[Event "Wichern op 5th"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.10.19"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "Aagaard,J"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1999.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Bf4 (12. Bg5 $142) 12... Bxc3 $1
13. bxc3 Nd5 14. Bd2 (14. Bxd5 exd5 (14... Bxd5 15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rc8 17.
Rac1 $16) 15. Re1 Re8 16. Qd3 Qf6 $11) 14... Rc8 $1 (14... Qc7 15. Bb5 a6 16.
Bxd7 Qxd7 17. c4 Nf6 18. Ne5 Qa4 19. Rab1 {Would have been the game with an
extra tempo for white, unless the rook is better on a8 which I doubt.}) 15.
Rac1 Qc7 16. Bb5 (16. Bb3 Nf4 17. Qe3 e5 $15 18. dxe5 $2 Nxg2 $1 19. Qe2 Bxf3
20. Qxf3 Nh4 21. Qg3 Nxe5 $19) 16... a6 $5 (16... N7f6 17. Ne5 (17. c4 $5 Nf4
18. Qe3 Ng6 19. h3 Rfd8 $11) 17... a6 18. Bd3 b5 19. c4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qd6 21.
Bg5 $13) 17. Bxd7 (17. Bxa6 $2 Bxa6 18. Qxa6 Qc4 $15) 17... Qxd7 18. c4 Nf6 19.
Ne5 Qa4 $5 20. Rb1 b5 21. Be1 $1 (21. cxb5 Qxa2 22. b6 Qd5 $15) 21... Be4 (
21... Ba8 $5 22. Rb4 Qa3 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Rxb5 Rfd8 $44 25. Ba5 {Fritz 5.} Rd5
26. Bb4 Qa4 27. Bc5 Ne4 28. Rb4 Nc3 29. Rxa4 Nxe2+ 30. Kf1 Nc3 $19) 22. Rb4 Qc2
23. Rd2 Qc1 24. c5 $2 (24. cxb5 axb5 (24... Nd5 25. Rd1 Qc2 26. Rb2 Qxe2 27.
Rxe2 Bxg2 28. bxa6 Nf4 29. Rb2 $16) 25. Rxb5 Rfd8 26. f3 Ba8 27. Rd1 $14) 24...
Qa3 25. Rb3 Qa4 $1 {X d4.} 26. g4 $5 (26. f3 Bd5 27. Rbb2 $15) 26... Bd5 27. g5
(27. Re3 b4 28. g5 Nd7 $17) (27. Rh3 Ne4 28. Rdd3 Qxa2 $19) 27... Ne4 28. Rdd3
$1 b4 (28... Bxb3 29. axb3) 29. Rxb4 Qe8 $1 (29... Qxa2 30. Qxa2 Bxa2 31. Ra3
Bd5 32. Rxa6 Nxg5 33. h4 Nf3+ 34. Nxf3 Bxf3 $14) 30. Qg4 (30. Bd2 f6 31. gxf6
gxf6 32. Ng4 Kh8 $40) 30... Nxg5 31. Nc4 $2 $138 (31. Qxg5 f6 32. Qe3 fxe5 33.
Qxe5 $13 {The black pieces will find it difficult to get to the white king,
although it looks promising.}) 31... f6 32. Nd6 Qg6 33. Qg3 (33. Rg3 $5 Rcd8 (
33... Bf3 34. Nxc8 $16) 34. Kf1 $15) 33... Rcd8 34. Kf1 a5 35. Ra4 Qh5 36. Raa3
f5 37. h4 (37. f4 $5 Ne4 38. Qh3 Qxh3+ 39. Rxh3 Nxd6 40. cxd6 Rxd6 41. Bxa5
Bc4+ 42. Ke1 Rxd4 43. Bc7 $17) 37... Ne4 38. Nxe4 fxe4 39. Rdc3 Rf6 40. Qg5 Qf7
$138 (40... Qd1 $2 41. Rg3 Bc4+ 42. Kg2 Rxf2+ 43. Bxf2 Qf1+ 44. Kh2 Qxf2+ 45.
Rg2 $16) 41. Rg3 $2 (41. c6 Rf8 42. Rc2 Bxc6 43. Rxa5 $17) 41... Rf8 42. Kg1 h6
$1 43. Qd2 (43. Qg4 Rf4 44. Qg6 Qxg6 $1 (44... Rxh4 45. Qxf7+ Rxf7 46. Rxa5 e3
47. f3 Rxd4 48. Ra3 $15) 45. Rxg6 Rxh4 46. Rxa5 e3 47. f3 Rxd4 48. Ra7 (48. Bc3
Rd1+ 49. Kh2 Rxf3 $19 50. Rxg7+ $140 Kf8 51. Rd7 Rh1+) 48... Rf7 49. Rxf7 Kxf7
50. Rg2 (50. Rg4 Rd1 51. Kf1 Rc1 $19) 50... Bxf3 51. Rg3 Rf4 $19) 43... Qh5 44.
Rxa5 (44. Rh3 Rf4 45. Rxa5 Qg4+ 46. Kh2 (46. Rg3 Qxg3+ $19) 46... e3 47. fxe3
Rf1 $19) 44... Qxh4 45. Ra7 Qxg3+ 46. fxg3 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.04.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Klimov, Sergey"]
[Black "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Bg5 Bc6 13. Rad1 Be7 14. Ne5 Bd5
15. Bc2 Rc8 16. Rfe1 Nfd7 17. Qh5 g6 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kh8
21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Qg6+ Kh8 23. Rd3 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Bxg5 25. Rh3+ Bh4 26. Qh6+ Kg8
27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Ree3 $1 {A courageous decision. White relies on his heavy
artillery and goes for win despite a huge material disdavantage.} Qe7 29. Reg3
(29. Qg4 Nf6 30. Rxh4+ Nh7 31. Rxh7+ Qxh7 32. Rh3 {also deserved attention
here.}) 29... Nf6 30. Rxh4+ Nh7 31. Rhg4 ({If} 31. Rg5 {then} Nd7 32. Rxh7+
Qxh7 33. Rh5 Nf6 34. Rxh7+ Nxh7 {, with counterplay.}) 31... e5 32. dxe5 Qxe5
$4 ({A terrible blunder, losing on the spot.After} 32... Bxa2 {or 32...Nd7,
Black retained good counterchances.}) {[%tqu "En","How can White take
advantage of Black's last careless move?","Disclose the enemy king.",
"Sacrifice your queen!","g6h7","This remarkable queen sacrifice forces mate in
two.",4]} 33. Qxh7+ $1 {[%csl Gh7,Rh8][%cal Gg3h3,Gg4g8,Gh3h8]} (33. Qxh7+ {
, and Black resigned in view of inevitable mate:} Kxh7 34. Rh3+ Qh5 35. Rxh5#)
1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 (9... cxd4 10. exd4 b6 11. d5 $14) (9... b6 10. a3 cxd4 11. axb4
dxc3 12. bxc3 $14) 10. a4 (10. Bd3 $142 b5 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Bxb4
14. Nxb5 Bb7 15. Ba3 $14) 10... Qc7 (10... cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13.
Ne4 Bd7 $10) 11. Na2 b5 12. Bd3 (12. axb5 axb5 13. Bxb5 Bb7 $44) 12... Ba5 (
12... bxa4 13. Nxb4 cxb4 14. Rxa4 $14 {Portisch,L-Ardiansyah,H/Skopje(ol)/1972/
0,5 (47) Inf 14/589/}) 13. axb5 (13. b4 Bxb4 14. Nxb4 cxb4 15. e4 Bb7 16. a5 e5
17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 $10 {Knaak,R-Enders,P/DDR/1986/}) 13... axb5 14.
Bxb5 Bb7 15. Rd1 (15. Nc3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qd6 17. Ra4 Nb6 18. Ra3 Nbd5 19. Nxd5
Bxd5 20. Bd3 Bc7 $44 {Knaak,R-Balashov,Y/Halle/1976/}) 15... Rfb8 (15... Rab8
$6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. b4 Ng4 18. h3 $1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qh2+ 20. Kf1 Qe5 21. Qxg4
$16 {Georgadze,T-Balashov,Y/URS(ch)/1980/0,5 (75) Inf 30/671/}) 16. h3 Bb4 17.
Bxd7 (17. Bc4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 $8 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Ne5 $44) 17... Nxd7 18. Bd2 Bxd2
19. Qxd2 (19. Rxd2 Bd5 $17) (19. Nxd2 Ba6 $17 {/\ Rb2/}) 19... Bxf3 20. gxf3
Qb7 21. Kg2 Qxb2 22. Qxb2 Rxb2 23. dxc5 $1 Nxc5 24. Nb4 $10 Rc8 25. Nc6 Kf8 (
25... Rxc6 $4 26. Ra8+ $18) 26. Ne5 Rb7 27. Nc4 Rbc7 28. Nd6 Rd8 29. Nb5 Rxd1
30. Rxd1 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Skelleftea"]
[Date "1989.08.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1989.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. d5 Bxc3 11. dxe6 Ne5 12. exf7+ Kh8 13. bxc3 Bg4 14. e4 Qe7 (
14... Nh5 15. Bd5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qh4 17. f4 $1 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Qe3 $1 {
Knaak,R-Sax,G/Thessaloniki ol/1988/1-0/43/  -> Inf.46/770}) 15. Re1 b5 16. Bxb5
Nh5 17. Bc4 {Bulletin: 'N'} (17. Bg5 Qe6 18. Qe3 Nxf3+ $13) 17... Qf6 18. Bd5 {
'?' Bulletin.} (18. Bg5 $1 Bxf3 19. Bxf6 Bxe2 20. Bd5 gxf6 21. Bxa8 Bd3 22. Bd5
$14 {Knaak,R-Lukacs,P/Berlin/1982/}) 18... h6 19. Qe3 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Bxf3 21.
Kf1 Rad8 {'?' Bulletin.} (21... Rxf7 $1 22. Bxa8 Qg6 23. Re2 Qg2+ 24. Ke1 Nf4
25. Kd2 Bxe2) 22. e5 {'?' Bulletin.} (22. Be6 $1 Qxe6 23. Qxf3 Nf6 $13) 22...
Qa6+ 23. c4 Bxd5 24. e6 Qxc4+ 25. Re2 Qg4 {'!' Bulletin.} 26. Bb2 Nf4 27. e7
Bc4 28. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 29. f3 Bxe2+ 30. Ke1 Qh4+ 31. Kd2 Qd8+ 32. Kc2 Bd3+ 33.
Kc1 Rxf7 34. Be5 Qa5 35. a4 Qb4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 9-16"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Bd3 Nd5
15. Qe4 N7f6 16. Qe5 Rac8 17. c4 Nf4 18. Bf1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rfd8 20. Qxc7 Rxc7
21. a4 h6 22. a5 Nh7 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ra3 Nf8 25. Rda1 Rcc8 26. Rb3 N8g6 27.
Rxb6 Nh4 28. Ra3 Nf5 29. c5 e5 30. Ba6 Nxd4 31. Rd6 (31. Bxc8 Nde2+ 32. Kf1
Rd1#) 31... Rxd6 32. cxd6 Rd8 33. Kf1 Rxd6 34. Bd3 g5 35. Be4 Kg7 36. Ra1 Rb6
37. Ba3 f5 38. Ba8 Kf6 (38... Nc2 $1 {wins because the white rook cannot leave
the first rank (...Rb1# is threatened)} 39. Bc5 Rb5) 39. Bc5 Rb5 40. Bd6 Ke6
41. Bf8 Rb8 42. Bc5 Rb2 43. Re1 Kf6 44. Rd1 h5 45. Ke1 Re2+ 46. Kf1 Rb2 47. Ke1
Re2+ 48. Kf1 Rc2 49. Bb6 Kg6 50. Bb7 Rb2 51. Bxd4 exd4 52. Ba6 Kf6 53. Bc4 Ke5
54. Re1+ Kd6 55. Rd1 Kc5 56. Ba6 Kd5 57. Ke1 Ra2 58. Bb5 Kc5 59. Bd7 d3 60.
Bxf5 Kd4 61. Rb1 Re2+ 62. Kf1 d2 63. Bc2 Re5 64. Rd1 Kc3 65. Be4 Rxe4 66. fxe4
Kc2 0-1

[Event "Lopota FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Lopota"]
[Date "2014.06.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khotenashvili, Bela"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{An early mistake by the Georgian player blundered a pawn and a further
mistake left her position in ruins after which it was simple for Muzychuk to
clean up the game.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Ba2
$2 {Very careless} (13. Nd2 {is a normal continuation.}) (13. Qe2 Ng4 $6 14. e4
{is also possible.}) 13... Ng4 {Suddenly White has no good way of protecting
h2.} 14. Re1 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxh2+ 16. Kf1 Ndf6 17. Ke2 Qc7 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. e4
Qc6 20. Bb1 Qxa4 21. Qd3 Rad8 22. Bc2 Qc6 23. f4 e5 24. d5 c4 25. dxc6 cxd3+
26. Bxd3 exf4 27. c4 Rc8 28. Kf3 Re5 29. Kxf4 g5+ 30. Kg3 Rxc6 31. Be2 Rxe4 32.
Bf3 Rxe1 33. Rxe1 Rxc4 34. Re7 h5 35. Rxa7 Ne4+ 36. Bxe4 Rxe4 37. Bc1 f6 38.
Kf3 Re1 39. Bd2 Ne5+ 40. Kf2 Nd3+ 41. Kg3 Re2 42. Bc3 Re3+ 43. Kh2 Ne5 44. Rc7
Rd3 45. Kg1 Rd5 46. Rb7 Nd7 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "246"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Be2 Nd5 13. Bd3 Qxc3 14. Ra3 Qf6
15. Qc2 h6 16. b5 Nb4 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Qb1 a5 19. Be4 Nc5 20. Bd2 Bd7 21. Bxb4
axb4 22. Qxb4 Rxa3 {#One important facet of Topalov's style of play is the
ease with which he can sacrifice the exchange, for the most varied purposes,
be them of defensive or aggressive nature. He did that quite frequently in San
Luis and none less than twice in his previous game against Aronian in Wijk aan
Zee earlier this year. In this game we shall see the players changing parts:
it will be Aronian who will give up both his rooks for Topalov's minor pieces.
Besides the natural desire to take a bit of revenge on this territory, this
might look like a tribute payed to the greatest expert of exchange sacrifice
from chess history, Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian, who was Armenian, too.
Aronian's decision in the diagrammed position must have been dictated by the
unwillingness of leaving Black with a strong knight on c5, but is not likely
to offer an objective advantage.} 23. Qxc5 Rfa8 24. Ne5 (24. Bxb7 {would have
ed to more interesting play. After the game continuation it will be only Black
who can play for an advantage.}) 24... b6 ({Obviously playing for a win. Black
would have no chances of breaking White's fortress after} 24... Bxb5 25. Qxb5
R3a5 26. Nxf7+ Qxf7 27. Qxb7) 25. Qc7 Bxb5 {Topalov needed only three moves to
get the score even. White has to capture the a8-rook, of course.} 26. Bxa8 Rxa8
27. Rd1 {This was not a good moment for leaving the rook en prise, since this
would have weakened the back rank in a decisive way. Aronian will have to wait
for 10 more moves until he will be given an opportunity to trade his rook for
Black's remaining minor piece. Otherwise, Black is much better now. White's
king is relatively unsafe, while his pieces lack stability. The extra-pawn is
more or less doomed, but the time spent by White on eliminating itwill allow
Black start a dangerous attack.} Ba4 28. Rd4 Be8 29. g3 ({White needs to keep
his rook on an active square, in order to threaten the f7-pawn. In case of} 29.
Rd1 {Black could consolidate his pawn already with} b5) 29... Kh7 30. Kg2 ({
The point behind Black's previous move is that after} 30. Rf4 Qd8 31. Qxd8 Rxd8
{White captures on f7 without check,} 32. Nxf7 {allowing} Rd1+ 33. Kg2 g5 34.
Rf6 Kg7 {trapping the knight.}) 30... Ra5 31. Nc4 Ra2 32. Rf4 Qc3 33. Qxb6 Ra1
34. Qb7 Qc1 35. Kh3 {#} f6 $2 ({The correct idea carried out in a bad form.
Topalov prepares the activation of his bishop through g6, in order to give
even more force to his attack. In doing so, he might have missed White's next
move (since 37.Rxg6 should be just too natural for him). Before weakening the
seventh rank, he should have played} 35... Rb1 {when the queen would have been
forced to abandon the seventh rank, in order to maintain the g2-square under
observation. After that, Black could have safely played 36...f6, or, in some
cases, even 36...f5 as, for instance, after} 36. Qe4+ {, in order to play ...
g5 next. Lowering of concentration in practically won positions tend to occur
from times to times in Topalov's practice, especially when the opponent puts
up resistance in slightly irrational positions. Two recent examples are
Topalov-Leko Linares 2005 and Topalov-Anand San Luis 2005. The main difference
is that in the previous games he never got into danger of losing, which cannot
be said about the present game.}) 36. Rg4 Bg6 37. Rxg6 $1 {The score stands
2-1 for Aronian now and, what is even more important, the black king starts
feeling very unsafe.} Kxg6 38. Qe4+ Kf7 39. Nd6+ Ke7 40. Nf5+ Kd7 ({This is
not playing for a win already. In case of} 40... Kf7 $2 {, apart from giving
perpetual check, White can mate with} 41. Qb7+) 41. Nxg7 Qf1+ 42. Kh4 Qxf2 43.
Qxe6+ Kc7 44. Qc4+ Kb7 {Sad necessity. The king has to exile himself far from
his few remaining pawns, since crossing the d-file back would lose the rook to
Qd4.} 45. Qe4+ Kb8 46. Qf4+ Qxf4+ 47. exf4 {The endgame looks very dangerous
for Black, whose king is quite far from the main theatre of events.} Ra2 48. h3
Kc8 49. Kh5 Ra3 50. Nf5 Kd7 51. Kxh6 Ke6 52. Kg6 Ra5 53. Ng7+ Ke7 54. h4 Ra6
55. Nh5 ({White does not find the best regroupment.} 55. Nf5+ Kf8 56. g4 {
would have posed more problems, for instance} Ra4 ({passive strategy would
fail after} 56... Rb6 57. Ng3 Ra6 58. Nh5 Ke7 59. f5 {followed by Kg7 and g5.})
57. Ng7 f5 $5 {Same trick as in the game, but in a worse situation.} 58. Ne6+
Ke7 59. gxf5 {and White might be winning already.}) 55... Ra8 56. Ng7 Ra6 57.
g4 {#} f5+ $3 {The saving move. Black needs open ranks in order to harrass the
enemy king. White will soon have to give up one of his pawns, leading to a
drawn position according to the Nalimov Tablebases. Topalov defended
accurately for more than 60 moves, even though in some cases he had to play
only moves.} 58. Kxf5 Kf7 59. Nh5 Ra5+ 60. Ke4 Ra3 61. g5 Rh3 62. Kf5 Rxh4 63.
g6+ Kg8 64. Kg5 Rh1 65. Nf6+ Kf8 66. Nh5 Rg1+ 67. Kh6 Rh1 68. f5 Kg8 69. Kg5
Rg1+ 70. Kf6 Rg4 71. Ng7 Ra4 72. Ne6 Ra5 73. Nc7 Kf8 74. Ke6 Ra7 75. Nb5 Re7+
76. Kf6 Rd7 77. Nc3 Rd6+ 78. Kg5 Kg7 79. Nb5 Rd5 80. Nc7 Re5 81. Ne6+ Kg8 82.
Kf6 Ra5 83. Nc7 Rc5 84. Ne8 Rc1 85. Nd6 Kf8 86. Ne4 Rc6+ 87. Kg5 Rc4 88. Ng3
Rc3 89. Ne4 Rc4 90. Nf6 Rc1 91. Nd7+ Kg8 92. f6 {#} Rf1 $1 {Once the pawns
have advanced to the sixth rank, this is the correct defensive method: the
rook has to watch the events "from behind".} 93. Ne5 Rg1+ 94. Kf5 Rf1+ 95. Ke6
Re1 96. Kd6 Re2 97. Nc6 Rg2 98. Ke6 Re2+ 99. Kd7 Kf8 100. Kd6 Rg2 101. Ne5 Rd2+
102. Ke6 Re2 103. Kf5 Rf2+ 104. Kg5 Rg2+ 105. Kh4 Rf2 106. Ng4 Rg2 107. Ne5 Rf2
108. Kg5 Rg2+ 109. Kf4 Rf2+ 110. Nf3 Rf1 111. Ke3 Kg8 112. Kf4 Kf8 113. Ke4 Kg8
114. Ke3 Ra1 115. Kf4 Rf1 116. Kg4 Rf2 117. Kg3 Rf1 118. Kf4 Rf2 119. Ke4 Rf1
120. Ke3 Ra1 121. Kd4 Rf1 122. Ke4 Rf2 123. g7 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.10.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 (9... cxd4 10. exd4 b6 11. d5 Bxc3 12. dxe6 Bb4 13. exd7 Qxd7
14. a3 Bd6 15. Bg5 $14) 10. d5 Bxc3 11. dxe6 Ne5 (11... Ba5 12. exd7 Qxd7 13.
Rd1 Qg4 14. h3 Qh5 15. e4 Bb7 16. e5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rae8 18. Bf4 Qxh3 19. Bh2
$16 {Gligoric,S-Matanovic,A/YUG/1965/}) 12. bxc3 $6 (12. exf7+ $5 Kh8 13. bxc3
Bg4 14. e4 Qe7 15. Re1) 12... Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bxe6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. e4 Qd7 (
15... Qe8 $5 {/\ Rd8,Qc6,Qg6/}) 16. Bg5 Qc6 (16... Qa4 $5) 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18.
Qd3 Raf8 19. Rad1 R6f7 (19... b5 $5 {/\ a5,b4/}) 20. Rd2 h6 21. Rfd1 Kh8 (21...
b5 $5) 22. f3 $16 Qa4 23. c4 Rf6 24. Qb3 Qe8 (24... Qxb3 25. axb3 $16 {/\ Rd7,
Rd6/}) 25. Rd3 Qg6 26. Qc3 Kh7 27. a4 $1 Qg5 28. Kh1 Rg6 29. Qd2 Qe5 30. g3 $1
h5 31. Qe2 h4 32. f4 Qf6 33. Rf1 hxg3 34. hxg3 Rh8 35. Kg2 Rh6 36. Rfd1 $1 Kg8
(36... Kg6 37. Qg4+ $40) 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. R8d7 Kg8 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. e5 $1 Qxd8
(40... Qf5 41. Rxh8+ Kxh8 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Qd3 $18) 41. Qe4+ Rg6 (41... g6 $2
42. Qb7+ $18) (41... Rg6 42. Rxd8 Rxd8 43. Kf3 Rd4 44. Qc2 $18 {/\ g4-g5/}) 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 (9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 $13) 9... b6 (9... cxd4 10.
exd4 b6 11. d5 Bxc3 12. dxe6 {Portisch,L-Karpov,An/San Antonio/1972/}) 10. d5 (
10. Rd1 {main line} cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Bg5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 $13
) 10... Bxc3 11. dxe6 Ne5 (11... Ba5 12. exd7 $16 Bxd7 (12... Qxd7 13. Rd1 Qg4
14. h3 Qh5 15. e4 {Gligoric,S-Matanovic,A/JUG-ch/1965/}) 13. e4 {Gligoric,
S-Unzicker,W/Hastings6970/1969/1-0/}) 12. exf7+ Kh8 13. bxc3 Bg4 14. e4 Qe7 (
14... Nh5 $6 15. Bd5 $1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qh4 17. f4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Qe3
Qxe3 20. fxe3 $16 {Knaak,R-Sax,G/Thessaloniki ol/1988/}) 15. Rd1 $5 (15. Re1 {
main line} b5 $1 (15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Rxf7 18. Bg5 $16 {Portisch,
L-Matanovic,A/Zagreb/1965/}) 16. Bxb5 Nh5 $13) 15... Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Qxe4 17.
Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Rd3 $1 Bxf3 (18... Rxf7 $2 19. Ne5) 19. Rxf3 Nf6 20. Bg5 Rxf7 21.
Rd1 Re8 22. Kf1 Kg8 {/\Ne4} 23. Bxf6 gxf6 $10 24. Rd6 Kg7 (24... Re4 $5) 25.
Rf4 Rfe7 26. g3 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Nation DDR-HUN (4-4) (5-3)"]
[Site "Zinnowitz"]
[Date "1980.10.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1980.10.14"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 Qc7 $5 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Ne5 (17. Bg3 $5) 17... Bxe5 (17... Nxe5 18. Nxd6
Qxd6 19. dxe5 Qc6 20. f3 $14) 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Nd6 (19. Nxa7 Qxe2 20. Bxe2 Rc2
$15) 19... Qxe2 20. Bxe2 Rb8 21. Bg3 Bd5 22. Rdc1 Ra8 23. Rc7 Nc5 24. f3 a5 25.
a3 Bb3 (25... Ne8 $142 26. Nxe8 Rfxe8) 26. Bb5 $14 Nd5 27. Rc6 Rfd8 28. Re1 a4
29. h3 Ra7 30. Ne4 Ra5 31. Bf1 Nb7 32. Bf2 b5 (32... Raa8 $142) 33. Nd2 $1 Nd6
34. Rc5 Raa8 35. Nxb3 axb3 36. Bxb5 Ra5 (36... Nxb5 37. Rxb5 Rab8 38. Rxb8 Rxb8
39. Rc1 $16) 37. Bf1 Rxc5 38. Bxc5 Nb7 39. Bf2 Nf4 40. Ba6 Rd7 41. Rc1 g5 42.
Be3 Nd5 43. Rc8+ Kh7 44. Kf2 Nd6 45. Bd3+ f5 46. Rb8 Nxe3 47. Kxe3 Nb7 48. Bc4
Nc5 49. Rb5 f4+ 50. Ke2 Rc7 51. Kd2 Ne4+ 52. Kd3 Nf2+ 53. Kd4 Rd7+ 54. Ke5 Nd1
55. Bxb3 Ne3 56. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qb3 a6 10. a4 Qe7 (10... Rb8 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14.
Be2 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Ne4 16. Be1 Bd5 17. Qa3 Qb7 18. Ne5 Nef6 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. f3
cxd4 21. e4 Bc6 22. Rxd4 {Portisch-Sax, Moskva 1990}) 11. Rd1 Rd8 (11... b6 12.
d5 $5 Bxc3 (12... exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rb8 15. e4 $16) 13. d6 Qd8 14.
Qxc3 $14) 12. Bd2 Nb6 13. Be2 cxd4 14. exd4 h6 (14... Nbd5 $2 15. Bg5 $16) 15.
a5 $1 Nbd5 16. Ne5 Bd7 $5 17. Bf3 Bd6 $1 (17... Bc6 $2 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5
Bxd2 20. Bxc6) (17... Rac8 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd2 20. Bxb7 $18) 18. Nxd5
exd5 19. Nxd7 $1 (19. Qxb7 $2 Rdb8 $19) (19. Bxd5 $1 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nxd5 21.
Qxd5 Bg4 $19) 19... Qxd7 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. g3 $14 Ne4 22. Be3 (22. Qxd5 $2 Nxd2
) (22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Qxd5 Nxd2 $1) 22... Qb5 $5 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. Be2 Bb4 25.
Bxb5 Bxa5 26. Bd3 Bb6 27. h4 Nd6 28. b3 Ra8 29. Ra1 Rdc8 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke2
Ke7 32. Ra4 $1 Rxa4 33. bxa4 Ra8 34. Rb1 Bc7 35. Bc2 $14 Rd8 (35... Ke6 $142)
36. g4 Ke6 37. Rc1 Bb6 38. Rb1 Ba5 39. Bf4 Rc8 40. Bd3 b6 41. Rc1 Rxc1 42. Bxc1
Bc3 43. Be3 Nc4 $6 (43... Kd7 $142 44. f3 Kc6 {P b5=}) (43... f5 $5 44. f3 fxg4
45. fxg4 g5 $5) 44. Bxc4 dxc4 45. d5+ $1 Kxd5 46. Bxb6 $14 Bd4 $1 (46... Kc6
47. Be3 $1 (47. Bd8 Kd7) 47... Kb7 48. h5 $1 (48. Bd2 $6 Bf6 49. h5 c3 $1 50.
Bf4 (50. Be1 c2 $1) 50... Kb6) 48... Ka6 49. Bd2 $1 Bd4 50. Bb4 Kb6 51. f3 {
P d2, c3}) 47. Bd8 (47. Bxd4 Kxd4 48. a5 (48. Kd2 c3+ 49. Kc2 Kc4 50. a5 Kb5
51. Kxc3 Kxa5 52. Kd4 Kb6 53. Ke5 Kc7 $10) 48... Kc5 49. Kd2 Kb5 50. Kc3 Kxa5
51. Kxc4 Kb6 52. Kd5 Kc7 $10) 47... c3 $1 (47... Kc5 48. Be7+ Kb6 49. Bb4 {
P f3, d2, e3}) 48. Kd3 $8 Bxf2 49. Kxc3 {[#]} Ke4 (49... f5 $1 50. gxf5 (50. g5
$2 Bxh4 $1 51. gxh6 Bxd8 52. h7 Bf6+) 50... Be1+ $1 51. Kd3 (51. Kb3 Ke5 52.
Be7 Kxf5 53. h5 (53. Bb4 Bxh4 54. a5 Bd8 55. a6 Bb6 56. Kc4 Ke6 $1 57. Bc5 Kd7
$1 58. Bxb6 Kc8 59. Ba7 h5 $10) 53... Ba5 54. Kc4 g6 55. Kb5 Bc7 56. hxg6 Kxg6
57. Bc5 h5 $1 $10) 51... Ke5 52. Ke2 Bb4 53. f6 $1 (53. a5 Bxa5 54. Bxa5 Kxf5
55. Kf3 g5 56. h5 g4+ {P g5=}) 53... gxf6 54. h5 $5 (54. a5 h5 $1 55. a6 Bc5 {
P d5-c6, f2-h4=}) 54... Kf5 55. Kd3 Kg5 56. Kc4 Be1 57. Be7 Ba5 58. Kb5 Bc7 59.
Bc5 $140 f5 $1) 50. Kc4 Be1 $8 (50... g6 51. a5 f5 52. gxf5 gxf5 53. Bb6 Bg3
54. a6 Bb8 55. Kc5 f4 56. Kc6 f3 57. Kb7 $18) 51. Be7 $1 Ke5 $2 (51... g6 $2
52. Bb4 Bf2 (52... Bxb4 53. Kxb4 f5 54. gxf5 gxf5 55. a5 Kd5 $8 56. h5 Kc6 57.
Kc4 f4 58. Kd4 Kb5 59. Ke4 Kxa5 60. Kxf4 Kb6 61. Kf5 Kc7 62. Kg6 Kd7 63. Kxh6
Ke7 64. Kg7 $18) 53. a5 f5 54. gxf5 gxf5 55. Bc5 $18) (51... f5 $1 52. gxf5
Kxf5 53. h5 (53. Bb4 $142 Bxb4 54. Kxb4 g5 55. hxg5 hxg5 56. a5 g4 57. a6 g3
58. a7 g2 59. a8=Q g1=Q $10) 53... g5 $1 54. hxg6 Kxg6 55. Bb4 Bg3 56. a5 h5
57. a6 Bb8 58. Bd6 Ba7 59. Bc5 Bb8 60. Kb5 (60. Bf2 Kg5 61. Kb5 h4 62. Bxh4+
Kxh4 63. Kb6 Bf4 $1 64. a7 Be3+ $10) 60... h4 61. Kc6 (61. Kb6 h3 62. Bg1 h2
63. Bxh2 Bxh2 64. a7 Bg1+ $10) 61... h3 62. Bg1 Ba7 $3 $10) 52. Bb4 $18 Bxb4 (
52... Bf2 53. a5 g6 (53... Ke6 54. Bc5 Bg3 55. a6 Bb8 56. Kb5 Kd7 57. Kb6 Kc8
58. Bf8) 54. a6 Ba7 55. Bc5 Bb8 56. Kb5 Kd5 57. Kb6 $18) 53. Kxb4 h5 (53... g6
54. g5 $1) (53... f6 $143 54. h5 $1) (53... g5 54. hxg5 hxg5 55. Kc3 $1 f5 56.
gxf5 g4 57. Kd2 Kxf5 58. a5) 54. gxh5 Kd6 55. Kc4 Kc6 56. Kd4 Kb6 57. Ke5 {
57... a5 58.h6! gh6 59. f6 a4 60. f7} 1-0

[Event "Asztalos Memorial-01"]
[Site "Balatonfured"]
[Date "1958.06.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1958.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. d5 Bxc3 11. dxe6 Ba5 (11... Ne5 12. exf7+ Kh8 13. bxc3 Bg4
14. e4 $14) 12. exd7 Qxd7 13. e4 (13. Rd1 Qg4 14. Ne5 Qxe2 15. Bxe2 Bb7 16. f3
Rfd8 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Kf2 Bd2 19. a4 $14 {/=}) 13... Bb7 14. e5 Rae8 $11 15.
Ng5 {[#]} Bd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 (16... Qxd5 17. f4 (17. Bf4 h6 18. Nf3 Qe4 $11)
17... h6 18. Rd1 Qc6 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. Nxf3 Ne4 21. Be3 $14) 17. Qd3 Nf6 $11 18.
Qg3 {[#]} Nh5 (18... Nd5 $142 19. Rd1 f6 20. Nxh7 Kxh7 21. Qd3+ g6 22. Qxd5
Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 fxe5 25. Bg5 c4 26. Rd1 $14) 19. Qh4 $16 h6 20. Nf3
(20. Qxh5 hxg5 21. Qxg5 Qd4 22. Qg3 Re6 23. Rb1 Rg6 $11) 20... Qf5 21. Be3 f6 (
21... Re6) 22. a3 b5 23. Bxc5 fxe5 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. h3 $16 Nf4 26. Qg4 Qe4 27.
b4 (27. Rad1) 27... h5 28. Qd7 (28. Nd2 Qd3 29. Qd1 Ne2+ 30. Kh2 Bc7 31. Qb3+
$16) 28... Bb6 {[#]} 29. Rae1 $2 (29. Kh1 Qg6 30. Ne1 (30. Nh4 Qf6 31. g3 Rf7
32. Qc8+ Rf8 33. Qc2 Nxh3 34. f4 $14) 30... e4 31. Rc1) (29. Kh2 Nxg2 (29...
Qg6 30. Nh4 $18) 30. Nd2 Qa8 31. Rac1 Nh4 32. Rc6 $16) 29... Qg6 $15 30. Nh4
Qg3 31. Rxe5 Qxh4 32. Kh1 Qf6 33. Qxb5 Qg6 34. Rg5 Qe4 35. f3 Qe6 36. a4 {[#]}
(36. Qe5 Qd7 37. Qe4 Qd2 $15) 36... h4 (36... Ne2 37. a5 (37. Ra1 Rf5 $19)
37... Rf5 38. Rxf5 Ng3+ 39. Kh2 Nxf1+ 40. Qxf1 Bc7+ $19) 37. a5 Bc7 $11 38. Rc1
Bb8 39. Qc4 (39. Qb7 $142 $11) 39... Qxc4 40. Rxc4 Rd8 $17 41. Kg1 Ne6 42. Rgg4
Bg3 43. Kf1 Kf7 44. Ke2 g5 45. Ke3 Bf4+ 46. Ke2 Rd2+ 47. Ke1 Rb2 48. Kd1 (48.
Re4) 48... Kf6 $19 49. Re4 (49. Ke1 Be5 50. Kd1 Nf4 $19) 49... Kf5 50. Ke1 a6
51. Kd1 Rd2+ 52. Ke1 Rd5 53. Kf2 Rd2+ 54. Ke1 Rd4 55. Rxd4 Nxd4 56. Kd1 Kf6 57.
g3 hxg3 58. b5 Nxb5 59. h4 Nc3+ 60. Kc2 Nd5 61. hxg5+ Kf5 62. Kd3 Ne3 63. Rxg3
Bxg3 64. Kxe3 Kxg5 65. Kd4 Bc7 66. Kc5 Bxa5 67. Kc6 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Berlin East DSV"]
[Site "Berlin East"]
[Date "1982.10.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1982.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. d5 Bxc3 11. dxe6 Ne5 12. exf7+ Kh8 13. bxc3 Bg4 14. e4 Qe7
15. Re1 b5 16. Bxb5 Nh5 17. Bc4 $5 Qf6 18. Bg5 $1 (18. Bd5) 18... Bxf3 19. Bxf6
Bxe2 20. Bd5 $1 gxf6 21. Bxa8 Bd3 $1 22. Bd5 Nf4 23. Re3 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 $14 c4
25. Re1 Nxc3 26. Bxc4 Nxe4 $5 (26... Bxc4 27. Rxc3 Bxa2 28. Ra1 $16) 27. Rxe4
Bxc4 28. f4 Nd3 29. Re8 Kg7 30. R1e3 Rxf7 31. Kg1 $5 (31. Rg3+ Kh6 32. Reg8
Nxf4) (31. f5 Rf8 $1) 31... f5 $2 (31... Nxf4 $2 32. R8e4 $1 Ne2+ 33. Kf2 Ba6
34. Ra4 Bb5 35. Rb4 Ba6 36. Ra3 $18) (31... Rb7 $2 32. R8e7+ $18) (31... a6 $1
$10 32. Rg3+ Kh6 33. Reg8 Nxf4 34. R3g4 Rc7 $1) 32. Rc8 $16 Rb7 33. h3 Ba6 34.
Rc6 Bb5 35. Rg3+ Kf7 $6 36. Rh6 Kf8 37. a4 $18 Bc4 38. Rf6+ Rf7 39. Rc6 Nxf4
40. Rc8+ Ke7 41. Rf3 Ne2+ 42. Kf2 Ba6 43. Rc7+ (43. Rc7+ Ke8 44. Rxf7 Kxf7 45.
Rxf5+ $18 {/\ Ra5}) 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ushenina, Anna"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O
{[%emt 0:00:45]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
01:14]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 8.
Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 9. a3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} cxd4 {
[%emt 0:01:08]} 10. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} dxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. bxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 12. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:06:
16]} 13. Bb2 {[%emt 0:02:34]} (13. Ba3 N7b6 14. Qd4 Qxc3 15. Qg4 Bd7 16. b5
Rfc8 17. Bd6 Nc4 18. Rfc1 Ncxe3 19. Rxc3 Nxg4 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. h3 Nc3 22. Bf1
Nf6 23. Rxa7 Bxb5 24. Rxb7 Bc6 25. Rb8 Rxb8 26. Bxb8 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Ncd5 28. Kh2
Nh5 29. Bb5 Ndf4 30. Bd6 Ng6 31. Bc6 Nh4 32. Be7 f6 33. Bd6 Kf7 34. Bc7 g5 35.
Bb6 h6 36. Ba7 Nf4 37. Bb7 Ne2 38. Bb6 f5 39. Bc7 Kf6 40. Bd8+ Kg6 41. Bc7 Kf7
42. Be5 Ng6 {Potkin,V (2665)-Aleksandrov,A (2604) Nakhchivan 2013 0-1 (64)})
13... Nxc3 {[%emt 0:05:58]} 14. Qd2 {[%emt 0:04:22]} Nxe2+ {[%emt 0:00:52]} 15.
Qxe2 {[%emt 0:03:33]} b5 $146 {[%emt 0:24:03]} (15... Nb6 16. Rfc1 Qd8 17. Rd1
Bd7 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Qb5 Rf7 21. Qxb7 Rb8 22. Qe4 Qe8 23. h3 Nf8
24. Ra5 Rc7 25. Ba3 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Rc5 Rd7 28. b5 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Ra1 30.
Qb4 Ra2 31. f4 h6 32. Qc3 Kh7 33. Bb2 Qd1 34. Rc7 e5 35. fxe5 Ne6 36. Qc4 Rxb2
37. Qxe6 Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Qe2+ 39. Kg3 {1/2-1/2 (39) Korobov,A (2573)-Moiseenko,
A (2643) Moscow 2008}) 16. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:09:41]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:08:11]} 17. Qd3 {
[%emt 0:07:40]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 18. Qd4 $14 {[%emt 0:22:28][%csl Gd4,Rg7]
The duel of the Annas was a typical affair for Ushenina. She proved excellent
preparation, obtained a great advantage from the opening, and then spoilt it
by playing inaccurately and she let Muzychuk escape with a draw.} Nf6 {[%emt 0:
06:15]} 19. Qh4 {[%emt 0:09:22]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 20. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:11:22]}
Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 21. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 22. Nd4 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:07:27]} 23. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:08:17]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:
00:33]} 24. h3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 25. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:42]}
Be6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 26. Rfa1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:05:23]} 27. Ra8 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 28. Rxa8+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 29. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 30. Rd2 {[%emt 0:04:52]}
Rxd2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 31. Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 32. Kh2 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 33. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:
45]} 34. f3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 35. Kg4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Be6+
{[%emt 0:00:41]} 36. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 37. e4 {[%emt 0:
03:24]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 38. g4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 39.
Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 40. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd7 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kg3 {[%emt 0:05:04]} Be6 {[%emt 0:07:47]} 42. Ne8 {[%emt 0:
01:59]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 43. Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 44.
Kh4 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Ba4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 45. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bd1 {
[%emt 0:01:08]} 46. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 47. Ne7+ {
[%emt 0:01:54]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 48. h4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:02:
51]} 49. Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 50. Ne7 {[%emt 0:08:58]} Kf8
{[%emt 0:00:21]} 51. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 52. Ne3 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 53. h5 {[%emt 0:05:09]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:05:
31]} 54. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 55. Nd5 {[%emt 0:11:32]} Bd7
{[%emt 0:02:04]} 56. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ba4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 57. Ne7 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 58. Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Bb5+ {[%emt 0:01:
43]} 59. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 60. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:54]}
Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 61. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 10th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2002.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. exd4 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Qc7 {Der Lieblingszug von Epishin. Mit dem frühen Angriff auf den weißen
Läufer will Schwarz den möglichen Varianten mit dem Opfer des Bauern c3 aus
dem Weg gehen.} (8... O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 (9... Qc7 10. Bd3 $5) 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11.
bxc3 Qc7 12. Bd3 $5 Qxc3 13. Rc1 $44) 9. Qe2 (9. Qd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 $5 (10...
Nbd7 11. Bg5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6) 11. Bg5 Na5 12. Bb5 Nd5 13. Rac1 Bxc3 14. bxc3
a6 15. Ba4 Qc4 16. Bc2 Qxd3 17. Bxd3 b5 $11 {Jussupow,A-Epishin,V/Bundesliga
2000}) (9. Bb5+ $6 Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. O-O Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Rfc8
$15 {Benito Alba,E-Epishin,V/Corte Ingles 1998}) 9... O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3
Nbd7 {Mit einer kleinen Zugumstellung wurde eine häufig gespielte
Nimzowitsch-Stellung erreicht.} 12. Ba3 ({Eine gute Alternative bietet} 12. Bd2
{, z.B.} b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Bd3 Nd5 15. Qe4 N5f6 16. Qe2 Nd5 17. Qe4 N5f6 18.
Qh4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qc6 20. Re3 Rfd8 21. Kh1 Nf8 $13 {Jussupow,A-Epishin,V/
Bundesliga 1997-98}) 12... Re8 13. Rac1 a6 $1 {Dies ist aktiver als 13..b6.} (
13... b6 14. Ne5 (14. Bd3 Bb7 15. c4 e5 $11) 14... Bb7 15. f4 Rad8 16. Bd3 Qb8
17. Rce1 Qa8 18. Qc2 g6 19. Nc4 Ba6 20. Nd6 $16 {Speelman,J-Richardson,J/
Birmingham 2002}) 14. Ne5 b5 15. Bd3 $146 (15. Bb3 Bb7 16. c4 Qa5 17. Bd6 bxc4
18. Qxc4 Bd5 $11 {Lautier,J-Anand,V/Monte Carlo 1998}) 15... Bb7 16. f4 (16. c4
Qa5 17. Qb2 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Qb5 $13) 16... Rad8 $2 {Dieser automatische
Entwicklungszug erlaubt Weiß die Bildung eines starken Freibauern.} (16... Nb6
17. f5 $36) ({Umsichtiger war} 16... Bd5 $142 $1 {, mit gegenseitigen Chancen.}
) 17. c4 $1 Qb6 (17... bxc4 18. Nxc4 $16 {[%csl Rd6] /\Nd6}) (17... Qa5 18. Qb2
Nxe5 (18... bxc4 $2 19. Nxc4 $18) 19. fxe5 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nd7 21. Bd6 $16) 18.
c5 Qa5 19. Bb2 Bd5 20. c6 $2 {Diese Entscheidung behagt mir nicht. Weiß
erlaubt das Springermanöver Nb6-c4, sein Bauer c6 wird damit abgeschnitten und
geht verloren.} ({Das richtige Vorgehen bestand m.E. im Königsflügelangriff:} 
20. a3 Nb8 21. g4 $16 {->}) 20... Nb6 21. f5 Nc4 $1 22. fxe6 Rxe6 23. Qf2 (23.
Bf5 Re7) 23... Bxc6 24. Nxc6 $2 ({Besser war} 24. Nxc4 bxc4 25. Bxc4 Bd5 $15)
24... Rxc6 25. d5 Nxb2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Nach diesem taktischen Fehler geht die
Rechnung des Weißen auf, während er nach dem kaltblütigen 25...Rxd5 nichts
hätte.} (25... Rxd5 $1 26. Be4 Rd2 $19) 26. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 27. dxc6 $18 Nc4 {
Der Springer muß geopfert werden, um die Drohung Qf5+ nebst c6-c7 abzuwehren.}
28. Qf5+ Kg8 29. Rxc4 Qc7 30. Rc2 Rd6 31. Rfc1 b4 32. Qc5 Ng4 33. g3 a5 34. Re2
Nf6 35. Qxd6 Qxd6 36. c7 Qb6+ 37. Kf1 g6 38. c8=Q+ Kg7 39. Qc5 Qb7 40. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 b6 (9... Qc7 $1 10. Ba2 b6 {>=}) 10. O-O Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 (11...
Qc7 12. Bd3 Be4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qd3 Qb7 15. Ne5 Rd8 16. f3 Nf6 17. e4 Nbd7
$10) 12. Bd3 Be4 (12... e5 $2 13. e4 $1 Qc7 14. Bg5 exd4 15. cxd4 cxd4 16. e5
Nd5 17. Rc1 Nc5 18. Nxd4 $16 {->Gulko-Hjartarson/Groningen PCA/1993}) (12...
Ne4 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. c4 Rac8 15. Qc2 Ndf6 16. Ne5 $14 {Kortschnoi-Ljubojevic/
Luzern ol/1982}) 13. Bxe4 {N} (13. Bf1 Qc7 14. Nd2 Bg6 (14... Bb7 15. Bb2 e5
16. e4 $14) 15. Bb2 e5 16. e4 Rad8 17. d5 Ne8 18. c4 $14 {Kortschnoi-Huebner/
Manila izt/1990}) 13... Nxe4 14. Qd3 f5 $6 (14... Nef6 15. e4 $14) (14... Ndf6
{>=} 15. c4 Qd7 16. Bb2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Ne5 Qb7 19. Qb3 $14) 15. c4 Qe7
16. Bb2 Rad8 (16... Ndf6 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nc6 Qd6 19. d5 $16) 17. a4 e5 (17...
a5 18. Qb3 $14) 18. Qc2 $1 (18. d5 Nd6 $10 (18... Nxf2 19. Kxf2 e4 20. Qc3 exf3
21. gxf3 $14)) 18... exd4 19. exd4 Qf7 (19... cxd4 20. Nxd4 {/\f3,Nxf5,Nc6} Qf7
(20... Qd6 $6 21. f3 $16) (20... Qf6 $2 21. f3 Nec5 22. Ne6 $16) 21. f3 (21.
Nxf5 Qxf5 22. Rxe4 Nc5 23. Re2 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 Nxa4 $10) 21... Nec5 22. Nc6 Rde8
23. Nxa7 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rd1 $16) 20. d5 Rfe8 21. Re3 Re7 22. Rae1 Rde8
23. Nd2 $16 {o^,/^a1-h8} Nd6 (23... Nxd2 24. Qxd2 h6 25. h3 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxe3
27. Qxe3 a6 28. Qg3 f4 29. Qg4 $16) 24. Qd3 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 f4 (
26... a6 27. Qf4 $1 Qe7 28. h4 $16) 27. Qe2 Qf5 $4 (27... h6 {>=} 28. h4 a6 29.
Ne4 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 $16) 28. Qe7 $18 Nf7 29. Qe6 $1 g6 30. Qe8+ Nf8 31. Ne4 (31.
Ne4 Nd6 32. Qe7 Nf7 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. Nd7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "October Revolution 50years"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1967.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1967.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qb3 $6 (9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Bb2 Qc7 14.
c4 $14) 9... a6 10. a3 (10. a4 Qe7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Bd3 Ba5 13. Bd2 h6 $10 {
Beliavsky,A-Ribli,Z/Belfort/1988/}) 10... Ba5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qc2 Ncd7 13. b4
Bc7 14. Rd1 (14. Bb2 b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Ne4 Rc8 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $15) 14... b5
$10 15. Be2 Bb7 16. Bb2 Qb8 17. a4 (17. h3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 $15) 17... bxa4
18. Rxa4 Rc8 19. h3 Ne5 20. Nd4 (20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Qb3 Qc7 $17) 20... Ng6 21.
Nf3 Ne5 22. Nd4 Bb6 23. Qb3 Qc7 24. b5 $2 (24. Raa1 $32 Nd5 (24... Nc4 25. Na4
Nxb2 26. Nxb6 Nxd1 27. Nxa8 $10) 25. Na4 $10) 24... a5 25. Nf3 $4 (25. Raa1 $15
) 25... Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Bxe3 28. Ne2 (28. fxe3 $32 Qg3+ 29. Kf1
Qxf3+ 30. Kg1 Rc5 $40 (30... Qg3+ $6 31. Kf1 Qxh3+ 32. Ke2 Qg2+ 33. Ke1 $13))
28... Bb6 $19 29. Rc1 Qd6 30. Rac4 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Nd5 32. Qd3 Rd8 33. Qd2 (33.
Rc6 Qe7) 33... Qe7 34. Rg4 f6 35. Qc2 Qc5 36. Qxc5 Bxc5 37. Rc4 Bf8 38. Nd4 e5
39. Ne6 Rb8 40. Nxf8 Kxf8 41. Rc5 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Piatigorsky Cup-01"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1963.07.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qd3 $6 a6 10. a4 Qc7 (10... Qa5 $1 11. Bd2 Rd8 12. Rfd1 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bd7
14. Bc2 Bc6 15. Ne5 Rac8 16. Be1 cxd4 17. exd4 Nbd5 $15 {Flear,G-Sax,Gy/Graz/
1984/ Inf 39/715/}) 11. Bb3 Rd8 12. Bc2 $6 (12. Rd1 b6 13. Na2 a5 14. Nc3 $13)
12... b6 13. Na2 a5 14. Nxb4 (14. Nc3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Ba6 16. Rd1 Nd5 17. Qd2 Nb4
$40) 14... axb4 15. Re1 e5 16. Qb3 Bb7 17. dxc5 e4 $1 (17... bxc5 18. e4 $13)
18. c6 Bxc6 19. Nd4 Ng4 20. h3 (20. g3 Nc5 21. Qxb4 Ne5 $17) 20... Qh2+ 21. Kf1
Nde5 22. hxg4 (22. Nxc6 Qh1+ 23. Ke2 Qxg2 24. Nd4 $8 Nxf2 $19) 22... Bd5 23.
Qxd5 (23. Qxb4 $32 Bc4+ 24. Qxc4 Nxc4 25. Bxe4 Rac8 $17) 23... Rxd5 24. Bxe4
Rad8 25. f3 $19 (25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. f3 Qh1+ $19) 25... R5d6 26. a5 bxa5 27. Rxa5
Re8 28. Nf5 Rdd8 29. Bb1 Nc4 30. Ra1 g6 31. b3 Nd2+ 32. Kf2 gxf5 33. Bxf5 Qh4+
34. Ke2 Rxe3+ 35. Kxe3 Qxe1+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Nakhchivan"]
[Date "2003.07.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bachin, Vitaly"]
[Black "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2003.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 $6 {Three days before Bachin played against Pantsulaia, where
continued 9.Qb3. Probably my opponent decided to get me out of preparation
with this move. Actually, in this variation 9.a3 can't be a good move, because
it is losing the tempo. Anyway black's main idea of this variation is to
capture on c3 at any moment.} (9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8
13. Re1 Re8 14. Bh4 Nf8 15. Bb5 Re7 16. a3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ng6 18. Bg3 $6 (18.
Bxf6 gxf6 $11) 18... Ne4 $15 {0-1 Lanka,Z-Kortschnoj,V/Val Maubuee 1990/EXT 97
(56)}) (9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 (10. Qe2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. Bb3 (13.
Bd3 $5) 13... Bb7 14. h3 Ne4 15. Rac1 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Meister,
Y-Asrian,K/Moscow 2002/CBM 88 (35)}) 10... Be7 11. Rd1 Nb6 12. Bg5 Nxc4 13.
Qxc4 Bd7 14. d5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qc7 $11 {1-0 Bachin,
V-Pantsulaia,L/WJun, Nakhchivan AZE 2003 (52)}) 9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qb3
O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Be2 Bb7 14. c4 Rac8 {Black achieved everything he wanted
from the opening. All his pieces have occupied ideal positions in this
variation. Now black is ready to realize a typical plan for such positions- to
provide e6-e5, thus to get comfortable positions for his knights, as well,
weakening white's pawns.} 15. Bb2 Bxf3 $1 16. Qxf3 e5 17. Rfd1 (17. d5 Nc5 {
[%csl Gc5][%cal Yf6e8,Yf7f6,Ye8d6]}) 17... exd4 18. Rxd4 Rfe8 {With pawn
structure like this, every endgame is almost winning for black. Therefore,
black is interested in each exchanging, even in trading of queens. In spite of
white has pair of bishops, I would evaluate the position as a slightly better
for black, thanks to perfect positions of knights, they are going to occupy,
as well as thanks to weaknesses in the white camp.} 19. Bf1 Re6 20. Rad1 Rce8
21. h3 Nc5 22. Rf4 $6 Nfe4 23. h4 f6 {limiting the possibilities of white's
dark-squared bishop.} 24. Rd4 Qe7 25. g3 Nd6 26. Rd1 Nf7 27. g4 Re4 {Black
starts with the exchanges, which have to promise black an advantage.} 28. Rd5
Ne5 29. Qg3 Ng6 $2 {missing a much more attractive continuation.} ({Better was
} 29... Re1 $1 $17 {[%cal Ge5g6,Ye7e2]}) 30. Rxe4 Qxe4 $6 {After this move
black's advantage is still quite big, but the position is going to be more
complicated, that improves white's chances.} ({Safer was} 30... Nxe4 31. Qh2
Qe6 $17) 31. g5 Qb1 (31... Nxh4 32. gxf6 g6 $15 33. Qc7 $6 Nf3+ 34. Kh1 Ne5+) (
{Stronger was} 31... fxg5 32. Rxg5 (32. h5 Nh4) 32... Qc2 33. h5 Ne4 34. Qe3
Qxb2 35. hxg6 h6 $17) 32. Bc3 (32. Bd4 Re1 33. Qh3 Nf4 34. Qc8+ Kf7 35. Qc7+
Kg6 36. Qxf4 Rxf1+ $19) (32. h5 Qxb2 33. hxg6 hxg6 $15) (32. gxf6 Qxb2 33. h5
Qxf6 34. hxg6 Qxg6 $17) 32... Ne4 33. Qe3 Ne7 $6 {throws away the black's
advantage.} (33... Qc2 34. Bd4) (33... Qb3 $5 $15) 34. Rb5 (34. Rd7 Nf5 35. Qf3
Nxc3 $15) 34... Qc2 35. Bd4 $2 {Mistake, which gives back the advantage to
black.} ({After} 35. gxf6 $1 Qxc3 36. f7+ Kxf7 37. Qxe4 $11 {the chances are
approximately equal.}) 35... Nc6 ({Of course not} 35... Nf5 $4 36. Rxf5 Nd6 37.
Qd3) 36. gxf6 Nxf6 37. Qc3 Nxd4 38. Qxd4 Qe4 {The safest way to get the
advantage, while after} (38... Qc1 $5 {black's position is better as well.})
39. Qxe4 Nxe4 40. a4 Rc8 $1 $17 {Black's position is near to be winning,
thanks to a big amount of weaknesses in the white camp, in spite of white has
R+B vs R+N.} 41. Bh3 (41. a5 Rc5 $19) 41... Rc5 42. Be6+ Kf8 43. Rb3 Ke7 44.
Bd5 (44. Re3 Kxe6 (44... Nf6 $5) 45. Rxe4+ Re5 $19 {[%cal Ge5a5]}) 44... Nf6
45. Re3+ $6 (45. Rg3 g6 46. Re3+ $17 {gave white a little more chances.}) 45...
Kd6 46. Rg3 ({Nothing changes} 46. Re6+ Kd7 47. Re5 g6 (47... Ra5 $19) 48. Be6+
Kd6 49. Re3 Re5 $19) 46... g6 47. h5 (47. Rf3 Nxd5 48. cxd5 Ra5 49. Rf7 Rxa4
50. Rxh7 Kxd5 $19) 47... Nxh5 $19 48. Rf3 Rc7 49. Kf1 Kc5 50. Ke2 Kb4 51. Kd3
Ng7 ({Black would capture another pawn:} 51... Kxa4 52. Kc3 b5 $19) 52. Kc2 Nf5
53. Rb3+ Kc5 54. Kd3 Nd6 55. Rb1 Re7 56. Rh1 Ne8 57. a5 (57. Rb1 Nc7 58. Be4 a6
$19 {[%cal Yc7e6]}) 57... b5 58. Rc1 (58. Bg8 Nf6) 58... Nd6 59. Bg8 bxc4+ (
59... Nxc4 {wins as well.} 60. Bxc4 Rd7+) 60. Bxc4 Nxc4 61. Rxc4+ Kb5 $19 {
Black is two pawns up, so nothing can prevent from him to win the game.} 62.
Rc8 Kxa5 63. Rb8 Ka6 64. Kc4 Rc7+ 65. Kd5 Rb7 66. Rc8 Kb5 67. Rc5+ Kb4 68. Rc1
Rf7 69. Rb1+ Kc3 70. Ra1 a5 71. Ke4 Ra7 72. Rc1+ Kb2 73. Rc8 a4 74. Kd3 a3 75.
Kd2 Rd7+ 76. Ke2 Rb7 77. Kd2 a2 78. Rc2+ Ka3 0-1

[Event "Voskresensk"]
[Site "Voskresensk"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boguslawsky, Maxim"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Qd3 e5 (12... b6 13. Ba2 Bb7 14.
Bg5 b5 15. Rfe1 Bd5 16. Bb1 Rfc8 $132 {Neverov,V-Krzywicki,D/Katowice op/1992/}
) 13. dxe5 (13. Qe2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb6 15. Bb3 Nbd5 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Qf3 Qc3 18.
Bg5 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Rac8 20. Rfe1 Rc3 {Maksimovic,S-Markovic,G/Cetinje tt/1990/})
13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. f4 (15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. hxg3 Be6 $15 {Spassky,B-Tal,
M/Tbilisi m/1965/}) 15... Qa5 16. Qd4 (16. Be3 Bf5 17. Qd4 Rfe8 $36) 16... Re8
(16... Rd8 17. Qe5 $1) 17. Ba2 Re4 18. Qd2 Be6 $1 19. Bxe6 (19. Bb1 Rd8 20. Qb2
Rc4 $17) 19... Rxe6 20. Rb1 Rd8 21. Rb5 (21. Qc2 Qc7 $17) 21... Rxd2 22. Rxa5
Rc2 23. Rxa7 h5 24. Kh1 (24. Rxb7 Ree2 25. Rd1 Rxg2+ 26. Kf1 Ng4 $19) 24...
Ree2 25. Rg1 Ne4 26. h3 (26. h4 Nf2+ 27. Kh2 Nd3 $19) 26... Ng3+ 27. Kh2 Nf1+
$1 {Ftacnik,L} (27... Nf1+ $1 28. Kh1 (28. Rxf1 Rxg2+ 29. Kh1 Rh2+ 30. Kg1
Rcg2#) 28... Rxc1 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Qe2 {The Nimzo-Indian Defence is
such a solid opening, that Black can often defend against the bishop pair.
White has three ways of solving the pressure along the c-file. The immediate
sacrifice of the c3-pawn is interesting, but may not yield more than equality.
Putting the queen to the d3-square seems to be quite clumsy.} (12. Bd3 Qxc3 (
12... b5 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. a4 bxa4 17. c4 h6 18. Bh4
Rfe8 {0-1 (38) Salem,A (2469)-Gritsak,O (2519) Biel 2009} 19. c5 $14) 13. Bf4 (
13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Qb1 b5 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. Ne5 h6 17. Nc6 Qb6 18. Bd2 Bb7 19. Ba5
Qxc6 20. Rxc6 Bxc6 21. Qb2 $14 {1/2 (35) Zilberman,Y (2468)-Ovetchkin,R (2498)
Moscow 2011}) 13... Nc6 14. Re1 h6 (14... Qa5 15. Be5 Qd8 16. Ng5 g6 17. Rc1
Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd5 19. Qg4 Bd7 20. Qh4 h5 $11 {1-0 (40) Speelman,J (2596)-Bauer,
C (2576) Leon 2001}) 15. Bd6 (15. Re3 Qa5 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Rg3 Nxf4 18. Qg4 Ng6
(18... Nh5 19. Qxh5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 f5 21. exf6 Qxh5 22. Rxg7+ Kh8 23. Rh7+ Kg8
24. Rg7+ $11) 19. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 20. Qxg6 Qc7 21. Ng4 $18) 15... Rd8 16. Bc7 Rd7
17. Re3 Qb2 (17... Qxa1 18. Qxa1 Rxc7 19. Ne5 $14) 18. Re2 (18. Rb1 Qa2 19. Rb3
Rxc7 20. Bb1 Qxb3 21. Rxb3 Bd7 $11) 18... Qc3 19. Re3 Qb2 {1/2 (19) Nisipeanu,
L (2659)-Karjakin,S (2776) Medias 2011}) (12. Qd3) 12... Nbd7 {Restraint is
used at a proper moment, as White could play against the exposed structure in
the event of the daring 12...b5 advance.} (12... b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Bd2 Nbd7
15. a4 (15. Rfe1 Nd5 16. Qe4 N5f6 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Qe4 N5f6 19. Qe2 $11 {
1/2 (19) Filchev,R-Padevsky,N Sofia 1962}) 15... bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nd5 (16... a5
17. Rfa1 Bc6 18. R4a3 a4 19. c4 Rfe8 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nd7 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7
23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Rh3 f5 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Rg3 Rg8 27. Qg6+ Ke7 28. Bb4+ Kd8 29.
Bd6 Qb6 30. Qf7 $1 (30. Qxe6 Re8 31. Qxf5 Qd4 $15 {0-1 (35) Vladimirov,E (2612)
-Zagrebelny,S (2466) Abu Dhabi 2001}) 30... Rh8 31. Qxg7 Re8 32. Qf7 $16) 17.
Ra3 Rfe8 18. Rb1 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Qd1 $14 {1-0 (35) Graf,A 
(2642)-Chandler,M (2526) Germany 2000}) 13. a4 {The only way to really take
the wind from the sails of the b-pawn advance to b5.} (13. Bg5 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7
15. Rfc1 Bd5 16. a4 Bc4 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bxf6 $11 {1/2 (18) Conquest,S (2601)
-Gyimesi,Z (2605) Moscow 2001}) (13. Bb2 b5 14. Bd3 Nb6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Rac1
Bd5 17. c4 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Qb7 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 $11 {1-0 (46) Turner,
A-Bisguier,A New York 1957}) (13. Bd2 b5 14. Bd3 Nb6 15. Qe5 Ra7 16. Rac1 Bd7
17. Bf4 Qxe5 18. Bxe5 Rc8 19. Nd2 Nfd5 20. c4 bxc4 21. Nxc4 f6 $11 {0-1 (29)
Middleton,I-Karaklajic,N Moscow 1956}) 13... b6 {At several moments in this
line Black may try to grab the c3-pawn, but it is always tainted by a reat
risk. Riazantsev prefers a quiet completion of his development with fair
chances.} (13... Nb6 14. Bd3 Qxc3 (14... Bd7 15. c4 Bc6 16. Ne5 Nxa4 17. Qc2
Nb6 18. Bg5 Nbd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Bxh7+ Kg7 22. Ra3 Rh8 23. Rg3+
Kf8 {1-0 (44) Udovcic,M-Karaklajic,N Zagreb 1955} 24. Qd2 $16) 15. Ba3 Re8 16.
a5 Nbd5 17. Bd6 Qc6 18. Be5 b5 19. axb6 Qxb6 20. Rfb1 Qd8 $11 {1/2 (46)
Sprenger,J (2477)-Iordachescu,V (2633) Port Erin 2004}) 14. Bd2 (14. Ba3 Re8
15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Rfe1 Rec8 17. Bd3 Qxc3 18. Bb2 Qc7 19. d5 Bxd5 20. Nxd7 Nxd7
21. Qh5 Nf8 22. Re3 f5 23. Rg3 $11 {1/2 (23) Poulsen,M (2290)-Anka,E (2422)
Budapest 2004}) 14... Bb7 15. Bd3 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Ne5 $1 {The first
really active move serves many purposes, all of them noble. White prevents a
possible e6-e5 counterplay and fights against the firm positional equality
after 17.c4 a5!} (17. c4 a5 $1 18. h3 Rac8 $11) 17... Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 (18...
Rec8 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Rab1 Rc6 21. c4 a5 22. c5 Ba6 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Rb5 $14)
19. Rxe5 Rec8 {In the quiet of the study it becomes clear, that the a6-a5 move
is so strong that it might have been used even here.} (19... a5 $5 20. Rb1 Rec8
21. f4 (21. Rxb6 Nd7 22. Rxb7 Nxe5) 21... Nd5 22. c4 Ba6 23. cxd5 Bxd3 24. Rxb6
Rc2 25. Be1 exd5 $11) 20. c4 Rc7 $2 {[%mdl 16] The defender misses the boat
for the first time in this game by omitting the key move 20...a5! to his great
peril.} (20... a5 $1 21. Rc1 Ba6 22. Ree1 Rc6 23. Rc3 Rd8 24. Be3 Ng4 25. Be2
Nxe3 26. fxe3 $11) 21. a5 $1 Rd7 (21... b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Bxb5 $16) 22. Bc3
bxa5 (22... b5 23. cxb5 Nd5 24. Bd2 axb5 25. Bxb5 Rd6 26. Bc4 $16) 23. Rexa5
Rc8 24. Rc1 {Sokolov could not have hoped for a quiet life as Black is obliged
to fight against his hanging pawns.} (24. R1a3 $1 Ne4 25. Bb2 Nd6 26. c5 Nf5
$14) 24... Ne4 25. Bb2 Nd6 $2 {The second mistake of the defence is of a well
known nature - reading the tea leaves without proper precision. The knight
move to d2 would have created a threat of Nb3 thus winning a crucial tempo.} (
25... Nd2 $1 26. Ra3 Be4 27. Bxe4 (27. Be2 Rb8 28. Ba1 Nb3 $11) 27... Nxe4 28.
c5 $14) 26. f3 $1 Rdc7 27. Ra4 Ra8 (27... Bd5 28. c5 Bb7 29. Bxa6 $16) 28. Kf2
Bc6 29. Raa1 (29. Ra3 $1 Rca7 30. Rb3 a5 31. Ba3 Nc8 32. Rcb1 $16) 29... Ne8 $6
{The passive retreat of the knight serves the needs of the position very badly.
Riazantsev needed to come up with some ideas which would distract his opponent
from his quest to improve all the pieces.} (29... Nb7 $5 30. Bc3 a5 31. Rcb1 a4
32. Rb6 Nd8 $14) 30. Ra5 Rb7 31. Ba3 Rb3 (31... g6 32. Ke3 Rb3 33. Rb1 $16) 32.
Bc2 Rbb8 33. Rc5 Bd7 (33... Rb6 34. Ra5 Rbb8 35. g4 $16) 34. Ra5 Bc6 35. g4 Rd8
36. Ke3 Nd6 (36... Rdb8 37. Ra1 $16) 37. Bxd6 $1 {Sokolov was always a great
sportsman, which plays a role in moments of crisis. His energy is high enough
for crucial decisions shortly before the time control.} Rxd6 38. Be4 Bxe4 39.
c5 $5 {A clever move that stretches the nerves of the enemy to the limit. Even
under stress Black is able to realise, that a simple rook retreat is utterly
hopeless.} (39. fxe4 Rb6 40. d5 Kf8 41. c5 Rb3+ 42. Kd4 Ke7 43. Raa1 $5 Rb4+ (
43... a5 44. d6+ Kd7 45. Rcb1) 44. Rc4 e5+ 45. Kc3 Rb5 46. Ra2 $16) 39... Rxd4
$5 (39... Rdd8 40. fxe4 Rdb8 41. d5 Kf8 42. d6 $18) 40. Kxd4 Bc6 41. Ke5 $1 {
[%mdl 4096] Progress is usually portrayed as a way forward and it is often
mirrored in chess. The white king fights for the greater good of advancing the
c-pawn.} Kf8 (41... Bxf3 42. c6 f6+ 43. Kxe6 Bxg4+ 44. Ke7 Kh7 45. c7 Rc8 46.
Rxa6 f5 47. Rd6 f4 48. Rd8 $18) 42. Kd6 Bxf3 43. c6 Rd8+ 44. Kc7 $1 {Losing
heart with a king retreat would have tragic consequences as White would lose
all his advantage.} (44. Ke5 $2 Rd3 $1 45. c7 f6+ 46. Kf4 e5+ 47. Kg3 Bb7+ 48.
Kf2 Bc8 $11) 44... Ke7 45. Rc3 Bxg4 (45... Be4 46. Rxa6 g6 47. Ra7 $18) 46. h3
{Away from the heat of the moment it seems that White could have won more
easily with the simple king move 46.Kb7!} (46. Kb7 $1 Rd4 47. h3 Bf5 48. c7 $18
) 46... Be2 47. Kb6 (47. Kb7 Bf1 48. Rc2 Bd3 49. Rd2 Be4 50. Rxd8 Kxd8 51. Ra4
Bf3 52. Kb6 $18) 47... Bb5 48. c7 Rc8 49. Rxb5 $1 {The simple combination wins
the rook for the pawn, but White must have measured the chances against
Black's advancing pawn mass.} axb5 50. Kb7 Re8 51. c8=Q Rxc8 52. Rxc8 Kd6 {
Ever since Reti created his famous study we know that the king can come back
across the board much more swiftly than we normally assume. Black is trying to
complicate the home run of the enemy.} (52... Kf6 53. Kc6 Ke5 54. Kxb5 f5 55.
Kc4 Ke4 56. Kc3 f4 57. Kd2 e5 58. Rg8 g5 59. Rg6 Kf3 60. Rxh6 e4 61. Re6 $19)
53. Kb6 f5 54. Kxb5 Kd5 55. Rc4 {Using the rook for cutting off the 4th rank
is not bad, but it was not forced. White should have proceeded with his king
march backwards.} (55. Kb4 $1 Kd4 56. Kb3 Kd3 57. Rd8+ Ke4 58. Kc3 Kf3 59. Kd2
Kg2 60. Rg8 g5 61. Rg6 Kxh3 62. Rxh6+ Kg4 63. Rxe6 $19) 55... g5 (55... e5 56.
Kb4 e4 57. Kc3 f4 58. Ra4 $18) 56. Kb4 h5 (56... e5 57. Kc3 e4 58. Rc8 Ke5 59.
Rh8 Kf4 60. Kd2 Kf3 61. Rxh6 Kf2 62. Re6 $18) 57. Kc3 g4 58. hxg4 hxg4 (58...
fxg4 59. Kd3 g3 60. Rh4 $18) 59. Kd3 {The rook is stronger than three passed
pawns, so Black is doomed.} e5 60. Rc8 g3 (60... Kd6 61. Rf8 Ke6 62. Ke3 g3 63.
Kf3 f4 64. Ke4 $18) 61. Ke3 f4+ 62. Kf3 Ke6 63. Rf8 Ke7 64. Rf5 Ke6 65. Ke4 Kd6
(65... g2 66. Rg5 $18) 66. Rg5 {There are onlt three black "bottles" hanging
on the wall and the demise of the first one would spell the end...} 1-0

[Event "Piatigorsky-Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "1966.08.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1966.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. a3 cxd4 11. exd4 (11. axb4 dxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bb2 e5 (
13... Rb8 14. Bd3 b5 15. Rfc1 $1 {/\c4+/-}) 14. e4 Nb6 15. Bb3 Be6 (15... Bg4
16. Ra5 $14) 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Ra5 $16) 11... Bxc3 (11... Be7 $6 12. Ba2 b5 13.
d5) 12. bxc3 b5 13. Bd3 Nb6 (13... Bb7 $6 14. a4 $16) 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Bg5 Nbd5
(15... h6 $142 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. f4 Qe7 18. f5 exf5 {/\f6}) 16. Rac1 (16. Qf3
$1 {/\ Ng4, Qh3} h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qe4 $16 Rfd8 (18... Qf5 $142 19. Qxf5
exf5 20. Nd7 {/\ Nc5+/=_|_}) 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. f4 $40 Nxf4 21. Rxf4 Qxf4 22. Rf1
Qe3+ 23. Kh1 $18 {Unzicker}) 16... h6 17. Bd2 Ne7 (17... Rc8 18. a4 bxa4 19.
Bxa6 Bxa6 20. Qxa6 Ra8 21. Qd3 $13) 18. f3 Nd7 19. f4 Nf5 20. Be1 Rc8 21. Rb1
Bd5 22. Bd2 Nd6 23. a4 f5 (23... bxa4 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. Ra1 $14) 24. axb5 axb5
25. Rfc1 (25. Bxb5 Nxe5 26. Qxe5 Ne4 $1 $15 (26... Nxb5 $6 27. Rxb5 Bc4 28. Rb7
$1)) 25... Be4 26. Bxe4 (26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27. Bxb5 Nxb5 28. Rxb5 Rf6 $10 {^-})
26... fxe4 27. Qg4 Re8 28. Ra1 Nf6 29. Qg6 Rc7 30. Ra6 Nf5 31. Rca1 Nh4 (31...
b4 $1 32. Nc6 Rxc6 $1 33. Rxc6 Nxd4 {/\ Nc6/Ne2+} 34. Ra7 Nf5 $17 35. Be1 $2 (
35. Rcc7 Ne7 36. Rxe7 (36. Qg3 Qxd2 37. Rxe7 Rxe7 38. Rxe7 Qd1+ 39. Kf2 Ng4+
$19) 36... Rxe7 37. Rxe7 Qxe7 38. cxb4 Qa7+ 39. Kf1 e3) 35... Qd1 $19 {Unzicker
}) (31... Nxd4 $2 32. Ra8) 32. Qg3 Nf5 33. Qe1 Qd5 34. g4 (34. R6a5 $142) 34...
Nd6 35. g5 hxg5 36. fxg5 Nd7 37. Bf4 Nf5 38. Ra7 Rxa7 39. Rxa7 Nxe5 40. Bxe5
Ra8 41. Qa1 {Reshevsky offered a draw.} (41. Qa1 Rxa7 42. Qxa7 Qb3 (42... Qc6
$17) 43. Qa8+ Kh7 44. Qxe4 Qxc3 $17 45. Qe2 Qe3+ 46. Kf1 Qh3+ 47. Ke1 b4 {
Unzicker}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qb3 a6 (9... b6 10. d5 Bxc3 11. dxe6 Ne5 $6 (11... Ba5 $1 $10) 12.
exf7+ Kh8 13. Qxc3 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 b5 15. Bxb5 Bh3 16. Re1 Qb6 17. Qc4 $1 (17.
Bf1 Ne4 18. fxe4 Qg6+ 19. Kh1 Qxe4+ 20. Kg1 Qg4+ $10) 17... Nh5 $6 18. Kh1 Qb7
19. e4 Rab8 20. Be8 $18 {Vaiser,A-Petrosian,A/Kiev/1973/}) 10. a4 Qe7 11. Rd1
Rd8 12. Bd2 h6 $5 (12... Nb6 $6 13. Be2 cxd4 14. exd4 h6 15. a5 Nbd5 16. Ne5
Bd7 17. Bf3 Bd6 $1 18. Nxd7 $1) (12... b6 $5) 13. Ne2 (13. d5 $2 Nb6 $1 14.
dxe6 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Bxe6 16. Qe2 Bb3 $17) 13... Bxd2 14. Rxd2 Rb8 $6 (14... b6
$5 15. dxc5 bxc5 $1 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Nc3 Rb8 18. Qc2 Rb4 $132) 15. Nc3 cxd4 16.
Nxd4 (16. exd4 $5 b6 $6 (16... Qd6 {/\ Nb6}) 17. Re1 Bb7 18. d5 Nc5 19. Qc2 $36
) 16... Re8 $1 17. a5 Nc5 18. Qb6 (18. Qa3 $5) 18... Bd7 19. f3 Rec8 20. Qb4
Qd6 {/\ Nce4} 21. Bf1 Qc7 22. Qa3 e5 23. Nb3 Nxb3 24. Qxb3 Qc5 (24... b5 25.
axb6 Rxb6 26. Qa3) (24... Be6 25. Qb4 Qc5 $4 (25... Bc4 $4 26. Bxc4 Qxc4 27.
Rd8+ $1 $18) 26. Rd8+ $1) 25. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 $2 (25... Qc7 $1 26. Nxf6+ (26. Nd6
$6 Be6 27. Qa3 Rd8 $10) 26... gxf6 27. Rad1 Be6 28. Qb4 Kg7 $1 (28... Qc5 $4
29. Rd8+ $1 Rxd8 30. Rxd8+) 29. Rd6 Qc5 30. Qxc5 Rxc5 31. b4 Rc3 32. Kf2 Rbc8
33. Rb6 R8c7 $14) 26. Rxd7 Ng5 27. Bc4 $1 Rf8 28. h4 b5 $1 29. axb6 (29. Bd5 $2
Rbd8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rd1 Ne6 32. Kf2 Rd6 $10) 29... Rxb6 30. Qc3 Qc8 $1 (
30... Ne6 31. Rd5 $1 Qc7 32. Rxe5 Rc8 33. Rc1 $1) (30... Rc8 31. hxg5 Qxc4 32.
Rd8+ $18) 31. Rad1 Ne6 32. b3 e4 33. fxe4 (33. f4 $5) 33... Qb8 (33... Rd8 $2
34. Rxd8+ Nxd8 35. Bxf7+ $18) 34. e5 Rc6 35. R1d6 Qc8 36. Re7 Rxd6 $2 $138 (
36... Re8 $1 37. Rxc6 Qxc6 38. Rxe8+ Qxe8 39. Bxa6 Qe7 40. g3 $16) 37. exd6 Kh8
38. Qe5 Nc5 39. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Linares 27th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. a4 cxd4 {Black has waited long enough with the opening of
the centre.} 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Nbd5 13. Nxd5 {The exchange of knights in
the position with isolated pawns is somewhat surprising. White needs to get
rid of at least some defenders, otherwise it would be next to impossible to
generate an attack.} (13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rfe1 Nb4 (14... Re8 15. Ne5 h6 16. Bxf6
Nxf6 17. Rad1 Bb4 18. Qf3 Re7 19. Bc2 Rc7 20. Bb3 Qf8 21. Re3 Bd7 22. d5 {
1-0 Portisch,L (2640)-Panno,O/Lugano 1968 (41)}) 15. Bc4 Nfd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17.
Ne4 Nf5 18. Rad1 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nc3 Be6 21. Qc2 Nd6 22. Re5 h6 23. Nxd5
Rc8 24. Qe2 Nc4 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Ne7 {1-0 Kortschnoj,
V-Shamkovich,L/Leningrad 1967 (42)}) (13. Bd2 Ba5 $6 (13... Bd7 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 16. Ng5+ Kg6 $1 (16... Kg8 17. Qd3 f5 18. Qh3 $16) 17. Qd3+
f5 $17) 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Nxd5 $1 exd5 (15... Nxd5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Qe4 g6 18. Bh6
) 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Bg4 $2 (17... Bb6 $14) 18. Qe3 Bb6 19. Ne5 Bc8 20. Bb1 Qd6
21. Kh1 $1 (21. Qd3 Ne4 22. f3 $2 Qxe5) 21... Re8 (21... Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23.
Nc4 Qg6 (23... Qe6 24. f3 $16) 24. a5 Ba7 25. Be7 Re8 26. Nd6 $1 Rxe7 27. Rxc8+
$18) 22. Qd3 Bd8 (22... g6 23. Nxf7) (22... g5 23. Nxf7) (22... Ne4 23. f3) (
22... Bxd4 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Rc7 $18) 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qh7+ Kf8
25. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 26. Bg6+ Ke7 27. Bxe8 Kxe8 28. Qg8+ {1-0 Knaak,R (2520)
-Malich,B (2535)/Halle 1978 (32)}) 13... Nxd5 {Gelfand is ready to accept the
challenge. Other players with lesser ambitions might have preferred
recapturing with a pawn with slightly inferiorplay, but a symmetrical pawn
structure.} (13... exd5 14. Bg5 (14. Ne5 $5) 14... Qd6 $1 15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Bf4 (
16. Be3 $5 {Ivanchuk,V}) 16... Qe7 17. f3 Nd6 18. Qf2 (18. Qc2 g6 $10) 18...
Bf5 $1 (18... f6 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh4+ Kg8 21. Ng6 Qe8 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. Qh5
Kg8 24. Bxd6 Bxd6 25. Rae1 $40) 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Nd3 Bd6 (20... Rac8 21. g4
Nh4 22. Bg3 $1 (22. Nxb4 Qxb4 23. Qxh4 $2 Qxd4+) 22... Ng6 23. h4 $40) 21. Rfe1
Qd8 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. a5 Rac8 24. Rad1 $1 (24. Rac1 Rc4 $1) 24... Rc7 25. Nc5
Nxd4 26. Nxa6 $1 Qxa6 (26... Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 bxa6 28. Qxd5 Qb4 $5 $15 (28...
Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Rc2 30. b4 Rb2 31. b5 $5 axb5 32. Ra1 $132)) 27. Qxd4 Qxa5 {
1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2735)-Speelman,J (2630)/Reykjavik 1991/}) 14. Qe4 g6 (14...
f5 15. Qe2 Qd6 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. Bc4 Rac8 $11) 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. Qf3 (
17. Bc4 Bc6 18. Qf3 f6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Rac1 $14) 17... Qe7 {The defender is
not obliged to weaken the kingside yet.} (17... f6 18. Qg4 (18. Nxg6 hxg6 19.
Bxg6 Re7 20. Qg4 Kh8 21. Qh5 Qg8 22. Bf8+ Rh7 23. Bxh7 Qxh7 24. Qxh7+ Kxh7 25.
Bxb4 Nxb4 26. Rfc1 Bc6 27. Ra3 $11) 18... Re7 19. Bxg6 hxg6 (19... fxe5 $2 20.
Bf7+ Kxf7 21. Qg7+ Ke8 22. Qf8#) 20. Nxg6 Rg7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rfd1 $14) 18.
Be4 Bc6 (18... f6 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Qxf6 Re2 22. Rac1 $14) 19.
Bxd5 {Grischuk is consequent in his strategy of exchanging knights on the
d5-square. Black is feeling discomfort, as his bishop on b4 has become
misplaced.} (19. Rfc1 Rec8 20. Rc4 f5 21. Bd3 Bd6 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. g3 Rab8 $11
) 19... Bxd5 (19... exd5 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. b3 f6 22. Ng4 f5 23. Ne5 $11) 20.
Qf4 f5 (20... Bd6 21. Bg5 Qf8 22. Qh4 $14) 21. h4 $1 Rac8 22. Rac1 Bd6 23. Rfe1
(23. Qg3 Qf7 24. h5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 b5 $14) 23... Qf6 {Despite all the clever
ideas of the first player the position is objectively close to equality.} (
23... b5 $1 24. axb5 axb5 25. h5 gxh5 26. f3 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Qf6 $11) 24. Rc3
Rxc3 (24... b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rec1 Rc4 27. h5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Rxf4 29. exf6
Rc4 $11) 25. bxc3 Rc8 26. Qg3 Be4 $6 {[%mdl 256] Gelfand is feeling the heat
and does not exactly know what to do about the enemy kingside initiative. It
might have been time to give up the dark-squared bishop and live with compact
defensive forces.} (26... Bxe5 $5 27. Rxe5 Qe7 28. h5 Kf7 29. Bg5 Qe8 $11) 27.
h5 $1 Bxe5 (27... b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Bf4 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Qf7 31. Ra1 $16) 28.
dxe5 Qf7 29. Re3 (29. Rd1 Bd5 30. a5 $14) 29... Kh8 $2 {The retreat of the
king to the corner is not a solution, Black had to find a defensive set up
along the 7th rank.} (29... Rd8 30. Qh4 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Rd5 32. Rh3 Qc7 33. hxg6
hxg6 34. f3 Bd3 35. Bf8 $18) (29... Rc7 $1 30. Qh4 Qe7 31. Bg5 Qd7 32. Kh2 Qd1
33. f3 Bc6 34. a5 $14) 30. Qh4 gxh5 (30... b5 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. axb5 axb5 33.
Rh3 Kg8 34. Bg5 $18) 31. Rg3 Bd5 32. a5 $1 {Grischuk is fixing the queenside
as the battle on the other side of the board has already been won.} (32. Bg5 h6
33. Bf6+ Kh7 34. Bg7 Qxg7 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qf6+ Kh7 37. Qf7+ Kh8 38. Qg6 Rxc3
39. Qxh6+ Kg8 40. Qxh5 $16) 32... f4 33. Rg7 Qf5 34. Qe7 Qe4 35. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-01"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1977.10.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1977.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Bd3 b6 10. a3 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bb7 13. c4 Rc8 14. Bb2 Qc7
15. Re1 Qf4 16. Qd2 Qd6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 $16 Qc6 19. Qg5 $2 h6 20. Qg3 Nh5
21. Qg4 Qxg2+ 22. Qxg2 Bxg2 $17 23. Bc1 Bf3 24. a4 Rfd8 25. Bf1 g5 26. Ra3 Ba8
27. h4 Rd4 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rh3 Rg4+ 30. Kh2 Nf4 31. f3 Nxh3 32. fxg4 Nf4 33.
Kg3 Bc6 34. Bxf4 gxf4+ 35. Kxf4 Bxa4 36. Ra1 Bb3 37. Rxa7 Bxc4 38. Bg2 Be2 39.
Rb7 b5 40. g5 Bd3 41. Bf3 Kg7 42. Ke3 Rc3 43. Kd2 Rb3 44. Bd1 Rb1 45. Rd7 Bg6
46. Bg4 Kf8 47. Rd8+ Kg7 48. Rd7 Kf8 49. Rd8+ Ke7 50. Rb8 Rb2+ 51. Ke3 Rb3+ 52.
Kf4 Rb4+ 53. Kg3 Kd7 54. Bf3 Rb1 55. Kf2 b4 56. Ke3 b3 57. Kd4 b2 58. Be2 Ke7
59. Ke3 Bf5 60. Kd4 Kd7 61. Rb7+ Kc8 62. Rb4 Kc7 63. Rc4+ Kd7 64. Rb4 Bg6 65.
Rb7+ Kc8 66. Rb4 Kc7 67. Rc4+ Kb6 68. Rb4+ Ka5 69. Rb7 Ka4 70. Bc4 Bc2 71. Kc3
Ka3 72. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Bd3 b6 10. a3 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. Ne5 Rad8 $5 {N} (15... Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Nd7 17. Re3 g6 $2 18. Qe2 Rac8 19. c4
$16 {Vaganian,R-Farago,I/Vrnjacka Banja/1971/}) 16. f4 Nf8 $1 17. Qc2 (17. Qe2
Nd5 18. Rac1 f6) 17... Nd5 18. f5 f6 $2 (18... exf5 19. Bxf5 Ng6 $1 $10) 19.
Nf3 exf5 20. Bxf5 Ne7 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Nc6 23. c4 (23. Rae1 $6 Rxe4 24.
Qxe4 Na5 $15) 23... Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Nb8 25. d5 Rc8 26. Rc1 Qc5+ 27. Nd4 $1 (27.
Qe3 Qxe3+ 28. Bxe3 Nbd7 $10) 27... Qxa3 28. Nf5 Rd8 $8 (28... Kh8 29. Nxg7 Kxg7
30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. Qxc8 $18) 29. Re1 $1 (29. c5 $5 bxc5 30. d6 Qa2 $1 31. Bh6 (
31. Qe7 Rd7) 31... Qe6 $1 (31... gxh6 32. Qe7 Ne6 33. Nxh6+ Kh8 34. Qxf6+ $18)
32. Qg4 g6 $17) 29... Nbd7 30. Qe7 Qc5+ 31. Re3 Qxe7 32. Rxe7 Ne5 (32... Rc8
33. Rxg7+ Kh8 34. Bh6 Rxc4 35. Ne7 $18) 33. Rxg7+ Kh8 34. Rc7 (34. Bh6 Nfd7 35.
Re7 Kg8) 34... Nfd7 35. Bc3 a5 36. Nd6 Kg8 (36... Kg7 37. Bxe5 fxe5 38. Nb7 $18
) 37. Ne4 Rf8 38. h3 $1 a4 39. Ra7 a3 40. Nd6 f5 41. Rxa3 f4 42. Bd4 h6 (42...
Rf6 43. Ra8+ Rf8 44. Ra7 $18) 43. Ra7 (43. Rb3 $6 Ra8 44. Bxe5 Nxe5 45. Rxb6
Ra1+ 46. Kh2 Ra2 $132) 43... f3 44. g3 h5 45. Kf1 Rd8 46. Bxe5 Nxe5 47. Re7 Nd3
(47... Ng6 48. Re6 Nf8 49. Rf6 Kg7 50. Ne4 Re8 51. Rf4 Ng6 52. Nd6 $18) 48. Re3
Nb2 49. Rb3 Nd1 50. Rxb6 f2 51. Rb1 Nc3 52. Rb3 Nd1 53. Rd3 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. a4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Nbd5 13. Nxd5 {N} (13. Bd2)
13... exd5 14. Bg5 (14. Ne5 $5) 14... Qd6 $1 15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Bf4 (16. Be3 $5 {
Ivanchuk,V}) 16... Qe7 17. f3 Nd6 18. Qf2 (18. Qc2 g6 $10) 18... Bf5 $1 (18...
f6 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh4+ Kg8 21. Ng6 Qe8 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. Qh5 Kg8 24. Bxd6
Bxd6 25. Rae1 $40) 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Nd3 Bd6 (20... Rac8 21. g4 Nh4 22. Bg3 $1
(22. Nxb4 Qxb4 23. Qxh4 $2 Qxd4+) 22... Ng6 23. h4 $40) 21. Rfe1 Qd8 22. Bxd6
Qxd6 23. a5 Rac8 24. Rad1 $1 (24. Rac1 Rc4 $1) 24... Rc7 25. Nc5 Nxd4 26. Nxa6
$1 Qxa6 (26... Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 bxa6 28. Qxd5 Qb4 $5 $15 (28... Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Rc2
30. b4 Rb2 31. b5 $5 axb5 32. Ra1 $132)) 27. Qxd4 Qxa5 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 13th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2005.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 ({Another queen sortie} 9. Qb3 {can be met by} b6 10. d5 (10. Rd1
Bb7) 10... Bxc3 $5 $146 11. dxe6 Ba5 12. exd7 Bxd7 13. Ne5 Be8 14. a4 Qc7 15.
f4 Rd8 16. Rd1 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Bc6 $1 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Ra3 Qe4 20. Qd3 Qe7 21.
Qe2 {(/\ Rd3)} Qe4 22. Qd3 Qb7 23. Qe2 Qe4 24. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Vaisser,A-Adams,M/
Port Barcares 2005/CBM 107_01 (24)}) ({an alternative is} 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 (
10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. Be2 e5 14. Ra5 Be6 15. Qc2 Nbd7 16.
c4 b6 17. Ra6 Rfc8 18. Nd2 Qb7 19. b5 Nc5 20. Ra3 a6 21. bxa6 Rxa6 22. Rxa6
Qxa6 23. Bb2 Nfd7 24. Ra1 Qb7 25. Bf3 Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Anand,V/Cap
d'Agde 2003/CBM 098 (32)}) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Qd3 b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14.
Ba2 Rac8 15. Bd2 Bd5 (15... Rfd8 16. Rac1 Qd6 17. Ng5 Nf8) 16. Bb1 Rfd8 17. Ne5
Nf8 18. Qh3 {0-1 Goehring,K-Ribli,Z/Germany 1989/GER-chT (35)} N6d7 19. Bd3
Nxe5 20. Rxe5 f6 21. Rh5 g6 22. Rh4 Bc4 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 $13) 9... b6 ({The plan} 
9... a6 {allows White obtain the better game with} 10. a3 Ba5 11. Bd3 b5 12. b4
$1 cxd4 (12... cxb4 $6 13. Nxb5 $1 Bb7 (13... axb5 $2 14. axb4 $16) (13... Rb8
14. Nd6 $16) 14. Nd6 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 $16 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Epishin,V/Dos Hermanas
1994/CBM 041/ (39)}) 13. exd4 Bb6 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. Ne4 Qb8 16. Nc5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Vaganian,R-Platonov,I/Riga 1970/URS-ch (36)}) 10. a3 ({It seems to me that
Black has sufficient counterchances in old line} 10. d5 Bxc3 11. dxe6 Ne5 12.
exf7+ Kh8 13. bxc3 Bg4 14. e4 Qe7 15. Re1 b5 $1 16. Bxb5 Nh5 17. Bc4 (17. Bg5
Qe6 18. Qe3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qxf7 20. Be2 h6 21. f4 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Rad1
Rae8 24. Rd5 c4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Gligoric,S-Jelen,I/Bled 1979/MCL (65)}) 17... Qf6
{e.g.} 18. Bg5 (18. Bd5 Nxf3+ (18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nxf3+ 20. Kf1 $1 (20. Kg2 $2
Nxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Rad8 22. Bc4 $2 (22. Qe3) 22... Qg6+ 23. Kf1 Qg4 $1 24. Bd2 Qf3
25. Bd5 Nf6 $19 {0-1 Aleksandrov,A-Naiditsch,A/Senden 1999/EXT 2000 (37)})
20... Nxe1 21. Bxa8 Qxc3 22. Bb2 Qh3+ 23. Kxe1 Rxa8 $13) 19. gxf3 Bxf3 20. Qe3
h6 21. Kf1 Rad8 22. Be6 $5 (22. c4 Rxd5 $1 23. exd5 Rxf7 $44 {0-1 Gligoric,
S-Parma,B/Vrbas 1982/MCD (29)}) 22... Qxe6 23. Qxf3 Nf6 $44) 18... Bxf3 19.
Bxf6 Bxe2 20. Bd5 gxf6 21. Bxa8 Bd3 22. Bd5 Nf4 23. Re3 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 (24. Kh1
$6 {1-0 Knaak,R-Lukacs,P/Berlin East 1982/MCL/[ChessBase] (43)} Nxc3 25. Rc1
Nxd5 26. exd5 c4 27. f4 Ng6 $15) 24... Nf4+ ({in case of} 24... Nxc3+ 25. Ke1
Nxd5 26. exd5 c4 {White´s king can support the passed pawn by} 27. Kd2 Rxf7 28.
Kc3 Rd7 29. Kd4 $13) 25. Kg1 Ne2+ $11) ({earlier Tiger tried} 10. Rd1 cxd4 11.
exd4 (11. Nxd4 Bb7) 11... Bxc3 (11... Bb7) 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Bd3
Rfe8 15. Re1 Rac8 16. a4 {1-0 Hillarp Persson,T-Ionescu,C/Batumi 1999/CBM 074 
(42)} {but probably was not satisfied with opening´s results in view of
possible improvement} Nd5 17. c4 (17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Red8 $5 19. c4 Qc6 $1)
17... Nf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 $132) 10... cxd4 11. Nb5 (11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7
13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Bd3 Rfe8 {leads to the similar position as after 10.Rd1 cxd4
11.exd4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qc7.}) 11... Be7 12. Nbxd4 Bb7 13. b4 (13. Rd1 {has also
been seen:} Qc7 (13... a6 $142 $5) 14. b3 Rad8 $6 15. Bb2 Qb8 {0-1 Lapienis,
D-Kholmov,R/Novgorod 1961/EXT 2000 (28)} 16. Bb5 $1 Qa8 17. Rac1 $14) 13... a5
$146 ({Formerly was played} 13... a6 14. Bb2 b5 15. Bb3 Qb6 16. Rac1 Rfc8 $11 {
0-1 Wells,P-Suba,M/Benidorm 1991/EXT 97 (39)}) 14. b5 ({Deserves to be tested} 
14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Bb2) 14... Qc7 15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. Rfd1
Bd6 ({Tempting was} 17... Rfd8 18. Ba2 Nc5 {with possible idea Na4.}) 18. h3
Rfe8 19. Ba2 Bc5 20. Bb1 Qa8 21. Nc6 $6 {The exclamation mark is for courage
because the pawn sacrifice is dubious. However in practical game Black must
react correctly in new situation and finally he was incapable to cope with
this task.} Bxc6 22. bxc6 Qxc6 23. Rc4 {Planning to transfer the rook on h4.}
e5 {Black prevents the manoeuvre Nf3-e5 but weakens the diagonal a2-g8.} (23...
Qb7 $5 24. Rh4 Be7 {/\ Nf8}) 24. Ba2 Qb7 25. Rh4 Re7 26. g4 $6 (26. Bc4 $142 e4
$140 $6 27. Ng5 h6 $2 28. Nxe4 $1 Rxe4 (28... Nxe4 29. Bd5) 29. Ba6 Qc6 30.
Rxe4 Nxe4 31. Bxc8 Qxc8 32. Qg4 $18) 26... h6 $2 {Allows White to increase the
pressure on the kingside.} ({Black fails to find the continuation} 26... e4 $1
27. g5 (27. Nd4 Bxd4 (27... Ne5 28. g5 Bxd4 29. gxf6 Rd7 $1) 28. Bxd4 Ne5 $17)
(27. Ng5 h6 28. Nxf7 Rxf7 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Qc4+ Kg6 31. Qe6 Qc6 32. Qf5+ Kf7
$17) 27... exf3 28. Qd3 Rxe3 $3 (28... Ne4 $2 29. Bd5) 29. fxe3 Qc7 30. Qf1 (
30. Kf2 $2 Qh2+ 31. Kxf3 Qxb2 {/\ Ne5+}) 30... Qg3+ 31. Kh1 Qxh4 32. gxf6 Nxf6
33. Qxf3 Re8 {with good winning chances.}) 27. g5 hxg5 28. Nxg5 Rce8 $2 {
This move makes available for white queen the c2-square with further Qg6 or
Qf5.} ({Necessary was} 28... b5 $13) 29. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2g6,Ra2f7]} Qc7 ({
After} 29... e4 $2 {White has} 30. Qb3 Rf8 31. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 (31... Nxd7 $4 32.
Qd1 Nf6 33. Bxf6 gxf6 34. Qh5) 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Nxe4 Kg7 34. Nxf6 $1 Kxf6 (
34... Qf5 35. Rf4) 35. Qc3+ Kg6 36. Rg4+ Qxg4+ 37. hxg4 $18 {(/\ Bb1)}) ({and} 
29... Rc8 $2 {is met by} 30. Qg6 Nf8 31. Qf5 N8d7 (31... Rce8 32. Bxe5 $1 Rxe5
$2 33. Bxf7+ Qxf7 34. Rh8+ Kxh8 35. Nxf7+ Kg8 36. Nxe5) 32. Ne4 $1 {with the
idea} Rce8 (32... Qc6 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. Nxf6+ Qxf6 35. Qxd7) 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34.
Nxf6+ gxf6 35. Qg6+ Kf8 36. Rh8+ Ke7 37. Qxf7+ Kd6 38. Qxe8 Rg7+ 39. Kf1 $18)
30. Rxd7 $1 {Before playing Qg6 White eliminates the resource Nf8.} Qxd7 ({If} 
30... Rxd7 $2 31. Qg6 $1 {and Black cannot parry the threat 32.Bxf7+ Rxf7 33.
Nxf7 Qxf7 34.Rh8+ or 32.Nxf7 Rxf7 33.Bxf7+.}) 31. Qg6 $1 {[%cal Rh4h7]} Bxe3 $2
{The decisive mistake.} (31... Re6 $8 32. Bxe6 Rxe6 (32... Qxe6 $2 33. Nxf7 Kf8
34. Ng5 Qb3 35. Rh8+ Ng8 36. Rh7 Qd1+ (36... Re7 37. Bxe5 $1) 37. Kh2 Qd7 38.
Rxg7 Qxg7 39. Nh7+ Qxh7 40. Qxh7 $18) 33. Nxf7 Nh7 34. Qxh7+ Kxf7 35. Qh5+ Kg8
({worse is} 35... Rg6+ 36. Rg4 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qc2 38. Bxe5 Bxa3 39. Bg3 $1 Qc6+
40. e4 a4 41. Kh2 $18 {/\ e5 and Qf5+}) 36. Bxe5 Rh6 37. Qg4 Qxg4+ 38. Rxg4
Rxh3 39. Bxg7 Kf7 $16) 32. Rh7 $1 Bxf2+ 33. Kh2 $1 Bg1+ 34. Kh1 $1 Qc6+ 35.
Kxg1 Qc5+ 36. Kf1 Qb5+ 37. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O
dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 (9... b6 {is another plan}) 10. Bd3 b5 (10... cxd4
$5 {Dautov} 11. exd4 b5 12. Bg5 Bb7 $132) 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 $1 cxb4 (12... cxd4
13. exd4 Bb6 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. Ne4 Qb8 16. Nc5 $16 {Vaganian-Platonov,1971,11\516
}) 13. Nxb5 $1 $146 (13. axb4 Bxb4 14. Nxb5 Bb7 15. Ba3 (15. Rb1 {
Sheeren-Kortchnoi,35\(667)}) (15. Rb1 {Dautov} Be7 16. Nc3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 e5 18.
Ne4 exd4 19. exd4 a5 $10 {Scheeren-Korchnoi/Wijk aan Zee/1983}) 15... Bxa3 16.
Nxa3 Nd5 (16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 e5 18. Nc2 $16 {Taimanov-Kuzmin,1973}) 17. Qd2
N5b6 18. e4 $14 {Danner-Kociev,1979\80,29\551} (18. e4 a5 19. Rfc1 Nf6 20. Qf4
a4 $14 {Danner-Kochiev/Reggio Emilia/79})) 13... Bb7 (13... Rb8 14. Nd6 $16) (
13... b3 14. Nd6 Nd5 15. Bb2 (15. Bd2 $1 {Dautov} Bxd2 (15... Nc3 $2 16. Bxc3
Bxc3 17. Bxh7+ $1 $16) (15... N7f6 16. Nc4 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 $16) 16. Qxd2 N7f6 17.
Nc4 Bd7 18. a4 $1 Rb8 19. Rfb1 Qc7 20. Nfe5 $16 {><b3}) (15. e4 Nc3 16. Qe3 Rb8
$13) 15... N7b6 {Bulletin} (15... N7f6 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 $132)) (13... axb5 $2 {
Dautov} 14. axb4 $16) (13... bxa3 $2 {Dautov} 14. Nd6 $16) 14. Nd6 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Bc7 (15... b3 16. Rb1 Rb8 17. Qd1 $16 {Bulletin}) 16. Nb7 $1 $16 (16. Nc4
a5 17. Bd2 b3 18. a4 Nc5 $5 19. Bb1 Qd5 $132) 16... Qe7 (16... Qb8 17. axb4 Nd5
18. Nc5 $18) (16... Qc8 17. axb4 Nd5 18. Na5 $1 (18. Nc5 Nxb4 19. Be4 Ra7 $8
20. Bd2 Nxc5 21. dxc5 (21. Bxb4 Nxe4 $1 22. Bxf8 Nd2) 21... Qb8 $14) 18... Nxb4
19. Be4 $16) (16... Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 (17. Kxh2 Qc7+ 18. Kg1 Qc3 19. Qe2 Qxa1 20.
Bb2 Qa2 21. Bc4 b3 22. Ra1 $18) 17... Qc7 18. axb4 Nd5 (18... Bd6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6
20. b5 Ne5 21. Qg3 $18) 19. Nc5 Nxb4 20. Nxd7 $16 {Dautov} Qxd7 21. Be4 $18)
17. axb4 e5 18. Bxa6 exd4 (18... Qe6 19. b5 e4 20. Qe2 $18) 19. exd4 Qxb4 20.
Be3 (20. Ba3 $142 Qxd4 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 $16 (21... Nxf8 {Dautov} 22. Rfd1 Qe5 23.
g3 $16) 22. Rfd1 Qb6 (22... Qe5 23. g3) 23. Qe2 Re8 24. Qb5 Qe6 25. Rac1 $1)
20... Rfb8 21. Rab1 Qe7 22. Bb5 Ra3 (22... Nb6 $5 23. Bc6 Nc4 24. Bg5 $16 Ra3)
23. Bc6 Nb6 24. Rfc1 h5 (24... Qe6 25. Nc5 Qd6 26. Bf4 Qxf4 27. Qxa3 Qxh2+ 28.
Kf1 Rd8 $140 29. Nb7 Rxd4 30. Rxb6 $18) 25. h3 Qe6 26. Rb5 $2 (26. Nc5 Qd6 (
26... Qe7 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Qd6 29. g3 $16) 27. Bf4 $18 (27. Bf4 $1 {Dautov
} Qxd4 28. Qxa3 Qxf4 29. g3 $16 {/\Na6})) 26... Qa2 $2 (26... Nc4 $1 27. d5
$140 (27. Nc5 Qe7) 27... Qe7 28. Bc5 Qe5 $1) 27. Qd1 $6 (27. d5 Nc4 28. d6 Bb6
{not so clear} (28... Nxd6 29. Nxd6 Bxd6 30. Bd5 $18)) (27. Rf5 $1 Nc4 28. Rxf6
Nxe3 29. fxe3 gxf6 30. Qxf6 (30. Bd5) 30... Qe6 31. Qg5+ $18) (27. Rbc5 $142
$16 {Dautov /\d5}) 27... Nbd5 $3 (27... Nc4 28. Bg5) 28. Rc2 (28. Bd2 Rd3 29.
Rc2 Qa6 30. Rxd5 Nxd5 31. Bxd5 Rxb7 32. Bxb7 Qxb7 $16) 28... Nc3 $3 (28... Qa1
29. Rb1 $18) 29. Rxa2 Rxa2 $3 30. Qf1 Nxb5 31. g4 (31. Qxb5 $4 Ra1+ $19) 31...
Nd6 $6 (31... Na7 $5 32. Bf3 hxg4 33. hxg4 Rb2 (33... Nxg4 34. Bxg4 (34. Qb1 {
Dautov} Ra6 (34... Bh2+ 35. Kh1 Nxf2+ 36. Kxh2) 35. Bxg4 Rb6 36. Qc2 R8xb7 37.
Bf3 Rb2 38. Qa4 $16) 34... Rxb7 35. Bf3 (35. Qc4 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 $16) 35... Rb8 (
35... Rb4 36. Qc1 (36. Qh3 $1 $16) 36... Bd6) 36. Qc4 Ra1+ 37. Kg2 $16) 34. g5
Nd7 35. Qa6 (35. g6 $1 R8xb7 36. Bxb7 Rxb7 37. Qc4 Nf6 38. Qxf7+ Kh8 39. Kg2 {
/\Bh6} Ng8 40. Qf3 $18) 35... Nb5 36. Qa1 $14 {bulletin}) (31... hxg4 $3 32.
Qxb5 (32. hxg4 Na7 (32... Nd6 33. Nxd6 Bxd6 34. g5 (34. Qh3 $5) 34... Ng4 35.
g6 $16 Ra5 36. Qc4 Nxe3 37. gxf7+ Kf8 38. fxe3 Rg5+ $16) 33. Bf3 $16) 32...
gxh3 {Epishin} 33. Kf1 (33. Qf1 {Dautov} h2+ 34. Kh1 Rba8 $44) 33... Ra1+ 34.
Ke2 h2 (34... Rba8 $36) 35. Qc4 Ne8 36. Bc1 $16 Rba8 37. Bd5 Kh8 (37... R8a2+
38. Ke3 Nf6 39. Bxf7+ (39. Bh1 Ng4+ 40. Kf3 Nxf2 41. Qxc7 Nxh1 42. Qc8+ $10)
39... Kf8 40. Bg6 Ng4+ $36) 38. Qc6 Nf6 39. Bxf7 R8a6 40. Qg2 $18) 32. Nxd6
Bxd6 33. g5 Ne8 34. g6 (34. Bd5 Ra5 35. Qc4 $18 {Ochoa}) 34... Nf6 35. gxf7+
Kf8 36. Qc4 Ra7 37. Qe6 Rd8 38. Bb5 Re7 (38... Rxf7 {Dautov} 39. Bg5 $16 {/\Bc4
}) 39. Qf5 $138 {39...Rf7 40.Bc4 Rc7 41.Be6, with good winning chances Gelfand}
(39. Qf5 {Dautov} Kxf7 40. Bc4+ Ke8 41. Bg5 $16) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 (7...
Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Ba2 Bd7 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Bb2 b5 14.
Qc2 f5 15. d5 Nd8 16. c4 exd5 17. cxb5 Qb7 18. Ne5 c4 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Rad1
Rc8 21. f3 Nf6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Bxc4 Rf7 24. Bxd5 Rxc2 25. Bxf7+ Qxf7 26.
Rxd8+ Qf8 27. Red1 $18 {1-0 Berkes,F-Ilincic,Z/Hungary HUN 2006/The Week in
Chess 605 (35)}) (7... b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ba6 11. f3 Re8 12.
Bb2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 c4 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Rae1 Qb7 17. a4 Re6 {
1/2-1/2 Peralta,F-Stefansson,H/Turin ITA 2006/The Week in Chess 604 (17)}) 8.
Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 (9... Ba5 10. Bd2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Qb3
Nc6 14. Nf3 Qe7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Qa4 Bc7 17. Nb5 Bb6 18. Qh4 h6 19. Be1 Be8
20. Nd2 a6 21. Nc3 Nd5 22. Qxe7 Ncxe7 23. Nxd5 {1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,A-Adams,M/
Turin ITA 2006/The Week in Chess 604 (23)}) 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Be2
Nd5 13. c4 (13. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Aronian,L-Topalov,V/Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP 2006/
The Week in Chess 590 (123)}) (13. Bb2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qxc3 15. Qd6 Qc6 16. Qxc6
bxc6 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Bf3 a6 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Rxc6 Rxc6 22. Nxc6
Nb6 23. e4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Graf,A-Nielsen,P/Sant Lluis 2005/Mega2006 (53)}) 13...
Nc3 14. Qc2 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 b6 16. Bb2 Bb7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Nh4 $5 {[/\19.
Qg4|^>>]} Nf8 (18... Nf6 19. Bxf6 $36) (18... Ne5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxa7 $1 $16
) 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. Qg4 f6 $5 {TN} (20... Ng6 $6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Rd1 Qe7 23.
Qd4 f6 24. Qd7 $14 Kf8 25. b5 Rc8 $2 (25... Qxd7 26. Rxd7 Be4 $14) 26. Ba3 Qxa3
27. Qxb7 $18 {1-0 Iotov,V-Tologontegin,S/Turin ITA 2006 (53)}) 21. b5 $5 Qe7 (
21... a6 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. Bd4 axb5 24. cxb5 Ra5 $11) 22. h3 (22. Ba3 Qf7 23.
Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Rd1 Rc8 $132) 22... Qf7 23. Ba3 Ng6 (23... a6 $5) 24. Nxg6 Qxg6 (
24... hxg6 25. Rd1 a6 26. Rd6 axb5 27. cxb5 $36) 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Qg4 Qxg4 27.
hxg4 a6 $5 28. Rd1 (28. g5 axb5 29. cxb5 (29. gxf6 gxf6 30. cxb5 Bd5 $11) 29...
Bd5 $1 (29... fxg5 30. Rd1 h6 31. Bb2 $16) 30. gxf6 (30. Rd1 Bb3 $1 $11) 30...
gxf6 $11) (28. bxa6 $5 Rxa6 (28... Bxa6 29. Bb2 Bb7 30. Rxa8+ (30. Rd1) 30...
Bxa8 31. Bd4 $14) 29. g5 $5 Kg8 (29... fxg5 30. Rd1 $36) 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. Rd1
Bxg2 $1 32. Kxg2 Rxa3 33. Rd6 $14) 28... axb5 29. cxb5 h6 30. Bb2 Be4 $1 (30...
Ra5 31. Bxf6 $1 $16) 31. Rd6 Rb8 $11 {[/\Be4-c2-a4;Be4-g6-e8]} 32. f3 (32. Bd4
Bc2 33. Bxb6 (33. Rxb6) 33... Ba4 $11) 32... Bc2 33. e4 Rb7 34. e5 fxe5 35.
Bxe5 Kh7 36. f4 Ba4 37. Rd5 Bb3 38. Rd4 Bf7 39. Kf2 Be8 40. Rd5 Rd7 41. Bd6 Rd8
42. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.11"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. c4 Qc7 14. h3 a5 15.
Ba3 axb4 16. Bxb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Ra8 18. Qb2 h6 19. Rd1 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Rc8 21.
Be2 Nc5 22. Qd4 Ra8 23. Bc3 Ncd7 24. Bb2 Ra2 25. Qc3 Nc5 26. Qb4 Nfd7 27. Ra1
Rxa1+ 28. Bxa1 Nf6 29. Bd4 Qd6 30. Qb2 Ncd7 31. f4 Qc6 32. Qb5 Qxb5 33. cxb5 {
[#] Läuferpaar gegen Springer bei teilblockierter Stellung.} Ne4 34. Bf3 Nec5
35. Bc6 f6 36. e4 e5 37. fxe5 fxe5 38. Be3 Kf7 39. Kf2 Ke6 40. Kf3 Nf6 41. g4
g5 42. Bf2 Kd6 43. h4 Ne6 44. Bxb6 gxh4 45. Ba7 Ng5+ 46. Kg2 h3+ 47. Kh1 Nfxe4
48. Ba8 Nf6 49. Bg1 (49. b6 $142 Nd7 50. Kh2) 49... Nxg4 50. b6 h2 51. Bxh2
Nxh2 52. Kxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Be4 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. Nd2 Bg6
15. Bb2 e5 (15... Ne4) 16. e4 Rad8 (16... cxd4 $5 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Bxd4 Nc5
$13) 17. d5 Ne8 18. c4 Nd6 19. a4 (19. f4 exf4 20. e5 Nf5 21. Qf3 Ne3 $13 22.
d6 Qc8 23. Rac1 Rde8 24. Qxf4 Nxf1 25. Nxf1 Re6 {/\ f6}) 19... Rde8 (19... f5
20. f4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. fxe5 $16 {/\} Nxe5 $2 23. d6 $18) 20. Ra3 (20. g4
$5 {Kortschnoj}) 20... f5 21. exf5 Nxf5 22. Bd3 $1 Qd6 $8 {/\ Nd4} (22... Nd4
23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Rg3 $18) 23. Qg4 (23. Ne4 $5 Qe7 24. Ng3) (23. Qb1 $5) 23...
Nh6 24. Qg5 (24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Nf6 26. Qh4 e4 27. Bb1 (27. Bxe4 $2 Nf5)
27... Nf5 {/\ Nd4 Kortschnoj}) (24. Qh3 $5) 24... Bxd3 (24... Qf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6
26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. a5 Nf7 28. axb6 axb6 29. Ra7 Rd8 30. Ne4 Kg7 31. f4) 25. Rxd3
Nf5 (25... Qf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. Ne4 $16) 26. Ne4 Qe7 27. Qxe7 Rxe7 28. Rf3 $6
Nd4 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. f3 Nf6 $10 31. Kf2 Ke8 $138 (31... Nxe4+ $5 32. Rxe4 Ke8
) 32. Nd6+ Kd7 33. Nb5 a6 34. Nc3 Ne8 35. Ne4 (35. a5 Nd6 36. axb6 Nxc4 37. b7
Re8 (37... Kc7 38. d6+ $18) 38. Ne4 (38. Bc1 Nd6 $17) 38... Nxb2 39. Nxc5+ Kd6
(39... Kc7 40. Rb1 $16) 40. Nxa6 Nd3+ 41. Kf1 Nxe1 42. Kxe1 $10) 35... Nd6 36.
Nxd6 Kxd6 37. Rb1 Rb7 38. Ra1 Nb3 (38... Nc2 39. Rc1 Nb4 $6 40. Ke3 b5 41. axb5
axb5 42. Ke4 $16) (38... b5 39. axb5 axb5 40. Ra6+ Kd7 41. cxb5 Rxb5 42. Ba1
$13) 39. Re1 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Halle DSV International-03"]
[Site "Halle/Saale"]
[Date "1978.11.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Malich, Burkhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1978.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1) Inf26/659. 2)SCHACH 1/79} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5
6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. a4 cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bd3
Nbd5 13. Bd2 Ba5 $6 (13... Bd7 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 16. Ng5+ Kg6 $1
(16... Kg8 17. Qd3 f5 18. Qh3 $16) 17. Qd3+ f5 $17) 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Nxd5 $1
exd5 (15... Nxd5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Qe4 g6 18. Bh6 {ist die schwarze Stellung sehr
geschwächt.}) 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Bg4 $2 (17... Bb6 $14 {war wohl zu versuchen.}
) 18. Qe3 Bb6 19. Ne5 Bc8 20. Bb1 Qd6 21. Kh1 $1 {Vorbereitung für Qd3.} (21.
Qd3 Ne4 22. f3 $2 Qxe5) 21... Re8 ({Ein letzter Versuch war hier} 21... Ne4 {
Es folgt} 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nc4 Qg6 (23... Qe6 24. f3 $16) 24. a5 Ba7 25. Be7
Re8 26. Nd6 $1 Rxe7 27. Rxc8+ $18) 22. Qd3 Bd8 (22... g6 23. Nxf7) (22... g5
23. Nxf7) (22... Ne4 23. f3) (22... Bxd4 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Rc7 $18
) 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 26. Bg6+ Ke7 27. Bxe8 Kxe8 28.
Qg8+ Qf8 (28... Kd7 29. Rfe1 Be7 30. Qxg7 $18) 29. Rfe1+ Be7 30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 31.
Re1+ Be6 32. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest Spring op 02nd"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1986.03.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1986.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 5/1986 Seite 213} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6.
Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nbd7 11. Re1 c5 12. Bd3 e5
$6 {N} 13. e4 $1 Re8 (13... cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. e5 Nd5 16. Ng5 h6 17. Qh5 {
/\ Bh7 Bf5}) 14. d5 $16 h6 15. Nd2 Nf8 16. a4 Re7 17. Nf1 Ne8 18. f4 $1 exf4
19. Bxf4 Ng6 20. Bg3 Ne5 $2 (20... Nf6) 21. Ne3 Nf6 $2 (21... Nd6 22. Ng4 (22.
Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Ng4 Rg5 24. e5 f5 25. Ne3 f4 26. Ng4 $13) 22... Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Qd7
24. c4 $16) 22. Nf5 $18 Re8 23. Bb5 Re7 24. Bh4 $1 a6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 {[#]} 26.
Nxh6+ $1 Kf8 27. Qh5 $3 axb5 28. Ng4 $1 Kg8 29. Nxf6+ Kg7 30. Qh7+ Kxf6 31.
Rf1+ Nf3+ 32. Rxf3+ Ke5 33. Qh6 $1 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. Be2 e5 14. Ra5 Be6
15. Qc2 Nbd7 16. c4 {This plan in this classic variation was revived by
Vladimir Kramnik in 2001.} b6 17. Ra6 (17. Ra1 Bg4 18. Bb2 e4 19. Nd4 Bxe2 20.
Qxe2 Ne5 21. Rfc1 Nd3 {1/2-1/2 Gheorghiu,F-Mititelu,G/Bucharest 1961/EXT 2001})
(17. Ra3 {needs more tests:} Rfc8 (17... Bg4 $5) (17... a5 $5 18. Ng5 $1) 18.
Bb2 Bxc4 19. Rc1 b5 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Ra5 Rab8 22. Bc3 Re8 (22... e4 23. Nd4
Ng4 24. g3 Re8 25. h3 Nge5 26. Rca1 Nc6 27. Nxc6 Qxc6 28. Rxa7 Qe6 29. Kh2 Nb6
30. Qb2 Nd5 31. R1a6 Qf5 32. Ra5 f6 33. Be1 Qe6 34. Qd4 $16 {1-0 Deblauwe,
P-Ventimiglia,C/IECG 2003/Telechess CBM 101 (39)}) 23. e4 h6 24. Rca1 Rb7 25.
Qe2 Re6 26. h3 Ne8 27. Qe3 Qb6 28. Rxa7 Rxa7 29. Rxa7 Qxe3 30. fxe3 Ndf6 31.
Bxe5 Nxe4 32. Ra8 $14 {1-0 Lein,A-Rohde,M/Estes Park 1986/CBM 003 (40)}) 17...
Rfc8 (17... Qb7 18. Ra3 a5 19. Ng5 $1 axb4 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Nxe6 fxe6 {
[%csl Re5,Re6]} 22. Bd2 Qe4 23. Qb2 Rc8 24. Qxb4 Qc2 25. Rc1 Qf5 26. Ra1 Nc5
27. Be1 Nfd7 28. Qd2 Rf8 29. Ra7 $14 {1-0 Lautier,J-Chabanon,J/Marseille 2001/
CBM 085 (57)}) 18. Nd2 Bd5 $1 {Probably the simplest way to solve opening
problems - Black takes this opportunity to transfer his bishop to a "better"
diagonal, push the white rook from a6, and play ...a7-a5.} (18... Qb7 19. Ra1 (
19. Ra3 b5 20. c5 a5 $1 21. bxa5 $6 (21. Rxa5 {-see 19.Ra1}) 21... Nxc5 22. a6
Nxa6 23. Qb2 b4 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 26. Qxb4 Nd5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Ushenina,
A-Li Ruofan/Moscow 2004/EXT 2005 (59)}) (19. b5 Nc5 20. Ra1 (20. Ra3 a6 21.
bxa6 Rxa6 22. Rxa6 Qxa6 23. Bb2 Ncd7 24. Bc3 (24. Qc3 Qa8 25. Qb4 Qc6 26. Rd1
h6 27. h3 Qc7 28. Qa3 Nc5 29. Qa1 Nfd7 30. Qb1 Na4 31. Ba1 Nac5 {1/2-1/2
Schilly,H-Wosch,A/IECG 2002/Telechess CBM 99}) 24... Qb7 25. Qb2 Qc7 26. Rd1
Ne8 27. h3 {1/2-1/2 Strangmueller,A-Utesch,W/IECG 2005/Telechess CBM 115})
20... a6 21. bxa6 Rxa6 22. Bb2 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Nfd7 24. Bc3 (24. Bf3 Qc7 25. h3
h6 26. Ra3 Qd6 27. Ra7 Qb8 28. Ra8 Qc7 29. Ra3 Qd6 30. Ra7 Qb8 31. Ra8 {
1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Anand,V/Cap d'Agde 2003/CBM 098}) 24... Ra8 25. Qb1 Rxa1 26.
Qxa1 f6 27. h3 Qa6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R-Nielsen,P/Germany 2003/CBM 099 
(55)}) 19... b5 20. c5 a5 21. Rxa5 Rxa5 22. bxa5 Nxc5 23. Qb2 (23. Bb2 $142
Nce4 $140 (23... Nb3 24. Qd3 e4 25. Qd6 Nxa5 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qf4 f5 28. f3
$44) 24. Qd3 (24. Qd1 $5 Rd8 25. Nxe4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qc8 27. Nc5 $44) 24... Bc4
25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. Qc2 $14) 23... Qc7 24. Nf3 Nb3 25. Bd2 Qc2 $2 (25... Nxd2 26.
Qxd2 Ne4 $11) 26. Qxc2 Rxc2 27. Bd1 Ra2 28. Bxb3 Bxb3 29. Rb1 Bd5 30. Rxb5 h6
31. Bc3 Rc2 32. Bb2 Ne4 33. a6 Rxf2 34. a7 Bc6 35. Nxe5 Rd2 36. h3 {1-0 Babula,
V-Ribli,Z/Germany 2001/EXT 2003}) (18... Nb8 19. Ra3 a5 20. Bb2 Nc6 21. b5 (21.
bxa5 Rxa5 22. Raa1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Nb8 24. Rc1 Nbd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hentze,
H-Hoegerl,F/DESC 2004/Telechess CBM 109 (40)}) 21... Ne7 22. f4 Nd7 $6 (22...
exf4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rxf4 f5 $13 {V.Kramnik}) 23. Nf3 Bf5 $2 (23... exf4 24.
Nd4 $5 $44 {V.Kramnik}) 24. Qc3 Ng6 25. Ng5 $1 Nc5 26. Bf3 $16 {[%cal Yf3d5] 1/
2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee 80/558 2001/Inf 80/[Kramnik,V] (35)}) 19.
f3 (19. Qa2 Bb7 20. Ra3 a5 21. bxa5 bxa5 22. Bb2 Nc5 23. Nb1 Rd8 24. Ba1 Bc6
25. Nc3 Nce4 26. Nb5 Bxb5 27. cxb5 Rd2 28. Qc4 Qxc4 29. Bxc4 Nd6 30. Bd3 e4 31.
Be5 exd3 32. Bxd6 Rb2 33. Be5 Rxb5 34. Bxf6 gxf6 35. Rxd3 a4 {1/2-1/2
Rogozenko,D-Farago,I/Hamburg 2002/CBM 088 ext}) 19... Bb7 20. Ra3 a5 $1 {
Compared to some lines seen above (e.g. 17...Qb7), this move goes quite
smoothly.} 21. bxa5 bxa5 22. Bb2 Nc5 23. Nb3 Nfd7 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. f4 $1 {
White must open up the position for his bishop pair, otherwise he will be
worse due to Black's blockade on c5 and passed a5 pawn.} Be4 26. Qc3 Re8 27.
fxe5 a4 28. Rf4 Rab8 29. Bf1 Bc6 30. Qc2 {White has enough kingside
counterplay to keep the balance.} Ne6 31. Rf2 Rb7 32. Bd3 h6 33. Bf5 Reb8 34.
Bc3 Qe7 35. Ra1 Qh4 36. Qd3 Rb3 37. Bxe6 fxe6 38. Qg6 Qe4 39. Qxe4 Bxe4 {
[%mdl 4096] The endgame looks unpleasant for White but he can hold his ground.}
40. Bd4 R8b4 41. Rfa2 Bc6 42. c5 Kf7 43. Kf2 Kg6 44. Rf1 Kf5 45. Kg3+ $6 (45.
Ke2+ $1) 45... Kg6 (45... Ke4 $1 {was quite possible - if} 46. Rd2 $5 (46. Rf4+
Kd3) {then} 46... g5 $1) 46. Kf4 $2 {A moment of inaccuracy and...} (46. Kf2)
46... Kh5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg7g5,Rb4d4] suddenly the white king is in a mating
net!} 47. Rf3 (47. Rd2 Kh4 48. g3+ Kh3 $19 {[%cal Rg7g5]}) 47... g5+ 48. Kg3
Rc4 49. h3 Bxf3 50. gxf3 a3 $19 51. Rh2 Rc1 $6 (51... Ra4 $1 52. Ra2 Kg6 $22 {
was the simplest way to win.} 53. Kf2 $140 Rxd4 $1 54. exd4 Rb2+) 52. h4 Kg6
53. hxg5 hxg5 54. Rh8 Rd3 $2 {Again Black doesn't find the best plan: the pawn
to a2, rooks to b1 and d2 threatening ...Rd2xd4! E.g.} (54... a2 55. Rg8+ Kf7
56. Ra8 Rc2 57. Kg4 Rb1 58. Kxg5 Rg2+ 59. Kf4 Rd2) 55. Rg8+ Kf7 56. Ra8 Kg6 (
56... Rc4 $5 {, preventing Kg3-g4 and preparing a king march to the queenside.}
) 57. Rg8+ Kh7 58. Ra8 Rd2 {Black loses patience, giving up his main trump -
the a3 pawn. However, his hunt on the white king should be successful.} 59.
Rxa3 Rg1+ 60. Kh3 Rh1+ 61. Kg3 Rg1+ 62. Kh3 Rgg2 (62... Kg6 $5 63. Ra1 $1 (63.
Ra8 Rgg2 64. f4 Kf5 65. Rf8+ Ke4 $19) 63... Rgg2 64. Rh1 Rc2 65. Bc3 Rce2 66.
Bd4 Kh5 $22 67. c6 (67. Bc3 g4+ 68. fxg4+ Rxg4 $19) 67... Rc2 $19) 63. f4 g4+
64. Kh4 Kg6 65. Ra8 Rg1 $4 {A terrible mistake giving the victory away.} (65...
Kf5 $1 {[%cal Rg2h2]} 66. Rf8+ $8 Ke4 $19 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rg2h2]}) 66. Rg8+ $4
({After} 66. f5+ $1 {Black should suddenly take the draw:} Kh6 $3 (66... Kxf5
$2 67. e4+) (66... exf5 $2 67. Ra6+ Kf7 68. Kg5 $18 {[%cal Ye5e6]}) 67. Rh8+
Kg7 68. Ra8 (68. Re8 $2 g3 69. f6+ Kf7 70. Re7+ Kf8 $19) 68... Kh6 $1 $11 (
68... g3 $143 69. f6+ Kf7 70. Ra7+ Ke8 (70... Kf8 $2 71. Kg5 $18) 71. c6 $1 Rc2
72. e4 Re1 73. Kxg3 Rxc6 74. Bb2 $14)) 66... Kh6 67. Rh8+ Kg7 68. Ra8 Kh6 $2 {
Black fails to find a win under time pressure and agrees to repeat moves.} (
68... g3 $1 69. Kg5 Rh1 $1 (69... g2 70. Ra7+ Kf8 71. Kf6 Kg8 $8 $11) 70. Ra7+
(70. c6 Rxd4 $1) 70... Kf8 71. Ra8+ (71. Kf6 Rh6+) 71... Ke7 72. Ra7+ Kd8 73.
c6 Rxd4 $1 $19) 69. Rh8+ Kg6 70. Rg8+ Kh6 71. Rh8+ Kg7 72. Ra8 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 2nd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2009.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 {This line was explained by GM Levon
Aronian in annotations to his game vs. P.Leko (see CBM 130).} Bb7 {GM Sergey
Karjakin deviates first. Leko played} (11... Bxc3) 12. d5 {This old,
well-forgotten line is considered satisfactory for Black.} (12. Ne5 $5) 12...
Bxc3 {Otherwise White obtains a clear plus due to his development advantage:} (
12... exd5 13. Nxd5 Re8 (13... Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 Qc7 16. Bg5 Qc6 17.
Rad1 Nf6 18. Ne5 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Nxd5 20. Qe4 $16 {1/2 Dueball,J (2455)
-Schlemermeyer,W/Germany 1981/GER-chT (42)}) 14. Qc2 $1 (14. Be3 $143 Nxd5 (
14... Bd6 $5) 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Qc7 17. Qb5 Nf6 18. Rc1 Qb7 19. Rdd1 Bf8
20. Bd4 Ne4 21. a4 Re6 22. Be3 Rd6 {1/2 Panno,O-Eliskases,E/Mar del Plata 1962/
MCD}) 14... Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Qe7 17. Bg5 Qe6 18. Rad1 Nf6 (18... Nf8
19. a3 Be7 20. Re5 Qg6 21. Qe2 $16) 19. Re5 Qc8 (19... Qxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 $16 {
0-1 Scott,W (2100)-Ashton,A (1992)/IECG 2001/Complete 2001 (28)}) 20. Qb3 Rxe5
21. Nxe5 Qe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Nc6 Bf8 24. Rd8 Rxd8 25. Nxd8 $16 {1-0 Donner,
J-Matanovic,A/Leipzig 1960/EXT 1999 (57)}) (12... e5 13. Bg5 $5 Bxc3 14. bxc3
Rc8 15. Bb5 e4 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Nf5 Rc5 18. Ng3 Rxd5 19. Nxe4 $16 {1-0 Howell,J
(2505)-Kumaran,D (2425)/London 1993/TD (32)}) 13. dxe6 $1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 $1 (14.
Qxf3 {allows Black to equalize by means of} Ne5 $1 15. exf7+ (15. Qe2 Qc7 16.
Bb3 Neg4 17. g3 Qe5 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. h3 Nh6 20. g4 fxe6 21. g5 Nf7 22. gxf6
Bxf6 23. Bxe6 Rae8 $11 {1-0 Donner,J-Van den Berg,C/Beverwijk 1965/MCD (48)})
15... Kh8 16. Rxd8 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Raxd8 (17... Rfxd8 $2 18. bxc3 Rd1+ 19. Kg2
Nd7 20. f4 $1 h6 21. Bb2 Rxa1 22. Bxa1 Rd8 23. Bb2 g6 24. Bd5 $1 $16 {1-0
Donner,J-Karaklajic,N/Amsterdam 1965/MCL/[Belov] (46)}) 18. bxc3 Nd5 {Or else:}
(18... Rd7 19. Ba3 Rfxf7 20. Bxf7 Rxf7 21. Rd1 Rd7 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. Kf1 Kg8
24. Ke2 Kf7 25. Kd3 Ke6 $11 {1/2 Portisch,L-Donner,J/Hamburg 1965/EU-chT (47)})
(18... Rd1+ 19. Kg2 Nd7 20. Bb3 (20. f4 Nc5 21. Bb2 Rd7 22. Re1 g6 23. Re5 Kg7
24. Ba3 Rc7 25. Kf3 Kf6 26. Bd5 Rfxf7 27. Bxf7 Kxf7 28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. c4 Rc6 $1
30. a4 Ra6 31. Rxc5 Rxa4 32. Rc7+ Ke6 33. Rxh7 Rxc4 34. Rxa7 Rc1 35. Ra5 Kf6
36. h3 {1/2 Janosi,E-Salzmann,S/LSS 2007/Telechess CBM 125}) 20... Re1 21. Bb2
Rxa1 22. Bxa1 Nc5 23. Bd5 Nd3 24. Bb3 Nc5 25. Bd5 Nd3 26. Bb3 Nc5 27. Bd5 {
1/2 Lyrberg,P (2415)-Kindermann,S (2535)/Gausdal 1994/EXT 1998}) 19. Bg5 Rd7
20. Re1 h6 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Re8 Rxg5+ 23. Kf1 Rf5 24. Rxf8+ Kh7 25. Ke2 g5 26.
Ke3 Kg7 27. Rd8 Rxf7 28. Rd4 Rc7 29. c4 Rc5 30. f4 gxf4+ 31. Kxf4 Ra5 $11 {
1/2 Tal,M-Gipslis,A/Riga 1965/EXT 2000 (35)}) 14... fxe6 (14... Qc7 15. exd7
Be5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ba6 Qf4 19. Rd5 Rad8 20. Rad1 $18 {1-0
Bobotsov,M-Milev,Z/Sofia 1958/EXT 2001 (32)}) 15. bxc3 Qc7 (15... Kh8 16. Ba3
Re8 17. Bb5 $1 (17. Kh1 $143 Nd5 $1 (17... Rc8 18. Bb5 Qc7 {0-1 Ricardi,P 
(2545)-Garcia,G (2490)/Cali 2001/CBM 083 ext (54)} 19. Rac1 $14) 18. Bb2 Qh4
19. Rd4 Nf4 20. Qe3 e5 21. Rd6 (21. Rxd7 Qh3) 21... Nf6 $36 {0-1 Furman,
S-Forintos,G/Budapest 1959/EXT 2001 (34)}) 17... a6 18. Bc6 Rc8 19. Rd6 Qe7 20.
Bb4 Qf7 21. Rad1 Rc7 22. c4 h6 23. Bc3 $6 (23. Ba4 $142 Rec8 24. Bb3 $14) 23...
Rec8 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxb6 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Nh5 27. Be5 Qg6+ 28. Kh1 Rxc4 29.
Rxa6 Qf5 $132 {1/2 Sasikiran,K (2669)-Aleksandrov,A (2616)/Warsaw POL 2009/The
Week in Chess 768 (37)}) 16. Ba3 $146 {[%mdl 8] A new concept. White keeps the
e6-pawn alive, avoiding opening the e-file for the black rook.} (16. Bxe6+ {
leads to a position in which Black exploits White's ruined pawn structure by
means of active play:} Kh8 17. Be3 (17. f4 Nc5 18. f5 Nfe4 19. Rd4 Nxe6 20.
Rxe4 Nc5 $132 {0-1 Donner,J-Portisch,L/Leipzig 1960/EXT 1999 (29)}) (17. Ba3
Nc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qe3 Qc6 20. Rd4 Rae8 21. Re1 Re7 22. f4 Ng4 23. Qe2 Qxc3
$132 {1/2 Udot,O-Endean,A/IECG 2004/Telechess CBM 105 (49)}) 17... Nc5 (17...
Rae8 18. Qc4 Qxc4 19. Bxc4 Ne5 20. Be2 Nh5 21. a4 Nf4 22. Bb5 Rc8 23. Ba6 Rb8
24. a5 Nxf3+ 25. Kh1 Rf6 26. Rd7 bxa5 27. Rxa7 Nd5 28. Bb7 Nxe3 29. fxe3 $16 {
1-0 Altmann,E-Pitirimov,S/IECG 2004/Telechess CBM 107 (48)}) 18. Bc4 (18. Bd5
Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Ne6 20. Qd3 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Kg2 Rad8 $11 {1/2 Gligoric,
S-Unzicker,W/Leipzig 1960/EXT 1999 (25)}) (18. Bh3 Nh5 19. Bg4 Nf4 20. Qc4 Qf7
21. Qxf7 Rxf7 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Rd4 Raf8 24. Rxf4 Rxf4 25. Rd1 g6 $11 {1/2
Lexa,V (2360)-Schloesser,F (2475)/ICCF 1997/CBM 114 (38)}) 18... Na4 19. Rd4
Nxc3 20. Qd3 Na4 21. Bf4 Qc8 22. Bd6 Nc5 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. Re1 Re8 25. Re5 Rxe5
26. Bxe5 Qf8 27. Bd6 Qe8 $14 {/=1/2 Deforel,J (2373)-Dias,S (2379)/email CXEB
1999/81 telechess (71)}) 16... Nc5 17. Rd4 Kh8 (17... Rae8 {was probably more
natural and enough for equality. Then the idea ...Nf6-d5 would work better.})
18. Re1 Rac8 19. Qe5 Qf7 20. Bc1 $5 Nd5 {Black consistently tries to feed
White with his e-pawn.} (20... Nfd7 {was simpler:} 21. Qf4 Qh5 ({or} 21... Qxf4
22. Rxf4 Rxf4 23. Bxf4 Rf8 24. Bd6 Rxf3 25. Bxe6 Nf6 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. Rb1 h5 {
- the endgame should be drawn}) 22. Qg4 Qxg4+ 23. fxg4 e5 24. Rdd1 e4 {with
sufficient counterplay.}) 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Qxd5 Qxf3 $6 {Taking into
consideration the consequences, Black should have probably evaded the exchange
of queens:} (22... Qg6+ 23. Rg4 (23. Kh1 $143 Rf5 24. Qd8+ Rf8 25. Qd6 Qh5 $132
) 23... Qf6 $14 {/=}) 23. Qxf3 Rxf3 {At first glance, White's pawn structure
should not give him any winning chances. However...} 24. Re7 $1 {There are two
pairs of rooks on the board! Therefore this invasion of the 7th rank is quite
dangerous.} Rxc3 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (24... Kg8 $1 25. Rxa7 Rf7 {, giving up a
pawn but covering the 7th rank, was absolutely necessary and gave Black
chances to survive.}) 25. Be3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd4g4,Re3d4] Black is even a pawn
up now but he can't protect the g7 point!} (25. Bf4 $143 Rg8 $1 26. Be5 $140
Nd3 $1) 25... Ra3 26. Rg4 h5 27. Rg5 h4 (27... Ra4 28. Rxh5+ Kg8 29. Rg5 $18) (
27... Rd8 $145 28. Rxh5+ Kg8 29. Rg5 Kh8 30. Rgxg7 (30. h3 $145 $1 Rxa2 31. Kh2
{/\ 32.Rgxg7} Rd7 32. Bxc5 Rxe7 33. Bxe7 Rxf2+ 34. Kg3 $18) 30... Rg8 31. Bd4
Rxg7+ 32. Rxg7 Rd3 {allowed tougher resistance and held out for longer 
(Karsten Mueller). war noch zäher, hinhaltender Widerstand möglich (Karsten
Mueller).}) 28. Bd4 Kh7 29. Rgxg7+ Kh6 30. Bb2 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 47th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2012.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qe7 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. a3 Bc5 14. Be1 a6 15.
b4 Bd6 16. Rac1 b5 17. Bb3 Rac8 18. f3 Ne5 19. Bg3 Rfd8 20. Bf2 Bb8 21. Na2 Nd5
22. Bg3 Nb6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. e4 h6 25. Kf1 Qf6 26. Nc1 Nbc4 27. a4 $6 (27.
Bxc4 bxc4 28. Bf2 $17) 27... bxa4 $2 (27... Ng4 28. Bxc4 Bxg3 $19) 28. Bxc4 $11
Nxc4 29. Bxb8 Rxb8 30. Qxc4 Bxe4 31. Nce2 Bd5 32. Qc5 a3 33. Nc3 Rd8 34. Nde2
a2 35. Qa5 Rd6 36. Nxa2 Rc6 37. Nac1 Qh4 38. h3 Qg5 39. Nd3 Rc2 40. Ndf4 Ra2
41. Qc7 Rb2 42. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.05.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. Bb2 f5 14. c4 Qe7 15.
a4 a5 16. Rb1 Rad8 17. Ba1 Rf6 18. d5 Rg6 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. d6 Rxg2+ 21. Kxg2
exf3+ 22. Kh1 Qh4 23. Rg1 e5 24. Qd2 Be4 25. Rbc1 Re8 26. Rg3 Re6 27. Rcg1 $4 (
27. Rd1 g6 28. Kg1 $15) 27... Rh6 $19 28. Rxg7+ Kf8 29. Rg8+ Kf7 30. R1g7+ Kf6
31. Kg1 Qxh2+ 32. Kf1 Rg6 33. Rxg6+ hxg6 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 98th"]
[Site "Sheffield"]
[Date "2011.08.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Buckley, Graeme N"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Martin,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Moving away temporarily from the top boards, here is a sharp clash in the
Nimzo-Indian.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7.
O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 {Black gives up
the bishop pair and gets easy development, with ...b6 and ...Bb7 to follow.
The dark-squared bishop is White's main trump, but it not so easy to get this
bishop going.} 12. Be2 (12. Qb3 e5 (12... b6) 13. Be2 Nb6 14. Ra5 Be6 15. Qc2
Nbd7 16. Bb2 b6 17. Ra6 Bc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Rfa1 Rfc8 20. Rxa7 Rxa7 21. Rxa7
b5 22. h3 h6 23. Qd1 Qc6 24. Nd2 Nb6 25. Qb3 Rc7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. e4 Ne8 28.
f3 Nd6 29. Bc1 Qa7 30. Kh2 Qa4 31. Qb1 Qd1 32. Qd3 Ndc4 33. Qf1 Qc2 34. Nxc4
Nxc4 35. Qe1 Qd3 36. Kg3 Kh7 37. Kf2 Qc2+ 38. Kg3 Qd3 39. Kf2 Qb1 40. h4 h5 41.
Bg5 Qc2+ 42. Kg1 Qd3 43. Kf2 Qc2+ 44. Kg1 Qd3 45. Kf2 Qc2+ {1/2-1/2 Wojtaszek,
R (2726)-Hammer,J (2647)/Wijk aan Zee 2011/Mega2011 Update 06}) 12... b6 (12...
Nd5 13. c4 (13. Ba3 Qxc3 14. Qb1 Qf6 15. Bd3 h6 16. b5 Rd8 17. Bb2 Qe7 18. Ra4
b6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Rh4 N7f6 21. Ne5 Bd7 22. Ba3 Qe8 23. Bd3 Rac8 24. Qb2 Kg8
25. h3 Rc3 26. Rd1 Rdc8 27. Rd4 Rxd3 28. R1xd3 Bxb5 29. Rd2 a6 30. Ng4 Nxg4 31.
Rxg4 f6 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. Qxf6 Qd7 34. Rxg7+ Qxg7 35. Qe6+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Qg6 37.
Qxc8 Qc6 38. Qd8 Qe6 39. Bb2 a5 40. Qh8+ Kg6 41. Qg7+ Kf5 42. Qg4# {1-0
Aronian,L (2782)-Karjakin,S (2725)/Nice 2010/CBM 135 Extra}) 13... Nc3 14. Qc2
Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 b6 16. Bb2 Bb7 (16... e5 17. Rfd1 f6 18. Qd3 Rf7 19. Nd2 Nf8 20.
Ne4 Be6 21. c5 Rd7 22. Qc3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 a5 24. Ba3 axb4 25. Bxb4 bxc5 26.
Qxc5 Qb7 27. Nd6 Qa6 28. h3 Rb8 29. Bc3 Qe2 30. Ra1 Qc2 31. Qc7 Nd7 32. Ra7 h5
33. Rb7 Ra8 34. Qc6 Ra2 35. Rxd7 Bxd7 36. Qf3 Be6 37. e4 Ra6 38. Nf5 Bxf5 39.
exf5 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Qxf4 exf4 42. f3 Rd6 {0-1 Kanarek,M (2405)-Macieja,
B (2636)/Warsaw 2011/CB07_2011}) 17. Nd4 a6 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. f3 Ne5 20. c5 Nc6
21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. Qc4 f6 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Qb3 bxc5 25. bxc5 Rd5 26. Rxd5 Qxd5
27. Qxd5 Bxd5 28. Bc3 Rc8 29. Rxa6 {1/2-1/2 Kashlinskaya,A (2327)-Galojan,L 
(2385)/Moscow 2011/CB05_2011}) 13. c4 {Yes, the bishop can reach b2, but White
has potential targets on c4 and b4 to look after. The position is unclear, but
perhaps White is very slightly better off for choice.} Bb7 14. Qd4 $5 {Buckley
provokes complications, yet it may have been better just to settle for 14.Bb2:}
(14. Bb2 a5 $1 (14... Rfd8 15. Nd4 a6 16. f3 e5 17. Nf5 Nf8 18. Qb3 $14) 15.
bxa5 Rxa5 16. Rxa5 bxa5 17. Qa1 Ra8 $14) 14... e5 15. Qh4 Rfe8 16. Bb2 Nf8 {
The position of the white queen allows Black to gain time after a subsequent ..
.Ng6, and with it, counterplay.} 17. h3 Ng6 18. Qg3 Ne4 19. Qh2 {An
unglamorous location.} a5 20. h4 f6 21. b5 $2 ({Opening the position up with} 
21. bxa5 {makes more sense:} Rxa5 22. h5 Ne7 (22... Nf8 23. h6 g6 24. Qh4 $13)
23. h6 $13) 21... Rad8 {Now that Black has no worries on the queenside to
consider, he can look forward to the future with the white queen still a
target.} 22. Nd4 Nf4 $1 {A super tactical shot which immediately gives Black
almost a winning advantage.} 23. Bf3 (23. exf4 exd4 24. Bd3 (24. f5 Qxh2+ 25.
Kxh2 Nd2 26. Rfe1 d3 27. Bh5 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Nxc4 $19) 24... Nc5 25. Qg3 Be4 $1
$17) (23. Bg4 Qxc4 24. Rfc1 Qb4 25. Ba3 Qd2 26. Rc2 Qd3 $19) 23... Nd2 $19 24.
Bxb7 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 Qxb7 26. Nc6 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Rd2 {As usual when he has enough
time left, Pete Wells is merciless in tactical complications.} 28. Ba1 Qd7 29.
Qh3 Qd3 30. Qf3 Rd1 31. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 32. Kh2 e4 {Plus 17 to Black says Deep
Fritz. That is more than Graeme Buckley can bear.} 0-1

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {01h30} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4
8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 {92} b6 {91} 10. Qe2 (10. Bg5 {La grande ligne}) 10... Bb7
11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. d5 $5 {Cette vieille ligne était populaire au début des
années 60 avant de connaitre une éclipse mais elle recommence а être jouée а
haut niveau depuis la fin des années 2000} (12. Bd2) (12. Bg5) 12... Bxc3 $1 (
12... exd5 $143 13. Nxd5 Re8 14. Qc2 $14 {Cornette,M (2562)-Van Wely,L (2675)
FRA-chT Top 12 2011 (3.1) 1/2}) 13. dxe6 Bxf3 14. gxf3 fxe6 15. bxc3 Kh8 {82} (
15... Qc7 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Be3 Rae8 18. Qc4 Qb7 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Qd5 Qxd5 21.
Rxd5 Ne5 22. f4 Nc4 23. Bd4 Kg8 24. f5 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. f6 g6 27. Re1 Nd6
28. Kg2 Rd7 29. Be5 Ne8 30. Re4 Kf7 31. c4 Rd8 32. c5 Rd5 33. Bd4 bxc5 34. Re7+
Kf8 35. Be5 h6 36. Re6 Kf7 37. Re7+ Kf8 38. f4 Nxf6 39. Bxf6 Rd6 40. Bh4 g5 41.
Rxa7 gxh4 42. Kf3 c4 43. Kg4 Rc6 44. Rd7 c3 45. Rd1 {Wang Hao (2742)-Leko,P 
(2737) London 2012 1/2-1/2}) 16. Ba3 {[%csl Ga3] 91 Continuant de suivre la
préparation} Re8 17. Bb5 {92} a6 {72 Les Noirs ont plus de mal а se rappeler
la théorie} 18. Bc6 {83} Ra7 $5 $146 {[%cal Ga7c7,Gd8c8] 66} (18... Rc8 19. Rd6
Qe7 20. Bb4 Qf7 21. Rad1 Rc7 22. c4 h6 23. Bc3 Rec8 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxb6
Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Nh5 27. Be5 Qg6+ 28. Kh1 Rxc4 29. Rxa6 Qf5 30. Ra5 Kh7 31. Bc7
Qg6 32. Bg3 Rb4 33. Qd2 Qb1+ 34. Kg2 Nxg3 35. hxg3 Rb2 36. Qe3 Rxa2 37. Rxa2
Qxa2 {1/2-1/2 (37) Sasikiran,K (2669)-Aleksandrov,A (2616) Warsaw 2009}) 19.
Rd6 Qc8 {Après une longue réflexion de 20 mns} (19... Qb8 20. Rad1 $36) 20. c4
Rc7 21. Ba4 Rg8 $5 {Un plan original} 22. Rad1 Nc5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Qxe6 {
Gagne un P mais les Noirs ont des bonnes compensations avec les faiblesses
structurelles du français} Qxe6 (24... Rg5+ 25. Kh1 Qb7 $44) 25. Rxe6 b5 26.
cxb5 axb5 27. Bb3 Rf8 $1 {[%csl Rf3]} 28. f4 {Empêche Rg5 mais le P aurait été
plus facile а défendre en "f3"} (28. Rd4 Nh5 29. Re7 {[%cal Gd4d7]} g6 30. Rdd7
Rc1+ 31. Bd1 Nf6 32. Rd6) 28... Rf5 29. Rd4 Nh5 30. Re5 g6 $11 {[%cal Gh8g7]}
31. Rxf5 Rxf5 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Rd7+ Kh6 34. Rb7 Nxf4 {[%csl Gf4,Rg1]} 35. Bg8
Kg5 36. Rxh7 {Malgré le P gagné, les chances de gain des Blancs sont trés
faibles car le K Blanc est mal placé mais le français ne risque rien а tenter
san chance} Rc5 37. f3 {[%cal Gg1f2]} (37. h4+ Kg4 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gc5c1]})
37... Rc2 $1 $44 {[%csl Rg1]} 38. Bb3 Rb2 39. h4+ Kf5 40. Rf7+ Ke5 41. Re7+ Kf5
42. Rb7 Ne2+ 43. Kf2 Nc3+ (43... Nc1+ 44. Ke3 Re2+ 45. Kd4 Kf4 46. Rf7+ Kg3)
44. Ke3 Nxa2 {Après la liquidation des P de l'aile-dame, le N sera un peu
meilleur que le B et le russe a des bonnes chances d'annuler} 45. Rxb5+ Kf6 46.
Rb7 Nc1 47. Rf7+ Ke5 48. Bc4 Rc2 49. f4+ Kd6 50. Rf6+ Ke7 51. Re6+ Kd7 52. Re4
Nb3 53. Bf7 Rc3+ $2 (53... Rh2 $142 54. Bxg6 Rh3+ 55. Kf2 Rxh4 $11) 54. Kf2 Nc5
55. Rd4+ Ke7 56. Bxg6 Ne6 57. Rb4 Kf6 58. h5 $36 Kg7 59. Re4 Nf8 60. Re7+ Kh6
61. Bf5 $1 $40 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Ge7h7,Ge7f7] Tout d'un coup, le K Noir est
très exposé} Rc4 62. Kf3 Rc3+ 63. Kg4 {[%csl Rh6]} Rc1 64. Re8 $2 (64. Rf7 $142
{Plus fort car la R contrôle aussi la case "h7" et les Noirs sont en zugzwang
car ils ne peuvent pas protéger le N par Rc8} Rg1+ 65. Kh4 Rh1+ 66. Kg3 Rg1+
67. Kh3 Rh1+ (67... Rg8 $2 68. Kh4) 68. Kg2 Rxh5 69. Be4 {Gagne le NR}) 64...
Rg1+ 65. Kf3 Rf1+ 66. Kg3 Rg1+ 67. Kf2 Rg8 {Sauvetage miraculeux!} 68. Kf3 $2 (
68. Re5 $1 {[%cal Ge5h5,Gf5h7] Une jolie protection indirecte du P"h5"}) 68...
Kxh5 69. Rc8 Kh6 70. Ke4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Reshevsky-Najdorf +6-5=7"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1953.06.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "Morgado,J"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1953.06.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Qe2 e5 12. Bb2 e4 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Bb3 Re8
15. h3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Be6 17. Rfc1 Qd7 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Nb3 Qd5 20. Nc5 Rc6 21.
Rc2 (21. a4 Rac8 22. Qb5 Ne8 23. a5 Nd6 24. Qb4 $11 {Ragozin,V-Szabo,L/
Budapest 1949}) 21... Rac8 22. Rac1 Ne8 23. Bc3 Nd6 24. Bb4 h5 25. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Parma,B"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{Inf.26/(660)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7.
O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 (10. a3 $5 Ba5 11. Qe2 $14) 10... Qe7 $5
11. Ne4 h6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $11 13. Qe2 Rd8 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Bc2 b6 16. Bd2 Bxd2
17. Rxd2 Bb7 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Rd4 Rxd4 21. Nxd4 a5 22. h3 Qg5
23. Qg4 Qxg4 24. hxg4 Rd8 25. f4 Bc8 26. Rb1 Bd7 27. b4 axb4 28. Rxb4 Ra8 29.
Rxb6 Bxa4 30. Bxa4 Nxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Woodhams, Michael V"]
[Black "Parma, Bruno"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Parma,B"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Australia"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

{Inf.26/660} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O
dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. d5 Bxc3 11. dxe6 Ne5 (11... Ba5 $2 12. exd7
Qxd7 13. Rd1 $16) 12. bxc3 $6 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bxe6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qe2 $6 (15.
e4 Qd7 $11) 15... Qd7 {[/\ 16.Rd1 Qa4]} 16. f3 Rad8 17. Qc4 $2 (17. e4 Qd3 $15)
17... Qd5 18. Qxd5 Rxd5 $1 $17 19. Rb1 $2 (19. e4 Rd3 $17) 19... Rd3 $19 20.
Rb3 c4 $1 21. Ra3 a5 22. Re1 Ra8 23. e4 b5 24. Kf2 a4 $1 25. Re2 e5 26. Rb2 Ra5
27. Be3 Nd7 28. Bg5 Kf7 29. Ke2 (29. Bd8 Ra8 30. Bc7 (30. Bg5 Rb8 $19) 30...
Ra7 31. Bd8 Ke8 32. Bg5 Ra5 $19) 29... Ke8 30. g3 h6 31. Be3 Ke7 32. f4 Kd6 33.
fxe5+ Kc6 $1 34. Bd4 (34. e6 Nc5 35. e7 Ra8) 34... Nc5 35. Rb1 Ra8 36. Rf1 Ne6
37. Rf3 b4 0-1

[Event "Match/Team URS-World 20,5-19,5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1970.03.31"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Portisch/Kortchnoi"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1970.03.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qb3 $5 {P/K} (9. Qc2 {Portisch=:P/Kortschnoj=:K}) 9... a6 (9... cxd4
10. exd4 (10. Qxb4 dxc3 11. Qxc3 b6) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 b6 {K}) 10. a4 Ba5 $5
{P} (10... Nb6 {P}) (10... Qe7 11. Rd1 Rd8 {/\ 12... Nf8 K}) (10... b6 11. Rd1
Bb7 12. d5 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Bxb5 exd5 16. Bd2 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 
(16) Petrosian,T-Ivkov,B Zagreb 1965}) 11. Rd1 cxd4 $146 (11... Qe7 12. Bd2 Bc7
13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Rxa4 Bb7 17. Be2 Be4 18. Be1 Bd5 19.
Bc4 Rfb8 20. Qc2 Bb7 21. Be2 Bd5 22. Bc4 {1/2-1/2 (22) Roizman,A-Antoshin,V
Leningrad 1962}) 12. exd4 Qb6 $1 {P} (12... Nb6 $6 13. Ne5 $1 $16 {P} (13. Bg5
{K})) 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Bd3 (14. Qe2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nb6 16. Bd3 Nbd5 $1 {/\ Nc3,
Nf4 K}) 14... h6 $6 {P} (14... b6 $1 {K} 15. d5 $5 (15. Qe2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxc3
$13) 15... Bxc3 (15... exd5 16. Nxd5 $16) 16. dxe6 Be5 (16... Ne5 17. exf7+ $13
) 17. exd7 Bxd7 $10 {P}) 15. Bd2 {/\ 16.Qc1 K} Bb4 (15... b6 $5 {P} 16. Rab1
Bb4 17. Qb3 {P}) 16. Qb3 $1 {P} (16. Qc1 Re8 $1 {K}) (16. Rac1 Qa5 {P}) 16...
Bd6 (16... Qa5 $6 17. Bf4 $1 {/\ Ne5 P}) 17. Rac1 Qd8 18. Bb1 b6 19. Ne5 $1 {K}
(19. Ne4 $5 {K} Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Ra7 $1 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nc5 23. Qe3 Nxe4 (
23... Rd7 24. Bc2 $16) 24. Qxe4 Qd5 $1 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. Be3 $14 {^- P} (26.
Bb4)) 19... Bb7 (19... Nxe5 $6 {P} 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxh6 Qc7 22. Be3 $16 {P/K}
) 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. Re1 {/\ 22.Ng6! P fg 23.Re6! K} Rfe8 22. Qc2 Rac8 (22... Nf8
23. Qd2 {/\ Re1-e3-g3 K}) 23. Nxd7 (23. Qd3 Nf8 {P}) 23... Qxd7 $2 {K} (23...
Bxf4 {!? P ! K} 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Qh7+ (25. Nd5 Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 Bxd5 27. Qxc8
Kf8 {K}) 25... Kf8 26. Nd5 {!? P ! K} Bxd5 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxc8
Qxd4 $13 {P/K}) 24. Be5 Qd8 $2 {K} (24... Be7 25. d5 $1 Rxc3 {K}) 25. Bxf6 Qxf6
26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. d5 $2 {P/K} (27. Be4 $1 Bxe4 28. Nxe4 Rxc1 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30.
Qxe8+ Kxe8 31. Nxf6+ $18 {P/K}) (27. Nd5 $2 Bxd5 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30.
Qxc8 Qf4 $1 $17 {P}) 27... Ke7 $1 {P} (27... Rxc3 {K}) 28. Rcd1 (28. dxe6 $142
{K} fxe6 29. Be4 $1 {P/K} Bxe4 (29... Rh8 $2 30. Bxb7 Rxh7 31. Nd5+ Kf7 32.
Nxf6 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Kxf6 34. Rc6 $16 {P}) 30. Qxe4 Kf8 31. Qb7 Qf4 $1 32. g3 Qb4
$1 $10 {P}) (28. Ba2 {K}) 28... Rh8 29. Qd3 Rhd8 $1 {P} 30. Qe2 Bc5 31. Ba2 (
31. dxe6 $5 Rxd1 32. exf7+ Kxf7 $44 {^^ P}) 31... Kf8 (31... Kf8 32. Ne4 Qe5
$10 {P}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Bd3 Be7 ({I suspect
that and after} 13... Bxc3 $5 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. c4 Rfe8 $1 {Black hasn,t any
problems, for example} 16. Rac1 e5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. Be3 Rce8 20.
h3 Qc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,A-Gulko,B/Wch Groningen 1997 (28)}) 14. Rac1 (
14. Ne5 Nd5 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qc7 19. Re1 Rfd8 $11
{0-1 Gligoric,S-Kholmov,R/Odessa 1975 (38)}) (14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Be3 Nhf6 16. Bf4
Nh5 17. Be5 g6 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Ndf6 20. Qb7 Qd7 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. d5 Nxe5
23. Nxe5 exd5 24. Nxd5 Rfe8 25. Nd7 Kg7 26. g3 Nf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gligoric,
S-Keres,P/JUG ct 1959 (42)}) 14... Nd5 15. Bb1 ({Smyslov once played} 15. Ba6
$5 {and got nice position after} Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Rc7 18. d5 exd5
19. Rxd5 Bf6 20. Qd3 Qc8 21. Ng5 $14 {1-0 Smyslov-Darga/Havana 1964 (58), but
Black could play stronger, for example deserves attention 17.... Nf6}) 15...
N7f6 16. Re1 {N/} (16. Bg5 g6 (16... Re8 17. Ne5 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Rxc3 19. bxc3 g6
20. Bh6 Qd5 21. f3 Rc8 22. Qb2 Ba6 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 {1/2-1/2
Mohrlock-Ahlers/corr 1980}) 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bd3 Qd6 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Ne5 a6 21.
Nc3 b5 $13 {1-0 Najdorf,M-Filip,M/Varna ol 1962 (33)}) 16... Qd6 $1 {[%cal
Gf8d8,Gd6b8] The simplest way to finish development of pieces} 17. Nb5 (17. Ne5
Rfd8) 17... Qb8 18. Ne5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 a6 20. Nc3 Qa8 $11 {Black chances for
sure not worse.White hasn,t any attack, but from other point of view pawn on
d4 is only weakeness in there camp} 21. f3 Nxc3 {Bacrot was not in harry with
this exchange and could simply play} (21... Rc8 $5 {with nice game.}) 22. bxc3
Rd8 23. Bg5 h6 24. Bh4 (24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Qd3 b5 26. Qh7+ Kf8 {and White can,t
increase preasure.}) 24... b5 25. Qc2 Kf8 $1 26. a4 $1 Bd5 (26... b4 $6 27.
cxb4 Rxd4 $140 $2 28. Bxf6 gxf6 (28... Bxf6 29. Qc5+) 29. Qh7 $18) 27. axb5
axb5 28. Qe2 Qa3 29. Qe1 Nd7 $5 $11 (29... b4 30. c4 $14) 30. Bxe7+ Kxe7 31.
Nd3 (31. Nxd7 Rxd7 32. Be4 (32. Bd3 b4) 32... Qd6 $11) 31... Rc8 32. Nb4 Nb6
33. Bd3 Bc4 34. Ra1 Qb2 35. Rb1 (35. Ra7+ Kf8 36. Qh4 $2 Qc1+ 37. Kf2 Qd2+ 38.
Kg1 Qe3+ 39. Qf2 Qc1+ 40. Bf1 Qxc3 $19) 35... Qa3 36. Ra1 Qb2 37. Rb1 Qa3
1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Votava, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
c5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Re1 e5 (12... Ne4 13. Bb2 Qc7 14.
c4 Rac8 15. Qc2 Ndf6 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. f3 Nd6 18. Qf2 Nd7 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5
Bxd5 21. Ng4 Ne8 22. Qh4 Nf8 23. Rad1 f6 24. Ba6 Bb3 25. Rb1 Ng6 26. Qh3 c4 27.
Bxc8 {Kortschnoj,V-Ljubojevic,L/Luzern olm 1982/BIG 80/1-0 (42)}) (12... Be4 $5
13. Bf1 Qc7 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Bb2 Rad8 16. e4 Nb8 17. a4 Nc6 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. Bd3
Nde5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bf1 Nc6 22. Qc2 Na5 23. dxc5 {1/2-1/2 Giddins,S-Barsov,
A/Antwerpen op 1996/EXT 96op2}) 13. e4 Qc7 $6 {N/} (13... Qe7 $5 14. Bg5 Qe6
15. a4 h6 16. Bd2 exd4 {1/2-1/2 Gerber,R-Landenbergue,C/Geneve op 1995/EXP 46})
14. Bg5 $1 exd4 15. cxd4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 $36 {[%cal Re4e5,Rd4f5]} Rfe8 17. Rc1
Qe5 (17... Qd8 $5 18. f3 $5 $14 (18. Nf5 Nc5) (18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Nc5 20.
Bxf6 Qxd3 21. Qg4 g6)) 18. Nf3 Qa5 19. Rc7 Rac8 $2 (19... Rab8 $1 20. Qb3 $1 (
20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Bc4 Rf8 (21... Rxe4 $2 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Rxb7 $1 $18) 22. Qb3
Bxe4 23. Bxf7+ Kh8) 20... Rf8 (20... Ne5 21. Bd2 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qh5 23. Bc4 $16
) 21. Qb4 $5 $14) 20. Rxb7 $1 Nc5 21. Rxf7 (21. e5 $5) 21... Kxf7 (21... Nxd3
$5 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qxd3 $16) 22. Bc4+ Kf8 (22... Ne6 23. Bd2 $1 Qxa3 24.
Ng5+ Ke7 25. Bxe6 $18) (22... Re6 23. e5) 23. Qd6+ Re7 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qxf6+
Ke8 26. Rc1 $1 (26. Bd5 $5 Qxa3 27. Bc6+) 26... Qa4 (26... Kd8 27. Ne5 Qd2 28.
Nf7+ $18) (26... Nd7 27. Bf7+ Kd8 28. Qh8+ $18) (26... Ne6 27. Bb5+ Qxb5 28.
Rxc8+ Kd7 29. Rc1 $18) 27. Nd4 $18 (27. Ne5 $5) 27... Kd8 28. Bb5 Qxa3 29. Qd6+
(29. Ne6+ $5 Nxe6 30. Qh8+) 29... Rd7 (29... Nd7 30. Ne6+ Ke8 31. Rxc8+ Kf7 32.
Qf4+ Kg6 33. Qf5+) 30. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Skopje op 18th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2002.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Qe2 $6 (12. Qb3 $142) 12... b6
13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Ba6 Be4 15. h3 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Nb8 17. Bb5 a6 18. Be1 $4 {
[%mdl 8192] The long diagonal proved to be "too long" for me, as I didn't
observe that the rook on a8 is protected...} (18. Ng5 {is about equal.}) 18...
axb5 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Ne2 $5 cxd4 10. Nexd4 Qc7 (10... Qe7 11. a3 Bd6 12. Nb5 Bb8 {
Beliavsky-Karpov Reggio 1989-90}) 11. Be2 $1 (11. Bb3 Nc5 12. Bc2 Nce4 $10)
11... Rd8 12. Bd2 Bf8 $1 (12... Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Ne4 14. Rfc1 $1) 13. Rc1 (13. Qe1
$5) 13... Qb6 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Ne5 (15. Rfd1 Bd7) 15... Nce4 16. Be1 (16. Nc4
Qc7 $2 (16... Qc5 $1) 17. Ba5 $1 b6 18. Nxb6 $1 Qxc2 19. Nxa8 Qxb2 20. Bxd8 $16
) 16... Qc5 17. Nc4 $6 (17. Qxc5 Bxc5 18. Nb3 Bd6 19. Nc4 Bf8) 17... Bd7 $1 (
17... b6 $5) 18. Bf3 $6 (18. f3 Nd6 $10) 18... Qd5 $1 $8 (18... Ng5 19. Bxb7
Rab8 20. Ba5 $1 Re8 $2 21. b4 $18) 19. Nd2 Rac8 20. Qb1 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 e5 $1 22.
Nxe4 (22. Qc7 Rc8 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxc7 25. Bxd5 exd4 26. Bd2 (26. exd4
$2 Bb5 $1) 26... Rc2) 22... Nxe4 23. Ne2 Qd3 $2 (23... Bb5 24. Ba5 (24. Bc3) (
24. Bxe4 $2 Qxe4 25. Nc3 Qc4 $1 $19) (24. Nc3 Qc5 $1 25. Bxe4 Qc4 26. Bd2 Qxf1+
27. Qxf1 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Rxd2 $19) 24... Bxe2 25. Bxd8 Bxf3 $1 (25... Bxf1 26.
Qxf1 $10) 26. gxf3 Nd2 27. Rd1 Nxf3+ 28. Kf1 $17) (23... Bc6 $1 $17 24. Nc3
Nxc3 25. Bxc3 e4 26. Be2 Qxa2) 24. Ba5 $1 $10 Rc8 25. Qd1 Nc5 26. Qxd3 Nxd3 27.
Bc3 Bc6 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Rd1 Rd6 $1 (29... Nxb2 $2 30. Bxb2 Rc2 31. Bxe5 $2 (
31. Bc3 $1 {Beliavsky} Rxe2 32. Bd2 $1 $18) 31... Rxe2 32. Kf1 Rxa2 33. Rd8 Ra6
34. Rb8 $146) 30. Ng3 b5 31. a3 f6 $1 $8 (31... Nc5 $2 32. Rxd6 Bxd6 33. Nf5
Bc7 34. Ne7+ Kf8 35. Nc6) 32. Ne4 $138 (32. b4 Rd7 33. Rd2 Kf7 34. Kf1 Ke6 35.
Ke2 Nc1+ 36. Kd1 Nd3 37. Ke2 $10) 32... Rd7 33. Kf1 Nc5 34. Rxd7 Nxd7 35. Ba5
$6 {Here White offered a draw.} (35. f4 $1 exf4 36. exf4 Kf7 37. f5 h5 38. h3
g6 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 gxf5 41. gxf5 $14) 35... Kf7 36. Ke2 (36. Nc3) 36...
Be7 $6 $138 (36... Ke6 $1) 37. Nc3 a6 38. Nd5 Bd6 39. Bb4 Ke6 40. e4 Bxb4 41.
Nxb4 (41. axb4 $5) 41... Nc5 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. Nd3 Nb3 $1 $15 44. f4 $1 {xe5} a5
45. fxe5+ fxe5 46. Ne1 a4 $1 (46... Nd4 $2 47. b4 $1 $10) 47. Nf3 Nc5 48. Ng5
h6 49. Nf7+ Ke6 (49... Ke6 50. Nd8+ Kf6 $1 (50... Ke7 $4 51. Nc6+ Kd6 52. Na7)
(50... Kd7 51. Nf7 Ke6 52. Nd8+ Kd7 $10) 51. Nc6 Nb7 $15 {For example} 52. Nb4
(52. h4 Nd6 53. Kd3 Nc4 54. Kc3 g5 55. hxg5+ $5 Kxg5 56. Na7 $1 (56. Kb4 Kf4 $1
) 56... Nd6 57. Kb4 Kf4 58. Nxb5 Nxb5 59. Kxb5 Kxe4 60. Kxa4 Kd3 61. b4 e4 62.
b5 e3 63. b6 e2 64. b7 e1=Q 65. b8=Q Qe4+ $10) 52... Ke6 53. Nd3 Kd6 54. Kd2
Nc5 55. Nxc5 $4 (55. Nf2 $1 $15) 55... Kxc5 56. Kc3 h5 $1 57. h4 b4+ $19)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Bd2 {Certainly not the most fashionable variation. Other moves are
much more popular. It is unlikely that Leko was well prepared for this line.} (
9. Qe2) (9. a3) (9. Qb3) (9. Bd3) (9. Qd3) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 {The only
logical move.} (10. exd4 $6 {Transposing to another line with the useless move
Bd2. Who would play 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e3 d5 5 Bd3 c5 6 Nf3 0-0 7
0-0 cd 8 ed dc 9 Bc4 b6 10 Bd2?} b6 (10... a6 $5 {Black could try to seize the
initiative} 11. Qe2 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7) 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Rad1 Bxc3 (
13... Rc8 $5 14. a3 Bd6) 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Rac8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qc6
18. f4 Nd5 19. f5 exf5 20. Bxf5 Rcd8 21. e6 {1/2 Ibragimov,I-Sax,G Bad Wiessee
2001} Nf6 22. exf7+ (22. Kh1 Kh8 $17) 22... Kxf7 23. Qf2 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxg2+
25. Qxg2 Bxg2 $17) 10... Ne5 (10... Nb6 11. Be2 (11. Bb3 Bd7 (11... e5 12. Nc2
Bc5 13. e4 Qe7 14. Be3 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Bxe6 (16. Qe2 $5 Bxb3 17. axb3 a6 (
17... Rfd8 18. Ra5 Bxe3+ 19. Nxe3 $36) 18. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2
Rfd8 $11) 16... fxe6 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. Rf2 Nc4 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Na4 Qa5 $11 {
Del Rio Angelis,S - Berg,E Calvia 2007 1/2 (51)}) 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. e4 e5 (13...
Be8 14. Nf3 Bc6 15. Rad1 Qc7 $11) 14. Nc2 Bc5 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Bxc5
Rxc5 (17... Qxc5 $5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ne3 Rfd8 $132) 18. Ne3 Rcc8 19. Bxe6 Qxe6
20. Rd3 $14 {Jussupow,A - Balashov,Y Bundesliga GER-cBhT 1998 1-0 (33)}) 11...
e5 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. a3 Bc5 14. Nb5 (14. Qc2 e4 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Rac1 Rac8 $11)
14... Nbd5 15. Rc1 e4 16. Nfd4 a6 17. Qc2 Bb6 18. Nc3 Bxd4 19. exd4 e3 20. Nxd5
Nxd5 21. Ba5 Be6 (21... Qg5 22. Bf3 Bf5 23. h4 Qg6 $11) 22. Bf3 Rac8 23. Qe2
exf2+ 24. Qxf2 Qd7 25. Rc5 Nf6 (25... b6 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Bxb6
Rc6 $40) 26. Rfc1 Bd5 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Qf3 Ne7 29. Rd1 Rc6 30. Bb4 Rd8 31. d5
h6 $6 (31... Rd6 32. Ra5 Rf6 33. Qe2 Nc6 $15) 32. Rxc6 Nxc6 33. Bc3 $14 {
Graf,A - Anastasian,A WchT 5th Yerevan 2001 1-0 (54)}) 11. Be2 (11. Bb3 Bd7 12.
Qe2 Nc6 13. Nf3 Rc8 14. a3 Ba5 15. Rfd1 Qb6 $6 (15... Bc7 16. Be1 Qe7 17. Rac1
Rfd8 $11) 16. Bc4 $1 Qd8 17. e4 Ng4 18. Bg5 Qe8 19. Nb5 $16 Bc7 20. Nxc7 Rxc7
21. h3 (21. Bf4 $1 e5 22. Bg3) 21... Nge5 $14 {Gagunashvili,M - Kunte,A
Kolkata 2009 1/2 (41)}) 11... Bc5 $146 (11... Bd7 12. Qb3 Bc5 13. Rfd1 (13.
Qxb7 Rb8 14. Qa6 Rxb2 $15) 13... Qb8 14. Be1 Neg4 {1/2 Graf,A - Halkias,S
Kavala 2008}) 12. Rc1 (12. Nf3 Ng6 13. Rc1 b6 14. Qa4 Bb7 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Qb3
Bd6 $11) 12... b6 $1 (12... Bxd4 $6 13. exd4 Qxd4 14. Nb5 Qh4 (14... Qb6 $4 15.
Be3 Qa5 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nc7 Rb8 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxa7 $18) (14... Qd8 $2 15.
Bb4 $16) 15. Bc3 Nc6 16. Bf3 $44) 13. b4 $5 {An ambitious move.} (13. Ncb5 Bb7
14. b4 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Qd7 16. f3 Rac8 17. Be1 (17. Qb3 $6 Bd5 18. Qb1 Bc4 $15)
17... Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Rc8 19. Qa3 a6 $11) 13... Bxd4 (13... Bxb4 $6 14. f4 Bxc3 (
14... Ng6 15. Nc6 Qd6 16. Nxb4 Qxb4 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Bc3 Qxd1 20.
Rfxd1 e5 21. Bf3 Rb8 22. Bb4 $16) 15. Bxc3 Ng6 (15... Ned7 16. Bf3 Ba6 17. Re1
Nd5 (17... Rc8 18. Nc6 Qe8 (18... Qc7 $2 19. Ne7+) 19. Bb4 Nc5 20. Qd6 $18) 18.
Bxd5 exd5 19. Nf5 Nf6 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qg5 $18) 16. Bb4 Re8 17.
Bb5 Bd7 18. Nc6 $16) 14. exd4 Ng6 $1 (14... Qxd4 $6 15. Nb5 Qd7 (15... Qh4 16.
f4 Ned7 (16... Ng6 17. Rc4 a6 18. f5 axb5 19. Rxh4 Nxh4 20. g4 exf5 21. Bg5 Ng6
22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. gxf5 $16) 17. g3 Qh6 18. f5 Qh3 19. Bf3 Ba6 20. Bg2 $1 Qg4
21. Qxg4 Nxg4 22. Bxa8 Bxb5 23. fxe6 Rxa8 24. exd7 Bxd7 25. Rc7 $16) 16. Rc7
Qd8 17. Bc3 Ned7 18. Bf3 Ba6 19. Bxa8 Bxb5 20. Rxa7 Bxf1 21. Qxf1 Qb8 22. Ra3
$14) 15. Bf3 (15. Be3 $5 Bb7 16. Bd3 Rc8 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 $15) 15...
Rb8 16. Re1 (16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qa4 (18. d5 Bb7 19. dxe6 Rbd8 20. Qe2
Bxf3 21. exf7+ Rxf7 22. Qxf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Rd4 24. a3 Rxf3 $15) 18... Bb7 19.
Bxb7 Rxb7 20. d5 Nf4 $15) 16... h6 (16... Bb7 $6 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Bg5 h6 19.
Bxf6 Qxf6 20. d5 Rd8 (20... Rd7 21. Qa4 Rfd8 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Ne4 Qe7 $13) 21.
Qb3 Nf4 22. Rcd1 Qg5 23. g3 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. f4 Qf5 26. Re5 Qc8 27. Rexd5
$11) 17. Nb5 a6 18. Na7 Bb7 19. b5 $2 (19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Qxd4 21. Bc3 Qxd1
22. Rexd1 Ne7 $15) (19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Nc6 Qd5 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 Nd5 $15)
19... Bxf3 (19... axb5 $2 20. Bb4 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Re8 22. Nc6 Qd5 23. Nxb8 (23.
Qxd5 Nxd5 24. Nxb8 Nxb4 25. Rb1 (25. Nc6 Nd3 $17) 25... Nc2 26. Re2 Nxd4 27.
Rd2 e5 28. Na6 $13) 23... Qxf3 24. gxf3 Rxb8 25. Bd6 Ra8 $13) 20. Qxf3 Ra8 21.
Nc6 (21. Qb7 axb5 22. Nc6 Qd5 $17) 21... Qd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 $17 {Despite
stubborn resistance, Kamsky couldn't escape.} 23. Nb4 Nxb4 24. Bxb4 Rfd8 25.
bxa6 Rxd4 26. a3 Nf4 $1 (26... Rxa6 27. g3 $1) 27. Rc6 Nd5 28. g3 Rxa6 29. Bd6
Raa4 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Rf8 Ra7 (31... Kg6 $5) 32. Rc1 Rd7 33. Be5 Re4 34. Ba1
Re2 35. h4 h5 36. Bd4 Rd2 37. Be5 (37. Bc3 Ra2 $19) 37... f6 38. Bc3 Ra2 $19
39. Bb4 Nxb4 40. axb4 Rdd2 41. Rf1 Rab2 42. Rf7 Kg6 43. Rb7 Rxb4 44. Rc1 Rbb2
45. Rcc7 Rxf2 46. Rxg7+ Kf5 47. Rxb6 Rg2+ 48. Kh1 Rxg3 $1 0-1

[Event "George Marx Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Paks"]
[Date "2006.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2006.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Be2 Nd5 13. Bb2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3
Qxc3 15. Qd6 Nf6 16. Nd4 (16. Rfc1 Ne4 17. Rxc3 (17. Qe5 Qxe5 18. Nxe5 Rd8 19.
b5 Nd2 20. Rd1 Rd5 21. Ra2 Ne4) (17. Qf4 Qb2 18. Qxe4 (18. Nd4) 18... Qxe2)
17... Nxd6 18. Rc7 f6) 16... Ne8 (16... Ne4 17. Qe7 $14) (16... Nd5 17. b5 (17.
Rab1 Qc7) (17. Bf3 Qxb4) 17... Qb4 18. Qxb4 Nxb4 19. Rfc1 (19. Ra4 Nd5 20. Rc1)
) 17. Qe7 (17. Qc5 Qxc5 18. bxc5 Nc7) 17... Qc7 18. Qxc7 (18. Qh4 Bd7 19. Rfc1
Qb6) 18... Nxc7 19. Bf3 Rd8 (19... e5 20. Rfc1 exd4 21. Rxc7 dxe3 22. fxe3 a6
23. Bd5) 20. Rfc1 Ne8 21. Nb5 a6 22. Nc7 Nxc7 23. Rxc7 Rb8 24. Rac1 Kf8 (24...
Bd7 25. Bxb7 Bb5) 25. h4 Bd7 26. Bxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Nation YUG-GER (7-3) (6,5-3,5)"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1956.05.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "Teschner,R"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1956.05.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Deutsche Schachzeitung 7/1956 Seite 213} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3
O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Bd3 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1
cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Bg5 {Weiß hat einige Angriffsaussichten,} Re8
$1 ({So wäre jetzt} 14... Nd5 {für Schwarz nicht ratsam wegen} 15. Qe4 g6 16.
Qh4) 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5 {Schwarz hat ausgeglichen. Das nun von Gligoric
gebrachte Läuferopfer schlägt nicht durch, wenn auch Unzickers
Mannschaftskollegen dessen Stellung sorgenvoll betrachten.} 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18.
Qh5+ Kg8 19. Ne4 f5 $1 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Qg6 {Gligoric will mehr als Remis,} ({
das er durch} 21. Rxd5 Qxd5 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Qg6+ {mit ewigem Schach
erreichen konnte und sollte.}) 21... Rf8 ({Lothar Schmid schlägt} 21... Bxg5
22. Nxg5 Qf6 $1 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Ne4 Qe5 25. Rd3 Rc7 {vor mit Chancen für
Schwarz.}) 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 11th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2010.06.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Vitiugov,N"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{It was very easy to predict Karjakin's choise in the opening in this game -
he has had a draw and a win in the Nimzowitsch against me.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 {
I prepared some ideas in this line before the tournament.} ({Our previous game
in the Nimzo Rubinstein was played on the ECC -} 9. Qe2 b6 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. c6
Bb4 12. cxd7 Qxd7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. a3 Be7 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. Bxe6
Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qe5 19. Bc4 Qxb2 20. a4 Qa3 21. a5 Bb4 {1/2 Vitiugov,N (2681)
-Karjakin,S (2722)/Ohrid 2009/CBM 133}) 9... cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7
12. Be2 Qxc3 {Perhaps a small inaccuracy.} ({An alternative is} 12... Nd5 $5
13. Ba3 Qxc3 14. Qb1) 13. Rb1 $5 {A rare continuation, which was not expected
by Black.} (13. Ba3 Nd5 14. Qb1 $13) 13... Qc7 14. Bb2 e5 $2 {A serious
mistake.} (14... a5 $5 15. Rc1 Qd8 16. b5 b6 17. Ba3 Nc5 {- the key idea,
which Sergey couldn't find at the board.} 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Nc4 Nfd7 20. Qd6 Qg5
21. Qg3 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Bd5 23. Nxb6 Nxb6 24. Rxc5 $14 {1-0 Korobov,A (2565)
-Miroshnichenko,E (2615)/Kharkov 2004/CBM 103 (47)}) 15. Qb3 {A logical move -
now the f7-pawn becomes Black's main weakness.} ({I refrained from} 15. Rc1 Qb8
(15... Qb6 16. Nxe5 Qxb4 17. Nc4 Qe7 18. Ba3 Nc5 19. Bf3 Be6 20. Ne5 $16) 16.
Qb3 {because of} b5 $5 17. Rfd1 a6 {and White has very good compensation, but
perhaps no more.}) 15... a5 ({It's hard to recommend} 15... e4 16. Rbc1 Qd6 17.
Rfd1 Qe7 18. Ng5 $36) 16. Rbc1 $6 {I felt, this move might be a mistake, but
couldn't find the correct desicion.} (16. Rfc1 Qb6 17. Ra1 $1 {and Black is
completely paralysed.}) 16... Qb8 $2 {Now Black is almost lost.} ({The more
principled move was} 16... Qb6 17. Bc4 a4 18. Qa2 h6 19. b5 e4 20. Nd2 (20. Nh4
Ng4 $5) 20... a3 21. Bxa3 Ne5 22. Qb2 Re8 $14) 17. bxa5 Rxa5 (17... e4 18. Ng5
Ne5 19. Rc5 Neg4 20. g3 $16) 18. Ba3 Rxa3 {What else?} (18... e4 19. Bxf8 exf3
20. Bd6 $18) 19. Qxa3 b6 20. Rfd1 Nc5 21. Qb2 Bg4 22. h3 e4 ({Probably Black
would have more chances for a draw after} 22... Bxf3 $5 23. Bxf3 Qc7 $16 {/+-})
23. hxg4 Nxg4 24. Rd4 (24. Rxc5 exf3 25. Rh5 $5 (25. Bxf3 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Nxe3+
27. fxe3 bxc5 {and I couldn't estimate Black's drawing chances here}) 25...
fxe2 26. Qxe2 Nf6 27. Rb5 {It's hard to explain, why White refrained from this.
}) 24... f5 25. g3 exf3 26. Bxf3 h5 {Now Black has some chances again.} 27. Rb4
$6 (27. Bxg4 $5 fxg4 28. Rb4) 27... Qd8 ({There was a nice trick here -} 27...
Nxf2 $1 28. Bd5+ Kh7 29. Qxf2 Nd3 30. Qf3 g6 $1 {and it won't be very easy to
win this game.}) 28. Rd1 (28. Bxg4 $5 fxg4 29. Rxb6 Ne4 30. Rb7 Qf6 31. Qxf6
Rxf6 {perhaps is also winning for White.}) 28... Qg5 29. Qd4 Qg6 30. Qd6 Qxd6
31. Rxd6 Ne4 32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Rd2 Nf6 34. Rxb6 {The endgame is simply lost
for Black.} Kh7 35. Kg2 Kh6 36. Rd5 g6 37. Rdd6 Kg5 38. Re6 Kf5 39. Re7 Kg5 40.
Rbb7 Ra8 41. Rb5+ Kh6 42. Re6 Rf8 43. Rbb6 Kg5 44. Ra6 Rf7 45. f4+ exf3+ 46.
Kxf3 Ng4+ 47. Ke2 Rg7 48. e4 Rg8 49. Kd3 Nf2+ 50. Ke3 Ng4+ 51. Kd4 Nf2 52. Ke3
Ng4+ 53. Ke2 Nh6 54. Kf3 Ng4 55. Ra5+ Kh6 56. e5 Kg5 57. Ke4 ({Probably White
had an easier way to win:} 57. Rb6 $1 Kf5 58. e6+ Ne5+ 59. Ke3 Re8 60. Kd4 $18)
57... Nf2+ 58. Kd5 Nh1 59. Ra3 Kg4 60. Rb6 Nxg3 61. Rb4+ Kh3 62. e6 g5 63. e7
g4 64. Ke6 Kg2 65. Rb2+ Kh3 66. Kf7 Rh8 67. e8=Q Rxe8 68. Kxe8 h4 69. Rb4 1-0

[Event "World-ch Kramnik-Kasparov +2-0=13"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Having struggled a little with both the
Grunfeld and the QGA, Kasparov switched to the Nimzo and showed it a greater
tolerance! His loss in Game 10 led most to expect a change, but there is a
rich variety of possible black defences in the Rubinstein.} 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5
6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 {A deviation from Game 10, where the
position in the centre was immediately clarified. Stylistically, not to
mention 'politically' it seemed strange to see Kasparov playing like Karpov,
who was for many years the specialist in that particular IQP version!} 9. a3 {
By far the most forcing, and I am surprised to find, clearly the second most
popular choice behind 9 Qe2. The idea of course is that at this stage, black
cannot happily take on c3, since any subsequent capture on d4 will be
re-captured with the c-pawn, when white has a strong centre with no weaknesses.
Since the game follows a very critical course, the assessment of 9 a3 will be
seriously influenced by the ultimate consensus concerning Kramnik's
compensation after move 12.} ({The main line} 9. Qe2 {used to be likely to
introduce one of the sharpest and most tactical skirmishes within the entire
Nimzo Indian complex, but nowadays there is a growing tendency for either side
to deviate earlier, eg.} b6 (9... a6 $5) 10. d5 (10. Rd1 {is the quieter
alternative - one recent example:} cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 $1 (12...
Bb7 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. c4 $14) 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Bd3 Rfe8 15. Re1 {This loss of
tempo seems quite a strong case for 8...Nbd7 provided such a straightforward
IQP type position can be reached.} Rac8 16. a4 Bd5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7
19. Qh5 g6 (19... Nf8 $5) 20. Qh4 Bc4 (20... Nxe5 $2 21. Bf4 Qxc3 22. Bxe5 Qxd3
23. Qf6 $40) 21. Bc2 Qb8 $6 22. Bg5 Bd5 23. Re3 $6 (23. Qh6 Kh8 24. Re3 $18)
23... Nxe5 24. Rh3 h5 25. Bf6 Nd7 26. Rg3 $40 {1-0 Hillarp Persson,T-Ionescu,C/
Batumi 1999/CBM 74/[Wells] (42)}) 10... Bxc3 11. dxe6 Be5 (11... Ne5 12. exf7+
Kh8 13. bxc3 Bg4 14. e4 $1 Qe7 15. Re1 b5 {[%cal Yc4f7]} 16. Bxb5 {[%csl Rf7]}
Nh5 17. Bg5 $1 Qe6 (17... Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qxg5 19. fxg4 Nf4 20. Qf3 Rxf7 21. Qg3
$14) 18. Qe3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qxf7 $5 20. Be2 Ng6 $5 $44 {This huge complexity is
now more often found in correspondence chess!})) 9... cxd4 {Looks best. As
discussed above black would like to execute the 'standard exchange' on d4,
after which he can further take on c3, and in this case a3 would represent
something of a tempo loss.} (9... Bxc3 $6 10. bxc3 $14 {[%csl Yc3,Yd4,Ye3]
[%cal Gc5d4,Gc3d4] would merely strengthen white's centre for no compensation,}
) ({but} 9... Ba5 {is a legitimate alternative. However, a3 'for free'
represents a reasonable partial gain of tempo after 10 Qe2 for instance.}) 10.
axb4 {Of course!} (10. exd4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 {would lead to a typical set-up
where a3 represents a costly loss of time.}) (10. Qxd4 {looks largely for the
peacefully inclined!}) 10... dxc3 11. bxc3 {This structure, which is almost
exclusively a child of the Nimzo-Indian, offers both sides interesting
possibilities in comparison with the more standard backward pawn set-up with
c3/d4. White has chances to make use of the a-file, while black may find a use
for the move ...e5, one manifestation of the fact that white does not here
have the grip over the e5 square characteristic of other variations. Black's
main weapon however, is that it is his move, by which he can immediately force
a concession} Qc7 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gc7c3]} 12. Be2 $5 {White has a chioce of
concession to make - he can acquiesce in a slight misplacement of his pieces,
or he can sacrifice a pawn. Of course the latter is the critical course - what
is unclear to me is to what extent this formed a part of Kramnik's preparation.
Clock times reveal little here - his 13th was played at speed, his 14th only
after considerable thought.} (12. Qb3 b6 $5 {This looks perhaps the most
promising way of exploiting the queens sally to the queen-side.} (12... Nb6 13.
Be2 e5 14. c4 Be6 15. Bb2 Nxc4 16. Rfc1 {might give white a tiny edge}) 13. Be2
Bb7 14. c4 (14. h3 Ne5 $1 $132 {[%cal Gb7g2]}) 14... Ng4 $1 15. g3 {[%cal
Gb7h1] with promising-looking counterplay.}) (12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Bd3 e5 $1 14. e4
Be6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ge6c4] enabled black to set up a very comfortable
blockade in 0-1 Villeneuve,A-Kosten,A/Torcy 1991/TD (79)}) 12... Qxc3 $1 {
Right in principle - any other move fully vindicates 12 Be2. Right in terms of
the match situation - Kasparov was trailing by two points and having
difficulty making a real impact with white. Also, to my mind unrefuted by any
of the subsequent analysis, for all that white's compensation makes a pleasing
visual impression. In any case, White would like to play c4 next, and the
other move  tried in the position enabled him to do this without inconvenience.
} (12... e5 13. c4 b6 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Qb3 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 a5 17. c5 $1 axb4 18.
cxb6 Nxb6 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Bxe5 $1 Qc6 21. Bf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Garcia Gonzales,
G-Balashov,Y/Leningrad 1977/MCL (95) - white has a distinct plus, based upon
the bishop pair and extra central pawn.}) 13. Ba3 $5 $146 {In fact the first
new move, since 12...Qxc3 has already been encountered in correspondence chess.
The bishop is likely to be headed for b2 which in spite of the loss of time
involved is much the most offensive square.} ({The alternative} 13. Bd2 Qc7 14.
Qb1 Nd5 15. Rc1 Qb8 {gets white's pieces into the fray one move quicker, but
to less daunting squares. Like Kramnik's choice, it offers compensation, but
nothing really concrete.} 16. Bd3 $6 (16. e4 Nf4 17. Bb5 Ne5 $5) (16. Qe4 $5) (
16. g3 $5 {[%cal Yd2f4,Ye3e4]}) 16... h6 17. e4 Nf4 18. Bc3 b5 19. Bf1 a6 20.
Qb2 f6 21. g3 Ng6 22. Bg2 e5 23. Qa2+ Kh8 24. Bd2 Nb6 25. Be3 Nc4 $15 {1-0
Schlosser,F-Kayser,F/corr WT/M 1991 (76)}) 13... Nd5 $1 14. Qb1 $1 {As in the
previously quoted game this seems to be the correct formation for white's
major pieces - from a1,b1,c1 they get maximum use out of the open files and
diagonals. strange is that this move took a lot of time, whereas 13 Ba3 did
not. 13...Nd5 is a strong move, but not perhaps an especially difficult one.} (
14. e4 Nf4 15. b5 Re8 16. Bd6 e5 17. Ra3 Qc1 $5) 14... Qf6 15. Bd3 h6 16. b5
Rd8 17. Bb2 (17. Nd2 $5 {was suggested by Shipov, but his antidote also looks
to deny white any clear route to a plus viz:} a5 $5 (17... Nc3 $6 18. Qc2 Ne5
19. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 $32 {[%csl Ya3,Ye4][%cal Ya3e7,Ye4b7]})
18. Ne4 Qh4 19. Rd1 $5 {Wells} (19. Rc1 Ne5 20. Be2 b6 21. Bd6 Ng6 22. Bg3 Qe7)
(19. Nd6 $6 Ne5 20. Bh7+ (20. f4 {Wells} Nxd3 $1 (20... Rxd6 21. Bxd6 Ng4 22.
h3 Ngxe3 23. Rf3) (20... Ng4 $4 21. Bh7+) 21. Qxd3 b6 22. f5 Nf6 $13) 20... Kh8
21. f4 (21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Bxe4 Nc3 23. f4 Rxd6 24. fxe5 Rd7 $17 {-Wells}) 21...
Rxd6 22. Bxd6 Ng4 $17) 19... f5 (19... Ne5 20. Be2 $13) 20. Nd6 Ne5 (20... Nc3
$2 21. Qb3) 21. Qb2 $13) 17... Qe7 18. Ra4 $40 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Yd3h7,Yb2g7,
Ya4g4,Yg4h4,Gf7f6,Gd7f8,Gc8d7,Gd7e8] Several commentators have suggested that
white's position looks really imposing, and noted that Kasparov himself said
he would have enjoyed a crack at the white pieces! True, one might have
expected to find the players on opposite sides of such a principled battle
between all-out attack on the king, and  defence/conversion of the material.
Still, while it can hardly be denied that white has compensation, I am a
little surprised by the general acclaim for white's chances. I regard myself
as a keen, even on occasions incautious investor of material, but I am not
sure how enthusiatically I would adopt the white cause - in principal white's
superiority on the dark squares ( black's absence of dark-squared bishop ) is
relatively easily blunted by the move ...f6 ( + possibly ...e5 ). This of
course creates white square hazards in turn, but black is not so far away from
moves such as ...Ne7, and Bd7-e8 which would serve to cover these in turn. I
do not want to overstate the case - I strongly suspect that white is not worse
- but I believe that Kasparov's play has been 'correct per se', rather than
just ' correct for the occasion'.} Nc5 {Again looks the right decision.} (18...
e5 $6 19. Rc1 N7b6 20. Ra5 {[%csl Ra7,Re5] seems merely to boost white's
prospects of compensation on both sides of the board.}) 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Rh4 $5
{Again commentators regard this as tempting, but due to white's decision to
switch in a moment to holding the queenside suggest that 20 Rc4 might have
been better.} ({In view of what I said above about the role of the move ...f6,
the really striking thing for me is the unpromising nature of the apparently
logical} 20. Rg4 {This really succeeds in opening up the dark squares, but
nonetheless the concrete tactics still favour black after} e5 $1 (20... Nf6 $6
21. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 (21... gxf6 22. Rh4 $40) 22. Rf4 Qe7 23. Ne5 $18 {[%csl Rf7,
Rg6]}) (20... f6 $6 21. Nh4 $40) 21. Rg3 $5 (21. Rxg7 $2 Kxg7 22. Nxe5 Nf6 $17)
(21. Bf5 $5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 f6 $13) 21... e4 $1 (21... f6 22. Nh4 $40) (21... Nf6
22. Nxe5 $1 Nxh7 $140 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. Nc6+) 22. Bd4 (22. Rxg7 $2 Nf6 23. Rg5
(23. Rxf7 Qxf7 24. Bxe4 Qg7 $17) 23... hxg5 24. Nxg5 Rd5 $17) (22. Bxe4 $6 Qxe4
23. Bxg7+ Kh7 24. Bd4 (24. Qa1) 24... Qxb1 25. Rg7+ Kh8 26. Rxf7+ Kg8 27. Rg7+
Kf8 28. Rxb1 Ne6 $17) (22. Ne5 $6 Nf6 $1 (22... Kxh7 $2 23. Nc6 bxc6 24. Rxg7+
Kh8 25. Rxf7+ Kg8 26. Rxe7 Nxe7 27. Ba3) 23. Bg6 Be6 {and again black defends.}
) (22. Qa1 Nf6) (22. Bxg7+ Kxh7 23. Bd4 Nf6 24. Qa1 Nh5) 22... Nf6 23. Bxc5
Qxc5 24. Bxe4 Nh5 $1 $17) ({Therefore,indeed, attention must switch to} 20. Rc4
$5 {In comparison with the game, white has the e5 square for his knight, and
more squares on the a1-h8 diagonal, but not the weakness on g6 to aim at. It
is still a matter of debate which counts for more.} Bd7 21. Ne5 $6 (21. Ba3 $5
b6 22. Ne5 $44) 21... Bxb5 22. Rh4 Bxf1 23. Rxh6 Bd3 $1 {Shipov} 24. Bxd3+ Kg8
25. Bh7+ Kf8 {and again black escapes.}) 20... f6 $1 {[%csl Gf6,Rg6][%cal
Yb2f6]} 21. Rc4 {This clearly is a big psychological moment. It is not that
white necessarily gives up any hope of a king-side attack ( the g6 square is
not running away ), but coming after a very long thought it clearly represents
a belief that all immediate attempts were found wanting, as well as a switch
into 'defensive mode' on the queenside which reveals a lack of false pride and
speaks volumes for Kramnik's pragmatic common sense. Indeed, analysis has yet
to unearth anything approaching a knock-out punch:} (21. Rh3 Bd7 22. Nh4 Be8
23. Ng6+ Bxg6 24. Qxg6 Qe8 $1 $15) (21. Rc1 $5 Bd7 (21... b6 $5) 22. Ba3 $5 b6
23. Bd3 $1 {[%csl Ra7] is a sensible try which again stresses the positional
over the 'all-out attack'. I suspect white has enough for the pawn in such a
case, although not more.}) (21. Rh5 Bd7 22. Nh4 Be8 23. Ng6+ Bxg6 24. Qxg6 Qe8
{is a now familiar story.}) (21. Rg4 Bd7 22. Nh4 {[%csl Rg6]} Be8 $1 $15) (21.
Qg6 $5 {is a great idea of Shipov's, intending} Bd7 $1 22. Ne5 $5 {but
unfortunately} fxe5 (22... Be8 23. Rxh6 $1 fxe5 24. Qg3 $1 Nf6 25. Bxe5 {
leaves black strangely in deep trouble}) 23. Bxe5 Nd3 24. Ba1 e5 $19 {is a
jolt back to reality.}) 21... Bd7 22. Ba3 (22. Nh4 {is as usual best met by}
Be8 $1 {but Kasparov was apparently concerned by white's compensation after
the simple} 23. Ng6+ Bxg6 24. Bxg6 $13 {Of course, this would clearly
vindicate white's 21st, since c4 is much the best square for complementing the
bishop pair in such a case.}) 22... b6 23. Be4 $2 {Kramnik apparently either
missed or underestimated black's reply which takes advantage of the 'time-out'
to liquidate black's backward pawn on a7.} ({Necessary to the efficient
execution of his intended holdng operation on the queen-side was to keep this
pawn backward by} 23. Bd3 $1 {preparing to meet} a6 {with} 24. bxa6 Rxa6 25.
Bxc5 bxc5 26. Rxc5 $1 Rb6 27. Qc1 {and full equality.}) 23... a6 $1 {Good
reflexes! Both players were by now short of time.} 24. bxa6 Rxa6 25. Bxc5 (25.
Qb2 Rxa3 26. Qxa3 Bb5 {would not be an improvement from Kramnik's point of
view.}) 25... bxc5 26. Rfc1 Ra5 $17 27. Qb2 (27. Nh4 {is no longer
well-supported, and can by now be simply side-stepped by} Qd6 $1) 27... Rb5 28.
Qa3 Nb6 $5 {Tricky indeed, but probably the simple} (28... Rc8 {is objectively
better.}) 29. R4c3 (29. Rxc5 $2 {loses very artistically to} Bc6 $1 $19 {
[%csl Rg1][%cal Rd1g1,Rd8d1]}) 29... Rb4 30. Nd2 $1 {A difficult move - it is
easy to see that the desirability of the knight performing the dual role of
defending e4, and covering c4, much more problematic to understand that it is
not simply too vulnerable here.} f5 $6 $138 (30... Bc6 $1 {would have been
stronger. Black retains some winning chances after either} 31. Rxc5 ({or} 31.
Bxc6 Rxd2 32. Rd3 Rdb2 33. Rcd1 (33. Be4) 33... Rb1 $17) 31... Rxe4 $1 32. Qa5
(32. Nxe4 Bxe4 $17) 32... Rxd2 33. Qxd2 Bd5 34. f3 {and white's defence will
not be easy, but black has some way to go to coordinate fully.}) 31. Bf3 $6
$138 {The position is simply too difficult to play to expect perfection in
mutual zeitnot.} (31. Rxc5 $1 Rxe4 32. Nxe4 fxe4 33. Qb4 Na4 34. R5c4 Qxb4 35.
Rxb4 {[%csl Re4] is quite a different story structurally. White is fine here.})
31... Na4 $6 {Again time-trouble causes Kasparov to prioritise the tricky over
the solidly founded.} ({Better} 31... Rc8 $1 $17) 32. Rxc5 $1 Rb2 33. Nc4 $1
Qxc5 $11 {A fascinating struggle, and about as close as Kramnik came to losing
in the match. Theoretically the jury is still out. At the moment white's
compensation looks sufficient, but not more. If something concrete is found,
then black would have to think twice about 8...Nbd7 since after 9 a3 the play
is quite impressively forcing.} 1/2-1/2

