[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Speelman,J Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4
e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 (12. Rfe1
$6 {Boensch} Bd7 13. a4 b4 14. Nce2 Kh8 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Nf6 17. Ng3 Nc6
18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Rad1 Rad8 $10 {Kasparov,G-Gelfand,B Paris Immopar (4f/1)
25min 1991 1-0 36}) 12... Bd7 (12... Bf6 $5 {Boensch} 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Qc5
15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Rfe1 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Gavrikov,V URS-ch 1988 1/2 47}) 13. Nf3 $1
{Kasparov and Gelfand already played one game in this variation(Immopar 1991)
and though Garry won he was highly unconvincing.This was played after the rest
day and two Kasparov wins so he was expected to come out with guns blazing!} (
13. f4 {Boensch} Nc6 (13... Kh8 $5 14. Bg5 Nc6 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. f5 e5 17. Ne6
fxe6 18. fxe6 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Nf6 20. exd7 Qxd7 $10 {Tischbierek,R-Gruenberg,HU
DDR-ch Zittau 1989 1/2 23}) 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. f5 Kh8 16. Be3 b4 17. Na4 (17.
Ne2 $2 e5 $15) 17... Nf6 $1 (17... Rb8 $2 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Rf1
Qe7 21. e5 $16 {Sokolov,A-Gelfand,B URS-ch 1989 1-0 64}) 18. fxe6 Nxe4 19. Qh3
fxe6 20. Qxe6 Bf6 $10 {Damasko,R-Arnason,J Novi Sad olm (12) 1990 1/2 61}) (13.
a3 {Boensch} Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. f4 Bf6 16. f5 Qe7 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Bd2 Bxc3
19. Bxc3 e5 $14 {Stirenkov,V-Vaulin,A Budapest Festival (9) 1991 1-0 41}) 13...
b4 $2 {Too provocative} (13... Kh8) (13... Nc6 $1) (13... a5 {Speelman,J} 14.
e5 (14. a4 $14) 14... a4 15. Rd4 axb3 (15... g6 16. Bd5 $1 $16) 16. Bxg7 Nxg7
17. Rg4 bxa2 18. Rxg7+ Kh8 19. Ne4 a1=Q 20. Rxh7+ Kxh7 21. Neg5+ Bxg5 $8 (21...
Kg6 22. Nxe6+ Kf5 23. Nfd4+ Ke4 24. Qf3+ Kxe5 25. Qf5#) 22. Nxg5+ Kg6 $1 $8 {
This is probably drawn now - Kasparov's opening preparation!} (22... Kh6 $2 23.
Qh4+ Kg6 24. Qh7+ Kxg5 25. f4+ Kg4 26. Qh3#)) 14. Ne2 {This is the direction
it's going anyway} a5 (14... Kh8 $5 {Boensch}) 15. Nf4 $1 Kh8 (15... a4 $4 {
Boensch} 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Nh5 Bf6 18. Nxf6+ Kh8 19. Qh4 h5 20. Qg5 $18) 16.
Bg5 Nf6 (16... Bxg5 17. Nxg5 a4 18. Qh4 Nf6 19. Bxe6 (19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 h6
21. Nxf7+ $16) 19... Bxe6 20. Nfxe6 fxe6 21. Nxe6 Qe7 22. Nxf8 Qxf8 $16) (16...
f6 $4 {Boensch} 17. Bxe6 fxg5 18. Ng6+ hxg6 19. Qh3#) 17. Qh4 (17. e5 {
Speelman,J} Ne4 18. Bxe7 Nxg3 19. exd6 Qc8 20. hxg3 a4 21. Bxf8) 17... Bb5 $2 (
17... a4 18. Nh5 $18 (18. Nh5 {Boensch} axb3 19. Nxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Qxf6+ Kg8 22. Ng5 (22. Rd3 {Speelman,J} Bb5 (22... Qd8 23. Qh6 $18) 23. Rxb3 $1
Qd8 (23... Bxf1 24. Ne5 Rc8 25. Qh6 $1) (23... Qc4 $2 24. Nd2) (23... Re8 24.
Nd4 Bxf1 25. Qh6 $1 Qc3 $8 26. bxc3 $18) 24. Qh6 f5 (24... f6 25. Ne5 $18) 25.
Ng5 $1 (25. Nd4 Qf6 26. Qxf6 Rxf6 27. Nxb5 $18) 25... Ra7 26. Nxe6 Qf6 27. Rg3+
Kf7 28. Qxf8+ Kxe6 29. Qxb8 $18) 22... Bb5 23. Qh6 f6 24. Qxf8+ $1 Kxf8 25.
Nxe6+ $18)) (17... Nc6 $16) (17... Nc6 {Boensch} 18. Nh5 (18. Ba4 {Speelman,J}
Rae8) (18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 (19. Bc2 $6 cxb2 20. e5 $2 (20. Bb1) 20... Nxe5 21.
Nxe5 Qxc2 $1 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. Bxe7 Rfb8 $13)) 18... Nxh5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20.
Qxe7 Rae8 $1 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Bb5 $13) 18. Nd4 $1 {Gelfand overlooked
this} Be8 (18... Bxf1 19. Ndxe6 fxe6 20. Bxe6 $1 h6 (20... g6 21. Nxg6+ Kg7 22.
Qh6#) 21. Bxh6 $18 (21. Bxh6 {Boensch} gxh6 22. Qxh6+ Nh7 23. Ng6#)) 19. Ndxe6
fxe6 20. Nxe6 Qa7 21. e5 $1 dxe5 22. Nxf8 Bxf8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rd8 Nd7 (24...
Qe7 25. Qg4 $1 (25. Qc4 Kg7 26. Qg8+ Kh6 27. Rd3 Bg6) 25... Bg6 (25... Bg7 26.
Qc4 Qf8 27. Qe6 $18) 26. Qc4 Qg7 27. Qc8 $1 $18) 25. Qg4 (25. Qg4 {Boensch} Bg7
26. Qe6 $18) 1-0

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Las Tunas"]
[Date "2001.04.20"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Leyva Proenza, Ricardo"]
[Black "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Be3 Nc5 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. a3 Nxb3 12. cxb3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. b4 Rc8 15.
Nb3 Nd7 16. Na5 Ba8 17. Rfd1 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Ne2 Rd5 20. Qe1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1
e5 22. Nc3 Qe8 23. Qd2 Bf8 24. Qd3 Qg6 25. Qxg6 hxg6 26. f4 Kf7 27. Nb3 Ke6 28.
fxe5 Nxe5 29. Ne2 Be7 30. Ned4+ Kf7 31. Na5 Bf6 32. h3 Be4 33. Rd2 Rc1+ 34. Kh2
$4 ({A terrible mistake. Essential was} 34. Kf2 $142 Nd3+ 35. Rxd3 Bxd3 36.
Bxc1 Bxd4+ 37. Kf3) {[%tqu "En","White's last move appears to be the most
prudent decision, but in fact it's a very bad slip. How to punish White for
it?","Try to bring your dark-squared bishop into action - it will pay off!",
"Find a way to vacate the e5-square without giving White any time to recover.",
"e5g4","This brilliant move wins on the spot!",5]} 34... Ng4+ $1 {[%csl Rh2]
[%cal Gf6e5,Gc1h1,Gg4e3,Gg4h2]} (34... Ng4+ {, and White resigned in view of a
sad choice between losing a piece after 35.Kg3 Ne3 and getting checkmated after
} 35. hxg4 Be5+ 36. g3 (36. Kh3 Rh1#) 36... Rh1#) 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2003.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Guidarelli, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2003.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Qxg7 Rg8 14. Qh6 O-O-O
15. f3 Rg6 16. Qh3 Kb8 17. Bf4 Rdg8 18. Re2 b4 19. Na4 e5 20. Be3 d5 $1 {
This pawn advance yields Black a dangerous initiative. Dieser Bauernvorstoß
verschafft Schwarz eine gefährliche Initiative.} 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 {
Black has excellent compensation for the sacrificed pawn. Schwarz hat
vorzügliche Kompensation für den geopferten Bauern.} 23. Rf2 (23. Rf1 {fails
to scheitert an} Qb5) 23... Bh4 $1 24. Qxh4 $2 ({A decisive mistake. Essential
was Ein entscheidender Fehler. Erforderlich war} 24. Rd2 Qxf3 25. Qxf3 Bxf3 26.
g3) {[%tqu "En","How can Black justify his bishop sacrifice on the previous
move?","Exploit your powerful batteries on the main diagonal and on the g-file.
","Destroy the defensive bastions around the white king.","g6g2","This
terrific blow crowns Black's superb play in this game.",5,"De","Wie kann
Schwarz sein Läuferopfer im vorherigen Zug rechtfertigen?","Spielen Sie Ihre
kraftvollen Batterien auf der Hauptdiagonale und auf der g-Linie aus.",
"Zerschlagen Sie die Verteidigungsbastionen vor dem weißen König.","g6g2",
"Dieser wuchtige Schlag krönt das superbe schwarze Spiel in dieser Partie.",5]}
24... Rxg2+ $3 {[%csl Gb7,Gd5,Rf2,Rf3,Rg1,Gg2,Gg8][%cal Gb7f3,Gg8g2] A
beautiful game conclusion! Ein wunderschöner Partieschluss!} 25. Rxg2 (25. Kh1
{leads to another remarkable mate final: führt zu einem anderen sehenswerten
Mattfinale:} Rxf2 26. Qxf2 Qxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Bxf3#) ({If Falls} 25. Kf1 {, then ,
so} Rg1+ 26. Ke2 Rxa1 {, winning. mit Gewinn.}) 25... Rxg2+ 26. Kf1 ({If Falls
} 26. Kxg2 {, then , so} Qxf3+ 27. Kg1 Qg2#) 26... Qxf3+ (26... Qxf3+ {, and
White resigned in view of inevitable mate: und Weiß gab auf, denn Matt ist
unvermeidlich:} 27. Bf2 Rg1+ $1 28. Kxg1 Qg2#) 0-1

[Event "BL2-Nord 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.04.18"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Bangiev, Alexander J"]
[Black "Joecks, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Isernhagen"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SG BUE"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 (9... Qc7 10. O-O-O O-O $6 11. e5 $1 Bb7 $2 (11... dxe5 $142 12.
Nxe6 $16) 12. exf6 Bxf3 13. fxe7 Bxd1 14. Nxe6 $1 $18) 10. O-O-O O-O (10...
Nbd7 11. Be3 Qb7 12. Qg3 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. Nf5 Ne5 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxg7
Ng6 17. Qxf6 Qe7 18. Qd4 Be5 19. Qxd5 Bb7 20. Ba4+ Kf8 21. Qa5 $36 {1/2-1/2
Mueller,K-Lutz,C/Gladenbach GER-ch 1997/(52)}) 11. Rhe1 Nbd7 (11... Nc6 12.
Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qg3 Bb7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rxd6 Bh4 16. Qd3 Qc5 17. Rf1 Rad8 18.
Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Qe2 b4 20. Nb1 Qe5 $36 {0-1 Hendriks,W-Neverov,V/Dieren 1998/(46)
}) 12. Qg3 Nc5 13. Bh6 Ne8 (13... Nxb3+ 14. axb3 Ne8 15. Nf5 exf5 16. exf5 Qd8
(16... Bf6 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Bxg7) 17. Rxe7 $1 Qxe7 18. Nd5 $40) 14. Re3 $6 {
/\Nce2-f4-h5; /\Rg3} (14. Nf5 $5 exf5 15. exf5 (15. Nd5 Qd8) 15... Bf6 (15...
Qd8 16. Rxe7 $1 Qxe7 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Re1 {/\Re8} (18. f6 Ne6 19. fxg7 N8xg7 20.
Re1 Kh8 21. Nb6 Ra7 22. Nxc8 Qxc8 23. Rxe6 fxe6 {0-1 Balzar,A-Moiseev,V/BL2-W
1994/(23)}) 18... Ne6 $1 19. fxe6 fxe6 $13) 16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. Bxg7 Bh4 18. Qxh4
Nxb3+ 19. axb3 Kxg7 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Qf6+ Kg8 22. Qg5+ Kh8 $11) (14. Bd5 $5 Ra7
(14... exd5 $2 15. Nxd5 Qb7 (15... Qd8 16. Nc6) 16. Nc6 (16. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 17.
exf5 $18) 16... Bh4 17. Qxh4 gxh6 18. Qxh6) (14... Bb7 15. b4 $1 Na4 16. Nf5
Bf6 (16... exf5 17. exf5 Bf6 18. Rxe8 Raxe8 (18... Rfxe8 19. Bxg7 $1) 19. Bxg7
Bh4 20. Qxh4 Kxg7 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Rd4 $18) 17. e5 (17. Bxb7 Nxc3
18. e5 Bxe5) 17... dxe5 18. Bxb7 (18. Ne4 $2 exd5) 18... Nxc3 (18... Qxb7 19.
Ne4) 19. Bxa8 Nxd1 20. Nxg7 Nxg7 21. Rxd1 Rxa8 22. Qf3 $36) 15. b4 (15. Bc6 Bf6
) 15... Na4 16. Be3) 14... Bf6 (14... Kh8 $5 15. Bd5 (15. Qh3 Bf6 $1 $17) (15.
Bg5 f6 $17) 15... Rb8 (15... exd5 $2 16. Nxd5 Qd8 (16... Qb7 17. Nf5) 17. Nc6)
16. Nc6 gxh6 17. Nxe7 b4 $5 18. Ne2 exd5 19. exd5 $13) 15. Bd5 $5 {[%mdl 576]}
(15. Nde2 $6 a5) 15... Be5 $1 (15... exd5 $2 16. Nxd5 Qd8 17. Nc6 Be5 (17...
Bh4 18. Nde7+) 18. Nde7+ Kh8 19. Qxe5 $18) (15... Bxd4 16. Bxa8 $16) 16. f4 (
16. Bxa8 $2 Bxg3 17. Rxg3 b4 $17) 16... Bxd4 17. Rxd4 exd5 18. Nxd5 Qd8 (18...
Nb3+ $2 19. Rxb3 Qxd4 20. Rd3 Qxd3 $8 (20... Qc5 $2 21. Nf6+) 21. cxd3 $14) 19.
f5 $6 (19. e5 $1 Ne6 (19... Kh8 $5) 20. f5 (20. Nf6+ Nxf6 21. Rxd6 Nh5 $1)
20... Nxd4 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Nxe8 g6 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Bxf8 Qxe8 25. exd6 Qxf8
26. Qe5+ Kg8 27. Qxd4 $13) 19... f6 $1 $17 20. Bf4 Bb7 (20... Rf7 21. Qh4 Nd7
22. Rh3 Nf8 $19) 21. Qh4 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 (22. exd5 Qd7 $19) 22... Rf7 23. Rh3 h6
24. Qg4 (24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Qxh6 Rg7 $19) 24... Qa5 25. Bxh6 Qe1+ $6 (25... Qxa2
$17) 26. Rd1 Qxe4 27. Bf4 Rc8 28. c3 b4 $2 (28... Re7 $1 $17) 29. Qh4 Re7 (
29... Rfc7 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Qh5+ $11) 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Qh8+ Kf7
33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Nepomnishay, Mikhail I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. O-O-O O-O (10... Nbd7 11. Be3 (11. Rhe1 O-O 12. Qg3 Nc5 13.
Bh6 Ne8 14. Nf5 exf5 15. exf5 Qd8 16. Rxe7 Qxe7 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. f6 Ne6 19. fxg7
(19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Bxe6 gxh6 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 (21... Nxf6 22. Qf3 Qxe7 23. Qxa8 $13
) 22. Qf4 $13) 19... N8xg7 20. Re1 Kh8 21. Nb6 $2 (21. Ne7 $1 $13) 21... Ra7
22. Nxc8 Qxc8 23. Rxe6 fxe6 {0-1 Balzar,A-Moiseev,V/BL2-W 1994}) 11... Qb7 12.
Qg3 O-O 13. Nd5 Nc5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nc6 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Qc7 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18.
Rxd6 {1/2-1/2 Trapl,J-Stohl,I/CSR-ch 1986}) 11. Be3 (11. Rhe1 Nc6 12. Be3 Qb7
13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bd4 Bb7 15. Qg3 e5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Qc7 18. Qc3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Oll,L-Zagrebelny,S/Tashkent Agzamov mem 1986 (29)}) 11... Qb7 12. g4
Nc6 (12... b4 $5) 13. g5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nd7 15. Qh5 Nc5 (15... b4 $2 16. Nd5
exd5 (16... Bd8 17. Rhg1 $18) 17. Bxd5 Qb8 18. g6 $1 hxg6 19. Qxg6 Ne5 20. Bxe5
dxe5 21. Rhg1 $18) 16. Rhg1 Re8 (16... b4 17. Bf6 Re8 (17... bxc3 18. Qh6 $1
$18) 18. Rg4 bxc3 19. Rh4 h6 20. Rg1 Qb5 21. Qxh6 $3 $18) 17. Rg3 Nxb3+ 18.
axb3 e5 19. Nd5 g6 {Missing a very clever defence:} (19... exd4 20. Nf6+ Bxf6
21. gxf6 Kh8 (21... Kf8 22. Qg5 $1 (22. Qh6 Rd8 (22... Rxe4 23. fxg7+ Kg8 24.
Qxh7+ $18) 23. Qxg7+ Ke8 24. Qg8+ Kd7 25. Qxf7+ Kc6 26. Qd5+ $16) 22... gxf6
23. Qxf6 Re6 24. Qd8+ Re8 25. Qxd6+ Re7 26. Rdg1 $18) 22. Rdd3 (22. Rxd4 Rg8
23. e5 dxe5 24. Qxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rh4#) 22... Bf5 $8 (22... Qxe4 23. Qxf7 $18) 23.
Qxf5 g6 (23... Qxe4 24. Qg5 Qg6 25. fxg7+ Kg8 26. Qd2 $18) 24. Qg5 Re6 25. Rh3
$18) (19... Kh8 $8 20. Bc3 (20. Qxf7 $4 Bxg5+ 21. Rxg5 Qxf7 $19) (20. g6 fxg6
21. Rxg6 Bf8 $1 (21... exd4 $2 22. Rxg7 Kxg7 23. Rg1+ {and mates}) 22. Bc3 (22.
Rdg1 Be6 23. Bc3 Bf7) 22... Qf7 $13) 20... Be6 21. f4 b4 $1 $13) 20. Qh6 Kh8 (
20... f5 21. gxf6 Bf8 22. Rxg6+ Kh8 23. Qh5 Be6 24. Rdg1 exd4 25. Rg7 Bxg7 26.
Rxg7 Qxg7 27. fxg7+ Kxg7 28. Qg5+ $18) 21. Bxe5+ $3 (21. Nf6 Bxf6 22. gxf6 Rg8
23. Rdd3 (23. Bxe5 Qxe4) 23... g5 {is not as strong}) 21... dxe5 22. Nf6 (22.
Nf6 {This is mate in three so Black resigned. The finish would be:} Bxf6 23.
gxf6 Rg8 24. Rd8 Be6 25. Qg7#) 1-0

[Event "Podolsk"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Chekhov} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3
b5 8. O-O Bb7 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Bg5 h6 (10... Qb6 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 exd5 13.
exd5+ Kd8 $2 (13... Ne5 14. a5 Qc5 15. Be3 $1 $146 (15. f4 O-O-O $13) 15... Qc8
16. Ba4+ Ke7 17. f4 Nxd5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Qh5 f6 20. Bf2 g6 21. Rxe5+ $18 {
(Adams) Adams,M-Sadler,M Dublin zt (07) 1993 1-0 27 -Inf.57/246}) 14. Nc6+ (14.
a5 $5 {Chekhov} Qc7 15. c3 $40 {Adams/} Ne5) 14... Kc7 15. a5 Qb5 16. Nd4 Qc5
17. Be3 Bxd5 18. c4 bxc3 19. Rc1 Qxa5 20. Rxc3+ Nc5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Qf3 Nxc3
23. Qc6+ Kb8 24. bxc3 Ka7 25. Rb1 Rb8 26. Qxc5+ $3 $18 {Golubev,M-Mantovani,R
Biel op (07) 1992 1-0 28}) 11. Bh4 (11. Bxf6 Qxf6 $146 (11... Nxf6 12. Qf3 Qb6
13. Rad1 O-O-O 14. a4 b4 15. Na2 Rd7 (15... Kb8 16. c3 $1 Nxe4 17. a5 Qb5 18.
Nxb4 Rc8 19. Rxe4 f5 20. Ndc6+ Rxc6 21. Rxe6 Rc8 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 {
Kindermann,S-Stangl,M /Altensteig/1989 Inf 47/343/}) 16. c3 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18.
Qe3 $16 {Morozevich,A-Dvoirys,S Podolsk 1993 1-0 65} (18. Qe3 {Chekhov} bxc3
19. bxc3 $36 {Morozevic,A-Dvoirys,S /Podolsk/1993/})) 12. a4 b4 13. Na2 Nc5 14.
Nxb4 a5 15. Nbc6 e5 16. Bd5 exd4 17. e5 dxe5 18. Rxe5+ Kd7 $13 {Golubev,
M-Zagorskis Karvina 1992 -Inf.57/245}) 11... g5 12. Bg3 Ne5 13. Nf3 (13. Qe2
Be7 14. Rad1 Qb6 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. Nd4 b4 17. Ba4+ Kf8 18. Nb1 Bxe4 $15 {
Ferreira,O-Sunye Neto,J Mexico City (03) 1991 1-0 38}) (13. f3 $5 {Chekhov})
13... Qc7 14. Nd2 $146 (14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Qf3 Bg7 16. h3 O-O $13 {-ECO}) (14.
Qe2 $5 {Chekhov}) 14... h5 $1 $40 15. h4 gxh4 16. Bxh4 Nfg4 17. a4 b4 18. Na2
Qc5 $17 19. Qe2 (19. c3 {Chekhov} Be7 20. cxb4 Qa7) 19... Ng6 20. Bg3 h4 $1 21.
Qxg4 hxg3 22. Qxg3 Bh6 23. Nf3 Bf4 24. Qg4 Ke7 25. Nc1 Bxc1 26. Raxc1 Rag8 27.
g3 (27. Qg5+ {Chekhov} Qxg5 28. Nxg5 Nf4 $19) 27... Ne5 $19 28. Nxe5 (28. Qf4
Rg4 29. Qe3 Rxe4 30. Qxc5 Nxf3+ $19) 28... Rxg4 29. Nxg4 f5 (29... f5 30. exf5
(30. Ne3 Bxe4 $19) 30... Rh1#) 0-1

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. Bb3
b5 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 Bd7 $2 12. Nf5 $1 exf5 (12... b4
13. Qxg7 Rg8 14. Qxf6) 13. Qxg7 Rf8 14. Bg5 Ng8 15. Bxe7 (15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16.
Qxg8+ Rf8 17. Qxh7 $16 {John Nunn : Najdorf for the Tournament Player ; B.T.
Batsford Ltd, London 1988 S.7}) 15... Nxe7 16. Nd5 Ng6 $8 (16... Nxd5 $2 17.
exd5 {/\ Te1+ +-}) 17. Nf6+ Kd8 18. Nxh7 Rh8 19. Ng5 Be8 20. exf5 Rh5 21. Nxf7+
Bxf7 22. fxg6 1-0

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O
Be7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. f4 b5 10. f5 $6 (10. e5) (10. a3) 10... b4 (10... e5 11. Nde2
Bb7 12. Ng3 Nbd7 $10) 11. Na4 (11. Nce2 e5 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. Ng3 Nxe4 14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. Qe1 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Nc6 $15 {Fischer-Smyslov Bled/Zagreb/Belgrad (ct)
1959}) 11... e5 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Ng3 Nbd7 14. Qe1 (14. Qf3 Bc6 15. Be3 Qc7 16.
c3 a5 17. c4 Qb7 18. Bc2 Rac8 19. Rac1 h6 20. Qe2 Rc7 21. b3 Bxa4 $17 {
Janosevic,D-Polugaevsky,L Skopje 1971}) 14... a5 15. c4 Qc7 16. Qe2 Rfc8 17.
Bg5 Nc5 18. Rac1 h6 19. Be3 (19. Bxf6 $5) 19... Ncd7 $1 (19... Bc6 20. Nxc5
dxc5 21. Bc2 $10) 20. Bf2 Ra6 21. Rc2 Qb8 22. Re1 Qa8 23. Qd3 $2 (23. h3 $15)
23... Ng4 24. Nf1 Ndf6 25. Nd2 (25. Bh4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Nxe4 27. Bxe7 Qa7+ $19)
25... Nxf2 $17 26. Kxf2 Bc6 27. Rcc1 (27. Kg1 Ng4 {/\ Qa7}) 27... Qa7+ 28. Ke2
Rd8 29. Bd1 d5 $1 $19 30. cxd5 (30. exd5 Nxd5 31. cxd5 Rxd5 {wie Partie}) 30...
Nxd5 31. exd5 Rxd5 32. Qb3 Bg5 33. Rc2 Bxd2 (33... Bxd2 34. Rxd2 Bb5+ 35. Kf3
Rxd2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-14b"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Be3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. f4 Rc8 $5 (10... b4) 11. f5 $6 (11. a4 $1 {Velimirovic,D})
11... e5 12. Ne6 $6 (12. Nde2 $5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Ng3 Bb7 15. Nh5 $132)
12... fxe6 13. fxe6 Nc5 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Be7 16. g4 O-O 17. g5 Nxd5 18.
Qxd5 Qc7 19. Rf5 Qb7 $17 20. Raf1 Rxf5 21. Rxf5 Qxd5 22. exd5 Rf8 23. Rxf8+
Kxf8 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. h4 Ke8 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gelfand} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O
b5 8. Bb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 b4 (11... Nbd7 12. f3 b4 13. Nce2
O-O 14. Bh6 Ne8 15. Ba4 $14 {Semeniuk-Moiseev, URSS 87}) (11... Nc6 12. Rad1 (
12. Rfe1 Bd7 13. Rad1 b4 14. Nce2 O-O 15. Bh6 Ne8 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Nf6 $10
{Bouaziz-Marin, Szirak 87}) 12... O-O 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bh6 Ne8 15. Rfe1 Bb7
16. a3 Kh8 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Nf6 19. Rd3 $14 {Georgiev-Ftacnik, Budapest 93
}) (11... h5 $5 12. Nf5 exf5 13. Qxg7 Rf8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Nc6 16. Rfe1
Be6 17. Bxc6+ Qxc6 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bg5 Ra7 20. Rxe7+ Rxe7 21. Bh6 $16 {
Pineau,J-Yang Xian Manila olm 1992 1/4 43}) (11... O-O 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Nf5 $2 (
13. f3 Bd7 14. Kh1 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. a4 b4 17. Nd1 Kh8 18. Bf4 e5 $10 {
Wittmann,W-Sisniega,M Manila olm 1992 1-0 63}) (13. Rad1 Kh8 14. Be3 Nd7 15. f3
Nc5 16. a3 Nxb3 17. Nxb3 a5 $15 {Ivanov,AV-Kamsky,G USA-ch m2.1 1991 0-1 39})
13... exf5 14. Bd5 Nc6 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qf3 Bd7 17. Rfe1 Bf6 18. Ne4 Be5 $19 {
Tischbierek,R-Huenerkopf,H Munich op9192 (06) 0-1 25}) 12. Na4 $5 Nbd7 13. f3
O-O 14. Bh6 $2 (14. Rad1 Kh8 15. Ne2 a5 16. c4 bxc3 17. Naxc3 Rb8 18. Kh1 Qa8
19. Na4 Ba6 20. Rfe1 Rfc8 $15 {Istratescu,A-Dimitrov,V Debrecen EU-chT (2)
ROM-BLG 1992 1/4 25}) (14. Rfd1 Kh8 15. Rac1 Ne5 16. c3 Bd7 17. Nb6 Nh5 18. Qh3
Qxb6 19. Qxh5 Qb7 $10 {Neelakatan,N-King,D Calcutta op 1993 1-0 32}) 14... Nh5
15. Qh3 gxh6 $1 16. Qxh5 Qa7 17. Rad1 e5 (17... Bf6 {Gelfand} 18. c3 e5 19.
Qxh6 exd4 20. cxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 $44) 18. c3 (18. Qxh6 exd4 $17) 18... exd4 (
18... Kg7 $1 {Gelfand} 19. Kh1 (19. f4 exd4 20. cxd4 Nf6 $19) 19... exd4 20.
cxd4 Nf6 21. Qh4 Ng8 $17) 19. cxd4 Kg7 $6 (19... Bg5 $1 20. Qg4 (20. f4 Nf6 21.
Qe2 Bg4 $19) 20... Kh8 $19) 20. Qg4+ (20. Kh1 {Gelfand}) 20... Kh8 (20... Bg5
21. f4 (21. Qg3 $1 $15) 21... Nf6 22. Qg3 Nh5 23. Qf3 Nxf4 24. h4 f5 $17) 21.
Qf4 Kg7 (21... Nf6 {Gelfand} 22. Qxh6 Be6 23. Bc2 (23. Kh1 $142 $15) 23... Rac8
24. Bb1 b3 25. e5 (25. a3 Rc4) 25... dxe5 26. Kh1 bxa2 27. Bd3 e4 $19) (21...
h5 {Gelfand} 22. Kh1 $13 {\=+}) 22. Kh1 $2 (22. Qg4+) (22. Qg4+ {Gelfand} Kh8
23. Qf4 Nf6 $15) 22... Nf6 23. Qg3+ (23. e5 $1 {Gelfand} dxe5 24. dxe5 $1 Ng8
25. Qe4 $44) 23... Kh8 24. Qf4 Ng8 $19 25. e5 dxe5 26. Qxe5+ (26. dxe5 a5 $19 (
26... Be6 {Gelfand} 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Qc4 Rae8 $17)) 26... Bf6 27. Qf4 Qb8 28.
Qe4 Bg7 29. Nc5 (29. Bc2 Nf6 $19) 29... Ra7 30. d5 Qb6 31. Rc1 (31. Na4 Qd6 $19
) 31... Re7 32. Qd3 Rd8 33. Qd2 Nf6 34. Rfd1 Ne8 35. Na4 Qb8 36. Rc6 a5 37. Qf2
Qe5 38. Rc5 Nd6 39. Rxa5 Rde8 40. h3 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {I realy don`t know what
would Boris do if one badweather day the Najdorf Variation will be forbidden.}
6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O Be7 (8... b4 {- 62/(279)}) 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O
11. Bh6 Ne8 {The arosen position is one of the most important in the 6.Bc4
line.Until now the best move was considered 12.Rad1.} 12. Kh1 $5 {Novelty.
Morozevich thinks that more useful is to take first the king out of the
dangerous diagonal 'g1-a7'.} (12. Rad1 Bd7 (12... Bf6 13. Bg5 (13. f4 $2 Bxd4+
$1 14. Rxd4 Qa7 $17) 13... Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Qc5 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Rfe1 $14 {Ehlvest,
J-Gavrikov,V/Moscow/1988/}) 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Bf4 Qb7 {N/} (14... Rd8 15. Rfe1
Bc8 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qc6 $10 {Winants,
L-Wojtkiewicz,A/Wijk aan Zee/1994/}) 15. Rfe1 b4 16. Ne2 (16. Na4 Na5 $1 $13)
16... e5 $1 17. Bg5 (17. Be3 Nf6 18. Nd2 Be6 $10) 17... Be6 $13 {Kasparov,
G-Gelfand,B/Moscow olm (05) 1994}) 12... Bd7 13. f4 Nc6 14. Nf3 b4 (14... Kh8
15. Bg5 $14) 15. Ne2 Na5 16. Ned4 Qb7 17. e5 dxe5 $6 (17... Nxb3 18. axb3 Kh8
19. Bg5 f6 20. Bh4 Nc7 $13) 18. fxe5 $14 Nxb3 19. cxb3 $1 {White is taking
away the potential weakness on 'c2'. From now there is very difficult to find
any reasonable play for Black.} Bb5 (19... Bc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Rac1 Qb7 22.
Rc4 $16) 20. Rfd1 Rd8 21. Bg5 Rd5 $6 22. a4 bxa3 23. bxa3 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Nc7 25.
a4 Bd7 26. Rac1 a5 27. Rc4 Na6 28. Rdc1 Qb6 29. Ne2 f6 30. Qg3 f5 (30... Qxb3
31. Rg4 Rd1+ 32. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 33. Neg1 Kh8 34. Rxg7 $18) 31. Nf4 $18 Rc5 32. Nh5
Rf7 33. Rxc5 Nxc5 34. Qf2 Nxa4 35. Qc2 Qb4 36. bxa4 Qg4 37. Qc7 h6 38. Rc4 f4
39. Nxf4 Bb5 40. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 52nd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3
b5 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. f4 Nc6 $6 14. f5 Nxd4
15. Rxd4 Bf6 16. Rd3 Kh8 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Be3 b4 19. Ne2 e5 20. Rd2 Bc6 21.
Qg4 Be7 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. Qe6 $2 (23. Ng3 Nf6 24. Qh4 Be7 25. Nf5) 23... Nf6
24. Bg5 Re8 25. Qc4 Qa7+ 26. Nd4 (26. Kh1 Bb5 27. Qf7 Qxf7 28. Bxf7 Nxe4 29.
Bxe8 Bxe8 $1 $19) 26... Bb5 27. Qf7 Be7 28. Be3 exd4 29. Bxd4 Qc7 30. Rf2 Qd8
31. a4 bxa3 32. bxa3 Rf8 33. Qe6 Bd7 34. Qc4 a5 35. h3 Qc8 36. Qd3 a4 37. Ba2
Be6 38. c4 Nd7 39. Qg3 Ne5 40. Rxf8+ Bxf8 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 52nd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[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. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bf6 13. Nce2 Nc6 14. c3 Kh8 15.
Bg5 Bb7 16. Rfe1 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Nf6 18. Qh4 Ne5 19. Ng3 Qc5 20. Qg5 Nc4 21. Qc1
Rad8 22. h3 d5 23. e5 Ne4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. a3 Qc7 26. Nf1 Rde8 27. f3 Nc5 28.
Nh2 Qb6 29. Ng4 a5 30. Qe3 Na4 31. b3 Nc5 32. h4 b4 33. cxb4 axb4 34. a4 Ba6
35. h5 f5 36. Nf2 $2 (36. exf6 gxf6 37. Kh1 e5 38. Nf5 d4 $2 39. Rxd4 exd4 40.
Qxe8) 36... Rc8 37. Rc1 f4 $1 38. Qd2 Nd3 39. Nxd3 Qxd4+ 40. Kh2 Qxd3 41. Qxb4
Qf5 42. Qd6 Bd3 43. b4 Qxh5+ 44. Kg1 Qf7 45. b5 Bc4 46. b6 Rfd8 47. Qb4 Qf8 48.
Rb1 Rb8 49. b7 Qf7 50. Rb2 h6 51. Reb1 Qc7 52. Qb6 Qxe5 53. a5 Qe3+ 54. Kh2 d4
55. a6 Rd5 56. Rb5 Bxb5 57. Rxb5 Rxb5 58. Qxb5 d3 59. Qd7 Rg8 60. Qxd3 Qxd3 61.
a7 Qd8 0-1

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[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. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
(8. f4) (8. Qe2) 8... Bb7 (8... Be7) 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Bg5 h6 (10... Nc5 11. Bd5
$1 b4 12. Bxb7 Nxb7 13. Nd5 $1 exd5 14. exd5+ Kd7 15. c3 $1 $18 {Tal,M-Mukhin/
URS/1972/}) 11. Bh4 (11. Bxf6 Qxf6 (11... Nxf6 12. Qf3 Be7 $2 13. Bxe6) 12. a4
$1 b4 13. Na2 $14) 11... g5 (11... Nc5 12. Bd5 $1 {Fischer,R-Rubinetti/Palma
de Mallorca izt/1970/}) 12. Bg3 Ne5 $13 13. a4 b4 14. Na2 h5 $5 (14... a5 15.
c3) 15. f3 h4 16. Bf2 g4 17. Nxb4 g3 18. Be3 gxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Rxh6
21. Nd3 (21. a5) 21... Qa5 22. Nf2 O-O-O 23. Re3 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.26"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 (7. O-O
Be7 8. Bb3 Qc7 9. f4 b5 10. f5 b4 11. fxe6 $5 (11. Nce2 e5 12. Nf3 Bb7 $19)
11... bxc3 12. exf7+ Kf8 13. Bg5 Ng4 $1 $19 {Fischer,R-Blackstone,J Davis sim
1964}) 7... b5 $1 (7... Be7 $2 8. f4 O-O 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. f5 $1 (10. O-O $2 b5
11. f5 b4 $1 12. Na4 e5 13. Ne2 Bb7 $17) 10... e5 (10... Nc6 11. Be3) 11. Nde2
b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. g4 $40) 8. f4 $5 (8. O-O Be7 (8... b4 9. Na4 Nxe4 10. Re1 Nf6
11. Bg5 $40) 9. Qf3 $5 Qc7 (9... Bb7 $2 10. Bxe6 $1) 10. Qg3 b4 11. Nce2 g6 12.
a3 $2 (12. Bh6 $1) 12... Nxe4 13. Qe3 Nf6 14. axb4 O-O $13 {Fischer,R-Olafsson,
F Buenos Aires 1960}) (8. Qf3 Bb7 9. Bg5 b4 10. Na4 Nbd7 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bxf6
Nxf6 13. Rfe1 Be7 $10 {Byrne,R-Evans,L ch-USA 1967}) 8... b4 $1 9. Na4 Nxe4 (
9... Bb7) 10. O-O g6 $2 (10... Bb7 $142) 11. f5 $1 gxf5 (11... exf5 12. Bd5 Ra7
13. Nxf5 $1 gxf5 14. Qd4 $18) 12. Nxf5 Rg8 (12... d5 $142 13. Nh6 Bxh6 14. Bxh6
) (12... exf5 $2 13. Qd5 Ra7 14. Qd4 $18) 13. Bd5 $1 Ra7 (13... exd5 14. Qxd5
Bxf5 15. Rxf5 Ra7 16. Qxe4+ Re7 17. Qxb4 Re2 18. Bg5 $1 Rxg5 19. Rxg5 Qxg5 20.
Qxb8+ $18 {Panov,V}) 14. Bxe4 $2 (14. Be3 $142 $1 Nc5 15. Qh5 $1 Rg6 (15...
Nxa4 16. Bxa7 exd5 17. Rae1+) 16. Rae1 $1 $40) 14... exf5 15. Bxf5 (15. Bd5) (
15. Bf3) 15... Re7 $1 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 17. Bf4 $2 (17. c3 $1 Qc6 18. Rf2 $16) (17.
Qxd6 $2 Rxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Re2+ 19. Kf3 Bxd6 20. Kxe2 Qxc2+ $19) 17... Qc6 $1 18.
Qf3 Qxa4 $1 (18... Qxf3 19. Rxf3 Re2 20. Rf2 Rxf2 21. Kxf2 $14) 19. Bxd6 Qc6 $1
20. Bxb8 Qb6+ (20... Qxf3 21. Rxf3 Bg7 22. c3 $16) 21. Kh1 Qxb8 22. Qc6+ (22.
Rae1 Kd8 $1 (22... Rg6 $2 23. Qxf7+ Kd7 24. Rd1+ $1 Rd6 25. Rxd6+ Kxd6 26. Rf6+
$18) 23. Rd1+ Kc7 $1 (23... Kc8 $2 24. Qc6+ $18) 24. Qf4+ (24. Rd4 Qb7 $1)
24... Kb7 25. Rd6 Qc7 26. Qxb4+ Kc8 27. Rxa6 Qb7 $1 28. Qxb7+ Kxb7 29. Raf6 Rg7
$10) 22... Rd7 23. Rae1+ (23. Rad1 Bd6 24. Rxf7 (24. Rf6 Rg6 25. Rdxd6 $2 Qxd6
$1) 24... Qc7) (23. Rxf7 Qd6) 23... Be7 (23... Kd8 24. Rxf7 $1 Be7 25. Rfxe7
Rxe7 26. Rd1+ $18) 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Qe6+ Kf8 $1 (25... Kg7 26. Qxd7 $18) 26.
Qxd7 (26. Rf1+ Kg7 27. Rf7+ Kh8 28. Qxd7 Rd8 29. Qg4 Qe5 $19) 26... Qd6 27. Qb7
Rg6 28. c3 $1 a5 (28... bxc3 29. Qc8+ Bd8 30. Qxc3 $10) 29. Qc8+ (29. cxb4 $1
Qxb4 (29... axb4 30. a3 $1 bxa3 31. bxa3 Qxa3 $10) 30. Qf3+ Kg7 31. Qe2 $146)
29... Kg7 30. Qc4 Bd8 31. cxb4 axb4 (31... Qxb4 32. Qe2 $10) 32. g3 $2 (32. Qe4
$142 Bc7 33. Qe7+ Kg8 34. Qe8+ Qf8 35. Qe4 $10) 32... Qc6+ 33. Re4 Qxc4 34.
Rxc4 Rb6 $1 (34... Be7 $2 35. a3 b3 36. Rc7 Re6 37. Rb7) 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. Kf3
Ke5 37. Ke3 (37. a3 b3 $1 (37... bxa3 $2 38. bxa3 $10)) 37... Bg5+ 38. Ke2 Kd5
39. Kd3 Bf6 40. Rc2 $2 (40. b3 $142 Be7 41. Rd4+ $17) 40... Be5 41. Re2 Rf6 42.
Rc2 Rf3+ 43. Ke2 Rf7 44. Kd3 Bd4 $1 45. a3 (45. b3 Rf3+ 46. Ke2 Rf2+ 47. Kd3
Rxc2 48. Kxc2 Ke4 $19) 45... b3 46. Rc8 (46. Re2 Rf3+ 47. Kd2 Bxb2 $19) (46.
Rd2 Rf3+ 47. Ke2 Rf2+ $19) 46... Bxb2 47. Rd8+ Kc6 48. Rb8 Rf3+ 49. Kc4 Rc3+
50. Kb4 Kc7 51. Rb5 Ba1 52. a4 b2 $1 (52... b2 $1 53. Kxc3 b1=Q+ $1) 0-1

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3
b5 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. f4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
f5 Kh8 16. f6 gxh6 17. fxe7 Qxe7 18. Qf2 Ng7 19. Qb6 (19. Qd4 {was Ivanchuk's
choice against Gelfand in 2008. Surely by now the Israeli had an improvement
in this position, but Kasimdzhanov deviates first.}) 19... Rfc8 20. Rf2 (20. a3
{Michiels-Bu, 2008}) 20... a5 21. a4 bxa4 22. Bxa4 Rab8 $1 {An important pawn
sacrifice. Black needs as much activity as he can get.} 23. Qxa5 Bxa4 24. Nxa4
Qb7 {Black has counterplay all over the board. It is hard for Kasimdzhanov to
defend all his pawns and create any kind of progress.} 25. Re2 Rc6 26. b3 f5
27. e5 d5 {With equal pawns Black has the disadvantage of the h6 and h7
structure, which will be weak the entire game, but White has to contend with a
weak pawn on e5 which can be attacked in the later game as well as pressure
against his queenside pawns.} 28. Rf1 h5 29. Rff2 h4 30. Qd2 Qe7 31. Qh6 Kg8
32. h3 Rb4 33. Nb2 Re4 34. Nd3 Qc7 35. Qg5 Rxe2 36. Rxe2 Rxc2 37. Rxc2 Qxc2 38.
Ne1 Qxb3 39. Qd8+ Kf7 40. Nf3 $6 {A rather strange choice; why not repeat
moves first at least?} (40. Qf6+ $11) 40... Qe3+ 41. Kf1 h6 42. Qxh4 Kg6 43.
Qf6+ Kh7 44. Qd8 Qa7 45. Qh4 {Black is the only one pushing for a win, but
that seems almost impossible to achieve. The knight must stay and defend the
king and the queen cannot do everything by herself.} Qd7 46. Kg1 Qe8 47. Kh2
Nh5 48. Qb4 Qg6 49. Qe7+ Qg7 50. Qh4 Qf7 51. Nd4 Qg6 52. Qe7+ Ng7 53. g3 Qg5
54. Qxg5 hxg5 55. g4 fxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch U20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.06.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Young, Gregory G"]
[Black "Harper, Warren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. f4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. f5 Kh8 {[#]} 16. fxe6 {16.f6 has been the norm here. Now everything
depends on how successful he is with the piece sac.} (16. f6 gxh6 17. fxe7 Qxe7
18. Qf2 Ng7 19. Qd4 Rac8 20. a3 Qg5 21. Qxd6 Nf5 22. Qe5+ f6 23. Qxe6 Ne3 24.
Qh3 f5 25. Be6 Rce8 26. Bxf5 Rg8 27. Kh1 Nxf1 28. Rxf1 Qd2 29. g3 Rg7 30. Qg2
Rd8 31. Rf2 Qe1+ 32. Rf1 Qe3 33. Nd5 Qd4 34. c3 Qe5 35. Ne3 Re7 36. Rf4 Rde8
37. h4 Qd6 38. Kh2 Qd3 39. Ng4 Bxe4 40. Bxe4 Rxe4 41. Nf2 {1-0 (41) Rublevsky,
S (2688)-Bu Xiangzhi (2676)/Ningbo 2010/CBM 137 Extra}) 16... gxh6 17. Rxf7
Rxf7 18. exf7 Ng7 19. Rf1 Qa7+ (19... Rf8 20. Qd3 Bg5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Qe7
23. Qg3 Qe5 24. Qxe5 dxe5 25. g3 Nh5 26. Rf5 Nf6 27. Be6 Nxe4 28. Rxe5 Nd6 29.
h4 Bc1 30. b3 Nxf7 {0-1 (30) Kelleher,W (2445)-De Firmian,N (2563)/USA 1994/
EXT 2004}) 20. Kh1 Rf8 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Qd4 23. c3 Qd2 {[#]The plans are
pretty straightforward: Black wants to exchange as many pieces as possible, to
neutralize any threats White might have planned. The idea is 24...Qg5.} 24. Qg4
h5 25. Qd7 Qg5 26. g3 h4 27. Rg1 Qe5 28. gxh4 Bxh4 29. Qg4 Bf6 30. Rg3 {[#]} h5
$4 31. Qg6 Qf4 {[#]} 32. e5 $1 Bxe5 33. Be4 Qxe4+ 34. Qxe4 Rxf7 35. Rf3 Re7 36.
Rf8# 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.01.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Henrichs, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 (9... Qc7 {war auch Thema im WM-Kampf 1993:} 10. Qg3 Nc6 11.
Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. a3 Rd8 14. f3 O-O 15. Bh6 Ne8 16. Kh1 Kh8 17. Bg5
Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Nf6 19. Rad1 Rd7 20. Rd3 Rfd8 21. Red1 Qc5 22. Qe3 Kg8 23. Kg1
Kf8 24. Qf2 Ba8 25. Ne2 g6 26. Nd4 Qe5 27. Re1 g5 28. c3 Kg7 29. Bc2 Rg8 30.
Nb3 Kf8 31. Rd4 Ke7 32. a4 h5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Rb4 h4 35. Nd4 g4 36. Rxb5 d5
37. Qxh4 Qh5 38. Nf5+ {1-0 (38) Short,N (2655)-Kasparov,G (2805) London 1993})
10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 O-O ({Noch eine Partie aus besagtem WM-Kampf:} 11... b4 12.
Na4 Nbd7 13. f3 O-O 14. Rad1 Kh8 15. Rfe1 Rb8 16. Kh1 Ne5 17. Ne2 Qc7 18. c3
Bd7 19. Nf4 Bxa4 20. Bxa4 bxc3 21. bxc3 Qxc3 22. Bd4 Qa5 23. Bb3 Qb5 24. Ne2
Rfc8 25. Nc3 Qa5 26. f4 Nh5 27. Qe3 Nc6 28. Ne2 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Qc3 30. Rd3 Qc5
31. Qf3 Nf6 32. f5 e5 33. Ne2 Qb4 34. Nc3 d5 35. Bxd5 Nxd5 36. exd5 e4 37. Qxe4
Rxc3 38. Rd4 Qd6 39. f6 Bxf6 {0-1 (39) Short,N (2665)-Kasparov,G (2815) London
1993}) 12. f3 ({Üblicher ist} 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Rfe1 Kh8 14. Bg5 {z.B.:} Nf6 15.
Rad1 Nbd7 16. Re3 Qb6 17. f4 Nh5 18. Qh4 Bxg5 19. fxg5 g6 20. Kh1 Bb7 21. Rh3
Nc5 22. g4 b4 23. Nd5 exd5 24. gxh5 Qc7 25. Bxd5 Rae8 26. Re1 Qe7 27. Bxb7 Qxb7
28. Rhe3 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Re8 30. Kg1 Nxe4 31. Qf4 Kg8 32. c3 bxc3 33. bxc3 Re5
34. Nf3 Nxg5 {0-1 (34) Iruzubieta Villaluenga,J (2280)-Topalov,V (2700)
Elgoibar 1992}) 12... Kh8 (12... Nbd7 13. Bd5 $6 ({Gut ist} 13. Nd5) 13... Nxd5
14. exd5 Ne5 15. Rad1 b4 16. Na4 Nc4 17. Bh6 Bf6 18. b3 Nb6 19. dxe6 fxe6 20.
Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Be3 Qc7 22. Rd2 e5 23. Ne2 Be6 $15 {1/2-1/2 (49) Navara,D (2646)
-Svidler,P (2738) Sochi 2008}) ({Relevant:} 12... Bd7 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. Ne2 Rfc8 16. Rd2 b4 17. c4 a5 18. Bc2 a4 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Nd4 Ne5 21.
Bf1 Be8 22. Rc1 b3 23. axb3 axb3 24. Qe1 Bd8 25. Qd1 Ba5 26. Rf2 Rab8 27. Nb5
Nxc4 28. Rxc4 Bxb5 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. Qxd6 Be1 31. Bxb5 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rxb5 33.
Bd4 h6 34. h4 Kh7 35. Kg1 Rb7 36. Qg3 f6 37. Qg4 Qd7 38. Bc3 e5 39. Qg3 Qd1+
40. Kh2 Qc1 41. Qh3 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 {Ivanchuk,V (2775)-Le Quang,L (2714) Beijing
2011 0-1}) 13. Rad1 Nbd7 14. a3 Nc5 $146 {Der erste neue Zug.} (14... Nb6 15.
Bg5 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. b4 cxb3 19. cxb3 Rg8 20. Qh4 Qa7 21.
Kh1 Qc5 22. Na4 Qa7 23. Nc6 Qb7 24. Rc1 Re8 25. Nb6 Qxb6 26. Nxe7 Kg7 27. f4 {
1-0 (29) Bacurin,E-Isaev,Y Ukraine 1990}) ({Vorgänger (2):} 14... Nb6 15. Bc1
Bd7 16. e5 dxe5 17. Qxe5 Ne8 18. f4 Bf6 19. Qe2 Rc8 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Nf3 Bc6 22.
Ng3 Nc4 23. c3 Nf6 24. Ne5 Bd5 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. Ba2 Bc5+ 27. Kh1 Rce8 28. Bxc4
Bxc4 29. Qxc4 Qb5 30. Qxb5 axb5 31. Ne2 Rd8 32. Ng3 g6 33. h3 h5 34. Kh2 Kg7 {
1/2-1/2 (34) Zheleznikov,G-Gaidamak,A RCCA corr 2002}) 15. Ba2 Qc7 16. Kh1 Rb8
17. b4 Ncd7 18. Nde2 Bb7 19. Bd4 Rbc8 20. Bb3 Qb8 21. Qh3 Ne5 22. g4 Kg8 23. g5
Nfd7 24. f4 Nc4 25. Rf3 (25. f5) 25... Rfe8 26. Bxg7 $1 {Ein "intuitives"
Opfer. Weiß erhält langanhaltenden und wohl auch Gewinn bringenden Angriff.}
(26. Qh5 Qa8 27. Ng3 d5 $11) 26... Kxg7 27. Qh6+ (27. f5 Bxg5 28. Rg1 h6 29.
Qh5 Nce5 30. Rxg5+ hxg5 31. fxe6 Rxc3 32. Qxg5+ $13) 27... Kh8 28. Rh3 $18 Nf8
29. Nd5 $2 {Danach ergeben sich für Schwarz Verteidigungsmöglichkeite. Auch
mit Houdini ist diese Position mit allen ihren Möglichkeiten nur schwer zu
durchdringen.} (29. f5 exf5 30. Ng3 $18 {Die Drohung Sxf5 und Dg7 # kostet
Material.}) 29... exd5 $2 {Verpasst die Chance.} ({Richtig war} 29... Bxd5 30.
exd5 Qa7 31. f5 exf5 32. Nd4 Qd7 33. Rf1 f4 34. Rxf4 Bxg5 35. Qxg5 Qxh3 36.
Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qxf7+ Kh8 38. Qf6+ $11) 30. f5 $2 {Auch Weiß trifft wieder nicht
das Beste. Es droht entscheidend f6, aber Schwarz hat nun Gegenspiel.} (30. Nd4
{gefolgt von} Z0 31. Nf5 $18 {gewinnt.}) 30... d4 $1 $11 {Räumt die lange
Diagonale für Läufer und Springer.} 31. Ng3 Bxe4+ 32. Nxe4 $2 {Danach gerät
Weiß auf die Verliererstraße.} ({Nötig war} 32. Kg1 {und nun:} d3 33. Nxe4
Qa7+ 34. Kh1 Ne3 35. g6 fxg6 36. fxg6 {Und jetzt hat Schwarz nur einen Zug:}
Bh4 $3 37. Rxh4 (37. Qxh4 Rxe4 38. Qxe4 Nxd1 $19) 37... Nf5 38. Qg5 {Weiß
kann noch Dauerschach geben.} Nxh4 39. Nxd6 dxc2 40. Qf6+ Qg7 41. Nf7+ Kg8 42.
Nd6+ Kh8 43. Nf7+ $11) 32... Qb7 33. Rh4 Bxg5 34. Qxg5 Rxe4 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36.
Qg5+ (36. Rg1+ Rg4+ 37. Rg2 Qxg2#) 36... Ng6 37. Qg2 (37. Qg2 {aus Gibrlatar
ist nun} Re5 {überliefert, danach würde Schwarz die Dame verlieren.} ({
Sinn macht:} 37... Re1+ 38. Rxe1 Qxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Nxh4+)) 0-1

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Stangl, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Qf3 Qb6 13. Rad1 O-O-O 14. a4 b4
15. Na2 Kb8 16. c3 Nxe4 (16... bxc3 17. bxc3 e5 18. Rb1 exd4 19. Bd5 Nxd5 20.
Rxb6 Nxb6 21. Rb1 $40) 17. a5 $1 Qxa5 18. Nxb4 Rc8 19. Rxe4 f5 20. Ndc6+ $1
Rxc6 21. Rxe6 Rc8 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 32nd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 (8... Be7) 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Bg5 h6 (10... Qb6 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 exd5 13.
exd5+ Ne5 14. a5 Qc5 15. Be3 $16 {Adams,M-Sadler,M/Dublin/1:0/27/ Inf 57/246/})
11. Bxf6 Nxf6 (11... Qxf6) 12. Qd3 $5 (12. Qf3 Qb6 13. Rad1 O-O-O 14. a4 b4 15.
Na2 Kb8 16. c3 Nxe4 17. a5 $40 {Kindermann,S-Stangl,M/Altensteng/1989/1:0/23/})
12... Nd7 (12... Qb6 $6 13. a4 b4 14. a5 $40) 13. Qh3 Nc5 (13... Qb6 $6 14.
Bxe6 $5 (14. Rad1 $40) 14... fxe6 15. Nxe6 Kf7 (15... Nf6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5
Kf7) 16. Nf4 $40) 14. Bd5 Qc7 $8 (14... exd5 $2 15. exd5+ Be7 16. Nf5 Bc8 $8
17. Nxe7 (17. Nxg7+ $2 Kf8 18. Nf5 Bf6) 17... Bxh3 18. Nc6+ Kf8 (18... Be6 19.
Nxd8 Kxd8 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. b4 $16) 19. Nxd8 Bxg2 20. Nxf7 $14) 15. Bxb7 Qxb7
16. b4 Na4 (16... Nd7 $5 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 (18. Nxa4 Be7 19. c4 O-O) 18...
Be7 19. Rea1 O-O) 17. Nxa4 (17. Nd5 $6 exd5 18. exd5+ Kd8 19. Nc6+ Kc7 20. Qf5
$13) 17... bxa4 18. Qa3 Qd7 19. Qg3 $6 (19. Rad1 $5 Be7 20. e5 $5 (20. c4 O-O
21. e5 dxe5 22. Nf5 (22. Nf3 Qb7 23. c5 a5 $132) 22... Qe8 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24.
Qxa4 a5 $1 $14) 20... O-O $1 (20... d5 21. c4 a5 22. cxd5 $1 axb4 23. dxe6 Qxd4
(23... bxa3 24. exd7+ $16) 24. Qf3 $18) (20... dxe5 21. Nf5 Qb5 22. Qf3 $1 $16
(22. Nxe7 $2 Kxe7 23. c4 Qxc4 24. b5+ Kf6 25. b6 $13)) 21. exd6 Bxd6 22. c4 $14
) 19... g6 20. Rad1 Bg7 21. Nf5 exf5 22. exf5+ Kf8 23. Qf3 (23. Rxd6 $6 Re8 $1
24. Rxe8+ Qxe8) 23... Re8 24. f6 Kg8 (24... Rxe1+ $2 25. Rxe1 Kg8 26. Re7 $16)
25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. fxg7 Kxg7 27. h4 (27. h3 $5 Qe6 28. Qc6 Rc8 29. Qxa4 Qe2
$132) 27... Qe6 28. h5 (28. Qc3+ $5 Qe5 (28... Kh7 29. h5 Rc8 30. hxg6+ fxg6
31. Qd3 $40) 29. Qxe5+ dxe5 30. Rd6 Rc8 (30... a5 $6 31. b5 $1 $16) 31. Rxa6
Rxc2 32. Rxa4 Rb2 33. a3 f5 34. Ra5 $16) 28... Rc8 (28... g5 29. Qc3+ $40) 29.
hxg6 Rxc2 (29... fxg6 $2 30. Qb7+ Kg8 31. Qxa6 $40) 30. gxf7 (30. Rxd6 $2 Rc1+
31. Rd1 $10) 30... Qxf7 31. Qg4+ (31. Qe3 Rxa2 32. Rd4 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 Qh5+ 34.
Kg3 Qe5+ $10) 31... Qg6 32. Qd4+ Qf6 33. Qa7+ Qf7 34. Qd4+ Qf6 35. Qxf6+ (35.
Qg4+ Qg6) 35... Kxf6 36. Rxd6+ Kg7 37. a3 Rc3 38. Rxa6 Rxa3 $10 39. g3 (39. g4
Ra1+ (39... Rf3 $2 40. Rxa4 Rf4 41. Kg2 Rxg4+ 42. Kf3 Rc4 43. Ra7+ Kf6 44. Rb7
$40) 40. Kg2 a3 41. Kg3 $10) 39... Ra2 40. b5 (40. Kg2 a3 41. Kf3 Rb2 $10)
40... Rb2 41. b6 a3 42. Kg2 a2 43. b7 Rxb7 44. Rxa2 Rb5 45. Kh3 Rh5+ 46. Kg4
Rg5+ 47. Kh4 Rb5 48. Ra7+ Kg6 49. Ra6+ Kg7 50. f4 Rc5 51. Kg4 Rb5 52. Re6 Ra5
53. f5 Ra1 54. Rg6+ Kh7 55. Rc6 Kg7 56. Kf4 Rf1+ 57. Ke5 Re1+ 58. Kd5 h5 59.
Re6 Rg1 60. Rg6+ Kf7 61. Ke5 h4 62. g4 h3 63. Rh6 Rxg4 64. Rh7+ Kg8 65. Rxh3
Ra4 66. Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hafnarfirdi"]
[Site "Hafnarfirdi"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Black "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rfe1 (12. a3 Kh8 13. Be3 Nf6 14.
Rad1 Nc6 15. Rfe1 Na5 16. Ba2 Nc4 $10 {Soltis - Grefe, USA 1974.}) 12... Kh8
13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 h6 15. Qh4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. a4 b4 18. Nd5 $1 $14 Qc5
19. Nf4 Nf6 20. Qg3 Bb7 21. Nd3 Qd4 22. e5 Ne4 23. Qf4 g5 24. Qf3 dxe5 25. Rad1
Rad8 26. h4 g4 27. Qe3 Qxe3 28. fxe3 a5 29. Nxe5 Nd2 30. Bc4 Nxc4 $6 31. Rxd8
Rxd8 32. Nxf7+ $18 {Gewinnt die Qualität und die Partie.} Kg8 33. Nxd8 Be4 34.
Nxe6 Bxc2 35. Rc1 b3 36. Nd4 Nxb2 37. Nxb3 $1 Bxb3 38. Rb1 Bxa4 39. Rxb2 Be8
40. Rb7 a4 41. Kf2 Bf7 42. Ra7 Bb3 43. Kg3 Bd1 44. Kf4 Kf8 45. Rh7 Be2 46. Rxh6
Ke7 47. Rb6 Bc4 48. Rb4 Bb3 49. h5 Kf6 50. Rb6+ Kf7 51. Rb7+ Kg8 52. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Olivier, Jean Christophe"]
[Black "Polak, Tomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[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 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. f4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. f5 Kh8 16. Be3 (16. f6 $2 gxh6 (16... Bxf6 17. Rxf6 b4 18. Nd5 exd5 19.
Bxg7+ Nxg7 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Bb5 22. exd5 Nf5 {0-1 Manker,B-Golmon,S/
CompuServe theme email 1994/ (39)}) 17. fxe7 Qxe7 $17) (16. Bg5 $5) 16... b4
17. Na4 (17. Ne2 $6 e5 $1 (17... Bxe4 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nd4 $16) 18. c3 a5 19.
cxb4 axb4 20. Rc1 Qb7 $17) 17... Nf6 (17... Rb8 $6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8
20. Rf1 Qe7 $8 (20... Nf6 21. Nc5 $1 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Qf4 $18) 21. e5
Bxa4 22. Bg5 Qa7+ 23. Be3 Qe7 24. Bxa4 d5 25. Bg5 {1-0 Sokolov,A-Gelfand,B/
Odessa/1989/ (64)}) (17... e5 18. c3 $14) 18. fxe6 Nxe4 19. Qg4 fxe6 20. Qxe6
Bf6 21. Nb6 {The whole line is an exercise in the art of counterplay, black
solves the problem of the e6 pawn defense with the activity against e4 pawn.} (
21. Qc4 Qb7 22. Nb6 Rae8 23. Qxb4 Bxb2 24. Bd5 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Bf6 26. Qc4 Nd2
27. Bxc6 Nxc4 28. Bxb7 Nxe3 {1/2-1/2 Damaso,R-Arnason,J/Novi Sad/1990/ (61)})
21... Rae8 22. Nd5 (22. Qc4 Qb7 23. Qxb4 Bxb2) 22... Qd8 (22... Rxe6 23. Nxc7
Re7 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 $14) (22... Qb7 23. Qg4 Bd7 24. Qh5 Bxb2 25. Ne7 $1
Bf5 26. Nxf5 g6 27. Qg4 gxf5 28. Rxf5 $11) 23. Qg4 Bd7 24. Qe2 Be5 (24... Bxb2
25. Qxa6 $11) 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Rf1 (26. Qxa6 $2 Qh4 $19) 26... a5 {There is
still lot of life in this position, even though objectively it seems quite
equal.} (26... Bb5 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Bc4 Bxb2 29. Bxb5 axb5 30. Qxb5 $11) (
26... a5 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Qa6 (28. c3 bxc3 29. Bc2 Nf6 30. Nxc3 Qb8 $15)
28... Qe8 29. Qxa5 Bxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Qh5+ 31. Kg1 Qd1+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.05.28"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "Trisic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1999.05.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. e5 Bb7 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Qe3 h6 (12... Bc5 $6 13. O-O-O Nbd7
(13... Nc6 $5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 (15. Nd5 Qd8 16. c3 $13) 15... Bxd4 (15...
Be7 $2 16. Nf5 exf5 17. Nxf6+ Kf8 18. Qh6#) (15... Nxd4 $6 16. Nxc5 (16. Nxf6+
Ke7 17. Qg5 Qf4+) 16... Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Bxg2 18. Rhg1 $40) 16. Rxd4 Nxd4 17.
Nxf6+ Ke7 18. Qxd4 $44) 14. Bxe6 $1 O-O (14... fxe6 $2 15. Qxe6+ Kf8 16. Qxf6+
gxf6 17. Ne6+ Ke7 18. Nxc7 fxg5 19. Rhe1+ Kd8 20. Ne6+ Kc8 21. Rxd7 Kxd7 22.
Nxc5+ Kc6 23. Nxb7 Kxb7 24. Re7+ Kc6 25. Re6+ Kd7 26. Rh6 $16) 15. Bb3 Rae8 16.
Qh3 b4 17. Na4 Bd6 18. Kb1 Ne4 19. Be3 (19. Bh4 $5) 19... Ndf6 {0-1 Mueller,
K-Wahls,M/Gladenbach/1997/ (53)}) (12... O-O $2 13. O-O-O (13. Bxf6 $2 gxf6)
13... h6 (13... Nbd7 $2 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qxe6+ $18) (13... Ng4 14. Qd2 b4 15.
Nxe6 bxc3 16. Qxd6 $18) 14. Ndxb5 $1 axb5 15. Nxb5 Qc6 16. Bxf6 Qxb5 17. Rxd6
gxf6 18. Rb6 $1 Qd7 19. Rxe6 $18) (12... Nc6 $2 13. Nf5) (12... Nbd7 $5 13.
Nxe6 $1 (13. Bxe6 $6 O-O) (13. O-O-O O-O-O $5 $13 (13... Be5 $11) 14. Ndxb5
axb5 15. Nxb5 Bc5) 13... fxe6 14. Qxe6+ Be7 (14... Kd8 15. Bxf6+ gxf6 16. O-O-O
$16) 15. Qf7+ (15. O-O-O $2 Rf8 16. Rhe1 Nc5) 15... Kd8 16. Qxg7 Qe5+ 17. Be3
Kc7 $13) (12... Be5 13. f4 (13. O-O-O Nbd7 (13... h6 $2 14. Ncxb5) 14. f4 Bxd4
15. Rxd4 O-O 16. Rhd1 Rac8 (16... Bc6) 17. Kb1 Bc6 18. Qe2 Qb7 $13) 13... Bxd4
14. Qxd4 Nbd7 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Rhg1 Bc6 17. g4 Rac8 18. Rd3 a5 19. Rh3 a4 20.
Bxf6 Nxf6 21. g5 Nd7 22. g6 hxg6 23. f5 Nf6 24. Rxg6 Rfd8 25. Qh4 Kf8 26. Bxe6
{1-0 Hummel,P-Parikh,V/Oropesa del Mar/1998/ (44)}) 13. Bxf6 Bf4 $2 {[%mdl
8192] Sicilian defense is extremely flexible, but black must often play very
acurately. This reckless move will be punished in the most brutal way.} (13...
gxf6 14. Nd5 Qa5+ 15. c3 Be5 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Nb4 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Bb7
20. Rd1 $13) 14. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 128] Typical sacrifice, but white was for a
moment piece up!} fxe6 15. Qxe6+ Kf8 16. Rd1 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Gr-A"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
b4 9. Na4 Bd7 10. c3 Nxe4 (10... Nc6 11. Re1 (11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. f3 d5 13. exd5
Nxd5 14. c4 Nf6 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Be7 18. Rd2 O-O 19. Rad1 a5
{1/2-1/2 Pokorna,R-Lakos,N/Ostrava/1999/ (28)}) 11... Rb8 12. f3 Be7 13. Nxc6
Bxc6 14. cxb4 Rxb4 15. Be3 (15. Nc3 O-O 16. Be3 Qb8 17. Re2 Rd8 18. Rd2 Nd7 19.
Qe2 Nc5 20. Bc4 Bb5 21. Bxb5 axb5 {0-1 Wagman,S-Fercec,N/Arco/1999/ (30)})
15... O-O 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Re2 Qb8 18. Bd4 Qb5 19. Nc3 Qb7 20. Kh1 Rc8 21. Rd2 {
1-0 Rogic,D-Pavasovic,D/Dresden/1998/ (77)}) (10... bxc3 11. Nxc3 Nc6 (11...
Be7 12. f4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qe2 O-O 15. f5 exf5 16. Rxf5 Qd7 17. Nd5 Rae8
18. Qf3 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Bf6 21. Bf4 Bxb2 22. Rad1 Be5 23. Rxe5 {
1-0 Matikozian,A-Yegiazarian,A/Yerevan/1999/ (41)}) 12. Be3 Be7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6
14. Rc1 O-O 15. f3 Bb7 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Na4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 d5 19. Bb6 Qa8 20. e5
Nd7 21. Rc7 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Rubsamen,C-Martinez,M/Kona/1998/ (40)}) 11. Qf3 d5 12.
c4 $1 Nc6 {An excellent line for losing on theory knowledge, the position is
very sharp and dangerous for black. Due to the white's enormous advantage
defenders chances for survival were already slim.} (12... Qf6 13. cxd5 $1 Qxd4
14. Be3 Qe5 15. Bf4 $1 (15. Nb6 Bd6 16. g3 O-O 17. Nxa8 exd5 18. Nb6 Bc6 19.
Rad1 $16) 15... Qf5 16. Rfe1 $1 g5 (16... Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19.
Re5 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Qf6 21. Rae1 O-O 22. Rxe6 $18) (16... Nd2 17. Bxd2 Qxf3 18.
gxf3 Be7 19. Nb6 Ra7 20. Rac1 $1 O-O 21. dxe6 Bxe6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Nc8 $1 Rd7
24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Bxb4 $18) 17. Rxe4 gxf4 18. Rxf4 Qg5 19. h4 Qh6 20. Rxf7 {
1-0 Lautier,J-Sadler,M/Enghien les Bains 1999/ (25)}) (12... Nc5 13. cxd5 Nxb3
14. dxe6 fxe6 15. axb3 $18 {->}) 13. Nxe6 $3 {[%mdl 128]} Bxe6 (13... fxe6 14.
cxd5 exd5 (14... Nd4 15. Qxe4 Nxb3 16. axb3 $18) 15. Bxd5 $18) 14. cxd5 Nd4 (
14... Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Nb6 Qe5 17. Re1 f5 18. Nxa8 Bd6 19. Qh3 $18) 15.
Qxe4 Nxb3 16. dxe6 Nxa1 {Black has won a rook, but other pieces are just
sitting home.} 17. Qc6+ Ke7 18. Qb7+ (18. Qb7+ Kxe6 19. Re1+ Kf6 20. Qf3+ Kg6
21. Qg4+ Kf6 22. Qg5#) 1-0

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Matikozian, Andranik"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 Nbd7 {Novikov often plays this line with
black. White has dangerous development advantage, but the defender's position
is very solid.} (11... b4 12. Na4 Nbd7 13. f3 O-O 14. Rad1 Kh8 15. Rfe1 (15.
Kh1 Rb8 16. Qe1 Qa8 17. c4 bxc3 18. Qxc3 Bb7 19. Qd2 Rfc8 {1/2-1/2 Hamdouchi,
H-Topalov,V/Cap d'Agde 1994/ (94)}) (15. Ne2 Qb8 16. c3 bxc3 17. Nexc3 a5 18.
Rf2 Ba6 19. Qh3 Ne5 20. Bd4 Nc6 21. Be3 Ne5 22. Bd4 Nc6 23. Be3 Ne5 24. Bd4 {
1/2-1/2 Mitkov,N-Gelfand,B/Moscow 1994/ (24)}) (15. Rd2 Ne5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Ne2
Qc7 18. Nxc8 Rfxc8 19. Rc1 a5 20. c4 Ra8 21. Ba4 Qb8 22. b3 {1-0 Zapata,A-Vera,
R/Linares 1994/ (43)}) 15... Rb8 16. Kh1 Ne5 17. Ne2 Qc7 18. c3 Bd7 19. Nf4
Bxa4 20. Bxa4 bxc3 21. bxc3 Qxc3 22. Bd4 Qa5 {Short,N-Kasparov,G/London rapid
m/1993/}) 12. Rad1 $5 (12. f3 Nc5 13. Rfd1 Bd7 14. Kh1 b4 15. Nce2 O-O 16. Bh6
Ne8 17. c4 bxc3 18. Nxc3 Bf6 19. Bg5 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Nxb3 21. axb3 f6 {0-1 Milos,
G-Polgar,J/Bali 2000/ (44)}) (12. Rfe1 Nc5 13. Nf5 Nxb3 14. Nxe7 Nxa1 15. Qxg7
Rf8 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bc5 Nd7 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Bxf8 Nxf8 20. Ne4 {1-0 Georgiev,
K-Zaichik,G/Palma de Mallorca 1989/ (24)}) (12. Nf5 exf5 13. Qxg7 Rf8 14. Bg5 (
14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qb8 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. Bg5 Ne5 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Qg5+ Kd7
20. Qxf5+ Kc7 21. Re3 {1/2-1/2 Kaidanov,G-Gelfand,B/Norilsk 1987/ (30)}) 14...
fxe4 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Rb8 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Rfe1 Ne5 20. Qg5+
Kd7 21. Rxe4 Kc7 {0-1 Mirumian,V-Novikov,I/Yerevan 1996/ (26)}) 12... b4 (12...
Nc5 13. f3 Bd7 14. e5 dxe5 15. Qxe5 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 O-O 17. Nc5 Qc6 18. g4 b4 19.
N3e4 Nxe4 20. Nxd7 Nf6 21. Nxf8 Rxf8 22. c3 {1/2-1/2 Calaf Rellver,G-Perpinya
Rofes,L/Terrassa 1996/ (86)}) 13. Na4 O-O 14. Bh6 (14. f3 $5 {The game could
easily have transformed into the quoted battel between Short and Kasparov from
London 1993.}) 14... Nh5 $1 15. Qf3 (15. Qg4 $2 Ndf6 16. Qg5 Kh8 $19) 15...
Nhf6 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qf3 Nhf6 18. Bg5 $6 {It was more sensible to accept draw
with repetition, now black will get and upper hand.} (18. Qg3 $11) 18... Ne5 $1
$15 19. Qe2 Bd7 $1 20. f4 Nc6 $1 (20... Bxa4 $2 21. Bxa4 Qb6 22. Kh1 $16) 21.
e5 (21. Nf3 Na5 $5 $11) 21... Nxd4 (21... Qa7 22. exf6 Nxd4 23. Qf2 Bxf6 24.
Bxf6 Nxb3 25. Nb6 gxf6 26. axb3 (26. Nxa8 Nc5 27. Rxd6 Rxa8 28. Rfd1 $13) 26...
Rad8 $11) 22. Rxd4 dxe5 (22... Bb5 $5 23. Bc4 Qa7 $17) 23. fxe5 Bxa4 $2 {
White's courage is paying off since Novikov had to find the best answer 23...
Bb5! in order to get slight advantage.} (23... Qa7 $2 24. exf6 Qxd4+ 25. Be3 $1
$18) (23... Bb5 $1 24. Bc4 (24. Qf2 Ne4 $1 25. Rxe4 Bxg5 $15) 24... Nd5 $15)
24. Bxf6 $1 (24. exf6 Bc5 $17) 24... Bc5 $2 (24... Bxf6 25. exf6 Bxb3 26. Qg4
g6 27. Qg5 Qb6 28. Rff4 $18) (24... gxf6 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Rxf6 Bxb3 27. axb3
$16) 25. Qg4 Bxd4+ 26. Kh1 $1 (26. Qxd4 $2 gxf6 $17) 26... g6 27. Qxd4 $1 (27.
Qg5 $2 Bc6 $1) (27. Bxa4 Bc5 28. Qh4 Rfc8 $13) 27... Bc6 (27... Bxb3 $2 28. Qf4
$1 (28. Qe3 $1) 28... Qb5 29. Re1 Bd5 30. Qh6 Bxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qd5+ 32. Kg3 $18)
28. Rg1 $2 {[%mdl 64] Matikozian have done everything right except for the
final move of the whole combination. The best 28.Qd2! would have forced black
to give up the bishop and suffer horribly in the endgame.} (28. Qd2 $1 Bxg2+ (
28... Rfc8 29. Qh6 Bxg2+ 30. Kg1 Qb6+ 31. Rf2 $18) 29. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 $18)
28... h5 $5 29. c3 bxc3 30. bxc3 Be4 (30... Rfc8 31. Qe3 Kh7 $13) 31. h3 Kh7
32. Kh2 a5 33. Re1 Bxg2 34. Bc2 Bf3 (34... Rfc8 35. c4 Rab8 $17) 35. Rg1 $2 (
35. Rf1) 35... Qa7 $5 {Black begins his concentrated effort to get closer to
the white's king.} (35... Qd5 36. Qf2 Rfc8 $19) 36. Qd2 Rad8 $1 37. Qe1 (37.
Bxd8 Rxd8 38. Qe1 (38. Qxd8 $2 Qf2+) 38... Rd5 $17) 37... Qd7 38. Bg5 (38. Kg3
Qd2 $1 39. Bxd8 Rxd8 40. Bxg6+ fxg6 41. Qxd2 Rxd2 42. Kxf3 Rd3+ 43. Kf4 Rxc3
$17) 38... Qb5 39. Rf1 f6 $1 40. Bxf6 (40. exf6 Qxg5 $19) 40... Rxf6 $1 41.
exf6 Qb8+ 42. Kg1 Rd2 $1 {Thye complete reversal of fortunes, in the end it is
Matikozian's king that is facing the mating threats.} (42... Rd2 43. Rf2 Qg3+
44. Kf1 Qxh3+ 45. Kg1 Qh1#) 0-1

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bf6 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Qc5
15. Qd2 (15. Qe3 $5) 15... Bd7 16. Rfe1 Ra7 17. a3 Rb7 18. Nce2 Nc6 19. Nxc6
Bxc6 20. Nf4 (20. Nd4 Bd7 21. c3 a5 $10) 20... Nf6 (20... Re7 $14) 21. Qd4 Qxd4
(21... e5 22. Qxd6 $16) 22. Rxd4 Rd7 (22... Ne8 $14) 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Bxe6+
Rff7 25. f3 Kf8 26. c4 bxc4 27. Rxc4 Bb7 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29. Rec1 Ne8 30. Kf2 Ke7
31. b4 $2 d5 32. exd5 Rxd5 $14 33. R1c2 Kd7 34. Rc5 Rd6 35. Ke3 Re6+ 36. Kf4
Bc6 37. Rd2+ Nd6 38. Re5 Rf6+ 39. Kg3 Kc8 40. Rc2 Kd7 41. Rd2 Bb5 42. Rd4 g6
43. Kf2 h5 44. Kg3 $6 Kc6 45. Kh4 Nf7 46. Re7 g5+ $1 47. Kh3 $8 Bf1 48. Re3 Nh6
49. Rc3+ Kb6 50. Rd1 Bb5 51. Kg3 Nf5+ 52. Kf2 g4 $10 53. Rd5 Bc6 54. Re5 gxf3
55. gxf3 h4 56. Rd3 h3 57. f4 Nh4 58. Rc5 Ng6 59. f5 Nh4 60. Rxh3 Nxf5 61. Ke1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[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 "Hofheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Qf3
Bb7 9. Bg5 Nc6 (9... h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Be7 13. Rhd1 Qa5
14. Qh3 b4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rxd6 bxc3 17. Rxe6+ Kf8 18. e5 Bc8 19. Qf3 fxe6
20. Qxa8 Bg5+ 21. f4 Bxf4+ 22. Kb1 Kf7 $2 (22... Ke7 $1 $17) 23. Rf1 Qxe5 24.
g3 {1-0 Berezjuk,S-Trichkov,V/Luhacovice 2003/ (33)}) 10. O-O-O {Volokitin
tries to get attacking set up as quickly as possible.} (10. e5 dxe5 (10... Qc8
11. exf6 Nxd4 12. Qd3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bb7 $17) 11. Nxc6 Qd6 12. Bxf6
Bxc6 13. Ne4 Qb4+ 14. c3 Qxe4+ 15. Qxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe5 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Be4 $15)
10... Nxd4 (10... Be7 $5 11. Nxc6 (11. e5 $2 Nxd4 12. Qxb7 dxe5 $17) 11... Bxc6
12. Rhe1 b4 13. Ba4 Bxa4 14. Nxa4 $11) 11. Rxd4 Be7 12. Rhd1 O-O 13. Qg3 (13.
Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 14. Rxd6 Qa5 $11) 13... Ne8 (13... Qa5 14. Bh6 Ne8 15. Bd2 Qc7 16.
Bg5 Bxg5+ 17. Qxg5 Rc8 $13) 14. f4 $1 {[%mdl 128] Ambitious and a bit risky
move, but black has problems to counter the pressure of white pieces.} f6 (
14... Bxg5 $2 15. fxg5 $1 Qa5 (15... Qe7 16. e5 d5 17. R1d3 Qc7 18. Rh4 Rc8 19.
Rh3 b4 20. Qh4 $18) 16. Qh4 b4 17. Ne2 g6 18. R1d3 e5 19. Rh3 h5 20. gxh6 exd4
21. Qe7 $18) (14... Bc6 $5) 15. Bh4 (15. Bxe6+ $2 Kh8 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bd5 gxh4
18. Qd3 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 f5 20. exf5 Ng7 $15) 15... Kh8 (15... g5 16. fxg5 fxg5
17. Qg4 $1 Kh8 18. Bg3 $16) 16. f5 $1 {Clearing the danger for the bishop on
h4 and opening the vital a2-g8 diagonal, white is clearly better.} (16. Bxe6 g5
$15) 16... e5 (16... Nc7 17. Qg4 exf5 18. exf5 Rc8 19. Bg3 $16) 17. R4d3 Nc7
18. Qg4 Qd7 19. Rh3 d5 (19... h6 20. Bf2 d5 21. Be3 Rf7 22. Qg6 Bb4 23. exd5
$18) 20. Bf2 g5 (20... Rfd8 21. Qg6 h6 22. Bb6 $18) (20... d4 $2 21. Rxh7+ $1
Kxh7 22. Qh5#) 21. Rxh7+ $1 (21. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24.
Rd3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 3rd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2001.05.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Qxg7 Rg8 14. Qh6 O-O-O
15. Qh3 Kb8 16. f3 Rg6 17. Be3 (17. a3 Rdg8 18. Re2 h5 19. Kh1 Qc7 20. Nd1 h4
21. Ne3 Nh5 {0-1 Georgiev,K-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg/1993/ (34)}) 17... Rdg8 18. Re2
h5 (18... Nd7 19. Nd5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Qc7 21. Bxf7 Bf6 22. Rd1 Bxb2 23. c4 Ba3
24. cxb5 axb5 25. Bxg8 Rxg8 26. Qxh7 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Polugaevsky,L/Monte Carlo/
1993/ (35)}) 19. Rd1 Qe8 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Excellent novelty in a well known
system, black avoids tactical tricks, defends weak f7 pawn for the case of
e6-e5 push and the queen will help with a kingside attack.} (19... Nd7 20. Nd5
exd5 21. Bxd5 Qc7 22. Bxf7 h4 23. Bxg8 Rxg8 24. Qe6 {1-0 Nijboer,F-Shneider,A/
Ohrid/2001/ (60)}) 20. a4 b4 21. Na2 e5 22. Nxb4 a5 (22... Bc8 23. Qh4 Ng4 $2
24. Qxe7 Qxe7 25. Nc6+ $18) 23. Nd3 $6 (23. Nd5 $5 Bc8 (23... Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Bc8
25. Qxh5 Rh8 26. Bxf7 Qxf7 27. Qxh8 Bf6 28. Qh6 Rxh6 29. Bxh6 $13) 24. Nxf6
Bxf6 25. Qxh5 Rh8 26. Qxg6 fxg6 27. Rxd6 Bd8 $17) 23... Bc8 24. Qh4 Ng4 $1 {
The tactics works perfectly for black, his kings is not well protected but all
the fire is directed to his white colleague.} 25. Qxh5 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxg2+ (
26... Bf6 27. Nf4 exf4 28. Re2 Be5 $15) 27. Kh1 (27. Kf1 Rg1+ 28. Ke2 Rh8 29.
Qxf7 Rxh2+ 30. Nf2 Ba6+ 31. Red3 Qxf7 32. Bxf7 Rgg2 33. Rf1 Bh4 $19) 27... R8g5
28. Qh7 (28. Qh6 Qg8 29. Ree1 Rg6 30. Qh5 R2g5 31. Qh4 Rg1+ $19) 28... Rg7 29.
Qh5 R2g5 30. Qh6 Qg8 31. Ree1 Rh7 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Black "Makarov, Marat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[BlackTeam "Togliatti Lada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. Bg5 Nbd7 {Makarov is waiting with natural move Be7 and in few moves it
will even become problematic.} 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Rhe1 h6 (11... Be7 $2 12. Bxe6
$1 Ne5 13. Qh3 fxe6 14. Nxe6 Qc4 15. Nxg7+ Kf8 16. Nf5 $16) 12. Qh3 hxg5 $2 {
The defender needed a lot of courage in order do decide for this exchange
sacrifice. Objectively it can not be sufficient.} (12... Nc5 13. Bxf6 (13. f3
Be7 14. Be3 b4 $17) 13... gxf6 14. a3 Rc8 15. Kb1 $13) 13. Qxh8 Qc5 (13... b4
14. Na4 Nxe4 15. f3 Nec5 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qh5 $16) 14. Qh3 (14. Bxe6 $1 fxe6
15. Nxe6 Qxf2 (15... Qb6 16. Nxf8 Nxf8 17. Qxg7 $18) 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Nxa8 Bxa8
18. e5 $18) 14... Qe5 15. Kb1 (15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Be7 17. Nd5 Qxe6 18.
Nxe6 Nxd5 19. exd5 Kf7 20. Nxg7 $16) 15... O-O-O 16. f3 Re8 (16... b4 17. Nce2
g4 18. Qg3 $16) 17. a4 (17. g4 Kb8 18. Qg2 $16) 17... b4 18. Na2 Qc5 19. c3 $1
bxc3 (19... g4 20. Qg3 gxf3 21. gxf3 bxc3 22. Re3 $16) 20. Re3 $1 {Amonatov
plays this phase very forcefully, black king will become a target of white
pieces.} Kb8 (20... cxb2 21. Rc3 $18) 21. Rxc3 Qb6 22. Qg3 Be7 (22... g4 23.
Bc2 gxf3 24. gxf3 Rc8 25. Nb3 Rxc3 26. Nxc3 $16) 23. h4 (23. Bc2 g4 24. Rb3 $16
) 23... gxh4 (23... Bxe4+ 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Qf3 Nxc3+ 26. Nxc3 Ne5 27. Qg3 gxh4
28. Qxg7 Rc8 $14) 24. Qxg7 Ne5 25. Qh6 Rg8 26. Qd2 $6 {Rather reckless move
since white is allowing tactics, that would rob him of lion's share of his
advantage.} (26. Ka1 Rxg2 27. Qxh4 Ng6 28. Qe1 $16) 26... Bd8 $6 (26... Bxe4+
$5 27. fxe4 Nxe4 28. Qe2 Nxc3+ 29. Nxc3 Rg4 30. a5 Qb7 31. Nf3 $14) 27. Bc2 Ka8
(27... d5 28. Qf4 Nfd7 29. Rb3 Qc7 30. Nb4 $16) 28. Nb3 d5 (28... Be7 29. Na5
Rb8 30. Nxb7 Qxb7 31. Rb3 $16) 29. a5 Qb5 (29... Qd6 $2 30. f4 Neg4 31. e5 $18)
30. Rc5 Qd7 (30... Qa4 31. Qc3 Nc4 32. Nd2 $18) 31. Nb4 (31. Qc3 Nc6 32. e5 Ne8
33. Bd3 Nc7 34. Rd2 Be7 35. Nb4 Bxc5 36. Nxc5 Qc8 37. Nxb7 Nxb4 38. Nd6 Qb8 39.
Bf1 $18) 31... Be7 32. exd5 $1 {Black is being crushed on his most prominent
square. With the stronghold on d5 Makarov will lose everything.} Nxd5 (32...
Bxc5 33. Nxc5 Qc7 34. Nbxa6 Bxa6 35. Nxa6 Qd6 36. Qh6 $18) (32... exd5 33. Qe2
Bxc5 34. Nxc5 Qd6 35. Nxb7 Kxb7 36. Nxd5 $18) 33. Nxd5 Bxd5 (33... Bxc5 34.
Nxc5 Qxd5 35. Qb4 Qc6 36. Be4 $18) (33... exd5 34. Rxd5 Bxd5 35. Qxd5+ Qxd5 36.
Rxd5 Nc4 37. Rd7 $18) 34. Rxd5 exd5 35. Qe2 $1 {Materially the things are
still even, but not for much longer. Black king is now simply naked.} (35.
Qxd5+ $5) 35... Qe6 (35... Nc4 36. Be4 $18) 36. Rxd5 Ng6 37. Be4 Kb8 38. Nd4
Nf4 (38... Qf6 39. Qe3 $18) 39. Rb5+ $1 (39. Rb5+ $1 axb5 40. Qxb5+ Kc7 41.
Nxe6+ fxe6 42. Qc6+ Kd8 43. a6 $18 (43. Qa8+ Kd7 44. Qxg8 $18)) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 e6 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. g4 b4 10. g5 Nfd7 (10... bxc3 $5 11. gxf6 Nd7 12. fxg7 Bxg7 13. Qxc3
Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 Nc5 15. f3 Be5 $13) 11. Na4 Nc6 12. Be3 Na5 (12... Bb7 13. O-O-O
$36) 13. O-O-O $6 {Volokitin plays extremely aggressive chess as befits young
player, but sometimes the chosen set up just doesn't yeld results.} (13. O-O
Ne5 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Nb6 Rb8 (15... Qxb6 16. Ba4+ $18) 16. Ba4+ Kd8 17. Nf3 Nec4
$13) 13... Bb7 14. Bd2 (14. Kb1 Nxb3 15. cxb3 d5 16. Qh5 Qe5 $17) 14... Nxb3+ (
14... d5 15. Qh3 Nxb3+ 16. Qxb3 Rc8 $17) 15. Qxb3 Be7 {Carlsen avoids direct
danger, but 15...e5! might have been a refutation of white ideas.} (15... e5 $1
16. Ne2 Bxe4 17. f3 Bc6 18. Bxb4 Rb8 $19) (15... Bxe4 16. Nxe6 Qxc2+ 17. Qxc2
Bxc2 18. Nxg7+ Bxg7 19. Kxc2 Rc8+ 20. Kb3 $14) 16. Bxb4 Bxe4 $2 (16... Bxg5+
17. Kb1 Be7 18. f3 Rb8 $13) 17. Rhe1 $1 {All white pieces are in active
positions (with a small exception of knight a4), the situation is critical for
black.} Bd5 (17... Bxg5+ 18. Kb1 d5 (18... Bg6 19. Bxd6 $16) 19. f3 Bh4 (19...
Bg6 20. Qxd5 $18) 20. fxe4 Bxe1 21. Rxe1 dxe4 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kd8 24.
Rd1 $18) (17... Bg6 18. f4 Rc8 19. f5 exf5 (19... Bh5 20. g6 hxg6 21. fxe6 $18)
20. Nb5 axb5 21. Bxd6 O-O (21... Qxc2+ 22. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 23. Kxc2 bxa4 24. Rxe7+
Kd8 25. Ba3 f4+ 26. Kc3 Bf5 27. Rxf7 $18) 22. Bxc7 Bxg5+ 23. Kb1 bxa4 24. Qxa4
$18) 18. Qg3 O-O (18... Rb8 19. Ba3 g6 20. Nc3 Ba8 (20... Nb6 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22.
Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxd5 $16) 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bxd6 Bxd6 23. Rxe6+ Kd8 24. Rexd6 Bc6
25. Rxc6 $18) 19. Nf5 $1 exf5 (19... Bd8 20. Bxd6 Qb7 21. Nc3 Bf3 22. Rd3 exf5
23. Bxf8 Nxf8 24. Qxf3 Bxg5+ 25. Kb1 $18) 20. Rxe7 Qc4 (20... Rfc8 21. Nc3 Be6
22. Qxd6 Qc4 23. b3 Qg4 24. Nd5 $18) 21. Qxd6 {It becomes obvious, that black
has failed in the defensive task.} Be6 (21... Bc6 22. b3 Qb5 23. c4 Qb7 24. Bc3
$18) 22. b3 Qh4 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 (24... Rf7 25. Rxd7 Qxg5+ 26. Kb2
$18) 25. Be7 $1 {Very fine move that underlines the hopless location of knight
d7.} (25. Bxf8 Qxg5+ 26. Qe3 Qxe3+ 27. fxe3 Nxf8 28. Nc5 $16) 25... Qxf2 26.
Qxd7 Rfe8 27. Bc5 Qh4 28. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Pinamar Masters 1st"]
[Site "Pinamar"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius"]
[Black "Hobaica, Juan Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2001.03.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. f4 b4 10. Na4 Nxe4 11. f5 e5 12. Bd5 (12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. fxe6 Nf6 14.
exf7+ Kf8 15. Qf3 Nbd7 16. Qh3 e4 17. Bh6 Ne5 18. Rf5 Nfg4 {0-1 De Hoop,
T-Visschedijk,M/Hengelo/1999/ (26)}) 12... Ra7 13. Bxe4 d5 $6 (13... Bd7 14. c3
exd4 15. Qxd4 Rc7 16. Bc2 Bb5 17. Re1 O-O 18. Bd2 d5 19. Qg4 Rc4 20. Qg3 Bh4
21. Qh3 Bxe1 22. Rxe1 Qh4 {0-1 Dosseti Saidman,R-Munoz Sanches,M/Cascavel 1996/
(30)}) 14. Ne6 $1 {[%mdl 4] This spirited jump effectively refutes black's
novelty, black is too uncoordinated to survive.} Bxe6 (14... fxe6 15. Qh5+ Kd7
16. fxe6+ Kc6 (16... Kxe6 17. Qf7+ Kd6 18. Qxd5+ $18) 17. Be3 Rb7 18. Rad1 Bxe6
19. c4 $18) 15. fxe6 dxe4 (15... fxe6 16. Qh5+ Kd7 17. Be3 $18) 16. Be3 Qxd1 (
16... Rb7 17. exf7+ Kf8 18. Nc5 $18) 17. Raxd1 Rc7 18. exf7+ Kf8 19. c3 {
The material is equal, but all black pieces are worse than their white
counterparts.} Nd7 (19... bxc3 20. Nxc3 Nd7 21. Nxe4 $16) 20. cxb4 Bxb4 $2 (
20... Nf6 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. bxc5 Kxf7 23. Rd6 $16) 21. Nb6 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. e5 $1 dxe5 12. Ndxb5 axb5 {If black has to
sacrifice an exchange for some foggy compensation the whole line is in trouble.
} (12... Qb7 13. Qxb7 Bxb7 14. Nc7 Bxg2 15. Nxa8 Bxa8 16. Rhg1 Nc6 17. Ne2 Rc8
18. c3 Na5 19. Bc2 {1-0 Jurkovic,A-Kargoll,B/Budapest 1994/ (30)}) (12... Qc6
$5 13. Qxc6 Nxc6 14. Nd6 Rd8 15. Nc4 (15. Nxc8 Raxc8 16. Bc4 $14) 15... Bb7 16.
f3 Bc5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Ned6 Rab8 20. Nxb7 Rxb7 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22.
Rd1 Be7 $14 {0-1 Arakhamia Grant,K-Baginskaite,C/Frunze 1986/ (61)}) 13. Qxa8
b4 (13... Bb7 14. Qa7 Nc6 15. Nxb5 Nxa7 16. Nxc7 Bd8 17. Be3 Bxc7 18. Bxa7 Bxg2
19. Rhg1 Bf3 20. Bc5 Rc8 21. Be7 Ng4 22. Rd3 Nxh2 23. Rc3 Bb7 24. Bf6 g6 {
0-1 Musil,V-Malik,J/Moravia 2002/ (49)}) 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. Qa7 Qxb5 16. Qxe7 Nc6
17. a4 $1 ({Much less convincing was} 17. Qc7 Nd5 18. Qd6 Nd4 19. Be3 Nxb3+ 20.
axb3 Qa5 21. Kb1 Bb7 22. Qc5 Qa6 23. Qa7 Qc6 {with fighting position in
Jurkovic,A-Vajda,S/Budapest 2001/ (52)}) 17... Qa6 (17... bxa3 18. Qxa3 Nd7 19.
Ba4 $18) 18. Qc5 Nd5 (18... Ne4 19. Qe3 Nxg5 20. Qxg5 $16) 19. Kb1 (19. Qb5 Qa8
20. Rhe1 Bb7 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. f4 $16) 19... Bb7 20. Bxd5 (20. Rhe1 Ra8 21. Qb5
$16) 20... exd5 21. Rxd5 h6 (21... Qxa4 22. Qb5 Qa8 23. Rd7 Bc8 24. Rd6 Nd4 25.
Qxe5 b3 26. Rxd4 Qa2+ 27. Kc1 Qa1+ 28. Kd2 Qxh1 29. Be7 bxc2 30. Kxc2 Re8 31.
Qb5 $18) 22. Be3 Qxa4 {Naiditsch is sitting without an exchange, but white
king is not very safe.} (22... b3 23. Qb5 (23. cxb3 Nd4 24. Rd1 $14) 23...
bxc2+ 24. Kc1 Qa8 25. Rd7 $14) 23. Qb5 Qa8 24. Rd7 (24. Rd6 $1 Rc8 25. Rhd1 $16
) 24... Rb8 (24... Bc8 25. Rc7 Be6 26. b3 $16) 25. Qc4 Nd8 26. Qa2 $2 (26. f3
b3 27. Qxb3 Bc6 28. Ra7 $18) 26... Qxa2+ 27. Kxa2 Bxg2 $2 {Black is paying
back white's mistake in the moment, when 27...b3+! would offer serious
counterchances.} (27... b3+ $1 28. Kb1 (28. cxb3 Ra8+ 29. Kb1 Be4+ 30. Kc1 Ra1+
31. Kd2 Rxh1 32. Rxd8+ Kh7 $11) 28... Be4 29. Kc1 bxc2 30. Re1 $14) 28. Rhd1
Ne6 29. Kb3 f5 (29... Bf3 30. R1d6 $16) 30. Re7 Bf3 (30... Nd4+ 31. Bxd4 Bd5+
32. c4 bxc3+ 33. Kxc3 exd4+ 34. Rxd4 $18) 31. Rd6 Nf8 32. Rxe5 Be4 33. Re7 Rc8
34. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Santo Antonio 4th"]
[Site "Santo Antonio"]
[Date "2001.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fernando, Diogo"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nd7 9. f4 Ngf6 10. f5 e5 11. Nde2 Rc8 (11... Be7 12. Ng3 O-O 13. Bg5 Rc8 14.
Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nh5 Nxh5 16. Qxh5 b4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 (18. Bxd5 Rxc2 19. Kh1
Bf6 20. a3 Qb6 21. axb4 Rxb2 22. Rac1 h6 23. h4 Rxb4 {0-1 Ciocaltea,V-Minic,D/
Bucharest/1966/ (46)}) 18... Bf6 19. Rae1 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Qd4 21. g4 Qd2 {1/2-1/2
Ciocaltea,V-Sokolov,V/Belgrade/1962/ (21)}) (11... Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nc3
Bc6 14. Qh5 Qe7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Rc8 17. Bg5 Nf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. c3 Rc5
20. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Ciocaltea,V-Bertok,M/Sofia 1962/ (32)}) (11... Nc5 12. Ng3 h5
13. Bd5 Qc7 14. h4 b4 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nd5 Ncxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Be3 Nf6 {
0-1 Pregl,W-Zumtobel,T/Austria/1997/ (37)}) 12. Bg5 (12. Ng3 h5 13. Qf3 Rxc3
14. Qxc3 h4 15. Nh1 Nxe4 16. Qh3 d5 17. Nf2 Bc5 18. Be3 Ng5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20.
Kh1 Nf6 21. Rae1 e4 {0-1 Kokkila,T-Akesson,R/Jyvaskyla/1996/ (34)}) 12... Be7
13. Ng3 $6 (13. Kh1 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. a3 Qc5 18.
Ng3 b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Qf3 a5 21. Rfe1 Bc6 22. Ra1 a4 {0-1 Gobet,F-Nunn,J/
Biel 1983/ (38)}) (13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Ng3 Ng4 16. Qf3 Qb6+ 17. Kh1
Ne3 18. Rfe1 Nc4 19. Nh5 f6 20. Qg4 Rf7 21. Rad1 {1-0 Myrvold,T-Michelsen,S/
NOR/1991/ (58)}) 13... h5 $1 14. Bh4 {[%mdl 4] White has surprising
difficulties to hold on to his central pawn structure, black might be already
better.} (14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nd5 h4 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Nh1 Bxe4 18. Qg4 d5 19.
Rad1 Bc5+ {0-1 Thorsteins,K-Ghitescu,T/Reykjavik/1970/ (24)}) 14... b4 15. Bxf6
(15. Nce2 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 $17) 15... Nxf6 16. Nd5 (16. Ba4+
Kf8 17. Nd5 h4 18. Ne2 Nxe4 $17) 16... h4 17. Nxf6+ (17. Nh1 $5 Nxe4 18. Nf2
$15) 17... gxf6 18. Nh5 (18. Ba4+ Kf8 19. Nh1 Bxe4 $17) 18... Qb6+ 19. Kh1 (19.
Rf2 Bxe4 20. Qg4 d5 $19) 19... Qe3 $1 {White knight on h5 is hoplessly
misplaced and black is already winning.} 20. Nxf6+ (20. Ng7+ Kf8 21. Re1 Qg5
$19) 20... Bxf6 21. Qxd6 Qxe4 22. Rf3 (22. Ba4+ Bc6 $19) 22... Be7 23. Bxf7+ (
23. Ba4+ Kf8 $19) 23... Kxf7 24. Qe6+ Kf8 25. f6 Bc5 (25... Bc5 26. Qd7 Rg8 $19
) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Poluljahov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. a3 O-O 14. Bh6 Ne8 15.
Rad1 Kh8 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Nf6 18. Re3 (18. Rd3 Rad8 (18... h6 19. Qd2 Rfd8
20. f3 Rd7 21. Rd1 Rad8 22. Qf2 Qc5 23. Ne2 Kg8 24. Nd4 Qe5 25. Qg3 Nh5 26.
Qxe5 dxe5 {1/2-1/2 Vujadinovic,G-Cvetkovic,S/Vrnjacka Banja 1990/ (49)}) 19.
Rf3 (19. Rg3 Rg8 20. Qh4 (20. Rh3 Qc5 21. Qh4 g5 22. Qg3 g4 23. Qf4 Nh5 $4 (
23... Qe5) 24. Rxh5 Qxh5 25. Qf6+ {1-0 Seibold,H-Jirovsky,P/Bayern 1998/ (25)})
(20. h4 a5 21. e5 dxe5 22. Rxe5 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. Ba4 Qc7 {0-1 Collins,
S-Maki Uuro,M/Port Erin 1999/ (29)}) 20... a5 21. Ree3 (21. Rg5 b4 22. axb4
axb4 23. Na2 Qb6 24. Nc1 Qd4 25. Nd3 g6 26. Rb5 {1-0 Hamdouchi,H-James,D/
Moscow 1994/ (35)}) 21... b4 22. Ne2 bxa3 23. bxa3 a4 {0-1 Movsziszian,
K-Shneider,A/Tallinn 1988/ (33)}) (19. Qd2 Rd7 20. Rd1 Rfd8 21. f3 Qc5+ 22. Qf2
Kg8 23. Ne2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Golubev,M-Zagorskis,D/Muenster 1994/ 
(33)}) 19... Qc5 20. Nd5 (20. Bd5 exd5 21. Rxf6 d4 22. Rf5 Qc7 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24.
Rxd5 Qxc2 25. Rxd4 Qxb2 {0-1 Ebert,W-Gurevich,V/Mainz 1995/ (42)}) (20. Qh4 Qh5
(20... Qe5 21. Rg3 h6) 21. Qxh5 Nxh5 22. Rd3 Rd7 23. Rd4 Bc6 24. a4 Nf6 25.
axb5 axb5 26. Ra1 {1-0 Robovic,S-Mirabile,T/Long Island 1996/ (34)}) 20... exd5
21. Rxf6 dxe4 22. Rf5 d5 23. Re3 f6 24. Qh4 Qe7 25. Rg3 g5 26. Qh5 Qe6 27. Rh3
Qxf5 {0-1 Velimirovic,D-Tukmakov,V/Amsterdam 1974/ (27)}) 18... Rad8 19. Rg3 (
19. Kh1 Qc5 20. Qf4 Qe5 21. Qxe5 dxe5 22. f3 Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Sorensen,J-Hellers,F/
Herning 1991/ (22)}) 19... Rg8 20. e5 $1 {[%mdl 8] The great new idea behind
the smart concept satrting with 18.Re3. Black is unable to properly service
the needs of his defense.} Ne4 (20... dxe5 21. Rxd8 $18) 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Re3
h6 (22... Qc6 23. Rd4 $1 h6 24. Rh4 Kh7 25. Reh3 Qxg2+ 26. Qxg2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2
dxe5 28. Re3 $18) 23. Rxe4 hxg5 24. Red4 (24. Re3 Kh7 25. exd6 (25. Rxd6 Rxd6
26. exd6 Rd8 27. Rd3 Kg6 28. c4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Kf5 30. b4 $16) 25... Kg6 26. a4
$16) 24... d5 (24... Kh7 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. exd6 $18) (24... Bd5 $2 25. Bxd5
dxe5 26. R4d3 Rxd5 27. Rh3#) 25. h4 $1 {Macieja is winning the pawn and the
endgame will be very unpleasant for black.} Kh7 (25... f6 26. hxg5 fxg5 27. Rg4
Kh7 28. Rxg5 $16) 26. hxg5 f6 (26... Kg6 27. f4 f6 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Re1 Kf7
30. gxf6 $16) 27. Rg4 f5 (27... fxe5 $2 28. g6+ Kh6 29. Rd3 Kh5 30. Rdg3 Rgf8
31. f3 $18) (27... fxg5 28. Rxg5 $16) 28. Rh4+ (28. Rb4 Kg6 29. f4 $16) 28...
Kg6 29. f4 a5 (29... Rh8 30. Rxh8 Rxh8 31. Rd4 $16) 30. Rd4 Rh8 31. Rxh8 Rxh8
32. c3 Bc6 (32... Rh4 33. Bd1 $16) 33. Bd1 Kf7 34. Be2 Ke7 35. Kf2 Rb8 (35...
Rh1 36. Rd2 $16) 36. g4 $1 {The first decisive step in order to convert a
spare pawn. How can black now pretend, that he is not missing one soldier?}
fxg4 (36... g6 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Rd2 $16) 37. Bxg4 Be8 (37... g6 38. Kg3 $16)
38. f5 $1 exf5 39. Bxf5 Bf7 40. Kg3 Be6 (40... g6 41. Bg4 Be6 42. Bf3 Rd8 43.
Be2 $18) 41. Bd3 Bg8 42. Rh4 Rb6 (42... Be6 43. Rh7 Kf7 44. Kf4 $18) 43. Rh8
Bf7 (43... Rb8 44. Bh7 $18) 44. Ra8 b4 45. Ra7+ Ke6 46. Kf4 (46. Kf4 g6 47. Be2
$18) 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g4 b4 12. Na4 Qb7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. h4 Nd7 {
It is hard to believe, that black could have problems as white is without dark
squared bishop and his a4 knight is not great.} (14... Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. g5
Be7 17. Qe3 Rb8 18. f4 Rb5 19. h5 Bb7 20. Rhe1 Bd8 21. Kb1 Re8 {0-1 Kudrin,
S-Morovic Fernandez,I/Buenos Aires 2003/ (53)}) 15. g5 Be7 16. Rhg1 Nc5 (16...
Ne5 17. Qg2 (17. Qe3 Nc6 18. h5 Na5 19. g6 Nxb3+ 20. Nxb3 (20. Qxb3 Qxe4 21.
gxf7+ Rxf7 22. Nb6 Bf6 $15) 20... fxg6 21. hxg6 h6 22. Nb6 Rb8 23. Nxc8 Rbxc8
24. Nd4 Qc7 25. Qb3 Qc4 $15) 17... Nc6 18. g6 hxg6 19. Nf5 Qc7 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7
21. h5 $13) 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Nf5 $1 {[%mdl 128] Very spirited combination,
black must be careful in order to avoid real trouble.} exf5 (18... a5 19. Nxe7+
Qxe7 20. h5 $14) 19. Bd5 Qb8 20. exf5 Ra7 21. f6 Be6 (21... Bd6 22. g6 $1 Bf4+
23. Kb1 hxg6 24. Rxg6 Qe5 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26. Be4 $18) 22. fxe7 Rxe7 (22... Re8
23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. g6 hxg6 25. Rxg6 Raxe7 26. Qe4 $16) 23. h5 Qe5 (23... Bxd5
24. Rxd5 Re5 25. Rgd1 $14) 24. Rde1 $1 Qd4 25. Qe4 Qxf2 (25... Rfe8 26. Qxd4
cxd4 27. Bxe6 Rxe6 28. Kd2 $14) 26. Rgf1 Qd4 $6 {Defense in sharp position is
always difficult, as dangers are lurking from many corners.} (26... Qh2 27. g6
Qxh5 28. gxf7+ Bxf7 29. Qxe7 (29. Rxf7 Rexf7 30. Rf1 Qg5+ 31. Kb1 Qd8 $15)
29... Qxd5 30. b3 $14) 27. g6 $1 hxg6 (27... Qxe4 28. Rxe4 hxg6 29. hxg6 Bxd5
30. Rxe7 fxg6 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Re5 Bxa2 33. b3 c4 34. Kb2 $18) 28. hxg6 Bxd5
29. Qxe7 Bxa2 (29... Qc4 30. Rf5 Qxa2 31. Qh4 fxg6 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qf4+ Kg8
34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Qh4#) 30. Re4 Qd5 (30... Qd8 31. gxf7+ Bxf7 32. Rxf7 Qxe7 33.
Rfxe7 $18) 31. Rh4 Qd8 (31... Rc8 32. b3 fxg6 33. Rfh1 $18) 32. Rfh1 $1 (32.
Rfh1 $1 Qxe7 33. Rh8#) 1-0

[Event "Montreal-A 5th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[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 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Qf3
Qb6 9. Be3 Qb7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Rhe1 Nc5 (11... Be7 12. Qg3 b4 13. Nf5 bxc3
14. Nxe7 cxb2+ 15. Kb1 Nxe4 16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. Nd5 a5 18. Bh6 a4 19. Rxe4 axb3
20. Rxe6+ Kd8 21. Bg5+ {1-0 Doghri,N-Ilincic,Z/Istanbul 2000/ (21)}) 12. Bg5 (
12. Bd5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nfd7 14. Nb3 Ne5 15. Qg3 f6 16. Na5 Qf7 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18.
f4 Ng6 19. e5 fxe5 20. f5 Bxf5 21. Rxe5+ Nxe5 22. Qxe5+ Be7 23. Rf1 Rd8 24.
Rxf5 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 O-O {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T-Naiditsch,A/Antalya
2004/ (66)}) 12... Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. e5 $1 {Nataf is opening up the center
in the dangerous moment, when his pieces are much better developed.} dxe5 (
14... Qxf3 15. gxf3 $1 (15. Nxf3 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Bb7 17. f3 Rfd8 $15) 15... dxe5
16. Nc6 Re8 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Rd8+ Re8 19. Bxf6 $18) 15. Nc6 e4 (15... Ra7 16.
Rxe5 Nxb3 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nd5 exd5 19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. axb3 $18)
16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Nxe4 Ncxe4 (17... Bb7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nxf6+ Kh8 20. Qc3
$18) 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe7 Re8 (19... Nxf2 20. Bxf8 Nxd1 21. Bc5 Nxb2 22. Bd5
Rb8 23. Kxb2 $18) 20. f3 (20. Rxe4 Bb7 21. Red4 Rxe7 22. f3 Kf8 $11) 20... Bb7
(20... Nf2 $2 21. Rd2 $18) 21. Bb4 Nf6 {White has won the bishop's pair, but
black position is extremely solid.} (21... a5 $2 22. fxe4 axb4 23. Rd4 $16) 22.
Ba5 Bd5 (22... Nd5 23. c3 Rac8 24. Rd2 $14) 23. c3 Bxb3 (23... Rac8 24. Bc2 e5
25. Bb6 $13) 24. axb3 Rec8 25. Rd6 Kf8 (25... Nd5 26. Re4 Kf8 27. Kc2 Nf6 28.
Re5 Ke7 29. Rd4 $13) 26. Red1 Nd5 27. Rd7 (27. Re1 h5 $11) 27... Ke8 28. Rb7
Rcb8 29. Rxb8+ Rxb8 30. c4 Ne7 {Novikov was defending very well and should
have little problem completely consolidating his position.} (30... bxc4 31.
bxc4 Ne3 $1 32. Rd4 h5 33. g3 $11) 31. Bb4 Nf5 (31... bxc4 32. Bxe7 Kxe7 33.
bxc4 a5 $11) 32. Bc3 f6 (32... Rc8 $5 33. Rd3 f6 34. g4 Ne7 35. Rd6 Rc6 $15)
33. g4 Ne7 (33... Nh4 34. f4 Nf3 35. h3 b4 36. Be1 Rb7 $13) 34. Re1 (34. Rd6 b4
35. Bd2 Rd8 (35... a5 36. Rxe6 $16) 36. Bxb4 Rxd6 37. Bxd6 Nc6 38. f4 (38. b4
Nd4 39. f4 Nf3 40. Kc2 Nxh2 41. g5 fxg5 42. fxg5 Nf3 43. Bf4 e5 44. Be3 e4 $13)
38... Nd4 39. h4 Nxb3 40. Kc2 Nd4+ 41. Kd3 $14) 34... Kf7 35. Rd1 Rb7 (35... e5
36. Rd7 Ke6 37. Ra7 Rb6 38. Ba5 Rd6 39. h4 (39. Bc7 Rd3 40. Rxa6+ Kd7 41. Bb6
Nc8 $15) 39... Nc6 40. Rxa6 Nd4 41. cxb5 Nxb5 $11) 36. Rd6 Rc7 (36... Ra7 37.
Kc2 e5 $13) 37. Rxa6 bxc4 38. Ba5 Rc6 (38... Rc8 39. bxc4 Rxc4 40. Ra7 Ke8 41.
Bd2 $14) 39. Ra7 Ke8 40. b4 (40. Kc2 e5 41. Bc3 cxb3+ 42. Kxb3 g5 $11) 40...
Rc8 $2 (40... Rd6 $1 {The endgame became much more dangerous for black, but
the spirited idea 40...Rd6! seems to hold equality.} 41. b5 Rd3 42. Ra8+ Kf7
43. b6 Rb3 44. Ra7 e5 45. b7 Ke6 46. Bc7 Nc6 47. Ra6 Rxb7 48. Rxc6+ Kd7 49.
Rxc4 Rxc7 50. Rxc7+ Kxc7 51. Kc2 Kd6 52. Kd3 Kd5 53. b4 g6 $11) 41. b5 Rb8 42.
b6 Nc6 (42... h5 43. gxh5 Nc6 44. Rxg7 Kf8 45. Ra7 Nxa7 46. bxa7 Ra8 47. Bb6
Kg7 48. Kc2 $18) 43. Rxg7 Kf8 (43... Nxa5 44. Rg8+ $18) 44. Rxh7 Kg8 45. Rh5 e5
(45... Nxa5 46. Rxa5 Rxb6 47. Kc2 $18) 46. Bc3 Rxb6 47. g5 $1 {This clever
break exposes all black weak pawns and activates white pieces.} Nd4 (47... fxg5
48. Rxg5+ Kf7 49. Rg4 Ke6 50. Rxc4 Kd5 51. Rg4 $18) 48. gxf6 Ne2 (48... Nxf3
49. Rf5 Nh4 50. f7+ Kf8 51. Rxe5 Kxf7 52. Re4 Nf5 53. Rxc4 $18) 49. Bxe5 c3 50.
Rh8+ $1 Kf7 (50... Kxh8 51. f7+ Kh7 52. f8=Q $18) 51. Rh7+ Kf8 (51... Ke6 52.
Re7+ Kd5 53. f7 $18) 52. Rh8+ Kf7 53. Rb8 $1 {[%mdl 4096] The game transposes
to the very interesting endgame, where white bishop and three pawns manage to
outsmart single black knight.} Rxb8 54. Bxb8 cxb2 (54... Kxf6 55. bxc3 Nxc3+
56. Kc2 Nd5 57. Bg3 Kf5 58. Kd3 $18) 55. Be5 Nc1 (55... Ng1 56. f4 Nf3 57. h3
$18) 56. f4 (56. Bxb2 Nd3 57. h4 $18) 56... Nd3 57. h4 Nc5 (57... Kg6 58. h5+
Kf7 59. h6 Nxf4 60. Bxf4 Kxf6 61. Kxb2 $18) 58. Kxb2 Nd7 59. h5 Ke6 (59... Nxf6
60. Bxf6 Kxf6 61. Kc3 Kg7 62. f5 $18) 60. Kc3 Nf8 61. Kd4 Nh7 62. Kc5 Nf8 63.
Kc6 Kf7 (63... Nh7 64. Kc7 Kf7 65. Kd7 Nf8+ 66. Kd6 $18) 64. Kd6 Ne6 (64... Nh7
65. Kd5 Nf8 66. Bd6) 65. Kd5 Nf8 66. Bd6 $1 {THe knight will not be able to
blockade the pawns and access of the white king forever.} Ne6 (66... Nh7 67.
Be7 $18) 67. Ke5 Nd8 68. Kf5 Kg8 69. Bc7 Nf7 70. Ke6 Kf8 71. Bd6+ Ke8 (71...
Kg8 72. Ke7 Nh6 73. Ke8 Nf7 74. Bf8 Nh8 75. h6 Kh7 76. f5 Kg8 77. f7+ $18) 72.
Be7 Nh6 73. Bc5 Nf7 74. Kf5 Nh8 75. f7+ $1 Nxf7 (75... Kxf7 76. Bd4 $18) 76.
Kg6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-C (Women)"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Yu"]
[Black "Khurtsidze, Nino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
b4 9. Na4 Nxe4 $6 10. Re1 d5 11. c4 $1 {The difference between levels of
development of both players is enormous, the whole line is not teanable for
black.} (11. Nf5 g6 12. Qd4 Rg8 13. Nh6 Nc6 14. Qe3 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Qf6 16. f3
Nd6 17. Bxd5 Bd7 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nxd7 Kxd7 20. Bb3 $16 {0-1 Nikolajevic,T-Di
Lao,R/Torino/2000/ (55)}) (11. f3 Nc5 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Nxe6 Qxd1 14. Nxg7+ Kd8
15. Rxd1+ Kc7 16. Ne8+ Kc6 17. Rd8 Bd7 18. Bf4 Nxa4 19. Re1 Bc5+ {0-1 Uhmann,
J-Stefanov,E/Brno/1999/ (38)}) (11. f4 Be7 12. f5 exf5 13. Qf3 g6 14. Bh6 Be6
15. Bg7 Rg8 16. Be5 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rad1 Nd7 19. c3 bxc3 20. Nxc3 Ndf6 {
1/2-1/2 Gara,T-Biro,G/HUN/1996/ (44)}) 11... bxc3 12. Nxc3 (12. bxc3 Be7 13. c4
Nf6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Ba3 Ra7 16. Nb6 Qxb6 17. Ba4+ Kf8 18. Rb1 Qd8 19. Rxe7
Rxe7 20. Rxb8 Qc7 21. Nc6 Ng8 22. Qe1 {1-0 Dvorak,T-Havlicek,L/Vsetin/1997/ 
(41)}) 12... Nxc3 (12... Bb4 13. Bxd5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxc3 15. Bxa8 Bxa1 16. Qa4+
Qd7 17. Nc6 O-O 18. Ba3 Bf6 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qb4+ {1-0 Enzmann,S-Hatarik,R/
Frankfurt/1999/ (20)}) 13. bxc3 Be7 14. Bf4 (14. Ba4+ Bd7 15. Nf5 O-O 16. Bxd7
Nxd7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxd5 Rfc8 19. Bf4 Nb6 20. Qb3 {1-0 Lickleder,A-Rajic,I/
Bayern/1995/ (63)}) 14... Bd7 (14... O-O 15. Bxb8 Rxb8 16. Nc6 $16) (14... Bb7
15. Ba4+ Nd7 16. Rb1 Qc8 17. Qg4 $16) 15. Bxd5 $1 {[%mdl 128] This simple new
move finishes the whole line for the defender, white wins by force.} (15. Nf5
O-O 16. Bxd5 Nc6 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Be4 Rfd8 19. Bd6 Qg5 20. Bc7 {1-0 Jahr,
U-Belik,D/Giessen 1991/GER (20)}) 15... Ra7 (15... exd5 16. Bd6 Be6 17. Nxe6
fxe6 (17... Qxd6 18. Nxg7+ Kf8 19. Nf5 $18) 18. Rxe6 Ra7 (18... Nc6 19. Qh5+ g6
20. Qxd5 Rc8 21. Rae1 $18) 19. Qxd5 Rd7 20. Rae1 $18) 16. Rb1 $1 Rc7 (16... Bb5
17. Bxb8 Qxb8 18. Bc6+ Kf8 19. a4 $18) 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Rb7 Qc8 (18... Qd6 19.
Nxe6 $1 fxe6 20. Bxe6 Bc6 (20... Qxd1 21. Rxb8+ Bd8 22. Rxd1 $18) 21. Bb3 Qxd1
22. Rbxe7+ Kd8 23. Bxd1 $18) 19. Qb3 O-O 20. Nxe6 $1 {The last spirited blow
for the poor Khurtidze, she could have resigned with a clear contience.} fxe6 (
20... Bxe6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe7 $18) 21. Rxe6 (21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Bxd7 Nxd7
23. Rxe7 Nc5 24. Rxg7 $1 Nxb3 25. Rxh7+ Kg8 26. Rbg7#) 21... Kh8 22. Rxe7 Qc5
23. Re3 Ba4 24. Qb4 (24. Qxa4 Qxd5 25. Re8 $18) 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. e5 Bb7 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Qe3 Be5 13. O-O-O O-O {If black
survives the storm in the opening his chances will be just fine.} 14. Rhe1 Nbd7
(14... Nfd7 15. f4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nc5 $13) 15. Kb1 Rfe8 (15... Rad8 16. f4 Bxd4
17. Rxd4 h6 18. Bh4 $13) 16. a3 Rac8 (16... Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Nd5 19.
Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bf4 Qc6 $13) 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 $2 {[%mdl 64] Mistake, since it walks
into an original and powerful tactics.} (17... gxf6 $1 18. Nde2 Nc5 19. f4 Bd6
20. Ba2 f5 $15) 18. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 (18... Qc6 $5 19. Bd5 Rxe6 20. Bxc6 (20. Qxe6
fxe6 21. Rxe6 Qxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Nc5 $11) 20... Rxe3 21. Bxb7 Rxe1 22.
Rxe1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rb8 24. Bc6 $14) 19. Bxe6+ Kf8 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 (20... Qxh2 $2
21. Rf7+ Kg8 22. Rxf6+ Kh8 23. Bxc8 $18) 21. Bxd7 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 Rd8 (22... Rc7
23. Bh3 Bd4 24. Rd3 Bxf2 25. Be6 $16) 23. Bh3 Rd2 (23... Bd4 24. Rd3 Ke7 25. f3
$16) 24. f3 Rf2 {Despite great activity black can not claim compensation for
the two missing pawns.} (24... Bd4 25. Rd3 Rxd3 26. cxd3 $16) 25. Re1 (25. Rd3
Rf1+ 26. Ka2 Rh1 27. Nd5 Bxd5+ 28. Rxd5 Rxh2 29. Rd6 $16) 25... Bxc3 26. bxc3
Bd5 27. Kc1 Bc4 28. Rd1 Ke7 29. Rd2 Rf1+ (29... Rxd2 30. Kxd2 Kd6 31. Bc8 a5
32. Bf5 Bg8 33. f4 $18) 30. Kb2 Rh1 31. g3 g5 (31... h5 32. f4 $18) 32. Bc8 a5
33. Rd7+ Kf6 34. Rxh7 {Garcia is three pawns down and the end is not far away.}
Rf1 35. Bb7 Rf2 36. Be4 Ke5 (36... Be2 37. Rh6+ Kf7 38. Rh5 Kf6 39. h4 gxh4 40.
Rxh4 $18) 37. Rg7 Rxh2 38. Rxg5+ Kd6 39. Rg6+ Ke5 40. a4 1-0

[Event "Candidates sf"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 b4 12. Na4 Nbd7 13. f3 O-O 14. Rac1 Rb8 {
This slightly mysterious move controls the square b6 and thus indirectly
questions the integrity of the white knight on a4.} 15. c3 (15. Rfd1 Ne5 16. c4
bxc3 17. Rxc3 Bd7 18. Nb6 Qxb6 19. Nf5 exf5 20. Bxb6 Rxb6 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Kh1
Re8 {0-1 Michiels,B (2454)-Schlosser,P (2562)/Differdange 2007/ (27)}) 15...
bxc3 16. Rxc3 Ne5 17. Rfc1 Bd7 18. Qe1 {Rublevsky plays a sensible move
instead of the dubious rook foray to c7.} (18. Rc7 Qb4 19. Ra7 Rfc8 (19... Bxa4
20. Rxe7 Bxb3 21. axb3 Rfc8 $11) 20. Ra1 Bxa4 21. Rxe7 Bxb3 22. axb3 Nc6 23.
Nxc6 Rxc6 $15) 18... Bd8 (18... Bxa4 $2 19. Bxa4 Qxb2 20. Bb3 $16) 19. Qd1 Ba5
(19... Bxa4 20. Bxa4 Qxb2 21. Bb3 Ba5 22. R3c2 Qa3 23. Nc6 Nxc6 24. Rxc6 Bb4
25. Ba7 $14) 20. R3c2 Rfc8 {Ponomariov has no reason to complain about the
outcome of the opening. White's queen has returned from g3 to its original
square d1 giving Black enough time to equalise matters.} 21. Rxc8+ (21. Qe2 h6
$11) 21... Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Bd2 Qc7 24. Bxa5 (24. Qe2 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 a5
$11) 24... Qxa5 25. Nc3 Qc5 26. Kf1 a5 27. Nde2 (27. Na4 $2 Bxa4 28. Bxa4 Nc4
$17) 27... Kf8 28. Qd4 {White is indirectly offering a draw as his position
promises no advantage.} Qxd4 29. Nxd4 Nd3 30. Ke2 (30. Nd1 Nc1 31. Bc4 d5 32.
exd5 exd5 33. Ne2 Nxe2 34. Bxe2 Ke7 $11) 30... Nxb2 31. Kd2 a4 32. Kc2 $1 (32.
Bc2 $2 Ke7 $17) 32... axb3+ 33. axb3 e5 {Black's knight is trapped but it did
a good job of eliminating White's queenside pawn majority.} (33... Nc4 34. bxc4
Ke7 $11) 34. Nde2 Nc4 (34... Ke7 35. Kxb2 Ke6 36. Ng3 g6 37. b4 d5 38. exd5+
Nxd5 39. Nxd5 Kxd5 40. Ne4 Bc6 41. Kc3 $11) 35. bxc4 Be6 36. Nd5 (36. Kd3 Ke7
37. Nc1 Nd7 38. Nd5+ Bxd5 39. cxd5 $11) 36... Nd7 (36... Nxd5 37. exd5 Bf5+ 38.
Kc3 Ke7 39. Ng3 $14) 37. Nec3 f5 38. Nb5 (38. exf5 Bxf5+ 39. Kd2 Be6 $11) 38...
fxe4 39. fxe4 Bxd5 40. cxd5 {This position is completely equal as White can
not hope to exploit his minimal space superiority.} (40. exd5 Ke7 $11) 40...
Ke7 41. Kd3 Nf6 42. Na3 Ng4 43. h3 Nf6 (43... Nf2+ 44. Ke3 Nd1+ 45. Ke2 Nc3+
46. Kd3 Na4 $11) 44. Nc4 Kd7 (44... Nh5 45. Ke3 Nf4 46. Kf2 Nd3+ $11) 45. Ke3
Ke7 46. Kf3 Kd7 47. g4 h6 48. Ne3 g6 49. Ng2 Ke7 50. Nh4 Kf7 51. Ke3 Nh7 52.
Nf3 Kf6 {It is never too late to blow the whole game with a horrible blunder...
} (52... Ng5 $4 53. Nxg5+ hxg5 54. Kd3 Ke7 55. Kc4 Kd7 56. Kb5 Kc7 57. Ka6 $18)
53. h4 Ke7 54. Nd2 Nf6 55. Kf3 Kd7 56. g5 (56. g5 hxg5 57. hxg5 Nh5 58. Nc4 Nf4
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.10.12"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.09.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tisdall} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3
b5 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. a3 (13. Qxg7
Rg8 14. Qh6 O-O-O 15. Qh3 (15. f3 Rg6 16. Qh4 Rdg8 17. Re2 Bd8 18. Qe1 Bb6+ 19.
Kh1 Bd4 20. Bf4 Nh5 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Qc5 23. Nd5 exd5 24. Rc3 $16 {
Krason,J-Schurade,M/Olomouc/1989/1-0 (107)}) 15... Kb8 16. a3 (16. f3 Rg6 17.
Be3 Rdg8 18. Re2 Nd7 19. Nd5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Qc7 21. Bxf7 Bf6 22. Rd1 Bxb2 23. c4
Ba3 24. cxb5 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Polugaevsky,L/Monaco blind (01)/1993/1-0 (35)})
16... Rg6 17. Re2 Rdg8 18. f4 $2 (18. f3 h5 $13) 18... d5 $1 $17 {
Drozdov-Schnaider,A/URS/1987/}) (13. f3 O-O 14. Bh6 Ne8 15. Rad1 Rd8 (15... Bf6
16. Bg5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 a5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Ba2 Qxc3 20. Be7 Qxc2 21. Qf2 Rc8 22.
Rd2 Qc7 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Bb1 $14 {Hernandez,Y-Martin del Campo/Capablanca
Memorial III (10)/1993/0.5 (60)}) (15... b4 $6 16. Ne2 $6 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Bf6 $10
{Rublevsky,S-Magerramov,E/USSR-ch/1991/}) 16. Kh1 (16. Rd3 Kh8 17. Be3 Nf6 18.
Red1 Qc7 19. Bd4 Bc6 20. a3 Qb7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ne2 Rg8 23. Qf2 a5 24. c3 {
Prasad,D-Shneider,A/Calcutta/1991/0.5 (25)}) 16... Kh8 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5
Nf6 19. a4 $6 h6 $1 20. Qd2 b4 21. Na2 a5 22. c3 bxc3 23. Nxc3 $13 {Magomedov,
M-Magerramov,E/USSR/1991/}) (13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bh6 Ne8 15. Rad1 Kh8 16. Bg5 Bxg5
17. Qxg5 Nf6 18. Rd3 b4 19. Rf3 bxc3 20. Rxf6 cxb2 21. Rf3 Qxe4 22. Qd2 a5 23.
Rxe4 Bxe4 24. Qd1 $13 {Moutousis,K-Cvetkovic,S/Vrnjacka Banja (7)/1990/0-1 (46)
}) (13. a4 b4 14. a5 O-O 15. Na2 Nxe4 16. Qg4 f5 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Qe2 d5 {
Vavra,P-Vokac,M/Prague Bohemians (04)/1991/0-1 (18)}) 13... Rd8 $1 (13... O-O
14. Bh6 Ne8 15. Rad1 a5 (15... Rd8 16. Rd3 Kh8 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Nf6 19.
Qd2 Rd7 20. f3 Rc8 21. Rd1 Ne8 22. Qf2 Qc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Ne2 $10 {Dolmatov,
S-Polugaevsky,L/Moscov TV/1987/0.5 (40)}) (15... Kh8 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Nf6
18. Rd3 h6 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. f3 Rd7 21. Rd1 Rad8 22. Qf2 Qc5 23. Ne2 Kg8 24. Nd4
$10 {Vujadinovic,G-Cvetkovic,S/Vrnjacka Banja (13)/1990/0.5 (49)}) 16. a4 b4
17. Nb5 Qc5 18. e5 dxe5 19. Rxe5 Qc6 20. Rh5 Qe4 21. Re5 Qc6 22. Rh5 Rd8 23.
Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Be3 $13 {De la Riva,J-Lesiege,A/WchJ-16/1991/0-1 (74)}) 14. f3 (
14. Qxg7 $2 Rg8 15. Qh6 d5 $1 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 18. Ne4 Rd1 $1 19.
Rxd1 Qxe4 20. f3 Rxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Qxf3+ 22. Kg1 Qg2#) (14. Nd5 $2 exd5 15. exd5
Nxd5 16. Qxg7 Kd7 17. Qg4+ (17. Qxf7 {Tisdall} Rde8 18. Bg5 Rhg8 $1 19. Bxe7
Rxg2+ $3 {which was spotted with remarkable speed by Fritz2, even though it
did not see all the way to the end on its first search. It did 'see' that the
sac was correct, and fleshed out the variations after longer 'thought'.} 20.
Kxg2 Ne3+ 21. Kg3 Qg2+ 22. Kf4 Qe4+ 23. Kg5 (23. Kg3 Qg4#) 23... h6+ $1 24.
Kxh6 (24. Kh5 Qg4+ 25. Kxh6 Rh8+ 26. Qh7 Nf5#) (24. Kf6 Qe5+ 25. Kg6 Be4+ {
also mates quickly.}) 24... Rh8+ 25. Kg7 Qh7+ 26. Kf6 Qh4+ 27. Kg7 Qh6#) 17...
Kc7 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxe7+ Kb8 $132) 14... O-O 15. Bh6 Ne8 (15... Ne8 $10 {
Stirenkov,V-Magerramov,E/Smolensk/1991/}) 16. Kh1 Kh8 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Nf6
19. Rad1 Rd7 20. Rd3 Rfd8 21. Red1 Qc5 22. Qe3 (22. Qxc5 $6 dxc5 23. Rxd7 Rxd7
24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Kg1 c4 $15) 22... Kg8 23. Kg1 Kf8 $6 (23... Qxe3+ 24. Rxe3 d5
25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Red3 Nf6 $10) 24. Qf2 Ba8 25. Ne2 g6 $2 (25... Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2
Ke7 $10) 26. Nd4 Qe5 (26... e5 27. Rc3 Qa7 (27... Qb6 $4 28. Ne6+ $18) 28. Nc6
Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rc8 (29... Bxc6 30. Rxc6 $16) 30. Nxe5 $1 $18) 27. Re1 g5 (27...
Kg8 28. c3 {/\ Bc2} (28. f4 Qc5 $13)) 28. c3 Kg7 29. Bc2 Rg8 30. Nb3 Kf8 31.
Rd4 Ke7 32. a4 $1 h5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Rb4 (34. h4 gxh4 $140 35. f4 $18) 34...
h4 35. Nd4 g4 (35... Rb8 36. Ba4 $1 $18) 36. Rxb5 d5 (36... Qxh2+ 37. Kxh2 g3+
38. Kg1 gxf2+ 39. Kxf2 $16) 37. Qxh4 Qh5 (37... gxf3 38. exd5 $1 (38. Nf5+ $2
exf5 39. exf5 Rxg2+ 40. Kf1 Re2 $19) (38. Nxf3 Qh5 $16) 38... Rxg2+ 39. Kf1
Qxh2 (39... Rxh2 40. Nf5+ Qxf5 41. Qb4+ $18) 40. Nf5+ Kf8 41. Qxh2 Rxh2 42.
Rb8+ Ne8 43. Ba4 $18) 38. Nf5+ $1 (38. Nf5+ $1 exf5 39. exf5+ Kf8 40. Qxf6 $18)
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.11"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[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 "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Re1 e6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nc5 12. Bd5 $1 exd5 {It remains a small
mystery why Popov decided to test his opponent in the line with miserable
reputation. Black is clearly lagging behind in the development so white's
sacrifice is fully justified.} (12... Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qh5 O-O-O 15. Bxb7+
Nxb7 16. Rad1 Rd7 17. Re3 Rg8 18. h4 Kb8 19. b4 {1-0 Polgar,I-Filep,T/Budapest
1969/ (39)}) (12... Qc8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. b4 Nd7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Qh5 Rc8 17.
Re3 Ke7 18. Rd1 Rg8 19. h4 Ne5 20. f4 Rxc3 21. Rxc3 Qxe4 22. Qe2 Qxf4 23. Nc6+
Nxc6 24. Rxc6 {1-0 Ribli,Z-Szekely,M/Budapest 1969/ (57)}) (12... b4 13. Bxb7
Nxb7 14. Nd5 exd5 15. exd5+ Kd7 16. c3 b3 17. Nc6 Qc8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qd4 Kc7
20. Qxf6 Rh7 21. axb3 {1-0 Kozlitin,O (2409)-Nechepurenko,R (2342)/Samara 2004/
(42)}) 13. exd5+ Kd7 14. b4 Na4 15. Nxa4 bxa4 16. c4 Kc7 $6 {If this was meant
to be an improvement over the older Fischer games the result is a clear
failure. White still gains two pawns, full control and promissing attacking
chances for his sacrificed piece.} (16... Kc8 17. Qxa4 Qd7 18. Qb3 g5 19. Bg3
Nh5 20. c5 dxc5 21. bxc5 Qxd5 22. Re8+ Kd7 23. Qa4+ Bc6 24. Nxc6 {1-0 Fischer,
R-Rubinetti,J/Palma de Mallorca 1970/}) 17. Qxa4 g5 (17... Qd7 18. Qa5+ Kc8 19.
Rac1 g5 20. Bg3 Qd8 21. Qa3 $16) 18. Bg3 Nh5 (18... Kc8 19. Qc2 Qd7 20. c5 Bxd5
21. c6 Qg4 22. Qb2 Rg8 23. b5 $18) 19. c5 $1 {Kogan is opening the game in the
moment, when the defender is ill prepared to meet it.} Bxd5 (19... Nxg3 20. c6
Nh5 21. cxb7 Kxb7 22. Qc6+ Ka7 23. b5 $18) 20. Rac1 Nxg3 21. cxd6+ Kb7 (21...
Kxd6 22. Rc6+ Kd7 23. Rxa6+ Kc7 24. Rc1+ $18) 22. Rc7+ (22. Rc7+ Qxc7 23. dxc7
Nh5 24. Qd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.24"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Del Rio de Angelis, Salvador Gabriel"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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 "Reverte Albox"]
[BlackTeam "Momot Alexander"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rad1 Nbd7 12. Rfe1 Bb7 13. Qh3 Nc5 14. Re3 {
White is rushing the conflict with speedy build up of forces on the kingside.
Black has no other option than to start active play on the opposite side.} b4
15. Na4 Nxa4 (15... Qc7 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8
20. Rxe5 Qa7 21. Qxe7 Nd5 22. Be3 Nxe7 23. Bxa7 Ng6 24. Bd4 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 $14)
16. Bxa4 Qa5 (16... Qc7 17. Bb3 Rfe8 18. Rde1 $11) 17. Bc6 Bxc6 (17... Rfb8 18.
Rg3 $14) 18. Nxc6 Qxg5 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Qg3 (20. e5 dxe5 21. Nc6 e4 22. Nxb4
Rab8 $15) 20... Qa5 21. Nc6 Qxa2 22. Nxb4 (22. Qxd6 Qxb2 23. Nxb4 (23. Qxb4
Qxc2 24. Qd6 Nxe4 $19) 23... Rad8) 22... Qxb2 23. Qxd6 {The critical position
in which black can grab the queen due to the possibility of 25...Ng8.} (23. Rb3
Qe5 24. Qxe5 dxe5 25. f3 $15) 23... Rad8 24. Qxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Ng8 26. Nd3
Qb6 (26... Qxc2 $5 27. Re1 Qc7 28. Rd4 h6 29. Rc1 $11) 27. Rf8 f6 28. h3 (28.
e5 f5 29. Re1 g5 30. Ra1 Qc6 31. Rd8 $16) 28... e5 29. c4 (29. Nxe5 $5 fxe5 30.
Rc3 a5 $1 31. Rcc8 Qe6 32. c4 a4 33. c5 a3 34. c6 a2 35. Ra8 a1=Q+ 36. Rxa1
Qxc6 37. Raa8 h5 38. Rxg8+ Kh7 $14) 29... Qd6 (29... Qd6 30. Rc8 Qd7 $14)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
b4 9. Na4 Bd7 10. f4 (10. Re1 Nc6 (10... Be7 11. a3 (11. f4 Nc6 12. e5 dxe5 13.
fxe5 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nd5 15. c4 bxc3 16. Nxc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 O-O 18. Be3 Qb8 19.
Qd4 Bc6 20. Rac1 Qb7 21. Qg4 Be4 22. Bc2 Bxc2 23. Rxc2 Rfc8 24. Bh6 g6 {
Cetkovic,B-Ilincic,Z/JUG-chT2 (02)/1993/1/2-1/2 (53)}) 11... a5 12. Bd2 Na6 13.
axb4 axb4 14. Qe2 Qb8 15. Bc4 Qb7 16. e5 dxe5 17. Qxe5 O-O 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19.
Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Rf7 21. Nb6 Rd8 {0-1 Dekic,J-Ilincic,Z/JUG-chT Cetinje/
1992 (26)}) 11. c3 Rb8 12. cxb4 Rxb4 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Nc3 Be7 15. Qd3 a5 16.
Bc2 O-O 17. b3 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Sieiro Gonzalez,L-Ortega,L/Capablanca mem (01)/1989
}) 10... Nc6 11. Be3 (11. f5 $5 e5 (11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qxb4 d5 14. Qe1
dxe4 15. Be3 $16) 12. Ne6 fxe6 13. fxe6 Bc8 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rxf6
$1 Qxf6 17. Qxd6 $40 Nd4 $8 18. Nb6 Bxe6 $8 19. Nxa8 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Ng3+ $1 21.
hxg3 Qh6+ 22. Kg1 Qe3+ 23. Kh2 Qh6+ {1/2-1/2 Kalegin,E-Dvoirys,S/USSR/1988/})
11... Rb8 12. c3 Be7 13. e5 dxe5 $5 (13... Nd5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. e6 fxe6 16. f5
exf5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Rxf5 Qd7 19. Qxd5 Ne5 20. Raf1 Qxa4 21. Bg5 Ng6 22. Bxe7
Nxe7 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Rf7 Qa7+ 25. Kh1 Rb7 26. Rxg7 {Kalegin,E-Dvoirys,S/Kursk/
1987/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 14. fxe5 (14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. fxe5 Nd5 16. Qh5 O-O $15) 14...
Nxe5 15. Bf4 Ng6 (15... Nfg4 $2 16. h3 g5 17. Bg3 Ne3 18. Qe2 Nxf1 19. Bxe5 $18
) 16. Bxb8 Qxb8 17. cxb4 $6 (17. Qe2 Bd6 18. g3 O-O $44) 17... Bxb4 18. Rc1 O-O
19. Kh1 (19. Nc6 $2 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Ne5 21. Rxa6 Neg4 22. g3 Ne3 23. Qc1 Nxf1 24.
Qxf1 Qb7 $17) 19... Rd8 20. Nc5 (20. a3 $2 Be7 21. Nc3 Be8 $19) (20. Qe2 Bxa4
21. Bxa4 Rxd4 $19) (20. Nc3 Be8 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Ne4 Qf4 $19) 20... Bxc5 21.
Rxc5 Bb5 22. Rxf6 (22. Rf3 Qb6 (22... Ng4 23. Qg1 Rxd4 24. h3 $17) 23. Qc2 Rxd4
24. Rc8+ Ne8 $19) 22... gxf6 23. Qg1 (23. Qc1 Ne5 $17) 23... Be8 24. Nc6 (24.
Rc1 Qb6 25. Rd1 a5 $17) 24... Bxc6 25. Rxc6 a5 26. Qf2 (26. Qb6 Qxb6 27. Rxb6
Rd2 $19) 26... Kg7 (26... Qf4 27. Qxf4 Nxf4 28. h4 h5 $17) 27. h3 Rd7 28. Rc5
Qd8 $1 29. Qe3 Rd3 30. Qe1 Qd4 (30... Rd2 31. Bc2 Qd4 $17) 31. Rxa5 (31. Qxa5
Qe4 32. Kh2 Nh4 $19) 31... Re3 32. Qc1 (32. Qg1 Qd2 33. Kh2 Nh4 $19) 32... Qe4
33. Kh2 (33. Rc5 Rxh3+ 34. Kg1 Qd4+ $19) 33... Qf4+ 34. Kg1 Qg3 (34... Qg3 35.
Kf1 Nf4 36. Qd2 Re1+ 37. Qxe1 Qxg2#) 0-1

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.10.16"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1993.09.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Nf3 $1 (13. f4 b4 (
13... Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. f5 Kh8 16. Be3 b4 17. Na4 Nf6 (17... Rb8 $6 18.
fxe6 fxe6 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Rf1 Qe7 $8 21. e5 Bxa4 22. Bg5 Qa7+ 23. Be3 Qe7
24. Bxa4 $36 {Sokolov,A-Gelfand,B/USSR-ch/1989/1-0 (64)}) 18. fxe6 Nxe4 19. Qh3
fxe6 20. Qxe6 Bf6 21. Qc4 Qb7 22. Nb6 Rae8 23. Qxb4 Bxb2 24. Bd5 $13 {Damaso,
R-Arnason,J/Novi Sad olm (12)/1990/0.5 (61)}) (13... Kh8 14. Bg5 Bxg5 (14...
Nc6 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. f5 e5 17. Ne6 fxe6 18. fxe6 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Nf6 20. exd7
Qxd7 21. Qd3 Rd8 22. g3 h6 {Tischbierek,R-Gruenberg,H/DDR-ch Zittau/1989/0.5 
(23)}) 15. Qxg5 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. f5 Nf6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bxe6 Qa7+ 20.
Kh1 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. c3 Rf2 23. Rxf2 Qxf2 24. Bd5 {Sieiro-Vera/Cuba-ch/
1982/0.5 (26)}) 14. Nce2 Kh8 15. Bg5 (15. Bg5 Nc6 16. f5 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Nf6 18.
Qh4 Rae8 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Bxe6 Bd8 21. Qh3 Rxe6 22. Nxe6 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 {
Almasi,I-Vaulin,A/Kecskemet 57/(247)/1993/0.5 (23)})) (13. a3 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Rfe1 (15. f4 Bf6 16. f5 Qe7 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Bd2 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 e5 20. Rfe1
Nf6 21. Qh4 Rad8 22. Rd3 Qb7 23. Rde3 Rfe8 24. h3 $14 {Stirenkov,V-Vaulin,A/
Budapest Festival (9)/1991/1-0 (41)}) (15. Bf4 Qb7 16. Rfe1 a5 17. e5 dxe5 18.
Bxe5 Bf6 19. Rd4 Rd8 20. Rxd8 Bxd8 21. Ne2 a4 22. Ba2 b4 23. axb4 Qxb4 24. Bc3
$36 {Short,N-Kasparov,G/London (m/20)/1993/0.5 (36)}) 15... a5 16. f3 (16. Bg5
Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Qb7 18. Rd4 Nf6 19. Qe3 Rfd8 20. Red1 b4 21. axb4 e5 22. R4d3
Qxb4 23. f4 exf4 24. Qxf4 $14 {Riegler,P-Danner,G/Ljublana Pirc mem/1993/1-0 
(44)}) 16... Bf6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Nf6 19. Qg3 Rfd8 20. Rd2 a4 21. Ba2 b4
22. axb4 Qb6+ 23. Qf2 Qxb4 24. Nd1 $10 {Martin del Campo,R-Sunye Neto,J/Merida
(01)/1993/0.5 (42)}) 13... a5 $1 $146 (13... b4 $6 14. Ne2 a5 15. Nf4 $1 Kh8
16. Bg5 Nf6 17. Qh4 $1 Bb5 $2 (17... a4 18. Nh5 axb3 19. Nxf6 $16) (17... Nc6)
18. Nd4 $1 Be8 (18... Bxf1 19. Ndxe6 fxe6 20. Bxe6 g6 21. Nxg6+ Kg7 22. Qh6#)
19. Ndxe6 $1 fxe6 20. Nxe6 Qa7 21. e5 $1 dxe5 22. Nxf8 Bxf8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24.
Rd8 Nd7 25. Qg4 $1 {1-0/Kasparov,G-Gelfand,B/Linares/1993/}) (13... Nc6 $5 14.
Ne2 (14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Rd8 16. f4 h6 17. Nf3 b4 18. Ne2 Nf6 19. e5 Ne4 20.
Qh4 dxe5 21. fxe5 Nc5 22. Qg3 Bc8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Kh1 $15 {Sax,G-Wojtkiewicz,
A/Budapest zt-A (09)/1993/0-1 (42)}) (14. Bf4 Rd8 15. Rfe1 Bc8 16. h4 Kh8 17.
Rd3 {Zapata,A-Sunye Neto,J/Merida (03)/1993/0.5 (17)}) 14... a5 15. c3 a4 16.
Bc2 e5 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Bb1 Kh8 19. Be3 Nf6 20. f4 Nh5 21. Qf3 Nxf4 22. Nxf4
exf4 23. Qxf4 a3 24. b3 $13 {Ashley,M-Arnason,J/Saint Martin/1993/}) 14. a4 b4
15. Ne2 Nc6 16. Nf4 Bf6 $6 (16... Kh8) 17. Nd3 (17. Nh5 Bxb2 18. e5 Nxe5 $1 19.
Bxg7 $140 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Bxg7 $19) 17... e5 18. Be3 Be7 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. f3 (20.
f4 Ng4 $13) 20... Rfe8 21. Kh1 Be6 22. Rfe1 Rac8 (22... d5 23. Bg5 $5 (23. Nc5
$2 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 d4 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Re2 Nd7 27. Nb3 Nd8 28. Bxd4 Rg6 $19))
23. Qf2 d5 $1 24. Bb6 Qb8 25. Bc5 Bxc5 (25... d4 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Bxe7 Rxe7
$14) 26. Nxc5 Nd4 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. exd5 Nxb3 (28... exd5 29. Ne4 $1 (29. f4
Nxc2 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. fxe5 Qxe5 $17) 29... Nxb3 (29... Nxe4 30. Bxd5+ Kh8 31.
Bxe4 $18) 30. Nxf6+ gxf6 31. cxb3 (31. Rxd5 Nd4 (31... Qb7 32. Rb5) 32. Qg3+ (
32. Rd7 Nf5) 32... Kf7 (32... Kh8 33. Rd7 Rg8 (33... Nf5 34. Qh3 Ng7 35. Qh6
Rg8 36. Re4 {/\ Rh4}) (33... Ne6 34. Qh4 Ng5 35. Qh6 $18) 34. Qh4 Rg7 35. Qxf6
Rcg8 36. Rxe5 Nxf3 $5 37. Rxg7 (37. gxf3 Qf8 $1 38. Qxf8 Rg1#) 37... Qxe5 38.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 39. Qd8+ Kf7 40. gxf3 Qe1+ $10) (32... Kf8 33. Qh4 Qb6 34. Qh6+ Kf7
35. Qxh7+ Kf8) 33. Qh3 $5 (33. Rd7+ Re7 34. Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. Qg7+ Ke6 $17)) 31...
d4 32. f4 $13) 29. Nxb3 exd5 30. Nxa5 Qa8 31. Nb3 Qxa4 32. Ra1 Qc6 33. Re2 d4 (
33... d4 34. Ra5 (34. Rae1 Nd5 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Rxe5 Qxc2 37. Qxc2 Rxc2 38.
Rxd5 Rxb2 39. h4 Rxb3 40. Rxd4 $10) 34... Qd6 35. Qe1 d3 36. cxd3 Qxd3 37. Nc5
Qd4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Odorheiu Secuiesc zt"]
[Site "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Mozny, Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 a6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 Bd7 12. Nf5 exf5 13. Qxg7 Rf8 14. Bg5 Ng8 (
14... Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Nd5+ Ke8 17. f3 Be6 18. fxe4 Nd7 19. Qg5 f6 20.
Qg7 Rf7 21. Qg8+ (21. Qh8+ Rf8 22. Qxh7 $18) 21... Nf8 22. Nc7+ Rxc7 23. Bxe6
Rg7 24. Qh8 {Grilc,S-Stamenkovic,B/JUG-chT Cetinje (5)/1990/0.5 (30)}) 15. Bxe7
(15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Qxg8+ Rf8 17. Qxh7 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-Sakhvorostov/Yurmala/
1985/}) 15... Nxe7 16. Nd5 Ng8 17. exf5 Nc6 18. Rfe1+ (18. Nf6+ Nxf6 19. Qxf6
Ne7 20. Rfe1 Bc6 21. Qxd6 Rd8 22. Rxe7+ Qxe7 23. Qxc6+ Rd7 24. Be6 {Silva,
F-Hawelko,M/Thessaloniki olm (10)/1988/1-0 (31)}) 18... Ne5 19. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 (
19... Ke7 20. Nxg8+ Rxg8 21. Qxf7+ $18) 20. Qxf6 Bc6 21. Rad1 (21. Qxd6 f6)
21... Rg8 22. Rxe5+ dxe5 (22... Kf8 23. Qh6+ Rg7 24. Qxd6+ Kg8 25. Qd8+ $18)
23. Bxf7+ (23. Bxf7+ Qxf7 24. Qxc6+ Kf8 25. Qxa8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.03.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 b4 12. Na4 Nbd7 13. f3 O-O 14. Rfd1 Kh8 15.
Kh1 {White should have less reasons to remove the king to the corner, but
praxis is proving good chances for the second player.} (15. Rac1 Ne5 16. Ne2
Rb8 (16... a5 17. c4 bxc3 18. Nexc3 (18. Rxc3 Bd7 19. Nb6 Ra6 20. Nxd7 Nexd7
21. Rdc1 a4 22. Bc2 Ra5 23. b4 axb3 24. Bxb3 Qa6 25. Nd4 {1/2 Zapata,A (2515)
-Morovic Fernandez,I (2580)/Cienfuegos 1997 (48)}) 18... Ra6 19. f4 Ng6 20. Bc4
Rc6 21. Bd3 Qb8 22. Qf3 Bb7 23. h3 d5 24. e5 d4 25. exf6 Rxc3 26. fxg7+ Kxg7
27. Bxd4+ Kg8 {1/2 Zapata,A (2515)-Morovic Fernandez,I (2580)/Yopal 1997 (42)})
17. c4 bxc3 18. Nexc3 Bd7 19. Nb6 Bc6 20. Kh1 Rfd8 21. Rc2 Nfd7 22. Nxd7 Bxd7
23. Rcd2 Be8 24. f4 Nd7 25. f5 $14 {1-0 Comp Fritz 6-Van Wely,L (2643)/
Eindhoven 2000 (36)}) (15. c3 bxc3 16. Nxc3 Nc5 17. Na4 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 a5 19.
Rac1 Bd7 20. Nb6 Ra6 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Bd4 e5 23. Bc3 a4 $11 {0-1 Zorko,J 
(2339)-Lenic,L (2458)/Murska Sobota 2006 (38)}) (15. Ne2 a5 16. c3 Ra6 17. Qf2
Ne5 18. c4 Bd7 19. c5 Bxa4 20. Bxa4 dxc5 21. Bxc5 Neg4 22. Qd4 e5 $19 {1-0
Roskar,R (2284)-Vombek,D (2344)/Murska Sobota 2007 (40)}) 15... Ne5 16. a3 bxa3
{Topalov is rightly mistrustful about the move 16..a5. The semi-open b- and
c-files should be sufficient for getting enough counterplay.} (16... a5 17. Nb6
$1 Ra6 (17... Qxb6 18. Nxe6 Nh5 19. Qe1 Qb8 20. Nxf8 Bxf8 21. axb4 axb4 22.
Rxa8 Qxa8 23. Qxb4 $16) 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. axb4 axb4 20. Qe1 $14) 17. Rxa3 Rb8
18. Nc3 Ned7 19. Ra2 {Interesting tactics would be introduced the the rook
advance to a5, but the evaluation of the position would remain unchanged.} (19.
Ra5 $5 Qc7 (19... Nc5 20. Rxc5 dxc5 21. Nc6 Ra8 (21... c4 22. Qxb8 Qxb8 23.
Nxb8 cxb3 24. cxb3 $14) 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23. e5 Nd7 24. Ne4 Bb7 25. Ba4 Rfd8 $13)
20. Ra4 Nc5 $13) 19... Nc5 20. Bc4 Qc7 (20... Qb4 21. Nc6 Qxc4 22. Nxb8 Bb7 23.
Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Nxa6 Qb6 25. Rda1 Bxa6 (25... Ra8 26. Nb4 Rxa2 27. Nbxa2 $18) 26.
Rxa6 Qxb2 27. Qe1 Qxc2 28. Ra7 $16) 21. b3 Bd7 22. Qe1 Rfc8 23. Rda1 Ne8 (23...
Kg8 24. Nde2 $14) 24. Nde2 Bf6 25. Bd4 $6 {With each move Ivanchuk was
masterfully improving the coordination of his pieces, but the last move helps
the defender.} (25. Ra5 $1 Kg8 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Bxa6 $16) 25... Bxd4 26. Nxd4
Qb6 (26... Rb6 27. Qe3 Nf6 28. Nde2 $16) 27. Qe3 Nc7 28. h3 h6 (28... Nb5 $5
29. Nce2 Kg8 $11) 29. Ra5 Kg8 30. R1a2 Qb4 (30... Nb7 31. Rh5 (31. R5a3 Nc5)
31... Nc5 $13) 31. Nce2 Qb6 32. Nc3 Qb4 33. Nce2 Qb6 34. Ng3 d5 $2 {Is Black
wanting to punish White for avoiding the repetition? It was much better to
keep playing with restraint, without disturbing the balance.} (34... Re8 35.
Qc3 (35. Nh5 d5 36. Qc3 dxc4 37. Nc6 (37. Nf5 e5 38. Nfxg7 Nb5 $15) 37... f6
38. Nxf6+ gxf6 39. Qxf6 Qxc6 40. Qg6+ $11) 35... g6 36. f4 e5 37. fxe5 Rxe5 $11
) (34... Nb5 35. Bxb5 axb5 $11) 35. exd5 exd5 36. Ndf5 Re8 (36... dxc4 $2 37.
Ne7+ Kh8 38. Nxc8 Rxc8 39. Qxc5) 37. Qxc5 $2 {[%mdl 128] White spoils his
chance to unleash an extremely unpleasant attack with the wicked queen move to
c3.} (37. Qc3 $1 f6 (37... Bxf5 38. Nxf5 Qg6 (38... f6 39. Bxd5+ Nxd5 40. Qxc5
$16) 39. Rxc5 dxc4 40. Qxc4 $16) (37... N5e6 38. Bxd5 Bb5 39. Be4 Rbd8 40. Qa1
Rd7 41. c4 Red8 42. Qg1 Rd1 43. Nf1 Qxg1+ 44. Kxg1 $16) (37... Qg6 38. Rxc5
dxc4 39. Qxc4 $16) 38. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 (38... Rf8 39. Qd4 dxc4 40. Rxc5 cxb3 41.
cxb3 Qxb3 42. Qxd7 Rf7 43. Qd2 Rxg7 44. Nf5 $18) 39. Nh5+ Kg6 40. Rxc5 dxc4 (
40... Qxc5 41. Qxf6+ Kxh5 42. g4+ Bxg4 43. hxg4#) 41. Rxc7 Re1+ (41... Kxh5 42.
Rxd7 $16) 42. Qxe1 Qxc7 43. Qe7 Qe5 44. Qxd7 Qxh5 45. Rxa6 $18) 37... dxc4 38.
bxc4 Bxf5 (38... Qxc5 39. Rxc5 Ne6 40. Rca5 Nc7 41. Kh2 $16) 39. Nxf5 Re2 40.
Qxb6 Rxb6 41. Kh2 {Ivanchuk has a pleasant advantage, but Black will keep
pestering him with his pieces.} (41. c5 Rb4 42. Nd6 $16) (41. Nd4 Re3 42. Kg1
$16) 41... Rd2 (41... Rg6 42. Ng3 Rf2 43. Re5 $16) 42. h4 (42. Rc5 Ne6 43. Rd5
Re2 44. Ng3 Re1 45. c5 Rc6 46. Ne4 $16) 42... Kh7 43. h5 (43. Rc5 Ne6 44. Rd5
Rf2 45. Rd7 g5 46. Kg1 Re2 47. Ng3 $16) 43... Rf6 44. Re5 Ne6 45. Rxa6 $2 {
The tactics work against White, the whole advantage now goes up in a smoke.} (
45. c5 Nf4 46. Ne3 $14) 45... Nd4 $1 46. Rxf6 Nxf3+ 47. Kh3 Nxe5 48. Rd6 $6 {
Fortunatelly for the Ukrainian player this second mistake will be less costly.}
(48. Ra6 Rxc2 (48... Nxc4 49. Ra7 Kg8 50. Ra8+ Kh7 51. Ra7 Ne5 52. Re7 Rd5 53.
Kg3 $11) 49. Nd6 Nxc4 50. Rc6 Ne3 51. Rxc2 Nxc2 52. Nxf7 $11) 48... Rxc2 49.
Rd5 Nxc4 50. Rc5 Ne3 (50... Rf2 51. Rxc4 Rxf5 52. g4 $15) 51. Rxc2 Nxc2 52. g4
{Topalov will find it impossible too activate his king without exchanging
pawns with a nearly immediate draw.} Ne1 53. Kg3 Nd3 54. Kf3 Kg8 55. Ke4 Nc5+
56. Kd5 Nd7 57. Ke4 Kf8 58. Kf4 Nc5 59. Ke5 Ne6 60. Kd5 Ke8 61. Ke5 Kf8 {
Both super grandmasters have seen the knight sacrifice on g7, Black refused to
try it on the board.} (61... Kd7 62. Nxg7 $1 Nxg7 63. Kf6 Nxh5+ 64. gxh5 Ke8
65. Kg7 f5 66. Kxh6 f4 67. Kg7 f3 68. h6 f2 $11) 62. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Rhe1 h6 {Moves like these in a very charged
positions can be truly dangerous, since instead of developing extra piece
black is simply throwing more oil into the fire.} 12. e5 Bb7 13. Qh3 dxe5 (
13... Nxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. f4 (16. Qxe6 Qxf2 $1 $17) 16... Nc4
17. Qxe6 Qc7 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Rxd6 $40) 14. Nxe6 fxe6 (14... Rh7 15. Bxf6 Nxf6
16. f4 e4 17. Nd4 $36) 15. Bxe6 Rd8 (15... Nf8 16. Rxe5 Rd8 17. Rde1 $16) 16.
Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 (16... Nxd7 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qxg6+ Kf8 19. Qf7#) (16... Qxf2 17.
Bxf6 $3 (17. Rxd8+ $6 Kxd8 18. Rd1+ Kc7 19. Bh4 Qf4+ 20. Kb1 Rd8 $11) 17...
Qxe1+ (17... Qxf6 18. Rxb7 $18) 18. Nd1 Rxd7 (18... Qe4 19. Rxe7+ Kf8 20. Rf7+
Ke8 21. Bxd8 $18) 19. Bxd7+ Kd8 20. Bxe7+ Kc7 (20... Kxe7 21. Qe6+ Kd8 22. Qd6
$18) 21. Qe6 $18) 17. Bxf6 Rd6 $2 {It is easy to understand Nakamura's wish to
save his extra exchange, but this move loses. In comparison 17...Bxf6 seems
good enough for the full equality.} (17... Bxf6 18. Bxd7+ Ke7 $1 19. Rd1 (19.
f3 Rd8 20. Rd1 Bg5+ 21. Kb1 b4 22. Ne4 Bc8 $17) (19. Bc8 Bxc8 20. Nd5+ Kd6 21.
Qxc8 Rxc8 22. Nxb6 Rd8 23. c4 Bg5+ 24. Kc2 Kc6 25. Nd5 bxc4 $15) 19... Rd8 20.
Kb1 Qxf2 21. Qe6+ Kf8 22. Qd6+ Be7 23. Qxe5 Bxg2 $11) 18. Qh5+ Kd8 19. Bxe7+
Kxe7 20. Qxe5 Kd8 21. Nd5 $6 (21. Bd5 $1 Bxd5 (21... Rf6 22. Qe7+ Kc8 23. Qxg7
Rhf8 24. Re7 Bc6 25. Ne4 Bxd5 26. Nxf6 Qxf6 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28. Qxf6 $18) 22.
Nxd5 Qc5 23. Qxg7 $18) 21... Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Qc7 (22... Rd7 23. Bf3 Qc7 24. Qe4
$16) 23. f4 Rd7 24. Qf5 (24. Qe4 Qd6 25. c4 bxc4 26. Bxc4 Rf8 27. g3 $14) 24...
Qc5 25. Be6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Ashley has lost control of the game few moves ago,
but this natural retreat is a real losing blunder.} (25. Rd1 Rf8 26. Qe4 Rf6
27. f5 Rfd6 28. b4 Qc3 29. Rd3 Qa1+ 30. Kd2 Qb2 $11) 25... Qf2 $1 (25... Qf2 $1
26. Qe4 Qd2+ 27. Kb1 Qd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1#) 0-1

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.10.21"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.09.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. a3 (13. f4 Nc6 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. f5 Kh8 16. Be3 b4 $1 17. Na4 {Sokolov,A-Gelfand,B/URS-ch/1989/} Nf6 $1
18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Qh3 Nxe4 20. Qxe6 Bf6 $13) 13... Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bf4 (
15. f4 Bf6 16. f5 Qe7 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Bd2 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 e5 20. Rfe1 Nf6 21. Qh4
Rad8 22. Rd3 $14 {Stirenkov,V-Vaulin,A/Budapest/1991/}) 15... Qb7 16. Rfe1 a5 (
16... b4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. e5 $14) 17. e5 (17. Nd5 $5 Bd8 $1 (17... exd5 18.
exd5 $16)) 17... dxe5 (17... d5 18. Ne2 b4 19. axb4 a4 20. Ba2 Qxb4 21. Nd4 Bb7
22. Bc1 $14) (17... b4 18. exd6 Nxd6 19. Bxd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 bxc3 21. bxc3 $16)
18. Bxe5 Bf6 (18... b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Ne2 Bf6 21. Nd4 $14) (18... Nf6 19.
Rd4 Rad8 20. Rh4 $13) 19. Rd4 Rd8 (19... b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Na2 $1 $16 (21.
Ne4 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 $14)) (19... Bxe5 20. Qxe5 $14 (20. Rxe5 $2 b4 21. axb4 axb4
22. Na2 $1 Rxa2 23. Bxa2 Qa7 $17)) 20. Rxd8 Bxd8 21. Ne2 a4 22. Ba2 b4 23. axb4
(23. Nd4 Bd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. axb4 $140 $2 f6 26. c4 Qxc4 $19) 23... Qxb4 24.
Bc3 Qb7 (24... Qh4 $2 25. Qxh4 Bxh4 26. Bb4 $18) 25. Nd4 Nf6 $1 (25... Bd5 26.
Nf5 $1 f6 (26... exf5 27. Rxe8 $18) (26... Bxa2 27. Bxg7 h5 28. Bxf8+ Kxf8 29.
Qa3+ $18) 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Bb4 Bc7 (29... Ba5 30. Bxf8 Bxe1 31.
Bxg7+ Nxg7 32. Qb8+ Ne8 33. Qxe8+ Kg7 34. Ng4 Bb4 35. Ne3 $16) 30. Qh3 Ba5 31.
c4 Qxc4 32. Bxa5 gxh6 33. Qxe6 $16) (25... Bf6 26. Nxc6 Qxc6 27. Bb4 Qxc2 28.
Bb1 $1 (28. Bxf8 $2 Kxf8 $44) 28... Qxb2 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. Bxf8 $16) (25...
Be4 26. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 27. Nxe6 Be7 28. Nxg7 Bg6 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Qe5 Bf8 31.
Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Rxe8 Bxe8 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. Qxh7+ $18) 26. Nxc6 (26.
Rxe6 $6 fxe6 27. Nxe6 Qf7 (27... Bd5 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Bxg7 Bh4 $17) 28. Nxg7
Qxa2 29. Nf5+ Kf7 30. Qg7+ Ke6 31. Nd4+ Kd5 $19) (26. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 27. Nxe6 Qf7
(27... Re8 $2 28. Nxd8 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 Qe7 30. Ba5 $1) 28. Nxf8 Qxf8 $10) 26...
Qxc6 27. Rd1 Be7 (27... Bc7 28. Qd3 Rd8 (28... Ne4 29. Be1 (29. Bb4 Rb8 30. Be7
Bb6 31. Bh4) (29. Qf3 Bb6 30. Bd4 Rd8 31. Bxb6 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Qxb6) 29... Rb8
30. b4 axb3 31. Bxb3 $14) 29. Qxd8+ Bxd8 30. Rxd8+ Ne8 31. Bc4 h6 32. Bd3 f5
33. Rb8 Qd7 $1) 28. h3 Ra8 (28... Rd8 $2 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Qb8 Qc7 31. Qa8 $16
) 29. Rd4 Ne8 (29... a3 30. bxa3 (30. b4 $5 $14) 30... Rxa3 31. Bb3 $14) 30.
Qd3 Bf6 31. Rc4 Qa6 32. Bxf6 Nxf6 33. Qd2 (33. b4 axb3 34. Bxb3 Qa1+ 35. Kh2
Qe1 $132) 33... h6 (33... g6 $10) 34. Rd4 Qb6 35. c3 (35. b4 axb3 36. Bxb3 Ra1+
37. Kh2 Qc7+ 38. g3 Qc6 $17) 35... a3 36. bxa3 (36. bxa3 Rxa3 37. Rd8+ (37. Rb4
Qc7 38. c4 Ne4 $10) 37... Kh7 38. Qc2+ g6 39. Rd2 $10) (36. b4 Rb8 37. Qc1 Qa7
$132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. e5 Bb7 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Qe3 h6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 (13... Bf4 $2
14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qxe6+ Kf8 16. Rd1 {1-0 Mueller,K-Trisic,A/Hamburg 1999/ (16)}
) 14. Bxe6 $5 {[%mdl 128] White is trying to solve the problem of breaking
through the black's defences with brute force, but it is quite risky.} (14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Ra7 16. g3 Be5 17. O-O-O Qc5 18. Be4 Rd7 19. Nc6 Qxe3+ 20. fxe3
O-O 21. Nxb8 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxb8 23. Rd7 $14 {1-0 Sprenger,J-Naiditsch,A/Bad
Woerishofen 2001/ (63)}) 14... fxe6 (14... Bf4 15. Qe2 Kf8 16. Bd5 $16) 15.
Nxe6 Qe7 (15... Qc8 16. O-O-O Be7 17. Rhe1 Kf7 18. Qe2 $1 h5 19. Ng5+ Kg6 20.
Qxe7 $18) 16. O-O-O Kf7 17. Rhe1 Be5 (17... Bxg2 18. Ne4 Be5 (18... Bxe4 19.
Qxe4 Ra7 20. Qf5 $18) 19. N4c5 Nc6 20. f4 Bd6 21. Qe2 $18) 18. f4 Qxe6 (18...
Bxc3 $2 19. Ng5+ $18) 19. fxe5 Qxe5 $2 {Once again the defence proved too
challenging even for very talanted players, taking with the pawn 19...fxe5 had
many advantages.} (19... fxe5 20. Qg3 (20. Qf2+ Qf6 21. Qe2 Kg7 22. Nd5 Bxd5
23. Rxd5 Re8 $17) 20... Rg8 21. Rf1+ Ke8 22. Rd6 Rxg3 23. Rxe6+ Kd7 24. Rxh6
Rg7 $15) 20. Qb6 $1 Qf4+ (20... Qg5+ 21. Kb1 Bc6 22. Qc7+ Kg6 23. Re7 $16) 21.
Kb1 Bc6 22. g3 Qf5 23. Qc7+ Bd7 (23... Kg6 24. Ne2 $1 h5 25. Nf4+ Kh6 26. Ne6
$16) 24. g4 (24. Qb7 Qc5 25. Rxd7+ Nxd7 26. Qxd7+ Kf8 27. Nd5 $18) 24... Qf3 (
24... Qxg4 25. Qb7 $18) 25. Nd5 Rc8 (25... Re8 26. Rf1 Qxg4 27. Nxf6 Qxd1+ 28.
Rxd1 Kxf6 29. Qf4+ $18) 26. Qd6 {It becomes obvious, that too many black
pieces are sleeping happily on the queenside.} (26. Qb7 Qg2 27. c3 $18) 26...
Bxg4 (26... Rc6 27. Qe7+ Kg6 28. Rf1 $18) 27. Re7+ Kg6 (27... Kf8 28. Rg1 Re8
29. Rh7+ Kg8 30. Rxg4+ Kxh7 31. Qc7+ $18) 28. Nf4+ Qxf4 29. Qxf4 Bxd1 30. Qe4+
(30. Qe4+ f5 31. Re6+ Kg7 (31... Kg5 32. h4+ Kh5 33. Qf4 Bxc2+ 34. Ka1 Rh8 35.
Rxh6+ Rxh6 36. Qg5#) 32. Qe5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.11.12"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Meinhardt, Maximilian"]
[Black "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rad1 Nbd7 12. Qg3 Nc5 13. Bh6 Ne8 14. Rfe1 (14.
Bd5 Bb7 15. b4 exd5 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. Nf5 Bf6 18. e5 Kh8 19. Bf4 Bd8 20. Nxd5
Qe6 21. Nfe3 Nc7 {0-1 Vass,V-Hohl,M/Budapest 2000/ (44)}) 14... Bd7 15. Nf5 $6
{White has all the pieces directed to the center and kingside, but black is
defending well. The sacrifice of the knight is tempting, but Schlosser will
defend very well.} (15. a3 Bf6 $11) 15... exf5 (15... Bf6 16. Nxd6 $16) 16. Nd5
Qd8 17. Nxe7+ (17. exf5 Bf6 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Bxg7 Bh4 (19... Bxg7 20. f6 Ne6
$19) 20. Bf6+ Bxg3 21. Bxd8 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Ne4+ 23. Kf3 Raxd8 $19) 17... Qxe7
18. Bg5 (18. exf5 Qf6 19. Bg5 Qxf5 20. Be7 Be6 $17) 18... Qe5 (18... f4 19.
Qxf4 Nf6 20. Rxd6 $13) 19. Qxe5 dxe5 20. Be7 {Meinhardt has nothing better
than to get some material back, even though the final count will favour the
opponent.} (20. exf5 Nxb3 21. Rxd7 Na5 $17) 20... Nxb3 21. Rxd7 (21. axb3 Be6
22. exf5 Bxf5 23. c3 f6 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 $19) 21... Nd4 22. c3 Nc6 23. Bxf8 Kxf8
24. exf5 Rc8 $17 {White has a rook and a pawn for thwo knight, but his rooks
have no access to the black's position.} 25. f3 h5 (25... Nf6 26. Rb7 Nd5 27.
Rd1 Rd8 $17) 26. Red1 Nf6 27. Rb7 (27. R7d6 a5 28. h4 Ke7 $17) 27... Na5 28.
Ra7 Nc4 29. Rxa6 (29. b3 Ne3 30. Rd3 Ned5 31. Rxa6 Nxc3 $17) (29. Re1 Nxb2 30.
Rxe5 b4 31. Ree7 bxc3 32. Rxf7+ Ke8 33. Rae7+ Kd8 34. g3 Nd3 35. Rf8+ Kxe7 36.
Rxc8 Nd5 $19) 29... Nxb2 30. Rb1 Nd3 31. Rxb5 (31. Kf1 Nd5 32. Rxb5 Nxc3 33.
Rb3 Nf4 $17) 31... Rxc3 32. Kf1 Ke7 (32... Rc1+ 33. Ke2 Nf4+ 34. Kd2 Rg1 35.
Rb8+ Ke7 36. Rb7+ Nd7 37. Raa7 Rxg2+ 38. Kd1 Rg1+ 39. Kd2 Rg2+ $11) 33. Ke2 (
33. Ra7+ Nd7 34. a4 Kd6 35. a5 Ra3 $17) 33... Nc5 {The second player is
working on establishing good coordination of pieces, connected knigts will
slow down advance of the white's a pawn.} 34. Ra7+ (34. Kd2 Rc4 35. Ra7+ Nfd7
$17) 34... Nfd7 35. Kd2 Rc4 36. a3 (36. Rb6 Kd8 37. Rd6 Rh4 38. h3 Rf4 $17)
36... Rd4+ 37. Kc2 Kf6 38. Rb4 Rd6 (38... Kxf5 39. Rxd4 exd4 40. a4 Ne5 41. a5
d3+ 42. Kc3 Kf4 43. Re7 f6 $19) 39. a4 (39. Rh4 Nd3 40. Kc3 Ne1 41. Rxh5 Nxg2
$19) 39... Kxf5 {The number of pawns for both sides is equal, black will start
advancing his own.} 40. a5 g5 41. Ra8 h4 42. Rb2 (42. g3 hxg3 43. hxg3 Ne6 44.
g4+ Kf6 45. Kb1 Ndc5 $19) 42... Kf4 43. Ra2 (43. Rb4+ Ke3 44. Rg4 Ne6 45. a6 f5
46. Ra4 Nd4+ $19) 43... Na6 44. Ra3 (44. Ra4+ Ke3 45. Rg4 f6 $19) 44... Ndc5
45. Rf8 f6 46. Rc8 f5 47. Rg8 Ne6 48. Kc1 Nd4 {Schlosser's progress since the
move 32. is beyond doubt. White is helpless against ever more active black
pieces.} 49. Rg7 (49. Rc8 Rd5 50. Ra8 Rc5+ 51. Kd1 Nc7 $19) 49... Nc5 50. Rc7
Ncb3+ (50... Nb5 51. Rxc5 Nxa3 52. Kb2 h3 53. g3+ Kxf3 54. Kxa3 e4 $19) 51. Kb2
Ra6 (51... Nb5 52. Ra4+ Rd4 53. Rxd4+ N3xd4 54. Rc5 h3 55. gxh3 e4 56. fxe4
fxe4 $19) 52. Rc4 (52. Rxb3 Nxb3 53. Kxb3 Rxa5 54. Rf7 h3 55. gxh3 Ra1 56. Kc4
Rd1 $19) 52... Nxa5 53. Rb4 Ra7 54. Kc3 Rc7+ 55. Kd3 Nac6 56. Rc4 h3 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 O-O 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Rad1 Kh8 (13... Bd7 14.
Rfe1 (14. a3) 14... Kh8 (14... Nc6 $4 15. Nd5 $1 Bd8 16. Nf5 $3 exf5 17. exf5
Ne5 18. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 {Honfi,K-Gerber,R/St.Ingbert/1990/ (18)} (18... dxe5 19.
Bxg7 $3 Nxg7 20. f6 Bxf6 21. Nxf6+ Kh8 22. Rxd7 Rad8 23. Qh4 h5 24. Qg5 $18))
15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Nc6 (16... b4 17. Qe7 Kg8 18. Nxe6 $18) 17. Re3 $14) 14.
Bc1 (14. Bg5 Bxg5 (14... Bf6 15. Kh1 Nd7 16. f3 Nc5 17. Rd2 b4 18. Nd1 Qb6 19.
Bxf6 gxf6 20. Ne3 Rg8 21. Qh4 a5 22. Rfd1 Bb7 {0-1 Anderson,R-Hermansen,R/Los
Angeles 1991/ (44)}) (14... Nf6 15. f3 Nbd7 16. a3 Ne5 17. Bc1 Bd7 18. f4 Nc6
19. Qd3 Rac8 20. Kh1 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Oral,T-Colovic,A/Katowice 1993/
(52)}) 15. Qxg5 Nf6 (15... b4 16. Na4 $14) 16. f4 (16. Rfe1 b4 17. Na4 Nbd7 18.
Qh4 Ne5 19. Qf4 Bd7 20. Qd2 Rac8 21. f4 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. b3 Rcc8 24. e5 {
1/2-1/2 Cukier,M-Limp,E/BRA-ch 1995/ (64)}) (16. a3 Nc6 17. Nf3 Qc7 18. Qf4 Rd8
19. e5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qxe5 Bb7 23. Rd1 Qb6 24. Qd4 Qxd4
25. Rxd4 {1/2-1/2 Lindner,D-Kersten,U/Hamburg 1995/ (52)}) 16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4
Qxe4 18. f5 (18. Qe7 Kg8 19. Qxd6 Bb7 20. Rf2 Nc6 21. Re2 Qxe2 22. Nxe2 Rad8 {
0-1 Guenther,A-Goehler,A/GER 1996/ (37)}) 18... f6 19. fxe6 Bb7 20. Qg3 Qe5 21.
Nf5 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Nc6 23. Nxd6 {1-0 Palac,M-Beran,J/Toulouse 1990/ (28)}) (14.
Be3 Nd7 (14... Nf6 15. f3 Bd7 16. Qf2 Nc6 17. g4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc6 19. Ne2 Rad8
20. Be3 Nd7 21. c3 Nc5 22. Bc2 e5 23. Ng3 Ne6 {1/2-1/2 Stisis,Y-Mashian,Y/Tel
Aviv 1994/ (40)}) 15. f3 Nc5 16. a3 Nxb3 17. Nxb3 a5 18. e5 dxe5 19. Qxe5 b4
20. axb4 axb4 21. Ne4 f6 22. Qd4 Nc7 23. Qd2 e5 {0-1 Ivanov,A-Kamsky,G/Los
Angeles/1991/ (39)}) 14... Nf6 15. f3 Nc6 (15... Nbd7 16. a3 $14) 16. Nxc6 Qxc6
17. Ne2 Bb7 (17... e5 18. Nc3 $14) 18. Kh1 Rg8 19. Nd4 Qe8 $6 {This is hardly
the best square for the queen in this line.} (19... Qc7 20. c3) 20. Rfe1 Rd8
21. c3 Nd7 (21... Qd7 22. e5 Nd5 23. Bg5 Bxg5 (23... f6 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Nxe6
$18) 24. Qxg5 dxe5 25. Qxe5 $14) 22. f4 Nf6 23. Bc2 d5 (23... Nh5 24. Qh3 Nxf4
25. Bxf4 e5 26. Nf5 (26. Bg3 Bc8 (26... exd4 27. e5 $18) 27. Nf5 (27. Qh5 exd4
28. e5 g6 29. Qf3 d5 30. Rxd4 $16) 27... g6 $14) 26... exf4 27. e5 g6 28. Nxd6
Bxd6 29. exd6 Qd7 30. Qh4 $18) 24. exd5 Bxd5 (24... Nxd5 $2 25. Bxh7 $1 Kxh7
26. Qh3+ Kg6 27. f5+ Kf6 28. Qh4+ g5 29. Qh6+ Rg6 30. Bxg5#) 25. f5 $1 {
[%mdl 128] White pieces are excellently prepared for the attack in the center
and on the kingside.} Bd6 (25... Qd7 $2 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Nxe6 $18) 26. Qh4 e5
(26... Bxa2 $2 27. Bg5 Qe7 28. Nc6 $18) 27. Bg5 Qe7 28. Ne2 Bc5 (28... Ba8 29.
Nf4 Qb7 30. Bxf6 exf4 31. Bxg7+ $1 Rxg7 32. Qxd8+ $18) 29. Nf4 $1 Ba8 30. Nd3 {
The hero of this game is white knight cleverly jumping in the center to a
great effect.} Qb7 (30... Bd6 31. Nf2 Rc8 (31... Qb7 32. Be4 $18) 32. Be4 Rc4
33. b3 Rxc3 34. Bxa8 Rxa8 35. Ne4 $18) 31. Re2 Be7 32. Nxe5 Rxd1+ (32... Rgf8
33. Nxf7+ Rxf7 34. Rxd8+ Bxd8 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Re8+ Kg7 37. Qg4+ Kh6 38. Be4
$18) 33. Bxd1 Rf8 34. Bb3 Kg8 35. Ng6 $1 {It is only logical, that also the
decisive blow is delivered by the knight.} Re8 (35... hxg6 36. fxg6 Rd8 (36...
Qc6 37. Bxf6 $18) 37. gxf7+ Kf8 38. Qh8+ $18) 36. Bxf6 Bf8 (36... gxf6 37.
Bxf7+ $1 Kg7 (37... Kxf7 38. Qxh7#) 38. Bxe8 $18) 37. Nxf8 Rxf8 (37... Rxe2 38.
Qxh7+ Kxf8 39. Qh8#) 38. Qg5 (38. Qg5 g6 39. Qh6 $16) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1989.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bd7 (12... Nc6) 13. f4 $1 Nc6 (
13... b4 14. Nce2 $5 (14. f5 $6 bxc3 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Bxe6+ Kh8
18. Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Rf1 Nd7 $1 20. Bxd7 Nf6 21. Be6 gxh6 22. Rxf6 Bg7 23. Rf1
cxb2 $17)) 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. f5 Kh8 16. Be3 (16. f6 $2 gxh6 17. fxe7 Qxe7 $17)
(16. Bg5 $5) 16... b4 17. Na4 (17. Ne2 $6 e5 $1 (17... Bxe4 18. fxe6 fxe6 19.
Nd4 $16) 18. c3 a5 19. cxb4 axb4 20. Rc1 Qb7 $17) 17... Rb8 $6 (17... e5 18. c3
$14) (17... Nf6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Qh3 Nxe4 20. Qxe6 Bf6 $13) 18. fxe6 fxe6 19.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Rf1 Qe7 $8 (20... Nf6 21. Nc5 $1 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Qf4 $18)
21. e5 Bxa4 22. Bg5 Qa7+ 23. Be3 Qe7 24. Bxa4 d5 (24... dxe5 25. Qxe5 $14) 25.
Bg5 Qc5+ 26. Be3 Qe7 (26... d4 27. Qf4 $18) 27. Bg5 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Nc7 (28... Kg8
29. Qf3 Nc7 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Rf3 h6 32. Bxh6 gxh6 33. Rg3 $18) 29. Rf7 Nb5 (
29... Kg8 30. Rd7 Qd4 31. h3 Bc5 32. Rxg7+ $18) 30. Be7 Qxe7 31. Rxe7 Bxe7 32.
Qg4 Rf8 33. g3 Rf5 34. Bxb5 axb5 35. Qe2 Kg8 36. Qxb5 Kf7 37. c3 bxc3 38. bxc3
Rxe5 39. a4 Re3 40. Qc6 Bf6 41. c4 $18 dxc4 42. Qxc4 Rc3 43. Qb5 Rc7 44. Qh5+
Ke7 45. Qxh7 Rd7 46. Qc2 Bd4 47. a5 Kf7 48. Kg2 g6 49. a6 Ba7 50. h4 Re7 51.
Kf3 e5 52. Ke4 Kg7 53. Qc8 Bd4 54. g4 Ra7 55. Qc6 Kh7 56. g5 Rg7 57. Qe8 Rg8
58. Qf7+ Rg7 59. Qf8 Ba7 60. Kxe5 Bg1 61. Kf4 Ba7 62. Kg4 Be3 63. Qe8 Ba7 64.
h5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Lie, Kjetil A"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. f4 b4 10. Na4 Bxe4 11. f5 {Black certainly needs a nerves of steel to
play this line, for a single pawn the second player will have to endure very
dangerous attack.} (11. O-O Be7 (11... d5 12. f5 e5 13. Nf3 Nbd7 14. Ng5 Be7
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qe2 O-O 17. g4 h6 18. h4 Nh7 19. Rad1 {1-0 Sagafos,M (2073)
-Elsness,F (2396)/Norway 2000/ (64)}) 12. c3 (12. Qe1 d5 13. f5 e5 14. Ne2 d4
15. Bg5 Nbd7 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Ng3 Bc6 18. Qxe5 O-O 19. Rfd1 Nd7 {0-1 Buckley,
S (2237)-Palliser,R (2277)/Newport 2001/ (30)}) 12... a5 13. cxb4 axb4 14. f5
e5 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Ne6 Qa5 17. Ng5+ Ke8 18. Nb6 Ra6 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rc1
Rxb6 21. Rc8+ Bd8 {0-1 Forster,R (2380)-Gavrikov,V (2600)/Biel 1994/ (27)})
11... e5 12. Nf3 Bxf5 (12... Nbd7 13. Ng5 d5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. g4 h6 16. Qe2
Qc7 17. O-O-O Nc5 $2 (17... Qc6 18. h4 Qb5 19. Qg2 $14) 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. h4
Be7 20. g5 hxg5 21. hxg5 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Ng8 23. f6 gxf6 24. g6 $1 fxg6 25. Qg4
Qc6 26. Rh8 $18 {1/2-1/2 Kobese,W (2419)-Areshchenko,A (2570)/Caleta 2005/ (48)
}) 13. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 128] Excellent shot, that clearly defines white's
distinct advantage. Cheparinov will have to play very well just to survive the
mounting attack.} Be6 (13... dxe5 14. Bxf7+ Ke7 15. Bc5+ Kxf7 16. Qxd8 Bxc5 17.
Qxh8 Bd4 18. Qd8 $18) (13... Qe7 14. O-O (14. Bxf7+ Kd8 15. O-O Qxe5 16. Bd4
Bxc2 17. Qd2 Qe4 18. Nc5 $1 $16) 14... dxe5 15. Rxf5 Nbd7 (15... Nc6 16. Nb6
Rd8 17. Qe2 Qb7 18. Ba4 $18) 16. Nb6 Nxb6 17. Bxb6 Qd6 18. Ba4+ Ke7 19. Qxd6+
Kxd6 20. Rxf6+ gxf6 21. Rd1+ Ke6 22. Bd7+ Ke7 23. Bc6 $18) 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15.
Qf3 Nbd7 (15... d5 16. Nb6 (16. Qh3 Qd6 17. Ng6 hxg6 18. Qxh8 Nbd7 19. O-O $14)
16... Bd6 17. Ng4 Nbd7 18. Nxa8 Qxa8 $14) 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. O-O Nf6 (17... Ne5
18. Qh3 Qe7 (18... Be7 19. Rad1 $16) 19. Bd4 $16) 18. Bb6 Qb8 (18... Qc8 19.
Bd4 Qd8 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rae1 e5 22. Qh5+ Ke7 (22... Kd7 23. Qg4+ Ke8 24. Qxb4
$18) 23. Rxf6 $1 $18) 19. Rae1 e5 (19... Kf7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 (20... Ke7 21. Qe2 e5
22. Qc4 Qc8 23. Qxb4) 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Qg4+ Bg7 23. Qxe6+ Kf8 24. Re3 $18) 20.
Qc6+ Kf7 (20... Nd7 21. Bc7 Qa7+ 22. Nb6 $18) (20... Ke7 21. Bc7 $18) 21. Qc4+
Ke7 22. Rxe5+ $1 {Lie played the whole game in a great style, the rook
sacrifice is effectively finishing the battle.} (22. Qxb4 Kf7 23. Qb3+ $18)
22... dxe5 23. Bc5+ Kd8 (23... Kd7 24. Rd1+ Kc6 25. Be7+ Kb7 26. Qxb4+ $18) 24.
Rd1+ Nd7 25. Qe6 (25. Qe6 Ra7 26. Bb6+ Qxb6+ 27. Qxb6+ Rc7 28. Qb8+ Rc8 29.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 30. Nb6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kobese, Watu"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[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. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Be3
Bb7 9. f4 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nxe6 Qc8 13. Nxg7+ Kf7 14. Nf5 Bf8
(14... Qc6 15. Nd5 Bf8 16. Nd4 Qc8 17. Qf3 (17. Nf3 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qc4 19. a4 b4
20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Ne6 Qxd5 22. Nc7 Qxd1 23. Rfxd1 Rc8 24. Nxa6 d5 25. Bd2 Rxc2
26. Nxb4 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Bxb4 $19 {1-0 Hoogendoorn,J (2377)-Hoffmann,M (2444)/
Enschede 2004 (40)}) 17... Rg8 18. c4 bxc4 19. Rac1 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qc5 21. Ne6
Qxd5 22. Ng5+ Kg7 23. Qh3 Re8 $15 {1-0 Kobese,W (2397)-Gomes,M (2231)/
Gibraltar 2006 (42)}) (14... b4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Nxe7 Kxe7 17. exd5 Qc4 18. Re1
Kf7 19. Bd4 Rhe8 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Qd2 Qc5+ 22. Kf1 Ng4 {0-1 Stam,B-Van Wely,L
(2575)/Haarlem 1995}) 15. e5 $2 {The whole line is quite interesting, but
black does not have to worry. White's pawn advance in the center is too slow
and definitely not the best option .} (15. Nxd6+ $5 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Nxe4 17. Nxe4
Bxe4 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. c3 Nf6 20. Qxd8 Qxd8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bd4 Rg8 23. g3 {
1-0 Voekler,B (2340)-Enders,P (2475)/Germany 1992 (43)}) (15. Bd4 Rg8 16. Nd5
Bxd5 17. exd5 Qb7 18. Ne3 Re8 19. b3 Rg6 20. c4 Kg8 21. Rc1 Re4 22. Nf5 Nxd5
23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. Be5 Rd4 25. Qf3 dxe5 26. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 27. Kh1 e4 $17 {1-0
Bragin,A-Magerramov,E (2565)/Podolsk 1992 (41)}) 15... Rg8 16. Ng3 (16. Rf2
dxe5 17. fxe5 Qc6 (17... Nxe5 $1 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Neg4 20. Nd5 Qd8 $19)
18. Ng3 Nxe5 19. Qh5+ Rg6 20. Qxe5 Re8 21. Qd4 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 Bc5 23. Qf3 $14 {
1-0 Borkowski,F (2415)-Ross,D (2325)/Saint John 1988 (36)}) 16... Qc6 17. Qe2 (
17. Rf2 Ng4 18. e6+ Kxe6 19. Rf3 Kf7 $17) 17... Re8 18. Rad1 (18. exf6 Rxe3 $1
$19) (18. Nce4 Nxe4 19. Qh5+ Kg7 20. Qxe8 Nxg3 21. Rf2 Nf5 $19) 18... dxe5 19.
fxe5 Rxe5 {The game is over before it even begun, white has two misserable
pawns for the sacrificed piece.} 20. Qf2 Rxe3 (20... Rg6 21. Bd4 Rf5 $1 $19)
21. Rxd7+ Qxd7 22. Qxe3 (22. Qxf6+ Ke8 23. Rd1 Bc5 $1 24. Kf1 Rf8 $19) 22...
Qc6 23. Nge4 (23. Qe2 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Kg7 $19) 23... Rg6 {Gelfand need only to
get away with his king and white position will colapse.} 24. Qh3 Kg8 25. Qf5 (
25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Rxf6 Qxf6 $19) 25... Be7 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[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 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. e5 Bb7 12. exf6 Bxf3 13. fxe7 Bxd1 (13... Re8
14. Nxf3 (14. gxf3 Nd7 15. Rhg1 Nc5 16. Bf6 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 g6 18. Rg4 Rxe7 19.
Ne4 Rc8 20. Rd3 b4 21. Rd2 Rd7 {0-1 Sasaki,K-Farley,T/Yerevan 1996/ (46)})
14... d5 15. Nd4 h6 16. Be3 Qxe7 17. f4 Nd7 18. g4 Rac8 19. h4 Nc5 20. Kb1 b4
21. Na4 {1-0 Meszaros,A-Vajda,S/Hungary 1998/ (62)}) 14. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 4]
Black is losing without shooting a single round, all this is well known
hopeless stuff.} (14. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 15. Rxd1 d5 16. g3 Nd7 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Kb1
Rc8 19. a3 Qb7 20. f4 b4 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. f5 Nxb3 23. Nxb3 Qg4 {1/2-1/2
Yudasin,L-Novikov,I/Kujbyshev 1986/ (42)}) 14... Qxe7 (14... Qc8 15. exf8=Q+
Qxf8 16. Nxf8 Bg4 17. h3 Bf5 18. g4 b4 19. gxf5 bxc3 20. Be7 cxb2+ 21. Kxb2 Nc6
22. Bxd6 Rd8 23. Ba3 Na5 24. Re1 {1-0 Dubinski,M-Krzesaj,R/Laczna 2002/ (24)})
(14... fxe6 15. Bxe6+ $18) 15. Bxe7 Re8 16. Nc7 (16. Nc7 Rxe7 17. Nxa8 Bh5 18.
Nb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1999.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rfe1 Bd7 13. a3 (13. Nf5 exf5 14.
Nd5 Qd8 15. exf5 Nc6 (15... Bf6 $5) 16. Rxe7 $1 Nxe7 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. Nxe8 Nxf5
19. Bxg7+ Kg8 20. Qg4 Nh4 $10 {Bolievich-Lhagvasuren,C/USSR/1987/ (20)}) (13.
a4 b4 14. Nce2 Kh8 (14... Nc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Rad1 Bf6 18. Bc1
Qc5 19. Nf3 Qh5 20. Rd3 Be7 21. e5 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 dxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5
Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Magomedov,M-Vaulin,A/Cheliabinsk 1990/ (61)}) 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16.
Qxg5 Nf6 17. Ng3 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Rd3 h6 21. Qf4 Qe7 22. Qh4
Rd7 23. Nh5 Nxh5 24. Qxh5 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Gelfand,B/Paris 1991/ (36)}) (13.
Rad1 Nc6 14. Nxc6 (14. Nce2 Kh8 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Nf6 17. f3 Na5 18. Kh1
Rfd8 19. Qg3 Nxb3 20. Nxb3 e5 21. Rd2 Be6 22. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Molnar,B-Neurohr,S/
St. Ingbert 1990/ (43)}) (14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 b4 16. Na4 Rb8 17. c3 Nxd4 18.
Rxd4 Bxa4 19. Bxa4 bxc3 20. b3 Rc8 21. Rc4 Qb7 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Rc1 Nf6 24.
Qe3 d5 25. Rxc3 {1/2-1/2 Oll,L-Gelfand,B/Sverdlovsk/1987/ (45)}) (14. Kh1 Na5
15. f4 Nxb3 16. axb3 b4 17. Nce2 Kh8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bh4 e5 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21.
exf5 Qxc2 22. Qg4 Qxb3 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Rd7 {1-0 Ruisinger,W-De Firmian,N/
Ticino/1993/ (31)}) 14... Bxc6 15. a3 a5 16. Re3 (16. Bf4 Qb7 17. e5 dxe5 18.
Bxe5 Bf6 19. f3 a4 20. Ba2 b4 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 bxa3 23. bxa3 Bxe5 24. Qxe5
Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Fedorov,V-Joecks,C/BL2-N 1994/ (27)}) 16... b4 17. axb4 axb4 18.
Ne2 Ra5 19. Bf4 Nf6 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxe5 Rd8 22. Re1 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Qxd6
Rxd6 {0-1 Macieja,B-Vaulin,A/Warsaw 1992/ (51)}) (13. Nce2 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6
15. Nf4 Kh8 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Nf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Qxe5 Rac8 20. a4 Qb6 21.
a5 Qc7 22. Nd3 Rfd8 23. Nb4 {1/2-1/2 Minasian,A-Rodriguez,A/Luzern 1993/ (64)})
13... Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Re3 $6 {Dubious move, that could have had grave
consequences for white.} a5 (15... Kh8 $5 16. Bg5 (16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg5 f6 18.
Nd5 Qd8 19. Rc3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 fxg5 21. Bxa8 Qxa8 $17) 16... f6 17. Bh4 g5 18.
Bxe6 gxh4 19. Qf4 $15) 16. Bg5 Bxg5 (16... f6 $2 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Nd5 $18) 17.
Qxg5 Rb8 18. Rae1 a4 19. Ba2 b4 20. axb4 Rxb4 21. Nd1 (21. Rb1 Qb7 $17) 21...
h6 22. Qg3 Nf6 23. f3 (23. e5 $2 Rg4 $17) 23... Nd7 24. Qf2 Ne5 25. Qd2 Rfb8
26. Rc3 Rxb2 $5 {[%mdl 512] Black has found courage for an interesting
sacrifice, that severely tests white's defensive skills.} (26... Qb6+ 27. Kh1
Rd4 $15) 27. Nxb2 Rxb2 28. Ra3 $2 (28. Bc4 a3 (28... Qb6+ 29. Kh1 a3 30. Bb3 $1
(30. Qxd6 Rb1 31. Rd1 Nxc4 32. Rxc4 a2 $19) (30. Rb3 $2 Nxc4 31. Rxb6 Nxd2 32.
Rxc6 a2 $19) 30... a2 31. Rce3 $13) 29. Qe3 (29. Ra1 $2 Qb6+ 30. Qf2 Rb1+ 31.
Rxb1 Qxb1+ 32. Qf1 Qb6+ 33. Kh1 Nxc4 34. Rxc4 a2 $19) 29... a2 30. Bf1 Rb1 31.
Ra3 Bxe4 32. Rxa2 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Bxf3 $15) 28... Bb5 29. Kh1 (29. Rc1 Qc5+ 30.
Qe3 Qxe3+ 31. Rxe3 Rxa2 $19) 29... Rxc2 {White resigned a bit prematurely,
even though hs problems are very serious.} (29... Rxc2 30. Qe3 Nd3 $17) 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 59th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.05.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bobras, Piotr"]
[Black "Lagowski, Patryk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[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. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Bf4 b4 {
Black does his best to meet opening up of the center with some counterplay.}
15. e5 dxe5 (15... bxc3 16. exd6 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Qxd6 Ra7 19. bxc3 $14)
16. Nxe5 Nxe5 (16... Bd6 17. Rxd6 Qxd6 18. Rd1 Nd4 19. Qe3 bxc3 20. bxc3 Nf6
21. Rxd4 Qe7 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. Bd6 $14) (16... bxc3 $2 17. Nxd7 $18) 17. Bxe5
Qb7 (17... Qc8 18. Ne4 $14) 18. Ne4 Qxe4 (18... Bc6 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 a5
21. Rd4 $14) 19. Rxd7 Bf6 20. f4 g6 $6 {This looks like a true reason for
black's troubles as his queen will have to accept the swap under unfavourable
conditions.} (20... Qc6 $1 21. Qd3 a5 22. c3 bxc3 23. bxc3 Rc8 24. Rf3 g6 25.
Qd4 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Ng7 {0-1 Nijboer,F-Pelletier,Y/Istanbul 2000/ (51)}) 21. Qf3
$1 Qxf3 22. Rxf3 a5 (22... Rd8 23. Ra7 $16) 23. Rb7 Bg7 (23... Rc8 24. c3 bxc3
25. Rxc3 $16) 24. c3 a4 25. Bc2 (25. Bc4 bxc3 26. Rxc3 $14) 25... bxc3 26. Rxc3
Nf6 (26... Bxe5 27. fxe5 f6 28. Re7 fxe5 29. Rxe6 $16) 27. Rc4 Rfc8 (27... a3
28. bxa3 (28. Bd6 Rfc8 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Bxa3 Nh5 $11) 28... Ng4 29. Bxg7 Kxg7
30. Bb3 $14) 28. Rxc8+ (28. Ra7 $5 Nd5 29. Rxa8 (29. Bxa4 $6 Bxe5 30. Rxc8+
Rxc8 31. fxe5 Ne3 32. b4 Ng4 33. Kf1 Rc1+ 34. Ke2 Nxe5 $14) 29... Rxa8 30. Rxa4
Rxa4 31. Bxa4 Bxe5 (31... Nb4 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. a3 Nd3 34. b4 Nxf4 35. b5 Nd5
36. Bb3 $18) 32. fxe5 Nb4 33. a3 Nd3 34. Bb5 $18) 28... Rxc8 29. Rb8 (29. Bxa4
Rc1+ 30. Kf2 Ng4+ 31. Kg3 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Nxe5 $14) 29... Rxb8 30. Bxb8 {Bobras
is certainly better with bishop's pair and a passed pawn, but black has
chances for successful defense.} Ng4 (30... Nd7 31. Bd6 Nb6 32. b3 axb3 33.
Bxb3 $14) 31. Ba7 (31. Bxa4 Bd4+ 32. Kf1 Nxh2+ 33. Ke2 Bxb2 $11) 31... Bxb2 32.
Bxa4 Ba3 (32... Nf6 33. Kf2 Nd5 34. Kf3 $14) 33. Bd4 Nh6 (33... Bc1 34. g3 Be3+
35. Bxe3 Nxe3 36. Bb5 $16) 34. Bc2 Kf8 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. h3 Nf5 $6 (36... f6 37.
g4 Nf7 38. Be3 Nd6 39. Bb3 $14) 37. Bxf5 $1 {[%mdl 4096] The great advantage
of the bishop's pair is the chance to give up for a good cause. The simple
bishop's ending is dangerous for black.} gxf5 (37... exf5 38. Ke2 $14) 38. Be5
f6 39. Bd4 Bd6 40. Ke3 e5 (40... Bc7 41. a4 e5 42. Bc3 Ke6 43. a5 $14) 41. Bb6
Ba3 (41... exf4+ 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. Ba5 Kd5 44. Bd2 $16) 42. Kd3 Kd7 (42... Bc1
43. g3 $1 (43. Be3 Bxe3 44. Kxe3 h5) 43... exf4 44. Kc2 $16) 43. Kc4 Kc6 44.
Be3 h5 45. Bd2 Bc5 46. Bc3 Bd6 (46... exf4 47. Bxf6 Be3 48. a4 $16) 47. a4 e4 (
47... Kb6 48. Kd5 $18) 48. g3 Be7 (48... h4 49. gxh4 Bxf4 50. Bxf6 Bc1 51. Bg5
Bb2 52. Bf4 $18) 49. Bd4 Bd8 50. Bc3 Be7 51. a5 Bd8 (51... Bc5 52. Bxf6 Bf2 53.
Bd4 $1 Bxg3 54. Be3 $18) 52. a6 Kb6 53. Ba5+ $1 1-0

[Event "USA-ch GpB"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. e5 Bb7 12. Qg3 Nxe5 (12... dxe5 13. Bxe6 fxe6
14. Nxe6 Qc6 15. Nxg7+ Kf7 16. Nf5 Rag8 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. f4 h6 19. fxe5 Rxg5
20. exf6+ Kf7 {1/2 Stocek,J (2555)-Dydyshko,V (2544)/Czechia 2002/ (32)}) 13.
Bxe6 fxe6 (13... O-O 14. f4 Nh5 15. Qh4 Nxf4 16. Bxe7 Neg6 17. Qg3 Qxe7 18. Bb3
Bxg2 19. Rhg1 b4 20. Na4 Qb7 21. h4 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Nb6 Qxd4 24. Rxd4
Ne2+ 25. Kd2 Nxg3 26. Rxg3 {1/2 Tukhaev,A (2438)-Mikkelsen,N (2246)/Belfort
2005/ (43)}) 14. f4 $5 {[%mdl 128] Christiansen is one of the great attacking
players and he must have cherrished preparing novelty in this sharp line.} (14.
Nxe6 Qc8 15. Nxg7+ Kf7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nh5 Qf5 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. f4 Nc4 20.
Qh3 Rae8 21. Rhe1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Qxf4+ 23. Kb1 Ne5 $19 {0-1 Lahno,K (2472)
-Novikov,I (2610)/Montreal 2004/ (49)}) 14... Ng6 (14... Nc4 $5 15. Nxe6 Qa5
16. Nxg7+ (16. Rde1 Kf7 17. Bh4 g6 18. Ng5+ Kf8 19. Rxe7 Kxe7 20. Re1+ Kd7 21.
Qh3+ Kc6 $15) 16... Kf7 17. Rde1 Bd8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qg4 $36) 15. Nxe6 Qd7 $2
{With hinsight Wojtkiewicz would surely have played 15...Qc6, now white pieces
will steal their way into defenders position.} (15... Qc6 16. Nxg7+ Kf7 17. Nf5
Qxg2 18. Qe3 $14) 16. Rhe1 (16. f5 Ne5) 16... Kf7 (16... b4 17. f5 $1 bxc3 (
17... Ne5 18. Rxe5 bxc3 19. Qxc3 $16) 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. fxg6 cxb2+ 20. Kb1 $18)
17. f5 {From now on each white move will resemble a blow.} Nf8 (17... Rac8 18.
Bxf6 gxf6 19. Kb1 $16) 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 (18... gxf6 19. Qg7+ Ke8 20. Qxh8 $18) 19.
Rxd6 Qc8 (19... Qe7 20. Nc5 Be5 21. Rxe5 Qxd6 22. Nxb7 Qh6+ 23. Kb1 $18) 20.
Ng5+ Kg8 (20... Bxg5+ 21. Qxg5 Qc7 22. Nd5 Qxd6 23. Re7+ Qxe7 24. Qxe7+ Kg8 25.
f6 $18) 21. Rxf6 $1 {The rest is easy, black has no arguments against white
intruders.} gxf6 (21... Qb8 22. Rd6 $18) 22. Nge4+ (22. Re7 fxg5 23. Qxg5+ Ng6
24. fxg6 h6 25. Qe5 Qf8 26. Qe6+ $18) 22... Ng6 (22... Kf7 23. Nd6#) 23. fxg6
1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 16th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2003.12.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2003.12.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5
8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Rhe1 O-O 12. Qg3 Nc5 13. Bh6 Ne8 14.
h4 $146 Kh8 $1 (14... Bd7 15. Bg5 Bxg5+ 16. hxg5 b4 17. Nb1 a5 18. Qh4 $40) 15.
Bg5 Nf6 16. e5 (16. a3 Bb7 $15) 16... dxe5 17. Qxe5 (17. Nf3 Bb7 18. Nxe5 Rac8
$17) 17... Qxe5 (17... Bd6 18. Qe2 $13 (18. Qe3 h6 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6+ Nh7)
) 18. Rxe5 Bd6 $1 19. Re2 Bc7 20. a3 Bb7 21. Ba2 (21. f3 Rfd8 22. Ba2 Ncd7 (
22... Rd7 $140 23. b4 Rad8 24. Red2) 23. Red2 $15) 21... Nfe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23.
Be3 Nf6 24. Bd2 $6 (24. f3 Bd5 (24... Rfd8 25. Red2) (24... Nd5 25. Bxd5 Bxd5
26. Red2 $11) 25. Kb1 $11) 24... Bxg2 (24... Rfd8 25. Nf3) 25. f3 Bb6 $1 (25...
Rad8 26. Nxe6 Bxf3 27. Nxd8 Rxd8 28. Re7 $44) 26. Rxg2 Bxd4 27. c3 $2 (27. Bg5
Bb6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rd7 $15) 27... Bb6 28. Bg5 Nh5 $1 29. Rd7 h6 30. Bd2 Ra7
$1 $17 31. Rxa7 Bxa7 32. a4 Bc5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Bb1 Be7 35. Bd3 Rb8 36. Rg4
Nf6 37. Rg1 b4 $19 38. Rh1 bxc3 39. bxc3 Nd5 40. Be4 Rc8 41. Bxd5 exd5 42. Kc2
Bf6 43. Kd3 h5 44. Ra1 Kh7 45. Ra5 Rd8 46. Ra4 Kg6 47. Be1 Rb8 (47... Kf5 $5)
48. Ra5 Rb1 49. Bf2 Rf1 50. Ke2 Rh1 51. Rxd5 Bxh4 52. Rd6+ f6 53. Bxh4 Rxh4 54.
Rc6 Rh2+ 55. Ke3 h4 56. Rc8 Kg5 57. c4 Rc2 58. Kd3 Rc1 59. Rh8 Kf4 (59... f5 $5
) 60. Rxh4+ (60. Kd2 $5 Ra1 $1 {Hecht: '[#] Duel of the passed pawns. Will the
c-pawn which is supported by the king save the draw? ' Hecht: '[#]
Freibauernduell. Rettet der vom König unterstützte c-Bauer das Remis?'} (60...
Rh1 61. c5 Ke5 62. Rd8 (62. Rh7 h3 63. c6 Kd6 64. Rxg7 Kxc6 $19) 62... h3 63.
c6 h2 64. c7 Rc1 65. Kxc1 h1=Q+ 66. Kd2 $11) {Hecht: Let us try supporting the
c-pawn from behind with the rook Hecht: Wir versuchen den c-Bauern mit dem
Turm von hinten zu unterstützen.} 61. Rxh4+ Kxf3 62. c5 Ra6 $1 (62... g5 63.
Rc4 (63. Rb4 Ra8) 63... g4 (63... Ra7 {Hecht} 64. c6 Rc7 65. Kd3 g4 (65... f5
$1 66. Kd4 f4 $1 {Here in any case White seems lost Hier scheint Weiß
allerdings verloren zu sein.} (66... g4 67. Ke5 g3 68. Kxf5 g2 69. Rf4+ Kg3 70.
Rg4+ Kf2 (70... Kh3 71. Rg6 Re7 72. Kf4 Kh2 73. Kf3 $11) 71. Rf4+ Kg1 72. Rc4
$11) 67. Ke5 Kg3 68. Kf5 (68. Kd6 Rc8 69. Kd7 Rg8 70. c7 f3 $19) (68. Rc3+ f3
69. Ke4 Kg2 $19) 68... f3 69. Kxg5 f2 $19) 66. Rc5 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Rc5f5]} Kf4
67. Rc4+ Kf5 68. Ke3 {and behold: a draw! The reason is the superior
co-operation between the white rook and king, whereas Black's pieces are lone
fighters. und siehe da: Remis! Der Grund ist die bessere Zusammenarbeit
zwischen weißem Turm und König, während die entsprechenden Steine bei Schwarz
Einzelkämpfer sind.}) 64. c6 Ra8 65. Rc5 (65. Rc3+ Kf2 66. Rc4 Rd8+ 67. Kc2 Kf3
68. c7 Rc8) (65. c7 Rc8 66. Rc3+ Kf2 67. Rc5 g3 68. Rf5+ Kg2 69. Rc5 Kf3) 65...
g3 (65... Rf8 66. Ke1) 66. Rf5+ Ke4 67. Rxf6 Rg8 68. Re6+ (68. c7 g2) 68... Kf5
69. Re1 g2 70. Rg1 (70. c7 Kf4) 70... Kf4 71. Kd3 Kf3 72. Kd4 $11) 63. Rc4 Rc6
64. Kd3 g5 65. Kd4 g4 66. Kd5 Rc8 67. c6 (67. Rc3+ Kf4 68. Ke6 (68. c6 g3)
68... g3 69. Rc2 Kf3 70. Kxf6 g2 71. Rc3+ Kg4 72. Rc4+ Kh5) 67... g3 68. c7 g2
69. Rc3+ Kf4 $19) 60... Kxf3 61. Rh7 Rd1+ (61... g5 {Hecht} 62. Rf7 Rd1+ 63.
Kc3 Rd6 64. c5 {and White gains the tempi required for a draw by attacking the
rook with the advancing pawn and then with the king. und Weiß gewinnt die zum
Remis ausreichenden Tempi durch Angriff auf den Turm mit dem vorrückenden
Bauer sowie danach dem König.}) 62. Kc3 Rd7 63. c5 f5 64. Kc4 f4 65. c6 Rf7 {
'!' Hecht.} (65... Ra7 $2 {Hecht} 66. Kc5 Ke3 67. Kb6 {the decisive gain of
tempo for the draw. mit entscheidendem Tempogewinn für das Remis.}) 66. Kd5 Ke3
67. Ke6 Ra7 {'!' Hecht. Hecht: 'at last! The king and pawn which cannot
co-operate at once lose the duel of the passed pawns.' Hecht: 'erst jetzt und
die nicht sofort kooperierenden Steine König und Bauer verlieren das
Freibauernduell.'} (67... Rf6+ $142 68. Kd7 f3 69. c7 (69. Rxg7 f2 70. Rg3+ Kf4
) 69... Rf7+ 70. Kd6 Rxc7 71. Kxc7 f2 $19 {Hecht: 'and wins by a hair's
breadth - just one tempo.' Hecht: 'und gewinnt haarscharf um ein Tempo.'}) 68.
Rh5 $1 (68. Rh8 {Hecht} f3 69. Rf8 f2 70. Kd6 g5 $19 (70... Ke2 $144 71. Re8+
Kf3 72. Rf8+ Kg2 $19)) 68... f3 69. Re5+ Kf4 70. Rf5+ Kg4 71. Rf8 Kg3 72. Kd6
g5 73. c7 Rxc7 74. Kxc7 g4 $1 75. Kc6 Kg2 76. Kd5 f2 77. Ke4 g3 {Hecht: 'Here
too a single tempo ensures the win.' Hecht: 'Auch hier gelingt der Gewinn nur
um ein Tempo.'} 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2011.05.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2011.05.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ramirez,A} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 {
Shakhriyar goes for the sharpest line. In the first game he had chosen the
more positional 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3. I also had to face this system in my
semi-final match vs Kamsky.} e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11.
Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. f4 Nc6 14. f5 {Again the sharpest choice. I had
earlier experiences with the more positional 13.Nf3, 13.Nce2 and the wild 14.
Bg5. Ramirez,A: 'This rare move had been used once before in a world class
game, about 10 years ago, and never again since. It's interesting, although a
little strange, that Mamedyarov is repeating this line. Gelfand doesn't follow
the same path as the previous game, which ended in a convincing black victory.
The move itself warrants quite an explanation. Playing f5 in a Sicilian is
always very committal: White weakens the important e5-square, preventing him
from ever achieving an e5 break, as well as allowing Black's pieces (usually a
knight, but in some rare cases a queen or a bishop) to occupy the fantastic
defensive square e5. Some writers have gone so far as to say that if Black
didn't have the e5-square for his pieces after f5, he would lose every
Sicilian.   White must therefore consistently attack on the kingside from now
on until he obtains a material gain, or he will end up strategically worse.'} (
{The last time I had this position I had to face} 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. f5 Kh8 16.
f6 {Ramirez,A: 'A spectacular pawn push, but a well-known one...'} gxh6 17.
fxe7 Qxe7 18. Qf2 {Ramirez,A: 'and White has compensation for the missing pawn.
A few games have seen this position, the most recent being the aforementioned
Rublevsky-Bu, 2010 China (rapid).'} Ng7 19. Qd4 Qa7 20. Qxa7 Rxa7 21. Rxd6 Rc8
22. a3 a5 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V (2781)-Gelfand,B (2720)/Moscow blitz 2008 (41); with
a minimal advantage for White.}) 14... Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Kh8 {After a long thought
I decided to deviate from the classical game} (15... Bf6 16. Rd3 Be5 17. Qg4 b4
18. f6 g6 19. Ne2 a5 $1 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Qh4 a4 22. Qxh7 Qa7+ 23. Kh1 Nxf6 24.
Qh6+ Ke7 {and Black went on to win a great game - Morozevich,A -Kasparov,G /
Astana 2001.}) 16. Be3 ({I think it is was stronger to play similiar to my
game vs Ivanchuk} 16. f6 {, but Black seems to hold after   Ramirez,A: 'is a
very logical move. Mamedyarov may have rejected it because of'} Bxf6 (16...
gxf6 $5 {Ramirez,A is also an interesting alternative. Black obtains a strong
pawn centre in return for the lost exchange. However, White can respond by
sacrificing material of his own!} 17. Nd5 $5 {A crazy move typical of the
Sicilian. Black is forced to take this intruder, but opens the fourth rank to
the rook on d4. It is almost impossible to give an evaluation of this position
without lengthy variations, so let's just say that this position is very
unclear.}) 17. Rxf6 Qc5 $1 {Ramirez,A: 'Strangely enough, although both the f6
and h6 pieces are under attack, neither can be effectively taken. However, the
rook on d4 is now pinned!'} (17... gxh6 {Ramirez,A} 18. Rxh6 Rg8 19. Qh4 Rg7 {
gives White some pressure, but might be playable.}) 18. Bxg7+ Nxg7 19. Qf2 Qe5
{Ramirez,A: 'with a very murky position.'} (19... Bc6 20. Bd5) 20. Rh6 f5 $1)
16... Nf6 17. Qh3 $5 {Hitting on the e6-pawn and vacating the h4-square for
the R. Ramirez,A: 'A logical move, upping the pressure on this side of the
board. However, it does remove the pressure that the queen on g3 was exerting
on the h2-b8 diagonal, specifically pinning the d-pawn. Black now achieves
another of his strategic goals in the Sicilian: the d5 break!'} (17. a3 a5) (
17. Qh4 e5 18. Rd2 b4) 17... d5 $1 {The key move in the style of the Sicilian
Defence.} 18. e5 $1 (18. exd5 exf5 {with a clear advantage for Black is not
even worth considering.}) 18... Qxe5 19. Rh4 Rfc8 {Preparing Rxc3 and clearing
the way for Black's K.} ({There was no way to bail out by} 19... d4 20. Ne4
Qxe4 21. Rxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxd4 exf5 23. Bd5 $1 Rad8 24. Bb6 Rb8 25. Bxe4 Rxb6 26.
Bxf5 $18) ({However, as the computer indicates, Black has nothing to fear and
could get an advantage by the simple} 19... Rac8 $1 20. Bg5 (20. g4 Qxe3+ 21.
Qxe3 Bc5 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. g5 Ng8) (20. Kh1 Rxc3 21. bxc3 Qxc3) {or even} 20...
h6 (20... Kg8 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Rxh7 g6 23. Ne2 (23. g4 exf5 24. gxf5 Qd4+ 25.
Kg2 Bf6) 23... a5 24. c3 a4) 21. g4 Kg8 $1 {and White has no attacking ideas,
for example} 22. Bxh6 $140 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Qe4+) 20. Kh1 $2 {
In a way the decisive mistake.} (20. Bg5 $1 {was the right way to follow. Now
Black has a choice:} {or} Kg8 ({or} 20... h6 21. Rxh6+ gxh6 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 (
22... Nh7 23. Bxe7 $44) 23. fxe6 fxe6 (23... Bxe6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Rxf6 $44)
24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Ne4 (25. Bxf6+ Bxf6 26. Rxf6 Rf8 $11) 25... Nxe4 26. Qh5+ Kg8
27. Qf7+ Kh8 $11 {with a perpetual}) 21. Bxf6 {but stronger is} Qxf6 $1 ({
Now the natural} 21... Bxf6 {loses due to} 22. Rxh7 Kf8 23. fxe6 Bxe6 (23...
fxe6 24. Nxd5) 24. Nxd5 $1 $18) 22. Rxh7 g6 {and White has to escape by} 23. g4
$1 (23. Bxd5 Rxc3 24. bxc3 exd5) 23... Rxc3 24. bxc3 Bc5+ 25. Kg2 (25. Kh1 Bc6)
25... exf5 26. Bxd5 Bc6 27. Rh8+ Qxh8 28. Qxh8+ Kxh8 29. Bxc6 $11) ({During
the game I didn't consider} 20. g4 {seriously and rightly so} Qxe3+ 21. Qxe3
Bc5 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. g5 Ng8 {despite the poor placement of Black's N Black is
clearly better.} 24. fxe6 (24. g6 fxg6 25. fxe6 (25. fxg6 Nh6 26. Rxh6 gxh6 27.
Rf7 Rd8 28. Rxh7+ Kg8) 25... Bxe6) (24. Rf3 Ne7 25. Rfh3 (25. fxe6 fxe6 26.
Rfh3 h6 27. gxh6 g6) 25... h6) 24... Bxe6 $15 (24... fxe6 25. Rf7 Rd8)) 20...
Rxc3 {This move is so natural, that it doesn't deserve an exclamation mark.}
21. bxc3 Qxc3 {Black has 2 pawns for an exchange and the Bb3 is cut off from
the game. So, White's position is on the verge of being lost.} (21... exf5 $2 {
would pass the advantage to White:} 22. Bd4 Qe2 23. Kg1 f4 24. Qd3) 22. Rd4 {
White's attack went nowhere, so he is returning a R back into defence.} (22.
fxe6 Bxe6 23. Qf3 Ne4) (22. Bd4 Qxh3 23. Rxh3 a5 {and Black has a clear
advantage in the endgame.}) 22... a5 $1 23. Rd3 Qc6 24. c3 a4 25. Bc2 e5 26.
Bg5 b4 {Black had some more simple options, but I went for the most direct
continuation.} (26... Qc4 27. Bb1 e4 28. Rdd1 Re8 $17) (26... e4 27. Rd4 (27.
Rd2 b4 28. cxb4 (28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. cxb4 d4) 28... Bxb4 29. Rd4 Qc5 $19) 27...
Rc8 28. Rfd1 b4 29. c4 Be8 $19) 27. Qh4 {White is starting another wave of
attack on the h-line.} bxc3 ({A more simple way was} 27... Rc8 28. Rh3 (28.
Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Qxb4 e4) 28... Qc4 $19) 28. Rh3 Kg8 29. Re1 {Other moves are not
better:} (29. Rg3 e4 30. Bh6 g6) (29. Qg3 d4 30. Qxe5 Qb5 $1) (29. Bxf6 Bxf6
30. Qxh7+ Kf8) 29... e4 30. g4 Kf8 31. Be3 Qc4 $1 {Here I got really excited.
It is not very common to get such a line of pawns vs the R.} 32. g5 Bxf5 $1 33.
gxf6 Bxf6 34. Qh5 (34. Qg3 d4) 34... Bg6 $1 {I think it is both stronger and
more aesthetic than} (34... Bxh3 35. Qxh3 Kg8 {which is also good enough.}) 35.
Qg4 Qxa2 36. Bb1 Qc4 37. Qg2 a3 38. Ba2 Qc6 39. Rg3 Rb8 {Here my opponent lost
on time.} (39... Rb8 {I hope that after the strongest} 40. Bc1 {I would have
managed to find} (40. Qh3 Rb2) 40... Rb2 $1 (40... Qc5 {is good enough}) 41.
Bxb2 axb2 42. Bb1 Be5 43. Rge3 f5 {White has 2 Rs for B and 6 Ps. White is
totally helpless. In the famous game Lutikov-Taimanov in Moscow 1969 Black
also had 6 pawns for a B, but this position is clearly more beautiful.}) 0-1

[Event "Budapest zt-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Georgiev,Ki"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 Nc6 {11...0-0; 11...b4; 11...Nbd7;} 12. Rad1
O-O 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bh6 Ne8 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. a3 $5 $146 (16. Rd3 $10) 16...
Kh8 (16... Rd8 $5) 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Nf6 19. Rd3 Rad8 20. Qd2 Qb6 $2 (20...
Rd7 $142 21. f3 Rfd8 22. Rd1 $14) 21. Rd1 $1 Nxe4 (21... Bxe4 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23.
Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Bb7 25. Rb6 $16) 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Qxd6 Qxd6
25. Rxd6 $16 a5 (25... Ra8 26. f3 Bf5 27. Kf2 g5 28. Ke3 Kg7 29. Kd4 $16) 26.
f3 Bg6 (26... Bf5 $5 {/\ g5, Kg7} 27. g4 Bg6 {/\ h5}) 27. a4 $1 bxa4 28. Bxa4
h5 29. c4 Rc8 30. b3 $1 Bc2 31. Rd2 Bf5 32. h4 f6 33. Kf2 g5 34. hxg5 fxg5 35.
Rd7 h4 36. Ra7 Rc5 37. Rb7 g4 38. fxg4 Bxg4 39. Rb5 $1 Rf5+ 40. Ke3 Kg7 41. c5
h3 42. gxh3 Rf3+ 43. Kd4 Bxh3 44. c6 Kf6 45. Rxa5 Rf1 46. b4 Rb1 47. b5 e5+ 48.
Kc5 e4 49. b6 e3 50. Bb5 Rc1+ 51. Kd6 Bg2 52. Ra2 1-0

[Event "VAM Hoogeveen op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "1998.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bosch, Jeroen"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O
$6 (7. Bb3 $142) 7... Be7 {-transfers to-7.Bb3} ({Good enough:} 7... Nxe4 $5 8.
Nxe4 d5 {+/=/=}) 8. Bb3 O-O 9. f4 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Be3 Bb7 $5 (
{Dubious:} 12... Nc5 $6 {because of:} 13. Qf3 $36 {[%cal Gf3g3]}) (12... Nxe5
$5 {See comments to Short,N-Kasparov,G/Novgorod,1997(CBM60)1/2-1/2[Fritz,5.00]
(25)}) 13. Rxf7 $2 $146 {[%mdl 512] As an analyse shows this sacrifice is not
justified.} ({Can be recommended:} 13. Qh5 $5 Nc6 (13... g6 $5 {/\b4}) 14. Rxf7
$6 (14. Nxc6 $5 Bxc6 $140 15. Rad1 $13) 14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Rxf7 16. Bxe6 Nxe5
17. Qxe5 Bf6 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Qh5 Bxd4+ (19... Qxd4+ $5) 20. Kh1 $11 {1-0
Degenhardt,H-Roeschlau,B/Frankfurt 1989/EXT 97 (42)}) 13... Rxf7 14. Nxe6 Qc8 {
-is the better move.} ({Loses:} 14... Qe8 {in view of:} 15. Nc7 {[%csl Ra8,Rd7,
Rf7][%cal Ge5e6]}) ({Badly:} 14... Qa5 {because of:} 15. Ng5 {with strong
attack.}) 15. Nd5 (15. Qh5 $6 g6 $17 {[%cal Gd7e5]}) 15... Kh8 $6 ({After:} 
15... Nxe5 $3 {[%cal Ge5c4] Mikhalevski,V} 16. Nb6 $140 Qe8 $1 {[%cal Gc8e8,
Ge8c6]} (16... Qc6 $2 17. Bd5) 17. Nxa8 (17. Nc7 $2 Qc6 $19 {[%csl Rc7,Rg2]})
17... Qc6 18. Qe2 Nc4 $17 {[%csl Gb3,Yc4] I has a big advantage.}) 16. Qh5 g6
$2 {After this move,white has a strong attack.} ({Strongly:} 16... Qe8 $1 {
[%cal Gf7f1]} 17. Ndf4 $140 (17. Nef4 $5 {=/+/-/+}) 17... Rf8 $1 $17 (17...
Nxe5 $6 18. Qxe5 $36) (17... Nf6 $2 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bc5 $40)) 17. Nxe7 Rxe7
$8 ({Loses:} 17... gxh5 $4 18. Nxc8 Bxc8 19. Nc7 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rf7]}) 18. Qh4
Nc6 ({Better is:} 18... Qc6 $5 19. Nf4 Qe4 $1 (19... Rxe5 $4 20. Qd8+ Kg7 21.
Nh5+ $1 Rxh5 (21... gxh5 22. Qg8+ Kf6 23. Qf7#) 22. Qg8+ Kf6 23. Qf7+ Ke5 24.
Qf4#) 20. Re1 $40) 19. Rf1 $1 $36 (19. Bg5 $2 Rf7 $17) 19... Qe8 {-is the best
move.} (19... Qg8 $2 20. Ng5 $1 $40) (19... Qb8 $2 20. Bg5 Rxe6 21. Bxe6 $18) (
19... h5 $6 20. Qg5 Ndxe5 $2 (20... Qb8 $5) 21. Rf8+ $1 (21. Qf6+ $5 Kh7 22.
Ng5+ Kh6 23. Ne4+ Kh7 24. Qg5 $1 Ng4 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Qxg6 $18) 21... Qxf8 22.
Nxf8 $18 {[%cal Gg5h6]}) 20. Nc7 $5 ({Worse is:} 20. Rf8+ Qxf8 (20... Nxf8 $4
21. Qf6+ Kg8 22. Nxf8+ Rf7 23. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 (24... Kf8 25. Bh6+
Ke7 26. Qd6#) 25. Bxf7 Qf8 26. Qh5+ Kg7 27. Bh6+ Kh8 28. Bxf8#) 21. Nxf8 Rxf8
22. e6 Nde5 23. Bc5 $5 (23. Bd4 $6 Rf5 24. h3 $15) 23... Rfe8 $14) 20... Qb8
21. Nxa8 $16 Qxe5 (21... Bxa8 $2 22. e6 $18) 22. Bg5 Rg7 ({This move:} 22...
Bxa8 $2 {-is refuted by:} 23. Rf8+ $3 Nxf8 (23... Kg7 24. Qh6#) 24. Bf6+ $18)
23. Qf2 $6 {[%cal Gf2f8]} ({Right away win:} 23. Nb6 $1 Qc5+ (23... Nxb6 $4 24.
Rf8+) 24. Qf2 Nd4 25. Nxd7 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Qxf2 27. Rxf2 $18 Rxd7 $140 $2 28. Rf8+
Kg7 29. Rg8#) 23... h5 $1 24. Bf4 $6 ({Good enough:} 24. Bh6 $5) ({and} 24. Nb6
$1 Qxg5 (24... Nxb6 25. Qf8+ Kh7 26. Bf6 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 $18) 25. Nxd7 $16) 24...
Qf6 $5 (24... Qxb2 $143 25. Nc7 $16) (24... Qd4 $2 25. Nc7 $18) 25. Nc7 Nd4 $1
26. Be3 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 26. Ne8 $5 Qxf4 27. Nxg7 (27. Qxf4 $2 Ne2+
28. Kf2 (28. Kh1 $4 Nxf4 {[%csl Rg2]} 29. Rxf4 (29. Nxg7 Bxg2+ 30. Kg1 Bxf1 $19
) 29... Re7 $19 {[%csl Re8,Rh1]}) 28... Nxf4 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 $11) 27... Qxf2+ 28.
Kxf2 Nxb3 (28... Kxg7 $4 29. Rd1 $18) 29. Nxh5 {+/=/+/-_|_}) (26. Qe3 $5 $16)
26... Qxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Nxb3 28. axb3 Re7 29. Bd4+ $5 ({Another option:} 29. Bd2
$5) 29... Kg8 30. c4 Ne5 $6 $138 ({Better is:} 30... Re1+ $5 31. Rf1 Re2 (31...
Re4 $5 32. Rd1 Re2 (32... Rg4 $143 33. g3 $16) 33. Bf2 Ne5 $14 {[%cal Ge5g4]})
32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. cxd5 Rd2 34. Rf4 $14) 31. Bxe5 (31. Rf6 $2 Ng4 32. Rxg6+ Kh7 {
[%csl Rg1][%cal Ge7e1]} 33. Re6 $8 Rxc7 $17) 31... Rxe5 32. Rd2 {/\Nd5} bxc4 (
32... Kf7 $5) 33. bxc4 Kf7 34. b4 $2 $138 ({After:} 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. b3 {
Bosch keeps an advantage in the endgame.}) 34... Ke7 35. Kf2 Re4 $1 {קc4,b4;
Nc7} 36. Nd5+ (36. b5 $144 Rxc4 37. Nxa6 (37. bxa6 Rxc7 38. axb7 Rxb7 $11)
37... Bxa6 38. bxa6 Ra4 $11) 36... Bxd5 37. Rxd5 Rxc4 $11 38. Ra5 Rc6 39. b5
Rc2+ 40. Kf1 axb5 41. Rxb5 h4 42. Ra5 Kf6 43. Kg1 g5 44. h3 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lasker Autumn GM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2001.10.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Szabo, Gergely Andras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Golubev,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2001.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{For the first time this game was published in British Chess Magazine 12/2001.
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8.
O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 {# This is a well-known crossroads in
the Fischer/Sozin Attack. Black has four popular moves here: 11...Nc6 
(illogical); 11...0-0 (slightly better for White); 11...Nbd7!? (consequent,
but risky) and 11...b4 12 Na4 0-0 (solid main line). I spent a lot of time on
all this while playing and analysing my previous games and writing the 9 Qf3
chapter for my Sicilian Sozin book. One more option is 11...Bd7?, but here
White gets a crushing attack by 12 Nf5! exf5 13 Qxg7 Rf8 14 Bg5!, as Ivanchuk
played against Shakhvorostov in the USSR Junior Championship 1985 (in which I
also participated). All other Black's moves are virtually untested till now.}
h5 {A surprise. At the board I could remember only that White won a game after
12 Nf5, but hardly anything else.} 12. Nf5 ({A less ambitious move would be} 
12. f3 {, after which Black can either start to disturb the white pieces with
pawns (12.. .h4!? and 13 Qxg7?! Rh7 14 Qg5 Rh5 is a guaranteed draw) or else
develop his queenside pieces.}) 12... exf5 13. Qxg7 {I spent about half an
hour on the last two moves. After 13 e5 dxe5!? 14 Qxg7 Rf8 White has some
compensation but I didn't like 15 Rad1 Be6 at all, and 15 Bg5 (where 15...b4!?
is possible) didn't attract me either. The final decision was made after I
found an additional idea 16 Rad1!? and 17 Rxd6+ in the game line.} (13. e5 dxe5
14. Qxg7 Rf8 15. Rad1 (15. Bg5) 15... Be6) 13... Rh7 $1 {I expected this, and
it is clearly the best move. After the game my database showed that Black had
previously played only 13...Rf8?!. Instinct tells me that White should be much
better after that; possibly 14 Bg5!? Nxe4 15 Bd5 Nxg5 16 Bxb7 Bxb7 17 Rfe1 Ne6
18 Qh7, Sofia Polgar-Enoshi, Biel 1987, is confirmation of that view.} (13...
Rf8 14. Bg5 Nxe4 15. Bd5 Nxg5 16. Bxb7 Bxb7 17. Rfe1 Ne6 18. Qh7) 14. Bxf7+ Kd8
15. Qg6 Nbd7 {# In this critical position Black threatens to win a bishop by
16...Ne5 or 16...Nf8, and White has to do something. 16 Nd5?! Nf8 17 Bb6+ Qxb6
18 Nxb6 Nxg6 19 Bxg6 Rg7 is clearly not good, but 16 Bd5 is probably strongest;
Black then has two possibilities. One line is 16...Nxd5 17 Nxd5 (or 17 Qxh7!?)
17...Nf8 18 Bb6+ (18 Qg3 may be of some interest) 18...Qxb6 19 Qxh7 Nxh7 20
Nxb6 Rb8, and White can play 21 Nd5 (rather than 21 Nxc8 Rxc8 22 exf5 Rxc2). I
didn't like 16... Qb8 17 Bxa8 Nf8 (17...Ne5 18 Qg5!) where Black first attacks
the white queen and later takes on a8 in the best possible circumstances. Now
I think that after 18 Qg5! his initiative is rather temporary. 17 Qxf5!? 
(instead of 17 Bxa8) deserves attention as well.} 16. Rad1 {After long
reflection I chose this move, planning a further queen sacrifice that worked
so well in the game. However, 16 Rad1 could possibly cost White a point, at
least when playing against a computer.} Ne5 {16...Nf8 17 Rxd6+ with good
chances after 17... N6d7 18 Bb6+!? Qxb6 19 Rxd7+ Nxd7 20 Qxh7 or 17...Kc7 18
Qxf6!? Bxf6 19 Rxf6. If 17...Bd7, White can play as in the game.} 17. Rxd6+ {#}
Bd7 {If Black has any natural move here, then this is it. After 17...Bxd6, the
forced line 18 Qxf6+ Qe7 19 Bb6+ Kd7 20 Qxf5+ Kc6 21 Qxh7 leaves White with
four pawns for a bishop. However, in the case of 17...Kc7! (king attacks rook!)
Black can probably survive his opponent's activity with a good chance of
winning: 18 Nd5+ (other moves don't work at all, as far as I can be sure about
such a position) 18...Kxd6! (other moves are unconvincing: 18...Nxd5?! 19
Qxh7!? Nxe3 20 Bd5; 18...Qxd5 19 exd5!? Nxg6 20 Rc6+; 18...Kb8 19 Rxf6!? Nxg6
20 Bxg6 Bxf6 21 Bf4+) 19 Bf4 (this was my main hope; 19 Rd1? Nxg6; 19 Nxf6?
Rxf7!?) 19...Rxf7! (the only move) 20 Rd1 (20 Qxf7 Nxd5! 21 Bxe5+ Kxe5, and
also good is 20....Be6!?) ... and now, incredibly, the cold computer move 20...
fxe4!! leaves White with just too few fighters on the board. In all the lines
that I was able to find, White is in big trouble. The main point is that,
after 21 Nxf6+ Ke6, White's queen is attacked and he must play 22 Bxe5 where,
after 22...Bxf6!? 23 Bxf6 Rxf6 24 Qe8+ Qe7 25 Qc6+ Kf7 26 Qxa8 Rd6, Black has
a bishop for two pawns.} 18. Qxf6 $1 {18 Rxd7+? Qxd7 is hopeless for White;
also bad is 18 Bd5?! Qxd5 19 Nxd5 Nxg6 20 Bb6+ Kc8.} Bxf6 {18...Nxf7? 19
Rxd7+! Qxd7 20 Qg6 and White wins.} 19. Bd5 {# White has only three pawns for
a queen at this juncture. Also, he has no concrete threats against the
adversary's king. Nevertheless, compensation is very considerable. I liked all
the lines I saw for White in this position, and the most difficult part was to
convince myself that I really can play without a queen. But... it's only a
piece after all.} Qb8 {19...Qc7? is impossible because of 20 Bb6!. After 19...
Nc6 White plays 20 Rxf6.} 20. Rxf6 Rg7 {Two good illustrative lines are 20...
Ng4 21 Rf8+ Be8 22 Bg5+ Re7 23 Rd1! Qxh2+ 24 Kf1 and 20...Ke7 21 Bg5! Ke8 22
exf5.} 21. Rf8+ Be8 22. Rd1 Rd7 $2 {Black should play 22...Nd7, but White is
already better anyway.} 23. Bg5+ Kc7 24. Bf4 Kd8 {24...Kb6 loses by force
after 25 Rf6+ Ka5 26 a3! b4 27 axb4+ Kxb4 28 Rd4+ Kc5 29 Be3.} 25. Bg5+ {
The old masters would never understand such a manoeuvre, but they played
without a clock...} Kc7 26. Bf4 Kd8 27. Rxf5 {# White is winning from now
until the end. The game continued in increasingly hectic mutual time-trouble
where my main aim was not to let the white pieces come under attack. So it was
not easy to find such an aggressive idea as 41 Nd8+, winning a rook...} b4 28.
Bxe5 Qa7 29. Ne2 Rc8 30. Nd4 Qb6 31. Rd3 Ke7 32. Bf6+ Qxf6 33. Rxf6 Kxf6 34. f3
Rc5 35. Kf2 Rdc7 36. Ke3 Bf7 37. Bxf7 Kxf7 38. f4 Ra5 39. Rb3 Rb7 40. Nc6 Rxa2
41. Nxb4 $2 Ra4 42. Nc6 Rxb3+ 43. cxb3 Ra2 44. Ne5+ Ke6 45. Nd3 a5 {Here I
reckoned that 40 moves must have been made. My flag fell; we reconstructed the
last 15 moves and Black resigned. He could play on, but White has too many
pawns for the exchange.} 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 15th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2013.04.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Grover,S"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 {Its old fashioned
given the way things had been shaping up in the Najdorf last few years.
However, I have played it a lot in kintergarden days. The idea is simple, go
for the king!} e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Qf3 $5 Qb6 {Most of my prepration time was
spent on this move, Black can also try for Bb7 and Qc7. We had noticed Maghami
playing this line and it was hard to resist the temptation to go for it.} (8...
Bb7 9. O-O) (8... Qc7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 {Transposing to the main
line}) 9. Be3 Qb7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 (10... Be7 {Is probably better}) 11. Rhe1 $5
Be7 (11... Nc5 12. Bf4 {And Black is in some troubles.} Be7 13. Bd5 $1 exd5 14.
Nxd5 O-O 15. Nc6 Bg4 (15... Bd8 16. Nxd8 Rxd8 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Bh6 {is game
over}) 16. Ndxe7+ Kh8 17. Qe3 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Rfe8 19. f3 Ncxe4 (19... Ng8 20.
Nxg8 Qxc6 21. Rxd6 Qc7 22. Rd5 Qa7 23. Nf6 {is pretty and good for white})) 12.
Qg3 g6 ({I was in fact hoping for} 12... Nh5 13. Qh3 Nhf6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15.
Nxe6 Kf7 16. Ng5+ Kf8 17. Rxd6 {With lots of excitement although now I feel it
is not so clear} (17. f4 Nb6 18. f5 Nc4)) 13. Bh6 Nc5 {Looks a bit provocative
but I didn't see any better move for Black over the board} 14. e5 Nfe4 (14...
dxe5 15. Qxe5 Ncd7 16. Qf4 {And white has immense control}) 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16.
Rxe4 $1 {Fasten your seat belts... I heard it somewhere inside my mind!} (16.
Qf4 d5 17. f3 Nc5 18. Bg7 {Was also better}) 16... Qxe4 17. exd6 Bf6 18. Nf3
Qf5 19. Re1 $2 (19. c3 $1 {And the game should be over in a few moves} b4 (
19... g5 20. Bxg5 Bxg5+ 21. Nxg5 Rg8 22. f4 h6 23. Bc2 $18) 20. Bc2 Qc5 21. Qf4
$18) 19... Bd7 (19... Qh5 20. Qf4 Qf5 21. Qe3 {And white can continue with his
plan of c3-Bc2}) 20. h4 $5 {Stopping g5, it wasn't a threat anyways} (20. c3 {
Was perhaps quicker} Qh5 21. Bf4 {[%cal Gf3e5]}) 20... Rc8 21. c3 $2 {A little
too late.. or a little too early? , maybe White should first play Ne5, then
try for c3} (21. Ne5) 21... b4 22. Bc2 Qh5 $4 {Time pressure!, sounds a bit
weird given that my opponent is an excellent blitz player. But then by now I
know many blitz experts who run short of time.} (22... Qc5 23. Qf4 Bxc3 $1 24.
Re2 {I have serious doubts if I would have played such a move but thanks
anyway Houdini!} Bb5 25. bxc3 Qxc3 26. d7+ $1 Bxd7 27. Kb1 {Black has got
something to play on here but white should be winning}) 23. Qf4 $18 bxc3 24. b3
Bd8 25. Ng5 {And the lady is caught on the edge of the board} f6 26. Rxe6+ $1 {
Its always the 'wow factor' that makes us interested, isnt it?} Bxe6 27. Qa4+
Bd7 28. Qe4+ {Once again my actual plans with 6. Bc4 worked. Its checkmate!}
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 09th Group6"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "1993.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Damaso, Rui"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1993.09.17"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lisbon TLP"]
[BlackTeam "Muenchen Bayern"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3
O-O 9. f4 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Qh5 Bc5 (12... Nf6 $2 13. exf6 Qxd4+
14. Kh1 Bxf6 15. Qf3 Qa7 16. Ne4 Nd7 17. Be3 Qb8 18. Rad1 Kh8 19. Rxd7 $18 {
Bednarski,J-Zuckerman,B/Polanica Zdroj/1972/}) (12... g6 13. Qe2 (13. Qg4 Nxe5
14. Qe4 Bc5 15. Be3 Nbc6 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Kh1 Nxd4 18. Qxe5 Nxb3 19. Ne4 Qb8
20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. Qc3 e5 22. axb3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Kg7 24. Nh5+ gxh5 25. Qg5+ Kh8
26. Rxf7 {1-0/Sznapik,A-Hohler,P/Polen/1974/}) 13... Bc5 14. Be3 Bb7 15. Rxf7
Bxd4 16. Bxe6 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Rxf7 18. Rf1 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Rxf7 Bc8 21.
Bb3 Nc4 22. Rc7 Be6 23. a4 $16 {Walter,E-Gereben,E/Schweiz/1971/}) (12... Nc5
13. Be3 Nxb3 (13... Bb7 14. Rxf7 $18 {Bednarski,J-Pytel,K/Lublin/1972/}) 14.
axb3 (14. cxb3 Bb7 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bf4 b4 17. Nce2 Nd7 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Ng3 Nb6
20. Nh5 Rg8 21. Kh1 Nd5 $15 {Koronghy-Schrancz,I/Budapest/1972/}) 14... Bb7 15.
Rf2 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Raf1 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 $10 {Mestel,J-Browne,W/
Hastings/1973/}) (12... Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qb6+ 14. Be3 (14. Kh1 Qxc6 15. Rf3 Bb7 16.
Bf4 Nc5 (16... b4 17. Ba4 Qc7 18. Rh3 h6 19. Rg3 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxe5 21. Ne2 Nc5
22. Bf6 Qxh5 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 {0,5/Bednarski,J-Dueball,J/Vraca zt/1975/}) 17. Rg3
b4 18. Bh6 g6 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Nd1 Ne4 21. Rg4 Bg7 22. Qh4 Bxe5 $17 {Adorjan,
A-Hulak,K/Amsterdam/1977/}) 14... Qxc6 15. Rf3 Bb7 16. Kh1 (16. Rg3 g6 $6 (
16... Bc5) 17. Qh6 Nxe5 18. Bd5 $18 {Fatalibekova,E-Baumstark,G/Tbilisi izt/
1976/}) (16. Raf1 Bc5 17. R1f2 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Qc5 19. Qg5 h6 20. Qf4 a5 21. a4
bxa4 22. Nxa4 Qb4 23. Qg3 Bc6 24. Rf4 $14 {Hartston,J-Georgieva/Belgrade/1977/}
) 16... Bc5 (16... g6 17. Qh6 Nxe5 $2 18. Bd5 $18 {Bednarski,J-Ghitescu,Th/
Bath/1973/}) 17. Re1 a5 (17... f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Bxc5 Rxf3 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21.
Bd5 Qxc5 22. Bxf3 Qf2 23. Qe8+ Nf8 24. Qe3 $16 {Levy,L-Savon,V/Cienfuegos/1973/
}) 18. a4 b4 19. Nb5 Bxe3 20. Rexe3 Nc5 21. Nd4 Qa6 22. Rf4 Rad8 $13 {
Gheorghiu,F-Polugaevsky,L/Petropolis izt/1973/}) 13. Be3 Bxd4 (13... Qb6 14.
Rf4 Nc6 15. Rh4 h6 16. Rd1 Ndxe5 (16... Nxd4 17. Rdxd4 Bb7 18. Qxh6 $1 $18 {
Perecz,L-Orgovan,S/Ungarn/1977/}) 17. Ne4 Bxd4 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Rdxd4 Nxd4 20.
Bxd4 Qc7 21. Qg5 Ng4 22. Nxg4 f6 23. Nxf6 Rxf6 24. Bxf6 $18 {Mestel,
J-Wirthensohn,H/Hastings/1971/}) (13... Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxe3+ 15. Kh1 Qg5 16. Qxg5
Bxg5 17. Ne4 Bb7 18. Nxg5 Bxc6 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Bxe6 Nxe5 21. Rf5 Kf8 22. Rxe5
Re8 23. Kg1 $16 {Bednarski,J-Gheorghiu,F/Vraca zt/1975/}) (13... Qc7 14. Ne4
Nxe5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Rae1 Qd6 17. Rd1 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nb5 Qc6 $2 {
1-0/Roy,S-Das,D/Calcutta op/1993/} (19... Qc6 20. Qxf7+ $18)) 14. Bxd4 Nc6 15.
Rad1 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Qb6 17. Rff4 (17. Rfd1 Qc5 18. Qf3 (18. Bd5 exd5 19. Nxd5 a5
20. c3 Ra6 $19 {Marjanovic,S-Dominde/Porec/1974/}) 18... Rb8 $2 (18... Ra7 $1
19. Ne4 Qxe5) 19. Ne4 Qb6 (19... Qxe5 20. Rxd7) 20. Qg3 Nc5 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22.
Kh1 $16 {Strand-Molnes/cr/1983/}) 17... Qc5 18. Nd5 exd5 $6 (18... Ra7 $1 19.
Kh1 exd5 20. Rd3 Nxe5 21. Rh4 h6 22. Qxe5 Re7 23. Qg3 Rfe8 $17 {
Socaciu-Dominte/Romania/1980/}) 19. c3 $2 (19. Bxd5 $8 Qxc2 (19... Ra7 $2 20.
Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Qxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rh4#) (19... g6 20. Qh6 {/\Rh4} Qxc2 $8 21. Rf2 $1
$16 {/\Rh4} (21. Bxa8 Qc1+ 22. Kf2 Nxe5 $17) 21... Qb1+ 22. Rf1 Qxb2 (22... Qc2
23. Rh4 g5 24. Be4 $18) 23. Rh4 $18) 20. Bxa8 (20. Rxf7 Kh8 21. Rxf8+ (21. Bxa8
Qc5 $17) 21... Nxf8 22. Bxa8 Qc5 $19 {/\Ne6}) 20... Qxb2 $14 (20... Nb6 $2 21.
Qxf7+ $18)) 19... Qe7 $19 20. Rh4 Nf6 21. Qg5 Re8 0-1

[Event "Podolsk"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 (11. Bh4 g5 (11... Qb6 12. Nd5 Qc5 13.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Qc4 17. Qh5+ Kd7 18. Nf4 Kc7
19. b3 Qg8 20. c4 $13 {Farkas,Gy-Szekely,M/Budapest/1972/}) (11... Nc5 12. Bd5
exd5 13. exd5+ Kd7 14. b4 Na4 15. Nxa4 bxa4 16. c4 $16 {Fischer,R-Rubinetti,J/
Palma de Mallorca/1970/}) 12. Bg3 Ne5 13. Nf3 (13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nxe6 Qc8 15.
Nxf8 Rxf8 16. Qxd6 $16 {Martinez,N-Alonso,R/Cuba/1986/}) (13. Qe2 Qc7 (13...
Be7 14. Rad1 Qb6 15. Nf3 Qc7 $14 {Ferrera,B-Sunye Neto,J/Mexico open/1991/})
14. Rad1 Be7 15. a3 $14 {Martin,T-Haag,W/2.BLS/1989/}) 13... Qc7 14. Nd2 (14.
Nxe5 dxe5 15. Qf3 Bg7 16. Rad1 b4 17. Nd5 exd5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. exd5 $16 {
Honfi,K-Hradeczky,T/Budapest/1982/}) (14. Bd5 exd5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5
17. exd5 Bd6 18. Qd4 Nd7 19. Rxe5+ Bxe5 20. Qb4 O-O-O $13 {Plaskett,J-Tukmakov,
V/La Valeta/1980/}) 14... h5 15. h4 gxh4 16. Bxh4 Nfg4 17. a4 b4 18. Na2 Qc5
$15 {Ehlvest,J-Dvoirys,S/Podolsk/1993/}) 11... Nxf6 (11... Qxf6 12. a4 b4 13.
Na2 Nc5 14. Nxb4 a5 15. Nbc6 e5 16. Bd5 exd4 17. e5 $16 {Golubev,M-Zagorskis,D/
Karvina/1992/}) 12. Qf3 (12. Qd3 Ng4 13. Qg3 Ne5 14. Rad1 Qg5 15. a4 Qxg3 16.
hxg3 bxa4 17. Bxa4+ Kd8 $10 {Kuzmin,G-Tukmakov,V/USSR/1981/}) 12... Qb6 13.
Rad1 O-O-O 14. a4 b4 15. Na2 Rd7 (15... Kb8 16. c3 Nxe4 17. a5 $1 Qxa5 18. Nxb4
$16 {Kindermann,S-Stangl,M/Altensteig/1989/}) 16. c3 (16. c4 Be7 17. Bc2 Rc7
18. Qb3 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. e5 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qxf7 Bc5 23. Qe6+ Kb8 24.
Qxb6 Bxb6 25. Nxb4 Ba5 26. Ndc2 Rc4 27. Re2 Bxb4 28. b3 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 $14 {
Muhutdinov,M-Dvoirys,S/Tal mem/1992/}) 16... d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Qe3 {/\f2-f3}
bxc3 19. bxc3 Be7 (19... Bc5 $6 20. f3 Ng5 $14) 20. f3 Nc5 21. Bc2 Kb8 {/\Rc8}
22. Rb1 Qc7 23. a5 {><b6} Ka8 (23... Qxa5 $4 24. Nc6+) 24. Rb6 Qc8 $1 {/\Bd8} (
24... Rc8 25. Nb4 $16) 25. Nb4 Rc7 {/\Nd7} (25... Bd8 $5 26. Rc6 (26. Ra1 {
/\Ndc6} Bxb6 27. axb6 {/\Nb5/Ndc6} Kb8 28. Ndc6+ Bxc6 29. Qxc5 Bb7 30. Qd4 $44)
(26. Rd6 Rxd6 27. exd6 Bxa5 $17) (26. Ndc6 Bxb6 27. axb6 Bxc6 28. Qxc5 Bb5 $17)
26... Bxc6 27. Ndxc6 Be7 $17) 26. Na2 Nd7 27. Rb2 Ba3 28. Rb3 Bc5 {/\Ba7,Nc5}
29. Kh1 f6 30. exf6 (30. f4 g5 31. exf6 gxf4 $17 32. Qxe6 Bxd4 33. cxd4 Rxc2
$19) 30... gxf6 (30... e5 $5 31. fxg7 Rg8 (31... Rd8 32. Bh7 exd4 33. cxd4 Nf6
$13) 32. Qxh6 exd4 33. Bh7 $13) 31. Qd2 Ne5 32. Qf4 $132 {קe6,קf6} Rg8 33.
Bb1 Rf7 34. h3 h5 35. Re2 Bd6 36. Rb6 Bc5 37. Rb3 Bxd4 $6 (37... Bd6 $10) 38.
cxd4 Nc4 39. Bd3 Qd7 40. Nc3 e5 (40... Nxa5 41. Ra3 $13) 41. Qh4 Rfg7 $6 42.
Rxb7 $1 Qxb7 43. Nxd5 $16 Nxa5 44. Nxf6 Rc8 45. Be4 Nc6 46. dxe5 Qb5 47. Qf2 {
/\Rc2//\Rb2 עa8} Rb7 48. f4 h4 49. e6 Qa4 50. Nd7 {><b6,><c5} Qc4 51. Ne5 Qxe6
(51... Nxe5 52. Bxb7+ Kxb7 53. Rxe5 $18) 52. Nxc6 Rxc6 53. Qf3 Rc1+ 54. Kh2 Qb6
55. Bxb7+ Ka7 (55... Qxb7 56. Re8+ Ka7 57. Qe3+ $18) 56. Rf2 Qb1 (56... Qxb7
57. Qe3+) 57. Qe3+ Kxb7 58. Qe7+ Kc8 59. Qxh4 Rh1+ 60. Kg3 Qd3+ 61. Rf3 Qe4 62.
Qh8+ Kd7 63. Qg7+ Kd6 64. Qf6+ Kd7 65. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.05.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rogic, Davor"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
b4 9. Na4 Bd7 10. c3 Nc6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. f3 Be7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. cxb4 Rxb4 15.
Be3 O-O 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Re2 Qb8 18. Bd4 Qb5 19. Nc3 Qb7 20. Kh1 Rc8 21. Rd2 a5
22. Ne2 Rxc1 23. Nxc1 a4 24. Bc2 Be8 25. Bc3 Rc4 26. Rd4 Qc6 27. Rxc4 Qxc4 28.
Qd3 Qc8 29. Ne2 Nd7 30. e5 f5 31. exd6 Bf8 32. Qe3 Nf6 33. Nf4 Bd7 34. Qd4 Qc6
35. Nd3 Bxd6 36. a3 Qa6 37. Kg1 Bf8 38. Nc5 Bxc5 39. Qxc5 Nd5 40. Qd4 Qb6 41.
Qxb6 Nxb6 {[%mdl 4096] [#] Bishop pair in support of an outside passed pawn on
the a-file. Infiltration by White's king into the weakened central square e5. 
[#] Läuferpaar i.V. mit einem entfernten Freibauer auf der a-Linie. Einsickern
des weißen Königs über das geschwächte Zentralfeld e5} 42. b3 axb3 43. Bxb3 Kf7
44. Bd4 Nd5 45. a4 g6 46. Kf2 Ke7 47. Be5 Bc6 48. Ke2 Kd7 49. Kd3 Bb7 50. Kd4
Kc6 51. h4 Kb6 52. Bg3 Bc8 53. Bf2 Bd7 54. Ke5+ Kc6 55. Bc4 Bc8 56. Bb5+ Kc7
57. a5 f4 58. a6 h6 59. a7 Bb7 60. Bd3 Ne3 61. Be4 Nxg2 62. a8=Q Bxa8 63. Bxa8
g5 64. h5 Kd7 65. Kf6 Ne3 66. Kg6 Ke7 67. Be4 g4 68. fxg4 Nxg4 69. Kg7 (69.
Bc5+ Kd7 70. Kg7 {was the actual move order! ist die korrekte Zugreihenfolge!})
69... Kd7 70. Bc5 Ke8 71. Bc6+ Kd8 72. Bf3 Ne5 73. Bd1 Nd7 74. Bd6 e5 75. Kxh6
Ke8 76. Kg7 e4 77. h6 1-0

[Event "USA-ARM"]
[Site "Glendale"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Bb3
O-O 9. f4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. f5 e5 13. Nf3 Nc5 14. Bd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Qc8 16. Be3 Na4 17. Nxa4 bxa4 18. c4 Qxf5 19. Rac1 Qe4 20. Nd2 Qg4 21. Rf3
Rab8 22. h3 Qg6 23. Nf1 Ne4 24. c5 dxc5 25. Rc4 Rfd8 26. Rxa4 Nf6 27. Rg3 Qh5
28. Qc2 Nxd5 29. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 30. Qxc5 Qd1 31. Rxa6 Nf4 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Qxe5+
Kg8 34. Qxf4 Qd4+ 35. Qxd4 Rxd4 36. b4 Rdd8 37. Rf6 Ra8 38. Rf3 Rd1 39. Kh2 Ra1
40. Ng3 R8xa3 41. Rf4 Rb1 42. Nf5 Ra6 43. Rc4 h6 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. Rc7 Rf6 46.
Ne3 Kg7 47. Rc4 Rb3 48. Nd5 Rf5 49. Rd4 Rb2 50. Nf4 Kf6 51. Rc4 Rb3 52. Ne2 Re5
53. Nd4 Rb2 54. Nf3 Rf5 55. Ne1 Rd2 56. Nc2 Re5 57. Rf4+ Kg6 58. Nd4 Rb2 59.
Nf3 Rb5 60. Rg4+ Kf6 61. Rh4 h5 62. Rc4 R5xb4 63. Rc6+ Kg7 64. Rc5 Rb5 65. Rc7
Rf5 66. Nh4 Rg5 67. Rc4 Rd5 68. Rf4 Rbb5 69. Rc4 Rb6 70. Rf4 Re6 71. Kg3 Ree5
72. Rb4 Rd6 73. Rf4 Rd3+ 74. Kh2 f6 75. Rb4 Rd6 76. Rb7+ Kh6 77. Rb4 Rde6 78.
Rb3 Re4 79. Nf3 Re8 80. Rb6 Kg6 81. Rb5 h4 82. Rb7 Rc4 83. Rb6 Re2 84. Ra6 Rb4
85. Rc6 Rf4 86. Kg1 Ra2 87. Rc8 Ra5 88. Rg8+ Kh7 89. Rb8 Ra6 90. Kh2 f5 91.
Rb7+ Kg6 92. Rb8 Ra5 93. Rb6+ Kh5 94. Rb8 Rxf3 95. gxf3 Kg5 96. Rh8 Ra2+ 97.
Kg1 Kf4 98. Rh5 Rb2 99. Kf1 Rh2 100. Rxh4+ Kxf3 (100... Kxf3 101. Kg1 Rg2+ 102.
Kh1 $10) 0-1

[Event "Odorheiu Secuiesc zt"]
[Site "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Bf4 Rd8 15.
e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Bd6 17. Rxd6 Nxd6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Rd1 b4 20. Be5 f6 21. Bxd6
bxc3 22. bxc3 Rfe8 23. h4 Qf7 24. Rd4 Kh8 25. c4 a5 26. c5 a4 27. Bxa4 Bxa4 28.
Rxa4 e5 29. Qb3 Qd7 30. Rb4 e4 31. Rb7 Qg4 32. Qg3 Qxg3 33. Bxg3 Ra8 34. c6
Rxa2 35. c7 Rxc2 36. Rb8 Rg8 37. h5 {RB<->RR Motive: w Riesen-Frei-B c7 bindet
alle s Figuren, wK-Marsch zum Frei-B entscheidet} h6 38. Kf1 Kh7 39. Bd6 f5 40.
Be5 Kh8 41. g3 Kh7 42. Ke1 Rc5 43. Ke2 Rc6 44. Rd8 Rc5 45. Ke3 Rc2 46. Rb8 Rc4
47. Kf4 Rc2 48. Kxf5 Rxf2+ 49. Kxe4 Rff8 50. Kd5 g6 (50... Re8 51. Kc6 Rgf8 (
51... g6 52. Kd7 Rxb8 53. cxb8=Q Rxb8 54. Bxb8 gxh5 55. Ke6 (55. Bc7 Kg6 56.
Bd8 Kf5 57. Bh4 $18) 55... Kg6 56. Bf4 h4 57. gxh4 Kh5 58. Bg3 Kg4 59. Be1 $18)
52. Kd7 Rxb8 53. cxb8=Q Rxb8 54. Bxb8 g6 55. g4 gxh5 56. gxh5 Kg7 57. Ke7 $18)
51. c8=Q $1 1-0

[Event "Bijeljina Dvorovi"]
[Site "Bijeljina Dvorovi"]
[Date "2002.01.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Runic, Zoran"]
[Black "Arsovic, Goran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2002.01.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Qf3
Bb7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Re1 Be7 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Bh6 Ne8 14. Rad1 b4
15. Nb1 e5 16. Bd2 a5 17. c3 Rb8 18. cxb4 axb4 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Be3 Qb7 21. Nd2
Nf6 22. Bg5 Nh5 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Nc4 Rbd8 25. Nxd6 Nf4 26. Nf5 Qg5 27. Qf3 Rd7
28. Rxd7 Bxd7 29. g3 Ne6 30. h4 Qf6 31. Qe3 g6 32. Nh6+ Kh8 33. Bd5 Nd4 34. Rc1
Kg7 35. Rc4 Bb5 36. Rc7 Be8 37. Ng4 Qd6 38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. Kg2 Bb5 40. h5 Bc6 41.
hxg6 hxg6 42. Bxc6 Nxc6 43. Rd7 Qe6 44. Qg5 Kg7 45. Rc7 Rh8 46. Rxc6 Qxc6 {
[#] weißer Materialvorteil bei schlechter schwarzer Königs- und Turmstellung.
Pattscherze!} 47. Qxe5+ Kg8 48. Nf6+ Kf8 49. Nd5 (49. Nd7+ $5 Kg8 50. Qe8+ Kg7
51. Qxf7+ Kxf7 52. Ne5+ Kf6 53. Nxc6 b3 54. axb3 Rc8 55. Na5 Rb8 $16) 49... Rh5
50. Qb8+ Kg7 51. Qxb4 Qa6 52. Qc3+ Kg8 53. g4 Rh4 (53... Rg5 54. Kg3 $18) (
53... Rh6 54. Nf6+ Kf8 55. Qb4+ Kg7 56. Ne8+ Kg8 57. g5 Rh4 58. Qd4 Kf8 59. Qd8
$18) 54. Qg3 g5 (54... Rh8 55. Qb8+ Kg7 56. Qe5+ Kg8 57. Nf6+ Kf8 58. Qb8+ Kg7
59. Ne8+ $18) 55. Qb8+ Kg7 56. Qe5+ f6 57. Qe7+ Kg6 58. Qe8+ Kg7 59. Ne3 Kh7
60. Qf7+ Kh8 61. Nf5 Rxg4+ {Die Zeit der unzulänglichen Pattscherze ist
gekommen:} (61... Qf1+ 62. Kxf1 Rh1+ 63. Ke2 Re1+ 64. Kf3 Re3+ 65. Nxe3 $18) (
61... Rh2+ 62. Kxh2 Qd6+ 63. Nxd6 $18) 62. Kh2 Rh4+ 63. Kg3 Rg4+ (63... Qd3+
64. f3 Rh3+ 65. Kxh3 Qxf3+ 66. Ng3 Qf5+ 67. Nxf5 g4+ 68. Kg2 $18) 64. Kxg4 Qe2+
65. f3 Qxe4+ 66. Kh5 Qg4+ 67. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "1997.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "German, Gustavo"]
[Black "Spangenberg, Hugo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 b4 12. Na4 O-O 13. f3 Nbd7 14. Rac1 Nh5 15.
Qh3 Nhf6 16. Qg3 Ne5 17. c3 Bd7 18. cxb4 Qxb4 19. Nc2 Qb7 20. Rfd1 Bxa4 21.
Bxa4 Rfc8 22. Bd4 Nc4 23. Bb3 Na5 24. Ba4 e5 25. Bc3 Rc4 26. Bxa5 Rxa4 27. Bc3
Rxa2 28. Kh1 Qb6 29. Qe1 a5 30. Ne3 a4 31. Nc4 Qa6 32. Bb4 Rb8 33. Bxd6 Bxd6
34. Rxd6 Qb5 35. Qd1 h5 36. h3 h4 37. Rd8+ Rxd8 38. Qxd8+ Kh7 39. Qe7 Rxb2 40.
Nxb2 Qxb2 {[#] Der aktive Turm ist viel stärker als der passive Gaul. Der
Druck gegen e5, f7 (und damit auch g7) ist so stark, daß schlußendlich auch
der a-Bauern sein Leben lassen muß. Die kleine schwarze dauerschachchance kann
leicht abgewehrt werden. Ich sehe keine Rettung für Schwarz.} 41. Rc7 {[%csl
Ra4,Re5,Rf7][%cal Re7f7]} Qf2 (41... a3 42. Qxf7 $18 {[%csl Rg7]}) (41... Kh6
42. Qxf7 Nh5 43. Rc6+ Nf6 44. Rc8 Qf2 45. Rh8+ Nh7 46. Qe6+ g6 (46... Kg5 47.
Qf5+) 47. Qxe5 $18) 42. Qxe5 a3 43. Rc8 Qf1+ (43... a2 44. Ra8 {[%cal Re5a5]}
Qd2 45. Qf5+ g6 46. Qe5 $18 {[%cal Rh1h2,Re5a1]}) 44. Kh2 Qa6 (44... a2 45.
Qf5+ g6 46. Qxf6) 45. Rc5 a2 (45... Nd7 46. Qf5+ {[%cal Rf5d7]}) 46. Ra5 Qc4
47. Ra8 Ng8 48. Qf5+ g6 49. Qe5 Qb3 50. Qa1 Qb7 51. Rxa2 Qc7+ 52. Kh1 Qf4 53.
Ra7 Kh6 54. Qh8+ Kg5 55. Ra5+ f5 56. exf5 gxf5 57. Qxg8+ Kh6 58. Qf8+ Kg6 59.
Qxf5+ Qxf5 60. Rxf5 Kxf5 61. g3 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Olafsson"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Black "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. a4 b4 10. Na2 Qb6 11. Be3 Qb7 12. f3 Nbd7 13. Qe1 Rb8 14. Qg3 g6 15.
Rad1 Nc5 16. Bh6 e5 17. Ne2 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Be6 19. Nac1 Nd7 20. Kh1 Rc8 21. f4
Qxe4 22. Rfe1 Qf5 23. Qe3 Nf6 24. Ng3 Qc2 25. h3 Nd5 26. Qa7 Nxf4 27. Nce2 Nxe2
28. Nxe2 Qc7 29. Qxa6 Qc6 30. Qd3 {The position is surprisingly difficult for
Black to control. The bishop on h6 is the root of the problem, so it seems
reasonable to try 30...Bf8.} Bf5 31. Qe3 Qe4 32. Qf2 Bh4 33. Ng3 Qc2 34. Qe3
Bxg3 35. Qxg3 {The opposite coloured bishops guarantee that White's attack
will be successful: it isn't possible for Black to simplify the position.} Be6
36. Rxd6 Qxb2 37. Bg7 Rg8 38. Bxe5 Qc2 39. Bf6 Qf5 40. Qh4 g5 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Enders, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Re1 Nc5 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. a4 (11. Bd5 $5 exd5 (11... b4 12. Bxb7 Nxb7 13.
Nd5 exd5 14. exd5+ Kd7 15. c3 $36) 12. exd5+ Kd7 13. b4 Na4 14. Nxa4 bxa4 15.
c4 $36) 11... bxa4 (11... b4 12. Nd5 $5 $36) (11... Nxb3 12. Nxb3 b4 13. Na2
Be7 14. Qd4 a5 15. c3 $36) 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Bxa4+ Nxa4 14. Rxa4 Qd8 15. Nd5 $1
g6 $2 (15... exd5 16. exd5+ Kd7 17. Qg4+ Kc7 18. Rc4+ Kb8 19. Rb4 $40) (15...
Be7 $8) 16. Rc4 $4 (16. Rb4 $1 Rb8 (16... Bxd5 17. exd5 e5 18. Nc6 Qd7 19. Qe2
Bg7 20. Qxa6 $1 $18) 17. Rxb7 Rxb7 18. Nc6 Qg5 19. f4 Qh4 20. g3 Qh3 21. Nf6#)
16... exd5 $19 17. exd5+ Be7 18. Qe2 Bxd5 19. Rc3 Kf8 20. Rg3 Qd7 21. Qd2 Bf6
22. Qh6+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3
b5 8. O-O b4 9. Na4 Bd7 10. c3 $1 Nxe4 $2 (10... bxc3 $142 11. Nxc3 Nc6) 11.
Qf3 d5 12. c4 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The popular line with 9...Bd7 can
possibly be put under serious test only with strong meassures. White is better
developed, so he tries to open the position. '} Qf6 (12... Nc6 13. Nxe6 $3 Bxe6
(13... fxe6 14. cxd5 exd5 (14... Nd4 15. Qxe4 Nxb3 16. axb3 $18) 15. Bxd5 $18)
14. cxd5 Nd4 (14... Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Nb6 $18) 15. Qxe4 Nxb3 16. dxe6 Nxa1
17. Qc6+ Ke7 18. Qb7+ Kxe6 19. Re1+ Kf6 20. Qf3+ $18) (12... Nc5 13. cxd5 Nxb3
14. dxe6 fxe6 15. axb3 $18 {->}) 13. cxd5 $1 Qxd4 14. Be3 Qe5 15. Bf4 $1 (15.
Nb6 Bd6 16. g3 O-O 17. Nxa8 exd5 18. Nb6 Bc6 19. Rad1 $16) 15... Qf5 (15... Qd4
$2 16. Rad1 $18) (15... Ng5 16. Qg3 Ne4 17. Bxe5 Nxg3 18. Bxg3 {/\ Nb6} a5 19.
Rfe1 $18 (19. Nb6 Ra6)) 16. Rfe1 $1 $18 {'!?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'White has
sacrificed the whole piece, but his attacking potential is enormous. '} g5 (
16... Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Re5 Bxf2+ (19... Qf8 20. Bxe6 $18)
20. Qxf2 Qf6 21. Rae1 O-O 22. Rxe6 $18) (16... Nd2 17. Bxd2 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Be7
19. Nb6 Ra7 20. Rac1 $1 O-O 21. dxe6 Bxe6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Nc8 $1 Rd7 24.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Bxb4 $18) 17. Rxe4 gxf4 18. Rxf4 (18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Rae1 $6 Ra7
$1 $132) 18... Qg5 (18... Qe5 19. Re4 $18) (18... Qg6 19. dxe6 Bc6 20. Bd5 $1
Bxa4 21. exf7+ Kd8 22. Bxa8 Nd7 23. Re1 $18) 19. h4 (19. dxe6 $142 $1 Bc6 (
19... fxe6 20. Rg4 Qf5 21. Qxa8 Qxg4 22. Qxb8+ $18) 20. exf7+ Kd8 21. Rd1+ Kc8
22. Bd5 $18) 19... Qh6 20. Rxf7 {Ftacnik: 'White already has a pleasant choice
among winning continuations.'} Bd6 $2 (20... e5 $8 21. Re1 Kd8 22. d6 (22. Rxe5
$2 Bd6 $1 $132) 22... Ra7 (22... Bc6 23. Qf5 $1 Rg8 24. Nb6 $1 Rxg2+ 25. Kf1
$18 {/\ Qc8}) 23. Rf6 Qg7 24. Nc5 $1 $16) 21. Nb6 Qxh4 (21... Ra7 22. dxe6 Bc6
23. Ba4 Bxa4 24. Rxa7 Rf8 25. Qb7 $18) 22. g3 Rg8 (22... Bxg3 23. fxg3 Rg8 (
23... Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Qxb6 25. Qf6 Qd6 26. Qxh8+ Kxf7 27. Rf1+ $18) 24. Kg2 Ra7
25. Rf1 $18) 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 (23... Bxg3 24. Rf8+ Rxf8 25. Qxf8+ Kxd7 26. dxe6+
Kc7 27. Qg7+ Kb6 28. fxg3 $18) 24. dxe6 O-O-O 25. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Nce2 $5 $146 Kh8 (13...
Nc6 14. c3) 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Nf6 16. Ng3 Nc6 17. c3 Na5 (17... Rad8 18. f4
h6 19. Qh4 $14) (17... Ne5 18. Rfe1 $1 (18. f4 $4 h6 19. Qh4 Ng6 20. Qh3 e5 $19
) 18... Rad8 19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 $14) 18. Rfe1 (18. f4 Qc5 $1 $11 19. e5 $6
h6 20. Qh4 dxe5 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Bc2 Rad8 $15) 18... Qb6 $6 (18... Rad8 $142)
19. Nf3 $1 $14 {>< d6, /\ e5} Rad8 (19... Nxb3 20. axb3 e5 21. Rd3 {/\ Qd2, /\
Nh4-f5}) 20. e5 dxe5 21. Nxe5 h6 (21... Nc6 $4 22. Nh5 Nxh5 23. Nxd7 $18) (
21... Bc8 $4 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Nh5 Nxh5 24. Nxf7+ $18) 22. Qf4 (22. Qh4 Nxb3 (
22... Bc8 23. Nh5 $36) (22... Nc6 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. Qxg4 $36 {/\ Nh5}) (22...
Qc7 23. Bc2 $14) 23. axb3 Qc7 (23... Bc8 24. Nh5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nxh5 26. Qxh5
Qc7 27. b4 $14) 24. Nh5 (24. Qf4 Kg8 $11) 24... Nxh5 25. Qxh5 Kg8 $14) 22...
Nc6 (22... Nxb3 23. axb3 Kg8 (23... Bc8 $2 24. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 (24... Rxd1 25. Rxd1
Nxe4 26. Ng6+ $1 fxg6 27. Qxf8+ Kh7 28. Rd8 $18) 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Qxf7 $3 Re8
(26... Rg8 27. Qf4 Ng5 (27... Nd6 28. Rd1 Qf6 (28... Kh7 29. Qb4 $18) 29. Rxd6
$1 Qxf4 30. Ng6+ Kh7 31. Nxf4 $18) 28. h4 Nh3+ 29. gxh3 Qf6 30. Qe4 $16) 27.
Qg6 Nd6 (27... Ng5 28. h4 $16) 28. Rd1 Rf8 29. Qg3 Kg8 30. Nc6 Nf5 31. Rxd8
Nxg3 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. hxg3 $16) 24. Ne4 Nd5 25. Qg3 $14) 23. Nxd7 (23. Rd6 $1
Be8 (23... Qc7 $4 24. Rxc6 Bxc6 25. Ng6+ $18) (23... Qc5 $2 24. Nxd7 (24. Bc2
Nxe5 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Rxe5 Bc8 $11) (24. Nd3 Qa7 $14) 24... Rxd7 25. Ne4 $1
Qe5 26. Qxe5 Nxe5 27. Rxa6 Nxe4 28. Rxe4 Rfd8 29. h3 Nd3 30. Rb6 $16) (23...
Qb8 $6 24. Bc2 (24. Red1 $2 Nxe5 25. Qxe5 Ne8 $1 $17) 24... Nxe5 25. Qxe5 $36)
24. Red1 (24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Rd1 Qb8 26. Rd6 {- 24.Red1}) 24... Rxd6 25. Rxd6
Qb8 26. Nd3 $14 (26. Bc2 Nxe5 27. Qxe5 Bc6 28. Qc5 (28. Qd4 Rc8 $11) 28... Bb7
$14)) 23... Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Ne4 Qb8 $6 (25... Nde5 $1 26. Rd1 Rd8 $11)
26. Qxb8 (26. Nd6 Nde5 27. Rd1 Kg8 $13) 26... Rxb8 27. Rd1 $36 Nf6 $6 (27...
Nde5 $6 28. f4 Nc4 29. Nd6 $1 $16) (27... Nb6 $1 $14) 28. Nxf6 gxf6 29. Rd7 $16
Kg8 (29... Ne5 30. Ra7 $16) (29... Kg7 30. f4 $1 (30. Bxe6 $4 Re8 $1 $19) 30...
Kf8 31. f5 $16) 30. Rd6 Ne5 (30... Rc8 $2 31. Rxe6 $18) 31. f4 (31. Rxa6 $142
Nd3 32. Kf1 Nxb2 33. Ke2 $16) 31... Nc4 32. Rxa6 f5 $8 (32... Nxb2 $2 33. f5
$18) 33. Kf2 (33. Bxc4 bxc4 34. a4 Rxb2 35. Rc6 Ra2 36. Rxc4 Kf8 $132 {>< Kg1,
Rc4}) 33... Nxb2 34. Ke2 Rd8 (34... Kg7 35. Rd6 $36 {/\ Kd2}) 35. Rb6 Nd3 36.
Rxb5 Nc1+ (36... Nxf4+ 37. Kf3 Nd3 38. a4 $16) 37. Ke1 Nd3+ 38. Ke2 Nc1+ 39.
Ke1 Nd3+ 40. Kf1 Nxf4 41. a4 Rc8 $1 (41... Rd2 $2 42. a5 Nxg2 43. a6 Ne3+ 44.
Ke1 $18) 42. g3 (42. a5 $2 Rxc3 43. a6 Rc1+ 44. Kf2 Ra1 $132) (42. c4 $6 Nd3
43. Bc2 Nc5 $132) 42... Nd3 43. Ke2 Nc5 (43... Rxc3 $2 44. Kd2 $18) 44. Ke3 (
44. a5 Ne4 $1 (44... Kf8 $2 45. Ke3 Ke7 46. Kd4 Kd6 (46... Ne4 47. c4 Rd8+ 48.
Ke3 $16) 47. Rb6+ Rc6 48. Rxc6+ Kxc6 49. Bc2 $16) 45. c4 Nc3+ 46. Kd3 (46. Ke3
$4 Nxb5 47. cxb5 Rc3+ 48. Kd4 Rxb3 49. Kc4 Rb1 50. b6 (50. a6 Ra1 $19) 50...
Kf8 51. Kc5 Ke7 52. Kc6 Rc1+ 53. Kb7 Kd6 54. a6 Ra1 55. a7 Kc5 $19) (46. Kf2
Ra8 $1 $11 (46... Nxb5 $2 47. cxb5 Rc3 (47... Rc5 48. Ba4 Rc4 49. Bd1 Rb4 50.
Be2 Kf8 51. a6 $18) 48. Bd1 (48. a6 $2 Rxb3 49. a7 Ra3 50. b6 Kg7 51. b7 Rxa7
52. b8=Q Ra2+ 53. Kg1 Ra1+ 54. Kg2 Ra2+ 55. Kh3 Ra4 $11) 48... Ra3 49. a6 Kf8
50. Be2 Ke7 51. b6 Kd7 52. a7 Kc6 53. a8=Q+ Rxa8 54. Bf3+ Kxb6 55. Bxa8 Kc5 56.
Bf3 Kd4 57. Bh5 $18) 47. Re5 $2 Rb8 $17) 46... Nxb5 47. cxb5 Ra8 48. a6 Kf8 49.
Bc4 Ke7 50. b6 Rd8+ $1 51. Ke3 Kd6 52. Kf4 Kc5 53. b7 Kb6 54. Ke5 Ka7 $13)
44... Nxa4 $1 (44... Kf8 45. a5 Ke7 46. Kd4 (46. Bc2 Kd6 $132) 46... Kd6 47.
Rb6+ Rc6 48. Rxc6+ Kxc6 49. Bc2 $16) 45. Bxa4 Rxc3+ 46. Kd4 Rc7 47. Ke5 Kg7 48.
Rb4 Rc1 49. Be8 Rc8 50. Bd7 Rc2 51. h4 Re2+ (51... Rc3 52. Rb7 Rxg3 53. Be8 $16
) (51... Rc7 $5 52. Ba4 (52. Kd6 Rc3 $132) 52... Rc3 $132) 52. Kf4 Rf2+ 53. Ke3
Ra2 54. Rb7 Ra3+ 55. Kf2 Kf8 (55... Ra2+ $5 56. Kf3 (56. Ke3 Ra3+ 57. Kf4 Kf6
$1 $132 {/\ e5#}) 56... Ra3+ 57. Kg2 Ra2+ 58. Kh3 Kf8) 56. Bc6 Ra6 $4 $138 (
56... Ra2+ 57. Ke3 Ra3+ 58. Kf4 Rc3 $1 59. Bg2 (59. Bf3 $2 e5+ $11) 59... Kg7
$132) 57. Bf3 $18 {/\ Bh5} e5 (57... Ra2+ 58. Kg1 Ra1+ 59. Kg2 Ra2+ 60. Kh3 $18
) 58. Bd5 Rf6 59. Kf3 $2 $138 (59. h5 $1 Ke8 (59... Kg7 60. Re7 e4 61. Ke3 $18)
(59... f4 60. g4 $18) 60. Kf3 Kf8 61. Bb3 Ke8 62. Rb5 $18) 59... h5 $1 $132 60.
Rb8+ Ke7 61. Rb7+ Kf8 62. Rb8+ Ke7 63. Rh8 Rd6 64. Bc4 Rc6 65. Be2 f4 66. gxf4
Rf6 67. Rxh5 Rxf4+ 68. Kg3 Kf6 69. Bg4 $6 (69. Rg5 $16) 69... Rf1 70. Bh3 $6 (
70. Rg5 $16) 70... Re1 71. Rg5 Re3+ 72. Kg4 Ra3 73. Rf5+ $4 (73. Rg8 $16) 73...
Ke6 $11 {/\ Rh3} 74. Bf1 (74. Rf1 f5+ $1 75. Rxf5 Rxh3 $11) 74... Rg3+ $1 75.
Kxg3 Kxf5 76. Bd3+ Kf6 77. Kg4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Biriukov, Oleg V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Qf3
(8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 {is a popular main line here.}) 8... Qb6 {Here is not
that effective, because White has an extra possibility of 0-0-0.} (8... Bb7
$142 9. O-O (9. a3 Nbd7 10. O-O {is too simple, therefore in this sharp line
it's nothing special.} Nc5 (10... Be7 $6 {is answered with the typical
tactical blow} 11. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 12. Nxe6 $16) 11. Re1 Nxb3 12. cxb3 Be7 13. Qg3
(13. Bg5 O-O 14. b4 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 $11 {Mowsziszian-Vaulin,
Zalaegerszeg op. 1992}) 13... O-O 14. Bh6 Ne8 15. Rad1 Kh8 16. Be3 Qc7 17. b4
Nf6 $13 {Jusic-A.Schneider, Werfen op. 1989}) 9... Nc6 (9... Nbd7) 10. Nxc6
Bxc6 11. Re1 Be7 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Bh6 Ne8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 h6
17. Qh4 Nf6 $11 {Tal-Browne, San Francisco 1989}) 9. Be3 Qb7 10. O-O-O $1 (10.
O-O Be7 11. Qg3 {- 8.0-0 Be7 9.Qf3 Qb6 10.Be3 Qb7}) 10... Nbd7 (10... Be7 11.
g4 $1 b4 12. Na4 Nbd7 (12... Qxe4 13. Qxe4 Nxe4 14. Nb6 $16) 13. g5 Nxe4 14.
Bxe6 $1 {White's play is based on this sacrifice here.} fxe6 15. Nxe6 Nxg5 16.
Nxg7+ Kd8 17. Qg3 Nf7 18. Rhe1 Qc6 19. Bd4 Nfe5 20. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 21. Bb6+ $18 {
Sikora-Dydyshko, CZE-ch. 1995 This was a nice example for the theme K in the
middle.}) (10... b4 11. Na4 Nxe4 12. Rhe1 $44 {White sacrifices his e4P in
order to open up the position.}) 11. Qh3 {>< e6} Nc5 (11... Nxe4 $2 {founders
on} 12. Bxe6 $1 Nxc3 13. Bxf7+ $1 $18) (11... Be7 12. f3 {/\ g4}) (11... b4 12.
Nce2 (12. Na4 $5 Qxe4 13. Rhe1 $44 {is also exciting}) 12... Nxe4 (12... Qxe4
13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bxe6 $44) 13. Ba4 $1 $16 {with nasty threats on c6.}) 12. f3
Bd7 $2 (12... Be7 13. g4 O-O) 13. g4 $16 a5 $2 (13... Be7 14. g5 Ng8 15. g6 $1
$18) ({It is better to leave the dangerous territory!} 13... O-O-O $142 14. g5
Ne8 15. Qg3 (15. g6 e5 $1) 15... a5 (15... Nxb3+ 16. Nxb3 $16) 16. a3 b4 17.
axb4 axb4 18. Nce2 $16 {and Black is suffering because of the lack of
development.}) 14. g5 Ng8 {[#]} 15. g6 $1 $18 fxg6 16. Ndxb5 $1 {That is the
way how White destroys Black's position. The K in the middle falls to the
attacking white pieces.} Nxb3+ (16... Bxb5 17. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19.
Qxe6+ $18) 17. axb3 Bxb5 18. Qxe6+ Be7 (18... Ne7 19. Rxd6 Bd7 20. Qe5) 19.
Rxd6 Bd7 20. Qe5 Kf8 21. Rhd1 $1 Nf6 (21... Bxd6 22. Qxd6+ Kf7 (22... Ke8 23.
Nd5 $18) (22... Ne7 23. Bg5 Re8 24. Nd5 $18) 23. Qxd7+ Qxd7 24. Rxd7+ Ke8 25.
Rxg7 $18) 22. Rb6 Qc8 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Kf7 25. Bd4 Bf8 $2 (25... Rg8 26.
Qf4+ Ke8 27. Re5) 26. Rf6+ $1 1-0

[Event "URS-ch18 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.11.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev Solomonovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1950.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
b4 9. Nb1 {N} (9. Na4 $5 Bb7 (9... Nxe4 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Bg5 $40) 10. Re1 Nbd7
$1 11. a3 $1 Nxe4 12. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 13. Bxe6 Be7 (13... Ndf6 14. f3 d5 15. fxe4
dxe4 16. axb4 Bxb4 {De Firmian,N-Hort,V/Baden-Baden/1981/1:0/ (33)} 17. Qxd8+
Rxd8 18. c3 $16 {De Firmian}) 14. Qd4 Nef6 15. axb4 $44 {De Firmian}) 9... Nxe4
(9... Bb7 $5) 10. Qf3 d5 (10... Bb7 11. Ba4+ Nd7 12. Nc6 Qc7 13. Qxe4 d5 14.
Bf4 Qc8 15. Qxd5 $3 exd5 16. Re1+ Be7 17. Nxe7 $18 {Lipnitsky}) 11. c4 $1 bxc3
12. Nxc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd6 14. Nf5 $1 (14. c4 $2 Qh4 $19) 14... O-O (14... exf5
$2 15. Qxd5 Ra7 16. Re1+ Be6 (16... Kf8 17. Bf4 $18) 17. Qd4 $1 Re7 18. Qxg7
Rf8 19. Bh6 $18) 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Bf4 $44 Qd8 (16... Qc6 $2 17. Qg3 Bb7 18.
Bh6 $18) 17. c4 (17. Qg3 $5) 17... Nc6 18. Rad1 Ne7 19. Qh5 (19. Rfe1 $5 Bb7
20. Bg5 $44) 19... d4 20. Bc2 f5 21. Rd3 Ng6 22. Bg5 Qe8 $2 (22... Qd7 $5 23.
Rh3 Kf7 $1 $132) 23. Rxd4 $16 Bb7 24. Rd6 $2 (24. Qd1 h6 25. Bc1 $16) 24... h6
$2 (24... Bxg2 $1 25. Re1 (25. Kxg2 $2 Nf4+ $19) 25... Be4 $17) 25. Re1 $2 (25.
Bc1 $142 Bxg2 26. Re1) 25... Be4 $4 (25... hxg5 26. Rdxe6 Qxe6 $1 (26... Nf4 $2
27. Qxe8 $18) 27. Rxe6 Nf4 28. Qd1 Nxe6 29. Qd7 Nc5 $19) 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Be3
$18 Nf4 (27... Qf7 28. Qg4 Qf5 29. Qxf5 $18) 28. Qxe8 Raxe8 29. Rxa6 Nd3 (29...
Rc8 30. Bxf4 (30. c5 Nd3) 30... Rxf4 31. g3 Rf3 32. Rxe4 $18) 30. Rb1 Rb8 (
30... Rc8 $5 31. Rxe6 Rxc4 32. Re7 (32. Rb7 $2 Rxf2 $1 33. Ree7 Re2) 32... Rf6
$16 {/\ Rg6} (32... Rc2 33. Rbb7 Rfxf2 34. Rxg7+ Kh8 35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. Rbg7+ Kf8
37. Bxh6 $18)) 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. h3 Rb1+ 33. Kh2 Kf7 34. c5 $18 e5 35. Ra7+ Ke6
(35... Kf6 36. c6 Rb2 37. c7 Rc2 38. Bb6 $18) 36. Rxg7 Kd5 37. Rd7+ Kc6 38.
Rd6+ Kc7 39. Rxh6 Rb2 40. Rh4 Kc6 41. Rxe4 Kd5 42. Ra4 Nxf2 43. Ra3 e4 44. Rc3
Kc6 (44... Nd1 45. c6 $1 Nxc3 46. c7 $18) 45. Rc4 Kd5 46. c6 $1 Kxc4 47. c7 Kd3
48. Bc5 $1 (48. c8=Q $2 Kxe3 49. Qc3+ Nd3 $16) 48... e3 49. c8=Q Ne4 50. Qa6+
Kd2 51. Bxe3+ Ke1 52. Kg1 Ng3 1-0

[Event "Platonov Memorial"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Mowsziszian,K"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 (9... O-O $2 10. e5 $18) (9... Qc7 $5 10. Re1 (10. e5 $2 Bb7)
10... Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Bh6 Ne8 14. Nd5 Bd8 (14... exd5 15.
Bxd5 {/\Ba8}) 15. Nf4 (15. Rad1 $2 a5 $1) 15... Bf6 $13) 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3
Nbd7 (11... Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qxe4 13. Qxg7 Rf8 14. Bh6 $1 Bb7 15. Rfe1 $16 Qg6 16.
Qxg6 hxg6 17. Bxf8) (11... O-O 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Rfe1 Kh8 14. Bg5 $14) 12. f4 $6
(12. Rfe1 Nc5 13. Nf5 exf5 14. Qxg7 Be6 15. Qxh8+ Kd7 16. Qg7 Rg8 17. Bxe6+
fxe6 18. Qh6 b4 19. Bxc5 bxc3 20. Bd4 Nxe4 21. f3 Ng5 22. Kh1 cxb2 23. Rab1 {
+/- Yurtaev,L-Petrushin,A/USSR 37/(269) 1984}) 12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4 (13. Qxg7
Bf6 14. Qg4 Ndc5 $13) 13... Qxe4 14. Rae1 (14. Qxg7 $2 Bf6 $19 {/\Bd4}) 14...
Bb7 15. f5 Bh4 16. Qh3 Bxe1 17. fxe6 O-O $1 (17... fxe6 18. Nxe6 $36) 18. exd7
(18. Rxe1 Nc5 19. Bf2 Qf4 20. Be3 Qe5 21. exf7+ Kh8 22. Bf2 Qf6 $15) 18... Bd2
$1 19. Bxd2 Qxd4+ 20. Be3 Qe4 $17 {><g2} 21. Qg3 d5 22. Bc5 Rfd8 23. Qc7 d4 24.
Qxb7 (24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. Qg3 Rxd7 $19) 24... Qxb7 25. Rxf7 h5 26. Bxd4 Kh7 27.
Rxg7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1998.06.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3
b5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. O-O-O Qb7 $6 (10... Nbd7) 11. Qg3 O-O (11... b4
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 $36) 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. a3 Bd7 14. f4 Kh8 $6 15. Bg5 Bxg5
16. fxg5 $5 Nc6 (16... a5 $5) 17. Rhf1 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Kg8 $6 (18... Qb6 $142)
19. e5 $1 dxe5 20. Rh4 f6 $1 (20... Nd6 21. Qh3 $18) (20... Bc6 21. g6 Nf6 22.
Rxf6 gxf6 23. Rxh7 $18) 21. Ne4 (21. Rxh7 $2 Kxh7 22. g6+ Kh6 $19) 21... fxg5 (
21... f5 22. Nc5 Qc6 23. Qxe5 $18) 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Qf2+ (23. Qf3+ $2 Nf6 24.
Nxf6 Qxf3 25. Nxd7+ Ke7 26. gxf3 gxh4 27. Nxe5 Rf8 $132) (23. Nxg5 $5) 23...
Kg8 24. Nxg5 Nf6 25. Rxh7 $1 Qa7 $1 (25... Nxh7 $2 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Qh5 Kg8 28.
Bxe6+ Bxe6 29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30. Nxe6+ Ke8 31. Qg6+ Qf7 32. Nc7+ $18) 26. Qxa7 Rxa7
27. Rh4 Kf8 28. Nf3 Ke7 $6 29. Nxe5 Rc7 30. Rh3 Rc5 31. Re3 Bc8 32. Nf3 Nd5 33.
Re5 Kf6 34. h4 a5 35. Rg5 Bb7 36. Ne5 Rc7 37. Ng4+ Kf7 38. Re5 Ke7 (38... Nf4
$4 39. Rf5+ $18) 39. Rg5 Kd6 40. Kd2 Rf7 41. Ne3 Nxe3 42. Kxe3 a4 43. Ba2 Bd5
44. Bxd5 exd5 45. g4 Kc5 46. Rf5 Re7+ 47. Kd3 Re4 48. Rg5 Rd4+ $2 (48... Re7
$16) 49. Kc3 $18 Rd1 50. h5 (50. Rxg7 $4 d4#) 50... Rh1 51. Rxg7 Rh3+ 52. Kd2
Kd4 53. Re7 Rg3 54. Re2 Rxg4 55. Rh2 Kc4 56. h6 Rg8 57. h7 Rh8 58. Rh4+ d4 59.
Rh5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 {I thought that my
opponent would not expect me to repeat the opening which brought me a painful
loss against Topalov few days previously.} e6 7. Bb3 b5 {The main line. I was
expecting him to play this, although I had to be ready for Nbd7, Topalov's
choice, as well.} 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. e5 ({I used to play} 10. O-O-O {
but for this game I had something different in mind.}) 10... Bb7 11. exd6 Bxd6
12. Qe3 Be5 ({A big surprise for me, since nowadays everybody plays} 12... Bc5)
13. O-O-O O-O 14. f4 ({For a while I thought about} 14. Rhe1 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Nbd7
{but then I decided that the rook on e1 is simply misplaced}) 14... Bxd4 15.
Rxd4 Nbd7 16. Rhd1 Bc6 {Ioannis was blitzing out the moves, which to be honest
made me feel a little bit uncomfortable. I vaguely remembered some game in
which White played g4 only to part with his dark-squared bishop after that.
Since I found this idea to be quite illogical, I started to search for ways
where my bishop could make a difference.} 17. Qg3 $1 $146 {After this move,
Black has to constantly worry about the double exchange sac on d7 followed by
Bf6.} Kh8 {A human reaction and possibly the best move.} ({Wrong is} 17... a5
$2 18. a4 $1 {It is important to secure the a2 square for the king!} (18. Rxd7
$6 Nxd7 19. Rxd7 Qxd7 20. Bf6 g6 21. Qg5 Rfd8 (21... Qa7) 22. Nd5 Qa7 23. Qh6
Qg1+ $11) 18... bxa4 19. Rxd7 $1 Nxd7 20. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 21. Bf6 g6 22. Qg5 Rfd8
23. Qh6 Qd2+ 24. Kb1 Qe1+ 25. Ka2 axb3+ 26. cxb3 $18) ({My opponent told me
after the game that he considered} 17... Rfb8 {but he did not like} 18. Bh6 Ne8
19. Ne4 {with a white initiative} (19. Rxd7 Bxd7 20. Ne4 Kh8 $8 21. Nd6 f6 $8
22. f5 Bc6 $8 {is not clear})) 18. Qh3 {This was my idea when I played 17.Qg3.
Now White is planning f4-f5 followed by Rh4 with dangerous threats.} ({Very
tempting was also} 18. Qh4 a5 19. R1d3 {but after the coolheaded} Ng8 {I could
not see a way to continue the attack.}) 18... Qb7 $1 ({We both saw that} 18...
a5 $2 19. f5 $1 a4 20. Rh4 $1 Bxg2 21. Qxg2 axb3 22. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 23. Bxf6 gxf6
24. Qh3 {was losing for Black.}) 19. f5 $1 {I did not consider any other move
during the game.} ({If the line} 19. Qg3 Qc7 {were to be suggested by a human,
I would be tempted to recommand him to urgently give up chess. As it is, the
famous Rybka was recommending this sequence as 3rd best option!}) (19. g4 b4
$13) 19... Bxg2 ({Better was} 19... b4 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Na4 {with a slight
advantage to White, but I think that Ioannis missed my 22nd move.}) 20. Qg3 b4
21. Na4 Bd5 22. Nc5 $3 {I had to see this great move before I played 19.f5.
Now White has a big advantage in all the lines, but my time was running low,
which is not very surprising with the FIDE time control. By the way, did I
mention how much I hate this time control?} Qb8 $6 {Probably the shock of Nc5
induced my opponent to make this error} (22... Qc6 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Rxd5 exd5
25. Bxd5 Qb5 26. Be7 $16 {was probably the lesser evil for Black.}) (22... Nxc5
23. Bxf6 Rg8 $8 (23... gxf6 24. Qh4 Nxb3+ 25. axb3 Qe7 26. Qxh7+ $1 Kxh7 27.
Rh4+ Kg7 28. Rg1+ Bg2 29. Rxg2#) 24. Qg5 $1 ({During the game I was considering
} 24. Qh4 Ne4 $8 25. Be5 f6 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. Bxd5 {with advantage to White.})
24... Nd7 25. Be7 f6 26. Qh5 Nf8 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Bxb4 $18) 23. Qh3 $2 {
A very stupid move, which gives away all the advantage.} (23. Qh4 Rc8 24. fxe6
fxe6 25. Nxe6 Bxb3 26. axb3 $18) ({The simplest was} 23. Nxd7 Qxg3 24. hxg3
Nxd7 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rxb4 $18 {which I saw of course, but some time had
passed since I had been able to win a atacking game and I was unable to
restrain myself.}) 23... Rc8 $2 ({After the correct} 23... Nxc5 24. Bxf6 Ne4 $1
{(which I missed!) I probably would have chosen the forced draw} 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7
26. Qh4 Qb6 27. Rxe4 Bxe4 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kg8 $11) 24. Nxd7 Nxd7 25. fxe6
$18 Bxb3 26. exd7 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Olivier, Jean Christophe"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[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 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 b4 12. Na4 Nbd7 13. f3 (13. Rfe1 Qxe4 14.
Nxe6 $5 fxe6 15. Bf4 Qg6 16. Qf3 Rb8 17. Bxe6 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Rxe5 Bxe6
20. Rxe6 Qxc2 21. Qg3 Rb7 22. Qxg7 Rf8 23. Rxa6 {ergab in Emms-King, Gausdal
1993 eine unklare Stellung; vernünftiger ist wahrscheinlich deshalb 13...0-0.})
13... O-O 14. c3 {Während der Partie war ich über die Oeffnung der b-Linie
zugunsten eines weissen Turms ein bisschen beunruhigt. Doch falls Schwarz die
Initiative seines Gegners begrenzen kann, verfügt er dank seiner besseren
Bauernstruktur über die besseren Chancen.} (14. Bh6 $2 {verliert wegen} Nh5 15.
Qh3 gxh6 $1 16. Qxh5 Qa7 17. Rad1 e5 {eine Figur.}) ({Normal sind} 14. Rfd1 {
, 14.Rac1 und 14.Ne2.}) 14... bxc3 15. bxc3 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Yb1b8]} (15. Nxc3
Nc5 16. Rad1 Kh8 17. Rd2 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 $11 {verdient gewiss den Vorzug.}) 15...
Ne5 16. Rfb1 (16. Rab1 Qc7 {ändert nicht viel zur Partie.}) (16. Bc2 Qc7 17.
Nb6 Rb8 18. Nxc8 Rfxc8 {stellt Schwarz vor keinerlei Probleme}) (16. Nb6 Nh5
17. Qh3 Qxb6 (17... Nf4 18. Bxf4 Qxb6 $11) 18. Qxh5 Qc7 {führt zum Ausgleich;
möglich ist aber 16...Rb8, mit wahrscheinlichem Uebergang zur Partie.}) 16...
Qc7 17. Nb6 {Dies war die Idee von Weiss, als er auf c3 mit dem Bauern
zurückschlag. Er errobert das schwarze Läuferpaar, leidet aber ständig unter
seinem strukturellen Defekt.} Rb8 (17... Qxc3 $6 18. Nxa8 Qxe3+ {habe ich eine
Weile berücksichtigt, doch dann sah ich das einfache} 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 {
mit weissem Vorteil.}) 18. Nxc8 Qxc8 (18... Rfxc8 {verwarf ich wegen} 19. Nxe6
$1 fxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Bd4 {; mit Turm, 2 Bauern und
Aktivität für 2 Leichtfiguren ist der Vorteil von Weiss eindeutig.}) 19. Qe1
Nc4 20. Bf2 (20. Bg5 Qc5) {Ich war mit meiner Stellung ziemlich zufrieden,
doch ab diesem Moment fing ich an, komische Ideen zu entwickeln, die meinem
Gegner erlaubten, seine Kräfte zu koordinieren.} 20... Nd7 $6 (20... d5 {
ändert den Charakter der Stellung und wurde deshalb zurückgewiesen.} 21. Qe2 (
21. exd5 Nxd5 $15) (21. Bg3 Rb7 22. Bxc4 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Qxc4 $13) 21... Na3 22.
Rd1 Bc5 $13) (20... Na3 {[%csl Ra1,Ra2] war vorzuziehen, da der weisse a-Bauer
fixiert bleibt und dabei die Koordinierung der Türme stört.}) 21. a4 $1 Na5 {
Vielleicht nicht schlecht, aber während der Partie wusste ich nicht genau, was
tun.} ({Dank} 21... Nde5 22. Qe2 (22. f4 $6 Nd3 23. Qe2 Nxf2 24. Bxc4 $6 Rxb1+
25. Rxb1 Nxe4 26. Bxa6 Nxc3 $17) 22... Bg5 {hätte Schwarz das Geschehen
kontrolliert.}) 22. Bc2 Qc7 23. Rb4 Rbc8 $2 {[%cal Yb1b8] Eine ganz falsche
Entscheidung. War es nicht logischer, ein Turmpaar zu tauschen anstatt dem
Gegner die einzige offene Linie zu überlassen?} (23... Bf6 24. Rab1 Rxb4 25.
Rxb4 Rc8 {hätte Schwarz leicht bessere Perspektiven versprochen.}) 24. Bd3 $1 {
Auf dieser Diagonale steht der Läufer viel aktiver; er kontrolliert das
schwache Feld c4 und drückt gegen a6.} Nc5 25. Bf1 Bf6 26. Rab1 Ra8 27. Qd1 Nd7
28. Qd2 Rfc8 29. Be1 h6 30. Kh1 Be5 31. g3 (31. f4 Bf6 32. f5 Nc5 $13) 31...
Bf6 {Da sich mein Gegner in ernster Zeitnot befand, entschied ich neutrale
Züge zu machen, um zu versuchen, ihn etwas zu verwirren.} 32. Be2 Qc5 33. Kg2
Ne5 34. Qa2 ({Nach} 34. Nb3 Nxb3 35. R1xb3 {hätte Weiss über leichten Vorteil
verfügt.}) 34... h5 ({Objektiv gesehen war} 34... Nec6 35. Rb6 Nxd4 36. cxd4
Bxd4 37. Rxa6 Nc6 {vernünftiger, da die schwarzen Kräfte gut zentralisiert
sind, was das Läuferpaar und den entfernten Freibauern von Weiss kompensiert.})
35. Bf1 $6 (35. Nb3 Nxb3 36. R1xb3 {war wiederum vorzuziehen.}) 35... Nac6 36.
Rb6 $6 (36. Nxc6 Rxc6 {war unklar, hätte aber eine schwarze Invasion auf der 2.
Reihe nicht zugelassen.}) 36... Nxd4 37. cxd4 Qc2+ 38. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 39. Bf2 Ng4
$1 40. Rb8+ $2 {Diese normale Reflex-Reaktion in hoher Zeitnot führt zu einem
schwierigen Endspiel mit ungleichfarbigen Läufern.} ({Nach} 40. fxg4 Bxd4 41.
Rxd6 Bxf2 42. Rxa6 Rxa6 43. Bxa6 hxg4 {wäre das Unentschieden ein logisches
Ende.}) 40... Rxb8 41. Rxb8+ Kh7 42. fxg4 Bxd4 43. Kh3 (43. Bxa6 hxg4 {war
unbedenklich}) ({während} 43. Bd3 Rxf2+ 44. Kh3 hxg4+ 45. Kxg4 d5 $1 {das
gleiche Motiv wie in der Partie hätte auftauchen lassen.}) 43... Rxf2 44. Bxa6
{An dieser Stelle dachte ich etwa 15 Minuten. Ich fühlte, dass dem weissen
König etwas passieren sollte, fand aber den richtigen Weg nicht sofort.} {
Schliesslich entschied ich mich für das logische} hxg4+ {[%mdl 4224]} ({Sogar} 
44... h4 {nahm ich in Betracht.} {Doch nach} 45. gxh4 g5 (45... Be5 46. g5 d5
47. Rb4 $13) 46. Kg3 gxh4+ 47. Kxh4 {vermochte ich nichts Genügendes zu finden.
}) (44... d5 {wäre ein Versuch, die beiden taktischen Objekte auf der
Diagonale h2-b8 (Ph2+Rb8) aufzudecken. Auch gibt es aber einen Haken:} 45. Rb4
$5 (45. exd5 hxg4+ 46. Kxg4 f5+ 47. Kh3 g5 48. g4 Be5 {führt bald zum Matt.}) (
{und} 45. gxh5 dxe4 {sieht auch für Schwarz gut aus.}) 45... hxg4+ 46. Kxg4 Rd2
{und die schwarze Initiative ist spürbar.}) 45. Kxg4 f5+ $1 {[%csl Rg4] In
Endspielen mit ungleichfarbigen Läufern ist per Anwesenheit von Türmen der
Besitz der Initiative ein viel wichtigerer Faktor als die Anzahl der Bauern.
Aus diesem Grunde verwarf ich das Schlagen auf h2. Mir genügte, die Stellung
nach meinem 48. Zug richtig einzuschätzen.} 46. exf5 exf5+ 47. Kh3 g5 $1 48. g4
f4 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gd4e5,Gf4f3,Gf2h2] Diese Stellung hatte ich mir
vorgeschwebt. Der weisse König ist in grosser Mattgefahr, da Schwarz einfach
Be5-f3-Rxh2# spielen möchte. Um dies zu verhindern, muss jetzt auch noch der
weisse Turm einen ganz passiven Platz einnehmen.} 49. Rb1 Be5 50. Rc1 Kg7 (
50... f3 51. Rc2 $1 {musste vermeidet werden.}) 51. Rf1 $6 {Nach diesem Fehler
ist der a-Bauer nicht zu retten.} ({Nach} 51. Bb7 Ra2 52. Bc6 {gewinnt Schwarz
wie folgt:} Kf6 53. Rf1 Ke7 54. Rd1 Kd8 55. Rc1 f3 56. Rh1 Rf2 $1 57. a5 {
(sonst kommt der König nach a5, mit Zugzwang)} Kc7 58. Bd5 Kb8 59. a6 Ka7 60.
Bb7 Bf4 {und Weiss befindet sich in Zugzwang; entweder fällt der a-Bauer, oder
der d-Bauer läuft.}) 51... Ra2 52. Rf3 (52. Bb5 f3 53. Rh1 Rc2 $1 {[%csl Yc6]
[%cal Gc2c8,Gc8h8,Yb5c6] (/\Rc8-h8#)} 54. Ba6 Rb2 55. Bb5 d5 56. Be8 Bd6 $1 {
und der Vorstoss des d-Bauern entscheidet rasch.}) 52... Rxa4 53. Bf1 Ra2 {
[%cal Ra2h2,Rh2a2]} 54. Bg2 Rd2 {Schwarz hat seine ''Standard''-Aufstellung
wieder genommen; Turm auf der 2. Reihe mit der latenten Drohung f3-Txh2#, die
den Weissen zur Passivität verurteilt.} 55. Rf1 Kf6 56. Bf3 Ke7 57. Rd1 Rf2 58.
Rd3 d5 59. Bg2 d4 60. Rf3 Rd2 61. Bf1 Kd6 62. Bd3 Kd5 63. Bg6 ({Auf} 63. Be4+ {
ist} Kc4 {am einfachsten.}) 63... Bd6 64. Bf5 Bb4 65. Rb3 Kc4 66. Be6+ Kc5 67.
Bf5 Rf2 68. Bg6 Bc3 69. Rb8 $6 $138 ({Nach} 69. Bf7 {hätte} Rc2 70. Bg6 Rd2 {
entscheidet.}) 69... d3 70. Rc8+ Kb4 71. Rb8+ Ka3 72. Bxd3 $6 Rf3+ 73. Kg2 Rxd3
74. Rb5 f3+ 75. Kf2 Bd4+ 76. Kg3 f2+ 77. Kg2 Rd1 78. Rf5 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde GP CCAS"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Doluhanova, Evgeniya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 (7...
Be7 8. Bb3) 8. Bb3 b4 9. Na4 Be7 (9... Bb7 10. Re1 Nc6 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 d5
13. Nb6 Be7 14. Ba4+ Kf8 15. exd5 Rb8 16. f5 e5 17. Rxe5 Qc7 18. Rxe7 Qxe7 19.
Bd2 a5 20. Re1 Qd8 21. Bg5 Bc6 22. Qc5+ Kg8 23. dxc6 {1-0 (23) Ciuksyte,D 
(2345)-Bulmaga,I (2396) London 2013}) (9... Bd7 {La grande ligne} 10. c3 Nc6
11. Re1) 10. Re1 Bb7 11. c3 (11. a3 {Milu,R (2395)-Marjanovic,S (2451)
Ciocaltea Memorial 1999 (8) 1/2}) 11... O-O $5 (11... bxc3 12. Nxc3 O-O 13. f4
Nbd7 14. e5 $14 {Yakovich,Y (2475)-Dvoirys,S (2455) URS Soviet Union 1987 1/2})
12. cxb4 Bxe4 $146 (12... Nxe4 13. f3 Nf6 14. Rxe6 d5 15. Rb6 Ra7 16. Bf4 Nfd7
17. Bxb8 Nxb8 18. b5 a5 19. Kh1 Bd6 20. Rxd6 Qxd6 21. b6 Ra6 22. Nb5 Qc6 23.
Nc7 Rxb6 24. Nxd5 Kh8 25. Ndxb6 {1-0 (25) Virostko,P (2190)-Paramonov,D (2200)
Plzen 1998}) (12... Nc6 {Peut-être un moindre mal car les Noirs vont jouer
toute la partie sans le Nb8!} 13. a3) 13. Bxe6 $1 d5 (13... fxe6 14. Nxe6 Qe8
15. Nxf8 Bxf8 (15... Kxf8) (15... Qxf8 16. Rxe4 Nxe4 17. Qd5+ {[%cal Gd5e4,
Gd5a8]}) 16. Nc3 {[%csl Re4]}) 14. f3 Bxb4 (14... Bg6 15. a3) 15. Bd2 (15. fxe4
Bxe1 16. Qxe1 fxe6 17. Nxe6 Qe8 18. Nxf8 Qxa4 $13) 15... Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Bg6 17.
Rac1 $1 $32 (17. Bh3) 17... Qd6 18. Bh3 Ra7 19. b4 Re7 20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. Nc5 (
21. Re1) 21... Re8 22. a4 h6 23. g3 h5 24. Kf2 $1 h4 25. Re1 hxg3+ 26. hxg3 Qd6
{[%cal Ga6a5]} 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8 28. Bf1 Nf6 (28... a5 {[%cal Gd6c5]} 29. Nb5) 29.
a5 $1 {[%csl Ra6]} Nh5 30. Qg5 Kh7 31. Bd3 {[%cal Gg5h5]} Nf6 32. Be2 (32.
Bxg6+ fxg6) 32... Qc7 33. Qh4+ Kg8 34. Qf4 Qc8 35. Qd6 $18 {[%csl Rb8]} Ne8 36.
Qxd5 Kh7 37. Bf1 Nc7 38. Qd6 Ne8 39. Qe5 f6 40. Qe7 {Le Nb8 n' a jamais eu le
temps d'être développé!} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Zude, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 (7...
Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Nd7 13. g5 Nc5 14.
e5 $6 d5 (14... dxe5 {Bronstein,D (2590)-Lein,A (2510) URS-ch39 Leningrad 1971
(9) 1-0}) 15. f4 b5 $132 {Bronstein}) 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3
O-O (11... b4) 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Rfe1 Bd7 (13... Kh8 $142) (13... Bf6) 14. Rad1
Nc6 $2 ({This was the moment to force the white Bh6 to retreat:} 14... Kh8 15.
Bg5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Nc6 17. Nce2 Nf6 18. Ng3 h6 19. Qh4 a5 20. a3 Ne5 21. Qf4 a4
22. Ba2 b4 23. Qe3 Rfc8 24. h3 Rab8 25. f4 {1/2-1/2 Huebner,R (2605) -Tisdall,
J (2465)/Haifa 1989/EU-chT}) 15. Nd5 $1 {'A first indication that opening the
e-file would involve great dangers for Black.'} Bd8 (15... exd5 16. Nxc6 {
followed by 17.exd5 and White wins back the piece with a huge advantage}) 16.
Nf5 $1 $40 {The forced opening of the e-file adds to the fire against the
point g7.} ({RR} 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Nf4 Bxe4 18. f3 Bg6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Bf4 d5
21. c3 Rc8 22. Bc1 b4 23. cxb4 Qxb4 24. Qf4 Bb6+ 25. Kh1 Qxf4 26. Bxf4 Nc7 27.
a4 a5 28. Rc1 Na6 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ {Gasparian,T-Bulatovic,D (2265)/
Rimavska Sobota 1992/EXT 1997/0-1 (53)}) 16... exf5 17. exf5 {The threat is 18.
Rxe8 and 19.Qxg7++!'} Ne5 ({After Nach} 17... g6 {one of the numerous ways to
win} 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Rxe8 $1 Rxe8 20. Nf6+ Kh8 (20... Bxf6 21. Qxg6+) 21. Qh4
$1 {and White checkmates: und Weiß setzt matt:} Bg4 (21... Bxf6 22. Qxf6+ Kg8
23. Qg7#) 22. Bf8+ Bh5 23. Qg5) 18. Rxe5 $1 {Sweeping away a potential
defender of the point g7 - no ...Ng6!'} dxe5 19. f6 {'The coup-de-grâce - the
point g7 is finally conquered.} g6 (19... Qc6 {Reeh,Oliver (hoping for 20.
fxg7? Qxh6) is simply met by} 20. Bxg7 $1) ({while the pawn is untouchable:
und der Bauer ist unantastbar:} 19... Bxf6 {Reeh, Oliver} 20. Nxf6+ Kh8 (20...
Nxf6 21. Qxg7#) 21. Nxe8 {and the threat 22. Qxg7++ is supported by two minor
pieces!}) 20. Ne7+ {'and Black resigned since both after 20...Kh8 and 20...
Bxe7 21.fxe7 he loses the Rf8, with an ongoing white attack. The ChessBase
Online database contains no less than six games where exactly this position
was reached!'} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Bb7 (8... Be7) 9. Qf3 (9. f4) 9... Nbd7 (9... b4 $5) 10. Re1 Qc8 {N/} (10...
Be7 $2 11. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 12. Nxe6 $40) (10... Nc5 11. Bd5 $1 Qc7 $1 (11... exd5
12. exd5+ Kd7 $8 13. b4 Na4 14. Nxa4 bxa4 15. c4 Rc8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Kc7 18.
b5 $16 {Meister,J-Svirin,O/URS/1987/}) 12. Bxb7 (12. Bg5 $5 Be7 13. b4 Ncd7 14.
Bxe6 $1 $40) 12... Qxb7 13. Bg5 Be7 14. a3 O-O 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. e5 Qxf3 17.
Nxf3 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rc8 $10 {Mainka,G-Schmidt,W/Dortmund/1988/})
11. Qg3 Ne5 (11... b4 12. Nd5 $1) 12. Bg5 (12. Bf4 $2 Nh5) (12. f4 $5) 12...
Be7 13. Rad1 O-O 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nh5 $1 (17...
Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxg5 19. Nb6 $16) 18. Qg4 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Rad8 $1 (19... g6 $2 20.
Ne4 $16) 20. Nce2 g6 $15 21. c3 Qd5 22. Nc1 (22. Rf1 $2 h6 $1 $17) 22... Nf4 (
22... f6 23. Qg4 Nf4 $5) 23. Rd2 (23. Nf3 $2 Qxd1 (23... Qxf3 $2 24. Rxd8) 24.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Kf2 Rxc1 26. Qxf4 Rc2+ $17) 23... Nh3+ $1 24. gxh3 Qh1+ 25. Kf2
Qxh2+ 26. Kf1 (26. Ke3 Qxh3+ 27. Ke2) 26... Qxh3+ 27. Ke2 f6 28. Qe3 $1 (28.
exf6 e5 $17) 28... Qg4+ 29. Kd3 Qf5+ 30. Ke2 Qg4+ 31. Kd3 Rd5 $1 (31... Qf5+
32. Ke2 $10) 32. Kc2 $8 Rxe5 33. Rg1 (33. Qf2 $5) 33... Qh5 $2 (33... Rxe3 34.
Rxg4 g5 $17) 34. Qf2 $16 Re4 (34... Be4+ $32 35. Nd3 g5 $132) 35. Nd3 e5 36.
Ne6 Qh6 (36... Rf7 37. Nd8 Rd7 38. Qxf6 $18) 37. Nxf8 Qxf8 38. Nc5 $1 Rf4 39.
Qe1 Qxc5 (39... Bc8 40. Rd5 {/\Qd2+-/}) 40. Rd8+ Kf7 41. Rd7+ Ke6 42. Rxb7 $18
Qd5 43. Rxh7 Qxa2 44. Qd2 $1 Qa4+ 45. Kb1 b4 46. Qd8 $1 bxc3 47. Re7+ Kf5 48.
Qc8+ Ke4 49. Qxc3 Kf5 50. Qc8+ Ke4 51. Re1+ Kf3 52. Qh3+ Kf2 53. Qe3+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O (10... Nc6 $5) 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bd7 (12... Bf6
13. Bg5 (13. f4 $2 Bxd4+ $1 14. Rxd4 Qa7 $17) 13... Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Qc5 15. Qd2
Bd7 16. Rfe1 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Gavrikov,V/Moscow/1988/}) 13. Nf3 (13. f4 Nc6 (
13... Kh8 $1) 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. f5 Kh8 16. Be3 b4 17. Na4 Rb8 18. fxe6 fxe6 19.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Rf1 Qe7 21. e5 $1 $16 {Sokolov,A-Gelfand,B/Odessa/1989/}) (13.
a3 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bf4 (15. f4 Bf6 16. f5 Qe7 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Bd2 $10 {
Shtyrenkov,V-Vaulin,A/Budapest/1991/}) 15... Qb7 16. Rfe1 a5 17. e5 dxe5 18.
Bxe5 $14 {Short,N-Kasparov,G/London(Wm/20)/1993/}) 13... Nc6 (13... b4 $6 14.
Ne2 a5 15. Nf4 $1 Kh8 (15... a4 $2 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Nh5 $18) 16. Bg5 Nf6 (
16... Bxg5 17. Nxg5 $40) 17. Qh4 $16 {Kasparov,G-Gelfand,B/Linares/1993/}) (
13... a5 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2 Nc6 16. Nf4 Bf6 17. Nd3 e5 18. Be3 Be7 19. Nd2 Nf6
20. f3 Rfe8 21. Kh1 Be6 $10 {Short,N-Kasparov,G/London(Wm/18)/1993/}) 14. Bf4 (
14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Rd8 16. f4 $6 (16. Rd2 $5) 16... h6 17. Nf3 b4 $1 18. Ne2
Nf6 19. e5 Ne4 $1 20. Qh4 dxe5 21. fxe5 Nc5 $17 {Sax,G-Wojtkiewicz,A/Budapest/
1993/}) 14... Qb7 {N/} (14... Rd8 15. Rfe1 Bc8 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxd1 18.
Rxd1 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qc6 $10 {Winants,L-Wojtkiewicz,A/Wijk aan Zee/1994/}) 15.
Rfe1 b4 16. Ne2 (16. Nd5 $6 exd5 17. exd5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Bf6 20. d6
Rd8 $17) (16. Na4 Na5 $1 $13) 16... e5 $1 17. Bg5 $1 (17. Be3 Nf6 18. Nd2 Be6
$10) 17... Be6 (17... Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Be6 19. Ng3 $14) 18. Nh4 Na5 19. Bd5 Bxd5
20. Rxd5 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 Nc4 22. Ng3 $5 (22. b3 Nb6 23. Rdd1 Qxe4 $5 24. Nd4 Qb7
25. Ndf5 $44) 22... Nxb2 23. Ngf5 $44 f6 (23... Nc4 $32) 24. Qg3 Rc8 25. Qb3
Nc4 $8 26. a3 (26. c3 $32 g6 27. Nxd6 Nexd6 28. Rxd6 Rf7 29. Rdd1 $10) 26... g6
(26... Nxa3 $2 27. Rc5+ (27. Rb5+ Qf7) 27... Kh8 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. Ng6+ $1 hxg6
30. Qh3+ Kg8 31. Ne7+ $18) 27. Ne3 (27. Nxd6 Nexd6 28. Rxd6 Kh8 29. Rd5 Nxa3
$17) 27... Nxe3 28. Rxe3 Rf7 29. axb4 Qc6 30. c3 Nc7 31. Rdd3 $15 Nb5 32. Nf3
Kg7 33. h4 h5 (33... Rfc7 $5 34. h5 Qb7 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Nh4 Rc4 $36) 34. Nd2
Rfc7 35. Qa2 Qb7 36. Qa1 Rc6 37. Rg3 Qc7 38. Qd1 $1 (38. Qd1 Kh7 (38... Kf7 39.
Qb3+ Kg7 40. Qd1 $10) 39. Nb1 Rc4 40. Qf3 $132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yalta op"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lukin, Andrei M"]
[Black "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. f4
b5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Be3 (10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Bc5 12. Be3 Nc6 $10) 10... O-O (
10... Nbd7) (10... Nc6) (10... b4) 11. e5 $1 dxe5 (11... Ne4 $5) 12. fxe5 Nfd7
(12... Ne4 $5 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qg4 Bg6 15. Rad1 Qc7 (15... Qe8 $2 16. Nxe6
fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Bd5 $18) (15... Qc8 $1 16. Nxe6 Nc6 17. Qh3 Re8 $132)
16. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Qg8# {Stefansson,H-Renet,O/
Hastings/1987/}) (12... Nd5 $5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qg4 (14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Nf5 Nc6
$1 $10) 14... Bc5 (14... Kh8 $5) 15. Rad1 (15. Bh6 Bxd4+ 16. Kh1 Bxe5) 15...
Nc6 $1 16. Bh6 g6 17. Bxf8 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 (18. Rxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxf8 20. Bxd5
Rd8 $10) 18... Bxb3 19. axb3 Qxf8 20. Rxd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Rc8 $10 {Velimirovic,
D-Bukic,E/YUG/1983/}) 13. Qh5 g6 (13... Qc7 14. Nxe6 $6 (14. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 15.
Bxe6 Nxe5 16. Bf4 Bf6 17. Bxe5 (17. Re1 $5) 17... Bxe5 18. Bxf7+ Qxf7 19. Qxe5
$14) 14... fxe6 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Rf7 (16. Bf5 Rxf5 17. Qxf5 $17) 16... Rxf7 (
16... Nc6 $2 17. Bf5) 17. Qxf7 Nc6 18. Nd5 Qxe5 19. Bxd7 Bd6 20. Bf4 Bc5+ 21.
Kh1 Qxb2 $17 {Urban,M-Ungureanu,E/Croatia/1985/}) 14. Qh3 Nc5 $2 (14... Nxe5 $2
15. Nxe6 $18) (14... Nc6 $2 15. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qxe6 $18) (14...
Bg5 $1 15. Rxf7 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Rxf7 17. Bxe6 (17. Nxe6 Qb6 $1 $13) 17... Nf8
18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. e6+ Ke8 $13) 15. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 (15... Kxf7 16. Qxh7+ Ke8 17.
Qxg6+ Kd7 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Qxe6+ Ke8 20. Qg6+ Kd7 21. Rd1+ $18) 16. Nxe6 Qb6 (
16... Nxb3 17. Nxd8 $18) (16... Qc8 17. Nxc5 Qxh3 18. gxh3 $18) 17. Nxc5 Bxc5
18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 (18... Kg7 19. Qh6+ Kxf7 20. Qxh7+) 19. Qxh7+ Ke8 $8 20. Qh8+
Ke7 (20... Kd7 21. Rd1+ Kc7 22. Qd8+ Kc6 23. Rd6+ Bxd6 24. Qxd6#) 21. Qf6+ $1
$18 Qxf6 22. Bxc5+ Kf7 23. exf6 Kxf6 24. Rf1+ Ke6 25. Re1+ Kf5 26. Re7 Bc6 27.
Bd4 (27. Ne2 $32) 27... Nd7 28. Ne2 Rd8 29. Ng3+ Kg4 30. Rf7 Rf8 31. Rg7 Kg5
32. h4+ $1 Kxh4 (32... Kh6 33. Re7) 33. Rxg6 Nb8 34. Bf2 Bd5 35. Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3
b5 8. O-O b4 $5 {A relatively rare line that Anand has favored as a way to
avoid the jungle of popular theory.} 9. Na4 Bd7 {Ftacnik: 'Modern concept in
this well known opening. White's knight is forced into unattractive location
on a4 and black's bishop from d7 covers many important squares (especially e6).
'} 10. f4 Nc6 11. f5 e5 (11... Nxd4 {Ftacnik} 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qxb4 d5 14. Qe1
dxe4 15. Be3 $16) 12. Nf3 {Someone out to secure a comforting start to such an
event must have been tempted by Ftacnik: 'The main line is 12.Ne6, but
Reinderman was not sure if Anand knew some refutation.'} (12. Ne6 {which led
to a draw after a relatively forced sequence:} fxe6 13. fxe6 Bc8 14. Bg5 Be7 (
14... h5 $6 {Ftacnik} 15. Bd5 Bb7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. c3) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rxf6
$1 Qxf6 17. Qxd6 $40 (17. Qd5 {Ftacnik} Bb7 18. Nc5 Rf8 19. Qd2 O-O-O 20. Nxb7
Kxb7 21. Bd5 Kc7 22. a3 Qf4 {0-1 Robovic,S-Ashley,M/New York/1998/ (32)}) 17...
Nd4 {'[]' Ftacnik.} 18. Nb6 Bxe6 (18... Ne2+ {Ftacnik} 19. Kh1 Ng3+ 20. hxg3
Qh6+ 21. Kg1 Qe3+ 22. Kf1 Rf8+ 23. Qxf8+ Kxf8 {0-1 Nemec,P-Kalod,R/CZE 1998 
(55)}) 19. Nxa8 (19. Bxe6 {Ftacnik} Rd8 20. Bd7+ Kf7 $17) 19... Ne2+ 20. Kh1
Ng3+ $1 21. hxg3 Qh6+ 22. Kg1 Qe3+ 23. Kh2 (23. Kf1 $2 {Ftacnik} Rf8+ 24. Qxf8+
Kxf8 25. Bxe6 Qh6 26. Bh3 Qc6 $17) 23... Qh6+ {Ftacnik: '1/2-1/2 Kalegin,
E-Dvoirys,S/USSR/1988/' 1/2-1/2 Kalegin,E-Dvoirys, USSR 1988. Perhaps black
can improve early in this line and try for more, but this must happen on move
14.}) 12... h6 {'!' Ftacnik.} (12... Na5 {Ftacnik} 13. Bg5 Bc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Re1 $11) 13. Qe1 (13. Be3 {Ftacnik} Rb8 14. Qd3 Na5 15. c3 Bc6 $15) 13...
Be7 14. Qg3 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'A honest attacking idea, but black will
be able to consolidate and even to overtake the initiative.'} (14. Be3 {Ftacnik
} Rb8 15. Bf2 Na5 $15) 14... Kf8 15. Qe1 $1 {Anand was impressed with this
move, turning attention to other sectors now that castling is no longer
possible.} Rb8 16. Bd2 (16. c3 {Ftacnik} Na5 17. cxb4 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bc6 $17)
16... Qe8 {'!' Ftacnik.} 17. a3 a5 18. Kh1 (18. axb4 {Ftacnik} axb4 {xNa4})
18... Kg8 19. Rg1 $6 {[#] Ftacnik: 'White is too optimistic with the plan to
open the g file. The rook will soon look displaced on g1.'} (19. h3 $5 {
was suggested as an improvement by Anand.}) (19. axb4 {would be my reaction,
particularly after considering the considerations behind black's next move. It
also seems most consistent with white's deployment.}) (19. axb4 {Ftacnik} axb4
20. Rf2 $15) 19... bxa3 $1 (19... Kh7 {? according to Anand.} 20. g4 Nd4 21.
Nxd4 (21. g5 Nxf3 22. g6+ fxg6 23. fxg6+ Qxg6) 21... exd4 22. g5 (22. axb4 Bc6)
22... hxg5 (22... Bxa4 $4 23. g6+) 23. Rxg5 {+- Anand} Kg8 (23... Bc6 24. Qh4+
Kg8 25. Rxg7+ {Anand}) 24. Rxg7+ $3 {is all Anand had to say on the subject.
His judgement may be as impeccable as usual, but for mortals, a bit more
investigation is helpful, and typically, the more one looks the less certain
one feels.} Kxg7 25. Qg3+ Kf8 26. Rg1 {must be the idea, but here} Bd8 $1 {
puts up surprising resistance. In fact, it puts up the kind of resistance that
causes attackers to lose their poise and convert to an unshakeable faith in
defence.} (26... Rh7 $4 27. Bh6+) ({In fact,} 26... Ng4 $1 27. Qxg4 Bf6 {
also asks white some serious questions, and without undue complications. It
seems that Anand was unnecessarily skeptical about this position for black.})
27. Qg7+ (27. Qxd6+ Qe7 $1 28. Qxb8 Bc6 $1 {and white's position crumbles down
the diagonal.}) 27... Ke7 28. Rg6 $1 (28. Bg5 Bc6 $1 {is another annoying
escape.}) 28... Bxa4 29. Qxf6+ Kd7 30. Qxd6+ (30. Bxa4+ Kc8 31. Bxe8 Bxf6 32.
Bxf7 Be5 $17) 30... Kc8 31. Qa6+ Rb7 32. Bd5 {looks very tempting until one
finds} Qb5 $1 {which glues black's position together. (} 33. Rc6+ Bc7 {). The
moral is that chess is a very messy game. Anand's judgement is certainly
correct from a practical point of view, and his decision to coordinate his
position by using the rook from h8 and relying on the central influence of his
other pieces gives a very harmonious impression. My guess is that the line he
gave was a kind of sketch to demonstrate his intuitive feeling. If one were to
start the whole idea with 20.axb4!? for example, the opening of the a-line and
pressure against b4 could greatly hinder black from creating counterplay. And
this also helps explain his eventual decision, which prevents this structure
from occurring in the game.}) 20. Rxa3 (20. bxa3 {Ftacnik} Nd4 $17) 20... Nd4
21. Nxd4 {'?' Ftacnik.} (21. Nc3 {Ftacnik} Nxb3 22. Rxb3 Rxb3 23. cxb3 Bc6 $15)
21... exd4 {Black's counterplay is clearly coming in improved fashion here.
While the problem knight on a4 is more secure than in some lines above, white
must lose time with his exposed rook on a3. In the meantime, pressure is
mounting on e4, and white will find his other rook misplaced as well.} 22. Ra1
(22. Bxa5 {Ftacnik} d5 23. e5 Bxa3 24. exf6 Qxe1 25. Rxe1 Bxa4 26. Bxa4 Rxb2
$19) 22... Bc6 23. Bxa5 Nxe4 24. Rf1 {[#]White really needs to relieve the
queen of the depressing task of guarding against mate. At a glance, one might
be tempted to think that white can look forward with optimism - his pawn
structure looks healthier, and black has trouble coordinating his forces. In
fact, the reverse is true; White's pieces are holidaying on the queenside, and
they cannot come home, thanks largely to black's dominant doubled d-pawns.
Meanwhile, black's rook is going to put in a full day's work from h8.} (24. Nb6
Bg5 {most likely transposes into the game.} (24... Bg5 {Ftacnik} 25. Rf1 h5 $17
)) (24. Rd1 Bf6 25. Nb6 Bd8 $1 26. Nc4 d5 $1 $19) 24... h5 $1 {Now the whole
team starts to play. This not only increases the scope of the rook, it
introduces the h-pawn itself as an attacking unit. Ftacnik: 'White has won the
battle on the queenside, but he obviously fails in the center and on the
kingside. Black plans to activate the rook on h8 with a march of the h pawn.'}
25. Nb6 (25. Rd1 $5 {was a better chance to resist, in my opinion.}) 25... h4
26. Bd5 (26. Nd5 Bg5 {threatening ...Rxb3 and ...Bxd5 followed by ...Ng3+!.})
26... Bg5 {The familiar pattern of ...Ng3+ followed by disaster on the a7-g1
diagonal now looms.} 27. Rf3 (27. Qxe4 Qxe4 28. Bxe4 Bxe4 {threatening c2 and .
..h3 is not worth considering for white.}) 27... h3 $1 {[#]Black batters away
with great energy, and each of his last moves have made clearer the difference
in activity between the opposing forces.} (27... Rxb6 $2 {promises black
nothing after} 28. Qxe4 Qxe4 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 ({or} 29... Ra6 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. c3
) 30. Bxb6) 28. Bxc6 (28. g3 Rxb6) 28... Qxc6 ({Mig points out that} 28...
hxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qxc6 {was also very strong. This seems even more logical than
the game since it strips the white king bare and massages b6 and c2 as well,
but this may be a matter of taste as Anand's method is also very painful.}) 29.
Qe2 Bf4 $1 {Ftacnik: 'Anand can afford to use fine small tricks, white
position is falling apart.'} 30. Kg1 ({Not} 30. Rxf4 Ng3+ $1 31. hxg3 hxg2+ 32.
Kg1 Rh1+) 30... Be3+ 31. Kh1 Re8 {Black's attack is decisive. One crushing
threat is ...Bd2.} 32. Qc4 Nf2+ 33. Rxf2 (33. Kg1 Nd3+ {followed by ...hxg2+
and ...Nf4+.}) 33... Qxc4 34. Nxc4 Bxf2 35. Nxd6 Re2 36. b4 Bg3 $1 {A final
reminder that the rook on h8 is IN play. Ftacnik: 'Fine motive in the end,
black wins the piece and the game.'} 37. gxh3 (37. hxg3 hxg2+) 37... Bxd6 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 69th"]
[Site "Gladenbach"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In der 6. Runde kam es zur Spitzenpaarung Müller-Wahls. Da uns beide nur ein
halber Zähler von der rasenden Meute trennte, war Kampf angesagt.} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 {Obwohl Karsten
normalerweise mit 7.0-0 fortzusetzen pflegt, kam dieser Zug für mich nicht
ganz unerwartet. Schon eine Runde zuvor nämlich verriet Karsten in seiner
Partie gegen Lutz, was er gegen den Najdorf-Sizilianer vorbereitet hatte.} b5
8. Bg5 Be7 {Nach} (8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. O-O {nimmt der weiße
Entwicklungsvorsprung bedrohliche Formen an.}) 9. Qf3 Qc7 {Vermutlich ist dies
der stärkste Zug. In der Begegnung Müller-Lutz folgte} (9... Qb6 10. O-O-O Nbd7
11. Be3 Qb7 12. Qg3 b4 $6 13. Nd5 $1 exd5 14. Nf5 {mit gefährlichem weißen
Angriff.}) ({Ganz einfach schlecht ist dagegen} 9... Bb7 {wegen der
schablonenhaften Riposte} 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nxe6 Qc8 12. Nxg7+ Kf7 13. Nf5 {
mit großem Stellungsvorteil. Liepold-Schulte, Mittelfranken 1995}) 10. e5 $1 {
Wie bei vielen starken Neuerungen, muß man sich auch in diesem Fall über die
doch recht späte Einführung in die Turnierpraxis wundern. Bisher rochierten
die Weißen nun entweder zur einen oder anderen Seite. Ein Beispiel von hohem
Niveau ist die Partie Illescas-Gelfand, Linares 1990:} (10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Qg3
$6 (11. Rhe1 $11) 11... Nc5 12. Bd5 $5 (12. f3 $2 b4 13. Nce2 Nfxe4 $19) (12.
Nf5 exf5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Rxd6 f4 $1 $19) 12... Rb8
$1 13. Bc6+ (13. Nc6 b4 14. Nxe7 bxc3 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nxc8 cxb2+ 17. Kb1 Rxc8
$19) 13... Kf8 14. f4 (14. Rhe1 h6 $1 $17) 14... h6 15. Bh4 (15. e5 $5 hxg5 16.
exf6 Bxf6 17. fxg5 Be5 $1 $17) 15... b4 16. Na4 Ncxe4 $17) 10... Bb7 11. exd6
Bxd6 12. Qe3 $1 {[#]Der weiße Druck gegen e6 erweist sich als ziemlich
unangenehm, zumal der schwarze König nun nicht so leicht aus der Brettmitte
verschwinden kann.} Bc5 $6 {Dieser Zug entsprang letzlich der Erkenntnis, daß
es sich beim Springer d4 um den Hauptfeind meiner Stellung handelt. Neben dem
Einschlag auf e6 drohte dieser nämlich , gelegentlich nach f5 zu gehen, oder
sich gar auf b5 zu opfern. Wie sich jedoch in der Partie rausstellen sollte,
lassen sich die konkreten Stellungsprobleme damit kaum lösen. Werfen wir einen
Blick auf die Alternativen:} (12... O-O $2 {Die kurze Rochade ist zwar
wünschenswert, taktisch jedoch undurchführbar:} 13. O-O-O (13. Bxf6 $2 gxf6 {
Auch die Zerrüttung der schwarzen Königsstellung ist attraktiv, doch wo bleibt
Weiß mit seinem eigenen König?}) 13... h6 (13... Nbd7 $2 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15.
Qxe6+ $18) (13... Ng4 14. Qd2 b4 15. Nxe6 bxc3 16. Qxd6 $18) 14. Ndxb5 $1 axb5
15. Nxb5 Qc6 16. Bxf6 Qxb5 17. Rxd6 gxf6 18. Rb6 $1 Qd7 19. Rxe6 $18) (12...
Nc6 $2 13. Nf5) (12... Nbd7 $5 {Ein interessanter Zug mit der Absicht} 13. Nxe6
$1 {mit der Folge} (13. Bxe6 $6 O-O {oder}) (13. O-O-O Be5 $11 (13... O-O-O $5
$13 14. Ndxb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Bc5 {. Die kritische Fortsetzung ist meiner
Meinung nach})) 13... fxe6 14. Qxe6+ Be7 (14... Kd8 15. Bxf6+ gxf6 16. O-O-O
$16) 15. Qf7+ (15. O-O-O $2 Rf8 16. Rhe1 Nc5) 15... Kd8 16. Qxg7 Qe5+ 17. Be3
Kc7 {und einer schwer zu bewertenden Stellung.}) (12... Be5 {Am sichersten.}
13. O-O-O Nbd7 (13... h6 $2 14. Ncxb5) 14. f4 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 O-O 16. Rhd1 Rac8 (
16... Bc6) 17. Kb1 Bc6 18. Qe2 Qb7 {mit der Absicht 19..a5 und guten schwarzen
Aussichten.}) 13. O-O-O {Ich stand nun vor der Alternative, entweder einen
Bauern zu opfern oder mich unvorhersehbaren Gefahren auszusetzen. Aus
pragmatische Gründen wurde letzteres verworfen:} Nbd7 (13... Nc6 $5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Ne4 (15. Nd5 Qd8 16. c3 $13) 15... Bxd4 (15... Be7 $2 16. Nf5 exf5 17.
Nxf6+ Kf8 18. Qh6#) (15... Nxd4 $6 16. Nxc5 (16. Nxf6+ Ke7 17. Qg5 Qf4+) 16...
Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Bxg2 18. Rhg1 {mit Angriff}) 16. Rxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxf6+ Ke7 18.
Qxd4 {mit ausreichend Kompensation wegen der Möglichkeit 19.Dh4.}) 14. Bxe6 $1
O-O {Die Annahme des Opfers ist wenig verheißungsvoll:} (14... fxe6 $2 15.
Qxe6+ Kf8 (15... Be7 16. Nf5 Nc5 17. Nxg7+ Kf8 18. Bh6 $18) (15... Kd8 16.
Bxf6+ gxf6 17. Ndxb5 axb5 18. Qxf6+ $18) 16. Qxf6+ (16. Bxf6 $2 Qf4+) 16...
gxf6 17. Ne6+ Ke7 18. Nxc7 fxg5 19. Rhe1+ Kd8 20. Ne6+ Kc8 21. Rxd7 Kxd7 22.
Nxc5+ Kc6 23. Nxb7 Kxb7 24. Re7+ Kc6 25. Re6+ Kd7 26. Rh6 $16) 15. Bb3 ({
Zum Ausgleich führt} 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. Qg3 Qxg3 (16... Qb6 17. Be3) 17. hxg3
Bxg2 18. Rh2 (18. Rhg1 Bh3) 18... Bxd4 (18... Bb7 19. Nb3) 19. Rxd4 Bc6 20. Nd5
Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Nb6) 15... Rae8 {In dieser Stellung bekam ich weiche Knie.
Nachdem die zeitliche Bilanz mit 30 zu 70 Minuten eher gegen mich sprach und
auch die Aktivität meiner Figuren keinen ausreichender Ersatz für den Bauern
zu ergeben schien, mekte ich, wie sich plötzlich ein kleinliches Remisangebot
anschickte, meiner Kehle zu entsteigen. Da mir die Kraft dazu fehlte, übernahm
schließlich meine Gegner die Aufgabe, es freundlich aber bestimmt
zurückzuweisen.} 16. Qh3 b4 17. Na4 {In Frage kam auch} (17. Nce2 Bd6 18. Rhe1
Ne4 19. Be3 Ndc5 {und Schwarz hat trotz seiner Aktivität keine ausreichende
Kompensation.}) 17... Bd6 18. Kb1 Ne4 19. Be3 (19. Bh4 $5) 19... Ndf6 20. Rhe1
Bc8 21. Nf5 (21. Qh4 $2 Re5 22. Bf4 Rh5 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Nf3 Nd2+ 25. Rxd2
Qxd2 $17) 21... g6 (21... Bf4 $5 $14) 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Qf3 $2 {Stärker war} (
23. Qh4 Re5 24. g4 Nxg4 25. Nxg4 Rh5 26. Bh6+ Kh8 27. Qxh5 gxh5 28. Bxf8 {
mit guten weißen Chancen.}) 23... Bb7 24. Qe2 $6 ({Nach} 24. Qh3 Bf4 25. Qh4 {
steht Weiß vermutlich immer noch einen Tick besser.}) 24... Bf4 25. Ng4 Nxg4
26. Qxg4 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Qxh2 28. Rh3 $2 {Der Verlustzug. Nach} (28. Nc5 $1 Nxc5
(28... h5 $2 29. Qe2) 29. Qd4+ Kg8 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Qxc5 Bxg2 32. Qxb4 {
ist die Stellung unklar.}) 28... Qxg2 $1 {Diesen Zug hatte Karsten übersehen.
Um meine Zeitnot auszunutzen, zog er einfach zu schnell.} 29. Qxg2 {Vielleicht
wäre es pragmatischer gewesen, dem Damentausch mit} (29. Qh4 {auszuweichen,
doch auch nach} h5 {hat Weiß objektiv nicht mehr viel zu bestellen.}) 29...
Nd2+ 30. Kc1 Bxg2 31. Rh4 Bf3 $5 32. Rg1 Nxb3+ 33. axb3 a5 $19 {Neben dem
Mehrbauern besitze ich jetzt auch noch die bessere Leichtfigur.} 34. Rf4 Bc6
35. Nb6 Re4 36. Rxe4 Bxe4 37. Nc4 Bd5 38. Kd2 (38. Nxa5 $2 Ra8) 38... Rd8 39.
Ke3 a4 40. Nb6 axb3 41. Nxd5 Rxd5 42. cxb3 {Das Endspiel ist natürlich
hoffnungslos verloren. Kurioserweise gewann ich am Tag zuvor gegen Luther eine
ähnliche Stellung. Dort hatte mein Gegner sogar noch einen weiteren
Königsflügelbauern zu seiner Verfügung.} Re5+ 43. Kf3 Rf5+ 44. Ke3 h5 45. Rh1
Re5+ 46. Kf3 f5 47. Rc1 (47. Rh4 Re4) 47... Re4 48. Kg3 h4+ 49. Kh3 g5 50. Rc6
Rf4 51. Kg2 {Wenn ich es als Weißer schon bis dahin weiter gespielt hätte,
dann hätte ich nun wenigstens auf Patt gespielt:} (51. Ra6 Rxf2 $4 52. Rg6+ $11
) 51... g4 52. Rb6 h3+ 53. Kg1 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Astana"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2001.05.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4101]} 1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6.
Bc4 {L'une des grandes conceptions de Bobby Fischer : La diagonale du Fou
introduit l'offensive vers f7.} e6 {Les Noirs installent une barricade, mais
les Blancs ne tarderont pas а l'assiéger via f4-f5 et peut-être même g4-g5-g6.}
7. Bb3 b5 {La meilleure réplique : Les Noirs lancent une contre-attaque vers
le pion central.} ({Apparemment trop lent serait} 7... Be7 8. f4 O-O (8... b5
9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nfd7 11. Bxe6 $1) 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. f5 e5 11. Nde2 b5 12. a3
Bb7 13. g4 {Avec une forte attaque. (Fischer)}) 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 {Menace 10.
e5, pour transférer la Dame sur l'aile Roi avec gain de temps. On retrouve
cette idée dans la partie Fischer-Olafsson disputée en 1960.} Qc7 ({Il n'était
évidemment pas question de jouer} 9... Bb7 {а cause de} 10. Bxe6 $1) 10. Qg3
O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 {Accélère la mobilisation des troupes, tout en provoquant un
embouteillage sur la huitième traverse.} 12. Rad1 Bd7 {Kasparov et Morozevich
avaient déjà abordé cette variante а diverses reprises.} ({Le coup} 12... Nc6 {
présenterait une erreur instructive :} 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Nd5 $1 Bd8 15. Rd3 Bb7
16. Rc3 Qd7 17. Rc7 $3 {Les Blancs gagnent la Dame ou font mat :} Bxc7 18. Nf6+
$1) 13. f4 {La suite logique. On pourrait pourtant aussi jouer} (13. Nf3 {
Parties Kasparov-Gelfand, Linares 1993 et Short-Kasparov, 18e du match,
Londres 1993.}) (13. a3 {Short-Kasparov, 20e du match, Londres 1993.}) 13...
Nc6 14. f5 {L'affaire se précise !} ({Morozevich avait déjà essayé} 14. Bg5 {
contre Gelfand, lors du tournoi olympique d'Istanbul 2000.}) 14... Nxd4 15.
Rxd4 {Chaque coup accroît la pression. Les Noirs doivent maintenant tenir
compte d'une percée en e5, suivie du sacrifice sur g7 et de l'arrivée d'une
Tour vers g4.} Bf6 16. Rd3 Be5 {Ftacnik: 'The first independent move in the
game, Kasparov has prepared the risky version of the defense.' Un choix
discutable : Le Fou bloque le Pe4, pour y empêcher l'accès du Nc3, mais
facilite les mouvements de la Tour sur la troisième rangée.} ({Après} 16... b4
{Kasparov craignait} 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. e5 (18. Nd5 exd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. Bxa8
gxh6) 18... Bxe5 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Qf3+ Bf6 21. Ne4 {avec des chances
réciproques.}) 17. Qg4 b4 {'!' Ftacnik.} 18. f6 ({Il n'y avait rien а espérer
de} 18. fxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxe6 bxc3 20. Bd5 cxb2 $1 {etc.} (20... Qc8 $1 $15 {
Ftacnik})) 18... g6 {'!' Ftacnik.} (18... Qb6+ {Ftacnik} 19. Kh1 Bxf6 20. Rxf6
bxc3 21. Bxg7 $1 cxb2 22. Bxf8+ Kxf8 23. Rf1 $16) 19. Ne2 {La tâche des Noirs
devient de plus en plus délicate : Comment éviter 20.Qh4 suivi de Rh3 ?} (19.
Nd1 $5 {Ftacnik}) 19... a5 {Au bout d'une longue réflexion, Kasparov décide
d'encercler le Bb3. Supposons :} ({a)} 19... Bb5 20. Qh4 Bxd3 21. cxd3 {
Les Blancs conservent tous les atouts en mains.}) ({b)} 19... Nxf6 20. Qh4 Nh5
21. g4 Ng7 22. Rh3 {L'attaque perce.}) (19... a5 {[#]}) 20. Bxf8 {Cette prise
gagne du matériel aux dépens de l'offensive.} ({Peut-être fallait-il essayer} 
20. Qh4 a4 21. Bg5 h5 (21... axb3 $2 22. Qh6 bxa2 23. Rh3 {conduirait au mat.})
22. g4 {avec de folles complications qui dépassent les capacités humaines. 
(Kasparov).  Tâchons d'aller plus loin : Les variantes qui suivent n'ont pas
la prétention d'être exhaustives, mais seulement de donner un aperçu du
labyrinthe.} axb3 23. gxh5 Qc5+ ({Certainement pas} 23... bxa2 24. hxg6 fxg6
25. Rh3 {Le Roi est pris au piège.}) 24. Kh1 ({Sur} 24. Be3 $2 Bxf6 25. Rxf6
Qxh5 $1 {gagne.}) 24... Nxf6 25. hxg6 (25. Rxf6 Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Qxh5 {Les Blancs
ont trop de chose en prise}) (25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Qxf6 (26. Rxf6 bxc2 27. hxg6
c1=Q+ 28. Nxc1 Qxc1+ 29. Kg2 Qxb2+ 30. Kg3 fxg6 31. Rxg6+ Kf7 {Et la prétendue
victime sort du bois en excellente santé.}) 26... Bc6 {ou même 26... Qxh5, les
Noirs n'ont rien а craindre.}) 25... fxg6 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 (27...
Qh5 28. Qxh5 gxh5 29. Rg3+ Kh7 30. Rxf8 Rxf8 31. Rxb3 Rf2 32. Rxb4 $1 {Prenant
un deuxième pion}) (27... Kg7 28. Rxg6+ Kxg6 29. Nf4+ Kf7 ({Si} 29... Rxf4 30.
Rg3+ Kf7 31. Qxf4+ Ke7 32. Qh4+ $1 {Le mat suit}) 30. Rf3 Ke8 31. Ng6 d5 32.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Nxf8 bxc2 (33... bxa2 $2 {perd brillament après} 34. Ng6 a1=Q+
35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Qh7+ Kf6 37. e5+ Kg5 38. h4+ Kg4 39. Qh6 $1) 34. Qh5+ Kxf8 35.
Qh6+ Ke7 36. Qg5+ Kf7 (36... Kd6 $2 37. e5+ Kc7 38. Qc1) 37. Qh5+ {Echec
perpétuel}) 28. Qxf6 Qh5 29. Nf4 (29. Rg3 Be8) 29... bxc2 $1 30. Nxh5 c1=Q+ 31.
Kg2 Qc2+ 32. Kh1 (32. Kg1 $2 Qc5+ $1) 32... Qb1+ 33. Kg2 Qc2+ {Nulle !}) 20...
Kxf8 21. Qh4 (21. c3 $5 {Ftacnik} Bb5 22. Re3 bxc3 23. bxc3 Nxf6 $44 24. Qg5
Qc5 25. Kh1 Kg7 $17) 21... a4 22. Qxh7 Qa7+ {Pour assurer la défense de la
Tour, après l'échec sur h8.} 23. Kh1 Nxf6 {Ftacnik: 'With the help of the
defended rook a8 black has managed to liquidate the danger on the kingside,
bishop on e5 is a sufficient counterweight of the white spare exchange.'} 24.
Qh6+ Ke7 25. Bc4 Qc5 {Les Blancs disposent d'une qualité de plus, mais leurs
forces sont dispersées. Les Noirs jouissent encore des deux Fous, celui de e5
contrôle même l'échiquier tout entier.} (25... Bc6 $5 {Ftacnik} 26. Qh4 (26.
Ng3 {Ftacnik} Bxb2 27. Rdf3 Qc5 28. Bd3 Rg8 $15) 26... g5 $5 27. Qxg5 Rg8 28.
Qe3 Qb7 $15) 26. b3 axb3 27. Bxb3 {'?!' Ftacnik. Rend la qualité, pour
regrouper l'ensemble des troupes et empêcher l'intrusion de la Tour en a2.} (
27. axb3 $1 {Ftacnik} d5 (27... Bc6 {Ftacnik} 28. Ng3 Ra2 29. Rdf3) 28. Qg5
dxc4 29. Rd5 $3 exd5 30. Qxe5+ $14) 27... Bb5 28. Nf4 {Prépare le sacrifice
sur g6 ou e6.} Bxf4 29. Qxf4 Qe5 30. h3 (30. Rxd6 {Ftacnik} Qxf4 31. Rxf4 Kxd6
32. Rxf6 Ra7 $15) 30... g5 31. Qf2 g4 {La Rd3 peut attendre !} 32. Qb6 (32.
Qxf6+ {menait probablement а la nullité, mais le coup joué ne gâche rien.})
32... Nd7 33. Qf2 Nf6 34. Qb6 Rh8 {Même а court de temps, Kasparov ne veut pas
entendre parler de la répétition des coups !} 35. Rxd6 $2 {Ftacnik: 'The
decisive mistake in the game, Morozevich had to insert the check on c7 and the
game would remain in the balance.' La faute décisive : Il fallait jouer} (35.
Qc7+ Nd7 36. Rxd6 $1 Rxh3+ (36... Qxd6 $2 37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. Qxd6 $18) (36...
Qxe4 $2 37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. Bxe6+ Kg7 39. Rxd7+) 37. gxh3 Qxe4+ 38. Kg1 (38. Kh2
$2 Qe2+) 38... Qe3+ 39. Rf2 Qe1+ (39... g3 40. Rdd2) 40. Kg2 Qe4+ {échec
perpétuel.}) 35... Qxd6 36. Qxd6+ (36. Qxb5 {Ftacnik} gxh3 37. e5 hxg2+ 38.
Kxg2 Qd2+ $19) 36... Kxd6 37. Rxf6 Rh7 $1 {L'avantage reste du côté des Noirs,
dont le Roi est nettement plus actif.} (37... gxh3 {Ftacnik} 38. Rxf7 Bc6 39.
Rf6 hxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 41. Kg3 Bf5 $15) 38. Kh2 Ke5 39. Rf2 gxh3 40. gxh3 Bc6
{'!' Ftacnik. [#] La pointe des coups précédents : la chute du Pe4 entraîne la
débâcle des Blancs. Notez aussi la bonne position de b4 qui retient а fois a2
et c2.} 41. Bc4 ({Si} 41. Re2 Bxe4 42. c3 bxc3 43. Rxe4+ Kxe4 44. Bc2+ Ke3 45.
Bxh7 f5 {Et le Pc3 va а Dame.}) 41... Bxe4 {Ftacnik: 'Despite equality in the
number of pawns endgame is very difficult for white, black enjoys better pawn
structure and more active king.'} 42. Re2 {Menace Rxe4.} (42. Bb3 {Ftacnik} f5
$17) 42... f5 43. Bd3 {La meilleure chance, autrement les pions liés
l'emporteraient facilement.} Kf4 {Pour soutenir le pion passé et barrer la
route au Roi blanc.} 44. Bxe4 (44. Re1 {Ftacnik} Bd5 $17) 44... fxe4 45. Rf2+
Ke3 46. Rf8 e5 47. Re8 Rc7 48. Rxe5 Kf4 49. Rb5 Rxc2+ 50. Kg1 e3 51. Rxb4+ Kf3
52. Rb1 ({Une variante instructive :} 52. Rb8 Rc1+ 53. Kh2 e2 54. Rf8+ Ke3 55.
Re8+ Kd3 56. Rd8+ Kc3 57. Rc8+ Kb2 58. Re8 e1=Q 59. Rxe1 Rxe1 60. Kg3 Re4 $1 {
Coupe le passage du Roi et gagne. Par exemple,} 61. h4 Kxa2 62. h5 Kb3 63. h6
Re6 64. h7 Rh6) 52... Rg2+ 53. Kh1 e2 54. a4 Kf2 55. a5 Rg5 56. Kh2 Rxa5 57. h4
Ra3 $1 {Abandonne.} 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 {The Fischer-Sozin
Attack is not seen a lot these days.} e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5 $5 {A bit of fresh
air, although it has been studied and played before.} ({There's just too much
theory in} 8. O-O) 8... Be7 (8... b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. f4 Qa5 {is one
interesting, albeit much riskier, line}) 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. e5 Bb7 11. exd6 Bxd6
12. Qe3 Bc5 13. O-O-O Nc6 {The key position.} 14. Bxf6 (14. Qxe6+ $3 {was the
bombshell of 2008, courtesy of Vassily Ivanchuk.} fxe6 15. Nxe6 {Here his
opponent, Sergey Karjakin chose} Qe5 {which is OK} ({later} 15... Bd6 {was
found more reliable:} 16. Rhe1 Kd7 17. Nxc7 Kxc7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nd5+ Kb8 20.
Nb6 Bf4+ 21. Kb1 Ra7 22. Nd7+ Ka8 23. Nb6+ {Karjakin-Gashimov, 2010.}) 16.
Nxg7+ Kf8 17. Ne6+ Kf7 (17... Ke7 18. Rhe1 Bxf2 19. Rxe5 Nxe5 20. Ng7 Nc4 $11)
18. Rhe1 {but made a terrible mistake here} Qxe1 $4 ({still} 18... Bxf2 {
was the move.}) 19. Nxc5+ Kg6 20. Rxe1 Kxg5 21. Nxb7) 14... gxf6 15. Nd5 Qe5
16. Qxe5 Nxe5 17. Nc7+ Ke7 18. Nxa8 Bxg2 {Guess what, this whole thing has
been known to theory.} 19. Rhe1 $1 {A novelty and the improvement.} ({On the
previosly played} 19. Rhg1 Bxa8 20. Rg7 $15 {Fernandez Cardoso-Hernandez
Carmenates, 2011}) 19... Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Nf3 21. Rxe6+ fxe6 22. Rg4 Rxa8 23. Rxg2
Kf7 24. Rg3 Nd4 25. Rh3 Kg6 26. Rg3+ Kf7 27. Rh3 Kg6 28. Rg3+ Kf7 {It is not
the first game of Radjabov's in this tournament that followed a theoretical
path to a forced draw.} 1/2-1/2

