[Event "Candidates m2"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1988.01.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf1 Rd8 14. Ne3 Bh5 15.
b4 $1 Ne6 (15... Ne4 $2 16. Nxd5 $18) 16. Nf5 d4 $6 (16... O-O $142 17. a4 (17.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 $1 (17... Nxe7 $2 18. Bxh7+ $1 $16) 18. Qe2 f6 $1 $10) 17... Rfe8
18. axb5 axb5 19. Qd3 Bg6 20. Rd1 Bf8 {Balashov,Y-Portisch,L/Moscow/1981/1/2-1/
2/26/}) 17. Be4 $1 Bg6 (17... d3 $2 18. Re3 Bxf3 (18... Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxd1 20.
Nxd7 Kxd7 21. Rxd3+ Ke8 22. Nxg7+ Nxg7 23. Bh6 $18) 19. Bxf3 $16) (17... g6 $5
18. Nh6 $1 $16) 18. g4 $1 h5 19. h3 Kf8 20. a4 $1 hxg4 21. hxg4 Qe8 22. axb5
axb5 (22... dxc3 23. Bxc6 $18) 23. Ra6 $1 $18 Nb8 (23... dxc3 24. Bxc6 Rxd1 25.
Rxd1 {/\ Ra8+-}) 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Nxe7 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 dxc3 27. Ng6+ Kg8 28. Rd4
Rxd4 29. Qxd4 Rh3 30. Ng5 Rh6 31. Nf4 Nc6 $2 32. Qxc3 $18 Qd8 33. Nf3 Nxb4 34.
Bd2 Qa8 35. Kg2 Nc6 36. g5 b4 37. Qc5 Rh7 38. Nxe6 g6 39. Qd5 Kh8 40. Ned4 Qc8
41. e6 Nxd4 42. Nxd4 c5 43. Bf4 Ra7 44. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Candidates m2"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1988.01.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rad1 Nbd7 11. Nb5 d5 12. Bf4 Bc5 13. Qd3 dxc4 14. Qxc4 a6 15.
Nc3 b5 16. Qd3 Qb6 17. Ng5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rad8 19. Nge4 Be7 20. Qf3 Qa5 21. Nd6
Qb4 22. Rd2 e5 23. a3 Qb3 24. Bg5 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxb2 26. Bxf6 Nxf6 27. Rxf6 e4
28. Nxe4 gxf6 29. Nxf6+ Kg7 30. Nd7 Rfe8 31. Rd1 Kh8 32. Qf4 Rxe2 33. Rd4 f5
34. Kh3 Re7 35. Qd6 0-1

[Event "Candidates m2"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1988.01.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Rae1 Nb4 13. e4 Nd7 14. Ra1 Bd6 15.
Be3 Nc2 16. Bg5 Nb6 17. Qd3 Nb4 18. Qe2 Qe8 19. b3 f5 20. Rac1 h6 21. Be3 Qh5
22. d5 fxe4 23. dxc6 exf3 24. Qd1 bxc6 25. Bxb6 cxb6 26. Qxd6 fxg2 27. Rfd1 Qf5
28. Qd2 Nd3 29. Rc2 Ne5 30. Qe2 Rad8 31. Kxg2 Nf3 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Rc1 Nd4 34.
Qe3 c5 35. Rd1 Qc2 36. h4 Rf8 37. Rc1 Rxf2+ 38. Qxf2 Qxc1 0-1

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1988.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 f5 14. O-O O-O
15. Qh5 Rb8 16. exf5 e4 17. Rae1 Bb7 18. Re3 bxc4 19. Bxc4 d5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21.
f6 Qxf6 22. Qxd5 Rxb2 23. Rxe4 Rd8 24. Qc4 Qc3 25. Qxa6 Qc5 26. Rc4 Qf5 27. Qa7
Re8 28. g3 Rxa2 29. Qa4 Rb8 30. Qa7 Re8 31. Qa4 Re1 32. Rc8+ Bf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8
34. Qb4+ Re7 35. Nc4 Qe4 36. Qc3 Kg8 37. Ne3 Qe5 38. Qc4 Re8 39. Qxa2 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1988.06.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1988.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 g6 13. Ba2 Bg7 14. b4 h6 15. Bb2
Nh5 16. d5 Ne7 17. Nb3 Rf8 18. c4 bxc4 19. Na5 Bc8 20. Rc1 f5 21. exf5 Nf4 22.
Rxc4 Bxf5 23. Nxe5 Bxh3 24. Nb7 Qc8 25. Nxd6 cxd6 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Qd2 g5 28.
Nc6 Nf5 29. Bb1 Nh4 30. Re7 Nh5 31. Bxg7 Nxg7 32. Qc3 Nhf5 33. g4 Nxe7 34.
Nxe7+ Kf7 35. Bg6+ Kxe7 36. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1988.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 d6 6. O-O Nd7 7. c4 Ne5 8. Be2
Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. h3 Rc8 13. b3 Rc7 14. f4 Ng6 15. Bd3
Qc8 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Bb1 Qb8 18. a4 Rcc8 19. g4 h6 20. g5 hxg5 21. fxg5 Nh7 22.
Qf2 Rf8 23. h4 Qc7 24. Nf5 Bd8 25. Bd4 Ne5 26. Ng3 Qa5 27. Nh5 Be7 28. Qg3 Kh8
29. Kh1 Be8 30. c5 Rg8 31. cxd6 Bxd6 32. b4 Qc7 33. Ne2 Nc4 34. Qd3 e5 35. Bc5
f6 36. Nhg3 Qd7 37. Rxc4 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Bxc5+ 39. Rxc5 Rxc5 40. bxc5 Qxh4 41. Ba2
Rf8 42. gxf6 Rxf6 43. Rxf6 Nxf6 44. Qf3 Bxa4 45. Bd5 Bc6 46. Bxc6 bxc6 47. Kg2
Qg5 48. Qd3 a5 49. Qd8+ Kh7 50. Qxa5 Nxe4 51. Qb4 Nd2 52. Qc3 e4 53. Qd4 e3 54.
Nf4 Nb3 55. Qd3+ g6 56. Qd7+ Kh8 57. Qe8+ Kh7 58. Qf7+ Kh6 59. Qf8+ Kh7 60.
Qf7+ Kh6 61. Ne6 Qe5 62. Qf8+ Kh7 63. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Qd3 exd4
15. Qxb5 Nc5 16. Bd5 Rb8 17. Qc4 Na5 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Qe2 Bxe4 20. cxd4 Bxf3
21. gxf3 Ncb3 22. Be3 d5 23. f4 c6 24. Qh5 Nc4 25. Bg6 h6 26. Bc2 Nxe3 27. Rxe3
Nxd4 28. Bd3 Kg8 29. Qg6 Kf8 30. Qh7 Qa7 31. Bg6 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Qxe3 33. fxe3
Rxb2 34. Bc2 Ne1 35. Na3 Ke7 36. Kg1 Ra2 37. Kf1 Nf3 38. Qd3 Ra1+ 39. Nb1 Kd8
40. e4 Nd4 41. e5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1988.10.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1988.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 a6 7. b3 d6 8. d4 cxd4
9. Nxd4 Qc7 10. Bxb7 Qxb7 11. Bb2 Be7 12. e4 O-O 13. Re1 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15.
Rc1 Qb7 16. a4 Rfd8 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. Rd2 h6 19. Re3 Ne8 20. h4 Bf6 21. Qe2 Qc6
22. Kh2 Qc5 23. f4 Be7 24. Nd1 Bf6 25. Nc3 Be7 26. Kh3 h5 27. Nd1 Bf6 28. Nf2
Bxb2 29. Rxb2 g6 30. Rd2 b5 31. Nd3 Qb6 32. f5 Nf6 33. fxe6 fxe6 34. Rf3 Ng4
35. e5 dxe5 36. Qe4 Rc7 37. Qxg6+ Rg7 38. c5 Qc6 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1988.10.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1988.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nb3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Be6 10. f4 Na5 11. Kh1 Bc4 12. e5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd5
15. Rad1 Nxc3 16. Rxd8 Nxe2 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Nxa5 Bxe5 19. c3 Rd8 20. Nxb7 Rd3
21. Bh6 f6 22. Nc5 Rd5 23. Be3 Bxh2 24. Re1 Bd6 25. g4 Re5 0-1

[Event "Linares 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 c6 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Nc3 b4 14. Ne2 exd4 15.
Nexd4 Re8 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bf4 Nc5 19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Nfd7 21. Rad1
Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qc7 23. Ng4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rd8 25. Re3 Bc8 26. Nfxh6+ Kh8 27. Rf3
Be6 28. Nf5 g6 29. Nh4 Bg7 30. Qe2 Qd6 31. Qe3 Qd4 32. Qg5 Ne4 33. Nxg6+ fxg6
34. Qxg6 Nd2 35. Bc2 Nxf3+ 36. gxf3 Kg8 37. Qxe6+ Kf8 38. Qxc6 Qxb2 39. Bh7 Qe2
40. Ne3 Qe1+ 41. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Linares 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. e3 Bf5 11. Ne2 Rc8 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. b4 a5 14. Ng3 axb4
15. axb4 Ra2 16. Be2 c6 17. O-O Rca8 18. Ra1 Nb6 19. Rxa2 Rxa2 20. Qb3 Rc2 21.
b5 Nc4 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. e4 Rxe2 24. Nxe2 Bxe4 25. Qb8+ Kh7 26. Qf4 Qe7 27. Ng3
g5 28. Qc1 Bd3 29. Re1 Qf6 30. Qc3 Bg6 31. Nf1 g4 32. Ne3 Nxe3 33. Qxe3 Be4 34.
Rc1 h5 35. Rc5 Bf5 36. Qf4 Kg6 37. Rc3 h4 38. f3 gxf3 39. Rxf3 Qg5 40. Qxg5+
Kxg5 41. Kf2 f6 42. Rc3 Bd7 43. Re3 Kf4 44. Re7 Bf5 45. Rf7 Ke4 46. Rxf6 Bd7
47. Rd6 Bf5 48. Rxc6 h3 49. gxh3 Bxh3 50. Kg3 Bd7 51. Rc7 Bb5 52. h4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1989.03.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 d6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 Nbd7 11. Nh3 h6 12. Bf4 exd5 13. cxd5 Qe7 14. O-O-O a6
15. g4 Nh7 16. Nf2 b5 17. h4 Rfc8 18. Kb1 Nhf8 19. g5 h5 20. Bg3 c4 21. Bh3 a5
22. Rhe1 Rc5 23. Rc1 Ra6 24. Nd1 Ne5 25. Bf1 Qc7 26. Be2 Rb6 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28.
b4 axb4 29. axb4 Nd7 30. Nb2 Ra6 31. f4 Bxd5 32. exd5 Rxd5 33. Rcd1 Rxd1+ 34.
Rxd1 exf4 35. Bxh5 g6 36. Bg4 Ne5 37. Re1 Nd7 38. Re7 Rd6 39. Bxd7 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1989.03.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4 e6 9.
Bd3 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rfe1 Rb8 15. Bf1
Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. g4 Nf6 18. Kg2 Nd7 19. Ra3 Bg7 20. Bh6 Bh8 21. f3 Nf8 22.
Rb1 f5 23. b4 fxg4 24. hxg4 Nd7 25. bxc5 Nxc5 26. Be3 Rf8 27. Bd4 Bxd4 28. Qxd4
Qe7 29. Be2 Bd7 30. Qe3 Qe5 31. a5 Rf4 32. Nd1 Bxg4 33. Nf2 Bd7 34. Rc3 Rbf8
35. Rxc5 dxc5 36. Rxb7 Bc8 37. Rb1 Rh4 38. Rh1 Rxh1 39. Nxh1 h5 40. Nf2 h4 41.
Qxc5 Bd7 42. Qa7 Bh3+ 43. Nxh3 Qg3+ 44. Kf1 Qxh3+ 45. Ke1 Qg3+ 46. Qf2 Rb8 47.
Qxg3 hxg3 48. d6 Kf8 49. Bd3 Rb3 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1989.03.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 Bg7 7. d3 f5 8. e3 Nf6
9. b4 axb4 10. axb4 O-O 11. b5 Ne7 12. Qb3 Kh8 13. Nge2 g5 14. O-O f4 15. exf4
gxf4 16. gxf4 Ng6 17. fxe5 Ng4 18. Ne4 Bxe5 19. h3 Nh2 20. Bg5 Qe8 21. d4 Nxf1
22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxf1 Qg7 24. N2g3 Be6 25. Nh5 Qe5 26. Bf6+ Rxf6 27. Nexf6 Qd4
28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. fxe3 Bxc4 30. Rc1 Ne5 31. Bxb7 Rb8 32. Bd5 Bxb5 33. Rxc7 Bd3
34. e4 Nf3+ 35. Kf2 Ng5 36. Ke3 Bb1 37. h4 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 e6 6. O-O Ngf6 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. c4 Qe7 10. a3 a5 11. d4 (11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 e5 13. Qc2 Rfd8 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Ne8 $15 {Filip-Sanguinetti/Portoroz/1958}) (11. h3 Bh5 12. Ra2 e5
13. cxd5 Nxd5 (13... cxd5) 14. Ne4 Bb6 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 f6 17. Nd2 Bf7 18.
Nc4 Bc7 19. Ra1 $14 {Kirov-Gliksman/Pernik/1976}) 11... Bd6 12. Ne5 (12. Re1
Rfd8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Nf6 16. Re3 Qc7 (16... h6 17. Qe1 Qf8
$2 (17... Bf5) 18. Nh4 Bh5 19. h3 g5 20. Nf3 Nd7 21. h4 Qg7 22. hxg5 hxg5 23.
Bc3 a4 24. d5 $16 {Jansa-Campora/Bor/1983}) (16... Bc5 17. Rd3 Bf5 18. Rd2) 17.
Qe1 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. cxd5 $16 {Ribli-Campora/Luzern/1982})
12... Bh5 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Qc2 {/\ e4} Bxe5 15. dxe5 Ng4 16. Nf3 Bg6 17. Qc3
Nc5 {/\ Nxf2} (17... d4 $2 18. Nxd4 Ngxe5 19. f4 Ng4 20. Nxc6 $1 Qc5+ 21. e3
$18) 18. cxd5 cxd5 (18... Nxf2 $2 19. d6 $18) (18... Ne4 $2 19. d6 $1 Qd7 20.
Qc4 Ngxf2 21. Nh4 $18) 19. Nh4 d4 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Qc4 b5 22. Qc2 (22. Qxb5 $2
Rab8 23. Qc4 Nxb3) 22... Rac8 23. Rac1 d3 $2 (23... Nxe5 $2 24. b4 axb4 25.
axb4 Na4 26. Qxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ Kh7 28. Bxd4 Qxb4 29. Rd1 Nb2 30. Bxb2 Qxb2
31. Rdd8) (23... Qd7 $5) 24. exd3 Nxd3 25. Qxc8 Nxe1 (25... Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Kh7
27. Rd1 Nxb2 28. Rdd8 Kh6 (28... g5 29. Be4+ g6 (29... f5 30. exf6+ $18) 30.
Rh8+ Kg7 31. Rcg8#) 29. f4 g5 (29... Kh5 30. Rh8+ Nh6 31. Bf3#) 30. Rh8+ Kg6
31. Be4+ f5 32. exf6+ Kxf6 33. Rhf8+ $18) 26. Qb7 Qxb7 27. Bxb7 Nd3 28. Rd1
Ngxf2 29. Rd2 a4 30. bxa4 bxa4 31. Ba6 Kf8 32. Bc3 Ke7 33. Kf1 Ne4 34. Rxd3 (
34. Rxd3 Rxd3 35. Bb4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hjartarson,J} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 (9... h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nf3 Qd8 12. g4 Qa5
13. h4 O-O-O 14. Bg2 g6 15. Qe3 Kb8 16. Rd2 Qc7 17. Rhd1 $14 {Shirov,A-Dreev,A
Biel izt (13) 1993 1-0 61}) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. f5 (11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13.
Qe1 Ra7 14. f5 b4 15. Ne2 e5 16. Ng3 h5 17. Be2 Rh6 18. Bc4 a5 19. Nf1 $14 {
Gurevich,I-Kozul,Z Biel izt (11) 1993 1-0 53}) 11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bh6+ 13. Kb1
Bf4 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Ne2 Be5 16. Qd2 (16. Qe3 $6 Qc7 17. g3 Rc8 18. Qd2 b4 19.
Nf4 a5 20. Ba6 Ra8 21. Qe2 a4 22. Bb5 Bxb5 23. Qxb5+ Ke7 $15 {Kruppa,Y-Lutsko,
I Nikolaev zt 1993 1-0 53}) (16. Qd3 Qb6 17. g3 Rc8 18. Bh3 Ke7 19. Nf4 a5 20.
Qe2 Rhg8 21. Nd3 Qd4 $10 {Luther,T-Stroe,M Oakham 1990 1/2 37}) 16... Qb6 17.
Nf4 a5 (17... Ke7 $6 {Hjartarson,J}) 18. g3 O-O (18... b4 19. Bh3 Ke7 $15) (
18... O-O-O {Hjartarson,J} 19. Bh3 Rhe8 20. Rhf1 $14) 19. Bh3 Rae8 20. Nd3 Bd4
(20... Bc6 $2 {Hjartarson,J} 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Qd6 $16 {/\} Kh8 23. Bxe6 Rd8
24. Bd7 $18) 21. Rhe1 b4 $2 (21... Bc8 {Hjartarson,J} 22. c3 Be5 23. Bg4 $14 (
23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Qd6 Qf2 $132)) 22. Nxb4 Bf2 (22... Bxb2 23. Kxb2 axb4 24.
Qxd6 $18) 23. Rf1 Bc5 (23... Be3 24. Qxd6 (24. Nd5 $18 {Hjartarson,J}) 24...
Qxd6 25. Rxd6 axb4 26. Rxd7 $18) (23... axb4 {Hjartarson,J} 24. Rxf2 Ra8 25.
Rf3 Qa7 26. a3 $16) 24. Nd5 $1 exd5 $2 (24... Qd8 25. Nf4 $16) 25. Qxd5+ Kh8
26. Bxd7 $18 Rb8 27. b3 Qa7 28. Bc6 {xa8} (28. Ba4 $5 {Hjartarson,J}) (28. a4
$1 {Hjartarson,J} Qxd7 29. Qxc5 Qxa4 30. Qd4 $18) 28... a4 29. Qd2 axb3 30.
cxb3 Bb4 31. Qd4 Bc5 32. Qc3 Bb4 33. Qd3 Rbc8 34. Bd5 Bc3 35. Be6 Rc7 36. Rc1
Ra8 37. Qe2 Qa5 38. Bd5 Rac8 39. Qg4 Qa6 40. Rfd1 Rg7 41. Qe6 Ra7 (41... Re7 $5
{Hjartarson,J} 42. Bc4 $1 (42. Qxe7 $2 Qe2 43. Rxc3 $8 (43. Qxf6+ $2 Bxf6 44.
Rxc8+ Kg7 $19) 43... Qxd1+ 44. Kb2 Qd2+ 45. Ka3 Qxc3 46. Qxd6 Qa5+ 47. Kb2 Qd2+
$10) 42... Qb7 43. Qd5 $18) 42. Rd2 (42. a4 $1 $18 {Hjartarson,J}) 42... Kg7 (
42... Rac7 {Hjartarson,J} 43. Rdc2 (43. Rxc3 $2 Qf1+ 44. Kb2 Rxc3 $19) 43...
Qd3 44. Bb7 Be5 (44... Rb8 45. Ba6 $18) 45. Bxc8 Rxc2 46. Qe8+ Kg7 47. Qe7+ Kh6
48. Qf8+ Kh5 49. g4+ Kg5 50. Qg7+ Kf4 51. Qh6+ Kf3 52. Qh3+ $18) 43. e5 $1 dxe5
(43... Bxd2 44. Qxf6#) (43... fxe5 {Hjartarson,J} 44. Qg4+ Kh6 45. Qh4+ Kg7 46.
Qg5+) 44. Qg4+ Kh6 45. Qh4+ Kg7 46. Qg4+ Kh6 47. Be4 Rf7 (47... Bxd2 48. Qh4+
Kg7 49. Qxh7+ Kf8 50. Rxc8+ Qxc8 51. Qh8+ $18) (47... f5 {Hjartarson,J} 48.
Qh4+ Kg6 (48... Kg7 49. Qg5+ Qg6 50. Qxf5) 49. Rf2 $1 fxe4 50. Qxe4+ Kh6 (50...
Kg7 51. Rxc3) 51. Qe3+ Kg7 52. Rxc3) 48. Rxc3 $1 (48. Rxc3 Rxc3 49. Qh4+ Kg7
50. Qxh7+ Kf8 51. Qh8+ Ke7 52. Qd8+ Ke6 53. Bd5+ Kf5 54. Bxf7 (54. Rf2+ {
Hjartarson,J} Kg6 55. Qg8+ Rg7 56. Be4+) 54... Qf1+ 55. Rd1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 a5 8. h3 Qc7
$5 $146 (8... Na6 9. Be3 (9. Bg5 $5 Nb4 (9... h6 10. Be3 $14) 10. e5 $1 Ne8 (
10... dxe5 11. dxe5 Nfd5 12. Nxd5 (12. Ne4 $2 Bf5 $17) 12... cxd5 13. Re1 Nc6 (
13... Bf5 $2 14. Nd4 $1 Bxe5 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. c3 Nc6 17. Bd3 $16) 14. Bb5 $14)
11. Na2 Nxa2 12. Rxa2 f6 13. exf6 exf6 14. Bf4 Nc7 15. Ra3 d5 16. Re1 Ne6 17.
Bc1 $14 {Shur,M-Itkis,B URS-chT Azov 1991}) 9... Nb4 10. Qd2 Qc7 (10... d5 11.
e5 Ne8 12. Nd1 $1 Bf5 13. Ne1 c5 14. g4 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Be6 16. f4 $14 {Ivanov,
I-Ceshkovski Sverdlovsk 1989}) 11. Rad1 Re8 12. Rfe1 Bd7 13. e5 Nfd5 14. Nxd5
cxd5 15. c3 Nc6 16. exd6 exd6 $14 {Spassky-Hort, Reykjavik (m/7) 1977}) 9. Be3
(9. Bf4 $1 Nfd7 $5 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rad1 e5 12. Bh6 Na6 $14) 9... e5 10. dxe5 (
10. d5 cxd5 11. exd5 Na6 $10 12. Nb5 Qe7) 10... dxe5 11. Nd2 Na6 $10 12. Nc4
Rd8 13. Qc1 Nd7 $10 14. Rd1 Bf8 15. Bg4 Nac5 16. Bg5 $6 (16. b3 Be7 $10) 16...
f6 17. Bh6 Be7 $15 18. Qe3 Nf8 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Qe2
Nfe6 23. Be3 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Kf1 Nd4 $6 (25... Kf7 $15) 26. Qd2 g5 (
26... b5 $2 27. axb5 cxb5 28. Bxd4 bxc4 (28... exd4 29. Nxb5 Nxe4 30. Qxd4 $18)
29. Be3 Qxd2 30. Bxd2 $14) 27. f3 Kf7 28. b3 $6 (28. Bxd4 exd4 29. Ne2 $10)
28... Nce6 29. Ne2 b6 30. c3 $2 (30. Nc1 $10) 30... Nxb3 31. Qxd8 Bxd8 32. Bxb6
(32. Nxb6 Nec5 33. Nc4 Nxa4 $19) 32... Bxb6 33. Nxb6 Nec5 $15 34. Ke1 Ke6 $1 (
34... Nb7 35. Nc4 N3c5 36. Nb2 $15) 35. Kd1 Nb7 (35... f5 $2 36. Kc2 $10) 36.
Kc2 $2 (36. Nc4 N3c5 37. Nb2 f5 $15) 36... N3c5 37. Nc1 f5 $1 $17 38. exf5+
Kxf5 39. Nd3 Nxd3 (39... e4 40. Nxc5 Nxc5 41. Nc4 $15) 40. Kxd3 Kf4 41. Nd7 $2
(41. Ke2 Kg3 42. Kf1 Nd6 $17) 41... Kg3 42. Nxe5 Kxg2 43. Nf7 Nc5+ 44. Kd4 Nxa4
45. Nxg5 h5 $19 46. f4 Nb6 47. f5 (47. Kc5 a4 $1 48. Kb4 Kg3 49. f5 Kf4 $19)
47... Nd7 48. Kc4 Kg3 49. Kb3 Kh4 50. Ne4 Kxh3 51. f6 Kg4 (51... Kg2 $2 52. f7
h4 53. Nf6 Nf8 54. Ka4 h3 55. Ng4 Kg3 56. Ne3 $10) 52. f7 Kf5 53. Nf2 Ke6 54.
Ka4 Kxf7 55. Kxa5 Ke6 56. Kb4 Kf5 57. c4 (57. Kc4 Kf4 58. Kd3 Kf3 $19) 57... h4
0-1

[Event "PCA-op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 c6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rfe1 Bb7 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Bf4 Nf8
15. Ne5 Ne6 16. Bc1 Bd6 17. f4 Rc8 18. e3 Qe7 19. Bb2 c5 20. Qe2 cxd4 21. exd4
Bb4 22. Qe3 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rf1 Bxc3 25. Bxc3 Nc7 26. Bb2 Nd5 27. Qe2 f6
28. Nc4 e3 29. h3 b5 30. Na5 Ba8 31. a3 Qe4 32. Rc1 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "Nordic-ch VISA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1997.10.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Hjartarson} e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nd4 {Eine relativ seltene
Variante. Heutzutage wird die Drachenvariante mit vertauschten Farben - nach 4.
..d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 - häufig gespielt. Ribli.} 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 (6... Bc5)
7. Qb3 Bc5 8. d3 (8. Na4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 c6 11. Nc3 d6 12. d4 Qc7 13.
Qc2 Bh3 14. b3 h6 15. Bb2 Nh7 16. c5 Ng5 17. cxd6 Nxf3+ 18. exf3 {1/2-1/2
Gulko,B-Nikolic,P/Rubinstein mem 1996/CBM 55}) 8... O-O 9. O-O (9. Bg5 h6 10.
Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O d6 14. Qc3 a5 15. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2
Gheorghiu,F-Smejkal,J/EU-chT 1977}) 9... Re8 $5 $146 (9... c6 10. Bg2 (10. Na4
Be7 11. c5 d5 12. cxd6 Bxd6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Rac1 Be6 15. Qc2 Bd5 16. Bg2 Rfc8
$11 {0-1 Silseth,S-Leito,P/Ringsted op 1992 (46)}) 10... Re8 11. Bd2 Bb6 12.
Qc2 h6 13. Na4 Bc7 14. Rac1 d6 15. b4 Bd7 16. Nc3 Qc8 17. Rfe1 Bh3 18. Bh1 a6
19. a4 a5 $13 {Portisch,L-Huebner,R/Abano Therme csf 1980/CAND/1/2-1/2 (38)}) (
9... a6 10. a3 d6 11. Bg2 Rb8 12. Qc2 Be6 13. b4 $6 (13. Bg5 $1 h6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. b4 $1 $14 {Damljanovic,B}) 13... Ba7 14. Bg5
h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. c5 dxc5 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 $1 19. bxc5 Rfd8 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Skembris,S-Drasko,M/Jagodina 1994 (36) /\ Bd5}) 10. Bd2 (10. Bg5 h6 11.
Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Qc3 a5 $11 {Schwarz hat noch einige
Probleme mit der Entwicklung des Läufers, aber er kontrolliert den wichtigsten
Feldern und hat daher eine ausgeglichene Stellung. Ribli.}) 10... c6 {Das ist
ein Schlüsselzug der Variante. Schwarz neutralisiert den weißen f3-Läufer.
Ribli.} 11. Rac1 h6 12. Qa4 (12. Na4 Bf8 13. c5) 12... Bf8 {Schwarz verteidigt
sich gegen den drohenden Zug 13.b4. Ribli.} 13. Rfd1 (13. b4 {Hjartarson} d5 $1
14. cxd5 cxd5 $11 15. Nxd5 $140 $4 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxe8 Bh3 18. e4 Qxd3
$19) 13... d6 (13... d5 $6 {Hjartarson} 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qb3 $1 (15. Nb5 Bd7
16. Qb3 Bc6 $11) (15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxe8 Bh3 $19) 15... d4 16.
Nd5 Be6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qxb7 Bxa2 19. b4 $14) 14. b4 Bg4 $11 {Weiß hat
teoretisch Initiative am Damenflügel,aber Schwarz ist stark im Zentrum und hat
eine feste Stellung. Dadurch ist die Stellung im Gleichgewicht. Ribli.} 15.
Bxg4 (15. Bg2 Qd7 $11 (15... a6 $11 {Hjartarson})) 15... Nxg4 16. b5 Qd7 (16...
c5 $2 {[%csl Rd5]} 17. Nd5 $14 {[%csl Gd5]}) (16... Qb6 $4 {Hjartarson} 17. c5
$18) 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. f3 {Weiß hat Angst vor der Möglichkeit 18...f5,
vertreibt daher zunächst den gegnerischen Springer. Ribli.} (18. Rb1 f5 19. f3
Nf6) 18... Nf6 19. Rb1 {[%cal Gb1b8]} (19. e4 $11 {Hjartarson}) 19... Rec8 {
Schwarz verteidigt den c6-Bauern mit dem Turm, und befreit so seine Dame.
Ribli.} 20. Kg2 (20. Rb3 Qe6 21. Rdb1 d5 $11) 20... Qe6 21. Rb7 d5 {Weiß hat
aktiven Turm in der b-Linie, aber Schwarz verfügt jedoch über Übergewicht im
Zentrum. Ribli.} 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Qb3 (23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Qxa7 e4 $44 (24...
Qc6 25. Qf2 $14) (24... Bc5 25. Qb7 $14) (24... d4 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. dxe4 Rc2
$44 (26... Rc2 {Hjartarson} 27. a4 Qb3 $1 (27... Qa2 28. Qa5 $8) 28. Kf1 Ra2
$15))) 23... Rc6 24. Rb1 a6 25. Rb2 Rac8 $15 {Weiß hat starke Kontrolle in der
b-Linie, aber das ist alles. Mir erscheint das schwarze Zentrumsübergewicht
wichtiger. Ribli.} 26. Na4 $6 (26. Rb6 Rxb6 27. Qxb6 Qxb6 28. Rxb6 d4 29. Ne4
Nxe4 30. dxe4 Rc2 $17) 26... e4 $1 {Dieser Durchbruch im Zentrum öffnet Linien
und die weiße Königsstellung wird geschwächt. Ribli.} 27. dxe4 dxe4 28. Qxe6
exf3+ 29. exf3 Rxe6 {[%cal Ge6e1,Gc8c1]} 30. Nc3 (30. Kf2 Rc4 31. Nc3 Bc5+ $36)
(30. Kf1 $5) (30. Bb4 {Hjartarson} Bxb4 (30... Nd5 31. Bxf8 Ne3+ 32. Kh3 Kxf8
$11) 31. R7xb4 Nd5 32. Rb8 $11) 30... Rec6 31. Ne2 $2 {Ich kann diesen Zug
nicht verstehen.Warum erlaubt Weiß freiwillig das spätere Eindrigen desTurmes?
Ribli.} (31. R2b3 $1 $11) (31. R2b3 $11 {Hjartarson}) 31... Ba3 $1 {Vielleicht
hat Weiß diesen Läuferzug übersehen. Ribli.} (31... Rc2 32. Nd4 Rxb2 33. Rxb2
$11) 32. R2b3 Rc2 $17 {[%cal Rc2h2,Rc2a2] Der aktive schwarze Turm bringt
große Gefahr für Weiß auf der 2. Reihe. Ribli.} 33. Rxa3 Rxd2 34. Kf1 (34. Kf2
Re8 35. Re3 Rxe3 36. Kxe3 Rxa2 {[%csl Ga6] Schwarz hat einen potentiell sehr
gefährlichen entfernten Freibauern. Ribli.}) 34... Rcc2 (34... Nd5 $5 $36 {
Hjartarson}) 35. Re7 Rxa2 (35... Nd5 $1 $17 {Hjartarson} 36. Re8+ $140 Kh7 37.
Rxa6 $2 Nc7 $19) 36. Rxa2 Rxa2 {[%csl Ga6] Die weiße Stellung ist kritisch in
diesem Endspiel.Die Anwesenheit der Springer erhöht die schwarzen
Gewinnchancen. Ribli.} 37. h4 Nd5 {[%csl Ga2,Gd5,Rf1] Guter Rat ist für Weiß
teuer. Er hat nicht nur einen Bauern weniger, er muß auch noch wegen seiner
schwachen Königsstellung vorsichtig sein. Ribli.} (37... a5 $6 {Hjartarson} 38.
Re5 a4 39. Ra5 a3 40. Nc3 $15 {xNf6}) (37... g6 $5 {Hjartarson}) 38. Re5 Nb4 {
Wegen seiner schlechten Königsstellung kann Weiß nicht aktiv mit dem Springer
spielen. Das harmonische schwarze Zusammenspiel des Turms und Springers sowie
der starke a-Freibauer entscheiden den Kampf. Ribli.} 39. Re8+ Kh7 40. Rf8 a5
$1 {Schwarz opfert Material zurück, aber sein Freibauer ist nicht aufzuhalten.
Ribli.} (40... f6 $6 41. h5 a5 (41... Z0 {Hjartarson} 42. Nf4 {xg6}) 42. Nf4 a4
43. Ng6 $18 {[%cal Rf8h8]}) (40... Kg6 $6 {Hjartarson} 41. Nf4+ Kf6 42. Nh5+
Ke7 43. Rb8 $15) 41. Rxf7 a4 42. Rb7 (42. Nf4 {Hjartarson} a3 $1 43. Ne6 Rb2
44. Rxg7+ Kh8 $19) (42. Nc3 $1 {Hjartarson} Ra3 $1 (42... Ra1+ $6 43. Ke2 a3
44. Rb7 $1 Nc2 (44... a2 45. Rxb4 Re1+ 46. Kxe1 a1=Q+ 47. Kd2 $11) (44... Rc1
45. Rxb4 Rxc3 46. Ra4 Rb3 47. h5 Rb2+ 48. Ke3 a2 49. Ra8 $11) 45. Ra7 $15) 43.
Rc7 (43. Ne4 Ra1+ 44. Ke2 a3 45. h5 Kg8 46. Rb7 Rb1 $19) 43... Ra1+ 44. Ke2 Rc1
$1 45. Rc4 (45. Kd2 Rc2+ $19) 45... Nd5 46. Kd2 Rxc3 47. Rxc3 Nxc3 48. Kxc3 Kg6
49. Kb4 Kf5 50. Kxa4 Ke5 $19) 42... Nd5 43. Nd4 a3 $19 {Die Bauermzahl ist
gleich, aber nicht deren Qualität! Das beste für Weiß wäre noch, wenn er nur
seinen Springer für den Freibauern geben müßte. Ribli.} 44. Ra7 (44. Nf5 Rb2
45. Rxg7+ Kh8 $19 {[%cal Ra3a1]}) 44... Rd2 45. Nb3 (45. Rxa3 Rxd4 $19) 45...
Rb2 {Weiß ist hilflos. Er gab auf. Ribli.} (45... Rb2 46. Rxa3 Ne3+ 47. Ke1 (
47. Kg1 Nc2 $19 (47... Nc4 $2 48. Ra4 $11)) 47... Nc2+ $19 {[%cal Rc2e1,Rc2a3]}
) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 15th Gr2"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1999.09.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.09.24"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hellir Taflfelagia"]
[BlackTeam "Skakfelag Akureyrar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rac8 15.
Ne3 Nc6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bb1 a5 18. a3 Na6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Qb7 21. Bd2 g6
22. Bd3 Nc7 23. Nc2 Nh5 24. Bh6 Ng7 25. Nd2 f5 26. Nb3 f4 27. Na5 Qb6 28. Be2
Bh4 29. Rf1 Nce8 30. Qd3 Nf6 31. Ne1 Rc3 32. Qxc3 Nxe4 33. Qf3 Nd2 34. Qd3 Nxf1
35. Bxf1 Bxf2+ 36. Kh2 Nf5 37. Bxf8 e4 38. Qa3 Bg1+ 39. Kh1 Ng3+ 40. Qxg3 fxg3
41. Bxd6 Qxd6 42. Kxg1 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.11.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Bremer SG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 h6 6. Bh4 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e3
e5 9. Nf3 g5 10. Bg3 Bf5 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. f3 Nf8 13. Bf2 h5 14. e4 Bd7 15. Be3
Rg8 16. Bd3 h4 17. g3 hxg3 18. hxg3 g4 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Qe7 21. Qe2 g3 22.
Qg2 O-O-O 23. O-O-O Ng4 24. Qxg3 f5 25. Bf2 Nf6 26. Qe3 fxe4 27. Bh4 Bf5 28.
Bxe4 N8d7 29. Rde1 Bg4 30. Bc2 Qf8 31. Bg5 Re8 32. Qg3 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Rh8 34.
Ne4 Rh3 35. Qg2 Nxe4 36. Qxe4 Kc7 37. Qe8 Qxe8 38. Rxe8 Nb6 39. Re7+ Kc8 40.
Re8+ Kc7 41. Rg8 Rh1+ 42. Kd2 Nxc4+ 43. Kd3 b5 44. Bd8+ Kd7 45. Rxg4 Kxd8 46.
Rg8+ Ke7 47. Rg7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "FRA-ISL m"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2004.09.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Island"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 d4
9. exd4 cxd4 10. d3 Ne8 11. Re1 f6 12. Na3 e5 13. Nc2 Nc7 14. a3 a5 15. Qe2 Bg4
16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bf7 18. Nfxd4 exd4 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxe7 Qxe7 21. Rxe7 Ne6
22. Re1 Nf4 23. Bxd4 a4 24. b4 Nxd3 25. Rd1 Nf4 26. Be3 Ng6 27. Rc7 Ne5 28. f4
Nxc4 29. Rxc6 Rfe8 30. Kf2 Re7 31. Rd4 Nb2 32. Bc1 Rae8 33. Bxb2 Re2+ 34. Kf3
Bb3 35. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 {You know something is up when a 2700 risks the Bayonet attack
against someone he comfortably outrates!} a5 10. Ba3 Re8 (10... Nd7 $5 {
was the move chosen against me when I adopted the White side of this system:}
11. Qc2 Kh8 12. Nb5 axb4 13. Bxb4 Nc5 14. Nd2 c6 $132 {Fernandez,D-Damljanovic,
B Paracin 2015}) 11. bxa5 Rxa5 (11... c5 $5 {is possible, if a little
unnecessary.}) 12. Bb4 Ra8 13. a4 c5 14. Ba3 $6 (14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Bxd6 Nd4 {
can't have appealed to Eljanov, but it is maybe worth looking at this a bit
more.} 16. Bc5 ({Following} 16. c5 {the engine suggests the daring} b6 $5 17.
Bb5 bxc5 18. Bxe8 Qxd6 $44) 16... Bg4 $1 17. Nd5 (17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bxd4 Bxe2
19. Nxe2 Nxe4 $11) 17... Nxe4 18. Bb6 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qh4 $132 {
White has something, but it is hard to pin down at a cursory glance.}) 14...
Ra6 (14... Rf8 {could have been played immediately, but maybe Black was
thinking of adding some ...Rb6 idea to the mix?}) 15. Nd2 Rf8 16. Bb2 Ne8 17.
Nb5 f5 18. exf5 (18. f4 $5 exf4 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Rxf4 g5 21. Rf2 $11 {could
be a better execution, especially since after the natural} f4 {there follows}
22. e5 $5 $132) 18... gxf5 19. f4 {Regardless of what the engine says, this
has to be played before Black gets knights to g6 and f6, which was the next
idea.} (19. Qc2 Ng6 20. Rfe1 Bd7 21. Bf1 Nf6 {for instance looks like nothing
but pain}) 19... Ng6 (19... e4 $5 {leads to a position with well-established
plans for both sides, though it may be easier to play the White ones:} 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. Qb3 $132) 20. fxe5 Nxe5 (20... Bxe5 $11 {should have been preferred,
in my opinion, since Black's KID bishop is now just getting in the way.}) 21.
Ra3 (21. Qc2 $5 {might give White something. The idea is Rae1 and Nf3, and if
Black acts fast with} f4 {then} 22. Ne4 $14 {checks out tactically.}) 21... Bd7
22. Qa1 Qe7 23. Re1 Qh4 24. g3 $6 {On the level of principle it must be wrong
to create a hook for the f4-push and block out the a3-rook from defence.} (24.
Rh3 Qf4 25. Bc3 {is an option, with a position that looks awkward for both
sides. A possible continuation:} Ng6 26. Rf1 (26. Bh5 Qxd2 27. Bxd2 Bxa1 28.
Rxa1 Nf6 29. Be2 $132) 26... Qg5 27. Rg3 Qh6 28. Bxg7 Qxg7 $11) 24... Qh6 25.
Nf3 Ng4 (25... f4 {leads to a slight plus for Black, for instance} 26. Nxe5
dxe5 27. Bxe5 Rxa4 $3 28. gxf4 (28. Rxa4 fxg3 $19) (28. Bxg7 Nxg7 29. Rxa4 fxg3
30. Bh5 Nxh5 $40) 28... Qg6+ 29. Kh1 Rxa3 30. Qxa3 Qe4+ 31. Qf3 Qxf3+ 32. Bxf3
Bxe5 33. Rxe5 Rxf4 34. Bh5 Bxb5 35. Bxe8 Bxc4 36. d6 Rd4 37. Rxc5 Be6 $15 {
Black obtains an extra pawn, though the position is so simplified that he
should not be able to win.}) 26. Bxg7 $6 (26. Bc1 $1 $11 {is a great machine
defence, reducing the effectiveness of Black's f4-push by a great deal.}) 26...
Nxg7 27. Bf1 f4 {Suddenly all Black's pieces are in play, and the e3-square is
transformed into a glaring weakness.} 28. gxf4 $6 (28. Qc1 $1 Raa8 $15 {
was the 'least worst' continuation, though on the next move a black knight
will still appear on e3 causing pain.}) 28... Rxf4 29. Re7 Nf6 $1 30. Nc7 Rb6 {
The white king is open and all Black's pieces are playing active roles, so the
win should be a matter of time and care.} 31. Re2 Rxc4 32. Ne6 Rc1 33. Qa2 Rb4
34. Rg2 Rg4 35. Rb3 Nxe6 36. dxe6 Bxe6 0-1

