg5 35. h4 Qe7 36. Ne3 Be6 $17 {
[%csl Rh4][%cal Gg8f8,Gf7f5]}) 33... Rdf8 $1 $17 {White's pieces are not
coordinated and black exploits that by f7-f5.} 34. Nc2 Ne6 35. Ne3 f5 $1 {
Finally that important breakthrough comes!} 36. exf5 {That opens the file
''g'' and makes white's position very dangerous.} ({White's positional is just
lost from strategical point of view after:} 36. Nd5 Bxd5 37. exd5 Nc5 $17 {
[%csl Rb1,Gc5] /-+}) ({But maybe white could reach more practical chances
after:} 36. Qh6 f4 (36... Nd4 $5 $17) 37. Nd5 Bxd5 38. exd5 Nc5 $17 {Black's
plan in this position is advancing his ''g'' pawn (maybe after trading the
queens).}) 36... Ng5 $1 37. Qh6 (37. Qg3 {fails to:} Nxf3+ $1 38. gxf3 gxf5 $19
) 37... gxf5 38. Kf2 (38. Kh1 Rf6 (38... Nxf3 39. gxf3 Bxf3+ 40. Ng2) 39. Qh5
Qf8 {[%cal Gf6h6]} 40. f4 $8 exf4 $1 (40... Rh6 $143 41. Qxg5 Rxg5 42. fxg5 $17
) 41. Nd5 f3 $19) 38... Rf6 39. Qh5 $2 {After that move white's queen couldn't
escape from a danger zone.} ({The only chance was:} 39. Qh4 Qf8 40. Nxf5 Rxf5
41. Bxf5 Qxf5 42. Re3 $17 {and at least there is no immediate win for black})
39... Qf8 $19 {Now white cannot avoid a significant loss of material.} 40. h4 (
{The point is that after} 40. Nxf5 Rxf5 41. Bxf5 Qxf5 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gg5e4]
white has no time for consolidating move 42.Re3, since his queen is hanging.}
42. Kf1 Qd3+ 43. Ree2 Nxf3 $19) 40... Ne6 {[%cal Ge6f4]} 41. Ng4 ({The only
defence against 41...Nf4 fails to:} 41. g3 Ng7 42. Qg5 Rg6 $19) 41... Nf4 42.
Nxf6 Qxf6 {[%csl Rh5] The queen is trapped, so white resigned.} ({Ofcourse,
good enough was also} 42... Nxh5 43. Nxg8 Qxg8 $19) (42... Qxf6 43. Qxf5 Qxh4+
44. Kg1 Qxe1+ 45. Kh2 Qh4+ 46. Kg1 Bxf3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Elgoibar 14th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "2004.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Saldano Dayer, Horacio"]
[Black "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 Ng6 {That continuation has a
good reputation nowdays. Black just completes the development and takes
control on important central square e5.} ({The alternatives are:} 5... Nd4) ({
and} 5... a6) 6. Bb2 f6 {That move is necessary in order to neutralize the
pressure of Bb2.} 7. Re1 {White wants to create a solid pawns centre by c2-c3
and d2-d4 and leaves a good square for retreat of Bb5. That plan is the most
popular, but usually black gets a normal position by meeting d2-d4 with d7-d5.}
({The alternative is:} 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 {when black usually gets a good
piece play, since white's way of development is not very ambitious.} ({or} 8...
Be7)) 7... Be7 {The most common and logical continuation-black makes the
''necessary developing moves''.} ({Also playable is:} 7... Qc7 {-see comments
to 1/2-1/2 Polgar,J-Tsesarsky,I/Ramat Aviv 2000/CBM 75/[Tsesarsky] (42)
Tsesarsky}) 8. c3 a6 {Now black shouldn't worry about the exchange on c6, as
c2-c3 was already played, so the pawn structure after 9.Bxc6 bxc6 or even 9...
dxc6 is not bad at all.} ({Dubiously is:} 8... Qb6 $6 9. Bf1 Nge5 10. Na3 O-O
11. Nc4 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 $14 {1-0 Akopian,
V-Kurajica,B/Ubeda 1996/Inf 66/[Akopian,Vl] (42)}) 9. Bf1 {Ofcourse, there is
no reason to exchange the bishop.} O-O 10. d4 d5 11. Nbd2 {Keeping the
pressure in the centre.} ({Black is developed well, so any type of positions
with an isolated pawn are not dangerous. For example:} 11. exd5 exd5 12. dxc5
Bxc5 13. Nd4 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Iordachescu,V-Wells,P/Dresden op 1996 (21)})
11... Kh8 $146 {A good profilactic move. Earlier or later, the position of
black's king may be very significant.} ({Black has got a good position after} 
11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Bd7 13. a3 ({an immediate} 13. g3 $5 {looks preferable})
13... Na7 14. exd5 exd5 15. g3 Re8 16. Bg2 Bf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Timoshchenko,
G-Verdikhanov,V/Nikolaev zt 1993 (52)}) 12. g3 cxd4 ({After} 12... b6 13. exd5
exd5 14. Bd3 $14 {[%csl Rg6] white has a somewhat better chances.}) 13. cxd4
dxe4 {In my opinion, it was better to keep the pressure in the centre, as now
white gets a very easy piece play.} (13... Bd7 14. Bg2 Rc8 15. a3 Qb6 $132) 14.
Nxe4 Bb4 {The main drawbacks of black's position is a difficulties with a
development of Bc8 and weakness of Pe6.} ({Black doesn't solve all his
problems also after:} 14... b6 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. Ned2 e5 17. Bg2 $14) 15. Re2
Nge7 {A good plan of regrouping the pieces: the knight was completely useless
on g6, while now it gets an ideal outpost on d5. At the same time,the bishop
could attack white's isolated pawn from b6.} 16. a3 {Seizing a space on the
queen-side, but wasting some time.} ({I would prefer:} 16. Rc1 Nd5 17. Bh3 $14
{with an obvious stable advantage.}) 16... Bd6 17. b4 Nd5 ({Black has too many
weaknesses, so he has no time for a comfortable development. For example:} 
17... b6 18. Rc1 Bb7 19. Bh3 $36) 18. Nc5 Nc7 {That move looks a bit ugly ,as
the knight on d5 was black's best piece, but actually black is planning to
push away the unpleasant Nc5 by 19...b7-b6.} ({Possibly was:} 18... Qe8 19. Qe1
Nd8 20. Rc1 (20. Bh3 Qh5 $1) 20... b6 21. Ne4 Be7 $14 {[%cal Gc8b7] with a
passive, but quite solid position.}) 19. Rd2 ({Nothing gives:} 19. Bh3 a5 $1
20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Bxe6 Bxe6 22. Rxe6 axb4 $11) ({But deserved a serious
attention} 19. Qc2 $5 {in order to meet} a5 {with} 20. b5 $1 Nxb5 21. Nxe6 Bxe6
22. Rxe6 Nc7 23. Re2 $14) 19... Ne7 {So,20...b6 is unpreventable now. However,
it doesn't solve all the problems.} (19... b6 20. Qb3 Be7 21. Na4 Nd5 22. Nc3
$14) 20. Qb3 b6 21. Bh3 {That's the point! The retreat of the knight is not
necessary at all. At the same time, white puts a strong pressure on the Pe6.}
Ned5 (21... Nf5 22. Re1 Re8 23. Qc2 $14) 22. Nxe6 $2 {Missing black's strong
23th move.} ({The correct way was:} 22. Bxe6 $1 {(giving the bishop is usually
a hard move to see)} Bxc5 (22... Nxe6 23. Qxd5 Nc7 24. Qc6 $16) (22... Be7 23.
Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Nd3 $16) 23. Bxd5 Bxb4 24. Bxa8 Bxd2 25. Bc6 Ba5 26. d5 $14 {
with some advantage.}) 22... Nxe6 23. Qxd5 Nf4 $1 {A very powerful tactical
resourse. After exchage of the Bh3 white's king will be in danger.} 24. Qxa8 {
White accepts the challenge.} ({The alternative was:} 24. gxf4 Bxh3 25. Qh5 $1
{an important defensive move.} Bd7 26. Nh4 Re8 $44 {and black has ''only'' a
full compensation for the pawn.}) 24... Nxh3+ 25. Kh1 $6 {White doesn't feel
the danger!} ({More accurate would be:} 25. Kg2 Ng5 (25... Nf4+ 26. Kg1 $11) {
and the best decision for white is probably:} 26. Nxg5 $1 ({After} 26. Qc6 Bd7
27. Qc3 (27. Qb7 Qe7 28. Qxa6 (28. Qd5 $2 Bh3+ 29. Kh1 Be6 30. Qc6 Rc8 $19)
28... Bh3+ 29. Kh1 Qe4 $17) 27... Ne4 28. Qc2 Nxd2 29. Qxd2 Qe8 $36 {[%csl Rg2]
[%cal Ge8h5] and white's position looks dangerously, but at least he has an
extra pawn!}) 26... Bh3+ 27. Nxh3 Qxa8+ 28. d5 Rd8 29. f3 $15 {[%cal Gh3f2,
Gf2e4] /=}) 25... Bg4 {Now black gets a very strong attack.} 26. Qe4 $8 (26.
Qc6 Qc8 27. Qe4 Qe6 $19) 26... f5 27. Qd3 f4 {All black's pieces are into
attack!} 28. Rf1 ({Badly was also:} 28. Nh4 fxg3 29. fxg3 Nf2+ 30. Rxf2 Rxf2
$17 {and it's hard to believe that white's monarch could survive.}) 28... Bxb4
$1 {[%cal Gd8d5] A very powerful blow-black is freeing a way for his queen.} ({
Less convincing was:} 28... Bxf3+ 29. Qxf3 fxg3 30. Qg2 Nxf2+ 31. Rdxf2 gxf2
32. Rxf2 $15 {and white holds the position.}) 29. Ne5 $8 (29. axb4 Qd5 30. Kg2
Ng5 $19) 29... Bf5 30. Qc4 $2 {A decisive mistake which leads to an immediate
loss.} ({The only defence was:} 30. Qe2 Bxd2 31. Qxd2 Be4+ 32. f3 Bd5 $17 {
and white is still in the game (although his position is quite hard,mainly due
to weakness of Kh1)}) 30... Bxd2 31. Nf7+ Rxf7 32. Qxf7 {So, black has also a
material advantage. Maybe white hoped for some counterplay which could be
connected with d4-d5, attacking the Pg7,but there is just no time for that...}
Be4+ ({Good enough was also:} 32... Bg6 33. Qe6 Ng5 34. Qe2 Qa8+ 35. f3 Be3 $19
) 33. f3 Ng5 34. Qh5 (34. Qb3 Bd5 35. Qd3 Be3 $19) 34... g6 ({Even easier was} 
34... Qe7 $1 {[%cal Ge4f3] with an unpreventable threat of 35...Bxf3+} 35. gxf4
Bxf3+ 36. Rxf3 Qe1+ $19) 35. d5+ Kg8 36. Qh6 Qe7 {Finally it comes!} 37. d6 {
Leads to a forced mate.} ({After} 37. Qg7+ Qxg7 38. Bxg7 Nxf3 $19 {white loses
one more piece.}) 37... Bxf3+ 38. Rxf3 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qe2+ 40. Rf2 f3+ (40... f3+
41. Kg1 Qe1+ 42. Rf1 Be3+ 43. Kh1 Qxf1#) 0-1

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 {This move has a bad reputation.
White gets an excellent attacking position for free. The following game is an
additional example of Black's quick disaster in that system!} (4... Qc7 5. O-O
Nd4 {-->is a very actual position nowadays.}) ({Another possibilities are:} 
4... g6) ({and} 4... e5) 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 7. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Gd1f3] This
manoeuvre prevents Black from completing development and creates immediate
threats.} Qb6 $2 {After this move White's development advantage becomes
threatening.} ({There is an example of Black's quick disaster from the modern
practice:} 7... h6 $2 8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. Qf3+ Ke6 10. c4 Nb6 $2 11. d4 d5 12. dxc5
dxc4 13. Be3 Nd5 14. O-O-O {1-0 Nataf,I-Roussel Roozmon,T/Kapuskasing 2004/The
Week in Chess 506 (14)}) ({The main continuations here are:} 7... f5) ({and} 
7... f6 {but Black's life here is also not easy at all.}) 8. Qf3 f6 $8 {
That move is necessary, but now Black's pawn structure be comes quite ugly.} 9.
Qxd5 fxg5 ({Even worse is:} 9... Qxb5 $2 10. exf6 e6 11. Qe5 gxf6 12. Qxf6 h6
13. Qf7+ Kd8 14. Qf6+ Ke8 15. Qxh8 $18 {1-0 Barua,D-Martine,J/London 1987/TD 
(18)}) 10. Nc3 $146 {White has a great strategical advantage, since Black's
pawn structure has clear drawbacks, while the king cannot find a safe place on
the board.} ({Good enough was also:} 10. c4 a6 11. Nc3 e6 12. Qf3 Be7 13. O-O
d6 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. d3 $16 {1-0 Kulish,I-Ciuksyte,D/Kishinev 1995/EXT 97 (49)}
) 10... e6 $6 {Totally weakening the dark-squares which makes black's position
critical in the middlegame.} ({It was necessary to trade the queens even at
cost of the pawn:} 10... Qc6 $142 11. Qxc6 (11. d3 $143 h6 12. O-O Qxd5 13.
Nxd5 Rb8 $14) 11... bxc6 12. Ne4 g6 13. Nxc5 Bg7 $16 {In this endgame black
has some drawish chances due to his bishop's pair.}) 11. Qf3 {A good square
for the queen. Here it prevents black from castling.} Be7 12. O-O ({There was
no reason for winning the pawn:} 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qh6 Qc7 14. Qg7 Rf8 15. Ne4
Rf7 16. Qg8+ Rf8 17. Qxh7 Qxe5 $16 {and Black is still alive.}) 12... g6 {
An additional loss of time-black doesn't feel the danger!} ({Maybe the best
chance was:} 12... Qc6 {giving 2 pawns up} 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qh6 b5 (14... b6 $5)
15. Qg7 Rf8 16. Qxh7 Bb7 17. Qxg6+ Kd8 18. f3 c4 $16 {[%csl Gb7] and Black has
some counterplay.}) 13. d3 Rf8 14. Qg3 Rf5 {Black has activated the rook, but
he didn't solve his main problems!} 15. Ne4 Qc7 $2 {Black is trying to keep
the material balance, but this leads to a quick disaster.} ({I can hardly
recommend:} 15... h6 16. b3 ({after} 16. f4 c4+ 17. Kh1 cxd3 18. cxd3 Qd4 $16 {
[%cal Gb7b6] the active placement of Black's queen makes White's task more
difficult.}) 16... Qc6 (16... Qc7 17. f4 $40) 17. f4 $40 {and I believe White
has a decisive attack.}) ({But much better was:} 15... Qd8 {[%cal Gb7b6]} 16.
f4 gxf4 {and it looks like Black can continue the fight. For instance,} 17.
Rxf4 (17. Bxf4 b6 18. Qh3 h5 19. g4 hxg4 20. Qxg4 Kf7 21. Ng3 Bb7 22. Nxf5 exf5
$16) 17... Rxe5 (17... b6 18. Rxf5 exf5 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. exd6 $18) 18. Rh4
Bxh4 19. Nd6+ (19. Qxe5 $2 d5 20. Qh8+ Kd7 21. Qxh7+ Kc6 $13) 19... Kf8 20.
Qxe5 Bf6 21. Qxc5 b6 $16) 16. Bxg5 Qxe5 ({Of course,} 16... Bxg5 {fails to} 17.
Nd6+ Kf8 18. Nxf5 $18) 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 (17... Qxg3 $2 18. Nxg3 $18 {[%csl Rf5]})
18. Qh4+ Kf8 19. Rae1 {[%cal Gh4d8] Now all of White's pieces are in the
attack, while Black's queenside pieces are still not developed. It's clear
that black is helpless!} Qc7 ({Hopeless would be also:} 19... Rh5 20. Qd8+ Kf7
21. f4 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 $18) 20. g4 {Forcing the rook to leave the key square} ({
and avoiding a simple trap:} 20. Qxh7 $4 Rh5 $19 {[%csl Rh2,Rh7]}) 20... Rf4 (
20... Rf7 21. Ng5 $18) 21. Nf6 {Starting a decisive penetration.} h5 22. Qg5
Kf7 $8 {[%tqu "En","Please,find the winning continuation.","","","f6d5","",10]}
23. Nd5 $1 {A nice resource which forces black to open the e-file.} exd5 24.
Re7+ Kf8 25. h3 $1 {White has time for this profilactic move. Black's
queen-side pieces are out of play and cannot help their king.} Rf7 ({Nothing
changes} 25... Qd6 26. Rfe1 Re4 27. R1xe4 dxe4 28. Rh7 {[%cal Gg5d8]} Kg8 29.
Qh6 Qf6 30. g5 $18) 26. Rfe1 $18 {[%cal Gg5h6] Now black is forced to give up
his queen in order to avoid a quick mate. The rest is clear.} Qf4 27. Rxf7+
Qxf7 28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Re7 hxg4 30. hxg4 b6 31. g5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Manik, Mikulas"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 {Nowdays that move is one of black's most
popular weapons against 3.Bb5.} 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 {The main
continuation.} (6. Nxd4 {has gained some popularity after the game Anand-Leko,
Linares 2003.} cxd4 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Qc5 {[%csl Gb5,Gd5]} 9. c4 $1 a6 ({
Opening up the position is clearly in white's favour} 9... dxc3 $2 {Avrukh,B}
10. Qb3 $1 {and white was clearly better in Anand-Leko 2003}) 10. b4 Qxb4 11.
Ba4 b5 $1 $146 ({Before black tried:} 11... g6 12. d3 b5 13. Bb3 Bg7 14. Bd2 $6
(14. a4 $142 $1 $36 {[%cal Gc1a3]}) 14... Qd6 15. Qe1 bxc4 16. Bb4 Qe5 17. dxc4
a5 18. Bxa5 Qxe1 19. Bxe1 d6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ulibin,M-Gagunashvili,M/Dubai UAE
2003/The Week in Chess 442 (26)}) 12. cxb5 g6 13. b6 $5 (13. d6 $5 {was very
interesting try, but after right} axb5 14. Bb3 {[%cal Gd1f3]} (14. dxe7 Bxe7
15. Bb3 O-O 16. Qf3 Rb8 $11 {[%cal Gc8b7]}) 14... Bb7 $1 15. dxe7 Bxe7 16. Re1
O-O 17. d3 Rfe8 18. Bf4 Bd6 $1 $11 {black holds successfully}) 13... Bg7 14. d3
O-O 15. Bg5 Bb7 16. Re1 e6 17. dxe6 {1/2-1/2 Ulibin,M-Avrukh,B/Biel 2003/CBM
95 ext/[Avrukh,B] (17)}) 6... a6 (6... e5 7. Bc4 Be7 8. d3 d6 9. Nd2 Bg4 10. f3
Be6 11. Nf1 Nd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Nf6 14. Ne3 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. f4 $14
{1-0 Volokitin,A-Gagunashvili,M/Batumi 2003/CBM 95 ext (69)}) 7. Bf1 {That
retreat looks a bit passively, but it's quite the most popular nowdays. The
point is that now the exchange on d4 is possible, while after 7.Bc4 the bishop
may be vulnerable.} ({The alternatives are:} 7. e5 Nxb5 8. exf6 Nxc3 (8... gxf6
9. Ne4 Bg7 10. d4 (10. c4 $5 Nd6 11. Nc3 $44) 10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Qxd4
O-O 13. Ng3 d6 14. Qh4 Kh8 $15 {0-1 Papa,S-Cherniaev,A/Biel SUI 2004/The Week
in Chess 508 (40)}) 9. fxg7 Bxg7 10. dxc3 d6 11. Ng5 (11. Qd5 h6 12. Qh5 e5 13.
Nh4 Be6 14. f4 O-O-O 15. Be3 Rdg8 (15... Bf6 $5 16. Nf5 Kb8 $132) 16. Rad1 Bf8
17. f5 Bc4 18. a4 Qc6 19. Rd2 Rh7 20. b3 Bd5 21. c4 Be4 22. f6 $14 {1/2-1/2
Nedev,T-Atalik,S/Kansas USA 2003/The Week in Chess 476 (59)}) 11... Bf5 (11...
h6 {Postny} 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nxd6 exd6 15. Bxd6 Qf7 16. Bxf8 Bxf8 17.
Qd8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Volokitin,A-Eljanov,P/Alushta 2002/EXT 2003 (36)}) 12. a4 (12.
g4 Bg6 13. f4 h6 14. Nf3 O-O-O 15. f5 Bh7 16. Qd5 e6 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+
Qd7 19. Qxd7+ Kxd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zeller,F-Pohl,W/Unterkochen 2003/EXT 2004 (26)}
) 12... Qc6 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxe4 16. Rxe4 d5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Linares 2003/CBM 94 (16)}) (7. Bc4 Ng4 $1 $146 {This novelty
puts on question white's last move.} (7... d6 8. Nd5 (8. h3 e6 9. a4 Be7 10. d3
O-O 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 b6 13. Ba2 Bb7 14. d4 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc6 $11 {
0-1 Nijboer,F-Van Wely,L/Leeuwarden NED 2004/The Week in Chess 505 (37)}) 8...
Nxd5 9. exd5 g6 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. d3 h6 12. b4 Bg7 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Qf3 Kf8 $132
{1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Leko,P/Linares 2003/CBM 94 (33)}) 8. d3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Qxh2+
10. Kf1 Ne5 (10... Qh5 $6 {Postny} 11. Bxf7+ Qxf7 12. Qxg4 $11) 11. Bxf7+ Nxf7
12. Bf4 Qh4 $6 ({Clearly stronger would have been} 12... Ne5 $1 13. Bxh2 Nxf3
14. gxf3 e6 15. Na4 d6 $15 {[%csl Gh7] with advantage in the endgame.}) 13. Nd5
d6 14. Bg3 (14. Nc7+ $2 {Postny} Kd8 15. Nxa8 Bg4 {[%csl Ye2,Rf1,Rf3][%cal
Gh4h1]} 16. g3 Qh5 17. Qg2 Bh3 $19) 14... Ne5 15. Qxf8+ Kxf8 16. Bxh4 $11 {
-see comments to 0-1 Moradiabadi,E-Eljanov,P/Dubai 2004/CBM 101/[Postny] (57)
After an exciting battle in the opening the position has settled to an
approximately equal endgame.}) 7... e5 {That is the most natural and safe
continuation-the pawn structure is solid now, so he can comfortably complete
the development.} ({However,} 7... Ng4 {is no less popular in the modern
practice nad also looks playable:} 8. g3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Ne5 10. Qe2 (10. Qd1 e6
11. f4 Nc6 12. e5 d5 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Bg2 O-O 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Qf3
Rb8 18. Nc4 Bc7 19. d3 Nd4 20. Qf2 b6 $15 {0-1 Sutovsky,E-McShane,L/Malmo 2003/
CBM 95 (50)}) 10... e6 11. Bg2 d6 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. Nd1 Nd4 15. Qd3
Bf6 16. c3 Nc6 17. Ne3 O-O 18. Ng4 Be7 $11 {0-1 Tiviakov,S-Nakamura,H/Wijk aan
Zee 2004/CBM 99/[Atlas,V] (69)}) 8. Bc4 {White puts the bishop on the most
active position without a tempo, but now the idea of it is to control the
central spot d5.} (8. h3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 d6 10. a4 Be6 11. b3 Be7 12. Bc4 Qa5 13.
Bb2 O-O 14. Re2 $6 Bxc4 15. bxc4 Qb4 16. Nd1 Qxc4 17. Ne3 Qe6 $15 {1/2-1/2
Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo 2003/CBM 93 ext (61)}) (8. d3 d6 9. Bg5 Be7
10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. c3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bg5 $6 (13... Be6 14. Nxf6+
Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 $11) 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Red1 O-O 17. Rxd4 Be6 18.
Rad1 Rc8 19. Bc4 b5 20. Bb3 $14 {1-0 Belkhodja,S-Hausrath,D/Germany 2003/EXT
2004 (36)}) 8... d6 {The most principal and quite the best continuation. The
point is that now white has to waste time for h2-h3 in view of the obvious
threat 9...Bg4.} ({The ''more accurate''} 8... Be7 {allows white to get a
small positional advantage:} 9. d3 d6 10. h3 h6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxf3+ 13.
Qxf3 Bg5 14. c3 Qe7 15. Be3 O-O 16. d4 $14 {1-0 Brynell,S-Fries Nielsen,J/
Sweden 2001/EXT 2003 (33)}) 9. h3 (9. Ng5 {can be strongly met by:} h6 $1 10.
Nxf7 Rh7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. c3 $1 Nf4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 15. d5 $132 {
1-0 Dominguez,L-Radjabov,T/Tripoli LBA 2004/The Week in Chess 503 (45) with a
very sharp play. But it looks like black has a several improvements, as
white's moves in the opening are forced.}) 9... Be6 {That was already played
in several games - black is figting for the central spot d5.} ({Deserves
attention also a quiet:} 9... Be7 $5 10. d3 O-O 11. Bg5 Qd8 {with a long
strategical battle.}) 10. d3 b5 {Now white is forced to swap the bishop on e6,
so black gets control on d5. On the other hand, black's play is a bit
provocative, so white gets some development advantage.} 11. Nxd4 {Tthat
exchange is practically unavoidable, as the knight on d4 is very unpleasant.} (
11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. a4 b4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Na2 a5 15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Be7 17.
cxd4 exd4 $11 {0-1 Oral,T-Kovalev,A/Czechia 2002/EXT 2003 (27)}) 11... cxd4 12.
Bxe6 fxe6 13. Ne2 Be7 {All that was played in Ivanov,Av USA-Van Wely,L/ FIDE
WCH Tripoli LBA 2004. Here the draw was agreed. The following game shows, that
white's chances are slighty better.} 14. c3 $146 {Earlier ot later, white has
to advance this pawn, as black may put pressure over the ''c'' file. More than
that - there is no other active plan, as white's pieces are not ready for
f2-f4.} dxc3 15. Nxc3 ({Interesting was also:} 15. bxc3 $5 O-O 16. a4 Qd7 17.
axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Qb3 d5 20. Ng3 $14 {keeping on a small edge due to
weak Pe5,Pe6.}) 15... O-O 16. Qb3 Kf7 {That looks a bit ugly, but the queen is
too important piece to defend on the pawn!} (16... Qd7 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 $14
{[%csl Ra6]}) 17. Bg5 $6 {I don't see much reason in putting the bishop on g5,
as the exchange on f6 is not dangerous for black.} ({Now black is ready to meet
} 17. a4 {with} bxa4 18. Rxa4 Rfb8 19. Qa2 Qb7 20. b4 Bd8 $11 {[%cal Gd8b6]}) (
{More to the point was} 17. Be3 $5 Rab8 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. d4 $14 {with some
advantage.}) 17... Rab8 {Now a2-a4 is not promising anymore.} 18. Rac1 Qd7 $11
{Now white has no useful plan.} 19. Ne2 {In order to push d3-d4. But that
leads only to a simplification.} ({After} 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 {[%cal Gf6d8,Gd8b6]
the bishop can be transfered to b6 and black has no problems.}) 19... Rbc8 {
The rook has made his job on b8,so it takes control on the open file.} 20. d4 (
{Nothing promises:} 20. f4 $6 exf4 21. Nxf4 h6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24.
Rf1 Re8 $15 {[%cal Gf7g8] and white cannot exploit the weakness of Pe6, while
black's bishop is stronger than the knight.}) 20... Rxc1 21. Rxc1 exd4 22. Nxd4
Rc8 {After exchanging the rooks black will be not worse at all - the weakness
of Pe6 and Pd6 will be not significant. More than that, his king is closer to
the centre, so he has nothing to worry about.} 23. Rd1 (23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Nf5
Bf8 $11) 23... Nxe4 $1 {A correct decision. There is no much material on the
board, so white's initiatvie is sufficient only for a draw.} 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 (
24... Kxe7 $143 $6 25. Qe3 d5 26. f3 Nf6 (26... Nc5 27. Re1 b4 28. Qf4 $36) 27.
Re1 Kf7 28. Qe5 $44) 25. Re1 $6 ({It was possible to win the pawn back:} 25.
Qf3+ Nf6 26. Qa3 Rc5 27. Re1 (27. Qxa6 $6 Rd5 $15) 27... Re5 (27... e5 28. Qxa6
Qd7 29. b4 Rd5 30. Nc6 $132) 28. Rc1 Rc5 $11) 25... d5 26. f3 ({Black could
continue the fight:} 26. f3 Rc4 27. fxe4 (27. Qe3 $2 Qc5 $17) 27... Rxd4 28.
exd5 Rxd5 $15 {but it's very hard to make any progress due to weakness of Kf7.}
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas UTD"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2004.12.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kujovic, Michal"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.12.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 c4 {A solid
continuation. Black doesn't weakening his queenside by 6...b5 and prevents
white from creating a strong pawns centre.} ({The modern practice shows, that
black faces some problems in the main line after} 6... b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2 $5)
7. d4 {The main continuation.} ({A several months ago Sergei Rublevsky (who is
one of the biggest experts in 3.Bb5 system!) has defeated Garry Kasparov after
} 7. Qe2 $5 b5 8. Bc2 Ng6 9. b3 Qc7 10. bxc4 Nf4 11. Qe3 bxc4 12. Ba3 Be7 13.
Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Na3 O-O 15. Rab1 f5 16. Qb6 Qxb6 17. Rxb6 fxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19.
Bc2 $14 {1-0 Rublevsky,S-Kasparov,G/Izmir TUR 2004/The Week in Chess 518 (57)})
7... cxd3 8. Qxd3 Ng6 {A flexible continuation. Black is doing without b7-b5
and waiting with a development of his dark-squared bishop. It can be either
placed on c5 or on e7.} ({The alternatives are:} 8... Qc7) ({and} 8... b5) 9.
Bg5 {That continuation can hardly cause black some problems-the exchange of
the dark-squared bishops is usually favourable for him.} (9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. c4
Be7 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Be3 c5 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Rd2 f6 15. Rfd1 Rf7 16. Qc2 Bf8 17.
Qa4 Rb8 18. a3 Ne7 19. Ne1 Nc6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Shabalov,A/Elista 1998/
CBM 66 ext (42)}) 9... Qc7 {Black is probably looking for a more complicated
play-that's why he avoids an exchange.} ({Possibly was also the simplest} 9...
Be7 $5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bxc6 dxc6 12. e5 O-O 13. Nbd2 c5 $11 {with a
comfortable position.}) 10. Nbd2 {White's play is not ambitious at all, and
it's hard to believe that black will face a seriouse problems very soon...} Bc5
({The simplest way to equalize was:} 10... h6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Rfd1 O-O $11) 11.
b4 Ba7 {That move is not a mistake yet, but i don't see any reason for
weakening the important square d6.} ({There was still nothing bad with:} 11...
Be7 12. Bxe7 Ncxe7 13. c4 b6 14. Qe3 O-O $11 {with a normal play for black
after 15...Bb7.}) 12. Nc4 $146 (12. a3 {0-1 Ilgart,J-Berend,F/Avoine 1995/EXT
97 (28)}) 12... O-O 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 $2 {Black doesn't feel the danger! He is not
developed enough, so white easily develops a strong initiative.} (13... bxc6
14. Nd6 $14 {[%csl Rc8]}) ({At the same time, i don't see how white can cause
black problems after} 13... dxc6 $142 14. Rfd1 (14. e5 h6 15. Be3 Rd8 16. Qe4
b5 $1 17. Bxa7 Rxa7 18. Na5 Rd5 $132 {[%csl Re5]}) 14... f6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16.
Qxe3 e5 $11 {[%cal Gc8e6]}) 14. Nfe5 $1 {That's the point! White forces black
to exchange the only defender of the dark squares (Ng6), while the Qc6
couldn't find a safe place on the board!} Qb5 (14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qc7 (15...
Qa4 16. Qg3 Bb8 17. Bf6 g6 18. Ng4 $1 $18) 16. Bf6 $3 $18 gxf6 $140 17. Qg3+
Kh8 18. Nxf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxc7) 15. Nxg6 hxg6 ({After} 15... fxg6 16. Be7 Rf7 17.
Bd6 $16 {[%csl Rc8] black's position is just lost from strategical point of
view, but maybe there were more practical chances?!}) 16. Be7 Re8 ({Maybe
black should sacrifice an exchange after:} 16... d5 17. Bxf8 dxc4 (17... Kxf8
18. exd5 exd5 19. Ne5 Qxd3 20. Nxd3 Bf5 21. Nf4 Rd8 22. Rad1 $18) 18. Qd6 Bd7
19. Be7 Bc6 20. Rfe1 $18 {although white's position should be winning. On the
other hand, black has some active pieces, so white has to play accurately.})
17. a4 Qh5 {That is the only way to avoid an immediate loss of material. But
it doesn't change the valuation...} ({After} 17... Qc6 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. Bd6 Qd8
20. a5 b5 21. axb6 Bxb6 22. c4 Bb7 23. c5 Ba7 24. Rfd1 $18 {black is
completely hopeless.}) 18. Bd6 {[%cal Ga4a5] It's important to block the Pd7.}
b6 {A sad necessity-otherwise after 19.a5 all the qside pieces will be
paralysed.} (18... b5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. Ra5 Qc6 21. Ne5 Qb6 22. Qf3 $1 f5 23.
Bc5 Qc7 24. Nxg6 $18) 19. Bc7 $1 {Just winning a pawn. Black cannot even play
19...Bb7 now in view of 20.Nd6!} (19. a5 $143 $6 b5 20. Nb6 Bxb6 21. axb6 Bb7
$16) 19... d5 {What else?} 20. exd5 exd5 21. Nxb6 Bxb6 22. Bxb6 {White is a
pawn up, while black has no counterplay. White's plan is creating a passed
pawn on the q-side.} Bb7 {That move is connected with a wrong idea of
transfering the rook to the k-side via e4.} ({Black should trade the queens:} 
22... Qf5 23. Rad1 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Bb7 $16 {In my opinion, black has a drawish
chances here due to some kind of blackade.}) 23. Rfe1 Re4 {A loss of time.} (
23... Qf5 $142 $16) 24. f3 Rh4 $6 {As it usually happens,such a ''drastic''
decisions lead to a quick loss. White easily prevents any counterplay, while
black's heavy pieces are too far away from the q-side.} ({I would prefer:} 
24... Ree8 $142 25. Bd4 Qf5 {and black is still in the game.}) 25. Bc7 {
Now the only open file ''e'' is also in white's hands.} Rc8 26. Bg3 Rhc4 27.
Be5 Rh4 $2 {It's just unbelievable,but black makes the same mistake twice!} ({
It was necessary to trade the queens:} 27... Qf5 28. Qxf5 (28. Qd2 $5) 28...
gxf5 29. Bd4 Bc6 30. Re5 g6 {and it's not so easy to break black's position.})
28. g4 $1 {Cutting black's rook from the q-side.} Qg5 29. Qe3 Qd8 ({Now the
endgame} 29... Qxe3+ 30. Rxe3 Bc6 {is completely lost. For instance:} 31. Bg3
Rh8 32. Re7 d4 33. cxd4 Bxf3 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Rc2 36. Raa7 Bd5 37. b6 Rb2
38. b7 $18) 30. Bd4 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge3e7] It's important to prevent black from
getting some counterplay by 30...d4. Now the penetration of white's heavy
pieces will decide the game.} Rh3 31. Qe7 Rxf3 {A desperation! That sacrifice
doesn't gives black any practical chances.} ({Hopeless was also} 31... Bc6 32.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 33. Kg2 $18 {and the Rh3 is out of play,while white will decide the
game on the q-side.}) 32. Qxb7 Rc7 33. Qxa6 {Black has no pieces for an attack!
} ({Good enough was also} 33. Re8+ Qxe8 34. Qxc7 $18) 33... Qd7 34. Qe2 Qxg4+
35. Qg2 {White is just a heavy piece up, while his q-side pawns cannot be
stopped. The rest is just an agony, as black could resign much earlier.} Qh5
36. Re5 f5 37. Rf1 Rh3 38. Qxd5+ Kh7 39. Re8 Qg4+ 40. Kh1 Qg3 41. Qg8+ Kh6 42.
Qh8+ Kg5 43. Rg1 Qxg1+ 44. Kxg1 Rxh8 45. Rxh8 Re7 46. Kf2 Kg4 47. a5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {A popular way to avoid the long theoretical lines
in Sveshnikov.} e5 4. Bc4 d6 ({Black may also start with} 4... Be7 5. d3 Nf6 {
in order to meet} 6. Ng5 O-O 7. f4 (7. O-O h6) {with} 7... d5 {On the other
hand, now white may play 6.Nd2 (besides 6.Ng5), after which black couldn't
play 6...Bg5 swapping the passive dark-squared bishop.}) 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O ({
Another popular move here is:} 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. Nf1 (7. h4 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Nf6 9.
Bg5 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. c3 O-O 14. Qd2 Ne7 15. Bxb7
Rab8 16. Bd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rb7 18. h5 Rfb8 $44 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Khalifman,A/
Moscow 2002/CBM 91 (25)}) 7... Bxc1 8. Rxc1 Nge7 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. f4
exf4 12. Rxf4 Ng6 13. Rf2 Qg5 $11 {0-1 Grischuk,A-Kramnik,V/Cap d'Agde 2003/
CBM 98 no vc (54)}) 6... Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 Bg4 {After the game Kramnik,
V-Grischuk,A/Wijk aaz Zee 2003 [Roiz] that move became very popular.} ({
The ''old'' line} 8... exf4 9. Bxf4 {promises white a small but stable
advantage:} Na5 (9... h6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Na5 13. Nh4 Nxc4 14.
dxc4 Nxd5 $5 15. Qxd5 (15. Ng6 fxg6 16. Qxd5+ Kh7 17. Rae1 Qd7 18. c3 Rae8 $11)
15... Bxh4 16. Rad1 (16. Bxd6 $5 Be7 17. Be5 $14) 16... b6 17. Bxd6 Be7 18. Be5
$14 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Leko,P/Linares 2003/CBM 94/[Meyer,CD] (35)}) 10. Qd2
Nxc4 11. dxc4 Bg4 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Qf2 Qb6 14. b3 Bh5 15. Rae1 Qc6 16. h3 $14 {
0-1 Topalov,V-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 93 (37)}) 9. Qe1 (9. Qd2 h6 10.
Nf3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 exf4 12. Qxf4 Ne5 13. Rf1 Nxc4 14. dxc4 Nd7 15. Qg3 Kh8 16.
Bf4 Nb6 17. b3 Bh4 18. Qf3 Bf6 19. Rad1 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,
I-Kosteniuk,A/Philadelphia 2003/EXT 2004 (36)}) 9... exf4 {That helps white to
complete his development, but there is nothing better.} ({Badly is:} 9... Nd4
$2 10. Qh4 h6 11. Nxf7 Rxf7 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qxg4 Nxc2 15. Rb1
Qxd3 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Qxe5 $16) 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 ({White has also tried:} 
11. e5 dxe5 12. Bxe5 {but after} Bh5 $1 {black's Pf7 is well protected and he
solved the opening problems:} 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Nce4 Bg6 15. Kh1 Kh8 16. Ng3
Qd7 17. Qa5 b6 18. Qb5 Rad8 19. Qxd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Gelfand,B/Plovdiv
2003/CBM 98 no vc (19)}) 11... h6 $146 {This is a dubious novelty in my
opinion, as after h7-h6 white gets excellent attacking possibilities, using
the open ''g'' file (after an exchange on f3).} ({The usual continuation looks
more solid:} 11... Qd7 12. a4 (12. h3 Bh5 13. Kh2 (13. g4 Bg6 14. Nd5 b5 15.
Bb3 Bd8 16. Rae1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,
R-Radjabov,T/XX SuperGM, Linares ESP 2003 (41)}) 13... b5 14. Bb3 Nxb3 15. axb3
b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. e5 Ne8 {[%cal Ge8c7,Gc7e6]} 18. Nf3 Nc7 19. Bg5 f6 20. exf6
Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Nfg1 Qd6+ {0.5-0.5 Nikolenko,O-Neverov,V/Czestochowa op
1992}) (12. Be3 a6 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 h6 15. Nf3 d5 16. exd5 Bxf3 17. Rxf3
Nxd5 18. Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,L-Van Wely,L/4th IECC, Istanbul TUR 2003 (18)}
(18. Nxd4 Bc5 19. c3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 $14)) 12... h6 13. Nf3 Nxf3+
14. gxf3 Be6 (14... Bh3 $6 {Roiz,M} 15. Rf2 Be6 $2 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qxh6 $18 {
[%cal Gf2g2]}) 15. Kh1 $14 {[%cal Gf1g1] -see my comments to 1/2-1/2 Kramnik,
V-Grischuk,A/Corus Wijk aan Zee 2003 [Roiz]}) 12. Nf3 Bxf3 $5 {Black tries a
new concept in this common position. He keeps his knight in the centre, trying
to start a quick counterplay by b7-b5.} (12... Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Be6 14. Kh1 $36 {
[%cal Gf1g1] - Here white's initiative is more dangerous than in
Kramnik-Grischuk, as Qd8-d7 is a quite useful move for black. At the same time
a2-a4 is obviously not white's best attacking continuation.}) 13. gxf3 Qd7 14.
Be3 {White should exchange black's knight as soon as possible, as it puts an
unpleasant pressure on Pc2.} (14. Kh1 $6 Nh5 $1 15. Bxh6 $140 Qh3 $1 16. Bf4
Nxc2 $132) 14... b5 {There is no other way of counterplay-otherwise black is
just much worse.} 15. Bxd4 (15. Bd5 $5 Rae8 16. Qg2 Kh8 17. a3 $1 {[%cal Gd5a2]
} Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Nc6 19. Kh1 $14) 15... bxc4 {It's not easy to say which option
of sacrifice is more perspective for black, but I like black's choice.} ({
The alternative was:} 15... cxd4 $1 16. Nxb5 d5 17. exd5 Bc5 18. b4 Bb6 19. a4
Nxd5 $14 {and black has some compensation due to weakness of white's kside,
although white's chances are preferable.}) 16. Bxf6 (16. Be3 $5 cxd3 17. Qxd3
Rfe8 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. b3 $14) 16... Bxf6 17. dxc4 Bd4+ $2 {The idea of
getting counterplay by f7-f5 is right, but black chooses a wrong redaction for
that!} ({After the correct:} 17... Rab8 $1 18. b3 (18. Rab1 $6 Qh3 $1 19. Nd5
$140 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Rxb2 $15 {[%csl Rf1]}) 18... Qh3 $1 19. Rae1 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 f5
21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Nb5 Rxf3 23. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Be5 $14 {
white has only a small advantage in this endgame.}) 18. Kh1 f5 19. Nd5 $1 $16 {
Finally white's knight has got an ideal spot, while the Bd4 couldn't stay in
the centre too long in view of the following c2-c3.} fxe4 (19... Bxb2 20. Rab1
Rab8 (20... Be5 21. f4 Bf6 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Qd5+ Qf7 24. Qxf5 $18) 21. c3 Ba3
22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. exf5 $16) 20. c3 Be5 (20... e3 21. Qd3 e2 22. Rfe1 $18) 21.
f4 $1 {The strategy is more important than a pawn! Now black leaves with a
totally passive position.} (21. fxe4 $143 Qh3 22. Qg2 Qh4 $14) 21... Bf6 22.
Rae1 (22. Nxf6+ gxf6 (22... Rxf6 $4 23. Qd5+ $18) 23. Rg1+ Kh8 (23... Kh7 24.
Qg2 Rg8 25. Qxe4+ $16) 24. Rg6 $16) 22... Rae8 23. Qg2 Qf5 (23... Qe6 24. Re3
$16 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gf1e1]} (24. f5 $143 $6 Qe5 25. Rf4 e3 $132)) 24. Re3 {
Black cannot hold his weak Pe4 anymore.} Re6 25. Rh3 $6 {A strange decision.
It's not so easy to break black's defence on the kside, as all his pieces are
defending. At the same time, white could just win the pawn getting a
strategically winning position.} ({After} 25. Rfe1 Bh4 26. R1e2 $16 {I don't
see how black can organize some defence} Rg6 $140 27. Qxe4 Qg4 28. Ne7+ $1 Bxe7
29. Rg3 $18) 25... Bd8 ({Possibly was also} 25... Kh8 $5 26. Ne3 Qh7 {and I
don't see how white can make progress here.}) 26. Ne3 {This is not a serious
mistake, but a continuation of a wrong strategy - the knight was placed
ideally on d5!} ({Another promising continuation was:} 26. Rg1 $5 Rf7 27. Rg3
g5 28. b4 $36) 26... Qh7 27. Qg4 Qg6 28. Qd1 $1 {It's important to keep the
queens on the board, as black's monarch has more troubles!} ({The endgame is
not dangerous for black:} 28. Qxg6 Rxg6 29. Nd5 Re6 30. Re1 g5 $11) 28... Qf7
29. Rg3 ({It was possibly to win the pawn immediately:} 29. f5 $5 Re5 (29...
Ree8 30. Qxd6 $16 {and I don't see any real counterplay of black.}) 30. Qxd6
Bc7 31. Qc6 Bd8 32. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d7]} Bg5 33. Rd7 Qe8 34. Qb7 Re7 35. Rxe7
Qxe7 36. Qxe7 Bxe7 37. Kg2 Bg5 38. b4 $14) 29... Kh8 30. Qd5 Ree8 31. Qxd6 Bc7
32. Qxc5 (32. Qc6 Bxf4 33. Nd5 e3 34. Nxf4 e2 35. Ng6+ Qxg6 36. Rxf8+ Rxf8 37.
Qxg6 e1=Q+ 38. Rg1 Qe5 39. Qg2 $14) 32... Bxf4 33. Nd5 Qh5 34. Rg2 $2 {Missing
the last winning chances.} ({The ellegant combination doesn't promise white
more than a draw:} 34. Qxf8+ Rxf8 35. Nxf4 Rxf4 36. Rxf4 g5 (36... Qd1+ $2 37.
Rg1 Qe2 38. Rf8+ Kh7 39. Rf7 $18) 37. Rxe4 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qc2+ 39. Kf3 $14 {
and black has a large choice of opportunities here, but I believe that white
has some winning chances due to his strong passed ''c'' pawn and the weakness
of Kg8.}) 34... e3 $132 {The passed pawn is very dangerous now.} 35. Rfg1 $4 {
A terrible move, which allows black to win the game immediately!} ({Besides,
white could make a simple draw:} 35. Qxa7 Bg5 36. Rxf8+ (36. Nxe3 $2 Rf3 37.
Rxf3 Qxf3 38. Nc2 Re2 39. Qb8+ Kh7 40. Qg3 Qe4 $17) 36... Rxf8 37. Nxe3 Qf3 38.
Nd5 Qd1+ 39. Rg1 Qf3+ $11) (35. Qd4 Be5 36. Qd1 Rxf1+ 37. Qxf1 Bd6 38. Qe2 Qh4
$132 {[%cal Gh4e4]}) 35... Bxh2 $1 ({Strong was also:} 35... e2 36. Qxa7 (36.
Qd4 Bg5 $19) 36... Bg5 37. Ne3 Rf7 $19) 36. Rxh2 Qf3+ 37. Rhg2 (37. Rgg2 e2 38.
Rxh6+ gxh6 39. Qd4+ Rf6 $19) 37... Rf5 $19 38. Re1 Rg5 39. Ree2 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "Amura, Claudia Noemi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 {This line gains
some popularity nowadays.} Ng6 {Black prefers to complete development without
making provocative moves like f7-f6. On the other hand, the Ng6 is vulnerable
now, so white may try to push it away.} (6... f6 7. Nh4 g6 {-->is another
common line.}) 7. h4 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gh4h5]} Qc7 {In my opinion this move is
more principal than 7...h5, as it shows the drawback of White's previous move!}
(7... h5 8. e5 f6 (8... Be7 9. Qe4 Nf8 10. Na3 f6 11. Bf4 fxe5 12. Bxe5 Rg8 13.
O-O-O d6 14. Bc3 $16 {1-0 Kveinys,A-Csiszar,C/Le Touquet FRA 2003/The Week in
Chess 469 (24)}) 9. Qe4 Kf7 10. Na3 d5 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Nc4 Qd5 13. Ne3 Qxe4
14. dxe4 Ba6 15. Bd2 Bd6 16. Ba5 $14 {1-0 Timman,J-Van Wely,L/Almelo NED 2004/
The Week in Chess 492 (62)}) 8. h5 Nf4 9. Qd2 {The only way to fight for the
opening advantage.} ({Of course, Black is by no means worse after giving up
the dark-squared bishop:} 9. Bxf4 $6 Qxf4 {--> 0-1 Kleiman,B-Moiseenko,A/
Lindsborg USA 2004 (44)}) 9... e5 $8 10. Qc3 {[%csl Re5,Rf4][%cal Gc1f4]} (10.
g3 $6 Ne6 $15) 10... Nxg2+ {A logical decision- Black prevents White from
castling. On the other hand, Black wastes a lot of time, so White gets a
significant development advantage.} ({In my opinion Black has an interesting
alternative:} 10... d6 $5 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. h6 (12. Rh4 d5 13. Qe5+ Qxe5 14.
Nxe5 Bd6 $15) 12... Rg8 $13) 11. Kf1 Nf4 12. Bxf4 ({Dubious would be:} 12.
Qxe5+ $6 Qxe5 13. Nxe5 Ne6 $15 {and the endgame is in Black's favour due to
pair of the bishops.}) 12... exf4 13. h6 {That's the point! White breaks
black's king-side pawn structure and creates a lot of weaknesses in Black's
camp.} Rg8 (13... f6 $5 {also deserves attention:} 14. hxg7 (14. Nbd2 d6 $15)
14... Bxg7 15. Qxc5 d6 16. Qc4 (16. Qh5+ Qf7 17. Qxf7+ Kxf7 18. Nbd2 Rb8 $13)
16... Rb8 17. b3 f5 18. c3 Rb6 $13) 14. e5 {[%cal Gb1d2,Gd2e4] Seizing a space
and freeing a way for the Nb1. It's also important to notice that Black cannot
move his Pd7 now, so it's not easy to complete the development.} (14. Nbd2 d5
15. exd5 cxd5 16. Re1+ Be6 17. Ng5 O-O-O 18. Rxe6 gxh6 19. Qf6 Rg6 20. Qxf7
Rxg5 21. Rf6 Bg7 22. Qxc7+ Kxc7 23. Rxf4 Rg6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Najer,E-Eljanov,P/
Warsaw POL 2005/The Week in Chess 555 (54)}) (14. Ng5 $6 d5 $1 15. Nxh7 d4 16.
Qd2 Be7 $15 {[%csl Rh7]}) 14... Ba6 15. Nbd2 O-O-O 16. Rg1 $146 {I believe
that this move hardly causes Black some problems.} ({Black is also fine after:
} 16. Ne4 c4 $1 {-->see comments to 0-1 Potkin,V-Eljanov,P/Warsaw 2005/CBM
108_01/[Finkel,A] (28)}) 16... c4 $2 {Now that move is pointless, as White is
not forced to take with the Pd3.} ({There was nothing wrong with:} 16... g6
$142 $1 17. Ne4 d6 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. Re1 (19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Rd5 $36) 19...
c4 20. dxc4 Rge8 $132 {and black is by no means not worse,as the Kf1 is weak.})
17. Nxc4 g6 {[%tqu "En","Please,find the strongest move","","","f3g5","",10]}
18. Ng5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf7,Rh7] That forces black to simplify the position,
since he cannot protect the pawns.} d5 (18... Re8 $2 19. Nxh7 {[%cal Gh7f6]}
Bxc4 (19... Be7 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. Nf6 $18) 20. Nf6 $1 Bxd3+ 21.
Qxd3 Bxh6 22. Rd1 $18) (18... Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qxe5 (19... d5 20. exd6 Bxd6 21.
Nxh7 Be5 22. Ng5 $18) 20. Nxf7 Qxb2 21. Re1 Bb4 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23. Re4 $16) 19.
exd6 Bxd6 20. Nxd6+ Rxd6 21. Ne4 ({Possible was also:} 21. Nxh7 $5 Rgd8 (21...
Qd7 22. Ng5 f6 23. Rh1 $1 $18 {[%cal Gg5e4]}) 22. Rd1 $16 {and Black cannot
exploit the vulnerablity of the Nh7.}) 21... Rdd8 22. Nf6 {[%csl Gf6] An ideal
spot for the knight! Here it puts pressure on Ph7 and keeps control of many
important squares.} Rh8 23. Re1 {Black has no counterplay, so his position is
very hard.} Kb8 24. Qe5 {In the endgame White's strategical advantage becomes
more significant, as the Kf1 is not in danger anymore!} ({At the same time,
there was nothing wrong with:} 24. Qb4+ Qb6 (24... Ka8 25. Re7 $18) 25. Qxf4+
Ka8 26. Qe5 Bc8 27. Rg3 $18 {and White is a pawn up, while Black's pieces
cannot create any real threats.}) 24... Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Rd6 ({An attempt to
consolidate the position by delivering the bishop to e6 fails to:} 25... Bc8
26. Re7 Be6 27. Ke2 Rd6 28. Kf3 Bxa2 29. Ra1 $1 Rxf6 30. Rxa2 $18) 26. Ne4 Rd5
{Allowing an unpleasant penetration.} ({Even worse would be:} 26... Re6 27.
Rxe6 fxe6 28. Rg5 $1 Kc7 29. Ra5 Kb6 30. Re5 $18 {with a completely winning
position from the strategical point of view.}) 27. Re7 {Taking control of the
7th rank.} Rh5 {Black wants to take the Ph6 at any cost! Now white's rooks
become very active.} ({An attempt to simplify the position led to a very hard
position after:} 27... Rb5 28. b3 Rb7 29. Rxb7+ (29. Re5 $16) 29... Bxb7 30.
Nf6 $16) 28. Rg5 Rxh6 29. Ra5 Bc8 30. Nd6 {Intending to transpose into the
rook's endgame.} ({Possible was also:} 30. Raxa7 Rd8 $1 31. Rxf7 Rh1+ 32. Ke2 (
32. Kg2 Rc1 $16) 32... h5 $16 {although the passed Ph5 leaves Black some
counterchances.}) 30... Rh1+ $2 {A decisive loss of time.} ({The only attempt
to survive was:} 30... f3 31. Ke1 Rd8 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33. Raxa7 Re8 34. Kd2 Rxe7
35. Rxe7 f6 36. Ke3 Rh3 $16 {[%cal Gg6g5,Gg5g4] /+- with some practical
drawish chances, although White's position should be winning.}) 31. Kg2 Rb1 32.
b3 Rb2 ({Nothing changes} 32... Rd8 33. Nxc8 Rxc8 34. Raxa7 Rf8 35. a4 $18 {
[%cal Ga4a5,Ga5a6,Ge7b7]}) 33. Raxa7 {Now Black cannot avoid a quick mate.} Rd8
34. Nxc8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.12.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Papa, Severin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 {A solid continuation which leads to a
long strategical battle. The arising positions are similar to 3...g6 system.
But in my opinion,black's play here is easier than after 3...g6 4.0-0 Bg7 5.
Re1 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nc3 Nc7 8.Bxc6 dxc6 9.Ne4 Ne6 (or 9...b6), as white has
already spent time for 7.h3 (7.Re1 is more useful).} ({The main line is a bit
sharper:} 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4) 4... Nd5 5. Nc3 Nc7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 g6 8.
d3 Bg7 9. Be3 Ne6 {That is the most popular plan in that type of positions:
the knight will be delivered to d4 and after the exchange black will seize
more space. Usually he also tries to free his position by f7-f6, activating
the Bg7. At the same time, white's play is connected with an attack on the
k-side ( pushing h3-h4-h5 and exchanging the dark-squared bishops).} ({The
possible alternative is:} 9... b6 $5 {leaving a spot ''e6'' for the bishop} 10.
Qd2 h6 11. O-O Be6 12. Ne2 $2 Bd5 13. d4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16.
Bxd4 c5 17. Bc3 Nd5 $17 {0-1 Nanu,C-Andonov,B/Obrenovac SCG 2004 (63)}) 10. Ne4
Nd4 $1 {That is the most tempting move-black doesn't waste a tempo for b7-b6.
Black shouldn't avoid the exchange of central pawns, as in that case his
bishops will become stronger} ({After} 10... b6 11. Qd2 Nd4 (11... h6 $5) 12.
Nxd4 cxd4 13. Bh6 Bxe5 14. f4 Bc7 15. O-O Be6 16. Rae1 $44 {1-0 Becerra Rivero,
J-Guillen,J/San Salvador 1998/CBM 67 ext (55) white has got a dangerous
initiative}) 11. Nxc5 {That move is practically forced-white had no
comfortable way to keep the Pe5.} (11. Nxd4 $6 cxd4 12. Bf4 Qd5 $15 {[%csl Re5]
}) 11... Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bxe5 13. d4 ({More complicated position could arise
after} 13. O-O-O Bg7 14. Rhe1 O-O $132 (14... Qd5 $6 15. Qxd5 cxd5 16. Nb3 $14
{[%cal Ge3d4]})) 13... Bg7 14. O-O O-O 15. c4 $146 {Preventing black from
swapping the queens by 15...Qd5.} (15. Rad1 Qd5 16. Qxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lenart,
E-Marasescu,I/Hungary 1998/EXT 99 (16)}) 15... Qc7 {Preparing 16...b6 and
freeing a square for the rooks.} ({Possibly was also immediate} 15... b6 16.
Qxc6 Bxh3 17. gxh3 bxc5 18. dxc5 (18. Qxc5 Qd7 $132 {[%cal Ga8c8]}) 18... Bxb2
19. Rad1 $13 {and white's strong Pc5 compensates some weakness of Kg1.}) 16.
Rad1 b6 17. Ne4 Bb7 {Black's only drawback is some passivity of his bishops.
Now he intents to activate the Bb7 by 18...c5.} 18. Bf4 {White should try to
swap the dark-squared bishops, not allowing black to free-up by c4-c5. In that
case he could get some positional advantage.} Qd7 19. Rd2 {Doubling the rooks
before realizing the main idea.} ({The immediate} 19. Be5 {could be met by:}
Bxe5 ({less clear is} 19... f6 20. Bf4 f5 21. Nc3 Bxd4 22. Qg3 c5 23. Nb5 $44 {
[%csl Rg8] with reasonable compensation for a pawn.}) 20. dxe5 Qe6 21. Qf4 c5
22. Ng5 Qc6 23. f3 h6 24. Ne4 Kg7 $11 {and black is O.K.}) 19... h6 ({
Dubiously would be} 19... f5 $6 20. Nc3 Bxd4 21. Qg3 c5 22. Nb5 $36) 20. Rfd1
Kh7 {Black has no useful plan of improvement, so he is just waiting.} 21. Be5 {
Without that move white cannot make any progress.} (21. b3 Rad8 22. Be5 f6 23.
Bh2 c5 24. d5 f5 25. Nc3 e5 $132) 21... f6 $1 {That move is connected with a
forced line, where black has to play energetically in order to avoid a danger.}
({Inaccurate would be:} 21... Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qe6 23. Qf4 c5 24. Nc3 $14 {
and white has an advantage due to contr}) 22. Bh2 f5 23. Nc3 c5 24. d5 {
Closing the way for Bb7, but...} (24. Qe2 $2 {leads nowhere after:} Bxd4 $1 ({
only not} 24... cxd4 $2 25. Be5 $16) 25. Be5 Qc6 26. Nd5 e6 $17) 24... e5 $1 {
That move deserved an accurate calculations.} ({Worse would be:} 24... Rae8 $6
25. Nb5 e5 26. Nxa7 Ra8 27. Nc6 $14 {with some advantage of white.}) 25. dxe6 {
A principal answer which leads only to equality.} ({It would be dangerous to
play:} 25. Qe2 Rae8 26. a3 (26. f3 e4 27. fxe4 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Rxe4 $15 {[%csl
Rc4]}) 26... e4 $15 {, as black's prospects on the k-side looks more realistic.
}) 25... Bxf3 26. exd7 ({Nothing good promised} 26. Rxd7 $2 Bxd1 27. Be5 Rg8
28. Nxd1 Rae8 $17) 26... Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Bxc3 $1 {It's necessary to swap the
knight before it could help white to advance his passed pawn.} ({Much worse
was:} 27... Bd4 $6 28. Bc7 Rfd8 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. Nb5 Rxd7 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. Nxd4
cxd4 33. Ke2 $14 {and white's chances are clearly better in that endgame.}) 28.
bxc3 f4 {The only but sufficient move. Now white has nothing better than 29.
Bxf4,that leads to an equal rook's endgame.} 29. Bxf4 Rxf4 30. d8=Q Rxd8 31.
Rxd8 Rxc4 $11 {The endgame is absolutely equal, as white cannot avoid an
exchange of all the q-side pawns.} 32. Rd7+ Kg8 33. Rxa7 Rxc3 {[%cal Gb6b5]
Now black wants to advance his Pb6.} 34. Rb7 (34. a4 Ra3 35. Kf1 $6 b5 {
can be dangerous only for white.}) 34... Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Rb1 36. a4 Rb4 {The last
accuracy. Black shouldn't allow white to play a4-a5.} ({Good enough was also} 
36... c4 37. a5 c3 38. a6 c2 39. a7 Ra1 40. Rc7 Rxa7 41. Rxc2 $11) 37. Ra7 Kf8
38. a5 bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Bg4 {Quite a rare
alternative to the common line 6...Nf6 7.Ng5 0-0 8.f4. That continuation has a
clear drawback: the bishop may be misplaced on g6 after h2-h3 and g2-g4.} 7. h3
Bh5 8. Nd5 Nf6 {In this variation black should always keep control of d5.} ({
Hardly can be recommended:} 8... h6 $6 9. c3 Nf6 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Rc8 12. Be3
Nxd5 13. Bxd5 b6 14. g4 Bg6 15. Qa4 Qd7 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Nd2 Rc7 18. Rab1 $16
{1-0 Belozerov,A-Sveshnikov,E/Elista 2001/CBM 83 (102)}) 9. Ne3 (9. c3 $5 O-O
10. a3 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 a5 12. g4 Bg6 13. a4 Rb8 14. Kh1 Kh8 15. Rg1 Qd7 16. Nh2
Nd8 17. f4 $14 {1-0 Klimov,S-Astashov,G/St Petersburg RUS 2005 (80)}) 9... a6
$146 (9... Nd4 10. g4 Bg6 11. c3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Qd7 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nd5 Bd8 15.
Qg4 $36 {1-0 Kupreichik,V-Vaulin,A/Tula 2002/CBM 87 ext (21)}) 10. a3 (10. c3
$6 Na5 $11) 10... Qd7 $6 {That move seems to be pointless,since the queen is
not very useful on d7.} (10... Nd4 11. g4 Bg6 12. c3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 {--> is
similar to the mentioned game Kupreichik-Vaulin and promises white a clear
advantage.}) ({In my opinion,more logical would be:} 10... O-O $5 11. Nf5 Nd7
$14) 11. Nf5 Rg8 $2 {A serious strategical mistake-now the king-side castle is
not possible,so black's king couldn't find a safe place till end of the game.}
({Necessary was:} 11... O-O 12. Ng3 (12. g4 $5) 12... Bg6 13. Nh4 Kh8 $14 {
/+/- with a clearly worse but defensible position.}) 12. Ng3 {Avoiding a pin
without weakening the position by g2-g4.} Bg6 13. Re1 {White is not in a
hurry-black has no counterplay.} (13. Nh4 $5 $16) 13... h6 ({The king-side
castle doesn't solve black's problems. For instance:} 13... O-O-O 14. b4 $40
cxb4 $140 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. c3 Nc6 17. Qb3 $16) 14. c3 {Preparing both
powerful breakthroughs: b2-b4 and d3-d4.} Nh7 {Black is looking for some
exchanges in order to simplify the position. At the same time,that manoevre is
too slowly,so white gets enough time for developing his initiative.} ({An
attempt to trade the knights fails to:} 14... Nh5 $2 15. Nxh5 Bxh5 16. Nxe5 $1
Bxd1 17. Nxd7 Bh5 18. Nb6 $18) ({An idea of transfering the bishop:} 14... Bd8
15. b4 Bb6 16. Be3 Ba7 $16 {doesn't make sense either.}) 15. b4 Bg5 $6 {
An additional dubious decision: the Be7 is an important defender of the drak
squares and after exchange of it white could exploit a weaknesses in black's
camp.} ({A logical continuation of black's manoevre would be:} 15... Ng5 $142
16. Rb1 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 $16) 16. Nxg5 Nxg5 17. Rb1 Ne6 18. Be3 b6 $2 {That
allows a penetration of white's rook and actually leads to a quick loss.} ({
Necessary was:} 18... cxb4 $142 19. axb4 Nc7 20. d4 $16 {[%csl Re8] although
white's position is winning from strategical point of view.}) 19. bxc5 bxc5 20.
Rb6 $1 {The rook puts a strong pressure on black's queen-side pieces.} Nc7 {
Black is trying to keep a material ballance,but his knight leaves a central
square and that allows white to breakthrough.} ({After} 20... Rb8 {the most
convincing way is:} 21. Rxa6 $1 (21. Rxb8+ Nxb8 22. Qb3 Ke7 23. Rb1 Rc8 $16)
21... Nc7 22. Ra4 $18 {[%cal Gd3d4] and black cannot take advantage of some
vulnerablity of Ra4,while white is going to break black's position by d3-d4.})
21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf4 {Now all white's pieces are into attack,while black's
pieces are completely not coordinated.} Rb8 (22... Ne6 23. Bd5 Rc8 24. Nf5 $1
Nxf4 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Rb8+ $18) 23. Rxb8+ Nxb8 24. Qb3 $18 ({Good enough was
also immediate:} 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5+ Kd8 26. Qb3 Nc6 27. Bxf7 $18) 24... Ke7
(24... Nc6 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5+ Kf8 27. Bxf7 $18) 25. Nf5+ Bxf5 26. exf5+ Kf6
27. d4 {Clearing the way to black's monarch.} Nc6 ({Black cannot keep a
material ballance after:} 27... cxd4 28. cxd4 Nc6 29. Qg3 $18 {[%csl Rd6][%cal
Gf4d6,Gg3d6,Gg3h4]}) 28. dxc5 dxc5 ({More resistant would be:} 28... d5 29. Bd3
Re8 {although after} 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Kh2 $18 {white is also completely
winning.}) (28... Na5 29. Qb4 Nc6 30. Qa4 $18) 29. Rd1 (29. Rd1 Qxf5 30. Bxc7
$18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O (6. Nd2 {Is another
popular line.}) 6... Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 Bg4 {This logical move can be
reasonable alternative to the main 8...exf4} (8... exf4 9. Bxf4 h6 10. Nf3 Be6
{is the main line. The practice shows, that white has good chances to fight
for the opening adventage here.} 11. Nd5 (11. Qd2 d5 $1 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5
Bxd5 14. Rae1 Re8 15. Kh1 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Nd4 $11 {0.5-0.5 Drozdov,I-Landa,K/
Noyabrsk 1995}) 11... Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb4 (12... Na5 13. Nh4 $1 Nxc4 14. dxc4 Qd7
15. Bd2 Qg4 16. Nf5 Rfe8 17. Rf3 Kh7 18. Qf1 $36 {1-0 Kovalev,A-Sveshnikov,E/
Rowy 1999}) 13. Bd2 Nbxd5 14. Nh4 Nc7 15. Nf5 d5 16. Bb3 $36 {-see comments to
Macieja,B-Bobras,P/POL-ch 59th Warsaw 2002[Postny]}) 9. Qe1 exf4 (9... Nd4 $6
10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Qh4 $1 h6 12. Nxf7 Rxf7 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Qxg4 Nxc2 15. Rb1
Qd4+ 16. Kh1 Qxd3 17. Bxh6 $2 (17. Qe2 $16) 17... gxh6 18. Rbd1 Qa6 19. Nd5 Rd8
20. Rf3 Rxd5 21. exd5 Nd4 $13 {0.5-0.5 Gdanski,J-Tomczak,R/POL-ch 59th Warsaw
2002}) 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 Qd7 (11... h6 12. Nh3 $5 Qd7 13. Bg3 {[%cal Gh3f4]}
Bxh3 14. gxh3 Qxh3 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 $44 {[%csl Gd5,Rf7][%cal Gc2c3,Gf1f7]}
) 12. a4 (12. h3 Bh5 13. Kh2 b5 14. Bb3 Nxb3 15. axb3 b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. e5 Ne8
{[%cal Ge8c7,Gc7e6]} 18. Nf3 Nc7 19. Bg5 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22.
Nfg1 Qd6+ {0.5-0.5 Nikolenko,O-Neverov,V/Czestochowa op 1992}) 12... h6 13. Nf3
(13. Nh3 {is not actual now:} Bxh3 14. gxh3 Qxh3 15. Kh1 Nh5 16. Nd5 Bg5 $1 {
[%csl Rg3][%cal Gh5g3]}) 13... Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Be6 (14... Bh3 $6 15. Rf2 Be6 $2
16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qxh6 $18 {[%cal Gf2g2]}) 15. Kh1 {[%cal Gf1g1]} Kh7 {[%csl
Rh6][%cal Gh7h6]} 16. Bb5 $6 {After this move black is out of danger.} (16.
Rae1 $142 $1 Bd8 (16... Rfe8 $4 17. Bb5) 17. Bb5 $1 Qc7 18. d4 $14) 16... Qd8
17. d4 cxd4 18. Ne2 (18. Qxd4 Nh5 19. Be3 Bf6 20. Qd3 Be5 $1 21. f4 $140 Bxc3
22. Qxc3 f5 $1 23. Bd3 Bd7 $1 $15 {[%cal Gd7c6]}) 18... Nh5 19. Bg3 Nxg3+ (
19... a6 $1 20. Bd3 Nxg3+ 21. hxg3 Qb6 22. a5 Qc5 $15) 20. hxg3 Bg5 (20... Bg5
21. f4 Bf6 22. Nxd4 a6 23. Be2 $11) (20... a6 $142 {-19...a6}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {This move is a good way to avoid long theoretic
lines in B33} e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 (6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 {
is another popular line.}) 6... Nf6 ({The alternative is:} 6... Bg5 7. h4 Bh6 (
7... Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Nf6 9. Bg5 (9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Qe7 (10... Be6 $5) 11. f4
exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne5 13. O-O Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. h5 h6 16. c3 f6 17. d4 cxd4 18.
cxd4 Nf7 19. Qa4+ Qd7 $11 {1-0 Shirov,A-Huzman,A/EUCup final 14th 1999}) 9...
h6 (9... Be6 $5 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd2 (13. c3 O-O 14.
Qd2 Ne7 $1 15. Bxb7 Rab8 16. Bd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rb7 18. h5 Rfb8 19. b3 a5 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Khalifman,A/RUS-The World rapid 2002}) 13... Ne7 14. Bc4 O-O
15. Kf1 Rad8 $11 {[%cal Gd6d5] 1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Shirov,A/Linares SuperGM
2002}) 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qh5+ Kd7 15. c3
Rf8 16. a3 Qf6 17. Qe2 Rf7 18. b4 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Leko,P/RUS-The
World rapid 2002}) 8. Qh5 (8. g4 Bf4 9. Nd5 Nge7 10. Nxf4 exf4 11. Bb5 O-O 12.
Bxc6 Nxc6 13. Nb3 d5 $1 14. Bxf4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qf6 $36 {0-1 Kupreichik,
V-Kramnik,V/Moscow ol (Men) 1994}) 8... g6 9. Qd1 Nf6 10. Nf1 (10. h5 Bg4 (
10... Nd4 $5 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Nb3 {1-0 Shirov,A-Lautier,J/ESP-chT Salamanca
1998} Bg7 $5 13. Rxh8+ Bxh8 14. Bg5 Ne6) 11. f3 Bd7 12. Bd5 Nxh5 13. Nc4 Bf8
14. g4 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Qd2 Ne5 $13 {0-1 Fedorov,A-Morozevich,A/
Chebanenco mem 1st 1998}) 10... Bxc1 11. Qxc1 Be6 12. Ne3 Qd7 (12... Ne7 $5 {
[%csl Rd5]}) 13. Ned5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 O-O-O 16. c3 f5 17. Qe3 Ne7
18. Bb3 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Sutovsky,E/ISR-Kasparov handicap 1998}) 7. Nf1 Bg4
{This is the main move.Black is trying to provoke f2-f3 and to use some
weakness of black squares.} ({The alternatives are:} 7... Nd7 8. Nd5 (8. Ne3
Nb6 9. O-O Bg5 10. Ned5 Bxc1 11. Qxc1 Nxc4 12. dxc4 O-O 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Qd2 (
14. c3 $5 f5) 14... a6 15. a4 Nd4 16. a5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mamedov,
N-Krasenkow,M/EU-ch 3rd Batumi 2002}) 8... Nb6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. c3 O-O 11. Ne3
Bg5 12. O-O Kh8 (12... Be6 $5 13. Bb3) 13. Bd2 Bxe3 {0-1 Anand,V-Ivanchuk,V/
FIDE-Wch k.o 2001} 14. fxe3) (7... Na5 8. Ne3 Nxc4 9. dxc4 O-O 10. Qf3 g6 11.
g4 Be6 12. h4 Qd7 13. Rg1 Kh8 14. a4 Rg8 15. b3 Raf8 16. Bb2 h5 17. g5 $16 {
1-0 Kasparov,G-Piket,J/Zuerich Kortschnoj-A 2001}) (7... O-O 8. Ne3 Nd4 (8...
Be6 9. O-O Rb8 10. Kh1 Nd4 11. a4 a6 12. Ba2 Kh8 13. Bd2 b6 14. Ncd5 Nxd5 15.
Bxd5 Qd7 16. c3 Nc6 17. Qh5 $14 {1-0 Adams,M-Paramos Dominguez,R/ESP-chT Cala
Galdana 2001}) 9. O-O Be6 10. a4 Rb8 11. Ncd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bg5 13. Be3 h6 14.
Kh1 Kh8 15. c3 Nc6 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qe2 Kg7 18. g3 $14 {[%cal Gf2f4] 1-0 Adams,
M-Rabiega,R/Fujitsu Siemens Masters 2000}) 8. Qd2 $6 {Unsuccessful idea.The
queen is not in place here,and black can immedeately use this fact.} (8. f3
$142 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O {The practice shows,that white has good chanses
for getting opening advantage here.} Nd7 (10... a6 11. a4 Nb4 {[%cal Gd6d5]}
12. Qe2 Rb8 13. Bd2 Nh5 14. g3 Bg5 15. Rf2 Nc6 16. Raf1 Nd4 17. Qd1 $14 {
1-0 Golubev,M-Parligras,M/Budapest ROM 2001}) (10... Nd4 11. a4 h6 12. Bd2 Nh5
13. Ncd5 {[%csl Gd5]} Bg5 14. b4 cxb4 15. Bxb4 Nf4 16. Kh1 Rc8 17. Ra2 Nc6 18.
Rb2 b6 19. Ba3 Na5 20. Ba6 $14 {[%csl Ra5,Gd5,Rd6] 1-0 Yakovich,Y-Kovalevskaya,
E/Rostov op 1993}) (10... Ne8 11. Ncd5 Bg5 {[%cal Ge8c7]} 12. f4 $1 exf4 13.
Nxf4 Bxf4 14. Rxf4 Nc7 15. Qh5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yh5d5]} g6 16. Qh6 f6 17. Bxe6+
Nxe6 18. Rf2 $14 {[%csl Rd5,Rd6,Rf6][%cal Ge3d5] 1/2-1/2 Baklan,V-Reinderman,D/
EU-ch 2nd Ohrid 2001}) 11. Ned5 Nb6 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 $14 {
1-0 Kasparov,G-Babula,V/Prague 2001}) 8... Nd7 $1 $146 {[%cal Ye7g5][%mdl 8]
This is a refutation of whites previous move.} (8... a6 9. a3 b5 10. Ba2 b4 $6
(10... Nd7 $1) 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Ne3 O-O 14. O-O $14 {[%csl Ra6,
Rd5] 1-0 Hector,J-Ahlander,B/SWE-ch Skara 2002}) 9. Nd5 (9. Ne3 Bg5 {[%csl Rd2]
[%cal Gd7b6]}) 9... Nb6 10. Nxb6 (10. Nxe7 Qxe7 (10... Nxe7 $2 11. Qg5 $1) 11.
Ne3 Be6 12. O-O O-O $11 {[%cal Ga8d8,Gd6d5]}) 10... axb6 (10... Qxb6 11. c3 O-O
12. Qc2 {[%cal Gf1e3]}) 11. c3 {Now it is clear that white has got nothing-it
will take too much time to improve the position of Qc2.} (11. Ne3 Bg5 12. O-O
Be6 (12... O-O $4 13. f4 $1) 13. Qc3 Nd4 $15 {[%cal Gd4e2]}) 11... O-O 12. Qc2
Be6 13. Ne3 Bg5 14. Nd5 (14. O-O Bxe3 15. Bxe3 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 $15) 14... Bxc1
15. Qxc1 Ne7 (15... Na5 $5 16. O-O (16. Bb5 f5) 16... Nxc4 17. dxc4 Bxd5 18.
cxd5 f5 $11) 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 $11 (18... Qxe6 19. b3 (
19. c4 b5 20. O-O b4 21. a4 $1 bxa3 22. bxa3 $11 {[%cal Gf1b1]}) 19... b5 20.
O-O Ra3 $15 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gf8a8]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Rozentalis,E"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb Zrinjevac"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. d3 Ng6 7. Ng5 Be7 (
7... f6) 8. Qh5 e5 9. f4 Bxg5 10. fxg5 d6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Rf2 $146
(13. b3) (13. h3) 13... f5 $1 (13... Qd7 14. h3 $36) 14. gxf6 Rxf6 15. Rxf6 (
15. Bg5 Rxf2 16. Bxd8 (16. Kxf2 Qb6) 16... Rxg2+ $17) 15... Qxf6 16. Rf1 Qe7 (
16... Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. b3 Qc3 19. Nf3 $16) 17. b3 Rf8 18. Rxf8+ Nxf8 19.
Nf3 $14 Qd7 20. h3 Bf7 21. Qh4 Ne6 22. Qg4 Be8 23. c3 Nf8 24. Qg3 Bf7 25. Kh2
Bg6 26. Nh4 Qf7 27. Qf3 Qe7 (27... Qxf3 28. gxf3) 28. Qg4 Qd7 29. Qxd7 Nxd7 30.
Kg3 Kf7 31. Kf3 a6 32. g4 h6 33. c4 Kf6 34. Bd2 Bh7 35. Ba5 d5 36. Bc7 (36.
Bd8+ $142 Kf7 (36... Ke6 37. Nf5) 37. Bc7) 36... Nf8 37. Bd8+ Kf7 38. Bb6 dxe4+
39. dxe4 Ne6 40. Nf5 Ng5+ $2 (40... Nd4+ $1 41. Ke3 Nxf5+ 42. exf5 g6 43. fxg6+
Bxg6 44. Bxc5 Bb1 45. Kd2 Be4 46. Be3 Bg2 47. h4 Bf3 48. g5 hxg5 49. hxg5 Be4
50. Kc3 Ke6 51. Kb4 Bb1 $11) 41. Ke3 Nxh3 42. Bxc5 Ng5 43. b4 h5 (43... Ne6 44.
Bd6 Kf6 45. a4 $18) (43... g6 44. Nxh6+ Kg7 45. Be7 $1 $18) 44. Nd6+ (44. gxh5
$2 Nxe4 45. Kxe4 Ke6 $11) 44... Ke6 45. gxh5 Kd7 46. a4 Ne6 (46... Bg8 47. a5
Ne6 48. Nf5 Bf7 49. Nxg7 $1 Nxg7 50. h6) 47. Nf7 $18 a5 48. Nxe5+ Kc7 49. Be7
axb4 50. Bxb4 c5 51. Bc3 Bg8 52. a5 Kb7 53. Kf3 Ka6 54. Kg4 Nd4 55. Nd3 Nb3 56.
Nb2 Bh7 57. Kf4 g5+ 58. Ke3 g4 59. e5 g3 60. Kf3 Nc1 61. Be1 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 d5 (5... a6 6. Ba4
d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. d4 Bd7 9. Re1 Rd8 $6 10. c4 $1 Qxc4 11. Nbd2 $44 {Spassky,B
- Timman,J, Amsterdam(m/1)1977}) 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Re1 $1 {TN} (7. d4 cxd4 8. c4
Qd6 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Ba4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Ne5 $10 {
Timman-Sveshnikov,Wijk aan Zee 1981}) 7... Bd7 8. Na3 Ng6 (8... Nf5 $2 9. Bf1
Be7 $2 10. Nb5 Rc8 11. c4 $18) (8... a6 $6 {Blatny,P} 9. Nc4 $1 Nc8 (9... axb5
10. Nb6 Qd6 11. Nxa8 Na5 12. d4 c4 13. b4 cxb3 14. axb3 $18) 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11.
Nce5 Be7 12. c4 Qd6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Qa4+ Kf8 16. d4 $16 {
Kaidanov-Petrienko,Minsk 1986}) 9. Bf1 Be7 10. d4 $1 cxd4 11. Nb5 Rc8 (11...
O-O-O 12. cxd4 $13) 12. Nfxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 (13... e5 14. Nb5 $16) 14. g3 b5
$4 (14... e5 $2 15. Nf5 $1 Qxd1 16. Nxg7+ Kf8 17. Rxd1 Bg4 18. Bh6 Kg8 19. Rd2
Bf8 20. h3 $18) (14... Qd6 $5 15. Nf5 Qxd1 16. Nxg7+ Kf8 17. Rxd1 Bc6 18. Bh6
Kg8 19. Nh5 Bf3 $13) (14... Qc5 $5) 15. Bg2 $4 (15. a4 $1 Bf6 (15... bxa4 16.
Bxa6 Rb8 17. c4 $1 $16) 16. Nxe6 $1 Qxd1 17. Nxg7+ Kd8 (17... Kf8 18. Rxd1 Bg4
19. f3 $1 $18) 18. Rxd1 Bxg7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxb5 Rc7 21. Bg5+ $18) 15... Qc5
{Now Black is back in the game. Oof!} 16. h4 Bf6 $8 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Nf5 (18. h5
Ne7 19. h6 O-O 20. hxg7 Bxg7 21. Qh5 e5 $132) 18... O-O 19. Nd6 Rcd8 $8 20. Nb7
Rc8 $8 21. Nd6 (21. Nc5 Bc6 22. Nxa6 Qb7 $44) 21... Rcd8 22. Nb7 Rc8 23. h5 $1
{Does he really want to win?} Ne5 $8 (23... Bc6 $2 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Na5 Qc7
26. hxg6 Qxa5 27. gxf7+ Rxf7 28. Qd6 $16 {Kindly proposed by the world
champion in the post-mortem.}) 24. Bf4 Bc6 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5
Qxb7 28. h6 Qe7 $8 (28... g6 $2 29. Qd4 Rc4 30. Rxb5 $1 $18) (28... Rfd8 $6 29.
Qg4 g6 30. Qg5 Qf3 31. Rc5 $1 $16) 29. hxg7 Rfd8 30. Qe2 (30. Qf3 {Blatny,P}
Rd2 31. Kg2 Rc5 32. Rxc5 Qxc5 33. Rh1) 30... Rc5 $1 $10 31. a4 Rxe5 32. Qxe5
bxa4 33. Qe4 Qc5 34. Rxa4 a5 (34... Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Qh5 36. Qa8+ Kxg7 37. Rh4 Qd5+
$10) 35. Qe2 Qg5 36. Rf4 Rd7 37. Qf3 Qd5 38. Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 21st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2005.02.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Seret,JL"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nc3 Nc7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 (7. h3
Bf5 8. d3 e6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Rad8 13. g4 Bg6 14.
h4 f5 15. h5 Be8 16. g5 c4 17. Qe2 cxd3 18. Rxd3 Rxd3 19. Qxd3 Nd5 20. Nxd5
cxd5 21. g6 hxg6 22. hxg6 Bxg6 23. Rg1 Bh5 24. Ng5 Bg4 25. Rxg4 {1-0 (25)
Kobalia,M (2643)-Tregubov,P (2628) playchess.com INT 2004}) 7... g6 8. Be3 b6
9. Qd2 Bg4 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nge4 Bg7 12. f4 $146 (12. h3 Be6 13. f4 f6 14. O-O-O
fxe5 15. fxe5 Nd5 16. Rhe1 Qc7 17. d4 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Rd8 20. Qf2
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qxe5 22. Re1 Bf7 23. Qd2 O-O 24. Nf2 Qd6 25. Nd3 Bc4 26. a3 Bxd3
27. cxd3 Kh7 28. Kc2 Bd4 29. Re2 e5 30. Ne4 Qe6 31. Qb4 c5 32. Qa4 Rf7 33. Qb3
Qd7 34. a4 Kg7 35. Qc4 Rf1 36. Kb3 Ra1 37. Rd2 Kf8 38. Re2 Ke7 39. Nc3 Qe6 40.
Nb5 a6 41. Nc7 Qxc4+ {Huba,M (2130)-Mrva,M (2400) Hlohovec 1995 0-1 (61)})
12... Qd7 13. h3 Be6 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Nxc5 Qd4 17. N3e4 Rd5
18. Qa5 g5 19. Qxa7 gxf4 20. c3 Qxe5 21. d4 Qf5 22. Rhe1 f3 23. gxf3 $2 (23.
Qb7+ Kd8 24. Qb8+ Bc8 25. Nb7+ Kd7 (25... Ke8 26. Ned6+ $18) 26. Nec5+ Ke8 (
26... Rxc5 27. dxc5+ Nd5 28. Rxe7+ Kxe7 29. Qd6+ Ke8 30. Qd8#) 27. Qxc7 $18)
23... h5 24. Kb1 Rxc5 25. dxc5 Bd5 26. Ka1 Qxf3 $2 (26... Be5 $142 $15 {
[%cal Ge5c7]}) (26... Rd8 $142 27. Rd3 Qxh3 (27... Be5 $17) 28. Red1 Rg8 29.
Nd6+ exd6 30. cxd6 Qd7 31. Rxd5 cxd5 32. dxc7 Qxc7 33. Qa8+ Qb8 34. Qc6+ Qc7
$11) (26... Bxe4 $15) 27. Nd2 $2 (27. Nd6+ $1 exd6 28. cxd6 Ne6 29. Rf1 Qe2 30.
Rde1 $18 Qc4 31. Rxf7 Qxa2+ 32. Qxa2 Bxa2 33. Kxa2) 27... Qf6 28. Rf1 $2 (28.
Re4 $1 {[%cal Ge4b4,Gb4b8]} Bxe4 29. Nc4 (29. Nxe4 $2 {[%cal Ge4f6]} Qf3 $19 {
[%cal Gf3d1,Gf3e4]}) 29... Rd8 30. Nb6#) 28... Qh4 29. c4 Be6 30. Qb6 Qd4 31.
Rf3 Bxc4 32. Ra3 Bb5 33. Rb1 Qxd2 34. Ra7 Be5 35. a4 Bxb2+ 36. Rxb2 Qc1+ 37.
Ka2 Bc4+ {Black loses on time} 1-0

[Event "Cancan Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1998.09.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qc7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 (9... Qxc6 10. Re1 b5 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. Bf4 O-O-O (12...
Rc8 13. c3 $14 {[%csl Re8]}) 13. Re3 $1 b4 (13... exd5 $5 14. Rc3 Bc5 15. exd5
(15. b4 Bxf2+ $19) 15... Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxc5+ Bc6 $11) 14. c3 exd5 15.
cxb4 Bd6 16. e5 Bc7 17. Rc1 $40 Qe6 18. Rec3 Bc6 19. a4 f6 20. b5 fxe5 21. bxc6
exf4 22. Qd3 $1 $18 {1-0 Eismont,O-Landenbergue,C/Harkany op 1993 (25)}) (9...
dxc6 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qh4 Be7 12. Bg5 e5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gurgenidze,B-Kallai,G/
Tbilisi 1987 (38)} 13. Bf6 Qd6 $11) 10. f4 $1 $146 ({Nothing special promises
to white} 10. Qg4 e5 11. Qg3 f6 12. f4 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 d6 14. Na4 Ba7 15. fxe5
dxe5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Dey,J-Alekseev,A/Werfen op 1991 
(35)}) 10... d5 $6 (10... Bc5+ $6 11. Kh1 d6 12. Na4 Ba7 13. c4 O-O 14. b3 $16
{[%cal Gc1b2,Gc1a3,Yf4f5,Yf5f6] White stands better because darksquare bishop
of black is completly out of play.}) (10... d6 $142 $5 11. f5 Be7 12. Qg4 Bf6
$132) 11. f5 $1 $16 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 O-O 13. f6 $1 $40 Rd8 {Not the best move, but
in this position is very difficult to give to black good advice. Also after} (
13... g6 14. Na4 Bd6 15. e5 $1 {blacks position is hopeless.} Bxe5 16. Qd2 {
[%cal Gd2h6,Gh6g7]} Kh8 (16... Qd8 17. Qg5 Bd4 18. c3 $18) 17. Qh6 Rg8 18. Rf3
Bxf6 19. Rxf6 e5 20. Bg5 $18) 14. fxg7 Bb7 15. Qh5 Bd4 16. Bg5 Rd7 17. Bf6 c5 (
{Best chanse for black was} 17... Bxf6 18. Rxf6 Kxg7 19. Rh6 Rh8 20. Qg5+ Kf8
21. Qf6 Rg8 22. Rxh7 $16 {/+-}) 18. e5 $18 {[%cal Gf1f3,Gf3h3] The rest is
matter of technick.} Qb6 19. Nd1 Qb5 20. Rf4 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Qa5 22. Nxb2 Qxa2 23.
Rbf1 Qxb2 {[%tqu "En","","","","f6e7","",5]} 24. Be7 $1 Rxe7 25. Rxf7 $18 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Gr-B"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shaked, Tal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Ng6 6. c3 d5 (6... a6 7. Bxc6
dxc6 8. e5 Be7 $6 (8... c4 $8 $132) 9. c4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6,Rc8]} Qd3 10.
b3 O-O 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Re3 {Chernyshov,K-Nun,J/Ceske Budejovice op 1997 1:0 
(32)}) 7. Qa4 $1 {Strong continuation.Other moves don't promise anything
special to white.} (7. exd5 Qxd5 8. d4 cxd4 9. c4 Qd6 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Be3 Qc7
12. Nc3 Be7 (12... Bd6 $5 13. Qh5 O-O 14. Ne4 (14. Bxc6 Bxc6 (14... bxc6 15.
Ne4 $14) 15. Ncb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Qa5 $1 17. Qf3 Be5 $13) 14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4
Bxb5 16. cxb5 Be7 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Rfd8 19. Qe3 Qc4 20. Bxa7 Qxb5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Glek,I-Portisch,L/Biel SKA 1996 (27)}) 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Ba4 {[%cal
Gc3e4,Yc4c5]} f5 $5 15. f3 O-O 16. Qe2 Bd6 $132 {Horvath,S-Glek,I/Vlissingen
HZ-op 1997/0-1 (42)}) 7... Qd6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 $1 $16 {
Now white develops an initiative very quickly because of vulnerable position
of blacks queen and "cenralized" king.} Be7 11. Nc3 Qd6 12. h4 $1 {[%csl Rg6]
[%cal Gh4h5]} Bd7 ({Also after} 12... O-O 13. h5 Nh8 14. h6 g6 15. d5 $1 {
black can not be satisficed by his position} exd5 16. Bf4 Qc5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18.
Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxc6 bxc6 20. Rxe7 $18 {[%csl Rh8]}) 13. h5 Nf8 14. d5 Nb4 (14...
exd5 15. Bf4 Qc5 16. Rad1 $40) 15. Ne5 a6 {Nothing changes} (15... Nxd5 16.
Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rd1 $18) 16. Bxd7+ Nxd7 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"e5f7","",10]} 17. Nxf7 $1 $18 Kxf7 18. dxe6+ Kf8 19. exd7 Rd8 20. Bg5 $1 {
easiest} Bxg5 21. Re8+ Kf7 22. Qb3+ Nd5 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. Nxd5 Qxd7 25. Nc7+
Kf6 26. Qf3+ {[%cal Re1d1,Ga1e1]} 1-0

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1999.01.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rytshagov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ziegler, Ari"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 e5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Qd5
8. O-O Qxe5 9. d3 (9. Re1 $5 Be6 $6 (9... Be7 10. d3 (10. d4 cxd4 11. Bg5 O-O
12. Nf6+ Bxf6 13. Rxe5 Bxe5 14. Qd2 (14. Qe2 $5 f6 (14... Bd6 15. Rd1 c5 16. c3
$14) 15. Qc4+ Kh8 16. Re1 Bf5 $44) 14... Bf5 15. h3 Rae8 16. Bf4 c5 $11 {
0-1 Jansa,V-Tomczak,R/BL9091 1991 (61)}) 10... O-O 11. Ng5 Qc7 12. Qf3 h6 13.
Bf4 Qd8 14. Ne4 Be6 15. Qg3 Kh7 16. Be5 Rg8 17. Rad1 $36 {1/2-1/2 Galego,
L-Murrey,J/Cappelle op 1993 (25)}) 10. d3 O-O-O 11. Ng5 Qf5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13.
Qe2 {[%csl Re6]} Re8 14. a4 $5 Bd6 15. a5 $16 {[%cal Ga1a4,Ga4e4] Brajovic,
R-Knezevic,B/JUG-chT 1995/1-0 (50)}) 9... Be7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bc3 Qf5 (11...
Qd5 $142 $5 {[%cal Gc5c4]} 12. Qf3 {[%cal Gf3g3]} Bf5 13. Qg3 Bg6 14. f4 f6 15.
b3 $13) 12. Qe2 Qg6 13. f4 Bd7 14. Qf2 $14 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gf4f5,Gf5f6,Ge4c5]}
Qf5 $8 15. Rae1 Rfe8 16. Ng3 Qd5 17. Re5 $1 Qd6 18. Ne4 Qc7 19. Qg3 f6 {
[%tqu "En","","","","f4f5","",10,"e4f6","",0]} 20. f5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc7][%cal
Ge5e7] It looks much stronger than simple} (20. Nxf6+ $5 Bxf6 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8
22. Bxf6 Bf5 23. Be5 $16) 20... Qb8 ({Nothing changes} 20... Rac8 21. Rxe7 Rxe7
22. Nxf6+ Kf7 23. Qg5 $1 {[%cal Rf6d5,Rf6h7,Rf6d7]} h6 24. Qg6+ Kf8 25. Nxd7+
Rxd7 26. Qh7 $18) 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Nxf6+ Kh8 (22... Kf7 23. Qg5 $18) 23. Qh4
h6 24. Ng4 1-0

[Event "VAM Hoogeveen 2nd"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "1998.10.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Shaked, Tal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 (5... d5 6. e5 Bd7 7. Re1
Nf5 8. Bf1 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. g3 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 $132 {Morozevich,A-Sveshnikov,
E/RUS-ch 1995 (38) 1:0}) (5... Qb6 6. Na3 Ng6 7. Re1 Be7 8. Bf1 {[%cal Ga3c4]}
d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. d4 O-O 11. Nc2 {[%cal Gd4c5]} c4 12. Ne3 Be6 13. g3 Qd8 $13
{Sepp,O-Svidler,P/Rostov op 1993/0-1 (66)}) 6. Be2 (6. Ba4 $5) 6... d5 7. exd5
({Nothing promises} 7. d3 $6 Ng6 8. Re1 Be7 9. Na3 O-O $11 {Kolar,S-Obsivac,J/
Moravia-ch op 1994/0-1 (43)}) 7... Nxd5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Bf3 Nxd4 11.
Qxd4 Bc6 12. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gc4e5]} Qc7 13. Nc4 b5 ({Deserved attention more
natural} 13... Rd8 $5 {[%cal Gc6b5]} 14. Rd1 (14. Ne5 $2 Nb4 15. Qf4 Bd6 $17)
14... f6 {preventing entering knight to e5 and trying to develope kingside} 15.
Qg4 Kf7 $14) 14. Qe5 O-O-O 15. Qxc7+ Kxc7 16. Ne5 Be8 17. c4 $14 {White stands
slightly better due to unsaved position of black king,but black has good
chances to equalize : his centralized knight looks very strong.} bxc4 18. Nxc4
Bb5 19. b3 Bb4 20. Bb2 f6 21. a3 Bc5 22. Rfc1 $1 Kb8 ({Attempt to begin
tactical complications} 22... Nf4 $5 {[%cal Gf4d3] fails after} 23. Ne5 $1 Kb6
24. Nf7 Rd2 25. Rxc5 Kxc5 26. Bc3 Rdd8 (26... Rhd8 27. Ba5 $1 $18 {[%cal Ga1c1]
}) 27. Ba5 $16 {^^}) 23. Ne5 Rc8 24. a4 Be8 25. Nd3 Bd6 26. Bd4 $14 {[%cal
Gd3c5] Now black can't prevent intering white knight to c5 and white gets
advantage of pair of bishops.} Bg6 27. Nc5 Bxc5 28. Bxc5 Rc6 29. b4 Rhc8 {
[%cal Ga6a5]} 30. a5 Bd3 31. Re1 Rd8 32. Rad1 $16 Bb5 33. h4 {Taking a space
advantage on kingside} Kc8 34. Rd4 Rd7 $2 {Losing a pawn.Also after} (34... Ba4
35. Rde4 e5 36. R4e2 $16 {[%cal Ge2d2] black finds himself in troubles}) 35.
Rde4 Nc7 (35... e5 $2 36. Bg4 $18) 36. R4e3 $18 Nd5 $8 37. Rxe6 Rxe6 38. Rxe6
Nf4 39. Re4 {[%cal Rf3g4]} 1-0

[Event "Radulescu Memorial"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ardeleanu, Alin"]
[Black "Nanu, Ciprian Costica"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 d6 $6 {In this pawn structure
black should be very carefully with pushing "d"pawn on one or two squares-the
pawn on"c5"becomes defenseless.} (5... f6 $5 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O e5 8. Nh4 Be6 9.
Ne2 {[%cal Gf2f4]} g5 $5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 h5 $5 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gg8e7,
Gd8d7]} 12. f4 $6 (12. Nc3 Ne7 13. Qf3 Qd7 14. Ne4 Bg7 $15 {[%csl Rf5][%cal
Ga8d8,Gg5g4]}) 12... gxf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Nxf4 Qd7 15. Qf3 O-O-O $19 {
0-1 Kofidis,A-Miladinovic,I/Heraklio op 1993 (31)}) (5... Be7 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2
e5 8. Na3 d6 9. Nc4 f5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Nh4 $5 Bxh4 12. Qh5+ Bg6 13. Qxh4 Ne7
14. f4 O-O $132 {1/2-1/2 Yandemirov,V-Smirnov,P/RUS-Cup5 1997 (21)}) (5... Ne7
6. h4 $5 {Oratovsky,M} h5 7. Qe2 d5 8. c4 Ng6 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 9. e5 Be7 10. Nc3
(10. g3 f6 11. Nc3 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Bf6 14. Qe2 e5 $132 {[%cal
Gc8g4]}) 10... Bxh4 11. Nxh4 (11. Bd2 $5 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ge1c1,Gb2b3,Yc3a4]})
11... Nxh4 12. g3 Nf5 13. Rxh5 Kd7 14. Na4 $2 (14. Kf1 $5 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Rc8]})
(14. Qf3 $5 {preventing Nd4}) 14... Nd4 $1 15. Nxc5+ Kc7 $15 {Oratovsky,
M-Greenfeld,A Israel 1999} 16. Rxh8 Qxh8 17. Qd1 Qh1+ 18. Kd2 Qg2 $1 $40 {
[%csl Rf2]}) 6. e5 (6. O-O $143 $6 e5 7. h3 Be7 8. c3 Nf6 9. Re1 O-O 10. d4
exd4 11. cxd4 d5 $1 12. Nc3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Bf6 15. Be3 Be6 $15 {
^^ 1/2-1/2 Yermolinsky,A-Sveshnikov,E/URS-FL 1986 (24)}) 6... dxe5 (6... d5 $6
7. c4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc5]} Ne7 8. O-O Ng6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Na4 O-O 11. b3 f6 12.
Bb2 d4 13. Ba3 fxe5 14. Qe2 (14. Nd2 $16 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gd2e4]}) 14... Rf5
15. g3 e4 16. dxe4 Rf6 17. e5 Rf5 18. Kg2 Qc7 19. Bxc5 $16 {1-0 Rogers,I-Kuijf,
M/Groningen 1989 (30)}) 7. Nxe5 $14 Qd5 8. Nf3 c4 $8 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3
11. Bxc3 Nf6 12. dxc4 Qxc4 13. Qd4 ({Deserved attention attempt to keep the
queens on the board after} 13. Nd2 Qd5 14. O-O O-O 15. Re1 {[%cal Ge1e5,Gc3f6,
Yd2e4]}) 13... Qxd4 14. Bxd4 Nd7 15. Bxg7 (15. O-O-O $5 f6 16. Rhe1 e5 17. Be3
$13 {[%cal Gd1d6]}) 15... Rg8 16. Be5 Nxe5 (16... Rxg2 $2 17. Bg3 $18 {[%cal
Gf3h4]}) 17. Nxe5 Rxg2 18. O-O-O c5 $6 {Loosing a pawn by forse.Better was} (
18... f6 $5 19. Nd3 (19. Nxc6 $6 Bd7 20. Nd4 Rxf2 21. Rhg1 Rc8 $15) 19... Rb8
20. Rdg1 Rg6 21. h4 Rb5 $11) 19. Rhg1 $14 Rxg1 20. Rxg1 Kf8 (20... Ke7 21. f4 {
[%cal Gg1g7,Rg7f7,Rg7h7]} Kf6 22. Rg5 $16 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Rg5c5,Ge5g4]}) 21.
Rg4 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gg4c4,Ge5d3]} f6 22. Nd3 e5 23. Rc4 $16 Ke7 24. Rxc5 Kd6
25. Ra5 h5 26. h4 a6 27. Kd2 Ra7 28. f4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Ga5h5]
Breaking blacks center and hopes for the draw!} e4 29. Nf2 {[%csl Ge3][%cal
Gf2d1,Gd1e3]} f5 30. Nd1 Kc6 31. Ne3 Kb6 32. Re5 Rg7 ({Passive defense doesn't
help:} 32... Rf7 33. b4 $18 {[%cal Ga2a4,Ga4a5,Gc2c4,Yd2c3,Yc3d4]}) 33. Nxf5
Rg2+ 34. Kc3 Rh2 35. b4 e3 ({Nothing changes} 35... Bxf5 36. Rxf5 Rxh4 37. Kd4
Rh2 38. c4 Rxa2 39. Rxh5 Rb2 40. b5 $1 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gh5h6]} axb5 41. Rxb5+
$18) 36. Nxe3 Rxh4 37. Nd5+ Ka7 38. f5 Rh3+ 39. Kd4 Rf3 40. f6 h4 (40... Bg4
41. Re7+ Kb8 42. f7 $18 {[%cal Ge7e8]}) 41. Re7+ Kb8 42. Rh7 h3 43. f7 {
[%csl Gf7][%cal Gd4e5,Yd5f4,Yd5f6]} h2 $8 44. Rxh2 Rxf7 45. c4 {Rest of the
game is easy job for white} Bb7 46. Rh8+ Ka7 47. Re8 Rf2 48. a4 Ra2 49. a5 Rh2
50. Kc5 Rh6 51. Rf8 Rc6+ 52. Kd4 Rh6 53. Rd8 Rg6 54. Ne7 Rg4+ 55. Kc5 Rg5+ 56.
Kd6 Rg4 57. c5 Rd4+ 58. Kc7 Rxb4 59. c6 $6 {missing simple} (59. Rb8 {[%cal
Ge7c8,Ge7c6]} Rb5 60. c6 Rb1 61. Nd5 $1 (61. Rxb7+ $6 Rxb7+ 62. cxb7 $11) 61...
Bxc6 62. Nb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6c8,Rb8a8,Rb8b7]} Rxb6 63. axb6#) 59... Rc4 60. Rb8
Rxc6+ 61. Nxc6+ Bxc6 62. Rb6 Bf3 63. Rf6 Be4 64. Rf7 {The winning plan in this
position is very easy:1)To drive black king far away as possible from "a"pawn
2)To take on a6.} Bd5 65. Re7 Bg2 66. Kd6+ Kb8 67. Kc5 Kc8 68. Kb6 Bf1 69. Rc7+
Kd8 70. Rc1 Be2 71. Rc2 Bf1 72. Kb7 Bb5 73. Rc5 Bf1 74. Rd5+ Ke7 75. Kc7 Ke6
76. Rd6+ Ke5 77. Kc6 Bc4 78. Kc5 Bb5 79. Rb6 Bd3 80. Rb3 Ke4 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Kouatly, Bachar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 Ng6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 $5
$146 (7... Be7 8. Be3 O-O (8... Qc7 9. Kh1 a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. f4
Bb7 13. f5 Ne5 14. Qh5 Bf6 15. Bg5 $14 {Yudasin,L-Milov,V/Haifa 1995/1-0 (79)})
9. f4 a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qh5 c5 12. Nb3 f5 13. Nxc5 Qc7 14. Nb3 fxe4 15. f5
Qe5 $13 {1-0 Tal,M-Ornstein,A/Tallinn 1977 (37)}) (7... a6 8. Be2 Qc7 9. Kh1
Nf4 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qd2 (11. Bf3 $5 $14 {[%cal Gg2g3]}) 11... Nxe2 12. Qxe2 b5
13. Rad1 Bb7 $15 {^^} 14. a3 {1/2-1/2 Mainka,R-Kochyev,A/Dortmund-C 1991}) 8.
Be3 Bd6 9. g3 $5 {[%csl Rg6]} a6 10. Be2 {[%cal Rd4b5]} Be7 (10... Bb4 11. Na4
$14 {[%cal Gc2c4]}) 11. f4 O-O 12. a4 Na5 ({Better was} 12... d6 13. h4 Bf6 {
preparing for the knight more comfortable square then h8.} 14. h5 Nge7 $132)
13. h4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gh4h5] Now the initiative is in the whites
hands!} h6 (13... Nc4 $6 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. h5 Nh8 16. h6 gxh6 17. Qh5 $40) 14.
h5 Nh8 15. Qd3 b6 16. Rab1 Bb7 17. b4 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Qd4
f5 $2 {losing immideatly.After} (20... Rdb8 $8 {[%cal Gf7f6,Yh8f7] black still
has enough defensive resourses.} 21. e5 f6 $14) 21. exf5 ({Doesn't works} 21.
Nd5 exd5 22. exd5 Bxa4 23. d6 Bxd6 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Nf7 26. Rd2 b5 $132)
21... Bb7 (21... exf5 22. Qc4+ Nf7 23. b5 $18) 22. fxe6 $18 d5 ({Nothing
changes} 22... dxe6 23. Qc4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qxc4 25. Bxc4 Bxb4 26. Bxe6+ Kf8 27.
Nd5 $18 {[%csl Rh8]}) 23. Rb3 Rd6 24. Bf3 ({More accurate was} 24. f5 $5 Bf6 (
24... Rxe6 25. Bf4 (25. fxe6 Qxg3+ 26. Kf1 Rf8+ 27. Bf2 Bh4 28. Ne4 Qh2 {
[%cal Rh2h1]} 29. Ng3 Bxg3 30. Rxg3 Qxg3 31. Ke1 $16) 25... Rd6 26. Nxd5 Bxd5
27. Bxd6 $18) 25. Qd3 {[%cal Ge3f4]} Rdd8 26. Bf4 $18) 24... Bf6 25. Qd3 d4 26.
Ne4 (26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. Ne4 Rxe6 28. Nxf6+ Rxf6 29. Bxd4 $18) 26... Bxe4 27.
Qxe4 Re8 28. Bf2 Rdxe6 29. Qd3 Nf7 30. Rbb1 Kh8 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 {
Pair of the strong bishops and an extra pawn makes whites position completly
winning.} Rd8 33. Re2 (33. Qg6 $5 {[%cal Gf3e4,Gf3d5]}) 33... Nd6 34. Kg2 {
[%cal Gd3a6]} b5 35. axb5 axb5 36. Qg6 Qc4 37. g4 {[%cal Gg4g5]} d3 38. cxd3
Qxf4 39. Bg3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Gorzow Stilon Welkopolski"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Ne2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 (9... Qxd5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Qc2 f5 (11... Bd6 $5 12. b3 Qh5
13. Ng3 Qh4 14. Re1 O-O 15. Bb2 Bd7 16. Bf1 Rac8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Brodsky,
M-Markowski,T/Katowice op 1993 (46)}) 12. cxd4 $5 b5 13. Re1 Nb4 14. Qc3 Nxd3
15. Qxd3 Bc5 16. b3 O-O 17. Bb2 Bb6 18. Qg3 {+= 1-0 Svidler,P-Zyla,J/
Groningen op 1993 (25)}) 10. c3 (10. Nxd4 $6 Nf4 {=+}) 10... dxc3 11. dxc3 Bd6
12. Nd4 Qc7 13. h3 ({Deserved attention} 13. Qh5 $5 {But after simple} Nf4 (
13... Nxc3 $5 14. Re1 (14. bxc3 Qxc3 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Be3 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qe5 {~}
) 14... g6 15. Qh4 Nd5 16. Bh6 {~=}) (13... Nf6 14. Qh4 {+=}) 14. Bxf4 Bxf4 15.
Rfe1 g6 16. Qh4 O-O {= black is O.K}) 13... Bd7 14. Qf3 Nf4 15. Be4 Ng6 16. Be3
(16. Bxb7 $2 Ne5 17. Qe4 f5 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxa8 O-O 20. Bf3 Bxd4 21. cxd4
Bc6 {-/+}) 16... Ne5 17. Qe2 O-O-O $5 $132 18. Rfd1 Kb8 19. a4 Nc4 20. Bc1 e5
21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 e4 $1 $36 {in arising complications white has to play
very carefuly for not to find himself in the trouble.} 23. Kh1 (23. Rd4 $5 Na5
(23... Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Rxd4 25. cxd4 Re8 26. Bxh7 g6 27. Bg5 {~}) 24. Rxe4 g6 {-/+
}) ({After} 23. Bxe4 $2 Rhe8 {whites position looks undeefensible}) 23... Rhe8
24. Bg5 f6 25. Bh4 g5 26. Rd4 $8 Qc5 $1 ({Doesn't work} 26... Na5 27. Rxd6 $1
Rxd6 28. Bg3 {+=}) (26... Nxb2 $6 27. Qxb2 gxh4 28. Bxe4 $40) 27. Qxc4 (27.
Bxe4 gxh4 28. Qxc4 Qe5 29. Rxd6 $8 Rxd6 {=+}) 27... gxh4 28. Qxc5 Bxc5 29.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Bxh7 Bxf2 {=} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup07"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1998.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Black "Mukhaev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Be7 $5 {More popular is 5...
Ne7 with idea to transform knight to g6 and than to play e5 and d6.} 6. O-O Qc7
{[%cal Ge6e5]} 7. e5 ({After} 7. Qe2 {black gets a comfortable position} e5 $1
8. Na3 d6 9. Nc4 f5 (9... Nf6 $5) 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Nh4 Bxh4 12. Qh5+ Bg6 13.
Qxh4 Ne7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Yandemirov,V-Smirnov,P/RUS-Cup5 1997 (21)}) 7... f6 8.
Bf4 Qd8 (8... Qb6 9. b3 $14 {[%cal Gb1d2,Gd2c4]}) 9. Nbd2 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6 11.
Ne4 $5 ({Nothing promises} 11. Ndc4 O-O 12. Bd2 Qe8 13. f4 d6 14. Nf3 Nd5 15.
Ng5 Nb6 $11 16. b3 {1/2-1/2 Yandemirov,V-Filipenko,A/Lvov 1995}) 11... O-O 12.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 {After this move black loses the only compensation for double
pawns-advantage of the bishops pair.} (12... gxf6 $4 13. Qg4+ Kh8 14. Bh6 Rg8
15. Nf7#) ({Better was} 12... Bxf6 $5 13. Bg3 (13. Nc4 $2 Bxb2 $17) 13... d6
14. Nc4 e5 15. f4 e4 $1 $15 16. dxe4 Ba6 $17) 13. Bg5 $1 Rf5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
f4 $14 Rb8 16. b3 Bb7 17. Qd2 Rbf8 18. Rae1 d6 19. Nc4 Bc8 ({Deserved
attention attempt to change the bishop} 19... Ba6 20. Ne3 (20. Qe3 Bxc4 21.
bxc4 e5 22. Qe4 Qe8 $11) 20... R5f6 21. g3 $14) 20. Qe3 Qc7 21. Nd2 Re8 22. Ne4
Rff8 23. Qg3 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf4f5]} e5 $2 {losing immideatly. After correct}
(23... Rf5 24. Qh4 h6 25. g4 Rf7 26. Qg3 $14 {[%cal Gh2h4,Gh4h5] white stands
only slightly better.}) 24. fxe5 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Rxe5 26. Nf6+ Kh8 {[%tqu "En",
"","","","f6d7","",10]} 27. Nd7 $1 $18 Re8 28. Rf7 Rg8 29. Ne5 {[%cal Ge5g6,
Gf7d7,Re5f7]} 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Oral, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2
d5 (8... Ng6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nh4 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. d5 Ne5 $5 (12... Na5 13.
Bd3 Ng6 14. g3 Be7 15. dxe6 dxe6 16. a4 $1 bxa4 17. Bxa6 $16 {[%csl Ra4,Ra5,
Rg6] Tkachiev,V-Ansell,S/London Lloyds 1994 1-0 (29)}) 13. Nd4 g5 $5 {[%csl
Ge5][%cal Gh4g6]} 14. a4 b4 15. N2b3 g4 (15... Nhg6 $5) 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Kh1 Bg7
$13 {Tkachiev,V-San Segundo,P/ch-ESP Team, Ampuriabrava ESP 1997 1-0 (26)}) 9.
e5 {[%cal Gd2d4]} d4 (9... Qb6 10. Rd1 d4 11. Be4 Ng6 12. d3 Be7 13. cxd4 cxd4
14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Nb3 Rfd8 16. h4 $5 Qc7 (16... Nxh4 $2 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. Qh5
$18) 17. Bd2 $16 {[%cal Ga1c1]} Ngxe5 $2 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Na5 $1 {[%cal Ye4h7,
Ga5c6,Re2e5]} Qc7 $8 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Rac1 $18 {1-0 Tkachiev,V-Pinski,J/Open,
Geneva SUI 1997 (25)}) 10. Be4 Ng6 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. d3 Be7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14.
Nb3 Qb6 15. h4 Rfd8 ({Loosing a pawn} 15... a5 16. h5 a4 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18.
Nbxd4 Nh8 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 h6 22. Ne4 $16 {Tkachiev,
V-Cherniaev,A/Biel 1994/1-0 (68)}) 16. h5 Nf8 $8 (16... Nh4 $2 17. Nxh4 Bxh4
18. Qg4 Be7 19. Bh6 Bf8 (19... g6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bxg6 Nxe5 22. Bh7+ Kxh7 23.
Qg7#) 20. Bxg7 Bxg7 21. h6 $18) 17. h6 g6 18. Bg5 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Rd6,Rf6]
Correct desision.Exchange of the darksquare bishops makes visible weakness of
dark squares in blacks position.} Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Nd7 20. f4 Ne7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7
22. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2e4,Ge4d6] Black is deprived of counterplay and white move by
move increases the pressure.} Qd5 23. Nde4 Nf5 24. g4 Ne3 25. Rfc1 Rac8 26. b4
$1 $16 {[%csl Gc5,Rd7] (.)} Rf8 27. Rab1 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 f6 $2 {an agony,but
what to do?} 29. exf6 Nxf6 30. Nxf6+ Rxf6 31. Rc8+ Rf8 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"g5h7","",10]} 32. Nxh7 $1 $18 Rxc8 33. Nf6+ Kh8 34. Nxd5 exd5 35. Qe1 $1 {
[%cal Ge1h4]} Kh7 ({Nothing changes} 35... Nxg4 36. Qe7 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Nxh6 38.
Qf6+ Kh7 39. Qxd4 Nf5 40. Qa7+ Kh6 41. Qxa6 $18) 36. Qh4 Rc2 37. Kh1 Rg2 38.
Qe7+ Kxh6 39. Qf8+ Kh7 40. g5 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gf8h6] The rest of the game is
matter of technique.} Rf2 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Qxg6+ Kf8 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Qxa6 Rxf4
45. Qxb5 Kg7 46. Qb6 Rg4 47. Qh6+ Kf7 48. Qf6+ Kg8 49. g6 1-0

[Event "Swidnica"]
[Site "Swidnica"]
[Date "1999.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O Qc7 6. Re1 Ng6 (6... a6 7.
Bxc6 Nxc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 O-O 12. Qg4 {[%cal Gc1h6]
} f5 $8 13. Qh5 Bb7 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 f4 $6 (15... c5 $5 16. Rad1 Bc6 $132
{[%cal Ga8b8,Gb8b4]}) 16. Qe7 Rf5 17. Qc5 $14 {[%csl Rb7] Grigorian,A-Abishova,
A/EU-chJW U18 Zagan ,EXT 1995 (33)}) (6... d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Be3 a6
10. Ba4 (10. Bf1 $5 {[%cal Gg2g3]}) 10... Ng6 11. f4 Be7 12. f5 Nge5 13. fxe6
fxe6 14. Bb3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 O-O $13 {Movsesian,M-Roj,M/CZE-chT2 1995 0-1 (36)})
7. Bxc6 dxc6 $6 {it was not nessesary to black to break their pawn structure
in the centre.} (7... bxc6 {looks more natural}) 8. e5 $14 {Double "c" pawns
and unclear future of the bishop c8 makes white position clearly better.} Be7
9. b3 (9. d3 $5 Bd7 10. Qe2 O-O-O 11. a4 f6 12. a5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Qxe5
$6 (14. Ne4 $5 $14 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gc1e3]}) 14... Bd6 15. Qh5 Rdf8 16. Ne4 Be7
17. Be3 Rf5 18. Qg4 $14 {Krupkova,P-Hajkova Maskova,J/Bohemia Chrudim ,EXT
1994 1-0(23)}) 9... O-O 10. Bb2 f5 11. exf6 Bxf6 $6 {[%csl Re6]} (11... gxf6
$142 12. Ne4 e5 $13) 12. Qe2 b6 13. Na4 (13. Qe4 $5 {defending from Nf4}) 13...
Qf7 14. Rf1 Bxb2 15. Nxb2 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6,Rc8,Ge5,Re6][%cal Gb2c4,Gc4e5]} e5
$8 {The only possibility to get some counterplay.After} (15... Nf4 16. Qe4 Qd7
17. Nc4 Qd5 18. Rfe1 $16 {black finds himself in the troubles.}) 16. Nxe5 Nxe5
17. Qxe5 Bf5 18. d3 Rae8 19. Qg3 Re2 $132 20. Rac1 {[%cal Gb2c4,Gc4e3] In
arising position black has come couterplay for sacrificed pawn-activity of
their major pieses,but here is a question:How to prevent maneuvre Nb2-c4(d1)
-e3 with changing rook e2?} Be6 21. Nd1 Qf6 22. Ne3 Qc3 {[%csl Ge1]} 23. Qh4 $6
(23. Qc7 $142 Bd5 24. Qxa7 Re8 {[%cal Ge8e3]} 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. Qxb6 $18) 23...
Bd5 24. Qg4 Rd2 25. Rcd1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 h6 27. Qe2 Qb2 28. Qe1 (28. a4 $2 Bxb3
$15) 28... Kh7 (28... Qxa2 29. Ra1 Qb2 30. Rxa7 $16 {[%cal Ge1a1]}) 29. Rb1 Qd4
30. Qd2 $16 Rf6 31. c3 ({After simple} 31. Nxd5 cxd5 32. c3 $16 {[%cal Gb1e1]
white has just a pawn up.}) 31... Qf4 32. Qe2 Bf7 33. g3 Qe5 34. Qd2 Rd6 {
[%csl Rd3][%cal Gf7g6]} 35. Rd1 Qh5 36. d4 Bg6 37. Nc4 Rd5 38. Ne5 cxd4 39.
cxd4 c5 40. g4 Qg5 $132 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hasangatin, Ramil"]
[Black "Kravtsov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[BlackTeam "Vladivostok DVGU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 $6 (4... dxc6 {recomendation of A.
Alekhine.The idea of this strange move ( white anyway takes on c6 next move)
is to remain darksquare bishop on diagonal f8-a3 and not to close diagonal
c8-h3 after 4. ...e6.} 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. d3 Qc7 8. Be3 e5 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10.
a4 a5 11. Nc4 Ne7 12. c3 O-O 13. g4 Bg6 14. Qb3 $14 {[%csl Re7] Morozevich,
A-De la Villa Garcia,J/It 1998/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 5. O-O Nf6 {Another dubious
move-it was not nessesary to lose a few tempos in the opening.} (5... d6 6. b3
Bg4 7. Bb2 e5 8. c3 Bxf3 $6 9. Qxf3 Qf6 10. Qe2 Ne7 11. Rd1 Ng6 12. d4 Be7 13.
dxc5 dxc5 14. Nd2 $16 {[%csl Gc4,Rc5,Rc6] 1-0 Yudasin,L-Melero,J/Oviedo rapid
1993 (22)}) 6. e5 Nd5 7. c4 Nc7 (7... Nb6 $6 {[%csl Rb6]} 8. d4 cxd4 (8... Nxc4
9. dxc5 $16 {[%csl Rc4]}) 9. Qxd4 Bb7 10. Be3 Nc8 11. Nc3 $16 {1-0 Kozel,
R-Manukian,T/Yalta opJ ,EXT 1995 (26)}) 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Ne6 10. Qh4 h6 {
Black has problems with development of the kingside:} (10... g6 11. Bh6 $16)
11. Nc3 g6 12. Re1 Bg7 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Bd2 $14 Rb8 15. Bc3 c5 16. Rad1 Bb7 (
16... O-O 17. Qxe7 $18) {[%tqu "En","","","","e4d6","",10]} 17. Nd6+ $1 exd6 ({
Also after} 17... Kf8 18. Nxb7 Rxb7 19. Rd5 $16 {[%cal Ge1d1] white has a
visible advantage}) 18. exd6 Qd8 19. Bxg7 Bxf3 20. Qxd8+ Kxd8 21. Bxh8 Bxd1 22.
Rxd1 $16 {In arising endgame white has to choose next plan:1) To transfer the
bishop to e7 2) To move out the blacks knight from e6 after g4,f4-f5 3) To
open "h" file in case black plays g5 and to create another weakness on the
kingside.} Kc8 23. Bc3 Kb7 24. f3 {White step by step improves his position.}
Kc6 25. Kf2 Re8 26. Rd2 Nd8 27. Bf6 Ne6 28. g3 a5 29. Rd3 {[%csl Ra5][%cal
Gd3a3]} Rb8 30. Ra3 Ra8 31. Ra4 Kb6 (31... Kxd6 32. Bc3 $18 {[%cal Ga4a5]}) 32.
h4 h5 33. Ke3 {[%cal Gg3g4,Gf3f4,Gf4f5]} Nd8 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd8c6,Ya8e8,
Ye8e6]} 34. Ra3 Nb7 35. Be7 Kc6 36. Rd3 {[%cal Ge3f4,Gf4e5,Ge5f6]} a4 {Trying
to create counterplay on the queenside after Na5,Rb8-b4} 37. Kf4 Na5 38. Rc3 ({
More accurate was} 38. b3 $5 axb3 39. axb3 Rb8 40. Kg5 Rxb3 (40... Nxb3 41. Kf6
Na5 42. Kxf7 Nxc4 43. f4 $18 {[%cal Gf7g6]}) 41. Rxb3 Nxb3 42. Kf6 Nd2 43. Kxf7
Nxc4 44. Kxg6 Nxd6 45. g4 hxg4 46. fxg4 c4 47. h5 c3 48. h6 c2 49. Bg5 $18)
38... Rb8 39. Rc2 Rb4 40. Kg5 Rxc4 41. Rf2 Rc1 42. Kf6 Rg1 43. Kxf7 Rxg3 44.
Bg5 $18 {[%cal Gf7g6,Yf3f4,Yf4f5,Yf5f6]} Nc4 45. f4 Nxd6+ 46. Kxg6 Ne4 47. Rf1
Rg2 48. f5 Rxb2 49. f6 Nxf6 50. Rxf6+ Kb5 51. Rd6 {Rest of the game is matter
of technique.} Rxa2 52. Rxd7 a3 53. Kxh5 c4 54. Bf6 Rh2 55. Kg4 Rg2+ 56. Kf3
Rg6 57. Be5 Rb6 58. Ra7 Rh6 59. Kg4 Rg6+ 60. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Yangon zt playoff"]
[Site "Yangon"]
[Date "1998.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lioe, Dede"]
[Black "Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BUR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O {In my opinion more flexible
continuation in this position is 5.d3} Ne7 6. d3 Ng6 7. Re1 (7. Nbd2 d6 (7...
Be7 8. Nb3 e5 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 d6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 c4 13. Nbd2 d5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Gulko,B/Biel izt 1993 (20)}) 8. Nc4 Be7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Ba5
Qd7 11. e5 d5 12. Ne3 f6 13. Re1 Qb7 14. Rb1 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Ng4 Bd6 17.
Bc3 (17. Nxe5 $5 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Re6][%cal Ga5c3]}) 17... e4 $1 18. dxe4 d4 19.
b4 Qd7 20. bxc5 Bxc5 21. Ne5 Qc7 22. Nd3 Bb6 $13 {[%cal Gc6c5,Ge6e5] Hracek,
Z-Polgar,S/Rimavska Sobota 1991/1/2-1/2 (79)}) (7. Nc3 Be7 8. Ne2 d6 9. Re1 O-O
10. c3 Qb6 11. Ng3 f6 12. Qc2 Rb8 13. b3 a5 $11 {Romanishin,O-Markowski,T/
Rubinstein mem 1993/1/2-1/2 (63)}) 7... Be7 8. Nc3 e5 9. Ne2 O-O 10. c3 d5 11.
Ng3 Qc7 12. c4 dxc4 $5 $15 {Right desision.In arising pawn structure double
"c" pawns helps to black to control central d5 and d4 squares,so black gets an
advantage by transforming his knight on d4: Ng6-f8(f4)-e6-d4.} ({Another
possibility was to keep pressure in the center after} 12... Be6 13. Qc2 (13.
exd5 cxd5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Nf5 f6 $15 {[%csl Gd5]}) 13... f5 $5 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. Nxf5 Rxf5 16. Be3 Raf8 $13 {[%cal Gf5f3,Yg6h4]}) 13. dxc4 Bg4 $6 (13... Rd8
14. Qa4 Bg4 $5 (14... Nf8 15. Bd2 $13 {[%cal Gd2a5]}) 15. Qa3 Nf8 $15 {[%cal
Gf8e6,Ge6d4]}) 14. h3 ({Deserved attention} 14. Nf5 Rfd8 15. Qe2 Nf8 16. h3
Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Ne6 $13) 14... Rfd8 15. Qe2 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Nf1 $6 ({
Better was} 17. Nf5 {changing one bishop.After text move black keeps an
advantage of bishops pair.} Bxf5 18. exf5 Bf6 19. Rad1 h6 20. b3 $14) 17... Bh5
18. N1h2 Rd7 19. Qc2 Rad8 20. b3 (20. Rad1 $142 Bf6 21. b3 Bd4 22. Rd2) 20...
Bg6 $15 {[%cal Gg6e4] preventing rooks exchange after Rad1} 21. Rab1 Bf6 22.
Ng4 Bd4 23. Ngh2 Re7 24. Rbd1 Bh5 25. Rd2 h6 {[%cal Gg7g5,Yh5g6] Taking space
advantage on kingside} 26. Red1 Rde8 27. Re1 Qa5 $1 {[%cal Ga5e1,Gh5d1]} 28.
Nxd4 cxd4 29. f3 c5 {Strong passed pawn d4 gives to black an easy game .} 30.
Ng4 $6 {The best plase for the knigt in this position is d3,but how to
transform him there?} Bxg4 31. hxg4 Re5 32. Kf2 h5 33. gxh5 Rxh5 34. Rdd1 Rd8
35. Qd2 Qc7 36. Rh1 Rxh1 37. Rxh1 Qe5 $17 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gd8d6,Gd6a6,Rd4d3,
Ya7a5,Ya5a4]} 38. Qd3 Rd6 39. Rh3 Ra6 40. Qd2 Qg5 41. Kf1 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"d4d3","",10]} d3 $1 42. g4 ({Doesn't help} 42. g3 Qe5 43. Kg2 Qa1 44. a4 Qb1
45. Qxf4 Qc2+ 46. Kg1 Qxb3 $17 {/-+}) 42... Qe5 $19 {Whites position becomes
unprotectible because of unsafed position of the king.} 43. a4 Rb6 44. Qxd3 Rd6
$40 45. Qc2 Qa1+ 46. Kf2 Rd1 47. Rh2 Rb1 (47... Rf1+ 48. Kg2 Rg1+ 49. Kh3 Rg3+
50. Kh4 Qf6+ $19) 48. Ke2 Rb2 49. Kd3 Rxc2 50. Rxc2 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Voronezh OShK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Be2 (6. Ba4 d5 7. exd5
Qxd5 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 b5 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Re1 (12. d5 $5 exd5 13.
Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 $14) 12... Na5 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Bf4 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 $16 {
[%cal Ge5g6] Glek,I-Mikhaletz,L/FSGM Feb, Budapest HUN 1998 1-0 (20)} Qb6 16.
Nc4 $18 {[%cal Gc4d6]}) 6... d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 (7... exd5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4
10. cxd4 g6 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Re1 h6 14. Bh4 $6 g5 15. Bg3 Nc6 16.
Bf3 Be6 $15 {[%csl Rd4] Timman,J-Yermolinsky,A/ol 1998 0-1 (34)}) 8. d4 Nf6 (
8... Be7 9. c4 Nf6 10. dxc5 Qxd1 (10... Bxc5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Nc3 Ke7 13. Rd1
Rd8 14. Rxd8 Nxd8 15. a3 Bd7 16. b4 Bd6 17. Be3 h6 18. Rd1 {+/- Kasparov,
G-Kramnik,V/Paris rapid 1995}) 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Bf4 h6 14. a3 Ba7
15. b4 Bb8 16. Be3 Ne7 17. Ra2 $5 $14 {[%cal Ga2d2] Aronian,L-Bunzmann,D/Cala
Galdana b-14 1996 1/2 (17)}) (8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Bf3 Nf6 (10... Nxd4 11.
Qxd4 Bc6 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Nc4 b5 14. Ne3 Nf6 15. Bxc6+ Qxc6 16. a4 Rd8 17. axb5
axb5 18. Qa7 Bc5 $15 {Timman,J-Piket,J/ch-NED, Rotterdam NED 1998 (40)}) 11.
Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Nc4 O-O 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Bg3 f6 17. Qa4
Qd7 18. Na5 Rfc8 19. Rad1 Qe8 20. c4 $14 {Tkachiev,V-Franco,Z/ch-ESP Team,
Ampuriabrava ESP 1997 1-0 (38)}) 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. c4 Qc7 12. Nc3
Bd6 13. g3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Be7 $11 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Bf3 Rac8 (16... Bc6 $6 17. Nd5
Nxd5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Bxd5 $14 {[%cal Gd1g4]}) 17. Re1 Bc6 18. Nd5 {Now it
doesn't works} exd5 19. cxd5 Bb4 $1 {it is better than} (19... Nxd5 20. Bxd5
Qd7 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Rxc6 bxc6 23. Qa4 $14) 20. Re3 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Qd7 22. Bxc6
Rxc6 23. Bc3 $8 {Now white has to play very carefully for reaching a balance.}
(23. Rxc6 bxc6 $1 $17 {[%cal Gf8d8,Yc6c5,Rd7d1]}) 23... Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxc3 25.
Rxc3 {Correct decision.In the endgame with 4 rooks black has more chanses to
use whites weaknesses on the queenside.} (25. bxc3 $6 Rfc8 26. Rdd3 g6 $15)
25... Rxc3 26. bxc3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Black "Kuzuev, Danil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg5 $5 Qc7 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. c3 Nge7 (7...
e5 8. a3 (8. O-O d6 9. Na3 h6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Be3 Nge7 (11... a6 12. Na3 {
[%csl Rb6][%cal Ga3c4,Ya2a4,Ya4a5]} b5 13. d4 $16) 12. d4 Nxd4 $5 13. Nbxd4
cxd4 14. cxd4 O-O 15. Qd2 $14 {[%csl Rd7,Rh6][%cal Gf1d1] Morozevich,A-Gulko,B/
Moscow PCA-GP rapid 1995/1-0 (43)}) 8... d6 9. b4 b6 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 Nf6 12.
h3 O-O 13. Nbd2 Be6 14. b5 Ne7 15. c4 Nd7 $13 {[%cal Gf7f5] 1/2-1/2 Psakhis,
L-Guerra Bastida,D/La Coruna op 1996 (19)}) (7... h6 8. Be3 d6 9. d4 $14) 8.
O-O d6 (8... d5 9. Re1 (9. Na3 O-O 10. Re1 h6 11. exd5 Nxd5 (11... exd5 12. Be3
$14 {[%cal Gd3d4]}) 12. Bd2 b6 13. Qc1 Kh7 14. Re4 $5 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Ge4h4]}
f6 (14... Nde7 $13 {[%cal Ge7f5,Gc8b7]}) 15. d4 cxd4 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. Nbxd4 Nxd4
18. Rxd4 $14 {[%cal Gc3c4] 1-0 Glek,I-Short,N/EU-ch Rapid-30' 1996 (53)}) 9...
h6 10. Be3 (10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Qc1 Bd7 $13) 10... d4 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. Bd2 e5 13.
b4 Be6 14. Na3 $13 {1-0 Glek,I-Psakhis,L/Haifa 1996 (39)}) 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4
h6 11. Bf4 {it is better than} (11. Be3 $5 d5 12. e5 Nf5 $132) 11... e5 12.
dxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 O-O 14. Qc1 ({Nothing promises} 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Qc1 (15. Nd5
$6 Nxd5 16. exd5 Rad8 17. Qc1 Bxd5 18. Bxh6 f6 $15) 15... Kh7 $11) 14... Kh7
15. b4 a6 16. Na3 Be6 $11 (16... b5 $5 {[%csl Ra3]} 17. Bc5 Bb7 18. Qe3 f5 $15)
17. b5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Qb8 19. Qb2 $6 {missing strong blacks reply.Deserved
attention} (19. a4 $5 Rc8 20. Qb2 Na5 {[%cal Ga5c4]} 21. Nd2 {keeping a
balance.}) 19... Ra4 $1 $36 {[%csl Re4][%cal Rb4b2,Ga4b4,Rb4b5]} 20. a3 Rxe4 $1
21. Ng5+ hxg5 22. Bxe4 f5 23. Bh1 e4 24. Qc1 ({After} 24. Nc3 Nd5 25. Bd2 Na5
$15 {[%cal Ga5c4] black has more than enough compensation for sacrifised
exchange.}) 24... Bxa1 25. Qxa1 Bc4 $17 26. Rb1 Bd3 27. Rb3 Bc4 $6 ({After} 
27... f4 $1 28. Bc5 Rf5 $17 {black stands clearly better.}) 28. Rb1 Bd3 29. Rb3
Bc4 30. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1999.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plaskett, H James"]
[Black "Saltaev, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O Ng6 6. Re1 (6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4
Be7 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Kh1 a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. f4 Bb7 13. f5 Ne5 14. Qh5
Bf6 15. Bg5 g6 16. Qh4 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 gxf5 18. exf5 h6 19. Qg3 O-O-O $13 {
Yudasin,L-Milov,V/Haifa 1995/1-0 (79)}) 6... Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 $6 {
Giving white interesting tactical possibility to get an advantage.After correct
} (8... O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 {the black could avoid the position,happended in the
game.}) {[%tqu "En","","","","d4f5","",10,"b5f1","",0]} 9. Nf5 $1 (9. Bf1 a6 $6
(9... O-O $5) 10. Nf5 Bf6 (10... exf5 11. exf5 Nge5 12. f4 $16 {[%csl Gd5]})
11. Nd6+ Ke7 12. Nf5+ Kf8 13. Ne3 h6 14. a4 Kg8 15. Nc4 $14 Na5 16. Nxa5 Qxa5
17. Bd2 Bg5 18. Nb1 Qc7 19. Ra3 $5 $32 {Gurgenidze,B-Shabanov,Y/Tbilisi 1987/1/
2-1/2 (94)}) 9... O-O (9... exf5 10. exf5 Nge5 11. f4 $14 {[%cal Gc3d5]}) 10.
Nxe7+ $14 Ncxe7 11. Be3 f5 12. f3 (12. Bd3 $5 f4 (12... a6 13. exf5 Nxf5 14.
Bxf5 Rxf5 15. Qd4 $32 {[%cal Ga1d1]}) 13. Nb5 Qc6 (13... Qe5 14. Bd4 $16) 14.
Bxa7 $16) 12... a6 13. Bf1 fxe4 14. fxe4 $6 {After this move blacks knigts
gets exelent outpost on e5} ({Better was} 14. Nxe4 d5 (14... Nf5 15. Bc5 $16 {
[%cal Ge4d6]}) 15. Nc3 Nf5 16. Bf2 Bd7 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. Rad1 $14) 14... b5 15.
Qd4 Bb7 16. Rad1 Ne5 $132 {[%csl Ge5]} 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Rac8 {[%csl Rc2]
[%cal Rb5b4]} 19. Rb6 Rb8 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Re7c8]} 20. Rd6 $8 (20. Bc5 $6 Nc8
21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Rxb7 Rxb7 $15 {with better chanses in arising endgame}) 20...
Rbc8 21. a3 Bc6 22. Be2 N7g6 23. Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Nf7 25. Rd2 d6 26. Be2 Nge5
27. Bf4 Kf8 {[%cal Gf8e7]} 28. Bxe5 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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 "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Be2 d5 7. exd5 exd5 (7...
Nxd5 8. d4 cxd4 (8... Be7 9. c4 Nf6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Nc3 Ke7
13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Rxd8 Nxd8 15. a3 Bd7 16. b4 Bd6 17. Be3 h6 18. Rd1 $14 {
Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Paris PCA-Intel GP 1995/0-1 (63)}) 9. Nxd4 Bd7 (9... Nxd4
10. Qxd4 Bd7 11. Bf3 Bc6 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Nc4 Rd8 $5 14. Rd1 f6 15. Qg4 Kf7 16.
Re1 Re8 17. a4 g6 18. Bd2 h5 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Rd8 21. Na5 Nb4 $8 22. Nxc6
Nxc6 23. Be3 Be7 24. Red1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Bxd8 27. b4 Ke8 28. Be4
f5 $11 {[%cal Ge6e5,Ge5e4] 1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Miladinovic,I/Belgrade Invest
1995 (33)}) 10. Bf3 Nf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Nc4 O-O
15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Bg3 f6 17. Qa4 Qd7 18. Na5 Rfc8 19. Rad1 Qe8 20. c4 $14 {
Tkachiev,V-Franco,Z/ESP-chT 1997 1:0 (38)}) 8. d4 cxd4 (8... Nf5 9. Re1 Be7 10.
dxc5 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bxc5 12. Nb3 Ba7 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Qd2 Rfe8 16.
Rad1 h6 17. Bf4 Rad8 18. Bb1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Skripchenko,A-Kundin,A/Czerniak mem,
Tel Aviv ISR 1998}) 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 $6 (10. Qxd4 $5 Nc6 $8 (10... Nf5 $6
11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Re1 $5 Be7 (12... Bxa4 13. Bb5#) 13. Qb3 Bc6 14. Bd3 Nd6 15.
Bg5 f6 16. Bf4 $16 {[%cal Gb1d2]}) 11. Qd1 Bc5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Bf3
Be6 15. Re1 Qd6 16. Be3 $14) 10... g6 $11 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Re1 h6
14. Bh4 $2 ({After correct} 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxd5 Qh4 (15... Qd8 16. Bf3 Be6
17. Nf4 $16) 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Rfxc8 18. Bg4 Rd8 19. Re4 Qf6 $11 {tthe
position is equal}) 14... g5 $1 $15 {[%csl Rh4]} 15. Bg3 Nc6 16. Bf3 Be6 17.
Be5 $8 (17. Ne2 $2 g4 $19) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 d4 19. Na4 Qa5 $1 {[%csl Ra4,
Re5] After this move is very interesting to look,how white finds himselfs in
the troubles without making any visible mistakes.} 20. Bxb7 Rad8 21. Rc1 d3 22.
Re4 $8 Bd7 23. Bc6 (23. Nc5 Bf5 24. Ra4 Qb6 25. b3 d2 26. Rcc4 Rfe8 $1 $17)
23... Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Qd5 25. Rcc4 Bxe5 $17 26. Nc3 Qd6 27. h4 d2 28. hxg5 hxg5
29. Re3 Bf4 30. Ne4 $2 {Losing by forse} (30. Re2 f5 $1 $17 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Gf8e8,Rf5e4]}) 30... Qe6 $19 31. Rec3 f5 32. g3 fxe4 33. gxf4 Rxf4 34. Rg3 Qxc4
0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nizamov, Ildar"]
[Black "Sitnikov, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[BlackTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 e5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 (5... bxc6 $6 6. Nxe5 Qe7
7. Nf3 (7. f4 $6 d6 8. Nxc6 Qc7 9. e5 Bg4 10. Ne2 Ng8 $17 {[%csl Rc6]}) 7...
Nxe4 8. O-O Nxc3 9. dxc3 d5 10. Re1 Be6 11. Ng5 Qf6 12. Qe2 (12. Nxe6 fxe6 13.
Qg4 Kd7 14. c4 $36) 12... Bd6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bg5 $1 Qg6 (14... Qxg5 15.
Qxe6+ Be7 16. Re5 Qf6 17. Rae1 $16) 15. Qxe6+ Qxe6 16. Rxe6+ Kd7 17. Rae1 $14 {
Conquest,S-Gormally,D/Iona Tech Masters 1998/1-0 (54)}) 6. h3 ({Another
possibility in this position is} 6. Nxe5 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Qd4 8. Qe2 (8. O-O $5)
8... Qxe5 9. d4 (9. f4 Qxf4 (9... Qe7 10. f5 Qe5 11. Rf1 Be7 12. d4 cxd4 13.
Bf4 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qa6 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Nc4 c5 17. O-O-O $44 {Tseitlin,
M-Nikcevic,N/Paris ,EXT 1995 1-0 (23)}) 10. Nf6+ Kd8 11. Qe8+ Kc7 12. Qxf7+ Kd8
13. Qe8+ Kc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Klenburg,M-Grinshpun,E/Petach-Tikva ISR 1996}) 9...
cxd4 10. f4 Qe7 11. f5 Qe5 12. O-O Bc5 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Bf4 Qd5 15. c4 d3 $1 16.
Qe1 Qd4 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Qg3 Qxf5 19. Bd6 $14 {Marin Ionescu,L-Baumstark,G/
Herculane-W ,EXT 1994 1-0 (37)}) (6. d3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd7 9. Qg3 g6
10. O-O Bd6 11. f4 f6 12. Kh1 Qe7 13. Be3 Rd8 14. Rae1 $14 {/= Malakhov,
V-Avrukh,B/Cala Galdana 1996/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 6... Nd7 7. d3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9.
Be3 a5 10. a4 Re8 11. Ne2 (11. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Gd2c4,Yf2f4]} Nf8 {[%cal Gf8e6,
Ge6d4]} 12. Nc4 f6 (12... Ng6 13. Qh5 $14) 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne6 15. Bg3 Nd4
16. Qd2 Be6 17. b3 $14 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ga1e1]}) 11... f6 12. Nd2 Nf8 13. f4
exf4 14. Nxf4 Ne6 15. Nh5 (15. Qh5 Nd4 $13) 15... Bf8 16. Kh1 Nd4 17. Bg1 b6
18. Nc4 Ra7 $5 $11 19. c3 Ne6 20. Qf3 Ng5 21. Qg3 Be6 {[%cal Re6c4]} 22. e5 $5
Bxc4 ({better was} 22... fxe5 23. Nxe5 Bd6 24. Rae1 (24. Nxc6 Bxg3 25. Nxd8
Rxd8 26. Nxg3 Rxd3 27. Rad1 $8 Rad7 $15) 24... Bd5 $13 {with promising
position for black} (24... Bf7 $5)) 23. exf6 Qxd3 (23... Bxd3 $2 24. Rad1 Rd7
25. Qxg5 Bxf1 {[%tqu "En","","","","f6f7","",10]} 26. f7+ $1 Kxf7 27. Qf5+ Kg8
28. Rxd7 $18 {[%cal Gh5f6,Gf5f7]}) 24. Qxg5 Qg6 $8 25. Qxg6 hxg6 26. fxg7 Bxg7
({Better was} 26... gxh5 {opening "g" file for attack weak g2 pawn after Bd5}
27. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $11 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gc4d5,Ga7g7,Rd5g2,Rg7g2]})
27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. Rxf6 Kg7 29. Rf4 Bd5 $11 30. c4 Rf7 31. Rg4 Be4 32. Rd1 Bf5
33. Rg3 Re2 34. b3 Bc2 $15 {in position with opposite bishops only one
rool-attack first!} 35. Rd6 Rf1 {[%cal Re2e1]} 36. Kh2 Be4 37. Be3 Ree1 38.
Rd7+ Kf8 39. Rg4 Rxe3 40. Rh4 Ke8 $6 $138 (40... Rf7 $19) (40... Kg8 $2 41. Re7
Rfe1 42. Rhh7 g5 43. Reg7+ $11) 41. Rb7 Rf8 $2 {Second mistake in a row in
time trouble.After correct} (41... Re2 $8 42. Rh8+ Rf8 43. Rb8+ Ke7 $1 44.
Rhxf8 Rxg2+ 45. Kh1 Rf2+ $19 {black is still winning.}) 42. Rhh7 Rd3 43. Rhe7+
Kd8 44. Rxe4 $16 {[%cal Gb7b8]} Rf2 45. Rxb6 Rdd2 46. Rg4 Kc7 47. Ra6 $18 Kb7
48. Rxa5 Rf5 49. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.02"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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 "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Re1 Bd7 8.
Na3 Ng6 9. Bc4 (9. Bf1 Be7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nb5 Rc8 12. Nfxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 (
13... Qa5 $5 14. g3 O-O 15. Bg2 e5 16. Nc2 Bc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 $1 $11 {Gelfand,
B-Sveshnikov,E/EUCup f 1995/0-1 (60)}) 14. g3 b5 15. Bg2 Qc5 16. h4 Bf6 17. Be3
$32 {Kasparov,G-Salov,V/Euwe mem 1991 (37) 1/2}) 9... Qh5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nb5
Rc8 (11... O-O-O $5 12. cxd4 a6 13. Nc3 Bd6 14. Ne4 Bc7 15. Ng3 Qa5 16. a3 Be8
17. Bg5 $36 {Ulibin,M-Makarov,M/RUS-ch m1-2 1997 (18)1/2}) 12. Be2 Qd5 $6 (
12... dxc3 $5 13. bxc3 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gf3g5,Rg5f7]} (13. Ng5 cxb2 $19) 13...
Qf5 $8 14. Bd3 (14. Ng5 {[%cal Ge2g4,Yg5e4,Ye4d6]} Nf4 $1 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16.
Qxd6 Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 Rd8 $17 {[%csl Rd1]}) (14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Nge7 16. Ba3
Qa5 17. Nd4 $5 $44 (17. Rad1 Qc7 $15)) (14. Be3 a6 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qd5
17. Qa3 Qa5 $15) 14... Qh5 15. Be2 $11) 13. Nfxd4 a6 $6 {After this move black
finds himself in the troubles} ({After correct} 13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qa5 15. a4
Be7 16. Bf3 Qc7 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Be3 a6 19. Nd4 O-O {white stands only slightly
better} (19... Bd6 $5 20. g3 O-O 21. Qb3 $14) 20. Nf5 $14 {Ulibin,M-Krasenkow,
M/Polish TV k.o. 1997 (44) 0:1}) 14. Bf3 Qc5 15. Be3 Nce5 $2 {But after
this-third in the row mistake blacks position becomes hopeless} (15... Nxd4 $8
16. Nxd4 Qc7 17. Nf5 $1 e5 (17... Ne5 18. Bf4 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 $16 {[%cal Gf3g3]}
) 18. Be4 $16 {[%cal Gd1f3]}) 16. Bxb7 axb5 17. Nxe6 $1 $18 fxe6 ({Doesn't help
} 17... Qc4 18. Nxf8 Kxf8 19. Bxc8 Qxc8 20. Qd6+ Kg8 21. Rad1 $18 {[%cal Gf2f4]
}) 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 {Black has almost enough equvivalent for the queen-3 minor
pieses,but discoordination between his pieses and unsafed king makes his
position completly lost.} 19. Be4 Be7 20. Qd4 Rf8 21. Rad1 {[%csl Rd7][%cal
Re4g6]} Bc8 22. b4 Rc4 23. Qb6 Kf7 24. Qxb5 Rxc3 25. Rc1 {Rest of the game is
easy job for white} Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bd7 27. Bxg6+ Kf6 28. Qb7 hxg6 (28... Kxg6
29. Re1 $18) 29. f4 Nd3 30. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {So far, White hasn't found anything substantial
against the Sveshnikov, and I think this is a good option to avoid it.} e5 ({
Against} 3... Nf6 {I was going to play} 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. d3 {and this seems to be
okay for White. Here are some variations which I have analysed:} d6 {This move
seems to be the best for Black.} (5... Nd4 6. Bc4 a6 (6... e6 {is not very
good due to} 7. Nxd4 $1 cxd4 8. Nb5 Qb6 9. c3 d5 (9... dxc3 10. Nxc3) 10. Bf4
dxc4 11. Nc7+ Kd8 (11... Ke7 12. Nxa8 Qxb2 13. Rc1 dxc3 14. O-O) 12. dxc4 $16)
(6... Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 e6 8. O-O) 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 e6 9. Bb3 Bc5 (9... Bb4+ 10.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 e5 12. O-O d6 13. f4 O-O 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Rxf6 gxf6 16. Ng3
Kh8 17. Qh6 Qe7 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. Nxf6 Rg7 20. Rf1 a5 21. Qh5) 10. O-O b5 (10...
O-O 11. c3 dxc3 12. d4 cxb2 13. Bxb2 Be7 14. e5) (10... d5 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5
dxe4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ng3 exd3 15. cxd3 $16) 11. a4 Bb7 (11... b4 12. Bf4 d6
13. Ng3) 12. Bf4 d6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8+ Bxa8 16. Nf4 O-O (16...
h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qh5+ Kd8 20. Bxg5+ Kc8 21. Bxe6 Kb8 22. Bxh6)
17. Qg4 Ne5 18. Qh3) (5... e6 6. O-O Bd6 (6... Be7 7. Bxc6 Qxc6 8. Bg5 h6 9.
Bh4 b6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 O-O 12. c4 Bxh4 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nd6 Be7 15. Nd4
cxd4 16. Rc1 Bxd6 17. Rxc6 dxc6 18. exd6 Rd8 19. Re1 Be6 20. Qh5) 7. Ba4 a6 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. a4 a5 10. Qe2 e5 11. Nd2 Be6 12. b3 O-O 13. Nc4 Bxc4 14. bxc4) (
5... g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O (7... d6 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Bf4 Qc8 11.
Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Na4 b6 13. Qf3 Rc8 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Bxc6 Rxc6 16. Rxe7 Qxe7 17.
Qxc6 Re8 18. h3 $16) 8. e5 Ng4 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Bf4 Nh6 11. Qd2 Nf5 12. e6 Qb6
13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. Ne4 $16) 6. O-O e6 7. Bxc6+ Qxc6 (7... bxc6 8. Qe2 Nd7 (8...
e5 9. Nh4 Be7 (9... g6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nh5 12. Bd2 Bg7 13. Nf5 Be5 14. Nh6
Be6 15. Rae1 O-O-O 16. g4 Ng7 17. Bg5 Rd7 18. Bf6) 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 O-O 12.
e5 $14) 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nd2 Bf6 12. Nd1 Bxb2 13. Nxb2 $14 {and White
is slightly better here because of his better pawn structure.}) 8. Bg5 b6 (8...
Be7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Qc7 11. Re1 (11. f4 O-O 12. Qf3 Bd7 13. Rae1 Rae8 14.
Bh4 b5) 11... O-O 12. Qf3 Nd7 13. Nxd7 (13. Bxe7 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxf8
Kxf8 16. a4 (16. Rd1 Rb8) 16... Rb8 17. Qe4 Qxe4 18. Nxe4 b6 19. a5 Bb7 20.
axb6 axb6 21. Nd6 Ke7 22. Nxb7 Rxb7 23. Kf1) 13... Qxd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Re3
Qc7 (15... Bd7 16. Qxb7 Rab8 17. Qxa7 Rxb2 18. Rc1) (15... Rb8 16. Qf4 Bd7 17.
Rae1 Bc6 (17... f6 18. Qh4) 18. Rg3 Rbe8 (18... Kh8 19. Qe5) (18... g6 19. Rh3
Rfe8 20. Qh6 f6 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Qg7 23. Qe3) 19. d4) 16. Rae1 Bd7 17. Qg4
) 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. d4 cxd4 (10... Ba6 11. d5) 11. Nxd4 Qc5 (11... Qd7 12. Qf3)
12. Nb3 Qc4 13. Qf3) 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 (5... d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 $1 O-O 8.
f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 h6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Nd5 $14 {this line seems to be good for
White.}) 6. Nd2 ({I found no advantage for White in the line} 6. Ng5 O-O 7. f4
exf4 8. Bxf4 d5 $1 9. exd5 Nd4 10. O-O b5 {and now the critical line runs:} 11.
Nxb5 Nxb5 12. Bxb5 Nxd5 13. Qh5 h6 14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15. Qxf7+ Kxf7 16. Bc7+ Nf6
17. Bxd8 Bxd8 $13 {when Black's two pieces assures him of a solid ending.})
6... d6 7. Nf1 Bg4 ({Boris Gelfand used to play another variation, but White
seems to be better there now:} 7... Nd7 8. Ne3 Nb6 9. Ned5 Nxc4 (9... O-O 10.
Nxb6 axb6 11. O-O Be6 12. a4 Nb4 13. b3 $16) 10. dxc4 O-O 11. O-O f5 (11... Be6
12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nd4 14. Be3 Nc6 15. b3) 12. f4 $1) 8. Qd2 {White avoids
committing the kingside pawns. I wanted to get out of Boris' famous deep
opening preparation, and to get him out of theory. However this move counts
mostly on the surprise factor.} ({Objectively,} 8. f3 {is stronger:} Be6 9. Ne3
O-O 10. O-O {and I have worked on this position a bit, and it seems to me that
White may be able to keep a slight edge in most lines. The lines are quite
dense, but I will try to explain the variations further. And I am interested
to see which line exactly Boris was intending to play.} Rb8 (10... a6 11. a4
Nb4 12. Bd2 d5 13. exd5 Nfxd5 14. Nexd5 Nxd5 15. Re1 Qd6 (15... Bf6 16. a5 Rc8
17. Re4) 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bc3 Bf6 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. a5 $14 {
White is slightly better, because his rook will be activated via a4.}) (10...
Nh5 11. g3 Bg5 12. Ncd5 Bxe3+ (12... Nf6 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Bh6 (14... Bh4
15. Ng2 Nd7 16. c3 Bf6 17. Bb3 $14) 15. c3 Kh8 16. Qf3 $14) 13. Bxe3 Na5 (13...
Ne7 14. Bg5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 h6 16. Bh4 $1 Qd7 17. f4 Nxd5 18. exd5 g6 19. f5 Ng7
20. g4 $14) (13... Nf6 14. Bg5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. c3 $14) 14.
Qd2 Nxc4 (14... h6 15. Rad1 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nf6 17. f4 Nxd5 18. exd5) 15. dxc4
Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qe7 17. a4 Nf6 18. Qd2 {I think I can evaluate this position
between equal and slightly better for White. The rooks are coming to the
d-file, and he has some pressure.}) 11. a4 Nb4 (11... Nh5 12. Ncd5 Bg5 13. g3)
12. Bd2 Nh5 (12... d5 13. exd5 Nfxd5 14. Nexd5 Nxd5 15. Re1 Bf6 (15... f6 16.
f4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Bxc4 18. dxc4 exf4 19. Qe2 Rf7 20. Rad1 Qf8 21. Qe6) (15...
Nc7 16. Qe2 Re8 17. Be3 b6 18. Nb5 Bxc4 19. dxc4 Nxb5 20. axb5 Rb7 21. Rad1 Rd7
22. Bf2) 16. Qe2 Re8 17. Bb5 Rf8 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bc3 a6 20. Bc4 Re8 21. Bxd5
Qxd5 22. a5 Re6 23. Ra4) 13. Ncd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bg5 15. g3 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 $14 {
White maintains a small advantage here, even after the exchanges. I think the
preparation can stop here, but for those interested in deeper preparation,
I'll continue analysing:} Nf6 (16... Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nf6 18. Bb3 Re8 19. Rae1)
17. Ne3 d5 (17... Qd7 18. Qc3 b6 19. b3 h6 20. Rae1) 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5
Bxd5 20. Qc3 Qd6 21. f4 Rbe8 22. Nf5 Qc7 23. fxe5 Rxe5 24. Rae1 Rfe8 25. b4 c4
(25... b6 26. d4) 26. dxc4 $14) 8... Nd7 9. Nd5 (9. Ne3 Bg5 10. O-O Be6 11.
Ncd5 O-O 12. c3 Nb6 {will lead to massive exchanges, and a probable draw.})
9... O-O 10. c3 Be6 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. a4 Kh8 (13... Na5 14. Bd5 Qd7
15. Ne3 Bg5 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. O-O Bxe3 18. Bxe3 Nc6 19. f3 {and since Black
has two doubled pawns, I think White can play this position.}) ({Porbably the
simplest is} 13... Qd7 {preparing 14...d5 next move. After} 14. Ne3 Bg5 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nc4 Bd8 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Nxa5 Rxa5 19. c4 Be7 $11 {this is
completely equal.}) 14. Bd2 (14. Ne3 Bg5 15. O-O Bxe3 16. Bxe3 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5
{seems to be completely equal to me.}) 14... Qd7 15. Rd1 $6 {This is simply an
inaccuracy. I cannot afford to delay developing my kingside already.} (15. Ne3
Bg5 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. O-O Bxe3 18. Bxe3 d5 19. f3 d4 20. Bf2 Ra6 21. Qb3 {
maybe White can play this position, with a better pawn structure, although
making progress is difficult.}) 15... d5 ({A stronger move is} 15... Na5 $1 16.
Bxe6 fxe6 {when Black has no problems to say the least.}) 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Ne3
Be6 18. Qb3 (18. O-O Rfd8 19. Rfe1 Bf6 $11) 18... Qxd3 (18... Na5 19. Bxe6 Qxe6
20. Qxe6 fxe6) 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qxb6 Qe4 $6 {This is where things started to
go downhill quickly for Black.} ({He should have played} 20... e4 21. Bc1 Qa6
22. Qxa6 Rxa6 23. Rd7 Rb8 $11 {I cannot defend my a4-pawn, but with my active
rook on d7, the ending should be around equal.}) 21. b3 Rab8 $2 22. O-O Qg6 23.
a5 (23. Bc1 $16) 23... Rfc8 (23... Rfd8 24. Bc1) 24. Nc4 Qc2 25. Rc1 Qd3 26.
Be3 h6 27. Rfd1 Qf5 28. Rd7 Rf8 29. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Bad Woerishofen op 14th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1998.03.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Solonar, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Solonar,S"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Rochade Europa 6/1998 Seite 67} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3
Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 h6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12.
Kh1 $4 (12. Qd2 $16) 12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Rxf4 14. Qd2 Qf8 15. Ng3 Qf7 16. c3
Rf8 17. Rfe1 Bh4 $2 18. Nxh4 Rxh4 19. Rf1 Qe7 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Rf1 Qe7 22. h3
Ne5 23. Qe2 Ng6 24. Qe3 Qd7 25. Ne4 Kh7 26. Qg3 d5 27. Rf6 dxe4 28. Qxg6+ Kg8
29. Rxe6 Rf4 30. dxe4 Rf8 31. Kh2 b6 32. e5 Qf7 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34. Rc6 Re8 35.
Rc7+ Kg6 36. Rxa7 Rxe5 37. Ra6 Re6 38. a4 Kf6 39. b4 cxb4 40. cxb4 Ke5 41. a5
bxa5 42. Rxe6+ 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 $5 {Smirin doesn't allow the Open Sicilian.} 4.
Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O {Black believes, that with the [+] closed he can
afford the weakened light squares (especially d5). Therefore White lately
started relying more on his lead in development to create targets fo a future
attack.} ({The alternative continuation is the manoeuvring} 6. Nd2 Bg5 (6...
Nf6 7. Nf1 O-O (7... Bg4 $5 8. f3 Be6) 8. Ne3 Ne8 $6 (8... Be6 $142) 9. Ned5
Nc7 10. Nxc7 Qxc7 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Be6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. O-O Na5 15. Rf2 Nxc4
16. dxc4 $36 {Sutovsky,E-Markos,J/SVK-ch Kaskady/2002/}) 7. h4 {Later Black
started to play the more direct} Bxd2+ (7... Bh6 8. Qh5 $1 g6 9. Qd1 Nf6 10. h5
$1 Nd4 $5 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Nb3 Ng4 $2 (12... Bg7 $142 $14) 13. Bxh6 Rxh6 14.
Rxh6 Nxh6 15. Qd2 Ng8 16. O-O-O Be6 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Nd5 (18. Nd5 $32 {
a iniciativa bieleho v spojeni s ovladnutim h-stlpca nadobudla hrozive rozmery.
}) 18... Kd7 19. Rh1 $32 {[%cal Gh1h8] +/-<->h,Shirov,A-Lautier,J/ESP-chT/1998/
}) 8. Bxd2 Nf6 9. Bg5 (9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Be6 $11) 9... h6 (9... Be6 10. Nd5
Bxd5 11. Bxd5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. Bc4 O-O 15. Kf1 Rad8 16. Re1 d5
17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. Qe4 Nb6 20. Bb3 Rd4 21. Qxb7 c4 $44 {Ponomariov,
R-Shirov,A/Linares/2002/}) 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6
14. Qh5+ Kd7 15. c3 Rf8 16. a3 Qf6 17. Qe2 Rf7 18. b4 b6 19. Ra2 Ke8 20. Rh3
Kf8 21. Qh5 Qe7 22. Rg3 Rd8 $11 {Kasparov,G-Leko,P/RUS-ROW Moscow/2002/}) 6...
Nf6 {This natural move allows the following N sortie. However, the
alternatives are weaker.} (6... Bg4 7. h3 $14 {and White needn't worry about
the pin, the B in this line belongs on e6, not h5 or g6.}) (6... h6 7. Nd5 Nf6
8. c3 $14 {/\d4|^ costs precious time.}) ({Finally also insufficient for full
equality is} 6... Be6 7. Nd5 Nf6 8. Ng5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. f4 (10. Bb5+ $5
Nbd7 11. Ne6 fxe6 12. dxe6 O-O 13. exd7 a6 14. Ba4 $1 {/\} b5 15. Bb3+ d5 16.
c4 $14 {is also possible.}) 10... Nbd7 (10... exf4 $6 11. Bxf4 O-O 12. Qe2 Nbd7
$2 13. Rae1 Re8 14. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 15. Qe6+ Kf8 16. g4 a6 17. g5 b5 18. Re3 Ne5
19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. g6 $1 {1-0,Volokitin,A-Kozul,Z/Portoroz/2001/ shows Black
has to be very careful.}) 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb5+ Ned7 13. Ne6 fxe6 14. dxe6 O-O
15. exd7 a6 16. Ba4 $36) 7. Ng5 {Only this aggressive move poses any problems
for Black, by chasing away the N later on he will seriously weaken his >>.} ({
Manoeuvring promises White less:} 7. h3 O-O 8. a3 a6 9. Ba2 Be6 10. Nd5 Nd4 11.
Ne3 Nd7 12. c3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bg5 14. Rd1 Qf6 15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17.
Nc4 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Rad8 19. b4 b5 20. Na5 Rc8 21. c4 cxb4 22. axb4 bxc4 $11 {
Morozevich,A-Leko,P/Dortmund/2002/}) 7... O-O 8. f4 exf4 (8... h6 9. Nf3 {
only transposes to 8...exf4.}) ({But in the future Black should pay more
attention to} 8... Bg4 $5 9. Qe1 exf4 (9... Nd4 $6 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Qh4 h5 $8
$16 {׻} (11... h6 12. Nxf7 Rxf7 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Qxg4 $16)) 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11.
Qd2 Qd7 12. h3 (12. Be3 $142 $5) 12... Bh5 $1 13. Kh2 b5 14. Bb3 Nxb3 15. axb3
b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. e5 Ne8 18. Nf3 Nc7 19. Bg5 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22.
Nfg1 Qd6+ $15 {1/2,Nikolenko,O-Neverov,V/Czestochowa op/1992/}) 9. Bxf4 h6 $6 {
Objectively playable, but quite risky. In a few moves White's N will land on
f5 and Black will regret his pawn didn't stay on h7.} (9... Bg4 10. Qd2 $36 {
is not ideal, White is a tempo up compared with the game quoted above.}) (9...
Nd4 10. Qd2 h6 11. Nf3 Ne6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Bf2 Ng5 14. Be3 Be6 15. Nd5 Nh7 16.
h3 N5f6 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Nh4 b6 20. c4 Nd7 21. Nf5 $14 {
Jaracz,P-Krogulski,G/POL-chT Zakopane/2000/ gives White a pleasant and
permanent advantage.}) ({A safer alternative is} 9... Na5 $142 $5 10. Qd2 Nxc4
11. dxc4 h6 12. Nf3 Re8 (12... Be6 13. b3 Nh5 $132) 13. Rad1 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Bxd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Rd7 f6 20. Rxb7 $11 {
1/2,Kovalev,A-Christiansen,L/Eupen/1996/}) 10. Nf3 Be6 {A natural move,
finishing development and fighting for the [+].} ({After} 10... Na5 11. Bd5 $1
{After 9...Na5!? White didn't have this move, as his Ng5 was en prise.} (11.
Qd2 {-9...Na5!? 10.Qd2}) 11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 $36 {Black is far from solving
his problems, the natural} Be6 $2 {loses material after} 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Qe1
Nc6 15. Qg3 $16 {[%cal Rf4d6,Rf4h6] /\Bd6,Bh6}) 11. Nd5 $1 {The topical move.}
({Black easily equalizes after the older} 11. Qd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5
Bxd5 $11 14. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 15. Qxh6 Re8 16. Kh1 Ne5 $1 17. Qh5 Bf6 18. Rae1 Bxf3
19. gxf3 Ng6 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Ne4 Qc6 $17 {Landa,K-Gagarin,V/Bratislava/1990/
}) 11... Bxd5 {Black can't leave such a strong N alone for long:} (11... Nd7
12. Qe1 Nde5 13. Bxe5 $1 {[%cal Ye1g3] /\Qg3|^}) (11... Na5 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.
Bxe6 Qxe6 (13... fxe6 14. e5 $16) 14. c4 $14 (14. b4 $5 $36)) 12. exd5 {
In some lines the B can still play a role in the attack. Too soft is} (12. Bxd5
Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 $1 $11) 12... Na5 {The N on the edge of the board is
misplaced, but here Black intends to exchange the Bc4.} ({Another move is} 
12... Nb4 13. Bd2 $1 ({This is the right move order, after} 13. Nh4 $2 Nfxd5 {
Black simplifies the position.}) 13... Nbxd5 (13... Nfxd5 $2 14. a3 $16) (13...
Nd7 $6 14. a3 Na6 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. c4 Bf6 17. Rb1 {[%cal Rb2b4] /\b4+/- gives
White a comfortable edge without any sacrifices.}) 14. Nh4 $44 {[%csl Rf5,Rg7,
Rh6] ><f5,>>} Nb6 (14... Nc7 15. Nf5 d5 16. Bb3 Kh7 17. c3 Ng8 18. Qf3 Bg5 19.
Be1 $5 Ne7 20. h4 Nxf5 (20... Bf6 $142 $11) 21. Qxf5+ g6 22. Qh3 $1 Be7 23. h5
a5 24. Bd2 g5 25. d4 $1 $40 {Macieja,B-Bobras,P/POL-ch Warsaw/2002/}) 15. Nf5
d5 {This is critical for White's concept.} (15... Nxc4 16. dxc4 Nh7 17. Bf4 Bf6
18. Bxd6 Re8 19. Qg4 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Qg5 21. Qf3 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Bf6 23. Rxb7 $16 {
|^,Smirin,I-Avrukh,B/ISR-ch Tel Aviv/2002/ It's piquant this game took place
only one round earlier.}) {But stronger than all these romantic lines is the
prosaic} 16. Qe1 $1 ({In analogy with the game White can try} 16. Bxh6 gxh6 (
16... Ne8 $2 17. Qg4 Bf6 18. Bb5 $40) 17. Qd2 (17. Qf3 Kh7 $17) (17. Qe1 Bd6
18. Qh4 Nh7 19. Qg4+ Qg5 $17) (17. Nxh6+ Kh7 18. Nf5 dxc4 19. Qf3 Kh8 $1 {
also hardly promises anything concrete, e.g.} 20. Qg3 Rg8 21. Qh4+ Nh7 22. Nxe7
f5 $5 23. Rxf5 Rg7 {[%cal Rd8e7,Yd8d4] /\Qd4-/+}) 17... Nh7 (17... dxc4 $2 18.
Qxh6 Nh5 19. Rf4 $1 $18) 18. Qxh6 (18. Nxh6+ $143 Kh8 19. Nxf7+ Rxf7 20. Rxf7
Ng5 $1 $17) 18... Bf6 19. Rf3 Qd7 $142 $5 (19... dxc4 $2 20. Rg3+ Kh8 21. Rh3
$18) (19... Qc8 20. Rg3+ ({White can bail out with} 20. Ne7+ Bxe7 21. Rg3+ Bg5
22. Rxg5+ $11) 20... Kh8 21. Qh5 $5 (21. Rf1 Qe6 $1 {[%cal Rf6d4] /\Bd4-+})
21... Bd4+ (21... Nd7 $2 22. Rh3 Bd4+ 23. Nxd4 Ndf6 24. Qh6 $18) (21... Qe6 $5
22. Rh3 Bd4+ 23. Nxd4 Qg6 24. Bxd5 $1 (24. Qxg6 fxg6 25. Ne6 Rf5 $5 $15) 24...
Qxh5 25. Rxh5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 cxd4 27. Rxd4 $11) 22. Nxd4 (22. Kh1 $2 Qe6) 22...
cxd4 (22... dxc4 $143 $6 23. Nf5 $40) 23. Rh3 Qxh3 24. Qxh3 dxc4 25. dxc4 Nxc4
26. Qd3 $44 {= with a balanced position, Black's small material advanatage is
compensated by his vulnerable K.}) 20. Raf1 (20. Bb5 Qe6 {leads nowhere.})
20... dxc4 21. Rh3 Bd4+ 22. Nxd4 (22. Kh1 $2 f6 23. Rf4 Rae8 $19 {and White
loses due to his weak basic rank.}) 22... Qxd4+ 23. Rf2 Qg7 24. Rg3 Qxg3 25.
hxg3 f6 {[%cal Yf8f7] /\Rf7=/+ gives Black more winning chances.}) 16... dxc4 (
16... Bd6 17. Qh4 $1 $40 Ne8 (17... dxc4 $2 18. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 19. Rxf6 $18) 18.
Qg4 {/\Bb5 with a tremendous initiative, e.g.,} h5 19. Nh6+ Kh7 20. Qxh5 gxh6
21. Bxh6 $1 $18) 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 19. Bxh6 Qd4+ (19... cxd3 $2
20. Bg7+ $1 $18) (19... Re8 $2 20. Qg3 $18) 20. Kh1 Rg8 21. Nxg8 Rxg8 22. Be3
$16 {/+/= and although Black managed to beat off the first wave of the attack,
White is clearly better.}) 13. Nh4 $5 {Emil trails Smirin by half a point so
he decides to go for it.} ({Half-measures as} 13. Qe1 Nxc4 14. dxc4 Re8 $11 {
promise nothing.}) 13... b5 $6 $146 {[%mdl 8] An ambitious, but very risky
novelty, which forces White into dangerous sacrifices.} (13... Nxd5 $143 $6 14.
Bxd5 Bxh4 15. Qh5 Bf6 (15... Bg5 16. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 $2 17. Qxf7+ $18) 16. c3 $44
{now the seemingly natural} Nc6 {runs into} 17. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 18. Qg6+ Bg7 19.
Rxf7 Rxf7 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Qxb7 $16) ({More logical was} 13... Nxc4 14. dxc4 {
In the game the N will stay offside on a5 till the very end.} Nxd5 $142 (14...
Qd7 $2 15. Bd2 $1 Qg4 16. Nf5 Rfe8 17. Rf3 Kh7 18. Qf1 Bf8 {Kovalev,
A-Sveshnikov,E/Rowy op/1999/} 19. h3 $16) (14... g5 $2 15. Nf5 gxf4 16. Rxf4 {
[%cal Rd1e1,Rd1f3] /\Qe1,Qf3} Re8 17. Nxh6+ Kg7 (17... Kf8 18. Qh5 $1 $18) 18.
Qf3 $1 Kxh6 19. Rh4+ Kg6 20. Rf1 $18) 15. Qxd5 (15. Ng6 fxg6 16. Qxd5+ Kh7 {
[%cal Yf8f5] /\Rf5<=>}) 15... Bxh4 {Somewhat more interesting is} 16. Bxd6 (16.
Rad1 Be7 17. Qxb7 (17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. Bxd6 Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Rfe8 $11 {
with a drawish R_|_.}) 17... Rb8 18. Qxa7 Rxb2 19. Rfe1 Bh4 $5 20. g3 Bf6 21.
Bxd6 Qa8 22. Qxc5 Rc8 $11 {and Black easily holds the simplified position.})
16... Be7 17. Be5 {but even here after} Qb6 $5 $11 {/+/= White's edge is
infinitesimal at best.} (17... Qxd5 18. cxd5 $14)) 14. Nf5 $1 {[%mdl 640]
There is no way back-} (14. Bxb5 Nxd5 15. Nf5 Nxf4 16. Rxf4 Bg5 $15) 14... bxc4
15. Bxh6 {[%mdl 512] A direct move in the "all or nothing" spirit. White had
an interesting alternative} (15. Qe1 $5 {when Black can hardly keep the extra
piece:} {Black does better to return the extra piece with} Nxd5 $5 (15... Re8
16. Qg3 (16. Bxh6 $6 Bf8 17. Qg3 g6 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 $15) 16... Bf8 (16... Nh5 17.
Nxh6+ Kh7 18. Qh3 gxh6 19. Qxh5 Bg5 (19... Bf8 20. Bxh6 $1 $18) 20. Bd2 $1 Rg8
21. Rxf7+ Rg7 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Bc3+ Bf6 24. Rf1 $1 $18) (16... g6 17. Nxh6+
Kg7 (17... Kf8 18. Bg5 Kg7 19. Qh4 {[%cal Rh6f7,Ra1e1,Re1e7,Rf1f6] /\Nf7,
Rae1-e7,Rf6-Nf5!  White has numerous threats and Black is completely paralysed.
Very pretty is} Rh8 20. Rxf6 $1 Bxf6 21. Rf1 $1 Bd4+ 22. Qxd4+ cxd4 23. Rxf7#)
18. Nf5+ Kh7 (18... Kg8 19. Bg5 $1 {and if the Nf6 moves, Nh6+ decides.}) 19.
Nxe7 Qxe7 (19... Nh5 20. Bd2 $1 {is an elegant transposition after} Qxe7 (20...
Rxe7 $143 $6 21. Qh4 $16) (20... Nxg3 $2 21. Rxf7+ Kh8 22. Bc3#) 21. Qf2) 20.
Bd2 Nh5 21. Qf2 $16 {and White wins the N back with an advanatge, as} Nb7 $2 {
fails to} 22. Rae1 $18) 17. Nxh6+ Kh7 18. Nxf7 $40 {gives White a strong
attack for a relatively modest price.}) (15... cxd3 16. Nxe7+ Kh7 17. Nf5 $36)
16. Qe4 cxd3 (16... Nxf4 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Rxf4 {[%cal Ra1f1,Re7g6] /\Raf1,Ng6}
) 17. cxd3 $44 {[%csl Ra5] But the position remains still quite tricky, even
the attempt to activate the unlucky פa5 with} Nxf4 (17... Nc6 18. Qxd5 Nd4 (
18... Nb4 19. Qf3 $1 $14) 19. Nxd4 (19. Nxe7+ $6 Qxe7 20. Bxd6 Rfd8 $11) 19...
cxd4 20. Rac1 $14 {|^ can't fully satisfy Black.}) 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Rxf4 d5 (
19... Rb8 20. Raf1 Rb4 21. Qe3 Rxf4 22. Rxf4 $36) 20. Qe5 $5 $36 (20. Nxd5 Re8
21. Qf5 Nc6 22. Nc3 Ne5 $11) {/\} 20... Qd7 $2 21. Rf6 $1 Kh7 22. Nf5 $1 $18)
15... gxh6 {Smirin wants to test White's idea. But also declining the second
sacrifice with} (15... Ne8 $5 16. Qg4 (16. Bd2 $143 $6 Bg5 $17) 16... Bf6 {
deserved close attention. However, even here White risks little:} 17. Rf3 {
threatens various sacrifices on g7 and White always has a drawing mechanism at
his disposal-} (17. Bd2 $5 {is similar}) 17... g6 18. Bd2 cxd3 19. Rh3 {
/\Nh6-f5=} Bg7 $6 20. Bxa5 $36 gxf5 $2 21. Qxf5 $18 {However it's difficult to
say if White has anything more than a draw.}) 16. Nxh6+ $1 {White had other
tempting moves, Sutovsky probably intuitively makes the correct decision to
weaken the king's defences even at the cost of 2 tempi.} (16. Qe1 $6 Kh7 $1 (
16... Nxd5 17. Nxh6+ $44 {is unclear and could be dangerous.}) 17. Nxe7 Re8 18.
Rxf6 Qxe7 19. Qf2 Qe5 $5 20. Rxf7+ Kg8 $15 {and after exchanging the terrible
Nf5 chances are on Black's side.}) ({Also weaker is} 16. Qd2 Ne8 $1 (16... Nxd5
$2 17. Qxh6 Bf6 18. Rf3 $18) (16... Nh7 17. Qxh6 Bf6 18. Rf3 Qd7 19. Raf1 {
[%cal Rf3h3] /\Rh3} Be5 20. Rg3+ Kh8 21. Rf4 $1 {[%cal Rh6h7] /\Qh7!+-}) (16...
Ng4 17. Qe2 $40 {wins a piece, or the important Ph6.}) 17. Nxh6+ (17. Qxh6 $2
Bg5 {[%cal Re8g7] /\Ng7-+}) 17... Kh7 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Rxf7+ Kg8 20. Raf1 Nf6
21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22. Qg5+ Qg7 $5 (22... Kf7 23. Qh5+ $11) 23. Qxf6 Qxf6 24. Rxf6
cxd3 25. cxd3 Nb7 $15 {and although White has enough P for the N, he is
fighting for a draw.}) 16... Kh7 17. Nf5 {This is the critical position, White
has sacrificed 2 pieces for the attack and has also tremendous positional
compensation, as it will take a lot of time to activate the Na5. On the other
hand now it's Black's move and he can try to consolidate his forces.} cxd3 $2 {
Returns the tempi, invested by White into Nxh6-f5. Although Black's position
is very dangerous, he had better moves:} (17... Kh8 $142 $5 18. Qe1 Re8 (18...
Ng8 $2 19. Rf3 $16) (18... Nh7 19. Nxe7 $16 {/\Qc3+}) 19. Qg3 (19. Nh6 {
gives White at least repetition, which Black can hardly avoid.} Rf8 (19... Qd7
$2 20. Qh4 Rg8 $8 (20... Nh7 $2 21. Nxf7+ Kg8 22. Qh5 Bf6 23. Qg6+ Bg7 24. Nh6+
Kh8 25. Rf7 Rg8 26. Nxg8 Rxg8 27. Qxh7+ Kxh7 28. Rxd7 $18 {_|_}) (20... Ng8 $2
21. Qh5 $1 Nxh6 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 24. Rf1+ $18) 21. Rxf6 Bxf6 22.
Qxf6+ Rg7 23. Nf5 Rag8 24. Rf1 Qd8 25. Nxg7 (25. Ne7 Re8 $11) 25... Qxf6 26.
Rxf6 Rxg7 27. Rxd6 $14) (19... Qc8 $2 20. Qh4 Ng4 21. Qh5 Nf6 22. Rxf6 $1 Bxf6
23. Ng4+ Kg8 24. Nxf6+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ $18) (19... Kg7 20. Nf5+ $11 (20. Qh4 $5))
20. Nf5 $11) 19... Bf8 (19... Rg8 $5 20. Qh4+ Nh7 21. Nxe7 Rg7 $13) 20. Rf4 $44
{guarantees White at least a draw after} Qc7 21. Rh4+ Nh7 22. Rxh7+ Kxh7 23.
Qh4+ Kg6 24. Qg4+ $11 Kf6 $2 25. Rf1 $18 {->}) (17... Re8 18. Qf3 (18. Qe1 $6
Nh5 19. Qe4 Bf6) 18... Bf8 19. Qh3+ Kg8 20. Rf4 Bg7 21. Raf1 $1 $40 {+/- and
again White risks very little by continuing his ->.}) (17... Rh8 18. Qe1 Ng8 (
18... Nxd5 19. Qe4 $44 {wins back one piece.}) 19. Qe4 Bf6 20. Rf3 $36 {
and White at least wins material back, Black's extra piece will be the poor
Na5.}) (17... Kg8 $5) 18. Qxd3 Kh8 (18... c4 $2 19. Qh3+ $18 {loses
immediately and otherwise White recaptures a piece with a continuing ->.}) 19.
Rae1 $1 $18 {[%mdl 2048] Now White's pieces coordinate ideally.} Qb6 {
Desperation, the Q tries to get to the >> in a roundabout way.} (19... Re8 20.
Qc3 $1 {[%cal Re1e7] /\Re7} Bf8 (20... Nc4 21. Nxe7 $1 $18 {/\} Ne5 22. Rxe5 $1
dxe5 23. Qh3+ Kg7 24. Nf5+ Kg8 25. Qg3+ $18 {leads to mate.}) 21. Rxe8 Qxe8 22.
Qxf6+ Kg8 {and now a Q-manoeuvre activates the R:} 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qh4+ Kg8
25. Qg3+ Kh8 26. Rf4 $18) (19... Nxd5 20. Qh3+ Kg8 (20... Bh4 21. Re4 $18) 21.
Qh6 Bf6 22. Re4 {mates quickly, a nice line is} Ne3 23. Rh4 $1 Re8 24. Qh7+ Kf8
25. Qh8+ $1 Bxh8 26. Rxh8#) 20. Qh3+ Nh7 21. Rxe7 c4+ (21... Qb4 22. c3 {
can be similar to the game, if Black doesn't go for the simpler} Qc4 (22... Qa4
23. b3 $18) 23. Nxd6 Qxd5 24. Nxf7+ $18) 22. Kh1 Qxb2 23. Re4 $1 {[%cal Re4h4]
/\Rh4} ({More forcing than} 23. Nxd6) 23... Rg8 {Enables a pretty finish.} ({
Even the more resilient} 23... Qf6 24. Rh4 Qg6 25. Rh6 $18 (25. Qc3+ $18 {
is hopeless, White continues his attack already with a material advantage.})) (
23... Qb7 24. Qc3+ f6 25. Re7 {/\} Qxd5 26. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 27. Qh3+ $18) 24.
Qxh7+ $1 (24. Qxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rh4+ Kg6 26. Rh6+ Kg5 27. h4+ Kg4 28. Ne3+ Kg3 29.
Rf3#) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Young GM"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.01.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 (2... Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. d3 a6 7. Ba4
b5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 b4 10. Ne2 Bb7 11. Re1 e6 12. Bf4 Qd8 (12... d6 $11) 13.
Ng3 Be7 14. Nd2 d5 (14... O-O $5) 15. e5 Nd7 16. Nh5 g6 $6 17. Ng7+ Kf8 18. Bh6
Kg8 19. Qg4 Qc8 20. Nh5 Bf8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Nf6 Kg7 23. Qf4 Qd8 24. Nxd7 Qxd7
25. Qf6+ $16 {Safarli,E (2629)-Zhigalko,S (2671)/Moscow/2011/}) 3. Nc3 Nc6 4.
Bb5 {Safarli refrains from opening the [+] and repeats the B-sortie, which
brought him success only 2 days earlier.} ({After} 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 {Grachev
would have presumably played his favourite system} Qc7 {in which he has
extensive practical experience:} {More testing is} 6. Be3 ({Until now White in
this positon employed the rather tame} 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 (7... d6 8. O-O Bd7
9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. a4 (11. Qg4 h5 12. Qe2 h4 $132) 11... Nf6 12. Be3
O-O 13. a5 Nd7 14. Na4 Rae8 15. Nb6 f5 $1 {is a well-known and reliable
equaliser} 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qd3 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rf5 20. Bd4 Bd8
21. b4 d5 $11 {Leko,P (2736)-Ponomariov,R (2734)/Linares/2003/}) 8. O-O d6 9.
a4 ({After} 9. Re1 {there is the interesting} Nd7 $5 {, taking the sting out
off Nxc6 and e5, as well as Nd5.} 10. Bg5 Nde5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Bb7 13. Na4
c5 14. Qe2 h6 15. Be3 Be7 16. f4 Nd7 17. Rad1 O-O 18. c4 Rad8 19. Rf1 Rfe8 20.
Qf2 Nf6 21. Qc2 Nd7 22. Qf2 Nf6 23. Qc2 Nd7 $11 {Gashimov,V (2717)-Grischuk,A 
(2728)/Sochi/2008/}) 9... Be7 10. Nb3 (10. Nce2 O-O 11. b3 {is rather
artificial:} e5 $1 (11... d5 12. exd5 exd5 (12... Nxd5 $5 $11) 13. h3 Ne4 14.
c4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bf6 16. Be3 Rd8 17. Rc1 Qe7 18. cxd5 Rxd5 19. Qd3 Nc5 20. Qc4
Rd8 21. Nc6 bxc6 22. Bxc5 $16 {Movsesian,S (2721)-Grachev,B (2654)/Moscow
blitz/2010/}) 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. c4 Rb8 14. h3 Be6 15. Nc3 Rfd8 $15 {1/2,Atlas,
V (2440)-Rochev,Y (2395)/Dun Laoghaire/2010/}) (10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe2 Bd7 12.
Rad1 Rac8 $132) 10... b6 ({Worse is} 10... O-O $6 11. a5 Ne5 12. f4 Nc4 13. Qe2
Bd7 14. g4 g6 15. g5 Nh5 16. f5 Rfe8 17. Bf3 {Bartel,M (2618)-Grachev,B (2652)/
WCup Khanty Mansiysk/2009/}) 11. g4 Rb8 12. g5 Nd7 13. f4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Be3 b4 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Ng3 Re8 18. f5 Bf8 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Nh5 Nde5 21. Qe2
Bd7 22. Rf2 Ra8 23. Raf1 Na5 $132 {/=/+,Bartel,M (2608)-Banikas,H (2591)/
Warsaw rpd/2007/}) 6... Nf6 7. f4 $5 Bb4 ({Even here Black can transpose into
a Scheveningen and} 7... d6 8. Qf3 a6 9. O-O-O Bd7 $13 {leads to a complex
position.}) 8. Ndb5 Qa5 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 (11. Nxc3 d5 12. a3 Be7
13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Qg4 g6 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Qg3 Rc8 17. h4 h5 18. Qe1 Na5 19. Be3
d4 20. Bf2 Nc4 $5 (20... Rxc3 21. bxc3 Bxa3+ 22. Kd2 dxc3+ 23. Ke2 Qb4 24. Bxa7
Qxf4 25. Qxc3 Qg4+ 26. Kf2 Bc6 {Volokitin,A (2684)-Grachev,B (2610)/RUS-chT
Dagomys/2008/} 27. Qxa5 Bb4 28. Qd8+ $1 $16) 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Qe2 $6 (22. Qf1
Bxa3 23. bxa3 Qc5 $44) 22... Rxc3 $1 23. Bxd4 (23. bxc3 Bxa3+ 24. Kd2 Bb5 $15)
23... Rc5 24. b4 Qb5 25. Qxb5 Rxb5 26. c4 Rb6 $17 {Kokarev,D (2579)-Grachev,B 
(2610)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2008/}) (11. bxc3 $5 Be7 12. c4 Qd8 13. Bd3 d6 14. O-O (
14. Nxd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. O-O O-O 17. Bc3 $14) 14... O-O (14... dxe5 $5
15. fxe5 O-O) 15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Bc3 f5 18. Kh1 e5 19. fxe5 {
Radjabov,T (2751)-Grachev,B (2610)/RUS-chT Dagomys/2008/} Nxe5 20. Be2 $36 {
For more details see the notes to this game by Kritz in CBM 124.}) 11... O-O
12. Qd2 Bxc3 ({After} 12... f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. g3 $5 $146 {saves tempi in
comparison with the older 14.a3:} d5 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16. Nd4 Qc5 17. c3 Nc6 18.
O-O-O Bd7 19. h4 a5 20. Bh3 a4 21. Rhe1 Re8 22. Nc2 $14 {Shomoev,A (2557)
-Grachev,B (2660)/Moscow Aeroflot/2011/}) 13. Nxc3 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. O-O-O
d5 16. Kb1 Bd7 17. g3 Be8 18. a3 (18. h4 Bh5 19. Be2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qb6 21. Rhe1
Rc8 22. Qg4 Nb4 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxc2 $1 25. Kxc2 Qc6+ $11 {Romanov,E 
(2480)-Vitiugov,N (2550)/RUS-chT Sochi/2006/}) 18... Rb8 19. Nb5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2
Bg6 21. Bh3 a6 22. Nc3 b5 23. Re1 Kf7 24. Nd1 h5 25. Ne3 Be4 26. Bg2 Bxg2 27.
Nxg2 Rg8 28. Rd3 $1 $14 {Caruana,F (2670)-Alekseev,E (2714)/Biel/2009/ Despite
simplification Black must still fight for full equality.}) 4... Nd4 {This
sortie is a standard motif in the English Opening with Bb4, the same goes with
opposite colours for the Sicilian.} ({The main alternative to the text-move is
} 4... Nge7 {and even here Black is doing fine according to current theory:} 5.
O-O (5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 a6 8. Be2 Nc6 $11 {allows Black to
develop freely.}) 5... a6 {White rather gives a B, than a tempo.} 6. Bxc6 (6.
Be2 d5 (6... b5 $5) 7. exd5 Nxd5 {[%cal Yf8e7,Ye8g8] /\Be7,0-0=}) 6... Nxc6 7.
d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 {Probably more accurate is} Qc7 $5 (8... d6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6
bxc6 11. Qg4 {Now the best is} Kf8 $1 $13 {but although objectively the
position is not clear, giving up castling rights is not to everyone's taste.} (
11... O-O $2 12. Bh6 Bf6 13. e5 $1 dxe5 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Ne4 Kh8 16. Be3 $18) (
11... Bf6 $6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Ne4 $40)) 9. Re1 (9. Nxc6 bxc6 (9... dxc6 {
is solid:} 10. Qg4 e5 11. Qg3 f6 $11) 10. Qg4 d6 11. Qg3 h5 $5 12. h3 (12. h4
$142 $5) 12... h4 13. Qd3 Be7 14. Be3 O-O 15. Na4 c5 16. c4 Bb7 17. Nc3 f5 18.
f3 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Rf5 20. Rad1 Rd8 $132 {Smirin,I (2671)-Movsesian,S (2646)/
CZE-chT/2005/}) 9... Bd6 $1 {This straightforward developing move solves the
opening problems with tempo.} 10. Nd5 (10. Nf5 Bxh2+ 11. Kh1 Be5 12. Nd5 exd5
13. f4 O-O 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Nh6+ gxh6 16. exd5 Qf6 17. dxc6 Qh4+ 18. Kg1 dxc6
$15) ({Maybe White should prefer the modest} 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Qh5 e5 $11)
10... exd5 11. exd5+ Ne5 12. f4 O-O 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 Bf6 $5 ({More
ambitious, than} 14... d6 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. d6 Qc5+ 17. Be3 Qc6 $132 {[%csl
Gc8,Ge3] ^-}) 15. Bg5 (15. d6 Qc6 {[%cal Yb7b5,Yc8b7,Ga8h1] /\b5, Bb7|^ /^a8-h1
}) 15... Bxg5 (15... Bxb2 $5) 16. Nxg5 d6 (16... Qb6+ $5 17. Kh1 h6 $11) 17.
Qd3 g6 18. Qd4 Bf5 19. g4 Qd8 {Mirumian,V (2490)-Bromberger,S (2345)/Groningen/
1997/} 20. Nxh7 Kxh7 21. gxf5 Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Qxf5 23. Re4 Kg8 $132) 5. O-O {
A natural move, but Grachev will nicely exploit its drawbacks.} (5. Bc4 $142 $5
{One of the less usual continuations is analogous to our game with} Nxf3+ $5 (
5... Nf6) (5... Ne7 {are both playable.}) ({The most usual move is} 5... a6 {
, but here White already has} 6. Nxd4 (6. a4 Ne7 7. d3 Nec6 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. O-O
g6 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Bg3 Bd7 13. Nd1 b5 14. c3 bxc4 15. cxd4 cxd4 16.
dxc4 e5 17. f4 Bg7 18. b4 O-O 19. f5 gxf5 20. exf5 f6 21. Qd3 Qc8 22. Nb2 Qb7 {
Mackenzie,G-Anderssen,A/Paris/1878!/}) 6... cxd4 7. Ne2 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. d3 Bc5
10. c3 $13 {/+/=}) 6. Qxf3 a6 7. a4 {[%csl Rb4] ><b4} (7. d3 {is less committal
}) 7... Ne7 8. O-O Nc6 9. d3 (9. Qg3 $5) 9... Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qh5 f5 $1 12.
f4 Nb4 13. Bb3 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. Nb1 Be6 16. Qe2 Bf7 17. c3 {Balashov,Y 
(2530)-Epishin,V (2620)/St Petersburg/1996/} Nc6 18. Nd2 d4 {()}) (5. Nxd4 $2
cxd4 6. Ne2 Qg5 $1 7. Bc4 (7. Nxd4 Qc5 8. c3 e5 {loses a piece}) 7... Qxg2 8.
Ng3 Qh3 9. d3 Nf6 10. Bd2 h5 11. a3 b5 $5 12. Bxb5 Rb8 13. Ba4 Bd6 14. Qf3 h4
15. Ke2 Ng4 16. Nf1 Qxf3+ 17. Kxf3 Ne5+ 18. Ke2 Rxb2 $17 {Malaniuk,V (2480)
-Ivanchuk,V/UKR-ch Kiev/1984/}) 5... a6 6. Bd3 {[%csl Rd3] Not a pretty square
for the B, but White doesn't play the whole line to retreat into passivity with
} (6. Be2 Ne7 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Nb1 Nc6 9. d3 Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. f4 d5 12. Nf3
Bd7 13. a3 Rc8 14. Qe1 Qb6 $13 {/=/+,1/2 Ghaem Maghami,E (2589)-Rahman,Z (2548)
/New Delhi/2010/}) 6... Nxf3+ $5 {Simple and effective, but 2 other moves
occur more often:} ({Interesting is the paradoxical} 6... Nc6 7. Re1 g5 $1 (
7... d6 8. Bf1 Nf6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 $11 {is good enough, but the
position of the Bd3 allows even this >> expansion.}) 8. Rf1 $146 (8. Kh1 Bg7 9.
Bf1 h6 10. d3 Nge7 11. Ne2 d5 12. c3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 b6 15. Ng3 Rg8
16. Nd2 Ne5 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Bb7 19. Kg1 Be5 20. f3 Nc8 21. Nh5 Ke7 22.
Be3 Nd6 $11 {/=/+,Tseitlin,M (2472)-Avrukh,B (2595)/Tel Aviv/2002/ Black has a
comfortable _|_, for more details see Avrukh's notes in CBM 93.}) 8... Bg7 9.
b3 g4 10. Ne1 h5 11. Bb2 d5 (11... Nge7) (11... b5 $5 $13) 12. exd5 exd5 13.
Na4 Bxb2 14. Nxb2 Nge7 15. Na4 c4 16. bxc4 dxc4 17. Be4 b5 18. Nc3 Bb7 19. d3
Qd4 20. Ne2 Qe5 21. Bxc6+ Nxc6 (21... Bxc6 $5) 22. dxc4 bxc4 23. Ng3 Kf8 (23...
O-O $142) (23... h4 $5 $36) 24. Qd7 {Safarli,E (2607)-Brunello,S (2497)/Khanty
Mansiysk olm/2010/} Qxa1 (24... Rh6 $5 {/\Bc8=/+}) 25. Qxb7 Re8 26. Qxc6 Rxe1
27. Qc5+ $11) ({Until now Black has mostly played} 6... Ne7 {, but this leads
to a boring position after} 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 Nc6 (8... d5 $5 9. exd5 Nxd5
10. c3 dxc3 11. dxc3 {allows White to get rid of the restricting Pd2 and
develop harmoniously, but} Bd6 {should be still sufficient to hold the balance.
}) 9. c3 Bc5 ({Development is important, after} 9... Qb6 $6 10. b4 g6 11. a4
Bg7 12. Ba3 $1 Ne5 13. Qc2 dxc3 14. b5 $1 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 cxd2 16. Rab1 Qd8 17.
Bd6 b6 18. Rfd1 axb5 19. axb5 $16 {/+-,Safarli,E (2597)-Hobuss,U (2400)/
Zuerich/2009/ Black was practically paralysed.}) 10. b3 (10. b4 Ba7 11. cxd4 d5
$5 $13 (11... Nxb4 $6 12. Ba3 $1 Nxd3 13. Qb3 $32)) 10... O-O 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12.
Bb2 Nxe2+ 13. Bxe2 d6 14. d4 Ba7 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Rc1 d5 (16... e5 17. dxe5 dxe5
18. Bc4 $14 {Arencibia Rodriguez,W (2485)-Illescas Cordoba,M (2625)/Biel izt/
1993/}) 17. exd5 exd5 18. Bc5 Bb8 19. Bf3 Bf4 20. Rc2 Bf5 $11 {Akopian,V (2615)
-Sveshnikov,E (2555)/Rostov on Don/1993/}) 7. Qxf3 Qc7 {Black controls e5 and
doesn't commit himself.} (7... d6 8. Nd1 $5 (8. b3 g6 9. Bb2 Bg7 10. Qg3 Nf6
11. Rae1 O-O 12. a4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nd1 Bd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nb2 Bc6 17.
Nc4 Nb4 18. Re3 Nd5 $11 {Movsesian,S (2630)-Sermek,D (2575)/Pula/1997/}) 8...
Ne7 (8... g6 9. b4 $5 Bg7 10. Rb1 $14) 9. b3 Bd7 10. Bb2 Ng6 11. Qg3 e5 12. f4
$5 exf4 13. Rxf4 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Be6 15. Ne3 $44 {Makarov,M (2515)-Damljanovic,B
(2550)/Podgorica/1993/}) (7... g6 {However, Black must reckon with} 8. e5 $5
$13 (8. b3 Bg7 9. Bb2 d6 {transposes into 7...d6} (9... Ne7 $2 10. Nb5 $16))) (
7... Bd6 {is mostly just a transpostion to the game.}) 8. b3 (8. Re1 Bd6 9. g3
Nf6 10. Bf1 Be5 11. Bg2 {is very time-consuming:} b5 $5 (11... O-O {is also
good}) 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 (13... exd5 $5 14. exd5 d6 15. Rxe5+ dxe5 16. d6
Qxd6 17. Qxa8 O-O {()}) 14. exd5 Bb7 15. d4 (15. Qh5 d6 16. dxe6 O-O $32) 15...
cxd4 16. Qh5 d6 17. f4 g6 18. Qh6 $2 (18. Qe2 $142 Bf6 19. dxe6 Bxg2 20. Qxg2
O-O $13) 18... Bf6 19. dxe6 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qxc2+ 21. Kg1 Qf5 22. Bd2 fxe6 23.
Bxb4 Kd7 $17 {Iordachescu,V (2627)-Rublevsky,S (2671)/Tripoli/2004/}) (8. Qg3
d6 ({More logical is} 8... Qxg3 $11) 9. b3 Nf6 10. Bb2 b5 11. Rae1 Bb7 12. e5
$6 dxe5 13. Ne4 {Szmetan,R-Kurajica,B/Zuerich/1983/} Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15.
Rxe4 f6 {/\} 16. f4 Rd8 17. fxe5 f5 18. Re2 c4 $15) (8. a4 {prevents the
future b5, but here Black can still develop his N via e7 to target the ><b4.})
8... Bd6 {Black also puts his B in front of a [+]P, but it won't be there for
long.} 9. g3 $6 $146 {After some original opening play already this is a
novelty, but not a very good one. If White wants to get his [+]P moving (f4,e5)
, he will now have to reckon with the ג a8-h1.} (9. Qh3 Ne7 (9... Nf6 10. Bb2
Be5 ({Only not} 10... b5 $2 11. Bxb5 $1 Bf4 12. Bd3 e5 13. Qf3 Bxd2 14. Qg3 Bb7
15. Qxg7 Ke7 16. Bc4 Raf8 17. f4 $18 {Dzindzichashvili,R-Alburt,L/Odessa/1968/}
) 11. Rae1 d6 $13 {is quite playable}) 10. Bb2 Be5 11. Rae1 d6 (11... Ng6 $5 {
doesn't allow f4}) 12. f4 Bd4+ 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. e5 d5 15. Bc1 Bxc3 16. dxc3
O-O-O 17. Qh4 Bb5 18. c4 $6 dxc4 19. bxc4 Bc6 20. Qf2 Nf5 21. Kg1 b6 22. Bd2 h5
23. Rb1 Rh6 24. Rb3 Rg6 25. g3 h4 $19 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Ga8h1] ->,Perez Garcia,
R (2425)-Illescas Cordoba,M (2608)/Dos Hermanas/2006/. Here the long /^ is
also decisive.}) ({Probably the least committal is} 9. Kh1 Be5 10. Bb2 Nf6 (
10... Ne7 $142 $5) 11. a4 b6 12. Qh3 Bb7 13. Rae1 O-O-O $6 (13... g5 $5 14. Qh6
Rg8 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. exd5 Qg7 18. Qxg7 Rxg7 $11) {Now White has
the clever intermediate move} 14. a5 $1 ({The immediate tactical operation} 14.
f4 Bxf4 15. e5 Bxe5 16. Nb5 axb5 17. Bxe5 d6 $15 {Smith,A (2277)-Morrison,G 
(2322)/Leicester/2005/ led nowhere.}) {/\} 14... b5 15. f4 Bxf4 16. e5 Bxe5 17.
Nxb5 axb5 18. Rxe5 $36) 9... Be5 {For the time being Grachev leaves his N on
g8. Black has solved his opening problems, as White despite his formal lead in
development can't open the [+] and has no immediate active prospects.} 10. Bb2
Nf6 (10... Ne7 {also deserves attention.}) 11. Rae1 {The rooks will soon get
in each other's way.} (11. Rfe1 {was perhaps stronger.}) ({Also} 11. a4 {
deserves to be mentioned, White stops b5 and as Black's N already can't go to
c6, he should prevent a5 with} b6) 11... O-O (11... b5 $6 12. Nd5 $1 $14) 12.
Nd1 ({This was the last chance to play} 12. a4 $5) 12... b5 $1 13. Bxe5 Qxe5
14. Qe3 Bb7 {Black has also connected his RR and has a comfortable position.}
15. c4 $2 {[%mdl 16384] This antipositional move enhances White's problems.} ({
Problems with the /^a8-h1 are illustrated by the simple line} 15. c3 {[%cal
Yd3b1,Yd2d4] /\Bb1,d4} c4 $1 $15 16. bxc4 bxc4 {/\} 17. Bxc4 $2 Qxe4 18. Qxe4
Nxe4 $19 {and Black wins material.}) ({Stronger was the consolidating} 15. f3
$142 $5 {/\Nf2}) ({Another better option is} 15. f4 Qc7 16. Nf2 (16. e5 $2 Qc6)
16... Qc6 (16... c4 $5) 17. Be2 $1 {The B heads for f3 and} Nxe4 18. Bf3 d5 19.
Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 {only liquidates to a drawish _|_.}) 15... bxc4 16. bxc4 Ng4
$1 17. Qe2 Qd4 18. Qxg4 $8 ({White can't afford} 18. Bc2 $2 Ne5 {/\} 19. d3 f5
$19) 18... Qxd3 {The hapless B has left the board, but the problems persist,
as Black has the better minor piece.} 19. Qe2 Qd4 20. d3 f5 {[%mdl 4096]
Grachev doesn't avoid an _|_.} (20... Bc6 21. Qe3 (21. Ne3 f5 $36) 21... f5 {
can lead to the same position.} (21... Qd6 22. Nc3 $11)) 21. Qb2 Bc6 $1 {
Black dictates the conditions of the Q swap.} (21... Qxb2 22. Nxb2 fxe4 23.
dxe4 {[%cal Rb2d3] /\Nd3} Rf3 24. Na4 $132) 22. Qxd4 cxd4 {[%csl Gd4] Now the
Pd4 seriously cramps White's forces, especially the Nd1.} 23. f3 ({More
resilient was} 23. exf5 $5 Rxf5 24. f4 {[%cal Yd1f2,Yf2e4] /\Nf2-e4 and White
still has chances to activate his N.}) 23... Rab8 24. Re2 fxe4 25. fxe4 Rxf1+
26. Kxf1 Rb1 27. Rd2 a5 28. Ke2 e5 {Eliminates the possibility e5, Nf2-e4 and
futher tightens the screw.} 29. Nf2 Kf7 (29... a4 $142 $1 {/\} 30. Ng4 (30. Rd1
Rb2+ 31. Rd2 a3 {[%cal Rc6a4] threatens Ba4 and} 32. Kd1 {doesn't help due to}
Ba4+ 33. Kc1 Rxd2 34. Kxd2 Bb3 $1 35. Kc1 Bxa2 36. Kc2 Kf7 {[%cal Rf7e7,Re7b4]
/\Ke7-d6-c5-b4 If White tries to transfer his N to c1, after Bxc4 one of the
o^ promotes.}) 30... d6 31. c5 h5 32. Nf2 dxc5 $19) 30. Rd1 Rb2+ 31. Rd2 Rb1
32. Rd1 Rb8 {Now the R must retreat for the time being.} 33. Rd2 Ke6 34. Nh3 {
White's play gives an impression of helplessness, but it was difficult to
suggest any substantial improvement.} (34. a3 Rb3 35. Ra2 Rb1 {[%cal Rc6a4,
Ra4b3] /\Ba4-b3}) (34. Kd1 Rb1+ 35. Kc2 Rf1 36. Nh3 Kd6 37. Rf2 Ra1 $17 {/-+})
34... h6 35. Kd1 Rb1+ $1 {Black naturally prevents Kc1.} 36. Ke2 {An admission
of defeat, now Black realises his plan unhindered.} ({However,} 36. Kc2 Rh1 {
wouldn't have saved the game either:} 37. Kb3 g5 38. Rb2 a4+ 39. Ka3 Kd6 {
[%cal Rd6c5,Rd7d6,Rc6d7] /\Kc5, d6, Bd7} {and the defence} 40. Rg2 $2 {fails to
} Rd1 $19) 36... Ra1 (36... a4 $142 $19) 37. Kf2 a4 38. Ng1 {White reroutes
his N, but to no avail.} a3 39. Nf3 Ba4 40. Ne1 Rc1 ({Black stops Nc2, but} 
40... Rb1 $19 {was a quicker win. However, White can't prevent the transfer of
the R to b2 anyway.}) 41. Ke2 Kd6 42. Nf3 Rb1 43. h4 Rb2 44. c5+ Ke6 (44...
Kxc5 45. Nxe5 Bb3 $19 {is a computer solution, the human GM sees a zugzwang.})
45. Ne1 h5 $22 (45... h5 46. Nf3 Bc2 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Rb2a2] /\Ra2 and the
o^a3 quickly decides.}) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.02.08"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luebeck"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {This move order aims mainly to avoid the
Sveshnikov, where Black has been doing well lately. It was also very popular
in Linares, contrary to Wijk aan Zee there was not a single B33 game in Spain.}
Nf6 {Black insists. An alternative is} (3... e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6
7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 exf4 (8... Bg4 $5 9. Qe1 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. a4
(12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 $6 Bg6 14. Nd5 b5 15. Bb3 Bd8 $1 16. Rae1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nxd5
18. exd5 Bf6 19. Nf3 Rfe8 20. Qh2 Bxb2 21. Bxd6 a5 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5
24. Qxe5 Re8 $17 {Ponomariov,R-Radjabov,T/Linares/2003/}) 12... h6 13. Nf3
Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Be6 15. Kh1 Kh7 16. Bb5 Qd8 17. d4 cxd4 18. Ne2 Nh5 19. Bg3
Nxg3+ 20. hxg3 Bg5 $132 {1/2,Kramnik,V-Grischuk,A/Wijk aan Zee/2003/}) 9. Bxf4
h6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Na5 13. Nh4 Nxc4 (13... b5 $2 14. Nf5 bxc4
15. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 16. Nxh6+ $1 Kh7 17. Nf5 $40 {Sutovsky,E-Smirin,I/ISR-ch/Tel
Aviv/2002/}) 14. dxc4 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxh4 16. Rad1 b6 17. Bxd6 Be7 18. Be5 Bg5
19. Bd6 Be7 20. Bf4 Bf6 21. c3 Qxd5 22. cxd5 Rad8 23. Bxh6 Bxc3 24. bxc3 gxh6
25. Rfe1 Rd7 26. c4 a6 27. a4 b5 $11 {Kramnik,V-Leko,P/Linares/2003/}) 4. Bb5 {
Shirov avoids the open Sicilian.} ({Another alternative, which is not so
innocuous, is} 4. e5 $5 Ng4 5. Qe2 {Even after the more solid} d6 {Black can't
avoid complications:} ({Risky is the greedy} 5... Qc7 6. Nb5 Qb8 7. d4 $1 cxd4
(7... a6 $2 8. Nd6+ $1 exd6 9. exd6+ Kd8 10. dxc5 {[%cal Rf3g5] /\Ng5+- loses
more or less by force.}) 8. Bf4 f6 9. Bg3 Ngxe5 10. O-O-O $32 {[%csl Re8] ->,
עe8}) 6. exd6 Qxd6 (6... e6 $143 7. Qc4 $5 $14) 7. d4 $1 (7. Ne4 Qc7 8. Nxc5
e5 $32 {|^}) 7... cxd4 8. Nb5 Qd8 9. Bf4 e5 10. O-O-O $5 Be7 11. Nxe5 (11. h3
$5) 11... Ngxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O 13. Nxd4 (13. Bxd4 Qa5 14. Kb1 Be6 $132) 13...
Nxe5 14. Qxe5 Bf6 $44 {[%csl Gc8,Gf6] ^^}) 4... Qc7 {This has become the most
popular reaction on the highest level.} ({The database shows Black most often
plays} 4... Nd4 {but after} 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 7. Ng5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rg5f7]
/\Nf7 both theory and practice speak for White.} h6 $2 8. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 9. Qf3+
Ke6 10. c4 $40 {[%cal Rd2d4] /\d4+-}) (4... g6 5. e5 Ng4 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Nh6
8. g4 $5 $14 {() also leaves Black fighting for equality. In the English
Opening (A2) lines with Bb4 have a good reputation, here with colours reversed
the extra tempo gives White chances to fight for the initiative.}) ({Due to
White's lead in development interesting is the attempt to close the position
with} 4... e5 {White can however retain an edge with} 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Nxe4
7. Nxe4 Qd4 8. Qe2 Qxe5 9. f4 $5 Qe7 (9... Qxf4 10. d4 $1 (10. Nf6+ Kd8 11.
Qe8+ Kc7 12. Qxf7+ Kd8 $1 $11) 10... Qh4+ 11. g3 Qe7 12. O-O (12. Bg5 Qe6 (
12... f6 13. dxc5 fxg5 14. O-O-O Qe5 15. Rhe1 Kf7 16. Rd8 $40) 13. O-O h6 14.
Bh4 $40) 12... Qe6 13. Bg5 $1 {-12.Bg5} (13. Rxf7 Bd7 $5 $13 {/\0-0-0})) 10. f5
$32 {|^}) (4... d6 5. e5 $14) 5. O-O e6 ({Black's most consistent reaction} 
5... Nd4 {was tested in Linares. It's probably somewhat stronger than the text,
in the game Black will not get a second chance for the N-sortie.} 6. Re1 (6. d3
a6 7. Bc4 e6 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne2 Nxe4 10. dxe4 Qxc4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. Nf5 Qxe4
13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6 f6 15. f4 b5 16. Bd2 Bb7 17. Rf2 Qc6 18. Qxc6 {1/2,
Anand,V-Ivanchuk,V/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/}) (6. Nxd4 $5 cxd4 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5
Qc5 9. c4 dxc3 (9... a6 $5 10. Ba4 Qxc4 11. Bb3 Qd3 12. Re1 $13) 10. Qb3 a6 11.
Be2 c2 12. d4 Qd6 13. Bf3 g6 14. Bd2 Qf6 15. d6 Qxd6 16. Rfe1 a5 17. Qxc2 Bg7
18. Bxa5 O-O 19. Bc3 Re8 20. Qb3 Qc7 21. a4 d6 22. a5 Rb8 23. Rec1 $36 {
Anand,V-Leko,P/Linares/2003/}) 6... a6 7. Bc4 $5 (7. e5 Nxb5 8. exf6 Nxc3 (8...
gxf6 $5 {is perhaps also playable:} 9. Ne4 Bg7 $13) 9. fxg7 Bxg7 10. dxc3 d6
11. Ng5 Bf5 12. Qf3 (12. a4 Qc6 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxe4 16. Rxe4
d5 $11 {/=/+,1/2,Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Linares/2003/}) 12... Bg6 13. h4 h5 14. Qg3
{+/-Volokitin} Qd7 $132) 7... d6 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 g6 (9... Bg4 $5) 10. Nxd4
cxd4 11. d3 h6 12. b4 Bg7 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Qf3 Kf8 15. Bb2 Qb6 16. a3 h5 17. h3
h4 18. Qf4 Bf5 19. Rab1 Rh5 20. a4 Be5 21. Qf3 Rc8 22. a5 $14 {/~~,Kasparov,
G-Leko,P/Linares/2003/}) 6. Re1 {[%cal Ye4e5] /\e5} Ng4 $5 {This rather
bizarre way of preventing e5 is probably Black's best choice.} (6... Be7 7. e5
Ng4 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 f5 10. h3 Nh6 11. Bg5 Bf8 12. Be3 $16 {Istratescu,
A-Chernyshov,K/Pardubice op/1997/}) (6... a6 7. Bxc6 Qxc6 8. d4 $32 {->}) (6...
d6 {In the A28 index with colours reversed White can choose between 7.Bd2 and
7.a3!?, but in this position the extra tempo gives him good tactical
chances-an illustrative example is} 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nd5 $1 Qd8 (8... exd5 9.
exd5+ Be7 10. Nxd4 $1 Nxd5 (10... Bd7 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Qf3 Rc8 13. Bh6 $1 $16)
11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxd5 Bb7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 cxb5 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 (15... Qd8 $2
16. Rad1 $18) 16. Bxd6 O-O-O 17. Bxe7 $14) 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Bg5 exd5 $2 (10...
Rc8 $142) 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. exd5+ Be7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. dxc6 Bc8 15. Qf3 Rb8
16. Re3 Rxb2 17. Rae1 Be6 18. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 19. Qh5+ {1-0,Rozentalis,E-Slekys,E/
USSR/1988/}) 7. Bxc6 {White insists on advancing his central pawn.} bxc6 (7...
dxc6 $6 8. e5 {is strategically inferior, Black's B may both become very
passive:} b6 9. d3 Bb7 10. h3 Nh6 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. Re4 Rg8 13. Ne2 O-O-O 14.
c4 Be7 15. Qc2 Kb8 16. Nf4 Bc8 17. Rae1 Qd7 18. R1e3 Qe8 19. Qe2 Qf8 20. Nh5
$16 {[%csl Rc8,Re7,Rf7,Rh6,Rh7] ׭,>>,Georgiev,Kr-Lerch,P/Selestat/2000/ and
Black was doomed to total passivity.}) (7... Qxc6 $143 8. d4 $32 {->}) 8. e5 f6
9. d4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Shirov is not interested in abstract questions as the
P-structure and opens the position to cash in on his lead in development.} (9.
d3 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 fxe5 11. f4 exf4 12. Qg4 d6 13. Bxf4 e5 14. Qg3 Bd7 15. Bg5
Be6 16. Ne4 Kd7 (16... Be7 $142 $13) 17. Be3 Re8 18. c4 Rg8 19. a3 Be7 20. b4
cxb4 21. axb4 Ra8 22. Ra6 Qb7 23. Rea1 Qxb4 24. Rxa7+ Rxa7 25. Rxa7+ Kd8 26. h3
$40 {Brustkern,J-Papp,G/Budapest/2002/}) (9. exf6 Nxf6 $132 {is also unclear,
Black can activate his forces much easier than in the game.}) 9... cxd4 10.
Qxd4 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 fxe5 12. Rxe5 $32 {The critical position of the whole game.
Black can make something out of his ^^ and pawn [+] only if he manages to
safeguard his K and connect his R. And this is not so easy, Shirov intuitively
felt the potential of White's position. On the other hand Van Wely's sense of
danger deserted him for a moment and it was already too late...} Be7 $2 {
After this natural move Black's position will deteriorate rapidly.} (12... Rb8
13. Bf4 Qb6 $142 (13... Rb4 14. Qxb4 $1 Bxb4 15. Rxe6+ dxe6 16. Bxc7 Bxc3 17.
bxc3 $14 {/+/- leads to dreary _|_.}) (13... d6 14. Ree1 Qb6 (14... e5 15. Bxe5
dxe5 16. Rxe5+ Kf7 17. Qc4+ Kg6 18. Rae1 $40 {/\} h6 19. Nd5 $1 $18) (14... c5
15. Qd3 $16) 15. Qc4 $36) 14. Qd1 d6 $1 (14... Be7 $143 15. Re1 Rb7 16. Bd6 $16
) 15. Re1 Qc7 $14 {holds for the tinme being, but Black's position is highly
suspicious.}) (12... Qb6 13. Qg4 $36 {doesn't solve the development problems.})
(12... d6 13. Re1 {loosens Black's position, his P become very vulnerable-all
in all he would still like to avoid this advance.} Rb8 14. Bf4 {-12...Rb8}) ({
Arguably the best is the seemingly antipositional} 12... d5 $5 {[%cal Rf8d6,
Re6e5] /\Bd6,e5} {White's most logical reaction is} 13. Bf4 {And Black has
even the intersting alternative} Qb6 $5 (13... Bd6 14. Re4 $1 O-O (14... dxe4
$2 15. Bxd6 {[%cal Rc3e4] /\Ne4+/-}) 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 {and White's piece
coordination is not so ideal as to allow him occupation of the e5 and c5
sqaures without concessions:} 16. Na4 (16. Ree1 Rf5 $132) (16. Re2 c5 (16...
Rf5 $5) 17. Qe5 $14 {/<=>}) 16... Rf5 17. Rae1 Qf8 $1 18. Re5 Rf4 19. Qc3 Rb8
$1 $13 {<=>}) 14. Qa4 Bd7 $13) (12... Bd6 $2 13. Bf4 $40 {leads only to the
game position with one move less.}) 13. Bg5 $1 {After a long think Shirov
finds the only way to keep the initiative.} (13. Bf4 $6 Qb6 $5 $15 (13... d6
14. Re2 e5 15. Qc4 $1 $13)) 13... Bd6 $6 {[%mdl 128] Now White's attack will
prevail. The exchange of the dark-squared B without an advance of the Pd7
means positional bankruptcy:} (13... Bf6 $2 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Re3 e5 16. Qc5
$18 {/\} d6 $2 17. Nb5) ({The only alternative was} 13... d6 $142 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
(14... dxe5 15. Qc5 $44 {[%csl Re8] ->+/-}) 15. Re2 $36 {->[+]} O-O 16. Rd1 Rd8
17. Ne4 e5 18. Qc3 $14 {But in comparison with the game at least Black's K is
in safety.}) 14. Bf4 {[%cal Re5e6] /\Re6} c5 (14... O-O $2 15. Rg5 e5 $8 16.
Bxe5 $18) (14... Bxe5 $2 15. Bxe5 Qb6 16. Qg4 $18) 15. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Rc3b5] /
\Nb5 The most energetic reply.} (15. Qe4 $143 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 d5 $13) (15. Rxe6+
$143 dxe6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Bxd6 c4 18. Nb5 Bb7 $1 $13) 15... a6 {Black loses
another tempo.} (15... O-O 16. Nb5 Qc6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Rf5 (18. Bg3 $143 Qb6
$14) 18... Qe7 19. Bg5 $16 {/+- loses a P and White's win should be a matter
of technique. But nevertheless this was better than the slaughter, that
follows.}) (15... Bxe5 $2 16. Bxe5 Qc6 (16... d6 17. Nb5 $18) 17. Ne4 $18 {
and Black's K can't escape to safety:} O-O 18. Qg5 Rf7 19. Nd6 h6 20. Qg6 Re7
21. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Re5f6] /\Bf6+-}) (15... Qb7 16. Rxe6+ dxe6 17. Bxd6 $40 {+-})
({Slightly, but not much better is} 15... Qb8 16. Rf5 $1 (16. Re4 O-O 17. Bxd6
Qxd6 18. Rd1 $36 {is less incisive, preventing castling is more important.})
16... Qxb2 17. Re1 $40 {/\} Rf8 18. Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Nd5 $16) (15... Rb8 16. Nd5
$1 (16. Rxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc7 Bxe3 18. Bxb8 Bd4 $14) 16... Qc6 (16... Qb7 17.
Rxe6+ $16) 17. Qg3 $1 (17. Rg5 h6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rd1 Rxb2 $132) 17... Bxe5 (
17... Bf8 18. Rh5 $1 Rxb2 19. Rxh7 $18) 18. Bxe5 Qxd5 19. Qxg7 Rf8 20. Bxb8 $16
{[%csl Re8] Black is a P down and his K is very vulnerable, e.g.,} Qf5 21. Bg3
Qxc2 $2 22. Bh4 Rf7 23. Qg5 $18) 16. Nd5 Qc6 (16... Qb8 17. Rf5 $1 {[%cal
Ra1d1] /\Rd1->} (17. Qg3 O-O 18. Rg5 Qxb2 $1 $15) (17. Rg5 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Qxb2
$13)) 17. Rg5 (17. Rf5 $16 {was possible even now, but Shirov's move is more
concrete and better.}) 17... h6 (17... O-O $2 18. Qg3 $1 {loses, pretty is the
mate after} Bxf4 (18... Rf7 19. Nf6+ $18) (18... Qxd5 19. Bxd6 $1 $18) 19.
Rxg7+ Kh8 20. Nf6 $1 $18) (17... Bb7 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rd1 $18 {[%cal Rd5f6] /
\Nf6}) ({Hopeless in the long run is also} 17... Bxf4 18. Nxf4 O-O 19. Qe5 g6
20. Nh5 Rf7 21. Nf6+ Kf8 22. Ne4 $18) 18. Bxd6 hxg5 (18... Qxd6 19. Rd1 {
[%cal Rd5f6] /\Nf6+-}) 19. Rd1 $1 $18 {[%csl Gd6] This powerful move retains
the Bd6 and makes Black's position untenable.} (19. Nc7+ $143 $6 Kf7 $14) 19...
Rh6 (19... Kf7 $2 20. Qf3+ $18) (19... Qxd6 20. Nf6+ Ke7 21. Ng8+ $1 (21. Rxd6
Kxd6 22. Ne4+ $18) 21... Rxg8 22. Qxg5+ $18) ({Important is that the defence} 
19... Bb7 {fails to} 20. Qxg5 Qxd6 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. Qg6+ $18 {Van Wely's move
covers g6 and prevents this line.}) 20. Ne7 $40 (20. Qxg5 $2 Qxd6 $19) (20.
Nc7+ $6 Kf7 21. Nxa8 Bb7 $16) 20... Qa4 (20... Qb5 21. Nf5 Qxb2 (21... Rh7 22.
Qxg5 Kf7 23. Qe7+ Kg6 24. Qe8+ $1 Kxf5 25. Qf7+ $18) 22. Nxh6 gxh6 23. Qf3 $18)
(20... Qb6 21. Qxg5 $18 (21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Qxg5 Kf7 23. Be5 $18)) 21. Qf3 Bb7 {
Desperation, but there was nothing better:} (21... Qxc2 22. Ng8 $18) 22. Qxb7 (
22. Nd5 $1 Rh8 (22... O-O-O 23. Nb6# (23. Ne7#)) 23. Nc7+ Kd8 24. Qxb7 $18)
22... Rd8 23. Ng8 Rh8 {Shortens the suffering.} (23... Qxc2 24. Qf3 Qf5 25.
Qxf5 exf5 26. Nxh6 $18) (23... Qc6 24. Qxc6 dxc6 25. Nxh6 $18) 24. Qf3 $1 Rxg8
25. Qh5+ (25. Qh5+ g6 26. Qh7 {[%cal Rh7e7] /\Qe7#}) 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "1998.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.09.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 ({A short reminiscence of one of the great classics:} 2. Nc3
Nc6 3. Nge2 e5 $6 4. Nd5 $1 Nf6 5. Nec3 Be7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. d3 h6 8. f4 d6 9. f5
b6 10. h4 $1 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Qh5 Ne7 14. Bg5 $1 d5 15. Bxf6
dxc4 16. Qg4 $18 {Fischer,R-Naranja,R/Meralco/1967/ The connection with this
exemplary game will become clear soon enough.}) 2... Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 $5 {A
surprise, as this move hasn't yet appeared in Lautier's repertoire. He usually
plays a Paulsen or a Sveshnikov. His normal time-limit encounter with Black
against Shirov went} (3... g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 ({
This time, however, the prepared Shirov would probably play the more principled
} 7. Nxc6 $142) 7... O-O 8. Bb3 a5 9. f3 d5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Nde2 a4 12. Nxa4
Nfxd5 13. Bf2 Bf5 14. O-O b5 15. Nac3 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Bxc2 18.
Bxc2 Nxc2 19. Rac1 Bxc3 20. Rxc2 Bf6 {1/2,Shirov,A-Lautier,J/Fontys/1997/}) 4.
Bc4 {Compared to the Fischer game above, White's control of d5 is not so
strong and also f2-f4 requires much more preparation. A heavy maneuvring
struggle starts, in which White relies on his slight lead in development and
white-square control. Black on the other hand believes these pluses are only
temporary in a closed position.} d6 ({An attempt to save a tempo} 4... Be7 5.
d3 Nf6 6. Nd2 $5 {would probably lead to the same position anyway.}) 5. d3 Be7
6. Nd2 $5 {Currently White's main try.} ({Insufficient is the hyperaggressive
piece sacrifice} 6. Ng5 $6 Bxg5 7. Qh5 Be7 $1 8. Qxf7+ Kd7 9. Qxg7 Nf6 10. f4
Qf8 11. Qg3 exf4 12. Qxf4 Ne5 13. O-O Nxc4 14. dxc4 Qg7 15. e5 Rg8 16. Qd2 Ng4
17. exd6 Bf6 18. Qe2 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Nxh2 20. Rf5 Ng4 21. Nb5 Re8 22. Qf1 Kc6 23.
Nxa7+ Kb6 24. Nxc8+ Raxc8 25. c3 Be3 26. Rh5 Re5 27. Rh4 Rf8 28. Qe2 Bf4 {
0-1,Cseshkovsky,V-Sveshnikov,E/Sochi/1983/}) ({Also the immediate occupation
of the central outpost isn't too promising} 6. Nd5 Be6 (6... Nf6 7. c3 O-O $11)
7. c3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bxd5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb8 12. d4 exd4 13.
cxd4 Nd7 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Be3 Bf6 16. Bd4 Rc8 17. Rc1 Nd7 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. h3
Qc4 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 Rc8 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Nd4 Kf8 24. Nb5 Rc5 {1/2,
Gdanski,J-Polgar,J/Budapest zt plof /1993/}) ({The former main line was} 6. O-O
Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 h6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Nd5 $142 $5 ({Black is
well prepared for the tactical assault} 11. Qd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5
14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qxh6 Re8 (15... Be6 $5 16. Ne4 Bf5 $15) 16. Kh1 Ne5 $1 $17 {
Landa,K-Gagarin,V/Bratislava op/1990/}) 11... Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5
14. Qd2 {Polgar,J-Illescas Cordoba,M/Madrid/1995/} Bf6 $5 $11) 6... Bg5 {
Black adapts and also starts maneuvring. But possibly it's better to first
finish development and then start fighting for d5-} (6... Nf6 $142 $5 7. Nf1
Bg4 $1 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. a3 b5 12. Ba2 Nd7 $1 (12... Bxa2
$143 13. Rxa2 Qd7 14. Ra1 Bd8 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Nd4 17. Rf2 Rb8 18. Bd2 Ne6
19. Kh1 Nc7 20. Qf3 Nfe8 21. Ne2 Bf6 22. c3 g6 23. Ng4 Bg7 24. Nh6+ Bxh6 25.
Bxh6 Ng7 26. Ng3 f6 27. Raf1 Rf7 28. d4 $36 {Adams,M-Womacka,M/BL/1997/}) 13.
Ncd5 Bg5 14. g3 Bxe3+ 15. Bxe3 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. b4 Ne7 19.
Qd2 Rac8 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Qc3 Qd6 22. a4 c4 23. axb5 axb5 $132 {Rotman,
D-Sutovskij,E/Metz op/1996/}) 7. h4 ({The transposition} 7. Qh5 $6 g6 8. Qd1
Nf6 9. h4 {fails to} Bf4 $1 {/\} 10. g3 $6 Bg4) ({Too soft is} 7. Nf1 Bxc1 8.
Rxc1 Nf6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Ne7 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Rce1 Rc8 13. Kh1 a6 14. a4 Qd7
15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 d5 17. exd5 Nexd5 18. Nexd5 Nxd5 19. Rfe4 Nc7 20. Qe3 b6
21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Re5 Qd4 23. Qh3 Rcd8 24. Qf3 Qb4 $132 {Emms,J-Santo Roman,M/
Paris APSAP/1994/}) 7... Bh6 8. Qh5 $1 {The idea is of course not to give a
"Fools mate", but to force a weakness on the >>, thus creating a target for
White.} g6 {[%csl Rg6,Rg7] ׻} 9. Qd1 ({The "tempo gain" is only illusory:} 9.
Qf3 $6 Be6 $13 {[%cal Rc6d4] /\Nd4}) 9... Nf6 10. h5 $1 {An energetic and
ambitious continuation.} ({Tamer and more sedate is} 10. Nf1 Bxc1 11. Qxc1 Be6
12. Ne3 Ne7 $5 (12... Qd7 $143 13. Ned5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 O-O-O 16.
c3 f5 17. Qe3 Ne7 18. Bb3 Qc7 19. h5 $36 {Kasparov,G-Sutovsky,E/Tel Aviv sim/
1998/}) 13. Qd2 O-O $11 14. h5 $6 Nxh5 15. O-O-O Kg7 16. g4 Nf4 17. Ng2 g5 18.
Nxf4 exf4 19. f3 Rh8 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. d4 c4 22. e5 d5 23. Nb5 Qd7 24. Qb4 Nc6
25. Qa3 Nd8 26. Nd6 Nf7 27. Rde1 h6 28. Re2 b6 29. Qb4 Rad8 $15 {Hector,
J-Schandorff,L/Nordic-ch Reykjavik/1997/}) 10... Nd4 $5 $146 ({The premiere
game with 10.h5! went} 10... Bg4 $5 11. f3 Bd7 12. Bd5 $1 (12. hxg6 hxg6 13.
Nb3 Bg7 14. Rxh8+ Bxh8 15. Bg5 $11 {[%csl Rb3] פb3 The Nb3 got sidetracked
from it's route to e3.}) 12... Nxh5 13. Nc4 Bf8 14. g4 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16.
Qd2 Ne5 17. Nxe5 $1 (17. Qxf4 Qg5 $1 $15) (17. O-O-O Qg5 18. d4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4
Bg7 20. e5 cxd4 21. Nd5 Rc8 22. Qxd4 Bxe5 23. Qd3 Be6 24. Bb3 O-O 25. Rd2 Bg7
26. Rdh2 h6 27. Kb1 Rc5 28. Nc3 d5 $17 {Fedorov,A-Morozevich,A/Kishinev
Chebanenko mem/1998/}) 17... dxe5 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bd5 Rxb2 20. Bb3 c4 21. dxc4
Bb4 22. Qd3 $1 O-O $8 (22... Qa5 23. O-O-O Bxc3 24. Qxd7+ Kf8 25. Qd8+ $18 {
[%csl Rb2,Gc4] o^c,צb2}) 23. Kf1 {[%cal Rc3d1] /\Nd1+/= Morozevich}) ({
Black can hardly survive the greedy} 10... Nxh5 $2 11. Rxh5 gxh5 12. Qxh5 Bxd2+
(12... Qf6 13. Nd5 Bxd2+ {-12...Bd2}) 13. Bxd2 Qf6 14. Nd5 Qg6 15. Qh4 $1 $16 {
[%csl Re8] ->עe8}) (10... Bd7 $2 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Nf3 $1 $40) 11. hxg6 hxg6
12. Nb3 {[%csl Gb3] Lautier's new move also prevented Nf3, but on the other
hand now the position of Nb3 is justified, as it neutralizes the active Nd4.} (
12. Nf1 $2 Bd2+ $1 $19) (12. Nf3 $143 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 (13. Qxf3 $2 Bd2+ $1)
13... Nh5 {<=>}) 12... Ng4 $2 {Although Black has been aiming for the exchange
of the B from move 6, here it costs him too much time.} (12... Bg7 $142 13.
Rxh8+ Bxh8 14. Bg5 (14. Nxd4 $143 cxd4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qh4 $5 $132) 14...
Ne6 15. Qd2 $5 $14 {/=}) 13. Bxh6 {Simplest.} ({Shirov avoids the primitive
trap} 13. f3 $4 Bd2+ $1 14. Kxd2 Qg5+ $19 {and also the tempting}) (13. Nd5
$143 $6 Bg7 $1 14. Rxh8+ Bxh8 $13) 13... Rxh6 14. Rxh6 Nxh6 15. Qd2 Ng8 16.
O-O-O $16 {[%cal Rf2f4,Gh1h8] @,/\f4,<->h} Be6 ({Black has to give up on the
open file, as after} 16... Qh4 $6 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Nd5 Kf8 19. g3 Qh6 {
fails to} 20. Qxh6+ Nxh6 21. Rh1 Kg7 22. Nc7 $18 {[%cal Rc7a8,Rc7e8] /\Ne8})
17. Nxd4 exd4 (17... cxd4 18. Nd5 $40 {[%cal Yd2b4] only gives White an extra
resource Qb4.}) (17... Bxc4 18. Nc6 $1 {[]} (18. dxc4 $143 cxd4 19. Nd5 Nf6 $11
) (18. Nde2 Be6 19. f4 Qe7 $14) (18. Nf5 $5 Bxa2 $1 $13) 18... bxc6 19. dxc4
Ke7 $8 20. f4 $40 {[%csl Re7] ע}) 18. Nd5 Kd7 $5 {[] Bizarre, but what else?}
(18... Nf6 19. Bb5+ $1 Bd7 (19... Nd7 20. Rh1 $18) 20. Rh1 Nh5 21. Bxd7+ Kxd7
22. g4 Nf6 23. Qg5 $1 $18 {->}) (18... Qd7 $2 19. Bb5 $1 $18) 19. Rh1 {A
natural move, but an interesting alternative was} (19. c3 $5 {[%csl Rd4,Rd7]
[%cal Rc3d4] |^[+],עd7}) 19... Nf6 20. Bb5+ Kc8 21. Nf4 $5 {Shirov avoids
exchanges for the time being nd wants to exploit the lack of coordination
between his opponent's pieces.} Bd7 (21... Kc7 22. Nxe6+ fxe6 23. Qg5 Qe7 24.
Rh6 $1 $18 {><g6}) (21... a6 $142 $5 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bc4 d5 24. exd5 exd5 25.
Bb3 b5 26. c3 $1 $36 {[%csl Rb5,Rc5,Rc8,Rd5,Rg6] ע,P}) 22. Bc4 Qe8 23. Nd5 $6
{This technical move is the only thing one can blame Shirov for in the game.} (
{More energetic and natural was} 23. c3 $1 Kc7 (23... dxc3 24. Qxc3 Qe7 25.
Rh8+ Ne8 (25... Be8 $2 26. Qxf6 $1 Qxf6 27. Rxe8+ Kd7 28. Bb5+ $18) 26. Rh7 $18
) 24. cxd4 cxd4 25. Qa5+ b6 26. Nd5+ $1 $16) 23... Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Kc7 $1 {[]} (
24... Be6 $143 25. Bxe6+ fxe6 26. Qg5 $18 {[%csl Rg6] ><g6}) (24... Bc6 25.
Bxc6 bxc6 26. Qf4 $18 {->}) 25. Qa5+ ({Did Shirov overlook} 25. Qf4 Be6 26. Rh7
$4 {was impossible due to} Bxd5 27. exd5 Qe1# {? These things sometimes happen.
}) 25... b6 26. Qa6 Bc6 27. Bxc6 Kxc6 (27... Qxc6 $143 28. Rh7 Qd7 29. Qc4 Rf8
30. Qd5 {and Black is completely tied up.}) 28. a4 $5 {Despite squandering
part of his advantage White still keeps the initiative. He has a better pawn
atructure, more active pieces and safer K, all important factors in a major
piece _|_.} ({Promising is also} 28. Qa4+ Kb7 29. Qc4) 28... Rd8 (28... d5 29.
exd5+ Kxd5 30. Qb7+ Kd6 31. Kd2 $1 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Rh1e1] /\Re1->}) (28... Qe6
{[%cal Yd6d5,Ye6f6,Ye6a2] /\d5,Qf6,Qa2} 29. Rh7 $1 d5 (29... Qf6 30. Qc4 Qxf2
$4 31. Qd5+ $18) 30. a5 $16 {/+-}) 29. a5 {[%cal Ra6a7] /\Qa7} (29. Qxa7 $4 Ra8
$19) 29... Rd7 30. axb6 axb6 31. Kd2 $1 {Activates the K and also opens the
first rank for a possible quick piece switch from one flank to another.} Qb8
32. Rh7 Kc7 $6 {A crucial moment. After this White's pressure becomes nearly
irresistable, a better chance was} (32... Qb7 $142 33. Qa2 b5 $16 (33... d5 $5)
) 33. b4 Qb7 34. Qa2 Kc8 $8 (34... Kc6 $2 35. Qd5+ Kc7 (35... Kb5 36. Qc4+ $18)
36. Qxf7 $1 $18) (34... Kb8 35. Rh8+ Kc7 36. Ra8 Qc6 (36... Kc6 37. b5+ $1) 37.
Qa6 $18 {->}) 35. b5 $1 {()(.)} (35. Rh8+ $143 Rd8 $14) 35... d5 (35... Kb8 $2
36. Rh8+ Kc7 37. Ra8 $18) (35... Kd8 36. Rh8+ Ke7 37. f4 (37. Qa1 $143 $6 Rd8
$1 $14) 37... d5 (37... Rd8 $2 38. Qxf7+ $1 $18) (37... Qa7 38. Qxa7 Rxa7 39.
Rb8 $18) 38. e5 $16 {/+-}) 36. Rh8+ Rd8 $6 {The decisive error after a long
defence, the P_|_ is easily lost.} ({Necessary was} 36... Kc7 {although after}
37. e5 {[%cal Rh8a8] /\Ra8} (37. Ra8 Kd6) 37... Rd8 $8 38. Rh7 Rd7 39. Qa1 $1 {
[%cal Ra1h1,Rh1h4,Rh1h2] /\Qh1-h2,h4+- Black will hardly be able to prevent
the decisive penetration of the white Q via the h-file.}) 37. Rxd8+ Kxd8 38.
Qxd5+ Qxd5 39. exd5 Kd7 40. c4 dxc3+ (40... Kd6 41. Ke2 f5 42. f4 $18 {[%cal
Re2h4] /\Kh4}) (40... g5 41. Ke2 f5 42. Kf3 Kd6 43. g4 $18) 41. Kxc3 Ke7 (41...
Kd6 42. Kc4 {[%cal Rd3d4] /\d4+-}) 42. d4 (42. Kc4 $18 {[%cal Rd3d4] /\d4})
42... c4 43. d6+ $5 (43. Kxc4 Kd6 44. g3 f5 45. f3 g5 (45... Kd7 46. d6 $1 Kxd6
47. d5 Ke5 48. f4+ Kf6 $1 49. d6 $1 Ke6 50. d7 Kxd7 51. Kd5 $18) 46. Kc3 Kxd5
47. Kd3 g4 (47... Kd6 48. g4 fxg4 49. fxg4 Kd5 50. Ke3 $18) 48. fxg4 fxg4 49.
Ke3 Kc4 50. Ke4 Kxb5 51. Kd5 $1 $18) 43... Kxd6 44. Kxc4 Ke6 45. d5+ Ke7 (45...
Kd6 46. Kd4 f6 47. f4 Kd7 48. g4 $18 {-45...Ke7}) (45... Ke5 46. f4+ $1 Kd6 47.
Kd4 $18) 46. Kd4 f6 47. f4 Kd7 48. g4 Kd6 49. Ke4 {Avoids the last trap} (49.
g5 $4 f5 50. Kc4 Kd7 $11) 49... Ke7 50. g5 Kf7 51. Kd4 (51. Kd4 Ke7 (51... fxg5
52. fxg5 $18 {[%cal Rd4e5] /\Ke5}) 52. gxf6+ Kxf6 53. Ke4 $18 {[%cal Re4e5] /
\Ke5}) 1-0

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 d6 9. Re1 Be7 (9... Bd7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 d5 12. Qg4 h5 13. Qg3 h4 14.
Qg4 h3 15. g3 Qb6 16. a3 c5 $132 {Yudasin,L-Salov,V/Tulburg/1993/1:0/46/}) 10.
Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qg4 Kf8 (11... Bf6 $2 12. e5 dxe5 (12... Bxe5 13. Rxe5 dxe5 14.
Qxg7 Rf8 15. Bh6 Qe7 16. Qxe5 Rg8 (16... f6 17. Bxf8 $18) 17. Ne4 $18) (12...
h5 13. Qg3 h4 14. Qg4 $16 dxe5 15. Ne4 $18) 13. Ne4 $18 O-O 14. Rd1 h5 (14...
Qe7 15. Be3 $18) 15. Qxh5 Qe7 16. Bg5 Rd8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qh6 {Kostyra,
S-Kaliszewski,T/Warsaw op/1993/1:0/18/}) 12. b3 d5 (12... e5 13. Qg3 h5 14. h3
g5 15. Ba3 Qa5 16. Na4 Be6 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Re2 f6 19. Qe3 Kf7 20. Red2 Qc7 $13
{Yuldashev,S-Anastasian,A/Luzern Wcht/1993/0:1/51/}) 13. Qg3 h5 $6 (13... Bh4
14. Qd3 d4 15. Ba3+ Kg8 16. Na4 e5 17. c3 $16) (13... f6 $5 14. e5 Kf7 $13 (
14... f5 15. Na4 c5 16. Ba3 Qc7 17. Qc3 $16)) 14. Na4 h4 15. Qc3 $1 Rb8 (15...
Bf6 16. Ba3+ Kg8 17. e5 $16) 16. Be3 h3 (16... Bb4 17. Bc5+ $16) 17. g3 Rb4 18.
Bd4 $1 e5 (18... f6 19. e5 f5 (19... Kf7 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Bxf6 d4 22. Qxb4 $18
) 20. Bc5 $16) 19. Bxe5 d4 20. Qd3 f6 21. Bf4 $18 c5 22. Rad1 Bg4 23. c3 (23.
f3 c4 24. Qe2 $18) 23... Rxa4 24. bxa4 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Rh5 26. Qxa6 Qd7 27. Qe2
g6 28. Be3 $1 Qe6 29. cxd4 Qxe4 $2 $138 30. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zyla, Janusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Ne2 d5 $5 9. exd5 (9. Nxd4 $2 dxe4 $19) (9. c3 $2 dxe4 10. Bxe4 d3 $1 11. Nf4 (
11. Ng3 f5 12. Bf3 e5 $17) 11... e5 $1 12. Nxd3 f5 13. Bxf5 Bxf5 14. Nxe5 Qd5
$15) (9. Re1 $5 {/\ 10.Nd4 de4 11.Re4} Nc6 $13) 9... Qxd5 (9... Nxd5 10. c3 (
10. Nxd4 Nb4 $15) 10... dxc3 11. dxc3 g6 (11... Be7 12. Qc2 g6 13. Bh6 $14) 12.
Be4 $14) 10. c3 Nc6 (10... dxc3 11. dxc3 Nc6 12. Qc2 $14) 11. Qc2 {/\ Be4} f5 (
11... Qd6 12. Be4 $14) (11... Bd6 $5 12. Be4 $140 $2 Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Qh5+ $13)
12. cxd4 b5 (12... Nxd4 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Bc4 Qd6 15. d4 Bd7 16. Qd1 $14) 13.
Re1 $1 (13. Nc3 Qd6 14. d5 Nb4 $17) (13. Nf4 Qd6 $15) 13... Nb4 (13... Be7 $5
14. Qc3 $1 {/\ Bc2-b3} (14. Qb3 $6 Qxb3 15. axb3 Rb8 $15 16. d5 $140 Nb4 $17)
14... Bb4 15. Qb3 $1 Qxb3 16. axb3 $16 {/\ d5, /\ Bb5}) (13... Qd6 14. a4 $5
$13) 14. Qc3 Nxd3 (14... Bd6 15. Bb1 $1 Bb7 16. Qh3 O-O (16... g5 17. Nc3 $18)
17. a3 g5 (17... Nc6 18. Ba2 $18) 18. Nc3 $1 $18 (18. axb4 g4 19. Nc3 gxh3 20.
Nxd5 Bxd5 $36)) 15. Qxd3 Bc5 $1 (15... Be7 16. Nf4 Qd6 17. Qe3 $16) 16. b3 (16.
Nf4 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Rxe6+ Kd7 20. Re2 Rhe8 21. Rxe8 Rxe8
22. Kf1 Ke6 $1 $10 23. d3 $140 Rc8) 16... O-O 17. Bb2 {/\ Nf4, dc5} Bb6 $2 (
17... Bd6 $1 $8 18. Nc3 Qb7 $44) 18. Qg3 $1 $16 Qd7 $8 19. d5 $1 exd5 20. Nf4
d4 (20... Bc7 21. Be5 $16) 21. Ba3 Rf7 (21... Re8 22. Nh5 $1 $18) 22. Nd5 $1
Bd8 (22... f4 23. Qf3 Bd8 24. Nb6 Bxb6 25. Qxa8 {/\ Rac1}) 23. Re5 $18 f4 (
23... Bb7 24. Rae1 Bh4 25. Qxh4 Bxd5 26. Qxd4 Bc6 27. Qf4 Rd8 28. d4 $1 $18 {
/\ Bc5, f3, Re7} Qxd4 $2 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Re8+ $18) 24. Rae1 $1 Be7 $8 25.
Nxe7+ (25. Qf3 Bxa3 26. Nb6 Bb7 $1 $13) 25... Rxe7 (25... Qxe7 26. Qf3 $1 $18)
26. Qxf4 (26. Qxf4 Rxe5 (26... Rf7 27. Re8+) 27. Qf8#) 1-0

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Ba4 {A rare move. It's idea will
be clear after the next move.} (5. c3) ({and} 5. Re1 {are the main lines.})
5... a6 6. c4 Ng6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 $146 {A very logical novelty.
Grischuk doesn't hurry with the development of his f8 B.} (8... Be7 9. Nc3 O-O
10. Be3 Nce5 11. Bb3 d6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qh5 Qc7 (14... f5 $6 15.
Rad1 $36 {Vezzosi-I.Nemet, Forli 1993}) (14... c5 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Rf3 $40) 15.
Rad1 $14) 9. Be3 Bd6 {A typical move in the Paulsen line.} 10. g3 $5 {Kamsky
sacrifices a P. He hopes for nice development at the expense of the c4
"poisoned" P.} (10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. g3 O-O {was another possibility.}) 10... Nxd4
11. Qxd4 ({In the event of} 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. Nd2 Bc5 ({or} 12... Be5 {Black
has good play on the dark squares.})) 11... Be5 12. Qd2 Qxc4 {Grischuk takes
up the gauntlet.} 13. Bc2 Qc7 $1 {The good move. Now Black theatens with Bxb2.}
(13... Bxb2 $2 {loses by} 14. Bd3 $1 $18) (13... O-O 14. f4 Bxb2 $2 {also
doesn't work in view of} 15. Bd3 $18) 14. Bb3 O-O 15. f4 Bf6 16. e5 {White has
gained some space, he has a good compensation for the P.} Be7 17. Nc3 b5 18.
Rac1 Qb8 19. Ne4 Bb7 20. Nd6 (20. Nc5 $5 {was also possible} Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Rc8
$13 {with a double-edged fight.}) 20... Bxd6 21. exd6 Rc8 22. h4 h6 {Prepares
for h5.} 23. Rxc8+ (23. h5 $6 {is dubious, as} Nf8 {followed by Nh7-f6.}) 23...
Qxc8 24. Rc1 Bc6 {Otherwise Rc7 can be unpleasant.} 25. Rc5 {Now White
threatens with f5.} Qe8 26. Bd4 (26. f5 $2 {is bad, because of} exf5 27. Rxf5
Qe4 $1 {This is the point of 25...Qe8!} 28. Bxf7+ Kh7 29. Bxg6+ Kxg6 $19 {
and White's position is hopeless.}) 26... a5 27. a3 Qb8 28. Be3 Qe8 29. Qd4 (
29. Bd4 {is repetition of moves.}) 29... Nf8 30. Bd2 {Prepares for Bc3.} (30.
f5 exf5 31. Rxf5 Ne6 {and suddenly the N becomes very active.}) 30... Nh7 {
And only now} 31. f5 (31. Bc3 {is too slow, because} Nf6 32. g4 $2 b4 $1 $19)
31... Bd5 $5 {An interesting sacrifice to open the e-file.} (31... a4 32. Bc2
Rc8 $13) 32. Bc2 {Kamsky doesn't capture the P.} (32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Qxd5 (33.
Bc3 Nf6) 33... Nf6 34. Qe5 Ne4 35. Bc3 Qxe5 36. Rxe5 Nxc3 37. bxc3 Ra6 38. Rxb5
Rxd6 39. Rxa5 Kf8 $11 {Black will gain back the P. The R endgame is completely
draw.}) 32... b4 33. g4 $6 {An ambitious move, but it leaves some weaknesses
on the kingside.} (33. fxe6 {leads to a draw by} fxe6 34. Bxh6 gxh6 35. Qg4+
Kh8 36. Qd4+ $11 {with perpetual checks.}) 33... Qd8 $1 34. fxe6 $2 {A real
mistake. The exchange of f5 and d7 P only helps for Black.} ({White should
keep the tension with} 34. Be1 Rc8 35. axb4 axb4 36. Qxb4 Rxc5 37. Qxc5 {
nearly equal position.}) 34... dxe6 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 $2 {Loses immediately,
but it was already difficult for White.} ({The cool-blooded computer move} 36.
Qe5 {gave the best chances} Nf6 37. hxg5 Ng4 38. Qd4 Qxd6 39. Bf4 Qd8 40. Bd1
Bb7 41. Qxd8+ Rxd8 42. Bxg4 Rd4 $15) 36... Qxd6 $6 {An inaccuracy.} ({The
simple} 36... Nxg5 $1 $19 {wins immediately.}) 37. Bf4 Qa6 $2 {Another mistake,
probably in time trouble.} ({The pretty} 37... Nxg5 $1 {was the strongest reply
} 38. Qxg7+ (38. Bxg5 $2 Qg3+ $19) 38... Kxg7 39. Bxd6 Ra6 40. Be5+ f6 41. Rc7+
Nf7 $17 {and Black is better.}) 38. Kf2 (38. Bd3 $142 Qa7 39. Rc8+ Nf8 40. Qxa7
Rxa7 41. Bd6 Ra8 42. Rxa8 Bxa8 43. axb4 axb4 44. Bxb4 $11 {with a drawish
endgame.}) 38... Rc8 (38... Nf8 $5 {was another interesting option.}) 39. axb4
{And here Kamsky lost on time, however White is very near to equalising.} (39.
axb4 axb4 40. Qd3 Rxc5 41. Qxa6 Rxc2+ 42. Ke3 b3 43. Qb5 {and White can hold
his position.}) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 (4. O-O {is another main line.}) 4...
bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. h4 ({Last year in the World Championship match Anand chose} 
6. b3 d6 (6... Ng6 $5) 7. e5 Ng6 8. h4 Nxe5 (8... dxe5 $6 9. h5 Nf4 10. g3 $14)
9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2 c4 $1 11. Nxc4 Ba6 12. Qf3 Qd5 13. Qxd5 cxd5 14. Nxe5 f6
15. Nf3 e5 $13 {and later drew, Anand-Gelfand, Moscow Wch m/12 2012.}) 6... Qc7
{A typical and natural move in this line.} (6... h5 7. Qe2 f6 8. e5 fxe5 9.
Qxe5 Nf5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nbd2 d6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qe4 Rb8 14. O-O-O O-O 15. c3
Qb7 16. b3 a5 17. Ng5 a4 18. f3 Qa6 19. Qxa4 Qxa4 20. bxa4 Ne3 $15 {and Black
has a promising position, Meshkov-Radjabov, Khanty-Mansiysk 2010.}) (6... d6 {
Sergey Zhigalko has played this with both colours,} 7. h5 e5 8. h6 Bg4 9. Na3 (
9. Bg5 gxh6 10. Bxh6 Bxh6 11. Rxh6 Ng6 12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. b3 O-O 14. Qe2 Nf4 15.
Qf1 f5 $132 {with a double-edged fight, Areshchenko-S.Zhigalko, Warsaw 2013.})
9... d5 10. Rh4 {An imaginative R move still in the opening.} Qc8 11. exd5 Ng6
12. Rxg4 Qxg4 13. dxc6 Rc8 14. Nc4 Qxg2 15. hxg7 Bxg7 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Nxc8+
Rxc8 {with a very sharp play, S.Zhigalko-Shirov, Rhodes 2013.}) 7. h5 e5 $146 {
A novelty by Grischuk. He isn't afraid of the uncomfortable looking h6.} ({
Before} 7... h6 {was tried} 8. e5 f6 9. Qe2 fxe5 10. Nxe5 d6 11. Nf3 e5 12. Nh4
Nf5 13. Ng6 Rg8 14. c3 Be6 15. Nd2 O-O-O 16. Nf3 Qf7 17. O-O Ne7 18. Nfh4 {
with un uclear fight, but White's position looks more powerful, Narings-Ansell,
Amsterdam 2005.}) 8. Nbd2 ({Nevertheless} 8. h6 $5 {was an interesting
alternative} g6 9. Nc3 ({or} 9. Nbd2) 9... d6 {and thanks o Black's flexible P
stucture, his position is stable.}) 8... f6 9. Nh4 {A typical move, White
prepares for Qf3 then sometimes Nf5.} g5 $5 {Grischuk immediately responds to
this plan.} (9... d5 10. Qf3) 10. Nhf3 (10. hxg6 $6 {is only help for Black,}
hxg6 {and White is in an unpleasant pin.}) 10... d6 11. Nf1 (11. Nc4 Be6 12.
Ne3 {is similar to the game.}) 11... h6 {At first sight this is a strange move,
but Black is preparing for f5, so he protects the g5 P.} 12. Ne3 f5 {A very
unusual middlegame. Both players are struggling with the lack of development,
however Black's position looks more flexible.} 13. g4 $5 {An original idea,
White would like to close the position as much as possible, because this is
favorouble for his Ns.} fxg4 14. Nh2 Bg7 15. Nexg4 {Frees the e3 square for
the B.} (15. Nhxg4 O-O {and Black is fine.}) 15... O-O 16. Be3 Be6 17. Qd2 {
Solak creates some dangerous threats against the g5 P.} Kh8 18. O-O-O Ng8 19.
c4 Qe7 {Logical defending moves, Grischuk prevents all sacrifices, now his K
is safe.} 20. Qe2 d5 {He immediately bombs the centre.} (20... Rab8 {was also
possible.}) 21. Bd2 dxc4 22. dxc4 Qf7 23. Bc3 Bxc4 24. Qe3 Rae8 25. b3 Bb5 26.
Rd6 {Suddenly the position has become very sharp.} (26. Qxc5) 26... Qxh5 ({
The computer suggests} 26... c4 $1 27. Kb2 (27. b4 $5) 27... cxb3 28. axb3 a5
$1 {and suddenly the white K can also be in trouble.}) 27. Rg1 Qf7 (27... Nf6)
28. Qxc5 Qf4+ 29. Kb2 h5 30. Rh1 Qxe4 31. f3 Qf4 32. a4 $6 {An inaccuracy, but
by human measure, this is a very difficult position.} (32. Rd7 Rf7 33. Rxf7
Qxf7 34. Nxe5 Qd5 35. Qxd5 cxd5 36. Nhg4 $1 Nf6 {finally the picture is
starting to clear, the endgame is nearly equal.}) 32... Be2 $6 (32... Bxa4 $1 {
was the strongest reply} 33. bxa4 Rb8+ 34. Ka3 Qf7 $1 35. Bb4 Rfe8 $1 {
followed by Rxb4 then Bf8!}) 33. Rg6 $1 {From the practical point of view,
this was the best move. Now White has many dangerous threats around the black
K.} Nf6 $4 {The decisive mistake, probably in time trouble. After this Black
loses immediately.} (33... Re7 34. Rxg7 Kxg7 35. Nxe5 Rf6 36. Nxc6 Rc7 37. Qd5
{with a completely confusing position, but after} Qe3 {maybe Black can survive.
}) 34. Nxe5 (34. Qxa7 $1 {was the best reply, but the text move is also
winning.}) 34... Kh7 35. Nhg4 Bxf3 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qxa7+ {A great fight!}
1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Nowdays, the top players prefer to avoid the
Sveshnikov Variation, which was the surprise weapon of Gelfand against Anand
in their World Championship match last year.} e6 4. O-O ({Next round, Carlsen
tried} 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 d6 6. O-O Ne7 7. e5 Ng6 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. Nc3 e5 10.
Re1 O-O 11. d3 f5 12. Ba3 Be6 13. Na4 Qe7 14. c4 Rad8 15. Qe2 Bc8 $132 {
Carlsen-Radjabov, London 2013}) 4... Nge7 5. Re1 (5. c3 {is another main line.}
) 5... a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. d3 (7. exd5 {A few rounds later, Carlsen played the old
main line against Gelfand.} Nxd5 8. d4 Nf6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. c4 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Nc3 Be7 14. a3 $1 {White would like to gain some space on the
queenside by playing b4.} a5 {Gelfand considered this and tries to avoid.} 15.
Qd3 $1 {Carlsen prepares to activate his a1 R.} O-O 16. Rad1 Qc7 {Black would
like to finish the development. He only needs to get his f8 R to d8.} 17. Be5
$1 Qb6 18. Qg3 $1 $36 {Carlsen-Gelfand, London 2013; with White's initiative.})
7... d4 {A very logical move. Black has gained some space and closes the
position, because the e1 R is mounting an X-ray attack on his king.} (7... g6 {
has also been tried by Ivanchuk.} 8. exd5 (8. Bg5 Bg7 9. c3 h6 10. Bc1 Qc7 11.
h4 {Zvjaginsev-Ivanchuk, Sochi 2006; with a double-edged fight, but I prefer
Black's position.}) 8... exd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bg7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bg5 Be6
{and Black looks nicely placed.}) 8. e5 {The correct answer to avoid Black's
e5.} Nd5 9. c4 $146 ({After} 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. g3 O-O 12. Nbd2 b5
13. h4 Bb7 14. Bh3 h6 15. Nf1 Rfd8 16. N3d2 Rac8 {Sedlak-Goloshchapov, Topola
2004; and Black is OK.}) (9. g3 Be7 10. Bg2 (10. h4 h6 11. c4 {similar to what
happens in the game.} dxc3 12. bxc3 b5 13. c4 Nb6 14. Nc3 bxc4 15. dxc4 {
(Zvjaginsev-Bocharov, Irkutsk 2010)} Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Na5 17. Nd2 Nd7 $13 {
with an unclear position.}) 10... b5 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Ne4 h6 $142 {to avoid
Bg5.} ({In the event of} 12... Qc7 13. Bg5 $1 {Good move, White exchanges the
dark-squared bishops, because d6 becomes very weak in Black's position.} O-O (
13... Bf8 {The computer suggests this, but such dirty moves cannot be good.}
14. c4 $1 dxc3 15. bxc3 $36 {with strong initiative for White.}) 14. Bxe7 Ncxe7
15. h4 Rad8 16. a4 {Campora-Granda Zuniga, Sao Paulo 1993; with some pressure.}
)) 9... dxc3 10. bxc3 Rb8 $5 {Gelfand makes a very deep move, which prepares
for b5.} ({Immediately} 10... b5 {could have been met effectively by} 11. c4 $1
Nb6 12. Nc3 bxc4 13. dxc4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Be7 (14... Nd7 15. Ne4 Ndxe5 16. Nxe5
Nxe5 17. Bb2 $44 {With nice compensation for the pawn.}) 15. Be3 O-O 16. Ne4
$14 {with a slightly better endgame for White.}) 11. Bb2 b5 {Only now.} 12.
Nbd2 Be7 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Rb1 {Grischuk protects his B and prepares to play c4,
which removes Black's N from the centre.} Nb6 (14... Bb7 15. c4 Nb6 16. Ba1 {
transposes to the game.}) 15. Ba1 {A useful move, which prepares for c4.} Bb7
16. c4 b4 $6 {An ambitious move, but on the other hand, it allows an
interesting tactical reply for White.} (16... bxc4 17. dxc4 Qxd1 18. Rexd1 Nb4
19. Nc3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 g5 $13) 17. Qd2 ({White could gain some initiative by} 
17. d4 $1 cxd4 18. Nd6 $1 Ba8 (18... Bxd6 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4
Qxd4 22. Bxd4 {+/=/+/- White regains the pawn with the pair of bishops, so
Black faces a very long and unpleasant endgame.}) 19. Nxd4 Nxe5 20. Nxe6 $1
Nf3+ (20... fxe6 21. Bxe5 $36) 21. Qxf3 $1 Bxf3 22. Nxd8 Bxd6 23. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7
24. gxf3 Rxf3 25. Bd4 $14 {and White can hope for some advantage in this
endgame.}) 17... a5 (17... Nd7 18. Qf4 Qc7 19. Qg3 {similar to the game.}) 18.
Qf4 Nd7 {Forced, otherwise Nf6 comes with a destroying sacrifice.} 19. Qg3 Ba8
20. h4 (20. d4 {was also possible here, but after} cxd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4
Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Nc5 24. Rg4 g6 {Black avoids White's attacks; his chances are
not worse.}) 20... a4 21. h5 h6 {It is very important to avoid h6 g6, because
the dark squares may became horribly weak. Now it is difficult to find, how
White can continue his attack.} 22. Qg4 Qc7 23. Nd6 $2 {Grischuk would like to
complicate the position, but Gelfand found the right tactical stroke.} ({
Perhaps} 23. d4 {was the best} cxd4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 ({after the greedy} 24...
Ncxe5 $6 25. Qg3 {gives some chances.}) 25. Bxd4 Bxe4 $1 {it is very important
to take this attacking N.} 26. Qxe4 Rfd8 27. Bd3 Nf8 $15 {and Black looks
slightly better.}) 23... Ncxe5 $1 24. Nxe5 Nf6 $1 25. Qd1 Bxd6 26. Qxa4 Nxh5
$17 {Black is a healthy pawn up; his position is better.} 27. Qd1 Nf6 28. Ng4 {
White tries to open the long diagonal for the a1 B, which can cooperate well
with the Q.} Nxg4 29. Qxg4 e5 30. f4 Rbe8 31. Re3 f6 {Of course, Gelfand
closed the diagonal, overprotecting his e5 P.} (31... f5 32. Qg6) 32. Rbe1 Qf7
33. f5 Bc6 34. Rh3 Kh7 35. Bb2 Ra8 $1 36. Bc1 Rg8 $6 (36... Rxa2 $1 {Of course,
in a practical game it is very difficult to take this seemingly insignificant
pawn, especially in time trouble, while the opponent attacks our K. Even so}
37. Bxh6 gxh6 38. Rxh6+ Kxh6 39. Re3 Qh5 40. Rh3 Be8 41. Rxh5+ Bxh5 42. Qh4 Ra7
43. Be2 Kg7 44. Qxh5 b3 45. Qg6+ Kh8 $19 {and Black wins.}) 37. Re2 Bf8 38. Rf2
Re8 39. Be2 e4 40. Qh4 exd3 41. Bh5 Re1+ 42. Rf1 Rxf1+ 43. Kxf1 Qe7 44. Rxd3
Qe5 45. Qg4 Be8 $2 (45... Bd6 46. Bf7 Rf8 47. Be6 Kh8 $17) 46. Bg6+ Bxg6 47.
fxg6+ Kh8 48. Rd7 $1 {Now White is very active.} Bd6 49. Bxh6 $1 Qa1+ 50. Kf2
Qxa2+ 51. Kf1 Qb1+ 52. Kf2 Qc2+ 53. Kg1 Qb1+ 54. Kf2 Qb2+ 55. Kf1 {A very
interesting fight. From the 23rd move Black's postiton was clearly better, but
Grischuk took his practical chances and he was able to save the game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 {This line has become very
popular nowadays.} (5. c3 {is another possibility} a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 {.})
5... a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 Nf6 {Black does not go for c4 and puts
pressure on the d4 P.} (8... Be7 9. dxc5 {is also popular.}) 9. Be3 Be7 ({
Before Gelfand tried} 9... cxd4 {against Carlsen. Now he wants to improve with
the text move.}) 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 $146 {The first novelty
by Gelfand. He is one of the greatest experts in this line. Last year in his
match against Anand the Sveshnikov Variation was his main weapon with Black.} (
{Before only} 12... Bd7 {was played.} 13. a3 (13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rad8 (14...
Nxd4 $5 15. Bxd4 Bc6) 15. h3 Rfe8 (15... Nxd4 $5 16. Bxd4 Bc6 $13) 16. Nb3 h6
$5 17. Rd2 (17. Na4 Nd4 $13) 17... Bc8 $5 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 {
Fressinet-Radjabov, Cap d'Agde 2006, with an equal position.}) 13... Qc7 14. b4
Rfd8 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. g3 Be5 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. h3 Be8 19. Nxc6 Rxd1 20. Rxd1
Bxc6 21. Bb6 Qb8 22. Qe3 Nd7 23. Bd4 $14 {Lu Shanglei-Yu Yangyi, Danzhou 2013,
with a slight advantage for White.}) 13. h3 {Preventing ...Ng4.} Bd7 14. Rc1
Rc8 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. Na4 Rcd8 17. Qb6 Qxb6 (17... Qc8 {was an interesting
alternative, if Black wants to keep the Q on the board.} 18. Qa5 (18. Qb3 Qc7 {
is only a repetition.}) 18... Qb8 19. Nc5 Bc8 {and Black has a solid position.}
) 18. Nxb6 Be8 19. a3 {White has gained some space, but it is not easy to
maintain the pressure.} Ned7 20. Nb3 Nxb6 21. Bxb6 Rc8 22. Be3 {Threatening
with Na5.} ({In the event of} 22. Na5 Nd7 {Black has arrived just in time.})
22... Rb8 {A prophylactic move. Now Black wants to play Ba4.} 23. Bc5 ({
Probably} 23. g3 {was the most exact answer} Ba4 24. Nc5 (24. Bc5 Rfe8 25. Bxe7
Rxe7 26. Nc5 Bc6) 24... Bc6 25. Bg2 Rfc8 26. Nd3 {with only a slight advantage
for White.}) 23... Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Bc6 {The exchange of the dark-squared B helps
Black, because after Rfc8 and Kf8-e7 his K comes quickly to the centre.} 25. b4
Rfc8 26. Red1 Kf8 27. f3 Ke7 $11 {With a few precise moves Gelfand has
levelled the position.} 28. Kf2 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Bxd7 30. c5 Ba4 31. Rd3 Rd8 32.
Ke3 Bb5 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Bxb5 axb5 35. c6 bxc6 36. Rxc6 Ra8 37. Rb6 Rxa3+ 38.
Kf4 f5 39. Rxb5 Kf6 40. h4 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.26"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rostov"]
[BlackTeam "Malachite Sverdlovsk Region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 {A rare move. White avoids the main lines, he
doesn' want to face with Black's preaparation.} Nf6 4. d3 ({79 years ago
Romanovsky played} 4. Nc3 {against the 6th World Champion.} d5 5. e5 Nd7 6.
Nxd5 Ndxe5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. d4 Qxd5 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Bxd1 Bf5 11. Bf3 O-O-O $11
{Romanovsky-Botvinnik, Leningrad 1934.}) 4... g6 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. a3 $146 (6. c3
d5 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nf1 (8. O-O) 8... c4 $5 (8... d4 9. Ng3 dxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11.
O-O e5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nf1 Be6 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Rd2
Rfd8 $13 {Facchetti-Nikcevic, Verona 1999}) 9. Ng3 cxd3 10. Bxd3 Bg4 11. Be2
Bxf3 12. Bxf3 d4 {and Black looks nicely placed.}) 6... O-O 7. Rb1 a5 8. a4 d5
9. O-O e5 {We are arising an Old Indian variation with opposite colours.} 10.
exd5 (10. Re1 {is the other system.}) 10... Nxd5 11. Re1 h6 (11... Be6 12. Nc4
h6 {is similar like the game.}) 12. Bf1 Be6 13. c3 Qc7 14. Nc4 Rad8 {Now Black
is threatening with Nxc3.} 15. Nfd2 Rfe8 16. g3 f5 17. Na3 Qf7 {Grischuk
played many natural and healthy moves, he gained the centre too and he is
ready for the attack on the kingside.} 18. Qc2 g5 (18... e4 $5 {was an
interesting alternative} 19. dxe4 fxe4 20. Rxe4 (20. Nxe4 Ndb4 $1 {and White
is in a big trouble}) 20... Bf5 (20... Kh7 $5) 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Qd1 (22. Bd3
$2 Re1+ 23. Kg2 Ne5 24. Bxf5 Nf4+ 25. gxf4 gxf5 $19) 22... Bxc3 $1 {and
White's position is not enviable.}) 19. Nb5 Re7 (19... f4 {is too early, as}
20. Ne4) 20. b3 ({In case of} 20. Nc4 {Black already can play} f4 ({or even} 
20... Red7 {.}) 21. Nbd6 Qh5 {and Black can continue his dangerous attack.})
20... Red7 (20... e4 $1 {was the strongest reply} 21. Ba3 (21. dxe4 fxe4 22.
Nxe4 Ne5 $1 $17 {and White's position is hopeless}) 21... Red7 22. Bxc5 exd3
23. Qc1 f4 $36 {and Black has a very dangerous initiative.}) 21. Ba3 b6 ({
Even also here} 21... e4 $1 {was a strong move, and it is transposing to the
previous line.}) 22. Nc4 Qg6 $6 {Another preparing move, but I Black was
already ready to start the attack.} (22... f4 {was the correct} 23. Rbd1 (23.
Bg2 f3 {is too unpleasant for White}) 23... Qh5 $40 {with a strong play.}) 23.
Bg2 Bf7 (23... f4 24. Be4) 24. Rbd1 Kh8 25. h3 {Jobava prepares for Kh2, but
this move creates some weaknesses in White's kingside.} (25. Bb2) (25. Bc1)
25... h5 26. Kh2 $6 {After this harmless move White's position will be very
difficult.} (26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Nxb6 Nb4 28. cxb4 Qxb6 29. bxc5 Qc6 $44) (26.
Qe2 h4 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Nxb6 g4 $1 29. hxg4 (29. Nxd5 Bxd5 {with a huge
initiative for Black}) 29... fxg4 30. Qe4) 26... h4 27. gxh4 $6 {An inaccuracy,
because this is allowing Black's strong answer.} (27. Bc1) 27... Nf4 $1 28. Rg1
e4 ({The natural} 28... Rxd3 $1 $19 {was easier with many many threats in
White's position.}) 29. dxe4 Nxg2 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Kxg2 (31. Nxb6 Bxb3 $3 {
A brilliant diversion move.} 32. Qxb3 Rd3 $1 33. Rxg2 Qh5 $1 $19) 31... fxe4
32. Nxb6 Rd3 33. Qe2 Ne5 34. Bxc5 Nf3 35. h5 Qf5 36. Be3 Bxh5 37. Nd4 Nh4+ 38.
Kh2 Qe5+ {A great win by Grischuk!} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[This interesting game from the last round from the Corus tournament was very
important for me. It is not only nice, but also allowed the author to improve
the final standing in the tournament table.]} 1. e4 {Gershon} c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 $5 {[This rare variation is becoming increasingly popular lately. It is
not without the poison and Black has to be very accurate not find himself in a
much worse position. Amusing is that the same variation in the same round has
also been played by Morozevich in his game against Shirov. Until the 9th move
the game Morozevich - Shirov followed the game Najer - Tiviakov, Groningen
1999. The move 9.h3, played by Morozevich, is recommended by me in the
annotations to the game. The nice thing about the variation with 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 is that there is not much theory here at the moment, both sides have
plenty of the possibilities to improve their play.]} Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 (4... g6 {
took place in the above-mentioned games Najer - Tiviakov, Groningen 1999 and
Morozevich - Shirov, Wijk aan Zee (13) 2001.}) 5. Nf3 Nf6 $1 {[Black doesn't
waste any time, developing the knight and at the same time preventing White
from spoiling the pawn's structure by the exchange on d4. All other moves are
probably worse than 5...Nf6.]  Gershon: 'Quite a rare move. Other options are:'
} (5... Ne7 {Gershon} 6. Nxd4 (6. d3 d5 7. Bb3 Nxb3 8. axb3 Nc6 9. O-O d4 10.
Ne2 Bd6 11. Ne1 O-O 12. f4 f5 13. e5 Bc7 14. g4 b5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Lobron,
E-Fedorov,A/Saint Vincent ITA 2000/The Week in Chess 297 (50)}) 6... cxd4 7.
Ne2 Nc6 8. O-O (8. d3 Bc5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. O-O b5 11. f4 Na5 12. f5 Nxb3 13. axb3
f6 14. Nf4 e5 15. Nd5 Bb7 16. Kh1 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qe7 18. Qe2 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Kotsur,P-Kozul,Z/Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess 314 (49)}) 8... Be7 (8...
Bc5 9. d3 a6 10. Bb3 b5 11. f4 g6 $2 12. f5 Bb7 13. Nf4 Na5 14. Qg4 Nxb3 15.
axb3 Qc7 16. Qh4 Be7 17. f6 Bd6 18. Nxg6 $1 Rg8 19. Ne7 Bxe7 20. fxe7 $18 {
1-0 Kovalevskaya,E-Cmilyte,V/Halle GER 2000/The Week in Chess 308 (51)}) (8...
a6 9. d3 g6 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 Bg7 12. Bh6 O-O 13. Bb3 Qb6 14. Ng3 Qc5 15. Rac1
Bd7 16. c3 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Rac8 18. Ne2 Qb6 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qe3 $1 $16 {
1-0 Najer,E-Sumets,A/Bydgoszcz 1999/EXT 2000 (52)}) 9. d3 O-O 10. Bd2 (10. Bb3
b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. f5 Na5 13. Bf4 Nxb3 14. axb3 f6 15. Bd2 e5 16. Rf3 d5 17. Rh3
dxe4 18. dxe4 Bxe4 19. Ng3 Bc6 20. Qh5 h6 21. Re1 Qd5 22. Ne4 Rf7 23. Qg4 Kf8
24. Rg3 Ke8 25. Qh5 Kf8 (25... Kd8 26. c4 dxc3 27. Nxc3 $18) 26. Qg4 Ke8 $11 {
0-1 Najer,E-Yuferov,S/Moscow 1999/CBM 70 (60)}) 10... Rb8 11. a4 a6 12. Qe1 d5
13. exd5 exd5 14. Bb3 Be6 15. a5 Rc8 16. Nf4 Qd7 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. Qh5 Bxf4 19.
Bxf4 f6 20. h3 Bf7 21. Qg4 Qxg4 22. hxg4 Rfe8 23. f3 Ne5 24. Ra4 Rc5 25. Rb4
Nc6 26. Rb6 Rb5 27. Ba4 Rxa5 28. Ra1 $1 Re7 29. Bd2 Rxa4 30. Rxa4 $18 {1-0
Morozevich,A-Lutz,C/Gelsenkirchen GER 2000/The Week in Chess 318 (33)}) (5...
g6 $5 {Gershon} 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc5 (7... Qb6 8. c3 dxc3 9. dxc3 a6 10. Nd4
Bg7 11. O-O Ne7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Qd2 b6 15. Bh6 Bb7 $14 {1-0
Kovalevskaya,E-Hunt,H/Halle GER 2000/The Week in Chess 308 (45)}) 8. c3 a6 9.
Nxd4 d5 10. exd5 exd5 $2 (10... Bxd4 $142 11. dxe6 (11. cxd4 exd5 $13) 11...
Bxf2+ 12. Kxf2 (12. Kf1 fxe6) 12... Qh4+ $19) 11. Be2 Bxd4 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13.
Qxd4 $18 {1-0 Kovalevskaya,E-Hernandez,Y/Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess
314 (41)}) 6. O-O {[White has to castle immediately to prevent d7-d5.]} ({After
} 6. d3 $6 d5 7. exd5 exd5 $15 {Black is slightly better. E.g.} 8. Nxd4 $2 cxd4
9. Bb5+ Ke7 $17 10. O-O dxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. c4 a6 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Ba4 Bd7 15.
Bxd7 Kxd7 16. cxd5 Bd6 17. Qf3 Rhe8 18. c4 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Bd6 20. d4 Qxc4 21.
Qf5+ Ke7 22. Bg5 Kf8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rad1 Kg7 25. Rd3 h6 26. Rfd1 Qc8 27. Qh5
Re4 {0-1 Rehn,R-Veingold,A/Tammisaari 1996/EXT 99 (27)}) (6. e5 {is met by} d5
$1 ({or} 6... Ng4 7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8. Nxe6 dxe6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 $11 {with equal
position.}) 7. Nxd4 ({worse is} 7. exf6 dxc4 8. fxg7 Bxg7 9. d3 cxd3 10. Qxd3
Bd7 $15 11. O-O Bc6 12. Ne4 Qd5 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. Neg5 Rhg8 15. Kh1 c4 16. Qe3
Bf6 17. Ne4 Qf5 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19. Qxd4 Qg6 20. g3 Bxd4 21. f3 f5 22. c3 Bb6 {
0-1 Niedra,A-Meertens,M/corr BdF/H 1989 (22)}) 7... cxd4 8. Bb5+ Nd7 9. Ne2 Qg5
10. Nxd4 $11 {with equal chances in a complicated position.}) 6... a6 ({
Immediate} 6... d5 $2 {is not possible because of} 7. exd5 exd5 8. Nxd5 $1 ({
not} 8. Nxd4 dxc4 9. Re1+ Be7 10. Nf3 Nd5 11. d4 cxd3 12. Qxd3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3
O-O 14. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Natter,S-Veselovsky,S/Wattens 1996/EXT 2000 (14)}) 8...
Nxd5 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Qh5 {with strong attack. For example,} Ne7 (10... Be6 11.
Re1 $16 {->}) (10... g5 11. Re1+ Be7 12. d3 $16 {->} (12. Re5 $5) (12. Qxg5 $5)
) 11. Qxf7+ Kd7 12. Re1 $16 {->}) ({After} 6... b5 7. Nxb5 Nxb5 8. Bxb5 Nxe4 9.
d4 $14 {White is slightly better.} (9. Re1 $14 {is also possible.}) 9... Qb6
10. Qd3 Nd6 11. dxc5 Qxb5 12. cxd6 Qxd3 13. cxd3 Bxd6 14. Be3 Ba6 15. Rfd1 Ke7
16. a3 Rhc8 17. Rd2 Rc7 18. Bd4 Bf4 19. Be3 Bd6 20. Bd4 f6 21. Bc3 Bf4 22. Rdd1
Kf7 23. Bb4 Rac8 24. g3 Bh6 25. Bc3 e5 26. Nh4 g6 27. d4 e4 28. Ng2 f5 29. Ne3
Ke6 30. Ba5 Rc6 31. Bb4 Be2 32. Re1 Bxe3 33. fxe3 Rc2 34. b3 Bf3 {0-1 Longson,
A-Rowson,J/Port Erin 1999/CBM 74 no vc (34)}) ({But} 6... Qc7 $5 {deserves
serious attention.}) 7. e5 $146 {[This natural move is actually a novelty.]} (
7. d3 b5 ({or} 7... d5 8. Bb3 Be7 9. exd5 Nxb3 10. axb3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12.
Re1 O-O $11 {0-1 Rausis,I-Benjamin,J/Luzern 1993/CBM 38 (40) and the position
is equal.}) 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 Bb7 $13 {took place in 2 games. The position
is unclear.} 10. Bg5 (10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Ng3 h5 16. Nh4 Kf7 17. f4 f5 18. Nf3 Qg8 19. Rf2 h4 20. Nf1 Bf6 21. c3
Qb8 22. Qd2 Qc7 23. Re1 Rag8 24. Qe3 Kf8 25. Ree2 Rh7 26. N1d2 Rhg7 27. Ng5
Bxg5 28. fxg5 Rxg5 29. Ne4 R5g6 {1/2-1/2 Tan,D-Greet,A/Millfield ENG 2000/The
Week in Chess 301 (29)}) 10... d6 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Qe1 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 h5
15. e5 h4 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nde4 Qe7 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qe3 Qd4
21. Qxg5 Rd8 22. Rfe1 Kf8 23. Ne4 Rg8 24. Qxh4 Rd5 25. Qf6 Re5 26. Qh6+ Ke7 27.
Qh4+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ {1/2-1/2 Lilja,R-Buckley,G/Coulsden 1999/EXT 2000 (28)}) ({
Both} 7. a4 Qc7 $13) ({and} 7. Re1 $5 {are interesting and deserve serious
attention.}) 7... d5 $1 {[This move is necessary.]} ({After} 7... Ng4 $6 8. Re1
$1 (8. Nxd4 Nxe5 9. Nxe6 dxe6 $11 {is equal.}) 8... d5 (8... b5 {looks
tempting but is refuted by the correct} 9. Nxd4 $1 (9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Be4 Bxe4 11.
Rxe4 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Re1 $13 {is unclear.}) 9... cxd4 ({or} 9... Qh4 10.
Nf3 Qxf2+ 11. Kh1 Bb7 ({Black loses the queen after} 11... bxc4 12. Re4 $1 ({
not} 12. Ne4 Bb7 13. Re2 Bxe4 14. Rxe4 h5 15. Rxc4 d5 16. exd6 Bxd6 $13) 12...
h5 13. Rxg4 hxg4 14. Ne4 $18) 12. Bf1 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxe1 14. Qxa8+ Ke7 15. Qf3
$16 {and 2 pawns for the piece are not enough to compensate.}) 10. Qxg4 dxc3
11. Bb3 ({or} 11. Bd3 $5 $16) 11... cxd2 (11... cxb2 12. Bxb2 $16) 12. Bxd2 $16
{with clear advantage for White.}) (8... Nxf3+ {is answered by} 9. Qxf3 Qh4 10.
h3 $16 {when the pawn on e5 is taboo. E.g.} Nxe5 $140 $4 11. Rxe5 Qxc4 12. Re4
$18 {and Black loses the queen.}) ({after} 8... Qc7 9. Nxd4 Nxe5 10. Ndb5 axb5
11. Nxb5 $14 {White is also better.}) 9. Bf1 $14 {White has the upper hand
because of the Ng4, situated awkwardly.}) 8. exf6 ({After} 8. exd6 Bxd6 $15 {
it is Black who has the advantage.}) 8... dxc4 9. fxg7 Bxg7 10. d3 (10. b3 $5
$13 {deserves serious attention.}) 10... cxd3 ({After} 10... Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3
cxd3 12. cxd3 $14 {White has strong initiative because of the Black damaged
pawns' structure and the weak dark squares.}) 11. Qxd3 {Gershon: 'Black has
two seemingly strong B's as compensation for his weak K (he would be weak not
matter where black castles).However, Tiviakov finds a plan to change black's
active pieces, and put a wall against the light squared bishop (g2-f3) which
determines white's edge.'} (11. cxd3 $5 $13 {is interesting. The position is
sharp and not easy to assess.}) 11... Bd7 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 $1 ({It is necessary
to take with the bishop since after} 12... cxd4 13. Qg3 $1 (13. Ne4 $5 {
is interesting.}) 13... Rg8 ({or} 13... Kf8 14. Ne4 $14 {with initiative.}) 14.
Ne4 $14 {White has strong attack.}) 13. Be3 Bc6 14. f3 $2 {[This natural
prophylactic move allows Black to take over the initiative.]} ({After the
correct} 14. Bxd4 $142 Qxd4 $11 {the chances are equal.} (14... cxd4 15. Ne4
$14 Rg8 ({if} 15... Bb5 {then} 16. c4 $1) 16. Rfe1 $14 {is worse for Black.}))
14... Rg8 $6 {[Threatening with Qg5, but it allows White to consolidate the
position.]} ({After} 14... Qb6 $5 $15 {Black is better. The pawn b2 is under
attack, meanwhile Black is going to castle queen side.}) 15. Rf2 Qh4 (15... Qb6
$5 {here again is interesting. After} 16. Bxd4 $140 cxd4 17. Qxh7 O-O-O 18. Nd1
Qc7 $44 {Black has strong compensation for the pawn.}) 16. Bxd4 cxd4 (16...
Qxd4 {Gershon} 17. Qxh7 Rh8 18. Qd3 $14) 17. Ne2 $1 ({Stronger than} 17. Ne4
O-O-O $15 {and because of the vulnerable position of the Ne4 White can lose
several tempi after f7-f5 later. The knight on e2 not only excellently defends
the position, but also attacks the pawn d4.}) 17... O-O-O {Gershon: 'Looks
like black has a ver solid position. However, white's simple plan (e.g.
pushing the Q side pawns turns out to be more dangerous than black's ideas
against white's K'} 18. a4 {[Preparing the attack on the queen's side by b4-b5.
]} Rd5 19. b4 Kb8 20. g3 $1 e5 $2 {[The decisive mistake, after which no
longer Black gets chances to survive. The same as in my game with Adams, the
move 20...e5 became fatal.]} (20... Qe7 $2 {loses the pawn d4 after} 21. Nxd4
$16) ({After the correct} 20... Qf6 $142 21. Qxh7 Rgd8 22. Qd3 e5 $44 {Black
has the compensation for the pawn due to the strong center. Sooner or later
White would have to return the pawn back after b4-b5, opening the position of
the black king. It is extremely difficult to evaluate this sharp position.})
21. b5 $1 {[Suddenly using the lack of the coordination between the Black
pieces spread over the whole board, White develops the decisive attack.]} axb5
(21... Bd7 22. bxa6 $18 {is hopeless for Black.}) 22. axb5 Rxb5 ({Black loses
the material after} 22... Bxb5 23. c4 $18) (22... Be8 $5 {is interesting but
not enough to stop the development of White attack. After} 23. Qa3 $40 ({or} 
23. c4 $5 {, followed by Qa3.}) 23... Qf6 (23... Qd8 24. c4 $18 {with attack.})
24. Qa7+ Kc7 25. Ra6 Qd8 26. c4 $18 {White must win.}) 23. c4 $1 {[This is the
point. The rook is driven away from the square b5.]} Rb4 ({Black is not able
to save the game after} 23... Rb6 24. Qa3 Qd8 $8 (24... Kc7 25. Qa5 $18 {
and Black loses the rook after 26.c5.}) 25. Qa8+ Kc7 26. Qa5 Kd7 ({or} 26...
Kc8 27. Qxe5 $18) 27. Qxe5 $18 {and White wins.}) 24. Qa3 Ra4 25. Qd6+ Kc8 26.
Rxa4 Bxa4 27. Qxe5 (27. Qa3 $5 {is interesting, leading the game to the
position quite similar to the text. After} Be8 $8 {(the only move)} (27... d3 {
loses after} 28. Nc3 Be8 (28... Rxg3+ 29. hxg3 Qxg3+ 30. Kf1 Qh3+ 31. Ke1 $18)
29. Nd5 $18 {->} ({or} 29. Qa8+ Kc7 30. Nd5+ $18 {winning as well.})) 28. Qa8+
Kc7 29. Qa5+ Kc8 30. Qxe5 d3 (30... Qg5 31. Qxd4 $18) 31. Nf4 (31. Nd4 Qg5 32.
Nf5 d2 33. Rf1 $16 {is interesting.}) 31... Qg5 $16 {White should win.}) 27...
Qg5 ({After} 27... d3 28. Nf4 ({not} 28. Nc3 Qxc4 29. Nd5 Rg6 30. Ne7+ Kd7 31.
Nxg6 hxg6 $14 {when because of the passed pawn d3 the game is still far from
over.}) 28... Qg5 29. Nxd3 $18 {White get the winning ending.} (29. Qe4 $5 {
threatening not only to take the pawns d3 and h7, but also to play Nd5,
deserves attention.})) 28. Qxd4 Rd8 (28... Bc6 {is an alternative to the text.}
) 29. Qa7 Bd7 (29... Rd1+ $142 30. Kg2 Bc6 {is more stubborn, although still
losing after} 31. Nf4 $18 {, followed by Re2, similar to the game.} (31. Nd4
Qc1 $132 {allows Black to get some counter-play.})) 30. Nf4 Bc6 31. Kg2 Rd1
$138 {[By this moment Black has already started experiencing serious time
problems, thus making my task very easy.]} 32. Re2 Qf5 $6 {[Loses immediately.]
} (32... Qf6 {loses after} 33. Nd5 Bxd5 ({or} 33... Qa1 34. Nb6+ Kc7 35. Re7+
Kd8 36. Qxa1 Rxa1 37. Rxf7 $18 {winning}) 34. cxd5 $18) (32... h6 $142 $18 {
is the best move in the position.}) 33. Nd5 Bxd5 {[Losing the queen.]} (33...
Rxd5 34. cxd5 Qxd5 $18 {could have saved the queen, but not the game.}) 34.
Qc5+ Kd8 35. Qd6+ Qd7 36. Qb8+ {[and in the view of the following line, Black
resigned. 36...Qc8 37.Re8 Ke8 38.Qc8+-]} 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.03.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rishon Le Zion Kasparov"]
[BlackTeam "Jerusalem Elitzur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{[%mdl 256]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 Ng6 6. Bb2 f6 7.
Re1 {Another plans:} ({immediately} 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 (8... Be7 9. Nxc6
bxc6 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Qh5 O-O 12. g3 $132 {0-1 Seifert,H-Ionov,S/Katowice op
1991 (35)}) (8... Bc5 9. c3 (9. Qd2 Qb6 10. Nxc6 Qxb5 $11 (10... bxc6 11. Bd3
d5 $11) (10... dxc6 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Rd1 Kh8 13. Ba3 Ne5 14. Bf1 $14 {0-1 Blees,
A-Nijboer,F/Brussels zt 1993 (27)})) (9. Kh1 O-O 10. c3 a6 11. Bxc6 dxc6 12. b4
Ba7 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. Rd1 Qe8 15. Qc2 e5 16. Nf5 Nf4 17. f3 Be6 $11 {0-1 Tate,
E-Shabalov,A/Portsmouth USA 2000/The Week in Chess 278 (28)}) 9... Qb6 (9...
O-O 10. Ba3 (10. Nd2 a6 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Re1 b6 13. Rc1 Bb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ashley,
M-Khan,A/World Open, Philadelphia USA 1998 (32)}) 10... Qb6 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12.
a4 a5 13. Qd2 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Fries-Nielsen,J-Holmsgaard,H/Taastrup 1998 (19)})
10. a4 O-O 11. Nd2 d5 12. exd5 exd5 13. N2f3 (13. a5 $2 Nxa5 $17 (13... Qc7 14.
N2f3 Nce5 15. h3 a6 16. Be2 Bd7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E-Komarov,D/EUCup f
Budapest 1996 (38)})) 13... Re8 $11) (8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 (9. Bxd4 Qc7 10. Re1
Bd6 11. h3 O-O 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bf1 b5 14. Re3 Bb7 $15 {0-1 Cremer,
J-Kalinitschew,S/Werther GER 1999 (21)}) 9... Qc7 10. Nc3 Bc5 11. Qd2 a6 12.
Bd3 O-O 13. Kh1 b5 14. f4 Bb7 $11 {1-0 Jansa,V-Nun,J/CZE-chT 1994 (42)}) (8...
Qc7 9. Re1 (9. Nf3 Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nce5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14.
Nxa3 a6 15. Be2 Qc6 (15... b5 16. c4 bxc4 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 $14) (15... f5
16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 d5 19. Bd3 $14) 16. Qd4 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Comp Risc 25-Dekker,A/NLD-ch op 1992 (63)}) (9. Nc3 Be7 10. Nce2 O-O 11. f4
Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bd3 b5 14. f5 Ne5 15. Nf4 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 17. Kh1 exf5
18. exf5 Bb7 19. Qh5 Rae8 $15 {0-1 Skripchenko-Lautier,A-Shumiakina,T/Kishinev
1998 (69)}) 9... Bd6 10. g3 (10. Qh5 Be5 11. c3 O-O $132) 10... O-O 11. Bf1 a6
12. c4 Bc5 (12... Be5 13. f4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 e5 16. Qd5+ Rf7 17.
fxe5 Nxe5 $11) 13. Nc2 (13. Qd2 Nge5 14. Bg2 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb6 17.
a4 Ba6 $132) 13... b5 $1 14. Nc3 bxc4 15. Bxc4 Nge5 16. Bf1 Qa7 17. Ne3 Bb7 (
17... d6 18. Rc1 Bb7 19. Bh3 Rfe8 $132) 18. Na4 (18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Na4 Bb4 $132)
18... Bb4 (18... Bd4 19. Rc1 d6 $132) 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. Nxc3 f5 $1 (20... Qd4 $2
21. Rc1 $14 {.... 0-1 Krays,A-Tsesarsky,I/Ashkelon 1997/CBM 62/ (29)}) 21. Bg2
(21. exf5 Nd4 $19) 21... f4 22. gxf4 Rxf4)) ({Or to prepare d2-d4} 7. c3 a6 8.
Be2 $5 (8. Bxc6 $6 bxc6 (8... dxc6 9. d4 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qc2 e5 12. dxe5
fxe5 13. c4 Qc7 14. Rfe1 Bf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Jansa,V-Naumann,A/2.BLO 1995 (86)})
9. d4 d5 10. Nbd2 Be7 $11 {1-0 Shabanov,Y-Drozdov,I/Moscow6 1991 (60)}) 8... d5
$1 (8... Bd6 $5 9. d4 O-O (9... Nf4 $5 10. d5 Ne5 11. dxe6 dxe6 12. Nxe5 Nxe2+
13. Qxe2 Bxe5 14. f4 Bc7 $132) 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. d5 Nce5 $11 (11... exd5 12.
exd5 Nce5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. c4 (14. d6 Bxd6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Nd6 Kh8 17. Bh5
Bxd6 18. Bxg6 Rf6 19. Be4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Miljanic,B-Ivanovic,B/JUG-ch 1990 (40)})
14... d6 15. Bg4 $14)) (8... Nf4 $5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. Rc1
O-O $132) 9. exd5 Qxd5 $1 (9... exd5 $6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 (11... Bd6 $6
12. c4 $1 Be5 13. Re1 $1 (13. Na3 $2 Bxd4 $1 (13... Qb6 $2 14. Nac2 {1/2-1/2
Zalkind,K-Tsesarsky,I/Petah Tikva 1998/CBM 63/ (15)}) 14. Bxd4 dxc4 $11) 13...
Qc7 14. cxd5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Na3 $14) 12. Bg4 Bxd4 13. cxd4
O-O 14. Nc3 Bxg4 15. Qxg4 Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Paresishvili,G-Perunovic,M/Cala
Caldana b-12 1996 (42)}) 10. d4 Be7 (10... Nf4 11. Re1 Qh5 $5 $132 (11... Qf5
12. Bf1 Bd6 13. Nbd2 cxd4 $11) (11... Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14.
cxd4 Bb4 $11)) (10... cxd4 11. c4 (11. cxd4 Bb4 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bc7 $132)
11... Qd7 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 Bb4 $11) 11. c4 (11. Re1 cxd4 12.
cxd4 Nf4 13. Bc4 Qf5 $132) 11... Qd7 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Nb4 $11) (7. h4 Bd6
8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bc7 11. g3 e5 12. h5 Ne7 13. Nh4 d5 $11 {
0-1 Maiwald,J-Boensch,U/BL 1995 (31)}) 7... Qc7 (7... Be7 $144 8. d4 (8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bf1 d6 $5 $132 (9... b6 10. g3 Bb7 11. Bg2 Rc8 $11 {1-0
Skotorenko-Severinov/corr Ukraine-10ch 1982 (47)}) (9... Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11.
Ne2 e5 12. c3 d5 13. exd5 d3 14. Nc1 e4 15. Rxe4 Bf5 16. Re3 Bc5 17. Bxd3 Bxe3
18. dxe3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 f5 20. c4 $18 {1-0 Riedner,M-Sammalvuo,T/Ringsted 1992 
(39)})) (8. c3 O-O (8... a6 9. Bf1 Nce5 10. d4 (10. Nxe5 fxe5 11. d4 cxd4 12.
cxd4 O-O 13. Nd2 exd4 14. Bxd4 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Eusebe,A-Lazarev,V/Paris 1998 
(33)}) 10... Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Nd2 b6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Qg3 Bd6 15. Qh3 b5
$132 {1/2-1/2 Mainka,R-Kalinichev,S/Dresden 1994 (22)}) (8... Qb6 $6 9. Bf1
Nge5 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nc4 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4
$14 {1-0 Akopian,V-Kurajica,B/Ubeda 1996/Inf 66/[Akopian,Vl] (42)}) 9. d4 a6
10. Bf1 d5 11. Nbd2 (11. exd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nd4 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Iordachescu,V-Wells,P/Dresden op 1996 (21)}) 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Bd7 13. a3 Na7
14. exd5 exd5 15. g3 Re8 16. Bg2 Bf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Timoshchenko,G-Verdikhanov,V/
Nikolaev zt 1993 (52)}) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O (9... Bc5 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Qxd8+
Kxd8 12. Bf1 Kc7 {1/2-1/2 Borge,N-Schandorff,L/Taastrup 1998/CBM 65 (12)}) 10.
Nc3 (10. Bf1 Bc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Westerinen,H-Nedev,T/EuT-ch, Pula CRO 1997 (34)})
(10. a4 a6 11. Bf1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. Ba3 Rd8 14. Qf3 Qc7 15. Qe3 c5 $11 {
1-0 Eusebe,A-Fiol,F/It, Bagneux FRA 1998 (34)}) 10... Qc7 11. Bf1 a6 12. g3 b5
13. Bg2 Bb7 $11 {0-1 Fuesthy,Z-Bielczyk,J/Berlin 1988 (42)}) 8. Bxc6 ({more
flexible is} 8. Bf1 $5 Be7 9. c4 O-O (9... e5 10. Nc3 d6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Ne3
O-O $11) 10. Nc3 Nge5 11. Nb5 $5 (11. Nxe5 fxe5 12. d3 d6 $11) 11... Qb6 12. d3
a6 13. Na3 Bd6 $1 (13... Qa7 $5 14. Nc2 b5 $5 {0-1 Krays,A-Tsesarsky,I/Petah
Tikva 1998/CBM 63/ (72)}) 14. Nd2 Nf7 15. Nc2 (15. Nf3 Nfe5 $11) 15... Be5 $11)
(8. c3 {[%cal Gd2d4]} Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf1 a6 11. d5 (11. Nbd2 b6 $11 (11...
b5 $6 12. a4 $1 Rb8 13. d5 Nce5 14. axb5 axb5 15. c4 b4 (15... bxc4 16. Nxe5
fxe5 17. Bxc4 $14) 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. g3 d6 18. Qh5 Nh8 19. Ra2 Nf7 20. Rea1 $14
{0-1 Smirin,I-Nijboer,F/Tilburg 1993 (43)})) 11... Nce5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. c4
Nf7 14. Nc3 Bd6 15. g3 Be5 16. Qc2 Bd4 $11 {0-1 Smirin,I-Tseshkovsky,V/URS-FL
Sverdlovsk 1987 (41)}) (8. Nc3 Bd6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Na4 O-O 11. d3 Be7 12. Ba3
d6 13. c3 e5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bg4 16. h3 (16. d5 cxd5 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18.
Rac1 Qd7 19. Re3 $11) 16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 exd4 18. Qd1 c5 19. b4 $44 {0-1
Zapolskis,A-Sveshnikov,E/Riga op 1995 (57)}) 8... bxc6 9. d3 $6 $15 {After
this move Black stay better} (9. e5 $5 Be7 $5 (9... fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 (10...
Bd6 11. Qh5 O-O 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qh4 $14) 11. Bxe5 d6 12. Bb2 Qf7 13. Qg4 h5
$1 {[%csl Yg7]} (13... Rb8 14. d3 e5 (14... Rb4 15. c4) 15. Qe4 Rb6 16. f4 Be7
17. fxe5 O-O 18. Nc3 (18. Qe2 Bg4 $17) 18... Qf2+ 19. Kh1 $16) 14. Qe4 Bd7 15.
d4 cxd4 (15... d5 16. Qe3 $14) 16. Bxd4 Be7 17. c4 O-O 18. Nc3 c5 19. Be3 Rac8
20. Rad1 Bc6 $11) 10. d4 $1 $132 (10. exf6 gxf6 11. h4 Rg8 12. Kh1 Qf4 $17 {
0-1 Jusic,Z-Hardicsay,P/Werfen op 1989 (27)})) ({It is interesting also} 9. d4
cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd6 11. Qh5 O-O $132) 9... d6 $1 {[%csl Ye5][%cal Ge6e5]} (9...
Be7 $6 10. e5 $5 $132) 10. Nbd2 $6 ({It was necessary to play} 10. d4 cxd4 11.
Nxd4 c5 $15) 10... Be7 11. Nc4 (11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 c5 $15) 11... O-O 12. Bc3
(12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 d5 $15) 12... e5 {[%cal Gf6f5]} (12... d5 13. Ba5 Qd7 14.
Ne3 f5 $132) ({Interesting was} 12... a5 $5 13. Qd2 (13. a4 d5 $15) 13... d5 (
13... a4 14. bxa4 Rxa4 15. Reb1 $132) 14. Bxa5 Qa7 15. Nb6 Qxa5 16. Nxa8 Qxa8
$15) 13. Ba5 (13. Ne3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nxf5 Rxf5 $15 {[%cal Ga8f8]}) 13...
Qb7 14. Bd2 f5 15. Bg5 (15. Ng5 Bxg5 (15... h6 16. Qh5 Rf6 17. exf5 Bxf5 18.
Ne4 Bxe4 19. dxe4 Raf8 20. Rad1 $14 {[%csl Rd6]}) 16. Bxg5 Qc7 17. Qe2 (17. Qh5
Be6 18. Rad1 fxe4 19. dxe4 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Nf4 $15) 17... h6 18. Qh5 Kh7 $15 (
18... Ne7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. f4 $14)) 15... Be6 (15... h6 $5 16. Bxe7 (16. Bc1
Be6 $15) 16... Qxe7 17. a3 {[%cal Gb3b4]} Nf4 $1 $40) 16. Na5 $1 Qd7 17. Bxe7
Qxe7 (17... Nxe7 $6 18. Ng5 fxe4 19. dxe4 $11) 18. b4 $1 (18. Nxc6 Qc7 19. Ng5
Nf4 20. g3 h6 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 $17) 18... cxb4 (18... Qc7 19. Ng5 Nf4 20. g3 h6
21. gxf4 hxg5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. fxe5 cxb4 24. Nc4 $132) 19. Nxc6 Qb7 20. Na5 (
20. Ng5 Qxc6 (20... Nf4 21. Na5 Qb6 $17) 21. Qh5 Rf6 (21... h6 22. Qxg6 hxg5
23. Qxe6+ Kh7 24. exf5 Rf6 25. Qb3 Rxf5 26. Qxb4 Qxc2 27. f3 $14) 22. Qxh7+ Kf8
23. Nxe6+ Rxe6 24. exf5 Nf4 25. Qh8+ Kf7 26. fxe6+ Kg6 $17) 20... Qb6 $6 $11 (
20... Qc7 $1 21. Ng5 Nf4 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. Nb3 a5 24. a3 a4 25. Nd2 Nd4 $17)
21. Ng5 $1 Nf4 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. Nc4 Qc5 (23... Qd4 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Ne3 Rf6
26. a3 $11) 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Ne3 Rf4 26. f3 $6 $15 (26. Qb1 $1 Nd4 (26... Raf8
27. Qb3 R8f6 28. f3 Kh8 29. Qd5 $11) 27. a3 $11) 26... Nd4 27. a3 Nf5 $6 $11 {
Now draw is forced} ({Strong was} 27... bxa3 $1 {Polgar J, Sutovsky E} 28. Qc1
(28. c3 $2 Qxc3 29. Nd5 Qc5 30. Nxf4 Nxf3+ (30... Ne2+ 31. Kh1 Nxf4 32. Qb3+
$14) 31. Kh1 Nxe1 32. Ne6 Qf2 $1 {Polgar J} (32... Qd5 $2 33. Qg4 Qxg2+ 34.
Qxg2 Nxg2 35. Kxg2 Kf7 36. Ng5+ Kf6 37. Ne4+ Ke6 38. Rxa3 a5 $14) 33. Qxe1
Qxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Rb8 $19 {[%csl Re6][%cal Ga3a2,Gb8b1]}) 28... Nf5 (28... a5 29.
Qxa3 Qxa3 30. Rxa3 a4 $15) 29. Qxa3 Qxa3 30. Rxa3 Nxe3 31. Rxe3 a5 $15) 28.
axb4 Rxb4 29. c3 Rb2 30. d4 Nxe3 (30... exd4 31. Nxf5 Qxf5 (31... dxc3+ 32. Ne3
$16) 32. Qxd4 Qg5 $132) 31. dxc5 Nxd1 32. Raxd1 dxc5 33. Rxe5 a5 34. Rd7 a4 35.
Ree7 a3 36. Rxg7+ Kh8 37. Rxh7+ Kg8 38. Rhg7+ Kh8 39. Rh7+ Kg8 40. Rdg7+ Kf8
41. Rb7 Kg8 (41... Rxb7 $2 42. Rh8+ Ke7 43. Rxa8 Rb3 44. c4 $16) 42. Rbg7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Petah Tikva Liberman"]
[Site "Petah Tikva"]
[Date "1998.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krayz, Alexander"]
[Black "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 Ng6 6. Bb2 (6. Re1 Be7 7. Bb2
O-O 8. Nc3 Qc7 9. Bf1 a6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bf6 13. Qd2 b6 14.
Rad1 Rd8 15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Be7 17. Rd2 Bb7 18. Na4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bellon,
J-Visier,F/Montilla Moriles 1978 (45)}) 6... Qc7 (6... Be7 7. Bxg7 Rg8 8. Bb2
h5 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. Re1 $16 {1-0 Smirin,I-Nun,J/Polanica Zdroj 1989 (20)}) 7. Re1
(7. d4 cxd4 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Qxd4 f6 10. c4 c5 11. Qe3 Bb7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rad1
Be7 14. Ne1 O-O 15. f4 f5 $132 {0-1 Jacek,M-Sherbakov,R/Mlada Boleslav op 1994
(33)}) 7... f6 8. Bf1 $146 (8. c3 Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf1 a6 11. d5 (11. Nbd2 b5
12. a4 Rb8 13. d5 Nce5 14. axb5 axb5 15. c4 b4 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. g3 d6 $132 {
0-1 Smirin,I-Nijboer,F/Tilburg 1993 (43)}) 11... Nce5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. c4 Nf7
14. Nc3 Bd6 15. g3 Be5 16. Qc2 Bd4 $11 {0-1 Smirin,I-Tseshkovsky,V/URS-FL
Sverdlovsk 1987 (41)}) (8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. e5 Be7 (9... fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11.
Bxe5 d6 12. Bb2 Qf7 13. Qg4 e5 14. Qe4 Bb7 15. f4 Be7 16. fxe5 O-O 17. Qe2 Rae8
18. Na3 $16) 10. exf6 gxf6 11. h4 Rg8 (11... d5 $132) 12. Kh1 Qf4 $132 {
0-1 Jusic,Z-Hardicsay,P/Werfen op 1989 (27)}) (8. Nc3 Bd6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Na4
O-O 11. d3 Be7 12. Ba3 d6 13. c3 e5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bg4 16. h3 (16. d5
cxd5 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. Re3 $11) 16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 exd4 18. Qd1
c5 19. b4 $44 {0-1 Zapolskis,A-Sveshnikov,E/Riga op 1995 (57)}) 8... Be7 9. c4
O-O (9... e5 10. Nc3 d6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Ne3 O-O 13. d3 Be6 14. g3 Qd7 15. h4
Bd8 16. Bg2 (16. h5 Nge7 17. Nh4 Ba5 $17) 16... Ba5 17. Re2 a6 $132) 10. Nc3
Nge5 11. Nb5 $5 (11. Nxe5 fxe5 12. d3 d6 $11) 11... Qb6 12. d3 a6 13. Na3 Qa7
$6 (13... Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Nd4 15. Qd1 Bd6 16. g3 Be5 $1 17. Rb1 Nc6 18. Bg2 d6
19. Nc2 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 e5 21. Ne3 Be6 $132) (13... Bd6 $1 14. Nd2 Nf7 15. Nc2 (
15. Nf3 Nfe5 $11) 15... Be5 $11) 14. Nc2 b5 $5 15. Nd2 (15. cxb5 axb5 16. d4
Nxf3+ (16... cxd4 17. Bxb5 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 e5 19. a3 Bb7 $132 (19... Ba6 $132))
17. Qxf3 Qb6 (17... Nxd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bxb5 Bb4 20. Red1 Qa5 21. a4 e5 22.
Bc4+ Kh8 23. Bd5 $14) 18. Red1 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Ba3 $1 20. Bxa3 Nxd4 21. Qe3 Rxa3
22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 e5 24. Rb4 Ba6 25. Bxb5 Bxb5 26. Rxb5 Rfa8 27. Rb7 Rxa2
28. Rxa2 Rxa2 29. Kf1 $11) 15... bxc4 (15... d6 16. cxb5 axb5 17. d4 Nxd4 18.
Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bxb5 $14) (15... Bb7 $5 16. f4 (16. cxb5 axb5 17. d4 cxd4 18.
Bxb5 d3 19. Ne3 $8 Nd4 $15) 16... Ng6 17. g3 Rfb8 18. Bg2 e5 19. f5 Nh8 20. a4
Qb6 21. Bc3 Nf7 22. Ne3 (22. a5 Qd8 23. Qh5 b4 24. Bb2 Nxa5 $15) 22... Nd4 $11)
16. bxc4 Rb8 17. Bc3 d6 (17... Nd4 $5 18. Rb1 Rxb1 19. Qxb1 Nec6 $132) 18. f4
Nd7 $6 (18... Ng6 19. g3 Bd8 20. Bg2 Ba5 21. Bxa5 Nxa5 22. Rb1 $132) 19. g3 $14
Nb6 (19... e5 20. Bh3 Kh8 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qh6 Nb4 23. Bxb4 cxb4+ 24. Kg2 Nc5 25.
Bxc8 Rfxc8 26. Re3 Ne6 27. Rb1 $14) 20. Ne3 Nd4 (20... e5 21. f5 $14) 21. Rb1
Bd7 22. Ba1 f5 $6 (22... e5 23. f5 $14) (22... Ba4 23. Qg4 f5 24. exf5 exf5 25.
Qh5 Bf6 26. Bg2 Bc2 $1 (26... g6 27. Qh6 Rfe8 (27... Nc2 $4 28. Nxc2 Bxc2 29.
Bxf6 Rxf6 30. Rxb6 $3 $18) 28. Nd5 Bg7 29. Qh4 Nxd5 (29... Nc2 $4 30. Rxe8+
Bxe8 31. Bxg7 Qxg7 (31... Kxg7 32. Qf6+ $18) 32. Rxb6 Qa1+ 33. Nf1 $18) 30.
Bxd5+ Kh8 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 $8 32. Re1 (32. Rxb8 Qxb8 33. Qe7 Ba4 $8 34. Kg2 Qe8
35. Qxd6 Qe2+ 36. Kh3 Qg4+ 37. Kg2 Qe2+ $11) 32... Bc6 33. Re7 Qa8 (33... Qb6
34. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 35. Kf1 Bg7 36. Rxg7 $11) 34. Rxg7 Kxg7 35. Qe7+ Kh6 36. Qh4+
$11) 27. Nxc2 (27. Bd5+ Kh8 28. Rb2 Bxd3 $17) (27. Rbc1 g6 28. Qh6 Bxd3 $17)
27... Nxc2 28. Bxf6 Nxe1 29. Bxg7 Qxg7 30. Rxe1 $132) 23. exf5 $16 exf5 24. Bg2
Bf6 25. Nb3 Ba4 $8 (25... Rfe8 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. Nc2 Ba4 28. Qd2 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1
Nd7 30. Bd5+ Kh8 31. Be6 Qc5 32. Bxd7 Bxd7 33. Qf2 d5 34. Bxd4 Bxd4 35. Qxd4
Qxd4+ 36. Nxd4 dxc4 37. dxc4 $16) 26. Qd2 Bxb3 (26... Nxb3 27. axb3 Bxa1 28.
Rxa1 Bxb3 (28... Bd7 29. b4 $16) 29. Reb1 Ba4 30. Rxb6 Rxb6 31. Bd5+ Kh8 32.
Rxa4 $16) 27. axb3 a5 28. Nc2 Nd7 29. Nxd4 cxd4 30. Bd5+ Kh8 31. Qf2 $16 (31.
b4 Rxb4 32. Rxb4 axb4 33. Qxb4 Nc5 34. Qd2 Nb3 35. Qe2 Nxa1 36. Qe8 Qb8 37.
Qxb8 Rxb8 38. Rxa1 g6 39. Ra6 Rd8 40. h3 h5 $14) 31... Qc5 32. h3 Rbe8 (32...
Rfe8 33. Re6 $1 (33. Rxe8+ Rxe8 34. Rd1 Re3 35. Bb2 Qb4 36. Bc1 Re7 (36... Qxb3
37. Re1 Rxe1+ 38. Qxe1 Nf8 39. Qe8 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qc2+ 41. Bg2 Kg8 42. Ba3 g6 43.
Bxd6 Bg7 44. h4 $18) 37. Qf3 Qxb3 38. c5 Qb8 39. c6 Nc5 $132) 33... Rxe6 34.
Bxe6 Nf8 35. Bd5 a4 36. Qa2 Qb4 37. Kh2 axb3 38. Qa7 Qb6 39. Qf7 Ng6 40. Re1
Qd8 41. Bb2 Ne7 42. Bg2 Qe8 43. Qxe8+ Rxe8 44. Ba3 $16) 33. Be6 Nb8 34. Bb2 Re7
35. Ra1 Na6 36. Ba3 Nb4 37. Bxb4 axb4 38. Qf3 g6 (38... Rfe8 39. Ra6 (39. Kf1
Rd8 40. Ra8 Ree8 41. Rxd8 Bxd8 42. Re2 g6 43. g4 fxg4 44. hxg4 Rf8 45. f5 Bg5
46. Ra2 $16) 39... Rc7 40. Ra8 (40. Rea1 Rce7 41. Re1) 40... Rce7 41. Qb7 $18)
39. Ra8 Kg7 40. g4 (40. Kh1 $16) 40... fxg4 41. hxg4 Ra7 (41... Bh4 42. Re2
Rfe8 43. Qh1 $1 Rxa8 (43... Bf6 44. Rxe8 (44. g5 Bxg5 45. Rxe8 Rxe8 46. fxg5
Qxg5+ 47. Qg2 Qc1+ 48. Kh2 Qh6+ 49. Qh3 Qf4+ 50. Qg3 $18) 44... Rxe8 45. Qb7+
Re7 46. Qb8 $18) 44. Qxa8 $18) 42. Rxf8 Kxf8 43. g5 Bd8 44. Qh3 Qc7 (44... Bxg5
45. fxg5 Qxg5+ 46. Qg2 $18) 45. f5 $1 (45. Bd5 Qd7 46. Qh6+ Qg7 47. Qxg7+ Rxg7
48. Ra1 Bc7 49. Ra4 Ke7 50. Rxb4 Kd7 51. Ra4 $18) 45... Bxg5 46. fxg6 Be3+ 47.
Kh1 hxg6 (47... Qg7 48. Rf1+ Ke8 49. Bf7+ Kd8 50. gxh7 $18) 48. Rf1+ $2 (48.
Qh8+ Ke7 49. Rf1 Kxe6 50. Qh3+ Ke7 51. Qh7+ Ke8 52. Qxg6+ Qf7 53. Rxf7 Rxf7 54.
Qe6+ Re7 55. Qxd6 $18) 48... Kg7 49. Rf7+ Qxf7 50. Bxf7 Rxf7 51. Qe6 Rf1+ 52.
Kg2 Rf2+ $6 (52... Rb1 53. Qd7+ Kh6 54. Qa4 Rd1 55. Qxb4 Rxd3 56. Qxd6 Rxb3 57.
c5 $16) 53. Kg3 g5 $2 (53... Rb2 $16) 54. Qd7+ Rf7 55. Qb5 Bd2 56. Qb6 Be3 57.
Qxb4 Rf1 58. Qb7+ Kh6 59. Qd5 (59. Qe7 Rg1+ 60. Kh2 Kh5 61. Qf7+ $4 (61. Qh7+
Kg4 62. Qe4+ Kh5 63. b4 $18) 61... Kg4 62. Qe6+ (62. Qd5 $16) 62... Kf3 63.
Qe4+ Ke2 $2 $138 (63... Kf2 $19) 64. Qe6 Rb1 (64... Kf2 $19) 65. Kg3 Rb2 (65...
Rxb3 66. c5)) 59... Kh5 (59... Rg1+ 60. Kh2 Kh5) 60. Qe4 Rg1+ 61. Kh2 Rb1 62.
Qe8+ $6 $138 Kg4 63. Qe6+ $2 (63. Qe4+ Bf4+ 64. Kg2 Rb2+ 65. Kf1 Rxb3 66. Qxd4
$16) 63... Kf3 64. Qe4+ Ke2 65. Qg4+ Kd2 66. Qe6 Rb2 67. Kg3 Kxd3 68. Qf5+ Kc3
69. c5 dxc5 70. Qxc5+ Kxb3 71. Qb5+ Kc3 72. Qc5+ Kd2 0-1

[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon 9798"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.12.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 Ng6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8.
Be3 Qc7 (8... O-O 9. Qh5 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 f5 11. e5 a6 12. Be2 b5 13. Qf3 Rb8 14.
Qe3 f4 $132 {0-1 Yandemirov Valeri-Sveshnikov Evgeny/Cup Russia (open) 1996 
(48)}) 9. f4 (9. Kh1 $5 a6 10. Bd3 b5 (10... O-O $5) 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 $6 (11...
dxc6 12. Qh5 (12. f4 e5 13. f5 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Qg4 Bf6 16. Qxf4 Be5 $44)
12... e5 $11) 12. f4 Bb7 13. f5 Ne5 14. Qh5 Bf6 15. Bg5 $1 g6 $1 16. Qh4 (16.
Bxf6 gxh5 17. Bxh8 Ng4 {/\ 0-0-0}) 16... Bxg5 17. Qxg5 $14 {1-0 Yudasin,
L-Milov,V/Haifa 1995 (78)}) 9... a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 $2 (10... dxc6 $1 11. f5 (11.
Qh5 e5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Qxf5 Nxf4 $11) (11. e5 c5 $11) 11... exf5 12. exf5 Ne5
$11) 11. Qh5 $16 c5 12. Nde2 Bb7 13. Rad1 O-O-O $5 (13... O-O $2 14. Rf3 (14.
f5 Ne5 15. Nf4 $40) 14... d6 15. Rh3 h6 16. f5 Ne5 (16... exf5 17. exf5 Ne5 18.
Bxh6 Qc6 19. Nd5 $18) 17. Bxh6 $18) 14. Ng3 Qc6 $1 (14... d6 $5 15. f5 Ne5 16.
Qh3 Nc4 (16... Qd7 17. Bxc5) 17. Bc1 Qd7 18. b3 Nb6 (18... Ne5 19. Na4 $18) 19.
fxe6 fxe6 20. Rf7 g6 (20... h5 21. e5 d5 22. Bg5 Rde8 23. Nce4 c4 24. Rxe7 Rxe7
25. Nc5 Qe8 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Qxe6+ $16) 21. Bg5 Rde8 22. e5 d5 23. Nce4 $16)
15. f5 d5 $1 (15... Ne5 16. fxe6 Qxe6 17. Nd5 $16) 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Qg4 $5 (
17. exd5 $1 exd5 18. Qg4+ f5 19. Rxf5 Rh4 20. Qf3 d4 (20... gxf5 21. Nxf5 $18)
21. Qxc6+ Bxc6 22. Re5 dxc3 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. bxc3 Rc4 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. Rxg5
Rxc3 27. Rxg6 Kc7 28. Rxg7+ Kb6 29. Re7 Rxc2 30. Re2 $16) 17... f5 $1 (17... d4
18. Rxf7 Bf6 19. Nd5 $18) 18. Qxg6 d4 19. Qxg7 Bd6 20. Bf4 (20. Bf2 dxc3 21.
Qxc3 fxe4 $16) 20... Bxf4 21. Rxf4 dxc3 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qxc3 Rd1+ (23... Qd6
24. Rf1 (24. e5 Qd5 25. Rf2 f4 26. Nf1 Rg8 27. Qh3 Qxe5 $44) 24... f4 (24...
fxe4 25. Re1 Qd4+ 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. b3 $18) 25. Ne2 e5 26. Qc4 (26. b4 Bxe4 27.
bxc5 Qg6 $132) 26... Kb8 27. Nc3 Qd4+ 28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 Rxd5
$14) 24. Rf1 Rxf1+ $6 (24... Rd4 $1 25. Re1 (25. a3 fxe4 26. b4 e3 27. Qxc5
Qxc5 28. bxc5 Rd2 29. Re1 Rxg2+ 30. Kf1 Rf2+ (30... Rxc2 31. Rxe3 Bd5 32. h4
$11) 31. Kg1 $11) 25... fxe4 26. Qe3 $16) 25. Kxf1 f4 $2 (25... fxe4 $16) 26.
Ne2 $18 (26. Qh8+ Kc7) 26... Qxe4 27. Qxc5+ Kb8 (27... Kd7 28. Qd4+ Qxd4 29.
Nxd4 $18) 28. Qd6+ Kc8 29. Qf8+ Kd7 30. Qf7+ Kc8 31. Nxf4 Qxc2 32. Qxe6+ Kb8
33. Qd6+ Ka8 34. Qd8+ Ka7 35. Qd4+ Ka8 36. h4 Qb1+ 37. Kf2 Qxa2 38. h5 1-0

[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon 9798"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stepak, Yedael"]
[Black "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.12.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 d5 6. Qe2 $6 $146 a6 7. Ba4
dxe4 8. Qxe4 b5 9. Bc2 Bb7 10. Qe2 (10. a4 Qd7 (10... Nd4 11. Qxb7 Nxc2 12. Ra2
$16) 11. Qe2 (11. axb5 Nb4) 11... b4 12. Rd1 Nd5 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15.
Rxd4 Bc5 16. Rh4 h6 17. Rg4 g5 $132) 10... Ng6 11. a4 Bd6 $1 12. d4 (12. axb5
Nf4 $1) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 (13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Rd1 O-O $132)
13... Nb4 $1 14. Be4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 bxa4 $15 (15... O-O 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bg5
Qb8 18. Nc3 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 h6 20. Bd2 $11) 16. Nc3 (16. Bg5 Qb8 $15) 16... O-O
17. h4 $6 (17. Rxa4 h6 $15) 17... h6 18. g3 Ne7 $1 {[%csl Rd4,Gd5]} 19. Rxa4
Ned5 20. Bd2 Qb6 21. Rfa1 Nf6 $1 22. Qe2 Qb7 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4]} 23. Be3 (23. Nd1
Nfd5 24. Ne5 Rfd8 $15) 23... Rfc8 24. Ne1 $6 (24. Ne5) 24... Nfd5 25. Nxd5 $2 (
25. Ne4 Qe7 26. Bd2 Rab8 27. Nxd6 Qxd6 28. Bxb4 Nxb4 29. Qe5 $15) 25... Qxd5
$17 26. Ra5 Qe4 27. Qf3 (27. R1a4 Rc6 $17) 27... Qxf3 28. Nxf3 Nc2 (28... Rc2
$17) 29. R1a4 (29. Rc1 Nxe3 30. Rxc8+ Rxc8 31. fxe3 Bxg3 32. Kg2 Bb8 33. Rxa6
Rc2+ 34. Kh3 Rxb2 $17) 29... Nxe3 30. fxe3 Bxg3 31. Rc5 (31. Kg2 Bb8 32. Rxa6 (
32. b4 Rc2+ 33. Kf1 Rb2 34. e4 (34. b5 axb5 35. Rxa8 bxa4 36. Rxa4 Bg3 $19)
34... Bg3 35. Ra2 Rxb4 36. Kg2 Bf4 37. Rxa6 Rxa6 38. Rxa6 g5 $17) 32... Rxa6
33. Rxa6 Rc2+ 34. Kh3 Rxb2 $17) 31... Rcb8 32. b4 Bd6 33. Rc4 Rb6 34. Ne1 Bg3
$1 $19 35. Nd3 (35. Nf3 Rab8 $19) 35... Bxh4 36. Kg2 Be7 37. Rc7 Bd6 38. Rd7
Kf8 39. Nc5 Ke8 40. Kf3 Bxc5 41. bxc5 Kxd7 42. cxb6 Kc6 43. Rb4 Rb8 44. Ra4
Kxb6 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2001.04.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2001.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Re1 Bd7 ({
Worth of attention} 7... a6 8. Bf1 {And now} Nf5 $5 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Gf5d4]
Nf5 placed more actively than on d6!} 9. Na3 Qd8 (9... Be7 10. Nc4 Qd8 11. a4
b6 (11... O-O $6 12. a5 $14 (12. d3 $6 {1-0 Kosintseva,T-Chasovnikova,E/
Rybinsk 1999/EXT 2000 (36)})) 12. Qb3 Rb8 $132) 10. Nc2 Be7 11. Ne3 Nxe3 12.
dxe3 O-O 13. e4 e5 14. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Seifert,H-Ciemniak,R/Bielsko-Biala 1991/
EXT 97 (14)}) 8. Na3 Nf5 $2 $16 {[%cal Gf5d6] Good idea in wrong
implementation! Previous a7-a6 was stronger. In other hand, refutation of the
last move is not simple!} (8... Ng6 {-mainline}) (8... a6 9. Bf1 (9. Nc4 Nc8
10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Nce5 Nb6 (11... Be7 12. c4 Qd6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Ne5 Qc7 15.
Qa4+ Kf8 16. d4 $36 {1-0 Kaidanov,G-Petrienko,V/Minsk 1986/EXT 2000 (37)}) 12.
Nxc6 Qxc6 13. d4 Bd6 $11) 9... Nf5 (9... Qd6 10. Nc2 (10. Nc4 Qc7 11. d4 cxd4 (
11... b5 12. Nce5 cxd4 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Nd5 (14... dxc3 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16.
Rxa6 Rxa6 17. Bxa6 cxb2 18. Bxb2 Nd5 19. Bb5 $16) 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bb5 $16 {
1-0 Sveshnikov,E-Sermek,D/Bled 1998/EXT 99 (28)})) 10... Rd8 11. g3 Nd5 12. d4
cxd4 13. Ncxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Be7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Brady,S-Berend,F/Debrecen 1992/
EU-chT (61)}) 10. g4 Nh6 11. h3 $14 {[%cal Gd2d4]}) (8... Rc8 9. d4 (9. Nc4 Ng6
10. Ne3 Qd6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nf5 Qd5 13. N5xd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Qxd4 Qxd4
16. Nxd4 Bc5 $11 {0-1 Roth,P-Podlesnik,B/Werfen 1992/EXT 97 (48)}) 9... cxd4
10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Re5 Qd6 12. Bd2 Ned5 13. Rg5 $13 {1-0 Cherniaev,A-Bernard,J/
Geneva SUI 2001/The Week in Chess 334 (30)}) (8... Qd6 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. d4 cxd4
11. Nxd4 Nxd4 (11... O-O-O 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne5 $1 {[%csl Rf7]} Nf5 14. Nexc6
bxc6 15. Qa4 $16 {0-1 Zarnicki,P-Hamdouchi,H/Biel 1993/CBM 37 (38)}) 12. Qxd4
Nc6 13. Qg4 {[%cal Gg4g7]} O-O-O $14) 9. Bc4 $1 Qd6 $8 10. d4 $1 cxd4 (10... a6
11. d5 $1 Nd8 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Qd5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rf5]} Qxd5 14. Bxd5 $16)
11. Nb5 Qb8 12. cxd4 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gd4d5,Ge1e8]} (12. g3 $6 {was not such
effective:} Qd8 (12... dxc3 13. Bf4 cxb2 14. Rb1 Qc8 15. Nc7+ Ke7 16. Qd3 {
[%csl Rf5]} Kd8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nxe6+ Ke8 19. Nc7+ Kf7 (19... Kd8 20. Re8#)
20. Nxa8 $16) 13. Bf4 (13. cxd4 Bb4 14. d5 Bxe1 15. Qxe1 Na5 16. Bd3 O-O 17.
Bxf5 exf5 $17) 13... Rc8 14. cxd4 Bb4 15. Nc3 (15. d5 Bxe1 16. Qxe1 Nce7 17.
dxe6 Rxc4 18. exd7+ Qxd7 19. a4 f6 $17) (15. Re4 O-O 16. d5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Nce7
18. Qd3 Bc6 $17) 15... O-O $132) 12... Bb4 {On this tempo-move defence of
Black was based.} 13. d5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Good sacrifice!} (13. Bd2 $2 Bxd2 14.
Qxd2 O-O 15. Nc3 Nce7 16. Ne5 Rd8 $132) 13... Bxe1 14. Qxe1 {[%csl Re8]} Nce7 (
14... Nd8 {Here White had to find} 15. Qe4 $1 (15. g4 $6 Ne7 16. d6 Nd5 17.
Nfd4 O-O 18. Bxd5 Bxb5 $17) (15. Ne5 $5 Qc8 16. g4 a6 17. gxf5 Bxb5 18. dxe6
fxe6 19. Bb3 Qc7 (19... O-O 20. fxe6 $16) 20. Bg5 Rf8 $44) 15... O-O 16. Bf4
Qc8 (16... exd5 17. Bxd5 Qc8 18. Nc7 Rb8 19. g4 Nh6 20. Ng5 g6 21. Bd6 (21. h3
Bc6 22. Bd6 $16) 21... Nxg4 22. f3 Nf6 23. Qe7 Ne6 24. Qxf6 $18) 17. Nc7 Rb8
18. g4 Ne7 19. dxe6 Bc6 20. Qd3 (20. exf7+ Nxf7 21. Qxe7 Qxg4+ $19) 20... Bxf3
21. Qxf3 Ng6 22. exf7+ Nxf7 23. Bd6 $16) 15. d6 Bxb5 ({Much better was} 15...
Nxd6 {but after} 16. Bf4 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf4b8] White keeps advantage in all
variations:} Bxb5 (16... Nxc4 17. Bxb8 Bxb5 18. b3 (18. Qb4 Ba6 19. Bg3 $16)
18... Rxb8 19. bxc4 Bxc4 20. Qe5 O-O 21. Qc5 $18) (16... Nec8 17. Nxd6+ Nxd6
18. Qb4 $16) 17. Bxb5+ Kf8 (17... Nxb5 18. Bxb8 Rxb8 19. Qe5 $18) 18. Qb4 Nec8
19. Bd7 (19. Rd1 Ke7 20. Ne5 Rd8 21. Nd7) 19... a5 20. Qc5 Kg8 (20... b6 21.
Qc6 Ke7 22. Rd1 $18) 21. Bxc8 Qxc8 22. Qxd6 $16) 16. Bxb5+ Nc6 17. d7+ $1 {
this very strong move I undervalued!} Kf8 (17... Ke7 {This move looks better,
but it is illusion. White has huge advantage:} 18. g4 $1 ({Interesting also} 
18. b3 {[%cal Gc1a3]} Qc7 19. Ba3+ Kxd7 20. Ne5+ Kc8 21. Nxc6 (21. Rc1 Nfd4)
21... bxc6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Rc1 Qxc1 24. Qxc1+ Kb7 25. g4 Nd4 26. Qc5 $16)
18... Nd6 19. Bxc6 (19. Bf4 Rd8 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Bg5+ Kxd7 22. Bxd8 Qxd8 23.
Rd1 Qc7 24. Ng5 Ke7 25. Qe5 Rd8 26. Qxg7 $16) 19... bxc6 20. Ne5 {[%csl Rc6]} (
{Wins also} 20. Bf4 Qxb2 21. Bxd6+ Kxd6 22. Rd1+ Ke7 (22... Kc7 23. Ne5 Rhf8
24. Rc1 $18) 23. Ne5 Rhd8 24. Nxc6+ Kf8 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Qa5 Qb6 27. Qa3+ Kg8
28. Qe7 Qb8 29. Rc1 $18) 20... Qb7 (20... Qb5 21. a4 Qb7 22. Bf4 $18) 21. Bf4
f6 22. Rd1 $1 Rhd8 (22... fxe5 23. Qxe5 $18) 23. Qc3 $1 fxe5 24. Qxe5 $18 {
Sutovsky}) (17... Kxd7 18. Ne5+ Ke8 (18... Kc8 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bxc6 $18 {
[%csl Rc8]}) 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bxc6+ Kf8 (20... Ke7 21. b3 Rc8 22. Ba3+ Kf6 23.
Bb2+ Ke7 24. Bxa8 Qxa8 25. Qb4+ Ke8 26. Ba3 $18) 21. b3 $18 {[%csl Rf8,Rh8]
[%cal Gc6a8]}) 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Gd7d8]} Qc7 ({Or} 19... f6 20.
Qxe6 fxg5 21. Qxf5+ $18) 20. Rd1 Ne7 ({Loses also} 20... Nd6 21. Qe5 Qxd7 22.
Rxd6 Qb7 23. Qc5 $18) 21. Qe5 Qd8 22. Qd6 f6 (22... f6 {I resigned here before
Sutovsky plays} 23. Nd4 ({Or} 23. Ne5 fxe5 24. Bxe7+ Qxe7 25. d8=Q+ Rxd8 26.
Qxd8+ Qe8 27. Qc7 $18) 23... Qb6 24. Nxe6+ Kf7 25. Be3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Broadstairs op"]
[Site "Broadstairs"]
[Date "2002.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hunt, Harriet"]
[Black "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 Ng6 6. Bb2 f6 7. Re1 Bd6 $6 $14
{Strange novelty.} ({More flexible and better was} 7... Qc7 8. c3 (8. Bxc6 bxc6
9. d3 d6 {-see commented game 1/2-1/2 Polgar,J-Tsesarsky,I/Ramat Aviv 2000/CBM
75 [Tsesarsky,I](42)}) 8... Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Nbd2 a6 11. Bf1 d5 12. exd5 exd5
13. c4 dxc4 14. d5 Nd8 15. bxc4 Nf7 16. a4 Bf5 17. Ne4 Rfe8 18. Ng3 Bg4 19. h3
Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Bd6 $132 {0-1 Miljanic,B-Perunovic,M/Neum 2002/CBM 90_01 (41)})
8. c3 O-O 9. d4 a6 10. Bf1 Qc7 11. g3 {[%csl Rd6] Restricting Bd6 and
preparing h2-h4.} cxd4 12. cxd4 b5 13. a4 bxa4 (13... Bb4 $143 {b4 square is
prepared for Nc6.} 14. Nbd2 bxa4 15. Rxa4 a5 16. d5 $1 $14) 14. Rxa4 Bb7 15.
Nbd2 Nb4 16. Nc4 Bc6 {important intermediate move.} 17. Ra1 Be7 18. Rc1 a5 19.
h4 Qb7 $1 ({Badly was} 19... f5 $2 {in view of} 20. Nfe5 (20. h5 fxe4 21. hxg6
exf3 22. gxh7+ Kxh7 23. Ne5 Qd6 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. Bd3+ Kg8 26. Be4 Bf6 27. Rc4
Rab8 28. Bxf3 Ne7 $11) 20... fxe4 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. h5 Nh8 23. Qg4 {[%cal
Gd4d5]} Qd5 (23... d5 $2 24. Rxe4 $16 (24. Nxa5 Qd7 $19) 24... dxc4 (24... dxe4
25. d5 $18) 25. d5 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Rg7]}) 24. h6 Qg5 25. Qxg5 Bxg5 26. hxg7 Kxg7
27. d5+ Kg8 28. Rcd1 exd5 29. Nb6 Rad8 30. Nxd5 $16) (19... Nh8 $2 20. Ne3 Qb7
21. d5 $1 Bb5 (21... exd5 $4 22. exd5 Bb5 23. Nf5 $18) 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Nd4
Qa6 24. dxe6 dxe6 (24... Nd3 25. Nd5 Bd6 26. Nf5 dxe6 27. Rc6 Nxb2 28. Nde7+
Bxe7 29. Nxe7+ Kf7 30. Qd7 $18) 25. Qg4 Kf7 26. Rc6 $1 $18) 20. Nfd2 Nh8 21.
Qh5 $1 {[%csl Ra5]} g6 (21... d5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Ne3 $14) 22. Qe2 Rfe8 (22...
Nf7 23. e5 f5 24. h5 $14) 23. Ne3 $6 ({Interesting was} 23. e5 $5 Nf7 (23...
Nd5 24. Ra1 Qc7 25. Ba3 Bxa3 26. Rxa3 Nf7 27. h5 Rf8 28. Rea1 $16 {[%csl Ra5]})
(23... f5 24. Ra1 Qb5 (24... Nc2 25. Nxa5 Rxa5 26. Rxa5 Nxe1 27. Qxe1 Nf7 $16)
25. Qd1 Nf7 (25... Qd5 26. f3 $18 {[%csl Ra5,Ra8,Rd5][%cal Gc4b6,Gc4e3]}) 26.
Nxa5 $16) 24. h5 Rf8 $14) 23... Rab8 {[%csl Re4]} 24. Ng4 h5 25. d5 $2 $17 {
Based on wrong variations calculation.} ({Equal position after} 25. Nh2 d5 26.
Bh3 (26. exd5 Bxd5 27. Nhf3 Nf7 28. Bg2 Rec8 $11) 26... f5 27. exf5 exf5 28.
Qf3 Bf6 $11) 25... Bb5 26. Qxb5 Qxb5 27. Bxb5 Rxb5 28. Nxf6+ Bxf6 29. Bxf6 Nd3
{Probably this move was overlooked by Hunt.} (29... exd5 $2 30. Re3 $1) 30.
dxe6 dxe6 (30... Rxe6 $4 31. Rc8+ Kf7 32. Re3 $18 {[%csl Rd3,Rh8]}) 31. Red1
Nxc1 32. Rxc1 Nf7 33. Rc7 e5 34. f4 a4 $1 {Another continuations are worse.} (
34... Rb4 35. Kg2 a4 36. bxa4 Rxa4 37. Rd7 Re6 38. fxe5 Nxe5 39. Rg7+ Kf8 40.
Bxe5 Rxe5 41. Rxg6 Ra2 42. Rf6+ Ke7 43. Rf2 $44) (34... Re6 $2 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36.
fxe5 g5 (36... Nxe5 37. Rh8#) 37. hxg5 Nxe5 38. Rh8+ Kg6 39. Rh6+ Kf7 40. Rxh5
$16) 35. bxa4 Rb6 36. Be7 ({Black leaves with advantage in case of} 36. fxe5
Nxe5 37. Bxe5 Rxe5 38. Rc4 Ra5 39. Kf2 (39. Nf3 Rba6 40. Ng5 Rxa4 41. Rc8+ Kg7
42. Kf2 Ra1 $17) 39... Rba6 40. Rc7 Rxa4 41. Nc4 Ra7 42. Rc8+ Kf7 $17) 36...
Rb2 (36... Ra6 $2 37. Kf2 Rxa4 38. Ke3 $44) 37. Nf3 Reb8 38. Bf6 (38. fxe5 Ra2
39. Rc1 Rb3 40. Rc8+ (40. Ng5 Nxe5 41. Bf6 Nf3+ 42. Nxf3 Rxf3 43. e5 Rxg3+ 44.
Kf1 Kf7 $19) 40... Kh7 41. Ng5+ Nxg5 42. Bxg5 Rb1+ $19) 38... Ra2 39. Rc1 exf4
40. gxf4 Rxa4 41. Nd2 Ra2 42. Nf3 Re2 43. e5 Re4 44. Ng5 (44. Kf2 Nh6 45. Rc7
Nf5 46. Rd7 Rxf4 47. e6 Re8 48. Be5 Re4 $19) 44... Nxg5 $4 $44 {"Deep thought"
in the middlegame costs me time pressure and mistakes.} ({Easily wins} 44...
Rxf4 45. Ne6 (45. Rc7 Nxg5 46. hxg5 Rb1+ 47. Kg2 Rb2+ 48. Kg3 (48. Kg1 Re2 $19)
48... Rbf2 49. Rc3 Kf7 $19) 45... Rg4+ 46. Kf1 Nxe5 47. Bxe5 Re8 48. Ng5 Rxe5
49. Rc8+ Kg7 50. Rc7+ Kf8 $19) 45. Bxg5 $44 {This position unfortunately is
fortress.} Kf7 ({or} 45... Rb2 46. Kf1 Ree2 (46... Kf7 47. Re1 $11) 47. Rc8+
Kf7 48. Rc6 Ke8 (48... Rec2 49. Rxc2 Rxc2 50. Ke1 Ke6 51. Kd1 Ra2 52. Kc1 Kd5
53. Kb1 Rh2 54. Kc1 Kc4 55. Kd1 Kd3 56. Ke1 $11) 49. e6 (49. Rc8+ Kd7 50. Rc1
Ke6) 49... Rec2 50. Rxc2 Rxc2 51. Ke1 Rc6 52. e7 Rc7 53. Ke2 Rxe7+ 54. Bxe7
Kxe7 55. Kd3 Kd7 56. Ke3 Ke6 57. Ke4 Kf6 58. Ke3 $11) 46. Kf2 Ra4 (46... Ke6
47. Kf3 Kf5 48. Rc3 Ra4 (48... Rb1 49. e6 Rf1+ 50. Kg2 Rfe1 (50... Rfxf4 51. e7
Re6 52. Rc5+ Kg4 53. Bxf4 Kxf4 54. Rg5 $11) 51. e7 Rxe7 52. Bxe7 Rxe7 53. Kf3
$11) 49. Ke3 $11) 47. Rc6 Rb2+ 48. Ke3 Rb3+ 49. Kd2 Ra2+ 50. Rc2 Ra6 51. Rc3
Rb7 52. Rc8 Ke6 53. Kc3 Kd5 54. Rd8+ Ke4 55. Rd4+ Kf5 56. Rd8 Rb1 (56... Rc6+
57. Kd2 (57. Kd4 Rb1 58. Rf8+ (58. Kd5 Ra6 59. Rf8+ Kg4 60. Re8 Rd1+ 61. Kc4
Rc6+ 62. Kb5 Rc2 63. Kb4 Rb1+ 64. Ka3 Rc6 65. Ka2 Rb7 66. Ra8 Kf3 67. Ka3 Ke4
68. Ka2 Kd3 69. Ka3 Kc2 70. Ka4 Rc4+ $19) 58... Kg4 59. Kd5) 57... Ke4 58. Ke2
Rb2+ 59. Rd2 Rb3 60. Ra2 Rh3 61. Ra4+ Kf5 62. Kd2 Rcc3 63. Ra6 Rcf3 64. Rf6+
Ke4 65. Rd6 Rf2+ 66. Kc1) 57. Kc4 Rc1+ 58. Kb5 Ra2 59. Rd4 Ra8 60. Kb6 Rb8+ 61.
Ka7 Rb3 62. Rd6 Ra1+ 63. Ra6 Rxa6+ 64. Kxa6 Ke6 65. Ka5 Kd5 66. Ka4 Kc4 67. Ka5
Kc5 68. Ka4 Rf3 69. Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch op"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1999.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1999.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 772]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Re1 Bd6 $1 $11 10. Kh1 (10. g3 Nxd4 $1 (10... Be5 11.
Be3 (11. Nf3 d6 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qg4 O-O $11 {1-0 Dostan,J-Zakharov,A/Novi
Sad ,EXT 1989 (23)}) 11... O-O 12. f4 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. Bc5 Rd8 15. Qd6 Qxd6
16. Bxd6 Bb7 17. Rad1 $14 {0-1 Haapasalo,J-Keskisarja,T/MatSK Finland 1995 (51)
}) 11. Qxd4 Be5 (11... O-O 12. e5 Bc5 13. Qg4 d5 14. Be3 b5 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16.
Qxd4 Bb7 $11 {0-1 Brajovic,R-Kontic,D/YUG-ch Kladovo ,EXT 1992 (41)}) (11... f6
12. Be3 b5 13. Rad1 Be5 14. Qd3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bb7 $15 (15... Qc6 16. Bc1 O-O
17. Ba3 Rf7 $15 {0-1 Pereyra Arcija,D-Sorokin,M/Buenos Aires Najdorf op ARG
1996 (45)})) 12. Qd3 b5 (12... O-O 13. Bd2 $11) 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 Bb7 15. Bf4
O-O (15... Rc8 $132) 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. c4 bxc3 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Nxc3 Rac8 $15
(19... Bc6 20. b4 $11 {0-1 Liberus,M-Kveinys,A/Katowice ,EXT 1990 (35)})) (10.
h3 Nxd4 $1 (10... O-O 11. Be3 (11. a4 b6 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. Qh5 e5 14. Be3 Be6
15. Red1 b5 16. a5 $14 {Mirumian,V-Ruzele,D/Cappelle la Grande op 1997 (45)})
11... b5 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. Qh5 (13. a4 b4 14. Nb1 a5 $132 {Vazquez,R-Borges
Mateos,J/CUB-ch 1997 (23)}) 13... e5 14. Rad1 Be6 15. Ne2 Rfd8 16. Ng3 $11 {
Rojo,G-Espinosa,J/C. Villalba op 1995 (37)}) 11. Qxd4 Be5 12. Qd3 (12. Qe3 O-O
13. Bd2 b5 14. a3 Bb7 15. f4 Bd6 16. Qf2 f5 17. e5 Bc5 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Bxc5
Qxc5 20. Qxc5 Rxc5 21. Rad1 Bc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Giblin,W-Quinn/ENG 1994 (23)}) (
12. Nd5 exd5 (12... Qd6 13. Qe3 exd5 14. exd5 f6 15. f4 $14) 13. exd5 d6 14. f4
f6 15. fxe5 fxe5 $11) 12... b5 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 Bb7 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. c3 Qc4 17.
Qxc4 Rxc4 18. f3 Ke7 $15 (18... bxc3 19. Bxc3 Bxc3 20. Nxc3 Ke7 21. a5 Rb4 22.
Re2 Rc8 23. Ra3 Rc5 $15 {1-0 Movsesian,S-Kogan,A/Lazne Bohdanec 1996 (37)})) (
10. Nd5 exd5 $1 (10... Bxh2+ 11. Kh1 exd5 12. exd5+ Be5 (12... Ne7 13. Nf5 Bd6
14. Nxe7 Bxe7 15. d6 $18) 13. Nxc6 dxc6 14. d6 Qa5 15. Bf4 O-O 16. Bxe5 $14)
11. exd5+ Ne5 12. f4 (12. Nf5 O-O 13. Bh6 gxh6 14. Qh5 Ng6 $19 {0-1 Timman,
J-Lautier,J/Horgen 1995/CBM 50/ (22).}) 12... O-O 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 Bd6 (
14... d6 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. d6 (16. b3 b5 17. Ba3 b4) 16... Qc5+ 17. Be3 Qc6 18.
c4 b6) (14... Bf6 15. c3 (15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qb6+ (16... d6 $6 17. Qd3 g6
18. Qd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Mirumian,V-Bromberger,S/Open, Groningen NED 1997 (34)})
17. Kh1 h6 18. Ne4 Qxb2 $15) 15... b5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Nf3 Bb7 19.
Qd4 Qd6 $11 {1-0 Kalegin,E-Sharivazdanov Andrey/RUS sf ch Kazan 1995 (21)}) 15.
Qd3 b5 16. a4 b4 17. Be3 Bb7 18. c4 bxc3 19. bxc3 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Barua,
D-Murshed,N/BCF ch Southport 1983 (42)}) (10. Nxc6 bxc6 (10... Bxh2+ 11. Kh1
bxc6 12. g3 Bxg3 13. fxg3 Qxg3 14. Re3 Qh4+ 15. Kg2 $16) (10... dxc6 11. Qh5 e5
(11... Be5 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rad1 $14 {1-0 Felgaer,R-Alonso,S/Buenos Aires ARG
ch 1996/Inf 01 (29)}) 12. Be3 (12. f4 g6 13. Qf3 b5 14. f5 Qe7 15. Qg3 Bb7 16.
fxg6 hxg6 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 Kf7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Sadvakasov,D-Sorokin,M/Perm
1997/CBM 58 (86)}) 12... b5 13. a4 (13. Rad1 Be6 14. Bb6 Qb8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Persidsky,A-Blaskowski,J/cr Baltc St tt 1986/Inf 86 (34)}) 13... Bb7 14. axb5
cxb5 15. Rad1 O-O 16. Nd5 Qc6 17. Rd3 f5 $132 {1-0 Iuldachev,S-Gunawan,R/Asian
Teams, Genting Highlands MAS 1998 (26)}) 11. f4 (11. Qh5 Be5 12. Re3 (12. f4
Bxf4 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. Rf1 Qe3+ $15 {1/2-1/2 Szmetan,J-Amura,C/La Plata ch-ARG
1992 (38)}) 12... Rb8 13. b3 g6 14. Qh4 d6 15. Rf3 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qa3 17. Rb1 h6
$132 {1-0 Yudasin,L-Junior50/Ein Bokek ISR 1998 (50)}) 11... Bxf4 (11... e5)
12. Bxf4 Qxf4 13. e5 $44) 10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Be5 12. Qe3 O-O $146 (12... b5
13. f4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bb7 15. Ba3 Rc8 16. Rad1 f6 17. Qd4 Bc6 18. Bd6 Qa5 19. a3
Kf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kuczynski,R-Cyborowski,L/MK Cafe Cup, Koszalin POL 1998 (24)})
13. f4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 d5 $6 (14... f6 $1 15. Ba3 Rf7 16. e5 (16. Red1 b5 17. Bd6
Qc6 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rd4 Bb7 $15) 16... b5 17. Bd6 Qc6 18. Qg3 Bb7 19. Re3 fxe5
20. Bxe5 d6 21. Bd4 Qc4 $15) 15. exd5 Rd8 (15... exd5 $2 16. Ba3 $18) 16. c4 $2
(16. dxe6 Bxe6 $44) 16... Qxc4 $15 17. Bb2 $6 $17 (17. dxe6 Bxe6 $15) 17...
Qxc2 18. Qd4 f6 19. Rac1 (19. d6 Bd7 20. Rac1 Qf5 $17) 19... Qf5 20. d6 Bd7 21.
Rc5 Qg6 22. Rc3 Rf8 23. Rg3 (23. Rc7 Bc6 24. Qd2 Bd5 (24... Rac8 25. Rxe6 Rxc7
26. dxc7 Bxg2+ 27. Qxg2 Qb1+ 28. Qg1 Qxb2 29. Re1 Qc3 $17 30. Re7 g6 31. Qe1
Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qc6 33. Qe3 $15) 25. d7 Rad8 $17) 23... Qf5 24. h3 (24. Rg5 Qc2
25. Rc5 Qg6 26. Rc7 Bc6 $17) 24... Rac8 25. Re2 h6 26. Qb4 Bb5 (26... e5 27.
Rf3 (27. Qxb7 Qxf4 $17) 27... Bc6 $17) 27. d7 Bxd7 28. Qxb7 Qxf4 (28... Rf7 29.
Rd2 Qb5 30. Qxb5 Bxb5 $17) 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qxd7+ Rf7 31. Qxe6 Rc6 32. Qe8
Qf1+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34. Kh1 Rd6 35. Re1 Rdd7 (35... Qg3 36. Bc1 Rd8 37. Qe6 Rd6
38. Qe8 Rdd7 $19) 36. Bc1 (36. Ba3 Qg3 37. Bf8+ Kh7 38. Qe6 Qg6 39. Bb4 Rg7 $19
) 36... Qg3 37. Kg1 Kh7 38. Rf1 Rde7 39. Qc6 Re1 40. Qc2+ f5 41. Qd2 Rxf1+ 42.
Kxf1 f4 43. Qd5 Qg6 44. Kf2 Qg3+ 45. Kg1 Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Qg3+ 47. Kg1 Qg6 48. Kf2
Qf5 49. Qc4 f3 50. g4 Qf6 51. g5 hxg5 (51... Qb6+ 52. Kf1 Rc7 (52... Qb5 53.
Qxb5 axb5 54. gxh6 Rc7 55. Be3 Rc2 56. a3 Rc3 57. Kf2 Rxa3 58. Kxf3 b4 59. Ke4
b3 60. Bc1 Ra2 $19) 53. g6+ Kh8 54. Qf4 Qxg6 $19) 52. Bxg5 Qb2+ 53. Kg3 Qe5+
54. Kh4 Qf5 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.05.12"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Petah Tikva Elitzur"]
[BlackTeam "Jerusalem Elitzur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{[%mdl 256]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 {I prepared this
variation also against Oratovsky and Sutovsky.} Qc7 $1 $11 {this move is
probably stronger} ({than} 5... Ne7 6. h4 $1 h5 (6... d5 7. c4 h5 8. Qe2 Ng6 9.
e5 Be7 10. Nc3 {'!' Greenfeld,A.} Ba6 11. g3 Rb8 12. b3 Qd7 13. Na4 $16 {
1-0 Oratovsky,M-Reznik,V/ch 2000 (39)}) (6... f6 7. Be3 (7. e5 fxe5 8. Nxe5 d6
9. Nc4 Nf5 (9... e5 10. Nc3 Nd5 11. Ne4 $14) 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nbd2 (11. Bxe7
Qxe7 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qg5 Rb8 $11 {0-1 Oratovsky,M-Miladinovic,I/ch World
juniors (under 1994 (59)}) 11... O-O (11... Bxg5 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qxg5 $11))
7... d6 8. c3 Rb8 9. Qc2 e5 10. d4 $14 {1-0 Oratovsky,M-Whitehead,J/Int Open,
North Bay CAN 1998 (23)}) 7. Qe2 f6 (7... d5 $5 8. c4 Ng6 9. e5 Be7 10. Nc3 $1
(10. g3 f6 11. Nc3 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Bf6 14. Qe2 $14) 10... Bxh4 11.
Nxh4 Nxh4 12. g3 Nf5 $1 13. Rxh5 Kd7 14. Kf1 $14) (7... Ng6 8. e5 d6 $6 9. exd6
Bxd6 10. Nc3 e5 11. Ng5 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6] 1-0 Yudasin,L-Manca,F/Reggio
Emilia ITA 2000 (28)}) 8. e5 $1 fxe5 9. Nxe5 (9. Qxe5 Nf5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7
(11. Nc3 d6 12. Qe2 Rb8 13. b3 e5 $15 {[%csl Gc5,Gc6,Gd6,Ge5] 0-1 Markovic,
M-Perunovic,M/Subotica YUG 2000/The Week in Chess (39)}) 11... Qxe7 12. Nbd2 d6
13. Qe4 Qd7 $11 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 9... d6 10. Nc4 Nf5 (10... e5 11. Bg5 $14 {><g5
}) 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nbd2 $132 (12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nc3 e5 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Kb1
Rb8 16. Rde1 Nd4 17. Qd2 O-O $15 {0-1 Shabanov,Y-Arkhipov,S/Smolensk RUS 2000/
The Week in Chess 287 (61)})) 6. e5 $1 (6. O-O e5 $1 $132 {[%cal Gg8f6]
Analysis - Tsesarsky} ({Not bad also} 6... Ne7 {because after 0-0 h2-h4 idea
is not such strong.} 7. c4 (7. Ng5 f6 8. Nh3 Ng6 9. Qh5 d5 10. f4 Qf7 11. Nd2
Bd6 12. Nf3 Ne5 13. Qh4 Ng6 14. Qh5 $11 {0-1 Gass,U-Muse,M/BL 1995 (53)}) 7...
Ng6 8. Ng5 e5 9. Qh5 d6 10. f4 h6 11. Nh3 Bxh3 12. Qxh3 exf4 $11 {1/2-1/2
Nevednichy,V-Komarov,D/Bucharest 1994 (14)}) 7. b3 (7. c3 Nf6 8. d4 exd4 9.
cxd4 Nxe4 $1 10. Re1 d5 11. Nc3 (11. Ng5 Be7 (11... Bd6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Rxe4+
Be6 14. dxc5 Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Rd8 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qe2 O-O 18. g3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Bd5
20. Nc3 Qxg3 (20... Bxe4+ 21. Nxe4 Qe5 22. Bf4 Qd5 $132) 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Bf4
Qh3+ 23. Bh2 Rxc5 $14) 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Rxe4 Bf5 14. Re5 Be6 $11) 11... f5 $15
(11... Be7 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Rxe4 O-O 14. Bf4 $14)) (7. Ng5 $6 h6 8. Nh3 (8.
Qh5 g6 9. Qh4 (9. Qh3 d6 $17) 9... Be7 $17) 8... d6 9. f4 Bxh3 10. gxh3 exf4
11. Bxf4 g5 12. Bg3 Rb8 13. b3 Bg7 14. c3 Ne7 $132) 7... Nf6 8. Bb2 d6 9. Nfd2
Be7 10. f4 exf4 11. Rxf4 O-O $11) 6... f6 7. Qe2 fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nf6 9. O-O (9.
Bg5 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Nd2 d6 12. Nec4 Rb8 13. Rb1 h6 $132 (13... Nd5 $132) (
13... d5 14. Ne5 c4 15. dxc4 (15. O-O cxd3 16. Nxd3 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Mashinskaya,I-Pinski,J/FS March IM A, Budapest HUN 1997 (22)}) 15... Ba6 16.
O-O $16)) 9... Be7 (9... d6 10. Nc4 (10. Nf3 e5) 10... Be7 11. f4 (11. Nbd2 e5)
11... O-O $11) 10. f4 O-O 11. Nd2 d6 12. Nef3 (12. Nec4 $11 {[%cal Gd2e4,Gd2f3]
}) 12... Nd5 {To provocate g2-g3 - certain weakenen White K.} ({I thought about
} 12... a5 $5 13. a4 (13. b3 a4 $132) 13... Nd5 {[%cal Gd5b4]} 14. g3 Nb4 $132
15. c3 (15. Nc4 Bf6 $11) 15... Nd5 $11 {[%csl Rc1]}) 13. g3 h6 14. Ne4 Nf6 15.
Nf2 Bd8 {[%cal Gc7f7]} 16. b3 Qf7 17. Bb2 Bd7 (17... Qg6 18. Nh4 Qf7 $11) 18.
Nd2 Bc7 19. Nc4 Rae8 20. Ne4 Qe7 {[%cal Gd6d5]} (20... Nxe4 21. dxe4 Rd8 (21...
d5 $2 22. Be5 $1 (22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 $16) 22... dxc4 23. Bxc7 $16) 22. e5 d5
23. Ne3 Qe7 (23... Rb8 24. c4) 24. c4 (24. Qa6 Bb6) 24... Be8 25. Rad1 Bg6 $132
) 21. Ba3 $5 {[%csl Rc5,Rd6]} Bc8 {[%csl Gc5,Gd6][%cal Gf6d7,Ge8d8]} 22. Nf2 (
22. d4 $4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 d5 $19) 22... Nd5 (22... Qf7 $132) 23. Bb2 Qf7 (23...
Nb6 $11) 24. Rae1 Qg6 {[%csl Rf4]} 25. Kh1 Nf6 (25... Nb6 $5 26. Nd2 (26. Ne3
Nd7 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 27. Nc4 e5 $1 28. fxe5 d5 $15) (26. Na5 Na4 $1 27. bxa4 Bxa5
28. Rb1 Ba6 29. Ne4 Bc7 $11) (26. Ne4 Nxc4 (26... d5 27. Be5 $3 (27. Nxb6 axb6
28. Nd2 $11) 27... Bd8 28. Nxb6 Bxb6 29. Nd6 Rd8 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 $14) 27. dxc4 e5
28. fxe5 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Bf5 30. Re1 dxe5 31. Ba3 Ba5 32. c3 Rd8 (32... Bxe4+
33. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 34. Rxe4 Bxc3 35. Bxc5 Rd8 $11) 33. Bxc5 Bxe4+ 34. Qxe4 Qxe4+
35. Rxe4 Bxc3 $11) 26... Nd7 27. Nf3 Ba5 $11) 26. Qd2 Qh5 27. Kg1 Ng4 $6 $14 (
27... Qg6 $11) 28. Nxg4 Qxg4 29. Qg2 $1 {[%csl Rc6]} Bd7 (29... Bb7 30. Ba3 Rd8
(30... Rb8 31. d4 cxd4 32. Nxd6 Ba8 33. Bc5 Bb6 34. Bxb6 c5 35. Qe2 Qxe2 36.
Rxe2 Rxb6 37. Nc4 $14) 31. Qe2 Qxe2 32. Rxe2 Bc8 $14) 30. Ba3 $1 {[%cal Gd3d4]
Here i inderstood - d3-d4 threat is more serious than I thought.} Qh5 $1 (30...
Qg6 31. d4 cxd4 32. Bxd6 Bxd6 33. Nxd6 $16) 31. d4 e5 $1 {[%csl Gc7,Gd7][%mdl
512] This move I prepared when played 30...Qh5.} (31... cxd4 32. Bxd6 Bxd6 33.
Nxd6 Rd8 34. Re5 $16) 32. dxe5 (32. fxe5 Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1 d5 34. Nd6 Bxd6 35.
exd6 cxd4 $11) 32... dxe5 (32... d5 $2 33. Ne3 $1 (33. Bxc5 dxc4 34. Bxf8 Kxf8
(34... Rxf8 35. e6 Be8 $14) 35. bxc4 Bb6+ 36. Kh1 Bh3 37. Qf3 Qf5 $44) 33...
Bh3 34. Qf3 Qxf3 35. Rxf3 Bxe5 36. Bxc5 $16) 33. Bxc5 exf4 $1 (33... Rf6 34.
Nxe5 (34. fxe5 Bxe5 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Nxe5 Bh3 37. Rxf6 Bxg2 38. Rf8+ Kh7 39.
Kxg2 Qxe5 40. b4 a5 $17) 34... Bh3 35. Qf3 Qxf3 (35... Qf5 36. Nd3 $18) 36.
Nxf3 $1 $18) 34. Bxf8 Rxf8 {This position I evaluated as with good, maybe
Black have enough compensation for material lack.} 35. Qe2 (35. Qf3 $5 Bg4 36.
Qxc6 Rc8 {[%cal Gc7b6]} (36... Rf7 37. gxf4 Bxf4 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qe4+ $18) (
36... fxg3 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Qa8+ Kf7 39. Qe8+ Kf6 40. Re6+ $18) 37. Qg2 Bh3
38. Qf3 Bg4 39. Qd3 Rd8 (39... Qc5+ 40. Kg2 f3+ 41. Kh1 (41. Rxf3 Bxf3+ 42.
Qxf3 $16) 41... f2) 40. Re5 $1 Rxd3 41. Rxh5 Rc3 42. Rh4 Be2 $44) 35... Bg4 36.
Qe7 Rf7 (36... Bb8 $5 $44) 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. gxf4 Bh3 $1 (38... Qg6 39. Qe4 Bf5+
40. Qg2 $16) (38... c5 39. Ne5 Bxe5 40. Qxe5 Qg6 41. Qe4 Bf5+ 42. Qg2 $16) 39.
Qe4+ Bf5 $2 $138 (39... Kg8 $1 40. Rf2 (40. Rf3 Bxf4 $44) 40... Bxf4 41. Qe8+ (
41. Kh1 Qh4 42. Ree2 Rf6 $1 (42... g5 43. Qg6+ Kf8 44. Nd6 $18) (42... Qd8 43.
Qd3 $18) 43. Qe8+ (43. Ne5 Qg5 44. Nf3 (44. Nxc6 Bd6 {[%cal Gf6f2,Gg5c1]} 45.
Rxf6 Qxf6 46. Qd5+ Kf8 {[%cal Gf6f1]} (46... Kh7 47. Qd3+ Bf5 48. Qf3 Bd7 $1
49. Qxf6 Bxc6+ 50. Kg1 gxf6 51. Re6 Bc5+ 52. Kf1 Bd7 53. Rxf6 $44) 47. Rg2 Qf1+
48. Rg1 Qf4 49. Rg2 Bxg2+ 50. Qxg2 Qc1+ 51. Qg1 Qxc2 $17 {This variation show
us that this position is dangerous also for White}) 44... Qc5 45. Nd4 Qc3 46.
Nxc6 Rxc6 (46... Re6 47. Ne7+ $1 $18) 47. Qe8+ Kh7 48. Rxf4 Rg6 49. Qe4 Qa1+
50. Re1 Bg2+ 51. Qxg2 Qxe1+ 52. Qf1 Qd2 $44) 43... Kh7 44. Qe4+ $11) 41... Kh7
42. Qe4+ Kg8 $11) 40. Qxc6 Bxf4 $5 41. Qg2 Rf6 42. Ne5 $2 {Very strange.
Yudasin has enough time} ({to find} 42. Rxf4 $1 Rg6 43. Rf2 $1 Bh3 (43... Rxg2+
44. Rxg2 Bh3 (44... Qh4 45. Re3 $16) 45. Rg3 Qc5+ 46. Ne3 Be6 47. c4 $16) 44.
Qg3 (44. Qxg6+ $2 Qxg6+ 45. Kh1 Qc6+ 46. Kg1 Qg6+ $11) 44... Rxg3+ 45. hxg3 $16
) 42... Bxe5 43. Rxe5 Rg6 (43... Rg6 44. Rexf5 Rxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Qg4+ 46. Kh1 Qe4+
47. R5f3 Qxc2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv Last Autumn"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.11.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Kundin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {This game is from the last round of Tel Aviv GM International; My
opponent had 0.5 point more than me before the last round and he should have
made draw only to make an IM-norm;} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {This openint had
come as surprise, because I had never played 1.e4 before this tournament at
all!} e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 d5 {This was new move to me already;} 6. e5 $6 {
6.exd5 is the right move here, but I just didn't know anything about this line!
} Bd7 {[%cal Rc6e5] Now black is threatening Nxe5;} 7. Qe2 $6 (7. Ba4 $142 c4
8. Re1 Ng6 9. Bc2 Bc5 10. d4 cxd3 11. Qxd3 f6 $2 {premature;} (11... Qc7 $142 {
[%cal Ge8g8,Yf7f6]}) 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Qxd5 Qb6 14. Qd2 $16 {1-0 Ni
Hua-Smirnov,P/Shanghai CHN 2001/The Week in Chess 357 (85)}) 7... a6 8. Bd3 {
This position is semilar to French Defense, the difference is that I I haven't
played d2-d4 yet...:-(} (8. Ba4 Nxe5 {-sam tactical motif;}) 8... Ng6 $15 9. g3
Be7 10. h4 Qc7 11. Re1 f6 {premature;} (11... O-O-O $142 $15 {intending f6;})
12. Bxg6+ $1 {By this move white creates some targets for attack in black's
position;} hxg6 13. d4 Rc8 $6 {Now black king can't castle anywhere, cuz
black's kingside pawns are exposed;} (13... O-O-O 14. Bf4 Qb6 {but it looks
mutual now;}) 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. dxc5 $1 {Now pawn structure isn't blockes and I
can create an attack against black king which is vulnerable here;} Bxc5 16. b4
Be7 17. Nbd2 Nd8 18. Qd3 Kf7 19. Nb3 {White is clearly better now- white has
more space, d4 outpost for pieces and e6 and g6 are always targets for attack;}
Qb5 20. Qe3 {White should stay in the middlegame of course- only in this case
black king stays weak; But 20.Qd2 was exacter- see note to move 21 of black;}
Qc4 21. Rac1 Bb5 $2 {missing nice chance;} (21... Qe4 $1 {That's why 20. Qd2
was better!} 22. Qxe4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 Bc6 24. Re3 Bd5 {[%cal Gd8c6] and black
has full compensation for sacrificed pawn;}) 22. Nbd4 (22. exf6 {This was
premature;} gxf6 23. Nbd4 Bd7 {and holds the defense;}) 22... f5 {Forced-
otherwise white would open e-file by exf6;} 23. Bg5 Qd3 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 $2 {
Black misses the chance to transfer the game to ending by QxQ, which is worse
for black, but with real chances to save the game;} (24... Qxe3 25. Rxe3 Kxe7
26. Nxb5 axb5 27. Nd4 f4 $5 {and black achieves some counterplay;} (27... Nc6
$1 28. Nxb5 Nxb4 29. Rb1 Nxa2 30. Rb2 $1 {[%cal Gb5d4,Yb2b7,Gb2b6] and Na2 is
trapped there for a while, while black pawns b7 and e6 are vulnerable;})) 25.
Qg5+ {avoiding trade of queens;} Kf7 26. Re3 Qc4 27. g4 $1 {Looking for more
targets and just capturing more space;} Rh6 28. Kg2 Be8 29. Rc2 {No reason to
hurry up- black is lacking any counterplay!} Qc7 30. Qf4 Kg8 31. g5 {Change of
plans- black pieces are stucked on the backrank and white gonna open it up
over the centre as it had happened in the game;} Rh8 32. Kg3 $1 {Improving
king's position and overprotecting h4 pawn;} Kf7 33. Nd2 {[%cal Gc3c4]
threatening c3-c4;} b5 {black is forced to prevent c3-c4;} 34. N2b3 {[%cal
Gb3c5]} Nb7 35. Ne2 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gb3d4,Yf4f3,Ye2f4] the plan is to place
Ne2 to f4, and other knight to d4;} Qc4 36. Nbd4 Bd7 37. Qf3 {clearing f4 for
the knight;} a5 38. a3 a4 39. Rd2 $1 {Immediate Nf4 would face Qf1 move with
some counterplay; After Rd2 white has Rd1 move in the line Nf4 Qf1;} (39. Nf4 {
it just gives black counterchances} Qf1) 39... Nd8 40. Nf4 Nc6 (40... Qf1 41.
Rd1 $16) 41. h5 $1 {Right time to open it up!} gxh5 42. Nxf5 $1 {[%mdl 64]
This sacrifice is just temporary;} exf5 43. e6+ Bxe6 44. Rxe6 {White is down a
pawn only, while all white pieces have got in;} (44. g6+ {leads to about the
same;}) 44... h4+ 45. Kh2 Rhd8 (45... Rhe8 46. Qh5+ Kf8 47. Qh8+ Kf7 48. g6#)
46. Qh5+ Kg8 47. Qxh4 {This simple move kills black- g5-g6 is coming while
everything is guarded now;} Re8 48. Rde2 $1 {Simple and good; No need to
calculate consiquences of direct 48.g6 which leads to the win as well;} Rxe6
49. Rxe6 Kf7 {Black doesn't have any good defense here;} 50. g6+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Loek Van Wely had a great tournament finishing it with 50% score. His only
failure and the only loss was against Svidler- the game he lost just in 20
moves...} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. h4
Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Nf6 9. O-O Bg4 (9... Be6 10. f4 Bxc4 11. dxc4 h5 12. f5 $1 $146 {
Home-made improvement by Garry.} (12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Bg5 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Ng4 15.
Nb5 O-O 16. c3 f6 $11 17. Bc1 a6 18. Nd6 b6 19. Nf5 Rad8 20. Rd5 Kf7 21. Rfd1
Rxd5 22. cxd5 Rd8 23. Kf1 Ne7 24. Nxe7 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Leko,P/Dortmund 2004/
CBM 103}) 12... Ng4 13. f6 {still a home prepation!} gxf6 14. Nd5 Ne7 (14... f5
15. Bg5 f6 16. Nxf6+ $1 Nxf6 17. Rxf5 O-O 18. c3 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd1f3,Yg5d8]})
15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Rxf6 Ng8 $1 17. Rf5 Qxh4 18. Be3 {Still it goes according
Garry's analysis!} Qe7 $5 {Seems like Garry understimated or even missed this
move in his analysis... 18...Qe7 holds black's position, while 18...leads
probably to a forced draw.} (18... Qxe4 19. Qxd6 Qxe3+ (19... Qxf5 20. Bxc5 $18
) 20. Kh2 (20. Kh1 f6 21. Rxf6 $11) 20... f6 21. Qe6+ (21. Rxf6 Nxf6 22. Qe6+
Kd8 23. Rd1+ Kc7 24. Qd6+ Kc8 25. Qe6+ $11) 21... Ne7 22. Qxf6 Rg8 $11 (22...
Nxf5 $11)) 19. Rxh5 Rxh5 20. Qxh5 O-O-O 21. Bg5 f6 22. Bh4 Qe8 $1 23. Qf5+ Qd7
24. Rf1 Qxf5 $11 25. Rxf5 Rf8 26. Rh5 Kd7 27. Rh8 Ke6 28. g4 Rc8 29. Kg2 Ne7
30. Rh6 Ng8 31. Rh8 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Leko,P/Linares ESP 2005}) 10. Qe1 $1
$146 {[%mdl 8] Svidler definitely prepared this novelty at home!  A previous
game by Svidler went: 10.f3 Be6 11.f4 Bxc4 and it transforms to 9...Be6 line.
The move of Peter is much stronger and probably refutes 9...Bg4 move.} (10. f3
Be6 11. Nd5 (11. f4 {-leads to above mentioned game Svidler-Leko}) 11... O-O
12. f4 Ng4 (12... Bxd5 $5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. fxe5 $13) 13. g3 exf4 14. Nxf4 Bxc4
(14... Bd7 $5 {[%cal Gg4e5,Gd7g4]}) 15. Qxg4 Ne5 16. Qh5 Be6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18.
Bc3 Nc6 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Rf1 Qe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/Monaco 2004/
CBM 099 ext (40)}) 10... Be6 11. f4 Bxc4 12. dxc4 h5 $6 {This moves secures
g4-outpost for black night, on the other hand this wastes some time, and
allows white to pin Nf6.} (12... O-O 13. Rd1 Nd4 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Nd5 Nxe5 16.
c3 $16) (12... h6 $5 {to prevent Bg5 ideas of white.}) 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5
$16 {Semilar to Svidler-Leko but black can't trade queens now (white queen is
on e1 and not on d1). It makes a big difference here since black can't unpin
by Ng4 like in Svidler-Leko.} Ne7 {This move leads to immediate loss. Black
still could suffer for a while by 14...Qd4+ and Qxc4 then, but white has a
large advantage anyhow.} (14... Qd4+ 15. Kh1 Qxc4 (15... O-O-O 16. b3 {[%cal
Ga1d1,Yg5f6,Yc3d5]}) (15... Ng4 $2 16. Nb5 $18) 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rxf6 O-O-O
18. b3 Qd4 19. Rd1 Qb4 20. Nd5 Qxe1+ 21. Rxe1 $16) 15. Rd1 $18 {The last piece
of white joins the party- white has decisive advantage in development.} Qb6 (
15... Qa5 16. Rxf6 (16. Qf2 Qb6 {-transforms to the game.}) 16... gxf6 17. Bxf6
Rg8 18. Bxe7 $18) 16. Qg3 {now pawn e5 hang, also Bxf6 is coming.} Ng6 17. Bxf6
gxf6 18. Nd5 {White pieces dominate, while black rooks are sleeping, also
black king is a target.} Qxb2 19. Nxf6+ (19. Nc7+ Ke7 20. Qf2 $18) 19... Kf8
20. Nxh5 {Black is helpless against white's threats, so Van Wely resigned
right in time.} (20. Nxh5 Rxh5 (20... Kg8 21. Rxf7 $1 (21. Rd6 $1) 21... Kxf7
22. Rd7+ $18) 21. Qxg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Montreal-A 5th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 Nd4 (5... a6 {-the most
popular conitnuation, but I doubt 5...a6 is the best line for black;}) (5...
Ng6 {-new approach in this position, probably gives black best chances to play
for a win;}) 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 a6 8. Ba4 Nc6 {8...b5 move helps white in
general, since a2-g8 is the best diagonal for the bishop, also f4-f5 break
makes black much more damage while white bishop is on b3;} (8... b5 9. Bb3 Nc6
10. d3 Be7 11. f4 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 9. d3 Bc5 {I got an impression that Bc5 is
the best line for black, in addition Nataf is well- known theoretican and
that's a good reason to trust him :-)} (9... g6 {Gershon} 10. Bxc6 dxc6 11. Bd2
Bg7 12. c3 dxc3 13. Bxc3 e5 14. f4 Qe7 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. d4 Bg7 17. Qd2 Qxe4
18. Rae1 $36 {1-0 Aronian,L-Beshukov,S/Hastings ENG 2000/The Week in Chess 321
(27). (27)}) (9... b5 {Gershon} 10. Bb3 Bc5 (10... Be7 $143 {Gershon} 11. f4
O-O 12. f5 Na5 13. Nf4 Nxb3 14. axb3 exf5 15. exf5 Bb7 16. Nh5 f6 17. Qg4 $36 {
1-0 Yudasin,L-Moiseenko,A/Krynica 1997/CBM 62 (57)}) 11. Ng3 h5 12. Bd2 Bb7 13.
h3 g6 14. a3 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Re1 Qf6 17. Nxh5 Qh4 18. Ng7+ Kf8 19. Nxf5
exf5 20. Qf3 $44 {1/2-1/2 Sadvakasov,D-Perunovic,M/Subotica YUG 2000/The Week
in Chess 321 (28)}) (9... Be7 10. c3) 10. Bxc6 {Gershon: 'A Novelty. White
gets rid of his poorly placed B .Now his idea is to play against black's light
squared B.'} (10. f4 {Gershon} d5 11. Ng3 dxe4 12. Qh5 $5 $146 (12. Nxe4 {
(Gershon) 1/2-1/2, Glek-Nunn, Germany 1996}) 12... Be7 13. dxe4 g6 14. Qf3 b5
15. Bb3 h5 16. Bd2 h4 (16... Bb7 $6 {(Gershon) 0-1 Yudasin,L-Krasenkow,M/
Vilnius 1997/EXT 98/[Krasenkow] (30)}) 17. Nh1 Bb7 $13) 10... dxc6 11. Ng3 {
Definitely not the only move here, but the one which brought Sutovsky the
success in his game vs Nataf;} Bd6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] The idea is obvious to
stop immediate e4-e5, in addiition black bishop moves to better diagonal;} (
11... e5 {Alik Gershon recommends this move instead of 11...h5 of Nataf,
however I believe white gets an advantage after 11...e5;} 12. f4 (12. Qh5 {
Gershon} Bd6 13. f4 g6 14. Qf3 $14)) (11... h5 $6 {Gershon After this move
black will have serious problems with his K- He cannot castle K-side anymore,
and before he is ready to castle long white will be able to create dangerous
initiative.} 12. e5 ({Of course not:} 12. Nxh5 {Gershon} Qh4 13. Nxg7+ Kf8 $19)
12... Qd5 13. Re1 Bb4 14. Re4 g6 15. Ne2 $1 {1-0 Sutovsky,E-Nataf,I/Esbjerg
2001/CBM 85/[Gershon] (29) Forcing black's B to an ugly square} (15. Bg5 {
Gershon} f5 $1 16. c4 Qd7 17. Rh4) (15. h4 {Gershon} Be7)) 12. f4 f5 (12... O-O
13. e5 (13. Qh5 f5 $1) (13. f5 Bxg3 14. hxg3 exf5 15. exf5 Re8 $13) (13. Qg4 f5
) 13... Be7 14. Ne4 (14. f5 f6 $1 $132) 14... b6 {[%cal Gc6c5] black looks
safe here;}) 13. exf5 {An attempt to exploit uncaslted king of black;} (13.
Qh5+ g6 14. Qh6 Bf8 15. Qh3 Bg7 {white pieces take very dubous places;}) 13...
exf5 14. Re1+ Kf7 15. c3 {[%cal Gd1b3] White doesn't achieve anything with
this move (next move of white in this game is c3-c4, but I don't see any good
plan for white here either, so maybe white is just worse?!} ({Pointless for
white to provoke g6- it's just a useful move for black;} 15. Qh5+ g6 {[%cal
Gc8e6,Gd8f6]}) (15. c4 $5 {right away, but on the other hand black queen is
worse on b6 than on d8! very tricky position :-)}) 15... Qb6 $5 {forces c3-c4
as well as prevents Qb3, the drawback of Qb6 is that after c3-c4 move black
queen isn't doing much there;} (15... Be6 16. Rxe6 Kxe6 17. Qb3+ Kf6 18. Nh5+
Ke7 $5 (18... Kg6 19. Qe6+ Kxh5 20. Qxf5+ Kh6 (20... g5 21. Qf7+ $18) 21. Qe6+
Kh5 {and white has nothing better than perpetual;}) 19. Nxg7 Qd7 20. Bd2 {
big mess here, but I'd be happy to get such position in that game;}) 16. c4 {
Nothing better;} (16. Qb3+ Qxb3 17. axb3 c5 $15) 16... Bd7 17. Bd2 {[%cal
Gb2b4]} a5 $1 {Stops any counterplay of white on a queenside;} (17... Rae8 18.
Rxe8 Rxe8 19. b4 {but black must be fine here too;}) 18. Qb3 $6 {During the
game I was quite confident of white good drawish chances, but actually black
has a large advantage in it!} (18. b3 g6 $15 {[%cal Gh8e8]}) 18... Qxb3 19.
axb3 b6 20. Ne2 c5 $15 21. Kf2 {[%cal Ge2g1,Gg1f3] Intending Ng1-f3, which is
the only way to improve white's position here;} Rhe8 $6 {Wrong plan in general;
Black needs all rooks in the game and must play on a queenside (b6-b5 break).
White can't exploit the e-file- when white knight is coming to e5, black can
simply place his K on f6 and B on e8 or e6;} (21... Rhb8 $1 {[%cal Gb6b5]}) 22.
Ng1 {[%cal Gg1f3,Yf3e5,Yf3g5]} Rxe1 (22... Reb8 $1 23. Nf3 Kf6 24. Ne5 Be8 (
24... Be6 25. Re2 {[%cal Ga1e1,Ye5g4]}) 25. h3 h5 {and so on;}) 23. Rxe1 Re8 $6
{This is necessary to keep at least one pair of rooks to keep winnning chances;
} (23... Kf6 24. Nf3 Be6 $15) 24. Rxe8 Kxe8 25. Nf3 Ke7 26. Ne5 Be8 27. h3 Kf6
28. Nf3 Bd7 29. Ke2 h6 30. g3 {White builds the fortress;} Be8 31. Kf2 Bh5 32.
Bc1 {White can hardly move, but waiting strategy is the best way to hold the
position here;} Ke6 33. Bd2 Be7 34. Bc1 Bd6 {Black can open the queenside with
a5-a4 or b6-b5, but this only simplifies, and also white doesn't have any
weakneses;} 35. Bd2 Be7 36. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Oratovsky, Michael"]
[Black "Whitehead, Jay E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. h4 $5 {Interesting
possibility leading to complicated struggle.} f6 ({Deserves attention} 6... h5
$5 7. Nc3 Ng6 8. Ne2 $5 e5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 d5 11. c4 Bd6 $5 $13 {with
unclear position;Vasiukov,E-Zvjaginsev,V/RUS-ch 1995 (24)}) 7. Be3 ({Too hasty
is} 7. e5 $6 fxe5 8. Nxe5 d6 9. Nc4 Nf5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qh5+ g6
$15 {with good chanses for black as was played in Oratovsky, M-Miladinovic,I/
WchJM-U20 1994 (59)}) 7... d6 8. c3 Rb8 9. Qc2 e5 (9... Qb6 10. b4 Ba6 11. Nbd2
$14) 10. d4 Ba6 $6 ({More suitable reaction was} 10... cxd4 $5 11. cxd4 exd4
12. Nxd4 Qb6 13. Nf5 (13. Nb3 $5) 13... Qc7 14. Ng3 Be6 15. Nc3 $14 {,but even
in this case white keeps slightly better chanses.}) 11. dxc5 d5 {The 'poente'
of the last move of black,but the idea proves to be quiet suspicious.} 12. Nbd2
dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bd3 14. Qa4 Bxe4 (14... Rxb2 $2 15. Nd6+ Kd7 16. Qxa7+ (16. Nf7
$2 Re2+ 17. Kd1 Qb8 18. Nxh8 Qb2 $1 19. Rc1 Rxe3 $1 $19) 16... Ke6 17. O-O-O $1
Rb1+ (17... Rc2+ 18. Kb1 Rxc3+ 19. Kb2 Rc2+ 20. Ka1 $18) 18. Kd2 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1
$16) 15. Qxe4 Rxb2 16. O-O $36 {[%csl Re8,Rf8] [#] Despite of material balance
black is in serious troubles because of lack of coordination between the
pieces and bad development of the pieces.} Nd5 17. Bc1 $1 (17. Rfb1 $6 Rxb1+
18. Rxb1 Qc7 $1 $13) 17... Rb7 18. c4 Nb4 $6 {Another inaccuracy,but this time
with lethal conseqances.} ({It was nessssary to play} 18... Ne7 $5 19. Bd2 Qc8
20. Rab1 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Nf5 {with defendable position.}) 19. a3 $16 Nd3 20. Rd1
Rd7 21. Qxc6 Nxc5 22. Rb1 Kf7 $2 {[#] Letting white to finish the game with
the style!} {[%tqu "En","","","","b1b7","Tyomkin,D",10]} 23. Rb7 $1 1-0

[Event "Linares 22nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2005.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2] Garry knew that he is a winnner of Linares even he loses (the first
tie-break was more wins with black). As well as, Garry knew that this game is
the last in his professional chess career- Garry announced his retirement from
professional chess right after the end of this game ( this decision was not
any spontaneous,and the loss of this game didn't cause to that).} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 {Garry chooses a solid variation for the last round game.} 4.
Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O {Garry prepared 6.Nd2 line with white for Linares 2005
and was very close to beat Leko in round 8 of the same tournament.} (6. Nd2 {
Roiz in CBM 106} Bg5 7. h4 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Nf6 {That position was tested many
times on the highest level.} 9. O-O {A latest attempt to fight for the opening
advantage which connected with an idea of f2-f4.} Be6 10. f4 $146 {White
allows black to exchange the bishops,as it will make the Pd6 very vulnerable.}
Bxc4 11. dxc4 h5 $1 {A typical defensive idea in such a positions. Black
exploits a drawback of 7.h4 and gets a nice square for his knight.} 12. f5 Ng4
13. f6 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Leko,P/Linares 2005/CBM 106_01/[Roiz] (31) White
chooses a very energetical continuation. He tries to use some vulnerablity of
Ke8.}) 6... Nf6 7. Nh4 {A real surprise! This move has never been tested
before. Out of other seven tries, the 7.Ng5 is a most popular and promises
white a good play. In Dortmund 2004 Vishy tested 7.Bg5, and managed to achieve
some opening advantage, but for some reason this line hasn't gained any
popularity. The main idea of Topalov was to keep Garry out of book and his
analysis, and his strategy worked successfully in this game.} (7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4
Bg4 {After the game Kramnik,V-Grischuk,A/Wijk aaz Zee 2003 [Roiz] that move
became very popular.} 9. Qe1 exf4 {That helps white to complete his
development, but there is nothing better.} 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 h6 $146 {
This is a dubious novelty in my opinion, as after h7-h6 white gets excellent
attacking possibilities, using the open ''g'' file (after an exchange on f3).}
12. Nf3 Bxf3 $5 {Black tries a new concept in this common position. He keeps
his knight in the centre, trying to start a quick counterplay by b7-b5.} (12...
Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Be6 14. Kh1 $36 {[%cal Gf1g1] - Here white's initiative is more
dangerous than in Kramnik-Grischuk, as Qd8-d7 is a quite useful move for black.
At the same time a2-a4 is obviously not white's best attacking continuation.})
13. gxf3 Qd7 14. Be3 b5 {There is no other way of counterplay-otherwise black
is just much worse.} 15. Bxd4 (15. Bd5 $5 Rae8 16. Qg2 Kh8 17. a3 $1 {[%cal
Gd5a2]} Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Nc6 19. Kh1 $14) 15... bxc4 ({The alternative was:} 15...
cxd4 $1 16. Nxb5 d5 17. exd5 Bc5 18. b4 Bb6 19. a4 Nxd5 $14 {and black has
some compensation due to weakness of white's kside, although white's chances
are preferable.}) 16. Bxf6 (16. Be3 $5 cxd3 17. Qxd3 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. b3
$14) 16... Bxf6 17. dxc4 Bd4+ $2 {The idea of getting counterplay by f7-f5 is
right, but black chooses a wrong redaction for that!} ({After the correct:} 
17... Rab8 $1 18. b3 (18. Rab1 $6 Qh3 $1 19. Nd5 $140 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Rxb2 $15 {
[%csl Rf1]}) 18... Qh3 $1 19. Rae1 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Nb5 Rxf3
23. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Be5 $14 {white has only a small
advantage in this endgame.}) 18. Kh1 f5 19. Nd5 $1 $16 {0-1 Grischuk,
A-Cheparinov,I/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104/[Roiz,M] (39) Finally white's knight has
got an ideal spot, while the Bd4 couldn't stay in the centre too long in view
of the following c2-c3.}) (7. Bg5 $5 O-O 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Nd5 Bg5 10. a3 b6 11.
b4 Bh6 12. c3 Ne7 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Rb1 $14 {1-0 Anand,V-Leko,P/Dortmund 2004/
CBM 103 (27)}) 7... Nd4 (7... Nxe4 8. dxe4 (8. Nxe4 d5 9. Bxd5 Qxd5 10. Bg5 f6
$1 $15) 8... Bxh4 9. f4 (9. Nd5 O-O 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Ne5 {and black is
safe.}) 9... O-O 10. f5 $44 {and white has a full compensation.}) 8. g3 Bg4 (
8... Bh3 {only helps white} 9. Ng2) 9. f3 Be6 10. Bg5 Ng8 $1 {getting rid of
the bad bishop.} 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxe6 (13. gxf4 Qd7 {following
with 0-0-0.} 14. f5 Bxc4 15. dxc4 O-O-O {[%cal Gc6e5,Ge7c6,Gg7g6] white
kingside pawns are vulnerable.}) 13... fxe6 14. Rxf4 Kd7 $6 {Very unusual way
to connect black rooks. Both 14...Qb6 and 14...Qd7 followed with 0-0-0 would
give black at least an equal play. I believe, if no pressure of the last round
game (as well as of the last game of Garry's professional career), Garry would
choose one of those moves.} (14... Qb6 {[%cal Ge8c8]}) (14... Qd7 $11) 15. Nf3
$1 {This move wouldn't be possible in case of 14..Qb6 or 14...Qd7 since there
black had Ng6 reply.} Rf8 16. Rxf8 Qxf8 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Ne2 (18. Nb5 $5 Nc6
19. c3 (19. Qh5 Qe7 20. Rf1 (20. Qxh7 Qg5 {with at least a perpetual check.})
20... Rf8 21. Rxf8 Qxf8 22. Qxh7 a6 23. Na3 Ne5 {and black has a nice
compensation for a sacrificed pawn.}) 19... dxc3 20. bxc3 Qf6 21. d4 Rf8 22.
Qd2 Qf3 {and the activity of black pieces compensate the unsafe position of
black king.}) 18... Qf6 (18... Nc6 $143 19. Qd2 $1 $14 {[%cal Gb2b4,Ga1f1]} (
19. c3 Qf3 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Qe3+ 22. Kh1 Rf8 {and black is fine.})) 19.
c3 Rf8 (19... dxc3 $6 20. Qa4+ Nc6 21. Rf1 $16) 20. Nxd4 Nc6 {The game move
keeps it equal, while 20...Qf2+ line gives black at least a draw;} (20... Qf2+
21. Kh1 Nc6 (21... Rf6 $5) 22. Qg4 $1 Nxd4 23. Qxg7+ Rf7 24. Qxd4 Qxb2 {
and black is not any worse.}) 21. Qf1 Qxf1+ {I don't put a question mark to
Garry's move since I can't prove that the pawn ending is winning for white.
Although, Garry had two safe ways for a draw: 21...Qd8 and 21...Nf6.} (21...
Qd8 22. Qe2 (22. Nf3 Qb6+ 23. d4 Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qxc3 25. Rxb7+ Ke8 (25... Kd8 $5)
(25... Kc8 $2 26. Rb3 $16 {black king is vulnerable on c8;}) 26. Rb3 Qc2 27.
Qe1 $1 {in other cases black is just fine.} Qxa2 28. Qc3 Kf7 $1 29. Rb7+ Kg8
30. Qxc6 Qe2 31. Qc3 Rxf3 32. Qc8+ Rf8 33. Qxe6+ Kh8 34. Qf5 {and here black
must go for perpetual check.}) 22... Nxd4 (22... Qb6 $2 23. Qg4 $1) 23. cxd4
Qb6 24. Qe3 Qxb2 {and this position is equal.}) (21... Nxd4 22. Qxf6 Rxf6 (
22... gxf6 23. cxd4 Rc8 24. Rf1 Ke7 25. Kg2 {[%cal Gg2f3] with winning chances.
}) 23. cxd4 Rf3 24. Rd1 g5 {[%cal Gg5g4] and in view of d3 weakness, white
can't reach any progress in this ending.}) 22. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Nxd4 24.
cxd4 d5 $2 {[%mdl 4096] Garry played this move instantly, however, if black
keeps his pawn on d6, the win of white is very doubtful. This way was
mentioned by GM Shipov, he believes that this pawn ending is winning for white
anyhow, but does not show the way. Same here...} (24... b5 25. Ke2 Ke7 (25...
a5 26. Kd2 Kc6 27. a3 (27. Kc3 b4+ 28. Kc4 d5+ 29. Kb3 Kb5 $11) 27... Kd7 (
27... b4 28. axb4 axb4 29. Ke3 Kb5 30. b3 Kc6 31. Kf4 Kd7 32. d5 $18) 28. Kc3
Kc6 {and I don't see a winning plan for white.}) 26. Kd2 Kd7 27. Kc3 Kc6 28. a4
a5 $1) (24... Ke7 25. Ke2 Kf6 (25... b5 $1) 26. Kd2 {[%cal Gd2c3,Gc3c4,Gd4d5]}
Kg5 27. e5 {! Shipov, source: www.chesspro.ru} d5 {and I don't see any chance
for white here - the white king can't go to the queenside since black's king
is just faster.}) 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Kf3 Kf6 27. h4 $2 {[%mdl 4096] This move
loses couple of tempis, as well as gives Garry an excellent chance to save the
game!} (27. Kg4 h6 (27... g6 28. h4 $1 {leads to the game line.}) 28. Kh5 {
[%cal Gh2h4,Gg3g4,Gg4g5]} Kf7 29. g4 Kf6 30. h4 Kf7 31. g5 $18) 27... g6 $2 {
[%mdl 4096] Garry returns the favour and misses a chance to draw the game.} (
27... h6 28. Kg4 $1 (28. Kf4 g5+ 29. Kg4 Kg6 30. hxg5 (30. h5+ Kf6) 30... hxg5)
(28. h5 Kg5 29. g4 g6 30. hxg6 Kxg6 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Kg3 Kf7 (32... Kg6 33. Kh4
$1) 33. Kf4 (33. Kh4 Kg6) 33... Kf6 $11) 28... Kg6 (28... g6 29. Kf4 (29. b4 b5
30. a3 a6 {Same position as in the game with white to move, so white can't win
a tempi!}) (29. Kf3 g5 $1) 29... g5+ 30. Kg4 Kg6 $11) 29. Kf4 Kf6 30. h5) 28.
b4 b5 {28...h6 doesn't help here;} (28... h6 29. b5 g5 30. Kg4 Kg6 31. hxg5
hxg5 32. a3 Kh6 33. exd5 exd5 34. Kf5 $18) 29. Kf4 h6 (29... h5 30. g4 hxg4 31.
Kxg4 {and white king gets in;}) 30. Kg4 (30. Kg4 {Black is in zugzwang and
resigned. I still don't want to accept that Garry will not play in big
tourneys like this one nor in matches for the World Championship title. I grew
up as a chessplayer learning from Kasparov's games. He is my favourite chess
player, and a chess writer (and probably yours too!). I hope he will
reconsider and will come back to Big Chess.... Chess needs you, Garry, and we,
chess fans, don't accept your withdrawal.} Kf7 31. h5 $1 gxh5+ (31... g5 32.
exd5 exd5 33. Kf5 {[%cal Gf5e5]}) (31... Kf6 32. hxg6 Kxg6 33. Kf4 Kf6 34. g4
a6 35. a3 Kg6 36. Ke5 Kg5 37. Kxe6 $18 Kxg4 38. exd5 {and white pawn is faster.
}) 32. Kxh5 Kg7 33. g4 Kh7 34. g5 hxg5 35. Kxg5 Kg7 36. e5 $1 {final zugzwang;}
) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1997.09.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hnydiuk, Aleksander"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "206"]
[EventDate "1997.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 Nc6 8.
d3 (8. O-O {Tyomkin,D} Be7 (8... g6 $142 9. d3 {-8.d3}) 9. d3 O-O $14 10. a3 (
10. Bb3 b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. Kh1 Kh8 13. f5 d5 14. exd5 Na5 15. Nxd4 Nxb3 16. axb3
Qxd5 17. Qg4 Bf6 18. Be3 $16 {Najer,E-Rowson,J/World Juniors, Zagan POL 1997/
1-0(39)}) 10... a6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. f4 Kh8 14. f5 Bg5 15. Qh5 Bxc1
16. Raxc1 Qe7 17. f6 gxf6 18. Qh6 Rg8 19. Rxf6 Rg6 20. Rxg6 fxg6 21. Rf1 $16 {
<->f Balashov,Y-Khalifman,A/Moscow 1993/1-0(34)}) 8... g6 (8... Qb6 $6 {
Tyomkin,D} 9. O-O d6 10. c3 $5 {@} (10. Ng3 $6 g6 11. Bb3 $6 (11. f4) 11... Bd7
12. f4 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Bh6 13. f5 Bxc1 14. Qxc1 O-O-O 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Rf6 Rde8
17. Qd2 $14 {<->f Hnydiuk,A-Grigore,N/Eu Y Ch b18, Rimavska Sobota SLO 1996/
1-0 (61)}) 10... dxc3 11. Nxc3 (11. bxc3 Be7 {[%cal Ge8g8]}) 11... Be7 12. Be3
Qxb2 13. Nb5 $36) (8... Be7 9. O-O {-8.0-0}) 9. O-O Bg7 10. a4 $146 (10. Bd2 {
Tyomkin,D} a5 $142 $5 (10... O-O 11. b4 b6 12. b5 (12. a4 {-10.a4}) 12... Ne7
13. Bb4 d6 14. a4 a5 15. Ba3 (15. bxa6 $6 Bxa6 {[%cal Ga8a4,Ge7c6]}) 15... Bb7
16. Bb3 d5 17. f3 (17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Ga8c8,Gf8e8]})
17... Qc7 18. Qe1 Rad8 19. Qh4 {1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Kasparov,G/Reykjavik WCup
1988}) 11. a4 d5 (11... O-O) 12. exd5 (12. Bb3 dxe4 13. dxe4 O-O) (12. Bb5 O-O
{[%cal Gc6a7]}) 12... exd5 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Nf4 Be6 {[%cal Gd8d6]}) 10... O-O
11. Bd2 b6 {Trying to play like Kasparov.But why to give white so much space?}
(11... a5 $142) 12. b4 {[%cal Ga4a5]} a5 13. b5 Ne7 14. Bb3 d5 15. f3 e5 $2 (
15... Bb7 {and black is OK}) 16. Bg5 $1 f6 17. Bc1 $1 $16 {[%cal Gc1a3]} Be6
18. Ba3 Bf7 $5 {temporary pawn sacrifice} (18... Re8 19. c3 $1 (19. f4 Qd7)
19... dxc3 (19... f5 20. cxd4 exd4 21. Nf4) (19... Bh6 20. f4 $1) 20. Nxc3 Rc8
21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Nxd5 $16) 19. exd5 Re8 (19... Nf5 20. Bxf8 Bxf8 21. Qb1 Ne3
22. Rc1 $16) (19... Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Bxf8 Bxf8 $44 {/+/-}) 20. c4 dxc3
21. d6 $1 Nd5 $1 (21... Nf5 $2 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qb3+ Re6 24. f4 $16) 22. Nxc3
$1 (22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Nxc3 Be6 $44) 22... Nxc3 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qb3+ Re6 25.
Qxc3 Bf8 26. Qc7+ Kg8 $8 {Black's position looks dangerous,but white doesn't
have anything force.} (26... Qxc7 27. dxc7 Rc8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Rac1 Re7 30.
Rc6 $18) 27. Qc4 Qd7 28. d4 $6 (28. Qc6 Qxc6 29. bxc6 Bxd6 30. Bxd6 Rxd6 31. c7
Rc8 32. Rfc1 Rd7 $15) (28. f4 {Kogan,A} Rc8 29. Qb3 Bxd6 30. Bxd6 Qxd6 31. fxe5
$16) 28... Rc8 29. Qd5 $2 (29. Qb3 $142 $1 Bxd6 (29... exd4 30. Rfe1 Kf7 31.
Rad1 $18) 30. Bxd6 Qxd6 31. dxe5 Qd4+ 32. Kh1 Qc4 $16) (29. Qa2 $1) 29... Bxd6
30. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 exd4 32. Kf1 $2 $138 (32. Bxd6 Qxd6 33. Qxd6 Rxd6 34.
Rc6 Rd7 35. Kf2 {[%cal Yf2e2,Yf2e1,Gd4d3]} d3 36. Ke1 Rd4 37. Kd2 $11) 32...
Qf7 $1 {[%cal Rd6a3,Re6e1]} 33. Qa8+ Kg7 34. Bxd6 Rxd6 35. Qb8 Rd7 36. Qxb6 d3
37. Qe3 d2 38. Rd1 Qc4+ 39. Kf2 Qxa4 40. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 41. Qxd2 Qxb5 $17 {/-+} 42.
Qd8 Qc5+ 43. Kg3 Qa7 44. Qd6 a4 45. Qa3 Qd7 46. h4 Kf7 47. Qc5 Ke6 48. Qc4+ Kd6
49. Qd4+ Kc7 50. Qa7+ Kd8 51. Qa8+ Ke7 52. Qe4+ Kf7 53. Qc4+ Kg7 54. Qc5 h5 55.
Kh2 Qb7 56. Qa5 Qc6 57. Qa7+ Kf8 58. Kg1 Qc1+ 59. Kf2 Qd2+ 60. Kf1 Qd3+ 61. Kf2
a3 62. Qc5+ Kf7 63. Qc7+ Ke6 64. Qc8+ Ke7 65. Qb7+ Qd7 66. Qb4+ Qd6 67. Qb7+
Ke6 68. Qe4+ Kd7 69. Qa4+ Ke7 70. Qa7+ Kf8 71. Qa8+ Kf7 72. Qa7+ Qe7 73. Qa5
Kg7 74. Qa4 Qc5+ 75. Ke2 Qe5+ 76. Kd3 Qd5+ 77. Kc3 a2 78. Qa7+ Kh6 79. Kb2 (79.
Qe3+ g5 $19) 79... Qd2+ $6 (79... Qb5+ $142 80. Kxa2 Qe2+ 81. Kb3 Qxg2 82. Qe3+
g5 $19) 80. Ka1 Qc2 $2 $11 {[%cal Rc2b1]} (80... Qe1+ $1 81. Kxa2 Qxh4 (81...
Qe2+ 82. Kb3 Qxg2 83. Qa8 $1 $11) 82. Qe3+ Qg5 $1 $17 {[%csl Ra2] /-+} (82...
g5 $6 83. Kb3 $1 $15 {[%csl Rh4]})) (80... Qxg2 $11 81. Qe7 $1 (81. Qf7 $1 Qf1+
82. Kxa2 Qf2+ 83. Kb1 {black can win only if queen will give a check on
"d4"and next play g6-g5,but white simply moves a king on white squares.} Qxh4
84. Qf8+ Kg5 85. Qc5+ Kf4 86. Qb4+ $11 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gb4e1]}) (81. Qa8 $2
Qf1+ 82. Kxa2 Qc4+ 83. Kb1 g5 $1 $19 {[%cal Yc4g8]}) 81... Qf1+ $1 82. Kxa2
Qc4+ (82... Qf2+ {-81.Qf7}) 83. Kb1 Qb3+ 84. Kc1 Qc3+ 85. Kb1 g5 (85... f5 86.
Qf8+ Qg7 87. Qxg7+ Kxg7 88. f4 $1 $11) 86. Qf8+ Kg6 87. Qe8+ $11 Kf5 $140 $4
88. Qe4#) 81. Qe3+ g5 82. hxg5+ Kg6 (82... fxg5 83. Qe6+ Qg6 84. Qxa2 $15 {/=}
Qb6 (84... Qf6+ 85. Kb1 Qb6+ 86. Qb2) 85. Qb2) 83. Qe8+ Kxg5 (83... Kf5 84.
Qb5+ (84. g4+ $5 Kf4 $1 85. Qb8+ Kxg5 86. Qb5+ f5 87. f4+ Kxf4 88. Qb8+ Kg5 89.
Qd8+ $1 $11) 84... Kg6 (84... Kf4 85. gxf6) 85. Qe8+ $11) 84. Qe3+ Kf5 (84...
Kg6 $5 85. Qe8+ Kf5 86. Qxh5+ (86. g4+ $6 hxg4 (86... Kg5 87. Qb5+ f5 (87...
Kf4 88. gxh5) 88. f4+ $1 Kxf4 89. Qb8+ $1 Kf3 90. gxh5 Kg4 91. Qg8+ $1) (86...
Kf4 87. Qb8+ Kxf3 88. gxh5 $1 {very important idea in this ending-black
already doesn't have the possibility to transfer a game to the pawns' ending}
Kg4 89. Qg8+ $1) 87. fxg4+ Kf4 88. Qb8+ Kg5 89. Qg8+ (89. Qb5+ Kh4 90. Qh5+ Kg3
) 89... Kh4 $19) 86... Kf4 87. Qh4+ Ke3 (87... Ke5 88. Qe1+ Kd5 89. Qa5+) 88.
Qe1+ Kd4 89. Qb4+ $11) 85. g4+ $1 {white's idea to sacrifice all pawns to use
stalemate motives} hxg4 (85... Kg6 $1 {It was much better practical chance,but
still white has a draw. But even here I didn't feel a danger} 86. Qe8+ Kg5 87.
Qxh5+ (87. Qb5+ Kh4 (87... f5 88. f4+ Kxf4 89. gxh5 (89. Qb8+ Kg5 90. Qd8+)
89... Kg5 $19 {with idea Qb1})) 87... Kf4 88. Qh6+ Kg3 $19) 86. fxg4+ Kg6 87.
Qe8+ Kg5 {[%tqu "En","how to make a draw?","","","e8e3","",0,"e8e5","this move
both of us blundered in the hard time-trouble",10]} 88. Qe3+ $4 (88. Qe5+ $3
$11 {this move both of us blundered in the hard time-trouble}) 88... Kh4 {
[%cal Gh4h3]} 89. Qe1+ (89. Qg5+ Kg3 90. Qe3+ Kg2 $19) 89... Kh3 90. Qh1+ (90.
Qf1+ Kh2 91. Qf4+ Kg2) 90... Kg3 91. Qg1+ Kf3 92. Qf1+ (92. Qh1+ Kf4 93. Qf1+ (
93. Qh6+ Kg3) 93... Kg5 94. Qb5+ Kh4) 92... Ke3 93. Qe1+ (93. Qg1+ Ke4 94. Qh1+
(94. Qe1+ Kf4) 94... Ke5 95. Qe1+ Kf4) 93... Kf4 94. Qf1+ (94. Qb4+ Kg5 95.
Qa5+ Kg6 96. Qg5+ $1 Kh7 $1 97. Qh5+ Kg7 98. Qg5+ Qg6 $19) 94... Kg5 95. Qb5+
Kh4 96. Qg5+ Kg3 97. Qe3+ Kg2 98. Qe1 Qb1+ 99. Qxb1 axb1=Q+ 100. Kxb1 Kg3 101.
Kc2 Kxg4 102. Kd2 Kf3 103. Ke1 f5 0-1

[Event "Congres International"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1878.06.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bird, Henry Edward"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Annotator "Von Gottschall,H"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1878.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{(Source: Adolf Anderssen, Altmeister Deutscher Schachspielkunst; Leipzig 1912,
pp. 493-494.)  (Quelle: Adolf Anderssen, Altmeister Deutscher Schachspielkunst;
Leipzig 1912, S. 493-494.)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4
cxd4 6. Ne2 Nf6 7. Ng3 Bd6 ({E. Schallopp recommends E. Schallopp empfiehlt
hier} 7... h5 {to continue after , um auf} 8. h4 ({or if oder falls} 8. e5 h4
9. exf6 hxg3 10. fxg7 Bxg7 11. fxg3 Qg5 12. Qe2 Rxh2 {etc. usw.}) {with mit}
8... Bd6 {fortzufahren.}) 8. Qe2 Bb8 9. b3 a6 10. Bd3 d6 11. Bb2 e5 12. O-O O-O
13. f4 Re8 {Obvious, but not good. Naheligend, aber nicht gut.} ({Besser wäre} 
13... d5 {would better and if und falls} 14. exd5 Bg4 15. Qe1 exf4 16. Ne2 Bxe2
{then 17...Qxd5 etc.. nebst 17...Qxd5 usw.}) 14. Nh5 $1 Ng4 15. Rf3 $1 {
Skilfull play from White/ Weiß spielt sehr geschickt.} g6 (15... Qh4 {is no
good on account of taugt nichts wegen} 16. Rh3) ({and also und auch} 15... Nxh2
16. Kxh2 Bg4 {is unsatisfactory. ist unzureichend.} {[Fritz5 is of a different
opinion [Fritz5 ist anderer Meinung:} 17. Ng3 exf4 18. Nh1 (18. Nf1 d5 19. Kg1
f5 20. e5 Bxe5 $17) 18... d5 19. Nf2 f5 $17 {]}) 16. Ng3 Ba7 17. f5 $1 d5 18.
fxg6 ({Here Hier sollte zunächst} 18. Raf1 {should be played first. geschehen.}
) 18... hxg6 19. Raf1 dxe4 $2 {This is the decisive mistake. Dies ist der
entscheidende Fehler.} ({After Nach} 19... Be6 {Black could put up a defence.
war das schwarze Spiel verteidigungsfähig.}) 20. Qxe4 Be6 ({Fritz5:} 20... f5
21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Rxf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Qh4 24. h3 Rf8 $11) 21. Rxf7 {A nice,
though obvious, sacrifice which brings the game to a speedy end. Ein schönes,
allerdings naheliegendes Opfer, das die Partie rasch beendet.} Bxf7 22. Rxf7
Qg5 (22... Kxf7 {should not be played on account of darf wegen} 23. Qxg6+ Ke7 {
[Fritz5: mate in 7] [Fritz5: Matt in 7]} ({if falls} 23... Kf8 {then so} 24.
Ba3+ Re7 25. Bc4 Nh6 26. Nf5 {etc. usw.} ({Fritz5: mate in 5 Matt in 5} 26.
Qxh6+)) 24. Ba3+ Kd7 25. Qd6+ Kc8 26. Bf5+ {etc. usw. nicht geschehen.}) 23.
Qxb7 Qh4 24. h3 Nf6 25. Rg7+ Kh8 26. Rxg6 Rg8 ({If Falls} 26... Qh7 {, then ,
so} 27. Qf3 {etc. usw.}) 27. Rxf6 e4 28. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Leipzig Anderssen Masters"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1877.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Annotator "Von Gottschall,H"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1877.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Von Gottschall:Adolf Anderssen, Altmeister Deutscher Schachspielkunst;
Leipzig 1912, S.464-466.} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 $2 {A bad move. Ein
schlechter Zug.} ({The correct one is Richtig ist} 4. d4) 4... Nd4 $1 5. Nxd4
$2 {Once again a bad move.After only a few moves White lands up in a very
difficult position. Wiederum nicht gut. Weiß gerät nun schon nach wenigen
Zügen in eine recht mißliche Lage.} cxd4 6. Ne2 Nf6 $1 7. Bd3 {The sad result
of the previous moves. Die traurige Konsequenz der vorhergehenden Züge.} (7. d3
{does not work on account of geht nicht wegen} Qa5+) ({and after und auf} 7.
Nxd4 {there would follow würde folgen} Qb6 8. c3 e5 $1 {etc. usw.}) ({On the
other hand Dagegen kam} 7. Ng3) ({or oder} 7. e5 {were worth considering. in
Frage.}) 7... Bc5 8. b3 O-O 9. Ng3 e5 $1 {Anderssen's play is excellent.
White's game is rather crippled.  Anderssen spielt vortrefflich; das weiße
Spiel ist ziemlich lahm gelegt.} 10. O-O d6 ({Here Anderssen onits the
immediate Hier unterläßt Anderssen sofort} 10... d5 {on account of the threat
of wegen des drohenden} 11. f4 {and in order to quietly complete the delopment
of his bishop and to bring his rook to e8. Crafty: und um erst in Ruhe seine
Läuferentwicklung und die Aufstellung des Turmes auf e8 zu bewirken.} {Crafty:}
dxe4 12. Bxe4 (12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 d3+ 14. Kh1 Qd4 $19) 12... exf4 13. Rxf4
d3+ 14. Kh1 Bd6 15. Rh4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Bxg3 17. hxg3 dxc2 $19) 11. f4 Bd7 12. f5
Bc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Kh1 d5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Be4 $2 {Black has a good answer
to this: Darauf hat Schwarz eine gute Antwort;} (16. Ne4 {was better. war
besser.}) 16... d3 17. cxd3 ({Viel stärker war} 17. Bxd3 {was much stronger,
although there are unmistakable reservations about it too. After the text move
White's pawn structure is completely shattered and the game game becomes
hopeless for White. , obgleich auch dieser Zug seine unverkennbaren Bedenken
hat. Nach dem Textzug wird die weiße Bauernstellung vollständig ruiniert und
damit die Partie für Weiß unhaltbar.}) 17... Bf2 18. Re2 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Bxe4 20.
dxe4 Qd4 $1 21. Ba3 Nxe4 22. Kh2 Rad8 23. Qg1 Qd5 (23... Qxg1+ 24. Rxg1 Nxd2 {
would be wrong on account of wäre wegen} 25. Bb4 {fehlerhaft.}) 24. Rae1 Nf6 $1
({Not Nicht} 24... Nxd2 {on account of wegen} 25. Bb4 {etc. usw.}) 25. Qf1 (25.
Qc5 {would be met by würde mit} Qd3 $1 {beantwortet.}) 25... Qa5 $1 {Very
subtle. The queen makes space for the rook to get to d3.  Sehr fein. Die Dame
macht Platz, damit der Turm nach d3 kommen kann.} 26. Bc1 Rd3 27. Re4 {A joke,
but White has no other way to free his game. Ein Witz, Weiß kann aber sein
Spiel sonst nicht befreien.} Qd5 28. Rh4 h5 $1 29. Qe2 e4 30. Rf1 Ng4+ ({Fritz6
} 30... Rc8 31. Qf2 (31. Rhf4 Rc2 $19) (31. b4 Qxa2 $19) (31. Rxh5 Nxh5 32.
Qxh5 Rc6 $19) 31... Ng4+ $19) 31. Kh3 (31. Rxg4 {still offered White his best
chance. bot für Weiß noch die besten Chancen.}) 31... Qd6 $1 32. Rf3 $2 {
Elegant... and bad. Anderssen does not find the correct reply. Elegant und
schlecht. - Anderssen findet nur die richtige Antwort nicht,} (32. Rxg4 {
was necessary here. war jetzt notwendig,}) ({since after da auf} 32. Qe1 Rc8
33. Bb2 e3 ({or oder} 33... Rxd2 {folgen könnte})) (32. Rf4 $4 {could follow,
then} Qxf4 {etc. usw.}) 32... Qc6 $2 ({Here Hier hätte} 32... Rc8 $1 {would
have won immediately, e.g. sofort gewonnen, z.B.} 33. Rxd3 ({or oder} 33. Qxe4
Nf2+ {etc. usw.}) ({or oder} 33. Rxh5 Nf6 {etc. usw.}) 33... Rxc1 $1 34. Rxh5
Qxd3 $1 35. Qxd3 (35. Qxg4 $4 Rh1#) 35... Nf2+ {etc. usw.}) 33. Rf1 Qc7 ({
Obviously Anderssen did not see the continuation mentioned in the previous
note, or else he would have taken the opportunity to go back to the previous
position by Anderssen hat die in der vorigen Anmerkung angedeutete Fortsetzung
offenbar nicht gesehen, sonst würde er die Gelegenheit benutzt haben, durch} 
33... Qd6 {die frühere Stellung wieder herzustellen.}) 34. Qe1 g6 {Protecting
the h-pawn is necessary and is prepared by the following manoeuvre. Eine
notwendige Deckung des h-Bauern, die das nachfolgende Manöver vorbereitet.} ({
Crafty:} 34... e3 $1 35. dxe3 Rdxe3 36. Bxe3 Rxe3 37. Rxh5 Rxe1 38. Rxe1 Nf6
$19) 35. Bb2 Red8 {with the threat 36...e3. Mit der Drohung 36...e3.} ({Crafty:
} 35... e3 36. Rf3 (36. dxe3 Rexe3 $19) 36... Rxd2 $19) 36. Rxg4 {White has
nothing better left. Weiß hat nichts Besseres mehr.} hxg4+ 37. Kxg4 {Here
White lost the game on time. It was nevertheless played out as follows. Hier
hat der Anziehende die Partie durch Zeitüberschreitung verloren. Sie wurde
indes trotzdem wie folgt weitergespielt.} R8d5 38. Rf4 gxf5+ 39. Kg5 ({After
Auf} 39. Rxf5 {simply würde einfach} Qd7 {geschehen.} ({Auch} 39... Rxg3+ {
would also win. würde gewinnen.})) 39... Kf8 $2 {Once more Anderssen does not
find the best continuation. Jetzt trifft Anderssen wieder nicht die beste
Fortsetzung.} ({After Mit} 39... f6+ 40. Bxf6 Qh7 {and und} 41. Z0 Kf7 {
there was an immediate win for Black. war die Partie sofort für Schwarz
gewonnen.}) 40. Bf6 Ke8 41. g4 fxg4+ ({Fritz6} 41... Rxd2 42. Rxf5 Rxf5+ 43.
Kxf5 Qd7+ 44. Kf4 Qd6+ 45. Be5 Qd3 $19) 42. Kxg4 Qd7+ 43. Kh4 Qd6 44. Qxe4+ (
44. Rxe4+ {is no better. ist nicht besser.}) 44... Kd7 45. Qa4+ Qc6 {Because
of lack of time the gme was not taken any further. Weiter wurde die Partie aus
Zeitmangel nicht fortgesetzt.} (45... Qc6 {After Auf} 46. Qxc6+ ({Anderssen
thought, as is stated in the tournament book, that White should not play
Anderssen meinte, wie im Kongreßbuch von Schallopp ausgeführt wird, daß Weiß
auch nicht} 46. Qxa7 {This view is based on the following lines: spielen
durfte. Diese Ansicht wird mit folgenden Varianten begründet:} Rf5 {Crafty: ??}
({Crafty:} 46... Rd6 $19 47. Rc4 (47. Rb4 Rxf6 48. Rxb7+ Ke6 49. Re7+ Kf5 50.
Qa5+ Kg6 $19) (47. Qa4 Rxd2 48. Qxc6+ Kxc6 49. g4 Rxa2 $19) 47... Qxg2 48. Qa4+
Rc6 49. Rd4+ Rxd4+ 50. Qxd4+ Rd6 51. Qa4+ Ke6 $19) {A)} 47. Rxf5 ({B)} 47. Rd4+
{Crafty: ??} Ke6 48. Bg5 {Crafty: ??} ({Crafty:} 48. Rxd3 Qe4+ 49. g4 Qe1+ 50.
Kh3 Qf1+ 51. Kh4 $11 Rxf6 $4 52. Qe3#) 48... f6 ({The variations given could
be improved as follows: Die angegbenen Varianten lassen sich wie folgt
verstärken:} 48... Ra5 $1 49. Qxa5 Rxd4+ 50. Kh5 ({If falls} 50. g4 {then , so}
Qh1+ {etc. usw.}) ({if falls} 50. Kg3 {, then , so} Rd5) 50... Rd5 51. Qb4 f6
52. Qe4+ Re5 {etc. This allows us to consider as correct Anderssen's opinion
that Black must win. usw. Soweit könnte man also die Ansicht von Anderssen,
daß Schwarz gewinnen muß, für richtig halten.}) 49. Be3 ({Crafty:} 49. Rxd3
Qe4+ (49... Rxg5 $4 50. Qe3+ Re5 51. Qf3 $18) 50. Kh3 (50. g4 fxg5+ 51. Kh5
Qh1+ 52. Kg6 Rf6+ $19) 50... Qxd3+ 51. Qe3+ Qxe3+ 52. Bxe3 $15) 49... Rxd4+ 50.
Qxd4 Qxg2 {etc. usw.}) 47... Qe4+ 48. Kg5 ({If falls} 48. Kh5 {, then , so}
Qxf5+ 49. Bg5 Qh7+ 50. Kg4 Qe4+ 51. Kh5 Rd4) ({But what happens after Was
geschieht aber auf} 48. g4 $5 Qe1+ 49. Kh5 {Fritz5.32: ??} ({Fritz5.32} 49. Kg5
$18 {e.g. z.B.} Qxd2+ 50. Kh5 Rh3+ 51. Bh4 {etc. usw.}) 49... Rh3+ {Fritz5.32 =
} 50. Kg5 Qxd2+ 51. Rf4 Qd5+ {appears to lead only to a draw. The position is
interesting and worth checking out. scheint nur Remisschluß zu ergeben. Die
Stellung ist interessant und einer Nachprüfung wert.}) 48... Qxg2+ ({The lines
given can be improved as follows: Die angegbenen Varianten lassen sich wie
folgt verstärken:} 48... Rg3+ $1 {Fritz5.32: ??} 49. Kh6 Rg6+ 50. Kh7 Rxf6 {
etc. usw.} {Fritz5.32:} 51. g4 $11 Qh1+ (51... Qxg4 $4 52. Qxb7+ $18) 52. Rh5
Qe4+ $11) 49. Kf4 Rf3+ $1 ({Fritz5.32: Mate in 8 after Fritz5.32: Matt in 8
nach} 49... Qf3+ 50. Kg5 (50. Ke5 Rd5#) 50... Qg3+ 51. Kh5 Qh3+ 52. Kg5 (52.
Bh4 Qxf5+ 53. Bg5 Rh3#) 52... Rg3+ 53. Kf4 Rg4+ 54. Ke5 Qg3+ 55. Rf4 (55. Kd5
Qd6#) 55... Qxf4+ 56. Kd5 Qd6#) 50. Ke5 Qe2+ 51. Kd4 Qf2+ {etc. Probably both
lines are not exactly as Anderssen intended since with the continuations which
are mentioned the win for Black is not all that clear. usw. Beide Varianten
sind indes wahrscheinlich von Anderssen nicht so ausgeführt worden, da bei den
vorstehend erwähnten Fortsetzungen der Gewinn für Schwarz durchaus nicht klar
ist.}) 46... Kxc6 47. Bc3 Rd7 {Black wins. gewinnt Schwarz.}) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norilsk Nikel"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. c4 g6 8.
d3 Bg7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. b4 d6 11. c5 b6 12. Nc4 $1 {[%csl Gc4][%mdl 4] Watch
this the key piece!} bxc5 13. bxc5 dxc5 (13... d5 14. Nd6 {is none too
appetising either.}) 14. Bd2 {[%csl Ga5,Rd8][%cal Yd2a5]} Bd7 {It is not clear
how much choice black had here - if this piece would have gone to b7 instead
its future would have also been far from rosy. However, white has a set of
targetted 'ideal exchanges' - he would like to pit his stable, blockading,
radiating knight against the feeble black bishop on g7 which can neither
attack weak pawns on challenge for key squares. This game is really a model of
white square strategy.} 15. Rb1 Nc6 16. Qa4 Qc7 17. Ba5 $1 {[%csl Ya5,Yb5,Gc4,
Yc6,Yd7,Rg7] Forcing the exchanges of the ideal 'minor piece pairs' which will
leave the knight against the not formally bad, but in reality catastrophic
bishop!} Nxa5 18. Qxa5 Rfc8 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Rb5 Rc8 22. Reb1
Kf8 23. Rb8 Rxb8 24. Rxb8+ Ke7 25. Rc8 Rb7 26. Kf1 Kd7 27. Rg8 Bf6 28. Rf8 Rb1+
29. Ke2 Ke7 30. Ra8 Rb7 31. f4 $1 {Black's utter helplessness in this ending
despite his extra pawn is very instructive. Note that qua Bronstein, white's
knight is a light-squared monster which will come in and eventually simply eat
up the bishop in its dark-square prison!} h5 32. e5 Bg7 33. Kf3 Rc7 34. Nd6 Bh6
35. Re8+ Kd7 36. Rh8 Bg7 37. Rg8 Bh6 38. Nxf7 Kc6 39. Nxh6 Kb5 40. Rxg6 Re7 41.
Ng8 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Wolff,P"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d4 (
8. Re1 Ng6 (8... Rc8 9. a4 Ng6 10. axb5 axb5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4
Be7 14. Bd3 b4 15. Be3 O-O 16. Nd2 f5 $1 $132 {Spasspov-Gulko, Biel izt (1)})
9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4 11. Nc3 O-O 12. a4 Nce7 $1 13. Bd2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 f5 $1
$132 {Arkhipov-Filipenko, Nabereznye Chelny, 1993}) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 $5 Ng6
$146 (9... d5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 (10... Nxc6 $146 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 exd5 13.
Be3 O-O-O 14. Bb6 $1 $14 {Anand-Svesnikov, Biel izt (11)}) 11. e5 Ng6 12. Re1
b4 13. Nd2 bxc3 14. bxc3 Be7 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Qh5 $1 Ba4 17. Bd2 $14 {
Ivanchuk-Lputian, Biel izt (7)}) 10. f4 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Rc1 $1
$14 {The R is useful placed opposite the Q, especially as the bishop on c2
needs to be defended if White wants to take on d4 with the pawn.} Rad8 14. Qh5
e5 15. Nxc6 $6 (15. f5 exd4 16. cxd4 Bf6 $1 {Black seems able to defend this
position.}) (15. Nf5 $1 Bf6 $1 (15... exf4 16. Bd4 $1 {White has a strong
initiative here.}) 16. fxe5 $14) 15... dxc6 16. f5 Nf4 17. Bxf4 (17. Qg4 c5 18.
g3 h5 $5 (18... Nd3 19. Bh6 (19. f6 Bxf6 20. Rxf6 Nxc1 (20... Bc8 $1) 21. Bh6
g6 $17) 19... Bf6 20. Bxg7 h5 $1 $8 21. Qf3 (21. Qe2 Nxc1 {hits the queen}) (
21. Qxh5 Kxg7 22. Qg4+ Kh7 23. Qh5+ Kg7 $10) 21... Kxg7 22. Bxd3 c4 23. Qxh5
Rh8 24. Qg4+ Kf8 $17) 19. Qf3 Nd3 20. Rb1 c4 $13 21. Qxh5 $140 Bc5) 17... exf4
18. Nf3 c5 19. Rce1 (19. e5 Bxf3 $8 20. gxf3 (20. Rxf3 Qxe5 $17) (20. Qxf3 Qxe5
21. Qxf4 Qxf4 22. Rxf4 Bg5) 20... Qxe5 21. Rce1 Qf6 $8 22. Rxe7 {It looks at
first like this wins, but Black has a shot here.} Rd2 $1 (22... Qxe7 $2 23. f6
Qe3+ (23... g6 24. fxe7 $18) 24. Kh1 h6 (24... g6 25. Qh6 $18) 25. Rg1 $18) 23.
Be4 (23. Rf2 Qxe7 (23... Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Qxe7 $17) 24. f6 Qe1+ 25. Rf1 Qe3+ 26.
Kh1 h6 (26... Rxc2 $4 27. Qg5 g6 28. Qh6 $18) 27. Rg1 (27. Qg4 g5 28. Qh5 Qe2
$19) (27. fxg7 Kxg7 28. Rg1+ Kf6 $1 29. Qh4+ Ke6 30. Re1 Re2 $19) 27... Qxg1+
28. Kxg1 Rxc2 29. fxg7 Rd8 $1 $19) 23... g6 $1 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Qe5 (25. Bxg6
$142 $1 Qxg6+ 26. Qxg6+ fxg6 27. Rf2 $10) 25... Qh4 $1 $19) 19... Bf6 20. e5 {
Or else Black blockades on e5} Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Rfe8 $1 (21... Bxe5 $4 22. f6 $18)
(21... g6 22. Qh6 $1 $16 {/\Rh3, /\Qxf4}) 22. e6 c4 $1 (22... fxe6 23. Rh3 $1
h6 24. fxe6 $16 {><f5,g6,h6,h7,f7}) 23. Rxf4 Qc5+ 24. Kf1 Rxe6 $10 25. Rxe6
fxe6 26. Qe2 Be5 27. Rf2 exf5 28. Rxf5 Re8 29. g3 {White plays on out of spite,
but Black has played excellently well throughout, and there was no reason not
to call it a draw right here.} a5 30. Qe4 g6 31. Rf2 a4 32. a3 Rd8 33. Re2 Rf8+
34. Kg2 Bc7 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Qe3 Qd6 37. Qe7 Qxe7 38. Rxe7 Bb6 39. Re2 Rf6 40.
Be4 Kg7 41. Bf3 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 $1 {An intriguing line.
Usually, White doesn't combine the Rossolimo with an Open Sicilian, but here
the black knight is on e7.} cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 (6... a6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6
9. Qc3 $1 {is the key line. The active queen is interfering with Black's
development.}) 7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. f4 {In this normal
Sicilian pattern White has moved his light-squared bishop twice, but it also
took two moves for the black knight to reach g6, which arguably is an inferior
position to the usual f6.} Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b6 $1 12. Qd2 {Hikaru easily
sidesteps a trap.} (12. Rad1 $2 Bc5 13. Qd2 Nxf4) ({but he could have done the
same with} 12. g3) 12... Bb7 13. Rad1 Bc6 {Black has emerged with a playable
position. Of course, when playing Nakamura one has to expect a long, tough
game regardless of how successful your opening turned out to be.} 14. a3 Bf6 $5
{Teimour's idea was to provoke e4-e5.} ({There seemed to be nothing wrong with
} 14... Rad8 15. g3 d5) 15. g3 Rac8 16. e5 Be7 17. h4 $1 Rfd8 18. h5 Nf8 19.
Ba6 Rb8 20. Qd6 $5 {Often, queen sacrifices produce more excitement from
spectators than deserved. Here it is a cute way to take the game into an
ending with opposite colourd bishops.} ({Apparently, HIkaru was not fully
satisfied with} 20. Qe2 d6 21. Qc4 d5 22. Qe2 Bc5) 20... Bxd6 21. exd6 Qc8 22.
Bxc8 Rbxc8 {Black's game isn't that cramped by the presence of the white pawn
on the 6th rank, yet there's the typical lack of communication lines between
the flanks. Nakamura has to be very quick with his play on the queenside.} 23.
a4 $1 {Doing just that!} h6 24. Ra1 Ba8 ({A sharper move was} 24... Nh7 25. Nb5
Be4 26. c3 Nf6 27. Nxa7 Rb8 $13) 25. a5 Rc6 26. Rfd1 b5 $2 {Leaving White's
a-pawn alive was a big mistake that ultimately cost Radjabov the game.} ({
Instead,} 26... bxa5 27. Bxa7 (27. Rxa5 a6) 27... Ra6 28. Be3 Rb8 29. b3 Bf3
30. Rd2 Nh7 31. Na4 Nf6 32. Nc5 Raa8 {looks about even.}) 27. a6 $1 b4 28. Nb5
Rxc2 29. Rd2 Rdc8 (29... b3 30. Rxc2 bxc2 31. Bxa7 e5 32. Rc1 Be4 33. Nc3 Bd3
34. Bb6 Ra8 35. a7 {brings no relief.}) 30. Nc7 Rxd2 31. Bxd2 Bc6 32. Be3 Nh7 (
{There was a defensive idea} 32... e5 {to force a knight swap, but the
resulting opposite-coloured bishop endgame with rooks present would be very
tough for Black, whose king is late in coming to help.}) 33. Bxa7 Nf6 34. Bc5
Ne4 {Whatever gains Black may achieve on the kingside are absolutely
irrelevant in the face of White's advantage on the other side of the board. As
expected, Nakamura wrapped the game up in the most efficient manner.} 35. Bxb4
Nxg3 36. a7 Ne2+ 37. Kh2 Nxf4 38. Ra6 Be4 39. Rb6 Nxh5 40. Rb8 Rf8 41. Bd2 Nf6
42. b4 1-0

[Event "American Continental 13th"]
[Site "Medellin"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo Rafael"]
[Black "Ynojosa Aponte, Felix Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Ynojosa,F"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.06.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "COL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. Bd3 Ng6 9. c4 Bc5 ({I had played a few games with} 9... Be7 {Since my
opponent used to play 3.d4 I knew he would have prepared something for the
game, so I was looking for options how to deviate. The main idea of 9...Bc5 is
to play ...Bd4 and then consolidate the bishop with c5.}) 10. Nc3 Qc7 ({
A more precise order than} 10... Bd4 $6 11. Ne2) 11. Na4 Bd4 12. c5 $5 {
Preventing ...c5. I thought the correct reaction was to play ...e5, ...d6 and
then ...f5.} O-O 13. Kh1 {Preparing f4.} e5 14. Bc4 d6 15. f4 $5 (15. cxd6 Qxd6
$11) 15... Be6 $1 {Trading the active white bishop and stopping f5.} 16. Qd3 (
16. Be2 f5 17. g4 fxe4 18. f5 Bd5 19. fxg6 e3+ 20. Kg1 hxg6 {with a good
position for Black}) 16... Bxc4 17. Qxc4 d5 $1 (17... dxc5 18. f5) 18. exd5
cxd5 19. Qd3 (19. Qxd5 Rad8) 19... Qc6 $1 {Taking advantage of the bad
position of his knight.} 20. Qd1 f6 {Consolidating the centre.} 21. Bd2 e4 $2 (
21... Rac8 $1 22. a3 Qd7 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Rxf8+ Nxf8 25. Rc1 Ne6 26. b4 e4 $17
{Black has a huge advantage due to the central passed pawns. In addition, the
pawns will be advancing with tempo.}) 22. Bc3 (22. Ba5 $1 Be3 23. Qb3 $1 Bxf4
24. Nc3 Rab8 25. Qxd5+ Qxd5 26. Nxd5 Be5 {White will lose a pawn, but his
position will improve significantly.}) 22... Be3 23. g3 Rab8 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25.
Qxd4 Ne7 26. f5 Rfd8 27. Rad1 Qb7 (27... Qe8 $1 {would have been much better,
with the idea of ...Nc6 followed by ...d4. The queen would have protected the
e4-pawn.}) 28. b3 Nc6 29. Qe3 Qe7 30. Qf4 (30. Nc3 Qe5 $19) 30... d4 31. Rfe1
e3 32. Kg2 {Black needs to get to the h1-a8 diagonal to finish the game,
however 32...Qb7 can be met by 33.Qf3, while 32...Ne5 by 33.Qe4 and the white
pawn on f5 (temporarily) saves the game. That's why I played...} g6 $1 33. fxg6
hxg6 34. Nb2 Ne5 35. Rxd4 (35. Qe4 f5 $19) 35... Rxd4 36. Qxd4 Qb7+ 37. Kh3 Kg7
{There is no defence against ...Rh8.} 0-1

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsson, Pontus"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 {Det är så här man skall spela när
man vill försöka straffa vit för att han spelar Anti-Sicilianskt. Lägg märke
till att man bara spelar så här när springaren står på c3, fö annars kan vit
spela c3 i nästa och bygga upp ett centrum med tempo.} (4... Nge7 {Är det
försiktigare spelsättet.}) 5. Bc4 (5. Nxd4 $6 cxd4 6. Ne2 Qg5 7. a4 Qxg2) (5.
O-O {Är huvuddraget.}) 5... Ne7 6. O-O ({Om man slår med en gång blir det
förmodligen dragomkastning.} 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. O-O) 6... Nec6 7. Nxd4
cxd4 8. Ne2 Bc5 (8... a6 {Med idén att följa upp med...b5 följt av ...Lb7 vid
rätt tillfällen.}) (8... Be7 {har spelats.}) 9. d3 O-O {[#]} 10. Bb3 Na5 {
Nackdelen med draget är att det tappar fokus i centrum.} ({Även} 10... b5 {
kommer i betraktande.}) 11. c3 dxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Ng3 ({Vit kunde även spela
enkel schack med:} 13. d4 Be7 14. Qd3 {Idén är att först tvinga svart att
försvaga sin bondestruktur för att sedan angripa den försvagade strukturen.} d5
(14... Bb7 $6 15. Bc2 {Och svart tvingas försvaga sin kungsställning.}) 15. Bc2
(15. e5 $5) 15... f5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Qf3 {Med press för vit.}) 13... Ba6 14.
Re1 Rc8 {Svart spelar logiskt. Torn på halvöppen linje, tryckandes mot en svag
vit bonde.} 15. d4 Be7 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Nh5 g6 20. Nf4
{Vit har fått in några hot, men knappast förbättrat sin ställning.} d6 21. Nh3
f5 $1 {[#]} 22. exf5 gxf5 (22... Rxf5 {Med kontroll över fjärde raden б la
Karpov var också OK.}) 23. Qd1 Rg8 24. Nf4 Qd7 25. Re3 Rcf8 (25... Bf6 $1 {
Är ett härligt drag som ökar svarts inflytande i centrum. Svart följer upp med
Db7 och e5 och sedan får vi se.}) 26. Qc2 Bg5 27. Rg3 e5 28. dxe5 (28. Ng6+
Rxg6 29. Rxg5 {Var ett försök att spela på remi.}) 28... dxe5 29. Nd3 {[#]}
Bxd3 {Pia förenklar i onödan. Hon hade chansen att trycka dit Pontus rejält
med:} (29... f4 $1 30. Rf3 (30. Rh3 Qxh3 31. gxh3 Bh6+ 32. Kf1 e4 {Svart
vinner allt.}) 30... e4 {Svart vinner.}) 30. Rxd3 Qc6 31. Bxg5 Rxg5 32. g3 f4
33. Rad1 Qg6 34. Qe2 Rgf5 {Även om det är ganska lika fanns det mycket kvar
att spela om.} 1/2-1/2

